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OUR MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, AND WE'RE IN THE RECREATION PARK COMMUNITY CENTER BREW DAN HERE ON SEVENTH STREET, AND IT IS NOW 2:30 PM UH, WE'LL START WITH A ROLL CALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, TODD LELAND TO CONDUCT THAT FOR US.
COMMISSIONER CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
YES, YOU HAVE, UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER BLAIR WILL BE HERE A LITTLE LATE.
THESE, UM, ENT TASKS AS A FOR PILOT, UH, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, UM, WILL HEARING FROM, UH, CORY FORESTER, UM, ON A SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
SO I WANNA START OUT BY, UH, SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT CHARLES PADILLA.
AND HE'S AN EMPLOYEE THAT WAS WITH US FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
UM, AND HE WAS JUST A TOPNOTCH EMPLOYEE FOR EVERY ASPECT.
HE WAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, WILLING TO HELP OUT ON ANYONE THAT NEEDED IT.
UM, SO WE CREATED AN AWARD, I HATE TO SAY TALK LOUD, THEN YOU HAVE TO TALK LOUD.
SO HE, UM, HE'S SOMEBODY THAT WE CREATED AN AWARD AFTER AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ERIC WOODSON, THE PRIOR SUPERINTENDENT CREATED.
AND I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.
SO WE'VE CARRIED ON THE TRADITION.
UM, THE CHARLES PADILLA FOR THE AWARD.
CHARLES PADILLA AWARD WILL RECOGNIZE ONE EMPLOYEE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
THIS BOARD IS MANAGED BY MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING SERVICES STAFF.
NOMINATED EMPLOYEES MUST PRACTICE EXCELLENT SERVICE, DELIVERY AND WORK PERFORMANCE, PROVIDE QUALITY WORK, BE HELPFUL TO COWORKERS AND PEERS, AND PARTICIPATE IN PLEADING TASKS ON TIME.
COFFEE, THE EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE SATISFACTORY ATTENDANCE, MEET OR EXCEED EXPECTATIONS AND THE MOST RECENT PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND BE RESPECTFUL TO THE, OF THE ORGANIZATION POLICIES.
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR BASE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND TODAY, UM, I'LL READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE OUT OF OUR LAST HIRING BADGE IN MAY, AND WE CAME ACROSS ROSSVILLE.
IT'S A RATIO OF THE VILLA IS HIS NAME, BUT HE GOES BY ROSCOE.
SO ON BEHALF OF PRM MARINE BUREAU AND MARINE MAINTENANCE, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ROSCOE AS OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
ROSCOE COMES TO US WITH 13 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH DTI CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED, WHERE HE HONED HIS SKILLS, IS VERY SMART AND TALENTED WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THINGS MAINTENANCE.
HIS APPROACH TOWARDS WORK IS OUTSTANDING.
HE WORKS WELL IN A TEAM SETTING AND BY HIMSELF.
JUSTIN, JUST A FEW OF HIS SKILLS, UM, ARE FINISHED.
CARPENTRY, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, DEMOLITION, WORK PREP, AND FINISHED PAINTING, QUALITY CONTROL, DOOR HANGING, CRAMMING DOORS AND WINDOWS, CRAMMING WALLS, AND ROOF REPAIR CARE.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE COME ACROSS A SKILLED EMPLOYEE WHO HAS PROVEN TO BE AN ASSET TO THIS TEAM.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE HIS CAREER WILL GO IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT A REALLY BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU, AND I THINK THIS IS A START, 23 YOU.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ROSCO, ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS TAKE PERSONAL PRIDE WHEN WE'RE IN ANY OF, UH, THE AREAS WITHIN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT AND THE QUALITY OF WORKMANSHIP AND EVERYTHING THAT'S DONE AND TO BE ABLE TO CALL OUT ONE EMPLOYEE IS VERY SPECIAL TO US.
SO I THINK WE ALL WANNA RISE AND SHAKE YOUR HAND.
LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.
HEY COREY, WHY DON'T YOU ROSCOE GO AROUND BEHIND
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WITH EVERYBODY.AND SO YOU GUYS KNOW CHARLES PADILLA IS STILL AROUND.
UH, HE DID RETIRE OUT AND, UM, HE'S JUST THE CATALYST OF WHAT WE'VE LOOKED FOR AS AN EMPLOYEE, TOPNOTCH EMPLOYEE.
AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SAYING WHAT WE DO YOU ARE, ARE SO IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE OLYMPICS COMING AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMING.
UH, SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO.
AND, AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS WE LOOK FOR IN THE CROSS TRAINING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES OUT OF THE ENTIRE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE OF MOVING ON, ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY DISCUSSION, ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES AS THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
EVERYBODY GET THAT OPPORTUNITY? WE GOT.
UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE OF SESSION STATUS REPORT REGARDING NACHO GRILL LOCATED AT SEVEN 80 EAST SHORELINE DRIVE IN LONG BEACH.
YES, MR. UH, I, LET'S GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
NOW, THE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE WITH SEAT.
I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO CONTINUE OUR HIGHLIGHTING OF OUR CONCESSIONS, OUR BEACH CONCESSIONS, UH, WITH GAUCHO BEACH.
UH, TODAY WITH US IS THEIR CEO OWNER, PROPRIETOR, UH, ADRIAN OSA.
UH, I CAN BRING HIM UP TO, UH, UH, GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE, UH, THE CONCESSION.
HOW ARE YOU? UH, MY NAME IS OSA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
UH, WE WERE VERY PROUD, UH, BACK IN 2021 TO, TO ONE, UM, THE BID FOR SECURITY LOCATION.
UH, WE REPRESENTED THE, OF EXECUTING AND CONVERTING THE AREA.
BEAUTIFUL MOOD, FAMILY EXPERIENCE, FOOD, AND POOR DESTINATION.
UH, AFTER TWO YEARS, I THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE THROUGH A LOT OF EVOLUTION AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADAPT TO DIFFERENT SEASONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND ESPECIALLY TO COMMUNITY.
WE EXPERIE AND INTERACT WITH US.
OUR MISSION WAS TO BE THE TRUE DESTINATION ON A BEACH, A SAFE, VIBRANT SPACE FOR THE NO BEACH, UH, COMMUNITY TO GATHER, CELEBRATE, AND ENSURE OUR SPECIAL FOOD AND PUBLIC EXPERIENCE.
TWO YEARS LATER, THE PROVINCE IS A REALITY, HAS BECOME WATER TO BE THE COMMUNITY TO DESTINATION SOURCING SYSTEM.
WE, REGARDING THE FOOD WE HAVE DEVELOPED A, DEVELOPED WITH OUR CHEFS WHAT THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MENU I THAT WE HAVE DONE, UH, WITHIN THE PAST, UH, 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WHERE WE COMBINE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM OUR BRAND.
IF YOU HAVE DONE, WE SEE THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT ESPECIALLY, EH, WE ACCOMMODATING THE MOST SPECIAL BRANCH AND THAT SPECIALS HAPPY HOUR AND SPECIAL MEETING FOR MORE EXPERIENCE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION WINDOWS WHERE WE EXECUTE A FAST FACE, UH, COFFEE, UH, AND SMALL BITES.
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UH, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CREATED ON, ON THE SAME WAY.WE ARE ROTATING AND WE, WE HAVE, UH, OUR OWN COFFEES.
WE ROASTED OURSELVES, UH, WE PROVIDE SMOOTHIE, EH, JUICES, EH, ALL TYPE OF DIFFERENT PASTRIES.
VERY PROUD OF THE EXCELLENCE THAT WE EXECUTE THROUGH THOSE WINDOWS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE, THE GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF EXPERIENCES AT THE TIME OF SHOWING OUR BEDROOMS. SO WE HAVE A CREATED A ONLINE ORDERING WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UH, ORDER FROM AREAS IN THE WHOLE FOOD COURT.
UH, I WILL DELIVER DIRECTLY TO CITY SOMETHING THAT IS, HAS BEEN VERY UNIQUE, UH, IN, IN THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD, EH, TO BE THE ONE THAT WE WANT THE BEST.
MARTA COTTON IN LONG BEACH, UH, IS HERE YEAR, LAST YEAR, SORRY, EH, WE, WE HAVE A, A GROUP OF, UH, MIXED, UH, EXPERTS THAT ARE WORKING CONSTANTLY IN LAUNCHING AND DEVELOPING THE, THE MOST, EH, EXCLUSIVE EH, AND DELICIOUS PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN THERE ITSELF.
EXPERIENCE THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE FOR DESTINATION IN REGARDS TO THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCES THAT WE ARE, UH, PLANNING TO INCORPORATE, EH, ARE A SENSE MEANS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE LAUNCHING, EH, BY NEXT YEAR, EH, AT THE SAME TIME THAT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF S THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, ALSO OFFERING TOGETHER WITH OUR FOOD AND
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE BEST CORPORATIONS THAT WE ARE PLANNING THE LAUNCH AS WELL IS A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT IS, UH, OUR RANCH AND WE ARE GROWING ALL THE VEGETABLES.
SO BY NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE ARE FAR, WELL, THIS A LITTLE BIT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING, EH, SINCE WE WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? EH, BUT THE INCREASE AT THE MOMENT THAT, THAT WE OPENED BECAUSE, EH, OUR GUESTS WERE THE ONES THAT EH, WERE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPOSED.
EH, I THINK THAT, EH, THE, THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CREATED IN THE AREA, UH, WERE ABLE TO MITIGATE A WITH THIS DECISION.
BUT THE REALITY IS THEY, THEY CONTINUE AND WE TO FIND A WAY TO, TO PROACTIVELY TO BETTER GET MORE ASSISTANCE IN, IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR RIGHT, FOR THE CASES FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL.
MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE THIS SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING AS WELL IS THAT, UH, ON THE PLAYGROUND NEXT TO US, UH, BESIDES THE HOMELESS, THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT, UH, REALLY WELL, UH, APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ATTENTION ON, THAT ONE OF THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, IN EDUCATING, UH, OURSELF WAS HOW TO, UH, CONTRIBUTE, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING, DOING A LOT OF, UH, GREAT THINGS LIKE EH, PROGRAMS TO, TO CLEAN THE BEACH, EH, WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AS ONE OF THE MANY VENUES ON THE GRAND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HOST ONE OF THE, UH, BIGGEST, UH, UH, TRI, TRI AND ALSO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, UH, AS HOST.
AND WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS ALREADY.
WE THE OLYMPICS FOR ORGANIZERS.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO BE, UH, INVOLVED AND KEEP CONTRIBUTING IN ORDER TO TO, TO GET THIS PLACE, UH, THAT GREAT DESTINATION.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT THAT'S IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
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ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? UH, I'M HAPPY TO COMMISSIONERS JUST ONE THING BEFORE YOU START WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.UM, WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH REALLY AMAZING CONCESSION PARTNERS OVER THE FASTEST PAST FIVE YEARS.
AND, UH, ADRIAN, HIS PARTNERS AND HIS STAFF ARE OUR ANCHOR TENANT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMISSION, UH, OUR CONCESSIONS.
AND WE ARE JUST THRILLED AT THEIR SUCCESS, BUT WE ALSO SHARE THE BURDEN OF THEIR CHALLENGES.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM, HIS STAFF, AND ALL OF OUR AREA PARTNERS IN THAT, THAT AREA TO REALLY, REALLY ADDRESS AND FOCUS IN ON THOSE.
BUT THEY ARE CHALLENGES AND THEIR EVERYDAY CHALLENGES AND, AND THEY HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT COOPERATIVE AND AMAZING PARTNERS IN THIS CHALLENGING TASK TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY IN THAT AREA.
SO WHILE THEY ARE CHALLENGES, I JUST REALLY APPLAUD ADRIAN, HIS STAFF AND THEIR ORGANIZATION IN BRINGING THESE CHALLENGES FORWARD TO THE CITY.
UH, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, MAY I SAY I VISITED YOUR RESTAURANT THIS MORNING AND THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS AND THE WAIT STAFF WERE FABULOUS, SO IT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE MY FIRST TIME THERE.
SO, UM, MAY I ASK IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO US HOW YOUR STAFF RESPONDS, JUST VERY CURIOUS TO, UM, SOMETHING THAT MAY BE DISTURBING YOUR PATRONS OR SOME OTHER EVENT THAT MAY BE OCCURRING THAT REQUIRES, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH ASSISTANCE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? HOW DOES YOUR STAFF RESPOND? WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT THEY TAKE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE SORT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU CHOOSE FOR YOUR PATRONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR APPRECIATED AND I'M GLAD EXPERIENCE.
WELL, WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO ACT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING.
WE WERE, UH, TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE AND FOR EVERY INCIDENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE THEN.
EH, WE HAVE OUR OWN SECURITY STAFF, EH, THAT IS THERE ALMOST, I CAN SAY 24 HOURS A DAY SINCE WE OPENED.
AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN TRAINED TO, TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION.
SO WE LEARNING HOW TO, EH, INTERACT WITH THESE, THESE PEOPLE AND EH, WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO, TO FILL THINGS OUT IN THE BEST WAY BEFORE CALLING THE POLICE, TRYING TO RESOLVE THINGS OURSELF BEFORE CALLING THE POLICE.
BUT ULTIMATELY THINGS TEND TO GO TOWARDS, UH, THAT WE NEED, UH, TO CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN THINGS BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, VIOLENT.
UM, I PROBABLY WON'T ADMIT HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN TO GALCHO BEACH.
I'VE BEEN FOR BRUNCH, UH, COFFEE, DINNER.
IT'S JUST AN AMAZING, AMAZING PLACE.
UM, AND I CAN ADD TO THAT COMMISSIONER.
SO I WAS OUTSIDE THE CAFE AND UM, AN UNHOUSED PERSON TOOK, UH, SORT OF A STAND OR LIKE A LITTLE COVERING AND THEN TOOK IT TO THE BEACH.
THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND SECURITY WAS ALWAYS WALKING AND MONITORING AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WHATEVER THEY SEE FOLKS FEEL SAFE.
SO I DID FEEL SAFE OUT THERE AND HAVE MY INFANT CHILD AND MY HUSBAND AND WE FELT SAFE AND WE ENJOYED YOUR ANA THIS ENTIRE TIME.
SO, UM, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I'M ON AL AND OCEAN, SO I'M ALWAYS THERE.
UM, AND, UH, EVER SINCE IT OPENED, IT'S VERY, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE.
UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, PROBABLY THE, THE END RESULT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING DIDN'T END IN A BAD SITUATION.
SO THAT'S, WE ARE DEALING WITH IT.
WE WANT TO MITIGATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, BUT UH, I THINK THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, TO, TO CONTAIN, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GUESTS AND STAFF HAS THE, THE, THE BEST EXPERIENCE AND THE HOW MANY TIMES.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE EXPERIENCE AND I LOVE, UH, BEING ON THE PROPERTY, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND APARTMENTS, UH, THAT, UM, BACK UP AGAINST THE BEACH AND I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, 'CAUSE THE PRESENTATION WAS SILENT
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ON IT.UM, WHAT'S, WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK DO YOU GET FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSE BY TO THE PROPERTY AND, UM, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU INTERACT WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WHAT'S THAT, UM, NORMAL PROCESS? 'CAUSE YOUR OPERATIONS, UM, SEEM TO BE TOPNOTCH AND I ENJOYED HELPING YOU GUYS AT THE RESTAURANT, SO THANK YOU.
WELL, THAT WAS PART OF THE, UM, LEARNING CURVE THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UH, THE FIRST MONTH, UH, WHERE WE GET TO KNOW, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS, EH, WHICH BECOME OUR
SO WE HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
UH, ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPENING, UH, WE LISTEN TO THEM, WE ASK THEM, UH, THAT WERE VERY MINOR REQUESTS, UH, ON CERTAIN, UH, SITUATIONS THAT WERE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.
UH, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, THE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITIES AND OUR MAIN ITIES.
UH, BEFORE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER BLAIR HAS JOINED, UH, GROUP.
GLAD TO HAVE YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING DOWN TO A BEACH.
UM, WE HAD A SITUATION ON THE BEACH WITH OUR RESTROOMS WHERE THE RESTROOMS WERE BEING VANDALIZED AND BROKEN INTO THINGS STOLEN.
AND, UH, TODD HERE WORKED TO GET OPERA TO BE PLAYED AT NIGHT AND DURING THE HOURS WHEN, WHEN THE RESTROOMS WEREN'T OPEN, BUT IT SEEMED TO DETER SOME OF IT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.
WE UTILIZE, UTILIZE
UH, WE'LL, WE WILL USE IT FOR SPURTS AT A TIME WHEN WE SEE AN UPTICK OF, OF ACTIVITY THAT MAY CAUSE VANDALISM, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'VE STEPPED BACK FROM IT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT WE CAN ALWAYS IN DEPLOY AND EMPLOY WHEN NECESSARY.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO, ONE, WE ALL HAVE TO REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW TO BE HOMELESS AND OUR BEACHES ARE THERE TO BE UTILIZED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, WE WANT TO MAKE OUR BEACHES WELCOME AND OPEN AND SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
SO WE UTILIZE THE TED UH, WE AND WHERE WE CAN WITHIN REASON AND WHEN WE DEPLOY IT, IT SEEMS TO BE EFFECTIVE IN LIMITING, UH, VANDALISM.
HAVE YOU USED GO LONG BEACH AT ALL? I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, DO YOU GO ONLINE AND, UH, USAGE THAT HELD THEM? WHAT'S GOING ON? NOT JUST SENDING A POLICE REPORTER, HAVING A POLICE OFFICER, UH, BUT UTILIZING SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO LET THEM KNOW, UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND, AND, AND NOT SO MUCH BEING DISRUPTIVE, BUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS YOU'RE HAVING WITH THE UNHOUSED, UH, AND THE OTHER SIDE.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THIS IS EVEN LEGAL TO DO IN LONG BEACH, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH EXCESS FOOD? DOES IT JUST GO IN THE TRASH? DOES IT GO, UM, MANY RESTAURANTS AND I'M A PART OF A FEW OF THEM, UH, FINDING LOCATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL TAKE THAT FOOD BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE IT AWAY.
BUT AGAIN, THOUGHTS ON THAT TOO.
WELL, AND IN REGARDS OF THE EXCESS OF FOOD IS, IT'S PART OF ONE, OUR, OUR, UH, MAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT WE IMPLEMENT IS THE HEALTH OF THE BUSINESS, RIGHT.
UH, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACCOUNT IN PREPARING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FOOD MAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE, THE BUSINESS HEALTHY.
RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT WE ARE, UH, VERY GOOD ON THAT.
AND WE HAVE DEVELOP OUR OWN SYSTEM WITHIN ALL OUR LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE A COMMISSARY KITCHEN THAT IS BE ABLE TO, TO ACT IN CASE THAT WE ARE SETTING MORE EXPECTED.
SO THAT LITIGATES A LOT OF THE WEBSITES.
ONE MORE COMMENT AND THEN ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WANT SPEAK? OH, I HAVE A REAL QUICK QUESTION, WHICH IS, DO YOU HOST PRIVATE PARTIES? NO, UH, PRIVATE PARTIES.
AND WHAT WE DO IS, UH, TO HOUSE,
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UH, PRIVATE EVENTS.UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE, THE CHILDREN HOSPITAL, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY RUN PIGS.
THOSE ARE BIG EVENTS THAT, UH, FOR THIS SPECIFIC REASON, EH, WE HAVE TO CLOSE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME FOR, FOR THE REST OF THE PARK, BUT NOT FOR A SMALL EVENTS.
AND MY LAST COMMENT, 'CAUSE I KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT CACHO BEACH, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT.
UM, I'M ALSO PART OF THE OCEAN RESIDENCE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
AND SO THAT'S ALL OF THE CONDOS, APARTMENTS AND HOMES ON OCEAN BOULEVARD.
AND, UM, BEFORE THE GRANT OPENING, THEY INVITED ALL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO THEIR GRANT OPENING.
THEY GAVE LIKE THE FIRST FEW GOT
SO AGAIN, LIKE THEY'VE BEEN DOING GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN OPEN.
AND UM, I THINK THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH MUSIC OR SOMETHING DURING BRUNCH AND THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE ON MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THAT ISSUE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISS? UM, WHAT ABOUT GENERAL PUBLIC ELSE? IN CLOSING I'LL DISCLOSE I WAS PREJUDICE BECAUSE I WROTE A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU OPEN TO GET THAT CONTRACT.
AND YOUR THEN PARTNER KURT IAN? YES.
HE JUST CELEBRATED HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY.
AND YOUR MERE PRESENCE THERE IS REALLY HELPING US UP OUR GAME IN LONG BEACH AND, AND I KNOW THAT IT OFFERS YOU SOME EXTRA CHALLENGES, BUT KNOW YOU'RE HELPING TO MAKE OUR CITY A A BETTER, SAFER PLACE FOR EVERYONE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT CONTRIBUTION.
AGAIN, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF BEING LONG BEACH AND WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO ANY IDEAS, THINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALWAYS VERY WELL, WELL DONE, WELL DONE.
YEAH, WE, WE DID WALK AROUND THAT ENTIRE AREA AND IT IS GRAFFITI FREE AND VERY CLEAN AND VERY WELL MAINTAINED.
UH, MOVING ON, UM, TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATIONS YOU RECEIVE AND FILE.
OH, WE DO CLOSE OUT THAT ALL IN FAVOR OF ON, UM, ITEM TWO, UM, RECEIVING AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION I POST ANY COMMENTS OR EXTENSIONS? NO.
THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
AND WE MOVE ON TO OUR STAFF REPORTS, MR. LEWIN.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL HOP RIGHT IN.
UH, CHIEF MEDINA, YOU WANNA HOP IN FIRST? SURE, CHIEF.
AND WE'RE GONNA, OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.
IT'S KINDA LIKE THE ALL BEEN GALCHO GIRL MARGARITA.
SO, UH, YEAH, TO, OKAY, PERFECT.
CAN WE GET YOU WITH A MIC OVER HERE? THANK YOU.
UH, SO THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE A LOT OF OUR STAFF ARE CURRENTLY TRAINING FOR THE RAIN SEASON.
FOR US, THAT MEANS A LOT OF SWIFT WATER TRAINING.
WE'VE GOT A TEAM THAT'S, UH, TRAINING HERE UP AT THE, UH, AT ONE OF THE PLANTS UP, UH, NEAR, UH, YELLOW ZOO.
AND THEN THEY GO OVER A WEEK TO THE WIFE TO TRAIN FAST RATHER WITH WATER, WHICH IS BASICALLY GETTING OUR PEOPLE TRAINED UP TO AFFECT RESCUES AND, AND, AND FAST MOVING WATER AND, UH, TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AND TO DO SMALL BOAT OPERATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEBODY SHOULD CALL ONE OF OUR RIVERS INTO THE LA RIVER RIVER SAN DIEGO RIVER.
UH, OUR TEAM DURING THE RAIN SEASON, PATROLS THOSE AREAS 24 7.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY LUCKY, FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED BEHIND SAFETY, SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND, UH, AND YEAH, JUST WORKING CLOSELY WITH TODD OPERATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DO YOU THINK, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, WE MIGHT SEE ALL THE LIFEGUARDS BACK AGAIN? I KNOW IT'S UP TO, TO YOU AND THE TEAM, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR, UH, CHAIRMAN DIDN'T WE HAVE ALL THE LIFEGUARD, JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS CAME IN AND CAME SORT OF A LITTLE ROUND OF KUDOS TO 'EM ALL INSTRUCTORS.
SO THAT'S, THAT WAS A GREAT, UH, EVENT WHEN WE HAD IT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY MANY OF THEM WOULD TAKE OFF PARTY.
SO, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY PLAN TO DO THAT MIDSUMMER NEXT YEAR.
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BE GREAT.CHIEF, THE SAILBOAT, THE CUFF RUNNER ON DING'S FIVE OR SIX IN BASIC TWO.
ANY CAUSE OF THE FIRE? UH, OFFICIALLY NO.
BUT IT COULD ELECTRICAL INVESTIGATION.
BUT WE HAD A REALLY QUICK RESPONSE TO THAT, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO AGREE WITH ADDRESS THAT IF THEY QUICKLY AND KEEP THE REST SAFE, YOU'RE TRIGGERING THAT QUICK RESPONSE THAT WE'RE, UH, ENOUGH PEOPLE STAFFING WAS GOOD.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU ATTRI WITH RESPONSE TO? UM, I MEAN, SO THE WAY WE, WE DEPLOY OUR, OUR, OUR FULL TIME STAFFING AND ING BOATS, UH, OUR NEW PRETTY NOTES, WE HAVE 2 24 OUR FOLKS, WHICH ARE, WHICH WE STAFF IN THE ALAMEDAS BAY AND ONE IN THE DOWNTOWN ARENA.
ADDITIONALLY, 365 DAYS YEAR, WE ALSO STAFF A THIRD CODE AND THAT'S A 10 HOUR CODE AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT STATE THAT'S THERE, UH, FOR 10 HOURS A DAY UNLESS WE ASK THEM TO STAY.
AND SO WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES.
UH, AND THOSE BOAT ARE CONSTANTLY STAFFED.
SO, SO WHETHER WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AS A DIVISION OR WE HAVE TWO THIRDS OF OUR PEOPLE, SOMEBODY HAS TO OCCUPY THAT SEAT.
AND I GET GRUMPY STAFF WORKING A LOT AND I'M, I'M FORCING FORCING FORCE RECON ME BACK TO WORK.
AND SO, BUT RIGHT NOW, FULLY STAFFED, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE AND IT MAKES IT EASIER, BETTER PLACE.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER TO MARINE PATROL.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS JEFF
I'M THE DAYTIME SUPERVISOR WITH BRAIN PATROL AND I BROUGHT MIKE ELLI, WHO IS MY FELLOW DAYTIME SUPERVISOR.
AND JOHN MCBE, WHO'S THE REPORT SERGEANT, WHO'S BEEN KIND OF FILLING IN FOR, UH, SERGEANT
UM, WANTED, UH, GO OVER A FEW STAFF WITH YOU GUYS, UM, FOR SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER WAS A LITTLE BUSIER MONTH THAN AVERAGE, UH, FOR DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, BUT NUISANCE CALLS SUCH AS UNWELCOME CALLS AND DISTURBANCE CALLS, UH, HAVE REDUCED FROM, UH, AUGUST.
UM, ILLEGAL PHISHING CALLS HAS DECREASED, UH, INCREASED, UH, A LOT, UM, RELATED TO SCHOOL GOING BACK INTO SERVICE.
SO, UH, YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT, THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE, UH, NO LONGER ISSUES.
UM, MOST OF THE SUBJECTS CONTACTED IN SEPTEMBER WERE ADULTS AS COMPARED TO THE MAJORITY WERE MINORS IN THE SUMMERTIME MONTHS.
SO, UM, SO I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S JUST SHOWS, YOU KNOW, THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES WERE KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.
UH, AS FAR AS CALLS FOR SERVICE GO, UH, WE WERE DISPATCHED TO 127 CALLS FOR SERVICE OFFICER INITIATED CALLS.
WE HAD 1,509 FOR A TOTAL OF 1,636 TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, PARKING CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE DOWN FROM THE SUMMER, UH, MONTHS, BUT STILL IN DOUBLE DIGITS.
11 IN SEPTEMBER AS OPPOSED TO 15 IN AUGUST.
UM, THE UPSWING IN DISTURBANCE CALLS FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS HAS GONE WAY DOWN IN SEPTEMBER, UM, DOWN 12 CALLS AS OPPOSED TO THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THE PHISHING CALLS WENT DOWN, UH, IN HALF ACTUALLY.
WE HAD 106 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN AUGUST AND 53 CALLS IN SEPTEMBER FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND AS FAR AS PARKING SITES ARE CONCERNED, WE ISSUED 96 PARKING SITES THIS PAST.
AND WAS THAT PREDOMINANTLY WITH THE FARMER'S MARKET OR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? I WOULDN'T SAY EXACT.
UM, WE GET A LOT OF STUFF DOWNTOWN TO, UM, WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS GOING ON DOWN THERE.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S SPREAD OUT PRETTY EVENLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET LIKE THE BIG EVENTS DOWNTOWN, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A FEW CARS THAT SOMEHOW EITHER SNEAK IN BY JUMPING THE CURBS OR FALLING A BOAT ON OUR END.
SO WE DO GET AN UPTAKE DURING SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND THEN ON THE FISHING, THAT'S MORE TIME OF YEAR BY WHO'S, UM, VIOLATING THAT.
BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MITIGATE THAT IN THE FUTURE? UH, WE'RE
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JUST PROVIDING THE ROUTINE PATROLS, KIND OF KNOWING THE PROBLEM AREAS DOWN THERE WHERE WE KIND OF SEE THE SAME PEOPLE.IT'S NOT THE SAME PEOPLE BUT GROUPS IN CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE SCIENCE BEHIND IT, BUT GOOD FISHING SPOTS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY ACTIVE IN THOSE AREAS, YOU KNOW, SO OUR, OUR GUYS KNOW TO HIT THOSE AREAS.
WELL A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN CAST THE LINE IN THE WATER.
LIKE, HEY, GO PUT YOUR POLES AWAY, YOU KNOW, AND BE DOWN HERE WALKING WITH THOSE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET HIM OUTTA THE AREA BEFORE HE BECOMES A PROBLEM.
I'D LIKE TO JUST, HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE CRACK BOATS? THE CRACK BOATS? YEAH.
THEY'RE, UH, BASICALLY, UH, MAKING CRACK COCAINE OR, UH, METHAMPHETAMINE ON THE BOATS.
THAT'S WHAT WE REFER TO, IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL PIRATE BOATS.
I THOUGHT PIRATE BOATS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT ARE WE HAVING ANY ISSUES THAT WE, UH, STOPPED ANY IN LONG BEACH? I KNOW LA UH, HAS A GROUP IN FURTHER UP THE COAST.
THEY'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE OF 'EM, UH, GOING OFF SHORE.
UH, SO NO ONE'S OUT TRYING TO FIND THEM.
SO, UH, WE HAVE SOME HERE IN LONG BEACH NOW.
ARE THEY BEING REVIEWED? INVESTIGATED? OH, THERE YOU GO.
I CAN LOOK AT, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY VESSELS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE PRODUCING ANY ILLEGAL GUARD PRODUCTS.
UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL VESSELS HERE, SPECIFICALLY ONE THAT I WILL NOT NAME THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED TWICE RECENTLY.
TYPICALLY THEY'LL STAY AT TOP 10 OVERTAKE FOR 12, 13, 14, 15 HOURS.
YOU ONLY NEED THREE HOURS AND MINIMUM TO OVERSTAY TO IMPOUND.
SO WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS I GET MY CAMERAS ON THEM AT NIGHT, HAVE 'EM RECORD 'EM ALL NIGHT LONG.
AND WHEN I SHOW UP PERSON IN THE MORNING, UH, RESCUE BOAT UNIT IS REALLY GOOD.
I GAVE 'EM MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER TO REACH OUT TO GO, HEY, YOUR FRIENDS ARE BACK AT DOCK 10.
THEN WE GO OVER THERE AND WE ENCOUNTER BOAT.
I'VE GOTTEN ON THE BOAT, IT'S VERY DISGUSTING.
DON'T LIKE BEING ON IT, BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU I SAW NO DRUGS, NO METHAMPHETAMINE BEING GROWN OR MADE OR PROCESSED OR WHATEVER.
UH, WHETHER THEY HAVE THAT ON 'EM PERSONALLY, UH, I WILL NOT GO INTO THAT AT THIS POINT.
BUT, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON REALLY TRYING TO LET THEM KNOW YOU CANNOT STAY AT OUR DOCKS MORE THAN THREE HOURS IN TOTAL.
THOSE ARE PUBLIC BORING DOCKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOWED FOR EVERYBODY.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGER PROBLEMS I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING IS, IS ONE OF THE POUNDS I DID RECENTLY.
WE GRABBED THE BOAT AND WE IMPOUND AND I HIT UP GREEN BUREAU.
I'M LIKE, HEY, THIS BOAT'S COMING OVER THERE, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET STOLEN OUT.
'CAUSE THEY'VE STOLEN THE BOATS OUT SEVERAL TIMES.
SO WHEN I CALLED GREEN BUREAU, THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S HIS THIRD BOAT.
I'M LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S HIS THIRD BOAT, THIS PERSON IS OWN HOUSE.
AND THEY SAY THAT, WELL, THERE'S CERTAIN BOAT THAT ARE IN THE ARENAS THAT CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY FOR THEIR SLIP FEES.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY WILL TAKE THAT VOTE AND THEY'LL SELL OFF TO ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS 20 BUCKS BECAUSE THEY JUST WANNA GET RID OF IT.
THEY DON'T WANNA PAY THE FEE FOR IT ANYMORE.
THIS PERSON THAT NOW IS UNHOUSED STARTS LIVING ON THE BOAT, THEN TRIES TO LOSE YOUR PUBLIC DOCKS AS A PLACE TO LIVE.
SO THEY'RE MORE UP THERE, THEY'LL PLUG IN, THEY'LL GET THEIR POWER.
'CAUSE THEY CAN'T BE OUT MOTORING AROUND ALL DAY LONG.
IT COSTS TOO MUCH AND FUEL IS EXPENSIVE AND THEY WANT TO BE ON LAND SOME OF THE TIME AS WELL.
BUT THE HUGE PROBLEM THAT LONG BEACH NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT IS NOW YOU HAVE THE MARINE BUREAU WITH ALL THESE DELIC VESSELS COMING IN IN TOWN AND HOW DO YOU GUYS DISPOSE OF THEM? IT'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM THAT'S ONLY GETTING BIGGER.
I DON'T PERSONALLY HAVE THE ANSWER FOR IT.
I WISH I DID, BUT I SORT OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS ON TODDS PORCH AND IT IS BECOMING A BIGGER PROBLEM.
I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT I CAN ON MY END, BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BOAT UNIT.
WE'RE TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE PORT 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PAY FOR US.
THEY CONTRACT US AND WE TRY TO STAY DOWN THERE.
BUT I WANT HELP OUT THE ENTIRE CITY.
I LIVE HERE IN THE CITY AND I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
SO WHEN WE COME OVER, WE'RE TRYING TO SET A STANDARD THAT YOU CAN'T USE OUR PUBLIC DOCS AS YOUR PERSONAL LIVING SPACE.
I'M SORRY YOU'RE IN THIS, YOU KNOW, SITUATION.
BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT HOPEFULLY THAT'LL HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THIS PROBLEM.
AND WE'VE NOTICED THAT THEY'VE BEEN STAYING OUT EITHER BY ISLAND WHITE OR THEY'LL GO THE OUTER ANCHORAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN.
BUT THERE'S STILL UPTICK OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY DILIGENT, DILIGENT ABOUT HANDLING THAT.
BUT I THINK A BIGGER ISSUE IS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA START DOING WITH ALL THESE DELIC BOATS.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A THING COMING UP FIVE YEARS WHERE YOU MAKE EVERYBODY GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THEIR VESSELS ARE SOUND AND SAFE TO BE THERE, AND HOW MANY MORE OF THESE VESSELS ARE GONNA GET TURNED OVER TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S ONE FREE PLACE TO STAY AND NOW YOU HAVE 'EM ALL UPON THE DOCK.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS WHEN THEY STEAL THEIR VOTE OUT OF MARIA CITY PROSECUTOR WILL NOT FILE CHARGES AGAINST THEM BECAUSE IT'S THEIR VOTE.
UH, THIS HAS BECOME A BIGGER ISSUE.
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UH, I'VE HAD MEETINGS.UH, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A BIGGER SOCIETAL PROBLEM.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BUT, BUT IT'S A GOOD TALKING POINT FOR ALL OF US TO START THINK ABOUT AND MAYBE GET SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND SOME IDEAS.
I I'M GONNA, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.
UM, AND IN THE SENSE OF IT'S MAKING AWARENESS, UM, I HAVE A GENIUS TO MY RIGHTS THAT IS VERY, VERY GOOD AT WRITING LETTERS, UM, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AND MAKING THEM AWARE.
SO IT IS, UH, UM, INTERESTING.
I I YOU JUST WILDLY I HAD NO IDEA.
SO COMMISSIONERS JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, YEARLY BASIS, BASIS.
AND AT THE START OF MY TENURE IN THE MARINE IN 2019, UH, WE WERE NOT HAULING OUT AND DEMOLISHING VESSELS.
UH, SINCE THAT TIME WE'RE OVER A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED VESSELS.
WE'VE HAULED OUT AND, AND DESTROYED.
UH, WE'RE USING, UH, GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DIVISION OF VOTING AND WATERWAYS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO USING OUR OWN BUDGET.
UM, WE ARE ALSO TELLING OUR PARTNER MARINAS IN THE AREA, IT'S LIKE, HEY, THIS HAS TO BE PART OF YOUR MARINA OPERATIONS PLAN.
YOU NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR DERELICT VESSEL DISPOSAL BECAUSE IT IS AN ISSUE.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, WELL, I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB KIND OF KEEPING IT AT BAY.
SO WE DO HAVE THE MEANS TO ADDRESS TO A CERTAIN POINT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A CONCERN AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DEAL WITH ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY BASIS.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, UH, THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IN A GOOD MOOD.
IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A FORMAL REQUEST FOR REPORT ON THIS FOR THE NEXT TIME? LIKE TO DIVE DEEPER? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS TOO.
SO WHAT ARE YOU, I WANNA KNOW LIKE WHAT THE FULL SCOPE OF THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE AWARE.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT, WHAT STAGE OF THAT? BECAUSE YEAH, IT STARTS ALL THE WAY BACK WITH WHAT WE'RE REQUIRING ON L BOARDS AND INSPECTIONS.
THAT'S KIND OF THE EARLY VOTES, PRE DERELICT.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT WHOLE DERELICT PHASE AND THEN THERE'S ONCE IT IS, UM, SEIZED AND THEN, UH, GETTING THE TOES AND HAVE 'EM TAKEN OUT TO APPLE VALLEY AND CRUSHED.
SO COMMISSIONERS, WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONVERSATION OFFLINE AND THEN KIND OF DELVE INTO WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO US TO PRESENT.
AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN BRING SOMETHING TO YOU THAT IS, IS, IS VERY PRODUCTIVE FROM A, FROM A DISCUSSION STANDPOINT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BRING YOU GUYS EXTRA WORK.
I'LL CONTINUE MY END TO IT'S JOB.
KNOW THEY CAN'T BE THERE FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS, BUT I AT LEAST THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT AND WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA HELP SOLVE THIS SITUATION.
UH, LAST THING WE WANT TO DISCUSS IS APOLOGIZE.
THIS IS NORMALLY MY DAY OFF ON THE STREET CLOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT MR. ELLI, WOULD YOU HERE REALLY QUICK? I DON'T HAVE A ANYTHING TO PRESENT TO YOU, BUT MIKE HAS BEEN WITH THE DETAIL FOR 27 YEARS.
UH, HIS LAST DAY I THINK IS NOVEMBER 7TH, TECHNICALLY HERE.
AND THEN HE HAS A COUPLE WEEKS VACATION.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BURN THEN HE WILL BE OFF INTO THE SUNSET.
UH, ALL I'VE TOLD MANY PEOPLE BEFORE I LIVE HERE, I GREW UP HERE, MY FAMILY LIVES HERE.
I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR WHAT YOU DO.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE YOU ON BOARD.
YOU'RE ALWAYS SMILING, RIGHT? YOU ALWAYS MAKE SOME WEIRD OFF CUFF FUNNY REMARKS THAT YOU KEEP LAUGHING SO YOU'LL BE MISSED GREATLY.
I'M PRETTY SURE HE FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.
DO YOU MIND IF WE GET A PICTURE WITH ALL THE, THE BOARD WITH YOU? YEAH.
DO YOU MIND TAKING A PICTURE? LEMME TAKE THAT ONE REAL QUICK WHILE YOU GUYS ARE TOGETHER.
ARE YOU REALLY GONNA RETIRE? NO.
EVENTUALLY I'M GONNA GET A DIFFERENT JOB.
I'LL TAKE A BREAK FOR A LITTLE BIT.
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SOME TIME WITH THIS.REALLY? SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIS OFFICER HERE.
SO THE FIRST TIME, NUMEROUS, BUT FROM THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE A GUY TO THE SECOND TIME, LIKE TO DISCLOSE, WHAT'S THAT TIMEFRAME FROM DERELICT DAY ONE TO CALLING OUT? SORRY, COMMISSIONER.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE AVERAGE, AVERAGE TIME AND LIKE POWER TO GO FROM A TO C, IT DEPENDS.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS AND SCENARIOS THAT COME ALONG WITH A A DELIC VESSEL.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST LEFT AT OUR FOOTPRINT.
UH, IT JUST BECOMES A, IT IS A SUNKEN VESSEL.
IT, IT ENDS UP ON OUR BEACH WHEN THOSE, WHEN IT'S THAT SCENARIO, IT'S A ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD OR NAVIGATION HAZARD.
WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT UP OUT THE WATER AND GONE IN SEVERAL DAYS.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT OUT THE HALLWAY, GET A TIME.
UH, WHEREAS WE MAY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS STAYING IN A SLIM UNAUTHORIZED, THAT TAKES TIME.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH MARINE SAFETY.
WE HAVE TO WORK WITH MARINE PATROL, WE HAVE TO NOTIFY, GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE TO BRING THE BOAT INTO OUR POSSESSION.
AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THE BOAT INTO OUR POSSESSION VIA, VIA LAWFUL IMPOUNDMENT, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LIEN PROCESS.
LIEN PROCESS CAN, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S A DMV REGISTERED CF NUMBER BOAT, OR IF IT'S A COAST GUARD DOCUMENTED VESSEL CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS TO SIX MONTHS.
IF IT'S DOCUMENTED, IT COULD BE YEARS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND YOU, WE'VE SEEN A DIFFERENCE MADE OVER THESE PAST FIVE YEARS BY DOING IT.
UM, WHILE YES, WE DO HAVE ISSUES OF, OF QUOTE UNQUOTE PIRATES OUT ON OUR WATERWAYS, IT, IT'S GOTTEN BETTER.
UH, WHERE DURING COVID, HOW MANY, HOW MANY BOATS DID WE HAVE ON A ISLAND WIDE? HAD ABOUT 25, 30 VOTES ON, ON THE BIKE.
NOW WE SEE MAYBE ONE, TWO, MAYBE THREE, UM, IN A, IN A WEEK OR A MONTH SPAN.
UM, SO YES, THE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT VARIES.
IT COULD BE A COUPLE DAYS, IT COULD BE A COUPLE YEARS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH CHIEF CHIEF MEDINA, HIS STAFF WITH SERGEANT MCVAY, SERGEANT SMT, AND THEIR MARINE PATROL STAFF.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP GOING ON THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE THAT PATHWAY AND IT'S, IT'S PRODUCTIVE BEFORE THEY SELL A BOAT AND THEY JUST REALLY SELL ONE FOR A HUNDRED BUCKS.
I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO WALKING UP AND SAY, YEAH, HERE, TAKE MY BOAT.
THEY CAN JUST, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANY LICENSING.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST, WELL, NO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME AS YOU WOULD BE SELLING YOUR, YOUR VEHICLE, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S, UH, PEER TO PEER VEHICLE SALE.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE, THE TITLE TO THE VEHICLE, YOU SIGN OVER THE TITLE AND THEN THE PROCESS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW IS THAT THE, THE PERSON RELEASING OWNERSHIP GOES AND RELEASES OWNERSHIP VIA THE D CALIFORNIA DMV.
AND THE PERSON THAT PURCHASES THE VESSEL REGISTERS THE REGISTER IN THEIR NAME.
BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
CHIEF, NOT TO BELABOR THE, THE POINT, BUT, UH, IN MY OTHER OFF DUTY ROLE, UH, I SIT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF PUTTING IN WATER COMMISSION.
AND THIS ISSUE IS PREVALENT ACROSS EVERY ARENA, UH, UP AND DOWN THE STATE, AND ESPECIALLY SAN FRANCISCO.
SO IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO LONG BEACH.
LONG BEACH IN MANY WAYS IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH PE AND SAFETY AND
BUT THE ISSUE IS FUNDING AND A LOT OF THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW.
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE TO THESE, UH, MUNICIPALITIES FROM THE STATE,
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THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE FUNDING AND MORE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED DOWN SOUTH.A LOT OF THAT FUNDING RIGHT NOW HAS GONE, UH, TO NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO AREA, WHICH HAS A BIG PROBLEM AS WELL.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT UNIQUE TO LONG BEACH, BUT CERTAINLY WE DEFINITELY WANT MORE ATTENTION ON LONG BEACH TO CARRY IT DOWN HERE.
JUST TO, JUST TO FINISH UP ON THE CHIEF OF YOU'S COMMENTS, WHILE WE DO GET, UH, GRANT FUNDS FOR, UH, UH, HAUL OUT DISPOSAL, UM, WE ALSO HAVE BUDGET STRUCTURAL FOR THIS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL SAFE ARENA, YOU NEED TO HAVE DE DERELICT VESSEL DISPOSAL PROCESS IN YOUR BUDGET.
OKAY? IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA END UP BEING A, LIKE SOFAS.
AND I'M SURE THE DELTA HAS TAUGHT US A LOT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE A LOT OF OLD VOTES COULD TO DIE.
THANK YOU MARIE PATROL AND SUPERVISOR ELLI.
EVERY, EVERY DAY IS SPECIAL WITH YOU AROUND.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S ANOTHER ONE OF THESE, UH, MARINE PATROL GUYS THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOREVER AND HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS APPROACH, SPECIFICALLY THE APPROACH IN OUR FOOTPRINT CAN BE UNDERSTATED.
APPRECIATE WELL DONE, WELL DONE.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GET THIS ADELL OPERATIONS.
ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
TODAY, UM, OCCUPANCY, WE'RE STILL ON A, A GREAT TREND.
UH, WE SITTING AT 94.14% OCCUPIED, UH, ACROSS BOTH AREAS.
UH, MAINLY THE MEAT OF THAT VACANCY SITS IN OUR 30 TO 45 FOOT SLIPS.
UH, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, PRODUCT.
SO THAT'S, THAT TENDS TO BE WHERE WE SIT, UH, WITH SOME VACANCY.
UM, WE HAVE TWO SPECIAL, UH, NIGHTTIME MEETINGS COMING UP, UH, HOSTED BY THE BOAT OWNER ASSOCIATION.
SO WE HAVE A MEET COMMANDER, UH, COMMANDER FERNANDEZ AT SHORELINE YACHT CLUB, WHICH IS GONNA BE TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 22ND, UH, FROM 67TH.
UH, AND THEN DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, STILL BE ON NOVEMBER 6TH, UH, FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30, GONNA BE COMMANDER BENSON.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VOTERS, UH, THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT AND ASK, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS TO LVPD ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PLUG IN OUR, OUR PERMIT OR JUST, YOU KNOW, GENERAL WONKY ISSUES.
SO, UH, IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT.
WHAT ARE THOSE DATES AGAIN, PLEASE? UH, OCTOBER 22ND.
UH, IT IS GONNA BE DOWNTOWN AT SHORELINE.
UH, AND THEN NOVEMBER 6TH WE'LL BE AT SEAL BEACH YACHT CLUB FROM SIXTH TO SEVENTH THREE.
THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY REPORT.
NOT, NOT A, NOT A TON OF THIS, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
HOW ABOUT THE DOCK CART STORAGE? OH, RACKS.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CLOSE TO GOING IN.
UH, WE HAD TO GET SPECIAL LOCKS MADE, UH, SO WE COULD USE OUR DOWN ALLEY FOOTPRINT, USE THE BATHROOM KEY.
UH, SO THOSE LOCKS THAT WE CAME IN LAST WEEK, UH, WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME STAFF OUT THERE TO GET THOSE PROTOTYPES TRIED OUT.
UH, A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE MAINTENANCE, WHICH WE'LL SEE ALL HANDS ON DECK RIGHT NOW FOR TREES TRYING TO GET SET.
UM, BUT WE PUSH FORWARD, FORWARD TO GET THOSE SET ON.
ASK QUESTION, UH, ON OUR RESTROOMS, DO WE HAVE SHOWERS ATTACHED TO THOSE RESTROOMS? ARE THERE SHOWERS THERE OTHER RESTROOMS OR, YEAH.
OH, NOT ALL OF 'EM, BUT MOSTLY THEM, YES.
JUST TALKING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE STREET AND THEIR WISHES ARE, OF COURSE ALWAYS CLEAN RESTROOMS AND A SHOWER.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN SHOWER AND, AND HAVE SOAP DISPENSERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE JUST TO, TO STAY CLEAN.
JUST INTERESTING PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AND THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE, ARE ON THE STREETS, UH, AND THE SIMPLE THINGS THAT THEY LOOK FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE STAYING CLEAN AND EVERYBODY TURNS A BLIND EYE TO IT SOMETIMES.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS JUST THE LITTLE THINGS.
UM, THAT, THAT IS ONE THING I, I, I WILL POINT OUT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANY, ANY THUNDER FROM MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, GETTING SOME TRASH CANS COVERED.
BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, YOU KNOW, ON OUR FISHING BEERS ON THE MO ROAD WAS, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO RESTROOMS. AND WE, WE'VE STRUGGL
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REALLY STRUGGLED TRYING TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES OPEN, UH,UH, WE DID PUSH FORWARD AND REOPEN SOME PUBLIC RESTROOMS, ADJACENT FISHING BEERS.
UH, BRAIN CONTROL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF YOU KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE IN LINE.
UH, CUSTODIAL TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF KEEPING COMING IN.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THEM OPEN, UH, WHICH THEN LEADS TO PEOPLE NOT UTILIZING TRASH RECEPTACLES AND ENCLOSURES FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO, UM, WE, WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE OPEN, BUT THE TEAM DOING A GREAT JOB OF DOING THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE DELAY OF THE REMODEL OF THE RESTROOMS THAT'S BROUGHT UP BY THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS YOU DON'T ALWAYS FEEL SAFE WHEN THERE'S JUST A CURTAIN THERE.
AND THE BOAT OWNERS, YOU EXPRESS CONCERN WHEN FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OF GAINED DOUBT ACCESS TO THOSE SHOWERS.
SO IT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN NEEDS THE AUDIT.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE INTO KELLY ARMSTRONG AND GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
BRING UP OUR MAC REPORT FOR YOU.
UH, SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT SOME PHOTOS OF SOME COMPLETED WORK LAST MONTH, UH, FOR BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UM, AS THIS COMES UP, WE WILL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
LAST MONTH, UH, OUR LAUNCH AND GARDEN PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN BASIN THREE.
UH, SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR LARGEST THAT WE DID.
UH, AROUND 3,600 SQUARE FEET, UH, WAS, UH, CONVERTED FROM TURF TO OCEAN FRIENDLY GARDEN.
UH, ALSO RIGHT AFTER THAT, TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UH, THE MURAL WAS INSTALLED, UH, IN THE SHORELINE ARENA.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE MURAL, JUST 'CAUSE IT WAS VERY LATE IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT THAT WAS COMPLETED AS WELL.
MAINTENANCE HERE AND SOME OF THEIR HARD WORK.
SO FOR BEACH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, THE BIKE PATH ON THE WEST BEACH, UH, ESPECIALLY LEADING UP TO THE MARATHON.
UM, SO WE'RE USING OUR, OUR NEW EQUIPMENT OVER THERE TO, TO CLEAN THE SAND, REMOVE WEEDS, UH, AND THAT, THAT HAS, UH, REALLY WENT WELL.
YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT OF, UH, THE BEACH THERE GETTING CLEAN.
NOW ON THE PENINSULA SIDE, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME HIGH TIDES.
UH, WE'RE MOVING INTO HIGHER TIDES, UM, NEXT MONTH WITH KING TIDES.
THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY, WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, SIGNIFICANT HIGH TIDES, UH, AND THOSE ARE STARTING TO IMPACT THE PENINSULA BEACH.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD THE WHOLESOME SAND IN THERE AND SOME LOW SPOTS.
UH, BUT OVERALL REALLY HARD WORK AT, UH, UPKEEP AND, AND KEEPING THE BEACHES CLEAN.
UH, WE'RE MOVING TO TREE TRIMMING SEASON STARTING THIS MONTH.
SO, UM, WE'RE WORKING, UH, BASICALLY KIND OF EAST TO WEST, WE'LL STARTING NOW GOES BAY AREA AND, AND KIND OF MOVE THROUGHOUT OUR, OUR DIS OUR, OUR AREA AND END UP IN QUEENSWAY BAY IN DECEMBER.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN, UM, PRETTY STEADILY GOING THROUGH AND, AND RESPONDING TO SOME BROKEN LIMBS ALREADY.
SO, UM, GREAT TIME TO GO IN AND PROACTIVELY TRIM SOME TREES.
UH, A COUPLE PICTURES HERE OF SOME, UH, LANDSCAPE WORK GOING ON AT PLAYGROUNDS NEW, UH, PLAYGROUND SAND INSTALLED.
UM, THE TOP PHOTO THERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE, WE'VE CONTINUED WORKING WITH THE LONG BEACH, UM, CONSERVATION CORPS, UH, ON SOME PROJECTS AROUND.
UH, OUR LONG GARDEN PROJECT AND WE'LL WRAP IT UP WITH, UH, SOME DOWNTOWN WORK, UH, PREPPING THE BOOM SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TEAM HERE USING OUR PIPE, UH, FUSION MACHINE, UM, REPAIRING SOME OF OUR BOOM PIPE, UH, GETTING THE BUOYS READY, SOME CLEANUP WORK GOING ON, UH, AT CLEAN, UH, CLEAN MARY, SOME RESTROOM.
OUR, UH, TRASH RECEPTACLES AND, UH, SOME GENERAL OTHER MAINTENANCE WORK ACTIVITY GOING ON THAT, UH, DEFINITELY KEEPING US BUSY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO.
UM, FOR TRIMMING THE PALM TREES AND OTHER TREES AROUND THE GREEN, IS THERE A STANDARD TO WHICH A TREE IS DEEMED TRIMMED? IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, THEY DO TRIM THE PALM TREES AND GET SOME OF THE DEAD OFF OR ALL THE DEAD, SOME OF THE LIVE, BUT IF THEY WOULD JUST GO ANOTHER ROUND OR TWO AND LEAVE LESS MATERIAL ON THE TREE, THAT THE TRIM, UH, BENEFIT WOULD LAST LONGER, ESPECIALLY TO THE BOAT OWNERS DOWN DOWNWIND OF THE BLOSSOMS OFF
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THE, UH, PALM TREES.AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU TELL THE GUYS OR YOU ASK THE GUYS THAT WITH CHAINSAW AND THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT WORKING FROM, THEY'RE WORKING FOR THE CITY FOR A CONTRACT, BUT THEY JUST NEED TO REMOVE MORE MATERIAL OFF THE TREE TO GET MORE BENEFIT MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE, I CONSIDER MYSELF AS AN END USER OF THOSE TREES BEING DOWN THE WIND, AS DOES EVERYBODY ON MY GANG THAT IS TAKING THE CREW TO CLEAN THE, THAT ON THE GEL.
SO I'M A, I'M A BIG, UH, TREE LOVER, BUT I WANT TRIMED TO, TO, SO I CAN LOOK AT MY EXPERIENCE ON
UM, THERE ISN'T QUITE A A A, A CITYWIDE STANDARD.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW ALAMITOS BAY, WE'RE FOCUSING ON KIND OF A NINE AND THREE, UH, POSITION, UM, UH, IN THAT AREA.
WE DO GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR ALSO THAT BENEFIT OF LONGER, UM, LIFE AS WE APPROACH INTO THE GRAND PRE SEASON.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RE TRIM DURING NON NESTING SEASON, BUT ALGO SPACE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE AMOUNT OF BIRDS AND NESTING DURING THE NESTING SEASON.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE NINE THREE YEAH.
SO YOU GOT NINE AND THREE IS KIND OF, OR 10 AND TWO MAYBE, UH, MORE HIGHER TIGHT.
WE DON'T EVER GO HIGHER THAN TEN TWO.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN MAYBE SOME PRIVATE AREAS THAT REALLY GO KIND OF VERY HIGH ON PALM TREES AND GIVE THEM JUST KIND OF THAT 12 O'CLOCK LOOK.
CAN I JUST SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.
SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO BEST TRUE TREES, YOU'RE TRIMMING WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN BEFORE THE COASTAL COMMISSION MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME PROBLEMS WITH HOW THE TREES HAVE BEEN TRIMMED IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA EXPRESS MY PREFERENCE, WHICH IS THAT YOU AIR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
'CAUSE I THINK IN THE LONG RUN YOU'LL HAVE A MORE COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS IMPORTANT STATE AGENCY AND YOU'LL BE PROVIDING IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR SOME SENSITIVE AND IN SOME CASES THREATENED SPECIES.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A BALANCE, BUT IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, I WANTED TO SAY JUST A COUPLE WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, CREATURES THAT SHARE THE BAY WITH US.
SO KELLY, I'LL HOP IN RIGHT HERE, AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT BALANCE AND, UH, WHEN WE TRIM OUR TREES, WE'RE TRIMMING COMPLIANCE WISE WITH THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION PERMIT THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART ABOUT IT IS THAT NINE AND THREE ALLOWS US TO MEET, UH, A BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING STEWARDS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT WHILE MAINTAINING, UH, A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR OWNERS AND OUR USERS.
I JUST LEARNED SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO OUT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING.
SO IF YOU SEE ME OUT THERE GOING LIKE THIS, GOING LIKE THAT, UH, BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING WAY OF HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND IT IS DOWNTOWN IS DIFFERENT FROM, YOU KNOW, THE
IT'S JUST THERE'S THAT, THAT FINE LINE SOMETIMES, UH, UH, OF LOOKING AT IT AND, AND KEEPING BOTH HAPPY.
BUT AS ONES WE'RE FOLLOWING PRESCRIBED PROCEDURES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I I AM LITERALLY CHANGED MY WHOLE LOOK ON HOW THEY TRIM 'EM, UH, AND 10 AND TWO AND NINE AND THREE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO IS THAT NINE AND THREE, 10 AND TWO, IS THAT A COASTAL COMMISSION, LIKE COMMAND OR REGULATION OR JUST A, AN INDUSTRY STANDARD SORT OF TELL, HAVE THE CHAINSAW.
UH, THOSE, UM, PARAMETERS AREN'T STATED IN OUR COASTAL, UH, PERMIT AS FAR AS PALM TREES GO, BUT, UM, WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR, OUR TREE TRIMMING, UH, COMPANY, UH, ON THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS.
UH, BUT OVERALL TREE TRIMMING IS IN REGARD TO KEEPING HEALTH OF THE TREE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER TRIM TO WHERE YOU WON'T HAVE A, A GOOD TREE IN THE, THE REST OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WITHIN THOSE STANDARDS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
I KNOW, UH, THIS IS BEFORE HALLOWEEN, BUT, UM, WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE TO GET OUR CHRISTMAS TREES INSTALLED AND KNOW OFTENTIMES WE'RE AHEAD OF THE SEASON AND, UM, IS THERE ANY TIME ON OUR CHRISTMAS TREES? I, I'LL PASS THIS ONE OVER IF ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME, BUT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO CORY AND ANSWER THAT.
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YOU.SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF CHRISTMAS TREES THIS MONTH AND, UH, HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE LAUNCHED 14 DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS TREES AND GOT 'EM UNDERNEATH THE UPPER BAY AP WAY BRIDGE, UH, YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE.
SO THEY'RE STATIONED IN THE CORNER AND WE'LL START DEPLOYING THEM HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
UM, WE'LL START NEXT WEEK WITH, UH, THE PENINSULA AND GETTING THOSE POSITIONED IN PLACE AND THEN MAKE OUR WAY AROUND THE REST OF REHAB.
CAN I ASK YOU, IS SECOND STREET, I'M SORRY? IS SECOND STREET OURS, IS THAT THE, THE CHRISTIAN STREET ON SECOND STREET? DOES THAT COME FROM YOU TOO? THAT DOES, WE DO PLACE THOSE AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY OUT, RIGHT? I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE OUT YET.
OH, THAN THEY GOT 'EM OUT AHEAD OF MY, AHEAD OF ME KNOWING.
MARINE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN REALLY HARD AT WORK AND, UM, AS YOU'VE NOTICED, A 23 RESTROOM OR MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED, A 23 RESTROOM, WE DID A FULL PAINT COLOR CHANGE ON IT.
THERE'S FOUR PAINT PALLETS THAT WERE USED ON THAT RESTROOM, AND THE CONCEPT WAS A TRAY AND BLEND, UH, PCH AND SECOND STREET GRABBING SOME OF THE ELEMENTS FROM THERE.
A LOT OF THE WOOD, DECORATIVE WOOD AND, UM, DIFFERENT COLORS CAME FROM THAT, THAT PALETTE.
UM, AS WE WERE PAINTING IT, WE WERE GETTING SOME REALLY MIXED REVIEWS.
UM, AS WE GOT SOME COMPLETION, WE STARTED TO GET A LOT MORE CONFIDENCE ON IT.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PAINTING THE, UH, ELECTRICAL, UM, TRANSFORMER CAGES AND ALSO THE, UH, TRASH ENCLOSURES.
SO YOU'LL SEE A NICE CONTRAST OF COLORS AS YOU WALK, AS YOU DRIVE BY OR WALK BY THAT, THAT RESTROOM.
UM, WE'VE BEEN IN BASIN THREE DOING WORK AND, UM, IT'S COMING ALONG WELL.
ALTHOUGH WE HAD A SKATER THAT WAS GRINDING ALL OVER IT TODAY THAT WE HAD TO KIND OF SHOO ALONG.
UM, IN THIS THIRD PICTURE, UH, THAT'S A PICTURE OF OUR SAND PIT THAT, OR OUR PIT THAT'S OVER AT RENATA FOR THE WATER PLATE FEATURE.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SAND IN THERE, WE'RE LETTING THAT DRY OUT AND WE'RE GONNA GET IN THERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO AND, UH, REMOVE ALL THAT SAND, LOOK FOR A REPAIR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, AND THEN GET THAT, UH, PLAYGROUND BACK IN ACTION.
UM, FACING SIX NORTH, WE REPLACED A FEW, UH, STREET LIGHTS THAT WE'RE OUT.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THAT ARE HELP THAT WE NEED TO GET ACCESS TO, AND I'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE 'CAUSE AQUA'S RIGHT THERE AND 'CAUSE IT BROUGHT UP THE CHRISTMAS TREES.
THIS IS ALL THANKS CHRISTMAS TREES, UH, 68 OF 'EM THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING EACH YEAR.
UH, 21 OF 'EM ARE SOLAR AND, UM, EVERYTHING'S MOVING ON, MOVING ALONG SCHEDULE AND, AND WE'RE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE WITH THE CHRISTMAS TREES.
SO, UH, IN, IN AN EFFORT TO NOT GET TOO MANY TREES OUT TOO EARLY IN THE SEASON, WE SWITCHED GEARS WITH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO ON THE BACK END.
UH, ALL OF OUR ROAD ANCHORS, MAKING ANCHORS, UM, SHACKLES AND ON, UH, OUR ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOXES.
ALL THAT WORK HAS BEEN PUT ON THE FRONT END SO THAT AS WE START TO DEPLOY, WE CAN JUST CARRY THROUGH AND JUST, UH, RIGHT UP TO, UH, THANKSGIVING.
UH, WILL WE EVER SEE SPONSORSHIPS FOR THOSE? I MEAN, THAT MAY BE CHRISTMAS TREES OUT.
I'M JUST THINKING IF SOMEBODY SPONSOR ONE FOR $500, AND THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WOULD COME BACK IN JUST TO KEEP THOSE, UH, MAINTAINED.
YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARTNERS AT PARKS.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOR US IT'S OUR JOB IS TO GET THEM OUT THERE, GET THEM, GET THEM ACTIVATED AND, AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO REALLY ENJOY THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE FUNDRAISING OR SPONSORSHIP ELEMENT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE MORE FOR OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC AND PART AS PARKS TO REALLY HAVE A, A STRONG CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO OF THE MIND THAT THIS IS INGRAINED IN OUR STRUCTURAL BUDGET.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
SO, UM, BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THIS.
YOU MAY HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WHY ARE THEY OUT SO EARLY? WHY ARE THEY OUT? IT'S ONLY OCTOBER.
THIS IS A FULL GO, FULL STAFF COMMITMENT.
WE DON'T, WE NEED ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF OUT THERE TO DO THIS.
AND IT'S 68 TREES AND THEY, THEY HAVE 55 DAYS TO GET IT DONE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST, OH, OKAY, HEY, POP IT UP IN THE BAY.
IT NEEDS TO BE, IT NEEDS, EVERY SINGLE LIGHT POLE NEEDS TO BE CHECKED.
EVERY SINGLE ELECTRIC CONNECTION NEEDS TO BE CHECKED.
IT NEEDS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE BOTTOM SO IT STAYS IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TOGETHER.
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BE CONNECTED TO LANDSIDE POWER.SO THE PROCESS OF GETTING THESE OUT THERE IS A, A TEDIOUS PROCESS THAT STAFF UNDERTAKES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO MONTHS, AND THAT'S THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET THEM OUT.
SO IF YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY, OH, HELLO, WHY ARE THEY OUT SO EARLY AS WELL? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ON, ON FIXED GIVING NIGHT, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY EXPECTS 'EM TO BE, THAT IS WHY THEY'RE OUT THERE.
SO MY TREE'S UP IN TWO WEEKS, SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
UH, NEXT, WE'VE GOT, DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE FIRST PICTURE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
BUT, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO HELP OUT WITH THE NO FISHING, WE'VE BEEN POSTING A LOT OF NO FISHING SIGNS.
IN FACT, I'VE USED ALL MY INVENTORY AND WE'RE PURCHASING MORE.
WE DID, UH, POST QUITE A FEW INVASIVE FOUR, AND IT SEEMS TO BE HELPING OUT.
UM, OUR ANALYST, PORSCHE SMITH, UH, WAS ON VACATION THIS MONTH AND WE WENT IN AND PAINTED HER OFFICE FOR, UM, WELL DESERVED THE ENTIRE, AND NOT JUST SEVEN FOOT ROLL
WE DID VENT TIRE, WE DID VENT TIRE.
AND THEN ON THE LAST SLIDE, IT'S A LITTLE DARK, BUT, UM, THAT'S D SEVEN BOAT AND THE RESTROOM, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY AND BEEF UP SECURITY AND MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE INVITING IS WE'RE ADDING GROSS TO THE TRASH ENCLOSURES.
WE'RE ADDING A SOLAR LIGHT ON THE INSIDE AND, UM, WE'RE ADDING A CONTROL ENTRANCE TO THE DOOR AND IT'S REALLY TURNED OUT TO BE BENEFICIAL.
I HOPE TO GET THREE DONE THIS YEAR.
SO THE UPSTAIRS AT THE MARINE BUREAU, DOES ANYBODY USE THAT? MM-HMM
THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR, UH, ACCOUNTING CLERK, UH, LIZETTE.
UH, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR OFFICE ARE IN A BULLPEN SETTING, BUT SHE WORKS DAILY LOOKING AT FINANCIALS AND NUMBERS, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS A NICE PLACE DOING THOSE ITEMS FOR US.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR SOIL CREW AT WORK.
UM, CARPET CLEANING OVER AT STATION 31, UH, DETAILING AND D SIX RESTROOM, UM, DETAILING, UH, THE RESTROOM TRAILERS OVER AT THE BE POOL AND PRESSURE WASHING THE TRASH OVER BEFORE THE ROOF WILL ON.
AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY REPORT.
WHO WENT UP WITH TODD? AND, UH, WE, WE WENT AROUND THE BAY AND SEA AND REALLY FAST, AND LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, AND JUST SOME OF THE SPRAY PAINT, THE GRAY PAINT ON THE, ON THE ROCKS AND THE JET, UH, COVERING UP ALL THE, UH, UM,
UH, BUT THE RESTROOM LOOK GREAT.
UM, AND, AND TRULY WHEN YOU GOT OUT THERE AND WATCHED THE PAINTER, AND THAT'S OUR, WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR PAINTER'S NAME, THE NEW ONE THAT WE HAVE, JOSEPH MAR SHOWING PEOPLE AND TEACHING PEOPLE.
AND, AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THERE THAT CLEANS THE RESTROOMS, THAT UP KEEPS THEM.
TODD, WE WERE OUT FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND IT WAS JUST REAL IMPRESSIVE, UH, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE'RE BUILDING A REALLY DYNAMIC TEAM AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CROSS TRAINING.
WHAT'S GOING ON? UH, WE'RE TAKING SOME OF OUR, UH, FIELD LINE STAFF AND PARTNERING THEM WITH JOSEPH TO REALLY LEARN HOW TO PAINT.
SO I'VE GOT ONE GUY THAT I'M LOOKING AT THAT, UH, HE, HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE PAINTER LIST.
HE'S NOT REALLY A TRUE BONAFIDE PAINTER, BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA GIVE HIM TO JOSEPH FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AND SEE WHAT, THAT'S GREAT.
I PUT IT OUT TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TOO.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO CALL TODD AND SET UP BECAUSE IT'S AROUND HIS TIME TO GO OUT FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND SEE WHAT THE TEAM'S DOING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST INSIGHTFUL.
SO THANK, THANK YOU, TODD, FOR THAT GREAT, WONDERFUL PICTURE.
UM, ARE WE EXPECTING ANY HEAVY SURF OR, UH, STORM COMING THIS WEEKEND FROM THE BIRD KING OF TALKING OUT, UH, IN SAN DIEGO AREA? YEAH, HURRICANE PRISCILLA, UM, IS, UM, NOT REALLY COMING ASHORE.
SO, UH, OUR EARLIER FORECAST, UH, SHOWED SIGNIFICANT WAVES.
UH, TOMORROW, UM, WE'VE BEEN PROACTIVELY MOVING A LOT OF SAND TO THE PENINSULA AND REINFORCING THAT BURN, UH, WITH, WITH OUR CREW.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, FORECAST YESTERDAY AND TODAY SHOW THAT, UH, SOME OF THE, THAT WAVE ENERGY HAS DROPPED DOWN.
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WE SHOULD BE LOOKING A LOT BETTER.UH, WE DO STILL HAVE VERY HIGH TIDES TOMORROW, UH, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ENERGY, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL MAINTAIN OUR, OUR OPERATION AND CONTINUE THROUGH, UH, THE WEEKEND.
I KNOW WE STARTED THE PILOT WITH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SOLAR PRIORITY, CHRISTMAS TREES.
ARE WE ADDING MORE? ARE THEY ALL NOW THAT WAY? WE ARE ADDING MORE.
SO WE STARTED WITH ONE, TWO YEARS AGO.
LAST YEAR WE WENT TO AN ADDITIONAL NINE, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 10 THIS YEAR.
YEAH, WE'RE AT 24, 20 OUT OF 68 THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE WILL ADD MORE NEXT YEAR.
AND IT'S MORE, WE CAN DO IT ALL AT ONCE, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS STORAGE THAT WE HAVE TO PREP FOR ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT GO WITH SOLAR.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST A SLOW BUILD.
WE WANT TO GET TO 68 TO 68, AND THAT'S GONNA BE A, A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT FOR CORY AND HIS TEAM.
UH, BUT WE'LL GET THERE IN A FEW YEARS, COUPLE YEARS, THREE, FOUR YEARS.
ARE THE BULBS, LED ON THE TREES, ARE THE BULBS LED ON THE TREES OR ARE THEY STILL IN INCANDESCENT? YEAH, WE WENT TO LED LAST YEAR.
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TREES.
SO THE SOLAR TREES, WHEN IT'S REALLY LOO AND OVERCAST, ARE THEY STILL SOAKING UP SOLAR ENERGY OR THEY DON'T WORK? WE MAY RUN INTO A CHALLENGE IF WE RUN INTO MULTIPLE DAYS OF OVERCAST, WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME THAT DON'T LIGHT UP.
UH, WE DID MOVE TO, TO A LITHIUM ION BATTERY LAST YEAR THAT'S GIVEN US MORE CHARGE, UH, BUT WE DIDN'T SEE ANY ISSUES LAST YEAR.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THE WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE LIKE THIS YEAR AND HOW THAT PLAYS INTO EFFECT.
YEAH, THE BIGGEST, OUR BIGGEST POSITIVE OF THIS IS LONG BEACH, 355, 350 DAYS OF SUNSHINE.
SO WE'RE ERRING ON THE SIDE OF POSITIVITY AND SO
AND THEN, UH, A COUPLE ITEMS FOR, UH, FROM ME IS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW AT THE BELMONT PIER.
UH, THE, UH, THE BUOYS, THE, THE BUILDING AT THE END IS BEING, UH, ASSESSED BY PUBLIC WORKS, AND THAT'LL GIVE PUBLIC WORKS, C-I-P-A-A BETTER OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITY, AND THEN A THOUGHT PROCESS OF, UH, NEXT STEPS FOR ANY SORT OF RENEWAL, REVITALIZATION REPAIR, UH, FOR THE PIER.
AND THEN CORY'S TEAM OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, THEY GOT A REALLY, REALLY COOL, UH, BOOM TRUCK.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, SEWER RUN THAT GOES, A PIPE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE ENTIRE DISTANCE OF THE PIER.
AND, UH, IT FAILED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO BECAUSE IT'S STRUNG BY HANGERS.
IT'S, IT'S HUNG, AND THOSE, THOSE HANGERS HAVE BEEN FAILING.
SO CORY'S TEAM, UH, PROCURED THIS TRUCK FOR A WEEK, AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT REACHES OUT OVER THE WATER AND THEN BACK UNDERNEATH THE PIER.
AND HIS TEAM THIS WEEK HAS BEEN REPAIRING THE, UH, THE BROKEN SEWER LINE AND THEN ATTACHING ADDITIONAL NEW, UH, HANGERS SO THAT, UH, TO SHORE UP THAT LINE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, KUDOS TO COREY AND HIS TEAM FOR GETTING THAT DONE.
AND THEN THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES MY REPORT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE, UM, LIVERBOARD FESTIVAL INSPECTION, WHAT DOES THAT PROGRAM, HAS IT STARTED YET THAT, THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN UNDERWAY FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH OUR BOATERS, UH, LIVERBOARDS FOR TWO YEARS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS COMING.
UH, JANUARY 1ST IS WHEN WE, WE'LL REALLY, REALLY START SAYING, HEY, WE NEED THIS.
UH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UH, OUR JOB IS TO KEEP OUR VOTERS IN THE MARINA KEEP OUR LIVING BOARDS LIVING ABOARD.
UH, SO, UH, BRIAN HI AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH ANYBODY THAT HAS QUESTIONS.
AND ANYBODY THAT, THAT IS, IS, HEY, I I CAN DO THIS.
UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS NOW.
WE, WE KNEW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE VESSELS, THAT IT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE READY TO FACE THAT CHALLENGE.
WE'RE READY TO WORK WITH OUR VOTERS TO CREATE A STANDARD OF SEAWORTHINESS.
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NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON AGENDA ITEM THREE, ALSO VOTE TO ABOUT THE COURT, ALL OF THE BAY.DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YOUR, YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH RESTROOMS. UH, WHERE DO WE STAND ON THE REBUILD THAT WAS PLANNED FOR SOME OF THE S SO THE RESTROOMS RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE CIP, UH, PROCESS.
SO OUR, UH, CAPITAL AND PROJECT PLAN, UH, CALL FOR PROJECTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS, PUTS A CALL OUT AND SAYS, HEY, WHAT PROJECTS, UH, ARE ARE YOU LOOKING TO ACHIEVE IN A YEAR AHEAD? UH, WE'VE, WE'VE SUBMITTED ALL OF OUR, UH, MARINE BUREAU CIP LIST PROJECTS INTO THAT CALL, AND NOW, UH, THOSE ARE BEING REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AND PRIORITIZED INTO THE GREATER WHOLE OF, OF THE TITLES FUND FOR, FOR FUNDING AND ACTIVATION.
UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, UH, TO RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE IN FILE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS FROM OUR, OUR FOUR VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL START WITH THE EXECUTIVE.
AND THE KEY TAKEAWAY WE HAVE FROM THAT MEETING WAS, UM, THE COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE A NIGHT MEETING AND, UM, AND STAFF IS GONNA MAKE A SACRIFICE TO WORK LATE ON A, UM, ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, OUR NEXT MEETING, NOVEMBER 13TH.
UM, AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND HAVE AN AGENDA THAT HAS ENOUGH THINGS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, UM, THAT MAKES IT WORTH IT TO ALL OF US TO BE THERE IN THE EVENING.
UM, SO AS YOU SUBMIT, UH, PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS, SUBMIT THEM EARLY, PLEASE AND, UM, AND THINK OF ONES THAT, UM, EVERYONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING.
UM, SO THAT REALLY GET BANG FOR OUR BUCK FOR HAVING A A NIGHT MEETING.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE MEETING THAT YOU FEEL WE SHOULD SHARE? NO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SORRY, PUTTING OUT THE INVITATIONS TO PEOPLE TOO, UH, TO OTHER MEMBERS, A MEMBER OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE MAYOR COME IN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL, I THINK IT'D BE KIND OF COOL FOR THE MAYOR TO COME IN AND I, I, I'VE ALSO INVITED AS A FRIEND THIS AS A FRIEND, NOT AS A BOARD MEMBER THAT, UH, JANICE HUNCH TO COME BY OUR MEETING, UH, AND COME IN AND LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY.
SO WE MAY HAVE A GUEST FROM, UH, THE BOARD OF SUITS, AND IF THEY SAY YES, THAT'LL BRING PEOPLE IN, BE SURE TO COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR STAFF.
IS THERE A, UH, TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE HOLDING? UH, WE'LL BE HOLDING THAT MEETING ON NOVEMBER 13TH AT 6:00 PM SAME, THAT LOCATION.
AND THEN, UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER
ONE FROM OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE.
IT WAS EARLIER TODAY, AND ANOTHER ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON STATUS OF THE, UM, HISTORICAL INTEREST POINT.
UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MURRAY.
UM, UH, JUST A BASIC OVERVIEW OF OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA.
TODAY WAS A REPORT BY PORSCHE SMITH TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE MOST CURRENT BUDGET NUMBERS FOR THE MARINE BUREAU.
UM, THIS MONTH IT'S, UM, NOT EXACTLY, UH, AC WELL, I WON'T SAY ACCURATE, BUT IT'S NOT A VERY ROBUST REPORT, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST REPORT AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE STARTED THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, SO WE'LL KNOW MORE IN TERMS OF THE FINANCES AS WE GO INTO, UM, OUR NEXT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WILL BE IN TWO MONTHS.
THERE'LL BE SOME REAL FIGURES FOR PORTION.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS USEFUL AND VERY HELPFUL.
SHE'S ABSOLUTELY T SO IT'S A VERY, VERY HELPFUL MEETING.
THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WITH RESPECT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED LAST YEAR TO, UM, DEAL WITH AND ADDRESS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S AWARD AT, FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS A CALIFORNIA POINT OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
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FORWARD? SURE.SO I AM GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.
WE HAVE A MEETING TODAY WHERE GRANTED TIME, AWARDED TIME BY A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF JOHN UNA, WHO OWNS AND HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST IN THE BREAKERS HOTEL ON OCEAN BOULEVARD.
HE ALSO HAPPENS TO OWN THE BREAKERS, I'M SORRY, THE BREAKERS HOTEL HAS A BUSINESS INTEREST, HAPPENS TO OWN THE ONE 10 BOULEVARD BUILDING MORE ON THAT MOMENT.
OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE ROOMS WITH ME.
WE HAVE PARTNERS AT BRIGHT FOUNDATION JOINED US TODAY AND OUR MEETING AND STEVE CLOUDS.
MICHAEL LUM IS THE GUY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING THIS RECOGNITION FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND WHAT WAS IT? IT WAS THE 1938, UH, PADDLEBOARD SURFING CONTEST THAT TOOK PLACE ON A HISTORIC BEACH IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS PICTURED HERE.
THE, UM, CYCLONE RACER IS TO THE LEFT, AND THIS IS THE IMAGE OF THE OLD RAINBOW HERE.
AND TO THE BREAKER HOTEL IS THAT RED MARKET.
WHY WERE WE APPROACHING MOLINA? BECAUSE WE FELT, UH, AS A COMMITTEE AFTER ALMOST A YEAR OF DISCUSSION, THAT WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY SOME APPROPRIATE SITES FOR WHAT WE THINK SHOULD BE A MEMORIAL TO THIS EVENT.
UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH IS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY OR HISTORIC PROPERTY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE JUMPING UP AND DOWN TO MEMORIALIZE THIS EVENT.
UH, AND HE FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
SO THIS IS THE WR PIER FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE THAT IS THE BREAKERS, FAIRMONT BREAKERS HOTEL, AND THEN THE STORE, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT, THE OUTSIDE OF WR HERE.
THIS IS ANOTHER SHOT FROM 2001, THE FILL AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THAT HISTORIC BEACH AND THE BREAKERS AS WELL.
THIS IS THE SPOT THAT WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE, UH, HISTORIC POINT OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
AND AS IT'S OVERLAYED IN THE CURRENT MARINA AND THE OPERATIONAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE MARINE EUROPE AND THE BRITISH, THIS IS THE EVENT.
IT WAS THE FIRST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURFING CONTEST, WHICH WAS BUILT AS A NATIONAL EVENT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANT IN THIS HISTORY OF SURFING IN CALIFORNIA AND, UH, HOW IT WAS SPONSORED WHEN IT HAPPENED NOVEMBER 13TH AND THE DECEMBER 11TH, 1938, WHERE IT HAPPENED AND WHY IT WAS SIGNIFICANT.
THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF SURFING CONTESTS IN CALIFORNIA AT THE TIME.
WAS THAT IMPORTANT NEWS FOR THOSE EVENTS WERE HAPPENING AT BEACHES UP AND DOWN THE COAST.
BUT WHAT WAS SIGNIFICANT AND RARELY ACCESSIBLE BY, UM, PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO COME AND SEE THE EVENT.
THESE BEACHES ARE SOMETIMES REMOTE.
THE EARTH BREAKS NOT ALWAYS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THE PUBLIC, THIS EVENT HAPPENED TO JACK IN 2000 SPECTATORS.
OKAY? THAT'S WHAT WAS WHAT MADE THIS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT.
ANOTHER IMAGE, HISTORIC EVENTS BECAUSE OF THIS RAZOR IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY WHERE THIS EVENT HAPPENED AS A RESULT AND ANOTHER IMAGE OF THE, THAT HISTORIC BEACH, 1947.
AND SORRY, THE HOT POINTS ARE IN PINK, BUT WHAT WAS, HOW IS THIS, UH, ACTUALLY DETERMINED TO BE A CALIFORNIA POINT OF HISTORIC INTEREST? BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE THE SITE FOR AN EVENT THAT HAD SOME CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE HISTORY OF SURFING IN CALIFORNIA, ONCE AGAIN, VERY PINK.
UH, THIS WAS THE FIRST MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT 'CAUSE OF ITS NATIONAL NATURE.
INVITEES FROM ALL OVER ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS HAWAII PARTICIPATED VERY PINK.
UH, THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THERE WERE, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF OTHER, UH, INTEREST IN TERMS OF THE NEED TO, UM, INVOLVE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS OR PEOPLE WHO HAD INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS ALL OWNED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THEY PARTICIPATED AND WERE VERY, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INITIATIVE ON THE PART OF SURF RIDER AND
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SO THE 1938 TOOK A SHIP AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, WE RECOGNIZED THIS EVENT AT A SPRING FOUR MARINE ADVISORY ADMISSION.IMMEDIATELY HAD MICHAEL BLOOM COME AND GIVE US A, UH, PRESENTATION ON HIS WORK.
AND AT THAT MOMENT WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD, UM, UH, FORM AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO COMMEMORATE THIS AWARD BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS THE MEETING FROM THE FAIRMONT RIVERS OUTDOOR TERRACE LOOKING SOUTH WEST.
AND, UM, THE NOTION THAT THE HOTEL IS ON THE PERIPHERY WILL BE FUTURE, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE RAINBOW PAR ON THE RIGHT UPPER RIGHT IS, OR ON THE RIGHT MIDDLE RIGHT IS, UH, PINE AVENUE.
LOWER LEFT IS THE, UH, LION'S LIGHTHOUSE.
UPPER LEFT IS THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.
IT'S SKIED SLIGHTLY, BUT THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT WILL BE FUTURE, POTENTIAL, FUTURE MAYBE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE SHORELINE AREA, MAR DOWNTOWN.
AND WE CHOSE AS A COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH AN AREA THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE ON THE PERIPHERY, SIMPLY BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE TIME TO INSTALL ONE OF THESE MEMORIALS, YOU KNOW, RAISE THE MONEY, GET IT INSTALLED, THE FUTURE OF EITHER HAVING IT REMOVED OR MOVED WAS TOO MUCH OF SURE THING.
SO WE ARE WORKING IN LOOKING AT AREAS OUTSIDE, STILL WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS AREA, BUT NOT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA DOWNTOWN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE REDEVELOPED.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE HOTEL WE THAT THE BREAKERS MOTEL, GIVEN ITS SORT OF EMBRACE OF LONG BEACH HISTORY, THE FACT THAT IT IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ITSELF, THE HOTEL WHO'VE EVER BEEN THERE REALLY DOES CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH AND THEIR CULTURE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF UNDERSTANDING THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BUILDING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH.
IT'S A GREAT OVERLAY, THE POWER CELEBRATION OF THE SURFING CONTEST.
THIS IS, UH, A SMALL PLAQUE INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY FOR A VICTORY PARK, STRETCH OF LAND ALL ALONG THE BOULEVARD.
MUCH DIMINISHED OVER TIME AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WIDE BOULEVARD RIGHT THERE.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE THINKING OF WITH RESPECT TO OUR MEMORIAL TO THIS SURFING CONTEST.
THIS IS A EXAMPLE THAT WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED OUT ON THE PENINSULA FOR THE FORMER DANCE POOLING THAT HAPPENED TO BE ON THE BEACH BURNED LONG AGO.
AND, UM, THIS WAS A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
WE THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MODEL A FUTURE MEMORIAL TO THE CERTAIN CONTEST.
WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO THIS, BUT IT'S A POTENTIAL DESIGN AND THAT'S THE LINEUP.
AND MR ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT MR. MOLINA WAS VERY POSITIVE AND IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH HIM THIS MORNING.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR THIS MEMORIAL AS WE MOVE ALONG, AND WE NEED TO HEAR MORE FROM MR IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS MADE IT TRUE DIFFERENCE.
ANN REMAINING REPORT, UH, REGARDING THE DEBRIS FROM THE YELLOW RIVER.
UM, THIS ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN VICE CHAIR GRAY AND COMMISSIONER HARLAND.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS ISSUE.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE TRACTION THAT THIS LETTER HAS GOTTEN SINCE WE WROTE IT.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR NEXT TUESDAY, UM, AND SUPPORTED BY MAYOR RES RICHARDSON, VICE MAYOR YDA, COUNCILMAN MEMBER DUGGAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER
AND SO AS A CIVILIAN, I'M GONNA GO AND MAKE A COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM AND I ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO DO SO AS WELL.
I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT COMMISSION DUTIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, I WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT.
UM, ALSO, UM, IN CITY COUNCIL, THEY'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO ENGAGE THE LA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY
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CONTROL BOARD AND DEEPEN, UM, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, UH, COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE COORDINATION OF THE DEBRIS CLEANUP.SO THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ASK FOR IN THE LETTER AND I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY'RE BRINGING THAT BOARD.
UM, ALSO, I, UM, TALKED TO, UH, THE, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND INVITED THE FIELD DEPUTY TO SUPERVISOR JANICE HUNT, UM, TO COME TO A MEETING.
AND SO, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE TO GIVE US JUST CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND ON, UM, THE EFFORTS TO, FOR THE LA RIVER TO CLEANUP.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE, WE'LL ANNOUNCE THAT OR COORDINATE WITH STAFF.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD MEETING AND A REALLY GOOD THING TO HEAR FROM THE, UM, LA COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS ON JUST THE, UM, BACKGROUND ON THIS ISSUE.
AND JUST REMEMBER, THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE A CLEAN BEACH.
WE HAVE LONG IN OUR NAMESAKE AND, AND WE NEED COLLABORATION FROM MULTI JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HELP US OUT WITH CLEANING THE DEGREE.
SO WITH THAT, ALL ENTERTAINING COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THE BEST OF THE REPORT? NO, IT WAS WELL DONE.
CINDY ALLEN IS NOW ON BOARD TOO AS A CO-SPONSOR.
SO SHE'S DRAFTED HER OWN, UH, LETTER OUT.
UM, IT, IT'S JUST AWARENESS AND I THANK TODD FOR MAKING US AWARE.
WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY MONEY IN FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S JUST, UH, IT'S LUDICROUS AND I THINK WE STAYED IT NUMEROUS TIMES.
THIS IS JUST WRONG, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO ENTAIL ALL THAT DOLLARS WITH THE TRASH HAS COME DOWN FROM THE LA RIVER.
SO, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER, WELL DONE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME POINT.
I INVITE EVERYBODY PLEASE SHOW UP ON TUESDAY.
AGAIN, YOU'RE SHOWING UP AS A RESIDENT AND NOT AS A COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND, UH, UM, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, IT'LL BE FUN FOR OH 2 CENTS TO BE PUT IN AS RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH AND I'M SENDING IT OUT TO A NUMBER OF MY FRIENDS WHO WILL ALSO BE THERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
WHAT TIME IS, WHAT TIME IS THE RATING SCHEDULED COUNSEL MEETING ON TUESDAY? FIVE O'CLOCK.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS THE FIRST NON-CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ORDOS FOR? ALRIGHT, UM, THAT, UH, LET'S, UH, THEN GO AHEAD AND CALLABLE VOTE TO TAKE THOSE COMMITTEE REPORTS RECEIVE ON THE FILE.
ANY OF THOSE? ABSTENTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
AND THAT MOVES ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF OUR MEETING MEMBER TO THE PUBLIC.
DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THE MIC FOR THE RECORDING? SURE.
UM, I KNOW A FEW OF YOU SO HELLO TO THOSE I KNOW.
UM, I RECENTLY JOINED PARTNERS IN PARK.
I'M JOINING ASHLEY, SO YOU MAY CASE PLEASE SEE ME HERE AT THESE MEETINGS WHEN SHE CAN'T MAKE IT.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES, COUPLE IMPROVEMENTS, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT I'M THE LADY TO TALK TO, FLAG ME DOWN.
WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP YOU GUYS SUPPORT YOU GUYS WITH WHATEVER, WHATEVER IDEAS YOU HAVE GOING ON.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE YOU THERESA, NEVER SEE YOU IN LIKE MORE THAN A YEAR.
ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE? SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OH YES, I HAVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT THE, UM, I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA POSTAL COMMISSION MEETING YESTERDAY IN REDONDO BEACH WHERE THE, UH, BELMONT PLAZA POOL WAS FINALLY CONSIDERED FOR A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.
WE'VE BEEN APPROVED WITH A NUMBER OF CONDITIONS IN ORDER FOR THE PROJECT TO HAD MAINLY INVOLVING PARKS, REC, AND MARINE.
AND, UM, AND I JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A VERY HEAVY BURDEN PLACED ON PARKS REC AND NO, WITH RESPECT TO A PUBLIC ACCESS PROGRAM THAT THE HAS INSISTED UPON.
AND THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REPORTING, BENCHMARKING, UNDERSTANDING WHO IS GOING TO BE USING THIS POOL, IN WHAT WAY, WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM, WHY AREN'T THEY GOING TO ANOTHER POOL, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I REQUESTED A SPECIAL CONDITION THAT REQUIRES
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THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO, UM, WELL, LET ME BACK UP.THE COASTAL COMMISSION REQUIRES ANNUAL REPORTING FOR THIS.
THEY ALSO REPORT TO REQUIRE A BENCHMARK REPORT DUE 14 MONTHS BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC, UM, THE PUBLIC'S NEED FOR THE SCHOOL AND WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN USING THE TOOL FOR, UM, THAT BENCHMARK AS WELL AS ANNUAL REPORTS WILL BE GIVEN AND DELIVERED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
AND I REQUESTED, AND IT WAS APPROVED THAT THE SAME REPORTS BE POSTED ON THE CITY'S OWN WEBSITE WITH, UH, ON THE BELMONT PLAZA WHOLE WEBSITE PAGE THAT CURRENTLY MANAGES PROJECT UPDATES.
SO THOSE REPORTS WILL BE PUBLIC INFORMATION.
UM, THEY'RE DEFINITELY PUBLIC INFORMATION AT THE COASTAL COMMISSION, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO TO ASK AND WHERE TO GO.
SO, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS AGREE THAT IT SHOULD GO DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PARKS RECORD ENTITY DIRECTLY ON THIS WEBSITE.
AGAIN, THE POOL HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WE DO KNOW THROUGH OUR CAPITAL, UM, PROJECTS, UH, S CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, COMMITTEE THAT, UH, THE CITY IS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR CONTRACTORS TO ON THE PROJECT.
UM, THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON IS THE FACT THAT, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE THE START OF A NEW WATER QUALITY TESTING PROGRAM INITIATED BY THE MOORE INSTITUTE.
CHARLIE MOORE AND HIS ALGA FOUNDATION ARE DOING A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT.
THEY'RE WORKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO DO WATER QUALITY TESTING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF ALAMEDA BAY, PARTICULARLY AS WE'RE MOVING INTO, UM, A TIME WHEN THE A ES PUMPS ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING BUT WILL SOON BE ENDING.
AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UH, VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN A ROUTINE AND REGULAR WATER QUALITY TESTING, UM, EFFORT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE CALLING IS THE CLEAN BAY INITIATIVE AND THE WATER QUALITY TESTING WILL BE ALL ALONG DIFFERENT PARTS OF
SO I INVITE THE PUBLIC AND MIGHT FELLOW COMMISSIONERS INTERESTED IN SOME CITIZEN SCIENCE.
WE HAVE SOME KIDS HAVE SOME FRIENDS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, THEN MORE AND KIDS, UH, FOUNDATION VOLUNTEERS.
DO YOU THINK, UH, UM, IF WE GET SOMEBODY, UH, OR UH, TODD, GET SOMEBODY REGARDING, UH, THE POOL TO COME OUT AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR US? JUST BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE POOLS BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE, UM, IT BE NICE TO KNOW.
WELL OUR, OUR TIDE LED CAPITAL PROJECT COMMITTEE DOES GET UPDATES FROM WHO IS INDIVIDUAL AT CITY, THAT CITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHO IS THE, THE PERSON WHO'S IN TOUCH AND, UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS, UM, POOL.
AND I MIGHT RECOMMEND A GENERAL PRESENTATION IN THE SPIRIT OF THE FACT THAT THIS POOL HAS JUST NOW FINALLY RECEIVED ALL OF ITS APPROVALS, UM, FOR HER TO COME AND SPEAK TO THE GENERAL MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO MARK FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
REMEMBER, WE WANNA COVER THAT DURING RIGHT, OUR OTHERWISE IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
COULD THIS POTENTIALLY AN ITEM ON? AND PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE IDEAS EARLY AND ON.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A POINT OF INVITING KATIE ALLEN, WHO'S INVOLVED MOORE FOUNDATION'S WATER QUALITY TESTING PROGRAM, INITIATIVE ADVISORY POSITION, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY TESTING FOR THE REASONS BEHIND TESTING AND OUR LONG BEACH AREA.
BO ASSOCIATION IS HOLDING TWO PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS, UH, ONE IN ALAMEDAS BAY ON NOVEMBER 6TH, AND BRIAN INCLUDED THAT IN HIS REPORT AND ANOTHER ON OCTOBER 22ND DOWNTOWN ALAMEDA SPACE.
SO THEY HAVE BOTH THE BASES COVERED, UM, WITH, WITH REALLY THE RIGHT PEOPLE THAT CAN ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
AND OUR NEXT EXECUTIVE MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER 6TH.
UH, SO PLEASE, UM, QUICKLY SUBMIT ANY, UM, SUGGESTED AGENDA ITEMS AND, UM, IF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OR ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE ANNOUNCED, UM, GETTING THOSE ITEMS IN EARLY.
UNFORTUNATELY WE HEARD ABOUT THESE A LITTLE LATE
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AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.UM, THE IS ALL CONSOLIDATED, IT'S EMAILED OUT TO US AND AT THE SAME TIME IT'S LOADED ONLINE, UM, FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO LOOK AT, FOR THE MEDIA TO LOOK AT.
AND SO WE'RE ALL HEARING THE SAME SET OF FACTS AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, SO TO BE A PART OF THAT IS KEY.
UH, AND OF COURSE OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE, UM, NOVEMBER 13TH AND THAT'LL BE HERE AT 6:00 PM UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXCITING AGENDA 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ALL GONNA WORK ON THAT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ADJOURNMENT, WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS WILL BE ADJOURNING DAY IN THE HONOR OF, UM, AND ONE IS THE PASSING OF BRUCE KERR WHO WAS, UM, A LOCAL FELLOW.
HE WAS THE COMMODORE OF THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB, UH, A NAPLES ROGERS AND WILSON ALUM.
UH, SO HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE WITHIN OUR MARINE BUREAU FOOTPRINT.
AND SINCE, UH, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UH, CLOSE THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE COURT, TWO 50 YEARS OF PROTECTING.