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IT'S GONNA BE 102 DEGREES TODAY.
HOPE EVERYBODY'S READY FOR HELLO.
PLEASE, UH, MUTE YOUR PHONES IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.
UH, SEPTEMBER THE NINTH, 2026.
COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND, VICE CHAIR SALCIDO AND CHAIR CLERK HERE.
FOR THE RECORD, THE VICE CHAIR STO HAS BEEN EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING.
ALL OTHER COMMISSIONERS ASSES ARE THAT ARE ABSENT, ARE UNEXCUSED.
ARE THERE ANY
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PHONES ARE SILENT.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR TO MOVE OR SECOND AN ITEM SO WE CAN HAVE A RECORD OF YOUR VOTE CORRECTLY.
COMMISSIONER FOLKS, PLEASE PROVIDE THE COMMISSION STATE WE ALLOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH IS CULTURALLY DIVERSE, OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS.
PLEASE PROVIDE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
WE, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS OF LEADING INDIGENOUS GROUPS OF ALL THESE GROUNDS FOAM.
WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, FOR PERSEVERANCE AND RESISTANCE IN THEIR SPIRIT.
MAY STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM AND
PLEASE RISE SO THAT WE CAN, SO WE THE FLAG MR. OVER HEART.
RIGHT? OH, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
PLEASE CALL
THANK YOU ION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, MINUTES FOR FRACTIONS? THE MINUTES.
SEEING NONE, WE ARE NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYONE WOULD LIKE EXCUSE STAND, PLEASE STAND.
SEEING NONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL HER VOTE COMMISSIONER.
UH, BUT DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES WHEN THE PACKET WAS SENT TO YOU? IF YOU DID, YOU CAN VOTE.
AND COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND CHAIR CLARK.
RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 18 20 25.
EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT? CHAIR CLARK, MAY WE TAKE A MOTION, PLEASE? YEAH.
I'LL NOW TURN STAFF THE REPORT.
SO WE HAVE OUR, UM, ANNUAL, UM, REPORT ON THE 2025.
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REPORT, BASICALLY JUST SUBMISSION STATEMENT AND THEN DETAILS ON ALL THE MEETINGS, ATTENDANCE AND REPORTS.THIS IS REQUIRED BY PERMISSION.
UM, SO IT WAS EMAILED OUT IN THE PACKET.
WE ALSO HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY FOR YOU GUYS THERE.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW AND THEN OUR APPROVAL IF, UM, CORRECT.
SO WE CAN SEND IT TO THE, UM, CITY MANAGER.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ATTITUDE, PLEASE STAND SEEING NONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER, ANY ELECTION QUESTIONS WE ALL TAKE? YES, CHAIR.
COMMISSIONER FRANCIS, COMMISSIONER HINES, COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH, COMMISSIONER PORTIER, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND CHAIR CLARK.
DID WE WANT TO MOVE NUMBER FIVE, UH, TO NUMBER THREE? WERE WE READING? YES, PLEASE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, WHICH WE'RE DOING AFTER NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE ON DEPARTMENT BUSINESS.
THIS IS TO, UM, UPDATE ON DEPARTMENT BUSINESS.
WHO'S THE SECONDER? THERE WE GO.
I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO HEIDI.
SO A QUICK REPORT REPORT, UM, MS MONTH ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT
UM, SO THIS IS NA, NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SIX SENIOR CENTERS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND WE HAVE BEEN TOURING 'EM DURING OUR MEETINGS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS HERE IN MCBRIDE PARK WHERE WE OFFER PROGRAM NINE TO 2:00 PM CURRENTLY THERE'S ABOUT PROBABLY 60 TO 80 PEOPLE DOING A CHAIR EXERCISE CLASS IN THE GYM, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND, UM, ALONG WITH CELEBRATING THAT MONTH, WE DO PROGRAMS OF COURSE EVERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ON SATURDAYS THAT ARE SENIOR CENTER.
BUT WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL EVENTS GOING OFF OF THE MONTH OF, UM, SEPTEMBER.
AND SO WE'RE CELEBRATING AND ALLOWING EVERYONE TO GO TO OUR DIFFERENT SITES WHERE WE'RE HAVING A SCAVENGER HUNT, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY.
AND SO PRETTY MUCH IF YOU GO TO THESE SITES, YOU GET THIS PUNCH CARD FOR THE EVENTS.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE HAVE A SECRET EVENT, UM, THAT IS PLANNED, THAT IS A DANCE WITH SOME FOOD FOR EVERYONE WHO'S ATTENDING EVENTS.
WE ARE NOT GONNA BE VERY STICKLERS ON IF YOU MISS AN EVENT, YOU'RE STILL INVITED TO COME.
IT'S JUST THE POINT TO GET EVERYONE TO COME TO ALL OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS TO SEE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS. BUT THE LAST EVENTS AT HOW PARK AND, UM, ONCE YOU ATTEND AN EVENT HERE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH HERE AT MCBRIDE PARK, YOU'LL GET A SPECIAL INVITATION TO THAT LAST DANCE, UM, WHERE AGAIN, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DANCING AND FOOD.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN PARTAKE IN SOME OF THESE EVENTS WE HAVE GOING ON FOR NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH AND ENJOY SOME MORE SENIOR CENTERS.
AND THEN ALSO, I WANNA NOW HIGHLIGHT, I DID GIVE YOU GUYS A COPY OF THE BYLAWS IN, UM, THE ACTUAL, UM, PACKET.
I KNOW THEY WERE EMAILED OUT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THAT.
MY BYLAWS ARE OLDER, ONLY 2014.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR US TO UPDATE OUR S UM, SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE WHO'S GONNA BE PRESENTING SHORTLY.
SO IT'D BE A GREAT TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS ON HOW THE PROCESS IS TO UPDATE THE S UM, MAYBE EVEN BRING AD COMMITTEE WE ON OR, BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU GUYS BECAUSE THERE THE ATTORNEY WOULD BE AFRAID TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE BYLAWS ON.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ARE YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF THE BY CASE? YOU'RE RIGHT.
SO, UM, JUST AS, AS A REMINDER, UM, ANYTIME YOU
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WANT SOMETHING ON, UM, THE AGENDA, WE ASK THAT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE MEETING TO EMAIL THE CHAIR AND ME AND I BRING, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD IT.WE DO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE CHAIR.
THERE'S A CHAIR MEETING, UM, THE TWO WEEKS PRETTY MUCH BEFORE THE MEETING, LIKE THE FIRST TWO MONDAYS BEFORE, UM, THE MEETING WHERE WE GO OVER TOPICS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
SO, AND OUR AGENDA IS USUALLY POSTED LIKE THE WEEK BEFORE IT GETS TO YOU, LIKE THAT THURSDAY WEEK BEFORE.
SO WE DO NEED THE INFORMATION, UM, BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, EMAIL THE CHAIR, MYSELF AND IRENE, UM, SO WE CAN ADD IT TO THE AGENDA IN A TIMELY FASHION.
WHAT YOU SEND US TO REMIND YES.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND YOU REMINDERS.
YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REINFORCE THAT WE NEED THE ACTUAL DATE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FINE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'VE EVEN BEEN SO HONEST THAT WE FLIP TWO WEEKS, IN FACT, OUR PERSONAL CALENDAR AND YOU GUYS ARE MEETING TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS BEFOREHAND, WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU MET.
I I DON'T KNOW WITH PREVIOUS CHAIRS YOU MET, BUT IT IS GREAT.
BUT WE NEED MORE HELP BECAUSE A WHOLE MONTH MISSING OUR WHOLE MONTH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING, WE GET SO MANY FRUSTRATIONS ON SO MANY LEVELS TO BETWEEN, UM,
UM, WE NEED ALL THE HELP THAT AND THE NEW, THERE ARE ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION, THEY, IT WILL TAKE THEM FOR A WHILE TO HAVE ON, UH, WHICH THINGS NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH THINGS CAN BE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO WE, WE NEED A LITTLE, LITTLE MORE SUPPORT
OF COURSE WE WILL, UM, TO DEFINITELY SEND REMINDERS.
UM, THE CHAIR MEETING, AS YOU KIND HAVE SAID, IS A NEWER, UM, THIS YEAR WE STARTED NEW CHAIR MEETINGS.
WE'VE BEEN BEEN DOING THEM, UM, ALL ALONG.
BUT THAT IS NEW THING THAT WE STARTED AND IT'S BEEN SUPER HELPFUL TO MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR STUFF IS ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE CHAIR, UM, WANTS ON IT.
SO I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT IRENE SENDS EMAILS OUT, LIKE WHEN THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE AND HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
CIA, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT WE MEET THE MONDAY, NINE DAYS BEFORE THE WEDNESDAY MEETING.
SO WE MET LAST MONDAY, 14 DAYS A MEETING THE LAST MONDAY BE SEMESTER.
YOU CAN MAKE THAT NOTATION IF YOU'D LIKE MONDAY OR THE SECOND.
THE FIRST, IT SOMETIMES FALLS AT THE, UH, END OF A MONTH.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY NINE DAYS BEFORE OUR ACTUAL MEETING.
IT'S ALWAYS ON A MONDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEEING NONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND, DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE AGENDA PACKET THAT WAS EMAILED TO YOU? IF YOU DID, YOU CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A VOTE.
AND, UH, CHAIR, CLERK APPROVE.
MOTION IS CARRIED, BUT WE ARE TAKING A VOTE ON HEIDI'S REPORT.
COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND WAS NOT IN THE BUILDING FOR THE REPORT, SO THAT'S WHAT IS UPSTANDING.
HEY TOY, IF I CAN HAVE YOUR GUIDANCE HERE.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY ARE AT THE MEETING, THEY CAN TAKE A VOTE, BUT I DEFER TO CITY ATTORNEY.
AS LONG AS YOU REVIEW THE PACKET.
HE CAN VOTE ON ITEM, UH, LEADING THE
TYPICALLY YOU DON'T ABSTAIN FROM BULLYING UNLESS THERE'S SOME CONFIDE
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WILL NOW BE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION ON THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM? OKAY, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
SO LEAVE COMMISSIONER, I'LL NOW TURN THINGS OVER TO STAFF.
I'M AN ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY FOR CITY OF BEACH.
SO MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW MY BOSS WITH DAWN MCINTOSH.
I'M HER ASSISTANT 26TH ATTORNEY OFFICE, BUT I, I'M SECOND TO HER.
I'M ALSO THE ADVISOR TO THIS COMMISSION.
I APOLOGIZE IF I HAVEN'T
SO WE ARE ABLE TO STACK TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP.
I'M GONNA BRIEFLY TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT THE BROWN ACT AS WELL AS THE ROBERTS RULES.
I'LL SET OUT 15 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH MY 21ST SLIDES, BUT I ASK YOU TO BRIEF, PLEASE FOLLOW UP ON ANY QUESTIONS UNTIL THE VERY END.
I'LL STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
UH, THE BROWN ACT IS A STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN 19 15 30.
UM, THE MAIN PRINCIPLES ARE THAT THE BROWN ACT WAS ENACTING RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONCERNS ABOUT INFORMATION WE HAD NOT DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD AND THEREFORE THIS LAW WAS PASSED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS INTEGRITY IN THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUBLIC AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THAT THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHIN SECRECY.
THAT'S THE MAIN GIST OF, IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN WORK OF LAWS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UM, I'LL GET TO THE
I WANNA GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
IT STARTED IN 1953 WHEN THE PASSED IN CALIFORNIA.
COMPARED THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE GROUND ACT, AS I MENTIONED, ALL MEANS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO APPLY HUMAN PASSION BECAUSE WE WERE GOING THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS.
AND SO THEREFORE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC'S ALLOW TO COME IN.
UH, THIS BUILDING HERE, UM, SEEMS TO BE SUFFICIENT IN THAT THIS IS AN IDEAL
THE ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND STAFF IS THAT THE MEETING WHEN THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO COME IN, THAT MEANS EVERYONE MAKE SURE THE BUILDING ARE A COMPLIANT.
UM, IF A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU HAVE YOUR LOCATIONS.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL LOCATION WHERE YOU MEET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
UM, THE SECOND BULLET POINT THERE IS THAT A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME.
WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR MEETINGS, YOU ARE A COMMISSION OF NINE MEMBERS.
AND SO WHENEVER THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT, AT ANY POINT IN TIME WHEN YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS OF COMMISSION, YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING, WHETHER IT'S IN THIS BUILDING, WHETHER IT'S OUTSIDE, WHETHER YOU, WHEREVER YOU MAY FIND YOURSELVES TOGETHER, THERE'S FIVE FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE A QUORUM, BUT TECHNICALLY YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING.
SO YOU CAN'T DISCUSS THE BUSINESS BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN POSTED.
AND AGAIN, I'LL GET TO THAT FURTHER IN ONE PRESENTATIONS.
UH, THE LAST ONE I WANT MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IS THAT ONLY MANAGEMENT AGENDA CAN BE DISCUSSED.
YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THE PUBLIC HAS TO HAVE A RIGHT TO SEE AND TALK ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PRESENT THEM.
UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT AT GEN DYNAMICS MAKING.
THE PURPOSE OF THE
IT HELPS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROPERLY DISCUSSED ON LOCAL PATIENTS IN BUSINESS WITHOUT THE PUBLIC BEING PRESENT.
AND IT HELPS PROTECT DEMOCRACY.
SUBJECT TO BROWN ACT LEGISLATE BIAS LIKE YOURSELVES, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN IN ANY SUBCOMMITTEE THAT YOU MAY COME, THAT YOU MAY CREATE IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT.
UM, THE STAFF MEMBER MENTIONED EARLIER THAT IN TERMS OF YOUR BYLAWS, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER CREATING A AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AD HOC COMMITTEE MAY LAST A COUPLE WEEKS OPPOSING UNDER STANDING COMMITTEES THAT LAST FOR MORE PERMANENT DURATION OF TIME.
THEREFORE, THAT STANDING COMMITTEE IS SUBJECT TO THE GROUND MORE LIKELY AD HOC COMMITTEE
SO THAT SAID, IF YOU HAVE FIVE YEAR MEMBERS IN ANY DIFFERENT PLACE AT ANY TAKE OF TIME TO UM,
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YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR MISSION BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT BE A EVALUATION OF THE GROUND.THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW, UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT SPOKE, THE SECOND, GO TO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHERE ONE PERSON CONTACTS, AT LEAST LET'S SAY PERSON CAME CONTACTS FOUR OF YOUR COMMISSION AND INDIVIDUAL ONE BY ONE BY ONE BY ONE.
TALKING ABOUT COMMISSION BUSINESS.
THAT COULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE, THAT'S CALLED THE
ONE PERSON SPEAKING OF FOUR OTHER MEMBERS, THOSE FIVE ARE NOW COURT.
THAT COMMUNICATION IS A VIOLATION AROUND, ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE DA CHAIN, WHERE REMEMBER BLUE CONTACTS NUMBER GREEN, REMEMBER GREEN CONTACT NUMBER ORANGE CONTACT NUMBER B.
IT WAS LIKE A TALK D, B TALK C, C TALK D.
AND YOU GET FIVE OF THOSE PEOPLE COMMUNICATING LIKE THAT.
WELL, THAT TOPIC THAT, SO THEIR JURISDICTION THAT COULD ALSO BE SEEN AS VIOLATION COULD ALSO BE A BROWN VIOLATION WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS ON YOUR BEHALF.
LET'S SAY IT'S YOUR, YOUR SON, YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR HUSBAND, YOUR WIFE, YOUR PARTNER WHO SPEAKS TO ANOTHER COMMISSIONER ON YOUR BEHALF ABOUT COMMISSION BUSINESSING.
MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE MEMBER TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY.
THAT COULD BE ALSO A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN MANAGER.
CAREFUL ABOUT WHO YOU COMMUNICATE TO.
THE NON COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR GONNA HAPPEN.
UH, THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATION ELEMENT HAVE TO BE ONE-ON-ONE.
VERBAL COMMUNICATION COULD BE A TEXT MESSAGE.
WE EMAIL SAME PRINCIPLES APPLY.
YOU HAVE FIVE, YOU ARE COMMUNICATING ABOUT COMMISSION BUSINESS.
AGAIN, THAT COULD BE A RELEVANT VIOLATION.
UH, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS ARE ABOUT.
SO YOU CAN HAVE INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS, RIGHT? YOU CAN TALK TO PEOPLE IN YOUR FAMILY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON COMMISSION.
YOU CAN EVEN TALK TO OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS ABOUT BUSINESS THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE COMMISSION AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE A FORUM.
SO IF TWO OF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE, YOU KNOW, JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
IF YOU HAVE A FILE THAT'S VIOLATION, THAT'S AGAIN, FILE YOU CONSCIENCE IN FORUM.
FORUM MEANS THERE'S A PUBLICS MEETING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE THAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO BE INVITED TO.
AND THAT APPLIES TO ADC AS WELL.
A FOR YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEES GOING NEED LESS THAN A FORUM AD HOC COMMITTEE CREATED.
SO YOU GUYS CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS BEING SORT DELEGATED TO THAT
LIKE THE BYLAWS WOULD BE PERFECT.
YOU GUYS WANT TO TWEAK THE BYLAWS.
YOU CAN COMMIT, YOU COULD CREATE THE A HOC COMMITTEE.
THREE, FOUR PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE FIVE.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, THEY COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE BYLAWS AND HOW YOU WANNA CHANGE THEM AND THEN COME BACK TO COMMISSION AND OH PERCENT WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
OR PUBLIC MEETING, EVERYONE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
OKAY, THIS SLIDE, JUST KIND OF HOSTILE NOTES, TALKS ABOUT WHAT I WAS
YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE OF YOU.
ANY PARTICULAR LIKE PLAN MEETING LIKE THIS, IT BE A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
YOU GET SOMEONE'S HOUSE FOR FIVE OF YOU.
AGAIN, THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE AS YOU DISCUSSED BUSINESS.
UM, FLIP SIDE OF IT'S THAT ALL NINE OF YOU WOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACE.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AS LONG AS DON'T TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS.
THIS IS MORE FOR THE STAFF ABOUT THE POSTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO FOR YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, LIKE THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING, I'LL NEED TO TAKE INTO THAT IN A SECOND.
BUT FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO POST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO YOUR MEETING.
YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, I BELIEVE ARE EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AND USUALLY HAVE A CENTER, THE SENIOR CENTER ON UNFOR.
THOSE ARE YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
ASIDE FROM THE REGULAR MEETINGS, WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOW HAVING A MEETING AT A DIFFERENT TIME AND A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
SPECIAL MEETING REQUIRE TWO FOUR NOTICE
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BEFORE, HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.THINK MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WHEN THE ITEMS ARE POSTED ON YOUR AGENDA, THEY ARE THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, UM, NECESSARY FOR YOUR AGENDA HAS BE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM YOU WANT TO DISCUSS.
THERE A BUDGET THAT THAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT, THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.
AGENDA MUST INCLUDE THE DATE, TIME OF LOCATION OF THE MEETING.
YOU MUST COME FROM THE PUBLIC WITH SPOKE, ATTEND PLANS THAT YOU WILL TALK ABOUT AND IT MUST BE POSTED TO A LOCATION.
PRETTY ACCESSIBLE TO THE AGENDA REQUIREMENTS STAFF.
BUT WE SHOULD BE AWARE, EXCUSE ME, YOUR MOMENT.
NORMALLY WE DON'T ASK QUESTIONS WHEN THE SPEAKER'S SPEAKING, BUT IN TODAY'S SITUATION, IS IT OKAY IF WE ASK THE QUESTION WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING? YOU MAY.
I HEARD I HAVE 15 MINUTES, BUT GO AHEAD.
NO, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I'M SAYING THAT TOGETHER.
JUST, JUST, I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO RAISE YOUR HAND ON THE SPEAKING.
IT'S FINE AS LONG AS THEY GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UH, NEXT, WHETHER YOU HAVE, SO FOR ME, THIS MUST BE
GO OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH UNLESS THERE SOME REASON FOR HAVING OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH.
UM, SOMETIMES THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT, WHICH IS MY SIGNIFICANT STATE, THE LAW OR COURT WORK, HAVE A MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION OF LONG BEACH.
SOMETIMES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH MAY HAVE, UH, AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER CITIES AND MAY BE SOME DEPARTMENTS CITY WE OUTSIDE OF LONG BEACH, OTHER STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED THAT NEED AN EXCEPTION TO ALL THESE HAVE BE, FOLLOW THE JURISDICTION THAT PROBABLY WOULD NOT APPLY TO THIS COMMISSION.
BUT THE EXCEPTION TO RULE MR MEETING ARE ALWAYS HELD FAVOR THE JURISDICTION OF LAW.
THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC.
YOU'LL HAVE A RIGHT TO COMMENT TO YOUR MEETINGS, RIGHT TO REPORT IF THEY WANT TO.
I LIKE TO COMMENT ON
UM, WE'RE TALK TO STAFF ABOUT HOW YOUR AGENDA LAID OUT.
SO THAT TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS, USUALLY THE FIRST COMMENTS PUBLIC COMES TALK ABOUT ITEMS THE LAST PUBLIC JURISDICTION THAT MAY NOT BE ON.
YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ATTEND OPERATION.
THEY HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHO THEY ARE, HAVE OBLIGATION, I SHOULD SAY.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO ALSO SEE BOTH IN REAL TIME ON ITEMS ON THE VIOLATION.
SO ANYONE WHO IS MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO RAISE ALLEGATIONS.
THEY BRING A CIVIL ACTION IN COURT.
TRY TO PREVENT THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN.
UH, TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE ALLEGED THERE'S A PRODUCT VIOLATION, THEY'RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.
MAYBE THEY HAVE EVIDENCE THAT EITHER YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ITEM FOR THE MEETING,
ACTION WITHOUT LEAVING
SO THOSE ARE STILL TYPES OF, UM, ACTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN BRING IN TERMS OF BROWN VIOLATIONS.
THERE'S ALSO A CRIMINAL ELEMENT TO FRAUD VIOLATIONS.
THAT'S WHERE A FINDING HAS MADE THAT THE VIOLATION WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY.
THE COMMISSION, INTENTIONALLY NO COMMISSION FROM THE PHONE.
THAT'S VERY, VERY RARE SOMETHING GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT I BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, IT IS A REAL POSSIBILITY.
BUT THAT'S FOR LIKE I SAID, INTENTIONAL MISCOMMUNICATIONS TO BE HELD.
MOST ISSUE WE TALK ABOUT THE ROBERT RULES BORDER.
UM, THE ROBERT RULES BORDER, LIKE THE BROWN ACT.
THE PRODUCT BEGAN THE STATE LAW.
BUT ROBERT
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY
AS I HAVE A SLIDE HERE, THE CHAIR BASICALLY RUNS THE MEETING, THE BROWN ACT.
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DECISIONS ARE MADE BY THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY.UM, IF THERE'S A, YOU HAVE 90 INFORMATION FOR SOME REASON YOU HAD
GET THAT MAJORITY OF TWO AGREE SOMETHING PAST CHAIR GENERALS.
THE BUSINESS IS A PROPER ORDER ON THE AGENDA, BUT THEY TODAY IT'S PROPER TO TAKE THINGS OUTTA PLACE.
WE NEED TO, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT
UH, YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, VOTE EVERYONE'S TAKING.
THIS NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT THE BOTH THE CHAIR FROM DISCUSSIONS, SHARING CLEAR DECISIONS YOU MADE RECOGNIZE COMMISSION WHO SPEAK ENSURE THAT THE DEBATE IS CONTROLLED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS.
ONE THING I MAY POINT OUT, UH, AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE WITNESSED AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH PEOPLE COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BEING VERY, PEOPLE BOULDER WITH THEIR LANGUAGE COME AND THEY JUST SAY LOT OF CRAZY THINGS DURING ATOMIC OR CONSTANT MOVEMENT.
ONE THING YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF IS THAT ANYONE WHO COMES TO YOUR MEETINGS CAN BE REMOVED OR DISRUPTING A MEETING THAT REQUIRES A NOTICE TO THEM THAT, HEY, WE TO STOP BEHAVIOR
SO JUST NOTE THAT YOU HAVE THAT IN THE TOOLBOX WITH WHOEVER ABSOLUTELY COMES IN
YOUR CALLS FROM THE VOTE, EVERYTHING'S OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR OR THEY CAN BE REMOVED BY RULES AND HAVE, LIKE, WE HAVE SECURITY LIKE CITIZENS.
SO HE PUT MYSELF IN DANGER TO DEAL SOMEBODY IN THE PUBLIC ASKING TO BE REMOVED.
I SAY THAT THEY COULD MAKE ASKED THE YES.
I WOULD NOT ADVISE ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO ACTUALLY TRY TO REMOVE SOMEONE.
BUT THAT'S FOR STAFF OR MAYBE DEPARTMENT RECREATION STAFF'S HERE CAN ASSIST WITH TRYING TO REMOVE SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN UNRU IN YOUR MEETINGS.
I'M NOT ASKING SUGGEST THAT ANY OF YOU GET INVOLVED IN TRYING TO SUPPORT SOMEONE OUT KNOW YOU JUST GIVE THEM A WARNING.
STAFF WILL CONTACT A GROUP OF STAFF HERE AT THIS LOCATION OR THE OTHER LOCATION TO HAVE
I THINK THEY HAVE A SECURITY GUARD.
I DON'T ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU TO TRY TO ACT ACTUALLY PER STEP AS I MENTIONED ON THAT LAST BULLET POINT, IF THERE'S A TIE, THE, UH, MOTION FAIL FOR YOU, THE MAJORITY OF COMPLETE TASK, ANY TYPE OF ITEM YOU ACTIONS WANT TAKE.
WITH THAT, DON'T TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE AD HOC, BUT YOU SAID THE STANDING COMMITTEE IS PERMANENT.
IT'S MORE AND IT IS SUBJECT TO THE GROUND ACT.
AND IN WHAT WAY DOES IT SECRETS? SO WHEN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, WHAT I MEAN BY IT'S MORE T AD HOC OR AD HOC, AGAIN, IF YOU GET AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOUR BYLAWS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE MEETING MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR TIMES TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE WITH THE BYLAWS.
YOU MAY HAVE A PERMANENT STANDING COMMISSION THAT ADDRESSES SOME ISSUE ON ONGOING BASIS THAT MAY GO SEVERAL MONTHS, MAYBE A YEAR.
AND SO FOR THAT, FOR THAT COMMISSION, THE PRODUCT DOES APPLY.
SO WHEN THE STANDING COMMITTEE MEETS, AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE IZED.
UM, THE PUBLIC HAS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
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STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING IS A SEPARATE MEETING, CORRECT? FROM YOUR MEETING LIKE TODAY, RIGHT? OR JUNE THE WEEK.SO OUR COMMISSION, UNLIKE SOME COMMISSION MEETS EVERY MONTH, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY STANDING COMMITTEES THAT ANYMORE, UH, AT THE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE COULDN'T, BUT, UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK, UH, WITHIN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GONNA, I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO DO WELL.
BUT THE REALITY, I I THINK IT WOULD HELP US IF YOU DIDN'T SAY THEY LAST FOR TWO WEEKS.
BECAUSE THE REALITY OF OUR WORK, TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF GETTING THINGS ON THE AGENDA IN TIME ANNOUNCED WITH THE PROPER, UH, ATTACHMENTS AND DOCUMENTS HAS UH, BEEN A STRUGGLE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, REVIVING REVIEWING OUR VISIBILITY PLAN, UPDATING AND REVIEWING OUR VISIBILITY PLAN, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, IT'S TAKEN US ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO FINALLY GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD NEW COMMISSIONERS.
AND IT STILL TO ME IS A, IT, IT FITS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF AN AD HOC COMMITTEE BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC TASK, HAVE A BEGINNING AND END.
UM, BUT I, IF YOU UNDERSTAND, I MEAN ALL THE COMMISSIONS ARE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? YOU UNDERSTAND THE RATE AT WHICH WE
IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE SLOW AND IT'S QUITE FRUSTRATING.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, UH, WE ARE AS IF THEY'RE, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THIS COMMISSION, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
SO WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO WORK WITHIN THESE NEW RULES AND DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY.
BUT IT WOULD HELP US IF YOU DIDN'T SAY AN, A HOC COMMITTEE WORKS FOR TWO WEEKS.
BECAUSE GIMME EXAMPLE, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY LOOK, THE ISSUE IS LIKE YOUR BYLAWS FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU THREE MONTHS TO, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE WHATEVER ISSUES WE HAVE WITH THE BYLAWS.
AND KEEP IN MIND, ALTHOUGH YOUR COMMISSION MEETS ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, IF YOU HAVE A
BUT THE PROBLEM, WHAT WE USED TO BE ABLE TO DO WAS SUBMIT DRAFTS TO EACH OTHER AHEAD OF TIME.
WE CAN'T ALL THAT DRAFTING PROCESS, IF CAROLINE HAS ONE SENTENCE THAT SHE WANTS TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER WAIT ANOTHER MONTH TO ADOPT THAT DOCUMENT.
SO JUST SOME UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND FROM WHOEVER ELSE IS INVOLVED OF WHAT IT'S LIKE ON THE GRASSROOTS TO TRY TO, UM, TAKE SERIOUSLY OUR MANDATE, YOU KNOW, TO YES, YES, MS. UM, I WOULD IMPRESSION THAT STANDING THAT WE HAD A ORIGINAL OPERATE
SO OUR STANDING TO THE MEETINGS WOULD RESOLVED.
SO WE WEREN'T
IS THAT NOT CASE? WELL, KEEP IN MIND THAT WHENEVER YOU CREATE AN AD HOC OR STANDING COMMITTEE, THAT'S FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF STUDYING SOMETHING.
SO THE, THE STANDING COMMITTEE THAT YOU CREATED DIDN'T STUDY ANYTHING BECAUSE NOTHING'S HAPPENING TO THE STUDY.
AND THAT MAY BE A REASON WHY YOU MAY WANNA DISSOLVE IT.
BUT IF YOU'RE HAVING ONGOING MEETINGS AS PART OF THAT PLANNING COMMITTEE TO STUDY WHATEVER THE MISSION MAY BE, THEN IT'S NOT TO KEEP THAT COMMISSION, THAT STANDING COMMITTEE, THAT STANDING COMMITTEE IN PLACE, ION
BUT YOU HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS, YOU CAN'T MEET SOMEBODY'S ROOM.
IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE A STAND MEETING COMMITTEE, IT'S SUBSTITUTE THE WRONG AS THE PUBLIC.
WE DISCUSS HOUSING AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SAFE HOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THEIR UNDERSTANDING HOUSING.
AS LONG AS WE HAD THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN PUBLIC WAS ENGAGED, THEN WE COULD CONTINUE THAT STANDING DISCUSS HOUSING.
YES, BUT ALSO KEEP IN MIND TOO, SO WHEN YOU CREATE THESE COMMITTEES, WHETHER IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR A STUDY COMMITTEE, THE BODY SHOULD BE GIVEN SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR.
SO THAT IF YOU'RE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE STUDYING SPEAKING EXAMPLE, YOU CREATE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF THE WEATHER ON PEOPLE OVERSTANDING AND YOU, YOU MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS TO GATHER INFORMATION TO LET THAT STUDY,
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AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GONNA COME TO THE CONCLUSION, YOU ARE GONNA COME TO SOME RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT YOU FOUND.BUT ONCE YOU COME TO THAT PLACE WHERE YOU GATHER THIS INFORMATION, INFORM, YOU REPORT BACK TO YOUR BODY AS A WHOLE, WHICH YOU FOUND, THEN THERE'S NO LONGER A NEED FOR THAT STANDING COMMUNITY.
SO MAYBE IT IS LOCATED THE BROAD UMBRELLA OF POLICY, LET'S JUST SAY HOW TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT ISSUE OF TRANSPORTATION, LET'S SAY ONE OF THE ISSUES RESOLVED WE SENIOR HAS TO BE RESOLVED AND NOW PASSPORT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, DIFFERENT ISSUES, TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE STANDING COMMITTEE WOULD NOT RESOLVED AS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S JUST DIFFERENT THAT WE STILL GOVERN OURSELVES TO HELP UNDERSTAND FUNCTION ON THEIR BEHALF AS IT RELATES TO THE SUBJECT.
SO
I THINK IN THAT EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, AGAIN, ONE, THE COMMISSION CREATES THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
YOU GIVING GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
AND ONCE YOU DON'T HAVE ONE THING, IT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, RESOLVE.
IF YOU NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER ISSUES AND YOU AGAIN CREATE ANOTHER, UM, STANDING COMMITTEE, MAYBE BE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THAT STANDING COMMITTEE.
BUT YOU WANT, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A STANDING COMMITTEE THAT'S JUST LIKE A, DON'T SAY FREE FOR ALL, BUT JUST, IT'S JUST THERE TO STUDY THINGS THAT MAY POP UP HERE AND THERE.
A SPECIFIC THING DOESN'T MEAN
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? COMMISSIONER HEINZ, CAN YOU USE YOUR MIC PLEASE? WELL, THE LEGAL ISSUE THAT WE WANTED TO
IS THERE A NATIONAL CONDITION? BECAUSE IT COULD RANGE FROM 50 FROM THE A RP TO 60 55, 62, 67 70.
SO CAN WE GET SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY IS A SENIOR OR A OLDER ADULT, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I THINK THE, THE BYLAWS, WHICH WE ARE THE
SO ABOUT, AS WE DO NEGATIVE WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, RUN INTO CONVERSATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WILL SAY, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE GOING SAY ALL SENIORS, WE WOULD LIKE ALL SENIORS TO RIDE ON BEACH TRANSIT FOR FREE.
I'M SURE ON BEACH TRANSIT WILL SAY THAT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND, UH, CENSUS.
BUT THEN THEY SAID YOU'RE GONNA GO 70 AND ABOVE.
THAT WILL REDUCE THE COST OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO SPONSOR OR FINANCE.
SO WE HAD SOME KIND OF PLANS WHERE WE COULD USE IT TO SAY IT WON'T AFFECT 80,000 PEOPLE NOW AFFECT 14,000 BASED ON AGE AND AND DEMOGRAPHIC OR CENSUS.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A, I'M NOT AWARE LEGAL IMPLEMENTATION THAT YOU HAVE, THE FACT THAT IT'S BIG AND I GETS ABOVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THIS ION DECIDE ON WHAT YOU THINK IS THE APPROPRIATE PAGE THAT YOU WANT RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO I WANNA BASICALLY YOU INTO SAYING YOU ONLY WANNA TALK ABOUT CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC WHEN YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT
OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA SORT OF NARROW YOUR SCHOOL JURISDICTION WHAT YOU CAN DO.
AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT, THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S YOUR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.
BUT I THINK YOU MAY WANNA START MORE BROADER, MORE NARROW.
YOU ALWAYS, YOU CAN ALWAYS NARROW THE ISSUE ISSUES BE FIT.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE WANNA START OFF BY SAYING WE'RE ONLY GONNA LOOK AT PEOPLE WITHIN A SIX OR SEVEN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR OUR COMMISSION WORK WITH.
I WAS WONDERING IS IS THERE A NATIONAL DEFINITION LIKE ALREADY ESTABLISHED OR IS IT, DOES SOMEBODY ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE OF? I THINK TO ME, I THINK IT VARIES ON THE TOPIC.
SOCIAL SECURITY MEANS VARIES DEPENDING ON WHAT TOPIC YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE DEFINITION OF A SENIOR MAY CHANGE BECAUSE YOU, A-R-P-A-R-P SAYS SOCIAL SECURITY SAYS 62.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TOPIC BEST IS WHERE YOU'LL FINE WITH THE AGE RANGES.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS?
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SEEING NONE, IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? COURT PLEASE CALL VOTE COMMISSIONER CIA COMMISSIONER FRANCIS APPROVED.
COMMISSIONER PORTIER, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND CHAIR TALK APPROVED.
THANK YOU CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE NEXT ITEM RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S 2028 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPICS GAMES PLAN.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DECIDE? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER SMITH MOVED SECOND.
THANK AND YOU CAN GET A LITTLE, WE'RE RAISED AMERICAN NOW.
I'LL TURN THE THINGS OVER TO
UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S UNDERTAKING IN PREPARATION OF THE 2020 A SUMMER OF OLYMPIC
MY NAME IS SEAN DEVEREUX AND I'M ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, UM, UH, WORKING IN THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL.
AND I AM SPECIFICALLY AM A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, FOCUSED AND WORKING ON, UH, THESE NAMES, PREPARATIONS.
UM, I DO HAVE, UH, UM, ABOUT 20 SLIDES TO GET THROUGH.
UM, THEN WE, UM, HAVE JUST ABOUT 13 MINUTES LEFT IN, IN THE MEETING, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WE MAY GO A LITTLE LONGER.
I'D HAVE TO ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE.
I DO ASK, HOWEVER, AS GARY DID, THAT YOU HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END, BECAUSE CHANCES ARE I MIGHT COVER A TOPIC THAT YOU, YOU HAVE A PRESSING QUESTION ABOUT.
SO AS PRESENTING, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST JOTTING DOWN A COUPLE OF NOTES IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AT THE END.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL GET STARTED.
THE LONG BEACH IS NO STRANGER TO LISTENING, VERY LARGE
JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HOST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, MOST RECENTLY WE JUST, UM, UH, HAD OUR BANDS WORKED TOUR, WHICH IS A GIANT PUNK ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL THAT OCCURS IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
AND DURING THAT WEEKEND WE HAD ABOUT 180,000, UH, VISITORS TO THAT EVENT.
UM, THE, THE, THE MOST PROBABLY, UH, PREDOMINANTLY EVENT THAT WE ARE ALL AWARE OF, AT LEAST I AM QUITE WELL AWARE OF, IS THE, IS THE ANNUAL GRAND PRE FESTIVAL THAT OCCURS IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH EVERY SPRING.
UM, AND THAT EVENT PULLED ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE OVER THE, THE WEEKEND, UM, FOR THE GRAND PRIX THIS YEAR.
UM, WHEN THE OLYMPICS COME TO TOWN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOSTING EVENTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE FOR VERY LONG DURATIONS OF TIME,
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEW FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THESE WEEKEND FESTIVALS, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT, UM, AL WILL HELP US IN DELIVERING THE GAMES SPECIAL EXTENDED PERIOD.
BUT THIS IS TRULY A TEST FOR LONG BEACH AND OUR RESOURCES.
UM, AND WE ARE IN GOOD IN, IN A GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW TO, TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGE THAT ON THE LONG BEACH IS A VENUE CITY.
UM, LA IS THE HOST CITY FOR THE SUMMER GAMES.
UM, AND AS THE VENUE CITY, LONG BEACH HAS THE MONIKER OF BEING THE LARGEST VENUE CITY FOR THE SUMMER, UM, FOR THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.
AND WE ARE IN EQUAL PAIRING WITH LA FOR OUR, UM, FOR THE PARALYMPICS, WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF EVENTS APPEARING IN LONG BEACH AS IN LA DURING THOSE GAMES.
UM, WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION TICKETED FANS IN LONG BEACH OVER THE DURATION OF THE OLYMPIC AND THE PARALYMPIC GAMES.
AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS JUST TICKETED FANS.
IT DOESN'T COUNT ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBERS, THE ATHLETES THAT ARE COMING TO TOWN.
THE PRESS, THE DIGNITARIES, THE HUGE NUMBER OF VISITATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WILL FAR OUT OUTNUMBER JUST THOSE TICKETED SEATS IN LONG BEACH DURING THE EVENTS.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS MAP THAT'S, UM, INTENTIONALLY UNREADABLE JUST TO GIVE YOU REALLY THE SPOKEN SPAN OF WHAT THESE GAMES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
THEY'RE TRULY UNCOVERING THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.
AND IN FACT, UH, MANY STATES WILL BE ACTIVATED WITH SOME, UM, SPORTING COMPETITIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAMES.
UM, AND, BUT THE FEW OF THE, UM, DURING GAMES EVENTS OCCURRING IN BOTH OKLAHOMA CITY.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S QUITE A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
IN FACT, I HEARD RECENTLY FROM A PRESENTER FROM LA 28,
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UM, THAT THIS, THESE SUMMER GAMES WILL BE THE LARGEST GATHERING OF HUMANS OUTSIDE OF WARTIME ACTIVITY IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF HUMANITY.SO THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE GLOBAL EVENT THAT'S COMING TO TOWN, AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED FOR.
UH, WE WILL HOST, UH, 11, UH, SPORTING EVENTS FOR DURING THE OLYMPICS IN LONG BEACH, AND WE'LL BE ACTIVATED DURING 17 OF THE 18 COMPETITION DAYS.
UM, OUR, OUR COMPETITION DAYS WILL HAVE ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE, UH, THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, ON THOSE DAYS.
SOME DAYS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN OTHERS, BUT IT WILL BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ACTIVATION DURING LONG BEACH.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE OF THE PARALYMPICS THAT WE HAVE EVENTS OVER 12 OF THE 14 COMPETITION DAYS, EQUAL NUMBER OF EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES, UM, WITH SEVERAL TICKETED SESSIONS AND MEDALING EVENTS.
THOSE MEDALING EVENTS WILL BE ESPECIALLY EXCITING IN LONG BEACH AS THEY WILL, UM, POLLINATE INTO FESTIVALS AND, AND, UH, UH, AND CELEBRATIONS AND, AND, AND REALLY THE, UH, UH, A WONDERFUL LITTLE EDGE TO, TO, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU CAN SEE BY THIS MAP THAT IS MUCH LESS INTENTIONALLY BUSY, UM, BUT UM, BUT CERTAINLY CHOCKED FULL OF INFORMATION THAT MOST OF THE, UH, OLYMPIC ACTIVATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN LONG BEACH WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COAST.
UM, WE HAVE MORE DISTINCT VENUE AREAS WITH, UM, UH, WITH COMPETITIONS.
YOU CAN SEE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH OCCURRING AT OAKLAND CONVENTION CENTER AND ALAMEDA BEACH.
UM, ALAMEDA BEACH WILL HOUSE A TEMPORARY, UH, VOLLEYBALL BEACH, VOLLEYBALL FIELD THAT WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A BLIND FOOTBALL, UM, ARENA DURING THE PARALYMPIC GAMES.
UM, THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY POOL INSTALLED IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT WILL HOUSE, UM, SOME COMPETITIONS DURING THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF ARTISTIC SWIMMING AND WATER POLO.
AND THAT WILL BE CONVERTED TO, UM, TO A, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE SWIMMING COMPETITIONS FOR THE PARALYMPICS.
SO EVERY SWIMMING COMPETITION FOR PARALYMPICS WILL APPEAR HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UH, AND THEN IN GENERALLY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE WILL HAVE RIFLE SHOOTING AND BALL AND SITTING VOLLEYBALL DURING THE, UM, DURING THE PARA GAMES AND, AND, AND PARA SHOOTING DURING PARA GAMES.
INTERNALLY, UH, MOVING DOWN THE COAST, WE HAVE AMONT SHORE, UM, REGION THAT WILL HAVE OPEN WATER SWIMMING, GROWING, UM, UH, COASTAL ROWING AND WINDSURFING AND TIGHT SAILING.
THAT, UM, EVENT VENUE WILL NOT BE ACTIVATED DURING THE PARALYMPIC GAMES.
UM, BUT THE FINAL EVENT, UM, AREA WILL BE RE STADIUM ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR THE 1932 GAMES.
AND THIS WILL BE THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT IT'S REENGAGED FOR THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION IN ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS.
AN INTERESTING ANECDOTE ABOUT THE MARINE STADIUM, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS DEPICTION HERE THAT, UM, SINCE ITS ITS OPENING, WE CONSTRUCTED THE SECOND STREET BRIDGE, WHICH BISECTS ABOUT 500 METERS OFF OF THE FULL PORTION OF THE MARINE STADIUM.
AND SO IN ORDER FOR THE COMPETITION, THE NEW SPRINT, UM, AND THE PARA NEW SPRINT TO OCCUR AT THE MARINE STADIUM, AGAIN, THERE HAD TO BE A VOTE TAKEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING BODY OF THAT SPORT COMPETITION TO REDUCE THEIR TRADITIONAL 2000 METER COURSE TO A 1500 METER COURSE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE BACK AT MARINE STADIUM IN SUCH A DESPERATE BANK.
UM, SO, SO TRULY IT WAS ALMOST CONNECTED THAT ALLOWED US TO, TO HAPPEN WITH ALL OF THE MOVING PARTS THAT HAD TO GO INTO THAT.
YOU CAN SEE A FEW STARS DEPICTED IN THIS MAP AS WELL.
AND THOSE INDICATE THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE, UM, CONFIRMED, UM, HOSPITALITY HOUSES FOR VARIOUS, UM, INTERNATIONAL, UM, UH, PARTNERS.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE, UH, ARTICULATED IN DOWNTOWN AND THEN ONE ARTICULATED OVER NEAR GREEN STADIUM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE IN DETAIL IN JUST A MINUTE IN ADVANCE OF THE GAMES.
UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH PARTNERED WITH, UH, A, UM, CONTRACT ORGANIZATION CALLED KPMG TO HELP US ESTABLISH A ROADMAP OF PREPARATION.
UM, FOR THIS, UM, THIS ONCE AND UP IN MY LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY, UM, LONG BEACH HAS HOSTED, HAS BEEN A VENUE CITY FOR THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION SINCE, WILL BE OUR THIRD TIME IN 84, UM, WAS OUR LAST, UH, OLYMPICS, UM, OPPORTUNITY IN SO LAKE, CALIFORNIA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE LEFT IN THE CITY FROM THOSE 84 GAMES.
SO ALL OF US ARE WORKING, UM, UH, ON THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIMES IN OUR LIFE.
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, CONTRACTED WITH KPMG TO GIVE US A ROADMAP AND ESTABLISH SOME, UM, SOME GUIDE RAILS FOR US TO, TO ATTAIN.
AND THERE WERE THREE PRE PROMINENT ISSUES THAT CAME UP, UM, AS NORTH STARS
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FOR US IN, IN THIS ROADMAP TO, UM, DEVELOPMENT.FIRST IS THAT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE GAMES, UM, BENEFITED ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST THOSE AREAS THAT BEEN ALREADY IMPACTED ON THE POST, BUT TRULY THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE LONG BEACH TO EXPERIENCE THE GAMES IN SOME CAPACITY WITH WATCH PARTIES, FANS ZONES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVATIONS THAT CAN BLOW OVER ALL THROUGHOUT TOWN SAFETY IS CANNED ABOUT.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO COMES TO THESE, UM, TO VISIT THESE EVENTS ARE SAFE AND SECURE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, FINALLY WE WANT TO ABSOLUTELY ENSURE THAT THE OLYMPICS AND PARALYMPICS DON'T EXIST AS A BLIP ON THE RADAR, BUT TRULY OUR, UH, UH, OUR, UH, UH, CATALYST TO PROVIDE SOME LEGACY, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR LONG BEACH TWO EXPERIENCE FAR BEYOND WHEN THE GATES UNDERGO.
SO THIS REQUIRED THE CITY TO DO SOME INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS AND, AND, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT OUR EXISTING OFFICE OF SPECIAL LIMITS AND FILMING, WHICH DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB COORDINATING ALL OF THOSE EVENTS WITH LOGOS THAT WE PICKED EARLIER IN OUR, IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THEY, THEY ARE A ONE-STOP SHOP.
AND THIS IS UNIQUE FOR LONG BEACH, HONESTLY.
UM, LOS ANGELES DOESN'T HAVE A SIMILAR, UM, DEPARTMENT, AND IN FACT, THIS, UM, DEPARTMENT HAS HELPED US TO REALLY STREAMLINE A LOT OF PROCESSES FOR THESE BIG EVENTS.
UM, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
SO THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS, UM, WISDOM CREATED THIS OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL AS A LEGACY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GAMES.
AND IN OUR OFFICE, WE ARE FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND WITH, WITH ME AND MY ROLE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH A COLLEAGUE WHO'S IN THE OFFICE NAMED RA BERG, WHO'S SERVING AS OUR FIRST PROTOCOL OFFICER IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, AND THEN IN, UM, UH, REALLY
AND SO THIS OFFICE OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT AND PROTOCOL IS BRAND NEW AND LONG BEACH AND JUST LAUNCHED, UM, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND THEN INTERNALLY, JUST FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A PRETTY, UH, LARGE NETWORK OF FOLKS WORKING INTERNALLY ON, ON, UH, ON GAMES TO PLAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE SUBGROUPS, UM, BELOW, UH, REPRESENT ABOUT 120 CITY STAFF THAT ARE WORKING IN VARIOUS ELEMENTS, UH, FOR A PREPARATION, UH, ALL BEING LED BY AN EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM.
AND THEN DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, ARE SERVING AS THE STEERING COMMUNITY FROM ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT IN LONG BEACH.
I'D LIKE TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT TO TALK A LITTLE MORE REGIONALLY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF PREPARATION THAT'S GOING INTO THE, INTO THE GAMES.
SO THERE IS, UH, MOBILITY AND, AND, UM, UM, AND, AND ACCESS ARE, ARE TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR THESE GAMES.
UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WILL, WILL REALLY PICK UP AND, UH, AND TAKE OFF.
UH, AND OUR, OUR INTERSTATE NETWORK, OUR, UH, OUR HIGHWAY NETWORK IS, IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON TRANSPORTATION, AND THERE ARE TWO MAIN THINGS THAT I WANNA MENTION TODAY, UH, AT THIS COMMISSION MEETING.
FIRST IS THE GAMES ROUTE NETWORK, UM, WHICH WILL OCCUPY, UM, LANES ON SEVERAL OF OUR FREEWAYS THAT WILL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, FOR ACCESS BY OFFICIAL, UM, GAMES RELATED INDIVIDUALS.
SO THESE ARE ATHLETES, COACHES, DIGNITARIES, PRESS, UM, ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO BE IN AN EVENT FOR THE EVENT TO OCCUR.
UM, IT, IT'S UNDER MY, UM, UH, UNDER MY IMPRESSION AND IT LOOKS TO BE THE CASE THAT MANY OF THE EXISTING CAR POOL LANES WILL BE CONVERTED TO THESE GAMES ROUTE NETWORKS DURING THE GAMES, UM, THEMSELVES.
AND SO THOUGH THE, THAT ROUTE AND THOUGH THAT MAPPING HAS NOT YET BEEN, UM, UM, BEING CODIFIED AND IS NOT READY YET FOR, UM, FOR, FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, BUT WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT GETS FINALIZED, UM, BY ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON IT BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO START, UM, SHARING INFORMATION, VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT NETWORK LOOKS, LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN, UM, FINALLY ON THE, ON THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, UH, TOPIC, UM, THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
LA METRO IS ADDING SOMETHING LIKE 1700 ADDITIONAL BUSES.
UM, THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, UM, ADDITIONAL ROUTES WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT JUST TO GET FOLKS FROM MENU TO VENUE.
AND AGAIN, UM, THOSE MAPS AREN'T YET ARTICULATED.
THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE GAMES ROUTE NETWORK TO THESE FINALIZED, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE FINALIZATION OF THE ENHANCED TRANSIT SYSTEM.
AND THEN OTHER NEWS FOR STANDBY FOR THAT, UM, THAT COMES DOWN TO THE SAFETY ITSELF.
SO THE, THE SAFETY COORDINATION OF THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES, UH, HAS, UH, HAS FALLEN UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF, UH, OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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SO SECRET SERVICE IS LEADING THE EFFORT FOR, UM, FOR ESTABLISHING THE SAFETY OF THESE GAMES.UH, THEY'VE BEEN DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL SECURITY, UH, NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY, AND THAT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SECURITY THAT, UM, THAT AN EVENT CAN HAVE IN, UH, IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT IT'S BEING APPLIED TO, UH, OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, SO SECRET SERVICES LEADING THE CAUSE, THERE ARE 22 SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON SAFETY ISSUES.
AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS A REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH ONE OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO ARTICULATE THE EXACT PERIMETER, UM, SAFETY PERIMETERS AROUND EACH OF THE VENUE AREAS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC REGION.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE VERY CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR US TO SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS IN LONG BEACH.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO ARTICULATE AND FINALIZE THOSE MAPS AND HOPE TO SEE THOSE BEFORE THE END OF THE, OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR AS WELL.
SO OUR APPROACH TO THE GAMES, WE ARE FIRMLY OUT OF OUR FIRMLY OUT OF OUR FOUNDATION STAGE.
WE, UM, SPENT MOST OF THIS YEAR IN OPERATIONAL PLANNING.
WE'RE STILL HAVE A FEW OPERATIONAL PLANNING DETAILS TO SOLIDIFY, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING INTO THIS TESTING AND DELIVERY PHASE.
UM, AND MOST, UM, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY, UM, REALLY TESTED A HUGE SPORTS ACTIVATION THIS SUMMER WITH WORLD CUP ACTIVATIONS THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT
UH, AND THIS WAS DESIGNED DELIBERATELY, UM, TO SEE HOW LONG, HOW OUR STAFF RESOURCES AND OUR CITY RESOURCES RESPONDED TO BEING STRETCHED A LITTLE THIN.
'CAUSE DURING ALL OF THESE ACTIVATIONS, WE WERE STILL HOSTING THE VANS WORKED OR MULTIPLE COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT TOWN.
SO WE WERE REALLY, UM, THIS WAS A GOOD TEST, UM, TESTING GROUND FOR US TO SEE WHAT THE GAMES COULD LOOK LIKE IN, IN 25 8.
SO DURING THE GROUP STAGE OF THE WORLD CUP, WE HAVE, UM, WE HOSTED 43, UM, VIEWINGS OF MATCHES IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, CLOSE OFF THE STREETS IN ON PINE AVENUE, AND HAD ABOUT 43,000 UM, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE MATCHES DURING THE GROUP STAGE, DURING THE KNOCKOUT STAGE.
WE TOOK THAT SHOW ON THE ROAD AND MOVED OUR BIG SCREEN AROUND TO EVERY SINGLE, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT IN LONG BEACH AND HELD MATCHES IN THE PARK.
AND ALL OF THAT CULMINATED WITH A LARGE BEACH STREETS ACTIVATION FOR THE WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH, UM, WHERE WE CLOSED DOWN ABOUT A FIVE MILE STRETCH OF BROADWAY CORRIDOR AND HAD, UH, OVER 83,000 ATTENDEES AT THAT EVENT.
UM, AND I THINK ALL OF 'EM WERE AT BIXBY PARK DEPICTED HERE WATCHING THE FINAL MATCH OF THE WORLD CUP.
IT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY POPULAR, VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, UH, UH, ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND, AND ONE THING IS FOR SURE IS THAT THIS WAS DEFINITE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY LOVED IT.
UM, THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUES.
UM, EVERY, IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY, FROM FROM ALL ACCOUNTS, IT WAS, UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL UNDERTAKING.
AND I MENTIONED, UM, WE'LL KIND OF COME BACK TO THE GAMES NOW, AND I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE, UM, SECURED THREE HOSPITALITY HOUSES, UM, SO FAR, BUT WE ARE ALSO WORKING, UM, WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, WITH SOME DOMESTIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ESTABLISH TEAM HEADQUARTERS, TO WORK WITH BRANDS, TO DO SOME BRAND ACTIVATIONS DURING THE GAMES, AND OF COURSE TO ESTABLISH SOME WATCH PARTIES THROUGHOUT TOWN.
AND SO MY, UM, MY TEAM IS REALLY FOCUSED IN WORKING, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY IN ESTABLISHING ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE GAMES, WHICH WE CAN KIND OF CONSIDER AS SORT OF EXTRACURRICULAR THINGS THAT WILL GOING, THAT WILL BE GOING ON, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE EVENTS THEMSELVES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY HOUSES THAT WE'VE SECURED.
UM, GREECE WAS THE FIRST TO, UM, CHOOSE LONG BEACH AS A, AS THEIR HOME.
THIS WILL BE THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT GREECE HAS HELD A HOSPITALITY HOUSE, UM, DURING THE OLYMPIC GAMES, WHICH IS REMARKABLE TO ME BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FOUNDERS OF THIS, UM, GIGANTIC GLOBAL EVENT.
UM, THEY'LL BE OCCUPYING THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, UM, ON THIS, UM, ECH.
UH, THEY'LL BRING THE, THEY INTEND TO BRING SOME ANTIQUITIES FROM GREECE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, CURATED MUSEUM SHOW, TEMPORARY MUSEUM SET UP, ONE TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPICS.
AND THE SECOND IS TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY, THEY THINK WE NEED TO LEARN A THING OR TWO THERE.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DISPLAY MYSELF.
UM, DENMARK WAS THE SECOND COUNTRY TO CALL LONG BEACH HOME DURING THE GAMES, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY USING LONG BEACHES THERE, ENTIRE HUB.
SO THE ENTIRE DANISH DELEGATION WILL BE, UM, UH, STAYING AT THE WESTIN HOTEL.
UH, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THEIR DIGNITARIES, ALL OF THEIR ATHLETES, THEIR PRESS, UM, ALL OF THE SUPPORT STAFF AND,
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UH, AND THE FOLKS COMING WITH THEM.UM, THE, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT DENMARK AND THE COOLEST THING IS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAILING THIS SHIP DEPICTED HERE FROM COPENHAGEN TO LONG BEACH THAT WILL BE PARKED AT THE END OF, UH, THE PINE AVENUE HERE AND SERVED AS A, AS A SPECIAL EVENT VENUE DURING THE GAMES, UM, FOR HOSTED RECEPTIONS WITH, UM, WITH THEIR ATHLETES AND DIGNITARIES.
AND IT'S A PRETTY INCREDIBLE UNDERTAKING.
AND THEN FINALLY, IRELAND WILL BE CALLING LONG BEACH HOME AS WELL, UH, AND THEY WILL BE AT OVATION SQUARE ON PINE AVENUE IS ON I THINK NINTH AND FIFTH, UH, WHERE THERE WILL BE, UH, EE EVERYTHING, UM, THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE FROM, FROM IRELAND WILL BE DEPICTED THERE, UM, IN INCLUDING A VOLUMINOUS AMOUNT OF GUINNESS.
UM, BUT THE, THE, THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS OFFICER FROM IRELAND INSTRUCTED THE COORDINATORS.
THEY CAN'T JUST HAVE A DRINKING PARTY THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING, UM, ARTS AND CULTURE RELATED TO.
SO THERE WILL BE PERFORMANCES AND DANCING AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS FOR THE TEAM IRELAND PERHAPS AS WELL.
UH, AND HERE ARE SOME, SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THESE ACTIVATIONS LOOK LIKE IN PARIS.
UM, DEPICTED HERE IS THE PARISIAN CITY HALL.
UM, WE INTEND TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AT LONG BEACH CITY HALL FOR A LARGE WATCH PARTY FAN ZONE ACTIVATION IN FRONT OF OUR, OUR, OUR BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT THERE ARE SOME LEGACY PIECES, UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, UH, THAT FAR OUTLIVE THE, THE GAMES THEMSELVES.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF LEGACY CAN BE A, A ROBUST VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
BUT I'M WORKING WITH, UM, INTERNALLY AND, UM, AND EXTERNALLY IN ESTABLISHING A, UH, PRE-GAMES VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TOGETHER AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS TO GET LONG BEACH READY FOR THE GLOBAL STAGE IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND HOPING THAT THAT, UM, THAT THAT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES AND SOME SERVICES TO LONG BEACH, UM, AFTER THE GAMES COME AND GO.
UH, AND, UH, AND PROBABLY MOST SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LEGACY FRONT, I'M WORKING VERY HARD TO ESTABLISH A $20 MILLION ENDOWMENT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TAP INTO FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING FAR, UH, FAR IN ADVANCE OR THEY'RE FAR BEYOND THE GAMES THEMSELVES.
UH, AND THESE, THIS, THIS YOUTH ENDOWMENT WILL, WILL PROVOKE, WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ALL SORTS OF YOUTH PROGRAMMING, UM, IF WE CAN MEET THAT MARK.
UM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR VERY FIRST COMMITMENT AND DONATION TOWARD THAT GOAL FROM WELLS FARGO BANK.
SO, UH, A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT PUBLICLY SOON.
THEN FINALLY, THE, THE, SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IS THAT, UM, THAT WE HOPE THAT LONG BEACH WILL ALSO BE, UH, PART OF THE TORCH RELAY PATH.
IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE SUBMITTED A VERY COMPELLING LETTER OF INTEREST TO, UH, LA 28, UH, UH, TEAM, UM, INDICATING AND EXPRESSING OUR INTEREST IN THE TORCH.
THE TORCH CAME THROUGH LONG BEACH IN 84, UM, AND WHILE LA 28 HAS NOT COMMITTED PUBLICLY THAT THE TORCH WILL COME THROUGH LONG BEACH.
I'D BE VERY SURPRISED IF IT DOES NOT.
UM, AND SO HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF INTERESTING STATS ABOUT THE TORCH.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE TORCH, UM, WILL SET FOOT AND EVERYONE WILL TOUCH GROUND IN EVERY ONE OF OUR 50 STATES.
UM, THERE WILL BE ABOUT 400 CITIES, UH, THAT THE TORCH WILL GO THROUGH ON ITS FULL PATH.
IT'LL BE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR ABOUT 10 TO 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THE GAMES THEMSELVES.
UM, AND THE, THE ONE REMARKABLE PIECE TO, TO THIS FULL THING THAT REALLY KIND OF BLEW MY MIND IS THIS TORCH NEEDS A COHORT OF ABOUT 300 PEOPLE TRAVELING WITH IT AT ALL TIMES.
AND SO THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME IF THEY COME THROUGH LONG BEACH TOO.
UH, THAT REALLY IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ABOUT THE GAMES PLANNING THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE DO HAVE A VERY ACTIVE WEBSITE, A MAILING LIST THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR.
UM, AND WE HAVE DIRECT EMAIL COMMUNICATION AVAILABLE AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THAT EMAIL, UM, HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE.
I REALLY HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTERS, TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AND TO REALLY GET FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE MOVING PIECES, UH, THE, THE GAMES THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING, PREPARATION FOR THESE GAMES.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PLEASE SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT'S OUT, UM, AND WE ARE ACCEPTING, UM, RESPONSES FOR THESE RESPONSES.
THE RES, UH, WE WILL CLOSE THIS SURVEY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 1100 RESPONSES.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER MULTIPLIED TENFOLD.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, UM, SUBMIT SOME RESPONSES AND SHARE THE SURVEY OF ALL EFFORTS, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, SEAN, DEBORAH, ROBIN,
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UM, MY FATHER, NONE.OH, I ADMIRE WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT, UM, HAS INCORPORATED SENIOR VALUE IDENTIFI.
SO, SO APPARENTLY THAT THAT ENDOWMENT FUND IS DEFINITELY DIRECTED TOWARD, UM, TOWARD YOUTH POPULATION.
WE CURRENTLY AREN'T WORKING ON ANY SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE, ARE SENIOR BASED, UM, IN, IN THE PLANNING AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
ALTHOUGH I, I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT WE, UM, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I CAN IMAGINE, UM, BEING, UM, UH, RELATED TO, TO OUR, OUR SENIOR DEMOGRAPHICS, OUR ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY.
AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF WORK BEING DONE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE, UH, SIGNIFICANT MICRO MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, DURING THE GAMES THEMSELVES.
AND THAT, AND ACCESS IS A, IS A, A, A REAL BIG PIECE OF THE EQUATION.
UH, WE HAVE A STANDING MONTHLY MEETING WITH, UH, LA 28 ORGANIZERS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AND, UM, AND, AND MOBILITY CONCERNS.
AND SO THAT IS ONE AREA THAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON, PLEASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER
SO
BUT THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN COMING OUT, I, I WOULD ANTICIPATE PROBABLY FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEE THAT NOMINATION FORM COMING THROUGH AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COMMISSION TO TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND, AND PUT SOME NOMINATIONS IN PLACE.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE SIDETRACK HERE.
LA 28 IS ACTIVELY, UM, ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICIAL OLYMPIC, UH, PARTICIPATION.
UH, AND THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS OF ENTRY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE, IN THE, AS AN OFFICIAL OLYMPICS VOLUNTEER.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, YOU, UH, THEY ARE REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO BE 18 OR OLDER AT TIME OF APPLICATION.
UM, THEY HAVE TO COMMIT TO, UM, TEN EIGHT HOUR NON-CONSECUTIVE SHIFTS DURING THE OLYMPIC OR PARALYMPIC GAMES, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT TIME OF COMMITMENT.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING GROUPS TO VOLUNTEER, UM, EITHER.
SO ONLY INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO APPLY.
SO UNDERSTANDING THESE VERY HIGH BARRIERS OF PARTICIPATION FOR THE OLYMPIC VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE, WE ARE BEING VERY, UM, PROACTIVE ENCOUNTERING THOSE BARRIERS WITH PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE BUILDING FOR LONG BEACH.
SO THE, THE PREGAMES VOLUNTEERS THAT WE, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE, UM, MINGLING HOPEFULLY BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, UM, WILL ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO BE 16 OR OLDER TO VOLUNTEER INDEPENDENTLY.
BUT WE ARE ALSO ENSURING THAT WE BUILD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO VOLUNTEER TOGETHER.
SO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS WILL BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER WITH THEIR DEPENDENTS AGED EIGHT TO 15 AS WELL.
AND, AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, CONCEIVABLY, UH, A, A PLACE FOR WHERE WE COULD VOLUNTEER.
AND, AND I HAVE, WE HAVEN'T ARTICULATED YET WHAT OUR COMMITMENT LEVEL WILL BE, BUT IT WILL BE FAR LOWER THAN 80 HOURS OF SERVICE IN 10 DAY PERIOD.
SO, SO PERHAPS TWO SHIFTS, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT TRICK MISS MY CONCERN, UH, HAS TO DO WITH, UH, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE FEAR THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, VERY LEGITIMATE.
UM, EVENTS AND THE ROLE OF ICE.
SO I HOPE THAT THERE ARE, UH, ENOUGH PEOPLE ON PLANNING COMMITTEE, ANY SORT, PATHETIC I AM IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE COOPERATE, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ALTERNATIVE FACULTY CONCERN.
I, I AM, I AM, UH, I HAVE THIS VERY SAME CONCERNS AND, AND, AND, AND E EVENLY ALIGNED WITH YOU THERE, COMMISSIONER.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT SECRET SERVICES IS LEADING THIS CHARGE.
UM, THIS IS, IT HAS BEEN A COMPLICATED
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RELATIONSHIP, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ARE BRIBING, UM, FROM OUR PARTICIPATION ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES.UH, WHEN, WHILE I CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERYONE THAT'S WORKING ON THESE GAMES IS SIMILARLY ALIGNED.
UH, ROLE, UH, ASPECTS OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON REPAINTING, WRAPPING THE, UH,
AND SECOND, UM, ONE OF OUR LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH PROJECTS THAT I'M PRETTY PROUD OF FOR THE CLASS OF 99 WAS THE LIGHTING OF THE BRIDGE.
AND SO THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN OUT FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND THERE'S A LARGE POPULATION OF APPARENTLY UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND THE SAFETY OF IT.
OUR, OUR VISITORS COME AND THEY WALK FROM, UH, HOTEL MAYA OR RESIDENCE CENTER, AND THEY WALK OVER TO THE AQUARIUM 'CAUSE THEY GOTTA WALK OVER THAT BRIDGE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON RELIGHTING THE BRIDGE OR WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? WHY IS IT OFF? IS IT, YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE STILL IN THE COMFORT, WHATEVER THE SITUATION, SO THAT AT LEAST DURING THE PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC GAMES, THAT THAT PART OF THE BEAUTIFICATION IS THERE? AND THEN THERE, UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT A WATER TAXI OR SOMETHING COMING FROM SAN PEDRO OR, OR ACROSS SOME, ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOO LONG BEACH DURING THE GAMES.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A THEME OR ARE THEY GONNA HAVE SOME BOATS OR SOME KINDS OF WATER, UH, TAXI SITUATION.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE AWARE OF THAT SO THAT THEY CAN TRAVEL COASTAL INTO LONG BEACH COMING FROM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE ROUTES ON THE FREEWAY JUST FOR THOSE DESIGNATED, UH, DIGNITARIES SO THAT THEY CAN AT LEAST COME VIA THE WATER AREA TO COME INTO LONG BEACH.
LET ME TACKLE EACH ONE OF THOSE POINTS.
UM, FIRST, THE WINELAND MURAL, UM, IT IS LA 28 IS WELL AWARE OF THAT AS, AS AN EYESORE.
UM, AND, AND IN FACT THAT WILL BE, UM, THE BACKDROP OF SEVERAL CAMERA SHOTS FOR, FOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL, FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT, UM, IS KIND OF COOL ABOUT THE LONG BEACH EVENTS IN PARTICULAR IS THAT MOST OF THEM ARE OCCURRING OUTDOORS.
AND SO ALL OF THE WIDE SHOTS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE GAMES, BUT WILL BE OUR INCREDIBLE CITY.
UM, IT WOULD BE HARD TO HAVE TO MISS, BUT, UM, BUT THE WEAND, THE WEYLAND MURAL IS DEFINITELY IN NEED OF SOME, SOME, UM, DLC NO, TWO WAYS ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT LA 28 IS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS A CONCERN OF THEIRS, UM, WHETHER IT WILL BE WRAPPED.
UM, THERE, UH, UH, I, IT, IT IS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR CONTROL, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT LA 28 IS AWARE OF AND WORKING ON.
UM, THE BRIDGE LIGHTNING IS THE FIRST THAT I'VE BECOME AWARE OF THOSE LIGHTS BEING OUT, SO I'LL INVESTIGATE THAT.
UM, BUT INDEED, UM, LONG BEACH IS, IS UNDERTAKING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, UH, OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND UNIFICATION WORK IN ADVANCE OF THE GAMES AS ARTICULATED IN OUR ELEVATE 28, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
THINK ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT IS GOING INTO THAT OPERATION.
UH, AND UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THE LIGHTS ARE ARE ON THAT LIST, SO PARDON IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
BUT I'LL INVESTIGATE THAT ON MY RETURN TO THE OFFICE.
AND FINALLY, THE WATER TAXI, UM, DISCUSSION IS, IS ABSOLUTELY BEING HELD.
UM, UH, THERE WAS, I THINK THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CURVE BALLS BEING, UM, UH, THROWN AWAY.
THERE ARE LOTS OF CURVE BALLS WITH THIS WHOLE, UM, OPERATION.
UM, BUT UM, THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE SAILING COMMUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, UH, ALL OF THE SAILING COMPETITIONS, UH, PRETTY EASILY.
AND SO AT MINIMUM, I DO THINK THAT WE WILL SEE A WATER TAXI COMING FROM SAN PEDRO TO LONG BEACH CONNECTING THOSE TWO SAILING EVENTS CENTERS.
UM, AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE CAN BE HOPEFUL, UM, TO SEE, TO SEE EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITY THERE.
IT IS AN ACTIVE DISCUSSION AND, AND, UH, WITH THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE COMMITTEES, SO, SO WE'LL SEE WHERE THEY LAND, BUT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY DISCUSSED.
HERE IN LOS ANGELES, BUT WHEN WE WERE EVEN THEN IN 1984, ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS HAD TO GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK, NOT WITH SOME SECRET SERVICE, BUT DOJ.
SO EVEN WHEN WE JUST RECENTLY WERE WORKING WITH THE WORLD CUP, WE WERE ALL ASSIGNED AND WE WERE ALL HAVING OUR BACKGROUNDS CHECKED, OUR DOJ, IS THAT STILL
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GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER? RIGHT? SO OUR PRE-GAME VOLUNTEERISM, UM, WILL NOT REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKING.THERE WILL BE CIVIL LIABILITY PAPERS THAT FOLKS NEED TO SIGN OFF ON SO THAT, UM, PRE-GAME AND POST-GAME OPPORTUNITY WILL BE, UM, VERY ACCESSIBLE FOR, FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
IN THAT REGARD, THE DURING GAMES VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION, UM, WILL REQUIRE, UM, SOME LEVEL OF BACKGROUND CHECKING.
UM, SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL NAVIGATE THAT AS, AS WE MUST.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT FOR DURING GAMES, VOLUNTEERISM IN LONG BEACH AND, UM, FOR WHATEVER PROGRAMMING THAT WE BUILD HERE IN LONG BEACH, BUT CERTAINLY IN EARLY 28.
WELL, YEAH, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? SEEING NONE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CLERK? NONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND SET CHAIR CLARK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOUR HONOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? YES.
I WANT TO, UH, INVITE EVERYONE ELSE TODAY WHERE WE DO THE DEPUTY DEDICATION, I GUESS GROUNDBREAKING IN OUR VETERAN STADIUM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE REMODELED AT THREE O'CLOCK.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE GROUNDBREAKING AND DEDICATION, A VETERAN STADIUM, WHICH IS GOING BE
AVAILABLE CITY, COMMUNITY AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, OF COURSE IS WHAT WE DEDICATE.
UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE SENT A LETTER TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER.
HAVE WE EVER GOTTEN A RESPONSE? WE HAVE NOT.
UM, BUT I'M AWARE OF ALL THOSE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, SINGING? NONE.
IT IS 1123 AND I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED.