Jul 09, 2025 Public Amenities Commission

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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COMMISSIONER CALDWELL. HERE. COMMISSIONER MAROKO HERE.

COMMISSIONER LANG. HERE. COMMISSIONER ROWE HERE.

COMMISSIONER YOUSUFZAI. HERE. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SALUTE THE FLAG.

NOW, EVERYBODY PLEASE RISE. READY TO BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM D, APPROVING THE ORDER OF

[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT HERE AND THEY WILL BE, I THINK, MORE PREPARED AND BETTER ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ITEM NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM L.2 AND MOVE IT UP IN FRONT OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE SOME GUESTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY HERE TO ADDRESS THAT ITEM.

AND EVEN THOUGH L.1 WOULD HAVE TAKEN TIME, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY WHILE THEY'RE HERE TO JUST EXPRESS THEIR COMMENTS.

YOU WANT TO MOVE ITEM L.2 BEFORE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE PULLING SOMETHING FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH MAY TAKE A WHILE.

OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE MOVE.

WELL I'LL MOVE THAT L.1 BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING AND THAT ITEM L.2 APPEAR BEFORE CONSENT CALENDAR IN OUR ORDER. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS.

[E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]

YOU HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM L.2 WHICH HAS MOVED BEFORE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO NAME A PARK IN HONOR OF JOSEPH "JOE" CARL DAWIDZIAK.

YES. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? DO WE WANT TO? I CAN KICK IT OFF IF YOU WANT ME TO. SO LAST MEETING WE VOTED TO AGENDIZE THIS ITEM, AND THE GUESTS HERE ARE THE DAUGHTER, CLAIRE. AND THE SON IN LAW, RYAN.

AND THEY. THE WHOLE CONCEPT WAS MR. DAWIDZIAK HAS DONE A GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE. AND HE'S GOT STRONG TIES TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR AGENDA IS A BRIEF SUMMARY, BUT THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM ACTUALLY GOES INTO MUCH MORE DETAIL ON ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HE HAS DONE THROUGHOUT HIS, JUST HIS MILITARY HISTORY IS PHENOMENAL.

HE WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANK ENLISTED PERSONNEL.

HE WAS A CITY COUNCILMAN HERE. I'VE LEARNED NOW THAT HE'S ALSO WAS ON THE METRO BOARD.

I SERVED WITH HIM ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND GOT TO WORK WITH HIM SPECIFICALLY ON WHO IS A RESIDENT.

WE ACTUALLY USED YOUR LIBRARY FACILITIES TO USE IT AS A MEETING ROOM.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO PROPOSE AND RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY RENAME A PARK IN HIS HONOR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED IS THAT ONE PERSON SEEMS TO HAVE TWO PARKS NAMED AFTER HIM.

AND I WENT BACK AND RESEARCHED IT AND THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT IT CAME OUT OF 1973 WHEN THEY FILLED IN SOME WATER, SOME DISTRICTS, AND ENDED UP CREATING THREE PLAY FIELDS AND FIVE PARKS.

AND THIS PERSON GOT TWO OF THEM. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK TO BACK.

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AND I WAS SHARING THIS WITH COUNCILMAN OBAGI THAT THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW SOMEBODY PLAY PICKLEBALL IS ON ONE OF THOSE COURTS.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE. IT'S JUST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL.

I AGAIN APPROACHED THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR IT.

THE FAMILIES HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS WELL.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL TO NAME A PARK IN HONOR OF JOE DAWIDZIAK, AND WE CAN GIVE THE PREFERENCES, AND THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO RENAME ONE OF THE HOMER EATON PARK PETS THAT ARE ONE IN HUNTINGTON AND ONE ON PARAMOUNT. WHAT YOU ALSO GOT IN IN THERE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR OUR GOALS AND WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH, THE REASON WE HAVE A STRONG NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY IS BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE DID.

AND BOB PINZLER, WHO WAS ALSO ON THE COUNCIL WITH HIM, WROTE AN ARTICLE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MATERIALS YOU'VE RECEIVED.

AND HE'S JUST A HIGH MAN OF INTEGRITY THAT I THINK THAT DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AND REMEMBERED BY THIS COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S MY PROPOSAL. IT WOULD BE MY MOTION AS WELL.

BUT I ASSUME YOU GUYS WANT TO DISCUSS IT FIRST.

WHAT PARK DID YOU SAY WAS NAMED AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL MULTIPLE TIMES? OR YOU SAID IT'S. SO IT'S THE HOMER EATON PARKETTE.

THERE'S ONE ON HUNTINGTON AND THERE'S ONE ON HARRIMAN, THEY'RE RIGHT BY AVIATION, AND THERE WERE SUMP PUMPS, THAT'S WHAT THE RECORDS REFLECT.

AND THEY GOT FILLED, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY, THEY DID.

THERE'S ANOTHER PARKETTE THAT ALSO WOULD BE NICE, BUT WHICH IS NAMED IN HONOR OF A MANHATTAN BEACH MAYOR SO.

REALLY? YEAH. ROBERT BEVERLY PARK IS NAMED AFTER.

DID YOU LIVE HERE, THOUGH? NO. IT'S VERY STRANGE.

OMAR EATON AND THE OTHER THING THAT MAKES IT REALLY SPECIAL IS OMAR EATON WAS THE BRIGADIER GENERAL, GENERAL THAT SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO. HE RAN THE RECRUITING AREA DOWN HERE FOR THE MILITARY AND THE ARMY.

AND IF YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S IN THE MILITARY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY WHO'S AN ENLISTED PERSON THAT REALLY MADE IT THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE PROCESS. SO THAT'S MY PROPOSAL.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL WISH TO ADDRESS ITEM L.2 BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC? WELL, I KNOW WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS WITH ONE MINOR ALTERCATION OR ALTERATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING WHICH PARK, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF ALL OF THEM AS YOU DO, AND I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE KIND OF RECOMMENDING SOMEBODY LOSE THAT HONOR OR RECOGNITION OF HAVING THAT PARK NAMED AFTER THEM, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE TOTALITY OF IT OR WHAT MEANS WHAT TO TO THE FAMILY.

BUT I DO FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, WHO ULTIMATELY CAN WEIGH THOSE DECISIONS AND HAVE STAFF DO THOSE FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD BE NICE AND, AND EVEN WORK WITH THE FAMILY TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION, BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MEANS SOMETHING TO THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST RECOMMENDATION OF WHICH PARK OR WHICH PARKETTE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

BUT I'M HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, AND I DO. I BELIEVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE FUNERAL AND THE MEMORIAL WAS JUST RECENTLY, MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THAT A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDED, ESPECIALLY OUR OUR LOCAL LEADERS.

SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. AND IF I CAN CORRECT IT, WE WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDING ONE.

IT'S THE SAME PERSON WITH TWO. THERE'S A PHYSICAL WALL.

SO. AND WE'D LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, ON THE RECOMMENDATION WHICH PARK THEY ACTUALLY DO ON IT.

BUT YOU'RE SPECIFYING THEN ONE OF THE EATON PARKETTES? WOULD THAT. YEAH, THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST LOGICAL OF THEM.

I MEAN, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WITH TWO PARKETTES. SO THAT WAS MY INITIAL FIRST THOUGHT TO WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMMISSIONER CALDWELL WAS SAYING. SO IF WE NAME SOMETHING LIKE WHICH ONE SPECIFICALLY? RIGHT. LIKE I FEEL LIKE SAYING, LET'S JUST NAME IT, YOU KNOW, THIS GENTLEMAN AFTER A PARK, YOU KNOW OR NAME THIS A PARK AFTER THIS GENTLEMAN.

EXCUSE ME. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE MAKE A COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, IT SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIED TO WHICH PARK.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST CLARIFYING. IT'S. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THE EATON PARKETTES.

ONE OF THE TWO EATON PARKETTES. AND I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNCILMAN WHO'S UP THERE,

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SHOULD WE MOVE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FIRST? I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE UNLESS MR.ROWE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OH, YEAH. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. MY NAME IS KYLE.

I AM NOW A REDONDO BEACH RESIDENT, AND I WISH TO SHARE A SHORT BUT STAUNCHLY SUPPORTIVE COMMENTARY IN SUPPORT OF THE ACTION.

ON A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS COUNCIL TO NAME A WAY FOR THE COUNCIL TO NAME A PARK IN HONOR OF JOSEPH CARL DAWIDZIAK.

IT'S INTERESTING, HAVING LIVED IN MANY OF THE BEACH CITIES AND MOVED AROUND. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN A FEW, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I CAME THROUGH THE BEACH CITIES ONLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE BEACH BOYS SONG.

AND A CITY ISN'T BUILT BY THE PEOPLE WHO SING ABOUT IT, AND ITS PERSISTENCE ISN'T CAPTURED IN AIRTIME.

FAME PROVIDES FOR TAX REVENUE AND IT PROVIDES FOR CITY TRAFFIC.

BUT A CITY IS LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY BUILT BY THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP IN A CAREER OF SERVICE.

AND IT'S THE LEGACY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE NEXT GENERATION, THE PEOPLE WHO MAINTAIN IT, AND THE PEOPLE WHOSE INCREDIBLE SERVICE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE IT BREEDS THE NEXT GROUP OF PUBLIC SERVANTS, BREEDS THE NEXT MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, BREEDS THE NEXT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD ARGUE A FEW PEOPLE COULD CHARTER THAT MESSAGE BETTER THAN JOSEPH DAWIDZIAK.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF WHY JOSEPH DESERVES RECOGNITION OR MEMORIALIZATION.

ALTHOUGH I LOVE THE GREAT COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID TONIGHT. THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO ANSWER, NOR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INVITED TO EVALUATE. IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY WE MISS IF WE DON'T INSPIRE THE SERVICE OF THIS HERO TO THE NEXT GENERATION? WELL, IT'S NOT ABOUT HONORING A MAN, AND IT'S SOMETHING SLIGHTLY LARGER.

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT KIND OF STORIES DO WE WANT THE CITY TO TELL? AND THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGE THAT SERVES THIS COMMITTEE IS THE PRESIDENT, THE PRECEDENT OF CHOOSING WHY THIS PERSON AND NOT THE NEXT PERSON.

AND SO TO DETERMINE THAT, I WANT TO PASS A FEW NOTES.

I USE THE LITMUS TEST PRESENTED BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, THE EAGLE SCOUT REQUIREMENTS.

AND THERE'S THREE DEMONSTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS THAT DISTINGUISHED EAGLE SCOUT CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION, CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, AND LIFE SAVING.

JOE DID ALL OF THESE. HE SAVED A LIFE IN VIETNAM, UNDER FIRE, GOING BACK INTO BATTLE TO DRAG ANOTHER MAN OUT AND SAVE HIS LIFE.

THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF LIFE SAVING AND HEROISM.

HE EARNED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR HIS SERVICE, ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS OF MILITARY UNIT CAN RECEIVE, AND THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL NAVY CROSS AND MUST BE PERSONALLY APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT.

HE SERVED 38 YEARS IN THE U.S. MILITARY AND PARALLELED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN THE L.A.

PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, WHICH REPRESENTS CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.

HE SERVED ON THE CITY COUNCIL, THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE, THE MTA BOARD.

HE REVITALIZED THE WATERFRONT, THE WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD, AND ACTUALLY HELPED BRING THE INTERNET TO REDONDO BEACH.

RIGHT HERE, WE MENTIONED THE LIBRARY THAT WAS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, AND HE SAVED THAT.

AND THAT'S A VERSION OF LIFE SAVING AND CITIZENSHIP WITHIN ITSELF.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF SILENCE, WHERE THERE COULD BE INSPIRATION.

AND WE CANNOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS HERO, IF NOT CHOSEN, DOESN'T REPRESENT THE SAME CITY, THE NEXT PERSON MAY. I RECOMMEND AN EXTENSION IF YOU WANT IT.

I'LL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PLEASE CONTINUE.

THANK YOU. THE QUESTION ISN'T, WAS JOE WORTHY OF A PARK? OF COURSE HE WAS. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T TELL JOE'S STORY? WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A STORY OF A TRUE HERO.

AND NOT ALL CITIES HAVE A TRUE HERO THAT LIVE AND RESIDE IN IT.

NOT ALL CITIES HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, WHO ALSO RECEIVE A CITATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

NOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE SERVED IN THE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

NOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PART OF BOTH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

IF WE DON'T TELL THAT STORY, THAT SPECIFIC STORY, WE TEACH A DIFFERENT STORY.

AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE LEADER WHO SITS IN THE PARK, WHO READS THE PLAQUE, WHO ASKS THE ONE PERSON AND SAYS, WHO IS THIS NAMED AFTER? WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE NEXT STORY THAT WE TELL, WHEN WE DEFEND THE LEGACY OR THE HONOR OF THAT PERSON, THIS NEXT MEETING, WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL A STORY WITH THESE PARTICULAR VALUES.

THE WINDOW IS SOMEWHAT SHORT. WHO HELPED BUILD THIS PLACE?

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THEY HELPED BUILD THE VALUES THAT REPRESENT REDONDO BEACH AND DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM THE OTHER CITIES.

AND SO AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE POINT THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT ONE MAN'S NAME BEING ON A GATE.

WE ALL WE ALL LOVE JOE AND WE'D ALL SUPPORT HIM.

BUT THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO GAVE EVERYTHING.

NOT A LOT. AND I HATE TO JUDGE THE OTHER PARKS, BUT THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIGN A STORY THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY THAT BUILT THE CITY FOR SOMEBODY WHO GAVE EVERYTHING.

WHO PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE MULTIPLE TIMES, BOTH FOR HIS NATION, FOR HIS COMMUNITY, AND FOR HIS STATE.

AND SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL ALL THREE OF THOSE STORIES IN A SINGLE NAME AND I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE WE CAN PASS UP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT? ANYBODY ONLINE? THERE ARE NO E-COMMENTS OR ATTENDEES ONLINE.

ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE AMONGST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ITEM TWO? DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM TWO? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER? I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT IS STATED ON THE ITEM L.2, RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO NAME A PARK IN HONOR OF JOSEPH "JOE" CARL DAWIDZIAK. I'LL SECOND THAT.

CALL VOTE. YOU CAN CALL A VOTE. WE CAN DISCUSS IT FURTHER AMONGST BECAUSE WE WENT TO THE, BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, YOU CAN CALL IT. BUT IT MIGHT PROVIDE BETTER CONTEXT.

IF WE EACH DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE THINKING, THEN CALL THE VOTE.

OKAY. I MEAN, I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT YOU CAME UP HERE AND PRESENTED ON.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY BECAUSE I'M, I AGREE WITH THE RENAMING OF THIS PARK.

I THINK THAT AS A PERSON THAT VOLUNTEERS IN THE COMMUNITY QUITE A BIT MYSELF, I KNOW THAT IF I WAS AT A PARK AND I READ A PLAQUE ABOUT SOMEONE WHO SERVED THIS COMMUNITY, IT WOULD MEAN A LOT MORE TO ME THAN READING A PLAQUE ABOUT SOMEONE WHO MAYBE SERVED THEIR COUNTRY BUT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR FOR PREPARING THAT STATEMENT AND, AND TELLING US MORE ABOUT JOE.

I SUPPORT THE RENAMING OF ONE OF THE PARKS. COMMENTARY.

YEAH. I GUESS WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOMER AS SAID, WHICH WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE OTHER PERSON THEN.

I THINK WE'RE FINE WITH THIS, YOU KNOW? PARK RENAMING.

AND DO WE KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOMER OR, YOU KNOW, WE DO, ACTUALLY.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I KEEP ON EMPHASIZING HE HAS TWO PARKS NAMED AFTER HIM.

AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE BILL THAT SAYS, WELL, THEY'RE BACK TO BACK.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF VISIT, THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT BACK TO BACK THERE.

KITTY CORNER. HE WAS A BRIGADIER GENERAL. HE SERVED DISTINGUISHED IN WORLD WAR TWO.

HE RAN THE I THINK IT'S A 405TH MECHANIZED THING.

AND HE WAS A RECRUITER HERE. HE LIVED ON THE ESPLANADE WHERE THE PICASSO APARTMENTS OR CONDOS ARE NOW.

FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, HE WAS A VICE PRINCIPAL AT HAMMY HIGH, HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND HE DIED IN 1979. INTERESTING.

AND WE'RE NOT LIKE THE FAMILY'S BEEN NOTIFIED OF POSSIBLE CHANGES.

THE FAMILY HASN'T BEEN NOTIFIED. THE OBITUARY HAS SOMETHING FROM 1979.

IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE ANYBODY BASED ON THE OBITUARY WAS EVEN IN THE AREA.

AND AGAIN, HE'S GOT TWO PARKS. NOBODY ELSE HAS TWO PARKS RIGHT HERE.

OKAY. THANKS FOR THE DATA. YEAH. APPRECIATE THAT.

CAN I JUST I WAS HAPPY TO SECOND IT BECAUSE OF THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE.

BECAUSE THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE WAS. A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL TO NAME A PARK IN HONOR OF JOSEPH "JOE" CARL DAWIDZIAK, I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECT, WHICH I'M HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF.

BUT I WOULD LEAVE IT TO THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE THE THE NATURE OF THE PARK.

THE WHICH PARK, TO NAME IT AFTER. WHETHER TO RENAME ONE OF THOSE TWO PARKETTES HOW TO GO ABOUT NOTIFYING THAT FAMILY,

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MAYBE IT'S BOTH. MAYBE IT'S THE TOTALITY. BUT THE WAY THIS IS READ, IT DOES NOT SPECIFY WHICH PARK OR WHAT NOT TO TO NAME IT AFTER.

AND THAT'S WHY I SECONDED THE MOTION. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE RECOMMENDATION.

AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR US TO SPECIFY WHICH PARKETTE, IN MY OPINION, WHICH PARK WE SHOULD BE SUGGESTING OR RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL.

I TRUST THAT THEY WILL DO THE HOMEWORK. I TRUST THAT STAFF CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

AND AS WAS JUST MENTIONED. I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE'S A NOTIFICATION PROCESS BECAUSE THAT AGAIN, MIGHT MEAN SO MUCH TO THE FAMILY FOR ANY OF THESE PARKS AND PARKETTES.

SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION, AND I HOPE THEY CONSIDER IT, AND I HOPE THEY FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION IN LIGHT OF YOUR STATEMENT RIGHT THERE? WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL IS THEY HAVE A LOT ON THEIR PLATE.

THEY HAVE A LOT TO READ. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

THE STAFF ALSO HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. IS IT A VALUE TO SAY, OH, I'VE DONE SOME OF THIS RESEARCH.

THIS, YOU KNOW IN LIGHT OF MY POSITION ON THE COMMISSION, I'VE DONE THIS RESEARCH, AND HERE IT IS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DOVE INTO THIS AND YOU APPOINTED ME.

AND I'M SURE YOU VALUE THE WORK THAT I DO FOR MY COMMUNITY.

AND HERE IT IS. I MEAN, I THINK THAT. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF MY QUESTION.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S DIRECTED TOWARDS EITHER OF OUR STAFF LIAISONS OR BECAUSE JUST SAYING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT ADDING THIS INFORMATION THAT RON HAS OR COMMISSIONER MAROKO HAS INVESTED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SPENT TIME LOOKING INTO FEELS LIKE KIND OF LIKE A WASTE.

AND. YEAH. SO I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE LAST CHANGING OF THE NAME OF A PARK.

THE ITO OPEN SPACE WAS ONE OF THEM. I THINK YOU WERE ON PARKS AND RECS AT THE TIME.

IT CAME FROM THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION. WENT OVER TO PARKS AND REC.

YOU GUYS SAID YES, THAT WAS GREAT. THEN IT WENT TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY HAD THEIR WHOLE DISCUSSION ON IT.

AND SO THIS IS KIND OF FOLLOWING A SIMILAR PROCESS.

ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE OUR LIAISON WANTS TO BE DRAFTED AS A LETTER TO GO TO THEM.

WE HAD DONE IT BY MINUTES. AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ONE COUNCIL PERSON AND I'M GOING TO APPROACH MY OWN AS WELL PRETTY SOON.

I THINK YOU WERE INVOLVED WITH THE DEDICATION, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU WERE AN EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME THAT HAPPENED.

YEAH. SO IT'S, THE COUNCIL'S GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO.

THAT'S WHY IT'S WORDED AS A RECOMMENDATION. AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TELLING IT AS A PARK IS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST SAYING THIS IS WHAT WE THINK IS THE APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION.

SO THAT'S WHY I WORDED THE WAY THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED, COMMISSIONER CALDWELL, SO THAT WE AT LEAST GET THE CONCEPT OUT THERE AND THEY CAN EXPLORE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THEM TO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE OUT THERE AS A RECOMMENDATION.

AND I THINK THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE WORK PRODUCT COMING FROM US AS WELL.

I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING GENERAL QUESTIONS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS I READ, YOU KNOW, MR. DAWIDZIAK, I ACTUALLY READ HIS OBITUARY.

I READ SOME HISTORY UPON HIM. YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND OF A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART.

YOU KNOW, I SPENT MY CAREER WORKING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

YOU KNOW, I'VE VOLUNTEERED FOR AS MANY MUNICIPALITIES THAT I'VE LIVED IN THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW, MY ADULT LIFE. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

I STAND WITH THE QUESTION, WHY THE NAMING OF A PARK AS OPPOSED TO, LIKE, A BENCH WITHIN THE PARK OR A TREE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS A COMMEMORATIVE DONATION PROGRAM.

IF I'M SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHY THE NAMING OF THE PARK SPECIFICALLY, AS OPPOSED TO LIKE A PLAQUE? YOU KNOW, HE WAS A DECORATED VETERAN, PERHAPS.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDING A BENCH IN VETERANS PARK.

SOMETHING TO THAT. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE SPECIFICS BEHIND THE RENAMING OF A PARK.

ALSO, TO COMMISSIONER CALDWELL'S POINT, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER LANG.

I THINK JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE.

IF WE GIVE A MORE A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S SPECIFIED BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE EITHER REPETITIVE NAMING AFTER A PARTICULAR PERSON THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY CARRY MORE WEIGHT WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF RENAMING, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PICK A RANDOM PARK THAT WE WANT TO RENAME,

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YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT. LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT TOO. LIKE THESE ARE VERY SENSITIVE THINGS, YOU KNOW? BUT I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO PARKS WERE NAMED AFTER THE SAME PERSON.

AND IF IT'S, LEAVE THE NAMING OF ONE PERSON IN BOTH POCKETS.

I'M ALMOST, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF IF THAT'S THE BEST SHOT, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, LIKE, SAY LIKE THERE'S TWO PARKS THAT ARE NAMED AFTER THE SAME PERSON.

SO I THINK SPECIFYING IT. BUT AGAIN, MY ORIGINAL QUESTION KIND OF GOES INTO LIKE, WHY THE NAMING OF A PARK AS OPPOSED TO LIKE A BENCH OR A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING ELSE? WELL, MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION IS HE IS WORTH REMEMBERING AND HAVING HIS NAME OUT THERE AS OPPOSED TO.

I'VE TAKEN PICTURES OF BASICALLY ALL THE PLAQUES THAT ARE IN THE CITY AND IN OTHER CITIES, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED A PLAQUE PROGRAM IN THIS CITY, AND THAT WILL BE COMING UP AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS.

BUT I SEE A PARK AT THAT. AGAIN, I STARTED WITH THE PROPOSITION THAT THERE'S TWO PARK GETS NAMED AFTER THE SAME PERSON. I WENT BACK AND RESEARCHED WHY THEY'RE NAMED FOR THAT PERSON.

I PROBABLY KNOW THE MOST ABOUT THIS GENERAL IN THE CITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

RESEARCHED ARTICLES ABOUT HIM AND MOST OF HIS WORK HAVE BEEN IN WEST LOS ANGELES, WHERE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IS.

BUT I THINK THAT JOE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE COMMUNITY.

I LIKE THIS PARK BECAUSE IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO THE LIBRARY IN THE NORTH BRANCH.

AND I THINK IT HE'S A PERSON THAT'S WORTH REMEMBERING.

THAT PLAQUE IS NOT GOING TO BE, I THINK, SIGNIFICANT A BENCH.

I LOOK AT THE BENCHES THAT ARE AROUND. I GO TO HERITAGE PARK IN DOMINGUEZ HERITAGE SQUARE IN DOMINGUEZ PARK.

THE BENCHES DISAPPEAR. I'M ALREADY SAW THAT OUR, THAT THE AREA OUTSIDE IS FINISHED, BUT THE PATH OF HISTORY MARKER THAT WAS THERE IS COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED. SO WE GOT TO GO FIND OUT WHERE THAT IS.

AND I'M SURE I'LL BE CALLING YOU GUYS TO SEE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE PARK WOULD BE GOOD, GIVEN HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY. I'VE SUGGESTED OTHER PARKS AS WELL, FOR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE LEFT A MARK.

I THINK I TALKED TO COMMISSIONER LANG AT ONE POINT ABOUT HAVING A PARK NAMED AFTER FORMER MAYOR BILL BRAND.

BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT COME ACROSS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY THAT ARE ACTUALLY WORTH RECOGNIZING FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER TO BE HAVE A PARK NAMED AFTER THEM? I DON'T HAVE A LIST. I HAVE ONE THAT HAS THAT STOOD OUT THAT STARTED ME ON THIS PATH.

THAT'S THE ITO PARK THAT WAS OUR, WAS ONE TO AGAIN RECOGNIZE.

AND I THINK IT SERVES UP THE THE QUESTION ABOUT STORIES THAT OPEN SPACE WAS ONE WHERE WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS IN THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS WHERE IT WAS. THIS ONE, AGAIN, I'M NOT TAKING AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT GENERAL EATON DID, BUT I THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE AN ENLISTED PERSON ALSO REPRESENTED IN A PARK.

AND HE'S CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN I THINK GENERALLY DID TO THE COMMUNITY.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I WOULD JUST ADD IN RESPONSE THAT IN REGARD TO THE COUNCIL AND TO STAFF, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND WEIGHT ON THEIR SHOULDERS AS FAR AS EVALUATING THAT.

AND IF WE WANT TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON, THEN WE NEED TO DO THE WORK.

AND AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE INFORMATION IN OUR PACKET IS COMPELLING TO SUGGEST NAMING A PARK.

HEARING THE SPEAKER, I THINK, WAS COMPELLING TO NAME A PARK, BUT TO STRIP SOMEBODY OF THE NAME OF A PARK, YOU KNOW, SETS A PRECEDENT. I WOULDN'T WANT TO EVEN HINT AT THIS, THIS RECOMMENDATION AND SAYING, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO NAME A PARK AFTER YOU RIGHT NOW UNTIL FUTURE GENERATIONS DECIDE THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT THEY FIND COMPELLING TO NAME A PARK AFTER THEM. AND SO YOU HAVE THIS HONOR NOW.

BUT BUT IT MAY BE STRIPPED. SO WITHOUT HAVING SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME THAT STAFF WOULD DO AND, AND DISCUSS IT WITH THEM, I WOULD STAND BY THE DECISION TO RECOMMEND A PARK, AND MAYBE THE COUNCIL FINDS ANOTHER MEANS, WHETHER IT IS A PARK BENCH OR I ACTUALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF VETERANS PARK, WHICH IS IN DIVISION ONE WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

[00:30:06]

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SUCH A DECORATED MILITARY BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT.

YEAH. BUT AGAIN, MY THING IS, IT'S JUST WHY THE NAMING OF THE PARK VERSUS ACKNOWLEDGING, YOU KNOW.

I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK, I THINK THE PLAQUE IS TO TELL A STORY TO THE COMMUNITY.

A BENCH. THE ONLY YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU LOOK UP THE PERSON'S NAME, THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY QUITE OFTEN USED TO MEMORIALIZE SOMEONE INSTEAD OF KIND OF TELL THE STORY OF THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE MISSING OUT ON IF WE JUST RECOMMENDED A BENCH.

AND I THINK, AGAIN, SINCE THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO ULTIMATELY HAS TO MAKE THE DECISION, IT'S COMING FROM US AND SAYING, HEY, WE SHOULD RENAME A PARK.

THEY'LL DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, THE DECISION TO RENAME BELONGS TO THEM.

THE LEVEL OF RECOGNITION BELONGS TO THEM. BUT WE WANT TO GET THAT IDEA IN FRONT OF THEM SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, DO THE PROPER COMMENDATION OF MR. DAWIDZIAK.

SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT NAMING A SPECIFIC PARK, I KEPT IT TO WHAT'S THERE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR CONCERNS, AND AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT.

AND WE KNOW THE PROTOCOL NOW BECAUSE WE'VE DONE IT ONCE BEFORE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING. I WOULD JUST CALL FOR THE QUESTION.

OKAY. WE WANT TO TRY MAKING A MOTION. SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.

OR I THOUGHT I DID WAS BASICALLY, AS IT SAYS HERE, RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL TO NAME A PARK IN HONOR OF JOSEPH JOE CARL DAWIDZIAK.

KEEP IT STRAIGHT. SIMPLE. THAT'S IT. ANYBODY WANTS SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT. I THINK THERE'S ALREADY A SECOND, BUT.

OH. YOU DO? YEAH, BUT I WAS JUST. YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE.

AND THEN. OKAY, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM ME TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL? I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT. BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL AFTER I TALK WITH STAFF. OKAY. IF IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE, I, AUTHORIZE ME TO GO TO THAT MEETING AND TALK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AT THAT MEETING WAS PRESENTED. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER MOROCCO CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COMMISSION? GO AHEAD. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT, I THINK YOU CAN YOU CAN JUST IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A COMMISSIONER.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE EVEN IF MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. THEN I WITHDRAW THE REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR MOVING IT UP ON THE AGENDA.

[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]

DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM F.2.

OKAY. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM F.4.

ANYBODY ELSE? MOTION TO APPROVE. F1 AND F3. I'LL SECOND IT.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM G.

[G. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS]

RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES AND GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING RECREATION AND PARKS RELATED ITEMS. SO MISS ORTA, I DO APPRECIATE THE REPORT, BUT MY QUESTION, SINCE YOU'RE A COMMUNITY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTED HERE, I WENT BACK TO WHAT THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION IS SUPPOSED TO DO, AND WITH REGARDS TO THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY UPDATES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MUSEUM.

WHAT'S COMING INTO THE COLLECTION. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INTENT TO ACTUALLY? IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

[00:35:05]

AND SO IT'S REALLY JUST GETTING HIM SITUATED IN HIS NEW ROLE AND KIND OF LEARNING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO I CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH OUR CULTURAL ARTS MANAGER TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME DATA OR EVEN JUST UPDATES PAST EVENTS, THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WE CAN INCLUDE FOR THE MUSEUM, AND WE CAN START FROM THERE. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S ALL I HAD TO ASK. SO I MOVE THAT WE RECEIVE AND FILE THE PUBLIC THE GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING RECS AND PARKS RELATED ITEMS. SECOND CAN WAIT. SINCE THIS IS ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED.

CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION ON THIS? ON THE USE OF RBUSD GREEN SPACE AND PLAYGROUNDS, SO IT SAYS NO DEFINITIVE UPDATE IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WHAT IT LIKE, WHO'S DISCUSSING IT AND HOW CAN WE KIND OF CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION? SURE. CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING? IS THAT APPROPRIATE TO SPEAK AT A DIFFERENT AGENDIZED ITEM? BECAUSE THE THE AGENDA ITEM IS JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

ARE WE ABLE TO? SURE. THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE UPDATE.

IF IT GETS TO IN THE WEEDS, I'LL CERTAINLY ADVISE, BUT NO, A SIMPLE UPDATE IS FINE.

SO THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES TWO MEMBERS ON OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN, I BELIEVE, TWO FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. I DON'T, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT THERE ARE SO IT'S A IT'S A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS MEETING PERIODICALLY FOR ONGOING CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND ITEMS SUCH AS THIS ON WAYS THAT THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN COLLABORATE.

AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT IS ONGOING.

WHO? WHAT? WHAT? COUNCIL MEMBERS AROUND THAT.

I BELIEVE IT'S COMMISSION OR EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBERS KALUDEROVIC AND WALLER.

OH, OKAY. POSSIBLY. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE TWO.

I CAN CONFIRM THAT, THOUGH. AND FOLLOW UP. OKAY.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM F.2 TO RECEIVE AND FILE? I MOVE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM F.4. I PULLED IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM OR THE CONSENT CALENDAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T, I WASN'T HERE AND I DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE TRANSCRIPT, SO I'M, I CAN'T VOTE YES ON IT, SO.

DOES IT. IT WAS A QUICK MEETING. THAT WAS IT.

I DIDN'T LISTEN TO IT. SO MOTION TO APPROVE F.4.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND I'LL ABSTAIN. OKAY.

MOVING ON TO ITEM H. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THERE ARE NO ATTENDEES OR ECOMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT. MOVING ON TO ITEM I, EX PARTE COMMUNICATION.

DOES ANY COMMISSIONER WISH TO DISCLOSE INSTANCES OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATION? NO. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM J. THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MEETING TONIGHT.

ITEM K ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS.

DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS? NO. OKAY. ITEM L.1 WAS PULLED.

ITEM L.2 WE'D ALREADY DISCUSSED, SO MOVING ON TO ITEM M ITEMS FROM STAFF.

[M. ITEMS FROM STAFF]

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL KICKOFF FOR OUR SUMMER READING AND STAFF IS DOING, I THINK, AN AMAZING JOB ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THE WORD GETS OUT AND PREVENTING THE THE PROVERBIAL SUMMER SLIDE.

SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.

CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT? SURE. SO IN THE MATERIALS, THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT'S COMING UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT IS PHENOMENAL. IF YOU LOOK 30 YEARS OF THIS MAIN LIBRARY, WHICH HAS BEEN THE GEM OF THE CITY.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THIS COMMISSION AS WELL AS IN THE PUBLIC, TO COME AND ATTEND.

IT SHOULD BE REALLY WORTHWHILE. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S SATURDAY, JULY 26TH, AT THE MAIN LIBRARY.

IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO PROMOTE IT. WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT EVENT AS WELL.

[00:40:03]

OH, NO, I APOLOGIZE. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM N, COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS.

[N. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING THAT IT WAS FOR THEM TO PRESENT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PRESERVATION STUFF IN THE COMMUNITY.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO GIVE US AN OUTLINE AS WELL AS TO WHAT TOPICS THEY'RE GOING TO COVER? AND THEN THERE IS A REPORT THAT'S FILED WITH THE STATE THAT IT'S DONE ANNUALLY AND IT'S USUALLY DONE AROUND MAY.

AND WHEN I TALKED TO MR. SCULLY, THE IMPRESSION I GOT THAT IT WAS BEING UNDER REVIEW.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT IF IT'S BEEN FILED AND IF IT HAS BEEN FILED? CAN WE GET A COPY OF IT? IT'S FOR THE PERIOD, I BELIEVE, ENDING SEPTEMBER 2024.

DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE THAT REPORT OR SOMETHING? YOU CAN GET TO ME OFFLINE. I CAN GET IT TO YOU OFFLINE.

IT'S THE ONE THAT HAS EVERYBODY'S RESUME IN THERE.

OKAY. WHICH IS ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.

BECAUSE I CAN. BECAUSE MINE SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT AT THIS POINT.

YOU WERE THE CHAIR. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THOSE REPORTS WERE CALLED? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, I'M SURE THEY HAVE IT.

WE CAN FOLLOW UP OFFLINE WITH THAT REQUEST. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME. SO IN THESE MEMBER ITEMS AND I JUST BECAME AWARE OF A GROUP THAT'S FORMING IN THE CITY FOR TO SORT OF ENCOURAGE TREE PRESERVATION AND TREE PLANTING.

IS THAT APPROPRIATE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION DURING THIS MEMBER ITEMS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LIKE CITY SPONSORED OR BECAUSE I KNOW WE DID UPDATES ON LIKE THE GARDEN BEFORE, AND THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S A RELATED EVENT IN A WAY.

IT'S A RELATED ACTIVITY TO PARKS AND REC SPECIFICALLY.

SO IF IT'S JUST A QUICK MENTION, I, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS NOT REALLY A ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION, BUT IF IT'S JUST A QUICK MENTION OF SOMETHING THAT'S UPCOMING THAT'S RELATED, I DON'T SEE IT AS A PROBLEM, BUT OKAY. JUST IF YOU GUYS CAN ALL USE YOUR OWN DISCERNMENT WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

OKAY, GREAT. WELL, I'LL JUST DO A QUICK SHARE THEN.

THIS GROUP IS MEETING AT 1 P.M. ON SUNDAY IN THE REDONDO ROOM AT BEACH CITY'S HEALTH DISTRICT.

AND THEY WANT TO JUST ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO PLANT MORE TREES.

AND IT'LL BE A VERY NICE LITTLE GATHERING. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

ARE WE COVERING THE SUBCOMMITTEES? THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND IT'S I APOLOGIZE, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE VOLUNTEER SUBCOMMITTEE? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. SINCE I MISSED THE LAST MEETING, I TALKED TO KELLY AND ED ON WE'RE GOING TO RAMP IT BACK UP WITH OUR AWARDS TROPHIES.

KELLY'S GOING TO ORDER SOME OF THOSE NIFTY SURFBOARDS.

AND SINCE WE CHANGED THE NAME OF THAT, WELL WE LOST THE PARKS OR RECS COMMISSION, WE HAD TO ORDER A NEW LOGO AND NEW NAME.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE OUT TO OUR APPROVED, I GUESS YOU GUYS VOTED WHEN I WAS GONE.

THANK YOU FOR VOTING ON OUR TWO AWARD MEMBERS.

SO WE'LL GET THAT RAMP BACK UP HERE THIS SUMMER.

CAN I ASK COMMISSIONER A QUESTION ON THAT? YES.

SO I GUESS AT A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, THEY DECIDED TO DISBAND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THEY WERE COMMISSIONER ESCONTRIAS IS ON THAT WAS TO PROPOSE AN AWARD THING.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS AT THIS POINT WITH REGARDS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO FURTHER EXPLORE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. OKAY, I'LL DO THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THE ONLY ITEMS THAT I HAVE, I DEFINITELY WANTED TO PICK UP ON, YOU KNOW, THE BYLAWS SUBCOMMITTEE.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED AND THEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS GO BY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW STUFF MOVES IN THE SUMMERTIME AS WELL SO.

WE'LL CIRCLE BACK ON THE. WE'RE SLOWLY APPROACHING OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THIS COMMISSION.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE AT LEAST A DRAFT OF THE BYLAWS PRIOR TO THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMISSION.

[00:45:02]

I THINK WE DID ONES THAT WERE KIND OF LIKE URGENT FROM THE DISSOLVING OF THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONS TO NOW, BUT WE PROBABLY WANT TO PICK UP AGAIN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES IN WHICH WE WHICH ONES WE WANT TO ESTABLISH AND CARRY.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM O, ADJOURNMENT.

I MOVE WE ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.