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WELL IT IS EIGHT 30 THIS MORNING AND WE ARE HERE AT THE, UH, MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.UM, AND WE ARE IN THE ALAMEDAS BAY CONFERENCE ROOM AT 2 0 5 NORTH MARINA DRIVE, AND I HEREBY CALL US TO ORDER AND, UH, CAN WE BE LED IN A ROW ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK THROUGH OUR REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH STARTS WITH THE, UM, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR? WERE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, ANY ADDITIONS? NO MA'AM.
THOSE WILL THEN STAND APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED.
AND OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO START REVIEWING OUR COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR MEETING NEXT MEET WEEK.
AND SO LET'S PROCEED, UM, FORWARD AND LOOK AT ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THE MEETING.
UM, AGENDA STARTS OUT PRETTY SIMPLE WITH OUR, UH, UM, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND IT MOVES ON TO AN APPROVAL, UH, REGARDING AN ANNUAL ACTIVITY, LEARN TO ROW DAY AND WHO STAFF'S GONNA SHARE MORE ON THAT.
UM, SO I'M, I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE NEXT THURSDAY.
UH, I THINK I, I'LL MAKE SURE TODD HAS ALL THE INFORMATION ON IT.
UM, I'M GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN, UH, WITH KIDS, BUT, SO OH, GOOD.
UH, SO WE ARE GONNA PRESENT THIS, UH, FEW WAY REQUESTS.
UM, IT'S FOR LEARN TO ROW DAY THAT BE TAKING PLACE IN JUNE.
UM, LIKE HANNAH WITH THE LONG BEACH ROW ASSOCIATION IS A BIG ADVOCATE PUTTING THIS ON.
UM, REALLY LOOKING TO EXPAND THE, THE REACH OF ROWING, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR, WITH OUR CITY AND NEIGHBORING CITIES AS WELL.
UH, GET PEOPLE EXPOSED TO THE SPORT.
UH, AND I KNOW THEY COME TO US EVERY YEAR, UM, AND IT'S A GREAT EVENT 'CAUSE IT'S OPENED UP.
THEY'VE EVEN OPENED UP TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND OUR FAMILIES AND, UH,
UM, HOW IS OUR PROPERTIES SURROUNDING THOSE GROUNDS? I THINK OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING ALL OF THAT.
I THINK THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, THE CURBS AND EVERYTHING LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S KIND OF OUR OPEN HOUSE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE, UM, COUPLE YEARS BACK WE DID HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS SAYING, UH, SOME, THERE WERE SOME HOUSEKEEPING THINGS THERE THAT WERE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOATHOUSE BOATHOUSE FOLKS THAT WEREN'T MAINTAINED AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE ARE ALL RESOLVED AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS HAPPY WITH, UM, HOW THE ROWING ASSOCIATION'S BEEN AS TENANTS.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS, UH, IN THE PAST YEAR IF YEAH.
THAT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO OR MORE.
UM, AND I REGULARLY GO TO THE BOATHOUSE AND, UM, EVERYTHING TO ME LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN PRETTY STELLAR SHAPE AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE GRAND PRIX.
BEFORE WE HAVE COMPANY COMING, WE DO ONE MORE LESS MM-HMM
CHECK THAT STREET SWEEPINGS BEEN BY AND
THE FRONS ARE PICKED UP AND YEAH.
OUR, OUR FEARLESS LEADER, WE WERE OUT THERE FOR A, UH, I THINK FOR AN OLYMPIC WALK.
AND WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL HOW MUCH WE BRING HIM OUT.
'CAUSE HE, HE FINDS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, ADDRESS IES OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT, BUT WE JUST GOTTA BRING THEM OUT IN LIMITED CAPACITY SO YOU CAN ADDRESS ALL, ALL ITEMS TEND TO TEND TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, CAN WE FIX THAT? CAN WE FIX THAT? CAN WE FIX THAT? I WANT THAT DONE.
SO, BUT, UH, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU ONLY, YOU ONLY GET 10 MINUTES ON SITE.
WELL, IT, IT IS KIND OF A GOOD OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE DO KNOW SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN HELP 'EM FROM, FROM A CITY STANDPOINT? SOME, UM, I, I LEARNED A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO, A LOT OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, UM, LEARN TO ROAD DATA AND MAYBE COMMUNICATING WITH THE ROWING ASSOCIATION IN BETTER WAYS TO GET THE WORD OUT THROUGH SOME CITY CHANNELS.
UH, WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO PUT, UH, PUT STUFF ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR FLYERS AND THEIR PROMOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT WE JUST GOTTA CONFIRM THAT.
CLEAR THAT THROUGH OUR, UH, OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME IF WE'RE, UM, ARE YOU ON, UH, UH, INSTAGRAM, ALL THOSE, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT? ARE WE ON THOSE? PARK AND RECREATION? IS WE, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS A VERY, UH, UH, STRICT SOCIAL MEDIA KIND OF, UH, PLATFORM.
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UH, COORDINATOR THAT CONTROLS ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE DEPARTMENT AT LEAST PUTTING IT OUT TO THEM SO THEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK PUTTING IT OUT, WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.WE HAVE FACEBOOK AND IT GETS, IT GETS, UH, UPDATED OFTEN.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE IS JDP IS SHE A SHE'S AN, SHE'S THE OFFICER.
YEAH, SHE'S OUR COMMUNICATION OFFICER.
SO OUR NEW INDIVIDUAL IN THAT ACTING ROLE HAS REALLY BEEN PUSHING TO GREEN, LIKE GAIN FOLLOWERSHIP, UM, ON THE
UM, SO I, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION OVER ON LEARN TO ROAD A AND SEE IF SHE CAN GET THAT BLASTED OUT ON SOCIALS.
AND, AND MAYBE, UM, IF SHE COULD GET A A ONE PAGE TO INCLUDE AS PART OF YOUR MANAGER'S REPORT SO THAT WE ARE, UM, WE'RE GETTING MORE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW.
SO IT'S JUST, UH, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THAT.
I, I, I DIDN'T KNOW I WASN'T FOLLOWING.
WE WANNA SUPPORT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT LEARN TO ROAD DAY? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN THINK AS A COMMISSION WE WANNA DO TO HELP THEM? I THINK WE DEFINITELY WANNA PUT IT ON OUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO GO THERE.
IT'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY DO THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE MAKING IT LOOK SPIFFY.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT AND WE'LL HAVE THAT A PART OF OUR PACKET.
UM, AND IT'S PRETTY ROBUST WITH ALL THE, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND THEN IT, UH, THE PART THAT ALWAYS DAZZLES ME IS THE NUMBER OF, UM, CITY PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED THE ACTIONS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, CAST OF THOUSANDS.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE ANNUAL REPORTS OR ANYTHING? I THINK WE HAVE, UH, UH, WHO'S UP FOR THAT? THOSE MEETINGS ON, UH, ON THAT THURSDAY EARLIER, IT'S, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE FINANCE.
I OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS? YES.
SO FINANCE ONE CONCERN, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAD JUST WALKED OUTTA THE RESTROOM.
THERE'S ONLY ONE RESTROOM HERE RIGHT.
SOME MULTI MALE, FEMALE, WHATEVER.
IT'S, IT'S ONE RESTROOM ON US IN THE DOOR WITH US RIGHT HERE ON THE OUTSIDE.
PUBLIC RESTROOMS. SO, UH, UM, YEAH, I WAS, I WAS AT LAURA DOW'S EVENT, UH, THIS PAST WEEK AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANTED TO COME IN AND USE, USE THE RESTROOM THERE, AND THEY WERE JUST JUST BIKE RIDERS AND STUFF.
AND I POINTED THEM DOWN TO THE ONE RESTROOM AND THERE WAS NINE PEOPLE GOING TO THE RESTROOM.
AND THEY, THEY CAME BACK AND THEY JUST WENT ONE TOILET.
AND I JUST WENT CONTACT YOUR COUNCIL PERSON.
BUT IT'S IN BEAUTIFUL SHAPE THAT, THAT IT RESTROOM USED TO BE VERY TIRED.
AND IT'S, ITS, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT YOU FIGURED NINE PEOPLE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE THAT GO OUT ON THAT BOAT, THAT PARK? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I KEEP STATING IT, I WILL CONTINUE TO STATE IT.
WE NEED MORE RESTROOMS AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND I, I I KNOW IT'S THAT BOAT OWNER RESTROOM DIRECTLY ACROSS RIGHT FROM THE AQUALINK LODGE.
THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLANNING AND ENTITLEMENTS AND DESIGN TO BECOME, BE A PUBLIC, A MULTI-PURPOSE.
IT'LL HAVE, IT'LL HAVE TWO STALLS, RESTROOM,
WE SHOULD CALL IT THE, THEY'LL BE PUBLIC.
HEY, AFTER ME, I'LL PAY FOR IT.
OH, I DON'T NEED A TILE OR A BENCH.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST, IT, IT IS FRUSTRATING, UH, DEALING WITH SOME OF THE UNHOUSED AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND TALKING TO THEM AND MET A GENTLEMAN AND GAVE HIM A JACKET AND HE DIDN'T LIKE THE JACKET, SO HE DIDN'T TAKE 'EM.
I'M LIKE GOING, THEY'RE BRAND NEW JACKETS.
UH, AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT HE HAD SOME OTHER ISSUES, BUT WE WERE TALKING, I SAYS, HAVE YOU EATEN? I DON'T EAT.
I SAYS, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TO EAT? AND I JUST WENT, OH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I SAID, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR ME TO GO.
YOU GET TO GO TO A NICE RESTAURANT.
BUT WHEN YOU GOTTA GO, YOU AND I CAN DRIVE HOME REAL QUICK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT, IT'S JUST, BUT I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO DOUG HALPER AND I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE AND, AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF WHAT SOME OF THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE GOING FORWARD OF GETTING, GETTING THE CHURCHES INVOLVED, YOU KNOW? WELL, AGAIN, I, I BELIEVE THE CITY, CITY WORKS
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THROUGH OUR COMPASSION FIRST MODEL.AND WE HAVE SO MANY AVENUES OF APPROACH FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO, TO GET OFF THE STREETS.
AND FIND PLACES WHERE THEY DO HAVE THOSE AMENITIES THAT ARE READILY AVAIL AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, THEY DENY SERVICES.
AND THAT IS THE, THE CRITICAL FACTOR THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, IS WE'RE OUT THERE MAKING CONTACT OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE STAFF, OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF ARE CONSISTENTLY OFFERING SERVICES.
AND YOU KNOW, THE HARD PART IS THEY ARE BEING DECLINED.
AND THAT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE.
THAT, UH, IS JOSHUA? NO, NO, EXCUSE ME.
THAT IS A CUSTODIAL STAFF MEMBER.
GOOD, UH, GOOD EMPLOYEE COMING ON, WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.
UH, JUST, UH, GETTING ACCLIMATED TO THE, TO THE GROUP AND IS DOING WELL.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT JUST, UM, UH, RECOGNIZING OUR LONGTIME STAFF.
WE'RE RECOGNIZING OUR, OUR UP AND COMERS.
UH, SUPER, SUPER EXCITED TO, UH, RECOGNIZE JOSHUA.
UM, OUR, OUR MEETING VENUE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISSUES AT THIS POINT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANNA CROSS THE UNION LINE.
AGAIN, IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION.
WE, SO I THINK WE, WE NEED TO, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WE WERE DOWN ONE COMMISSIONER LAST MONTH FOR THAT REASON.
I'LL JUST SAY WE, WE'D BE DOWN TWO, UH, BECAUSE I CAN'T CROSS A LINE.
SO, AND IT'S NOT THAT I, BEING A TEAMSTER FOR SO MANY YEARS, BEING A PART OF A TEAMSTER ORGANIZATION FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND THE RESPECT FACTOR I HAVE ON BOTH SIDES, I'VE BEEN THROUGH STRIKES BOTH AS AN EMPLOYEE AND AS MANAGEMENT.
UH, AND WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO VOICE THEIR AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD, UH, I NEVER WANT TO DISRESPECT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR, UH, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE IT.
SO, UM, I WAS JUST TOLD TODD, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME TO THE MEETING NEXT WEEK, UH, IF IT WAS AT LONG BEACH CHOCOLATE.
WELL, UM, WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT A, A
AND NOW LAST MONTH THE SEA SCOUT BASE WAS AVAILABLE MM-HMM
AND FOR SOME REASON WE STILL ENDED UP AT LONG BEACH.
SO I REALLY WANNA ENCOURAGE US NOT TO BE THERE.
I DON'T WANNA PUT CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE UNION MEMBERS IN AN AWKWARD SITUATION.
THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO PRESENT SOMEWHERE AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND I DON'T WANNA PUT ANYBODY IN THAT OR TO FEEL AWKWARD IN ANY WAY.
WOULD WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE CITY, FROM WHAT I GATHER, MOST OF THE CITY'S ON VACATION NEXT WEEK.
SO WOULD IT BE JUST A THOUGHT TO GO DARK NEXT WEEK? I THINK WE HAVE THINGS WE WANNA PROVE.
UM, AND IT MIGHT BE KIND OF FUN IF WE'RE AT THE SEA SCOUT BASE, THEY'LL, IT'LL BE AN ACTIVE VENUE.
WE HAVE A LIGHT ENOUGH AGENDA MM-HMM
THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT ONE OF OUR, UH, ASSETS WITHIN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, ACTIVE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AGAIN, IT IS, WE JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT AND ASK, YOU KNOW, IF, IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
AND I, AND I THINK JEB AND, UM, HIS TEAM ARE PRETTY ACCOMMODATING.
AND THEN FROM AN A DA STANDPOINT, I THINK THERE'S DOWNSTAIRS CLASSROOMS THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE OUR GROUP AND HAVE THE AUDIO VISUAL CAPABILITY.
LIKE I SAID, WE JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT AND, AND SEE, SEE ABOUT AVAILABILITY AND MAKE THE REQUEST.
WE, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE SEVEN TWO HOURS NOTICE OF YEAH.
SO THERE'S ALSO SYLVIE CHUCK CLUB TOO.
THEY CHARGE, THEY DON'T, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME, THEY DON'T NO.
I WAS JUST THINKING THROUGH THE AADA.
WE DON'T WANT CITY EMPLOYEES TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AS THEY'RE PRESENTING.
I'M JUST SAYING YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO IT IN MY HOUSE.
UH, SO ARE YOU WITH OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS, ARE YOU THINKING THERE'S A, A DEEPER DIVE OR SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HEAR MORE WITHIN FINANCE? UH, NO ASKING ON THAT.
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NO.UM, AND I THINK WE HAD ASKED SOME THINGS TO KIND OF RACK AND STACK THE SLIP FEES DIFFERENT WAYS.
DO YOU RECALL MY PREVIOUS REQUEST ON THAT? UM, YOU ASKED LIKE HOW MUCH WE WERE MAKING OFF OF, OF KIND OF HOW IT WENT WITHIN A, A BREAKDOWN.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT OKAY.
I KNOW IT'S SHORT NOTICE AND, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BE ON HOLIDAY, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS BRACKETING, LIKE HOW MUCH REVENUE IN THE CERTAIN SIZE SLIPS.
SO IF WE COULD INCLUDE THAT AND MAYBE PUT THAT AS A PART OF THE PACKET.
AND THEN WHEN WE HEAR THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT ON FINANCE, THERE MAY BE SOME COOL NUMBERS.
UM, AND I THINK WE ALSO WILL HAVE A REPORT ON THE, UM, SURFING.
AND WHAT WAS THAT LAST PART? SURFING.
I, I THINK SHE'S GETTING CLOSER.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED ON THE AGENDA THAT WE WANNA ADDRESS? ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND GET A REPORT ON? UM, I WOULD, I WILL JUST GIVE YOU GUYS A, JUST KINDA LIKE THE, THE HEADS UP.
SO WE ARE IN OUR, OUR LAST MONTH OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT LIVERBOARD, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE SIX DOWN HERE IN ALAMIA BAY, UH, WITHIN THE HARBOR AND SEVEN DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THERE'S TWO INDIVIDUALS DOWNTOWN THAT WERE, ARE NOT LOOKING PROMISING TO PASS.
UH, AND PROBABLY ONE, ONE ON THIS SIDE.
UM, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE BASICALLY ISSUED A, UH, A CANCELLATION LETTER YESTERDAY, UM, THE 1ST OF APRIL SAYING THEY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF APRIL TO, YOU KNOW, VACATE SLIP.
UM, BUT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IF THEY CAN GET EVERYTHING DONE WITHIN THE CALENDAR MONTH OF APRIL, GET THEIR INSPECTIONS DONE, WE WOULD RESCIND NOTICE, UH, AND BRING THEM BACK INTO THE FOLD.
SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING TO THE HEAD ON IT.
UM, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME COMMENTS, UH, FROM A FEW OUTSPOKEN INDIVIDUALS, UM, ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT THEY HAVE HAD AT THIS POINT, OVER TWO YEARS TO COMPLY WITH OH, WOW.
AND WE'VE TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE.
SO IF IT'S, IF IT'S A MONEY, A FINANCIAL THING, YOU KNOW, REALLY THERE'S NO, OUTSIDE OF HAVING A BOAT THAT RUNS, IT WASN'T A SURVEY EXPENSE.
THERE WAS A, A WORKAROUND OF THAT WITH THE US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY INSPECTION.
UM, SO THIS, THERE COULD BE SOME, SOME TALKS MAYBE YOU GUYS GET REACHED OUT TO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS.
BUT JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.
THE CARS, CAR'S GONE, COULD, GOES TO YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
UM, BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND REALLY MAKING THIS A ROBUST PROGRAM THAT'S GOOD.
AND I, ALL THE RISK MITIGATION THAT THAT'S CAUSING BY NOT HAVING DERELICT BOATS IN OUR MARINA IS DEFINITELY MAJOR SAFETY.
UM, SO I'M SO GLAD THAT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, I MEAN, IT'S A BEST PRACTICE, CLEARLY.
OUR, OUR TEAM DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH THIS LIFT.
THIS WAS, UH, THIS WAS A HEADACHE FROM THE START, UH, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE WRAPPED INTO THIS.
UM, THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND CREATING EVENTS ON THE WEEKENDS FOR INSPECTIONS.
KIND OF A ONE STOP SHOP TO GET IT DONE.
UM, YEAH, REALLY, REALLY HAPPY.
AND IT'S, IT'S NICE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE, ARE MAD ABOUT THIS.
UH, OTHERS HAVE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BEEN THANKFUL.
LIKE, HEY, YOU KIND OF MADE ME GET, YOU KNOW, GET OUTTA MY, YOU KNOW, MY FUNK AND GET THE BOAT RUNNING.
AND I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GOOD, IT'S BEEN GOOD ON BOTH SIDES.
AND LIKE SOME PEOPLE FINALLY REALIZE THAT THIS WAS, THIS IS NOT THE, THE WAY OF LIFE THAT WAS PROBABLY BEST SUITING THEIR, THEIR NEEDS AT THIS TIME.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE MOVE ON, UH, ON THEIR, ON THEIR OWN ACCORD.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
WELL, IT MUST HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
'CAUSE ALL THE TRASH AND ALL THE WOOD AND ALL THE PIECES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH IT.
UH, YOU KNOW, USING ALTERNATIVE, ALTERNATIVE, UH, TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, IS NOT A BAD THING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, AS A LIVERBOARD YOU CAN PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND LEAVE IT BECAUSE IT'S YOUR, THIS IS YOUR LIVING SPACE.
SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL ELECTED TO USE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY THAT INDIVIDUAL IS TAKING THEIR CAR FOR A TUNEUP SPIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WENT OUT THERE AND I WENT, WELL, WHAT'S ALL THIS TRASH FROM? AND I SAYS, OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE AS THE, AND MAYBE IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR, UH, GRAND PRIX PREP DURING THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
I THINK KELLY WILL HAVE A REALLY GOOD, PROBABLY SOME GOOD SLIDES ON THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE, THE GATES DOWN HERE IN ALAMEDAS LIKE KIND OF KEEP SURFACING AS A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
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A HEADS UP ON THAT, WE SECURITY GATES THAT GO INTO THE THING, THE FLOOD GATES.SO WE MET WITH, UH, COREY AND I, AND A COUPLE OTHER MAINTENANCE INDIVIDUALS MET WITH THE COMPANY YESTERDAY THAT DID THE GATES DOWNTOWN IN RAINBOW.
UM, SO TRYING TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE ABLE TO USE, YOU KNOW, THE PONY GATES WE HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD ON TOP TO BE A BIT MORE EFFICIENT WITH, WITH FUNDS, UH, AND THEN THE AREAS THAT HAVE NO GATES, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW WE MAKE IT LOOK CONSISTENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE GATEWAYS THAT HAVE VERY INTERESTING ENTRY POINTS, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A GATE WORK IN THAT AREA, GET IN ONE GATE, YOU'RE FREE TO GO EVERYWHERE IT SEEMS. SO THAT'S, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ALWAYS THE SECURITY PRECAUTION THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE, ESPECIALLY COMING IN THAT WE KNOW, UH, WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT A MORE SECURITY, UH, SECURE VENUE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT, SO.
WELL THE, THE HARDEST PART OVER HERE IS OUR, OUR GANGWAYS ARE NOT STANDARDIZED.
THEY, THEY COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES.
SO THAT'S, IF, IF, IF IT WAS, HEY IT'S, YOU KNOW, COTS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ANYTHING COMMERCIAL OUT THE SHELF.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A ROW OF 'EM THAT ARE SIMILAR.
UH, BUT EACH, IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE THEY CAN MOCK UP FIVE GATES.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE HAS TO BE ACCUSTOMED SPEC.
I MEAN, IT'S, THE GATES ARE GONNA BE A BIG, A BIG HELP.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A, YOU KNOW, A, A PIECE OF PEACE OF MIND FOR OUR VOTERS, UH, AND WHAT THEY HAVE DOWN THE DOCKS.
BUT THE THING WITH, WITH MARINAS IS THAT IT'S ANY PLACE ON THE WATER, YOU CAN STILL GET ACCESS.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT DETERRENT, KEEPING HONEST PEOPLE HONEST, BUT IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS ON THE DOCK, THEY'RE GONNA GET ON THE DOCK.
THEY'RE GONNA GET ON THE DOCK.
SO IT'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I, I LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT LIKE, I, I AM FULL FOUR, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THESE BIG GATES UP FULL HEIGHT LIKE SECURITY GATES, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA COMPLETELY REMEDY THE PROBLEM.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO SET THE EXPECTATION.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE.
WITH THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.