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ADVISORY COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, AND IT IS, TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH AT EIGHT 30, AND WE ARE LOCATED IN OUR ALAMEDA BAY MARINA CONFERENCE ROOM AT 2 0 5 NORTH MARINA DRIVE FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.UH, I HAVE WE ALL REVIEWED THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING? IF SO, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES.
ANY DISCUSSION ADDITIONS, CHANGES FROM, UH, EITHER COMMISSION MEMBERS, STAFF, OR ANY OTHERS? NO, MA'AM.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, I, I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND AND DISCUSS THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AGENDA ITEMS, UH, DISCUSSION.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO LOOKING AT OUR PROPOSED AGENDA.
AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH WITH OUR TRADITIONAL BOILERPLATE, UH, THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
AND, UM, OUR FIRST IS, UM, A COMMENDATION FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING ON KAYAKS, ON CLEANUPS.
AND WHO WANTS TO SHARE DETAILS ON THAT? ME
THIS HAS BEEN MY BABY FOR SO LONG, AND I FINALLY REACHED MICHELLE HOWARD.
UM, MICHELLE HAD A VERY DEBILITATING STROKE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
UH, SHE HAD TO COMPLETELY REHAB AND LEARN EVERYTHING OVER AGAIN.
THEY GO OUT, SHE AND HER FATHER GO OUT IN THE ALAMEDA BAY CHANNEL THERE BY MOTHER'S BEACH, AND THEY GO OUT ONCE A WEEK AND THEY'RE STILL CLEANING OUT PLASTICS, TOYS, FLOATS, AND ALL KINDS OF, UM, TRASH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER CLEANING UP OR ANY OF THE GARBAGE THEY'VE BROUGHT BACK? THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
SHE HAS AN, A PERSONAL ASSISTANT, UM, NAMED CANDACE NER.
CANDACE IS PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, INVITE NEW OH, SO IT'LL BE IN OUR PACKET AND SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT? YES.
AND, UH, I, AND THEN THAT WHERE WE MEET IS VERY ACCESSIBLE, SO THAT'S GOOD.
THERE'S NO, I KNOW IT'S SOMETIME A CHALLENGE AT THE BREW AND DEN.
SO I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CANDACE AND CANDACE SAYS, WELL, MICHELLE KEEPS SENDING ME PICTURES.
AND I SAID, WELL, YOU ONLY GET ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
SO, UM, THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON, ON THE WORDING THERE, THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC ADOPTED HER NAME ABOUT KAYAK CLEANUPS AND THE ANNUAL ONE WILL BE JUNE 12TH.
YEAH, THEY'LL BE THE NEXT DAY THEY'LL ANNOUNCE, THEY'LL ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, THEN, UM, ARE YOU GOING TO BE INTRODUCING THEM? I THINK SO.
AND, AND CAN YOU GIVE US, UM, A WARM AS AN INTRODUCTION AS YOU DID FOR US TO MAKING SURE OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
OVER THE TOP AND KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THE BACK.
I, I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE THE FACT ABOUT HER, HER STROKE.
I LET, I LET HER DO THAT, DO THAT PART, BUT I CAN JUST SAY THE DEDICATION AND HOW I CAN SAY SHE HAD HEALTH CHALLENGES.
AND WE CAN DO TAKE IT FROM THERE.
UM, BUT, UH, I WAS WALKING MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG
NORMALLY HER FRONT DOOR IS ALWAYS CLOSED.
I RING THE DOORBELL, NOBODY COMES, NONE OF THE HER AND SHE'S NOT, SHE, SHE'S NOT IN A WHEELCHAIR OR ANYTHING.
SHE'S WALKING AND SHE'S THE FACT SHE GETS IN A KAYAK AND CLEAN.
UM, BUT SHE HAD LIKE THREE OR FOUR BRAIN OPERATIONS.
SO SHE SAYS, I'M A LITTLE SLOWER THAN I USED TO BE.
AND SHOWING THAT ANYONE AT, AT ANY LEVEL OF, UM, ABILITY CAN MAKE A CONTRIBUTION AND, AND HOW APPRECIATIVE WE ARE OF ALL THAT.
SHE SAID SHE'S REALLY WANTS HER DAD TO BE HONORED.
'CAUSE SHE SAID, IT IS MY DAD THAT KEPT ME GOING.
IT'S MY DAD THAT'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I THINK SHE SAID HE'S ABOUT 72.
SO, SO I'M, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT MY LAST MEETING, I GOT
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YEAH, BECAUSE SHE CAME, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST OR SECOND YEAR I WAS ON THE, THE COMMISSION.SO IT'S BEEN EIGHT YEARS NOW, SO.
UM, SHE CAME AND PRESENTED AND SHE WAS HOPING TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE MARINE BUREAU AND AT THAT TIME, UM, IT WASN'T POSSIBLE.
SO JUST TO BE, GIVE HER RECOGNITION.
ANY, ANYTIME WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND IT'S JUST SUCH A HUGE NEED.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE, UM, THE CHARITY REGATTA COMING UP AND THE AMAZING CONTRIBUTION THAT SEAL BEACH HAS DONE.
UM, YEAH, I I DO HAVE, I ASKED KELLY TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
SO SHE WILL BE COMING TO, TO THE EVENT, UH, TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE WORKING TO GET THE MERIDIAN YACHT CLUB PEOPLE TO BRING THE, UM, DO THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST.
AND WELL, JUST FOR CLARITY, WE'VE MOVED ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON CHILDREN'S CLINIC? THAT CAN BE A PART OF OUR PACKET TOO.
LET ME SEE IF SHE HAS ANYTHING THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE.
UM, I'VE BEEN ASKING HER LIKE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THE MATERIALS READY WHEN I WAS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UM, LEMME SEE IF SHE HAS ANYTHING THAT I CAN USE.
I, I THINK THERE'S EVEN A ONE PAGER AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL KIND OF STARTED FROM THE VAN D**E FAMILY AND SINCE HE HAS SUCH A BIG ROLE WITH THE UPCOMING OLYMPICS, IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SHOW THAT LINKAGE THAT IT'S BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG AND HOW HE'LL BEACH YACHT CLUB IS REALLY RUN WITH A BALL ON THEIR FUNDRAISING AND THE TRADITION OF THAT SWAP MEET.
HOW MANY, WHAT'S THE, IN THEIR CHARTER, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO THEY ALREADY GET? THE THE, THEY DON'T HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE OF ANY PARKING.
IT WASN'T A PART OF THEIR AGREEMENT, BUT NO, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE NON-EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO PARKING OKAY.
VIA THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE.
SO TO GET THE SWAP MEET DONE, THEY NEED TO GET A PERMIT FROM US.
AND DOES, IS IT STILL BENEFITING THE, UH, THE, IT USED TO BE THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC, NOW IT'S TCC CLINIC.
AND THE EXPANSION OF THE CHILDREN'S CLINICS AND EVERYTHING IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE HOW MUCH OUTREACH AND, AND WHERE THAT REALLY GOES.
AND WELL, AND ALL, ALL PUBLIC CLINICS ARE, ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDING.
WELL, AND HOW THEY'VE EXPANDED FROM CHILDREN AND THEY TOOK GOOD CARE OF A LOT OF SENIORS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE ONSITE WITH A LOT OF OUR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
AND, AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR MANY OF OUR CITIZENS TO GET TO HEALTHCARE.
SO TO HAVE IT ON SITE IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
NICHOLAS HAS SOMETHING LIKE 12 OR MORE CLINICS NOW, FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE CLINICS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH.
THEY, THEY, THEY TRY TO KEEP IT TO MARINE ITEMS AND THEN, AND REACH OUT TO SOME FISHING PEOPLE AND GETTING FISHING EQUIPMENT IN THERE, UM, TO JUST EVERYTHING THEY CAN THINK OF IN THE EASY ONES TWICE.
UH, AND THEN TO MAKE IT KIND OF A FESTIVE AREA, THEN THE YACHT CLUB OPENS UP THEIR CLUB, UM, AND HAS ANOTHER LITTLE PAPER CLUB, MARINA YACHT CLUB, UH, FLIPPING PANCAKES.
AND, UH, SO IT, IT'S THE PLACE TO GO.
YOU CAN BUY A PANCAKE I'S ALL GOING TO THE CHARITY, BUY SOME STUFF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WINS.
SO PEOPLE DONATE THE STUFF TO HAVE IT GO TO THE CHARITY.
MAYBE YOU RENT A SPOT KIND OF LIKE A SWAP MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GENERATING ALL THEIR REVENUE IS HUSTLING AND THAT'S WHY KELLY'S SO BUSY ON THE PHONE AND SENDING OUT FLYERS AND, UM, REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WHO'VE PREVIOUSLY GOT A LITTLE SPACE AND THAT'S GREAT.
IT'S LIKE NAPLES NAPLES GARAGE OR SWAP MEET THEY HAVE IN NAPLES TOO.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS DEFINITELY, UM, BECAUSE THAT WHOLE ASSOCIATION OF, UM, OF ALL THE YACHT CLUBS COMING TOGETHER, IT'S REALLY THE ONLY EVENT THAT THEY ALL COME TOGETHER.
AND IT HASN'T BEEN AS, UH, ZEALOUS AS IT HAS BEEN IN PAST YEARS.
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BUT DEFINITELY THIS PORTION HAS, UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, OUR LITTLE SHIPS FLEET YACHT CLUB, UH, WHICH THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, SEVERAL EVENTS AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR, THEIR GLORIFIED LITTLE TRAILER OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE,UM, SO IT'S, IT'S BECOME LIKE HAVING THE GARAGE DOOR OPEN THAT THEY, IT'S JUST A GOOD PLACE FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND UM, I KNOW THEY WATCH OUT FOR SOME OF THE MARINE LIFE ALONG THERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE BIG GREAT THING.
THAT'S ONE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR YACHT CLUB UNIVERSITY IN OUR MARINES IS IT'S NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
UH, WE HAVE SMALL, SMALL YACHT CLUBS.
WE HAVE PAPER YACHT CLUBS, WE HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR YACHT CLUBS.
UM, WE HAVE MEDIUM-SIZED YACHT CLUBS.
SO IT, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SMALL, ARE THEY ALL AFFILIATED? CAN THEY GO TO EACH OTHER'S YACHT, YACHT CLUBS, RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS TRADITIONALLY, NO.
AND THEY, THEY TRADITIONALLY RECIPROCALS PUT A CAP THAT ANY CLUB WITHIN 10 MILES IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RECIPROCAL BENEFITS, ALTHOUGH LONG BEACH IS PURSUING THAT.
RIGHT NOW, ALL THE CLUBS THEY TOLD NO TO IN THE PAST, THEY'RE SAYING, OOH, IF WE'RE CLOSED FOR A YEAR, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD OFFER RECIPROCALS TO OUR MEMBERS? SURE.
AND I THINK THAT'LL, THAT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
AND IT, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, AND LITTLE SHIP'S FLEET WOULD NOT HAVE A CLUBHOUSE AND AN ACTUAL LOCATION IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MARINE BUREAU AND WORKING WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH THE NAVY YACHT CLUB SO THAT THEY'VE GOT SPACE AND, UM, PERMITTED ENOUGH THINGS AND THEY, THEY DO A COUPLE THINGS IN A GRAY AREA THAT IS A LITTLE UNDER THE RADAR.
AND, UH, THE, THE BUREAU
WHEN'S LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB CLOSING DOWN? UH, THAT'S GOING FOR A, A BIG VOTE AND A OH, OKAY.
SO IT'S ALL, ALL, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF.
SO I JUST GOT TO, LET'S STICK TO AGENDA.
WELL I'M JUST, SO, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT IS SHOWING THANK YOU.
THAT WOULD BE AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE, OUR MANAGER'S REPORT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, YOU KNOW, STANDARD REPORT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF JUST BECAUSE, UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, HOUSEKEEPING FOR THE COMMISSION WITH, UH, WITH APPOINTING, UH, WITH THE NEXT COUPLE ITEMS. SO RIGHT.
WE'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH IT QUICK.
ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO FOCUS ON? YES, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A RE RECENT, UM, FOCUS ON TRAINING.
AND I, UM, LIKE TO SHOW THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL FULLY TRAINED.
IF WE COULD PUT LIKE A MATRIX OF THE CLASSES THAT WE'VE PERFORMED IN EACH OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WHATEVER FORMAT THAT TAMLIN CAN GET THAT IN.
UM, BECAUSE I AM PROUD AS OUR COMMISSION AND THAT'S, UM, KUDOS TO STAFF FOR HELPING US THROUGH, UM, WHEN WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES, WHETHER WITH A SOFTWARE OR OUR OWN HARDWARE.
AND THEN JUST REMEMBERING TO TAKE THE TRAINING.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S A SHORT TURNAROUND ON THAT, AND I THINK WE WANNA JUST SHOW THAT TO US.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A STANDARD THING IN OUR MONTHLY REPORT.
AND THEN MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM SIX, UH, WE WILL HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS PRIOR.
UM, ONE WILL BE THE MEETING WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, AND THE OTHER IS THE STATUS ON TIDELANDS PROJECTS, WHICH OF COURSE IS GETTING A LOT OF VISIBILITY.
AND DO WE KNOW ANYTHING SPECIAL ON THAT, ON THAT PRE-MEETING? WILL CHARLENE BE PRESENTING FROM PUBLIC WORKS OR, UH, YES.
UH, JUST OUR STANDARD, UH, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING FOR TIME WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF, UH, PRESENTING ON, UH, ACTIVE, UPCOMING AND, UH, HOPEFULLY SOME ALMOST COMPLETED PROJECTS.
LOT OF, LOT OF LOT OF NEWS ON THE INSTAGRAMS AND THE FACEBOOKS AND EVERYTHING REGARDING THE LAGOON AND HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN.
AND NOW PEOPLE ARE CHIMING IN AND I DIDN'T MOVE HERE FOR THIS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IT IT'S GOTTA BE HARD HAR HEARTFELT FOR US TO HAVE THAT EMPATHY TOWARDS THEM, BUT THEY JUST FOUND SO MUCH STUFF WHEN THEY DUG INTO THAT, IT WAS JUST, THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
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YEAH.AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD, THEY'VE RAN, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'VE RAN INTO A LOT OF THINGS THAT IT'S, IT'S UNKNOWNS, YOU KNOW? NO, YOU DON'T KNOW.
UH, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.
THE TIMELINE RIGHT NOW IS, IS GETTING TOWARDS THE SUMMER, UH, FALL AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR, FOR THE PARK OPENING.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE REPORT FROM, UH, FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO, TO GET A FULL, UH, TIMELINE.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE FULL SPEED AHEAD TRYING TO GET IT DONE AS SOON AS THEY CAN.
UH, AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT, AND NOW WE'RE, UM, LET'S THINK ON TIMING OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL, AND THOSE TWO MEMBERS WILL THEN ELECT THE FOLKS THAT'LL BE SERVING AFTER THEY'RE GONE, CORRECT? YEAH.
IT'S ONLY ONES THAT KNOW US OR KNOW THE PEOPLE.
YOU BRING NEW PEOPLE IN, THEY DON'T KNOW ANYBODY.
SO, AND, UM, AND THEN ANY OF THE NEW PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEW PEOPLE? THE NEW INCOMING ONES? YOU DON'T KNOW IF YEAH, JUST, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT A COMMISSIONER YET.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN A PLAY IN THIS.
IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN EACH OF THE, UM, THE SLOTS THAT ARE FILLED FOR THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEN THERE'LL BE ENOUGH OPENINGS FOR THE NEW ONES THERE THROUGH ABSOLUTELY.
JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE TOTALLY INCLUSIVE AND NOT NO OPPORTUNITY IS MISSED FOR ANY PERSON THAT'S ENTHUSIASTIC AND NEW ON A COMMITTEE.
AND THOSE THINGS THAT IF, IF SOMEONE HAS A TRUE PASSION FOR A CERTAIN COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
WE, WE, WE WANT TO HAVE BALANCED SUBCOMMITTEES.
WE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF SOMEONE HAS A PASSION FOR WANTING WELL, AND ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER, AND THEY CAN SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHIN THOSE, SO EXACTLY.
JUST GIVING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO EVERY PERSON VOICE.
THEN, UM, HOW CAN WE, UM, SHOULD WE INCLUDE BEFORE IN OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHERE DO YOU SUGGEST RECOGNITION OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED PROB
PROBABLY IN THE BEGINNING WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL OPEN YOUR, OPEN YOUR MEETING MM-HMM
UH, INITIAL REMARKS AND, AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
SO DO YOU WANNA HAVE THAT JUST INFORMALLY AFTER ROLL CALL? EXACTLY.
AND THEN, UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, YEARS OF SERVICE AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH ON BOTH? I CAN LOOK THROUGH SOME MINUTES AND HELP WITH THAT.
UH, WE WILL WORK TO IT THIS WEEK AND THEN WE WILL WE'LL, AND I CAN COORDINATE SOME TOO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONSERVATION CORPS, THE KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE PARTY, UM, WHAT LIZ HAS BROUGHT WITH ALL OF HER, UH, WETLANDS EXPERIENCE AND, UH, YEAH.
LET'S, LET'S DO SOMETHING NICE TO, TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THOSE FOLKS AND MAYBE EVEN IF WE CAN DO A SUMMARY BLURB IN YOUR MARINA READER WITH THE YEAH, YEAH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE OR DISCUSSION ON PARKING? I KNOW WE'VE REQUESTED THAT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE RECEIVING QUESTIONS DAILY FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW, UH, UH, THE NEW MUSIC VENUE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PARK IN THE PARKING STRUCTURES BY THE CONVENTION CENTER.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE CLOSER THAT PEOPLE WILL DEFINITELY BE PARKING THERE AND WALKING, WALKING ACROSS.
IT'S $55 TO PARK AND IT'S $10 TO PARK IN THE OTHER LOTS WHERE THERE'S RESTAURANTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, OR IT'S FREE WITH A VALIDATION THAT THEY GO IN AND HAVE A DRINK OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE.
AND WHAT SIDE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? UM, YEAH.
WHAT LOCATION OF PARKING BE SPECIFIC? ALL, UH, DOWNTOWN LIGHT WHERE PARK PI, PIKE, PIKE OUTLETS, THE PIKE OUTLETS PARK.
WELL, PI OUTLETS NOW HAVE A NEW OWNER.
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WELL, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE OWNER, I'M SAYING WELL, BUT THAT, SO THAT WHOLE PIKE THING'S GONNA CHANGE A LOT WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP.AND THEN WE'RE, AND THEN THAT PINE AVENUE, PIER AREA, AND THEN THE, UM, THE REEF RESTAURANT IS NOW CONVERTING TO A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, NOT JUST A CATERING VENUE.
AND THEN THE QUEEN MARY'S MODIFYING SOME OF THEIR HOURS AND SCHEDULES TO GO WITH THE AMPHITHEATER.
I THINK THAT COMES BACK TO THE REPORT THAT WE HAD LAST MONTH, UM, ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE STATUS.
AND I THINK OUR COMMENTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED THERE AS THEY WERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS, THIS SATURDAY IS THE OPENING FIRST CONCERT OPENING NIGHT.
UM, BUT TODAY, UM, CITY STAFF IS TESTING THE, UH, THE SHUTTLE SERVICE.
UH, SO THERE'S GONNA BE UPWARDS OF, UH, 1000, 2000.
UH, PEOPLE, UH, UM, TAKING A, A, UH, TRIAL RUN OF, OF THE SHUTTLE SERVICE AND THE, THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE FROM THAT AREA, FROM THE PIKE OUTLETS FROM THE DOWNTOWN SHORELINE, UH, RAINBOW HARBOR AREA OVER TO THE EVENT.
SO WE'LL BE PART OF THE PIKE OUTLETS, SO THEY WILL HAVE SHUTTLES PICKING PEOPLE UP THERE ANYWAY.
UH, AND THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THERE'S VIDEOS ONLINE INSTRUCTING YOU HOW TO DO IT.
AND WHAT YOUR TICKET MEANS AND, AND WHERE TO GET YOUR SHUTTLE BACK.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, REALLY, REALLY EXCITING IN THE WAY IS HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THERE.
WE'RE REALLY, REALLY LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF GETTING THERE.
AND BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS, IT'S NOT, HEY, DRIVE DIRECTLY TO THE LOCATION AND THEN WALK RIGHT IN.
UH, WHAT, WHAT THE AMPHITHEATER IS REALLY, REALLY DRIVING IS COME TO DOWNTOWN.
WE'LL GET YOU OVER THERE, WE'LL GET YOU BACK.
WE WANT YOU TO STAY IN DOWNTOWN AND ENJOY DOWNTOWN AS WELL.
SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO SHOWCASE OUR DOWNTOWN AREA VIA A TRANSPORTATION PATHWAY TO AND FROM THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO TODAY'S THE, THE TRIAL RUN OF IT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE SOME THINGS THAT JUST HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT AND, AND MASSAGED AND MODIFIED, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO REALLY GET SOME DOWNTOWN AREA.
WHERE'D THEY GET ALL THE PEOPLE? WOULD THEY LIKE, PUT THE WORD OUT TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EVERYWHERE AND SAID, DO YOU WANT BE PART OF A, UH, CITY, CITY STAFF? CITY STAFF? WERE TAKING IT.
UH, VOLUNTEERS, A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE, UH, CONVENTION, UH, UH, VISITORS BUREAU.
SO ARE THEY JUST GETTING ON THE SHUTTLE OR THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING THEIR CARS TO PARKING LOTS? UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE, I BELIEVE THEY'RE JUST HOPPING ON THE SHUTTLE AND PE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, UH, RALLYING, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEN HEADING OVER VIA THE, THE SHUTTLE SERVICE FROM THERE.
ANY FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, HOW IT RUNS S OVER ANY OTHER YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT RESTROOMS. UM, SO I THINK ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO HAVE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ADDRESS US ON.
UM, WE'LL ASK YOU TO INCORPORATE WITHIN YOUR MANAGER'S REPORT.
UM, AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE WILL GET PICKED UP IN THE TIDE LENS BEFOREHAND, UM, IN SOME OF THOSE SCHEDULES.
AND IF THERE'S SPECIFICALLY ANYTHING YOU WANT CHARLENE TO FOCUS ON, LET'S, LET'S STAFF KNOW RIGHT AWAY SO THAT SHE CAN INCORPORATE WHATEVER SCHEDULES ON THAT
I WON'T, I'LL TALK AFTERWARDS.
ARE THERE NO FURTHER BUSINESS THEN? UH, WILL ADJOURN AT 8 54.