* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. UM, [00:00:01] HI, THIS IS GRETCHEN SWANSON. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING TO ORDER JANUARY 8TH, 2026 AT COMMISSIONERS. UH, PLEASE CALL ROLE BY STATING YOUR NAME, YOUR PRONOUNS, YOUR TITLE, UM, WITHIN THIS BODY, AND FINISH WITH YOU A BRIEF VISUAL DESCRIPTION. I'LL START. I'M GRETCHEN SWANSON. UM, MY PRONOUNS IS SHE HER. UH, I'M THE CHAIR OF, UH, CAPE COD. I AM AN OLDER WHITE WOMAN WITH SHORT WHITE, CURLY HAIR. UM, AND TODAY I'M WEARING A, UH, BROWN AND NAVY JACKET OVER A BROWN SWEATER WITH A BROWN SCARF. I HAVE DANGLY EARRINGS, TMI . HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHOCOLATE GARLETT, AND MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. I AM VICE CHAIR. I AM A BLACK FEMALE WITH TWO PONYTAILS, AND TODAY I AM WEARING A TERRA TOP BLACK SWEATER. I'M COMMISSIONER KIM AND I'M AN ASIAN WOMAN WITH BLUE AND WHITE SHIRT. HOWEVER, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS JULIE DEAN AND I, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER, HERS. I'M THE K-POP SECRETARY. I'M A CAUCASIAN WOMAN WITH SHORT HAIR, WITH GLASSES, AND I'M IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER. AND TODAY I'M WEARING A BLUE PATTERN SHIRT. MY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ PRONOUNS, SHE HERS. I USE A WALKING CANE, UH, TO GUIDE ME BECAUSE I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED. TODAY I AM FLYING FOR THE MOST QUEENS, UH, COMMISSIONER, WEARING MY BROWN HAIR PONYTAIL, NAVY BLUE MARTINA, A WHITE PARIS 2024 A TO THE OLYMPICS IN ANG CHALLENGE. HELLO, COMMISSIONER. STEVES I, MY PRONOUNS. HE, HIM, HIM, HE, I'M AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE. I'M, UM, WEARING A BLACK SUIT JACKET. I'M BALD HEAD AND I HAVE, UM, UM, YEAH, . ASHLEY. HI, I'M COMMISSIONER ASHLEY JONES. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. UM, I'M A WHITE PRESENTING FEMALE. I NORMALLY HAVE SUPER LONG BROWN HAIR, BUT IT'S TIGHTLY PULLED UP IN A BIG BELLY BUTTON. TODAY, UM, I'M WEARING A GREEN POLO SHIRT, ALSO OUT CHARACTER FOR ME. UM, AND HAPPY TO BE HERE. HI, MY NAME IS EDDIE HOPE. UH, I PRONOUN HE, HIM. UH, COMMISSIONER. I AM A WHITE MALE, UH, MID FORTIES, UH, WEARING, UH, GLASSES WITH A BALD HEAD, UH, BEARD. AND TODAY I'M WEARING A, UH, BURGUNDY SWEATER. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH ONE EXCUSED ABSENCE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION WILL MOVE ON. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, CHAIR SWANSON. UM, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITY MEETING OF THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11TH, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. MOTION. IT WAS MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VONG. I SECOND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR GARBE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE CHAIR. CHAIR SWANSON, I'M SO SORRY. I WAS OUT OF ORDER. YES. ARE THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE I DON'T SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS FOR THE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT. UM, WELL, IF, IF THEY MEMBER, UH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, PLEASE CALL FOR THE MARY. YES, I THANK YOU. UH, VICE CHAIR GARBE AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG. SECRETARY DEAN AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER ADAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE, COMMISSIONER, HOPE A MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE OUR AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM THE CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. UH, DISCUSS THE ANTICIPATED AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS, AND IF APPROPRIATE [00:05:01] TO TAKE ACTION TO EITHER DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? THIS IS JUNE BEAN. AND, UM, I, WHENEVER I HAVE, THANK YOU. IT WAS MOVED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, SECRETARY DEAN, COMMISSIONER, HOPE SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. HOPE. UH, THANK YOU. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY REPORTS FROM CURRENT AND AD HOC COMMITTEES, PLEASE PRESENT THEM AT THIS TIME. YES. UH, CHAIR SWANSON. UH, THERE IS A REPORT THAT I WILL, UH, DELIVER ON BEHALF OF THE COMMITTEE. THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY IS SET TO RELEASE ON JANUARY 15TH OF THIS MONTH. YES. APPLAUSE. A YEAR HARD WORK. THIS, A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING BIWEEKLY WITH A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND ON THE 15TH OF JANUARY, 5:00 PM TO 6:30 PM UH, WE ARE HAVING A KICKOFF, COMMUNITY CELEBRATION WHERE PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE SURVEY, UM, HAVE A HOT MEAL, LISTEN TO SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WIN SOME PRIZES BY COMPLETING THE SURVEY. UH, THIS IS THE CITY'S FIRST EVER DISABILITY CENTERED DATA COLLECTION PROJECT, AND IT IS A VERY, VERY BIG DEAL. UM, I HAVE, UH, INCLUDED, UM, FLYERS FOR THE EVENT IN YOUR PACKETS. RIGHT NOW, AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAVE 40 RS V KEYS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. UM, WE HAVE ROOM FOR ABOUT 30 MORE. SO KEEP, UH, KEEP PLUGGING THIS EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, INVITE PEOPLE OUT TO COME TO THE SURVEY AND WIN, UM, SOME GIFT CARDS AND HAVE A HOT MEAL AND BE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THE DISABILITIES COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS THE END OF THE REPORT. ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER IN THE SURVEY? UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE? ARE THERE OTHER AD HOC REPORTS? UM, IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CHAIR, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR GARBE AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG. AYE. SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER ADAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER, HOPE AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. UM, JUST BEFORE WE HAVE OUR, UM, OUR PRESENTATION, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, I WANT TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS IS BECAUSE SOMEONE NUDGED US TO HAVE IT. AND, AND THIS IS THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT BEING INVOLVED WITH K COD REVIEWING. UH, THESE ARE BEING VIDEOTAPED. YOU CAN SEE WHAT, UH, WE'RE INVOLVED WITH AND THE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE MADE TO US. AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE GOT TO THIS TOPIC. SO I REALLY WANT TO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THAT LITTLE LINK AND SEND IT OUT TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND PEOPLE YOU THINK ARE INFLUENCERS HERE IN THE CITY, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD, UH, OUR KNOWLEDGE BASE ABOUT COMMUNITIES WITH DISABILITY HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, YOU WANNA READ THE RECOMMENDATION? YES. UH, UH, NEXT AGENDA ITEM, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE FILE, UH, A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ABOUT THE LA 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS? AYE. WAS BY COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. GREAT. UM, HAVE A REPORT. YES. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. BEFORE WE INTRODUCTION, PRESENT, WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY? VERY EXCITED TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, I KNOW THE OLYMPICS ARE GREAT AND ALL, BUT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PARALYMPICS AND HOW BIG OF A HUB WE'RE GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME ACTUALLY EVER IN LONG BEACH. SO PARALYMPICS ARE REALLY BIG FOR US, AND WE'VE BEEN, UM, DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE AT MOMENT IN THE CITY. UM, WE'RE ALSO LUCKY TO HAVE JENNIFER AS PART OF OUR, UH, PLANNING STRUCTURE AND, AND PUSHING US ON THE ACCESSIBILITY, MAKING SURE SHE'S CHALLENGING US AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HER AND OUR EXPERTISE. UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL OKAY IT BACK TO JENNIFER TO START PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JORGE. UM, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, COMMISSIONERS THE, THE, THE PRESENTATION IS ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S ALSO IN YOUR COMMISSION PACKET. UM, PLEASE, UH, WRITE DOWN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ALONG THE WAY. UM, AND, UM, I ANSWER THEM, UM, NOW OR LATER. YOU COULD JUST READ THROUGH, LIKE READ IT ALL. WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH INTRODUCTIONS. SO YES. UM, MY NAME IS EZ. UM, MY PRONOUNS ARE M AND E. I AM THE, UM, MANAGER OF 2028 GAMES PLANNING AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES [00:10:01] IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, I AM A, UH, SIX FOOT, REALLY 5, 6, 6 FOOT LATINO MALE WITH BROWN HAIR, SOME COMING IN, BUT BLACK HAIR, MOSTLY STILL BLACK. UM, AND I'M, TODAY I'M WEARING A WHITE SHIRT WITH BLUE DOTS. UM, AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. HELLO, MY NAME IS SEAN DE UH, MY PRONOUNS ARE HE, HIM. I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WORKING ON JORGE'S TEAM TO HELP BRING THE OLYMPICS, UH, TO LONG BEACH SO THAT IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER IN LONG BEACH. I AM, UH, SIX FOOT ONE CAUCASIAN MALE , BUT I'M STARTING TO SHRINK. SO JORGE, SOON, UH, MIDDLE AGED, UH, SALT AND PEPPER HAIR, MORE SALT AND PEPPER, BEARD, UH, AND A BIG GOLD SECOND RING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MY NAME IS JENNIFER KUMA. UH, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. I AM THE CITYWIDE ACCESSIBILITY AND TITLE SIX COORDINATOR. UH, I AM AN ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AND BLACK FEMALE, UM, IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR. TODAY I'M WEARING A PAINTED BLACK DRESS AND MY HAIR IS LONG AND DARK AND PULLED BACK IN A PONYTAIL. I'M WEARING BLACK RIM GLASSES AND GOLD HOOPS. UH, SO WE JUST WANNA START OFF WITH, UH, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ACCESSIBILITY. UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS, UH, FULLY COMMITTED TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS, SPECTATORS, AND STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. UH, THE CITY RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EQUITABLE AND INCLUSION AS FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THIS HISTORIC EVENT. UM, AS WE PREPARE TO HOST THE WORLD, UM, OUR EFFORTS WILL PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES BY ENSURING THAT ALL VENUES, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES ARE FULLY ACCESSIBLE. WE'LL COLLABORATE WITH, UM, ADV ADVOCACY GROUPS, UM, EXPERTS IN ACCESSIBILITY, UM, UH, FROM A DIS DISABILITY COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT MEET DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS IN OUR VISITORS. ON THE SCREEN IS, UM, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE WEARING A SLEEVELESS RED, UH, RUNNING TOP. IT SAYS USA, UM, AND A RUNNING TAG. IT SAYS VANCE NUMBER 2 83. HE HAS, UH, ONE, UM, PROSTHETIC RUNNING LEG. UM, AND HE'S, HE LOOKS REALLY JOYOUS. I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN THE OLYMPICS. THE SCREEN READS, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING A FULLY INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE 2020 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES. UM, AND NEXT SLIDE. SO, IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, WE JUST WANNA REASSURE EVERYBODY, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS A TITLE TWO, UM, UH, ENTITY. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, UPHOLDING TITLE TWO OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND SHARING, UH, NON-DISCRIMINATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN PUBLIC PLACES, SPACES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. UH, THE SCREEN READS, UM, ACCESSIBILITY IS MORE THAN JUST THE EVENT VENUES. ACCESSIBILITY WILL TOUCH EVERY PART OF THE 2028 EXPERIENCE. UM, AS FAR AS PARTICIPATION, HOW PEOPLE ENGAGE, UM, HOW PEOPLE ARE, UM, ABLE TO VOLUNTEER AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY FEELS WELCOME AND LIKE THEY BELONG. UM, PRIORITIZING MOBILITY, THE FIRST AND LAST MILE, AND, UH, RELIABLE ACCESSIBLE ROUTES TO AND FROM VENUES AND OTHER COMMUNITY, UM, EVENTS, INFORMATION, WHAT PEOPLE NEED BEFORE THEY ARRIVE AND WHILE THEY'RE HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. THE CITY EXPERIENCES, UH, THAT INVOLVES OUR BUSINESSES, HOSPITALITY AND NON-VET DESTINATIONS, AND ALSO IMPORTANTLY, OUR LEGACY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, UH, THAT PROVIDE LONG-TERM BENEFITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AN IMAGE DESCRIPTION, UH, IS MAYOR BASS, UH, UM, ACCEPTING THE, UH, PARALYMPIC FLAG IN PARIS, UM, UH, UH, WITH PEOPLE ON STAGE, UM, UH, AND WHITE UMBRELLA. SHE'S WEARING A BLUE DRESS AND THE A PARALYMPIC FLAG IS BEAUTIFUL IN MARCH. ALRIGHT, UM, SO I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SO, ON THE GREEN IS JUST REALLY, UM, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION THAT GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE BIG ECOSYSTEM THAT IS THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS. SO I KIND OF WANNA EXPLAIN OUR ROLE IN THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE. SO AT THE VERY TOP, YOU REALLY HAVE THE IOC, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, AND THE IC THE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE. THEY'RE REALLY THE BODIES THAT ARE LIKE THE SUPREME AUTHORITY FOR BOTH OF THOSE DIFFERENT EVENTS. FROM GAMES TO GAMES, THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS ARE PUT ON ACCORDING TO THEIR CHARTERS. UM, THEN TO THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. SO EVERYONE COUNTRY HAS THEIR OWN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, NOC, FOR SHORT, UH, HERE IN THE US THAT IS THE US OPC. AND SO REALLY THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THE US ATHLETES HERE IN THE COUNTRY WHO THEY'RE SENDING TO THE, TO [00:15:01] THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHEN, UH, NATIONS OR COUNTRIES BID ON, UH, HOSTING THE GAMES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KIND OF LEAD THAT EFFORT AS WELL. AND ON THE RIGHT YOU HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION. SO THOSE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SPORTS. SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SET THE STANDARDS FOR THEIR SPORTS THAT DETERMINE WHAT THE, WHAT THEY WANT FIELD PLAY TO BE. UM, AND THEN RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE YOU HAVE LA 28. SO EVERY OLYMPIC AND EVERY OLYMPIC UH, UH, EVENT, UM, THEY HAVE AN ORGANIZING COMMITTEE THAT IS FORMED JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT, UM, EVENT FOR THE 2028 GAMES THAT IS LA 28. SO THEY ARE THE O WHICH FOR SHORT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE GAMES. UM, AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES REALLY LEADING ALL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EVENT THEMSELVES, MAKING SURE THE EVENTS HAPPEN, GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS TO MAKE SURE THE FIELD OF PLAY IS IMPORTANT TO WHAT THEY WANNA SEE. THEN ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE THE HOST CITY. SO CITY OF LA IS TECHNICALLY THE HOST CITY FOR THE GAMES. UM, THEY ARE ALSO THE FINANCIAL GUARANTOR FOR THE GAMES. SO THEY, THEIR AGREEMENT BASICALLY DICTATES THAT IF THE GAMES GO INTO THE RED, UM, WHICH HOPEFULLY WON'T, 1984 WAS, WAS A SUCCESS AND WE'RE HOPING THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN THIS TIME AS WELL. BUT IF THEY DO HAS, HAS, UM, COMMITTED $270 MILLION, UH, FOR ANYTHING IN THE RED, UM, STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS COMMITTED ANOTHER $270 MILLION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, REALLY, IF IT GOES IN THE RED CITY, ALWAYS INFINITELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY, UM, ANY OVERAGES. SO THEY'RE REALLY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES THAT, UM, WANNA ENSURE SUCCESSFUL GAMES TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DON'T THEY HAVE TO GO IN THE RED, BUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO POSITIVE BENEFIT THAT COMES FROM THE GAMES AND, AND THEN LIKE, LIKE THE 84 OLYMPICS, THAT THERE'S, UH, THERE'S MORE FUNDS LEFT OVER THAT GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. AND ON THE RIGHT IS REALLY OUR ROLE. SO, LONG BEACH, WE'RE REALLY CONSIDERED A VENUE CITY. SO WE'RE NOT THE WHOLE CITY. WE'RE A VENUE CITY, JUST LIKE THE CITY OF CARSON, CITY OF PASADENA, CITY OF ANAHEIM. SO WE'RE, WE'RE A VENUE CITY, SO WE HAVE EVENTS WITHIN OUR CITY. AND SO OUR AGREEMENT WITH LA 28 IS, IS REALLY IT'S, WE HAVE A GAMES AGREEMENT, BUT IT'S AS A VENUE CITY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE COMMITTING TO HOST THE EVENTS AND THEN PROVIDING CITY SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN. UM, SO THAT'S NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. AND THEN, SO, UM, THIS, THIS ON THE SCREEN HERE IS REALLY A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING. UM, SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, OF COURSE, MUNICIPAL POLICE POLICING AND SECURITY. UM, THE, THE OLYMPICS PARALYMPICS ARE, UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY UNIQUE IN THAT THE SECURITY'S ACTUALLY BEING HANDLED BY THE SECRET SERVICE. THE SECRET SERVICE AT A FEDERAL LEVEL IS REALLY COORDINATING ALL THE SECURITY EFFORTS. WE'RE REALLY JUST A PART OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT, BUT ITS THEN REALLY WHAT THE SECURITY PERIMETER IS GONNA BE REALLY BEING THE OLYMPICS HAPPEN, MAKING SURE WE'RE SECURE. UM, AND SO, SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'RE REALLY, AND I THINK IN THEIR HISTORY THIS THEY CALL THE NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT DESIGNATION, THE HISTORY OF THAT, IT REALLY STARTED, LIKE IN THE NINETIES, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THAT DESIGNATION HAS BEEN USED FOR OLYMPICS HERE WASN'T, IT WASN'T AROUND BEFORE. SO IT'LL BE THE FIRST TIME. SO IT'S NEW FOR, FOR EVERYONE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. UM, THEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT AS WELL. UM, ZONINGS PERMITS AND LICENSES. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH LA 28 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VENUES ARE PERMITTED, UM, STILL HAVE TO GO TO US LIKE ANY OTHER VENUE OR, OR EVENT, UM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND CROWD MANAGEMENT. SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT WE HAVE, WE PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THAT AS WELL. PARKING'S GONNA BE A BIG ONE. YOU KNOW, PARKING'S A ALWAYS, ALWAYS CONCERN HERE. SO SOMETHING WE'LL BE DEALING WITH AS WELL. THE CITY LOOK AND, AND WAY FINDING AND SIGNAGE, THAT'S REALLY A KEY OPPORTUNITY FOR US, WE THINK BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE LA 28 WOULD AT SOME POINT GIVE US A, WHAT THEY CALL A BRANDING PACKAGE. AND REALLY OUTSIDE OF THE VENUES, IT WILL BE UP TO US AS A CITY TO DECIDE HOW WE WANNA KIND OF SPREAD THAT OLYMPIC PARALYMPIC SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY BASED ON WHAT THEY GIVE US. AND SO REALLY THEIR PURVIEW IS WITHIN THE VENUE PERIMETERS. OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'LL BE US AS A CITY KIND OF DETERMINING HOW WE WANT THE CITY TO LOOK. UM, AND THEN PROTOCOLS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEAT FOR US. WE JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT ON A PROTOCOL OFFICER, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT. SO SHE'S REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND, AND DRAW THE INTERNATIONAL CROWD HERE TO LONG BEACH FOR THE GAMES. AND THEN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA. SO OF COURSE WORKING WITH LIKE 28, UM, ON ALL THEIR, UH, COMMS AS WELL. WE'RE DEVELOPING GOOD RELATIONSHIP THERE. BUT THEN ALSO HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE INFORMATION THEY NEED AS WELL. SO, NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. UM, SO ON THE SCREEN, UM, WE HAVE A, UM, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF THE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. UM, SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS WE LIKE TO USE THIS VISUAL BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS HOW CONCENTRATED WE'RE GONNA BE HERE IN LONG BEACH, REALLY OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN OF LA WE REALLY HAVE THE, THE BIGGEST HUB OF EVENTS THAT ARE REALLY, UM, ALL TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE. SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS THAT HAVE COME, AND I THINK THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOPEFULLY BEING IN LONG BEACH BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IT'LL BE, REALLY, WILL BE THE AREA THAT KIND OF REPLICATES THAT PARIS EXPERIENCE THE MOST BECAUSE [00:20:01] EVERYTHING SO SPREAD OUT OR BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS, THEY'RE HOPING IT'LL BE LIKE A VERY WALKABLE EVENT WHERE THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING. WE'LL GET, JUST BE HERE AND IT'LL BE REALLY A CENTRAL OF ACTIVITY DURING, UM, THE, DURING THAT MONTH. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, SO YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MOST NUMBER. SO LONG BEACH WILL LARGEST NUMBER OF SPORTING EVENTS OUTSIDE WHOLE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE 2 MILLION TICKETED FANS. SO HOW MANY TICKETS IN SELLING? THERE'S ABOUT 12 MILLION TICKETS TOTAL. SO WE HAVE 2 MILLION OF THOSE HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT VENUE AREAS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL. UM, SO ON THE OLYMPIC SIDE, WE'RE PREPARING FOR THIS LAST, SO IT'S OUR LARGEST LOCAL STATE JET. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE 11 OLYMPIC SPORTS. LONG BEACH WILL HOST ON OF 18 OLYMPIC DAYS, SOME DAYS FEATURING AS MANY FOR PARALYMPICS. WE'RE SEVEN WITH 72 TICKETED SESSIONS, 20 MEDAL EVENTS. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARALYMPICS. THEY ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED A SCHEDULE A FEW WEEKS AGO. AND WE, WE HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF EVENTS, REALLY DOWNTIME, LIKE, SO AS FAR AS CONCENTRATION OF OF EVENTS FOR PARALYMPICS, WE'RE THE SAME AS LA SO WE'RE REALLY A MAJOR HUB THERE. EXCITED ABOUT THAT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A VISUAL, UH, REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT VENUE AREAS. SO, UM, HERE ON THE TOP YOU HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE ARENA. UM, THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT YOU HAVE AMIGOS BEACH, AND THEN TO THE EAST WE HAVE THE BELMONT SHORE VENUE AREA. AND THEN WE HAVE MARINE STADIUM AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. SO FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AREA, WE, THESE ARE ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT OLYMPICS EVENTS. SO WE HAVE, UM, AND SO JUST, UH, GIVE, UH, JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING. SO, UH, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR OLYMPIC EVENTS LISTED, AND THEN VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE EVENTS FROM PARIS. SO TRY TO, SO WE GET, VISUALIZE WHAT THE SPORTS LOOK LIKE A LITTLE BIT. SO WE HAVE ARTISTIC SWIMMING, UM, WE HAVE WATER POLO, WHICH IS BIG FOR LONG BEACH, BIG WATER POLO COMMUNITY HERE. UH, HANDBALL, SPORT CLIMBING, UH, BEACH VOLLEYBALL. THAT'S A REALLY BIG, BIG ONE FOR US. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. AND THEN TARGET SHOOTING, WE JOKE AROUND ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE THERE WAS A MEME FROM PARIS THAT WENT VIRAL, UM, WITH THAT SHOOTER WHO WAS, HE LOOKED LIKE SUPER CASUAL, LIKE HE JUST WOKE UP AND WENT AND . WHERE'S MY, YEAH. SO YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED. SO THAT'S THE SUPPORT WE'LL HAVE HERE. THOSE ARE OLYMPIC EVENTS HERE IN THE CONVENTIONS AREA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. AND HERE ARE OUR PARALYMPIC EVENTS. SO AGAIN, UM, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. EXCITED ABOUT THESE FOR PARA SWIMMING. UM, SO FOR OLYMPIC SWIMMING, UM, THE SNOW SWIMMING EVENTS, A LOT OF THE MAJOR ONES WILL BE AT SOUTH BY STADIUM. THEY'RE BUILDING A POOL THERE. BUT FOR THE PARALYMPICS, WE'LL ACTUALLY ARE GONNA HAVE ALL OF THE SWIMMING EVENTS HERE IN LONG BEACH IN OUR POOL. SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING HERE. SO A LOT OF SWIMMING ACTIVITIES WITH PARALYMPICS. AND IT'S PARA CLIMBING. IT'S ACTUALLY MAKING, ITS PARALYMPIC DEBUT HERE IN LONG BEACH. FIRST TIME IN THE PARALYMPICS. EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. BLIND FOOTBALL IS A, ACTUALLY A REALLY, IF THERE'S A SPORT I REALLY WANNA ATTEND, IT'D PROBABLY BE THAT ONE. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH BLIND FOOTBALL. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, SO IT, IT IS FOR PLAYERS THAT ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND WHAT THEY DO IS, UM, EVERYONE HAS A, HAS A COVER ON, AND THEN THEY'RE BASICALLY PLAYING SOCCER. UM, AND IT'S THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE STADIUM IS COMPLETELY QUIET. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND THEN WE'LL ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL ASTERISK CALLING IN , YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY. WHERE THEY, UM, YEAH, SO, SO WHAT I HEARD IS THE STADIUM STAYS COMPLETELY EMPTY AND, UM, NO ONE MAKES A SOUND UNTIL THE BALL WITHOUT A BOUNCE OR GOAL SCORE. AND THEN EVERYONE CHEERS. AND THEN THE BALL HAS LIKE A, A SOUND TWIST. YOU CAN KIND OF HEAR WHERE IT'S, SO YEAH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE SAME, THEY'RE BASICALLY CONVERTING OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL VENUE TO BLIND FOOTBALL FOR THE PARALYMPICS, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DO TO PARIS AS WELL. SO YOU CAN SEE THEY COMPETED RIGHT BY THE EYEBALL TOWER IN PARIS. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SITTING VOLLEYBALL AND THEN SHOOTING PARIS FOR PARALYMPIC EVENTS OR PARALYMPIC EVENTS THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN AGAIN, HERE'S A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR EVENTS IN THE BELMONT SHORE AREA. SO WE HAVE COASTAL ROWING, UM, MARATHON SWIMMING, AND THEN WE HAVE SAILING. UM, NOW WE HAVE WINDSURFING AND KITE SURFING. INITIALLY WE HAD ALL THE SURF, ALL THE, UM, SAILING EVENTS, BUT THEY DECIDED TO SPLIT THOSE UP. SO SOME OF THOSE, UH, EVENTS ARE NOW AT DE AROUND FOR OLYMPICS FOR THE GOT SPLIT UP A BIT. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOR THE OLYMPICS, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF AARI FAN SET MARINE STADIUM OLYMPIC EVENT. SO WE HAVE ROWING AND CANOE SPRINT FOR ROWING. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE BECAUSE IT'S MAKING ITS RETURN TO MARINE STADIUM. IT WAS INITIALLY BUILT FOR ROWING IN THE 32 OLYMPICS, [00:25:01] SO IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS LATER AND WE'RE NOT GOING BACK. WHAT'S INTERESTING THOUGH IS BECAUSE THAT, THAT BRIDGE AT THE BOTTOM WAS BUILT AND INITIALLY THEY WEREN'T GONNA BE HERE BECAUSE THEY COULD NO LONGER ACCOMMODATE THEIR 2000 METER FORCE. UM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO GO TO THEIR INTERNATIONAL, THEY HAD TO GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION, AND THEY HAD TO VOTE TO SHORTEN THE COURSE FOR THE 2028 GAMES. UM, SO IT'S 1500 METERS JUST IN ORDER TO BE IN LONG BEACH, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT LIKE PARIS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY OUT THERE. AND , I THINK THEY REALIZED THEY DON'T WANNA BE IN PARIS, THEY WANNA BE ALL THE ACTIVITIES. SO THEY'RE SHORTENING THEIR COURSE JUST TO BE HERE IN LONG BEACH, WHICH, WHICH IS EXCITING. UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE 'EM HERE. AND THEN CANOE SPRINT AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN FOR, UH, ON THE SCREEN IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR PARALYMPIC SPORTS AT MARINE STADIUM. SO WE HAVE PARA CANOE, SPRINT AND PARA ROAD AS WELL. SO THE EQUIVALENT FOR PARALYMPICS. RIGHT. AND THEN JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY POINT OUT THAT, UM, WHEN WE FIRST REALLY STARTED PLANNING FOR THE GAME, AND THEN WE REALIZED HOW BIG OF A TASK AND HOW DIFFERENT IT WAS FOR US AS A CITY. SO WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC IN THAT WE WENT OUT AND, UM, IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEEDED SOME EX TO BRING IN SOME EXPERTS TO HELP US WHEN WE PLAN. SO WE PUT A RFP TOGETHER AND WE BROUGHT ON KP AND G TO HELP US PUT TOGETHER OUR, UM, STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR THE GAMES. AND SO WE SPENT ABOUT A YEAR REALLY PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER. WE RELEASED IT TO COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR. UM, SO ONCE YOU, JENNIFER SHARED THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S LINKED THERE, SO IF YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA READ IT, IT'S ONLINE, BUT IT'S A HUNDRED PAGE DOCUMENT THAT REALLY HELPS US FIGURE OUT AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR 2020. UM, NOT ONLY LIKE HOW WE ORGANIZED THE CITY TO DELIVER, BUT HOW WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE LEGACY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING, CREATING BENEFITS FROM THE GAME FOR THE COMMUNITY. HOW DO WE PLAN FOR A SAFE EXPERIENCE? AND THEN, UM, HOW DO WE, UH, PRIORITIZE EQUITY AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES BENEFIT. WE REALIZE THAT ALL THE EVENTS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OR THE EAST SIDE, BUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT AREAS IN NORTH LONG BEACH, CENTRAL LONG BEACH, WEST LONG BEACH CAN ALSO BENEFIT AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE AS WELL. SO THIS ROADMAP IS REALLY HELPING US THINK ABOUT THAT, TRY TO STRATEGIC HOW WE DELIVER THAT. YES. UM, ORIGINALLY ARCHERY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AT EL PARK. HAS THAT CHANGED? YEAH, YEAH. IT'S NOT, I THINK IT'S IN, UM, I BELIEVE IT, IT'S IN CARS, I THINK. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH. WHICH, I MEAN, WE, I THINK WE HAD, WE HAD IT IN BEFORE AND PEOPLE STILL GO PRACTICE TOLD ME. UM, BUT IT'S NOT, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE, UM, OKAY. UM, AND THEN WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT, SO WE, WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE, I WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE ORGANIZED FOR ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS PLANNING. SO ACCESSIBILITY IS BUILT INTO OUR INTERNAL GOVERNANCE. CITYWIDE PLANNING IS ORGANIZED THROUGH AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE LEADS STRUCTURE, AND IT'S CROSS DEPARTMENTAL ACCESSIBILITY IS A CORE PLANNING PRINCIPLE ALONGSIDE EQUITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND OUR CITYWIDE ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR, JENNIFER, IS POSITIONED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE TO INFLUENCE THE NUMEROUS WORK STREAMS WE'VE ESTABLISHED. AND ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE NEW OFFICE WE'VE CREATED TO REALLY GET OURSELVES ORGANIZED TO DELIVER. SO AS OF FFY 26, WE HAVE A NEW OFFICE CALLED THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT PROTOCOL OFFICE. UM, WE HAVE OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, TYLER, WHO IS OUR, UM, OUR FEARLESS LEADER. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE MYSELF, UM, THE MANAGER OF GAMES PLANNING AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. WE HAVE AN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, LOUISA, WHO'S REALLY GREAT IN HELPING US STAY ORGANIZED. BARROW, WHO IS OUR PROTOCOL OFFICER, AND THEN SEAN IS OUR NEWEST ADDITION, WHOEVER WE'VE BEEN BEFORE. UM, SO WE CAN REALLY START ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY. ALRIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UM, ON THE SCREEN IS AGAIN, HOW WE'RE ORGANIZED FOR ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS PLANNING. AND THIS REALLY JUST SHOWS THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, CENTRAL OFFICE STRUCTURE, WE HAVE A MUCH LARGER STRUCTURE THAT CROSSES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO WITH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, THAT'S REALLY US IN OUR OFFICE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A, A CITYWIDE STEERING COMMITTEE. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS, REALLY. IT'S REALLY MYSELF AND TYLER. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A, A GROUP FOCUSED ON SAFETY, A SAFETY WORK GROUP, AN INFRASTRUCTURE WORK GROUP, A MOBILITY WORK GROUP, COMMUNICATIONS WORK GROUP, AND THEN A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK GROUP. SO IN, IN TOTAL, THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE ENCOMPASSES ABOUT, I THINK WE'RE OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE NOW, SO I THINK WE STARTED LIKE AT 50. AND SO WE JUST KEEP ADDING AND ADDING. SO WE'RE LIKE OVER A HUNDRED NOW. UM, SO WE'RE GROWING AND ADAPTING AS, AS A NEED TO RISE CONFLICT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO JENNIFER. THIS IS JENNIFER SPEAKING. THANK YOU JORGE. UM, SO AS JORGE STATED, MY ROLE, UM, IS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE GAMES AND AS NEEDED, BUT I AM IN THREE, UH, TWO, TWO INTERNAL COMMITTEES AT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THE FIRST ONE IS THE MOBILITY WORK GROUP. UM, I AM A CO-CHAIR ALONG WITH A STAFF MEMBER FROM THE PORT AND A STAFF MEMBER FROM, UM, PUBLIC WORKS. UH, MEMBERS, UM, [00:30:01] INCLUDE, UM, CITY STAFF FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, TRAFFICKING ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M A PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK GROUP. UM, I AM A MEMBER, UH, AND, UM, AND I'M IN THIS GROUP WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARKS REC, UH, MARINE, UH, UTILITIES AIRPORT, AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. UM, EXTERNAL COMMITTEES, UM, EXTERNAL COMMITTEES ARE COMMITTEES THAT ARE, UM, UH, LED, UH, BY NON-CITY OF LONG BEACH DEPARTMENTS, UM, UH, MOSTLY, UH, CITY OF LA. SO THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY METRO, A GAMES MOBILITY EXECUTIVES WAY FINDING SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE CITY OF LA UH, UH, ACCESSIBILITY LIAISONS, WHICH IS A GROUP OF, UM, DISABILITY EXPERTS AND, UM, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO ADD THEIR INPUT AND LIVED EXPERIENCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHEMES IS AS, AS POSSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THESE WORK GROUPS AND COMMITTEES, UM, IS STILL IN THE WORKS WE'RE, UM, 918 DAYS AWAY, WHICH SEEMS VERY CLOSE AND VERY FAR AT THE SAME TIME. SO A LOT OF, UH, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IS NOT YET READY, UM, FOR US TO BE SHARED, BUT REST ASSURED THAT WE ARE MEETING ON REGULAR BASIS TO, UM, PRIORITIZE ACCESSIBILITY, UM, NOT JUST IN THESE COMMUNITIES, BUT ACROSS THE GAMES. UM, UM, COMPLETELY. UM, UH, THE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE LA 2028, UM, UH, ACCESSIBILITY TEAM. SO THE LA 2028 GAMES HAS A TEAM AND STAFF ALL OF THEIR OWN, UM, AND, UH, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY. SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO SHARE WITH YOU. UM, THEIR VISION AND PILLARS OF LA 28 ARE FOSTERING COMMUNITY, EMPOWERING YOUTH AND BUILDING LEGACY. UM, THE HOST CITY ACCESSIBILITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE HOPEFULLY SOON, UM, WILL PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS, ENHANCE, UH, PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY, STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION, AND ENSURE TANGIBLE LEGACY OUTCOMES. UM, ONCE THIS ENHANCEMENT PLAN IS RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC, I'LL DEFINITELY SHARE IT WITH THE, UM, COMMISSION, UM, HERE AS WELL. OKAY. AND I SHOULD TAKE IT BACK TO, AGAIN SPEAKING. SO JUST REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW AS SPECIAL AS A SPECIAL EVENTS OR SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY EVENTS TEAM COULDN'T JOIN US, BUT THEY, UM, THEY SHARED SOME INFORMATION AND WANTED ME TO PASS ON. SO REALLY HERE IS JUST, THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY USED TO HAVING. SO THIS IS THE, THE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX. THAT IS A HUGE EVENT THAT COMES EVERY YEAR, UM, AND BRINGS, I THINK, CLOSE TO 200,000 PEOPLE NOW OVER THE WHOLE WEEKEND. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS, ESPECIALLY EVENTS OFFICE IS REALLY GREAT AT IT, AND, UM, IT'S CONTINUING TO DO AND GROWING IT AS WELL. NEXT, UH, SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THIS IS, UM, ACTUALLY THIS WAS A PAST EVENT THEY DID. SO THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING TO ILLUSTRATE BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ON THE AREA WHERE WHEAT BEACH VOLLEYBALL WAS GONNA BE. AND SO THIS WAS ACTUALLY A BEACH VOLLEYBALL EVENT THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE IN THE PAST WITH A DP. UM, THIS WAS A, A KIND OF A COOL THING. IT WAS A COMBO OF A CASCADE CONCERT ON THE, ON THE RIGHT, AND THEN THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL ON THE LEFT. SO ANOTHER LARGE EVENT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IN THE PAST AND ORGANIZED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THEY DO REALLY ON THE REGULAR. UM, SO ALL THE DIFFERENT CONCERT THAT THEY'RE USED TO IN THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THOSE DRAW OUT TO LONG BEACH. UM, THIS WAS DAY TRIP THAT WAS OVER BY THE QUEEN MARY, AND SO THEY JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THAT. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT ACCESSIBILITY IS ALREADY PART OF HOW LONG BEACH DELIVERS SPECIAL EVENTS. SO THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE COORDINATES CITYWIDE TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO DRESS AND PLANNING AND OPERATIONS. EVENT ORGANIZERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL ACCESSIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY LAWS. ACCESSIBILITY IS REVIEWED ACROSS THE FULL FOOTPRINT, PASSIVE TRAVEL RESTROOMS, PARKING, SIGNAGE, VENDORS AND TRANSPORTATION, CITY BUILDING AND PLANNING REVIEWS, TEMPORARY STRUCTURE PLANS AS APPLICABLE TO CONFIRM ACCESSIBLE DESIGN SUCH AS ROUNDS AND LIFTS. ACCESSIBLE AMENITIES MUST BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON EVENTS, MAPS AND PROGRAMS. SO THE VISUAL ON THE RIGHT IS A MAP FROM DREAM STATE THAT THEY PROVIDED. IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU, UM, HOW THEY POINT OUT THE DIFFERENT ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES, UM, ON THEIR EXISTING EVENTS FOR THE 2028 GAMES. WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS THEIR OFFICE IS REALLY DIRECTLY INTEGRATED INTO LA TWENTY'S, MULTI-YEAR VENUE OPERATIONS PLANNING PROCESS. SO ACCESSIBILITY IS ADDRESSED ITERABLY THROUGHOUT AS PLANS ARE FINALIZED THROUGH 2027. SO TYPICALLY THE WAY THE SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE WORKS IS THE PROMOTER COMES, THE, THE PLAN ALREADY FINALIZED. THEY SAY, HEY, HERE'S OUR, HERE'S OUR PLAN. THEY'RE REVIEWING IT, CHECKING FOR THINGS LIKE ACCESSIBILITY. WHAT'S DIFFERENT WITH THE 2028 GAME IS THEY'RE REALLY, THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN IN IT FROM THE BEGINNING. [00:35:01] SO STARTING LAST YEAR, UM, AND I'VE ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS AS WELL, BUT IT'S REALLY LIKE IN AN, ALMOST AN LA 20 INTERNAL MEETING AS THEY'RE FIGURING OUT WITHIN THEIR TEAMS LIKE THIS, THIS TEAM MAY NEED US A SPACE HERE, BUT THIS TEAM MAY NEED SPACE HERE AS WELL. AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE VENUE AND THEY'RE FIGURING OUT THE DIFFERENT SPACES AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS, WELL, WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE VENUE FROM THIS ROUTE. SO THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND ARE, WE'RE REALLY JUST THERE LISTENING AND PROVIDING INPUT ALONG THE WAY. AND IT'S REALLY A THREE PHASE PROCESS THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR. LIKE PHASE TWO IS REALLY THIS YEAR, AND THEN PHASE THREE IS NEXT YEAR WHEN IT'LL GET FINALIZED. SO REALLY KIND OF EVOLVING. IT'S MUCH DIFFERENT, MUCH MORE, UM, THERE'S A, IT'S A MUCH MORE DEDICATED PROCESS VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE USED TO WITH OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THIS. OKAY. AND THEN WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, MOBILITY. SO HOW DO WE PLAN TO MOVE THE WORLD TO AND THROUGH LONG BEACH? SO THERE'S A REGIONAL EFFORT TO KEEP THE GAMES MOVING. THERE'S A UNIFIED GAMES MOBILITY PLAN THAT'S BEING LED BY LA METRO CALTRANS AND LA 28, UM, THAT WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE AND PLANNING, THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UH, COMMITTEES, SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, SOME OF THE ONES I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ARE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH JENNIFER'S A PART OF. UH, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE WAY FINDING COMMITTEE AS WELL. THEN THERE'S A FIRST AND LAST MILESTONE COMMITTEE AS WELL. UM, THE GAMES ROUTE NETWORK IS ALSO WHAT'S GOING TO CONNECT KEY VENUES, ENSURING SAFE AND THE RELIABLE TRAVEL FOR ATHLETES IN MEDIA. AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT. THAT'S A RENDERING, IT'S A RENDERING OF WHAT THE GAMES ROUTE NETWORK COULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO REALLY THAT'S TAKING DIFFERENT LANES, LIKELY THE CAR LANES. AND THEN DURING THE TIME OF THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS CREATING DEDICATED LANES TO MAKE SURE THAT ONLY THOSE THAT ARE REALLY, UM, INVOLVED WITH THE EVENTS THEMSELVES THAT NEED TO GET TO A VENUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENT HAPPENS, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE LANES. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A PART OF THE PLAN AS WELL. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GAMES ENHANCED TRANSIT SYSTEM OR GETS, SO THAT'S A SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA MOVE SPECTATORS IN THE WORKFORCE EFFICIENTLY WITH A STRONG TRANSIT FIRST APPROACH. SO WHAT THAT MEANS, REALLY, THAT'S HOW SPECTATORS ARE GONNA GET TO THE DIFFERENT VENUES. UM, IN LONG BEACH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT PEOPLE WILL LIKELY DRIVE TO, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR CAL STATE LONG BEACH, THE PARKING WILL LIKELY BE THERE, AND THEN THEY'LL GET SHUTTLED OVER TO DOWNTOWN TO THEIR EVENT. SO THERE'S LIKELY GONNA BE VERY LITTLE OR NO PARKING IN THE ACTUAL EVENTS VENUES BY THE EVENTS THEMSELVES. UM, SO THE GETS IS REALLY THE SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA GET PEOPLE TO THE VENUES WITHOUT PARKING, AND THAT'S REALLY RELYING ON OUR EXISTING TRANSIT SYSTEM. UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THAT SHUTTLE SYSTEM AS WELL. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN 84, I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY, UM, ANY RAIL AT ALL YET. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW WE MADE, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO A LOT MORE RAIL IN IN 2028. THAT'S SOMETHING I REALLY HOPE TO CAPITALIZE ON. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE WANNA MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS IN EMERGENCY SERVICES WHILE MINIMIZING LOCAL CONGESTION THROUGH PROACTIVE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION. SO I THINK WITH THAT, IT'S REALLY, UM, AS, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THE SECURITY PERIMETERS AND SECRET SERVICE, UM, FROM THE CITY SIDE IS HOW DO WE PROVIDE INPUT, UM, TO THEM SAYING, HEY, YOU'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN THIS AREA. YOU MAY IMPACT FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE. SO THAT'S OUR ROLE THERE AS WELL. AND THEN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABILITY, THERE'S A REGIONAL EFFORT THROUGH CLEAN FUEL ONE ZERO EMISSION FLEET. SO, UM, THEY, LA 28 ACTUALLY RECENTLY SIGNED A, UH, A SPONSOR THAT'S GONNA BE PROVIDING ELECTRIC BUSES FOR THAT GAME ROUTE NETWORK. SO REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN PUT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SORRY, IT'S THE OTHER WAY. IT WASN'T MOVING IN. SORRY. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. ONE MOMENT PLEASE, EVERYBODY. MY COMPUTER GOES ONE MOMENT. OH, . I KNOW. SORRY. QUESTION WHILE YOU DOING, UH, UH, I'M GONNA FIX IT RIGHT NOW. SORRY. THERE. IT'S OKAY. LET JUST GO BACK TO SCREEN SHARING AND THEN WE'LL GET STARTED. OKAY. PLEASE TAKE A COUPLE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANNA PREVIEW SOME OF DANCE SCORES LIKE BLIND, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DANCE SPORT FAIR IN MAY. DEFINITELY. [00:40:01] CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION WITH ME ABOUT THAT, KIM, WE'RE BACK ON TRACK. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, VANESSA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS SLIDE, AND I'LL READ THE SLIDE TOO. SO THIS IS MOVING THE WORLD TO AND THROUGH LONG BEACH AGAIN, BUT HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A LONG BEACH APPROACH TO MOBILITY. SO FROM A LOCAL APPROACH. SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS COORDINATE WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS TO ALIGN OUR, UH, LONG BEACH'S TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ENSURE CONNECTED GAIN EXPERIENCE. WE WANNA EXPLORE INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, SUCH AS A POTENTIAL METRO WATER TAXI BETWEEN SAN PEDRO AND LONG BEACH. SO THE VISUAL ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY A PICTURE. THEY DID A DEMO LAST YEAR OF WHAT A WATER TAXI COULD LOOK LIKE. SUPERVISOR HAN DID THAT. SO I, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN AND WE, WE MET OVER IN SAN PEDRO AND IT TOOK ABOUT LIKE 30 MINUTES TO GET TO LONG BEACH. SO IT WAS A PRETTY NICE RIDE. I MEAN, YOU COULD GO FASTER THAN THE CAR, BUT WHO DOESN'T WANNA GO BOAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING SHE'S WORKING ON AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT TO SEE IF THEY CAN HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR THE GAMES. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, IMPLEMENTING OPEN STREET CONCEPTS TO CREATE WALKABLE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY FAN EXPERIENCE AROUND THE VENUES. UM, THE, THE GAMES ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT SECURITY PERIMETER I MENTIONED, UH, PREVIOUSLY. SO WHEN THERE'S STREETS THAT HAVE TO BE CLOSED OFF ANYWAY BECAUSE OF SECURITY, HOW CAN WE USE THOSE AREAS TO MAKE THEM ACTIVE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, FOLKS THAT ARE GETTING AROUND ON, UH, MICRO MOBILITY. UM, AND THEN, UM, EXPANDING ACTIVE MOBILITY OPTIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR BIKING, WALKING AND MICRO, MICRO MOBILITY BETWEEN KEY DESTINATIONS. WE REALLY ENVISION A A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET, MAYBE EVEN GET FROM THIS VENUE OVER TO BELMONT SHORE OR OVER TO MARINE STADIUM AND MAYBE THAT WE CAN EVEN CREATE, UM, CLOSED OFF STREETS TO CREATE THAT CONNECTION, UM, THAT WE CAN GET AROUND WITHOUT JUST VEHICLES. AND THEN EXPLORING CITYWIDE OPEN STREET ACTIVATION, SO NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS LONG BEACH CAN SHARE IN THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON AS WELL. UH, THE CITY OF PARIS DID THAT REALLY WELL IN CREATING THESE FAN ZONES AND FESTIVAL AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING HOW CAN WE DO THAT. THEY HAD THE LUXURY OF GETTING $20 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THAT EFFORT, UM, WHICH WE WON'T HAVE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE COME UP WITH FUNDING AND OTHER RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT ON SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR OUR, OUR CITY. UM, . UM, WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO SEAN. COOL. SO YOU HAVE, UH, SO SPEAKING, UM, AND JORGE REALLY TALKED AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT GETTING VISITORS AND, AND OLYMPIANS AND PARALYMPIANS TO THE VENUES AND TO THE ACTUAL EVENTS. BUT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS ALL OF THE OTHER EXTRACURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HOPE TO, TO ACTIVATE HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THESE FAN ZONES, THESE WATCH PARTIES, BRAND ACTIVATIONS, HOSPITALITY HOUSES, AND TEAM HEADQUARTERS. SO THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING AN AWFUL LOT OF ENERGY IN THIS NEW OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL. SO, UM, ON THE SLIDE, I'LL, I'LL SIMPLY READ THAT THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE GOES WELL BEYOND, UH, JUST THE VENUES. UM, WE WITH, THERE ARE EXPERIENCE TYPES CALLED THE TEAM HEADQUARTERS, WHICH ARE HOME BASES FOR COUNTRIES, OLYMPIC TEAMS, PARALYMPIC TEAMS, ATHLETES, COACHES, AND ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT STAFF WHERE THEY CAN GATHER, RECOVER, CELEBRATE. UM, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A PRIVATE CLUBHOUSE TYPE OF A FEEL. UM, AND THOSE WILL BE POPPING UP AT VARIOUS EVENT VENUES THROUGHOUT TOWN. HOSPITALITY HOUSES TEND TO BE NATIONAL CLUBHOUSE TYPE OF ACTIVATIONS, WHICH, UM, WILL SHOWCASE, UM, CULTURAL, UM, THINGS FROM THE, FROM THE HOST COUNTRIES, UM, CONSIDERING THESE LIKE AN EMBASSY AWAY FROM HOME RUN BY THE COUNTRIES TO CELEBRATE THEIR ATHLETES AND TO SHARE THEIR CULTURE, UM, WITH THE VISITING FANS AND, UH, AND, UM, AND MEDIA. THERE WILL ALSO BE BRAND ACTIVATIONS THROUGHOUT TOWN, AND THESE ARE STRATEGIC MARKETING INITIATIVES WHERE COMPANIES CAN CREATE IMMERSIVE AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCES TO CONNECT WITH THEIR AUDIENCES DURING THE GAMES. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BRING A BRAND TO LIFE THROUGH PHYSICAL SPACES, DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS, PROJECT INTEGRATIONS OR INTERACTIVE EVENTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VALUES AND WOULD ALIGN WITH THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN, UM, IN LONG BEACH. UH, AND, UM, THOSE WILL LIKELY BE ACTIVATED IN VARIOUS LOCAL RETAIL, UM, ESTABLISHMENTS. THEY COULD BE SOME, SOME ACTIVATIONS FOR, FOR BRANDS, UM, OUTSIDE OF LOCAL RETAILERS TOO. UM, WE CAN BE PRETTY CREATIVE THERE. AND THE BIG ONE IS THE WATCH PARTIES AND THE FAN ZONES. SO THESE ARE OLYMPIC THEMED, UM, UH, SPACES WHERE BUSINESSES CAN STREAM COVERAGE FROM NBC, UM, WHICH WILL BE THE OFFICIAL CHANNEL FOR THE GAMES. UH, THEY CAN BE THEMED EVENTS WITH DECOR, GIVEAWAYS, ATHLETIC APPEARANCES, MINI COMPETITIONS, AND THESE WILL POP UP AT MANY, UM, LOCAL BREWERIES AND BARS AND RESTAURANTS, MUSEUMS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. UM, AND IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THESE WATCH PARTIES, UM, UH, AT LOCAL PARKS THROUGHOUT TOWN AS WELL, TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLYMPIC [00:45:01] PARTICIPATION TO OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE EVENT VENUES THEMSELVES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND WHAT WE'LL FOLLOW IN THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES. THERE ARE SOME, SEVERAL PICTURES OF THESE TYPES OF ACTIVATIONS THROUGHOUT PARIS. AND IN PARIS IS REALLY WHERE WE SAW AN EXPLOSION OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS. THE SUMMER OLYMPICS BEFORE PARIS, WHERE THE TOKYO OLYMPICS, AND THOSE WERE REALLY SHUTTERED BECAUSE OF THE, OF COVID, SO THERE WERE NO VISITORS IN, IN, IN TOKYO. AND JUST AN EXPLOSION OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT PARIS. SO FIRST DEPICTED ON THESE SLIDES ARE TWO PHOTOS THAT SHOW THE WATCH PARTY THAT THE CITY OF PARIS POSTED IN FRONT OF THEIR CITY HALL. UM, BEAUTIFUL ACTIVATION, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ENJOYING OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC EXPERIENCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SPEAKING OF SOME OF THE COUNTRY HOUSES, THIS IS A DEPICTION OF A VENUE IN, IN, IN PARIS, UM, PRE ACTIVATION AS THE AUSTRIA HOUSE, AND THEN POST ACTIVATION AS AUSTRIA HOUSE. AND YOU CAN SEE DEPICTED THAT THERE WAS A BUILD OUT THAT, UM, THAT AUSTRIA PROVIDED SO THAT THERE WAS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEET AND GREETS AND, AND, AND A CLUBHOUSE TYPE FEEL. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. DEPICTED HERE IS AN INTERNAL SPACE, UM, THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY BELGIUM IN THE BELGIUM HOUSE, UH, IN AN INTERNAL VENUE IN, IN PARIS. AND WHAT WE SEE IS THE, THE EMPTY BALLROOM SPACE, UM, ON THE FAR, UH, LEFT, UM, FOLLOWED BY A COUPLE OF, OF PICTURES OF PARTY-LIKE ATMOSPHERES. UM, UH, WHERE I THINK IN THE MIDDLE PHOTO IS A, IS A PICTURE OF A, A RECENT, UM, A METAL WIN BY ONE OF THE BELGIAN, UM, ATHLETES. SO IT'S A REALLY NICE PARTY VENUE TO, TO CELEBRATE THOSE TEAM WINS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. A FEW MORE PHOTOS OF EMPTY YARD SPACE NEXT TO A, A BEAUTIFUL, UM, FRENCH, UM, BUILDING, UM, THAT WAS TRANSFORMED IN BY KOREA INTO THE KOREA HOUSE WHERE THEY HOSTED K-POP DANCE PARTIES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, UM, IN FRONT OF THE, THE, THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL PARISIAN ARCHITECTURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, A FEW MORE, UM, PHOTOS TO FOLLOW. THIS IS THE SLOVENIA HOUSE, UM, WHICH OCCUPIED A A SMALL BUSINESS, UM, UH, IN PARIS, WHERE, WHERE THE, UM, SLOVENIA DELEGATION BUILT OUT SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, CLUBHOUSE TYPE SPACE. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND FURTHER ACTIVATIONS OF, UM, THROUGH A LARGE PARK IN THE PARK, UH, THROUGHOUT, UM, CENTRAL PARIS. UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY COUNTRIES, UM, HAD TEMPORARY STRUCTURES THAT THEY BUILT THROUGHOUT THAT PARK. UM, REPRESENTED HERE IS A, UM, A BRAZILIAN HOUSE. I THINK WE HAVE INDIA HOUSE, WE HAVE DENMARK I BELIEVE AS WELL, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT IS ON THE TOP. UM, LEFT HAND SIDE, IT'S, UH, PARIS, PARIS, PARIS, I THINK THE BIGGEST ONE. OH, OF COURSE, YES. SO LOTS OF PICTURES OF, OF, OF FANS ASSEMBLING OUTSIDE OF EVENT VENUES, UM, BUT STILL ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY AND CELEBRATING THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC SPIRIT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE'S SOME EXAMPLE OF SOME BRAND ACTIVATIONS. UM, MY FAVORITE ONE BEING IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND SIDE IS AN ACTIVATION BY WINGSTOP. UM, THEY HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME FUN THINGS FOR VISITORS TO PARTICIPATE IN. UM, ALSO DEPICTED HERE ARE SOME BRAND ACTIVATIONS I CAN'T READ QUITE FROM THIS, UH, OMEGA, UM, SAMSUNG OAKLEY. THANK YOU JEN BUMBLE. REALLY FUN PLACES. SO, SO, SO BUILD OUTS THAT YOU, THAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE EVENTS LIKE COMIC-CON OR, OR, OR VARIOUS THINGS WHERE, WHERE BRANDS WILL TAKE OVER A SPACE AND REALLY MAKE IT AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. AND WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE SOME OF THOSE POP UP HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, ALONG THE WAY TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, AND REGARDING COUNTRY HOUSES, LONG BEACH IS REALLY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST, UH, THE FIRST VENUE CITY TO HAVE TWO CONFIRMED, UM, HOSPITALITY HOUSES. UM, AND, AND THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, UM, WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT. SO STANDBY FOR, FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME AT THE STATE OF THE CITY. UM, GREECE WAS THE VERY FIRST COUNTRY TO COORDINATE A COUNTRY HOUSE HERE. THEY WILL BE HEADQUARTERED AT THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ON THE EAST SIDE. UM, AND THEY PLAN, UM, THE, UH, I'LL, I'LL READ THE SLIDE HERE. THE HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS SELECTED LONG BEACH AS ITS HOST LOCATION FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY HOUSE. UM, THE HELLENIC HOUSE WILL FEATURE A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND EXPEDITIONS HIGHLIGHTING GREEK HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ARTS THAT WILL SERVE AS A GATHERING PLACE FOR THE GAME, FOR GAME ALL GAMES ENTHUSIASTS. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT GREECE WOULD LIKE [00:50:01] TO BRING A LOT OF ANTIQUITIES, UM, FOR A TEMPORARY MUSEUM EXPERIENCE TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY AND THE HISTORY OF THE GAMES. AND THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT GREECE HAS HAD A HOSPITALITY HOUSE IN THE OLYMPICS, AND THEY CHOSE LONG BEACH. SO THIS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR US, ESPECIALLY AS THE FIRST TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE. THE SECOND BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WAS WITH DENMARK. DENMARK CHOSE LONG BEACH AS THEIR HEADQUARTERS AS WELL. THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF DENMARK, UM, WILL HAVE THEIR BASE OF OPERATIONS HERE IN LONG BEACH. THEIR PRESENCE WILL INCLUDE A HIGH PERFORMANCE LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN, BRINGING ITS HISTORIC DANISH TRAINING SHIP, WHICH IS DEPICTED HERE ON THE SLIDE. IT'S A VERY LARGE MULTI-SALE PIRATE SHIP LOOKING, UM, UH, VESSEL. UM, AND THE HOUSE AT DENMARK WILL BE HEADQUARTERED AT THE WESTIN IN LONG BEACH. DENMARK HAS BOUGHT OUT THE ENTIRE WESTIN, SO IT WILL BE FILLED WITH THEIR ATHLETES, DIGNITARIES, MEDIA, ALL, ALL OF THEIR CENTER OF OPERATIONS WILL BE HERE AT DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. AND THAT PIRATE SHIFT DEPICTED WILL BE PARKED RIGHT IN RAINBOW HARBOR, UM, IN FRONT OF THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC DURING THE VENUE AS WELL, AND WILL SERVE AS A EVENT SPACE, UM, FOR, FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL SERVE AS AN ANCHOR FOR POTENTIAL NORDIC VILLAGE TO JUST KIND OF POPULATE AROUND THERE. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED WITH THOSE, UM, UH, WITH THOSE, WITH THAT NEWS AS IT AS IT COMES AVAILABLE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. LAST YEAR AT THE STATE OF THE CITY, OUR, OUR MAYOR ANNOUNCED, UM, THAT DURING THE 20, UH, THAT, UH, ALONG WITH MARY ZENDEJAS, UM, THAT WE WILL BE AN ACCESSIBILITY, UH, THAT ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES SURROUNDING LA 28 ACTIVATION WILL BE ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBILITY FORWARD. UM, AND THIS INITIATIVE INCLUDES HAVING ACCESSIBLE VISITOR EXPERIENCE WITH SIGNAGE , AND CLEAR WHAT TO EXPECT INFORMATION. UM, SOME LOTS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS BEING DEVELOPED WITH DISABLED DISABILITIES, SERVING ORGANIZATIONS, HELPING TO CO-DESIGN PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, A PARALYMPIC FORWARD LEGACY INCLUDING ACTIVATIONS, ATHLETE STORYTELLING AND PATHWAYS FOR ONGOING PARTICIPATION, PRIORITIZING YOUTH, BUT BEING AVAILABLE FOR, FOR ALL. UM, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS READINESS HERE. AND, UM, UH, WE WILL BE HOSTING VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO, UM, SO IN, UH, WE, WE HOPE TO PROVIDE SOME INCLUSION GUIDANCE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR, UM, THEIR HOSPITALITY SERVICES FOR THIS, UM, AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE AUDIENCE THAT WE'LL HOST. UH, SO IT, IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE PARALYMPICS JUST AS MUCH AS WE HIGHLIGHT THE, THE OLYMPICS MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND, UM, AND, AND, UH, WE HAVE THOSE MARCHING ORDERS STRAIGHT FROM, FROM THE TOP LAST YEAR, UH, AT THE STATE OF THE CITY WITH THE MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND, UM, AND I WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD MOST RECENTLY, JUST ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AGO, UM, TO ENSURE THAT, UM, ALL OF THE OLYMPICS ARE BROUGHT TO, TO THE ENTIRE TOWN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WONG. I APPRECIATE THE APPLAUSE. . UH, I HAVE BEEN A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, VERY INVOLVED IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR HERE IN LONG BEACH OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. AND IT'S MY COMMITMENT TO, TO THE, THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THESE GAMES ARE NOT JUST HERE FOR THE EVENT VENUES ALONG THE COAST, BUT TRULY THAT ALL OF LONG BEACH IS CELEBRATING AND, AND ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN IN ACTIVATIONS. UM, UH, I'LL, I'LL READ, UM, THE SLIDE, UM, TITLED ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY. UH, I WAS ONBOARDED AS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER TO LEAD THE OUTREACH, UM, EFFORTS AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS CONNECTED TO THE GAMES. UM, WE'LL BE INTRODUCING YOUTH, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC SPORTS, EXPANDING THEIR ACCESS AND INSPIRING NEXT GENERATION OF ATHLETES. WE'LL BE LEVERAGING ENGAGEMENT TOOLS LIKE SURVEYS, COMMUNITY POPUPS, UM, TO GATHER IDEAS AND INPUT FROM RESIDENTS. WE'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES AND NATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES TO CREATE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH TO CONNECT WITH ATHLETES AND COACHES, ESPECIALLY IN SPORTS THAT, THAT TRADITIONALLY DON'T HAVE IT, HAVE, HAVE EASY ACCESS. UM, AND WE'LL BE BUILDING EXCITEMENT FOR THE GAMES THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THE DAY OF SPORT. UM, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PLANS TO HAVE WATCH PARTIES FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES FOR THE OLYMPICS, AND OPENING CEREMONIES FOR THE PARALYMPICS. UM, MORE, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT COMING ALONG, BUT PLAN TO SEE A WHOLE LOT OF EVENTS POPPING UP, UH, OVER THESE NEXT COUPLE YEARS THAT ARE ALL OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FACING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, WE WILL BE ADVANCING THIS LEGACY THROUGH, UH, UH, THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, CREATING A HUGE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT WILL COMPLIMENT THE LA 20 EIGHTS PROGRAM. LA 28 IS [00:55:01] EXPECTING THAT THEY WILL NEED ABOUT 50,000 VOLUNTEERS TO, UM, TO PRODUCE THE GAMES, UH, THIS YEAR. AND THOSE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF OLYMPIC DELIVERY. UM, AND SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON OLYMPIC EVENT DELIVERY. SO TAKING TICKETS AT EVENT VENUES, HELPING WAYFINDING, SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT IT IS OUR INTENTION AS A CITY TO PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTATION TO THAT VOLUNTEER CORPS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT, ABOUT LONG BEACH TO HELP MOST CERTAINLY WHAT HOSPITALITY AND WAY FINDING IN THAT, UH, IN THAT FIRST AND LAST MILE, UM, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. UM, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO CONNECT RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY YOUTH TO OPPORTUNITIES TIED TO THE GAME FROM VOLUNTEERING. ALSO, INCLUDING CAREER EXPLORATION. LA 28 WILL BE RELEASING A, UH, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME, UM, SOON. THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL HELP TO, TO BUILD A PIPELINE OF, OF PAID POSITIONS THAT ARE, THAT WILL BE GAME FACING, UM, AS WELL. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION GETS TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS SOON AS IT'S AVAILABLE TO US. UH, AND WE ARE ALSO USING THE GAMES ENGAGEMENT TO ADVANCE CITY PRIORITIES, INCLUDING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE UPCOMING, LIKE A, A PILOT BEACH CLEANUP THAT, THAT WE DID WITH, UM, UH, WITH ARTISTIC SWIMMING TEAM, USA. UM, THEY'LL BE COMING BACK AGAIN THIS YEAR, THIS CALENDAR YEAR FOR AN EVEN BIGGER, UM, BEACH AND COMMUNITY CLEANUP, ACTIVATION, UM, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES BY HIGHLIGHTING THINGS RELATED CAREERS AND HOSPITALITY, CONSTRUCTION, EVENT MANAGEMENT, BROADCASTING, ET CETERA. AND WE ARE BUILDING A LASTING CIVIC LEGACY BY PROMOTING INCLUSION SERVICE AND EXPOSURE TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OLYMPIANS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HOW CAN YOU GET MORE INFORMATION? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GO TO OUR LONG BEACH 28, UM, GAMES WEBSITE. UM, THERE IS A, A LINK AVAILABLE IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND I WILL READ IT OUT LOUD. IT'S WWW LONG BEACH.GOV/ 2 28 GAMES. UH, THERE YOU WILL FIND A MYRIAD OF, UH, OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND SOME MAILING LISTS THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR. UM, AND ALSO ON THE SLIDE IS A DIRECT EMAIL FOR ANY INQUIRIES THAT ARE OLYMPIC RELATED. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US AT THE CITY AT 2028 GAMES@LONGBEACH.GOV. UM, THAT EMAIL IS MONITORED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE QUITE RESPONSIVE TO THE CURRENT VOLUME OF SOLICITATIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING. UM, SO PLEASE, THAT'S A, A, A GREAT WAY TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY. UM, BUT WE WILL BE HOSTING SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHARE INPUT, TO GET INVOLVED AND TO BE ACTIVATED. AND THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE ON ALL OF THE MAILING LISTS THERE. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WRAPS US UP. UH, IT WAS A PLEASURE FOR, FOR US TO COME. UM, AND REALLY, UH, I JUST WANT TO TO END BY SAYING, UM, THAT THIS IS A, A, A ONCE IN MY LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SHOWCASE THIS, UM, THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY THAT I'VE CALLED HOME FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. ON A GLOBAL STAGE, WE WILL HAVE 2 MILLION TICKETED EVENTS IN LONG BEACH. UM, BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WAY MORE THAN THAT AMOUNT OF VISITATION OVER OVER THE COURSE OF, OF THE SIX OF, OF THE OLYMPICS AND THE PARALYMPICS GAMES. UM, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT, THEY'RE GOING TO, TO THE, TO THE GAMES. THEY WILL HAVE A FEW TICKETS TO A FEW EVENTS, AND A LOT OF DOWNTIME IN BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE EXPERIENCES. IT'S MY HOPE THAT WE WILL CREATE NEW LIFELONG FANS WITH OUR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TOURISTS AND VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE, BUT TRUE HEART AND SOUL OF LONG BEACH. BUT I KNOW ALL OF US ARE, ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT SHOWCASING. AND SO I, I HOPE TO WORK WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROOM AND WITH EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST LONG BEACH FOOT FORWARD AND WE MAKE SOME NEW FOREVER FANS OF, OF THIS INCREDIBLE CITY BY THE SEA THAT WE ALL CALL HOME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH JORGE AND SEAN. UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. UM, AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND MAKE YOURSELF VISIBLE. WE'LL START AT THE END OF THE TABLE, COMMISSIONER ADAMS. AND THEN WE'LL GO COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, AND THEN CHAIR SWANSON. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, DO WE REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC FIRST BEFORE WE GO TO THE, UH, COMMISSIONER? YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU WANNA CALL PUBLIC COMMENT? SO WE, WE'VE HEARD A LOT. YES. AND SO TAKE A MOMENT, [01:00:01] TAKE A DEEP BREATH BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. UM, THE NEXT, UH, IN THE FLOW OF OUR AGENDA IS TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC. I KNOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC IN HAND AND I SEE THE HAND UP FOR CINDY SODA. UM, CINDY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT, UM, HOW ARE YOU, ARE YOU TRAINING YOUR VOLUNTEERS AND EMPLOYEES AND DISABILITY SENSITIVITY SO THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, USE THE WRONG LANGUAGE OR GRAB SOMEBODY AND START PUSHING AROUND? THAT SORT OF THING? UH, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT. WE'RE, WE CURRENTLY ARE, ARE BUILDING THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT WE WILL NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THE LA 28 VOLUNTEER, UM, PROGRAM. UH, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, UH, THAT THAT TYPE OF TRAINING WILL BE, WILL ABSOLUTELY BE TANTAMOUNT TO, TO THE ONBOARDING THAT WE WILL PROVIDE TO, TO THE LONG BEACH, UM, 2028 VOLUNTEER COHORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COULD YOU, UH, ADD THE LINK, UH, IN THE CHAT TO THE LONG BEACH GAMES? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CINDY, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, I THINK I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I'M ON THE, THE LA UM, MAYOR'S COMMITTEE AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT SO MUCH HAS GONE, UM, HAS GONE FORWARD ALREADY. I'M VERY, UM, EXCITED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OOPS. UH, SO COMMISSIONERS, I BELIEVE THERE IS DISCUSSION AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A BIT OF A LINE. UM, DO YOU REMEMBER? YES. WE'LL START WITH AT THE END OF THE TABLE. WE'LL GO COMMISSIONER ADAMS, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, UH, CHAIR SWANSON. SECRETARY DEAN. AND THAT'S THE ORDER SO FAR. PERFECT. ALRIGHT, WELL I JUST WANTED SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. HOPEFULLY I TOSS AND I JUST THINK IT'S HISTORICALLY LIKE IN OUR LIFETIME TO HAVE IT HERE, HERE, UM, AND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND COMMISSIONERS AND AS ONE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUT TO THE BOARD HERE, BUT ALSO TO YOU TWO, IS TO SEE HOW COULD WE TAKE ADVANTAGE? AND SINCE IT'S GONNA BE HERE AT PER OLYMPICS AND WE ARE COMMISSIONERS HERE PROMOTING AND, AND TRYING TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY WITH A DA COMPLIANCE AND JUST INVOLVED, HOW CAN WE BRAND OUR LOGO AND PUT OUR LOGO DURING THAT SEASON OF THE GAME? SO IF WE CAN ASK FOR YOUR GROUP AND YOUR COMMITTEE, YOUR EXECUTIVE TEAM. WE HAVE A LOGO AND JUST SO YOU SEE OUR LOGO HERE AND DURING THE PRAYER OLYMPIC GAMES, I MEAN, NOT THE OLYMPIC GAMES, JUST WHEN PARALYMPIC GAMES TYPE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING OUT, WE CAN BRAND WHO WE ARE AND BRAND OUR LOGO. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT, IS IF WE CAN, HOW CAN DO NAILS? WE'VE GOT TEN TWO MAIN, TWO MAIN TICKETS BEING SOLD. SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FINANCE, HOW WE EARMARK SOME BUDGET COMES TO KCO. SO THERE'S A PURPOSE. SO THAT WAY AFTER THE GAME IS OVER, WE CAN USE FINANCE TO KCO TO DO LIKE WE DID WITH OUR PROJECT FOR THE DISABILITY, UH, DATA SURVEY WE GOT AWARDED. AND SO WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE AND LEVERAGE FOR US TO DO MORE GOOD. AND WE CAN TAKE MORE INITIATIVES TO FIND RESOURCE FROM PARALYMPICS THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL THE SAME WITH THE CITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT WOULD BE TWO QUESTIONS, JUST SO MAYBE AS A GROUP WE CAN, UM, YEAH, WHEN, SO WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCE, SO, SO THE, THE TICKET REVENUE ITSELF, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL BEING MANAGED THROUGH LA 28. SO REALLY, UM, IT'S THE GAMES ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT THEY DON'T GET ANY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO PUT THEM ON. SO TO FUND THE GAMES, THEY'RE REALLY, DEPENDING ON SPONSORSHIP REVENUE IS REALLY THEIR LARGEST SOURCE OF, OF REVENUE. AND THEN TICKET REVENUE, UM, AND THEN BROADCASTING. SO THAT'S REALLY HOW THEY GET THE BUDGET ON THE GAMES, REALLY THEIR BUDGETS AT LIKE SEVEN AND A HALF BILLION NOW. AND SO THAT REALLY ALL STAY WITHIN THE LA 20 BUDGET TO MAKE THE GAMES HAPPEN. UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT LIKE HOW WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY. SO AT THE STATE OF THE CITY LAST YEAR, THE MAYOR DID ANNOUNCE ALONG WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUPS RELATED TO THE GAMES THAT SEAN'S WORKING WITH NOW. UM, DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS. ONE OF THEM WAS A LEGACY CLUB GROUP. SO THERE IS A GROUP, UM, OF, OF TWO FOLKS WHO ARE HELPING US SEE WHAT A LEGACY CLINICAL LOOK LIKE, UM, AND HOW WE CAN RAISE KIND OF FUNDS WITHIN THE CITY TO BENEFIT LONG BEACH SPECIFIC ITEMS, BRING LONG TERM METRICS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON REALLY. IT'S KIND OF DUPLICATING WHAT THE, UH, LA FOUR FOUNDATION DID, BUT LIKE AT A LOCAL LEVEL. SO, SO [01:05:01] YEAH, WE, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T GET TO, TO THE REVENUE, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO CREATE AND CAPITALIZE ON. THAT'S GREAT. AND RE REGARDING THE BRANDING, WE ARE ALSO A LITTLE BIT AT THE MERCY OF LA 28 AND BRANDING, FOR INSTANCE. UM, THE INTELL LA 28 OWNS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR THE WORD OLYMPICS. WE, WE DON'T HAVE GENERAL PERMISSION TO EVEN PUT OLYMPICS ON ANY DOCUMENTATION OR, OR ANY FIRES OR, OR VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP TO THE COMMUNITY JUST YET. UM, LA 28 HAS PROMISED US THIS YEAR, UM, BUT THEY WILL RELEASE, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY I'M LOOKING FOR? THEY'LL RELEASE THE BRANDING GUIDELINES FOR US SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE. BUT THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS AND HAS NOT YET BEEN SOLIDIFIED. UM, IT'S, BUT TO HARKEN BACK TO SOMETHING THAT JORGE MENTIONED, UM, DURING HIS, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, THE, THE OLYMPICS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE BRANDING RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE EVENT VENUES. BUT WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY OUTSIDE OF THOSE VENUES TO DO OUR OWN LONG BEACH BRANDING AND TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CULTURE COMES THROUGH LOUD THERE TOO. AND I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO LEVERAGE THE, UM, THE BRANDING THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, HOLDING ON, THAT'S KIND OF THE DIRECTION GOING ITSELF. PERFECT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ADAMS. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ DAYS. I'M COUNTING. UH, AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. UH, I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR ALL THE NEWSLETTERS ON OUR LONG BEACH WEBSITE. UH, AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UH, BECAUSE THE NEWSLETTERS, I KNOW THAT THE FIRST ROUND TO SIGN UP FOR THAT TICKET DROP IS ON TUESDAY, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE TIME FOR THAT. DO I NEED TO BE READY AT 12:00 AM OR DO WE HAVE A TIME? I NO TIME EITHER. DID THAT OPEN? THAT'S SOMETHING ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE AS SOON AS WE GOT THAT, UM, SO IT'S INTERESTING THE WAY COMMUNICATION WORKS WITH THE GAME. SO WE CAN'T JUST PUT, WE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T JUST PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE RELATED TO THE GAME. THEY'RE VERY STRICT ABOUT CONTROL OR COMMUNICATION. EVERYTHING RELATED TO THEM HAS TO GO THROUGH THEM FOR APPROVAL AND REVIEW. IT'S A VERY, VERY, UH, RIGOROUS PROCESS. I THINK THEY'RE GIVING US MORE TRUST THAT OUR COMPS TEAM IS REALLY GREAT AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH 'EM MORE AND MORE. SO THEY, THEY HAVE SAID THAT WE'RE THE BEST CITY THEY WORK WITH SO FAR. NEW CITY. YEAH. SO THEY LIKE WORKING WITH US. WE'RE ORGANIZED. SO WE HAVE, AS SOON AS THAT CAME OUT, WE DID REACH OUT TO THEM AND OUR CONFERENCE FOLKS, WE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT A LOCAL LEVEL. SOMETHING I NEED TO CHECK BACK IN ON BECAUSE, UM, WE, I KNOW THAT'S COMING OUT NEXT WEEK. I KNOW THE, THE MAYOR WILL LIKELY, UM, ALSO MENTION THAT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY. SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER, UH, WAY OF HIGHLIGHTING IT. BUT YEAH, I'LL CHECK BACK WITH HER COMMENTS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY AND MAKING SURE WE CAN GOT SOME LOCAL COMMENTS AROUND THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE TIME YET EITHER. OKAY. BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN TELLING THEM WHEN I KNOW, LIKE MY FAMILY. MAKE SURE YOU, UM, AND MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, AS I SIGNED UP FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEER STUFF, BUT WITH THE, UH, REGARDS TO THE EXTERNAL COMMITTEES THAT JEN YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED WITH THOSE OR THOSE ONE OFF WITH YOU LATER DATE? THESE ARE ALL INTERNAL COMMUNITY, UH, COMMITTEES. WHEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN THESE TYPES OF PLANNING EFFORTS, THE COMMUNITY WILL BE NOTIFIED. MM-HMM . WELL, ONE THING ACTUALLY THAT I, WE TOOK OUT OF OUR PRESENTATION, WE JUST HAD SO MANY SLIDES, BUT WE COULD SHARE IT AFTER. SO LA 20 DID PUT OUT A SCHEDULE, UM, LIKE A DETAILED SCHEDULE OF ALL OF THE EVENTS AND SPECIFIC DATES AND TIMES THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS ARE HAPPENING. SO WE COULD SHARE YOU THOSE LINKS AS WELL. YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LIKE, JUST SEEING YEAH. WHEN EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S GO. I'LL TAKE, UH, CHAIR SWANSON AND THEN, UH, SECRETARY DEAN. OKAY. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. , I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, UM, AND YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT. IT, IT IS WONDERFUL, AS COMMISSIONER ADAMS SAID TO HAVE IT HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE'S JUST A LOT. EVEN IF YOU DO A HALF OF WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DO, IT'S STILL LIKE GLOBALLY FABULOUS. BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE CHARGED WITH HERE IN K COD IS TO ADDRESS THE LIVED EXPERIENCE. SO WE HEAR THE PLANS, YOU HAVE THE PLANS, IT'S FABULOUS. YOU HAVE AN EXECUTION PROCESS AND FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS. AND THE END OF THE DAY, I DID IT WORK OUT. SO MY QUESTION IS, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IF YOU USE THE GRAND PRIX AS A MODEL FOR HAVING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, LIKING OR NOT LIKING IT, UM, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO USE THAT AS A WAY TO EVALUATE THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE ACCESS? UM, DIFFICULTIES MAY, MAY FEEL NOT INCLUDED, THAT THEY WEREN'T THERE. SO THEY CAN'T SAY, I DIDN'T FEEL [01:10:01] INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT THERE. SO ONE IS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT, WE HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE HERE AND WE KNOW WE'RE WORKING HARD, SO WE'RE NOT CHALLENGING THAT. BUT WE DO WANT TO LEARN FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T YET FEEL INCLUDED. AND THAT, THAT I THINK IS THE FLIP OF THIS, UM, ONE COME NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY TO OUR DISABILITY SURVEY, HARD LAUNCH BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE SURVEY DATA THAT YOU CAN USE MM-HMM . SO THAT'S LIKE A REALLY BIG 30%, UH, A FABULOUS THING. UM, I WONDER IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER IT'S THE, UM, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, BUT TO REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF DISABILITY FOR TO BE VOLUNTEERS. UM, THIS IS A WONDERFUL INTEGRATIVE WAY TO BRING PEOPLE INTO, UM, HOW OUR CITY ORGANIZES AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT OR FURTHER EDUCATIONAL WHATEVER. SO BRINGING THAT YOUTH IN. SO WHEN I SEE THE WORD YOUTH, I'M LOOKING AT YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES SO THEY CAN BRING IT IN. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PARALYMPICS WILL BE FOCUSED ON A TYPE, BUT THAT WE LOOK AT IT, UM, HOLISTICALLY. AND I THINK THE LAST WAS, UM, AND I THINK SOMEONE POINTED IT OUT, THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES TO BE MORE FAMILIAR, AND I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, A RANGE OF, UM, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES COMING IN AND PARTICIPATING. SO I LOVE THE WATCH GROUPS, THE BLOCK PARTIES, UH, BECAUSE THESE BECOME OPEN SPACES THAT ALLOW FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO COME IN. BUT IT ALSO IS THIS ENGAGEMENT PERIOD WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A CERTAIN BEING VERY TEACHY HERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY PAY ME FOR. OH NO, THAT'S DON'T PAY ME. OH MY GOSH. OKAY. SO THE IDEA OF PEOPLE IN SMALL BUSINESS HAVEN'T HAD OPPORTUNITY. SO THEY GET A BOOST IN THEIR, THEIR SENSE OF SELF IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THEN PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR BUSINESS, RETAIL, FOOD, YOU KNOW, HOSPITALITY, ENTERTAINMENT, THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN. SO I THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, WHEN YOU SAID THERE'D BE A REPORT IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU BACK BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'LL WANT HEAR YOU SET US UP TO WANT MORE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I COULD, UH, QUICKLY TOUCH ON A COUPLE POINTS YOU MENTIONED. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRAND PRIX, IT'S A GREAT POINT. HAVE IT LIKE SPECIFICALLY USE THAT AS A RESOURCE FOR THE LIVING EXPERIENCE YOU TALKED ABOUT. THAT'S DEFINITELY, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE ARE THOUGH, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN USE OUR CURRENT EVENTS TO LEARN FROM THEM THOUGH SOMETHING WE HAVE. SO AT THE PAST, THIS PAST GRAND PRIX, WE HAD THE IDEA OF LIKE, HEY, WE HAVE THIS HUGE STRUCTURE OF PEOPLE THAT AREN'T USED TO SPECIAL EVENTS, THAT WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF OUR STRUCTURE THAT ARE DOING LIKE HELP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM AND WE, WE UM, SET UP A DAY WHERE WE DID A WALKTHROUGH OF THE WHOLE VENUE. WE DIVIDED ALL OF THE INTERNAL PLANNING STAFF. SO WE HAD LIKE, I THINK CLOSE TO 50, 60 PEOPLE AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM AND PD AND FIRE. THEY WALKED US THROUGH ALL OF THEIR DIFFERENT OPERATIONS, HOW THEY COORDINATE THE EVENT, THE ALL THE, WE SPOKE TO THE DOCTORS AND HOW THEY SET UP THEIR BASE MEDICAL NEEDS DURING THE EVENT. SO WE KIND OF TRY TO GET A BEHIND THE SCENES GLIMPSE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT IT TAKES TO UPON THIS HUGE EVENT. AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA MULTIPLY THAT BY, YOU KNOW, NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE GAME. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT LIKE HOW WE CAN CREATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FROM OUR EXISTING EVENT. SO IT'S A GOOD POINT. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESSES, UM, SO LA 28 HAS SAID RECENTLY THEY ANTICIPATE THAT LIKE, I THINK MAYBE 80% OF THEIR BUDGET WILL GET SPENT IN LIKE THE LAST 18 MONTHS. SO, SO RIGHT NOW THEY, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PROCUREMENT THAT'S COMING DIRECTLY FROM LA 28, A LOT OF THAT RIGHT NOW IS LIKE THE LARGER THINGS LIKE HOW DO YOU ENGINEERING FOR THE VENUE, LIKE, LIKE THE OPENING CEREMONY. AND SO THERE ARE SOME PROCUREMENTS OUT THERE, BUT A LOT OF IT IS LIKE THAT TECHNICAL WORK. BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WHEN THOSE COME OUT, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE ALL POSTED ON, UM, CITY VALE'S PROCUREMENT WEBSITE, UM, I HAVE PARTNERED WITH OUR, UH, PURCHASING TEAM HERE IN THE CITY. UM, AND SO WE WE'RE TAKING THOSE PROCUREMENTS, I GET NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY. I SET MY OWN MY OWN NOTIFICATION SYSTEM TO MYSELF AND I GET THOSE AND THEN I SEND THEM TO PURCHASING AND THEN THEY, UM, THEY KNOW WHO AND THEIR SYSTEM TO SEND THEM UP TO SO THAT, UM, LOCAL, WHOEVER SIGNED UP IN OUR PROCUREMENT PLATFORM WILL GET NOTIFIED. UM, AND THAT THOSE, A LOT OF IT, IT'S KIND OF LIMITED RIGHT NOW, BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GONNA COME FROM, FROM SMALLER BUSINESSES WILL PROBABLY BE LIKE TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAMES. LIKE, UM, WITH THE [01:15:01] CATERING TYPE THINGS OR, OR MAYBE LIKE, UM, LOGISTICAL TYPE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NEED, LIKE STORES EVEN MAYBE. SO THAT WILL COME PROBABLY CLOSER TOWARDS 28. BUT YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE OUR BUSINESS IS AND FIND WAYS TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT IT. YEAH, AND JORGE DID MENTION THAT LA 20 EIGHT'S BUDGET WAS ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. THEY HAD SPENT DOWN ABOUT 2 BILLION OF THAT BY THE END OF LAST YEAR. EXPECT TO DO THE, THE MAJORITY AS YOU SAID, 80% SPEND, UM, BY IN THE LAST, UH, UH, EIGHT MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS. UM, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO MADE A COMMITMENT THAT, UM, 80% OF THE, THEIR SPEND WILL BE SPENT ON, UM, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UM, BUSINESSES. AND 25% OF THAT SPEND WILL BE FOCUSED ON SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESSES. SO THEY'VE MADE A PRETTY BIG COMMITMENT TO, TO ENSURE THAT THAT MONEY STAYS IN OUR ENROLLABLE SORT AREA. SO ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT A LAST, THE LAST QUESTION FROM, UH, SECRETARY DEAN SPEAKING. UM, UH, IN REGARDS TO YOUR RESPONSE TO GRETCHEN, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO TO, TO LOOK AT RIGHT, SOMETIMES WE LIKE THAT THEY ONLY PEOPLE IN MILITARYS, BUT PEOPLE WITH CANES, PEOPLE WITH UM, WALKERS. UM, AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WITH WALKERS OR WHEELCHAIRS OR CANES TO GET DOWN TO SHORELINE VILLAGE USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AND I CAN TAKE THAT OFFLINE WITH YOU BECAUSE I LOTS OF PEOPLE ON THAT. UM, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HILLS, IT'S CRAZY. UM, UH, IS THERE ANY CHANCE WE'LL GET MORE EVENTS? IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT MIGHT STILL HAPPEN? NO. OKAY. UM, THE WESTERN, FOR EXAMPLE, TAKING, UM, BEING TAKEN BY DENMARK, IS THAT LIKE A WEEK, TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE OLYMPICS AND THEN LIKE INTO A FEW DAYS AFTER THE PARALYMPICS? THAT WHOLE PERIOD? OR LIKE HOW ARE THEY DOING THAT IN GENERAL? GENERAL EACH, EACH COUNTRY HAS, ITS, IS BROKERING THAT TYPE OF ROOM BLOCK ON THEIR OWN. I AM NOT PRIVY TO THE SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT, THAT DANISH, UM, BOOKING. UM, SO I, YEAH, I I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I, I DO KNOW THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SHIP THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, IT ACTUALLY HAVE TO SAIL IT. I BELIEVE AT LEAST, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OR MORE BEFORE THE GAME, THEY'RE GONNA SAIL IT FROM DENMARK THROUGH THE PANEL OF CANAL TO GET HERE. SO THEY'RE GONNA START LIKE APRIL OR YEAR OF THAT YEAR. MM-HMM . UM, IN ORDER TO GET HERE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE ALSO A TRAINING VESSEL. SO THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT WHEN THEY GET HERE AND FOR THAT ONE THEY'RE OLYMPICS AND MAYBE THAT'S GONNA COINCIDE WITH WHERE THEY'RE, AND MY LAST COMMENT IS, UM, TAKING ADVANTAGE WATCH FOR, UH, YES, WE'RE ON THAT LATER. OKAY. HOPEFULLY SOON. IN 33 DAYS VERY, VERY SOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH SEAN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK QUICKLY BECAUSE THE ROOM IS NOW FILLED WITH SOMEONE ELSE AS SOON AS WE LEAVE IS WE NEED A VOTE. SO IF YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR GARBE AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG SECRETARY DEAN AYE. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? AYE. COMMISSIONER ADAMS? AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE AYE. MOTION PASSES. AND WITH THAT NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I HAVE IS EVERY COMMISSIONER HERE HAS COPIES OF THE FLYER FOR OUR DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY KICKOFF CELEBRATION. UH, THE, WE REALLY INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND. IT'S THURSDAY, JANUARY 15TH FROM 5:00 PM TO 6:30 PM AT LONG BEACH FORWARD, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 2 2 1 7 EAST SIXTH STREET. PLEASE COME, UH, AND, UM, UH, THERE'LL BE A, A HOT MEAL SERVED, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO TAKE THE, THIS IMPORTANT SURVEY. AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES MY NOTES. AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT, I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE RECORD THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC CARE TO PROVIDE NON AGENDA PUBLIC. I NOT, THERE IS NO NON AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. YES. UM, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 2 27. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.