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OKAY, I AM CALLING TO ORDER AT 4:47 PM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION GOVERNANCE, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026.
OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 13TH, 2026.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? I SO MOVED.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS FEE WAIVER REQUESTS BETWEEN AUGUST 13TH, 2026 AND SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026.
CAN WE GET A REPORT DIRECTOR? YES.
WAIT, CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED.
NOW CAN I GET A REPORT? UH, YES.
UH, ASHLEY'S GONNA PROVIDE THIS AFTER REPORT.
WE HAVE SIX, UH, FEE WAIVERS, UM, UP FOR APPROVAL THIS MONTH.
UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS NOT A NEW GROUP.
IT IS, UM, THE BLOCKHEAD BRIGADE, UM, PROPOSING TO HOST THE PIT BULL APPRECIATION DAY ON OCTOBER 10TH OF THIS YEAR AT MARINA VISTA PARK OPEN SPACE.
THIS WOULD BE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR, AND THE AMOUNT PROPOSED TO BE WAIVED IS $229 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES.
THERE WILL BE $0 IN FEES IN REVENUE PAID ZERO, I'M SORRY.
NO EDE GATE REVENUE AND ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS 100 PEOPLE.
THE SECOND IS THIS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
IT'S, IS IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S A CHAIR WAITING FOR YOU RIGHT THERE.
AM I THE ONLY PUBLIC HERE? YOU'RE THE ONLY WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME.
IS THERE A TISSUE BOX SOMEWHERE? SEEMS WE HAVE, OKAY.
UM, OUR, WE HAVE, UM, A SECOND, UH, FEE WAIVER, UM, UP FOR, UM, APPROVAL IS ALSO NOT A NEW GROUP.
IT IS THE HMONG ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH.
PROPOSING TO HOST A NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE DECEMBER 11TH THROUGH DECEMBER 13TH AT EL DORADO PARK EAST GOLDEN GROVE.
UH, IT'S A CULTURAL EVENT AND, UM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO WAIVE $2,690 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES.
$978 IN SECURITY DEPOSIT AND STAFF FEES WILL BE PAID.
UM, THERE WILL BE EDE GATE REVENUE AND THERE IS AN ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OF 750 PEOPLE FOR THIS EVENT.
THE THIRD, UH, FEE WAIVER REQUEST UP FOR APPROVAL IS, UH, A NEW GROUP.
IT'S THE WEST COAST DISC GOLF GROUP.
UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HOST A DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT TO TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAYS.
BETWEEN OCTOBER 6TH AND NOVEMBER 10TH OF THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT EL DODO PARK WEST DISC GOLF IN OPEN SPACE, UM, IS A SUPPORTING EVENT.
UM, THE AMOUNT TO BE WAIVED WOULD BE $579 AND 50 CENTS IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES.
UM, THERE WOULD BE $579 AND 50 CENTS OF OTHER CHARGES AND REVENUE, OR I'M SORRY, ANOTHER FEES PAID.
UH, NO EDE GATE REVENUE, 40 PEOPLE ANTICIPATED, UM, PER EVENT, UH, OR FOURTH FEE WAIVER REQUEST.
UM, UP FOR APPROVAL IS NOT A NEW GROUP.
IT'S WITH CLIMB CENTRAL LONG BEACH TO HOST A HARVEST FESTIVAL ON OCTOBER 17TH OF THIS YEAR.
UM, AT MACARTHUR PARK IN THE OPEN SPACE, THIS IS A COMMUNITY EVENT.
WE ARE PROPO OR THEY, WE ARE PROPOSING A WAIVING $229 IN PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE FEES.
THERE WILL BE $0 IN REVENUE AND FEES PAID NO EDE GATE REVENUE AND ESTIMATED AT ATTENDANCE OF 100 PEOPLE.
THE FIFTH FEE WAIVER UP FOR APPROVAL IS ALL, IS NOT A NEW GROUP.
IT'S WITH THE PARTNERS AND PARKS FRIENDS OF BIXBY PARK.
UM, IT IS A NEW EVENT THOUGH, AND IT IS THE FALL CONCERT SERIES.
IT'S A COMMUNITY CONCERTS TO BE, UM, HOSTED AT BIXBY PARK BANJO TO TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER 18TH, SEPTEMBER 25TH, OCTOBER 2ND, AND OCTOBER 9TH OF THIS YEAR.
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IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES TO BE WAIVED.1020 $4 IN STAFF FEES WOULD BE PAID.
UM, THERE WOULD BE NO EDE GATE REVENUE AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS A, I'M SORRY, A HUNDRED PEOPLE PER EVENT ARE ANTICIPATED.
AND OUR FINAL FEE WAIVER REQUEST, UH, FOR APPROVAL IS NOT A NEW GROUP.
UM, THE ALAMEDO BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS PROPOSING TO HOST A COMMUNITY EVENT, A HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL, UM, TO TAKE PLACE AT THE BIGBY PARK BANDSHELL.
THIS, UM, WOULD TAKE PLACE, UH, OCTOBER 25TH OF 20 OF THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, WAIVING $310 IN RENTAL AND PERMIT FEES.
$320 IN STAFF FEES WOULD BE PAID.
THERE WOULD BE NO EDE GATE REVENUE AND AN ANTICIPATED, UM, ATTENDANCE WOULD BE A HUNDRED PEOPLE FOR THIS EVENT.
TOTAL FEES TO BE WAIVED WITHIN THE SIX REQUESTS WOULD BE $5,000, $5,148 AND 50 CENTS.
SO I AM GONNA DIRECT THIS TO THIS ITEM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
AND SO I WANNA CHECK IN WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS, INSIGHTS.
UM, SO FOR THE MONG ASSOCIATION THERE, THE EL DODO PARK, EAST GOLDEN GROVE, IS THAT ONE OF THOSE ONES? IS THAT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE FEE CHANGED? IS THAT, AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? UH, FOR THE FEE SCHEDULE, JUST, JUST CURIOUS.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? YEAH, YEAH.
FOR THE, THE EL PARK EAST GOLDEN GROVE WHERE THE, UH, HMONG ASSOCIATION IS DOING THE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, IS THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE, UH, THE RENTAL FEE CHANGED, RIGHT? FOR THE, UM, ON THE FEE SCHEDULE.
AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY, THAT THERE WAS A, AN INCREASE? ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT BIGGER ONE? YEAH.
MAYBE I'M JUST COMPLETELY MISREMEMBERING IT.
NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IDENTIFIED SEPARATELY FOR A FEW WAIVER.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WAS WONDERING WAS, UM, I DON'T RECALL SEEING A DISC GOLF EVENT COMING ACROSS OUR DESKS, UH, IN, IN MY YEARS HERE.
SO I WAS WONDERING, UM, I GUESS KIND OF WHY WE HAVEN'T SEEN ONE BEFORE.
AND UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE SPORTING EVENTS BEFORE AND TOURNAMENTS BEFORE, BUT, UM, WE HAVE THIS DISC GOLF COURSE HERE AND WAS KIND OF CURIOUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.
UM, THIS GROUP, IF YOU HAVE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, SO I HAVE A NOTE ON THIS FROM OUR, OUR OFFICE, THAT WE, WE TYPICALLY ONLY ALLOW NON-EXCLUSIVE USE.
SO ONE TIME PERMITS FOR THE DISC GOLF COURSE.
UM, THIS IS A TRIAL SIX WEEK TOURNAMENT, UM, TO BE ASSESSED BY OUR MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE LIKE HOW IT GOES.
UM, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN, IN, IN HAVING, UM, UM, MUL MULTIPLE, UH, ONGOING, UH, MULTI-DAY KIND OF COMMITMENT TO, TO THE PERMIT.
SO IT'S FOR US TO KIND OF EXPLORE, UM, AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
UM, BUT THIS IS A FIRST TIME, A FIRST TIME GROUP AND A FIRST TIME EVENT FOR THIS GROUP.
AND REGISTRATION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, LIKE ANYONE COULD JOIN IN? YES.
I'M LOOKING THROUGH THAT HERE.
IT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, UH, THESE EVENTS ARE, ARE INVITING ALL PLAYERS BEGINNER TO ADVANCED LOCAL PLAYERS WILL, UM, AND, UM, AND ALL TO COMPETE TOURNAMENTS.
UM, YEAH, THE REASON THEY'RE THINKING TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS BRING MORE TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
SO, UM, IT JUST CREATES A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
WAS JUST KIND OF SOME SHARES FROM THEIR ORG.
AND, AND HE, IT WAS EXPRESSED THAT THERE'S BEEN LOCAL PLAYERS THAT HAVE REQUESTED OR HAD DESIRE TO HAVE AN ORGANIZED DIS GOLF TOURNAMENT.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF, I THINK US EXPLORING THIS FOR FIRST TIME SEEING SEEN HOW IT GOES.
EVALUATING AFTER POST POST PERMIT.
INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW HOW IT GOES.
YEAH, I JUST, WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THIS DISC GOLF COURSE AND IT DEAD FOR US TO HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I FIGURED THERE MUST BE SOME BACK STORIES.
SO THE JUST GOLF COURSE, I'M ALWAYS FASCINATED BY HOW BUSY IT IS.
I WALK AND I'M LIKE FASCINATED.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
AND I DID, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE MONG EVENT.
SINCE WE DO HAVE GATE REVENUE, I KNOW WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE EVENTS THAT HAVE GATE REVENUE, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE, I, BECAUSE WE LIST DOWN HOW MUCH, UH, FEES ARE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WAIVING, HOW MUCH ANTICIPATED REVENUE WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OF THAT AS WELL ON HERE.
UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN SEE WE'RE, WE'RE WAIVING, BUT WE'RE ALSO
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LIKE IN A, IN SOME SORT OF ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN.WE, WE SURE CAN BY OUR ANTICIPATED ATTENDANCE.
SO I WOULD SAY YEAH, THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ESTIMATE THOUGH.
AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW.
CERTAINLY, BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL CARS COMING IN WITH ONE PERSON OR WITH FIVE OR FIVE OR FIVE.
AND WE JUST DON'T KNOW PRIOR TO THE EVENT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO WE CAN DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REALLY KNOWN THAT THIS IS ESTIMATED AN ESTIMATE GOT.
OR WOULD YOU RATHER WAIT TO SEE WHAT JUST THE FINAL GATE REV IS AFTER THE LAST TIME? YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING IN TOUGH FINANCIAL TIMES AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE WAIVING ALL THIS MONEY, BUT WE'RE ALSO BRINGING SOME IN BECAUSE THIS ONE IS DRAWING REVENUE.
SO JUST TO THAT JUXTAPOSITION I THOUGHT MIGHT BE NICE ON HERE, BUT YEAH, IF IT'S TOO HARD TO GUESS, THEN LET'S NOT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT.
UM, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS WE ARE MAKING WHEN WE ARE DOING THAT ESTIMATE.
AND I THINK THAT'D BE FINE TOO.
NOT, IT'S NOT A HARD NUMBER TO LIKE JUDGE OFF OF ANY MEANS.
SO, UM, THIS, I'M, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WEST COAST DISC GOLF.
IT TOOK ME A, A MOMENT NOT BEING A VERY SPORTY SPORT PERSON TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS GOLF WAS.
SO WE'VE GOT A FIRST BY, UM, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HIGA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
I CAN SAY THAT WORD TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING DAMAGE, LOSS IN THEFT AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE.
LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD ONE THIS WEEK.
WHAT'S THAT? I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD ONE THIS WEEK.
RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY A LOW ONE.
OH, FOR THE, UH, WE'LL CALL IT THE, THE LOSS REPORT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 11,000.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO, SO SORRY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER $11,000 FOR THE MONTH OF, UH, AUGUST.
UH, AND REALLY THE, THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS SOME COPPER WIRE THEFT ACT DOWN IN PORT PARK, UH, FOR SOME OF THOSE SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING, UH, UP THERE.
JUST HAVE IT HERE, ABOUT 6,100 IN TOTAL OF THE 11,300.
UM, SO THE OTHERS, UH, THIS SEEMED TO BE THE MONTH OF, UM, VANDALIZED LOCKS IN OUR FREESTANDING RESTROOMS. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, FOUR ITEMS, UH, FROM THIS PAST MONTH WITH, UH, VANDALISM TO OUR FREE STANDING RESTROOM LOCKS.
IT'S NOT IN ANY ONE LOCATION IN THE CITY.
IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD.
GOT SOME ON THE EAST SIDE, THE NORTH SIDE, UM, AND WEST SIDE.
SO ABOUT 11,000 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR A SUMMER MONTH.
AND THE END OF SUMMER, IF THAT.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
UM, SEE, YOU GET ALL THIS WONDERFUL ATTENTION WHEN YOU
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT BACK TO OUR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO FOR THE VANDALISM ON THE LOCKS, DO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST PLAIN VANDALISM? I'M, I'M ALWAYS CONFUSED BY THIS SORT OF THING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN THERE'S THEFT INVOLVED, THEN THE VANDALISM IS ON THE WAY TO SOME YOU STEALING.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE RESTROOMS, DO WE KNOW THE KIND OF THE MOTIVE BEHIND? YOU KNOW, I THINK I, I DON'T KNOW FOR EACH ONE OF THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE LIKE A POLICE REPORT OR ANYTHING HERE, SO CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT.
THIS IS JUST THE END RESULT OF WHAT THAT IS.
WE HAVE SOME WHERE PEOPLE HAVE STUCK THINGS INTO THE LOCKS.
AND SO THAT CREATES A NEED FOR US TO GO OUT AND REPAIR, BECAUSE RECALL WE LOCK OUR RESTROOMS OVERNIGHT NOW MM-HMM
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT THE MOTIVATION FOR SOMEBODY DOING THAT, I CAN'T SAY THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF ANYTHING VALUABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR HANDS ON IN OUR FREESTANDING RESTROOMS. RIGHT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR GUESS IS PROBABLY AS GOOD AS, AS MINE FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES.
IT, IT COULD BE ACCESS LIKE THEY WANT TO GET INTO THE RESTAURANT.
WELL, TO THE, TO THE POINT YOU JUST MADE ABOUT THE POLICE REPORTS, DO WE GET THOSE POLICE REPORTS AND GET ANY, ANY INDICATION FROM THEM? WE DO FOR MAJOR, UH, VANDALISM
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FOR A A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UH, LOCK REPLACEMENT.WE'RE NOT GOING TO PULL THOSE RESOURCES, UH, FROM PD.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY ONES WHERE WE CAN GO AFTER THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL THAT VANDALIZED, IF WE ADD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE GET A LOT OF CAR CRASHES INTO OUR PARK FENCES MM-HMM
OUR PARK SIGNS, AND WE CAN GO AFTER THE DRIVER'S INSURANCE.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY POLICE REPORTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SMALLER, UH, YOU KNOW, BROKEN LOCKS THAT A HUNDRED BUCKS.
UM, WE WE'RE NOT, I WONDER IS THERE AN EASIER WAY INTERNALLY DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE I, I FIND, I THINK KIND OF TO YOUR POINT, LIKE IF IT WOULD BE FASCINATING TO KNOW, RIGHT? LIKE, IS THERE, UH, AN ONGOING ISSUE? IS IT JUST ACCESS? IS IT LIKE THEY JUST WANT TO VANDALIZE MM-HMM
LIKE, I WONDER IF THERE'S LIKE A MORE SIMPLISTIC VERSION OF IT WE COULD GET TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHY SOME OF THIS VANDALISM IS HAPPENING.
WELL, I THINK THE BEST THING WE COULD DO IS PROBABLY TIME OF DAY OF WHEN THE VANDALISM IS, AND THEN THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE MM-HMM
ON WHY SOMEBODY MIGHT BE, UM, DOING THIS.
BUT AGAIN, WITHOUT KIND OF HAVING ANY SORT OF A, A PERSON, A PERSON OR, YOU KNOW, ARREST OF IT.
BUT I THINK TIME OF DAY THOUGH COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THOSE MOTIVES MIGHT BE.
AND MAYBE IT IS OVERNIGHT ACCESS RIGHT.
AND MY OTHER QUESTION, IF I CAN CHAIR, UM, IS WITH THE RECENT WEATHER ISSUES, DID WE HAVE ANY OFFSET DAMAGES IN LIKE IT'S CURRENTLY, BUT ARE WE ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THE MARINE SIDE? THE BOARDWALK? BESIDES THE BOARDWALK? BOARDWALK OH, THE PENINSULA.
UM, IS ANY OF THAT? YES, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THE, THE PENINSULA IS IN THE TIDELANDS AND SO THATS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, PARKS AND REC COMMISSIONS JURISDICTION.
SO YOU WOULDN'T SEE NUMBERS ON A REPORT RELATED TO THAT.
AND THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE STILL BEING CALCULATED.
HAVING SAID THAT, UM, BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, WITH 27 COMMUNITY CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY, MANY OF WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, UM, WE DO SEE LEAKAGE, UH, IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, AS A RESULT OF STORM ACTIVITY.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THAT ON AN UPCOMING REPORT THAT WOULD COME.
THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER.
AND SIMILARLY, THINKING ABOUT RECENT WEATHER COOLING CENTERS AND, UM, AND I GUESS EVEN JUST THE UNHOUSED POPULATION DURING THIS RECENT HEAT WAVE, I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW, I GUESS JUST THE IMPACT ON, ON THAT SORT OF THING AS WELL, IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF PARKS AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS, WERE ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS USED FOR COOLING ZONES? YEAH, THEY'RE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE CITY HAS, UH, ACTIVATED COOLING CENTERS.
UH, ORIGINALLY IT WAS THROUGH TODAY, UM, BUT EXTENDING IT THROUGH TOMORROW AS WELL.
SO A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS SERVE AS, UM, COOLING CENTERS IN ADDITION TO OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE LIBRARIES.
UM, BRANCH LIBRARIES AND, AND SOME OF THE HEALTH FACILITIES.
SO, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, AT THE GUIDANCE OF THE CITY'S HEALTH OFFICIAL WHO DOES MAKE THAT DETERMINATION OF WHEN, UH, COOLING CENTERS NEED TO BE ACTIVATED, THEN WE, UH, GO INTO OUR, UM, KIND OF ACTIVATION.
AND WE HAVE THOSE RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
SO WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER HIA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UM, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE REGARDING FINANCE AND WATER AS IT RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, REC AND MARINE.
CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED SECOND.
SO THROUGH AUGUST, UH, THAT IS ABOUT 92% OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UM, COMPLETED.
UH, WE HAVE SPENT OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET, ABOUT 84%, UH, OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
NOW, THAT CAN BE MISLEADING THOUGH.
UM, AND SO CERTAINLY THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE VERY ACTIVE MONTHS FOR US.
THAT'S OUR BUSIEST PROGRAMMATIC TIME, OUR BUSIEST MAINTENANCE, UH, TIME.
AND SO A LOT OF THOSE COSTS ARE HITTING RIGHT NOW, UH, AND PROBABLY ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THIS
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REPORT.THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT IN TIME REPORT, UH, BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEARS.
UH, SO A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE WILL BE CLOSER TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET STATE.
UM, BUT IT JUST TAKES TIME FOR SOME OF THOSE EXPENDITURES, UH, TO HIT, WHETHER IT'S A THIRD PARTY BILLING US AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE BILLS YET OR THE INVOICES YET.
IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
BUT, UH, AS, AS WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE YEAR, THOSE THINGS KIND OF CATCH UP, UH, IN SEPTEMBER.
AND WE USUALLY WIND OUR FISCAL YEAR UP AT ABOUT 99.8% OF OUR BUDGET SPENT.
SO THAT WHOLE ONE DAY OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR DIDN'T HELP
AND SO CERTAINLY ANYTIME WE GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM MOTHER NATURE FOR WATER, THAT IS HUGE FOR US.
AND YOU SAW THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS RECEIVED LAST MONTH ON OUR, UH, NOT ONLY OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS, BUT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OVER, UH, THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
UM, AND HOW THAT BETTER ALLOWS US TO MANAGE OUR WATER RESOURCES.
SO WHEN WE DO GET HEAVY RAINS LIKE WE DID, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND, WE ARE ABLE TO, FROM, FROM A HANDHELD PHONE RIGHT? TURN OFF OUR IRRIGATION SYSTEM SO YOU DON'T HAVE RAIN COMING DOWN AND THE SPRINKLERS ON AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, YEARS AGO THAT WAS THE CASE AND WE'D HAVE TO GO OUT AND SEND STAFF TO GO RESET ALL OF OUR IRRIGATION CONTROLLER TIMERS TO TURN 'EM OFF WHEN IT'S RAINING, TO THEN GO BACK AND TOUCH ALL OF 'EM AGAIN TO TURN 'EM BACK ON.
AND SO NOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A PHONE, FROM A COMPUTER.
WE CAN DO THAT REMOTELY WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND STUFF OUT THERE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS A PARKS AND REC PERSON, I LOVED THE RAIN MM-HMM
UH, BECAUSE THAT WAS JUST ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR OUR IRRIGATION, OUR, OUR GREEN SPACES.
UM, BUT IT DOES HAVE KIND OF THE COUNTER EFFECT AS WELL THAT WE LOSE REVENUE.
THAT'S THE DAY OF GOLF THAT PEOPLE AREN'T, UH, AREN'T PLAYING, UM, THAT ARE, THAT'S BALL FIELDS WITH LIGHT FEES THAT PEOPLE AREN'T USING.
THAT'S ENTRY INTO THE, UM, EL DORADO REGIONAL PARK.
UM, ALL OF THOSE AREAS ARE IMPACTED BY RAINS AS WELL.
SO ESPECIALLY EVERYDAY WEEKEND.
WHILE WE LOVE IT FOR, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE WITH RESPECT TO IRRIGATION, IT IS DIFFICULT THOUGH ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
DO WE KNOW THE TRADE OFF ON THAT? IS IT COMPARABLE OR IS IT IT USUALLY DEPENDS ON, IT'S NOT COMPARABLE.
THE, THE REVENUE LOSS WOULD BE MORE.
UM, BUT, UM, 'CAUSE IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY OF, OF IRRIGATION.
UM, BUT UM, AGAIN, IT, IT HELPS, IT HAS BEEN A HOT SUMMER WITHOUT A LOT OF WATER.
UM, DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF COOLING IN THE MORNING, WHICH KIND OF HELPS AS WELL.
SOME OF THAT MARINE LAYER, UH, CAN HELP.
UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT AND SO, UM, THE WATER WAS, WAS DEFINITELY NECESSARY.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER THE 2000 AND TEENS, UH, WHEN WE HAD THAT HORRIBLE DROUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR OUR PARKS WERE IN MANY PLACES, VERY BROWN.
AND TO DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY AND SEE THOSE PARKS NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NICE GREEN, UH, GRASS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THEN JUST FOR WATER, SPEAKING OF THAT, UM, WE ARE AT ABOUT, UH, 89% OF OUR TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET SPENT FOR WATER.
WE HAVE SPENT ALREADY, UH, THAT IS THROUGH AUGUST.
THERE'S USUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG THOUGH FOR, UH, BILLING, UH, FROM THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL DEFINITELY SPEND, UH, ALL OF OUR WATER BUDGET LOCATION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SO I'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HIA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17TH.
SO, UM, THIS MONTH'S PARKS AND RECOGNITION AGENDA, WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, EIGHT ITEMS. SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL BUSINESS PART
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OF THE MEETING, WE WILL HAVE OUR, UM, MONTHLY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION.UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS YET.
OUR ERC IS STILL WORKING ON IT, BUT, UH, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE OUR, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK.
UM, THEN OBVIOUSLY OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION PROVIDED BY OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ONE UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE UPDATE TO THE OPEN SPACE, UM, AND RECREATION ELEMENT, UM, OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, UH, SOME TIME NOW.
AND, UH, IN FACT, I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK TO PRESENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THEY RECEIVED THE UPDATE ON THE UPDATE TO THE OPEN SPACE IN RECREATION GENERAL PLAN.
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS A DEPARTMENT, WHAT WE DO, KIND OF WHAT OPEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, MEANS TO US AND THE, AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE WILL THEN RECEIVE A SIMILAR UPDATE PRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THE PLAN IS NOT, UH, DONE, IT'S NOT IN DRAFT FORM YET.
THIS IS JUST A, AN UPDATE FOR THE COMMISSION SO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS.
THEN, UH, WE HAVE THE P WAIVERS THAT YOU JUST WENT OVER.
THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL EVENT, UH, PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE, UH, LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
THIS IS FOR THEIR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, THEIR, WHAT IS IT? GREAT EXPECT EXPECTATIONS.
THEY'VE DONE THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AT BJK MAIN LIBRARY.
UH, AND AS IT SPILLS OUT INTO LINCOLN PARK, UH, THIS IS, UH, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
I THINK THIS IS THEIR THIRD OR FOURTH TIME, UH, COMING TO OUR COMMISSION.
WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES, UH, WITH THIS EVENT IN THE PARK.
AND, UM, UM, SO VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PAST, UH, THE NEXT AND FYI, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NO LONGER A CLIENT OF MINE.
UH, SECONDLY THEN, UH, YOU'VE HEARD SOME UPDATES FROM PARTNERS AT PARKS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS ABOUT THEIR SOWING THE SEEDS EVENT.
UH, LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN THEY WOULD HOLD IT MAYBE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.
THEY'RE MOVING IT TO A MONDAY NIGHT, A PRETTY QUICK, UM, EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.
THIS WOULD BE HELD AT THE, UM, NATURE CENTER.
UH, AND SOME OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN YEARS PAST ARE ALL THE SAME.
UM, THESE ARE SPECIALLY VENT PERMITS BECAUSE THEY DO, UM, RECOMMEND ALCOHOL, UH, AT THIS EVENT AND AT THE, UM, UH, GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
SO TWO SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS THAT WILL BE COMING.
AND THEN THIRD WILL BE A, UH, REVOCABLE USE AND RIGHT OF ENTRY PERMIT.
THIS IS WITH THE, UM, DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALLIANCE.
THIS IS FOR THAT I WILLING TO ACCUSE MYSELF OF THIS IS FOR THE ACTIVATION, UH, EFFORTS AT EAST VILLAGE ARTS PARK.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE COME IN AND WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS TEAM TO, UH, IDENTIFY SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND WAYS TO ACTIVATE THE EAST VILLAGE ARTS PARK, UH, THAT'S DOWN THERE ON, UH, ELM AVENUE.
AND, UH, SO I THINK A LOT OF THEIR ACTIVATION EVENTS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT DURING THE ACTUAL STAFF REPORT, BUT REALLY TIED TO THEIR, IS IT SECOND SATURDAY, UM, EVENTS THAT THEY DO THE ART WALK? YEAH.
AND THEN DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS, AND THEN THE, UH, STANDING ITEM FOR, UH, FUTURE, UH, ITEMS OF DISCUSSION.
AND SO I WILL NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF, SO I WILL NEED TO GIVE YOU THE GAVEL.
BECAUSE I'M THE CHAIR FOR DTLD.
SO, SO JUST ON ITEM SIX THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH, JUST ON ITEM SIX.
SO, UM, SO I'LL BE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS THE ONE? THIS IS ONE WHERE SHE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THE, SHE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM.
THERE'S A NICE LITTLE PUZZLE ROOM
SO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS REPORT? NO, THAT'S OKAY.
SO I'LL HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM.
AND SO RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE, I'LL MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT MM-HMM
AFTER THE PARTNERS, THE THE PARKS ONE, AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU AND WALK OUT.
AND THEN JUST DON'T FORGET ME.
AND, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE MEETING GOING IF YOU WANT, WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE, UH, YOU KNOW, CHEAT SHEET ON, UM, GETTING A MOTION SECOND WITH THE STEPS INVOLVED.
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ALTHOUGH I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, WHO KNOWS HOW IT WILL FEEL IN THE MOMENT.UM, SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER SIX.
SO THAT WHAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE DOWNTOWN, UM, LONG BEACH ALLIANCE, I, I, I GUESS I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR AS TO WHAT IT IS WE ARE AUTHORIZING.
SO AUTHORIZING THE, UH, AUTHORIZING THE DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALLIANCE TO DO SOME COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AT SOME FUTURE TIME, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE YET, OR WHEN THEY WILL BE.
IS THAT ACCURATE? SO YES AND NO.
UH, WE HAVE SOME CLARITY FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO ACTIVATE, UH, IN ALIGNMENT, UH, WITH THEIR, I THINK IT'S SECOND SATURDAY, UH, EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, THERE WILL BE 12 OF THOSE EVENTS.
AND IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE.
BUT THE INTENT HERE IS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EAST VILLAGE ARTS PARK IS, IT'S A LITTLE PLOT.
VERY, VERY TINY BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS.
A LITTLE, LIKE LITTLE RECTANGLE ONE.
AND IT, THE ALLEY IS JUST RIGHT BEHIND IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED AS KIND OF AN ACTIVATION POINT FOR ENTERTAINMENT ARTISTS.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, AN AREA THAT WE KEEP OPEN, UM, ALL THE TIME.
AND SO WITH ACTIVATION, WITH ACTUAL EVENTS, THAT IS WHEN WE WILL GO AND OPEN UP, UM MM-HMM
THAT, UH, THAT LOCATION FOR USE FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEN, THAT IS PART OF THIS RELATIONSHIP.
WE WOULD WORK WITH THE DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALLIANCE, GIVING THEM ACCESS TO THE LOCATION TO PUT ON THESE EVENTS.
ALL OF THESE EVENTS WOULD COME THOUGH TO THE DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, WE WILL KNOW WHAT THEY WILL INCLUDE.
UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, SAY YAY OR NAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT ACTIVATION AND WE WANT ACTIVATION IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD, WE'RE STILL A WAYS AWAY, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FUTURE, UM, SENIOR CENTER.
SENIOR CENTER, I MEAN, AND SO TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT STARTING TO ACTIVATE TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO KNOW ABOUT THAT LOCATION MM-HMM
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO FUTURE PROGRAMS, SOME SORT OF COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER ACROSS THE STREET, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO START THIS PROCESS NOW.
AND I WILL ADD THAT WE HAD, FOR DETAIL B WE DID HAVE COMMUNITY COME TO US AND SAY, WHY IS THAT PARK BLOCKED? MM-HMM
THEY UNDERSTOOD WHY, BECAUSE OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS.
BUT, UM, THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE, THEY, THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS, SURPRISINGLY, WHO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME ACTIVE MOMS WHO REALLY WANTED TO PARTNER WITH DETAIL V PARTNER WITH PARKS AND CREATE IT FREE ENTERTAINMENT MM-HMM
SO THANK YOU THAT, THAT CLARIFICATION WAS SUPER HELPFUL.
AND THEN I THINK, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY, BUT, SO DEPENDING ON THIS JUST GIVES 'EM ACCESS TO THE SPACE OR IT'S, IT'S A AVAILABLE TO THEM, THE PROGRAM AS THEY SEE FIT, AND THEN JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, THE, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP IS NOT ONLY ACCESS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE PROGRAMMATIC, WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
AND THEN IS THERE, OH, I SEE A 3, 1 3 1 YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS PAST THAT FIRST YEAR.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I READ IT.
WE'VE HAD PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PAST WITH, UH, THE ARTS COUNCIL, UH, VERY SIMILAR FOR ACTIVATING, UH, THE ARTS PARK, UM, AND WITH DTLV, UH, BACK EVEN BEFORE THE ARTS COUNCIL.
SO ARE THERE ANY MORE FROM COMMISSIONERS? ANYTHING ELSE? MM-HMM.
AND THEN I HAVE A COM, UH, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HIGA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I THINK IT WAS GOES THE OTHER WAY.
I HAD A, OH, I WAS LOOKING AT MY OLD ONE.
UM, I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HIGA AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALLEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WE'LL, JUST, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS, SO PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PARTS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE CHAIR.
ANY NON AGENDAS PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, THAT'S, THANKS FOR LETTING ME EXHIBIT.
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OF COURSE.UM, AND NOW WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
LET'S ANNOUNCE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, JUST A QUESTION.
SO I KNOW WE CAN ADD ITEMS AT FROM THE REGULAR PARKS COMMISSION MM-HMM
BUT CAN WE GIVE THOSE SUGGESTIONS HERE TOO IN GOVERNANCE? OR DO WE NEED TO WAIT FOR THE FULL COMMISSION MEETING? YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO IT AS PART OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO DO IT AT THE FULL TO GET THE SUPPORT OF THE FULL COMMISSION.
BECAUSE I, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, A BUT I THINK IT'D BE NICE FOR THE FULL COMMISSION TO GET AN UPDATE ABOUT PARTNERS OF PARTS AND LIKE WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP IS, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DO.
'CAUSE THEY ARE SO EMBEDDED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND GETTING A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I DID MY ONE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RECUSING MYSELF, SO COOL.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION.
BUDGET WAS ADOPTED ON, ON TUESDAY, ACTUALLY, TECHNICALLY THERE'S A SECOND READING THIS COMING TUESDAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ORDINANCE, THERE'S ALWAYS A SECOND READING, BUT YES, IT WAS ADOPTED ON TUESDAY.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IMPACTS CITYWIDE, UH, PARKS AND ROCK WAS DEFINITELY NOT IMMUNE TO, UH, NEEDING TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH SOME SOLUTIONS AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WERE.
AND, UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED IN MY BUDGET PRESENTATION, OUR FOCUS REALLY WAS STARTING WITH MAINTENANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST PROGRAMS IN THE WORLD, UH, BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T, IF IF FACILITIES AND THE GROUNDS AREN'T WELL MAINTAINED, THERE CAN BE THIS PERCEPTION THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO GO TO AND WE CANNOT HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
AND SO OUR FOCUS REALLY HAS BEEN ON, UH, MAINTENANCE, UM, WHILE THERE WERE STILL SOME REDUCTIONS THERE, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT, TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMMATIC AREAS.
WELL, IT'S, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST ABOUT AT THE END, RIGHT? SO OTHER COMMENTS? ARE WE GOOD? THAT'S IT.