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          LAST TIME. 
          OH, . 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UH, CALL TO ORDER THE, UH, THURSDAY, JULY. 
          UH, JUNE. 
          WAIT A MINUTE. 
          18TH, 2026, UH, AT 9:02 AM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          UH, DIRECTOR SCOTT. 
          UH, CAN YOU, UH, DO THE ROLL CALL? ABSOLUTELY, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER CHUNG, SHE HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. 
          COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER VI? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ALLEN HERE. 
          VICE CHAIR  SMITH HERE. 
          AND CHAIR REDFIELD. 
          HERE WE HAVE A QUO. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE REAL QUICK. 
          PLEASE STAND IF YOU WERE ABLE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. 
          JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND WE'VE, UM, AGREED THAT, UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, UH, DISCUSSED FIRST AND THAT GO TO THE PRESENTATION THEREAFTER. 
          IS THAT CORRECT, DIRECTOR? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, CERTAINLY. 
          SO, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION NUMBER 2 7 0 1 7 FROM INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRIC WORKERS, ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 11, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOST A PICNIC AT EL DORADO REGIONAL PARK ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2026. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND WITH PARAMETERS DETERMINED BY THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING. 
          AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE, OR, SORRY, THAT'S ON PAGE TWO. 
          UH, DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY DOES NOT PROVIDE OVERALL PUBLIC BENEFIT AND DENIES SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. 
          APPLICATION NUMBER 2 7 0 1 7 FROM INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL 11, UH, CALIFORNIA NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HOST A PICNIC THAT INCLUDES THE CONCEPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT EL DORADO REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, SO MOVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO HAVE A, A REPORT. 
          UH, SHE BE OUR, UH, PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER WILL BE PROVIDING A REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 11, THEY REPRESENT OVER 11,000 ELECTRICIANS, COMMUNICATION AND SYSTEM INSTALLERS, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, JOURNEYMEN, DOUBLE SERVICE, ELECTRICIAN, APPRENTICE, CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT AND CONSTRUCTION ELECTRICIAN, IBW, LOCAL 11. 
          OUR ANNUAL TICKET PICNIC IS A MAJOR FAMILY EVENT DESIGN TO PROMOTE SOLIDARITY AND ALLOW MEMBERS TO CONNECT OUTSIDE OF WORK CELEBRATION. 
          TYPICALLY TEACHERS, KIDS, FAMILY GAMES, FOOD GIVEAWAYS, INFORMATION BOOTH FROM THE HEALTH AND PENSION DEPARTMENTS. 
          THE PICNIC WILL BE HELD AT THE GOLDEN COAST SIDE OF AREA THREE IN EL DORADO REGIONAL PARK. 
          THE ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS 3000, UH, UNION MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILY, EVEN FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM CAN YOU SHUT THE DOOR? TWO FENCE BEER GARDENS ARE PROPOSED THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO GUESTS 21 AND OLDER. 
          BECAUSE OF THE PROPOSED BEER GARDENS, THE PARKING RECOGNITION APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE OVERALL PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE EVENTS. 
          MULTIPLE SECURITY GUARDS FROM PRIVATE SECURITY FORM WILL BE ON SITE DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THE EVENT AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN THEY GO, WHEN THEY STAGE THEIR, UM, EQUIPMENT IN THEIR SETUP. 
          AMPLIFIED MUSIC WILL BE PLAYED DURING THE PICNIC AND ACCORDING TO THE LONG BEACH NOISE ORDINANCE. 
          AND THEN DUE TO THE SIZE, THE IMPACTS TO OUR AND OTHER PARK USERS, DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PICNIC, MOST OF AREA THREE WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AND OTHER PARTIES. 
          THE EVENT COORDINATOR DID REACH OUT TO THE EL DORADO FRONTIER, WHICH IS ALSO AN AREA THREE AND DISCUSS WORKING TOGETHER ON THE DAY OF THE PICNIC SO THAT THEY'RE, UM, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND NOT CAUSING TOO MUCH, UM, NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE . 
          THE COST ON THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE AN ESTIMATED $2,216 IN PRIOR FEES AND A AS YET TO BE DETERMINED AMOUNT OF STAFF REIMBURSEMENT CHARGES IN GATE REVENUE FUND EVENT. 
          AND THIS IS A NEW GROUP AND A NEW EVENT. 
          THAT IS . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          WAS IT A NEW GROUP? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER LIVINGTON? UH, I DID NOT FIND ON HERE WHERE THE, THE MUSIC IS GOING TO BE. 
          I DON'T SEE THAT FOOTPRINT ON THE MAP. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE? YES, 
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I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THAT AREA THAT'S BY THE PICNIC TABLES. 
          THAT'S WHERE OUR ELECTRICITY IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM. 
          OR YOU KNOW, THE PICNIC AND GOLDEN GROVE. 
          I'M LIKE TRYING TO HOLD ON. 
          YEAH. 
          IS IT AROUND, AROUND MAPS CHALLENG AROUND AROUND THE, THE CIRCLE? YES. 
          YES, YES, YES. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTS FROM LAST WEEK, MY ONLY ENCOURAGEMENT, AND I'M SURE SPECIAL EVENTS WOULD HANDLE THIS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE SPEAKERS ARE AIMED AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER RO SMITH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, OUR GOLDEN GROVE RENTAL IS $854 TIMES TWO DAYS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH SIGNIFICANT BUDGET ISSUES GIVEN THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS COUNTRY. 
          AND SO I'M CURIOUS, ARE WE, ARE WE GOING TO THINK ABOUT UPPING THIS PRICE BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE THIS HUGE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORS? RIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER, SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THIS WILL FOLLOW THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE, THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THESE ARE LIKE SPECIAL EVENTS FEES THAT ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE SPECIAL, SPECIAL EVENTS AND BUILDING OFFICE CITY CITY MANAGEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S A SPECIAL, ONE THING TO REMEMBER THOUGH IS WE ARE GAINING GATE REVENUE FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE EVENT. 
          AND SO, OKAY. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THE PERMITTING OF, YOU KNOW, THE PERMIT FEES, IT IS ALSO THE GATE REVENUE THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE BENEFITING FROM AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE, UH, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? DO WE HAVE OTHER EVENTS OF THIS SIZE THAT HAVE SERVED ALCOHOL IN THE PAST? WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU SEE REGULARLY ON OUR PARKS COMMISSION AGENDAS, BUT, UH, IT HAS HAPPENED ABSOLUTELY IN THE PAST. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO BALANCE, UH, HERE IN THE CITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO HOLD SOME OF THESE LARGER EVENTS, UM, IN OUR PARKS AND, AND TO HELP ACTIVATE THE PARKS AND PROVIDE SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACES FOR THESE LARGER GROUPS. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE LARGER, UH, EVENTS LIKE THIS ARE, ARE MORE OFTEN KIND OF DOWN IN THE, UM, MARINA GREEN AREA, WHICH IS ALONG THE WATERLINE, UH, SHORELINE, UH, AREA. 
          UM, THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF ACTUALLY BOOKING, UM, THOSE FACILITIES. 
          AND SO THIS IS ONE THAT, UM, IS COMING TO, UH, GOLDEN GROVE, UH, FOR, FOR YOUR APPROVAL, UM, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOST IT THERE. 
          GOLDEN GROVE IS OUR LARGEST, UH, IN THE UPLANDS PARKS. 
          THIS IS OUR LARGEST, UH, VENUE FOR THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. 
          I'VE SEEN THESE, UH, FENCED OFF AREAS FOR ALCOHOL DONE IN OUR PARKS BEFORE. 
          THEY SEEM TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. 
          HAVE WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM IN THE PAST? WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS, UH, WITH THOSE THAT ARE, UH, HOSTED IN OUR PARKS. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT'S BECAUSE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS IN FILMING OFFICE, UH, HAS A REALLY RIGID, UH, PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THINGS DON'T GET OUTTA HAND. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE, UH, APPLICATION ITSELF, I THINK IT EVEN SPEAKS TO CLOSE TO 20, UH, PAID SECURITY TO BE A PART OF THIS, UM, EVENT. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PERMITTING PROCESS THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THINGS ARE AS BUTTONED DOWN AS THEY CAN BE. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE THERE ANY OF YES, I, I, I WOULD ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE ALCOHOL. 
          IN MY RECOLLECTION, THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN LESS SUPPORTIVE WHEN IT'S A FUNDRAISING EVENT LIKE LOBSTER FEST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY'RE ENCOURAGING THE SALE OF ALCOHOL TO MAKE MONEY. 
          THIS TO ME SEEMS JUST LIKE SOMETHING TO HELP PARENTS GET THROUGH THE DAY WITH THEIR KIDS. 
          , THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. 
          , ANY OTHER COMPANY? YES, COMMISSIONER? I DO. 
          SORRY, I'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          UM, SO HOW LONG, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER LIKE SPECIAL EVENT STAFF, NOT OUR STAFF, BUT SPECIAL EVENT STAFF. 
          SINCE THIS IS TECHNICALLY THEIR EVENT, HOW LONG, HOW MANY OR WILL THEIR STAFF BE PRESENT TO MONITOR THE EVENT? STAFF WILL BE PRESENT? I'M UNSURE OF HOW MANY WILL ACTUALLY BE THERE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I KNOW WHEN THERE EVEN THEY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS SINCE TO SUPPORT THE EVENT. 
          THIS, AND I WAS GONNA SAY TO YOU THE QUESTION, I KNOW WE SAID THAT THIS IS A 
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NEW GROUP AND A NEW EVENT FOR HERE AT OUR PARKS THAT THEY HAVE POSTED THEIR, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SENIOR PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          THEY'VE WORKED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS BEFORE AND SO THEY'RE GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S RELEVANT IN MY OPINION. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          SO JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THE NOISE, COMPLAINTS COULD BE HEARD MM-HMM . 
          SO LIKE VERY LOUDLY LAST MONTH. 
          AND THE ISSUE OF THAT SPECIAL EVENTS AND BEING SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEN THE RESPONSE FROM SPECIAL EVENTS NOT BEING SUFFICIENT. 
          SO DO WE HAVE OR UNDERSTAND OR ARE GONNA ALLOW, GIVE THE ORGANIZERS OR THE COMMUNITY WHATEVER IT IS, LIKE A CLEAR PATH OF COMMUNICATION SO THAT THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE EITHER ADDRESSED OR HEARD? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS HALF OF THE BATTLE THAT WE HEARD LAST MONTH WAS WELL, WE COMPLAINED AND THEN NOTHING GOT DONE. 
          SO THE EVENT WENT ON AS SCHEDULED WITH, WITH NO CHANGES. 
          SO DO WE KNOW AT ALL WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE SINCE IT'S NOW GONNA BE HOUSED AND APART FOR US? AND I THINK WE WOULD TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE BLAME, LIKE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE NOISE WISE AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL IF WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GET THEM TYPICALLY AFTER THE EVENT THAT COMES US. 
          AND THEN WE WILL COMMUNICATE UP TO SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          I KNOW THE DAY OF THE EVENT, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THEM HAVING SO MANY SECURITY GUARDS AVAILABLE AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE EVENT BECAUSE THEN THOSE THINGS CAN BE HANDLED KIND OF ON THE SPOT AND BE MONITORED. 
          WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE EVENT COORDINATORS AS WELL TO JUST MAKE THEM BE VERY AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOISE IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DEFINITELY KEEP AN EYE ON 'CAUSE THE NEIGHBORS NEED TO BE CONSIDERATE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          WE HAVE STRESSED THAT WITH THEM AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AS SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND I KNOW THEY'RE WILLING TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING IT HERE. 
          THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THE EVENT HERE IN THE PARK AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE IT A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. 
          THAT INCLUDES WHY THEY REACHED OUT TO THE FRONTIER AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE THOSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING? NONE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ABSTAINED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. 
          UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO, UM, REFLECT ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 2026. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE, THERE IS ONE CORRECTION ON ITEM SEVEN. 
          THERE WAS NOT A COUP, IT WAS COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON THAT SPOKE, NOT CHAIR LIVINGSTON. 
          PAGE EIGHT. 
          THAT WAS SECOND PAGE EIGHT. 
          THE FIRST THING UNDER COMMENT. 
          OH, I SEE IT. 
          GOOD EYE. 
          PAGE EIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR THAT COMMENT. 
          AND UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, CAN WE JUST RUN IT BY AS AMENDED? MM-HMM . 
          AS AMENDED. 
          AS AMENDED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HIGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH, UH, WITH AN AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR A. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? EXCELLENT. 
          AND NOW WE CAN GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING PARK EQUITY AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE. 
          CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHO WAS THAT? WAS THAT COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ? CHRIS WAS LOUDER. 
          CHRIS MADE THE MOTION THEN I SECOND. 
          OKAY, SECOND, UH, DIRECTOR. 
          DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO HAVE A REPORT. 
          IN FACT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. 
          UH, RECALL COMMISSIONERS, THIS WAS A REQUEST BY THE COMMISSION TO GET AN UPDATE ON OUR PARK EQUITY, UH, ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, AND, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW WE HAVE PROVIDED SOME, UH, PARK EQUITY PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, IT'S BEEN SINCE BEFORE COVID THAT WE PROVIDED AN UPDATE. 
          SO THIS IS A GREAT, UH, TIMELY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME OF OUR, UM, SOME OF OUR UPDATES. 
          AND IT, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, TO KIND OF NARROW THE SCOPE BECAUSE PARK EQUITY CAN MEAN SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          I OFTEN LOOK AT PARK EQUITY VERY SIMILAR TO LIKE HEALTH EQUITY, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THE THINGS THAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDLESS OF LOCATION IN THE CITY, REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, INCOME, TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, ALL OF OUR, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, UH, TO LIVE HEALTHY AND FULFILLING LIVES. 
          AND SO WHILE IN YEARS PAST, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON PROGRAMMATIC, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING, UH, AND WHERE ARE WE OFFERING THIS, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS. TODAY'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, IN SOME OTHER AREAS 
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AS WELL. 
          TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW PARTNERSHIPS CAN HELP US. 
          WE CAN'T BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE, BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE NEEDS OUT THERE AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS HELP FILL THOSE GAPS. 
          WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INVESTMENT, UH, IN PARKS AND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN OUR PARKS. 
          WE'RE GONNA TALK, UM, LITTLE BIT ABOUT DESIGN OF PARKS, UH, ENSURING THAT WHEN PEOPLE VISIT PARKS, THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SAFE AND WELCOMING, UM, AREAS, BUT THEN ALSO ADDRESS IMPACTS LIKE, UM, CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE USE OF SHADE STRUCTURES AND ALL OF OUR DESIGNS AND NEW MISTERS, UH, AT SOME OF OUR, UM, NEW PLAYGROUNDS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELP TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE, UM, KIND OF HEALTH, UH, CONCERNS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE KIND OF TAKING A, A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH WITH THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE THREE PRESENTERS HERE, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          UH, WE HAVE JOE JOY WARREN, OUR RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT, UH, SHIRLEY BEATTY, OUR PARTNERSHIP OFFICER, AND, UM, DANIEL LEWIS, OUR, UH, PARK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. 
          AND THEY'RE GONNA TAG TEAM ON THIS UPDATE. 
          THANK YOU DIRECTOR SCOTT. 
          AND GOOD MORNING CHAIR REDFIELD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. 
          WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS LONG RELATED UPDATE ON PARK EQUITY AND AS DIRECTOR SCOTT ALLUDED TO, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THE LAST FORMAL PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND SO IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR DIRECTOR SCOTT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GOT THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR PARK EQUITY. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. 
          UM, I'M JOY WARREN. 
          I'M ONE OF THE RECREATION SUPERINTENDENTS AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF KICKING OFF THIS PRESENTATION AND I'M GONNA BE FOCUSED ON PARK EQUITY AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION PROGRAM. 
          SO I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE, HOW WE ANIMATE THAT THROUGH OUR PEOPLE, OUR PROGRAMS AND PLACE-BASED STRATEGIES. 
          AND HELLO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M SHIRLEY. 
          I'M OUR PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER. 
          SO I WILL BE TAKING THE RE FROM JOY AT THAT TIME AND I WILL DELVE IN, DIVE A LITTLE BIT INTO OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE ARE TAKING THE APPROACH OF, UM, ON EQUITY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE'RE FILLING SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND HELPING US TO JUST CONTINUE TO BE A VERY PRODUCTIVE AND POSITIVE FOR JUST OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY AS WELL. 
          AND I'M DANIEL LEWIS, PRIOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. 
          SO I'LL BE KIND OF FINISHING UP THE PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SPEAK UP? I MISSED YOUR NAME. 
          OH, DANIELLE LEWIS. 
          OKAY. 
          I DID. 
          DANIELLE, I'M SO SORRY. 
          BEFORE, YEAH, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, SINCE WE HAVE NO GENERAL PUBLIC HERE, I WONDER IF WE COULD ANGLE IT A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE HAVE NO GP. 
          SURE. 
          I DON'T. 
          OH, THAT'S AMAZING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, THERE YOU GO. 
          BETTER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR NOT SHOWING UP TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE TRAJECTORY OF, UH, OUR PARK EQUITY EFFORTS AS IT PERTAINS TO ALL OUR, ALL OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR SERVICES. 
          WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS OCCURRED IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, RIGHT? UM, IN 2018 WE WERE UNDER A DIFFERENT MAYOR. 
          WE HAD A DIFFERENT COUNCIL MAKEUP. 
          UM, AND ALTHOUGH EVERY LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS VERY COMMITTED TO ADVANCING EQUITY, THEY HAD TO PASS THAT TORCH THROUGH A VERY, I GUESS A PERIOD OF TUMBLE. 
          WE HAD TO NAVIGATE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, A MASSIVE DISRUPTION TO ALL OUR PROGRAMS, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT PERIOD REALLY SHOWED THAT PARK ACCESS AND PROGRAMS ARE NOT LUXURIES. 
          THEY ARE ESSENTIAL. 
          AND THEY EXPOSED, UM, WHAT OUR DIRECTOR SCOTT TALKED ABOUT, THE PEOPLE WHO NEED US THE MOST IN OUR DENSE CORRIDORS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEAST ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMS IN OUR PARKS. 
          AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A SOCIAL JUSTICE, UM, DIALOGUE ERUPTION THAT OCCURRED AFTER HORRIFIC MURDERS AND IT RIPPLED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          AND WE HEARD OUR RESIDENTS CALLED OUT AND THEY CALLED SPECIFICALLY FOR INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED US THE MOST ARE VALUED AND ARE SEEN IN OUR SPACES. 
          AND SO THAT LED TO, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD ALREADY STARTED DEVELOPING THE PLAN, OKAY, UM, OUR 10 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WOW. 
          CHAIR REDFIELD YES, IS OUR STATEMENT ON EQUITY, WHICH IS ON PAGE 92 OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN WHICH WE SPECIFICALLY SAY WE ARE COMMITTED TO STRIVING FOR A SYSTEM THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR BACKGROUND, YOUR IDENTITY, WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OR, UM, THAT YOU REACH YOUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF HEALTH AND POTENTIAL FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. 
          AND, UM, AND WHAT THAT TELLS US IS WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK PAST OUR TRADITIONAL MODELS OF SAME SEASONS OF PROGRAM COMING TO OUR REGIONAL CENTERS TO ACCESS THESE ACTIVITIES AND REALLY FOCUS TO A MORE PEOPLE-CENTRIC PLACE-BASED FOCUS. 
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THANK YOU. 
          SO THERE ARE, IN THE STRATEGIC LINE, THERE'S EIGHT OVERARCHING GOALS. 
          I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT THREE OF YOU OF THEM TODAY. 
          AND THERE'S LIKE A HUNDRED, I WANNA SAY 161 OBJECTIVES AND ABOUT 35 OF THOSE CALL OUT SPECIFICALLY OF EQUITY. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROVIDING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE SPACES, WE LOOKED AT FOUR STRATEGIES IN PROGRAMMING, UM, PRIORITIZING THOSE THAT NEED US THE MOST, AND SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DIRECT SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING TO OUR CENTRAL WEST AND OUR NORTH PALM BEACH NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE LOOKED AT MODELS IN WHICH, WHERE WE ARE MEETING OUR PEOPLE, WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY NEED US THE MOST. 
          UM, SO WE'RE UTILIZING POPUPS, MOBILE ELEMENTS, AND THEN, UM, POSITIVE PART ACTIVATION, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD POSITIVE COMMUNITY PRESENCE AT OUR SPACES FOR AN EXPANDED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO NEW BARRIERS, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL, DIGITAL, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. 
          SO I WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE TRANSLATED FROM THOSE STRATEGIES. 
          UM, I TALKED ABOUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHETHER IT'S WINDFALL FUNDING OR GRANTS WE'RE TRYING TO HIT WHERE WE'RE NEEDED THE MOST. 
          OUR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY EVENT SERIES. 
          THIS WAS A COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN WHICH WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF GRANT FUNDING TO DELIVER 24 COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. 
          AND THEY, UH, EVERYTHING FROM ENHANCING OUR ESTABLISHED, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS, LIKE COMMUNITIES OF THE PARK TO BRINGING THINGS LIKE HALLOWEEN CARNIVALS TO SPRING KICK KICKOFF. 
          THIS WAS AT SILVERADO, THIS WAS AT KING PARK. 
          WE USED LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT DOLLARS, REMEMBER THAT. 
          AND WHERE WE DEVELOPED PROGRAMS LIKE VIRTUAL RECREATION, MOBILE RECESS, AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF DECENTRALIZED PLAY. 
          WE'RE GOING OUT TO WHERE THEY'RE NEED, WHERE WE'RE NEEDED. 
          WE, WE ARE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING POP-UP PLAY ELEMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAMS LIKE BESAFE AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF ACTIVATING OUR SPACES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DURING RECREATION. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN OUR RESIDENTS, WHEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUR STAFF ARE OUT THERE ENGAGING THEM IN STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO, TO ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY. 
          AND THEN WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES AND OUR PRACTICES. 
          WE HAVE OUR FEE WAIVER POLICIES THERE THAT REMOVES FINANCIAL BURDENS TO OUR RENTAL AND PERMITTING FEES. 
          WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS SO THAT THEY CAN, SO WE PROVIDE FREE AQUATICS ACTIVITIES, USE SPORTS AND CLASSES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE SUPER POPULAR DAY CAMPS. 
          AND WE'RE, AS WE MOVE TO MODERNIZE OUR REGISTRATION PROCESSES TO GO ONLINE, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE KEEPS THOSE FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE INTERNET CAPACITY FROM REGISTRATION. 
          SO DURING THAT TIME, WE KEEP OPEN PHYSICAL SPACES SO THAT THESE RESIDENTS CAN COME IN AND GET SUPPORT FROM STAFF DIRECTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND THIS TAKES US TO OUR NEXT THEME OF PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE. 
          UM, GOAL TWO AND SEVEN ALIGN PERFECTLY WITH THOSE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS ESPECIALLY RESONATING FOR ME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS, UM, A LITTLE BIT BY MYSELF. 
          I'M AN IMMIGRANT. 
          I CAME TO THE TO, TO THE US AND, UM, I REMEMBER HOW IT WAS TO GO TO SPACES WHERE I DIDN'T SEE MYSELF REFLECTED MY IDENTITY. 
          AND SO WE MADE IT A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PERSON SEES THEMSELVES IN OUR PROGRAM, THEY'RE AFFIRMED. 
          UM, WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF OUR DIFFERENT CULTURAL, CULTURAL EVENTS, UM, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL EQUITY, RIGHT? SAFETY NETS. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXAMPLES OF HOW WE DO THAT. 
          AND THEN IN ORDER TO DO THIS RIGHT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR STAFF THAT PROVIDE THESE ENVIRONMENTS AND OUR PROGRAMS REFLECT THAT. 
          SO WE, WE LOOKED AT LOCAL HIRING PATHWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING DIRECTLY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT THEY ARE REFLECT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. 
          WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO STAFF DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR DYNAMIC TRAINING AND WHAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF DIRECTLY CONNECT THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION TO THEIR EVERYDAY WORK. 
          AND THEN WE DO THAT FROM THE BEGINNING SO THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE OUR FUTURE PUBLIC LEADERS, RIGHT? UM, THANK YOU. 
          SO HOW WE, HOW DO WE DO THAT? UM, A FEW YEARS AGO WE IMPLEMENTED A CITYWIDE JOB FAIR SERIES THAT GOES DIRECTLY OUT TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR WE WENT OUT TO AVA WHALEY AND , AND THESE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS. 
          AND THEY SEE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME AND WORK FOR US IN OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, I THINK THIS YEAR 
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WE HAD LIKE 400 JOB SEEKERS AND THOSE WERE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW IN OUR DEPARTMENT SERVING THE VERY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY GREW UP. 
          I TALKED ABOUT OUR STAFF CAPACITY BUILDING. 
          UM, DURING THAT TIME WITH A SOCIAL UPRISING, IT WAS INCREDIBLY HARD FOR OUR STAFF TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WE DID NOT STRAY AWAY FROM IT. 
          UM, WE CREATED A JEDI COMMITTEE. 
          JEDI STANDS FOR JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. 
          AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT HARD. 
          IT'S STILL HARD, THAT HARD PROCESS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          HOW DOES THIS AFFECT EVERYONE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THESE EXTERNAL SERVICES, WE HAD TO WORK ON OUR INTERNAL CULTURE. 
          SO EVERY MONTH AT OUR BUREAU MEETING, WE LEAD JEDI ACTIVITIES. 
          UM, WE ALIGN WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION AND ROLLED OUT THE EQUITY CHAMPIONS TO OF UNDER SITTING RIGHT HERE AND EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER. 
          AND I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH EQUITY ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING. 
          AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE. 
          SEL STANDS FOR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS EMBEDDED FROM OUR FRONTLINE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP TRAUMA INFORMED. 
          THESE ARE ALL CALLED OUT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO EVERYTHING IS DELIVERED SPECIFICALLY TO BUILD UP THE COMPETENCIES OF OUR CRS STAFF. 
          AND THEN I THINK YOU RECOGNIZE A LOT OF THESE EVENTS. 
          WE ARE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF OUR OLDER AMERICAN MONTHS, SORRY, OLDER AMERICANS MONTH SERIES. 
          AND ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE TIME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY BELIEVE WITH RACE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT CROSSES DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTS, RIGHT FROM POPULATIONS, CAMBODIA NEW YEAR DANCE FEST. 
          I THINK SHERLENE MIGHT TOUCH ON BLACK MOSAIC. 
          AND THEN I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS INQUIRED ABOUT OUR CON CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO EXPAND THOSE CLASSES INTO OUR NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CORRIDORS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE DO THINGS LIKE, WE HAVE INCENTIVES FOR OUR INSTRUCTORS WHERE WE WAIVE ADMINISTRATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUBLICITY FEES SO THAT THEY CAN OFFER THOSE CLASSES IN FACILITIES WHERE WE CAN OFFER THOSE, UM, WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          UM, WE ALSO WORK WITH, SORRY, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND OUR WORKFORCE SO THAT WE TRY TO ENGAGE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO DELIVER CLASSES ON OUR DANCE IN RICHMOND. 
          I THINK WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR SUMMER BOOTH PROGRAMS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. 
          OUR YOUTH, WE SERVE ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED TO 125,000 LUNCHES ANNUALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, KIDS UP TO THE AGE OF 18 GET FREE LUNCHES WHERE IT'S NEEDED THE MOST. 
          AND THEN OUR SENIOR CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAMS, UM, SILVERADO AND AT OUR SENIOR EXPO, COMPLETELY FREE MEALS. 
          AND THEN HERE IN OUR OTHER SENIOR CENTERS, WE PARTNER WITH HSA AND THEY HAVE A TIERED STRUCTURE WHERE I THINK IT'S A NON NOMINAL FEE. 
          IT'S VOLUNTARY DONATION, UH, BUT NO SENIORS TURNED AWAY FOR THE INABILITY TO PAY. 
          UM, AND THEN I TALKED ABOUT INCLUSIVE SPACES FOR ALL. 
          IT'S A PICTURE OF OUR JEDI COMMITTEE IN FRONT OF THE STATEMENT WALL AT STARNS PARK. 
          IF NOT, NOT TO STARNS PARK. 
          YOU'LL SEE SO MANY DIFFERENT CULTURES REFLECTED IN THE DECOR IN THE SPACES THERE. 
          SO, UM, AND THIS GROUP, BY THE WAY, THROUGH THAT HARD WORK THAT STARTED RIGHT AFTER THAT SOCIAL JUSTICE, WE'VE ACTUALLY DELIVERED WORKSHOPS ON, UH, SEL AND EQUITY IN, UH, GARDEN GROVE, NEWPORT BEACH. 
          WOW. 
          UH, FOR , UM, PICTURES OF OLDER AMERICANS MONTH, CAMBODIA, AND NEW YEAR. 
          SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT I TOLD CHAIR , YOU GET ME STARTED TALKING ABOUT EQUITY. 
          YOU MIGHT HAVE TO PULL ME UP. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? UM, WE HAVE TO OPERATE WITHIN A VERY FIXED JOURNAL FUND STRUCTURE, AND WE DO THAT VERY RESPONSIBLY AND DILIGENTLY DIRECTOR SCOTT. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE TO NAVIGATE WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR WINDFALL FUNDING LIKE LDRA SUNSETS AND THEN WE HAVE A SUSTAINED DEMAND LOCALLY. 
          UM, SO WE APPLY THAT WHERE EVERY CHANCE THAT WE GET, WE DIRECT THIS, THE PLAY TOWARDS WHERE WE'RE NEEDED THE MOST. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ARE STARTING, THIS IS THE HOW WE ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES. 
          WE REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHO WE ARE SERVING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT. 
          SO WE, WE'VE STARTED COLLECTING NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. 
          THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR FORM. 
          UM, IT'S MOSTLY MANUAL RIGHT NOW FOR OUR REGISTRATION PROCESSES. 
          THEY VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSED THEIR, UM, CULTURE, THEIR AGE, THEIR ZIP CODE, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO OUR SYSTEM. 
          WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED AN RFFP FOR OUR NEXT, UM, REC PLATFORM AND, AND WHERE HOPEFULLY THAT THAT COLLECTION OF DATA EQUITY REPORTING WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US. 
          AND THEN WE ARE REALLY GOING TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND LOOK AT THE EQUITY TOOLKIT, WHICH IS THE OFFICE OF, UM, EQUITY AND REC RECONCILIATIONS, UH, GUIDELINES THEY 
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GAVE US, IN WHICH IT GIVES US STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON ANY DETERMINATION, WHETHER IT BE BUDGET, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, WHO REAPS THE BENEFIT FROM THIS DETERMINATION AND WHO HAS THE BURDEN. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT. 
          AND VERY QUICKLY IN THE ROADMAP AHEAD, UM, I TALKED ABOUT THE RFP SETTING UP THAT NEW SYSTEM, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AUTOMATED. 
          WE ARE AUTOMATICALLY CHECKING TO SEE WHO'S ACCESSING OUR PROGRAMS AND PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANTLY WHO'S NOT. 
          WE'RE GONNA REVIEW AND WE'RE GONNA LEARN HOW TO READ THESE TRENDS, TRENDS. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO USE IT HOPEFULLY TO ESTABLISH SOME ME METRICS SO WE CAN MEASURE OUR PROGRESS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          WE'RE GONNA LEVEL UP OUR TRAININGS, MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME SPECIALIZED SITE MODULES. 
          I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE TOOLS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT SHELY, SHE'S ITCHING TO COME UP HERE. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE SITE AUDITS LOOKING SO SUPERVISORS CAN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REMOVING EITHER THE PHYSICAL BARRIERS OR WHAT, WHAT OTHER THINGS THAT ARE KEEPING PEOPLE FROM ACCESSING OUR SPACE. 
          WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR WORKFORCE PIPELINE. 
          I TALKED ABOUT OUR JOB FAIR SERIES, BUT WE ARE ALREADY BEING ASKED TO GO TO LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, CAL STATE LONG BEACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND ALSO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT, UM, BRINGING ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AND OUR MARINE. 
          THOSE VACANCIES AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THIS FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE AS A OBJECTION BEFORE REALLY IS A SHIFT TO LOOKING FROM, WE PROGRAM EVERYTHING OURSELVES AND BRINGING ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY IMPACT. 
          AND I KNOW MS. SHER MEETING HERE IS GONNA DETAIL THAT UP FOR YOU. 
          CASE, IF I START TALKING SUPER FAST AND I GO TOO FAST, TELL ME TO SLOW DOWN  AND I'LL TRY TO GET TO SO PARTNERSHIPS. 
          SO I COME IN. 
          SO WHY PARTNERSHIPS? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? OUR PARTNERSHIPS HELP US FILL THE GAPS IN OUR SERVICE DELIVERY AS WELL AS IN OUR MAINTENANCE. 
          THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE PARK WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME BUDGET SHORTFALLS AS OUR PARTNERSHIPS CAN COME IN AND REALLY HELP SUPPORT. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO IT STRENGTHENS OUR RELATIONSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND IT HELPS BUILD THAT TRUST, RIGHT? SO THAT OUR PARKS AND OUR LOCATIONS BECOME OWNED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN THE COMMUNITY TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THOSE LOCATIONS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE PRIDE AND HELP US IN KEEPING EYES ON THE PARK, KEEPING IT CLEAN AND JUST WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANT OUR PARK TO REFLECT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE THEM. 
          SO THAT'S A WHOLE CONCEPT ABOUT WE DO FOR YOU INSTEAD OF WITH YOU. 
          WE WANNA DO IT WITH YOU AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHEN YOU'RE AT OUR PARK, YOU CAN SEE EACH OTHER. 
          JOY TALKED ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AS AN I IMMIGRANT, UM, AND LOOKING FOR FOLKS THAT LOOK LIKE HER AND SEEING HERSELF IN OUR FACILITIES. 
          I TOO HAVE SOME SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND ENJOY BEING ABLE TO SEE MYSELF IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT I AM AND WHERE I LIVE. 
          YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF THERE NO MATTER WHAT. 
           THANK YOU. 
          GO BACK. 
          . 
          I'M NOT TALKING THAT FAST. 
          ALMOST . 
          UM, IT ALSO HELPS US BUILD CAPACITY AND HELPS US REALLY JUST SUPPLEMENT SOME OF OUR RESOURCES, RIGHT? SO IT HELPS US BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE, TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE TO HELP US WITH SOME OF OUR, THE THINGS THAT WE SEE WHEN WE SEE THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS THAT HELPS SUPPORT OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO WE'RE BUILDING OUR CAPACITY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND IT ACTUALLY ALSO ACTIVATES UNDERUTILIZED PARKS. 
          SO AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WE HAVE LIVE AT THE SHELL. 
          SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO IN WHERE WE CAN'T NECESSARILY DO THAT WHOLE SERIES OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES THERE BECAUSE OF OUR RESOURCES ARE BEING USED IN OTHERS AND WE HAVE  AND A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ACTIVATE THAT PARK. 
          AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ACTIVATED PARKS ARE SAFER PARKS AND SAFER AND BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AS WELL AS ENHANCES, ENHANCES PARKS STEWARDSHIP AS WELL. 
          UM, AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR FRIENDS GROUPS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, IT HELPS US TO KEEP OUR PARKS CLEAN AND REALLY DO SOME PEANUTS AND THEY CAN ALSO GO OUT THERE AND DO SOME THINGS AND APPLY FOR GRANTS THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO APPLY FOR SO IT CAN SUPPLEMENT. 
          WE SAW THAT IN MACARTHUR PARK, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND. 
          A LOT OF THAT CAME TO BE BECAUSE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH, AT THE TIME IT WAS A OC SEVEN, BUT THEY'RE NOW CLIMB LONG BEACH, I BELIEVE I GOT THAT NAME RIGHT. 
          AND WHERE THEY HELPED TO GET SOME FUNDING WHERE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO THAT AND GET SOME FUNDING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN A LOT QUICKER. 
          SO PARTNERSHIPS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE WANNA CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND REALLY SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS. 
          WE HAVE 200, 200 PLUS PARTNERSHIPS THAT MY TEAM WORKS WITH, AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS TO THE LEASING OF OUR BUILDINGS TO OUR RIGHT OF ENTRY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE PARKS TO EVEN OUR LITTLE LEAGUES USING OUR FACILITIES. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE DO HAVE, I MENTIONED THE SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO, UM, CRSI KNOW WE HAVE OUR DODGERS DREAM TEAM. 
          THAT IS A STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE THAT ENABLES US TO OFFER THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL IN THE SUMMER. 
          AND THE DODGERS PLAY FOR THE UNIFORMS AND THE KIDS GET THIS GREAT EXPERIENCE, UM, AND GET TO WORK ON THEIR HEALTH EQUITY AS WELL. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO PARTNER WITH OUR LITTLE LEAGUES AS WELL. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THINGS LIKE UP IN NORTH LONG BEACH ARE ONE OF OUR NEWER PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAME IN WITH THE WOLF PACK, WHO ARE NOW DOING, EXPANDING SOME 
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OF OUR LITTLE LEAGUES. 
          A LOT OF 'EM ARE CENTERED AROUND THIS AREA, BUT TO GOING INTO SOME OF OUR OTHER AREA AREAS AS WELL, AS WELL AS SPORTS SOCCER, YOU NAME IT, WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT AND FOLKS ARE COMING TO US AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THOSE AND HOW CAN WE BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY? MAKE SURE EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY HAS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          PARTNERS OF PARKS DOWN, BECAUSE I MYSELF, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, PARTNERS OF PARKS, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH A PARTNER, A PARKS AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND WORK A LOT MORE, A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER SO THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN UNISON. 
          THEY SERVE AS A FISCAL AGENT FOR A LOT OF, SOME OF OUR SMALLER GROUPS THAT ARE COMING UP IN OUR FRIENDS GROUPS WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY YET TO BE THEIR OWN 5 0 1 C3 OR REALLY TO BE THEIR OWN LARGE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF A MODEL THAT ALLOWS A GROUP TO THEN SPONSOR THEM AND TO HELP THEM GET STARTED, RIGHT? AND WE'VE SEEN THINGS WHERE WE KNOW LIVE AT THE SHELL ACTUALLY STARTED UNDER PARTNERS OF PARKS. 
          SO DID GRAY PANTHER, STARTED WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS AND THEY'RE NOW, THEY'RE ON 5 0 1 C3 AND NO LONGER UNDER THAT. 
          BUT SOME OF OUR SMALLER GROUPS AND WE HAVE SOME NEW ONES COMING UP. 
          FRIENDS OF MLK PARK, FRIENDS OF WILLOW SPRINGS THAT WE JUST CAME TO YOU GUYS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, BIXBY HILLS, BBY HILLS, BIXBY HEIGHTS, BELMONT HEIGHTS. 
          LET ME GET IT TOGETHER HERE. 
          BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT CAME TO US LAST MONTH. 
          THAT'S ALSO A NEW PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND SOME EXAMPLES, UM, OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          UM, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR JOINT USE AGREEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST UPDATED AFTER MANY YEARS OF IT NOT BEING UPDATED THAT GOT UPDATED. 
          SO AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITH, UM, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          OUR SUMMER FOOD. 
          WE WORK IN UNISON WITH THEM AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE FOOD SERVICES THAT JOY MENTIONED TO ALL OF OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT. 
          AND PARK STEWARDSHIP. 
          I KIND OF TALKED ON THAT ALREADY ABOUT SOME OF OUR FRIENDS GROUP, FOR INSTANCE, FRIENDS OF MLK, THEY'VE BEEN HELPING US REVITALIZE, UM, THE PEACE GARDEN DOWN AT MLK PARK. 
          AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IT MAY NOT BE HAPPENING JUST YET OR MAY BE HAPPENING SLOWER. 
          SO OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND OUR FRIENDS GROUPS REALLY ARE HELPING US TO JUST KIND OF REVITALIZE AND STEWARD AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR PARK. 
          AND I'M STARTING TO SEE A LOT MORE FRITZ BOOTS COME TO US FOR IMPROVEMENT, PART IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR PARKS AND FOR THINGS LIKE DOING CLEANUPS AND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING TOWARDS AND WORKING WITH. 
          SO I'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR FRIENDS UP GROUPS AND OUR NEW ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS. 
          I KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THEM AS I WAS TALKING AS WELL. 
          UM, PERFORMING ARTS. 
          SO JOIN HINTED AT THE BLACK MOSAIC. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER NEW PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE LONG BEACH PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE HAD DR. ANDREWS COME HERE AND THAT'S PROVIDING QUALITY PROGRAMMING, QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMMING AND PERFORMING ARTS IN OUR PARKS. 
          SO IN OUR PARKS, WE'VE HAD A LOT, A LOT OF SPORTS PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. 
          WE'VE HAD STAFF THAT CAME IN AND COULD DO THEATER PROGRAMMING, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT STAFF TO DO THAT AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, THEN WHAT? SO THAT'S WHERE OUR PARTNERSHIPS COME. 
          AND HAVING THE LONG BEACH PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE IS GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO BRING IN OTHER ARTS GROUPS. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW BEYOND HAVING, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SHAKESPEARE THAT, UM, LIVE AT, LIVE AT THE SHELL WAS HOSTING, BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A PROGRAM DOWN AT BIXIE PARK THIS SUMMER AS WELL, BRINGING SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AND THE LONG BEACH SHAKESPEARE THEATER. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH PERFORMING ARTS. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO ENHANCE AND JUST HAVE A REAL ROUNDED EXPERIENCES IN OUR PARKS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE LONG BEACH PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE HAS BEEN FOCUSING IN DOWN AT THE SENIOR CENTER, KING PARK AND TON PARK. 
          SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT ARE, ARE UNDERSERVED THAT DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO PETER. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          AND REALLY LOOKING AT THAT EQUITY , , UM, AND THEN AQUATICS AND CROSS DEPARTMENTAL. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LEARN TO SWIM. 
          I KNOW OUR AQUATICS TEAM DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THINGS SUCH AS THEY ACTUALLY GOT SOME GRANTS AT LEEWAY SO THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE THOSE, THEIR BOATS. 
          LAST YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT. 
          AND THEN I ALSO KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING THROUGH IN OUR AQUATICS DEPARTMENT, SUCH AS THE LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT TO BRING FREE SWIMMING LESSONS TO OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          OKAY, . 
          UM, SOME OF OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS AS WE LOOK AHEAD IN PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON NOW AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, UM, LOOK AT THIS EQUITY LENS AND BRING MORE EQUITABLE PROGRAMMING AND THINGS TO OUR PARKS AND SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENT? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN, IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE AND WE'RE HOPING THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO WE WILL GET THIS, UM, PARTNERSHIP TOOLKIT OUT THERE THAT WILL EXPAND ON PATHWAYS AND ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH OUR PARKS. 
          IT'LL GIVE THEM AWAY ON HOW TO DO THAT. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE OUR MURAL TOOLKIT. 
          SO MURAL TOOLKIT WILL KIND OF BECOME A PART OF THAT. 
          HOW DO YOU BECOME A FRIENDS GROUP? HOW DO I, IF I WANT TO DO AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PARK, WHAT'S THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? IF I WANT TO, WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS THAT ARE COMING WANTING TO DO, UM, SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR OUTDOOR BASKETBALL COURTS. 
          HOW DO I GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS? SO HAVING 
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KIND OF THAT CENTRALIZED PLACE WHERE FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND LOOK AT IT, UM, AND THEN BE ABLE TO HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT HAVING THE STARTING POINT INSTEAD OF KIND OF DISCUSSING AND HAVING TO CALL ALL OVER. 
          SO TRY TO REALLY CENTRALIZE THAT AND MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR OUR PARTNERS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, ARE FACILITATING OUR PARTNERSHIP NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HELD OUR FRIENDS OF COLLABORATIVE MEETING. 
          SO WHAT WE DID WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT TO BRING TOGETHER OUR FRIENDS OF GROUPS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A MEETING WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER, WE GET THEM. 
          WE REVIEWED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SO THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND ACTUALLY FOUND VERY INTERESTING WHEN WE DID THAT MEETING, A LOT OF THEM DID NOT REALIZE THAT PARKS HAD ITS OWN STRATEGIC PLAN UNTIL THAT POINT. 
          UM, SO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT EDUCATION AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN UNISON, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK WITH EACH OTHER. 
          SO WHAT WE SAW AT THAT BEAUTY, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONLY FIVE AT THE TIME THAT CAME, YOU HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS JUST STARTING OUT TO SOMEONE WHO'D BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES ABOUT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK. 
          SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT. 
          I'M ACTUALLY PLANNING THE SECOND ONE, UM, FOR SOME TIME IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT ON THAT. 
          AND WE'RE BUILDING A LIST RIGHT NOW TO BRING IN MORE FRIENDS GROUPS AS WE'RE BRINGING IN THE NEW, AND ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE ENTRUSTED IN STARTING WITH SO THAT WE HAVE THIS KIND OF COLLABORATIVE AND REALLY WORKING TOGETHER AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND REALLY KIND OF BRINGING THAT BRIDGE TOGETHER. 
          UM, CREATE CAREER PATHWAYS AND EXPLORATION. 
          SO WHEREAS JOY TALKED ABOUT OUR HIRING AND THE DIFFERENT HIRING FAIRS, WE ARE ALSO WORKING IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS TO LOOK AT WAYS TO SHOW THAT PARKS IS A CAREER. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT YOU CAN BUILD A CAREER HERE IN PARKS AND IT GOES BEYOND JUST BEING A PROGRAM LEADER. 
          SO HOW WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT, IT'S THINGS LIKE MEETING WITH, UH, JOB CORPS AND WORKING WITH THEM. 
          AND I KNOW I, ERIC WAS ABLE TO GO WITH ME AND HIS TEAM, THE MAINTENANCE TEAM, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING IN YOUNG FOLKS TO COME AND MAYBE DO SOME INTERNSHIP TYPE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN GET TO KNOW, NOT ONLY BUILD THEIR SKILLS AND PUT THEIR SKILLS TO USE, BUT ALSO SEE THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL CAREER OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S DRAWING FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAYBE WE WOULD NOT HAVE REACHED BEFORE. 
          IT'S THINGS LIKE WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT AND THEIR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT YOUTH DIVISION. 
          I GET ALL THOSE TITLES OUT. 
          UM, WORKING WITH THEM AND SOME OF THEIR YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAMS AND LOOKING AT BRINGING POTENTIAL INTERNS INTO OUR PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR, THIS IS SEPARATE AND SUPPLEMENTAL TO OUR HIRING THAT WE DO. 
          SO THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE IT'S NOT HITTING OUR BUDGET, UM, THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING OTHER FOLKS IN TO COME AND HELP NOT JUST SUPPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT IT'S ALSO A TRAINING FOR THEM TO GO AND GROW AND BE ABLE TO IMPROVE AND GET SKILLS AND THEN WORK AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CREATIVE PROGRAMMING LIKE , THAT THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE ARTS, BUT CREATIVE CAN BE LOOKED AT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT? SO IT'S US LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT OUR CONTRACT CLASSES, RIGHT? AND AS I'M OUT THERE AND PEOPLE ARE COMING TO ME WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS AND LOOK AT THIS, MAYBE WHAT YOU WANNA DO, WE CAN'T DO IT ON THAT LARGE SCALE, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE YOU CAN BE A CONTRACT CLASS INSTRUCTOR, IN FACT, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SERVING THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS ARE, HAVE AN INTEREST IN THEIR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY. 
          HEY, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED DOING A CLASS HERE BECAUSE THIS IS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING WE WANT TO SUPPORT AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE AREN'T REACHED. 
          AND I THINK THROUGH SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS AND FOLKS THAT I'M ABLE TO TALK TO AS I'M ON THE GROUND AND OUR TEAMS GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY MORE THAN ABLE TO SHOW THEM HERE'S AGAIN A PATHWAY, ANOTHER PATHWAY OF HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH OUR PARKS. 
          SO REALLY TRYING TO DO THAT AND REALLY JUST BEING CREATIVE WITH OUR RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE MOVING ON AND GOING FORWARD. 
          I MADE DO THAT. 
          WE'RE GONNA IT OVER THAT WAY. 
          AND I'M JUST GONNA TAKE ONE QUICK BREAK BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SEE ME LEAVE. 
          I GOTTA GET TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THANK YOU. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I KNOW THEY CAN LEAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          WE'RE GONNA SAY CALL SHERLINE . 
          MY CELL PHONE WILL BE ON, SO, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HANDS FREE THOUGH, RIGHT? HANDS FREE, YES. 
          HANDS FREE ALWAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ALREADY, SO I'M GONNA BOMBARD YOU WITH A WHOLE NOTHER FILE OF INFORMATION. 
          UM, SO EQUITY AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, SO FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, WE REALLY NEED DECISIONS TO BE INFORMED BY ACTUAL MEASURABLE NEEDS, NOT JUST OUR ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT THEY ARE. 
          UM, SO HOW WE KIND OF DO THIS IS WE EVALUATE PARK ACCESS AND IDENTIFY THOSE GAPS. 
          UM, WE LOOK AT SOCIAL VULNERABILITY DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE IN PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES AND THEN REALLY ANALYZE THE HISTORICAL AND CURRENT INVESTMENT PATTERN. 
          SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WHERE CAN WE GO NEXT? UM, HOW THIS HAS REALLY GUIDED OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, UM, BOILS DOWN TO IDENTIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE GREATEST PARK ACCESS AND EQUITIES. 
          UM, LOOKING AT HIGH NEEDED, VERY HIGH NEED, UM, AREAS FOR INVESTMENT. 
          THOSE KIND OF BECOME PRIORITY CAPITAL PROJECTS 
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ARE CONCERNED ARE COMPLICATED WHERE MULTIPLE BARRIERS OVERLAP. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE ACCESS VULNERABILITY, STORED UNDER INVESTMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN IT ENSURES FUNDING IS REALLY DIRECTED WHERE IT'LL DELIVER THE HIGHEST COMMUNITY IMPACT. 
          SO PARK ACCESSIBILITY, UM, RESIDENTS ABOUT NEARBY PARK SPACE FACE MORE BARRIERS LIKE TRAVELING FURTHER FOR GREEN SPACE EXPERIENCE, OVERCROWDING AT THE PARKS THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO AND THEN HAVE SOMETIMES LIMITED OR NO VIABLE RECREATIONAL ALTERNATIVES. 
          SO TO DO THIS, WE PRIORITIZE HIGH NEED AND VERY HIGH NEED PARK AREAS. 
          THAT'S KIND OF THE TERMINOLOGY WE USE. 
          SO ON THIS MAP YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE INDICATED IN PURPLE. 
          THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE LEAST ACCESS TO PARK SPACE AND THAT'S KIND OF DETERMINED, UM, BY LIKE, DO THEY LIVE 10 MINUTE IN A 10 MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE OF A PARK OR GREEN SPACE? SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IS ANOTHER ONE. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY THE DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT ARE LINKED TO HIGHER SUSCEPTIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS. 
          UM, SO TAKING THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS MAP, YOU CAN SEE THOSE PURPLE AREAS ON THAT PREVIOUS MAP ARE NOW HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE, AND A LOT OF THEM DO OVERLAP WITH THOSE RED AREAS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST FOR SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN OUR CITY. 
          UM, RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS USUALLY HAVE 83 TO 88% LESS NEARBY PARK SPACE THAN THE CITY MEDIAN. 
          UM, AND THEN ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS, LIKE POOR AIR QUALITY HEAT ISLANDS AND POLLUTION USUALLY AFFECT THESE COMMUNITIES AT A GREATER, UH, DECIMAL THAN OTHERS. 
          RACE, ETHNICITY AND INCOME ALSO ARE UNFORTUNATELY. 
          UM, OTHER BARRIERS FOR ACCESS. 
          SO THE TRUST REPUBLIC LAND CONDUCTED A STUDY THAT RANKED THE 100 MOST POPULOUS US CITIES AND THEY RANKED IT ON PARK EQUITY, ACCESS INVESTMENT, UM, AMENITIES AND ACREAGE. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, FOR LONG BEACH SPECIFICALLY, THE STUDY FOUND THAT DISPARITIES IN PARK SPACE, UM, EXIST ACROSS RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS. 
          SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE HAVE MORE PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE 47 TO 57 LESS PARK SPACE THAN WHAT THE CITY MEDIAN IS COMPARED TO WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TYPICALLY HAVE MORE INCOME ALSO STRONGLY CORRELATES TO THIS. 
          UM, SO LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS FACE COMPOUNDING BOUNDARIES WITH, UH, THERE'S MORE DENSE TYPICALLY. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 59% LESS PARK SPACE THAN THE CITY AVERAGE. 
          SO THESE DISPARITIES HIGHLIGHT OBVIOUSLY THE TARGETED NEED FOR EQUITY DRIVEN INVESTMENT. 
          SO HOW DO WE ADDRESSING THESE EQUITY GAPS? UM, TO ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES WE NEED DATA DRIVEN TOOLS LIKE THE PARKS STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, WE ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE KIND OF USING IS THE LA COUNTY PARKS NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          SO IT REALLY INFORMS, YOU KNOW, CITIES IN LA WHERE ARE, WHERE SHOULD OUR EVENTS BE LOCATED AND UM, FOCUSED ON. 
          SO COUNTY FUNDING VIA THE REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT USES THIS DATA TO KIND OF ALLOCATE FUNDS TO SPECIFIC AREAS. 
          SO LONG BEACH HAS FIVE CURRENT STUDY AREAS, UM, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE CATEGORIZED AS HIGH NEED AND VERY MANY, SO MORE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THOSE AREAS SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO THESE MAPS INDICATE THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THOSE STUDY AREAS IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO THE WEST, UM, SOUTH AND NORTH. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE STARS ARE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE'VE COMPLETED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND SO WE SPECIFICALLY TRIED TO INVEST IN THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HIGH NEED AND VERY HIGH NEED FOR PARK SPACE. 
          I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT THOSE FOUR PROJECTS ARE, JUST SO TO GIVE YOU SOME, SOME BACKGROUND. 
          SO THE MLK POOL RENOVATION WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE, 2025, UM, AND LOCATED IN THE WEST STUDY AREA OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          SO IT UNDERWENT A MAJOR RENOVATION, UM, AND IT REALLY ADVANCES EQUITY VIA THE INVESTMENT IN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED HIGH NEED PARK AREA. 
          SO IT PROVIDED AMENITIES, COMMUNITY DOCUMENTED FACILITY GAPS. 
          UM, IT REINFORCES THE GOAL TO REALLY DELIVER QUALITY EXPERIENCES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN LACKING HISTORICALLY. 
          SO THE PROJECT IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY WITH NEW BATTERY POWER POWERED LIFTS, UM, REPAIRED THE POOL DECKS, WATERPROOF, SAFETY COATING, REFURBISHED DIVING BOARD STANDS, UM, AND THEN DID A WHOLE MODERN FILTRATION, CIRCULATION AND HEAT SYSTEM TO THE POOL. 
          ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE SILVERADO PARK PLAYGROUND. 
          IT'S ALSO LOCATED IN THE WEST STUDY AREA. 
          UM, AND IT NOT ONLY ADVANCES EQUITY THROUGH INVESTING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS HISTORICALLY IMPACTED, BUT ALSO IT ADDRESSES IT THROUGH A DA IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY UPGRADES AND INCLUSIVE PLAY DESIGNS. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE CAN ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, PARK EQUITY IN PARK INVESTMENT. 
          SO THE PROJECT DELIVERED A DA PATHWAYS, UM, NEW ACCESSIBILITY INCLUSIVE DESIGNS, SUPPORTING SENSORY AND PHYSICAL AND IMAGINATIVE PLAY. 
          UM, RUBBERIZED PLAYGROUND SAFETY, SURFACING FOR SAFETY, AND THEN MORE BENCHES WITH A DA ACCESS AND STRUCTURES FOR ALSO MITIGATING THAT HEAT IMPACT 
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AS WELL. 
          DAVENPORT IS ANOTHER, IT HIGHLIGHTS ANOTHER IMPORTANT WAY IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE SURE EQUITY IS BEING ACHIEVED. 
          UM, SO IT'S REALLY THROUGH LIKE GOING BACK TO THAT SOCIAL VULNERABILITY STATISTIC. 
          UM, IT'S ADDRESSING KIND OF LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH-NEED COMMUNITIES BY ADDING GREEN SPACE AND ALSO, UM, DOING SOME, SOME LAND MITIGATION, UH, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. 
          SO IT, PREVIOUSLY IT HAD, IT HAD TWO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE LANDFILL GAS CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEN A PARK, UM, EXPANSION. 
          SO FIRST WAS KIND OF TO LIKE GET THE LANDFILL STUFF UNDER CONTROL, UM, SO IT COULD BE USED AS A PARK SPACE. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE WAS TO REALLY EXPAND THE PARK. 
          SO THE PROJECT DELIVERABLES INSTALLED THE NEW, UM, GASOLINE FUEL SYSTEM AND LONG TERM MANAGEMENT OF THAT. 
          IT INSTALLED A MULTIUSE SPORTS, SPORTS FIELD, FITNESS STATIONS, PARKING. 
          AND SO IT REALLY INCREASED SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS HISTORICALLY LOCKED IN IT. 
          LAST PROJECT SPOTLIGHT, WE ALREADY KIND OF SHELY TOUCHED ON THIS WITH PARKER PARK. 
          SO IT REALLY ADVANCES EQUITY THROUGH DELIVERING A MAJOR REINVESTMENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS A HIGH-NEED NEIGHBORHOOD AND VERY UNDERSERVED. 
          UM, SO ADDED GREEN SPACE SHADE AND AMENITIES AND HISTORICALLY LACKING AREA. 
          UM, ALSO BOJO WAS TALKING ABOUT OF LIKE, IT LOOKED AT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND INCORPORATED DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WERE INSPIRED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS CAMBODIAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PREDOMINANTLY. 
          SO WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THAT AND THAT'S WHAT WE MODELED THE DESIGN AFTER. 
          SO IF WE DID THE PLAYGROUND AND SHADE STRUCTURES MODERNIZED THE COURTS, UM, IT PROVED THE LANDSCAPING TO THE WHOLE FITNESS LOOP AND NEW AREAS AND GATHERING SPACES. 
          SO OUR ROADMAP AHEAD, OUR GOALS MOVING FORWARD, REALLY CONSISTENT, CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON CLOSING PARK EQUITY GAPS, UM, AND REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS IN HIGH AREAS TO ADVANCE LIVABILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESILIENCE. 
          UM, SOME CONCRETE PLANS OBVIOUSLY TO PROGRESS. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'VE TOUCHED ON IS THE PARK STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS THAT 10 YEAR INVESTMENT PLAN, ELEVATE 28, WHICH IS THE CITY'S OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, THE WEST SIDE PROMISE, UM, WHICH IS THE LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PLAN FOR EFFORTS ON THE WEST SIDE FOR IMPROVING MOBILITY, MOBILITY PARK ACCESS FOR THE WEST SIDE RESIDENTS AND THEN THAT RPSD FUNDING THAT WE KIND OF MENTIONED TO REGIONAL  DISTRICT. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE MENTIONED LAST, LAST MONTH THAT THE CITY APPROPRIATED ABOUT $17 MILLION IN FUNDS. 
          ABOUT OVER 14 MILLION OF THOSE ARE GOING TO HIGH NEED AND VERY HIGH CITY AREAS IN THE CITY. 
          SO THOSE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY TIME TO GO INTO ALL OF THE FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          SO I'VE JUST KIND OF SELECTED TWO, UM, THAT ARE IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WERE SLATED TO KIND OF DO THAT. 
          ALSO, WE'RE ADDRESSING EQUITY. 
          UM, SO STARTING WITH THE MLK PARK VISION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION, THIS, THIS PLAN REALLY BUILDS ON THE 2024 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE A VISION PLAN FOR THE PARK, UM, AND REINVEST IN THAT PARK IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          SO IT'S GUIDED BY PARTNERSHIPS AND ATIONS LIKE THE FRIENDS OF MLK GROUP, THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN IT AND IT'S A PHASED APPROACH WITH THE, FOR THE FIRST PHASE TAKING PLACE, UM, PRIOR TO 2028. 
          SO THAT'S, WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY PUSHING TO GET THIS ONE DONE AND OFF THE GROUND. 
          AND PHASE ONE WILL INCLUDE TWO FULL BASKETBALL COURTS WITH LIGHTING WALKING PATHS, UM, WITH MILE MARKERS. 
          AND THAT'S ALSO KIND OF GONNA TELL THE HISTORY OF AN OKAY PARK AS A WHOLE AND LIKE, UM, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE CITY, AN OUTDOOR FITNESS EQUIPMENT, ENHANCED STRUCTURES, UM, SITE FURNISHING HISTORY, LIKE I SAID, AND  UPGRADES. 
          THE OTHER ONE'S VERY EXCITING THAT COMING NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PLANNING FOR RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT ALSO LAST MONTH WAS THE HAVE MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, SO THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT PROJECT ENHANCE EQUITY. 
          SO IT'S ENVISIONING NEARLY 20 ACRES OF EXPANDING GREEN SPACE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND BUILDS ON THAT VISION PLAN FOR 2019. 
          UM, IT ALSO BUILDS UPON RECENT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE DONE IN THE AREA. 
          SO THERE'S SOCCER FIELDS AND THE ELEVATED WETLANDS ARE IN THAT REGION. 
          AND SO, LIKE I SAID, THE CURRENT PHASE, WE'RE JUST IN THE PLANNING STAGES, BUT IT IS STILL EXCITING. 
          SO OUR EXECUTIVE CONNECTIONS EXPAND, UM, AND IMPROVE PUBLIC GREEN SPACE AND CREATE MORE CREATION OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE LA RIVER AND REDUCE THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 
          SO YEAH, SO TOGETHER WITH THESE UPCOMING PROJECTS, WE KIND OF DEMONSTRATE HOW LONG BEACH SHE'S MOVING FROM PLANNING, UM, INTO ACTION AND USING MOST COMMUNITY VOICES TO DO SO. 
          SO BY CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE PARK INVESTMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SPACES, WE'RE BUILDING A MORE RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE CONNECTED FOR ALL OURS. 
          WOW. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SPACE 
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TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, THIS UPDATE. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY DEEP BREATH. 
          EVERYBODY WENT THROUGH A LOT, UH, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE TALKED FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO ON, UM, EVEN MORE THAT IS GOING ON. 
          BUT HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS PROVIDED A, A GOOD OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, PROGRAMS IN PLACES, PARTNERSHIPS, INVESTMENTS, UM, THERE'S A LOT, BUT REALLY AROUND THE TABLE, UH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ADVANCING PARK EQUITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND THINK ABOUT BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND LOOKING AT PROPOSALS WITH THAT EQUITY LENS IN , WHO, WHO IS, WHO IS HELPED BY A PARTICULAR BUDGET PROPOSAL, WHO IS HARM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT LENS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IS INTEGRATED INTO, UM, PROCESS FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, ERIC'S TEAM PLAYS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT ALL OF OUR PARKS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE, ARE RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VERY BEST, UH, LANDSCAPING AND OTHER, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR PARKS ARE SAFE AND WELCOMING AND INVITING. 
          AND SO, EXCUSE ME, ALL OF US REALLY HAVE A ROLE IN THIS. 
          I APPRECIATE, UH, THE OVERVIEW THAT WE, THAT WAS PROVIDED THIS MORNING. 
          UM, REALLY EXCITING. 
          I I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSCORE THE, UH, SEVEN OVER $17 MILLION, UH, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, FOR INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS. 
          AND THIS IS FROM, UH, A COUNTYWIDE, UH, TAX MEASURE. 
          UM, UH, SO ALL OF US ARE KIND OF CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. 
          BUT, UH, REALLY EXCITED. 
          $14 MILLION OF THAT ARE GOING TO, UH, AREAS THAT ARE IN HIGH AREA HIGH NEED. 
          SO, UM, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, UH, AT THIS POINT WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO WE'RE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU BOTH, ALL THREE OF YOU, UH, FOR REALLY COMPREHENSIVE AND MEANINGFUL PRESENTATION. 
          YOU EACH DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. 
          I, I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE SAYING I UNDERSTAND SO MUCH MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR ALERTING ME TO THE, UH, DIVER, UH, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT. 
          I PARTICULARLY LIKE THIS, UH, QUOTE FROM ARTHUR CHAN. 
          WHO IS HE? HE IS A STRATEGIST AND IS OFTEN QUOTED IN A LOT OF DEI EQUITY WORK IN TERMS OF HIS THOUGHT AND HIS PHILOSOPHY. 
          AND . 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S JUST DIVERSITY IS A FACT. 
          EQUITY IS A CHOICE. 
          INCLUSION IS AN ACTION. 
          UM, UH, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT WHO DECIDES WHAT PROGRAMS THAT YOU REACH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR THEM. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMMUNITY DRIVEN THAT WE STRIVE FOR. 
          SO WE, WE TRY TO MAKE OUR PROGRAMS EQUAL CENTRIC. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE IT'S A LARGER CONVERSATION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW WE, HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A STRATEGIC AND BASED APPROACH. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS NEXT COMMENT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, PARTNERSHIPS OR CULTURE, UM, AND CULTURE INCLUSION. 
          BUT I DO KNOW THAT L-B-U-S-D HAS A NEW, UM, FILIPINO CLUB AT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL. 
          MY GIRLFRIEND'S DAUGHTER STARTED IT AND THEY BROUGHT ABOUT 15 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP AT AN EVENT LAST SATURDAY, A CULTURAL EVENT. 
          THEY ARE GEARING UP THEIR SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS AND THEY'RE READY TO HELP. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WORK WITH THE CLUBS WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH IMMIGRATION ISSUES? UM, IT'S, IT, IT'S A LOT BECAUSE IT, IT DOES IMPACT NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR STAFF MORE CLOSELY WITH A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES. 
          UM, AND I THINK WHAT WE DO IS REALLY TRY TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR PEOPLE, UM, TO ENGAGE WITH STAFF. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS VERY CHALLENGING AND IT'S DELICATE 'CAUSE WE REALLY, UM, LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABIDING BY THE LAW, FIRST OF ALL, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, BOTH FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF, THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UM, GIVING OUR FAMILIES RESOURCES A PLACE TO POINT TO IN, IN TERMS OF THEIR, THEIR SPECIFIC HELP IN THEIR SITUATION. 
          AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR STAFF THROUGH EAP, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          UM, BUT YES, IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING, CHALLENGING TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S TERRIBLE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE, AND WE'LL OPEN 
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IT UP TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS, IS THAT, UH, UH, SHER'S COMMENT ABOUT THE CONCEPT IS NO LONGER, UH, FOR YOU, BUT WITH YOU IN TERMS OF COLLABORATIONS. 
          I LOVE THAT STATEMENT. 
          AND, UM, UH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE BEEN REACHED OUT AT SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH BY BOTH LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B, WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A DIRECTIVE TO DO MORE COMMUNITY, UH, COLLABORATIONS. 
          SO IT'S EXCITING THAT THE PARK DISTRICT IS, I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER THING THAT WE ALL OFTEN TALK ABOUT WITH OUR STAFF, OR WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT FOR ALL OUR WELCOME HERE TO THIS SPACE WAS CREATED WITH YOU IN MIND. 
          OH, I LIKE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'VE TALKED ENOUGH. 
          UH, WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS FIRST, UH, VICE CHAIR OR SMITH? YEAH, THIS WAS GREAT. 
          THIS WAS MORE THAN AN OVERVIEW. 
          IT WAS REALLY LIKE, DETAILED. 
          SO REALLY GIVE YOU KUDOS. 
          KUDOS TO CREATING SOMETHING COMPREHENSIVE FOR US TO REALLY EVEN GO BACK THROUGH AND IN SOME WAYS MEMORIZE FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE AS AMBASSADORS TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHARE THIS TOO. 
          SO THIS WAS MORE THAN AN OVERVIEW. 
          IT WAS VERY DETAILED. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME, THE THOUGHT AND THE CARE THAT YOU GAVE THIS TO US. 
          IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. 
          OH, YES. 
          AND I, I SAID IF YOU GET US TALKING, ASHLEY, TOO ABOUT EQUITY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL US OFF . 
          AND MY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, I LOVE THAT YOU USE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY. 
          A LOT OF US IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, WE OFTEN SEE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AS VULNERABLE. 
          AND SO VULNERABLE IS VERY MUCH A COMPASSIONATE WORD THAT I THINK THAT A LOT OF US NEED TO GET USED TO AND USE IT MORE. 
          UM, SO HOW DID YOU COMPILE THE DATA AND WHAT ARE THE SOURCES TO COMPILE THAT DATA FOR SOCIAL VULNERABILITY? YEAH, SO THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY KIND OF HAD SOME RECORDS ON THAT AS WELL AS THE TRUST REPUBLIC LAND HAD A LOT OF DATA REGARDING SOCIAL VULNERABILITY. 
          UM, SO THEY WERE LOOKING MORE AT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, AIR QUALITY, THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE REALLY IMPACTED, AND THEN HOW THOSE, UM, IMPACT HEALTH IN THOSE AREAS TOO. 
          SO LIKE HIGHER RISK OF ASTHMA, UM, HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MOST OF THAT DATA CAME FROM. 
          AND THEN I JUST KIND OF STARTED OVERLAYING IT WITH PARK DATA OF WHERE WE LACK PARK SPACE IN THE CITY. 
          THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS DOING THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT YOU STARTING THIS NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN ARINE. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE A STANDARD PRACTICE. 
          SO, UM, I LOVE HOW YOU TOOK ALL THOSE DATA SOURCES. 
          WERE THOSE OPEN SOURCES, UH, OPEN DATA SOURCES LIKE TPL AND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY? YES. 
          YEAH, THE TPL CITY IS ONLINE. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT ANY US CITY, LIKE THAT'S IN THAT HUNDRED MOST POPULOUS MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO LONG BEACH IS OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THEM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER ONES WE CAN JUST SIT AND COMPARE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? YES, COMMISSIONER . 
          UM, SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ECHOING WHAT EVERYONE SAID IS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, VERY IMPRESSIVE, UM, JUST HOW, HOW EVERYTHING WAS LAID OUT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, A COUPLE, REALLY TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THE, UH, THE VERY FIRST GOAL, YOU KNOW, ON PAGE WHATEVER, THE VERY FIRST GOAL WAS ABOUT PROVIDING SAFE, ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC SPACES AND, AND THAT BEING KIND OF THE OVERARCHING, UM, UH, MISSION THERE. 
          UM, AND THINKING ABOUT THAT CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PARK DESERTS, RIGHT? WHERE, SO IT'S LIKE, SO OUR RESIDENTS WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALKING DISTANCE RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY BECAUSE THOSE 10 MINUTES OF WALKING IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN ONCE YOU GET TO THE PARK, IS IT A SAFE PARK? IS IT NOT A SAFE PARK? RIGHT? SO, UM, THINKING ABOUT JUST KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, RIGHT? PUBLIC TRANSIT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE BUSWAYS TO THOSE PLACES ARE SAFE IF THE WALK, IF IT'S NOT WALKABLE, RIGHT? UM, SO THINKING ABOUT THAT AND THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOW, UM, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN LONG BEACH CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER FOR THAT, THAT ONE GOAL, UM, I THINK IS, IS REALLY VALUABLE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO, TO ASK ABOUT IS, UM, THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT EFFECTS AS, AS WE GO FORWARD, TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, UM, INSTALLING MORE SHADE STRUCTURES. 
          AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE PLAN TO ACTUALLY PLANT MORE TREATS BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO JUST THE SHADE IN ONE SPECIFIC SPOT, YOU KNOW, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THAT ACTUAL GREENERY IS REALLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S HELPFUL. 
          UM, SO THINKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD, MAKING SURE THAT IN THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE FEWER, FEWER TREES, FEWER GREEN SPACES, THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THAT. 
          SO 
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, JUST GOING BACK TO MY EXAMPLE OF THE DRAKE, YOU KNOW, MASTER PLAN AND CONNECTION. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE BECAUSE THE CONNECTION PROJECT, AS YOU GUYS HEARD LAST MONTH IN THAT PRESENTATION, IS FOCUSED ON THAT CONCRETE LOT, THE NTA LOT. 
          AND SO THAT ONE WE WE'RE SPECIFICALLY THINKING OF HOW TO DO SHADE STRUCTURES, BUT THEN ALSO HOW TO GET MORE PLANTINGS IN A SETTING THAT IS CONCRETE, PRIMARILY GONNA STAY CONCRETE. 
          UM, BUT FOR THE EXPANSION PROJECT, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO MITIGATE, UM, DOING A GOOD PARK DESIGN THAT PROMOTES ACCESSIBILITY AND ACTIVITY IN THE PARK, BUT PRESERVING AS MANY TREES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND THEN ALSO PLANTING MORE. 
          SO I THINK I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT FOR MOST OF OUR APPROACHES, I WOULD SAY IT'S ALWAYS LIKE OUR GOAL TO PRESERVE AS MANY EXISTING TREES IF POSSIBLE WITH ALL OF OUR PARK DESIGNS. 
          UM, AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO REMOVE SOME, WE LOOK AT REPLACING THOSE USUALLY HOPEFULLY IN THE TWO TO ONE IF WE CAN. 
          SO, RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, UM, LIKE A DA ACCESSIBILITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTIVATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, SPORTS, PLAYING FIELDS, THAT SORT OF THING, RIGHT? NECESSITATES BRINGING BOUNDARIES. 
          AND SO THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE BOTH GOALS IT STRATEGICALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMERS. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          YEAH, I WANNA START BY ECHOING LIKE, I LOVE THIS. 
          SO I, I LIKE, PARK EQUITY IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO I WAS A DISTRICT ONE CHIEF OF STAFF. 
          I WAS WITH COUNCILMAN MORGAN GONZALEZ WHEN WE BROUGHT THE PARK EQUITY ITEM BOARD. 
          SO THIS IS AMAZING TO SEE KIND OF HOW IT'S EVOLVED. 
          AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE CLASS ACCESS AND WHAT WE COULD GET IN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY. 
          AND SO THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE DATA TRACKING SIDE. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE DATA TRACKING FORM THAT WE'RE NOW USING WITH FAMILIES AND PARTICIPANTS. 
          ONE, DO WE HAVE ANY STATISTICS ALREADY ON INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GATHERED, OR ARE WE STILL KIND OF IN THAT INFORMATION GATHERING PHASE? WE ARE, WE'RE IN THE INFANCY STAGE BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY A MANUAL EFFORT, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT CAN BE TIME CONSUMING. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS NEXT, THIS RP WHERE WE'RE HOPEFULLY GONNA WORK WITH OUR, OUR TID DEPARTMENT INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THAT, THAT DATA AND THAT WE'RE CREATING REPORTS THAT TRACK OUR PROGRESS BY ZIP CODE, BY POPULATION, AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE USING IT TO INFORM OUR NEXT STEP AS FAR AS ALLOCATING RESOURCES, WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE DELIVERING. 
          WELL, AWESOME. 
          UM, IT'S PRIDE MONTH. 
          I'D BE REMI IF I, I BEEN TO ASK LIKE, HOW ARE WE TRACKING LIKE LGBT EQUITY, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S OUR, IN OUR PARTICIPANTS OR LGBT FAMILIES THAT ARE BRINGING THEIR KIDS TO PARKS AND SAFETY AROUND ANY OF THAT AS WELL, OR PROGRAMMING AROUND THAT, OR DIFFERENT FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, AND I, I THINK BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE STILL LEARNING ABOUT IT, UH, THOSE OF US IN, UH, PROGRAMMING SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE REALLY DIGGING THROUGH AND TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. 
          MOST, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, TRACKING MOST THAT ANECDOTALLY. 
          UM, UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR FORMS SPECIFICALLY AND HOW WE CAN COLLECT THAT DATA IN A, IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. 
          UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE RELYING ON OUR PARTNERS STILL BUILDING UP ON OUR COMPETENCIES SO THAT WE'LL FIND WAYS TO DO THAT. 
          I ACTUALLY WORK WITH OUR CPRS, UM, MISS CALIFORNIA PARK AND MARKET SOCIETY, UH, PROFESSIONALS. 
          I'M ON THEIR JEDI COUNCIL NOW. 
          AND THESE ARE THE, THE VERY TOPICS THAT WE'RE DOING OFTEN, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PINK TO LONG BEACH. 
          AND SO, BUT IT REALLY IS ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR, UH, AND OUR PARTNERS ACROSS REGIONS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE GONNA DO THAT. 
          BUT IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING THAT RELATIONSHIP RIGHT, THAT IT'S SAFE, THAT PEOPLE COME AND THEY, AND THEY TELL, AND THEY TELL OUR STAFF ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEN, THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT GATHERING THE DATA. 
          I LOVE THAT. 
          UM, I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS. 
          ONE, ON ACCESSIBILITY. 
          I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS AND HOW THEY ALL HAVE ACCESSIBILITY. 
          ARE WE KEEPING THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE TO KEEP IT IN MIND FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT ARE WE REALLY BEING INTENTIONAL IN HOW WE NOT JUST MEET A STANDARD THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT REALLY THINK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS? OR, I KNOW YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME SENSORY THINGS, LIKE IS THAT IN EVERY PROJECT OR IS THAT, CAN WE HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR HOW DO WE APPROACH ALL THAT? YEAH, I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE ALWAYS START WITH THE BASELINE OF LIKE WHAT IS REQUIRED. 
          UM, BUT THEN I THINK WE ARE ASKING THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE TAKE THAT FURTHER AND HOW DO WE TAKE THAT A STEP, YOU KNOW, GREATER, UM, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PLAYGROUND DESIGNS, I WOULD SAY IT PROBABLY ISN'T AS CONCRETE OF LIKE A PATH FORWARD FOR ALL OF OUR PARK DESIGNS, BUT AT LEAST IN PLAYGROUNDS, LIKE ALL THE SIGNATURE PLAYGROUNDS WE'RE DOING, WE ARE ASKING THAT QUESTION OF LIKE, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE MORE ACCESSIBLE PLAY, UM, WHETHER IT BE SENSORY JUST OR A WHEELCHAIR USER OR ANY CAPACITY IN WHICH LIKE ANY CHILD CAN INTERACT WITH THIS EQUIPMENT. 
          SO I LOVE THAT. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION WAS ON THE BARRIERS TO ACCESS. 
          YOU HAD TALKED A LOT ABOUT LIKE INCOME AND RACE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND THIS IS LIKE WAY IN THE WEEDS, BUT I'VE WORKED ON GRANTS TOO, 
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WHERE SOMETIMES IT'S BASED ON LIKE A CENSUS BLOCK OR SOMETIMES IT'S BASED ON A ZIP CODE, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE WEIRD EXAMPLES IS LIKE 9 0 8 1 3 INCLUDE SOME OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES RIGHT? IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOMES NEXT TO A GOLF COURSE. 
          AND SO IT ENDS UP BEING SKEWED DATA BECAUSE NOW THE ZIP CODE IS PULLED OUT OF AN INCOME DRIVEN ISSUE. 
          BUT IF WE WENT BY A CENSUS TRACK OR WE USED OTHER, ANOTHER DATA POINT, WE WOULD GET A MORE ACCURATE REFLECTION OF IT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT LAYERS AS WELL WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS KIND OF TRACKING? BECAUSE I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT, LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BACKYARDS, LIKE YES. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT ISN'T IN AND OF ITS WAY AN ACCESS TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RECREATION THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DENSITY IN A 13 STORY BUILDING THAT HAS NO PARKS AROUND IT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY DIFFERENT ACCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY EVEN NEED TO WALK TO A PARK 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A BACKYARD, RIGHT. 
          THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          LIKE HOW DO THOSE PLAY INTO THE DATA THAT WE, RIGHT. 
          I THINK, I THINK WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO LEARN IN THAT CAPACITY AND, AND A WAYS TO GO, BUT I DO THINK KNOWING THE CITY CAN ONLY HELP US WITH THAT. 
          SO, UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE IS, UM, LIKE I WAS MENTIONING THOSE FIVE STUDY AREAS FOR REGIONAL PARK AND SPACE DISTRICT. 
          UM, THEY'RE INTERESTINGLY DIVIDED, I THINK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH LONG BEACH BECAUSE THE SOUTH, UM, STUDY AREA IS TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED A NEE PARK AREA, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT CONTAINS THOSE ZIP CODES LIKE 9 0 0 3 BELMONT HEIGHTS, THE SHORE, UM, WHICH I THINK IF YOU'RE FROM LONG BEACH, YOU DON'T THINK OF LIKE THOSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE BACK IN THE GREEN SPACE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD DATA ON FROM OTHER SOURCES, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT LIKE WE AND THE CITY TRY TO LEARN, UM, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW WE APPROACH ACHIEVE THAT AND WORK WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS TO KIND OF DO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO, AND I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT I KNOW, UH, THEY WORK WORKS CLOSELY WITH TPL. 
          AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FORUMS THAT LOOK AT CASE STUDIES THAT DIG THAT GRANULAR TO CENSUS TRACKS AS MAYBE A BLUEPRINT FOR OUR CITY HALL, SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECREATION ELEMENTS. 
          IT'S SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AGE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO IT'S FASCINATING. 
          I HEARD THAT ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S YOUR, BUT YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, MR. SURE. 
          YES. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE COMMENTS IN THAT, UH, ALSO, ALTHOUGH I, COREY MAY HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN MAY HAVE GONE TO ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL, I'LL KIND OF REINFORCE IT. 
          BUT I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S THIS COMMITMENT TO EQUITY DESPITE THE NATIONAL TREND. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THIS, I DON'T WANNA SAY PREVAILING, BUT A VERY LOUD VOICE IN OUR, I THINK, CULTURAL DISCOURSE THAT BASICALLY TRIES TO PIN ALL THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS ON ATTEMPTS TO BE EQUITABLE, , UM, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE FAILURES, AIRPLANE CRASHES, THEY BLAME DEI OR THEY BLAME, YOU KNOW, EQUITY EFFORTS. 
          AND IT'S REALLY REASSURING TO SEE A DEPARTMENT, A CITY COMMUNITY, REALLY ACTUALLY EMBRACING IT. 
          UH, AND THAT'S IN PART THANKS TO OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING THOUGH THIS COMMISSION AND MATCHING. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ALLEN FOR WANTING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TODAY ON THE, THE AGENDA ITEMS TO, TO TALK ABOUT. 
          YOU WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S ALSO THANKS THE STAFF LEADERSHIP, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ULTIMATELY IMPLEMENT THIS DIRECTIVE. 
          AND IT IS VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY HAPPY TO SEE STAFF SO WHOLEHEARTEDLY DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND EMBRACING THIS CHALLENGE. 
          IT'S ALSO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A RECENT EXAMPLE OF WILL WILLOW SPRINGS PARK, WHERE THERE ARE, LET'S SAY, CERTAIN ILLICIT SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OCCURRING AT THE PARK. 
          AND THE CONVERSATION AMONGST THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS LIKE, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS WHILE BEING RESPECTFUL TO ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS OR, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS, I WANNA SAY INVOLVED, BUT YOU KNOW, HAS, COULD BE AFFECTED BY HOW IT'S APPROACHED. 
          UM, SO I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, I I I THINK IT REALLY SPEAKS WELL OF LONG BEACH THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY WILLING TO EMBRACE AND WILLING TO ADDRESS. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT BROUGHT, WERE BROUGHT UP, UM, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ASPECT OF IT. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF URBAN HEAT. 
          I LIVE ON AN OLD APARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, SO I HAVE VERY FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF WHEN IT GETS HOT, IT GETS REALLY HOT. 
          AND HAVING THAT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING OPEN SPACE, SHADED OPEN SPACE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DON HAVE IT IS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          I MEAN, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND OR PAST MONDAY, I WAS AT A, A GRADUATION CEREMONY IN, UH, IN NORTHWESTERN 
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NEVADA, UH, WHERE IT WAS WELL OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES, BUT IN THE SHADED AREAS IT WAS ABOUT 70. 
          OH WOW. 
          UH, SO JUST THAT KIND OF DAY AND NIGHT DIFFERENCE IS, IS WAS INCREDIBLE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS WHEN YOU BECOME MORE AND MORE OF A PROBLEM DUE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS DUE TO, UH, THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. 
          AND JUST THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE, HAVE A LESS WORLD. 
          SO I, I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IF THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AS WELL, AIR QUALITY COURSE. 
          UM, BUT THAT, THAT, HAVING THAT AS PART OF THE GUIDING DISCUSSIONS THERE, I DO WANT TO ECHO COREY'S COMMENT AS WELL ABOUT A DA ACCESS AND DISABILITY ACCESS. 
          UM, A DA IS THE BASELINE, AND I REALLY WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PLAYGROUND, BEING ABLE TO SEE, UH, GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST WHAT A DA REQUIRES AS GOOD, I WOULD HOPE. 
          AND I'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. 
          I KNOW WE, THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN PARTS THAT BY THEIR VERY NATURE ARE NOT NECESSARILY, ARE NOT THE MOST ACCESSIBLE, BUT EVEN GETTING TO THOSE PARTS IS CHALLENGING. 
          AND THE WILLOW SPRINGS AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK AND THERE'S NO WAY FOR SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR TO REALLY GET TO THAT PART WITHOUT MOTORIZED, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT A, A VEHICLE SERVICE. 
          UH, SO I, YOU KNOW, AND I, I KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT GOES BEYOND JUST PART THAT'S A CITY ISSUE AND ACTION INVOLVE CITY PENALTY. 
          THAT'S COMPLICATED. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THE, YOU KNOW, AADA A IS, YOU KNOW, DISABILITY ACCESS IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. 
          AGAIN, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON THIS. 
          I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, MENTAL DISABILITIES, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISABILITIES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, SEEING AND HAVING TO HELP THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS DEAL AND, AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY WHILE STILL, YOU KNOW, ACCOMMODATING THOSE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER PHYSICAL DISABILITY OR OTHER DISABILITY THAT THEY HAD, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE CITY TO REALLY KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS AND, UH, CERTAINLY IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THIS COMMISSION CAN BE HELPFUL IN ADVANCING THIS COMMISSION, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS FOCUS ON EQUITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I'M SURE WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE. 
          AND COMMISSIONER LEVIS, JUST VERY QUICKLY, UH, UH, CHRIS, UH, COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ USED THE WORD EMBRACE A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          I'VE HAD TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS, AND I COULD TELL THAT OTHER THAN GOING TO YOUR NOTES TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING. 
          EVERYTHING CAME FROM YOUR HEART. 
          YOU PEOPLE LIVE THIS, EMBRACE IT. 
          AND IT'S, THE PASSION IS CLEAR. 
          AND SO, LIKE YOU ALSO SAID, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP. 
          BUT YOU GUYS APPEAR TO REALLY BE ON A VERY, VERY GOOD TRACK. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISS. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF THIS TEAM FROM THE STAFF? HEARING NONE FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WELL, THIS WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE FOR THE TIME YOU PUT INTO IT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          ALL THIS ONE. 
          THIS ONE WAS NUMBER TWO. 
          OH, MY DAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A COMM. 
          WE HAVE A, A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GREAT JOB. 
          IS THAT TRUE? I TAKE THIS WRONG. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          OKAY, NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          A RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEE WAIVER POLICY. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? ALL MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO. 
          UH, ASHLEY , OUR MANAGER, COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES, WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE THREE FEE WAIVERS. 
          UM, FOR AL. 
          THE FIRST BEING, UM, A NEW WAVE OF LIFE, WHICH IS NOT A NEW GROUP, UM, ARE PROPOSING TO HOST, UM, AN EVENT WHICH IS NOT A NEW EVENT, UM, TO TAKE PLACE. 
          AUGUST 6TH, AN AWARD CEREMONY AT MCBRIDE PARK IN THE SOCIAL HALL. 
          THE EVENT TYPE IS A RECOVERY CELEBRATION. 
          UM, IT IS PROPOSED TO WAIVE $181 AND 50 CENTS RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES. 
          THERE IS $997 AND 50 CENTS, UM, PAID FEES FOR SECURITY DEPOSIT, STAFF MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER FEES. 
          UH, THERE IS NO LDO EASTGATE REVENUE, AND THERE'S AN ESTIMATED 80 PEOPLE, UM, ARE ESTIMATED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          THE SECOND FEE WAIVER, UM, IS FOR ROSE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, WHICH IS ALSO NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT. 
          PROPOSING TO HOST ON 
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JULY 19TH, A SUMMER PICNIC AT ROSE PARK IN THE OPEN SPACE. 
          IT IS A COMMUNITY EVENT AND PROPOSING TO WAIVE $294 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL EVENT FEES. 
          UM, $0 IN FEES, UM, WOULD BE PAID LDO EAST GATE. 
          THERE'S NO LDO EAST, UH, GATE REVENUE AND AN ESTIMATED 150 PEOPLE ARE, UM, EXPECTED. 
          THE THIRD AND FINAL FEE WAIVER REQUEST IS FOR CLIMB CENTRAL LONG BEACH. 
          ALSO NOT A NEW GROUP, NOT A NEW EVENT. 
          PROPOSING TO HOST THEIR TURKEY GIVEAWAY AT MACARTHUR PARK OPEN SPACE ON NOVEMBER 23RD. 
          THIS IS A CHARITABLE GIVEAWAY PROPOSING TO WAIVE $394 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL EVENT FEES. 
          THERE WILL BE NO FEES PAID, UH, $0 IN ELDER EASTGATE REVENUE FEES, AND AN ESTIMATED 225 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, THE TOTAL FEES WAIVED, UM, BETWEEN THE THREE REQUESTS WOULD BE $869 AND 50 CENTS. 
          AND OUR TOTAL REVENUE, OR I'M SORRY, OUR TOTAL AMOUNT WAIVED FOR THUS FAR, $202,000. 
          808, I'M SORRY, 202,859. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, FOR NO HEARING NONE FROM THE PUBLIC? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER UH, HIGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ORTI SMITH. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS LEADS US, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MONTHLY DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS FOR JUNE OF 2026. 
          I NEED A MOTION. 
          SO MOVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE SUCH A REPORT? WE DO. 
          UM, HAPPY FOURTH DAY OF SUMMER . 
          UM, AND THIS DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS IS REALLY GONNA BE FOCUSED ON, UH, OUR SUMMER ACTIVITIES. 
          AND SO I APOLOGIZE TO ASHLEY IN ADVANCE WHO PROBABLY WOULD'VE COVERED SOME OF THESE IN ROUNDTABLE, BUT, UH, THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION KNOWS ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR PARKS. 
          YOU CAN PROBABLY EVEN HEAR SOME OF THE, UH, UH, ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE HERE AS WE HAVE A DAY CAMP, UH, OFFERED, UH, HERE AT EL DORADO PARK. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ARE HOSTING A NUMBER OF DAY CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. 
          THESE ARE OUR CUSTODIAL, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, FOR KIDS. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, UH, ALL AREAS OF THE CITY FROM EAST SIDE EL DORADO TO WEST SIDE SILVERADO, UH, VETERANS. 
          UM, SO REALLY GREAT, UH, PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR, UH, KIDS. 
          AND THESE ARE FULL DAY, UH, ACTIVITIES. 
          THESE ARE FULL DAY CAMPS. 
          WE ALSO OFFER, UH, SIMILAR CAMPS IN OUR AQUATICS ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, SO DOWN AT, UH, BELMONT, UH, POOL, UH, WE HAVE A CAMP, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CAMP AT, UH, BAYSHORE. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO GO IN SAFE, SECURE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FUN ENVIRONMENTS. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, FUN DAYS. 
          UH, THESE ARE OUR FREE DROP IN RECREATION PROGRAMS WHILE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ON RECESS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE 10 WEEKS OF, UH, FUN DAY PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS, AGES FIVE TO 12 AT 21 PARKS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE, UH, TO PROVIDE THOSE. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE FREE OF CHARGE, AND SO AGAIN, WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE COSTS AS A BARRIER TO ENTRY. 
          UM, BE SAFE. 
          PROGRAMMING WAS REFERENCED IN THE, UH, PARK EQUITY UPDATE, AND SO DON'T REALLY NEED TO GET INTO THAT TOO MUCH. 
          BUT WE HAVE 11 PARK SITES, UH, THAT WILL HAVE EXTENDED, UH, OPERATING HOURS, UH, INTO THE EVENINGS, UH, FOR ALL 10 WEEKS OF THE SUMMER. 
          AND AGAIN, THOSE, UH, 11 PARK SITES, UM, OUR ARE GENERALLY, UH, CITYWIDE. 
          BUT, UH, THERE'S A NUMBER REALLY FOCUSED IN THE NINTH DISTRICT. 
          THE SEVENTH DISTRICT, THE FIRST DISTRICT. 
          THEY'RE IN NORTHWEST AND, UH, UH, CENTRAL SOUTH SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT. 
          CAN'T HAVE A SUMMER WITHOUT A LOT OF GREAT ENTERTAINMENT. 
          WE HAVE OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK PROGRAM THAT STARTED UP THIS WEEK, OFFERING CLOSE TO 30, UH, MOVIE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE, UH, SUMMER AT, UH, VARIOUS LONG BEACH PARKS AND A FEW, UH, SIGNAL HILL PARKS AS WELL. 
          MUNICIPAL BAND IS GONNA START NEXT WEEK. 
          THE A HUNDRED AND 17TH SEASON OF THE MUNICIPAL BAND. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND 
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FOR 117 YEARS. 
          . 
          UM, AND JUST A, A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF, UH, OF THAT PROGRAMMING. 
          UH, WE'RE, WE HAVE FREE YOUTH RECREATION SWIMMING THAT OUR FREE POOL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO IS HELPING US TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO OFFER IT FOR FREE TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITY. 
          UM, UNDER THE AGE OF 18. 
          UH, OF COURSE, WE HAVE ENHANCED TEAM GROWTH PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. 
          GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TEENS TO STAY ENGAGED. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE AQUATICS PROGRAMS, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, THE AQUATIC PLAYGROUNDS, WHICH THOSE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE ARE, WE CALL 'EM TS, THEY'RE BASICALLY IN WATER PLAYGROUNDS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ONE AT BAYSHORE, UH, AND AT MENTO BEACH ON THE OCEAN SIDE. 
          SO, UM, REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN. 
          KIDS GO OUT, THEY SWIM OUT, HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE SWIMMING TEST. 
          UH, THESE TWO SITES, UH, WE HAVE, UH, LONG BEACH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, BEACH LIFEGUARDS THAT OVERSEE THEM. 
          THEY MAKE SURE THAT KIDS CAN ACCESS THE, UH, THE PLAY EQUIPMENT, UH, SAFELY. 
          AND THEY ARE A LOT OF FUN. 
          SO MUCH MORE GOING ON. 
          I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH ABOUT THE, UH, TOUCH ON DODGER, UM, DREAM, UH, DREAM TEAM ACTIVITIES OR SUMMER FOOD, ALL KINDS OF ADDITIONAL, UH, ACTIVITIES. 
          ONE THING I DO WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO IS THE, UH, SUMMER, UH, SOCCER IN THE LBC. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY WE ARE ALL REALLY ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD CUP THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WE'RE IN THE GROUP STAGE, BUT ONCE WE GET TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGE, UH, IN A COUPLE WEEKS, OUR PARKS ARE GONNA BECOME ACTIVATED AS WATCH, UH, PARTIES, UH, FOUR, UH, THESE GAMES. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE EIGHT SITES ACTIVATED, UH, DURING THE KNOCKOUT STAGE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE LARGE GREEN TV THAT THE CITY HAS. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW ON PINE AVENUE FOR SOME ACTIVATION ON PINE AVENUE. 
          THINK OF A SEMI-TRAILER TRACTOR, A SCREEN, BASICALLY THE SIZE OF THAT, THAT CAN THEN KIND OF COME OUT FROM THE SIDE OF THAT TRAILER UP INTO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HIGHER, UH, UH, AREA FOR BETTER VIEWING. 
          UM, IT IS AMAZING, AND IT IS A REALLY COOL ASSET THAT THE CITY HAS. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA GET TO USE IT AS, UM, FOR SOME OF THESE VIEWING PARTIES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES TO USE IT FOR OUR, UH, MOVIES IN THE PARK PROGRAMS, AND THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH IT CAN BE USED IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW DURING THE OLYMPICS WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVATIONS IN OUR GAME ON THAT. 
          SO, CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT? DID, DID WE PURCHASE THAT OR DO WE RENT IT? OR DID THE CITY PURCHASED IT? WOW. 
          SO THE CITIES, WE HAVE ONE MM-HMM . 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT CHEAP, I'M SURE. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND IT'S NOT ONLY FOR ACTIVATIONS, BUT MAYBE IN TIMES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. 
          THEY COULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS TOOL IS A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA RENT YOUR MOVIES IN THE PARK EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. 
          WE HAVE TO TELL 'EM, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT UNLESS IT'S DARK. 
          THIS, UM, SCREEN IS VIEWABLE ALL, UH, HOURS OF THE DAY, NO ISSUES WITH IT NEEDING TO BE DARK, IF YOU CAN SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AS WE'VE SEEN WITH SOME OF THE, UM, PINEAPPLE ACTIVATIONS, UM, SO FAR, UM, WATCHING THE GAME. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          ALSO, A PARTNERSHIP WITH LA GALAXY TO DO SOME CLINICS, UH, IN, UH, OUR, IN LINCOLN PARK. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF THE, UH, WORLD CUP FOR THE FINAL, UH, GAME ON, UH, SUNDAY, JULY 19TH, UH, THE CITY'S WORKING WITH LA METRO AND SOME OTHER PARTNERS TO DO BASICALLY ANOTHER LIKE BEACH STREETS ALONG BROADWAY THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY CONNECT LINCOLN PARK TO BIXBY PARK. 
          AND BIXBY PARK WILL THEN BECOME KIND OF THAT STAGE OF, UH, VIEWING FOR THAT FINAL GAME. 
          SO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, UH, ALONG BROADWAY OF 19TH OF JULY, VERY QUICKLY, UH, BELMONT PLAZA POOL, GROUNDBREAKING. 
          WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. 
          AFTER ABOUT 13 YEARS OF, UH, PLANNING AND, AND DESIGN, UH, WE FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD BREAK GROUND ON THE BELMONT PLAZA POOL. 
          SO THAT HAPPENED A FEW SATURDAYS AGO. 
          I KNOW A FEW OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WERE ATTENDED IN ATTENDANCE. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THE BELMONT POOL AND THIS NEXT ITEM AREN'T NECESSARILY ITEMS THAT ARE, WOULD BE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE 
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COMMISSION, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU, UH, HAVE SOME VISIBILITY INTO THESE. 
          UH, YOU MAY SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR READ IN THE PRESS SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE PENINSULA BEACH. 
          UH, OVER THE LAST WEEK, UH, WE HAD KIND OF A PERFECT STORM OF EXTREMELY HIGH TIDES, AND YOU CAN BELIEVE IT IN LONG BEACH, VERY HIGH WAVE ACTIVITY. 
          AND THAT IS KIND OF A PERFECT STORM FOR WHEN IT HITS OUR BEACHES AND REALLY STARTS TO ERODE OUR BEACHES VERY QUICKLY. 
          SO OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM WORKED EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BUILD UP A PROTECTIVE SANDBURN TO ENSURE THAT THIS WAVE ACTIVITY DOES NOT GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO WE DID HAVE SOME SPILLOVER OVER THE, THE BOARD LOCK, UH, THERE. 
          BUT, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, IF THERE WAS ANY SORT OF, UH, WATER INTRUSION, IT WAS, WOULD'VE BEEN ON PATIOS OR GARAGES. 
          BUT, UH, NO REPORTS AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR, UH, ANY SORT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE. 
          UM, SO GREAT WORK BY OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT SANDBURN WAS EATEN AWAY, AND SO EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HAD TO GO BACK AND BUILD IT UP ONE MORE TIME. 
          UH, SO FORTUNATELY NOW WE'VE GOT THAT BEHIND US, AND WE CAN FOCUS ON, UH, ALL OF THE OTHER WORK WE DO ON THE BEACHES TO RAKE, UH, THE DEBRIS FROM THE BEACHES, ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CLEAN FOR A NUMBER OF THE, UH, VISITORS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO OUR BEACHES. 
          AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OFFERS. 
          NOT ONLY OUR BEACH CAMPS, BUT ALSO THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARDS PROGRAM THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFERS. 
          UM, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREAS ARE SAFE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UM, REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR FOSTER. 
          THE FOURTH PROGRAM AS, UH, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, UH, FIREWORKS ARE PARTICULARLY, UM, DISTURBING FOR OUR, UH, OUR PETS, OUR DOGS, UH, IN PARTICULAR. 
          AND OFTENTIMES, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WILL SEE DOGS SOMEHOW GET OUT OF, YOU KNOW, THE BACKYARD OR THE HOUSE AND, UM, BECOME, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCONNECTED WITH THEIR FAMILY. 
          AND SO THOSE ANIMALS TYPICALLY WIND UP AT OUR SHELTER. 
          SO WHAT WE DO TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE FOR THIS INFLUX OF ANIMALS, WE OFFER A FOSTERING PROGRAM WHERE WE ASK, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN FOSTERING A CURRENT RESIDENT OF OUR SHELTER, UH, OVER, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY, UH, HOLIDAY, A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, A LITTLE BIT AFTER, SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE IN OUR SHELTERS WHEN THESE ANIMALS COME IN, WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM, AND WE'RE ABLE THEN TO RECONNECT THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, UH, GOING ON RELATED TO THAT AS WELL. 
          THAT IS OUR, UH, MY DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. 
          WOW. 
          . 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR? JUST TO COMMENT THAT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE WORLD CUP IN DOWNTOWN, THE FIRST DAY, UM, THAT DCLB WAS, YOU KNOW, AS A PARTNER WITH THE CITY, WE HAD SPACE FOR 2,500 PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST MATCH. 
          CLEARLY, I'M NOT A SOCCER WATCHER, , UM, WE GOT 6,000 PEOPLE. 
          OH MY GOODNESS. 
          SO WHAT I LOVE AS A DOWNTOWNER IS THAT IT'S SHOWING THAT WE CARE ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          WE'RE THE CITY AND EVERYBODY IS WILLING TO ACTIVATE IT. 
          AND IF WE BUILD SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND PARTNER DRIVEN AND INCLUSIVELY DRIVEN, UM, WE CAN GET PEOPLE THERE. 
          SO I JUST KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, WE STILL HAVE STREETS CLOSED, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT'S BUILDING A CROWD TO AMPLIFY WHAT WE DO AS THE CITY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE POPULARITY YEAH. 
          OF THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE OLYMPICS AS WELL. 
          THIS IS REALLY A, A GOOD KIND OF CASE STUDY OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW EVENTS LIKE THIS, UM, ARE RECEIVED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT, UM, NOT ONLY THOSE INTERESTED IN THE ATHLETIC, UH, EVENTS, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESSES, UM, AND RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK, UH, HAS BEEN A, A GREAT SUCCESS, UM, SO FAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONTINUING ON PINE AVENUE AND THEN EVENTUALLY DURING THE KNOCKOUT STAGE, UH, IN OUR PARKS. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE DIRECTOR? HEARING NONE. 
          WE HAVE A, A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ALLEN SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE PARKS, RECREATION COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU. 
          UM, COMMENTS. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, IF I COULD JUST START, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION A NUMBER OF, UH, REPORTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY ASKED FOR. 
          AND I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE BRING TO YOU, UH, ADDRESSES NOT ONLY WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR, BUT ARE, ARE THOROUGH, UH, AND COMPREHENSIVE. 
          AND SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK. 
          UH, WATER CONSERVATION. 
          I ALWAYS REMEMBER WHAT TO CALL IT, KIND OF THE, UH, EMISSIONS, UH, AIR QUALITY, UH, ITEM. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE, UH, AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UH, LOOKING TO BRING THOSE BACK, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS. 
          I DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULE AS OF RIGHT NOW FOR BOTH OF THOSE, BUT THOSE WILL BE COMING BACK. 
          UM, DEFINITELY THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          I CAN'T RECALL WHETHER WE HAD ASKED FOR A FIELD TRIP COMMISSION MEETING. 
          IS THAT ON THE AGENDA? YES. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A, A REPORT THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK, CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          THE COMMISSION ASKED, UM, MORE IN THE FALL MM-HMM . 
          TIMEFRAME TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, TAKING OUR, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION SHOW ON THE ROAD. 
          UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT AND, AND SOME OF OTHER AREAS OF LONG BEACH. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          SAY WHAT? YES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER CHA COMMENTS. 
          UH, YES. 
          I'M HEAR OF THE, UM, THE, UH, BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS COMING BACK. 
          UH, ONE THING ALSO, MAYBE IN, CERTAINLY NOT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT MAYBE IN OR MAYBE SIX MONTHS AFTER, MAYBE JUST TO UPDATE ON THE, UH, INTEGRATED TEST MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, SURE. 
          YES. 
          JUST, JUST KIND OF SEE WHERE THE PILOT PROGRAM IS AND HOW IT'S SHAPING UP. 
          UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR IT IMMEDIATELY , BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING IT AND IMPLEMENTING IT, UH, BUT MAYBE LIKE A SIX MONTH CHECK IN PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD. 
          YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M SORRY I COULDN'T OH, FOR THE PE MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE MY, UH, REQUEST IS I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO, I THOUGHT THE DATA COLLECTION ISSUE WAS VERY CLEAR WHAT'S BEING DONE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION A YEAR FROM NOW. 
          SAY, COULD WE PUT THAT ON MUTE AGENDA? SURE. 
          GREAT. 
          SOMETHING WE CAN BRING BACK IS YEAH. 
          IS AGAIN, ANOTHER UPDATE, BUT SURE. 
          CLEARLY HEARING THE FOCUS OR THE, THE DATA PIECE OF DATA, YEAH. 
          AND ITS IMPACT. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER? YES, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, SO LAST MONTH WE HAD A, A VERY IMPASSIONED PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, PERMITTED EVENTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE, THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW, UH, HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING. 
          I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SOME CHANGES, UM, SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE COULD GO ABOUT ENFORCING THESE PERMITS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR SCOTT'S AWARE OF THIS, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THE REST OF THE COMMISSION IS, IS AWARE OF. 
          BUT ON SUNDAY, WE HAD, UM, OVER, OVER HERE IN OUR, UH, ATHLETIC FIELDS, WE HAD ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, UM, SURPRISE POP UP CAR SHOWS THAT WAS ACTUALLY MUCH BIGGER THAN ANYTHING I'D EVER SEEN IN TERMS OF CLOSING DOWN THE ROADWAYS IN TERMS OF DOZENS OF VENDORS. 
          UM, AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE TIMELINE WHERE, UH, MY SON HAD, UH, BASEBALL GAMES SCHEDULED AT, UH, TWO 30. 
          BY 1130, WE WERE GETTING TEXTS SAYING THAT THE ROADWAYS WERE CLOSED, THAT POLICE OFFICERS WERE THERE BY 1230. 
          THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE TELLING PEOPLE THAT WE COULD NOT COME TO THE PARK. 
          AND IT WASN'T JUST US. 
          THERE WERE, THERE WAS A SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE THAT HAD, UH, ANY, UH, TOURNAMENT GOING ON. 
          THERE WAS A SMALLER, UH, PICNIC IN THE BACK AREA AS WELL. 
          UM, AND IT WASN'T. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, 1230 WAS WHEN PEOPLE WERE GETTING TURNED AWAY BECAUSE WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T COME ON BECAUSE ROADWAYS WERE BLOCKED. 
          VENDORS SET UP IN, UH, IN THE, UH, DISABLED PARKING, UM, YOU KNOW, SPACES, WHICH AGAIN, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, ALL THESE THINGS LIKE UNABLE TO COME ON. 
          AND IT WASN'T UNTIL ALMOST FIVE O'CLOCK THAT FINALLY EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETELY, UM, COMPLETELY CLEARED OFF. 
          AND THAT WAS AFTER, YOU KNOW, AT THREE 30 WE HAD HELICOPTERS FLYING OVER SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOUR PERMIT'S BEEN REVOKED, YOU MUST CLEAR OUT. 
          AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS LATER WHEN IT WAS FINALLY CLEARED OUT. 
          SO JUST THINKING ABOUT KNOWING HOW EARLY IT WAS THAT THE PERMIT WAS CLEARLY NOT WHAT HAD BEEN, UM, THAT THE EVENT WAS CLEARLY NOT WHAT HAD BEEN PERMITTED, THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THAT? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE PARK REMAINS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND 
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WHAT KIND OF WE CAN THINK ABOUT GOING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IMPACT IS, IS MITIGATED. 
          SO THINKING ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD, NO, AND WE, WE COULD CERTAINLY, UM, COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THESE THINGS GENERALLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, USING SOME OF THE, THE CASE STUDIES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT LAST MONTH, UH, AND THEN THIS ONE AS WELL. 
          UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR APPROACH. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE PERMITTING SIDE, OUR RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, IN CASES, UM, THAT ARE PERMITTED BY SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, INCLUSION OF SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          SO, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY, UH, PROVIDE SOME, UH, SOME OVERVIEW ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AGAIN. 
          IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MANY HOURS BETWEEN WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT WAS NOT THE EVENT THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND WHEN ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT BEGAN. 
          SO THINKING ABOUT YEAH. 
          WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER REQUESTS FOR POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS? HEARING NONE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HEGA SECOND. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER ALLEN. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THANK YOU. 
          UH, AT THIS TIME, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'D LIKE TO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN AN ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT REPORT, UH, DATED JUNE 18TH, 2026. 
          UH, AND NOW FOR THE, AND YOU ARE ANONYMOUS, CORRECT? YES. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER, UH, ARE ALL ANONYMOUS. 
          UH, AND THIS IS NOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ADDRESS THE PARKS RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. UH, EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR. 
          UH, COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? HI EVERYBODY. 
          MY NAME IS ALIYAH KAHN. 
          I WORK FOR PARTNERS IN PARKS. 
          I'LL MAKE IT PRETTY BRIEF. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUMMER EVENTS WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          WE HAVE OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT COMING UP IN AUGUST ON AUGUST 5TH. 
          UM, THAT'S OUR CHARITY PROAM, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT WHERE WE MATCH TEAMS OF THREE WITH A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT OVER HERE AT EL DORADO GOLF COURSE. 
          UM, THAT, THAT FUNDRAISER GOES TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
          OUR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS WHAT WE DO TO PAY FOR CHILDREN TO ATTEND PRS CAMP CLASSES. 
          SO FAR, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE ABOUT TO WRAP UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE'VE GIVEN OUT OVER $20,000 IN YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS TO JUST UNDER 150 CHILDREN. 
          SO, UM, HOPING TO GET IT OVER THAT 150 MARK BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN A COUPLE WEEKS. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE BETTER IN YEARS PAST, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR. 
          HOPEFULLY WE CAN DOUBLE OUR NUMBERS FROM THIS YEAR. 
          UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT, AND IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS FUNDRAISER, WE WILL HAVE EVEN MORE MONEY FOR IT. 
          SO, UM, PLEASE JOIN US IF YOU CAN. 
          THAT'S OUR BIG ONE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. 
          AND THEN, UM, AT THE END OF AUGUST, WE ARE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT, UH, TO DO AN ECO GARDENING WORKSHOP. 
          AND THAT IS SLATED TO BE POSSIBLY AT MLK. 
          WE HAVEN'T PULLED PERMIT YET, IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE SAW, BUT THAT IS ALSO COMING IN. 
          IT'S DOWN THE PIPELINE. 
          SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE EVENTS AND YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WE CAN TALK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE STAFF. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH ASHLEY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I FEEL LIKE MOST OF MY ANNOUNCEMENTS HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY. 
           GOTTEN A REALLY BIG SHARE. 
          I WOULD SAY THE ONE THING THAT IS UPCOMING THAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS OUR DAY OF SPORT EVENT AT HOUGHTON PARK, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE NEXT TUESDAY. 
          WE HAVE OVER 600 KIDS. 
          WE ARE BUSING CITYWIDE UP TO HOUGHTON, AND WE HAVE OVER, I THINK NOW THEY COUNT AS 12 OLYMPIAN AND PARALYMPIANS THAT WILL BE HOSTING AND FACILITATING SPORTS, UM, SPORTS STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PARK. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE A LUNCH EVENT IN MIDDAY. 
          WE'LL HAVE, UM, AN EVENT AT THE END, A CLOSING CEREMONY WHERE WE'LL BE, UM, HANDING OUT MEDALS KIDS WILL RECEIVE T-SHIRTS. 
          THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH READY, SET, HOLD. 
          A BUNCH OF IT IS NOW BECOME A REALLY BIG INTERDEPARTMENTAL EFFORT. 
          SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE A BIG, KIND OF LIKE MASSIVE CITY FIELD TRIP DAY WHERE EVERYONE GOES UP TO NORTH LONG BEACH AND KIND OF ALL OF OUR KIDS FROM OUR FUN DAYS AND OUR DAY CAMP PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED AND VERY BUSY. 
          SO THAT PAIRED WITH THE SOCCER ACTIVATIONS, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A SPORTY KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, COUPLE MONTHS FOR US. 
          BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. 
          SO IT'S GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR PLATE IS VERY FULL. 
          WE'RE BUSY. 
          WE'RE ALL BUSY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAKES AIR 
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SEEM BUSY TOO BECAUSE HE HAS TO GET READY AND PREP THE SPACES FOR US. 
          YES. 
          SO WE'RE ALL BUSY, BUT, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO, UM, SEE THE KIDS AND SEE OUR SPACES REALLY ACTIVATED IN SUMMERTIME. 
          UM, MOST OF US KIND OF LOVE TO TAKE A WALK BEHIND AND SEE ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, LEAGUE PLAY OR OUR OUR KIDS OUTSIDE HAVING PRACTICES, JUST NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS THAT COME OVER AND RIDE THEIR BIKES OVER AND ENJOY A SKATE PARK. 
          SO I LOVE IT. 
          I THINK WE ALL DO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST FYII HAVE THE FLYER FOR THAT EVENT, THE DAY SPORT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF ANYBODY WANTS IT, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. 
          YES, PLEASE. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT'D YOU SEND IT TO ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JANICE, UH, JUST A QUICK THING ON THAT SAME DAY, BUT LATER, THERE'S A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, TUESDAY, JULY 23RD AT SIX FOR THE WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT. 
          UM, IT'S A CONTINUATION OF A MEETING THAT HAPPENED IN PERSON. 
          THIS IS JUST A VIRTUAL ONE. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUNE. 
          JUNE, DID I SAY JULY ? MINE SHOULD BEEN IN SUMMER FOR LIKE FOUR WEEKS ALREADY. 
           JUNE 23RD. 
          JUNE 23RD. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, KRISTEN, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          BUSY TIME. 
          UH, YES, VERY BUSY. 
          UH, I WANT START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING MY TEAM. 
          YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB, UH, BEING PROACTIVE. 
          UM, A FEW ITEMS FOR US THAT THE RECREATION  THE SEATING AREA, UM, WITHOUT A SERVICE REQUEST. 
          THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE FOR ME THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING WORK NOW. 
          UM, WE, UM, ACTUALLY REPLACED 155 FORWARD AND WE WERE PAINTED THE ENTIRE SEATING AREA. 
          WOW. 
          AND THEN ALSO FOR EL DORADO, SKATE PARK, STEARS PARK, AND, UH, WALEY PARK, UH, REPLACED THE, UH, THE LIGHTING OVER THE VILLE LIGHTING, UM, VERY BUSINESS, UH, LAST, THANKFULLY FOR THESE COUPLE OF LOCATIONS. 
          IT WASN'T FROM VANDALISM, IT WAS JUST LIGHTS WERE OUT. 
          AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IF YOU SEE TWO OR THREE LIGHTS OUT, IF WE CALL OUR BENDER OUT, EVEN IF IT'S A LIGHT THAT'S NOT OUT, IT HAS TO REPLACE ALL THE LIGHTS. 
          SO THAT'S THE THINGS THAT CUT TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CALL THEM OUT, WHAT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO CALL THEM OUT. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE HOW MUCH LIGHTING IS REQUIRED AT A CERTAIN TIME SHOULD BE OUT. 
          'CAUSE PEOPLE SEE ONE OR TWO LIGHTS OUT TO BRING THEM OUT. 
          BUT THE COST IS, UH, LARGE COST FOR THAT. 
          SO, UM, AND THEN FOR AMBASSADORS THAT'S USUAL, UH, CONSTANTLY CHANGING SIGNS AND PRESSURE WASHING. 
          ON AVERAGE, WE PRESSURE WATCH AT LEAST ONE PATIO, POSSIBLY TWO A DAY IN EVENING TIMES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, UM, ENCAMPMENTS HANGING OUT ON OUR PATIO AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE FRESH AND CLEAN FOLLOW MORNING. 
          SO TO MAKE SURE WE STAY PROACTIVE WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN FOR OUR BROWN'S TEAM, UM, SO WE'RE STILL DOING OUR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS, UM, THUS FAR THIS YEAR, 332 ENCAMPMENT, CLEANUPS. 
          UH, WE BEING PROACTIVE WITH THAT, UH, ONE, ONE NOTICE FROM MACARTHUR PARK, UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, VERY NICE PART. 
          IN PART, WE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THAT ONE. 
          SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CREATE A, A SYSTEM OF BEING ABLE TO CLEAN THAT PART FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO KIND OF BE PROACTIVE AND HOPEFULLY KEEP THEM FROM CONTINUING TO COME BACK. 
          AND SO FOR AS FAR AS TONS, WE REMOVED 319 TONS OF DEBRIS, UH, THUS FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THEN GRAFFITI, UH, JUST FOR THIS MONTH, IT'S A CONSTANT THING WITH AS WELL, UM, 60, UH, REQUESTS FOR GRAFFITI. 
          AND THEN I WAS GETTING SOME NUMBERS FOR ONE OF OUR, UM, ONE OF OUR STAFF AS FAR AS TOTAL WORK ORDERS FOR MOB OR OPERATION DRILL. 
          AND SO FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, UH, LAST YEAR WAS OVER 8,200 SERVICE PROFESSOR. 
          8,200. 
          YES. 
          JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS SOME IDEA SCOPE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE'VE TRIMMED 1,381 TREES THUS FAR. 
          I LOVE YOUR STATS, ERIC. 
          I THINK THEY'RE TERRIFIC. 
          I USUALLY TAKE TOTAL NOTES. 
          I'M HAPPY THAT, OKAY. 
          AND NOW TIME FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER HIA. 
          SURE. 
          UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE, UH, WHALEY LIGHTS FOR OUR LAST COUPLE GAMES OF THE SEASON. 
          THAT WAS GREAT. 
          UM, IT WAS VERY CONFUSING TO ALL THE BIRDS, I WILL SAY, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT, THAT BRIGHTNESS. 
          BUT IT WAS NICE FOR OUR OUTFIELDERS . 
          UM, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, THIS, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING OF SUMMER, OBVIOUSLY AS A TEACHER, IT'S, IT'S REALLY EXCITING. 
          I KNOW I MENTIONED, UM, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, ONE OF MY STUDENTS PASSED AWAY, UM, JUST A COUPLE, COUPLE DAYS INTO SUMMER. 
          UH, SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALWAYS THE, UM, THE SAFE RECREATION, THE PLACE FOR, FOR KIDS TO GO WHEN WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST AM 
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VERY, VERY GRATEFUL AGAIN FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION WE HAD TODAY. 
          THE THOUGHT, JUST THINKING ABOUT PARK EQUITY, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, ON THE FOREFRONT. 
          THE IDEA THAT OTHER REGIONAL AREAS ARE LOOKING TO US, UM, TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS WORK. 
          I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MY FRIENDS WHO I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HAVE GONE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE, THE COUNTRY AND THEN ARE COMING BACK TO VISIT FAMILY OR WHATEVER, I ALWAYS SAY, WELL, LET'S MEET UP AT THIS PARK AND LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET ALL OUR KIDS TOGETHER ON THE PLAYGROUND. 
          AND, UM, I JUST, I, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF ABOUT THIS CITY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE TO STAY HERE AND RAISE OUR KIDS HERE. 
          SO JUST, JUST THAT, JUST GOOD POSITIVITY, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THERE IS, UM, LIZ CARLIN, WHO'S ON OUR MARINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SHARED WITH ME THAT THERE IS A SUMMER YOUTH ROWING CAMP AND THERE'S SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. 
          SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE THAT FLYER, UM, IT SHOULD BE IN THE DISTRICT ONE NEWSLETTER SOON. 
          THEY STILL HAVE A JULY SESSION. 
          UM, I HAVE THAT FLYER, SO HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. 
          AND THEN REALLY MY NEXT COMMENT IS HOW CAN, AS COMMISSIONERS, HOW CAN WE BEST ADVOCATE DURING THIS CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE PROCESS? BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE PART OF THAT GENERAL FUND, THAT GENERAL BUDGET FUND. 
          SO REALLY LOOKING TO THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR STAFF TO SHARE WITH US BEYOND WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF SHOWING UP TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, WHAT, SORRY, I JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          WELL, I, I THINK YOU ACTUALLY, UH, KIND OF MENTIONED ALREADY THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY BEGIN IN AUGUST ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR WHETHER IT'S THE BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, OR THE CITY COUNCIL ITSELF TO HEAR DIRECTLY, UH, FROM COMMISSION OR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO ADVOCATE, UH, FOR PARKS. 
          I THINK WE ALL KNOW AND HAVE READ THAT, UH, GONNA HAVE A REALLY CHALLENGING, UH, FISCAL YEAR, UH, 27, I THINK NUMBERS ARE AROUND $60 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND THAT'S NOT JUST US, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, POLICE, FIRE LIBRARIES, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, BUT CERTAINLY THERE, THERE WILL BE, UH, IMPACTS. 
          AND SO, UH, I THINK THE MOST DIRECT ROUTE IS REALLY, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO VOICE YOUR, UH, VOICE YOUR OPINION, VOICE YOUR CONCERNS. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          WE DO HAVE OUR DATE SCHEDULED FOR OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, AND I'M GONNA TURN TO JANICE TO TELL ME WHAT THE DATE WAS. 
          AUGUST 25TH. 
          AUGUST 25TH. 
          NOW WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME YET 'CAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DARK. 
          AND SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED WHEN THEY'RE GONNA START THAT MEETING. 
          BUT WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR BUDGET, UH, ON THAT DAY WITH, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES, UH, LIBRARY ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          UM, SO WE, THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THAT MEETING. 
          UM, AND UH, YEAH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO REALLY KIND OF TELLING OUR STORY IN THAT MEETING. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, UH, WITH THE $60 MILLION, UM, SHORTFALL THERE, THERE WILL BE IMPACTS KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE ABLE TO SHARE, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE DON'T GO WITH PD AND FIRE ANYMORE. 
          WE DO NOT. 
          WE DO NOT. 
          WE DO NOT. 
          IT'S BEEN KIND OF SHUFFLED OVER THE YEARS. 
          SOME YEARS WE'RE IN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUUM CONVERSATION. 
          SO IT'S POLICE, FIRE, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND PARKS. 
          UM, OTHER YEARS IT'S BEEN PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, THIS YEAR I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE MORE OF A FOCUS ON, UH, A PRESENTATION ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO I THINK PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CIP CONVERSATION WILL BE ON THEIR OWN. 
          SO, UM, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE WITH OUR, OUR FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER LEWIS? NO, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COMMISSIONER ALLEN? YES. 
          UH, ONE THING ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, UM, I GOT A REQUEST FOR PAN AMERICAN PARK. 
          SO THERE'S A SOFTBALL TEAM THAT PLAYS ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          APPARENTLY THERE'S NO SEAT IN THE BATHROOM, , SO WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE. 
          , THERE IS A BACKSTORY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER WE'RE UP TO RIGHT NOW. 
          14. 
          WE HAVE REPLACED, UM, THAT I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY 
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, VERY POPULAR THING, BUT THAT SINK HAS BEEN VANDALIZED TO THE POINT OF REPLACEMENT REMOVED, OR, UM, SOME, BOTH, UH, SOMETIMES COMPLETELY SHATTERED. 
          WE HAVE CHANGED THE MATERIALS THAT ARE WE USED, WE'VE ACTUALLY CHANGED FROM KEEPING IT INSIDE THE RESTROOM TO ACTUALLY OUTSIDE THE, THE RESTROOM TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITNESSING BAD BEHAVIOR. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY AWARE OF THAT AND WORKING ON WHAT COULD BE DONE. 
          GOT IT. 
          YEAH, I CAME UP BECAUSE THE SOFTBALL TEAMS WERE THERE. 
          AND THEN , WHAT ARE THEY DOING? THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, WORKING DIRECTOR, SO SENATOR GONZALEZ NOW HAS A, A PARK EQUITY BILL THAT'S MOVING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EYES ON THAT AND WHETHER THE CITY IS ON BOARD WITH THAT OR NOT, BUT IT'S SB 1268 AND IT'S AN OUTDOOR FOR ALL INITIATIVE. 
          I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO AROUND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND HOW PARKS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED BY ICE TO COME AND KIND OF HAVE A CRITICAL MASS OF PEOPLE. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT OUTDOOR SPACES ARE ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT TO LOOK AT. 
          UM, AND THEN FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT REPORT, THIS IS LIKE A SIX PAGE DOCUMENT. 
          I KNOW THIS IS LIKE IN A NEW FORMAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY FOR THIS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENTLY PRINTED? CAN YOU FIT LIKE THREE COMMENTS ON ONE PAGE INSTEAD OF ONE PAGE PER COMMENT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST LIKE A, A SYSTEM THING OR WHAT, BUT I WAS LIKE, WOW, IT'S SIX, SIX PAGES FOR THE SAME COMMENTS. 
          IT'S LIKE EIGHT TIMES . 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, PROBABLY A LIMITATION OF THE, UH, THE, THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT CHANGE THAT MORE EFFICIENT. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          OTHERWISE, HAPPY SUMMER. 
          I'M EXCITED. 
          UH, ALL THESE FLYERS GO UP IN MY, UH, LOBBY OF MY COMPLEX AND THEY ALWAYS COME DOWN 'CAUSE SOMEBODY TAKES THEM, USE THEM. 
          SO , UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE ALL THE SUMMER STUFF WITH MY YOU'RE COMMISSIONER. 
          UH, THE ONLY THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS, UH, WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE BRIEF APPOINTMENT OF MYSELF, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONER HIGGIN, UH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TO BE SERVING ON, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER TERM ON THIS COMMISSION. 
          I, I MAYBE HALF JOKINGLY HALF SERIOUSLY SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELP KEEP MY TRUST IN HUMANITY, UH, BECAUSE IT IS GREAT AND VERY REWARDING TO SEE, UH, ALL THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT THE, THE DEPARTMENT'S DOING, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATION AND, AND REALLY SEEING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR SOCIAL FABRICS, THAT CARE ABOUT THE COMMONS AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE COLLECTIVELY OWN AS A SOCIETY, AS A COMMUNITY IN, IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO, UH, JUST AGAIN, VERY HAPPY TO BE SERVING HERE AND, UH, YOU CAN BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          I REMEMBER FROM LAST MONTH THAT IT IS THE BEGINNING OF KITTEN SEASON. 
          HOW ARE THE KITTENS DOING AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER? DO YOU KNOW? ARE WE GETTING RID OF THEM? SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, A MONTH OR SO INTO KITTEN SEASON. 
          WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN. 
          WE WORK WITH A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, TO HELP US, UH, WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY CAT KITTENS THAT COME IN, UM, THE LITTERS THAT COME IN. 
          AND SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN. 
          A LOT OF, UH, IT HAS TO DO WITH PRE-PLANNING AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY EFFECTIVE JOB, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR PRE-PLANNING AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M GOING TO SAY GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, UH, ERIC, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I HAVE A DEAR FRIEND WHO WAS, UH, SEVERELY HANDICAPPED. 
          SHE LIVES AT A HOUSE RIGHT ON THE WATER, THE PENINSULA. 
          SO OF COURSE I CALLED HER, HOW ARE YOU DOING? AND SHE SAID THEY, UH, BRING UP THE BERMS. UH, WE WATCH IT GO DOWN. 
          THEY COME BACK AND BRING IT BACK UP AND SHE'S FINE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING THAT AREA SAFE, ESPECIALLY FOR MY FRIEND WHO'S A WHEELCHAIR. 
          UM, AND I HAD A QUESTION FOR, UM, ASHLEY, AND THAT IS, UH, HOW EARLY CAN WE MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR LIKE, USE OF THE RECREATION PARK BANDSHELL? UH, FOR 2027, WE USUALLY DO RESERVATIONS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OUT. 
          UM, IT'S USUALLY OUR SYSTEM. 
          UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY, WE CAN, YOU, YOU CAN CONNECT WITH JAMIE WHO OVERSEES OUR OFFICE ACROSS THE WAY. 
          I CAN CONNECT YOU YEAH. 
          AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE HER INFORMATION SO SHE CAN GET, UM, SHE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AND JUST SEE KIND OF, AND GIVE SHARE IF WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON. 
          TYPICALLY GIVE YOU KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A HEADS UP ON WHAT WE EXPECT. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT MONTH. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT EVERYONE SAID. 
          IT WAS A WONDERFUL 
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PRESENTATION. 
          YOU'RE ALL DOING AN ENORMOUSLY GREAT JOB. 
          AND I AGREE WITH, UH, EVERYONE WHO'S COMMENTED ON HOW PROUD WE ARE OF THE PARTS. 
          UH, THEY MAKE US FEEL GOOD AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 
          THANK YOU THAT THE MEETING WILL BE ADJOURNED AT 1104.
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