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AND THIS IS THE MAR ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.IT'S THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, AND WE'RE IN THE ALAMEDA BAY MARINA CONFERENCE ROOM.
UH, THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL CALL TO ORDER AND WE'LL MOVE ON WITH A ROLL CALL.
MS. MARTINO, THERE IS NO MARTINO MARTINO.
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 2ND.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
ANY OBJECTIONS? ANY CHANGES, ADDITIONS TO THOSE MINUTES AS PUBLISHED, THEN WE WILL APPROVE THEM AS THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW THE FUTURE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ITEMS FOR OUR MEETING NEXT WEEK.
I MOVE, WE START WITH THAT, I MOVE A SECOND, AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE OVER TO STAFF, UH, TO START TALKING OUR, OUR AGENDA.
UM, LET'S LOOK, UH, I UNDERSTAND WE'LL HAVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
UM, ITEM TWO, WE'RE STILL PENDING ON, UH, COULD WE HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PLAN FOR ITEM THREE, THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THE HISTORY OF THE COLORADO LAGOON OPEN CHANNEL PROJECT.
SO THAT ITEM WILL BE, UH, UH, DELIVERED BY, UH, CHARLENE KO FROM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TITLES, CAPITAL, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS OFFICER.
UM, SHE GAVE THE SAME PRESENTATION TO THE SHORE AND COAST CONFERENCE, UH, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, HEY, WHERE THIS PROJECT IS NOW, BUT IT IS TRULY ALL THE WORK AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO GETTING THE PROJECT TO WHERE IT IS NOW.
SO IT'LL BE A, UH, A GREAT HISTORICAL KIND OF READ THROUGH OF THIS PROJECT THAT HAS, THAT HAS TAKEN UPWARDS OF 20, 25 YEARS.
AND SO, UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
UH, I WOULD REQUEST, UH, FROM THE CHAIR AND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE, WE REALLY WORK TO FRAME THIS PRESENTATION AS A HISTORICAL, UH, UM, PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE KEEP, UH, KEEP ON TRACK WITH THAT.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON, ON THE HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, NOT ON WHERE THE PROJECT STANDS TODAY.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO TO GO TOO DEEP INTO WHAT IS IT GETTING DONE? WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW? LET'S, LET'S, LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT IT'S BEEN.
MAYBE RE UM, REWORDING THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA SO THAT WE, IT'S REALLY STRONGLY POINTING THAT I, I AGREE.
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET PEOPLE THERE, MADAM CHAIR, THAT, I MEAN, THEIR STREETS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THERE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
AND WHEN IT WAS ONLY GONNA TAKE A YEAR, WELL, THAT'S JUST LIKE THE LIGHT RAIL OR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
BUT IT IS, WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE THERE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.
NOT JUST THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY AND THEY WILL WANT TO KNOW.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, I'M, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT GONNA BE BASED ON IT.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST RECOMMENDING TO, TO THE CHAIR, TO THE CHAIR CHAIR AS WE START THE, AT THE EVENING THAT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE SCOPE IS ONLY FROM HERE BACKWARDS.
UH, ARE OUR FRIENDS IN PUBLIC WORKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO GOOD TO US.
AND WHEN I EVEN SPOKE TO CHARLENE ABOUT IT DURING OUR TOUR, THAT BRIAN WAS ALONG, SHE WAS ENTHUSIASTIC.
SHE'S PUT A LOT OF EFFORT ABSOLUTELY.
INTO GATHERING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.
AND IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE THAT WE GET TO HEAR IT.
AND, AND SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY AT YOUR IMPETUS, UH, AS THE CHAIR TO KIND OF FRAME THE DISCUSSION, UH, TO ALLOW THAT TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE FOCAL POINT.
AND SO JUST, JUST TO WORK FROM BEHIND THE TABLE AND THEN FOR PUBLIC COMICS IS GONNA BE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE COMMISSION, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE HISTORY OF, OF THE, OKAY.
IS SHE GOING TO GIVE A DOLE BRIEF
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HISTORY OF THE LAGUNA ITSELF? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TELL THE STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LAGUNA UNLESS YOU HAVE YEAH.BECAUSE SHE PRESENTED THIS TO NON LONG BEACH PEOPLE.
SO IT GIVES THE WHOLE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, WHICH WE ALL HAVE LIVED
MY CATAMARAN RACES THAT WE WOULD DO THERE WITH OUR LITTLE BOATS, AND I MEAN, YEAH.
THAT'S LIKE, IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING.
I, I'M EXPECTING A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM CHARLENE.
AND SO, AND I THINK SHE'S PRACTICED IT THROUGH, SHE'S GIVEN IT TO OTHER PROFESSIONALS.
UM, SO THEN IT'S ALSO, WHEN WE OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK WE WANNA REDEFINE THE SCOPE OF WHERE THOSE QUESTIONS CAN COME FROM.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL LIMIT THOSE PRETTY QUICK.
SO AGAIN, WITH THE BEING READY WITH THE TIMER.
UM, BECAUSE THIS NEEDS TO BE A FEEL GOOD MEETING.
THIS IS, THIS IS A MONTH OF GRATITUDE IN NOVEMBER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS, OR DISCUSSIONS ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE? NO, MA'AM.
WILL WE HAVE SOME OF THAT IN ADVANCE? THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR PACKET.
UH, CHARLENE SHOULD BE GETTING US, UH, THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION HERE, UH, TODAY.
GET US ALL TOGETHER AND PING ON EVERYONE.
AND, AND, AND I KNOW WHEN YOU GET THINGS AND THEN ONE MORE COMES IN LATE.
THE ASSEMBLY OF THOSE PACKETS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE SOMETIME IT'S HARD TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND HEAR IN THE MOMENT, IN THE MOMENT WHILE THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
AND I THINK THAT'LL ALSO HELP US KEEP ON TASK.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AS REQUESTED BY THERESA, WANNA TELL US MORE? I THINK THE TWO OF YOU HAVE MORE.
WELL, I, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN FUNDED FOR WHAT'S CALLED AHO CORE.
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DO ASSISTING WITH EDUCATION PROJECTS, THE BAY RECREATIONAL WATER, SEAL, BEACH, WETLANDS, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVES.
SO WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT WORD IN HERE BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T JUST THE SHORE CORE THAT DOES THESE THINGS.
SO I, I THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY EXCITING PRESENTATION.
THEY CLEAN UP SECOND STREET TOO, DON'T THEY? A LITTLE BIT.
I SAW 'EM THERE THIS MORNING AS I DROVE IN.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH SECOND STREET THAT WE USED TO DO.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS VERY DEMEANING SOMETIMES.
THAT PEOPLE WOULD GET MAD AND THEY'D SEE THESE KIDS AND THEY, AND MOST OF THE KIDS WERE UP FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR OR OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND PEOPLE WOULD LOOK DOWN ON THEM AND THROW DOG POOP BAGS, YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET FOR THEM TO PICK UP.
AND SO WE JUST FINALLY SAID, NO, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO.
THEY'RE, UH, GOOD FOLKS ARE IN CHARGE.
UH, DAN KNAPP IS THE, UH, CEO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY HE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING, UH, I BELIEVE SOMEWHERE UP NORTH ON THE SHORE CORPS.
UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE, UH, DAVID, DAVID DAVID'S GREAT.
UH, HE'S THEIR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, THE CEO.
AND I'M EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO MEET HIM.
HE'S, AGAIN, HIM, HIM AND DAN REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SET A PATHWAY FORWARD FOR THE CONSERVATION COURTS OF LONG BEACH.
AND THE SHORE COURT PROGRAM, UH, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US OUT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE, UH, THEY'VE BEEN ACTIVATED AND THEY GOT A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS TO COME.
SO WHY WOULDN'T WE? AND MADAM CHAIR, JUST THINKING OF THIS, WE DO IT FOR THE LIFEGUARDS, JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO A COUPLE CERTIFICATES PER, YOU KNOW, DAN AND PER THE TEAM MM-HMM
AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE OF THEIR MEMBERS THAT HAVE JUST DONE OUTSTANDING OR, OR PUT IN THE TIME AND DO A CERTIFICATE AT OUR MEETING.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE AN EVENING MEETING.
UM, AND TO SHOW SOME OF THE FACES IF THEY, IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
IT MAY NOT BE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ON THAT.
AND THEN HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THAT NEED FOR RESPECT TO OUR COMMUNITY? I, I, TO THE CORE, JUST THINK THAT THE CORE MEMBERS THEMSELVES, BY THE GOOD WORKS THAT THEY DO AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO, THEY COME, THEY THEMSELVES COMMAND THE RESPECT.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT IT HURTS MY SOUL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M LIKE GOING EVERY TIME I'VE, I'VE SEEN 'EM, I'VE THANKED THEM, I'VE ROLLED DOWN MY WINDOW.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND STUFF.
I, YOU, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GET 'EM COFFEE IF THEY'RE IN, IN SHELDRAKE, OF COURSE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING COFFEE AT SHERA AND CAN I GET YOU GUYS ANYTHING? NO, WE'RE GOOD.
SO, AND IT'S JUST TO HEAR THAT THE PUBLIC DOES THAT, IT JUST, WELL, IT'S, IT'S JUST A SECOND.
IT'S NOT ALL THE PUBLIC, IT'S JUST A SECOND STREET THING.
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THE, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAD WITH THE, UM, THE SECOND STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT, UM, IT JUST ASKED FOR THEM TO JUST BASICALLY SWEEP THE SIDEWALKS AND PICK UP TRASH.AND EMPTY THOSE PEOPLE KEPT, GOT REALLY MAD AT THEM BECAUSE THE BIG BELLY TRASH CANS WOULD FILL UP.
THAT WASN'T OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THEY WOULD GET, THEY'D GET YELLED AT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU CLEANING THIS UP? AND JUST A LOT.
SO WHEN WE GO TO COMMENT AND QUESTIONS, MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE THE FIRST KIND OF, TO PLAN TO KIND OF SET THAT YEAH.
BECAUSE I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND IN DEPTH MORE THAN ANY OF US.
I, I WAS THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
JANE NETHERTON AND I WERE THE REAL JANE.
WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IT WAS WOMEN THAT STARTED THE CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH.
SO THAT START EVERYTHING GOOD.
BOY
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THAT IS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE CON CONSERVATION COURSE DOES THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH.
IT REALLY TAKES YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF ANY AGE, REALLY, AND THAT MAY NOT HAVE A, A PATHWAY TO A A, A COLLEGE OR A UNIVERSITY OR TO A, A, A WHITE COLLAR JOB.
AND IT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE GREAT PART ABOUT THIS.
AND, AND IT'S ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALISM.
IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCY.
IT'S ALL THE THINGS WE REPRESENT.
AND IT'S SO FORWARD THINKING THAT WE'RE ONLY REALIZING NOW THAT COLLEGE ISN'T THE ONLY ROUTE.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE, WE'VE BEEN SOLD DOWN THE RIVER FOR SO LONG THAT EVERYONE'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO COLLEGE BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING.
AND AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH A LACK OF TRADESMEN NOW, AND THAT WE HAVE UNHAPPY PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEGREES.
AND, BUT THE GREAT PART ABOUT THE THESE AND NO JOBS YEAH.
THESE PROGRAMS IS THEY'RE FEEDERS FOR OUR OPERATIONS.
SO, AND THERE'S GOTTA BE A CAREER PATH FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WHAT A GREAT WAY AND WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO ESTABLISH YOURSELF AND DEVELOP REFERENCES AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE AND THE WAY THE CITY WORKS.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
YEAH, I'M TOO, IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.
I LIKE IT THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE END IT WITH A, WITH A REALLY, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING IN WITH A MONTH OF NOVEMBER GRATITUDE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSERVATION CORPS? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE MANAGER'S REPORTS.
UH, SO JUST FYI, UH, OUR SUPERINTENDENT TEAM, THEY ARE GONNA BE AT, UH, THE MARINE RECREATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE DOWN SAN DIEGO, UH, UM, ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
UH, I WILL BE, UH, YOUR MANAGEMENT REPORT.
THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP IT LIGHT ON THE, THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.
KNOW IF THOSE GUYS HAD TO DEVELOP A CON CONFERENCE ALL THE WAY IN SAN DIEGO, JUST GETTING OUT OF, I, YOU GUYS COULD GO TO ALL LENGTHS.
IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM FOR NETWORKING AND, UH, CONTINUING EDUCATION, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
THE MARIA ROUND MAINTENANCE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP THEM HERE FOR THE MEETINGS AND ALL THE MEETINGS, BUT JUST, WE CAN'T MISS THIS.
AND THIS ONE, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH HEAVY THINGS THAT WE, IT IS A GOOD TIME, BUT WE'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NORMALLY HAVE.
THE GUYS ARE WORKING HARD ON THERE.
UH, UH, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION PACKET.
UH, WE WILL HAVE, UH, SERGEANT MCVAY FROM, UH, FROM, UH, THE MARINE PATROL DETAILS, SERGEANT, UH, MCIL WILL BE THERE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A, UM, LIKE, UH, MARINE SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, CHIEF MEDINA WILL BE DOWN AT, UH, THE, UH, MRA CONFERENCE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE ONE OF HIS BATTALION CHIEFS.
BUT WE'LL HAVE A CONTINGENT FULL COMPLIMENT OF FOLKS THAT'LL, UH, IT, IT, IT MADE ME, I'M BENCHMARKING A LITTLE OFF SUBJECT THAT, UH, NEWPORT'S SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT THEY'RE DREDGING OF THE BAY AND THE, AND WHAT ALL THEY'VE DONE TO MITIGATE THAT OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.
SO THERE WON'T BE A FUTURE OF THAT.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT OUR DREDGING AND, AND
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HOW, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM WHAT THEY'VE DONE AS LONG ON THAT JOURNEY.WE'RE, UH, WE HAD ABI GOING OUT, UH, FOR THE DREDGING, UH, THAT SHOULD BE, UH, COMING BACK PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UH, WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO DREDGE, UH, COME EARLY PART OF 2026.
DID THE ORIGINAL BACKUP, UH, THE BIDS THAT CAME IN WERE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.
UH, JUST DUE TO THE, THE LANGUAGE IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, BID PACKET.
UH, WE'RE ADJUSTING SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THIS NEW, UH, BID POST THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE EFFICIENT OPERATIONS BY THE DREDGE CONTRACTOR, WHICH SHOULD BRING THE PRICE DOWN.
SO THAT'S THE HOPE THERE WITH THE MADAM CHAIR.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT TO THE BUOYS IN THE, THE JETTY AREA, ARE WE MISSING BUOYS OUT THERE? UH, JETTY AREA, I MEAN, GOING OUT TO THE OCEAN, GOING FROM, FROM HERE, FROM OUR CHANNEL.
UH, HEADING OUT THE AL BAY CHANNEL.
UH, WE DO HAVE A BUOY AT THE END.
THAT TENDS TO JUST FLOAT AROUND.
WE'VE NEVER REALLY TRULY FOUND OUT WHY, HOW, BUT IT'S SEVERAL TIMES PER YEAR.
THE STORY OF THE HAUNTED BUOY END OF, SOMETIMES IT SHOWS UP ON END OF THE JETTY.
SOMETIMES IT SHOWS UP ON THE BEACH FRONT.
SOMETIMES IT SHOWS UP IN SEAL BEACH.
UH, BUT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY REPLACING THE BUOY.
UH, I JUST GETTING CALLS AND I'VE TOLD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CHAIRWOMAN, WE'RE HAVING A NIGHT MEETING, SO THERE'S NO REASON YOU CAN'T COME TO THE NIGHT MEETING.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT BEING PAINTED.
WHEN IS THAT GONNA BE DONE? I SAYS, IT'S ALL ON A SCHEDULE.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL INTO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'LL TELL YOU WHEN THE SCHEDULE IS TO HAVE THOSE ALL PAINTED.
THIS'LL BE, UH, UH, ANYTHING ELSE IN PARTICULAR? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE MANAGER REPORT.
WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE, UH, WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHERE WE SAT THIS PAST WEEK WITH OUR KING TIDES.
AND, UH, UH, WE'RE CRESTING TODAY.
UH, WE HAD, UH, IF YOU LOOK OUT, UH, DURING OUR MEETING SAW, IT'S QUITE HIGH.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL GIVE A LITTLE JUST, UH, POST, UH, POST KING TIDE REPORT OF HOW WE MADE IT THROUGH.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING GOOD AS OF AS OF THIS MORNING.
WILL IT BE TONIGHT? KING TIDE HIT PEAK TONIGHT? YES, I THINK SO.
UH, IT'S RIGHT AROUND SEVEN FEET.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER KING TIDE EVENT THAT'LL BE IN THE FIRST WEEK OR SO OF DECEMBER.
AND IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THIS ONE.
AT LEAST WE'RE MISSING THE STORM THAT'S COMING IN.
SO, YES, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, WAVE ACTION, LITTLE SWELL, BUT IT COME, UH, IT'S COMING IN FROM THE WEST FOR SOUTH FACING BEACH.
AND SO IT DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WELL, A LITTLE INCONVENIENT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT GIVES A LITTLE PUSH AND PULL OF THE, OF THE, THE WAVE ACTION.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE SOUTH FACING IT WAS, IT WASN'T TOO
ARE WE DOING ANY MORE, UH, UH, RESTAURANTS, MADAM CHAIR? ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANYBODY ELSE COME IN AND, AND DO A PRESENTATION AT ALL? OR ARE WE GONNA TAKE IT OFF? UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE, THE EVENTS THAT ARE THE, THE AGENDA ITEMS WE HAD HERE? WE'RE GONNA HOLD UNTIL, OKAY.
UH, OUR NEXT MEETING, I FIGURED WE JUST PUT THE, THE SPOTLIGHT ON, UH, CONSERVATION CORPS AND CHARLENE MM-HMM
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD THE CONSERVATION COURT.
AND, AND I'M HAPPY YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, AND MAYBE IF THEY BROUGHT A FEW OF THE CONS, JUST SOME OF THE MEMBERS JUST MM-HMM
NOT TO DO IT, JUST TO HAVE THEM THERE, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT FOR THEM TO ALSO PARTICIPATE.
I'LL, UM, GET A HOLD OF, I'M, I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU TO GET A HOLD OF DAVID AND ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS 'CAUSE SURE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OWN REPORT.
AND IN, DURING THAT, UH, JUST A DISCUSSION ABOUT DECEMBER.
DO WE WANNA BE DARK DURING DECEMBER? DO WE WANNA GO AHEAD? WE HAVE ONE.
UH, THIS COMMISSIONER CARLIN WILL NOT BE UP THERE.
AND WASN'T THAT WONDERFUL THAT SHE LET US KNOW EARLY.
OH, SHE'S, SHE'S VERY CONSCIENTIOUS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE SOME, SOME OPTIONS.
WE CAN HAVE A REGULAR MEETING.
WE HAVE A TRAINING, YET IT, IT'S STILL LIKE A REGULAR MEETING IN THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, THEN THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION I WAS RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE, UH, KIND
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OF THE, UM, ETHICS AND THE, THE LEGAL SIDE, EVERYTHING COMING THROUGH AS A PART OF THAT TRAINING SO WE CAN HAVE MORE INTERACTION AND MORE QUESTIONS TO GET SOME CLARITY.AND I UNDERSTAND FROM TODD THAT THEY PREFER TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY GET MORE VISIBILITY AND PUT THAT IN A JANUARY MEETING MM-HMM
AND I THINK WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES GOING ON.
I'M HESITANT, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO TALK OUT AND THINK WHAT'S BEST.
WELL, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ACTIVE MEETING IN DECEMBER, UH, AND HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE VOTE, THEN HAVE A BOARD MEETING, UM, THAT WOULD BE, WHAT'S THE, HOW CLOSE IS THAT TO HOLD ON? SHENANIGANS.
SO DECEMBER, WE'D BE LOOKING AT, UH, OUR MEETING WOULD BE ON THE FOURTH, AND THE MEETING WOULD BE ON THE, UH, THE 11TH.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL EARLY ENOUGH, I THINK, INTO THE SEASON OF, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON THAT IT'S STILL DOABLE.
THE BOOK PARADE, I THINK IS THE 13TH AND THE, I THINK THAT 20TH IS THE BOOK PARADE.
OH, BRI, THE, THE DELMONT SHORE CHRISTMAS SHORELINE.
SHO SHORELINE WAS, THEY'RE LATE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, AND THEN OF COURSE IS 'CAUSE OF THE TIDE AND THE KING TIDE COMING UP THERE.
AND CHRISTMAS PARADE IS GONNA BE ON THE FIFTH, I BELIEVE.
I GET YOUR JAMMIES READY FOR THAT.
UH, SHORELINE MARINA, UH, BOAT PARADE.
AND THEN, UH, THE 20TH IS THE NAPLES ISLAND AL BAY APPROPRIATE.
AND WHAT'S, WHAT DID YOU, THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, THE 13TH IS DOWNTOWN, UH, THE SHO LINE DOWNTOWN MARINA ATE REALLY? MM-HMM
I'VE NEVER GONE OH, BAD OF MINE.
IT'S A GREAT GROUP THAT PUTS IT ON.
WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I STILL THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A MEETING, UM, ON THE TRAINING MEETING.
I, I MEAN, WE COULD WAIT FOR THE, THE FIRST WEEK, FIRST FULL WEEK IN JANUARY FOR A TRAINING MEETING.
SO ETHICS AND CITY ATTORNEY, WE LIKE TO HAVE THEM TOGETHER.
AND THE ETHICS OFFICE WOULD PREFER JANUARY JUST BECAUSE THEY KNOW VIA PAST PRACTICE THAT THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THE ATTENDANCE AT DECEMBER MEETINGS.
AND THEY WANT A FULL BOARD CONTINGENT TO BE PRESENT.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE, UH, RECORDED ONE.
AND OUR EXPECTATION, WE MIGHT GET ONE OR TWO OTHERS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE, HAS BEEN THE STANDARD FROM PAST DECEMBER.
SO WE'D LIKE TO DO, WE'D LIKE TO DO ETHICS AND CITY ATTORNEY IN JANUARY, AND THEN WE CAN COMBINE THAT WITH A TRAINING, YOU KNOW, OH, PLAYS IN A AGENDA ITEM.
WE GOT BOB THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NEW ON THE, ON THE BOARD.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, UH, GOOD FOR HIM.
AND IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TO REFRESH REFRESH.
SAY THE WORD REFRESH, SAY IT SAY
SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD COMPARED TO MY FIRST YEAR.
WHETHER YOU WANT, I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH OPEN ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ITEMS IN JANUARY THAT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE DISAPPOINTING IF WE HAVE TO THEN, UM, GET IN THAT ETHICS.
AND I, I STILL WANNA GIVE THEM OUR FULL ATTENTION BECAUSE OF COURSE WE'RE PROUD AS A COMMISSION HOW WE OPERATE BOTH FROM THE LEGAL AND THE ETHICAL STANDPOINTS.
AND, AND I THINK IF WE'VE GOT ONE COMMISSIONER MISSING, I THINK AT ALL TIMES, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE THAT'S GOT SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON WITH TRAVEL.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE DECEMBER BE AN OPEN TRAINING AND THEN JANUARY HAVE THAT OPEN FOR THE MULTITUDE OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP.
UM, WELL, IT, AND I, I, YOU KNOW, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'LL LOOK AT THE, I, I THINK WE STILL HAVE OUR, OUR MEETING.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE TRAINING BECAUSE THOSE, IF WE HAVE IT ON OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING DAY AND HAVE THAT TRAINING, THAT'LL WORK.
I KEPT, UM, OUR, OUR MEETING DATE AND OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD DATE THE REST OF THE TIME.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S, I CALL WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A GRUELING RIGHT.
UH, JUST MORE OUR TRADITIONAL TIME WITHIN THAT AND JUST FOCUS ON MORE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE SUBJECTS.
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THE ATTORNEY AND THE ETHICS, YOU KNOW, GROUP.SO WE'VE, LIN'S ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ETHICS OFFICE.
THEY ARE MORE THAN LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER.
I'M NOT, WE CAN'T CONFIRM THAT TODAY.
I NEED TO CALL DECEMBER'S A TOUGH MONTH TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DO PRESENTATIONS.
AND WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE OUR MEETING.
WE'LL STILL DO A A WE HAVEN'T CONCLUDED THAT YET.
WE'RE STILL, EVERYTHING'S OUT ON THE TABLE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT OUR TRAINING MEETING BE THE FIRST WEEK, FIRST OPEN WEEK IN JANUARY.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, AND I ONLY SAY THAT PERSONALLY.
I MEAN, LITERALLY I HAVE NOT BOOKED ANYTHING THAT FIRST WEEK BECAUSE OF GRAND BABIES AND EVERYTHING ARE LEAVING AFTER CHRISTMAS.
IT'S JUST GONNA BE TWO WEEKS OF, OF, OF, YEAH.
UM, I, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I'M LOOKING AT THE, UM, NOTICE THAT I GOT ON EMAIL THAT THE ONLINE COURSE FOR ANNUAL CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS TRAINING IS MINE SAYS IT'S OVERDUE BY SEVEN DAYS.
WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU ON THAT.
WE'VE ALL GOTTEN TO LOOK AND THAT, THAT'S A CARD FROM THE MAYOR ON YOU.
WE HAVE THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF THE FIFTH THROUGH THE NINTH.
THAT'S LITERALLY, I THINK ON MOST PEOPLE, IF WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE ETHICS GROUP, THAT'S PROBABLY OPEN FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BOOKED IT.
AND WE COULD BOOK A, A TRAINING.
I MEAN, I'M FEELING LIKE BY JANUARY WE'RE GONNA HAVE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TIME FOR TRAINING.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND WE WILL.
BUT I STILL THINK IT'S, IT'S FRESH, IT'S NEW.
EVERYBODY'S, I, I JUST THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE MEMBERS THAT, THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO COME TO THE TRAINING.
AND IF WE HAVE TWO OR THREE OF US THAT CAN'T GO WHATEVER DAY WE SET.
SO WOULD YOU RATHER GO DARK IN DECEMBER JUST WITH OUR BOARD MEETING AND JUST, JUST, JUST BE DARK AND JUST START EVERYTHING BACK UP IN JANUARY? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I DON'T, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT WE LOSE TIME, WE LOSE MOMENTUM.
BUT JUST TRAINING WISE, I'M JUST LOOKING AT TRAINING.
I THINK OUR MEETING WITH, WITH JUST, EVEN IF IT'S TURNS OUT TO BE A 45 MINUTE MEETING, PEOPLE KNOW THIS COMMISSION IS WORKING.
BUT I THINK OUR TRAINING MEETING WILL BE PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THAT HALF DAY OF TRAINING, I THINK WOULD BE BETTER IN JANUARY.
UM,
AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE A MEETING OR YOU FEEL LIKE DARK? NO, I FEEL LIKE A MEETING.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS, IS AND OUR REGULAR, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT FOR THE AGENDA FOR HER TO PUT CERTAIN THINGS.
WE HAVE TO COME AND, AND WE ALL KNOW WHO WE WORK FOR.
SO, SO JEREMY STAFF, IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH WHAT WE'RE THINKING, WHAT I'M HEARING IT IS GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT WE WILL INDEED HAVE A, A DECEMBER MEETING.
IT WILL NOT BE AN EVENING MEETING.
IT WILL NOT BE A TRAINING MEETING.
IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ETHICS OR LAW.
IT WILL, UH, UH, STANDARD MEETING IT, IT MAY BE A, A CHRISTMAS FEST TO CELEBRATE, UM, ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE, WE WILL HAVE SOME METRICS AND THINGS ON THE, UM, TREES IN THE BAY BY THEN.
WE'VE GOT SOME HAPPY THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
UM, SOME GOOD THINGS GOING THERE SINCE WE'VE GOT THIS MONTH IS GRATITUDE.
NEXT MONTH'S KIND OF THE, THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD.
AND THEN JANUARY IS A REGULAR MEETING, BUT IT'S A MORE OF A, UM, A WORKING TRAINING SESSION STYLE.
AND IT, UH, IT TOO TAKES PLACE DURING OUR TRADITIONAL HOURS OF THE TWO 30 IN THE AFTERNOON.
IS THAT, DID ANYONE ELSE FEEL ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THAT? UH, YEAH.
ON OUR MEETING, MADAM CHAIR, I'M JUST THINKING IF WE WERE A TRAINING MEETING, IT'S REALLY NOT PART OF OUR REGULAR MEETING THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S GONNA BE A TRAINING MEETING OR WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS PART OF OUR REGULAR MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC.
WELL, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE WE'VE, IT, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE HOLDING SECRET MEETINGS.
SO IT'S KIND OF AN OPEN TRAINING SESSION THAT THERE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEARING THE TRAINING WE'RE RECEIVING, INTERACTING WITH, IT'S A, IT'S A CLASSIC AGENDA.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S WELCOME TO COME, BUT WE JUST ALL KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE.
WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING SOME THINGS.
AND WILL YOU HAVE WORKING, MEETING THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS TOO? YOU KNOW, LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS MM-HMM
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MEETING.EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE MAINTAINS THE SAME.
NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.
IT MAKES SENSE NOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SORRY, MY, I'M, MY, MY MIND IS BEING CLEAR MADAM CHAIR.
IT'S FINALLY I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
SO WE'RE STILL ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA NOW BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT IN WHICH WE'LL SAY THAT.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING MORE REGARDING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK? UH, NO.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY FOR THE DECEMBER AGENDA, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THAT A MOMENT WHERE ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS IS CALL FOR, YOU KNOW, CALENDAR PLANNING FOR 2026.
YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WAY WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT OF HEAD START ON WHAT THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING TO SEE.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION IN JANUARY, BUT IF, IF WE HAVE THAT IN DECEMBER AS PART OF OUR STANDARD MEETING GIVES, GIVES THE COMMISSION A OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF, OF 2026.
UH, AND THEN WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO PUT IN THE DECEMBER PACKET? KIND OF A LIST TO MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, IF, IF I SAID AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE PAST AND MADE A COLLECTION THAT WAS A LAUNDRY LIST MM-HMM
THAT WOULD KIND OF SPUR PEOPLE TO THINK OF.
OH YEAH, WE WANNA HEAR MORE ON THAT.
THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE DONE THIS.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR, THEIR PAST AGENDA ON THAT FORMATTING SO WE CAN START LOOKING.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE ETHICS COMMISSION AT THE END OF EACH MEETING ASKED THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR SUGGESTED AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH.
AND I KNOW YOU WERE A LITTLE HESITANT ON THAT.
UM, AND I THINK WE RUN A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN A LOT OF COMMISSIONS.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT AT WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER AGENDAS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SEVERAL COMMISSIONS THAT DO DO IT.
WE HAVE A WHOLE MONTH NOW TO ASK AND TO BENCHMARK AND THEN TO DO IT RIGHT.
I MEAN, PARKING RESTROOMS. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT REALLY WE NEED TO HAVE A, I I GOT THAT WATER JUST COMING IN.
BUT, BUT COMING IN THAT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE HARD STANDS ON.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S STUFF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE HARD STANDS ON.
AND I THINK WE ALL, WE, WE DON'T WANNA SAY IT AS GENERIC AS PARKING.
I THINK WE WANNA DEFINE SOME OF THOSE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONS AND THE STAFF TO MAYBE DIRECT US THERE.
AND THEN THE OTHER COMMITTEE REPORT.
I KNOW THE SURF PEOPLE ARE DOING STUFF.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WE'LL, WE ANTICIPATE THIS IS FOR, THIS IS FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.
WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK'S AND THEN WE CANCELED.
WE CANCELED THE FI NOT FINANCE.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GONE.
THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE AT A QUARTER TO, TO GIVE, JUST TO GIVE A PLUG, MADAM CHAIR, I'VE GOTTEN TWO CALLS REGARDING THE JETTY AND HOW IMPRESSED PEOPLE ARE WITH YOUR PAINT JOBS THAT YOU'VE DOING.
AND I'LL BRING IT UP IN THE MEETING.
I, HERE IS GOOSEBUMPS GOING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW YOU THAT GOT YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
LIKE YOU HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT CALL YOU AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHO I AM, BUT I'M A BOAT OWNER.
I HAD MY FAMILY ON IT, YOU KNOW HOW GREAT IT WAS COMING IN AND NOT SEEING ALL THE GRAFFITI AND IT IS GRAY, BUT AT LEAST IT'S NOT GRAFFITI WHERE WE FEEL, WOW, WE'RE COMING INTO A SAFE PLACE.
PRETTY COOL WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
COREY AND HIS TEAM DID A TREMENDOUS JOB GETTING OUT THERE, GETTING THAT, GETTING THAT ALL UPDATED.
UH, MY HUSBAND CLAIMS MY PHONE GOES TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.
THEN MY SON SAID, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PHONE BILL.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN 20,000 TEXTS AND
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ON UNLIMITED DATA.
YOU SHOULD BE PAYING MORE ON THE BILL, MOM.
ANY OTHER ITEMS ON ITEM SIX? UH, WE JUST HAVE THE TWO THAT WE'LL REPORT ON, UM, THE EXECUTIVE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHERE OUR VISION IS AND THEN THE UMER IN HERE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND INCORPORATE IN THE AGENDA OR WOULD LIKE INCLUDED IN ANYONE'S REPORT? I THINK IN DECEMBER, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOMETHING FROM THE CITY IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE OLYMPIC, UH, TEAMS THAT WILL BE HERE NEXT YEAR THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRACTICING AND DOING THINGS.
I JUST, JUST A, A BRIEFING, NOT SAYING MANDATORY OF THE, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
JUST A, A LIGHT BRIEFING FOR THE PEOPLE
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TO KNOW, UM, BY OUR, BECAUSE WE, THE CITY HAS AN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE NOW, SO SOMETHING FROM THEM THAT WOULD COME IN AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S THE BRIEFING.UH, I'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET, UH, TYLER JORGE BACK FOR, UH, DECEMBER.
SEE THAT MIGHT BE, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE TOO.
UH, 2026 PLANNING OUT, UH, AGENDA PLANNING.
AND THEN I'LL, AND THAT'S GOTTA BE KIND OF A RUBBER THING.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, THE OLYMPIC TEAM KIND OF LIKES TO HAVE THEIR SPIEL PREPARED AND THEN THEY DO IT, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, SENIORITY ORDERS STARTING
STARTING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND, AND THEN FLOWING DOWN.
IT COULD BE ON TAPE, BUT I, I'M ON THE, THE, THE EMERGENCY ADVISOR, UH, FOR LA COUNTY AND LA CITY.
I'M THE NEW CHAIR AND WE BROUGHT IT UP ON JUST THE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS.
UM, AND THE POLICE AND WHAT WILL BE NEEDED.
AND IT'D BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CITY'S LOOKING AT FOR THE NEED OF OUR CITY, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY ARE WORKING ON THAT.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
MY BRAIN JUST, NO, HE THOUGHT OF IT.
WELL, A FOLLOW UP ON THE LETTER, THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO A TWO FOR, FROM CITY MANAGER.
CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE, THE OH, THE LEGISLATION THAT WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING THAT COMES DOWN THE RIVER.
THERE'S THE, IS THAT TOMORROW IS THE, UM, THE EVENING SESSION ON THAT? WHEN IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
IS THAT TOMORROW NIGHT OR NEXT WEEK? MAYBE NEXT.
I THINK IT'S THE 13TH OR THE 14TH.
I HAVE THE FLYER ON MY, ON MY DESK.
IT'S A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING TO DISCUSS, UH, A A TRASH DEBRIS INTERCEPTOR PROJECT.
THE INTERCEPTOR AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES UNDER THAT.
I THOUGHT, I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW A LETTER, A LETTER WILL BE GENERATED AND HOW THAT STIMULATED EVERYBODY TO, UH, INTO EFFECT.
THEY JUST, IT WAS PROMPTING 'EM.
UM, THE OTHER THING, OUR LONG BEACH MARINA VOTER ASSOCIATION BEING SO PROACTIVE WITH HAVING THEIR TWO MEET THE COMMANDER NIGHTS, UH, ANOTHER ONE TONIGHT.
AND HOW DO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM IF WE COUNT THAT AS PART OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A CERTIFICATE TO THE VOTERS ASSOCIATION.
JUST, OR MAYBE TO JOAN IN GENERAL.
GENERAL, UH, AS SO DO YOU WANNA MOVE THAT TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA? YEAH.
THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE YEAH, THEY ARE TIRELESS SUPPORTERS OF, OF, AND I THINK PARTICULARLY WELL, PARTICULARLY CALLING OUT, UM, YEAH, DEFINITELY.
SO LET, LET'S PUT THAT AT THE TOP.
AND, UM, THERE'S, AND GET THEIR BOARD THERE.
THEY'RE SUPPORTERS, THEY'RE ALSO PARTNERS, THEY'RE ALSO, UM, AND, UM, AND LET'S LET THEM KNOW THAT WE PLAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE 'EM SO MORE OF THEIR MEMBERS CAN BE AT OUR MEETING.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? SPURIOUS, STRANGE, OFF THE RECORD, ANYTHING OKAY WITH THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS BODY? I ADJOURN AT 9 0 8.