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THE CALL TO ORDER OF MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, UM, MARINE AND BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE.UH, MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH AT ONE 30.
WE ARE AT THE BIXBY PARK SOCIAL HALL.
WE'LL DO, GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER THERESA MARINO HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER ELIZABETH PARLIN HERE.
WE HAVE A FULL COURT, SO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GONNA OPEN IT UP RIGHT NOW, UH, TO OUR MAINTENANCE AND GO AHEAD AND GIVE US A REVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, TRULY, WHERE DO YOU NEED OUR HELP AND WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? NUMBER ITEM ONE? I DON'T, OH, DO I HAVE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SCRIPT? YEAH.
DO I HAVE THE SCRIPT? YOU HAVE IT ON THE FIRST PAGE.
OKAY, WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, CALL ORDER.
REGULAR AGENDA RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MARINE BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATION MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2005.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE? HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WHAT? AYE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.
RECEIVING FILE STAFF, UH, REGARDING MARINE MAINTENANCE, BEACH MAINTENANCE, AND MARINA OPERATIONS.
I, YEAH, BUT YOU JUST, WE JUST HAVE TO RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE HAVE A VERY, VERY NICE, UH, NAME EDGE THAT, I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM.
SO, UH, BUSY, UH, MONTH OF, UH, WORK FOR OUR TEAMS. OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM.
UM, WORKED THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR, UH, CONTINUING THE WINTER STORM DEBRIS CLEANUP, UH, OPERATIONS.
UM, AS OF TODAY, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ALL DEBRIS HAS BEEN REMOVED OFF OF OUR BEACHES.
UH, WE ARE SEEING, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DEBRIS FROM THIS WEEK'S, UH, RAINFALL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UH, WORK ON THAT, BUT, UH, NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE DECEMBER, UH, AND NOVEMBER, UH, STORMS. UH, SO CONTINUING WORK WITH, UH, THE LARGE AREA BEACH CLEANING, UH, CONDUCTING, CONDUCTED ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
UH, ENHANCED CLEANING OF ALL INLAND BAYS WITH OUR NEW EQUIPMENT.
AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, COMPLETED WAS MOTHER'S BEACH, WAS DETAILED, INCLUDING, UH, THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS.
AND WE'LL SEE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT IN THE M REPORT.
UH, AS OF JANUARY, UH, JUST IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 466, TONS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS WERE REMOVED OFF OF THE BEACHES.
UH, AND WE HAVE SCHEDULED AND COORDINATED, UH, FOR OUR ANNUAL BAYSIDE SAND NOURISHMENT FOR 55TH BAY AND 69TH BAY TO BE CONDUCTED IN MARCH.
MOVING ON TO OUR GROUNDS DIVISION, UM, OUR CREW IS CONTINUING TO WORK AND DESIGN, UH, 2026 LAWN TO GARDEN PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN, UH, FOR THE NEW LOCATION, UH, IN A BM AND WORKING ON, UH, ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN THE SHORELINE.
MARINA, OUR CREW IS ALSO, UH, STAYING ON TOP OF OUR, OUR PEH OR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UH, OPERATIONS.
SO CONTINUING TO COORDINATE TWO SWEEPS PER WEEK.
UH, AND WE'VE EXPANDED OUR THURSDAY ROUTE TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL AREAS, UH, ALONG THE BEACH.
AND WE'VE SEEN, UH, THAT OPERATION REALLY GO WELL AT LIMITING, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND ENCAMPMENTS.
KELLY, CAN I ASK A QUESTION JUST IN REGARDS TO THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING OUTSIDE, DO WE BRING THEM ANYTHING? DO YOU HAVE CASES OF WATER IN YOUR, YOUR TRUCK IF SOMEBODY NEEDS WATER OR SOCKS OR ANYTHING OF THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK IS POSSIBLY NEEDED? 'CAUSE YOU'RE FIRSTHAND SEEING THAT IT'S NOT THE QUALITY OF LIFE PEOPLE, YOU'RE GOING OUT AND TALKING TO THEM.
IS IT, I CALL, IS IT DONE WITH COMPASSION? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED? WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE? DO WE DO THAT? OUR OPERATION SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT, BUT, UH, WE, WE WORK, UH, REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE TEAMS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WITH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY VISIT OUR LOCATIONS PRIOR TO US ARRIVING TO OFFER SERVICES.
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO 'EM, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN GET US THOSE THINGS NEEDED TO, UH, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE
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OUT.ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE JUST GETTING OUT OF A, A WET TENT AND THEY'RE IN WET CLOTHES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE AN EXTRA JACKET OR A TOWEL OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
THE SHERIFF, YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH LEGAL, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU KNOW, IF WE DO THAT, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, BUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM GOES OUT AND THEY HAVE ALL THAT STUFF IN THEIR TRUCKS AND THEIR VEHICLES TO HELP THEM OUT.
SO I GUESS IT'S ALWAYS, I'M LOOKING AT BEING MORE COMPASSIONATE.
I THINK FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE JUST DESTITUTE.
THEY'RE NOT ON DRUGS, A LOT OF 'EM AREN'T ON DRUGS.
THEY'RE JUST DESTITUTE AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO, SO.
UM, MOVING ON TO OUR QUEENSWAY BAY OPERATION.
UM, OUR STAFF HAS COORDINATED INFORMATION, UM, AND DATA FOR THE NEW WATER DEBRIS CAPTURE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS STORM DIVISION ON, UM, IMPLEMENTING THAT, UH, PROJECT IN THE LA RIVER.
UH, WE'VE ALSO COORDINATED PROGRAMMING OF ALL THE LED LIGHTS, UH, IN RAINBOW HARBOR.
UH, THOSE ARE ON THE MASS POLES AND FOR THE, UH, LION'S LIGHTHOUSE.
AND THAT IS TO DISPLAY THE CITY APPROVED COLORS THROUGHOUT, UH, 2026, UH, AND GRAND PRIX FAST APPROACHING.
SO APRIL 17TH THROUGH 19TH IS THE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS, UH, AHEAD OF GRAND PRIX, UM, INCLUDING, UH, WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION ON THE REPAIR OF THE BIRD CAGE, UH, ELEVATOR.
UH, AND THAT IS TO BE COMPLETED, UH, PRIOR TO THE GRAND PRIX.
IT WAS BROKEN IN THE LAST GRAND PRIX.
BEFORE OR AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED? JUST BEFORE THE LAST GRAND PRIX, UH, TO A LEVEL OF JUST WORKING FOR THE EVENT.
UH, AND THEN IT'S BEEN DOWN FOR THE LAST YEAR.
CAN I ASK WHAT IS, UM, ABOUT THE CITY COLORS? WHAT ARE OUR CITY COLORS AND WHAT IS PROJECTED OR WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO? PLEASE EDUCATE ME.
UM, SO THE CITY APPROVED COLORS ARE FOR, UH, HOLIDAYS, UM, AND SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, DIFFERENT MONTHS OF THE YEAR THAT WE, THAT WE DISPLAY DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE LIGHTHOUSE AS WELL AS OTHER CITY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AIRPORT, PORT OF LONG BEACH, THE BRIDGE ALL DISPLAYS THE SAME COLOR ON SPECIFIC DAYS.
SO GET LIKE A MEMO AND IT SAYS WHAT COLOR, WHAT DAY.
THAT MEMO IS PROVIDED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO, TO US, AND, AND AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT, UH, HAVE, UH, COLORED LIGHTING.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION JUST IN REGARDS TO THE BEACH MAINTENANCE? UM, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF BIOHAZARD ON DOGS BEACH? I MEAN, I SAY THAT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY PICKS IT UP.
I TOOK MY DOG OUT, I'M WATCHING PEOPLE AND I CARRY EXTRA BAGS.
I WENT, NEED A BAG, NEED A BAG.
I DID THAT TO THREE PEOPLE THAT JUST HAD THEIR DOGS POOP ON THE SAND AND WE'RE WALKING AWAY, DO YOU NEED A BAG? AND IT WAS JUST ALMOST EMBARRASSING IF I PICKED UP THREE PEOPLE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE EVERY DAY? AND THAT'S THE BEACH OF THE PUBLIC GOES OUT AND THEY WALK THEIR CHILDREN OUT AND DO THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
DO WE HAVE A LOT OF BIOHAZARD? I CALL IT BIOHAZARD 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BIOHAZARD.
UH, OUR OPERATION DOES DAILY CLEANING AT THE SITE, UH, TO REMOVE, UH, ANYTHING FROM THE SAND, INCLUDING PET WASTE.
UH, WE ALSO PROVIDE, UH, TRASH CONTAINERS AND DISPOSAL BAGS, UH, FOR PET OWNERS.
UH, BUT IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF PET OWNERS AND WE HOPE THAT RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS VISIT THE BEACH AND ABIDE BY THOSE RULES.
DO WE EVER HAVE ANY LIKE, UM, TEACHABLE MOMENTS WHERE WE SEND OUT FOLKS TO, BASICALLY WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE DID, SAYING, DO YOU NEED A BAG? THEN WE'RE TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A SANITARY ISSUE AND WE WANNA ENCOURAGE GOOD BEHAVIOR.
AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS THIS BAG STATION THAT'S RIGHT HERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY LIKE AMBASSADOR FOLK? 'CAUSE I SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, HAVE, IT'S SLATED FOR US TO HAVE ANOTHER DOG BEACH AND THAT'S GREAT.
AND ALL THE PET OWNERS THAT I KNOW WANT TO BRING THEIR DOGS THERE.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT JUSTIN RUDD HAS A CLEANUP THERE ONCE A MONTH, AND HE'S ALSO INVESTED IN BRINGING VOLUNTEERS THERE.
IF WE'RE GONNA ADD MORE CAPACITY FOR ANOTHER DOG BEACH, HOW DO WE REALLY GET PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIORS, UM, RATHER THAN, UM, WHEN, WHEN FOLKS LIKE US IN THE ROOM, WHEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T CARE ARE THERE.
LIKE, HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE GOOD BEHAVIOR AND CAN WE DO THAT SYSTEMICALLY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE KEEP TO HAVE LESS BASE BEACH MAINTENANCE AND LESS POOP TO BE PICKED UP BY OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF.
'CAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT OUR GOAL TO PICK UP OTHER PEOPLE'S DOG POOP.
IF YOU HAVE A DOG PICK UP YOUR OWN DOG POOP.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN BUILD INTO THE MECHANISM, INTO THE SYSTEM? UM, DO YOU ALL HAVE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR OPINION
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AND, AND ANY INFORMATION THAT, OR CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ABOUT THAT? UH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, UH, COMMENT.I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT SET UP RIGHT NOW AT ROSIE'S.
UM, I THINK OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF, WHEN THEY ARE ON SITE, THEY SHARE, UM, UH, THAT SAME, UH, FEELING AND, AND, UH, AND PROVIDE THAT SAME INFORMATION TO, UH, ANYONE IN THE AREA IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DOG BAGS OR, UH, BEING A RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER.
BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY GO OUT TO, UH, INFORM, UH, AS FAR AS US, BUT WE DO PUT UP OTHER INFORMATIONAL, UH, LIKE SIGNAGE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, POSTED RULES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT NOT ANY TYPE OF COMMITTED INTERACTION OTHER THAN OUR NORMAL MAINTENANCE.
DO OUR, DO OUR MARINE, UH, POLICE.
DO THEY, IS THAT SOMETHING THEY PATROL TO? THEY DON'T REALLY ON THE, ON THE BEACH.
THEY'RE MORE IN ON THE DOGS AND STUFF.
THEY DRIVE THEIR, UH, THEIR CARS.
BUT CAN THEY CITE FOR POOP? THAT'S, THAT'S A NEW TICKET ITEM ASIDE FROM POOP? I DON'T THINK THEY CAN, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ABOUT THE BEACH FRONT.
THEY'RE SOLELY IN THE MARINAS, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THAT'S WHAT WORRIES.
AND WE'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS COMING.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SO MANY THINGS THIS SUMMER THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THE KIDS PICK UP STUFF WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON, ON THE BEACH.
THEY PICK UP STUFF, THEY DIG INTO THINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, BE AWARE OF.
I KNOW WE'LL BRING IT UP AT OUR, AT OUR REGULAR MAC MEETING WHEN THE PEOPLE CAME AND, UH, AND WE'LL TALK TO US AT THAT.
THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN REALLY.
UH, THAT AND, AND FRIENDLY DOGS.
BUT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF DOGS WITH MUZZLES NOW THAT GO OUT BECAUSE THEY MAYBE NOT BE THE MOST FRIENDLIEST DOG, BUT THEY CAN AT LEAST RUN AROUND AND HAVE FUN.
UM, BUT IT IS THE WASTE SIDE OF IT THAT I LOOK AT.
UM, AND, AND ON THAT NOTE, WE DID, UH, HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEETING LAST NIGHT REGARDING THE NEW, UH, PROPOSED, UH, JUAN APPAREL, UH, DOG BEACH.
UH, SO A LOT OF, UH, SIMILAR CONCERNS WERE SHARED DURING THAT MEETING TO, UH, THE PROJECT TEAM.
UH, THAT'LL BE PUSHING IT FORWARD.
THAT COMPLETES MY, UH, UH, PART OF IT.
I'LL PASS IT OVER TO COREY FORSTER WITH OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO APPLY FOR YOU OR ARE YOU GOOD? NO, NO, THANK YOU.
AS OF TODAY, WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE ON THE TREES IN THE BAY.
WE'VE GOT 'EM ALL STORED AWAY, SO WE'RE ABOUT TWO WEEKS QUICKER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
UM, I HAVE A PROJECT STARTING AT THE 62ND PLACE PAVERS.
IT'S GOT A COUPLE CRACKS IN IT, AND WE WOULD HAVE SAND LOSS UNDERNEATH THE PAVERS CAUSING THE PAVERS TO SETTLE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO IN AND REMOVE THE PAVERS, EXCAVATE THE SOIL, UM, PUT ENCASED ROCK AND COMPACT WITH SAND BEFORE WE LAY THE PAVERS BACK DOWN, UH, ALONG WITH SEALING UP THE SEA WALL.
UM, THAT PROJECT'S SCHEDULED TO START, UH, MARCH 2ND, AND IT'S A THREE WEEK DURATION.
UM, DO WE GIVE THE, THE, THE PENINSULA PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL IT CELL PAPERS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE FOR SOMEBODY PUT THEIR NAME IN A PAPER THAT GOES IN? WE'RE USING EXISTING PAVERS THAT ARE ON SITE.
SO WE'RE JUST REMOVING AND REPLACING THE EXISTING, BUT IT'S NOT GLUED IN OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
IT'S STRICTLY JUST IN COMPACT IN THE SAND RIGHT? THERE IS CORRECT.
UM, MY ENTIRE STAFF YESTERDAY ATTENDED A HAZMAT TRAINING, BUT ON BY OCEAN BLUE.
UM, IN REGARDS TO OUR OIL DUMP LOCATIONS, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON, UM, PATCHING THE ENTIRE BIKE PATH OR PEDESTRIAN PATH.
UH, THEY USED FOUR TONS OF MATERIAL LAST MONTH TO PATCH, UH, SEVERAL AREAS OF THE PET PATH THAT HAD DETERIORATED.
WE HAD THEM START LAST WEEK OVER IN, UM, BASIN TWO AND THREE, STARTING WITH SOME PATCHES AROUND, UH, SPY CHALK CLUB IN WEST MARINE.
UM, QUITE A BIT OF PATCHWORK DONE IN FRONT OF WEST MARINE AND THE YACHT CLUB.
UM, AND THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO BASIN ONE WHERE WE ADD A LOT OF ROOT DAMAGE IN ABOUT SIX STALLS.
THEY'VE EXCAVATED, THEY'VE GRINDED DOWN THE ROOTS AND THEY'RE GONNA COME AND LAY THE ASPHALT THIS FRIDAY.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT NEXT WEEK, THEY'RE GONNA HIT BO HOUSE LANE, LEANING OUT TO THE ROWING CENTER.
UM, WE HAD A, UH, A, UH, SU OR ONE OF OUR, UH, PUMP OUT CART WENT DOWN, UM, OVER
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IN BASIN ONE.WE'RE WORKING WITH KIKO TO PURCHASE A, A LARGER UNIT THAT CAN HANDLE THE VOLUME AND THE RUN A LENGTH OF THE RUN.
THEY'RE IN BASIN ONE, WE'RE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS OUT, UM, FROM THE BILL AND RECEIVING THAT UNIT.
AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT INSTALLED RIGHT AWAY.
FUNDING FOR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE THAT JUST GO OUT, DO WE HAVE EMERGENCY FUNDING KALIN IN, IN OUR ACCOUNTS OR IS IT JUST, OOPS, IT'S, THAT'S MY OPERATING BUDGET.
SO YOU HAVE THINGS IN IT FOR EMERGENCIES.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH FLEET ON, UH, UPDATING OUR SOLAR CHARGING CAPACITY AT OUR YARD.
UM, WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE OF THE BRIGHT DROPS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND WE NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE 'EM.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE, I'D SAY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, AN INTRODUCTION OF SOME FAST CHARGERS THAT CAN, UH, CHARGE REALLY QUICKLY AND GET OUR VEHICLES TURNED AROUND.
AND THEN, UM, THE FINAL UPDATE I HAVE IS LED LIGHTING FOR, UH, DAVIES' LAUNCH RAMP.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LIGHTS OUT ON DAVIES' RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE PROCURING THE LED LIGHTS SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE THOSE OUT AND MAKE THAT CONVERSION.
THE, UH, UM, LIGHTED BUOYS PLANE OF THAT NATURE.
WE ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THE LIGHTED S WE HAVE FOUR OUT, ALTHOUGH I THINK THERE'S TWO OR THREE THAT ARE NOT LIT.
UM, I DID CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER.
THEY SENT ME NEW MAGNETS TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST 'EM.
I JUST HAVEN'T MADE IT OUT THERE TO ADJUST THEM AT NIGHT.
AND THEN THEY, THE TREES ON THE SOLAR, THE TREES.
WERE ANY OF 'EM DAMAGED THIS PAST YEAR BY PEOPLE GOING ONTO IT?
WE HAD A COPPER WIRE THEFT AND RAINBOW LAGOON.
UH, THE LAST WEEK BEFORE THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER, THEY STOLE THE COPPER WIRE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THOSE ONES, UH, NEXT YEAR SOLAR.
SO WE DON'T HAVE 'EM COMING BACK FOR THAT.
THEY JUST FOUND SOMEBODY STEALING, UH, PLAQUES, I THINK IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT WAS, UH, FROM LONG BEACH.
SO I THINK IT WAS IRVINE PD MADE THE ARREST.
MAYBE IT'S, UH, UM, YOU HAVE SO MANY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY COME ON.
WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S KIDS.
WE GOT KIDS DOING IT NOW TOO, AND THEY'RE JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY TAKE IT TO TURN IT IN TO RECYCLERS.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE RECYCLERS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GETTING MONEY THAT QUICKLY IN TURNING AROUND AS STATED, YOU KNOW, HARBOR HARBOR PD IN LOS ANGELES, HARBOR POLICE FOUND THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK, UH, THE PLAQUE OFF OUR CHURCH IN LONG BEACH AND CALLED ME UP AND WE GOT IT BACK.
BUT IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, HE HAD SIX OF 'EM IN HIS CAR.
WELL, WHERE'S HE GOING? THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING HIM SOMEPLACE.
'CAUSE THEY ALL GET MELTED DOWN.
SO AGAIN, THINK ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BRING UP MAYBE WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE THEY'RE OR MAYBE GET A STATE LAW PASSED.
SO THAT'S THE OTHER PASS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT, WE CROSS SO MANY JURISDICTIONS, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU JUST GO DOWN THE STREET AND YOU'RE IN WILMINGTON.
SO IT DOESN'T MUCH MATTER IF THEY STEAL IT FROM HERE OR THERE.
UM, HAVING A STATE LAW THAT COULD BE ENFORCED WOULD BE EVEN BETTER THAN JUST MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR, UM, WORKING GROUPS.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE, WANT TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT IF THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT'S EVEN BETTER, THAT'S EVEN BETTER FOR US.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIGHT OF BUOYS.
UM, WHERE ARE THEY PLEASE? THEY'RE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF TODD'S OFFICE, UM, OVER AT STATION 31.
UM, AND THEY SIT IN THE TURNING BASIN.
AND THEN, UM, DO THEY'RE LIT FOR, TO LIKE HELP FOLKS NAVIGATE OR FOR WHAT PURPOSE? WE DID THAT FOR NAVIGATIONAL BENEFIT AND MOSTLY THE DUFFY BOATS.
UM, FOR WHEN THEY'RE TRANSVERSING ACROSS TO NAPLES, UM, THAT THEY COULD SEE THE BUOYS.
'CAUSE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF BOATS, SO WE WERE HITTING THE BUOYS.
SO ONE OF THE DOWNSIDE PEOPLE LIKE ME, THAT'S WHY I, PEOPLE WERE DRUNK WHILE THEY WERE DRINKING.
OH NO, I DON'T DRINK AND I STILL CAN'T SEE
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THOUGH, THESE BUOYS ARE MADE FOR LAKES.
AND SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS WE HAVE TO CLEAN THE GROWTH OFTEN AND CONSISTENTLY BECAUSE THEY GET WEIGHED DOWN AND NOT ENOUGH OF THE BUOY SHOWS.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY HAVING MAINTAIN 'EM.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THE EXACT MODEL THAT WE WANT, BUT IT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SO FAR.
ARE SOME OF THE BUOYS THAT ARE THE SOUND BUOYS AND THEY'VE BEEN LIKE TAKEN OFFLINE.
THERE USED TO ALWAYS BE A BUOY YOU WOULD HEAR EITHER AT THE END OF THE JETTY.
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WE, WE HAD HORNS AT THE END OF THE JETTY AND THEN THE FOG HORN, UH, AND THEN ALSO AT THE END OF THE PIER.DO YOU? WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH FOG.
I MEAN, I ONLY LIVE 10 BLOCKS FROM THE OCEAN.
I CAN HEAR 'EM AND I PROBABLY LIVE CLOSEST TO RAINBOW BOOTH.
AND WHEN IT'S FOGGY OUT, I CAN HEAR THEM AT, AT LIKE FIVE IN THE MORNING.
I'M USUALLY UP BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX GOING TO DRIVING TO SILVERADO AND I'M GETTING IN MY CAR DURING THAT TIME, OR I'M WALKING MY DOG BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX AND I CAN ALWAYS HEAR THE FOG HORNS UP THE STREET.
I'M NOT TALKING FIVE HORNS, JUST I KNOW THE FOG HORNS.
AND IT WOULD BE LIKE EVERY 20 OR EVERY 60 SECONDS YOU COULD CHIME 'EM AND THEY, THEY WERE ALWAYS IN LONG BEACH.
WE DON'T HEAR THE BOYS ANYMORE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THOSE IN MY INVENTORY.
PROBABLY THEY PROBABLY COAST GUARD COULD BE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUOY TENDERS ON THE, IN THE COAST GUARD.
I'M JOKING, I'M JUST, NO, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, ALL THE, I JUST, BUT IT, IT IS, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE UPDATE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT, A LOT TO LOOK AT.
I THINK THE BUOYS ARE GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO FIND THE ONES THAT ARE LIT BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE HERE ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR MONTHS, IF NOT OVER A YEAR.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE GOING IN AND OUT AT NIGHT.
SO I THINK, UH, THE MORE WE CAN HAVE, THE BETTER WE ARE AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN PUT 'EM OUT NOW WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF COAST GUARD OR ANY TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS.
SO IT'S, UH, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
DO I HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON ANYTHING? NO.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, PLEASE.
SO HEARING THAT, UH, AND NO QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH, UPDATE FOR YOU.
THANK, WHAT WAS I THINKING? SORRY.
AND IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE MS. STONE.
UH, ALLISON STONE IS GONNA GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, UH, REGARDING OPERATIONS THERE.
I'M THE MARINE INTERN UNTIL APRIL AND I'M HOPEFULLY HERE FOR LONGER THAN THAT.
UM, SO STARTING OFF WITH THE OCCUPANCY IN THE MARINA, UH, WE'RE AT 94.25% OCCUPIED.
UM, THERE'S AN INCREASE FROM LAST MONTH, UH, DUE TO IMPOUNDED VESSELS.
50 OF THE SLIPS IN IN SHORELINE MARINA ARE CURRENTLY BEING USED FOR THOSE IMPOUNDED VESSELS.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE OPERATIONS, THERE'S A SAVES GRANT, UH, WHICH HAS AN MORE OPPORTUNITY FROM 10,000 TO 25,000.
UH, THAT LETTER IS DUE TOMORROW, WHICH WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A BOAT AUCTION ON JANUARY 24TH WHERE 46 ITEMS WERE SOLD.
UM, OR SORRY, 46 ITEMS WERE FOR SALE.
UM, SOLD ALL OF IT EXCEPT FOR TWO BOATS IN THE WATER, ONE SAILBOAT, ONE POWERBOAT, AND TWO TENDERS, WHICH WERE LANDSIDE ITEMS. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE DOCK CARD STATIONS, THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO PROTOTYPES STATIONED, UM, AT A BM ON DOCK ONE.
UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCKED UP USING CLO COATED LOCKS, BUT THEY WILL BE CHANGED TO THE A BM RESTROOM KEY, UM, TO DOCK MAINTENANCE.
UH, WE'RE POWER WASHING THE A-B-A-A-B-M AND SHORELINE DOCK BOXES AND DOCKS TO REMOVE ANY ALGAE DIRT OR GRIME.
UM, AND THEN ALSO EVALUATING THE CONCRETE SEALERS AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE DOCK, UH, TO PREVENT ANY MORE GROWTH AS WELL AS, UH, PREVENT ANY SLIPPING HAZARDS.
THERE'S THE FORMULA DRIFT ON APRIL 10TH AND 11TH, AND THEN THE GRAND PRIX ON APRIL 17TH AND 19TH.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY.
QUESTION, UH, ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE SOLD, HOW MUCH DID WE MAKE? UH, WE MADE JUST SHY OF $18,000.
UM, SO IT GOES, IT HELPS TO OFFSET THE, UH, THE UNRECOVERED EXPENSES, UH, WITH THESE, YOU KNOW, VESSELS INCURRED, WHETHER IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TOW IMPOUND, UH, WET STORAGE, UNPAID SLIP FEES.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE AUCTION.
UH, CLEARED OUT A LOT OF SPACE FOR US, UH, IN OUR DRY YARD AND IN THE IN WATER.
UM, AND IT HELPS TO OFFSET, IT DOESN'T COVER ALL THE, ALL THE INCURRED EXPENSES, BUT IT HELPS.
DID ONE OF THE SAILBOATS THAT DIDN'T SELL END UP OVER AT SIO BEACH ON THE BEACH OR, UH, UH, NO.
WE TRY TO BE, YOU KNOW, GOOD RESPONSIBLE NEIGHBORS TO ALL.
HOW DOES THAT GET DOWN? I MEAN, I, I JUST, I SAW IT ON THE NEWS AND I'M LIKE GOING, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY DOCKS THERE.
AND I WAS SO THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT GENTLEMAN WAS, WAS
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ANCHORED OUT OR WAS OKAY.THAT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY NIGHT, STORM DAY.
WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT WINDS AND SWELL THAT, THAT EVENING.
UM, SO THEY, HE BROKE LOOSE AND ENDED UP WHERE, WHERE YOU SAW IT.
UM, THE REST, THE SAILBOAT THAT WE DID HAVE LEFT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAKE, I TAKE EVERYTHING TO AUCTION, GIVE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, A FAIR SHOT AT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GETTING A BOAT.
UH, WE DID WORK WITH OUR RECYCLER, UH, AFTER THE AUCTION, UH, HE TOOK THAT BOAT AWAY AND WE DID NOT INCUR AN EXPENSE.
UH, HE RECYCLED THE LEAD, GOT RID OF THE BOAT, AND WE'RE STILL, WE HAVE A FREE DOCK BACK THERE.
QUESTION, HOW OFTEN DO WE CHECK AND FOR PAST THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON OUR JETTY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, HOW OFTEN DO WE, WE TAKE THAT DRIVE UP THE JETTY? JUST TO, JUST TO DO A VISUAL, UH, OF OUR SIDE OF THE JETTY BECAUSE OUR SIDE IS THE LONG BEACH SIDE.
THEN I GUESS THE OTHER SIDE IS LA COUNTY OR ORANGE COUNTY.
UH, THE, THE OTHER SIDE, UH, UM, IS FROM THE QUEEN MARY TO THE JETTY.
UH, I WAS TOLD THAT THAT DOESN'T FALL INTO QUOTE UNQUOTE COASTAL COMMISSION OR DOES IT WHEN IT COMES TO FIREWORKS? UH, BECAUSE THE QUEEN MARY GETS AN EXEMPTION FOR THEIR FIREWORKS BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY FROM THE QUEEN MARY TO THE JETTY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ON THE COASTAL, IT'S UNDER, UH, THE, THE PORT DISTRICT.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THAT? I MEAN, IS THAT JUST ALL THAT PORT DISTRICT AND ALL THAT BEACHFRONT IS PORT, PORT DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A BIG CHUNK IN THAT QUEEN MARY AREA, UH, THAT IS OUTSIDE OF COASTAL COMMISSION JURISDICTION.
YOU MENTIONED A GRANT WHEN YOU SPOKE.
UM, WHAT IS THIS GRANT? IF WE GET IT, WHAT, WHAT CAN IT BE USED FOR? YEAH, SO THIS ONE, IT'S, UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, AWARD OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR OUR SAFES GRANT, WHICH IS THE, THE DELIC FESTIVAL DESTRUCTION, UH,
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, TWO AWARDED GRANTS.
ONE FROM FISCAL YEAR TWO, FOUR, AND ONE FROM 25, UH, THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
UM, THIS ONE IS BECAUSE SOME, ONE OF THE AWARDED, UH, JURISDICTIONS DID NOT, IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO USE ALL THEIR FUNDING.
UM, SO DEBO CAME OUT WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO WRITE OUT A, A DOCUMENT SAYING WHY WE COULD USE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, UH, NAME SOME VESSELS THAT YOU KNOW WOULD BE UTILIZED, UM, OR COULD BE THE FUNDS WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR, UH, AND WHY THEY'RE AN ENVIRONMENTAL NAVIGATION, YOU KNOW, IMMINENT THREAT TO, TO THE COASTAL REGION.
UM, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A VERY LARGE, YOU KNOW, STEEL HOLE, METAL BOAT, UM, THAT HAS A VERY COMPROMISED HAUL.
UH, WE'VE HAD THAT ALREADY PATCH IT.
UM, SO WE'RE WRITING THAT ONE UP.
UM, A SMALLER POWER BOAT THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, VERY OLD, UH, FELLOWS LIKE THE, THE SEAL ON THE TRANSOMS WITH LIKE THE, LIKE THE OUTDRIVE SHAFT, THE MOTOR, UM, IF THAT FAILS, THE PUMPS WE HAVE IN THAT BOAT WILL NOT, WILL NOT KEEP THE WATER OUT FAST ENOUGH TO KEEP AFLOAT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S AN AWARD OPPORTUNITY THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVES US A BIT MORE CASH IN THIS CYCLE, UH, TO GET RID OF SMALL BOATS.
AND ARE THESE BOATS PRIVATELY OWNED OR ARE THEY OWNED BY US IN THE CITY OF LONG? THE, THE, ALL THESE ONES WE HAVE TITLED TO NOW, UH, THEY WENT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA, UH, VOTER LIEN LAW.
UH, SO WE, WE HAVE THE OWNERSHIP OF IT, BUT THEY'RE ALL BUGS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN OUR WATERFRONT AND OR, UH, ABANDONED IN OUR SLIPS.
AND SO THIS IS A PROCESS OF EITHER MAKING THEM OPERATIONAL OR PUTTING THEM, FIXING THEM SO WE CAN SELL THEM AND, AND RAISE REVENUE AND, AND THAT HELP US OFFSET OUR COSTS.
THIS GRANT IS ALL ABOUT JUST THE DESTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS JUST GETTING RID OF, UH, LIKE DEER, LIKE VESSELS.
UM, OUR AUCTION IS THAT, IS THAT ARM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A BOAT THAT HAS GOOD BOAT, STILL HAS SOME LIFE LEFT IN IT, AND WE PUT IT AT THE AUCTION TO TRY TO GET IT, GET IT BACK IN THE WATER.
IT'S, IT'S, IF IT'S GOING THERE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SEE BACK IN OUR FOOTPRINT AGAIN SOMETIME.
ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO IN FRONT OF THE MARINE BUREAU OFFICE THERE IN ALAMEDA STATE, THERE WAS A SAILBOAT THAT HAD CAUGHT FIRE.
WAS THAT TOWED OFF BY THE OWNER OR DID IT END UP IN OUR IMPOUND IN OXYGEN DOCK? THAT, THAT ONE WAS TOWED OFF BY THE OWNER.
SO IT WAS ON THE ISOLATION DOCK AFTER A FIRE.
IT WAS ON DOCK, UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM US.
I CAN'T, BUT IT WAS IN, IT WAS IN THE ALAMEDA SLIP.
UH, AND THEY MOVED TO THE ISOLATION DOCK.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT, WHERE EXACTLY IT WAS AT.
LUCKILY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY HAD SMELLED BURNING, UH, WAS RESPONDING TO VERY
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QUICKLY, UH, BY THE LIFEGUARDS BRING SAFETY.THEY GOT IT PUT OUT, GOT IT MOVED OUT OF THAT AREA, SO IT WASN'T GONNA DAMAGE ANY OTHER VESSELS.
UM, INSURANCE DID GET INVOLVED IN THAT ONE.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE END RESULT WAS, BUT THE OWNER DID TAKE CARE OF, OF THAT VESSEL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, WE'LL CONSIDER THIS ADJO.