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TO ORDER.UM, SO ROLL CALL ROBERT BLAIR, PRESIDENT ORNA CRE.
SO, REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE MEETING FROM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH.
WOULD THEY BE APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED? SECONDED.
UM, I, I'M NOT SURE I WAS, I DON'T THINK I WAS THERE IN SEPTEMBER, SO I'M NOT GONNA VOTE.
SO NOW AGENDA ITEM TWO TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE TITLE LYNNS CAPITAL PROJECTS COMMITTEE REPORT.
SO WE TURN THE MEETING OVER TO CHARLENE.
CAN WE JUST NEED A MOTION ON THIS? OH, YEAH.
AND FROM THE CITY, WE'VE GOT CHARLENE AND ZUKO, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
SO NICE TO BE BACK IN THE YACHT CLUB.
AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE, UM, WE LAST SORT OF SEEN EACH OTHER, AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UPDATES TO SHARE SINCE WE MET IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE'VE ALSO TRANSITIONED TO THIS NEW TEMPLATE FOR POWERPOINT.
IS, IS THAT WORKING? SO JUST FOR OUR PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT PROJECTS STARTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE PROJECTS IN BIDDING AND AWARD AND PROJECTS IN PLANNING PERMITING OR DESIGN.
UM, SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE DISCUSSED IN SEPTEMBER WAS OUR HAPER SPORTS COURTS LANDSCAPING.
SO IT'S SORT OF THE LAST PHASE OF THE HAPER SPORTS COURTS PROJECT.
AND IT WAS REALLY TO INSTALL, UM, SOME NEW DUNE HABITAT, UM, UM, IN THIS AREA BY THE SPORTS COURTS.
UM, SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY IS THE MOBILIZATION OF THE CONTRACTOR.
WE INSTALLED THIS TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCING.
OH, YOU CAN'T POINT ON THE TV, I GUESS.
UM, AND, UM, AND, UM, WE'VE DONE SOME OF THE INITIAL LAYOUTS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT WITH THE WOOD LAID FENCE.
UM, SO, UM, AFTER THE CLEARING AND GRUBBING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND INSTALL THE CONTAINER PLANTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE MARKINGS FOR WHERE THOSE PLANTS GO ON THE SAND AND THEN WE'LL HYDRO.
AND SO SOME OF THE PRECEDENT IMAGES FOR THE PLANTING PALETTE, UM, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE PLANTS, BUT NOT ALL OF 'EM.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE PROVIDED BELOW.
UM, SO WE'RE EXPECTED TO FINISH THIS WORK.
IT'S VERY, UM, IT'S VERY QUICK.
AND SO WE WILL BE DONE, UM, IF NOT NEXT WEEK, THE END OF FEBRUARY.
AND WHO WAS THE CHOSEN, UH, CONTRACTOR? MARIPOSA LANDSCAPE WAS THE ONE WHO WON THE BID.
UM, BUT THE DESIGNS FROM OUR LOCAL ONCOLOGIST AT TITLE INFLUENCE.
UM, MOVING ON TO COLORADO LAGOON, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON OTHER QUESTIONS, SORRY.
UM, SO FOR COLORADO LAGOON, UM, THESE ARE, UM, OUR SCOPE UPDATES.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PHOTOS TO SHARE, UM, BUT THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE WORK IS COMING TO AN END AND THAT'S THE INSTALLATION OF A SEWER SIPHON, UM, RUN.
AND SO THESE ARE SOME, UH, PHOTOS FROM FEBRUARY, 2026 THAT SHOW THAT DOUBLE BARREL SEWER SIPHON BEING ENCASED WITH CLSM OR CONTROLLED LOW STRENGTH MATERIAL.
UM, WE'RE BACKFILLING THE SIPHON AREAS OR THE CONTRACTORS BACKFILLING THE SIPHON AREAS, UM, AND HAVE DONE SO SINCE FEBRUARY.
UM, AND I'LL COME BACK TO THE OTHER BULLET POINTS, BUT A LOT OF THESE PHOTOS ARE OF THE SIPHON AREA.
UM, SO IN LATE FEBRUARY THEY STARTED TO, UM, AFTER THEY ENCASED THE SIPHON SYSTEM, THEY STARTED REMOVING THE FORM WORK.
UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME CREWS, UM, CONNECTING TO AN INLET STRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT.
UM, BUT BASICALLY IT'S TYING NEW SEWER SIPHON, WHICH IS A DOUBLE BARREL SYSTEM.
IT GOES UNDER THE BRIDGE AND IT CONNECTS TO THE EXISTING, UM, SEWER LINES ALONG COLORADO STREET.
UM, AS THE BACKFILL HAS BEEN ONGOING, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO REMOVE THE SHORING SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WORK AND THEN BUILD, UM, THE GRADES BACK UP.
AND AS THEY BUILD THE GRADES BACK UP, THEY'RE ABLE TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL UTILITIES LIKE STORM DRAIN LINES OF WHICH YOU SEE PICTURED ON THE RIGHT.
AND THEN AS THEY COVER THAT, THEY'LL BEGIN TO INSTALL, UM, THE REMAINING UTILITY LINES.
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INTO, ARE BEING INSTALLED AS THE APPROPRIATE GRADES ARE REACHED.UM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ALL CONNECTED AND TIED TOGETHER.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO, UM, A LOT OF THE AREAS OF THE PREVIOUS PHOTOS THAT I SHOWED HAVE ALREADY BEEN COVERED.
SO THIS IS AS OF EARLY MARCH, 2026.
UM, HERE'S A PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, UM, WHICH IS EAST OF THE COLORADO STREET BRIDGE, UM, FROM JUST, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, THESE ARE ACTUALLY PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY.
AND SO THESE ARE BACKFILLING COMPACTION ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.
AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND SO CREWS ARE UM, ESSENTIALLY KIND OF COMPACTING THOSE AREAS AND THEN AS THEY REACH CERTAIN AREAS, AGAIN, UM, NEW UTILITY LINES ARE INSTALLED.
SEE, OOPS, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE UTILITIES KIND OF GOING IN, IN THE LAST SLIDE YOU SAW THE CREWS, UM, AND THIS SORT OF LITTLE EXCAVATION PIT.
UM, BUT SO THAT'S SORT OF HOW, THAT'S THE SORT OF GRADE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU CAN SEE AS THE SITE IS BROUGHT BACK UP.
AND HERE'S SOME INLET STRUCTURES OR OUTLET STRUCTURES ON THIS SIDE THAT CONNECTS SOME OF THESE SEWER SYSTEMS. UM, AND THEN THE AIR LINE, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THE GUY THERE IS DOING RIGHT IN THAT PHOTO.
UM, AND JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE RAIN, UM, CONDITIONS AND, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, EVENTS AND WHAT THE SITE LOOKED LIKE, UH, DURING OUR HEAVY RAINS.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS ON, OOPS, LET'S GO.
YES,
I GET, SO WE KNOW THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT WAY BACK IN THE DAY,
AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT THE PROJECT HAS EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES WHETHER AND CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES OVER TIME.
WOULD YOU BE IN ANY POSITION TO SORT OF COMMENT ON WHAT YOU EXPECT TO BE THE BUDGET OVERAGE? IS THERE, IS THAT A FAIR QUESTION AT THIS MOMENT TO SAY WHAT WE EXPECTED TO OUTLAY FOR, UH, THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT AND WHAT THE COST OF YEAH.
ARE THERE FIRMER NUMBERS AS TO HOW MUCH WE'RE OVER BUDGET? NOT AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE'RE PROCESSING.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SNAPSHOT OF THAT.
UM, AS OF THE MONTH CLOSE AND AS CHANGE ORDERS ARE COMING IN BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTOR, UM, UM, THERE'S SOME WORK THAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING AND THEN THERE'S SOME WORK THAT'S STILL DISPUTED AND THEN THERE'S STILL SOME CHANGE ORDER WORK.
SO I THINK IN A FEW MONTHS WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIRM THAT UP.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT'S IN THE PROJECT BUDGET BUDGET IS 35 MILLION.
WELL, AND THE OTHER THING, 'CAUSE I WENT TO CHRISTINA DUGIN COMMUNITY MEETING IS PEOPLE JUST ASSUME IT'S $32 MILLION STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE GRANTS AND THAT THERE WERE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING.
SO MY FREE ADVICE TO YOU IS WHEN YOU TOSS THAT FIGURE OUT INTO THE WORLD AND YOU WANNA PROBABLY PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT 'CAUSE I AM NOT SO SURE PEOPLE GOT THAT RIGHT AWAY.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION, RIGHT? IT'S SO TRUE BECAUSE, UM, THE MITIGATION BANK LIKE TOOK MAYBE, I DON'T WANNA SAY A DECADE, BUT CLOSE TO A DECADE GETTING, 'CAUSE I STARTED IT WHEN I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND THEN I LEFT AND IT WAS STILL GOING ON, UH, YEARS AFTER.
AND A LOT OF THE FUNDS ARE FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH FOR THAT MITIGATION BANK EXCHANGE.
UM, BUT THAT'S BEEN THE HISTORY OF THE LAGUNA AND I THOUGHT WE EXPLAINED THAT AT VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
BUT I THINK, UM, I HAVE TO REMEMBER AND IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME PEOPLE ATTEND ME.
OR THAT THEY DON'T OR EASILY FORGET.
WELL, AND THEN WE HAD THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR MARINA VISTA PARK THAT GARCIA ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY, THE 650.
THAT WAS, UM, YEAH, I I HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK IF THAT'S MEANT FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT DID SAY LAGOON OR IF THERE'S OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE
WELL, AND THEN WAS THAT REFERRING BACK TO THE LIST THAT CAME FROM THE CITY MANAGER ON MARCH 5TH OF THE PRIORITIES OF THE SHOVEL READY ACTIVITIES? I THINK THEY WENT HAND IN HAND, YES.
WHAT DID THEY WANNA DO WITH MARINA VISTA? DID IT SAY, UM, THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS GONNA GET SOME CLARIFICATION BASED UPON WHAT, UM, DR. GARCIA SAID, AND YEAH.
AND THIS PRECISE SCOPE IS 'CAUSE TYPICALLY THOSE ARE, UM, SPELLED OUT WITH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS WHO, UM, HANDLE THE FUNDS.
SO IF YOU WERE TO LOOK INTO YOUR CRYSTAL BALL
MOST OF THEM ARE BROKEN, BUT MAYBE YOURS IS OPERATING THOUGH.
IT'S WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE COLORADO LAGOON, THE OPEN CHANNEL TO BE, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE, I MEAN THE PROJECT FINISH?
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SO, UM, SO THE ROADS ARE WHAT ARE DRIVING THE SCHEDULE.SO BEFORE FOR THE ROADS TO BE OPEN, THEN THE OPEN CHANNEL IS AVAILABLE.
UM, SO WE'RE TARGETING ROADWAY COMPLETION IN SUMMER.
AND SO THAT'S BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST, BASICALLY, BECAUSE THE SCHEDULE KEEPS CHANGING EVERY TIME WE GET A SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S FROM THE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING I'VE DISCOVERED THINGS, BUT THEN I'VE ALSO SPED IT UP HERE, BUT THEN I'VE DISCOVERED OTHER THINGS.
SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN HOVERING IN THAT SUMMER WINDOW.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE INSANE SUMMER, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY'S GOT THEIR CARE UP ABOUT, IS BEING ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD.
SO YEAH, WE'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED NEW TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT THIS POINT.
I MEAN, I THINK ULTIMATELY PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT, BUT IT'S JUST SORT OF HABIT TO GROUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CHEER IN PLACE FOR THE PROJECT.
YEAH, WELL, THE WHOLE THING, RIGHT? BUT I THINK PEOPLE'S MEMORIES OF THEIR INCONVENIENCE WILL FADE AND THEY'LL BE SO HAPPY THAT KIDS CAN SPEND THEIR, THEIR KIDS CAN SPEND TIME OUT THERE AND THERE CAN BE SCIENCE CLASSES OUT THERE AND YEAH, IT'LL BE WONDERFUL.
WELL, I REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS AGO YOU TOLD ME THERE'LL BE NO MORE DELAYS UNLESS WE FIND, YOU KNOW, A BURIAL GROUND OR SOMETHING THERE MM-HMM
AND WE'VE HAD SOME INCREMENTAL DELAYS THAT'S JUST BEEN, UM, PART OF THE PROJECT'S PERSONALITY AND THE FACT IT'S AN OLD CITY AND THERE DIDN'T USED TO BE ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
SO YOU WOULD JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT.
WELL, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DOCUMENT THINGS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE'RE NEVER GONNA UNCOVER THIS.
WHAT WERE THE ODDS THAT WE WOULD BLOW THROUGH THE, AND DAYLIGHT SOME OF THESE OLD CONNECTIONS? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT BECAUSE SOME OF THE DISCOVERIES, UM, JUST AS OF LAST WEEK, THEY DISCOVERED AN OIL PIPE.
AND SO, OR JUST LAST WEEK, YESTERDAY, UM, THERE WAS A ABANDONED OIL LINE WITH, UM, ESSENTIALLY SOME, YOU KNOW, IFIED MATERIAL, TOXIC WASTE.
SO MORE SCARY STUFF THAT WASN'T HUMAN REMAINS BURIED.
SO, UH,
IF YOU WERE, UM, AND NOW STARTING THE PROJECT ALL OVER AGAIN AND IT WAS WAY BACK WHEN YOU WORKED FOR THE CITY BEFORE, WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE LESSON LEARNED? IT'S HARD.
I THINK IT'S, UM, PROBABLY PAT THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT TO FACTOR IN UNFORESEENS BECAUSE THE WAY THE CITY SEES UNFORESEENS, IT'S NOT AUTOMATICALLY GUARANTEED BECAUSE YOU, THAT'S HOW YOU MANAGE THE CONTRACTOR.
YOU TELL THEM, UM, A SPECIFIED DURATION FOR THE WORK AND EACH DELAY IS BROUGHT FORTH AND EVALUATED FOR MERIT.
UM, BUT I THINK MAYBE GOING FORWARD THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALREADY BUILT INTO THAT PROJECT, UM, SCHEDULE KNOWN DELAYS FOR MANAGING THESE THINGS AND, AND COSTED TOO S AND NO, NO NOS YES.
LIKE ALLOWANCES FOR AND, AND LATITUDE FOR THAT INSTEAD OF EACH ONE BEING SOMETHING.
AND THEN PROBABLY MORE, UM, UM, BECAUSE THE SITE WAS PRETTY WELL TESTED.
SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING, UM, ASKED WHY DID YOU TEST, WHY DIDN'T YOU LIKE THE, THE SITE WAS TESTED HEAVILY.
SO ARE THERE ANY THAT'S SO FUNNY, TECHNOLOGY TOOLS THAT YOU OPT YOU AS THE CITY OPTED NOT TO USE THEN IN RETROSPECT THEY SHOULD HAVE? SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR 'CAUSE I DID HAVE A GAP IN MY TENURE WITH THE CITY 'CAUSE I LEFT.
SO WHEN I LEFT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE EVEN CONCEPT DESIGN, WE WERE WORKING ON THE MITIGATION BANK.
SO I CAN'T REALLY SAY LIKE WHAT PROCESSES, UM, MAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED OR WEREN'T EMPLOYED BECAUSE I WASN'T AROUND, LIKE WHEN I CAME BACK IT WAS ALREADY UP TO BID.
SO WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CITY.
BUT I THINK JUST IN HINDSIGHT FROM WHAT, FROM WHERE I SIT, UM, THERE, I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD DO IN A POST-MORTEM WITH THE ENGINEER.
LIKE HOW DO WE, IF WE'RE DIGGING AREAS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN EXPLORED BUT HAVE BEEN HEAVILY DEVELOPED IN THE PAST, HOW DO MITIGATE THAT? WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND I THINK, UM, PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE IT MORE IN THE FUTURE.
THEY'RE JUST HAVING THEIR GROWING PAINS.
IT'LL ALL BE, IT'LL ALL BE A DISTANT MEMORY THE MOMENT IT OPENS.
UM, SO I THINK BACK TO THE LAST FEW BULLET POINTS.
SO THIS MARCH, UM, YOU'LL SEE, UM, BEGINNING, I THINK I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAPPEN LATE THIS WEEK OR TOMORROW, BUT EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE PLANTS, UM, AND THE SOD MATERIALS WILL START TO ARRIVE AT MARINA VISTA PARK.
SO THEY'RE GONNA WORK ON MARINA VISTA PARK PLANTINGS.
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IS ACTUALLY FULLY GRADED, UM, THEY'LL START INSTALLING THE WETLANDS PLANTS.UM, AND THAT'S IN THE CHANNEL, THE NEW CHANNEL? YEAH, BUT THAT'S, BUT THE PLANTING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SPECIFIC TO MARINA VISTA PARK AND THEN THAT EDGE BUFFER THAT BUFFERS THE PARK FROM THE, UH, MORE SENSITIVE HABITAT AREAS.
AND THEN WE WILL PLANT THE LAGOON, UM, ONCE THE LAGOONS FULLY FINALLY GRADED.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS CULVERT'S STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAGOON IN THE OPEN CHANNEL.
WE HAVEN'T DISCONNECTED THE CULVERT.
SO THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES REMAINING ARE OBVIOUSLY STREETS WORK.
UM, BUT THE CULVERT DEMOLITION, SO THE CULVERT'S STILL FEEDING THE COLORADO LAGOON AS OF THIS MOMENT.
AND SO WE CAN'T GRADE IT AND PLANT THE WETLANDS UNTIL THAT IS REMOVED.
I THINK THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST WAS DAVIES.
UM, SO DAVIES, UM, EXCITING NEWS AND I THINK THIS, UM, THIS WASN'T OUT TO BID JUST YET WHEN WE LAST PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, BUT SINCE THAT TIMEFRAME WE RECEIVED, WE PUT, WE ADVERTISED, WE RECEIVED BIDS, AND THE BIDS WERE REALLY FAVORABLE.
SO, UM, UM, WE, WE GOT A CONTRACTOR, A GRIFFITH COMPANY THAT'S READY TO START AS SOON AS WE GET OUR, UM, SOME OF THEIR KEY CRITICAL SUBMITTALS LIKE A SWIFTY, UM, AND A HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN.
BUT THEY'LL BE READY TO MOBILIZE IN MAY, UM, AFTER THOSE THINGS ARE APPROVED.
HAS GRIFFITH DONE LAUNCH RAMPS BEFORE? THEY HAVE NOT DONE LAUNCH RAMPS FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, BUT THEY'RE A VERY REPUTABLE CONTRACTOR.
JUST FOR CONTEXT, UM, WE'RE KIND OF CHUCKLING, UM, IN, IN THE TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE NUMBER IS 88, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME WORKING IN CALIFORNIA.
AND, UM, AND EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN SO FAR HAS BEEN VERY, VERY, UH, RESPONSIVE.
AND HOW LONG IS THAT PROJECT? THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY ONLY SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
SO PART OF IT ON THE SCOPE OF WORK, IS THE FISH CLEANING STATION STILL IN THERE? IT IS STILL IN THERE, YES.
I NOTICED YOU DIDN'T CALL IT OUT IN THE SCOPE.
IT'S IN THE COUNCIL
UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME AND I THINK LOOKED AT THE CONDITIONS OF IT WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY AND WITH, UM, WITH TODD A FEW YEARS AGO.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY DIDN'T FUND IT, BUT IT WAS PART OF OUR REQUEST.
SO IT MIGHT BE, UM, SOMETHING WE MIGHT HAVE TO APPLY FOR AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE PLANS, IT'D BE GREAT TO PUT THEM TO USE.
BUT WE DID HAVE TO ASK THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE SCOPE BECAUSE IT WASN'T FUNDED.
SO WILL THEY JUST REINSTALL THE HOLD? THEY'RE NOT EVEN TOUCHING.
AND TODD, DO YOU ANTICIPATE RAISING THE, UM, FEES TO ENTER, UM, AFTER THAT WORK IS COMPLETE? WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT IN ADVANCE.
UH, WE TOOK A, UH, REVIEW OF AREA LAUNCH RAMP FEES AND WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE FEE AT FOR ANY OF OUR LAUNCH RAMPS IN SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE WILL BE RAISING THE LAUNCH RAMP FEES THIS SPRING DAY.
SO MIDYEAR, MIDYEAR FEE ADJUSTMENT.
AND, AND DO YOU HAVE A BALLPARK AREA WHERE YOU'RE THINKING OF AT 15? 15? I KNOW YOU FELT 13 WOULD BE UNLUCKY FOR FISHERMEN, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT PHASE?
WE DID THROUGH THE, UH, LAST YEAR'S CPI ADJUSTMENT.
UH, SO WE DID GO TO 13 AND I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I HAD HEARD YOU VOICE YOUR CONCERN EARLY.
AND WE WANT TO GET OFF OF 13 AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
SO OUR MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT IS GOING TO 15.
YEAH, SHOULD BE APRIL GOES TO COUNCIL IN APRIL.
AND ONCE THAT'S APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST THAT.
HOW SAN DIEGO, OUR MISSION MAY NOT CHARGE ANYTHING FOR ALL OF THEIR NON, THEY'RE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
I'M NOT TRUST PLAN, PUBLIC TRUST.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT FEE? UH, 13TH, WHAT WAS IT BEFORE? 12TH.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON A GROUND BREAKING, UM, CEREMONY DATE.
UM, THAT'S BEEN IN OUR DISCUSSION.
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UM, PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY ON THIS ONE.
AND KUDOS TO, UM, MARINE BUREAU FOR SECURING, UM, OVER 6 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR THIS HAVE REAL PUBLIC QUESTION.
MS. MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC QUESTIONS.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE, UH, REDOING THE RESTROOMS AT THE LAUNCH RAMP? IT DOES INCLUDE THE RESTROOM.
THEY DESPERATELY, UM, IT WOULD BE DEMOLISHED AND THE NEW PREFABRICATED RESTROOM STRUCTURE WILL BE PUT IN PLACE.
HAS IT BEEN TESTED FOR DURABILITY, THE NEW ONE? I HOPE SO.
MY ONE CONCERN WAS THAT THE FISH CLEANING, IT'S UNAVOIDABLE, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE.
FOR, I DON'T KNOW WHICH OF THE, I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THE FISH CLEANING STATION, BUT IT DEFINITELY DOES CLOG AND WE HOPE THE PUMPS AND THE GRINDER PUMPS THAT ARE PART OF IT WILL MITIGATE THAT.
WELL, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO, WHAT'S GONNA ATTRACT IS, YOU KNOW, A NICE AREA OR YEAH.
MAYBE THERE'S A, A VALVE THAT CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON THAT.
THERE'S A VALVE THAT, BUT YOUR LONG TERMS ARE 24 7, RIGHT? YEAH.
YEAH, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO LIMIT THE OPERATING HOURS.
WE'LL LOOK AT CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
IF WE COULD PROACTIVELY DO THAT BEFORE IT OPENS, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
SO DOES THIS GET SHUT DOWN A HUNDRED PERCENT UNAVAILABLE? NOT DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S JUST FASTER FOR US TO SHUT IT ALL DOWN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A QUICK, UM, TURNAROUND.
AND SO THE CONSTRUCTION IS BETWEEN SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
SOME OF THAT IS THE FABRICATION, BUT, UM, SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE, UM, BECAUSE THE WHOLE LOT NEEDS TO BE BASICALLY DEMOLISHED AND RECONSTRUCTED, IT WOULD BE A FULL SHUTDOWN.
AND WILL THE INTERIMS AND EXIT KIND OF STAY THE SAME AS, UM, THE CONFIGURATION? YES.
BUT EVEN THOSE GET, UM, IMPROVED.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE NEW TIGER TEETH AND NEW, UM, GAY ARMS AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS. CORRECT.
SO, SO FOR CLARITY, HOW LONG WILL THE LAUNCH BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC? SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
AND, UM, SUMMER AND DURING, DURING, WHEN THE LIGHTS, DURING CHRISTMAS, WELL, OUR GOAL IS TO FINISH BEFORE THEN.
AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE RAIN TO WORRY ABOUT, WHICH, RIGHT? PROBABLY NOT DURING THAT TIME.
AND A LOT OF IT IS, UM, PAVEMENT WORK.
SO, UM, THE ONLY UTILITIES ARE THE UPGRADE OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS.
SO DURING OUR, UM, INVESTIGATIONS OF THIS AREA, I THINK WE ARE FINDING THAT DIFFERENT SYSTEMS WE'RE POWERED FROM, UM, THE BOATYARD ADJACENT, AND THEN THERE'S A WHOLE TRANSFORMER THAT SUPPORTS CERTAIN LIGHTS.
SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE, UM, BASICALLY MADE CODE COMPLIANT AND WILL FEED INTO ONE TRANSFORMER AND SWITCH GEARS.
SO IT'LL BE, UM, MUCH MORE EASY TO TRACK DOWN IF THERE'S A MAINTENANCE NEED.
AND ALL THE LIGHTS WILL BE ALSO REPLACED AS PART OF THIS AND NEW ELECTRICAL WIRING AND DISTRIBUTION.
UM, IT SHOULD BE, UM, IT SHOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, POLE KNOCKDOWNS AND FAILURES, BUT ALSO KIND OF HELP WITH, UM, OVERALL MAINTENANCE BECAUSE JUST NEWER SYSTEMS AND THEN IT'S IN CIP, RIGHT? SO IT'LL HAVE FRIENDLY LIGHTING THIS AREA UHHUH? YES.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE FOURTH PROJECT HERE.
UM, SO IN OCTOBER WE ACTUALLY OPENED BIDS FOR THE WORK, UM, FOR THE BELMONT PLAZA POOL.
AND IN JANUARY WE AWARDED, UM, A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
AND SO ONE OF THE, SOME OF THE WORK, WHILE WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM DAVIES.
SO DAVIES DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTALS FROM THE AGENCIES, BUT BELMONT POOL DOES.
AND SO OUR ONE THING WE'RE DOING IN PUBLIC WORKS, UM, IS WE'RE RAMPING UP OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTIONS TEAM FOR CITY PROJECT CONTROLS.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HIRED ARCADE, UM, THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS A FEW YEARS AGO FOR THIS ARC ARC.
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BASICALLY AN INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL FIRM THAT DOES, UH, VARIOUS ENGINEERING SERVICES, BUT FOR THIS PROJECT THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTIONS.UH, BERNARD'S BROTHERS IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR WHO WON THE BID, UM, AS PART OF A LOW BID PROCESS.
UM, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT NAME AGAIN? BERNARD'S, LIKE BERNARD, UM, WITH AN S BROTHERS, THEY'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION.
SO THEY WILL BE THE CONTRACTOR DOING CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU ALSO SAID ARCADIA WAS GOING TO BE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION.
UH, ARCADE WILL DO THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, OKAY.
AND I CAN ALSO SEND THAT, UH, LIKE A FACT SHEET TO YOU IF YOU WANT, COMMISSIONER.
AND THEN, UM, SO BERNARD'S RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GEARING UP, UM, BUT THEY HAVE, UH, SEVERAL PLANS THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY, INCLUDING SITE PLANS, SAFETY PLANS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK, THERE'S A LOT OF TEMPORARY CONNECTIONS, WHETHER THAT'S ELECTRICAL FOR DEWATERING.
UM, SO THOSE GO THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES, UM, LIKE SCE FOR INSTANCE, TO GET THOSE SERVICES SECURED.
UM, AND THEN ON OUR SITE, I THINK IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE SOME PLANTING IN THE, ON THE BEACH.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE DUNE HABITAT THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
UM, WE DID SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR FUNDING FOR THE DUNE HABITAT, UM, FOR 500 K.
SO THAT'S WITH, UH, THE STATE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPAND HABITAT AND DOING AS PART OF OUR PROJECTS.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, COMMISSIONER KAGER THAT YOU BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST.
SO THIS IS SOME, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES BETWEEN FERRO AND THIS PROJECT WHERE WE'RE DOING THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, A MOBILIZATION TARGET OF EARLY SUMMER 2026, BUT A LOT OF IT IS CONTINGENT ON THAT, UH, APPROVED SUBMITTALS APPROVED, UM, TEMPORARY SYSTEMS, DEWATERING, ELECTRICAL.
UM, SO WE'RE WAITING FOR, UH, CLOSURE ON THOSE ASPECTS BEFORE THEY'RE GIVEN THE AUTHORIZATION TO ACTUALLY MOBILIZE.
DO YOU HAVE, UM, METRICS THAT YOU HAVE TO MEET, UH, RE UH, I REGARDING THE, UH, QUALITY OF THAT, UH, HABITAT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE? UM, UM, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR GRANTS, UM, DO WHAT? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
UM, I CAN'T THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN OUR SPECIFICATIONS.
SO I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
IT WAS, BECAUSE IT LOOKS AWFULLY CLOSE TO WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I KNOW? BUT IT'S NOT NARROW NORMALLY THE BEST PLACE TO PUT SENSITIVE HABITAT, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, FENCING IT OFF THE WHOLE TIME.
IS THERE A FENCE THERE? AND I JUST DON'T SEE IT? IT'S, UM, LIKE A STAKE AND ROPE FENCE.
WE CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAILS BY FOLLOW UP IF YOU THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION HASN'T ACTUALLY ISSUED THEIR PERMIT.
SO THEY'RE, AND IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US.
IT'S, IT'S RELATED TO THE PLANS AND THE BULLET POINT ABOVE.
SO THEY WANNA SEE THE CONTRACTOR'S PLANS AND WE WEREN'T, THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THEM UNTIL THE CONTRACTOR IS ON BOARD, UM, AND PREPARES THEM.
SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE PART OF THE REVIEW DOCUMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE.
THERE WAS ALSO THE PUBLIC ACCESS.
THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN, UM, THEY'VE HAD THAT FOR, FOR SOME TIME.
GENERAL PUBLIC QUESTION GENERAL, I'M SORRY.
UM, SINCE, UH, PART OF THE FUNDING OF THE POOL IS DEPENDENT ON PUTTING PARKING METERS IN A BM PARKING LOT MM-HMM
HOW DOES THAT DOVETAIL TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY GOING TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND PRESENTING THE PARKING LOT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT OUR TEAM HAS TO, IN COLLABORATION, UH, WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PARKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT'S SOMETHING TO REVISIT.
SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, OUR GOAL FOR THAT EFFORT, I THINK, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME WE MEET.
'CAUSE I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY UPDATES FOR THAT.
UM, REALLY THE GOAL IS TO BASICALLY UD THE PARKING PROGRAM THERE.
AND SO THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION AND PART OF THE FINANCING STRUCTURE FOR THE BELMONT POOL.
BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY MOVEMENT OR TRACTION JUST YET ON THAT.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT FUNDING SPECIFICALLY THE DIRECTION WHERE THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO COME FROM TO THE OVERALL APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT BY THE,
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ON THE MINDS OF THE CITY? MM-HMMAND IN THE MINDS OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION? UM, I'M NOT SURE.
TYPICALLY OUR COASTAL COMMISSION DOESN'T GET, DOESN'T CARE.
THEY'RE, BUT THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT.
THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, PARKING MANAGEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC ACCESS.
BUT, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN EARNEST JUST YET.
AND MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUNDING ISSUE IS THAT FOR ANY, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT WITH, UH, THAT'S BEING BUILT WITH, UH, TIDE LANDS FUNDS MUST BE FULLY FUNDED BEFORE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ANY SHOVELS CAN HIT THE GROUND.
SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUNDING MUST BE SECURED BEFORE, AND THERE, IT'S A, A SHORTFALL IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT IN THAILAND'S FUNDS, BUT THERE IS A SHORTFALL WITH THE PROJECTED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND BUDGET AND THE CITY'S, UH, UM, OWN GUIDELINES IN CAPITAL PROJECTS USING METHODS THAT THE, IT MUST BE FULLY FUNDED BEFORE THEY START.
THEY CAN'T START WITH THE ANTICIPATION AND GATHERING MORE MONEY TO YEAH.
IT WAS BASICALLY, THEY, ESSENTIALLY, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THERE WAS SOME DEBT AND WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT OTHER FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BACKSTOP IT.
IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, IT WAS, OH, MELINDA.
UM, I THINK TIMING IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE ONLY 28 OLYMPICS ARE COMING.
SO IS THIS GOING TO REALLY BE READY BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, THAT VARIOUS SCHEDULE TO BE FOR PSYCH OR WATCHING THE OLYMPICS? RIGHT? SO THERE'S GONNA TO BE GRAD STANDS.
JUST THE LOOK OF THE SHORE IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.
AND WE'VE, UM, UM, WE'VE BUILT THAT INTO THIS SCHEDULE.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY REPUTABLE GOOD CONTRACTOR HERE.
THEY BUILT A LOT OF POOL PROJECTS.
UM, THEY'RE ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, PREEMINENT CONTRACTORS FOR, UM, FOR POOLS IN, IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEY'VE JUST FINISHED ONE IN BALL GARDEN.
SO THEY, UM, EACH SITE IS DIFFERENT.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S RISKS.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S HER GOAL TO BE DONE BY SPRING 2027.
AND ON THE FUNDING ISSUE, ABOUT 25 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING TO BE A BOND ISSUE THAT KEVIN RIPER THAT SAID, DOES NOT GO TO THE COUNCIL UNTIL THE SUMMER MM-HMM
SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT CAN BE FULLY FUNDED.
AND THAT'S GONNA END UP COSTING, I THINK, $44 MILLION BY, BY THE TIME THE BOND IS PAID OFF.
AND WITH OUR $40 MILLION DEBT THE CITY'S FACING, WE IN VERY SHALLOW WATER.
SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS SEEM LIKE QUESTIONS FOR YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT MOBILIZATION MEANS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, SHOVELS HIT THE GROUND, OR IS THAT JUST WHAT'S MOBILIZATION? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S, UM, THE STEP BEFORE SHOVEL HITS THE GROUND.
SO IT'S THE CREWS, UM, PUTTING UP THE, THE FENCING TO KEEP, UM, THE PUBLIC AND, UM, AREA, PUBLIC AREA SAFE AND SECURE.
IT'S THE MOBILIZATION OR THE SORT OF THE BRINGING ON SITE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND THEN, UM, BRINGING OUT THE TEMPORARY OFFICES THAT THE, THAT THE CONTRACTORS WORK FROM AND THAT, SO ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN IN COURT ARE THE FUNDING SECURED.
THE, THE, THE CULTURAL COMMISSION HAS TO BE CONTRACTED AND APPROVED AND ALL THOSE.
SO THE, THERE WAS, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF IT, BUT THERE IS A, THERE IS FUNDING IN THE PROJECT AS A BACKSTOP FOR IT.
UM, SO, BUT I CAN'T, LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER LAMB SAID THAT'S NOT REALLY MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
IT'S JUST, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, OUR CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT.
UM, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS, THE PROMENADE, UM, AT, IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT CONNECTS TO THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS TO RAINBOW HARBOR, UM, AND THE RAINBOW LAGOON IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WE DID ADVERTISE THIS PROJECT FOR BIDS.
SO, UM, WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY, UM, AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, WHY THEY DIDN'T BID, OR WHY THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED, AND WILL POSSIBLY REVISE THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT COULD ALL, ALL, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST A TIMING ISSUE.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST NOT INTERESTED IN THE WORK.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, UM, REWARD IN IT,
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UH, FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE, THE CITY PROCESS.AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT FOR THIS ONE AND THIS ONE.
SO, UM, WE HAD PLANS AND SPECS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MANY YEARS, BUT IT'S WASN'T, IT WASN'T, WE DIDN'T GET ANY ONE TO BITE, SO, SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY COME BACK IN THE NEXT QUARTER WITH UPDATES ON THIS ONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA WE DO ALSO WANT TO MAKE LOOK REALLY GOOD FOR 2028 AS WELL.
SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE DID PUT OUT TO BID LAST YEAR.
UM, WE RECEIVED A LIMITED NUMBER OF BIDS IN OCTOBER.
UM, THE BIDS THAT WE DID RECEIVE EXCEEDED THE AVAILABLE BUDGET.
UM, THE BIDS WERE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 13 AND 14 MILLION.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS IN OCTOBER.
UM, GIVEN THAT SHORTFALL, WE TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY IN OCTOBER TO ALSO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR 5 MILLION.
UM, UM, AND THEN, SO WE HAD TO DO A PRE-APPLICATION, AND THEN THEY INVITED US TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY.
SO WE JUST SUBMITTED THAT LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO.
YEAH, TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UM, BUT CONCURRENTLY, UM, WE'RE RE-ADVERTISING THE PROJECT FOR, UM, BIDDING AND LONG BEACH BUYS, AND THAT SHOULD GO LIVE ON, ON MONDAY THE 16TH.
AND SO IF YOU KNOW ANY DREDGING CONTRACTORS, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW TO CHECK OUT LONG BEACH BUYS, UM, TO ACCESS THE BID DOCUMENTS.
WHO BID THAT BEFORE? UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS MANSON AND DERA THAT BID BEFORE.
UM, SO FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD TIMING BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE INTERESTED CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA, BECAUSE WE GOTTA WRAP UP 15 MINUTES.
RE STATE IS, UM, IN HUNTINGTON BEACH RIGHT NOW, FINISHING A, OR NEWPORT HARBOR FINISHING A DREDGE.
SO, AND THEN I THINK THE CORE HAS A DREDGING PROJECT IN THE FALL, SO THERE MIGHT BE CONTRACTORS ALREADY IN THE AREA THAT MIGHT GIVE US BETTER PRICING BECAUSE THEIR EQUIPMENT'S ALREADY HERE.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT COMES, ARE WE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING A DISPOSAL SITE IF WE DON'T GET THIS ROLLING? UM, WILL THERE BE A DISPOSAL SITE? SO THE, THE STAND'S REALLY GOOD, SO WE WANNA KEEP IT IN LONG BEACH, SO WE WOULD PUT IT ON THE BEACH.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY DISCHARGE SITE? THAT'S THE ONLY DISCHARGE SITE GOT, WE WOULDN'T WANNA GET RID OF GOOD, GOOD, GOOD SEDIMENT.
COULD I ASK THIS BEFORE THE COUPLE, BEFORE YOU'RE ASKING FOR, UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T.
CAN I DO IT AS A PUBLIC CREDIT? YES, YOU CAN.
I DEFINITELY, I, SO I DEFINITELY WANNA END ON TIME.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S RESPECTFUL.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE SLIDES YOU HAVE, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, BUT WE WANTED, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T SEEN, SEEN EACH OTHER IN SIX MONTHS.
SO WE HAVE 14 MINUTES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
SO I'LL RAISE MY HAND JUST AS THE PUBLIC, UH, JUST ON THE, THE TWO BEFORE THEN.
DON'T WE HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY CAN DO THAT WORK? WHY DON'T WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO OUT FOR BID IF WE'RE A CITY THAT HAS, ENCOMPASSES ALL KINDS OF BUILDING AND PROPERTIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? YEAH, OUR ON-CALL CONTRACTS, WE DO HAVE THEM.
THEY'RE NOT SPECIALIZED, SO THEY'RE GENERAL CONTRACTS AND THEY'RE CAPPED AT SEVEN 50 K.
SO, AND THESE PROJECTS ARE IN THE MILLIONS, AND SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, SORRY.
WE HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 11TH FOR A PROPOSED DOG BEACH AT THE, UM, REQUEST OF CD, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, TO KIND OF EVALUATE AND EXPLORE A NEW DOG BEACH, UM, AND, AND THE CLOSER TO THE DOWNTOWN AREAS.
SO THIS IS NOT QUITE DOWNTOWN, BUT IT'S AS CLOSE AS WE COULD GET, UM, THAT OPERATIONALLY MADE SENSE.
UM, AND SO WE RECEIVED SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THAT COMMUNITY MEETING, INCLUDING HIGHLIGHTING OPERATIONAL CONCERNS, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CAN BE STRENGTHENED AROUND DOG, UM, BEACH USE, DOG MANAGEMENT, ET CETERA.
SO WE PROBABLY SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE GO TO COASTAL COMMISSION.
UM, SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND CA REVIEW.
AND IT IS, EXCUSE ME, IT IS ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
IT DOES GO TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
IT'S BELOW THE MEAT TIE TIEBACKS, UM, IS ONE OF THE NAPLES PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE LARGER NAPLES CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT.
SO IN THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME DESIGNING AND ENGINEERING SOME TIEBACKS, UM, TIEBACKS HAVE BEEN A LEGACY, UM, SORT OF SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN, UM, INSTALLING IN CERTAIN SEAWALLS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LAST SEGMENTS OF LIKE CONVEX,
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UM, SHAPED SEAWALLS THAT DON'T HAVE TIEBACKS.AND SO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES, UM, UH, PRIORITY REPAIR IDENTIFIED IN THAT REPORT.
UM, WE DID SUBMIT OUR COASTAL PERMIT APPLICATION, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PROCESS AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, OF A HEARING DATE AND DETERMINATION OF APPLICATION COMPLETION AND FILING.
UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO BID THIS WORK, UH, IN SUMMER AND AWARD CONTRACT, CONTRACT AND FALL.
AND WHAT MAKES THAT GREEN SECTION DIFFERENT? IT'S WHERE THERE ARE NO TIEBACKS CURRENTLY.
AND, UM, OTHER AREAS HAVE RECEIVED, UM, TIEBACKS AND I THINK THE IMAGE IS SO SMALL, BUT IT'S BASICALLY SAYING, UM, THE BLUES GOT TIEBACKS IN THE TWO THOUSANDS AND THEN, UM, THE 1960S, UM, ARE THE ORANGE TIEBACKS.
UM, AND DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S A FULLY FUNDED PROJECT RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW IT'S FULLY FUNDED.
BUT WE HAVE NOT PUT IT OUT TO BID ON THAT DREDGING TOPIC AGAIN, THAT 5 MILLION FROM THE COASTAL, IS THAT IN HAND OR IT'S, NO, WE'RE WAITING FOR DETERMINATION.
SO THEY HAD A MULTIPLE STEP, UM, GRANT PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A PRE-APPLICATION AND THEN WE GOT INVITED TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION.
AND SO WE SHOULD KNOW, UM, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
ONE IS THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY, RIGHT? AND THE OTHER IS THE COASTAL COMMISSION? CORRECT.
THE CONSERVANCY, UM, HAS A LOT OF BEACH NOURISHMENT AND PROTECTION GRANTS.
DO I HAVE, UM, FIVE MORE MINUTES OR TWO? I CAN'T TELL.
UM, WE HAVE A PROJECT FOR, UM, ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION, UM, AND CONDUITS AND, UM, SWITCH GEAR UPGRADES AT MARINE STADIUM.
SO THE PROPOSED, UM, UNDERGROUND HIGH VOLTAGE SERVICE, UM, WILL BE OWNED AND OPERATED BY SCE.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, IN THE RED LINES, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY TRENCH LATERALLY AND PROVIDE, UM, RELIABLE SERVICE TO THE FACILITIES THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE PRMS FACILITIES, SOME RESTROOMS, THE LIFEGUARD MUSEUM, UM, AND ANOTHER RESTROOM AND A GAS LINE PROTECTION SYSTEM DOWN SOUTH.
UM, SO, UH, IN ADDITION, THE, UH, NEW HIGH VOLTAGE LINES WILL SUPPORT SOME EV CHARGERS, UM, UM, BOTH AT THE SITE FACILITIES BUILDING AND WILL SET US UP TO POSSIBLY INSTALL EV CHARGERS, UM, IN OTHER AREAS OF THE PARKING LOT AS, UM, OUR, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, SUSTAINABILITY GOALS ARE ADVANCED.
UM, SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESSES, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DISTRIBUTING PROJECT NOTICES AND MAILERS.
WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING JUST YET FOR THE LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCESS, BUT WE ARE TARGETING BID ADVERTISEMENT IN THE SUMMER 2026.
SO, UM, AROUND JUNE JULY WITH POSSIBLE AWARD FOR FALL 2026.
UM, I JUST HAVE A RESPECTFUL QUESTION.
SO THIS HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE OLYMPICS? 'CAUSE THERE'LL BE OLYMPIC ACTIVITIES HERE.
YEAH, BUT THERE WON'T BE OLYMPIC ACTIVITIES AT THE PROPO AT THE BELMONT POOL.
RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S OFF THE SHORE AND MARINE STADIUM.
THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER READING.
SO I WAS JUST MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW.
IT MAY NOT BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CORRECT.
YES, I THINK THERE ARE SOME VIEWING PLATFORMS THAT THEY WANT TO USE THE PEER FOR.
UM, BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS OKAY.
I DON'T, DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THIS SPOT.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FOR MYSELF.
BUT DEFINITELY, AND THEY KEEP INQUIRING ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE HERE.
'CAUSE LA 28 IS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS ONE TOO FOR, TO SUPPORT THE EVENTS.
UM, WE HAVE THE BIRTHS ONE AND TWO REPLACEMENT, UM, OVER IN ALAMEDOS BAY.
UM, THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WAS SUBMITTED BY OUR COLLEAGUES IN PARKS, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR, UM, COASTAL COMMISSION'S DETERMINATION OF COMPLETION.
UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING PLANS.
UM, AGAIN, A LOT OF PROJECTS GOING OUT TO BID THIS SUMMER.
UM, UM, SO NORMALLY OUR DOCK PROJECTS ARE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SO ONCE WE AWARD A CONTRACT, IT'S MANUFACTURED OFFSITE AND BROUGHT, UM, INTO SEGMENTS INTO LONG BEACH AND THEN FLOATED, THERE'S SOME CONNECTION AND ABUTMENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE GANGWAYS.
UM, BUT THAT'S OUR CURRENT TIMELINE AND SCHEDULE.
SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT FINAL PERMIT.
UM, MARINA RESTROOMS, I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT MY COLLEAGUE ALMA, WHO'S HERE.
SHE STARTED WITH US AT, UM, LAST YEAR.
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SHE'S ACTUALLY TAKING ON THE MARINA ALAMEDA BAY MARINA RESTROOM.SO, UM, SHE'S VERY TENACIOUS, SO I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN HER ABILITIES.
UM, WE'VE RECEIVED THE HANDOFF OF PROJECT, UM, DOCUMENTS FROM PARKS AND WE'RE STARTING THE PLANNING ENGINE, UH, PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, UH, TO GET THIS OUT TO BID.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW PROJECT ALSO FY 26, KNOWN AS THE TRANSIT DOCK.
UM, SO WE DO WANNA RESTORE, UM, TRANSIT, UM, CONNECTIONS AND THE WATER TAXI AND AQUALINK OPERATIONS THAT USED TO SERVICE THIS AREA.
UM, UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WE'VE INITIATED WORK IN JANUARY.
WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER PLANS, UM, FOR PERMITTING AND THEN WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO THE AGENCIES, UM, ALL THREE OF 'EM, COASTAL COMMISSION, ARMY CORPS, AND THE WATER BOARD, UH, FOR THIS WORK.
UM, SO WE'RE ANTICIPATE SPENDING 2026 AND DESIGN AND REGULATORY.
AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO BID AND AWARD THE PROJECT IN THE FALL AND SPEND FALL IN 2027 FOR FABRICATION.
AND THEN SIMILAR TO BIRTHS ONE AND TWO, WE'D LIKE TO FLOAT OUT THE SYSTEM AND GET IT INTO PLACE PRIOR TO THE OLYMPICS.
DO YOU NEED TO, IF THERE WAS ALREADY DOCKS THERE THAT FOR SOME REASON GOT, YOU KNOW, DISPOSED OF AFTER THEY CAME LOOSE, BUT WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION IF WE'RE JUST REPLACING SOMETHING THAT WAS, BECAUSE IT'S NEW WORK AND IT'S NOT, THEY'RE STILL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES STILL HAVE IMPACTS, SO THAT THAT'S WHY YEAH.
THEY DON'T SEE IT AS, AS BASICALLY JUST A REPLACEMENT AND LIKE KIND.
UM, THERE'S SOME DEMOLITION WORK THAT WOULD BE REMOVED FOR MOORING DOLPHINS AND THE NEW, UM, DOCKS WOULD BE THEORETICALLY SUPPORTED BY A MORE FORGIVING CFL SYSTEM THAT'S ANCHORED TO THE CBO TO KIND OF WITHSTAND THE WIND AND WAVE FORCES, WHICH BROKE THE ORIGINAL DOCK.
WELL, AND THAT, MY QUESTION WAS ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE TO DO AN EIR DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO DO ONE? NO, WE HAVEN'T, UM, HEARD THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO AN EIR FOR A DOCK INSTALLATION
NO, UM, EELGRASS IMPACTS AND IS THAT THERE ARE NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OR, UM, EELGRASS IMPACTS WE HAVE TO SURVEY, BUT, UM OKAY.
FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, BUT WE COULD FIND SOME.
WE MAY HAVE TO SHIFT THE LOCATION, SO WE'D HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A VERY, UM, CHALLENGING PROJECT FOR US.
'CAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, UM, CONCRETE DAMAGE.
AND SO, UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW OF PLANS.
UM, WE HAVE NOT SUBMITTED PERMIT APPLICATIONS, SO THAT'S ON OUR, UM, THAT'S ON OUR SORT OF IMMEDIATE IMMINENT LIST TO DO.
UM, BUT THE GOAL IS TO JUST PRESERVE THE CONCRETE, REPLACE THE CONCRETE, PREVENT FURTHER DETERIORATION AND, UM, WATER INTRUSION SO IT CAN LAST, UM, LONGER THAN WE NEED.
UM, AND THEN LIFEGUARD TOWERS REPLACEMENT IN MARCH, 2025, OUR CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT TO, UM, REPLACE THE AGING LIFEGUARD TOWERS.
THEY LASTED SEVERAL DECADES, BUT SOME OF 'EM ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE KIND OF NEARING THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
UM, THE VENDORS SPENT PRETTY MUCH 2025 TO 2026 IN PROCUREMENT AND MANUFACTURING.
AND SO WE ANTICIPATE A ROLLING DELIVERY OF NEW TOWERS, UH, BEGINNING, UM, APRIL, UH, 2026.
AND THEN, UM, SORENTO TRAIL IS ANOTHER PROJECT ON OUR LIST.
UM, SO WE, UM, THIS ONE WAS INITIATED A LONG TIME AGO, BUT HAVEN'T REALLY MOVED FORWARD WITH IT.
BUT, UM, IT IS A, A OUTSTANDING OBLIGATION TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
AND SO WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED OUR GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS, UH, THIS WEEK.
ONCE THOSE RESULTS ARE CON ARE, ARE UNDERSTOOD, WE'D INCORPORATE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO OUR FINAL DESIGN PLANS AND PROCEED WITH, UM, ENGINEERING PLAN, UM, COMPLETION AND BIDDING OF THE WORK.
FORGIVE ME, BUT, UM, WHY IS, WHY IS THIS WORK BEING DONE? IS IT UNSAFE? IS IT LEAKING? UM, IT WAS A CONDITION FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THAT THE LEGAL PUBLIC ACCESS ALONG SOTO WAS NOT, UM, ADEQUATE.
ADEQUATE OR EVER, UM, FORCED OR, OR, OR MADE ACCESSIBLE
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AND COMPLIANT.IT'S NOT THE ONLY SPOT ON THE CALIFORNIA COAST, BUT THANKS.
AND SO THE WAY THAT THE PERMIT READS IS WE DELIVER SEGMENTS.
SO THIS IS SEGMENT ONE THAT'S BOXED IN ORANGE, AND THEN THERE'S A SEGMENT TWO AND SEGMENT THREE.
AND EACH SEGMENT, UM, CONNECTS TO A PHASE OF SEA WALLS.
SO UNTIL THIS IS DONE, UM, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE THREE OF THE SEA WALLS.
SO, SO WAS A CONDITION FOR THE SEA WALLS THEN, OR SEPARATE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND THEN OUR COLLEAGUES IN ENGINEERING BUREAU, UM, HAVE A PROJECT CALLED MARINE DEBRIS AND TRASH CAPTURE.
SO, UM, NEXT TUESDAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER AN MOU, UM, TO ENTER INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY OCEAN CLEANUP, UM, TO SUPPORT DESIGN, INSTALLATION O AND M OF AN ADDITIONAL TRASH CAPTURE SYSTEM.
THERE'S ALREADY SOME BOOMS THERE THAT LA COUNTY MAINTAINS THAT.
UM, AND I THINK TODD'S TEAM, UM, YOU MAINTAIN SOME OF THE CLEANUP IN THE AREA TOO.
SO THIS WOULD BE ANOTHER SYSTEM TO HELP DIVERT TRASH FROM EXITING THE ESTUARY AREA AND KIND OF HEADING TOWARD OUR BEACHES.
SO WE DON'T HAVE COST ESTIMATES JUST YET BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE STILL EVALUATING THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE.
AND THEN THE WATER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, AGAIN FROM OUR COLLEAGUES IN ENGINEERING BUREAUS.
SO, UM, THEY ARE WORKING ON THE FINAL EIR, WHICH IS THE RESPONSE TO COMMENTS, ESSENTIALLY FROM THE DRAFT EIR WITH A TARGET RELEASE OF SUMMER 2026.
CAN I, I JUST WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC, JUST, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THE RESTROOMS AND THANK YOU.
UM, WILL THEY GO TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE RESTROOMS, LIKE BANCORP OWNS THAT WHOLE AREA OR LEASES IT FROM THE CITY AND THEY HAVE NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. UH, YOU TALK ABOUT DOING RESTROOMS AND UPDATING RESTROOMS IF THEY HAD PUBLIC RESTROOMS, WHICH THEY DO, BUT THEY DON'T USE THEM.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE ON THAT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO IT'S ALREADY DONE.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, SEAN?
SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING IT, SO, SO YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE AND EVERYBODY THAT USES THE, THAT BOAT THAT GOES BACK AND FORTH THAT USES THE DUFFY'S AND STUFF, IF THEY HAD PUBLIC RESTROOMS, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUILD 'EM THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.
WE'LL TALK TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, UM, AND, AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PIECES CAN SEEM.
I THINK MAYBE THERE'S BEEN JUST TRANSITIONS, UM, THE LAST FEW DECADES AND MAYBE SOME OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THERE.
WANNA CLOSE THIS OUT? OH, THANK YOU.
UM, OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE PROBABLY WANNA WRAP UP, UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST TWO 30.
UM, I AM NOW ASKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT COMMENTING ALONG THE WAY, BUT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, NOPE.
I'LL JUST SEND YOU A DIFFERENT, THEN I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.