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UH, TO ORDER.THIS IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2026.
WE ARE LOCATED AT THE BIXBY PARK SOCIAL HALL AT ONE 30 CHERRY AVENUE.
AND WE'LL START WITH A CALL TO ORDER COMMISSION CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM OUR MISSING COMMISSIONER AS WELL? I DID NOT.
UM, MOVING ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ON DECEMBER 11.
ANY, UM, INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UM, ALI, THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CARLAN HAS ARRIVED.
AS WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THAT.
MR. LELAND, CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE US? YES, MR. SURE.
UH, LET'S WELCOME, UH, HEATHER VAN WICK.
SHE IS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SHE IS OUR CITY ETHICS OFFICER.
FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST HERE NUTTY HOW FAST A YEAR GOES.
SO, YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU QUICK UPDATES.
UM, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY AGAIN IN THE
SO, JUST A REMINDER, UM, I'M PART OF THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.
LIKE TODD SAID, I'M THE ETHICS OFFICER, SO I MANAGE, UM, THIS TEENY TINY LITTLE OFFICE.
PRETTY SIMPLE TO BUILD TRUST AMONG THE PUBLIC RAISE AND OFFICIALS, AND TO CONTINUE PROVIDING RESOURCES SO THAT WE CAN ALL COLLECTIVELY MAKE IMPARTIAL DECISIONS AS STEWARDS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES.
AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO, UM, WE ARE NOT A COMPLIANCE OFFICE.
WE ARE AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO IS GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION.
UH, WE ALSO MANAGE AN ETHICS HELPLINE.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE AUDITORS FRAUD HOTLINE.
HOWEVER, UM, THERE DOES, SOMETIMES I GET THEIR CALLS AND VICE VERSA.
ULTIMATELY, THE CALL GOES TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
WE DO GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM EMPLOYEES, UM, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET MORE CALLS, WHICH MEANS EMPLOYEES ARE, THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE.
UM, TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC TRUST.
SO THE OTHER ARM OF OUR OFFICE IS THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.
SO WE GET HUNDREDS OF REQUESTS EACH YEAR, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC FOR RECORDS.
UM, SO IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET OUT WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET OUT IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DELIVER THEM.
AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR.
SO WHEN I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, I WAS SHARING WITH YOU THAT WE HAD JUST WRAPPED UP WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT AND HAD, UH, PULLED TOGETHER A ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE SINCE LAUNCHED THAT, UM, AND HAVE COMPLETED QUITE A FEW THINGS.
AGAIN, WE'RE A TEENY TINY OFFICE, BUT, UM, WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS, WHICH IS EXCITING.
WE ADVANCED A UNIFIED CITYWIDE ETHICS FRAMEWORK.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR ETHICS COMMISSION AND THE OET HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY IT, WE DRAFTED AN ORDINANCE AND PRESENTED IT TO, WELL, SENT IT UPSTAIRS TO THE, THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
HE WAS INTERESTED IN MOVING IT FORWARD, WHICH IS ALWAYS EXCITING.
UM, SO HE INTRODUCED IT TO CITY COUNCIL JUST IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO IT, THE NEXT STOP IS THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE.
I ALWAYS, I'M NEVER SURE WHAT THE ACRONYM IS, BUT WE JUST CALL IT THE GOE.
SO THE NEXT STOP IS THEIR COMMISSION, UH, OR COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEY'LL START KIND OF PULLING THAT APART AND MORE QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM THAT.
AND THEN MORE, UH, PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE WELCOME TO THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WHAT THAT FRAMEWORK, WHAT THE FAIR ACT IS DOING IS IT'S JUST PULLING TOGETHER ALL OF THE DIFFERENT,
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UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE, ALL OF THE PROCESSES THAT WE FOLLOW, BUT AREN'T REALLY MEMORIALIZED ANYWHERE.SO THAT'S REALLY JUST A CONCERTED EFFORT.
UM, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY PLAYED A HUGE PART IN ALL OF THIS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S REALLY JUST PULLING TOGETHER ALL OF THESE THINGS.
UM, WE ALSO BUILT OUT A MASTER COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION PLAN.
THIS WORK CONTINUES TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE CONTINUED OUTREACH FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND STAFF LIAISONS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY CONNECTED CONSISTENTLY WITH OUR STAFF LIAISONS.
SO, WHAT'S COMING THIS YEAR, AGAIN, THE FAIR ACT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER COUNCIL REVIEW.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT MOVES QUICKLY INSTEAD OF SLOWLY, BUT WE'LL SEE.
AGAIN, THAT'S A MOUNTAIN, UH, FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CLIMB.
UM, WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO PRACTICAL DECISION MAKING TOOLS.
SO WE RELEASED WHAT WE CALL A FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING.
IT'S REALLY JUST A ROADMAP TO, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A GRAY AREA.
WE'RE REALLY CONCENTRATED THIS YEAR ON PUTTING TOGETHER SPECIFIC OR TARGETED
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THE MANAGERS HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON BEING ACCESSIBLE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE ETHICS HERE, UM, AND MORE EXCITING, WHICH CAN BE HARD.
UM, AND THEN SUPPORT WHEN YOU NEED IT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST ALWAYS TRYING TO, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHO I AM OR EVEN THE, THAT THE OFFICE OF ETHICS EXISTS, UM, AS A RESOURCE.
UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CONTINUE EMPHASIZING IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR YOU'RE NOT SURE, WE CALL IT, UH, WHEN YOU'RE SPIDEY SENSE STARTS TICKLING YOUR BELLY, THEN, YOU KNOW, TO COME TO US.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN, IF IT'S NOT US TO GIVE YOU THE ANSWER, WE'LL FIND SOMEONE WHO CAN.
AND THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND YOU, UH, WHY ETHICS MATTERS AS AN ADVISORY BODY.
SO YOUR JOB REALLY IS TO ADVISE, RECOMMEND AND INFORM.
UM, AND YOUR ROLE REALLY MATTERS.
I THINK IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING AS COMMISSIONERS SOMETIMES TO BE AN ADVISORY ROLE AND NOT NECESSARILY, UM, THE DECISION MAKER.
BUT YOUR ROLE REALLY DOES MATTER.
AND YOU'LL HEAR ME SAY THAT ALL THE TIME.
WHAT YOU DO REALLY SHAPES PUBLIC TRUST AND IT INFLUENCES CITY DECISIONS.
UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT ETHICAL CONDUCT, CONDUCT AND ADHERENCE TO OUR VALUES REALLY MATTER.
THIS IS ALSO MY OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND YOU, UM, ANNUAL REPORTS.
THOSE ARE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN THE FORM 700, UH, YOU'LL START GETTING REMINDERS OF THAT SOON.
AND, UM, THE LONGER YOU FORGET, THE MORE YOU'RE GONNA GET, UH, HAMMERED BY THE CLERK
SO, JUST A REMINDER, AGAIN, FAIRNESS AND PROCESS MATTER.
UH, MELISSA'S GONNA GO OVER THIS A LOT MORE, BUT, UH, OUR MEETINGS HAVE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE BROWN ACT, YOUR BYLAWS, AND, UH, STAY CONSISTENT WITH ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
UH, THESE HELP ENSURE THAT WE HAVE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT DELIBERATION, EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
THE PUBLIC TRUSTS OUR PROCESS.
UM, 'CAUSE ONCE WE LOSE THAT TRUST, WE ALL KNOW AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO ESTABLISH THAT TRUST.
AGAIN, I ALSO LIKE TO REMIND, UM, OUR COMMISSIONS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THIS COMMISSION, BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON UNBIASED DECISION MAKING.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS BEFORE YOU GET TO BED DAAS.
UM, THAT SHOULD ALL IN PUBLIC BASED ON THE RECORD FACTS AND YOUR ADOPTED CRITERIA.
SO EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS CAN REALLY UNDERMINE THE PUBLIC TRUST.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A COMMISSION THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO REESTABLISH THAT TRUST, UM, BECAUSE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE THAT COMES UNFAIRNESS, NOT JUST OUTCOMES.
AGAIN, YOU GUYS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, ONLY THE CHAIR OR ANOTHER MEMBER FORMALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSION, MAY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.
SO THIS APPLIES TO CITY COUNCIL.
OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS, EMAILS OR LEVERS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
AND AGAIN, THOSE SENT WILL TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT.
AND THEN SIGNATURES, ENDORSEMENTS, OR PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
WHY DOES THIS MATTER? FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESSES HELP ENSURE STATEMENTS MADE OUTSIDE THE MEETINGS.
REFLECT YOUR COLLECTIVE POSITION, ALIGNED WITH YOUR ADOPTED OBJECTIVES, AND DON'T PROMOTE YOUR PERSONAL AGENDAS.
AGAIN, YOU MAY SPEAK PERSONALLY AS A RESIDENT, BUT NOT OFFICIALLY AS A COMMISSIONER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
THE LAWYERS CALL THAT MISUSE OF AUTHORITY, UM, WHICH IS KIND OF A SCARY TERM.
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SO YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.WE'VE GOT OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS.
UM, I WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR HR FOLKS TO UPDATE THAT TRAINING THIS YEAR.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR HARASSMENT TRAINING.
THAT'S THE TWO HOUR ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
UM, THEN THE MAYOR REQUIRED TRAININGS FOR WHEN YOU FIRST, UH, ASSUME OFFICE.
AND AGAIN, THESE ALL STILL LIVE AND LEARN.
UM, IT'S CONFIDENTIAL, ANONYMOUS IF YOU WANT IT TO BE.
THIS IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT MOST OF THE CALLS I GET ARE FROM EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND THIS IS YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO CALL ME DIRECTLY TO, UM, ASIDE FROM THIS, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY A REALLY LONG TIME.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE EVER LIKE, HEY, I WONDER WHAT, WHAT TO DO WITH THIS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL AND I CAN HELP GET YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I SAID, DO CONSTITUENT SERVICES.
KEY TAKEAWAYS, THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION BOILS DOWN TO YOUR ROLE AS ADVISORY, NOT INDIVIDUAL AUTHORITY, SPEAKING PERSONALLY VERSUS OFFICIALLY, UH, FORMAL APPROVAL.
FOLLOW THE RULES AND COMPLETE REQUIRED TRAININGS AND DISCLOSURES.
AND AGAIN, ASK WHEN YOU'RE NOT SURE.
CORY MAY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, THESE ARE ALL THE SAME RESOURCES THAT I, UH, TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT LAST YEAR.
I LIKE TO JUST EMPHASIZE THE ETHICS GUIDE FOR CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF ALL OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS AS APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
UM, THIS IS MANAGED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, AND THEY REALLY DO A GOOD JOB OF JUST KIND OF BOILING IT DOWN TO THE, THE NETS AND BITS OF WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW.
AND THEN THE COMMISSION BOARD AND COMMITTEE HANDBOOK.
THIS IS A HANDBOOK THAT EVEN I FORGET, EXISTS SOMETIMES.
BUT THERE'S A TON OF HELPFUL INFORMATION THAT CAN PROBABLY ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
OH, I HAVE PERSONALLY, UM, CONTACTED YOU, UM, FOR ASSISTANCE AND DIRECTION AND, UM, I'M EXTRAORDINARILY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
UM, AND LOOKING AT THE SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OFFICE, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS A, UH, REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STAFF TIME IS SPENT FULFILLING THOSE REQUESTS? QUITE A BIT.
WE'VE GOT, UM, ONE FTE AND THEN, UM, A FULL-TIME FTE, WHERE PROBABLY 70% OF HER TIME IS COMMITTED TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM.
AND THE OTHER 30% IS SUPPORTING ETHICS.
UM, SO IT'S QUITE A BIT AND IT'S, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
UM, WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE SO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME FOR ONE EMPLOYEE AND 70% OF THE TIME FOR OUR OTHER ONE.
AND, UM, DO YOU KEEP SOME METRICS ON THAT? WHAT, WHAT, UM, COULD YOU GIVE US AN IDEA ON THE VOLUME REQUEST THAT YOU RECEIVE? SEE, I SHOULD BE BETTER PREPARED.
WE PROBABLY GET ABOUT 300 REQUESTS A MONTH.
UM, SO SEVERAL HUNDRED IN A YEAR.
AND OUR OFFICE DOESN'T NECESSARILY, UM, MANAGE IT FROM BEGINNING TO END.
IT GETS, UM, IT GETS DELIVERED TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
SO IF SOMETHING COMES IN THAT IS RELATED TO PARKS, IT'LL GO TO THE PARKS, UM, LIAISON, THEIR PRA LIAISON, WILL SHE, THAT PERSON WORKS WITH STAFF TRYING TO GET THE, THE RECORDS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ASKED FOR AFTER YOU DETERMINE THAT THE RECORDS EXIST.
SO IS THERE A TOOL TO TRACK THAT? HOW? UH, YEAH, EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH, UM, I WANT TO SAY NEO GOV, BUT IT'S NOT NEO GOV.
QA IS OUR, THE PLATFORM THAT WE USE.
SO EVERYTHING, UM, IS TRACKED THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT I CAN ALWAYS SENSE STUFF TO TAMLIN WITH METRICS 'CAUSE WE PRESENT THOSE TO THE COMMIT ETHICS COMMISSION EVERY NOW AND THEN.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS? YEAH.
WHAT, WHAT DOES IT COST? I'M JUST SAYING WHAT'S THE COST TO THE CITY? UM, SOMEBODY CALLS IN AND THEY WANT DOCUMENTS, UH, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS ON, LET'S SAY, UH, I DON'T CONTRACT.
SOMEBODY HAS A CONTRACT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UH, THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES THE CONTRACT AND DOES IT? IS THAT ALL PUBLIC RECORD? ANYTHING PUBLIC RECORD CAN BE REQUESTED.
AND WHAT'S THE COST TO THE CITY
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TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS? IT'S GOTTA BE PRICEY.I MEAN, IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO STAFF TIME.
UM, IT, WE COULD CHARGE FOLKS FOR PRINTED MATERIALS.
THAT TYPICALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.
UM, BUT IT DOES BOIL DOWN TO STAFF TIME.
LIKE PUBLIC WORKS GIVES A TON OF DIFFERENT REQUESTS LIKE THAT.
IT TAKES A TON OF RESOURCES TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED.
SO I DON'T HAVE PARTICULARS ON THAT, BUT IT REALLY IS GENERALLY JUST STAFF TIME.
AND THIS, THIS IS LIKE JUDY'S DAD ASSIGNED.
UM, LIKE YOU HAVE YOUR ROLE AND THEN YOU, THEY THROW PRA STUFF AT YOU AS WELL.
SO IT CAN BE PRETTY OVERWHELMING IF YOU'RE A BIGGER DEPARTMENT.
SO DO YOU HAVE A FEEL ABOUT GENERAL CYCLE TIMES ON THOSE REQUESTS? IT DEPENDS.
UM, I THINK WE LIKE TO STAY WITHIN 30 TO 60 DAYS IS WHEN MOST OF 'EM GET RELEASED, BUT SOME OF 'EM CAN TAKE YEARS.
UH, JUST I THINK WE HAD BEFORE MILLICENT'S TIME, BUT, UM, WE HAD A BIG ONE REGARDING THE QUEEN MARY THAT I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF IT'S DONE YET.
LIKE, IT'S, IT'S ON A ROLLING BASIS.
WE'VE RELEASED RECORDS AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
RECORDS CAN BE RELEASED ON A ROLLING BASIS.
UM, IF IT'S A BIG REQUEST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET A HANDFUL OF RECORDS RELEASED AND THEN CONTINUE.
UM, KINDA LIKE THE FBI, HUH? WELL, AND THERE'S A CAP OF THE NUMBER OF RIGHT PER MONTH THAT CAN BE DEVOTED WITHOUT HAVING TO START A, THE CLOCK GOING ON, RIGHT? YEAH.
'CAUSE ONCE YOU GET THE RECORDS, THEN YOU HAVE TO REDACT THEM.
AND IF YOU'VE EVER DONE REDACTIONS, LIKE MIND NUMBING WORK, UM, AND, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE.
SO NOT EVERYTHING REALLY IS PUBLIC WITH A REDACTION.
YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE THERE'LL BE THINGS IN THERE THAT, RIGHT.
LIKE THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA, LOCAL NUMBERS, UM, IT'S KIND OF WEIRD.
SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE.
UM, IF, IF IT'S A COMPLAINT AGAINST SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, EXCUSE ME, IN THE CITY, THEY REDACT THE COMPLAINT.
UM, BUT IN THE SAME SET OF RECORDS, IT'S THE SAME PERSON.
THEY'LL CROSS OUT THE NAME OF SOME SECTIONS AND NOT ON THE OTHER SECTIONS.
AND LIKE, PERSONNEL INFORMATION, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S OBVIOUS, BUT A LOT OF IT CAN BE OBJECTED.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER LAMB HAS JOINED US.
UH, AND LAST TIME, UM, I, UH, PURSUED THE WORD TRICKY WITH YOU A LOT.
I, I USE IT WHEN EMPLOYEES ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT GRAY AREA.
YOU'VE GOT TWO MEDIOCRE ANSWERS THAT, THAT ARE, COULD BE COMPLIANT.
LIKE WHAT'S THE BEST MEDIOCRE ANSWER THAT YOU SHOULD PICK? UM, GIFTS THAT CAN BE TRICKY.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT A GIFT.
WE TRY TO TELL PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T OFFER US GIFTS AT ALL.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, DO WE ACCEPT THIS? DO WE NOT ACCEPT THIS? CAN I EAT THIS COOKIE? CAN I KNOW? YOU KNOW, WHICH IS EXTREMELY TRICKY.
I MEAN, THAT'S IN MY OPINION, AND I THINK PARKS AGREES THAT WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT GIFTS A LOT.
LAST CALL FROM COMMISSIONERS OR ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, REGARDING THE PRESENTATION ON EVIDENCE.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, HEATHER, FOR DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
MAKING SOMETHING THAT'S TRICKY, TRICKY, DRY, NOT SEXY AT ALL.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT.
IT'S, I JUST TOOK, I'LL BE OPEN.
I JUST TOOK MY ETHICS CLASS TWO DAYS AGO.
SO I, I FINALLY GOT ONLINE AND IT, IT WENT THROUGH AND AT UPS WE HAD TO TAKE IT TWICE A YEAR, NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR.
WE HAD TO TAKE IT TWICE A YEAR 'CAUSE WE WERE LOBBYISTS.
AND IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW WE JUST AS A COMPANY SAYS, THERE ARE NO GIFTS.
YOU DON'T GIVE GIFTS, YOU DON'T TAKE GIFTS.
IT'S AMAZING THE PEOPLE THAT THINK THAT THEY CAN, OH, THAT'S JUST, I'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND ONCE IT GOES TO AN 800 LINE, THAT'S IT, MAN.
IF IT CAN'T, IF IT CAN'T GO ON THE WA WE ALWAYS SAY, IF IT CAN'T GO ON THE WASHINGTON POST FRONT PAGE, DON'T DO IT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE ETHICS TESTS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO YOU WANT THIS ON THE FRONT PAGE TOMORROW, YOU MAY WANNA RECONSIDER IT.
SO THAT CLOSES OUT OUR AGENDA ITEM TWO.
ALL IN FAVOR AND ACCEPTING THAT PRESENTATION SIGN, IF I WAS SAY, AYE.
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EXTENSIONS.MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UH, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY NELSON RO UH, SHE'S GONNA COME UP AND GIVE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ON THE BROWN ACT.
I STARTED WORKING AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SEPTEMBER, FEELS LIKE A VERY LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT'S NOT.
UM, I ADVISED ALL OF PARKS EXCEPT FOR ANIMAL CARE.
UM, I ADVISED ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND PARKS.
I ALSO, IN ONE OF THE POINT CONTACTS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND THE GROUND ACT.
PRIOR TO COMING TO THE CITY, I ALSO REPRESENTED PUBLIC AGENCIES AND ADVISED ON THE BROWN ACT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, THIS PRESENTATION.
SO THE, THE BROWN ACT, UM, WAS PASSED IN RESPONSE TO A SERIES OF ARTICLES WRITTEN BY A REPORTER IN THE SAN FRANCISCO FRANCE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, ABOUT, UM, LOCAL AGENCIES, UM, CONDUCTING THEIR BUSINESS IN SECRET, UM, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
AND IN RESPONSE, UM, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATOR WROTE THE BROWN ACT AND PASSED, UM, AND PASSED IT.
UM, AND, UH, FUN FACT, THE REPORTER, UM, HELPED AUTHOR THE BILL.
SO IN 1953, THIS, THIS ACT WAS ENSHRINED, UM, IN OUR LAWS.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT, UH, IT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN SUNSHINE LAWS.
THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT IS A, IS ANOTHER ONE.
UM, AND THE IDEA IS THAT, UH, PUBLIC SCRUTINY IS THE SUNSHINE TO WHAT WE DO AS A PUBLIC ENTITY.
IT'S A DISINFECTED AGAINST CORRUPTION, AGAINST NEGLIGENCE, AGAINST INEPTITUDE.
UM, THEREFORE, WE SHOULD, WE MUST CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, UM, AND PUBLIC AND, AND THE PUBLIC MUST BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON WHAT WE DISCUSS, UM, DURING THE BROWN ACT MEETING.
UH, ONE THING I I LIKE TO SAY IN, IN THESE PRESENTATIONS IS, UH, THE PORTS AND THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSTRUE THE BROWN ACT QUITE BROADLY.
SO IF THERE IS A GRAY AREA THAT THEY'RE ASKED TO OPINE ON, THEY WILL ALWAYS CONSTRUE THE BROWN ACT IN FAVOR OF OPEN ACCESS, AND THEY WILL INTERPRET EXCEPTIONS TO THE BROWN ACT VERY, VERY NARROWLY.
UM, AND I THINK THAT PRINCIPLE WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND, UM, IN TERMS OF THESE GENERAL PRINCIPLES I HAVE ON THIS SLIDE.
AND I JUST WANT TO READ VERBATIM THE, UH, INTRODUCTION TO THE BROWN ACT, UM, WHICH DESCRIBES ITS PURPOSE, UM, AND INTENT.
UH, SO IN ENACTING THIS CHAPTER, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THAT THE PUBLIC COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND COUNCILS AND THE OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES IN THIS STATE EXIST TO AID IN THE CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS.
IT IS THE INTENT OF THE LAW THAT THEIR ACTIONS BE TAKEN OPENLY AND THAT THEIR DELIBERATIONS BE, UH, CONDUCTED OPENLY.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE DO NOT YIELD THEIR SOVEREIGN TO THE AGENCIES WHICH SERVE THEM.
THE PEOPLE IN DELEGATING AUTHORITY DO NOT GIVE THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE TO KNOW AND WHAT IS GOOD FOR THEM NOT TO KNOW.
THE PEOPLE INSIST ON REMAINING INFORMED SO THAT THEY MAY RETAIN CONTROL OVER THE INSTRUMENTS THEY HAVE CREATED.
SO, I, I THINK THAT'S, UM, QUITE BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, HONESTLY, PIECE OF, UH, INTRODUCTORY, UM, PROVISIONS IN A, IN AN ACT.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE, UH, MAIN DEFINITIONS WHEN I ADVISE ON THE BROWN ACT IS, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS A MEETING? UH, A MEETING IS A, ANY CONGREGATION OF A MAJORITY OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY IN WHICH, UM, THOSE MEMBERS HERE DISCUSS DELIBERATE ON, UM, ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THAT BODY.
SO LET'S SAY, UH, A FIVE MEMBER BODY MEETS AT RALPH'S, AND IT'S A COINCIDENCE.
THEY'RE ALL AT RALPH'S, UM, AND IS A MAJORITY.
AND THEY ALL MEET AND THEY HAPPEN TO TALK ABOUT AN ITEM WITHIN THEIR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
THAT IS A MEETING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF A FORMAL MEETING, IT'S NOT YOUR, THE, THE COMMISSIONERS AREN'T ON A DAIS.
UM, BUT THAT IS A MEETING, RIGHT? IT'S A, IT IS A CONGREGATION OF THE MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS, AND THEY DISCUSS AN ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
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HOWEVER, IT'S AN UNLAWFUL MEETING BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A MEETING, THERE HAS TO BE OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO POST AN AGENDA, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.UM, ANOTHER PRINCIPLE IS THAT, UH, ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA HAVE TO BE, UH, SHALL BE DISCUSSED.
UM, THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THE BODY'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE, TALK ABOUT, GOING TO TALK ABOUT, SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND COME TO THE MEETING AND MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT OR JUST HEAR ON, ON WHATEVER THE BODY'S DISCUSSING.
UM, JUST LIKE HEATHER TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF AVOIDING BIAS, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO AVOID THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY AND CONDUCTING MEETINGS, UM, IN SECRET OR, UM, IN VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, ERODES PUBLIC TRUST.
UM, AND THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT WHEN MEMBERS OF A PUBLIC BODY MEET, UM, IN SECRET AND DON'T IZE THEIR MEETINGS, THAT THEY'RE CONDUCTING SOME SORT OF IMPROPER CONDUCT.
THEY'RE DOING, UM, UNLAWFUL THINGS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, AVOIDING THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY IS, UM, SUPER IMPORTANT.
UM, IF YOU DON'T, UM, IT CALLS INTO QUESTION YOUR ABILITY, UH, IN TERMS OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS, AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS, UM, OBJECTIVITY, IMPARTIALITY, ET CETERA.
SO ANOTHER IMPORTANT DEFINITION, UH, IN THE BROWN ACT IS WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY? UM, IT PRETTY MUCH ENTAILS EVERY, UM, ADVISORY OR DECISION MAKING BODY OF A LOCAL AGENCY.
UH, REMEMBER THE BROWN ACT APPLIES TO LOCAL AGENCIES.
THERE'S A STATE, UH, EQUIVALENT, BUT, UM, IT APPLIES TO LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF LOCAL AGENCIES.
SO THIS INCLUDES GOVERNING BODIES.
SO CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY COUNCIL IS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, BODIES CREATED BY A GOVERNING BODY.
SO THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, LIKE THEIR BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES, BUT OTHER BODIES COUNCIL HAS CREATED THROUGH FORMAL ACTION, BE THAT THROUGH RESOLUTION ORDINANCE.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, BODIES CREATED BY THE CITY CHARTER, UM, OR CREATED, ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY CHARTER, LIKE THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
UM, AND WHAT A LEGISLATIVE BODY IS NOT IS A TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, MADE SOLELY OF THE MEMBERS OF THAT BODY AND CONSTITUTING LESS THAN A FORUM.
UM, SO THAT'S FOUR REQUIREMENTS YOU NEED TO MEET TO NOT FOR A COMMITTEE, TO NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
UM, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT, UM, BUT IS NOT MEETING OPENLY AND, UH, IZING THOSE MEETINGS.
SO AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE TEMPORARY.
UH, THAT MEANS THE COMMITTEE HAS A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND ONCE THAT PURPOSE HAS, UM, BEEN COMPLETED, THEN THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD DISSOLVE.
UM, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A TEMPORARY COMMITTEE, UM, IT HAS TO BE MADE UP OF ONLY MEMBERS OF THAT BODY, UM, AND IT HAS TO CONSTITUTE LESS THAN THE QUORUM OF, OF THAT BODY.
SO THIS IS THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION WHERE I TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.
UM, AND THE MAIN, UM, THING THAT PUBLIC, UH, BODIES SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT RUN INTO TROUBLE IS SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, THIS MEANS, UH, IT'S, IT'S CALLED A SERIAL COMMUNICATION OR A SERIAL, SERIAL MEETING.
IT MEANS THAT EACH COMMUNICATION, UM, INVOLVES LESS THAN THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATIONS IN A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVES THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY.
AND THOSE OCCUR OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO THERE ARE A FEW WAYS A SERIAL COMMUNICATION CAN OCCUR.
SO, UM, LET'S CONTINUE OUR EXAMPLE OF A FIVE MEMBER COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION, LET'S SAY THE CHAIR EMAILS.
UM, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT A SUBJECT MATTER.
UM, JURIS AN ITEM IN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, THAT IS A SERIAL COMMUNICATION.
THE CHAIR IS THE, THE HUB, AND THE SPOKE ARE ALL THE OTHER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COMMISSION.
IT CAN ACT US ALSO HAPPEN BY REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I EMAIL THE MAJORITY OF, UM, THE COMMISSION, UM, AND, AND ALSO IN RESPONSE, UH, SEND THAT EMAIL TO THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION, THAT COULD BE A, A SERIAL COMMUNICATION IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A BACK AND FORTH, UM, SERIES OF EMAILS BETWEEN ME AND THE MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
DAISY CHAIN IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, IS WHEN ONE MEMBER CONTACTS ANOTHER MEMBER AND THEN THAT MEMBER CONTACTS ANOTHER MEMBER, AND
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SO ON AND SO FORTH, UNTIL THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY HAS BEEN CONTACTED.EMAILS, TEXTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ARE, UM, TRICKY, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN EASILY FALL INTO THE TRAP OF A SERIAL COMMUNICATION.
UM, THAT IS WHEN A MEMBER, FOR EXAMPLE, A MEMBER CONTACTS ALL OF THE OTHER MEMBERS ON THEIR BODY TO ENSURE THAT THEY VOTE YES ON AN ITEM.
UM, THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE, UM, DELIBERATIONS ON AN ITEM SHOULD HAPPEN OPEN, UH, DURING AN OPEN, UM, AND PUBLIC MEETING.
DAISY CHAIN, AGAIN, WHEN MEMBER BLUE CONTACTS MEMBER GREEN MEMBER GREEN CONTACTS MEMBER ORANGE, MEMBER ORANGE CONTACTS MEMBER PINK.
UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THIS CAN EASILY HAPPEN WHEN YOU FORWARD EMAIL EMAILS TO ONE ANOTHER, UM, LET'S SAY THE CHAIR EMAIL OR MEMBER BLUE EMAILS MEMBER GREEN MEMBER GREEN JUST FORWARDS THAT COMMUNICATION TO MEMBER ORANGE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING.
MEMBER ORANGE FORWARDS THAT TO MEMBER PINK.
THAT'S A SERIAL COMMUNICATION.
IT'S A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING AN ITEM WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OR JURISDICTION, UM, BY REPRESENTATIVE.
AGAIN, UH, THIS DOES NOT BAR INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS OR MEMBERS OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY FROM TALKING TO STAFF.
UM, IN FACT, IT'S, IT'S NECESSARY.
AND THAT COMMISSIONERS TALK TO STAFF ABOUT ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
WHAT STAFF CANNOT DO IS THEN GO TALK TO EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OF WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH ANOTHER COMMISSIONER.
UM, THAT, THAT BECOMES A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE UNLAWFUL, UH, BY REPRESENTATIVE.
SO AGAIN, EMAILS, TEXT, SOCIAL MEDIA IS A TRICKY AREA WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, A COMMUNICATION CAN BE JUST A, LIKE, CAN BE A REPOST, IT CAN BE A COMMENT.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF MEMBER BLUE POSTS ON A, ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM ABOUT AN ISSUE, AND MEMBER GREEN HEARTS IT, AND THEN MEMBER ORANGE SHARES IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, AND THEN MEMBER PINK COMMENTS ON THAT POST, UM, THAT BECOMES A SERIES OF, UH, A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE BROWN ACT.
UM, THAT DOES NOT PREVENT YOU FROM POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT ITEMS WITHIN YOUR, UM, WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION.
UM, JUST BE CAREFUL THAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS CANNOT INTERACT WITH THAT POST, OR IT BECOMES, IT CAN BECOME A SERIAL COMMUNICATION.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE, UM, MARINE, UH, AREAS IN THE CITY.
UM, YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR CONS, CONSTITUENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, JUST BE CAREFUL THAT, UM, OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, DO NOT INTERACT WITH THAT POST.
SO THIS IS WHAT I, UM, JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS, UM, BETWEEN A MEMBER AND ANOTHER PERSON OR A MEMBER ARE ALLOWED.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S COMMON FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF A COMMISSION TO, UH, MEET TOGETHER AND SET THE AGENDA WITH STAFF.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN SPEAK TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SPEAK TO, UM, UH, REPORTERS, STAFF, COLLEAGUES.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS THAT ARE, UH, PERMIT OR PERMISSIBLE YET.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE? YES.
YET ON REPORTERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THEY CAN TALK, BUT THEY CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES ON THE COMMISSION.
UNLESS IT'S, UNLESS IT'S VOTED ON BY THE COMMISSION.
IT SORT OF COUNTERS WHAT WE DID ON THE ETHIC THING.
BUT IT'S ON THE BROWN ACT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER, I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, I'M SAYING YES.
SO THE CHAIR WOULD'VE TO GIVE YOU AUTHORIZATION TO SPEAK ON BEHALF RIGHT.
UM, IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.
YOU CAN TALK TO, UM, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, ANYBODY YOU WANT LAWS.
THIS DOESN'T REP YOU DON'T REPRESENT THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
MAYBE SIMILAR TO THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME TOPIC THAT'S, UH, VOTED ON OR AGREED UPON HERE AT THIS CONVICTION.
WE WALK OUT THE DOOR AND THERE'S A, A PRESS MEMBER OF SOME FORM OF THE PRESS AND THEY SAY, COMMISSIONER POLARIS, YOU, YOU KNOW, VOTED AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVELY ON THIS.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY? I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU? TYPICALLY WHEN WE HANDLE MEDIA REQUESTS, IT'S FUNNELED THROUGH STAFF.
UM, THAT JOURNALIST, UM, CAN ALWAYS CIRCLE BACK TO YOU LATER.
SO, SO SAY, SEE, MR. LEE? YES.
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AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE FOLLOW IT, FUNNEL IT THROUGH YOUR CHECK.BUT WE WOULD, WE WOULD SAY YES.
THE HARDER WE CAN ANSWER, BE POLITE.
HEY, WE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT IT SHOULD GO THROUGH OUR, OUR COMMISSION CHECK.
SO THERE ARE, UM, NARROW EXCEPTIONS TO, UM, WHAT A MEETING IS.
UM, AND THOSE EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE WHEN A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS, UM, GO TO A CONFERENCE, THAT, THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, GO TO A PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, AGAIN, THAT'S FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THEY CAN GO TO, UM, AN OPEN MEETING OF ANOTHER BODY LIKE COUNSEL.
THEY CAN GO TO A PURELY SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENT.
UM, BUT THESE EXCEPTIONS ARE VERY, VERY FACT SPECIFIC.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON A LOT OF FACTORS IF THE EXCEPTION APPLIES.
UM, AND FOR ALL THESE EXCEPTIONS, MEMBERS, UM, STILL CANNOT DISCUSS MATTERS OF THE BODY, UM, AMONGST THEMSELVES AT THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
UM, AGAIN, UH, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THESE EXCEPTIONS, UM, FEEL FREE TO ASK TODD WHO WILL CIRCLE BACK TO ME.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, THE COURTS AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL CONSTRUE THESE EXCEPTIONS VERY NARROWLY, AND THEY ARE VERY, UH, FAST SPECIFIC.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS ARE AGENDAS.
UM, A REGULAR AGENDA, UM, UH, IS MUST BE POSTED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
UM, AND SPECIAL MEETINGS, UM, ONLY REQUIRE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING FOR THE AGENDA TO BE POSTED.
UM, THIS IS BECAUSE SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE CALLED BY THE CHAIR, UM, UH, AND ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE CHAIR.
REGULAR MEETINGS ARE, UM, MEETINGS THAT OCCUR AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME, UM, SET BY THE BODY.
UM, SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT THE MEETING WILL OCCUR ON A RA ON THIS DATE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO THAT IS WHY THERE'S A LONGER LEAD TIME.
IN TERMS OF POSTING THE AGENDA, UH, THE AGENDA MUST INCLUDE GENERAL, UM, DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH ITEM.
IT HAS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED, UM, DURING THE MEETING.
IT HAS TO INCLUDE THE TIME, DATE, AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING.
UM, IT HAS TO BE POSTED IN A LOCATION FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S POSTED ON THE DOOR, THE CITY POSTED, POSTED THE AGENDA ON THE WEBSITE, AND IT MUST INFORM THE PUBLIC OF WHAT THE BODY'S INTENDED TO DO, UM, ON EACH ITEM SO THE PUBLIC CAN DECIDE ON WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THIS, UM, COMES UP MORE OFTEN THAN YOU THINK ARE, WHERE CAN MEETINGS BE HELD? THEY HAVE TO BE HELD WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OR BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY, UNLESS AN EXEMPTION, UM, APPLIES.
UM, SO, UH, AS A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION, YOU CANNOT MEET IN THE CITY OF LA THAT'S OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, UNLESS SOME EXCEPTION APPLIES.
AND ALL MEETINGS MUST BE A DA, UH, ACCESSIBLE.
THE PUBLIC HAS, UM, SEVERAL RIGHTS.
UM, DURING A PUBLIC MEETING, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM, AND THEY HAVE A THE RIGHT TO COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. THE RIGHT, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN RECORD A MEETING, UH, VIA AUDIO OR VIDEO TAPE.
THEY CAN, UH, TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.
UM, THEY MUST BE ALLOWED TO REVIEW ANY ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, UM, ON AGENDA ITEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PRESENTATION, HEATHER'S PRESENTATION, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND LOOK AT IT.
UM, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AT A MEETING, EVEN WHEN THEY COMMENT.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL THEIR NAME TO ANYONE.
AND ALL VOTES MUST BE CAST IN PUBLIC.
BALLOTS ARE ALLOWED, UM, LIMITED EXCEPTIONS IN CLOSED SECTION BECAUSE OF CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS, BUT MOST VOTES SHOULD BE CAST IN PUBLIC.
SO THE, FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN, BOB, BOB, CAN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON? YEAH, THANK YOU.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT LIKE, WHEN YOU GO TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU GO TO THE LECTERN TO TALK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOUR NAME OR YOUR ADDRESS ANYMORE.
SO, UM, THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT, UH, GIVE THEIR FIRST INITIAL OR THEY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS, UM, OR THEY GIVE A FAKE NAME.
WE ASK FOR THE NAME JUST FOR ORDER OF BUSINESS REASONS.
SO THE MAYOR CAN CALL PEOPLE UP TO THE DAAS TO SPEAK.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
UH, AND THERE ARE, UM, BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT ON THE CIVIL SIDE.
UM, ANY PERSON CAN, UM, SUE TO PREVENT VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT.
EVEN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAN SUE
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TO PREVENT FUTURE, UM, VALID VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT.UM, IN THAT SUIT, THE COURT CAN ACTUALLY INVALIDATE OR RENDER NOLL ACTIONS TAKEN BY A BODY, UM, THAT WERE IN VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT.
UM, AND THE, THE PREVAILING PARTY CAN GET, UH, COST IN ATTORNEY'S FEES ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE.
UH, AN INDI INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF A BODY CAN BE, UM, PROSECUTED, UM, FOR A MISDEMEANOR IF THEY INTENDED TO DEPRIVE, UM, THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, PRESENTATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SIR? APPRECIATE YOU.
I MEAN, IT'S, UH, UM, IT'S GOOD TO RE REVIEW THIS AND NOT MUCH LIKE COMMISSIONER BLAIR STATED.
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WATCHED THE CITY COUNCIL.
DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I WATCHED THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND IT'S AMAZING HOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE GO UP THERE AND JUST TALK, AND I WILL SAY SPEW REALLY BAD THINGS AT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND, AND THEY SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY GET THREE MINUTES TO BASICALLY TALK AND SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
IT'S FRUSTRATING HOW THEY CAN TAKE THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S FOUL LANGUAGE.
YOU NAME IT, THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
AND I'M JUST AMAZING HOW IT'S NOT MORE CONCISE OF SOMEBODY GIVING THEIR NAME, AT LEAST BEING ACCOUNTABLE, UH, BECAUSE THEY CAN WALK UP WITH A MASK ON, THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT AND TURN AROUND AND WALK OUT.
BUT THEY HAVE A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL RAMIFICATIONS.
BUT, UM, HOW OFTEN DO WE SEE THE, THE BROWN POLICE COME OUT AND, UH, AND MAKE AN ENFORCEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN SITUATIONS LIKE HERE, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE IN ERROR? I MEAN, I HAVEN'T, TO BE HONEST, I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF, UM, CASE CIVIL CASES ON THE BROWN ACT THAT HAVE REACHED THE COURT OF APPEAL.
UM, THE, I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT A COMMISSION VIOLATED THE BROWN ACT.
UM, IT MAY NOT GET TO THE POINT OF A LAWSUIT, UM, BUT THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION OF BROWN ACT CAN BE EVEN MORE DAMAGING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT THE BROWN ACT OR IF IT'S MORE ETHICS, BUT, UM, WHEN WE DID THE ETHICS, UM, THANK YOU.
WHEN WE DID THE ETHICS TRAINING ONLINE, UM, THERE WAS A, THERE'S A CLAUSE ABOUT IF YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR A PERSON OF AN OFFICIAL BODY, AND YOU LEAVE THAT POSTER, TURN OUT THAT THERE IS A TIME RESTRICTION THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T ADVISE OR CONSULT OR TO BACK TO A BODY THAT MIGHT, UM, UM, DO PERSONAL REPRESENTATION.
HEATHER, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT? YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO OUR REVOLVING DOOR ORDINANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT'S CORRECT.
IF, IF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR I THINK EVEN LIKE THE CITY MANAGER, IT IS A CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR DOWN IT GOES.
WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE MORE PEOPLE IN THE FAIR ACT.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S A, A ONE YEAR MORATORIUM WHERE YOU CANNOT LOBBY OR CONSULT, UM, FOR ANYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY.
AND THEN THE FAIR ACT IS PUSHING FOR TWO.
AND THAT'S FOR, THAT'S FOR CONGRESS, THAT'S FOR STATE SENATE ASSEMBLY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? WHAT'S IT, I HATE TO COME BACK TO THIS, BUT ON THE SPEAKING AND ACCOUNTS MEETING, WAS THAT EVER REQUIRED? AND THEN AT SOME POINT IN HISTORY, IT WAS DONE AWAY WITH WHERE YOU HAD TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF, YOURSELF USED TO FILL OUT THE COMMENT CARD? NO, YOU'D HAVE TO DO IT HERE.
I MEAN, WE, AS OF A YEAR AGO WHEN YOU CAME HERE, YOU HAD TO SAY YOUR NAME, UH, YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN YOU WOULD TALK AND THEN IT WENT AWAY.
IS THAT I, YEAH, I HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, IS THERE A NUMBER, CAN, CAN THE CITY COUNCIL OR ANYBODY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF, UM, PEOPLE TESTIFYING? UM, SO I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FIRST.
UM, THE BROWN ACT HASN'T CHANGED A LOT SINCE IT WAS AN ENACT.
I MEAN, THERE IS A RECENT UPDATE AS OF JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR THAT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED IT.
BUT, UM, CITIES ARE ALLOWED TO, UH, REGULATE THE CONDUCT OF THEIR MEETINGS.
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UM, ONE OF THE THINGS BEING, UM, REQUIRING PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN SOMEONE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND THE NEED FOR COUNCIL TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, UM, THROUGH THEIR MEETINGS.
UM, SO THEY ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE REASONABLE REGULATIONS ON, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, BUT THEY, UH, DO HAVE TO, UM, ALLOW EVERYONE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOMETIMES INSTEAD OF THREE MINUTES, THEY GET 90 MINUTES.
UM, WHEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK, THEN THEY'LL CUT DOWN RIGHT THE TIME.
JUST FOLLOWING UP ON COMMISSIONER LAMB BAY'S QUESTION AND YOUR RESPONSE, WHEN THERE, THIS GOES TO MORE OF CITY COUNCIL, WHEN THERE ARE HOT PUTTING ISSUES THAT LIKE 300 PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR, AND THAT IS KNOWN PREVIOUSLY TO THE MEETING, IS IT SO REQUIRED BY THE BROWN ACT FOR THAT TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED IN THEIR POSTING SO THAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE MADE AWARE, OH, I'M GONNA HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK, OR, OH, I'M GONNA HAVE THREE MINUTES.
'CAUSE NORMALLY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE IS THREE, BUT I KNOW IF I MISS MY WINDOW THAT I, I DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, IF THE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A HOT BUTTON ISSUE, IS THE, UM, BODY THAT'S HEARING THIS REQUIRED TO HAVE A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC MEETING TO HEAR ALL OF THE COMMENTS? ARE THEY ALLOWED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CONDENSE IT, THEN YOU TRY.
UH, IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR MATTERS TO BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
I'M NOT AWARE OF A CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH 300 PEOPLE WERE SIGNED UP TO COMMENT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT INSTANCE.
UM, IT MAY BE THAT, UM, COUNCIL CONTINUES THE ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, UM, GETTING THE, ME GETTING BUSINESS DONE.
'CAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO COMPLETE, UM, IT DOES HAVE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
'CAUSE MEETINGS ARE THE ONLY PLACE COUNCIL CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
UM, IT IS, THERE ARE, UM, I BELIEVE WRITTEN POLICIES ON, UM, COUNCIL'S, UH, HOW COUNCIL CAN CONDUCT THE MEETING.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, CONSOLIDATING A MEETING, UM, IT MAY JUST, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER WAYS IT MAY BE, THEY MAY MOVE OTHER ITEMS TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND JUST FOCUS ON THAT ONE ITEM JUST SO WE CAN, THEY CAN GET THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR HOT BUTTON ISSUE.
UM, AND, AND THE MEETING AT A REASONABLE, UM, HOUR.
COMMISSIONER, I, I CAN ADD TO IT.
UH, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE CHAIR, UH, OF THAT AND SAY A SENATE COMMISSION, UH, AND YOU HAVE 500 PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING IN LINE, THEY WILL DO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND AYE OR IN FAVOR, THAT'S IT.
THERE'S NO, NO, THEY'LL SHUT 'EM DOWN BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE.
UH, AND THEY'LL DO THE AYES AND THEY'LL DO THE NA IF THAT'S CONSTITUTIONAL OR NOT.
AS LONG AS THEY CAN VOICE THEIR, THEIR SUPPORT FOR OR AGAINST THAT PROPOSAL, THAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? ANYONE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO, UM, EXILE AND RECEIPT THE PRESENTATION ON THE GROUND.
THERE GOES OUR PARTY
SO, SO KUDOS TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS AND KUDOS TO YOU, BOTH OF YOU.
MOVING ON, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND AND RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S BUDGET UPDATES.
UH, WE WILL START WITH, UH, MARINE SAFETY AND BATTALION CHIEF PIZZA.
OH, AND, UH, AS BEFORE THEY FINISH, UH, THANK YOU ON THE RECORD OF BOTH HEATHER AND MELISSA.
YOU GUYS MAKE, UH, THANK YOU INFORMATION.
PUT YOU IN FOR A RAISE AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ETHICS AT BROWN ACT VACCINATION.
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I GUESSI'M OF THE MARINE SAFETY BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT SAFETY DIVISION.
UH, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE MARINE SAFETY DIVISION.
YOU GUYS, UH, SHOULD HAVE GO ABOUT THE STATS, TODD, THAT THEY'VE PASSED OUT THE STATISTICS FOR MARINE SAFETY.
IT WILL BE SENT TO YOU GUYS IN THE, UH, MARINA READER, SO YOU WILL HAVE IT.
UM, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS IS IT WAS A BUSY SWIFT WATER DECEMBER FOR US.
UH, OUR CREWS WERE DEPLOYED 23RD, 24TH, 25TH, 26TH IN THE CITY.
SO, UH, SOME OF OUR CREWS WERE UNFORTUNATELY AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, BUT THEY WERE OUT ON THE RIVERS PROTECTING THE CITY AND PROTECTING OUR, UH, OUR PUBLIC, UH, BUSY, BUSY TIME FOR, UM, THE SW WATER TEAM.
WE HAVE OUR DIVE, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DIVE PRACTICE.
NEXT WEEK WE START OUR NIGHT DIVE CIRCUIT.
SO WE'LL BE OUT IN THE WATER AT NIGHT DOING OUR NIGHT DIVE TRAINING, WHICH IS, UH, EXCITING, BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA BE COLD.
UM, OUR JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM IS GEARING UP.
WE HAVE OUR GO JG UH, PROGRAM ALREADY, UH, UNDERWAY THIS WEEK.
SO WE'LL START, UH, TEACHING KIDS HOW TO SWIM TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE JUNIOR GUARD TEST SO THEY CAN GET INTO THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND THOSE ARE A LOT OF OUR, THOSE ARE A LOT OF OUR LIFEGUARDS TEACHING THOSE CLASSES TO, UM, HELP THESE KIDS.
AND IT'S FREE IN PUBLIC, UM, AT MANY POOLS, SILVERADO AND NICE POOLS AROUND LONG BEACH.
UM, RESCUE BOAT FLEET IS DOING WELL.
WE HAVE ONE, ONE OF OUR RESCUE BOATS IS, UH, OUT WITH THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SPARES.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT.
UM, WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO OUR MARINE, UH, DEPARTMENT.
YESTERDAY WE HAD A REPORT OF A BOAT FIRE, UM, WHICH IS A BIG CALL FOR US, RIGHT.
UM, TURNED OUT IT WAS JUST A DOCK, UH, ONE OF THE ELECTRICAL UNITS IN THE VAULT THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE OR HAD A SPARKING ISSUE.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN, THAT'S A BIG ONE FOR US.
UM, AND I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE WITH BRIAN ABOUT ANOTHER TOPIC AND UH, WE HAD THE ELECTRICIAN THERE I THINK IN 15 MINUTES.
AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL UNTIL YOU GET TO THE DOCK AND YOU REALIZE THERE'S A HUNDRED VESSELS THAT ARE 60 FEET PLUS IN THAT AREA AND THEY HAVE REFRIGERATORS AND ALL KINDS OF ISSUES AND THEY'RE NOT ALL LIV BOARDS.
SO, UM, TO GET THE ELECTRICIAN THERE AND GET THE MARINE SAFETY OR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT DOWN THERE TO FIX THE ISSUE IS HUGE FOR THE BOATING COMMUNITY.
UH, AND HILTON, RIGHT? COREY, YOU CAN HILTON DOWN THERE, UM, CAME DOWN.
WE'RE ALL CHURNED OUT TRYING TO FIND, OKAY, WE GOT A FIRE.
AND IT WAS, UH, HANDLED VERY QUICKLY AND PROFESSIONALLY.
SO KUDOS AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
UM, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE TALKED ABOUT BUIS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, WE HAVE TWO OF OUR CREWS, UH, RIGHT NOW TRAINING WITH
NEXT MONTH WE HAVE TWO MORE CREWS GOING TO BUI CLASS.
WE HAVE TWO NEW BOAT OPERATORS.
UM, AND UM, RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING WITH THE US COAST GUARD ENFORCEMENT TEAM ABOUT A BUI CHECKPOINT ON THE WATER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PLAUSIBILITY THAT IS, BUT, UH, I'M LOOKING INTO IT AS PROMISED AND WORKING WITH COAST GUARD, UH, TO SEE IF, IF WE CAN DO THAT, UM, OR WHAT ACTIONS WE CAN DO.
UM, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT, SO I PROMISE YOU THAT.
AND THAT'S WHAT, AND, AND WE HAVE SEEN IN, UM, OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE, UH, THE LIFEGUARDS ARE ASKING ABOUT VOTER CARDS.
SO VOTING VOTER SAFETY CARDS ARE NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM.
AND IT'S PART OF OUR SAFETY CHECK WHEN WE PULL SOMEBODY OVER.
UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF REACH OUT AS THE DIFFERENT YACHT CLUBS ARE AND COMMUNITIES OF GETTING CARDS.
IT STILL FEELS LIKE IT'S AN EDUCATION THING AFTER SIX, SEVEN YEARS OF GETTING IT OUT THERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING IT OUT THERE.
SO, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY'S HELPING OUT ON THAT, WHICH IS HUGE BONUS.
DO YOU, DO YOU FIND, DO YOU FIND GOING OUT, UH, IN, IN MY DUFFY AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND SEEING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER STEERED A DUFFY RUNNING INTO ALL THE BOATS AND SOME OF THE BOATS THAT ARE TO THE CANALS.
I MEAN LITERALLY HITTING BOATS AND THEN MOVING ON, LIKE IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
UM, DO YOU THINK THAT WILL EVER COME TO FRUITION? THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE CAPTAINS ON IT OR SHOW A MOTOR CAR THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO DO IT? I KNOW IT'S FIVE, SEVEN MILES AN HOUR OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF BOATING ACCIDENTS WITH DUFFIES OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST RUNNING INTO PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO STARE.
UM, AND TO BE HONEST, I, I DON'T SEE A, A CALIFORNIA SAFETY CARD FOR THE RENTERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF SOMETHING TOO, RIGHT? UH, DUFFYS ARE HARD TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S WINDY.
UH, THEY'RE OUT THERE AND, UH, THEY'RE IN A TIGHT QUARTERS.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF VESSEL ACCIDENTS.
OUR VESSEL ACCIDENTS HAVE RISEN OVER THE YEARS, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A LOT MORE BOAT AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, ALL THE, ALL THE ACTIVITY ON THE WATER IS FANTASTIC.
UM, BUT WITH THAT COMES CALL VOLUME FOR US.
SO, AND I THINK SOME OF US EVEN GOT, UH, TEXTS FROM CITIZENS OF, UH,
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OF FOLKS, UM, GETTING ON OUR TREES AND NOW WITH THEM BEING SOLAR, IT, IT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES VANDALISM BECAUSE YOU'RE STEPPING ON THE SOLAR CELLS.AND UH, WE'VE TALKED TO OUR CREWS ABOUT THAT.
AND WHEN THEY'RE ON PATROLS TO DEFINITELY TAKE A, UH, DURING THE CHRISTMAS OBVIOUSLY TO TAKE A SPECIAL LAP AROUND.
BUT, UM, THEY'RE GETTING PUT AWAY.
I THINK THEY WERE OFF LAST NIGHT, KIND OF SAD TO SEE 'EM GO.
UM, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY WITH THE NEW SOLAR, UH, CONVERSATIONS, IT'S FUN TO SEE THEM BEING THOUGH PUT AWAY FOR THE NIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA ADD PALM TREES NEXT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ENFORCEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE STATISTICALLY? YEAH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU COULD SHARE WITH US, UM, FOR DISTRIBUTION INTO THE PACKET WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY RARE THAT THERE'S BEEN SIGHTINGS, UM, FOR PEOPLE WITH UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND, AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION.
UM, THAT'S HOW I PRETTY MUCH HAVE A REPORT ON THE ENFORCEMENT PART.
WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE ON THE MAPLES CHRISTMAS PARADE WAS ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF, A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE.
WE DID HAVE A VESSEL ACCIDENT THAT NIGHT.
UM, THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS INJURED AND IT WAS NOT, UH, A BUI.
UM, IT WAS JUST A PERSON SWUNG INTO THE BOAT DRIVING.
I MEAN, IT WENT OUT EVERYWHERE.
YEAH, I'M SURE EVERYBODY SAW IT.
WE DID WRITE A COUPLE CITATIONS.
UH, THE CREWS AT BOAT ONE'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WRITING TWO CITATIONS OFF THE PIER.
UM, SORRY, THAT'S THE RADIO TRAFFIC.
WE'RE WE'RE ENFORCING APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER INCIDENT, UM, COMMISSIONER BLAIR TALKED ABOUT DURING THE PARADE NIGHT.
UH, I WAS NOT THERE TO WITNESS IT, BUT I WAS TOLD ABOUT, ABOUT MY CREW, ABOUT A YOUNG FEMALE ON LIFE JACKET AND, AND FELL OFF THE LONG, WELL, THE LONG DOCK SECTION THERE NEAR THE
SO SHE WAS PLUCKED OUTTA THE WATER SWIFTLY.
BUT, UH, EVERYBODY BECAME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WANDERING ABOUT IN THE DARK WITHOUT A LIGHT JACKET ON.
BUT I, OUR CREWS DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT THAT NIGHT.
UM, THANKFULLY EVERYTHING WORKED OUT.
WE DID HAVE A, UM, GANGWAY COLLAPSE ON A PRIVATE DOCK AND WE HAD, UH, TWO PEOPLE END UP IN THE WATER CALL CAME OVER AS, UH, TWO PEOPLE JUMPED OFF THE BRIDGE.
SO WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED KNOCKING OUT BRIDGES IS DURING THE SMALL BOAT PARADE.
UM, ONE OF THE GANGS HAD COLLAPSED, UM, WITH JUST TWO PEOPLE ON IT.
THEY FELL AND FELL INTO THE PEOPLE INTO THE WATER.
SO, UH, MINOR INJURY ON THE PERSON IN THE WATER.
WE WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT HER AND GET HER ON A BACKPORT AND GET HER OUT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF BOATS, UM, A LOT OF CHAOS.
BUT, UM, LUCKILY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH PD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, OUR CREWS AND GET PEOPLE, GET HER OUT OF THERE AND GET HER SAFE.
ANY SWIFT WATER RESCUES THAT DURING THAT TIME DID WE RESCUE ANYBODY OR ANIMALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT NATURE? WE RESPONDED, I THINK WE HAD ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GETTING THAT SWIFT WATER DEPLOYMENT OR THE ONE BEFORE THAT CONFUSED.
UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS THEY WERE PULLING UP TO THEIR, UH, KNEES AND THEN WENT UP TO THEIR WAIST AND WE WALKED, WE WERE ABLE TO WALK THEM OUT.
WE STILL CONSIDER THAT SWIFT WATER RESCUE 'CAUSE WE GOT IN THE WATER RIGHT.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE GO THROUGH THE RIVER, WE DEPLOY A FEW HOURS EARLY AND GO THROUGH THE RIVERS AND TRY AND ADVISE EVERYBODY OUT, UM, AND GET 'EM OUTTA THE WATER AND GET 'EM OUTTA THE RIVER BEFORE THE WATER COMES TO PREVENTATIVE ACTION.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE GO BACK IN WHEN WE LEAVE AND THEN WE COME BACK ON OUR NEXT PATROL AND
I I'M GOING START TO CYCLE BACK TO THAT LONG DOCK REPORT.
AND WHERE ARE WE ON THE SWIM LADDER FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THE WATER, THEN THEY'RE INSTALLED AS FAR AS UH, THE SWIM LADDER'S ON THE DOCKS, IT'S THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE, THERE'S MULTIPLE THROUGHOUT THE THE MARINAS.
BECAUSE I THINK FROM THAT OTHER INCIDENT THAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT, I READ MOORE ON IT TODAY AND THAT WAS THE MAJOR CONCERN WAS THERE WAS ONLY ONE FUNCTIONING LADDER ON THE LOCK DOCK.
THERE'S ONE ON THAT END AND I GUESS IT'S BEEN DAMAGED.
WHICH ONE? THERE'S ONE BY THE CORNER IN YEAH, THE TIME SHE FIXES THE, UH, THE VESSEL ACCIDENT ON THE BOAT PARADE.
WHAT WAS THE VESSEL TITLE? UH, TWO POWERBOATS, I THINK THE 30, 30 TO 35.
SO JUST IT WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YEAH, YOU DON'T GET SO, UH, IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION.
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YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. NIXON? THANK YOU.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE ANY DETAILS AND ANYTHING THAT ARE LESSONS LEARNED, LEARNED I KNOW FOR YOU.
BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'LL GO TO, UH, MARINE PATROL AND SUPERVISOR HENRY.
I'M A SUPERVISOR FOR AFTERNOONS.
UH, THIS PAST MONTH WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 2001 41 CALLS FOR SERVICE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN WE HAD LAST MONTH.
OF THOSE CALLS, WE HAD 1,949 CALLS OR, UH, THAT WERE OFFICER INITIATED AT NINE TWO CALLS THAT WERE DIRECTLY DISPATCHED TO US, LIKE UNWELCOME CALLS AND SUCH.
UM, AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT, WE WROTE FOUR FISHING SITES, WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN WHAT WE WROTE LAST MONTH.
AND WE WROTE SIX, UH, TOTAL TRESPASS SITES, WHICH WERE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN LAST MONTH.
AND THE TOTAL NUMBER IS 78 PARKING SIGNS, WHICH WOULD DOUBLE THE NUMBER FROM LAST MONTH.
UM, AS FAR AS POSITIVE NOTES WE'RE, UM, ABOUT READY TO KICK ONE PERSON OUT TRAINING THIS MONTH OR ACTUALLY NEXT MONTH.
AND WE'RE RECEIVING TWO MORE BODIES, UH, THAT ARE TRANSFERRING FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THIS MONTH.
AND THEN I THINK NEXT MONTH WE'RE TAKING, WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE ANOTHER TWO MORE BODIES.
SO OUR NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY INCREASING, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.
ANYBODY QUESTION FOR THE, UH, IS THAT JUST LIKE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATES ON A DOCK, OR IS THAT ON? SO GONNA KUBOTA.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT CAN BE BOTH.
UM, BUT YEAH, AS FAR AS THEY, IF THEY BREAK THAT PLANE, THAT GATE, WHETHER IT'S IN PLACE OR NOT, AND THE SIGNS POSTED IS THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF TRESPASSING.
AND THERE IS A CERTAIN SECTION TOO FOR SOMEONE GAVE AN ENTRY AND SOMEONE, BUT WITHOUT PERMISSION AS WELL.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT SECTION, BUT YES.
UH, JUST A, A QUICK UPDATE ON, UH, THIS, THIS MORNING, UM, WE HAD A, UH, A GROUP OF MARINE PATROL AND LBT PD, MO TTL, UH, COOPERATION WITH MARINE SAFETY ACTUALLY GO OUT TO ISLAND WHITE, UH, TODAY TO ADDRESS UNAUTHORIZED MOORING.
SO, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE FUN OUT ON ISLAND WHITE.
UH, WE HAVE AN OPEN PERMIT PERMIT FOR THERE THAT ALLOWS IT TO, TO BE AN ANCHORAGE SITE ON CERTAIN DAYS.
UM, BUT THERE ARE, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND VOTES THAT ARE USING IT, UH, UNLAWFULLY AND UNAUTHORIZED.
SO, UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB THIS MORNING, UH, UH, MOVING SOME PEOPLE ALONG.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE WINDS.
AND THEN WE CAN LATER ON HAVE THEM DE DERELICT VEHICLES AND EVERYTHING ON OUR BEACHES.
SO YEAH, THE SOONER WE GET THOSE FOLKS MOVING, THE SAFER IT IS AND COST REDUCTIONS FOR US.
CAN THEY GO ON THE ISLAND? NO, THE ISLAND IS, UH, IS A OIL ISLAND.
IT'S NOT, NOT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS.
APPRECIATE YOU, APPRECIATE, THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL WE'LL MOVE TO OUR MARINE BUREAU GROUP AND WE WILL START WITH BRIAN, PLANT AND OPERATIONS.
UM, OCCUPANCY, WE'RE AT 92.84%.
UM, WE HAVE DEFINITELY HAD A BIT MORE MOVE OUTS, UH, THE PAST, LIKE MONTH OR SO.
UM, TEAM WORKING HARD TO GET THOSE SLIPS FILLED BACK UP.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY SOME BETTER NUMBERS NEXT MONTH.
UH, AS FAR AS GUEST STAYS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, UM, HAD 507 KNIGHTS OF GUEST GUEST MORTGAGE, UH, IN THE SYSTEM, UM, LIVE BOARD INSPECTIONS.
SO WE HAVE COME TO THE POINT WHERE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE APPLIED OR, YOU KNOW, COMPLIED WITH THE, THE NEW REQUIREMENTS, UH, DOWNTOWN AND SHORELINE.
OF THE 75 BLUEBOARD BOATS WE HAVE, UH, THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN NOW THAT ARE, HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING.
SO THEY ARE GETTING LETTERS OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTENT LETTER, UH, TO CANCEL, UH, THAT WENT OUT IN DECEMBER.
JUST KINDA GIVE 'EM THE HEADS UP, LIKE, HEY, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
UH, AND NOW THERE'S AN ACTUAL CANCELLATION LETTER GOING OUT, UM, STATING THAT THEIR PERMIT WILL BE CANCELED IF, IF NOTHING ELSE IS, IS DONE BY THESE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AT ALAMEDA BAY, UH, 45 TOTAL LIVERBOARD, UH, VESSELS, AND WE ARE DOWN TO FOUR, UH, THAT ARE NON-COMPLIANT.
UH, SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE MY TEAM A LOT OF CREDIT, UH, IN THE, THE EFFORTS THEY TOOK, UH, TO COORDINATE WITH US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY, UH, PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, WEEKEND MEETUPS AT THE DOCK WHERE THEY CAN HAMMER OUT BOTH INSPECTIONS IN, IN ONE BALL SWOOP.
UM, IT'S, THEY, IT'S DUE TO THEM THAT WE ARE THIS LOW IN, IN OUR NUMBERS AND WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH OUR VOTERS.
UH, THEY NEEDED TO BE, YOU KNOW, NUDGED ALONG A LITTLE BIT, UH, TO, TO REALIZE THAT, HEY, I LET MY BOAT SIT TOO LONG, I NEED TO DO SOME STUFF.
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WE'VE GOTTEN MORE APPRECIATION, UH, FOR, FOR SOME OF THIS THAN, THAN WE'VE HAD THE BACKLASH.I HAVE, EXCUSE ME TO INTERRUPT, BUT I HAVE A REAL QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT IS THE BACKLOG OR WHAT IS THE WAITING LIST FOR LIVERBOARDS IN OUR MARINAS? UM, DOWNTOWN AT SHORELINE, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE SIX TO LIKE FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, KINDA DEPENDING ON SIZE.
UH, ALAMEDAS IS ABOUT 10 YEARS, SO THEY'RE GOING, THE COAST GUARD WILL GO TO THE BOATS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO UN DOCK AND, AND GO OVER ANYWHERE TO BE INSPECTED.
THEY'LL COME OUT TO SOME OF THOSE BOAT OWNERS AND INSPECT THEM.
SO THE, UH, IT'S THE, UH, YOS COAST GUARD AUXILIARY GROUP.
UM, ACTUALLY WAS, UH, PART OF AN INSPECTION THIS MORNING BEFORE, BEFORE THE MEETINGS.
UM, YEAH, THEY WILL GO TO THE SLIP AND THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE WITH US.
THE, THE PART WHERE WE NEED THEM TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE BOAT IS WHEN WE DO OUR IN-HOUSE FREE BUREAU INSPECTION.
AND THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOAT IS ABLE TO GET UNDERWAY, UH, SAFELY NAVIGATE THE WATERS, UH, AND THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OPERATE THAT VESSEL.
UM, WE GOT A, A FUN THING COMING UP.
WE GOT AN AUCTION, UH, ON JANUARY 24TH.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GONNA START ADVERTISING THIS OUT.
UH, WE GOT GONNA HAVE APPROXIMATELY FIVE IN WATER BOATS, A COUPLE POWER BOATS, COUPLE SAIL.
UH, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 40 LAND ITEMS BETWEEN DINGHIES, KAYAKS, PADDLEBOARDS, UH, AND PLENTY OF BOAT IN THE FISHING GEAR THAT WILL BE STACKED IN PILES FOR SALE.
WHAT'S THE WEIRDEST OF THOSE 40? THE WEIRDEST OF THOSE 40, THE, THE REALLY WEIRD ONES.
WE, WE TEND TO, ONCE WE GET POSSESSION, UH, WE, WE GET RID OF.
UM, BUT THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME VERY UNIQUELY CRAFTED PADDLEBOARDS, UH, WITH LIKE SPONS OUTRIGGERS AND WHAT I'M THINKING, IT WAS A SPOT FOR A MOTOR.
UM, SO AFTERMARKET MODS? YEAH, LIKE, IT'S LIKE VERY, UH, VERY INGENIOUS MODS.
UH, NOT SURE THAT I WOULD TEST THE, YOU KNOW, THAT INTEGRITY OF, OF THAT STRUCTURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, TEACH THEIR OWN.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO THAT WILL BE ON JANUARY 24TH.
UH, VIEWING STARTS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
UH, AUCTION WILL START PROMPTLY AT NINE, AND THAT WILL BE AT OUR ALAMEDA BAY, UH, OFFICE PARKING LOT AND THE DOCKS.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO VIC THE AUCTIONEER FROM FLEET IS INCREDIBLE AND IT'S, UH, IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
YEAH, USUALLY JUST SOME DONUTS.
UM, TRY, TRY TO KEEP THAT FOR THE, FOR THE TEAM THAT'S THERE.
UH, KEEP, KEEP THEM MOTIVATED.
BUT, UM, ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING UP, AND I, I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT BRING THIS UP IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, BUT WE, I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF OUR, OUR SLIP REVENUE AND HOW THAT'S BRACKETED AS FAR AS OUR SLIP SIZES AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE THAT THAT EQUATES TO.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE QUICK STATS.
THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 12% OF OUR TOTAL SLIP COUNT.
AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR, IF WE'RE COMPLETELY FULL, UH, 5.19% OF THE POTENTIAL REVENUE GENERATED IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND, AND WITHIN THE ARENA SLIP FEES, UH, OUR 30 TO 40 FOOT SLIPS, UH, THAT IS APPRO, THAT IS 69% OF THE TOTAL SLIPS, AND IT'S 63.98% OF THE POTENTIAL REVENUE.
OUR 45 TO 50 FOOT SLIPS ARE 15% OF THE TOTAL SLIPS.
AND THAT'S 21, LIKE 21.7%, AND THEN 55 UP TO OUR BIG GUYS, ONE 15, UM, 4% OF THE SLIPS EQUATING TO NINE, A LITTLE OVER 9% OF THE, THE POTENTIAL REVENUE WE HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET, PLEASE.
THAT THE, THAT MADE THAT CHART.
WE, IT, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A COMPARE A GOOD COMPARISON.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE MARINA REBUILD AND WE DID ANALYSIS ABOUT WHAT SIZE SLIPS ARE NEEDED AND WE LIMITED SOME OF THE SMALLER SLIPS AND INCREASE SOME OF THE LARGER ONES.
AND IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MIX WAS, WAS DONE RIGHT BY LISTENING TO THE REVENUE NOW.
YEAH, I, I THINK IT, I THINK IT DEFINITELY HAS.
UH, I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR, FOR SMALLER VESSELS.
UH, THE, THE OVERALL UPKEEP TO KEEP A SMALL BOAT IN THE WATER, UH, VERSUS A TRAILER, UH, GETS, GETS QUITE EXPENSIVE.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BIG BOATS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE MARKET TENDS TO BE.
BRIAN, UM, DOES, UH, WHAT DO YOU GUYS CALL THAT STORAGE FACILITY ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GREEN SCENE HERE? UH, IS THAT CAPTURED IN HERE? OUR, OUR DRIVE OUT STORAGE? THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS NOT PART OF THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS JUST OUR IN WATER, IN WATER SLIP.
DO WE, DO WE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE DRIVE OUTS? IT, IT IS FULL.
UH, WE HAVE 175 LOOK, UH, 175 SPACES THERE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ROTATING FULL COMES TO US, RIGHT? VALE COME MM-HMM
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UH, MENTIONED DOCK CART STATIONS, UH, SO THAT WE DO HAVE ALL THE PARTS WE JUST WAITING TO DO, GONNA WORK WITH, UH, OUR BRANCH SUPERVISOR, UH, CEDRIC.WE'RE GOING, UH, MOUNT THE LOCK ON A CHAIN, WHICH THEN ATTACHES TO THE POST.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP HOLD OF THESE.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY OUT TWO DOWN IN ALAMEDAS AND THEN TWO AND SHORELINE AS WELL.
SEE THE, THE EFFICIENCY OF THIS, UH, DEVICES, UH, STAFFING, UM, GONNA BE PUTTING OUT, UH, A REQUISITION FOR A COUPLE MARINE AGENTS DOWNTOWN.
LIKE I TOLD YOU GUYS IN THE LAST MEETING, UH, WENT ON THE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONS.
UM, AND THEN IN NUMBER READ AGENT TOO AS WELL, UH, BOTH IN OUR DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT, UM, HAVE AN OFFER EXTENDED TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AID, UH, HANDLES OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.
UM, A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, REVENUE RECEIPTS, UH, INVOICING.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY START THEM IN LATE JANUARY, EARLY FEBRUARY.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE GOT THE, THE LO MISS GONNA BE JOINING US FOR A FEW MORE MEETINGS.
I KEEP HER AROUND, SHE SAYS, TILL APRIL WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING FOR, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, GOOD DECADE OR SO.
I, I KNOW WE WE'RE GONNA, GONNA SEE IF WE CAN FIND IT.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, THAT'S MY REPORT.
ARE THEY, ARE WE FINDING 'EM? I, THEY ARE.
AND THAT'S LIKE WITH THIS, UH, THIS, THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WE'RE GONNA TRY WITH THE, THE LOCKING STANDS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THEM RETAINED, LIKE ON THE DOCKS, UH, AND ACTUALLY HAVE A DESIGNATED SPOT SO THAT VOTERS KNOW THAT, HEY, WE WANT THEM TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS LOCATION.
PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN THE PARKING LOT.
IT'S, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE IN A RUSH.
THEY, THEY LOAD THEIR CARS UP, THEY LEAVE THE DOCK CART THERE, AND THEN SOMEBODY WALKING BY HAS A, HAS ANOTHER, ANOTHER DEVICE TO USE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND.
I I SAW A FAMILY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FROM SEAL BEACH, BUT I WAS GOING BY PATTY'S PLACE AND THEY WERE WALKING ALL THEIR, ALL THEIR GEAR LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE GOING THE BEACH AND LOOKED LIKE A LONG BEACH DOCK CART.
AND WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, THE COMPANY THAT MAKES, THOSE ARE THAT SAME DESIGN, UH, TRYING TO GET A MORE UNIQUE PART.
SO THE, THE BLACK CART THAT IS SO COMMON AND PREVALENT THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE DOCK CART WORLD IS NOT WHAT WE HAVE.
DO YOU, ONE LAST THING,
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT LOOK AT? I MEAN, IT'S THE RANGE.
WE CAN'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S TECHNICALLY CAPABILITY TO IT.
THE, THE MANEUVERABILITY OF THAT WOULD KIND OF DETER, BECAUSE THE, THE BIGGEST THING THAT YOU WANT WITH THESE DOCK CARTS IS MANEUVERABILITY AND, AND WEIGHT REDUCTION, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET UP AND DOWN GANGWAYS.
UH, LOW TIDE, HIGH TIDE, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY, IT'S JUST WE HAVEN'T FOUND ONE YET THAT TRULY IS APPLICABLE TO THE SCOPE AND SIZE OF OUR FOOTPRINT.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT, UM, THE THE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT ELEMENT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S TOO BULKY FOR US, BUT, UH, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGIES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, AIR TAGS, UH, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS, IT IS JUST FINDING THAT RIGHT, UH, COST EFFECTIVE, UH, EFFICIENT PRODUCT THAT'LL, THAT'LL DO THE MOST GOOD FOR US.
AND THEN THE WORK THAT HAD GONE OUT FOR THE BIDS, I KNOW YOU HAD COVERED THAT IN YOUR REPORT ON THE EXECUTIVE MEETING, BUT MAYBE THAT WOULD COME UNDER ANOTHER CATEGORY WITH THE RAINBOW HARBOR AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE GONE COMMERCIAL.
YEAH, SO WE HAVE A AN RFP THAT IS ADVERTISED RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AT RAINBOW HARBOR.
UH, IT WENT, IT WAS BEGAN THE ADVERTISEMENT ON, I BELIEVE, UH, DECEMBER 24TH.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A, UH, IN-PERSON, UH, MEETING IN RAINBOW HARBOR AT DOC AT PIER FOUR, UM, FOR POTENTIAL, UH, SOLICITORS ON JANUARY 15TH.
UM, I CAN SEND OUT THE LINK, UH, WITH, WITH THIS DOCUMENT TO THAT RAINBOW HARBOR RP THAT HAS ALL THE, THE PERTINENT DETAILS.
WHAT'S THAT? FOUR? UH, IT'S COMMERCIAL OPERATORS WITHIN RAINBOW HARBOR.
SO WE HAVE A, A FEW DIFFERENT PIERS THERE, UH, THAT ARE UP FOR, UH, BID.
UH, SO THREE, UH, 350 FOOT LONG SECTIONS OF A PEER SPACE IN RAINBOW HARBOR.
UM, AND THEN A SECTION ON DOCK GATE, KIND OF IN FRONT OF THE YARD HOUSE, BUT REALLY LOOKING TO TRY TO BOLSTER OUR COMMERCIAL OFFERINGS DOWN THERE, UH, ESPECIALLY
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WITH THE MULTITUDE OF VISITORS THAT WE REVIEW SEEING COMING IN THE FOOTPRINT AND THE INCOMING YEARS.ALRIGHT, WE'LL BRING UP, UH, KELLY ARMSTRONG IN A BEACH MAINTENANCE GROUP.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS OVER HERE.
SHOW YOU GUYS SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR RECENT MAC REPORT.
I'LL DON'T WANT TO SHOW OFF CORY'S PICTURES JUST YET, BUT WE'LL START WITH BEACH MAINTENANCE HERE.
UH, VERY BUSY MONTH, UH, WITH OUR BEACH TEAM, UH, CAPTURING JUST A FEW OF THE PHOTOS OF THE BULK OF STORM DEBRIS THAT CAME DOWN, UH, FROM THE LA RIVER, UH, THIS PAST MONTH WITH ALL THE RAIN.
UH, SO CREW IS ACTIVELY, UH, WORKING, UH, TO CLEAR THIS DEBRIS AND RETURN OUR BEACHES TO A SAFE AND CLEAN, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
UM, ALSO, UH, OUR CREW WORKED TO INSTALL SOME, UH, UH, BOULDERS AT OUR 72ND PARK, UH, ENTRYWAY.
WE WERE, UH, TOLD BY MARINE PATROL UNITS THAT, UH, VEHICLES WERE ACCESSING THE PARKING LOT, UH, IN THE LATE HOURS, UH, BY DRIVING THROUGH THE PARK.
ACTUALLY, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT COMPLETED WAS JUST SOME ADDITIONAL SAND OVER IN THE BAY SHORE AREA.
UM, AND OUR CREW IS CONTINUING TO, UH, REFORTIFY, UH, BERMS ALONG WITH PENINSULA, UH, FROM RECENT HIGH TIDES AND STORM.
NO BIG ISSUES, UH, ALONG OUR, OUR, UH, BERM, UM, AS FAR AS EROSION GOES THIS PAST STORM, UH, MONTH.
BUT, UH, CONTINUING JUST NORMAL FORTIFICATIONS UH, MOVING ON HERE, UH, TO OUR, UH, KIND OF OUR GROUNDS TEAM.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE VERY HIGH TIDES, UH, AND THIS IS MARINE STADIUM WHERE, UH, A LOT OF THAT TRASH, UH, WAS UP ON THE SIDEWALK, ACTUALLY WITH THE, THE HIGH TIDES.
UM, AND A LOT OF JUST PARK, UH, REPAIRS, UH, WITH, UH, AERATION, UH, AND IRRIGATION REPAIRS.
UH, AERATION COMPLETED AT, UH, RIZZO PARK, UH, IRRIGATION.
DONE AT, UH, WILL ROGERS AND MOTHERS BEACH.
UH, AND OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, ANOTHER BUSY MONTH WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL SCOTER REMOVAL FROM, UH, THE WATERWAYS THERE.
WE'VE BEEN, UH, COLLABORATING, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, MOBILITY PROGRAM.
UM, I BELIEVE A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, UM, THEY SHARED, UH, A PRESENTATION.
UH, SO WE'VE CONTINUED THOSE MEETINGS, UH, CONTINUED SHARING, UH, WHAT WE DO TO, UH, REMOVE SCOOTERS AND HOW WE CAN, UH, PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE.
THOSE WERE ALL PULLED OUT OF, UH, THE OCEAN.
UH, YEAH, RAINBOW HARBOR AREA.
UH, COMPLETED SOME REPAIRS ON OUR SEWER PUMPS.
THIS IS, UH, THIS PUMP WAS LOCATED ON DOCK ONE.
UM, KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT REALLY, CREW HAD TO TAKE THIS THING APART, INSTALL A, A NEW, UH, SEWER HOSE.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF, UH, SEVEN, UH, PUMP STATIONS WE HAVE IN RAINBOW HARBOR.
UH, CONTINUING WITH, UH, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND PROJECTS ALONG THE DOCKS, THERE IS THE BROW FLAPS.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO GO THROUGH THERE AND REPLACE THOSE.
UH, ANOTHER BIG PROJECT OUR TEAM COMPLETED WAS THE LIGHTHOUSE, UH, JUST VERY, UH, DUE FOR SOME CLEANING.
UM, AND WE DID THAT IN PREPARATION FOR WHAT WAS THE 25TH, UH, YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE WHITE HOUSE ITSELF.
UM, UH, SO WE COORDINATED SOME OF THE WORK WITH THE LIONS CLUB, UM, FOR THE EVENT, UH, AND REPLACED THE MISSING PLAQUE THAT WAS STOLEN.
I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT PLAQUE, BUT, UM, OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR WHO MADE IT FOR US AND OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO, UH, REINSTALL IT THE DAY OF, UH, THE CEREMONY.
UH, OTHER MENTIONS, UH, FOR OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM, UM, OR I SHOULD SAY OUR BEACH TEAM, UH, 70 TONS OF TRASH, UH, WAS REMOVED IN, UH, DECEMBER.
UH, WE WILL EXPECT THAT, UH, NUMBER TO GROW COMING INTO JANUARY.
UH, NOW THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING AT POST STORM, UH, DEBRIS REMOVAL, UH, LET'S SEE HERE.
AND I THINK, OH, AND OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM.
ANOTHER COUPLE OF PHOTOS HERE.
NEW FENCE INSTALLED, UH, AT THE GOLDEN SHORE AREA, UH, NEAR THE LA RIVER AND BIKE PATH.
AND, UH, OUR QUEENS BAY BAY TEAM HERE.
A COUPLE PHOTOS THERE, SOME DECORATIONS.
WE HAD SOME BOATS IN THE, UH, BOAT PARADE, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
SO THAT WAS A FUNNY EVENT TO KIND OF SHOWCASE OUR BOATS AND, UH, PUT SOME DECORATIONS ON AND GET OUT IN THE WATER AND ENJOY THE EVENT.
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I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL OF MY, UH, UPDATES.DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WOO HOO.
WHAT'S THAT GRAFFITI LINE?
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THOSE AWAY, BUT GRAFFITI'S ALWAYS A BIG ONE.
HAVE, HAVE WE LOOKED, WE BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE ON THE E SCOOTERS AND PULLING 'EM OUTTA THE WATER.
THAT'S HAZARD MATERIAL THAT GOES IN THE WATER.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LEAKED ANYTHING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE IT'S DONE TO THE ECOSYSTEM THERE.
BUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND SOMEBODY HAS TO PAY AND WE'RE JUST PULLING 'EM OUT AND THEY'RE COMING, GETTING THEIR SCOOTERS THAT'RE ON THEIR WAY.
UH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT OVERSEES THE OPERATION.
UM, SO THEY'RE, UM, KIND OF GOING OVER THEIR PROCEDURE TO BETTER, UM, MANAGE THAT AND, UH, AS WELL AS INCREASE FINES OR, UM, WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO MITIGATE THAT ISSUE.
I, I'LL JUST PUT IT BACK TO TODD THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP.
'CAUSE WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT FINES AND HOLDING 'EM ACCOUNTABLE.
AND HERE WE ARE, PULLING 'EM OUT AGAIN.
UM, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING IN THE SENSE OF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PAY FOR THAT.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, IF IT IS, WE, YOU PULL OUT A WATER $250 OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UH, PER SCOTER THAT THEY TAKE BACK, SOMETHING HAS TO GO.
'CAUSE THAT'S TIME AND EFFORT ON OUR TEAM, ON YOUR TEAM TO PULL THOSE OUT OF THE WATER AND TO BRING 'EM BACK UP.
SO, UH, UM, IF WE COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
ISN'T, ISN'T THERE A, A LOCKOUT ON THEIR, UH, THE RANGE OF WHERE THOSE, UH, SCREWS ARE FUNCTIONAL? I MEAN, THE, THE, THE FENDER NEEDS TO LIKE LOCK IT OFF AT SHORELINE DRIVE OR SEASIDE WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST TO KEEP 'EM INLAND OF OUR WATERFRONT.
RIGHT NOW, UH, THEY, THEY ARE GEOFENCING CABLE AND, UH, THEY'RE ABLE, THE CITY IS ALLOWING THEM TO OPERATE ALONG OUR BIKE PATHS.
SO, UH, FROM BASICALLY THE LA RIVER ALL THE WAY OVER TO, UH, BAYSHORE, UH, YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVATE IT AT A RENTABLE SCOOTER OR GLIDER OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
ARE YOU GUYS GETTING ANY OVERBOARD SCOOTERS IN ALAMEDA? LIKE, NOTHING YOU SEEN SECOND NOT YET.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, DIDN'T YOU PULL SOMETHING FROM THE PIER? WE DID.
THE, THE ACTIVE, LIKE HIGH CAPACITY, HIGH USE AREAS ARE THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THEN ALONG THE, THE BEACH BIKE PATH RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S STILL IN A PILOT PROGRAM.
UM, YOU DON'T SEE AS MUCH SCOTER RENTAL USE AROUND THE ALAM BAY AREA.
AND IF YOU DO, IT'S MORE CLUSTERED CLOSER TO SECOND STREET, UM, UH, ABEY WAY, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, UH, WE DON'T SEE AS MUCH OCCURRENCE IN OUR MARINA SLIPS IN THE BASINS, BUT IT DOES, IT HAPPENS.
BUT THE HIGHER FREQUENCY IS GONNA BE DOWNTOWN JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE THE USE.
IT, IT IS ALL THE SAME CARRIER, RIGHT? I MEAN THE, WHATEVER THE, THE GROUP IS THAT HAS 'EM, UH, THEY SHOULD HAVE AN 800 LINE AND THEY SHOULD COME OUT AND PULL 'EM OUT THEMSELVES.
UH, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING E EITHER THAT OR, OR YOU CHARGE THEM TO PULL 'EM OUT.
BUT THAT SHOULD BE, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THANK YOU THE CHAIRWOMAN THAT GAVE ME THE NUMBER.
AND ANYTIME I SEE 'EM ALL THERE, BOOM, THEY'RE THERE WITHIN 20 MINUTES, WHICH IS GREAT WHEN WE SEE 'EM IN THE OCEAN AND THEY'RE THERE, YOU SHOULD MAKE A PHONE CALL TO 'EM, SAYS, HEY, YOU'VE GOT, YOU GOT SCOOTERS IN THE WATER, YOU WANT TO COME OUT AND GET 'EM, OR WE'LL DO IT FOR $300 A SCOOTER CHARGE YOU BACK.
THAT'S, YES, THAT'S EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING WITH THE, UH, MICRO MOBILITY DIVISION.
UM, AND JUST TO ADD TO, UM, THE ISSUES THAT I THINK WE'RE HAVING IN RAINBOW HARBOR, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT TYPE OF ISSUES ALONG THE BIKE PATH DURING THIS, UM, STUDY.
UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN E SCOOTERS LEFT ALL OVER THE BEACHES OR, OR ALL OVER THE BIKE PATH THEY'VE PUT IN, UM, UH, INTO THE GEOFENCING OF DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS THAT YOU HAVE TO RETURN THE SCOOTERS TO.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, INSTALLING THAT SYSTEM WITHIN THE GEOFENCING OF EACH SCOOTER COMPANY, UH, IN AREAS LIKE RAINBOW HARBOR, WHERE YOU CAN'T JUST DROP IT WHEREVER YOU WANT.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A DESIGNATED PARKING AWAY FROM THE WATER.
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I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ALL THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVEI THINK IT'S A NEW THING THAT THEY PUT TOWARDS THE, THE BEACH THAT WE'VE SEEN IT WORKING VERY WELL.
AND NOW THAT THEY SEE IT WORKING WELL, THEY'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT IT, UH, ELSEWHERE AT EVERYTHING BELOW, UM, SOUTH OF OCEAN.
WHEN YOU RENT THOSE, YOUR NAME GOES OUT.
'CAUSE IT'S USING A CREDIT CARD OR YOUR PHONE.
THE LAST PERSON TO USE IT SHOULD BE FINE.
THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY NAME ON THE COMMISSIONER.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WAY, I THINK WE ARE ENCOURAGING HIM TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OFFICE THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
THROW IT OUT AND LET'S KEEP ON OUR RADAR.
UM, THEY DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO US ABOUT COMING BACK AND REPORTING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF NEXT MONTH IS TOO PREMATURE, BUT LET'S KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR THAT MAYBE COMES SPRINGTIME.
WE'D LIKE TO HEAR A FOLLOW UP REPORT AND INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR KELLY? THANK YOU.
I'M SO SORRY THAT THE MOON HAS BEEN, UH, FULL DURING, UH, HIGH HOLIDAY TIMES.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT YOUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOT OF OVERTIME ON TIMES.
YOU DON'T WANNA BE AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY, AND I KNOW THAT'S A PERSONAL COMMITMENT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE MADE, AND WE'RE TRULY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
UM, THE FIRST SLIDE HERE WE'RE AT BAYSHORE ONE, WHICH IS, UH, BY THE HOCKEY RINKS.
WE HAVE A WATER BASED PAINT ON THE METAL DOORS, FOUND THAT IT DIDN'T HOLD AS WELL IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE'VE GONE TO A, UH, AN OIL, OIL BASED PAINT THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THERE THAT'S MADE FOR METAL COURSE.
SO WE STRIPPED ALL THE DOORS, WE PAINTED THE INTERIOR AND WE'RE FINISHING UP THE, UH, THE EAST SIDE RESTROOM STALLS.
UM, SECOND SLIDE IS, UH, B FOUR, WHICH IS AT GUANA PERRO.
UH, THAT RESTROOM WAS HEAVILY TAGGED ALL THE WAY AROUND, SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO REPAINT THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING.
UH, THE NEXT PHOTO IS OUR, UH, NEW ELECTRICIAN EMANUEL CABS, AND HE IS REWIRING UP SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL FOR THE NAPLES FOUNTAIN.
UM, AND OUR FINAL SLIDE, WE BUILT FOUR, UM, WHEELCHAIRS UNDER WATER BOUND AND MADE FOR THE SAND.
UH, THEY'LL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE LIFEGUARD, OR THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE LIFEGUARDS AND WILL BE DEPLOYED OUT UPON REQUEST.
UH, DURING THE RAINS, WE HAD SOME LEAK HITCH OF, UH, ONE OF THE TRAILERS OVER AT BELMONT POOL.
WE DID SOME SPOT PATCHING, AND WE ARE GONNA DO A POOL OVERLAY ON THAT ROOF HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS, WHAT IS THE NEXT SLIDE? CALCHO GRILL.
WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GETTING WATER INTO THE ELEVATOR PIT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE OWNER AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
BUT WE HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF WATER IN THE PIT, UM, PUMPED IT OUT.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME RE REMEDIATION.
WE HAD A WATERLINE BREAK OVER AT BELMONT POOL.
UM, THAT BREAK CAME IN ABOUT NINE 30 IN THE MORNING.
WE HAD IT ALL REPAIRED, BACK FILLED AND, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVE ASPHALT COMING IN IN THE NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN, UH, THE LAST SLIDE, WE REPLACED ALL THE FLAGS ON THE PIER.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR MARINE MAINTENANCE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A, UM, IPAD MIGRATION.
UM, I'M STARTING WITH JUST MY TRADESMEN RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THEM IPADS AND WE'RE GONNA START WORKING OFF THE WORK ORDER SYSTEM THAT WE WORK OFF OF.
INSTEAD OF DOING PAPER, WE'RE GONNA GO TO IPADS.
UM, IF THAT GOES WELL, WHICH I ANTICIPATE IT WILL, WE'LL ISSUE THAT OUT TO ALL THE REST OF THE STAFF.
UM, WE SHOULD SEE OUR, UH, A BIG INCREASE IN OUR WORK ORDERS ONCE WE DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR KEEPING US AND RUNNING.
QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE BELMONT POOL.
UH, WHICH, UH, LOCKER ROOM, UM, NEEDED THE PATCHING APPARENT THAT YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE OF? UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE MEN'S, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND WAS THERE WATER LEAKING IN, OR, OR WHAT WAS, UH, I THINK WE GOT WATER THAT, THAT PENETRATED IN AND MADE IT INTO ONE OF THE LIGHT
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FIXTURES.UH, WITH THE UNHOUSED AND THE DRUGS THAT ARE AROUND IT, IS THAT A DAILY OCCURRENCE THAT YOU SEE? UM, AND I, I GUESS WHAT DO YOU NEED?
WE NEED ENFORCEMENT TO, TO REALLY BE ACTIVE DOWN THERE FOR MAYBE THREE, FOUR WEEKS TO CHANGE THAT ENVIRONMENT.
SPECIFICALLY AFTER 10:00 PM YEAH.
BECAUSE GAUCHO CLOSES AT 10, CORRECT? WELL, THE BEACH CLOSES AT 10:00 PM SO, SO NO CAMPING, NO OVERNIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT GAUCHO GROVE? UH, GAUCHO GROVE GOES TO 10, I THINK.
AND THEY HAVE SECURITY AT GAUCHO GROVE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
DO YOU FOLLOW UP WITH THE POLICE DEPART DEPARTMENT ON THAT OR? YEAH.
WE, THIS, I JUST THINK THAT'S A CONCERN.
I, I'VE GOTTEN PLENTY OF EMAILS THAT I, I'VE SHARED WITH, AND I, I, I'M KIND OF APPALLED THAT IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST, WELL, I, I'VE LEARNED WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT GETS TRACKED, GETS RESPONDED TO.
AND THAT'S WHY I'VE HAD SO MUCH PERSONAL SUCCESS WITH THE GO LONG BEACH APP ON SOME MINOR DETAILS.
BUT I'VE ALSO LEARNED WHEN I'M COMING HOME FROM AN EVENT LATER, I'LL GO BUY AN AREA THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AND THEN MAKE REPORTS ON THE NON-EMERGENCY POLICE LINE.
WHEN THAT I'VE SEEN SOMETHING, WHEN I SEE THINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE A ILLEGAL OR SOMETHING THAT'S, PEOPLE ARE TRESPASSING, CLEARLY I CAN JUST DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA, SPOT 'EM, MAKE A NON-EMERGENCY REPORT, GET A CALL NUMBER, AND THEN LATER ON I HAVE SOMETHING TO FOLLOW UP ON.
WE DO HAVE SOME RESIDENTS DOWN IN THAT AREA THAT DO NIGHTLY CALLS.
UM, THEY'RE UP ALL NIGHT LONG CHASING PD.
UH, PD WILL CALL HIM BACK A COUPLE HOURS LATER AT THREE IN THE MORNING, AND THEY GET OUT THERE AN HOUR LATER, AND THEN THEY CALL HIM BACK TO GIVE HIM A REPORT.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME ACTIVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE, ARE ACTIVELY CALLING ON THAT AREA.
AND OUR ISSUE WITH IT IS, IT'S TRULY, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT VANDALISM.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, THAT IT'S, IT'S ADJACENT TO GAUCHO BEACH.
IT'S BEHIND OUR B ONE PUBLIC RESTROOM AND, AND THE RENTAL FACILITY THERE.
UH, COREY'S TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB.
KELLY'S TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB.
RYAN'S TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB IN, IN LEADING WITH COMPASSION.
UH, BUT WE HAVE THIS AREA RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S, IT'S ABOUT VANDALISM AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
AND CORY'S WORKING HARD WITH HIS, HIS TEAM TO FIND, UH, UH, STRUCTURAL WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP MITIGATE THE ISSUE WHERE, UH, MAKE THE AREA A LITTLE LESS, UM, YOU KNOW, STILL KEEP THE AESTHETIC, KEEP STILL KEEP IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT MAKING CERTAIN THAT IT'S NOT A SPOT THAT IS, UM, READILY VIABLE FOR OVERNIGHT STAY.
SO, UH, WHAT THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE STAYING, IT'S A GREAT WIND BREAK.
UM, YOU CAN, IT HAS A CONCRETE WALK PAD, WALKWAY PAD, UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO, AT THIS TIME TO SET UP A TENT CAMP OVERNIGHT.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS STRUCTURAL WAYS, SETTED CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN TO ADDRESS THIS SPACE.
AND IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO ENCAMPS.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MUSIC OUTTA THAT ONE, LIKE YOU HAVE WITH THE OTHER ONES.
SO IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL MORE TOWARDS THE FRONT.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH IT BECAUSE OF THE BOAT, THE BOAT OWNERS, AND IT DOES CARRY.
SO WE'VE GOTTA CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY, SHARK.
SO WE GOTTA PLAY WITH THE LEVEL, BUT WE DO PLAY IT, UH, 24 7 THERE.
WELL, AND I KNOW ON THE 22ND WE HAVE THE, UM, ANNUAL, UM, HOMELESS COUNT, AND I KNOW WE PUT THE HOTSPOT AREAS IN THERE, AND THAT'S GONNA HELP IDENTIFY THAT AREA OF ONE OF GREAT CONCERN.
UM, AND, AND NOW I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO MY LIST OF WHEN I'M COMING HOME LATE FROM AN EVENT TO SWING BY AND LOOK, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO DO, I AGREE, IS LOOK AT DIFFERENT AREAS AND LOOK, UM, IT, IT HURTS ME THE MOST WHEN I THINK HOW HARD OUR PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON THINGS AND THEN WE GET GRAFFITI AND VANDALISM AND DAMAGE THAT SETS US BACK SO FAR MM-HMM
AND THAT HOW MUCH OF OUR MONEY IS GOING TO REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDLESS REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE OUTRIGHT.
JUST THE COMMENTS THAT ARE ON THAT ARE ON INSTAGRAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON HOW BAD LONG BEACH ARE, AND WE'RE NOT,
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BUT WHEN THEY SHOW THOSE PICTURES, YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS TO GO DOWN THERE.AND WE DON'T WANT OUR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO CLEAN ALL OF THAT UP.
UM, JUST FINISHING UP OUR, UH, MANAGEMENT REPORT.
UH, A FEW ITEMS. FIRST AND FOREMOST IS OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'VE RECEIVED PROBABLY MORE RAIN IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS THAN WE GET IN PROBABLY 16 MONTHS.
UH, AND THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK, AND THEIR STAFFS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR AREAS ARE CLEAN, SAFE AND ACTIVAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE COURSE OF THIS STORM, UH, SEASON.
SO, AND THAT GOES TO MARINE PATROL AND MARINE SAFETY AS WELL.
SO KUDOS TO THESE GUYS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS AS WE, YOU KNOW, WALK THROUGH SEATTLE WEATHER.
UM, AND A COUPLE ITEMS JUST TO NOTE, IS, UH, SOME THINGS HAVE, YOU KNOW, UNEXPECTED IMPACTS.
WE HAD THAT, UH, UH, SINKHOLE ON BAYSHORE AVENUE.
UH, BUT WHAT IT DID IS IT KNOCKED OUT POWER TO THE MARINA SIDE ELECTRICAL, UH, RIGHT THERE AT THAT LOCATION.
AND THAT LOCATION WAS WHAT POWERS ARE TREES IN THE BAY RIGHT THERE.
SO, UH, DUE TO THE INGENUITY AND SMART THINKING OF COREY AND HIS STAFF, UH, NOT JUST RECENTLY TO GET THE TREES ACTIVATED, BUT LAST YEAR, UH, BY GOING TO LED LIGHTING ON ALL THE TREES IN THE BAY, THEY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF POWER EVERY TREE REQUIRES DRAMATICALLY.
AND IF THEY DIDN'T DO THAT LAST YEAR, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE TREES WOW.
IN THAT SECTION THIS YEAR, HALF OF THEM, HALF OF THEM.
SO WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IS RUN ALL THE TREES IN THAT SECTION OFF OF ONE POWER SOURCE, WHERE IN THE PAST IT WOULD REQUIRED TWO.
SO IT WASN'T JUST IN THE MOMENT, OH, HEY, LET'S SEE, SEE IF WE CAN FIX IT THIS WAY.
IT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF GETTING MORE EFFICIENT, FINDING WAYS TO BE MORE, MORE SUSTAINABLE OR, UH, RESILIENT.
DID, DID THE INCLEMENT WEATHER AND THE RAIN, UM, PREVENT, DID THE, DID THE RAIN PREVENT A LOT OF THE, THE TREES THAT WERE SOLAR FROM COMING ON? BECAUSE I KNOW ON THE REALLY CLOUDY, CLOUDY DAYS, A LOT OF THE SOLAR THAT I HAD WASN'T WORKING SOLAR LIGHTS.
AND, UH, WE WERE REALLY, I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF COREY AND HIS TEAM WERE, BUT EVERY NIGHT I'M LIKE, PLEASE, GO ON.
UM, BUT LIGHTS CAME ON EVERY NIGHT.
UH, IN REGARD TO POWER, UH, WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES.
UH, POST BOAT PARADE, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK TO BETTER SECURE OUR, OUR SOLAR TREES TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE RESILIENT IN, IN A, UH, HEAVY BOAT TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT FROM A POWER STANDPOINT, UH, THIS PAST, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON WAS TR A TREMENDOUS TEST FOR US MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR SOLAR TREE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY PASSED THE FLYING CARS.
THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO, TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE FOR THOSE SEVEN HOURS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
UM, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, UH, AGAIN, JUST THOSE IMPACTS.
UH, KELLY'S TEAM ON THE BEACH FRONT, BRIAN'S TEAM, UH, WORKING WITH OUR BOATERS ON A DAILY, WEEKLY BASIS, MAKING SURE PEOPLE'S VILLAGES ARE ACTIVATED, STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'RE JUST COMMUNICATING WITH OUR VOTERS, HEY, GO CHECK YOUR BOAT.
AND THEN A COUPLE THINGS FOR, UM, UH, MACRO MARINE BUREAU, UM, ON THE, UH, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FRONT.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD MEETINGS WITH PUBLIC WORKS OVER THE LAST, UH, WEEK.
OUR BIRTH ONE, BIRTH TWO, UH, PROJECT, UH, THE REVITALIZATION OF THAT, UH, DOCK SPACE IS MOVING FORWARD.
UH, WE'RE TRANSITIONING IT OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS AS EXPECTED.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON, UH, OUR FINISH UP OUR REGULATORY AND PERMITTING PROCESS AND THEN, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION BID PACKET ON THAT.
SO, UH, WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE PARTS LOCATED? UH, RIGHT BY OUR, UH, UH, AL BAY MARINA OFFICE.
THEY'RE ON THE BAY SIDE BETWEEN, BETWEEN OLE GOT IT.
OH, I, I KNOW AT ONE TIME, UM, THE MARINE BUREAU OFFICE PURSUED HAVING A FULL-TIME PERSON FROM PUBLIC WORKS ASSIGNED TO JUST MARINA PROJECTS, AND I KNOW WE MADE A COMMITMENT
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TO THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION TO REALLY TRACK THOSE TOP SIX MM-HMMUM, IS THE VIABILITY OF HAVING SOME PUBLIC WORKS PERSON ASSIGNED TO ARE OUR ACTIVITIES FEASIBLE AT THAT'S, THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS WE CAN, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACCELERATE THOSE.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE PROJECTS ARE KEY YEP.
TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR FOOTPRINT AND, AND TO KEEP OUR CUSTOMER BASE SATISFIED.
UH, THE SECOND PROJECT THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS THEY'RE TAKING ON THE, THE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN AND REGULATORY PERMITTING OF, UH, RESTROOMS. A TWO AND A 23.
A TWO IS, UH, ADJACENT TO THE AQUALINK.
UH, THAT'S THE BOAT OWNER RESTROOM THERE.
AND A 23 IS JUST, THAT WOULD BE NORTHEAST OF, UM, UH, UH, SEAL BEACH YACHT CLUB AND, UH, SKI LATER AND WEST SPRING.
UH, THOSE TWO LOCATIONS WILL BE CONVERTED TO A BOAT OWNER, UH, WILL BE COMPLETELY REDONE, BUT, UH, THERE'LL BE A BOAT OWNER RESTROOM WITH, UH, STAND ADJACENT, UH, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, A DA AND SINGLE STONE.
THAT'LL BE DONE WHEN, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DESIGN AND REGULATORY, SO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE YEAR AHEAD.
AND EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS ALL, WE'RE ALL FOCUSED FOR 2028.
WE WANT TO BE, WE WANT TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE THREE THINGS COMPLETED BY SUMMER 2028.
AND I KNOW THAT I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF EMAILS ON THE HOLLAND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MM-HMM
THAT, UH, THEY'RE FULL STEAM AHEAD THERE.
YOU SEE, IT'S GOING UP THE, UH, EVERY DAY IS SOMETHING NEW.
WELL, AND, UM, AND ADJUSTING THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ALONG THERE.
UM, AND THE IMPACT OUR BOAT OWNERS IN THE, AND ON THAT STUDEBAKER ROAD SECTION, KUDOS TO JOE PAL LONGO, THE BOAT ASSOCIATION FOR REACHING OUT TO CD THREE.
AND, UH, THE, UH, UH, CALTRANS CALTRAN HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.
UH, THEY, THEY EXTENDED THE, UH, THE TIMELINE ON THAT, THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT.
AND IT, IT'S REALLY, REALLY MITIGATED.
A LOT OF THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WERE THERE BEFORE THE TIMELINE GOT GOT EXTENDED WITH THE DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP FOR REBUILD.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
UH, I, WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK WITH, AGAIN, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF THE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED.
UM, THE HOPE IS A SUMMER FALL, UH, MOBILIZATION NOW THAT WILL CREATE, UH, CLOSURE ISSUES.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT WITH THAT.
UM, BUT WE'RE ASKING THAT, UH, WE LOOK TO POTENTIALLY FRONT LOAD ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT IS THE RAMP SPECIFIC, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, BE ABLE TO LIMIT A TRUE FULL CLOSURE AND ACTIVATE, UH, THE RAM WHILE A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOES.
WHAT WAS THE, LIKE THE, THE WISHLIST DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THE CITY WANTED TO SAVE WITHIN? UH, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF 8.4 MILLION.
8.4 MILLIONS, UH, 6 MILLION ON IT AT STEVE.
THE TEMPORARY RESTROOM THAT YOU WAS A, A VERY BIG SUCCESS.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING MAYBE AQUALINK WOULD LOOK AND, AND, AND FUND, UH, OR CO-FUND TO PUT IT AT THEIR LOCATIONS SO THEIR CUSTOMERS, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT? YEAH.
UH, LONG BEACH TRANSIT WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
UH, WE HAVE THE LOCATION AT BELMONT PIER, AND RIGHT NOW, FOR US, FROM A STRUCTURAL BUDGET STANDPOINT, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF, OF WORKING TOWARDS WITH, FROM LAST.
BUT LOOKING AT, IT'S GONNA BE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OVER THE OINK, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, THE BOATHOUSE AND ALL THAT AREA, BECAUSE THEY WON'T OPEN THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT ARE ON THAT PROPERTY OF HAVING SOMETHING THERE INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM WALK DOWN TO YOUR RESTROOM.
UH, THAT'S AT YOUR PROPERTY DOWN AT THE END.
UH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT OR AT LEAST GET WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, WHY, WHY WOULDN'T THEY? YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN PRESENT IT TO LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME, UH, DISCUSSIONS COMING UP WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
DO YOU THINK, UH, WE GET THE PEER REOPENED WITH THE RAMPS
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FOR THE AQUA? UH, THAT WAS ANOTHER PROJECT OF DISCUSSION, UH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS.UH, THERE IS A LOT OF MOVEMENT RIGHT NOW ABOUT, UH, THE, THE CREATING AND GETTING A PROJECT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE TO BRING A, UH, A DOCK BACK TO THE BELLMONT HERE.
LARGER CLEATS, UH, LARGER CLEATS ON THE PIER DOCK OR YEAH.
UH, BRIAN'S WORKING WITH, UH, THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB TO, UH, IDENTIFY LOCATIONS AND THEN, UH, UH, WORKING WITH THEIR STAFF TO, TO IDENTIFY SIZE AND SCOPE OF USE.
ALL RIGHT,
ANYTHING ELSE WE WANNA BE TAUGHT UP ON? NO.
UH, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, AND APPROVE THAT MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR ON ITEM FOUR AND RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THE RECEIVE AND FILE, UH, THREE COMMITTEE REPORTS, EXECUTIVE FINANCE, AND THE C REPORT.
LET'S START THE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
UM, OUR EXECUTIVE MEETING WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE CREATED THE AGENDA FOR, UM, THIS MEETING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, WE DISCUSSED WAS TRYING TO INCREASE, UH, MEETINGS IN OTHER VENUES AND OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND KUDOS TO STAFF FOR SECURING THIS ROOM TODAY AND FOR, UM, GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
OF COURSE, IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE STILL TBD ON A, UH, A MEETING LOCATION.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON FINANCE? NO, MADAM, MADAM.
CHAIR ON, ON OUR EXECUTIVE TWO, SOMETHING WE DIDN'T BRING UP ON THIS ONE, BUT IS THE, THE RAMPS, WHAT'S THE RAMP CALLED THAT GOES OUT FOR THE BEACH FOR, UH, WHEELCHAIRS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE? TALKING ABOUT ACCESSABILITY MATS.
MAYBE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL VIABLE.
PEOPLE HAVE, I'VE GOTTEN SOME EMAILS SAYING IT'S, IT'S GETTING CRACKED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON ON THAT AREA.
UH, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT FIXED.
AGAIN, WE'RE GOING INTO THE TIMES OF OLYMPICS AND TRIALS AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO BE, UH, PERFECTLY PERFECT.
COMMISSIONER, YOU LOOK, UH, WHICH ONE SPECIFICALLY? WHICH ALL OF THATS I THINK OUT BY ALL GAUCHO GRILL.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE SP SPECIFIC.
I CHECK THEM ALL AND GET BACK WITH US.
I THINK THE OVER TIME, I THINK THAT'S NATURAL.
ON THAT, UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE, WE HAD OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM WAS A REVIEW OF OUR EXPENSES AND, UH, REVENUE, UH, FOR MARINE O EURO, UH, GIVEN TO US BY FOUR CHEF SMITH.
AND, UM, REALLY NO HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHE'S REALLY VERY, UM, DETAILED AND IS A VERY THOROUGH REPORT, BUT THERE ARE NO NUMBERS THAT, UM, REPRESENT ANY KIND OF CHANGE OR SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT.
THE BOND REFINANCE CONTINUES TO GROW HAVOC INTO THE COLUMNS ON THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND BALANCING OUT, REMOVING THIS NUMBER AND ADDING THAT NUMBER IN.
BUT, UM, IT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
THE ONLY ONLY THING I THINK WE, WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE, UH, THE CITY GOING, UH, FOR DOLLARS OUT OF THE TITLE FUNDS IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE NEW QUOTE UNQUOTE MUSIC, UH, UM, ANNOTATED AND HOW THOSE FUNDS WERE CHARACTERIZED.
SO, UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP AND WE HAVE THAT A PART OF OUR, UH, UH, OUR STATEMENT.
SO, UH, UH, WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO PURSUE FURTHER BY A MOTION TO NO, NOT AT, NOT AT THIS TIME.
I THINK TODD'S GONNA BE, UH, FINDING OUT MORE INFORMATION AND HAVE THEM COME AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, UH, SO WE CAN ALL ASK QUESTIONS OF THAT BOARD.
AND THAT'S, UH, COMING FROM TIDELANDS OR WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING TO, TO HAVE ADDED TO THE AGENDA AS SOMEONE FROM, I HAD SOMEBODY, UH, FROM INTER OUR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP TO COME AND TELL US ALL ABOUT, UH, NOT JUST THE FUNDING, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE AND, AND WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
WE'LL, WE WILL WORK WITH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THAT WOULD BE THEIR, THEIR WATERFRONT, UH, UH, GROUP.
AND THAT'D BE ERIC GROUP THERE.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH ERIC AND
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SEE ABOUT HAVING COME OUT AND, UH, GIVE US A, A GOOD, UH, UH, SUMMARY, WALKTHROUGH OF THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE GREAT THINGS I HAVE WITH IT.UM, AND THEN THE, UM, THE AD HOC OF, UM, COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL INTEREST IN THE ER.
UM, WE ARE GEARING UP, UH, FOR OUR NEXT, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
IN JANUARY, UM, UH, WORKING OUT A DATE AND ANTICIPATE, UM, A MEETING WITH THE, UH, AQUARIUM MEMBER PACIFIC TO DO A WALK THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT WILL PRESUMABLY BE HAPPY SOMETIME IN JANUARY MORNING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT WERE NOT LISTED? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT? OKAY, THEN I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THAT QUESTION ON THAT.
MOVING ON, UH, TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OUR NEXT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IS ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
UM, MOVING BACK TO ANNOUNCEMENTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ON, UH, FEBRUARY 5TH AT 8:30 AM IN THE MARINE BUREAU OFFICE ON MAR DRIVE.
WE HAVE, UH, BEACH AND MARINE MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE 12TH IN ADVANCE TO OUR REGULAR NEXT MEETING.
UH, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING OUR ANNUAL REPORT AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY INPUTS TO THAT AS TO HOW OUR YEAR WENT OR ANY HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, I KNOW I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THINGS GOING GREEN, AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR INDIVIDUAL REPORTS HAVE THINGS WITHIN THE, THOSE AREAS, UH, NOTABLY CHANGING OVER TO IPADS INSTEAD OF WRITTEN WORK ORDERS.
AND AS WE'RE GETTING OUR COMMISSIONER NOTEBOOKS AND SOME OF OUR DATA OUT THERE, UM, ELECTRONICALLY, UM, ALL THOSE DIGITAL THINGS I'D REALLY LIKE TO CAPTURE.
AND OUR MEETING ON THE 12TH, UM, WILL BE DECIDED ON THAT.
UM, WE DID, UM, UNFORTUNATELY LOSE, UM, ONE OF OUR, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT HAD WORKED AT LEEWAY SAILING CENTER.
UH, TODD, HAD YOU WORKED WITH MARCUS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TO SHARE? UH, I, I HAD MET MARCUS IN PASSING OVER THE LAST SEVERAL SUMMERS, UH, AS MY, MY SONS WERE IN THE PROGRAM AT LEEWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A VIVACIOUS YOUNG MAN, BI YOUNG MAN, WELL-LIKED, UM, ADVENTUROUS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS HURT.
IT'S YOU, RYAN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT, WHERE IT'S A YOUNG MAN WHO JUST REALLY HAD A, HAD A GRASP AND A LOVE FOR LIFE, AND YOU HATE TO SEE THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE GO TOO SOON AND A MAN WILL ADJOURN IN HIS HONOR.