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COMMISSION MEETING.UH, IT'S THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH AND WE ARE IN THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB.
SKIPPERS COVE WITH A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMMODORE ROBERT PEARCY, UM, FOR MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WAS JUST RIGHT FOR OUR VISIT TODAY.
UM, CAN WE PROCEED ON WITH A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR MCRAY.
YOU HAVE A QUO AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER CARLIN IS EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING TODAY.
UH, ANY OTHER OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? IF THERE'S NONE TO GIVE HER EXCUSE ABSENCE, WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR SCHEDULE.
UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES IT'S PUBLISHED FROM THE COMMISSION OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, THE MINUTES STAND APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED.
UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THE LONG BEACH SCOTER PILOT PROGRAM.
SO MOVE TO HEAR THAT PRESENTATION IN A SECOND.
WE'LL MOVE ON THAT AND WE WILL, UH, THEN DEFER TO STAFF TO HEAR OUR REPORT.
I'M FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE SCOTER BEACH PATH PILOT UPDATE.
I'M FILLING IN FOR WILLIE OWENS WHO WAS HERE BACK IN SEPTEMBER ORIGINALLY.
UM, SO QUICK JUST UPDATE 'CAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WE WERE UNDER A DIFFERENT BUREAU.
UM, WE ARE NOW THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BUREAU WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, WHERE I WORK PARKING AND MOBILITY, UH, THE STREET SWEEPING PARKING ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONS TEAM, UM, FOR PARKING AND MOBILITY THAT INCLUDES ON AND OFF STREET PARKING.
UM, AND PRETTY MUCH WE OVERSEE IN MOBILITY, THE E SCOOTER PROGRAM, THE, UH, CITY OWNED PROGRAM AND THE MICRO SHUTTLE THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW AS LV CIRCUIT.
UM, SO BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO THROW A COUPLE REMINDERS OF OUR E SCOOTER PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET THE MOST COMMENTS ON IS PARKING.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME RULES AROUND PARKING IN OUR PERMIT PROGRAM ALREADY ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE BEACH PATH PILOT EVEN STARTED.
UM, ANY SCOOTER LEFT OUTSIDE OF A PARKING CORRAL.
THE DESIGNATED PARKING CORRAL THAT WE HAVE PAINTED ON THE SIDEWALK AROUND TOWN, UH, THOSE NEED TO BE MOVED BY THE VENDORS WITHIN 48 HOURS.
IF THEY DO NOT GET MOVED, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY COMPLIANCE SYSTEM WHERE WE TRACK THAT THEY DO GET CHARGED AND THOSE FUNDS DO GO INTO GENERAL FUND.
UM, ALSO IF YOU REPORT ONE ON YOUR GO LONG BEACH APP, THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED WITHIN TWO HOURS AND IF NOT, WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS ADDRESSED FOR YOU.
AND THEN SPEED, UH, 15 MILES PER HOUR IS THE STATE LAW.
SO, UM, OUR SHARED E SCOOTER SYSTEM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY CANNOT GO OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR.
SO SPEEDING OVER 15 MILES AN HOUR TYPICALLY ISN'T AN ISSUE.
UM, WE CAN DO ALSO HAVE FURTHER RESTRICTIONS TO LOWER THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO CAN MAKE GEOFENCE SLOW ZONES.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE WHAT THAT IS, THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE CAN CREATE ON A MAP, UM, WHERE THE SCOOTERS CANNOT ENTER.
SO YOU CANNOT RIDE OR YOU CANNOT END A RIDE THERE SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE SCOOTER THERE.
UM, AND WE CAN ALSO SLOW AREAS TO MAKE THEM LIKE FIVE MILE PER HOUR AREAS IF NEEDED.
SO WE DO THAT AT THE AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, FOR THE PILOT IN GENERAL, SO WE STARTED LAST MAY.
IT'S A 12 MONTH PILOT, SO WE'RE NEARING THE END.
UM, WE DID GO THROUGH THE BUSY SEASON, SO WE THINK WE'VE SEEN A PRETTY GOOD FULL CIRCLE ALREADY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T QUITE FINISHED OF HOW THE E SCOOTERS OPERATED OVER HERE ON THE BEACH PATH.
UM, AND WE DID A COUPLE THINGS BEFORE THE PILOT STARTED.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE NEED SOME MORE PARKING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH PATH.
UM, WE INITIATED SOME GEO-FENCE ZONES TO SLOW DOWN THOSE AREAS THAT THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PUT UP SOME SIGNAGE.
SO I'LL GO OVER ALL OF THAT TODAY.
SO OUR GEO-FENCING, YOU CAN SEE THIS MAP, UM, IS KIND OF THE BEACH PATH.
THESE BLUE SHADED AREAS ARE WHERE WE INITIATED THE FIVE MILE PER HOUR.
SO THESE ARE AREAS, CONCESSIONS, BATHROOMS. UM, THE AREA AROUND THE PARKING LOTS, UM, OF THE MARINA, THOSE AREAS, ALL THE SCOOTERS, AT LEAST THE SHARED SCOOTERS, RIGHT? NOT TALKING ABOUT PERSONALLY OWNED ONES ARE FORCED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TO SLOW DOWN FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
UM, THERE IS STILL SIGNAGE TO REMIND
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ALL USERS TO SLOW DOWN ON PEDESTRIANS OR PRESENT AS WELL.UH, THIS IS WHERE WE ADDED THE PARKING ALONG THE BEACH PATH.
SO VENDORS WERE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY INITIATED WHERE THESE SHOULD GO INITIALLY.
AND THEN OUR TRAFFIC, UH, BUREAU TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE, MADE SURE IT WAS OKAY.
UH, EVERYONE COULD STILL ACCESS BATHROOMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THESE WERE PAINTED BY OUR VENDORS AND WE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING, UM, NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN THE CITY BEFORE, WHICH IS WE ADDED THESE AS FORCED PARKING ZONES.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IN OUR WORLD IS THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE ALONG THE BEACH PATH, YOU ACTUALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO END YOUR RIDE ON A SHARED SCOOTER UNLESS YOU WERE NEAR ONE OF THOSE CORRALS.
UH, WE DID FIND THAT TO BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL ON THE BEACH PATH.
UM, SO WE ONLY HAD 89 SERVICE REQUESTS IN THE BEACH PATH AREA THROUGH THE GO LONG BEACH APP, WHICH YOU CAN SEE WAS ONLY 1.4% OF ALL OF OUR TICKETS.
SO REALLY, REALLY LOW NUMBERS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO HAD OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING BUREAU DO A SPEED AUDIT.
SO THEY WENT OUT IN JULY AS WELL AS IN SEPTEMBER AT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT, UM, THE DAY ON THESE SPECIFIC DATES.
AND THEY WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT ALL OVERUSE AT THE, UM, AT THE BEACH PATH.
UH, SCOOTERS DIDN'T AMOUNT FOR A HUGE PERCENT, IT WAS ONLY 3% OF WHAT THEY SAW OUT THERE, BUT OF THAT 3% THEY DID SEE REALLY HIGH COMPLIANCE, WHICH WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE.
UH, WE SAW REALLY LOW RATES OF SPEEDING OVER THE 15 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH WE ASSUME AT TRIBUTE TO PERSONAL SCOOTERS, NOT THE SHARED SCOTERS.
UM, AND WE SAW REALLY HIGH COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE RIDING ON THE BIKE SIDE OF THE PATH AS OPPOSED TO GOING ONTO THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE OF THE PATH, WHICH WE KNOW CAN BE AN ISSUE AT TIMES.
UM, THEY DID LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT AREAS ALONG THE BEACH PATH.
SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT KIND OF LIKE THE STRAIGHTAWAY SECTIONS WHERE YOU CAN GET FULL SPEED AND THEN ALSO LOOKED TO SEE IF PEOPLE WERE SLOWING DOWN FOR PEDESTRIANS.
UM, THEY DID THAT WORK ON THE BELMONT PIER WHERE THERE'S THAT BIG TURN TO SEE IF PEOPLE WERE SLOWING DOWN AND NOT CAUSING ISSUES.
AND THEY DID SEE HIGH RATES OF COMPLIANCE THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE OUTREACH THAT WAS DONE ON THE BEACH PATH.
SO WE DID PUT UP THESE TEMPORARY SIGNS TO NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT THE PILOT WAS HAPPENING IN CASE THEY WERE NOT AWARE.
UM, A REMINDER ABOUT SOME OF THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR E SCOOTERS AND BIKES AS WELL.
KIND OF A NICE TWO FOR ONE THERE.
UM, REMINDER TO STAY ON THE BIKE SIDE, UM, THAT THEY NEEDED TO PARK IN DESIGNATED AREAS AND TO SLOW FOR FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
AND THEN THE OTHER SIGNAGE WE PUT UP WAS THIS PERMANENT SIGNAGE.
UM, THAT WAS WHAT OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM DID.
SO PART OF THIS PILOT ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE E SCOOTERS IS WE ACTUALLY ALSO PASSED MUNI CODE TO SET A SPEED LIMIT FOR BICYCLES ON THE BEACH PATH.
SO THAT ACTUALLY WASN'T POSTED PREVIOUSLY AND WASN'T IN LAW.
SO NOW IT IS A 20, UH, 20 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT FOR BICYCLES.
THAT'S E-BIKES AND REGULAR BIKES.
UM, AND THEN 15 MILES AS STATE LAW, UH, S FOR THE E SCOOTERS.
UM, SO ALL THAT WORK WAS DONE.
WE DID PARTNER WITH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OUR E SCOOTER VENDORS CAME OUT AND WE WERE OUT ON THE BEACH, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE PILOT.
UM, JUST MAKING SURE PEOPLE WERE AWARE, COLLECTING FEEDBACK, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY COULD GO IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS.
SO E-BIKE AND PEDAL BIKE IS THE SAME SPEED LIMIT ON THAT SAME SPEED LIMIT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ONE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT.
'CAUSE I, I GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS A LOT IN TERMS OF ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY USING THE BEACH PATH TO GET AROUND? UM, THE ANSWER IS YES, THEY DEFINITELY ARE.
UM, SO SINCE THE PATH, UM, OPENED UP TO OUR SHARED SCOOTER SYSTEM, I, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TRACK EVERY SINGLE RIDE.
SO WE GET REALLY GREAT DATA FROM THAT.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT 11% OF RIDES WERE TRAVELING THROUGH THE BEACH PATH AT SOME POINT.
UM, SINCE, SINCE IT OPENED UP, THIS IS A VERY LARGE AMOUNT.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON, UM, THIS GRAPH THAT, UH, EVEN OUR LOWEST MONTH, WHICH WAS JANUARY SINCE THE PILOT STARTED, UM, WAS STILL HIGHER THAN THE PAST TWO YEARS OF 23 AND 24.
UM, SO WE DO THINK THAT THE, ALTHOUGH TRENDING UPWARDS IN GENERAL, LIKE AS A NATION E SCOOTER USAGE HAS BEEN COMING UP, UM, IN LONG BEACH.
OPENING UP THE BEACH PATH WAS DEFINITELY, UM, REALLY INCREASED OUR, OUR USAGE RATES.
AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR RECREATION.
THE VENDORS DO REGULAR SURVEYS WITH THEIR MEMBERS WHO USE THE SCOOTERS.
UM, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO USE IT FOR COMMUTING 'CAUSE IT'S A SAFER WAY TO GET AROUND CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR EAST WEST TRAVEL.
UM, AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ADD THIS IN 'CAUSE I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO IT.
UM, SO SINCE THAT MEETING WE DID ACTUALLY MEET WITH PARKS AND REC TO TALK ABOUT SOME MERG SCOOTERS, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN RAINBOW HARBOR I THINK WAS THE BIGGEST WHERE WE WERE SEEING THE BIGGEST ISSUE.
UM, BUT WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION, FIGURED OUT A GOOD PROCESS OF HOW TO REMOVE THOSE.
AND SO, UM, WE LET THE VENDORS KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING LIKE THE KING TIDES THAT WE JUST HAD, WE WERE REALLY SEEING LIKE A LOT OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE FOR A WHILE SO THAT THEY NEED TO BE GETTING THOSE OUT, UM,
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WHEN THE TIDES ARE LOW AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN OSHA PROTOCOLS TO GET THOSE OUT SAFELY.UM, AND THEN IF PARKS AND REC DOES, THEY'RE KIND OF DREDGING TO GET THEM UP.
UM, WE SUBMITTED SO FAR PUBLIC WORK SUBMITTED, UM, A CHANGE FEE, SO WE CAN'T ACTUALLY PUT THAT COST BACK ON THE VENDORS, UM, FOR EVERY SCOOTER RETRIEVED.
SO THAT I THINK IS GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.
SO NOT OFFICIAL YET, BUT WE DID SUBMIT THAT, SO THAT WAS A GREAT THING TO COME OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AND AND WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT FEE? WELL, WE HAVE ANTICIPATED WE PUT IT IN FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS A SCOOTER FOR THE REMOVAL FEE? YEAH.
IS THAT GOING TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND OR WILL THAT THIS PROGRAM ALL GOES TO THE GENERAL FUND? YES.
IT DOESN'T GO TO THE TIDELAND FUND, IT DOESN'T COMPENSATE OUR TIDE.
OUR PROGRAM GOES TO GENERAL FUND, BUT IF IT'S OUR PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE LOOK AT ME
AND DO YOU THINK THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL COVER OUR COSTS PER SCOOTER? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YES.
AND I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR THE PRESENTATION, SINCE IT'S MADAM CHAIRMAN.
MAY I ASK PLEASE? UH, SINCE IT'S, I LIKE THIS, UM, SINCE IT'S UNDER YOUR REALM NOW, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, UH, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO TICKET THE OFFENDERS? UH, OR IS THAT JUST THEY GO BY AND WE DON'T, THERE IS NO TICKETS.
I MEAN, SPEED WISE IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THERE.
I WALKED THE OTHER NIGHT WITH MY DAUGHTER
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE GREEN ONES, BUT THE GREEN ONES THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
UH, TWO PEOPLE ON EACH GREEN, UH, UH, SCOOTER.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S SUPPOSED TO JUST HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE SCOOTER AND NOT TWO PEOPLE ON THE SCOOTER.
SO AGAIN, HAVING SOMEBODY OUT THERE, IS IT, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT ON PAPER, BUT IS ANYTHING REALLY GONNA BE DONE IF SOMEBODY SEES IT? UH, SO THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF ANY VEHICLE, WHETHER IT'S THE SHARED SYSTEM OR A PRIVATE, IS STILL GONNA LIE WITH, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, BUT WE DO CONTROL, LIKE WHAT WE CAN ASK OF THE VENDORS ESSENTIALLY.
SO WE CAN TALK TO 'EM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SEEING REPEAT OFFENDERS, CAN WE ESCALATE OR TERMINATE, YOU KNOW, THEIR MEMBERSHIPS OR WHATEVER THEY, THEY CALL THAT, UM, ON THEIR END.
SO WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND WE HAVE HAD ISSUES LIKE THAT, BUT WE'VE HAD TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T RENT ONE OF THOSE SHARED SCOOTERS ANYMORE.
UM, BUT YEAH, OUR, FOR THE PERMIT PROGRAM, WE CAN REALLY ONLY CONTROL IF OFFENDERS DO.
AND SO I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THE, HOW THE GEO-FENCING WORKS.
HOW DOES THAT ACCOUNT FOR A A, A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, A LINE OR ONE OF THE OTHERS ENDING UP ON THE WATER LINE IN OUR SURF ZONE ON THE BEACH, THE SCOOTER IS IN THE SAND.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? SOMEBODY LIFTS IT AND CARRIES IT.
IF YOU'RE SEEING IT ALL THAT WAY, USUALLY, TYPICALLY WHERE WE'VE SEEN THE MOST PROBLEM IS MORE LIKE RAINBOW HARBOR, WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF RIDE ALONG THE, UM, THE PATH RIGHT THERE.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE EASY OVER THE FENCE.
UM, WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE ISSUE WITH PEOPLE DRAGGING THEM ON THE SAND AS MUCH ON OUR LONG STRIP OF BEACH.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT, UM, WITH THE VENDORS BECAUSE WE FOUND A VERY LARGE ISSUE THIS LAST YEAR WITH HOW MANY WE'RE SEEING IN THE WATER.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS LIKE JUST PURE WEIGHT.
SOME OF THE SCOOTERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ALL MADE EQUAL, RIGHT? THEY HAVE KIND OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
WE HAVE FOUND IT WAS A LIGHTER MODEL.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF ENDING UP IN THE WATER THE MOST.
UM, SO IF YOU'VE SEEN THE NEW ORANGE SCOOTERS, THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HEAVIER THAT AREN'T SUPPOSED TO END UP IN THE WATER AS MUCH.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THEM.
UH, THE EFFECTIVITY OF THE, I USE GO LONG BEACH APP ALL THE TIME REPORTING 'EM, BUT I END UP REPORTING IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES BECAUSE IT TAKES A WEEK OR TWO FOR 'EM TO BE PICKED UP.
ARE THERE METRICS ON THE, HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS? AND NOW, BUT IT'S A DOLLAR FINE.
SO ARE THEY CONSIDERING THAT'S NOT WORTH IT? UM, WELL THAT, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO ASK THEM
BUT, UM, YEAH, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THAT COMPLIANCE.
WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE GO LONG BEACH APP A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO THAT WE CAN TRACK IT BETTER.
UM, 'CAUSE THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW, I, IT ISN'T THE BEST TRACKING FOR THE E SCOOTERS SPECIFICALLY.
AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS FIRST CREATED, THERE WAS TOO, TOO MANY TO TRACK, SO THEY JUST GOT AUTO CLOSED.
UM, AND SO WE'RE FINDING THAT'S NOT, THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR US HANDY.
THEY'D OUGHT CLOSE IT AND THEN I JUST POST IT AGAIN.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR BUREAU.
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HAD THAT COMMENT AS WELL.UM, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY VENDOR ALSO CALLED SWEEP.
UM, SO THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT AND KIND OF DO SOME OF THAT WORK AS WELL.
SO THEY GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE, THE WATERWAYS AND THE CONGESTED AREAS, UM, NOT THE WATERWAYS, BUT AROUND THE BEACH AREA.
UM, AND THEY ALSO USE THE GO LONG BEACH APP, UM, TO MARK WHEN SCOOTERS ARE OUT OF PLACE.
AND IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY BLOCKING THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THEN THAT VENDOR WILL MOVE THEM SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH A DA COMPLIANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THE VENDOR STILL NEEDS TO COME AND PICK IT UP AND PUT IT IN A PROPER CORRAL.
UM, SO, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, STREAMLINING FOR SURE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OR QUESTIONS? WHAT ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC? ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKER? I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPEED THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE, THE SURVEYS AND THE SORT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW OFTEN THE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SCOOTER RIDES THERE WERE AND WHERE THERE WERE AND ALL OF THAT.
WHAT ARE THE, WERE THERE ANY CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF THE SPEEDS THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING AT IN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE POSTED SPEED LIMITS? SO I THINK WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE JUST TO MONITOR.
THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT WITH PD TO TICKET.
SO IN THAT INSTANCE, I DON'T BELIEVE SO IT VERY SPECIFICALLY IF TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE OBSERVATIONS YEAH.
THAT IS JUST AN ENGINEER OUT THERE CATCHING SPEED GUN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT A DUI CHECKPOINT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF US DO.
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AND THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO THE DECISION TO SORT OF NOT DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
SO YEAH, I THINK WE 100% AGREE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE SEPARATELY FROM THE E SCOOTER CONVERSATION.
WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AROUND E-BIKES, UM, AS A DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, THERE A LITTLE BIT ONE AND THE SAME OFTEN.
AND SO WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT AS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO COUNSEL IN A COUPLE MONTHS WITH OUR FINDINGS OF HOW TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS WELL.
WHERE AND WHEN DO THEY CHARGE THE BATTERIES ON THESE? UM, THAT THE VENDOR OPERATIONS, THEY DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
SOME OF THEM TAKE THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE SCOOTER AND THEY HAVE LIKE A WAREHOUSE, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER, I THINK IT'S IN TORRANCE, UM, WHERE THEY JUST DO LIKE A BIG LIKE SWAP, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF PLACES IN LA MARKET AND THEN SOME OF THEM BRING, UM, I THINK THEY HAVE LIKE REMOVABLE BATTERIES THAT THEY SWAP OUT.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT THE ONE IS IN TORRANCE OF THE WAREHOUSE AND THE DAY WORKERS THAT GET A $5 SPIFF FOR TRADING THEM OUT.
THE, THE W SOME ONE COMPANY SAYS W2 EMPLOYEES, ONE COMPANY OUTSOURCES THAT.
AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, I HAVE JUST A SPECIFIC QUESTION ON THE RULES THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO ON THE BEACH BACK BEACH PANEL.
DOES THAT FALL? DOES ARE MARINE PATROL HAVE ANY SHAPE OR FORM OF ENFORCING THOSE OR TAKING ANY OF THOSE? UH, OUR MARINE PATROL IS FOCUSED ON OUR MARINAS.
THEY ARE NOT, UH, PART AND PARCEL TO ENFORCEMENT ON THE BEACH FRONT.
UH, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING WHILE THEY'RE EN ROUTE FROM ONE MARINA TO THE NEXT, YES, THEY WILL ADDRESS, BUT THE, THE BEACH FRONT IS SWORN OFF LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OR, UH, LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT MARINE SINK.
UM, I, I HAVEN'T, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ALWAYS BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT I MEAN THE, THE, THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ON, ON THE, UH, BARROW THERE ARE, ARE THIS BIG AND THEY'RE WAY UP HIGH, YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE GOT 25, 30 MILE AN HOUR BIKES RUNNING BY RIGHT, RIGHT.
WHEN WE COME OUT OUR GATES, YOU KNOW, A, A BIGGER SIGN OF WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT LIMIT IS AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE, UH, SPEED TRAP TYPE SIGNS WHERE IT TELLS THEM WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
OH, LIKE THE ONES THAT TRACK YOUR SPEED INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
THEY'RE NOT VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK GRAINGER SELLS 'EM FOR LIKE $50 OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA ACTUALLY.
UM, YEAH, FOR THE, THE SIGNS THEMSELVES TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR THAT.
I'M NOT AN ENGINEER I KNEW, I DO KNOW THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I'LL ASK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THAT FOR, IF WE CAN DO MORE.
THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE BOARDWALK, I MEAN THEY, THEY'RE THIS BIG ON THE BOARD BOX SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE 12 FEET HIGH, LIKE THEY'RE WAY UP ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT WAS REALLY OBVIOUS THAT YOU LISTENED TO OUR PREVIOUS CONVERSATION.
UM, TELL WILLIE HOW MUCH WE MISSED HIM AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN MAYBE THE END OF SUMMER.
LET'S, UM, LET'S PLAN FOR THAT AND GET SOME BETTER METRICS AND MAYBE TOO, IF STAFF CAN LOOK AT WHAT OUR ACTUAL COSTS, IF THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS IS, IS MEETING THE NEED OR NOT.
AND IF THAT'S ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT
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TO THE VENDORS.ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THAT PRESENTATION AS PRESENTED.
AYE, MAY OPPOSED, UH, AGENDA ITEM THREE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY'S MANAGER'S OFFICE ON THE LA 28 OLYMPICS.
UM, WE WELCOME CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, OFFICE, OLYMPIC, UH, TEAM, THE BRAIN TRUST, THE BRAIN TRUST.
I THINK WE GONNA CLAP FOR YOU.
UH, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UH, WE'LL INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE PRESENTATION.
I'M TYLER BONANO CURLY, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OVERSEEING, UH, PART OF THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON THE 20 20 18 PLANNING.
HI, I AM BARREL UNDER, I'M THE CITY'S PROTOCOL OFFICER, SO I AM THE LIAISON WITH ALL INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS AND I WORKED ON GETTING US THOSE THREE HOUSES FOR THE OLYMPICS.
I'M SEAN DEVEREUX, THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER WITH THIS TEAM.
I'M WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE GAMES COME TO TOWN THAT THEY'RE HERE FOR EVERYONE.
I'M THE MANAGER OF 20 20 18 PLANNING.
SO JUST PRETTY MUCH WORKING TYLER ON ALL ASPECTS OF OUR PLANNING EFFORTS AT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS OUR OLYMPIC CZAR FROM OUR PREVIOUS, WE GAVE HIM A REALLY LONG TITLE.
I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT'S ALRIGHT.
WELL, WE WERE IN FRONT OF THE MAC ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, SO A LOT HAS CHANGED.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.
AND THEN, UH, WE ACTUALLY RELEASED A REPORT RECENTLY, KIND OF A YEAR IN REVIEW FROM OUR TEAM THAT A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS FROM.
UH, SO IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE, UM, AFTERWARDS.
SO, UH, JUST HIGH LEVEL, BIG PICTURE.
WE ARE GONNA BE THE PLACE TO BE, UH, DURING 2028.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN LA.
WE'RE GONNA, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE EVENTS, UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE AT LEAST 2 MILLION TICKETED FANS COMING TO LONG BEACH JUST FOR THE EVENTS THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE.
AND WE HAVE FOUR MAIN VENUE AREAS ALONG THE COAST.
UM, SO IMAGINE HOW FUN, COOL, AND EXCITING IT'LL BE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE CRUISING ALONG THE BEACH PATH IN YOUR E SCOOTER.
UH, WE HAVE 11 OLYMPIC SPORTS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVENTS ALMOST EVERY DAY DURING THE OLYMPICS, 17 OUT OF 18 DAYS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE COMPETITIONS BEFORE THE OPENING CEREMONIES.
UM, AND WE HAVE 161 TICKET DECEPTIONS ACROSS ALL THE SPORTS IN THE OLYMPIC SIDE.
WE HAVE SEVEN PARALYMPIC SPORTS, WHICH IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PARALYMPIC SPORTS AS DOWNTOWN LA SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A HUGE PRESENCE IN 2028 AND WE'LL BE ACTIVATED 12 OUT 14, UH, OF THE PARALYMPIC DAYS.
THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE, THE MAIN VENUE AREAS, UM, AS WELL AS THE HOSPITALITY HOUSES THAT BARRA WILL TALK ABOUT.
UM, DOWNTOWN OF COURSE WE'VE GOT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE PARKING LOT IN ALAMEDOS BEACH.
AND THEN WE HAVE BELMONT SHORE AND MARINE STADIUM, UH, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE MARINE STADIUM BACK IN THE OLYMPICS AFTER, UH, 32 OLYMPICS
AND THEN AGAIN, BAR WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVATIONS OUTSIDE OF, OF THE MAIN EVENT VENUES.
SO SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST, UM, OR WITH THE MAC, AT LEAST NOT IN THIS LOCATION, UM, WE RELEASED A STRATEGIC ROAD ROADMAP.
SO THIS REALLY GIVES OUR CITY, UM, A PLAN FOR WHERE WE'RE HEADED FOR OUR PLANNING FOR 2028.
UH, GIVES US OUR CORE OBJECTIVES, OUR VISION, DIFFERENT PHASING THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT OUR KEY PRIORITIES ARE REALLY OUTLINED IN THIS, UH, ROADMAP.
IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE THE GAMES ARE FUN AND SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL, ALL THE STUFF THAT THIS TEAM IS DOING IS SORT OF ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.
EVERYTHING THAT'S BEYOND A TRADITIONAL SPECIAL EVENT THAT COMES AND GOES IS WHAT OUR TEAM IS REALLY FOCUSED ON TO BRING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GAMES TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING THOSE LONG-TERM LEGACY IMPACTS FROM THE GAMES, WHICH, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY IN THE ROADMAP, IT OUTLINES SOME OF THE PHASED PLANNING THAT WE'RE EXPECTING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WE'RE REALLY IN THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND THEN MOVING INTO TESTING AND DELIVERY RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE BUILT THE FOUNDATIONAL KIND OF POLICY GOALS AND VISION THROUGH THE ROADMAP.
WE'VE STARTED A LOT OF THE INTERNAL CITY PLANNING AND NOW WE'RE IN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH LA 20, ABOUT 28, ABOUT THEIR VENUE PLANNING AND WHAT THE LOGISTICAL, UM, TIMELINES MIGHT BE.
WE'RE ALSO NEGOTIATING SOME OF THE COST RECOVERY, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT COMES WITH EVERY SPECIAL EVENT.
AND, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY MAP OUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES ARE, HOW DO WE BUILD THAT COMMUNITY PRESENCE? AND WE'RE MOVING INTO TESTING A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT RELATED TO LIKE THE WORLD CUP COMING AND SOME OF THE OTHER TEST EVENTS THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JORGE AND TALK A LITTLE BIT
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MORE.I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULING THROUGH AND I HEARD THERE WAS KIND OF A THING GOING WITH THE SCHEDULING AND THE UM, ROCK WATERERS Q**M THAT CAME UP WITH THE DUAL USE OF MARINE STADIUM.
ON THE USE OF RAIN STADIUM DURING THE OPEN OPEN WATER SWIM.
OPEN WATER SWIM'S GONNA BE USING A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
AND THAT, THAT IMPACTED THE SCHEDULE.
AND SO THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THERE, RIGHT? WITH OTHER 20, YES.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YEAH, THE SWIM IS GONNA BE OUT HERE, NOT IN THE MARINE STADIUM AREA, SO I DON'T KNOW.
THERE MAY BE SOME, WE HAVE THE, THE CANOE EVENT AND THEN THE ROWING EVENT ARE BOTH GONNA BE THE STADIUM.
THEY HAVE DATES FOR THAT AND THE SWIMMING OPEN WATER SWIMMING, UM, IS NOT PLANNED IN THERE.
SO IT HAS A DATE THAT'S INSIDE OF THOSE EVENTS.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THE DATES ARE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH, I MEAN A LOT OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE EVENTS AND THE LOCATIONS AND ALL THAT IS STILL BEING PLANNED WITH LA 28.
SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GIVE IT A MINUTE.
RIGHT? HUH? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I MEAN SORT OF, I MEAN SOME OF IT IS CLEAR OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE EVENT VENUES ARE GONNA BE, BUT UM, I MEAN A LOT OF THE TEMPORARY VENUES, THE BUILD OUT ALL THAT IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT SO PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THINGS THAT MAYBE WE DON'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN, UM, AS WE WORK WITH LA 28, THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE UP TO DATE AND WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THEIR PLANS AND WHAT THE TIMELINES ARE AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO, UM, ALRIGHT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JORGE, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
ALRIGHT, SO YEAH, SO TODD REACHED OUT, UM, LOOKING AT SOMETHING Y'ALL WANTED TO UPDATE.
SO IT WAS PERFECT BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON AN ANNUAL REPORT.
SO I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THOSE MILESTONES THAT WE HAVE IN THE REPORT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO ANNUALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO THE GAME.
SO WE'LL ISSUE ONE NEXT YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR GOING INTO 28.
UM, SO HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE ABLE TO PULL JUST IN ALL THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST YEAR.
UM, YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN THE REPORT.
I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS INTERESTING.
669 MILLION ESTIMATED BROADCAST AND EDITORIAL REACH.
OUR COMMS TEAM SOMEHOW IS ABLE TO CALCULATE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT
AND WE ARE OVER A HUNDRED CITY EMPLOYEES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR PLANNING STRUCTURE NOW.
I THINK WE STARTED AT LIKE 50 OR SOMETHING.
SO WE'VE BEEN CONSTANTLY GROWING AND ADDING, UM, WELL ACTUALLY WHAT I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO BERYL TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND I'M FEATURED IN THE PICTURE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
SO, UM, AS I SAID, I'M THE PROTOCOL OFFICER.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE FOR A YEAR NOW.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN LONG BEACH, BUT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE CAPACITY TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR OUTREACH.
THE LA COUNSELOR COURT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
NOW WE HAVE NATURAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES WHO REALLY WANNA BE IN LONG BEACH, OBVIOUSLY, HENCE WHY WE HAVE THREE HOUSES SO FAR.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM, BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS NOT JUST ONE IS KINDA LIKE OUR NORTH STAR, BUT WE REALLY WANNA PUT LONG BEACH ON THE MAP IN TERMS OF BEING ITS OWN GLOBAL DESTINATION.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S STRENGTHENED BY THIS POSITION ON SOME, OVER THE PAST YEAR WE POSTED 45 HIGH LEVEL INTERNATIONAL VISITS, SO THAT'S DIGNITARIES, TRADE DELEGATIONS, AND THEN THOSE ARE JUST THAT, THAT INCLUDED 16 NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES AND THREE NATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES.
AND THAT'S THREE YEARS OUT FROM THE GAMES, RIGHT? SO IMAGINE WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR NOW IN TERMS OF HOW MANY NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES WILL COME.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO THE IMPECCABLE PLANNING THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY SPORTS, UH, SEE YEP.
FIRST REGION, FIRST HOUSE IN THE REGION TO CONFIRM FREE HOSPITALITY HOUSES.
AND THAT'S WITHOUT PAYING ANYONE.
OTHER CITIES HAVE MONEY, I THINK PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, LENDERS WHO ARE GIVING MONEY FOR HOUSES.
SO IT'S CULVER CITY GAVE MONEY TO THE TEEN NEW ZEALAND HOUSE.
WE'RE JUST, PEOPLE WANT TO BE HERE.
SO, AND WE HAVE THE CHARM OFFENSIVE THAT WE DO.
SO WE WILL
SO THESE ARE THE THREE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
UH, WE FIRST GOT DENMARK, WELL ACTUALLY IN ORDER OF THIS IS ACTUALLY GREECE CONFIRMED WITH US FIRST.
GREECE HAS NEVER HAD, DESPITE BEING THE FOUNDER OF THE OLYMPICS, THEY'VE NEVER HAD A HOUSE, A HOSPITALITY HOUSE.
THE CONCEPT OF A HOSPITALITY HOUSE, IN CASE THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S LIKE A MINI EMBASSY OF SORTS.
SO THEY WILL HAVE, UH, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR ATHLETES THERE, UH, THEY'LL HAVE WATCH PARTIES, UM, THEY WILL DO, YOU KNOW, CONCERTS AND ART EXHIBITS, ET CETERA.
EVERY COUNTRY IS VERY DIFFERENT.
SO, UH, WITH GREECE, THEY'RE DOING IN THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, WE HAVE A VERY LIVELY, UM, VERY VIBRANT GREEK AMERICAN GROUP THAT LIVES HERE, COMMUNITY THAT LIVES HERE.
AND WE ARE, UH, THEY'RE ALREADY LOOKING INTO BUILDING THE PLANS AND ALL THAT, BUT, UH, THEY ARE NOT, HAVE NOT TOLD US YET WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO, BUT I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME PLATE BREAKING AND SOME FUNNY CITING ACTIVITIES.
AND WE'LL HAVE MORE TO REPORT LATER.
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UH, IS RENTED OUT, THE WESTIN IN DOWNTOWN, SO THEY GOT TO IT BEFORE LA 20 EVEN DID IT.THAT'S HOW ORGANIZED THE DANES WERE.
UH, SO THEY PICKED THAT AND THAT'S THEIR HUB SO THAT THEY'RE MAKING LONG BEACH, THEIR ENTIRE OLYMPIC HUB, ESSENTIALLY.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE IN LA, UH, WILL BE THAT THEIR ATHLETES WILL BE AT THE ATHLETE VILLAGE IN WESTWOOD.
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE, THEIR COACHES, THEIR FAMILIES, EVERYONE WILL BE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
THE COOL THING IS THAT SHIP RIGHT HERE, THAT WILL BE IN OUR HARBOR.
SO THIS ONE IN RAINBOW HARBOR, THIS IS CALLED A TALL SHIP, AND THIS WILL BE SAILING AT A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO GET HERE.
SO THEY CAN BE HERE FOR THE 18 OLYMPIC DAYS AND THEN IT CAN GO AND THE KING AND QUEEN WILL BE JOINING.
UH, THEY WANNA DO STUFF WITH THE CITY ON THERE.
SO IT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
AND LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, IRELAND WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE STATE OF THE CITY.
UH, THE OLYMPIC FEDERATION OF IRELAND WAS JUST BACK IN TOWN.
THEY'VE BEEN IN TOWN ALREADY THREE TIMES.
THAT'S HOW EXCITED THEY ARE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS.
UH, AND SO THEY ESTABLISHED THAT THEY PICKED IT FOR INNOVATION SQUARE.
DO YOU ALL KNOW WHERE NOVATION SQUARE IS? SO IT'S ON PINE STREETS, LIKE RIGHT ABOVE EVERYTHING ON LIKE FOURTH, BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH.
SO IT'S LIKE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF ALL THE FUN THINGS HAPPENING IN PINE, UM, IN DOWNTOWN.
WHAT THEY WANNA DO IS THEY, SO THEY WERE NOMINATED AS THE BEST HOUSE IN PARIS, YOU CAN IMAGINE.
SO THEY, THEY HOPE TO MAKE AN EVEN MORE LIVELY HOUSE.
THEY'RE HOPING TO DO CONCERTS EVERY NIGHT.
THEY'RE HOPING TO BRING IRISH CELEBRITIES INTO TOWN.
SO APPARENTLY PAUL MESCAL AND CONAN O'BRIEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT, WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING STUFF LIKE THAT, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY FUN.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE BEST MERCHANDISE OUT OF ANY OLYMPIC TEAM.
SO THEY'LL HAVE A MERCH STORE AND THEN THEY'LL BE DOING SOME CULTURAL THINGS FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS AS WELL.
SO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH LA 28 AND SOME OF OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS.
SO IN 2025, WE CONTINUE ADVANCING OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE LA 28.
SO PER OUR G AGREEMENT, IT'S REALLY A THREE STATE, UH, THREE STEP, UH, NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
SO IN 2025, WE REALLY COMPLETED THAT NORMAL CUSTOMARY SERVICES SPACE.
SO JUST DETERMINING WHAT SERVICES WE PROVIDE AS A CITY IF THE GAMES WEREN'T HAPPENING.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE HAND CITY SERVICES, WHICH IS REALLY GONNA DEFINE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE USUALLY DO AT THE CITY AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA REIMBURSE US.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING JUST ON GENERAL, UH, OPERATIONAL PLANNING, SO GETTING A HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED WITH THE PLANS, STARTING TO SHARE MORE STUFF OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
SO, SO WE'RE HOPING FOR, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GONNA IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN METRO'S, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, SO HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET TO ALL THE DIFFERENT VENUES.
UM, SO UNDER THAT EFFORT, THAT'S THE, UH, THE GRN, WHICH IS THE GAMES ROUTE NETWORK.
SO THIS IS A CONCEPT YOU SEE HERE.
SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE GONNA BE THE DEDICATED LANES, UM, FROM VENUE TO VENUE FOR GAMES, FAMILY, SO ATHLETES, BROADCASTERS, UM, UM, UH, FAMILY AS WELL, UH, AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA CONNECT ALL THE DIFFERENT VENUES, UM, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THAT, UH, NETWORK.
AND THEN ALSO THE GETS, WHICH IS THE GAMES AND ENHANCE TRANSIT SYSTEM, AND THAT'S METRO'S WAY OF GETTING SPECTATORS TO THE DIFFERENT VENUES.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IN LONG BEACH IS YOU'LL SEE MORE OF LIKE A PARK AND RIDE STRATEGY.
SO LIKELY IF YOU HAVE A TICKET TO AN EVENT IN LONG BEACH, YOU'LL BE GOING AND YOU'LL PARK AT, UH, LIKELY LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE OR, UH, CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE A SHUTTLE TO THE VENUE.
SO REALLY THERE REALLY WON'T BE ANY PARKING AT THE VENUES, SO YOU'LL REALLY NEED TO RELY ON THAT SHUTTLE LINK SYSTEM TO GET TO GET HERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE L-B-U-S-D, ALL THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS I MENTIONED ALREADY AND ALONG THESE TRANSIT.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET REALLY MORE IN THE WEEDS THIS YEAR AND MAKING SURE, WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP LIKE QUARTERLY, QUARTERLY MEETINGS NOW AND JUST CREATING THOSE STRONGER BONDS AS WE HEAD TO 2028.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GETTING OURSELVES READY.
UM, CAPACITY BUILDING'S A BIG THING.
SO THIS YEAR, UH, THIS BUDGET ACTUALLY WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'RE, WE OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED OUR OFFICE, SO OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL.
UM, WE ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE THE WEBPAGE NOW ON THE WEBSITE, SO WE'RE OFFICIAL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO REFINING OUR PLANNING STRUCTURE.
SO WE REALIZED THAT COMMUNICATION'S GONNA BE A BIG KEY OR HOW COMMUNICATING OUT THIS INFORMATION SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A SEPARATE COMM WORK GROUP THAT'S BEEN HELPING US.
UM, AND THEN WE, UM, WE ALSO CREATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY GROUPS THAT ARE, ARE SEPARATED NOW AND MORE FOCUSED IN THOSE AREAS.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO LEVERAGE, AND WE DID THAT IN 2025, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING SPECIAL EVENTS TO TRY TO EDUCATE STAFF? BECAUSE A LOT OF STAFF THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE GAMES PLANNING ARE NEVER EVER INVOLVED IN SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO TRY TO GIVE 'EM A SENSE OF WHAT A SPECIAL EVENTS MEANS.
WE WERE, UM, ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE GRAND PRIX.
WE TOOK, I THINK OVER LIKE 70 PEOPLE THROUGH THE GRAND PRIX WITH SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, AND WALKED THEM THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND HOW IT OPERATES, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE NOW HAVE OVER A HUNDRED OF STAFF THAT ARE, THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR GAMES PLANNING, REPRESENT OVER 19 CITY DEPARTMENTS, A LOT OF FOLKS.
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AND WITH THATSO I'M, I'M THE NEW GUY ON THE TEAM TOO.
SO, UM, IT JUST STARTED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT WE REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN OUR, IN OUR EFFORTS TO, UM, TO, TO REALLY GET OUR COMMUNITY ACTIVATED.
UH, AND JUST LIKE BERYL MENTIONED, HOW SHE IS, SHE'S HYPERFOCUSED NOW ON THE GAMES BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THE BIG TICKET ITEM THAT'S COMING TO TOWN.
UM, BUT REALLY THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING AND THE WORK THAT I'M DOING ARE HOPING TO BUILD LEGACIES THAT LIVE BEYOND THE GAMES.
THE GAMES ARE, ARE THE THING THAT IGNITE THE PASSION AND THE INTEREST.
UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE, THAT THE WORK THAT SHE AND I ARE DOING WILL, WILL, WILL ALLOW THINGS TO CONTINUE, UM, IN SOME KIND OF CAPACITY IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
SO ALREADY WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO, TO BRING THE GAMES TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND, AND REALLY HOPING TO IGNITE SOME INTEREST IN EXCITEMENT FROM OUR YOUTH FOR THE SPORTS THAT ARE COMING TO LONG BEACH, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT SPORTS THAT WE ARE GENERALLY FAMILIAR WITH, UM, ON, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INSPIRE THAT EXCITEMENT.
UM, AND WE ARE REALLY HOPING THAT, UM, DURING THE GAMES THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL COME TOGETHER TO, TO, TO BRING MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR, FOR PARTICIPATION IN, IN, IN THESE SYSTEMS THAN JUST WHAT THE CITY CAN, CAN PROVIDE.
AND REGARDING THAT LEGACY, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IN ACTION ARE BRINGING FOLKS, FOLKS TOGETHER IN SERVICE AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, THE TEAM, USA FOR ARTISTIC SWIMMING.
WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY, UM, UH, BEACH CLEANUP WITH THEM THAT WE ALL HOST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WITH THAT TEAM, AND HOPEFULLY BUILD SOME MOMENTUM THERE TOO AND AND, AND REALLY REALIZE THE PASSION AND THE PRIDE THAT, THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS IN, IN LONG BEACH TO BRING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WHEN THE GAMES ARE A YEAR.
UH, AND WE ARE ACTIVELY, UM, PURSUING, UH, SOME FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES TO HOPEFULLY BUILD A, AN ENDOWMENT THAT CAN, UM, SUPPORT YOUTH PROGRAMS FAR IN ADVANCE IN, IN THE FUTURE POST GAMES.
BUT JUST LAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF THIS HAPPENED BEFORE MY ONBOARDING INTO THIS TEAM, BUT THERE WERE 27 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS JUST LIKE THIS THAT OCCURRED LAST YEAR WITH SEVEN PRESS RELEASES RELATED TO THE GAMES.
UM, WE LAUNCHED OUR GAMES WEBSITE, UM, THAT HAS GETTING A LOT OF TRACTION AND THAT TRACTION IS INCLUDED, IS INCREASING DAILY.
UM, AND WE PARTNERED WITH A HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH TO BUILD A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT ABOUT WHAT THE GAMES LOOKED LIKE IN LONG BEACH.
AND IT, IT'S ABOUT 110 PAGES LONG.
I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND GIVING IT A READ.
THERE'S SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL ANECDOTAL STORIES IN THERE AND, AND IT'S JUST A NICE FOUNDATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE GAMES HAVE BEEN IN LONG BEACH.
SO WHILE THIS IS THE FIRST, THE THIRD TIME THAT WE ARE HOSTING THE OLYMPIC GAMES, IT'S OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO HOST THE PARALYMPIC GAMES.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A NAME FOR OURSELVES, UM, AS BEING ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMMODATING CITIES, UM, EVER TO HOST PARALYMPIC GAMES.
UH, SO LET'S, LET'S SAY THAT COME TO FRUITION.
UM, BUT LA 28 IS REALLY INTERESTED IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS AS WELL.
AND THEY'VE JUST RELEASED AN INTEREST FORM THAT ANY GROUP CAN FILL OUT TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN HOSTING SOME KIND OF OLYMPIC OR PARALYMPIC, UH, EVENT, UM, IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE YACHT CLUB, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, SO THERE IS AN INTEREST FORM THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO FILL OUT.
UM, I, I AM ASKING THAT IF IF ANYONE SUBMITS AN INTEREST FORM THAT THEY ALSO SHARE A COPY OF THAT WITH ME TOO, UM, TO, BECAUSE AS WE ARE DOING SOME PLANNING ALONG THE WAY, UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO KNOW IF THERE'S, FOR INSTANCE, A WATCH PARTY HAPPENING HERE AND ANOTHER ONE HAPPENING JUST ACROSS THE STREET SO WE CAN COMBINE FORCES AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ARE ALL BUILDING SOMETHING, UM, TOGETHER AND NOT, OR IN COMPETITION WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THAT KIND OF THING COMING UP, UM, SOON TOO.
BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE QUESTION BURNING ON EVERYONE'S EYES.
WE HEAR PEOPLE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS AREA,
UM, OKAY, SO I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ACTUALLY SOME INTERESTING TIDBITS.
SO THIS NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT PROCESS WASN'T, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY RECENT, WELL, IT STILL SEEMS RECENT TO ME, BUT IT WAS REALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1998 THROUGH PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AT THE TIME.
UH, SO IT'S A FAIRLY NEW NEWER PROCESS.
IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY BEEN THE LAST TIME IT'S BEEN USED IN CALIFORNIA WAS, I BELIEVE, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN LA UH, IN 2000.
SO IT'S BEEN FAIRLY LONG TIME SINCE IT'S EVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED HERE.
UM, IN 84, THIS PROCESS DIDN'T EXIST, SO THE OLYMPICS HERE DIDN'T HAVE THE STRUCTURE.
SO IT REALLY IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEING USED FOR AN OLYMPICS ON US SOIL.
SO EVEN FOR A LOT OF THESE FEDERAL AGENTS, THIS IS ALL NEW TO THEM.
UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY'VE EXPRESSED TO US THAT DURING THE SUMMER, THAT SUMMER, THEY'LL ALSO BE SECURING, UH, THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE REALLY STRETCHED THIN.
UM, BUT REALLY, UM, THE, THIS PROCESS WAS REALLY OFFICIALLY DONE IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS 24, IS
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WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY DESIGNATED THE, UH, THE GAMES AS A-N-S-S-E.AND SO WHAT THAT REALLY DOES IS IT MAKES, IT MEANS THE US CIRCUIT SERVICE IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR ALL OF THE SECURITY PLANNING, AND THEN THEY BRING THE FBI ON BOARD FOR INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-TERRORISM AND THEN FEMA FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY.
AND THEN WHAT THIS DOES, IT KIND OF CREATES A CENTRAL, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EVERYONE CAN PLUG INTO.
SO FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE LEADING IT, BUT THE STATE'S A PART OF IT.
UH, WE'RE PART OF IT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, REGIONAL LEVEL.
SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF PARTNERS.
THERE'S OVER LIKE 20, I THINK THERE'S 23 SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE REALLY MAKE UP THIS WHOLE SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S, IT'S A BIG, YEAH, IT'S A BIG COORDINATION EFFORT.
UM, SO FOR LONG BEACH, THIS MEANS THAT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH SECRET SERVICE TO ESTABLISH WHAT THOSE SECURITY PARAMETERS ARE GONNA BE.
UM, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE SOME INPUT ON LOCAL IMPACTS AND WHAT DIFFERENT PERIMETERS COULD MEAN FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS WELL.
UM, AND SO WE TRY TO BALANCE, OF COURSE, THEIR CONCERN WITH SAFETY, WITH THE RESIDENT COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT WE KNOW AT A LOCAL LEVEL, AND THEN THE SECRET SERVICE ULTIMATELY MAKES THE FINAL CALL AND WHAT THOSE PERIMETERS ARE GONNA BE.
UM, SO THEY CAN TAKE ALL INPUT ALL THEY WANT, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY'LL MAKE THAT DECISION.
THEY SEEM TO BE FAIRLY FLEXIBLE THOUGH.
UM, AND SO ONCE REALLY THAT DECISION IS MADE, IT'S, IT IS ON US TO REALLY INFORM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE, UM, AND WHEN THAT INFORMATION'S GONNA BE MADE PUBLIC AS WELL.
UM, SO, UM, ACTUALLY I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE INFORMATION TO SHARE YET, SPECIFICALLY ON THE IMPACTS TO OUR VENUES QUITE YET.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY SOME TIME THIS YEAR.
SO AS SOON AS WE ARE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION AND RELEASE IT, RELEASE IT PUBLICLY, DEFINITELY WILL.
BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT MEANT IN PARIS.
SO IN PARIS, THEY PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWED THE SAME EXAMPLE.
THEY HAD THE DIFFERENT SECURITY PERIMETERS THAT THEY USE, AND THEY WOULD ACTIVATE THESE PERIMETERS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT EVENTS WERE GOING ON.
SO THEY HAD THE, THESE DIFFERENT, THESE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
THEY HAD THE BLUE PERIMETER, WHICH JUST MEANT THERE WAS RESTRICTED VEHICLE ACCESS, SO ONLY LOCAL AND AUTHORIZED VEHICLES WERE ABLE TO GO THERE.
AND THEY HAD THE RED PERIMETER, WHICH MEANT NO MOTORIZED TRAFFIC, BUT PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS WERE ALLOWED.
AND THEN THEY HAD THE PROTECTIVE PERIMETER, THIS GRAY AREA, WHICH REALLY WAS JUST THE VENUE ITSELF.
SO THAT WAS THE MOST, THAT THE AREA THAT WAS CONTROLLED THE MOST, WHICH WAS, UM, CONTROLLED BY THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE
UM, AND, AND SO FOR THESE BARRIERS, WHAT THEY USED IS THEY IMPLEMENTED LIKE A DIGITAL ACCESS PASS SYSTEM.
SO PEOPLE HAD TO SHOW THAT THEY HAD THIS DIGITAL ACCESS PASS TO SECURITY IN ORDER TO GET INTO CERTAIN AREAS, UM, DURING, WHEN THOSE BARRIERS, WHEN THOSE PERIMETERS WERE ACTIVATED.
UM, AND THEN THEY REALLY PRIORITIZED AT LEAST PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST ACCESS.
SO THERE WAS SOME LOCAL CIRCULATION AROUND THOSE AREAS AS MUCH AS THEY COULD.
UM, AND THEN THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB ON, THEY REALLY DID GOOD COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN.
SO I PULLED THIS, THIS ACTUAL IMAGE FROM THE WEBSITE, CITY OF PARIS WEBSITE, AND THEY HAD LIKE ALL THESE IMAGES ON WHAT THE BARRIERS WERE, WHAT THE DATES WERE AN FAQ, WHAT THOSE IMPACTS MEANT, LIKE HOW, IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT VERSUS A BUSINESS, HOW DO YOU GET IN AND OUT OF THE DIFFERENT PERIMETERS? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO ACCESS THOSE PERIMETERS? THEY HAD LIKE A GIS MAP, SO THEY REALLY WENT ALL OUT.
AND THOSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HOPE TO EMULATE AS WELL WHEN WE START GETTING THAT INFORMATION AND THEY CAN START RELEASING IT PUBLICLY.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA PASS IT BACK TO SEAN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE BUILD BUILDING MOMENTUM TOWARDS, UH, THE 2020 GAMES.
AND THAT MOMENTUM LOOKS LIKE THE FIFA WORLD CUP THAT'S COMING HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, IT IS GOING TO BE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TEST A FEW THINGS, UM, TO SEE HOW OUR SYSTEMS ARE WORKING IN ADVANCE OF THE BIG GAMES ACTIVATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN A COUPLE YEARS.
AND WE ARE PULLING OUT ALL OF THE STOPS FOR, FOR THE WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LA GALAXY.
WE WILL LAUNCH A GROUP STAGE, UM, OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL BE A BIG CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH WITH PARTIAL, UM, CLOSURE OF PINE AVENUE, UM, AND SOME ACTIVATIONS OF LINCOLN PARK IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, WITH LA GALAXY TO, TO REALLY ELEVATE THE, THE, THE WORLD CUP GAMES, UM, AT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND THE GROUP STAGE WILL BE ACTIVATED DURING THE MAIN MATCHES.
UM, UM, AND WE INTEND TO HAVE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE WATCHING MATCHES THROUGH OUR KNOCKOUT STAGE WHERE WE WILL DRIVE, UH, A BRAND NEW SCREEN FROM PARK TO PARK IN LONG BEACH AND, AND HAVE, UH, VIEWINGS OF MATCHES IN THE PARK, SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, SO WE'LL SEE THAT HAPPENING ON, ON NON-GROUP STAGE DAYS.
AND ALL OF THAT WILL CULMINATE TO THE GRAND FINALE, UM, THAT WHERE WE WILL HAVE A BEACH STREETS TYPE ACTIVATION.
AND YOU, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH BEACH STREETS, WHERE WE CLOSE OFF A LONG STRETCH OF BEACH TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC, UM, AND, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY FUN AND, AND A FESTIVAL SETTING.
UM, SO ON THE FINAL DAY, WE WILL HAVE A GIANT BEACH STREET THAT WILL, UM, STRETCH FROM THE BIKE PATH, UH, IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, DOWN BROADWAY, UM, ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ZIGZAGGING HERE AND THERE.
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PRETTY GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEE, AND WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 80,000 PEOPLE BEFORE THAT, UM, BEACH STREET'S ACTIVATION.SO THIS WILL BE A REALLY INTERESTING TIME FOR US TO SEE HOW, UM, HOW EXCITED LONG BEACH IS ABOUT THESE INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS.
UH, AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT THOSE, THOSE ACTIVATIONS.
BUT I, I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE HAD, HAVE HELD A BEACH CLEANUP WITH A, WITH A SMALL GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS.
WELL, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO INCREASE THAT VOLUNTEER FOOTPRINT IN, IN LONG BEACH SIGNIFICANTLY, AND TO DO SO WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE GAMES, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, MURAL PAINTINGS, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, UM, TO REALLY GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP FOR ONE ANOTHER.
UM, WE ARE ARE ALREADY PARTNERING WITH, UM, WITH NATIONAL OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES, UM, TO TEST EVENTS IN LONG BEACH.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH, UH, WITH USA CLIMBING GROUP TO, TO DO SOME INTERESTING THINGS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UH, IT'S REALLY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES TO US.
SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF TEST EVENTS COMING OUR WAY AS WE MAKE THOSE PLANS AND FLUSH THEM ALL OUT.
UM, AND WE ARE REALLY HOPING, AS I MENTIONED, TO LEVERAGE THIS EVENT, UM, TO, TO REALLY BUILD, UH, SOME MOMENTUM BEHIND BUILDING A LEGACY FUND.
UM, AND ONE OF YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS RAISED THEIR HANDS TO, UH, HELP US IN THAT EFFORT.
MR. BRUCE MCCRAY, I DON'T KNOW IF I RAISED IT.
I I, I, I HEARD A RESOUNDING SIGN ME UP IN OUR FIRST MEETING, BUT, BUT REALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UM, WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF AS, AS A COMMUNITY IF WE ARE ABLE TO LAND THAT PLANE AND BUILD THIS ENDOWMENT.
UM, THE PHILANTHROPIC LANDSCAPE IN LONG BEACH IS, IS HEALTHY AND ROBUST, BUT EVERY NONPROFIT IN TOWN NEEDS A LITTLE EXTRA, A LITTLE EXTRA CASH.
SO IF WE COULD PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS INDEFINITELY THROUGH THIS ENDOWMENT, UM, IT'LL BE GREAT.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO SHOW UP TO EVENTS LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, INVITE US TO COME AND WE WILL PRESENT AND, AND TELL OUR STORIES.
BUT ALSO PLEASE SIGN UP ON OUR MAILING LIST.
UM, OUR, OUR GAMES, UM, WEBSITE IS, IS LISTED HERE.
IT'S AT OUR LONG BEACH.GOV LANDING PAGE SLASH 2028 GAMES.
THERE IS MAILING LIST SIGN UP, THERE'S VOLUNTEER INTEREST FORM SIGN UP, UM, YOU CAN SIGN, YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL US DIRECTLY AT THIS 2022 GAMES@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UM, AND, UH, AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS OF US THERE.
BUT THIS IS A TWO, THIS COMMUNICATION IS A TWO WAY STREET.
AND SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET AS MANY FOLKS SIGNED UP ON OUR MAILING LIST AS POSSIBLE SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION AS SOON AS IT'S READY FOR CONSUMPTION.
UM, AND WITH THAT IS SIGN FOR SOME Q AND A
NOW I'M GONNA GO FIRST AND I GOTTA TELL EVERYBODY TOO, ON THE LEGACY FUND, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS AT OUR FIRST MEETING, AND I ASSURE EVERYBODY IT'S NOT A SLUSH FUND.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE POSITIVE FOR EDUCATION, FOR STUDENTS AND FOR ART.
UH, AND IT GOES FOR EVERY MAYOR THAT GOES FORWARD, NOT JUST ONE MAYOR.
THIS IS GONNA BE A FUND THAT'S GONNA BE SHARED, WE HOPE FOR GENERATIONS.
MUCH LIKE LA UH, THE, WHAT'S IT? 84.
LA 84 WAS, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH IN REGARDS TO SECURITY, UH, IN THE SENSE OF WE'RE GOING THROUGH BUDGET CUTS RIGHT NOW IN LONG BEACH.
UH, I BELIEVE 11 MILLION FOR THE FIRE, ANOTHER 8 MILLION FOR, FOR POLICE.
UH, THERE'S OVER 70,000 SWORN OFFICERS ARE GONNA NEED FOR THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, MONTH AND A HALF.
UH, AND IT JUST DOES, IT WORRIES ME.
WE TAKE A COUPLE, AND AGAIN, THE CITY MANAGERS, PLEASE DON'T TELL TOM I SAID IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CHAIRMAN SAID IT, BUT THAT REALLY WORRIES ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE FUNDING GOING TO BE? I KNOW WE'LL GET REIMBURSED, BUT IN THE SENSE OF POLICE AND FIRE, IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM ON NOW, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST FOR OUR OWN GROUP, FOR OUR OWN SAFETY, FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A MILLION PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS CITY OF WHAT, 510 OR WE GOT 490 SOMETHING LIKE BETWEEN FOUR 90 AND FIVE 10.
UM, WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE ISSUES.
I MEAN, NOT, NOT JUST THE OLYMPIC SIDE.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, MOM HAS A HEART ATTACK OR SOMEBODY DOES THIS, SOMEBODY DOES THIS.
WE'RE STILL GONNA NEED OUR POLICE FORCE TO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT UP AT THE LEGACY FUND TOO.
SO, UH, SOMETHING TO TO AT LEAST BRING BACK AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A CONCERN.
ONE THING ON THAT, I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE THE BIGGEST, UH, PD TRAINING ACADEMY THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO HIRE.
UM, SO EVEN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, IT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHERE IT'S HIRING FREEZES OR CUTTING POSITIONS.
WE'VE SEEN THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME FEDERAL FUNDING BEING REMOVED THAT DOES HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR PD
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AND FIRE.UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK GENERALLY IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY LANDSCAPE, IT'S SO BIG.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE MUTUAL AID SYSTEMS RIGHT THROUGH THIS, THAT PEOPLE WILL BE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, TO HELP SUPPORT.
AND THEN FROM OUR END, IT'S EXACTLY TO YOUR POINT, IT'S NOT JUST MAKING SURE WE HAVE A SAFE GAMES, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
WILL THE OTHER AGENCIES COMING IN THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE OLYMPICS AND NOT OUR OWN CITY? CORRECT? YOU MEAN THE COSTS? YES.
WELL, ACTUALLY IT'LL BE MAINLY FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
BUT YEAH, THOSE WOULD BE THE COSTS, LIKE JORGE MENTIONED, THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY PROVIDE THAT WOULD BE REIMBURSED.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, THEY ACTUALLY ALLOCATED A, ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL OR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, RELATED TO WORLD CUP AND, AND, UH, THE 2028 GAMES.
SO THE PROCESS YEAH, WOULD BE ANYTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND.
SO THE COST FOR US TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THAT SAME TIME, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST A CITY COST, BUT ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THAT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THE VENUES THAT WOULD ALL BE REIMBURSED THROUGH THE FEDERAL SYSTEMS. THAT'S GREAT.
YEAH, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A PRIORITY FOR SURE.
IT'S SOMETHING I KNOW ON THAT REALLY QUICK TOO.
SO ON THE FUNDING, UM, THERE WAS ALSO 625 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR THE WORLD CUP.
SO I THINK IT WAS THE SAME BILL.
SO IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVEN'T RELEASED THAT FUNDING NOW FOR THE CITIES, UH, FOR THE WORLD CUP YET.
UM, BUT I GUESS THE BENEFIT THERE IS THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH LIKE A GRANT PROCESS, UH, THROUGH A FEMA BELIEF FOR THIS FUNDING.
SO I THINK WE'LL GET TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AND HOW THAT PROCESS GOES.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A BENEFIT TO US WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT AND WE FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW THAT REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS IS GONNA WORK.
AT LEAST THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH IT WITH THE WORLD CUP.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO OTHER COMMISSIONERS WAKING WITH QUESTIONS.
SO IN YOUR SLIDE THERE SHOWING, UH, ALBEA PAY BASICALLY FROM RIGHT BEHIND ME, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH ONTO THE BRIDGE AND THE MARINE STADIUM IS RED.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE HOMEOWNERS OF SPIN BAY MARINA PACIFIC? UH, AND THEN THE CITY, UH, TENANTS OF THE MARINA FROM TIME HAVE TO STEP OUT.
I'M GONNA TAKE MY BOAT OUT THIS AFTERNOON.
I'M GOING SOMEWHERE, I'M COMING BACK FROM SOMEWHERE.
UH, WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE, YEAH, THE SECURITY PERIMETERS AND THAT PROCESS FOR SUPER SERVICE IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT.
UH, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE EXACT DETAILS AT THIS MOMENT, WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UH, BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE, I MEAN, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE EVENT VENUE AREAS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF FROM LA 28.
UH, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED SPACE TO STAGE THEIR, UM, BACK OF HOUSE.
THEY NEED OBVIOUSLY ROOM TO BUILD OUT TEMPORARY SPECTATOR SEATING AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE IMAGINING THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOOTPRINT THAT WILL HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACCESS.
SO IF YOU'RE A, YOU KNOW, HOMEOWNER RIGHT AROUND MARINE STADIUM OR EVEN CLOSE TO BELMONT SHORE AREAS, UM, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF SECURITY AND ACCESS THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF EXACTLY HOW THAT'LL WORK WITH SECRET SERVICE.
UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY GET THAT INFORMATION ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE AND SHARE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
ONE MORE THINKING ABOUT THE HOMEOWNER THAT HAS A BOAT IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME THAT WANTS TO, TO GO USE THEIR BOAT.
AND HOW AM I GETTING, WHEN AND HOW CAN I GET IN OR OUT BY, BY WATER? WELL, IT WILL DEPEND ON WHEN THE EVENTS ARE TAKING PLACE AND WHEN THOSE SECURITY ZONES ARE ACTIVATED.
SO, I MEAN, IMAGINE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE EVERY SINGLE DAY, UM, THAT'S GONNA HAVE, UH, AN OLYMPIC OR PARA PARALYMPIC EVENT AT ALL OF THESE VENUES.
IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE SCHEDULE, THE BUILD OUT, AND THE TIMING OF THE SECURITY PERIMETERS OF WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THERE WILL BE IMPACTS IN THE SENSE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS EVEN DOWN HERE, UM, WHERE FOLKS, THEY MAY BE ABLE BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR BOAT, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO OUT INTO THE WATER AS EASILY AS THEY WOULD TODAY.
UH, BUT THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE ONE, WE'RE WORKING WITH SECRET SERVICE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THOSE SECURITY PLANS.
AND THEN AS SOON, LIKE JORGE SAID, AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, OUR JOB IS REALLY TO COMMUNICATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH ALL THE POTENTIAL IMPACTED CONSTITUENTS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH TODD AND HIS TEAM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT ESPECIALLY THE BOAT OWNERS AND THE FOLKS IN THIS AREA THAT ARE IN, YOU KNOW, THESE CIRCLES THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, THAT THEY HAVE AS MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE TOO.
SO HAVING, UM, BEEN IN THE LA AREA DURING THE 1984 OLYMPICS, THERE WERE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WERE, UM, REQUESTED TO ADJUST THEIR BUSINESS HOURS FOR HELPING TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO THERE WERE SOME AMAZING, UH, UH,
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE COMMUTING DOWN TO THE 4 0 5 FREEWAY DURING THE DAY WHEN THERE WERE SO MUCH LESS TRAFFIC THAT WAS BEING, UM, SORT OF ADJUSTED BASED ON THE OLYMPICS ACTIVITIES THAT WERE GOING ON, ESPECIALLY DELIVERY TRUCKS, UM, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAD DISCRETIONARY DRIVING AVAILABLE TO THEM.ARE THERE GONNA BE SIMILAR SUGGESTIONS OR MAYBE GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESSES IN THE, DURING THESE OLYMPICS? YEAH, AND IT WON'T JUST BE THE CITY, BUT DEFINITELY REGIONALLY, UH, A COUPLE ASPECTS.
I MEAN, ONE, WE HAVE MORE TECHNOLOGY TO, FOR HYBRID WORK.
WE'RE KIND OF MORE USED TO IT NOW THAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO LEAN INTO THAT, UM, MORE THAN IN 84 EVEN.
UM, BUT REGIONALLY, UM, SCAG, WHICH IS A REGIONAL, UH, ASSOCIATION THAT HELPS WITH REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND OTHER ASPECTS RELATED TO THIS, THEY'RE ALREADY GOING THROUGH A PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM.
OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL TO DO, THEY'RE CALLED TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO IT'S THIS EXACT KIND OF PLANNING.
SO WHEN, WHEN SHOULD DELIVERY TRUCKS NOT GO TO THIS AREA? HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE IMPACTED BUSINESSES? HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE KIND OF THE, THE EASIER FLOW OF, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS THAT ARE COMING AND GOING.
SO THAT'LL DEFINITELY BE A PART OF THIS STRATEGY.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, IT MAY END UP NEEDING TO BE A REQUIREMENT ON CERTAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, OF THESE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT, UH, MOST OF IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE BEST RECOMMENDED TIME TO GET YOUR DELIVERY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GET DELAYED ANYWAY.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND, UH, AT THIS POINT, I MEAN THE, THE SECURITY PERIMETERS, THAT'LL BE THE AREA WHERE WE'LL SEE THE MOST IMPACTS, UM, DURING CERTAIN TIMES, AGAIN, FOR DELIVERIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT REGIONAL PLANNING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET INVOLVED IN AND, AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON GROUND AS WELL.
UM, I'M NOTICING ON THIS THINGS AT A GLANCE IT SHOWS BELMONT SHOW, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW THE PEERS THE PEER BEING INCLUDED.
SO THIS IS FROM OUR, UM, WELL ACTUALLY I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THE PIER IS ON THE MAP, BUT
UM, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE PIER.
UM, SO THIS, THESE ARE, UM, THE EVENT VENUE AREAS THAT WE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL ABOUT A, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND OUR, WHAT IS CALLED A VENUE USE GUARANTEE.
UM, SO THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD TO COME WITH, UH, OR COME TO WITH LA 28.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY WANTED TO ENSURE IS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE THEN VENUES ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE, WHAT THE CURRENT COSTS OR PROJECTED COSTS ARE GONNA BE TO USE THOSE VENUE AREAS.
SO WE WOULDN'T, LIKE TODAY SAY, OH, ACTUALLY THE COST TO USE THOSE IS GONNA BE FOUR TIMES WHAT, WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
SO WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND BROUGHT IT TO COUNCIL AND THIS IS THE, UH, THE VENUE AREAS THAT WERE MAPPED OUT IN THAT, WHICH IS SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST, I GUESS, OF THE PEER.
AND, UM, THAT WAS, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE ACTIVATION FOR SAILING IN PARTICULAR.
UH, BUT AGAIN, LIKE WE SAID EARLIER, A LOT OF THIS IS STILL IN THE PLANNING AND THE, IN THE WORKS.
SO SOME OF THESE MIGHT CHANGE IN THE SENSE OF LIKE WHAT LA 28 IS ENVISIONING IN TERMS OF THE, THE SPACE THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO UTILIZE AND THE TIMELINES FOR BUILD OUT AND ALL THAT.
UH, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE KNOW AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT THEN IF, IF THINGS CHANGE AND AS WE GET MORE DETAILS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS IF WE OPEN IT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON ANY QUESTIONS? JOAN, GO AHEAD.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE THAT SEAN'S GOING TO COME AND TALK TO, UM, WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITED GROUP THAT'S, I THINK WE'LL HAVE 60 TO 70 LEADERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE ROWING GROUP, THE YACHT CLUBS, THE EVEN THE GIRL SCOUTS ARE COMING.
SO, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A GOOD PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, SO ONE OF THE CHANGES SINCE THE VENUE USE GUARANTEE WAS SUBMITTED WAS THAT THE SAILING PROGRAM WITH THE FEES, THE SAIL B SAILBOATS, THAT GOES TO CABRILLO AND IT'S NO LONGER IN LONG BEACH.
SO I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT CHANGE? 'CAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY MAJOR CHANGE, IMPACT THE MARINA, UH, AREA AND 'CAUSE WHAT YOU JUST HAVE GROWING AND CANOES ARE, YOU HAVE, WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE, AND CRACK
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AND FOIL.SO THAT CHANGE, WHEN'S THAT ALL GONNA GET INTO THE MIX? 'CAUSE THAT CHANGE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO AND THAT, THAT HASN'T SEEMED TO HAVE IMPACTED ANY OF THE VENUE USE GUARANTEE, OR, AND YEAH, TRULY IT HASN'T BECAUSE THOSE THINGS ARE STILL VERY MUTABLE AT LA 28 RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY, UM, THE, THE ONE THING THAT I CAN ATTEST TO SINCE, SINCE OCTOBER IS THAT LA 28 REALLY LIKES TO HOLD ONTO THE INFORMATION UNTIL THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE TO HOLD ONTO IT ANYMORE.
SO, UM, SO I'M SURE THAT THAT WILL, THAT THAT CHANGE WILL HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON WHAT, WHAT IS DEPICTED HERE.
UM, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN RELAYED TO US YET.
UH, AND IT'S NOT FOR WANT OF, OF, OF NOT ASKING YET.
SO, SO WE ARE AS, AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS WE GET LITTLE NUGGETS OF INTEL, WE GET IT IN THESE PRESENTATIONS AND, AND SHARING NEWS IN THAT REGARDS.
SO YEAH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE PHASING, AGAIN, THEY'RE ALSO IN THEIR OPERATIONAL PLANNING PHASE.
UM, WE'VE BEEN A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THIS IS SORT OF NORMAL WITH ANY SPECIAL EVENT PLANNING WHERE THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE LOGISTICS, HOW, HOW THEY'RE GONNA BUILD OUT THE SPECTATOR AREA, HOW BIG THE STADIUM IS GONNA BE, BE FOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO A LOT OF THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY AND THEN WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME IMPACTS ON, ON THE EXACT FOOTPRINT OR THE TIMELINES OF WHEN THEY'RE GONNA MOVE IN ALL THAT.
SO, UM, THE VENUE USE GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WELL BE UPDATED AS PART OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH LA 28 AS THEY GET MORE DETAILS THAT WILL THEN BE THE NEXT PHASE OF THOSE VENUE MAPS, ESSENTIALLY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE, WHEN IT'S GONNA BE, WHAT THOSE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE.
UM, BUT THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE, UH, IS THAT MORE LIKE 20, 27 UNTIL WE REALLY SEE A MAJOR CHANGE? IT ADJUSTS THOSE EVENTS THAT DOWN TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE.
YEAH, PROBABLY, I MEAN, WITH IN ABOUT A YEAR, SO IS MY GUESS.
'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL FIGURING OUT SOME OF THE, THE SPECIFICS ON THE TEMPORARY BUILDS.
UM, BUT I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY IN, IN A FUTURE ITERATION IS UNDERSTANDING CLOSER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THOSE DETAILS ARE.
AND AS, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL EVENTS THEMSELVES THOUGH, THOSE ARE CONFIRMED.
SO WE ANY CHANGE TO THE ACTUAL WE HAVE NOW AS FAR AS THE SPORTING EVENTS.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE ACTUAL SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE TOO, SO YOU CAN I I KNOW, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE EVENTS, WE'RE STILL NOT, WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SAILBOAT RACING, SO THAT'S A HUGE CHANGE.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE REAL AND, AND NOTHING'S CHANGED.
AS FAR AS, YEAH, SAYING THE FOOTPRINT MAY CHANGE.
I MEAN, THE OTHER CHANGE WE'VE SEEN TOO IS DEFINITELY HAVE SEEN LIKE LESS SAILING.
UM, 'CAUSE WE, THERE WAS A, WE WERE KIND OF FACING A CHALLENGE OF LIKE THE TEAMS THAT WANTED TO COME AND PRACTICE SAILING AND FIGURING OUT STORAGE WAS COASTAL.
THAT WAS KIND OF A CHALLENGE WE WERE WORKING THROUGH.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT NOW THAT IT'S OVER THERE, THAT'S BECOME LESS OF A CHALLENGE.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE, I THINK, ESTABLISHED MORE OF A TRAINING FACILITY ON, ON THE PORT OF LA SIDE.
UM, BUT STILL, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, STILL HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST FROM ALL THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING AS WELL.
WELL, THERE'S SOME STUFF UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE FACILITY FOR US SAILING AT A BYC.
AND, AND THEY'VE ACCOMMODATED THEM THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY JOAN, TOO, I WORKED TWO OLYMPICS.
SOMETIMES IT WASN'T UNTIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY LOOK AT A START THAT SECRET SERVICES, YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS.
SO IT'S INCREMENTAL DISCLOSURE.
ONE LAST QUESTION ON THE SECURITY ACCESS.
AND THIS JUST TAG ON THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, PREVIOUS COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, OF THOSE, WHAT IS IT, 3100, 3200 VOTERS THAT ARE THERE THAT NEED ACCESS? MOST OF THEM DON'T LIVE LOCALLY AND WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY THAT KIND OF PERMISSION.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS DO HAVE HAPPEN IS THOSE ARE 3,200 PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO ACCESS THEIR BOATS, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE OTHER IDS THAT VALIDATE THEM TO COME IN THE AREA.
IT'S 36 36 SLIPS, SLIPS, IT'S SLIP HOLDERS THERE.
YOU HAVE TO FIGURE TWO TO FOUR PEOPLE PER SLIP, PER BOTH.
AND ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THEM LIVE IN LONG, ONLY 20% OF THE SLIP HOLDERS LIVE IN LONG BEACH.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN OUR MARINE DEPARTMENT YEAH.
AND, AND OUR CITY STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THE OLYMPICS.
SEAN, TYLER, UH, BARRELL AND JORGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN, UH, MAYBE IN THE FALL WITH MORE UPDATES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, FILING THAT PRESENTATION.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
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A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON HOMELESS STRATEGY AND MOVE SECOND.UH, I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT ON TIME, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT.
UH, WELL, WE KNOW YOU ARE AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME HERE.
UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US TO BE HERE.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, HERE, UM, AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
UM, HARD TO FOLLOW UP THE, UH, EXCITEMENT OF THE OLYMPICS, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
UM, SO, UH, WE'LL JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND THEN WE WILL JUMP IN.
I'M WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I'M THE HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER.
UM, WE, WHERE WE OVERSEE SORT OF OUR COORDINATION AROUND, UH, HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, BUT WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
I'M ALSO IN THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS AS A SPECIALIST IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, I WORK WITH THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU.
I OVERSEE OUR FIELD BASED PROGRAMS, OFFICER.
I OVERSEE ALL OF OUR FIELD BASED PROGRAMS THAT BE OUTREACH, OUR, UM, MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, AS WELL AS OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH TEAMS. GREAT.
SO, UM, AS WE'RE GETTING INTO WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO GROUND IT IN WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN LONG BEACH.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE SORT OF A MENTAL PICTURE OF SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOLISTIC AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT IT'S A VERY, UH, WIDE RANGING ISSUE WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EACH HAVING A VERY INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE.
SO, UM, LOOKING AT THE DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, THIS IS ALL DATA FROM THE, UH, POINT IN TIME COUNT.
SO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS A ONCE A YEAR, UH, ANNUAL SURVEY, UH, THAT WE CONDUCT.
IT'S ACTUALLY FEDERALLY REQUIRED THAT WE CONDUCT SORT OF AN OVERALL CENSUS OF WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LONG BEACH, CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE SEND OUT ABOUT 300, UH, VOLUNTEERS WHO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY INTERVIEW PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO THAT'S BOTH FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, SLEEPING ON THE STREET OR, UH, IN, UH, UH, OTHER, UH, NON-CAPITAL, UH, SITUATIONS, AND ALSO FOLKS WHO ARE IN OUR SHELTER, UH, PROGRAMS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SORT OF SURVEY THAT, THAT IS A POINT IN TIME, SORT OF SNAPSHOT OF EVERY JANUARY.
UM, THERE'S ONE NIGHT THAT WE DO IT WHERE THERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, SO THIS IS JANUARY, 2025, UM, OR THIS IS JANUARY, 2024.
UM, SO, UH, THE NEW, UH, THE, UH, THE NEW COUNT, UH, WAS JUST CONDUCTED AND WE WILL BE RELEASING THAT INFORMATION VERY SHORTLY.
UM, BUT, UH, FOR 2025, WE HAVE, UM, 3000, ABOUT 3,600 PEOPLE HERE IN LONG BEACH WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, 70% OF THOSE FOLKS ARE IN WHAT WE CALL UN SHELTERED.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S SOMEBODY WHO'S, UM, SLEEPING IN A SITUATION THAT IS NOT FIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION, WHETHER THAT BE ON THE STREET IN A VEHICLE, OTHER, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
THERE IS AN ENTIRE REPORT ONLINE THAT GOES IN DEPTH INTO, UH, ALL THE DATA THAT WE PULL FROM THAT, FROM THAT SURVEY.
UM, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO JUST NOTE.
SO WE HAVE A, A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, IN TERMS OF AGE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO IT GOES EVERYWHERE FROM, UH, WHAT WE CALL TRANSITION AGE YOUTH.
SO THAT'S 18 TO 24 ALL THE WAY THROUGH SIX FIVE PLUS.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT, THAT THAT, UH, OLDER ADULT POPULATION IS ONE THAT IS, UH, BECOMING MORE AND MORE AT RISK AS HOUSING PRICES ARE GOING UP.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION OF, UH, MEN OR MALE FOLKS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN FOLKS, UM, AND AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE, UH, OVERREPRESENTED IN OUR POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS LOOKING INTO SORT OF THE SUBPOPULATIONS OR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS WITHIN OUR, UH, WITHIN OUR, UM, UH, NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN VEHICLES.
SO ABOUT 38%, UH, SAID THAT THEY WERE LIVING IN A VEHICLE OR WERE OBSERVED LIVING IN A VEHICLE.
UM, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, THOUGH, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAD DID SEE A 9% DECREASE, SO THAT IT'S POSITIVE, UM, ABOUT, UH, 7.5% ARE, UH, IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ PLUS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A, UH, NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE STUDENTS, UM, FULL-TIME STUDENTS.
UM, OVER HERE WE HAVE THE SORT OF DISABLING CONDITIONS, UH, A FEW DIFFERENT CONDITIONS WHERE WE INTERVIEW FOLKS TO ASK IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THESE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.
SO THIS ALSO GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHO IN OUR COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, UM, AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THEN WE ALL DO ALSO ASK FOLKS WHAT, UH, WHAT CAUSED THEM TO FIRST LOSE THEIR HOUSING.
SO WE ASK THEM TO SORT OF INTRODUCE, UH, WHY THEY, UH, WHY THEY EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS.
UH, I THINK, UH, ONE THING THAT WE KNOW IS, UH, FOLKS, UH, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS,
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OFTENTIMES WE THINK OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES AS BEING SORT OF A UNDERLYING CAUSE.UM, WHILE THAT DOES, THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S DISPROPORTIONATELY FELT BY OUR POPULATION, BUT BY FAR THE GREATEST, UM, CAUSE THAT PEOPLE CITE IS FINANCIAL.
SO PEOPLE, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE'VE INTERVIEWED ABOUT 40% HAVE SAID THAT THEY BECAME HOMELESS DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT OR FINANCIAL REASONS.
UH, 28%, UH, TALK ABOUT FAMILY DISRUPTION.
SO, UH, MAYBE, UH, SOME SORT OF FALLING OUT OR AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHO HAVE, UM, ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE HAD TO FLEE THOSE SITUATIONS.
UM, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, IS THAT, UH, LARGELY, UM, WHAT WE'VE SEEN BOTH IN RESEARCH AND ALSO IN INDIVIDUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S LARGELY A FINANCIAL AND, UH, FINANCIAL SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE COST OF HOUSING.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS EASY TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE RENTAL COSTS OF HOUSING.
I HAVEN'T HAD TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR, UH, AN APARTMENT, UH, RECENTLY.
BUT WHAT THE DATA SHOWS US, UM, IS THAT WE'VE SEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OF THE COST OF RENTAL HOUSING HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, WE'VE, THIS IS A GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE COST TO RENT A SINGLE STUDIO APARTMENT HERE IN LONG BEACH HAS, UH, HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, SINCE 2015, FROM NINE 13 TO, UH, NEARLY, UH, 1900 A MONTH TO RENT A SINGLE STUDIO APARTMENT.
SO WE'VE SEEN JUST A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE COST OF HOUSING.
UM, AND YEAH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, RENT AND MORTGAGE RATES HAVE RAPIDLY OUTPACED, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH IN WAGES.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE, BUT MY WAGES HAVE NOT DOUBLED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT IS REALLY A BIG CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE REALLY GRAPPLING WITH, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, IS HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT SOME OF OUR LOWEST INCOME AND MOST VULNERABLE, UH, RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO REMAIN HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND AS I MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS ALSO BACKED UP BY A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, THAT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, HIGH RATES OF HOMELESSNESS ARE REALLY LARGELY CORRELATED WITH, UM, UH, EXTREMELY HIGH COST OF HOUSING AND LOW VACANCY RATES.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY REMAINING IN HOUSING OR ACCESSING HOUSING THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO, UM, REALLY MAKE, UH, THE, UH, UH, OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS VERY VULNERABLE TO EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WHAT I'VE ALWAYS HEARD, UH, THAT'S A HELPFUL WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT, IS THE MUSICAL CHAIRS ANALOGY.
SO, IF YOU THINK ABOUT A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS, UH, YOU HAVE THE CHAIRS BEING LIKE EASILY, UH, ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, OPTIONS.
UM, AND YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALL SORT OF PLAYING MUSICAL CHAIRS.
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? UM, AND NOW YOU TAKE THAT, THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SAY MAYBE ONE OF THEM HAS SOME SORT OF DISABILITY, OR MAYBE THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, SPRAINED THEIR ANKLE AND THEY LOSE OUT ON THE GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS.
UM, I THINK WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BLAME THE FACT THAT THEY HAD A SPRAINED ANKLE FOR THE REASON WHY THEY LOST, YOU KNOW, LOST THE SEAT.
IT'S REALLY BECAUSE, UM, THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH CHAIRS FOR EVERYBODY.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF THE RESEARCH, UM, TO SHOW SORT OF WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF HIGH RATES OF HOMELESSNESS IN URBAN CENTERS.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESS SERVICES, UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HELPING THE FOLKS WHO WE SEE IN FRONT OF US AND WHO ARE COMING TO OUR DOORS.
BUT THIS IS LIKE A LARGER ISSUE THAT THE CITY IS STARTING TO GRAPPL WITH AND TRYING TO THINK THROUGH AS WELL, IS HOW DO WE, UH, MAKE SURE HOUSING IS MORE PRINCIPLED AND AFFORDABLE IN TERMS OF, UM, ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS.
UH, PASTOR OVER TO JOEL TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOMELESSNESS IN THE TIDELANDS REGION.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS SORT OF THE AREA OF FOCUS, UM, HERE FOR THIS, FOR THIS BODY.
YEAH, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT, UM, THAT OUR TEAMS WILL GO OUT TO.
UM, WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH PROACTIVE OUTREACH AS POSSIBLE, UM, GET OUT TO THE AREAS BEFORE WE GET PHONE CALLS.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PHONE CALLS THAT WE GET, WE'RE USUALLY, UM, GETTING OUT THERE AFTER A REQUEST.
UM, OUR, ANY REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY IS AROUND 250 RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S FLUCTUATED FROM LIKE 400.
IT'S ACTUALLY GONE DOWN QUITE A BIT.
THE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF REFLECTING THAT.
UM, AND USUALLY, LIKE DURING DECEMBER AND JANUARY AND THE HOLIDAY MONTHS, WE ACTUALLY SEE LIKE A DECREASE IN, UH, REQUESTS AND OUTREACH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHAT IS OUTREACH? ARE TEAMS OUT THERE AND THEY, YOU KNOW, TALK TO FOLKS.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ENGAGE FOLKS AND SEE, UH, WHAT KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THEY NEED.
IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SHELTER, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, IF THEY HAVE INCOME, IF THEY HAVE AN ID, BIRTH CERTIFICATE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT STUFF, OUR TEAMS WILL WORK TOWARDS THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE, A FEW NOTARIES ON, UM, ON STAFF THAT ARE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET A BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR FOLKS OR, UM, ID AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEIR VITAL DOCS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING INTO HOUSING.
LIKE IT'S, AND THEN, UM, IF WE, IF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO WORK, WE SEE THIS A LOT WITH OUR POPULATION THAT IS IN THEIR VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, GET THEM THROUGH OUR GOODWILL
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JOBS PROGRAM AND, AND, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN GET THEM INTO, UM, INTO WORK.UM, ALONG WITH OUTREACH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTER AND MOBILE ACCESS CENTER IS, UM, OUTREACH WORKERS THAT ARE STATIONED AT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, TWO LOCATIONS ARE IN THE SIDELINES AREA IS THE VETERANS PIER, UM, AND ALSO, UM, CALCHO BEACH.
SO WE'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, TWICE A WEEK.
UM, JUST OPERATING SERVICES, UH, WORKING WITH FOLKS.
UM, UH, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTER IS THAT, UM, AS YOU'RE ENGAGING IN, YOU KNOW, HOUSING OR TRYING TO GET FOLKS INTO HOUSING, IT'S, IT CAN BE A LONG PROCESS.
SO KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR TEAMS ARE GONNA BE THERE WHERE YOUR OUTREACH WORK IS GONNA BE, UM, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO COME THERE AND, YOU KNOW, GET, YOU KNOW, TURN IN THEIR IDS, TURN IN THEIR THINGS THAT THEY NEED FOR THE HOUSING PROGRAM.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, CONDUCT OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THEIR BOATS OUT IN THE, UH, MARINA.
SO, UM, WE'LL GO WITH, UH, WITH LONG BEACH PD AND GO ON THEIR BOATS, OUR OUTREACH WORKERS GO WITH THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, OFFER THE SAME SERVICES.
IT'S JUST LIKE OUTREACH ON THE BEACH, EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT IN THE WATER.
UM, WE DO CONDUCT OUTREACH SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UM, UH, SATURDAYS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE THAILAND, SO OUR TEAMS WILL DRIVE, UM, UP AND DOWN THE BIKE PATH AND ENGAGE WITH ANYBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON SATURDAYS.
UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, THAT'S ALL PROACTIVE.
SO WE DON'T NEED ANY KIND OF PHONE CALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY GO OUT THERE EVERY, EVERY SATURDAY.
UM, SUNDAYS WILL GO AS NEEDED IF THE TEAM WASN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE IT ON SAT ON SUNDAY, OH, I'M SORRY, ON SATURDAY.
THEN THEY'LL GO OUT ON SUNDAY AS WELL.
BUT, UM, YEAH, OUR, ANOTHER THING I THINK IT KIND OF TOUCHES THE THAILAND LANDS IS, UM, OUR ENCAMP RESOLUTION FUND.
UM, WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE LA RIVER.
SO IN CAPITAL RESOLUTION FUND IS A STATE, UM, GRANT THAT, UM, TRIES TO BE INNOVATIVE IN, UM, ACHIEVING PERMANENT HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AT SPECIFIC ENCAMPMENTS.
SO THE ENCAMPMENT THAT WE CHOSE THIS TIME WAS, UM, WAS THE LA RIVER.
SO I KNOW THAT THE MOUTH OF THE LA RIVER IS PART OF THE THAILANDS, I BELIEVE.
AND, UM, SO WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
ALONG WITH ALL THAT IS, WE ALSO CONDUCT, CONDUCT SPECIALIZED OUTREACH WITH, UH, WITH, UH, COREY'S TEAM, UM, WHEN THEY'RE DOING CLEANUPS ALONG THE BEACH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR TEAM WILL OUT THERE WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS AND ALL THAT STUFF AS WELL.
SO, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, OR, YES.
UM, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM, SAY, YOUR FIRST INTERACTION WITH A HOMELESS PERSON THAT SAYS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HOUSING TO THEM WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR OF THEIR HOUSING DWELLING, OR, YEAH, IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE, RIGHT? SO, LIKE, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE ACTUALLY IN A GOOD TIME FOR HOUSING BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET QUITE A FEW FOLKS, UM, 583 FOLKS HOUSED LIKE PERMANENT HOUSING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
UM, RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE OPENING A LOT OF LIKE, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING, UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY.
SO I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY AVERAGE IS AROUND SIX MONTHS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE NORM, RIGHT? SO, LIKE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE COULD BE WAITING UP TO A YEAR DEPENDING ON THEIR STATUS.
SO IS THERE ANY, UM, TEMPORARY LIKE, HEY, I WANT TO GET OFF THE STREET NOW, AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO HERE, BUT THEN WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS DESTINATION HOUSING? YEAH.
SO CONGREGATION SHELTER, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE TYPICALLY THINK OF A SHELTER WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SITTING, YOU'RE SLEEPING IN COTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'RE USUALLY ABLE TO GET PEOPLE IN THERE IN THREE OR FOUR DAYS OR SO.
UM, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S SPACE AVAILABLE, WHICH IF'S KIND OF A GOOD THING, KIND OF A BAD THING.
LIKE, UM, IN THE PAST WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING IN OUTREACH, PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO SHELTER.
BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE MORE WILLING.
SO OUR SHELTER, IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE MORE WILLING, BUT IT MEANS THAT OUR SHELTERS ARE FULL MORE OFTEN.
SO IF THEY WANNA GO TO CONGREGATE SHELTER, IF THERE'S AN OPEN BED, WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM IN LIKE RIGHT AWAY.
IF THEY WANT, IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA FOR SOME OF OUR NON CONGREGATE PROGRAMS, WHICH IS LIKE A HOTEL THAT WE'RE CONVERTING INTO, LIKE AN INTERIM HOUSING, THEN THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
BUT, UM, WE WILL BE OPENING UP THE LUXURY IN I WOULD SAY, MID-APRIL, SO MM-HMM
SO, UM, THE LUXURY INN, WHICH IS, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THAT NAME BY THE WAY, BUT
UM, THAT WOULD BE AROUND 72 BEDS, UM, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHO HAVE A CHRONIC STATUS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS FOR A WHILE, THEY HAVE
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A, A DISABILITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.SO, UM, WE'LL BE GETTING SOME OF THOSE FOLKS IN THERE.
UM, AND AT THE LUXURY END, UM, THAT COMES WITH LIKE, CASE MANAGEMENT.
SO THEY HAVE PEOPLE ON SITE THERE THAT ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, WHILE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ENDORSED.
I THINK SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED AS YES.
AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE AT FOUR AND WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT FOUR 30, AND WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE MORE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE REALLY WANNA VOTE ON.
SO WE'RE GONNA LISTEN QUICKLY.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT SEGUE BECAUSE I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM IS VERY VAST, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUANCES, RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO ARE READY TO GO INTO HOUSING RIGHT AWAY.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO, UH, NEED, YOU KNOW, WORK TO GET THERE.
AND SO, UM, ANY SORT OF BALANCED HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM HAS TO COME WITH AT LEAST THESE FOUR SORT OF MAJOR BUCKETS OF COMPONENTS.
AND THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN THE STATE, THE COUNTY HAVE ALL INVESTED IN, UM, TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, THE FIRST, UH, IS PREVENTION.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOLKS WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, THEY HAVEN'T FALLEN IN YET.
UM, THIS IS REALLY, PERHAPS THE MOST, UM, EFFICIENT WAY IS TO HOW DO WE INTERVENE AND STOP SOMEBODY FROM FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE? UM, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF EMERGENCY, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE HELP THEY NEED TO JUST SORT OF STABILIZE AND NOT END UP ON THE STREET? UM, AND SO THE, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF NEW RESOURCES THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO HELP BOLSTER SORT OF OUR PREVENTION, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE INTERVENTION, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE WORK THAT JOEL'S TEAM DOES, WHICH IS, ONCE SOMEBODY IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, HOW DO WE INTERVENE AND HELP STABILIZE THEM AND GIVE THEM THE SERVICES AND, AND, UH, RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE GENERAL OUTREACH, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED OUTREACH TEAMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON FOLKS WHO ARE HIGHER ACUITY.
SO FOLKS WHO, UH, HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE NEEDS.
UH, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO, OVER THE PAST USER EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PUT OUT THERE, UM, TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HELP GET THEM, UH, THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
UM, WE HAVE TEMPORARY HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT JOEL WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS, UH, SORT OF SHELTER.
SO WE HAVE WHAT YOU WOULD TRADITIONALLY THINK OF AS SHELTER, WHICH IS LIKE THE CONGREGATE SORT OF LARGE SPACE WITH CO THAT IS VERY MUCH LOW BARRIER.
YOU JUST NEED A PLACE TO SLEEP TONIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, MEALS AND, YOU KNOW, RESTROOMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS, WHICH JOEL MENTIONED, WHICH IS SORT OF OUR MOTEL CONVERSIONS, WHICH ARE MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON, UH, MAYBE IT'S AN OLDER ADULT OR SOMEBODY WITH, UH, CHRONIC HEALTH, UH, CONDITION.
SOMEBODY, UH, WHO, UH, NEEDS ADDITIONAL, UH, RESOURCES BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN A CONGREGATE SHELTER.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED INTERIM HOUSING FACILITIES.
SO, UH, THERE, UH, THERE IS ONE THAT OPENS, UH, OVER NEAR THE AIRPORT THAT IS A COUNTY RUN FACILITY THAT'S FOCUSED ON, UH, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
SO THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT HELPS FOLKS WHO HAVE, UM, SORT OF ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN OTHER SORT OF, UH, STABILIZING SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE FACILITIES, SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, GET EVERYBODY IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GET TO.
SO, UH, WHAT I ALWAYS LIKE TO REMEMBER IS THAT THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SELF RESOLVING, RIGHT? SO WE HAD 1600 PEOPLE WHO ENTERED, EXITED OUT OF OUR SYSTEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING LAST YEAR.
SOME OF THOSE WERE THROUGH US, AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE ALSO JUST PEOPLE FIGURED OUT ON THEIR OWN RIGHT.
THEY KNOW HOW TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SELF RESOLVE, UH, GET WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED ADDITIONAL HELP BEYOND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RESOLVE THEMSELVES.
UM, SO WE HAVE THINGS LIKE HOUSING NAVIGATION, WHICH IS JUST SORT OF LIKE WORKING WITH LANDLORDS, UH, GETTING PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED.
WE HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED TIME LIMITED SUBSIDIES, WHICH IS LIKE, WE WILL HELP SORT OF SUBSIDIZE YOUR RENT, UH, FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO GET YOU STABILIZED WHERE YOU CAN GET A JOB, GET THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED, UH, IN ORDER TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.
AGAIN, WE HAVE, UM, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, WHICH JOEL MENTIONED, WHICH ARE SORT OF, UM, THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED, UH, PROGRAM WHERE SOMEBODY WHO IS LOWER INCOME OR, UH, SOME OTHER VULNERABILITY, UM, HAS A SUBSIDY TO BE ABLE TO PAY, UH, PART OF THEIR RENT, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH IS FOR FOLKS WITH VERY ACUTE NEEDS, UH, WHO, UH, NEED ADDITIONAL ONSITE SERVICES.
SO THERE'S REALLY A WIDE RANGE, AND HAPPY TO GET INTO ANY OF THOSE SPECIFICS.
BUT, UM, THE GOAL AGAIN, IS TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, UH, EITHER TO PREVENT OR TO GET PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
UH, WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT THIS IS, AGAIN, LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT SORT OF RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN, CITY, STATE, AND COUNTY HAVE INVESTED IN, UH, IN ORDER TO, UM, TO SUPPORT OUR FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE A PART OF WHAT'S CALLED A CONTINUUM OF CARE.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS AND, UH, SHELTER PROVIDERS HERE IN THE CITY WHO ARE DOING AMAZING WORK.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, UH, OPERATE WHAT'S CALLED A CONTINUUM OF CARE, WHICH IS A FEDERALLY, UH, REQUIRED, UH, AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, TAKES, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING AND, UH, INCREASINGLY OTHER FUNDING
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FROM OTHER SOURCES, AND HELPS TO, UH, SORT OF DIVIDE IT AND COORDINATE IT ACROSS MULTIPLE PROVIDERS.SO, UM, YEAH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
AND THEN SAVANNAH'S GOING TO JUMP IN AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OFFICE, WHICH IS THE NEWEST SORT PART OF THIS HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM.
YEAH, I'M GONNA TRY TO BREEZE THROUGH SOME OF THIS.
DON'T KIND OF MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL BE TOUCHING UPON TODAY.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHERE THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS WERE ACTUALLY HOUSED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHILE THE DEPART, WHILE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU IS HOUSED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UM, THEY REALLY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZE PLANNING AND STRATEGY AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE COME IN.
UM, SO IN 2024, OUR OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED.
I LIKE TO SAY WE'RE A TODDLER, WE'RE ONLY TWO NOW.
UM, BUT WE REALLY CREATED TO ENHANCE, LIKE OUR ABILITY TO DO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIP AND COORDINATION AROUND HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST A LOCAL LONG BEACH ISSUE, IT'S COUNTYWIDE STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE, GLOBALLY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE BEING STRATEGIC AS TO HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.
UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF OUR OFFICE.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN A REALLY EXCITING PROCESS.
WE DID A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS GETTING OUT THERE, SERVING ROUND TABLES WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS RESIDENTS, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS BUT ARE NOW SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED BUSINESS OWNERS, YOU NAME IT.
UM, AND THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN JULY OF 2025.
WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO PHASE TWO OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A DEEP DIVE ON OUR OWN HOMELESS SERVICES DATA TO TRY TO PROJECT OUT WHAT THE NEED IS GONNA BE, UM, FOR SHELTER, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, FOR ALL OF THAT, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEMAND ON OUR HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
SO IT'LL ESSENTIALLY BE, IT'LL PROVIDE US WITH A ROADMAP, UM, AS TO HOW THE CITY CAN BETTER ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND INTO THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO DO A LOT AROUND INTERDEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION.
THAT'S HOW I'M KIND OF CONNECTED TO TODD AND THE PARKS AND REC TEAM, WHICH IS AWESOME.
UM, BUT WE HOST A MONTHLY INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEETING, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WE INVITE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT INTERFACE WITH HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS ALMOST ALL OF 'EM ACTUALLY, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE, CONNECT, AND STRATEGIZE AS TO HOW WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THE CITY.
THAT'S LIKE, IT'S BOOSTS ON THE GROUND.
IT IS LIKE OUR OUTREACH MEMBER, OUR OUTREACH TEAMS ARE MEETING WITH EACH OTHER.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO LIKE STRATEGY POLICY.
LIKE HOW ARE WE MAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT? AGAIN, LIAISONING BETWEEN CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNERS, DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO THIS WORK ALONE.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ALSO A CORE FUNCTION OF OUR OFFICE.
WE REALLY WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE HOST THESE QUARTERLY ROAD, WE CALL 'EM ROADSHOWS.
IT'S LIKE HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, OPPORTUNITY MOBILIZATION, ENGAGEMENT ROADS, HOME FOR SHORT.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY QUARTERLY, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
WE GO OUT INTO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN LONG BEACH, AND WE, UH, EDUCATE AND ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS AS TO WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY.
LIKE I, YOU KNOW, IN OUR FUTURE ONES WE'LL BE SURE TO INVITE THE GROUP, BUT, UM, IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONNECT WITH RESIDENTS, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS WITH HOMELESSNESS, AND THEN ALSO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TOO.
I'VE MADE SOME FRIENDS THERE, SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
UM, WE ALSO DO A LOT AROUND GRANT FUNDING AND COORDINATION.
THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF GRANTS AROUND HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING.
UM, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BEING STRATEGIC INTERNALLY AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE APPLYING TO, WHY, WHAT IS THE NEED? UM, AND SO FORTH.
POLICY, RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES.
JUST STAYING ABREAST AS LIKE THE MOST, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
NOW I'M GONNA COVER HOMELESS SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
JOEL DID A LOT OF THIS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HIS, LIKE, HIS WORK.
SO
IT IS OUR MAIN SERVICE CENTER WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
IT'S A MAIN POINT OF ENTRY INTO OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM IN THE CITY.
THERE IS SO MANY SERVICES ON SITE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CO-LOCATED AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER TO HELP, UH, SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, CASE MANAGEMENT, MAIL SERVICES.
WE ALSO HAVE BASIC NEEDS, UM, SUCH AS SHOWERS OR ONSITE FOR PEOPLE.
UM, I ALSO THINK THERE'S LIKE A DAILY, LIKE FOOD, LIKE I THINK THEY CLOSE FOR LUNCH AND THEY PROVIDE, UH, MEALS TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE THERE.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF IT RIGHT THERE.
UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION AS TO HOW YOU ALL CAN LIKE, GET ENGAGED AND REACH, UM, THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER IS A GREAT PLACE TO RECOMMEND THEM TO GO OR TO CALL.
WE ALSO DROP OFF SOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, LIKE LITTLE POCKET GUIDES.
THOSE ARE GREAT TO KEEP ON YOU IN CASE YOU'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU'RE ENGAGING OR YOU'RE COMING ACROSS SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, GIVING THEM THAT OR JUST REFERENCING THOSE NUMBERS OR EMAILS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
UM, THEN WE HAVE OUR MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, WHICH JOEL TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY OUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER ON WHEELS.
I'M NOT GONNA GET TOO INTO IT, BUT THAT'S A SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT IT, IT SEEMS PRETTY SIMILAR FOR THE MOST PART.
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IF YOU WANT THE SCHEDULE.UM, THE NEXT PART IS OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH.
SO WE AT THREE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES, I BELIEVE IT'S BILLY JEAN KING, MARK TWAIN, AND MICHELLE OBAMA.
WE HAVE HEALTH EDUCATORS ON SITE.
SO THIS IS A VERY LIKE, LOW BARRIER WAY FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO CONNECT WITH KEY SERVICES IN OUR LIBRARY.
SO JUST THAT ANOTHER LAYER OF CONNECTION, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE SERVICE SYSTEM TO TRY TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY RESOURCES.
NOW WE HAVE OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAM.
UM, BUT THERE IS A WAY YOU CAN CONTACT THEM IF YOU'RE, LIKE, IF YOU NEED TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR YOU WANT THEM TO ESSENTIALLY DISPATCH THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM, YOU WOULD CALL THAT NUMBER ON THE SCREEN.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALSO IN THE GUIDE AS WELL.
UM, OR YOU COULD SEND AN EMAIL AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO DO ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS AS A CITY.
UM, ENCAMPMENT, CLEANUPS ARE DEFINITELY PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, IT'S CRITICAL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PURPOSES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE STAYING CLEAN.
OUR STORM WATER DRAINS ARE FREE OF, UM, LIKE FURTHER POLLUTION.
IT'S ALSO AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT WITH SUPPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS USUALLY OUR QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS WITHIN LONG BEACH PD AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS CLEAN TEAM WILL GO OUT TO A SITE TOGETHER AFTER IT'S BEEN ASSESSED.
AND MARK DOES AN AREA FOR CLEANUP.
UM, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS WILL START OFF WITH SERVICES FIRST.
SO WE'LL TRY TO CONNECT PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT ENCAMPMENT, UM, TO HOMELESS SERVICES AND TRY TO CONNECT THEM TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
THE AREAS ARE POSTED FOR CLEANUP AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE.
SO THERE IS SOME NOTIFICATION TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THOSE ENCAMPMENTS THAT THE AREA WILL BE CLEANED.
BUT IT'S REALLY JUST TO KEEP THE AREA FREE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UM, AND THERE IS A WAY YOU CAN CONTACT THEM.
I DID HEAR SOMEBODY MENTION THE, THE LONG BEACH APP, AND YOU CAN USE THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN IN THAILAND'S AREA, IT'S GENERALLY PROBABLY GONNA BE MARINE MAINTENANCE THAT IS DOING THE CLEANUPS.
I KNOW WE HAVE TO MOVE QUICKLY, MADAM CHAIR, JUST ONE QUESTION.
DO YOU, DO YOU GUYS AUDIT? I KNOW WE HAD 23 MILLION THAT WENT TO HOMELESSNESS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
DO YOU HAVE AN AUDIT THAT'S TRANSPARENT FOR THE PUBLIC TO GO TO AND SEE WHERE ALL THE DOLLARS WENT TO? YEAH, SO, UM, SO THERE'S GENERAL SORT OF OVERSIGHT THAT IS REQUIRED BY OUR GRANT FUNDERS.
SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE THROUGH BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL, UH, AND COUNTY REQUIREMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE CONDUCTED ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT WE, WE RELEASE REPORTS TO THE FUNDERS, UM, TO SORT OF LIKE REPORT ON OUTCOMES, UH, ENSURE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, ALL OF THAT STUFF.
UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE A OVERALL AUDIT, I BELIEVE THE, UH, LONG BEACH CITY AUDITOR IS GOING THROUGH AN AUDITING CRISIS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED YET, BUT IT'S COMING SOON.
UM, BUT I, I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE REGULAR SORT OF AUDIT MECHANISM WOULD BE THAT, THAT GRANT REPORTING AS WELL AS SORT OF CONTRACT MONITORING AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE ARE ALSO, WE DON'T, WE DO SOME DIRECT SERVICES AND WE ALSO, UM, SORT OF GRANT OUT A LOT OF FUNDING TO SERVICE RIDERS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THERE IS A TEAM WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT OVERSEES LAB MONITORING OF THOSE CONTRACTS, AND THEY'LL SORT OF WORK DIRECTLY WITH, UH, WITH THOSE CONTRACTED PROVIDERS AS WELL.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I, I ACTUALLY DO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO.
UM, MORE THAN 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS THE BUREAU MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
THESE USED TO BE, THIS RAN OFF ON PHOTOCOPY MACHINE PAPER.
SO WONDERFUL TO SEE HOW WE, HOW HOMELESS SERVICES HAS BEEN, UM, ELEVATED TO THE LEVEL OF THAT.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHERE IT LONGS WHERE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA CARRY THIS POCKET GUIDE AND TAKE MORE WITH ME.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
AND, AND THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER WAS, WAS UPGRADED BY SUPERVISOR DON KBI MANY YEARS AGO.
HE GAVE US THE FUNDING TO, UM, UPGRADE AND IMPROVE THE, UH, HOMELESS MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND, AND IT'S, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE STREET AND WE ALL NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS SOLUTION.
ONE'S MAYBE A LITTLE MORE LIKE A STATEMENT, BUT AT ONE POINT PEOPLE HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND YOU CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE OFF THE STREET.
AND WHEN I SEE COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS, LIKE I'M NO LONGER ON NEXT DOOR, 'CAUSE MY HEAD WAS STARTING TO EXPLODE.
PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU CAN WALK UP TO A HOMELESS PERSON, CUFF THEM AND TAKE THEM TO SOME SPOT FAR AWAY.
AND DOES IT HELP AT ALL TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT? OR DOES IT JUST MAKE PEOPLE MAD? YEAH.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I'M SO HAPPY YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I THINK THAT COMES UP A LOT.
AND I FEEL LIKE I, I TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
LIKE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE OUT AT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SERIES.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, LIKE HOMELESS PEOPLE BEING HOMELESS IS,
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BEING HOMELESS IS NOT A CRIME.LIKE YOU CAN BE HOMELESS AND ON THE STREET AND LIKE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
I THINK, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR POLICE CHIEF SAYS VERY FREQUENTLY IS LIKE A CRIME IS A CRIME.
AND IF YOU SEE ONE, LIKE YOU CALL 9 1 1, LIKE A PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SOMEBODY WHO'S STABLY HOUSED, LIKE IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
AND I THINK THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS MISSING A LOT OF THE TIME THAT PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS AND ARE ALLOWED, YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HELPFUL OR NOT, BUT I IT IS.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT MAYBE YOU COVERED, AND IF YOU HAVE, JUST TELL ME, YOU HAVE, AND I CAN TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE 'CAUSE I HAD TO STEP OUT.
UM, IS, UM, UH, PE UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH PETS? MM-HMM.
SO IF I WAS HOMELESS, I WOULD NOT GO TO A SHELTER 'CAUSE I LOVE MY DOG
SO WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? OR IS THERE NOT ONE? AND ALSO THEIR PROTECTION, RIGHT? YES.
HAVING THE DOG THAT WILL BARK AT PEOPLE THAT COME BY.
SO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH US,
UM, SO THE SHELTERS THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE IN LONG BEACH, THE ONES THAT WE, UM, THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, THEY DO A LOT PETS.
SO FOR A, B, C OR THAT'S THE SHELTER IN NORTH PALM BEACH.
LIKE, UM, THEY, THEY JUST, SOMETIMES THEY REQUIRE AN ESA LETTER, LIKE A EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL LETTER.
BUT THAT'S PRETTY EASY FOR US TO GET.
WE DO HAVE CLINICIANS ON STAFF THAT CAN ACTUALLY WRITE THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT OUR OTHER LIKE SHELTER, OUR NON-COM SHELTERS, THEY ALLOW PETS AS WELL.
UM, PROVIDERS ASK US TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE TO LIKE ONE PET, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE MORE, SOMETIMES THEY'LL, THEY'LL MAKE A, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATION FOR THAT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IN LONG BEACH.
SO IF SOMEBODY DOES NEED LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LEASH, UM, A COLLAR, I DON'T OWN PETS OR WHATEVER THEY NEED, YOU KNOW,
SO AT THE MSC WE HAVE ACTUALLY PET FOOD AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT STREET FED, WHICH IS A, AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES YEAH.
VETERINARY SERVICES THAT COMES, UH, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
UM, AND WE LET EVERYBODY KNOW AND THEY COME AND GET THEIR ANIMALS CHECKED OUT.
SO, ABSOLUTELY, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE.
AND OBVIOUSLY LIKE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE STREET, THEY DO NEED, UM, THAT TYPE OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RIGHT.
SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT AS AN ISSUE.
UM, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO WORK AS CLOSELY GETTING YOU A PUPPY.
WELL, AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE PET COMES, ARE THEY HEALTHY? DO THEY HAVE DISEASES, EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? AND THEN I'LL SHUT UP ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I'M SURE YOU KNOW, WELL WE DO.
AND ELIZABETH, WE'RE UNDER ABOUT 15 MORE MINUTES AND A COUPLE OF KEY ITEMS TO DO.
WE WERE WAITING FOR A LONG TIME, MANY MONTHS TO HEAR FROM HOMELESS SERVICES.
YOU CAN SEE WHY WE HAD ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN COLLABORATION, UH, WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON DUFFY'S.
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON WITH THE CLEANUP, WE'RE TRULY APPRECIATIVE.
ALVIN, SAMANTHA, AND JOEL, THANK YOU.
UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO ENDORSE THE SUBMISSION TO APPROVE FEE WAIVERS FOR THE, UH, SOME REGATTAS THAT ARE HOSTED BY, UH, THE SEAL BEACH YACHT CLUB, LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THE NAVY YACHT CLUB.
AND I BELIEVE BRIAN, UM, IF YOU COULD, YOU SENT US A WRITTEN, UH, PRESENTATION ON THAT, UH, WITHIN OUR PACKET.
SENT THE LETTERS THAT SENT LETTER JUSTIFICATION, SENT LETTER.
AND I BELIEVE WE'VE ALL REVIEWED THOSE.
UM, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THAT? NO, MA'AM.
ANY COMMENTS? UM, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THAT ONE.
OPPOSED? AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURES AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS OUR, I'LL BE TRACKING IT THIS YEAR TO SEE WHAT ALL COMES IN.
AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL AND EXECUTIVE THANK YOU.
UH, THEN, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECEIVE A FILE IN THE MANAGER'S, UH, MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, IF YOU CAN EFFICIENTLY WE'RE MOVE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FAST ON THIS ONE.
UH, I'M GONNA USE MY MONTHLY MANAGER REPORT.
TIME TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE FOR, FOR COMING OUT AND TALKING ABOUT REALLY BIG, BIG ITEMS AND, AND MAKING GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
UH, WE'RE ARE GONNA MOVE OUR MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT TO REPORT TO NEXT MONTH WILL BRING YOU A GREAT REPORT, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR METRICS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU REALLY WANNA SHARE WITH US FROM ANY PARTICULAR AREA.
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AMAZING RESCUE THAT WAS MADE WITH ONE OF THOSE HOMELESS, UH, PEOPLE ON A BOAT OUT THERE.UM, AND IT WAS ONE OF OUR, UH, LIFEGUARDS THAT WAS TRULY AN INCREDIBLE SWIMMER, UH, WHO WOULD KNOW ON A, A WEEKDAY IN MARCH THAT YOU'D NEED TO, TO MAKE A LIFESAVING RESCUE LIKE THAT.
AND INCREDIBLE HEROICS AND KUDOS TO OUR PEOPLE.
I ALSO, UH, ADD IN TO, UH, UH, A GREAT JOB ON THE PIER.
WE WERE ON ONE OF THE DOCKS THE OTHER DAY THERE, SOMEBODY, UH, THROWING STUFF AT YOU.
AND HE ENDED UP, UH, JUMPED IN THE WATER, BUT HE CAME BACK, MADE IT INTO TIKTOK.
HE MADE TIKTOK MADE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND VIEWS.
BUT JUST, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IN APRIL WE'LL BRING A, UH, A DOUBLE LOADED.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND KUDOS TO YOUR STAFF THAT ARE, ARE ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
UH, SO LET'S, LET'S TAKE THAT MINI REPORT.
ONTO ITEM SEVEN, UH, TO HEAR ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE AND OUR TIDE LENGTH.
UH, BRUCE, ANY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE THAT WE HAVEN'T INCLUDED TODAY? NO, MA'AM.
YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB AT THE EXECUTIVE, UH, AND ELIZABETH, ANY HIGHLIGHTS FROM S SO, UM, I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERYBODY, UH, CHECK OUT THE PRESENTATION THAT CHARLENE PUT TOGETHER.
IT WAS VERY DETAILED AND THERE WERE SO MANY PROJECTS THAT, UM, I WASN'T VERY AWARE OF.
AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANNA PICK OUT HIGHLIGHTS OR THAT I EVEN NEED TO.
I, I THINK KUDOS TO CHARLENE AND WHAT YOU PRESENTED.
BUT I REALLY RECOMMEND LOOKING THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND, UM, AND A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
SO I GUESS I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT RATHER THAN READING MY NOTES.
AND GORDON, YOUR, UM, HISTORIC MARKER COMMITTEES MAKING PROGRESS AS WELL.
UM, WE MET WITH THE, UH, AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC THIS PAST WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SITES THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO, UH, ALLOW FOR AN INSTALLATION OF A MEMORIAL TO OUR, UM, 1938 SURFING, UM, COMPETITION HELD IN LONG BEACH.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THE LONG BEACH CHAPTER OF SURF RIDER FOUNDATION HAS AGREED TO MANAGE THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN AND ALLOW FOR THEIR, UH, LOCAL CHAPTER TO BE, UM, AN ORGANIZING PARTNER.
A KUDOS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT TOO.
UM, I WAS AMAZED HOW ACCOMMODATING THE STAFF AT THE AQUARIUM WERE.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH SURF RIDER, UM, TOTALLY ON BOARD AND HOW THE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT GREW WITH ENTHUSIASM.
ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS? UM, ANYTHING FROM THE LAST MONTH? ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? ANY SPECIFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS? MATTER? CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, I KNOW WE USUALLY END IN SOMETHING, BUT 93 YEARS AGO, MARCH 10TH AND 11TH, WE HAD HUGE EARTHQUAKE HERE IN LOBBY BEACH IN 1933.
UH, MY, MY, MY RELATIVES WERE HERE AT THAT TIME.
SO, UH, UH, JUST REMEMBERING THAT, REMEMBERING THE STORIES FROM THE, UH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT PASSED AND THAT ALWAYS BE PREPARED.
CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT THOUGH, YOU HAVE TIME.
UH, I'LL CAPTURE WITH THAT WITH OUR, UH, ON OUR OTHER COMMITTEE DM MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S ON APRIL 2ND, FINANCE COMMITTEE'S ON APRIL 9TH.
OUR NEXT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IS ON APRIL 9TH.
SO KUDOS TO LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB.
FOR THE CHANGES THAT THEY MADE.
WHAT WAS OUR OTHER ITEM ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
OH, I FOLLOW, UNLESS ANYONE ELSE IS WAITING.
I HAVE THREE MINUTES, RIGHT? I CAN DO, I DID FIVE FAST ON TUESDAYS.
UM, SO IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO I AM IN THE ROOM, UM, JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS OF PARKS.
UM, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING OUT ABOUT NOW THAT OUR 40 YEARS HAVE HIT ARE THAT WE SHOULD BE FUNDRAISING FOR PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE, AND ANIMAL CARE.
UM, SO SOME NEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, WE'RE LAUNCHING ALONG BEACH'S FAVORITE PET COMPETITION.
UM, THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS HELPING US CHAMPION IT.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY AWESOME PRIZES AND SPONSORS THAT ARE COMING IN.
IT'S GONNA BE HELD PRIMARILY IN THE DIGITAL SPACE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE SOME COEXISTING EVENTS HAPPENING FOR A NATIONAL PET MONTH IN MAY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A KITTY HALL, UM, A RE EXCEPTIONAL DAY OF PETS PROMOTING DIFFERENT THINGS EACH WEEK WITH INCENTIVES LIKE MICROCHIPPING SPAY AND NEUTERING, LONG SALE ADOPTIONS, ET CETERA.
THE ONLY THING I'M SAD ABOUT IS THAT MY DOG CAN'T WIN.
UM, WE ARE DOING, UM, SPRING EGG HUNTS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARKS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY ACTIVATED.
UM, WE JUST GOT THIS ALL SET UP YESTERDAY, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A DISABILITY FRIENDLY EGG HUNT ROUND, UM, AT ONE OF THE PARKS.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, LIKE
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I HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THOSE DISABILITIES, LIKE DANCE AND OTHERWISE, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH EXCEPTIONAL DAY OF PLAY, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS TO HAVE SENSORY FRIENDLY EQUIPMENT.WE'RE GONNA HAVE CRAFTS DONE BY PEOPLE WHO, UM, ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THOSE WHO HAVE MAY HAVE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL OR COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, TYPICAL A HUNTS AT SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS ON THIS FLYER.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE LAUNCHING THE FIRST EVER PICKLEBALL FOR PARKS TOURNAMENT, UM, FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY.
UM, I'VE NEVER PLAYED, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ENJOY SEEING WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
UM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE SOME NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT OUR KIND OF MARINE OR RELATIVE TO MARINE, UH, FUNDRAISER IS GOING TO BE.
SO WE'RE OPEN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS, UM, TO ADD TO OUR FALL SPONSORSHIP DECK.
SO I HAVE FLYERS FOR EACH OF YOU, AND THAT IS MY TIME.
INTRODUCE YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE.
ASHLEY JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS OF PARKS.
AND, AND SHE'S REALLY GOTTEN US A LOT OF, UM, VISIBILITY AS PARKS, RECREATION, AND MARINE, UM, WITH GUMBO WHO WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY AN UNADOPTABLE DOG FROM THE, UH, SHELTER WHO HAD BEEN THERE THE LONGEST.
AND SHE PROVED EVERYONE WRONG THAT FAILED TO ADOPT HIM BY SHOWING WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PET HE IS.
BLANKETS FOR YOUR, FOR THE NEW DOGS THAT COME IN.
OH, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DROP OFF TOWELS, BLANKET ANY PATIENTS, ANYTHING, THEY ALWAYS NEED THAT.
AND, UH, NEWSPAPERS FOR THE CATS AND, UH, AS BOB BLAIR POINTED OUT TO ME TODAY, TODAY WAS THE, UM, MEMORIAL FOR, UH, DR.
SHELDON, UH, AN INCREDIBLE MAN AND VOTER.
AND WE WILL ADJOURN IN HIS HONOR.