* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. MEETINGS, CALL TO. [00:00:02] OKAY. CHAIR [ROLL CALL] MCGUIRE HERE. AND MEMBER CORDERO HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE. [1. 26-56155 Recommendation to approve April 2, 2026 Communications Committee meeting minutes.        Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THANKS FOR THOSE HUNG OUT AFTER. UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS TO APPROVE THE APRIL 2ND, 2020 COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES. HAVE A MOTION. THANK YOU. I SECOND. AND, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NAY MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER TWO [2. 26-56156 Recommendation to receive and file a report on the trademark application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to protect the Long Beach Public Utilities Department logo.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE TRADEMARK APPLICATION FILED WITH THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE TO PROTECT THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT LOGO. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SECOND, UH, CALL JOY CONTRERAS. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR LONG BEACH UTILITIES LOGO TODAY. SO BACK IN 2023, WHEN LONG BEACH, THE FORMER LONG BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE GAS UTILITY FROM THE FORMER LONG BEACH ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT MERGED, UM, OUR TEAM, THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, WAS TASKED TO CREATE A UNIFIED LOGO. SO, WHILE IT HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS ABOUT, UM, WHEN WE FIRST CREATED THE LOGO, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN USE THE LOGO MOVING FORWARD AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. SO, CONTEXT, JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT BRANDING LONG BEACH UTILITIES MEANT. SO WE HAVE OVER 125 YEARS PROV PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES, DEDICATED EMPLOYEES WORK 24 7, 365 DAYS A YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RELIABLE UTILITY SERVICES. SO PROTECTING OUR LOGO IS ESSENTIAL TO THAT WORK, BECAUSE WHEN WE'VE GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, OH, HEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TURNING ON MY GAS SERVICE SO QUICKLY, OR, I APPRECIATE, UM, THE SEWER, UH, SPILL PREVENTION THERE, BACKUP, THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE, UM, THAT, THAT WE FIX AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE WATER. I WONDER IF THIS, UH, VIDEO WILL PLAY. SO THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE VARIOUS, UH, LOGOS THAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND THE GAS DEPARTMENT HAD OVER THE YEARS. YOU COULD ALSO NOTE THE DIFFERENT, UH, GRAPHIC DESIGN TRENDS OVER THE YEARS AS WELL. SO WHEN WE FINALLY MERGED, UM, WE HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE GRAPHIC DESIGNER HERE WHO HELPED, UH, COMBINE, UH, WATER ELEMENT, A GAS ELEMENT AND SEWER ELEMENT. AND IF YOU COULD THINK ABOUT IT, THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH JOB TO DO. SO, UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS, UH, ICON REALLY CAPTURES WHAT WE DO AT UTILITIES. WE GO WITH THE FLOW. SO THE COMMUNITY TRUST IS VITAL FOR THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. AS I SAID, WE DEVELOPED THIS NEW LOGO IN RESPONSE TO A NEW UNIFIED UTILITY, AND IT DOES INCORPORATE A CITY OF LONG BEACH ELEMENTS. SO WE HAVE THE LONG BEACH ON TOP, AND THAT IS PART OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH LOGO. BUT THEN WE HAVE THE UTILITIES AS WELL AS THE TAGLINE OF WATER, GAS, AND SEWER TO BE MORE DISTINGUISHED. SO IT'S STILL VERY EASILY RECOGNIZABLE AS LONG BEACH, BUT IT'LL, WE ALSO MAINTAIN OUR OWN IDENTITY. SO IN ORDER TO BEGIN THIS TRADEMARK PROCESS, UM, IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR LOGO IS PROTECTED AND CONTINUE TO BE SEEN AS A TRUSTED SOURCE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AS WELL AS THE RISE IN AI, GENERATIVE AI USE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS LOGO'S PROTECTED. AND, UH, BY WAY OF CITY ATTORNEY COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE TRADEMARK ROUTE. SO, WHAT IS A TRADEMARK? IT'S HOW CUSTOMERS COULD RECOGNIZE OUR AGENCY IDENTIFIES OUR AGENCY AS, AS THE SOLE SOURCE OF GOODS OF SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR TO LONG BEACH UTILITIES. IT PROVIDES LEGAL PROTECTION FOR A BRAND, PROTECTS US AGAINST COUNTERFEIT AND FRAUD. AND IT COULD BE ANY WORD OR PHRASE OR SYMBOL OR DESIGN OR COMBINATION OF THOSE ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY IF IN THE FUTURE SOMEONE TRIES TO USE OUR LOGO FOR OTHER MEANS. WE NOW HAVE THE LEGAL BACKING TO PROVIDE, SAY, A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER. SO, BRAND IDENTITY, UM, IT, THIS LOGO HELPS IDENTIFY LOCATIONS ALSO OFTEN CALLED POLICE BRANDING AND SUPPORT TO PROMOTE TRUST. SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES YOU CAN SEE IN OUR BUILDINGS ON OUR WORK SITE, ON OUR VEST, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WE GO TO OVER [00:05:01] A HUNDRED EVENTS A YEAR LED BY OUR, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEAD AND THEN AS WELL AS ONLINE. SO FOR UNIFORMS, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE VERY FIRST ACTIONS ONCE WE GOT THE BRANDING AND LOGO APPROVED, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR UNIFORMS WERE SAYING THE SAME THING, ESPECIALLY FOR WATER AND GAS. I KNOW, UM, INFORMALLY OR CASUALLY, PEOPLE STILL CALL US THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR GAS DEPARTMENT, BUT MORE AND MORE EMPLOYEES ARE SAYING WE ARE THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR EMPLOYEES WEARING THEIR BRANDED HAT AND UNIFORM AS WELL AS THEIR BRANDED REFLECTIVE VEST. AND THEN OF COURSE, FOR OUR EQUIPMENT, THAT WAS ANOTHER HUGE LIFT OVER THE YEARS IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, UH, EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, UM, EQUIPMENT HAD OUR LOGO. SO FROM OUR YELLOW WATER SERVICE TRUCKS TO OUR GAS FLEET TO SEWER AND EVEN, UM, OUR CANOPIES, OUR, OUR TABLECLOTHS OVER AT THE, FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAMS, OUR POLOS, AS WELL AS OUR QUENCH BUGGY, WHICH IS, UM, OUR WATER VENDING MACHINE OF 330 GALLONS. AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR DOCUMENTS. I WILL SAY THE DOCUMENTS IS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS , BUT BRAND IDENTITY IS CRUCIAL. SO YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN COMMISSION AGENDA OR PUBLIC NOTICING OUR INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS. SO RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON THE TRADEMARK APPLICATION FILED WITH THE US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE TO PROTECT LONG BEACH UTILITIES DEPARTMENT LOGO. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENT? YEAH. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOY. UM, I THINK, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SAID THIS WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS LOGO, BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHEN THE PORT WENT THROUGH THIS, I KIND OF HAD A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, GETTING THEIR LO NEW LOGO QUITE A WHILE AGO. UM, THEY BROUGHT IN AN OUTSIDE FIRM AND IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK A LOT OF ITERATIONS OF GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT ONES AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO I THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS, YOU CAME IN AS AN INTERN AND, UH, WHO KNEW? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, I LIKE THE FACT THAT ON, UH, LIKE OUR TRUCKS, IT'LL SAY LONG BEACH UTILITIES. THE WORD UTILITIES IS KIND OF EMPHASIZED. THEN UNDERNEATH IT SAYS WATER OR GAS. THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT ADDITION. MM-HMM . UH, AND YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE UTILITIES PORTION OF IT. UM, ANYWAY, GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A SHAMELESS PLUG ON MY TEAM OVER THE LAST TWO AND SOME CHANGE YEARS. UM, THIS TEAM HAS REALLY GROWN AND EVOLVED, AND THEY DO SUCH A GREAT JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE A UNIFIED UTILITIES FROM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM. YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO DELISE THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS, IS I THINK ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IN BRIDGING, UM, THE THREE CAMPUSES AND THE THREE UTILITIES. AND SHE ALWAYS MAKES SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A WATER EXPERT, A GAS EXPERT, A SEWER EXPERT. AND THEN SHE HERSELF HAS BECOME HER OWN EXPERT IN THAT WAY AND HAS GONE OUT OF HER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE WHEN PEOPLE SAY LONG BEACH WATER OR LONG BEACH GAS, BUT WE ARE THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. AND THEN SAME WITH, UH, WITH JESSE AS WELL, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING THE BRAND CORRECTLY. AND YES, IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT AS A NUISANCE, BUT THIS, THIS REALLY DOES MATTER. UM, THEIR BRAND IDENTITY, IT'S WHO WE ARE. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, A SHOUT OUT TO OUR, ONE OF OUR NEWEST MEMBERS, MICKAYLA GRANT OUT IN THE BACK HERE, UH, WHO IS HELPING US WITH A LOT OF THE GRAPHIC DESIGN SUPPORT AS WELL. THANK YOU. WELL, I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF LOGO PROCESSES IN MY LIFE, AND THIS WAS TRULY SO SEAMLESS. I'M, I'M AMAZED. AND YOU REALLY LED THE WAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TRANSITION, THE MERGER, ALL OF THAT. YOU WERE RIGHT UP FRONT RIGHT AWAY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW IT WAS DONE, YOU KNOW, HOW THE SAUSAGE WAS MADE, AS THEY SAY. BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT, IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFULLY DONE AND VERY QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED AND IT UNIFIED THE PAST AS, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE AND TOLD THE PRESENT STORY THAT IS MEANINGFUL. AND AGAIN, IT PROVIDED REAL LEADERSHIP. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT, IT WAS REALLY, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO ME. 'CAUSE I SOMETIMES THESE PROCESSES ARE SO PAINFUL. ANYWAY, , SO THANK YOU, THE WHOLE TEAM FOR ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOY. OKAY. NOW, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS [3. 26-56157 Recommendation to receive and file a report on public outreach for the Gas Atmospheric Corrosion Survey.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THE GAS ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION SURVEY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SECOND I, COLIN [00:10:01] JENNIFER ROJAS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. SO TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING A REPORT ON OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR GAS ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION SURVEYS. SO OUR NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE CONSISTS OF OVER 153,000 RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL GAS METERS. AND THIS IS IN LONG BEACH. AND OF COURSE, IN SIGNAL HILL, THE PURPOSE OF THE, ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF GAS METERS IS TO MEASURE THE VOLUME OF GAS BEING SUPPLIED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCURATE BILLING. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDE SAFETY CONTROLS, AND, UM, IT ALSO SERVES AS A CONNECTION POINT WITH THE SERVICE LINE. SO GAS SERVICE LINES ARE WHAT, UM, ARE, START FROM THE GAS MAIN LINE AND THEN CONNECT TO A PROPERTY. THERE CAN BE SEVERAL METERS ON ONE SERVICE LINE. SO WE HAVE OVER 90,000 SERVICE LINES. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS ABOUT 17 GAS METERS, BUT THIS IS ONLY ONE SERVICE LINE. SO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, OR FEM A FOR SHORT, UH, REGULATES, UH, THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH WE HAVE TO INSPECT THESE, UH, THIS, THESE, THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, WE HAVE TO INSPECT THE ABOVE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS, THAT COULD BE EXPOSED TO ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION. WE HAVE FOUND THAT, UH, A THREE YEAR INTERVAL WORKS THE BEST BECAUSE THE REGULATION SAYS THAT IF YOU FIND ANY CORROSION, YOU, YOU SHOULD DO IT ON A THREE YEAR INTERVAL. SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T FIND CORROSION ON EVERY SINGLE BIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DO FIND ENOUGH WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT THE THREE YEAR INTERVAL IS WHAT KEEPS US COMPLIANT. AND THAT HAS BECOME OUR STANDARD. SO NOT ONLY, UH, DO WE DO THESE INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE, UM, ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT, BUT MORE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT MAKES OUR, UM, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SAFER BY, BY FINDING THE CORROSION AND BY REPLACING THOSE PARTS AND, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE RENEW THOSE, UH, THOSE PARTS THAT ARE CORROSIVE. WE, UH, WE MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF LEAKS. WE PROTECT THE COMMUNITY, PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, AND OF COURSE, PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE DOING THE WORK. THIS SHOWS A PICTURE OF BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, THE INSPECTION. NOW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO THE REPLACEMENT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THE VISUAL INSPECTION, BUT WE DO IT SOON AFTER AND WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE WITHIN THE SAME YEAR. HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER, NOT ONLY DID WE REPLACE THE PIPING THAT WAS VERY CORRODED. WE ALSO, UH, REPLACED THE METERS, UH, WITH, FROM STANDARD METERS TO OUR NEWER ULTRASONIC METERS. NOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS REPLACE THE METERS, UH, WHEN WE'RE DOING THE INSPECTION WORK, BUT DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE, OF THE EXISTING METER, WE MIGHT REPLACE THEM WITH THE NEW, UH, ULTRASONIC METERS. SO WE DIVIDED UP THE SERVICE AREA INTO THREE ZONES SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTS OF THE SERVICE AREA GET ADDRESSED IN THE THREE YEAR INTERVAL. SO THAT'S OVER 91,000 SURVEYS, UH, IN THREE YEARS. SO IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO NECESSARILY MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH ALL 91,000 PROPERTIES, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO INSPECT. SO THIS PRES PRESENTED A CHALLENGE FOR US. SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, COMMUNICATION EXPERTS, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, AND WE DEVISED A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THIS. SO WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WE, UH, DEVISED A MULTI-LEVEL PUBLIC OUTREACH STRATEGY, WHICH INCLUDED BOTH DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL MATERIALS. NOW, I'VE, UH, DISTRIBUTED A FOLDER, WHICH HAS SOME OF THE PHYSICAL MATERIALS THAT WE WILL BE GOING OVER IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. WE ALSO LEVERAGED OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS, THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT, AND, UH, WHAT TO EXPECT. SO PART OF THE MULTI-LEVEL OUTREACH STRATEGY ALSO INCLUDED POSTINGS ON OUR WEBSITE. WE HAD, UH, BROCHURES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED AT CET EVENTS. WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND WE WERE FEATURED IN, UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS. AGAIN, LEVERAGING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAD WITH, UM, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. NOW FOR, IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, FOR THOSE ONE THIRD OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INSPECTING, WE SEND OUT A LETTER TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, THROUGH [00:15:01] US POSTAL SERVICE. AND WE EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE, UM, OF THE SURVEY THAT WE'LL NEED ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY NOT INSIDE THE HOME, BUT WE'LL NEED ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IN CASE THERE ARE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, GATE ISSUES OR JUST SO THAT THEY KNOW TO EXPECT US, UM, IN THAT PERIOD. SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE ZONES AND WE HIT ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR THAT, FOR THAT YEAR, UM, AFTER EACH VISIT, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE A DOOR HANGER AND WE LEAVE ONE REGARDLESS IF WE COMPLETED OR DID NOT COMPLETE THE SURVEY. IF WE COMPLETED THE SURVEY, WE'LL SAY WE STOPPED BY, WE MARK COMPLETED THE DATE WE WERE THERE, AND WE, WE LEAVE THE DOOR HANGER. THAT PROPERTY IS DONE AS FAR AS INSPECTION GOES UNTIL THE NEXT THREE YEARS. AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE, THE SURVEY, AND THAT MOST LIKELY HAS TO DO WITH ACCESS ISSUES. THERE'S A GATE LOCKED, THERE'S A DOG IN THE YARD, SO WE'LL MARK INCOMPLETE, AND WE PROVIDE A CONTACT NUMBER FOR THE, FOR THE RESIDENT TO CONTACT US IF THEY'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE, UM, US TO COME BACK. NOW, MOST OF THE TIME THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT GONNA CALL US. UM, THEY MIGHT IGNORE THE, THE DOOR HANGER REGARDLESS. WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AROUND PROBABLY AT A DIFFERENT TIME, UM, AND HOPEFULLY CATCH, UH, SOMEONE HOME THAT CAN GIVE US ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. SO FOR 2026, UH, WE HAD A GOAL OF 34,000, OVER 34,000 SURVEYS. UM, THIS DATA HERE ON THE SLIDE, UH, OF COMPLETING OVER 25,000 THAT'S A COUPLE WEEKS OLD, WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THESE SURVEYS AT THAT TIME WAS 73%. I'M SURE WE'RE A FEW PERCENTAGE, UH, POINTS HIGHER BY NOW. BUT, UM, THIS REALLY, UM, THIS REALLY, UH, UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC OUTREACH BECAUSE WITH THAT MANY SURVEYS TO DO, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, RESIDENTS KNOW TO EXPECT US KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE, AND, UM, ALSO HAVE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION SHOULD THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM AND, UM, AND WE'RE EXPECTING IN FUTURE YEARS TO BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL, UH, WITH THIS OUTREACH EFFORT. SO WITH THAT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON PUBLIC OUTREACH, THE GAS ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION SURVEY. UM, AND I'M NOW AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, JENNIFER. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMISSIONER COMMENT. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN, UH, PUBLIC OUTREACH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND, AND YOUR TEAM, UM, IS REALLY WHAT MAKES IT WORK. AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT. DO, DO WE TAKE THIS OUT SPECIFICALLY THIS ONE ON, UH, NATURAL GAS SAFETY, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY? OKAY. HOPEFULLY WE HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE DO YOU, OKAY. THIS IS, I MEAN, JUST EVEN THE PART WHICH I'M GOING TO USE IS HOW TO TURN OFF YOUR GAS IS SO IMPORTANT AND, UM, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH ALL THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES AND ALL OF THAT. UM, DO YOU, OH, WONDERFUL. GO AHEAD, . I MEAN, I NEED A DEMO. , WE COULD HEAR YOU. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE RECORDED. . OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. UM, WE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY HAVE A DEMO TEAM THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON DOING THANK YOU, UM, TO JOY FOR ALLOWING US THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT, UM, THE DEMO TEAM CONSISTS OF ISA AND PIERRE, UM, AND AS WELL AS ERIC LOPEZ FROM THE GAS SITE. AND WE ACTUALLY TAKE OUT THE GAS ITEMS AND I HAD THEM COME UP WITH AN OFFICIAL PRESENTATION. THEY ACTUALLY PRESENT TO PEOPLE. WE'LL HAVE A CROWD GATHER AROUND, WE'LL GIVE OUT SOME KIND OF LITTLE PRIZE IF THEY LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN THEY'RE THERE TO ANSWER INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE A WATER TEAM THAT'LL TAKE OUT PIPES AND SHOW THEM CERTAIN PIPES, BUT IT'S EVERYTHING FROM HOW TO TURN OFF YOUR GAS METER TO UM, HOW TO TURN OFF YOUR GAS, UM, UM, CHECKING YOUR GAS METER, CHECKING FOR LEAKS, UH, HOW TO CHECK YOUR WATER HEATER, HOW TO ACCESS WATER FROM YOUR WATER HEATER. SO WE'RE HOPING IN 2027 THAT TEAM WILL BE IN FULL FORCE. THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME TRAINING, BUT WE DO THOSE DEMOS NOW AT SOME EVENTS. GREAT. BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE SEEN YOU, THE PARKS AND, UM, A CROWD DOES GATHER AROUND OFTEN EVEN THE YOUNGER LITTLE KIDS WILL COME UP AND PLAY. BUT TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO THIS, PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE KNOW. BUT STILL, IT DOESN'T HURT TO, TO TEACH PEOPLE TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY, IT'LL ACTUALLY BE, THE DEMO TEAM WILL ACTUALLY BE AT, UM, LONG BEACH GIVES OH, GOOD. UM, THIS SUNDAY AT RECREATION PARK DOING DEMONSTRATIONS. I INVITE YOU GUYS TO STOP BY IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO STOP BY TO SEE THAT DEMO. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. I NEED TO FIND A CRESCENT WRENCH, OBVIOUSLY, AND . AND I'VE LIVED IN MY HOUSE 45 YEARS AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO THIS AND I'M RESPONSIBLE. SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. . THAT'S GREAT. [00:20:01] REALLY BEAUTIFUL MATERIALS. VERY, VERY WELL DONE. WOW. OKAY. UM, NO FURTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, RECEIVING AND FILE THIS REPORT. SAY AYE. AYE. YES. ANY OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. UH, THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Communications Committee on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. I DO HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS. [ANNOUNCEMENTS] IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FINISHED FOR THE DAY. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [ADJOURNMENT] THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.