Apr 08, 2026 Public Amenities Commission

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AMENITIES COMMISSION MEETING FOR APRIL 8, 2026 TO ORDER.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

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.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE MOVE ON TO APPROVING THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.

[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? SAY NO. OKAY, SO THAT'S APPROVED.

LANE DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SO FAR ON ZOOM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO ONE IS ONLINE. GREAT. MOVING ON TO THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO ITEMS IN THE PACKET.

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

YEAH. SO EVERYBODY GOT THEM. CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NO. OKAY, SO THAT PASSES.

WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THE APPROVAL OF AFFIDAVIT FOR POSTING THE APPROVED REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES

[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]

I DO NOT. OKAY, I'M GOING TO PULL TWO ITEMS. THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND THE MINUTES.

SO IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY OF ITEM F.1 OR F.3? IS F.4, SORRY. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS F.1 AND F.4? MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. OKAY. THAT PASSES.

I PULLED. WE'RE GOING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[G. EXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS]

I KNOW THERE'S A SPECIAL PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE, FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY HIGHLIGHTS YOU WANT TO POINT OUT TO US? YES, ABSOLUTELY. JUST GOT TO READ HERE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL AUTHOR PROGRAM COMING UP ON SATURDAY NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. THE THEME IS FIND YOUR JOY.

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION AND ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE INVITED TO NEXT TUESDAY AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

WE'VE INVITED SOME FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND SOME OTHER SUPPORTERS.

WE DO REQUEST, WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL, BUT WE WILL REQUEST THE RSVP SO WE CAN GIVE AN ITINERARY.

BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION. AND WHEN AMY TALKS ABOUT ADULT PROGRAMING, SHE CAN EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK ACTIVITIES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. WE'RE GETTING PREPARED FOR SUMMER READING.

WE HAVE THE WOMEN IN STEM PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

EVERYONE'S INVITED TO THAT. NATIONAL POETRY MONTH WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH A VERY SPECIAL POET, WRITER AND STORYTELLER WILL BE HERE. AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DISPLAYS.

I DO HAVE A FEW OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE STARTED THE ONE BOOK, ONE COAST SERIES OF PROGRAMS, SO THAT TITLE IS AVAILABLE. MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL BE OCCURRING IN MAY, BUT YOU'RE FREE TO PICK UP A COPY OF THE PHYSICAL BOOK OR THE

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MAY 9TH, SATURDAY, WE'LL SEND A FLIER OUT. MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THE DATE AND TIME, BUT THAT'S A SATURDAY. WE WILL HAVE LIBRARY STAFF WILL BE AT OUTREACH AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE CITY AT THE MUSEUM.

WE'VE SECURED ED & DOUGLAS, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THEY WERE WORKING ON A NEW PAMPHLET THAT EXPLORES OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'LL BE REVISED AND UPDATED AND AVAILABLE.

IS THERE ANY OTHER. OH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION.

WE WILL BE DOING A BIG PUSH OUR LIBRARY APP WILL REQUIRE AN UPDATE PROBABLY AROUND THE 20TH OF APRIL.

WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME USER FEATURES WILL BE ENHANCED.

IT'LL BE A MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE APP, MORE USER FRIENDLY, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE USERS TO UPDATE THE APP AND THEN RE LOG IN WITH THEIR LIBRARY CARD.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME PREEMPTIVE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE APP.

IT'S KIND OF AMAZING WHEN THEY RAN THE STATISTICS FOR ME.

WE HAVE ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE DOWNLOADED OUR LIBRARY APP AND USE IT ACTIVELY.

SO WE'RE, TRYING TO MITIGATE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT TRANSITION, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A NET POSITIVE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE APP.

SO THAT'S COMING. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANYTHING I'VE LISTED OR MAYBE SOMETHING I MIGHT HAVE LEFT OUT? IS AMY GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO RECENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAD, OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT NOW? OH, SHE CAN DEFINITELY EXPAND ON THAT THE. AND THE LADIES, THE LIBRARY LADIES.

YES. SHE CAN EXPAND ON THAT. YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M GOING TO HAVE THAT VOTE AT THE SAME TIME WE DO THE MINUTES.

I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 11 OF THE. IT'S ON THE RIGHT LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

I'M JUST AGAIN A LITTLE CONFUSED AND CONCERNED.

THE MOTION CARRIED 3-1-3 HALFWAY THROUGH THE PAGE.

DID WE DECIDE OR DID THE CITY CLERK DECIDE THAT WE NEEDED FOUR PEOPLE TO MAKE A MOTION PASS? OR IS IT STILL THIS IS BASICALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE PRESENT? MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE PRESENT NOTWITHSTANDING A HEARING THAT IS STILL I BELIEVE THE, IN TALKING TO CITY ATTORNEY, THE CODE IS SILENT ON THAT. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S A SIMPLE MAJORITY.

OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN ON PAGE 17, YOU HAVE COMMISSIONER LANG'S NAME HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHY. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

WHAT PAGE WAS THAT? PAGE 17 IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

IT'S ABOUT THREE PARAGRAPHS FROM THE BOTTOM. WE WILL.

ON PAGE TEN AS WELL. I DON'T SEE. YEAH. TEN OF 18 IF YOU'RE GOING BY A DIFFERENT SET OF NUMBERS.

YES. THANK YOU. WE WILL CORRECT THAT. IS THERE A REASON IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED OR JUST THE CONFUSION ABOUT WHO WAS THE PERSON TALKING OR? I THINK I REMEMBER THERE WAS A TYPO WHEN I RECEIVED IT AND IT SAID COMMISSIONER LAND.

OKAY, SO I THINK IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED TO CHANGE AND MAYBE IT WAS NOT UNHIGHLIGHTED AFTER.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NONE FROM ME. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ANYBODY'S THERE.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM F.2 AND F.3? I MOVE TO APPROVE F.2 AND F.3. CAN I GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYBODY OPPOSED SAY NO. OKAY, SO THAT PASSES.

SO NOW WE MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND NON CONSENT ITEMS. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON ANY SUBJECT THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THIS AGENDA FOR ACTION.

THE SECTION IS LIMITED TO 30 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE AFFORDED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.

EACH SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ONLY ONCE WRITTEN REQUEST, IF ANY, WILL BE CONSIDERED FIRST UNDER THIS SECTION.

DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN REQUESTS? NO WRITTEN REQUESTS.

DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS COMMISSION?

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EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY. PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING.

ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS AGENDAS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT EITHER.

SO WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER L DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27 BUDGET INPUT TO THE CITY

[L. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]

GOOD EVENING. I'M WORKING ON IT. THERE IT GOES.

OH, I TURNED IT BACK OFF. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR. IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN NORMAL.

YOU'RE THE FIRST COMMISSION THAT I'M APPEARING BEFORE TO GATHER INPUT ON THE UPCOMING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

SINCE IT IS EARLY APRIL, DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SHARE IN TERMS OF CONTEXT WITH WHERE WE'RE STANDING WITH OPERATING REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES.

FROM A FORECASTING PERSPECTIVE, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR MID-YEAR REVIEW AND ARE NOW ASSEMBLING WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FOR THE 26-27 FISCAL YEAR PERIOD, WHICH WILL BEGIN OFFICIALLY JULY 1ST. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT DATA HERE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

BUT THE POINT OF THIS CONVERSATION, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE HEARD THIS IN THE PAST, IS REALLY TO SEEK INPUT FROM YOU ALL WHILE WE'RE BEGINNING THAT DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION RATHER THAN AFTER THE FACT.

SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM ABOUT OPERATIONS, PROGRAMS, MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL PROJECTS OR THE LIKE, STATUS, ETC..

I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. IF I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS TONIGHT, MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP THROUGH DANA AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.

BUT BEYOND THAT, IT'S A CHANCE FOR YOU TO GIVE ME IDEAS, CONCEPTS, THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AS WE GO FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR OR WHETHER IT'S WHEN WE CAN IDENTIFY FUNDS TO AFFORD IT INTO THE FUTURE WHATEVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE GIVEN THE STRUCTURE.

SO IT'S A LISTENING NIGHT FOR ME AS OPPOSED TO A PRESENTING NIGHT.

SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MIKE WITZANSKY, CITY MANAGER, BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS.

BEEN IN THIS ROLE NOW FOR ALMOST FIVE AND KIND OF A QUASI EARLY CAPACITY.

AND PRIOR TO THAT, BEEN THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR WHEN I WAS FIRST HIRED HERE IN TOWN.

SO I'VE WORN A FEW DIFFERENT HATS EXPERIENCED REDONDO FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND, I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING AS AN ORGANIZATION, WHERE WE ARE STANDING AS A CITY.

WE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH PLACEMAKING IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF REALLY SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL PROJECTS UNVEILED HERE RECENTLY.

WE HAVE MORE IN THE QUEUE. SO A LOT OF EXCITING WORK GETTING DONE THERE.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL EXECUTIVE TEAM. JUST REALLY ENERGETIC QUALITY, INNOVATIVE STAFF.

THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH VERY HARD ORGANIZATIONALLY WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

I WOULD PUT OUR SERVICES UP AGAINST ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND ANYONE REALLY IN THE STATE.

I THINK WE DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB HERE. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THEIR WORK. SO NOT A LOT TO FOCUS ON THIS YEAR WHEN WE COME TO THE BUDGET, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE BALANCED THAT STRUCTURAL REVENUES ARE SUPPORTING STRUCTURAL EXPENDITURES, THAT WE DON'T GET TOO FAR OVER OUR SKIS. LAST YEAR, YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE DID USE SOME ONE-TIME RESERVE FUNDS TO COVER DIFFERENT EXPENDITURES THAT WERE NEEDED IN THE IN THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

AND WE HOPE NOT TO HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT THE ECONOMY IS IN A PRECARIOUS PLACE LOCALLY.

THERE ARE SOME BRIGHT, BRIGHT SPOTS. PROPERTY TAX CONTINUES TO BE STRONG FOR US, WHEREAS SALES TAX AND TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, WHICH ARE BIG NUMBERS FOR US HISTORICALLY, TEND TO BE FLAT TO WEAK.

TOT IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN HARMED IN THE LAST YEAR WITH ALL THAT'S GONE ON INTERNATIONALLY WITH TRAVEL AND THE LIKE.

SO WE'RE STRUGGLING THERE. I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THAT WILL BE RESTORED GOING INTO 26-27.

WE DO HAVE SOME EXCITING WORLD EVENTS. OBVIOUSLY, THE WORLD CUP WILL BE IN THE REGION THIS SUMMER.

THAT SHOULD HELP DRIVE SOME INCREASED TOURISM, SO WE HOPE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT.

BUT OVERALL THAT MARKET CONTINUES TO BE UNFORTUNATELY, I WOULD SAY KIND OF SOFT FOR US AS IT IS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE. SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, DON'T YET KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'LL LAND.

AS I SAID, FROM A FORECASTING STANDPOINT, BUT KIND OF TOPICS OF CONCERN FOR US GOING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE JUDICIOUS WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO GO OUT AND DO. WE HAVE, AS I SAID, MANY PROJECTS IN THE QUEUE THAT WE WANT TO STAY FOCUSED ON AND SEE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE WE MOVE OUR ATTENTION TO NEW ITEMS. I KNOW THERE'S A PROJECT THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE AVIATION PARK PICKLEBALL COURTS.

THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S UPCOMING, ONE THAT WE'RE BEGINNING THE DESIGN PROCESS ON.

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SO THAT'S ONE THAT'S COME FORWARD, IN FACT, THAT WAS EVEN REFERENCED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING DISCUSSION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

OR I GUESS IS THAT LAST WEEK NOW, I GUESS LAST WEEK.

SO YEAH, LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS. I THINK OVER 100 TOTAL IN THE CIP CURRENTLY HAD 108 TO START THE YEAR.

WE'VE KNOCKED A FEW OF THOSE OFF, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO I GUESS WITH THAT I'LL STOP TALKING AND START LISTENING.

SO ANY THOUGHTS QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE WE HAVE EXPERTISE ACTUALLY. WONDERFUL.

SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER YOUSUFZAI, IF YOU WANT TO START US OFF ON THIS.

I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. GREAT. NO, I MEAN WE APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I CAN SAY FOR EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME OUT TO COME AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT THIS. JUST A COUPLE QUICK POINTS. AND I WON'T DEVIATE TOO MUCH INTO THE PUBLIC BUDGETING ASPECT OF IT.

I WANT TO KIND OF STAY, BUT YOU DID MENTION A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS. I WAS JUST PARTICULARLY CURIOUS ABOUT WITH TOT REVENUE SHORTFALLS, I'M ASSUMING SALES TAX REVENUE SHORTFALLS AS WELL.

IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR, I KNOW YOU SAID GLOBAL MARKET AND ECON, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER KIND OF MARKET INDICATORS TOWARDS THAT? BECAUSE TOT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN PRETTY STRONG IN GENERAL, SO.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR TOT, LOCAL TOT, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT REDONDO BEACH IN PARTICULAR.

IF YOU GO BACK ABOUT 15 YEARS AND AROUND THE AREA OF OUR KIND OF THE SORT OF JUST PRE-POST RECESSIONARY AREA, 08-09 10-11. OUR OCCUPANCY WOULD HOVER IN THE LOW 70%.

AS WE OVER THE NEXT PROBABLY 5 TO 6 YEARS, WE SAW THAT NUMBER ON THE WHOLE GET CLOSE TO 90%.

SO JUST HIGHLY OCCUPIED. THAT'S WHEN WE WERE OUR TOT WAS AT ITS PEAK.

COVID HIT AND WE JUST HAVE NOT YET RECOVERED ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT.

AND I WOULD SAY THIS YEAR THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF A PULLBACK AS COMPARED TO LAST.

SO WE'RE BACK DOWN TO MORE OF THAT I WOULD SAY NATURALIZED KIND OF 70-75% OCCUPANCY FIGURE, WHICH FOR US MEANS THAT WE ARE 2 TO 3 MILLION SHORT IN WHAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE EXPERIENCE IN TOT.

AND THAT'S A BIG NUMBER FOR US. THAT'S A KIND OF A 2 TO 3% OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUE HIT.

RIGHT. AND THAT IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT OUR STRUCTURAL GAP WAS LAST YEAR.

AND BORROW EFFECTIVELY FROM THE RESERVE THAT WE THAT WE NEEDED.

SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT REBOUND THIS YEAR. THERE'S ANOTHER MORE DETAILED IMPLICATION IN TOT FOR US.

WE HAVE WE HAVE A LEASE LEASEBACK ARRANGEMENT WITH THE HOTEL OWNERS AT THE MARINE AVENUE SITES.

THERE'S THREE PROPERTIES UP THERE THE RESIDENCE INN, HILTON GARDEN INN.

AND THEN I'M FORGETTING THE LAST ONE. IT'S A MARRIOTT PROPERTY.

THE THREE, WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR PEAK, ARE GENERATING ROUGHLY $3 MILLION A YEAR IN TOT FOR US.

WE HAVE A SITE SPECIFIC TAX PLEDGE AGREEMENT WITH THEM THROUGH A LAND TRANSACTION THAT HELPED ENABLE THEIR INITIAL CONSTRUCTION, THAT WHEN THEY HAVE SOFT YEARS AND THEY HAVE TO DO BRAND REFRESHES, THEY'RE ABLE TO DRAW AGAINST THAT FUND, THE BANKS EFFECTIVELY ARE ABLE TO DRAW AGAINST THAT FUND TO KIND OF KEEP THEM WHOLE.

AND THE RECESSION, OR I SHOULD SAY THE COVID PULLBACK DRAINED THAT FUND.

THEY WERE STARTING TO TO REFILL IT FULLY. AND THEN THEY'VE, THROUGH THEIR RECENT REFRESHES, HAVE HAD TO PULL MONEY OUT OF THERE AGAIN. SO WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY TOT FROM THOSE SITES CURRENTLY AS A RESULT OF THAT SITE SPECIFIC TAX PLEDGE.

WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO COME ONLINE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

BUT THAT ITSELF IS SUPPRESSING OUR OVERALL TOT FIGURE BY ABOUT $3 MILLION.

HOW MANY BEDS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, ABOUT BETWEEN THE THREE PROPERTIES, IT'S 450-500 BEDS.

RIGHT, YEAH. IT'S SIGNIFICANT. YEAH. AND IT'S AND IT WAS A NEW PROPERTY THAT WAS HUMMING ALONG PRE-COVID.

THEY WERE DOING I MEAN, IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING PROPERTY FOR US.

WE STILL OBTAIN LEASE REVENUE FROM THE SITE, SO WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME GENERAL FUND MONEY COME THROUGH THAT THAT'S NOT AFFECTED BY THE SITE SPECIFIC TAX PLEDGE. BUT THAT WAS A CONSTRUCT THAT WAS USED AS A AS A DEVELOPMENT ENHANCEMENT.

THE BANKS AT THE TIME WERE NOT LENDING CAPITAL TO HOSPITALITY.

AND THIS WAS A STRUCTURE THAT WAS NEEDED TO KIND OF GET THEM OVER THE FENCE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ONE THAT POST COVID HAS BEEN A REAL IMPACT FOR US.

SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THAT SNAPS BACK. WE GET A GOOD PORTION OF THAT BACK INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

THAT'LL HELP A LOT. BUT WE'RE JUST NOT QUITE THERE YET WITH OUR PROJECTIONS TO KNOW DEFINITIVELY.

SO ALSO A VERY CURSORY QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS TO TOT, BUT ARE WE COLLECTING TOT ON ANY KIND OF LIKE SHORT TERM LODGING UNITS.

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YEAH. ANYTHING UNDER 30 DAYS. SO ALL TOT SHOULD BE FUNNELING TO THE HOTEL PROPERTIES AT LARGE AS IT IS VRBOS SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CITY. OKAY. DO YOU.

IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE WITH THE OLYMPICS? ARE YOU MAKING SOME SORT OF ACCOMMODATION WITH THAT? NO, IT'S A TOUGH ONE BECAUSE IN THE COASTAL ZONE, THAT KIND OF A CHANGE, IT'S UNCLEAR THAT WE COULD EVER CHANGE IT BACK.

WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT PROHIBITION IN THE CODE BECAUSE IT PREDATES THE COASTAL ACT.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE LCP ISSUES THAT ISN'T THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU MIGHT HAVE READ IN THE PAPER, MANHATTAN BEACH OR HERMOSA BEACH HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THAT. THEY'VE TRIED TO IMPOSE REGULATIONS THAT THEY BYPASS COASTAL TO IMPLEMENT, COASTAL SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS IS AN LCP CHANGE.

THIS IS CONTRARY TO THEIR COASTAL ACCESS MISSION.

IT'S A STRANGE THING THOUGH. YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE SOMEWHAT INCONGRUOUS TO WHAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING IS WANTING TO SEE.

THEY WANT TO SEE THESE PROPERTIES BE AVAILABLE FOR LONGER TERM USE, NOT SHORT TERM USE.

SO THE STATE'S GOT A THEY'RE IN THIS WEIRD CONFLICT RIGHT NOW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.

DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU'RE ON, YOU MIGHT ADVOCATE FOR ONE OVER THE OTHER. WELL, IT'S INTERESTING THAT, THIS DISCUSSION CAME UP BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME EXACT DISCUSSION WITH MY HUSBAND JUST THE OTHER NIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T RELATE TO PUBLIC AMENITIES, SO TO SPEAK. RIGHT. BUT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO EVENTUALLY ASK YOU IF THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY TO DO, YOU KNOW, A SOME EXCEPTION, RIGHT, FOR THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS.

YEAH. ONCE WE CREATE THAT EXCEPTION, THERE'S SOME CONCERN WE CAN'T MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ORIGINAL PROHIBITION, SO. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY ARE OUT THERE? YEAH, WE'VE DONE SOME WORK. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF NOTICING FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNAWARE OF THE RULE OR PERHAPS AWARE AND VIOLATING THE RULE.

BUT YEAH, SEVERAL HUNDRED PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY MARKETED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ESTIMATE OF POTENTIAL REVENUE. THERE WERE SOME EARLY ESTIMATES.

I MEAN, THEY RANGE DEPENDING ON SUCCESS AND COST.

I MEAN, FOR ANYWHERE FROM A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR, PERHAPS TO A MILLION.

BUT THE THEORY IS, YOU KNOW, IF FOLKS WERE COMPLY WITH THE RULE AND THERE'S A MARKET FOR SHORT TERM LODGING HERE, THEY SHOULD PRESUMABLY BE THEN STAYING IN HOTELS INSTEAD.

SO WE'RE HOPING, WE'RE HOPING THAT AS MORE PEOPLE COMPLY WITH THE CODE, IT'LL DIRECT FOLKS TO OUR HOTELS.

THE NOTICE, ARE THE NOTICES EFFECTIVE? THEY HAVE BEEN.

YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE DID A PRETTY BIG PUSH LAST YEAR AND THEY WERE PRETTY EFFECTIVE, SO.

IS THERE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL THAT'S GOING ON? THERE IS, IT'S COMPLAINT BASED PRIMARILY AT THIS POINT. WE'RE TRYING TO YOU KNOW, THAT ADVANCE NOTICE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT SO PEOPLE WOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW. MOST OF THE TIME, WHAT WE'RE DOING, THOUGH, GIVEN OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, IS REACTING TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE SUSTAINED ACTIVITY THAT, YOU KNOW, NOISE PARTIES, ETC.. WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF THAT RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST RISING TO MY LEVEL, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN THE PAST. YEAH. YOU HAVE MORE.

I WORKED VERY EXTENSIVELY ON A WELL WITH THE CITY WHEN IT CAME TO SHORT TERM LODGING UNITS AND IT WAS A COASTAL CITY AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, A VERY POLITICIZED KIND OF TOPIC.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT ULTIMATELY CAME DOWN TO LIKE ZONING SPECIFIC AREAS FOR ALLOWING IT.

BUT THE REASON I WAS ASKING AND THE REASON WHY I THINK THIS CONVERSATION IS PERTINENT TO THE DISCUSSION OF THIS IS THAT LIKE LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, WE DISCUSSED LIKE BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND REVENUE SHORTFALLS.

AND THAT DEFINITELY AFFECTS LIKE BUDGET INPUT, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PARTICULARLY CURIOUS ABOUT, LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE UP TOT KIND OF REVENUE THAT'S BEING LOST, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE SALES TAX REVENUE DROPPING. AND THEN ALSO WITH PROPERTY, THE PRICE OF LIKE HOUSES HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF VOLATILITY WITH PROPERTY TAX AS WELL, RIGHT? BECAUSE I BELIEVE LA COUNTY YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PROPERTY REASSESSED AFTER A CERTAIN PERIOD.

RIGHT. AND THEN IF THERE IS A REFUND DUE. AND TYPICALLY THE TREND IS WHEN EVERY PROPERTY VALUE GOES DOWN, THEN THAT'S ALSO A RISK TO THE CITY IF THEY HAVE TO, RIGHT, SO.

YEAH, THERE IS, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL OF THAT PROPERTY TAX TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT.

IT RUNS OFF A KIND OF A RETROSPECTIVE CURVE FOR THE MOST PART, RIGHT? SO. IN A SUSTAINED RECESSION, THERE'S THAT RISK WHERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE DECLINED, THEY PETITIONED TO REASSESS AND WE SAW A LOT OF THAT KIND OF 08-9-10-11-12.

WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BENEFITED FROM IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT WHERE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SELLING THEIR PROPERTY ARE SELLING IT STILL, EVEN WITH MAYBE HOUSING PRICES FLATTENING OUT, ARE SELLING IT AT AN ASSESSED VALUE THAT'S MUCH GREATER THAN IT'S PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED VALUE.

SO MORE OFTEN THAN NOT RIGHT NOW, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH OLDER STOCK IN THE COMMUNITY.

ENOUGH INITIAL OR OLDER GENERATIONAL HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE NOW SELLING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHERE THAT REASSESSMENT IS GOING FROM,

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SO WE'LL SEE BIG GAINS WITH PROPERTIES THAT TURN OVER GENERATIONALLY.

AND THOSE TEND TO OFFSET THE LOSSES FOR PERHAPS SOMEBODY THAT BOUGHT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND MIGHT HAVE TO SHORT SELL IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO PROPERTY TAX FOR US HAS BEEN PRETTY SUSTAINABLY ON A POSITIVE 3 TO 5%, I WOULD SAY, CURVE FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. IT'LL TAKE QUITE A BIT TO FLATTEN THAT OUT.

IT'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF SUSTAINED ECONOMIC RECESSION.

SO I VIEW PROPERTY TAX AS A PRETTY DEPENDABLE ONE FOR US IN THE SHORT TERM.

THE TRANSFER TAX IS ANOTHER MORE WE HAVE, WE'RE UNIQUE.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY OUR OWN TRANSFER TAX. WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE IT.

SO IN ADDITION, WHEN SOMEBODY SELLS A HOME IN THE CITY, THEY PAY THE TRANSFER TAX TO THE COUNTY.

THEN WE HAVE A SMALL TRANSFER TAX THAT'S ASSESSED HERE LOCALLY.

THAT IS AFFECTED BY A STAGNANT MARKET BECAUSE WE HAVE FEWER SALES.

AND THAT NUMBER'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF TO 3 MILLION A YEAR OF LATE.

WHEREAS THERE WERE IN THE BOOM CYCLE, IT WAS MAYBE SEVERAL MORE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

SO WE'RE OKAY THERE. SALES TAX IS DOWN. I THINK SALES TAX WILL BE DOWN ABOUT A PERCENT OR TWO.

IT WON'T BE DRAMATIC. WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE THE BIG BOX RETAIL WHERE YOU HAVE THESE BIG BOOM BUST CYCLES.

WE DON'T HAVE AUTO DEALERSHIPS. REALLY WE HAVE A HANDFUL, BUT THEY'RE RELATIVELY MINOR.

SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NEED THE BOOM BUST CYCLES IN THE ECONOMY DON'T AFFECT OUR SALES TAX QUITE AS MUCH.

WE'RE SPREAD OUT AMONGST MANY SMALL KIND OF BUSINESSES, RIGHT? RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, SMALLER GROCERY STORES TARGET, YOU KNOW, TOTAL WINE.

YOU KNOW, OUR MALL IS OPERATING AT ABOUT 20% OF ITS HIGH POINT.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT ONE, WE'RE NOT EXPOSED FROM A VOLATILE STANDPOINT.

SO SALES TAX HAS REALLY A LOT OF UPSIDE FOR US.

IF WE WERE TO SEE REDEVELOPMENT WE'RE RUNNING IN A KIND OF A REALLY FLAT LINE LOW KIND OF, I WOULD SAY 2 TO 3 YEAR PERIOD. OKAY. SO. OKAY.

I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH CONCERN OVERALL ABOUT VOLATILITY. I JUST WANT TO SEE TOT BACK.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY WHAT. I'M. SO I WAS A TOT TAX AUDITOR FOR A COASTAL CITY.

SO I'M VERY LIKE WELL AWARE OF LIKE TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE TOT SPECIFICALLY.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST SURPRISING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN POST COVID THAT, WE'RE NOT AT THE OCCUPANCY.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DURING PRE-COVID TIMES.

YOU WOULD THINK SO. AND THAT'S WITH OUR ADR'S COMING DOWN TO OUR ADR'S HAVE PULLED BACK QUITE A BIT.

WHAT'S THE CITY'S TOT RATE RIGHT NOW? 10? WE'RE AT 12.

AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN UP.

WE ARE PREPARING FOR A BALLOT MEASURE TO GO TO OUR RESIDENTS.

15 IS I THINK MARKET. YEAH. NEXT SPRING TO TAKE IT UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL.

ACTUALLY UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL PERCENT THE COUNCIL WOULD THEN ACT ON THE PERCENTAGE INPUT. YEAH, 12 IS LOW. YEAH. WE'RE LOW RIGHT NOW. YEAH. WE HAVE THE TMD, THE TOURISM MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT ASSESSES SELF, ASSESSES AN ADDITIONAL 1% THAT THEY COLLECT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.

BUT YEAH, WE WILL HAVE A BALLOT MEASURE IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENTS NEXT SPRING ASKING THAT QUESTION.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A BIG BOOM FOR US.

OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST POINT IS SO AS OUR CHAIR SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING KIND OF ON A, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE ESTABLISHED TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER IDEAS TO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, TO EITHER YOU OR THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY ON, I THINK WE DECIDED LIKE ON A WISH LIST CAPACITY, KIND OF LIKE FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AND THEN LONG TERM PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE EITHER LIKE CIP PROJECTS OR SOMETHING TO INCLUDE IN THAT CAPACITY.

WHILE YOU'RE HERE, IS THERE ANY KIND OF METHODOLOGY YOU WOULD PREFER, LIKE HAVE IN TERMS OF US COMMUNICATING THAT INFORMATION? I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I THINK YOU'RE ALL ON THE RIGHT TRACK. I MEAN, JUST A BULLETED LIST.

AND THE MORE TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN PRIORITIZE IT EVEN BETTER.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE ME AN EXPANSIVE LIST OF KIND OF IDEAS, CONCEPTS, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER, THAT WOULD BE FINE.

THAT COULD BE TRANSMITTED BY YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE THROUGH DANA TO ME.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. IT DOESN'T STOP TONIGHT AS AN EXAMPLE.

YOU CAN THINK ON IT. BUT YEAH, ANYTHING THAT SORT OF SHOWS YOUR COLLECTIVE PRIORITIZATION AND YOU CAN JUST, YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT VIA EMAIL, LETTER, HOWEVER, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WANTS TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION.

SO WHAT WE WERE DOING IS I WAS LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND I WAS LITERALLY PULLING OUT, OH, THIS PROJECT COULD BE LIKE A GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION. THIS COULD BE LIKE A CIP BUDGET.

I WAS TAKING LIKE FUNDING SOURCES FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND KIND OF LIKE MIRRORING LIKE, OH, THIS POSSIBLY, JUST TO. YEAH. THAT'S HELPFUL.

YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY A POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, OPEN SPACE FUNDS, QUIMBY FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR PARK PROJECTS.

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YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRY TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS, BUT DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO. I MEAN, ALL I NEED IS CONCEPTS THAT ARE THAT RESONATE.

AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, AMENITIES COMMISSION WOULD YOU KNOW, THINKS X, Y, AND Z ARE PRIORITY FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL REQUESTS. MAYBE WE CAN MASH THEM UP AND FUND A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS YEAR, RIGHT? THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT. AND OF COURSE, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMISSION I'M TALKING TO.

I'LL GET INPUT FROM HARBOR AND, YOU KNOW, AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS.

BUT THE IDEA IS IF THEY'RE ON PAPER IN FRONT OF ME AND I'M TALKING TO STAFF LIKE, WELL, HEY, THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S SOME SYNERGY WITH THAT IDEA AND THIS, MAYBE WE CAN GET THE SCOPE OF WORK TO KIND OF MESH AND GET A COUPLE THINGS DONE.

AND THEN IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE THAT BY? IDEALLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. OKAY. BECAUSE OUR CIP DEVELOPMENT WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST HERE IN KIND OF REALLY MID TO LATE APRIL. YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS? SO COMMISSIONER LANG HAD PUT TOGETHER SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, PRIORITY BUDGET REQUESTS AND IT WAS IN PART OF OUR BLUE PACKET FOLDER AT OUR LAST MEETING.

AND THEN I SUBMITTED MY THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WELL.

AND I HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I THINK THEY WERE PART OF.

STRATEGIC PLAN. YEAH, STRATEGIC PLAN. IT WOUND UP IN THERE.

I HOPE. IT DID. YOUR COMMENT, WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUAL EMAILS.

YEAH. WE CIRCULATED THOSE, THAT COMMENTARY TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THEIR AGENDA PACKET.

THEY CONSIDERED IT. AND THERE ACTUALLY THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS. SO, THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE THAT AND THEN PUT THE LIST TOGETHER FROM THAT AND ADD THE REST OF? THAT WOULD BE FINE. OR THAT DISCUSSION HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND.

WELL, YOU STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. SO YOU'LL GET TWO BITES AT THIS APPLE.

THIS OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY TO GIVE ME INSIGHTS AS I PREPARE THE BUDGET.

ONCE THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A COLLECTIVE COMMISSION TO MAKE COMMENTS AND TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON MY PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATIONS.

RIGHT. HEY, GREAT THAT STAFF PROPOSED X, Y, AND Z, BUT WE REALLY THINK YOU OUGHT TO CONSIDER A AND B AS WELL, RIGHT? WHATEVER. WHATEVER THAT FEEDBACK LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT? YOU KNOW, MIKE'S CRAZY. HE'S ASKING YOU TO DO THIS, THAT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER PRIORITIES THAT.

WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. SO YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO DO THAT AND REACT TO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF NOW IS JUST CONCEPT WORK FOR ME TO GO, OH, OKAY. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. MAYBE WE CAN FUND THAT THROUGH THIS CONCEPT OR SOMETHING ELSE.

SO IF THE EARLIER I GET THAT FEEDBACK THAT THE MORE I CAN PERHAPS FINESSE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.

INTERESTING THAT THE AVIATION PARK PICKLEBALL IS STILL PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

I DIDN'T EVEN INCLUDE IT IN IN MY NOTES. WELL, YEAH, IT'S I MEAN, WE'RE AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? THAT'S BEEN PARTIALLY FUNDED FOR A WHILE. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DEMAND. WE OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON ALTA VISTA PARK AS THE FIRST KIND OF PICKLEBALL STEPPING STONE.

WELL, THAT WAS AFTER DOING SOME OF THE SMALLER ONE-OFF COURTS, AS YOU KNOW. BUT, OUR INTERNAL SEQUENCE WAS ALWAYS ONCE ALTA VISTA IS DONE, IT'S TIME TO NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO DESIGNING THE LARGER FACILITY AT AVIATION.

SO WE'RE, BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT TO PREPARE THAT DESIGN.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHAT TORRANCE RECENTLY DID.

THEY'RE USING A SOURCE WELL, COOPERATIVELY BID KIND OF A PIGGYBACK BID CONCEPT TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THEIR COURTS.

AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. THOSE ARE THAT'S WE NOW HAVE THE DISCRETION IN OUR CHARTER TO DO MORE CREATIVE DESIGN, BUILD WORK UNDER OUR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING CODE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING ACTUALLY, ANDY AND I, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TALKED ABOUT TODAY SAYING, HEY, WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THEIR CONTRACT AND SEE IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN BYPASS SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL DESIGN.

THEN BID, THEN CONSTRUCT TYPE SEQUENCE. MAYBE WE CAN ACCELERATE THIS A BIT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATIVE. BUT IT'S TOP OF MIND.

THAT'S THE NEXT NEXT KIND OF PICKLEBALL FACILITY ON THE LIST AND AMONG AGAIN, OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS OF COURSE NOT THE ONLY THING WE'RE DOING.

GREAT. DID YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THAT? STATISTICAL INFORMATION? YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING BUDGET AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING IN FROM THE RESERVATION SYSTEM, I THINK. OH WELL THAT YEAH, THAT WAS A. YEAH.

SINCE YOU'RE HERE. SO I HAD A QUESTION AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THE DATA TO KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING OVER THERE AT ALTA VISTA AND TO SEE YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO TO SEE IF YOU KNOW HOW FAST WE'RE GOING TO GET TO OUR RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT THERE.

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YEAH, GOOD QUESTION. I'VE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT THAT TOO.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS.

WE HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T FORMALIZED THE REPORTING STRUCTURE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL ALTA VISTA COURT RESERVATION SYSTEM THAT LOG LOGS THIS INFORMATION AND, AND SO THAT DATA EXISTS. WE JUST HAVEN'T STOPPED TO COMPILE IT YET, BUT WE DO PLAN TO DO A BIT OF A CHECK IN ON IT.

YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ACTUALLY ON MY, ON THE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF THAT RESERVATION SYSTEM BECAUSE I KNOW TORRANCE HAS, THEY USE THE SAME RESERVATION SYSTEM.

AND IN THE PAST, IT HASN'T BEEN AS SOPHISTICATED AS THEY NEEDED.

AND SO MY QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE, YOU KNOW, TO OUR NEEDS HERE IN REDONDO BEACH? TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING, YOU KNOW, ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE AND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT YOU KNOW, INCREASING PROGRAMING, CHANGING PROGRAMING, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU KNOW LESSONS FOR THE STUDENTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH. USING ANALYTICS TO DO THAT. NO, IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT.

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTARY INTERNALLY FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF ABOUT THE DEFICIENCIES OF OUR SYSTEM.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS TO TRACK AT LEAST THE BASIC INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.

BUT I CERTAINLY WILL BE QUERYING KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT AS WE EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF THE NEW COURTS AND KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING DOWN THERE.

I THINK IN GENERAL, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AT LEAST FOR ME, I'M HOPEFULLY MY COMMISSIONERS WILL AGREE WITH THIS IS THAT YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON ON THE PROGRAMING, IT'S HELPFUL FOR US TO SEE DATA.

YEAH. AND AND YOU KNOW, I'M REFERENCING EL SEGUNDO THEY PROVIDE THEIR PARKS AND REC COMMISSION WITH PRETTY, PRETTY DETAILED REPORTS. AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL, NOT BE AN IMPEDIMENT.

WE WANT TO BE, WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR CITY.

SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE LIKE A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE TO THE BUDGET, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE MORE DATA, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL PROJECTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR EVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SENIOR PROGRAMING, I THINK, REMEMBER I HAD COME IN TO TALK TO YOU WITH MY, WITH MY NEIGHBOR AND WE DID THIS MASSIVE SPREADSHEET.

EVEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW. IT'S NOT JUST FACILITIES, IT'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TOO.

AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE A BETTER JOB. I'VE SEEN MORE OF IT INTERNALLY ASSEMBLING THAT DATA.

WE WERE HYPER FOCUSED ON THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR A WHILE.

TEEN CENTER, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN A BIG FOCUS OF LATE.

WE'RE SEEING GREAT USE OF THAT FACILITY. I MEAN, IT REALLY 4X WHAT WE HAD PRE IMPROVEMENTS AND STAFF CONTINUE TO TRY TO INNOVATE.

WE'RE USING THE YOUTH COMMISSION AS A GREAT SOUNDING BOARD FOR A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

OUR SENIOR PROGRAMING IS COMING ALONG. WE'VE RESTORED OUR LUNCH PROGRAM.

WE'RE STARTING TO GROW THAT AGAIN. SO YOU KNOW, THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT. AND I'LL YOU KNOW, I'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT FRONT, YOU KNOW, AND PERHAPS THE, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE FIRST SORT OF TRIAL BALLOON OF THAT IS SURROUNDS THE PICKLEBALL.

WE, I MEAN, WE KNOW, WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS, YOUR STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, MAXED OUT TIME WISE.

SO WHATEVER IT IS WE CAN DO. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW, LATER ON WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT PRESERVATION AS WELL.

IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COMMITTED TO DOING.

I SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT THEY'LL AGREE AS WELL.

WE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO DOING THIS JOB BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE US IN ANY WAY THAT IS HELPFUL FOR STAFF AND FOR THE COUNCIL.

YEAH, NO, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT. THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN GREAT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BEEN THE SORT OF THE THE FIRST OF THIS, OF THIS CONSOLIDATED FORMAT.

AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY USEFUL AND EFFICIENT.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH ALL OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR VOLUNTEERISM.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. SO WELL, AND I'LL TAKE THAT TO HEART.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. AND REPORTING IS AND I LOVE IT.

I MEAN, WE ALL LOVE IT. IT'S, YOU KNOW, DO A LOT OF IT.

AND POLICE, WE DO A LOT OF IT ON FIRE. WE LIBRARY DANA HAS, YOU KNOW, DANA'S GOT ALL THE STATS.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD SPOUT THEM OFF TO YOU RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THESE ANALYTICS ARE IMPORTANT FOR HOW WE, YOU KNOW, WE VALUE OUR PROGRAMS. SO APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE A QUICK. MR. MCCAULEY. MIKE, THANK YOU FO5R BEING HERE. SURE.

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HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE ON THEM AFTER THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.

THAT'LL KIND OF BE THE NEXT THING. YEAH. ONE QUESTION I HAVE, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS THE 190TH CORRIDOR WITH THE POWER LINES. YEAH. AND THAT TRANSMISSION LINES, TRANSMISSION LINES EVENTUALLY COMING DOWN AND THE LAND BECOMING EVENTUALLY REPURPOSED IN SOME WAY.

THERE'S IDEAS HOPEFULLY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD SEE SOME SORT OF RECREATIONAL USE FOR THAT LAND.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME BARRIERS THAT ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL BE IN THE WAY.

I REMEMBER LAST TIME THE FIRST BARRIER WAS TIME, IT'S WAY OFF.

THE POLES AREN'T COMING DOWN ANYTIME SOON. AND THEN THERE'S THE.

IS IT THE PURCHASING OF THE LAND THAT WOULD BE NEEDED, RIGHT? YEAH, THERE'S A YEAH. I MEAN, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS NOW.

THE, ON THE PLUS SIDE, RIGHT? THE POWER PLANT'S NO LONGER OPERATING, SO WE NO LONGER HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT COMES WITH THAT.

IT'S IN A, THE OWNERSHIPS IN A PRECARIOUS STATE.

THERE'S DISPUTE OVER WHO CURRENTLY OWNS AND CONTROLS THE PROPERTY AND FEE.

THERE WAS A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED INTO THERE WERE CLAIMS BY THE FORMER OWNER THAT THE PURCHASER HADN'T MET THE CONDITIONS OF THAT. SO THERE WAS A DEFAULT ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN THAT WAS DELAYED BY A BANKRUPTCY ACTION WITH INVOLVING ONE OF THE LLCS THAT WAS PART OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, THAT HAS NOT YET RESOLVED.

FURTHER COMPLICATING THE PROCESS IS THE FACT THAT AES AS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IS BEING PURCHASED BY AND NEW, A NEW BLACKROCK AND A CONSORTIUM OF OTHER COMPANIES FORMING A NEW ENTITY THAT'S BUYING AES, SO DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WILL BE AS IT RELATES TO THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY.

WHAT POSITION THEY'LL TAKE IN THE BANKRUPTCY MATTER.

SO WE'RE IN A KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE KIND OF PERIOD.

AND FOR A GOOD BIT LONGER TOO, FOR A GOOD FEW YEARS.

YEAH, AND THE TRANSMISSION LINES, RIGHT. BECOME THEIR KIND OF OWN THING, RIGHT? DEPENDING ON THE ULTIMATE USE OF THE SITE, THEY EITHER ARE OR ARE NOT USEFUL. THERE'S A FEW SCENARIOS WHERE THEY COULD STILL BE USEFUL.

THERE ARE A FEW SCENARIOS OR MANY SCENARIOS WHERE THEY WOULDN'T BE.

AND THEN IT'S WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY WOULD IT BE TO THEN ULTIMATELY ELIMINATE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND REPURPOSE THE TURNAROUND SITE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT THE SWITCH, WHICH IS OWNED BY EDISON.

THERE'S A THERE'S A LICENSE AGREEMENT AND ACCESS AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVELY AN EASEMENT FOR A PORTION OF THE POWER PLANT SITE THAT IS, THAT HOSTS EDISON'S SWITCH RIGHT WHERE THE POWER COMES IN AND THEN GOES BACK OUT.

THAT SWITCH IS RELEVANT TO THE GRID AS A WHOLE.

SO THAT SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE PICKED UP AND MOVED OR THEY CALL IT A TURNAROUND.

A NEW TURNAROUND WOULD HAVE TO BE INSTALLED SOMEWHERE UPSTREAM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER ANALOGY.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT TIMELINE IS. YEAH, SO WHO COMPELS THAT? WHO PAYS FOR THAT? YOU KNOW WHAT CONDITIONS NEED TO ULTIMATELY BE MET FOR THAT WORK TO BE A PRIORITY AMONG ALL OF EDISON'S OTHER STUFF, RIGHT? ALL THEIR OTHER PROJECTS AND THE LIKE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF VARIABLES THERE. OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL WANT TO SEE THE TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR COME DOWN AND CERTAINLY IF IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED. SO BUT WE'LL SEE. THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

HOW WOULD THE CITY PREPARE FOR THAT? WHAT COULD THE CITY DO? SO LET'S SAY IN X NUMBER OF YEARS, THAT LAND IS GOING TO COME AVAILABLE AND IT COULD BE TRANSITIONED TO PARKLAND.

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE CITY DO IN ADVANCE OF THAT? OR DO WE JUST WAIT UNTIL THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY REALLY CAN DO, I MEAN, IT HAS A COUPLE OF CHOICES, RIGHT? AS A IT COULD INVEST IN PROPERTY ACQUISITION, WHICH ISN'T DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF US, RIGHT? THERE ARE THERE ARE OTHER SUITORS IN THAT RESPECT. IT CAN INCENTIVIZE REDEVELOPMENT THAT ENCOURAGES THAT TYPE OF REPURPOSING. AND THAT INCENTIVIZATION CAN OCCUR THROUGH LAND USE CHANGES OR IT CAN OCCUR THROUGH AND I DON'T MEAN THE AES SIDE, I MEAN THE TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR ITSELF.

SO THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH THE SITE TO PERHAPS ENCOURAGE EDISON TO ACT.

BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN AN ISOLATED WAY. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT VIS A VIS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S OCCURRING ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S, AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE LITIGATION THAT'S INVOLVED AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE REALLY ARE IN A WAIT AND SEE POSITION. AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE SUBJECT OF SOME LITIGATION BROUGHT BY THE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER OF

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WELL, THE POWER PLANT AS A FACILITY IN TERMS OF ITS OPERATION IS DORMANT.

THAT'S IT IS SHUT DOWN IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION ONCE THROUGH COOLING, WHICH THAT SITE RELIED UPON TO GENERATE POWER IS NO LONGER ALLOWED AND THERE IS NO PERMIT FOR THAT TO REOCCUR. NOW, WHAT FUTURE VERSION OF POWER GENERATION COULD BE CONCEPTUALIZED? I MEAN, WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COULD OCCUR OVER TIME AT THAT LOCATION.

DEPENDING ON WHO OWNS IT AND WHAT THEY INTEND TO TRY TO DO WITH IT, RIGHT.

THEORETICALLY, IT COULD STILL BE A POWER GENERATION FACILITY.

I MEAN, IT'S ZONED FOR THAT. IT'S ZONED FOR THAT.

THAT'S AN ELIGIBLE USE. THAT'S AN ALLOWABLE USE.

IF THERE WERE TO BE A BUYER THAT WANTED TO FIND A WAY TO BUILD A MODERNIZED FACILITY TO GENERATE POWER, THEY COULD FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE CPUC OR THE ENERGY COMMISSION.

AND PERHAPS RECONSTRUCT A MODERN FACILITY THEY COULDN'T USE ONCE THROUGH COOLING AS A COMPONENT OF THAT, BUT THEY, THEY'D HAVE TO BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF SYSTEM.

YEAH. SO ANY IT IS ZONED FOR, I FORGET THE EXACT NOMENCLATURE NOW, BUT IT'S, IT'S POWER AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PP, PPG AND PARK AND OPEN SPACE.

IT'S LIKE IT'S. DOES REDONDO BEACH HAVE THE SOLE DECIDING ON WHAT IT'S ZONE IS? NO, AND THAT'S THE OTHER PART. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO IT'S INSIDE THE COASTAL ZONE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S SUBJECT.

SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM THAT ENSHRINES OUR CURRENT ZONING.

SO THE ZONING THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC UTILITY POWER, PPG AND PARK AND OPEN SPACE.

AND AGAIN, MY, MY APOLOGIES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PPG OR PPU OR I FORGET WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS.

IT MIGHT JUST BE PPO UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, BUT THAT'S ENSHRINED FURTHER IN OUR LCP, WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION.

SO ANY CHANGES TO THE LAND USE PLAN WOULD THEN HAVE TO BE ALSO AFFIRMED BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND AMENDED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT IN OUR LCP.

UP TO WHAT POINT ON 190TH DOES THE COASTAL. PCH HAVE UP TO.

PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY ON PCH. WE HAVE FULL CONTROL EAST OF PACIFIC COAST.

WE HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THE ZONING. OVER THE ZONING, YES.

SO CAN. AND WITH THE POWER PLANT BEING NON-OPERATIONAL SHUT DOWN.

CAN WE REZONE THAT THEORETICALLY NOW? THEORETICALLY, WE COULD REZONE IT SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 27, WHICH IS THE CITIZENS INITIATIVE THAT. SO IF YOU IF YOU EFFECTIVELY INTENSIFY THE USE.

UNDER THE ZONING, WE FIRST HAVE TO ACT AS A CITY COUNCIL CITY ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ACTION APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.

SO INTENSIFY. GREAT EXAMPLE LIKE YOU TAKE IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR, YOU KNOW, TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR, RIGHT. IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHATEVER IT IS. AND LET'S SAY WE WERE GOING TO PUT HOUSING ON IT.

THEORETICALLY THAT WOULD. OH, ACTUALLY NO HOUSING WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 27 BECAUSE THAT NOW UNDER STATE LAW IS, IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ACT ON. WE CAN ACT ON ADMINISTRATIVELY. A BETTER EXAMPLE WOULD BE LET'S SAY WE WANTED TO ZONE IT FOR HOTEL OR COMMERCIAL USE AND INTENSIFIED COMMERCIAL USE. WOULD RECREATIONAL USE BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD THAT.

RECREATIONAL USE MAY ACTUALLY BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT ZONING.

THERE ARE SOME USES. I MEAN, WE'RE PRETTY PARK POOR CITY, RIGHT? WE ARE. AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LAND TO BE DEVELOPED INTO PARK, RECREATION PARK KIND OF BOTH.

NOT ZONED AS HOUSING, NOT ZONED FOR HOTELS. NOT ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE MORE IN SUPPORT OF THAT, OF RECREATION.

YEAH, THE CHALLENGE WOULD THEN BE WHAT SORT OF, WHAT FINANCIAL SOURCE WOULD EXIST TO PERHAPS INCENTIVIZE EDISON TO SPEND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO REMOVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE? SO AND WITH THAT THOUGHT AND BEING THAT THIS IS YEARS AWAY, THERE COULD BE, IF PROPERLY MOTIVATED, A PLAN AND TO KIND OF GET THAT GOING DO YOU THINK OR IS IT STILL.

IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A COMMITMENT FROM OUR RESIDENTS TO TAX THEMSELVES, TO SUPPORT FUNDING, TO ULTIMATELY SUPPORT. BECAUSE IT WOULD BE BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT LAND OUTRIGHT.

YEAH. WELL, EDISON. EDISON, WE DO LICENSE PORTIONS OF THAT LAND CURRENTLY FOR MEDICINE ON A FIVE-YEAR INCREMENTS.

THE GREAT EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING THE NEW OPEN SPACE AREA NOW JUST WEST OF PCH.

THAT'S UNDER A FIVE-YEAR LICENSE. WE, DOMINGUEZ PARK IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

WE HAVE LICENSE SPACE THAT WE RENEW. THE BIKE PATH IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO EVEN WHILE THE TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR EXISTS.

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WE CAN'T PUT CULTURAL CENTERS. BECAUSE THE POLES ARE STILL THERE.

YEAH, EXACTLY. SO WHAT WE WOULD PRESUMABLY NEED TO DO IS FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER NUMBER THAT IS.

I DON'T YOU KNOW, THAT HASN'T BEEN REALLY EXPLORED. I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FOR THEM TO TAKE DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND TURN IT AROUND. WE DID A, THEY CALL IT A METHOD OF SERVICE STUDY A FEW YEARS BACK, AND I THINK THE ESTIMATE FOR THEM TO TURN AROUND THE CORRIDORS AT OUR EASTERN BOUNDARY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THERE AT DOMINGUEZ WAS, I DON'T KNOW, 20, $25 MILLION EFFORT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, WE WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR THAT.

YEAH. WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT A FUNDING SOURCE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO INCENTIVIZE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALSO NEED TO FUNDRAISE FOR WHATEVER RECREATIONAL AMENITIES WE WOULD ULTIMATELY WANT TO BUILD. IN THE MEANTIME, WE COULD REZONE IT FOR RECREATION.

COULD WE THEN MINIMALLY MAKE IT RECREATION? LIKE MAKE IT NATURE LIKE WITHOUT, LIKE PUTTING ANY CONCRETE IN, JUST MAKE A PATHWAY. YEAH. I MEAN, THE OPEN SPACE PARK WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS EFFECTIVELY THAT.

IT'S A KIND OF CLAIMING IT AS LIKE A NATURE WALK FROM PCH EAST.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY WITH THE PROPER FUNDRAISING TRANSITION, WOULD WITH THE LAWSUITS THAT ARE IN EFFECT AND THE LITIGATION ONGOING PREVENT US FROM DOING JUST THAT? NO, AND TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, WE WOULDN'T EVEN NEED TO REZONE IT FOR THAT THAT THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE USES UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING. SO IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THE OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THIS PARK AND IT'S NOT CHEAP, BY THE WAY, THAT OPEN SPACE. I IMAGINE THAT AREA A COUPLE ACRES IN SIZE IS, YOU KNOW, $800,000, $1 MILLION ENDEAVOR. SO IF BUT THEORETICALLY, WE COULD LICENSE NOW THE NURSERIES HAVE LICENSES IN THAT SPACE, CURRENTLY. CAN LICENSE IT TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT COULD REUTILIZE THE PROPERTY INTO A OPEN SPACE.

EDISON COULD, THEY COULD ISSUE LICENSES TO A NOT FOR PROFIT.

EDISON COULD ISSUE THE LICENSE? EDISON OWNS THE PROPERTY, SO THEY CONTROL THE LICENSE.

THEY PREFER TO LICENSE IT TO MUNICIPALITIES. I THINK THAT'S A.

THEY SEEM TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. BUT THEY ALSO LOVE NURSERIES. THEY HAVE THEY'VE LICENSED.

I MEAN, IN THOSE THOSE SPACES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY LICENSED BY NURSERY.

BECAUSE I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD RECENTLY WITH THE NURSERIES NO LONGER IN THAT LOCATION.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE LAND NOW BECAUSE IT'S EMPTY, RIGHT? YOU'RE DRIVING BY AND YOU'RE LIKE, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S A BIG SWATH OF LAND.

AND YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE OR WHAT CAN IT BE? A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE COMING UP. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TOP OF MIND ON A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.

REDONDO. AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET AHEAD OF THAT IN SOME WAY AND TO ALSO GET AHEAD OF IT.

I THINK FOR I SPEAK FOR PROBABLY OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS THAT TO GET AHEAD OF IT WITH THE PURPOSE OF RECREATION, OF BEING NOT HOUSING OR HOTELS OR COMMERCIAL.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE SENTIMENT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO.

YEAH. I MEAN, THERE'S NO DOUBT A LINEAR PARK FROM DOMINGUEZ DOWN TO THE COAST WOULD BE AMAZING, RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE LONG STRIVED FOR SO.

YOU KNOW THAT I THINK THAT'S ON EVERYBODY'S MIND.

IT JUST COMES DOWN TO OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCES.

SO THE REAL REVENUE KICKER THEN WOULD BE TO HAVE A SELF-TAX US NOW GET IT ON THE BALLOT ESSENTIALLY.

YOU'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S GOING TO BE. YEAH. THE TENS OF MILLIONS.

IT WOULD BE, YES. THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT OF COURSE IS CERTAINTY, LACK OF CERTAINTY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR US TO CONCEPTUALIZE SOME TYPE OF A MEASURE WHERE WE CAN'T.

TAX ON THAT. IT COULD PEOPLE VOTE ON A TAX LIKE THAT AND THEN WHOOPS, WE CAN'T GET THE PROPERTY.

I MEAN, YOU COULD DO A, WHAT YOU COULD DO A, IF THEN KIND OF A SCENARIO POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, NOT COLLECT, NOT RAISE FUNDS, NOT DO THINGS UNLESS YOU GAIN CONTROL.

I MEAN, THERE WOULD PERHAPS BE A WAY TO DO THAT.

BUT WE JUST, WE, THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH CLARITY COMING FROM EDISON OR THE DISPOSITION OF THE SITE TO KNOW IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OR NOT? AND THAT'S I. COULD THE CITY BE A CATALYST TO PUSH THAT OR IS IT JUST YOU'RE KIND OF UP AGAINST? WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROPERTY DISPOSITION, SPECIFICALLY ON A YES, RIGHT, ONE OF THE LAWSUITS WAS EFFECTIVELY A TAKINGS CLAIM THAT THE CITY HAD ACTED TO DEVALUE THE SITE, SO IT WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO BECOME OPEN SPACE.

SO YOU HAVE TO THERE'S THE CITY HAS TO ACT VERY CAREFULLY WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY DISPOSITION FOR PROPERTY IT DOES NOT OWN OR CONTROL.

WE HAVE FULL RIGHT OVER ZONING AND ALL OF LAND USE MATTERS THAT THAT IS FULLY WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.

AND WE BY ACTION, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, TOOK THE PROACTIVE ACTION TO LICENSE THE EDISON SITE WEST OF PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY,

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I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING IT. THAT'S WHAT THOSE. THAT'S THE PROJECT.

SO WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF FUNDING WERE AVAILABLE FOR US TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT, I THINK WE WOULD DO IT.

BUT WE ARE. THERE IS A BIT OF A RISK IN THAT, RIGHT? WE ARE DOING THAT WITH A SHORT TERM LICENSE. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT WITH 50 YEARS OF PROPERTY CERTAINTY.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WHATEVER OCCURS, WHETHER THE POWER LINES WERE TO STAY FOR ANOTHER DECADE OR TWO OR SOMEHOW COME DOWN, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PUBLIC USE.

SO THAT'S SO WE'RE WE'RE DIPPING OUR TOE. WE'RE DOING IT.

WE THINK STRATEGICALLY, CAREFULLY, CAUTIOUSLY.

AND CERTAINLY IF WE COULD ALL WAVE A MAGIC WAND, WE, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE LINEAR PARK THERE.

IT'D BE FABULOUS. BUT THAT'S, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, SO. I DON'T MEAN TO TAKE A LONG TIME. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION.

I THANK YOU, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON TOP OF THAT.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO GET AN UPDATE FROM YOU. YEAH, I WISH WE HAD.

SOMETIMES I WISH WE HAD BETTER UPDATES FOR YOU ALL ON THAT, BUT IT'S.

IT CAN BE A LITTLE FRUSTRATING. WE HAD HOPED THAT THIS THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE BEEN WRAPPED UP AND DISPOSED OF MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN IT HAS.

IN THE BEGINNING, IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING FAST.

YEAH, I WAS TOLD EARLY ON, HEY, FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY.

THERE'S A WELL, RON KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS. THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME.

OH, THESE CAUGHT THESE CASES. THE COURT LOVES TO WRAP IT UP IN A YEAR OR LESS.

I'M LIKE, WELL, HERE WE ARE THREE YEARS LATER. SEEMS TO BE WHEN I WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM, THERE SEEMS TO BE ALMOST A INDEFINITE NUMBER OF WAYS TO CONTINUE MATTERS, SO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MR. MAROKO COULD PROBABLY BETTER ASK.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. YEAH. SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP DOMINGUEZ PARK, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? ON DOMINGUEZ? YEAH. THE FENCES CAME DOWN YESTERDAY.

I. PARK'S OPEN. THAT'S FANTASTIC NEWS. WE GOT OUR LETTER FROM THE LEA YESTERDAY.

PERFECT. YES. AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THERE THIS MORNING, I'M TOLD THERE WERE PEOPLE.

WHO WERE THERE THE DAY BEFORE. THEY WERE THERE THE DAY BEFORE.

GO AHEAD, ASK YOUR QUESTION. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WELL SO WHAT MOVEMENT IS THERE AS FAR AS THE KING HARBOR SIGN POSSIBLY DESIGNATING THAT A LANDMARK AHEAD OF DOING THE WORK SO THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR A GRANT TO PAY FOR IT.

THERE'S NOT ANY MOVEMENT ON OUR END TO WHEN I SAY OUR MEANING CITY STAFF AND TO PURSUE THE DESIGNATION.

I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A GROUP THAT PERHAPS MIGHT HAVE FILED MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS.

WE ARE STILL PUTTING TOGETHER THE, THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, THE PAINTING AND SIGN INSTALLATION AGREEMENT PER-COUNCIL DIRECTION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THAT BACK.

IT'S GOING TO I'M SURE IT'S STILL A FEW WEEKS OUT.

WE HAD SOME CONTRACTING WORK TO DO WITH THE FIRM.

SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE TIMING OF THAT WORK IS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS FORESEEABLY.

SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY WAY FOR US TO GET THE SIGN DESIGNATED AND THEN APPLY FOR A CLG GRANT.

WITH, I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT THERE ISN'T ANY WAY THAT THAT'S A POLICY MATTER, POLICY DECISION.

WE HAVE PRETTY, PRETTY CLEAR DIRECTION ON, ON WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO WITH THE REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SIGN.

THAT IS NOT AN ITEM THAT HAS COME UP YET AS DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL OR THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR OUR WORK PLAN.

OKAY. OKAY, I GET TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS NOW AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER YOUSUFZAI.

ON THE SAME SUBJECT OF LANDMARKING, IS THERE ANY PROGRESS TOWARDS WILDERNESS PARK BEING DESIGNATED OR AT LEAST GETTING THE CONSENT OF THE CITY TO SIGN OFF ON THE ACTUAL. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS, BUT I NEED TO I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS FOR YOU.

I ALSO WAS TOLD THAT OUR SIGNS AT ITO PARK. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED AND THAT WE'RE CLOSE TO FABRICATION ON THAT, SO I. BUT I DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS. I'LL TRY TO FIND THEM FOR YOU.

OKAY. AND THEN SIMILAR TO THAT SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING DOWN THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT, I, SIMILAR TO THE REDONDO BEACH HARBOR SIGN, LIKE JOE KERBY'S BEEN SHUT DOWN AND WHO KNOWS

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SO I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ANYBODY YET, BUT I'M LOOKING AROUND AS I'M WALKING AROUND ABOUT DIFFERENT.

SO YEAH, SO BASICALLY I MEAN, IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE OLD MILLIONAIRE SIGN, YOU KNOW.

IT'D BE A LITTLE TOURISTY AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND, YOU KNOW, BE NOSTALGIC, HAVE A COUPLE OF BENCHES UNDERNEATH SOME OF THESE OLD SIGNS.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO LIGHT THEM NECESSARILY, BUT JUST THROWING THAT ONE OUT THERE.

I WENT TO MY COUNCIL PERSON'S MEETING LAST SATURDAY AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PERRY ALLISON PARK AND REPURPOSING IT SO IT GETS MORE USE. I DO KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER LANG HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO DO A COMMUNITY GARDEN.

I GOT BOOED VERY HEAVILY WHEN I SUGGESTED A PICKLEBALL COURT OVER THERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE NOISE, BUT IT DOES HAVE ENOUGH ACREAGE AND ENOUGH. IT'S VERY WELL WATERED AREA THAT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE AREA BEING USED AS A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN NORTH REDONDO. YES, IT'S A GOOD THOUGHT THAT CHALLENGE WE FACE WITH SOME OF OUR PARKETTES, AND THAT ONE IS ONE THAT HAS COME UP IN THE PAST AS AN OPTION FOR REPURPOSING, IS THAT NEW AMENITIES, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE, MAY ENGENDER ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO MEET THE PARKING ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT STREET WORK AND PAVING WORK. SO THAT'S WHERE THE NEW AMENITIES CAN BECOME A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THOSE SITES DON'T HAVE DEDICATED PARKING OR PARKING FACILITIES. SO YOU HAVE TO RELY ON BASICALLY A RIGHT OF WAY HANDICAPPED SPOT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAFE PATH TO TRAVEL TO THE NEW AMENITY.

SO THAT CREATES CHALLENGES SOMETIMES. AND, AND THAT'S BEEN LIMITING I THINK.

THERE'S BEEN ABOUT 10 TO 15 SPACES THAT WE SAW ON 190TH STREET THAT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE.

YEAH. THE REGULAR PARKING ISN'T NECESSARILY THE PROBLEM.

IT'S JUST WHERE DO YOU SITE THE ACCESSIBLE SPACE OR SPACES DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME? AND THEN HOW DO YOU MIGRATE THE PATH OF TRAVEL TO THE NEW AMENITY IN A CONFORMING WAY.

THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGER, THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE OVER TIME FOR US, ENHANCING OUR PARKETTES.

OKAY. TYPICALLY. WELL, THAT WAS COMMISSIONER LANG QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY GARDEN.

ITO PARK FUNDING I UNDERSTAND IS BEING CARRIED OVER ALREADY SO I DON'T HAVE TO.

YEAH, THE SIGN STUFF. YEAH. THAT ONE GOT CARRIED FROM LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO EXECUTE THAT PROJECT.

YES. AND THAT ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN TOLD, IS NEARING FABRICATION.

WE'RE GOING TO GET. THINK SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. SO YEAH, I DON'T HAVE AN ETA, BUT I'M HEARING THAT. AND THE PATH OF HISTORY SIGNS, I GUESS, ARE ALSO CARRYING OVER.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEW CONCEPT THAT ELIZABETH CAME UP WITH AND THE SIGNAGE WITH THAT JACK'S COME UP WITH THE FABRICATION IS WORKING.

SO ONE OF MY SUBCOMMITTEES IS RECOGNIZING HISTORICAL LANDMARKS.

WE HAVE 150. YOU GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE WITH REGARDS TO PUTTING IN BRICKS ON THE SIDEWALK.

MOST OF IT'S LABOR. SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTERNAL CHARGING OF THE LABOR.

I MEAN, IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL.

SO DO YOU HAVE A FIXED RATE THAT THAT GETS TO IT? AND IS THAT A SEPARATE BUDGETARY ITEM? IT'S NOT A.

WELL, IT'S A. WELL, THERE'S A LOT TO THAT. WE DO HAVE A, WE HAVE A PUBLISHED RATE SCHEDULE BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE APPLY TO EACH RESTITUTION ISSUES OR SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE TO DERIVE THOSE NUMBERS.

THAT'S A FULLY LOADED RATE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL INVOLVED.

WHEN IT COMES TO A BUDGETARY ITEM, WHAT WILL OFTEN DO FOR THINGS LIKE THAT IT MAY BE THERE'S A THERE'S AN INDIVIDUALIZED APPROPRIATION, A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION FOR OVERTIME, FOR PERSONNEL TO PERHAPS INSTALL CERTAIN PROJECTS OR IMPROVEMENTS OR REPLACEMENTS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR THAT TYPE OF AN INSTALLATION.

SURE. IT WOULD BE A ONE-TIME APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC WORKS, PART TIME STAFF OR OVERTIME RESOURCES TO COMPLETE X, Y, OR Z. SO THAT WOULD BE THROUGH A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING? WELL, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DO FOR, SAY, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL.

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RIGHT? IF IT'S A BRICK OR IF IT'S A RIGHT, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, IN IT'S PROPER FORM TO US AND THEN WE WOULD EMBED THROUGH AN INSTALLATION EFFORT.

SO AS FAR AS THE FUNDRAISING GOES, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS BASICALLY GET THE BRICK TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY ABOUT THE LABOR COST OF IT. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.

DURING YOUR STRATEGIC. OR MORE EXPANSIVELY, BE PREPARED TO HIRE A LICENSED PAVING CONTRACTOR TO PULL A PERMIT AND INSTALL ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP. THAT WOULD BE THE COMPLETELY EXTERNAL WAY TO DO IT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE THE PRICING, BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT IT PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE. IT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL PERMITTING BECAUSE WE'D BE RIPPING UP CITY PROPERTY TO DO IT.

IT WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING PERMIT REQUIRED. YES. RIGHT.

AT YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT RENAMING PARKS AND YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR SAID IT'S SO LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE.

IT'S PAULA SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON A POLICY PERHAPS.

YES. THIS IS THE IDEAL COMMISSION THAT YOU SHOULD THROW OUT SINCE SHE PROJECTED 6 TO 8 MONTHS.

GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. I HAVE ONE FORMER CHAIR OF PARKS AND RECS OVER HERE.

ANOTHER ONE OVER HERE THAT WAS A FORMER CHAIR AND A THIRD PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ON THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION.

AND THEY WOULD BE AN IDEAL GROUP OF PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH DRAFTING SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OBVIOUSLY HAS TO APPROVE, BUT THAT MAY BE A GOOD USE OF US OVER HERE BECAUSE I'M SEEING AND WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS COMMISSION MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE CERTAIN OF THE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED HERE.

BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY CAN COME BACK TO US.

I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ON THE PRESERVATION SIDE, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST IS THAT THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION TO THE OWNERS. AND THE COUNCIL HAS SAID THEY WANT TO DO OUTREACH.

SO WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO OUTREACH. DOES THE POSTAGE ASPECT AND THE RESEARCH ON GETTING TO THE CURRENT OWNERS SO A LETTER CAN BE SENT TO THEM. IS THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUDGET? DO WE HAVE THE BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT SEPARATELY? I MEAN, OF COURSE, HAVING IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THAT INITIATIVE WOULD ALWAYS BE HELPFUL.

THERE IS A RECURRING LINE ITEM FOR POSTAGE MAILERS FOR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING, NOTICING THINGS THAT WOULD OCCUR NATURALLY THROUGH THE COURSE AND CONDUCT OF JUST THEIR REGULAR BUSINESS.

NOW, IS THERE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY IN THAT TO TAKE ON THAT TYPE OF A MAILER? I'D HAVE TO ASK MARC TO OPINE ON THAT WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCE, BUT POSSIBLY YES.

BUT A ONE TIME APPROPRIATION FOR THAT SPECIFIC INITIATIVE WOULD BE HELPFUL AS A.

YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT, I THINK 1500 PEOPLE ON THAT LIST RIGHT NOW THE RESOURCES.

GOOD NEWS ON THE DOMINGUEZ PARK OPENING. THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING AT SOME POINT WILL FORMALLY OPEN THE SITE NOW THAT WE'RE CLEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TO TAKE THE FENCES DOWN FOR THAT, SO.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I ACTUALLY VOLUNTEERED TO ELIZABETH DO WE HAVE THAT FOUNTAIN THAT'S BEAUTIFUL IN THE IN THE HERITAGE COURT. WE DON'T HAVE THE BENCHES WE USED TO, AND ONE OF THE BENCHES IS CRACKED AND I VOLUNTEERED TO BUY OUTDOOR BENCHES, AND WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THEM, HAPPENED TO THEM, BUT I GOT DECLINED ON THAT REQUEST.

BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A SITTING AREA NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE ROSE GARDENS BLOOMING REALLY WELL AND THE FOUNTAINS WORKING AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE.

DID YOU, WELL, MAYBE WE COULD TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THIS, BUT WHAT TYPE OF BENCH DID YOU.

IF AS LONG AS THE BENCH IS BEING. THAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR DONATION IS COMPORTS WITH OUR REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT. IT'S THE RIGHT TYPE OF CONCRETE OR STRUCTURE.

IT HAS THE RIGHT SORT OF ARCHITECTURE TO IT, WE CAN ACCEPT THOSE DONATIONS.

SO. BUT THOSE ARE FAIRLY EXPENSIVE. SO I WASN'T.

IT'S NOT ONE OF THE METAL KIND OF CONCRETE KIND, BUT IT DOES SUPPORT 850 POUNDS AND IT'S AN OUTDOOR TYPE BENCH.

SO IT'S A WOODEN BENCH. OKAY. AND IF IT LASTS, I TOLD ELIZABETH IT LASTS FIVE YEARS GREAT.

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WELL WE COULD TALK AT ANOTHER TIME ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.

OKAY. AND THEN I THINK MY LAST POINT IS GOING TO BE ON STAFFING.

OUR STAFFING LEVELS ARE. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THEM GOING UP OVER THE NEXT YEAR? WELL, I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO GO UP IF WE HAD REVENUE TO SUPPORT THEM.

IT'S, I IMAGINE STAFFING LEVELS WILL BE FAIRLY FLAT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS JUST GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR CORE BUDGET.

SO THERE MAY BE A FEW ONE OFF EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENT ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU MAY SEE ME PROPOSE IN THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2026 AND THEN LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS WILL BE A MORE AUSTERE PRESENTATION IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.

OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I DID, I'LL GO QUICK, I PROMISE.

I HAVE JUST A QUICK CURSORY QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS, AND I WON'T ASK SPECIFICS OF IT.

I WON'T HAVE THIS FORUM FOR THAT. BUT AS WE DISCUSSED THE BUDGET, I USUALLY LOOK AT AN ACFR AND I LOOK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE BUDGET ACTUALS ARE IN AN ACFR, MD&A ANY KIND OF DEVIATIONS, MAJOR THINGS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, A FEW AS IT PERTAINS TO REVENUE.

DID THE CITY ISSUE THEIR 2025 ACFR? NOT YET? IT'S STILL IN MOTION.

SAME THING WITH YOUR SINGLE AUDIT. YES, SAME.

BOTH ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. WE WERE DELAYED IN FINALIZING OUR 20.

4. 4. 25. I'M SORRY. 23-24 ACFR THAT WAS COMPLETED.

WE YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW THIS, BUT WE CHANGED AUDITORS GOING INTO THE 23-24 CYCLE.

IT'S A LONGER AUDIT CYCLE. YEAH. SOME NEW GASB REQUIREMENTS.

IT WAS A PRETTY LABORIOUS PROCESS. WE GOT THROUGH IT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE QUICKER ABOUT CLOSING OUT I THINK 24-25.

BUT THAT IS IN MOTION PROBABLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I WANTED TO ASK, AND I TOOK A LOOK AT YOUR THE SEFA SCHEDULE FOR THE 2024 SINGLE AUDIT TO SEE HOW MANY TYPE A GRANTS WE HAVE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE I ASKED A COUPLE OF DIRECTORS PREVIOUSLY AND OVER THE YEARS OF KIND OF BEING INVOLVED WITH THE COMMISSION WORK IS LIKE THE SOLICITATION OF GRANTS, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO LIKE PARK REDEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S LIKE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP.

WE JUST HAD A PRETTY LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARK REDEVELOPMENT, ANYTHING.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE 24 SEFA FOR LIKE, LIKE FOR CONTEXT.

AND THERE'S ONLY TWO TYPE A GRANTS. ONE IS A HUD SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER ONE AND ONE IS A DOT LIKE ONE.

SO THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE ON THE SEFA SCHEDULE AS IT PERTAINS TO LIKE PARKS.

AND, AS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD AREA TO KIND OF EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THERE ARE, AND I KNOW PROFESSIONALLY, LIKE THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS IT PERTAINS TO PARK REDEVELOPMENT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY KIND OF UNDERTAKING OF THAT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND DOING STUFF, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF. IT'S A GREAT THOUGHT.

WE ARE, WE DO A REALLY GREAT JOB PURSUING COUNTY, STATE, REGIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GRANTS IN THAT RESPECT, BUT WE HAVE NOT PURSUED AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN A NUMBER OF FEDERAL GRANTS, WITH ONE EXCEPTION. WE DID RECENTLY RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THROUGH TED LIEU'S OFFICE FOR REPAIRS DOWN TO OUR MARINA, WHICH OCCURRED WHICH SHOULD BE FLAGGED, I THINK IN THE 25 AUDIT.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

THERE'S POTENTIAL. THERE'S A RECENT PROPOSITION THAT THE STATE HAS ISSUED THAT HAS SOME ACCESS POTENTIALLY TO FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, OPEN SPACE, AMENITIES. SO WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE.

WE HAD WE SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF REQUESTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS YEAR.

ACTUALLY, WE DID LAST YEAR AS WELL. WE'VE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED REQUESTS TO THE FEDS ON A CITYWIDE BASIS, PRETTY SUBSTANTIVE LIST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE JUST HAVE NOT RECEIVED MUCH IN THE WAY OF AWARD.

EVEN THROUGH PASS THROUGH GRANTS THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. LIKE I GUESS MY THING IS, IS JUST. STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE'VE GOT $10 MILLION FOR SEASIDE LAGOON.

WE GOT $5 MILLION FOR OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION AT THE AES SITE.

BUT THOSE ARE DIRECT FUNDED FROM THE STATE. I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE PASSED THROUGH THE FEDS, THROUGH THE STATE THAT ARE AVAILABLE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S LIKE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED STRICTLY FROM CALIFORNIA.

AND THEN THERE'S STUFF THAT'S OFFERED THAT'S PASSED THROUGH THROUGH THE STATE. YEAH, WE HAVE NOT.

IT'S FUNNY. I'LL ASK STAFF ABOUT WHAT PRECISELY WE'VE PURSUED, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. EVEN ON THE PASS THROUGH GRANTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SUBJECT OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS OR I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHY.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER POTENTIAL OUT THERE FOR US.

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ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT. AND I KNOW JUST SAYING, PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING, THERE'S A LOT OF NOFAS THAT ARE ISSUED FOR PARK REDEVELOPMENT.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING SOURCES ON HOW TO GET CERTAIN PROJECTS DONE, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD KIND OF AVENUE TO.

IF YOU'RE AWARE OF A FEW NOFAS ON, ON RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY THE GUN RANGE IS A BIG NOFA FOCUS, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO BE RESUBMITTING FOR THAT IN JUNE.

BUT IF THERE'S OTHER NOFAS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT THAT YOU THINK WE MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE FOR, SEND THEM. SEND THEM MY WAY. I'M GOING TO SPAM YOU.

OKAY. I'LL PASS IT RIGHT OFF TO STAFF AND WE'LL EVALUATE.

WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER THAT'S ON STANDBY FOR US TO HELP PURSUE THESE THINGS.

WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND I DON'T AND I KNOW WE QUERY A LOT OF IT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. THAT'S THAT BARRIER FOR US RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN HERE.

ANY LAST WORDS BEFORE WE? NO. ACTUALLY, I GOT ONE LAST QUESTION.

I'M SORRY, GO BACK TO 190TH IN THE CORRIDOR. AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.

THE NURSERIES ARE GONE. THE. THEY'RE BACK. THERE'S A NURSERY THAT'S COMING BACK.

OH, YEAH. THERE'S A NURSERY THAT'S ACTUALLY LICENSED SOME SPACE.

YOU'RE SEEING THEM KIND OF REPOPULATE THE SPACES.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY AVAILABLE SPACE THERE? I, THERE WAS YOU REMEMBER THE AREA THAT WAS PRETTY WET IN THE RECENT RAINS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD. I WASN'T SURE THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT THE NURSERY POTENTIALLY RELINQUISHING THAT LICENSE SPACE, BUT I SINCE SEEING ACTIVITY DOWN THERE, I THINK THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE MOVING BACK INTO THAT, BUT I OWE DIANE FORTE A CALL OUR EDISON REP. AND EDISON MAINTAINS THOSE LEASES AND WHATNOT.

YEAH, THEY LICENSE THAT SPACE. SO IF AN ENTITY WANTED TO USE THAT SPACE, THEY WOULD GO THROUGH.

IT'D BE A LICENSE FROM EDISON. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEY WOULD THEY DO TEMPORARY LIKE RENTALS, LIKE SHORT TERM RENTALS OF THE LAND? WELL, THE, THE MAXIMUM LICENSE TERM IS FIVE YEARS.

THEY'LL DO SHORTER PERIODS AS WELL, BUT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS ON WHAT YOU CAN PUT UNDERNEATH.

YEAH, SO YOU COULD DO YOU COULD DO LIKE A PUBLIC EVENT.

NO, YOU CANNOT ERECT POLES OR STRUCTURES OF ANY KIND.

YOU ARE SIGNIFICANTLY CONSTRAINED ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO ACTIVATE YOUR SPACE.

STORAGE IS WHAT THEY, YEAH. IT'S STORAGE GROUND COVER.

AND EVEN THAT HAS SOME LIMITATIONS. THE, WHAT THEY CALL THE DRIP LINE.

YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN A COMPACT SURFACE THAT THEY CAN DRIVE TRUCKS ON WITHOUT IMPEDIMENT.

DO YOU HAVE LIMITATIONS ON HEIGHT OF VEGETATION.

ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT COULD CONDUCT ELECTRICITY IS A BIG NO NO.

YOU HAVE TO DO GROUNDING AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. SO IT'S IT'S PRETTY LIMITING.

YOU KNOW, THE BIKE PATH THAT WE, WE'VE ERECTED SOLAR PANEL LIGHTS ON THE BIKE PATH.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET APPROVED. EVEN IF THE CITY MADE A DEAL WITH EDISON AND CONTRACTED OUT, WE'RE GOING TO RENT THAT SPACE FOR WHATEVER WE WANT.

WE WOULD STILL BE LIMITED TO. TO THEIR RULES, YEAH.

AND THERE'S NO CHANGING THOSE RULES. NO CHANGING THAT. SO WHAT YOU SEE AT DOMINGUEZ AND WHAT YOU SEE AT DALE PAGE PARK PREDATES THEIR CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY USE POLICY.

SO WE HAVE THOSE ARE KIND OF GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT THE OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT UP THE STREET IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF KIND OF WHAT YOUR MAXIMUM CAPACITY IS. ARTESIA BOULEVARD THAT WE IMPROVED THE BLOCKS IMMEDIATELY NORTH AND SOUTH OF ARTESIA IN OUR BIKE PATH RIGHT OF WAY SPACE, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD PARKING. WE ADDED SOME KIND OF SHIELDED OVERHEAD PARKING LIGHTS THAT WAS HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED.

WE HAD TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE DRIP ZONE WE HAD.

SO IT'S A LABORIOUS PROCESS TO GET THROUGH THEIR PERMITTING, AND THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO MAINTAINING ACCESS AND CREATING ANYTHING THAT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THEM. SO THEIR PRIORITY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS JUST ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES FOR.

YEAH, THEY GOT TO BRING IN A COUPLE TRUCKS TOMORROW. AND THEY DON'T OFTEN DO IT, THAT'S THE SAD PART IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS DEBATE WITH THEM ALL THE TIME.

LIKE, WELL, JUST DRIVE OVER OUR STUFF. WE DON'T CARE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S TOUGH. IT'S MORE LIMITING THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT.

OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY TIME YOU WANT TO COME. YEAH, WELL THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE BEING HERE. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC AND VERY HELPFUL TO US.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. APPRECIATE IT.

APPRECIATE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN GET ME THROUGH YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE, SOONER THE BETTER.

HELPS US INFORM OUR DISCUSSIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, I GUESS WE DON'T NEED TO RECEIVE A FILE.

ANYTHING ON THAT. SO LET'S GO TO ITEM L.2 RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION OUTLINING REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT PROGRAMING.

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BUT I'M GLAD TO GIVE IT AGAIN. I'M AMY FELLER, I'M THE ADULT PROGRAMING LIBRARIAN FOR THE REDONDO BEACH LIBRARY, WHICH MEANS THAT I DO THE ADULT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT THAT DOES YOUTH SERVICES, WHICH IS TEENS AND CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN TEENS.

ADULT PROGRAM MISSION. IS TO ENABLE, IS TO ENSURE THAT THE LIBRARY IS A WELCOMING SPACE AND ENABLE PEOPLE TO LEARN THINGS OR BE ENTERTAINED.

ADULT PROGRAMS SUPPORT THAT MISSION. IT PROMOTES THE LIBRARY.

IT HELPS BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE LIKE TO SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING SO THAT PEOPLE GET A CHANCE TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

PEOPLE GET TO USE THE LIBRARY RESOURCES, WHETHER THAT BE GETTING A LIBRARY CARD TO BORROW MATERIALS OR TO USE OUR LIBRARY COMPUTERS. WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THAT HELPS RAISE AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY OF THE LIBRARY.

WE OFFER A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

THE WAY WE PROMOTE OUR ADULT PROGRAMS IS THROUGH PRINT FLIERS.

WE HAVE FLIERS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS AND MONTHLY FLIERS.

WE HAVE DIGITAL PROMOTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE. OUR ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

WE HAVE SOME DIGITAL SIGNAGE. WE HAVE FACEBOOK FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

A LITTLE BIT OF INSTAGRAM. WE DO OUTREACH. WE HAVE BEEN GOING TO HEALTH FAIRS AND FARMER'S MARKETS AND SETTING UP TABLES. SOMETIMES WE GIVE AWAY BOOKS. WE ALWAYS BRING PROGRAM FLIERS THERE WITH US SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY.

WHEN WE DO ADULT PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE COME TO THE PROGRAMS, PRETTY MUCH WHEN YOU GET TO A PROGRAM, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SEEING IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

YOU'RE SEEING THE ROOM SET UP. YOU'RE SEEING THE PRESENTER UP THERE.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESENTER, A MODERATOR.

BUT THE REAL WORK FOR MOST OF THE PROGRAMS IS REALLY BENEATH THE WATER, IT'S BENEATH THE ICEBERG.

THE CONCEPT OF THE PROGRAM RESEARCHING A PROGRAM, THE DETAILS OF ARRANGING THE PROGRAM AND TALKING TO THE PRESENTER, SCHEDULING THE PROGRAM IN ONE OF OUR MEETING ROOMS. WE DO COMPETE WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR OUR MEETING ROOMS AND PROMOTING THE PROGRAMS. MOST OF THE ADULT PROGRAMS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE OR ATTEND HAVE BEEN MONTHS IN PREPARATION FROM CONCEPTION TILL THE TIME THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXECUTED. PROGRAM TYPES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF AUTHOR TALKS, A LOT MOSTLY LOCAL AUTHOR TALKS. WE HAVE BOOK GROUPS WHERE PEOPLE READ A BOOK AND THEN THEY GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE BOOK.

WE HAVE A IN-PERSON BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP AT OUR NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY AND WE HAVE A ZOOM DISCUSSION GROUP THAT MEETS ONCE A MONTH.

WE DO A LOT OF LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE RECENT ONES HAVE BEEN ONE THAT RON MENTIONED, WE DID THE DINING IN THE SOUTH BAY, WHICH WAS THE LOCAL HISTORY OF RESTAURANTS IN THE SOUTH BAY FROM THE LATE 1800S THROUGH 1945. FOR THAT ONE, OUR PRESENTER WAS RICHARD FOSS.

HE IS A FOOD HISTORIAN, AND HE'S ALSO THE RESTAURANT REVIEWER FOR THE EASY READER NEWS.

THAT WAS A TWO PART PROGRAM, WAS WILDLY POPULAR.

THERE WERE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE AT EACH PRESENTATION.

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WE ALSO RECENTLY HAD LISA BLANC, WHO'S A LIBRARY HISTORIAN.

SHE TALKED WHEN SHE TALKED LAST YEAR AT OUR LIBRARY'S 30TH BIRTHDAY PARTY, WHERE SHE DID THE HISTORY OF THE REDONDO BEACH LIBRARY.

AND THEN SHE TALKED THIS MONTH FOR DUAL. IT WAS FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND IT WAS ALSO FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, WHICH IS THE AMERICA 250 CELEBRATION.

SHE TALKED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL LIBRARIANS FOR THE REDONDO BEACH LIBRARY.

THE TRAINING CLASS THEY TOOK, WHICH WAS BASICALLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN THEIR TENURE AT THE LIBRARIES.

WE HAD LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOCAL, A REDONDO BEACH TRIVIA CONTEST, WHICH OUR LIBRARIANS PUT TOGETHER. OUR HISTORY LIBRARIANS PUT TOGETHER WITH LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT REDONDO BEACH TRIVIA.

WE ALSO DO ARTS AND CRAFTS. WE HAVE ADULT CRAFTS.

WE HAVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH CRAFTS AND DRAWING.

WE RECENTLY HAD A ALSO FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, WE HAD A TEA AND COLOR PROGRAM, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN.

IT GOT A LOT OF KIDS, BUT IT ALMOST HAD AN EQUAL NUMBER, I WOULD SAY MOSTLY GRANDPARENTS COMING WITH THEIR KIDS.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE BROUGHT IN SOME REAL TEACUPS.

MOST OF THE KIDS WERE COLORING WOMEN'S HISTORICAL FIGURES OUT OF COLORING BOOKS.

WE DO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS A LOT OF SENIOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON SAFETY, FINANCES, HEALTH. WE DONE THREE GARDENING PROGRAMS RECENTLY.

WE HAD THE SOUTH BAY PARKLAND CONSERVANCY COME AND TALK.

WE HAD THE SOUTH COAST CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY COME AND TALK.

WE HAD THE WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT COME AND TALK ABOUT WATER WISE LANDSCAPING AND GARDENING THAT YOU COULD DO.

WE HAVE SOME PERFORMANCES. WE HAVE SOME MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.

WE HAVE SOME DRAMATIC READINGS. WE HAVE A FEW FILM SCREENINGS.

OUR PRESENTERS COME FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR SERVICES HELP, WHICH IS HEALTH AND ELDER CARE LAW PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE BOTH 501(C)S.

THIS, ALSO, THE SOUTH BAY LITERACY COUNCIL, WE HAVE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL PROTECTION AND INNOVATION COME AND GIVE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE AUTHORS COME AND GIVE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE SUBJECT SPECIALISTS, MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS.

SO JUST SOME PICTURES OF OUR AUDIENCES FROM RECENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR MULTIGENERATIONAL CHESS PROGRAM ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, WHICH IS IT WAS IT WAS CONCEPTUALIZED BY A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND HE BROUGHT IT TO OUR LIBRARY, BUT HE STARTED AT THE PALOS VERDES LIBRARY AND IT WAS VERY POPULAR THERE.

SO WHEN HE PRESENTED IT TO US, WE SAID, YEAH, LET'S GIVE IT A TRY.

AND THAT IS A FABULOUS PROGRAM TO COME IN. WELL, IF YOU PLAY CHESS, PARTICIPATE, IF YOU WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE EIGHT YEAR OLDS PLAYING CHESS AGAINST AGAINST 70 YEAR OLDS AND USUALLY BEATING THEM.

IT'S PRETTY COOL. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OF THOSE.

WE'VE HAD OTHER THE MIDDLE BOTTOM PICTURE IS DON HATA.

HE IS A, HE'S A TORRANCE OR A REDONDO BEACH 87-YEAR-OLD JAPANESE AMERICAN WHO GAVE A PROGRAM LAST YEAR ON THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS.

HE HIMSELF WENT TO AN INTERNMENT CAMP WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD WITH HIS FAMILY.

HE ASKED IF HE COULD COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND WE SAID YES.

AND THAT JUST HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH THIS PROGRAM WE SIGNED ON FOR CALLED ONE BOOK, ONE COAST,

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WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION COMING THAT IS GOING TO DO SORT OF A LIVING HISTORY ART PROGRAM WHERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS WILL GET TOGETHER AND THEY WILL CREATE ARTWORK BASED ON THE STORY OF FAMILIES BEING TAKEN AWAY AND PUT IN THE CAMPS.

THEY SHOWED US SOME SAMPLES. THEY'RE MOSTLY DONE WITH CONSTRUCTION PAPER AND STRING, AND THEY REPRESENT LIFE IN THE CAMPS.

WE HAD A LOT OF, SORRY, YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GARDENING PROGRAMS, AND THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY POPULAR WHERE PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO CREATE A BETTER GARDEN.

FOR THIS SPECIFIC CLIMATE, WE SUPPORT OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK THROUGH OUTREACH. WE HAVE THEMED PROGRAMS DURING THAT TIME AND OPPORTUNITY DRAWING.

SO SO THIS, THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM WAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY CREATED MANY YEARS AGO WHEN TEACHERS WERE WORRIED THAT CHILDREN LOST A LOT OF THEIR READING SKILLS DURING THE SUMMER.

SO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION WENT OUT AND CREATED THIS SUMMER READING PROGRAM.

BUT BECAUSE WE LIKE TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE, WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR ADULTS TOO, WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO READ BOOKS, SUBMIT BOOK REVIEWS, HAVE A CHANCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY DRAWING FOR GIFT CARDS.

WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT IT. THEY GET CERTIFICATES FROM OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOR LIKE BUY ONE, GET ONE AT 50% OFF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE AT THE STORE.

OUR ADULT PROGRAMING STATISTICS, WELL, JUST IF WE LOOK AT, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THE NUMBERS, BUT IF WE LOOK AT 220, 2024 TO 2025 WE CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE GROWING.

WE'VE COME BACK FROM, FROM POST, FROM THE POST PANDEMIC QUIET YEARS.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMS NOW.

THIS YEAR SO FAR, WE DON'T HAVE THAT UP THERE ON THE SLIDE.

BUT THIS YEAR SO FAR, JUST JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, WE'VE HAD 21 ADULT PROGRAMS WITH OVER 400 ATTENDEES, AND WE'VE HAD THREE MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS WHERE WE GET THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS AND THE GRANDPARENTS TOGETHER WITH ABOUT 75 ATTENDEES.

MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR FRIENDS OF THE REDONDO BEACH LIBRARY.

THEY USE REVENUE FROM THEIR BOOKSTORE, BOOK SALES MEMBERSHIPS, AND DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY RECENTLY IN THE LAST YEAR, THEY GAVE THE ADULT PROGRAMING A REAL BUDGET, BUT THE FUND IS USED FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, OPPORTUNITY DRAWINGS, FOR HONORARIUMS TO SOME OF OUR PROGRAM SPEAKERS AND FOR PROGRAM SUPPLIES. WHEN I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION THE LAST TIME, IT WAS NOT THE PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION, IT WAS STRICTLY THE LIBRARY COMMISSION.

BUT AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE A FEW SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME OUT FROM THAT PROGRAMING, FROM FROM THAT PRESENTATION.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH DONE ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS SUGGESTED.

SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE LIKE A HOW TO USE APPS PROGRAM, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIBRARY'S ELECTRONIC RESOURCES PROGRAM, CLUTTER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SENIOR SAFETY. FRAUD.

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THIS IS JUST ONE PAGE OUT OF GEORGE TAKEI'S BOOK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT I LIKE A GRAPHIC NOVEL LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS ONE BOOK, ONE COAST. YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THIS FLIER ALMOST AT ANY LIBRARY IN THE SOUTH BAY THAT YOU GO TO.

I KNOW PALOS VERDES IS PARTICIPATING IN IT IN A NUMBER OF THE OTHER LIBRARIES.

WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMING THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THE AMERICA 250, WHICH IS THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL PROGRAM.

WE'VE ALSO SIGNED UP WITH THE WITH AN ASSOCIATION TO GET SOME FREE POCKET SIZED COPIES OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND THESE, THOSE CAN BE HANDED OUT DURING USA 250 THEMED PROGRAMS. AND THIS SATURDAY, I THINK DANA MENTIONED WE HAVE THE WOMEN IN STEM CAREERS PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY A PROGRAM FOR PARENTS AND THEIR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LEARN ABOUT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH RELATED CAREERS FROM WOMEN WORKING IN THOSE FIELDS.

GIRLS, BOYS, PARENTS ALL WELCOME. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER THERE, AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER, AN ENERGY CONSULTANT, AND A SPORTS MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION PHYSICIAN.

AND WE DIDN'T GET GEORGE TAKEI AT OUR LIBRARY.

RON. BUT HE IS GOING TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE ONE BOOK, ONE COAST, AND HE WILL BE LIVE AT THE EAST LOS ANGELES LIBRARY ON MAY 31ST. IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO SIGN UP AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET INTO IT.

BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE BROADCAST SO YOU CAN WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE.

COOL. SO ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ADULT PROGRAMING? I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. I THINK YOU'RE STILL DOING THIS ON A PART TIME BASIS.

YEAH. AND THE ONLY PERSON DOING IT. SO I THINK YOU'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB WITH THAT ONE IS THE ONE BOOK, ONE COAST PROGRAM GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR ITO PARK THAT WE ARE GETTING THE SIGNS GETTING UP, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A NICE TIE IN FOR THAT.

I CAN SORT OF TELL YOU WHEN MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR ONE BOOK, ONE COAST.

WELL, NO, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR ONE BOOK, ONE COAST ARE IN MAY, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU SOME DATES IF I CAN JUST FIND, GO BACK TO THAT ONE BOOK, ONE COAST PACKET THAT I HAD A MINUTE AGO WHEN I HELD IT UP.

AND IF I CAN'T FIND IT AS WE'RE TALKING. ALTHOUGH IT HAS TO BE HERE.

I WILL SEND YOU ALL THE DATES. THEY WILL ALSO BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT I WILL SEND THEM TO.

OH, HERE WE GO. AND SINCE YOU'RE LOOKING IN THERE, IF YOU CAN FIND THE AREYN PROGRAM, THAT'S THAT IS GOING TO BE A. A R E Y N. WHAT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY? MAY. SORRY. MAY 4TH IS A MONDAY. SO IT'S PROBABLY MAY 2ND.

IT'S GOING TO BE ON MAY 2ND. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU MENTIONED YOU DID A PROGRAM FOR A GARDENING PROGRAM FOR THE ADULTS.

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THEY DID LIKE SMALL CONTAINER GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING.

ALL WITH THE IDEA OF USING LESS WATER FOR THE PROPER TYPE OF PLANTS FOR THE AREA.

WE ALSO DID A PROGRAM ON THAT WITH THE SOUTH BAY.

PARKLAND. THE SOUTH. THE SOUTH BAY PARKLAND CONSERVANCY AND THE SOUTH COAST CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.

SO IT WAS FOUR SEPARATE PROGRAMS ON GARDENING.

SO THEY WERE, THEY WERE ALL BASICALLY REGARDING LIKE LANDSCAPING, LANDSCAPE TYPE GARDENING OR CONTAINER GARDENING.

YEAH, LANDSCAPING AND CONTAINER GARDENING AND SMALL SPACE GARDENING.

YES. I'D BE CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT FARMER'S MARKET THAT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHING IN NORTH REDONDO BEACH ADJACENT TO THE LIBRARY. IT'D BE INTERESTING TO MAYBE AT SOME POINT DO A PROGRAM SPECIFIC TO PRODUCE, YOU KNOW, VEGETABLES, PERHAPS EVEN GROWING THOSE IN CONTAINERS.

I KNOW I'VE TRIED THEM UNSUCCESSFULLY, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE DONE IT.

SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO TAKE A CLASS LIKE THAT MYSELF.

OKAY. I PUT THAT DOWN AS A PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR.

LIKE I SAID, ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT GOT SUGGESTED WHEN WE PRESENTED TO THE LIBRARY COMMISSION THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED.

SO I'M SURE THAT THAT ONE WILL HAPPEN. JUST A MATTER OF FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO IT.

IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. VERY THOROUGH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT KUDOS TO AMY. SHE DOES AMAZING WORK.

AND SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, I'LL MENTION SOMETHING AND SHE FINDS A WAY TO DO IT.

THE ONLY CONSTRAINT, I THINK, IS AVAILABILITY IN THE LIBRARY MEETING ROOM.

AND THE TIME THAT SHE'S AVAILABLE TO US AND BUT IT'S BEEN AMAZING AND A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HER.

AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE JUST SEEN THE PROGRAMS EXPAND AND BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND DOES TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO PLAN AND COORDINATE. BUT WHEN PEOPLE ATTEND, I ALWAYS I USED TO DO ADULT PROGRAMING, AND THE WORST THING THAT HAPPENS IS IF YOU HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM AND NOBODY SHOWS UP.

SO I ALWAYS THINK OF IT, HALF THE BATTLE IS GETTING GOOD PRESENTERS AND THE OTHER HALF IS GETTING THE WORD OUT.

AND I THINK AMY DOES BOTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT SINCE THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO MOVED. SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE PROBABLY SHOULD, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY QUIET BACK THERE, TOO. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF YOU DO NOW, IT'S THE BEST CHANCE TO GET HER WHILE SHE'S STILL HERE. AMY.

FOR ME. I'M SORRY. NO. OH, NOT FOR AMY. OKAY.

SORRY. SO YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOBODY'S ONLINE.

SO NO ONE'S ONLINE AND NO COMMENTS. OKAY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NO. OKAY. ARE YOU HERE FOR STUDENT CREDIT AT ALL? OKAY, GOOD. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM L.3.

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING RESEARCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN REDONDO BEACH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO START OFF WITH? I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS WAS A REFERRAL FROM CITY COUNCIL AND I TRY TO ENCAPSULATE THAT IN THE TITLE. I THINK OUR CHAIR HAS A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND ON THIS.

AND CAN HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE BEST DIRECTION ON HOW BEST TO MOVE FORWARD.

BUT I THINK THE CHAIR CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CONTEXTUAL.

OKAY, SO THIS FIRST CAME UP WHEN I WAS ON THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL DID SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE THEY WANTED SOME SORT OF ACTION BEING PUT TOGETHER WITH REGARDS TO THE HISTORY.

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AND MY POSITION AT THAT POINT WAS WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY, WHO WE NEED TO FUND A RESEARCHER ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STORIES TO BE TOLD, BUT IT'S THE SENSITIVITY ON HOW YOU TELL THE STORY THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT. SO BACK IN 2023, I GUESS THE IMPETUS WAS THE 1969 STONEWALL RIOTS IN NEW YORK CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE PROCESS. WHAT MAKES THIS, AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP AGAIN IN THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION WHEN I WASN'T ON THE COMMISSION, IN 2024 TO AGAIN REVISIT THE ISSUE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE COMMISSION MEETING GOT CANCELED FOR LACK OF QUORUM.

SO WE WERE FORMED AFTER THAT, AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN SITTING THERE, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE AN IMPETUS TO AT LEAST TRY TO CAPTURE A HISTORY OF IT. AND THE, AND I THINK WHAT AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME, BUT BECAUSE I THINK IT INVOLVES THE NORTH BRANCH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A PUBLIC ART PIECE IN THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY.

AND FROM WHAT I GATHERED, THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY CONCEPTION OF WHAT THE ART PIECE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO THE HISTORY THAT WE PUT TOGETHER WILL PROBABLY END UP BEING INCORPORATED INTO WHATEVER SCULPTURE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME FRAME AS FAR AS WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SOMETHING.

AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, BUT ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO THROW IT AT US AND SAY, COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND FOR PRIDE MONTH AND TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO FOR ME, I THINK WE HAVE A CITY THAT'S RICH WITH STORIES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF STORIES, AND IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUT SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE CITY.

AND SO WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR FROM YOU GUYS TODAY IS IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN KIND OF GUIDING THIS PROJECT THROUGH, I'M ESSENTIALLY MAKING A SUBCOMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO I'M SORRY WE'RE MISSING SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY, BUT IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO CHIME IN ON THAT.

YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND THEN WE CAN START FIGURING OUT THE CONCEPTS AND BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMISSION ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO RE-AGENDIZE THIS FOR NEXT MONTH WHEN THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GONE TOO, SO WE CAN EXPAND THAT GROUP. SO I'M OPENING IT UP TO COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS FROM PEOPLE.

I. GO AHEAD. I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS. FIRST, THERE'S THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION OF THIS. BUT IF WE'RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE ESTABLISHING OF A SUBCOMMITTEE TO HAVE DEDICATED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER, IT MIGHT BE BEST TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIKE ALMOST HALF THE COMMISSION IS NOT HERE.

SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH JUST THE PEOPLE HERE, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF LIMITING FOR THE SAKE OF THIS.

SO. WELL, MAYBE THE BETTER WAY IS THERE A POLL FOR THE PEOPLE OUT OF HERE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN IT.

SO I'LL START WITH YOU. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE'RE NOT MAKING A SUBCOMMITTEE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION, BUT.

I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE OR HISTORY YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CITY, BUT AGAIN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING SPECIFICS OF A SUBCOMMITTEE, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE CONTINUING THE ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER GALASSI. I THINK IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND FOR ME, IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHEN THIS ITEM.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NEED TO TURN THIS ITEM AROUND BECAUSE I'M SORT OF TAPPED OUT AS FAR AS ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES I'M PERSONALLY PARTICIPATING ON, INCLUDING OTHER THINGS. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF KNOW A TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE THIS BACK.

ESPECIALLY SINCE, YOU KNOW, ONE CAN ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING COINCIDE WITH PRIDE MONTH, WHICH IS IN JUNE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ONE COMMISSION.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PRIDE MONTH. OKAY. BECAUSE THE WAY THAT COUNCILMAN OBAGI IS THE ONE WHO APPROACHED ME WITH IT IS THAT THEY WANT US TO COME UP WITH A HISTORY TO KIND OF INSPIRE THE SCULPTURE OR WHATEVER ARTWORK THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE PAINTING OR WHATEVER. I THINK TO ALSO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT.

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TO CONTEXTUALIZE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME LEVEL OF RESEARCH.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD APPROACH IT. SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING THE ITEM BACK.

I THINK WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION AS FAR AS YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO GET IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

WELL, THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT, CORRECT? NOT AT THIS POINT. FOR THE PROJECT. NO? I DON'T THINK THEY'VE DONE ANYTHING WITH THAT.

I THINK THEY'RE STILL GATHERING INPUT AND LOOKING FOR DIRECTION.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE PROPOSAL OR THE CONCEPT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE NORTH REDONDO BRANCH LIBRARY.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK AS OUR CITY MANAGER SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, SOMETIMES THESE THINGS CAN TAKE QUITE A WHILE, BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO PING THE DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY IDEA.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS LED IN ADDITION BY OUR CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION.

SO THEY MIGHT HAVE THEIR OWN TIMELINE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN THESE ITEMS MIGHT CROSS OVER A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONS YOU KNOW WE COULD DO A LITTLE BETTER WITH COMMUNICATION, BUT THE CONCEPT IN AND OF ITSELF, I THINK YOU KNOW, IS TO LEND SOME CONTEXT AND INFORM THAT PROJECT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE INSPIRATION.

WE LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. GREAT. I SUPPORT IT, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT WOULD BE NICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD TAKE SOME EFFORT ON SOMEONE'S PART TO BE ABLE TO DELVE INTO THAT AND THEN A SUBCOMMITTEE TO MAYBE PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION ON WHAT THAT ULTIMATELY LOOKS LIKE AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD UNDERTAKE TO REACH OUT TO THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, AND GET THAT THAT TIMELINE FROM THEM WHAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I MEAN, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT BACK IF THEY SAY IT'S VAGUE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.

SO IF WE CONTINUE THE ITEM, I'LL TRY TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION NEXT.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE LIAISON ON THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION SPEAK TO US REGULARLY.

AND I'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO HIM BECAUSE WHEN THEY SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE ARTWORK OR SCULPTURE, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT IS IT? SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING? AND I DON'T THINK THEY'VE MADE ANY PROGRESS ON THAT.

AND THAT'S THE SOURCE IS JACK WHO'S THE LIAISON? I'M JUST TRYING TO GAUGE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN PURSUING IT.

I'M GOING TO PROBABLY END UP DOING SOME RESEARCH ON IT JUST TO GET STARTED ON IT.

BUT I WAS HOPING THAT IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, I WOULDN'T DEPRIVE ANYBODY OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.

SO I'M HAPPY WITH TABLING IT TILL NEXT MONTH.

IF WE GET FULL PARTICIPATION AND JUST GET THE CONCEPT OUT THERE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, MAYBE GETTING A SUBCOMMITTEE.

I HAVE A SUBSEQUENT QUESTION. DOES SOMEBODY FROM THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION WANT TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT? I THINK REACHING OUT TO THE LIAISON AND DETERMINING THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

SO WE COULD DEFINITELY FEEL THAT OUT AND SEE.

YEAH. AND YOU CAN ALSO ASK THE COUNCILMAN TO COME OVER HERE AND SHARE THE CONCEPT AS WELL.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND YOU HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THEM TOO, I THINK HE'S YOUR COUNCILMAN.

COMMISSIONER GALASSI. I'M SORRY. I THINK THE COUNCILMAN WHO'S REFERRED IT IS ALSO YOUR COUNCILMAN.

HE IS. HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME MORE CONCEPT CONTEXT TO IT.

COMMISSIONER MCCAULEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? NO.

NOT REALLY. THERE'S NOT MUCH TO. OKAY. SO DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT? YEAH, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE TO. WELL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM L3 TO A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING.

OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? YES, I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY. SO LET'S HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S ANY.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY, THEN WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON IT TO TABLE IT TO OR.

CONTINUE ITEM L3. CONTINUE UNTIL NEXT MONTH AND IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AGAIN.

GREAT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? OKAY, SO THAT RECOMMENDATION PASSES.

SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM L4 COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEW AND PROJECT UPDATE.

SO WE'LL START WITH THE MINOR ALTERATION SUBCOMMITTEE.

ANYTHING TO REPORT? THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING THAT HAS COME TO US.

OKAY. FACILITIES USER SUBCOMMITTEE. COMMISSIONER YOUSUFZAI OR MCCAULEY.

[01:55:04]

OKAY. VOLUNTEER ACKNOWLEDGMENT PROGRAM SUBCOMMITTEE COMMISSIONER YOUSUFZAI.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FROM THAT? YEAH. ALSO NOTHING I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK TO COMMISSIONER ROWE ABOUT IT.

OKAY. BRINGING HISTORY TO THE COMMUNITY SUBCOMMITTEE.

I JUST HAVE BRIEF UPDATES WITH REGARDS TO THE ETO PARK.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEND IT OFF TO FABRICATION AT SOME POINT IN THIS NEXT MONTH.

THE PATH OF HISTORIES ARE STILL THERE ON THE TIMELINE I'M GOING TO BE SENDING OUT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE A BUNCH OF DATES AND LET THEM PICK OUT WHICH ARE THE DATES THEY WANT TO PUT AS MARKERS IN THE DOMINGUEZ PARK.

AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD THAT IF THEY'VE OPENED IT UP, THERE MAY NOT BE ALL THE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING COMMISSIONER MCCAULEY.

NO. OKAY. FRANKLIN PARK PLAYGROUND SUBCOMMITTEE, ANYTHING.

WE'VE NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH ANY UPDATES AS TO THE FRANKLIN PARK PLAYGROUND BREAKING GROUND AND AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THERE'S NO UPDATE.

OKAY. ARE YOU GUYS COVERING THE CORNHOLE CONTROVERSY OVER THERE? I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT I'M NOT. I'M NOT COVERING IT, PER SE.

OKAY. ALTA VISTA PARK PICKLEBALL SUBCOMMITTEE.

YAY! WE HAD A FANTASTIC RIBBON CUTTING AT ALTA VISTA.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUR STAFF AND OUR ELECTEDS OUT THERE PLAYING AND ENJOYING. SO, AND THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY YOU KNOW, BEEN OUT THERE.

THEY'RE GETTING THE COURTS ARE GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER.

SO, IT'S EXCITING TIMES. GREAT. THANK YOU. PRESERVATION OUTREACH SUBCOMMITTEE.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE FOR THAT ONE, TOO. SO, OUR MEETING WAS CANCELED AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET ANOTHER MEETING ON THE BOOKS SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE TWO EVENTS THAT WE, NOT JUST THE EVENTS, BUT ALSO THE OUTREACH FOR PRESERVATION. THE FIRST EVENT WOULD BE THE ONE IN JUNE AT THE RIVIERA VILLAGE FESTIVAL.

WE HAVE A TABLE THAT'S BEEN SET ASIDE FOR US, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MATERIALS YET FOR THAT.

SO THAT WAS PART OF THE MEETING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE.

AND THEN THE OTHER EVENT WE'RE PLANNING IS FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATED HOMEOWNERS.

AND THAT WE WERE TARGETING FOR THE FALL, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN THAT REGARD.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A MEETING IN THE BOOKS ALSO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ENTAIL.

AND IF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO COVER THESE THESE TWO EVENTS AND THE MATERIALS ASSOCIATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE RECOGNITION PRESERVATION SUBCOMMITTEE.

SO I MET WITH THE NEW COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE NEW HISTORIC DISTRICT TO JUST SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE WITH REGARDS TO THE CONCEPT OF THE BRICKS AND AS BEING EMBEDDED INTO THE SIDEWALK.

AND THEY SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH THAT. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO AGENDIZE TO APPROVE THAT, OR JUST GO FORWARD AND WORK WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON IT. WHICH DO YOU PREFER? I THINK THAT I CAN MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK. YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. OKAY, GREAT.

THE FUNDING HOPEFULLY WILL BE INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY.

THE ONLY THING AS YOU HEARD TODAY WAS THE NEGOTIATING ON THE LABOR COSTS, WHICH IS AN INTERNAL COST THAT THE CITY WOULD BE INCURRING.

ALSO THEY EXPRESSED THEIR PREFERENCE FOR A SIGN THAT ANNOUNCES THIS IS THE GARNET STREET HISTORICAL DISTRICT. SO LOOKING FOR A VENDOR THAT WILL ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE, I THINK IT CAN ACTUALLY BE PUT TOGETHER FOR UNDER $200.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT PRESERVATION

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I DON'T THINK I GOT ANY KIND OF BUDGET INPUTS FROM COLLECTIVELY EVERYBODY I KNOW THREE MEMBERS ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE EARLIER DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO GET THIS OUT BEFORE THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

MY UNDERSTANDING AND EVERYBODY HERE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I WAS THINKING THAT I WAS GOING TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS FILTERED THROUGH YOU.

RIGHT. SO I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.

SO FROM WHAT I HAVE, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF GROUPED ALREADY, BUT I WAS KIND OF THINKING THAT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO GIVE INDIVIDUAL BUDGET ITEMS THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE IN THE COLLECTIVE SUBMITTAL.

RIGHT. SO I CAN KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT. I DID GET I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS STRATEGIC PLAN KIND OF CAME TO THE FOREFRONT.

SO MANY OF THE ITEMS WERE KIND OF CONVEYED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T BE CONVEYED RECONVEYED OR CONVEYED FOR BUDGET.

SO WHAT I AM THINKING IS WE CAN SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO COMMISSIONERS TOMORROW JUST TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, IF ANY. AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN MEET AND TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS AND THEN THAT WE HAVE RETAINED.

YES. AND JUST TO RECAP, AND AGAIN, I CAN LOOK AT THE MINUTES, BUT I'M PRETTY, PRETTY AWARE OF LIKE IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT THINGS MIGHT HAVE OVERLAP BETWEEN STRATEGIC ITEMS AND THEN ALSO ITEMS FOR THE BUDGET, RIGHT. RIGHT. SO IF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING HAS ALREADY KIND OF BEEN COMPLETED, THERE'S STILL THE ELEMENT OF ITEMS WE WANT TO INCLUDE FOR THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

SO IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, IF YOU WANT TO FACILITATE THEM THIS WAY, SO I CAN JUST GROUP THEM TOGETHER KIND OF WITH THE INSTRUCTION OF WHAT THE CITY MANAGER GAVE US. JUST TO MAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, PROCESS KIND OF GO ALONG.

BUT YEAH, IF THERE'S, IF YOU CAN SEND THAT OUT AND THEN. ABSOLUTELY.

I WILL WORK DILIGENTLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO HAVE A DRAFT REMITTED TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO CIRCULATE THAT TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, THEN WE HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING SUBMITTED.

YEAH. SO WE CAN, SO I SENT SOMETHING IN AFTER LAST, THE LAST MEETING.

SO I CAN ADD TO THAT. YES. OH YEAH. AND SEND THAT.

WELL, WHAT MY TIME FRAME, JUST WHAT I'M THINKING IS WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL OUT MAYBE LET ME KNOW IF YOU KNOW, MONDAY DEADLINE OR FRIDAY. I DON'T KNOW, LET ME KNOW.

BUT TRYING TO TURN IT AROUND MONDAY. WELL, I WOULD GET THE INFORMATION, THE INFORMATION SENT BACK.

RIGHT. AND THEN MEET WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THERE'S ANY PROBLEM WITH THE REDUNDANCY OF ITEMS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR STRAT PLAN ARE RECOMMENDED FOR BUDGET AS WELL.

WE CAN CONFIRM THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO CAPTURE ANY OUTLIERS, ANY SORT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AND THEN I THINK IF THE GROUP HERE TONIGHT IS OKAY WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING CONVEYING THOSE THEN AT SOME JUNCTURE IN THE FUTURE, THROUGH THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO CITY MANAGER, VIA THE LIAISON, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM AND MOST EXPEDITIOUS.

YES. AND I PROMISE, LIKE, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, LIKE WHATEVER YOU NEED TO FACILITATE WITHOUT VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT.

THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING TO HAVE IT CIRCULATED THROUGH YOU.

BUT WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT TO TAKE COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR MAROKO'S KIND OF MANTRA, BUT LIKE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THE PROCESS, JUST LET US KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE THIS EASY ON YOU AS WELL DANA.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THE ONE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE DID NOT PUT ON THERE IS THE BIRTHDAY, SO. APOLOGIES. YEAH. SO I WILL GIVE FULL CREDIT TO COMMISSIONER ROWE ABOUT THIS.

HE'S BEEN VERY DILIGENT WITH TRYING TO GET CONTRACTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND VENDORS.

MY LAST KIND OF EMAIL CHAIN CORRESPONDENCE WAS HE WAS WORKING ON THE CONTRACT FOR A FACE PAINTER, I BELIEVE HE WAS WORKING ON THAT WITH JACK. SO THAT WAS AS OF A WEEK AGO.

SO I KNOW COMMISSIONER ROWE IS NOT HERE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR MEETING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROWE. HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY DILIGENT WITH TRYING TO GET ENTERTAINMENT SUMMED UP.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. AND JUST SO IT'S CLEAR, THE BIRTHDAY PARTY IS ON APRIL 25TH FROM 11 TO 3 P.M..

JACK SENT ME A COPY OF THE FLIER, SO I KNOW THAT IT'S BEING STARTED BEING DISTRIBUTED OUT PROBABLY TOMORROW.

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BUT IT IS APRIL 25TH IT'S A SATURDAY. IT'S COMING UP PRETTY SOON.

OKAY. SO CAN WE GET MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE REVIEW AND UPDATES.

SO FILE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCCAULEY.

COMMISSIONER GALASSI. DID YOU SECOND IT? YES.

OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANYBODY OPPOSED? SAY NO. OKAY. SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND TO LAST ITEM ITEMS FROM STAFF.

[M. ITEMS FROM STAFF]

I BELIEVE SO. AND THEN WE CAN WORK. CAN I ADD SOMETHING ON THAT? YEAH. SO I GOT A LETTER SAYING MINE WASN'T PROCESSED.

AND THEY SAID IT WAS A $10 A DAY FINE, UP TO $100.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE TO FINISH IT, BUT ONCE YOU GET ONTO THAT WEBSITE, IT SHOULD BE REALLY EASY TO GET THROUGH. AND CITY CLERK IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST, SO JUST REACH OUT.

I ALREADY DID IT. YEAH, I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S A ONCE A YEAR THING.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE US MUCH NOTICE THIS YEAR. THEY GAVE US LIKE LESS THAN A WEEK.

AND REALLY, SINCE IT'S AN ANNUAL THING, I SHOULD JUST PUT IT ON OUR CALENDAR TO REMIND PEOPLE.

PROBABLY STARTING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THE CALENDAR YEAR.

BUT I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED YOU. IT'S JUST THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED FROM THE EMAIL SHE SENT.

YEAH, YOU CLICK ON THAT AND THERE'S A LOGIN. FIGURE IT OUT.

AND I'LL LET YOU SEE THE LAST YEAR ONE SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPAND IT.

AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT WE HAVE PHONE NUMBERS FOR THIS COMMISSION.

OH RIGHT. SO BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER I PUT DOWN ON THE FORM.

YES. AND THEN I DID LIST THAT ON THE BUSINESS CARDS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER.

IT'S MONITORED BY STAFF. IF WE RECEIVE A PHONE, VOICE MAIL, WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU.

SO FAR, IT'S JUST BEEN WRONG NUMBERS, BUT IT DOES WORK.

I TESTED IT MYSELF. I KNOW IT WASN'T ANY OF YOU, BUT ONE WAS A CALL ABOUT A DOORDASH ORDER, SO I'M SURE THAT WAS INCORRECT. BUT THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME BECAUSE I DO GET NOTIFICATIONS WHEN THERE IS A MESSAGE LEFT AND WE WILL CONFER WITH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE OTHER THING IS WE SENT AN EMAIL TO COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THE CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

WHAT'S THE REST OF IT? THE REPORT IS A CONTINUING EDUCATION STUFF, RIGHT? YES. IT WAS LIKE CONTINUING EDUCATION, LIKE FOR LIKE PRESERVATION.

YEAH. ALSO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE LAST ONE BECAUSE YOUR RESUME IS COMPLETELY ON THERE COMMISSIONER GALASSI. SO IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR BIO, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO IT.

I THINK IT'S ALREADY DELINQUENT. THE REPORT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY JUST GOT THE TEMPLATE SO.

I THINK THE SENIOR PLANNER IS DILIGENTLY WORKING ON IT.

I REACHED OUT TO US. I THINK THAT WHEN THE APPLICATIONS ARE SUBMITTED, THERE'S THE ABILITY TO ATTACH A RESUME AND SUBMIT THAT. BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ONLY DISTILLED AT THAT TIME OF THE APPLICATION.

SO YOUR RESUME MIGHT BE UPDATED. BUT I THINK PRIMARILY THEY WERE INTERESTED IN GATHERING INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAD ATTENDED PRESERVATION TRAINING FOR THE YEAR 24 FOR THAT REPORT AND THE YEAR 25 FOR THAT REPORT.

SO AND THEN IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT ME AN EMAIL, BUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WOULD JUST AFFIRM OUR.

SO YOU MAY WANT TO FOR THE COMMISSION, WE DID HAVE A TRAINING WITH PLANNER KINSELLA AND LIKE HER LAST MEETING AND WE HAD ONE WITH MARC WIENER, I THINK ON IN AUGUST.

SO YOU SHOULD SEE IT FOR ANYBODY WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE ON THOSE TWO DATES IN THE MINUTES THAT THEY ATTENDED AS WELL.

OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IT CALLS FOR IS WE WERE LOOKING BACK AT THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS TOO. AND I THINK PRESERVATION, WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD 1 OR 2

[02:10:08]

SO IT WAS OUR ANYTHING WITH CHAIR YOUSUFZAI ON THERE? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT COMMISSION HERE. YEAH.

THAT COUNTS. LET'S SEE. SO I HAVE THAT AND YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR STAFF OUT THERE PROMOTING OUR RESOURCES.

IT'S ALWAYS A FUN EVENT. AND WE'LL ALSO PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE WAY WE KIND OF CROSS PROMOTE IS THAT IF WE'RE AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, WE'LL SAY ON OUR WEBSITE, COME VISIT US AT THE MUSEUM AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL DRAW PEOPLE TO KIND OF CROSS POLLINATE BOTH INSTITUTIONS.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. COMMISSION.

SORRY. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS.

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

JUST WHAT WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEE. THAT'S IT. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER GALASSI. NONE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCCAULEY.

OKAY. I DO HAVE ONE THING. SO I'VE GOT A TENTATIVE GO AHEAD TO CREATE VETERAN BANNERS HONORING OUR VETERANS FOR LIKE ARTESIA BOULEVARD, ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM.

SO WHAT I TALKED WITH MY COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT DOING IS THAT BOOK THAT'S KIND OF THE AUTHOR'S COMING TO THE LIBRARY.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE BACK A BUNCH OF PICTURES OF VETS THAT SERVED IN WORLD WAR TWO.

AND I THINK A COUPLE IN THE KOREAN WAR. AND JUST GET THE PERMISSION, WHICH I'VE BEEN GIVEN ORAL PERMISSION TO USE THEM.

AND THEN GET AN ESTIMATE TO PUT IT UP THERE. SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE UP BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

IT'S GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET PRIVATE FUNDING SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

BUT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW. VERY COOL. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OUR PUBLIC LEFT. SO I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH PUBLIC AMENITIES COMMISSION WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 6:30 P.M.

ON MAY 13TH, 2026, AND THE REDONDO BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 415 DIAMOND STREET, REDONDO BEACH, IS THE INTENTION OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND ALL RESPECTS.

IF AN ATTENDEE OR PARTICIPANT IN THE MEETING WILL NEED SPECIAL ASSISTANCE BEYOND WHAT IS NORMALLY PROVIDED, THE CITY WILL ATTEMPT TO ACCOMMODATE YOU IN EVERY REASONABLE MANNER.

PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT (310) 318-0656, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO INFORM US OF YOUR PARTICULAR NEEDS AND DETERMINE IF AN ACCOMMODATION IS FEASIBLE.

PLEASE ADVISE US AT THAT TIME IF YOU WILL NEED ACCOMMODATIONS TO ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

OUR AGENDA PACKET IS AVAILABLE 24 HOURS AT WWW.REDONDO.ORG UNDER THE CITY CLERK.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT PART? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAY NO. OKAY. OH, I GOT A GAVEL HERE.

WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.