Mar 31, 2026 City Council

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ORDER THE CLOSED SESSION OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[12:00 P.M. - CLOSED SESSION - ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING]

IS ANYBODY ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS OR NON-AGENDA ITEMS? WE HAVE NO ECOMMENTS AND NO ATTENDEES ON ZOOM.

OKAY. BEFORE WE RECESS, WOULD YOU READ OFF WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN CLOSED SESSION? YES. AS AUTHORIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE AS LISTED ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION ITEM F.1 IS UNDER THE TITLE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND LABOR NEGOTIATOR, AND THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION IS THE REDONDO BEACH PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

ITEM F.2 IS UNDER THE TITLE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND THERE IS ONE POTENTIAL CASE.

ITEMS F.3 AND F.4 ARE UNDER THE TITLE CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR.

FOR F.3, THE PROPERTIES ARE 200 NORTH PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY (A PORTION OF APN: 750-500-9902).

715 JULIA AVENUE (A PORTION OF PARCELS APN: 750-702-0900 AND APN: 750-702-1900). 3007 VAIL AVENUE (A PORTION OF APN: 415-001-7931). 1935 MANHATTAN BEACH BOULEVARD (APN: 404-900-8903). PARKING LOT AT THE CORNER OF FELTON LANE AND 182ND STREET (APN: 415-803-3900). 807 INGLEWOOD AVENUE (A PORTION OF APN: 408-302-4900. FOR ITEM F.4. THE PROPERTIES ARE PORTIONS OF THE REDONDO BEACH MARINA PARKING LOT AND SEASIDE LAGOON (PORTIONS OF APN NUMBERS: 7503-029-900 AND 7503-029-903).

PORTIONS OF HARBOR DRIVE, PACIFIC AVENUE, CATALINA AVENUE, GERTRUDA AVENUE, HERONDO STREET AND ESPLANADE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO THESE ITEMS, PLEASE? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. FOR ALL ITEMS MYSELF, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK.

FOR ITEM F.1, WE WILL BE JOINED BY DIANE STRICKFADEN, OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

FOR ITEM F.2 WE WILL HAVE STEPHANIE JOHNSON, OUR SENIOR DEPUTY CITY PROSECUTOR.

FOR F.3, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, LUKE SMUDE.

AND FOR F4, WE WILL HAVE ELIZABETH HAUSE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION.

[F. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION]

YEAH, OPEN SESSION. COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO THE REGULAR MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES. I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE 2 P.M.

OPEN SESSION. STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER? PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT? HERE. MAYOR LIGHT? HERE. OKAY. IF WE COULD ALL RISE TO SALUTE THE FLAG.

AND THEN WE WILL STAY STANDING, PLEASE, FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION.

I'LL LEAD. OKAY. PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY? 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.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY, WE'RE GOING DOWN TO ITEM D PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS,

[D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS]

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I HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS OR PROCLAMATIONS. I HAVE A TON OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I'M GOING TO HOLD THOSE TILL THE NEXT MEETING THAT'S IN THE EVENING.

I DO HAVE ONE AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE. AND THAT WAS TO GO TO THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

I WAS A PANEL MEMBER THERE AND ALSO SPOKE WITH LEADERS FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITIES.

LET'S SEE WITH THAT, WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. SURE, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I ALSO WENT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE MAYOR SPEAK.

I SAW SOME OTHER LOCALS, INCLUDING ALLEN STANFORD SPEAK.

YOUR MICROPHONE. AND. MICROPHONE, THERE YOU GO.

AND WE WILL HAVE OUR COMMUNITY MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT BEHRENDT AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ON THURSDAY AT 6 P.M.

FEATURING RBFD AND SOME OF OUR CHIEFS. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED AND THE SPECIAL THING HERE IS COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT USUALLY JUST BRINGS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES, BUT I'M GETTING THE VARIETY PACKS. OKAY. IT'S PILLARS OF PUBLIC SAFETY TOO.

YES, INDEED. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. FOR AB 1234, I DID ATTEND THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MEETING THIS PAST FRIDAY AND THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, TO THE EXTENT THERE WERE ANY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THAT.

OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT HAS THOSE ON FILE AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.

HEY, I KNOW THAT ONE, TOO. I WAS AT THE STATE OF THE CITY.

AMAZINGLY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. I WAS ALSO AT THE SOUTH BAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

THAT WAS LOVELY. NO EXPENSES TO REPORT THERE.

I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ELIZABETH HAUSE.

SHE DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. AS DID YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

AND I WILL BE HAVING A COMMUNITY MEETING THIS SATURDAY AT 9:30 A.M.

AT PERRY ALLISON PLAYFIELD. I'LL REPEAT THAT.

PERRY ALLISON PLAYFIELD SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW WHERE THAT IS, IT'S ON 190TH BETWEEN CLUSTER AND BLOSSOM LANE.

BRING A BLANKET, BRING A CHAIR, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PICNIC AND DISCUSS ALL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY.

WOW. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. NOTHING TO REPORT THIS WEEK.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. ALL RIGHT. I ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT LAST WEEK, STATE OF THE CITY LAST WEEK, AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS LAST WEEK.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO CONGRATULATE OUR REDONDO BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT BAKER TO VEGAS TEAM FOR OFFICERS AND SO IT WOULD BE 21 OFFICERS RAN AND TWO OFFICERS, HARRIS AND DAY, WHO WERE THE CAPTAINS OF THE TEAM.

THEY NOT ONLY GOT THE MUGS, BUT THEY CAME IN THIRD PLACE AND EVERYBODY CAME HOME HEALTHY.

AND YOU DID THE SAG SUPPORT? YES. FOR HOURS AT SEVEN MILES AN HOUR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM E, COULD I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA?

[E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

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

FOR M.1 RELATED TO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, PRIORITY AREAS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND LETTER FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM H. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THERE THIS EVENING OR THIS AFTERNOON?

[H. CONSENT CALENDAR]

OKAY, ALL FOR IT? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO READ THERE. CORRECT. NO.

OKAY, LET'S SEE, NEXT UP, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THIS THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION TODAY.

THIS SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE.

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OKAY, WELL, THAT WAS QUICK. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION UPSTAIRS IN THE MAIN LIBRARY?

[K. RECESS]

ALL FOR AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL BE RECONVENING, AS I SAID, UPSTAIRS IN THE MAIN LIBRARY TO DISCUSS STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHICH IS THE ONLY OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL BE ADJOURNING UP THERE AS WELL.

CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. FOR THOSE INTERESTED, WE'LL BE UPSTAIRS IN THE LIBRARY.

OKAY, WE'RE RECONVENING THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.

[L. RECONVENE (MAIN LIBRARY MEETING ROOM, 303 N. PACIFIC COAST HWY, 2ND FLOOR)]

[M.1. 26-0395 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, PRIORITY AREAS, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES]

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR IT? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'LL BE HANDLING THIS MORE IN A WORKSHOPS FUNCTION.

SO I'LL INTRODUCE THE MAIN ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO DISCUSSION.

SO WITH THAT WE'LL START WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

AND I'LL TURN THE MIC OVER TO YOU MIKE. MIKE, HERE'S THE MIC.

THANK YOU MAYOR. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH SOUND? I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK HERE, MIKE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT TURNING UP THE SPEAKERS, ARE GOOD ON THAT END? EVERYBODY HERE OKAY? AT THAT END OF THE TABLE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS THE COUNCIL DIRECTED WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN OPEN SESSION A FEW WEEKS BACK, AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING IN OUR NORMAL FACILITATOR WHO WOULD RUN THIS MEETING.

WE DECIDED TO DO A BIT OF AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING THIS YEAR IN RECOGNITION OF THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HAPPENING.

WE'RE PRETTY WELL MAXED OUT AS A STAFF, AND WE WANT TO BE JUDICIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES THAT WE BOTH CARRY OVER AND ADD TO THE NEXT PLANNING CYCLE, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS OF THE DAY.

YOU KNOW, HOW LONG DO WE WANT THIS PARTICULAR PLAN TO COVER? SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT IS LAY OUT A PRETTY DETAILED AGENDA.

SO JUST TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW, WE'LL DO OUR TRADITIONAL KIND OF RECAP OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST, WHAT WAS TEN-MONTH PLANNING PERIOD. THAT'S, AS YOU KNOW, AN OPEN FORUM.

EVERYBODY KIND OF SHOUTS OUT, WE START WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THEN WE KIND OF RUN DOWN THE LINE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE'VE GOT LUKE AND JANE AS OUR TRUSTEE SCRIBES AS THAT PROCESS ENSUES, WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'RE CALLING AN ABBREVIATED STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS, ANALYSIS, OR REVIEW.

SO WHEREAS IN YEARS PAST, MAYBE WE WOULD GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE ITEMS, TAKE COLLECTIVE INPUT DOCUMENT, ETC.. WE'RE DOING THAT IN ONE FELL SWOOP. SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR STRENGTH OR A PARTICULAR WEAKNESS OR OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT THAT ANYBODY IN HERE FEELS WE SHOULD RAISE AND NOTE AS WE PROCEED WITH OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.

THAT'S THE IDEA. WE WON'T SPEND TIME ON EACH EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

WE'LL DO THEM COLLECTIVELY. FROM THERE, WE WILL REVISIT THE CITY'S THREE YEAR PRIORITY AREAS, WHICH WE HAVE LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT. THAT'S THE BLUE, THE DARKER BLACK BANNER FOR A.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE GOT A HARD COPY OF THE STRAT PLAN.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT WE HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL GOALS WITHIN THE PRIORITY AREA.

SO THE THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE AGENDA WILL COVER BOTH OF THOSE TOPICS.

DO WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PRIORITY AREAS? DO WE WANT TO ELIMINATE? DO WE WANT TO ADD? SAME THING FOR THE GOALS, ARE THEIR GOALS WE WANT TO INCLUDE? ARE THERE GOALS THAT WE NO LONGER THINK ARE IMPORTANT OR WANT TO MODIFY? FROM THERE, WE WOULD THEN INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO THAT'D BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME UP AND SAY, HEY, HYPOTHETICALLY, THIS GOAL WE THINK SHOULD BE TWEAKED OR WE'RE MISSING THIS OBVIOUS THING THAT WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING IN THE PLAN.

AND THEN THAT WILL THEN GIVE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIBERATE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SECTION OF THE AGENDA, WHICH IS US DETERMINING HOW LONG WE WANT THIS PLANNING CYCLE TO TO COVER.

IS IT A SIX MONTH CYCLE? WHICH IT HAS BEEN IN SOME YEARS PAST.

IS IT A TEN MONTH CYCLE LIKE WE JUST WRAPPED UP? IS IT A 12 MONTH CYCLE? SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

I WOULD RECOMMEND WE NOT GO BEYOND 12 MONTHS.

SIX MONTH. WE RECONVENE IN SIX MONTHS. THAT'S THE IDEA.

TYPICALLY, NOW WE WOULD RECONVENE SIX MONTHS FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN WHICH IS USUALLY ABOUT A MONTH FROM WHEN WE CONCLUDE THE SESSION.

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AND WE'VE BROKEN THAT INTO KIND OF THREE SUBCATEGORIES.

WE'VE GOT THE CARRYOVER OBJECTIVES THAT WE DIDN'T COMPLETE IN THE LAST PLANNING CYCLE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR DRAFT PLAN, YOU'LL SEE IN THE NOTES SECTION THOSE THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS CARRYOVER.

AND THEN WHAT WE'VE DONE AS STAFF TO TRY TO HELP ADVANCE THIS EFFORT AND SYNTHESIZE OUR PROCESS TODAY.

AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED OBJECTIVES THAT WERE NATURAL NEXT PHASE STEPS IN PRIOR OBJECTIVES.

SO A GREAT EXAMPLE, THE SEASIDE LAGOON OR THE BOAT LAUNCH RAMP, MAYBE EVEN MORE ACUTELY.

WE SUBMITTED OUR GRANT APPLICATION. THAT WAS WHAT WAS IN THE PRIOR SET OF OBJECTIVES.

WELL, NOW THE NEXT PHASE IS TO WORK WITH DBA TO HELP COURT THE FUNDING AND THEN ULTIMATELY REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THE FINALIZATION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION REQUEST.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE OBVIOUS NEXT PHASES.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'VE TAKEN A LITTLE TIME TO SAY THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO ADD AS NEW ITEMS THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY CONTEMPLATED IN THE PRIOR CYCLE THAT WE THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER.

LET ME CAVEAT THAT WITH THE NOTION THAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS COLLECTIVELY ARE DRAFT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS STILL REMAINS AND SHOULD BE A MAYOR AND COUNCIL MATRIX, RIGHT? YOU ALL NEED TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN HERE.

WE'RE GIVING YOU OUR BEST PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'LL HELP ULTIMATELY WORDSMITH THE OBJECTIVES.

WE'LL REVIEW THEM WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK IS A REALISTIC GOAL WITHIN OUR TIME FRAME OR OBJECTIVE.

BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT THIS IS MEANT TO BE FULLY INCLUSIVE.

AND THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS HERE. THIS IS A STARTING POINT WITH YOU ALL THEN ADDING YOUR INPUTS AND THEN COLLECTIVELY AND CONSENSUALLY DECIDING WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.

AND THEN LAST, WE'LL INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN DRAFTED, AND THEN WE'LL ALLOW THE COUNCIL, THEN AGAIN TO RECONVENE AND DECIDE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE MAY HAVE MISSED BASED ON THAT PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE INCLUDING.

A REMINDER, WE DON'T APPROVE THE PLAN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS SESSION.

IT REMAINS IN DRAFT FORM UNTIL WE AGENDIZE IT FOR A OPEN SESSION ITEM AT A LATER DATE.

OUR FINAL ACT TODAY OF THE SESSION WILL BE TO PICK WHAT DATE THAT ITEM, THAT STRAT PLANNING DISCUSSION FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OCCURS.

I'M THINKING IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY.

JUST BEING REALISTIC, BUT IT'LL DEPEND SOMEWHAT ON EXACTLY HOW MANY OBJECTIVES ULTIMATELY GET INCORPORATED AND HOW DETAILED YOU WANT TO SEE EACH OF THESE FLESHED OUT.

SO THAT'S SORT OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE DAY. JUST AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE, THIS IS A DRAFT DOCUMENT.

THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS YEAR. WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE THIS FOR YOU.

WE TYPICALLY START WITH THE CONCLUDING MATRIX THAT WE FINISHED UP FROM THE MOST RECENT STATUS REPORT, WHICH WE DO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO REFLECT BACK.

AND THEN WE START FROM SCRATCH. THIS IS A MUCH MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THE DRAFT OBJECTIVE LIST THAN WE'VE HAD IN PRIOR SESSIONS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS ULTIMATELY COMPORTS WITH THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL WAS THINKING WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A KIND OF A MODIFIED VERSION OF STRAT PLAN.

WE, WE'RE, AND WE STAND BY, AS YOU SEE HERE, ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE READY TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THESE ITEMS OR ANY ITEMS THAT YOU ULTIMATELY CONCEPTUALIZE. SO THAT'S THE OVERVIEW, MAYOR.

AND WE'RE READY TO PROBABLY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

IF YOU, UNLESS YOU GOT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO. WHEN DO YOU WANT US TO DECIDE ON HOW LONG THIS SHOULD BE FOR? IT'S AFTER WE DO THE. WE DISCUSSED THE PRIORITY AREAS AND STRATEGIC.

OKAY, I'M LEANING TOWARDS 12 MONTHS, BUT WE CAN WAIT TILL THEN.

YEAH. SO TWO, FOR THE PUBLIC, TWO SECTIONS FOR, TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE PRIORITY AREAS AND STRATEGIC GOALS AND THEN AFTER THE OBJECTIVES. SO TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT HERE.

AM I, ARE WE TO ASSUME THAT THIS DRAFT THAT YOU PUT FORWARD INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL YOUR DIRECTORS? IT DOES. AT LEAST AT THE TIME OF OUR LAST DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS LAST WEDNESDAY'S DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING.

SO NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S FULLY INCLUSIVE, AS I'VE SAID, THERE MAY BE OTHER ADDITIVES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD SINCE THAT TIME.

AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE LIMITING. IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT OR STAFF HAVE COME UP WITH SINCE OUR LAST CONVERSATION, TODAY WOULD BE THE DAY TO ADD THEM TO THE LIST FOR CONSIDERATION.

OKAY, ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO DOWN TO RECAP OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM PREVIOUS TEN MONTHS.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST DIVE INTO THAT OR. WELL, I MEAN, I COULD GO AHEAD AND LIST THEM, BUT TYPICALLY WE START WITH YOURSELF OR YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF GO DOWN THE LINE OF DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE THAT THEY WANT TO ADD TO THE LIST.

I MEAN, JUST TO BREAK THE SEAL. THERE'S A TON OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RIGHT?

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LET'S SEE, STARTED THE PARK AT HERONDO. WE'VE GOT OUR TOBACCO ORDINANCE IN PLACE.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES I'LL START WITH. ALL RIGHT.

SO JUST OUT OF FAIRNESS TO LUKE AND JANE, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB TAG TEAMING THIS.

DID WE GET ALL OF THOSE LOWER POND AT WILDERNESS PARK, SEASIDE LAGOON, DESIGN ADVANCEMENT BOAT RAMP, A GRANT APPLICATION. AND THEN YEAH, TOBACCO. NOT A NOT FOR PURCHASE. THAT'D BE SMOKE SHOP ORDINANCE, REGULATORY ORDINANCE.

OKAY, SO I'LL JUST GO TO MY LEFT. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS? YOU KNOW, THE LIST IS SO LONG OF THINGS TO. I MEAN, WE'D BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

BUT I'LL JUST SECOND WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED MAYOR, WHICH WAS HIGHLIGHTING QUITE A FEW PROJECTS WITH THE CITY MANAGER WAS STARTING INTO, WHICH IS. I MEAN, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE.

WE GET THE INFORMATION, WE READ IT, WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS, WE GO HOME, AND THEN STAFF IMPLEMENTS IT, AND THEY DEAL WITH ALL THE INS AND OUTS AND THE FITS AND THE STARTS AND THE PUSHBACK AND THE PULLING AND PUSHING.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE END UP WITH FABULOUS PROJECTS.

THE TYPE THAT YOU MENTIONED AND THAT ARE LISTED ON THIS DOCUMENT.

SO THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL STAFF.

OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. THANK YOU. I'LL LET DIRECTOR COOK GO OVER A LOT OF THE TECH STUFF THAT WAS DONE FOR THE WEBSITE AND ALL THAT.

BUT BUSINESS WISE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RIBBON CUTTINGS IN THE CITY.

I THINK THE BUSINESS GROWTH IS GOING WELL. WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF INTEREST IN OUR HARBOR AND WATERFRONT AND EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE REALLY BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE CITY.

AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I CAN'T REMEMBER, SO I'LL JUST PASS IT ON IN THE INTERESTS OF SPEED.

YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. THERE'S A LOT. TEEN CENTER OPENING AND ROBUST PROGRAMS. SENIOR LUNCHES EXPANDED. ARTESIA BOULEVARD. LEFT TURN POCKETS AT RINDGE.

RECONSTRUCTED AND ALIGNED TRAFFIC. TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD REPLACED.

TWO BLOCKS OF GRANT AVENUE REPAVED AND RESTRIPED WITH BIKE LANES WITH BUFFERS.

NEW FENCING ON GRANT AVENUE. BIKE PATH EXTENSION.

THE NORTH REDONDO BEACH BIKE PATH EXTENSION. I EMAILED COUNCIL SORRY, DIRECTOR WINJE AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE AVIATION PARK PICKLEBALL AND HE SAID, WELL, HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND INCLUDED THE VETERANS HISTORIC PARK LIBRARY.

THE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE DOMINGUEZ PARK WAS REBUILT, BUT WORKING TOWARDS GETTING IT BACK OPEN AGAIN.

AND ALL THE OTHER ONES, I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC WILL MENTION FRANKLIN PARK, THE ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND.

AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

YEAH, I WILL MENTION FRANKLIN PARK. SO WE DID COMPLETE THE DESIGN FOR THAT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. YOU MENTIONED ALL THE THE GROUNDBREAKINGS WE'VE DONE.

THE NEW BUSINESS IN THE HARBOR, USING IT IN NEW WAYS WITH IN AND OUT AND WATER POLO IN THE HARBOR.

WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO USE SPACE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN USING IN THE PAST.

ALSO EXPANDING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH THE ACR, THE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HOMELESS POPULATION AS WELL AS HOUSED. MOVING FORWARD WITH FP, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.

AND OH SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE IN THE PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT'S MOVING PROJECTS THROUGH QUICKER FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AS WELL.

THAT'S A BIG IMPROVEMENT. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

I THINK THEY'VE MENTIONED A LOT OF THESE, BUT I THINK THEY ALL COME UNDER THE BANNER OF IMPROVING OUR ATTRACTIVENESS TO BUSINESSES.

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THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT TO THE WATERFRONT, AS WELL AS THE PARKS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON, LIKE HERONDO PARK, AND THEN ALSO PUBLIC WORKS IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR DIAMOND STREET AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME AROUND THIS HIGH SCHOOL COMING UP.

I THINK THAT THAT'S SOME PROGRESS WE'VE MADE.

I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THE MOVEMENT FORWARD ON THE ACAAP AND GETTING THAT INTO THE ZONING DOCUMENTS AND HOPEFULLY GETTING THEM OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MOVEMENT ON PUBLIC ART, BOTH IN THE HARBOR AREA AND NOW LOOKING AT THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR.

GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. MENTIONED IN ANOTHER SESSION, BUT I BELIEVE WE CHANGED OUR GRAFFITI CLEANUP CONTRACTOR AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN AMAZING. THE CLEANUP HAS BEEN PROMPT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTIFYING THEM HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT.

I MEAN, WITHIN 24 OR 48 HOURS, THINGS ARE GETTING CLEANED UP.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THERE. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT, I'D FORGOTTEN. PICKLEBALL COURTS AT ALTA VISTA.

YEAH. THE TRUCK ROUTE SIGNAGE AND SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT IN MY DISTRICT.

I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. OKAY. YOU DO HAVE THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTH BAY REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST.

SBRHT IF YOU WANT TO JUST ABBREVIATE THAT. TWO PEOPLE TYPING AT THE SAME TIME.

I'D SAY THAT HAVING OUR POLICE AND FIRE. PRETTY MUCH I CALL IT FULLY STAFFED.

WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO FULLY STAFFED. IS ALSO A PRETTY GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT.

A NEW POLICE CHIEF WITH SEAMLESS TRANSITION. NEW POLICE CHIEF.

LET'S SEE, I THOUGHT WE HAD A COUPLE OTHER THINGS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THOSE WERE.

LOOKING AT SOME OF MY NOTES. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO STAFF TO.

YEAH, WHY DON'T WE, CAN JUST BASED ON WHO I'M LOOKING AT.

MARC, WHY DON'T YOU GO NEXT. OKAY, WELL, I THINK THE LIST COVERS A LOT OF IT IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE ACAAP AND SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT PROCEDURES.

DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS WISE, WE HAVE FULLY IMPLEMENTED OUR NEW ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SYSTEM AND DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO REPORT ON OUR ACTIVITY AND ON METRICS. AND WE'RE PRODUCING QUARTERLY REPORTS.

THAT WASN'T THE CASE WHEN WE MET A YEAR AGO IN HERE.

SO I'M HAPPY FOR THAT. THE ACAAP WAS MENTIONED AND THAT WAS INCLUSIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THE PARKING STANDARDS, ROOFTOP DINING, AND WE HAVE THAT TEED UP AND READY FOR ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL.

AND THEN ALSO WE MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, THE LAND USE ELEMENT MORE SPECIFICALLY AND ADDRESS TOPICS SUCH AS PUBLIC, INSTITUTIONAL FAR, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND A VARIETY OF OTHERS, AND THAT'S CLOSE TO BEING TEED UP FOR ADOPTION.

SO WE MADE PROGRESS THERE. AND SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE MORE, BUT THAT PROBABLY COVERS IT.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS BREWING. ELIZABETH. I THINK MOST OF OUR ITEMS WERE COVERED, BUT I DON'T RECALL THE HISTORIC LIBRARY GOING UP THERE.

SO BETWEEN SIGNING OUR CONTRACT WITH MADE BY MEG TO PUBLIC WORKS, COMPLETING A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN US OBTAINING A GRANT TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH $1 MILLION ADA IMPROVEMENT TO THAT SITE.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POSITIVE MOVEMENT AT THAT PROPERTY. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ITEM I HAVE THAT COMES TO MIND IS WE WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY FOR THE FOSTER YOUTH INITIATIVE PROGRAM, WHERE WE CAN HELP FOSTER YOUTH THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL THE RIBBON CUTTINGS AND FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS WERE HIGHLIGHTED.

I REMEMBERED IT AND IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THE ONE.

SO IT'S THE HOUSING ELEMENT. WE HAD TO PIVOT ON THAT QUICKLY IN RESPONSE TO A RECENT COURT DECISION, AND WE MADE THE AMENDMENT TO WORK WITH STATE HCD TO HAVE THAT READY FOR ADOPTION AND CERTIFICATION TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE TOO. SO YES, WE DO GOING FORWARD THERE. ANDY.

THANK YOU. YOU ALL BEEN VERY KIND IN YOUR WORDS ON PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN ALL SEE A COUPLE PROJECTS MAYBE THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OR YOU DID SEE, BUT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE PORTOFINO SEWER PUMP STATION WAS INSTALLED LAST YEAR ABOUT A $3.5 MILLION PROJECT.

IF IT FAILED AND IT WAS PRETTY OLD, WE WOULD HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT IT AND GRATEFUL THAT WE GOT THAT IN, AS WE DID WITH A PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS. WE PUT ON ROOFS ON AT LEAST THREE NEW PUBLIC FACILITIES THE WILDERNESS PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, THE RESTROOM, AND THE SENIOR CENTER AT VETERANS PARK, AS WELL AS THE, THE LIBRARY THAT YOU MENTIONED.

WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED A, REPLACED THE PAC CHILLER LAST MONTH.

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THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THE CITY MORE RESILIENT.

I DO WANT TO MENTION TO OUR OPERATIONS CREW, I DON'T HAVE ANY HARD DATA ON THIS, BUT WHEN I ASK AROUND, TYPICAL RESPONSE TIMES FOR FILLING POTHOLES IS ABOUT A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE'RE AVERAGING, I THINK, BEST I CAN TELL, LESS THAN 24 HOURS ON MOST OF OUR FILLINGS.

SO REALLY PROUD OF OUR GUYS AND THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO GET POTHOLES TAKEN CARE OF.

YEAH. GREAT POINT. EUGENE. THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

FOR OUR WORK THIS YEAR, A LOT OF OUR REGULAR REPORTING, WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORTING TO THE BUDGET, TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMISSION.

WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORTING OUR REGULAR QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION.

WE HAD A REVIEW OF OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AS IS REQUIRED AND HAD SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO THAT.

THIS YEAR, OUR REGULAR ANALYSIS AND MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR ADVISORY PARTNERS TO REVIEW OUR PORTFOLIO.

THE MATURITIES, REINVEST WHEN WE CAN AND PROVIDE SERVICE OF CASH FLOW TO THE CITY AS WE COORDINATE WITH THE CITY FINANCE TEAM. ONE THING THAT WE ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR, NOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT, BUT AS A CITY THAT WAS NICE WAS THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR THE REVAMP OF THE CITY TREASURER'S DUTIES AND ROLES, ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL'S INPUT ON THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT ROLE, SO THAT WAS A NICE ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE PAST TEN MONTHS OR YEAR THAT WE HAD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND HIGHLIGHT LASTLY, AS A, AS A GOAL AND AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IS THE GREAT COOPERATION THAT WE GET IN WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OFTEN WITH OUR CITY CLERK'S DEPARTMENT.

OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN HELPING US FORMAT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS FOR REVENUE AND OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE BRING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

SO I CONSIDER THAT TO BE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR US AND FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

DIANE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE, WE ADOPTED TWO NEW MOUS WITH OUR TWO PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE BARGAINING UNITS, POA AND PMU. WE GOT A PERFECT SCORE ON OUR LIABILITY CLAIMS AUDIT FOR HOW WE HANDLE AND PROCESS LIABILITY CLAIMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THAT'S FROM OUR RISK POOL. THEY HIRED AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, AND WE'RE THE ONLY AGENCY THAT WE ARE AWARE OF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT RECEIVED A PERFECT SCORE. WE PROCESSED ABOUT 7800 APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND RESULTING IN 163 NEW HIRES.

AND THEN SOME OF THE UNSEEN WORK INCLUDES REVIEWING OVER 750 CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE FOR CITY CONTRACTS, PERMITS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE LIKE. AND WE HAVE ABOUT 50 TO 80 RECRUITMENTS OPEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME BEING HANDLED BY ONE PERSON. AND OVERALL, A LOT OF THIS IS SOME OF THE UNSEEN WORK, BUT WE'RE HOLDING THE STRUCTURE UP.

SO WE'RE PROUD. YES, INDEED. ONLY 750 INSURANCE CERTIFICATES ANY SUCH A QUIET YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW, LUKE AND JANE, ARE YOU ABLE TO TALK AND TYPE OR? THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC MENTIONED MEASURE FP SOME ADVANCEMENT ON THAT FRONT AND JUST WANTED TO REPORT WE DID RECEIVE 7 RFQP RESPONSES FOR THE FIRESIDE AND SIX FOR POLICE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF APPETITE IN THE MARKET. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THAT WILL MEAN GOING FORWARD. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING THAT WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM INTERNALLY. LOOKING FORWARD TO SHORTLISTING A GROUP OF THOSE AND THEN HOLDING SHORTLIST INTERVIEWS LATER THIS MONTH.

SO EXCITING TIMES THERE. TWO OTHER SMALL THINGS.

WE FURTHER CONSOLIDATED OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION STRUCTURE TO BE A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED.

SO THANKS A LOT TO THE MAYOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID THERE.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, BIG, BIG DEAL FOR SOME PEOPLE.

WE EXTENDED THE IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION ORDINANCE TO OUR COASTAL AREA AS WELL.

SO OUR PARTNERS AND BUSINESSES IN THE COASTAL AREA WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE EXTENDED FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPTIONS IN THEIR BUSINESSES SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

EXCELLENT. THANKS. JANE, YOUR TURN TO TALK AND TYPE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THIS YEAR WE REINSTATED THE INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

SO THERE'S BEEN A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT TO REVAMP THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE INTERNALLY WITHIN DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNALLY WITH THE PUBLIC.

WITH THAT, WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF OUR CITY WEBSITE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ONGOING, AND THEN BROUGHT BACK KIND OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA BEING MORE ACTIVE.

AS OF TODAY, AS OF MONDAY, WE ARE ACTUALLY CERTIFIED VERIFIED BY META ON OUR INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.

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SHIFTING OVER TO ANOTHER INTERNAL FUNCTION WITH CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.

WORKING WITH A TASK FORCE OF CITY STAFF AND TRAINING INTERNALLY WITH STAFF REGARDING CONTRACT PROCESS.

PARTNERING DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON HOLDING THESE TRAININGS THAT ARE HAPPENING QUARTERLY AND THEN ANNUALLY HAVING A REFRESHER TRAINING ON THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR CITY STAFF. THAT SEGWAYS INTO ANOTHER TASK FORCE INTERNALLY WORKING ON PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND LOOKING AT REVISITING OUR POLICIES, PROCEDURES OR ORDINANCES AS IT RELATES TO PROCUREMENT AND BRINGING THAT UP TO CURRENT STANDARDS.

AND THEN FROM THERE SUPPORTING THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CROSSING GUARDS AS IT RELATES TO LOOKING AT THAT, PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE OLYMPIC LARGE EVENTS TASK.

AND PREPARING THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH FOR THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP AND THE OLYMPICS LA 28.

I THINK THAT CAPTURES EVERYTHING. AND DID YOU MENTION THE LICENSING LOGO ADVANCEMENT? OH, YES. WE ARE IN THE EFFORTS OF STILL GETTING THROUGH OUR TRADEMARK PROCESS.

THAT'S BEEN A YEAR EFFORT. AND SO HOPEFULLY WHEN THAT BECOMES APPROVED, THEN WE CAN START PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.

OUR NEXT STEP ON THAT IS TO ISSUE AN RFI. SO THAT IS THE KIND OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENT AS WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

YEAH. THANK YOU JANE. DANA. I GUESS WE'LL GO BACK TO THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE BEFORE JUMPING OVER HERE.

WELL THANK YOU. IN OCTOBER, WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE EXPRESS HOURS AT NORTH BRANCH.

THAT'S ADDING A EIGHT ADDITIONAL HOURS OF SERVICE A WEEK OVER 400 A YEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE.

ARE WE SEEING USAGE OF THAT? ABSOLUTELY, WE HAVE OVER 70 INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP AND I GET EMAILS DAILY ABOUT PEOPLE SIGNING UP, SO IT'S VERY POPULAR AND STAFF ARE PROMOTING IT.

WE ALSO HAD OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SUMMER READING PROGRAM TO DATE WITH OVER 2000 INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP.

A GOOD NUMBER OF READING HOURS ENCOURAGING LITERACY.

WE ALSO HAD OUR RECORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE AT LIBRARY SINCE COVID FOR WE HAD OVER 200,000 VISITORS AT OUR LIBRARIES LAST FISCAL. WE CIRCULATED OVER 300,000 MATERIALS, REGISTERED OVER 5000 NEW LIBRARY CARDS.

AND WE ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW LOGO AND WE HAVE SOME.

SO PICK UP YOUR NEW LIBRARY CARD TODAY. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. TRADEMARK. TRADEMARK. TRADEMARK. THANK YOU, DANA.

THAT'S GREAT. I THINK, PAT, THAT'S DOWN. YOUR TURN ON THE END THERE.

WE'LL COME BACK. YOU'RE UP. PAT. I GOT IT, OKAY.

THANK YOU. WE ARE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY STAFFED.

I KNOW THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.

SO STAFFING IS DOING GREAT. WE HAVE A CADET PROGRAM, SO WE RECRUIT OUR OWN LOCALLY.

WE RECENTLY BROUGHT ON BOARD A SOME OF OUR VETERANS AND WE HAVE A YOUNG KID THAT WE'RE MENTORING WHO SPENT FIVE YEARS IN THE MARINE CORPS.

SO WE'RE GROWING OUR POOL LOCALLY. OUR FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAM IS MOVING ALONG, NO ISSUES.

AND I KNOW WE'VE CHANGED THE CYCLE FOR THAT. AND WE'VE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IN TERMS OF TRAINING AND REVENUE WE'VE JOINED INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE LOCAL COLLEGES AND NOW WE GET STATE FUNDING BACK FOR HOURS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES TRAIN.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S ABOUT THE TUNE OF 20,000 A YEAR.

INVESTED A LOT IN WELLNESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS, FIREFIGHTER HEALTH AND SAFETY THROUGH OUR WELLNESS PROGRAM.

AND THEN I THINK FOR TECHNOLOGY, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'VE DONE IS IMPLEMENTED FIRST DUE AND AGGREGATES JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM WHERE THE HYDRANTS ARE TO OUR TRAINING HOURS ARE, AND IT PUTS THEM ALL IN ONE SPACE.

AND WE CAN ACTUALLY RESPOND ON A CALL ON THE FIRE ENGINE, AND IT'LL GIVE US A 3D VIEW OF THE BUILDING IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC HAZARDS ON IT.

AND SO REALLY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'VE CONTINUED TO BUILD UPON THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD IN THE CITYGATE REPORT. AND WE'RE IMPROVING EVEN THEN.

WE WERE BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR CITY'S RESPONSE TIMES.

AND WE'RE EVEN BEATING OUR OWN STANDARDS. SO THANKS TO THE HARD WORK OF EVERYBODY AND, AND ALTHOUGH WE INVEST IN ALL THE LATEST EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY AND BELLS AND WHISTLES, IT'S OUR EMPLOYEES THAT GIVE US THE FIGHTING EDGE.

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SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WITH THE HARBOR MASTER. AND WE HAVE THE HARBOR MASTER, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CHANGING OF THE HARBOR MASTER AT THE NEXT YACHT CLUB OPENING DAY. THANK YOU. GREAT STUFF, PAT. THANK YOU. STEVE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S BEEN A SMOOTH TRANSITION SO FAR TO CHIEF.

WE'VE ALSO HAD FOUR PROMOTIONS OF TWO CAPTAINS, ONE LIEUTENANT AND ONE SERGEANT.

IN THE LAST TEN MONTHS, WE'VE HIRED ABOUT 30 NEW EMPLOYEES.

ALSO TWO NEW K-9 POLICE DOGS. THE, WE'VE RESPONDED TO ABOUT 56,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND 1700 OF THOSE WERE EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH ASSISTANCE.

THE, WE FILED INVESTIGATED ABOUT 600 FELONY CASES, CRIMINAL CASES, WITH 250 FILINGS. AND OVER THE LAST TEN MONTHS, WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED ABOUT 800,000 IN GRANTS USED FOR STREET BARRICADES, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS, AND ALSO FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FOCUSING ON DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, E-BIKE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO DUI CHECKPOINTS AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO THOSE GRANTS INCLUDE FOR A HOMELESS TASK FORCE.

AND OTHERWISE, AND THAT'S IT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.

GREAT STUFF. THANK YOU, STEVE. JOY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF MY TEAM IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SINCE BEING ELECTED, OUR TEAM HAS COMPLETED OVER 601 ASSIGNMENTS FROM STAFF, WHICH INCLUDE CONTRACTS, REVIEWS, RESOLUTIONS, ORDINANCES, LEGAL OPINIONS, SUBPOENAS, DEPOSITIONS, AND PITCHES MOTIONS.

WE HAVE 40 ACTIVE LITIGATION CASES. LAST CALENDAR YEAR, WE RESOLVED 17.

THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE RESOLVED FIVE, INCLUDING A DISMISSAL OF ONE OF THE AES CASES WHERE THE PLAINTIFF WAS SEEKING OVER $120 MILLION IN DAMAGES. WE'VE PROVIDED THREE TRAININGS TO STAFF, ASSISTED WITH THE CONTRACT TRAINING HANDBOOK.

AND ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE, WE HAVE FILED OVER 1530 CRIMINAL CASES.

16 CASES HAVE BEEN SET FOR TRIAL. OF THE 16, 14 RESOLVED BEFORE THE JURY DELIBERATED AND THE TWO-REMAINING RESULTED IN TWO GUILTY VERDICTS. WE'VE ARGUED OVER 67 MOTIONS AND THESE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY OF OUR HERMOSA CASES. ON THE HOMELESS FRONT WE HAVE HAD 38 CASES IN HOMELESS COURT, 23 GRADUATES IN 2025, SEVEN GRADUATES THIS YEAR WITH OUR 77% ATTENDANCE RATE.

SUPERVISOR MITCHELL HONORED LILA OMURA AS WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2025.

LILA GOT 122 PEOPLE OFF THE STREET LAST CALENDAR YEAR AND 34 PEOPLE THIS JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

AND IN TERMS OF GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED GRANTS FROM CONGRESSMAN TED LIEU, FROM THE COG TO SUPPORT OUR HOMELESS EFFORTS.

AND NOT TO TAKE ALL THE CREDIT, BUT SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T MENTIONED WERE THE GREEN LINE.

WE GOT THAT TO BE LOCATED ON HAWTHORNE INSTEAD OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED, ADOPTED THE COYOTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.

YEAH. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD MEMORY ON THAT. JOY. IT FEELS LIKE THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

KATHERINE. YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. SO IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ALREADY MENTIONED, I'LL ADD THAT THE WATERFRONT, THE SPACES DOWN THERE, WE ARE NEARLY FULLY AT OCCUPANCY FOR OUR COMMERCIAL SPACES DOWN THERE, AND WE'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS LEASING OUT SOME OF THE LONG TERM VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD DOWN IN THE WATERFRONT.

WE'VE RECEIVED HAVE BEEN AWARDED A NUMBER OF GRANTS THIS PAST YEAR, WITH SOME OF OUR KEY PARTNERS TO HELP US PROGRESS SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES IN THE WATERFRONT. SO WE RECEIVED $500,000 FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION FOR OUR WORK ON UPDATING OUR LCP AND OUR SEA LEVEL RISE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.

WE RECEIVED $1.3 MILLION FROM HUD TO UPGRADE OUR BASIN THREE DOCKS INFRASTRUCTURE DOWN THERE.

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AND WE ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THEM EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHICH IS EXCITING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD AT BUILDING UP A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

SO THAT GOES A LONG WAY IN HELPING OUR MARINA MANAGERS KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON EVERYTHING DOWN IN THE WATERFRONT.

WE ALSO HAVE OPENED OUR COURTESY DOCK. SO THERE IS NOW A SPACE IN THE WATERFRONT.

IF YOU WANT TO COME AND VISIT AND GET OUT OF YOUR BOAT, TIE UP FOR THE DAY AND COME AND VISIT ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES OR EVENTS.

YEAH, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT NOW IN BASIN THREE.

AND WE ALSO EXECUTED THE OPTION AGREEMENT WITH MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER.

AND THEN JUST THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE TO THE MARINA PARKING LOT AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASE IN PARKING REVENUE.

SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE COMING OUT USING THE SPACE COMING TO THE EVENTS.

AND YEAH. THANK YOU KATHERINE. THAT'S GREAT. I THINK WE MISSED ONE.

THE PORT ROYAL. OH YES. YEAH. THAT AND THEN THE PARK AND THEN THE PARKING ANALYSIS OR STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO OUR MARINA REGULATIONS. YEAH.

THANKS, KATHERINE. AND IS PORT ROYAL CLASSIFIED AS A LICENSE AGREEMENT OR HOW WOULD? WE LEASE.

LEASES? THANK YOU, PORT ROYAL MARINA, IF YOU WANT.

I THINK STEPHANIE, YOU'RE UP NEXT, FINANCE. ALL RIGHT.

SO FINANCE IS A LITTLE MORE UNDER THE RADAR THAN A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

BUT WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORK ON MEASURE FP INCLUDING SUPPORTING PROCUREMENT AND BRINGING TOGETHER OUR BOND FINANCING TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WE'VE ALSO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR SOME ITEMS THAT APPEAR ON YOUR NEXT YEAR PLAN FOR SOME FUTURE REVENUE MEASURES FOR OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AND UTILITY USERS TAX WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO PURSUE MOVING FORWARD.

INTERNALLY, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT MY DEPARTMENT IS BASICALLY COMPLETELY STAFFED AND WE'VE REALLY INCREASED OUR TECHNICAL, OUR ACCOUNTING CAPABILITY, INCLUDING BRINGING ON AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE.

AND WE HAVE TWO SENIOR LEVEL ACCOUNTANTS FOR WHICH IS A FIRST FOR THE CITY.

USING THIS EXPERTISE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN OUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY IN GRANTS MANAGEMENT AND OUR CAPITAL ASSETS MANAGEMENT.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT HEARING ALL OF THE GRANT FUNDING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU GET IT IF WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET THE MONEY AND SPEND IT EFFECTIVELY.

AND I GUESS ALONG THOSE LINES, SIMILAR TO WHAT CITY TREASURER SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THESE INITIATIVES FOR THE EXTERNALLY FACING DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE AND JUST DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH MAKES ALL OF IT POSSIBLE.

YES. AND GETTING OUR AUDIT CALENDAR BACK ON SCHEDULE, WHICH IS GREAT WITH THAT FULL ACCOUNTING TEAM.

YES. GOAL NUMBER ONE. APPRECIATE THAT STEPHANIE.

MIKE. ALL RIGHT. FROM THE IT SIDE. SO WE'VE MADE.

SO I'LL ELEANOR SPEAK TO THE RECORD DISPOSITION SIDE.

WE'VE MADE A HUGE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IN PREP WORK IN SCOPING OUT OUR BIG PROJECT TO DO ELECTRONIC WORKFLOW AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT STORAGE FOR ALL THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS.

WE HAVE SELECTED A NEW VIDEO CAMERA PLATFORM AND ADOPTED A NEW POLICY.

WE HAVE DRAFTED A NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY.

HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NEW AI CHATBOT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND AS JANE MENTIONED, THAT KIND OF TRIGGERED A KICKOFF OF THE WEB CONTENT REVIEW THAT ALL OF THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS ARE NOW CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

WE HAVE SELECTED A NEW PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST SOFTWARE AND WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT UPCOMING MEETING.

AND THEN ON FOR THE ACCESS REDONDO BEACH CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PLATFORM WE ARE ENTERING THE USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING PHASE OF THAT UPGRADE PROJECT.

SO NEXT FEW WEEKS WILL BE OUR FIRST GLIMPSE AT THAT NEW TOOL.

WE WERE ONE OF FOUR CITIES TO RECEIVE THE MISAC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR BEST IT PRACTICES BACK IN OCTOBER, AND WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE TYLER EXCELLENCE AWARD NEXT WEEK AT THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

AND THEN KIND OF THE LAST THING I'LL ADD ON HERE IS THAT WE DID ADD ON TO THE CITY'S OUTDOOR WI-FI PLATFORM TO INCLUDE THE PALLET SHELTER UP ON KINGSDALE.

THANKS, MIKE. OKAY, ELEANOR. LET'S SEE. ONE THING WAS WE UPDATED THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COMMISSIONS.

I'M GOING TO HAVE AN ASSISTANT CITY CLERK MAY 7TH GETTING EXCITED.

ALSO WE ARE STARTING THE TRAINING FOR ONE MEETING, WHICH IS OUR NEW AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

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COUNTY. AND FOR RECORDS AND DESTRUCTION WE'VE DESTROYED BASED ON A RETENTION SCHEDULE, OVER 1000 BOXES.

A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE CLEANING OUT THEIR PAPERWORK AND THEN FINALLY GETTING IT OVER TO LASERFICHE, WHICH IS OUR ONLINE SYSTEM. AND ALSO WE ARE SURVIVING ALL THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

SURE. JUST A COUPLE, I RECALL. SO FIRST I WANT TO GIVE PROPS TO THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE REDONDO BEACH LOGO AND A BIG SHOUT OUT SPECIFICALLY TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS AND THE LIBRARY. AND ALSO THE NATIVE COURTYARD IS LOOKING FABULOUS AND THAT JUST GOT DONE THIS YEAR. I WAS JUST ADMIRING THE THE POLLINATOR FOUNTAIN THERE.

BCT WAS RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUEST OF OUR YOUTH AND REROUTED ITS LINES BROUGHT THAT TO COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN JUST SOMETHING I'VE GOTTEN, WE'VE EVEN GOTTEN IN OUR EMAILS RECENTLY FROM RESIDENTS THAT REDONDO BEACH IT'S NON-TANGIBLE THAT REDONDO BEACH HAS REALLY BEEN A SANCTUARY FOR FOLKS AT A TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE GOING CRAZY AND THERE'S A LOT OF ACRIMONY ALL AROUND US.

BUT IN THE CITY, LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN COOPERATIVE, COLLABORATIVE STAFF, SUPER RESPONSIVE AND PROVIDED PEOPLE WITH PEACE OF MIND.

SO I THINK THAT CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED. THAT'S GREAT.

JUST TO WRAP UP, FOR ME, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY NOW FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.

I'VE BEEN IN PROBABLY 30 STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS, MAYBE 35.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A NUMBER LIKE THIS FOR ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

THIS IS ASTOUNDING. IT'S INDICATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING.

IT'S INDICATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I CONTINUE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE SHOULD ADD TO THIS, LUKE, IS, THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK OF OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL AS A BODY. HARDEST WORKING GROUP I'VE EVER BEEN AROUND.

THAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WE END UP HAVING TO DO.

SO WE HAVE TO ALWAYS REMIND OURSELVES TO CALIBRATE THAT ENTHUSIASM.

BUT IT IS ASTOUNDING. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE LIST.

A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK HAS GONE INTO IT FROM OUR FOLKS ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

SO HUGE SHOUT OUT FOR THAT. I'M TIRED KIND OF LOOKING AT IT.

BUT WE DON'T, THE REASON WE PUT THIS BACK IN THE AGENDA JUST TO, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, WE DON'T CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES THAT OFTEN.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT MORE WITH OUR RIBBON CUTTINGS, WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS, WITH OUR INTERNAL COMMUNIQUES. WE'RE, TRYING TO BUILD THAT INTO OUR CULTURE TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK THAT WE ALL DO, BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR US TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.

WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF ASSIGNMENTS.

WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF PERMITS, THOUSANDS OF INSPECTIONS.

IT'S EASY TO FORGET ABOUT WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SO THANKS FOR INDULGING US IN THIS EXERCISE HERE.

THIS IS REMARKABLE. AND I THINK WE SHOULD CELEBRATE IT.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

GOT ONE MORE INPUT. YEAH. TRYING TO GET TO 125.

YEP. WELL, I GOT TWO THINGS. WE BROUGHT IN OVER $600,000 IN ONE TIME FUNDING BETWEEN SETTLEMENT AND GETTING THAT GOOGLE MONEY. AND I WOULD SAY AS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WE HIRED A FULL TIME SOCIAL MEDIA EMPLOYEE, WHICH HAS DONE WHAT MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT. OKAY.

SO SOMEONE'S GOT TO COME UP WITH ONE. OH, CHAD'S GOT ONE MORE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET TO 125? YEAH, YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO STAFF.

ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T ULTIMATELY AGREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CANNABIS.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO THE AMOUNT OF STAFF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THAT, COMING UP WITH THE ORDINANCE AND ALL OF THE DEBATES THAT WE HAD IN COUNCIL FOR THAT OVER THE YEARS, THAT THAT WAS A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME COMMITMENT ON STAFF'S PART.

YEAH. ACROSS SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS. AND IN FACT, THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT, CHAD. AND WE HAD, I THINK, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND INFORMATIVE SURVEY THAT WAS COMPLETED. AND THANK YOU, JANE, FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

THAT'S REMARKABLE, FOLKS. I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK.

THAT'S WORTH CELEBRATING. SO I'LL DO THAT. NOT TO DO TOO MUCH SELF-CONGRATULATING HERE, BUT.

ALL RIGHT. LAST YEAR, JUST FOR A NOTE, IT WAS 94 LAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT WAS A RECORD.

94 LOOK AT THAT. OH MY GOD. ANYBODY REACH UP.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE ABBREVIATED SWOT.

I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING FOR DELTA'S NOT TO REESTABLISH IT FROM.

YEAH, THIS CAN BE AS QUICK OR AS LONG AS YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE IT.

LAST YEAR. I JUST WANT TO CAUTION YOU, WE GOT FOUR SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS LEFT TO GO.

SO IF YOU HAVE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE SWOT NOW'S THE TIME TO DO IT.

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SO ANYBODY GOT SOME ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS? AGAIN, STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE INTERNAL THINGS WE CAN CONTROL.

OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ARE EXTERNAL THINGS THE MARKET AND THE GOVERNMENT CLIMATE DOES TO US OR FOR US. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER AS A STRENGTH THAT I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI SAID, WE ARE A UNIFIED GROUP AND I THINK IT IS A STRENGTH THAT COUNCIL AND MAYOR IS UNIFIED AND THAT HELPS US MOVE ALONG AND ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE REST OF ALL THIS.

I'M NOT SURE I'D SAY UNIFIED, BUT WE WORK TOGETHER, UNIFIED IN GOALS.

YEAH. ANYONE ELSE? EUGENE. I THINK REVENUE FORECASTING BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC CYCLES. AND THAT'S A THREAT OR.

AS A THREAT. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. MAYBE AS A THREAT THAT THE MACRO ENVIRONMENT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE ARTESIA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.

AND GALLERIA PROJECTS ARE. YES. RIGHT. GALLERIA, THE GRUBB HAUS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FULLY ENTITLED, FULLY PERMITTED, AND YET IT'S STILL NOT SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.

SO IT'S A GOOD ONE. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON.

LET'S SEE, THIS NEXT ONE'S REVISIT THE CITY'S THREE YEAR PRIORITY AREA AND STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREAS AND STRATEGIC GOALS.

SO YEAH, AND. JUST I THINK WHAT I WOULD TURN EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO IS THE DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT WAS IN ATTACHMENT TO THE STAFF REPORT.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE NOW FOR US TO WORK FORWARD TWO NOTES.

THERE ARE ASTERISKS ON TWO GOALS THAT OR MAYBE IT WAS THREE THAT WERE ADJUSTED IN THE DRAFT PLAN THAT DEVIATES SLIGHTLY FROM WHERE WE WERE WITH THE TEN MONTH CYCLE PREVIOUS. JUST TO POINT THOSE OUT. WE ADDED A GOAL.

THIS IS WE AS IN STAFF RECOMMENDING YOU ALL TO ADD A GOAL TITLED ENHANCE THE CITY'S FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.

AS WE WERE THINKING THROUGH SOME OF OUR KEY OBJECTIVES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WE FELT WASN'T EXPRESSLY CLEAR IN OUR PRIOR STRATEGIC PLANNING MATRIX.

WE FELT LIKE IT'S WORTH ADDING. SO YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTED NEW OBJECTIVES THERE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE AND THIS WAS JUST BY WAY OF NUMBERING THE REVITALIZE THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY CORRIDOR GOAL GOT RENUMBERED AS A RESULT OF THE ADDITION.

AND THEN LASTLY, AND WE'RE NOT MARRIED TO THIS PARTICULAR TITLE, BUT UNDER GOAL 2.4, WE ADDED THE PHRASE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS BECAUSE SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS AND SERVICES ARE DEPENDENT ON COOPERATION AND PERHAPS IN SERVICE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

SO WE ADDED THE FOR THE PHRASE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

CANDIDLY, THIS GOAL COULD EASILY BE SUMMARIZED TO JUST BE CONTINUED TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AS WELL.

SO THAT COULD BE IN A SENSE, EVEN SYNTHESIZED FURTHER.

THAT'S GOING TO BE MY ONE RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOALS. YEAH, TOTALLY OPEN TO THAT. AND THEN OF COURSE, ANY OTHER GOALS THE COUNCIL THINKS WE OUGHT TO INCLUDE OR PRIORITY AREAS. WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE PRIORITY AREAS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY LUKE.

CORRECT. RIGHT. NO. NO TITLE CHANGES AT ALL. SO THOSE ARE THE POINTS OF NOTE.

EVERYTHING ELSE REMAINED THE SAME YEAR OVER YEAR.

BUT FROM HERE FORWARD, I THINK WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADD HERE OR IN A SENSE REAFFIRM THAT'S, THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. SO I WILL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO WHAT YOU JUST SAID TO GOAL 2.4 IS JUST DROP THAT WHOLE LAST PHRASE AND STOP AT RESILIENCE. AND THAT LEAVES IT OPEN FOR OBJECTIVES THAT FIT UNDER THAT, THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY EITHER OF THOSE TWO SOLUTION SETS.

ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL. TALKING ABOUT 1.1? ARE WE GOING? IN GENERAL? ANY ANY PRIORITY AREAS OR GOALS? OH WELL, LET'S GO THROUGH IT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE AS FAR AS TITLES FOR THE GOALS FOR THE GOALS OR THE PRIORITY AREAS? NO, NO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

NOT. NOT NECESSARILY. I DID HAVE

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I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BRING THEM UP NOW AND SEE IF THE GOAL, IF WE NEED TO REWORK THE NAME OF SOMETHING.

NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE. IF YOU CAN'T. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY FIT, RIGHT. SO. SO ONE OF THEM IS SOME KIND OF VACANCY ORDINANCE, WHETHER THAT'S COMMERCIAL OR. YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY, THAT'D PROBABLY BE UNDER THE PRIORITY AREA ECONOMIC VITALITY.

I WOULD SAY WE COULD PROBABLY. OR I MEAN RESIDENTIAL.

SO I GUESS IT COULD. IT COULD BE EITHER. YEAH.

SO YEAH, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT OBJECTIVE LANDS THAT COULD EITHER FALL UNDER ONE, THREE, YOU KNOW, POSITION, AS A DESTINATION OR PERHAPS I THINK IF IT'S MORE RESIDENTIAL FOCUSED FIVE SOMETHING.

YEAH. WE COULD LOOK AT SO I MIGHT SUGGEST THEN FOR GOAL 1.3 SAYING CRITICAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE OTHER ITEM THAT I WAS THINKING OF WAS TO ADDRESS UTILITY LINE YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE FOR THE UTILITY COMPANIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SO IF WE DO YOU THINK IF WE RENAME 3.1 REHABILITATE CITY ROADS AND CRITICAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

YEAH. YEAH. INSTEAD OF FACILITIES. YEAH. YEAH.

THEN THAT MIGHT GIVE US A LITTLE MORE. 2.1. 3.1.

YEAH. THAT WOULD THAT BROADENS THAT TITLE OUT TO OFFER BOTH.

I MEAN, WE COULD EVEN SAY CRITICAL PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IF WE REALLY WANT TO BE CLEAR.

I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. THEN THAT'S MY ONLY.

OKAY. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY SOMEBODY TEXTED ME FROM THE FARMERS MARKET GROUP, AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR DOING AN ALL HANDS MEETING WITH THEM, BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE FULLY APPROVED FOR A FARMER'S MARKET AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING.

THEY GOT THEIR LICENSE FROM THE COUNTY OR STATE, WHATEVER.

SO SORRY, PUT US AT 126. THAT WAS A STRENGTH.

BUT WE, THE STAFF WAS HYPER RESPONSIVE AND ACCOMMODATING TO ENABLE THE FIRST EVER NORTH REDONDO BEACH FARMERS MARKET.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. JUST UNDER 1.3.

AND THIS MAY FALL UNDER THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF EVENTS COME TO THE WATERFRONT.

SO I THINK EXPANDING STAFF OR I THINK THAT'D BE MORE OF AN OBJECTIVE CONVERSATION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER YOU'RE CHANGING THE PRIORITY AREAS OR THE GOALS, NOT THE OBJECTIVE.

THE OBJECTIVES ARE DOWN AT THAT LEVEL. ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE. JUMPING THE GUN. YOU'RE GOOD WITH THEM AS WRITTEN.

YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. NONE. OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. OKAY. THAT WAS QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT.

OKAY, SO JUST TO RECAP THEN, SO AS KIND OF PRESENTED WITH A COUPLE OF CHANGES, THEN JUST MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THIS RIGHT.

ADDED INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WOULD. SO UNDER 3.1 WE WOULD SAY REHABILITATE CITY ROADS AND CRITICAL PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN UNDER GOAL 2.4 WE'LL JUST STRIKE THAT LAST PHRASE THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT RESILIENCE. AND EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THE NEW FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOAL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE. OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE CHANGES. LUKE, JANE, EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE SHOULD INVITE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS PORTION AS WELL.

MAYOR GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON GOALS.

SO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY AREAS AND GOALS, NOT THE OBJECTIVES, BUT THE PRIORITY AREAS AND GOALS. JUST COME TO THE PODIUM.

YEP. JUST COME ON UP.

THAT MEANS. MAYBE TURN YOUR MICS OFF IF WE'RE NOT.

IS THERE'S TWO MICS? THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND STAFF. AS COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI JUST ANNOUNCED, WE JUST RECEIVED OUR OFFICIAL STATE CERTIFICATION FOR THE NRB FARMERS MARKET AT GREEN LANE AND ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

SO WE WILL BE EXPECTING A CROWD ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND A CROWD THAT IS BUYING THINGS.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN OUGHT TO INCLUDE GOALS THAT THE CITIZENS OF NORTH REDONDO HAVE BEEN SAYING THEY WANT EVERY TIME THEY ARE ASKED.

A MORE SAFE, COMFORTABLE AND WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

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THANK YOU. HEY, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THE CRITERIA? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALEX AND I'M A DISTRICT THREE HOMEOWNER RESIDENT.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THE CONTINUED WORK THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED ON THE BIKE LANE NETWORK.

ALSO RECENTLY IMPROVING THE BEACH CITIES TRANSIT ROUTES, WHICH I'M NOT SURE IF THAT GOT MENTIONED, BUT YOU CAN ADD THAT TO THE LIST IF IT DIDN'T.

THESE ARE BOTH ESSENTIAL STEPS TOWARD REDUCING CAR DEPENDANCE AND EASING PARKING DEMAND.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE BUILDING ON THAT PROGRESS BECAUSE MOBILITY IS A BIG PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT HELPS US ADDRESS WHAT IS NOT MENTIONED AMONG THESE PRIORITIES, WHICH IS HOUSING. WE HAVE TO ALLOW AND PERMIT MORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY, BUT MISSING MIDDLE APARTMENTS, CONDOS AND TOWNHOMES.

THE CITY HAS STATED SEVERAL OTHER PRIORITIES, AND HOUSING HELPS US MEET THOSE GOALS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY.

OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS VITAL AND A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT IT'S TREATING A SYMPTOM.

THE PRIMARY CAUSE IS A LACK OF HOUSING. THE CITY HAS ALSO SPOKEN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND DENSER INFILL HOUSING IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

WHEN WE FAIL TO BUILD, WHEN CITIES LIKE US FAIL TO BUILD, WE PUSH DEVELOPMENT INTO EXURBS, AND THAT DESTROYS WILDLIFE HABITATS AND FORCES HOURS LONG COMMUTES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

FOR OVER A DECADE, THE PREVAILING ATTITUDE AMONG CITY LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN THAT IF WE CAN FIGHT DEVELOPMENT, WE PREVENT CHANGE TO OUR COMMUNITIES LOCALLY.

BUT CHANGE IS INEVITABLE. IT'S JUST NOW HAPPENING IN WAYS THAT WE DON'T CONTROL. WE REFUSE TO BUILD.

AND THAT'S LED TO AN AGING POPULATION. RESIDENTIAL TAX BASE THAT HAS STAGNATED, DECLINING SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS THAT JUST FORCED THE DISTRICT TO PAY OUT SEVEN FIGURES IN EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES TO STAFF VERY RECENTLY.

MAYBE THE MOST VISIBLE SIGN OF THIS FAILURE TO BUILD IS THE MISSING GENERATION IN OUR CITY.

PEOPLE IN THEIR 20S REPRESENT THE LOWEST DEMOGRAPHIC DECADE IN REDONDO BEACH, AND WE SEE THEM MISSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

25 YEARS AGO IF YOU RAN IN THE SUPER BOWL 10K, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN NEARLY 500 RUNNERS IN THE 25 TO 29 AGE GROUP ALONE.

RECENTLY, IT'S BEEN LESS THAN HALF OF THAT. WHEN WE DON'T ACCOMMODATE OUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS, WE LOSE ACTIVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS WHO PUT THEIR TIME AND MONEY INTO THE CITY'S ECONOMY.

WE SEE IT IN OUR CULTURAL LIFE. LOOK AT THE BEACH LIFE AND THE SUMMER PIER CONCERT LINEUPS.

THESE ARE PROGRAMED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR PEOPLE OLDER THAN 40, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LARGE ENOUGH YOUNG AUDIENCE TO SUPPORT ANYTHING ELSE.

WE'VE MISSED THE BOAT WITH MANY YOUNGER MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z, AND I HOPE WE DON'T CONTINUE TO IGNORE THIS FOR KIDS WHO ARE STILL IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE CITY HAS DONE RIGHT BY ITS STUDENTS FROM A GREAT PRIMARY EDUCATION TO ADVOCACY FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

BUT I HAVE TO ASK, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR KIDS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY GRADUATE.

COMMUNITY CHARACTER IS NOT DEFINED BY ROOF HEIGHTS FLOOR AREA RATIOS OR PARKING MINIMUMS IT'S DEFINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THAT COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE ALREADY MOVED AWAY, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE YOUNGER KIDS LIKE MINE.

I HOPE THAT BY THE TIME THEY ARE READY TO START THEIR ADULT LIVES, REDONDO BEACH IS NOT JUST A PLACE THAT THEY REMEMBER GROWING UP IN, BUT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO STAY.

SO I URGE YOU TO START BUILDING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND PRIORITIZE HOUSING SO THAT OUR CHILDREN CAN REMAIN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON PRIORITY AREAS AND GOALS? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. OH, THERE'S NO ECOMMENTS AND NO HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. SO WE'RE THROUGH THE PRIORITY AREAS AND STRATEGIC GOAL.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE STRATEGIC THE TIME FRAME FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES.

I EXPRESSED MY DESIRE TO GO TO 12 MONTHS. SO WE'RE NOT MEETING IN SIX SHORT MONTHS FROM NOW, BUT I'M OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS FROM THE COUNCIL.

SO. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. I WILL SAY ONE ONE THING TO NOTE AS WELL.

IT DOES HELP US WHEN WE ALIGN OUR TARGET REPORT PERIOD BACK TO A CYCLE LIKE THIS FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL. SO WE'RE OUTSIDE OF KIND OF HOLIDAYS, OUTSIDE OF BUDGET CALENDAR, OUTSIDE OF SORT OF MID-YEAR REVIEW.

I THINK IT SHOULD PRECEDE. SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE MARCH. YEAH. MARCH, MARCH, APRIL ARE GOOD FOR US FROM A WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THE 11 TO 12 MONTH CYCLE.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

I JUST USUALLY I FIND THAT DOING IT AT THE END OF THIS EXERCISE IS PROBABLY THE BEST BECAUSE THEN WE GET A FEEDBACK FROM STAFF AS TO WHAT'S REALISTIC FOR COMPLETING THIS STUFF. OR WE ASSIGN KIND OF THE TARGET DATE FOR EVERY ANY NEW ITEMS THAT WE DO ADD OR EVEN THE EXISTING ITEMS ON HERE.

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THE ONLY REASON WE PUT IT IN, IN THIS ORDER, IS BECAUSE IT INFORMS HOW WE PREPARE AND DRAFT THE OBJECTIVE, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT A SIX MONTH PERIOD, WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN THAT TIME FRAME IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD. I THINK 12 MONTHS MAKES SENSE. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION OR APRIL MAYBE.

RIGHT. A WEEK AFTER. WHOEVER THE NEW PEOPLE ARE WILL BE SWORN IN.

THAT'S ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC ANY DESIRES THERE? 12 MONTHS. MAKES SENSE. I THINK 12 MONTHS MAKES SENSE.

I DO LIKE THAT WE GET THE UPDATE ON CONSENT. IF WE HAVE A BETTER WAY OF JUST KNOWING WHAT WORK IS IN THE QUEUE. I KNOW THIS IS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

I KNOW THINGS GET ADDED TO THAT. AND JUST AS WE KNOW AND, JUST TO NOTE IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO COMMUNICATE HOW THINGS ARE STACKING UP, IT JUST HELPS CLARITY, YOU KNOW, GIVE CLARITY TO US AS TO YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO PULL BACK OR YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE MORE? YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE COUNCIL WAS REALLY GOOD THE LAST THREE, FOUR MONTHS AND, JUDICIOUS AND REFERRAL'S THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS.

I THINK COUNCIL WAS REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

IT WAS ONLY KIND OF REALLY SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES THAT CAME FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF BUDGET RESPONSE REPORTS, WHICH IS A GOOD TIME THAT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL COLLECTS IN IN BITS.

SO AS LONG AS WE KEEP WITH THAT, I THINK THAT THE MONTHLY PROCESS HAS BEEN GOOD FOR US.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE MORE ROBUST IN OUR NOTES.

SO WE'RE KIND OF INFORMED, MAYBE EVEN OVER INFORMING OR WE'RE ADDING MORE CONTEXT WHEN IT MAYBE NOT ISN'T SPECIFIC TO THE OBJECTIVE.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT IF IT'S HELPFUL.

IF YOU'RE FINDING THE UPDATES AND NOTES HELPFUL, I HOPE YOU ARE IN THE STATUS REPORTS.

YEAH, I CERTAINLY DO. I JUST DON'T LIKE WHEN WE CLOSE SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS A TAIL ON IT.

AND I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT. YEAH. AND, WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO WITH NOTES WHEN WE HAVE A NEXT LOGICAL STEP OR THE COUNCIL'S GIVEN A FOLLOW UP DIRECTION AS WILL REFLECT THAT THE OBJECTIVE MAY BE COMPLETE, BUT THE FOLLOW UP ACTION IS EFFECTIVELY NOW IN MOTION.

AND WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH THE NOTES SECTION, I GUESS.

THEN I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION TO THE GROUP.

DO WE HAVE A SUBSECTION IN THAT REPORT THAT IS ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS, OUTSIDE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO GIVE US CLARITY INTO ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK A LOT OF IT GETS CAPTURED IN THE CIP OBVIOUSLY, WHEN WE'RE DOING ORDINANCES AND STUFF THAT DOESN'T GET CAPTURED IN THE CIP.

RIGHT? YEAH. I'M PUTTING THAT OUT AS LIKE. IS THAT I MEAN, THAT'S HELPFUL FOR ME. YEAH. OPENING IT TO THE GROUP TO SEE.

THAT AS A WALL ITEM TO COME BACK WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THE WHOLE THING.

IF YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT RATHER THAN PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD THING TO THINK ABOUT.

WE'LL TABLE IT. YEAH. MAYBE WE FIGURE THAT OUT. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH. THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THIS, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I THINK 12 MONTHS IS A GREAT TIME TO COME BACK TO THIS AND AGAIN, TIMING IT WITH THE ELECTIONS.

SO THAT YOU KNOW, NOT THIS CYCLE, BUT IN FUTURE CYCLES, WHEN THERE ARE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS SWORN IN THEY COULD COME UP TO SPEED.

BUT ALSO, I THINK ACTUALLY ADDING THAT SEPARATE LIST OF THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THIS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO MAKE REQUESTS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA, YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY THOSE CAN ADD UP IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING.

I MEAN, THE REASON I'M HESITANT TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF ITEMS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S AND WE COULD END UP SPENDING TIME PREPARING STATUS REPORT ON ITEMS THAT WE COULD BE SPENDING MAYBE CREATING.

RIGHT? THAT'S THE THING. IT'S JUST, MAYBE IT'S ON THAT REPORT THAT IS ADDED TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

YOU KNOW, THE MOST RECENT THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING OUT THROUGH STAFF THAT YOU DISCUSSED IN YOUR, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS, JUST TO GIVE US SOME CLARITY THAT THERE'S A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE THAT WE DON'T SEE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD THOUGHT. I MEAN, HAPPY TO SHARE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHARING IN A DIGESTIBLE WAY.

IT'S PRETTY VOLUMINOUS. YEAH. WELL. YEAH, WE WANT TO GENERATE MORE WORK TRACKING.

RIGHT? AND I DON'T NEED I'M JUST SAYING TO GIVE US THAT THAT WINDOW INTO THAT.

WE HAVE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH YOU AND IT CAN ALSO BE CONSTRUCTIVE IN THAT.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. ARE YOU GOOD WITH 12 MONTHS?

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I'M GOOD. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD.

OKAY. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THAT HELPS. NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM SIX.

WOW. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE SHORT ON TIME, AND WE RUSHED THROUGH TWO ITEMS BACK.

OKAY. ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES FOR EACH IDENTIFIED GOAL.

DID YOU WANT TO TALK TO THIS BEFORE WE START OPINING? LET'S SEE HERE. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. SO AS I TOUCHED ON IN THE OVERVIEW, RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE IN THE NOTES SECTION, WE'VE GOT THE CARRY OVER OBJECTIVES. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS INTO BUCKETS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING THAT WAS IN THE PRIOR PLAN THAT YOU ALL STILL THINK IS IMPORTANT.

I'VE GOT QUESTIONS FROM A FEW OF YOU OFFLINE, SO I KNOW YOU'RE TRACKING IT WELL.

SO IT'S REALLY, AS I SAID, SORT OF THREE BUCKETS. THERE'S ITEMS THAT WEREN'T COMPLETE IN THE LAST CYCLE THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO RETAIN.

AND THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE IN ALL MATTERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE MIGHT BE OBJECTIVES THAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT AS BEING IMPORTANT. AND THEN THEY GOT Y RATED BY SOMETHING ELSE OR THEY'VE MORPHED INTO SOMETHING NEW BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IS THAT MODERATED. YEAH, CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE NEXT PHASE ITEMS WHICH ARE LIKE, OKAY, WE GOT THIS DONE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE NEW. SO I THINK WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THOSE IN BUCKETS IF YOU WANT OR I WAS PLANNING TO GO THROUGH IT BY GOAL.

YEAH. JUST GO THROUGH. YEAH. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL CALL OUT THE GOAL AND THEN JUST GO AROUND, SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. AND I'LL START WITH GOAL 1.1 ENHANCE THE WATERFRONT.

NUMBER ONE THERE. I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE YOU KNOW, MY INTENT IS TO, STILL CARRY FORWARD THE POTENTIAL LAND SWAP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D ACCEPT OTHER SOLUTIONS THERE.

SO I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT WORDING, BUT TO CARRY FORWARD THAT IT'S NOT JUST ATTRACTING A NEW TENANT, IT'S TO BE ABLE TO USE TO WIDEN WHAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO PUT THERE.

YEAH, IT'S A GOOD POINT. SO THIS IS KIND OF A CONDENSED TITLE FROM THE PRIOR.

SO WHAT THE MAYOR IS REFERRING TO IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS TO HELP ATTRACT NEW TENANTS COULD INCLUDE US EFFECTIVELY MOVING THE PROPERTY OUT OF THE TIDELANDS TRUST WHICH WOULD BE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEANS PURCHASE OR SWAP, ETC..

SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL EXPAND THIS LUKE TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT REFLECTS NOT JUST NEW TENANT, BUT DISCUSSES OPTIONS TO REMOVE THE SITE FROM THE TIDELANDS TRUST.

IS THAT CLEAR LUKE? I THINK IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD FOLLOW THE INITIAL.

SO DISCUSS OPTIONS TO. WE DON'T HAVE TO GET ALL THE WORDING HERE PERFECT.

THAT'S WHY YOU COME BACK WITH IT. ITEM THREE, YOU KNOW, JUST A LITTLE NOT CONCERN, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE DBW PROCESS, WE'RE NOT IGNORING THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND THE CDP PROCESS TO RUN THAT IN PARALLEL AS MUCH AS PRACTICAL.

NUMBER FOUR, YOU KNOW, SEASIDE LAGOON RECONSTRUCTION, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO, IF WE'RE REALLY TARGETING TO BREAK GROUND THIS FALL, WE NEED TO ALSO HAVE RELEASE RFP DEVELOP AND RELEASE RFP IN THIS.

YES. I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH THIS ONE IS WE WOULD ADD THE PHRASING, LUKE AND ADVANCE THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT'S OUR INTENTION. THAT WILL RUN PARALLEL TO THESE OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN LISTED, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT CLEAR IN THE OBJECTIVE. AND THEN BACKING UP TO THREE YOU KNOW, SORT OF WHERE POSSIBLE, ADVANCE THE DESIGN ASSUMING WE'RE GETTING GOOD INDICATIONS ON THE PUBLIC FUNDING SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

AND WE DO HAVE OUR MEETING WITH DBAH NEXT MONTH.

SO YEAH, APRIL NEXT WEEK, ISN'T IT? ON THE MARINE MAMMAL CARE CENTER, THAT KIND OF DROPPED OFF THE LIST BECAUSE WE SIGNED THE OPTION AGREEMENT, BUT THERE'S ACTIVITY THAT SHOULD BE SCHEDULED. I MEAN, WE SHOULD LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DEMOLISH JOE'S CRAB SHACK.

YOU KNOW, THEY DID APPLY FOR FUNDING FOR THAT. AND IF THAT FUNDING COMES THROUGH, WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. ALSO WE SHOULD BE STARTING TO BEGIN THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THEM STARTING THEIR FUNDRAISING SO THAT I DON'T LIKE DROPPING THAT OFF OF THE LIST ALTOGETHER.

THERE WAS AN ITEM LAST YEAR ON THE HARBOR ORG STRUCTURE, WHICH IS PROPOSED FOR CLOSURE, YET WE HAVEN'T HEARD IT YET.

I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT UNTIL WE HEAR IT.

WHAT'S THAT? THE HARBOR ORG STRUCTURE FROM LAST YEAR.

LOOKING AT HOW THE HARBOR IS ORGANIZED AND BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE DIFFERENT NOW FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY WITH LIMITED INTEGRATION. AND I DON'T, I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY FOR THAT, BUT WE HAD TWO EVENTS LAST WEEKEND THAT THAT WENT OVER TOP OF EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK WE'VE ADDED TO THE MIX BECAUSE ELIZABETH IS TAKING A BETTER, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,

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NOW IT'S WE FARMED IT OUT TO FIVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THE THE INSTRUCTION WAS TO GO LOOK AT HOW OTHER HARBORS ARE MODELED AND THEN DETERMINE WHETHER WE WANT TO MAKE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES.

AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET. I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS MUCH AS FIGURE OUT AN EFFICIENT STRUCTURE? WELL, I THINK THEY'VE DONE THAT HOMEWORK PART. BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE LOOK AT GETTING AN EFFICIENT STRUCTURE.

I MEAN, I THINK IF THE GOAL IS KIND OF SPECIAL EVENT INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION AMONG DEPARTMENTS AND KIND OF THAT'S A, WE MAY NOT HAVE TO DO THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH OTHER OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

MAYBE THERE IS SOME INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION WE CAN WE CAN REFLECT ON TO HELP WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S MORE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE UNIQUE TO HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED.

I MEAN, THAT WAS MY ULTIMATE GOAL. IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS STAFF THAT SAID THEY WANTED TO RESEARCH OTHER WORKERS AND HOW THEY OPERATE.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WAS MORE IN THE CONTEXT OF HARBOR PATROL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SORT OF FIRE RESPONSE ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONALITY LEASING.

IT WAS KIND OF THAT CONTEXT. I THINK NOW WE'RE MORPHING INTO MORE OF AN ANALYSIS ON HOW WE'RE COORDINATING OUR SPECIAL EVENT ACTIVITIES, HOW THEY'RE INTEGRATING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SAFETY, YOU KNOW, LEASING.

ET CETERA CONSISTENCY. SO DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SOLVE? NO. BUT WE COULD REPORT TO YOU ON HOW WE'RE MAKING STRIDES TO IMPROVE THAT.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. I MEAN, IT WOULD BE A BUDGET CONSTRUCT EVENTUALLY.

SO WE COULD HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DILEMMA.

WHAT IF I COULD INTERJECT AND I KNOW YOU WERE MID-THOUGHT.

WHAT? SO, MIKE, WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE IN THE MIDTERM INTERNALLY ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU WERE JUST ARTICULATING? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING.

IT'S PROBABLY MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'VE ASKED JANE TO DO WITH INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS.

IT'S SORT OF TASKING A MORE THE LEVEL OF WATERFRONT ACTIVITY HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

RIGHT? SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAPPING EVENTS IN THE WATERFRONT TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS.

WE NOW HAVE AN ACTIVITY. IT'S A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES DOWN THERE NOW OCCURRING THAT REQUIRE CONSISTENCY AND CARE AND PLANNING.

SO SOME OF THIS IS MORE INTERNAL. THIS IS US JUST MANAGING OUR INTERNAL TEAM AND RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DEPARTMENTS.

WE DO A LOT OF THAT. WE MAY NOT BE REPORTING ON EXACTLY HOW WE'RE DOING THAT.

SO IT'S MORE OF, I THINK RESOLVING THE MAYOR'S CONCERN IS MORE INTERNAL IN MANY RESPECTS.

CAN YOU DO THAT INTERNALLY? I BELIEVE WE CAN.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME CONCERTED EFFORT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME COLLABORATION AMONG DEPARTMENTS. AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO REQUIRE ME OR AN ASSIGNEE TO DESIGNATE SOME STRUCTURE TIME TO MEETING REGULARLY WITH THIS SPECIFIC TASK IN MIND.

WELL, SO WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND IF BE ON HERE IF ANYTHING? I THINK IF THE GOAL HERE IS TO FOCUS ON INTEGRATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRATION OR WATERFRONT ACTIVITY INTEGRATION, THEN IT'S. NOT JUST, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WITH THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS.

YEAH. IT'S ALL ACTIVITIES AT THE WATERFRONT AND COORDINATED AND INTEGRATED WAY.

I MEAN, WE CAN REPORT TO YOU ON THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN TO DO THAT.

OKAY. INTERNALLY, THAT WOULD BE ONE OPTION. THAT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST THING TO DO AS A CLEAR OBJECTIVE.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A CLEAR OBJECTIVE.

YEAH. WE COULD CREATE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

MAYBE WE PUT THAT ON THERE. THAT'S FINE. OKAY.

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT JUST THE GOAL HERE IS AND I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR'S CONCERN, THE GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY INTERNALLY.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A WORLD CLASS WATERFRONT. WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON. WE'LL PROBABLY HEAR MORE ABOUT IT TONIGHT. SO YEAH, THAT IF YOU COULD DO THAT AND YOU THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. WE'LL WORDSMITH IT SOME GIVE US SOME LEEWAY, BUT WE'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT SPEAKS TO INTEGRATION OF WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM SERVICES, ETC.. ALSO, ANY LESSONS THAT YOU GET FROM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE BEACH LIFE, THE NIKE RUN, ANY WATER POLO AND THE WATERFRONT THIS SUMMER COME DECEMBER, I THINK YOU'LL HAVE PLUS CONSTRUCTION, SOME LESSONS, YOU KNOW, AS TO WHAT COULD BE DONE BETTER, HOW THINGS COULD BE ORGANIZED.

RIGHT. TAKEAWAYS. DIFFERENTLY, OR WHAT MORE RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND YOU MAY VERY WELL SEE A RECOMMENDATION. YOU'LL LIKELY SEE A RECOMMENDATION FROM ME AS IT PERTAINS TO SPECIAL EVENT STAFFING, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SUCH AN INCREASED VOLUME OF ACTIVITY IN THE WATERFRONT.

SO THIS IS A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. IT'S A NEW PROBLEM FOR US.

WE'VE HAD A VERY QUIET WATERFRONT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

ONE LAST CONCERN THERE. I DON'T WANT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HARBOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ONE DEPARTMENT,

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I DO FEEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOMETIME IN THE REST OF THE CITY GETS SHORT SHRIFT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS HARBOR IN FRONT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WATERFRONT IN FRONT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND MAYBE WE WANT TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO FUNCTIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO PRECLUDE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR REVITALIZATION OF ARTESIA.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT RETENTION OF EXISTING BUSINESSES AND NOT LOSING THEM, WHICH TAKES TIME AND I KNOW YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO DEDICATE TIME.

STAFF IS TRYING TO DEDICATE TIME TO GO TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS.

IS IT TIME TO BIFURCATE THAT DEPARTMENT? BUT I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THAT CONCLUSION.

IT JUST SEEMS TO ME WE'RE OVERTAXING ONE LITTLE ORGANIZATION.

I AGREE, AND AT A MINIMUM, MAYBE WE RENAME IT THE EWD FOR ECONOMIC.

BUT I'M JOKING. BUT ON THAT POINT, HE JUST RECOILED WHEN YOU SAID THAT.

HE'S LIKE OH. WELL, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, WHEN YOU YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL GET BACK TO US AND THEN MAYBE WE FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

YEAH. AND WITH MORE RESOURCES AND BUDGET, IT MAY BE THAT YOU SEE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ME TO SILO MORE OF THAT FUNCTIONALITY.

I MEAN, THE REASON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS CONSULTED WITH WATERFRONTS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FUND BOTH FUNCTIONS.

MAYBE NOW IT'S WE'VE GOT RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THAT AND IT BECOMES A GREATER PRIORITY.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST ONE AND. YOU SAID LAST ONE, LAST ONE.

NO, I DIDN'T. NO. MY LAST ONE IS TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR ENHANCING THE CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY EVENTS DOWN IN THE HARBOR SO THAT WE'RE ON PAR WITH OUR COMPETITORS IN MANHATTAN BEACH AND HERMOSA BEACH.

AND THAT MAY BE WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS, NOT THE CITY, BUT I LIKE SOMEONE DRIVING THAT.

OPTIONS, RIGHT DEVELOP OPTIONS? YEAH, YEAH. BRING THAT ON.

YEAH. YOU CAN. PUSH BACK AGAINST THAT. SURE. I THOUGHT THE WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES THIS LAST CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON WERE PHENOMENAL AND ACTUALLY THE BEST THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN REDONDO BEACH. EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T, I THINK THEY ARE BETTER. YEAH. KING HARBOR YACHT CLUB THEY'RE AT THE WATERFRONT.

THE PUBLIC WATERFRONT, THE FREE EVENTS, THE SANTA CLAUS, THE YOU NAME IT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS FANTASTIC SO. BUT WE DID HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE TREES AND AND I HONESTLY THINK I'LL TELL YOU MY MOTIVATION.

I LOOKED DOWN FROM OUR HARBOR, UP THE COAST, UP NORTH, AND YOU SEE CHRISTMAS TREES JUST BLARING OUT.

COME TO OUR PIER AREA IN HERMOSA AND MANHATTAN.

YOU LOOK AT OURS, WE GOT SOME TREES BURIED DEEP IN THE HARBOR, BUT NOTHING ACTUALLY OUT ON THE PIER.

SCREAMING YOU KNOW IT'S THE HOLIDAYS COME ENJOY.

SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A BIG THING. AND IT COULD BE THE ASSOCIATION.

I'D JUST LIKE TO GET SOME ATTENTION ON IT BEFORE WE GET TO CHRISTMAS AND GO, OH, IT'S TOO LATE.

I THINK DEVELOPING OPTIONS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

IDEALLY, WE WOULD LEAN ON PARTNERS TO CREATE A NEW HOLIDAY FESTIVAL DOWN THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR THING GOING OUR CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE MENORAH.

IT'S A TRADITION. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A YOU KNOW, IT'S EVERY YEAR WE SEE IF THE TREE IS STILL STANDING.

IT'S DOING OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY I DOMINATED THAT ONE.

ANYTHING FOR THE HARBOR ZEIN? YEAH, ACTUALLY SO WE HAVE SOME LEASES THAT ARE GOING TO EXPIRE THERE.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE SOME EITHER VISION OR STRATEGY AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE NEXT WHERE WE HAVE LESSEES EXPIRING, RIGHT? SO AND FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE ARE VACANCIES YOU KNOW, LET'S LET'S BE ON TOP OF IT.

SO I KNOW THAT WE EXECUTED A LEASE OR WE AT LEAST APPROVED ONE WITH HOT DOG ON A STICK.

BUT THEY HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, THE CORPORATE HAS GONE BANKRUPT AND THEY HAVEN'T FILLED THAT SPACE.

SO THAT SPACE IS STILL EMPTY. WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOT AN UPDATE.

SO I JUST YEAH, I THINK, I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE FITS HERE IS GREAT HERE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PLAN AHEAD FOR THOSE VACANCIES THAT ARE COMING UP AND WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT.

I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT MAYBE PUT THAT IN AS A STRATEGIC PLANNING ITEM.

AND WE DO HAVE A COMMERCIAL PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE HARBOR COMMISSION THAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING TO.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DUST THAT OFF AND REVISIT IT, BUT THAT CAME BEFORE US LAST YEAR, EARLY LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE. BUT THAT DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE LEASES THAT ARE COMING UP.

YEAH. LIKE A LEASING STRATEGY. YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY THERE'S TWO THINGS THERE, RIGHT? THERE'S THE BROAD OVERALL STRATEGY WITH PROPERTIES WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON. AND THEN I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING TOO, IS MAYBE SOME KIND OF A HEADS UP ON.

WHICH ONES ARE. VACANCIES THAT ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMING FORWARD OR EMERGING.

IN FACT, WE HAD A CONFERENCE. KATHERINE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THAT WITH OUR LEASING ABOUT THAT, WITH OUR LEASING AGENT TODAY. SO YEAH, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY WE CAN CREATE SOME KIND OF AN INTERNAL REPORTING MECHANISM TO HELP SHADOW THAT.

YOU'RE DOING IT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE.

WE JUST WANT TO DOCUMENT IT. YEAH THAT WE KEEP OUR FOCUS ON.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL ADD AN INTERNAL REPORTING MECHANISM ON WATERFRONT VACANCIES, LUKE. AND WE CAN WORDSMITH THAT LATER, BUT YEAH, WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

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NO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.

THIS IS MY DISTRICT. I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD ONE LITTLE CAVEAT BACK TO THE EVENTS ON THE DURING THE HOLIDAY THIS YEAR, WE WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE KING HARBOR ASSOCIATION, WHICH TOOK A MUCH LARGER ROLE IN PROMOTING THE BOAT PARADE DOWN AROUND THE HARBOR AND SET UP THE COMMUNITY VIEWING AREA. SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE HARBOR ASSOCIATION AND THE PIER ASSOCIATIONS TO, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR WANTS IN TERMS OF PROMOTING THE HOLIDAYS DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT SO THAT WE YOU KNOW.

I HOPE IT'S NOT JUST ME. WELL, I MEAN, WE WANT MORE ACTIVITY DOWN THERE, BUT I THINK.

CHAD LED THE BAND LAST YEAR. YEAH, WE HAD THE BAND AND EVERYTHING.

HE LED THE PARADE? YEAH. YEAH. AND HIS NAME WAS ON THE BIG.

ON THE BANNER. BUT I THINK WORKING WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WOULD, YOU KNOW, GO A LONG WAY TOWARD DOING THAT.

AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THE LEASING STRATEGY WE DO HAVE SOME UPCOMING LEASES OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS.

AND I THINK REACHING OUT TO THOSE TENANTS AND FINDING OUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO RENEW AND IF NOT LOOKING FOR YOU KNOW NEW TENANTS FOR THOSE BEFORE THEY GO DARK.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE WATERFRONT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR.

OKAY, SO NOW WE'LL GO TO 1.2. THE ONLY THING THERE I HAD WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DROPPED TO ME, WE DROPPED THE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE ARIAS CONTRACT.

THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I HAD THERE. NO, IT'S.

OH, NO, IT'S DOWN TO 1.3, SO NEVER MIND. SCRATCH THAT.

I HAVE NONE FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. SO THIS IS KIND OF A DREAM ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY ACHIEVE IT, BUT MAYBE IT'S WORTHWHILE TO PUT IT ON AS A GOAL.

IS TO PROACTIVELY SEEK INVESTMENT FOR THE ARTESIA BOULEVARD, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE ARE VACANCIES.

SO. RIGHT. THE RITE AID IS VACANT. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE VACANT FOR A BIT.

WE'VE GOT THE SMOKE SHOP IS GOING TO BE VACANT.

WE'VE GOT THE GRUBB HAUS THAT SEEMINGLY IS, YOU KNOW, PRIMED TO START CONSTRUCTION.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY BESIDES THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ISSUING THEM THEIR PERMITS.

NOBODY'S NECESSARILY FOLLOWING UP WITH THEM TO HEY, WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU? HOW DO WE GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND? WHAT'S THE STATUS? SO I JUST WONDER IF WE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.

HAVE STAFF BE MORE PROACTIVE OR PUT THAT ON THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, GO SEEK OUT BUSINESSES TO COME TO ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD ALMOST BE A MICRO VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING ARIAS TO HELP US WITH.

RIGHT. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH AS YOU ALL KNOW, CAN BE COMPLEX WITH THE VARIOUS TRUSTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE AACAP AND ALL THE REGULATORY CHANGES THAT SHOULD BE INCENTIVIZING REINVESTMENT.

SO THAT REPORTS COMING, AND THEN WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU.

THAT'S BASICALLY ITEM 16. BUT WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO INTERNALLY IS MAINTAIN A KIND OF A MICRO VACANCY LIST.

YOU KNOW, JUST PROPERTIES OF NOTE AND PERHAPS DO SOME PROACTIVE SHARING ABOUT OPTIONS AND THE LIKE WITH WITH THE INVESTMENT COMMUNITY. I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON.

I MEAN, ARIA'S REPORT IS, IDEALLY GOING TO BE THE STARTING POINT FOR US AS WE TALK ABOUT MARKETING THE CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO HANG TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT IF THE SMOKE SHOP SITE ENDS UP BEING A SITE THAT COULD GET CONSOLIDATED, CONCEIVABLY WITH A BIGGER PROSPECTIVE TENANT AND INVESTMENT.

WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT OFF THE BOARD WITH A SMALL MOM AND POP REINVESTMENT, SO TO SPEAK.

SO MAYBE IT FOLLOWS THE ARIA'S CONVERSATION AND THEN BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.

AND LOOK, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT OWNS A SITE OR IS LOOKING AT BUYING A SITE.

MARC'S TEAM'S ONE PHONE CALL AWAY. I'M ONE PHONE CALL AWAY. WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN HAPPEN AT THAT SITE UNDER OUR CURRENT RULES.

SO MARC'S TEAM HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. MARC HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN GETTING BACK TO US ON USES AND STUFF.

I JUST WONDER, ESPECIALLY ONCE ANY NEW REGULATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.

IF WE CAN REALLY THEN GO, YOU KNOW, ON A CAMPAIGN TO GET INVESTORS HERE.

YEAH. DID YOU WANT I MEAN, BASED ON THE SMOKE SHOP THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD SHARED ABOUT A VETERINARY CLINIC WANTING TO GO INTO ONE OF THEM.

DID. YEAH. BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE. I MEAN, WELL, WE COULDN'T WE CHANGE THE USES IN THIS UPCOMING VOTE.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING IS THAT THE SANDBOX IS TRYING TO SELL THEIR PREMISES FOR $2.7 MILLION.

THEY'VE GOTTEN INTEREST BY RESTAURANTS, BUT NOBODY'S BUYING FOR THAT AMOUNT.

THEY FINALLY GOT INTEREST AT THAT AMOUNT FOR FROM A VETERINARY CLINIC.

BUT THE VETERINARY CLINICS ARE NOT PERMITTED UNDER THE ZONING FOR THE SANDBOX SITE.

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OR IF YOU JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO LOWER YOUR PRICE AND YOU'LL GET A USE IN HERE THAT'S PROMOTED AND WANTED BY THE AACAP.

SO THERE IS A VETERINARY OFFICE ON ARTESIA. THERE ARE.

YEAH. THERE ARE. YEAH. BUT THIS IS IN PD PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.

RIGHT. AND FOR SOME REASON IN THAT ONE, ANYTHING WITH ANIMALS IS CROSSED OFF WHERE THE OTHER ONES ALLOWED IT.

SO IS THAT HARD TO CHANGE IF WE DO THE VOTE? NO, IT WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T NEED A VOTE.

IT WOULD JUST BE A REALLY A SIMPLE TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THERE IS AN ITEM UNDER GOAL 1.3 THAT HAS STAFF LOOKING AT EVALUATING THE TABLES, BUSINESS PERMITTING, AND REALLY A LARGE FOCUS OF THAT WILL BE ON THE ARTESIA AVIATION AREA AND EVALUATING WHICH BUSINESSES WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER.

YOU TALKED ABOUT IT'S HARDER TO GET A DANCE STUDIO THAN A SMOKE SHOP. YEAH.

BUT ALSO WHICH ONES WE WANT TO PUT SOME RESTRICTIONS ON AND MAYBE REDUCE THE NUMBERS SUCH AS? SO YOU THINK IT'S CAPTURED? IT IS UNDER 1.3. OKAY.

THEN I DROP IT IF COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI AND BEHRENDT ARE OKAY.

BUT IF THERE'S A DESIRE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT QUICKLY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD.

WELL, I THINK I MEAN, WE WANT IT TO HANG TOGETHER AS PART OF THE BROADER STRATEGY, RIGHT? THIS PART OF THE ADP VERSUS CUP THAT WHOLE THING THAT THE COUNCIL IS GIVING DIRECTION ON. SO I THINK WITH THE NOTES THAT ZEIN'S MADE, I DO THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE TABLES.

I MEAN, THE GOAL IS TO UPDATE THE TABLES TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTMENT.

JUST TO ADD TO THAT POINT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T START MOVING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING BEFORE THERE'S ACTUALLY A DEAL ON THE TABLE THAT THAT POTENTIAL TENANT HAS SIGNED SOMETHING OR TO PURCHASE THAT SPACE.

AND THEN THEY COME TO US AND WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE AT THAT POINT, BUT NOT BEFOREHAND.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. NO. AND MAYBE THIS FITS INTO 1.3, BUT WE HAD DISCUSSED A MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE FOR EXISTING PROPERTIES.

IS THAT STILL PENDING. I HAVE THAT UNDER ONE THREE.

RIGHT. WE'VE GOT THE DESIGN. SO UP AT THE TOP IT'S UNDER 14 PREPARE UPDATES.

THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN APPEARANCE OF COMMERCIAL SIGNS AND PRESENT THEM TO CITY COUNCIL. THAT'S SO OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS THE SIGNAGE COMPONENT, RIGHT? THAT'S MARC'S WORKING ON THAT. THE NEXT STEP COULD BE KIND OF AN APPEARANCE AND STANDARD OF CARE STOREFRONT MAINTENANCE, BUT IT DOES HAVE BIGGER IMPLICATIONS. RIGHT. AND SOME OF THAT ENFORCEABILITY OF THOSE TYPES OF ORDINANCES IS A LITTLE MORE IN QUESTION THAN, SAY, SIGNS. SURE. AND I THINK IT'S THE GOAL, AS I SEE IT, IS TO HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS EITHER INVEST IN THEIR PROPERTIES, NOT LET THEM, YOU KNOW, HAVE CHIPPED PAINT AND, YOU KNOW, DECAYING MATERIALS OR THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SELL IT.

AND I THINK. IT'S KIND OF A BLIGHT. TRUST THAT THEY JUST ROLL OVER AND IT'S JUST A STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING.

OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ADD IT TO ONE THREE NOW SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.

YEAH. CAN WE JUST ADD IT TO NUMBER 14? YEAH. 14 AND.

WE CAN. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THEM IN SEQUENCE BECAUSE SIGNS A LOT.

IT'S I MEAN IT'S NOT AN EASY ONE. AND MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE.

ORDINANCE TO FOLLOW. YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE FINE.

AND THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY OPTIONS POLICY OPTIONS FOR THAT BECAUSE IT CAN BE SUPER ROBUST.

IT'S LIKE A BLIGHT OR IT'S LIKE A BLIGHTED PROPERTY ORDINANCE.

AND IT THERE'S LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND LIABILITY AND OTHER THINGS.

I THINK THIS IS GOOD. SO IT DOESN'T FALL OFF. YEAH. AND I THINK WE MADE A REFERRAL TO THIS EFFECT BUT RELATIVE TO REGULATING VACANCIES.

RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S THE CONCEPT IS TO AFFECT THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S I UNDERSTAND THE THE GOAL HERE.

WE'LL TRY TO WORDSMITH SOMETHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

I KNOW IT. IT'S VACANCY. THERE'S A DAYCARE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.

PROBABLY FOR YEARS NOW. RIGHT. NOT OPERATING. JUST VACANT.

YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN THAT THAT DAYCARE HAS BEEN DARK FOR A LONG TIME.

PRE-COVID. YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. WE'LL GET SOMETHING.

ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT, YOUR DISTRICT? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

NOTHING ADDITIONAL. OKAY. 1.3 I THINK WE WE COVERED THE ONE YOU KNOW I WANTED.

I'M GLAD WE'RE BEEFING UP 14. I ALSO WONDERED WHETHER WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE THIS, BUT OTHER THAN WITH IMPULSE SPACE, BUT YOU KNOW, TRY TO EMPHASIZE RETENTION VERSUS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE KIND OF THE PROACTIVE SO WE DON'T LOSE THE NORDSTROM'S OR AT LEAST WE KNOW IN ADVANCE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A NORDSTROM'S RATHER THAN BEING SURPRISED WHEN WE READ IT IN THE PAPER.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RETENTION ACTIVITIES.

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WE'VE, GOT A REALLY BIG ONE COMING IN, WHICH IS GOOD.

WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN IMPULSE. MOST OF THAT QUADRANT OF THE TOWN IS PRETTY WELL LEASED UP AT THIS POINT AND SOON TO BE.

SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS. I THINK IT'S ABOUT US UNDERSTANDING WHO OUR BUSINESSES ARE CREATING MORE OF THAT, THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THEM. SO WE UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT CAN HELP THEM.

I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

I THINK WE'RE PRETTY STRAPPED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHERE I THINK THIS SHOULD LAND.

SO I'M NOT SURE IT'S PRUDENT TO ADD AT THIS POINT, BUT AT SOME POINT.

MAYBE FUTURE GOAL. WILL BE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE TO BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ARE KEY AND DON'T WANT TO LOSE.

YEAH. RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY RELYING ON. IT'S KIND OF MARC AND I, YOU KNOW, EARS TO THE GROUND AND GETTING WIND OF THINGS AND THEN CONTACTING THESE BUSINESSES TRYING TO HELP. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN IMPULSE IS KIND OF IT WAS A COOPERATIVE EFFORT.

SO MAYBE WE DO A FUTURE OBJECTIVE HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT AFTER WE'VE.

I'D SETTLE FOR THAT. KIND OF BUILT OUT MORE OF THE, THE ATTRACTION STUFF AND CERTAINLY THE AACAP AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT. MARC I DON'T HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, MARC.

SO WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE MORE PROACTIVE AND MAYBE REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, VIA LETTER OR PHONE CALL AND JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THEM. AND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, USUALLY IT'S WHEN THEY COME APPROACH US AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE WELCOMING AND HELP THEM OUT. BUT IF WE BROADCAST THAT, IT MAY ACTUALLY HELP WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEFORE IT GETS TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING LEAVING THE CITY. RIGHT. YEAH, WE CAN DRAFT SOMETHING, I THINK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NOTHING ELSE THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

FOR 1.3 AS IT PERTAINS TO THE LA 2028 OLYMPICS.

THE YOUTH COMMISSION ASKED IF THEY COULD HAVE A YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.

WE CAN CONTROL THAT. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS IN THEIR LETTER. SURE.

THAT'S IT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. NOW ON NUMBER 15, IF WE COULD.

SINCE WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON EVENTS, JUST TO HAVE INTERNAL STAFF TO SUPPORT THOSE ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE I THINK WE DID REACH OUT AS A COUNCIL AND EVENTS COMMITTEE BUT NOW WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT AS THESE EVENTS COME IN IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND LOGISTICS.

YEAH. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS AND WE'LL PREPARE A BUDGET RESPONSE REPORT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ADD SOMETHING ABOUT A BRR ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS, STAFFING. AND ODDS ARE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO FUND IT, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO RECOMMEND TO YOU AS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE ADD A POSITION IN THAT RESPECT. SO ELIZABETH AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE. SO BUT WE CAN PUT A BRR IN HERE TO BACK UP THAT CONVERSATION AND AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

NOTHING. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. NOTHING ON 1.3.

OKAY. 1.4 ENHANCE CITY'S FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.

YEAH, WE'VE GOT NEW ONES HERE. THESE, SOME OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY DIRECTED THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE TOT THE UUT WE'RE THOSE ARE LOGICAL NEXT STEPS FOR US.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE SELF-INSURANCE COVERAGE AMOUNTS, THE LIABILITY COVERAGE.

WE'VE ADDED THAT AS A POINT OF EMPHASIS AND PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN LOOKING AT OUR VEHICLE PROGRAM FOR A WHILE.

WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT, THE CYCLING OF THAT OF OUR VARIOUS VEHICLES.

WE'VE GOT SOME ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES NOW FROM THE STATE THAT WE'VE GOT TO ADHERE TO.

SO WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE AMORTIZE AND FUND THOSE THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT POLICY UPDATE.

AND THEN LASTLY, AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM YOU AS IT RELATES TO OUR SPECIAL EVENT VENDOR EXEMPTION PROCESS FOR BUSINESS LICENSE.

IT'S WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS WAIVER THING AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WAIVERS IN THE HOPPER.

PEOPLE HAVE PICKED IT UP. WE'D LIKE TO CREATE A MORE STREAMLINED WAY TO MANAGE THAT.

WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH A MUNI CODE UPDATE. WE CAN'T ADD FEES IN THE BUSINESS LICENSE CODE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH PROP 218, BUT WE CAN REDUCE AND STREAMLINE FEES SO THAT WE CAN DO ADMINISTRATIVELY.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM WOULD BE. THOSE WERE THE FIVE THAT CAME TO MIND AS KIND OF TOP OF TOP OF MIND.

YEAH. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

MORE OF A QUESTION THAN SOMETHING TO ADD, BUT ON REVIEW AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE CITY'S VEHICLE REPLACEMENT POLICY PROGRAM.

FOR A WHILE THERE, WE WERE BUYING FIRE TRUCKS LIKE THEY WERE GOING OUT OF SEASON. AND WE'D GOTTEN TWO IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS.

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SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANDY'S TEAM WILL BE WORKING ON WITH PAT AND HIS TEAM.

WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE CYCLE? WHAT'S THE INDUSTRY STANDARD? YOU KNOW, ARE WE AMORTIZING APPROPRIATELY? ARE WE COVERING FULL COSTS, ETC.? SO THAT AND THAT WOULDN'T JUST OCCUR FOR FIRE ENGINES.

IT WOULD OCCUR FOR ALL 204 UNITS IN OUR I THINK IT'S 204.

MIGHT BE MORE THAN THAT NOW. IT'S OVER 200 VEHICLES AND HEAVY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT ARE IN THIS PROGRAM THAT WE PUT ON A CYCLE AND.

IT'S PUBLIC WORKS IT'S PD. IT'S POLICE, YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR VEHICLES ARE POLICE RELATED.

POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS. SO IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST.

THIS IS NOT A QUICK ONE OFF. YEAH. IT'S A BIG ITEM.

OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW MARC, WE'VE GOT FOLLOW UP ON YOUR FEES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF BEING AN OBJECTIVE, BUT THE COUNCIL DID DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY.

WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADD IT I THINK. YEP. I AGREE.

THE NEXUS STUDY. YEP. YEAH. THAT'S ALREADY IN ACTION.

THAT'S ALL OUR FEES RIGHT. YEAH. THE DEPARTMENT FEES WE'VE DONE.

AND THEN. YEAH, THE QUIMBY THE RV. YEAH. YEAH.

GOOD CATCH. MARC COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. NO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. JUST, I GUESS, TWO SMALL POINTS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ONE WOULD BE PENALTIES FOR COLLECTIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEND OUT A BILL TO EITHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVENTS OR TENANTS OR OTHER VENDORS IF YOU DON'T PAY WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF PENALTY, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE INCUR ON A MONTHLY BASIS UNTIL YOU PAY.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE IDEA I HAD BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, IN SHORT ORDER, JUST BECAUSE WE WORK WITH LARGE NUMBERS, WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF MONEY OUTSTANDING THAT WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED.

AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WE START A LOT OF PROJECTS, A LOT OF CIP'S IN ANTICIPATION OF RECEIVING EVENTUAL GRANT FUNDING.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MANY PROJECTS WE DO WHERE WE DON'T ACTUALLY EVENTUALLY GET THE GRANT, AND MAYBE WE'VE SPENT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ANTICIPATION OF A PROJECT THAT NEVER GETS COMPLETED SO.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY MORE OF A CIP REPORTING MECHANISM.

CANDIDLY, ALMOST NONE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE RECENT EXAMPLE IS WE'RE INVESTING MONEY TO TRY TO GO OUT AND PURSUE A GRANT AS IT PERTAINS TO THE POLICE SHOOTING RANGE FACILITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS WE'LL BE AWARDED A GRANT FOR THE DESIGN EFFORT PRE-CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.

WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. SOMETIMES WE'LL SPEND SOME MONEY ON A VERY BASIC DESIGN TO ADVANCE IT SO WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE FOR MEASURE M FUNDS OR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO THERE'S PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH SUBSTANCE THERE TO REALLY REPORT ON.

IT'S MORE OF A ONE OFF. OKAY. AND UNIQUE. YEAH.

SO THOSE WERE THE ONLY TWO. YEAH. AND THEN THE PENALTY FEE SIDE OF IT. I KNOW STEPHANIE.

DO DO WE HAVE A STANDARD FOR THAT CURRENTLY. DO WE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF SERVICE I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION OFFHAND.

SO WE DO HAVE SET LATE AND PENALTY FEES FOR MOST OF OUR ITEMS. HOWEVER, WE COULD DEFINITELY IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR COLLECTIONS OF THOSE FEES.

AND IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE SOME LARGE AREAS LIKE OUR TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE DO HAVE PENALTIES OR INTEREST IN THE CODE.

WE DON'T FREQUENTLY ASSESS THEM. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MY TEAM HAS TALKED ABOUT AND WE'D LOVE TO WORK ON.

OKAY. OKAY. WERE YOU LIMITING IT TO EVENTS OR JUST BROADLY? BROADLY? OKAY. JUST LIKE TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE HOTELS OWE IN TAXES, BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T PAID, IT COULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THERE. I DROPPED THAT LAST ONE LUKE.

JANE WE DON'T NEED THE GRANT THING AS AN ITEM.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. NO. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

THESE NEW ADDITIONS CAUGHT ANYTHING THAT I HAD? OKAY, JUMPING TO 1.5.

I MEAN, THAT'S A FUTURE ONE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY INPUTS ON THAT OR CAN WE MOVE FORWARD? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER IT'S YOUR DISTRICT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

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BUT I MEAN, IS IT THAT COULD BE A 12 MONTH FROM NOW.

AND SOME OF THE 1.3 ONES COULD HELP ON THAT TOO.

YOU KNOW, LIKE THE STOREFRONT, RIGHT? BECAUSE LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING ON ARTESIA I COULD SEE APPLYING.

YEAH. BUT IT MIGHT BE EARLY TO PUT. PARKING METERS INTO THE COASTAL ZONE, BUT YEAH.

OKAY. ANY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I'M FINE. OKAY, SO GOING TO 2.1 MEASURE FP.

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE. I THINK YOU CAPTURED IT ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC ANYTHING? FOR 2.1 NUMBER 26 REGARDING THE POLICE SHOOTING RANGE WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE IT ON HERE. THAT'S GREAT. I JUST WANT TO, I MEAN, IT SAYS FOR THIS APPLICATION, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE DEADLINE WILL BE MID-JUNE. I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT MID-JUNE IS THE DEADLINE.

SO IT'S A TIGHT TURNAROUND. BUT WE HAVE A GOOD BASE FROM LAST YEAR'S APPLICATION.

YEAH. YEAH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY.

WE'VE MADE SURE THAT WE'VE CIRCLED THE CALENDAR BASED ON THAT RECENT INTEL.

SO WE ARE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, VERY MUCH ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT JUNE SUBMISSION.

GREAT. SO YEAH, THANK YOU. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THAT IN THE WHEN, WHEN WE COME BACK WITH THE FINAL PLAN.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE ANYTHING ON 2.1? COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

NO. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI WHEN YOU STEPPED OUT, WE QUICKLY WENT THROUGH PCH AND BASICALLY SAID, THAT'S A FUTURE THING. LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR ARTESIA AND APPLY IT AS APPROPRIATE.

AND NOW WE'RE INTO 2.1. ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THE MEASURE FP OBJECTIVES.

NOT IN MEASURE FP, NO. OKAY. SO WE'LL GO TO 2.2 STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE.

OKAY SORRY. CAN I TAKE THAT BACK? NO. SO I MISSED THAT IT SAYS RECONSTRUCT CITY FIRE AND POLICE FACILITIES, BUT I THINK YOUR GOAL SHOULD BE OR AN OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON POLICE OR FIRE STATIONS HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON FUNDING, CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BE IT PUBLIC WORKS YARD OR CITY HALL OR.

IS IT UNDER THIS ONE OR SHOULD WE? THAT'S PROBABLY A WELL, A THAT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF OUR FUNDING.

IT'S 12 MONTHS OUT. OUR CURRENT CYCLE, BUT GOOD THOUGHT AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO DO. I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY LAND IN ONE OF THE OTHER. IT'D BE PROBABLY REHABILITATE CITY FACILITIES. YEAH, IT'S THREE, 3.1 OR 3.4 IS OUR FUTURE GOAL THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOT IT. YEAH. THANK YOU.

GOOD. YEP. OKAY. SO GOAL 2.2. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

IT'S KIND OF YOUR SPECIALTY HERE. NO I'M JUST HAPPY TO SEE IT ON HERE.

NOTHING FOR ME. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. NOTHING. OKAY. 2.3 ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

I'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

YEP. PURSUING THE EXPANSION OF THE PALLET SHELTER ESSENTIAL.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT? I THINK JOY CAN GIVE YOU THE UPDATE.

I THINK GOOD NEWS. WE'RE COUNTY'S ASKING US TO KIND OF BID THE REVISED SCOPE.

SO WE HAVE KIND OF A COMPARATIVE COST. AND THEN THEY'LL MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHAT LEVEL OF FUNDING THEY PROVIDE.

JOY GO AHEAD. YES. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OPTIONS ON FUNDING IT AND REDUCING THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT, HOW MUCH MONEY WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR.

AND THE DELTA FOR WHAT WE EXPECTED IS BECAUSE OF THE PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SCE.

THERE, THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS WHY THE BIDS CAME BACK HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED.

BUT SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SOLVE IT HERE.

NO, I KNOW THERE WAS JUST AN UPDATE. IT'S IN.

AND THEN FOR NUMBER 29 ABOUT THE FAMILY HOUSING, I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS HERE.

SO WE HAVE DONE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS MADE CHANGES TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN THAT IS GOING TO HELP FAMILY HOUSING.

THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THAT THROUGH. THAT WAS BUMPY.

BUT ALSO THERE'S AND YOUTH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH IS GREAT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT, BUT ALSO EXPLORING GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

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CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO IDENTIFY. SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE IT'S MORE ALONG THOSE LINES.

SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN ACTUAL FACILITY.

RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'D PUT THAT AS ANOTHER OBJECTIVE.

YES. SO WHAT'S THE REPORTABLE ACTION ON THAT? IT'S ABOUT BUYING AN APARTMENT OR OTHERS EXPLORE SOURCES FOR FUNDING.

YEAH. FAMILY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

YEAH. THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST MONIES OR MEASURE A MONEY.

IT CAN BE THROUGH ANYTHING. IT CAN BE GRANT FUNDING.

IT CAN BE MEASURE A DOLLARS LACAHSA FUNDS. I MEAN THOSE ARE THE SAME AND OTHERS, BUT SECURING PERMANENT FAMILY HOUSING. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THANK YOU.

OKAY. CITY ATTORNEY FORD YOUR AREA. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO THINK WE SHOULD ADD THERE OR.

NOPE THAT LOOKS OKAY. WITH THE ADDITION, WE ARE ALREADY ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT.

YES. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

JUST A QUESTION. LIKE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO AS A CITY AND HAVE CITY STAFF PURSUE, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO KIND OF AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST THAT WE JUST JOINED? IDEALLY THE LATTER, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE BOTH PROBABLY. TO GET FUNDING FROM THE HOUSING TRUST.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME FORWARD WITH THE THE PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO DO.

YEAH. IT'S NOT THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO GO HERE, HERE, REDONDO BEACH DO SOMETHING.

I THOUGHT YOU'D WORK. WE'D WORK WITH OTHER CITIES ON THE HOUSING TRUST TO PURSUE A PROJECT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW. WE WILL. THERE'S, I THINK STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AS IT RELATES TO WHO, WHO WOULD RECEIVE CREDIT AND HOW IT WOULD ROLL THROUGH EVERYBODY'S HOUSING ELEMENT.

TWO CITIES ARE ALREADY COMING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR THE MONEY.

AND THE CHALLENGE IS THEIR SUCCESS DOESN'T NECESSARILY GIVE US ANY CREDIT WITH HCD.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH POTENTIALLY THE TRUST ACTIVITY.

I THINK OUR FUNCTIONAL ZERO PROGRAM IS AN EXAMPLE THAT NO ONE'S GOING TO DO IT FOR US.

AND THIS IS A MISSING PIECE IN OUR PROGRAM. SO MISSING PIECE, AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PURSUE, BUT I TO YOUR, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK WE BRING IT FORWARD AND IT GETS PRESENTED TO THE TRUST AND THEN IT'S SUPPORTED THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. OKAY. NEXT 2.4. WE CHANGED THE WORDING THERE TO MAKE IT BROADER.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE THIS OR NOT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A AND MAYBE THIS IS CONSTANT ANYWAY, SO I'M OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS AND WE'RE NOT INCLUDING IT ALL, BUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF E-BIKES, LOUD VEHICLES, SPEEDING AND STOP SIGNS. I MEAN, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY CONSISTENT COMPLAINTS, REPEATED COMPLAINTS WITH E-BIKES BEING THE TOP ONE.

I MEAN, THAT WAS ALMOST AN ORDER. E-BIKES, LOUD VEHICLES, SPEEDING AND STOP SIGNS.

AND LOOKING WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENHANCE THAT KIND OF ON THE BROKEN WINDOWS, YOU KNOW FOCUS ON THE LITTLE STUFF AND I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO. BEFORE THE CHIEF EVEN JUMPS IN, IF I COULD.

YEAH. FORTUNATELY, I'M NOT REALLY HEARING E-BIKE COMPLAINTS AS I HAD A YEAR OR EVEN TWO YEARS AGO.

I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. IF ANYTHING, CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON TRAFFIC SAFETY, VEHICULAR ALL, OPTIONS, ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND SO I'M PRETTY SATISFIED WITH WHERE IT'S GOING JUST BASED ON THE RESULTS THAT I'VE SEEN.

SO. YEAH, YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU MY NUMBER ONE, MY TOP COMPLAINT IS E-BIKES, AND LATELY IT'S BEEN AVENUE A BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN TWO.

WELL, ONE E-BIKE ACCIDENT THERE. BUT SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOLS TYPICALLY I GET A LOT OF THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SEEING THEM. I MEAN, I DO GET E-BIKE COMPLAINTS, BUT LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT JUST SAID, IT'S NOT TO THE EXTENT OR NUMBER THAT WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO.

SO I THINK THE EFFORTS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN COMBINATION WITH ENFORCEMENT, I KNOW AFTER THE NEW YEAR WHEN WE STARTED CONFISCATING THE ILLEGAL, THE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES. I THINK THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, SENT A SHOCKWAVE THROUGH THE E-BIKE RIDING COMMUNITY.

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AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH REDONDO BEACH THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE ALL FACING ACROSS THE SOUTH BAY, BUT I THINK WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON ENFORCING IT AND THINGS LIKE HAVING THEM ON THE STRAND BOTH IN HERMOSA.

I THINK WE'RE LIKE, I'LL DROP IT. I JUST I MEAN, THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT.

YES. SO IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE YOUTH COMMISSION TOO, AS THEIR KIND OF NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

I THINK WE'VE DONE OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COLLABORATING ON THAT.

ABOUT THE ILLEGAL BIKES, I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KIND OF DO AN AUDIT OF THE E-BIKES THAT ARE PARKED ON THE CAMPUS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE ILLEGAL BIKES, MEANING LIKE THE SUR-RON, THE OBVIOUS ILLEGAL BIKES, SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED ARE HARD TO TELL, BUT JUST NOT TO CONFISCATE THEM.

BUT MAYBE JUST DO A LITTLE MORE NOTICE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S OUR SROS THAT CAN PUT A TAG ON THERE JUST TO SAY THESE ARE ILLEGAL ON ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE RIDING ON THIS, ON THIS VEHICLE, ON THE STREETS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS E-BIKE OR ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE IMPOUNDED. SOME OF THIS SOUNDS MORE TACTICAL.

I'M WILLING TO WITHDRAW IT IF WE DON'T WANT IT AS A STRATEGIC.

I DO THINK IT COULD BE A STRATEGIC PLAN ITEM.

WHAT WE COULD DO, I MEAN, WHAT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE HERE, RATHER THAN SORT OF FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE WOULD TACKLE IT.

BUT I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IS US REPORTING BACK TO YOU ON OUR EFFORTS.

YEAH. WE DID. YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE PERIODIC REPORTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COMPILE OUR STATISTICS.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH WE DO ON THIS SUBJECT.

THERE'S THIS ASSUMPTION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING MUCH.

THAT'S FAR FROM THE TRUTH. SO I DON'T MIND. I DON'T MIND US ADDING A REPORT BACK ON CURRENT E-BIKE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN THE CITY AS A PROGRESS REPORT, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND IT'S A CHANCE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SHARE ON ITS SUCCESSES.

SO I CONTINUED ON THE TRUCK ROUTE STUFF BECAUSE WE GET THOSE.

WELL, YEAH, MAYBE ON THAT REPORT CAN BE TRUCK ROUTES AND STOP SIGN ENFORCEMENT.

SO JUST TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ALL WE COULD DO.

MAYBE A TRAFFIC KIND OF TRAFFIC REPORT, TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT ON E-BIKES AND WHICH IS ALSO VOLUMINOUS, BY THE WAY. ON THE WATER STUFF. MAYBE WE COULD GET JUST A REGULAR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM.

WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LET'S DO A QUICK PRESENTATION. LET'S SHARE. LET'S TALK ABOUT LET'S MAKE PEOPLE AWARE. YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT THAT IT WON'T BE TOMORROW. IT'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE, WE'LL FIT IT INTO THE SCHEDULE HERE.

BUT AND IF I COULD ASK, I THINK IT IS THAT DATA IS READILY AVAILABLE.

IT'S NOT. OKAY. WELL THEN IF IT'S READILY AVAILABLE AND NOT.

IT'S JUST US COMPILING IT AND STEVE AND HIS TEAM COMING OVER AND KIND OF SHARING WITH YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I MEAN, WE DID THAT PERIODICALLY FOR YOU THE LAST FEW YEARS.

I THINK IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE. WE BUILT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT. I'M SURE MOST OF THAT CONTINUES, RIGHT. STEVE, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, STEVE? JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PART AND THE ENFORCEMENT E-BIKES THROUGH MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR.

WE CONTINUE THAT ENFORCEMENT YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE ALSO ARE OBTAINING SOUND ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT AND GETTING SOME OFFICERS TRAINED NEXT MONTH ON THAT. SO WE CAN ENHANCE OUR ENFORCEMENT FOR LOUD MUFFLERS AND LOUD NOISES FROM VEHICLES.

AND THEN ON OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S CONTINUED ENFORCEMENT. WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD OUT OUR RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE HIGHER LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT.

YEAH. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE YOU A STATS REPORT NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL FOR US AND THE COMMUNITY.

YEAH. AND THEN I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THE E-BIKE DISCUSSION IS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED ON OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE DISTRICT, AND WE SHOULD KEEP THAT ON THERE. YEAH. AND THEY'VE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND COLLABORATIVE ON THAT.

SO YEAH, E-BIKES IS SOMETHING I HEAR ABOUT. BUT THE THINGS THAT REALLY SEEM TO GET TO PEOPLE, IT'S ONE MORE THING TO THAT ENFORCEMENT IS ALSO THE SPEED.

SPEED STOP SIGNS, AND THE LOUD VEHICLES ARE THE BIGGEST THINGS.

I KNOW WE HAD A REFERRAL OR A BRR OR SOMETHING ABOUT ALPR'S.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD BE, WOULD THAT BE PART OF THIS ONE OR WOULD THAT BE A SEPARATE ONE? BECAUSE THAT'S TECHNOLOGY THERE THAT I KNOW TO PULL TECHNOLOGY OUT OF IT.

BUT I MEAN, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS PART OF IT.

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THERE'S THAT, STEALTH OPTION THAT I THINK SOME AGENCIES ARE LOOKING INTO.

IT'S NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED YET. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE TRIAL TRAFFIC CAMERA IMPLEMENTATION.

THAT WAS A BIG ARTICLE IN THE TIMES HERE. YOU KNOW, 125 TRAFFIC CAMS ARE GOING IN.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT STUFF.

BUT THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION WILL COME UP AS PART OF THE REPORT.

I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT'S OUT THERE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

OKAY. OKAY. SO GOT IT CAPTURED HERE. I BEAT THAT ONE TO DEATH, ANY OTHER YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

I THINK I'M GOOD NOW. OKAY, SO JUST AS A THOUGHT, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE MAKING GREAT TIME, BUT WE'RE ABOUT IF MY MATH IS CORRECT, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE IDENTIFIED OBJECTIVES, AT LEAST IN VOLUME, NOT NECESSARILY THE IDENTIFIED GOALS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK OR IF YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST KEEP PLOWING ALONG. I DON'T KNOW. KEEP PLOWING. KEEP GOING. I NEED A BREAK. OKAY, I LIKE IT.

OKAY. THREE ONE REHABILITATE CITY ROADS AND CRITICAL PUBLIC FACILITIES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE HERE AND YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING IT, BUT I THINK IMPROVING THE CIP, I USE THE WORD TRANSPARENCY, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S NOT TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT, BUT MAYBE INFORMATION FLOW OR WHATEVER.

ACCESSIBILITY. I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WORD THERE. IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD INCLUDE HERE OR DO YOU THINK IT'LL BE DONE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO.

I THINK IT'LL BE I MEAN, WE CAN ADD THE WORD.

WHAT THE MAYOR'S REFERRING TO IS UNDER THE FIRST ITEM WE ADD THE WORD ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION.

SO I THINK OUR INTENTION IS FOR THERE TO BE AN OUTWARD PORTAL HERE AS PART OF THIS ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOL THAT KIND OF WORKS WITH OUR CIP REPORTING PROCESS.

SO YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ASSET MANAGEMENT IS ONE THING THAT MIKE AND I ARE WORKING ON.

THAT WILL BE LESS ABOUT CIP PRESENTATION. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS YEAR WITH OUR BUDGET CYCLE, NEW CIP DEVELOPMENT BOOK ELECTRONIC BOOK, AND THERE IS A FOLLOW UP MODULE FOR REPORTING PROCESS AND PROGRESS. THE KEY IS TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THE CIP HAS A IT'S 100 SOME ITEMS. WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO GET DONE IN THIS NEXT PERIOD? I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN TO SET EXPECTATIONS. YEAH WE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THIS GOING HEY WHERE'S THIS.

YOU SAID IT'S IN THERE. YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S WE'VE HEARD THAT MESSAGE AND I AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A REFRESHED CIP BOOK THIS YEAR THAT I THINK IS MORE SYSTEMATIC AND HELPFUL, I HOPE HELPFUL AND MORE COMPLETE. THERE'S WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INTERNAL NOTES ON THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE REDUNDANT AND A LITTLE MORE LIVING DOCUMENT AND WILL BE AGAIN REVISITING AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THE CIP THIS YEAR, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO PICK PRIORITY PROJECTS, ETC.. SO THE QUESTION IS SHOULD WE PUT IT HERE? SHOULDN'T WE? I ACTUALLY THINK MOST OF THIS WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE WE EVEN ADOPT THE PLAN. YEAH.

YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. THE SECOND I DON'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO PUT THIS. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I DO THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT. WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

IT WAS ON THE LAST ONE. IT GOT DROPPED OUT. I'M NOT SURE IT BELONGS HERE OR WHERE.

WELL, I THINK BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING.

WE'VE IMPROVED. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR MORE.

YEAH. HAPPY FOR US TO MAYBE REPORT BACK ON OUR CONTINUED EFFORTS THERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE IS REVISITING OUR REQUEST FOR BID TEMPLATE THAT FLOWS THROUGH TO OUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THAT IN A WHILE. THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT GOING FORWARD.

BUT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT JUST REPORTS BACK TO YOU ON OUR INTERNAL TRAINING EFFORTS FOR YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN PROCUREMENT KIND OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE DEVELOPED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, MY EXPERIENCE IN THE DEFENSE, HOW THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY DOES IT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST AND INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR REPORTING.

I THINK IT'S THE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT THERE.

I'VE SENT SOME IDEAS FOR THAT. SO, IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT? YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

YEAH. I WANTED TO ADD A 35 POTENTIALLY OR WHATEVER NUMBER IT IS TO COLLABORATE WITH HERMOSA BEACH ON COMPLETING A PARKING STUDY AND EVALUATING FEASIBILITY FOR BIKE LANE ADDITIONS FOR AVIATION BOULEVARD BETWEEN THE BOULEVARD AND PCH.

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THEY HAVE ABOUT $4.8 MILLION OF MEASURE M FUNDS AVAILABLE.

SO THEY COULD EASILY FUND A STUDY PARKING STUDY RELATIVE TO THEIR PORTION OF AVIATION.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COULD ALSO APPLY TO OUR PORTION.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF A GREAT, A GREAT TIME TO AT LEAST EVALUATE AND SEE WHAT ELSE, WHAT WE CAN DO TO PUT A BIKE LANE ON AVIATION BOULEVARD TO MAKE THE STREET MORE WALKABLE.

MAYOR DETOY EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ELIMINATING PARKING ON AVIATION BECAUSE THOSE PARCELS ACROSS FROM TRADER JOE'S IN THAT AREA, A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING AND THEY RELY ENTIRELY ON PARKING ON THE STREET.

BUT I SUPPOSE A PARKING STUDY WOULD HELP US DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD ELIMINATE ONE SIDE OR BOTH SIDES.

AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFFS ARE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER ON THE SUBJECT.

YEAH, MAYBE ANDY, IS THERE ANYTHING, ANDY, THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING ON THIS? WE HAVE BEEN TALKING INTERNALLY ABOUT THIS. RYAN AND I, AND MAYBE HE'S REACHED OUT TO HERMOSA.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. WE ARE FOCUSING, OF COURSE, NORTH OF FORD, OUR PORTION OF IT.

BUT TO DO SOMETHING COMBINED KIND OF AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT DID A FEW YEARS AGO ON THAT.

COMPLETE STREETS CONCEPT FOR AVIATION WOULD BE A GOOD STEP FORWARD FOR US.

IS THAT 3.3 OR 3.1 IS MY ONLY QUESTION. BECAUSE IF IT'S FOR A BIKE PATH, ISN'T THAT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION? OH GOT IT. YEAH. YEAH IT COULD. THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THAT COULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THREE. I THINK IT'S 3.3 RIGHT.

AND I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH 3.3 SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE.

AND ANOTHER ITEM. I DON'T THINK I PUT IT ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT YEARS AGO THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT UNDERGROUNDING THE TRIANGLE LOT IN THE RIVIERA.

AND MAYBE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAKING A COMPLETE STREET OF CATALINA, EXPANDING THE SIDEWALKS AND PUTTING THOSE DECKS OUT.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GRANT MONEY FROM METRO TO STUDY THAT AND POTENTIALLY DESIGN THAT ON CATALINA.

YEAH, BUT MAYBE JUST KEEP IT AS A GOAL TO EVENTUALLY POTENTIALLY LOOK AT OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE TO UNDERGROUND THE TRIANGLE LOT. AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IF ANYBODY'S BEEN TO CULVER CITY, TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE THEY BLOCKED OFF WASHINGTON THEY BUILT AN UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT.

THEY PUT RESTAURANTS ON TOP, A WHOLE OPEN SPACE THAT ESSENTIALLY IS LIKE THEY USE IT FOR CONCERTS.

PEOPLE ARE JUST HANGING OUT ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THEIR RESTAURANTS ON TOP THAT I'M SURE THEY'RE GENERATING REVENUE FROM.

IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT COULD BE ONE WAY TO GROW, YOU KNOW, VISITOR SHIP TO AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY THRIVING.

YEAH. I THINK ANDY, IF YOU WANT TO, IS THERE A LOGICAL REPORTING OR STATUS OR A MILESTONE IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS ON THIS EFFORT? BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE THE FUNDING, RIGHT FOR THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS.

WE DO HAVE FUNDING. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTING ON ON THE DESIGN PROCUREMENT PROCESS WITH THAT.

WE MIGHT HAVE A CONCEPT WITHIN THE YEAR THAT WE COULD SHARE.

SO YEAH, MAYBE WE JUST PUT A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE DESIGN EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIVIERA VILLAGE.

YEAH, KIND OF WE, ALSO APPLIED FOR FUNDING FROM, I THINK IT WAS THE TED LIEU SOLICITATION FOR HOUSING RELATED PARKING AVAILABILITY IN THE VILLAGE. SO WE HAVE KIND OF TWO AVENUES THAT WE'RE APPROACHING.

THE CATALINA MODIFICATIONS ARE IN NUMBER 44 3.3 COOL.

IS THAT NUMBER 44 ALREADY? SO WE YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, PROBABLY IT ACTUALLY PRESENT.

YEAH. WE CAN EXPAND ON THAT TO INCLUDE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING AS WELL.

THE PARKING STRUCTURE. SO ON ON 44 LUKE JUST LET'S JUST ADD IT'S, NOT A NEW ONE.

IT'S JUST AN ADD TO THE 44 JUST, PUT PARKING STRUCTURE WE WILL WORDSMITH.

CAN I ASSUME THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE WOULD YOU CALL IT OUTDOOR DINING? YEAH. OKAY. CATALINA AVENUE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. THREE ONE 3.1.

I THINK WE DISCUSSED HAVING THIS VACANCY ORDINANCE POSSIBLY IN THIS AREA.

RIGHT. COMMERCIAL AND POTENTIALLY RESIDENTIAL.

YEAH. IF IT'S GOING TO END UP INCLUDING IF THE BLIGHT IS A BLIGHT ORDINANCE PROBABLY.

YEAH. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT IT COVERED. OKAY. THAT'S IT.

NOTHING FOR ME. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

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AND I THINK MAYBE WE KEEP THAT UNDER FUTURE ITEMS JUST SO IT KEEPS ON.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, BUT WE SHOULD KEEP TRACKING THAT.

IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, YEAH. WE CAN. IT'S PROBABLY JUST IT'S PROBABLY A CIP FUNCTION, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN.

WELL, IT. MIGHT EVEN BE A FUTURE OBJECTIVE UNDER 3.4 I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU PUT IT.

SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO CAPTURE THAT AND DON'T LOSE IT AND COUNT IT, YOU KNOW? WELL, WE CAN DO LUKE, WHY DON'T WE DO UNDER 3.2? WE CAN DO A FUTURE OBJECTIVE SEEK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SECONDARY PHASES OF THE HERONDO OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND SEASIDE LAGOON FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. OKAY.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE, I THINK WE CAPTURED IT HERE, BUT WITH THE EXPANSION OF EVENTS, WHICH I CONSIDER PROGRAMS TO BE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ADDITIONAL STAFFING WHEN WE GET THE BUDGET TIME.

YEAH, I THINK WE GOT THAT ONE. HOW DO WE CAPTURE THAT? YEAH, I THINK WE'VE GOT IT. YEAH, WE GOT IT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

ANYTHING THERE ON 3.2. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

ACTUALLY, SORRY, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO 40, WHICH INCLUDES.

OKAY. SO ACTUALLY THAT THIS IS A PROP FOR THIS, BUT WE CAN SEE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES DEVELOPING ITS OWN MERCH THAT IT WAS BENEFITED FROM THE USE OF A DESIGNER. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO AN RFI OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, WHAT WAS IT? WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO RELATIVE TO APPLICATIONS, WHATEVER IT WAS.

FOR THE MERCH WE SHOULD INCLUDE DESIGN PROWESS OR DESIGN SKILL AS AMONG THE CRITERIA THAT THIS COMPANY, THE COMPANY MUST HAVE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SLIGHT MANIPULATIONS OR DESIGN OF APPAREL WITH OUR LOGO IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, REALLY TAKING OFF. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE BRANDING GUIDELINES.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE CONTRABAND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO, LUKE, YOU GOT THAT? WE'LL JUST ADD DESIGN EXPERTISE AS PART OF THE RFI.

WE'LL MAKE SURE JANE HEARS THAT. COOL. THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YES.

SO 36 FRANKLIN PARK. STILL ON HERE? I KNOW THAT WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED, WE WERE LOOKING AT A REPLACEMENT BY SUMMER 2026. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A DEADLINE ON HERE TO MAKE IT LIKE TOP OF MIND.

I THINK GIVEN THE TIME, IT'S PROBABLY MORE REALISTIC TO PUT BY LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER.

ELIZABETH, YOU WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE? I THINK THAT CONTRACT'S COMING ON THE 14TH. CORRECT. WE'RE TARGETING THE 14TH. YES. THE LATEST.

WHAT'S THE 21ST? 21ST? THE LAST MEETING. THE DEADLINE.

WELL, THAT'S THE PURCHASE INSTALLATION AGREEMENT.

AND THEN THERE IS A LEASE. LIKE A THERE IS USUALLY A 2 TO 3 MONTH PROCUREMENT PERIOD.

YES. BUT LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER IS CERTAINLY ACHIEVABLE.

OKAY, LET'S PUT IT ON THERE. SO WE CAN ADD. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD EXPAND THIS TO SAY SO COMPLETE PROCUREMENT INSTALLATION OF THE FRANKLIN PARK, ALL ABILITIES, PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. THAT'LL BE AN APRIL WIN AND AND COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION BY SEPTEMBER.

BY SEPTEMBER. GREAT. AND THEN FOR NUMBER 37 ABOUT THE, INSTALLATION FOR THE HISTORIC SIGNS AT EL RETIRO PARK.

I'D LIKE TO ADD TO REFER TO THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEXT PHASE OR A MASTER PLAN FOR THAT PARK. FOR ETO. YEAH. DANA. SO COMPLETE THE LAYOUT DESIGN AND PROCURE THE SIGNS FOR INSTALLATION SO.

REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION TO, AND MASTER PLAN FOR THE NEXT PHASE.

AND PREPARE A ITEM FOR PAC CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT PHASE IMPROVEMENTS AT ETO PARK.

THANK YOU. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

YES. FOR. SO FOR 3.2. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADD. OH NO PICKLE. YEAH. AVIATION PARK PICKLE BALL.

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IT'S, BEEN THERE. IT MEANING THE, VOTE AND APPROVAL AND DESIRE TO HAVE PICKLEBALL AT AVIATION PARK.

THE TIMING IS GOOD. THE SPACE IS AVAILABLE. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A LOT.

WE'VE SEEN IT, WE'VE HEARD IT, WE KNOW IT. AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE OR SHOULD AGREE THAT ADVANCING AVIATION PARK PICKLEBALL AS THE NEXT PRIORITY PROJECT WITH RESPECT TO ENHANCING PUBLIC SPACES, AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS REALLY IS A STRATEGIC PLANNING ITEM THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME DUE.

SO, MIKE, YOUR INTENT IS TO GIVE US EACH ANOTHER PICK FOR WHAT OUR TOP CIP.

MAKE IT TWO BITES. AND MY REQUEST WOULD BE TO HAVE IT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS THE NEXT PRIORITY PROJECT.

AND WE WOULD IDENTIFY FOR YOU WHAT THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP IN THAT EFFORT IS, RIGHT? ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. WELL, YEAH, MAYBE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A MITIGATED NAGDCA.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A CEQA LOOK IT'S ALSO HIRING A DESIGNER TO START THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATION PROCESS.

WE DISCOVERED, THANKS TO DIRECTOR WINJE'S RESEARCH, THAT TORRANCE DID DESIGN BUILD FOR IT'S WILSON PARK IMPROVEMENT THAT'S COSTING THEM ABOUT $1.5 MILLION FOR 16 COURTS. SO MAYBE WE COULD BENEFIT FROM AN RFP OF.

PBD. YEAH, POTENTIALLY. ACTUALLY USED THE SOURCEWELL CONTRACT CO-OPERATIVE PURCHASING. SO WE I HAVE TO LOOK IN TO SEE IF WE QUALIFY FOR THAT.

WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT PROJECT IS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION OR IS THAT RENOVATION OF EXISTING. NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR TORRANCE? YEAH. OKAY. THROUGH THEIR PARKS DEPARTMENT. OKAY.

WELL SO WE'LL COME UP WITH WHAT THE NEXT LOGICAL STEPS ARE THERE.

CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, AS I'VE COMMITTED TO ALL OF YOU, AFTER WE GOT THE PICKLEBALL IN AT ALTA VISTA, THIS WOULD BE OUR NEXT PICKLEBALL EFFORT. SO ANDY'S EXCITED. I KNOW I COULD SEE IT IN HIS EYES.

IF YOU SAW JOHN OLIVER LAST NIGHT. I'M TOLD HE COMMENTED THAT THE WAR IN IRAN IS CAUSING THE INCREASE IN PICKLEBALL PRICES, AND THAT'S CREATING SOME CHAOS IN THE US. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE IN 2 TO 3 WEEKS, RIGHT? OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. JUST TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LANGUAGE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THIS IS THE NEXT PRIORITY PROJECT FOR AMENITIES, OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC SPACES.

HE DOESN'T ASK FOR MUCH, BUT WHEN HE ASKS, WE GOTTA DELIVER.

IT'S AS IT RELATES TO DESIGN, RIGHT? I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE EVERY PROJECT'S IN A DIFFERENT STAGE OF PROCUREMENT.

FRANKLIN'S UP THERE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ALMOST CLOSE TO INSULATE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION.

YEAH, IT'S OUR NEXT DESIGN EFFORT FOR SURE. WE'LL LOOK FOR SHORTCUTS AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET IT MOVING FORWARD.

ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

NOTHING TO ADD FOR 3.2. OKAY, 3.3. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

NOTHING. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON WHETHER ITEM NUMBER 43 COVERS THE MAT.

THE MOBILITY PROJECT FOR REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD.

I KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.

IS THAT IF THAT'S COVERED, THEN. YEAH, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S THIS ONE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S THE MAT PROJECT REDONDO BEACH BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS COVERED IN MY NOTES.

YEAH. RIGHT? RIGHT ANDY THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS.

AND WE ARE IN KIND OF OUR FINAL DESIGN STAGE RIGHT NOW.

WE MAY REACH OUT FOR SOME HELP POLITICALLY TO INCLUDE TORRANCE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST DESIGN.

THEY'RE CHANGING THE GUARD OVER THERE. THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN TO IT.

NOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AN ELECTION NOW, SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC ANYTHING ON 3.3 DID WE TALK ABOUT PROGRESS TOWARDS THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN? NO.

IN TERMS OF LIKE A REPORT OR WE'VE GOT A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE ARE PART OF THAT.

YEAH, I SEE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. I THINK, I THINK A REPORT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN IT.

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WE DID A KIND OF AN UPDATE. WE DID A STATUS REPORT FOR YOU IN THE LAST CYCLE.

PROJECT LAST YEAR THAT COMPLETED A NUMBER OF THE SMALL, WHAT USED TO BE CLASS THREE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT THE SOUTH BAY BICYCLE COALITION AND FRIENDS, PLUS WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED THESE DAYS HAS ADDED NEW FEATURES, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'VE KIND OF UPGRADED THEIR MASTER PLAN IN SOME WAYS.

WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME CORRIDORS THAT COUNCIL IN THE PAST HASN'T HAD APPETITE TO DO THE THINGS NECESSARY TO CREATE THOSE CORRIDORS.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE A REPORT. WE ARE, WE HAVE TWO STUDIES IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.

ONE FOR CATALINA, ONE FOR PROSPECT. GREAT. THAT LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATIVE IDEAS TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE LANE ALIGNMENTS THERE TO HELP WITH THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE WE HAVE VERY ROBUST PROGRAM COMING FORWARD.

IF YOU WANT US TO KIND OF PUT OUR PENCILS DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE IN THAT, WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT KIND OF A REPORT, BUT. I JUST FIND IT CONSTRUCTIVE, AT LEAST FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE AS WE ENGAGE WITH OUR SURROUNDING CITIES, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WE DO A LOT IN REGARDS TO OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION AND IT ENDS AT OUR CITY LINES.

I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI YOU DID A TOUR WITH ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FROM A DIFFERENT CITY WHERE YOU WERE HIGHLIGHTING LIKE WHEN YOU CROSS OVER INTO MANHATTAN BEACH, THE BIKE LANE JUST ENDS OR IN TORRANCE FOR THAT MATTER.

SO YEAH. IF, THE REPORTING HELPS YOU IN THAT NARRATIVE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THE COLLECTIVE DATA CRUNCH AND THEN GET YOU A STATUS REPORT.

JUST AN ATTACHMENT WITH SOME OF THE UPDATES FROM.

YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET MAYBE EVEN LAY SOMETHING ON OUR GIS LAYER ABOUT COMPLETED PROJECTS AND FUTURE PROJECTS, THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WOULD JUST HELP VISUALLY SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

IT COULD JUST HELP US ADVOCATE IN OTHER SPACES TO MAKE A BETTER SOUTH BAY.

AND TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR OWN CONSTITUENTS HOW MUCH WE'VE DONE.

PEOPLE, PEOPLE LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE BIKE LANES. YEAH. THEY REALLY DO.

SO AND WE DO TOO. SO IT'S A GREAT THING. WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL AND EXHIBIT OR SOMETHING.

THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE'RE NOT IN REDONDO BEACH. WE'LL CALL IT THE CELEBRATE RYAN STAFF REPORT.

WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE SUBURB TO LOS ANGELES. INDEED.

YEAH. WE CAN WE HAD IT. I THINK ON THE LAST PLAN WE DID LIKE A STAFF REPORT PERCENTAGE UPDATE.

WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT.

OKAY. THREE, FOUR. THAT'S A FUTURE GOAL THAT WE WANT TO.

I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO 3.4 RIGHT NOW.

OKAY GOING TO 4.1. THIS IS BASICALLY OUR IT OBJECTIVES.

I GOT TWO THINGS HERE. ONE, I THINK WE'VE DONE BETTER AT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT WE STILL HAVE KEY CALENDAR ITEMS THAT AREN'T MAKING IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE COMING UP. AND I JUST, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS TO BE ON HERE, BUT WE GOT, WE SHOULD BE DOING BETTER. I DON'T KNOW, JANE.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD IS THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM LOOKING AT AN UPDATE TO OUR CALENDARING PROCESS OR ANYTHING WE'RE DOING FOR JUST GENERAL COLLECTION OF EVENTS.

AND THIS IS BEYOND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

YEAH. THIS WOULD BE LIKE EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD ALSO ADD TO OUR CALENDAR.

I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM FOR US TO ADVERTISE THEM.

OTHERWISE WE OPEN UP OTHER PROBLEMS. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR POLICY HAS BEEN IF IT'S CITY HOSTED EVENTS, WE WOULD BE PUTTING THAT ON OUR WEBSITE IF IT'S EXTERNALLY HOSTED.

TO YOUR POINT, MIKE, IF THERE IS AN EXISTING RELATIONSHIP, WE WOULDN'T KNOW PER SE THE DETAILS OF THAT EVENT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE JUST BEEN FOCUSING ON CITY HOSTED EVENTS, WHICH WE WOULD KNOW AND THEN HAVE THE DETAILS ON THE WEBSITE.

SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT EVENTS THAT WE MAY NOT BE DRIVING? I KEEP GETTING EMAILS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THEY DIDN'T KNOW SOMETHING WAS COMING UP, AND WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB OF ADVERTISING IT.

SO YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TWO EVENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE WERE CONFLICTING.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PUBLIC SAFETY DAY, THE SEAFAIR.

WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY CALLED IT SEAFAIR. WELL, WHATEVER THEY CALLED IT, THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO THE BOATING COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE A BOATERS ALERT NETWORK, WE HAVE CALENDAR. AND IT WASN'T ON EITHER.

AND IT CONFLICTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

I THINK YOU LED THE HARBOR CLEANUP. I KNOW THAT'S COMING UP IN APRIL.

OKAY. WELL, THERE WERE TWO EVENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND ONE WAS THE PUBLIC, THE BOATING SAFETY EVENT THAT NONE OF THE BOATERS KNEW ABOUT.

I MEAN, WITH THAT, I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO BEAT THIS TO DEATH.

I JUST THINK. WELL, LOOK, I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON INTERNALLY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NECESSARILY NEED TO ADD IT TO THIS. ALL RIGHT.

SO ON THAT NOTE MAYBE ONE SOLUTION A REDONDO RESIDENT WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY OF PALOS VERDES OR RANCHO PALOS VERDES,

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IF YOU TAKE ALL THE. I'LL SAY THIS FIRST IF I READ COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT'S EMAILS AND I READ COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC'S EMAILS AND THEN I REALIZE MY EMAILS DIDN'T MISS SOME STUFF IN THOSE.

RIGHT. AND SO ONLY BY, YOU KNOW, ACCUMULATING EVERYTHING THAT HE SAID, SHE SAID, AND WHAT I FOUND ON MY OWN, DO I GET A MORE COMPLETE EMAIL? AND SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE WHAT COMMUNITY SERVICES PUT OUT, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT, WHAT THE LIBRARY HAS PUT OUT AND PUT IT ALL INTO ONE EMAIL THAT GETS BLAST OUT ONCE A WEEK, ONCE A MONTH, EVEN ONCE A MONTH. I SEE, THE ONCE A WEEK, OKAY, COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ONCE A MONTH.

IT'S EVEN IF IT'S JUST COPYING IN THE GRAPHICS WITH LINKS.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HUGE, RIGHT? AND SENDING IT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR.

AND WHAT THE EMAIL THAT SHE'S REFERRING TO IS FROM.

HAVE YOU SEEN IT? NO. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I ASKED HER FOR IT, BUT SHE HASN'T SENT IT TO ME. SO THAT COULD BE ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE OF KEEPING EVERYONE APPRIZED OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND BOLSTERING THE PROGRAMS THAT THESE, TREMENDOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE PUTTING TOGETHER.

AND ALSO CAN IS IT POSSIBLE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I THINK THEY ARE LISTED SOMEWHERE IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALL OF THEM. BUT FOR INSTAGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR REDONDO BEACH TEENS, CAN THEY CROSS COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH? SO IF YOU FOLLOW THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP IN BOTH ACCOUNTS, RIGHT? YEAH. THE COLLABORATION HAS TO BE INITIATED EITHER BY THE CITY ACCOUNT OR THAT TEEN'S ACCOUNT.

SO WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY AS A COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO DO THAT, TO BOLSTER MORE, HAVE OUR ACCOUNTS COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IN THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE, BUT YES, THAT IS THE GOAL.

YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING ON. WE ARE TRYING TO COLLABORATE MORE SOCIALLY.

SO MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS JUST DO A REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS.

I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME OR STYLE HERE.

BUT WE CAN DO A REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WAYS WE'RE CONSOLIDATING INFORMATION.

DOING MORE PROACTIVE SHARING. WE CAN BRING GREATER VISIBILITY.

YEAH. AND THEN WE CAN WORK INTERNALLY ON WHAT WE THINK WE COULD PROBABLY COMMIT TO DOING.

AND WE'RE DOING A QUARTERLY INTERNAL NEWSLETTER NOW.

WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A VERY LONG TIME. MAYBE WE CAN START DOING PROACTIVE QUARTERLY OR MONTHLY BLASTS THAT ARE MORE CITYWIDE, BUT IT TAKES A LOT TO ASSEMBLE IN A CONSTRUCTIVE AND COMPLETE AND EDITED WAY.

THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY IN THAT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN YOU CURATE YOUR OWN EMAILS.

THERE IS ALSO, I GUESS, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER USES THAT WILL READ.

YOU CAN TELL US COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER HOW IT WORKS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT READS ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND STUFF THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING OUT AND SUMMARIZES ESSENTIALLY ALL THE INFORMATION AND AUTOMATES IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS IT OUT FOR YOU.

SO MAYBE THERE'S A TOOL THAT CAN HELP US. SO IT'S AI, IT'S AN AI ENHANCED TOOL THAT READS MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, LOOKS AT THE CITY CALENDAR, LOOKS AT A FEW OTHER CALENDARS AND EVENTS, AND COALESCES THAT AND SUMMARIZES IT AND HELPS ME WITH MY NEWSLETTER.

WHETHER IT'S THAT TOOL OR WHETHER WE WANT TO DEVELOP A TOOL RELATED TO A SUGGESTION I'VE GOT FOR ALSO FOR 4.1 THAT MIGHT ALL BE INTERRELATED, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE THAT WOULD LOOK AT CALENDARS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND THEN BE ABLE TO PRETTY MUCH AUTOMATE THAT KIND OF A. DON'T WANT TO SOLUTION IT HERE.

IT'S WHETHER IT'S ON OR. BUT JUST GIVE THEM AN IDEA OF SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

IS IT MYGOV TOOLS? YES. MYGOVTOOLS.ORG. YEAH.

OKAY. NOW THE ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS WE CAN BLAST OUR INFORMATION, BUT EXTERNAL EVENTS AREN'T SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY PUBLICIZE.

THAT'S THE PART. UNLESS WE HAVE A SPONSORSHIP OR DIRECT SUPPORTING ROLE, WE DON'T TEND TO ADVERTISE ON BEHALF OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SURE. BUT LIKE EVENTS THAT WE SUBSIDIZE IS OUR SPONSOR, RIGHT? SO THE 10K. OH YEAH. FOR SURE. KITE FESTIVAL.

KITE FESTIVAL. YEP. ALL OF THOSE WOULD FIT THE BILL.

YEAH, BUT IF THE YACHT CLUB HAD AN EVENT AS AN EXAMPLE, WE MAY NOT HAVE ANY ROLE IN THAT.

RIGHT? OKAY. OKAY, SO YOU GOT THAT ONE. I THINK.

YEAH. MY OTHER ONE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, APPROVED THIS POLICY ON AI APPS.

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AND IF I COULD MAYBE EXPAND ON THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, DEVELOPING A DEDICATED INTERNAL AI SOLUTION THAT DIRECTOR COOK WAS STILL LOOKING AT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TBD.

BUT YEAH, WE PROBABLY NEED SOMETHING AKIN TO COMING UP WITH AN AI STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY.

I THINK IT'S VERY REASONABLE FOR US TO SELECT A GENERAL PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, GENERATIVE AI PLATFORM THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALL STAFF FOR USE INTERNALLY.

I THINK THAT'S VERY DOABLE WITHIN THE TIME FRAME.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT SOMETHING IN HERE ABOUT EXPLORING MAYBE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS AND TALKING TO OTHER CITIES.

I KNOW YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT TOOLS ARE KIND OF A HOT TICKET ITEM AND THERE'S SOME GOOD WORK GOING ON IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER THAT BE PLAN CHECK REVIEWS AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD AT LEAST TAKE A CURSORY PASS USING AN AI TOOL.

I PROBABLY WANT TO EXPLORE THOSE WITH MY FELLOW DIRECTORS HERE BEFORE WE COMMIT TO ANYTHING SPECIFIC.

BUT IF WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOAL IN HERE OF JUST DEVELOPING A PLAN I THINK WOULD BE AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL FOR US.

YEAH. AND A PLAN FOR, I'D SAY IF IT INCLUDES THE COUNCIL AND AND MAYOR AS WELL FOR THE TOOLS THAT WE WOULD BE USING.

BECAUSE PER OUR AI POLICY, WE CAN'T PUT CONFIDENTIAL STUFF INTO.

YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S GENERAL PURPOSE FOR EXACTLY THAT.

INTERNAL. YEAH. AS LONG AS THAT'S PART OF IT, THAT ACTUALLY COVERS WHAT I SUGGEST.

I'M A LITTLE, EVEN WITH THE PREVIOUS ITEM ON HERE ABOUT THE TOOL FOR AGGREGATING INFORMATION ACROSS THE ACCOUNTS, I'M A LITTLE LEERY OF PUTTING SOMETHING THAT SPECIFIC ON THERE BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO EMPLOY A TOOL, THAT MEANS WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT IT OUTPUTS AND THERE'S COMPLIANCE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE CRAWLING PEOPLE'S SOCIAL MEDIA AND POSTING IT. I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ADA VIOLATIONS LEFT AND RIGHT.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI ANYTHING ON THE IT 4.1? COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE.

I JUST HAD ONE THING AND I KNOW PD RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A TOOL FOR ONLINE PAYMENT FOR PARKING PERMITS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR PERMITS.

BUT I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL REQUESTS OVER THE YEAR FROM PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SOME AUTOMATED WAY TO PAY FOR PARKING PERMITS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THEIR, ON THEIR STREET OR JUST THE CITY WIDE PARKING.

I THINK WE'RE VERY CLOSE. RIGHT STEVE, TO LAUNCHING THAT.

DID WE LAUNCH? I THINK IT'S LAUNCHED. OKAY. SO I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS LIKE INCLUDING THE WATERFRONT.

AND DOES IT INCLUDE ALL PROSPECTIVE PERMITS OR LIKE ANNUAL STICKER WATERFRONT PASS IS.

PREFERENTIAL PARKING, PARKING RIVIERA VILLAGE.

IT DOES ALL OF IT. NOT HAVE BEEN. BUT STEVE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YES, IT'S ALL UP AND RUNNING AND THE WEBSITE'S RUNNING.

OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER ANYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T COVER ALREADY ON THIS ONE? NOPE. OKAY. GOT ONE QUICK COMMENT ON 46. HAVING HR ON THERE IS PROBABLY GOING TO PUT US OUTSIDE THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. AND IF WE'RE DOING A ONE YEAR TIME FRAME ON THIS, I'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE AT LEAST MADE THE HR PORTION OF IT BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN FOR HR. OR JUST STRIKE IT FOR NOW.

OR JUST STRIKE THE HR DEPARTMENT ON THERE. I FELT DIANE'S HEART SKIP A BEAT THERE.

OKAY, 5.1. I DON'T THINK I HAD HERE WAS I? YOU KNOW, I WAS EMPATHETIC WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME FORWARD ON THE HEDGE PROSECUTION. AND IT DOES SEEM ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL TO SIT THERE.

AND THERE'S HEDGES ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE TALLER THAN THIS, I THINK THE ONE WE'RE INSTALLING ON PROSPECT IS GOING TO BE TALLER THAN THIS EVENTUALLY.

SHOULD WE RELOOK AT THE HEDGE ORDINANCE TO COME IN LINE WITH THE TREE CANOPY CONCERNS AND SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE EQUITABLE? MAYBE IT'S JUST THE SAFETY STUFF IN THE FRONT YARD VERSUS THE WAY IT'S DEFINED TODAY.

I THINK. GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW I'VE HAD COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WHO THAT WAS A TOOL THAT ADDRESSED LIKE A RODENT ISSUE.

OR YOU KNOW, OTHER PESTS. SO I THINK IN THE DISCUSSION THEN COMES UP, WELL, HOW DO YOU MANAGE OTHER TYPES OF

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I THINK IT'S ABOUT AND JOY MAYBE YOU COULD COMMENT ON THIS WITHOUT TALKING TO SPECIFIC PROSECUTION, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE A SHADING. IT'S LIKE AN ANTI.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE THE ACTUAL RULE IS, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHERE IT'S FULLY CODIFIED.

WELL, IT ADDRESSES MULTIPLE THINGS LIKE RODENTS, SAFETY, VISIBILITY, FIRE HAZARDS WITH THE LINES ABOVE.

IT ADDRESSES MULTIPLE THINGS. SO IS IT, IS IT CODIFIED IN A.

I DID HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ALLEY VISIBILITY COMING OUT.

RIGHT. SO THIS IS A KIND OF A, THIS IS A, IT'S A PRETTY INTENSIVE EFFORT, RIGHT? THIS IS A REVIEW OF OUR EXISTING CODE AND IT WOULD REQUIRE PROBABLY SOME OPTIONS AND SOME HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE ON ITS GENESIS.

AND I JUST, I MISSED THE VERY FRONT END. WHAT WAS THE PROPOSAL? THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEDGE RULES AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE CODE.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT THAT'S A, IT'S PRETTY LOADED.

I THINK IT'S A LOADED TOPIC. THAT'S A HUGE. LET'S DROP IT.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ALSO A STATE SPIKE FENCE ORDINANCE.

THAT ESSENTIALLY SAYS ANYTHING TALLER THAN TEN FEET COULD BE CONSIDERED A SPIKE FENCE AND YES, SPIKE FENCE. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S JUST IF YOU CUT THE TREE UP FOUR FEET AND IT GROWS TOGETHER, THEN IT'S NOT A HEDGE. SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN EASY SOLUTION. OR NOT, BECAUSE PROSECUTION STILL HAPPENS.

AND I'VE HAD A FEW IN MY DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE GENERALLY IT'S BEEN A NEIGHBOR HAS GONE.

IT'S LIKE, OH, I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THAT HAPPENED. AND IT'S IN BACKYARD FENCES FOR ME.

CAN WE GIVE THE MAYOR A PARDON POWER? NO, I DON'T WANT IT.

I DON'T WANT IT. THE MAYOR SAID, DROP IT. I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR.

YEAH, LET'S DROP IT. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HAD.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. NO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

5.1 NO. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

YEAH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME KIND OF A TREE CANOPY SURVEY AND DATABASE AND UPDATE SO THAT PEOPLE COULD MORE EASILY TRACK WHAT WE HAD. REMEMBER THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT THAT WE THAT SAID, OH, THE REDONDO BEACH CANOPY WAS REDUCED BY 30%, BUT IT WAS FROM A VISUAL OR A YEAH, SATELLITE, GIS, SATELLITE PICTURES AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY HAVE IT.

SO WE KNOW HOW MANY TREE WELLS. I KNOW WE HAVE IT SOMEWHERE, BUT MAKE IT MORE EASY FOR US TO FIND OUT.

IS THERE A GRANT THAT YOU WOULD NEED FOR THAT. WHICH TREE WELLS ARE AVAILABLE AND THEN ALSO MAKE IT SO THAT RESIDENTS COULD AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.

AND BY SIGNING UP THAT THEY PLAN, THEY WILL MAINTAIN THE TREE.

PLANT THE TREE IN THEIR FRONT YARD IF THEY DESIRE A TREE IN THEIR FRONT YARD.

IN THEIR ON THEIR PRIVATE SPACE NOT PARKWAY. NO.

IN THE CITY TREE WELL. OH WELL I DON'T THINK WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE GOING OUT AND PLANTING TREE WELLS WITH WILLING HOMEOWNERS. I THINK WE'RE HAVING PROBABLY THE BIGGER PROBLEM WHERE WE HAVE UNWILLING HOMEOWNERS THAT DON'T WANT A TREE IN THEIR PARKWAY, AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE AT SOME POINT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO STAY TOUGH. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE LOWER HANGING FRUIT WHERE I THINK WE HAVE COOPERATION.

BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT TRACKING CANOPY OR INVENTORY I DON'T KNOW ANDY, ANY THOUGHTS ON.

WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 12,000 TREES THAT ARE PART OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES, PARKWAYS AND PARKS.

WE HAVE ALL THOSE TRACKED THROUGH OUR CONTRACTOR WHO HANDLES OUR TRIMMING AND TREE MAINTENANCE FOR US.

SO WE KNOW THAT I THINK THE REPORT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WAS WHAT WE PRESENTED LAST YEAR ABOUT THE TREE ORDINANCE AND THE CANOPY I THINK WE TOOK FROM STATE FORESTRY DATA, AND IT WAS DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF TOWN YOU WERE IN, SOMEWHERE AROUND 15% COVERAGE.

BUT THAT INCLUDES ALL THE PRIVATE PROPERTY TREES AS WELL.

SO TO MEASURE CANOPY OF JUST OUR PUBLIC SPACES.

THE METRIC IS PERCENT OF SHADED AREA VERSUS NON SHADED AREA, RIGHT? SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT SKEWED LOOK THERE BECAUSE WE HAVE AREAS OF TOWN THAT ARE PUBLICLY OWNED STREETS AND WHATEVER WHERE WE'RE NOT EVER GOING TO PUT TREES ON THE STREETS THEMSELVES OR IN THE PARKING LOTS AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT STARTS TO LOSE MEANING WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT NUMBER WITH OTHER NUMBERS IN TREE CANOPY, AS I RECALL, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO KIND OF NOT PURSUE THAT LAST TIME.

HAPPY TO PICK IT UP AGAIN. OF COURSE, IF IT'S A DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL, BUT IT'S, WE PRICED IT OUT SOMEWHERE 50 TO $100,000 TO DO A PRETTY

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I MEAN, I'D RATHER PLANT TREES THAN PAY FOR THAT.

AND, TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I MEAN, NOT ONLY GETTING WILLING PARTICIPANTS TO AGREE TO HAVE THE TREE THERE, BUT ALSO TO WATER THE TREE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TREES THAT YOU PLANTED, BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO BE MAINTAINED AND WATERED.

AND SOME OF THAT IS IT'S NOT HAPPENING WITH THE RESIDENTS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST US PLANTING THE TREE, BUT HAVING WILLING PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WATER THE TREE.

WE'RE IN A FORTUNATE POSITION NOW WHERE WE PLANT 100 OR SO TREES EVERY YEAR.

MAYBE HALF OF THOSE ARE REPLACEMENT, MAYBE LESS THAN HALF ARE REPLACEMENT TREES.

SO MAYBE NET 60 PLUS OR SOMETHING EVERY YEAR.

AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF WILLING PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST OF THE TIME WILLING TO WATER, ASSUMING THEY DON'T TURN OVER THE HOUSE IT DOESN'T CHANGE HANDS.

SO CERTAINLY MORE BUDGET TO PLANT TREES WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD INCREASE THAT NUMBER.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE RESISTANT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 2000 SPACES, AS I RECALL, OF AVAILABLE. AND I THINK THAT WAS YEAH, TO ANDY'S POINT, I THINK WE LEFT IT WITH THIS IS BASICALLY A FOLLOW UP BUDGET ITEM WHERE WE CAN ADD RESOURCE TO ADD MORE PLANTINGS. WE DO IT IN AND SORT OF STICK WITH THAT I THINK IS THE TAKEAWAY AS I RECALL.

I THINK IT WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER IT WAS LONG BEACH, BUT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAS A BASICALLY HAS A FORM ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO SAY, I WILL PLANT A TREE AT MY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOT ALL THE RULES, WHAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING TO WATER IT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TO PLANT A WHAT WILL BECOME A CITY OWNED TREE.

YEAH. AND SO TO BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE AN EASY THING TO ADD A FORM TO OUR SITE THAT WOULD HELP.

THAT WAY, INSTEAD OF IF WE PLANT THOSE 100 TREES, IF 100 MORE GET PLANTED BY RESIDENTS THAT JUST SAY, I WANT TO PUT A TREE IN. YEAH, RESIDENT PLANTING IS FINE.

IT'S WHEN WE HAVE COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS PLANTING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHERE WE RUN INTO LIABILITY ISSUES AND LICENSING ISSUES AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO WE COULD MAYBE FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF FREE PERMIT FOR PEOPLE TO CHECK IN AND JUST TELL US THEY'RE DOING IT.

SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT. THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD WORK WITH.

YEAH. AND I GUESS THE QUESTION, I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF THE FOLLOW UP DIRECTION, MORE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

I THINK WE'RE DOING THAT. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I GUESS AS IT RELATES TO THE STRAT PLAN, IF WE WANT TO, IF WE WANT TO REPORT BACK ON THE STATUS OF THAT, OR IF YOU WANT US TO SORT OF MAYBE SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THIS ONLINE KIND OF OPT IN PROGRAM, WE CAN DO THAT AS A NEXT STEP. RIGHT? YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THOSE WERE KIND OF THE CONCLUSIONS. I THINK THOSE WERE KIND OF WHAT WE WERE DOING. STRAT PLAN ITEM WOULD PROBABLY HELP US KEEP IT TOP OF MIND, BUT. SO IF YOU WANT US TO MAYBE COUNCILMAN, IF YOU WANT US TO JUST COME UP WITH AN OBJECTIVE THAT REFLECTS THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL GAVE AT THE AT THE LAST TREE CANOPY DISCUSSION. OCTOBER OR WHATEVER. WE CAN DO THAT IF WE WANT TO JUST KEEP TABS ON IT. SURE, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S A LONG BEACH DIY TREE PLANTING RESOURCE.

YEAH. OKAY, GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT. OKAY.

I THINK THIS IS OUR LAST ONE. RIGHT. 5.2. YEP.

SO I HAVE ONE. I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO CONSIDER A CHANGE TO 51 TO BROADEN IT BECAUSE WE'VE I'VE BEEN WORKING SOMETHING WITH MARC ON THE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE THAT I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE BALANCED.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN SOMETHING FROM RON MAROKO THAT'S SIMILAR, THAT PREVENTS US FROM HAVING TO GO DO REDO A SURVEY FOR A LOT OF MONEY.

THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PATHS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR, SO I'D LIKE TO.

STILL VOLUNTARY. STILL VOLUNTARY. NOT NECESSARILY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD OPEN UP THE COUNCIL STILL GET TO WEIGH IN ON IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD, GOOD POINT AND A GOOD QUESTION.

I FEEL LIKE THE INK'S BARELY DRY ON WHAT WE JUST AGREED TO, WHICH WAS TO TRY OUT THE CONSENSUAL CONSENT PROGRAM.

WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF PRESERVING HISTORIC RESOURCES.

THERE WAS TWO APPROACHES TO CHOOSE INVOLUNTARY VERSUS VOLUNTARY.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE OUR DIRECTOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM OUTREACH EDUCATION INCENTIVIZATION.

YOU TOLD. INCLUDING THE. IF I COULD JUST GET THE THOUGHTS OUT OF MY MOUTH.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. GET A REPORT BACK 12-18 MONTHS.

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I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE DETAILS, BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, TAKE OUR EXISTING REGISTRY, GO THROUGH IN ANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE EITHER CURRENTLY PROTECTED VOLUNTARILY UNDER THE MILLS ACT CIRCLE THOSE NOTE THEM ANY PROPERTIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RECYCLED AND GONE AWAY, PURGE IT, AND THEN THE REMAINING LIST ALLOW THE DIRECTOR, TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION TO GO OUT AND DO THAT OUTREACH, EDUCATION, INCENTIVIZATION AND CONTINUE FORWARD WITH KIND OF WHAT WAS THE COUNCIL'S FIRM DIRECTION? TRY OUT THE CONSENSUAL PROGRAM. WE COME BACK IN 18 MONTHS OR SO, REVISIT.

BUT I FEEL LIKE WE, YOU KNOW, FIDELITY TO THE PLAN OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME IS SORT OF WHERE I'M AT ON THAT.

SO I WILL COUNTER THAT IN THE MEETING, YOU SAID YOU WOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BRING FORWARD, AND NOW YOU'RE NOT LETTING ME BRING IT FORWARD. WE HAVE BROUGHT IT FORWARD.

AND I'M TELLING YOU THE CONSIDERATION. I HAVEN'T PRESENTED IT YET. WELL, IF IT'S INVOLUNTARY AND IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE AS A.

AND THAT'S WHAT I PRESENTED. YOU SAID YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER IT, AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING, IS THAT I GET TO COME FORWARD WITH AN ALTERNATE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TEETH IN IT TO PROTECT HISTORIC RESOURCES WHEN A RECALCITRANT HOMEOWNER SAYS, NO, I DON'T CARE HOW HISTORIC THIS IS. DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL YET? SO I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT WORDING, I HAVE THE PROCESS DEFINED.

OKAY THE BROWN ACT HAVE YOU DISCUSSED IT WITH AT LEAST TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS? I CAN DISCUSS IT WITH ALL OF THEM.

RIGHT. SO YOU ARE WANTING TO GET TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO AGREE TO ADVANCE IT AS A REFERRAL AND THEN ENDORSE IT IN BUREAUCRATIC? POSSIBLY. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE ASKING US TO PUT SOMETHING ON THAT WE JUST VOTED AGAINST.

WELL, YOU DID AT THE END OF THE THING, YOU SAID YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE.

YEAH. I'M YOU KNOW, NOT TO RESTATE WHAT I SAID.

I'M FIRMLY IN FAVOR OF LETTING THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON THIS ITEM.

WE HAD A FORK IN THE ROAD. WE HAD TWO OPTIONS.

WE FIRMLY PICKED THE CONSENSUAL VOLUNTARY OPTION AND TO GIVE THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ITSELF OUT, THEN COME BACK IN 18 MONTHS, SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND MAKE REFINEMENTS OR MAYBE GO IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

I'M LEERY ABOUT JUST IMMEDIATELY TURNING THE SHIP AROUND AND GOING IN A DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED.

I THINK IT'S ANYTHING OTHER THAN VOLUNTARY AND CONSENSUAL.

IT'S NOT CONSENSUAL. I WOULD SAY MAYBE A COMPROMISE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GOING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE HAD DIRECTED WITH DIRECTOR WIENER THERE. WE COULD GET AN UPDATE OF WHERE THAT IS SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.

AND AT THE SAME TIME HEAR A PROPOSAL FOR WHAT THE MAYOR WAS THINKING OF.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS WHERE WE ARE.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT PROGRESS HAVE THEY MADE? WHAT HOMES HAVE WE LOST IN THE TIME THAT WE'VE SPENT THERE, BUT ALSO HEAR A PROPOSAL AND WE CAN DECIDE AT THAT TIME? I THINK IT'S FINE TO BE ON THE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

EXCELLENT COMPROMISE. WE CAN DISCUSS. AS LONG AS YOU'RE OPEN TO HEARING IT AT THE SAME TIME.

YEAH. NO, I THINK WE SHOULD GET THE UPDATE AND ALSO HEAR THE PROPOSAL.

SO IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF A TWEAK TO 51 WHERE IT'S IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT PREPARING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE ANYMORE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE NOR I THINK WERE WE TO BEGIN WITH, I THINK WE WERE REPORTING ON WE'RE REPORTING POTENTIALLY ON THE STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS AS DIRECTED BY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE LAST CONVERSATION.

AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

IT'S, IT'S, MORE PROPERTIES AND IT'S, AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADD WORDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIST, THE HISTORIC RESOURCES LIST, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURGE AND UPDATE WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY.

THAT WAS THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. SO LET US MAYBE REWORK THIS TO CAPTURE COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC'S RECOMMENDATION.

AND WE CAN SORT OF GO FROM THERE. I THOUGHT IN THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING THE LESS FORMAL VERSION OF A UPDATED REPORT OR SURVEY PROPERTY SURVEY AS WELL.

RIGHT. THAT'S THE THING. I THINK WE'RE UPDATING. IS THAT IS THAT INCLUDED IN YOUR. YEAH, I THINK THE IDEA IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE IS A REFRESH OF THE SURVEY WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY ON A CONSULTANT TO REFRESH THE SURVEY WITH THE CLEAR DIRECTION AT THE TIME FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WE MAINTAIN A A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. THERE ARE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHILE MAINTAINING A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.

I THINK THE MAYOR WANTS TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE TAKES IT A STEP FURTHER THAN THAT. THAT WOULD, THAT COULD BE PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR WHEN WE COME BACK WITH OUR STATUS REPORT.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT I SPOKE TO MR. MAROKO ABOUT.

THERE ARE MANY TURNS IN THAT WHERE YOU OPT IN OR YOU'VE BEEN DISQUALIFIED OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

SO IT'S A IT'S A BIG FILTERING PROCESS. YEAH.

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YEAH, I DON'T THINK YEAH, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO REFRESH THAT WORDING A LITTLE BIT.

AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL WE RAISED THE POINT THAT WE HAVE A HISTORIC REGISTER.

THAT'S WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE OPTED IN. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MILLS ACT AND ARE CLEARLY HISTORIC.

BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THIS RESOURCE LIST THAT WAS BASED ON A SURVEY.

AND THOSE ONES PER THE CODE ARE BEING TREATED AS HISTORIC EVEN THOUGH THEY THE OWNER DID NOT OPT IN.

SO THERE WAS A CONFLICT THERE. THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AT THE TIME WAS TO PREPARE ORDINANCE WHERE IT MAKES IT VOLUNTARY FOR ALL TYPES OF HISTORIC, INCLUDING THOSE ONES ON THE RESOURCE LIST.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR IS WORKING ON A MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS TO STILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THOSE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE A PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON OUTREACH EFFORTS AND TRYING TO GET SOME VOLUNTARY.

SO, YOU KNOW, OPTING INTO THE PROGRAM. SO I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS THAT, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PLAY HERE.

AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE STEPS WITH EACH OF THOSE.

AND SO I THINK MAYBE WE'LL JUST, WE'LL UPDATE THIS OBJECTIVE TO CAPTURE THAT AND PROVIDE THE TIMELY REPORT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO YOU IN SIX MONTHS.

THAT'S, NOT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY FOR. WELL, WE COULD UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND IT AND ADD LIKE A NEW PROCESS IF IT'S ONLY TO ADDRESS THE RESOURCE LIST. YEAH. THE SURVEYS.

YEAH. THAT'S A FAIRLY MINOR AMENDMENT. RIGHT.

IF IT'S THAT WE'RE CREATING A NEW PROCESS, THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S DIFFERENT PER MR. MAROKO'S CHAIR MAROKO'S RECOMMENDATION, AND IT PROBABLY WOULD TAKE SOME MORE TIME TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE.

YEAH. SO WE'LL MASSAGE THIS A LITTLE BIT. BUT WE'D NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

RIGHT. HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT POSSIBLE PATH COULD HAPPEN IN SIX MONTHS.

IT COULD AS COULD THE REPORT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SINCE.

HOW THAT'S GOING. RIGHT. YEAH. SO THAT'S A LIKELY PRECURSOR TO 51 AS WRITTEN CURRENTLY.

AND HAS THE ORDINANCE DRAFTING BEGUN? IT HAS NOT.

BUT I'VE EVALUATED THE CODE AND IDENTIFIED WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THOSE AMENDMENTS.

WE'VE ALREADY IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED PER THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, BUT IN TERMS OF BEING BASED ON OWNER'S CONSENT, BECAUSE THAT'S A CLEARLY STATED PURPOSE IN THE ORDINANCE.

AND WE'RE LEANING WITH THAT DIRECTION. BUT I THINK THERE IS A NEED, REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY.

WHATEVER WAY WE DECIDE TO GO ON IT, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDRESSING OF THAT INCONSISTENCY.

AND IN PARTICULAR, WHEN IT COMES TO THE OWNER'S CONSENT.

ON THE DRAFTING OF THE CONSENSUAL ORDINANCE. ARE YOU ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

AND I HAVE IT ON MY WORK PLAN AND IT WAS JUST TAKING A BIT OF A BACK SEAT.

YEAH, IT'S TAKING A BACK SEAT TO AACAP ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS BALLOT MEASURE.

I MEAN, I NEED TO BE CLEAR. MARC'S IDEA OF RELATIVELY QUICKLY IS STILL TRAILING VERY SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP FOCUSED ON.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO CAUTION IMMEDIACY TO THIS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

SO. YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD INTENDED TO BRING FORWARD.

ONCE WE GET THE GENERAL PLAN ADOPTED THIS JUNE IN THE STANDARDS.

RIGHT. AND THIS WOULD BE. IT WOULD TRAIL THAT. THAT PHASE OF ADVANCED PLANNING, WHICH WOULD BE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER WE WERE PLANNING ON INITIATING IT.

WITH A REPORT, PROBABLY TO COUNCIL IN EARLY FALL IS KIND OF THE GENERAL TIME FRAME.

YES. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HAD ON THAT ONE.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON PRESERVATION? ALL I HAD WAS THE INFORMAL PROPERTY REPORT, WHICH I BELIEVE NOW HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS THE MEASURE OF OUR HISTORICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY.

SO AS LONG AS THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING, THEN THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I HAD FOR 5.2.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

OKAY. SO WE'VE CONCLUDED THAT LIST BEFORE I MOVE ON, ANYTHING FROM THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T CALLED ON YOU.

ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD FROM A CITY CLERK'S PERSPECTIVE? ELEANOR AND JOY, ANYTHING FROM YOUR SIDE, ANYTHING FROM STAFF NOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD WHAT WE'VE ALTERED OR ADDED? YOU'RE NOT STOPPED. I KNOW, BUT I HAD SOMETHING THAT I FORGOT.

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YEAH. SO I THINK WE WERE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THE RENAMING POLICY, RIGHT? FOR AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NOT SURE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE THAT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A PRECURSOR TO THE RENAMING CONVERSATION SPECIFICALLY.

SO WE HAVE A LOGICAL NEXUS. HOW DID WE NAME ALL THE PARKS THAT ARE NAMED TODAY? WITH NO POLICY. WITH NO POLICY AND BY RESOLUTION? SO. WE DO THAT AND STILL WORK ON THE POLICY IN PARALLEL SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE IT'S DRAGGING OUT.

YEAH. MIKE STOLE MY MIC. THE ANSWER IS YES. IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED.

WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE. SINCE THE REFERRALS TO RENAME.

WELL, LET'S ASK, WELL, HOW LONG DO WE THINK IT WOULD TAKE TO COME BACK WITH A POLICY DISCUSSION? IF I'M BEING VERY FRANK, IT'S LOW ON MY LIST OF PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW.

IT WOULD FALL TO ME. THIS SUMMER I CAN COME BACK WITH A POLICY.

SO THE QUESTION IS. AFTER SEPTEMBER. AFTER FRANKLIN IS CONSTRUCTED.

WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER INITIATIVE OR A SUBCOMMITTEE GETS TOGETHER AND PREPARES POLICY AND SETS A DATE? BECAUSE I KNOW ELIZABETH DIRECTOR HAUSE IS BUSY AS CAN BE WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THE WATERFRONT.

SHE'S HANDLING ALL THAT. YEAH. SO I GUESS IT'S A DO YOU WANT TO DO A POLICY BEFORE YOU DO THE SPECIFIC RENAMING QUESTIONS, OR DO YOU WANT TO DO. IT CONTEMPORANEOUSLY? HEY, HERE'S A PROPOSED POLICY.

DO WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS A POLICY? OKAY. IS THIS RENAMING GOING TO CONFORM TO THIS POLICY? OTHERWISE IT'S NOT A GOOD POLICY. I THINK HE JUST VOLUNTEERED.

SURE. THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. AND YOU CAN GIVE ME WHATEVER IDEAS YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. SO LET US WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL COME UP WITH AN OBJECTIVE THAT CAPTURES THAT FORMULATION OF A SUBCOMMITTEE TO WORK ON A CITY FACILITY RENAMING POLICY AND GO FROM THERE.

AMAZING THANK YOU. AND IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO WORK ON IT WITH ME, JUST REACH OUT. I'LL WORK WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. COOL.

OKAY. EUGENE ANYTHING? I FORGOT TO REACH OUT TO YOU HERE.

NO. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. OKAY. LET'S SEE. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? IT LOOKS LIKE ALL STAFF BACK THERE. ANYONE ONLINE? ALL THE STUDENTS LEFT. THERE'S NO ONE ONLINE AND NO ECOMMENTS.

OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEEDED TO CLOSE THIS OUT? NO. ONLY LAST AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS LIVE HERE FOR INPUT, RIGHT? SO WE JUST NEED TO SET THE DATE FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE PLAN.

I THINK MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU AS PART OF THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY, IF THAT'S OKAY. THAT WOULD BE THE 5TH. ANY PLANS ON MISSING THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY? FINE. BASICALLY A MONTH FROM NOW. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? I THINK WE CAN. I THINK LUKE JANE WE CAN GET IT DONE BY FIRST MEETING IN MAY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT THAT WILL BE OUR TARGET. AND WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. OKAY.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ALL FOR IT. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THE 14TH OF APRIL.

AND OUR NORMAL TIME IS, 4:30 FOR CLOSED SESSION AND 6 P.M.

FOR OPEN SESSION IN NORMAL CITY HALL OR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. THIS WAS GREAT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.