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          WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          ALL RISE  BY THE SKIN OF MY TEETH. 
          WELL, WE'LL PAUSE A MOMENT TO ALLOW ABSOLUTELY. 
          COMMISSION CHAIR SILENT. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA TRY A BIG COUP . 
          BIG COUP. 
          WE'RE ALL GONNA PATTY'S PLACE. 
          I'M BUYING. 
          SO WE'RE CALLED TO ORDER TO ORDER. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          AND THEN WE PROCEEDED WITH I. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LITERALLY, YOU JUST WALKED IN WHEN I STAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL COMMISSION. 
          CHAIR MURRAY. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSION VICE CHAIR. 
          RE HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ATKINS. 
          MCPHAIL. 
          COMMISSIONER BLAIR? YES. 
          PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER CARL? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER CAGER? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER LYNN? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER MARIA. 
          HERE. 
          YOU HAVE A QUORUM. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          AND, UM, BEFORE OUR, UH, AGENDA, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION. 
          DO SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          WE ARE SEEKING, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THE LONG BEACH ARENA BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION AND ALL THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, TO THE CITY. 
          UM, OF THE MULTIPLE MEETINGS THEY HAVE HAD, UM, WITH OUR POLICE FORCE TO MAKE SURE THE BOAT OWNERS UNDERSTAND AND ARE REPORTING THINGS. 
          UM, UNDERSTANDING THE FUTURE OF THAT, UM, ADVOCATING FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WITHIN THE MARINAS. 
          UM, THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE THEM. 
          UM, SO LET'S RECOGNIZE THEM WITH, UM, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THEIR VALUABLE WORK, DEDICATION, AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR LONG BEACH MARINAS AND OUR VOTING COMMUNITY. 
          UP. 
          SHAKE YOUR HANDS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I WANT A PICTURE COME AROUND THIS MUCH TAKE THAT'S ALRIGHT. 
          SORRY. 
          SOMEONE HAVE THE CAMERA. 
          TAKE IT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF OUR OWN. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          1, 2, 3. 
          YOU GO. 
          MR. THANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND BRINGING ATTENTION. 
          TOTALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY EFFECTIVE GROUP. 
          WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THE MAT AND THE MARINE BUREAU AND LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GIVEN US. 
          IT'S ALLOWED US TO BE WHAT WE DO AND THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WORK SUCCESSFULLY TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPORTING THINGS AND, UM, THINGS GET DONE WITHIN OUR CITY. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, IF I CAN SAY JOAN IS A NATURAL ADVOCATE, GREAT AT BUILDING COALITIONS, YOU KNOW. 
          WELL, THANK YOU JOAN. 
          I MET YOU THE FIRST TIME AT SEALING SHOCK, BUT WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING THERE AND SHE HIT ME A COUPLE TIMES 'CAUSE I WASN'T FOLLOWING THE BROWN ACT PROCEDURES AND STUFF, BUT, UH, UH, I REMEMBER THAT YOU ALWAYS, YEAH. 
          UH, BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROACTIVE AND IT'S FUN 'CAUSE YOU STIMULATED THIS WHOLE GROUP TO DO THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE NOT HAVE DONE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW. 
          AND YOU KEEP US AWARE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          EXACTLY. 
          HERE. 
          IT'S FINE. 
          THIS IS MY LIFE. 
          I HAVE EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 
          I, WELL, YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT IT. 
          YOU KNOW WHY I DIDN'T PROTEST WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE. 
          I DIDN'T. 
          I HAVE, I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. 
          AND THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DIRECTION AND THE, THE FOCUS OF BOA IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, UM, REALLY NEARED MY HEART SINCE I'M HOPE GOOD WORK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DOUBTS. 
          AND ANY OTHER DRAFTER HAD ANY COMMENTS FOR THE VOTE OWNERS ASSOCIATION? NO, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING ON, ON OUR AGENDA, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES 
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OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS DISTRIBUTED. 
          SECOND, MOVE. 
          SECOND. 
          ANY COMMENTS? ANY ADDITIONS FROM THE COMMISSION OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? UM, ALL SAY AYE, BY APPROVING? AYE AYE. 
          ANY NAYS OBJECTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THEN IT'S APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED. 
          UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THE HISTORY OF THE COLORADO LACOON OPEN CHANNEL PROJECT. 
          MOVE SECOND AND WE'LL TURN THAT OVER TO TODD LE YES. 
          UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUBLIC SIX. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CHARLENE ANKA, UH, THE TITLES, CAPITAL PROJECTS PROJECT MANAGER. 
          UH, SHE'S HERE TO PRESENT ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          I GOT PROMOTED  MAKING BIG MONEY NOW. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHAIR MURRAY. 
          UM, SO THIS PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY A PRESENTATION ON THE, BOTH THE HISTORY AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO BASICALLY BRING ABOUT THIS MAJOR RESTORATION EFFORT KNOWN AS THE COLORADO MOON RESTORATION. 
          SO, UM, UM, COMMISSIONER GER, I THINK YOU REQUESTED THIS PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONER MURRAY, UM, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, UH, PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL COASTAL CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD HERE IN OCTOBER, UM, IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. 
          AND SO, UH, A LOT OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW THIS HISTORY, UH, SO APOLOGIES, UH, IF IT'S REDUNDANT AND VERY HIGH LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT THE AUDIENCE WAS, AND COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU PRESENTED THAT TO AND THE LEVEL OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED ALONGSIDE YOURS? YEAH. 
          SO, UM, THERE WERE DIFFERENT TRACKS AT THE AMERICAN SHORE AND BEACH PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION. 
          SO THE ORGANIZATION IS COMPRISED OF PROFESSIONALS THAT REALLY FOCUS ON COASTAL ENGINEERING, WETLANDS CREATION, SHORELINE STABILIZATION. 
          UM, SO THEIR MISSION IS BASICALLY, UM, TO FOCUS ON, UH, SHORELINE PROTECTION, UM, AND RESILIENCY AND DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND METHODS BY WHICH THE INDUSTRY, UH, IS DOING CERTAIN PROJECTS. 
          SO IT'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROFESSIONALS THAT COME TOGETHER, INCLUDING CONSULTANTS, INCLUDING VENDORS THAT WANNA SELL YOU STUFF TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I'M ALSO GONNA SAY IT'S ALSO ACADEMICALLY, UM, SORT OF FOCUSED AS WELL. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS A NUMBER OF, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UM, PROFESSORS AND SCIENTISTS, SO TO SPEAK, IN THE WORLD OF, UM, COASTAL PROCESSES, UM, COASTAL VISIBIL SORTS, SEE THOSE SORTS OF TOPICS TO, UM, SORT OF SHARE THE ACADEMIC SIDE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THE PRESENTATIONS ARE VERY, VERY SHORT. 
          SO THEY DON'T GET INTO THE, LIKE MEAT, BUT THEY DO A HIGH LEVEL. 
          BUT IT'S TO KIND OF INTRODUCE YOU TO THE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE APPROACHES AND THE, THE THEORIES THAT ARE KIND OF IN, IN, IN PLACE NOW. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO MOVING ALONG. 
          UM, SO THE RESTORATION MEET AT COLORADO LAGOON. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          UM, GOING BACK TO 2012. 
          UH, I DID LEAVE THE CITY FOR A FEW YEARS, UM, AND IT WAS STILL GOING ON. 
          BUT, UH, THERE'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW RESIDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NEW TO LONG BEACH THAT DON'T RECALL WHAT THE COLORADO LAGOON LOOKED LIKE PRIOR TO ITS RESTORATION AND INITIAL CLEANUP EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS, PRE PRE ANY CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU HAD, THERE WAS A LAGOON, A TITLE, THE INFLUENCED LAGOON, UH, THAT WAS, UM, DISCONNECTED FROM MAJOR TITLE, UM, A CONNECTION FROM, UM, ALAMEDOS BAY. 
          UM, AT THE TIME, PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION, IT HAD 11 STORM DRAINS THAT ROUTED INTO THE LAGOON ALONG WITH TRASH. 
          UM, THE CULVERT WAS TOO NARROW AND SMALL. 
          THE CULVERT, WHICH RUNS ALONG OR UNDER, UM, WHAT WAS MARINE STADIUM OR THE WESTERN SIDE OF MARINE STADIUM, REDUCING THE ABILITY FOR THE, THE LAGOON TO KIND OF FLUSH ITSELF OUT AND KIND OF EXCHANGE WATER. 
          UM, BUT REALLY THE PRIMARY SORT OF CULPRIT, UH, FOR THE JUST POOR QUALITY OF THE TRASH WAS JUST THE STORM DRAINS THAT BASICALLY ENTERED INTO THE 
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LAGOON WITHOUT ANY TRASH CAPTURE OR PROTECTION DEVICES. 
          UM, SO OVER TIME, UH, AFTER DECADES OF POLLUTION, UH, IN 2006, IT WAS DECLARED AN IMPAIRED WATER BODY, UM, PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT FOR A VARIETY OF CONTAMINANTS. 
          UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A WET WEATHER PHOTO, UM, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, IT CONTINUED TO REMAIN ON HEEL TO BE THE BAYS BEACH BUMMERS LIST. 
          AND THEN IN 2009, THE WATER BOARD FORMALLY ADOPTED BASICALLY, UM, UH, TMDL IN A CLEANUP ORDER FOR THE WORK. 
          AND SO THIS PRESENTATION GOES OVER THE PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED TO HELP RESTORE THE LAGOON. 
          UM, SO THIS WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH STAKEHOLDERS, AGENCIES LIKE THE STAKEHOLDER, SO CONSERVANCY AND THE RMC KIND OF HELPING, UM, THE EFFORT ALONG, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO I DIDN'T GET INTO, LIKE, THIS DOESN'T GET INTO THE, THE FORMATION OF THE FRIENDS OF COLORADO LAGOON OR THE TERMINAL AVENUE STORM DRAIN PROJECT, WHICH IS, WAS SOME OF THE IMPETUS THAT KIND OF LED US TO, UM, THE MASTER RESTORATION PLAN AND THE REROUTING OF A MAJOR, MAJOR COUNTY PROJECT THAT ESSENTIALLY, UM, WOULD'VE ESSENTIALLY PUT MORE UNCONTROLLED WATER INTO THE LAGOON. 
          BUT, UM, AFTER ALL OF THAT WENT THROUGH THE LITIGATION PROCESS, UH, LONG BEACH PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE PART OF LONG BEACH ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR, UM, FOR THE EIR PHASE. 
          BECAUSE BEFORE YOU CAN START ANY MAJOR PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA, ANY BIG PROJECT, YOU NEED A, YOU NEED A CA DOCUMENT, AND YOU NEED FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 
          AND SO THE PORT, UM, THERE WAS ALREADY A PLAN TO CREATE MITIGATION CREDITS DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THE PORT BASICALLY, UM, WAS GIVEN THE FIRST RIGHT TO ANY AND ALL MITIGATION BANK CREDITS IN EXCHANGE FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE VERY FIRST, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR THE WORK. 
          UM, AFTER THAT, THE EIR WAS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED, IT WAS CERTIFIED IN 2008, AND WITH, UM, A BUNCH OF ADVOCACY FROM FORMER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CONGRESSIONAL, UH, LEADERS, UM, AND THE FRIENDS OF COLORADO LAGOON, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN AND FUND TWO MAJOR PHASES, UH, OR I SHOULD SAY ONE PHASE OF THE COLORADO LAGOON PROJECT, UM, WHICH WERE COMPLETED IN 2010 AND 2012. 
          AND SO THOSE WERE THE PHASES THAT BASICALLY STOPPED TRASH FROM COMING IN. 
          IT CONTROLLED SOME OF THE RUNOFF THAT YOU WOULD SEE AFTER A RAIN EVENT, LOW FLOWS, ET CETERA. 
          UM, AND THEN IN 2012, UM, AFTER THE, AFTER THE MAJOR DREDGING ASPECT OF THE WORK WAS COMPLETED, WE STARTED THIS MITIGATION BANK PROCESS, UH, DEBATE TO BASICALLY FUND THE PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY NOW. 
          UH, JUST FOR REFERENCE, IT TOOK ABOUT SIX YEARS FROM WHEN THE MITIGATION BANK PROCESS STARTED TO, UH, WHEN IT WAS APPROVED. 
          UM, SO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COURT HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT TO HELP DELIVER THIS RESTORATION PROJECT. 
          UM, THAT STARTED IN 2007, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WITH THE  AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING. 
          UM, IN 2019, THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE INITIAL PHASES WERE DONE WITH THE RESTORATION, WE BEGAN MEMOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR THE ACTUAL ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS THAT WOULD FUND THE, UM, THE OPEN CHANNEL PROJECT WAS, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO THE MOU BASICALLY ALLOWED THE COURT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, UH, OF PROJECT ELEMENTS, BECAUSE ON ITS OWN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO FUND THAT PROJECT JUST WITH CITY DOLLARS. 
          SO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH'S CONTRIBUTION AND THIS CREATIVE FINANCING AND FUNDING STRATEGY WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO ACTUALLY HELPING DELIVER THIS FOURTH AND FINAL, UM, PHASE OF WORK. 
          AND THEN WATER MITIGATION CREDITS USED FOR, SO THE COLORADO LAGOON PROJECT'S GENERATING MITIGATION CREDITS, BUT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH MAINTAINS, UM, UH, BASICALLY A BANK ACCOUNT AND MITIGATION CREDITS TO HELP OFFSET IMPACTS TO PORT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THESE WERE, UM, UM, MY COLLEAGUE SLIDES FROM THE PORT, UH, GOING OVER THIS. 
          BUT, UM, THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT MITIGATION CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE, UM, TO HELP THEM EXPEDITE SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          UH, SOME OF THE WORK INCLUDES COASTAL RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS, BUT PRIORITY IS GIVEN TO MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE COASTAL HABITATS WITHIN THE CITY AND NEAR THE PORT. 
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SO BOTH DEPARTMENTS, JUST PROCEDURALLY WE WORK WITH OUR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS AND THE MOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, COMMUNICATION COORDINATION, UM, AND THE SORT OF MEAT AND POTATOES OF THE MOU WERE REALLY, UM, THE, THE SCHEDULE FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE OF MITIGATION CREDITS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE ANTICIPATED COST FOR REIMBURSEMENT. 
          UM, WITHIN THE MOU ITSELF, THERE IS A FIXED NUMBER OF CREDITS THAT THE PORT, UM, RECEIVES WITH THE COMPLETION AND SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF THE OPEN CHANNEL, UH, AND THE COLORADO LAGOON. 
          AND, AND ONCE THOSE, UH, CRITERIA ARE MET, THERE'S A BILL OF SALE AND CONVEYANCE. 
          UM, SO WHY IS THE COLORADO LAGOON BANK UNIQUE? UM, WELL, ONE, IT IS A, ONE OF THE FEW URBAN WETLANDS, UM, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          UM, THE SITE CONSTRAINTS ARE, IT'S FOR, FOR ITS SIZE, IT'S PRETTY UNIQUE. 
          IT'S A PRETTY SMALL LAGOON. 
          IT'S A SINGLE USER BANK, UM, AND IT PROVIDES A LOT OF ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS AND MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS INCLUDING RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND JUST GENERAL PUBLIC ACCESS. 
          UM, THE SITE IS COMPRISED OF 22 ACRES OF RESTORED HABITAT WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE. 
          AND THESE ARE THE VARIOUS HABITAT TYPES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE MITIGATION BANK. 
          SO WE HAVE EELGRASS INTERTIDAL, VEGETATED MARSH, SHALLOW SUBTITLE, DEEP SUBTITLE, SUPERTITLES, SANDY INTERTIDAL, AND THEN UPLAND BUFFER. 
          BUT WE DON'T REALLY GET THE CREDITS FOR THE UPPER BUFFER. 
          UM, AND THEN HERE'S, UM, BASICALLY THE MAP OF WHAT THE KIND OF DIFFERENT HABITAT TYPES LOOK LIKE AS OVERLAID ON LIKE AN ACTUAL AERIAL. 
          SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DEEP SUBTITLE OR THE DARKER BLUES. 
          AND AS YOU KIND OF GET TO THE MORE BROWN AREAS, THOSE ARE THE UPLAND BUFFER, WHICH ARE, UM, NOT REALLY CONSIDERED MITIGATION FOR OUR SITE. 
          SO THE PHASE APPROACH TO RESTORATION KIND OF CAME IN, UM, WE BUCKET IT INTO TWO PHASES, BUT IT WAS FOR CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE FIRST PHASE IS WAS THE INSTALLATION OF THE LOW FLOW DIVERSIONS AND TRAP CAP TRASH CAPTURE TO PREVENT, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BAD MATERIAL FROM ENTERING THE LAGOON. 
          UM, AND THEN WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH 72,000 CUBIC YARDS OF DREDGING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE LAGOON. 
          SO IN 20 11, 20 12, UH, THE CITY BEGAN, UH, REMOVING DECADES OF ACCUMULATED POLLUTANTS AND SEDIMENTS THAT WERE JUST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAGOON. 
          WE EVEN FOUND THE CAR DURING THAT EFFORT. 
          UM, SO, AND, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT CONTINUED. 
          THERE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD THAT MATERIAL GONE TO KETTLEMAN CITY OR ANOTHER, UM, UPLAND DISPOSAL FACILITY, IT WOULD'VE MADE THE PROJECT BASICALLY, UM, UNTENABLE. 
          IT WOULD'VE BEEN TOO COSTLY, BUT THAT THIS WAS THE SAME TIME THAT MIDDLE HARBOR WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED. 
          SO THE DREDGE SENTIMENT WAS ACTUALLY DRIVEN TO THE PORT, UM, AND PLACED IN THE MIDDLE HARBOR FILL AREA WHEN THEY STARTED FILLING THAT SITE. 
          SO IT WAS A TRUE, UM, SORT OF TIMING, UM, MIRACLE HERE, UH, TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND THEN BAY TWO WAS MORE OF THE, WHAT YOU SEE AT THE LAGOON RIGHT NOW WITH THE RESTORED HABITAT, WITH THE PLANTING THE TRAILS BAY, UH, TWO, UH, IN 20 16 20 17 ACTUALLY MADE THE LAUNA A LITTLE BIT LARGER. 
          IT INCLUDED EELGRASS HABITAT. 
          UM, IT INCLUDED NEW SUBTITLE. 
          UM, THE PIER WAS EN LARGE AND LENGTHENED TO KIND OF EXPAND THE, OR TO ACCOMMODATE THE KIND OF EXPANDED LAGOON, UM, AND CREATED A LOT OF BIOSWELLS AND A LOT OF THE SORT OF, UH, LOOK AND FEEL AND CHARACTER THAT YOU SEE THERE NOW WITH THE, THE HABITAT COMPONENTS. 
          SO, UH, THE CURRENT PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY SEEKS TO KIND OF PULL THAT PLANT PALETTE AND SEEKS TO PULL THOSE KIND OF, UM, RESTORATION FEATURES INTO THE OPEN CHANNEL MARINA VISTA PARK AREA. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT, LOT MORE CIVIL WORK, UM, THIS TIME AROUND WITH THE OPEN CHANNEL CREATION BECAUSE IN ORDER TO, UH, RE BASICALLY CONNECT HYDRAULICALLY WITH A NATURAL TITLE CHANNEL, WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IS BASICALLY, UH, CREATE AND CONSTRUCT TWO NEW BRIDGES AND REROUTE ALL UTILITIES, REBUILD THEM AT THE SAME TIME TO KEEP, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
          UM, HERE'S A, UH, KIND OF A KIND OF A CORRAL OF PHOTOS HERE. 
          UM, KIND OF GOING KIND OF LEFT TO, YEAH, LEFT, UH, TOP LEFT IS KIND OF THE HISTORY. 
          SO PRE-CONSTRUCTION HERE. 
          HERE'S A PHOTO OF, UH, ONE OF THE TRASH TRAPS BEING INSTALLED. 
          THERE'S 
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AT LEAST THREE OF THEM HERE. 
          UM, THE CULVERT, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT HAD NOT BEEN, UH, CLEANED EVER, UM, IT HAD A NUMBER OF FEET OF, UM, JUST ACCUMULATED GROWTH AND MARINE GROWTH AND, AND FOUL, UM, THAT WAS JUST IN THERE, THAT WAS CLEANED AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWS, UM, JUST PAINSTAKINGLY HOW LONG IT TOOK THEM TO DREDGE THE 72,000 CUBIC YARDS OF, UM, MATERIAL TO BASICALLY, UM, REMOVE WHAT WAS CONTAMINATED THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, UM, AFTER THAT BOTTOM MIDDLE PHOTO SHOWS THAT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS TO, UH, EXPAND AND EXTEND THAT PEER STRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN, UH, THAT'S I THINK, A COMPLETION PHOTO FROM, I WANNA SAY 2018. 
          SO IT JUST HAD A SEVERE MAKEOVER TRANSFORMATION, WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT. 
          BUT, UM, THAT THIS IS BASICALLY 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING, ESSENTIALLY. 
          AND SO, UM, AND IF YOU TALK TO COLOR, IF YOU TALK TO THE FRIENDS FOR FAITH, THEY'LL TELL YOU 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING. 
          BUT, UM, SO THIS WAS THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS AT THE COLORADO, UH, OR AT MARINA VISTA PARK WHERE THE OPEN CHANNEL WOULD GO. 
          UM, THIS AREA HERE IS WHERE THE OPEN CHANNEL WOULD BE, AND ONE OF THE BRIDGES IS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED. 
          THEY'RE WORKING ON THE SECOND BRIDGE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT THAT THIS IS THE RENDERING OF WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POINT OF THIS IS TO ESSENTIALLY REPLACE A SMALL NARROW CULVERT THAT YOU SAW IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS, UM, WITH A NEW TITLE CHANNEL. 
          THE NEW TITLE CHANNEL WOULD EFFECTIVELY BLESS YOU, BLESS, WOULD EFFECTIVELY, UM, ALLOW THE, THE LAGOON ITSELF, WHICH IS NOT REALLY PICTURED IN THIS VIEW TO, UM, REACH, UM, ITS FULL TITLE REGIME. 
          SO THE HIGHER THE HIGHEST TIDES COULD GET TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS AND THE LOWEST TIDES COULD GET TO THE LOWEST LEVELS, WHICH ARE GREAT FOR HABITAT. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN THIS IS A PHOTO FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, OF THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE. 
          IT'S FURTHER ALONG THAN THIS, BUT, UM, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROJECT ARE TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 2026. 
          WE DO HAVE TO IMPLEMENT AN INTERIM MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY OR PROGRAM FOR FIVE YEARS TO, UH, ACHIEVE TO, TO HAVE THE AGENCIES APPROVE THE RELEASE OF THE MITIGATION CREDITS. 
          SO, UM, WE CAN MEET OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PART OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, THE CREDITS WILL BE RELEASED, UM, AFTER THIS INTER PERIOD, AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE MARINE BUREAU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF THIS SITE, UM, AFTER THE INTERIM PERIOD IS DONE. 
          SO, UM, PERMANENTLY. 
          SO , IT SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD LUCK. 
          SO THAT'S THE LAGOON, UH, 20, 30 YEARS OF HISTORY, UM, AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND YEAH, JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF INVITING ME TODAY AND KIND OF HEARING THIS VERY, VERY LONG PRESENTATION. 
          SO HERE'S A VIEW OF THE NORTH ARM. 
          SO WHEN I WAS LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO, I CAME BACK DOWN FOR CHRISTMAS, AND THIS IS A VIEW I, I, I TOOK MY HUSBAND HERE AND, UH, MADE HIM GO TO WALK THE LAGOON, WHICH WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS. 
          AND THIS IS THE VIEW THEN, AND IT CONTINUES TO LOOK AMAZING AND GREAT WITH THE CARE OF ALL THE VARIOUS STEWARDSHIP GROUPS AND MARINE BUREAU. 
          SO IT'S LOOKING, IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD STILL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'VE NOTICED MOST RECENTLY THAT IT, IT'S NOW REALLY LOOKING LIKE THE RENDERINGS THAT WE SAW 25, 30 YEARS AGO AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          DEFINITELY. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UM, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE POSITIVE. 
          LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF A LOT OF THINGS IN THE MIDDLE HARBOR. 
          I DON'T THINK WE ANTICIPATED THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF PROPERTY VALUES IN THAT SURROUNDING AREA TO, UM, BE IMPACTED AS POSITIVELY AS WE'RE FORECASTING. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER POSITIVES THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE INITIALLY? I'D, UM, I THINK, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE GOOD DATA, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE BY, UM, ANY GIVEN SUMMER, NICE SUMMER DAY BY THE PLAYGROUND, BY THE PARK, THAT THAT BEACH FRONT IS JUST VERY, VERY PACKED AND CROWDED. 
          SO I THINK, UM, BEACH UTILITY AND, UM, HAS BEEN HIGH AND REST. 
          AND I THINK PEOPLE APPRECIATE THIS SORT OF CALM AREA AND IN COMBINATION WITH LIKE, THE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS. 
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UM, AND JUST THE SURROUNDS. 
          I THINK PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY BEING HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, AT ALL YEARS AND THEN AT ALL TIME, AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR, I SHOULD SAY. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES. 
          I FEEL LIKE PROPERTY VALUES JUST HAVE SKYROCKETED EVERYWHERE. 
          I'M SURE IT'S ANY . 
          WELL, I JUST, UM, I'M PRETTY SURE IF I WASN'T AT THE FIRST FRIENDS OF THE COLORADO LAGOON MEETING, I WAS AT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MEETINGS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT BACK ON THE HARDY CITIZENS THAT FOUGHT FOR THIS VISION. 
          TINA RAZZI AND DAVE RAZZI AND RAY THORN AND CINDY DESTO, AND THE CITY'S PLANS AT THE TIME WEREN'T VERY VISIONARY. 
          IT WAS FOR THE COLORADO LAGOON TO BE REALLY A PLACE FOR STORM WATER TO DRAIN INTO. 
          AND THE FRIENDS OF THE COLORADO LAGOON, UM, SUED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND A JUDGE FOUND IT TO BE INADEQUATE. 
          AND THE THUS THE CITY DECIDED, UH, THAT PERHAPS THERE WERE COOPERATIVE WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME. 
          BUT AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN AN ACT AS FOREVER, SOMETIMES THOSE THORNS IN YOUR SIDE, ACTIVISTS, UM, MIGHT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT A SHOUT OUT FOR WHAT'S THAT FAMOUS SAYING? I THINK IT WAS MARGARET MEAD. 
          NEVER. 
          AND NEVER FORGET THAT A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. 
          IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS. 
          AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE COLORADO LAGUNA IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO HONOR THOSE EARLY ACTIVISTS. 
          IT WAS THE COUNTIES, HUH? LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROJECT. 
          WAS IT THE COUNTY PROJECT? YEAH, IT WAS THE . 
          WELL, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, , IT WAS, UM, UH, UH, SUPPORTED STRONGLY BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE TIME, FRANK KELOWNA, UM, BECAUSE I REMEMBER GOING TO MEETINGS AND THEY WERE AT TIMES, UM, UM, HE, BECAUSE THERE WERE DIFFERENT VISIONS. 
          SO I'M, I'M GLAD IT'S ALL WORKED OUT, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT THERE'S A GREAT COMMUNITY AND NATURAL RESOURCE. 
          'CAUSE I'M A BIG SUPPORTER IN COMMUNITY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FOR LONG BEACH. 
          THANK YOU, SHIRLEY, FOR THAT REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. 
          I'M A BIG FAN OF THE COLORADO LAGOON. 
          UM, MY AUNT USED TO BRING US DOWN IN THE, IN THE 1950S, SHE BROUGHT US DOWN TO LAGOON, AND WE WERE JUST LITTLE KIDS. 
          BUT, UM, HAD GROWN UP IN LONG BEACH AND, AND TO SEE IT NOW AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WALK THERE, THE, THE HABITAT THAT'S THERE NOW, UM, ABLE TO, I LOVE THE STORYBOARDS AND THE EDUCATIONAL BOARDS THAT ARE THERE, AND IT'S JUST A REALLY PLEASANT PLACE TO BE ANY TIME OF THE DAY. 
          IT'S SO WONDERFUL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS AND BLESSINGS TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE PLAYED A ROLE THERE. 
          IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S LOVED BY PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVERCOME THEM NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          AND KIND OF WHAT, THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND WHAT COMMISSIONER LAMP SAID, WITHOUT THE STEWARDSHIP AND LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY OF THE FORENSIC GROUP, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD'VE GOTTEN ALL THE GRANT FUNDING TO MAKE THE FIRST FEW PHASES HAPPEN, WHICH WAS THE MOST, UM, CRITICAL RIGHT. 
          TO REMOVING THE POLLUTANTS THAT WERE THERE AND PREVENTING NEW PULLS FROM COMING IN. 
          SO MUCH LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER THERESA, UH, I WAS RAISED THERE TOO, AND IT IS, UH, NOW I WONDER WHERE MY HAIR WENT BECAUSE IT WAS SO POLLUTED. 
          AND, AND WE USED TO GO IN THE WATER QUITE OFTEN, . 
          UH, BUT IT IS A, A COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S GONNA BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. 
          IT'S GOING TO BRING PEOPLE BACK DOWN TO THE PARKLAND AND LOOK AT IT AS A PARKLAND, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF GOING TO EL DORADO POND, NOW THEY'RE COME DOWN TO LACOON. 
          UH, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          I REALLY AM. 
          THIS IS A, A JOB WELL DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND I SAN COMING OUT ON AN EVENING TO SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH US, UH, I MADE A DELIBERATE REQUEST TO HAVE YOU COME AFTER SEEING THIS INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE AGENDA FOR THOSE FEW DAYS THAT IT WAS TAKING PLACE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. 
          AND IT IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO I THOUGHT WE DON'T OFTEN GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THIS KIND OF A PROJECT AND THE SUCCESS THAT THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED WITH IT. 
          UM, I THINK ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT IS THE FACT THAT LONG BEACH IS NOT THE ONLY COASTAL COMMUNITY IN CALIFORNIA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO, THAT WERE ALSO PART OF THE CONFERENCE AGENDA THAT, UM, REPRESENTED LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR RESPONSE TO INITIATIVES AND, AND NEEDS 
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TO PRESERVE COASTAL SPACE, COASTAL HABITAT, , UM, AND THE NOTION THAT THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING AND THEY'RE HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE. 
          AND LONG BEACH IS NOT ALONE IN OUR EFFORTS TO TRY AND PRESERVE THESE KINDS OF PROPERTIES. 
          BUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE, THE EFFORTS ON PART OF THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AND, UH, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO REALLY GOT STARTED. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND TELLING US THE STORY. 
          VERY PRESTIGIOUS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PRESENT IT TO THE ORGANIZATION. 
          AND WE'RE THANKFUL AND WE'RE ALSO THANKFUL TO YOU THAT IT, THE AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE TO EXPRESS, I KNOW DURING THE JOURNEY, THERE WERE A LOT OF PAINFUL MEETINGS THAT YOU AND YOUR ASSOCIATES HAD TO ENDURE. 
          AND I KNOW SOME OF THOSE WILL CONTINUE, UH, BUT WE WANTED OUR CHANCE TO SAY HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          THANK YOU, COMM. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          SO, WHAT IS THE NEW COMPLETION DATE? AND HAVE ANY OF THE MITIGATION CREDITS BEEN USED IN THE COURT YET, OR NOT UNTIL IT'S FINISHED? NO MITIGATION CREDITS CAN BE USED UNTIL YOU SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED YOU'VE MET THE HABITAT, UM, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. 
          SO, UM, THEY WON'T GIVE YOU CREDITS FOR RECENTLY PLANTED PLANTING. 
          THEY'LL GIVE YOU CREDITS FIVE YEARS AFTER YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC COVERAGE CRITERIA BED. 
          SO LIKE IF YOU SAID THIS AREA'S GONNA HAVE 80%, 85% COVERAGE, ONCE YOU'VE MET THE LAUNDRY LIST OF, UH, PERFORMANCE AND ONCE IT'S LOOKS KIND OF LIKE THIS, THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN YOU GET IT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN, UH, COMPLETION DATE, WE'RE STILL TARGETING EARLY 2026. 
          SO Q1. 
          COOL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT AND FILE THAT ALL IN FAVOR? OH, GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          OH, SURE. 
          WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE MITIGATION, UM, CRISIS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A BANK AND WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND MITIGATION LAW, SHE, SHE STEPPED ON A, A, UM, SPOKE ON IT A LITTLE THAT, THAT REALLY NOT AS MUCH HER EXPERTISE. 
          UM, DO YOU WANNA REITERATE SOME OF THAT, THAT YOU SHARED? NO. 
          HAVE TO SPEND THE CREDIT. 
          I, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT. 
          YOU HAVE TO GO TO COASTAL COMMISSION LIKE EVERY WEEK. 
          HE'LL UNDERSTAND. 
          I MEAN, YOU CAN'T WALK, YOU CAN'T BUILD A SIDEWALK FOR THREE FEET WITHOUT A INTEGRATION. 
          DOES THE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING DOING STUFF BY THE COURT, THEY MUST, THEY NEED LOTS OF CREDITS. 
          WAS THAT TO OFFSET OTHER STUFF THAT MAY NOT BE SO GOOD AT THE COURT OR, YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          IT'S ALL DASTARDLY DEEDS,  DEALING WITH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          BUT DEALING WITH CREDITS TOO, AND I WAS GONNA STATE IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETIMES SAD. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD. 
          SAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S DOING SOMETHING NOT SO GOOD, BUT BECAUSE OF THOSE CREDITS, BECAUSE THEY FUNDED IT, THEY CAN NOW DO THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THAT'S THAT. 
          CREATE JOBS, KIND OF WHATEVER IT CREATES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          IT CREATES JOBS. 
          BUT JUST LIKE ELECTRIC COMPANY THAT WANTS TO BUILD A ELECTRIC COMPANY OR A NUCLEAR COMPANY, AND YOU'VE GOT 150 ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THOSE CREDITS FOR THOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT THEY HELP PAY FOR OFFSETS THAT ELECTRIC COMPANY THAT MAY BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T FOR. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          UM, AND PAST CHAIRMAN COLIN EVEN ALERTED US TO SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR MITIGATION CREDITS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD, UM, CAUSED SOME POLLUTANTS INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO COMPENSATE. 
          THEY'D BE HELPING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND TODD'S STAFF HAS BEEN CHASING THOSE, SO WE'RE BENEFITING FROM SOME OF IT, ALTHOUGH IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THOSE OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE AND FILE THAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CONTINUALLY ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU'VE TAKEN TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY AND TONIGHT WAS SPECIAL. 
          AND, AND THEN WHEN YOU'VE TOURED FOLKS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, UH, OUR THIRD, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND PILOT PRESENTATION FROM THE CONSERVATION COURSE OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO MOVE FOCUSING ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. YES. 
          TODD, COULD YOU INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKER? YES, COMMISSIONER. 
          IT'S, UH, SUPER EXCITED TO WELCOME DAVID SAUL, THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE LONG BEACH CONSERVATION CORPS TO, UH, THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION TONIGHT. 
          UH, HE IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON A SPECTACULAR NEW, UH, PROGRAM THAT THEY FAR RUNNING. 
          COOL. 
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I'LL SIT, I GUESS. 
          YEAH. 
          , NICE TO BE WITH YOU ALL. 
          UM, THANK YOU TODD. 
          YES, DAVID, SAUL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND COO OF THE CONSERVATION CORPS CHAIR MURRAY, UH, VICE CHAIR MCRAY COMMISSIONERS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT, UM, UH, AND WITH DISTINCTION. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER MORENO, WHO IS OUR, UH, PAST AND FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRIOR BOARD CHAIR AND CURRENT BOARD MEMBER. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME, UH, HERE TONIGHT. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S, IT'S FUN BECAUSE, UH, I FEEL LIKE I'M PRESENTING TO A GROUP OF FRIENDS BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS DOING STUFF, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE LAND TRUST AND, UM, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CHAIR, UH, MURRAY, UH, YOU OR YOUR HUSBAND WAS ON THE BAY BARGE, UH, WITH MY MOM AT THE HALLOWEEN REGATTA, UH, AT A DYC, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE DELIVERED OUR SON. 
          WELL, THERE YOU GO, . 
          AND I KNOW, YES. 
          DID SHE TEXT YOU THAT JUST NOW? 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING MY MOTHER WOULD DO. 
          MY SON WAS YOUR CLASSMATE AT HUNTINGTON'S SCHOOL. 
          YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, WE, IT JUST, I FEEL LIKE I'M PRESENTING TO IT. 
          WE'RE ALL RELATED GROUP OF FRIENDS HERE AND THERE, SO, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          ANYWAY, UH, AND MARINA VISTA IS MY HOME PARK. 
          UH, THAT IS WHERE I GREW UP FLYING KITES AND PLAYING TENNIS WITH MY DAD. 
          SO, UH, GRADUATE OF WILSON, THE BRUIN DEN FEELS REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE. 
          I I REALLY AM. 
          LIKE, THIS IS GREAT. 
          JUST, UH, COMING HOME TO CHAT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH LIFE. 
          UH, SO, UM, I'LL JUST KIND OF KICK US OFF WITH TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT IS, LET'S SEE. 
          TRY THE, I'LL USE THE ARROWS HERE, TODD. 
          I THINK THAT'LL HOW TO DO IT RIGHT? YEAH. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          UH, SO, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE CONSERVATION CORAL OF LONG BEACH. 
          SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, SOME OF YOU KNOW VERY WELL, UH, WHAT A CONSERVATION COURT IS. 
          WE ARE A STATE CERTIFIED JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE WORK WITH 18 TO 26 YEAR OLDS, UH, TO HELP THEM START THEIR CAREERS AND EXPLORE THEIR PASSIONS, UH, THROUGH WORK, SERVICE, AND EDUCATION, UH, ALL THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF CONSERVATION. 
          UH, OUR ROOTS ARE FROM, UH, THE OLD CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AFTER WORLD WAR I, UP THROUGH, UH, THE SEVENTIES WHEN THE STATE CORPS WAS FOUNDED. 
          UH, AND WE ARE, UH, ONE OF 14 STATE CERTIFIED LOCAL CONSERVATION CORPS IS DOING THIS WORK, UH, ALL UP AND DOWN, UH, THE GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          UH, SO, UH, CORE MEMBERS GET TO, AS WE CALL THEM, GET TO GO OUT AND WORK ON ALL MANNER OF REALLY COOL PROJECTS, UH, UH, WHILE ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION AND SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, HERE IN LONG BEACH AND WHAT WE DO. 
          UH, SOME OF YOU, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA CLOSER TO THE SHORE, KNOW US FROM, UH, OUR WORK ON, ON BELMONT SHORE AND DOING RECYCLING AND BEING IN EVENTS. 
          UH, AND RECYCLING IS KIND OF A CORE FUNCTION OF, UH, THE CORE. 
          UH, BUT WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT MORE, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS, WHICH IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT OUR SHORE CORE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED. 
          UH, BUT FROM WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO REDO, UH, UH, MEDIANS, UH, ON BROADWAY AND ON ATLANTIC, WE JUST OPENED UP LAST WEEKEND. 
          WE HAD A GROUND OPENING FOR, UH, A NEW COURTYARD, A MARCHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY THAT OUR CORE MEMBERS BUILT. 
          UH, WE OPENED WRIGLEY GREENBELT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, ANOTHER 25 YEAR PROJECT IN THE MAKING, UH, THAT TOOK, YOU KNOW, SOME EXTRA, UH, ELBOW GREASE TO GET OVER, UH, TO GET OVER THE HURDLE. 
          OPENED UP A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER IN DEFOREST PARK, UH, DOING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, UH, AND ACTIVATING A PARK SPACE, UH, THAT HAD KIND OF GONE UNDERUTILIZED NOW WITH A LOT OF OUR YOUTH THAT COME PRIMARILY FROM NORTH AND WEST LONG BEACH. 
          UH, AND WE EVEN HAVE A RECLAIMED LUMBER PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO TAKE DEAD AND DYING TREES AND REPURPOSE THEM. 
          THE TREE FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, AND WE MILL IT AND WE ARE DRYING IT. 
          AND WE ARE JUST GETTING INTO THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY STARTING TO USE THOSE, UH, MILLED RECYCLED LUMBER TREE TREES AS LUMBER ON PROJECTS, UH, AROUND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, USING THEM ON LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND REPURPOSING THEM. 
          WE HAVE HOPES OF, COULD WE MAYBE EVEN SELL 'EM DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC AS A WAY TO HELP FUND OUR SERVICES FOR OUR CORE MEMBERS. 
          BUT SO FAR, WE'RE USING THE MODEL LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, BUT THAT'S NOT IT. 
          YOUTH IN LONG BEACH ARE GOING TO CATALINA AND DOING FIRE FUEL REDUCTION AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO FLORIDA AND NORTH CAROLINA TO DO HURRICANE AND DISASTER RESPONSE. 
          UH, THEY'RE WORKING IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST IN THE CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST, DOING ALL MANNER OF REALLY COOL THINGS, UH, THAT JUST AS A KID FROM LONG BEACH, YOU'LL BE REALLY PROUD TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE, THE KIDS FROM LONG BEACH TODAY ARE GETTING TO DO, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND ARE GETTING THE, THE EXPERIENCE, UH, TO, TO REALLY IGNITE THEIR PASSION FOR, FOR THIS KIND OF WORK AND EXPLORE ALL THAT THEY CAN, ALL THAT THEY CAN DO. 
          SO, OH, YOU FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT FIRE. 
          I, THEY, 
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I DID. 
          AND THANK, SEE, THIS IS GOOD. 
          WE CAN, WE, LET'S JUST KEEP THIS GOING 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HELP ME FILL IN WHAT, UH, WHAT I, SO MUCH, UH, SO YEAH, PART OF OUR DISASTER RESPONSE IS WE HAD CORPS MEMBERS HERE FROM LONG BEACH WHO DAYS AFTER THE BLAZES, UH, WERE PUT OUT, UH, IN ALTADENA AND PASADENA. 
          UH, WERE THERE, UM, WITH OVER 400 CORPS MEMBERS, UH, UH, FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE LARGEST YOUTH STATE RESPONSE, UH, TO A DISASTER, UH, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF ITS MAGNITUDE, IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND COMING TOGETHER, UM, WITH A, AS YOU KNOW, A FULLY ESTABLISHED INCIDENT COMMAND CENTER AT THE ROSE BOWL, UH, THAT OUR YOUTH HERE FROM LONG BEACH IN THE, IN THE GREATER LONG BEACH AREA AS WELL, UM, WE'RE THERE DOING SOIL STABILIZATION, UH, AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY PLACING BIOFILTRATION METHODS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE'S REFRIGERATORS AND MICROWAVES AND CARS BURNT UP, UH, THAT THOSE POLLUTANTS WITH THE RAIN, UM, OBVIOUSLY IT HAPPENED IN WINTER, UH, DIDN'T FLOW OFF INTO THE WATERSHED, AND OF COURSE, RIGHT INTO THE OCEAN AS WELL. 
          UH, SO JUST, I, I CAN GO, THERE'S PROBABLY 12 MORE THAT I'M NOT EVEN MENTIONING, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF REALLY, REALLY COOL THINGS, UH, CORPS MEMBERS ARE DOING. 
          SO, UM, ABOUT A, A YEAR AGO NOW, UH, THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL, UM, UH, AWARDED, UH, A GRANT TO THE, SOME OF THE CORES IN, UH, UH, UH, THE STATE TO, UH, PILOT AN OCEAN CORE, WHAT WE IN LONG BEACH ARE CALLING THE SHORE CORE. 
          UH, SO, UH, IT IS A, A PILOT HERE IN LONG BEACH IN AN URBAN AREA. 
          THERE'S ALSO A PILOT SITE DOWN IN SAN DIEGO, UH, UH, WORKING ALONG THE TIJUANA, UH, RIVER ESTUARY AS SORT OF A BORDER RIVER ESTUARY SITE THERE AS WELL. 
          AND THEN, UH, UH, THE REASON YOU DIDN'T GET MY BOSS TONIGHT, UH, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, DAN KNAPP, UH, IS BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY UP IN UKIAH, UM, UH, IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY PRESENTING ON, UH, WITH THE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS STATEWIDE, UH, WITH THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A GROUP THERE WORKING WITH THE YUROK NATION, UH, IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY ON THE KLAMATH RIVER AS A RURAL TRIBAL PILOT SITE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE THREE DIFFERENT PILOT SITES. 
          SO WE'RE THE URBAN URBAN SHORE CORE SITE, UH, RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH, PILOTING THIS MARINE CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OUR YOUTH. 
          UH, WE'VE RUN A RIVER RANGER PROGRAM FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY BOOK ENDED ON THREE SIDES BY, BY WATER. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN ON THE RIVERS, AND NOW WE'RE TAKEN INTO THE SHORE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CORPS MEMBERS EXPERIENCE. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE A FEARLESS LEADER, A WOMAN WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, ISN'T HERE TONIGHT, BUT MARIA MAGA, WHO, UM, HAS, UH, LED MARINE CONSERVATION EDUCATION FOR YOUTH, UM, OF THIS AGE GROUP FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 
          UM, AND TOGETHER HAS BUILT WITH HER STAFF, UH, AN AMAZING PILOT YEAR PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE'RE KIND OF IN THE LAST PHASE OF THIS INITIAL PILOT YEAR AS WE GET INTO THE Q1 OF NEXT YEAR THAT I'M GONNA TELL YOU ALL ABOUT. 
          SO THE CORE MEMBERS, UH, HAVE BEEN SPENDING ABOUT THE LAST NINE MONTHS, UH, DOING A, A, A LARGE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM GETTING INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATIONS, UH, UH, DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ASSISTING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NONPROFITS, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, UH, UH, TO DO WORK AND TO, YOU KNOW, PARDON THE PUN, GET THEIR FEET WET, UH, ON DOING, UH, DOING THIS WORK AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO, TO WORK IN THE AREAS OF MARINE CONSERVATION EDUCATION INTERPRETATION. 
          UH, SO THEY, UH, UH, ABOUT A FEW MONTHS IN, AFTER STARTING THEIR WORK, UM, AND DID SOME CAPSTONE PROJECTS, WENT AND REPRESENTED LONG BEACH, UH, AND THE SHORE CORPS AT THE NATIONAL MARINE EDUCATORS CONFERENCE AND PRESENTED THERE, UM, AND JUST HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UH, UH, UH, OUTREACH AND SUPPORTING TO THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION ABOUT THIS AS WELL. 
          UM, SO ARE, WE PAIR ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, AS THE CORE WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND SERVICES. 
          'CAUSE OUR CORE MEMBERS NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT SOMETIMES, UH, IN HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A JOB, BUT WE'RE ALSO HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THE VARIOUS LIFE NEEDS THEY MAY HAVE TO REDUCE BARRIERS. 
          SO WE HAVE A, A SUPPORT SERVICES, ALMOST LIKE A SOCIAL SERVICES TEAM THAT KIND OF PAIRS THIS HOLISTIC MODALITY OF SERVING YOUTH FROM LONG BEACH AND BEYOND, UH, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCES. 
          SO, SOME OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, WETLANDS RESTORATION IN THE LOS CERRITOS WETLANDS AREA, UM, ON THE LONG BEACH SIDE, AND ALSO ON THE SEAL BEACH SIDE. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING WATER QUALITY TESTING, UH, WITH LA WATERKEEPER, UM, UH, AND ALSO, UH, WITH TROUT UNLIMITED, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE LA RIVER AND IN THE MOUTH OF IT AS IT COMES OUT. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          UH, WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WAYS WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING FOR, FOR, UH, UH, DEBRIS FLOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, UH, STORM RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, SAND RELOCATION AND SORT OF RESTORATION OF AREAS WITH THE MARINE BUREAU AND ALSO PLANTING PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, UM, AND THE CORPS MEMBERS HAVE ALSO BEEN ON CATALINA DOING SORT OF ISLAND ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION WORK AS WELL. 
          UH, 
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SO THAT'S BEEN THEIR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NINE MONTHS EXPERIENCE. 
          WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT, THEY'RE GETTING A TON OF CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THE NATIONAL CORE NETWORK HAS A WAITERS IN THE WATER CERTIFICATION. 
          UH, IT'S A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MARINE, UH, UH, UH, UH, IN RIPARIAN CONSERVATION CERTIFICATION, OSHA WATER SAFETY. 
          THEY'VE BECOME CALIFORNIA NATURALISTS, UH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PROGRAM, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY BECOME CERTIFIED AS NATURALISTS AND IN INTERPRETATION, THE ENTRY LEVEL CERTIFICATION FOR MANY JOBS IN LAND MANAGEMENT AND INTERPRETATION CAREERS WITH LOCAL COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES. 
          UH, DOCK WALKER TRAINING, WHICH IS HELPING BOATERS IN LONG BEACH KNOW ABOUT SAFE AND CLEAN USAGE OF THEIR MOTORS, MAKING SURE THAT OIL ISN'T GOING INTO THE WATER. 
          AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, SAFE POWER, BOAT HANDLING, UM, UH, SWIM SAFETY, COASTAL RESTORATION, PLANT ID, AND A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          OF COURSE, MARIA, OUR, OUR LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, UH, HAS HER MASTERS IN, UH, UM, EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE AND MARINE CONSERVATION. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT. 
          UH, THIS, UH, PHOTO RIGHT HERE, UM, IS, UH, IS, UH, THE USS UNNAMED, UH, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, 'CAUSE SHE'S NOT REGISTERED YET. 
          SHE ARRIVED, UH, IN LONG BEACH ABOUT A WEEK AGO. 
          UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO START, UH, TAKING HER OUT ON THE WATER. 
          IT'S NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OFFICIAL YET, UH, TO START TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, THE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, UM, OF WHETHER IT'S MARINE, UH, LIKE I SAID, FLOW DEBRIS, UH, OR ASSISTING OTHER AGENCIES LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, UH, THE MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE COME DOWN AND HAS NEEDED SUPPORT AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 
          UH, SO WE'VE GOTTEN THIS BOAT HERE, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE CHRISTENING FOR, UH, YOU'RE ALL INVITED WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO THAT, UH, UH, UH, TO KIND OF TAKE WHAT LITERALLY HAS BEEN CORE MEMBERS SHOWING UP IN A, IN GOING OUT IN VANS AND TRUCKS AND GOING OUT ON A BOAT, UH, TO DO THESE THINGS ON, YOU KNOW, ON OUR, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH OUR CORE MEMBERS, WALLET, WATER QUALITY TESTING, ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF. 
          UH, UH, SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, EFFORTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COLORADO LAGOON WITH THE SCIENCE DIVERS GOING OUT THERE. 
          THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE JUST GETTING STARTED UP. 
          I'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE END. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE STEEP PREVIEW OF, UH, OF THE BOAT. 
          SO SOME OF THE PROJECT PARTNERS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH RECENTLY, AND WE'VE HAD CORPS MEMBERS WORKING AT THE AQUARIUM, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH, THE MARINE, UH, THE CABILLA MARINE AQUARIUM, UH, TIDAL INFLUENCE TROUT UNLIMITED, UH, WATERKEEPER DO LA WATERKEEPER DOING MARINE PROTECTED AREA WATCH AND WATER QUALITY TESTING, AND ALGAE BLOOM MONITORING. 
          UH, WITH THE MARINE BUREAU HERE, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING AT THE US, UH, NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE AT THE SEAL BEACH, UH, UH, WILDLIFE REFUGE INSIDE THE SEAL BEACH NAVAL WEAPON STATION, WHICH IS A PRETTY COOL EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, MAYBE MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE THIS ON THE SATURDAYS THAT YOU CAN GO AND, AND DO THE BIRD WATCHING AND COOL THING THERE THAT YOU OTHERWISE CAN'T GET INTO. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED IN LONG BEACH MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, HOW DO YOU GET IN THERE? NO ONE GOES IN THERE. 
          UH, AND OUR CORPS MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE FEDERAL DOD CLEARANCE AND GET TO WORK ON THERE IN THE REFUGE, UH, UH, DOING LEASE TURN RESTORATION AND WEIGHING ENDANGERED GREASING, GREEN SEA TURTLES, AND REALLY COOL THINGS. 
          SO, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN. 
          ALTA UH, THE CONSERVANCY ON CATALINA, A NUMBER, A NUMBER OF, UH, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, AGENCIES, UH, THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE WITH SOME OF OUR CORE MEMBERS, UH, UH, IN ACTION AS WELL. 
          UM, SO TO DATE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, OVER 1500, YOU KNOW, PLANTS, UH, WETLANDS PLANTS, PROPAGATED, UH, 400 DUNE PLANTS. 
          UM, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE AS MUCH DUNE WORK HERE IN LONG BEACH, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, AS IF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, I MEAN, AS THAT'S COMPLICATED, GETTING DUNE PROJECTS APPROVED AND FUNDED. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN, UH, SUPPORTING THERE UP IN THE EL SEGUNDO DUNES AREA, UM, OVER, YOU KNOW, UH, A QUARTER TON OF, UH, INVASIVE PLANTS REMOVED SEED COLLECTION, UH, WETLANDS RESTORED. 
          WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF EVENTS, UM, MARINE PROTECTED AREA SURVEYS, AS I'VE MENTIONED. 
          LOTS OF, UH, UH, BIRD SURVEYS AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL, AND I'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS HERE, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY ON THIS SLIDE, BUT TOO SURELY IT'S PRESENTATION. 
          WE ACTUALLY WERE WORKING WITH TITLE INFLUENCE, UM, UH, ON, UH, EELGRASS RESTORATION IN THE COLORADO LAGOON. 
          SO, UM, UH, JUST A LAST COUPLE SLIDES HERE. 
          SO WHAT ARE THESE ARE, THESE ARE OUR CORE MEMBERS, I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, WHO, WHO, WHO ARE THESE FOLKS? UH, SO YOU'VE GOT DAISY. 
          ALL OF OUR CORE MEMBERS ARE RIGHT NOW, LITERALLY LAST WEEK, STARTED THEIR INTERNSHIPS, THIS SORT OF FINAL PHASE IF THEY'VE WORKED. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE GOING INTO THESE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WHERE THEY'VE, UH, WORKED AND ARE GONNA GO DO AN INTERNSHIP WITH THEM ON SITE. 
          SO DAISY THERE IN THE TOP LEFT IS GONNA BE DOING MORE MARINE PROTECTIVE SURVEYS WITH, UH, LA WATERKEEPER AND WHOLE FAST AGRICULTURE, WHERE SHE'S LEARNING HUSBANDRY SKILLS AND LIFE SUPPORT TECHNICIAN SKILLS. 
          UH, SHE ACTUALLY WANTS TO DO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY. 
          SHE HAS HER DEGREE IN THAT. 
          UH, AND SHE'S LOOKING TO DO THAT. 
          SO MARIAI IN THE TOP RIGHT HEEL, THE BAY AQUARIUM AND HOLD FAST AQUACULTURE, UH, ALSO DOING HUSBANDRY AND EDUCATION, UH, WORKING ON RED ABALONE. 
          YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA'S A STATE MARINE SNAIL, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW, UH, UH, UH, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL. 
          UH, UH, SHE WANTS TO BE A MARINE BIOLOGIST AND IS CURRENTLY STUDYING IT IN LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. 
          UH, YOU'VE GOT, UH, UH, UH, UM, UH, 
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SAO MARTINEZ IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT. 
          HE ACTUALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH CORE WORK, AND HE WANTS HIS PATHWAYS. 
          HE WANTS TO BE A STAFF MEMBER AND CREW SUPERVISOR WITH US. 
          SO HE'S CAREER PATHING, UH, INTO THAT. 
          UH, TY ROBINSON. 
          UM, THE, THE GENTLEMAN WITH THE DREADS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, HE, UH, IS GONNA BE WORKING WITH TIDAL INFLUENCE, UM, AND ALTA MARINE RESEARCH, UH, DOING EDUCATION AND FIELD TRIPS. 
          HE WANTS TO BE AN EDUCATOR. 
          UH, AND THEN JA GREEN ON THE RIGHT, UH, IS GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BIRD RESCUE, HELPING WITH OILED AND ENTANGLED BIRDS, DOING WASHING AND TREATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UH, SO JUST DOING LOTS OF REALLY, REALLY COOL THINGS. 
          SO, TO WRAP IT UP, I, THE, THE GOAL HERE IS THIS, THIS PILOT IS, IS KIND OF WRAPPING UP IN THIS FIRST COHORT. 
          WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT COHORT, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY, UM, UH, TO DO MORE TO EXPLORE. 
          AND SHIRLEY AND I WERE JUST TALKING IN THE AUDIENCE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AND PUT THAT BOAT TO USE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND GET IT OUT THERE AND START DOING SOME WORK. 
          MARINE DEBRIS REMOVAL, WHETHER IT'S WATER QUALITY TESTING HERE, UH, WETLAND STEWARDSHIP LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          UM, WHO KNOWS, I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO THAT I WAS SAYING MITIGATION, MONITORING ALL THIS STUFF, MAYBE WE CAN HELP, I DON'T KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT MAYBE WE CAN HELP OUT. 
          RIGHT? UH, UH, AND JUST GETTING LONG BEACH YOUTH EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR FUTURES AND HOW THEY CAN SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, FOCUSED IN MARINE CONSERVATION, WHICH FOR THESE FIVE IS THEIR PASSION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT AND FOR, UH, LETTING ME SHARE MY PRESENTATION AND MY EXCITEMENT WITH YOU ALL. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. 
          WONDERFUL JOB. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, DAVID. 
          YEAH. 
          HOW MANY CORE MEMBERS THERE RIGHT NOW? AND AT THE COURT, WE SERVE ABOUT 150 TO 160 CORE MEMBERS OUT ON THE GRADE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE GREATER LONG BEACH AREA. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHAT WAS THE BOAT MODELED AFTER? HOW, HOW FROM LOUISIANA? SO WE, UH, MODELED IT AFTER AN EXISTING, UH, UH, ORGANIZATION HERE. 
          UM, UH, UH, THE LOS WETLANDS STEWARDS HAVE A BOAT VERY, VERY SIMILAR, UH, TO THIS ONE. 
          AND SO I JUST CALLED UP LENNY AND SAID, HEY, WHERE ARE THE PLANS TO YOUR BOAT? WE WANT TO COPY IT. 
          'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRAIN SOME YOUTH TO BE DOING THIS GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          UH, UH, AND SO WE LITERALLY COPIED THE EXACT BOAT, UH, THAT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW WITH THE MARINE BUREAU AND WITH THE, WITH THE PARK, YOU KNOW, WITH PRM. 
          UH, SO IT'S, IT'S SIMILAR. 
          WE WERE ABLE, WE WERE FORTUNATE, WE WERE, HE'S LIKE, PERFECT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A BOAT, IF YOU'RE A BOAT PERSON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, IT'S NEVER DONE, RIGHT? YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON SOMETHING. 
          AND HE, UH, HE'S GOT, YOU KNOW, YEARS AND YEARS OF TWEAKS AND UPGRADES. 
          SO WE, WE, WE SAID, WE WANT ALL THE UPGRADES HE'S PUT INTO IT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS AND DECADES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT. 
          SO IT'LL BE A VERY, VERY HIGHLY VERSATILE BOAT. 
          UH, FRANKLY, WE PROBABLY, IT CAN DO MORE THAN WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED. 
          WE WANTED IT TO BE FUTURE PROOF SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE AND GET CORE MEMBERS ACCESS TO ANY AND ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTAKE HERE IN THE LONG BEACH AREA AND BEYOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M, I'M THE NEW CHAIR OF THE LOS ANGELES EMERGENCY AND RESILIENCE GROUP, UH, FOR THE FIRES. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING OUT THERE. 
          AND WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT GETTING YOU ON OUR, UH, UH, OUR, OUR AD LIST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, UH, FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, WELL DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I'M JUST LOOKING, YOU HAD 250 YOUTH ENGAGED, UM, AS VOLUNTEERS. 
          THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO, AND WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR MONEY? WHERE'S THE, UH, MORE GIFT TO RAISE DOLLARS TO? WE DO. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, WE, UH, A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE HAVE A MASTER AGREEMENT, UH, WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE MONEY DIRECTLY TIED TO IT. 
          IT HAS A, A, A CAP PER SE. 
          UH, AND WE DO WORK, UH, WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS SIGNIFICANTLY NOW, UH, SOME OF OUR CORPS MEMBERS WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING ASPHALT REPAIRS, ALL THE, ALL THAT NEWS LAST YEAR ABOUT ALL THE POTHOLES AND ALL THAT. 
          UH, WE HAD SIX CORPS MEMBERS EMBEDDED IN THE ASPHALT CREWS IN ONE IN EVERY TRUCK, UH, THAT WAS GOING OUT. 
          AND THEY WERE LEARNING THOSE SKILLS AND ALL THAT KIND OF WORK. 
          SO A LOT OF IT IS, UH, UH, FEE FOR SERVICE TYPE WORK THAT WE DO THAT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE AS A RESULT OF OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE ACCREDITATION TO BE A STATE JOB TRADING PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE HAVE THAT, BUT WE ALSO GO AND SEEK A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING AS WELL. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL FUNDING IS A GRANT. 
          SO WE MIX, UH, FEE FOR SERVICE WORK GRANTS, AND ALSO, OF COURSE, YOU CAN DONATE@CCLBCORE.ORG. 
          GOT IT. 
          , UH, GREAT REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S THE TYPICAL WEEK FOR THESE KIDS DOING THEIR THEY EQUIPMENT? 20 HOURS A WEEK? YEAH. 
          FIVE HOURS A DAY. 
          IT'S GREAT. 
          SO AN AVERAGE WEEK IS THREE TO FOUR DAYS OF WORK. 
          CORPS MEMBERS SHOW UP AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, BRIGHT AND EARLY, READY TO GO WITH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR, IN FULL UNIFORM, YOU KNOW, READY TO START THE DAY. 
          BRIGHT-EYED AND BUSHY TAILED, THEY GO OUT AND THEY DEPLOY TO 25 TO 30 PROJECT SITES ALL OVER, UH, 
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SOUTHEAST LA COUNTY CATALINA, THE NATIONAL FOREST, ET CETERA. 
          UH, THEY DO THEIR WORK, UH, AND THEN THEY COME BACK. 
          SOME OF OUR CORE MEMBERS WILL GO OUT AND DO WHAT OUR, UH, WE CALL SPIKES, WHICH IS JARGON FOR A WORKING CAMPING TRIP. 
          SO, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T GO TO CATALINA AND BACK IN A DAY AND GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. 
          SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY GO AND SPEND THE WEEK OR TWO WEEKS, OR IN THE CASE OF DISASTER RESPONSE, SOMETIMES A MONTH AT A TIME. 
          OUR CORE MEMBERS WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA, UH, HURRICANE RESPONSE SPENT CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING IN TWO STINTS AS A MONTH VOLUNTEER ONLY NO ONE WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO GO AND SAID, I WANT TO GO SERVE. 
          AND THAT'S HOW I WANT TO SPEND MY HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          AND MANY OF OUR CORE MEMBERS, OUR PARENTS THEMSELVES, HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, ARE SOMETIMES EVEN THE BREADWINNERS IN THEIR FAMILY. 
          UH, SO IT'S A PRETTY DIVERSE SORT OF EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT THE DAY-TO-DAY IS A, YOU KNOW, A SEVEN, EIGHT HOUR A DAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK. 
          UH, WHILE THEY ALSO HAVE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, WHETHER HERE IN OUR, WE HAVE A CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, UH, THAT THEY CAN ATTEND. 
          IF THEY DIDN'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CAN GO TO CITY COLLEGE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY, OR THEY CAN DO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WITH US OR OTHERWISE. 
          SO THAT'S ON THE OFF DAYS. 
          ARE THEY GETTING PAID FOR WHEN THEY WORK WITH US, THEY'RE PAID FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO. 
          IT IS A FULLY PAID JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          I TOTALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          I WANTED TO ASK FOR THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES THAT YOU GUYS TARGET OR THAT THE CORE TARGETS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, ARE THERE CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOLS OR CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MORE FAMILIAR WITH LA CONSERVATION CORPS? SO PLEASE EDUCATE ME. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, UH, SO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS ME, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT LA CONSERVATION CORPS, YOU KNOW, FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. 
          AND, UH, COMES WITH THAT LEGACY. 
          HE, WE'VE, WE, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS. 
          WE'RE STARTING TO LET HIM BE A LONG BEACH GUY, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND WE SAY HE'S JUST HITTING DOUBLE. 
          HE WAS IN LA YEAH, I FIGURED GIVEN THAT QUESTION. 
          BUT, UH, UH, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, WE HAVE A RECRUITER AND A RECRUITING TEAM. 
          OUR CORE MEMBER DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, KIND OF OWNS THE FULL CORE MEMBER LIFE CYCLE FROM RECRUITMENT TO CAREER TRANSITION SUPPORT AND OUTPLACEMENT, UH, UM, AND THE WHOLE FUNNEL, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND SO OUR RECRUITER WORKS WITH A NUMBER OF GUIDANCE COUNSELORS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BOTH WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE, UM, COMPLETING AND MAY NOT BE CREDIT ELIGIBLE BY THE TIME THEY REACH THE END OF THEIR FOURTH YEAR. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME AND THEN ATTEND OUR, OUR ALTERNATIVE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS FULLY WAS ACCREDITED. 
          YOU GET TO GO TO PROM AND WHITEWATER RAFTING AND ALL THE THINGS. 
          UM, UM, SO THAT'S A, A KEY FOCUS. 
          BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF RECRUITMENT IS WORD OF MOUTH. 
          IT'S OVER 75% OF HOW WE GET OUR CORE MEMBERS BECAUSE, AND WE HAVE BROTHERS, SISTERS, COUSINS, YOU KNOW, , EVERYBODY WHO COMES. 
          BECAUSE ONCE YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE CORE AND YOU HEAR THAT LIST OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GET TO DO AND GET PAID WHILE YOU DO IT, AND SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY AND BE SWEATY AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS COOL. 
          I GOTTA TELL ALL MY FRIENDS ABOUT THIS. 
          AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY WAY THAT WE GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR. 
          BUT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH AGENCIES, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND A NUMBER OF RECRUITING PIPELINES AND PARTNERS. 
          ONE MORE. 
          I'M GONNA, UH, ALSO USS IOWA. 
          WE SHOULD TALK, YOU SHOULD COME OUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE A POOL TRAINING CREW ON THE IOWA, AND, AND IT'S, UH, UM, CAN OPEN ANY DOORS YOU WANT ON THE US IOWA. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU MY CARD. 
          I, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER JOAN? SO, SHANNON HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, SORRY. 
          BUT SHE IS, UM, A REALLY TALENTED GRAPHICS PERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          WHO WORKS FOR A COMPANY THAT MAKES SIGNS AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO DECORATE YOUR BOAT ONCE YOU GET IT READY TO GO. 
          OH, WOW. 
          AND TO GIVE IT, SHE'S DONE GRAPHICS FOR THE YACHT CLUB, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. 
          VERY COOL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THAT'S VERY GOOD. 
          SO ALL THEY DO MY CARDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE LITTLE ONE SHEETERS. 
          IF I, MY PRESENTATION WAS QUICK 'CAUSE IT'S LATE. 
          UH, IF YOU WANT A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? ALL THE THINGS THEY DO AND OUR CONTACT INFO. 
          AND ALSO, THANK YOU DAVID. 
          THIS WAS KIND OF A NIGHT FOR GRATITUDE AND, AND YOU, YOU DELIVERED. 
          OH, THAT'S VERY SWEET. 
          IT IS MY PLEASURE. 
          THIS, SO WE HAVE OUR MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING. 
          AYE. 
          AYE AND NA, YOU AGAIN, MR. S AND WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR. 
          UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL REPORTS. 
          SO MOVE. 
          SO MOVE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          WE MOVE FORWARD TO THAT MANAGER REPORT. 
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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE MANAGER REPORT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE AND THANK COMMISSIONER CAGER AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MARINA FOR BRINGING, UH, TWO VERY, UH, INVIGORATED, UH, PRESENTATIONS TO US, UH, THIS EVENING. 
          SO, UH, YOU DO THIS JOB LONG ENOUGH, THE EXCELLENCE BECOMES ORDINARY, AND THEN TO HEAR GREAT PEOPLE DOING AMAZING THINGS LIKE THEY'RE DOING AT THE SHORE CORE AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE COLORADO. 
          GOOD. 
          IT IS, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S AN INJECTION. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU FOR, UH, RECOMMENDING AND BRINGING THESE TWO PRESENTATIONS TO US. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HOP RIGHT IN. 
          WE WILL START WITH, UH, MARINE SAFETY AND BATTALION CHIEF, UH, APRIL. 
          ANY UPDATES FOR THE GROUP? UM, HI COMMISSIONER. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT. 
          UH, PLACE, UH, CHIEF, WHO'S DOWN IN SAN DIEGO FOR A DEPARTMENT BOATING WATERWAYS, UM, MEETING. 
          BUT OCTOBER'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH FOR US. 
          WE, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME NEW HIRES AND MORNING SAFETY OFFICERS, WHICH IS, UH, OUR, OUR ENTRY LEVEL FOR A PERMANENT POSITION WITHIN THE LIFEGUARD. 
          SO WE HIRE FROM WITHIN OUR NON CAREER LIFEGUARDS, AND WE JUST HIRED A GROUP OF NEW SAFETY OFFICERS AND SPENT, THEY SPENT TWO WEEKS DOING SWIFT WATER RESCUE TRAINING, AND THEN ANOTHER THREE WEEKS RIGHT AFTER THAT, DOING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIVE COURSE. 
          AND WE PUT ON FOR OUR, OUR OWN PEOPLE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S BEEN OUR MAIN FOCUS THE LAST MONTH, IS GETTING THROUGH THAT TRAINING AND GETTING THEM TRAINED UP JUST IN TIME, THE RAIN THAT'S COMING SO WE CAN HAVE THEM OUT THERE. 
          WE'VE GOT SWIFT WATER TEAMS WILL BE DEPLOYED TOMORROW MORNING, STARTING AT 8:00 AM AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR THIS RAIN. 
          SO TRAININGS BEEN THE, AND THE BIG FOCUS RIGHT NOW. 
          CONTINUE TO WORK ON REPAIRS ON OUR RESCUE BOATS, KEEPING THOSE IN ORDER. 
          UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YOU, YOU KNOW, I, WORKING WITH THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AND ALL THE SAFETY PROCEDURES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, UH, AND GOING INTO OTHER COUNTIES, HOW MUCH MORE STAFFING DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA NEED? I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THE ONLY, I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S REALLY A TOP STAFF RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE DO YOU THINK YOU WILL MEET ON SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WHEN IT COMES TO TWO YEARS FROM NOW? YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE AS WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, UM, OPERATION. 
          AND WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE 26 PERMIT PERSONNEL WITHIN THE MARINE SAFETY DIVISION, BUT ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE 170 NON-CAREER LIFEGUARDS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT FILL THE BEACH IN THE SUMMERTIME, BUT ALSO GET PLENTY OF WORK THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGE, UH, ADULTS THAT, THAT I'M GUARANTEE WE'LL BE OUT THERE PUTTING THE WORK FOR THESE EVENTS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO MARINE PATROL WITH POLICE SERGEANT MCVAY AND MARINE PATROL SUPERVISOR, JOE. 
          JOE. 
          HELLO EVERYBODY. 
          UH, MY NAME'S JOE, THE SUPERVISOR FOR AFTERNOONS. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT THAT SOME OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE WE RECEIVED AS WELL AS, UH, SOME OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH US. 
          UM, FOR THIS PAST MONTH, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,569 CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          THREE QUARTER OF THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE WHERE OFFICER INITIATED A MEETING WHEN OFFICERS OBSERVED SOMETHING IF SHOWED HIMSELF OUT ON AN INVESTIGATION. 
          AND WE RECEIVED 106, UH, DISPATCH CALLS FOR SERVICE RELATING TO PEOPLE CALLING IN ABOUT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS. UM, AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT'S CONCERNED, WE ISSUED ABOUT SEVEN CITATIONS, FIVE SITES WERE ISSUED FOR FISHING IN MARINA, AS WELL AS, UH, TWO SITES THAT WERE ISSUED FOR, UM, TRESPASS ON OUR DOCKS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS A POSITIVE NOTE, UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT OUR TRAINING THE OTHER DAY, WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE WE'RE SO SHORT OF STAFF AND THAT'S GONNA HELP OUT ON HIGH VISIBILITY NEXT YEAR PATROL IN OUR ARENAS. 
          UM, AND WE EXPECTED TO HAVE A, I THINK AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE COME JUNE, UH, JUNE TIMEFRAME THAT WE'RE GONNA GET. 
          WE'RE GONNA PUT THROUGH TRAINING AND GET THEM BACK, GET THEM IN SERVICE AGAIN, HELP OUT. 
          UH, NOW OPEN THE FLOOR IF ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE TRESPASS CERTAIN DAY OR NIGHT? BOTH. 
          BOTH. 
          YEP. 
          IT, IT'S IN EFFECT DAY AND NO, I KNOW, BUT THE, THE SITES THAT YOU DID, WAS IT A, A MORE NIGHT 10 TRESPASS OR? YEAH, THEY WERE ISSUED AT NIGHTTIME YESTERDAY. 
          AND THOSE, SOME OF THOSE I THINK WERE IN COMBINATION WITH THE FISHING AND COTTON FISHING AT NIGHT. 
          THEY GOT TWO SITES. 
          SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE SOME ELECTRICAL CORDS THAT WERE MISSING IN BASIN WAR AND IT'S SUSPECTED THAT FOLKS ARE RECYCLING THAT. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW THIS IF THEY'RE RECYCLING, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME 
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CALLS WHERE IT'S GENERATED REPORT CALLS FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, AND I GUESS THERE WAS SOME REPEAT THEN. 
          UH, WELL WE GOT FLAGGED DOWN, I GUESS DAYS LATER BY SOME  OVER SAYING THEY HAD SOME OTHER THEFT INVOLVED, BUT THEY DIDN'T GO IN DETAIL BECAUSE I GUESS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FILE A REPORT AT TIME. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A BETTER WAY WE COULD RECOMMEND, UM, THE BOAT OWNERS SECURE THOSE CORDS? I, I KNOW THE ONE WAS ABLE TO, HE FELT LIKE HE WASN'T HIT AGAIN BECAUSE HE, UH, KIND OF ROUTED IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          MADE IT ON BOARD HIS BOAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          YEAH, WELL WE TALK TO 'EM AND EDUCATE 'EM ABOUT IT. 
          IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING NOT TO LEAVE STUFF OUT. 
          WE ALWAYS KIND OF TELL 'EM IF THEY HAVE STUFF WITH LAYING BALANCE. 
          WELL, IT'S STUFF FOR THE ELECTRICAL CORDS THOUGH. 
          THIS A SHORT POWER. 
          SO THEY NEED THE SHORT POWER 24 7 FOR THE PUMP. 
          THEY GOTTA LEAVE THE PUMP TERMS OFF. 
          WE HAD ONE OF OUR BOAT SAYING POWER POWER, UM, THE SHORE POWER CORDS. 
          THAT'S THE FIRST TIME. 
          HOW MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN STOLEN? IS THIS ONE A ONE TIME DEAL? I HEARD FOUR. 
          YEAH, FOUR OF THEM. 
          AND ONE WAS THE REPEAT THAT WASN'T, HE'D GONE OUT AND BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE AND THEN THE REPLACEMENT WAS GONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, I'LL TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT'S HAPPENING. 
          I GUESS THEY HAVE VIDEO'S HAPPENING OF THE, UM, I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH THE VIDEO, USUALLY IT'S SO RAINY, IT'S HARD TO GET ANYTHING. 
          YOU CAN'T, IT CAN'T IDENTIFY. 
          AND TYPICALLY IT'S GONNA BE UNDER $950. 
          IT'S JUST GONNA BE A MISDEMEANOR. 
          AND I CAN'T EVEN ARREST 'EM ON A STILL MISDEMEANOR. 
          I HAVE TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          THEY HAVE TO GO A WARRANT. 
          IT TAKES MONTHS. 
          I'M MUCH BETTER TO CATCH THAN THE ACT. 
          HOPEFULLY I CATCH IN THE ACT ON A FRIDAY. 
          'CAUSE THEN THEY GET BOOKED IN, THEY STAY ALL THE WAY UNTIL MONDAY. 
          OR WHEN THEY SEE A JUDGE, THEY SPEND THE WEEKEND IN JAIL. 
          I KNOW IT'S FRUSTRATING WITH THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND TO HAVE IT. 
          I'M, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO IF WE FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THIS SPECIFICALLY AND WE'RE NOT REAL SURE. 
          'CAUSE THE BOAT OWNERS AREN'T THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          THEY COME TO THEIR BOAT AND WE CAN PROBABLY PARTNER WITH THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION THAT GET TO GET IT BLAST OUT. 
          SO YOU GUYS HAVE MY EMAIL. 
          IF THERE'S, THIS BECOMES A SPECIFIC PROBLEM. 
          IT MEANS SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY IS DOING IT OVER AND OVER. 
          I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCEPT TASK FORCE TO SET UP AND TRY TO CATCH 'EM IN THE ACT OF IT. 
          ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC DAY OF THE WEEK TIMEFRAME. 
          THEY USUALLY DO IT. 
          I HAVE NO PROBLEM SENDING SOMEBODY OUT, THROWING A STAKE OUT. 
          UM, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT, THEIR VEHICLES ARE MARKED AND VERY VISIBLE. 
          SO TYPICALLY THEY SEE 'EM AROUND. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. 
          THEY'LL, THEY'RE OPPORTUNISTIC. 
          SO I UNDERCOVER MARK UN MARKED VEHICLES. 
          I CAN SIT CENTER IN IF I NEED TO FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL WE, WE KNOW THE VICTIMS AND WE'LL LET 'EM KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LIKE HE SAID, WE JUST GOT TWO OFF TRAINING. 
          WE HAVE ONE ON TRAINING. 
          UM, WE HAVE FOUR MORE THAT ARE COMING. 
          UH, THEY GRADUATE DECEMBER 12TH FROM THEIR ACADEMY. 
          THEN THEY HAVE TO DO A COUPLE WEEKS TO GEL. 
          THEY HAVE TO GO TO FIREARMS COURSE. 
          I'M HOPING TO GET THOSE FOUR TRAINEES HERE IN EARLY JANUARY. 
          I EVEN HAD ONE OF THE JAILERS WHO'S AN S SSO AS WELL, CAME ON RIGHT ALONG TODAY. 
          HE'S SORT OF LIKE, I'M HOPING YOU SAW THE BRIGHT LIGHT. 
          WHOA, THIS IS GREAT JOB. 
          I BE IN THE MARINAS OR IN THE CHILL. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER DO? SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING UP ON STAFFING. 
          HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WE'LL GET SOME HELP. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OH. 
          SO JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF I, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING COME HERE. 
          ONE OF THE KIND OF THE NAGGING ISSUES, IT DOESN'T SOUND GREAT NAGGING, BUT, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE LOTS OF FISHERMEN IN TOWN BAY WHO ARE ADOLESCENTS. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE NICE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS. 
          BUT THEN WE DISAPPEAR. 
          AND SO WE HAD, WE HAD REPORTS THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, WE HAD THESE GUYS OVER EACH WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE HOW YOU SUPPORTED THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION. 
          IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE SOCIAL THINGS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT FISHING AT SOME POINT IN THE MARINA? I, WELL, I DO KNOW THEY ORDERED MORE SIGNS AND, AND SO WE ARE GETTING SUPPORT FROM OUR, UM, MARINE BUREAU STAFF. 
          UH, AND THAT'S GONNA HELP WITH THE ENFORCEMENT END. 
          AND THEN ALL OF US JUST NEED TO REMIND FOLKS. 
          UM, I SEE 'EM EVERY DAY AS I'M DRIVING ALONG AND TRY TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THAT, AND IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME KIDS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU TELL 'EM THAT THEY, THERE'S NO FISHING IN AN ARENA THAT THEY COME BACK AND THEY COME BACK AND COME BACK. 
          SO I SAID, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHRONIC. 
          IT'S, IT'S CHRONIC AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO OVER BEAT UP THESE KIDS. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S AN ISSUE THAT, THAT WE NEED SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION IN THEIR DIRECTION. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE, THE TRESPASSING SIGNS THAT ARE ON A MORE TRESPASSING SIGNS GOING ON. 
          BUT WORKING WITH TODD AND, AND THE TEAM, AND I KNOW IT'S, THEY TOTALLY IGNORE IT. 
          OH, I KNOW. 
          BUT IT GIVES THEM THE POWER ONCE THEY SEE THEM ON THE DOCK. 
          NOT THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ENOUGH OFFICERS OUT 
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THERE MAKING THAT HAPPEN, BUT AT LEAST THEY CAN BE FINE AND HATE FINDING KIDS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE FISHING YET, LIKE JOE STATED, I'M, I'M DRIVING DOWN SECOND STREET THE OTHER DAY AND THE ELECTRIC BIKES GOING DOWN SECOND STREET. 
          THERE'S 11 OF 'EM. 
          WHAT DO THEY ALL HAVE ON THEIR BIKES? FISHING POLES? ALL OF 'EM. 
          THEY ALL HAD FISHING POLES AND THEY CAME FROM, YOU KNOW, OFF STUDEBAKER INTO LONG BEACH COMING UP BECAUSE THEY CAN RIDE. 
          I KNOW. 
          I MEAN, THEY RIDE THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE FISHING POLES. 
          WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING. 
          UM, BUT I THINK ONCE IT'S, I AGREE THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING WORKED OUT, BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, FISHING OFF THE DOCKS AROUND THE BOATS. 
          THAT'S OUR CONCERN. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY. 
          THOSE ARE YOUR PROPERTIES. 
          AND WE'VE STOPPED IT IN, IN NAPLES ISLAND AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY HAD THERE WITH 'EM CASTING OVER AND SCRATCHING THE BOATS. 
          IT'S JUST AWARENESS. 
          SHE MAKES PHONE CALLS. 
          I MAKE PHONE CALLS. 
          IF YOU SEE IT, SAY IT. 
          WE KNOW HOW SUPPORTIVE THAT OUR, OUR POLICE ARE OUT THERE. 
          SAY IT'S A THOUSAND SIGN, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A BAIL AMOUNT ON THE SIDES CAN DO THAT. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO FISHING, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCE IS. 
          THERE'S NO BICYCLE RIDING. 
          YOU DUNNO WHAT THE, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THEM. 
          WE DON'T MAKE THE SIGNS. 
          WE DON'T PUT THE SIGNS UP. 
          I MEAN THAT, I THINK THE BIGGER THING IS ARE ARE THEIR PARENTS RESPONSIBLE? IS THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY TOLD EVERYBODY AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THEY'RE INVESTING $300,000 AND PUTTING BRAND NEW GATES UP. 
          THAT'LL MAKE IT MUCH HARDER FOR THEM TO GET ON THE DOCKS. 
          AND YOU GUYS DEFINITELY VOICED TO US VERY STRONGLY AT THE LAST TWO MEETINGS HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO YOU GUYS. 
          I'VE GONE TO MY OFFICERS AND MENTIONED THAT AND SO I HEAR YOU AND WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT. 
          'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE WILL FOCUS ON THAT. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          WHAT AGE, WHAT AGE YOU, WHAT AGE DO YOU THESE A LICENSES TO REQUIRE A FISHING LICENSE TO ACTUALLY FISH? I'M GONNA BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU. 
          YOU DON'T, AS A POLICE OFFICER, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GUN, THEY DON'T HAVE METH. 
          THAT WAS LEAST MY WORRY AS A PATROL COP. 
          SO IF YOU GET A BLUE SUIT, WHICH IS LIKE ME, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS. 
          I DOUBT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY GOAL. 
          THEY'RE GOING LIKE, WE HAVE 47 FATALITIES SO FAR IN THE SUIT IS HERE. 
          MY MARINE PATROL IS DEFINITELY VERY MUCH ON TOP OF IT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF FISHING LICENSES, I BELIEVE IT'S OVER 16. 
          I THINK. 
          I BELIEVE KIDS DON'T EVEN NEED FULL BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'VE LOOKED, 'CAUSE MY KIDS ARE LIKE 12 AND 11 AND I GO UP TO SIERRA'S, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET A FISHING LICENSE YET, AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR ONE FOR MYSELF. 
          SO I THINK IT'S EITHER 16 OR 18. 
          FOUR HAS A FISHING DERBY THIS WEEKEND WHERE THEY'LL BE SOME WINE. 
          CORRECT. 
          WE CAN REROUTE 'EM ALL OVER THERE TO THE GO HEAD OUT TO THE PIER KIDS IF YOU, THAT IS A FANTASTIC IDEA. 
          WE COULD FIND A SPOT WHERE THEY CAN FISH AND WE CAN DIRECT 'EM AND WE CAN DO SOME SORT OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          HEY, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FISH IN LONG BEACH. 
          THIS IS WHERE YOU SHOULD GO DO IT. 
          I HATE BEATING UP ON KIDS VERY PERSONALLY THAT ARE FISHING WHEN THEY'RE NOT OUT TAGGING. 
          THEY'RE NOT OUT STEALING, THEY'RE NOT OUT WRECKING THINGS. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A POSITIVE WAY TO DIVERT THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD AND NOT JUST HAMMER THEM EXCELLENT IDEAS. 
          YEAH. 
          CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          AMEN. 
          YEAH. 
          DAVID'S HERE TO HELP US RIGHT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TO AND GRATITUDE, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          APPRECIATE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND SUPPORTING THE BOAT OWNERS WITH THEIR MEETING COMING HERE THIS EVENING AND SUPPORTING OUR MEETING. 
          APPRECIATE IN PATROL DETAILED. 
          UH, I'M GONNA TAKE EVERYBODY THROUGH OUR MAC REPORT, UH, UH, HAVE SOME EXCELLENT TRAINING NEWS. 
          OUR, UH, SUPERINTENDENTS AND SEVERAL OF OUR SUPERVISORS, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAVE BEEN DOWN AT THE MARINE RECREATION ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. 
          IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, MEET LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS IN THE MARINA INDUSTRY. 
          UM, LOOK AT NEW EMERGING INDUSTRY CH UH, TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS AND, UH, OUR SUPERINTENDENT CONTINGENT DOWN THERE. 
          UH, JUST NETWORKING AND LEARNING AND, AND JUST REALLY, UH, IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN INTO MARINA, MARINA EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR, OUR MAC REPORT. 
          WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, OUR, OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE STUFF. 
          UH, WE DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD UPGRADE OF THE FENCE ON THE OCEAN BOULEVARD SIDE OF THE BAYSHORE HOCKEY RINK. 
          IT WAS STARTING TO GET A LITTLE, UH, DOWNTRODDEN AND, UH, NEEDED SOME REVITALIZATION. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, UH, A BEFORE AND AFTER. 
          UH, WE, WE TOOK DOWN THE, THE, UH, OLD FENCING, UH, PUT UP A NICE COVERED PLASTIC, 
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UH, UH, BLUE FENCE. 
          AND THEN WE MATCHED THE POLE AND THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOCKEY RINK TO, TO THE FENCE COLOR. 
          OH, UH, THE PITCHER DOES A GOOD JUSTICE. 
          THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY DONE, BUT IF YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU'RE DRIVING BY, YOU CAN SEE A GREAT, IT'S, IT'S A VISUAL AESTHETIC UPGRADE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE JOSEPH THERE, OUR PAINTER, UH, HE'S UTILIZING OUR IN-HOUSE CNC MACHINE. 
          IT DOES A LOT OF REALLY FINE DETAIL WORK. 
          UH, IF YOU GO TO OUR PARKS AND YOU SEE, UH, THE, THE WOOD SIGN WITH THE YELLOW LETTERING, THAT'S HOW WE MAKE THEM. 
          WE MAKE THEM WITH A CNC UH, UH, MACHINE IN OUR, OUR, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE YARDS. 
          AND THE GUYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH IT. 
          THEY DO. 
          THEY HAVE THE MACHINE DO THE, THE, THE CUTTING AND THE ENGRAVING, BUT THEN WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS THEY GET IN, THEY DO THE FINE DETAIL WORK. 
          THE, THE PAINTING AND THE, UH, THE FINISHED GLOSS. 
          UH, THIS TIME OF YEAR, UH, TREES IN THE BAY. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST DONE. 
          UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING OUT THERE. 
          SAVE OUR, UH, COLORADO LAGOON AND THE, UH, SECOND STREET BAYSHORE RUN. 
          UH, THOSE WILL BE OUR, UH, NEW SOLAR POWER, UH, PLATFORMS THAT'LL BE COMING IN. 
          SO THOSE WILL BE, UH, PLACED, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, NEXT WEEK. 
          AND, UH, THAT'LL BRING OUR SOLAR CONTINGENT TO 20 OUT OF 68. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP OUR SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOLAR LED UH, UH, INVENTORY. 
          AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE END THERE, UH, OVER AT, UH, 62ND PLACE, YOU, WE HAVE PAVERS, BUT RECENTLY THEY'RE REALLY STARTING TO DIVE DOWN AND DIP. 
          UH, SO STAFF WENT IN THERE AND, UH, GOT UNDER THE PAVERS, UH, FLATTENED OUT THAT AREA AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD A NICE FLAT, SMOOTH SURFACE FOR, FOR, UH, COMMUNITY USE AT THE 62ND PLACE PLAZA THERE. 
          UH, HERE YOU'RE SEEING, UH, SOME PATCHWORK REPAIRS OVER AT DAVIES LAWN TRAMP. 
          WE GOTTA BE OUT THERE EVERY SO OFTEN. 
          UH, WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, UH, BATTALION, CHIEF ABEL, UH, CAN ATTEST TO THIS. 
          WE GET SOME INTERESTING BOAT ISSUES AT THAT LAUNCH RAMP. 
          UH, THE OTHER LAST WEEK WE HAD SOMEBODY, THEIR BOAT FELL OFF THEIR TRAILER ON THE RAMP AND THEY DECIDED TO USE THE TRAILER TO PUSH THE BOAT INTO THE WATER, WHICH CREATED SOME ISSUES ON OUR, UH, ON OUR RAMP THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS. 
          AND THEN, UH, GREAT NEWS, OUR NEW MARINE MAINTENANCE DOCK IS FINISHED. 
          I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A MARINE MAINTENANCE DOCKET STATION 34 THAT HAS BEEN IN DISREPAIR FOR CLOSE TO A DECADE. 
          SO TO FORWARD THEM TO HAVE A CLEAN, SAFE, EFFICIENT, UH, MAINTENANCE DOCK TO REALLY, REALLY, UH, GET STARTED EACH MORNING AND COME FINISH UP EVERY DAY. 
          IT, IT'S GONNA REALLY ELEVATE THEIR, THEIR EFFICIENCY ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          UH, THE TREES OF THE BAY PLATFORMS, THE SOLAR PANELS AND THE BATTERIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE STORE THEM SAFELY AND SECURELY. 
          UH, THE GUYS RIGHT THERE IN THAT, THAT PHOTO ARE SETTING UP, UH, UM, ELECTRICAL INSIDES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE SOLAR, UH, PANELS AND THE BATTERIES, KEEPING THEM SAFE, SECURE, AND OPERATIONAL YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT WHILE WE'RE STORMING. 
          AND THEN OVER IN SHORELINE, WE'RE WORKING TO ENCLOSE ENOSE OUR TRASH ENCLOSURES. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN A HIT THE FIRST TWO WE'VE DONE. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND ONE. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORKED WONDERS IN KEEPING PEOPLE MOVING ALONG FROM THOSE AREAS. 
          WE DON'T GET REVERSE DAY AND ENCAMPMENT IN THOSE, UH, ENCLOSURES THAT ALSO PLAY INTO POTENTIALLY, UH, OPPORTUNISTIC CRIME FOR VEHICLES IN THE AREA AND BOATS IN THE AREA. 
          SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. 
          AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENCLOSE, UH, MORE OF THOSE TRASH ENCLOSURES AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES. 
          UM, SAME AGAIN, MARINE MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, JOSEPH, THERE IS, UH, PAINTING THE TRASH ENCLOSURES OVER HERE IN, UH, BASIN BASE THREE. 
          UH, WE, HE DID A GREAT JOB. 
          HIM AND HIS, UH, UH, COMPATRIOTS DID A GREAT JOB UPDATING THE COLOR PALETTE OF THE A 32 RESTROOM. 
          AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING THAT COLOR PAL PALETTE OUT INTO THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY, UH, ITEMS IN THE PARKING LOT, SO THE TRASH ENCLOSURES, AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE, UM, ELECTRICAL, UH, BOXES. 
          YOU SEE A BAR ABOVE JOSEPH'S HEAD, THAT SECOND PICTURE, THAT'S THE COCO RUM, THAT'S THE COLOR COCO RUM THAT, UH, WE LIKE SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THEN YOU SEE THE GUYS, UH, SETTING UP THE BALANCE, UH, WEIGHTS FOR THE, UH, TREES IN THE BAY. 
          THE BOTTOM PICTURE OF THE TREES GOING 
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UNDER ABY WAY BRIDGE THAT IS A NEGATIVE TIDE. 
          WE NEED A NEGATIVE TIDE TO GET THE TREES UNDER THAT BRIDGE. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE. 
          WOW. 
          SO WE REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD. 
          SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, WHY ARE THE TREES NOT SO EARLY? WHY ARE THE TREES NOT SO EARLY? WE NEED TO GET THEM OUT EARLY BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE AN AVAILABLE NEGATIVE TIDE CLOSER TO THE HOLIDAY START SEASON TO GET THEM OUT THERE. 
          AND WE WOULD HATE TO NOT HAVE THOSE IN PLACE ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT. 
          UH, OVER ON THE END THERE, UH, THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW BRIDGE AT STATION 34, THE GREEN DOCK, UH, KIND OF, YOU SAW THE PHOTO, UH, PHOTOS EARLIER OF IT COMPLETED, UH, WORKING AT THE PLAYGROUND AT, UM, GAUCHO BEACH AND ALAMEDAS BEACH. 
          WE HAD SOME PLANKING AND BOARDS THAT WERE, UH, WORN. 
          SO GETTING THAT BACK UP TO, UP TO PAR AND, UH, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A NICE, SAFE PLACE FOR THE KIDS TO PLAY. 
          UH, A GOOD ONE IS ALAMEDAS HEIGHTS PARK. 
          THAT'S THE PARK THAT, UH, ABUTS UP TO COLORADO LAGOON RIGHT THERE ON OANA. 
          UM, IT, UH, THE FENCING THAT SEPARATES THE PARK FROM THE LAGOON HAD GOTTEN OLD AND IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR. 
          AND JUST DUE TO NATURAL EROSION OF THAT, OF THAT WATER LINE, IT WAS STARTING TO FALL INTO THE LAGOON. 
          SO WHAT, UH, WE DID, WE WORKED WITH, UH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TO IDENTIFY THE ISSUE, BUT THEN WE WENT OUT THERE, UH, WE CUT BACK, UH, ALL THE, THE, THE OVERGROWN PLANTINGS IN THAT AREA, AND THEN MOVED THE FENCE BACK ABOUT TWO FEET. 
          SO CREATING A SET, UH, SAFER, MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ENVIRONMENT. 
          MOVING ON, WE HAD, UH, A BEACH STORM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE EXTENT OF THE DEBRIS. 
          A LOT OF WORK ANNEX ON THE BEACH FRONT. 
          UH, BUT STAFF DID A GREAT JOB WITH NEW EQUIPMENT AND, UH, JUST CLEANED IT UP. 
          DID, UH, GOT IT ALL CLEANED AND REMOVED IN ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO PREPPING FOR THE STORMS THAT ARE COMING, UH, THIS WEEKEND. 
          UH, CUTTING OPEN THE STORM, THE BEACHFRONT STORM DRAINS, UH, WORKING ON THE, UH, BLUFF RUNOFFS TO GET, UH, THE AREA PREPARED FOR THE PENDING, UH, UH, RAINS THIS WEEKEND. 
          A LOT OF FUN, UH, FUN STUFF. 
          SOME NEW PLANTINGS OVER AT, UH, STATION 34. 
          THEN YOU SEE, UH, WE HAD, UH, MORE PLANTS. 
          WE HAD A, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER PROJECT TO, UH, REVITALIZE THE PLANTINGS OVER AT THE SHORELINE VILLAGE. 
          KIND OF TURNABOUT RIGHT THERE. 
          AND THEN, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE, UH, THE TREE AND, UH, OVERGROWTH REMOVAL RIGHT THERE BY ALAMIA HEIGHTS ON THE END. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO ADDRESS THE, UH, UH, PENDING AMPHITHEATER OVER IN, UM, UH, QUEEN WAY OVER BY THE QUEEN MARY. 
          AND, UH, JUST, UH, WORKING TO REMOVE PLANT STRUCTURES SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE AREAS TO ENHANCE THAT AREA FOR THE UPCOMING END. 
          SAME STUFF HERE. 
          UH, JUST, UH, CLEANING, UH, WEEDING, UH, FIXING BROKEN, UH, BOLLARDS. 
          UH, HERE'S ONE OF THOSE VESSELS FROM, UH, FROM DAVIES'S LAUNCH RAMP THAT, UH, SANK. 
          AND, UH, UH, WE REMOVED. 
          THAT ONE WAS OVER IN SHORELINE, ACTUALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, UH, UPGRADING THE LINE, UH, LIGHTING AT, UH, THE DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN. 
          SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO HEAD DOWN TO THE DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AT NIGHT. 
          MORE EXTRA STUFF. 
          JUST KIND OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS, UH, UH, LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL REPAIR, UH, DOCK AND GANGWAY REPAIR. 
          AND THEN OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW, UH, GETTING INTO THE STORM SEASON, WE'RE SETTING UP OUR, UH, BOOMS. UH, THE BOOM YOU SEE THERE IS THE ENTRY TO RAINBOW HARBOR. 
          SO GETTING THAT IN PLACE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP RAINBOW HARBOR AND, UH, RAINBOW MARINE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND FOR YOU TO DEBRIS. 
          AH, BRIAN IS ACTUALLY SUPER EXCITED. 
          UH, HE'S UPSET THAT HE IS NOT HERE TO PRESENT, 'CAUSE NOW HE'S IN THE MAC REPORT. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR COAST GUARD AUXILIARY PARTNERS. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, SATURDAY EVENTS WHERE THEY'LL COME OUT AND INSPECT YOUR VESSELS FREE OF CHARGE AND, UH, GIVE YOU A SEAWORTHINESS, UH, REPORT. 
          AND THAT'S ALSO IN COMBINATION WITH, UH, THE, THE PROCESS WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE NOW WITH OUR LIV BOARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR LIV BOARDS ARE, UH, RESIDING ON A SAFE, SECURE, AND SEAWORTHY VESSEL. 
          SO, UH, SUPER, SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY AND ALL THEY DO, THEY ARE GREAT PARTNERS AND THEY ARE GREAT TO WORK WITH. 
          UH, THESE ARE WORK REQUESTS AND COMPLETED SAME MARINE MAINTENANCE, BEACH MAINTENANCE, AND THEN PUMP OUT INSPECTION REPORT. 
          GOT A OF THESE, WE GOT A LOT OF PUMP OUTS, ACTIVE AND OPERATING, 
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UH, THROUGHOUT THE ARENAS. 
          EVERYBODY GETS TO USE, UH, TIDES REPORT. 
          DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TOO CRAZY IN OCTOBER, BUT, UH, START OF NOVEMBER WE DID HAVE A KING TIDE. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP HERE IN EARLY DECEMBER, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, UH, A, A LARGER OR BIGGER OR HIGHER, UH, KING TIDE THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN THE START OF NOVEMBER. 
          SO, UH, STAY TUNED. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE A FUN, UH, EVENT. 
          AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. 
          UH, THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION HAS A REPORTING PORTAL THAT, UH, YOU CAN GO OUT, TAKE PHOTOS OF THE KING TIDE AND, UH, SUBMIT THEM THROUGH THE, THE COASTAL PORTAL TO, UH, BASICALLY ENGAGE IN A LITTLE BIT OF CITIZEN SCIENCE. 
          DECEMBER 6TH. 
          WHAT, DO YOU HAVE A DATE? UH, THAT'S GONNA RUN I AN UPDATE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M, I'M NOT, THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, BUT DECEMBER 4TH, FIFTH AND SIXTH. 
          BUT YOU'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT FROM COMMISSIONER. 
          AND THEN THESE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LITTLE MONTHLY EXTRAS, KIND OF A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'VE ALREADY DONE. 
          BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UH, STAFF ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO DO. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE PAGES FULL. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, ALWAYS LIKE TO FINISH WITH A GREAT SHOT OF OUR GREAT BUREAU TEAM. 
          WE TAKE THAT EVERY YEAR. 
          IT'S AN ANNUAL PHOTO FOR US. 
          AND, UH, SOME GREAT SHOTS OF, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT THEY WORK IN. 
          THAT IS YOUR MARINE MANAGER'S REPORT. 
          SO, A COUPLE QUESTIONS PLEASE. 
          YOU TOUCHED ON THE GATE. 
          SO YOU GOT SOMEBODY AND OFFICER MC TALKED ABOUT HERE A SECOND AGO. 
          THAT, AND THEN THE DOCK CART RACK, AND THEN WHAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON? I'M WHERE TO DRIVE ACROSS FROM. 
          IT'S TAKING THE ENTRANCE TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, RIGHT PAST SPIN LATER, RIGHT THERE. 
          WHAT'S THAT YOU TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT PAST? NO, NO, NO. 
          HALFWAY BETWEEN SPIN OR LATER AND THE SHIPYARD. 
          THERE'S A, AH, YES. 
          . 
          YES. 
          UH, ANSWER THE F UH, FIRST QUESTION WAS THE GATES. 
          UH, WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH OUR TITLES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GROUP, UH, IMPROVEMENT PROJECT GROUP, UH, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, BUDGET ALLOCATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS $300,000 FOR, UH, UM, SECURITY GATES FOR ALAMEDA BAY MARINA. 
          SO WE'LL BE WORKING INTERNALLY WITH OUR, UH, PROCUREMENT PARTNERS TO, TO BRING THEM OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT THE GATES, AND HOPEFULLY START IMPLEMENTING A MORE SECURE HIRE, UH, FULL GATE STRUCTURE. 
          UM, EXCELLENT. 
          VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AT THE, AT THE COMMERCIAL DOCKS IN RAINBOW HARBOR RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, UH, THERE IS, UH, UH, UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION IN BASIN THREE. 
          THAT'S MORE, UH, GOING TO AFFECT PUBLIC PARKING, NOT BOAT OWNER PARKING. 
          UH, THAT IS FOR EV CHARGING STATIONS. 
          IS THAT A REVENUE GENERATOR? UM, PAID TO USE. 
          IT IS, IT IS PAID TO USE. 
          UH, BUT I, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE IF THAT'S REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE CITY, BUT MORE SO FOR THE COMPANY THAT SUPPLIES THE, THE AB CHARGERS DOCK CART RACKS. 
          AH, YES. 
          AND DOCK CART RACKS. 
          I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          UH, WE HAD A, A PILOT, UH, RACK THAT I BELIEVE HAS BEEN INSTALLED, BUT I'M NOT SURE NEXT STEPS JUST YET. 
          UH, I BELIEVE STAFF IS STILL EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IT AND, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON MORE INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANOTHER THING OF, UH, BU'S INTEREST IS TREE TRIMMING. 
          AND YOU NOTICED ON FACEBOOK THAT THERE WERE SOME PROACTIVE CITIZENS THAT HAD SOME OF THE THINGS MODIFIED ON THE WAY PUBLIC WORKS WAS TRIMMING. 
          AND I THINK, UM, BOB WOULD LIKE TO REALLY BE AN ADVOCATE ON HAVING SOME OF OUR PALM TREES A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSERTIVELY PRINT, UH, TRIMMED. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE GOING AT 12 AND THREE OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOING AT 11 AND ONE, UM, AND THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT KIND OF AS A COST REDUCTION. 
          THEY, THEY WON'T HAVE TO TRIM THOSE AS OFTEN. 
          AND THEN IT'S ALSO A RISK MITIGATION FOR THOSE FRONS AND EVERYTHING COMING DOWN. 
          UM, AND IF WE WANTED TO PROACTIVELY LOOK FOR THAT CHANGE, WHAT WOULD BE OUR PROPER PROCESS OTHER THAN LIKE THIS PERSON POSTED TODAY THAT THEY WERE JUST ABLE TO TALK IT THROUGH WITH THE GUYS TRIMMING? YEAH. 
          OUR, OUR PROCESS IS UNIQUELY DIFFERENT THAN PUBLIC WORKS. 
          PUBLIC WORKS HAS A, AND FIRST AND FOREMOST PUBLIC WORKS IS IN CHARGE OF TREES IN THE CENTER MEDIANS AND ON THE SIDEWALKS, UH, GREEN BUREAU, WE ARE IN CHARGE OF TREES AND PLANTS IN OUR AREAS OF GROUND RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH WOULD BE 
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THE MARINA PARKING LOTS AND THE BEACHFRONT. 
          UM, WE HAVE A, UH, A COASTAL PERMISSION PERMIT THAT ALLOWS US TO TRAIN ANNUALLY. 
          PUBLIC WORKS DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF PREVENT. 
          THEY ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO TRIM THE TREES EVERY SO MANY YEARS, UH, WHERE MOST OF OUR TREES ARE NOT THE CAUSE OF LOT OF FRAUD ISSUES BECAUSE WE GET TO TRIM ANYWAY. 
          WHERE MOST OF THE, THE FRAUD ISSUES ARE, THEY'RE COMING FROM THE CENTER OF MEDIAS DUE TO THE, THE PERMIT ALLOCATION OF, AND, AND I RECALL THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UM, DUGAN TRIED TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS OF EVERY FIVE YEARS. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND I THINK THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO ACCELERATE IT BY EVERY FOUR YEARS, BY A YEAR. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, BUT I, I'M THINKING WE'RE LOOKING AROUND SOME OF OUR MARINA AREAS, SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE FRONS AND STUFF COMING FROM. 
          WELL, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS WELL. 
          UH, WE TRY TO, WE TRY TO BALANCE THE TRIM WITH FIRST AND FOREMOST WE TRIM WITHIN THE STANDARD OF WHAT IS SUGGESTED BY OUR, OUR ARBORIST REPORT AND OUR, OUR BIRD SURVEY. 
          UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, IT'S ALSO, IT CAN ADJUST AREA BY AREA BASED ON THOSE TWO THINGS. 
          SO WHILE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SET STANDARD ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY POSSIBLE JUST DUE TO DIFFERENT AREAS HAVE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 
          SO IF WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ARBORIST COME SPEAK, WHAT WOULD BE THEIR NEXT STEP? UH, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO ASK THAT THEIR HARBORS COME, UH, AND SPEAK TO US. 
          SO IT'S SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, THE CITY HAS A HARBORS WELL, YES. 
          OH YES THEY DO. 
          AND WELL, THE SECONDARILY IS WHAT WE DO IS WE USE COASTAL COMMISSION. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT WE DO IS WE UTILIZE OUR, OUR CONTRACT VENDOR AND THEY HAVE A CERTIFIED HARBOR AND THEY PROVIDE US A REPORT ON, ON THE TREES IN THE FOOTPRINT. 
          AND THEN THEY ALSO, WE ALSO WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE US A BIRD SURVEY. 
          AND SO WE TAKE THOSE TWO ITEMS AND THOSE TWO ITEMS DICTATE THE TRIGGER ONE, THE SCHEDULE, AND TWO, THE ALLOTMENT OF THE TRIGGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT HAS TO TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION IN SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE A COASTAL PLAN THAT ANYTHING ON THE COAST IS JUST DIFFERENT. 
          SO A CITY CAN'T DO SOME THINGS IN THE COASTAL ZONE THAT YOU COULD DO ONCE YOU WERE OUTSIDE OF THE COASTAL ZONE. 
          AND NOT EVERYBODY LIKES THE COASTAL COMMISSION, BUT IT EXISTS. 
          I LIKE THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND YOU, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          YOU JUST HAVE TO. 
          RIGHT. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST HAVING US UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          AND THAT'S OUR, THE THREE THINGS THAT ARE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE OUR COASTAL COMMISSION PERMIT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TRIM ANNUALLY AND ONLY WITHIN A VERY SPECIFIC WINDOW, A BIRD, NON NESTING BIRD SEASON. 
          AND THEN OUR, OUR REPORT AND OUR BIRD SEASON. 
          AND IF, IF, DO YOU MIND ME JUST SAYING A COUPLE OF WORDS? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HELPFUL TO HAVE THE HISTORY. 
          THERE WAS A BIG BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THE COASTAL COMMISSION WHEN THERE WAS SOME TREE TRIMMING ON THE PENINSULA. 
          AND IT WASN'T CLEAR IF THEY, UM, SOME BIRDS, BABY BIRDS FELL OUT OF THE NEST. 
          AND SOME PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THEIR HERONS, SOME PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THEY WEREN'T. 
          BUT THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COASTAL COMMISSION. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THE PALM TREES WERE GONNA COME DOWN AND WHAT IS NOW SECOND AND PCH AND TO PREVENT BIRDS FROM NESTING IN THEM. 
          UM, I GUESS IT WAS SECOND. 
          AND PCH COVERED ALL THE PALM TREES AND PLASTIC. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEY SAVED SOME OF THOSE PALM TREES AS A RESULT OF THE BIRD PEOPLE'S EXPRESSION. 
          SO, BUT MY POINT BEING IS THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE REGULATORY AGENCIES. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHETHER THOSE THINGS ARE RIGHT OR NOT RIGHT. 
          BUT, UM, IT IT, YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT FASTER IF YOU ARE AWARE OF AND, AND WORK WITH THEM. 
          AND I THINK, AND THOSE WERE TWO EXAMPLES WHERE THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THE CITY LOOK GOOD. 
          I MEAN, THE COASTAL COMMISSIONERS WERE REALLY BEFUDDLED HOW MONTH AFTER MONTH THERE WERE THESE APPEALS BEFORE THEM. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA TAKE CARE OF THINGS UP FRONT. 
          I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY. 
          UM, I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT REGARDING, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH BLUFF PARK RECENTLY OBSERVED, UM, MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ALONG THE, UH, TOW OF THE BLUFF AT 36. 
          AND NOTICE THAT THE CREW WAS USING WEED WHACKERS, UM, TO CUT BACK SOME 
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SHRUBS, UH, UP ON THE SLOPE OF THE BLOCK, AS WELL AS APPARENTLY GRASS OR OTHER, UM, GROWTH THAT'S COMING UP THROUGH THE SAND RIGHT AT THE TOE OF THE BLOCK. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, WEED WHACKERS ARE NOT TO BE ENCOURAGED FOR THAT KIND OF MAINTENANCE. 
          AND SO WAS WONDERING, UM, HOW DOES THE CITY MATTER? HOW WOULD THE CONTRACTOR HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO USE AND MAYBE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE? UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRACTOR SERVICES IS THAT THOSE WEEDS IN CUTBACKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY HAND AND NOT WITH THE WEEDER. 
          I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO DO A CHECK IN WITH STAFF, UH, WITH KELLY ARMSTRONG AND HIS LANDSCAPE, UH, TEAM. 
          I, I HAVE A VIDEO AND I HAVE THE, UH, IMAGE OF THE TRUCK AND PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING OH, PERFECT. 
          PLEASE SEND THAT. 
          PLEASE SEND IT. 
          JUST, JUST ONE THING, 'CAUSE I GET IT CALLED THANK YOU FOR THE, THE TREES. 
          I MEAN ALL SOLAR, THE BUOYS GREAT RESTROOMS WE'RE GETTING THERE. 
          UM, THE, THE MARKING ON THE PARKING SPACES, UH, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM A NUMBER OF THE BOAT OWNERS. 
          UH, AND I WENT OUT THERE AND, AND LOOKED AGAIN AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PARK, BUT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO MARKING AT ALL AT SOME OF THE, UH, THE DOCK AREAS. 
          THE LIMIT PARTS, YES. 
          THE LIMIT PARTS. 
          UH, YES. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HOUNDING OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE CREW GREAT. 
          ABOUT THAT FOR THE LAST, UH, LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT ON A PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN. 
          UM, THEY ARE, THEY KNOW THAT, UH, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ONCE WE'RE OUT OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE THICK OF GETTING THE, THE TREES IN THE BAY PROGRAM ACTIVATED. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME STUFF DONE WHILE THEY ARE ACTIVATED. 
          UH, THEN WE WILL BE WORKING EARLY JANUARY INTO FEBRUARY TO REMOVE THEM. 
          BUT MY, MY DIRECTION TO OUR BRAIN SAFETY TEAM, OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE TEAM, IS COME SPRING, WE ARE DOING BRIGHT WORK IN OUR, OUR BASIN LOTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, UH, LOTS DRIVING AND, UH, CURBS DONE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO OUR MANAGER'S REPORT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE'RE, UH, GO AHEAD WITH QUESTION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING A FILING THE MANAGER'S REPORT PRESENT PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED THE . 
          OKAY. 
          WELL DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, EITHER FIVE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A COUPLE OF COMMITTEE REPORTS, EXECUTIVE AND AN AD HOC, A POINT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST COMMITTEES. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SO MOVED A SECOND. 
          I'LL SECOND AND I THINK WE'LL START OUT WITH OUR, UH, POINT OF HISTORICAL INTEREST A CERTAIN DATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAD CHAIR. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF INTERESTING MEETINGS WITH, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO, UH, MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN HELPING. 
          THIS IS THE, UH, 1938 PADDLEBOARD. 
          CAN YOU TALK CLOSER TO HERE, THIS IS THE, IN RESPECT, WITH RESPECT TO THE 1938 SURFING AND PADDLEBOARD CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAVING SPOKEN WITH, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, DO YOU MIGHT HELP US MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD? SO THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT  FOUNDATION, LONG BEACH WILL BE WORKING WITH, UM, US CLOSELY INTO THE FUTURE WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT FUNDRAISING. 
          WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WITH THEM AND THEIR EXECUTIVES, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          WE ALSO MET AND HAD JUST INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH THE FIRST DISTRICT, UH, CITY COUNCIL OFFICE, LYNN WARDED, THE, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF BOARD COUNCIL PERSON, . 
          SO SHE, UM, UH, WOULD PARTICIPATED IN A MEETING WITH US TO HELP UNDERSTAND THIS PROJECT AND WHAT OUR OBJECTIVES ARE AND PROMISE TO SUPPORT, WHICH IS ALL REALLY GREAT. 
          AND THEN THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WAS WITH SOME EXECUTIVES AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC, WHICH IS A SITE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR THIS MEMORIAL MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. 
          SO THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE, ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN OUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, JUST TO POINT OF FACT THAT THE, THE PYRAMID, THE PACIFIC IS A NONPROFIT. 
          UM, AND THEIR MISSION IS TO INSTALL A SENSE OF WONDER RESPECT IN STREAM OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT SURFING IS ALL ABOUT AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, VERY, UM, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND VERY POSITIVE MEETING WITH THEM JUST A WEEK AGO. 
          SO OUR COMMITTEE IS CONTINUING TO MOVE AHEAD AND TALKING TO PEOPLE ALSO BEING INVITED TO MAKE PRESENTATION TO OTHER GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY WHO DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS AWARD AND COULD BE CALLED ON 
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IN THE FUTURE TO HELP US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TITLE ON THAT. 
          DEFINITELY. 
          NICE. 
          UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
          WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, NO, IT WAS ALL COVERED. 
          COVERED. 
          NO, IT WAS ALL COVERED. 
          UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE GOOD FROM OUR COMMISSION AND THEN ANY ITEMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T RESPOND IF IT'S NOT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY COMPLAINTS. 
          , YOU PUT ONTO THE NOVEMBER. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S REALLY TOTALLY UNEXPECTED AND, AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO GET ALL OF US DONE. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2025 AND WHAT WE WANNA DO IN 2026. 
          SO I'LL KEEP YOU ON. 
          UM, A BIG THING FOR US INTERNALLY IS TO GET CONTROL OF OUR WEBSITE AND TO GET IT DEVELOPED AND, UM, IT'S NOW GOING TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE CAN DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF OUTREACH TO MEMBERS ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS. 
          AND I MEAN, IT'S THE LIFE CHANGER FOR US AND, AND SHANNON, WHO WAS HERE IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. 
          AND UM, I MEAN IT'S JUST A LIFE CHANGER BECAUSE FOUR YEARS WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE, WE HAVEN'T HAD CONTROL OF OUR OWN WEBSITE. 
          UM, AS PART OF THAT WE ALSO, UM, OUR NON-PROFIT STATUS, EVIDENTLY SOME THINGS DIDN'T GET QUITE FILED RIGHT. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE THAT ALL CLEARED UP SO WE CAN ROCK AND ROLL WITH THAT. 
          UM, WE DID A PORT PORT TOUR, UM, THIS YEAR, UM, A HUNDRED, WELL I THINK THERE WERE LIKE 60, UM, BOAT OWNERS THAT WENT ON A PORT TOUR, ONE OF THOSE COMPLIMENTARY ONES THAT THE PORT DOES. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY, UM, A GOOD THING TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER. 
          UM, EARLIER WE MET, UM, I THINK WITH THE BOND, I HOPE THAT WE HAD SOME INFLUENCE ON THE BOND, NOT WITH THIS OUTCOME, WHICH, BUT WE WON'T GO THERE. 
          UM, BUT WITH, WE DID GET THE CFO KEVIN RIPER TO COME DOWN AND UH, DAVE AND I, HE SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH US GOING INTO THE BATHROOMS AND WALKING THE DOCKS AND REALLY I APPRECIATE THAT HE TOOK THE TIME TO COME DOWN AND SEE FIRSTHAND. 
          AND SO THAT WAS REALLY A VERY GOOD THING FOR US THIS YEAR. 
          UM, THE OLYMPICS, WE WERE, UM, DID GIVE SOME SUPPORT TO THE IA, IA ILCA, ICA ILCA, UM, NEW TERM FOR ME TO THE ICA, THE LASER ERS. 
          YEAH, LASER PART. 
          THE ICA, I CAN'T, CAN'T QUITE, DOESN'T FLOW OFF MY, ANYWAY, WE DID SOME SUPPORT WITH THE ILCA GROUP AT C WHEN, UH, WHEN THE, THEY WERE DOING THAT, THOSE EVENTS UP IN CABRILLO. 
          AND THAT WAS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF FIRSTHAND, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTRIBUTE, WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAD, UM, MIKE, MATT, MIKE VANDYKE COME AND EXPLAIN TO US, UM, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE SAILING PROGRAMS AND LONG BEACH THAT ARE NOW NOT OURS. 
          AND SO, UM, BUT WE WANTED TO KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED. 
          WE DON'T, WE'RE STILL FILLING OUT WHAT OUR PART IN THE OLYMPICS CAN BE THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE A PART. 
          WE THINK THAT, UM, WE ARE KIND OF A CONDUIT BECAUSE AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS, UM, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MARINE BUREAU, BUT ALSO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM, IF NOT ALL, MOST OF THE YACHT CLUBS AND ADVISORS THAT COME. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT QUICKER POINT OF CONTACT AND I THINK THAT WE STRENGTHEN THAT OVER THE YEAR, THAT OLYMPICS. 
          WE WERE LOOKING TO FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE MORE INVOLVED. 
          BRIAN HAS GIVEN US THE NAME OF BUR BUR, BUT NOW SHE'S NOT AROUND ANYMORE. 
          SO ANYWAY, SO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE DID LAST YEAR. 
          NEXT YEAR. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, OH, WELL, AND JUST TO MENTION WITH THE, OBVIOUSLY THE NEED OF THE COMMANDER, THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF THE CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT THAT WAS JUST, THEY PUT UP WITH A LOT OF, FROM THE BOAT OWNERS, , THEY WERE NOT VERY NICE AT SOME POINTS IN TIME, BUT THEY HIRED, HANDLED IT VERY GOOD. 
          BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST WAS HOW MANY DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, GROUPS WITHIN THE POLICE THAT THERE ARE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST CALL UP AND THAT'S, THEY PUT OUT THIS 
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FOR THE PUBLIC ON WHO TO CALL WITH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          I'D LIKE TO TRY TO DO ONE OF THESE FOR THE MARINA AS TO WHO TO CALL ON THIS. 
          THIS IS A REALLY GOOD GRAPHIC AND TO, TO DO THIS FOR THE MARINA. 
          UM, AND SO AS FAR AND WHERE YOU CAN FISH NEEDS TO BE ADDED. 
          YEAH, UHHUH, I LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOW UP TO THE MEEK, THE COMMANDER IS TO TRY TO GET A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM GOING. 
          BRIAN, WE TALKED WITH BRIAN, UM, AT OUR LAST  BOARD MEETING AND HE'S GOT SOME IDEAS OF HOW HE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND UM, AND NOW, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S GONNA BE A CHALLENGE FOR US NEXT YEAR TO BRING THAT UP. 
          ALSO, TO HAVE SOME MORE COMMUNITY REACH MEETINGS WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN BE MORE ONE-ON-ONES. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY HAS AN INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM, THEY CAN GET IT WORKED OUT RATHER THAN IT'S BEEN ANYWAY. 
          UM, WE WANT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE COMMODORE OF ALL THE YACHT CLUBS WITH MAYOR REX. 
          I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE FOR HIM. 
          UM, WE DID LAST YEAR, YEAR BEFORE WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THE COMMODORES AND, AND WITH TODD AND BRIAN. 
          WE'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP, UM, THIS NEXT YEAR WITH THE MEETING WITH THE MAYOR. 
          UM, AND DISTRICT ONE IS WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DISTRICT THREE. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, WE'RE GLAD THAT DISTRICT ONE AS WELL AS SPECIAL EVENTS SEND SOME PEOPLE TO THE MEET THE COMMANDER MEETING OVER AT SHORELINE. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY BIG HELP EXCEPT DISTRICT THREE OVER IN A BM, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. WE HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND I'LL ALSO, UM, AT THAT MEETING, UM, SOMEONE FROM UH, CHRISTINA'S OFFICE WAS THERE AT THE DISTRICT. 
          SO ANYWAY, MAKING SOME INROADS. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANYTHING YOU CAN DO, PULL THIS OUT WITH GETTING INVOLVED WITH OLYMPICS, I FEEL THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR US TO OKAY HERE. 
          UM, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT SIDE, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMISSION SQUADS, OPEN MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          UM, OF COURSE YOU NEED BE A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH. 
          UM, THE MAYOR WILL BE CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER CAVEAT THAT'S BEEN ADDED IS YOU CANNOT BE A EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP. 
          OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IS ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4TH IN THE, UM, ALAMEDA BAY MARINA OFFICE. 
          AND OUR NEXT MARINE ADVISORY MEETING IS ON DECEMBER 11 AT TWO 30 AT A LOCATION, UM, TO BE DECIDED. 
          AND WITH THIS BEING NOVEMBER, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE MARINE, UH, BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR OFFICER MCVEIGH AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE REPRESENTATION, UH, TO DAVID SAUL WITH THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND OF COURSE OUR FRIENDS IN PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UM, AND WITH GRATITUDE WE ADJOURN. 
          WHERE'S MY GRAND, OH, DID I FILL THIS OUT RIGHT? I HOPE I DID. 
          COMMISSIONER CARLA, I'M SO BAD AT FORMS. NO, NOT A PROBLEM. 
          OH, GRAND. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          IT'S A NICE COINCIDENCE. 
          RE , YOU GOT, I LEAVE THIS, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE IT WITH AMY. 
          PLEASE TAKE WHATEVER YOU LIKE. 
          WE'VE GOT THIS HUGE BAG. 
          I RETURNED SOME, I RETURNED SOME WITH THE LADY. 
          LIKE IF YOU RETURN CANDY, YOU JUST THROW IT OUT. 
          I'M LIKE, OKAY, WELL I'LL BUY LESS NEXT TIME, BUT YOU DON'T WANNA NOT HAVE CANDY FOR KIDS. 
          AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY KIDS. 
          YEAH.
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