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CALL TOGETHER AT THE, UM, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11TH.
WE'RE IN THE RECREATION PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, THE BRUIN DID, DID, AND LET RECORD REFLECT THAT.
UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER LAMB, UH, WILL BE A LITTLE LATE, AND SHE HA IS EXCUSED.
AND COMMISSIONER CARLIN IS EXCUSED FOR THE MEETING.
UM, SHE HAS OFFSITE BUSINESS GOING ON.
UH, LET'S PROCEED THEN WITH OUR REGULAR ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
UH, WE'LL PROCEED ALONG WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA, THE RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 13TH.
ANY CHANGES IN ADDITIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? ANY FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC CALLING FOR QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY WITHHOLDING ANY ALRIGHT, PASSES.
UM, ONTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATE.
SO MOVE AND A SECOND FROM MR. MCRAY? YES, MA'AM.
UH, MR. WHELAND, YOU WANT TO START WITH YOUR REPORT PLEASE.
WE'LL START WITH OUR MARINE SAFETY DELEGATION.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, BATTALION CHIEF DIXON COME UP, GIVE A, UH, MARINE SAFETY REPORT.
UH, SCOTT DIXON WITH THE MARINE SAFETY DIVISION, LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, WE CONTINUE OUR TRAINING ON OUR SO FAR TEAMS AND OUR DIVE TEAMS. UM, IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY FOR US.
LAST MONTH WE HAD SOME FLOODING IN THE NAPLES, UH, AREA.
WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT AND HELP THE RESIDENTS THERE, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR, UH, TEAM OVER AT, UH, MARINE MAINTENANCE.
IT WAS ALWAYS A HELPFUL, HELPFUL TOOL FOR US, UM, AS WE ARE FOR THEM.
UM, SO IT IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY.
WE'RE STARTING TO GEAR UP FOR OUR JGS ALREADY ACTUALLY.
AND OUR TRY, UH, TRAIN, UH, TRYOUTS FOR TRAINING.
UM, SO THAT'S ALREADY, THE WHEEL'S ALREADY IN MOTION FOR THAT, WHICH IS KIND OF UNBELIEVABLE 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD CHRISTMAS YET.
UH, BUT WE'RE ALREADY GETTING READY FOR, FOR SUMMER, WHICH IS EXCITING.
UH, WE DID HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEKEND THAT WE ARE GONNA, UM, START WORKING MORE WITH DEBO.
THAT'S THE DIVISION OF VOTING AND WATERWAYS.
UM, WE'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA BE HOSTING A CLASS HERE NEXT YEAR.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A TWO YEAR PROJECT TO GET, UM, THE DIFFERENT CLASSES IN.
THOSE ARE CLASSES THAT WE TAKE AS MARINE SAFETY OFFICERS TO LEARN HOW TO FIGHT FIRE, PULL OVER BOATS, WRITE CITATIONS, UM, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND WE WANT TO BE A, A BETTER PARTNER IN THAT.
AND ONE OF THAT IS FOR US TO HOST A CLASS HERE.
UM, AND WE WILL PROBABLY BE HOSTING THE RESCUE BOAT OPERATIONS CLASS.
UH, AND WE HAVE THE FACILITY HERE WITH OUR GREAT MARINA.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING, BRING IN HOPEFULLY HUNTINGTON SEAL, B JELLY COUNTY, AND OF COURSE, US WHERE WE CAN HELP TEACH THE CLASS, BUT ALSO BE IN THE CLASS.
SO HELP, UH, LONG BEACH IN GENERAL.
UM, ON A POSITIVE LEVEL, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BRING MORE ENFORCEMENT ON OUR WATERWAYS? UM, EDUCATION TRAINING ALWAYS, ALWAYS HELPS OUT, SO, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, PRETTY ACTIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN MARINA RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE WRITTEN A NUMBER OF SITES, ACTUALLY.
AND THEOS MAR MARINA, A SITE I JUST PROCESSED THIS MORNING WAS FROM THE ALAMI BAY.
AND SO WHAT TYPE OF ITEMS WOULD YOU BE CITING VOTERS ON? OR THESE HAVE BEEN FOR ENFORCEMENT, UH, OVERSTAY ON DOCKS? UM, WE'VE HAD A FEW, UM, UH, NOT HAVING A REGISTRATION OR THE CORRECT REGISTRATION OR, OR CERTIFICATES ON BOARD.
UM, BUT MOSTLY IT'S OVERSTAY QUESTION, MA'AM.
UM, LONG BEACH PD, THEY ALWAYS HAD THE DUI CHECKPOINTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I'VE ATTENDED SOME OF 'EM BEING A PART OF THAT FOUNDATION.
CAN YOU SEE ANY POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN START DOING THAT ON THE WATER? ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAY TIME.
I, I HAVE A DUFFY, I'M NOT A BIG SAILOR, BUT I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HOP IN THEIR DUFFYS WHEN THEY RENT 'EM AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GET THROUGH THE CANALS WITHOUT HITTING OTHER BOATS BECAUSE THEY'RE INEBRIATED.
UM, DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING MORE OR WILL THAT BE A TRAINING MORE? DO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN MORE PEOPLE? YEAH, I'LL, TO BE AWARE THE CHECKPOINT ASPECT OF IT, I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR THAT.
UM, BUT DEFINITELY JUST BEING OUT ON THE WATER AND OFFICER, OBSERVING SOMEBODY WITH PROBABLE CAUSE AND PULLING THEM OVER, UM, JUST BEING OUT THERE ON THE WATER.
UM, WHICH OUR CREWS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF BEING OUT THERE ON THE WATER, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS DO ONE.
WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY WE'VE EVER PULLED OVER
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OR TICKETED? FOUR DUIS? YEAH.IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DRINK AND DRIVE BEING UNDER THE, THE LIMIT.
UM, IT'S THE TESTING AND, UM, PUTTING THAT PERSON IN THE SEAT MM-HMM
I, I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS, UM, YET FROM YOUR COMMISSION? OH, YES.
CHIEF, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE VOTER VOTING COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HELP YOU GUYS FOR TRAINING? LIKE MAKING VOTES AVAILABLE FOR SEEING WHAT'S BELOW THE, THE HATCHES IN ROOM OR, UM, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, THE, THE ONE HARD THING IS HAVING SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE NOT, UM, HAS BEEN ON, WE HIRE SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T BEEN ON A BOAT THAT MUCH, BUT GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THEM TO SEE THE DIFFERENT STYLE OF BOATS AND IT NOT BEING THE FIRST TIME WHEN YOU'RE IN TURNOUTS AND IT'S SMOKEY, IT'S GETTING INTO THERE BEFOREHAND AND KIND OF GETTING THE MENTALITY OF THE GETTING YOUR HEAD RIGHT TO DO THAT MIGHT UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR, UH, UM, MARINA RENTERS FUEL THAT ARE GONNA HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
UH, LAST ONE WITH THE HEAVY GREENS THAT WE HAD MM-HMM
DID WE HAVE A LOT OF SWIFT WATER RESCUES? WE HAD, UH, I THINK FOUR, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OVER THE TIME PERIOD OF THE, THE, UH, THAT WERE IN THE RIVERS.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE, THERE WAS TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE LA RIVER.
THEY WENT BACK AND KNEW IT TO GET SOMETHING.
SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A SHALLOW WATER CROSSING AND BRING THOSE PEOPLE BACK TO SAFETY.
UM, THE ONES THAT ARE TIME CONSUMING AND LATELY ARE THE, THE FLOODING WE HAD IN APRIL.
TWO PUMPS WENT OUT AND MAKING SURE WE GO HOUSE TO HOUSE AND MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS OKAY.
AND THEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO MAKE SURE, HEY, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO THINK AHEAD OF THIS? UM, 'CAUSE THE WATER KEEPS RISING, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PUMPS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE AND WORK AHEAD OF THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMES TO FIX IT.
WE'LL, UH, MOVE ON TO SUPERVISOR HENRY JOE FROM OUR MARINE PATROL.
I'M ONE THE SUPERVISORS FROM MARINE PATROL.
UM, THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1,839 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
ABOUT AVERAGE WOULD BE, UH, GIVE PER MONTH.
UM, OF THOSE CALLS WE HAD 78 THAT WERE DISPATCHED TO US, WHICH ROUGHLY, UM, WERE UNWELCOME CALLS, REPORT CALLS, UM, SOME MISCELLANEOUS DISTURBANCE CALLS.
AND WE HAD ABOUT OF THE, OF THE, UH, 1,761 OF THOSE CALLS WERE BASICALLY OFFICER INITIATED CALLS WHERE OFFICERS SAW LIKE ISSUES IN ARREAR, SUCH AS, UH, THEY HAD BEEN FLAGGED DOWN ON A BROKEN WATER LINE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE OR SOMETHING OF MAINTENANCE WISE.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD AS FAR AS THE BIG NUMBER THERE IN REFERENCE TO, UH, SITES ISSUED.
WE HAD THREE SITES ISSUED FOR, FOR A FISHING ARENA AS WELL AS, UH, TWO SITES FOR TRESPASS ON THE DOCKS, AND TWO FOR, UH, UNLAWFUL CAMPING IN THE AREA.
AND WE ISSUED ABOUT 37 PARKING SITES, MOSTLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, RIGHT SOUTH OF PARKER'S LIGHTHOUSE.
UH, AND WE HAD ABOUT 21 TAKEN MOSTLY INVESTMENT POUNDS.
WE HAD A COUPLE FOR BURGLARIES AND SUCH.
AND WE HAD ACTUALLY ONE WHICH WAS, WAS GRANT THEFT OVER AT THE LIGHTHOUSE.
I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE, BUT THAT WAS A BIG BRONZE, UH, PLAQUE RIGHT THERE BY THE LIGHTHOUSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, SOMEBODY TOOK THAT, BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REPORTS THAT WAS TAKEN.
UM, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT OUT TRAINING.
WE HAVE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN TRAINING.
WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE THAT'S GONNA BE ARRIVING NEXT MONTH.
SO THAT'S GONNA BOOST UP OUR NUMBERS AND PROVIDE BETTER PRESENCE.
HIGH VISIBILITY, NEXT PATROL OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LITTLE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
SO, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? UH, THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FROM YOUR, YOUR TRESPASSES? WAS THAT, UH, UH, NIGHTTIME OR DAYTIME? UH, I DIDN'T GET THAT FROM THE PRIME ANALYST.
THEY JUST MENTIONED IT WAS TRESPASS, BUT USUALLY WHEN YOU WRITE 'EM IT IS THAT HIGH.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, LAST WEEK, IT HASN'T COME UP ON THIS WEEK ON THIS, UH, MONTHLY STAT SHEET, BUT, UH, COME NEXT MONTH, LAST WEEK WE ISSUED SIX, WHICH WAS GREAT.
SO I THINK IT WAS LIKE, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL NUMBER, BUT THEY WERE FOR FISHING AND TRESPASS, SO WE WERE PRETTY ACTIVE LAST WEEK.
SO WAS THE GROUNDS PLAQUE AND THAT WAS TAKEN, WAS IT LIKE A GREAT BIG ONE FRONT? YEAH, THE DIAMETER WAS, BUT I GUESS THERE'S PLAQUES RIGHT THERE ON TOP OF A SHORELINE PARK RIGHT THERE BY THE WHITE HOUSE.
IT WAS TAKEN FROM THAT AREA, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I CAN ANSWER THAT COMMISSIONER.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE, UH, COMMEMORATIVE PLAT FOR, UH, THE LIONS CLUB.
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OH, REALLY? IT'S ABOUT THREE, THREE FEET BY FIVE FEET.UM, KELLY AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS IT, BUT, UH, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE UPTICK WE'RE SEEING IN THE, UM, VANDALISM AND THEFT OF VALUABLE RECYCLED MATERIAL.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? YES, SIR.
NO, UH, SURVEILLANCE OVER THERE.
WELL, THERE ARE CAMERAS, SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
THERE ARE CAMERAS OUT IN THAT AREA.
THEY HAVE A BIG CAMERA SYSTEM AT THE JCC, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE PORT AREA, AND THEY DO, MAN, THOSE CAMERAS, BUT THEY ARE ACTIVE 24 7, SO THEY WANT TO PULL FOOTAGE, WHICH WE DID FOLLOW A REPORT THAT GO STRAIGHT TO THE DETECTIVES AND DEBUT ALL THAT STUFF.
AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME LEADS ON SOME SUSPECT INFORMATION AND GO FROM THERE.
THERE'S SO MANY CAMERAS DOWN IN THAT AREA.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT'S A WEIGHTED, THAT'S A WEIGHTED PLAQUE.
THAT'S A TWO PERSON JOB OR ONE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH MORE COMMENT.
YOU HAVE SEEN INCREASED PATROL ON PHYSICAL DOCKS WALKING THE DOCK.
YEAH, WE GO THROUGH THAT IN OUR ROLL CALL BEFORE WE KICK EVERYBODY LOOSE TO GO OUT IN THE FIELD.
MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT THERE AND WALK.
YOU KNOW, JUST BEING A PRESENCE OUT THERE IS HEAVY DETERRENCE.
THEY SEE IT WALKING OUT THERE.
MOST PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AS FAR AS THE NEGATIVE ATTENTION IN ILLEGAL, YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE OUR FOOT PATROL OUT THERE.
SO AS A COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE DEFINITELY PLEASED WITH THAT.
UH, WE'LL START OUR GREEN BUREAU OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, UH, UPDATE.
WE'LL START WITH KELLY ARMSTRONG AND BRIAN.
UM, TASK TO BE BACK THIS MONTH.
I, I MISSED LAST MONTH'S, UH, MEETING, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN BRING SOME, UH, GOOD NEWS, SOME GREAT PHOTOS.
UM, CORY FORRESTER, OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF MARINE MAINTENANCE IS, UM, OFF TODAY.
WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THIS MEETING, BUT HE ASKED ME IF I CAN GO OVER SOME OF HIS REPORTS, UH, AND SOME OF THE GREAT WORK HIS TEAM HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE COURSE OF NOVEMBER.
SO, UM, A LOT OF PAINTING GOING ON.
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO COREY'S REPORTS AND HIS TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN, UH, OUT AND ABOUT AND ALL OVER THE AREA.
UM, CONDUCTING A LOT OF PAINTING, UH, HANDBALL COURTS AT, UH, BAY SHORE, UM, PUTTING UP, UH, THESE ARE THE WEATHER STATIONS.
I REMEMBER I TALKED TO TODD ABOUT THESE.
THESE ARE UP AROUND THE MARINE STADIUM, ALBEDO BAY AREA, UH, COLLECTING WEATHER FOR 20TH, UH, YEAH, LA 28, UH, OLYMPICS.
UM, CAN WE GET A FEED ON THOSE? WHAT'S THAT? ANY OF THAT DATA THAT COMES FROM THOSE? YES.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, UH, PROHIBITLY USED FOR LA 28 TO COLLECT DATA LEADING UP TO THE GAMES.
BUT, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET ACCESS, SO WE'LL BE AT LEAST, AND A GOOD THING IS THEY'LL BE GIVEN TO US AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE GAMES AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THEM MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE.
UH, COREY'S TEAM MAINTENANCE HAS ALSO BEEN BUSY WITH THE, UH, SHORELINE AREA, UH, THE PREP AND PRIME AND PAINTED, UH, ENCLOSURES IN THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE AREA.
THAT ONE IN THE PICTURE, I BELIEVE IS LOCATED NEAR, UH, DOCK, GG, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, ENCLOSURES IN THE RESTROOM NEAR, UH, IN THE ALAMEDO BAY AREA NEAR A 28, UH, WHERE IT RECEIVED, UH, PRIME AND PAINTING.
UH, MOVING ON, HE HAS, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK HERE.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME, UH, WORK OVER AT THEIR YARD WITH KIND OF BRIGHTENING UP, UH, THE MAINTENANCE YARD.
I KNOW OUR LANDSCAPE TEAM ALSO WENT IN THERE AND HELPED HIM OUT WITH SOME OF THAT WORK.
UM, THE BAYSHORE PLAYGROUND AND HOCKEY RINK, UH, YOU KNOW, GOT SOME NEW, UH, FENCING SURROUNDING THE PLAYGROUND AREA.
IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER OVER THERE.
UH, HIS TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING AND ASSISTING ON THE BEACH FRONT WITH SOME, UH, WEED ABATEMENT ALONG, UH, THE BIKE PATH NEAR THE RESTROOMS. UH, SO THAT'S BEEN A BIG HELP.
UH, AND OF COURSE, UH, HIS BIG ONE HERE, THE CHRISTMAS TREES ARE ALL, UH, UP AND POWERED.
UH, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, 10 TREES, AM I RIGHT WITH SAYING THAT 10 LAST YEAR, 10 THIS YEAR, UH, OF THE SOLAR, UH, POWERED CHRISTMAS TREES.
AND THOSE ONES YOU'LL SEE ALONG, UH, BAYSHORE
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BEACH AREA.UM, SO KUDOS TO, UH, HIM, THE TEAM FOR, UH, THAT PROJECT.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO BEACH MAINTENANCE.
UM, WE'LL START OUT WITH OUR GROUNDS DIVISION HERE.
UM, HAS BEEN WORKING TO, UH, PLANT OUR, A LOT OF OUR QUARTERLY, UH, PLANTINGS, SPECIFICALLY THE DOLPHIN ZONE, UH, DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN WITH, UH, SNAPDRAGONS, AS WELL AS OUR OTHER QUARTERLY AREAS AROUND THE SHORELINE MARINA OFFICE AND PARK ENTRANCES IN NOVEMBER.
UM, A LOT OF CLEANUP FROM STORMS AND, AND WINDS.
UH, SO OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM WAS ACTIVE ALONG OCEAN BOULEVARD, UH, CLEARING, UH, THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS TO THE BEACH.
UH, OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM AND OUR GROUND TEAM ALSO RESPONDED TO AL, UH, MINOR STREET FLOODING, A PRETTY GOOD ONE OVER ON OUR SOUTH, UH, WATERFRONT, UH, UNDER THE BRIDGE THERE WHERE THEY, UH, PUMPED OUT THAT ROAD AND GOT IT CLEARED FOR TRAFFIC.
UH, A LOT OF IRRIGATION WORK, UH, CONTINUING.
THIS WAS A, A JOB OVER ON BOATHOUSE LANE NEAR MARINE STADIUM, WHERE, UH, OUR TEAM MEMBER THERE WITH OUR IRRIGATION GROUP, UM, FIXED OUR, OUR IRRIGATION AND GOT THAT UP AND RUNNING.
MOVING ON TO OUR, UH, QUEENSWAY BAY DIVISION, UM, WITH THE RECENT, UH, RAINS, THEY WERE, UH, PROACTIVE, UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME DRAINAGE.
UH, SO THE QUEENSWAY BAY STAFF, THEY REPAIRED THE CONCRETE GRATES AT THE HARRY BRIDGES PARK.
THAT'S THE TUNNEL, UH, PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL IN THAT AREA.
UH, ALSO SOME, UH, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FOR OUR SALT WATER FILL AT THE RAINBOW LAGOON.
UH, LIGHTING REPAIRS AT DOCK FOUR IN RAINBOW HARBOR ALONG THE DOCK FOUR GANGWAY.
UH, AND AGAIN, THEY'RE WORKING, UH, AT SOUTH SHORE LAUNCH RAMP, FIXING THE, UH, GREAT SYSTEM RIGHT AT THE BOAT LAUNCH.
UH, CONTINUING WITH QUEENSWAY.
THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE, VERY BUSY IN NOVEMBER.
UH, SOME TREE LIGHTING, UH, REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE RAINBOW HARBOR ESPLANADE, UH, AS WELL AS THEIR, UH, PRE AND POST STORM, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, WORK ON OUR CAPTURE BOOM, UH, AT THE LA RIVER.
UH, SEVERAL REPAIRS THERE THAT WERE CONDUCTED AFTER THAT FIRST INITIAL OCTOBER, UH, STORM.
AND OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, VERY ACTIVE, UH, CONTINUING WITH THEIR, UH, UH, NEW EQUIPMENT ALONG THE, THE, UH, OCEAN FRONT.
OUR BACK PASSING OPERATION WAS QUITE BUSY THROUGHOUT THESE WINTER MONTHS WITH MOVING SAND ALONG THE PENINSULA.
UM, AND OUR, THAT FIRST PICTURE THERE IS, UH, ONE OF OUR SHAKER MACHINES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER PICTURED THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE MACHINES WE USE TO SEPARATE STORM DEBRIS AND SAND AND MAKE SURE WE, UH, GET IT ALL SEPARATED AND GET IT TRUCKED OUT SEPARATELY.
UM, AND JUST ONE NOTE FOR NOVEMBER, UH, OUR TOTAL IS AROUND 118 TONS OF DEBRIS.
HOW MUCH FROM THE LA RIVER DO YOU THINK? ALL OF IT,
WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S, A GOOD MAJORITY OF IT WAS FROM, UH, STORM DEBRIS RUNOFF, UM, FROM, FROM THE LA RIVER.
UM, BUT WE ALSO, UH, HAVE OUR NORMAL LITTER AND, YOU KNOW, ABATEMENT, UH, WE ABATEMENT, UH, OPERATIONS AND, UH, DEFINITELY A LOT OF, UH, OTHER DRAINS FROM OUR CITY THAT LEAD TO THE BEACH.
YOUR, YOUR DUMP TRUCKS THAT YOU LOAD UP AND IT GOES OUT TO, WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE? DOES IT GO UP TO, UH, RIVERSIDE AREA? WHERE DO THEY DUMP EVERYTHING? UH, FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS, WE TAKE IT ALL TO THE ANAHEIM, UH, REFUSE, UH, WILMINGTON.
IT'S OFF HEIM STREET IN FIRST STREET THERE.
UH, BUT IT'S THE WILMINGTON, UH, TRASH COLLECTION.
IT'S A, UH, TRANSPORT CENTER THERE.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY TRUCKS A DAY DO YOU THINK? HOW MANY DUMP TRUCKS A DAY OR A WEEK? LET'S JUST SAY A WEEK.
UM, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT WE'RE RUNNING.
WE'LL RUN OUR DUMP TRUCKS AND OUR TRASH VEHICLES THERE.
I THINK THE, SOME OF OUR TRASH TRUCKS WILL FILL UP AND GO THERE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.
UM, OUR DUMP TRUCKS, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DEBRIS WE'RE MOVING, UH, AND OUR SYSTEM OF TAKING IT OFF THE BEACH, SEPARATING IT, PUTTING IN OUR, OUR SLAB AREA, THEN TRANSFERRING OUT, WE COULD AVERAGE MAYBE 10 TO 15 TO 20 TRUCKS A WEEK.
UH, UH, UH, MADAM CHAIR, I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE CITIES WERE OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR MAYORS ARE GONNA ATTEMPT TO GET CASH AND DOLLARS FROM THOSE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ON THE, THE LA RIVER.
WHAT IF THEY SEND DOWN THEIR DUMP TRUCKS? 'CAUSE EVERY CITY HAS DUMP TRUCKS AND, AND, AND FILL 'EM UP AND, OKAY, THIS CITY GETS
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THREE DUMP TRUCKS, THIS GETS FOUR.I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE DOING THE YEOMAN'S WORK OF FILLING 'EM, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEY GET US SOME CASH TO PAY FOR IT, WOULDN'T THAT BENEFIT US OR BENEFIT THE TEAM? OR WOULD PEOPLE SAY THAT THEIR HOURS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY? I, THAT WOULD BE A LOGISTICS NIGHTMARE IN SOME RESPECTS.
I, I WOULD SAY, UH, WE CAN ASK, BUT, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'D GET THEIR TRUCKS.
HOW ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS STUFF DOESN'T HIT THE STORM DRAIN IN THE FIRST, THERE YOU GO.
A LOT OF IT'S PREVENTION UPSTREAM BEFORE IT HITS THE
UH, KELLY, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO YOUR SLIDE REAL QUICK, UH, THE, THE SHAKER, YOU, I WANTED TO COMMEND KELLY ON THE SHAKER.
UH, THAT'S A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HADN'T BEEN USED IN PRACTICE A LOT IN YEARS PAST, BUT KELLY'S PUT IT IN HIS TEAM AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE, AND IT'S SAVING A LOT OF DEBRIS WEIGHT THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO, UH, UH, THAT TRANSFER STATION.
AND SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW, THE, THE TONNAGE, IT'S MORE INDICATIVE OF TRUE DEBRIS AND NOT SAND.
AND THE SECOND PART ABOUT THAT IS THE SAND STAYING ON OUR BEACH ROAD.
IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN OFFSIDE TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, DISCARDED WITH THE REFUGE REFUSE.
SO TWO, TWO-PRONGED GRADE APPROACH WITH USING, UTILIZING THAT SHAKER.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP THE DEBRIS DRYING? BECAUSE YOU SAID IT, IT'S PUT ON CEMENT, AND I ASSUME THAT'S TO HELP DRY IT TOO, SO WE'RE NOT PAYING WATER WEIGHT.
UM, WE, THERE, THERE'S A, MAYBE THERE'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF WATERWAY AND WE REALLY DON'T GEAR TOWARDS, UM, AS MUCH DRYING AS, AS REALLY IS, UM, NECESSARY OR OUR MAIN PRACTICE IS.
AND OUR, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO RETURN THE BEACH TO AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE, AND TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T TRANSFER ANY SAND OFF OF OUR BEACH INTO, UH, THE DUMP.
SO AS FAST AS WE CAN GET THROUGH IT AND CLEAN IT AND TRUCK IT OUT, IS OUR GOAL TO RETURN THAT BEACH.
SO NOT MUCH DRAWING REALLY, NOT MUCH DRAWING IS NECESSARY.
UM, A LOT OF THE BIG TREES THAT WE'LL GET, THOSE ONES TAKE SOME TIME AND WE'LL, WE'LL CAR AWAY AND WE'LL PUT THOSE SEPARATELY TO DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GO THROUGH EM WITH CHAINSAWS AND CUT 'EM DOWN.
BUT THE GENERAL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT WE GET DOESN'T HOLD MUCH WATER WEIGHT, AND ON THE SAME PAGE WITH COMMENDING KELLY.
BUT, UH, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DURING OUR KING TIDE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.
AND I'M SO APPRECIATIVE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER OUT THERE.
I SEE IT ON NOTICES THAT GO TO THE PENINSULA NEIGHBORS AND, AND EVERYONE SO THEY KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE AND WHO TO CONTACT.
AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO WALK THE AREA AS WELL.
WE MET WITH SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS DOWN THERE DURING THOSE PEAK MORNINGS THAT WERE, UH, UM, GOOD CONVERSATION AND, AND GREAT TO GO SEE, UH, THAT KING TIDE.
I WAS AT THE BAY WHEN IT CAME UP AND STARTED GOING INTO THE STREET RIGHT AT THE END WHERE THE, UH, UH, WHERE SECOND STREET, UM, IN BAYSHORE DRIVE WAS.
AND IT WAS, UH, MY WIFE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING FOR A WALK ON THE BEACH, SAYS, NO, WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE AND HAVE COFFEE AND WATCH KING TANK COME.
I MEAN, I POSTED IT, BUT IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE DOWN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST LITTLE SWIRLS AND THEN IT JUST ALL COMES UP AND IT 8 0 6, IT ALL GOES BACK DOWN.
SO, UH, YOU GUYS, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YOUR, UM, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, THE DAY BEFORE THE, THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED FOR, UH, MAYBE THIS COULD BE SOMEPLACE LATER FOR THE, UH, DAVIES LAUNCH ROOM REMODEL.
WILL WE BE TALKING ABOUT THAT LATER? OR IS THIS, UH, SOMETHING TO CAPTURE HERE IN MAINTENANCE? UH, NO, I, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GET THE, UH, THE BIDS IN FOR A DAVIES V'S UH, LAUNCH RAMP REVITALIZATION.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THOSE BIDS WILL COME BACK, UH, BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME WHERE, AND WE'RE HOPING THERE ARE MORE WITHIN SCOPE OF OUR BUDGET, AND WE'LL BE MOVING, UH, MOVING AHEAD TO MOBILIZE THAT PROJECT HERE, UH, EARLY TO MID 2026.
I THINK THEY WERE SUBMITTED OR RECEIVED THE CLOSING DATE.
WILL THEY HAVE FOOD THERE? I MEAN, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A, A DAVIES YEAH.
UH, NO, THE SCOPE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS JUST A REVITALIZATION OF THE RAMP, RIGHT? YOU'RE STITCH CLEANING STATION, SPARK SU, SO, AND THEN THERE'S, THERE'S GELSON'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO I SAW ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR A SMALL MOM AND POP BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, WATER, THANKS OF THAT NATURE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT.
UH, ANOTHER, UH, PROJECT THAT IS, UH,
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STILL AT ITS INFANCY, BUT STILL IS PICKING UP STEAM, IS THE ALAMEDA BAY PD FOUR, UH, VISION.SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR KELLY? WHAT ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC? YES.
UH, SO THIS MAY BE MUTE BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION OF THE SHAKER, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA AROUND, UM, THE DIFFERENCE THAT THE ADDITIONAL, UH, ADDITIONAL WORK THEY DID AT THE BOOM THIS YEAR MIGHT HAVE HELPED WITH THAT LAST STORM? BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAD A FULL TIME BACKHOE THIS TIME AT PULLING STUFF OUT AT THE WILL? YEAH.
AT THE LA COUNTY, BUILDING AT THE RIVER, YEAH.
THEY CERTAINLY CAPTURED A LOT IN, IN THEIR SYSTEM.
SO I DON'T THINK, UM, IN NOVEMBER THEIR, THEIR BOOM, UM, BROKE.
IT HAS BROKEN IN THE PAST, BUT, UM, THEY DID A GOOD JOB AT CATCHING, UH, DEBRIS, UH, DURING THE NOVEMBER RAINS.
WE DON'T CAPTURE THAT, THAT DATA FROM THEM.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH CAME OUT OF THEIR BOOM AND HOW MUCH WE GOT, UH, OCTOBER RAINS, WE GOT A LOT OF DEBRIS.
UH, NOVEMBER RAINS WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH.
UM, THE FIRST FLUSH OF THE YEAR REALLY KIND OF GETS OUT QUITE A LOT, BOTH OF THOSE STORMS. WE, I, I, I CAN TELL YOU FROM OUR CORNER AT FF DOCK, I FELT LIKE WE, IT WAS IMPROVEMENT.
YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE, EVERY BOAT IS PACKED IN OVER THERE AND WE HAD DEBRIS, BUT NOTHING LIKE WE NORMALLY WOULD.
SO, JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE HARD TO TRANSLATE IT TO THE WEIGHT NUMBERS IF WE'RE, IF WE CHANGED OUR PROCESS ON THAT END, BUT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE SOME COMPARISON.
THANK YOU, BRIAN WITH, UH, MARINE OPERATIONS.
SO I'LL SPEAK TO THIS ONE FIRST THEN.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH C SCOTT BASE, UH, TO DO A, UH, NON-FUNCTIONAL CHURCH FOR GOOGLE PROJECT.
UH, THEY HAD RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING, UH, TO DO A MORE NATIVE PLANNING.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THEM TO INCLUDE, UH, PLANNINGS FROM AIR PLANTS FROM THE CSET PALLET, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH, UH, ALBERT, A NEW LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR, UH, AND THEIR TEAM AND THEIR GARDEN TEAM.
UM, IT REALLY CAME OUT WITH A, A GREAT PROJECT.
I WISH I HAD A BEFORE TO SHOW YOU, BUT I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS.
IT, IT LOOKS FABULOUS AT NIGHT WITH THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIT UP.
SO IT'S, IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY FUN COLLABORATION.
UM, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY HOPING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING, UH, NEXT YEAR TO DO, DO SOME ADDITIONAL STUFF, UH, IN THAT NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF.
I, I, I KNOW IN THE PAST THAT HAD BECOME OVERGROWN AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BLAIR HAD PERSONALLY SENT HIS OWN GARDEN AROUND TO TRIM IT A COUPLE TIMES, BUT THIS LOOKS GREAT.
SO THIS IS SUCH A, AN UPGRADE THAT WE ALL APPRECIATE.
YEAH, AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO TIE IT IN WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CIP, UH, LIKE PLANT PAL AND REALLY MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE, THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY AND, AND WHAT THESE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, PARTNERS ARE DOING AS WELL.
UM, ONTO, UH, MORE THE, THE OPERATION STUFF.
SO OCCUPANCY, UM, TOOK A LITTLE BIT, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, DOES NOT SURPRISE ME AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
UH, THE 93.44% OCCUPIED, UH, ABOUT IN THAT 30 TO 50 FOOT SLIP RANGE.
UM, WE'LL GRAB THOSE BACK NEXT YEAR.
UH, GUEST STAYS IN NOVEMBER, UM, DOWN FROM THE SUMMER, UH, 4 72 NIGHTS STILL.
UM, EVEN WITH ALL THAT RAIN WE GOT, BIG ONE I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS OUR LIVE BOARD INSPECTION.
SO THIS IS THE, THE FINAL STRETCH, UH, TO GET EVERYBODY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT NEW REQUIREMENT.
UM, TEAMS HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 60% COMPLIANCE, UH, FULL COMPLIANCE AT BOTH MARINAS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE UTILIZATION OF THE US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY OPTION FOR THE VESSEL SAFETY CHECK, UM, WAS A REALLY GREAT TOOL TO USE TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE LINE.
UM, SPLIT ABOUT HALF AND HALF WITH, UH, BETWEEN SURVEYS AND THE VESSEL SAFETY CHECK.
UH, WE WILL BE SENDING, UH, TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NONRESPONSIVE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE.
IF THEY'RE PARTIALLY THERE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH 'EM ON A PLAN TO GET THAT FULL COMPLIANCE.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DECIDED TO BE A HUNDRED PERCENT NONRESPONSIVE, UH, AND DONE NOTHING, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT LETTERS TO THEM OF AN INTENT TO CANCEL, UH, IF THEY, IF THEY FAIL TO AT LEAST COMMUNICATE WITH US AND START THE PROCESS, UH, AND SHOW US SOME A PATHWAY TO COMPLIANCE.
UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT SUBJECT.
THIS COMES FROM GAINING SUCH A GREATER AWARENESS, UH, AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UM, MARINAS WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF, UM, COASTAL AREA THAT ARE THE MUNICIPAL
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CITY MARINAS, BUT THEN THERE ARE PRIVATE MARINAS AS WELL.ARE ANY OF THESE INITIATIVES WITH RESPECT TO LIVERBOARDS, SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO, UH, INVOLVING THE PRIVATE MARINAS? OR ARE YOU DIRECTED YES.
ARE, ARE YOU DIRECTING YOUR EFFORTS STRICTLY TO THE, THE CITY MARINA? UH, WE ARE JUST DEALING WITH OUR, WITH OUR CITY MARINA SLIPS.
UM, SO NOT, NOT GOING AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE PRIVATE ENTITIES WITHIN LONG BEACH HARBOR, UM, BUT JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, POINT OF OF INTEREST IN, IN MIRANDA DEL REY, UM, IT OPERATED, YOU KNOW, BY LA COUNTY, THE SHERIFFS DO MANDATE A ANNUAL LIP BOARD INSPECTION THAT THE SHERIFFS ACTUALLY GO THROUGH, UH, TO GET LIKE A LIVERBOARD TAG.
SO OUR, OUR NEW POLICY IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH, WITH THAT OF WHAT MIRANDA REYES DOES.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY INFLUENCE WITH THE, THE PRIVATE REYES THAT DO OPERATE WITHIN OUR FOOTPRINT? I MEAN, THERE ARE A COUPLE, RIGHT? AND THE NOTION THAT, AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE UTILIZING OUR PUBLIC WATERWAYS, JUST LIKE FOLKS WHO
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
I'M GLAD BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MARINAS AND WE HAD SOME ANOMALIES WITH THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED.
UM, WE PROBABLY WANNA ADDRESS THAT AS A BIGGER ISSUE.
YEAH, IT'S, YEAH, I'D LIKE A BETTER, I, I'M VERY CURIOUS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE SORT OF THE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE PRIVATE MARINES WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE MARINE BUREAU AND OUR, I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED A DEEPER DIVE ON, BUT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
SO I'LL JUST ASK, WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR LEASE AGREEMENTS, UH, AND SEE WHAT SORT OF LEVERS OF, OF REGULATION WE COULD ADDRESS THERE.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, DOCK CART STATIONS, I KNOW A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THOSE.
I THINK THEY, THE MOCKUPS ARE FINALLY READY TO GO IN.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO GET OUR DEMOS IN.
UM, I WANT TO GET AT LEAST ONE IN SO I CAN GET A PICTURE TO TODD BEFORE THE NEXT MARINE READER GOES OUT, SO WE CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN THE, UH, THE PILOT PROGRAM ON THIS.
AND THEN STAFFING, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE LOSING A GREAT INDIVIDUAL DOWNTOWN, UH, MARINE AGENT ONE, MR. MARK GREEN, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE MET.
WE RECOGNIZE HIM AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
UM, JUST TOOK A, A JOB WITH, UH, I BELIEVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOOD FOR HIM, SO VERY HAPPY, BUT SAD AT THE SAME TIME, TIME THAT WE'RE LOSING A GREAT EMPLOYEE IN OUR OWN CITY, IN OUR OWN CITY.
SO, YEP, HE'S A, HE'S A, STILL STAYING IN LONG BEACH.
WE'LL, WE'LL SEE HIM AROUND, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WON'T BE HIS, UH, HIS BRIGHT CHEERY VOICE IN OUR OFFICE.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL DOWN, UH, AN AGENT TWO IN THAT, IN THAT SAME OFFICE.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CIVIL SERVICE, UH, AND TALENT ACQUISITION TO GET A VOTE POSTING OUT FOR THAT, UH, TO GET SOME MORE TEAM MEMBERS IN.
UM, HAD SOME GREAT INTERVIEWS EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AID, UH, HANDLES OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.
A LOT OF OUR BILLING ACCOUNTING ISSUES, AR STUFF.
UM, AND THEN I ONE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MS. ALLISON STONE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A REALLY GREAT INTERN, UH, FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SHE JOINED US IN LATE NOVEMBER AND IS GONNA BE LEARNING ALL THINGS MARINE BUREAU UNTIL, UH, LIKE KIND OF THROUGH THE GRAND PRIX, LIKE END OF APRIL.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER ON AND KIND SHOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MARINE.
AND HOW DO YOU GET TO BE AN INTERN THEN WITH MARINE BUREAU? I'M VERY CURIOUS.
I, I, I, UH, WE, WE LUCKED OUT BECAUSE, UH, SHE MET TODD, UM, SHE WAS DOING SOME INTERNSHIP WORK WITH, UH, PRM, UM, AND NEEDED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF, UH, CRS.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO BRING HER IN AND, UH, GONNA SHOW HER AROUND AND GET HER, GET HER ACCLIMATED TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CLASSES.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, UM, A LOT OF OUR SEASONAL NON-CAREER, UH, STAFF IN RECREATION, UH, THAT ARE IN COLLEGE.
AND A LOT OF 'EM, UH, ARE IN RECREATION, UH, FOR A DEGREE.
AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT IS TO FULFILL A, A 400 HOUR INTERNSHIP.
SO, UH, WE TRY TO BE AS APPROACHABLE AND AMENDABLE AS POSSIBLE, UH, FROM EACH ONE OF OUR FIVE BUREAUS TO HELP OUT OUR, OUR STAFF TO MEET THEIR, THEIR INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS.
UH, BECAUSE ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS OF THE INTERNSHIP IS YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR INTERNSHIP IN THE EMPLOYEE OF THE BUREAU OR DEPARTMENT OR BUREAU WHERE YOU'RE WORKING.
YOU CANNOT DO YOUR INTERNSHIP THERE.
SO SOMEBODY FROM COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES NEEDS TO EITHER GO TO MAINTENANCE OR MARINE BUREAU OR BUSINESS OPERATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, INTERNSHIPS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
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WOULD GO THROUGH OUR PARKS PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS OFFICE ALSO.ARE YOU, ARE YOU A COLLEGE AT LONG BEACH STATE OR? I AM, YES.
THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? UH, I WANNA COMMEND YOU ON THE LIBERAL BOARDS OF REALLY ACCOMMODATING EVERYONE AND, UM, FLEXING SCHEDULES AND WORKING SATURDAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INSPECTIONS AND THAT NO ONE HAD ANY EXCUSE NOT TO HAVE THEIR BOAT INSPECTED.
AND THE WHOLE DOG CART THING HAS BEEN REALLY OUTSTANDING.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR BRIAN REGARDING HIS REPORT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES OUR, UH, OUR MONTHLY MANAGER'S REPORT.
UH, JUST FYI, WE DID HAVE, UH, OUR NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTED, UH, LAST WEEK.
OUR ACTING DIRECTOR, STEVEN SCOTT, IS NOW OUR DIRECTOR.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HIM HERE FOR A HELLO.
I THINK MOST OF EVERYONE'S MET HIM BEFORE AND HIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROLE, BUT, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE HIM OUT HERE IN THE MONTH AHEAD, UH, OR TWO TO, UH, JUST COME SAY HELLO AND GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING WHAT THE BEST METHOD OF, OF INSTALL IS, UH, WITH, UH, BRIAN AND OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE AND MARINE MAINTENANCE STAFF ARE GONNA BE WORKING TOGETHER TO, UH, COORDINATE WITH OUR FENCE COMPANY TO START IMPLEMENTING DESIGN OVER THE NEXT, UH, NEXT MONTH OR SO.
SO OUR HOPE IS TO START INSTALLING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, LIKE RIGHT AROUND SUMMERTIME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TODD IN GENERAL? YOU MENTIONED PD FOUR.
WHAT IS STATUS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING? UH, YES.
IT'S, IT'S, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S STILL IN ITS INFANCY.
UH, THE PD FOUR VISIONING PLAN, UH, IS A, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE, UH, OCEAN
UM, IT'LL BE A, A LONG TERM STRATEGIC VISION OF WHAT ALAMEDA SPAIN WILL LOOK LIKE FROM A RECREATIONAL, UH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UH, STANDPOINT FOR THE NEXT 50, 60, 70 YEARS.
SO, UH, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH IN ENCY STAGE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT, UH, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE MOVEMENT ON THAT IN THE YEAR AHEAD AS TO, YOU KNOW, GENERAL, UH, UH, JUST KICKOFF MEETINGS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA DO IT LIKE THEY DID WITH THE SHORELINE VISION PLAN.
THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE MORE THAN LIKELY THE IDENTICAL PROCESS.
I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN THAT'S GONNA KICK OFF.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A COMMISSION THAT I CAN GET ON, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THAT PROJECT.
AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL START WITH THE INITIAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
LIKE I KNOW BOB, UM, SCHILLING HE WAS INVOLVED WITH CORRECT.
THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SHORELINE.
AND THAT, I BELIEVE THAT STARTED WITH A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, SAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED ON BEING ON A PANEL OR, OR PART OF THE PROCESS TO APPLY.
AND THEN THEY, THEY SELECT THAT.
NO, NO, LIKE I SAID, THAT STILL VERY MUCH IN ITS INFANCY AND, UH, THOSE NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE COMING OUT TO BE DETERMINED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TODD? UM, ANY UPDATES ON THE PUMP FROM THE POWER PLANTS AND THE WATER FLOW? UH, A ES, THAT'S THE ALBE BAY WATER CIRCULATION.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE STILL STILL IN EIR PROCESS.
I, I, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS INTO PUBLIC WORKS MOUTH.
UH, THE EI CLOSED IN MID NOVEMBER, MID-NOVEMBER, COMMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW, ALL THOSE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH UNDER THE
THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REVIEW ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND LETTERS SUBMITTED BY OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND SUCH THAT HAVE ANY KIND OF, UM, AUTHORITY OR, UM, REGULATORY OVERSIGHT, THE WHOLE PROCESS.
WE ANTICIPATE, UM, THE CITY TO PRODUCE THE COMMENTS FROM THE EIR, HOPEFULLY Q1.
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YEAH.I GOTTA ASK COMMISSIONER, WILL THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION TOO AFTER, UH, YES.
THEY'LL, UM, THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROCESS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, THE MANAGER'S FILE FOR IT'S ALL IN FAVOR.
ALRIGHT, UNANIM, UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS IS THE 2026 CALENDAR AND AGENDA ITEMS.
AGG
I'LL, I'LL START US OFF A LITTLE BIT AND YOU CONTINUE.
UM, THIS WEEK I LOOKED AT ONE OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS ARE DOING, KIND OF THE DAYS AROUND, A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE US, A COUPLE DAYS AFTER US.
UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT'S A GOOD SPOT TO START THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE DOING THINGS IN PREPARATION FOR THE OLYMPICS.
UM, WE KNOW THINGS ARE GONNA BE CHANGING IN TIDELANDS FUNDS AND OUR INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, SO I LOOKED AT THE UTILITIES COMMISSION AND THEIR MEETING THIS WEEK IS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO OURS.
IT'S, UH, DUBBED RETREAT, UH, WHERE THEIR ONLY AGENDA ITEM IS A LOOK AHEAD FOR THE YEAR.
UH, THE, UH, AGING COMMISSION, UH, IS FOCUSING THEIR ENERGIES ON A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, ADDRESSING BUDGET CONCERNS WITHIN THE AGE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE ETHICS COMMISSION, UH, EACH MONTH ON THEIR AGENDA, UM, HAS A SESSION, TWO ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA, ONE THAT DISCUSSES POSSIBLE TOPICS AND ANOTHER AT THE CLOSE THAT TALKS ABOUT POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS WITHIN THAT COMMISSION.
UM, THE VETERANS COMMISSION, UH, IT HAS ANOTHER STANDING, UM, AGENDA ITEM.
UH, THEY RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION, UM, IS REVIEWING THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN AS THEIR ONLY ACTION ITEM.
AND THE WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION IS PUTTING ALL THEIR ENERGIES INTO A CONFERENCE THAT THEY'RE HOSTING ON WOMEN'S SAFETY.
SO WITH US HAVING SO MANY AREAS THAT INTERACT WITH SO MANY OTHER COMMISSIONS AND SO MUCH ACTIVITY HAPPENING, UM, WE THOUGHT WE COULD BRAINSTORM A LITTLE BIT AND, AND FORM A LIST OF POTENTIAL IDEAS.
UM, OFTEN WE MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO STAFF AND, UH, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO GET THE FOLKS REPORTING IN THAT CAN OR THE TIMING BETWEEN, UM, CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS AND, UM, AND OTHER CITY VISITS DOESN'T ALLOW IT.
SO WE WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A, A NICE LAUNDRY LIST TO DRAW FROM.
UM, AND IS THERE A FORMATTING WAY YOU'D LIKE TO, TO ORGANIZE THAT BETTER? UH, GO AHEAD, TIM.
IT'S GETTING REALLY DARK IN HERE.
UH, SO COMMISSIONS, UH, THIS, WERE JUST, UH, UH, LISTEN SESSION FOR, FOR ME AND TAMLIN AND STAFF, UH, KNOW THAT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO HEAR OF, BUT JUST ALSO KNOW IT'S, IT'S NOT, OH, HEY, IF YOU DON'T SAY SOMETHING TODAY, WE WON'T GET IT ON IF YOU TELL US LATER.
SO THE PROCESS STILL STANDS WHERE TAMLIN WILL PUT OUT A NOTIFICATION, HEY, UPCOMING MEETING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? AND WE'LL WORK TO THAT AS WELL.
UH, BUT WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START THE NEW YEAR OUT WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A MARCHING ORDER AND SOME CADENCE FROM YOU.
UH, KIND OF, HEY, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH? UH, A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF WHAT WE DO CHANGES FROM QUARTER TO QUARTER, SO WE'LL ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO ADJUST AND TAKE MORE, UH, SUGGESTIONS AND, AND TOPICS AS WE GO THROUGH THE YEAR.
BUT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH.
AND, UH, TAMLA, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO PREPARE A LIST THAT THEN WE CAN, UM, HAVE IN OUR PACKET POSSIBLY FOR NEXT MONTH OR TO GO AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMO, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT ONLINE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL? THAT'S JUST A BRAINSTORMING LIST.
UM, I CAN, I CAN DO IT ANY WAY YOU'D LIKE.
WHATEVER YOU, I THINK KIND OF COLLECTING THAT LAUNDRY LIST WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO.
UM, AND WE ALSO NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO VIOLATE THE, UM, I SAID JONES ACT, THE BROWN ACT.
UM, AND SO WE CAN'T DISCUSS TOO MUCH ON ANY TOPIC BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GIVEN ADVANCED NOTICE, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT GENERAL CATEGORIES OF THE AREAS MM-HMM
AND WE'LL START WITH MEMBERS WITHIN THE COMMISSION, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO THOSE IN THE, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC.YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE EXACTLY, SHE FOR THAT MIC.
I'M VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN, UH, POTENTIAL FOR DE RESTORATION ON THE END OF THE, UH, PENINSULA BEACH FOLLOWING THE REBUILD OF THAT BEACH AND THE DREDGING PROJECT.
WE HAVE SPOKEN IN THE PAST WITH, UH, CHARLIE KO, WHO, UM, HAS INDICATED THAT A DUNE PROJECT IS NOT PART OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANCHORING THAT SAND ONCE IT'S PLACED ON THE BEACH.
UM, MY OBSERVATION IS THE MOMENT WE HAVE A SOUTH SWELL, THAT BEACH WILL ALREADY BEGIN ERODING IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL, UH, FOR CONVERSATION OR PRESENTATION BY THE FOLKS, UH, AT, UM, SANTA MONICA BAY AND THE BAY FOUNDATION, WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PILOT PROJECTS AND HAVE BEEN, UM, DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUCCESS OF DOOM RESTORATION IN THE ANCHORING OF SAND AND HOW THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY DEAL WITH A WIDER BEACH AT THE END OF THE PENINSULA, WHICH HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST.
'CAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT A NARROW BEACH CANNOT NOT BE ANCHORED, UM, WITH A DOOM PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SAND, BUT THE, THE POTENTIAL FOR A MUCH WIDER SAND BEACH AT THE END OF THE PENINSULA.
FOLLOW, LET'S KEEP IT ON TOPICS AND NOT SOLUTIONS.
THE NOTION THAT THERE COULD BE A DOOM RESTORATION PROJECT.
UM, I BELONG TO THE LONG BEACH H FRIENDLY MIC SOCIAL SERVICES COLLABORATIVE.
I BELONG TO THE LONG BEACH HEALTHY AND AGE FRIENDLY, UH, COLLABORATIVE, WHICH IS A, UM, BIG DEPARTMENT AND THE BUREAU THAT HAS THE, UH, AGING COMMISSION UNDER IT.
AND, UH, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT HOW MANY OF OUR LIVERBOARDS ARE OLDER ADULTS, AT LEAST OVER 55 OR OVER 60, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN CITY SERVICES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COLLABORATIVES DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OTHER BOARDS AND, UH, AS THE COMMISSIONER STATED EARLIER, I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A, A REVIEW OF ALL SITES THAT UTILIZE LONG BEACH MARINAS, BUT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, BUT DON'T, DON'T POSSIBLY PAY INTO IT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT DOCKS AROUND LONG BEACH, I BELIEVE, UM, THAT DON'T PAY THE SAME AMOUNT, UH, AS SOME OF THE DOCK OWNERS IN HERE, IF I'M WRONG, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT.
BUT, UM, FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE, IF YOU GO INTO THE MARINA, THERE'S A WHOLE LIVERBOARD AREA, UH, GOING INTO A MARINA PACIFICA, UH, YOU FURTHER DOWN SOME OF THE PRIVATE, UH, PRIVATE DOCKS OR PRIVATE MARINAS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU WANT A, A REVIEW IN COMPARISON OF OUR LIVEABOARD FEES IN RELATION COMPARED TO, TO PRIVATE? YES.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY FAVORITE, UM, TOPICS, OF COURSE IS RESTROOMS. UM, AND LOOKING AT THE RESTROOMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AROUND SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPEN THEIR DOORS MM-HMM
UH, AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, UH, THAT THEY CAN USE IN THOSE AREAS 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOCKED.
UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF ITEM WHEN THE CITY COMES, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE THOSE LEASES OUT TO THOSE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
I'M GONNA SAY THE BALLAST POINT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEY HAVE RESTROOMS ON THAT PROPERTY, BUT THEY'RE LOCKED, NO ONE CAN USE THEM.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY DUFFY BOATS AND SO MANY PEOPLE TRANSITING PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT GO INTO THE OTHER RESTROOMS TO TRY AND USE THE RESTROOMS. I'D LOVE TO SEE A UPDATE, AN IN-DEPTH UPDATE ON LAGOON.
UM, I'M GETTING CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THAT.
THAT STREET IS CLOSED, IT'S BEEN CLOSED.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA REOPEN.
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE JUST A, AN IN-DEPTH DETAIL OF LAGOON AND WHAT THEY THINK THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING.
AND THAT CAN ALSO PLAY A PART, UH, TO A REVIEW OF THE OLYMPICS.
UM, AND I KNOW WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING TO THE OLYMPICS.
I GO TO THE MEETINGS IN LOS ANGELES, AND I'M SURE THAT, UH, THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THE MARINA, UH, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN REGARDS TO THE OLYMPICS MOVING FORWARD.
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LAST, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE UNHOUSED, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE.UM, AND THEN WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, THE CITY, UH, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE GROUP COME IN AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION, UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE BEACH AREA, UM, OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE HELPING AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM, UH, DO A BETTER JOB OR AT LEAST ENHANCE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, HELP MORE PEOPLE.
IN ADDITION, UH, AND TO SORT OF EXPAND ON, UH, COMMISSIONER MCCRAY'S COMMENTS ABOUT MEMBER BOARDS, UH, UH, AND FURTHER TO THE COMMENTS I MADE EARLIER, UH, DURING THE STAFF PRESENTATION, I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MARINAS AND THE SERVICES, UH, IN OUR HARBOR FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE MARINE HEROS SORT OF FOOTPRINT.
UM, THE PRIVATE MARINAS, THE, THE CITY MARINAS, THE, I DON'T THINK ARE THERE STATE OPERATED MARINAS.
UM, COULD YOU SHOW US THE MAP? COULD YOU HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE MARINAS ARE AND WHAT ARE THE SERVICES THAT YOU ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING? AND HOW MUCH MANAGEMENT AND OR OVERSIGHT DO WE HAVE OF THOSE RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES? JUST A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING, AND I CAN GO BACK TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN A CHUNK OF SOME DOCK FROM SOME PRIVATE MARINA ENDED UP ON OUR BEACH, AND WE KNOW WHAT THE END OF THAT STORY WAS, WHICH WAS YOU ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING IT ALL UP.
BUT, UM, WHAT WAS THE END OF THE STORY, RIGHT? WHAT IS THAT PROPERTY AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? AND IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A, WHAT DO YOU ALL DO WITH RESPECT TO THOSE KINDS OF PROPERTIES WITHIN OUR
SO OFFERING ALL OF YOU A BOAT TOUR OF THE MARINAS.
BUT YEAH, I THINK, UH, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO JANUARY, FEBRUARY IS IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET YOU OUT ON THE WATER AND GIVE YOU KIND OF A, THAT THAT IMMERSIVE VIEW OF, OF WHAT WE DO AND HOW YOU SEE IT FROM THE WATER.
AND IT REALLY, UH, REALLY HELPS TELL THE TALE, SPECIFICALLY OUR RELATIONSHIP TO OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND OUR LEASE AGREEMENT HOLDERS.
BUT WE CAN ALSO BRING, UH, DETAIL INTO A MEETING WITH MATTSON AND MARINA
MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS ONE OTHER THING AND YOU, THAT WAS A GOOD, GOOD CALL GOING ON VOTES.
AND I WAS AT A, A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE LAST MONTH.
AND ONE OF MY STATEMENTS WAS HOW MANY CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE HAS SPENT A SHIFT WITH THE PD, HAVE SPENT A 24 HOUR SHIFT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ALL MAKE CLAIMS ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS COMMISSIONERS ONE BY ONE, GO OUT WITH S, GO OUT WITH THE POLICE, GO OUT WITH THE FIRE, UH, GO OUT AND, YOU KNOW, WALK THE DOCKS WITH YOU, UM, AND SPEND SOME TIME AND MAYBE SET UP A CALENDAR WHERE WE HAVE THESE OPENINGS, YOU LET US KNOW AND WELL, WE CAN GO OUT THERE AND, AND WALK WITH OUR MARINE DEPARTMENT AND WALK.
OR YOU'RE GOING TO LIFEGUARD BOAT PLACE OF THAT NATURE.
SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD ENHANCE US A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A KIND OF A TOPIC WISH LIST HERE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A, UH, MARINA RULES, UH, ANALYSIS OF KIND OF THE NOMENCLATURE AND ALL THAT STUFF IS FROM WHEN THE MARINA WAS STARTED IN THE SIXTIES MM-HMM
AND WE, EVERYBODY HERE EXCEPT FOR ME UNTIL RIGHT NOW, HAS MENTIONED THE WORD OR PHRASE LIVE BOARD.
SO I THINK LITTLE BOARD IS, IT'S A, UH, IT'S IN EXISTENCE.
THERE ARE LIBERAL MORE PEOPLE, BUT WHAT DOES THAT WORD MEAN AND WHY IS THERE LIBERAL BOARD? I THINK THE, THE FLEET IN THE MARINA HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND THERE'S, THERE ARE, I THINK WE NEED ANOTHER TERM LIKE CREW ABOARD.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOATS THAT ARE SOPHISTICATED AND, AND INSURANCE REQUIRES SOMEONE, A BOARD ALL FUNDS FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
BUT MAINTAINING, UH, PUMPS AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE ON BOARD.
AND I THINK THE OFFICERS VIEWED, VIEWED AS, YOU KNOW, UH, A LIABLE.
BUT YEAH, THERE'S SOMEBODY LIVING ON THAT BOAT, BUT IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT'S REALLY NOT THEIR HOME.
AND I SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE HARBOR AT WORK.
I DON'T LIVE IN THE HARBOR, BUT I SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE HARBOR.
SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ANALYZE.
THE, THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE CATEGORIES OF THE POWER OF WHY PEOPLE EXIST IN THE MARINE.
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AND, AND, UH, WITHIN ALGA BAY, MAYBE YOU CAN SHORELINE THAT AND ANALYSIS ALSO OF THE BUSINESSES.AND THERE'S KIND OF A BLANKET, NO CHARTER VOTES BAY, MAYBE EVEN SHORELINE ALSO.
BUT MEANWHILE, THAT TERMINOLOGY'S IN THE MARINA RULES.
BUT WE'VE ADDED TWO DEFINITELY SERVICES, OLAS PADDLE BOARDS WITH PEDAL BIKES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT A GUY CAN'T MAKE MONEY ON HIS BOAT, CHARTERING IT OUT ON A LEGAL SIX PACK OR PATROL BACK CHARTER BUSINESS.
SO FIND OUT WHERE OR WHY THAT OPERATION THOSE BUSINESSES COULD OPERATE WITH MARINA.
UH, ANOTHER THING LER AND I DISCUSSED IS THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE TREE TRIM.
AND WE HAVE SECTIONS, UM, OF OUR CITY THAT ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IS THE JURISDICTION OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT, AND ACROSS THE STREET FALLS UNDER PARKS AND REC.
SO THERE WE'RE, WE'RE BEING INCONSISTENT WITHIN OUR OWN CITY.
AND I THINK WE LOOK AT THAT AS A GROUP, WE CAN MAYBE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS TO DO TO MAKE IT SMARTER.
SORRY, PUT YET ANOTHER, AND IT'S A FOLLOW UP TO COMMISSIONER MCCRAY.
IN THE PAST WE HAVE MADE MENTION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR A RECURRING AGENDA ITEM ON THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS TO HELP THE PUBLIC BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS OF THE LA 2028, UH, UH, OPERATIONS AS THEY ARE AFFECTING MARINE BUREAU.
AND THERE WAS A QUESTION OVER WHETHER OR NOT THIS KIND OF SUBJECT COULD BE BROUGHT UP ON A RECURRING BASIS, A FIXED AGENDA ITEM TO MERELY UPDATE AND MAKE PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE, AND THEY'RE MOSTLY MARINE BUREAU BASED VENUES AND SPORTS TO HELP THE PUBLIC BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK, I THINK WE'RE IN MORE OF A, A TIMELINE NOW THAT, THAT THAT'S GONNA BE MORE FEASIBLE.
UH, WHERE IN THE PAST THE CITY AND CITY STAFF ARE WORKING KIND OF IN QUARTERS WHERE NOW IT'S, IT'S THE, THE PACE IS ACCELERATING.
SO, UH, MONTHLY, MONTHLY UPDATES MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA.
UH, AND THEN I'M FLOWING OFF OF ON THE, UM, H FRIENDLY METRICS.
I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER METRICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR BOAT OWNERS.
UM, AND I KNOW ONE THAT I'VE HEARD THE ANSWER HAS FLOWN AROUND MANY TIMES, PERCENTAGE OF LONG BEACH RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BOATS IN THE MARINA.
NO, TODD, AND YOU, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GORDAN THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE GOING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, THEY WANT TO KNOW, ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO THEIR HOMES.
NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE SECRET SERVICE AND EVERYBODY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY IN LA WITH LA COUNTY AND LA CITY, AND I'M, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING IT TOO IN LONG BEACH.
IT'S JUST WHAT ARE WE ALLOWED TO BE TOLD? UM, SO I KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE THE QUAGMIRE.
I THINK, GOD, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM, WELL, WE HAVE IT.
WE CAN'T TELL ANYBODY THAT YET, AND THEY CAN'T.
BUT I THINK KEEPING THAT EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH ON OUR AGENDA GIVES AT LEAST AN UPDATE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND YEAH, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ADVISORS.
I WISH WE WERE A LOCKED IN, UH, UH, COMMITTEE WHERE WE HAD A
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN.
SO, UH, THIS COMING JANUARY, MAYBE FEBRUARY, UH, THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE OLYMPICS IS COMING OUT.
AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE, UH, THE OLYMPIC STEERING COMMITTEE HERE AT OUR, UH, JANUARY TO FEBRUARY MAC MEETING, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY, UH, ORGANIZERS, UH, STAFF FROM LA 28.
UM, BUT JUST, JUST FYI, JUST TO, TO PUT THIS OUT THERE NOW FOR YOU, UM, SECURITY IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WITH THE OLYMPICS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET UPDATED ON.
JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW NOW SO THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD INTO, INTO UPDATES, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU MIGHT GET A 150,000 FEET KIND OF OVERVIEW, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A LOT OF OH YES.
UH, SECURITY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CUSTOMERS.
UH, ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE
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ABOUT IS THE BOAT OPTION AND KIND OF THE WHOLE PROCESS AND WHEN YOU SECURE A VESSEL, AND THEN THE PROCESS OF NOT LETTING THAT BACK IN THE MARINA AND HOW THOSE GUIDELINES GOT ESTABLISHED.ALRIGHT, NOW I'M GONNA OPEN IT TO GENERAL PUBLIC AND A FEAR OF, UH, UH, VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT.
JUST A SUGGESTION OF AN AGENDA ITEM WITHOUT THE ASSOCIATED BACKSTORY JONES.
SO, UM, THOSE ALL SOUNDS GREAT, ESPECIALLY THE OLYMPICS.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ON EVERYBODY'S LIST, BUT NOT JUST THE VOTE OWNERS, BUT ALSO THE RESTAURANTS, THE YACHT CLUBS, YOU KNOW, THEIR ABILITY TO RENT OUT TIDELANDS.
WE MENTIONED TIDELANDS SINCE THEY HAVE SO MUCH OF OUR MONEY, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR UPDATES AND REPORTS.
UM, BACK IN CONJUNCTION WITH TIDELANDS, UM, WITH THE OLYMPICS, LIKE ALSO THE PARALYMPICS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT BOA IS TO ESTABLISH A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH DISTRICT ONE.
AND I THINK PARALYMPICS IS, IS WOULD BE ONE OF HER OBVIOUS TOUCH POINTS AND POINTS OF CONCERN AND, AND TO NOT JUST HAVE THAT BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT TO BE A MAJOR, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A BIG PROGRAM.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF THE, IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A, JUST, JUST SO PARALYMPICS, THAT'S ONE THING.
UM, THE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UM, I HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC ON THE OLYMPICS AND BOTH WOULD LIKE TO HELP DO WHATEVER THEY CAN ON THEM.
UM, THE SURVEY OF COMPETITOR MARINAS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE, UM, A REVIEWS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT MARINAS THAT WE THINK WE'VE PRESENTED THAT BEFORE OF WHAT MARINAS WE SHOULD BE COMPARED WITH.
UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE, WE CAN DO THAT, UM, THE SLIP HOLDERS AND A AND A, A SORT OF A PROFILE OF THE SLIP HOLDERS, UM, AND, AND THEIR IMPORTANCE.
UM, NOT JUST THAT THEY ARE RESIDENTS OR NOT THAT THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE SLIP KIND OF TOUCHED ON NOW, SLIP FOLDERS PROVIDE AND DO THEIR IMPACT.
UM, AS WELL AS I'D LIKE TO SEE NMMA COME WITH SOME VOTING STATISTICS AND THE FUTURE OF VOTING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHO'S BUYING VOTES? YOU KNOW, WE WHAT COMMISSIONER, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE VOTING FUTURE COMMISSION? THAT'S THE NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE NUMBERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, I MORE THAN THE CALIFORNIA VOTING COMMISSION OR WHATEVER.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH VOTING AND, AND HOW IT RELATES BACK TO US BECAUSE THAT'S OUR FUTURE AND EVERYBODY'S WELL, OKAY.
ANY OTHER INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON YES, JUST REAL QUICK.
UM, BUT HAD SOME INQUIRIES VARY.
UNDERPRIVILEGED SAILING PROGRAMS AND NONPROFIT LIABILITY THAT, UM, AND THEN MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGULAR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST LOCAL BOARDS.
A LOT OF DERELICT VOTES OUT THERE.
THEY'RE NOT THE LOCAL BOARDS ALL THE TIME.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN HERE WITH THE LAST CHANCE FOR COMMISSIONERS ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND AS TODD SAID, UM, WE GET A CHANCE EVERY MONTH TO PROVIDE MORE INPUT ON SUGGESTED, UM, AGENDA ITEMS, BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES US A, A GUIDELINE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD AND A LITTLE BIT OF A RHYTHM ON THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR, UM, MONTHS IN ADVANCE TO BOOK SOMEBODY THAT'S, UH, THE RIGHT PERSON WITH THE RIGHT SET OF FACTS.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON, UH, REVIEWING AND DISCUSSING THE 2026 CALENDAR ITEMS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY HI.
ON TO ITEM FOUR, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT.
UH, AND I'LL PROCEED WITH THAT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, GETTING SOME INCREDIBLE HELP FROM STAFF AS USUAL, UM, FOR A, A COUPLE OF TOOLS THAT, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY USING.
UH, ONE IS AN ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOK, UH, THAT HAS ALREADY GOTTEN A GREAT START TO IT WITH SOME, SOME LINKS THAT ARE, UM, ON THE, ON OUR ACTUAL ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOKS.
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WE'RE LOOKING FOR IDEAS.WE'RE GOING TO START THINGS AND IT'LL, UM, IT'LL EVOLVE WITH TIME.
UM, AND IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD A PRINTOUT THAT'S HAD SOME OF THE DOCUMENTATION WITHIN THE CITY ABOUT HOW OUR MARINAS ARE RUN, SOME OF OUR STATISTICS, SOME OF THE CONTACT PEOPLE, SOME OF THE HISTORICAL THINGS.
AND, UM, SINCE WE'RE WE'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING GREEN ALMOST MORE THAN ANY OTHER COMMISSION, WE WANTED TO REALLY BE TRAILBLAZERS AND, AND START WITH THESE ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOKS THAT ARE OUR REFERENCE, NOT ONLY TO US, BUT TO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THAT WE CAN PUT OTHER RESOURCES IN.
UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN, UM, REALLY ENCOURAGING, UM, INCLUDING EVERYBODY.
SO OUR MEETING NEXT MONTH, WE'RE MOVING FROM DISTRICT THREE TO BIXBY PARK SO THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, UH, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO SEE.
UM, WE HOLD NIGHT MEETINGS A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR, UM, SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE AND INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT WORK DURING THE DAY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OPENINGS IN OUR MARINE COMMISSION THAT WE'VE ENCOURAGED PEOPLE FROM OTHER WATER SPORTS AS WELL AS THOSE PEOPLE THAT ENJOY BEING NEAR THE WATER AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOATS OTHER THAN, UH, IN ALAMEDA BAY MARINA, IN SHORELINE MARINA, UH, AND OTHER SPOTS.
AND, AND OF COURSE THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE BY THE MAYOR THAT WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BOATING OR OTHER WATER SPORTS, UM, TO APPLY.
UH, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE WE SAID WITHIN OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE? NO, I THINK WE, THAT COVERED IT.
I, I WAS EXCITED TO HAVE SO MANY, SO MANY IDEAS FOR OUR AGENDA.
I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA KEEP US, KEEP US VERY BUSY.
COMMISSIONER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, CHAIR BREWERY, HER IPAD HAS THE KIND OF UPDATED TILES TO IT THAT ARE JUST A KIND OF A KICKSTART OF THE EASIER ACCESS FOR YOU.
UM, ALL THE OTHER IPADS WILL BE UPDATED.
I WANTED TO GET, UH, THE SHARES OF NEED ON, ON THOSE PASSWORD.
OH, AND MAYBE WE CAN PUT A, UM, A SCREENSHOT OF THAT WITH OUR MINUTES SO THAT EVERYONE'S SUCCESSFUL HAS SUCCESS TO THAT.
AND, AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, AT THE, THE START OF OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, WE WILL PROVIDE A, JUST AN OVERVIEW ON THE PROJECTOR.
WE'LL TAKE IT THROUGH WITH YOU.
BUT, BUT I WANT PEOPLE OTHER THAN COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE ACCESS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THAT AS A, A PART OF OUR PACKET WORKING ON THAT.
THAT'S, AND WE DEFINITELY EXTRAORDINARILY, YEAH.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAD QUESTION, WILL WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO START OUR MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT LATER, UH, INSTEAD OF TWO 30, I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HERE AND IT COULD BE WORK RELATED, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
MAYBE A FOUR O'CLOCK START, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE JUST TO THROW WELL, WELL WE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT, UM, ACCESSIBLE FOR AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT TIME DO YOU GET OFF
UM, BUT WE LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH HAVING IT DURING THE DAY.
BUT WE HAVE, WHEN THERE'S ISSUES LIKE THE RECIRCULATING PUMPS OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LAGOON, UM, THAT WE'VE HELD NIGHT BEAMS A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING CHANGING VENUES, CHANGING TIMES.
UM, BUT WE DO WANNA BE RESPECTFUL TO OUR STAFF THAT AS IT IS ALREADY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
DID YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTION ON, UH, COMMENT ON THAT, TODD? WELL, NO, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT'S, IT'S, OUR STAFF WILL WORK TO BE WHERE YOU NEED US.
WHEN, WHEN IT'S MORE SO THE, UH, THE REQUESTS FOR PRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF, STAFF AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, UH, THE LATER WE GO IN THE DAY WITH OUR MEETINGS, IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE TOUGHER TO GET COMMITMENTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO COME AND PRESENT.
IF I CAN, TODD, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TIMES OF THE OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONS? IT VARIES.
UH, MOST ARE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF 'EM THAT DO, UH, GO 5, 6, 6 O'CLOCK, BUT MOST OF 'EM ARE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
UH, ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FOUR O'CLOCK.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT THE AGENDAS OF OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS OUR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST WEEK ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, ONE OF OUR LONG TERM MARINA TENANTS, UH, THEIR LEASE WAS RENEWED AS AN APPROVAL FOR COUNCIL FOR SCOOTER OR LATER.
UH, AND THEN IN, UH, NEXT TUESDAY'S AGENDA IS ABOUT THE DOCK AT THE BOW OF THE QUEEN MARY.
UM, SOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE THERE.
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PERMISSION TO, UM, NEGOTIATE WITH A SOLE, UM, APPLICANT ATE AS WELL.ANOTHER, AND, AND THOSE ARE GONNA RELATE IT.
SO WHAT GOES ON? SO, YEAH, I, I SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT COMMISSION VENUES AND A CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS ITEMS. UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR EXECUTIVE REPORT THERE? YOU KNOW? YEAH, YOU SAID THE AMPHITHEATER.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA AFFECT IT'S UNDER OUR GUIDES OR UNDER OUR, UM, AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A PART OF US, IT'S THE CLEAN AREA.
IT'S GONNA BE AMPHITHEATER'S, GONNA BE THERE.
NOISE ALSO TRAVELS AND PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND, AND DISCUSS IT WITH US TOO.
UH, SHOULD WE HAVE ANY PLAY IN THAT OR DO WE HAVE ANY PLAY IN THAT? OR COULD SOMEONE COME OUT AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT MAYBE IN, IN JANUARY, BECAUSE LORD KNOWS NOW WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SPORTING VENUES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE HERE NOW.
UM, IT'D JUST BE LIKE, I THINK BEING THE NO, UH, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S GONNA AFFECT US, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS AND POTENTIALLY I, WE'LL ASK IF THEY CAN COME OUT AND GIVE A, UH, UPDATE ON THAT.
OH, AND ALSO JUST FYIS, UH, PRESALE TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FOR TOTO CRISSCROSS AND THE ROMANTICS.
WHAT'S THE, UH, YOU HAVE ANY CURRENT SOUNDINGS OVER THERE FOR ANCHORING? SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING ALONG, UH, ALONG THE, THE QUEEN MARY AND THEN OVER BY, UH, CATALINA? UM, NOT NECESSARILY.
THAT'S, UH, JUST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE, UM, THE FEDERALIZED CHANNEL.
UM, BRIAN, I THINK ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 12 TO 20 FEET OUT AROUND THERE, WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO SHORE, YOU'RE HEADING CLOSER PAST THE CLEAN MARRIOTT, MORE TOWARDS, UM, UH, THE MARRIOTT AND SOUTH SHORE.
IT GETS A LITTLE SHALLOWER, BUT UH, FOR THE MOST PART, YOU KNOW, 12 TO 20 FEET.
IS THE SUBMARINE STILL THERE? YES.
AND I THINK THEY'LL, UM, THE ROYAL RENDEZVOUS FOR HAVING A PREMAR TWO COME IN AGAIN APRIL 6TH.
AND I THINK THAT YOUR COLLEAGUE, MR. STRONG BROUGHT HER IN THE LAST TIME.
AND THAT, THAT WAS PRETTY CLOSE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF MUD AND WATER.
UH, SO NO FURTHER REPORTS ON THE EXECUTIVE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING A FILE LIKE THAT? AYE.
THAT CAN CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS FOR TODAY.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT'S OUT OF OUR NORMAL, UM, RHYTHM.
IT'LL TAKE PLACE INSTEAD ON A FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND AT 2:00 PM IN THE ALAMEDA BAY MARINA OFFICE.
UH, AND THEN OUR MARINA ADVISORY FULL COMMISSION, UH, WILL BE HELD AT BIXBY PARK ON THE 8TH OF JANUARY AT TWO 30.
AND IN ADVANCE OF THAT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A STATUS REPORT AND A COMMITTEE MEETING ON FINANCE.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP? ANYTHING GOING ON? SIR, PLEASE? UH, NO.
UH, TIDELAND, UH, UH, WHEN IS THAT? WHAT IS THE NEXT TIDELAND COMMITTEE? COMMITTEE? IT WOULD BE JUST CURIOUS.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS IN MARCH IS MAINTENANCE IN FEBRUARY, MAINTENANCE IN FEBRUARY.
SORRY, WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHEN? THE
UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM GENERAL CODE FOR THE, OF THE ORDER? WHEN IS, UM, THE NEXT FINANCE GONNA BE JANUARY, JANUARY 8TH AT 1 45 AT BIXBY PARK, AND WE'LL BE IN THAT CENTRAL HALL.
COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDER CLOSING? OKAY.
ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS CLOSING? WE, WE DID OUR OTHER MEETING IN HONOR, IN HONOR OF OUR, UH, PAST MAYOR BOB FOSTER.