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MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING.IT'S THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, AND WE ARE IN THE BIXIE PARK SOCIAL HALL AT ONE 30, UH, CHERRY AVENUE.
UH, COULD WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY HERE.
COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIRMAN MCRAY.
UH, TODAY WE'RE LOSING TWO MEMBERS OF OUR BRAIN TRUST THAT THEY'VE SERVED, UM, AT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY CAN SERVE WITH ON THIS COMMISSION.
UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, BOTH COMMISSIONER LAMB, WHO I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THAT.
UM, WITH HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, SHE REMINDS US ALL AS A BOARD NOT TO, UH, TO PUT TOO MUCH ON STAFF AND BE SENSITIVE TO HOW WE'RE TREATING STAFF.
AND SHE ALSO KEEPS IN MIND EVERYTHING, UM, ON OUR, OUR RADAR, UM, KEEPING IN MIND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS AND LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF THINGS.
UH, OUR OTHER RETIRING COMMISSIONER THERESA AINO, SHE, UM, SHE ALWAYS BRINGS KINDNESS AND ALWAYS REMINDS US TO HAVE GRATITUDE, UH, FOR WHAT'S BEING DONE AND BRINGS ALL OF HER EXPERIENCE BEING AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY ON, UH, SMARTER WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THINGS AND, UM, HOW TO APPROACH THINGS.
UH, SO TODAY WE'RE RECOGNIZING THEM EACH WITH, UM, PLAQUES.
I THINK IF WE CAN ALL GET UP AND DO A QUICK PHOTO WITH THEM, WE PRESENT THOSE.
THAT IS A GOOD LOOKING PERIOD.
JUST HOW THEY, YOU DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE.
WERE DEFINITELY, UH, APPRECIATED.
UH, COMMISSIONER MARIA, WE'D LIKE TO SAY, UH, JUST QUICK SOMETHING, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BUT MORE SO ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND TAMLIN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING YOU AND BRINGING WHAT YOU BRING IN YOUR EXPERIENCES AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR EXPERTISE OF THE CITY, OF ITS COMMUNITY, OF ITS ENVIRONMENT, UH, TO THIS TABLE AND THIS BOARD.
UM, YOU ARE LEAVING THE BOARD, BUT YOU ARE NOT LEAVING LONG BEACH.
AND THAT IS THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS, HOPEFULLY.
AND, UH, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE CITY AND ITS COMMUNITY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT.
I DID ASK THEM BOTH WHAT'S NEXT? AND THEY BOTH GAVE YOU SOME ANSWERS THAT WERE LINKED TO, UM, BEING MORE ACTIVE AND ACTIVISM.
SO I THINK WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING LETTERS FROM BOTH OF THEM IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S SOME PROJECTS I'M INTERESTED GETTING OUT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE YOUR PUBLIC TROUBLE, TROUBLE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
ANYBODY ON THE, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LAMB AND I CALL YOU ELIZABETH.
YOU'VE TAUGHT ME A LOT SINCE I CAME ON, BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME, I THINK WE WERE ON ZOOM MEETINGS, UH, WHEN WE FIRST HAD 'EM.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT PLANT LIFE AND WHAT'S GONNA BE GOOD IN LONG BEACH, AN ORIGINAL.
AND THE MORE I WALK WITH MY DAUGHTER, THE MORE I SEE IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU STATED THAT MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE EDUCATED PEOPLE WHERE
NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T PUT THOSE THERE.
WE'RE GONNA STOP THE BIKE RIDER.
AND YOU STAYED FIRM ON THAT THE WHOLE TIME.
SO FROM PERSONALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING ME AND MAKING ME A BETTER COMMISSIONER BY LISTENING.
YOU, UH, UH, I, I KNOW YOU SHOOK YOUR HEAD WHEN I FIRST TALKED.
I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I FLEW IN THAT AFTER YOU, UM, YOU ARE ONE OF THE NICEST HUMAN BEINGS I'VE EVER MET, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU HAVE GRACED US ON THIS BOARD.
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KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU DO, UH, WHEN YOU DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PEOPLE AND YOU FIND OUT YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR THIS CITY.AND SO, UH, UH, FOR ME, YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WANT TO COMMENT? ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, AGENDA ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 14TH.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION, DISCUSSION FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC CORRECTIONS ADDITIONS? I, ALL RIGHT AND I'LL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MASS DISTRIBUTED MINE AS OPPOSED ANY EXTENSIONS.
UH, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON KAYAKS AND CLEANUPS IN THE CHANNEL NEAR MOTHERS BEACH.
I, I MOVE THAT, UH, WE ACCEPT THAT PRESENTATION.
I SECOND SECOND, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO OUR PUBLIC HERE TODAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, VISITING MY, MY NEXT MEETING, THIS IS LIKE ALL THE PLANETS LINED UP AND I GOT MY WITCH
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT MICHELLE HOWARD AND HER FATHER BOB HOWARD FOR YEARS NOW.
THEY CAME, MICHELLE CAME AND GAVE A PRESENTATION, I WANT TO SAY FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, MAYBE IT WAS LONGER.
AND SHE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, SHE AND HER FATHER, AND HOW THEY GO INTO THE CHANNEL BY MARINE STADIUM IN, IN MOTHER'S SPEECH, AND THE DEBRIS AND THE LITTER AND THE PORTABLES AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO KEEP THAT ENVIRONMENT CLEAN.
AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT SHE DID, AND I THINK SHE ASKED FOR OUR SUPPORT.
SHE ASKED THAT YOU COULD HELP GET VOLUNTEERS AND SO ON, AND IT KIND OF FELL ON DEAF EARS.
AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, JUST THAT THIS IS A WRONG MAN MADE, RIGHT.
AND SO, UM, WITHIN A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT, I SAT OUT AND SHOWED UP RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME.
SO, UM, I WOULD SEE HER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M, I'M SURE TODD AND OTHERS CAN TELL YOU THAT I, I HAD ALWAYS EXPRESSED THAT I WANTED A, A PRESENTATION ABOUT HER AND HER FATHER'S EFFORTS TO KEEP THE, THE CHANNELS CLEAR AND OUR ENVIRONMENT CLEAR.
SO I FOUND MICHELLE, I'VE KNOCKED ON HER DOOR MANY, MANY TIMES AND LEFT MY BUSINESS CARD WITH A LITTLE NOTE ON THE BACK THESE CALLS.
AND I RECEIVED A CALL FROM CANDACE WHO IS HERE.
I SAID CANDACE AND CANDACE TOLD ME THAT, UM, SHE WAS ONE OF MICHELLE'S ASSOCIATES WHO HELPED HER AND, UM, THAT SHE WOULD TALK TO HER.
AND SO IT WAS A FEW MORE MONTHS AND WE STILL DIDN'T GET TO CONNECT.
AND ONE DAY I WAS WALKING, MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG WAS WALKING UP THE STREET AND MICHELLE'S DOOR WAS OPEN AND RAR YOU.
AND I GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND, AND, UM, SHE'S LIKE, I'M IN A HURRY.
AND KEN IS NOT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M LIKE, MY, YOUR NEIGHBOR.
AND I JUST, I JUST, I JUST WANT A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.
SO THAT FEW MINUTES OF TIME TURNED INTO THE PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY.
AND IT IS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I WANT TO, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MICHELLE AND HER FATHER FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR VOLUNTEERISM AND DEDICATION TO KEEPING ALAMEDAS BAY AND MOTHER'S SPEECH, RECREATIONAL WATER CLEAN THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM OF KAYAKING AND CLEANUP.
AND WE THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE DEPARTMENT, YOUR EFFORTS HAVE PROTECTED SEA LIFE AND WATER FOWL CONTRIBUTED TO A CLEAN BAY AND INSPIRED OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, INCLUDING THE AQUARIUM OF PACIFIC'S ANNUAL KAYAK CLEANUP.
SO YOU AND YOUR DAD CAN COME UP.
CANDACE, CAN WE HAVE YOU IN THE PICTURE TOO? THANK YOU
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AL.AND THIS IS TO BOB, ROBERT HOWARD, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL, CAN WE KIND OF STAND UP? YEAH, I THINK IT'D GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION NOW ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS KAYAKING IN CLEANUP.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE COVERED FROM KANSAS CAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, THERESA, FOR YOUR PERSISTENCE AND YOUR PASSION.
UM, THERE'S SOME CIRCUMSTANCES AND I'M SO GLAD THAT I WILL BE HERE TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU, UM, THIS INITIATIVE THAT MY VERY DEAR FRIEND AND HER DAD, UM, HAVE DONE TOGETHER.
I'M A FRIEND OF OVER 35 YEARS.
UM, I LOVE TO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF, SO THIS WAS ONE WAY THAT I COULD HELP.
THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE HARD WORK EVERY WEEK.
UM, I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I'M ABLE TO BE HERE AND REPORT ON IT WITH YOU ALL.
SO, UH, DURING COVID LOCKDOWN, BASICALLY, UH, HOW IT ALL BEGAN ESSENTIALLY WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO GET TOGETHER AND SOCIALLY DISTANCE, UM, AND STILL BE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME.
AND THEY BOTH HAD A LOVE OF THE WATER.
UM, MICHELLE HAS BEEN A LIFELONG LOVER OF LONG BEACH.
UH, SHE WENT TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELFARE.
AND SO BEING OUT ON THE WATER IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT TO HER, UH, AND HER DAD ALREADY.
SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, THAT SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL WAY FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND SPEND SOME TIME.
AND IN 2018 IS WHEN AL STARTED OFFICIALLY VOLUNTEERING AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.
UH, AND THEIR MAMMAL HAS BEEN INJURY AREA, FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
BUT THEN AGAIN, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT THAT GOT SHUT DOWN FOR A WHILE, SHE WENT OUT ON THE WATER WITH DAD.
WHILE THEY WERE OUT THERE, THEY NOTICED ALL OF THIS TRASH, ALL OF THESE TOYS ALL OVER THE ROCKS AT MOTHER'S BEACH, AND JUST KIND OF STARTED TO DO THEIR OWN NATURAL THING.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT EACH CLEANUPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO THEY JUST STARTED TO KIND OF DO IT CASUALLY AT FIRST.
UM, BUT EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME SOMETHING THAT THEY STARTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY.
AND WHEN, UM, AL SHARED THIS WITH THE AQUARIUM, THEY SAID, WELL, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL AN OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER.
YOU'RE GOING OUT THERE WEEKLY.
THIS CAN COUNT FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN NOT HAVE TO COME ONTO THE MAIN CAMPUS 'CAUSE PANDEMIC, BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE, LET'S LOG THIS AS YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS.
AND IT SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL KIND OF TRANSITION TO DOING THAT.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT BECAME SOMETHING A LOT MORE OFFICIAL AT THAT POINT, UH, DURING PANDEMIC ERA.
AND THEN THEY STARTED TO MAKE IT SOMETHING VERY CONSISTENT BECAUSE AL HAD THAT CONSISTENT WEEKLY VOLUNTEER TIME ALREADY SET ASIDE AT THE AQUARIUM.
SHE JUST BASICALLY TRANSFERRED IT INTO DOING THIS ACTIVITY WITH HER DAD.
SO IT WAS A WIN-WIN TIME WITH DAD, VOLUNTEER FOR THE AQUARIUM, AND I'M GETTING TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ANIMALS ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS IS A NATURAL FIT FOR BOTH OF THEM.
UM, AND THEN JUST LITTLE BY LITTLE, THEY REALIZED THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO HAUL BACK EVERY TIME, UM, THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEEDED TO GATHER IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE PICKERS, THE BUCKETS, THE BAGS, HOW THEY WERE GONNA TOW IT, LIKE PHYSICALLY HOW TO DO THIS.
HE IS LIKE A MINOR 49 ER, HE'S STILL UP CLIMBING ON, ON THE ROCKS.
UM, SO HE'S UP THERE, EL IS IN HER KAYAK SORTING AND KIND OF ALREADY STARTING TO GET IT SEPARATED ON THE KAYAKS.
YOU KNOW, WALL DAD'S OUT THERE PICKING AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF DOING A TEAM EFFORT DURING THAT TIME.
UM, THESE ARE THE ROUTES THAT THEY USUALLY DO, WHICH THEY DO TRACK.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, THIS IS EVEN TRACKING, UH, THAT THEY SHARE WITH THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.
THIS IS THEIR ROUTE THAT YOU CAN SEE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THERE FOR A LOT OF AREAS THAT NEED EXTENSIVE
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CLEANUP FROM BEACH TOYS, SAND TOYS, THINGS LIKE THIS.AND JUST AREAS WHERE THINGS WILL JUST GET STUCK.
SO, UM, THEY COLLECT ALL KINDS OF THINGS, AND I HAVE WITNESSED THIS IN HER BACKYARD.
AND WHEN THEY'VE COME BACK FROM A HALL AND SHE'S OUT THERE DILIGENTLY WITH HER DEBT, ORGANIZING, TRACKING, UM, GETTING EVERYTHING GROUPED TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF KIND OF THE RAW PICK UP ON THE BEACH, THEY COME BACK TO THE SAND AND THEY START SORTING AND TRACKING AND TAKING PHOTOS, UM, OF EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.
OF COURSE, TONS OF SAND TOYS, LOTS OF INFLATABLES, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROCKS NEAR MOTHER'S BEACH.
AND DURING THE SUMMERTIME ESPECIALLY, UM, ALL KINDS OF RECYCLABLES, OF COURSE, TRASH FOAM BITS, UM, THINGS YOU WOULDN'T IMAGINE.
OTHER VERY INTERESTING ITEMS THAT, THAT PEOPLE PUT INTO THE WATER TO TRY TO DISPOSE OF.
THEY FIND A LOT OF EVERYTHING, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED FROM THAT THOUGH, IS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO REPURPOSE A LOT OF THESE, RATHER THAN JUST PUTTING THIS BACK INTO LANDFILLS OR TRYING TO RECYCLE SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT CAN'T BE RECYCLED.
THEY'RE INSTEAD KIND OF HAD THE IDEA TO TRY TO REUSE.
AND WITH THE AQUARIUM CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF, OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE TOYS THAT WERE SALVAGEABLE AND ABLE TO BE CLEANED AND, AND REUSED.
NOT ALL OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY, AND PROVIDING THEM BACK TO THE AQUARIUM TO USE AT VARIOUS STREET FAIRS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH.
AND THEY STARTED A PROGRAM OF TOY ADOPTION FROM THAT, WHERE THE KIDS CAN ADOPT ONE OF THESE SEA TOYS, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THEY SIGN A PLEDGE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, HELP, UM, KEEP THE WATERWAYS CLEAN AND NOT ADD TO THE POLLUTION, NOT LEAVE THEIR TOYS ON THE STAND, YOU KNOW, TAKE EVERYTHING WITH THEM, LIKE REALLY INSTILLING THOSE VALUES WITH THEM EARLY ON TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR BEHAVIOR CAN IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT BY SIGNING THIS PLEDGE WHEN THEY GET THE TOY ADOPTION OF SOME OF THESE STREET PARA EVENTS WITH THE AQUARIUM OF PACIFIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO BECAUSE AS YOU SAW IN SOME OF THE PHOTOS, THE BUCKETS AND BUCKETS AND BUCKETS OF TENNIS BALLS THAT END UP IN THE WATER, UM, AGAIN, THEY CLEAN THEM, WASH THEM, DRY THEM, WOW.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR ANIMAL SHELTERS AND, UM, DOG PARKS AND DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND ALSO, AL HAS A REALLY GOOD FRIEND THAT WORKS AND ANIMAL CONTROL, WHO'S HERE TODAY AS WELL, WHO HELPS WITH THAT EFFORT OF, OF REDISTRIBUTING SOME OF THE DOG TOYS SLASH TENNIS BALLS, THINGS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE ANIMAL, UM, SHELTERS, RESCUES, AND PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND IS THAT THAT PLEDGE THAT THOSE, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE SIGN, YOU KNOW, PLEDGING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THEIR TOYS AT THE BEACH AND, AND THE STEWARDS OF GOOD OCEAN HEALTH, UM, BY ADOPTING THIS TOY AT THE STREET, THERES WITH THE AQUARIUM.
AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A REALLY POPULAR, UM, PROGRAM, AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE KIDS PLAYING WITH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE FOUND, YOU KNOW, AT THESE STREET FAIRS.
THIS IS ALL JUST REUSED TOYS THAT THEY FIND IN THE WATER BAGS AND BAGS IN THE, SO IT'S, UM, A REALLY, I THINK, BEAUTIFUL WAY TO, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, REUSE AND DISTRIBUTE THESE THINGS THAT ARE FOUND RATHER THAN JUST PUTTING THEM BACK INTO, UM, INTO THE LANDFILLS, ET CETERA.
AND ALSO AT THE BOTTOM TOO, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A PROGRAM EVEN AT ROSIE'S DOG BEACH, WHERE THERE'S LIKE THESE TENNIS BALLS AVAILABLE FROM THESE EFFORTS.
SO WITH THE CRIME OF THE PACIFIC, LIKE I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, L LOGS HER OFFICIAL HOURS AS AN OFFICIAL VOLUNTEER WITH THEM.
BUT IT INSPIRED, AND THE AQUARIUM MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN HERE IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, BUT IT HAS INSPIRED THAN ANOTHER PROGRAM THROUGH THE AQUARIUM CALLED KAYAK CLEANUP, WHICH IS JUST SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
THEIRS IS MORE KAYAKING AND CLEANUP.
UM, AL AND BOB AQUARIUMS IS MORE KAYAKING CLEANUP, BUT IT WAS INSPIRED BY, UM, AND SO, UM, BASICALLY LIKE I WAS DESCRIBING EARLIER, THEY LOG AND TRACK EVERY ITEM.
THEY ARE METICULOUS IN THEIR SORTING AND DATA COLLECTION, WHICH HELPS EVERYBODY AND IS PROVIDED TO THE AQUARIUM FOR UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE POLLUTION PATTERNS OF, OF ALL OF THE DEBRIS, THE MARINE DEBRIS THAT, THAT THEY ARE FINDING.
UM, AND IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR OVERALL EFFORTS WITH THE AQUARIUM.
AND THEN, UM, THIS, THEY ALSO USE THE MARINE DEBRIS TRACKER APP THROUGH MORGAN STANLEY AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
AGAIN, THAT'S DOWN TO THE TINIEST CLEAR TRASH WRAPPER PHONE BIT.
THIS IS VERY DETAILED INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROVIDING, UM, TO THE AQUARIUM.
AND I THINK NOAH LIKE THE, THE OVERALL, UM, OCEAN SCIENTISTS TO HELP 'EM UNDERSTAND THE POLLUTION LOCALLY AROUND HERE.
SO, UM, AND THEN SHE KIND OF DEVELOPED IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS ON HER OWN, UH, THE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND SAVING HABITATS TRASH PROGRAM.
UM, BASICALLY THAT PROGRAM WITH THE AQUARIUM IS NOW CALLED THE SHORELINE STEWARDS,
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AND IT'S UNDER THEIR CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT NOW.BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINS OF, OF HER UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF TRACKING AND SORTING EVERYTHING, UH, DOWN TO THE FINEST DETAIL TO PROVIDE THE BEST DATA POSSIBLE TO REALLY MAKE THE PROGRAM HAVE THE LASTING IMPACT THAT NEEDED.
AND IT PROVIDED THE AQUARIUM WITH DATA THAT IT NEEDED TO WIN A GRANT TO DO THE KAYAK CLEANUP.
I THINK THE FIRST YEAR WAS 2023, IS THAT RIGHT? DON WAS 2023, THE FIRST YEAR OF KAYAK CLEANUP EVENT.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE BIG DATA NUMBERS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE AQUARIUM TO ME, UM, FROM ALL OF THE DATA THAT EL AND BOB HAVE PROVIDED THROUGH THE YEARS.
SO OVER THESE PAST, THIS IS A FOUR YEAR WINDOW, WHICH IS LARGE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT LIKE THE OVERALL NUMBERS FROM REALLY THE ORIGINS OF WHEN THEY REALLY STARTED TRACKING THIS, UM, TO CURRENT TIME.
SO SINCE THEN, WE HAVE ABOUT 4,500 BEACH TOYS, 15,000 BEVERAGE BOTTLES AND RECYCLED RECYCLABLES, ABOUT 4,500 FOOD WRAPPERS AND 3,200 FOAM FRAGMENTS, UM, FROM THE WATERWAYS.
SO THESE ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMOVE FROM THESE AREAS, AS WE ALL KNOW, FOR, FOR ALL OF THE MARINE LIFE AND HEALTH OF, OF THE WATER.
SO, UM, THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF THE OVERALL NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SOME MORE DATA
AND AGAIN, THE TOP NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY REALLY GET, THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF THINGS ARE THE RECYCLABLE BOTTLES AND, AND WATER BOTTLES AND POTS OF BAGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
FOOD WRAPPER, SPEECH CHOICE, FILM FRAGMENTS, RANDOMLY, PEOPLE STILL USING FILM AND FOAM FRAGMENTS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE PIE CHART THERE, UH, BROKEN OUT BY KIND OF MATERIAL IF YOU'RE CURIOUS TO SEE.
BUT MAJORITY IS OBVIOUSLY PLASTIC, RIGHT? IMPORTANT POINT.
SO THEN NOW THEY'RE DOING ON WORLD OCEAN DAY EVERY YEAR SINCE OF 2022, WE THINK AFTER THEY GOT THE GRANT FOR IT, UM, USING A LOT OF THIS DATA.
UM, THEY NOW DO WORLD OCEAN DAY CLEANUPS IN ALAMEDA BAY AND THEY LAUNCHED OFF OF MOTHER'S BEACH, UM, AND VOLUNTEERS COME AND JOIN THEM IN KAYAKS OUT ON THE WATER.
THAT'S TOMORROW MORNING, BY THE WAY, IF ANYONE WANTED TO JOIN
UH, AND SO AS YOU SEE DOWN THERE WE'RE, I WAS TOUCHING ON EARLIER AS FAR AS, UM, UH, THE AQUARIUM DOING THE KAYAK CLEANUP, AND THEY WON THE GRANT TO PURCHASE UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT, AND KAYAK RENTALS FOR THAT ANNUAL EVENT.
SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING SOME PICTURES OF THEM OUT ON THE WATER.
THEY EVEN DID A NICE KAYAKING CAKE FOR BOB'S 83RD BIRTHDAY THERE.
UM, I DEFINITELY HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR 'EM AS, AS NATURAL CONSERVATION AMBASSADORS.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT JUST GENERAL RECYCLING AND, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
SO I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE HOW IT'S EVOLVED TO COMBINE THEIR LOVE OF WATER WITH TIME BEING TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY WINS, RIGHT? AND I'M JUST REALLY, UH, PLEASED THAT, THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY HONORING THEM.
UM, THANK YOU ALL THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THEM THEIR CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.
AND THESE ARE OUR, OUR GENERAL THANK YOUS TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, OF COURSE THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THERESA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
UH, DON AND CASSANDRA DOWN AT THE AQUARIUM OF PACIFIC, ELIZABETH, THANK YOU YOU SO MUCH AT THE WETLANDS TRUST.
UM, AND LANNY OVER THERE IN THE CORNER AS WELL WITH WETLAND STEWARD, CLOSER TO WETLAND STEWARD.
UM, AND YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ELLEN, BOB FOR CARING AND DOING SOMETHING CONSISTENTLY ABOUT IT AND TAKING IT ALL THE WAY.
LIKE WHAT A SMALL THING HAS GROWN INTO SUCH A HUGE EFFORT AND SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA JOIN IN AND THE WORLD'S A BETTER PLACE FOR US.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER VERSUS THEM OR NO? YEAH, I, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST, I GUESS I GOTTA PUT IT ON.
UM, IS THERE A GOFUNDME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT PEOPLE CAN GIVE DOLLARS TO? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COSTS.
I'M SURE IT COSTS MONEY BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THINGS THAT COSTS MONEY.
IT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING, BUT IT COSTS SO FAR.
UM, MAYBE CANDACE WANTS TO HELP ME CREATE ONE, BUT I DO THAT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KIND OF CONTRIBUTE THAT WAY.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST ME AND MY DAD.
UH, SOMETIMES LIKE THE AQUARIUM, UH, HAS GIVEN US, UH, YOU KNOW, PICKERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
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THEN MY DAD GOES AND HE RECYCLES EVERYTHING AND THEN I'M THE TOY PERSON.HE RECYCLE, HE RECYCLES ALL THE BOTTLES AND CANS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT PROBABLY PAYS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT FOR GAS, YOU KNOW, SO I COULD STARTLING IT IS JUST WHAT YOU DO IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE TRAINED TO DO.
AND I WAS A KID AND HAD OUR SABBATHS OUT AND MY DAD WOULD TAKE THE SAIL OFF AND SAYS, OKAY, PADDLE, GO PICK UP TRASH IN THE WATER.
AND THEN HE'D GO HAVE A COUPLE BEERS AND COME BACK AND WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A BUCKET FOR IT, BUT WE WANT TO HELP.
UM, AND I THINK BY YOU DOING THAT, UH, AND MAKING THAT PUBLIC, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE BE SURPRISED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL HELP YOU, UH, AND SUPPORT YOU.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I'M ALSO INTERESTED IF ANYONE HAS ANY PRESS CONNECTIONS.
I HAVE AN OVER AN HOUR LONG INTERVIEW I CONDUCTED WITH HER ABOUT THIS, AN AUDIO.
UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY PRESS LONG BEACH COAST, ANYBODY THAT COULD WORK WITH ME TO MAYBE GET AN ARTICLE OUT, IT'S A DEFINITE FEEL GOOD ONE.
UM, THESE ARE LOVERS OF LIFELONG, LOVERS OF LONG BEACH, SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING IF, IF ANYONE CAN CONNECT ME WITH SOME PRESS, THIS IS MY LITTLE REQUEST IF POSSIBLE.
UM, UH, SO I THINK YOU DO EXCELLENT WORK AND YOU EMBODY SOMETHING THAT I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT, WHICH IS, DOING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN JUST THINKING ABOUT OR TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE REAL LIFE, UM, UH, GOOD THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE TRASH THAT YOU'VE COLLECTED.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COLLECT THE TRASH IN THE FIRST PLACE AND, UM, WOULD BE GREAT IF, UM, SOME OF THE LAWS THAT CALIFORNIA HAS IMPLEMENTED TO REQUIRE TRASH PRODUCERS, UH, TO HAVE A SYSTEM TO TAKE BACK THEIR TRASH SO IT WOULDN'T FALL ON VOLUNTEERS AND THE PUBLIC TO DO THIS.
UM, SO I WANT TO URGE PEOPLE TO HONOR YOUR GOOD WORK, BUT ALSO ADVOCATE FOR A TIME WHEN CALIFORNIA ISN'T CREATING SO MUCH TRASH AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE SPOTS.
LET'S GIVE A CHANCE TO MEMBERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC, SPECIFICALLY GROWING YOUR FAN CLUB OF THE, I SEE LENNY, YOU PROBABLY WANNA SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR APPRECIATION AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE AQUARIUM.
UH, I'LL, I'LL SPEAK REAL QUICK.
THEY GO BY MY BOAT ALL THE TIME.
BOB, HE WOULD SHOW ME ALL HIS DEVICES HE MADE TO GET HIGHER UP ON THE BLANK BANKS AND ALL THAT.
AND IT WAS, IT'S ALL THE TIME.
I WAS GONNA SAY SNOW, BUT RAIN, WIND AND STORMY WEATHER.
THEY'RE TROOPER, THEY'RE OUT THERE.
AND LIKE AL WOULD SAY IN ABOUT BOB, YOU'D ALWAYS SEE 'EM CLIMB UP IN THE ROCKS AND WALKING ON THE BANKS.
AND I ADMIRE WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY GO BY MY BOAT EVERY TIME THEY COME IN.
THEY LEAVE FULL BAGS, A COUPLE OF 'EM.
IT'S LIKE, HOW DO THEY BALANCE ALL THAT? SO I ADMIRE YOU TWO FOR, I'M NOT KIDDING.
DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S WINDY OR RAIN.
UM, I'M REAL HAPPY TO KNOW HIM TOO, AS YOU ALL ARE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR HONORING SOME EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TODAY.
UM, THEY HAVE INSPIRED SO MUCH OF THE AQUARIUM BY GETTING OUT AND DOING IT THEMSELVES AND LEADING THE WAY.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP PROVIDE ACCESS TO THINGS LIKE KAYAKS FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT ON THE WATER BEFORE.
AND SO HAVING THAT EXAMPLE, UM, HAVING THE DATA TO HELP ADVANCE THOSE CAUSES, IT'S THE SAME EXACT APP THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION WITH THE MARINE DEBRIS DETECTIVES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOW BROUGHT TO OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS AS WELL.
AND SO YOU DO, YOU BOTH DO SO MUCH TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS AND I AM VERY LIKELY TO, UM, AND I KNOW KA FEELS THE SAME EXACT WAY, WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ON ANYTHING ELSE, THERESA? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, CANDACE, FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION THAT YOU DID FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH, WITH MICHELLE AND BOB.
AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US.
'CAUSE WE WENT HAVE THIS TODAY, BUT IT WASN'T FOR
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YOU.SO WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT PRESENTATION.
AS WE MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, UM, I DID GET A RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMISSIONER, UH, BLAIR THAT WHEN WE HAVE SIMILAR ONES, UM, THAT WE PUT THOSE ON A CONSENT CALENDAR.
UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME OF THE SAME ITEMS COMING BEFORE COUNSEL THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE VISIBILITY ON.
UM, AND I THINK THE BEST ANSWER REALLY CAME FROM STAFF, UM, WHEN, UH, BUREAU MANAGER, UH, LELAND, UH, KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE 'EM AS AGENDA ITEMS AND ARE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM.
AND EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY VOTED ON, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.
SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
UM, A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE, SPECIFICALLY A FEE WAIVER, UM, WILL GO TO COUNSEL AND IT'LL MAKE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS THIS PAST TUESDAY NIGHT, HAD 30 ITEMS ON IT.
AND THESE ARE ITEMS THAT THE COUNSEL IN AND OF ITSELF AGREES THAT, HEY, WE'RE GONNA PASS THESE 'CAUSE THEY'RE GOOD THINGS TO DO.
SO NONE OF 'EM GET, FOR THE MOST PART, NONE OF THEM GET ANY PUBLICITY OR ANY COMMENT.
SO YES, THERE WILL BE TIMES WHERE WE WILL NOT BRING A FEE WAIVER TO YOU IF IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BEFOREHAND.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE'LL, WE'LL SAY, HEY, THIS IS AN EVENT WORTHY OF YOUR COMMENTS.
THIS IS AN EVENT WORTHY OF YOUR ON RECORD PUBLICITY OF THE EVENT AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING IT ON, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.
UH, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH ITEM THREE TODAY.
UH, AND SO IN KEEPING WITH TRYING TO TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND ALSO RESPECTING, UM, THE SIGNUP OF THESE, I'D LIKE TO COMBINE THOSE TWO MOTIONS.
AND I RECOMMEND A MOTION, UM, THAT APPROVES THE FEE WAIVERS FOR BOTH SEAL BEACH YACHT CLUB AND THEIR ACTIVITY ON THE CHARITY REGATTA, AS WELL AS LITTLE SHIPS FLEET AND, UM, THEIR VARIOUS CELEBRATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
CAN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE FIVE? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA GET A CHANCE FOR THAT.
'CAUSE WE'LL, WE'RE, NOW THAT THE MOTION'S ON THE FLOOR, UH, WE OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION, WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE OF THE BACKGROUND OF EACH ONE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT FORWARD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
UM, SO COULD YOU GIVE US SOME OF THE BACKSTORY ON EACH OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY.
SO FIRST WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS YOU NEED TO CALL A VOTE FOR YOUR AMENDMENT.
SO YOU, YOU VOTE? I I, NO, I MADE IT STRAIGHT AS A STRAIGHT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, I'M GONNA HAVE BRIAN PLANT COME ON UP AND, UH, START THE STOP REPORT.
UM, SO WITH THESE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ORGANIZATION ON CONSOLIDATION, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK TOWARDS THAT.
UH, THE LITTLE SHIFT FLEET, UH, YACHT CLUB, A FEW REQUESTS.
UM, WE HAD SOME FLAT S COME IN.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SOME OF OUR OTHER ONES.
UM, ONE THING ABOUT I THINK LONG BEACH IN GENERAL IS OUR VERY DIVERSE SEGMENT IN THE YACHT BOATS.
UH, THERE IS, THERE'S YACHT CLUB TO FIT EVERYBODY, EVERY VOTER THAT THAT'S OUT THERE.
SO I LOVE THAT WE, WE ENCOURAGE THAT, UH, THAT WE SUPPORT THESE DIFFERENT, THESE DIFFERENT CLUBS TO, TO BRING OPPORTUNITIES TO EVERYBODY WITHIN THAT VOTING COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT LITTLE SHIPS IS, IS GONNA DO.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SUPPORTED OF THAT, UM, GIVEN 'EM THAT MAYBE SPACE THEY NEED FOR THOSE EVENTS.
UM, THE CHARITIES WELCOME MEET REGATTA, UM, AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YATA COMMUNITY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC, UM, WHICH IS NOT ONLY SERVING CHILDREN NOW, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, A MUCH MORE BIG, BIG SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION, UH, IN LONG BEACH.
UM, I WAS TRYING TO GET KELLY HERE TODAY.
UM, I WAS REALLY HOPING SHE'D HAVE SOME, SOME COMMENTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I THINK THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US AS A, AS A VOTING COMMITTEE TO HELP SUPPORT AND IT, IT REALLY BRINGS THE, THE COMMUNITY OF VOTERS TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THAT.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS REGARD THOSE TWO
YOU STATED EARLIER THAT ON ONE OF THESE ITEMS, UM, ESSENTIALLY OUR COMMITTEE MEETS THE THRESHOLD FOR
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RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THE COUNCIL, IT GOES ON CONSENT.UM, I GUESS PROCEDURALLY WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS IF WE DON'T TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE, DOES IT GO TO ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES OF COUNCIL AND THEN GO TO THE COMMITTEE? NO, NO.
UM, SO YOUR, YOUR PROCESS OF THIS IS YOUR ENDORSING THE EVENT, UM, FEE WAIVERS ARE, UH, GO DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOUR PROCESS HERE IS, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET THESE TO YOU BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL ON OCCASION.
UH, THAT, THAT THE SCHEDULING JUST DOESN'T MEET AND IT CHANGES.
SO, UH, THAT HAPPENED HERE WITH THE, THE CHARITY SWAP.
UM, BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, THERE IS PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY AT THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, CONSENT, BUT IT'S ALL 30 AT A TIME.
SO ANYBODY THAT HAS AN ITEM ON CONSENT CAN COME AND COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS, BUT THE COUNCIL ARE NOT GONNA COMMENT ABOUT ONE SINGLE ITEM, OR YOU CAN REQUEST FOR THAT TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, RIGHT.
ONLY IF THE COUNCIL WANTED THE COUNCIL TO CALL THE STAFF, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE MEETING THE PUBLIC REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM THERE, THERE IS NO PUBLIC REQUIREMENT FOR COMMENT ON THE ITEM EXCEPT THAT COUNCIL.
UH, HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ITEM AGENDIZED.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, FOR A FEE WAIVER TO GO TO COUNTY.
AND, AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, WE'RE WE'RE, UH, HOW DO YOU CALL IT? WE'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, IT'S NOT LIKE THE PARK OR THE POLICE COMMISSION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN ALSO VOICE THEIR OPINION.
UH, ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS THAT DOUBT, COMMENT, GO PLEASE.
IS THIS MY OPPORTUNITY
UM, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, PLEASE FORGIVE MY, UH, DARK GLASSES.
I WOULD, UM, I I TOTALLY RESPECT, UM, MR. LELAND'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM AND THE NOTION OF THE PROCESS BY WHICH THIS INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE VERY STRONG CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UH, COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO, UH, ADVISE ON ITEMS THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US, WHICH REQUIRE A RECOMMENDATION AND OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE THE RECOMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC OR ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF.
UM, I FIND IT, UM, DISTURBING THAT THIS ITEM HAVING BROUGHT, BEING BROUGHT TO US TODAY ON THE 11TH, WAS ALREADY ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE NINTH IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL.
AND THIS COMMISSION SERVES AS AN ADVISORY BODY TO CITY COUNCIL, NOT ONLY TO CITY STAFF.
SO, UM, SIMPLY ON THE PROCESS BY WHICH THIS ITEM IS BROUGHT BEFORE US AND THE TIMING OF IT, I FIND IT AGAIN, VERY DISTURBING.
AND I FIND IT, UM, UH, DISMAY THAT YOU ARE REQUIRING A VOTE ON AN ITEM AND REQUIRING AN APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMALLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, PERSONALLY SPEAKING ON THE TWO ITEMS, UM, KUDOS TO SEAL BEACH CHOCOLATE CLUB AND KELLY WALTER FOR ALL THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND REALLY TAKING THAT CHARITY REGATTA, UM, ACTIVITY AND RUNNING WITH THE BALL.
UM, MORE SO, UM, THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER CLUB.
UM, I KNOW ALAMEDAS BAYS ALSO MAKES THE REVENUE FROM THERE.
OCTOBER REGATTA GO TOWARDS THE CLINIC AND, UM, LITTLE SHIP FLEET HAS MANAGED TO DO SO MANY THINGS.
YOU'RE RIGHT, BRIAN WITH, UM, OUR MARINAS HAS, IS ABLE TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CLUBS WITH MULTIPLE INTERESTS AND, UM, LITTLE SHIP FLEET MAKES IT VERY AFFORDABLE.
I WAS THEIR NEWSLETTER EDITOR FOR MANY YEARS.
THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND IS THEIR NEWSLETTER.
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I BELIEVE WE HAS HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.UH, MY NAME'S JOE KEEPER AND I LIVE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
UM, I GREW UP SURFING AND SWIMMING IN SOUTH SANTA MONICA BAY, INCLUDING JUNIOR LIFEGUARD, AND I SPENT MOST OF MY WORKING YEARS AS A COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN.
SO I HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS ADVISORY COMMISSION AND WAS THINKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERING.
NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU, YOU HOLD ON.
UM, ARE, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THE ITEM, THE AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE GOING RIGHT NOW? YEAH, NUMBER THREE.
SORRY, I'M NOT, MAKE AN ODD REQUEST.
I SUGGEST YOU DECLINE TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
A FRIEND WAS MAKING FUN OF THESE ADVISORY COMMISSIONS AND TOLD ME THIS ITEM WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN ASKED TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ISSUE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DECIDED.
THIS COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON ITEMS BEFORE THEY TAKE A VOTE.
IT'S AN EFFORT TO MAKE GOVERNMENT BETTER INFORMED AND MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE ON A SMALL SCALE.
IT'S REALLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE UNIQUE AMERICAN STYLE OF DEMOCRACY.
BUT SENDING IN THAT ADVICE ON AN ITEM THAT NO LONGER OPEN TO DEBATE IS A MOCK OF THAT PROCESS.
THIS ITEM MAY BE PERFECTLY FINE AND WORTHY OF YOUR SUPPORT.
IT'S THE PROCESS AND PROCESS IS EVERYTHING.
THIS TURNS AN ADVISORY PROCESS INTO A RUBBER STAMP OF APPROVAL, WHETHER THE ACTION IS CONSIDERED GOOD OR BAD, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS INFORM THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT APPOINTED YOU, THAT YOU'RE UNABLE TO GIVE THE ADVICE THEY REQUESTED BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T ASKED FOR THAT ADVICE UNTIL IT WAS MEANINGLESS TO GIVE.
I REALLY ADMIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME IN THESE PROCESSES.
I THINK THE ADVICE YOU GIVE SHOULD BE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND THOROUGH CITING BOTH PROS AND CONS BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE AND FOR INFORMATION TO CONSIDER BEFORE THEY TAKE ANY ACTION.
BUT NONE OF THIS MATTERS IF YOU'RE SENDING THEM ADVICE ON A DECISION THEY ALREADY FINISHED.
I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT WHY WASTE YOUR BREATH? VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU SHOULD, SHOULD, SHOULD KNOW YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE AND THE PEOPLE WHO APPOINTED YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT STUNTS LIKE THIS ARE A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.
UH, YES, WE CAN COMMENT ON IT WITHIN THE BROWN ACT BECAUSE IT WAS A, IT WAS WITHIN THE ITEM THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT VALUABLE COMMENT AND FOR REMINDING US IN PROCESS.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS THE CITY BECAUSE IT WASN'T BROUGHT OFF OF CALENDAR.
AT LEAST HERE WE GOT TO DISCUSS THIS.
MAYBE IT IS AFTER FACT, BUT WE HAVE TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT THESE TWO ITEMS ARE AND TO GIVE YOU AND OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I DON'T SEE IT AS A WASTE OF OUR TIME, AND I DON'T SEE IT AS AN EMBARRASSMENT.
I SEE IT AS PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU THOUGH FOR ENLIGHTENING US WITH THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION AND THAT THAT'S MY PARTY SHOT
THE POINT IS, YOU DIDN'T ADVISE THEM ABOUT ANYTHING, ADVISE OR COMMISS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THEY TOOK A VOTE ON IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY PUT IT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR NOT, YOU WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVISE THEM ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT THEY SHOULD DO.
MAYBE THERE'S SOME ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM I'M MISSING, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE KIND OF A TIMING ISSUE.
SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
JUST MAKE IT SO ITEMS COME IN A TIMELY SEQUENTIAL WAY TO THE DIFFERENT BODIES.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THE LAST TIME OF NOTE THAT I REMEMBER IT HAPPENING WAS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RAISE AND SLIP FEES AND THAT OUR VOTE AND OUR OPINION WAS TOO LATE TO REALLY MATTER.
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RIGHT.SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE BOTH AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
UM, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT IS NOT FIXABLE OR WHAT? WELL, AND I, I AM, UM, I'M THINKING WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN AMEND THAT MOTION TO MAKE SOME MENTION THAT, UM, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT A MORE ADVANCED NOTICE BE MADE OR SOMETHING.
UM, AND THEN DO YOU WANNA MAKE AN, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION THAT'S SURE.
UM, UH, S SO, UH, I GUESS MY AMENDMENT WOULD BE THAT WHEN THESE SORTS OF, OF DECISIONS ARE MADE, OR VOTES COME BEFORE YOU THAT ARE SEQUENTIALLY OUT OF ORDER, THAT, UM, THEY GO FIRST TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S SOME EMERGENCY OR, AND I'M THINKING AS I TALK IT, IT GO FIRST TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION BEFORE COMING HERE.
THERE SHOULD BE A PROPER ORDER.
SO, UH, MAYBE SOMEBODY WANTS TO HELP ME SAY THAT.
AND I KNOW, UM, STAFF WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME INPUT THERE.
WE CANNOT COMMIT TO PROVIDING EVERY FEW WE EVER TO BODY BEFORE THOSE COUNSEL.
THAT IS, I I I THINK IT'S MORE THAN TWO SEVEN.
WE, WE DO EVERY, WE DO EVERY EFFORT AND WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE CANNOT COMMIT TO THAT AS THAT IS NOT PART BODIES A OVERSIGHT.
IT'S DOING OUR BEST ON THAT THOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR DECADES ABOUT FEE INCREASES IF THE PARKING ISSUE COMES UP AGAIN WITH, UM, THE METERS IN THE PARKING LOT THAT, THAT COULD EASILY GO TO COUNCIL BEFORE IT COMES TO US.
AND I THINK AS AN ADVISORY COMMISSION, WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT AND HAVE, GIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
SO I THINK THIS IS JUST SENDING A NOTICE OUT, HEY, WE'D LIKE AS MUCH ADVANCE AS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING.
SO AGAIN, I HAVE TO CON COMMENT ON FEES IN THE FACT THAT FEES ARE NOT AN OVERSIGHT PORTION OF THIS BODY.
UH, THEY NEED TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN TO THE MAYOR, AND THEN TO OUT TO PUBLIC.
AND WE'RE BEHOLDEN TO THAT PROCESS.
SO ONCE THE FEES GO OUT TO PUBLIC, THEN WE CAN BRING THEM TO THIS BODY.
BUT WE CANNOT RELEASE OUR FEES TO THIS BODY AS IT IS A PUBLIC BODY PRIOR TO CITY MANAGER MAYOR PRESENTING, PRESENTING THAT OF THE CHARTER.
THE COMMISSION ITSELF PRESENTING THAT IS TO BRING THAT AND, AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK WE CAN CONSISTENTLY SAY THAT, AND I THINK THAT SUPPORTS THE AMENDMENT AS WELL AS THE MOTION.
I'M JUST SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO FEES.
I THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF AGENDA ITEM BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE, THE, UM, OR ADVISORY COMMISSION THAT A VOTE TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION IS, IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, UH, NOT OUR PURVIEW.
IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, WITH RESPECT TO FEES, WHEN SOMETHING IS, SUCH AS THIS AGENDA ITEM FOR THE, UM, CLV YACHT CLUB HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, MAY I SUGGEST, WELL, IT DOESN'T SAY APPROVED.
MAY I SUGGEST THIS IS ENDORSED IF THANK YOU.
THIS IS NOT UNDER OUR PURVIEW AND IT IS NOT, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC VOTE ON THE PART OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
PERHAPS A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM SHOULD BE STRUCTURED THAT DOES ALLOW FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND FOR THIS INFORMATION TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT THAT, UH, PUBLIC VOTE BE MADE BY THESE COMMISSIONERS ON SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND I SAY THAT WITH RESPECT OF COURSE.
AND TO, I JUST WANT TO BRING THE LANGUAGE FORWARD.
IT'S ENDORSED TO RECOMMEND TO ENDORSE SUBMISSION TO APPROVE.
SO, AND THE KEY WORD THERE IS END ENDORSE.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT ENDORSING APPROVAL, YOU'RE ENDORSING THE EVENT.
SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS BRING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENDORSE AN EVENT OR NOT.
IN MOST CASES, WE WILL BRING THIS TO YOU BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNSEL.
AND THIS EVENT, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S ON ME AND I APOLOGIZE.
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IS A CHARITABLE EVENT BY A YACHT CLUB IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS GOING TO THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC.AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMENT THAT THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT OUR, OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR PARTNERS AND OUR MARINAS ARE DOING.
AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO SHINE LIGHT ON THAT SHINE LIGHT ON THEM AND SHINE LIGHT ON THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO.
WE HAD ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE COULD HAVE PLACED ON THIS AGENDA AS WELL THAT WENT TO COUNCIL ON TUESDAY.
BUT WE DID NOT, BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY COMMENT THAT SHINES A LIGHT ON SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING VERY, VERY GOOD THINGS ABOUT.
WE, WE HELD BACK ANOTHER ITEM BECAUSE IT JUST, IT WAS A FEELING AND IT DIDN'T WARRANT YOUR TIME.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THIS ITEM AND THE NATURE OF IT BEING A CHARITABLE DONATION TO THE CHILDREN'S CLINIC, IT WARRANTS YOUR COMMENT, WARRANTS YOUR TIME.
IT WARRANTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK UP.
UM, I JUST WANTED HAVE A CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THE YEAH, IT WAS THE NEXT STEP.
SO YOU CAN CALL FOR THE QUESTION.
WE CAN ASK, BUT I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT SEAL BEACH AND ALL THE OTHER CLUBS COULD COME IN A MONTH EARLIER.
AND GIVE US THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE MADE, IF IT LASTED, WE DON'T HAVE OUR COMMISSION MEETING TILL LATER ON IN JULY.
SO IT HAD TO BE DONE, UH, TO GET IT APPROVED.
AND IT'S NOT YOU PUTTING IT DOWN IT CITY COUNCIL, THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT PUTS WHAT THEY WANT, UH, ON IT.
UH, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE VOTING ON FIRST, UH, AND THEN WE'LL BE VOTING ON THE FULL MOTION.
SO, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
CAN WE READ THE AMENDMENT? UM, IT'S ON, IT'S, I'M GONNA BE TAKING IT OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER LAMB SAID.
I GONNA SUMMARIZE, IT'S KIND OF SUMMARIZED, SUMMARIZE, SO NOT EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS, BUT MY POINT OF VIEW IS THAT THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION GET THIS INFORMATION IN ADVANCE, GET THESE KINDS OF APPROVALS IN ADVANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL SO THEY CAN WEIGH IN ON THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND IT DOES.
AND I WILL TAKE YOUR EXACT VERBIAGE ON THE RECORDER.
ALL FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT AS REITERATED.
NOW THE FULL MOTION THAT INCLUDES THE, UM, ENDORSEMENT OF THE TWO ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS THE, UM, PLEA FOR, UH, ADVANCED NOTICE ON THINGS.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
UH, MR. LELAND, DO YOU WANNA START WITH, UH, YOUR REPORTS? YEAH, WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN.
WE'LL START WITH MARINE PATROL AND SUPERVISOR.
I'M ONE SUPERVISORS FOR, UH, MARINE PATROL.
TODAY I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HOW MANY CALLS PER SERVICE YOU GOT IN REFERENCE TO, UH, DISPATCHES OFFICER
UM, AND WE, A LITTLE BIT OF POSITIVE STUFF.
HAPPY THIS PAST MONTH, UM, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 2,135 CALLS FOR SERVICE OF THAT NUMBER.
WE RECEIVED 91 DISPATCHES, UM, AND OFFICER INITIATE CALLS BROKE UP, WHICH WAS 2039 CALLS FOR SERVICE, WHICH IS A TOTAL DEATH FIRST NUMBER I GAVE ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE.
WE WROTE A TOTAL OF 28 FISHING SITES, 13 TRESPASS SITES.
OUR TRESPASS SITES REFLECTED LOWER THAN LAST MONTH, BUT NOT BY MANY.
UM, OUR PARKING SITES WERE UP, WE GO A TOTAL OF 119 PARKING SITES.
UM, ON A POSITIVE NOTE, UM, WE WERE ASSISTED ASSISTING UNITS ACTUALLY THIS MORNING.
UM, WE, UH, ARRESTED THE BURGLARY SUSPECT THAT ONE OF THE YACHT CLUBS OVER HERE.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD, OOH, GOOD JOB.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE ALAMEDA BAY YACHT CLUB.
THAT WAS ABOUT FOUR IN THE MORNING.
SO OUR GRAVEYARD COULDN ASSISTED THE, THE
UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS HERE.
HE'S, HE'S, UH, ONE OF OUR TRANSFERS FROM THE JAILS.
UNDERCOVER, HUH? OH, ARE YOU GONNA
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LOVE THE MY NAME'S RE I'VE BEEN HERE WITH THE CITY FOR 17 YEARS.I'VE WORKED IN THE JAILS THE WHOLE TIME.
NOW I'M TRANSFERRED OVER TO MARINE PATROL.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ABOUT IT IN A NUTSHELL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? CAN YOU GUYS WRITE FISHING KIDNEYS? I'M SORRY YOU GUYS CAN WRITE.
IF IT, THE ISSUES BE IN OUR PRESENCE, WE WRITE.
SO STAFFING WISE WITH, WITH NOW HAVING, UH, ONE NEW TRANSFER, YOU'RE LOOKING BETTER HERE.
YEAH, OUR NUMBERS ARE GETTING UP, BUT WE'RE STILL BELOW AVERAGE.
UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMING OVER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAINING OFFICERS, SO IT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW.
SO UNTIL WE GET, I THINK WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ARE IN TRAINING.
THE ONES THEY GET DONE, UM, THOSE TWO PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME, COME ON BOARD.
YEAH, DEFINITELY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL YOU DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? THAT'S AN EASY JOB.
UH, WE'LL MOVE OVER TO BRIAN FOR OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
UH, CORY FORRESTER IS, UH, OFF TODAY AND THEN, UH, KELLY ARMSTRONG IS OTHERWISE ENGAGED WITH SOME, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.
ALRIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT IS IN OUR SLIDE? ALRIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROJECTS HAPPENING IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
UM, PICTURE ON THE LEFT, WE ARE GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE CARPENTER.
WE HAVE A, A GREAT TEAM ON STAFF RIGHT NOW.
UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY SKILLED IN THE CARPENTER FIELD.
SO WE TRIMMED OUT SOME WINDOWS THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN AT ALAMI BAY OFFICE.
UH, REALLY TRYING TO, TO JAZZ THIS PLACE BACK UP.
UM, CONTINUING ON THE PAINTING PROJECTS, UH, GOING THROUGH ALL THE A BM UH, RESTROOM PAINTINGS, THE EXTERIORS, UH, TRASH, TRASH RECEPTACLES.
UH, AND THEN SOME DIFFERENT LIKE CONCRETE WALLS, LIKE WHERE'S THAT AT? BELMONT, MONT BELMONTS.
UH, THIS IS BAY SHORE, I BELIEVE, GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE, UH, THE REFURBISHMENT DOWN THERE, GETTING IT READY FOR THE SUMMER, UM, BEFORE PLAYGROUND.
UM, SO THAT EQUIPMENT GETTING, GETTING FIXED UP, UH, BLEACHERS, UH, MORE PAINTING PROJECTS, UH, PARK BENCHES, UH, B ONE RESTROOM.
UM, THIS ONE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN FOOTPRINT.
UH, ENCAMPMENTS, UH, BREAK-INS, UH, TAKING METAL OFF, OFF OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, SO THEY'VE ADDED A LOT OF, UH, NEW MATERIAL, UM, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT A BIT MORE SECURE.
THAT'S WHERE HAVING THE, UH, LATE NIGHT BREAK-INS, UM, GETTING DOCK CARTS ROLLED OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE COMING INTO THE SUMMER SEASON, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE DOCK CARTS ARE SPREAD OUT.
UM, SO THE STAFF'S BEEN REALLY BUSY AND WORKING ON THAT.
UM, BRIGHT WORK IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE.
UM, THE CURRENT PAINTING, UH, WE ARE GONNA WORK INTO SOME STRIPING AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S GOT ANY PICTURE OF THAT, BUT ONE OF TROY'S UPDATES IS, UM, STRIPINGS GONNA START NEXT WEEK IN RAIN STADIUM.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT LOT CLEANED UP, UH, MAKE IT A BIT MORE ORGANIZED.
UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT'S DONE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER INTO BASIN ONE AND START OUR STRIKING PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE OUR PAINTED ON STAFF.
UM, CAN I ASK JUST ON YOUR DUCK CARTS? YEAH.
ARE THOSE FOB RELEASED OR NO, THEY'RE JUST THERE.
SO WE, WE HAVE A, A SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT HAS WORKED PRETTY WELL.
UH, WE DID A PILOT PROGRAM IN A BM, UM, AT A COUPLE OF DOCKS WHERE IT'S A, BASICALLY A HITCHING POST.
YOU CLEAN IT UP SO THERE'S NOT WATER COLLECTING IN IT, NO DEBRIS COLLECTING, THEN IT LOCKS UP WITH THE SAME KEY THAT UH, THEY USE FOR THE RESTAURANTS.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
THE DOCK CARTS ACTUALLY COME BACK THERE.
UH, THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE WANDERED OFF NEARLY AS MUCH.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A NEW FABRIC, LIKE A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE FABRICATOR.
SO WE ARE SEEING IF THEY CAN MAKE THAT SAME, SAME BASICALLY COPIER PROTOTYPE AND GET IT BUILT OUT.
SO JUST, NO, WE DON'T HAVE FOBS.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING USED.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY A COMMISSIONER PLAYER.
IT'S JUST IN SANTA BARBARA, MARINA.
IT'S GOOD NOT SEEING THEM GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
UM, AND PEOPLE UTILIZING 'EM ANYMORE.
'CAUSE WE USED TO SEE THAT QUITE OFTEN AND NOW WE'RE NOT SO GOOD.
IT'S, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE MORE OF A PLACE MAKING, YOU KNOW, SPACE FOR THEM, UH, LIKE WHERE THEY'RE EXPECTED TO COME BACK, CREATE THAT, THAT SOCIAL CONTRACTED RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING IT BACK.
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UH, WHAT DO WE GOT GOING ON? UM, SOME SPRINKLER WORK, UM, OVER INUH, NAVY MEMORIAL SITE RESTORATION.
UH OH YEAH, A LOT OF WORK OVER AT THE BERRY AT THE, UH, THE AMPHITHEATER, UH, SPRINKLERS OVER THERE.
AND THEN WE GOT HERE, STATION 31, UH, PALM BAY.
AGAIN, WE WE'RE USING, WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF THE MULCH WHERE THE POWER OF MULCH.
HERE WE ARE USING THE, THE, UH, THE GRINDINGS FROM OUR TREES TO, UH, ENHANCE OTHER, OTHER AREAS.
UM, BEACH MAINTENANCE STAFF, AS TODD SAID, THEY ARE EXTREMELY BUSY RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE HAD A HIGH TIDE, UH, COUPLED WITH A HIGH SLOW EVENT, UH, THE PAST FEW DAYS.
UH, IT WIPED OUT THE BURN YESTERDAY, SO THEY ARE ALL HANDS ON DECK REBUILDING THAT, UH, TO PRESERVE BEACH AND PROPERTY.
UM, UH, WHAT ELSE WE GOT? ALRIGHT.
UH, SO VOLLEYBALL COURTS, UH, THEY'RE PUTTING IN WORK.
WHERE, WHERE'S THAT ALAM BEACH? UH, WE, UH, WE PLACED EIGHT NEW COURTS AT ALAMEDA BEACH.
SO I'M SUPER, SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT.
THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND OPEN FOR PERMIT.
UH, SO FOR, FOR CLUB PRIVATE USE, UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S FOUR FOR PUBLIC FOUR.
IT MIGHT BE, THERE'S 50 50 ABOUT, UH, PRIVATE USE AND OPEN TO THE PUMP.
YEAH, I JUST LOOK AT THE BIG WEST.
UH, FOR LONG BEACH, UH, UM, BEACH VOLLEY BOAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HOST IT AT ALAMEDA STATE BEACH AGAIN.
THE BIKE LANE, THE RAMBLER LACOON, UH, DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN.
UH, THE OTHER ONE, I'M NOT SURE IF HE HAS ON HERE IS THE WAVE, THE WAVE FOUNTAIN.
ALSO WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE LAST WEEK.
UM, SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THAT BACK CONNECTION.
UM, LOTS OF WORK DOWN IN THE SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK.
UM, WE SPREED UP THAT AREA SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
UH, THE BOARDWALK, UH, BRIGHT WORK ON DIFFERENT SCULPTURES.
UH, THE SIGNAGE IN THE, UM, LIKE THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE, UH, RAINBOW HARBOR AREA.
IF YOU HEAD DOWN TO THE SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK, UM, YOU MIGHT SEE IT ON THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE.
BUT WE HAVE A, UH, SHIP'S WHEEL DOWN THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A, A, LIKE A A A RIGGER MENT.
BUT WE HAD THAT LAST MONTH'S REPORT, WAS IT? OH, OKAY.
SO IT'S A GREAT, UH, AND THAT WAS NICE TO HAVE THOSE BECAUSE THE THEIRS CONFERENCE WAS ALL THERE AND THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM SHINE.
ALSO WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UH, OXY COATING ON, IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO, TO CLEAN UP AND TAKE CARE OF VERSUS CLEAN.
SO WE'RE GONNA GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP IT LOOKING NICER LONGER AS WELL.
UH, MIRROR PLACEMENTS, UH, THE RESTROOMS, UH, NEW FENCING, THE PIPE PARK, UH, OR PIPE PLACE.
IS THE, THE MIRROR SABLE STAINLESS STEEL OR IS IT A MIRROR? THAT WAS A STANDARD MIRROR THAT WE PUT IN ON A MONDAY BEFORE THE, UH, WE, BEFORE THE MAYOR'S CONFERENCE.
AND IT WAS ETCHED BY WEDNESDAY.
BUT, UH, WE'LL DELAY, WE'LL GET BACK OUT THERE.
UM, JUST CAN I GIVE YOU INSIGHT? LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AS FAR AS, UH, LIKE WORK ORDERS, WORK REQUESTS ARE COMPLETED IN THE AREAS.
UH, AND FOR MARINE MAINTENANCE, IT, IT, IT REALLY OUTLINES HOW MUCH, WE STEP BACKWARDS BECAUSE OF CRIME WHEN THAT THE ENTIRE SCALE OF THAT CHART IS, UM, DISTORTED BECAUSE OF GRAFFITI AND, AND THE OTHER ACTS, VANDALISM THAT WE SUFFER AND WHAT WE'D BE ABLE TO DO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEVOTE ALL THOSE HOURS TO CLEANING UP SOMETHING AND, AND LOSING GROUND.
UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE DO.
THERE ARE KIND OF THAT THING WITH OUR ABANDONED BOATS ON THE WATERFRONT, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ISSUES WE FACE IN OUR PUBLIC DOCS AND TRYING TO DO ENFORCEMENT.
IT'D BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS MORE ON WHAT BRINGS FUNDS IN VERSUS JUST DEFINITELY, AND THAT IMPACTS THE MORALE OF ALL OF OUR STAFF AS WELL.
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UH, HOW ABOUT INSPECTIONS? UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD, UM, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC UNITS, UH, GO THROUGH A INSPECTION BY, UH, UH, THE BAY FOUNDATION.UH, THEY CAME DOWN AND DID THE INSPECTION, SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THEY ALL PASSED, UH, IN A GOOD WORKING ORDER.
IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR, UH, WHEN WE GO FOR GRANTS FOR DIFFERENT, UH, PUMP APPLICATIONS WHEN WE'RE PERFORMING WELL WITH WHAT THEY'VE GIVEN US.
UH, AND THE TIES BOARD, AS WE SAID, WE GOT SOME, SOME STEEP TIDES.
LUCKILY, THE, THE SWELLS ARE PROCEEDINGS, HOPEFULLY NOT AS, UH, AS MUCH IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
UM, OPERATIONS WISE, UM, WE ARE TRACKING AT ABOUT 94, 4% OCCUPIED.
UM, FINISHING UP A, YOU KNOW, A FAIRLY COMPETITIVE RFP DOWN IN, IN RAINBOW HARBOR.
UM, SO REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, GET SOME AWARDS OUT AND, YOU KNOW, FULLY ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.
UM, YEAH, THAT COMPLETES YOUR REPORT.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE TIDES.
YOU SAID THERE'S HIGH TIDES AND THERE SWELLS RIGHT NOW.
I NOTICED THIS MORNING DOWN AT THE BEACH, THERE'S LOTS OF SEAWEED COMING IN ON THE BEACH.
AND ARE WE KIND OF WAITING TILL THE LAST OF THE, THE HEAVY SURF COMES IN AND THEN WE CAN CLEAN IT UP OR, YEAH, YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, FOCUSED ON THE BERM, UH, PENINSULA BERM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
UH, OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE OPERATOR, UH, EQUIPMENT OPERATORS ARE GONNA BE ALL HANDS ON DECK DOWN OVER THERE, UH, AT LEAST THROUGH TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE HIGH, HIGH TIDES, UH, FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, UM, SO THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
UH, SO YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE DEBRIS BUILD UP ON THE BEACH FRONT.
UH, IF, IF HOPEFULLY, LIKE BRIAN SAID, WE'RE GONNA SEE A REDUCTION IN SWELL OVER THE NEXT DAY, DAY AND A HALF.
BUT IF YOU COMBINE A HIGH SWELL WITH THESE HIGH TIDES THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE OVER THE WEEKEND, WE GOTTA REALLY, REALLY FOCUS ON, UM, ON, UH, BERM BUILDING AND FORTIFICATION.
SO BEAR WITH US THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
WE'LL STILL BE OUT THERE CLEANING, BUT NOT TO THE FULLEST CAPACITY THAT WE DO FOR HER.
IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE HOUSE BEACH LOOKED LIKE DECADES AGO.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A REPORT, RIGHT? YOU'LL HAVE A REPORT, UM, REPORT.
THAT WAS GONNA BE THE EXTENT OF OUR REPORT.
SO IF YOU HAVE, SO IN, UH, YOU KNOW, TAMPA PUTS OUT A AN EMAIL OF TOPICS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AND I SUBMITTED A HANDFUL OF TOPICS.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW, LIKE THE GATES.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE GAINS? UH, OUR AL BAY GATES, UH, STAFF IS STILL WORKING WITH OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, OUR EXISTING AND ADD ON.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS WITH OUR CONTRACTOR ON THAT ONE.
UH, I KNOW WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT RESTROOMS AND WE HAVE THE VIP RESTROOMS THAT WERE DOWN AT THE, UH, I BELIEVE THE BELMONT PIER.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF ADVANCING THAT? DO WE HAVE FUNDING? IS THERE A GRANT PROPOSAL? ANYTHING? WE DO PUT MORE RESTROOMS OUT THERE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED THAT ARE WALKING AROUND IS FINDING A CLEAN RESTROOM.
NOT EVERYBODY IS DRUG ADDICTS.
UH, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO CLEAN RESTROOM.
IS THERE A THOUGHT OF THAT? ESPECIALLY DOWN ON THE, UH, THE MARINA, THE MARINA AREA, AND, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
UM, BELMONT PIERRE IS A VERY UNIQUE LOCATION SITUATION.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTROOMS, ANY PUBLIC RESTROOMS THAT ARE, ARE TRULY AVAILABLE FOR ALMOST 1.5 TO TWO MILES ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT RIGHT FACILITY.
UH, SO THAT IS A, A QUALITY LOCATION FOR, FOR THE PLACEMENT OF, OF, OF ONE.
I MEAN, IT IS, IT IS REALLY IS A, A GREAT SETUP.
I LOOKED AT THE AQUA LINK THAT'S GOING BACK AND FORTH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT PARKING GO ON THE AQUA LINK, THEY CAN'T GO INTO THE BOAT OWNER'S RESTROOM, SO THEY COME DOWN TO YOUR RESTROOM.
I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SUMMERTIME OF HAVING SOMETHING THERE.
UH, SO I MEAN, THAT'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT PARK AND THEY GO ON IT AND THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A RESTROOM, THEN THEY GO INTO THE RESTAURANTS, UH, AND USE THEIRS.
AND IT'S, IT'S AN UGLY PLACE WHEN THEY USE THAT
YEAH, AND I'LL BE VERY HONEST, THE, THE COST OF A THRONE RESTROOM, IT'S PROHIBITIVE FOR THAT LOCATION.
IT'S, I DON'T WANT TO TALK DOLLARS AND CENTS RIGHT HERE, BUT A THRONE RESTROOM THAT REQUIRES THE AMOUNT OF CLEANING THAT IT NEEDS AT THE BEL UP HERE.
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IT'S, IT'S A LOT.AND SO, UH, TO PLACE ANOTHER ONE IN OUR FOOTPRINT.
IN OUR FOOTPRINT, UNFUNDED UNBUDGETED, UH, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
CAN LAST CALL FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TO, ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE, UH, MANAGER'S ORAL REPORT AS PRESENTED.
UM, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN 18 LOOKS LIKE AN A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE, UH, EXECUTIVE AND TIDELAND CAPITAL, UM, PROJECTS COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
UH, A MOTION FROM ANYONE, SIR.
UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT.
WERE THERE ANY HIGHLIGHTS WE HAVE NOT COVERED IN TODAY'S MEETING? PARKING AM OKAY.
I THINK WE COVERED ALL OF THOSE.
AND THEN, ELIZABETH, ON THE TIMELINES, UM, LET ME JUST SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MEETING.
IT'S ALWAYS IMPRESSIVE, ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT'S GOING ON, AND IT WAS A LOT TO TAKE NOTES ON.
UM, BUT LET ME JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR FROM CHARLENE THAT THE GUANA PERRO SPORTS COURT LANDSCAPING IS NEARLY COMPLETED AND THAT IT WILL INCLUDE DUNE HABITAT, HABITAT AND DUNE, UM, NATIVE PLANTS.
UM, IT'S ALSO NICE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, PROCESS TO PROCURE AND REPLACE 19 BEACH LIFEGUARD TOWERS.
AND THAT THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF 2026.
COLORADO LAGOON, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TOPIC IS STILL MOVING FORWARD, AND THEY'VE COMPLETED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE MAIN UTILITY LINES.
AND AS I SAY ALL THE TIME, I'M GONNA SAY AGAIN HERE, ONCE IT'S DONE, PEOPLE WILL BE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE PROJECT THAT, THAT THE, UH, TEAM RAN UP AGAINST SOME, UM, DIFFICULTIES THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL.
UM, DAVIES'S BOAT LAUNCH, UM, NEW RESTROOM, TRASH ENCLOSURES, AND LAUNCH RAMP, UM, BY THE END OF 2027, THEY'VE ALREADY DEMOED THE OLD ONES AND, UM, THEY'VE PUT INTO PLACE A OIL AND SAND DIVERTER, WHICH I NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOMEDAY.
THERE'S AN APPLICATION BEFORE THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL TO CREATE DUNE HABITAT.
I TAKE NOTES ABOUT THE THINGS THAT INTEREST ME, UM, AND THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS INSTALLED LAY DOWN FOR STAGING FIELD OFFICE IN THE PARKING LOT.
UM, LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE HERE, WITHOUT TAKING UP TOO MUCH OF ANYONE'S TIME, THERE'S PATCHING, REPAIRING OF THE PATHWAYS AT RAINBOW LAGOON, UM, THE PENINSULA BEACH ENTRANCE CHANNEL DREDGING, UM, THEY'VE REOPENED FOR BIDDING AND THEY HAVE THEIR APPLICATION IN, UH, OR WILL SOON TO THE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR SOME FUNDING FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK, UH, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA JUST LEAVE IT AT.
AS ALWAYS, WE GET A GREAT SET OF SLIDES WITH SOME GREAT NARRATIVE AND, UH, PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
COMMISSIONER, MAYBE I SHOULD GO TO TODD.
UH, ANYTHING ON THE T-MOBILE, THEY WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SITES WHEN THEY HAD TALKED TO US.
AND I KNOW ONE OF THE SITES COULD HAVE BEEN, UH, AT THAT AREA WHERE THE LAGUNA, THAT'S STILL IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PLANNING BUREAU.
UH, THEY'RE VERY, VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, UH, FEEDBACK ON THAT LOCATION.
AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THROUGH THE, UH, ENTITLEMENT PERMITTING PROCESS THROUGH, UH, C COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THOSE TWO COMMITTEE REPORTS? ANY, YES, SIR.
JUST, UH, UM, THE FF DOCK REVITALIZATION IN THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT.
I HOPE IT, UH, 'CAUSE IT'S TYPICALLY FOR EVENTUALLY, UH, WALK ACROSS, I HOPE IT ESTABLISHES ITSELF, HOLDS UP.
UH, I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN THAT WE HAVE THERE.
UM, THE TIMING WAS JUST THE CHALLENGE I THINK BRIAN ALREADY KNOWS.
BUT, UH, THE, THE, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING.
OUR PARKING SPOTS WERE ALREADY TAKEN FOR PRIDE INITIALLY, THEN GIVE 'EM BACK TO US LAST MINUTE
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OVER WHERE WE COULD PARK.
SUDDENLY WE DIDN'T HAVE PARKING, UM, BECAUSE IT WAS DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
JUST, JUST A NOTE, UM, FROM THE
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COMMUNITY THERE.AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION JUST TO PUT OUT THERE.
WHY DO THESE VIP RESTROOMS HAVE TO BE FREE? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ALONG THAT ROAD THAT WILL GLADLY PAY A COUPLE OF DOLLARS TO USE A CLEAN RESTROOM.
WAIT, ARE WE ON PUBLIC COMMENT OR ARE WE STILL TALKING? NO, WE ARE STILL ON COMMITTEE REPORTS.
SO TO THE COMMITTEES, UH, THIS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REQUIRES PUBLIC RESTROOMS TO BE FREE.
AREN'T THEY SEPARATE THOUGH? WE HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS. THIS IS A WHOLE NOTHER THING, CAN'T IT IN RP AND LET SOMEBODY MAKE MONEY.
SEE HOW OUR HEADS TURNED AND WENT LIKE THIS AND WE ALL WENT LIKE THIS TO YOU? I, I, I THINK THE QUESTION'S BEEN ANSWERED AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO, UH, WE'LL CLOSE OUT THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THOSE SIGNIFY BY I, AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? AND ANY ABSTENTIONS.
NOW I CAN CLEARLY SEE ITEM SEVEN AND I THINK WE'LL START WITH THE MOTION AND THEN UNDER DISCUSSION, UH, WE'LL MAKE ANY NOMINATIONS.
UM, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UM, TO ELECT A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE MARINA ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND I'LL SECOND THAT AND, AND NOW WE'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, UM, ANY SEC SUGGESTIONS ON CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN? YES, MA'AM.
SO WELL YOU DECIDE THAT WE'RE OH, GO AHEAD TO NO.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU OH, FOR LEADERSHIP.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'D PREFER TO BE NOMINATED FOR FIRST CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE HER BRINGING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
I KNOW THERE'S A CERTAIN WAY WE DO THINGS, BUT SOMETIMES WE CHANGE THINGS UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REMEMBER HOW WE DO THINGS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER, UH,
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL, I KNOW THERE, UM, ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR, UM, FOR CHAIRMAN? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE THE, UH, I'LL CLOSE THOSE NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN.
WE'LL ADD THAT AS A, AN AMENDMENT THEN TO VOTE THROUGH ON IT TO OUR MOTION OF THIS, UM, TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
I'VE GONE BACK BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS WITH ROBERT'S RULES ON TO EXPERTS.
SO, SO I THEN THAT'S GONNA BE AN AMENDMENT THAT WE ADD THAT, THAT PORTION.
NOW I'M GONNA GO TO ANYONE THAT'S NOMINATED FOR VICE CHAIRMAN.
SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST NOMINATED FOR CHAIRS CHAIR.
AND THAT IS AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL, TO, UM, TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO ELECT A CHAIR AND CHAIR.
WE'RE GONNA, AND SO THEN WE'RE TAKING THEN IN EACH SECTION.
SO THEN WE'LL VOTE BY EACH PORTION AND THEN, GOT IT.
IF, ARE WE ADDING ANY COMMISSIONERS AT THIS MEETING TO THIS COMMITTEE? NOT AT THIS MEETING, NO.
YOU DO, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE A, AN AMENDMENT.
YOU CAN STILL, YOU CAN, BUT THE WAY I'VE GONE THROUGH IT AND MADE THE MOTION JUST TO, UM, DO THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND THEN WE CAN DO EACH SECTION.
AND THAT WAY IF THERE'S ANY PORTION SOMEONE'S NOT COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH, WE KNOCK IT OUT BY THEN.
I'M ENTERTAINING MOTIONS FOR VICE CHAIRMAN AT THIS POINT.
I HAVE A NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE JOE MURRAY AS VICE CHAIR.
I'LL WITHDRAW THAT WITH, FOR MY SUPPORT FOR BOB BLAIR.
WELL, I, I WAS GONNA CLOSE IN ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRMAN OR VICE CHAIRMAN.
I THINK I WOULD, UH, WITHDRAW MY NOMINATION.
IN SUPPORT OF MRS. MURRAY TO BE VICE CHAIR, TO KEEP THE CONTINUITY, THE COMMISSION FLOWING.
SO I WILL REITERATE MY NOMINATION, UH, UH, FOR VICE CHAIRS JOE MURPHY.
UH, I WILL TAKE THAT IF YOU AREN'T MR. BLAIR.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR? OKAY.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND I'M FIRST GONNA HAVE US VOTE ON,
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UM, VICE CHAIR.ALL IN FAVOR OF JOE MURRAY SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW ALL THOSE, UM, IN FAVOR AS FAR CHAIRMAN OF GORDON CAGER SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW LET'S GO TO THE MAIN MOTION THAT WE'RE NOW ELECTING THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AS THE REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE CODE, AND WE'LL SEAL THOSE.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE THIRD PERSON WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE, DO WE, UM, PUT THAT THIRD PERSON IN WHEN WE'RE ASSIGNING COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS? CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INPUT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY HANDS RAISED.
UH, NOW TO THE, UH, COMMITTEES.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, ELECT MEMBERS FOR EACH OF THE, UM, COMMITTEES OF EXECUTIVE FINANCE, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS AND TIDELANDS.
SO MOVED A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
UM, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES AS OF TODAY, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WAS APPROVED THROUGH CITY COUNCIL THAT STILL HAS A, A FEW MORE HURDLES TO GO.
AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE IN QUEUE.
UM, AND WE DON'T DISCLOSE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION UNTIL AFTER THEY'VE GONE THROUGH LIVE SCAN AND ALL THE, UH, PROTECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN US IN A MONTH OR TWO, UH, AND, UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD THEM TO COMMITTEES.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE CAN POPULATE OUR COMMITTEES, UM, WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE PART OF THE COMMISSION.
WE, WE REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, AT THIS TIME HOP ONTO TWO SUB OR SUBCOMMITTEES MM-HMM
UH, AND THEN AS WE POPULATE, UH, THE VACANCIES, UH, WE CAN ADJUST.
AND, AND, AND THEN ARE THERE ANY GUIDELINES ABOUT PREVIOUSLY SERVED? ARE YOU RECOMMENDING THAT FOLKS ROTATE AROUND OR ANYTHING ELSE? UM, LEAN TOWARDS WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
YOU KNOW, UH, I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THE FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE.
EVERYBODY LIKE, HERE'S THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, FINANCE COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU GET A LOT OF COOL INFORMATION IN THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SO I ALWAYS RECOMMEND THAT TO PEOPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF LEAN TOWARDS TIDE WITH CAPITAL PROJECTS AND, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
BUT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY, IT'S WHAT BACKS ALL THAT STUFF UP.
AND WE GET PORSCHE SMITH TO HELP US.
AND YOU GET, AND YOU GET THE GREAT PORSCHE SMITH.
SO YOU WANT US TO JUST WRITE OUR NAMES? WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE ON, I'M GONNA START.
AND THERE, THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE A, UM, DIDN'T WE HAVE THE, UH, OH, OH, THEN THE, THERE IS THE, UM, THERE'S BEEN A, A SUGGESTION THAT THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, BE BRUCE BECAUSE HE HAD THE EXPERIENCE THROUGH.
WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT AS THE YEAH, I, I WOULD, BUT I, I SEE SOMEBODY NEW.
I MEAN, NO, I, I WOULD SUPPORT BRUCE.
AND WHAT OTHER COMMITTEE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ON, BRUCE? UH, I LOVE MAINTENANCE AND I LOVE TITLES.
SO WHICHEVER ONE YOU, UH, CHOOSE, GO AHEAD AND PICK ONE.
LIZ, I'LL SIGN UP FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
OH, NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU GET TITLES? WE GOT THREE ON THE TITLES YOU PICK.
UM, AND I WILL TAKE, UM, EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE AND ANA, UM, I WOULD TAKE, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE PLEASE.
OR THE MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS.
AND I'LL BE SERVING AT ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
COULD THERE BE A CANDY COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN
UM, THAT MAY BE A, UM, COULD BE A TEMPORARY COMMITTEE OR, OR MAYBE WE COULD
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SOMETHING AND JOE'S GOING.ARE YOU CLEAR ON EACH OF THOSE? GO AND THEN, OKAY.
THREE ON S AND THREE ON LIKE, EVENTUALLY.
UM, AND THEN THE MOTION'S STILL ON THE FLOOR FOR THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
THE COMMITTEES ARE FULL WITH AN ANTICIPATION WITH HAVING NEW MEMBERS NEXT MONTH, WE HOPE.
UH, NOW WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO COMMENT, BUT OF COURSE DURING THE BROWN ACT WE CAN'T RESPOND TO THOSE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO? OKAY.
OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS ON JULY 2ND IN THE MAR OFFICE AT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING.
THE, UM, TIDELANDS CAPITAL PROJECT COMMITTEE IS JULY NINE, UH, IN THE, UH, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE OUR MEETING AT, UM, RECREATION PARK IN THE BRUIN DEN.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS AT THE BRUIN DEN AS WELL, ON JULY 9TH, 2026 AT TWO 30.
WON'T IS THAT'S, IT'S AN ERROR.
SOMEHOW I GOT THAT OFF ON MY CHEAT SHEET.
NO, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE WE WERE GETTING, BUT I WAS KIND OF EXCITED TO HEAR SHORTLY.
UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? UM, LET'S BE SURE AND ATTEND THE, UH, THE SWAP MEET, RIGHT? OR ABSOLUTELY.
OR RENT A BOOTH OUT FROM THAT.
CONTACT OUR FRIENDS AT T BEACH CHOCOLATE CLUB.
ORA, YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, 1938 CIRCUIT MEMORIAL AND OUR FIRST OFFICIAL FUNDRAISING EVENT THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH.
ALL COMMISSIONERS AND SENIOR MARINE BUREAU STAFF WERE INVITED TO THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION SUMMER KICKOFF, WHICH IS THEIR NEW COHORT OF NEWLY HIRED LONG BEACH LIFEGUARDS, CURRENT LIFEGUARDS AND RETIRED LIFEGUARDS.
THEY'RE HOLDING AN EVENT AT LEGENDS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 PM IT'S UPSTAIRS.
SO THIS IS A PRIVATE EVENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF LEGENDS.
AND, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, UH, THE 1938 SURFING MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE BEING GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN.
IT'S VERY CASUAL, IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN.
UH, LOTS OF LIFEGUARDS AND SURF RIDER FOUNDATION WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE WILL HAVE, I HOPE, SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.
AND I JUST HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THE, UH, MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION AND SENIOR STAFF AT GREEN BUREAU WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US.
UH, IN CLOSING, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ONE THOUGHT, UH, IN HONOR OF OUR CURRENT CHAIR, JOE MURRAY AND, UH, WITH RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE AS CHAIR, THE FIRST WOMAN CHAIR OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, ALL YOUR TIME AS A VOLUNTEER, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS A CO-CHAIR.
RIGHT ON
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE IN HONOR OF OUR, OUR SERGEANT, OUR YEAH.
HE WAS OUR OFFICER THAT TOOK CARE OF US, I BELIEVE IS A SERGEANT, UH, THAT TOOK CARE OF US AND DIED OF, UH, CANCER VERY QUICKLY.
HIS FUNERAL WAS LAST WEEK, SO, UH, UM, JUST LIKE TO, UH, YEAH, UH, CLOSE IN HIS HONOR.
UM, HIS FAMILY IS DEVASTATED, BUT, UH, YEAH, WHAT A GENTLEMAN.
HE WAS FOR ALL OF US AND HE WOULD COME IN HERE ALL THE TIME AND TAKE OUR HECKLING AND TAKE OUR FUN AND ALWAYS LEFT WITH A SMILE.
BUT, UH, JUST GOD BLESS HIM AS FAMILY.
YOU NEED TO STAY LATE BECAUSE YOU'RE.