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OCTOBER 8TH, 2026.CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COMMISSION CHAIR CAGER.
COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR MURRAY.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE FOLKS AT THE TWO WEEK CLUB FOR HOSTING THIS TODAY.
AND, UM, WITH THAT WE'RE AGENDA.
SO THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING OF THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 2026.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, WE CAN HAVE A VOTE.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS GOING TO BE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY DUE TO SOME OPERATIONAL CONCERNS ON THE PART OF MARINE BUREAU STAFF, IMPORTANT WORK THEY'RE DOING OUT ON THE PENINSULA AND, UH, THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOTHER NATURE.
SO WE HAVE MOVED AGENDA ITEM THREE, WHICH IS, UM, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS ON CITYWIDE IN PREPARATIONS FOR EL NINO TO NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA.
AND WITH THAT, UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION? STILL MOVE.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED, HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
UM, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH OUR, UH, PRESENTATION, PLEASE? UH, YES.
AND, UH, LET ME INTRODUCE LUIS VALEZ.
HE IS OUR DISASTER PREVIS OFFICER IN OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME FOR US FOR THE PUBLIC? GOOD AFTERNOON.
THAT'S VAL, LUIS, LAST NAME V-A-L-D-E-Z.
I AM THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU, UM, ABOUT OUR, UH, HOW WE ARE URGING OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO GET PREPARED AHEAD OF THIS, UH, EL NINO AND WINTER RAIN SEASON.
UM, IT'S A SHORT PRESENTATION.
UH, I HOPE TO COVER SOME, UH, KEY POINTS FOR YOU ALL AND, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, I'M, I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN, UH, ALL THE NEWS, UH, FOR MONTHS NOW.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS, UH, EL NINO, UH, PHENOMENON, UH, THIS EL NINO YEAR, WHICH AT THIS POINT, UH, IT IS PRETTY HISTORIC, RIGHT? THERE WERE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, UH, HAS BEEN MESSAGING THIS PRETTY WELL.
THE MEDIA HAS BEEN COVERING IT, AND OUR OCEAN WATER TEMPERATURES.
SO THOSE READINGS THAT, UH, INDICATE HOW STRONG THE EL COULD BE ARE, UH, PRETTY HISTORIC, RIGHT? THEY'RE THE STRONGEST THAT THEY'VE BEEN ON RECORD.
UH, AND THESE GO BACK TILL, UH, SOMETIME IN THE 1950S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, PARDON ME FOR NOT HAVING THE, THE EXACT, UH, EXACT YEAR.
BUT IN ANY CASE, HISTORIC, UH, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING IT'S, UH, SUPER EL NINO, A VERY STRONG IN NINO.
SOME HAVE CALLED IT A GODZILLA, NIO WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA CALL IT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A STRONG ONE, RIGHT? UM, SO, UM, PART OF THIS AND PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITY, UH, WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND IN THE CITY IS, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, UH, PARTNERS.
UH, OUR NA OUR, OUR LOCAL OFFICE HERE IN, FOR THE LOS ANGELES AREA, WHICH COVERS SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTIES, IS IN, UH, OXNARD.
UH, THEY WILL, UH, TWICE WEEKLY, UH, COORDINATION CALLS WITH EMERGENCY MANAGERS, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY MEDIA.
UH, SO TWICE WEEKLY BRIEFINGS ON THE EL NINO SEASON.
WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF CHANGES THEY'RE SEEING.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, YES, IT'S, IT'S THAT ALL INDICATIONS IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE A VERY STRONG ONE, BUT THERE'S NO REAL WORLD TELLING
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HOW IT'S GONNA INTERACT WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AND WHETHER IT'S GONNA BRING THAT ADDED MOISTURE TO OUR AREA.THEY HAVE SAID THOUGH, THAT EVERYTHING IS KIND OF TILTING VERY STRONGLY IN THE DIRECTION THAT YES, IF, IF, IF, IF CONDITIONS ALIGN, IT SHOULD BRING, UH, MORE RAIN TO OUR AREA.
SO HERE IS JUST A, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BULLET POINTS OF VERY HIGH LEVEL WHAT WE COULD EXPECT.
AND IF THE EL NINO AND IF THE ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS, UH, COOPERATE TO, TO BRING THOSE, UH, IMPACTS LOCALLY HERE.
SO WE COULD SEE A HIGHER THAN AVERAGE, UH, SEASON TOTAL RAINFALL.
AND WHAT'S MOST CONCERNING ABOUT THAT IS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING IS THE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS BEEN SAYING IS THAT SOME, THERE'S A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT GET THAT SEASON AVERAGE IN ONE OR TWO STORMS, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MONTHS AND MONTHS OF, OF STORMS. IT, IT COULD BE A VERY STRONG STORM THAT COULD BRING ALL THAT, UH, RAIN POTENTIALLY IN, IN A FEW STORMS. UM, SOMETIMES, UH, WHAT WE MIGHT SEE IN AN ENTIRE MONTH OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, THAT COULD BE VERY CONCERNING.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'D BE MONITORING THE, THE, THE WEATHER AND, AND, AND ALL THE FORECASTS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF THAT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT COULD BE VERY CONCERNING, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT, THAT ALREADY IS CONCERNING FOR US.
WE COULD SEE MORE IKA AND MORE INTENSE STORMS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT THERE ARE HIGHER SEA LEVELS, RIGHT? SO, UH, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE OF KIND OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TERMS THAT ARE THROWN OUT THERE.
KELVIN WAVES, UM, KING TIDES, I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT WEATHER IN THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS THAN I THINK I WOULD EVER CARE TO LEARN, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF ULTIMATELY WHAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING.
MORE RAIN, MORE INTENSE STORMS, AND A HIGHER SEA LEVEL RISE ALL IN COMBINATION COULD BRING MANY DIFFERENT IMPACTS, NOT JUST ALONG OUR COASTAL AREAS, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? WE, WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PENINSULA, BUT THINK ABOUT JUST REGIONALLY CITYWIDE.
UH, WE, IF WE GET A, A BAD STORM, UH, WITH LOTS OF RAIN, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE, THE ENTIRE CITY, RIGHT? RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.
UM, SO WE ARE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO PLAN, TO FORECAST AND TO ALIGN RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE BETTER PREPARED AND, AND, AND PEOPLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS.
UM, UH, ANOTHER THING THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, THESE KING TIDES, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHEN WE COULD EXPECT THOSE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH, UH, HIGH SEA LEVELS, RIGHT? DURING THIS TIME.
UH, THOSE THREE, THREE DATES THERE.
AND MAYBE IF YOU'RE SEEING THOSE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS, MAYBE SOMETHING POPS OUT AT YOU.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LATE NOVEMBER, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 24TH THROUGH THE 26TH.
I'M SURE WE ALL HAVE ONE OF OUR MOST FAVORITE HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR DURING THAT TIME, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THANKSGIVING PERIOD RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN LATE DECEMBER ANOTHER ONE, RIGHT? DECEMBER 23RD TO THE 25TH, THAT'S RIGHT AROUND CHRISTMAS, RIGHT? SO THAT IS WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THOSE VERY ASTRONOMICAL, LIKE THE, THE, THE HIGHEST, UH, TIDES FOR THE YEAR.
THEY'RE CALLED KING TIDES, RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A STORM CAN LINE WHEN WE ARE SEEING KING TIDES? WELL, THAT WILL ONLY MAGNIFY THOSE IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY ALONG OUR COASTAL AREAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE, UH, GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE MONITORING FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE AND, AND, AND PREPARE AS BEST AS WE CAN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE OFTEN TIMES TALK ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE CITY'S DOING.
AND, AND I THINK WE, WE'VE SHARED A LOT, UH, ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
UH, TODD AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UM, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UH, DEALING WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PENINSULA.
UH, WE, UH, WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS RANGING FROM PUBLIC WORKS, PRM, PD AND FIRE, AND, AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS.
UM, WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE EXPECT STORMS, WE, WE GET ON CALLS AND, AND, AND DO WHAT WE DO TO, TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO, TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY THAT MAY BE IMPACTED, RIGHT? BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD DO, UH, NOW, UH, WHAT WE CALL BLUE SKY DAYS WHEN WE'RE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A STORM, TO BETTER PREPARE FOR WHAT COULD BE A VERY HISTORIC SEASON.
SO, WE HAVE A, A COUPLE THINGS HERE, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT ALERT LONG BEACH.
IT IS OUR CITY'S MASS NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCIES.
UH, THAT IS PROBABLY THE, THE, THE, THE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THIS, UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT WE USE ALERT LONG BEACH, AND WE USE IT OFTEN TO GET CRITICAL INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTIONS, UH, AHEAD OF ANY THREAT OR HAZARD.
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UP IS VERY EASY.UH, YOU CAN GO TO ALERT LB.COM AND, AND, AND REGISTER.
YOU GIVE US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
UH, YOU GIVE US THE LOCATION OR LOCATIONS OF INTEREST.
IT MIGHT BE A, A PLACE OF, UH, WHERE YOU WORK, MAYBE YOUR, YOUR CHILD GRANDCHILDREN'S, UH, SCHOOLS, WHATEVER THE CASE.
UH, AND WE USE THIS FOR ANY THREAT OR HAZARD THAT REQUIRES US THE USE OF THE SYSTEM.
IT COULD BE FOR EVACUATIONS, IT COULD FOR WARNINGS, OR IT COULD BE PREPAREDNESS MESSAGING.
MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS MESSAGING ON WHERE CAN PEOPLE GO TO GET SAND AND SANDBAGS AHEAD OF THIS
IT IS THE, THE ONE WAY THAT WE IN THE CITY SEND EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS TO OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS YOU COULD DO NOW TO PROTECT YOUR HOME OR PROPERTY, RIGHT? UM, SO IT COULD BE THINGS LIKE MAKING SURE, AND OF COURSE, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS BEFORE A STORM HAPPENS, YOU COULD CLEAN YOUR GUTTERS, RIGHT? UM, TO PREVENT BLOCKAGES AND, AND PREVENT WATER INTRUSION INTO THE FOUNDATIONS OF YOUR HOME IF IT'S NOT FLOWING ADEQUATELY AWAY FROM YOUR HOME, RIGHT? UM, YOU COULD CHECK FOR ROOF LEAKS, GO, GO UP IN YOUR ROOF.
UH, EASIEST WAY TO IDENTIFY IS, ARE SHINGLES MISSING? ARE THE, ARE THINGS BROKEN? UM, AND START KIND OF, UH, UH, PREPARING FOR THAT NOW, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THOSE ISSUES TO BECOME REAL BIG ISSUES FOR YOU IN THE LONG RUN.
UH, SECURING OUTDOOR TURE, IF WE, WHENEVER WE GET STORMS, WE GET HIGH WINDS.
WE'RE EXPECTING SOME PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF WINDS, UH, THIS, UH, THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY WITH, UH, THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME PRECIPITATION FROM HURRICANE RACHEL AS IT'S MAKING ITS TRACK, UH, UP TO, UH, NORTHERN MEXICO, CALIFORNIA BORDER.
UH, SO SECURING THAT FURNITURE, UH, TO PREVENT THINGS FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, CREATING, UM, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY TO, TO, UH, TO FOLKS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, I, I, I KNOW TONS ARE TOUGH AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY ON, ON CERTAIN THINGS.
BUT IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO, TO FLOODING, UH, WHERE YOU MAY, UH, LIVE, CONSIDER PURCHASING, PURCHASING SOME SORT OF WATER PUMP.
UH, IF, IF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS TYPE OF ISSUE IN, IN YOUR HOME BEFORE, UM, PURCHASING A WATER PUMP IS A GOOD IDEA.
SOMETHING TO INVEST IN, ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF THIS SEASON.
UH, THE NEXT THING THAT WE, UH, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO, AND, AND THIS IS ACROSS ALL THE BOARD, RIGHT? UH, WE, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT ALL HAZARDOUS PREPAREDNESS.
THAT'S THE LANE THAT WE LIVE IN.
WE OFTEN JUST DON'T PLAN FOR RAIN OR PLAN FOR EARTHQUAKES, OR PLAN FOR TSUNAMIS.
WE TAKE THOSE CONCEPTS VERY BROADLY AND, AND THINK ABOUT ALL HAZARDS, UH, PREPAREDNESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, PICK, PICK YOUR HAZARD, BUT YOU'RE TOLD THAT YOU NEED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME, YOU NEED TO EVACUATE, OR YOU NEED TO SHELTER IN PLACE, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THINGS AND, AND THAT YOU PREFER FOR, THAT ARE APPLICABLE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISASTERS.
SO, BUILDING AN EMERGENCY KIT AND GO BAG IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO WE, WE URGE PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS OF SUPPLIES.
THAT INCLUDES WATER, PERISHABLE FOOD, OF COURSE, MEDICATION, UM, FIRST AID SUPPLIES, THINGS LIKE FLASHLIGHTS, THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, EXTRA PAIR OF SHOES, UH, COMFORTABLE CLOTHING.
AND FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE PETS OR KIDS, RIGHT? PREPARING FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THEIR FURRY ANIMAL FRIENDS AND, AND FOR YOUR KIDS.
UM, WHAT, WHAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS COMFORT ITEMS. IF YOU DO NEED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE DON'T TAKE EVACUATIONS LIKELY.
UH, WE KNOW HOW DISRUPTIVE THAT CAN BE.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF OUR LAST RESORT TO GET PEOPLE, UH, INTO A SAFE SPACE OR GET THEM, UH, AWAY FROM DANGER.
SO, JUST KNOW THAT, UH, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, LONG BEACH FIRE AND LONG BEACH PD, UH, IT'S KIND OF THEIR, THEIR LAST, UH, THEIR LAST OPTION IS TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
SO WHEN YOU DO GET THOSE EVACUATION ORDERS, UH, PLEASE HEAT THEM.
ALRIGHT? UH, NEXT IS, UH, MAKING A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN, RIGHT? WE, WE RELY, UH, SO MUCH ON TECHNOLOGY, UH, SOMETIMES FOOTBALL, RIGHT? UM, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE, UH, AROUND WORKING FOR YOU.
UH, CELLULAR TOWERS MAY BE OVERLOADED OR NOT FUNCTIONING AT ALL.
UH, SOMETIMES WE MIGHT NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE, RIGHT? SO CREATING A FAMILY I EMERGENCY PLAN, SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CARRY WITH YOU, IDEALLY PLACING IT IN YOUR GO BAGG OR SOMEWHERE IN YOUR VEHICLE, SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS, UM, TO, UH, DESCRIBE OR OUTLINE THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS, THOSE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND, UH, PLANNING IN ADVANCE, TALKING WITH YOUR FAMILY ABOUT WHERE YOU WOULD GO, WHERE YOU WOULD MEET IF YOU'D BECOME SEPARATED,
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UH, AND A DISASTER OR A LARGE SCALE EMERGENCY.CAN'T HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE AT WORK, WHEN YOU KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL, UH, WHEN YOU'RE OUT SHOPPING AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS WITH YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT? SO HAVING A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND WE CAN'T GET IN TOUCH, WHERE'S THE ONE PLACE THAT WE'RE GONNA GO AND MEET EACH OTHER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AND WE, WE KNOW EVERYONE'S SAFE.
AND OF COURSE, WE, WE, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HAVE OUT OF EVERY CONTACTS, RIGHT? SO, UH, PLAN FOR, UH, EVERYONE BEING ABLE TO CALL IN TO A POINT OF CONTACT SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.
WE STAY OUT OF THE AREA BECAUSE, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, THOSE OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA MAY BE UNAFFECTED AND BETTER ABLE TO COORDINATE AND GATHER THEIR INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FAMILY, UH, IS COMMUNICATING.
AND, AND, WELL, THE NEXT THING HERE IS, UH, GATHERING IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.
UM, THIS IS CRITICAL, RIGHT? UM, HAVING THOSE, UH, THOSE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR GO BAG OR A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE COLLECTING THEM NOW IN ADVANCE, AND THEY COULD BE COPIES OR THEY COULD BE THE ORIGINALS, BUT HAVING, HAVING ONE PLACE WHERE IT ALL COULD BE FOUND, THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE INSURANCE PAPERS FOR YOUR HOME OR PROPERTY, VEHICLES, MEDICAL RECORDS, MEDICAL CARDS, UH, FINANCIAL, UH, STATEMENTS, UH, PROPERTY RECORDS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE VERY HARD TO REPLACE AND VERY HARD TO GET IF YOU LOSE THEM.
RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE TRYING TO CALL THOSE COMPANIES, AND IT COULD TAKE FOREVER, RIGHT? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AS EASY.
SO GATHERING THOSE DOCUMENTS, UH, WHILE IN ADVANCE, PUTTING THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE, SHOOK, YOU NEED TO LEAVE.
UM, IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S EVEN BETTER IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DIGITIZE THEM AND SAVE THEM ALONG TO A USB DRIVE.
UH, BUT WE ALL KNOW, AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY CAN FAIL.
THINGS COULD GET WET, AND THEY
YEAH, THERE IT GOES, RIGHT? SO WE, WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE THOSE PAPER DOCUMENTS OR COPIES OF THEM, UH, AS A BACKUP.
STAY INFORMED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THAT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT.
NO NOWHERE TO GET INFORMATION.
JUST KNOW THAT WHEN WE COORDINATE AND GATHER INFORMATION, OUR FIRST LINE OF, UH, UH, AS A SOURCE, UH, IS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, GREAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HERE IN THE CITY.
BUT WHEN WE COORDINATE OUR CALLS AND WE GET OUR INFORMATION, AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE DECISIONS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO EMPLOY, WE GO STRAIGHT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, AND WE GET THE FORECAST.
WE GET THEIR, UH, BEST ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE SITUATION, AND THEN WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED OFF OF THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS A WEBSITE.
YOU COULD GET A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION FROM THAT.
BUT YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCES, UM, THEY ALL GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOO.
YOU RIGHT? SO, UH, JUST KNOW WHAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE AND WHAT CAN YOU TRUST, UM, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU THE BEST INFORMATION FOR US.
AGAIN, IT'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THAT IS WHAT WE, UH, WILL THEN DETAIL TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, AS WELL.
AND THE LAST THING HERE IS HELPING YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TRULY A, A DISASTER OR A MAJOR EMERGENCY, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE GONNA BE VERY BUSY.
UH, WE MIGHT BE, UH, OUR BANDWIDTH TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE CITY MIGHT BE VERY LIMITED, RIGHT? UM, AND WE WILL GO TO SOME PRIORITY AREAS, UH, BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO, UM, THAT IS ALL TO SAY THAT SOMETIMES THE, THE BEST SOURCE OF HELP, OR THE MOST IMMEDIATE SOURCE OF HELP THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS, RIGHT? NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS IS STILL A VERY CORE PRINCIPLE OF, UH, DISASTERS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN IT AFTER THOSE MAJOR DISASTERS, MAJOR HURRICANES, MAJOR STORMS. THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, UH, AT LEAST INITIALLY WHEN YOU MIGHT NEED THE MOST HELP, THEY'RE GONNA BE YOUR NEIGHBORS, THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
SO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE, I KNOW IT'S, UH, NOT A LOT OF US GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS BY NAME.
UH, GO OUT THERE AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UNDERSTAND WHO LIVES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO MIGHT HAVE THOSE, UH, KIDS THAT MAY BE ALONE, UM, FOR PART OF THE AFTERNOON WHILE PARENTS GET HOME.
WHO ARE THE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT MAY NEED MORE ASSISTANCE? UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING AROUND, UM, GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, HELP THEM.
AND THEN I THINK I HAVE A, A JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES HERE.
UH, APOLOGIES IF I'M GOING OVER.
UH, BUT, UH, THIS IS OUR, UH, INTEGRATED LEARN WARNING FRAMEWORK.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS WHAT WE EMPLOY IN DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO GET CRITICAL INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY AND THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF, UH, WE SEE A STORM, IF WE'RE FORECASTING A STORM AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA COME ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, WE MAY HAVE A FEW DAYS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO MESSAGE OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO WE MIGHT START WITH WEBSITES.
WE MIGHT MIGHT START WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
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CAMPAIGNS.WE MIGHT DO SOME TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTREACH AND GET THE MESSAGE OUT THERE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
HOWEVER, AS THAT, THAT TIMEFRAME KIND OF STARTS TO DIMINISH, AND MAYBE WE HAVE A DAY, A DAY NOW BEFORE THE STORM HITS, THEN WE KIND OF START TO RATCHET UP OUR COMMUNICATION.
WE MAY START TO DO SOME, UH, OUTREACH VIA ALERT LONG BEACH.
AGAIN, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO NECESSARY FOR YOU TO SIGN UP.
WE COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT YOU MAY NEED TO DO TO BETTER PROTECT YOURSELF BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS OR WHEN SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
AND LASTLY, ONE OF OUR MOST, UH, URGENT TOOLS.
MOST, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OUR, OUR BREAK GLASS TYPE OF TOOL THAT WE HAVE IS THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS.
I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED AMBER ALERTS WHEN A CHILD IS MISSING.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO ISSUE OUR OWN WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS USING THE FEDERAL FRAMEWORK.
THAT IS HOW, THAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THOSE ALERTS.
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECENTLY USED IT, UH, IN OUR PENINSULA AREA, UH, DURING THE LAST, UH, EVENT, UH, THAT WE HAD, UH, HURRICANE PA DALLAS TO SEND SOME CRITICAL INFORMATION TO A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY.
UH, YOU DON'T NEED TO SIGN UP.
IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA AND YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK, YOU'LL RECEIVE THAT MESSAGE.
RIGHT? SO HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF HELPS TO EXPLAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAKE A LAYERED APPROACH.
SOMETIMES SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN THAT IS SO CRITICAL THAT WE GO STRAIGHT TO A WE, UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE FUNCTION, RIGHT? IT'S JUST DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY AND THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION, WE ASSESS.
UH, WE TEND TO, WE TRY TO USE ALL THE TOOLS, UH, POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S NOT JUST ONE WAY THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GET INFORMATION.
UH, WE WILL ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL WAYS TO GET, UH, INFORMATION OUT THERE.
BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF A SAMPLING OF WHAT OUR TECHNOLOGY IS TO GET INFORMATION OUT OR OUR STRATEGIES TO GET INFORMATION OUT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, GIVING ME YOUR TIME TODAY AND ALLOWING ME TO DISCUSS OUR PREPAREDNESS, UH, STRATEGIES HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION? AYE, MR. UH, I BELONG ON THE CHAIRMAN OF MAYOR BASS'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE COMMITTEE.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN, UH, MAYBE TO ONE OR TWO OF OUR, UH, UH, TABLETOPS.
DO WE HAVE AN EOC IN LONG BEACH? DO WE HAVE EMERGENCY, UH, OPERATION, UH, UH, CENTER? WE DO, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, HOUSED IN OUR FACILITY, OUR DEPARTMENT OF, UH, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OFF OF REDONDO AND SPRING.
SO I'M CO-LOCATED WITH OUR 9 1 1 DISPATCH CENTER.
I'LL, UH, GIVE YOU MY CARD AND, UH, IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE YOU A PART OF OUR GROUP.
'CAUSE THEN YOU CAN USE OUR GROUP IN CASE YOU NEED ANYTHING HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WE HAVE 72 CEOS OR C-LEVEL PEOPLE THAT, FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT OFFER THEIR SERVICES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MURRAY.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I READ, UH, REGGIE HARRISON'S ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THIS WEEK.
SO THAT'LL BE A MAJOR CHANGE FOR OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AROUND, UM, WHEN WE WERE PUTTING PRIORITY INTO THIS AGENDA ITEM, I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE IT WOULD BE AS MUCH OF THE ROUTINE THINGS.
I WAS MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE ACTUAL PREPARATIONS FOR EL NINO, AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT AS MUCH IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I, I COULD CERTAINLY DISCUSS SOME OF THE, THE THINGS I, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE PUT PRIORITY TO THIS PRESENTATION OVER OTHER THINGS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY IS WE WANNA HEAR RIGHT NOW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
UM, NOT HOW WE CAN BE READY AS MUCH.
YEAH, I, I COULD GO OVER, UH, A COUPLE ITEMS IF OH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE.
UH, SO, UM, PART OF THE EL NINO, UH, SEASON, THE, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, THE, THE CITY DID PREPARING A LOCAL, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, IN, IN RESPONSE TO THE IMPACTS THAT WE SUSTAINED DURING HURRICANE MARIE, BUT ALSO IN PREPARATION FOR EL NINO.
WITH THAT, IT GAVE US, UH, ADDED, UH, MOTIVATION TO REALLY START WORKING WITH, UH, ALL OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO PLAN FOR WHAT, UH, WHAT OUR STRATEGIES WILL BE THIS UPCOMING SEASON.
AND A LOT OF IT IS THE USUAL ROUTINE THINGS THAT WE DO.
WE GO OUT THERE AND CLEAN ALL THE CATCH BASINS.
THEY DO SOME, UH, HONG FUN PICKUPS, MAKING SURE THAT THINGS, UH, THAT WE ALL NEED TO DO TO, UH, PREVENT FLOODING FROM HAPPENING WHEN WE GET A LOT OF RAIN.
UH, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORK IS HAPPENING OUT IN THE COASTLINE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT PRM.
UH, NOBODY'S BETTER SUITED TO DISCUSS THAT THAN, UH, TODD LELAND HERE.
UH, BUT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THERE.
I THINK WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, UM, IS THAT WE ARE TRYING
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OUR BEST TO GET THE COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS TO PREPARE.AND THAT IS GETTING SAND AND SANDBAGS NOW, RIGHT? WE'VE ALWAYS, AS A CITY, OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN A FEW DAYS BEFORE STORM COMES, WE'LL START MESSAGING, HEY, GET YOUR SANDBAGS.
THEY'RE AVAILABLE HERE, RIGHT? AT THESE FIRE STATIONS OR AT THESE LOCATIONS? NO, WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING THAT NOW.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE A CENTRALLY A, A CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION LOCATION, UH, ON A PARTICULAR DAY WHERE WE, UH, MESSAGE THAT VERY BROADLY TO THE CITY AND SAY, IF YOU NEED SANDBAGS, COME PICK THEM UP.
WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE MANNER, VARIOUS DIFFERENT DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR SANDBAGS.
SO THEY'RE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME ON A SPECIFIC DAY TO A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE CITY.
THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO WHERE YOU MAY LIVE.
AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE AVAILABLE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE ALREADY PREFILLED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE WORK YOURSELF, UH, PREFILLED AND, AND GET YOUR SANDBAGS.
WE WANT TO GET SANDBAGS IN THE HANDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
NOW, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, BIGGEST DIFFERENCES THAT YOU WILL SEE THIS YEAR, IS THAT THE EMPHASIS IS ON DOING THINGS BEFORE THE STORM COMES.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
LIKE I SAID, I, I DON'T THINK I, I, I'M QUALIFIED TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT ALL THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, STRATEGIES ARE THAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE, IN THE PENINSULA AREA.
WELL, JUST, JUST HEARING THE MORE PROACTIVE, I THINK MAKES US FEEL GOOD.
AND, UM, AS A PROPERTY OWNER ON CLAREMONT, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE TRAFFIC GO DOWN.
AND I KNOW, UM, ONE OF OUR OWN MARINE SAFETY OFFICERS, UH, DEVIN BEBE, I THINK HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST SANDBAGS FILLED
SO, UM, I'M GONNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE, UH, PROACTIVE NOTION OF THE SANDBAGS.
IN PAST YEARS, I'VE, UH, SHOWN UP FOR MY SHARE OF EMPTY BAGS AND BEEN, YOU KNOW, UM, POINTED OUT TO THE AREA WHERE I COULD FILL THEM MYSELF.
UM, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO, BUT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOWED UP AND WERE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT KIND OF MANUAL LABOR.
UM, SO THE NOTION THAT THEY CAN COME PRE-FILLED IS A HUGE, IT IS, IT'S A BIG EFFORT.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT LIGHT ONCE THEY'RE FILLED.
SO, SO, COMMISSIONER, GREAT REPORT.
SO TODD, WOULD YOU BE COVERING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE MARINA FOR PREPARATIONS, OR IS LUIS COVERING THAT ALSO? YEAH, WE CAN, UH, YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW? UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE PUSHING OUT, WE'VE ALREADY, WITH OUR MOST RECENT EDITION, OUR READER ADVISED TO OUR, OUR, UH, PERMITS AND OUR, OUR VOTERS OF, UH, EL NINO AND THE IMPACTS THEREOF COMING THROUGH THE SEASON.
UM, BRIAN PLANT, OUR GREEN OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PERMITEES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, JUST SAYING, HEY, UH, BMP'S BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF, UH, TAKING CARE OF YOUR VESSEL, TAKING CARE OF YOUR SLIP, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THINGS CLEAN, NEAT AND ORGANIZED, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR, UH, TIDAL SURGE AND, AND PREPARATION FOR HIGH WINDS, RAIN, THOSE CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO INTO EL NINO, UH, THOSE, THOSE TRIPLE DOWN EFFECTS THAT CAN AFFECT A VESSEL IN, IN, UH, TAKING ON WATER AND SUBMERGENCE AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
SO THOSE ARE THE STUFF WE'RE TRYING TO GET PREPARED FOR AND BE AHEAD OF WITH OUR PERMITS.
UH, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, LOOKING AT OUR LAND BASED SIDE, UH, PERMITS ON, UH, UH, NAPLES ISLAND, SAND STAKES, UH, UH, DRY BOAT STORAGE, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
THOSE KIND OF, I WAS KIND OF THINKING LIKE DOCK LINES AND LOOSE PARAPHERNALIA ON PEOPLE'S BOATS.
YOU MAKE A PHONE CALL AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE, UH, ABOUT BY STIR LINE, SPRING LINES ARE SHOT YOU TO GET DOWN HERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UH, WE'LL, WE WILL BE EMPHASIZING.
AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE EMAILS, EMAIL, EMAIL, EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I DID HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, WHICH WAS, UM, THE NOTION OF, UH, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE, IN ADVANCE OF FOUR, JUST BEFORE EARTHQUAKE, THERE IS THE TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE TO BE NOTIFIED OF AN EARTHQUAKE WITHIN SECONDS.
ISN'T THAT THE CASE? YEAH, IT'S, SO WHERE DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SIGN UP FOR THIS? YEAH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, WE, WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT, UH, EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING.
UH, IT'S CALLED THE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.
UM, SO THERE ARE KIND OF TWO WAYS I CAN GET THAT.
ONE IS THROUGH DOWNLOADING AN APPLICATION ON YOUR PHONE.
IT'S AVAILABLE HERE IN CALIFORNIA, I THINK OREGON, WASHINGTON.
AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN EXPANDING, RIGHT? SO
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WHAT'S IT IN, WHAT'S YOUR CELL? IT'S CALLED MY SHAKE.SO IT'S, IT'S A CELL PHONE APPLICATION.
UH, I ACTUALLY JUST LOOKED AT MY PHONE 'CAUSE I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH FOR, UH, SOME, THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING IN THE
SO, SO IT'S A GREAT TOOL, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY.
UH, MICHA IS GREAT BECAUSE IT KIND OF SETS A LOWER THRESHOLD FOR WHEN YOU GET THAT NOTIFICATION AND LIKE A 4.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
YOU WILL GET ADVANCED NOTICE, HOPEFULLY, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO WHERE THE EPICENTER IS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
UM, SO IT HAS A LOWER THRESHOLD, HOWEVER, I, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT.
IT IS NOW TIED INTO A WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT.
THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS THROUGH I PAUSE AND AT, AT A HIGHER THRESHOLD, I BELIEVE IT'S EITHER A FIVE POINT OR, OR 5.5.
IF THAT'S THAT KIND OF MAGNITUDE THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE WITH AN EARTHQUAKE.
IF IT HAPPENS, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY GET THAT VIA WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE APP, BUT IT IS SENT TO A SLIGHTLY HIGHER THRESHOLD FOR MAGNITUDE.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER? ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? UM, SEEING NONE, UM, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION IN OUR PRESENTATION? SO MOVE SECOND.
WELL, CAN WE VOTE PLEASE? AYE.
THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE, UH, MEMBERS, OR, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY STAFF ON TOP OF THESE ISSUES FOR US.
UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM TODAY.
IT IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT OF 1976.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE'VE INVITED A VERY SPECIAL GUEST TODAY TO OUR MEETING.
THIS IS MEL NUTTER, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TODAY TO HELP, UH, HELPS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COASTAL ACT, THE RESULTS OF THE COASTAL ACT OF 1976, AND SPEAK TO SOME OF HIS PERSONAL, UM, EXPERIENCES IN THE COURSE OF GETTING THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LAW AND, UM, REGULATION ENACTED BACK IN THE EARLY 1970S.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
WELL, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
WE'VE, WE'VE JUST BEEN, UH, EXPLORING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, UM, CURRENTLY.
AND SO, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE NOTION WAS THAT PERHAPS I COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND HAVING TO DO WITH LONG BEACH AND THE FACT THAT, UM, COASTAL ACT 1976 IS BEING CELEBRATED AT ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, A QUICK PLUG AT ONE APPAREL BEACH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THERE WILL BE A MAJOR CELEBRATION, RECOGNIZING THAT THAT LAW HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 50 YEARS.
I GO BACK A LITTLE BEYOND THAT, UM, AS YOU MIGHT SUSPECT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I CAME TO LONG BEACH IN 1964 AS A NEWLY MINTED ATTORNEY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I INITIALLY APPRECIATED WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A THING CALLED RAINBOW PIER.
UH, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S LONG GONE.
BUT I USED TO WALK AROUND THAT PIER, UM, DURING MY LUNCH HOUR.
AND, UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS A PLACE IN THE 1930S WHERE
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MY MOTHER WAS, UH, MAKING HER FIRST VISIT TO CALIFORNIA.AND IT'S ON THAT PEER THAT MY FATHER PROPOSED MARRIAGE.
AND THANK GOD IT WORKED OUT, OTHERWISE, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE.
UM, A FEW THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME TO MENTION IS THAT EVEN BEFORE THE POSTAL ACT OF 1976 OCCURRED, THERE WAS AN, AN INITIATIVE KNOWN AS PROPOSITION 20, WHICH WAS ON THE BALLOT IN 1972.
AND YOU MAY NOT FIND THIS TERRIBLY SURPRISING, BUT THE PRESS TELEGRAM DIDN'T MUCH LIKE THE PROPOSAL.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF TIME EXPLAINING HOW HORRIBLE AND TERRIBLE IT WAS GOING TO BE.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, THE BOAT CITIZENS OF LONG BEACH SORT OF REFLECTED THAT ATTITUDE.
BUT IT DID PASS IN 1972, AND THEN A VARIETY OF THINGS HAPPENED THE COURSE OF TIME.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I FOUND MYSELF DOING WAS DEALING WITH THE ACTUAL OUTLINE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSITION 20 PROVIDED, CREATED.
A TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT SINCE WE'RE MANY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT A TEMPORARY STATE AGENCY DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN CALIFORNIA COAST, UM, DEALING WITH RESOURCE PROTECTION AND DEALING WITH THE NEED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC, TO WHAT, AFTER ALL, IS THE PUBLIC'S OCEAN AND BEACH.
AND, UH, THAT AGENCY WAS DESIGNED TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS AFTER ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
UM, DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, I GOT SOME OF MY LEGAL EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING FOLKS.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT ALL FAMILIAR, AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WITH OCEAN BOULEVARD, UH, THERE WAS A WHOLE STRIP OF PROPERTY GOING FROM REDONDO, UH, AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO BIXBY PARK.
THE, THE CITY AND ITS WISDOM HAD DECIDED TO ZONE THAT AREA R FIVE FOR, UH, AN ARRANGEMENT THAT REQUIRED ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT AND NEW STRUCTURES ALONG THAT STRETCH OF OCEAN.
UH, COULD BE AT LEAST FIVE STORIES HIGH.
AND IF YOU TRAVEL ALONG THAT ROADWAY, YOU'LL STILL SEE ONE OF THOSE REALLY HIGH STRUCTURES THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED.
PROPOSITION 20 CAME INTO PLAY.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WAS ABLE TO DO AS AN ATTORNEY WAS TO REPRESENT BLESS, WHO DIDN'T MUCH LIKE THE R FIVE ZONING, BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD BE IN PERPETUAL SHAME IF IN FACT THE HIGH RISE THE HIGHWAY.
SO THOSE FOLKS MADE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS NEW COASTAL COMMISSION.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS FOLLOWED BY THE NEW DAVID CARDINAL, UM, WAS RATHER UNHAPPY WHEN THE COASTAL COMMISSION DECIDED IN EFFECT THAT NO ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES COULD BE BUILT ALONG THAT AREA UNTIL THERE WAS A PLAN IN PLACE.
AND HE DECIDED TO SUE THE FIRST STREET NEIGHBOR, AND I REPRESENT THEM.
AND FORTUNATELY MADE THE WHITE FLAG, UH, AND WENT AWAY BEFORE THE MATTER CAME TO TO UH, TRIBE.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT WE BACK THEN, UH, YOUNG CALL THE ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE KIND OF REMINDS ME OF YOUR COMMISSION.
'CAUSE THAT BODY WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH ADVICE ABOUT
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MATTERS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.AND MOSTLY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, CITY HALL DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT WE HAD TO PROVIDE.
BUT I WOUND UP ON THAT, UH, BODY DURING PROP 20 DAYS AND ULTIMATELY WOUND UP IN 1977, WHICH WAS WHEN 1976 BECAME EFFECTIVE AS ONE OF THE REGIONAL COASTAL COMMISSIONERS RESPONSIBLE FOR LA AND ORANGE COUNTY'S COASTAL AREA.
AND, UH, AT THAT POINT, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH REALLY HAD SOME SERIOUS CREDIBILITY PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH THEY HAD HANDLED LAND USE AND DECISIONS OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
ONE OF, ONE OF MY FAVORITE VILLAINS ACTUALLY WAS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FELLOW BY THE NAME OF GOOD CREEK AT, AT MY AGE, I FORGET ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
ERNIE MAY, ERNIE WAS THE GUY WHO SAT WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T GO OFF THE RESERVATION.
HE ULTIMATELY WENT OFF THE RESERVATION.
'CAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT, UH, ONE DAY HE WOUND UP, UM, AT LOMBARDO'S RESTAURANT WITH $20,000 WORTH OF MEXICAN GOLD COINS AND AN ARREST.
AND SO GOOD OLD EARNING WENT OFF TO PRISON, WHICH WAS ONE OF, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO LONG BEACH BECAUSE IT, IN EFFECT OPENED UP SOME OF THE, THE WINDOWS, IF YOU WILL, OF CITY HALL AND ALLOWED A NUMBER OF THINGS TRULY TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT WAS AT ABOUT THE TIME THE COASTAL ACT OF 1976 CAME INTO PLAY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY CONCLUDED WAS THAT BECAUSE IT WAS HAVING ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION, IT REALLY NEEDED TO PUT TOGETHER A SCHEME WHERE ITS CREDIBILITY COULD BE ESTABLISHED OR REESTABLISHED.
AND THERE WAS A DECISION MADE BY THE NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR AND THE NEW, UH, CITY MANAGER IN PRESUMABLY THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT IT MADE SENSE TO HAVE AN ADVISORY BODY DEALING WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
AND IN FACT, FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS OR THEREABOUTS, THE CITIZEN'S BODY WORKED ON COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR LONG BEACH'S COASTAL ZONE.
AND ONE OF THE CRAZY THINGS WAS THAT BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF PEOPLE FROM ALL, UM, ASPECTS AND ALL POLITICAL POINTS OF VIEW, WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO THE SIERRA CLUB AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED THEM AND, AND CAME UP WITH A PLAN, WHICH THEY PRESENTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND UNBELIEVABLY, THE CITY COUNCIL WITH VERY FEW CHANGES DECIDED TO RECOMMEND THE COASTAL COMMISSION ADOPT THAT PLAN.
AND MY REGIONAL COASTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE STATE COMMISSION, IN FACT, EMBRACE THE PLAN, WHICH IT DID.
AND IT TURNS OUT THAT LONG BEACH, IT'S THE FIRST MAJOR CITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO COME UP WITH A SO CALLED CERTIFIED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM.
UM, AND, UH, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO AMATO WAY BACK THEN, BUT THE KEYS TO THE COASTAL ZONE BACK TO THE CITY, ALONG WITH A WONDERFUL LITTLE TOKEN, WHICH WAS, UH, THERE WAS A WHOLE HISTORY TO IT, BUT THERE WERE, THERE WAS A SHIRT THAT I WAS ABLE TO GIVE HER THAT'S HAD ON ITS
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FRONT COASTAL BUREAUCRATIC THUGS NEED.UH, MAYBE YOU WERE, UH, YOU'VE GOT A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS ON YOUR AGENDA AND I COULD GO ON FOREVER.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE STOP ME WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO.
THIS, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW LOMBARDO'S NOW IS 5 5 5.
AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CITY BUSINESS IS ALWAYS DONE IN.
SO WHEN YOU MENTION THAT NAME, I WENT, OH YEAH.
IN FACT, ERNIE HAD, UH, WHAT WE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS HIS PEW IN THAT, UH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I MET WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES, NOT REALLY FULLY APPRECIATING WHAT HE WAS TRULY UP TO
UM, WELL, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE? ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I DEALT WITH AFTER, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE REGIONAL COASTAL COMMISSION.
I WAS ON THE STATE COASTAL COMMISSION.
IN FACT, I CHAIRED THE STATE COMMISSION FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND, UH, SOME OF THE POLITICS I COULD SPEND ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING TALES ABOUT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I MANAGED TO DO AFTER MY COASTAL COMMISSION CAREER, UH, WAS OVER, WAS TO DEAL WITH THE SO-CALLED, UH, DISNEY SEA OR PORT DISNEY PROPOSAL.
WHICH WAS QUITE CONTROVERSIAL.
AND, UH, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE CRAZY THINGS WHERE THE ATTORNEY, UH, FOR DISNEY TOLD DAVID MEL, WHO WAS THE LOCAL POINT PERSON FOR DISNEY, THAT PERHAPS HE OUGHT WITH ME AND TALKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND IT TURNED OUT THAT
UH, AS LONG AS THE PROPOSED PURPOSE WAS TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, DIDN'T REQUIRE THAT THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING AT ALL THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH ITS, IT'S, UH, SEA OR OCEAN, UH, LOCATION.
AND I FOUND THAT A LITTLE BIT DISTURBING.
UH, AND SOME OF YOU'LL REMEMBER, JIM HANK GOT CITY MANAGER AND I WOUND UP ON AN AIRPLANE GOING TO SACRAMENTO TO DEAL WITH THAT LEGISLATION.
AND JIM KNEW THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A SLAM DUNK AND WASN.
UM, AND I COULD TELL TALES ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
ONE, ONE OF MY PRIVILEGES AS AN ATTORNEY WAS REPRESENTING THE LAS RITA WETLANDS LAND TRUST BEFORE, UH, THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL SECONDED PCH DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS AFTER WE HAD A CERTIFIED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCONSISTENT WITH THE CERTIFIED PLAN, WHICH INCLUDED ZONING.
AND, UH, IT WAS KIND OF A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO Y CITY COUNCIL FOR ONE COUNCIL OF TIME.
AND ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A VARIETY OF OTHER ELEMENTS TO WHAT IT WAS THAT INSPIRED THE CITY TO, UH, DENY THAT ORIGINAL, I GLAD TO HAVE BEEN ABLE PLAY A PART.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN TALK FOREVER, BUT I THINK YOU'VE GOT A MEETING WITH A FEW THINGS LEFT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MERELY
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MENTION THAT, UM, I CAN SAY THIS AFTERWARDS AND I HOPE YOU DO SOME BLUSH.NU IS A COASTAL LEGEND IN CALIFORNIA AND IS VERY HIGHLY RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED BY FOLKS INVOLVED IN COASTAL ISSUES, COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, UM, THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COASTAL ACT.
AND, UM, IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE, MEL, TO PRESENT YOU WITH A SMALL CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY.
YOU'LL JUST JOIN US ONE MOMENT.
WE'LL HAVE A PHOTO ALMOST ALMOST READY FOR THAT
YOU'RE GOING CROOKED ON US AGAIN.
YOU LOVE DOING THAT FOR SOME REASON.
YOU MENTIONED THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER.
AND I, I'LL CLOSE THAT PRESENTATION BY SAYING THERE'S A VERY FAMOUS, UM, QUOTE IN THE WORLD OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND COASTAL ACT, UM, BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS WHO ARE, OH, CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THE SUBJECT.
UM, A FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OUT OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION, UM, SLY PASSED AWAY 10 YEARS AGO.
AND HIS FAMOUS QUOTE WAS, CALIFORNIA COAST IS NEVER SAVED.
SO AT THAT NOW FOR DEDICATION AND HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO NOT ONLY LONG BEACH, BUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
CAN A QUICK PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH, SURE.
I WORK WITH PARTNERS OF PARKS.
WE'RE THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FUNDRAISES FOR THE PARKS DIRECT MARINE DEPARTMENT.
SO I ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO PUT ON THAT EVENT THAT HE JUST MENTIONED ON SATURDAY.
SO I CAME HERE TODAY TO INVITE YOU GUYS ALL TO JOIN US.
UM, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE LIVE OF MUSIC DJS.
WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING AWAY KONA ICE.
THERE'S GONNA BE INFORMATIONAL TABLES, UM, FROM ORGANIZATIONS UP AND DOWN THE STATE WHO PARTNER WITH THE COASTAL COMMISSION.
IF YOU GO VISIT THOSE TABLES, THEY'LL GIVE YOU RAFFLE TICKETS.
WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING FUN LITTLE STUFF AWAY.
AND OUR VERY OWN, UH, MARINE BUREAU MANAGER IS GOING TO BE JUDGING A SANDCASTLE BUILDING CONTEST.
SO YOU GOTTA COME SEE HIM, JUDGE THE SANDCASTLE.
HE KNOWS ABOUT BUILDING SAND RESUME BUILDER.
HOW QUALIFIED ARE YOU FOR THAT? EXTREMELY.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL I WANTED.
PROVIDE A FLYER THAT WOULD GO ON OUR PACKET.
AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND DISTRIBUTE IT.
WHERE'S THAT EVENT AT? IN SATURDAY AT THE J APPAREL BEACH LOT, WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIFEGUARD HEADQUARTERS.
UM, AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE WITH SOME OF THOSE STREET VENDORS IN THE GRASS AND STUFF.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE OVER THAT WHOLE AREA.
UM, AND IT SHOULD BE REALLY FUN.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, A LADY WHO DOES LIKE CIRCUS STYLE HULA HOOPS AND AN INSTRUCTOR DOING A YOGA, UH, WORKSHOP.
KIDS, ADULTS, FAMILY, DJS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN JOIN US.
NOW, UH, WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION, DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
WE'VE HAD COMMENT FROM NEW PUBLIC.
MAY WE HAVE A MO A VOTE PLEASE ON MEL'S PRESENTATION ON THE POSTAL ACT.
THE MOTION PASSES, AYES HAVE, IT IS APPROVED.
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NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.THIS WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE CITY MANAGER'S MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
AM I, HAVE I GOT THAT IN ORDER? YEP.
SO RECOMMENDATION, RECEIVING FILE MANAGER'S, MONTHLY ORAL UPDATES.
AND MAY I HAVE, UM, A MOTION PLEASE? SO MOVED.
LET'S, UH, PROCEED WITH THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS TODAY, UH, MR. LELAND, SO TAKE IT AWAY.
YES, WE WANT TO BE, UH, EXPEDIENT, BUT WE DO ALSO WANT TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL WORK TO ANSWER, UH, WE'LL START, JUMP RIGHT IN WITH OUR, UH, MARINE PATROL REPORT AND GO FROM THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL NEED THE MIC.
IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME, LEMME KNOW.
UM, COMMISSIONERS TODD, UH, TAMLIN, UH, PLEASURE TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE THAT I'VE BEEN, UH, AT ONE OF THE RING ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK.
THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY ABOUT MEL AND YOUR STORY ABOUT 20, THERE WAS ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT THING HAPPENING IN 1972.
THAT, THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT FROM YOUR THUNDER, BUT TALKING
UM, FOR ME, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE MARINE PATROL NOW 28 YEARS IN MARCH.
UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT RETIRING IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, BUT WHO KNOWS, UH, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE IF, IF TODD WILL HIRE ME AS, I THINK IT'S AN ANNUIT THAT'S A, AN A PERSON WHO RETIRES AND THEN IS REHIRED ANYWAY.
BUT, UM, THESE ARE STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR THE MARINE PATROL.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE STATISTICS AND, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU THE STATISTICS AND IF AFTERWARDS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS DOESN'T COVER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
UH, SO FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WE WROTE 134 PARKING CITATIONS.
I WILL NOTE THAT THE 134 PARKING CITATIONS IS A VERY LOW NUMBER.
PEOPLE CONTEST CITATIONS AT DIFFERENT RATES.
SO AS THEY CONTEST THEM, AND THE CITY HAS NOT PROCESSED THOSE CITATIONS YET, UH, THE NUMBER GOES UP, NEVER REALLY GOES DOWN.
SO 134, WE WROTE ABOUT 10 CITATIONS FOR MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS, MAINLY TO DO WITH TRESPASSING ON THE DOCKS.
AND THEN ALSO PHISHING, UH, VIOLATIONS.
AGAIN, I, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THOSE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
THEY'RE MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS.
IT'S NOT LIKE GETTING A A, A TRAFFIC TICKET FOR RUNNING THROUGH A STOP SIGN.
UM, THERE'S, UH, COURTS INVOLVED IN FINES AND ALL THE REST OF THAT STUFF AND CAN ULTIMATELY GO TO LIKE A JURY TRIAL, UH, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT HAPPENS A LOT, BUT IT CAN GO THAT FAR.
ALL THAT IS HANDLED BY THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
UM, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE REGARDING THOSE TWO THINGS, 6 0 2 OF THE CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE, WHICH IS, UH, TRESPASS AND ALSO THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR FISHING HAS GONE DOWN BY HALF.
UM, AS FAR AS CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE CONCERNED, UH, BY HALF I WOULD SAY PARTLY TO DO WITH THE WEATHER.
IT'S, I KNOW IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT, BUT SOMETIMES AT NIGHT THE MOST TO GET COOLER KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.
SO THE, THE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE GONE DOWN AND THEN I THINK THE MESSAGE HAS GONE OUT FOR PEOPLE SAYING, HEY, I, I PROBABLY SHOULD GO OUT AND DO THOSE THINGS 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA STOP BY THE POLICE AND GET A TICKET OR WHATEVER.
SO THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE GONE DOWN BY HALF.
THOSE ARE THE MAJOR STATISTICS.
I WILL ALSO SAY WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS THAT ARE FINISHING THEIR TRAINING IN, IN ABOUT A 30 DAY PERIOD.
THEY WILL BE RELEASED OUT ON THEIR OWN TO BE SINGLE OFFICER DEPLOYABLE UNITS.
SO THAT'LL HELP OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN TRAINING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
THEY TRANSFERRED FROM THE JAIL TO US AND ARE FINISHING THEIR TRAINING.
I DID SEND TODD AND BRIAN AN EMAIL, I WON'T READ THE EMAIL, BUT, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE BEGINNING OF LA BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH WITH HURRICANE BREED, UH, WE WERE, UH, DEPLOYED OUT TO OCEAN BOULEVARD TO TRY AND HELP WITH THE MESS THAT HURRICANE MARINE CAUSED.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THE WORRY ABOUT, UH, THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE THAT WERE OUT THERE, STRUCTURES, UH, IT WAS REALLY HOT, IT WAS REALLY HUMID.
UH, IT WAS HORRIBLE, UH, FOR US HAVING TO CARRY ALL THIS STUFF.
BUT ANYWAY, WE WERE OUT THERE IN INSURED PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, I DID SEND TODD AND BRIAN, UH, AN EMAIL.
I I WAS CONTACTED BY A HANDFUL OF RESIDENTS OUT ON THE PENINSULA WHEN I WAS OUT THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST MONTH.
THEY, THEY ALL GAVE NOTHING BUT PRAISE NOT ONLY TO TODD, HIS
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LEADERSHIP AND THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, THE BOTH, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE AND BEACH OPERATIONS WITH ALL THAT WE'RE DOING.I SAW IT FIRSTHAND WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY WERE DOING.
THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING IN A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER, A HUNDRED DEGREE, SORRY, A HUNDRED PERCENT HUMIDITY.
AND THEY WERE OUT THERE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I REALLY DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY COMPLAIN.
THEY PROBABLY WERE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR ANYBODY.
BUT ANYWAY, WITH, WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE MARINE BUREAU, I, I, I SAW IT FIRSTHAND.
UH, I WANNA SAY ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC THAT THAT CONTACTED ME.
AND FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT, THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID.
I WAS OUT THERE FOR A BUNCH OF DAYS.
AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH THIS NEW HURRICANE COMING IN, UH, NO MAJOR PROBLEMS HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE NOW.
I'LL LEAVE THAT, UM, TO JOHN TO TALK ABOUT, BUT THERE, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER DEPLOYMENT FOR US.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT, THAT I, I CONDENSED EVERYTHING AS, AS SHORT AS I CAN.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TIME CONSTRAINT.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
CAN I ASK, UH, I, I, CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PARKING TICKET.
DOES THAT MONEY STAY? I'LL GO TO YOU AND TELL, DOES THAT MONEY STAY, IF IT'S HERE IN THE MARINA, WILL THAT STAY IN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TIDELANDS FUNDS OR GO BACK TO GENERAL FUND? THE, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THOSE, I MEAN, IT'S $13,000 IN A MONTH.
IT'S BE NICE TO HAVE IT GO BACK TO FEES.
ANY FEE THAT'S GENERATED IN THE
UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO TO THE MARINE BUREAU AND, AND OUR OPERATION, BUT, UH, IF IT'S A FEE OR AN EXPENSE GENERATED IN THE S IT'S REQUIRED TO STAY IN THE S OKAY.
UM, SO, UM, A LOT OF THESE, UH, THESE FEES ARE BASED OUT OF, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT, UH, VIA PUBLIC WORKS, UH, OR, UM, UH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
UH, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
BUT AGAIN, IF IT'S IN THE S IT'S REQUIRED TO STAY IN THE HIGHLANDS.
AND, AND I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT.
NOT, NOT ALL VIOLATIONS WENT UP.
I WOULD SAY THERE'S A HANDFUL OF MAYBE EIGHT AND, UH, CITY MANAGEMENT, CITY COUNCIL DETERMINED VIOLATIONS THAT WERE IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY WENT UP, BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS, DOUBLE PARKING, BLOCKING, UH, BIKE PATHS, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THE, THE, THE CITATION THAT WE ISSUED, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY NOT HAVING A VALID PERMIT THAT DID NOT REQUIRE, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS ONE THEN.
THEY, THEY DEEMED IT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
SORRY, TO THE, THE 10 FEET FROM A CORNER.
HAS THAT BEEN ENACTED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH YET? IT'S A STATE LAW NOW.
WE, WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY CITING THOSE AND I HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, AND THEY WON'T IF YOU CALL IT IN, SO.
AND EVEN IF IT'S PAINTED RED, SO GREAT JOB.
THE WAY YOU TALK ABOUT TODD, I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA GET WHATEVER YOU WANT.
SO
HE'S ONE OF OUR TOP GUYS IN THE MARINE PATROL.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE MARINE PATROL, UH, SERGEANT MCVAY, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? I JUST GONNA MAKE A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS.
UH, I JUST WON'T COMMEND THEM.
I'VE BEEN GONE FOR SIX WEEKS ON A TRAINING COURSE.
UH, APOLOGIZE I WASN'T HERE TO HELP YOU.
I'M HERE THIS WEEKEND, SO I SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
UH, HOPEFULLY I CAN CALM THE WEATHER'S DOWN FOR YOU.
UH, WHEN IT CAME TO THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD HERE AND SHORELINE AND WE HEARD WHAT YOU GUYS WANTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO THE JUVENILES, UH, DOWN THE DOCK FISHING, THE LOITERING, UH, WE BASICALLY, DURING SUMMER MONTHS, WE PRETTY MUCH TRIPLE OUR CITATIONS.
WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 30 OF THOSE A MONTH.
AND WHEN WE GET THERE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FISHING COLD, THE WATER, WE COULDN'T SIGN FOR THAT.
WE HAD SIGNED FOR THE TRESPASSING, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 15 OF THOSE.
SO WE WERE DOING ABOUT 45 MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS PER MONTH DURING SUMMER.
SO I LIKE COMMEND THEM TO THEIR HARD WORK.
AND I KNOW THE WORD GOT OUT OF IT 'CAUSE I GOT SEVERAL NASTY EMAILS FROM PARENTS AT SILL BEACH 'CAUSE THEIR KIDS GOT CITATIONS WE LIKE.
IT IS WHAT IS SO, UH, GREAT JOB BY THEM.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAVE NOTICED IT.
HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY HAS SAID LIKE, HEY, I SEE A LITTLE BIT LESS OF IT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT ISSUE AS IT ARISES.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS,
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I KNOW 'CAUSE DAVEY'S CLOSED, IT'S SOUTH SHORE LAUNCH RAMP IS BUSY.I CAN'T CONTROL THE FACT UNFORTUNATELY THAT QUEEN MARY IS ALLOWING THEIR EMPLOYEES TO PARK THERE WHEN THEY HAVE AN EVENT AT THE AMPHITHEATER, WHICH TAKES 'EM HALF THE PARKING.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN HAMMERING OUT THE ILLEGAL JET SKI, JET SKI RENTALS THAT GO OUT OF THERE.
UH, SHE'S FROM BUSINESS LICENSING.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH HER GOING DOWN THERE WHEN WE CAN FIND SOMEONE THAT IS RENTING OUT, THEY'RE VERY CRAFTY.
THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, THIS IS MY FRIEND.
WELL, I HAVE SORT OF WAYS TO GET THEM TO ADMIT LIKE, OH, WELL, WHERE'S YOUR MOTOR SAFETY CARD? 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT RENTING ONLY TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE IS WHEN YOU'RE RENTING.
WELL, FROM NEW NOW THEY'RE GETTING A CITATION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE JET SKIS THAT ARE, UH, ILLEGALLY MOURNING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, NOT LETTING OUR BOAT BOATS GETTING OUT THE WATER.
UH, I THINK LIKE LAST MONTH IT SOMETHING LIKE 2.9 JET SKIS.
WE TOOK A COUPLE VEHICLES, WENT DOWN THERE YESTERDAY WITH JOHN VIGIL.
HE'S BEEN REALLY PROACTIVE ON THIS.
HE'S ONE OF OUR MARINE CONTROL SUPERVISORS.
WE TOOK ANOTHER TWO VEHICLES, ANOTHER TWO TRAILERS YESTERDAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE ISSUES.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU DONE? UH, THAT WAS ALL I WAS GONNA SAY.
WHAT ABOUT ILLEGAL CHARTERS BOATS WITH THE GREATER THAN SIX PASSENGERS ADVERTISING, UM, ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, ET CETERA? UH, SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY PURVIEW.
I'D HAVE TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND STUDY ON THAT.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE REALLY, UH, DEALT WITH BEFORE.
UH, EVEN THE BUSINESS LICENSE'S, SOMETHING THAT I CITE ON, I HAVE TO GET BUSINESS LICENSING OUT TO DO THAT PORTION.
LUCKILY, WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, I'M ABLE TO GET HIM FROM LITTLE THINGS.
LIKE YESTERDAY, THE GUY I KNOW, I KNEW WHO HE WAS.
HE'S THE PERSON THAT'S BEEN STEALING STUFF BEFORE AND HE'S BEEN PUT IN JAIL.
I I FOUND HIS TRAILER IPO, HIS TRUCK.
SO I'LL GET HIM FOR THE THINGS I CAN AND THEN I'LL WORK WITH THEM.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
YEAH, I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD OF THAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHO I NEED TO WORK WITH TO.
IT MIGHT BE, WOULD BE A COAST GUARD THING, BABE.
BUT THE LIFEGUARDS, LIFEGUARDS HAVE, UH, THE JURISDICTION ALSO.
UM, I WILL REACH OUT TO THE COAST GUARD SOON BECAUSE ACTUALLY WANNA WORK WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT.
THEY HAVE A GUY, HE'S AT BALDWIN PARK, PD OFFICER WHO'S ON THEIR AUXILIARY UNIT AND HE'S BEEN GOING OUT THERE 'CAUSE HE, COAST GUARD HAS TITLE 14.
THEY CAN STOP ANY BOAT FOR ANY REASON.
AND HE'S BEEN GOING OUT THERE AND HE'S GOT AN, A CIVIL ARREST RECENTLY FOR ONE BOAT.
ANOTHER GUY HAD NOBEL, SOMEBODY ELSE HAD SOME DRUGS.
SO, UM, I'LL TRY TO GET WITH HIM SOON AND SEE WHAT HE MIGHT HELP ME OUT WITH.
SO JUST TO, JUST TO TACK ONTO WHAT SERGEANT MCAY SAID IS WE DO A LOT OF, UH, UH, WORK TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE, UH, UNAUTHORIZED CHARGERS ON THE LAND SIDE AT LAUNCH RAMS AT DOCKS.
BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT ONCE THEY'RE UNDERWAY, JUST DUE TO THE FACT, LIKE WHAT, WHAT YOU HAD JUST HEARD IS OUR MARINE SAFETY, UH, RESCUE BOATS AND, UH, SERGEANT MC, UH, POLICE BOATS, THEY CAN'T STOP, UH, VESSELS FOR NO WITHOUT CAUSE.
SO, UM, COAST GUARD CAN DO THAT AND THEY CAN TERMINATE A CRUISE SITE.
SO WE WITNESS 'EM AND GET A PHOTO WITH THEIR CF NUMBER AND SEE 'EM BRING A CHARTER.
IS THAT ENOUGH CAUSE FOR SOMEONE TO SEND, SEND THOSE TO US, UH, IN THE MARINE BUREAU.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL COORDINATE WITH SERGEANT MCMA.
I'VE BEEN USING THE TOOL ONLINE FOR THE COAST GUARD, UH, AND I'VE BEEN GETTING YEAH, IF YOU DO THAT WITH COAST GUARD YEAH, EVENTUALLY.
I'M JUST TALKING FROM, FROM, UH, CITY STAFF POINT OF VIEW.
IF YOU SEND THAT INFORMATION TO US, WE CAN WORK WITH LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR BUSINESS SERVICES GROUP TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS, LANDSIDE AND AT THE DOCK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? JUST, JUST ONE ELECTRIC BIKES.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF 'EM AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
IT'S AMAZING HOW I'VE SEEN A REDUCTION OF THE KIDS ON THE STREET.
NOT FOR WHAT LONG BEACH IS DOING, BUT WHAT LA HAS DONE, WHAT ORANGE COUNTY IS DOING STILL BEACH HAS DONE, I MEAN, THEY'RE IMPOUNDING 'EM LEFT AND RIGHT.
UH, AND THEY'RE HOLDING THE PARENTS ACCOUNTABLE.
UH, SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST PART.
YEAH, I I HAVE YOU SEEN A REDUCTION IN THAT IN AROUND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT OR AROUND, UH, THE BEACHES OR ARE THEY STILL OUT THERE? UH, I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, I'VE SEEN LESS, UH, AS A PARENT OF A 14-YEAR-OLD.
AND I KNOW OTHER PARENTS THAT THEIR KIDS HAVE THOSE BIKES.
I KNOW TWO KIDS PERSONALLY, I KNOW THEIR PARENTS.
I CAN'T TELL THEIR PARENTS WHAT TO DO, BUT THOSE KIDS RECENTLY GOT SOME PRETTY HEFTY CITATIONS, BIKES IMPOUNDED.
SO I THINK I'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT LESS.
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I'VE SEEN THE, YOU KNOW, ENFORCEMENT.SO IT'S IN MY MIND, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANY OTHER MONTHLY REPORTS? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH, UH, SOME STUFF AND THEN, UH, BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS WITH YOU.
JUST TAKE YOU THROUGH, UH, WHAT WE GOT GOING ON.
UH, THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER LEADING INTO OCTOBER.
UH, A LOT OF WORK ON THE BEACHES AND WATERWAYS.
UH, YOU SEE THE GUYS, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE GRANADA BEACH, UH, UH, WATER PLACE FEATURE.
THAT THING IS A, A MYSTERY TO US, AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRY TO SOLVE, UH, BUT WE WANT TO GET THAT, UH, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UP OPERATING AND AVAILABLE FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
UH, WE SUPPORTED, UH, THE AIRPORT IN, UH, SOME, UH, EVENT SA SO WE, WE HAD SOME BLEACHERS THAT WE PUT OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WERE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO OUR FELLOW DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN FOR THEIR EVENTS AND THAT STUFF, WHAT ALL THOSE BLEACHERS GET USED FOR.
THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THAT ONE SET OF BLEACHERS IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
I MEAN, WE DO CHARGE, BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT NETWORKING TOOL.
AND THE FACT THAT WE GO OUT THERE AND WE GET TO MEET OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU HELP US CONSIDERATION TO HAVING ANOTHER SET OF A DIFFERENT SIZE OF THE, UM, THESE TEND TO DO THE TRICK FOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO WHAT WE DO, ANYTHING BIGGER THAN THAT, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO OUT TO A EVENT PLANNER KIND OF THING.
BUT FOR JUST A A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE, IT'S, IT'S THE RIGHT AMOUNT THAT WE CAN WORK, UH, AND SIGN.
I WATCHED THE, UH, PROCESS THERE.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, UH, WE UPDATED THE MARINE STADIUM SIGN.
UH, AND THE COOL PART ABOUT THIS IS CORY FORESTER, HIS MARINE MAINTENANCE TEAM.
UH, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH PAINT AND, AND, UH, RIPPER TRAFFIC, VINYL, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, THE SIGN WAS IN A STATE OF DIS REPAIR.
WE WERE ABLE TO UPGRADE IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT WE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $25,000 ON THAT.
AND INVESTMENT WELL SPENT, UH, LOOKS GREAT.
WE'RE GETTING NOTHING BUT KUDOS IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY FOR IT.
AND IT JUST, IT, IT'S A SIGN THAT MARINE STADIUM DESERVES.
SO, UH, THERE WE ARE THERE, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, PUTTING SOME MORE SECURITY FENCING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE B ONE, UH, PUBLIC RESTROOM AT ALAMEDA, ALAMEDA BEACH.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF ENCAMPMENTS IN THAT AREA, SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO ADDRESS, UH, THAT THROUGH, UH, ONE, UH, SEP 10.
WE HAVE A MULCH GARDEN JUST ADJACENT TO IT.
AND NOW WE'RE JUST KIND OF CLOSING OFF THAT, THAT HARDSCAPE CONCRETE BEHIND THERE TO FURTHER MITIGATE, UH, UH, ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, BASICALLY A LOT OF WORK, UH, ON, WELL, LAST MONTH, UH, LABOR DAY ON A LOT OF WORK ON THE PENINSULA BOARDWALK.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UH, OUR STAFF OUT THERE ON A DAILY BASIS TO, TO, UM, BUTTON UP, SHORE UP FORTIFY, UH, SANDBAG.
UH, THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN, IN GETTING TIME EXTENDED ON THAT, UH, BULKHEAD WALL.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR, UH, WORK CUT OUT FOR, UH, OUT FOR US OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
BUT, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS CONSERVATION CORPS TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
WATCHING TODAY, AND I TELL YOU WHAT, I I WAS THOUGHT I WAS SO IMPRESSED.
NOT JUST THEM, BUT THE LIFEGUARDS THAT WERE THERE WORKING AND FILLING UP SANDBAGS AND BRINGING THE SANDBAGS OUT FOR THE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, LITERALLY THE HOMEOWNERS ARE, IT IS HORRIFIC FOR THEM.
AND TO SEE YOU ALL THERE DOING IT, YOU SEE HOW, NOT PEACEFUL, BUT THEY, THEY WERE BREATHING A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE ALL THE PEOPLE WERE DOWN THERE THROWING US TIME BACK.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A VERY FINITE WINDOW OF TIME THAT WE CAN DO WORK.
UH, THE TIDES AND THE WAVE ENERGY THAT'S HITTING THE BOARDWALK AND HITTING THAT BULKHEAD WALL REALLY LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF SAFE WORKING TIME THAT WE CAN BE OUT THERE.
SO WE'RE OUT THERE DOING EVERYTHING
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WE CAN.UH, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE OUT THERE 24 7, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SAFE TO PUT PEOPLE OUT THERE, UH, FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME DUE TO WAVE ENERGY AND FREQUENCY OF THAT WAVE ENERGY.
BUT WHEN IT IS SAFE, WE'RE OUT THERE.
WE'RE GETTING WORK IN, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO, UH, AGAIN, A LOT OF CLEANUP AFTER, UH, MARIE, UH, WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS IN MARINE SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS CONSERVATION CORPS.
IT WAS A, A FULL SCALE RESPONSE FROM MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GET THE, UH, THE PENINSULA, UH, OCEAN FRONT, UH, CLEANED UP AND READY FOR, YOU KNOW, NORMAL, NORMAL USE.
AND THEN, UH, JUST A LOT OF FORS AND SANDBAGS.
I, I WOULD SAY SINCE, UH, SINCE MARIE, UH, LABOR DAY WEEKEND, WE'RE PROBABLY UPWARDS OF 10,000 SANDBAGS, UH, OUT AT THE PENA.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, BUT WE'RE STILL BUILDING BERMS. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO, UH, OUR CORE SERVICES OF GROOMING AND MAINTAINING THE BEACHFRONT.
UH, WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH THE PROJECT TO, UH, PLACE NEW LIFEGUARD TOWERS WITH, UH, UH, MARINE SAFETY.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE OUT THERE MAKING REPAIRS TO HARDSCAPE AND SIDEWALKS AND, UH, PARKING LOTS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THOSE, THOSE, THOSE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS.
THIS IS SOME OF OUR LANDSCAPE WORK.
WE PLANTED A NEW TREE BY THE, UH, LIFEGUARD MUSEUM AT MARINE STADIUM.
WE MULCH ALL OF THE, UH, THE CURB AREAS AND THE, UH, MEDIANS, UH, IN THE, UH, MARINE STADIUM PARKING LOT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THE, THE LONG LAWN DE GUARD, UH, UH, STUFF.
THE, THE, UH, REMOVING THAT NON-FUNCTIONAL TURF AND, UH, ELEVATING THOSE SPACES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, WE JUST TRIMMED AND REPLANTED IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, ROUNDABOUT BY, BY THE A BM HARBOR MASTER OFFICE.
AND THEN JUST CLEANING AND, UH, KEEPING, UH, KEEPING THE RIGHT WORK, DOING THE POWER WASHING OF THE BIKE PATH, AND, UH, THE WALKING PATHS AND THE LOLLIPOPS DOWN ON BEACHFRONT.
UH, WE FIXED THAT WATER FOUNTAIN FOR YOU RIGHT BY, UH, BELMONT PIER.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE MAKING REPAIRS TO DOCKS.
WE'RE DEMOING AND HAULING OUT, UM, UH, DELIC VESSELS.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, OUR WAVE FOUNTAIN AT, UH, UH, RAINBOW HARBOR, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
THAT THING IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OPERATIONAL NOW, HUNDRED PERCENT OPERATIONAL ALL THE TIME.
NO, BECAUSE IT IS A BEAR AND IT LIKES A LOT OF ATTENTION.
SO, UH, UH, OUR QUEEN WAY TEAM, THEY'RE OUT WORKING ON THAT THING ALL THE TIME.
AND, UH, THEY GOT IT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR A HUNDRED PERCENT OPERATIONAL RIGHT NOW.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT THAT WAY FOR A WHILE.
UM, SO AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK, UH, AGAIN, TRASH, UH, CLEANING UP THE WATERWAYS.
WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE BOT OUT THERE PICKING UP, UH, DEBRIS.
UH, WE WORK WITH, UH, THE AQUARIUM FOR OUR CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP DAY, UH, MID-SEPTEMBER.
A LOT OF DEBRIS, A LOT OF TRASH, UH, REMOVED FROM, UH, THE MARINAS AND OFF OUR BEACHES.
SO, UH, BIG KUDOS TO MEGAN O'NEILL, UH, WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF OUR, UH, OUR NATURE CENTER.
SHE AND HER TEAM DO A TREMENDOUS JOB COORDINATING, UH, THE EFFORTS OF, UH, HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON, UH, BEACH CLEANUP TANKS.
UM, AS FAR AS WHEN WE DEPLOY THE BOT, UM, I WAS TALKING WITH BRIAN ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE OFFLINE.
UM, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE PUBLIC FACING OPPORTUNITIES, IF THERE'S FLYER THAT GOES WITH ANY OF THAT STUFF, CAN WE RECEIVE A COPY SO WE CAN PUSH IT OUT TO OUR NETWORKS? AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO COME TO ONE OF THESE EVENTS AS WELL.
WE WILL LET YOU DRIVE THE BOB.
YOU KNOW, SO, UH, OF COURSE WE'LL GET YOU ALL THAT, UH, COMM OUTWARD COMMUNICATION, AND THEN YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT AND, UH, TAKE, TAKE THE CONTROLS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE OUR WORK REQUESTS.
UH, LOTS OF GRAFFITI AS ALWAYS, ALWAYS, UH, REMOVING GRAFFITI.
WE HAVE ONE DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER FOR OUR ENTIRE BEACH FRONT, UH, THAT WORKS.
THAT AND THAT ALONE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, AGAIN, UM, MORE COMPLETED FOR THE MONTH.
UH, PUMP OUTS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
UH, EVERY EVERYTHING'S UP OPERATIONAL.
UH, BRIAN PLANT LED A CHARGE TO UPGRADE, UH, WITH QUARRY FORESTER.
OUR, UH, OUR BASIN ONE AND TWO, UH, UH, PUMP OUTS.
AND THEY'RE A LOT EASIER TO OPERATE FOR PEOPLE.
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UH, OR IS IT BASIN TWO, MASON THREE IN THAT AREA.BUT, UH, THEY'RE MUCH EASIER TO OPERATE.
THEY WORK A LOT, UH, A LOT MORE EFFICIENTLY.
TIDE REPORTS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT TIDES RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ARE, ARE AT ODDS WITH THE TIDES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT OUR FRIEND.
UH, WE KNOW WE HAVE HIGH TIDES COMING THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE, UH, WORKING.
UH, KELLY'S TEAM, BEACH MAINTENANCE, THEY'RE BUILDING BURNS.
CORY'S TEAM IS OUT THERE, UH, FORTIFYING, REPAIRING, UH, SEA WALLS.
UH, WE WILL BE BUILDING BAYSIDE BERMS. UH, SO YEAH.
I WAS GONNA ADD, STARTING THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK, UH, WITH THE EXPECTATION OF HIGHER TIDES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE END OF OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING OFF OF A OBSERVED TIDE VARIANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE PROJECTED TIDES AND TIDE LOGS.
SO IF YOU HAVE A PROJECTED TIDE IN A TIDE LOG THAT SAYS SIX FOOT, UH, THE OBSERVED TIDE THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT NOAH IS SEEING RIGHT NOW IS MORE TO SEVEN FOOT 7.2.
SO, AS A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, UH, WE ARE TAKING A PLUS 1.5 FOOT DEVIATION.
SO ANYTIME WE ARE LOOKING AT A TIDE CHART, UH, FROM THE MARINE BUREAU STANDPOINT, FROM RAIN SAFETY, FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WE'RE ADDING, UH, PLUS 1.5 TO THAT, UH, PROJECTED TILE.
WENT TO THE NEW GATES GET INSTALLED.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, AND, AND LOOK FOR A FABRICATOR, UH, THAT IS GONNA GIVE US THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.
UH, BRIAN IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH, UH, A NUMBER OF FABRICATORS TO, TO GET THE MOST VIABLE OPTION FOR A PRICE POINT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.
SO YOU WERE ABLE TO GET GATES FOR THAT RESTAURANT DOWNTOWN, ALBEA BEACH.
SO IS THAT PERSON VIABLE? SO THAT'S ONE INSTALLATION, AND IT'S KIND OF A, A SETUP THERE, THAT COMPANY WE COULD GO THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO SHARE THAT OVERALL SPENDING PROCUREMENT WITH THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE NEED TO SPEND ON THE GATES, WE CAN'T SPEND WITH THAT COMPANY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPENDING POWER FROM THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO WE HAVE TO GO OUT IN THREE QUOTE TO GET A, A, A PROCUREMENT IN PLACE FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AT LEAST A YEAR FROM WHEN YOU SAID YOU HAD MONEY.
SO, AND DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, TODAY'S COASTAL COASTAL COMMISSION MEETING WITH REGARDS TO THE DOCKS ON TODAY'S YEAR? UH, YES.
UH, WE, UH, WE HAD BIRTH ONE, BIRTH TWO PROJECT ON THAT MEETING.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS GROUP YET.
UM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THAT MEETING AS WELL, BUT WE HAD OTHER ITEMS THAT TOOK US AWAY FROM THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, IT'S, UNLESS I'VE HEARD OTHERWISE, THE HOPE IS THAT WE GOT COASTAL COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR THAT ACTIVITY, AND WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH, UH, WITH A, UH, UH, CONTRACT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFLUX WITH OTHER SEAS, DISPOSING OF THEIR HOOD LOADS, AND WE SEEM TO BE THE LANDING POINT.
SO YES, THE MARINAS ARE VERY, UH, OPEN.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC ON OUR MONTHLY MANAGERS UPDATE REPORT? SEEING NONE WITH RESPECT TO THE MONTHLY MANAGER'S REPORT.
JOAN, OR DID YOU WANNA HAVE MORE GENERAL COMMENT? THE MANAGERS COME CLOSER, PLEASE.
I JUST, UH, I GUESS YOU CAN'T REALLY, I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW TO WORD THIS, BUT ANYWAY, UM, THE NEW TRANSITION TO QUA, I JUST, UH, AH, YES, UH, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, WE ARE TRANSITIONING TO A, UH, NEW WE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, UH, QUA.
UH, IT IS FOR A MYRIAD OF REASONS, BUT, UH, THAT ROLLOUT IS LOOKING
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MORE AND MORE, UH, SOLIDIFIED BY NOVEMBER 1ST.WE HAVE ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH OUR VOTERS, EXCUSE ME, AND OUR COMMITTEES, UH, TO BE, UH, UH, MOVING OVER AND LOGGING INTO AND SIGNING UP TO THE NEW SYSTEM.
UH, BASICALLY IT'S A, UM, A MORE ROBUST, MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY, UH, MORE, UH, UH, OPTION.
HAS A LOT MORE OPTIONALITY, A LOT MORE AMENITIES, AND IT'S GONNA STREAMLINE, UM, OPERATIONS AND, UH, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR, OUR STAFF.
AND, UH, IT'S GOING TO SAVE US A, A GOOD AMOUNT OF, UH, MONEY OVER THE SPAN OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE PLEASE ON, UH, APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE, THE MANAGERS UPDATES? AYE.
GOING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, IT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE, FOR BOTH? SECOND.
I'LL START WITH, UM, A BRIEF, UM, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 1ST, UM, MARIA OFFICES.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THAT MORNING.
UM, WE ARE STILL DISCUSSING, ACTIVELY DISCUSSING, UM, A SOLUTION TO A MORE PERMANENT LOCATION FOR THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE FUTURE OF THE PENINSULA AND WHAT THE CITY'S PLAN WILL BE FOR THE SAND REPLENISHMENT FROM, UM, AL EAST BAY, AS WELL AS LONG-TERM, UM, SAND NOURISHMENT.
AND ONCE THE SAND IS ON THE BEACH TO CONSIDER KEEPING IT ON THE BEACH, WHICH IS NOW, UH, A PROPOSAL WITHIN THE CITY'S PLAN FOR JUNE RESTORATION.
SO WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO, UH, CONTACT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INVOLVED WITH JUNE RESTORATION, MAINLY THE BAY FOUNDATION AND SAN MONICA, AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO BRING SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK WITH US ABOUT WHAT THAT PLAN MEANS, WHAT THAT ENTAILS, UM, AND WHAT THE CITY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, A RETREAT SOMETIME EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR TO TALK, UH, ABOUT LONG TERM PLANNING FOR THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND HOPEFULLY GET MORE COMMISSIONERS APPLICATIONS INTO THE CITY, AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET MORE COMMISSIONERS INTO, UH, OUR, OUR BOARD HERE.
UM, WE ALL REALIZE THAT WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE MEETING COUNCIL FOR LACK OF A QUORUM.
SO IT IS, UH, SHALL WE SAY, ALL HANDS ON DECK TO GET MORE APPLICATIONS INTO THE CITY.
FOR PEOPLE, VIABLE CANDIDATES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE MAC, I INVITE EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER YOUR PERSONAL NETWORK AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORK.
FOR FOLKS WHO COULD HAVE AN INTEREST ON THE MAC, I'M GOING TO, UH, THANK JOAN LANCO FOR HER EFFORTS TO, UH, PROMOTE THE FACT THAT THE MAC IS NOW ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR APPLICANTS.
SHE WAS OUT AT COMMUNITY FOR THE PENINSULA LAST WEEK AND HANDING OUT FLYERS TO FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE TO TRY AND PROMOTE, UM, AND INTEREST PEOPLE IN THE MAGNET.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND I'LL CALL ON OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE, PLEASE.
UH, SO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET, UH, JUST IMMEDIATELY, UH, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
UM, THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE PORTIA, UM, WHO IS FROM THE CITY, AND SHE GAVE US ALL THE NUMBERS BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR ME MAKE IT UP.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TOTAL GROSS REVENUE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS $30,573,101, AND EXPENSES OF 20 20 MILLION 9 19, 9 37 IN NET REVENUES, UH, 9 MILLION 6 54, UM, THOUSAND 156.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL CHARTS THAT WE'RE GIVING, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE THEM TO YOU.
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KEEPING US IN GOOD STEAD.AND THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE GOAL RATIO FOR OUR DEATH SERVICE IS 1.25.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 1.27, BUT SHE ESTIMATES WE'RE GONNA BE AT ABOUT 1.32.
UM, WE HAVEN'T CLOSED OUT THE YEAR.
I MEAN, THE, THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR IS CLOSED, BUT THERE STILL MAY BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE OF, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT STILL COME IN THAT HAVE TO BE PAID OUT, YADA, YADA.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSION OR CONVERSATION ON THOSE TWO, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS? UM, Z NONE.
ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC? Z? NONE.
UM, CAN I HAVE A VOTE PLEASE ON OUR, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THESE STATUS REPORTS? AYE, AYE, AYE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEES, AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKES ACTION TO DISSOLVE THE MAX SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO, SO DO WE MOVE THAT, WE MOVE, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY.
SO, UM, FOR A MOMENT IN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SIMPLY SUGGEST THAT, UM, THE ITEMS BEING BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE OUR CITY STAFF TIME AND THEIR RESOURCES TO MAKE OUR TIME MORE EFFICIENT WHEN WE ARE MEETING AS A COMMITTEE.
UM, THE IDEA THAT, UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THESE COMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, BUT THAT THE TIMES THE RESOURCES AND TIME OF STAFF, NOT JUST NOT ONLY, UM, PARK STRIKE AND MARINE STAFF, BUT OTHER STAFFERS WITHIN THE CITY WHO DO ATTEND THESE SUB-CITIES, UM, CAN BE USED MORE, UM, SHALL WE SAY FRUITFULLY AND, UM, AND INFORM THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD THEN INFORM THE COMMISSION.
I, I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF IT THOUGH.
SO CAN WE MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION, MR. MOER
I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE, A LITTLE, UH, BACKSTORY.
UM, SO IN OUR FY 27 BUDGET, UH, THE, THE MAYOR, UH, REQUESTED THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS, UH, WORK TO MOVE ALL COMMISSIONS TO TWO MEETINGS IN A CALENDAR MONTH.
SO IF, IF WE DO, UH, DISSOLVE THE MOST OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, YOU WOULD BE DISSOLVING FINANCE COMMITTEE, YOU WOULD BE DISSOLVING, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND TITLES, CAPITAL, UH, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO THE, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S A WAY TO PREPARE FOR A MEETING.
AND THAT FILLS WITHIN THE TWO.
UM, THE, THE POINT OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES COULD READILY BE ABSORBED INTO YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS YES.
IN THE FACT THAT INSTEAD OF BRINGING, UH, THE, THE, THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO YOU IN A SEPARATE MEETING, WE WOULD JUST BRING THOSE TO YOU.
AND THE MAIN, WE IZE THOSE IN THAT WAY.
WE COULD, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE UTILIZE YOUR FRIENDLY AND SAY, HEY, KEEP THIS THIS WAY.
OR, UH, YOU, YOU ADJUST YOUR LANGUAGE OF YOUR MOTION TO SAY WITH THE, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE NORMALLY RESERVED FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH STANDARDIZING BUSINESS IN YOUR, SO THE, MAKING THE MOTION, MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, I, I WILL CHANGE MINE TO EXACTLY THAT VERBIAGE, UH, FOR THE WHOLE PURPOSE TOO, IS THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ENTIRE BOARD, UH, THAT WILL BE HERE, THAT CAN LISTEN AND ALSO RESPOND, UH, INSTEAD OF RESPONDING AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, UM, TAB, DO YOU NEED THAT LANGUAGE WRITTEN OR IT'S SPOKEN AGAIN IN ORDER TO CAPTURE IT? NO, I'VE GOT IT CAPTURED ON OUR GREAT.
UM, SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THAT RECOMMENDATION.
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UM, WOULD THIS CHANGE, UM, WOULD THE CHANGE AFFECT, LIKE RIGHT NOW OUR MEETINGS ARE, UH, AT TWO 30 AND TYPICALLY I CARVE OUT TILL FIVE.WILL IT, WILL THE EFFECT MAKE OUR MEETINGS GO PAST 5:00 PM HOW WILL IT AFFECT THE TIME THAT WE'RE SITTING AT THE DAIS? HAVE WE CONSIDERED THOSE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES? YES.
AND I CAN COMMENT ON THAT, AND IT'S A VERY, A GOOD, UH, UM, OBSERVATION.
WE'VE ALSO TO REMIND YOU, UM, TAKEN THE, UM, ACTION TO MOVE OUR MONTHLY MANAGERS REPORTS.
UH, AND THE VARIOUS REPORTS THAT WERE BEING GIVEN TO US BY EACH, YOU KNOW, MARINA OPERATIONS, EACH MANAGEMENT, EACH OPERATIONS, THE, UM, THOSE REPORTS WILL NOW GO TO, UM, BIMONTHLY, BIMONTHLY EVERY TWO MONTHS.
AND THEY WILL BE, UM, UH, I WON'T SAY SHORTENED, BUT THE CONTENT OF THOSE REPORTS WILL BE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, MORE OF A HIGHLIGHT REEL.
UM, AND WE WILL CONDENSE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MANAGEMENT AT, UM, MARINE BUREAU IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD HAVE ORDINARILY BEEN ON AN AGENDA FOR ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
THOSE AGENDA ITEMS WILL BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
SO, UM, OVERALL, UH, I THINK WE WILL BE SEEING SORT OF A STATUS QUO.
UM, AND, UH, WE WILL BE, UH, OUR TIME AS SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE, UH, REDUCED TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES.
AND YOU'LL BE HEARING THE BURDEN ADVISORY COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
YOU NEED TO HEAR THAT INFORMATION.
UH, AND ALSO IT GO, I BELIEVE IT WILL STRUCTURALIZE THE CADENCE OF YOUR AGENDA.
UH, YOU WILL TAKE THOSE, THAT TIMELINE, UH, OF OKAY, IT'S IT'S FINANCE COMMITTEE TIME, IT'S TITLE'S, OPERATION COMMITTEE TIME, AND WE WILL PUT THAT INTO YOUR MAC COMMISSION AGENDA.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF, OKAY, HEY, IT'S, IT'S FINANCE MEETING, UH, MONTH, IT IS TYLER'S OPERATIONS MEETING.
IT'S, SO IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUCTURALIZED CADENCE TO YOUR MEETINGS MM-HMM
IN THE FACT THAT YOU'LL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MONTH TO MONTH RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S, OKAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR STANDARD STANDING MEETING, OKAY, HEY, IT'S FINANCE, BIRTHDAY, IT'S THIS, SO STRUCTURALIZED.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COMMUNICATE THE FACT THAT THIS INFORMATION IS NOT BEING SHARED WITH A SUBCOMMITTEE ANY LONGER.
IT WILL COME DIRECTLY TO THE MATTER.
UM, AND IT WILL BE AT, STARTING AT TWO 30.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND OR APPROVE THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM.
AND WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT.
DO WE CHAIR PETER A, IT WOULD BE BEST IF ONE OF YOUR, YOUR COMMISSIONERS STATE THE, THE PROPOSED MOTION AS YOU WANT IT RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS BASICALLY ME SAYING, GIVING YOU A RECOMMENDATION OR AN OPTION TO CHOOSE.
SO ONE OF YOU HAVE TO WHAT YOU SAID, WELL, ON THIS, SO I THINK, I THINK I SAID WHAT YOU SAID,
UM, BUT, UH, UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN, THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE OUR MAC SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WOULD BE SEPARATED DURING EACH MONTH, BE IT TITLE, BE IT FINANCE, UH, AND CONDENSED INTO OUR MEETINGS, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND WE, UH, NOW HAVE A VOTE ON THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM.
AYE, UH, THE MOTION PASSES AND THE RECOMMENDATION APPROVED.
SO YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT? WE DO.
NOW WE NO, YOU ALL, SO YOU, YOU NO, BEFORE IT EVEN GOT A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT, WE CHANGED, YOU STARTED TALKING SO THAT YOU IGNORED THAT AMENDMENT.
HE, IN THE MEANTIME CHANGED HIS MOTION.
SO THERE'S NO AMENDMENT ON THERE? NO A WE DIDN'T PASS, WE DIDN'T PASS THE ORIGINAL ONE.
WE JUST KEPT, WE JUST KEPT TALKING.
WE JUST MODIFIED THE ORIGINAL MOTION BEFORE A VOTE.
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OKAY.WE NEVER WENT TO A VOTE DE COULD IT ABOUT UP, OUT EXACTLY.
THIS LANGUAGE APPEARS ON OUR AGENDA.
HAS
AND THIS, UM, THE LANGUAGE BASED ON THE FRIENDLY YES MA'AM.
UH, CONTRIBUTION OF OUR COMMISSIONER.
SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE MOVING FORWARD.
AND UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND, UH, TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS UNLESS, UH, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME CLEARLY FOR THE RECORD.
JOAN PALANGO, PRESIDENT OF LONG BEACH MARINE ASSOCIATION.
UM, JUST SOME QUICK THINGS THIS WEEKEND THERE IS A, UH, US SAILING, UM, OLYMPIC CLASS ELITE EVENT AND US ROWING.
UM, AND BOA MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS.
SOMETHING WE'RE REACHING OUT TO TRY TO GET US MORE INTO THE OLYMPICS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE MARATHON, WHICH IS ALSO KIND OF PRECURSOR TO OLYMPICS.
THAT'S ON SUNDAY, RIGHT? THAT'S ON SUNDAY.
UM, THAT'S THE REASON THAT THE ROWING EVENT IS NOT ON SUNDAY.
AND THEN THERE'S AN OPEN WATER SWIM NEXT WEEK.
SO, UM, PEOPLE THINK THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING IN 2028, BUT THEY'RE HERE NOW AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND GET MORE, UM, FOR WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
UM, IT HAS BEEN INTER THAT, UH, THE, UM, WHAT SEAN HAS ASKED US IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED WITH HOUSING OLYMPIANS AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE MARINA, SO WE'RE TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND WE MIGHT ALSO CREATE A KIND OF AN INVENTORY OF BOATS.
IT'S BEEN INTERESTING, UH, RECRUITING BOATS FOR THESE TWO EVENTS.
AND, UH, DEFINITION OF BOATS AND
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK ON, UH, TRYING TO GET A, AN INVENTORY OF BOATS SO THAT WHEN WE GET SOME REQUESTS WE CAN FILL 'EM.
UM, THERE IS THE MAP RECRUITING.
THERE IS THIS, UM, FLYER THAT WE'VE CREATED.
WE PUT IT ON OUR, ON OUR UM, FACEBOOK PAGE AND ENCOURAGED ALL THE CLUBS TO POST IT AROUND.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON THAT'S INTERESTED.
TRYING TO SUPPORT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, WE'VE ABOUT THE BUILDINGS NEXT DOOR, UH, WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT AND GETTING MITIGATION MEASURES.
SO, UM, AND NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S REALLY, ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.
SO WE ARE GETTING CORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS TOWN HALL MEETING COMING UP THAT TODD AND BRIAN ARE GOING TO BE AT, WHICH THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WILL SHOW UP.
UM, AND ALSO WE HAVE FROM WHEN WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE UM, UH, COMMISSIONER AND THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WHY ARE WE, ARE WE PAID TAXES FOR SCHOOLS? AND SO I SAID THAT I WOULD GET RBOC TO COME AND EXPLAIN THAT.
SO, UH, RECREATIONAL VOTERS OF CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHY THAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN WHAT OTHER, UH, RECREATIONAL VOTING, UH, LEGISLATIONS GOING ON.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT FOR TODD ABOUT DREDGING.
'CAUSE THE DREDGING CAME UP AT THE MEETINGS AND NOW DREDGING'S GOING TO BE SOON RATHER THAN LATER.
AND THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED ANYWAY.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.
JUST TO REITERATE, ON SATURDAY THE 10TH AT JUAN APPAREL BEACH BEACH, UH, YOUR POST, YOUR VOICE CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF COASTAL PROTECTION AT 1:00 PM IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, FROM ONE UNTIL SIX.
AND TO REITERATE JOAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOAT OWNER TOWN HALL, WHICH IS HAPPENING HERE AT THE SEAL BEACH YACHT CLUB ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND.
OUR OWN
IT'S AT 7:00 PM AND UM, THE AGENDA WILL INCLUDE CHANGES IN FLIP FEES, UH, THE STATUS OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND A OLYMPICS UPDATE.
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I INVITE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION TO ATTEND TO, UM, BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? YES, UM, IT WAS MENTIONED, UH, BUT ON A WEEK FROM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, THERE IS A SWIM RACE AT RAIN STADIUM.
IT'S CALLED MPSF, MOUNTAIN PACIFIC SPORTS FEDERATION.
IT'S MOSTLY COLLEGIATE ATHLETES FROM THE REGION.
UH, THEY'RE DOING BOTH 5K AND ONE K AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING RELAYS.
IT'S ALSO OPEN TO PEOPLE 18 AND OVER.
UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER, UH, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GET YOU CONNECTED WITH KAYA HEADLAND, WHO'S THE RACE DIRECTOR.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF MUSK GRINS IN THE WATER AND YOU'LL SEE ME VOLUNTEERING.
UH, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THEN I WILL CALL THE FOREIGN ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING OF, UM, OCTOBER 8TH TO BE ADJOURNED AT, UH, FOUR 16.