* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. . I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE. UM, UH, IT'S THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2025 AT 4:46 PM UM, ACTING DIRECTOR. CAN YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? OF COURSE. UH, COMMISSIONER HIGA. HERE. COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. HERE. COMMISSIONER LUDAY SMITH AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. OKAY, THERE IS A QUORUM. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. AND, UM, NOW I GUESS WE IMMEDIATELY, UH, GO TO THE ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARKS RECREATION COMMISSION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 14TH, 2025. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER EGA. I WILL SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF, FROM COMMISSIONERS, FROM THE PUBLIC? HEARING NONE. UM, , WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HEA. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OKAY, WE NOW MOVE TO OUR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2025 AND OCTOBER 8TH, 2025. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND I WILL SECOND IT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, I THINK WE HAVE A REPORT. WE DO. GLADYS KAISER WILL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TWO FREE WAIVER REQUESTS FOR THIS DEFENSE MEETING ON BEHALF OF A OC SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT. THEY'RE WISHING TO USE THE MACARTHUR PARK OPEN SPACE ON SOCIAL HALL ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2025 FOR THEIR TURKEY GIVEAWAY. UM, THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT. THE AMOUNT WAIVED, UM, REQUESTING TO BE WAIVED IS $375 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES. THERE ARE ZERO APPLICABLE FEES, UM, ZERO GATE REVENUE AND THEY EXPECT ABOUT 250 IN ATTENDANCE. THEN ON BEHALF OF GP, EX MISS CARE PACKAGES AND BLANKETS OF LOVE, NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT, THEY'RE WISHING TO HOST, UH, THE 14TH STREET PARK OPEN SPACE CARE PACKAGE GIVEAWAYS ON DECEMBER 13TH, 2025. UM, AND THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT, $275 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES, UM, REQUESTING TO BE WAIVED, ZERO APPLICABLE FEES, AND THEY EXPECT, UM, 200 IN ATTENDANCE. SO, COMMISSIONERS, UM, TOTAL FEES REQUESTED TO BE WAIVED FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING IS $650. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, QUICK QUESTION FOR THE SECOND ITEM THERE. UM, IS THAT A TYPO OR IS CARE PACKAGES REALLY ONE WORD? IT'S CARE PACKAGES ON THERE IS ONE WORD. FASCINATING. I REMEMBER THAT GROUP FROM THE PAST. IS THAT THE SIZE OF THEIR ATTENDANCE TYPICALLY? UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT THEY PUT IN, UM, IN YEARS PAST, YES. MM-HMM . GREAT. THAT'S TERRIFIC. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM THE STAFF? THANK YOU. HEARING NONE. WE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HEA, THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. UM, AND NOW WE CAN GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE, LOSS AND THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION MARINE. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND IT. AND, UH, UH, DIRECTOR SCOTT, MAY WE HAVE A YES, UH, JANICE MCMULLEN, OUR ACTING BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER, WILL PROVIDE THE UPDATE. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, THE ASSET LOSS REPORT, UH, TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER, 2025 WAS, IS $10,207 WORTH OF VANDALISM. UM, ABOUT 75% OF THAT IS LABOR COSTS. AND THEN 25%, WHICH IS ALSO ABOUT $2,500, UH, WAS MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES. UM, MOST OF THAT, UM, FELL INTO A FEW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, EITHER FENCE REPAIRS, UM, LOCK REPAIRS WHERE SOMEONE TRIED TO GET IN OR BROKE THE LOCK, A LITTLE BIT OF VANDALISM IN THE RESTROOMS, AND THEN SOME, SOME BROKEN LIGHTS. SO, UM, A LOT OF SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS, BUT IT ADDS UP TO ABOUT 10,000. AND THEN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR TOTAL, OR FOR, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FISCAL YEAR, NOT CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025 IS A 69,421, UM, WHICH IS A LOT LESS THAN LAST YEAR, WHICH, UM, IN FY 24 WAS ABOUT 388,000. WOW. SO THAT WAS LIKELY DUE TO ONE OR [00:05:01] TWO LARGE INCIDENTS IN FY 24. AND THAT MY REPORT. DO I, ANY QUESTIONS? SO PREVIOUS MONTHS YOU TOLD US THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS MONTH COMPARES TO THE SAME MONTH IN A PREVIOUS YEAR, ARE WE STILL, UH, LOWER THAN, THAN USUAL? WE ARE LOWER THAN USUAL FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOWER IN TERMS OF THE WHOLE YEAR, BUT IN TERMS OF THIS TIME EACH MONTH HAS, UH, CONSISTENTLY BEEN SHOWING IS, UH, LOWER THAN THE PRIOR YEARS MONTH AT THAT SAME TIME. SO, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS. RIGHT. UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT SORT OF NEW CRISIS TREND WILL BE. UM, AGAIN, WITH THE TARIFFS, THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STEEL, COPPER. SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T BEGIN TO SEE THAT, BUT SO FAR WE'VE HAD A MUCH LOWER YEAR THAN PREVIOUS . I SEEM TO RECALL THAT IN THE RECENT MONTHS YOU'VE BEEN SAYING, WELL, BUT NEXT MONTH COULD BE . WELL, BUT NEXT, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S YES, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WAITING. SO IT'S, KNOCK ON WOOD, YES. MAYBE THAT WON'T HAPPEN. UM, BUT YEAH, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING OUR EYE OUT FOR THOSE NEW TRENDS. WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE TARIFFS. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DELAYS, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT DOESN'T MATERIALIZE. THANK YOU. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. UM, WE'VE HAD A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER EGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. THANK YOU. UM, NOW WE CAN GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF OCTOBER 16TH, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND I'LL SECOND, UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE THAT ATTACHED, RIGHT? YOU HAD, YOU HAD THE, UH, AGENDA ATTACHED. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. I BELIEVE, UH, AND CHRISTINE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UPDATES SINCE THE, UH, VERSION THAT WAS SENT OUT. YES. SO I WILL, UH, KIND OF START, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE, UH, TWO CHANGES ARE, UM, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE REFLECTED ON YOUR AGENDA. SO THANK YOU. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET ME FIND THE AGENDA. HERE WE GO. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO MONTHS WORTH OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH. THAT WILL BE FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. RECALL LAST MONTH, I BELIEVE OUR AUGUST PERSON WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND. SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN A CATCH UP, UH, MODE RIGHT NOW. BUT, UM, WE KNOW AUGUST IS GONNA BE THERE AND WORKING ON, UH, SEPTEMBER BEING THERE AS WELL. SO, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECOGNIZED. UM, AND THAT IS IT FOR PRESENTATIONS. THEN GETTING INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE THE, UH, REVIEW OF THE MINUTES, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THE FEE WAIVERS THAT WERE JUST DISCUSSED, UH, EARLIER BY GLADYS. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE AN ITEM, A RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT REQUEST FOR THE NORTH LONG BEACH WOLF PACK LITTLE LEAGUE. AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO SOME FIELD REPAIRS UP AT DE FOREST PARK. UM, SO DEFINITELY GOOD TO SEE A YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATION IN NORTH LONG BEACH UTILIZING DE FOREST PARK. THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, UH, DEFINITELY NEEDED, UH, FOR THE FIELDS UP THERE. AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO, UH, GET PERMISSION, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND MAKE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO, UH, LASER LEVELING OF THE INFIELD, WHICH IS CRITICAL NOT ONLY FOR, UH, THE PLAYABILITY OF THE FIELD, BUT ALSO FOR, UM, DRAINAGE. UH, ANYTIME IT RAINS, MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN GET BACK TO PLAYABLE, UH, CONDITIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. LASER LEVELING HELPS WITH THAT, UH, AS WELL AS JUST THE OVERALL PLAYABILITY OF, OF THE INFIELD. UH, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD, UM, SOME STORAGE, UH, CONTAINER UNITS LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER LEAGUES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THEY CAN KEEP THEIR, UH, SUPPLIES FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION, UM, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN OPEN A SNACK SHACK WITH ONE OF THEM. UH, THERE ARE STILL SOME TO-DOS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH SOME OF THE REGULATORY, UM, AGENCIES WITHIN LONG BEACH. SO THAT'S OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. SO STILL SOME, SOME WORK TO BE DONE, BUT, UH, UM, THAT'S WHAT, UH, THE CONTAINERS, UH, WOULD BE USED FOR. AND THEN SOME TEMPORARY FENCING, UH, DURING THE SEASON, UH, TO BASICALLY, UH, PROVIDE FENCING AROUND THE FIELDS. I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHO PAYS FOR THIS? THE LEEWOOD THEMSELVES. WOW, GOOD FOR THEM. WHERE ARE THEY CURRENTLY PRACTICING? I THINK THEY ARE WORKING UP THERE. OH, WOW. UM, I THINK NOW IT'S TIME TO JUST KINDA [00:10:01] IMPROVE, UH, THE CONDITIONS OF, OF WHERE THEY ARE. AND THE TEMPORARY FENCING, IS THAT LIKE, UM, TO, IN OTHER WORDS, TO, TO PROTECT THE FIELD DURING THIS, THE SEASON? CORRECT. DURING THE SEASON. IT IS NOT LIKE A HOME RUN FENCE THAT IS TEMPORARY. IT'S MORE FOR PROTECTION OF THE FIELD ITSELF. UHHUH. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE LOCKED BY THE, BY THE LEAK OR TEMPORARY FENCING TYPICALLY? UM, IT, IT COULD GO EITHER WAY. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK. WE CAN ADDRESS THAT IN THE PRESENTATION, UH, TO COMMISSION NEXT WEEK. WE'VE SEEN IT BOTH WAYS. MM-HMM . UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S AN ADDED EXPENSE TO THE LEAGUE TO ACTUALLY HAVE ONES THAT ACTUALLY LOCK MM-HMM . UM, AND SO, WE'LL, I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE LOCKED, UH, FIELDS COMPLETELY IN CLOSING. 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE PUTTING IT ALL THAT MONEY AND THAT IT'S TYPICALLY TO, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT THE INVESTMENT. UM, BUT SOMETIMES EVEN THAT CAN GET A LITTLE EXPENSIVE MM-HMM . AND SO IT'S MORE JUST TO KEEP VEHICLES OR OTHER THINGS. MM-HMM . OFF OF THE FIELD. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT. LOOK AT THAT. YEP. SO THIS WILL BE THE, UH, REVIEW OF OUR WEEKLY CREATE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, BOTH LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH, UM, EARLY OCTOBER AND LATE SEPTEMBER. BUT EVEN LOOKING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF OCTOBER, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, EVENTS TIED TO THE HOLIDAYS, HALLOWEEN. UM, YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON THE RECREATIONAL ASPECT OF THE DEPARTMENT AS THAT'S WHERE THE COMMISSION HAS JURISDICTION, BUT WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, SOME SPECIAL PROMOTIONS, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN ADOPTING ANIMALS. WE'RE GONNA REALLY REDUCE OUR, UH, ADOPTION FEES AROUND HALLOWEEN, ANYTHING POSSIBLE TO, UH, TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, ADOPT ANIMALS. AND THEN WE HAVE EVENTS AT, UM, THE NATURE CENTER, I THINK THAT'S HALLOWEEN. MM-HMM . UM, EVENTS, AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, SITE SPECIFIC, UH, PARK EVENTS, UM, FOR HALLOWEEN. AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT OCTOBER 25TH IS THE GRAND OPENING. THAT'S A SATURDAY, UH, GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW SIGNATURE PLAYGROUND AT RAMONA PARK. MM-HMM. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF LONG BEACH, THAT IS THE SAME DAY THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL BE HOSTING THE, UM, THE LOVE CEMETERY TOURS AT, UH, BOTH MUNICIPAL AND SUNNYSIDE CEMETERIES THERE ON WILLOW. SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE THEME OF THE RAMONA PARK PLAYGROUND, YOU SAID? OH, BOY. UH, I JUST READ IT. UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK. I CAN'T THINK OF IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE IT AS PART OF THE . YEAH, I'M SURE. SURE. IT'S SOMEWHERE. YEAH. WE, UM, MY DAUGHTER'S CURRENTLY REALLY INTO DINOSAURS AND WE APPROACHED BLAIR FROM A DIFFERENT SIDE. YEAH. AND SO WE DON'T USUALLY APPROACH FROM THAT SIDE. AND SHE SAID THERE'S A DINOSAUR PART, DINOSAUR PLAYGROUND, LIKE, YEAH. SHE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT. . OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE THEMES THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO INTRODUCE FOR OUR PLAYGROUNDS HAVE BEEN HUGE. MM-HMM . BACK IN THE DAY, A PLAYGROUND WAS A PLAYGROUND. RIGHT. AND SLIDE SWEETS, IT DIDN'T MATTER. KIND OF IT, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEMES. AND RECENTLY, PROBABLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO, UH, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAVE STARTED TO IDENTIFY THEMES, SOME SPECIFIC TO THE PARK ITSELF, SOME SPECIFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT. UH, OTHERS JUST FUN LIKE DINOSAURS, . UM, AND SO THESE THEMES HAVE REALLY HELPED THEM BECOME A DRAW MM-HMM . UM, AND SO, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY ARE GREAT TO HAVE. AND THE DESIGN OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS MM-HMM . ARE ABSOLUTELY, UH, AMAZING. SO MUCH FUN TO SEE THE KIDS, UH, BE ABLE TO PLAY ON THEM. I THINK OF MACARTHUR PARK, UH, THAT WE OPENED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO MM-HMM . AND THAT PLAYGROUND IS REALLY A GAME CHANGER FOR THAT COMMUNITY. AND THE, THE WAY THAT, UH, THAT WAS DESIGNED AND THE ELEMENTS, THE ACCESSIBLE ELEMENTS THERE, UM, REALLY JUST TAKING A STEP UP FROM WHERE, UH, WE USED TO BE AND HOW WE DELIVERED, UH, PLAYGROUND PROJECTS. WOW. BUT YES, RECREATION PARK, A VERY POPULAR ONE. YEAH. JUST I, YEAH. AGAIN, I FELT SILLY THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT EARLIER BECAUSE SHE'S JUST ALL ABOUT, WE, WE GOT OUR MEMBERSHIPS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. MM-HMM . SHE'S ALL ABOUT DINOSAURS RIGHT NOW. IT'S RIGHT THERE. HOW OLD IS SHE? SHE'S SHE'LL, SHE'S ALMOST 10. SHE'LL BE 10 ON THE 22ND. GREAT [00:15:01] AGE. SO THAT IS IT FOR THE FOURTH ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS. SO THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU RECEIVED, BUT WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA. MM-HMM . UH, THE FIRST WILL BE, UM, THE ADDITION OF, UH, KIND OF A REPORT OUT, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. THEY HELD A COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE THREE ITEMS WERE PRESENTED TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE. ELEVATE 28 OVERVIEW. THAT'S THE CITY'S, UM, FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. UM, AN UPDATE ON THE DRAKE CHAVEZ PROJECT. AND THIRDLY WAS, UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR PARK PLANS, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE WHAT, HOW DO WE TREAT WEEDS? MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, MANUALLY, CHEMICALLY AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SO THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ON THAT LAST WEEK. NOW ALL THREE OF THOSE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION. MM-HMM . UM, NOT IN OCTOBER. WE HAD SOME, UH, SCHEDULING ISSUES. PUBLIC WORKS HANDLED THE FIRST TWO ITEMS. UM, AND THEN WE HANDLED THE THIRD. THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKLAND MANAGEMENT ONE AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING. MM-HMM . WE ARE UPDATING THAT PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT ONE BACK IN NOVEMBER, UH, TO THE FULL COMMISSION. MM-HMM . UM, BUT SO THIS IS A CITY COMMITTEE? OR THIS IS A COMMISSION COMMITTEE? THIS IS LIKE, I HOPE SO. RIGHT. THIS IS LIKE THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. RIGHT. THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. SO THERE WAS PUBLIC THERE. OH YEAH. MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEP. AND SO AGAIN, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK ALL OF THEM. UM, AT ONE POINT IN TIME OR ANOTHER, THE MEETING ITSELF WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS LAST WEEK. AND SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD JUST ADD ALL THREE TO A ONE OF OUR STANDING COMMISSION MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT, THAT WOULD TAKE FOREVER. MM-HMM . UM, WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK PROBABLY, DEFINITELY IN NOVEMBER, THE PARKLAND MANAGEMENT ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE THAT WAS REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE WAS THERE FOR MM-HMM . UM, BUT THE OTHER TWO ARE, ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE FULL COMMISSION TO HEAR. UM, AND ABSOLUTELY WANT THE COMMISSION TO HEAR THAT. BUT THOSE WILL BE COMING BACK, UH, LATER AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, OUR PLAN IS NOVEMBER FOR THE PARK PLAN MANAGEMENT ITEM. SO YOU SAID, UM, WE'RE ADDING TO THIS AGENDA, THE REPORT IT COMMITTEE, SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A REPORT OUT. THEY'RE GONNA REPORT OUT. THAT IS WHERE THOUGH I WILL TELL THE COMMISSION WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION. OKAY. GOT IT. AND THEN ELEVATE 28 PARKLAND MANAGEMENT, REED MANAGEMENT, UH, THE DRAKE. DRAKE, CHAVEZ. CHAVEZ WAS THE SECOND ONE. UH, UPDATE WAS THE SECOND ONE. OH. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS THE PARKLAND MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED WEEDS, WHICH INCLUDED WEEDS. THAT WAS THE THING THAT EVERYBODY REALLY WANTED TO HEAR WAS HOW DO WE TREAT IT. BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY JUST DIVE INTO THAT CONVERSATION WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT THE CITY HAS FOR TREATING OUR, UM, OPEN SPACES AND PARKLANDS. GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS SENT OUT IS BRINGING BACK THE ITEM FOR COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY, UM, TOPICS FOR FUTURE REPORTS, UPDATES, PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. WE TOOK IT OFF FROM LAST MONTH'S AGENDA. WE NEEDED TO WORK WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING KINDA APPROPRIATELY WITH THAT. MM-HMM . UM, WE GOT THE LANGUAGE, UM, FINALIZED WITH, UH, THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND KIND OF HOW WE CAN MANAGE THAT, UH, GOING FORWARD. AND SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT ASPECT. WELL, IT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF THE ITEM IS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT. TO IDENTIFY THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. THERE IS ALWAYS PUBLIC COMMENT AVAILABLE BY THE, THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THEY COULD SAY THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN SAY ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT ABOUT THAT ITEM AS WELL. BUT IT'S REALLY COMING FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT WE WILL, UM, BE, UH, KIND OF ADDRESSING MM-HMM . AND IS IT ALSO WHEN THE PUBLIC MAKES A COMMENT TO WHICH WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND AND WE CAN ADD THAT TO AN AGENDA ITEM? SO THEY COULD SAY, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT X, Y, Z AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE COMMISSION TO GET A REPORT ON THAT. WE WOULD TAKE, WE STAFF WOULD TAKE OUR DIRECTION THOUGH, FROM THE COMMISSION. GOT IT. SO [00:20:01] IF THE, A COMMISSIONER THOUGHT, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. THE COMMISSIONER CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AT THIS POINT, AT THIS POINT. AND SO THE, THE PUBLIC CAN, CAN SUGGEST THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE. UM, BUT REALLY WE WILL BE TAKING THE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION. GOT IT. AND SO, UM, WE WOULD NEED TO HEAR THAT FROM THE COMMISSION. NOW WE LEARNED A FEW NEW KIND OF PROCEDURAL, UM, THINGS FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND A LOT OF THAT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR. OH. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR CAN THEN, AT THAT POINT IN TIME SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT STAFF TO WORK ON THIS. OKAY. UM, AND WE WILL TAKE OUR DIRECTION, UH, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMISSION MM-HMM . UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES BACK, UH, TO COMMISSION OR TO COMMITTEE, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL WORK WITH THE CHAIR ON, UH, FOR SETTING THE AGENDA. GOT IT. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE HAD DIRECTION TO BRING IT BACK. OKAY. ARE THERE PENDING ITEMS TO WHICH WE SHOULD THERE ARE. AND WILL THEY BE BROUGHT UP OR WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? SO, NOT FOR, WELL, IT WAS A REQUEST BY ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS ARE. MM-HMM . AND I WAS GONNA ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS. GOT IT. UM, SO, SO IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE OTHERS, JUST THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE ON THEM. SURE. BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS PART OF THAT ITEM. GOT IT. THAT ITEM WILL BE FOR NEW, UH, REQUESTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? HEARING? NONE. , UH, THERE'S A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER HIGA SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD TO ACCEPT THESE, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA, UM, AND TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. HEARING NOTHING ELSE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO PUBLIC COMMENT EVEN THOUGH WE, I THINK SHE SAID, OH, DID YOU SAY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. I MISSED THAT. SORRY. GETTING THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA, UH, AND OUR DISCUSSION FOR TODAY'S, UM, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. AND I THINK THE LAST ACTION WOULD BE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE NEED PUBLIC COMMENT FOR. RIGHT? YOU NEED ALSO JUST TO REQUEST PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE NON AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE THAT NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARTS OF RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC HERE TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NOW WE CAN HAVE THE ADJOURNMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND. UH, AND IT'S NOW 5:10 PM UH, AND HERE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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