* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE, UH, THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2026, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UH, DIRECTOR SCOTT, CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ? STILL HERE. COMMISSIONER ALLEN. STILL HERE. UM, COMMISSIONER. SHOWN IN STILL . UH, VICE CHAIR ODAC DE SMITH, PRESENT CHAIR REDFIELD. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. UH, AND UH, FOR THE RECORD, I SHOULD ADD FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER SHN, COMMISSIONER HIGA ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON WITH COURT. UH, SO WE WILL BE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE TO NAME LOS ALTOS PLAZA PARK TO PARK A STATE'S COMMUNITY PARK IN DISTRICT FOUR. UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION AS A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONFUSED BY THOSE TWO NAMES? I WILL MAKE THE MOTION. OH, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S THE OTHER ONE. I'LL SECOND . SO, UH, UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO HAVE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT. UH, SHE BE OUR PARTNERSHIP OFFICER. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO, LOS ALTOS PLAZA PARK, LOCATED AT 52 30 EAST ANAHEIM ROAD. IT'S A 0.71 ACRE PARK IN THE HEART OF THE PARK STATE NEIGHBORHOOD IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY A MILE AND A HALF, LITTLE OVER A MILE AWAY, YOU WILL FIND LOS ALTOS PARK RIGHT ALONG STERN STREET, ALSO IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. SO DUE TO THE SIMILARITIES IN NAMES, THERE'S BEEN CONFUSIONS OVER THE YEARS. THINGS LIKE A POLICE RESPONSE BEING DISPATCHED TO THE WRONG PARK, MAINTENANCE, NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND THE RIGHT LOCATION, JUST OVERALL CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE TWO NAMES. SO THERE HAS BEEN A REQUEST BROUGHT TO COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR FROM THE COMMUNITY TO CHANGE THE NAME OF LOS ALTOS PLAZA PARK TWO PARK STATE'S COMMUNITY PARK, WHICH IS MUCH MORE ALIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THE PARK IS LOCATED. UM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR THIS. YOU'LL SEE, UM, THE EMAIL THERE THAT CAME. AND THIS IS IN, UM, ACCORDANCE TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS EIGHT SEVEN, SECTION FOUR, WHICH REQUESTS OF THIS NATURE HAS TO FIRST BE REVIEWED BY OUR PARKING COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN FORWARD OVER TO OUR GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS IN ADDITION COMMITTEE TAKE BACK COUNCIL. THANK YOU CHARLENE. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION. I KNOW THIS IS A SEPARATE SPECIAL MEETING. IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY THIS WAS KIND OF BIFURCATED INTO ITS OWN? YEAH, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT NEEDED TO BE ON TODAY'S, UH, AGENDA. UH, WE HAD ALREADY POSTED THE OTHER AGENDA, AND SO THROUGH GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THEY RECOMMENDED JUST HAVING A SPECIAL. GOT IT. OKAY. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING. THAT MAKES SENSE THEN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? CAN YOU WAIT AND WE'LL ASK, LET THE FELLOW BEHIND YOU AS A COMMENT? UM, YEAH, SO I, I JUST, UM, WANTED TO, UH, ATTEND TODAY. I THINK THIS IS MY VERY FIRST MEETING AS ELECTED. I USED TO BE HERE ALL THE TIME AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, BUT, UM, I GUESS IT TOOK A SPECIAL MEETING TO GET HERE, . BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS AND, UM, CONSIDERING IT, UH, AND DIRECTOR SCOTT, THAT WAS ALL ON US. I'M NOT GETTING IT TO YOU IN TIME, SO I APPRECIATE YOU, BUT I, I, I WANT TO FESS UP, UH, ACTUALLY THE GOE MEETING, I THINK I SERVED ON FOR 10 YEARS. I WAS CHAIR FOR A COUPLE OF TERMS. I DON'T CHAIR IT ANYMORE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, NEW CHAIRS DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SO THAT'S THE EXPLANATION HERE. SO THAT'S ALL ON US FOR NOT GETTING IT HERE. UM, AND INDIFFERENCE TO THE CHAIR. I'LL JUST SAY MY PRESENTATION IS IN THREE PARTS. OKAY. UM, THE FIRST IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. UM, BOTH PARKS ARE IN THE RESPONSE AREA OF FIRE STATION 17. UH, SO IT'D BE NICE IF THEY, WE COULD DIFFERENTIATE THAT. ALSO THEY'RE AN ADJACENT POLICE PIECE. UM, EAST DIVISION POLICE SPEECH, UH, 12 AND 14. AND SO THE WHOLE PUBLIC SAFETY THING, UH, WE WANT TO DO THAT REASON, OR I JUST SAID THE OA DID. UM, ALSO I HAD, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF THE CONFUSION, I JUST COULDN'T RESIST. CHRISTINE HANDED OUT [00:05:01] A, A FIRE ABOUT A PILATES CLASS. NOW THE BAR, PILATES STUDIO ACTUALLY IS ADJACENT TO LOS SANTO PLAZA PARK, YOU SEE ON THEIR FLYER, GUESS WHAT THEY CALLED IT? SOUTHWEST PARK. OKAY. SO THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM. GUESS WHO WILL GET THE CALLS WHEN EVERYONE SHOWS UP AT LOS PARK FOR THAT PILATES CLASS? BE THE COUNSELING OFFICE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID HERE. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, I BELIEVE THAT IT, IT IS BEFORE MY TIME, BUT THE, UM, PLAYGROUND THERE WAS PUTTING WITH PRIVATE FUNDS AND, UH, PARK ESTATES IS GOING TO DO ANOTHER CAMPAIGN TO, UH, REFRESH THAT PARK AND DO THAT. AND I THINK IT SERVES AS MUCH BETTER IF THEY HAVE MORE OWNERSHIP OF THAT PARK IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, UH, THAT'S MY, UH, PRESENTATION. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MAKING AN EXCEPTION AND, AND STAYING OVER LATE FOR THE MEETING. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. SUPER. UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THIS REGARD? YES, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. WILLIAM WARD. WILLIAM WARD. THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND ORIGINALLY THAT WAS CALLED STRATFORD SQUARE AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION DISBANDED. AND NOW YOU ARE GONNA CHANGE THE NAME TO SOMETHING ELSE. BY THE WAY, YOU REALLY DID A TRICK ON OUR HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW YOU MADE EVERYBODY'S GARAGE INTO A RENTAL AND THEY ALL HAVE CARS. AND SO YOU CAN ONLY DRIVE ONE CAR DOWN THE STREET, BUT YOU SHOULD MAKE THAT A ONE WAY STREET IN THERE. AND, UH, AS I SAID, IT'S ORIGINALLY STRATFORD SQUARE AND YOU CHANGED THE NAME TO SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT WAS IT? LOS PLAZA PARK. AND THAT'S GONNA BE PARK THE PLAZA PARKED OVER BY THE ? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, ANYMORE COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. HEARING NONE. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF CHANGING, UH, THE NAME FROM LOS ALTOS PLAZA PARK TO PARK STATE'S COMMUNITY PARK. UH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. UM, AND WE DO, UH, NEED TO ASK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? UH, WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE SPECIAL, SPECIAL MEETING AT 10 26. IS THAT CORRECT? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.