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UM, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH, WHICH IS NOW CALLED AT TWO 30.
MAY I HAVE A CALL, PLEASE? HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR MURRAY.
COMMISSIONER I HERE YOU HAVE A COURT.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, VICE CHAIR MURRAY IS EXCUSED FROM.
AND, UM, ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE MOVE? RIGHT ON.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO ADVISORY COMMISSIONER ADVISORY COMMISSION.
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH THE FIRST REGULAR AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION, THE ADVISORY THURSDAY.
CHAIR, BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, YOU GO TO A VOTE, YOU GO TO COMMENT EACH ITEM.
UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM ON OUR AGENDA? MINUTES FROM THE MARINE ADVISORY? MOVING TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD.
CONSIDER THE APPEAL FROM MATT'S, DENY THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD MARINE BUREAU'S DECISION TO TERMINATE HIS PERMIT FOR VIOLATION OF LONG BEACH MARINA RULES AND REGULATIONS.
ANOTHER PERSON MISS THE MOTION.
MOTION IS MADE AND IT HAS BEEN SECOND AND OPENING PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, SUPERINTENDENT BRIAN ON BEHALF THE CITY AND THAT WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, EVIDENCE OR STATEMENTS TODAY.
CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
THANK YOU THAT THE EVIDENCE YOU SHALL GIVE IN THIS ISSUE PENDING BEFORE THE BODY SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
UM, WE'VE PREPARED, UH, A COUPLE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS FOR YOU.
UM, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY AND HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE VERY IMPORTANT POINTS, UH, IN OUR CASE.
UM, FIRST OFF, UH, WE'LL START WITH WITH THE BEGINNING.
SO, MR. NBRA WAS ISSUED A PERMIT IN OUR SYSTEM, UM, A AUGUST 15TH, 2023.
UM, THE, THE PERTINENT PIECE THAT COMES AFTER THAT IS THAT ON JULY 17TH, 2024, UH, WHILE HE WAS A PERMIT HOLDER AT SHORELINE MARINA IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, UH, OUR SUPERVISOR, UH, DID REACH OUT TO HIM VIA EMAIL AND A PHONE CALL TO REMIND HIM OF THE POLICY REGARDING OUR LIVE ABOARD REGULATIONS.
UH, THERE WAS NOTICE AT THAT TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BEAY IN PLAY, UH, AND THAT WAS, HE WAS REACHED OUT TO, UM, REMINDED OF THOSE RULES OF REGULATIONS, UH, PRIOR TO ANY ACTION.
UH, THINGS WENT, UH, WELL FOR A WHILE.
UM, IN DECEMBER OF 2025, UH, DECEMBER 15TH, 2025, HE HAD REQUESTED A TRANSFER TO ALAMEDA BAY MARINA, UH, AND WAS GRANTED THAT TO STOCK 19, SLIP 41.
UM, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, UH, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM RAIN PATROL
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OFFICER VIGIL, UM, LETTING US KNOW THAT HE HAD SEEN ACTIVITY ON THAT VESSEL AND A CAR PRESENT FOR TWO WEEKS, UH, LEADING UP TO THAT, UM, THAT DATE OF, OF, UH, DECEMBER 30TH, 2025.WITH, WITH THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION, UM, WE DID OBVIOUSLY RECORD THAT IN OUR FILES.
UM, NOTHING WAS DONE AT THAT TIME.
UM, ON, SO I GO TO THIS NEXT SECTION ON, UH, JANUARY 6TH, 2026.
SO JANUARY 6TH THIS YEAR, UH, MR. NBRA DID COME INTO OUR ALAMEDA BAY OFFICE, UM, AS PART OF THE YEARLY PROCESS TO PICK UP HIS, HIS NEW PARKING PASSES.
PART OF THAT PROCESS IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY VERIFY ALL CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, OF THEIR RESIDENCE.
HE SIGNED THAT SHEET THAT DAY WHEN HE PICKED UP THOSE PASSES SAYING THAT NOTHING HAD CHANGED.
UM, ON JANUARY 9TH, 2026, MARINE SUPERVISOR ERIC SKELLY EMAILED AND PHONE MADE A PHONE CALL TO MR. DEBRA, UH, TO REMIND HIM OF THE RULES, REGULATIONS REGARDING LABOR BOARD STATUS, UH, DUE TO THE EMAIL WE HAD RECEIVED FROM MARINE PATROL, UH, OFFICER VIGIL, UH, REGARDING HIS, HIS NOTICE OF OVERSAY.
SO, AGAIN, UH, BEFORE ANY ACTION WAS TAKEN, WE ALWAYS WANT TO GIVE THE INFORMATION TO OUR, OUR PERMITS, GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT.
THEY GIVE REMINDER, YOU CAN ONLY BE HERE X AMOUNT OF DAYS.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE OVERSEEING, UH, ON MARCH 1ST, 2026, UH, WE DID HAVE THE MARINE PATROL CONDUCT THEIR 30 DAY LIMIT BOARD INVESTIGATION.
UH, SO THAT ENTAILS, YOU KNOW, CHECKING FOR VEHICLES, CHECKING FOR ACTIVITY ON THE BOAT, UH, ACROSS THREE SHIFTS, UH, THROUGH THE 10.
ON APRIL 10TH, 2026, UH, WE RECEIVED A, A PHONE CALL AT OUR AL BAY MARINE OFFICE FROM THE RESIDENT THAT RESIDES AT 53 95 NAPA STREET, UH, IN SAN DIEGO.
THAT WAS THE ADDRESS THAT MR. NBRA WAS CLAIMING AND HAD JUST ATTESTED TO ON JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
THE RESIDENT AT THAT ADDRESS, UH, LET US KNOW THAT HE HAD BEEN RESIDING AT THAT PROPERTY SINCE JUNE OF 2025, AND THAT MR. NBRA AT NO TIME HAD, WELL, WHILE HE'D BEEN THERE SINCE JUNE OF 2025.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? AND DID HE NOT? WHAT, WHAT HE, MR. NEIGHBOR HAD NOT LIVED AT THE ADDRESS HE HAD ON FILED US, UH, SINCE AT LEAST JUNE OF 2025.
AND ON JANUARY 9TH, 2026, HE HAD ATTESTED TO THAT ADDRESS SIGNING OFF, SAYING THAT THAT WAS HIS RESIDENCE WHEN HE PICKED UP HIS PARKING PASSES.
THROUGH THE, THE INVESTIGATION WITH MARINE PATROL, UM, WE DID, SO IT WAS ENDED UP GOING FROM MARCH 1ST TO THE 30TH.
UH, WE DID NOT HAVE INFORMATION ON THE 31ST.
THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE LOT, ALL 30 DAYS.
UH, WE DID ALSO NOTICE VESSEL EQUIPMENT OPERATING ON THE VESSEL ON THE BOAT, UM, SUCH AS THE PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER, 24 DAYS OF, OF THOSE 30 THAT WE, WE RUN ON SCENE LOOKING AFTER THAT, UH, WE RECEIVED THOSE RESULTS.
UM, ON APRIL 15TH, UH, WE DID POST A CANCELLATION NOTICE TO MR. NEIGHBOR'S BOAT, SENT IT VIA EMAIL, UH, POSTAL SERVICE MAIL VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, UM,
MR. NEIGHBOR DID CONTACT THE OFFICE INQUIRING, UM, ABOUT MORE OF THE DETAILS.
UH, WE DID PROVIDE AT THAT TIME, UH, THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIS VESSEL AS A PLACE OF LOAD AND THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED.
UM, WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, MR. NERA, UH, DID WANT TO PUSH IT INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, UH, AT WHICH POINT WE ENGAGED WITH, UH, OUR MARINA MANAGER, TODD LELAND, UH, AND DID OFFER HIM AN EXTENSION AT THAT TIME, UH,
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TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DILIGENTLY GOING THROUGH ALL RECORDS AND ENSURING THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING PROPER PROTOCOLS AT, AT EACH ANOTHER.IMPORTANT THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT AT EACH OF THESE, THESE INTERACTIONS, WE DID URGE MR. NBRA TO PROVIDE VERIFIABLE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING RESIDENTS ELSEWHERE, UTILITY BILLS ELSEWHERE, ANYTHING THAT COULD SHOW THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE MARINA, UH, ON ALL THE DAYS THAT WE HAD, WE HAD FOUND DURING THE REPORT.
UM, AT NO TIME HAS HE PROVIDED ANY OF THOSE DOCUMENTS TO US.
UM, YEAH, UH, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, UH, HE DID WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE FULL LENGTH.
SO WE DID OFFER THE, THE, UH, CHANCE FOR HIM TO COME IN FOR THE APPEAL, UH, AND PRESENT HIS CASE TO YOU, UM, TO SEE IF WE DID HAVE HOLES IN, IN OUR INFORMATION GATHERING.
UM, AND THAT WAS EXTENDED TO HIM 14, 14 DAYS, SORRY, LO LOAN CHOOSE CODE REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY A PERMIT E OF A CANCELLATION APPEAL HEARING 21 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
UH, HIS, UH, NOTIFICATION WAS PROVIDED ON JULY 22ND, WHICH IS 21 DAYS.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE 14 DAYS TO PROVIDE OUR STAFF REPORT, WHICH IS THE REPORT BRIAN HAS GIVEN TO YOU.
NOW, UH, THAT WAS PROVIDED AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE PROVIDED NOTIFICATION OF THIS, UH, PERMIT, UH, APPEAL HERE.
MADAM CHAIR, I JUST, I, I CALLED THE QUESTION, SIR, AND GO FOR A VOTE FOR THE RECORD, MR. YOU TODAY.
I DO NOT BELIEVE SO, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, CHAIR, I, I RECOMMEND YOU JUST CALL FOR A RESPONSE FROM THE PERMIT OR A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERMIT AS THE OFFICIAL.
OKAY? UH, SO THEREFORE, I'M ASKING FOR EITHER OR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE REPORT THAT MARINE HAS PREPARED WITH RESPECT TO THE CANCELLATION.
THIS TIME, THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC REPRESENTING MR. SO I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT AT THIS POINT, UNDERSTANDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MARINE BUREAU IN THIS PROCESS AND IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO, UM, CONSIDER THE, THE FINDINGS OF YOUR REPORT AND UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THIS WILL BE IN THE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ALLOW FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE.
SEEING NONE, I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, CHAIR.
YOU ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? YES.
UH, NOW YOU JUST HAVE TO CALL FOR YOUR VOTE.
CALLING FOR A VOTE, UM, TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
ANYONE? QUESTION WAS UNANIMOUS.
I WILL CONSIDER AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION APPROVED TO TERMINATE HIS PERMIT IN VIOLATION IS AND EFFECTIVE AUGUST 20TH, 2020 JOB.
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ALL ON THIS PROCESS.
UM, THESE ARE ALWAYS DIFFICULT AND THANK YOU ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR TAKING THE TIME IN A MEETING TO, TO GO THROUGH THE FACTS OF THESE.
UM, BUT JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE GET THESE TO YOU, WE'VE DONE MONTHS, IF NOT CONSECUTIVE, ALMOST A HALF YEAR TO A YEAR OF WORK TO GAIN COMPLIANCE.
AND BY THE TIME THEY GET TO YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S DIFFICULT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR SUPPORTING THE MARINE BUREAU, BUT, UH,
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AGAIN, WE, WE ARE, OUR JOB IS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THE MARINAS AND KEEP SLIPS FULL.UH, WE NEVER LIKE THESE GETTING TO HERE.
WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF, AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE WORK AND THE INVESTMENT, UH, ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC FOR, UH, MARINE BUREAU'S STAFF, INITIATE KINDS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ESSENTIALLY KEEPING EVERYONE FOLLOW THE SAME RULES.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? UH, I GUESS A QUESTION OF CURIOSITY.
UM, HOW, HOW OFTEN ARE THESE CHALLENGED COM CHALLENGED COMPARED TO PERMIT BEING CANCELED AND THEY DON'T SEEK A, UH, APPEAL? SO, UH, APPEAL HEARINGS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE MARINE BUREAU SINCE 2019.
I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD SIX IN THOSE SEVEN YEARS.
SO GETTING TO THE APPEAL HEARING HERE WITH MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS RARE.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES THINGS GET, A LOT OF TIMES THINGS GET, A LOT OF TIMES, A LOT OF TIMES THINGS GET SETTLED THROUGH, UH, JUST CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE PERMIT AND OUR MARINE BUREAU STAFF.
SO, UM, AND IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT RUNS THE GO.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DO REINSTATE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE ALSO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE CANCELLATION.
SO IT REALLY, UH, WE'RE WILLING TO LOOK AT, AT ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTATION THAT'S VERIFIABLE AND THEN THAT CAN SHOW THAT THE, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS FALSE.
AND SO WE WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD WITH ALL OUR PERMITS TO KEEP THEM AS FAIR ENOUGH.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION YOU RECEIVE AND FILE THE MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL DATES.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH OUR, UH, WE GOT A COUPLE MONTHS BACKLOG.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE JUNE.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA TAKE IT THROUGH OUR JUNE BACK REPORT AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO, TO, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENTS FOR JULY.
UH, SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF DONE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
UH, WE WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON OUR PUBLIC RESTROOMS. UH, ONE BIG THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO DURING THE SUMMER IS TO GET OUR WATERWAYS SAFE, IS WE GET A LOT OF BUILD UP ON OUR BUOY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER IS REALLY CLEAN UP ALL OUR, UH, BUOY, UH, AND OUR SWIM BUOYS SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR MOST, UH, CRITICAL TIME OF THE YEAR, WE HAVE THAT MASS OF PEOPLE THAT ALL OF OUR NS AND OUR SAFETY, UH, BUOYS ARE, UH, VISIBLE AND READY.
UM, WE HAD A COUPLE, UH, WHAT IS THAT? UH, STAFF PATCH UP POTHOLES.
UH, WE WORKED ON, UH, PRIME AND PAINTED NEW DOORS FOR A BM, THE A BM, UH, PHOTO RESTROOMS. THOSE DOORS ARE JUST GETTING OLD DELAMINATED AND IT'S REALLY EASY TO KIND OF JAR, UH, LOOSE.
SO WE WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER SECURITY ON OUR PHOTO RESTROOMS, UH, AND ABM.
SO WE'RE PUTTING NEW DOORS ON.
UH, WE FIXED THE BEACONS AT THE, UH, 1000 METER MARK ON, UH, MARINE STADIUM STADIUM.
WE ALSO GOT THEM, UH, SOLAR POWER.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT.
EVERY LITTLE LITTLE WAVE WE CAN, YOU DOING OUR PART GOT, UH, SWIM LADDERS THROUGHOUT OUR FOOTPRINT.
EVERY SO OFTEN THEY GET DAMAGED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UH, REPAIRING THOSE SO PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THE WATER, ESPECIALLY IN ALAMITOS BAY, BECAUSE ALAMEDA BAY IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT JUST A MARINA, IT'S A SWIMMING BASIN.
AND THEN, UH, UH, OUR MARINE MAINTENANCE GUYS, UH, LED BY OUR PAINTER JOSEPH, ARE REALLY, UH, OUT THERE WORKING HARD, GETTING, UH, GETTING THE BRIGHT WORK DONE, STRIPING ALL OF OUR ALLOTS.
UH, WE'VE DONE BASE ONE BASIN TWO, WE'RE MOVING ONTO FUEL DOCK ROAD, GETTING INTO BASIN THREE.
AND THEN, UH, THIS IS THEM, UH, DOING, UH, RAIN LAUNCH.
UH, YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HIGH TIDES IN THE LAST, UH, LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
UH, THE LAST COUPLE DAYS HAVEN'T BEEN TOO BAD, BUT JUNE WAS, UH, WE HAD HIGH SWELLS, HIGH TIDES, SO WE HAD TO ADDRESS SOME ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS ON THE PENINSULA.
UH, OUR MAIN BRAIN MAINTENANCE TEAM PUT OUT PLYWOOD, UH, THREE QUARTER INCH PLYWOOD TO ELEVATE THAT BOARDWALK, UH, WALL UP ANOTHER THREE FEET, YEAH, ABOUT THREE FEET.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT KIND OF, UH, ALLEVIATES, UH, UM, TIDE BREAK GOING OVER THE WALL.
THEN CLEANING UP OUR RESTROOMS. AGAIN, JUST WORKING ON, UH, ON, UH,
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VANDALISM, UH, GRAFFITI.UH, WE'RE GETTING MORE TRACTION CLOSURES.
UH, WE'RE CLOSING UP ALL THE, UH, TRASH ENCLOSURES DOWNTOWN.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE, UH, A LITTLE BIT TAMPERPROOF SO WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ENCAMPMENTS DOWN THERE.
AND THEN JUST, UH, TYING UP OUR RESTROOMS, WORKING ON SHOWER STALLS, PUTTING IN NEW, UH, NEW, UH, PERISCOPES ON, UH, BLUFF PARK.
AND THEN AGAIN, CLEANING LADDERS.
AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, WE PUT SOME NEW, UH, DOWN LIGHTING ON OUR, UH, OUR GRAPHIC, UH, AT, UH, 8 32 RIGHT THERE BY, UH, THE LOOKS REALLY COOL THAT NIGHT.
UH, KELLY'S TEAM IS WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD.
THEY'RE, UH, SUPPORTING THE LONG BEACH LIFEGUARDS IN, UH, PUTTING OUT THEIR NEW LIFEGUARD TOWERS.
UH, REALLY, REALLY COOL PROJECT.
AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING THEM PUT THEM OUT, BUT WE'RE BRINGING, BRINGING THE OLD ONES IN AND WE'RE DEMO DEMOING THOSE AND GETTING RID OF THEM.
SO SAVING A LOT OF COSTS, BEING, BEING MORE EFFICIENT THAT WAY.
UH, ADDING SAM TO BAYSHORE BEACH, UH, MOTHER'S BEACH, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, BIG SPEED MEMORIAL OVER THERE BY THE BELMONT PIER, POURING HIS TEAM.
GOT THE PLAQUE, UH, UH, REPLACED.
THERE ARE THE TIDES, WHICH GOOD, THANK, UH, THAT SHOT'S GREAT.
THE ONE WITH THE, UH, THE, THE ROCK TRUCK DUMP.
LET'S PUT THE SUNSET IN THE BACK.
UH, JUST CONTINUALLY WORKING ON IRRIGATION, MAKING SURE OUR AREAS, UH, ARE GREEN AND VIBRANT.
UH, WE'RE REALLY TRANSITIONING TO WATER WISE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, NATIVE PLANTS, DROUGHT TOLERANT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SURF RIDER FOUNDATION, WORKING WITH, UH, LONG BEACH UTILITIES, UH, TO GET, UM, TO GET, UM, DISCOUNTS ON, UH, DESIGN AND BUILD OUT OF THESE WATERWISE, UH, GARDEN SPACES.
SO WE'VE DONE UPWARDS OF THINK 20,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, APPROXIMATE.
SO GOT A LOT MORE TO GO, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
SO THE, THE, THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE DOCKS AT SHORELINE MM-HMM
THAT WAS REDONE, AND WE PUT WATERIZED PLANTS IN.
UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT AREA AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, DIDN'T GET MULCHED IN BETWEEN THE, UM, UM, IS IT LANCIA OR, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER SMALL PLANTS? SO WE'RE JUST LIKE, THEY CAME IN AND THEY NEVER DID PUT THAT IN.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BRASS IS KIND OF COMING THROUGH.
THEY'VE COME THROUGH AND HANDPICKED IT ALL.
YEAH, WE'RE PUTTING IN A GROUND COVER.
WHAT'S IT CALLED? HAVE TO LOOK.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING GROUND COVER IN THERE, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PUT MULCH RIGHT THERE BECAUSE IT BUTTS RIGHT UP TO THE BIKE PATH.
AND YOU GET, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING, SOMEBODY KICKS THEIR WAY THROUGH THERE.
MULCH GOES OUT ONTO THE BIKE PATH, CREATES TRIP PASSES, TRIP ALL PASSES.
SO WE'RE JUST BEING MINDFUL OF, OF, OF THE HEAVY USE OF MULCH ALONG THE BIKE, BIKE PATH RIGHT THERE.
UH, HERE YOU SEE, UH, JUST, UH, JUST METAL WORK, GETTING REPAIRS, TRIP HAZARDS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, IN AND AROUND, UH, THE RAINBOW HARBOR AREA.
REALLY TIDYING UP AROUND THE WAYMO DE AND, UH, JUST WORKING ON GANGWAY AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING UNDER GANGWAYS, WORKING ON, UH, RAINBOW LAGOON, UH, WORKING ON THE, UH, THE FILTRATION SYSTEM, UM, MOVING WATER, MAKING SURE THAT THAT WATER IN THE LAGOON STAYS AERATED.
SO, BECAUSE IF IT STAYS STAGNANT, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
AND THEN, UH, WE KIND OF, UH, TI UP THE, UH, THE WATERSHED SIGN DOWN ON THE WEST END OF THE RAINBOW HARBOR.
IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, REALLY COOL SIGN.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, UH, YOU GO FROM ONE SIDE OF IT AND IT SHOWS YOU OUR INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
BUT IF YOU MOVE TO THE OTHER SIDE, IT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE WATERSHED USED TO LOOK LIKE.
UH, I THINK 1880, SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE ANY MAN, UH, MAN INFRASTRUCTURE CAME AROUND AND IT'S, IT'S TRULY IMPRESSIVE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY COOL INFORMATION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WORK REQUESTS, LOTS OF THEM.
ALL OF OUR PUMP OUTS ARE GOING GOOD EXCEPT DAVE'S LAUNCH RAMP.
'CAUSE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I, WE STILL HAVE ONE, ONE OUT AT, UH, SHO AT SHORELINE.
UH, COREY'S TEAM WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND THERE IS YOUR JUNE REPORT.
COULD WE HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS FROM MARINE
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BUREAU MANAGEMENT? UH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PUSH TO THE JULY REPORT FOR THESE GUYS AND THEN, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL FINISH UP.UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DOCK WORK.
UH, WE COMPLETED THE DOCK REPAIRS OVER AT, UH, HARBOR MASTER DOCK.
WE'RE UNDERWAY AT THE NAVY DOCK.
AND JUST LAST WEEK WE COMPLETED THE DOCK REPAIRS IN OTHERS BEACH.
UH, AND AS OF TODAY, WE'VE GOT STAFF WORKING OVER AT, UH, NORTH AND SOUTH POND.
UH, NEXT PHOTO IS A SIGN THAT WAS INSTALLED THAT, THAT DEPICTS, UH, ONE OF THE BASKETBALL COURTS AT BAYSHORE AS A, UH, PRIMARY USE COURT.
UM, 'CAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH PICKLE BALL THAT WAS KIND OF BLENDING OVER.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT AS A PRIMARY BASKETBALL USE COURT.
UM, THE NEXT, THE THIRD SLIDE, UH, WE ADDED SOME SECURITY FENCING TO THE BIKE RENTAL AT B ONE.
UH, THE BIKE RENTALS HAVE ABOUT $35,000 IN THEFT, UH, OVER THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE MINI MESH THAT WE PUT ON THERE, UH, WILL HELP PREVENT THEM BE A ONE, ONE MORE STEP ADDED STEP TO PREVENT THEM FROM GAINING ACCESS.
UH, AGAIN, MORE DOCK WORK, UH, AGAIN, PUTTING UP PLYWOOD ALONG THE BOARDWALK AND THE PENINSULA.
UH, SO I'M TRASHING CLOTHES AND REPAIR DOWN IN, UH, THE SHORELINE MARINA.
UH, NEXT ONE IS, UH, DAMES DOORS AND ANOTHER'S BEACH.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VANDALISM, TWO OF THE DOORS AND ANOTHER'S BEACH.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE DOORS IN FRAMES BECAUSE OF THE VANDALISM.
UM, ADDITIONAL POTHOLE REPAIRS.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THESE DOORS.
WHAT IS IT THAT'S, UM, WIDE BISM TO A BATHROOM DOOR? JUST ASK ACCESS AFTER HOURS.
THEY CLOSE, I BELIEVE AT 10, 10 O'CLOCK.
UH, THEY CLOSE BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE.
AND THAT'S WHERE A LARGE GROUP CAN, UH, UNHOUSED, UH, GATHER.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY IT, UH, STRIKING OVER IN BASIN ONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, JUST A COUPLE, UH, NOTES HERE FOR OUR JULY REPORT WITH OUR BENCH MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
UH, JULY, WE HAD, UM, ANOTHER, UH, HURRICANE, UH, GENEVIEVE.
UH, SO A LOT OF EROSION ALONG THE PENINSULA, BEACH FRONT.
OUR CREWS, UH, WORKED, UH, EXTENDED SHIFTS AND INTO THE EVENING.
WE BROUGHT IN ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT OPERATORS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TO KIND OF MITIGATE THAT AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE, THOSE, UH, HIGH SURF, UH, EVENTS AS WELL AS HIGH TIDE EVENTS.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE, THE, THE EROSION THAT THAT'S CAUSED AND OUR CREW COMING IN EVERY DAY TO, UH, REBUILD THAT, UH, AND PUT UP A PROTECTIVE BURN, UM, FOR THE NEXT, UH, EVENINGS TIED IN WAVES.
UM, SO A LOT OF WORK GOING ON DOWN THERE.
AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, INTO THIS MONTH AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE SEASON OF SOUTH SWELLS AND HURRICANES, UH, OUR BEACH MAKING STAFF ALSO, UH, WORK AT THE ALTO BEACH FRONT, UH, COMPLETING, UH, SOME SAND MOVEMENT AND CLEANING FOR THE ADP VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT.
AND, UH, ALL WENT PRETTY GOOD.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT ACTIVITY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE ADP REIMBURSE THE SERVICES PROVIDED? YEAH.
WE WORK WITH THE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING OFFICE WHO OVERSEES, UH, ALL MAJOR EVENTS, UM, AND WORKED WITH THEM FOR WHATEVER NEEDS THEY NEEDED.
AND MAD ALSO, C TWO A, UH, HAS THEIR THERE TOO.
UM, OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS, UH, WERE HARD AT WORK.
UH, CLEANING UP, UH, SAND THAT CAME OVER THE WALL, ALONG THE PENINSULA, BEACH FRONT.
SO WE USED ONE OF OUR NEW MACHINES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO IN THERE AND QUICKLY, UH, CLEAR UP THE WALKWAY, MAKING IT SAFE FOR, UH, RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC.
UM, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ALSO ADDRESSING, UH,
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SOME OF THE A DA EXCESS, UH, BEACH MATS.UH, PICTURES ON THE LEFT ARE JUST SOME DAMAGE THAT HAPPENED ALONG AT THE ALTOS BEACH, UM, AREA.
UH, WE HAD TO REMOVE THAT, UH, TEMPORARILY.
UH, WE DO HAVE NEW PARTS IN, SO WE'LL BE REINSTALLING THOSE.
UM, OUR TEAM ALSO, UM, PUT OUT SOME, UH, TEMPORARY MASKS FOR THE, UH, JUNIOR GUARD STATION AS THEY HAD A, UM, EVENT THERE.
HONORING, UM, NAMES OUR GROUNDS TEAM, UH, OUR MANAGER, TODD
UM, ALSO A LOT OF CLEANUP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AROUND THE GOLDEN SHORE.
UH, MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESERVE, UM, SOUTH SHORE LAUNCH RAMP.
UH, THIS IS OVER IN THAT AREA.
OUR TEAMS, MAKING SURE THAT THE LANDSCAPE OVER THERE LOOKS, UM, LOOKS GOOD AND WELCOMING.
UM, QUEEN MARY AND OUR GROUNDS DIVISION OVER ON THAT SIDE.
A LOT OF ACTIVATION IN THE AREA WITH THE AMPHITHEATER.
STARTING CONSTANTLY GOING THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE, UH, IN AND AROUND THE QUEEN MARY AND BRIDGES PARK.
UH, MOVING ON TO OUR QUEENSWAY BAY TEAM, UH, AGAINST SOME, UH, REPAIRS.
AT GANGWAYS, WE'RE WORKING ON P REPAIRS ALONG THE UPPER ESADE AND RAINBOW PARKER.
UH, SOME ED LIGHTS, A LOT OF LIGHTING REPAIRS.
UM, LAST MONTH, UH, OUR TEAM'S PAINTING SOME NEW DOORS.
THESE DOORS HERE, UH, BEFORE HIS TEAM, UH, HELPED US GET INSTALLED.
THEY WERE FIBERGLASS, SO THEY WERE VERY, UH, EASILY DAMAGED.
UM, AND THEY WERE REPLACED WITH, UH, STEEL DOORS, UM, SEWER PUMP OUTS AND RAINBOW HARBOR.
GETTING WORKED ON, UH, SOME BRIGHT WORK ON, ON METAL PLAQUES AND OTHER FIXTURES AROUND WR HARBOR.
UM, AGAIN, KIND OF IN LINE WITH BRIGHT WORK AND STRIPING.
WE COMPLETED THE BIKE PATH ALONG SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS.
OUR TEAM HELPED WITH THE, UH, MEMORIAL SIGN FOR SERGEANT JAMES AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL OF THE, UH, END OF MY REPORT.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANTED TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU FOR THE TEAMS PICKING UP THE TRASH, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAYS DOWN AT THE BEACHES.
I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE BETWEEN, UH, SIX AND SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
I'VE SEEN THE TRASH TRUCKS COME.
THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH TRASH ON SATURDAYS AND BEFORE THE NEXT GROUP OF PEOPLE COME IN ON SUNDAY MORNINGS, THE TRASH IS PICKED UP.
UM, ONE, ONE QUICK THING TO THAT IS WE GET A LOT OF CALLS, UH, AT LIKE 5:00 AM FIVE 30.
WELL, YES, BECAUSE PEOPLE GET OUT ON THE BEACH TILL 10:00 PM THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND OUR STAFF DOESN'T START TILL FIVE OR 5 35 OR FIVE 30, BUT OUR STAFF DOES CLEAN FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY.
AND SO THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE.
UH, IT JUST TAKES US A LITTLE TIME TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, GET OUT THERE AND GET IT DONE.
BUT IT GETS DONE BEFORE THE NEXT BEACH DAY STARTS, WHICH IS USUALLY FOR MOST PEOPLE AROUND EIGHT.
WOULD THE NEW AMPHITHEATER, WHAT'S THAT COSTING US? AN HOURLY? WHAT'S THAT COSTING US, UH, IN YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS OF KEEPING IT CLEAN, KEEPING IT FRESH? OR IS THAT SOMEONE ELSE DOING THAT? AND OUR TEAM DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
MARINE MAINTENANCE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
SECOND QUESTION AND MORE TO TODD.
WE HAVE THREE CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS THAT BASICALLY REPRESENT THE ENTIRE BEACH AREA.
HAVE THEY EVER CAME IN WITH DOLLARS WHEN WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION OF LIKE THE MAX, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE MARY IS A BIG PROPONENT OF THOSE.
WOULD SHE OR DO WE GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICERS ASKING THEIR HELP TO FINANCIALLY? UH, FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE END FIGURE.
UH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS TO US FROM A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE, UH, WITH THE AMPHITHEATER AND THE USE OF OUR SPACES AS AUXILIARY, UH, EQUIPMENT SET SET UP AND PARKING.
UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, TWO, AND THREE DO A ARE OUR COASTLINE AND THEREBY THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT WE DO.
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UH, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT MOST OF OUR EXPENDITURES OR OUR REVENUE OR HOW WE THROUGH OUR BUDGET, UH, OR REQUESTS FOR ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.BUT ON OCCASION, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, UH, THE COUNCIL OFFICES WILL COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, UH, WE HAVE A, A PROJECT WE'D LIKE YOUR HELP WITH.
AND THEY WILL INCORPORATE SOME OF THEIR BUDGETS.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS TO POSSIBLE DO A BREAKDOWN OF THE TIME AND EFFORT, UH, ON WHAT WE DO WITH THE AMPHITHEATER AND HOW MUCH DOLLARS ARE WE ASKING TO BE REFUNDED.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, TODD IS, UH, I KNOW THERE'S TITLE DOLLARS, I BELIEVE ARE NOW GOING TO SUPPORT A SERGEANT BEFORE POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, BUT I KNOW THAT'S LOOKING AT THE BUDGET NOW, WHICH COULD TAKE DOLLARS AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED WITHIN THE, UH, MARINE.
NO, THE COSTS, THE COSTS FOR THOSE, UH, UH, POTENTIAL OFFICERS IS STRUCTURALIZED WITH THE LONG BEACH PD.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THE MARINE BUDGET.
AND THEN, UH, WE MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON OUR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMPHITHEATER AS AS IT DID JUST OPEN.
UH, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS TO KIND OF BUILD OUT WHAT, BUILD OUT WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA TRACK AND BE REIMBURSED.
UH, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, BEACH MAINTENANCE AND THE PENINSULA DURING OUR HIGH TIDES AND, AND HIGH SURF EVENTS.
UM, THERE MUST BE A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH RESIDENTS OUT THERE AND WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY OR, UH, THEIR COMMENTS ABOUT THE WORK BEING DONE ON THEIR BEHALF.
UM, BY MARIE, DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH RESIDENTS? ARE THERE PEOPLE OUT THERE? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I'VE SEEN THINGS ON FACEBOOK, I'VE SEEN THINGS ON INSTAGRAM, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT OUT, UH, YOUR STAFF ENCOUNTERS AS THEY'RE OUT THERE, IF ANYTHING? UM, OUR, OUR STAFF IS DEFINITELY OUT THERE DURING THE EVENTS OF THE EQUIPMENT, UM, MYSELF AND, UH, LEADS, UH, WALK THE PENINSULA BOARDWALK DURING THE DAYS AND EVENINGS WHEN WE'RE, UH, RECEIVING HIGH ELEVATED SERVE.
UM, SO WE DO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO RESIDENTS.
UM, I THINK IT'S VARIED WHETHER, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON KIND OF WHAT THE SCENARIO IS AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
UM, OUR TEAM ALSO, UM, ATTENDS MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE PENINSULA, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THEY BRING US A LOT OF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS AND THINGS THAT, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON OR ADDITIONAL THINGS WE CAN WORK ON IN THE AREA.
PEN BEACH RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, OR, IT WAS CALLED THE PENINSULA IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
SO, SO IT'S THE PENINSULA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, P AND A.
AND THEN PICK PENINSULA IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE IS A STANDING COMMITTEE OF SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE PAI.
MY INTEREST IS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS ARE DEALING WITH THESE EVENTS AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OIL BUREAU STAFF.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT ISN'T ALL POSITIVE AND, UM, CERTAINLY THERE ARE COMMENTS AND, UM, INTEREST ON RESIDENTS TO BRING THESE MATTERS, LET'S SAY THE THIRD DISTRICT COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE, IF NOT, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO JUST CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THAT COMMUNICATION IS BEING HANDLED.
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN RESPECT TO RESIDENTS.
WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE KELLY, BUT BEFORE HIM WAS COREY.
AND WE'RE, UH, THEY'RE BOTH REALLY, REALLY STRONG COMMUNICATORS WITH THE NAPLES, EXCUSE ME, RESIDENTS.
SO FOR PROBABLY THE PAST 10 YEARS NOW, UH, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY TO MAINTAIN, DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE PENINSULA KNOW WHAT OUR OPERATION IS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE WANT MORE INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, HEY, WE GOTTA MOVE FAST SO WE DON'T GET THINGS OUT TO THEM IMMEDIATELY.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, COREY, PRIOR TO KELLY AND NOW KELLY NOW, UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB COMMUNICATING OUR OPERATION TO THE PENINSULA RESIDENTS.
AND THEN WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, UH,
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NICK CASPAR AND THE COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO NAVIGATE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS TO GREAT.UM, ANY OTHER ORAL UPDATES OR REPORTS FROM STAFF? UM, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GONNA ADDRESS THIS TOWARDS THE END, BUT I JUST, UH, WANTED TO TOUCH BASE.
UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE DID LOSE MR. DICK MILLER.
UM, AFTER, UH, 93 AMAZING YEARS OF LIFE.
UM, THE MARINE BUREAU, ALONG WITH OUR MARINE SAFETY GROUP, UH, LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY GENERAL, UH, HAS, HAS LOST ALLEGED, UH, TRULY A IMPACTFUL, AN IMPACTFUL PERSON IN EVERY WAY ON THE WATER CHAIR.
ALSO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE OUR DREDGING, THE DREDGING THAT THE MARINE HAD.
SO, UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE MONTHLY MANAGERS UPDATES? YES.
COMMISSIONER TWO AND THREE NEXT TO THE, HOW'S THAT COME ALONG AND HAVE A, SO, UH, SO FIRST ONE AND TWO.
NEXT UP, UH, THOSE ARE GOING OUT TO BID IN OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE ON TRACK ON OUR TIMELINE FOR THAT.
AND THEN, UH, WE JUST WENT TO COUNCIL ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
UH, WE HAD A WEEK TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THE VENDORS FOR THE DREDGE PROJECT.
SO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING WITH ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED TO EXPEDITE THE CONTRACT, UH, UH, PROCESSING.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO START THAT PROJECT, THE DREDGING AND SAND IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER.
IT'S, THAT'S AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE, UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD.
EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS.
AND, UH, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OCTOBER START.
AND THEN I APOLOGIZE, WE DO HAVE SUPERVISOR HENRY HERE FROM MARINE PATROL.
YOU CAN PROVIDE A PATROL WHO WAS THE WINNING CONTRACT.
UH, WINNING CONTRACT WAS MANSON.
ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY, UH, JUST GONNA INFORM YOU OF OUR STA FOR JULY.
UH, BASICALLY WE STILL HAVE ABOUT AN AVERAGE 2030 CALLS.
TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE OF THAT NUMBER ABOUT 1900 WERE OFFICER INITIATED.
1 32 OF THOSE CALLS WERE ACTUALLY DISPATCHES, LIKE RELATED LIKE TRESPASS PEOPLE, MARINE, AFTER HOURS FISHING CALLS AND SUCH.
UM, AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, WE WROTE A TOTAL OF 16, UH, FISHING SITES, FIVE SITES FOR, UH, UH, TRESPASS ON THE DOCKS.
AND OUR NUMBERS WERE UP AS FAR AS PARKING SITES WERE CAME AT 146.
MOST OF THOSE WERE DOWNTOWN DURING SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING LATELY.
UM, ON A CLOSET THOUGH, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ABOUT TO GET OFF TRAINING, SO IT'S GONNA BOOST OUR NUMBERS.
MIGHT HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA COME IN FROM DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE CITY.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I REALLY GOT.
MOTHER'S BEACH GETS SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MOTHERS BEACH GETS OUTTA PATROL ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
THE S YOU GUYS CITE THERE AS WELL.
AT THIS TIME, SERGEANT MC BAY DOESN'T REALLY WANT US GOING OUT THERE TO ENFORCE TECHNICALLY OUT OF OUR AREA CONTROL.
SO TECHNICALLY DIVISION OR PARKING UNITS AROUND THE CITY WOULD GO, BUT THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BECAUSE HE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.
SO IN THE NEAR, WE'LL, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING OUR MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
AND, UM, I SEE NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UM, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION, AYE, AYE.
TO FILE THE ORAL MONTHLY APPROVED.
THE LAST AGENDA ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE EXECUTIVE AND MARINA BEACH MAINTENANCE MARINA
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OPERATIONS COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT.UH, COULD WE HAVE A BRIEF STATUS REPORT, PLEASE? FROM, UH, OUR CHAIR OF THE MARINA BEACH MAINTENANCE MARINA OPERATIONS? ABSOLUTELY.
SO JUST PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MANAGER, UH, ALL THREE DEPARTMENT ARE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE, UH, THAT DISCUSSION.
SO SHE NOT BEEN HERE, WE DID TWO MONTHS, ONE, CORRECT, IF I'M WRONG, 180 9 TONS OF AROUND THE, AND WHICH IS GOOD.
ANY MOVE, PROBABLY GO TO TODD REGARDING THE LA RIVER AND WHAT WE PROPOSED AND WHAT WENT TO CITY COUNCIL.
HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING BACK ABOUT GETTING FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OR THOSE AJO? UH, THAT SITS WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS OFFICE AND OUR GOVERNOR AFFAIRS GROUP, UH, BE SARAH PATTERSON.
AND SHE'S CONTINUALLY WORKING WITH LA COUNTY AND OTHER REGIONAL PARTNER CITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, CD THREE, CD TWO AND CD ONE, UH, TO FIND AVENUES OF ADDRESS.
UH, IT MAY NOT BE DOLLARS COMING DIRECTLY OUR WAY, UH, BUT IT, IT, IT COULD BE, UH, MITIGATION APPROACHES UP RIVER UPSTREAM.
UH, THAT HELPS US AT THE END OF THE LINE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING IN CONCERT WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECT ON OUR, UH, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, BOOM PROJECT IN THE, UH, UH, LA UM, THANK YOU MR. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A VERY BRIEF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT, UH, WHICH, UH, WAS MY VERY FIRST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, I SUPPOSE, UM, THE NOTION IS THAT, UM, OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF THE DEDICATED STAFF AND, UH, TIME AND RESOURCES ON PART OF, UH, MARINE BUREAU TO SUPPORT OUR MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A BUDGET ENVIRONMENT AND FINANCIAL SITUATION BASED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHICH, UM, SORT OF SPURS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO, UM, REDUCE THE IMPACTS OF THIS COMMISSION AND OUR NEEDS ON THE DAILY ACTIVITIES OF MARINE BUREAU MANAGEMENT AS AN EFFORT TO, UM, MAKE THEIR LIFE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, ONE OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS WAS TO, UH, RATHER IN THAN TO INCLUDE A MONTHLY UPDATE OF MANAGEMENT MARINE MANAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO BEACH OPERATIONS, MARINA OPERATIONS, UM, THAT INSTEAD OF A MONTHLY REPORT THAT WE MIGHT CONSOLIDATE THAT STAFF AND, UH, UH, INFORMATION STAFF EFFORTS AND INFORMATION ON EVERY OTHER MONTHLY BASIS AS OPPOSED TO A MONTHLY BASIS, UH, TO, UH, FACILITATE THAT INFORMATION AND CONSIDER IT MORE OF A HIGHLIGHT REEL OF ACTIVITIES, 60 DAYS AS TO DAYS TO BE A VERY, UM, SUGGESTION.
SO WE ANTICIPATE MOVING AHEAD IN THE FUTURE WITH, UM, EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR THESE KINDS OF REPORTS, BARRING, UH, IMPORTANT INCIDENTS AND, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, ANOTHER ELEMENT OF OUR, UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING WAS A CONSIDERATION OF
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A NEW MEETING PLACED.UM, THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT BIXBY PARK.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT THIS FACILITY.
UM, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE PLACES TO CONSIDERED HOLD A PUBLIC COMMISSION MEETING AT A PUBLIC SPACE IN LONG BEACH.
THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE MEETINGS AT THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB.
AND, UM, THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE COMMENT AND INFORMATION ABOUT WHY A PUBLIC LONG BEACH CITY COMMISSION IS MEETING IN A PRIVATE SPACE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER LOCATIONS BEING CONSIDERED FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, AND YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SPACE.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THE FACT THAT, UM, WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT ARE MEETING ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND THE STAFF REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS OF THOSE COMMITTEES MIGHT BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE GENERAL OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, UH, TO UTILIZE THAT STAFF, UH, MORE EFFICIENTLY.
WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOLIDAY, BRING THE, UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TOPICS TO FORWARD ADVISORY ON MONTHLY BASIS.
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND HAVE, UH, MADE AVAILABLE TO POTENTIALLY AUGMENT OUR, OUR AGENDAS, UM, AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, AND THAT, ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONER? YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO GO FORWARD THIS TIME WHEN WE'RE AT BUDGET, UM, IF IT CREATES ANY ADDITIONAL COST EFFICIENCIES TO GO IN OUR MEETINGS OR TO HAVE NEEDS FOR THIS TYPE OF PLATFORM RATHER THAN MEETING PERSON.
I, I KNOW THAT, UH, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL IF THEY'RE ABSENT PHYSICALLY ELECTRONIC ALSO, NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO DO IT, SO IT WOULD TAKE AWAY THAT PUBLIC ACCESS THAT WE DO.
WE HAVE, YEAH, STATE LAW, STATE LAW, UH, DICTATES THAT WE HAVE IN PERSON MEETINGS, UH, DURING COVID UH, VIRTUAL MEETINGS ALLOWED.
AND THEN THAT WAS EXTENDED FOR A BIT OF TIME AFTER, UM, THAT LAW SINCE, UH, SUNSET AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AN IN-PERSON MEETING REQUIRED, IS THERE A FEE TO BE HERE? TO, THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED, THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED ANY OTHER STATES.
THE YACHT CLUB, BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT THEY HAVE, THE CITY HAS TO GIVE US AND ALLOWS US A CERTAIN TIME IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY WE USE A LOT OF IT NO CHARGE.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THEIR UNION STRIKE THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW, HOPEFULLY TO BE RESOLVED, UH, WHERE WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT AND UTILIZE ALL COST DOLLARS, EVERY VENUE THAT WE HAVE COST DOLLARS TO THE CITY AT THIS TIME.
SO THIS COSTS AND I I 3000, WHAT DO WE PAY ANNUAL COST MANAGE THE PROPERTY ON, BUT I'LL ALSO MAKE A COMMENT, WHICH IS THE CASE FOR ANY OTHER BOARD COMMISSION LONG BEACH.
THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MANAGING THE COMMISSION ON ANNUAL BASIS AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE PERMISSION IT, UM, WE'LL, UH, CHAIR OR EXCUSE ME, CHAIR
UH, WE'LL HAVE A, UH, AGENDA ITEMS FOR YOU TO DISCUSS THESE TOPICS, UH, COMING IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, SO WE'LL ABLE TO GO IN DEPTH ON, ON YOUR MEETINGS WHERE YOU WANNA HOLD YOUR MEETINGS AND
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HOW YOU WANT THOSE MEETINGS REPRESENTED BY YOUR CITY STAFF.WILL YOU ALSO CHECK MAD CHAIR ON THE BYLAWS, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE BYLAWS FOR THIS COMMITTEE, OR DO WE NOT JUST TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT? OR IF YOU COULD SEND THE BYLAWS TO ALL THE MEMBERS SO WE HAVE THAT.
UH, SO THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY NEXT FEW WEEKS TO, UH, TAKE A LOOK.
YOUR, YOUR, UH, COMMISSIONER'S HANDBOOK DOES HAVE YOUR BYLAWS IN IT.
RIGHT? AND WE GOT, UM, YEAH, SO BASICALLY THE BYLAWS STATE THAT YOU AS A GROUP GET TO BUILD OUT HOW YOU WANT INFORMATION.
SO AS LONG AS YOU MAKE THE DECISION AS A GROUP, THEN UH, GIVE US CLEAR AND, UH, DIRECT, UH, INFORMATION.
WE'LL, AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, WE'RE ENTERING A TIME IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WITH RESPECT TO OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION, THE IMPACT OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON OUR STAFF.
AND THERE'S ALSO CRITICAL, SO I INVITE YOU TO START THINKING ABOUT WAYS WE MIGHT, UM, WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND, UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, CONSIDER HOW OUR WORK IMPACTS.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING OUR MARINE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT OR THE EXECUTIVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? UM, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC, OH, ALL FOR VOTE.
MOVING ON NOW TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PERMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, WHICH SPEAKER MINUTES, UNLESS BY THE CHAIR, PLEASE STAND AND SAY YOUR NAME BEFORE SAYING YOUR COMMENTS.
I DON'T SEE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE TODAY, SO I SUSPECT THERE WILL ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, MOVING ON, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, THE, THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT COAST CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION MEETING, UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH, LAST MONTH, UH, WITH RESPECT TO JACK NICHOLS PARK, THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW THE LOCATION OF THAT PARK, THERE WAS AN, A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT TO, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS NOW BEING AFFORDED UNDER THE COASTAL ACT THROUGH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION WHOSE HOMES ARE BORDER.
THAT PUBLIC PARK ON THE EDGE OF OUR, AND THE WORK ON THE PART OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO OPEN ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC FOR FOLKS NOT KNOW THAT SUCH A PARK EXISTED.
IT WAS A VERY CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION AND, UM, THE, ULTIMATELY IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, SOLUTION TO, UH, MAKING THE PARK MORE ACCESSIBLE, PUTTING OUT SIGNS, ASSOCIATION, INVESTING IN A PUBLIC CALIFORNIA NATIVES BEING PLANTED AS MITIGATION FOR DECADES OF, UM, MISUNDERSTANDING OF ACCESS TO THAT PUBLIC ART.
UH, THERE IS A SUBCOMMITTEE HERE ON THE, UM, SURFING MEMORIAL 19 MEMORIAL, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, NOT VERY ACTIVE UNTIL THIS WEEK.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'LL BE MEETING REPRESENTATIVES, WILL BE MEETING WITH MS, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY'S PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UM, MANAGER JUST TO SPEAK TO HER ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MEMORIAL AND, UH, EFFORTS TO INSTALL A MEMORIAL PACIFIC PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALSO CITY PROPERTY.
UM, THAT WAS FOLLOWING A MEETING THAT WE HAD EARLIER IN JULY WITH THE LONG BEACH ARTS COUNCIL AND THEIR MANAGEMENT AND STAFFERS TO BETTER PRODUCE A, UM, A BUDGET AND, UH, UNDERSTAND HOW ARTISTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN AND, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH A PROJECT.
SO IT'S VERY MUCH A LEARNING CURVE.
SO WE'RE AHEAD THERE, SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
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FROM OUR OWN COMMISSIONERS? NO, THERE'S ONE, UH, THIS WEEKEND IN 9:00 AM WHICH WAS WON BY DICK MILLER IN 1947.AND ACTUALLY NINE SWIMMERS, UH, REGISTRATION OPENS AT 6:00 AM SIX TO 9:00 AM AT, SO YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE FROM BETWEEN, UH, LEGAL AND UH, US CENTER.
SO IF YOU DON'T NEED TO BE THERE, KEEP YOUR SANITY
I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO MATH BUSINESS, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING REMINDERS IN SEPTEMBER, THE EXECUTIVE MEETINGS ON SEPTEMBER 3RD AT, UH, THE BAY OFFICE.
THE GUIDE CAPITAL PROJECT COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON SEPTEMBER PARK 1:00 PM PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND, UH, THE NEXT MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AT TWO 30.
PUT IT ON CALENDAR AT THE CALL.
AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING.
SORRY, I A LITTLE EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS.
UM, IN HONOR OF DICK MILLER, WHO IS A LEGENDARY LONG BEACH LIFEGUARD AND MARINE BUREAU DIRECTOR WHO STRENGTHENED AND PROTECTED THE CITY'S RICH AQUATIC HISTORY FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN MY FIRST WELL DONE ADVISORY.