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          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          ONE IS, YES, UM, IT IS NOW 9 0 6 AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025 PARKS AND A RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, MEETING TO ORDER ACTING DIRECTOR. 
          SCOTT, CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER VIGA HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, PRESENT COMMISSIONER SHOW. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT TWO EXCUSED ABSENCES. 
          CHAIR, REDFIELD AND COMMISSIONER SCHOEN OR EXCUSED? COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ALLEN HERE. 
          VICE CHAIR CASE HERE. 
          UM, AND ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS BEING ABSENT? NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          EVERYONE PLEASE RISE IN AND JOIN IN THE P ALLEGIANCE. 
          THE FLAG. 
          READY BEGIN. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          GREAT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING, AND WE HAVE THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE AND AUGUST. 
          AND I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO ACTING DIRECTOR SCOTT. 
          THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. 
          SO, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE LOVE THIS PART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE GET TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR, UH, VERY HIGH ACHIEVERS AND, UH, SUPERSTARS IN THE ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE CATCHING UP AND DOING, UH, JUNE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA, THE AUGUST, UH, EMPLOYEE IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT THIS MORNING, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RESCHEDULE AUGUST. 
          BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE OUR JUNE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. 
          SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO GLADYS KAISER, WHO WILL LEAD US FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE TO HONOR OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING MARK GREEN UP, SO IF YOU CAN JOIN ME AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          SO MARK LITERALLY GREW UP IN OUR SYSTEM, LITERALLY I THINK FROM THIS BIG RIGHT, FROM THIS BIG, UM, IN OUR PROGRAMS, BUT ALMOST DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE AS HIS FAMILY. 
          UM, WORKS FOR THE CITY AS WELL, . 
          UM, SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING A CHOICE BUT GROWING UP AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING HIM, UH, SHINE, BE A ROCK STAR AND MOVE ON THROUGH SO MANY, UM, DIFFERENT PATHS IN OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT IS FANTASTIC. 
          SO, UH, AS HE'S GROWING UP AND AS A PARTICIPANT AND THEN WORKED IN COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES FOR A BIT AND DID A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR PARK PROGRAMS, UM, HE VENTURED OFF TO GO JOIN THE, THE MARINA, UM, AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND AS YOU SEE THE SUCCESSION OF SUCCESS AS HE GOES. 
          BUT, UM, MARK IS AN EXEMPLARY EMPLOYEE AND I'D LIKE TO READ WHAT ONE OF HIS, UM, THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED HIM SAID ON HIS BEHALF. 
          IT SAYS, MARK'S CALM AND FRIENDLY DEMEANOR HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE SHORELINE MARINA OFFICE WHERE WE ENCOUNTER ALL TYPES OF CUSTOMERS AND PERSONALITIES. 
          HE IS EFFICIENT WITH HIS TIME, MANAGING A HIGH VOLUME OF INCOMING CALLS AND EMAILS, WHILE ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE TO JUMP IN AND ASSIST HIS FELLOW TEAM MEMBER. 
          HE MAKES SURE THE FRONT COUNTER IS ALWAYS CLEAN, PRESENTABLE, AND FULLY STOCKED WITH ALL THE LITERATURE AND FORMS THAT OUR BOATERS NEED. 
          HE'S THE FACE AND VOICE OF THE MARINA. 
          WHEN NEW SLIP HOLDERS OR GUESTS COME TO US AND ENSURE THAT HE PROVIDES EACH CUSTOMER WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO THEIR STAY IN THE LONG BEACH, MARINAS, HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEAM HAVE HELPED TO ELEVATE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO MARK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BUT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP YOUR MANAGER TO SAY SOME WORDS ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          TODD. 
          UH, BASICALLY WE STOLE MARK FROM GLADYS . 
          IT'S MARK'S ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAS A GROWTH MINDSET AND IN OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT, PEOPLE GET COMFORTABLE, THEY LOVE BEING WHERE THEY'RE AT, SO LET'S GOES WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          IT'S SO AWESOME AND MARK IS ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT'S LIKE, HEY, LET ME SEE WHAT, WHAT I CAN DO THERE. 
          LEMME SEE WHAT I CAN DO. 
          HE'S NOT AFRAID TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAP, A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVEMENT TO, TO GROW. 
          AND WE LOVE SEEING THAT IN MARK, AND MARK HAS KIND OF EXPANDED THAT OUT TO OUR GREATER GROUP IN THE MARINE BUREAU. 
          PEOPLE SEE MARK WORKING EVERY DAY AND WHAT HE LIKES TO DO AND HOW HE GROWS EVERY DAY. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S CONTAGIOUS. 
          SO WE REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE EMPLOYEES LIKE MARK THAT ARE NOT AFRAID TO TAKE THAT LITTLE BIT OF A LEAP TO SAY, OH, HEY, LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. 
          LEMME SEE IF I CAN DO THAT. 
          AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF HIM AND LIKE I SAID, HE'S GROWN UP IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND IT'S, IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE TO SEE HIM HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S TRULY, TRULY DESERVE. 
          WELL DONE. 
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YEAH. 
          UM, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY TEAM, UM, AND THE ERC JUST FOR RECOGNIZING ME. 
          UM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE HONESTLY WITHOUT A GREAT TEAM. 
          LIKE THEY ALL WORK HARD, SO IT'S EASY FOR ME TO LIKE PITCH IN AND HELP THEM OUT 'CAUSE I KNOW THEY'LL DO THE SAME FOR ME. 
          SO, UM, IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD AND HONORED TO, TO FEEL RECOGNIZED AND NOTICED 'CAUSE I'M JUST A PERSON THAT KEEP MY HEAD DOWN AND WORKING. 
          SO IT JUST FEELS GOOD TO BE HONORED AND I THANK YOU GUYS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          READY? ONE, TWO. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          UM, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE LA 2028 OLYMPICS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          UM, THAT WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? A SECOND. 
          BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN, UM, ACTING DIRECTOR SCOTT. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE, UH, BRINGING FORWARD THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU ASKED FOR, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          YOU ASKED, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PREPARATIONS, UH, FOR THE LA UH, 28 OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPIC GAMES? AND, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HERE. 
          WE HAVE TYLER CURLEY, OUR, UH, DEPUTY, UH, CITY MANAGER, AND, UH, JORGE GODINEZ, OUR, UH, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER HERE, UH, TO PRESENT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IN PREPARATIONS, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO DO OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS AS WE LEAD UP TO THOSE, UH, GATE. 
          SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST HAND IT OFF TO THE TWO OF THEM AND JUMP RIGHT IN. 
          I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE TO STAND, SO, UH, I'LL JUST WALK AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR 2028 PLANNING FOR THE OLYMPICS. 
          I'M NOT IN THE WAY. 
          NO. 
          UH, SO YEAH, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE THE SIDES? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE 'EM IN FRONT OF US, BUT WE IT'S OKAY IF WE CAN'T SEE THEM. 
          UM, WHATEVER WORKS YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T, DON'T HAVE THEM. 
          RIGHT. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE. 
          OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THAT'S WHERE I'M LIKE, YEAH, TOTALLY FINE. 
          JUST TELL US WHICH NUMBER, IF IT'S ON YOUR, WE'RE ON TWO, OUR LARGEST, WHAT IS IT? LARGEST GLOBAL STAGE YET. 
          SO, UM, ULTIMATELY WHAT'S IMPORTANT I THINK TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF BEING PART OF THE OLYMPICS IN 1932 AND 1984. 
          AND ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON A REPORT ABOUT ALL OF OUR, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN THOSE OLYMPICS. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE, THERE'S ACTUALLY AN EXHIBIT THAT'S OPEN NOW, UM, AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY FINALIZING A REPORT IN THE NEXT, UH, MONTH OR SO. 
          BUT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OLYMPIC ATHLETES THAT ARE HERE. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, WILSON HIGH SCHOOL HAS THE MOST AMOUNT OF, UH, OR HAS COMPETED IN THE OLYMPICS. 
          UM, EVERY OLYMPICS SINCE 1952, WE'VE HAD ATHLETES FROM WILSON HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO WE, AGAIN, HAVE A LONG HISTORY, BUT WE'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN OLYMPICS THIS BIG. 
          UM, AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE, UH, GOING ON THAN WE'VE EVER HAD HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE THE CITY TO KIND OF GET OUT OF LA'S SHADOW, UM, AND TO BE ON THE GLOBAL OR IN THE GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT, UM, IN 2028. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE ON THREE. 
          THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU SOME CONTEXT ABOUT, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE REGION LEADING ON TO 2028. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR, UH, WE HAD THE CONKA CUP, GOLD CLUB, GOLD CUP, AND THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP. 
          UM, NEXT YEAR WE'VE GOT THE NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND, LPGA, US OPEN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE FIFA WORLD CUP. 
          SO WE'LL BE DOING SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVATIONS, UM, AND SORT OF TEST EVENTS DURING 2026 
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FOR THE WORLD CUP, AND A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK, WITH PARKS AND REC. 
          AND THEN 2027 WE'LL HAVE THE SUPER BOWL AND MARCH BAND. 
          SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE LEAD UP TO 2020. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          BUT IF YOU COMPARE 2028 TO SOME OF THESE BIG EVENTS, IT'S NOTHING ON THE SAME SCALE. 
          UH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT A SUPER BOWL, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING OVER ABOUT A FIVE DAY PERIOD, ABOUT 70,000 ROOM NIGHTS CONTRACTED BY THE NFL. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S JUST ONE EVENT, ONE SUPER BOWL ONE DAY. 
          UH, FOR 2028, WE'VE GOT OVER 5 MILLION VISITORS EXPECTED OVER ABOUT A MONTH. 
          WE HAVE OVER 1 MILLION ROOM NIGHTS AT HOTELS. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO SEVEN SUPER BOWLS PER DAY DURING THE OLYMPICS, AND FIVE PARA, UH, FIVE SUPER BOWLS PER DAY DURING THE PARALYMPICS. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST THINKING ABOUT THE SCALE, UH, NEXT SLIDE COMPARED TO WORLD CUP, THIS, UM, IS EIGHT COMPETITION VENUES IN QATAR. 
          IT WAS ONE AND A HALF, UH, VIEWERS GLOBALLY, ONE AND A HALF BILLION VIEWERS GLOBALLY, AND THREE AND A HALF MILLION TICKETED FANS. 
          2028, WE GOT ABOUT 30 PLUS COMPETITION VENUES, AND ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S 40 PLUS NOW, BUT, UH, FOUR PLUS VIEWERS, UH, BILLION VIEWERS GLOBALLY, AND ABOUT 12 TO 15 MILLION TICKETED FANS. 
          AND JUST IN LONG BEACH, THAT'S, WE'RE EXPECTING OVER 2 MILLION TICKETED FANS FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HOME BEACH. 
          SO AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THE SCALE OF THIS COMPARED TO ANY OF THE EVENTS WE'VE EVER HAD HERE, . 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SHOWS YOU KIND OF A LIST OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. 
          WE HAVE 11 OLYMPIC SPORTS AND SEVEN PARALYMPIC SPORTS. 
          WE'VE NEVER HOSTED THE PARALYMPICS HERE, UH, IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE A BIG HUB FOR THE PARALYMPICS IN 2028. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT A HEAT MAP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THE VENUES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 
          AND I HOPE YOU NOTICE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HUGE CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS COMPARED TO MOST OF THE REGIONS. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST SECOND IN BEHIND, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, LOS ANGELES. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES THE CONVENTION CENTER, USC AND ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. 
          WE'RE SECOND BEHIND THAT IN TERMS OF A CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS HAPPENING HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          THAT WILL BE A PART OF THE 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPICS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS JUST GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE EVENTS, SO YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE ALL TAKING PLACE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN ALAMITOS BEACH. 
          UH, WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS, EVERYTHING FROM WATER POLO TO HANDBALL, AND FRANKLY, I I THOUGHT HANDBALL WAS A DIFFERENT SPORT, UH, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S REALLY BIG IN EUROPE AND IT'S NOT THE HANDBALL THAT WE THINK OF. 
          UH, SPORT CLIMBING IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SAW THAT IN THE LAST OLYMPICS, BUT THEY'RE LIKE NINE SECONDS TO GO UP THIS WALL. 
          IT'S PRETTY INSANE. 
          UH, WE HAVE TARGET SHOOTING THAT'LL BE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND IF YOU WATCHED PARIS, UM, AND THE MEMES OF THE, THE TURKISH GUY THAT'S ON THE SLIDE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE SOUTH KOREAN LADY THAT HAD ALL THE HIGH TECH GEAR AND THINGS. 
          SO IT'LL BE AN INTERESTING SPORT, I THINK IN THE, IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          AND THEN ONE OF THE VERY EXCITING ONES IS WE ADDED BEACH VOLLEYBALL, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT, UM, FROM SANTA MONICA WHEN YOU DID NOT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE PARALYMPIC SPORTS THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME, UH, VENUES. 
          ONE THING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS BLIND FOOTBALL. 
          SO THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL STADIUM AND CONVERTING IT INTO ESSENTIALLY BLIND SOCCER. 
          UM, AND THAT'S A REALLY COOL SPORT WHERE ACTUALLY THE FANS HAVE TO BE QUIET DURING THE GAME OF PLAY AND, UM, THE BALL MAKES SOUNDS. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHENEVER THE BALL GOES OUT OF OUT BOUNDS, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, CAN CHEER AND STUFF. 
          BUT IT WAS A VERY POPULAR SPORT IN PARIS. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THEN YOU GO DOWN THE BEACH, UH, BELMONT SHORE AREA. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, SOME OF THE SAILING EVENTS, WINDSURFING AND PIPE SURFING. 
          WE HAVE OPEN WATER SWIM, AND THEN COASTAL ROWING IS A NEW SPORT TO THE OLYMPICS. 
          UH, SO THAT'LL BE A REALLY EXCITING ONE AS WELL. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, MARINE STADIUMS COURTS. 
          SO THIS IS EXCITING. 
          WE HAD ROWING OF COURSE, IN 1932, SO WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS LATER. 
          AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO CHANGE THE, UH, LENGTH OF THE ROWING COMPETITION IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK IN MARINE STADIUM. 
          SO NOW IT'S A 1500 METER INSTEAD OF A 2000 METER ROW. 
          UM, AND THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW EXCITED AND HOW MUCH THE TEAMS REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE IN LONG BEACH INSTEAD OF IN PARIS, CALIFORNIA, . 
          AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE, THE PARA, UH, ROWING AND PARIS, UH, CAN SPRINT AS WELL IN MARINE STADIUM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THE VENUES THAT ARE GONNA BE TAKING PLACE HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO READ, BUT, UM, YOU'LL, THERE'S HYPERLINKS IN THE SLIDE THAT YOU CAN GO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE OLYMPICS, UH, MATCHES AND THE GAME OF PLAY, THE TIMES AND, AND DATES OF ALL THE EVENTS ARE UP NOW. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SHOWS. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF 
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JUST HOW ACTIVE LONG BEACH IS GONNA BE. 
          SO IF YOU WERE TO COMPILE ALL THIS, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE EVENTS 17 OUT OF 18 OLYMPIC DAYS. 
          SO WE HAVE EVENTS BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONIES AND THROUGH ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          AND SOME OF THE DAYS WE ACTUALLY HAVE UP TO EIGHT EVENTS, UM, IN, IN A SINGLE DAY. 
          SO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH IS GONNA BE GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, UM, HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SESSION BREAKDOWNS FOR EACH OF THE BOARDS. 
          UM, AND THIS IS JUST OLYMPICS, BUT, UM, WE HAVE 161 TICKETED COMPETITION SESSIONS. 
          SO AGAIN, THE SCALE OF THIS IS WAY BEYOND ANYTHING WE EVER DID. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO KIND OF PREPARE? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICES, UH, BUILDING A TEAM. 
          SO JORGE AND I ARE KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD ON COORDINATING A LOT OF THE WORK ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING WITH PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR LIBRARIES. 
          EVERYBODY IS REALLY GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT. 
          UM, BUT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO HELP. 
          AND, UM, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY TWO LAYERS TO THIS. 
          THE ONE IS WE HAVE A HUGE, UH, GREAT SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM THAT HOSTS BIG SPECIAL EVENTS ALL THE TIME. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OUTDOOR SPECIAL EVENTS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY JUST THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE WORKING WITH LA 28 ON ALL THE OPERATIONS, THE LOGISTICS OF EACH VENUE AND HOW IT ALL WORKS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          BUT THE OTHER PIECE IS REALLY COORDINATING ACROSS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE INVOLVE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE BRING IN OUR PARK SPACES? HOW DO WE ACTIVATE COMMUNITY, UM, IN ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND NOT JUST WHERE THE EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE. 
          SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN, IN OUR TEAM IS WE'VE, UH, JORGE AND I, LIKE I SAID, ARE KIND OF LEADING THAT EFFORT. 
          UM, AND WE ACTUALLY ADDED A, UM, A PROTOCOL OFFICER. 
          SO HER JOB IS HELPING WITH ALL THE INTER INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO GET INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, UM, HOUSED HERE IN LONG BEACH, UM, DO DIFFERENT CULTURAL EVENTS WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER. 
          SO THAT PERSON WILL REALLY HELP US GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, HEAR FROM THEM, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE, WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVATIONS AND THINGS THAT YOU PRIORITIZE FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND OUR LONG-TERM LEGACY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, ONCE WE GET THAT PERSON ON BOARD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE PLANNING? UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE KIND OF SHOWS YOU A NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS WE NEED TO DO WITH ELLIOT 28. 
          BUT IN SHORT, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE PHASES. 
          UM, WE'VE ALREADY COME TO A, WHAT IS CALLED A GAMES AGREEMENT. 
          THAT'S OUR OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LA 28, THE THINGS THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND WHAT LA 20 EIGHT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF FIGURING OUT COST RECOVERY. 
          SO JUST LIKE WITH ANY OTHER SPECIAL EVENT, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THE SERVICES THAT WE NORMALLY PROVIDE WITHOUT A SPECIAL EVENT HAPPENING, WE WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR. 
          SO THINK ABOUT ALL THE EXTRA PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS. 
          UM, ANY OF THE COSTS THAT ARE HAPPENING INSIDE THE VENUES ARE GONNA BE ON LA 28, BUT WE NEED TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHAT ARE THOSE, THEY CALL 'EM NORMAL AND CUSTOMARY SERVICES, THAT BASELINE THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY PROVIDE WITHOUT A SPECIAL EVENT HAPPENING IN THESE AREAS. 
          AND THEN ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THAT, THOSE ARE CALLED ENHANCED SERVICES, WE WILL COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH LA 28, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE OUR CUSTOMER RECOVERY. 
          ANYTHING THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE THOSE NORMAL SERVICES WILL BE REIMBURSED BY LA 28. 
          UM, AND THEN AS WE GET CLOSER TO 2028, WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT EACH OF THE VALUE OPERATIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAPH OR AN INFOGRAPHIC OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES WE'LL BE PROVIDING. 
          AND THIS IS TYPICAL OF MOST OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, BUT ANY TYPICAL CITY SERVICE RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, WORKING WITH LA 28 ON ZONING AND PERMITTING, ALSO COORDINATING AND HELPING THEM WITH, UH, THE COASTAL COMMISSION PROCESS. 
          UH, WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH, UH, THE REGION ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING, WHICH WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT CITY LOOK AND WAY FINDING. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO DIRECT PEOPLE, NOT ONLY TO THE VENUES, BUT ALSO TO, UM, OUR CULTURAL ASSETS AND OUR PARKS AND THINGS OF, UH, BUSINESS QUARTERS. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY ACTUALLY, UM, ON THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE AND LA 28 WILL GIVE US THE BRANDING AND THEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT, UH, PROTOCOL, LIKE I MENTIONED, INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. 
          UM, AND THEN COMMS AND MEDIA IS GONNA BE ANOTHER KEY AREA THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST SLIDE, BUT, UM, OPERATIONALLY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, WE RELEASED THIS STRATEGIC ROADMAP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND IT REALLY MAPPED OUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO PREPARE 
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FOR 2028, AND WHAT ARE THE PHASES? SO WE HAVE A PHASED APPROACH. 
          UM, WE'RE REALLY MOVING INTO THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING STAGE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE GETTING MORE DETAILS FROM LA 28, HOW DO THEY PLAN TO UTILIZE EACH OF THE DIFFERENT VENUES AND BUILD THEM OUT? UM, WHAT ARE THE TIMELINES AND ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING INTERNALLY ON OUR OPERATIONAL PLANNING. 
          SO WHAT ARE ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE CITY TO ACTIVATE AT THE SAME TIME? HOW DO WE DO VIEWING PARTIES IN THE PARKS? HOW DO WE DO SET UP DIFFERENT STAGE AREAS WHERE COMMUNITY CAN COME OUT, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE EVENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE A PART OF THE EXCITEMENT OF THIS THAT JORGE WILL TALK ABOUT. 
          SO THEN 2027 AND 28, WE'LL START DOING MORE TEST EVENTS, DIFFERENT ROWING COMPETITIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN COMING. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, DISSOLUTION IS REALLY WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS. 
          AND ONE THING WE HOPE TO LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY, UM, AND SOMETHING THAT JORGE WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT IS THE LONG-TERM LEGACY. 
          THIS ISN'T REALLY LIKE, UM, OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS WHERE IT'LL JUST COME AND GO. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPITALIZE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME WITH THE OLYMPICS AND THE PARALYMPICS, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT LONG-TERM LEGACY IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO THAT'S WHERE I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JORGE AND HE'LL TALK ABOUT ALL THE EXCITING STUFF WE'RE THINKING FOR THE, OKAY. 
          UM, SO LIKE TYLER MENTIONED, UM, I THINK IT WAS THE END OF 2023, WE REALLY STARTED THIS STRATEGIC ROADMAP PROCESS WITH THE KPMG. 
          UM, THAT'S A EXPERT WE BROUGHT ON BOARD BECAUSE THINK VERY EARLY ON WE REALIZED THIS IS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE EVER DONE AS A CITY. 
          SO WE NEED TO BRING IN THAT EXPERTISE. 
          AND KPMG HAD THOSE PEOPLE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WHO, WHO WERE FORMER OLYMPIANS OR WHO HELPED, UH, PUT TOGETHER, UH, OLYMPICS IN THE PAST THAT WERE ABLE TO HELP GUIDE US TO CREATE THIS DOCUMENT. 
          AND SO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE ACTUALLY ALSO ABLE TO MEET A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN THE CITY. 
          SO WE CAME ACROSS THESE, WHAT WE CALL THESE THREE PILLARS, THREE CORE THEMES. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON EQUITY AND OUR PLANNING AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE LOBBY BEACH COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THE GAMES. 
          UM, AND THEN PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMING ALONG BEACH, THEY HAVE A SAFE AND WELCOMING EXPERIENCE. 
          AND THEN, LIKE TYLER MENTIONED, LEGACY, HOW CAN WE USE THE GAMES AND LEVERAGE THE GAMES, UM, TO MAKE LEGACY INVESTMENTS IN SMALL BUSINESSES, ARTS AND CULTURE AND YOUTH. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY OUR MAIN FOCUS ON . 
          UM, SO TO START, UM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN CRITICISMS OF THE OLYMPICS IS INFRASTRUCTURE, AT LEAST BEHIND FOR THE GAMES. 
          AND A LOT OF TIMES THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NOT MAINTAINED AFTERWARDS OR, OR THERE'S A LOT OF DECAY. 
          AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT, UM, AND ACTUALLY THIS HAPPENED AT 84 AS WELL, WHY THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE THEY USE A LOT OF EXISTING VENUES. 
          AND THE 28 MODEL IS BASICALLY EVEN PUMPING THE GAME ON THAT. 
          BASICALLY ALL THE VENUES ARE EXISTING OR TEMPORARY, LIKE HERE IN LONG BEACH, TUCKER BEACH, VOLLEYBALL VENUE. 
          AND EVEN THEN, UM, LA 28 IS THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY REUSE EVEN THOSE MATERIALS THAT ARE FOR THE TEMPORARY VENUES AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO THINKING ABOUT ALL THAT, UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, AT LEAST AS A CITY, WE'RE NOT REALLY FOCUSED ON THE EVENTS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL GONNA BE REALLY MAINTAINED AND HANDLED BY LA 28, BUT WE'RE USING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORWARD OUR LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. 
          SO I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH ELEVATE 28. 
          THAT'S THE CITY'S FIVE YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. 
          THAT'S, IT'S A BILLION DOLLAR OF INVESTMENTS FORWARD, UH, FOR THE CITY AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          UM, I'M SURE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IS ALL THE DIFFERENT PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PLANNED. 
          SO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS REALLY MANAGING THIS WHOLE PROGRAM. 
          THEY HAVE A GREAT SITE THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE ONLINE. 
          THEY HAVE ALL THEIR PROJECTS MAPPED OUT AND ALL THE DIFFERENT BUDGETS AND HOW MUCH THEY'VE SPENT. 
          UM, SO YEAH, REALLY FOCUSING ON PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LEGACY PIECE, UH, FOR THE GAMES. 
          AND THEN AS A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, LIKE TYLER MENTIONED, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN BUILD OUT OUR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          SO YOU, THOSE ARE, THAT'S KIND OF A LEGACY BENEFIT THAT YOU CAN'T SEE. 
          LIKE YOU CAN SEE A NEW PART, BUT HOW CAN WE CREATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE THEM LAST PAST THE GAMES? UM, SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE MAYOR AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, HE ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF THESE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS THAT ARE FOCUSED IN ALL THOSE LEGACY AREAS THAT I MENTIONED, ARTS AND CULTURE, SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND YOUTH SPORTS. 
          AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH THOSE COMMUNITY ADVISORY CO-LEADS. 
          NOW WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM REGULARLY, AND BASICALLY THEY'RE, UM, GONNA BE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT THEY SEE AS LEGACY INITIATIVES, UM, AS PART OF THEIR FOCUS AREA. 
          SO WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF REALLY GET THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS NAILED DOWN BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, PUTTING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, AND THEN, UM, SPENDING THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS FIGURING OUT WHAT'S IMPLEMENTABLE WITH WHAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED. 
          UM, SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN OUR COMM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, WILL REALLY HELP US, UM, CENTRALIZE THAT EFFORT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN AS PART OF THE, THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP THAT'S FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE LONG BEACH LEGACY FUND. 
          SO AFTER THE 84 GAMES, UM, THE LA 84 FOUNDATION WAS CREATED, BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL AROUND, I BELIEVE WE STILL GET, WE STILL GET FUNDS FROM THEM NOW. 
          SO WE THOUGHT, WHY CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING SIMILAR IN LONG BEACH, UM, JUST FOR LONG BEACH. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS THE FESTIVAL SITES AND WATCH PARTIES. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF LONG BEACH THAT AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND ANY EVENT, BUT STILL 
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WE WANNA MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW THAT THE OLYMPICS ARE HAPPENING NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY THEY'RE IN. 
          AND SO THE, THE FESTIVAL SITES AND WATCH PARTIES ARE REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MAKE THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          SO, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF GO OVER HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MAKING THAT HAPPEN. 
          SO IN PARIS, UH, THEY ACTUALLY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 
          I THINK IT CERTAINLY HELPED THAT THEY ENDED UP GETTING A $20 MILLION BUDGET FOR THAT, WHICH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE GETTING. 
          UM, SO WE, WE, WE HEARD FROM PARIS AND IT WAS LIKE KIND OF AT THE LAST MINUTE THEY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN AND GAVE 'EM THAT $20 MILLION BUCKET THEY WERE ABLE TO PLAY WITH. 
          SO, UM, THEY DID SOME GREAT THINGS WITH THAT. 
          SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY DID IS THEY HOSTED THESE 20 FAN ZONES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THESE FAN ZONES HAD DIFFERENT WATCH PARTIES. 
          THEY HAD, UH, LIVE MUSIC, THEY HAD LOCAL FOOD VENDORS, DIFFERENT CULTURAL SHOWCASES, UM, SPORTS CLINICS, UM, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS. 
          AND THEY REALLY LIKE RAN THE GAMUT OF ACTIVITIES. 
          I MEAN, NOT JUST SPORTS, BUT THEY DID LIKE, UM, VACCINE AWARENESS WORKSHOPS. 
          THEY DID LIKE SUSTAINABLE CLOTHING WORKSHOPS AND VR. 
          UM, SO THEY REALLY TRY TO BRING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES FOCUS AREAS INTO THESE SPACES. 
          AND THEY ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED THEM FOR SIX WEEKS. 
          SO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE OLYMPICS, EVEN THE TWO WEEKS IN BETWEEN THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PARALYMPICS. 
          AND THEY HAD THESE SITES BASICALLY ACTIVATED AND GOING, UM, FROM DAY TO NIGHT. 
          SO REALLY A REALLY GREAT EFFORT. 
          OF COURSE, THE $20 MILLION I'M SURE HELPED A LOT . 
          AND THEN JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. 
          SO THIS WAS THEIR LARGEST ACTIVATION ZONE, UM, IN FRONT OF THEIR CITY HALL. 
          SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL ABOUT THIS IS LIKE TYLER MENTIONED THE LOOK AND WAIT FINDING OF WORKING WITH LA 28. 
          SO THIS WASN'T A SITE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT ON BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE LIKE OUR, THE EQUIVALENT LA 28. 
          THIS WAS ALL DONE BY THE CITY, BUT BY USING KIND OF THAT BRANDING OF THE GAMES, IT MADE IT FEEL LIKE IT WAS REALLY ALL A PART OF THE SAME EFFORT. 
          UM, AND SO YEAH, THEY BROUGHT THIS REALLY GREAT SPACE TOGETHER. 
          UM, IN THIS EXAMPLE YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEEN ACTIVATED FOR A CONCERT AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THESE SPACES REALLY MULTIFUNCTIONAL. 
          UM, SO IN THIS CASE NOW IT'S THE SAME EXACT SPACES BEING ACTIVATED FOR A WATCH PARTY. 
          SO REALLY COOL WAYS OF MAKING SPACES, UH, USED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DID DIFFERENT SCALES. 
          SO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT WERE GONNA BE MORE COMMUNITY FOCUSED, PROBABLY LESS TOURIST GOING THERE THAT WORKED REALLY CLOSELY USED. 
          THEY CREATED THESE SMALLER ACTIVATION AREAS. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS WHAT IT REALLY IS, IS UM, BASICALLY JUST USING MORE OF LIKE THIS TEMPORARY INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, JUST SOME STAGING, SOME UM, SOME SCREENS, SOME SHADING, SOME KIDS ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL FOOD VENDORS. 
          SO NOT A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS NEEDED, BUT STILL REALLY KIND OF CREATED A COOL OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE. 
          AND THEN THESE ARE ACTUALLY PHOTOS THAT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, DIRECTOR TOOK. 
          SO HE ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO THE SAILING VENUE IN, IN MARSAI. 
          UM, AND SO THIS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE COULD HOPEFULLY POSSIBLY LEVERAGE OUR COAST AT WAYS TO ACTIVATE AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACE IN BETWEEN OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL VENUE ALL THE WAY UP OVER TO BELMONT SHORE. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LIKE, HOW COULD WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT SPACE AND WOULDN'T IT BE AWESOME IF YOU COULD GO FROM THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL VENUE AND BIKE OVER TO BELMONT SHORE AND HAVE ACTIVATIONS ALONG THE WAY. 
          UH, WE'LL HAVE TO CONVINCE OUR COASTAL COMMISSION OF THAT, BUT UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON, HOPEFULLY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO TRY TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED AND INFORMED, I THINK, UH, HAVING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER ON BOARD IS REALLY GONNA BE A BIG HELP. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED A GAMES WEBSITE, SO THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE AND ONLINE AND PRETTY MUCH HAS ALL THE INFORMATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO CREATED A MAILING LIST SIGN UP. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A MAILING LIST YOU CAN GO TO. 
          THERE'S DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, FOR EXAMPLE, VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERING OR YOUR EXAMPLE ON LOCAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, YOU CAN CHECK THOSE BOXES AND SIGN UP. 
          UM, AND AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE FIND UP REALLY LEVERAGE THAT MAILING LIST TO SEND THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A DIRECT EMAIL COMMUNICATION. 
          SO YOU CAN EMAIL 2028 GAMES AT LONG BEACH DO GOV AND TYLER AND MYSELF AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WILL GET THOSE EMAILS AND RESPOND AS FAST AS WE CAN. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, DO YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? KAREN? HI. 
          I KNOW THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT IN, UM, LA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE A, UM, ALL THE OLYMPIC EVENTS ARE AGE FRIENDLY AND DISABILITY DISABLED ACCESS FRIENDLY. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THAT IN OUR PLANS. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UM, ONE THING, WE DIDN'T GET INTO A LOT OF THE DETAIL, BUT OUR CITYWIDE PLANNING STRUCTURE, WE HAVE OVER 60 PEOPLE ACROSS CITYWIDE DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO IT INCLUDES PARKS AND REC AND LIKE I MENTIONED, HEALTH, OTHERS THAT ARE MORE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN PROGRAMMING FOR OLDER ADULTS. 
          SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR A DA COORDINATOR AS PART OF THAT. 
          SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS, UM, DEFINITELY INFLUENCED BY THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT ARE NOT JORGE AND ME ON ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS ACCESSIBLE, 
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UM, AND THAT WE HAVE A VARIETY OF ACTIVATIONS AND PROGRAMMING THAT'S OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE WE WILL DEFINITELY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOO, WANT TO UNDERSTAND WITH OLDER ADULTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, WITH YOUTH, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AND, UM, ACTIVATE IT. 
          SO THAT'S THE KIND OF PROCESS WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING THAT AS WELL. 
          AND LA THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TEAMS THAT, UM, HAVE ACTUAL ARCHITECT THAT WE'VE MET ACTUALLY JUST FOCUSED ON ACCESSIBILITY. 
          IT'S REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT TOO, SO IT'S ENCOURAGING. 
          ANY OTHER, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE ITEM? I THINK WE HAVE  UP HERE. 
          YEAH, NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTION OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I'M GONNA START WITH CHRIS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, ACTUALLY HAVE TWO, THE CHAIR WILL, UH, ALLOW ME TO. 
          YES. 
          UH, SO THE FIRST IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH BRINGING THE OLYMPICS, UH, LOS ANGELES IS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHERE THOSE, THE ACTIVITIES ARE WHEN CONCENTRATED IN DOWNTOWN COASTAL AREA. 
          WHAT PLANS DID THE CITY HAVE? DOES THE CITY HAVE, UH, IN RELATION TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS, THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THOSE AREAS GOING, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE LOWER OR NO CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS, PARK SPACES IN PARTICULAR, UH, IN THOSE REGIONS? LIKE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PLANS OR SOME OF THE THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, YEAH. 
          WELL, UM, SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE DO, UM, OUR HOMELESS SERVICES TEAM ACTUALLY DOES A LOT OF PROACTIVE OUTREACH BEFORE BIG SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, LIKE GRAND PRIX OR, OR WAR TOUR, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WHERE POTENTIALLY THERE ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THAT AREA AND THEY MIGHT BE DISPLACED. 
          WE WANT TO DO PROACTIVE OUTREACH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE, WELL, HERE ARE ALL THE SERVICES, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN GO, YOU CAN GO TO THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, OR EVEN IF WE HAVE VOUCHERS OR SHELTER BEDS AVAILABLE, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN DO A LOT OF THAT, UM, ENGAGEMENT AHEAD OF THE EVENTS. 
          AND UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE DO SEE SUCCESS IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE PLACED, ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AHEAD OF THE EVENT. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST KICKING THEM OUT AND PUSHING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S AGAIN, WHERE WITHIN THE, THE COORDINATED IN CITY TEAM, THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE, THE PLANNING AS WELL. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES AND THE OUTREACH AND THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SERVE PEOPLE WITH HOMELESSNESS THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN LAID OUT YET FOR 2028, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE APPROACH THAT WE'LL USE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE OF THAT INFO. 
          I THINK AS WE GET CLOSER, LIKE, HERE'S OUR OUTREACH PLAN TIMELINES AND ALL THAT STUFF AS WELL, WE'RE, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S BEING THOUGHT OF AND CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE A SITUATION WHERE, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE SHIFTING THE POPULATION FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER AREA AND OFTENTIMES THE PARKS ARE THE ONE OR THE FACILITIES TO SEE BEAR THE BRUNT OF THAT IMPACT, UNDERSTANDABLY, BECAUSE THESE FOLKS HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE AIR GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE. 
          UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, AND THIS MIGHT BE I GUESS FOR, FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR ME HAVING A BIT MORE OF ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT THE CITY OF LA LA REGION HAS. 
          UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS IN TERMS, AND I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, WELL VERSED WATER QUALITY ISSUES SINCE THAT'S GONNA BE THE BULK OF WHAT WE, WE HAVE, WHAT ARE, LIKE, HOW, HOW ARE SOME OF THOSE, HOW'S THE CITY LOOKING AT, AND AGAIN, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO LIKE THE MARINE BUREAU, COASTAL COMMISSION, THINGS LIKE THAT, HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE WATER QUALITY ISSUES, NOT JUST FOR THE EVENT, BUT LONGER TERM AS WELL FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE? YEAH, I THINK, UM, I MEAN AT THIS POINT THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR SURE, KNOWING THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF, OF THE RIVERS AND WE GET A LOT OF THE, THE BRUNT OF WHATEVER COMES FROM UPSTREAM. 
          UH, SO WE DO HAVE, I MEAN, SEPARATE FROM 2028 OLYMPICS, WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A LOT OF RESOURCES AROUND, UH, THE RIVERS FROM CLEANUP TO DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY THAT'LL HELP PREVENT, UH, WASTE AND, AND THINGS FROM GOING, GOING INTO THE, UH, THE BEACH AREAS IN PARTICULAR. 
          SO I MEAN, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK AND UM, ACTUALLY THERE MAY BE MORE OPPORTUNITY LEADING UP TO 2028, SIMILAR TO IN PARIS ONE OF THEIR BIG PROJECTS WAS CLEANING UP THE SCENT SO PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY SWIM IN IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I'D WANT TO SWIM IN THAT, BUT I, THEY DID. 
          AND UH, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE CAN DEFINITELY RALLY AROUND DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS, WHETHER IT'S WATER QUALITY OR OTHER SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF WHAT JORGE TALKED ABOUT, DIFFERENT ACTIVATION SITES 
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AND BRING COMMUNITY, THERE'S SO, SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE OLYMPICS AND THE PARALYMPICS COMING THAT POTENTIALLY THERE THERE'S MORE INTEREST IN, AND OUR ADVOCACY COULD EVEN GO LONGER OR FAR FURTHER WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OR I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET EAR MARKS AGAIN, BUT UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING OTHER IMPACTS TOO BECAUSE WITH ALL THE FOLKS COMING IN HERE, THERE'S GONNA BE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS TOO, SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? I, UH, YEAH. 
          OH, YOU GO AHEAD. 
          UM, PLANNING IS GOOD, BIG FAN OF PLANNING AND UH, I HAVE A PLAN TO SUGGEST, UM, THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH IS GONNA BE HAPPENING FOR THE OLYMPICS. 
          UM, GOLF IS NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW, BUT IT'S KIND OF IN MY WHEELHOUSE. 
          I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO BRENT A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          I'VE MENTIONED BRIEFLY TO, TO STEVE, THE AMERICAN GOLF LEASE IS UP WITHIN A YEAR AFTER THE OLYMPICS, AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OLYMPICS IMPACT HOW THAT GOLF LEASE IS DONE, UNLESS THERE'S AN EXTENSION, WHICH COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME IF THERE'S GONNA BE AN RFP, HOPEFULLY THAT IS READY TO GO. 
          WE DO AS MUCH WORK BEFORE THE OLYMPICS GETS HERE, SO THAT'S READY TO GO AS A TURNKEY AFTER THE OLYMPICS. 
          ISN, I JUST, I PANIC ABOUT THAT 'CAUSE IT'S JUST SUCH A BIG REVENUE STREAM AND A, UH, IMPACT TO OUR RECREATION. 
          WE HEAR YOU AND APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND SOMETHING MAY BE GOING ON SINCE I'VE MENTIONED IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, IT'S A COMMUNITY QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE EVENTS THAT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, A LITTLE AMBIGUOUSLY IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS AND FOLKS COMING TO LONG BEACH TO HAVE THAT, UH, OLYMPICS EXPERIENCE WITHOUT GOING TO A TICKETED EVENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'RE SHOWING JUST IN PICTURES RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW THAT THE CITY STAFF WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL OF THAT ORGANIZING. 
          WHAT ARE SOME EARLY THOUGHTS ON WHO WILL BE ORGANIZING THOSE EVENTS? WELL, WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HOST FROM THE CITY. 
          SO PART OF THE IDEA IS TO POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC, LIBRARY, OTHERS, AND REPURPOSE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING AROUND OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS OR YOUTH SPORTS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 
          SO I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ACTIVATIONS THAT THE CITY CAN TAKE ON. 
          AND, UM, I MEAN, PART OF OUR PLAN IS ESSENTIALLY TO, TO ADD MORE, UM, LIKE EITHER WE'RE CONTRACTING OUT OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 
          BUT SO THE CITY ORGANIZED EVENTS, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THOSE AND THERE'S AN INTEREST FROM ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BEING INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO I THINK EACH COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL DISTRICT WILL BE DIFFERENT, UM, JUST BASED ON THE INPUT. 
          BUT BEYOND THAT, WHATEVER THAT, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND LOOKING AT IS LIKE, HOW DO WE STREAMLINE OUR PROCESS FOR POP-UP EVENTS THAT COMMUNITY WANTS TO HOST? HOW DO WE WORK WITH OUR BIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED AND THAT THEY CAN DO WHATEVER KIND OF BUSINESS FRIENDLY, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS ATTRACTION KIND OF EVENTS THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS CAN DO, UH, SORT OF BLOCK PARTIES QUICKLY AND EASILY. 
          SO, UH, A LOT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS SEPARATE FROM THE ACTUAL SPECIAL EVENTS WILL BE HAPPENING IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THIS PROCESS IS VERY CLEARLY LAID OUT FOR COMMUNITY TO ALSO HOST WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT JORGE TALKED ABOUT WITH DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS AND GROUPS WILL BE ALSO VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURE SIDE. 
          I KNOW THEY WANT TO DO A LOT OF ACTIVATIONS, WHETHER IT'S CONCERTS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LONG BEACH WALLS KIND OF ACTIVITY WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HAVE LIVE ART AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY OR AT LEAST SET THEM UP SO THAT THEY CAN DO, UH, THE EVENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO EASILY OR MORE EASILY THAN THAN THEY CAN CURRENTLY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S ALWAYS A PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS I THINK WHERE WE'LL WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS FINDING WAYS TO EMPOWER THE COMMUNITY TO DO SOME OF THOSE EVENTS AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WHEN IT COMES TO CAPACITY BUILDING TOO, ONE THING GONNA REALLY TOUCH ON IS VOLUNTEER COORDINATION COULD BE A MAJOR LIFT. 
          UM, I THINK THEY'RE ESTIMATING NOW THEY'RE GONNA NEED 75,000 VOLUNTEERS THROUGH LA 28, AND THEN WE THINK WE'LL NEED PROBABLY ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO OUR OWN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THROUGH THE CITY FOR BASICALLY ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE VENUES AND THE ACTIVATIONS COULD POTENTIALLY BE ONE OF THOSE AREAS. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT LIKE HOW WE COULD LEVERAGE, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PAID, UM, FOR PAID EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 
          SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC SERVICE CORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND SO WE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT LIKE, CAN WE BRING A, A FELLOW ON BOARD MAYBE A YEAR BEFORE TO HELP US BUILD OUT WHAT THAT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE AS LIKE A PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, GET 'EM THAT WORK EXPERIENCE, UM, WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER AND THEN LIKE MAYBE THOSE ACTIVATIONS ARE PART 
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OF WHERE THOSE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED. 
          SO THINKING ABOUT CAPACITY BUILDING THERE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I LOVE THAT QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST ON THAT POINT, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ARTS AND CULTURE PIECE, AND I KNOW WE HEAR THE WORD VOLUNTEER A LOT, BUT THESE WILL ALSO BE HEAVY LIFTS FOR THE NON-PROFITS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND HEAVY LIFTS THAT ARE, UH, REQUIRED FOR THEM THAT ARE ALREADY REALLY FUNDING STRAPS. 
          SO ARE WE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES OR, OR PATHS OF FUNDING FOR SOME OF THOSE NONPROFITS THAT ARE GONNA BE ASKED TO HOST THESE ACTIVATIONS OR ASKED TO RUN SOME OF THESE AS PROGRAMMING PIECES? I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL AND YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM OUR STAFF AND THE, THE WORK THAT GOES ON ON DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S CONVERSATIONS AT LEAST HAPPENING AROUND HOW THOSE NONPROFITS WILL BE IMPACTED AND WHAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE AS WELL. 
          GREAT QUESTION. 
          YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CO-LEADS, UM, GRISELDA AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE SIDE. 
          UM, SOME OF IT IS, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE 20 MILLION BUCKS FROM, UH, FROM THE FEDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PARIS DID. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE PARTNER WHEN IT COMES TO GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVOCATING. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY THAT LEGACY FUND COULD HELP IN TERMS OF BRINGING IN PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS LEADING UP TO 2028. 
          SOME OF THAT FUNDING COULD HELP SUPPORT ACTIVATIONS, UM, AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY KIND OF GROUPS WANT TO DO, DO, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE EVENTS. 
          AND THAT COULD BE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF WE, IF THERE'S A, AN EVENT HOSTED, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SPONSORS THAT COME IN AND THEY, THEY BECOME A PART OF KIND OF THIS ECOSYSTEM FOR PHILANTHROPY MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK THERE WILL BE DIFFERENT AVENUES. 
          RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T, UH, ASIDE FROM MEASURE B AND SOME OF THE, UH, LIKE PERCENT FOR THE R AND ONGOING KIND OF FUNDING STREAMS FROM THE CITY, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A DEDICATED POT OF MONEY, UM, THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR THAT AT THE MOMENT. 
          UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY, WE'LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          HOW CAN WE SUPPORT, WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN KIND OF HELP FACILITATE THOSE EVENTS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, IT'S A BIG MOTION FOR SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY, ANY OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMM COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2025. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED SECOND. 
          UH, SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          OH. 
          OH. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE MINUTES? THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SEEING AND THEN I WASN'T HERE, BUT I DO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PEOPLE. 
          OH, SO GOOD, GOOD. 
          UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS ON PAGE FIVE, UH, STEVE GOT DEMOTED TO ACTING BUREAU MANAGER WHERE HE IS, HE'S BEEN ACTING DIRECTOR AND ALL THE PROBABLY GOOD, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT. 
          YOU KNOW HOW BORING MY LIFE IS. 
          , I'M KEEPING TRACK OF YOU. 
          THAT'S SAY HE'S OVER, HE DOESN'T WANT ANYMORE. 
          HOLD MY, HOLD MY JUICE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE GOT THAT. 
          UM, NOW I CAN GO TO VOTE. 
          NOW WE CAN GO TO THE VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          NO OPPOSITION. 
          UM, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          NOW I CAN GO TO NUMBER THREE. 
          UM, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN AUGUST 14TH, 2025 AND SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025. 
          UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM? UH, YES THERE IS. 
          I'M GONNA HAND IT OFF TO GLADYS KAISER, OUR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A FEW REQUESTS. 
          UM, IT'S THE BLOCKHEAD BRIGADE. 
          THEY'RE NOT A NEW GROUP AND NOT A NEW EVENT. 
          ON OCTOBER 11TH, THEY'RE LOOKING TO HOST THEIR APPRECIATION DAY IN THE COLORADO FOOD OPEN SPACE ON $275 PER PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES, UH, REQUESTED TO BE WAIVE AND THEY EXPECT 132 IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UM, AND THEN ON BEHALF OF THE NEWCOMBE ACADEMY, PTSA, UM, ON JANUARY 25TH FOR WALK RUN AT THEIR ANNUAL EVENT IN THE EL DORADO PARK EAST GOLDEN GROVE AREA, UM, IT'S EXCLUSIVE USE OF OLIVE 
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AREA THREE FOR THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, UM, FOR $2,430 FOR THEIR RENTAL PERMIT, BOUNCE HOUSE AND RAISE FEES TO BE WAIVED. 
          AND THE APPLICABLE FEES ARE THE $230 SECURITY DEPOSIT. 
          UM, THIS IS AT THE EL DORADO EAST PARK, THEREFORE THERE IS THE REVENUE TO BE, UM, EXPECTED. 
          UM, AND THEY EXPECT 600 IN ATTENDANCE. 
          SO COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE REQUESTING $2,704, UM, TO BE WEIGHED. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM ON THE NEWCOMB RUN. 
          SO, UH, AREA THREE WOULD BE CLOSED ALL DAY. 
          WHAT IF IT RAINS? WOULD THEY COME BACK FOR A MAKEUP OR WOULD THEY JUST FORCE THOSE KIDS TO WALK? UM, UM, WE WILL ASK THEM. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A MAKEUP DATE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT MANY TIMES, UM, IT IS RAIN OR SHINE WHEN IT COMES TO A RACE. 
          UM, BUT SINCE THIS IS A FUNDRAISER, WE WILL, WE WILL WORK WITH THE GROUP. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE RUN WALK. 
          THEY HAVE, UM, A RESOURCE TABLES FOR THEIR, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WOULD THEY HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE ALL DAY OR JUST MORNING OR, UM, ACTUALLY JUST THE MORNING. 
          JUST THE MORNING. 
          UM, THE EVENT IS FROM SEVEN TO 1130. 
          COOL. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          WHAT WE NORMALLY DO IS GO DOWN THE LIST AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THESE GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ABOUT THEIR EVENT OR ABOUT THE FEE WAIVER. 
          SO I AM GOING TO DO THAT NOW. 
          SO IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE BLOCKHEAD BRIGADE? ANYBODY HERE FROM NEWCOMB ACADEMY? PTSA. 
          NOBODY'S HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT MADE THAT NICE AND EASY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION BY PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OH, IN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS? OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HIA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE NOW GONNA GO ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          THAT IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ACTING DIRECTOR, UM, OR HIS OR HER MANAGEMENT DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE PERSONAL SERVICES AND INSTRUCTION AGREEMENTS AND AMEND ATTACHMENT A OF THE AGREEMENT AS NEEDED. 
          UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVED? CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          IS THERE A STAFF REPORT OR PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? UH, BARRY IS VICE CHAIR. 
          I'M GONNA ASK LADA KAISER TO PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          COMMISSIONERS, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION MARINE PARTNERS WITH CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS TO PROVIDE OVER 2000 FEE-BASED CLASSES TO THE PUBLIC EACH YEAR. 
          THESE CLASSES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE RECREATION, I'M SORRY, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES OF ALL AGES. 
          PAST INSTRUCTORS ARE SELECTED AS A RESULT IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENT REQUIRED WITHOUT SOLICITATION OF CODES AND ADVERTISED, UM, BIDS. 
          SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, I'M BRINGING TO YOU, UM, CONTRACTS ARE IN RENEWAL, UM, FOR OUR CONTRACT TEACHERS. 
          THESE ARE THE, UM, CONTRACT CLASSES THAT YOU SEE IN OUR RECREATION CONNECTION GUIDE THAT IS OFFERED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. 
          UM, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR, GABRIEL CRUZ. 
          UM, WE'RE BRINGING THESE CONTRACTS FORWARD TO YOU FOR RENEWAL. 
          UM, SO THERE'S QUITE A LIST AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, THROUGH THIS YEAR TO GET OUR CONTRACTS AND ALL IN ORDER. 
          SO, ON BEHALF OF JANET CARTER, WHO TEACHES, UM, DAN'S INSTRUCTION HERE AT EL DORADO PARK. 
          UM, MARILYN NAR, WHO TEACHES FITNESS INSTRUCTION HERE AT EL DORADO PARK. 
          SILVANNA BARONS, WHO TEACHES THE FITNESS INSTRUCTION AT RECREATION PARK. 
          MILDRED ILLA, WHO TEACHES DANCE INSTRUCTION AT EL DO AS WELL AS WARDLOW PARK SANG TOOK, WHO TEACHES SWIM INSTRUCTION AT SILVERADO. 
          UM, MARTIN LUTHER KING, AS WELL AS BELMONT COLE. 
          UM, IRENE FORTEO, WHO TEACHES DANCE INSTRUCTION AT VETERANS PARK. 
          UH, TRUDY, KAKA FONTINE, WHO TEACHES FITNESS INSTRUCTION AT  PARK. 
          TAMMY SANTI, WHO TEACHES FITNESS INSTRUCTOR AT INSTRUCTION AT EL DORADO WARLOW AND RECREATION PARK. 
          EDWARD PATRICK, WHO TEACHES DANCE INSTRUCTION AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER ON FOURTH STREET. 
          LACEY MORAK, WHO TEACHES FITNESS INSTRUCTION AT WARDLOW PARK. 
          TIMOTHY, UH, BOWEN, AKA PLAYWELL TECHNOLOGIES WHO TEACHES SPECIALTY CAMP INSTRUCTIONS AT HARWELL AND RECREATION PARK. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, ADAM COHEN, WHO IS OUR, UH, REPRESENT SKATE DOGS, UM, SKATEBOARDING INSTRUCTION AT HARWELL, UM, PARK, AS WELL AS EL DRIVE PARK, UM, COMMISSION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
           BOB? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL PUT GABE ON THE SPOT SINCE HE'S HERE. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          SO FOR THE LAST ONE, UM, I'M A HUGE SKATE PARK SKATEBOARDING FAN. 
          DO WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A SKATE PARK 
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AT HARVILLE. 
          WHAT WOULD THEY BE DOING UP THERE? YEAH, CORRECT. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          UH, WE UTILIZE THE SPORTS COURT THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE BASKETBALL COURT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOCK THE, OR CLOSE THE GATE FOR THE PARTICIPANT SAFETY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN IF THEY'RE AT EL DORADO, SO THEY'D BE USING THE, THE SKATE PARK ITSELF TO DO IT. 
          HOW WOULD THAT INTERFERE WITH DAILY USE? WOULD THEY HAVE EXCLUSIVE OR WHAT TIME, YOU KNOW? YEAH, THEY, THEY UTILIZE THE FACILITY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PUBLIC DOES, AS MIGHT IMPACT THEIR ACCESS. 
          UH, WE PUT OUT SIGNAGE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE PRIVATE INSTRUCTION AND THEY ALSO UTILIZE THE SPORTS COURT, THE MULTI-SPORT COURT THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE BASKETBALL COURT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY STEEP FEE FOR ME. 
          I HOPE PEOPLE DO IT. 
          UH, ALL PARTNERS OF PARKS DOES OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUFF IN THE GUIDE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, YES. 
          UH, PARTNERS OF PARKS WE'VE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY DOES OFFER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUR CLASSES. 
          UM, THIS, UM, CLASS HAS BEEN ONGOING, UM, MANY YEARS OF WORKING WITH ADAM, UM, GIVING HIM THE IDEA TO TEACH CLASSES MM-HMM . 
          UM, IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY POPULAR. 
          SO THIS IS A, THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME FEE, THIS IS AN ONGOING CLASS. 
          OKAY. 
          COOL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU CHRIS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS LIST, FIRST OF ALL I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALL, THESE ARE THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE UP FOR RENEWAL. 
          IT'S NOT THE TOTAL UNIVERSE OF CONTRACTS OR DEPARTMENT HAS OUT THERE. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I NOTICED A LOT OF IT IS A LOT OF THESE SERVICES ARE CONCENTRATED AT EL DORADO HARTWELL, UH, WARDLOW PARK, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THE VETERANS PARK, WE'VE MENTIONED ONES SILVERADO POOLS MENTIONED. 
          ONES, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER ARE HOW, AND BASICALLY ARE, DOES THIS KIND OF REFLECT LIKE HOW CONCENTRATED SERVICES ARE OFFERED AT THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE A LOT AT OVERDO HARWELL AND NOT AS MUCH IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITIES, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WESTSIDE FOR SITE, UH, PARKS THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVE POPULATIONS THAT ARE FAR MORE DEPENDENT ON, ON THESE TYPES OF SERVICES? A GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, AS YOU SAY, THIS IS JUST A REFLECTION OF SOME OF OUR CLASSES WHERE WE HAVE HUNDREDS, UH, UP TO A HUNDRED CONTRACT CLASS TEACHERS AND OVER 2000 CLASSES. 
          UH, SO THAT IS TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST PARTY, YOUR QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, SOME OF IT IS BASED ON AVAILABILITY OF THE FACILITY. 
          UM, BUT WE DO HAVE CLASSES, UM, AND CONSTANTLY WORKING ON A DAILY BASIS IS TO TAKE IN, UM, UH, TO WORK WITH INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TEACHING OUR, OUR CLASS AND OFFER THEM OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR FACILITY. 
          SO THERE ARE CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AGAIN, IT IS A, A, A BALANCE BETWEEN OUR PARK PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND AVAILABILITY. 
          UM, I'LL USE FOR EXAMPLE, TON PARK, UM, WHICH IS A VERY BUSY ACTIVE PARK THAT MAY BE IN THE AFTERNOON. 
          WE'RE RUNNING, RUNNING, WE HAVE OUR SENIOR PROGRAM, WE HAVE OUR TEEN CENTER GOING ON. 
          WE HAVE OUR TECH PROGRAM GOING ON. 
          WE HAVE OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR, UM, OUR, UM, OUR, OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM. 
          THERE MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABILITY DURING THAT TIME, UM, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE INSTRUCTORS TO GIVE THEM THE AVAILABILITY OF ALL OF OUR CENTERS. 
          AND ACTUALLY, SO THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND OPPORT, UM, ENTREPRENEURS, YOU'LL ALSO SEE AT TIMES WHERE WE ARE IN THE ACTUAL BUSINESS, IN THEIR OWN BUSINESS PROMOTING LONG BEACH BUSINESSES AND, AND HELPING THEM, UM, BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO OUR GOAL OF THE CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAM IS TO OFFER UM, PROGRAMS CITYWIDE, UM, AND CONTINUALLY WORKING WITH OUR, OUR, UM, CONTRACTING CLASSES, CONTRACT CLASS INSTRUCTORS, UM, TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR. 
          I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PARK EQUITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY A CONCERN. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAID IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE GOOD IN THE FUTURE, OBVIOUSLY NOT NOW, TO KIND OF SEE WHERE THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES ARE, UH, LOCATED IN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARKS, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, OBVIOUS IT WOULD MAKE NO SENSE TO HAVE LIKE SWIMMING LESSONS AT VETERANS PARK, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A POOL. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE, WHERE THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE SERVICES MIGHT BE OFFERED WOULD BE GOOD TO ENOUGH. 
          AND ALSO WANNA INCLUDE, UM, COMMISSIONER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A FACILITY THAT IS NOT OPEN, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD CHERRY PARK AND JUST ONGOING HAVING TO CLOSE DOWN SOME OF OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IS WORTH, WORTH OUR, OUR CONTRACT CLASS INSTRUCTORS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION THERE. 
          UM, WHETHER IT BE SIMILAR TO HERE, FITNESS INSTRUCTION, UM, SPECIALIZED CLASSES, UM, FROM OUR YOUTH ALL THE WAY TO OUR OLDER ADULTS. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THESE CONTRACT CLASSES, THE INSTRUCTORS ARE SMALL, BUSINESS OWNERS, ARE ENTREPRENEURS. 
          WHAT'S THE, UM, HOW DOES THE CITY, OR HOW DOES THE DEPARTMENT WORK AT RECRUITING NEW INSTRUCTORS? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THESE ARE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO OR THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS NOT THEIR REGION, A SPECIFIC PART OF LONG BEACH, IT WOULD BE HARDER TO GET THEM TO GO TO A CERTAIN PARK, RIGHT? SO IS THERE A MOVEMENT OR AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MAYBE THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SAY LIKE, OKAY, SO YOU, YOU ARE CLOSE TO THIS PARK, SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY 
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ALREADY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, IN DOING INSTRUCTION AT THIS PARK? SO, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLE. 
          WE RUN A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAMS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES. 
          UM, MANY OF OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE SHARED. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO TO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT OUR BOOK AND THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO LOS ALAMITOS AND LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, SEAL BEACH OR LAKEWOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHARE INSTRUCTURES INSTRUCTORS. 
          UM, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BOOK, SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE THE CLASSES OFFERED AT BOTH LOCATIONS, AND WE'RE MAKING REVENUE OFF OF OFFERING CLASSES IN OTHER, YOU KNOW, CITY, UM, AMENITIES. 
          UM, BUT YES, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHETHER IT BE SMALL BUSINESS OR SOMETIMES IT COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO'S USING THE PARK AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY PERMITTED. 
          UM, AND WE WORK WITH THEM, UM, COMMISSIONER LEVI SMALLS, 'CAUSE HE'S FAMILIAR WITH IS IT MIGHT BE A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR WHO'S USING OPEN SPACES. 
          WE WORK WITH THEM TO BRING HIM INTO OUR CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAM WITH WORKING WITH OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTORS TO SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GROWING THEIR PROGRAM, THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PROGRAM AT OUR OTHER SITES, DO TARGETED, UM, OUTREACH TO INSTRUCTORS. 
          AGAIN, WHEN WE WORK WITH OTHER CITIES, THEY MIGHT HAVE A KARATE TEACHER THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN OR SOMEONE WHO TEACHES, YOU KNOW, TAI CHI OR SOME OTHER CLASS THAT THE COMMUNITIES POST INTEREST IN. 
          UM, AND WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO, TO BUILD THAT. 
          UM, AND I'M SURE, SEE IF HE HAS ANY, UM, TO ASK. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. 
          SO WE ALSO, UH, PARTNER WITH CALIFORNIA PARKS AND RECREATION SOCIETY. 
          WE'RE PART OF DISTRICT 10 AND WE, UH, MY OFFICE AND I, WE ATTEND MEETINGS WITH OTHER CITIES WHO ALL OFFER A SIMILAR BROCHURE AS US FOR RECREATION CATALOGS, AND WE DISCUSS CERTAIN INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE IN THE AREA, UH, CERTAIN TYPES OF INSTRUCTION THAT ARE POPULAR AT THE TIME. 
          UH, AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, TALK TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          I KNOW THAT AS, UH, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON KNOWS, AND GLADYS MENTIONED THAT WE OFTEN FIND UNPERMITTED GROUPS IN OUR AREAS, UH, IN OUR PARK SPACES. 
          AND WE DO OUR BEST TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE PROCESS THAT EXISTS, WHETHER THAT BE A, A PERMIT FOR THE USE OF THE SPORTS FACILITY OR TO BECOME A CONTRACT CLASS INSTRUCTOR AS PART OF THIS REVENUE SHARING PROGRAM. 
          UH, ONE THING I'VE ALSO BEEN DOING IS MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEEING WHAT THE KIND OF NEWEST, UH, FITNESS CRAZE ARE AND TRENDS  AND ALSO IDENTIFYING LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH. 
          UH, WE JUST, UH, ENTERED INTO, OR WE'RE GOING TO INTERESTED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, COW HEIGHTS MUSIC WHO IS IN THE LONG BEACH SIGNAL HILL AREA. 
          UH, A GROUP THAT'S BEEN IN THE AREA FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, DECADES, UH, BUT WE'VE JUST NEVER REALLY BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT AND GET THEM ON BOARD. 
          UH, SO NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THEIR FACILITY, THEIR STOREFRONT, AND STILL MAINTAIN, UH, A POSITIVE REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT ON OUR END. 
          UM, SO WE, WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, UH, BUT A LOT OF IT REALLY BEGINS HERE WITH, UH, IDENTIFYING THE USERS AND DOORS OF OUR PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ADD, I COMMEND OUR STAFF BY DOING THAT OUTREACH AND REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, JUST OVER, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, A YEAR AGO, YOU KNOW, UM, DAVID, THIS TEAM BROUGHT TO, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO BRING FOREST BATHING CLASSES TO OUR FACILITY, AND I HAD NO IDEA. 
          YOU JUST LEARNING WHAT SOUND BATHING WAS AND PROVIDING WHAT IS THAT, WHAT IS THE RESEARCH TO THAT? WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT IS THAT CLASS? YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN, WHO'S INTERESTED IN THAT? UM, AND NOW PRODUCT SAY, IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL CLASS THAT RUNS OUT EL DORADO PARK WEST. 
          AND EXPOSES, UM, NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR CURRENT, BUT OUR SURROUNDING CITIES TO THE, THE BEAUTIFUL AMENITIES WE HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW, IN PALM BEACH. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, WE'VE DONE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A VOTE. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          WE ARE NOW GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE SPECIAL PERMIT EVENT. 
          SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION NUMBER 26 DASH 0 4 0 FROM PARTNERS, THE PARKS, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOST A FUNDRAISER TITLED SOWING THE SEEDS AT EL DORADO NATURE CENTER ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2025. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES WITH PARAMETERS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING. 
          AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE, OR DETERMINE THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY DOES NOT PROVIDE OVERALL PUBLIC BENEFIT AND DENY SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. 
          APPLICATION NUMBER 26 DASH 0 4 0 FROM PARTNERS OF PARKS, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOST A FUNDRAISER TITLED SOWING THE SEEDS AT EL DORADO NATURE CENTER, DISTRICT NUMBER 
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FOUR. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO, UH, SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND CAME FROM, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          MADAM CHAIRMAN, I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF. 
          I WILL BE A PARTICIPANT OF IN THAT EVENT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND LEAVE YOU TO YOUR LIFE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE CHAIR NOTES THAT COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON HAS IS LEAVING THE ROOM. 
          AND THEN, I'M SORRY,  HAS RECUSED HIMSELF. 
          LET ME RESTATE THAT. 
          HE'S, GOD, HE HAS THE CHAIR LEFT. 
          AND THEN, I'M SORRY, WHO GAVE ME THE SECOND? I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH, BUT CHRIS, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM? YES, THERE IS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SHIRLEY , OUR PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, AS WE KNOW, THE COMMISSION HAS INCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OVER LEISURE ACTIVITIES OF A RECREATION NATURE IN OUR CITY PARKS AND OUR PARK  MARINE DEPARTMENT. 
          ALONG WITH SPECIAL , WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PROCESS TO SEE WHO LOWER DENIAL APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS IN CITY PARKS OR OTHER AREAS OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO PARTNERS PARKS, THE CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION SUBMITTED A SPECIAL EVENT FAMILY APPLICATION TO HOST OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AT EL NATURE CENTER AS PARTNERS OF PARKS IS CELEBRATING ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          THE EVENT WILL FOCUS ON THE ORGANIZATION'S SERVICE TO LONG BEACH PARKS AND WILL HONOR THOSE WHO WORK, WHOSE WORK HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PARKS AND PROGRAM FUNDRAISE FROM THE EVENT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT PARK ACTIVITIES PROGRAMMING, AND PROVIDE YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS TO COVER FEE BASED CLASSES, YOUTH AND ADULTS SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          I KNOW WE ALSO DO, UM, THEY ALSO DO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ADULTS AS WELL. 
          UM, IN OUR HONOREES THIS YEAR, UM, ARE DAYS LATER, SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM, THAT JAZZ ANGELS, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY BAND, MEGAN O'NEIL FROM OUR NATURE CENTER, AZTECA LANDSCAPING, UM, HELPS WITH OUR LANDSCAPING HERE IN THE PARKS. 
          LARRY AND KURT CURTIS WITH THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL BAND, UH, TRINKA ROSWELL PARTNERS OF PARKS, OUR PASTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE. 
          AND AS HE HAS ACCUSED HIMSELF OUR VERY OWN . 
          UM, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FUNDRAISER WILL BE WITH THE ELRA NATURE CENTER AND LIMITED TO THE AMPHITHEATER AREA. 
          YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT IN YOUR, THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH FROM 5:30 PM TO 7:30 PM FOR THE SET UP TIME, STARTING AT 3:30 PM AND TEAR DOWN WILL BE COMPLETED BY 8:30 PM PARTICIPANTS WILL ENJOY A SILENT AUCTION, A LIVE JAZZ COMBO BAND AND REFRESHMENTS, AND THAT INCLUDES THE CELL OF BEER AND WINE. 
          THERE'S AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 150 PEOPLE. 
          TICKETS ARE $140 FOR INDIVIDUALS, $500 FOR A FOUR PERSON HIGH TOP TABLE, AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR AN EIGHT PERSON TABLE. 
          TRASH BOXES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND WILL COLLECTED AFTER THE EVENT. 
          THE PARTNERS OF PARKS VOLUNTEERS WILL HELP THE NATURE CENTER STAFF TAKE THE TRASH OUT TO THE BINS. 
          UM, SECURITY IS PROVIDED BY A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM ON THE NIGHT OF THE EVENT, AND THE SECURITY PLAN HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH THEIR APPLICATION AND INCLUDES, UM, ONE UNARMED GUARD AT THE ENTRANCE, AN UNARMED GUARD AT THE BEER AND WINE GARDEN, AND AN UNARMED GUARD FLOATING THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. 
          UM, THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE IT OCTOBER 7TH, UM, TO IDENTIFY ANY DAMAGE TO THE SITE AND PARTNERS OF PARTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE RE REPAIRS. 
          UM, IF THIS EVENT IS APPROVED AS PROPOSED, THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE $275 IN PARK FEES, AND YET THE REDETERMINED AMOUNT OF STAFF REIMBURSEMENT CHARGES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. 
          SEE NO QUESTIONS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THE EVENT? I MEAN, I GUESS WE JUST WOULD, SHERLY DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING LIKE ALL OF MY STUFF. 
          UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT OUR EVENT. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THERE. 
          UM, SO I REALLY ENCOURAGED OUR BOARD AND COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS TO, UM, KIND OF LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CONTRIBUTING TO PARKS. 
          I KNOW IN THE PAST, LIKE, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ROBERT AS AN HONOREE AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT THINGS FOR LONG BEACH, BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON MAYBE WHO'S NOT AS SEEN. 
          SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, UM, HONORING AZTECA LANDSCAPE THIS YEAR. 
          THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY PARK SPACES AND THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF MAINTAINING, THEY'RE ALWAYS SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF US. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE TWO FULL TABLES THERE OF THEIR TEAM. 
          SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, INTERACTING AND ENGAGING WITH THEM. 
          SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REALLY GOOD SUPPORTER OF LAKE PARK PROGRAMS AND THINGS. 
          SO, UM, WE MADE A REALLY, REALLY LONG LIST AND LIKE PAIRED THAT DOWN AND TRIED TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL, UM, FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY ABOUT WHO WE'RE HONORING. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME COOL STUFF THIS YEAR AND GETTING AN ORIGINAL KY AS AN ITEM. 
          SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH BOBINSKI, UM, HE PAINTS LONG BEACH. 
          HE'S ALL OVER THE AIRPORT. 
          HE'S ALL OVER OUR PARK BUILDINGS. 
          UM, WE HAVE BACKSTREET BOYS TICKETS THAT ARE GOING FOR 750 BUCKS 
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EACH, THE LOWEST NOW. 
          UM, LOTS OF LIKE NEW AND FUN THINGS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE TABLES. 
          WE FIND A WAY TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT DOING CHARCUTERIE BOXES. 
          UM, MEGAN AND I TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE AS GREEN AS POSSIBLE. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PARKS AFFILIATE. 
          UM, SO VERY DIFFERENT THAN WE'VE DONE IT IN PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, AWESOME. 
          SLIGHTLY MORE UPSCALE, VERY CELEBRATORY 40TH, UM, YEAR AND YEAH, I WOULD SAY A COUPLE WEEKS. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HIA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. 
          OH, MANAGER. 
          JUST FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? OH, I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OH, ASHLEY JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS PARKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HIA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          UM, OPPOSED? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU JENNY. 
          AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ FOR THAT REMINDER ON, UH, IDENTIFY IDENTIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL WAIT TILL HE COMES BACK. 
            AND CONGRATULATIONS. 
          ONLY MADE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOOFY FROM THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE TO AMEND RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT NUMBER P 0 0 3 0 9 TO INCLUDE BACKSTOP IMPROVEMENTS AT STERNS CHAMPIONS PARK FOR FIELDS ONE AND TWO, THE LONG BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION DISTRICT FOUR. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IS THERE A STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM? THERE IS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SHERVIN OUR PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THE LONG BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE, IT'S A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. 
          THE LEAGUE HAS BROUGHT BASEBALL TO YOU, FOUR TO 16 YEARS OLD FOR OVER 60 YEARS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE LONG BEACH IS THE LEAGUE. 
          THE LEAGUE IS COMMITTED SUPERVISING A FAMILY BASED COMMUNITY THAT BROUGHT A SAFE AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE PROGRAM. 
          REGARDLESS OF ABILITY, THE LEAGUE STRIVES TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER INTEGRITY THROUGH THEIR COACHES, OFFICERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF PAGE 12. 
          SO THE WRITE ENTRY WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED IN OCTOBER, 2022, AND THE LEAGUE HAS REQUESTED THEY EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THEIR CURRENT PERMIT TO INCLUDE BACKSTOP IMPROVEMENTS AT FIELD ONE AND TWO. 
          AS SEEN IN YOUR ATTACHMENT HERE, THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL PROVIDE SAFE WILL IMPROVE SAFETY BY HELPING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VALVE WALLS THAT COULD FLY INTO THE SPECTATORS. 
          THE WORK WILL INCLUDE INSTALLATION OF HIGHER FENCING ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BACKSTOP. 
          WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THE PARKS RECREATION COMMISSION AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN FIELD ONE AND TWO OVER AT STEARNS CHAMPION PARK. 
          THIS WOULD ALLOW THE LITTLE LEAGUE NON-EXISTENT ACCESS TO INTERS CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING BACKSTOP IMPROVEMENT. 
          THE LOCATION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS WILL BE APPROVED BY THE DIRECT ACTING ACTING DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION, OR A ORIGIN DESIGNEE. 
          THE LEAGUE WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM CAUSED BY LONG BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE, THEIR CONTRACTOR OR ANY OF THEIR SUBCONTRACT CONTRACTORS AS A RESULT OF ANY OF THEIR IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE COORDINATED WITH AND CONSENTED BY OUR DEPARTMENT'S MAINTENANCE OPERATION BUREAU. 
          ALL OTHER TERMS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED IN THE RIGHT OF ENTRY WILL BE BEING THE SAME. 
          IN EFFECT, THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT FROM THE RECOMMENDED ACTION BEYOND THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE AND STAFF COSTS AND ALL MATERIALS AND WORK WILL BE PROVIDED AND PAID FOR BY THE LI. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? UM, WELL JUST TO, I'M I'M WONDERING IF THIS WILL IMPACT THEIR SEASON, THE SPRING SEASON OR THEIR FALL SEASON. 
          ACTUALLY, I AM NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THE SCHEDULING OF THAT, AND THEY'VE KIND OF DETERMINED THAT THEY WOULD WANNA DO THAT. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER THAT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THEY WOULD MAKE SURE IT GETS DONES. 
          WHY? I WONDER. 
          I'M ASSUMING THEY THOUGHT OF THAT, BUT ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? CRICKETS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, MOVING ON. 
          SO WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED THOU. 
          OKAY, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
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FANTASTIC. 
          SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS REPORT, ACTING DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY HIGHLIGHT REPORT. 
          UM, WE CREATE COMMUNITY AND DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2025. 
          UM, ACTING DIRECTOR SCOTT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          A MOTION. 
          UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. 
          UM, SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW YOU CAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO I FIRST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE, UH, WE CREATE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER, UH, A NUMBER OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, EITHER THROUGH MY DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS OR, UM, THROUGH ROUNDTABLE. 
          BUT THERE IS ONE THING THAT I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO, AND IT IS ON PAGE SIX. 
          UH, WE, WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THE COOL NEW THINGS THAT, UH, WE GET TO INTRODUCE, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND OUR MARINE HERO HAS, UH, A COUPLE OF NEW, UM, SAND SIFTERS IN EACH CLEANERS THAT ARE BROUGHT ON TO THAT'S COOL. 
          REALLY ENHANCE OUR CLEANING CAPABILITIES OF THE BEACHES. 
          UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS NEW EQUIPMENT IS GONNA ALLOW US TO DO IS GO FROM BEING ABLE TO COLLECT BIGGER OBJECTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LARGE TWO LITER BOTTLES THAT WASH UP ON THE SHORE TO A REALLY FINE BOTTLE CAP LEVEL, UH, CLEANING, UH, AND SANITIZING OF OUR BEACHES. 
          AND SO THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAD OUR FIRST RAIN, UH, LAST NIGHT, AND WE'LL GET INTO THE RAIN SEASON AS WE GET ALL OF THAT DEBRIS COMING DOWN THE LA RIVER AND, UH, SAN GABRIEL RIVERS, THOSE WIND UP ON OUR BEACHES. 
          AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE TOOLS LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN THOSE BEACHES ON A DAILY BASIS SO THAT THEY ARE READY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY. 
          SO, A COUPLE OF PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'LL TOUCH UPON, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, DIRECTORS HIGHLIGHTS AND AROUND THE, UH, SO TO THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS, I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION. 
          UH, THIS IS A BIG TIME OF YEAR, UH, FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE OUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THIS WAS BUDGET ADOPTION TIME. 
          AND, UH, TWO, UH, LAST TUESDAY, UH, NOT TWO DAYS AGO, BUT LAST TUESDAY, THE CITY'S, UH, BUDGET FOR FY 26 WAS ADOPTED, WHICH OBVIOUSLY INCLUDES OUR PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE AND ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, $90 MILLION, UH, BUDGET. 
          UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION OUT THERE LEADING UP TO THIS BUDGET SEASON THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY TO INVEST, UH, BOTH STRUCTURAL DOLLARS, UH, FOR ADDING NEW PROGRAMS OR EXPANDING PROGRAMS OR EVEN ONE TIME RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ONCE. 
          UH, THERE JUST HASN'T BEEN, UH, THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. 
          UM, BUT DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN CREATIVE WITH HOW THEY CAN HELP IDENTIFY FUNDING TO SHORE UP MAYBE SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE RESOURCES, PROGRAMS THAT REALLY HAVE A REAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO DO A NUMBER OF THOSE THINGS, UH, WITHIN OUR PARKS, REC, AND MARINE BUDGET. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE THAT, UH, I THINK GARNERED, UH, THE MOST ATTENTION IS THE EXPANSION OF OUR PARK AMBASSADORS PROGRAM. 
          SO WE CALL, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE CREATED A PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, UH, AN EVENING TEAM THAT GOES OUT EVERY NIGHT AND THEY LOCK ALL OF OUR FREESTANDING RESTROOMS AND OUR MINI PARKS AND, UH, HANDLE A NUMBER OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AT THAT SITE. 
          OR EVEN AROUND, UH, THE FREESTANDING RESTROOMS IN THE PARK, COMMUNITY CENTERS, OR, YOU KNOW, CLEANING AND POWER WASHING OF PICNIC AREAS IN THE PARKS. 
          UH, THIS WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR US. 
          UM, PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WE DID NOT LOCK OUR FREESTANDING RESTROOMS AT NIGHT. 
          AND WE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF VANDALISM AND JUST A LOT OF MISUSE SO THAT WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAME AND USED THOSE RESTROOMS IN THE MORNING, UM, THERE WERE SOMETIMES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE OR, UM, DEBRIS IN THE RESTROOMS. NOW, HAVING HAD THAT PROGRAM IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED A CLOSE TO 50% CALL, UH, REDUCTION IN CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE FREESTANDING RESTROOMS IN ADDITION TO CLOSE TO 50% REDUCTION IN THE COSTS FOR REPAIRING THE VANDALISM. 
          SO THAT WAS A HUGE, HUGE SUCCESS FOR US. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, 'CAUSE PERCEPTION OPTICS, IT MEANS SOMETHING. 
          AND IF PEOPLE SEE THAT OUR RESTROOMS ARE NOT CLEAN, DAMAGED, THEY MAY THINK TWICE ABOUT HOLDING AN EVENT IN OUR PARKS OR ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, THEIR CHILDREN TO COME TO OUR PROGRAMS. AND SO THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, STEP FOR US. 
          WHAT WE DID 
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THIS YEAR IS WE EXPANDED THAT PROGRAM OR WHAT WE DID FOR FY 26 BUDGET. 
          WE EXPANDED THAT PROGRAM INTO THE MORNING HOURS. 
          SO WHILE THE EVENING TEAMS CLOSED THE RESTROOMS AND, AND MAINTAINED THE RESTROOMS, WE HAD A CONTRACTOR THAT OPENED THE RESTROOMS IN THE MORNING AND, UH, CLEANED AND STUFF. 
          THOSE RESTROOMS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING THAT SERVICE IN THE MORNING, IN-HOUSE TO OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE TEAM, UH, TO TEAM ERIC, UH, OVERSEAS, SO THAT THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING OUT INTO THE PARKS BEFORE THE COMMUNITY ARRIVES, OPENING THE RESTROOMS, CLEANING AND STOCKING THOSE RESTROOMS. AND THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE NIMBLE, UH, WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE MAINTAIN OUR, UH, FREESTANDING RESTROOMS IN THE PARKS. 
          IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO COME BACK MULTIPLE TIMES IF WE NEED TO. 
          ONCE WE'VE CLEANED IT AND STOPPED IT AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THAT RESTROOM, UM, MUCH QUICKER, UM, THAN PREVIOUSLY. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE US A FEW MONTHS TO GET STAFFED UP, UH, AND GET THAT PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING. 
          BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY FEEL, UH, WILL BE CONTINUING TO BE THAT GAME CHANGER THAT THE EVENING PARK VASCULAR PROGRAM, UM, EXPERIENCED. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER AREAS THAT, UH, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND AS I JUST MENTIONED WITH THE FREESTANDING RESTROOMS, VANDALISM IS A BIG ISSUE IN OUR PARKS. 
          AND ANYTIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SOCK AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS INTO VANDALISM, UH, ACCOUNT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          AND WE ARE ABLE, UH, TO ADD ABOUT $60,000. 
          NOT A LOT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING, UH, TO OUR, UH, VANDALISM, UM, RESPONSE, UH, ABILITIES IN OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES OPERATION. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SPAY AND NEUTER, UM, STRUCTURAL FUNDING. 
          THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST, UH, NEEDS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND IT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT NOT ONLY HA HELPS NOW, BUT IT HELPS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          IT HELPS US AVOID COSTS DOWN THE ROAD DUE TO OVERPOPULATION. 
          UM, SO DEFINITELY, UH, AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT, UH, FOR US. 
          UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THE MUNICIPAL BAND THIS YEAR, JUST FOR POINT OF CLARITY. 
          IT WAS NOT, UH, UM, PROPOSED TO BE REDUCED. 
          UM, IT WAS JUST THAT THE COST OF THE PROGRAM CONTINUED TO GROW AND WE JUST COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THOSE COSTS. 
          SO, UH, FOR A ONE YEAR BASIS, WE IDENTIFIED SOME SAVINGS, UM, WITHIN OUR TIDELANDS OPERATIONS, UH, FUNDING WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, TO KEEP THE FULL SIX WEEK SEASON, UM, IN PLACE FOR 2026, WHILE WE WORK WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY, UH, A, A MORE STRUCTURAL FUNDING APPROACH TO KEEP THAT, UH, IMPORTANT PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, OTHER, UH, ONE TIME, UH, INVESTMENTS THAT WERE EITHER BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE MAYOR OR BY OUR BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, AND THAT INCLUDES ANOTHER SEASON FOR HOOPS AFTER DARK, UH, SOME FUNDING FOR, UM, FENCING AT GUM BYER PARK. 
          UH, SOME, UH, FUNDING FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR, UH, SKATE PARK, UH, ANOTHER SKATE PARK IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, SMALLER ONETIME INVESTMENTS, BUT ARE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA REALLY HELP US, UM, MOVE FORWARD IN SOME OF THESE CRITICAL AREAS. 
          UH, SO THAT'S IT WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET. 
          UM, I'M NOT GONNA TALK A LOT ABOUT, UH, KIND OF THE OFFICIAL CLOSEOUT OF, UH, SUMMER PROGRAMMING. 
          I'LL LET GLADYS DO THAT. 
          I THINK THE LAST TIME WE ALL MET, WE WERE PROBABLY IN OUR LAST, MAYBE NINTH OR 10TH WEEK OF SUMMER. 
          UM, AND SO GLADYS CAN TALK A BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS LIKE DANCE FEST, UH, THAT'S ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN, WE CREATE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO AUGUST REPRESENTS AT OUR ANIMAL CARE SHELTER, UH, CLEAR THE SHELTERS MONTH. 
          UM, AUGUST IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT MONTHS, UH, FOR, UH, ADOPTIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY, UH, AT THE MUNICIPAL SHELTERS. 
          AND SO THIS IS A, A PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO REALLY CALL ATTENTION, UH, TO, UM, OUR ADOPTABLE ANIMALS. 
          AND WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL MONTH OF, UH, AUGUST. 
          UH, WE, UH, ADOPTED OUT 170 ANIMALS, UH, IN THE MONTH OF, UH, AUGUST. 
          SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UH, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, TO FIND THOSE ANIMALS A FOREVER HOME, UM, AND KEEP OUR SHELTERS OPEN AND AVAILABLE FOR NEW INCOMING ANIMALS THAT WE GET ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          UM, LAST FRIDAY WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING 
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FOR OUR, UH, SIGNATURE PLAYGROUND AT SILVERADO PARK. 
          THAT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT. 
          UH, UH, WE HAD THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR THERE, UH, FORMER CONGRESSMAN ALAN FEL WAS THERE WHO HELPED SECURE SOME FUNDING, UH, FOR THAT. 
          UM, REALLY A A GREAT DESIGN, UH, FOR THAT, UH, PLAYGROUND. 
          REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, TO OUR, UH, WEST SIDE, UH, COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS, UM, CAPITALIZING ON THAT, A NUMBER OF WONDERFUL AMENITIES, UH, THAT, UM, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERING ABILITIES, DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. 
          UM, SO REALLY, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, IMPACT, UH, ASSET THERE ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE, UH, MENTIONED THAT OUR LONGTIME COMMUNITY INFORMATION OFFICER JANE ATE, WAS RETIRING. 
          UH, SHE OFFICIALLY, UH, I THINK LAST WEEK WAS HER LAST WEEK, UM, IN THE JOB AFTER CLOSE TO 39 YEARS. 
          SO WE ARE DOING A RECRUITMENT, UH, RIGHT NOW TO, UH, FILL THAT POSITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HAVING SOMEBODY ON BOARD TO REALLY HELP US KIND OF MOVE FORWARD, UH, IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, UH, EFFORTS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS, UH, CAPITALIZING ON DIGITAL ASSETS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, WEBSITE REALLY, UM, FOCUSING ON THOSE AREAS. 
          THEN JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, REMINDERS, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, THIS SATURDAY IS CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP. 
          AND, UM, OUR TEAM, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE EL DORADO NATURE CENTER WILL BE HOSTING FIVE SITES FOR CLEANUPS THIS SATURDAY FROM NINE TO NOON, UH, UP AND DOWN, UM, THE COAST. 
          AND SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING, UH, HOPEFULLY CLOSE TO THE 1600 VOLUNTEERS WE HAD LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN IF, UH, ANYBODY WANTS TO GET THEIR STEPS IN THIS SATURDAY, THERE IS ALSO THE RANCHOS WALK, UM, GETTING, I BELIEVE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, UH, AT RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS. 
          AND THAT IS A NINE MILE WALK FROM RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS TO RANCHO LOS CERRITOS. 
          IF YOU ARE NOT, UH, ABLE TO WALK NINE MILES, THERE ARE POINTS ALONG THE WAY THAT YOU CAN, UH, ENTER THE, UH, THE WALK, UM, THAT, UH, IS IT FOR, UH, DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS. 
          GREAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, FROM JUST ONE COMMISSIONER, UH, ON THE PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM? SO IN THE RAMP UP TO BRINGING IN THE MORNING TEAM, ARE WE KEEPING THE CONTRACTOR FIRST AND THEN WAITING UNTIL YEP. 
          THE CONTRACTOR WILL NOT BE, UM, LET GO UNTIL OUR TEAM IS 100% READY TO PROVIDE THE FULL SCOPE AND SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, SO I SAW IN THE NEW, I SAW, I THINK IN THE LONG BEACH POST THAT WE'RE KEEPING THE, THE, THE, THE BATHROOMS, THE UH, THE THRONE RESTROOMS. YES, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO, UH, WE HAD A PILOT PROGRAM FOR ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AT FOUR DIFFERENT SITES, UH, THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH, UH, THE FOREST, UH, PARK, UM, HARVEY MILL, UH, PLAZA, AND THEN TWO, UH, ALONG THE COAST, UH, ONE AT, UH, THE PIER, AND THEN ONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO, UM, SHORELINE MARINA. 
          AND THOSE PROVED TO BE HIGHLY, HIGHLY, UH, SUCCESSFUL. 
          HEAVILY, HEAVILY USED. 
          I THINK OUR, UM, OUR BELMONT PIER LOCATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE MOST USED, UH, THROWN RESTROOM IN THE COUNTRY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. 
          THAT'S CRAZY. 
          THESE WERE HEAVILY, UH, USED AND DEFINITELY GREAT ASSETS. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, DECIDED TO EXTEND THOSE, UH, FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THREE OF THE FOUR. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE ONE YEAR, UH, SHORELINE, UH, MARINA THAT DID NOT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE USAGE. 
          BUT, UH, THE OTHER YAY HARVEY MILK WERE, WERE HEAVILY, HEAVILY USED AND REALLY GLAD TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE, CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA GO DO, WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HIA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          SO NOW WE ARE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. 
          UM, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? OKAY, SO I SEE KAREN, GO AHEAD KAREN. 
          I DON'T HAVE A TIMER, SO I'M GOING TO GUESS I'LL BE FAST. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          KAREN RESIGNED. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS, AND 
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WE'RE A PARTNER OF THE PARKS. 
          WE HAVE AN OFFICE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          AND, UM, I, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, IT'S FUNNY YOU MENTIONED RESTAURANTS. 
          UM, TWO INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW IT'S THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR, BUT I WANNA SUGGEST THAT WE GET SOME STRAIN, SOME TRAINING FOR THE STAFF AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING IN THE SENIOR CENTER ON HOW TO HANDLE, UM, THE HOMELESS THAT ARE COMING IN TO USE THE RESTROOMS. AND WE HAD TWO INCIDENTS LAST WEEK. 
          SATURDAY, THERE WAS A HALF NAKED MAN, HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO THE UNISEX RESTROOM. 
          HE INSISTED HE KEPT GOING INTO THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM AND THE STAFF WAS RELUCTANT TO CALL THE POLICE. 
          THEY MANAGED TO SHEPHERD HIM OUT. 
          BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY FROM ALL OF US BECAUSE TWO OF THESE IN INSTANCES HAPPENED LAST WEEK. 
          SO I SUGGEST MAYBE WE COULD GET SOME TRAINING FROM THE MET TEAM AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE THE STAFF IS RELUCTANT TO CALL THE POLICE. 
          AND I'VE CALLED THEM MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE. 
          AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, PUTTING UP THE STRUCTURES ON THE STEPS AT THE SENIOR BUILDING. 
          IT'S KEPT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WERE DEALING DRUGS AWAY FROM THE BUILDING. 
          SO IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THE POLICE ARE CONTINUE TO MONITORING AND DO PATROLS. 
          SO WE'VE MANAGED TO GET, GET MOST OF THE DRUG DEALERS OUT OF THE AREA. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, RESTATING ASHLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTNERS OF PARKS. 
          SO IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR, IT'S LONG BEACH GIVES, WHICH MEANS I'M LOSING WEIGHT . 
          UM, BUT WE'RE JUST GREAT TIMING FOR THE SORE COMING UP. 
          UM, SO WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR LONG BEACH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES THIS YEAR. 
          IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I RECENTLY ADOPTED THEIR, LIKE, SUPER LONGEST RESIDENT GUMBO. 
          I'M OBSESSED WITH MY DOG. 
          HE'S ALL I REALLY CARE ABOUT RIGHT NOW, . 
          UM, AND I HAD NOTICED ALSO LIKE KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT DROP COMING THROUGH IN ANIMAL CARE DONATIONS SINCE THE LAWSUIT. 
          AND SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS WOVEN TOGETHER. 
          UM, OR SORT OF OUR INSPIRATION FOR CAMPAIGNING FOR THIS GROUP. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHELTER. 
          THERE'S FLYERS EVERYWHERE. 
          WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE DOING SOME GIVEAWAYS TODAY. 
          WE'RE DOING A RAFFLE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A BIG GOAL. 
          I WANNA GET AS CLOSE TO THAT GOAL AS WE CAN. 
          THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE DONATED. 
          UM, NO DONATION IS TO SMALL. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS FULL OVER THERE AND THEY DO LIKE SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, GUMBO WAS THERE, THAT'S THE DOG'S NAME, UM, FOR LIKE 700 DAYS, UM, WHICH IS INSANE. 
          SO THE AMOUNT OF CARE AND THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT HE GOT THERE IS LIKE EXCEPTIONAL. 
          HE'S A SUPER HEALTHY LOVING DOG. 
          UM, HE'S, HE'S THE BEST. 
          UM, AND SO YEAH, WE'RE PAYING IT FORWARD AND PAYING IT BACK TO THEM. 
          SO WE HAVE FLYERS IF YOU WANT THEM, BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA INTRODUCE AALIYAH KHAN. 
          SO, UM, AFTER BEING A YEAR AND A HALF SOLO AND JUST BEING EXHAUSTED, I VERY THOUGHTFULLY PUT TOGETHER PARTNERS OF PARK'S NEW BUDGET AND ADVOCATED FOR HAVING A SECONDARY FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER, WHICH THIS ORGANIZATION HAS LONG NEEDED JUST TO FUNCTION AND DO WHAT WE DO AT A REASONABLE LEVEL. 
          UM, AND SO AALIYAH ROSE TO THE TOP. 
          SHE COMES TO US FROM, UM, PREVIOUSLY WORKING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THE QUALITIES AND THE SKILLS THAT AALIYAH HAS COMPLIMENT MINE, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT SHE LIKES DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT I DON'T PREFER DOING  AND I LIKE DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO. 
          UM, AND SO, YEAH, WE WELCOME AALIYAH. 
          IT'S ONLY HER THIRD DAY HERE. 
          UM, I ALSO AM FINDING THAT ESPECIALLY ON LIKE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, I'M STRETCHED VERY THIN BETWEEN LIKE, THERE'S A MAT COMMISSION MEETING, I HAVE MY OWN COMMISSION MEETING. 
          SO, UM, IT MAKES IT WHERE ONE OF US WILL BE HERE AND BE PRESENT AT ALL THE MEETINGS GOING FORWARD AS WELL AS I'VE SHARED WITH STEVE AND SHERLY TRYING TO BE PRESENT AT MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE SILVERADO, UM, AND ONE PERSON. 
          AND, UM, I'M SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE ALIYA ON BOARD. 
          UM, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SEWING THE SEEDS. 
          HOPE YOU'LL BE THERE. 
          IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE ABOUT YOURSELF. 
          I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS, THE FEW OF YOU THAT I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU BETTER. 
          UM, I HAVE A DEEP DEVOTION TO OUR PARKS. 
          I HAVE A DEEP DEVOTION TO OUR CITY. 
          ASHLEY SAID IT ALL, SO HI, NEXT WEEK YOU GONNA SIT DOWN SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SEWING THE SEEDS. 
          I DON'T THINK I NEED TO, I MEAN, KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          YOU HEARD ABOUT IT. 
          I'VE SENT YOU FLYERS. 
          ALL THE THINGS BEEN AT THE MAC MEETING. 
          WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS LESS THAN THREE MINUTES, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU'RE GOOD. 
          YOU'RE GOOD. 
          UM, OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR STAFF. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH GLADYS, UH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          AS, UM, WE'VE 
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ALLUDED ALL SUMMER, VERY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER, UM, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF HOMEWORKING FROM VERY EARLY MORNING, WHETHER IT BE OUR POLLS, OUR DAY CAMPS, AND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, UM, TO PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES CITYWIDE AND PROGRAM FOR, FOR EVERYONE, NOT ONLY OUR YOUTH. 
          UM, I THINK YOU START CLASSES AS YOUNG AS THREE MONTHS. 
          YOU CAN TEACH YOUR, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SWIM CLASSES. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE, UH, IN THE HUNDREDS IN OUR, IN OUR OLDER ADULT CENTERS. 
          SO VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT AS WE TRANSITION AND WHAT I CALL OUR CUSTODY AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT'S GOING VERY WELL AT OUR PARKS. 
          UM, OUR STAFF IS REALLY MAKING AN EFFORT TO OUTREACH. 
          UM, WHETHER IT BE AT LIKE THIS WEEK IS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS, UM, AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          AND JUST SHARING, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. 
          UM, WHETHER THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN EXTRA SCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE OPERATE SEVEN SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS THROUGH OUR WRAP, UM, AND SHARING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, THE YOUTH TO BE INVOLVED OR OUR TEAMS, UM, WORKING AND ENGAGING OUR TEAMS TO BE A PART OF OUR, OUR PROGRAMS. UM, OUR STAFF IS BUSY, CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE ROLLING INTO OUR YOUTH SPORTS FALL SEASON FOR US THAT MEET FLAG FOOTBALL AND INDOOR VOLLEYBALL. 
          SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, WE JUST CAME UPON ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MOST, SO OUR SUCCESS OF OUR DODGER PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW. 
          UM, WE ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDER OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES THEMSELVES WITH THE, THE PROGRAM WE WERE HOST TO THEIR BIG EVENT ON DODGER DAY. 
          UM, SO OVER A THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS, UM, THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND JUST CONTINUING TO, UM, EXPOSE THIS, THE SPORT. 
          BUT BEYOND THAT, IT'S FOR SPORTS. 
          AS A SPORTS MOM, MOM WITH THREE BOYS. 
          IT'S ABOUT THAT TEAMWORK AND BUILDING. 
          UM, AND THAT FRAMEWORK THAT, YEAH, SPORTS  AND THAT UNITY. 
          AND VERY, VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT SPONSORSHIP OF THE, THE DODGER FOUNDATION. 
          'CAUSE IT'S MORE THAN THE SPORT. 
          THEY INCLUDE FAMILY EVENTS INCLUDING UP TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW, LITERACY AS WELL, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, AN ALL AROUND PROGRAM. 
          UM, THANK YOU STEVE FOR BENCHLING THE COASTAL CLEANUP. 
          SO OUR TEAM WILL BE BUSY AT THE NATURE CENTER AT FIVE DIFFERENT SPOT, UH, SPOTS, UH, THROUGHOUT. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, OUR EMPHASIS HAS BEEN REALLY ON OUTREACH. 
          UM, IS TO, YOU KNOW, SHARING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING. 
          SO IF YOU SEE US STOP BY OUR BOOTH AND, AND, AND SAY HI TO OUR TEAM, UM, THAT ARE OUT THERE, WHETHER IT BE A COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          SO TWO THINGS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS SUMMER AND, AND MY CLOSING IS OUR, OUR IS WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR PARKS BEING A SAFE PLACE. 
          UM, AND THAT WE ARE THE PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY COMES TO GET INFORMA, WHETHER TO COME TO RECREATE PARTICULARLY WE GET INFORMATION. 
          SO WHETHER IT BE FROM AN INNER DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, INTER DEPARTMENT, OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY, UM, UH, UH, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, GROUP, UM, A NONPROFIT GROUP IS EVERYBODY WANTED TO BE A PART OF OUR VET TO GET THEIR INFORMATION OUT AS THEY SEE US AS THAT HUB AND THAT CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT WAS, UM, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CRAZY TO MANAGE. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY, THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF ALL OF IT. 
          IT WAS LIKE, HOW'D YOU FIND US? BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY FOUND US AND THANKS FOR OUR TEAM TO, TO MEET THAT GOAL. 
          UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO FALL AS AS WE TRANSITION. 
          TRANSITION. 
          UM, ONE THING ABOUT SOCAL, ALTHOUGH TODAY'S A LITTLE CRAZY WEATHER, UM, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M IN CALIFORNIA. 
          IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT MUGGY STATE. 
          UM, BUT IS THE WEATHER ALLOWS US TO KEEP RECREATING. 
          UM, AND OUR PARKS ARE CONTINUALLY TO BE FULL. 
          SO VERY PROUD OF THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU TO OUR OTHER, UH, MANAGERS WHO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN THROUGH THEIR TEAMS. SO I STAND CORRECTED. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION. 
          UM, I LEFT OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          IT'S WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT IT'S FROM DIANA LEGGINS AND IT'S WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE RECORD. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          CHRISTINE, NOTHING FROM ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT TO THIS SIDE AND THEN I'LL JUST SHARE SHEN. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN WE CREATE COMMUNITY, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT SAYS THE PARK RX PROGRAM LAUNCH. 
          UM, SO WHAT THAT IS, THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS NOT ACTUALLY LAUNCHING JUST YET, BUT WE ARE HOSTING A WELLNESS EVENT OVER AT MACARTHUR PARK, UH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, BUT 10:30 AM TO 2:10 AM TO 2:00 PM WE WILL BE NETWORKING WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WELLNESS PROVIDERS JUST TO KIND OF LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE, PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE ARE ALSO GOING TO GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY OUR YOUTH AROUND WHAT TYPE OF OTHER PROGRAMMING THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR PARK. 
          SO EARLIER ON A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE DID DO A SURVEY. 
          IT WAS TARGETED OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE PARK RX PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND SO WE FELT THAT FROM THAT SURVEY WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION JUST TO HELP WITH NOT JUST THE PREPARATION OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT THEN ALSO OTHER PARK PROGRAMMING AS WELL ENHANCE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. 
          SO WE'LL BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST REALLY ENJOYING THE DAY, UM, AND NETWORKING AND PARK OUR EDGE. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER, JUST LIKE WHATCHA TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, OUR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN WORKING ALONG WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE HEALTHY AT LONG 
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BEACH, UM, TO REALLY CREATE THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHO IS A PEDIATRICIAN IN LONG BEACH, UM, AS OUR HEALTH PRACTITIONER. 
          AND WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING IS PRESCRIBING TIME IN THE PARK FOR SOME OF HER CLIENTELE OR HER PATIENTS THAT ARE VISITING WHATEVER THEIR TARGETS ARE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE 'CAUSE OF PATIENT CLIENT PRIVILEGES IN . 
          UM, BUT SHE'LL SAY, HEY, MAYBE WE WANT YOU TO GO OUT TO THE PARKS. 
          SO IT'LL BE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO OUT IN TOUR PARKS, SPEND SOME TIME. 
          SHE'LL TRACK AND KIND OF SEE HOW THE IMPACT OF OUR PARKS, WE ALL KNOW TIME IN PARKS REALLY IMPACTS YOU BOTH PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. 
          SO REALLY GETTING FOLKS OUT INTO OUR PARKS AND SEEING HOW THAT WORKS. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT. 
          AND IT'S ALSO BEEN CAUGHT OUT IN NOT ONLY OUR PURE AND STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALSO IN THE CITY'S YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN TO CREATE A PARK RX PROGRAM. 
          SO WE ARE TARGETING THAT. 
          UM, IN SOME OF THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE, WE CHOSE TO TARGET MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A GAP IN SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING OR AFTER SCHOOL GOES TO 12 AND THEN YOU GO RIGHT INTO TEEN PROGRAMING 11, BUT, UM, I'M SORRY, GOT 13. 
          YOU GO INTO OUR TEEN PROGRAMMING THERE, LEGAL GAP FOR SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT QUITE BE READY TO HANG WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, BUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE NEED SOMETHING WARM BEYOND OUR AFTERSCHOOL AGE. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          AND OTHER THAN THAT, ANYTHING ERIC COMMISSIONER, FEW UPDATES FOR BOB FACILITIES SECTION. 
          WE WERE THE PLAYGROUND FAMILIAR WITH THE RUBBER. 
          NICE BECAUSE WE TAKE CARE OF EVERY PARENT HOUSE. 
          SO OUR STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED AND A LOT OF AS WELL, UM, MARINE MAINTENANCE THAT OUT. 
          BUT TO HAVE SUCH TALENTED STAFF MAKE THAT REPAIRING HOUSE IS REALLY NICE TO HAVE. 
          I ALSO DONE A, UM, NICE JOB TEAM BEING, UM, SPRUCING UP THE, UH, FACE OF THE UH, UH, I GUESS THE RECREATION CENTER OR THE GYM LIKE SILVERADO PARK, UM, PAIRING THINGS FOR THE, UH, PLAYGROUND REALLY GOOD. 
          SO IT CAME OUT REALLY NICE. 
          JUST WANNA THE TEAM AS FAR AS THAT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO WERE PAINTED ALL THE PICNIC, THAT SET OF LANE PARK. 
          WE TRY TO GET OUT AS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS NOT IN JUST ONE AREA. 
          SO WE KIND OF TRY TO GET OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO WE REPLACE FIVE SIGNS, UM, OUR AMBASSADOR TEAMS AND THEN WE PRESSURE WATCH 14 DIFFERENT, UH, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          UH, AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO BRING TO LIGHT FOR OUR RECREATION PARK, UH, RED BAND SHELL, WE CREATED A PM AS FAR AS GETTING THAT PRESSURE WASH ONCE A WEEK. 
          UH, WE RECENTLY HAD THAT. 
          UH, WE SURFACE TRY TO DO SOME AND HOPEFULLY CONDITION NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S OUR PLAN. 
          AND THEN WITH OUR GROUNDS TEAM, WE UH, COMPLETED UH, 232 WORK ORDERS, UH, THIS MONTH. 
          BUT OUR TOTAL FOR THE YEAR THUS FAR IS TWO 2,582. 
          SO OUR GROUND SEEMS REALLY BUSY. 
          WOW. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITH THE ENCAMPMENTS, WE'VE COMPLETED A, CONDUCTED A 50 53 CLEANS FOR THIS MONTH. 
          OUR TOTALS, UH, FIVE MONTHS, 46 IN CABINET CLEANUPS AND THEN ALSO, SO THAT'LL GIVE US FOUR, EIGHT TONS OF DEBRIS THAT CLEANING UP. 
          AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S KNOWN THAT, UM, OUR, OUR PARTNERS AT PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE CLEANING TEAM, DO JOB, BUT I REALLY WANT TO BE, UH, US TO BE RECOGNIZED WHAT WE DO AS WELL, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT OUR TEAM DOES A LOT OF  AS WELL. 
          I'M JUST AN ADVOCATE IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEAM GETS THE APPRECIATION AND RESPECT ALL. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE TREND, UH, 173 TREES THIS MONTH, UH, BUT FOR A TOTAL OF YEARS, 3092. 
          THOSE ARE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? ACTING DIRECTOR, SCOTT? NOTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHTYY, NOW WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONERS. 
          WHAT ORDER DOES SUSAN USUALLY, WHAT DOES COMMISSIONER, DOES SHE USUALLY TAKE IT? SHE'S ALWAYS ALL OVER. 
          IS IT ME, , ? I GUESS I HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. 
          UM, I TRY NOT TO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL, UH, SO, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UM, ERIC, JUST EVERY TIME YOU, I, I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME YOU GIVE US A REPORT, YOU, THERE IS A THROUGH LINE WHERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRAINING YOUR TEAM TO DO THINGS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE OUTSOURCED. 
          AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT NOT JUST FROM A, A BUDGETARY ISSUE, BUT JUST ALSO ABOUT EMPOWERING THE TEAM. 
          AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND COMMEND YOU. 
          THAT CLEARLY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON. 
          SO I I I LOVE THAT. 
          UM, AND, UH, I, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT TO SAY THAT, UM, ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS NOW WORKS AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND SHE, SHE JUST GRADUATED IN THE SPRING AND I WAS LIKE COMPLETELY SHOCKED TO SEE HER. 
          SO AS I WAS WALKING UP WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, I GOT MY STUFF, GOT MY COFFEE, AND I LOOKED UP, I WAS LIKE, OH, AVA. 
          AND IT WAS, 
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I'M JUST SO, SO THRILLED WITH, YOU KNOW, AS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND GLADYS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE KIDS WHO COME UP THROUGH LONG BEACH AND THEN SEE THE VALUE IN THE CITY AND DEVOTE THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORTS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO IS CARING FOR OUR KIDS WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF OUR CLASSROOMS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST AWESOME. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL TAKE THE LIBERTY. 
          IT IS LONG BEACH GIVES, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY IF I'M NOT A WALKING BILLBOARD. 
          I KNOW WHAT, UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR THE LONG BEACH NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP NOW. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY BECAUSE LIKE PARTNERS, THE PARKS, OTHER WONDERFUL ORGANIZATIONS WHO REALLY HOLD OUR CITY TOGETHER IN A LOT OF WAYS AND GIVEN THROUGH AND GIVEN WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS NONPROFITS, UM, WHAT OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT DOING, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF NEED THAT YOU MAY NOT BE SEEING RIGHT NOW, BUT IN THE NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT NEED. 
          SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE $10, $20, $50, WHATEVER YOU'RE ABLE TO GIVE TO YOUR FAVORITE CAUSE I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT. 
          SO THAT IS MY BIG SPIEL. 
          UM, SO I THINK EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN A GIVER, UM, AND EVEN IF YOU JUST CAN SHARE OUT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIAS OR WITH FRIENDS, THAT IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO KEEP IT IN THE CONVERSATION. 
          YOU HAVE UNTIL 10:00 AM TOMORROW 9:59 AM UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING TO GIVE, THAT'S MY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          . 
          YEAH, I I DID MINE TWO DAYS AGO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DIDN'T WAIT TILL TODAY. 
          I THINK I DOUBLED THE NUMBER I GAVE TO. 
          SO, UM, I'M AN ANGEL GUY, BUT THE DODGER PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST THAT WE HAVE. 
          I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT ONE SINCE WHEN IT STARTED. 
          THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          I GOT TO GO TO THE SILVERADO PLAYGROUND. 
          I GET EMOTIONAL WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND GROWING UP ON 'EM AND, AND TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE DECADES OF WHAT GOES INTO THE COLOR SCHEMES AND WHAT'S PROVIDED. 
          AND WHAT WAS GREAT IS IT WAS DURING SCHOOL, SO IT WAS JUST THE LITTLE KIDS, I MEAN TWO AND 3-YEAR-OLD KIDS OUT THERE RUNNING AROUND ON THOSE THINGS, AFRAID TO GO DOWN THE SLIDE. 
          SO GO TO THE SMALLER SLIDE. 
          IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 
          UH, AND THEN WE WILL BE HAVING A MEETING OF, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED THE MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH THAT IS GONNA PRIMARILY BE ABLE BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE THREE TOPICS OF UPDATES THAT WILL BE PROVIDED OF THINGS THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN BROUGHT UP AT THE COMMISSION. 
          I THINK, UH, THE PARK EQUITY PLAN? NO, NOT, UH, SO, UH, PESTICIDES, UH, ELEVATE 28. 
          ELEVATE 28. 
          AND DRAKE CHAVEZ. 
          AND DRAKE CHAVEZ. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WILL BE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH. 
          IS THAT MS. WALL? DO WE KNOW THE LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM? OKAY. 
          SO COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ AND I'LL BE THERE WITH SOME, UH, STAFF AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I, I'LL ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR ESPECIALLY ERIC FROM YOUR TEAM, LIKE ALL THE INCREDIBLE STUFF AND I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA POST TOO ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM IS DOING. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AROUND THOSE STATISTICS AND KIND OF SHARING OUT THE THINGS THAT DON'T GET SHARED AS MUCH. 
          UM, ONE THING HERE ON FOR THE AGENDA, I'VE NOTICED, I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD MONTH WE DON'T HAVE OUR FUTURE ITEMS AGENDA ITEM ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA. 
          WE HAD IT LAST MONTH. 
          OKAY. 
          I MISSED STEP IN. 
          SO I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE STRATEGY AROUND BRINGING THOSE BACK. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN UPDATE ON THAT. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE KIND OF PICKING AWAY ADAM, UH, WE HANDLED ONE EVENT TODAY. 
          WE WILL BE ADDRESSING SEVERAL OF THEM AT THE, UH, MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          AND THOSE WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK, UH, TO THE FULL, UH, COMMISSION AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THAT, UH, THROUGH THAT LIST. 
          GOT IT. 
          ONE RECOMMENDATION I WOULD HAVE IS IF MAYBE ON THE FULL COMMISSION, EVEN JUST WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE AT, UM, WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE. 
          BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE THE EQUITY REPORT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A WHILE AND, AND I KNOW THEY TAKE TIME, BUT EVEN JUST STATUS UPDATES, MAYBE THAT'S IN THE DIRECTOR REPORT, I CAN PROVIDE THAT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. 
          I THINK IT WOULD GREAT. 
          IT'S WHAT THEY CALL A REPORT ON REPORT  YOU THING. 
          A MEMO ABOUT A MEMO ABOUT A REPORT, ABOUT A REPORT, WHATEVER IT TAKES. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE GREAT. 
          JUST FIND A TOUCH POINT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE EVERY NOW AND THEN I THINK ABOUT IT AND I'M LIKE, OH, I FORGOT TO ASK. 
          OH NO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. 
          SO I THINK IT'D BE AWESOME. 
          WELL, UH, APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP SOME OF THE PAST ISSUES THAT WE, UH, GIVE YOU DISCUSSED. 
          SO THANK YOU BACK, MR. ALLEN. 
          UM, DO YOU WANT TO TRUST MY APPRECIATION TO THE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND THE OPERATION BUREAU AS WELL FOR, I KNOW A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I MENTIONED ABOUT THE HOLE AT VENTURE PARK AND FENCE, UH, AND I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING BY, I WANT TO SAY SHORTLY AFTER THAT AND SAW PARK STAFF WORKING ON THAT. 
          FORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW HOLE POPPED UP. 
          UM, BUT, UH, 
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JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT QUICK SORT OF RESPONSE TO IT. 
          UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU HEADS UP THAT I'VE FOUND A COUPLE OTHER MAINTENANCE REQUESTS HAVE COME IN, UH, AT MY MOST RECENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH STAFF ON THIS, BUT JUST WANT TO, UH, EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OPERATION BUREAU STAFF OR THEIR WORK. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY WORK AS YOUR REPORT JUST INDICATED. 
          UH, AND, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR, UH, MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF HOW PARK ARE. 
          SO THANK YOU . 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALL GOOD. 
          SO SEEING NO OTHER, NO OTHER COMMISSION COMMENTS, IT IS NOW 10:51 AM I AM GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. 
          NO OBJECTIONS.
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