* 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. BEING TO ORDER. [00:00:02] IT'S 1 37. AND CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? EXCUSE ME? UH, COMMISSIONER BLAIR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CAGER? HERE. COMMISSIONER LAMB? HERE. COMMISSIONER MURRAY HERE. YOU HAVE A FORM. THANK YOU. SO A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ONE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE TITLE ENDS CAPITAL PROJECT COMMITTEE MEETING OF THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2026. I MOVE THE, THE, UH, APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED. I'LL SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I ASK FOR THAT OR NO? YES, YOU DO. OKAY, . WELL, SINCE THERE'S NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE, I WOULD KEEP GOING. AND, UM, UH, THE CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SCENE NONE. SCENE NONE. AGENDA ITEM TWO. AGENDA ITEM TWO. UM, SO CHARLENE, DO YOU WANT ME TO MOVE? WHAT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU? MM-HMM . OKAY, GOOD. A GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, COMMISSIONERS CAPITAL COMMITTEE. UM, TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS OUR QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ON OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS WITHIN THE AREAS. UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE STRUCTURE THIS PRESENTATION AND KIND OF GO IN ORDER WITH WHAT'S IN CONSTRUCTION AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE BIDDING SLASH AWARD PHASE. UM, AND THEN FINALLY WITH PROJECTS IN PLANNING, PERMITTING AND OR DESIGN. UM, ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE WRAPPING UP AND CONCLUDING IS OUR KIND OF BOROUGH SPORTS. SPORTS LANDSCAPING. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS WAS A PROJECT TO, UM, ESSENTIALLY PUT IN YOU DO AND A NATIVE HABITAT PLANT TEAM ADJACENT TO THE SPORTS CORDS. UM, WE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME BALLOONS FROM SOME OF OUR, UM, PLANTS THAT WE'VE INSTALLED. UH, DON'T HAVE ANY THINGS ZOOMED OUT, BUT JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THE PHOTOS ON THE BOTTOM ARE FROM OUR PALLET AND OUR PLANS THAT WE SUBMITTED, UM, TO OUR PLANNING BUREAU. AND THEN THE PHOTOS ABOVE ARE SOME OF THE BALLOONS THAT WE HAVE OBSERVED IN MAY. AND SO WE'RE STILL IN THE ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD, AND THAT'S NEARLY COMPLETE. UM, WE DO GET MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS FOR HOW THESE ARE DOING. AND, UM, BASED ON THE RESTORATION COLLEGE'S RECOMMENDATION, WE SWAP OUT PLANS OR REPLANT, UM, WHEN WE OBSERVE THAT THERE IS CHARLENE. SO WE HAVE A FEW MORE, UM, WEEKS OF ESTABLISHMENT. UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL BECOME LUSH AND, AND FLOWERY AND BEAUTIFUL IN A FEW MONTHS TIME. MOVING ON TO OUR LIFEGUARD TOWERS REPLACEMENT PROJECT, UM, IN MARCH, 2025, OUR CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACT, UM, TO, UH, PURCHASE AND REPLACE, UH, 19 LIFEGUARD TOWERS. THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE, BUT ONLY 19 NEEDED, UH, REPLACEMENT. UM, TO DATE, ABOUT SIX TOWERS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AND INSTALLED, AND WANTED TO SHIFT SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE AND WHERE THOSE ARE. SO WE HAVE TOWER NEW TOWERS. UM, UM, WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH TODD'S GROUP AND WITH MARINE SAFETY FOR THE ROLLOUT AND REMOVAL OF THESE TOWERS. SO WE HAVE TOWERS AT 62ND CLAREMONT AND LAVERNE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 'EM AT 55TH PLACE FOR NOT IN PROSPECTS. SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STILL FABRICATING AND DELIVERING THEM AS THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING, UM, ALMOST MONTHLY DELIVERIES, UM, AT THIS POINT UNTIL ALL 19 TOWERS ARE REPLACED. AND WHEN ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO ALL BE REPLACED BY? UM, WE RECEIVED A NEW COMMITMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OKAY. UM, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING INTO 2027, AND I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER, THE, UH, SPORTS LANDSCAPING. DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT TO THE END? NO, WE CAN CUT IT. SO, UH, YOU WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO BE ESTABLISHED, AND I WAS WONDERING HOW IT'S PROGRESSING, HOW THEY'RE LOOKING, HOW MANY HAD BEEN REPLACED, AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH. [00:05:01] UM, REALLY, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. SO RIGHT NOW, UM, UM, OUR RESTORATION ECOLOGIST ON THIS, UM, ON THIS PROJECT IS TITLE INFLUENCE. AND SO THEY DO A MONTHLY REPORT, AND I BELIEVE ABOUT A FEW SPECIES HAVE BEEN, UM, REPLACED AND, AND SWAPPED OUT. UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE VERY FAIRLY SMALL. SO, UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, UM, ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD. UM, WE'LL PROBABLY WANT TO, UM, DO ADDITIONAL MONITORING JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL BEYOND THE 90 DAYS. AND THEN ARE, ARE THIS RESTORATION ONCOLOGIST, ARE THEY GONNA BE MAINTAINING THEM? UM, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY'RE ESTABLISHED? SO ONCE WE'VE, UM, ACCEPTED THEIR, UM, CONDITION, UH, WE WOULD TURN OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE ROWING BUREAU FOR MAINTENANCES, AND THAT'LL BE ROLLED OVER INTO OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS CONTRACT. OKAY. UH, JUST, UH, LIKE HOW WE TAKE CARE OF, UH, THE BLUFF AROUND. AND WHO AND WHO'S THAT? WHO DOES THAT CURRENTLY? RIGHT NOW THAT'S MOST WETLAND STEWARDS. STEWARDS. OKAY. UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S WHOEVER'S OUR CONTRACT VENDOR FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SETS, THE VARIOUS, SO I'M NOT TO JUST SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT I ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT INVASIVE PLANTS GETTING IN THERE AFTER YOU'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING EVERYTHING IN PLACE. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? MORE THAN LIKELY FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A 90 DAY ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD. MM-HMM . UH, WE'LL CARRY THAT 90 DAY ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD, DOING THE SAME THINGS PROBABLY AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS. MM-HMM . JUST TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PLANTS IN PLACE ARE TRULY, TRULY, TRULY ESTABLISHED IN A HARDY ENOUGH TO REALLY START BLOSSOMING AND LIVING ON THEIR OWN. UH, BUT WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR AFTER THAT AND MANAGE FROM THERE. BECAUSE A REALLY SPECIFIC EXAMPLE IS THE RED CAR, GREEN BELT, UM, THAT ALL THESE NATIVE PLANTS ARE PUT INTO PLACE. AND THEN THERE WAS REALLY NO PLAN TO KEEP UP WITH THE REALLY WEEDING THAT IT TAKES TO GET THE NATIVE PLANTS OUT. AND NOW THE NATIVE PLANTS HAVE, YOU KNOW, SWALLOWED UP. MOST THE INVASIVE PLANTS HAVE SWALLOWED UP MOST NATIVE PLANTS. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU DON'T WANNA SPEND RESOURCES ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEN HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, TAKEN OVER. AND IT HAPPENED PART OF MY OWN PERSONAL YARD TOO. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED HOW FAST AND AGGRESSIVELY THE NON-NATIVES COME BACK. IT WAS SOMETHING, A LESSON I LEARNED. SO, YEAH. AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR, OUR, OUR RESTORATION COLLEGES TO, UM, COME UP WITH A MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR, FOR A TURNOVER. UM, I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS WHEN A SPECIES DOES DIE OR IF IT'S NOT EASILY REPLACEABLE. 'CAUSE EVEN WITH SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PLANTS THAT GOT SOURCED OR GOT SPECIFIED, THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE. UM, SO, UM, ERIC HAD TO PICK ALTERNATE PLANS. YEAH. WELL, AND I KNOW ERIC AND HIS COMPANY REALLY WELL, HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THEM, SO YEAH. SO WE'LL WORK WITH HIM. SO IT'S A GOOD REMINDER JUST TO HAVE THAT, UM, TURNOVER MEMO, AND IT'S JUST SUCH A DRAG GUIDANCE IF IT ALL FALLS APART. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, YEAH, PLEASE. UM, SO, UM, THE NEXT PROJECT ON THE LIST THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS OUR COLORADO LAGOON RESTORATIONS. WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES OF PHOTOS, UM, UH, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME RECENT UPDATES OR RECENT COMPLETED WORK. AND THEN, UM, AT ONE OF THE LATER SLIDES FOR COLORADO LAGO AND SOME OF THE, UH, ANTICIPATED WORK. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WE'VE COMPLETED A LOT, LOT OF THE, SINCE WE'VE LAST PRESENTED TO THIS BODY, COMPLETED THE UTILITY MAIN LINES REPLACEMENT. AND SO THAT'S, UM, AREA LIKE, UH, RECLAIMED WATER, POTABLE WATER, ALL THOSE WERE TESTED AND ACCEPTED. UM, AND THEN NEW LATERALS CONNECTING FROM THOSE LINES, UH, TO SUPPORT THE NEAR, NEARBY FACILITIES WERE ALSO INSTALLED. UM, WHILE AT THE TIME WHEN WE LAST PRESENTED THE SEWERS SITE CONSTRUCTION WERE CONSTRUCTED, UM, AFTER OUR LAST MARCH MEETING, UH, THOSE UNDERWENT TESTING BY THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT AND REPAIRS WERE REQUIRED. AND THOSE ARE UNDERWAY, UH, AT MARINA VISTA PARK. HERE'S A PHOTO FROM APRIL. UM, WE COMPLETED OUR ROUNDS OF SOIL LEACHING, UM, SOIL NOURISHMENT, SAW INSTALLATION AND PLANTING IN THE MARINA VISTA PARK SIDE. SO THE UPLIFT AREAS, UM, AND THE, THAT THE FIELDS AND THE SOLID AREAS ARE UNDER ESTABLISHMENT. UH, THEY'LL BE COMPLETE, UH, BY THE END OF JULY FOR THEIR ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD. BUT [00:10:01] JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME PHOTOS, UM, OF RECENT WORK. SO WE'VE BEEN EXCAVATING THE OPEN CHANNEL. UM, WE REMOVED WHERE THE EXCAVATOR IS ON THE LEFT, THE, UM, THE PLUG. AND SO YOU'LL SEE SOME MORE RECENT PHOTOS OF THAT. WE BEGAN BACKHOE COLORADO STREET PREPARING FOR THE ROADWAY INSTALLATION, UM, OVER ON OR AVENUE AT COLORADO. A LOT OF THE CURBS AND THE GUTTERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED, AND A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STREET LIGHTS. UM, AND THEN WITH THE GRADING OF THE OPEN CHANNEL OR THE FINER GRADING OF IT, WE DO GENERATE A LOT OF EXCESS SOIL. SO THAT'S BEING OFF HAUL, UM, AT THE MOMENT. UM, HERE'S A PICTURE OF, UM, JUST FROM JUNE 9TH, UH, OF THE COLORADO LAGOON, UM, BRIDGE. UM, THAT PLUG WHERE YOU SAW THE EXCAVATOR PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN ALL EXCAVATED. THE STRUCTURE AND PIPING THAT YOU SEE, CRI IS THE TEMPORARY SEWER LINE AND WHAT WE CALL A BYPASS. UM, AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS A LOT OF THE ROAD WORK AND BASE MATERIAL GOING, UM, DOWN, UM, IN PREPARATION OF ASPHALT FOR, UM, ON ARLEENA. UH, IT'S A DIFFERENT VIEW AND AN ANGLE. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE SIDEWALKS AND CURBS AND THE GUTTERS HAVING BEEN INSTALLED. UM, HERE'S A PHOTO OF, UM, MARINA VISTA PARK UNDER ESTABLISHMENTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND MOWING AS PART OF ESTABLISHMENT, UM, IS GOING ON. UH, SO WHAT IS ON THE LOOK AHEAD FOR THE ? SO WE DO HAVE CRITICAL WORK OVER JUNE, UM, AND INTO THE MONTHS OF JULY. SO, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE DID HAVE TO REPAIR THE, UM, SEWER SIPHON AND THE SEWER SYSTEM. UH, THE COUNTY IS NOT ACCEPTING IT THE WAY IT IS, SO, UH, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO INSTALL A SEWER LINER. UM, AND THAT PROCESS, UM, BEGAN YESTERDAY. IT'S GOING CONTINUE TO INTO TOMORROW. UM, SO THAT'S A LINER WITHIN THE CLAY PIPE SYSTEM THAT'S THERE, OR THAT WAS INSTALLED, UM, AFTER THE FULL ACCEPTANCE AND COMMISSIONING AND TESTING OF THAT SEWER LINER. THEN THE BYPASS SYSTEMS WERE REMOVED. AND SO I, I MENTIONED THAT BASICALLY RIGHT NOW THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING SERVICED BY, UM, A TEMPORARY SEWER SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN SEE. UM, BUT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT WORK DONE. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY REMOVE THESE SYSTEMS AND BEGIN TO USE THE OPEN CHANNEL. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE, UM, HAVE THEM TO ABLE TO FINISH IN THE ROADWAY WORK JUST BECAUSE THESE TEMPORARY SYSTEMS ARE IN THE WAY. UM, ALSO ON THE LOOK AHEAD FOR JUNE AND, AND JULY IS THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE UNDERGROUND CULVERT, OR KIND OF NOW EXPOSED IN LIGHTED. UM, SO ONCE THAT'S REMOVED, THEN ALL OF THE WATER, UM, FEEDING THE LAGOON WOULD COME THROUGH THE BRIDGES. UM, WE ALSO HAVE DEPLOYED AERATORS, BUT THEY'RE NOT ACTIVE YET AT THE COLORADO LAGOON IN PREPARATION OF THE CULVERT CLOSURE. 'CAUSE ONCE THE CULVER IS CLOSED, UM, THE LAGOON WILL NOT GET ANY HYDRAULIC CONNECTION. SO THAT WORK IS CRITICAL AND WILL HAPPEN. UM, UM, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO BASICALLY PHASE THE WORK TO ALLOW US TO REMOVE THE CULVERT. BUT 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE LAGOON STILL GETTING ITS TITLE GOES THROUGH THIS LITTLE, UM, BOX STRUCTURE. SO A LOT OF THAT WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF JUNE AND INTO JULY. UM, ONCE THE CULPRITS RE REMOVE AND DEMOLISH, UM, THE FINAL RAINING, UM, TO TAKE THE FULL FINAL SHAPE OF THE OPEN CHANNEL WILL, WILL OCCUR. AND THEN, UM, CONCURRENTLY WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE CULVERT REMOVAL AND DEMOLITION, UM, WE WOULD BE WORKING ON COLORADO STREET IN PARALLEL. SO THAT'S THE LOOK AHEAD FOR COLORADO LAGOON. UM, KIND OF SOME UPCOMING MILESTONES WOULD BE THE RELEASE OF MARINA VISTA PARK AND REALIGNMENT OF OUR CONSTRUCTION FENCES TO HUG THIS PATHWAY. UM, SO WE'RE RESTORING OR PROVIDING ACCESS TO MARINA VISTA PARK, UM, BEGINNING OF JULY 31ST OR EARLY AUGUST, UM, DEPENDING ON, UM, UM, WHEN THE FENCES MOVE IN. BUT THAT'S THE END OF OUR ESTABLISHMENT PERIOD, WHICH IS LATE JULY. ANY QUESTIONS ON COLORADO? LEVI? I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. I THINK YOU GUYS GOT A LOT OF MORE WEIGHT, MORE GRIEF THAN YOU DESERVE, AND THEN IT'LL HAPPEN AND EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY AND FORGET [00:15:01] ABOUT ALL THEIR COMPLAINING. YES. WE KEEP PROMISING THAT GOOD TIME WILL COME. IT'LL BE OPEN. HOPEFULLY IT WAS A REALLY COMPLICATED PROJECT RIGHT. ON DOING WORK THAT OTHER GENERATIONS HAD PUT IN PLACE. RIGHT. YEAH, VERY, VERY, UM, GLAD EVERYONE, UM, SAW THE NEED FOR INVESTMENT INTO THIS, UM, AREA, AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME, TOOK A FEW DECADES, BUT WE'RE THERE LAST, LAST IN, UM, AT THE LOGAN FOR A LONG TIME. I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TOO. I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN KEEPING US AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, BODIES, IMPORTANT BODIES LIKE OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL, APPRISED OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, RECENT, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF THIS PROJECT, THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT, AND HOPING THAT THE COMMUNITY FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE BENEFITS AS WE MOVE ALONG. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND I AGREE THE MOMENT IT IS OPEN, NO ONE'S GONNA REMEMBER HOW LONG COLORADO WAS CLOSED OR THE, THE LONG DETOURS THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO TAKE TO GET AROUND THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. SO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WELL IS OUR DA D BOAT LAUNCH RAMP AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. AS A REMINDER, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS INSTALLING NEW RESTROOMS, TRASHING, COLLECTS, REBUILDING THE LAUNCH RAMP THAT YOU SEE, PHOTOGRAPH, UM, AND OTHER BOAT AMENITIES INCLUDING WASH DOWN STATIONS, UPGRADED INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHAT WE FOUND DURING THE DESIGN WAS A LOT OF THE ELECTRICAL KIND OF WAS BEING SERVICED FROM DIFFERENT TRANSFORMERS. SO KIND OF CONSOLIDATING THAT INTO ONE, UM, SYSTEM. UM, U EVS PER POSTAL COMMISSION, UM, ASPHALT REEF SERVICING, LIGHTING AND UPGRADE OF THE ENTRY AND EXITING SYSTEMS. SO CONSTRUCTION BEGAN LATE APRIL. UM, TO DATE, WE COMPLETED DEMOLITION OF THE RESTROOMS. SOME OF THE UTILITIES, UH, DEMOED AND REMOVED THE LIGHT POSTS AND THEIR ASSOCIATE FOUNDATIONS AND, AND CURBS. AND SO, UM, HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS SHOWING SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY FOCUSING IN ON INSTALLING THE CONDUITS AND TRENCHING FOR THE NEW UTILITIES, NEW BACKFLOWS THAT SERVE, UH, THE RESTROOMS. UM, AND THEN GETTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN FOR WHAT THEY CALL A SAND OIL INTERCEPTOR, UM, FOR THE REBUILT BOAT WASH STATION. SO A LOT OF GOOD PROGRESS, UM, AT DVS. UM, AND OUR TIMEFRAME IS WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, PROVIDE, UH, OPENING AND RESTORE, UH, BOAT ACCESS TO DE'S BOAT LAUNCH RAMP, UM, BY LATE 2026, POSSIBLY EARLY 2027. UM, SO, SO I HAD A QUESTION. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SIGNAGE FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, HAVING BEEN OVER TOWARDS THE GELSON'S MARKET AND THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION THAT'S THERE, UH, WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A RIGHT TURN INTO WHAT HAD NORMALLY BEEN THE ACCESS TO THE DAVIES BOAT LAUNCH, WHERE ARE THE SIGNS TO TELL THEM THAT THERE'S NO LONGER ANY ACCESS? THAT THEY CAN'T GO IN THERE, CAN'T USE THE RAMP, THE RAMP, UH, THERE IS A SIGN UP AT THE FRONT AS YOU'RE TURNING IN. AND THEN AS YOU GO DOWN FURTHER THERE, THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT ARE ALONG THE WAY. THERE'S, BUT THERE IS ONE UP AT THE FRONT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT BY THE TURN WHEN YOU'RE TURNING THAT LEFT OFF OF MARIA DRIVE. I KNOW THERE'S ONE AT THE, THE YI CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE'S ONE, YOU KNOW, I IF THERE'S NOT, WE'LL GET ONE THERE. THE, THE NOTION IS, IS THAT SOMEBODY COULD BE COMING DOWN THAT RIGHT ABOUT TO MAKE A TURN IN OR GOING IN TOWARDS THE, I'LL CALL IT THE GUEST BOOTH FOR THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, AND YOU MAKE YOUR LEFT OFF THERE. THAT'S OKAY. UM, THE IDEA IS THAT, WOULD IT BE MORE USEFUL TO HAVE PUBLIC SIGNAGE RIGHT THERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION EDIT RAMP FLOORS SO THAT THEY CAN BAIL THERE RATHER THAN MAYBE BAILING WHILE THEY'RE WAY DOWN THE WAY. YEAH. MAYBE LESS LIKELY TO BE ANGRY ABOUT THE DETOUR. JAMES, YOU TALK TO JOCELYN. YEAH, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH TODD AND WE CAN, THAT'S REALLY A SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD FIX THAT I THINK WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL, SO THANK YOU. SURE. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT RECENTLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION WAS OUR LAU POOL PROJECT. [00:20:01] UM, JUST KIND OF SOME RECENT MILESTONES. UM, TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE DID SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR DUNE PLANTING AND HABITAT CREATION. WE WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT A FULL APPLICATION, AND WE DID THAT LAST WEEK AND GOT THAT, UH, FULL APPLICATION IN FOR ABOUT HALF A MILLION. OOH, I'M SO EXCITED. BUT WE'LL SEE IF WE'RE AWARDED. UM, YOU FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT. I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, UM, THEY WANT US TO SPEND THE MONEY SOONER. AND SO IF WE DON'T GET IT FOR THIS YEAR, THEY'LL APPLY IT FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THEY WANTED THE FUNDS TO BE DRAWN DOWN, UM, SOONER THAN WE'RE READY TO ACTUALLY INSTALL THE FUNDING. WHAT WOULD THAT BE FOR THE 500,000 FOR DUNE AND NATIVE HABITAT PLANTING BEHIND THE POOL? SO ON THE SANDY BEACH AREA AND FOR THE PALM GROVE, UM, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR PERMIT. DO. AND DO THEY REQUIRE A PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE AND DURING MAINTENANCE? YES, THEY DO. OKAY. BUT THEY DON'T FUND THAT OR THEY DO FUND THAT? UM, THE PLANT DEVELOPMENT? NO, THE UH, THE MAINTENANCE, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE, OH, CALL IT THE HABITAT AREA. NO, THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE CITY. THAT WOULD BE THE CITY. AND THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE BELMONT WHOLE OM UM, FUNDING. OKAY. YEAH. SO AS FOR OTHER WORKS, UM, CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED IN MAY, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, UM, THAT YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THE GR NOT A LOT. UM, THE STAGING AND THE FIELD OFFICES AT THE GRAU A LOT. UM, CURRENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CLEARING AND GRUBBING AND CONCRETE DEMOLITION. UM, THE CREWS COMPLETED ABATEMENT OF THE IN GROUND SMALL POOL. UM, THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION OF IT IS FORTHCOMING. AND THEN LOOKING AHEAD, UM, SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ONSITE BEFORE ANY, UM, THING CAN REALLY BE BUILT UP IS THE INSTALLATION OF, UM, SORT OF A PROPRIETARY PRODUCT CALLED FIBRO STONE COLUMNS, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UM, UH, STABILIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE SOILS, UM, BOTH FOR LONG TERM DESIGN AND FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS. SO HERE'S SOME, UM, PHOTOS. UM, NEXT QUARTER WE HOPE TO SHARE SOME, YOU KNOW, MORE, UM, PROGRESS, UM, ON THE WHOLE PROJECT ITSELF. BUT SOME OF OUR IMAGES, UM, TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE BID AND AWARD PHASE RIGHT NOW IS OUR PROMENADE AND BRIDGE REPAIR. SO THIS IS THE CONVENTION CENTER PROMENADE. UM, AND THEN I THINK YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE BRICKWORK, UH, THE WALKING PATH AND SURFACE HERE, WHICH IS THE BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS, UM, THE CONVENTION CENTER AREA DOWN TO RAINBOW HARBOR. AND SO, UM, IMPROVEMENTS WERE PROPOSED TO, UM, FIX THE, ESSENTIALLY THE JOINTS, UM, WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERIORATED AND ARE NO LONGER THERE, UM, TO ADDRESS, UH, WATERPROOFING CHALLENGES AND ISSUES. AND THEN ANYWHERE WHERE THERE'S, UM, EXPOSE REBAR, PATCHING AND REPAIRING, UM, BOTH RAILINGS AND THE REBAR ON THESE STRUCTURES AND FIXING, UM, TRIP HAZARDS WITH, UM, UH, BY REPLACING AND CHIP OUT AND PATCHING SOME OTHER CONCRETE FALLS, UM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE PHOTOS JUST MISSING, UH, THAT AREA TAKES INCREDIBLE ABUSE AND, AND IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY A DA AREAS REALLY TO ACCESS TO GET OVER TO THAT ELEVATOR. SO THAT'S KEY THAT IT'S FOR THOSE OF US THAT TRIP ON THINGS AND AND THAT IT'S MADE IMPROVED. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. AND THEN A LOT OF THE STAIRS TOO ARE MISSING. UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF RESTORE THEM AND FIX EXPENSE, BECAUSE I KNOW MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN SPENDING TIME PATCHING AND REPAIRING IT, DOING A, UH, PERMANENT FIX TO THESE. AND THEN SIMILAR, UM, TYPE OF WORK. UM, UM, WELL THERE'S LESS PHOTOS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, CONCRETE DAMAGE JUST FROM WATER INTRUSION ALONG THE RAINBOW LAGOON AS WELL. AND SO A LOT OF THE CONCRETE WILL BE PATCHED AND REPAIRED, UM, AND, AND SHIPPED OUT. AND THEN ANYWHERE WHERE THERE'S MISSING PAVERS, UM, OR UPLIFT WILL BE LEVELED OUT FOR, UM, IMPROVED, UM, PATHWAY CONDITIONS. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING A CONTRACT AWARD AT CITY COUNCIL, UH, NEXT WEEK WITH ANTICIPATED FALL 2026 START, BUT WE DON'T QUITE HAVE THOSE DATES JUST YET JUST BECAUSE WE NEED THE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD TO, UM, SOURCE MATERIALS AND GIVE US A MORE DETAILED SCHEDULE. SO BRIAN WON'T BE GIVING YOU THOSE DATES AS SOON AS WE HAVE TO. UM, NEXT PROJECT [00:25:01] ON THE LIST, PENINSULA BEACH ENTRANCE CHANNEL DREDGING. UH, SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED FOR BIDDING IN 2025, BUT THE BIDS CAME IN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH. UM, WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR 5 MILLION. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. UM, AND WE RE-ADVERTISED FOR BIDDING, UM, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO AND OPENED THOSE BIDS. UM, HOWEVER, WE'RE IN THE BID PROTEST REVIEW PROCESS, SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE AN AWARD JUST YET. WE NEED TO GO THROUGH AND CLOSE THE PROCESS AND RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS PROTESTING EACH OTHER. UM, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A, UM, BETTER INFORMATION IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FOR WHETHER WE WERE AWARDING. UM, AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, DID YOU GET ANY BIDS? WE DID. WE GOT BIDS, UM, FROM WHAT WE POSTED, UM, PUBLICLY, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GETTING SOME OF THESE PROTESTS ARE WE FOUND THAT, UM, THE LOWEST BIDDER WAS NONRESPONSIVE AND THE SECOND LOWEST BID WAS. AND SO THEY'RE PROTESTING EACH OTHER. CAN YOU TELL US HERE WHO THE BIDDERS? YEAH, IT'S, IT IS PUBLIC. UM, THE LOWEST BIDDER WAS DIXON MARIE FROM INVER, AND THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, UM, IS MANSON CONSTRUCTION. I THINK THEY'RE BASED OUTTA LONG BEACH. WHAT PRICING? YEAH, THE LOW BID WAS SEVEN AND A HALF, AND THE SECOND LOWEST BID WAS EIGHT. AND THEN THERE WERE TWO OTHER BIDS, BUT THEY WERE MUCH HIGHER. THANK YOU. SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS PROJECT. SOMETHING THAT I, I BELIEVE I BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, WHICH IS A NOTION OF, UM, A DENE THAT COULD BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THIS PROJECT AS IT MOVES AHEAD. YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE $500,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH RESPECT TO THE POOL AND THE PLANTING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT PROJECT. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY THOUGH, INCORPORATE A PLANTING PROJECT WITH PUBLIC FUNDS? I MEAN, IF THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE POOL, CERTAINLY A A, A PLANTING OPPORTUNITY TO STABILIZE THE SPEECH WITH WHEN IT IS ONCE INSTALLED COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY. SO I, I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO DO IT EXCEPT DURING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, . YEAH, AND I KNOW WE HAD A PRETTY LENGTHY KIND OF EXCHANGE, I THINK OF IT. IT WAS NOT IN 2026, I THINK IN 2025, BUT, UM, ONE OF OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LONG TERM PLAN FOR THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND BASED ON THE CONDITIONS THERE IS THAT, AND THIS IS FROM OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR DESIGNERS WHO, UM, ARE GIVING US TECHNICAL ADVICE, IS THAT THE WAVE ENERGY IS TOO STRONG HERE TO SUSTAIN THOSE TYPES OF HABITAT RESTORATION. THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD STILL NEED SOME LEVEL OF, LET'S CALL IT PROTECTION OFFSHORE TO, TO SUSTAIN THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE, UM, ENERGY HERE IS MUCH HIGHER IN THE, BASICALLY THE SCOURING PROCESS. UM, IT'S TOO, IT IS TOO STRONG AND THOUGH WAVE ENERGY IS HIGH AND THAT IT WOULDN'T SUSTAIN IT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PLANS, UM, TO STUDY THIS FURTHER JUST TO ADDRESS, 'CAUSE THIS IS OUR, TO BE, UM, PERFECTLY CANDID, THIS IS, UM, WE HAVE OUR BASICALLY SHORT TERM, NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS OR, OR, OR STRATEGIES. SHORT TERM IS TODD AND MARINE BUREAU'S OPERATIONS TO THE BACK PASS. AND THEN NEAR TERM IS TO PUT ABOUT 400,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL ON THE SANDY BEACH AND TRY TO JUST BUILD THE BEACH BACK AND RECOVER TO WHERE IT'S AT. AND THEN LONG TERM, UM, CONSIDERING RESTORATION HABITAT. BUT WE NEED, WE DO NEED TO GO THROUGH PLANNING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE DESIGN FOR THAT, AND BRING ON THE, UM, SUITE OF PROFESSIONALS AND DO OUR ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT EFFORT. AND I, I THANK YOU AND I THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT SHORT TERM, MIDTERM AND LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR THE SPEECH ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE MOMENT THAT SAND HITS THAT BEACH, IT IS MOVING, IT'S MOVING, AND THAT BEACH WILL NOT REMAIN THE BARRIER THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXPECTS. SO I SIMPLY PUT THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY, AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE OTHER BEACHES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING AND HAPPENING SUCCESSFULLY. SO, UM, I WILL BE A BROKEN RECORD, BUT DO IT RESPECTFULLY AND HOPING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE THIS TOPIC [00:30:01] AT A POINT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO THE PROJECT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO SOME, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM PLANNING AS WELL FOR THIS AREA. UH, MAPLE SEA WALLS TIEBACKS, WE ARE PENDING THE EIGHT COASTAL COMMISSION HEARING DATE FOR THE PERMITS FOR THE TIEBACKS. UM, WE WERE TOLD SOMETIME IN SUMMER, SO THAT COULD BE AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. UM, ON OUR SIDE, ON PUBLIC BREAKS SIDE, WE'RE PREPARING PLANS FOR PUBLIC BIDDING AND ADVERTISING. UM, SO THIS IS JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW AREAS, UM, THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED TIEBACKS, THAT HAVE THIS SORT OF OUTWARD BOWING, UM, CONFIGURATION FOR SEAWALL, BUT OTHER AREAS HAVE RECEIVED. UM, SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF EARLIER TIEBACK IMPROVEMENTS THAT, UM, WE'RE IN THE NINETIES AND THE TWO THOUSANDS, AND THIS IS OUR FINAL, UM, SORT OF PHASE OF TIEBACK WORK. SO, I'M SORRY, ARE YOU WAITING FOR THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT OR APPROVE THE ADVERTISING? OH, I'M SORRY. UM, TO APPROVE THE PERMIT TO DO THE WORK. OKAY. AND THEN CONCURRENTLY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS WITH, UM, BEEN ADVERTISED. OKAY. IS THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE? THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE, YES. 4.25. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S, UM, ON OUR, ON OUR DOCKET IS THE DISTRIBUTION NEW ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCE, UM, OVER ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF MARINE STADIUM. UM, JUST RECENTLY, THIS PAST MONDAY, OUR ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, HEARING OFFICER, UM, TOOK ACTION ON THE LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROJECT OR LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION. UM, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR PERMITS AND OUR NOTE, THEY CALL IT A NOTICE OF FINAL ACTION, UM, WE ARE, UM, CONCURRENTLY PREPARING PLANS FOR PUBLIC BIDDING AND ADVERTISING, UM, GIVEN THE DOLLAR VALUE OF THE WORK. SO THE TOTAL PROJECT, UM, BUDGET IS ABOUT 1.9 MILLION. WE'RE EXPECTING TO BID AN AWARD, UM, BOTH, UM, IN THE SUMMER AND AWARD IN THE FALL OF 2026. AND, UM, A PROJECT THAT WE ARE, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MARINE BUREAU ON IS THE REPLACEMENT OF BIRTHS ONE AND TWO, UM, INTO ONE LONG DOCK, UM, OVER AN HOUR. HE WAS BIG, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PROJECT, THE COASTAL COMMISSION BEING THE PACKAGE AND APPLICATION COMPLETE. AND SO WE ARE WAITING FOR A HEARING DATE AND THEIR ACTION, UH, ON THE WORK. UM, WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT IN THE DOCK PROJECT SINCE WE'VE HAD A FEW OF 'EM RECENTLY. AND SO WE ARE PREPARING FOR ALSO PUBLIC BIDDING AND ADVERTISING, UM, WITH THE SAME SORT OF RELEVANT TIMEFRAMES OF BIDDING AN AWARD IN SUMMER, UM, CONTRACT EXECUTION IN THE FALL. UH, THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS IS 5 MILLION. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, DOES THIS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS HAVE TO BE HOW YOU JUST SET 'EM, WHY COULDN'T YOU GO OUT TO BID CONCURRENTLY WITH, UH, YOUR COASTAL COMMISSION APPLICATION SO THAT YOU'RE NOT LOSING THAT TIME? 'CAUSE THE SCOPE OF THE JOB ISN'T GONNA CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE COASTAL MISSION, RIGHT? CORRECT. WELL, I MEAN, IF NOT LARGELY, LET'S JUST, THAT'S EXACTLY THE PLAN BECAUSE FOR THE DOCS THEY'RE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. UM, IT'S JUST THAT, UM, I THINK THEY'RE STILL FINALIZING THE PLANS. UM, BUT YES, TYPICALLY, UM, WE CAN DO IT, UM, SEPARATELY, BUT OFTEN, UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW OUR REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. RIGHT. SO WE TYPICALLY WAIT, BUT FOR THE DOC PROJECTS, THEY'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT. SINCE WE MOVE FROM DDS, WE KNEW FROM, UM, UH, THE MARINE MAINTENANCE STOCK WHAT THE AGENCY WILL REQUEST. SO FOR THIS ONE, UM, WE ARE KIND OF WORKING CONCURRENTLY, SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OUT BY SUMMER BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A HEARING DATE FROM COASTAL COMMISSION, BUT THAT IS OUR TARGET. BUT, BUT THEY COULD POSSIBLY DENY, RIGHT? THEY COULD POSSIBLY DENY IT OR MODIFY IT. THAT'S SORT OF THE EXPLANATION CONDITIONS. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S SOME, I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK, BUT YOU KNOW, YEAH. FOR THE DOC PROJECTS, THEY TYPICALLY HAVE THE SAME CONDITIONS OF APPROVALS. THEY WANT THE SURVEYS, GRAS SURVEYS. YEAH. BUT, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY COULD DENY IT AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WITHDRAW THE PROJECT WORK OR [00:35:01] DELAY. OKAY. UM, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, UM, WAS INITIATED AS PART OF THE FY 26, UM, CIP BUDGET ARE THE REBUILD OF MARINA RESTROOMS EIGHT TWO AND 8 23, UM, TO FUTURE PHOTO RESTROOM SHOWERS AND, UM, AND, UM, AN ADJACENT PUBLIC, UM, RESTROOM. UM, TO DATE, WE'VE COMPLETED THE HAZMAT SURVEYS AND GEOTECH SURVEYS, UM, IN MAY, 2026. SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME ABATEMENT, UM, FOR THE BUILDING PRIOR TO DEMOLITION. UM, SO THOSE REPORTS INFORM THE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. UM, WE HAVE BEEN, UM, IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, UM, PLANNING BUREAU, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL ENTITLEMENT AGENCY. SO THEY ARE REQUIRING SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THE RESTROOMS, UM, AND C REVIEW. UM, MEANWHILE WE ARE MOVING CONCURRENTLY, SO TO, TO YOUR POINT COMMISSIONER. UM, SO WE HAVE OUR 60% DESIGN SUBMITTALS EXPECTED IN THE FALL OF 2026 WITH BIDDING, UM, WHICH MEANS BIDDING, UM, PERMITTING AND AFTER BUILDING PERMITTING WOULD BE IN 2027. ARE ARE YOU MODIFYING THEM OR REPLACING THEM? THEY'RE, UM, COMPLETE, UM, RECONSTRUCTIONS, SO THEY'LL BE DEMOLISHED, DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT. OKAY. DEMOLISHED. WELL THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS THE SE REVIEW 'CAUSE THAT OTHERWISE SEEMED LIKE OVERKILL, BUT OKAY. AND THEN ELMONT PEER TRANSIT DOC. UM, SO WE'VE INITIATED DESIGNS IN 2026. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT JUST, UM, 2 MILLION. AND THE 2 MILLION IS PROP A, UM, METRO FUNDING. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING AND FINALIZING OUR PERMIT PACKAGES FOR SUBMITTAL NEXT WEEK TO THE THREE AGENCIES, COASTAL COMMISSION WATER BOARD, AND THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S A DOG PROJECT, SO WE'RE FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. SO WE ARE CONTINUING WITH OUR DESIGN AND ENGINEERING WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH REGULATORY PERMITTING REVIEW. UM, WE, UM, ARE BIDDING AND ADVERTISING IN THE FALL OF 2026, SO TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, WITH THE TARGET OF 2027 FOR BOTH FABRICATE FABRICATION OF THE BOX STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION ISN'T, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE DOCKS WERE PREVIOUSLY, I GUESS YOU'D SAY APPROVED OR INSTALLED IS WHAT IS THE DESIGN CHANGING FROM WHAT WAS THERE WHEN THE DOCKS ENDED UP ON THE BEACH AND THE STORM? YES. SO THE PERMITS FOR THOSE, UM, HAVE SINCE LASTS AND EXPIRED. SO WE WERE REQUIRED TO GET NEW, UM, PERMITS. AND FOR, FOR THE WORK TODAY, I HEARD A BRIEFING THAT WAS MORE COMPREHENSIVE ABOUT HOW THEY'RE MORE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE THEM MORE ROBUST. AND I ASKED CHARLENE ABOUT IN THE FUTURE IF WE COULD HAVE THE COPY OF THOSE SLIDES INCLUDED, UM, AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE ENGINEER THAT'S DOING THAT DESIGN BE A PART OF A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. YES, YES. WELL, WE, UM, STEVEN, I MENTIONED TO COMMISSIONER THAT WE CAN HAVE STEVEN FIGUERA, OUR SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER PRESENT AS HE DID TODAY, ANOTHER MEETING. AND YES, COMMISSIONER MURRAY'S, RIGHT, THE EXISTING DOCS WERE PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY HARD STRUCTURES, WHICH KIND OF LED TO THEIR FAILURE. AND SO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED ARE DOCKS WITH, UH, C FLEX ANCHORS TO GIVE THEM A BIT MORE MOVEMENT, UM, DURING THESE HEAVY STORM EVENTS AND ANY STORAGE EVIDENCE, WHICH THERE WILL BE MORE. UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE A PEER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR PROJECT REALLY FOCUSED IN ON PREVENTING FURTHER DETERIORATION AND CORROSION OF THE PIER. UM, BY REALLY, UM, CHIPPING AWAY ON SOUND CONCRETE, UM, REPLACING REBAR, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, PATCHING IT AND WATERPROOFING IT. UM, AS PART OF THE WORK. WE WOULD ALSO FIX ANY, UM, COMPROMISED RAILINGS. IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THE PIER, THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT LIKE, JUST AS A PICTURE HERE WHERE THERE'S SOME SOUND CONCRETE BELOW THE BASE OF THE RAILING OR THE RAILINGS ARE TILTING. SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECT WOULD DO, IT IS TO FIX WHAT'S THERE, PREVENT, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE RAPID DETERIORATION OF IT. UM, AND THEN, UM, ADDRESS, UM, SURFACE, UM, ISSUES ON THE GEAR AS WELL. SOME, UM, SPA AND CRACKING, UM, TO MAKE ANY DETERIORATION, CORROSION OF THOSE, UM, WALKING SERVICES. AND SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION IS AT SOME POINT THERE WAS TALK ABOUT [00:40:01] A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE PIER. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS FUNDS AVAILABLE, PRESUMABLY, UM, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, HAS THERE BEEN, UM, SORT OF A, UM, AN ENGINEERING OR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THAT STRUCTURE OF THE PEER ITSELF AND THAT YOU'RE IN A POSITION OF DOING COSMETIC REPAIRS TO IT IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENJOY AND, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT IT LOOKS RIGHT, BUT IS THERE, IS THERE INFORMATION ABOUT THE REAL STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THAT PEER AND WHETHER IT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE? HAS THAT, DOES THE CITY HAVE THAT INFORMATION? WOULD THEY CONSIDER MOVING AHEAD WITH A NEW PEER? THERE WERE STUDIES DONE, UM, PREVIOUSLY PROBABLY 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO, BUT THAT SAME QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY RAISED, UM, EARLIER THIS MORNING. SO THAT, THOSE ARE OUR NEXT STEPS AS WELL. STUDY, UM, STRUCTURAL, UM, AND SEISMIC IMPROVE, UM, SEISMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PEER STRUCTURE, UM, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T, AS YOU MENTIONED, FUNDING FOR PEER REPLACEMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND SO A LOT OF THE INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS WOULD BE TO CONCURRENTLY PREVENT OR, YOU KNOW, WORSENING, BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO, UM, GET THE PEER TO LIKE A SUFFICIENT, UM, STRUCTURAL CONDITION. BUT RIGHT NOW, YES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S STABLE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN I THINK THIS MIGHT BE TWO MORE PROJECTS ON THE LIST. SO WE HAVE, AND I THINK WE UM, INITIATED OUR DISCUSSION ON SPREAD TO TRAIL SEGMENT ONE. UM, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR INVESTIGATIONS, OUR DESIGN STUDIES. UM, WE ARE PREPARING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIMEFRAMES RIGHT NOW FOR BID AWARD AND ADVERTISING. UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING OUR, UM, OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS TO COMMENCE, UM, THIS SUMMER, LATE SUMMER TO EARLY FALL TO UM, BASICALLY REINTRODUCE THE PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC. HOW'S THAT PLAN, WHAT IS THAT THROUGH COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR GONNA GO KNOCK ON THOSE DOORS AND TELL THOSE PEOPLE TO MOVE THEIR STUFF OR? SO WE'RE ONLY FOCUSED ON THE, UM, SEGMENT ONE AREA. SO THE WAY OUR CONDITIONS OF APPROVALS WERE WRITTEN IS THAT IT'S A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORING THE PUBLIC WALKWAY IN THIS AREA. SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON SEGMENT ONE, WHICH IS, UM, THE AREA FROM SECOND TO, UM, APPROXIMATELY HERE WITH THAT FIRST PUBLIC WALK. SO THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD UM, BE IN FRONT OF THE MARINA SHORES APARTMENT HOMES AND UM, BUT THE MEETING OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO WE JUST NEED TO DIAL THAT, THE DETAILS IN FOR WHEN THAT WOULD BE AND HOW WE MIGHT CONDUCT THAT. UM, SO, UH, ONE OTHER COMMENT ON THAT PROJECT IS THAT, IN MY EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST IS THAT THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE INFORMATION ABOUT UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND PUBLIC ACCESS HAS REALLY NEVER GONE BEYOND NAPLES. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE THIRD DISTRICT AND OTHER PARTS OF LONG BEACH FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UM, AN INTEREST IN WALKING ALONG THE RIGHT. I FOLLOW THE TIME. YEAH, AND I THINK, UM, MOST OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE PUBLIC WEBSITES, SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO START WHERE WE UPLOAD ALL THOSE MATERIALS, THOSE RESOURCES, THE BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS, SO WE'LL GET THAT COLLATERAL, UH, AVAILABLE. UM, SO IT'S SUPER TRANSPARENT. THANK YOU. SO WE GOT 10 MORE MINUTES AND THEN LAST PROJECT, OUR MEMBER OF DOG BEACH, WHICH UM, WAS INTRODUCED BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE SECOND DISTRICT, UM, TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY, WE HELD OUR COMMUNITY MEETING IN FEBRUARY. UM, WE ARE, UM, WE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS BOTH FOR ENVIRONMENTS REVIEW, A K, A , AND THEN SITE TIME REVIEW. UM, AND THEN, UM, AFTER PLANNING CONCLUDES ITS REVIEW, WE WILL SUBMIT A POSTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION. AND FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, AS TODD, UM, INFORMED ME IN PRIOR CONVERSATIONS, IT SAYS REQUIRED MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT, UM, TO ALIGN, UM, OPERATIONS WITH, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AREA. I THINK THAT'S IT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TITLES UPDATES. ONE FAST QUESTION ABOUT THE A ES PUMPS AND THE UM, WELL SE A REVIEW. ANY, ANY COMMENTS? ANY UPDATES? YEAH, THAT PROJECT, [00:45:01] UM, IT'S STILL IN FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, UM, PROCESS IS STILL UNDERWAY, BUT I DON'T ANY FURTHER UPDATES. THERE'S ONE MORE. THERE IS, UM, I DUNNO WHY WASN'T SHOWING UP, BUT MARINE DEBRIS, TRASH CAPTURE, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. I'M THOUGHT WE WERE STILL AT PROJECTS AND BIDDING PHASE OR YOU PROJECTS? OH YEAH. PLANNING PLACE, YEAH. THE BIDDING, NO, THESE ARE ALL PLANNING AFTER THE ONLY BIDDING AND AWARD PHASE WAS THE RED LAGOON AND CONVENTION CENTER. OKAY. I DIDN'T HAVE BREAKS. AND THE, AM I TALKING POINTS? I'M SORRY. MARINE DEGREE TRASH CAPTURE. SO THE MOU IS, UM, WAS EXECUTED AND THE CITY IS ADVANCING DESIGNS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE OCEAN COMING UP TO SUPPORT, UM, ENGINEERING DESIGN AND THEN GET THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR COASTAL PERMITTING AND ARMY PERMITTING AND COUNTY PERMITING. DO YOU, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. DO YOU SEE ANY, UH, BYPRODUCTS OF THE OIL SPILL HELPING THIS PROJECT WITH DESIGN OR FUNDING OR UPSTREAM MITIGATION? I HAVEN'T HEARD. UM, BUT I'LL UM, I'LL RAISE THE QUESTION WITH, UM, OUR COLLEAGUES, UM, THAT ARE MANAGING IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK OUR PRESENTATION, ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. UH, THE WHITE HOUSE. THE WHITE HOUSE. TAKE MY HAT OUT. UM, COMMISSIONER GONO PRESENTED SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS YOU GONNA SPEND THREE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS ON THE HERE. DO WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT'S STATING THAT IT'S SOLID AND THERE IS NO WORRIES? 'CAUSE YOU'RE MAKING, PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A, YOU KNOW, ON SOMETHING. WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK GREAT, BUT IS IT PRETTY? AND WE'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS COMING, WE'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS COMING, JUST MAKING SURE BEFORE WE INVEST THOSE DOLLARS TO MAKE IT PRETTY, THAT IT, IT REALLY IS VIABLE. YEAH, WELL MAYBE WE CAN'T WE NOT ANSWERED QUESTIONS. OH, THIS IS JUST, THAT'S THE GENERAL PUBLIC PUT. OH REALLY? OKAY. WELL THAT'S THE GENERAL PUBLIC QUESTION. MY SECOND ONE, UH, WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO COMMISSIONER BLAIR, WHAT HE STATED. I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD GO AND GET THE FUNDS FROM THE OIL LAKE THAT CAME DOWN INTO OUR CITY AND NOT JUST LET IT GO BY THE WAYSIDE. UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS SEEM TO DO AS A CITY. WE LET IT GO AND NO ONE RESPONDS TO IT BECAUSE IT'S ALL CLEANED UP AND EVERYTHING'S FINE. IT'S NOT CLEANED UP. IT'S HURT OUR ENVIRONMENT HERE IN LONG BEACH AND WE NEED TO HAVE DOLLARS FOR IT. AND THAT SHOULD BE, UH, UM, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR TO, UH, ADDRESS. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? THEN WE WILL MOVE TO ADJOURNMENT. OH, ALL RIGHT. THANKS. SORRY, I HAVE MY COACH HERE 'CAUSE I DO THIS ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, JUST ENOUGH TO FORGET THE PROCEDURE. UM, SO WE WOULD VOTE TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE. SO CAN WE CALL THAT VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTAINED. EVERYBODY WAS ALL IN FAVOR. OKAY, SO NOW CAN I ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO NOW I HAVE PERMISSION FROM MY LIFE COACH OVER THERE, TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SO I'M DOING SO THANK YOU. * 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.