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CALL TO ORDER THE MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH, AND WE ARE LOCATED IN THE ALAMEDA BAY MARINA CONFERENCE ROOM AT 2 0 5 NORTH MARINA DRIVE.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? YES, MA'AM.
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, ITEM ONE, A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 5TH.
UH, SO MOVE THAT THEY BE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED.
UM, WITH THERE BEING NO MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC HERE, WE WILL NOT BE ASKING ON THAT.
UM, SECTION, UH, ITEM TWO RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW.
FUTURE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS SHALL MOVE.
SO LET'S PROCEED WITH THAT AND START LOOKING AT OUR AGENDA, UM, FOR NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A REGULAR, UM, AGENDA THAT INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
UH, THEN WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND REPROVE A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THE SCOOTER, UM, PILOT PROGRAM.
WILL, WILL HE BE JOINING US? YES.
AND, UH, ANY COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? MADAM CHAIR? IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD HAVE, UH, WILLIE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE LEGISLATION? THERE'S THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
UH, DESIGNATED SCOOTERS AND ELECTRIC BIKES THAT ARE USED ON ROADWAYS BY, UH, CHILDREN, I GUESS.
UM, SO IF HE HAS THAT INFORMATION MIGHT BE NICE THAT, UH, HE TALKS ABOUT THAT.
I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL TOO IS ALSO MAKING AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO THEIR, UH, IT'S NOT A BILL, BUT, UH, SO WE WANT SOME LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
AND I THINK WE ALSO WANT SOME, UM, SOME METRICS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR LAST TIME.
UM, CAN YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING ELSE WE HAD REQUESTED? WELL, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE WALKWAYS.
UH, AGAIN, THE POLICE DO NOT TICKET AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS NOT ALLOWED TO TICKET IT.
SO, WHO REALLY CONTROLS OR, UH, HANDLES THOSE TYPE OF ILLEGAL BIKES THAT ARE ON THE, UH, THE WALK PATH.
IT'D BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT, BECAUSE LITERALLY, UH, NO ONE IS, NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING.
UH, ONE OF OUR LOCAL CITIZENS, UM, ONE THAT YOU HELPED WITH A WINDOW AND HAS BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THE BEACH CLEANUP, UH, HAD A, A E SCOOTER ON THE BEACH PATH GO INTO ALARM MODE.
AND SO IT SCREECHED AND, UH, FINALLY CITIZENS WENT OUT THERE TO TRY AND STOP IT AND THEY, THEY COULDN'T TURN ANYTHING OFF ON IT.
OH, YOU MEAN IT WAS JUST LOUD? IT WAS JUST SCREAMING AND IT WAS LIKE TWO IN THE MORNING, UM, SETTING OFF AN ALARM THAT DID NOT CYCLE OFF.
AND SO THERE WAS, THERE'S NO ONE YOU CAN, YEAH.
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE APP, UM, BUT SOMEBODY TO LOOK FOR IT IN THE MORNING.
UM, SO THERE, THERE WAS REALLY NO SOLUTION TO IT.
UH, AND THEY WERE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE EVERY NUMBER THEY CALLED, THEY WERE TOLD NOT US.
UM, SO I DID GIVE HIM CONTACT WITH WILLIE AND THEY DID GET AN ANSWER THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH.
SO MAYBE HE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW HE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM AND HOW PEOPLE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
I, I PRIDE MYSELF IN REPORTING AND GO, YEAH, GO LONG BEACH.
AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE,
I WONDER, WELL, I KNOW THAT SOME OF 'EM HAVE 1-800-NUMBERS ON THAT I'VE CALLED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE ARE ON DURING NON-BUSINESS HOURS.
AND I, I I THINK WILLIE'S BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH THINGS.
I'VE, I'VE SEEN HIS NAME OUT THERE A LOT, SO I I BET HE HAS SOME REALLY INTERESTING THINGS TO SHARE WITH US.
UM, AND LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE CONCERNS.
AND, UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO? NO MA'AM.
THEN MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY'S MANAGER'S OFFICE ON THE LA 28 OLYMPICS.
SO WHO WILL WE HAVE PRESENTING? UH, WE WILL HAVE THE EXECUTIVE TEAM GROUP.
SO, UH, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE THE FULL CONTINGENT AT THIS TIME.
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ANO, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, UH, JORGE GODINEZ, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, BERYL UN, OUR CITY PROTOCOL OFFICER.AND SEAN DEVEREAUX, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH OFFICER.
WELL, THEY BRING UP, UH, AND HOPEFULLY THEY BRING UP, UH, I WAS TALKING TO THE GENTLEMAN ON THE BELMONT PIER AND HE HANDLES ALL THE CONCESSIONS.
HE'S GOT HIS LITTLE BOOT THERE NEXT TO THE, THE RESTROOM.
HE'S BEEN THERE FOR I GUESS AGES.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ALLOWED TO BE ON THAT PIER, UH, DURING THE OLYMPICS.
AND HE SAYS HE HAS MADE CALLS AND NO ONE HAS LET HIM KNOW ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
UH, WE WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH, UH, LA 2028.
RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE ASKED US FOR A LIST OF ALL OF OUR, UM, OUR LOCAL PARTNERS AND OUR NONPROFITS IN THE AREAS IN AND AROUND THE, UH, VENUE USE, UH, AREAS.
AND YEAH, PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE FOR THE MOST PART.
THEY MAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR OPERATION IS, UH, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH LA 28, BUT I DON'T FORESEE THAT FOR MOST GROUPS BECAUSE THE, THE THINGS THEY PROVIDE, THE ACTIVITY OR THE CONCESSION RIGHT.
THEY PROVIDE IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT THE OLYMPICS WILL BE DOING.
SO, UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE STILL PENDING, BUT THEY'RE COMING JUST WONDERING IF THE CITY WOULD'VE WOULD SUPPORT THEM.
THIS IS WHAT HE'S THERE AT SIX IN THE MORNING UNTIL 10 AT NIGHT.
SO THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE COMING.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PARTNERS.
RIGHT? SO WHEN I SAY WE, UH, I MEAN THE CITY IS GOING TO WORK WITH LA 28 TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT'S DISPLACED OR UH, HAS A BUSINESS AMP IMPACT IS GONNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS TO SEE IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO, TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THE, FOR THE DURATION OF THE GAMES OR IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, AGREEMENT THAT THEY CAN MAKE WITH THEM 28 TO, TO POTENTIALLY MAKE THEM HOME.
SO, BUT AGAIN, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT SECOND OPTION WILL BE, I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE, THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE PENDING.
AND THEY, THEY DID SHOW A REALLY GOOD GRAPHIC AT OUR, UM, ALAMEDAS BAY STAKEHOLDERS MEETING AND, UH, THAT SHOWED THAT WHOLE RED SECTION.
UM, AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL SHARE THAT SLIDE WITH US AS WELL.
IF YOU COULD SPECIFICALLY REQUEST.
AND I THINK THAT'S THEIR STANDARD PACKET.
THEY'RE REQUEST, THEY'RE SHOWING, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH THEM.
UH, THE AREAS YOU'RE AT, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE SECURITY AREAS, UH, RED, YELLOW, AND GREEN.
I'M JUST RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, I, I'M NOT SURE IF THOSE ARE READY FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION JUST YET IN GENERAL, BUT IF THEY'RE SURE.
AND I THINK THAT THEY, IT WAS PRETTY PUBLIC IF THAT WAS A, IT WAS A PUBLIC MEETING THAT THAT WAS PRESENTED IN.
AND THEN I KNOW THEY'RE ALSO PRESENTING, UM, TO THE COMMODORE OF THE YACHT CLUBS RIGHT.
THROUGH THE BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE ANYTHING WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THOSE SAME SLIDES.
AND I THINK THAT THEIR SLIDES, THEY PROBABLY GO THROUGH QUITE AN APPROVAL PROCESS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, UM, TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S BEING SAID.
UM, JORGE AND TYLER ARE VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT IN THEIR COMMUNICATION AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IS, IS UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES BETWEEN, UNLESS THEY GET A NEW SLIDE, AND I, AND, AND I CAME FROM AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT, THAT YES, IT, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH SO MANY LEVELS OF APPROVAL.
I MEAN, I'M ON THE LEGACY GROUP AND, AND IT'S, SO WE SAW THE SLIDES AND I WAS AMAZED ON THAT ENTIRE BEACH FRONT IS GONNA BE SECURED.
THE ENTIRE BEACH WILL BE SECURED.
AND, AND THEY CAN DISCLOSE IT MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE DETAILS WORKED OUT.
AND THERE'S TWEAKING TO BE DONE.
AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE TWEAKING UP TO THE VERY MOMENT EACH EVENT STARTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE WANNA REQUEST OR ANY OTHER COMMENT ON ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA? THE ONLY THING MADAM CHAIR
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I WOULD BRING UP IS, OF COURSE, SECURITY.YOU KNOW, 72,000 POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE ENTIRE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS OUR CITY AND OUR 11 VENUES GONNA BE PREPARED FOR THAT? AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION.
HOW ARE WE GONNA BE PREPARED FOR THAT? WE'RE IN AN $83 MILLION DEFICIT RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS ONLY TWO YEARS AWAY.
UM, SO IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S FRIGHTENING.
SO I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS CURIOUS ABOUT.
MAYBE YOU COULD, YOU COULD BRING THAT UP.
I DON'T WANNA BLINDSIDE THESE GUYS.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL, I DON'T BE PREPARED TO ANSWER, UM, UNLESS THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN SOME ADVANCE NOTICE.
I JUST HEARD FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE I LIVE, AND THEN WE WALK ALL THE TIME ON THE, UH, FLUFFS EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT, WITH THE SITUATION IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW ABOUT SECURITY.
AND YES, MA'AM, ARE WE EVEN GONNA HAVE THE OLYMPICS HERE? AND THEY'RE, THEY HAVE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS WILL BE REAL HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO DISPEL PEOPLE'S FEARS AND, AND TELL THEM INFORMATION FIRSTHAND.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT I'M ALLOWED TO SAY.
'CAUSE I'M ON A COUPLE OF THE, THE, WE'LL KNOW MORE ON HOW FIFA TURNS OUT.
IT'S GONNA BE A VERY GOOD TEST FOR US.
CAN I BRING UP THE RESTROOMS AT THE, WOULD THAT BE LATER ON MADAM CHAIR? 'CAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE OLYMPICS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE USING THE FEAR.
LET'S, WE'LL DO, LET'S LOOK, WHEN WE, I THINK WE HAVE AN ITEM ABOUT PUB.
OH NO, THAT WAS ON, UM, ITEM TWO.
LET'S, LET'S MOVE THAT TO THE END.
BUT I I, I HAVE IT IN MY PARKING LOT THERE.
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW THAT YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BOOK FOLKS, UM, FROM THE CITY'S MANAGER'S OFFICE ON HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UM, KUDOS TO YOU FOR GETTING THEM ON THE AGENDA.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOMELESS AND, AND, AND GOING OUT THERE AND, AND MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW YOU WENT OUT AND DID THE, THE COUNT.
UM, I WAS OUT WALKING WITH MY DAUGHTER, I THINK PROBABLY THE SAME PLACES THAT YOU WALK.
UH, AND, AND, AND, AND NOT IN A BAD WAY.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE HELPING.
I, PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE BRINGING WATER TO PEOPLE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO ONE GENTLEMAN ON THE PIER.
HE SAYS THE RESTROOM HAS BEEN GREAT BECAUSE OF THE, THEY'VE COME IN THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY TO FILL IT WITH WATER TO DO ALL THAT.
BUT IT CLOSES AT 10 O'CLOCK AND THEN EVERYBODY PEES AROUND THE RESTROOM AND PEES AROUND HIS BUILDING.
SO HE HAS TO COME IN EVERY MORNING WITH A BLEACHER AND A HOSE AND SQUIRT IT ALL DOWN AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR BEFORE THEY OPEN IT UP.
AND HE SAYS IT'S JUST, IT'S A RESTROOM.
THERE'S NO OTHER RESTROOMS FOR 'EM TO USED.
SO THEY'LL URINATE, UH, ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RESTROOM.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, TO THINK ABOUT THAT IF WE HAVE EARLY STAGING PEOPLE, UH, THAT CAN SQUIRT THAT OFF WHERE THE PUBLIC PERSON OR THE OWNER DOESN'T HAVE TO SQUIRT IT OFF.
THAT WOULD BE A, A DEFINITELY A BENEFIT.
BUT DON'T WE HAVE THE PORTABLE, UH, RESTROOM THAT WAS ON TEMPORARY? ISN'T THAT STILL THERE IT IS.
BUT THAT CLOSED AT 10, 10 O'CLOCK.
HE SAYS IT'S NOT OPEN AFTER 10 O'CLOCK.
AND I THOUGHT OUR METRICS SHOWED THAT I SIGN ON IT.
CAN YOU CHECK ON THAT? BECAUSE HE SAYS IT'S AT 10.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND CORRECT TO ME.
EITHER THAT OR I'LL MAKE A DATE WITH YOU AT 10 30 AND WE'LL GO SEE.
I WENT IN IT, IT'S REALLY, IT'S, IT'S CLEAN.
UM, AND, BUT HE SAYS AT 10 O'CLOCK IT CLOSES.
WELL, I'M GOING OVER THERE THEN THAT THIS WEEKEND I'LL BE OUT LATE.
WELL, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF THAT, UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE MOVED ON TO OUR, OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY, BUT IT, IT KIND OF FALLS IN LINE WITH THAT, UM, THE PARKING LOT THERE AT THE PIER.
AND THEN ALSO WHEN IT BROKE THE ACTUAL, THE STREET THAT GOES DOWN TO THE PARKING LOT, IT JUST FILLED WITH LITTER.
AND THE STREET SWEEPER ONLY COMES ONCE A WEEK.
AND IT'S JUST, I JUST LOOK AT IT AND I'M LIKE, WOW.
WHEN WE DO BEACH CLEANUPS, NOBODY DOES THESE AREAS.
AND I WOULD BRING MY BAG EVERY DAY IN A PICKER UP OR IF I, I, I KNOW USUALLY I STAY ON THE BLUFFS, BUT WE'VE BEEN WALKING DOWN AND THEN GOING UP THE HILL AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A MESS.
I MEAN, PEOPLE PARK THERE, THEY GET TAKE OUT FOOD, JUST DUMP IT OUT THE WINDOW AND IT'S, IT'S JUST SAD.
'CAUSE IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BEACH.
AND SOMEHOW THE WIND MAKES IT SO IT ALL STAYS RIGHT THERE IN THAT STAIRCASE AREA.
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I DON'T EVER REMEMBER A TIME WHEN THAT AREA'S BEEN COMPLETELY CLEAN.I MEAN, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE DOWN TO OUR, WELL, AND IT'S DIFFICULT.
YOU CAN'T GET A STREET SWEEPER IN THERE.
UM, THERE'S REALLY NO EQUIPMENT THAT'S EASY TO BRING IN THAT SECTION.
THEY PUT THOSE THREE POLES UP.
THERE'S THREE POLES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO A STREET SWEEPER CAN'T FIT DOWN THERE.
I'LL, UH, WE'LL TALK TO OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE AND OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE AND WE WILL ADDRESS AREAS, AREAS THAT ARE UNDER OUR CONTROL.
BUT I'LL ALSO TOUCH BASE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, WORK WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR, UH, LA TO DO A LITTLE MORE TOUCH UPS AND TO FOCUS ON
THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN, UM, A LOT OF NEGATIVE TALK ON NEXTDOOR, UH, ABOUT OUR PEER IN GENERAL AND, UM, ABOUT THE POPULATION THAT LIVES THERE.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS FOR OUR CITIZENS EVEN WALKING ALONG THERE.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING OUT THERE.
THERE I WENT, I WALKED OUT THERE, UH, LAST WHAT, A WEEK AGO.
UH, MY DAUGHTER AND I WENT FOR A WALK.
AND IT'S FUNNY, SHE IS A LOT, PROBABLY A LOT LIKE YOU.
SHE KNOWS EVERYBODY 'CAUSE SHE WALKS WITH EVERY DAY.
SO THE FISHERMEN KNOW MEGAN AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
AND I'M LIKE, I LIKE KEEP, OKAY, NOW YOU'RE MAKING DAD NERVOUS.
I WANT YOU TO REALLY BE CAREFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NO DAD, THESE ARE ALL GOOD.
BUT AT 10 O'CLOCK IS WHEN THE POPULATION COMES IN TO MOVE IN AND STAY THE NIGHT.
UM, SO IT'S, THIS IS EARLY EVENING.
THIS IS SIX O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW, WALKING THINGS OF THAT.
YOU HAVE THE REGULAR FISHERMEN DOWN THERE AND THE REGULAR PEOPLE.
UM, BUT AFTER THAT, AND TELL YOU WHAT, UH, WHEN WE WALKED BACK UP AND WENT BY THE, IS THE BREW BELMONT BREWERY.
BELMONT BREWERY, THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
AND UP IN THE RESTAURANT, THERE'S SOME, AND I'LL SAY IT, THERE'S SOME SKETCHY PEOPLE SITTING THERE TALKING TO THEMSELVES THAT ARE ON THAT WALL THAT IT IS SITTING THERE.
AND I, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DRUG ADDICTION.
IT'S IT, AND IT'S, IT'S MENTAL.
BUT YEAH, THAT WAS, UH, MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TO WALK WITH MY DAUGHTER.
AND I KNOW SHE WALKS IT EVERY DAY AND IT JUST MADE MY HEART JUST LIKE, OH, I GUESS I GOTTA START WALKING EVERY DAY WITH MY DAUGHTER.
YOU KNOW? WELL, I'VE BEEN THERE WITH A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS COUNTING THOSE HOMELESS AND INTERVIEWING EACH ONE OF THOSE FOLKS.
UM, SO YES, IT'S, IT'S HEAVILY POPULATED AND IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
AND SO, UM, ARE THERE SPECIFIC THINGS WE WANNA THINK ABOUT? WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM ON THAT STRATEGY? AND TO HEAR WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
UM, DO THEY HAVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE PEOPLE, ARE THEY DOWN THERE? ARE THEY, ARE THEY WORKING? IS THERE A REGULAR CALENDAR OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE WORKING OUR SHORELINE? I TELL YOU, TRASH CANS ARE GREAT GUYS.
YOU KNOW, I'M TAKING, I'M TAKING PICTURES AND MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M A RING COMMISSIONER.
I NEEDED TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, IT WAS GREAT.
NOW, THERE WAS A COUPLE SPEEDERS GOING DOWN.
THE THING I DIDN'T HAVE THE VIDEO ON, YOU KNOW, TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
THERE WAS ONLY TWO WHEN WE WERE WALKING, PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY AND JUST ENJOY THE LIFE
SO WE'RE OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE AND MARINE MAINTENANCE, UH, UH, HOMES ENCAMPMENT TEAM, THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY WEEK, TWICE A WEEK.
AND THEN EVERY OTHER WEEK, THREE TIMES A WEEK.
AND THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE MAKING THOSE INROADS.
WE'RE TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, BELMONT P RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF OUR HOTSPOTS.
UH, IT, UH, IT'S PICKED UP, LIKE YOU SAID, OVER THE LAST PROBABLY TWO, THREE MONTHS.
UM, THE WAY I LOOK AT THAT IS WE'RE, WE'RE DOING BETTER AT SOME OTHER LOCATIONS, AND THEN IT'S FORCED INDIVIDUALS TO THE PEER.
SO IT'S, IT'S THAT BALANCE OF COMPASSION FIRST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET PEOPLE INTO SERVICES AND THEN, UH, WORK TOWARDS ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE HAVE TO.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP, KEEP GOING.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE MORALE OF OUR WORKERS.
BECAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU CLEAN SOMETHING UP AND YOU, YOU GIVE IT YOUR EXTRA EFFORT AND YOU COME BACK AGAIN AND IT'S A MESS.
UM, AND IT, IT, IT, IT'S GOTTA BE HARD ON, ON OUR STAFF AND THE, JUST THE, THE DANGERS OF THAT CLEANUP.
UM, THE POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, UH, HAVE WE RECOGNIZED THOSE INDIVIDUAL GROUP OF EMPLOYEES YEAH.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE AGAIN, TO TALK ABOUT THAT MM-HMM
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EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION, BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE DAY IN AND DAY OUT CONTINUALLY HELPING CLEAN UP THAT AND THEN HAVE IT A MESS EVERY DAY.AND I, I CALL IT, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, LIKE I SAY THAT WHAT, WHAT'S AN AVERAGE PAY, LET'S SAY A YEARLY PAY, JUST AN AVERAGE OFF, OFF THE WALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE CLEANUP.
WELL, THERE'S, I MEAN, JUST SAY IT'S MINIMUM, THE MINIMUM AMOUNT.
THE, THE, THE, THE STARTING OUT, UH, SOMETHING AN HOUR.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY PAY IN SAN FRANCISCO? $140,000 A YEAR.
BUT HOUSING AND, UH, IT'S NOT EVERYTHING.
IT'S JUST, THEY CALL IT FOR THE POOP PATROL, THEY START AT 11 O'CLOCK AND LEAVE AT FIVE MM-HMM
AND ALL THEY DO IS GO AROUND IN THEIR MOON SUITS, UH, AND CLEAN UP THE FECES, UH, THE, AND STERILIZE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING TO THE POINT NOW THAT WE WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ESPECIALLY GOD WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING.
BUT I'M, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE NO ONE THERE DURING THE OLYMPICS, BECAUSE SECRET SERVICE AND THE SECURITY WILL HAVE THAT ALL CLEANED OFF.
WHERE DO THOSE PEOPLE GO FROM THERE? AND THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M GONNA ASK.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HELPING, WHERE DO THEY GO FROM THERE? DO THEY GO TO LOS ALTOS? DO THEY GO TO PARK, PARK? I MEAN, DO THEY, DO THEY, DO THEY MOVE THEM TO THOSE LOCATIONS OR DO WE GET THEM WRONG? WELL, AND THAT'S, THAT'S CONSTANTLY WHY THE, THE, THE ENTIRE STRATEGY.
AND THAT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE GONNA HEAR YES.
ABOUT HOW THEY'RE CONVERTING PEOPLE AND, AND FINDING HOUSING FOR 'EM AND SHORT TERM AND EMERGENCY HOUSING, UM, AND ACTIVE FIGHTING THE FIGHT.
SO THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
UH, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE ASKED.
AND JUST LIKE THE OLYMPIC TEAM, WE, WE DON'T WANNA BLINDSIDE 'EM ON ANYTHING.
SO ANYTHING WE'RE GONNA ASK, LET'S PLEASE LET, UM, STAFF KNOW NOW OR WITHIN THE NEXT DAY SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE THAT.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE WITH ITEM FOUR? NO, MA'AM.
UH, THE SUBMISSION OF THE FEE WAIVERS.
AND, AND BRIAN, I THINK YOU'RE CLOSER TO THAT.
YEAH, SO THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR, KINDA OUR ANNUAL, WE'RE TRYING TO LUMP THESE TOGETHER.
SO NOT TAKING UP SO MANY DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEMS ON, ON THE COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, SO SEAL BEACH, UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT HOW MUCH THESE WERE GIVEN OUT.
UM, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CLUBS AND, AND BRING PEOPLE IN, BUT REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO MAKE MONEY AS WELL.
UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT HOW MANY EVENTS, UM, FOR THE MOST PART, LIMITED THOSE TO THREE, THREE MAJOR EVENTS THAT DO BRING TRAFFIC IN.
AND OUR BIG EVENTS FOR THE CLUBS.
UH, SEAL BEACH WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THEIR OPENING DAY.
UM, THE DANA POINT RACE, AND THEN MARINA DEL REY, UM, RACE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB IS CONGRESSIONAL CUP, UM, UH, RACE WEEK.
AND DO THEY STILL DO THEMATIC RACE? IS THAT STILL THERE? IT'S STILL ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEY, UM, ACTUALLY THEY'RE MOVING THE TROPHY PRESENTATION FROM THE, UM, CORRAL TO DOWNTOWN.
OH, OUTTA CRUISE FOR, UM, ON NEWPORT AND SONATA.
THE, UH, UM, THEY HAVE, THEIR CURRENT COMMODORE IS LIVING IN MEXICO RIGHT NOW.
AND HE'S REALLY UPPED THE GAME WITH IT.
AND HE'S BEEN MEETING WITH A LOT MORE OFFICIALS AND A LOT MORE MEXICAN NAVY PEOPLE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE STREAMLINED AND THEN, UH, MAKING SURE THE SAILORS FEEL SAFER.
UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, IT, IT WAS QUITE A HIT WITH THE PUERTO VALLARTA RACE, UM, BEING ADJUSTED TO A SERIES OF ONE DAY RACES OUTTA SAN DIEGO.
AND THAT'S BEEN HARD ON A LOT OF THE BIG BOATS THAT USE THAT AS A SHAKEDOWN FOR, UM, THE TRANSPAC RACE.
UH, I, I THINK LAST TIME WHEN WE DID SOME OF THESE FEE APPROVALS, WE WERE ASKING FOR SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPENT, UH, LIKE, LIKE MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
DOES THAT, UH, NO, THE, UH, LIKE ON THE OUTLAW REGATTA, HOW MANY BOATS BENEFITED FROM THAT FEE WAIVER? YEAH, I CAN, I CAN TRY TO PULL STATISTICS FROM, FROM LAST YEAR'S EVENTS.
TO, AND THEN THAT, THAT SHOWS THAT WE HAD X NUMBER OF BOATS COME FROM MARINA DEL REY AND THEN THAT THEY WERE HERE TWO NIGHTS AND THEY ENJOYED OUR, OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR SHOPS AND, AND SPENT MONEY HERE.
SO THERE WAS A ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS POSITIVE AS A RESULT OF THOSE FEE WAIVERS.
AND THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT MADE IT LOOK GOOD WITHIN THE PRESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE A LOT WITH RACE WEEK.
AND WE SEE THAT WITH, UM, CONGRESSIONAL CUP.
SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING BETTER AS A DESTINATION AND, AND REACHING OUR GOALS AS A CITY.
I MEAN, LIKE THE CHAIRWOMAN SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M SURE THEY GET
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THANK YOU LETTERS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PEOPLE THAT USE IT.AND IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A FEW OF THOSE.
HEY, WE CAME IN FROM SAN DIEGO, WE CAME IN WHEREVER.
WELL, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT OPENING DAYS IS, UM, THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM YACHT CLUBS, UM,
UM, THEY TRY TO SCHEDULE THEM IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA SO PEOPLE CAN, UM, FLY IN AND THEN SPEND THE WEEKEND OPENING.
CAN I ASK WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS OPENING DAY? WELL, WE MAKE SURE THAT THE BAY IS FREE OF ICE.
AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE OUR BOATS OUT AGAIN.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PORT CAPTAIN IS TO INSPECT THE BAY THAT THERE'S NO ICE, EXCEPT MAYBE IN THE FEW COCKTAIL GLASSES.
UH, IF SO, IT LIKE, IT'S A TRADITION EVERYWHERE ELSE.
'CAUSE WE'RE AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUR BOATS 24, UH, HOURS A DAY FOR 12 MONTHS.
UH, BUT IT MAKES IT A FUN TRADITION, RIGHT.
THAT YOU, YOU CLEAN UP YOUR BOAT.
SO THERE'S SOME BOAT INSPECTIONS.
YOU DRESS YOUR BOAT UP WITH FLAGS.
UH, YOU HAD PUT ON YOUR NAVY BLUE BLAZERS AND WHITE AND READY TO CELEBRATE THAT WE'RE OPENING THE SEASON.
UM, AND IT'S KIND OF A GOAL THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, IT'S OPENING DAY.
LET'S SPRUCE EVERYTHING UP ON OUR CLUB.
UM, LET'S HOST SOME NICE FOOD AND DRINK AND ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.
OPENING, OPENING OF YACHT YACHTING AND OPENING THE YACHTING SEASON.
IT'S JUST LIKE, OKAY, IT'S SPRINGTIME,
BUT THEY'RE ALL LOOKING DAPPER.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? UH, YEAH.
SO I THINK THE, THE MORE MATERIAL, AND I THINK EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE PROUD OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I KNOW LIKE THE LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RACE WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE STATISTICS OF WHERE VOTES ARE COMING FROM AND LIKE WHO WAS COMING IN.
AND SOME OF THAT, UM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISLEADING.
'CAUSE SOMETIME THERE'S AN OUTSIDE GROUP THAT'LL CHARTER THE 37.
SO, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR SLIPS, SO, WELL THEY, WE HAVE COMMODORE, UH, FROM EACH YACHT CLUB, UH, THERE TO SAY ANYTHING.
UH, AT THE MAC MEETING? NO, AT THE MAC MEETING.
I HAVE NOT, I'VE NOT INVITED THEM, BUT I, I CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT.
WELL, AND TRADITIONALLY WE DO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL THREE OF THOSE.
AND IF THEY KNEW THEY WERE GONNA ADDRESS IT A LITTLE, THAT'S KIND OF COOL.
WE SHOULD, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD, LISA.
IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO, LIKE BOB HUBBARD DOES EACH OF THOSE REGATTAS AND HE'S A REGULAR IN OUR MEETINGS.
SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THOSE FEE WEBERS? ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE, ANY OF OUR MEETINGS THAT DAY? UH, TODD'S TIDELANDS IS THAT DAY.
AND AS FAR AS, UH, MANAGERS UPDATES, UM MM-HMM
WE HAVE, UH, LAUNDRY GARDEN EVENT THAT'S COMING UP WITH OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM.
SO SECOND AND, UH, MARINA DRIVE? YEAH.
SO THAT WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY DOWN THE, DOWN THAT, LIKE GREEN SPACE, UH, THE, THE MEDIUM BETWEEN LIKE THE MARINA AND THE PARKING LOT.
UM, IN MY SHOP, WE ARE, WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THERE WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL AWARD, UM, THAT'S OUT FOR THE, THE TAKING FOR THE SAVES GRANT.
UM, SOME MUNICIPALITY WAS NOT ABLE TO USE ALL THEIR FUNDING UP.
SO WE SUBMITTED FOR AN ADDITIONAL $25,000, UM, FOR VESSEL DESTRUCTION, UM, AND REMOVAL.
UH, WE ALSO WERE AWARDED A GRANT FROM CAL RECYCLES, UH, TO HOST A FLARE RECYCLING, UH, EVENT.
'CAUSE IT'S, WE, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT LOCALLY.
SO IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A, A PROBLEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF TREADING LIGHTLY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SADDLED WITH ANY UNFORESEEN COSTS.
UH, SO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY DIAL THIS ONE IN.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUREAU.
UM, THEY HELPED US WRITE THE GRANT.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY DEAL WITH HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE.
UM, WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE? UH, THAT'S, I KIND OF LIKE THAT GRANT AND I DON'T THINK WE HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT HOW MANY GRANTS AND THAT THAT'S A TEDIOUS PROCESS FOR STAFF.
AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, PORSCHE REALLY HAS A LOT OF IT STREAMLINED WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE SAVES GRANT.
UM, WE WORKED THROUGH THE VESSEL PUMP OUT GRANT, UH, FOR SOME NEW EQUIPMENT.
UM, SO SHE'S KIND OF GOT THE, THE FORMULA ON HOW TO WRITE THOSE UP.
BUT YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY DEFINITELY TAKE A LOT OF TIME.
WELL, WHICH ONE HAS TO BE TWEAKED TO INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS ON THAT? THIS IS MAYBE A, UM, A ONE SHEET SUMMARY THAT COULD BE A SLIDE
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WITHIN THE PRESENTATIONS OF SOME OF THE GRANTS IN WORK OR, OR A SUMMARY OF RECENT ONES THAT WERE, UM, AWARDED IF THEY DON'T WANNA SHOW THEIR CARDS ON WHAT ALL WE HAVE IN WORK.LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN, I CAN PUT TOGETHER IN THAT, IN THE MAC REPORT FOR A SLIDE, WHO WAS THE ONE COUPLE THAT WAS THERE LAST NIGHT.
HE, HE DOES THE WETLANDS, UM, REFURBISHING SORT OF LENNY.
HEAVY, HEAVY, HEAVY AS THAT GUY WAS SITTING AT THE BAR.
DID YOU SEE HIM? NO, I DIDN'T.
I I TOLD HIM I WAS ON THE MAC COMMITTEE.
HE SAID, OH, WE'D LOVE YOU GUYS.
AND HE DOES WETLANDS RESTORATION THINGS THAT HE WAS PROBABLY LENNY, WAS IT LENNY GRAY, GRAY HAIR? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
MAYBE I THINK, I THINK A MAYBE ONE MISSING TOOTH UP FRONT.
LENNY LENNY WOULD BE, LENNY WOULD BE, UH, UH, A GOOD, I WAS THINKING ANOTHER PERSON.
I LIKE WHEN WE DO CERTIFICATES EVERY MEETING, I THINK IT BRINGS THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE IS DOING THAT.
AND MATT, I'M SURE YOU STARTED THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST A FUN THING THAT WE DO.
AND I WAS THINKING JUSTIN RUDD, UM, HE DOES THAT BEACH CLEANUP EVERY, EVERY MONTH OR TWICE A MONTH.
HE DOES A BEACH CLEANUP AND HE BRINGS, I MEAN, THERE'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP TO CLEAN UP THE BEACH.
MAYBE GIVE HIM SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, THOUGHTS FOR, I KNOW HE MAKES MONEY.
I KNOW HE MAKES MONEY ON EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S JUST, UH, UM, I'D LIKE TO SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT DOES SOME GOOD, GOOD WORK.
I KNOW HE DOES A LOT OF THINGS.
MAYBE BRINGING LENNY IN, UH, AND DOING SOMETHING FOR THIS MEETING.
WE HAVE SOME PRETTY MEATY TOPICS.
UM, AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY, REALLY STREAMLINE CHAIR MARIE.
I THINK YOU'RE, AND THEN, BUT THIS COULD WE'LL PUT THOSE BACK ON THE PARKING LOT LIST, UM, THAT WE LISTED PARKING.
ON OUR, OUR OWN LITTLE PARKING LOT OF THINKING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, AND, AND MAYBE MOVE THAT FORWARD IN THE MONTHS AHEAD.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THE, UM, I KNOW COREY, COREY AND KELLY WILL BOTH HAVE, UH, A LIST OF PROJECTS AS THEY'RE, AS WE'RE GETTING READY FOR GRAND PRIX DOWNTOWN.
UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE THE, THAT SAME MOTTO OF OPENING SEASON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT BRIGHT WORK AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN CLEAN UP ALL THE FACILITIES TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LOOK PROPER FOR OUR SEASON.
AND ANYTIME YOU GIVE US A HEADS UP ON SOME OF THOSE, I REALLY LIKE, UM, GOING THROUGH AN AREA THEY'RE WORKING ON AND SEEING THE DIFFERENCE THE BEFORE AND AFTER.
UH, AND, AND WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE BENEFIT AS COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE A PARKING STICKER THAT WE CAN GO THOSE AREAS AND PHYSICALLY WALK 'EM.
AND THAT'S WHY WE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PIER.
AND, UM, I TELL YOU, MY HEART SKIPS A BEAT WHEN I SEE ALL THE WORK THAT'S DONE AT GRAND PRIX IN PREPARATION AND HOW THE, WE ARE JUST SO MUCH AHEAD OF IT ON THE RED PAINTING OF THE CURBS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS FRESH AND CLEAN.
AND I THINK WHEN THE WORLD IS LOOKING AT US AND WE HAVE SUCH VISIBILITY, IT'S BRINGS PEOPLE HERE.
I I SAY AS JUSTIN RED PUT SOMETHING OUT TODAY.
WHAT, WHAT MAKES YOU PROUD OF WHERE YOU WERE BORN OR RAISED? WHAT TOWN OR VILLAGE? AND I, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'VE READ MY STUFF, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I DON'T PUT PUNCTUATIONS.
UM, BUT IT REALLY IS LONG BEACH.
LOOK AT THE BEAUTY THAT WE HAVE IN LONG BEACH.
WHY WOULD ANYBODY NOT WANT TO LIVE HERE? UM, AND IT'S, IT IS YOUR WORKERS THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING IT, UM, MAKE US REALLY PROUD.
I WAS VERY PROUD WALKING MY DAUGHTER AND WALKING THAT BEACH BATH OTHER THAN SOME OF THE SPEEDERS AND SEEING NO TRASH, NO TRASH ON THE BEACH PASS.
AND ALL THE, THE, THE RECEPTACLES WERE, WERE NOT OVERFLOWING.
THAT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING YET.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF OCEAN, WHERE IT'S PUBLIC WORKS WHERE THE VIRGIN MARY IS RIGHT THERE, THEY HAVE A TRASH CAN THAT'S RIGHT THERE.
OVERFLOWING TRASH ALL OVER THE GROUND.
THAT'S A TRANSIT TRASH CAN THEY PUT 'EM WHERE THE TRANSIT, UM, BENCHES ARE.
BUT, BUT YOU LOOK AT IT, HOW FULL IT IS WHEN YOU'VE GOT AN ICON OF A FORMER, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE NUNS WERE, BUT NOW IT'S, IT'S A A, A BUDDHIST TEMPLE WITH THE VIRGIN ME WITH ALL THE FLOWERS AND PEOPLE THERE.
AND NOT MORE THAN 15 FEET AWAY.
THERE'S TRASH PILE ON THE STREET.
SO I CALLED THE NUMBER THE, THE THE LONG BEACH NUMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD THE APP OR, UM, THAT THERE WAS A, A WATER LEAK ALONG APPIAN WAY THAT WAS TOTALLY FLOODED YESTERDAY.
AND I REPORTED IT ON THE APP WITH PHOTOS.
AND, UM, VERY QUICKLY THE WIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY TEAM WAS OUT THERE.
AND IT REALLY IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK TRACK IT, TRACK THE METRICS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST RELIABLE WAY TO REPORT ANYTHING.
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I THINK WITH THE, THAT'S WHAT HELPS THE E-BIKE FOLKS HELPING EVERYONE IS TO JUST USE THAT APP.WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, REPORT IT.
WELL, I WANTED TO COMMENT AS LONG AS ON ITEM SIX.
MY NEIGHBOR AND I WALKED DOWN TO THE PENINSULA.
I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I GOT DOWN TO HOW NARROW THE BEACH IS DOWN THERE.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A DUMP TRUCK.
IT'S LITERALLY THE SPACE OF A DUMP TRUCK, THE BERM, AND THERE'S THE WATER.
UH, I WAS, I WAS JUST SHOCKED.
I JUST WENT, 'CAUSE I LIVED ON THE PENINSULA FOR FOUR YEARS AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA.
THE WATER, HERE'S, HERE'S, HERE'S THE BOARDWALK, RIGHT? THERE'S THE WALL THAT WAS THE TRACKS THAT WAS THE TRACKS OF THE DUMP TRUCK.
AND THERE WAS AN ACTIVE DUMP TRUCK GOING, WORKING THE BOOM.
THE BERM WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE, HIS, HIS RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRACK.
UH, I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO IN, IN BIGGER STORMS THAN WE HAD THIS PAST MONTH? WELL, WE JUST HAD, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS WE'VE HAD JUST A, A SUCCESSION OF STORMS, UH, SINCE LATE DECEMBER.
UH, WE'RE STARTING TO COME OUT OF THAT NOW.
SO, UH, KELLY ARMSTRONG'S BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO START BETTER MANICURING AND PUSHING OUT, UH, THE BERM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU GET SUCCESSIVE STORMS IN COMBINATION WITH HIGHER TIDES, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE, THE TIME AND THE ABILITY TO CONTINUALLY PUSH THE BERM OUT FARTHER TO, TO RECOVER FROM EACH SUCCESSIVE HIGH TIDE AND STORM.
SO WE MADE IT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T ANY, UH, FLOODING OR INTRUSION INTO, INTO THE PENINSULA COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UH, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO START, YOU KNOW, PUSHING BACK THE, THE PUSHING OUT, PUSHING OUT THE SAND, THE SAND, PUSHING OUT THE BERM, UH, START, UH, NOURISHING THAT WATER LINE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO BUILD THE BERM, BUT PUSHING IT FARTHER UP.
'CAUSE AS A CHILD, IT WAS, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE WENT.
AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE STORMS WOULD COME IN AND WE'D BLOW UP OUR INNER TUBES AND, AND RIDE THE LITTLE WAVES IN, UM, AND THE BEACH WAS A LOT BIGGER.
WILL, WOULD THE DREDGING HELP THAT WHEN WE START DREDGING THAT, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DREDGE IT AND PUT WELL, YEAH, THAT'S, SO BRINGING NOURISHING IS THE TERM.
UH, THAT SHOULD HELP OUT TREMENDOUSLY.
I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, BUT IT, IT IS A CONTINUAL STOP GAP THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO CONTINUE DOING BACK PASSING AND BACK PASSING IS THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THE SAND THAT HAS MOVED WESTWARD DOWN, DOWN THE WATER LINE BACK TO THE EAST EASTERN PORTION OF, OF THE PENINSULA.
NOW, ONCE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THE DR PROJECT, WE'VE, WE'VE RENOURISHED THAT EACH, UM, WE'VE ASKED OUR CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MAINTAINING OUR GAINS.
IS IT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BACK PASS.
BUT IS IT JUST NOURISHING THE WATER LINE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS EVERY SINGLE DAY, JUST COME OUT, SET WA SET SAND, UH, AND, AND GROOM IT? OR IS IT BILL BURNS? MM-HMM
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS TO HAVE WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS FOR BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF THE BEACHFRONT AFTER WE'VE DONE THE, BECAUSE IT'S TRULY WITH THE BERMS. OLDER PEOPLE CAN'T WALK THE BERMS. THEY CAN'T CLIMB OVER THE BERMS. AND MOST OF THE, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE PENINSULA, A LOT OF 'EM ARE, ARE GERIATRIC MY AGE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND OLDER, YOU KNOW, CLIMBING OVER.
THEY CAN SEE IT FROM THEIR, THEIR SECOND STORY.
BUT YOU'RE NOT SEEING MUCH FROM YOUR FIRST STORY.
AND IT USED TO BE JUST A, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO GO WALK.
AND NOW IT'S, IT'S A CONSTANT.
AND, AND, AND YOU'RE DOING A CONSTANT TO SAVE THE PROPERTIES.
SO THAT'S MY, MY, AS THE MARINE BUREAU MANAGER, AND I'VE SAID THIS FROM THE START WHEN WE INITIATED THIS DREDGE PROJECT, IS THAT
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WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HOLD ONTO THE GAINS THAT WE ACHIEVE.AND AGAIN, IT'LL COME DOWN TO BMP'S BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, RIGHT.
THAT ARE DICTATED BY ENGINEERING AND EXPERTS AND STUFF.
OTHER THING, UH, MADAM CHAIR IS JUST KUDOS TO OUR YOUNG LADY, UH, THAT SPOKE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, GAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION, UH, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OH, CHARLENE LENE, TITLE'S, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OFFICER.
UH, THAT, THAT PRESENTATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MAYBE FIVE, 10 MINUTES AND SHE DID IT IN RECORD SPEED LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.
AND EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, PLEASE, PLEASE JUST PUNCH WITH IT.
IT, IT IS, WELL, I'LL BRING THIS UP 'CAUSE WE SEE IT ON NEIGHBOR AND NEIGHBOR ALL THE TIME.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER REVIEW SOON OR WE PART OF THE MANAGER'S REPORT IN REGARDS TO THE LITTLE LAGOON? OH, UH, COLORADO.
UM, THAT'S A DAILY, I CAN HONESTLY SAY.
WELL, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT ON OUR TIDE LENS AND THEN WE'LL REPORT BACK ON OUR, YOU IT ON THAT ONE.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT, SO THAT WILL BE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THERE WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE PROBABLY CHARLENE, BEFORE OUR MEETING THAT'LL BE DOING A TIDE LENS REPORT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A WORLD OF HERD ON THAT, ON SO MANY LEVELS.
UM, THAT BRINGS ALL THE STUFF THAT WHERE THE TIDELANDS FUNDING THAT IS REINFORCING THAT BERM, UM, THAT IS THE NAPLES SEA WALL, AND THEN THE, THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THEN BACKFILLING THE COST OF THE POOL WITH THE, UH, POTENTIAL FOR HAVING THE, UH, ADDITIONAL METERS PLACED IN THE MARINA.
SO YEAH, IT'S A WHOLE, UM, IT'S A WHOLE, A LOT TO BE CONSIDER A WHOLE DAY ITSELF.
THAT'S A WHOLE MEETING IN ITSELF.
AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, A FULL, FULL AGENDA AND OUR, OUR PARKING LOT OF THINGS WE WANNA PURSUE.
UH, SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MANAGER'S REPORT ON ITEM SIX? OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THEN A SUMMARY OF THAT TIDELANDS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME OF CHARLENE'S SLIDES WILL BE IN OUR MAC PACKET.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THE SUMMARY OF THIS MEETING WITH OUR EXECUTIVE.
AND THEN THIS AFTERNOON THERE'S THE MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK, UM, WITH THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.
UH, SO, UH, THEY, BY WANTING TO REPORT BACK ON THAT, ARE THERE OTHER, OTHER COMMITTEES OR ANYTHING WE ALL WANNA REPORT BACK AT THAT TIME? ARE YOU GOING TO THAT ONE MADAM CHAIR? I'M PLANNING ON IT.
'CAUSE I'M, I, I JUST WAS MADE AWARE THIS MORNING.
THEY'RE SWEARING ME IN FOR THE NEW, UH, THE SURFACE NAVY, UH, UM, AND THE USS IOWA, SO, OH, WELL CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
DON'T FORGET MY BIG PARTIES ON 28TH OR SOMETHING.
SHE BID ON A, AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER BECAUSE YOU HAD A, A BIDDER THERE, RIGHT? YOU HAD SOMEBODY BIDDING FOR YOU? BIDDING.
I, I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE A FUNDRAISING AT EVENT.
SO I, I SENT SOMEONE THERE AND HER FRIENDS BIDDING ON IT.
I KEPT RAISING IT UP AND HER FRIEND SAYS, KEEP BIDDING UP, BIDDING IT UP, AND I'M, OH, WE GOT OVER THERE.
AND, AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE IOWA, SIR.
UM, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY ITEMS ON PUBLIC COMMENT THERE? ANYTHING WE'VE BEEN HEARING MORE ON, ON OUR OWN PHONE CALLS OR ANYTHING? I, I, I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN THE SECOND STREET BRIDGE AND I THINK THAT'S ON DELAY, RIGHT? THAT'S GONNA BE DELAYED.
NOW THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A CERTAINTY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN DISCUSSION.
THEY DISCUSSIONS ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST TO DELAY IT.
AND THAT'S STILL TOO, TOO BIG BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THAT TRAFFIC.
UM, THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC NOW.
I MEAN, I, I WISH WE WOULD HAVE A, A, A POLICE OFFICER, A TRAFFIC OFFICER IN THE CENTER OF PCH, UM, AND SECOND STREET AND WESTMINSTER RIGHT THERE.
JUST BECAUSE THE CARS TURN AND THEN YOU'RE BLOCKED FOR ALMOST SOMETIMES A, A HALF A LIGHT.
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE, THE IMPACT OF THE GROWTH OF SECOND AND PCH AS WELL IS GOING TO BE JUST, JUST, AND THEN, OH, THE DAVIES BRIDGE.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY WILL THAT COME UNDER TIDELANDS? WE'LL HEAR SOME OF THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WAS DEBO MONEY FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES ON
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DAVE'S DAVE LAUNCH RAMP.DAVIES'S LAUNCH RAMP WILL BE WITH PUBLIC WORKS TIDELANDS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO WE'LL HEAR THAT'LL SCOOP INTO THERE.
AND THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, HAVING THAT APPROVED AND HAVING SOME NEGATIVE COMMENTS.
BUT REALLY THE ONLY NEGATIVE COMMENT THAT WAS IS HOW COME IT WASN'T BROUGHT, UH, SOMEBODY IN LONG BEACH TO BUILD THAT? WELL, IT'S, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO'S THE BEST TO BUILD IT, WHO HAS THE CAPABILITY TO BUILD IT.
SO, UH, UH, WELL AGAIN, WELL DONE, WELL DONE.
UH, AND THEN ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THE BOAT OWNERS REQUESTED THAT WE ANNOUNCE ON ANYTHING THEY WERE DOING? WELL, THERE IS THE OLYMPIC, UH, BUT THAT I THINK IS JUST A INVITATION ONLY ONE.
WERE THEY HOSTING SOMETHING ELSE? THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE LA COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR TO DO A, UH, UH, A PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, ON WATER TAX.
BUT, BUT I THINK THAT'S IN WORK.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY REQUESTED AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH THAT'S PENDING ON WA WATER TAX.
I'M LIKE, UH, IT'S SO BOAT OWNERS ARE ASSESSED A, A COUNTY TAX, UH, FOR THE, LIKE IT'S THE MUD TAX.
IT'S A PERSONAL POSSESSORY INTEREST TAX.
AND IT'S FOR THE LAND AND THE WATER BENEATH THEIR BOATS.
AND IT'S BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THE SLIP IS SO THAT THEY'RE PAYING TAXES JUST LIKE YOU WOULD.
UM, AND THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION WITH VOTE OWNERS.
WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THIS? SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A DEEPER DIVE ON UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY AND THE BACKGROUND FOR THAT PERSONAL POSSESSORY INTEREST TAX, BECAUSE THAT COULD AFFECT MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR PERSONAL DOCS ON ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY.
THEY PAY A, UM, WHAT'S THE ANNUAL FEE? UM, WELL THEY, THEY, THEY PAY US THEIR ANNUAL FEE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING THEY DO TOO.
RIGHT? THAT'S, BUT THAT'S IN WITH THE, THEIR PROPERTY, THEIR ENTIRE PROPERTY TAX BILL.
IT'S, AND, AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO CONCERNED AS A COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AFFORDABLE OPTIONS, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT THERE'S A RENTAL BOAT, UM, AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SMALLER SLIPS, UM, THAT MAKE ENTRY INTO THE HOBBY, UM, AFFORDABLE.
UM, THAT, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA HAVE THE LAUNCH RAMP IN GOOD SHAPE, UM, FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T HAVE A YEAR ROUND SLIP.
THEY CAN PUT THEIR BOATS IN THE WATER OFTEN, UM, AND MAKING END TIES AND, UM, OTHER SHORT TERM RENTALS AFFORDABLE.
YOU'LL SHOW PICTURES TOO ON, UH, THE NEW MURAL THAT THEY PUT UP ON THE ONE, UH, YEAH, THE, UH, UH, THE WRAP ON ON THAT'S GREAT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT HELPS WITH, UH, AVOIDING GRAFFITI AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, I AM CONCERNED ON THE VENUE FOR OUR MEETING.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL?
I PHYSICALLY WENT IN THERE THIS MORNING.
SO I HAVE, I INVITED THE MAYOR WHEN I SAW HIM LAST NIGHT, SO HOPEFULLY HE SHOWS UP.
UM, THEN I WILL PHYSICALLY GO IN THERE AND REMOVE ANYTHING THAT I FIND OFFENSIVE IN ADVANCE OF OUR MEETING.
WELL, I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION AND I WAS GONNA ASK JEFF WILLIAMS, UM, WHAT'S PROTOCOL FOR A CITY THAT CITY LAND AND THE, THE, THE YACHT CLUBS ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE MEETINGS OPEN, MEETING SPACE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
BECAUSE, AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CODE OR THE, UH, WHAT IS THE CITY'S VIEW? AND MAYBE WE TALKED TO CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS AS TO IS THAT APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A PICTURE LIKE THAT
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THERE WHEN IT'S FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS? WELL, IT'S PUB, IT'S CITY LAND.THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEASING LAND.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT IS A LEASE.
UM, SO ANY YACHT CLUB IS A LEASING CITY, CITY, CITY HAS THE RIGHTS, JUST LIKE THE STATE HAS THE RIGHT ON OUR PORTS, EVEN THOUGH WE LEASE IT FROM THE PORTS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, WELL THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRULY HAS THE RIGHTS OVER THE PORTS.
SO THERE'S SO MANY DOMINOES THAT AFFECT AND IF, IF SOMEBODY IS, UM, CONCERNED OVER IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
THIS HAS BEEN MONTHS, MADAM CHAIR, THIS HAS BEEN MONTHS SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND, AND WE FELT THAT IT WAS ALREADY DONE.
AND IF IT'S NOT DONE, BOY, IT'S, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA CANCEL THE MEETING.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IF THE MAYOR SHOWS UP AND SEES THAT YEAH, THAT COULD, THAT COULD DEFINITELY, UH, UH, THAT COULD, LET'S GET A BACKUP VENUE.
MAYBE THE C SCOUT BASE TOO LATE NOW, I THINK IS, WELL, I THINK WE GET IT'S WITH THE, THE 72 HOUR NOTICE AND THE AVAILABILITY.
WHAT IF WE PUT CHAIRS IN THE PARKING LOT? I CAN JUST RELEASE IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR AGENDA? ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? UM, WAS IT DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY THERE WAS A DRAMATIC, UM, RESCUE OF A BOAT THAT WAS GOING AGROUND AND OUR LIFEGUARDS REALLY DID SOME, THE SAILBOAT, MAJOR HEROICS WITH THAT.
UH, THERE WAS A APPROXIMATELY A 30 FOOT SAILBOAT THAT WAS, WAS PULLED OFF THE BEACH, UM, DID BECOME STUCK.
UM, DISABLED AND LAKERS WERE, GET 'EM OFF, UM, TIED UP TO OUR DOCK, UH, SAFELY.
UM, WAS IT ANCHORED, WAS IT ANCHORED OUTSIDE ON THE, THE, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A, A MOORING BUOY THAT'S ATTACHED TO IT? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE STORYLINE THAT LED UP TO THE, THE GROUNDING.
UM, IT IS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, IS FREQUENTLY ON OUR COAST, SO I DON'T KNOW THE, THE TOTAL UPKEEP OF, OF BOAT AND EQUIPMENT ON, ON SAID BOAT.
UH, BUT I, I THINK WE SHOULD CALL IT OUT MAYBE DURING THE MANAGER REPORT TO BE OR SOMETHING FROM OUR LIFEGUARD FOLKS.
'CAUSE YOU LOOK AT THAT LIFEGUARD AND WHAT AN ANIMAL SWIMMING WISE.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE REALLY PROUD OF, UM, THAT HOW WELL TRAINED AND THE INCREDIBLE SHAPE THAT THESE GUYS ARE IN THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A RESCUE LIKE THAT WITH ZERO NOTICE.
THE PREPARATION THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS READY.
AND WHO WOULD EXPECT THAT ON A, ON A TUESDAY, UH, IN MARCH? YOU WOULD NEED TO BE PREPARED TO MAKE A HEROIC SWIM.
THAT, THAT CREW IS INCREDIBLE.
AND THEN MAYBE EVEN IF WE CAN CALL OUT THAT PERSON AND, AND TALK ABOUT OKAY.
HOW WELL PREPARED THOSE FOLKS ARE.
SO WITH NO FURTHER ITEMS, I ADJOURN AT 9 23.