* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. BRISBANE. I HAVE [00:00:01] NOT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. UM, IT'S 9:03 AM UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS FE LEY SMITH. I AM THE NEW CHAIR. SO THRILLED THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE. UM, WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AND IF WE COULD GET THE ROLL CALL, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER SCH PRESENT. COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. HERE. COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ, WE THINK ON HIS WAY. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN. HE'S ON HIS WAY. WE GOT A TEXT FROM HIM. OKAY. VICE CHAIR HERE. AND CHAIR SMITH HERE. THANK YOU. OKAY, COOL. UM, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER ALLEN JUST WALKED IN. OKAY. SO READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALL 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 FOR ALL. SO WE'VE GOT, I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO DIRECTOR SCOTT. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. WE DO HAVE, UM, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH PRESENTATION. WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING TWO THIS MONTH, BUT I BELIEVE, UM, WE HAVE ONE IN ATTENDANCE, UH, TODAY. UM, BUT PRIOR TO HANDING IT OFF TO HEIDI, WHO IS OUR ERC CHAIR AND WHO WILL INTRODUCE THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, I DO WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE OUR NEW BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER, UH, MICHELLE MASON. UH, MICHELLE COMES TO US FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS THE CITY'S PURCHASING, UH, OFFICER. BUT PRIOR TO THAT SHE SPENT 20 PLUS YEARS IN THIS DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF OUR RECREATION SUPERINTENDENTS. SO, BRINGS A, A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE BACK TO OUR DEPARTMENT BACK HOME, UM, AND DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO CAPITALIZING ON THOSE NEW EXPERIENCES, UM, DOWN IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. SO DEFINITELY WANNA WELCOME, UH, MICHELLE BACK TO THE TEAM. AND ALSO THANK JANICE, UH, MCMULLEN, WHO HAS SERVED, UH, IN THE ACTING CAPACITY IN THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. SO ALMOST A YEAR. UM, BUT, UH, WELCOME MICHELLE. YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED YOU'RE HERE. FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR JANICE AND ALL OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS. ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, NOW WITH RESPECT TO OUR PRESENTATIONS, I AM GONNA HAND IT OFF TO HEIDI MAZA, WHO IS OUR ERC UH, CHAIRPERSON. GOOD MORNING. UM, COMMISSION. UM, SO WE ARE EXCITED TODAY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE HONORED, UM, TWO PEOPLE IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. ONE, UM, GOT A NEW JOB. SO, UH, ASHLEY, UM, RUSSELL, WHO IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT HERE WITH US TODAY, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE HERE. UM, WE ARE HONORING ELLEN IN MAY, AND ELLEN ALREADY IS AWARE BECAUSE ELLEN OFFICIALLY RETIRED WITH THE CITY AFTER 32 YEARS OH WOW. LAST TUESDAY. SO WE HONORED HER, UM, AT HER PARK SITE ON TUESDAY SINCE IT WAS HER LAST DAY. AND THEN WE INVITED HER TO THE MEETING TODAY. SO I'M GONNA INVITE ELLEN UP TODAY. SO ELLEN, WE MADE HER A POSTER. WE DID GIVE HER ALL THE GOODIES LAST WEEK AT HER RETIREMENT. SO I'LL GIVE THIS TO HER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, READ ELLEN WAS HONORED OR NOMINATED THREE TIMES, WHICH IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL. UM, SO THE WHOLE PAGE IS ALL HER NOMINATION. SO I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF 'EM . UM, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THE PERSON SHE IS. UM, AS SHE'S BEEN HERE 32 YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN AT MCBRIDE PARK AS, UM, THEIR SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR THEIR SENIOR PROGRAMMING. UM, AND SO SHE WAS HONORED THERE ON TUESDAY, BUT I JUST WANNA READ HER ONE OF THE NOMINATIONS. UM, PRETTY MUCH IT SAYS, UM, I'M HONORED TO NOMINATE ELLEN MAY FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AS SHE PREPARES FOR RETIREMENT. AFTER INCREDIBLE 32 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT. AND WITH AUGUST 14TH, 2026 BEING HER LAST DAY, THROUGHOUT HER CAREER, ELLEN MAY HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENT HER KNOWLEDGE, STRONG WORK ETHIC, WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT BOTH CUSTOMERS AND COWORKERS HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR TEAM AND ORGANIZATION. HOWEVER, THE 32 YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE MENTOR, A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AS SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THE JOB WAS DONE RIGHT. HER DEDICATION AND LOYALTY HAVE EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE HER. RECOGNIZING ELLEN MAE AS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH IS FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND THANK HER FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. AND HER LA WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US [00:05:01] ALONG AFTER HER WEALTH EARNED RETIREMENT. SO, WITH THAT, WE JUST WANT, I HONOR ELLEN, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. IT WAS A, A HONOR TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, A BIG EXPERIENCE, UM, TO ALL MY LEADERS AND MY SUPERVISORS AND ASSISTANTS. IT WAS, IT WAS A, UM, IT WAS AN HONOR. THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY WITHOUT TEARING OUT. WE DID THAT LAST WEEK. , IT'S OKAY TO TEAR UP. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE WITH ME. AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE. I WOULD JUST ADD, I JUST WANNA ADD ON BEHALF OF CRS, IF I MAY. UM, ELLEN, UM, ELLEN WORKED AT MCBRIDE PARK. UM, SHE WAS OUR SENIOR COORDINATOR AT MCBRIDE. UM, AND WAS, IT IS LIKE MCBRIDE PARK TO MANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. ELLEN'S UM, THE GATHER THAT WAS AT MCBRIDE LAST WEEK WAS REMARKABLE. UM, WE HAD MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE PROBABLY IN ATTENDANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER LAST WEEK. UM, AND NOT EVEN GOODBYE. 'CAUSE WE KNOW SHE'S JUST SEEN LATER. IT WASN'T BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ELLEN HAS MADE TO THE CENTRAL LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. SHE IS REMARKABLE. HER CONNECTIONS, UM, LAST BEYOND HER YEARS HERE WITH US, UM, SHE IS INCREDIBLY SPECIAL TO OUR DEPARTMENT. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO NOTE, UM, HOW SPECIAL THE CONNECTIONS AND JUST HEARING THE STORIES OF OUR SENIORS. UM, WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE TEAM, UM, AT THE PARK. OUR, OUR STAFF AND MANY ARE HERE, BUT ALSO OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY IS PARTICULARLY DIVERSE IN, IN CENTRAL LONG BEACH. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND, AND TO SEE EVERYONE COME TOGETHER AND HONOR HER AND BE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE HER WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. SO THANK YOU ELLEN. ON BEHALF OF MANY OF US THAT HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE YOU, WE, WE WILL MISS YOU INCREDIBLY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL ABOUT YOUR GREAT, UH, RETI DAYS IN RETIREMENT, , AND WE MET YOUR FAMILY. THAT WAS, THAT WAS SPECIAL TOO. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALLOWING HER TO, TO CONTRIBUTE TO US IN THE WAY SHE HAS. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN LOVELY. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL COME OUT FOR A OUTSIDE. OKAY. READY? ONE, TWO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I WISH I WOULD'VE BEEN AT THAT PARTY. UM, OKAY, NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. SO WE'VE GOT, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING OF THURSDAY, JULY 16TH, 2026. CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOVE. SECOND. THANK YOU. SO A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHOEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LIVINGSTON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. SO NOW THAT WAS EASY PART. UM, THIS IS PROBABLY IN THE VERY ANOTHER, ANOTHER EASY PART. UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO. RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FEE WAIVER REQUEST OUTLINED IN ATTACHMENT A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEE WAIVER POLICY. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. UM, A SEC. WAS THAT COMMISSIONER ALLEN? YEAH. THANK YOU. I COULD SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. OKAY. SO NOW I AM GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO STAFF FOR A REPORT. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE ASHLEY GT, OUR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES, PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE THREE FEE WAIVER REQUESTS, UH, FOR APPROVAL. UH, THE FIRST, UH, IS AN IS NOT IS A, NOT A NEW GROUP. THE LONG BEACH BRAVE PANTHERS, UM, ARE PROPOSING TO HOST, UH, [00:10:01] MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BE HELD THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER, 2026 THROUGH JUNE OF 2027. UM, THEY WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SENIOR CENTER IN THE DINING ROOM. UH, THEY ARE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING, UH, TO HAVE $1,633 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES WAIVED. THERE ARE NO REVENUE FEES PAID NO EDE GATE REVENUE AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 40 PEOPLE. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, A NEW ORGANIZATION, THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION PROPOSING TO HOST A US OPEN WATCH PARTY, UH, TO TAKE PLACE IN EL DORADO PARK WEST OPEN SPACE. THIS WILL BE A COMMUNITY EVENT TO BE HELD AUGUST 30TH, 2026. THIS WILL WAIVE $394 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES. THERE IS $0 IN FEES AND REVENUE PAID. THERE IS NO EDE REVENUE, UH, PAID REVENUE AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS 300 PEOPLE. AND THE LAST VIEW OF A REQUEST, UM, WE HAVE THIS MONTH IS, UM, NOT A NEW GROUP. IT'S THE PARTNERS PARKS GROUP, UM, PROPOSING TO HOST A NEW EVENT. IT'S A GARDENING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD AT MARTIN LUTHER 13 JUNIOR PARKS SOCIAL HALL. THIS WILL BE A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP, UH, A GARDENING WORKSHOP TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2026. UH, THEY ARE PAYING 200, I APOLOGIZE. THEY ARE REQUESTING TO WAIVE $255 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES. THEY WILL BE PAYING $416 IN STAFF AND MAINTENANCE FEES. THERE IS NO EPE PAID REVENUE AND THE ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS $45. THE TOTAL FEES WAIVED BETWEEN THE THREE DERA REQUESTS IS 2,282. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO I AM GONNA GO THROUGH OUR LIST HERE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THEIR EVENT. UM, AND ANYTHING ELSE. SO THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS, I SEE. MS. KAREN. HELLO EVERYONE. THIS IS MY LAST MONTH AS PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS. I'LL STILL BE AROUND, I'LL BE MAINTAINING THE OFFICE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE SENIOR CENTER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HOLD OUR MEETINGS THERE. OUR MEETINGS ARE STARTING TO GROW. UM, WE'RE HAVING TO REEVALUATE OUR PROGRAMMING. WE HAVE TWO INCOMING NEW PRESIDENTS, DR. CLAUDIA LOPEZ FROM THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AND DR. DREW JONES. HE WORKS IN THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE FOR THE CSU SYSTEM IN TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY AND, UH, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE GONNA WORK ON LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR THE SENIORS AND I'LL KEEP YOU APPRISED. UH, FOR THE PAST YEAR, WE HAD, UM, OVER 400, 4,800 HOURS OF, UM, INTERNSHIP HOURS WITH THE VALUE OF 173,472. AT THE CURRENT RATE OF 36 14 PER HOUR IS SET BY INDEPENDENT SECTOR. WE STARTED A STORYCORP PROGRAM AND WE GOT ASKED TO DO SOME PROGRAMMING AT THE VILLAGE AND KING LIBRARY. SO WE STARTED TO DO THAT. WE HELD OUR SENIOR FEST THERE. WE HAD OVER 300 ATTENDEES AND OVER 28 VENDORS FROM THE COUNTY, THE STATE, AND THE CITY, AND THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE SENIOR CENTERS PARTICIPATED. SO, UH, WE GOT 80 PEOPLE TO A MEETING ON FOURTH AND ALAMEDOS, THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO BE IN THE LOTTERY FOR HOUSING. AND THE 25TH MERCY HOUSING WAS VERY EXCITED. THEY WANTED TO DO MORE BUILDING WITH THE CITY, AND WE ATTENDED ALL OF THE 2027 BUDGET MEETINGS AND BROUGHT SOME OF THE SENIORS SO THEY COULD EXPRESS WHAT THEY WANTED WITH THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND WE MANAGED TO KEEP ANY CUTS FROM HAPPENING TO ANY SENIOR PROGRAMMING. SO WE THANK YOU. WE FEEL WE CONTRIBUTE A LOT OF VALUE TO BEING THERE. AND WE SUPPORT THE STAFF HOWEVER WE CAN AND THE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO MEET THERE. THANK YOU, KAREN. WE WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. UM, THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION, IS ANYBODY HERE? HI. HI, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. MY NAME'S KATHY JACOBSON AND I'M REPRESENTING THE, UH, SCTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION, THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE USTA. IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE HERE. SOME OF YOU. I REALLY, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE. I WAS ACTUALLY THE CONCESSIONAIRE OF VILLAGE AND KING IN EL AURORA PARK FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, SO I MISS BEING HERE AND I'M STILL VERY MUCH, MY HUSBAND STILL WORKS HERE AT THE TENNIS CENTER, SO I'M VERY MUCH, MY HEART AND SOUL IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THESE FACILITIES. [00:15:01] UM, WE ARE HAVE, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE, WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE USTA. WE'RE DOING A BIG US OPEN WATCH PARTY ON SUNDAY, THE 30TH. I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO COME. IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT. WE ARE DOING, OUR LINEUP INCLUDES THE FREE TENNIS FROM 1:00 PM TO THREE 30, AND THEN FROM THREE 30 TO FOUR, WE'RE HAVING SOME FOOD, SOME FINGER FOOD FROM LEGENDS INSIDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FACILITY. AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION, WE'RE DOING SOME FACE PAINTING, WE'RE DOING CORNHOLE, WE'RE DOING, UH, WE HAVE A DJ AND WE HAVE A PHOTO BOOTH. AND IT'S GONNA BE TONS OF FUN. UM, WE'RE EXPECTING A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. I'M NOT THRILLED WITH THE PARKING ON, UH, STU BAKER HERE, BUT I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY. UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. AND THEN AT FOUR O'CLOCK, UH, WHICH WOULD BE SEVEN O'CLOCK IN NEW YORK TIME, WE ARE SHOWING ON YOUR WONDERFUL BIG SCREEN THAT THE TIMING WAS INCREDIBLE FOR US TO RENT AND USE. WE'RE SO THRILLED AND, AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. UH, WE'RE GONNA SHOW THE FIRST TWO MATCHES OF THE US OPEN, WHICH NOW SECOND YEAR STARTS ON A SUNDAY INSTEAD OF A MONDAY. SO, AND THEN WE'RE, IT'S PICNIC STYLE. PEOPLE ARE GONNA JUST BRING A BLANKET, A CHAIR AND SIT DOWN AND, AND WATCH SOME GREAT TENNIS. WE'RE HERE TO GROW THE GAME AND, UH, THIS IS A PER, I PICKED THE FACILITY, SO, UH, ALWAYS BRING IT BACK HOME TO LONG BEACH AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ACTIVATING THE PARK. ABSOLUTELY. UM, PARTNERS OF PARKS, UM, HERE. HI, I'M ASHLEY JONES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PARTNERS OF PARKS. UM, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT AND FRIENDS OF MLK PARK, WHICH IS A NEW PARTNER TO HOST A FREE EAGLE GARDENING WORKSHOP ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH AT, AT MARTIN LUTHER KING PARK. UM, IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT HOSTS THESE LIKE ALL THE TIME, APPARENTLY THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS TO BE OUR FIRST ONE. AND JUST OVERALL, WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH OUR EVENTS. UM, ONE BECAUSE IT TAKES SOME OF THE WORK OFF OF PARTNERING PARKS AND ME BEING A STAFF OF 1.5, UM, BUT ALSO SO THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LIKE MOVING AROUND TO DIFFERENT PARKS OUTSIDE OF EL DODO, OUR HOME BASE. UM, AND SO YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE IT THERE AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN US. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UH, I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT PARTNERS ON DOING MORE STUFF WITH OTHER GROUPS. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND KATHY, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE GREAT EVENT. AND KAREN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE PALM BEACH SENIORS. WELL, GREAT. SO I COULDN'T HEAR HIM. WAS HE COMPLIMENTING KAREN? YEAH, HE, WELL. IS THAT A SHOCK? NOT AT ALL. I LIKE CARROT. WELL, YOU CAN STILL DO THE SAME THING. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME THING. CARROT, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS AND YOU'VE DONE SUCH A REMARKABLE JOB. IT REALLY BROUGHT THE THOSE VISIBILITY TO A NEW HEIGHT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND YOU ANY MORE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. UM, LOOKING TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YOU WANT ME TO GO? HI, MY NAME'S BOB. I GOT SOMETHING WRITTEN DOWN REAL QUICK. UH, JUST GIMME A SECOND. UM, UH, MY NAME IS BO. I'M HERE. I'M REPRESENTING THE V PICKLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT IT. UH, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT, UH, BEN PARK. IS THIS RELATED TO THE FEE WAIVER ITEM? I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END, AT AT THE END OF THE MEETING. THIS IS JUST ON THESE THREE WA FEES, BUT WE WILL BE SURE TO GET TO YOU 'CAUSE WE WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. SO I HAVE A, UM, A FIRST MADE BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REDFIELD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CURRENT FEE WAIVERS, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. THAT'S A UNANIMOUS MOTION. WE ARE MOVING ON. AND AS BOB JUST REMINDED ME, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR FEE WAIVER AND YOU NEED TO GO DO SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. WE, WE KNOW THAT TIME IS PRECIOUS, BUT YOU, AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN STAY IF YOU REALLY WANT TO. SO, ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING WATER UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE. CAN I PLEASE GET A FIRST AND A SECOND? THANK YOU. I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK OVER TO THE DIRECTOR. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, CHAIR. UH, SO YES, THIS IS, UH, BRINGING BACK A REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR WATER UTILIZATION AND WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR SINGLE LARGEST LINE ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET IS ACTUALLY WATER. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT AS A CITY ENTITY, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR WATER. AND ACTUALLY WE DO JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. AND SO WHEN WE SEE THOSE ANNUAL RATE INCREASES, THOSE HIT US AS WELL. UM, AND SO OVER THE YEARS, [00:20:01] UH, WE'VE TAKEN A NUMBER OF EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAXIMIZING THE USE OF OUR, UH, WATER RESOURCES. AND SO, AGAIN, THE COMMISSION ASKED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. SO WE WILL BE, UH, PROVIDING A SHORT PRESENTATION ON OUR UTILIZATION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS. AND, UH, BEFORE STARTING THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO HAND IT OFF TO, UH, ERIC TO SAY A FEW THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I WANNA INTRODUCE, UM, EMMANUEL OSA. WE CALL HIM MANNY, AS OUR, UM, ACTING, UH, SUPERINTENDENT PARK GROUNDS DIVISION. UM, ROLE MARTINEZ HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB FOR US, UM, VERY WELL. KNOWLEDGE, UM, TECHNICAL SKILLS WAS ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGET SKILLS. UM, BUT MANNY STEPPED RIGHT UP, AND SO I DIDN'T SELECT MANNY. HE SELECTED HIMSELF BY WORKING HARD, UM, BY BEING DEDICATED, BY BEING PRISON, BY BEING FOCUSED, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, BEING A TEAM PLAYER AND WILLING TO SHARE INFORMATION AMONGST THE DIVISION, AMONGST THE BUREAU. UM, HE HAS THOSE QUALITIES I LOOK FORWARD TO. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LEVEL HEADED ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND HE HAS A COMPASSION FOR HIS TEAM, FOR THE RESIDENTS, AND FOR OUR PARKS. AND SO I'M EXCITED FOR ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO WITHIN OUR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. AND AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE, INTRODUCE MANNING TO YOU. YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO PRESENT A QUICK POWERPOINT WITH THE HELP OF MY ATTORNEY, CLEAR. AND, AND BEFORE MANNING GETS STARTED, COMMISSIONERS, YOU ALL HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF HIM AS WELL. AND SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE THE, UH, THE SCREEN AS WELL. OKAY, SO QUICK BACKGROUND ON ON MYSELF. UH, BEEN HERE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, SERVING FOR CLOSE TO 10 YEARS NOW IN JANUARY. UH, BEEN STARTED AS A GARDENER AND WORKED MYSELF UP AS A SUPERVISOR FOR TWO YEARS. UM, PRIOR TO WORKING HERE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, I WORKED FOR, UH, DIGNITY SPORTS HEALTH CENTER, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE HOME DEPOT CENTER. I WORKED THERE FOR 10 YEARS, MAINTAINING 11, UH, MULTI-USE PRACTICE FIELDS, TWO, WHICH WERE SYNTHETIC, UH, A 27, UH, 27,000, UH, SORRY, 27,000 CEDAR, UH, STADIUM, ALSO, WHICH WAS USED FOR M-L-S-N-F-L AND OTHER CONCERTS AND, UH, BIG EVENTS. UH, ALSO I TOOK CARE OF 36 TENNIS COURTS THERE, FOUR OF WHICH WERE, UH, CLAY COURTS. UH, ALSO TOOK CARE OF A THREE MILE TRAIL THAT WENT AROUND THIS WHOLE STADIUM, AND IT WAS 123 ACRES OF, UH, ORNAMENTAL AND TURF AND, AND PLANTER BEDS AND, UH, PARKING LOTS. UH, NOW WITH THAT LITTLE BACKGROUND, I WANNA SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT WITH WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE NOTICED WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE. UH, THE MODERNIZATION THAT WE TRIED TO PUT, THE EFFORT, THE MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SEEING COMING IN WHERE WE SAW WHERE SOME OF THE WASTE OF MONEY WAS REALLY GOING INTO. AND WE FELT LIKE IF WE INVESTED A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE WOULD GET MORE OUT OF THE SYSTEMS. UH, GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND, OUR WATER ISSUES, UH, LEGISLATION THAT WENT INTO PLACE, SOME OF OUR AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE INTRODUCTION TO CAL SCIENCE. AND AT THE END WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT OF SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING ABOUT THE WHOLE POWERPOINT. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT OVER HERE TO THE FIRST PICTURE, WHICH IS THE HUNTER NODE. THAT IS A SINGLE BATTERY CONTROL, UH, STATION, UH, SINGLE STATION BATTERY CONTROLLER. SO IF YOU WERE TO HAVE 50 STATIONS IN ONE PART, YOU WOULD NEED 50 OF THESE LITTLE SINGLE PATTERN CONTROLLERS. THAT'S $130 EACH, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, UH, OVER TO THE RIGHT. FURTHERMORE, THE SUPERIOR, UH, IRRIT CONTROLLER, THIS IS FROM THE 1970S. THESE WERE THE CONTROLLERS THAT THE PARKS HAD WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IN 2017. UH, OUTDATED ABOUT 50 YEARS NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD COST FROM EIGHT TO $900 PER CONTROLLER, AND THEY WOULD LAST, I WANT TO SAY LIKE SIX TO SEVEN YEARS BEFORE WE WOULD HAVE TO SWAP 'EM OUT AGAIN. A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, HISTORY OF, UH, LONG BEACH. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. AVERAGE RAINFALL IS 10 TO 15 INCHES PER YEAR. HISTORICALLY LONG BEACH AVERAGES APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES. WATER IS NOT FREE FOR PRM AS SEE GOT, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER. UH, [00:25:01] CRM IS BUDGETED TO SPEND $3 MILLION ANNUALLY ON WATER, MAKING IT OUR SECOND LARGEST EXPENSE. LONG BEACH ANNUAL E EVO EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IS ESTIMATED AT 40 TO 46 INCHES, APPROXIMATELY 861,000 HUNDRED CUBIC FEET. AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO, UH, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN REAL QUICK, A HUNDRED CUBIC FEET IS 748 GALLONS. UH, 861,000 CUBIC FEET EQUALS TO 644 MILLION GALLONS A YEAR. UH, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, UH, IS, IT REPRESENTS THE WATER LOSS IN THE SOIL THROUGH EVAPORATION AND TRANSPIRATION OF THE PLANTS. SO IT'S A LITTLE CALCULATOR THAT WE USE, AND IT'S IN INTEGRATED INTO THE . PRM AVERAGES. SIX, UH, 762,000 CUBIC HUNDRED, UH, HUNDRED CUBIC FEET, WHICH IS 570 MILLION GALLONS. WE'RE A SHORT 70 MILLION FOR THE PARKS. LONG BEACH PARKS HAS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FROM THE 1960S. UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE MANUAL SYSTEMS LIKE AT HARWELL MUNICIPAL CEMETERY AND NATURE CENTER. IF YOU LOOK TO THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, THIS IS MUNICIPAL, UH, CEMETERY. WE HAVE A HOSE THAT'S ABOUT 50 FEET, AND WE HAVE TO CONNECT TO A QUICK COUPLER EVERY SINGLE DAY. WOW. AND WE HAVE TO MOVE IT AROUND MAKING SURE WE WATER EVERY AREA. THEIR EFFICIENCIES HAVE REDUCED OVER TIME. SO GALVANIZED PIPE WITH ALL THE, THE RUST AND THE BUILDUP OF, UH, CALCIUM, IT RESTRICTS THE WATER FLOW. SO PRESSURE IS NOT THAT GREAT. UH, 2015, GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER E 29 15 PROVIDED MANDATES FOR WATER REDUCTION WITH THE GLOBAL OF REDUCTION PORTABLE WATER USAGE BY 25%. THEY BANNED WATER OF ENVIRONMENTAL TURF AND PUBLIC STREETS REQUIRED INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPES TO REDUCE THEIR WATER USAGE. DIRECTED THE REPLACEMENT OF 50 MINUTES SQUARE FEET OF LAWNS THROUGH DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING. SO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS THE TURF REDUCTION IN, IN THE PARKWAYS, UH, ALL THAT AREA, THAT LAWN HAD TO BE REMOVED WITH ORNAMENTAL PLANTS OR BACK IN THE DAYS IT WAS IN THAT, UH, GRASS. NOW IT'S BAD. THEY FOUND OUT THAT RECYCLING THE, THE SYNTHETIC IS, IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. IT ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS. IT WON'T, UH, IT WON'T, UH, DIGEST. AB 1881 ESTABLISHED THE MODEL WATER EFFICIENT LANDSCAPE ORDINANCE, OTHER KNOWN AS PAM WHEELER, TO ADDRESS ISSUES AT THE DESIGN PHASE. SO WHEN WE FIRST START TO DESIGN A NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE PRETTY MUCH BRING UP THAT WE WANT TO USE SMART CONTROLLERS. WE WANT TO BRING OUR IRRIGATION A FOOT IN FROM THE SIDEWALKS OF WHAT PREVENT FRONT OFF INTO THE STREETS. UH, THIS JUST ALL THE, THE THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE PLANNED THOSE INTO THE DESIGN PHASE. SOME OF THE TRIP PRODUCTIONS WE HAVE DONE IS, UH, JACKSON PARK AND RAMONA PARK. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FORESTS AT THE TOP AND THEN THE AFTERS AT THE BOTTOM. UH, WE'VE ESTABLISHED DRIP SYSTEMS ON THE PLANTERS TO PROVIDE THE WATER WHERE, WHERE IT'S MOSTLY NEEDED AT THE ROOF OF THE PLANTS. LONG BEACH RECEIVES ITS PORTABLE WATER FROM TWO MAIN SOURCES. GROUNDWATER WELLS AND IMPORTED FROM SOURCES ORIGINATED A HUNDRED OF MILES AWAY. 60% OF THE, OF THE PORTABLE WATER USAGE IN LONG BEACH IS OUR LOCAL GROUNDWATER, AND 40% IS IMPORTED. RECLAIMED WATER REDUCES THE DEMAND OF PORTABLE WATER. THE ONLY CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS LIMITED AVAILABILITY AND IT'S COSTLY TO EXPAND ON THE TOP RIGHT. I HAVE A MAP OF WHERE THE PURPLE MINE GOES. THAT IS OUR MAIN LINE OF RECLAIMED WATER. IT REACHES OUR, OUR BIGGER PARTS, BUT IT'S VERY OBSOLETE UP TO OUR SMALLER POCKET PARK THAN OUR MIDSIZED PARK. RISING WATER COSTS FY 27 IS A 6%, UH, INCREASE PROJECTION, UH, THERE'S A PROP TWO 18 HEARING ON AUGUST 27TH. UH, THAT'S GONNA DETERMINE IF WE GET THAT 6% INCREASE OR NOT. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PARTS. UM, LAST FUNDING WAS FIVE YEARS AGO WAS IN 2020. UH, PRN NEEDS AN AVERAGE OF 4 MILLION ANNUALLY TO KEEP UP PACE WITH THE RISING COSTS. YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, I HAVE THE INCREASE OF EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARSLY, UH, ON FY 24, 25 AND 26 ARE BIGGEST INCREASES IN 2018. UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH PARKS AND REC GOT A TWO MINUTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UH, TO REPLACE 200 IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS. WE INTRODUCED CAL SENSE TO THE, UH, TO THE PARKS, WHICH, UH, WAS A WEATHER BASED MARKED IRRIGATION SYSTEM WITH THE EVO EVA TRANSPIRATION SCHEDULE. UH, IT, IT GAVE US REMOTE ACCESS AND TROUBLESHOOTING. [00:30:01] IT AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS LEAKS AND IRRIGATION FAULTS ALSO ALLOWS EXISTING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO BE MODERNIZED WITHOUT COMPLETE REPLACING. SO ON THE OLD 1970S, WE ONLY HAD A, IT WAS A LITTLE CLOCK. NOW WE HAVE A BIGGER SCREEN THAT GIVES US MORE INFORMATION. WE'RE ALLOWED TO PUT INFORMATION INTO THE COMPUTER AND IT, IT'LL CALCULATE EVERYTHING FOR US. THIS IS, UH, COUNCIL . THIS IS WHAT A TYPICAL DAILY EMAIL WOULD BE. UH, THIS IS JUST A QUICK EXAMPLE. ANNUAL PIT PARK ACADEMY MAINLINE BREAK, I NOTICED IT AT, AT MIDNIGHT. SHE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF THE IRRIGATION. IT ONLY ALLOWED 50 GALLONS PER MINUTE AT 8 49. ONE OF OUR GARDENERS CLEARED THAT MAINLINE AND WENT TO THE PARK WHEN HE ARRIVED AT 10 30. UH, HE TURNED ON A FEW STATIONS BY 10, 10 30 3:00 AM DETECTED ANOTHER MAIN LINE. AND IT ALLOWED HIM TO SEE WHERE THE MAIN LINE WAS AT. HE ONLY HAD TO TURN ON TWO STATIONS TO SEE WHERE THE MAIN LINE WAS AT. WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COWENS, WE WERE ABLE TO DO TWO WIRE SYSTEMS. UH, TWO WIRE IS FOR QUICK REPAIRS. IT REDUCES OUR WIRE COSTS, BUT IT IS EXPANDABLE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE A THOUSAND SINGLE BA UH, SINGLE STATION BATTERY CONTROLLERS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP, TOP RIGHT, IT'S A DIAGRAM OF WHAT A TWO WIRE SYSTEM IS. AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS A CONVENTIONAL WIRE SYSTEM FOR QUICK REPAIRS. WHEN A TWO WIRE SYSTEM IS CUT, THE WIRE IS CUT. UM, ANYTHING BETWEEN THE CONTROLLER AND TO THE CUT IS WORKING AFTER THAT, WHERE AFTER THE CUT, IT'S NOT FUNCTIONING. SO WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. IT PRODUCES WIRE COSTS. SO IF WE HAVE A, A NEW STATION WE WANT TO ADD TO THE SYSTEM AND IT'S A THOUSAND FEET OUT, I NEED A THOUSAND FEET OF WIRE TO GET TO THAT STATION AND FEED IT BACK TO THE CONTROLLER. WITH A TWO WIRE SYSTEM, IF THERE'S A VALVE THAT'S 30 FEET APART FROM THAT NEW STATION, I ONLY NEED 30 FEET OF TWO WIRE. SO IT REDUCES THE, THE COST OF COPPER. UH, WITH THE TWO WIRE SYSTEM, WE'RE ABLE TO ELIMINATE ALL THESE BATTERY CONTROLLERS BY JUST GOING SINGLE TO, UH, TWO WIRE SYSTEM GLUE BETWEEN THESE VALVES. INSTEAD OF USING, I WANT TO SAY 500 FEET OF WIRE PER STATION, EACH STATION WITH A WIRE, ITS OWN WIRE ON THE CONVENTIONAL WITH A TWO WIRE, IT'S JUST THE FIVE, 500 FEET FOR THAT SYSTEM SYSTEM. SOME OF THE RETROFITTED PARK THAT WE HAVE IS COOLIDGE SILVERADO, CHERRY, MLK, HARWELL, AREA TWO, MARINA VISTA COLLEGE OF STATE, BHUTON CREEK, BIXBY, , PORTIONS OF EL DORADO, EAST AND WEST SUNNYSIDE CEMETERY, AND PORTIONS OF STEARNS. SOME OF OUR, UH, SOLAR WIRELESS VALVES. UH, TO THE LEFT, WE HAVE OUR OWN SYSTEMS. UH, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY BUY BRAND NEW LIDS AND ESSENTIALLY VANDAL IT VANDALIZE THEM TO MAKE THESE DOMES FIT ON TOP OF THEM AND SEAL THEM, MAKE SURE THAT WATER DOESN'T GET IN THERE AND, AND DAMAGE THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ON IT. UM, IT WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRIPPING HAZARDS AND VANDALISM. SO FOR THE SAFETY REASONS, WE MOVED AWAY FROM THEM NOW TO THE NEW SOLAR CONTROLLERS THAT WE HAVE. IT, IT ALLOWED US TO EXPAND IRRIGATION SYSTEM AS WELL AND STILL COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE CAL SENSE, ALLOWING US TO READ MORE OF THE FLOW METER AND HAVE MORE TRACK OF HOW MUCH WATER IS BEING USED IN THE PARTS. UH, WE ALSO INTRODUCED NEW IRRIGATION COMPONENTS. UH, DRIP APPLIES WATER DIRECTLY AT THE BASE OF THE PLANTS WHERE IT'S NEEDED. THAT REDUCES OVER SPRAY, UH, OVER SPRAY AND RUNOFF MATCH PRECIPITATION RATE NOZZLES, THE APPROPRIATE IRRIGATION HEAD FOR THE AREA. UM, SO WITH THE NEW MIX TO MATCH NOZZLES, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE REQUIRED WATER, UH, PER AREA FOR THE, UH, SOIL INTAKE OF THE WATER, AND THEN, UM, ELIMINATE RUNOFF AND OTHER PRESSURE LEAKS. THESE ARE SOME OTHER WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN SOME OF THE PARTS TO THE LEFT IS OUR DRIP SYSTEM. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT IS OUR, UH, TRENCHING FOR A NEW VALVE THAT WE ADDED WITH THE NEW PRESENTATION RATE NOZZLES, UM, WITH, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT THE SLOPE CHANGES ON THAT PARK. SO IT IS A VERY INCLINE AND THEN IT BECOMES FLAT. SO WITH THE SAME STATION, WE USE DIFFERENT NOZZLES FOR DIFFERENT SOIL INTAKE. UH, WITH THE BOOSTER PUMPS, WE ADDED A VFD, UH, VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE. IT EXTENDS THE LIFESPAN OF THE PUMPS, UM, ALLOWS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO PERFORM AT THEIR DESIGNATED PRECIPITATION [00:35:01] RATES. IT ELIMINATES CROP CIRCLES, WHAT WE CALL THAT IN THE TUR INDUSTRY. TO THE TOP RIGHT IS THE EXAMPLE, WHAT A PROP CIRCLE LOOKS LIKE. UH, ADJUST THE PUMPS OUTPUT INSTEAD OF GOING OPERATION. OPERATING AT FULL FORCE, UH, ALLOWS MULTIPLE IRRIGATION STATIONS TO OPERATE WITHOUT PRESSURE. PRESSURE SURFACE. IT REDUCES WATER HAMMER. WATER HAMMER IS, UH, IT COMES AT FULL FORCE. JUST STICK ABOUT LIKE GETTING HIT BY A CAR. YOU JUST, I DUNNO, IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA DAMAGE SOME OF THE ENTERINGS, UH, REDUCES WATER LOSS FROM BREAKS AND LEAKS FROM EXCESSIVE PRESSURE AND ALSO HELPS PREVENT CALCIUM MAINLINE WHEELERS. UH, OUR VFD SYSTEM IS, UH, OUR BOX, THE GRAY BOX THAT'S IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT WHERE THE BOOSTER PUMP IS. UH, SOME OF THE CITYWIDE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, UH, MY 24 EL DORA DUCK POND CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED. SO LINE WITH CITY WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS, UH, I PROVIDED A NEW RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM TO IRRIGATE THE ADJACENT GOLF COURSE. UH, USING WATER FROM THE POND HERE AT EL DORADO. UH, FURTHER REDUCING THE DEMAND OF PORTABLE WATER, UH, REPAIR DAMAGE, UH, LINER, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT WATER LOSS. UH, WE THINK WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 300,000 GALLONS OF WATER LOST A DAY. LB MUST LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL URBAN STORM WATER TREATMENT, UH, IS ESTIMATED TO CAPTURE 2 MILLION, UH, GALLONS OF WATER, URBAN WATER RUNOFF, WHICH MIGHT BE FROM CAR WASHES, RESIDENTIAL IRRIGATION, UH, UNSOLICITED, UH, DISCHARGES. AND THEN ALSO, UH, TREAT THE WATER. AND IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT OUR FUTURE IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR DRAKE CHAVEZ CHAVEZ PARK, AND OUR, UH, FREEWAY. SO WHEN ALL THOSE BECOME ALIGNED, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON THIS, UH, ON THIS SYSTEM. SO, QUICK SUMMARY. UH, OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, PARKS MAINTENANCE DIVISION HAS MODERNIZED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. INVESTMENTS IN SMART IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY, ET BASED SCHEDULING, WHICH IS OUR EVO BOAT. TRANSPIRATION AND TWO WIRE INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE IMPROVED WATER EFFICIENCY ASSISTANCE, RELIABILITY, UPGRADES TO IRRIGATION COMPONENTS, SPRAY HEADS, BOOSTER PUMPS, AND VFD TECHNOLOGY HAVE REDUCED MAINTENANCE COSTS WHILE EXTENDING THE LIFE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN IRRIGATION MODERNIZATION SUPPORTS RESPONSIBLE WATER MANAGEMENT, PROTECTS CITY ASSETS AND HELPS MAINTAIN THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF LONG BEACH PARKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. JUST WANNA CLOSE OUT THAT IRRIGATION IS NOT A ONE TIME INVESTMENT. IT'S A CONTINUED INVESTMENT, UH, WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND INTRODUCTION OF, UH, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE SYSTEM, THE SYSTEMS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING UPGRADED. UH, THERE, JUST LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP UP WITH, WITH THE TIMES AND THE GROWING, UH, INDUSTRY OF IRRIGATION. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO, CAN I ASK SOME QUESTIONS PUBLIC FIRST? WELL, WE WERE JUST GONNA DO PUBLIC FIRST AND THEN I'M GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONERS. I'M GONNA ASK HIM A QUESTION ABOUT HIS PRESENTATION. YEAH. WHEN WE DO THE COMMISSIONER COMMENT. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ON THE PRESENTATION? OH, SORRY. OKAY. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS. SO NOW WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER. SO SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONER REDFIELD HAS THE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I WAS INTERESTED IN, I'LL TURN THAT PAGE. UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE, UH, 200, UH, HUNDRED CAL SENSE. YOU REPLACED 200 IRRIGATION CONTROLLERS. HOW MANY ARE THERE TOTALS? 200 OUT OF 250 OR 200 OUT OF 2000 OR SO. WHAT, SO WHEN WE REPLACED, SOME OF THE PARKS WERE ALREADY HAD CAL SENSE ON IT. UH, BUT IT WAS THE OLDER VERSION. UH, WE ESTIMATED THAT WE DID ABOUT 280 CONTROLLERS TOTAL WITH THE TWO WIRE SYSTEM. WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE CONTROLLERS. WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH MORE VALVES IN THESE CONTROLLERS. SO WE HAVE IN STOCK ABOUT FIVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO USE IN FUTURE PARKS. AND WHAT'S THE LIFE EXPECTANCY ON THEM? THOSE ARE, UH, IT'S ON ME. UH, IT'S GOT A WARRANTY. THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 10 TO 15 YEARS. SO THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT, CORRECT. ? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? OR COMMISSIONER CHAVEZ? * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.