* 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. [00:00:04] CALL THE ORDER, THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, MAY 14TH. AND WE'RE LOCATED IN THE GLAMOROUS BIXBY PARK SOCIAL HALL. AND WELCOME. LET'S START WITH A ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY HERE. COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIRMAN MCRAY. I AM HERE. COMMISSIONER BLAIR. PRESIDENT. COMMISSIONER CARLIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER CAJUN. HERE. COMMISSIONER LAND. HERE. COMMISSIONER MURRAY HERE. YOU HAVE A BOOK. WOW. WONDERFUL. I HAVE 100%. UH, WE'RE PROCEEDING ON WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA, UH, WITH THE FIRST ITEM, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING AS DISTRIBUTED. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE. DO WE APPROVE? UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY INPUTS FROM THE COMMISSION OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A. AYE. OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT PASSES. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO. UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FINAL PRESENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THE LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER. AND AN UPDATE ON THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARD STATION. ADVERTISING. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, MOVE THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT THE, UH, TO RECEIVE A FILE. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND, OKAY. WITH A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WE'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. LELAND. UH, INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS ALL. WE HAVE, UH, TWO MEMBERS OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, MR. JOHNNY VALLEJO. MR. ERIC ROMERO, UH, HERE TO PRESENT ON A COUPLE OF, UH, PENDING PROJECTS IN THE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY SPHERE. SO I'M GONNA HAND IT RIGHT OVER TO THEM AND, UH, GET GOING FROM HERE. I'LL APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE. I'M NOT THE MOST DYNAMIC SPEAKER, BUT AFTER WE GET THROUGH THIS, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND YOU GUYS CAN RUN. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS. MY NAME IS JOHNNY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY HERE TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER. SO, FOR A LITTLE BROADER CONTEXT, TO CREATE A MORE RESILIENT ECONOMY AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM OIL REVENUE. UH, THE CITY'S WORKED HARD TO ADVANCE THE VISION OF LONG BEACH AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. SO, ALONG WITH THE ICONIC GRAND PRIX, THE LONG BEACH WATERFRONT NOW HAS SEVERAL LARGE SCALE ACTIVATIONS, INCLUDING THE BAND'S WARP TOUR AND MULTIPLE POPULAR MUSIC FESTIVALS. SO, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT SEGMENT REALLY HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GROW LONG BEACH EFFORT. OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY BEGUN LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR THE QUEEN MARY SHORESIDE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER VISITING SERVING ASSETS ALONG PEER AGE THAT REALLY IS PLANNED AS A GENERAL GENERATIONAL EFFORT THAT WILL TAKE YEARS TO PLAN AND ULTIMATELY DEVELOP. THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT WAS PROPOSED TO ACTIVATE THE PROPERTY NOW AND CREATE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BENEFIT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS HOSTING A WIDE ARRAY OF CONCERTS, FESTIVALS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO THE INITIAL, UH, FIRST STEP IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PROJECT WAS TO CONDUCT A MARKET FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS FOR THIS EFFORT. THE CITY ENGAGED AECOM, WHOSE FIRM INCLUDED A TEAM SPECIALIZING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED USING BOTH DATA AND PROMOTER FEEDBACK, PROJECTED STRONG DEMAND FOR LONG BEACH PHI THEATER, THE LOS ANGELES METRO, WHICH INCLUDES LA ORANGE COUNTY AND PARTS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE, HOLDS A SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE NATIONAL CONCERT MARKET. PRIMARY MARKET FOR A LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER WITH PARTICULAR PEELING AS THE VENUE IS IDEALLY LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT MARKET RADIUS. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE RECLOSURE OF AN IRVINE VENUE, THERE WAS A STRONG GAP IN THE MARKET FOR A 10 TO 12,000 SEAT VENUE IN THE PHI VENUE MARKET, WHICH IS DISTINCT AND SEASONALLY DIFFERENT THAN AN ARENA VENUE MARKET. THE REGION HAS STRONG, SMALLER VENUES LIKE THE GREEK, WITH A 5,900 SEAT CAPACITY AND A LARGE AND LARGER VENUES LIKE THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL AT 18,000 SEATS. BUT THAT 11,000 SEAT CAPACITY WAS A GAP IN THE MARKET THAT WE ARE FILLING. THE ANALYSIS ALSO CONSIDERED WHETHER SUCH AN EFFORT COULD FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE INVESTMENT IN AN AMPHITHEATER FACILITY. THE CITY THEN DEVELOPED A ROBUST RFP TO CONSIDER AND SELECT AN OPERATOR FOR THE AMPHITHEATER AND RECEIVE SIX PROPOSAL THAT WERE EVALUATED BY SELECTING COMMITTEE REPRESENTING MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA, WHICH INCLUDED PROPOSED PROFORMAS OPERATIONAL MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, AND EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE. AMONG OTHER FACTORS, THE CITY SELECTED LEGENDS GLOBAL AS THE AM OFTHE YEAR OPERATOR. AND PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, EVALUATING OR CONSIDERING THE OPERATIONAL MODEL WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR MINIMIZING IMPACTS TO THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER ACTIVITIES ON SITE AND MAXIMIZING SHARED SUCCESS. [00:05:02] LEGENDS GLOBAL WAS SELECTED FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERM. THEIR SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES PRE-OPENING SERVICES SUCH AS PLANNING, DESIGN, UH, FURNITURE FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION, SALES AND MARKETING AND EVENT BOOKING. AND EXTENSIVE LIST OF SERVICES FALLING UNDER AMPHITHEATER MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, SPONSORSHIP, BOOKING, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, AND GUEST SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, ALLEGES GLOBAL THROUGH THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AFFILIATE WILL PROVIDE FULL SERVICE CONCESSIONS, OPERATIONS, CATERING, HOSPITALITY FOR PREMIUM VIP GUESTS AND VENDOR AND SUBCONTRACTOR MANAGEMENT. I NOTE HERE THAT THEY'RE ALSO ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR PARTNER VENDORS WITH A LOCAL PRESENCE IN LONG BEACH, UH, WITH A, WITH AN INTENT TO CURATE OF THEIR LOCAL FLAVOR FOR THE VENUE. UH, ALONG WITH STANDARD CONCERT FAIR LEGENDS GLOBAL IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER ENTERTAINMENT VENUE OPERATORS, THE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO, OVER 450 VENUES, INCLUDING STADIUMS, ARENAS, ATMOSPHERE, ATMO, AMPHITHEATERS AND CONVENTION CENTERS. LEGENDS MANAGES 13 OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATERS, UH, INCLUDING THE GREEK THEATER IN LOS ANGELES. THEY'VE ALSO BEEN LONGTIME STEWARDS FOR THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION ENTERTAINMENT CENTER UNDER THE COMPANY SPECTACOR, S-M-G-A-S-M, GLOBAL, AND NOW LEGENDS GLOBAL. UH, ADDITIONALLY AS NOTED HERE, UH, LEGEND GLOBAL PRESENTS OVER 20,000 LIVE EVENTS NATIONALLY, UH, OR ANNUALLY ACROSS SPORTS, MUSIC, AND ENTERTAINMENT. SERVE OVER 164 MILLION GUESTS AND HAS A GLOBAL PRESENCE ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS. HIGH LEVEL, UH, ORGAN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEATERS. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD HERE. CITY SERVES AS THE DEVELOPER AND OWNER OF THE VENUE, PRIMARILY LED AS A JOINT EFFORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY, PARTNERING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH, WE THEN WORK CLOSELY, UH, DURING THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH LICENSED GLOBAL AND OUR CONTRACTED, UH, ENGINEERING PARTNER WILL DAN. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF TIMELINE OF PROJECT APPROVALS. PROJECT APPROVAL TIMELINE BEGAN IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, FOLLOWED BY SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT CONTRACTUAL APPROVALS OVER THE SUMMER. PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL WAS OBTAINED IN NOVEMBER, FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY EARLY SHOW ANNOUNCEMENTS, THE BOARD OF POWER COMMISSIONER'S APPROVAL THAT OCCURRED IN EARLY DECEMBER. SUBSEQUENTLY, PROJECT ENHANCEMENTS WERE IMPROVED AND NECESSARY. ONSITE IMPROVEMENTS WERE INITIATED. THE BUDGET PROJECT COSTS OF $21.3 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE SAFETY ACCESS AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE TO QUEEN MARY CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN NECESSARY. REGARDLESS OF THE AMPHITHEATER PROJECT, TIDE'S RESERVES ARE BEING UTILIZED TO COVER PROJECT COSTS TO BE REIMBURSED THROUGH NET OPERATING PROFIT ESTIMATED AT 2.4 TO $3 MILLION PER YEAR. THE ESTIMATED PAYOFF PERIOD IS ESTIMATED BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT YEARS WITH TOTAL OPERATING PROFIT OVER A 10 YEAR TERM SUFFICIENT TO PAY OFF THE TITLES FUND AND GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED AS A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT THAT ONLY CONSIDERED DIRECT OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF THE VENUE AND DETERMINE THE PROJECT'S ABILITY TO OPERATE PROFITABLY. IN ADDITION TO OPERATING PROFIT, THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT, SUCH AS DRIVING REVENUE IN TOT AND SALES PACK FROM INCREASED VISITOR SPENDING AT HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND INCREASED PARKING REVENUE AT BOTH CITY AND PRIVATE ASSETS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT. SAY THAT ONE PORTION AGAIN. WHAT WAS ONLY CONSIDERED WAS, SO WE ONLY CONSIDERED WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERED THE, CONSIDERING THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY, WE REALLY WANTED THE VENUE TO PERFORM WELL ENOUGH ON ITS OWN. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CITY PROPOSES PROJECTS, WE, THEY CAN JUSTIFY THE PROJECT'S ECONOMIC IMPACT AS A WAY THAT THERE WILL BE BROADER ECONOMIC IMPACT TO PAY BACK THE PROJECT THE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IN HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH IS GREAT AND WE WANT THAT AND WE BELIEVE THAT WILL OCCUR AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. BUT IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE PROJECT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE VENUE ITSELF COULD PAY BACK THE MONEY BORROWED. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OF COURSE. THE OTHER BIG QUESTION THAT COMES UP IS, UH, REALLY REVOLVES ON PARKING AND, UH, AND TRANSPORTATION. SO THE OVERALL PARKING TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO LEVERAGE EXISTING DOWNTOWN TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AMENITIES, AND ALSO DRAWS ON THE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT THE SPECIAL EVENTS FILMING TEAM HAS. MANAGING OUR LARGE SCALE MUSIC FESTIVALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTED ON THE QUEEN MARY CAMPUS. WE'VE ALSO LEVERAGED OUR OPERATOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE GREEK THEATER THAT HAS LIMITED ONSITE PARKING AND RELIES HEAVILY ON OFFSITE SHUTTLES TO GET GUESTS TO THEIR VENUE. SIMILARLY, MOST GUESTS TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL UTILIZE OFFSITE SHUTTLES, RIDE SHARE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR WALK BIKE OPTIONS. OUR PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR. GUESTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO USE THE EXISTING WATERFRONT DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURE, THE METRO, A LINE LONG BEACH TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE. ACCESS TO THE VENUE SITE WILL THEN BE FACILITATED BY FREE EVENT SHUTTLES, PUBLIC [00:10:01] TRANSIT RIDE SHARE AND WALKING, BIKING, AND SCOOTER OPTIONS. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT ON WAYS TO INTEGRATE THE LONG BEACH WATER TAXI ON SITE AT QUEEN MARY CAMPUS. THERE'LL BE AN EFFORT TO RETAIN SPACES FOR HOTEL GUESTS AND VISITORS, AND APPROXIMATELY 400 SPACES WILL BE RESERVED FOR PREMIUM AND ACCESSIBLE PARKING FOR THE VENUE. AS PART OF THE AMPHITHEATER DEVELOPMENT, A DEDICATED RIDESHARE LOCATION WAS CREATED AND ALONG THESE TREND OF BUS STOP WAS ENHANCED AND ENLARGED ON THE, ON THE CAMPUS. THE VENUE OPERATOR AND OUR PARTNERS, QUEEN MARY WILL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR PRE AND POST-EVENT ACTIVATIONS TO HELP STAGGER PEAK HOUR ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE PLANS. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY GROUP, INCLUDING THE CITY'S TRAFFIC TEAM, LONG BEACH TRANSIT, SPECIAL EVENTS, PORT OF LONG BEACH, AND THE VENUE OPERATOR TO EVALUATE OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IMPLEMENT CHANGES AS NEEDED. CAN I JUST, JUST ADDING TO THAT MM-HMM . MADAM CHAIR, UH, ARE THE CHP AND THE POLICE AND LA SHERIFF INVOLVED IN THAT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY GROUP? I CAN'T SAY THEY ARE. UM, O OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING TEAM, UH, THOSE THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH, UH, LONG BEACH FIRE AND LONG BEACH PD, BUT I, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE'VE, UH, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS BEYOND JUST, JUST A THOUGHT THEY'LL BE USING THE FREEWAY AND CHP AND LA SHERIFF, IF THEY'RE USING THE, THE BLUE LINE WILL NEED TO BE INVOLVED. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NOTE, I ASSUME. AND WHAT ABOUT SOMEBODY ON THE WATER SIDE, MORE LIFEGUARDS OR THE COAST GUARD? ANYONE THAT'S GONNA BE IMPACTED THERE FROM THE CRUISE TERMINAL OR ANYONE THAT HAS MORE OF THE MARITIME KNOWLEDGE? YEAH, SO SOME OF THAT IS, IS ADDRESSED. UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE LARGE SCALE, UH, MUSIC FESTIVALS ARE ESSENTIALLY TRIPLE THIS SIZE MORE THAN TRIPLE THIS SIZE. AND THOSE CONSIDERATIONS ARE, ARE MADE FOR WHEN THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE ACTIVATIONS OCCUR. PARTICULARLY IF THOSE ACTIVATIONS DO ACTUALLY INCLUDE, UM, WATER TAXI, UM, USAGE. SO I, I I BELIEVE THOSE, THOSE WILL BE, UH, ADDRESSED. BUT, UH, I WILL MAKE SURE WE BRING TO THE, THE TRAFFIC ADVISORY TEAM BOTH TO THE CONSIDERATION FOR, UH, EXPANDING PERHAPS, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE INCLUDE THEM IN EVERY MEETING, BUT, UH, SOME WAY TO OUTREACH TO OUR LOCAL JU OUR, UM, JURISDICTIONS IN PROXIMITY. OKAY. AND THEN I WILL ALSO, UH, INCLUDE MAKING SURE WE'RE INCLUDING, UH, IMPACT TO THE, THE WATER WASTE. CAN I ASK, WHAT'S THE VENUE? HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE VENUE? UH, SO IT'S, UH, IT'S BUILT FOR A CAPACITY OF 11,000. 11,000. 11,000. YES. AND YOU HAVE ONLY 400, UH, PARKING SPACES AT VENUE FOR, WELL, THE, THE 400 ARE REALLY RESERVED FOR, FOR PREMIUM. AND, UH, AND, AND VIPA VAST MAJORITY, UH, WILL UTILIZE THE 5,000 PLUS, UM, UH, PARKING ASSETS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON SHORELINE. WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE, UH, ABOVE OCEAN AS WELL. AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM REALLY HAS A SHUTTLE PROGRAM THAT ANY GUESTS WHO, UH, ATTENDED ANY OF OUR, UH, FAN OF WARP TOUR OR PARTICULARLY ON THE, THE QUEEN MARY SIDE, THOUGH, IF THEY'VE ATTENDED ANY OF THE MUSIC FESTIVALS ON THE QUEEN MARY SIDE, THEY REALLY ARE, UH, ACCUSTOMED TO UTILIZING THOSE SHUTTLES AND THEY GET 30,000 PEOPLE, UH, ACROSS THAT, THAT WATER. IT IS PRETTY, PRETTY EFFICIENTLY. YEAH. SHOULD WE BE JUMPING IN WITH QUESTIONS OR WAIT UNTIL THE END OF HIS PRESENTATION ? I ACTUALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN IT GETS BACK AND FORTH, I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. SO, BUT, BUT HAPPY, HAPPY EITHER WAY. I THINK SOMETIME WHEN WE'RE CLARIFICATION ON A PARTICULAR SLIDE. OKAY. AND THEN SOME OF THE GENERAL QUESTIONS WE CAN GET, THEN I HAVE SOMETHING. OKAY. SO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, UM, UH, I GO TO A LOT OF LIVE PRESENTATIONS AND LIVE MUSIC AND I WAS, UH, REALLY STRUCK AT THE KIA FORUM HOW A BIG PROBLEM THERE WITH RIDESHARE WAS EVERYBODY THERE WAS TRYING TO FIND THEIR PERSON WHO CALLED THEM OR SET UP. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THEN, AND I STILL THINK, I WONDER IF, UM, YOU GUYS CAN TALK TO UBER OR LYFT WHERE, YOU KNOW, ANY LIKE, LIKE TAXIS USED TO BE MM-HMM . ANYBODY CAN JUST GRAB UP WHATEVER IS THERE, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CANCELING RIDES, BOTH DRIVERS AND UM, UH, UH, RIDERS AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN EASY IF THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO FIND THEIR ONE PERSON. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. YES. YES. HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THAT? SO I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE HEARD THAT PARTICULAR, UM, UH, CONCERN RAISED. OKAY. UH, I DO BELIEVE THOUGH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING A RIDE SHARE LOCATION, UM, ON THE, ON THE QUEEN MARY SIDE. UH, I BELIEVE, UM, THEY'RE ALSO IN DISCUSSIONS TO CREATE A RIDE SHARE OPPORTUNITY, UM, IN THE VICINITY OF THE PIKE, WHICH WOULD REALLY GREAT 'CAUSE IT'S JUST WOULD BE GET PEOPLE DOWN TO THE WATERFRONT AND LET THE SHUTTLES DO WHAT, WHAT THE SHUTTLES DO. AND SO THAT, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO KIND OF ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURES ON RIDESHARE THAT IF WE HAVE TWO RIDESHARE, UH, OPTIONS IN [00:15:01] PROXIMITY, THAT THAT CAN HELP. I KNOW, I, I JUST REMEMBER THAT NIGHT 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, THAT'S THE LAST TIME I EVER TAKE RIDESHARE TO A BIG VENUE. 'CAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD TO GET OUT. YEAH. I THINK SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS ARE ON RIDE SHARES. THEY ARE, THEY ARE GEO-FENCED, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN ONLY PICK UP FROM A SPECIFIC, UH, AREA OR LOCATION. AND SO WE ARE GEO-FENCING. GEO-FENCING HELPS 'CAUSE IT KEEPS, UH, THE, THE RIDE SHARE FROM JUST PARKING ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE THEY WANT. UM, BUT IT DOES CHALLENGE THE, THE, THE LOCATION 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL ARRIVING IN ONE SPOT. I THINK IF WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITH THE PIKE AND IN THE, THE VICINITY OF THE PIKE, A POSSIBLE RIDE SHARE, UH, IN THAT LOCATION THAT COULD AT LEAST, UH, HELP WITH THE BIRD. UM, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, UM, CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, SO, UH, HAVING, UH, ATTENDED EVENTS AT, UM, THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL, FOR EXAMPLE, SO WHEN SOMEONE IS PURCHASING A TICKET FOR AN EVENT AT THE VENUE, THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY SET UP FOR THE POTENTIAL SHUTTLE. SO THOSE OF US FROM OUTSIDE OF THE LA AREA CAN PICK UP A SHUTTLE THAT LIVE MALL, FOR EXAMPLE. SO YOU'RE GIVEN SORT OF AN ENTREE TO A TRANSPORTATION OPTION RIGHT AWAY AS PART OF YOUR, YOUR EXPERIENCE IN PURCHASING AND PURCHASING THE TICKET. SO, UM, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT PROCESS SO THAT FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE POTENTIALLY FREE SHUTTLES OR SMALL CHARGE. YOU KNOW, THERE BE SMALL. SO THE, THE, THE SHUTTLE SYSTEM IS PLANNED NOW REALLY IS, UH, THE, A GUEST WILL MAKE THEIR WAY TO DOWNTOWN AND THERE'LL BE SHUTTLE OPTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN TO GET YOU ACROSS THE WATER. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO, WE WOULD LOVE TO, TO IMPLEMENT AND WE ARE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO MAYBE BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT. YEAH, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, OFFSITE PARKING GARAGES THAT WOULD, WOULD OFFER, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE CLOSER TO, TO FREEWAY EXITS WHERE PEOPLE, GUESTS COULD, COULD, UM, COULD ATTEND OR COULD SHOW UP AT A, A PARKING LOCATION THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET THROUGH DOWNTOWN. SO YES, WE ARE IN PROXIMITY OR IN DISCUSSIONS WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO SEE IF, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO AVAIL THOSE. ALSO, I REALIZED I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE. SO AFTER THAT IT'S JUST A, DON'T WORRY, WE'LL MAKE IT UP. YEAH. AND THEN WE CAN JUST OPEN IT UP FOR THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS. YEAH. SO, UM, THE LATEST PROJECT UPDATES, UM, SO WE ARE MOVING FULL BORE. I KNOW THERE ARE DOUBTERS, WE CAN'T GET IT BUILT. SO THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. THERE ARE SHOWS ANNOUNCED. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS THING OPEN. IT WILL BE DONE ON TIME. UH, GRAND STANDS, SEATING AND STAGE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF THE ASSEMBLY. UH, UH, THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE PAVING, UH, ON SITE IS UNDERWAY. UH, OUR PERIMETER FENCING INSTALLATION IS IN, IN PROGRESS. IF YOU'VE SEEN ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, IT MAY LOOK UNFINISHED. UH, ALL OF THAT WILL BE SCRIMM. UM, IT WILL LOOK MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONCE THAT SCRIM GOES IN. UM, AND THAT'S A, A SIMILAR STYLIZED, STYLIZED, UH, STRUCTURE, UH, THAT YOU WOULD'VE SEEN AT, AT FIVE POINTS, UH, VENUE IN IRVINE. SO, UM, IT, IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WERE SEEING AT THE MOMENT. UH, FURNITURE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION, I BELIEVE HAS SOME OF THAT, UH, HAS BEGUN TODAY. UH, LEGENDS HAS HIRED THEIR CORE MANAGEMENT TEAM. SO THEY ARE ON SITE IN THE OLD, UH, CATALINA EXPRESS BUILDING. SO THAT'S WHERE THEIR OFFICES ARE NOW. THEY'VE ALSO HELD A RECENT, UH, JOB FAIR TO, TO START HIRING STAFF UP TO STAFF UP FOR, FOR THEIR NEEDS. UM, UH, THEY ARE SECURING, UH, SPONSORSHIP PARTNERS, OBVIOUSLY, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD. THEY, UM, THEY ONBOARDED, UM, FOR LONG BEACH AS A FOUNDING PARTNER AT A SIGNIFICANT RATE, LIKE $650,000 A YEAR. SO THERE'S STRONG INTEREST IN SUPPORTING THE VENUE. THEY HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PROSPECTS FOR BOTH FOUNDING SPONSORS AND AN NAMING RIGHTS SPONSOR THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION NOW. UH, THE FIRST VENUE, THE FIRST SHOW IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 6TH, UH, NEXT MONTH, WHICH IS CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. UM, IT'LL BE, AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH, BASED UPON GOING ONLINE AND LOOKING THAT, UM, TICKET SALES FOR THAT FIRST EVENING AREN'T AS AS ANTICIPATED. UH, SO AS OF TODAY, I THINK THERE'S FEWER THAN 2000 TICKETS AVAILABLE. AND THOSE WILL GET SOLD OUT THE NEXT MONTH. ABSOLUTELY. IT'LL BE A SOLD OUT CONCERT. I, UH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, MADAM CHAIR, UM, WORKING IN THAT INDUSTRY AS A SPONSOR YEARS AGO, UH, BEING A PART OF UPS, UM, EVERY VENUE TO SAY, SNOOP COMES HERE, WELL, HE'S NOT GONNA BE GOING OVER TO IRVINE. 'CAUSE THERE'S A AMOUNT OF MILEAGE BETWEEN VENUES THAT CONCERTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, WE COULDN'T GET ONE FROM THE FORUM TO COME TO LONG BEACH. [00:20:01] IT JUST WON'T HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE. HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT? ARE THEY LOOKING AT THAT? ARE THEY ARE BEING PROACTIVE? THIS IS GREAT IF WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROMOTERS, UM, THAT ARE ALREADY, UM, HAVE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, OUR OPERATOR. AND SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE THE RADIUS CLAUSES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO. UM, I THINK THERE WAS A REALIZATION DURING COVID, UH, IN, IN, IN PARTICULAR AS THEY CAME OUT OF COVID, THERE'S A STRONG INTEREST IN, IN, UH, ATTENDING, UH, LIVE CONCERTS. IT'S HOW, UH, NEWER GENERATIONS TEND TO WANT TO SPEND THEIR MONEY IS ON EXPERIENCES. AND SO THOSE, THOSE RADIUS CLAUSES THAT EXISTED IN, IN, IN MANY CASES, UM, DON'T HOLD HERE ANYMORE. AND THEY'RE NOT HOLDING TO THOSE. SO, UM, I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME RADIUS CLAUSES FOR, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL STUFF. BUT IN TERMS OF, UH, I, I THINK ONE, WE'RE FILLING A NICHE THAT IS, IS NOT A AVAILABLE, IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A 11,000 SEAT VENUE, THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE. THE GREEK IS TOO SMALL. UH, THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IS TOO BIG. AND SO WE'RE FILLING A NICHE THAT, UM, WHEN THE AECOM DID THEIR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS, THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND TALKED TO PROMOTERS AND PROMOTERS SAID, WE NEED 10, 10,000 SEATS IS WHAT, WHAT WE NEED. WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A NEED. I, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SIM SIMPLIFIED, BUT, UM, FIVE POINTS WAS FULL. FIVE POINTS WAS UTILIZED AND THEY WERE GOING AWAY. AND SO THERE NEEDED, SOMEBODY NEEDED TO STEP IN AND FILL THAT, THAT NICHE. AND WE, WE'VE DONE THAT REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT MARKET. I I, I'M PLEASED THAT YOU DID IT BEFORE SAN PEDRO WAS BUILDING THEIR AMPHITHEATER AND THERE'S A, THE SMALLER, YOU ARE THE SMALLEST. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. OKAY. ANOTHER QUESTION, THERESA , UH, ON THE 13 SHOWS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED YES. ARE ANY OF THOSE MARIJUANA EVENTS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS PASSED THAT WE CAN HAVE MARIJUANA EVENTS? YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, NO PLANS, UM, FOR THESE TO BE, UH, ACTIVATED. UH, PARTICULARLY THE, THE, THE CONCERT SHOWS. UH, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THEM TO HAVE ANY OF THAT, THAT, UH, INTEGRATION AT ALL. SO THESE, THESE ARE TYPICALLY OUR, OUR SHOWS ARE, ARE THE, THE RULES, UM, FOR HOW THEY'RE RUN OR TYPICALLY SET BY BOTH THE VENUE, BUT ALSO BY THE, THE, THE, THE PROMOTER. AND SO THOSE ARE LARGER TOURS THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY. AND SO I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR SHOW PARAMETERS JUST FOR THIS VENUE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, I, I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT TO TALK THROUGH ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVATIONS. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. YES. DO WE KNOW ANY OTHER, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US TODAY, ANY OTHER, UM, SHOWS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS SUMMER? SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, WE WON'T TELL. I'M GONNA TURN THIS OFF. ACTUALLY I CAN'T. SO I PROMISE STATE COMING THERE, THERE IS THE, THERE IS THE 13TH. SO THERE IS THE 13 THAT HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. UM, THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT THAT THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS CAN NEVER OCCUR PRIOR TO THE PROMOTER, UM, GIVING THE, OKAY. SO I'LL, I'LL, I'VE KEPT IT EASY. I TELL THEM DON'T SEND THEM TO ME THEN. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT IT IN MY INBOX. I DON'T EVEN KNOW TILL LIKE THE DAY BEFORE IT'S, IT GOES OUT. SO YEAH. ALRIGHT. SO WHERE CAN WE GO TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE? LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER.COM. GOOD. WELL, AND THE SYMPHONY PUMPS, THEY DID PROMOTE THAT THEY'LL BE, UM, MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THEIR SYMPHONY AS THE SUMMER. UM, AND THEN AUGUST 20 IS WHEN THEY'RE BOOKED. YES. OUR, OUR OPERATORS WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO FINALIZE THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH PALM BEACH SYMPHONY. AND TO, TO YOUR, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT RAMSTEIN, I THINK WHAT BENEFITS LONG BEACH GREATLY IS THAT WE'RE OF A, OF A COMMUNITY LOCATION IN THE COUNTRY THAT WE FIT EVERY GENRE. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT WHETHER THE SLATE THAT THERE'S NOW IN SOME WAYS PEOPLE ARE GONNA COMPLAIN 'CAUSE WELL, I DON'T LIKE THIS PERSON, BUT FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF A SLATE ALREADY. AND THERE'S SOME A-LIST ON THERE TOO. SO WE'VE GOT LUKE BRYAN, WE'VE GOT DIRTY HEADS, WE'VE GOT, SO YOU TELLING ME RO SCENE'S COMING? IM NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT IT'S AN OPEN VENUE. SO WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST. IT'S EXCITING. YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? COUPLE, I HAVE ONE. KUDOS TO THE CITY AND, UM, THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS VENUE FOR INCLUDING LOCAL FOOD VENDORS AND LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS IN THE, IN THE FOOD BUSINESS. BECAUSE I THINK THAT REALLY DOES BRING A LONG BEACH ELEMENT TO THIS, UM, SITE. AND IT COULD BE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WAY DIFFERENT. YES. BUT WITH LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, FOOD ENTREPRENEURS, I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING. IT WILL HAVE A BERRIES, IT WILL HAVE A VERY LOCAL FEEL TO IT. THERE'LL BE, UM, THERE'LL BE ELEMENTS OF THAT VENUE THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HAVE GROWN UP IN LONG BEACH WILL RECOGNIZE. AND IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY [00:25:01] TO INTRODUCE THAT LONG BEACH CULTURE TO THE REST OF THE, THE, THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY WHO COMES TO VISITS. AND I SHOULD GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDITS DO, UH, A LOT OF THAT EMPHASIS FOR THE LOCAL ENGAGEMENT, UM, ALSO CAME FROM OUR, OUR ELECTED OFFICES. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, SO SMG WON'T BE THE SOLE VENDOR LIKE IT IS THAT SOME OH YEAH, SURE. YEAH. YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. YES. YEAH, THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE, THERE'LL BE BRANDS THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THEIR, UM, THEY'RE SELLING IN THAT. YES. ELIZABETH, UM, UH, UH, I'D LIKE, UM, WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT, UM, UH, UH, DISABILITY ACCESS. AND ARE THE, ARE THEY GONNA BE CHAIRS OR BENCHES? SO IF YOU'VE SEEN SOCIAL MEDIA, IT'S BLEACHERS. BLEACHERS. IT IS NOT BLEACHERS. . IT IS SEATS IT IS BRAND NEW, BEAUTIFUL, COMFORTABLE SEATS. UM, SO YEAH, I WAS, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A DIS DISABLED PLACARD. OKAY. BUT I TRY NOT TO USE IT AT CONCERTS. 'CAUSE IF I, I CAN SIT IN A SEAT JUST FINE. I JUST CAN'T STAND. YES, IT'S STANDING. YEP. BUT, UM, I WOULD HATE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY NAVIGATE WITH WHEELCHAIRS OR CRUTCHES, IT'S TO BE CROWDED OUT. SO SEATS TO ME IS GOOD NEWS. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD DO DESPITE MY STATUS. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE, 'CAUSE THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SURE. NO, JUST THAT, UH, DIS DISABILITY ACCESS WAS AN IMPORTANT CAVEAT. I MEAN, WE COULDN'T GET IT BILL TO CODE WITHOUT IT. SO, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE RAMPS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, A DA SEATING, UM, BOTH, UH, IN ALL ALL ELEMENTS. SO IN, UH, GENERAL ADMISSION, THERE'S, UH, A DA ACCESSIBILITY IN OUR LOWS. THERE'S, UH, UH, A DA ACCESSIBILITY. AND EVEN IN OUR BOX SEATS, THERE'S A DA ACCESSIBILITY. AND THEN, SO ONE OF THE, SOME OF THE MEDICATIONS I TAKE MAKE MY SKIN VERY SENSITIVE TO SUN. I CAN'T BE OUTSIDE DO THE SHADING AT ALL OR WHAT'S, DON'T HAVE SHADING. BUT BECAUSE LIKE, I WANTED TO GO TO LIKE ROCK CLIMBING FOR THE OLYMPICS, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE. I CAN'T DO THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN LONG BEACH. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT SHADE? SO THERE, THERE IS NO SHADE PLAN, BUT THEY ARE EVENING SHOWS. AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT HELPS WITH OUR PARKING. UH, IT HELPS US AVOID IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, CROSS IMPACTS WITH CARNIVAL. UM, IT, IT HELPS US WITH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE COME AND SPEND MONEY. THAT'S WHEN WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN. IT'S IN THE EVENING BEFORE THOSE EVENING HOURS. SO THE, THE SHOWS WILL TYPICALLY OCCUR BETWEEN SEVEN AND 11 O'CLOCK. AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I READ THROUGH THE MATERIALS THAT WERE SENT TO ME AND I, I DIDN'T SEE MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT DOCUMENTATION YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, WHAT YOU THINK SOME OF THE IMPACTS MIGHT BE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, IF YOU HAVE ANY MITIGATION PLANS. UM, IT'S GOING TO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT, DON'T GET ME WRONG. YES. YEAH. BUT IT'S GONNA BE A BIG LOUD VENUE IN A PLACE THAT IS, HASN'T EXPERIENCED THAT A LOT. YEAH. SO MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE, WE, THERE WAS MITIGATION EFFORTS RELATED TO, TO BIRDS. THERE WAS MITIGATION, UH, KIND OF, UM, EFFORTS TAKEN AS IN AS IT RELATES TO SOME TREES HAD TO BE REMOVED. WE'RE, WE'RE REQUIRING THE, THE OPERATE, THE DEVELOPMENT TO, WE'RE NOT PLACING PERMANENT TREES. 'CAUSE PERMANENT TREES REALLY MADE CHALLENGES TO THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT TORE UP THE, THE, THE PROPERTY. BUT WE RECOGNIZE, UM, TREES NEED TO BE, UM, PUT ON SITE. WE'RE PUTTING 'EM WHEREVER WE HAVE, UM, GREEN SPACE AVAILABLE. WE'LL BE TRYING TO PLANT, UH, ADDITIONAL TREES. WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, PUTTING SOME BOX TREES, UH, ON THE, ON THE, THE, THE PROPERTY AS WELL. UM, IT WAS DONE UNDER THE, THE EXISTING, UM, THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR, UH, PD 21, UH, WHICH IS THE, THE PEER H UH, AREA UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE PORT. SO THAT'S ALSO HELPED US WITH SOME OF THE, THE, THE PERMITTING, BEING ABLE TO FAST TRACK THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT. BUT IT'S, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT, THAT USE. UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A USE THAT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED UNDER THAT, UH, THAT, THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. THEY ARE HOLDING US TO PRETTY STRINGENT, UM, STORM WATER, UH, MANAGEMENT. SO, UM, THEY BEING IN THE PORT. THE PORT, YES. SO, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET PORT IN TROUBLE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE ARE INSTALLING, I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING IN TODAY, UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE WATER AND FILTER BEFORE IT REACHES THE WATERSHED. SO, SO IF I WANTED TO LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT, MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME FIND IT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. YES. OKAY. YEAH. I'LL EVEN SAY THE WE IN ORDER TO, TO, TO EXPEDITE, WE KIND OF LOOKED FOR, UM, STORMWATER UNITS THAT WOULD HAVE LESS CAPACITY AND THEY SAID, NOPE, WE WANT BIGGER, BETTER ONES. AND WE'RE PUTTING IN BIGGER, BETTER ONES. IT'S THE FUTURE YEAH. OF WATER QUALITY SOLUTIONS. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LOOKING AT MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS AND THE OTHER KIND OF MITIGATING [00:30:01] THING, YOU SAID A LOT OF SOUND, UM, THESE WON'T BE AS INTENSIVE AS THE, THE MUSIC FESTIVALS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE STAGES, THAT HAVE A GENRE OF MUSIC THAT IS PARTICULARLY LOUD. UM, UH, WE ALSO, WE'RE, WE'RE CAREFUL, UM, ON, AT THE MUSIC FESTIVALS STAGES ARE KIND OF CITED, UM, IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, UH, ON, ON THE PROPERTY. THIS ONE. AND WE HAD MULTIPLE PROPOSALS, BUT WE, WE REALLY SITUATED THE, UH, THE STAGE IN A WAY THAT THE MUSIC ALL FACES OUT TO THE PORT OF LONG BEACH. AND SO WE WERE VERY, UM, THAT WAS VERY PURPOSEFUL TO KEEP SOUND DIRECTED AWAY FROM, FROM, FROM THE DOWNTOWN. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE BENEFIT IS THAT'S THE BACKDROP. YEP. THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT SELLS THIS VENUE MORE THAN ANYTHING. UM, IT'S, IT'S ACCESSIBLE OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE UP TO LA IF YOU'RE IN ORANGE COUNTY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE TO SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY IF YOU'RE IN LA. SO THAT PROXIMITY THING'S REALLY GREAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT SELLS IT. AND IF IT'S A CLEAR DAY AFTER RAIN IN THE BACKDROP, YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT U UNIQUE. I THINK WE SITUATED IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS OUR RESIDENTS AND DIRECT SOUND AWAY, BUT THAT MADE OURSELVES, MADE US A INTERMITTENT. SO THE IMPACTS ARE, ARE NOTED IN THE LOCAL COASTAL PLAN OR PROGRAM YEAH. FOR THE PORT. YEAH, I CAN, SO I'LL, I'LL WORK WITH TODD AND HIS TEAM TO SEND YOU ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS. THIS PROJECT DID GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY PART OF THE, THE PROJECT WAS INCLUDED THE PORT MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS APPROVED. THAT MAKES SENSE. IT IS PART OF THE PROGRAM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THAT AS WELL. AND ALSO THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF INCONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL, UH, PLAN SETTLEMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AS WELL. I JUST WANNA TAKE A LOOK. YEAH. SEND THAT TO YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, I WANNA MAKE ONE MENTION THAT, UM, YOU DID TALK ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND JESSE LOPEZ, A FORMER COLLEAGUE OF MINE, IS DOING A WEEKLY STATUS AND IT'S BEEN SHOWING THE STADIUM SEATS. UM, IS THAT, IS THAT THE, GENERALLY WHO WORKS WITH THE FOR, FOR THE CITY L HE'S GOOD ON LONG BEACH. UM, AND HE'S ALSO TAGGING LONG BEACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE VIDEOS YES. THAT ARE ON, UM, IG AND OTHER SOCIAL PLATFORMS. UM, SO AND I THINK THAT DISPELS A LOT OF RUMORS. YES. AND WE KNOW IT'S COMING DIRECTLY FROM A CITY SOURCE. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION SINCE HE'S GOING EVERY WEEK AND FILMING. HE'S, HE'S REALLY GOOD. AND WE, WE, WE COORDINATED THAT WITH THEIR TEAM EARLY, BUT I, I DON'T SEE THAT STUFF UNTIL IT COMES OUT. AND HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB BEING, BEING PART OF WHAT YOU DO AND, AND KNOWING WE'RE GONNA HAVE POLICE AND FIRE THERE. 11,000 PEOPLE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. YES. THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TRAFFIC, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. MUCH LIKE WE HAVE THE GRAND PRIX. SO THOSE DOLLARS COME OUT OF THE PRICE OF THAT CONCERT IS A CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT GONNA GO TO THE POLICE. WE'RE DOWN POLICE OFFICERS NOW. SO IT, IT, THAT WORRIES ME IN A SENSE. IF WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, 40 POLICE OFFICERS THERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT VENUE, UM, WHERE DOES THAT TAKE THOSE POLICE OFFICERS FROM PROTECTING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? SO IN, IN TERMS OF, OF, OF MANAGEMENT, OF, OF RESOURCES. I, I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PD. BUT, UH, YES. PART OF THE, THE, THE, THE ACTIVATION FOR THESE CONCERTS WILL INCLUDE FUNDING FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL POLICE OR PRIOR RESOURCES. UM, AND SPECIFICALLY SPECIAL EVENTS. AND FILMING HAS EVEN BEEN TASKED WITH, WITH, UM, WITH HAVING TO SUPPORT SOME, THEY WORK WITH YOU ALL THE TIME. I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THE PROCESS AND NOT JUST SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS CONCERT. WE NEED 50 POLICE OFFICERS. SO I HAVE JUST ONE OTHER THING. GO AHEAD, JASON, MA'AM. UM, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MONTH IS THIS OPERATIONAL? 'CAUSE IT'S 12 MONTHS A YEAR, IS IT? YEAH. SO SPRING AND SUMMER AND FALL OR, SO TYPICALLY THERE IS AN, AN AMPHITHEATER SEASON AND, AND THAT TYPICALLY IS FROM PROBABLY LATE SPRING TO TO, TO THE FALL. UM, OUR, OUR WEATHER IS FANTASTIC. SO, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A, A A, A TOUR SEASON, I THINK THAT'S WHEN I, I DON'T EXPECT THAT WE'D EXPAND TOO MUCH OUT OF THAT WINDOW FOR OUR TOUR SEASON. BUT THE OPERATOR HAS EXPRESSED THAT WE'RE GETTING CALLS FOR AS MUCH OF THE SEASON OR MUCH OF THE YEAR AS CAN BE, UH, BE AVAILABLE. SO THERE, THE, OUR, OUR PROJECTIONS I THINK ARE, ARE, ARE PRETTY ON AND I THINK WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE PROJECTIONS IF NOT EXCEED THEM. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT, HOLD UP ONE MORE, ONE MORE. NO, GO AHEAD THERESA. NO. OH, OKAY. SO I, I KNOW WHENEVER, WHENEVER YOU DO THESE PRESENTATIONS, EVERYBODY SORT OF AND GIVES YOU FEEDBACK. SO I'M JOINING THAT CLUB. UM, BUT MAYBE I'LL PUT 'EM IN A NOTE AS WELL. SO, LONG BEACH HAS FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE, UM, LAWS REGARDING, UH, SINGLE USE PLASTICS AND STRAWS AND IT'S [00:35:01] VERY UNEVENLY ENFORCED, WHICH THAT'S WHOLE SEPARATE TOPIC. BUT SINCE THIS IS WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, I'M PRESUMING YOU WOULD STICK TO THOSE. YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA DEFER TO ERIC BECAUSE HE'S ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR, UM, OUR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TEAM, UH, WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. BUT WANNA GIVE BIT. YEAH. THE, THE VENUE OPERATOR LEGENDS, BLAH, HAS A, A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT COMPLIES WITH ALL THE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN GETTING A LOT OF OUTREACH RECENTLY FROM, I FORGET THE NAME OF THE NEW DEPARTMENT, BUT IT'S THE WASTE AND RECYCLING DIVISION. I THINK THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY IN PUBLIC WORKS. SO YOU NOW I THINK PART OF UTILITIES, I THINK IT IS, UH, THEY'RE THERE. AND SO WE'VE HAD A FEW MEETINGS WITH THEM AND ARE LOOKING AT MORE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM AND EXCEED SOME OF THE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT I KNOW THE SURFER FOUNDATION HAS LIKE A CERTIFICATION YOU CAN GET THAT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL CITY. THIS IS THE FINAL THING I'M GONNA SAY. 'CAUSE THIS MIKE KIY PART. SO I WAS AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, AND YOU CAN'T GET ANY PIECE OF PLASTIC THERE OF ANY KIND. UM, THEY SERVE YOU DRINKS IN ALUMINUM CUPS AND THEN THEY HAVE PLACES WHERE YOU PUT 'EM, PUT 'EM. AND UM, IT'S, IT'S, I MEAN IT'S A SMALL VENUE, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S SORT OF THE FUTURE OF WE ARE, WE, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, WITH A VENDOR WHO OFFERS SOMETHING SIMILAR. THE IT, IT GETS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT AT SCALE. I, I UNDERSTAND. AND SO YEAH. BUT, BUT, BUT WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL THOSE OPTIONS AND THEN YOU CAN GET A COUPLE OF THEIR LOGO ON IT FOR A, AN EXTRA AMOUNT THAT YOU BRING WITH YOU TO OTHER CONCERTS AND, UM, YOU WATCH IT YOURSELF AND, AND YOU AND YOU PAY A LITTLE EXTRA FOR THAT. YEAH. SO IT'S REALLY COOL. NOW THAT'S MY, MY OPINION. . COOL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ALL, ALL THOSE TYPES OF, OF, OF CONSIDERATION DREAM MADE IN THE, THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE BRINGING THAT OUT ACTIVELY TO US. THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THE COLLECTORS GLOBAL TEAM IS, ERIC CHAIRS IS MEETING THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT, AT HOW WE CAN BE EVEN BETTER STUDENTS. UH, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO THE GENERAL CODE? YES. ONE QUICKLY. 'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND IT. YOU SAID SEATING, BUT IS IT SEATING ALL THE WAY BACK OR IS THAT A GRASS AREA, LIKE AN AMPHITHEATER? TRADITION IS, NO. SO THE, THE, THE, THE FRONT AREA, UM, WILL TYPICALLY BE SEATED, UH, WITH, WITH CHAIRS. UM, AND THEN THERE'S GRANDSTANDS. UH, IT WILL THOUGH HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE SEATED DIFFERENTLY AS A PIT AREA WHERE IT'S JUST STANDING ROOM. UM, OR IF IT'S FOR, UH, A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION. NOT NECESSARILY FOR CONCERT, BUT PERHAPS FOR THE SYMPHONY WHERE YOU CAN DO TABLES AND AND CHAIRS. SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THAT PIT AREA. BUT I'M ASKING ABOUT THE BACK AND IRVINE'S IN A HILL. THEY DON'T HAVE A HILL THERE. YEAH. SO IT, IT'S NOT, IT IS, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT TURF AND ASPHALT, BUT THERE IS PLANS TO, I'M, I'M SORRY. YEAH, IT'S, UM, CONCRETE AND ASPHALT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, PROVIDE TURF COVER ALONG THE EXTERIOR, ERIC, BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE GRAND STANDS TO THE END, AND THEN THERE'S NO LIKE SEATING UP THERE THAT'S LIKE A GRASS AREA AFTER THAT'S BASICALLY I JUST ASKING THE TICKETS ON HERE. DON'T DEFINE. LIKE IF I, IF I GO BACK AND I LOOK AT PAST THE, THE, THE MAIN CENTER SECTION, AND THEN I LOOK FOR A TICKET THAT'S IN THE BACK AREA, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER, IT'S NOT TELLING ME AM I STANDING OR AM I SITTING. SO THERE, THERE'S NO SEATING BEYOND THE GRANDSTAND. THERE'S NO TICKETS BEYOND SEATS. YES. YEAH, THERE'S NO TICKETS. YEAH. YOU'RE EITHER IN THE PIT GENERAL, GENERAL ADMISSION SEATING OR IN THE GRAND STANDS. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE QUESTION. LIKE THE GENERAL GA OR WHATEVER BACK COULD, BUT IS THE SEATING AND BRUCE NO, I'M SEEN YET, BUT FIVE FIGURE THERE IS FIVE FINGER AND SEAT. YEAH. AND SORT OF THAT, THAT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SETUP. SO WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO IS, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING AT, AT, AT SAN PEDRO, WHICH IS JUST A GRASS AREA. THEY WOULD SET UP CHAIRS AND THEN IF THEY COULD HAVE A STANDING ROOM, THEY WOULD SELL STANDING ROOM IN THE BACK. THE, THE, THE PROMOTERS FOR THE TYPE OF OF CONCERTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED HERE ARE DIFFERENT. THE PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN IT IS A, A A, UH, AN ARTIST LIKE LUKE BRYAN, THEY WANT TO SEE LUKE BRYAN. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE BACK OF SOMEONE'S HEAD. SO THERE WAS A POINT WHERE WE HAD TO LOOK, WE HAD TO SPEND MONEY TO ELEVATE EVEN OUR FLOOR SECTION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SELL TICKETS. EVEN IF YOU'RE ON THE FLOOR, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ELEVATION. SO IF YOU'RE IN THOSE BACK ROWS, YOU, YOU CAN STILL SEE. SO WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IS A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT KIND OF AMPHITHEATER SETUP. THIS IS MORE OF A, A, A, A TRADITIONAL CONCERT AMPHITHEATER. I'M BA MY CHAIRWOMAN THAT I COULD ASK ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THIS IS, YOU'RE TAKING A LOAN FROM THE TIDELANDS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? YES. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN INTEREST BEARING LOAN? THAT INTEREST WILL COME BACK TO THE TIDELAND FUNDS. 'CAUSE YOU'RE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE TIDELANDS FUND AND IT'S [00:40:01] GONNA BE THE COURSE OF 10, 12 YEARS. WILL IT BE AN INTEREST BEARING ACCOUNT? ? I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE, THE, THE PROPOSAL. THE PROPOSAL. BUT THE PROPOSAL IS TO PAY IT DOWN AS IT IS. IT IS AVAILABLE. SO PROFIT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WILL SIMPLY BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE VENUE BACK. IT WON'T BE WAITING FOR THE 10 YEARS. I DO GET GET YOUR POINT. UH, BUT I THINK LONG AS WE HAVE THE VENUES GOING, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT WORRIES ME. BECAUSE IF THE, IF THE LOAN IS OUT THERE AND IT'S PAID AND WE GO A YEAR WITHOUT SO HAPPENS, I KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ALIENS COME AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. NO ONE WANTS TO GO AN OUTDOOR CONCERT. I'M KIDDING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT IS A RISK FACTOR. OF COURSE. WE ALL KNOW HISTORICALLY OUR TIDES FUNDS, UM, HAVE NOT PANNED OUT ALL THE WAYS WE HAD EARLIER ANTICIPATED WITH THE QUEEN MARY, ONE OF THE EARLY ADVANCEMENTS, AND THEN GUARANTEEING THE LOAN ON THE DOME AGAINST OUR S SO WE'VE HAD HITS ALONG THE WAY THAT ARE JUST UNAVOIDABLE. RIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, YES. ANY LAST MINUTE ANYMORE. AND THEN WILL YOU BE PRESENTING THE SECOND PART OF PRESENTATION? I'M GONNA HAND THAT OVER TO ERIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. REALLY ENJOY THE ING. WE READY? ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ERIC ROMERO. I'M THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT BUREAU MANAGER IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT WORKING DIRECTLY AND REPORTING TO, TO JOHNNY , WHO WE JUST PRESENTED. SO THIS IS MY, MY SECOND TIME COMING, UH, TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION. I FORGET WHAT MONTH LAST YEAR I CAME AND PROVIDED A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON THIS PROJECT THAT WAS, UH, UH, TO JUST SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. AND, UM, REALLY THE GOAL TODAY IS TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AND ANY MEMBERS OF THE WORLD LIKE THAT WANT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL, UH, PROGRAM. SO WE'LL START WITH SOME, SOME BACKGROUND HERE. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN THE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT BUREAU THAT I MANAGE, WE HAVE A DIVISION CALLED THE, IT'S A LONG NAME REVENUE, UH, INNOVATION STRATEGY AND ENHANCEMENTS DIVISION THAT'S REALLY TASKED WITH IDENTIFYING, UH, NEW WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE, UH, FOR THE CITY WITH A BIG FOCUS ON THE THAILAND ENDS, BUT ALSO OTHER PROJECTS, UH, CITYWIDE AS WELL. AND SO WE WERE TASKED WITH, UH, LOOKING AT, JUST AT THE OPPORTUNITY OF, UH, POTENTIALLY ADVERTISING ON LIFEGUARD TOWERS, UM, TO ASSESS IF THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOME, SOME REVENUE FOR THE AREA. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL PARTNER, REALLY SEE WHAT WAS OUT THERE AND WHO MIGHT, UH, WHO HAS WORKED PREVIOUSLY WITH OTHER CITIES OR, OR, OR COUNTY AGENCIES ON DEVELOPING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THE DESIGNING, FABRICATING, INSTALLING AND OPERATING LIFEGUARD ADVERTISING, UH, PROGRAMS, THOUGH, REQUEST PROPOSALS CLOSED AT JUNE OF 2025, SO ALMOST A YEAR AGO. AND WE RECEIVED ONE PROPOSAL, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY, UH, HAS STILL NOT MADE THE DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO AWARD A CONTRACT. THE RFP IS STILL TECHNICALLY OPEN. SO I CAN'T SHARE A LOT THE NAME OF THE VENDOR OR A WHOLE LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TODAY. BUT WE CAN SHARE SOME HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION. UM, AND AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT TO JUST GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM YOU ALL. AND IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS ADDITIONAL INPUT, PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHO WILL THEN BRIEF THE CITY COUNCIL AND HELP, UH, DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I COVERED THIS LAST MEETING, BUT JUST HIGH LEVEL AGAIN. UH, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WORK INCLUDED DEVELOPING A PROGRAM. SO REALLY WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS OF THE THIS LIFEGUARD ADVERTISING, UH, PROGRAM? UH, THEY, THE, THE COMPANY SELECTED WOULD MANAGE ALL OF THE SALES. THEY WOULD DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE COMPANIES THAT MIGHT WANT TO PURCHASE ADVERTISING SPACE ON THE LIFEGUARD TOWERS. UH, THEY WOULD, OF COURSE OVERSEE THE PERMITTING PROCESS, AND THEY WOULD ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL, UH, LOCAL AND, AND STATE REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSIONS, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS. AND THEY WOULD DESIGN, FABRICATE, INSTALL AND, AND, UH, ULTIMATELY MANAGE, UH, THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE LIFEGUARD ADVERTISING PROGRAM. SO THEY WOULD REALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FROM EVERYTHING FROM FROM A TO Z. WE WOULD OF COURSE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM AND, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND, AND THEIR TEAMS, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE, THE, UH, TODD'S TEAMS AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM'S BEING MANAGED EFFECTIVELY AND TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO OPERATIONS TENDING TO ANY OR, UH, INTERRUPTIONS TO CITY OPERATIONS. AND, UH, THE PROGRAM COULD INCLUDE ADVERTISING ON ALL 25 LIFEGUARD TOWERS WITH AS MANY AS TWO ADVERTISING PICK FIXTURES PER TOWER. SO, UH, A MAXIMUM ABOUT 50 FIXTURES IS, IS, UH, THE POTENTIALITY FOR, FOR THIS PROGRAM. THIS IS, UH, REALLY AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF WHAT, LIKE THE SIZE [00:45:01] AND PLACEMENT OF THE ADVERTISING ITSELF. SO THIS IS, UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH LIFEGUARD TOWER. IT'S ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE FEET, UH, POTENTIAL ADVERTISING DISPLAY ON THESE TOWERS. AND THEY WOULD REALLY BE, YOU KNOW, A FIXTURE THAT'S AFFIXED TO THE LIFE LIFEGUARD TOWER, UM, ITSELF, OR ACTUALLY THE, THE RAILING OF THE LIFEGUARD TOWER, SORRY. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, AND ITS MUNICIPAL CODE HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS ON ADVERTISING. SO IF YOU SEE THEM HERE ON THE SCREEN, UM, ANY ADVERTISING COULD NOT CONTAIN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES OR SPECIFIC BODY PARTS. UH, COULDN'T CONTAIN ANY OBSCENE ACTS, GESTURES OR WORDS. UH, COULDN'T CONTAIN THE SALE OR USE OF, OF APP, UH, ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS, UH, SALE OR USE OF ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS OR PARAPHERNALIA. THEY CAN'T, UH, THE ADVERTISING CANNOT IMPERSONATE CITY OFFICIALS OR GIVE THE APPEARANCE OR IMPRESSION THAT THE CITY ENDORSES A SPECIFIC PRODUCT OR SERVICE. AND, UH, WOULD ALSO NEED, IT COULDN'T INCLUDE CERTAIN WORDS THAT COULD CONFUSE PEDESTRIANS OR, OR DRIVERS. SO WORDS LIKE STOP DRIVE DANGER, OR HAVE ANY KIND OF FLASHING, FLASHING LIGHTS. SO THIS IS, I THINK THE, THE LAST SLIDE HERE. UM, JUST SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. UM, FOR, FOR YOU ALL. UM, AS YOU THINK THROUGH THIS, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE SET UP IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE POTENTIAL FOR THIS CITY. AND TYPICALLY A CITY WOULD BE LEASING OUT SPACE, RIGHT? SO THERE'D BE LIKE A, A LEASE PAYMENT, A RENTAL PAYMENT, UM, OR COULD BE SOME KIND OF LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR, FOR THAT SPACE. AND TYPICALLY THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENT, UM, OR A PERCENTAGE OF ADVERTISING REVENUE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER. THERE ARE SOME, UH, DEAL STRUCTURES OUT THERE THAT PROVIDE BOTH THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE AND A, A SHARE OF REVENUE AS WELL. COMPANIES THAT OPERATE THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS TYPICALLY NEED A COUPLE OF YEARS TO RAMP UP THE PROGRAM AND TO BUILD STABLE, RELIABLE ADVERTISING INVENTORY. THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT RECENTLY ABOUT THREE YEARS TERM, I THINK THERE'S ONE THAT'S A THREE, THREE YEAR TERM WITH ONE OPTION TO EXTEND FOR ANOTHER YEAR, SO LIKE A FOUR YEAR MAXIMUM TERM. AND, UM, TYPICALLY THESE COMPANIES REALLY RELY ON A NETWORK OF ADVERTISING INVENTORY THAT THEY WOULD SELL TO COMPANIES, RIGHT? SO THEY WOULDN'T SELL ADVERTISING SPACE ON JUST ONE LIFEGUARD TOWER OR 25 LIFEGUARD TOWERS IN LONG BEACH. THEY REALLY WANT A, A REGIONAL NETWORK OF ADVERTISING INVENTORY THAT THEY CAN SELL TO, TO THE COMPANIES THAT WOULD PURCHASE THAT SPACE. THE CITY, IF IT WERE TO CONSIDER THIS TYPE, THIS TYPE OF, UH, PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ENSURING THAT A, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ADVERTISING SPACE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO PROMOTE, UH, AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, PROGRAMS, POTENTIALLY PARTNERSHIPS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. IT WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE COMPANY TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE DISCOUNTED RATES FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OR, OR LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL. AGAIN, IF IT DECIDED TO PROCEED, UH, WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND WHILE REVENUE ESTIMATES MAY VARY, JUST THE, THE INITIAL ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, REALLY, YOU KNOW, WOULD NOT GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY. UM, I, I THINK I, THE CAVEAT THAT I JUST WANT TO STATE RIGHT NOW IS THAT I KNOW THE CITY'S ENTERING THE DEFICIT. SO WE DO NEED TO IDENTIFY CREATIVE WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GRAB MONEY TO GRAB MONEY. IT NEEDS TO BE A THOUGHTFUL PROGRAM THAT MAKES SENSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO HOPEFULLY GENERATE SOME SUBSTANTIAL REVENUE AS WELL FOR, FOR THE CITY. SO, UM, AND I CAN SHARE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, SOME OF THE INITIAL ESTIMATES, UH, THAT WE THINK. SO I, I THINK OF ALL THE GUIDANCE ON OUR AGENDA THIS MONTH, THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONE WE'VE RECEIVED THE MOST COMMUNITY INPUT FROM. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A CONCERN OF THIS COMMISSION SINCE MIKE ESON ORIGINALLY PITCHED THE WHOLE IDEA TO COUNSEL, AND THAT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. YEAH. UH, SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. YEAH. UM, FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS, I'LL JUST STATE THAT, UM, I CAN'T SHARE A LOT ABOUT THE PROPOSALS RIGHT NOW, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME, SOME INFORMATION THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL AT THIS TIME. I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT I'M ALLOWED TO ANSWER, WELL DO YOU MY BEST TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU SOON AS POSSIBLE. I THINK WE'RE THE BEST VOICE OF THE, UM, OF HOW THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEELS. YEAH. AND SO I THINK CAPTURING WHERE OUR CONCERNS ARE YEAH. UM, IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. MM-HMM . GORDON AND THANK YOU, UH, CHAIRMAN MURRAY. UM, SO THIS WOULD BE MY HEARTFELT AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT FOR REVENUE PRODUCING IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. I'M ABSOLUTELY 100% OPPOSED TO THE NOTION THAT THAT, UM, EYES ON ADVERTISING IN AN OPEN SPACE ALONG OUR BEACHES IS UNACCEPTABLE. THAT THE BEACH AS AN OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL SPACE IN OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO [00:50:01] AVOID THAT EXACT SITUATION THAT WE ARE DE DEALING WITH CONSTANTLY AS MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND IN OUR CULTURE. SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, ONE PERSON'S INPUT IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVE WAYS FOR REVENUE RATHER THAN DESPOILING. I USE THAT WORD VERY STRONGLY, DESPOILING OUR OPEN NATURAL SPACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, I WAS ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WAS NOT FOR THIS. I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED, BUT I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION. SURE. ONE, WHEN YOU SHOWED THE PICTURE OF THE, OF THE TOWER AND YOU SHOWED, YOU SAID THIS WOULD BE THE SIZE AND, AND THEN YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE RAILING, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THE SIZE. UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF CONCEPTUAL BASED ON, ON SOME OF THE, UH, ADVERTISE DISPLAYS THAT WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE. AND I THINK THIS ONE, UM, WOULD BE ON, ON THE RAILING, BUT I'VE SEEN OTHERS THAT AREN'T ON THE RAILING. YEAH. OKAY. AND, AND THEN THE LIFEGUARDING TOWERS ARE NOT OUT, THEY'RE SEASONAL, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE ALL YEAR. SO ARE WE, ARE WE CHARGING ONLY FOR THE MONTHS THAT THE LIVE BAR TOWER IS OUT THERE? UM, SO THERE'S THE MAIN KIND OF PERIOD OR FOR, FOR THE ADVERTISING WHERE MOST OF THE SALES COME IN IS, UH, MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH LABOR DAY. AND MOST, MOST, UH, DEALS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, REALLY, THEY, THEIR PROFORMA OR FINANCIAL ESTIMATES OF IT BASED ON THE ADVERTISING DISPLAYS BEING AVAILABLE DURING THAT, THAT PERIOD, WELL, I'M NOT CONVINCED, BUT ALSO THE TOWERS ARE NOT CLOSE TO THE BEACH PATH. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF YOUR FOLKS WHO GO TO THE BEACH, THEY'RE ON THE BEACH PATH. AND SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA BE VERY VISIBLE, BUT ANYWAYS, WHICH, WHICH BRINGS US TO THINGS LIKE ALTERNATIVE, UM, LOCATIONS OR TRASH CANS BEEN PURSUED IS, AND WE SEE SIMPLE GREEN YEAH. ALL ALONG HUNTINGTON BEACH. YEAH. SO, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE, THE GOAL OF STAFF TODAY IS TO JUST GET YOUR INPUT. WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT'S NOT OUR DECISION TO MAKE, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE INPUT BACK TO OUR ELECTEDS AND THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, RECOMMEND A PATH FORWARD. UM, I WILL SAY THAT IN THIS EFFORT TO TRY TO IDENTIFY CREATIVE WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE, THEY'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC WORKS OF HIRING A CONSULTANT TO REALLY HELP US, YOU KNOW, REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES COULD LOOK LIKE, HELP DEVELOP SITE INVENTORY, LOOK AT OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, IDENTIFY CODE AMENDMENTS AND UPDATES THAT ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE SOME CITIES LIKE SAN JOSE AND SANTA MONICA AND OTHERS THAT HAVE DONE DIGITAL ADVERTISING ON CITY PROPERTY. KIND OF LIMITED ADVERTISING. RIGHT. UM, SO WE WILL GO THROUGH, UH, UH, THAT EFFORT. IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE, I WOULD SAY A YEAR AT A MINIMUM FOR THAT STUDY TO, TO BE COMPLETE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO COMMISSIONS, UH, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS THAT I THINK WILL GIVE US A, A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE IDEA OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, WHAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, WHAT MAKES SENSE, WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND GET BEHIND AS WELL, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT COMMISSIONER CAGER BECAUSE WHEN I GO TO THE BEACH AND I WALK MY DOG, I WANT TO SEE, I WANT TO SEE THE OCEAN. I DON'T WANT TO SEE, I DON'T WANT TO SEE, AND YOU STATED, HERE'S THE THINGS YOU CAN'T HAVE. UM, WELL, I, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT VAPES OR THAT'S NOT TOBACCO PRODUCT. THERE'S MARIJUANA PRODUCTS TOO, AND A LOT OF THESE GROUPS ARE SUPPORTING THE MARIJUANA AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS LEGAL. UM, I DON'T SEE THAT IN HERE. IT SAYS ILLEGAL DRUGS. IT JUST WORRIES ME. IT WORRIES ME OF WHAT WILL GO ON IT. ARE THE LABOR UNIONS THAT WORK WITH THE LIFEGUARDS, WHO'S GONNA PUT 'EM UP AND TAKE 'EM DOWN? ARE THEY GONNA BE PERMANENT? UM, THAT HAS TO ALL GO THROUGH THE, THE LABOR UNIONS BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT. YEAH. BUT I, I JUST, JUST PERSONALLY, I LOVE OUR BEACH AND I LOVE WALKING OUT ON THE BEACH AND NOT SEEING, TELLING ME WHAT I NEED TO EAT, DRINK, OR ENJOY. MM-HMM. UM, IT'S OUR BEACH AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR US, IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. AND PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA USE SOME MAYBE FOR NON-PROFITS TO GET, THEY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF VENUES FOR NON-PROFITS. WE HAVE PLENTY OF VENUES, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL THINGS AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. I REALLY THINK OUR BEACHES NEED TO BE PURE, UH, RULE. LORD, WE'RE WORKING ON IT TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE TRASH OFF THE BEACHES. UM, WHY DO WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. YEAH. UH, BUT I UNDER, I'M DEFINITELY, UH, DEFINITELY GUESS THIS. OKAY. I I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT AT LEAST IN THE SCOPE OF WORK IN THE RFP [00:55:01] TO SEE IF IT MIGHT BE A COMPANY WE WORK WITH TO DO THIS. IF THE EXISTING CITY STAFF WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MANAGING THE ADVERTISING DISPLAYS OR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAT WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE COMPANY THEMSELVES. UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. JUST DOESN'T SOUND WOULD BE MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME UNLESS WE'RE CHARGING THEM $10,000 OR $20,000 A LIFEGUARD STATION. YEAH, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE ESTIMATE OF AROUND $40,000 A YEAR POTENTIAL GROSS ADVERTISING SOMEWHERE IN THE 200 TO 300,000 RANGE. SO IF THE CITY GOT A SHARE OF THAT SAFE, IT WAS HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, 50% REVENUE SHARE, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RIGHT. TO 150. SO NOT, THAT'S ONE DAY OF TRASH REMOVAL OFF OUR BEACHES. SO THANK YOU. OF COURSE. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND I APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK TO OUR COMMISSION. THANK YOU. UM, I'M KIND OF LEANING MORE TOWARDS COMMISSIONER CA'S COMMENTS. I GO TO OUR BEACH TO JUST HAVE ENJOYMENT. I DON'T NEED MORE ADVERTISING, WHICH I GET ON THESE THINGS AND ON THE BOX AT HOME ALL THE TIME. UM, WHAT, WHAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IF IT'S APPROVED FOR OUR, UM, LIFEGUARD TOWERS, THAT IT DOESN'T GO ON OUR LIFEGUARD HEADQUARTERS, THAT IT DOESN'T GO ON OUR, UM, MARINE ASSETS. IF WE START PUTTING, UM, SIGNAGE, THEN ARE WE GONNA START SELLING SIGNAGE EVERY PLACE WITHIN OUR MARINE FOOTPRINT? AND I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT A CITY FOR SALE. I MEAN, UM, THERE'S OTHER CITIES THAT WANT TO DO THAT. AND WE REALLY VALUE BEING ABLE TO GO TO A CLEAN BEACH AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE INFORMATION AND I REALLY WANT TO ENJOY OUR NATURAL ASSETS IN THE NATURAL WAY THAT THEY EXIST. SO I THINK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. OF COURSE, MR. UH, YES. THANK YOU. UH, GREAT PRESENTATION. I THINK I'D RATHER SEE ON HERE, UM, UH, INFORMATIONAL LACKS ABOUT THE CITY, NAMES OF MAYBE THE TRASH THAT YOU STEPPED ON, YOU KNOW, WALKING UP TO SEE THIS SIGN CAME FROM THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER, OR, OH, I LOVE YOU. REMINDER, I HAVE TO, I GIVE YOU MY SERIOUS ONE FIRST. HOW MUCH DO I PAY TO HAVE THAT ON THERE? , MAYBE STROKE DEVELOPMENT FOR SWIMMING, OR THE LIFEGUARD BOAT THAT YOU'RE SEEING WAS BUILT HERE IN LONG BEACH, OR HOW TO BECOME A JUNIOR LIFEGUARD. THE TRYOUTS ARE JANUARY ONE AT , WHEREVER, OR THE SILVERADO POOL. YOU KNOW, DO YOU WANT TO BE A LIFEGUARD OF THIS TOWER? AND YOU GOTTA DO THIS RIGHT HERE, STARTING AS A JUNIOR GUARD, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, THIS SIGN BROUGHT TO YOU IN ABOUT A ONE TO TWO INCH LETTER BY XXY, Z BUSINESS, . BUT LET'S MAKE IT EACH INFORMATIONAL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING SEAGULLS, PELICANS, SEA LIONS THAT SHIPPED OUT THERE IS CARRYING THIS OR THAT. UM, NOT, YOU KNOW, YEAH. FOOD OR, OR BUSINESS, BIG BUSINESS. SO LET'S MAKE IT BEACH PERTINENT IF IT'S GONNA BE ANYTHING. MM-HMM . AND I THINK THE SIGN NEEDS TO BE ON THE STRUCTURE, NOT ON THE RAIL, TO BLOCK THE LIFEGUARDS VIEW. I DON'T WANT THEIR VIEW BEING BLOCKED OF, OF MEDIA EITHER STRUGGLING MM-HMM . OR SOMEBODY STRUGGLING. SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S, THAT'S MY SET. GO AHEAD. UM, I, WHAT WAS SORT OF THINKING, I MEAN, IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE THE CITY THEIR $40,000, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA BEACH ECOSYSTEMS, YOU KNOW, HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PLACE THAT THEY'RE IN. 'CAUSE WHEN I GREW UP, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE THAT BEACHES WERE ECOSYSTEMS. THEY WERE JUST PLACE WHERE I WENT WITH AN UMBRELLA IN MY FRIENDS. SO, SOME EASY COMMUNITY EDUCATION OR SOME GREAT FACTS ABOUT LONG BEACH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD PAY FOR THAT. BUT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS, UM, YOU HAVE THIS LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ADVERTISE. SO IS THERE A COMMITTEE THAT DETERMINES THAT OR DOES A STAFF MEMBER DETERMINE THAT? OR IS DETERMINED BY THE VENDOR WHO, WHO DECIDES YAY OR NAY AND WHAT COMPLIES AND WHAT DOESN'T COMPLY? YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION. YEAH. AND, AND THE LIST OF RESTRICTIONS IS, COMES FROM THE MUNICIPAL CODE. SO IT'S IN, IN OUR CITY CODE. IT WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN, IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY IF, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION AND DIRECTION TO PROCEED WITH THE CONTRACT. UM, AND THEN THE, THE CONTRACT MANAGER, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEONE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, COULD BE ME OR IN COLLABORATION WITH A FEW OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WOULD REGULARLY [01:00:01] MEET AND, AND LOOK AT THE ADVERTISEMENTS PLATE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS. SO THE, SO PROBABLY THE CONTRACTS MANAGER, RIGHT? 'CAUSE SOME STUFF IS A JUDGMENT CALL, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. WE, THE CITY DOES ALSO, UM, HAVE AN ADVERTISING COMMITTEE COMPRISE OF STAFF ACROSS A FEW DEPARTMENTS. PUBLIC WORKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS A REPRESENTATIVE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES AS WELL. AND, AND PLAN FOR, UM, ANY FUTURE ADVERTISING PROJECTS AND WHAT THE PROCESS FOR THAT MIGHT, MIGHT LOOK LIKE, INCLUDING A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THE, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, SELLS THE VENS. REMEMBER, WE, WE'VE HAD THOSE A NUMBER OF TIMES IN OUR, OUR MEETINGS. IT'S $10,000, I BELIEVE, TO GET A PENSION. YOU KNOW, I, I'D LOVE TO SEE ARTWORK ON THE, UH, ON, ON THE LIFEGUARDS AND MAYBE PUT IT OUT TO THE, THE PEOPLE HERE, MAYBE, UH, FROM CHILDREN'S ART, WHATEVER, UH, AND SPONSORED BY THE BLAIR FAMILY TRUST. BUT I MEAN, IT IS JUST HAVING ARTWORK ON IT, HAVING THE SEAGULLS ON IT, WHATEVER. AND HAVING THE YOUTH OF TODAY, UH, MAYBE GO OUT THERE AND, AND PAINT A PORTION OF IT. WE'VE GOT TWO OF 'EM. THAT, OR ME, YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT AT NIGHT FOR SURE. . WELL, YEAH, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD IF IT WAS PERMANENTLY ON THERE, YEAH, THERE WOULD BE 50 PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WOULD DO IT. BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER VENUES FOR US TO GET MONEY. UM, THAT'S, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S NOT TRIVIAL MONEY, BUT THAT'S TRIVIAL MONEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S GONNA IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, IT'S A LOT. DID YOU HAVE A STAFF COMMENT TO INTERJECT? YES. OKAY. MORE OF A LEADING QUESTION IS COMMISSIONERS, YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ON STRUCTURES LIKE LIFEGUARD TOWERS IN OUR, OUR FACILITIES. UH, WE HAVE 1000 APPROXIMATE REFUSE RECEPTACLES IN OUR FOR FREE. WHAT IS YOUR LEANING TOWARDS THAT? I WOULD, I, I WOULD WANT YOU TO EXPRESS YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT YOU. YOU'RE SEEING THIS, BUT WHAT ABOUT ON A SMALLER SCALE? SO IS IT THE SAME OR, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I EVEN BROUGHT THAT UP SAYING THAT, UM, SIMPLE GREEN, YOU SEE ALL ALONG IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND I THINK WE HAD MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT DURING OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, THAT TRASH CANS BE CONSIDERED. SO I HAVE A COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO, UM, SORT OF ENERGIZING THE OUTSIDE OF A TRASH RECEPTACLE ON OUR BEACH. UM, WHICH IS, IT'S A OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. IT'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DROP THEIR TRASH IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE AND NOT SIMPLY ON THE BEACH. CAN THAT BE MONETIZED? CAN CAN NON-PROFITS HAVE INTERESTS IN OUR COASTAL ENVIRONMENT, SURF RIDER FOUNDATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OR, UM, FIELD BAY CONSERVATION ISSUES, THE NOTION THAT THEY COULD DEFINITELY BE, I'LL USE THE WORD ACTIVATED , BECAUSE IT IS SUDDENLY SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE, RIGHT? YES. WE NORMALLY BLEND INTO, YOU KNOW, THE EDGES OF OUR BEACHES AND ALONG OUR BEACH, BACK ROOM PATHS AND SUCH. UM, CERTAINLY THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. CAN IT BE TURNED INTO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GONNA TURN IT INTO A REVENUE STREAM FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. AND, UM, UH, THE NOTION THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY OFFER MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY THAN 25 LIFEGUARDS, UH, LIFEGUARD TOWERS, SHALL WE SAY, RIGHT? A SMALLER, MORE RESTRICTED MESSAGING, BUT SO MUCH MORE OF IT. UM, AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BALANCING A NON-PROFIT MESSAGE OR CONSERVATION OR WHATEVER IN THE SENSE OF A TRUE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE ME BUY THE LATEST SUN WHATEVER, OR BUY THE LATEST ENERGIZING DRINK. UM, COULD THERE BE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE KIND OF MESSAGING THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO PERCEIVE AND ACT ON, AND THE MESSAGE OF, WELL, MAYBE YOU NEED TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, BUY THIS, USE THIS QR CODE TO FIND YOUR LATEST OR WHATEVER. SO I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE THAT COULD BE STRUCK. AND YES, I THINK THE TRASH BLESS YOU, TERESA. UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TRASH RECIPROCAL AND BANKING UPON INFORMATION FROM BOTH ROBERT AND GORDON. UM, THE RECEPTACLES GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO INTERPRETIVE INFORMATION LIKE, LIKE YOU SEE AT THE LAGOON, OR THAT YOU SEE IN OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU'RE EITHER SEEN WITH THE, THE [01:05:01] BIRD LIFE IS, OR WHAT THE, UM, PLANT LOG THERE IS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT YOU HAVE A MIXTURE OF WHERE YOU CAN HAVE COMMUNITY MESSAGES, INTERPRETIVE MESSAGES, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND, AND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CITY. AND THEN THE, THE 25, THE 25 GARDEN, ONE GARDEN TOWERS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THOSE WERE ALL OVER, RIGHT? THEY WERE AT 40 CORNERS. THEY'RE AT MOTHER'S BEACH, THEY'RE THE MARINE STADIUM. THEY'RE NOT JUST ON THE BEACH ITSELF. AND THE TRASH BINS ARE OUT ALL YEAR ROUND. YEAH. I, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN OUR GENERAL COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC? JOAN? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE OLYMPICS THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DURING THE OLYMPICS. 'CAUSE THAT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, YOUR ACTIVATION PERIOD. ARE THERE CONTRACTS THEY'LL OWE AND ALL THAT? HUH? THE OLYMPICS? WELL, I MEAN, JUST, JUST SPEAKING, THE OLYMPICS HAVE CONTROL OUT OF ALL MEDIA THAT'S ON OUR BEACHES AND STUFF. WHEN IT'S USED AS THE, THE BEACHES, I BELIEVE IN THE SERVING ON THAT COMMITTEE IN THE OLYMPICS DURING THAT TIME. YEAH. YES. SO ARE THE, ARE THE OLYMPICS GONNA PUT THINGS ON THE LOCK CARTS OR ON THE TRASH CANS OR ON ANY OF THAT? TODD, DO YOU HAVE AN OFFICIAL ANSWER? YES. SO YES. INSIDE THE OLYMPIC VENUES IS, IT HAS TO BE THE, THE OLYMPIC SPONSORS. NOTHING ELSE CAN BE THERE. THERE'S ALSO A ONE MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND THOSE, UH, VENUES. BUT OUTSIDE THAT ONE MILE BUFFER ZONE, IT'S, IT REVERTS BACK TO HOW THE CITY ELECTS TO, TO ADDRESS SPONSORSHIP OR ADVERTISEMENT. BUT IN THE SPECIFIC VENUE USE, UH, AGREEMENT SPACE, OF COURSE, IT'S OLYMPIC ADVERTISING, NOTHING ELSE. UH, AND THEN ALL THE STUFF THAT ERIC'S PRESENTING HERE TODAY, IT'S ALL VERY, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, IT CAN BE MOVED, IT CAN BE ADJUSTED AND CAN BE MODIFIED. I JUST THINK THE SPONSORSHIPS ON TRASH CANS, MAYBE MORE OF OUR TRASH CANS, WE GETTI AROUND THE CITY IF SOMEBODY WAS SPONSORING IT, UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THEIR NAME ON IT. UM, AND, AND THEY WOULD MAKE A PHONE CALL IF THEY SAW IT. SO I LOVE THE TRASH IDEA. YES. ONE MORE GENERAL COMMENT QUESTION TO, FOR MINE, MINE, I'VE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS AND I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE ON IT. I CAN'T FIND ANYBODY THAT'S ANY, HAS ANY INTEREST IN HAVING IT ADVERTISING SOLD AT THE EXPENSE OF, AT THE, AT THE BENEFIT OF $40,000 A YEAR, ADD THREE ZEROS, COME BACK AND TALK TO US. OKAY. UM, AND THEN THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU AND ERIC IS THANK YOU FOR COMING AND PRESENTING AND GOOD ON YOU FOR TAKING THE MEETING THAT YOU TAKE. I'M SURE , HAVE YOU GONE TO ANY PUBLIC FORUMS THAT ARE POSITIVE FOR THIS? I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS. I'VE SPOKEN, I'VE HEARD FROM, FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. JUST THIS, JUST FOR MONEY RIGHT NOW. THIS WOULD BE THIS, THIS WOULD BE THE EXCEPTION THEN TO THE EVERYBODY ELSE'S REPORT. THIS IS NOT, I, I THINK MUST, UH, THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE RECEIVED THUS FAR, THAT THERE IS NOT STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC THAT I'VE HEARD SPOKE ON THIS MATTER. SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. YEAH. DO WE WANT TO DO AN AMENDMENT? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. AND DID YOU WANT TO, UM, THEN, AND THE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE TWO PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT ELECTION, WE HAVE THAT MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSION. I'D LIKE TO AMEND A MOTION IN THE SENSE OF NOT JUST RECEIVE A FILE WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIFEGUARD, UH, ADVERTISING PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD BE AGAINST THE ADVERTISING OF THE LIFEGUARD STATION. IS THERE A SECOND AMENDMENT? I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE YOU WERE THE FIRST, UH, YOU WERE THE MAKER OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION, SO YOU DON'T NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO ADD THAT AMENDMENT? NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? YEP. SO WOULD, IN, COULD YOU REREAD YOUR MOTION OR RESTATE YOUR MOTION? THE MOTION WAS AN AMENDMENT ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE. AND WE'RE DOING AN AMENDMENT TO THAT IN REGARDS. THEY'RE BOTH TOGETHER. THE, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE NEW, UH, AMPHITHEATER AND THIS, WE'RE TOGETHER AS ONE. SO WE'RE SEPARATING IT. UH, AMPHITHEATER WOULD RE RECEIVE AND FILE. AND ON THE MOTION, ON THE LIFEGUARDS, IT WOULD BE THAT WE WERE AGAINST AS A COMMISSION, UH, AGAINST THE ADVERTISING ON THE LIFEGUARD STATIONS. IS THERE A WAY TO ENCOMPASS INFORMATIONAL BULLETINS ON THERE? OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO AGAINST ADVERTISING RIGHT NOW? I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD JUST BE ADVERTISING. ADVERTISING. OKAY. THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND YOUR HONOR. CHAIR, RICK? YES. UH, MAY I RECOMMEND THAT YOU, YOU AMEND TO RECEIVE AND FILE BOTH PRESENTATIONS [01:10:02] WITH OPPOSITION TO LIFEGUARD CHAIR, OUR LIFEGUARD TOWER ADVERTISING. SO YOU'RE RECEIVING AND FILING BOTH. YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE AND FILE BOTH NO MATTER WHAT. BUT WITH YOUR MOTION, YOU'RE SAYING, IS WE'RE RECEIVING AND FILING BOTH, BUT WE ARE EXPRESSING OUR OPPOSITION TO ADVERTISING ON LIFEGUARD TALE. DO YOU HAVE THAT? YES, WE DO HAVE IT ON RECORD. WE'RE GOING WITH THAT. THANK YOU. MR. DO, THANK YOU. THERE'S YOUR DISCUSSION ON THAT. SECOND, DID YOU WANNA, OH, YOU'RE SECONDING THE, UH, AMENDMENT AS ADJUSTED THE FRIENDLY. YES, MA'AM. SO I JUST HAVE REALLY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT. I, I MEAN, THERE'S THIS HUGE BUDGET DEFICIT THAT THE COUNCIL IS SCRAMBLING AROUND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHATEVER MONEY THEY CAN FIND. IT'S SORT OF EASY FOR US TO SAY, WE DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT THE CITY AND THE CITY LEADERS HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. SO I JUST FEEL, UM, IT, IT'S NOT SUPER, I THINK WE OFFERED SOME VIABLE ALTERNATIVES. AND ONE WOULD BE A COMMUNITY SERVICE MESSAGE THAT WAS SPONSORED BY, I GUESS I WOULD WANT THOSE INCLUDED AS POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES. I AGREE. UH, SO CAN, UH, WITH THE, UM, AMENDMENTS OF, UH, PERMISSION, UH, I MEAN, BELIEVE ME, HONOR, THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND FILING, UM, WITH THE URGE TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES ALTER. OKAY. MEAN, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? WELL, THERE WAS NO ADVERTISING. IT'S THE CITY'S GONNA PUT SOMETHING ON IT. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY RIGHT NOW TO PUT ANYTHING THEY WANT ON LIFEGUARD, AS LONG AS IT'S SURROUNDING THE CITY ITSELF. AM I CORRECT? IF THE CITY WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING, UH, ANY TYPE OF STATEMENT FROM THE CITY ON THAT REGARDING ANYTHING, THEY WOULD HAVE THE FULL RIGHT. UH, TO DO. SO IT'S, THIS IS AN ADVERTISING THAT, GO AHEAD. UH, MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? SURE. FOR AN OFFICER, YOUR MOTION. UH, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION TO SAY, RECEIVE A FILE, BOTH PRESENTATIONS WITH OPPOSITION TO LIFEGUARD TOWER, A ADVERTISING, AND A RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. SECOND, THAT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED. GOT IT. OKAY. EVERYBODY ELSE? OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE WITH THE AMENDMENT. SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU. SO, AND, UM, WE APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE GREAT JOB IN PRESENTING AS WELL AS TRULY LISTENING TO OUR SUGGESTIONS, UM, BY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONERS. UM, THAT RESPECT WAS, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, A AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UH, NUMBER, UM, THREE. YEP. SKIPPING THROUGH. RECOMMENDATION IS SUPPORT, PARKS, RECREATION, AND MARINE DIRECTOR OR MANAGEMENT DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A PERSONAL SERVICE AND INSTRUCTION AGREEMENTS WITH THE LONG BEACH ROWING ASSOCIATION AND AMEND, UM, ATTACHED, UH, OF THE AGREEMENTS AS NEEDED. DO WE HAVE A MOTION, UM, TO PROCEED AND FILE? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SECOND AND A SECOND, AND THEN GOES ON TO A COURT. UH, OKAY. UH, SO I'M GONNA INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES, UH, BUREAU EMPLOYEES, MR. GABRIEL CRUZ. UH, HE'LL COME UP AND JUST MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON, UH, THE, THIS, THIS ITEM. AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE. WELCOME, GABRIEL. I SEE WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LUM BEACH GROWING ASSOCIATION THAT THEY WANNA SUPPLEMENT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT HE'S SAYING. I AM. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME'S GABLE THIS, JOHN MENTIONED. I'M A COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR ON ALASKA, HOLDING THIS WITH THE, UM, COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU. UH, SPECIFICALLY I WORK WITH OUR CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAM, [01:15:01] UH, TO OVERSEE ABOUT, UH, 50 PLUS OF OUR INSTRUCTORS WHO UTILIZE CITY FACILITIES AS WELL AS, AS THEIR OWN PRIVATE STOREFRONTS TO OFFER INSTRUCTION IN ENRICHMENT ARTS, DANCE, MUSIC, UM, AND EDUCATIONAL CLASSES FOR THE CITIZENS OF LONG BEACH AND THE GREATER LONG BEACH AREA. UM, THIS DAY WE COME TO YOU TO ASK FOR THE SUPPORT OF ENTERING, UH, AN AGREEMENT, A PERSONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE LONG BEACH ROLLING ASSOCIATION, UH, WHO WILL BE HELPING US TO OFFER, UH, PROGRAMMING OVER NEAR THE LONG BEACH ROW, UH, CENTER TO THE PETER DRAWING CENTER. UM, I CAN INTRODUCE HA IN A MOMENT, A MOMENT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE CLASS. UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL TO RECEIVE YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS SUPPORTING OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. UM, 'CAUSE WE, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'LL MEET TWO OF OUR GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS TO OFFER MORE MEANINGFUL PROGRAMMING TO OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS OFFERING, UH, OR ESTABLISHING LONG TERM AND VIABLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE THE LONG BEACH RUN ASSOCIATION. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. UM, IF ANYTHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE CLASSES THAT ARE GONNA BE OFFERED THIS SUMMER, UM, I CAN HAVE, UH, GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THEM. I HAVE WROTE, ASKED, UM, AND I SEEM TO RECALL PART CHECK AND MARINE PROGRAMMING THAT ALLOWED FOR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ENROLLING CLASSES IN THE PAST. IS, WAS THAT THE CASE OR AM I JUST NOT, AM I MISREMEMBERING SOMETHING? UH, WE, WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH ROWING ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS C-S-U-L-B AND JUNIOR CREW. UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANY, LIKE, DIRECT PROGRAMS WITH THE CITY THAT WE'VE OFFERED ROWING. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OUR LEEWAY SAILING CENTER WHERE WE OFFER KAYAKING, CANOEING, SAILING, STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT, HMM, INTERESTING. THE GUY THAT KNOWS, I THINK, EXPERIENCE IS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, APPROACHED THE CLUBS IN THE FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE HELPED YOU TAKE THOSE CLASSES. WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE CITY BEFORE WHERE THIS CLASS IS A CLASS THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE CATALOG WHERE ALL THE OTHER, OTHER, UM, CLASSES ARE. OKAY. SO IN THIS CLASS IS, IT'S TWO CAMPS. THERE'S THREE WEEKENDS, SATURDAY TO 10, AND WE HAVE, UH, 60 SPOTS IN EACH CLASS WITH EIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS IN, UH, IN EACH OF THEM. FULL SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL. UM, THE THREE AND THE CITY OF, UH, COURT. AND ALEXI THOUGH WAS HERE EARLIER WITH HIS FAMILY. HE'S THE COACH. HE, UH, IS ORIGINALLY FROM RUSSIA, AND HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM RUSSIA, BUT HE'S BEEN A COACH WITH US FOR A YEAR, JUST A FEW YEARS NOW. UM, AND SO THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF IT CLASS. I THINK. UH, I, I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN SOME, UM, CONFLICT WITH LONG BEACH JUNIOR CREW AND SOME CONFUSION FACTORS ON WHOSE CHARTER IT REALLY IS ON THE TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE. MM-HMM . WILL THAT STIR SOME OF THOSE EMOTIONS? AGAIN, IT MAY, WE ONLY HAVE A SUMMER CLASS, AND THEY HAVE THE FULL YEAR PROGRAM. WE HAVEN'T GONE INTO THE FULL YEAR, BUT WE'RE DOING IT ON TIMES WHERE THEY ARE NOT HAVING ANY CLASSES. THEY END THEIR CLASS, THEY DON'T HAVE CLASSES ON SATURDAYS, AND THEY HAVE CLASS ON SUNDAY FROM, UH, FIVE 30. SO WE'RE DONE ABOUT EIGHT, THEN WE START AT EIGHT TO 10. UM, SO IT'S . IS THERE A RISK WE COULD CONFUSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEN BY HAVING ONE OFFERED IN A CITY CATALOG AND THE OTHER ONE NOT? NO. DOES THAT, SO YES, THERE, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT. AND THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR COMPETITION. UM, BUT THIS IS ABOUT ACTIVATING YOUTH AND GETTING THEM INVOLVED IN, IN, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT JUNIOR CREW FEELS LIKE IS MORE OF THEIR CHARTER. AND THE ROWING ASSOCIATION IS MORE ADULT ROWING, AND THEY HAVE NO CHARTER THAT SAYS THEY CAN ONLY DO ADULTS, OR THEY, THEY CAN ONLY DO YOUTH. UH, FOR US AS, AS THE OVERARCHING ENTITY. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS ANY ACTIVATION THAT'S GONNA BRING MORE KIDS TO THE WATER AT A LOWER PRICE. WE'RE GONNA JUMP AT IT. UH, THIS IS [01:20:01] A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH LONG BEACH ROWING ASSOCIATION, UH, ASSOCIATION. AND, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. IF, IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT COME UP, UH, IN THE COURSE OF THE ACTIVATION OF THIS, WE'LL WORK TO 'EM. WE'LL WORK WITH THE LONG BEACH JUNIOR CREW. WE WILL WORK WITH C-S-U-L-B, WE'LL WORK WITH LBRA. UH, UH, GABE IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT HIS JOB. HE RECOGNIZES, UH, UH, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES AND HE JUMPS ON 'EM. UH, THAT'S WHY HE IS IN THE POSITION HE'S IN. AND WE'LL SUPPORT HIM AND THIS ACTIVATION AS BEST WE CAN. ONE MORE THING, I FORGOT EARLIER. THIS CLASS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE JUNIOR CLASS ALSO 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE, THIS NEW SPORT OR THE NEW YEAH. NEW SPORT IN THE OLYMPICS IN 28 IS, HAS COASTAL ROWING IN IT. AND THIS PROGRAM FOR THESE KIDS HAVE COASTAL ROWING. MM. AND THE JUNIOR CLUB FROM AT LVR AT, UH, THE RFP DODGE, THEY DON'T HAVE COASTAL BOAT. SO WE'RE, UM, IT'S NOT THAT WAY. DO YOU DO, IS SEARCH SKIING A PART OF THAT? I JUST, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE IT THOUGH. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR PERMISSION? ME? UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY OUT LOUD THAT IF THAT MEANS, UH, MORE BOATS ARE ROWING THINGS, COLD BOATS, OUT ON THE WATER, IT'S NEVER BAD TO REMEMBER THAT. YOU KNOW, THE WATER OUT THERE IS FOR EVERYBODY. AND I, MY ORGANIZATION, WE HOST OCCASIONAL KAYAKING TRIPS, AND IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE, AND TODD WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT SORT OF UPDATING EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT, UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET A KIND OF PROPRIETARY ATTITUDE OUT THERE. SO, UM, MAYBE WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR TRAINING, YOU CAN REMIND THEM I, OH. UM, AND, AND THIS COMMITMENT IS, IS IT AN ANNUAL COMMITMENT AS WE COME UP WITH THE CLASS SCHEDULES THROUGH PARKS AND REC EACH YEAR? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE DOING A SUMMER CAMP ONLY APPROACH. HOWEVER, WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING AVAILABILITY FOR OUR FALL INSTRUCTION AS WELL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAN AND I WILL CONTINUE TO, TO NAVIGATE TOGETHER. UH, AND SO IF IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT A VIABLE OR AT ONCE, IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE IT IN SCOPE, YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE EACH CATALOG'S PUBLISHED. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND WE, AND WE ALSO, UH, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ANY EVENTS OR PRE-PROGRAMMING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ARRANGED AT THE FACILITY AS TO NOT INTERRUPT WHAT'S ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. SO TWO, TWO OPPORTUNITIES ANNUALLY TO REVISIT IT. IS THAT CORRECT? UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY REVISIT, UH, UH, FOUR TIMES A YEAR. SO WE HAVE A CATALOG EVERY QUARTER. UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT THE SUMMER CATALOG, UM, AND IT'S IN THE TEEN CLASSES SECTION FOR THE LEARNING TO ROW THE STADIUM. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR FALL AVAILABILITY. AND THEN COME AUGUST WE'LL START LOOKING AT OUR WINTER AVAILABILITY, AND THEN KIND OF JANUARY OUR SPRING AVAILABILITY. AND THEN WE JUST DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS? ANYTHING FOR THE, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH MORE ROWERS. I THINK WE GOTTA DO THIS. OH. UM, BUT I MAKE THE SUGGESTION TO, UM, AT LEAST COMMUNICATE TO JUNIOR CREW. YEAH. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WORK WITH, UH, TODD AND OUR OTHER CONTACTS ON. SURE. YEAH. THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND, 'CAUSE I SAID, ARE YOU PUTTING ANY OF YOUR CLASSES? AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. YEAH. SO, SO ONE, ONE REASON, AND, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I INTERRUPTED YOU, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP CAME TO LIGHT IS BECAUSE THE, AS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES THIS AFTERNOON, UM, THE CITY'S IN A, IN A BUDGET, UH, EVALUATION STAGE. AND THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF OUR REVENUE SHARE PROGRAM. SO APART FROM ANY KIND OF, UH, PERMITTING OR CONTRACTS THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MAY HAVE, UH, WITH THIS AGREEMENT, UH, ALL OF THE REGISTRATION WILL BE TAKEN THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A SPLIT WITH OF THE REVENUE WITH THE LONG BEACH DRONE ASSOCIATION. UM, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VIABLE AND, AND WE CAN LOOK INTO PERHAPS EVEN LOOKING AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WATER BASE, WE'D ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO DO SO. UM, BUT AT THIS TIME, THIS IS THE, THE FIRST OF A PARTNERSHIP THAT I'M AWARE OF. UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO. COOL. OKAY. I THINK WE'RE READY. CALLING FOR THE QUESTION THROUGH. ALL IN FAVOR TO RECEIVE THE FILE. AND I THINK WE GOT, WE GIVE PUBLIC CHANCES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, THANK YOU. UM, AND, UM, AND GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE THAT PERSONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE POSE. ABSTENTIONS. THANK YOU. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT IN THE CATALOG. KIDS. NOT, WE WANNA TOWARDS THE FRONT PLEASE. DO THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR PHONES ON LAND? YES. WELL, COMMON [01:25:01] SENSE JUDGE. UH, YES, THEY DO. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. IN ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE OF PRESENTATION, THE MARINE BUREAU VESSEL IMPOUND PROCESS, AN ABATEMENT OF IMPOUNDED AND ABANDONED VESSELS. MOVE, MOVE. AND A SECOND PLEASE. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR VESSEL IMPOUND PROCESS, UM, WHERE THESE BOATS COME FROM. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST WORKING WITH OUR TYPICAL BOAT COMMITTEES, UH, BUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT COME ON, UH, WITH OPERATING AT THE WATERFRONT. SO YOU CAN SEE TO START OUT, THIS IS ONE OF THE BUDS WE IMPOUND. UM, SO IN FRONT INVESTMENTS, WHY ARE WE INSIDE INVESTMENTS? UM, YEAH, THAT'S BETTER. YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN. WONDERFUL ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENT, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, THANK YOU. THIS IS ACTUALLY THEORY NOT TO, SO, UM, REASONS UNAUTHORIZED VESSELS. UH, IF WE HAVE A VESSEL WITHIN OUR ARENAS, UH, THAT PERMIT HAS BEEN CANCELED, UH, AND THAT VOTE DOES NOT VACATE THE SLIP. THAT WOULD BE A REASON FOR IMPACT. UM, IF WE HAVE A VESSEL THAT COMES INTO ONE OF OUR, UH, DOCKS, PIERS, UH, CITY FACILITIES WITHOUT A VALID PERMIT OR ANY AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CITY, AGAIN, ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WOULD POTENTIALLY IN FOUND IT. UM, AND THEN OUR GUEST STAYS. OUR GUEST DOCKS DOWNTOWN, UH, AL BAY LONG DOCKS. THOSE HAVE THREE HOUR TIME AT A TIME. SO IF WE HAVE A VESSEL THAT OVERSTATES THAT, UH, THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL REASON WHY WE WOULD POTENTIALLY IMPOUND THE VESSEL PAD. UH, AND THAT'S THE, THAT'S A SMALL SECTION. UH, PROBABLY THE BIGGER SECTION THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE, UH, ARE THINGS THAT BECOME ABANDONED, UH, WHETHER THAT'S OUT OF THE, ON THE WATERFRONT AT THE OIL ISLANDS, UH, AT LAUNCH RAMPS, UM, OR EVEN ON THE BEACH. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEACH ONES. UH, THIS WAS A WINTER STORM, UM, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY ON CHRISTMAS EVE, UH, RADIO CAME IN. THIS, THIS BLEW UP ONTO THE BEACH. UM, OUR LIFEGUARD AND MARINE SAFETY CREWS WERE ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE BEACH WITH THE RISING TIDE, UH, GET IT SAFELY SECURED IN OUR . THESE ARE TWO MORE EXAMPLES. UH, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS THE LONG DOCKS AT ALAMI BAY. UH, BOWS POINT, UH, THESE ARE THREE HOUR DOCKS. UH, I THINK THIS PICTURE, WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN, THESE VESSELS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR TWO DAYS. UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UM, OUT OF THE ROYAL ISLANDS, AGAIN, WE HAVE AN OPEN PERMIT AT ISLAND WHITE. UH, WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE THAT RECREATIONAL ASPECT ON FRIDAYS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT IS A NON ANCHORED ZONE UNLESS YOU'RE ON THAT MORNING BALL. SO THIS WOULD, AGAIN, BE A TIME WHERE WE'D GO OUT AND MAKE CONTACT, UM, URGE THEM TO MOVE ALONG IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO DO SO. UH, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER TIME WHERE WE WOULD IMPOUND THE VESSEL. SO, UM, THIS ONE IS JUST A, A RECENT ONE THAT WE HAD. UH, I THINK IT WAS EARLY APRIL, UH, END OF MARCH. WE CAME IN AND FOUND ACTUALLY OUR, OUR BEACH CREW. UH, MARVIN FOUND THIS BOAT, UH, FLIPPED OVER AT SOUTH SHORE LAUNCH TRAIN. WE FOUND CAMERA FOOTAGE. UH, A VEHICLE HAD BLACKED OUT. THE LICENSE PLATES DROPPED THIS IN THE WATER. IT WAS UPRIGHT AT ONE POINT. IT FLIPPED OVER 'CAUSE IT TOOK ON WATER AND WE HAD TO GET IT OUTTA THE WATER. SO YES, SIR, THEY BACKED IT IN TO DROP IT OFF AND TO DROP IT OFF. THEY, THEY BACKED IT IN, UH, AT, I BELIEVE IT WAS AT FIVE IN THE MORNING, TIED IT OFF TO THE DOCK. UH, WHEN WE GOT THERE, I THINK MARVIN SHOT ME A TEXT ABOUT SEVEN THAT MORNING WITH A PICTURE VERY, VERY REMINISCENT WITH HIM ON THE RIGHT. UH, THAT BOAT DIDN'T HAVE A PLUG IN. IT, IT, IT TOOK ON A BUNCH OF WATER. AS IT BECAME UNSTABLE IN THE WATER, IT FLIPPED OVER. SO THIS WAS A TIME THEN WHERE WE HAD TO ENGAGE, UH, OUR MARINE SAFETY LIFEGUARD TEAM. THEY WERE ABLE TO RIDE THE BOAT. UH, WE WORKED SWIFTLY WITH OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE CREW, UH, MARTIN AND HIS TEAM. THIS WAS THE CITY TRAILER THAT WE GOT IT ON, UH, AND GOT IT DESTROYED THAT DAY AS A POLLUTION AND NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD. WOW. AND THEN YOU GO LOOK FOR THE OWNER. WE, WE DO. SO WE, WE USE, UH, THE CFS. UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA KIND HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. WE USE ALL THOSE, THOSE QUEUES, WHETHER IT'S A HALL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, CFS DOCUMENT, BOAT NAME. UH, WE TRY TO GO AFTER, UH, FOOTAGE WHEN THERE'S, WHEN AVAILABLE. THIS TIME WE FOUND IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE VERY CRAFTING WITH, YOU KNOW, BLACKING OUT LICENSE PLATE. UM, ANOTHER ONE ON THE LEFT, UH, THIS IS ONE THAT, UH, OUR MARINE MARINE PATROL AGENT AND I FOUND ABANDONED IN THE PARKING LOT AT . AND THEN IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST, YOU KNOW, POWER BOATS, UH, AND [01:30:01] SAILBOATS, SOMETIMES IT KAYAKS DO. UH, THIS, THIS IS A REALLY EFFORT THAT TAKES EVERYBODY'S HANDS. UM, SO PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS, THERE ARE TWO FIELD AGENTS DOWNTOWN, UH, LINDSEY AND PAUL GETTING THE KAYAK HIT, FLOATED IN, UH, INTO THE, INTO THE BREAK WALL. UM, IT'S GOT PULLED OUT, PUT OVER IN OUR, OUR DRY STORAGE. OKAY, SO KIND OF GETTING INTO THAT SOME MORE, THE, THE DETAILS ON IT. SO WHAT GIVES US OUR AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT IT OUTSIDE THE MUNICIPAL CODE STATING, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED A PERMIT. THEY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. THEY, THE CALIFORNIA HARBORS NAVIGATION CODE SECTION 5 22, UM, SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT DELICT AND ABANDONED BOATS ON THE WATERFRONT. UM, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO REMOVE VESSELS WHEN THEY BECOME A POTENTIAL THREAT TO NAVIGATION AND OR POLLUTION, UH, OF THE WATERWAYS. UH, SECTION 5 23 GIVES THE AUTHORITY FOR THE RAIN SAFETY LIFEGUARDS TO REMOVE IT FROM THE PUBLIC WATERWAY. UM, PREVENT THOSE, THOSE POTENTIAL HAZARD ASPECTS. UM, AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE TAKE THAT, THE POSSESSION OF THE VESSEL. UM, WE DO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. UH, WE TRY TO CONTACT OWNERS, UH, GET IT BACK TO THEM. OBVIOUSLY WE DO NOT WANT THESE BOATS. UH, MUCH OF THE CONTRARY OF PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE ARGUE WITH US 'CAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE THEIR BOATS. I DO NOT WANT ANY OF THESE BOATS. WE'RE GETTING, UM, AFTER TWO WEEKS TIME, WE DO START THE CALIFORNIA DMV VOTER BE, UH, THAT IS A, A PROCESS, UH, HERE IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE DMV THAT WE TRY TO TAKE TITLE, UH, AND OWNERSHIP OF THE VESSEL. SO WE GET THAT MOVE ON WITH EITHER A SALE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY VALUE LEFT IN IT, AND WE WANNA SEE IT BACK IN THE WATERFRONT AND OR THE DESTRUCTION OF THAT VESSEL. UH, SO THE TIMELINE. UM, SO FROM THE, AT THE TIME OF IMPOUNDMENT, UH, WE'RE TAKING THAT BOAT TO USUALLY OUR DOCK DOWNTOWN. UH, DOCK G IT'S OUR, OUR CITY IMPOUND DOCK, UH, KIND OF BY THE FUEL DOCK. UH, WE'RE SECURING THAT, UH, WITH LINES CHAIN AND POSTED A SIGN ON IT. THERE'S NO TRESPASSING, UH, ALLOWED IN THAT VESSEL. UH, OUR MARINE PATROL COMES OUT THAT IS AN INVENTORY OF THE VESSEL. SO ANYTHING THAT'S OF VALUE ON THAT BOAT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING NOTE OF THAT. UM, HENRY JONAS TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB OF THAT. SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, AN ACCURATE RECORDING OF WHEN WE GET THE BOAT. UM, OUR TEAM THEN CREATES THE, THE FILE ON THE BOAT. UH, WE'RE RUNNING NUT TELE SITE, TRYING TO FIND OUT DMV, LIKE WHO OWNS THE VESSEL, MAKE CONTACT, SENDING PAPERWORK OUT TO ANY REGISTERED OWNERS TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE YOUR VOTE. THIS IS THE ADDRESS THAT YOU NEED TO COME TO, TO GET THE BOAT OUT. UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, 15 DAYS AFTER, WE DO START THAT MEETING PROCESS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE, THE VALUE OF THE BOAT, A HUNDRED $1,500, UH, IT'S CONSIDERED, UH, KIND LIKE A HULK OR DAYLIGHT VESSEL. IT'S ABOUT A 30 TO 45 DAY WINDOW TO GET THAT TITLE, UH, AND THEN MOVE ON WITH CONSTRUCTION. IF THERE IS VALUE ABOVE $1,500, WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 90 DAYS TO GET THAT TITLE. UM, AFTER THAT TITLE IS LIKE THE LIENS LIEN SALE DATE HAPPENS, UH, TO THE, UH, CALIFORNIA DME, THEY GIVE US THAT DATE. THERE'S ANOTHER 10 DAY GRACE PERIOD AFTER THAT, UH, FOR THE REGISTERED ORDER TO COME BACK AND CLAIM THAT VESSEL. UM, AFTER THAT, THEN WE TAKE IT EITHER TO OUT FOR DESTRUCTION OR GET IT READY FOR THEIR, OUR VESSEL AUCTION AT ALAMEDA HAPPENS TWICE A YEAR. UM, ANY FUNDS THAT ARE RE RECOUPED FROM THE AUCTION, UH, WOULD GO AGAINST THE, THE MONEY OWED, MONEY OWED, UH, FINALIZE THAT ACCOUNTING AFTER THAT, UH, ANYONE OF OF RECORD, UH, THAT OWNED THE BOAT. WE DO END UP SENDING THAT TO OUR COLLECTIONS TEAM FOR, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BACK. UM, OUR FUNDING ON IT. SO WE, WE FOUND SOME MONEY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VOTING WATERWAY. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WATER THAT REVOLVING FUND DOES NOT, IS NOT AS, UH, FLUSH WITH CASH AS IT AS IT ONCE WAS. SO OUR INITIAL AWARD OF 400,000 IN 2019 IS NOW DOWN TO $50,000 IN 2025. WE JUST SUBMITTED ANOTHER APPLICATION. THE MAXIMUM GRANT THAT THEY WILL EVEN CONSIDER ALLOWING IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. I DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT WE GET THAT, AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MORE IN LINE WITH THEIR $50,000 REPORT. WE DO HAVE A STRUCTURAL BUDGET THAT WE, THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR EVERY YEAR. UM, AND A COUPLE OF VENDORS THAT ARE ABLE TO DISMANTLE AND DESTROY VOTES. UH, THAT'S ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR. AND SOME OF THAT DOES GET OFFSET WITH OUR GRANT FUNDING, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET TO, TO REMOVE THESE VESSELS. WHAT ARE THE OTHER, OTHER HARBORS AND OTHER, I MEAN, DOWN IN NEWPORT BEACH, WHAT DO THEY GET? DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY GET FOR THE UP THE COAST, WHAT THEY GET TO? ARE WE AWARE OF THEIR GRANTS AND WHAT THEY GET? UH, I, I AM NOT AWARE OF THEIR, LIKE THEIR FUNDING NUMBERS. UM, WE HAVE A GOOD WORD RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH . UH, TODD MIGHT KNOW SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO SEE IF THEY CAN DISCLOSE MOST OF THE SURROUNDING, UH, PRINCIPALITIES THAT WE, WE PARTNER WITH ARE SEEING THE SAME REDUCTION. UH, THE PRIMARY RECIPIENT [01:35:01] OF THESE, UH, THESE GRANT FUNDS IS NOW UP IN THE, UH, BAY AREA WHERE THEY HAVE JUST A, IT IS, IT'S BORDERLINE EMERGENCY, UH, THAT MANY THAT WELL, IT, IT, THE DELTA, IT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, OLD COUCHES GO TO DIE IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND OLD BOATS GO TO DIE. AND THE DELTA. CORRECT. YES, SIR. BRIAN, BACK TO SLIDE. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, LIKE $1,500. YEAH. SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT LIKE WAYS WITH A CALIFORNIA VOTER LIEN PROCESS, UM, UNDER $1,500. UH, THEY DO NOT, I BELIEVE THEY DON'T HAVE TO NOTIFY THE REGISTERED VOTER BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THERE IS NO VALUE LEFT IN THIS VESSEL. WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TO VOTER LIEN. UH, WE'RE GONNA PROCESS THIS, AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND DESTROY THE VESSEL EVEN IF IT IS ABOVE THAT. UM, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NOTING, NOTIFYING ALL REGISTERED OWNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN POTENTIALLY CONTEST THE, THE LIEN PROCEEDINGS. UM, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT TAKES THAT ADDITIONAL TIME. IS THAT $1,500 BENCHMARK, IS THAT A STATE LEVEL OR I, I, I BELIEVE IT IS, IT IS WITH IT, IT IS PROCESSED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA MB. SO THEY'RE THE ONES SETTING THAT, THAT BAR PERFECT. IT IS AT OUR, IT'S AT OUR DISCRETION. LIKE WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE EVALUATING THAT VOTE. SO POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD SAY EVERY VOTE'S A HUNDRED, $1,500, WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS FASTER. BUT IF WE GOT AUDITED, AND I SAY LIKE, CLAIM TO BOAT WAS A HUNDRED, $1,500, WE TOOK IT TO AUCTION AND IT SOLD FOR OVER THAT WE POTENTIALLY BUY IT JUST WITH WHAT WE LEARNED LAST NIGHT WITH THAT 5,000 TO $10,000 RAISE COMING IN EFFECT NEXT YEAR WITH THE COUNTY, UH, TAX BILLS. MAYBE THERE'S SOME, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE TO GET A, TO TRY TO GET A HIGHER DOLLAR FIGURE TO LET YOU TRASH MORE BOATS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FIDDLE WITH THE $2,500 BOAT. THAT MEAN SADLY MOST OF THE ONES WE WERE COMING IN TO CONTACT WITH IN POSSESSION, ESPECIALLY FROM, IF IT'S FROM THE WATERFRONT, LIKE THEY'RE, IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION OF IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE OVER $1,500, THEY, THEY'RE DEFINITELY SUB SUBBED THAT MORE, BUT WITH THAT NEW CEILING, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY THERE. YEAH. MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER TO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 15 OR $1,600 WHERE YOU CAN JUST EIGHT, 9,000 9, 9 9. YEAH. WE, WE WORK WITH, UH, WITH A LEAN, LEAN COMPANY, UM, THAT DOES THIS FOR US JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK. UM, HE'S REALLY, REALLY WELL VERSED IN THIS AND UP TO DATE ON ALL THE STUFF, SO I'LL BRING IT UP TO HIM AND SEE IF HE'S AWARE OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. COOL. YEP. ALL RIGHT. IT AGAIN, YEAH, SO STRUCTURE, BUDGET, UM, OKAY. SO DESTRUCTION OF VOTES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. SO SINCE 2019, WE HAVE DESTROYED 122 BUCKS AT A COST OF NINE, OVER 900,000 BUCKS. WHAT, I'M SORRY. WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? UH, 2019. 2019 TO TODAY, 122 VOTES. YEP. UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT AVERAGES, THAT'S AVERAGING OUT TO $7,500 A BOAT, APPROXIMATELY $250 PER FOOT FOR THAT VESSEL DESTRUCTION. UM, BECAUSE OF THOSE STAGGER NUMBERS AND, AND WANTING TO BE A BIT MORE CREATIVE WITH FUNDS. UM, AND ALSO SHOWING ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DBOT IS THEY REALLY WANNA SEE CREATIVE APPROACHES TO THE VACANT OF THESE VESSELS. SO THEY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, US HELPING THE COMMUNITY. THEY CAN SURRENDER BOATS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW MANY BOATS ARE YOU PUTTING THROUGH IN ANY, ANY, YOU KNOW, CYCLE YEAR. UM, WHAT, WHAT DIFFERENT PATHS ARE YOU EXPLORING TO GET RID OF THESE BOATS, YOU KNOW, FOR A LESSER MONTH? SO SOME ALTERNATE OPTIONS THAT WE FOUND, UM, DO SOME LIKE GREAT RESEARCH BY, BY MY STAFF AND MY TEAM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE, CERTAIN SAILBOATS HAVE A, A BIG LIGHT FIELD. THERE'S RECYCLABLE VALUE IN THAT. UM, WE'RE ABLE TO SELL THEM THESE BOATS FOR A MONETARY FEE. THEY TAKE OFF OUR HANDS. WE NO LONGER INCUR A COST FOR THE DESTRUCTION. THERE'S NO VALUE IN THIS BOAT. THE ONLY THING VALUE IS THAT RECYCLABLE LEAD KEEL. AND I HONESTLY GOTTA GET, IT ALIGNS WITH THE CITY SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE AS WELL, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST THROWING ALL OF THIS BOAT INTO A LANDFILL, BUT WE'RE FINDING THE GOOD LEFT IN IT. AND WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THAT BACK IN THE SYSTEM. UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, THIS ONE ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS A LITTLE PICKLE FORK BOAT THAT WE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THAT WAS BASICALLY TOMBSTONES WATER. SO THE, THE BOW OF THE BOAT WAS ABOVE GROUND, ABOVE WATER, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS BELOW. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM, UH, THE COORDINATION WITH MY FIELD STAFF AND WITH BEACH MAINTENANCE AND OUR CRANE DOWNTOWN, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT OUT, GET THE MOTOR PICKED OFF OF IT, AND THEN DESTROY THAT IN-HOUSE INTO A 40 YARD CONTAINER VERSUS HAVING TO A CAREER AT COST. UM, I GUESS IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO HIGHLIGHT AND TO MENTION THAT YOU, THIS [01:40:01] IS PART OF THE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE PLAN. SO ANY MARINA THAT'S THAT'S OPERATING ON THE COAST SHOULD HAVE THIS BUILT INTO THEIR, THEIR STRUCTURAL BUDGET, THEIR, THEIR EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN. HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR VOTES THAT WE COME ACROSS AND HOW DO GET RID OF 'EM? UM, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT AS WE'RE APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS WITH THE LAW, THE SUBMERGED NAVIGATIONAL HAZARDS, ABATEMENT PLANS, SNAP, WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS LIKE IN A WRITTEN DOCUMENT. WHAT ARE, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THESE BOATS? HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, AVOID, LIKE, GETTING ABANDONED BOATS IN YOUR FOOTPRINT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VESSEL INSPECTIONS THAT ANYTIME WE HAVE A NEW PERMIT, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING BOATS INTO OUR SYSTEM THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE AND NOT GONNA HAVE ISSUE WITH, WITH THE ABANDONMENT. UM, IT, THAT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ALSO TIES INTO THE CLEAN RANDOM PROGRAM, UH, THAT A LOT OF THE ARENAS ON THE WEST COAST HAVE PRESCRIBED TO, UH, AND FOLLOW CERTAIN PROTOCOLS AND, AND, UH, WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE, ON THE NAVAJO WATERS AND THE, THE RECREATIONAL ASPECTS AND THE WATER WE'RE USING. AND THEN OUR, OUR GLORIOUS FOSSIL AUCTION. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY TAKING STUFF HERE THAT WE REALLY WANNA SEE BACK. SO IT CAN'T COME BACK FOR, FOR SIX MONTHS ANYWAYS, AFTER, AFTER IT'S BOUGHT. BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE SELLING HERE, WE WANT TO SEE BACK, YOU KNOW, IN SIX MONTHS IN A DAY. SO IT'S GONNA BE STUFF THAT'S IN BETTER CONDITION. UH, WE'RE DOING THESE TWICE A YEAR. UH, REALLY DEPENDS ON THE INVENTORY, BUT SADLY, WE USUALLY HAVE ENOUGH TO STILL DO TWO TIMES A YEAR. AND THAT'S BOTH FOR, YOU KNOW, ON WATER VESSELS AND CRAFT, AND THE LANDSIDE, PADDLEBOARDS, KAYAKS RANDOM GEAR THAT COMES ALONG WITH THESE BOATS. UM, SINCE 20 OCTOBER, 2023, WE'VE GOT 30 BOATS THAT BEEN TAKEN TO AUCTION. UH, WE'VE BEEN IMPORTANT TO KNOW, WE'VE RAISED THE MINIMUM BID TO $500. UH, I THINK PAST PRACTICES, UM, THEY WERE SELLING 'EM FOR A DOLLAR. THEY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF 'EM, BUT THAT JUST KEEPS YOU PERPETUATING THE PROBLEM ON THEIR WATERFRONT. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT. BRIAN, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THEM TO GET BACK AFTER SIX MONTHS? IS IT A YEAR WEIGHT, TWO YEAR WEIGHT, THREE YEAR WAIT, IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE. IF IT, IT'S A, IF IT IS A 30 FOOT BOAT, THEY CAN DIFY COME BACK WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. UM, IF IT'S A A 60 FOOT BOAT, LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA WIN A NEW YEARS. OKAY, GREAT JOB. UM, I PARTICIPATED IN THE C SCOUT PROGRAM IN ORANGE COUNTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND THE CCAP BASIN IN NEWPORT BEACH WAS THE RECIPIENT OF BOAT DONATIONS FROM PRIVATE PARTIES. PEOPLE WHO NO LONGER WANTED TO OPERATE THEIR BOATS, WHATEVER, WAS IT SAILBOAT, MOTORBOAT, WHATEVER. THEY WOULD OFTEN DONATE THEM TO THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA. IS THAT, WHICH RUNS THE SCAP PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? IF YOU HAVE A, A VESSEL THAT COULD BE, LET'S SAY SCAPS WORK ON THESE BOATS, RIGHT? THEY, THEY RENOVATE THEM, THEY WORK ON THE ENGINE, THEY CLEAN 'EM UP, THEY PAINT 'EM, AND OFTENTIMES SELL THEM ON. SO JUST WONDERING IF, UH, THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DONATIONS FOR SOME OF THESE VESSELS THAT DON'T GO TO AUCTION. UH, I MEAN, I CAN DEFINITELY RENEW THAT CONVERSATION WITH, UH, WITH JEFF AND ALBERT. UM, I KNOW THAT IN A LOT OF OUR LAST, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED FAIRLY RECENTLY, LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THOSE BOATS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIFTED. IT IS BEEN KIND OF A NIGHTMARE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY TO KEEP THESE THINGS UP AND KEEP ROLLING. UM, AND THEY JUST, THEY HAVE TOO MUCH IN . SO I THINK AS THEY CLEAN OUT SOME OF THE STUFF THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S PROBLEMATIC. THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES I THINK THERE, BUT LIKE CURRENTLY I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE, LIKE REDUCE THEIR FOOTPRINT VERSUS, AND I THINK THAT BOB AND I SERVED ON THE, UM, BOY SCOUT COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND MULTIPLE YEARS BEFORE JEB AND AL ALBERT, AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY DESTROYING VESSELS THAT WE HAD ACCEPTED, UM, IN AIR. WOW, THAT'S CHANGED. WELL, THE ONE, THE ALLURE WASN'T THAT ONE THAT THAT WENT UP THAT WAS A WHILE BACK. WHILE BACK. IT USED, IT WAS BUILT LIKE IN THE 1930S. YEAH. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THAT, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DIDN'T GET AHOLD OF THE FAMILY, UM, THAT, THAT ONE'S, I THINK OF ALL THE HUNDREDS THAT WE'VE DESTROYED, THE ONE THAT IS KIND OF CRUSHING. SO, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY WORK HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE CLASSIC VOTES THAT HAS SOME PASSION FOR THE VOTE. SOME OF 'EM, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE ANYONE COULD HAVE EVER HAD ANY PASSION FOR, BUT YEAH, THERE'S LIKE, I I, I LOVE THOSE. SO FOR ME, IT'S, IT IS, IT'S ALWAYS A VERY BITTERSWEET THING TO SEE A, A VESSEL GET DESTROYED. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MEMORIES MADE IN THOSE, IN THOSE VESSELS, UH, A LOT OF GOOD TIMES. AND IT'S, IT'S HARD, LIKE EVERY BOAT LIKE HAD AN AMAZING LIFE. SO WE WANT TO FIND THE RIGHT OWNERS, BUT I REALLY GOTTA PROTECT THE WATERFRONT [01:45:01] TOO. WE GOTTA PROTECT THE WATERFRONT. SO WE, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS LIFE LEFT IN IT. WELL, I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES ON THAT. UM, ENCOURAGING THE BOAT INSPECTIONS AND THE WAY YOU'VE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH BOAT OWNERS TO GET THOSE BOATS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED THAT WE'RE, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF GOING DERELICT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS, IF WE'D HAVE JUST ADDRESSED IT WHILE THEY WERE STILL HOUSED, WE COULD HAVE SAVED A LOT OF MONEY. AND I THINK YOU'RE SAVING A LOT BY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR VOTES. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, AND LIKE, JUST KIND OF BACK, BACK TO TO YOUR COMMENT TOO AS WELL, LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PUSHING HARD ON COLLECTIONS RIGHT NOW. LIKE, SO LIKE WHEN THESE BOATS ARE, ARE DROPPED OFF AT SOUTH SHORE, WE'RE GOING AFTER 'EM HARDER. WE'RE GETTING SOME REALLY GOOD RESPONSES, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF CREDIT DUE TO MY, MY HARD WORK OF MY TEAM, UH, PUTTING IT IN THE, IN THE LEGWORK TO GET IT ACROSS THAT LINE. OKAY. ONE, ONE LAST STEP COMMENT IS, UH, WHILE BRIAN'S LEADING THE CHARGE ON THIS, HIS OPERATIONS TEAM IS AT THE FOREFRONT. UH, YOU SAW SOME FROM SOME, FROM SOME OF THE PHOTOS. IT'S ALSO COREY'S TEAM. IT'S KELLY'S TEAM, IT'S MARINE SAFETY, IT'S LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THIS TAKES A LOT OF MULTI-DEPARTMENT, MULTI DIVISION, EFFORT, EFFORT AND A LOT OF CREATIVITY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX. AND ALL OF 'EM DESERVE A BIG ROUNDED APPLAUSE AND KUDOS FOR IT. SO, SURE JOB. BRIAN, ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS FOR BRIAN AND HIS REPORT ABOUT THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ANYTHING ABOUT THIS THEN? AND OF COURSE KUDOS TO YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THAT PRESENTATION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. THANK YOU, YOU VERY MUCH BRIAN. MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY OR UPDATES. UH, STILL MOVED IN A SECOND. YES. SECOND. ALRIGHT, PLEASE PROCEED. UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, BRAIN PATROL AND . JOE. HELLO EVERYBODY, MY NAME'S JOE. HI JOE. I'M SUPERVISORS FOR WATCH THREE. UM, TALKED ABOUT OUR STATS FOR LAST MONTH. UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1,769 CALLS FOR SERVICE REGARDING THOSE CALLS FOR DIRECT DISPATCHES AND OFFICER INITIATED CALLS. UH, ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE WE ISSUED 28, UH, CITATIONS FOR UNLAWFUL FISHING AS WELL AS 11 TRESPASS SITES ON OUR GANGWAYS. AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 79, UH, ISSUED, UH, PARKING SITES. UH, MOSTLY CONCENTRATED DOWNTOWN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, RIGHT AROUND SHORELINE VILLAGE, ONE 60 SHORELINE RIDE. UH, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, WE JUST HAD ONE PERSON, UH, PASS TRAINING THE OTHER DAY, SO SHE'S ON HER OWN. WE HAVE TWO IN TRAINING RIGHT NOW. GOOD. AND WE HAVE TWO IN ROUTE. WE DON'T HAVE A TENTATIVE DAY TO WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME, BUT THEY'RE, UM, TRANSFERRED AS WELL FROM THE JAIL. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ABOUT IT. WELL, THE DIFFERENCE TRANSFERRING FROM THE JAIL AND WORKING IN OUR MARINAS, RIGHT? YEAH, A LOT OF THEM I GUESS WANT TO GET OUT. I DON'T BLAME 'EM. SO THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND GET SOME FRESH AIR INSIDE JOE. A LOT OF YOUTH, A LOT OF KIDS STILL FISHING AND OR MORE ADULTS? UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'VE BEEN KIND OF BEING MORE PROACTIVE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT, LIKE WE HAD, I WANNA SAY MAYBE THREE MONTHS AGO, UM, WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO, TO UH, UM, SITE BEFORE THAT. UH, SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD MANY LIKE I'VE SEEN BEFORE, SO IT'S KIND OF FIXING ITSELF. GREAT. SO THANK YOU. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE QUICK ITEM ON ENFORCEMENT. UH, UH, BRIAN AND I WERE OUT AT THE BELMONT PIER EARLIER THE WEEK OR LAST WEEK. AND, UH, WE, WE RAN INTO, UH, ONE OF OUR NEW COMMANDERS, UH, COMMANDER KEN QUINONE, UH, FOR THE SOUTH DIVISION AND, UH, SOME OF HER STAFF AND THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED TO THE BEACHFRONT, THE TIDELANDS RIGHT NOW ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY PAYING DIVIDENDS. SO, UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER KUDOS TO MARINE PATROL, LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REALLY, UH, REALLY STARTING TO SET PACE LEADING INTO THE SUMMER. AND ANOTHER THING TOO, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. NO, GO AHEAD SIR. I WAS GONNA SAY, WHEN WE CITE THESE KIDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL MEDIA THING THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THAT PEOPLE THAT GOT PRECONCEIVE CITED ARE POSTING THAT STUFF. SO A LOT OF THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR PHONES AND STUFF AND THEY PROBABLY NOT A GOOD IDEA TO GO DOWN THERE. THEY'RE REALLY STARTING TO PSYCHE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF GETTING THE WORD OUT. SO IT'S KIND OF HELPING OUT, ARE YOU GOING VIRAL ON THAT ? SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A GOOD THING. SO IT KIND OF GREAT JOB. YEAH. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. WE'LL WE'LL HOP RIGHT INTO OUR, UH, BUREAU REPORT. WE WANT TO START WITH BRIAN OR COREY. COREY. COREY, WE'LL GO FOR YOU. [01:50:04] GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND GUESTS. WE'LL START WITH, UH, MARINE MAINTENANCE. SO MARINE MAINTENANCE. UM, IN THE TOP LEFT SLIDE REPLACED THE, UH, BLINDS AT STATION 31 HARBOR MASTER OFFICE. UM, SECOND SLIDE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF, UM, THE SWIM LINE. WE REPLACED THE CHAIN AND ROPE FOR THE SWIM LINE ABOVE THE BEACH. OKAY. UM, NEXT ONE IS, UH, WE GET A LOT OF VANDALISM AT MASON, OR NOT , SORRY ABOUT THAT. AT, UM, EIGHTH PLACE RESTROOM, WHICH IS OUR B TWO RESTROOM. UM, CONSISTENTLY THE DOORS ARE BEING, UH, THE LOCKS ARE BEING, UH, VANDALIZED. THE DOORS ARE BEING PRI OPEN. UM, SO WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF CARE INTO THAT. UM, THE LAST SLIDE HERE, UM, LIFEGUARDS, WE INSTALLED A NEW, UH, UH, ELECTRICAL PEDESTAL FOR THE LIFEGUARDS ON THEIR DOG. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OVER. WE'RE AT MAPLE FOUNTAIN. UM, WE REPLACED ALL THE LIGHTING, UM, LAST YEAR AND THEN THIS YEAR WE JUST REPLACED THE FILTRATION SYSTEM. UM, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC WATER STREAMING OVER THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING AND, UM, IT'S LIT UP BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT. I I KNOW THE GARDEN CLUB'S BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH THAT AND WORKING A LOT WITH YOU ON THAT. CORRECT. UM, AND THAT, SO THE ACTUAL PUMP AND THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS IN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S JURISDICTION AND THEN THE PLANTING AND THE TILE WORK IS GARDEN CLUB'S RESPONSIBILITY. HOW DOES THAT DELINEATION OF TASKS? WE WENT INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO, UM, A FUNDRAISED TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THE TILE ON THE BALCONY, UM, AND THE SURFACE AREA TILE. UM, AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH KELLY'S CREW ON THE BOXWOODS. THEY OPENED UP A COUPLE AREAS TO MAKE IT, UH, EQUAL ALL THE WAY AROUND. UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS, SO, UM, THEY ARE PUTTING FORTH AN EFFORT TO REPLACE ALL THAT TILE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO, SO HOW DOES THAT WORK OUT? UM, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING THAT THEY'VE DONE AND, AND WHAT THE CITY'S DONE OR A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY THE COMMUNITY? SO THEY'RE PAYING THE CITY FOR THE EFFORT THAT'S BEING DONE. YOU WANNA GO AHEAD. SO THE GARDEN CLUB, UH, NAME SCOTT NAPLES ISLAND GARDEN CLUB CAME TO, UH, THE CITY. THEY'VE BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH COREY AND KELLY AND THEIR TEAMS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THEY HAVE A RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT TO DO BASIC LANDSCAPING IN THAT AREA JUST TO KIND OF TAKE CARE OF, UH, UH, JUST LOW LYING, UH, UH, SHRUBS AND, AND BEAUTIFYING WITH FLOWERS. WHAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS IS, IS FUNDRAISED ON THE ISLAND TO CREATE A ENOUGH FUNDING TO COMPLETELY REDO ALL OF THE TILE AROUND, UH, THE FOUNTAIN AND THEN SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF REPAINTING THE LIGHT POSTS REPLANTING, UH, THE, UH, THE WATER FOUNTAIN. UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE GOING INTO A RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT WITH THEM FOR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS 'EM TO TAKE CARE OF PAYMENT DIRECT TO A CONTRACTOR WHILE STILL MAINTAINING OVERSIGHT OF THE ENTIRE, UH, PARK AREA AS CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO WE'RE GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO, UH, DO CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE SITE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. AND, UH, I WENT TO THE MEETING ON MONDAY AND THEIR ONLY REMAINING CONCERN SEEMED TO BE, UM, THE VANDALISM THAT OCCURS BY PEOPLE PUTTING SOAP SUDS IN THE . HEY, ISN'T THAT PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING THOUGH? IS SOMETHING THAT'LL MITIGATE THAT? IT WON'T, IT WON'T SUDS AND THEN THERE MATERIAL. OH, IT'S GONNA, SO THEY, GRADUATION IT TAKES UP THE SOAP IN THERE, IT'S GONNA SUN. WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE FOR A WHILE. CORY'S GONNA MAKE IT SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. OKAY, VERY GOOD. I'M EXCITED DICK TO SEE YOUR SUCCESS THERE, JOE. GUESS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE KIDDING. , THE FOUNTAIN LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. IT DOES, DOES NICE. THANK YOU. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH IT. UM, FIRST SLIDE SHOWS, UH, US WORKING ON THE LONE SAILOR, UH, CLEANING UP SOME OF THE BRICKS AND INSTALLING NEW BRICKS. UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS BASED ON ONE WHERE WE INSTALLED, UM, RECEIVERS, WHICH ALLOW US TO ISOLATE, SAY THREE DOCK SPEED, THE PUMP OUT. WE CAN ISOLATE, UH, ONE DOCK AT A TIME SO IT IMPROVES THE, THE SUCTION POWER. UM, [01:55:01] THE NEXT SLIDE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAD DUG A HOLE IN THE RIP WRAP AND SO WE WENT IN AND BACK FILLED IT. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS P SIX RESTROOM. UM, AT GRANADA IT'S THE WATER PLAY FEATURE AND WE WENT IN AND DID A, A PRESSURE WASH AND GET IT READY FOR SUMMER. WHEN YOUR MAINTENANCE TEAM DOES A TRASH CAN BY THE LONE SOLDIER, THERE'S, THERE'S, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET BASICALLY FROM THE BUDDHIST TEMPLE THAT'S RIGHT THERE. AND THAT TRASH CAN, I KNOW THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS. IT'S NOT THE MARINE, THE MARINE SIDE THAT TRASH CAN IS ALWAYS OVERFLOWING BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE THAT GO, UH, TO THE VIRGIN MARY STATUE THAT'S RIGHT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN MAKE A PHONE CALL WHEN THEY'RE THERE, BUT I'VE BEEN BY THERE A FEW TIMES AND IT'S, IT'S JUST OVERFLOWING 'CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT GO AND THEY JUST, IT JUST OVERFLOWS GO LONG BEACH APP. WELL THAT'S WHAT I DO WHEN I'M THERE. POP IN AND TELL EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AS I DRIVE EXACTLY. GO LONG BEACH APP. I DO ALING PICTURE. TAMLIN USED TO GO LONG BEACH APP. UH, YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY AND WITHIN TWO HOURS THEY CAME AND PICKED UP THE BIKES. REALLY? YEP. EXCELLENT. MM-HMM . AND PREPARATION FOR THE, UH, CONGRESSIONAL CUP. WE WENT OUT TO THE PIER, WE DID PRESSURE WASHING. UH, WE NOTICED THAT WE HAD A BASE STATION THAT WAS PRETTY ROUGH SHAPED, SO WE DID SOME CONCRETE PATCH REPAIR AND WE PAINTED ALL OF 'EM. UM, NOW ONTO BEACH MAINTENANCE. UM, THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE, UH, GARDEN AREA DOWN IN, UH, IN RAINBOW. UM, WHAT AM I THINKING OF? SURELINE? I ACTUALLY WENT ON MOTHER'S DAY AND UM, AND I WAS DAZZLED BY, UM, HOW BOTH THE, UM, HELM AND THE OUTRIGGER HAD BEEN TOTALLY STRIPPED OF THE CUMULATIVE PEPSI BLUE PAINT THAT HAD BEEN ON IT. UM, I HAVE NEVER SEEN EITHER ONE OF THOSE LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL AND THEY LOOKED LIKE PIECES OF FURNITURE YOU'D HAVE IN YOUR HOME. YEAH. THEY TURNED OUT BEAUTIFUL. UH, THAT WAS MARRE CRUZ, WHO WORKS FOR KELLY. UH, HIM AND HIS TEAM DID THAT, AND THEY DID AN RESTORATION. IT'S AMAZING. YEAH. AND TO SEE THAT PARK AND HOW IT WAS ABSOLUTELY FULL OF OUR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENJOYING MOTHER'S DAY AND ENJOYING ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WITH THEIR, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RESULTS OF EVERYONE'S HARD WORK. LOVE IT. WONDERFUL. UH, THE NEXT ONE, UH, LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE IT INTO BRIAN'S SLIDES AS WELL. IT WAS THE BOAT THAT WAS, UH, SUNK OVER AT SOUTH SHORE LAUNCH RAMP. WORKED WITH LIFEGUARDS TO, UH, RAISE IT AND, UH, DEMO IT. UM, THE LAST SLIDES HERE, UM, KELLY AND HIS TEAM FABRICATED AND INSTALLED NEW FILTRATION JET OR FOUNTAIN JETS, UH, AND RAINBOW LAGOON. UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE STAFF CONDUCTED SAND REMOVAL FROM THE GRANADA LOT IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE BEACH. UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS REPRESENTATION OF, UM, PREPARATION FOR THE GRAND PRIX. UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE, UH, SHUT DOWN ALL THE BACK FLOWS FOR THE GRAND PRIX AND PLANTED FLOWERS IN PREPARATION. UH, THIRD SLIDE IS, UH, THE WATER APPAREL SCAPE. UM, CONTINUING TO, UH, TO PLANT OVER THERE AND, AND SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS THE HELM. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. AND IT TURNED OUT AMAZING. QUEENSWAY BASED STAFF, UH, PAINTED THE BIKE RACKS AT CHARLINE PARK. THEY ADDED A, UH, ELECTRICAL CONDUIT OR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO THE VENDOR BOOTH, UM, IN SHORELINE AND QUEENS BAY BAY STAFF, UH, REPAIRED THE STUCCO DAMAGE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE RESTROOM AND PAINTED ALL THE LIGHT POLES SURROUNDING THE LIGHTHOUSE. THAT'S GREAT. EACH MAINTENANCE STAFF INSTALLED, UH, NEW LIGHT GUARD CHAIRS AND WAIT AT 64TH PLACE IN PREPARATION FOR SUMMER SEASON, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE STAFF HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON CLEANING AND CONDUCTING LEAD ABATEMENT, UTILIZING THE BEACH TECH 2000 EQUIPMENT FOR THE NORTH, UH, AREA OF THE BIKE PATH ON THE WEST BEACH. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE NOURISHING THE BURN AT 72ND PLACE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, CLEAN WATER LINE, UM, ALONG THE PENINSULA. MM-HMM . I THINK WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING A LOT WITH THAT. UM, PAST CHAIRMAN COLIN SENT ME A SERIES OF PHOTOS [02:00:01] OF THE TRASH ALL ALONG ON THE PENINSULA AND, AND HOW DESPERATE WE ARE FOR ADDITIONAL CLEANUP ALONG THERE. I MEAN, IT WAS AMAZING HOW BAD IT LOOKED. YEAH. SO AFTER STORMS AND BIG, UH, HIGH TIDE EVENTS, WE GET A LOT OF LIFT OFF OFF THE ROCKS AND IT MAKES ITS WAY DOWN IN THAT AREA. UM, KELLY HAS TO WAIT FOR THE TIDE TO RECEIVE, TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND NOURISH IT, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIDE. UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THE GRAND PRIX, THEY ALSO PAINTED DOME AND UM, AND CLEANED UP THE STATUES IN FRONTED THE AQUARIUM. AND QUEENSVILLE BAY STAFF CONDUCTED, UM, A CONTRACTED OUT REPAIRS TO PIERPOINT SEWER PUMP, AND THEN QUEENS BAY BAY STAFF, UH, MADE REPAIRS AND PAINTED THE WALKING BRIDGE NEAR THE MAYA HOTEL. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, EXISTING AND OLD STAFF THAT WERE WORKING THE GRAND PRIX AND WANTED TO JUST GET A SHOT OUT. THAT'S RIGHT. I, THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY INCLUSION OF THIS BUDGET REALLY QUICK. UH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE TEAM THAT, THAT STAFFED, THAT EVENT. UH, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH LIKE MARINE CONTROL AND OUR MARINE SAFETY TEAM, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS ARE ALWAYS A LOT OF WORK. UH, THE TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB OF MAKING IT AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. UH, REALLY ENGAGING THE CUSTOMERS LIKE THE BIG RAINBOW HARBOR, MAKING A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT A JOB. WELL DONE. GREAT. ONE QUICK ADD ON TO THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, YOU SEE KIMERY KIMERY, UH, UH, IS A MOONLIGHT FROM THE GRAND PRIX. SHE GETS OUT THERE AND WORKS, WORKS THE, UH, WORKS THE LINES, BUT ALSO THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM MARINE OPERATIONS. THOSE ARE ALL PART-TIME STAFF AND THEY ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OUR MARINA SUPERVISOR, AS, AS OUR SUPERINTENDENTS, UH, AS I AM. UM, SO REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, OUR MARINE AID NON-CAREER STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT IN WHAT WE DO. IT, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS DURING GRAND PRIX IS TO GO TO THE MARINA AND, AND LOOKING HOW DAPPER OUR STAFF LOOKS ALL IN UNIFORM AND ALL BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILS AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RICE WRISTBANDS ARE THERE. UM, SO IT'S GREAT PR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT AND IT, IT DOES A GREAT PRODUCT UPON US IN THE CITY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR COREY O'BRIEN? NOPE. GREAT JOB. IN THE SAKE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO, UH, DEFER BACK TO THE COMMISSION CHAIR. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'LL ANSWER. BUT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MANAGER'S REPORT. THANK YOU. A QUESTION THERE, MANAGER? I HAVE A QUESTION. WAS THE QUESTION, IS THERE A LIST OF PRIVATE ADVOCATES FOR LONG, UH, SHORELINE AND AL USE BAY THAT WE YOU MAINTAIN? I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH, UH, WITH OUR RATE SAFETY STAFF. THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KNOW THE PRECISE LOCATION OF ALL OF OUR NADES, SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LIST FOR US TO HAVE AS A REFERENCE. THE PRIVATE, THE PRIVATES. THE PRIVATES, YEAH. I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH THEM. OKAY. DEFINITELY. UM, AND THEN, OH, GO AHEAD. A QUESTION, UH, DRIVING BY PCH SIMS POND LOOKS LIKE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION DOWN ON THE CORNER. YES. UH, THAT IS LA COUNTY CONSTRUCTION. UH, THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT RIGHT THERE. UH, THEY ARE WORKING TO MODIFY AND, AND THEY'RE STAYING INSIDE THEIR EASEMENT, BUT THEY'RE, UH, MAKE IT MORE SECURE AND ADDING SOME ELEMENTS TO IT. DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTS IS ONE OF THE THINGS. YEAH, I WAS, I WENT TO THE MEETING ABOUT IT. YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S AN LA COUNTY PROJECT, BUT WE MADE SURE THAT WHEN THEY CAME IN, THEY WEREN'T ENCROACHING OUTWARD INTO OUR SIMS ON, UH, PRESERVE. THANK YOU. UH, AND BASIN FORD, THERE'S NO PARKING THIS WEEKEND. WHAT IS THAT? UH, WE HAVE A FILM SHOOT, UH, TRAITORS, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED TRAITOR TRAITORS, REVOLUTIONARY WAR STUFF, MAYBE . UM, BUT YEAH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, UM, IT'S, UH, PARKING THERE IN BASIN, FOUR PAR SOME PARKING IN AT MOTHERS BEACH. AND THEN, UH, SOME, UH, UH, MARINE STADIUM, UH, IS ALL ALLOCATED TO A FILLING THIS WEEKEND. HOW'S OUR BUOYS OR BUOYS? GOOD. ALL UP. READY TO GO. BUOYS ARE ONGOING. WE, UH, [02:05:01] SET ABOUT NINE BUOYS THIS WEEK ALONG THE OSHA FRONT THAT WE'RE MISSING. UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. MAYBE OUR NEXT MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE CAN FIND OUT. YEAH, WE DO HAVE THE ONE, UM, THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN OUR EARLIER MEETING, THE, UM, THE MARK ON RACING THAT'S OVER BY THE BAY BARGE THAT HAS, UM, SOME DELIC VESSELS, UM, ATTACHED TO IT MAKES RACING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE. AND THERESA REMINDED ME, DID YOU WANNA SEE ANYTHING ON THE PEER VISIONING MEETING? UH, YES. UH, WE HAD A INTRODUCTORY MEETING MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH A, UH, STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FOR THE, UH, BELMONT PIER. UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BELMONT PIER. THERE'S ALREADY TWO, UH, PARALLEL PROJECTS RUNNING WITH PUBLIC WORKS. CIP THERE IS THE, UH, THE DOCK REBUILD, UH, PROJECT OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF, UH, UM, CONCRETE, UH, SPING CRACK REPAIR UNDERWAY, UH, ON THE BELMONT AS WELL. UM, THE MEETING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS BROUGHT SOME PRETTY, UH, IMPRESSIVE PEOPLE TOGETHER. UH, UH, FORWARD PARKS RECREATION DIRECTOR, UH, PHIL HESTER, UM, AMONGST OTHERS. UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AWESOME TO SEE HIM. UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, UH, REVITALIZE AND, AND REENGAGE OUR BELMONT P OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. GOOD. OKAY. WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECEIVE AND FILE OUT OF PRESENTATION. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AND ABSTENTIONS. AND MOVING ON TO, UM, AGENDA ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE, UM, SOME COMMITTEE REPORTS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, MARINA BEACH, AND THE, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING FROM THE SIR? NOTHING. OKAY. UH, SO LET'S JUST MAKE THAT MOTION TO INCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE AND MARINA BEACH COMMITTEE. SO MOVE, SO MOVE SECOND. ALL SECOND. SORRY. OKAY. ALL, UH, LET'S MOVE TO THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIAL FROM EXECUTIVE WE HAVE NOT COVERED TODAY? NO, MA'AM. UM, I DID ASK, UH, FOR TODD SOME CLARIFICATION ON THINGS. UM, ONE OF 'EM WAS THAT THE, UM, THE HOIST IN BASIN FOUR IS INDEED CITY PROPERTY BUILT IN 61 AND, UM, IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THEN THE MARON BEACH, DID THEY HAVE THEIR COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY? WE DID. WE HAD OUR MAINTENANCE, UH, COMMITTEE. AND ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS, UH, HU APPAREL, UH, BEACH, THE ACCESS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TRASH THAT'S, UH, COMING UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD SO WE CAN, UH, LOOK AND GETTING THAT CLEANED, NOT HAVING THE STREET SWEEPER. AND THAT'S, UH, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER MARINO FOR BRINGING THAT UP. UH, EVERYTHING ELSE HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS OR ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? FROM COMMISSIONERS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING A FILE? THOSE SAY AYE, AYE. A OPPOSED EXTENSIONS. OKAY. FROM THERE, WE'RE MOVING ON, UH, TO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS ANNOUNCEMENTS. I KNOW WE DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE VOTER ASSOCIATION AND MAYBE A SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT. SO, OKAY. GO AHEAD. UH, MAY TURN. OH, HI. UM, MADAM COMMISSIONER, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MY NAME'S ANDREW . I'M A LONG TIME, LONG BEACH RESIDENT. I BELIEVE IT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET. ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, UH, I HAVE TWO REQUESTS. I GUESS THEY'RE REALLY DIRECTED AT THE MARINE BUREAU, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEND THEM THROUGH YOU. UM, AND, UM, THEY'RE BOTH PERTAINING TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE A, A TRAILER AND BOAT IN YOUR DRIVE BOAT STORAGE ON BOATHOUSE LANE. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THAT'S LOCATED? RIGHT. AND, UM, IT'S A LIMITATION ON THE BROWN ACT. WE, WE CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE REALLY CAN'T RESPOND, SO, OKAY. WELL, I'M, UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE SPOT FOR 30 YEARS NOW, AND WITH DAVIES' LAUNCH RAMP, THAT WAS THE RAMP OF CHOICE CLOSED, WE'RE NOW USING THE MARINA, UH, EXCUSE ME, MAR STADIUM LAUNCH RAMP AND MY REQUEST TO SEE IF, IF AT LEAST ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, YOU COULD PUT IN A FLOATING DOCK OVER THERE. BECAUSE LAUNCHING THE BOAT AND THEN BEACHING, IT IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS. AND FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS, CLIMBING OVER THE SAND OUT WITH [02:10:01] THE RAIL ONTO THE BOAT BACK AND FORTH REALLY CUTS DOWN ON THE EXPERIENCE OF, UH, GETTING OUT ON THE BOAT. MY WIFE CAN'T DO IT AT ALL. SHE HAS TWO KNEE REPLACEMENTS. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO CLIMB OVER. UH, AND, UH, YOUR, UH, QUEEN MARY RAMP IS TOO STEEP FOR MY BOAT. IT, UH, IT DOESN'T WORK WITH THE BOLTON TRAILER CONFIGURATION, SO THE MARINE STADIUM IS THE PLACE TO GO AND, UH, IT CAN BE DONE PRETTY EASILY. I HAVE SOME PICTURES I THOUGHT I COULD SHARE WITH YOU. UM, MAYBE I CAN LEAVE THEM OVER HERE. I DON'T HAVE ONE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I HAVE SEVERAL, AND THIS IS IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. THEY CONSTRUCTED A MODULAR DOCK FOR A MOVIE SET AND RESTATE 'EM TO HAVE A 40 FOOT BOAT SITTING THERE. UM, I'D RECOMMEND YOU GO BY AND LOOK AT IT TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS. IT, IT TOOK HIM NO TIME AT ALL TO GET THAT INSTALLED, BUT IF WE HAD ONE THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON GIES TO NINE MONTHS OR 10 MONTHS OR WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP TO US, THE PUBLIC. SO THAT'S REQUEST ONE. REQUEST TWO HAS TO DO WITH THE OLYMPICS. UM, YOU KNOW, I TRIED, UH, GETTING TICKETS FROM THE GROWING EVENT THAT WERE ALL SOLD OUT, SO I, I LOST OUT ON THAT. BUT YOUR CITY RENDERING SHOWS WHERE I STORE MY BOAT. IT'S GONNA BE A VIEWING STAND. AND, UM, SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA BE AN EFFORT TO RELOCATE THE BOATS, UH, IN THE DRY BOAT STORAGE. I SURE HOPE SO ANYWAY. AND UH, I THINK FOR US IN THE DRY BOAT STORAGE IS, IT'S HIGH TIME THAT WE HAVE SOME INTERACTION WITH, WITH THE MARINE BUREAU TO UH, UH, GET OUR OPINION ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO US. WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE LOCATED, HOW LONG WE'RE GONNA BE LOCATED, WHAT'S THE SECURITY SITUATION GONNA BE, UH, DURING THAT, THAT PERIOD OF TIME. IT, I, IT'S, UM, I HAVE THE, UH, LETTER HERE ABOUT DAVIES. I SENT, I MARKED UP A COUPLE OF SECTIONS AND I'LL JUST SHOW IT TO YOU. IT'S AN EMAIL I RECEIVED. I RECEIVED SEVEN DAYS NOTICE OUT OF THE BLUE THAT DAVIES WAS GONNA BE CLOSED. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE THE MARINA READER OR ANYTHING THAT, UH, DAVIES WAS GOING TO BE CLOSED. SO THAT WAS QUITE A SHOCK. AND I'M HOPING WITH THE MARINE, UH, WITH, WITH THE, UH, OLYMPICS AND BEING RELOCATED, WE DON'T RECEIVE SEVEN DAYS NOTICE. AND I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE IDEA OF RELOCATING OURSELVES. I MEAN, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF YOU AND YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE ARE THEY GONNA LOCATE 120 VOTES TO MAKE IT USABLE IN A HIGH TIME OF SUMMER TO USE 'EM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY. I, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A, A BURDEN AND I'M ALL FOR THE OLYMPICS, BUT I, I REALLY NEED US TO HAVE SOME PREPARATION TIME WHEN THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN AND, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT AS TO, UM, UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO THOSE ARE MY TWO REQUESTS. THE FLOATING LAUNCH RAMP ONE, AND THEN THE OLYMPICS RELOCATION NUMBER TWO. SO I THANK YOU WITH THAT. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY. AND THEN, OH MAN, DO I WANNA RESPOND? SO, UH, BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE IT REFLECTED IN, UM, A FUTURE MEETING. WELL, I'M HOPING THERE WE, SOMETHING HAPPENS PRETTY SOON AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH THE FLOATING DOCK, YOU PROBABLY WANT MY NAME SPELLED LIKE IT SOUNDS. OKAY. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF OF THINGS FROM THE LONG BEACH MARINA HEALTH ASSOCIATION. UM, SO THAT LAST MEETING OF THE MAC, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LIGHTING ON STU, UM, BETWEEN PCH AND . AND UM, SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS. NICK. UM, I DID CONTACT, UH, WE CONTACT WITH NICK IN DISTRICT THREE'S OFFICE. HE DID RECENTLY MAY 7TH, THAT HER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ANI WILL VOLUNTARILY INSTALL SOME TEMPORARY LIGHTING. IT'S STILL A PROBLEM, SUSAN, ACTUALLY AFTER THIS SINCE MARCH. SO I HOPE SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THAT. I WROTE A LETTER TODAY, I SENT IT A LESSON LEARNED FOR THE FUTURE MITIGATION MEASURES SHOULD BE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON. BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIGHTING THERE. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THE, UM, WORKERS IN THE MORNING DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THEIR PROPER ATTIRE ON. IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE. SO ANYWAY, IT'S A FOLLOW UP TO LAST MEETING. WE DID THAT. UM, AT SHORELINE ALSO AS A FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS COMPLAINING, [02:15:01] WELL, I'M SORRY. UM, WE'RE , WE'VE WORKED HARD WITH DISTRICT ONE, WITH THE MARINE BUREAU WITH, TO GET, UM, WITH PUBLIC EVENTS TO GET THINGS KIND OF ORGANIZED OR GET THE PARKING ISSUES AND STUFF THAT SHORELINE USUALLY HAS ISSUES WITH. WE JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS ABOUT, UM, THE GRAND PRIX. THE GRAND PRIX CONSISTENTLY SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE BETTER EVENTS RUN. UM, AND THAT'S A MODEL FOR THE OLYMPICS AND IT'S A GOOD MODEL. AND SO, UM, WHEN THAT WAS A GOOD EVENT, THERE WAS A, A HICCUP AND BRIAN TOOK CARE OF IT. I'VE ASKED SHORELINE TO WRITE YACHT CLUB AND OTHERS IN SHORELINE TO WRITE, UM, AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, DEFINING WHAT WORKED AND DIDN'T BECAUSE WE SHOULD GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK OR FEEDBACK. 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR FOR A LONG TIME. UM, THEN LAST NIGHT WE HOSTED THE LA UM, UH, ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THE COUNTY ASSESSOR, UM, OFFICE AT LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB. SO THANK YOU FOR THEM. AND JEFF FRANK DID SHOW UP WITH AT LEAST, UM, 10 STAFF PEOPLE. THEY WERE VERY GREAT ABOUT ANSWERING ALL THE GENERAL QUESTIONS AND THEN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UM, ALSO CHRISTINA AND OTHER NOTABLES INCLUDED BRIAN AND NOMA AND BOB AND THERE WERE ABOUT 80 ATTENDEES. UM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I LEARNED IS THAT IT'S ONE OF THE ASSESSOR IS ONE OF THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE ASSESSOR, THE DA AND THE SHERIFF. THERE ARE 33,000 VOTES IN LA UM, THAT INCLUDES PRIVATE VESSELS AND BARGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. ASSESSOR VALUES THE PROPERTY. I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THIS, I DIDN'T. THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. AND IF THEY DON'T GET IT RIGHT, THEN THE REST OF THE WHOLE PROCESS GETS WRONG. UM, THEY COVERED THINGS LIKE HOW TO VALUE YOUR VOTE OR HOW THEY VALUE YOUR VOTE, IMPORTANT DATES, FORMS USEFUL LIS AND HOW TO FILE FOR APPEALS. UM, THEY'VE INITIATED A NEW E-FILING SERVICE TO, SO YOU CAN EASILY CHANGE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. THEY HAVE A HOMEOWNER'S ALERT SERVICE, WHICH YOU CAN REGISTER FOR. AND THIS IS TO PREVENT, UM, UM, IDENTITY THEFT OR SOMEBODY. SO WHENEVER THERE'S A FORECLOSURE OR TRANSFER OR A TITLE OR A MORTGAGE IS RECORDED ON YOUR PROPERTY, THEY WILL SEND YOU WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS A NOTICE. SO OTHERWISE YOU FIND OUT LATER, TWO LATER. UM, THERE WAS THE HOT TOPIC OF COURSE, WAS WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR SCHOOLS, ET CETERA WHEN WE DON'T EVEN LIVE IN LA COUNTY AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY THE MUD TAX? YOU KNOW, WHY FOR THE SPACE OF THE THING. UM, AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID I WOULD DO IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING IN OUR ANNUAL MEETING IN OCTOBER, WE WILL GET SOMEONE FROM THE RECREATIONAL VOTERS OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA THAT IS REALLY OUR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES IN CA IN SACRAMENTO. AND WE WILL GET SOMEONE THERE TO DISCUSS THAT. UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T MAKE THOSE RULES, THEY JUST FOLLOW THE RULES. UM, AND THEN I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE THING ABOUT THE 5K AND THE SEVEN K, YOU KNOW, THE MINUTE THE NEW MINIMUM CHANGE. OH, SO NO, NO COMMENT. HE, HE CAN'T TALK AND THEN, OH, WELL THAT'S THAT. OKAY, SOMETHING CHANGED FROM A MINIMUM OF 5,000 TO 7,000. I DON'T GET IT. UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE OLYMPICS, WE HAVE, BOA HAS DISAPPOINTED A LIAISON TO BASICALLY FOLLOW UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHAT EVENTS ARE UPCOMING, UM, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANCED NOTICE ABOUT THAT. AND WE REALLY WANT TO, UM, I REACHED OUT TO MIKE VANDYKE FROM US SALINE TO SEAN AND BARRELL FROM THE CITY OF OLYMPIC, UH, LONG BEACH TO IDENTIFY SOME POSSIBLE OLYMPIC TEAMS OR GROUPS TO WORK WITH ON AN EVENT DESIGNATED TO BRING TOGETHER OLYMPIC TEAMS WITH GLOBAL VOTING COMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD BE A POKER RUN IN ALAMEDA BAY. WE STOPS AT THE VARIOUS SHOT CLUBS. SO ANYWAY, WORKING ON THAT, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT WE CAN, THAT THEN WHEN THE ACTUAL OLYMPICS ARE GOING ON IN 2028, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE LOCKED. IT'S VENUE USE GUARANTEES ARE WHAT'S GONNA BE VERY LIMITED. SO I'M TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED BEFORE WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT THE PRE THE TRIALS AND ALL OF THAT AND GET US MORE INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING OF. SO I REPORT THANKS FRAMEWORK. THANK YOU. THANKS WORK. UH, COMMISSIONER BLUR, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING, [02:20:01] UH, SOMETHING YOU LEARNED FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE? YES, I WAS EDUCATED LAST NIGHT THAT I, I, I GOTTA SAY THAT, THAT'S A BROWN. I, IT, IT IS A, IT IS STILL A REPORT THROUGH. I THINK WE'RE, IT'S GRAY AREA. WE'RE ALREADY THE, IT'S A GRAY AREA. OKAY. I LIVE AT THE GRAY RIGHT NOW, NEXT MONTH. I, FOR THE GRACE. OKAY. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, MA'AM. UM, GOING FOR, UH, FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, WE HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON JUNE 4TH IN THE MARINE OFFICE ON MARINA DRIVE. WE HAVE THAILAND'S CAPITAL PROJECT COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND ON JUNE 11TH IN ADVANCE OF OUR MEETING. UM, THAT'LL BE AT ONE 30. OUR REGULAR MAT MEETING WILL BE AT TWO 30. UM, SAVE THAT CHANNEL HERE IN THE LUXURIOUS, UM, BIXBY PARK SOCIAL HALL. AND THEN, UM, REGARDING OUR ADJOURNMENT, UM, ONE OF OUR FORMER COMMISSIONERS, AVIS HAS GIVEN BIRTH, UM, TO A WOMAN THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE AN INCREDIBLE SPARK AND LOTS OF FIRE IN THE FUTURE OF, UH, OF MARINE COMMISSION MEETINGS. EMBER, EMBER. OH, RIGHT THERE. THERE SHE GOES. * 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.