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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AT 5:09 PM ON THURSDAY, JUNE, JULY, JULY 9TH.
UH, DIRECTOR, CAN YOU DO THE ROLE? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER GOODIER SMITH.
AND COMMISSIONER REDFIELD HERE.
UM, AND SEE THE AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF JUNE 11TH, 2026.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
AND, UM, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NOTHING.
THEN, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OR SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HIGA.
THOSE WERE LONG MINUTES FROM THIS MEETING LAST TIME.
MUST HAVE BEEN EIGHT PAGES LONG AND, UH, WE JUST HAD A LOT TO SAY.
ON TO ITEM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS FEE WAIVER REQUESTS RECEIVED BETWEEN JUNE 11TH, 2026 AND JULY 8TH, 2026.
AND, UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO.
UH, ASHLEY IS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT REPORT.
WE HAVE TWO FEE WAIVER, UH, REQUESTS RECEIVED.
UH, THE FIRST FEE WAIVER IS WITH, UH, NOT, IS WITH A, THE GROUP, LATINOS IN ACTION, NOT A NEW GROUP.
UM, BUT IT IS A NEW EVENT AND THEY ARE PRESENTING AND REQUESTING FEES.
WE WAIVE FOR A HEALTH FAIR TO TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AT MACARTHUR PARK IN OPEN SPACE.
IT IS A CULTURAL EVENT, AND THE AMOUNT TO BE WAIVED WOULD BE $394 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES.
THERE IS NO FEE REVENUE OR FEES PAID NO EDE GATE REVENUE AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS 460 PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A SECOND FEE WAIVER REQUEST FOR, UM, APPROVAL, WHICH IS THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, THEY'RE SEEKING TO, UH, WAIVE FEES FOR A HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR TO TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 30TH THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST AT SUNNYSIDE AND, AND MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES AT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UM, THIS WOULD WAIVE $1,447 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES, ZERO REVENUE AND FEES PAID ZERO EDE GATE REVENUE.
AND WE ESTIMATE, OR THEY ESTIMATE, 1022 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
TOTAL FEES WAIVED FOR THESE TWO REQUESTS WOULD BE $1,841.
IT'S, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME, BUT THE LATINOS IN ACTION ARE HAVING A HEALTH FAIR THAT THEY CALL A CULTURAL EVENT.
AND, UH, AND THAT WALKING, I MEAN, IT COULD BE CULTURAL IN THE SENSE THAT WHEN YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY, YOU LOOK AT HEALTH DIFFERENTLY.
SO THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER CULTURAL ELEMENTS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO A HEALTH FAIR TO CHECK, ESPECIALLY IN LATINO COMMUNITY DIABETES.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE WHEN MARTHA CREATED THIS, MAYBE SHE WAS SEEING IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, OR SHE JUST CHECKED THE WRONG BOX.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD PERSPECTIVE SOLICIT.
UM, AND OF COURSE, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S BEEN DOING THAT EVENT.
IS IT 35 YEARS OR SOME LONG TIME.
IT'S SO COURSE, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO GO.
UM, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JUST A KIND OF A FORMATTING THING.
USUALLY UNDER THAT EDE GATE REVENUE, IT JUST SAYS NO.
IF THERE'S NO, IF IT'S NOT AN EDE.
SO, AND HERE IT SAYS $0, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT WE'RE JUST LETTING THEM INTO THE ED FOR FREE AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING, SO I DON'T, IT DOES A FORMATTING ISSUE THAT I NOTICE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT AFTER THAT FOR THE ACTUAL COMMISSION LETTER.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMENTS FROM, UH, THE REST OF THE TEAM? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE BOARD BY COMMISSIONER HIGA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OR ARTIE SMITH.
AND I THINK WE CAN RUN RIGHT ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING TO DAMAGE, LOSS OF THEFT AS RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARK AND RECREATION.
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UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND.UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO.
UM, JANICE IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE MINUTES.
UM, FOR THE, UH, DAMAGE LOSS IN THEFT REPORT FOR JUNE, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 20 ITEMS. MOST OF THEM WERE, I WON'T SAY SMALL DOLLAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT HUGE ITEMS. ALL WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS AND ABOUT HALF WERE RELATED TO DOOR OR LOCK, YOU KNOW, BROKEN LOCKS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE JAMMING A DOOR.
AND THEN, UM, A FEW PLAY EQUIPMENTS.
UM, ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS IN BROKEN WINDOWS AND GRAFFITI.
SO WE, WE BARKED UP THE WINDOWS AND PAINTED.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE LITTLE PLUMBING THINGS.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT I SHOULD GIVE YOU THAT, THAT FOR THE MONTH IS $5,664 AND 18 CENTS.
AND COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR, OR LAST JUNE, IT IS, LET'S SEE, WE'RE AT 47,500 AND LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 50,500.
SO WE ARE JUST SLIGHTLY LESS, BUT PRETTY MUCH TRACKING VERY SIMILARLY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR
WAS IT WALEY? WAS THAT IN OR JULY? WELL, YES.
'CAUSE WHALEY, THEY GOT INTO THE BUILDING.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER ANY, WHETHER ANY PARKS, YOU KNOW, STUFF WAS DAMAGED OR BROKEN INTO AS A RESULT, OR WHETHER IT WAS JUST PURELY THE PRIVATE LEAGUE.
IT WAS THE LEAGUE, I THINK LOST A PITCHING MACHINE.
UM, AND I THINK THERE WAS A DOOR THAT WAS DAMAGED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER ARIA SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HEA.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE AND UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKS, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVE.
UH, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO.
JANICE IS GONNA PROVIDE THIS ONE AS WELL.
THE GENERAL FUND, UM, WE ARE 75% THROUGH THE YEAR, UH, THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.
OUR EXPENDITURES FOR FY 26, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND ARE ABOUT 62%, WHICH IS, IS TRENDING VERY WELL.
AND THEN OUR REVENUE IS ABOUT 73%.
SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK OF REVENUE.
UH, AGAIN, SUMMERS WHEN WE, EVERYTHING HAPPENS.
UM, IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, OUR EXPENSES ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN AND, AND REVENUES ARE SLIGHTLY DOWN.
AGAIN, THAT COULD JUST BE A TIMING ISSUE OF PAYROLL OR WHEN SOMEONE PAYS SOMETHING.
AND THEN FOR WATER, OUR WATER EXPENDITURES ARE ALSO DOWN.
UM, OUR, OUR BUDGET IS 3.2 MILLION.
SO FOR FY 26 THROUGH JUNE, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT 1.9 MILLION, WHICH IS 62%.
UH, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WE HAD SPENT ABOUT 74%.
GOOD NEWS, UH, TO, TO START OUR SUMMER.
SO THREE MONTHS LEFT OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
I KNOW LAST MONTH PART OF THAT, THE WATER REPORT INCLUDED, THE FINGERS CROSSED THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE KIND OF COOL IN THE MORNING.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TRACKING SO FAR, LIKE A LITTLE BIT OVER OVERCAST IN THE MORNING WITH THE IT DOES HELP.
UM, THAT WAS A LETTER ONE,
WELL, IT'S SAYING CALIFORNIA WILL SEE ITS FIRST MONSOON DORMS OF THE SEASON.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN START, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE HOT AND DRY DURING THE SUMMER AND THEN, BUT WET IN THE LATE FALL AND WINTER.
AND SO, UM, I HAVE A FEELING OUR WATER EXPENDITURES ARE GONNA GO UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT, UH, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO DRY AND SO HOT.
UH, AND SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT BY SEPTEMBER.
UH, THE LAST THING WE WANT IS TO HAVE BROWN OUT SITUATIONS.
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UH, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO REALLY KEEP THEM NICE AND GREEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE WHAT WE SAW PROBABLY EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF LIKE A SEVEN OR EIGHT YEAR SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT WHERE WE DID HAVE SIGNIFICANT BROWNOUTS, UH, IN OUR PARKS, THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER RECENTLY.
SO, UM, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO PUT WATER, UH, WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER HIGA, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY SMITH.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HEAR EXPENSES DOWN
UH, NOW MOVING ON TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING PROPOSED FEE ADJUSTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET ADOPTION AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION.
AND RE DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
UM, DIRECTOR, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? WE DO.
SO RECALL LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THESE BRIEFLY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE WAS AWARE, UM, BEFORE WE PUBLICLY NOTICED THE FEE HEARING.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN UP FOR I THINK A WEEK OR SO NOW, UH, THAT OFFICIAL NOTICE.
SO THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT IS, UH, INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT OFFICIAL NOTICE.
AND JANICE CAN WALK THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
UH, YEAH, SO YOU HAVE THE LIST OF CHANGES BEFORE YOU, NOT THE FULL LIST OF OUR FEES.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A FULL LIST OF OUR CURRENT FEES, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE.
I'M NOT SURE WE CAN GET THOSE TO YOU.
YOU, SO THIS IS A LIST OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE.
YOU'LL SEE THIS WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE COMMISSION MEETING ALSO, BUT THE CURRENT FEE AND THE REQUESTED FEE.
SO ON THIS LIST THERE ARE 287 FEES AND ABOUT 97% OF THEM ARE GOING UP BY WHAT WE CALL THE CCI, WHICH IS THE CITY COST INDEX, WHICH HAS BEEN CALCULATED FOR FY 27 AS 3.64%.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE IN MOST OF THEM, BUT I DO WANT TO CALL OUT AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAD, SO WE HAVE FOUR THAT ARE INCREASING BEYOND CCI.
UM, THE FORFEIT FOR THE BASEBALL, THAT'S ON PAGE ONE.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON COST RECOVERY OF, OF THE ON BASEBALL.
WHICH ONE IS THAT AGAIN? THAT'S THE, UM, BASEBALL, THE FORFEIT FEE RIGHT FROM PAGE YEAH.
THEN WE HAVE, UM, THE YOUTH PARTICIPATION.
SO ON PAGE THREE, UH, YOUTH PARTICIPANT FEE, RESIDENT NON-RESIDENT, UM, THOSE ARE BOTH GOING UP BY $3.
AND THEN THE FOURTH, UM, FEE INCREASING, UH, WAS THE GOLDEN GROVE DEPOSIT, WHICH AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S RETURNED TO YOU THEN THAT'S GREAT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY, I HAVE IT MARKED HERE SOMEWHERE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY FURTHER DOWN THE AND HOW MUCH IS IT GOING UP? IT'S GOING UP TO SEVEN 50, I BELIEVE.
YEAH, I DON'T WANNA TRUST MY MEMORY RIGHT NOW.
UM, IN HERE, EMAIL STICKY PADS, UM, THIS IS WHY STICKY PADS ACTUALLY EXISTS.
DID YOU FIND IT? IT'S ON PAGE, OH, PICNIC AREA 18.
UM, IT'S GOING FROM 530 TO 750.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, A RETURN BOOK, REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT.
AND THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THOUGHT BEHIND THIS.
THIS IS NOT JUST A RECOVERY OF COST SCENARIO.
THIS IS ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR, UM, CHANGE IN THAT FOR SOME LARGE EVENTS WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING BAD THINGS, WALKING AWAY FROM $500 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, UH, IS A LOT EASIER THAN WALKING AWAY FROM $750.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO HELP, UM, KIND OF IMPROVE, UH, BEHAVIOR.
NOW IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, THEY'RE GETTING ACTUAL AMOUNT ACT, UH, NO HARM, NO FOLLOW.
BUT, UH, THIS IS REALLY INTENDED FOR SOME OF THOSE, UH, EVENTS WHERE WE KNOW AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE FOLLOWING UP.
WE DON'T, THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE FOLLOWING THE RULES.
UM, MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? UH, THE GROUP THAT CAME AND SPOKE TO US ABOUT THE, UH, NOISE AND THE PROBLEMS AND SO FORTH, IS THAT THIS AREA? YES.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN INFORM THAT? THEY DON'T.
THE BEST
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SURE.YOUTH SPORTS ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
SO OUR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM IS FREE BESIDES A UNIFORM FEE.
AND THEN THIS IS A NEW $10 FEE ON TOP OF THAT, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATIVE.
UM, BUT THAT'S LIKE A BIG REVENUE CHANGE, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S ALMOST RIGHT.
THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AT THE SAME RATE, THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, IT IS EXPECTED IF, IF MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE, I, I MEAN THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
I MEAN, I MEAN, MY MOM PAID FOR ME TO DO STUFF, SO WE DON'T, I MEAN MAYBE 'CAUSE WE GREW UP MORE SUBURBAN RURAL, BUT I, I DON'T THINK NINE IS A NEW FEE FOR GYMNASIUM RENTAL MAINTENANCE.
IT'S $166 AND THAT FEE IS A DUPLICATE OF OTHER FEES OF THE SAME STRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S CLEANING A MAINTENANCE FEE FOR OTHER FACILITY RENTALS.
UH, WELL WITH CCI, SO THOUGH CURRENTLY THOSE FEES ARE ONE 60 GOING UP TO 1 66, SO THIS IS BASED ON THAT PAGE.
HOPEFULLY I HAVE, UH, THERE ARE TWO NEW FEES ON THERE.
THEY, UH, A REFUND PROCESSING FEE, $11 AND THEN, UM, THE, THE SAME $11 CANCELLATION OVER 90 DAYS CCS ARE RELATED.
IT'S JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND SPELL IT OUT THAT THIS IS THE FEE, UH, FOR A REFUND WHEN IT'S APPLICABLE.
AND THEN THE LAST NEW FEE IS ON PAGE 21 AND IT IS A NEW $10 FEE TO BE ON OPEN SPACE AND PERMITS TO GATHER.
AND THIS IS FOR MAINTENANCE TO COVER COSTS, TRASH, IRRIGATION, JUST WEAR AND TEAR.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FEES THAT ARE BEING RESTRUCTURED AND THE COST IS JUST CCI CHANGE, BUT WE'RE GOING FROM A BLOCK, LIKE HALF DAY DAY RATE TO JUST AN HOURLY RATE.
AND THOSE ARE IN THE AREA THREE OF EL DORADO, PAGE 19.
UM, AND THEN THE FEES THAT AREN'T INCLUDED WITH CHANGES, AGAIN, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE WHOLE LIST, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS A PERCENTAGE, THE PERCENTAGE SAYING SAME GATE ENTRY FEES ARE NOT CHANGING.
UM, SOME SLIM FEES ARE NOT CHANGING.
UM, A REGULAR CAMP FEE IS NOT CHANGING.
AND THEN IF IT'S UNDER A CONTRACTUAL COST, THEN THAT FEE'S NOT CHANGING UNLESS THE CONTRACT CHANGES.
SO WHERE DO WE DO CAMP AT? UH, DAY CAMP IS, OH, DAY CAMP GOT IT LISTED ON HERE.
IT'S NOT CHANGING, BUT I JUST SAW THE CAMP FEE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THERE'S A CAMPING, LIKE YOUTH CAMPING.
YEAH, THE PARK WAS SCOUT AT EL DORADO REGIONAL PARK.
WE ALLOW YOUTH OVERNIGHT CAMPING, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES ON HERE WHERE THE CURRENT FEE AND REQUEST FEE ARE THE SAME.
I, BUT IT STILL POPS INTO THE EXCEL FILE.
SO LIKE, LIKE OPEN GYM GUESS FOUR.
I WENT FROM FOR TO, FOR TO TWO VESSEL PLACES.
UM, BUT THEY STILL LAND ON THE LIST.
WE JUST KIND OF MARK CCI THERE.
THERE IS ONE THAT JANICE WENT OVER THAT I DO WANT TO, UH, CALL ATTENTION TO.
AND THAT IS THE YOUTH PARTICIPANT FEE, WHICH IS GOING UP BY $3 FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS.
AND SO, UM, SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FEE IS.
SO FOR OUR YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS, LOS ALTOS BASEBALL OR A YSO SOCCER, INSTEAD OF CHARGING AN HOURLY RATE FOR THE FIELDS, WE CHARGE A YOUTH PARTICIPANT FEE FOR ALL OF THE PLAYERS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WAY TO KEEP COSTS DOWN FOR THE LEAGUES.
IF THEY WERE TO ACTUALLY PAY HOURLY FOR THEIR FIELDS, THEY WOULD BE PAYING QUITE A BIT MORE, UM, THAN THIS APPROACH.
BUT IT IS CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS THE LEAGUES HAVE INCREASED THEIR FEES OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE THEIR COSTS ARE GOING UP, WE HAVE MAINTAINED THIS FEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT'S TIME FOR US, UH, TO INCREASE IT, TO RECOVER SOME OF OUR COSTS AS WELL.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT.
THESE ARE FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AND IT'S A, IT'S A FEE THAT THE LEAGUES JUST TACK ON TO THEIR REGISTRATION FEE.
SO THESE ARE POSTED, UM, IT'S A E HEARING, UM, IN VARIOUS PUBLIC SPACES AS WELL AS ONLINE.
AND AGAIN, THE FULL LIST OF ALL CURRENT FEES CHANGING OR NOT CHANGING ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
SO, AND THEN THESE WILL BE INCLUDED AS IF THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION NEXT WEEK, UH, AS PART OF FY 27 BUDGET ADOPTION.
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EXCELLENT REPORT.UM, THIS IS PROBABLY A, A PRELIMINARY QUESTION THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER YET, BUT WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTED EARNINGS FROM THESE FEE CHANGES, WILL THAT, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA HELP THE BUDGETING PROCESS, I THINK IT WILL HELP BALANCE OUT.
SO WE DON'T, I MEAN, I ASSUME THAT'S PART OF THE GOAL, BUT YEAH.
SO CCI INCREASES, YOU KNOW, UH, A CITYWIDE COST ESCALATION, SO THEY USE THAT TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BUT THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WILL SEE THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PROJECTING AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE REJECTED, ESTIMATE NEW REVENUE.
BUT YEAH, THEY DEFINITELY USE THAT TO LOOK AT BALANCING THE BUDGET.
MANY OTHER FACTORS, BUT MANY DIRECTOR I'M SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? T COURT? THANK YOU.
SO
CAN WE GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX? ITEM NUMBER SIX, A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE PARKS OF RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF JULY 16TH.
UH, DIRECTOR, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? WE DO.
UM, SO OUR AGENDA FOR THE JULY MEETING, UH, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS, SO WE'VE ALREADY COVERED A COUPLE OF THEM.
UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL HAVE YOUR MINUTES, UH, APPROVAL.
UH, THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO THE FEE HEARING.
DO I NOT HAVE THAT? IT'S NUMBER SIX.
IT SHOULD SAY NUMBER SIX ON TOP.
UH, THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR FEE WAIVERS, UH, WHICH YOU HEARD EARLIER.
THEN WE HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS. SO THE FIRST IS, UH, A RIGHT TO ENTER FOR STERNS PARK.
THIS IS FOR, UH, LONG BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE WHO, UM, PREVIOUSLY HAD AN APPROVED PERMIT TO GATHER PERMIT TO GATHER, UM, UH, RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT, UH, TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE BALL FIELDS.
UH, THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF THOSE IN THE ORIGINAL, UH, TIMEFRAME FOR THAT.
AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY PROVIDING A NEW EXTENDED TIMELINE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER, UM, THIS IS OUR, UH, PERMIT WITH BRIDGE ENTERPRISE.
SO A FEW MONTHS AGO WE WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND GOT APPROVAL FOR BRIDGE ENTERPRISE TO BE OUR OPERATOR OF OUR TWO TENNIS CENTERS AT EL DORADO PARK AND BILLY, UH, BILLY JEAN KING CENTER AT, UH, RECREATION PARK.
UM, THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER ROLE THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THAT AGREEMENT, AND THAT IS TO RUN OUR CONTRACT CLASS TENNIS INSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
NOT JUST AT THOSE TWO LOCATIONS, BUT ACROSS, UH, OUR VARIOUS CITY, UM, TENNIS SPORTS.
SO THINK OF CONTRACT CLASSES, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS THE TENNIS PORTION OF THE CONTRACT CLASS PROGRAM.
AND SO THIS IS, UH, A PERMIT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, RUN THAT PROGRAM FOR US.
HAVE THEY ALWAYS HAD THIS KIND OF A PERMIT OR, THE OPERATOR OF THE TENNIS CENTERS HAS ALWAYS HAD THIS PERMIT? SO THEY'VE HAD IT, UM, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN, UH, THE OPERATOR.
PRIOR TO THEM IT WAS, UH, KATHY JACOBSON, UM, SHE HAD THEM THE PERMIT AS WELL.
SO IT'S ALWAYS TIED, UH, TO THE OPERATOR OF THE TWO TENANT CENTERS.
WE KIND OF NEEDED TO WAIT TO SEE WHO THE SELECTED OPERATOR WAS GOING TO BE FOR THE TWO TENNIS CENTERS AND ONCE THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THEN WE COULD GO GO FORWARD WITH THIS.
GOT ONE CHANGE WE ARE MAKING IS, UM, THEY HAVE TO PAY US A, A CERTAIN AMOUNT EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO COLLECTING REVENUE THROUGH THIS MM-HMM
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING SOME MONEY ON THIS.
THEY HAVE TO PAY US A CERTAIN AMOUNT, UH, EACH MONTH.
WE ARE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY WAIVE SOME OF THOSE, UM, COST TO THEM REVENUES TO US.
UM, AS LONG AS THEY ARE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIKE, OPPORTUNITIES
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FOR, UM, EXPOSURE TO TENNIS IN SOME OF OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.SO NORTH LONG BEACH, WEST LONG BEACH, CENTRAL LONG BEACH.
IF THEY SET UP SHOP AND DO A LITTLE CLINIC, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A PARK, UH, IN ONE OF THOSE AREAS, WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE, UH, WHAT THEY OWE TO US.
SO IT'S JUST A WAY TO TRY TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE EXPOSURE FOR TENNIS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE A LOT OF EXISTING TENNIS INSTRUCTION.
I CAN CONNECT THEM WITH NONPROFITS WHO WANT THAT SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
UM, THIS IS MORE THROUGH THEIR OPERATOR, UH, ROLE, BUT, UH, THEY WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY'VE, UH, PROVIDE, UH, WEEKLY, UM, IS IT INSTRUCTION AT A COUPLE TENANT? UH, COUPLE LONG BEACH, UH, UNIFIED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
ISN'T THIS THE GUY WHO COMES, THE YOUNG MAN WHO COMES EVERY SO OFTEN? YEAH.
AND THEN WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE MY DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN THE, UH, DISCUSSION OF ANY, UH, FUTURE, UM, TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS ONES THIS MONTH.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR WATER CONSERVATION AND IRRIGATION EFFORTS.
AND THAT IS THE, OH, NO, NO, NO.
WE HAVE ONE VERY BIG, UH, ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
AND THAT IS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, FOR THE COMMISSION.
SO WE WILL, NEITHER OF US BE THERE,
I'LL NOT, AND I WON'T BE THERE.
I'LL BE IN SO AM I ELECT S AM I ELECTING MYSELF? SO DO I NEED TO MAKE YOU CAN, OR SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE COMMISSION CAN MAKE THE NOMINATIONS.
SO THEN FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.
SO I WILL CALL PEOPLE AND NOT EMAIL THEM.
CAN I SAY THOUGH, THAT BOTH OF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ACCEPTING THAT IF YES.
SO I'LL MAKE THE ORGANIZING HAPPEN APPRECI, BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S WHY I DO FOR A LIVING.
THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE.
THAT I HAVE TO SHARE MYSELF IN.
WELL, NO, I'LL
IT'S REALLY ACTUALLY VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THAT'S THE PASSING OF THE CAPITAL IS A NICE MOMENT BECAUSE THAT IS A NICE MOMENT.
AND TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
TO GIVE YOU THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
AND WHO IS YOUR THIRD GOVERNANCE PERSON? I THINK IT MIGHT BE COREY, OR WAS IT? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
CHRISTINE, DO YOU REMEMBER, DID SOMEBODY SAY THEY WANTED TO, I'M JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF SENIORITY ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PRACTICE THAT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, POLICY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK IN TERMS OF, UH, TENURE.
CASEY WAS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ME.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WITH CASEY, SHE CAN BARELY MAKE THE MEETINGS.
BUT, BUT I WILL SAY I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CHAIR'S, UM, DESCRIPTION.
'CAUSE THAT IS NOT AN ELECTED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD PERSON HERE IS NOT AN ELECTED, IT'S JUST BEEN A PRACTICE OF THE BODY.
AND SO THE CHAIR I THINK CAN HELP DETERMINE WHO'S GOING TO BE ON WHICH COMMITTEE.
I'LL ASK HER IF SHE HAS THE TIME.
BECAUSE I MEAN HER, I MEAN SHE HAS TOLD ME AS MUCH, LIKE HER TRAVEL SCHEDULE IS JUST, I MEAN, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
I WANT TO GO TO WHERE SHE'S GOING TO.
IT SEEMS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING POSITIVE OR SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN NOBODY ELSE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT WOULD MEAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY ELSE THERE FOR EVERY MEETING OR ELSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A QUORUM.
NO, BUT THAT THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD.
ALL I WAS GONNA SAY IS I SEEM TO RECALL THAT I GAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION WHEN I RECEIVED THE GAVEL THAT TALKED ABOUT MY GOALS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
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OH YEAH.WHICH ALL OF WHICH WERE ACCOMPLISHED.
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY WERE.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE, I THINK AT ONE POINT YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA GO TO TRY, TRY TO GO TO ALL THE PARKS.
AND THEN I AMENDED THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE HOW MANY HEART? 62.
YEAH, NO, I AMENDED THAT QUICKLY.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, WE'LL HAVE THEM, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETING.
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE HAD A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX BY COMMISSIONER ARDI SMITH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HIA.
UM, WE WILL THEN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC HERE TODAY, SEEING AND HEARING NONE? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YOU KNOW, I, I DO WANNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ACTUALLY, UM, IN TWO TUESDAYS ON JULY 21ST, I THINK IS TUESDAY, I'M THINKING OF, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AT THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, FOR PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH, WHICH IS JULY OF EVERY YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORT LITTLE VIDEO AND WE'LL HAVE SOME STAFF IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST TO CALL ATTENTION TO, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS AND RECREATION ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO THIS IS THAT, THIS IN CALIFORNIA SOCIETY, UH, ANNUAL EFFORT, JULY 21ST.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE, WE DON'T KNOW THE TIME, RIGHT? IT'LL BE FIVE O'CLOCK.
PRESENTATIONS ARE ALWAYS FIRST.
UH, DEPENDING ON IF THERE ARE ANY, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE MEETINGS BEFOREHAND OR, UM, CLOSED SESSIONS THAT MAY RUN LOW.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IF EVERYTHING IS AS SCHEDULED, IT WOULD BE RIGHT AT FIVE.
AND IT'S LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.
I, I THINK I'VE, I WENT ONE YEAR.
I THINK I MAY BE ABLE TO GO STILL.
YOU STILL BE OUTTA TOWN BY THEN? I'LL BE WORKING FROM HOME AGAIN.
SO LIKE OUR OFFICE FOR THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS GETTING REDONE.
SO WE'LL BE OUT OF OUR OFFICE FOR TWO MONTHS AND WE'LL BE AT LIKE ANOTHER OFFICE.
BUT LIKE MOST OF THE TIME I'LL WORK FROM HOME, WHICH I'M EXCITED TO BE WORKING FROM HOME AGAIN.
AND THAT'S IT FOR MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE ENJOYED THIS TEAM IMMENSELY.
YOU GUYS ARE DEDICATED AND LOYAL AND LOVING OF YOUR PARKS.
KAREN, YOU BRING SUCH ENERGY AND PERSONAL EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE PARKS AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
AND, UH, SOLICIT YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY IS SO IMPRESSIVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, CHRISTINE.
YOU HAVE TAKEN OVER BIG SHOES AND MADE THEM BIGGER AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED.
AND WITH THAT I WILL HAND OVER THIS GAVEL.
NOT OFFICIAL YET, BUT NOT OFFICIAL YET.
BUT IT'S, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL, UH, CLOSE THE MEETING AT, UH, 5:43 PM THANK YOU.