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Okay, sorry about the delay, technical issues. Okay, good evening, and welcome to the January 12, 2026, city council meeting. I will now call the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Temmong, will you read us in the pledge of allegiance, please? Yes, thank you.

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Thank you, City Clerk, will you please take roll.

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Councilmember Calmick, Councilmember Calmick, Councilmember Sanico, Councilmember Steele, Mayor Pro Temuang, and Mayor Landau.

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Here, all present, thank you.

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Okay, now we will move on to presentations.

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This is going to be proclamation and recognition of the Harbor family, Harbor surfboards, and Harbor Chronicles.

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Almost seven decades ago, in 1959, Rich Harbor started one of the most recognized California surfboard companies

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from his parent's Seal Beach garage before opening his own shop.

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Harbor surfboards on Main Street and Seal Beach in 1962.

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two. It wasn't long before many of the town locals were asking Rich to make them surfboards.

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Soon Harbor's boards were gracing the pages of Surfer Magazine underneath the feet

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of the era's most respected and recognized surfers. The legacy of Rich Harbor and the business

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operations at Harbor's surfboards are still going strong and being carried forward with Rich's family

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and daughter Melissa as head of the Harbor Surfboards brand, the surfboard production and its worldwide distribution.

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Now therefore, be it proclaimed, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach does hereby recognize

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the Harbor family, Harbor surfboards, and Harbor Chronicles, shaping a legacy for their accomplishments

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and honoring Harbor's longstanding legacy in the City of Seal Beach.

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This is for the Harbor Surports Proclamation.

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So, Harbor Surports, if you would like to come to the podium.

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Harbor Surports located at 329 Main Street in Seal Beach since 1962,

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stands as one of the longest operating surf shops in its original location

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and cornerstone of the community's surfing history.

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Robert Housen, an owner of the retail operations,

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has played a vital role in preserving and evolving harbor surfboards,

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transitioning it into a thriving destination while honoring its foundational legacy established by Rich Harbor.

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Under Robert House and Stewardship, the shop continues to serve surfers worldwide,

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maintaining the tradition of quality craftsmanship and community spirit that has defined harbor surfboards for over six decades.

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Now, therefore, be it proclaimed, the City of Seal Beach does hereby recognize Robert

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Housen, owner of the Retail Harbor Surfboard Shop at 329 Main Street for his

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achievements in caring forward this cherished legacy.

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Thank you very much.

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Would you like to say a couple words?

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Thank you.

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It has been a tremendous honor to represent harbor

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supports in the Harbor family for all these years.

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I am very, very grateful to the town of Seal Beach who has provided me and

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my wife, Chris, an opportunity to carry on this legacy.

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And we look forward to doing it for many, many years to come.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Not yet.

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Not yet.

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like to invite up Chris Stardellis and his wife, Enza Enzia.

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Yeah,

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Chris Sardellis and Enzia Farrell have dedicated years to creating the documentary film Harbor Chronicles Shaping a Legacy, capturing the life and influence of iconic surfboard shaper, Rich Harbor, Harbor Chronicles Shaping a Legacy as earned a claim, including best action sports feature audience award at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

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I was there.

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Best cinematography for documentary feature film at the Culver City Film Festival, both in 2025.

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Through their passion and artistry, Chris Sardelles and Enzia Farrell have preserved and shared the rich history of

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Seal Beach's surfing heritage with audiences worldwide.

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Now, therefore, it be proclaimed the City Council of the City of Seal Beach does hereby recognize Chris Sardelles and

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an NZF barrel for their achievements in creating harbor chronicles, shaping a legacy.

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For celebrating seal beaches enduring surf culture.

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Thank you so much, and please say a couple of words.

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Thank you, thank you.

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This is a huge honor.

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Well, first of all, I want to thank you Mayor for showing up to the Newport Film Festival.

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I know you went to the enemy's territory to see the movie, but you saw it and it was great.

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And it actually probably helped us there and I appreciate that.

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I appreciate the Harbor family, thank you guys for letting me in their life and letting me go through all their photos and using all their footage and stuff to make the incredible movie of their father, Rich Harbor and their family.

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Harbor was a special man to me, gave me a break in my life and I was able to move forward in life and kind of get my life together, I'm kind of choked up.

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So yeah, when my grandmother brought me here when I was 1969, I'd love to still be each I lived here

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And I I adore the city. I thank you guys for everything. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you

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Thank you Mayor Landau

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It's a huge honor

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And see I did you want to say a couple words?

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I'd like to now call up the harbor family. Can you please come to the podium?

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Okay, I'm gonna have you guys each say your name and who you are

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Okay, this is Ava. This is my dad's grand daughter, my mom Helen, which is wife, my daughter

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Elena, my daughter, my son Harrison, my son Miles. I'm Carrie Harbor, I'm the other

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daughter. My husband, Karen.

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Thank you all for coming.

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I mean, it was such an amazing treat to see Harbor Chronicles.

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If you haven't seen it yet, you've got to go.

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I've been in Seal Beach 15 years.

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I know that's new in Seal Beach time.

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But I learned so much.

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I mean, Larry Krueger was in the movie.

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So it was amazing.

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Chris, he did a great justice to this wonderful family.

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And we'd like to bathe theater.

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Is it January 24th?

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23rd, 7.30 p.m. at $10 discounts at Bay Theater.

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Deb, can you present them with a proclamation, please?

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Any of you want to speak?

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Helen, would you like to speak?

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We have a lot of good comments.

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Actually, do you want to come down?

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get the wide angle here.

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Okay, everyone.

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Very nice.

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Stay there.

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Everyone else?

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Come on.

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Okay, everybody.

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Looking good.

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I also want to mention that Supervisor Janet Winn also provided proclamations to the

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the family as well, Harbor surfboards into Chris.

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The Harbor Chronicles has shown a spotlight

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on what a huge impact Rich Harbor and Harbor surfboards

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has had on the surf culture and industry,

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not only nationwide but worldwide.

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Like many other beach communities

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who honor their surfing legends,

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plans are in the works to erect a statue

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In Eiser and Howard Park, in honor of Seal Beach's very own Rich Harbor, stay tuned for the details.

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Thank you all for coming and thank you Harbor family for giving us Rich Harbor.

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Okay, we are now going from Rich Harbor to the Sand Dunes Restoration presentation.

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I would like to call upon Surfrider Foundation, Southern California Regional Manager, Mikayla Cotes.

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Let's try

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and move this up here a little bit.

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Can you guys hear me all right?

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About having to bend down too much, amazing.

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Thank you guys so much for providing us with the time and

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opportunity to come and speak with you all about our vision for

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protecting and restoring the coastal dunes here in Seal Beach.

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Like we said, my name is Michaela Coates and I'm the seven California regional

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manager here representing the North Orange County chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.

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And next slide, please.

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So, just a quick overview of what we'll cover today is who we are and why we're here,

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why coastal zone habitats matter, the current project site and conditions, the project

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overview, and then I would be happy to answer any questions that you all might have at

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the end.

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Next slide, please.

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So, these are brighter foundation is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the protection

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and enjoyment of the world's ocean waves and beaches for all people through a powerful

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activist network.

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We work through grassroots chapters that are 100% community-led all across the country,

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and our mission centers around five core initiatives, one of which that is bringing us here today

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is the Coast and Climate Initiative, which aims to tackle the issues that threaten our

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beaches and our natural shorelines.

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Next slide, please.

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The Climate Action Program is the community-directed program that lives within the Coast and Climate

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initiatives, and the goal is to use nature-based solutions to enhance coastal resilience.

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This looks very differently across our network, but all encompasses various restoration projects,

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so whether that is restoring mangroves in Puerto Rico or Dune Grasslands and Francisco, we have

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volunteers and community members engaging in this kind of stewardship work all across the network,

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and we're hoping to bring that here to Seal Beach as well. Next slide, please. Oh, you guys are so

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So, like I mentioned, I'm here representing the North Orange County chapter.

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We extend from Seal Beach here in the north down to Newport Beach in the south as well

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as inland in order to represent those inland upstream communities that all deserve right

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the access to clean beaches.

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Next slide please.

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Stone County chapter was formed from the recent merger of the Newport Beach and Seal Beach slash Huntington Beach chapters. So we've had a long standing presence here in the Seal Beach community. Through beach cleanups of the San Gabriel River Jedi in 2025, we removed almost 4,000 pounds of trash from the beaches and waterways. We also host native plant restoration events at Rivers End Park and have installed hundreds of native plants and engaged community members through those events too. Next slide.

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And so here you can see the site at first that we envision this project occurring.

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So we want to protect and restore the approximately 2.3 acres of coastal dunes that exist between

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1st and 3rd Street.

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We aim to engage the local community through hands-on volunteer days to instill in foster

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stewardship, all with the vision of strengthening seal beaches, natural coastal resilience

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and native biodiversity.

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So why protect and restore coastal dunes?

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Well, healthy dunes can act as a natural barrier against storm surge and erosion.

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That protects not just the coast but the infrastructure that we have built around it.

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Healthy dunes play a critical role in providing native habitat for wildlife,

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including plants and birds, such as the endangered California lease turn and

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the threatened western snowy clovers that both utilize dunes as nesting habitat.

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where store and coastal dunes can also provide a more cost effective method of

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coastal defense. I'm aware that the city constructs a berm in order to protect

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the restaurant and the parking lot from storm surges that can occur and so

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restoring dunes can be a natural cost effective mechanism of getting that same

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goal and lastly by doing these projects in the community we can engage local

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residents and foster stewardship of the environment so that we can all work to

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protect it together.

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So, the current conditions, this project was brought to the chapter from concerns from

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local residents and community members over the trampling that has been occurring at the

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dunes, whether that's from unmanaged foot traffic or even e-bikes as well as RV cars.

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That can destroy the vegetation and destroy the dunes structure.

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The dunes are also currently covered in invasive species, mostly ice plant which out competes

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and reduces the overall biodiversity and health of the site.

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And overall, the lack of protection of the dunes continues to leave this habitat vulnerable to these continued human, as well as natural impacts.

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These are just some photos that were sent to us from local residents that show examples of the current conditions that I was describing whether that is the foot traffic, the RV and E by cars.

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We're also the signs that were approved by the Coastal Commission that are regularly

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vandalized, but those do serve to try and educate people about the reasons why these

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dunes should be protected.

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So we aim to take all of these challenges and transform them into solutions through dune

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protection, which is the installing of symbolic fencing.

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We can create designated walking areas that maintain pedestrian access while protecting

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the habitat at the site. Through doing restoration, we can remove those invasive species,

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giving more space for the native species to thrive, while also manually installing native plants

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or native seeds in the site to help give those native species a little bit of a boost.

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And through regular maintenance of the site through workshop and restoration days,

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we will continue to engage the community in ongoing stewardship of this area.

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So as I mentioned, this project was brought to us by residents.

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And this is a fully community-led initiative.

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The chapter is 100% volunteer-led.

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And so the North Orange County chapter is prepared to fund, plan, implement, and maintain this restoration project.

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We have begun to find funding for this project to cover the materials, tools, and technical support,

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which would include a restoration consulting company to help develop a restoration plan.

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We're going to find funding through a combination of grants as well as local donations.

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There are already many residents who are eager to help support this project and bring it to life, and the city will remain fully informed throughout the process.

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We've received such amazing support so far, and we're so grateful.

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And the city will continue to approve any elements that they want to review such as project plans and event dates that may occur in the future.

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So, on this picture here, you can see our tentative sort of map for the first stage of the

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project, which is protecting the dunes, the green quadrants there are the areas of

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the dunes that will be protected by symbolic fencing.

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The spaces in between are the areas that we will be open for pedestrian access, and the

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black lines are the areas that will be wide enough for vehicle access, specifically for

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lifeguards to continue their regular patrols. We are currently, oh sorry, we are currently

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in the process of securing permits and funding for this first stage. After we protect

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the dunes, we aim to implement the restoration plan, so like I mentioned, we'll be working

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with a restoration consulting company to have that developed for us, and again, that will

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be dependent on permits as well as continued funding for this project. And lastly, we will

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will continue to engage the community, not just in the actual restoration itself, but in the ongoing maintenance for,

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as long as needed that the ultimate goal is to make this habitat healthy and stable enough to thrive all in its own.

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And so where we are today, we have walked the site with city staff and community members in order to map the vehicle and public access routes.

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We have identified the fencing layout that will help reduce disturbance while preserving key access for

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the public as well as public safety like lifeguards. We've done a preliminary assessment

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of present vegetation and photograph site conditions. And like I've said, we've built

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a lot of community interest around this project and we have many engaged volunteers ready

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to bring it to life whenever we are. And so like I mentioned, we're currently going through

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the permit application fund raising and grant writing process in order to do that.

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And so, again, Surfighters' work, we really are community first, and so by bringing folks

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out to the site, engaging them in this project, we can not only help the native biodiversity,

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but we can help to continue to foster environmental stewardship.

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And anybody that wants to come and contribute to a more healthy and resilient coastline here

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in Zilbeach.

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And thank you all so much for your time.

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I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have.

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Mikayla, do you find that e-bikes pose a threat to this vegetation?

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E-bikes were one of the threats that sort of had been a concern of the local residents.

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I mean, not only from a safety issue, I have my own personal opinions about how e-bikes can be unsafe,

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but also just blatantly going over the dune habitat and the plants which overall degrades the dunes.

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And chief, if somebody is caught riding an e-bikes in the dunes what should be residents call in?

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Yes, I would ask that they call our non-emergency number directly and that's 562-594-7232.

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Perfect, thank you so much.

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Yeah, thank you, a very helpful information.

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Anybody else have questions for Mikella?

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you all so much.

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Okay, at this time, members of the public may address the council regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council.

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Pursuant to the Brown Act, the council cannot discuss or take action on any items not on the agenda unless authorized by law.

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Matters not on the agenda may at the council's discretion be referred to the city manager and placed on a future agenda.

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All speakers will be limited to a period of five minutes.

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Speakers must address their comments only to the mayor and the entire City Council and not to any individual member of the staff or audience.

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Any documents for reviews should be presented to the City Clerk for distribution.

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Speaker cards are available at the clerk's desk for those wishing to sign up to address the council.

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Although the submission of a speaker card is not required in order to address the council.

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I've got a couple of speaker cards so I will start with them first and Lion Kevin Young.

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Good

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evening mayor city council. I'll be speaking about the Rose Lions Rose

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Float and the Rose Parade. If you want to go ahead and start the.

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The Lions

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Club International has been involved in the Rose Float for approximately 25 years.

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The average cost for a float is around $275,000. That's on the low end. So the Lions

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This float is done for a fraction of that, less than 100,000.

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Most of it is paid for through donations.

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Several of the people you saw on the float, they buy a ticket called ride for your life,

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they get to ride on the parade, you get a raffle ticket, and if you ride, then you get another

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ticket, you can walk alongside the parade, but we do things like that to try to raise money

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for the float.

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So, the one thing about the Lions float in the parade is for us as Lions, it's one of our

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biggest marketing tools because it's seen by approximately 400 million people worldwide

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who watched that parade.

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So it raises a lot of visibility for the Lions as a whole.

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One of the things that I wanted to talk about is where Seal Beach got involved in it.

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seal beach for, well, seal beach has been involved ever since the beginning, too, as for 25 years.

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And we usually have anywhere from 30 to 40 seal beach lions that work several days during the period decorating the float.

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They put together an average of 600 volunteer hours during that period of time.

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All together, there's roughly 1,000 volunteers to put together probably 10,000 hours of labor,

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putting the dry material on the outside and then the flowers and everything but in an

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effort to try to raise a little bit of visibility for the city. For the last

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seven years we've been letting the Lions Group use our van that's got seal

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beach lines all over the side of it and they've been driving the dignitaries

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around to the airport to the float the float barn wherever they need to be.

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What was really cool about it is by driving the van,

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I got to speak with APC, the international director.

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I got to speak with people, are the international president.

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I got to speak with the international director from Canada.

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I got to speak to people from Indiana, from Illinois.

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And the one thing that I told all of them

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is just how wonderful our community is,

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how wonderful our city council is, how wonderful our chamber is,

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and how we all work together so well.

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Because, you know, I'm the president this year and I know our club's success would not happen without the cooperation of the Chamber, the Council and us.

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It's a great collaboration and we all work together so well.

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So, basically I just want to thank you for your time.

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Thank you for letting me come and talk about it.

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And, you know, the parade this year was great because we actually won an award.

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We won an award for the floral representation for a float under 35 feet.

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And it was absolutely amazing, so pretty good for volunteers.

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Do you have any Leo's with you?

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Leo's, other Leo's, who worked on the float?

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I see two right there.

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The Leo's are the youth component of the Leo's.

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The Leo's are the youth component of the Lions Club and it's a great organization.

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So if you have a child under 18, I highly suggest getting them involved with the Leo club.

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Thank you very much, Kevin.

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Thank you.

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Next, I have Robert Freckleton.

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That's it.

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Well done.

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Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and City Council.

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I am Robert Freckleton.

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I am the Mayor Pro Tem from the City of Villa Park.

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Typically, when I take the 22 over here and get off at Seal Beach, my stomach starts thinking caramelized salmon.

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It doesn't know what to think now because it hasn't had it yet.

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But my brain knows while I'm here, and that's too big of you to implore you to please, please keep Joe Calmick on the Orange County Fire Authority Board.

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I serve on the OCFA Board representing Villa Park, and Joe is currently our vice chair in a couple of weeks, God willing, he'll be nominated as our chair.

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Our fire chief resigned earlier this.

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Month, so we have a big vacuum and we need the continuity of leadership now more than ever. We need Joe in that center seat guiding us in 2026. It will be a tremendous advantage to Seal Beach because you're going to have somebody there that's going to have a lot of influence on who is hired to be our next fire chief. If you send somebody new, quite honestly the way it works like a lot of committees you've been on, you're going to be the newbie, you're not going to get a plum assignment, you're probably not going to be on any of the committees are going to be making those big decisions.

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So Joe will be right there in the middle of it if you send them back.

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As the cash contract city, you need to be concerned about some major budget issues coming up in 2026.

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The hiring of our highest paid chief being one of them.

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And we're ending our unfunded liability after 20 some odd years.

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And four of our labor groups are getting pretty excited about that.

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And at least one, if not two, want to open negotiations in 2026.

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Joe knows these issues.

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and again he will be intimately involved so as to minimize the effect on our

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cash contract cities like Seal Beach. Again if you send a newbie they're not

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going to be a part of that committee most likely they're going to be on the

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road cone committee and will be having much voice. It takes about a year if not

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to even understand how this huge half a billion plus dollar organization

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operation operates. But Joe gets it. He's been there. He's probably the most qualified

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elected official of Orange County to serve on the OCFA board because of all the decades

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of service he had as a firefighter and as a captain here at Seal Beach. But you probably

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already know that. He probably doesn't shut up about it is my guess. And we need a person

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with Joe's experience leading OCFA and to be there with the big decisions are going to

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made. OCFA is pretty unique in that it's not unlike a lot of other committees

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and mayorial decision, but it's a resolution by the entire council.

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So I sincerely ask you council to please send Joe back to OCFA and

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let him complete his service in the fire service and set you up for a great several years to come as a cash contract

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city and with a fire chief that you helped to pick.

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I'll await your answer at Walt's Wharf.

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Thank

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you, Robert. Is there anyone else that would like to address the council at this time?

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John?

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I just want to say that I finished my God-given drug administration, drug enforcement administration,

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exemption, pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

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I'm going to show it next week. I didn't know I had to bring the PDF on Friday to present it here,

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but there is a little paper over there if you don't believe me yeah I just

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wanted to say for Joe again thank you for the work on the San Gabriel River and I

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saw I think we're gonna talk about it later and the Harbor Surfboards it's been

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in their my whole life, it's amazing that like such a local feeling, I love that.

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And then the dunes we were talking about, I have concern that's only on one side of

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the beach. What are we doing on the other side would be a question. One of my ideas was

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is for the Prop 4 grant to put out some 3D printed concrete things in the ocean in order

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to stop the beach erosion as much and then maybe as a side effect we could put them in this

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like real nice way that gets the waves when I hit on it. I don't know. I don't know if it's

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It's possible, but I'm just putting it out there.

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Yeah, I'll have more next week or two weeks.

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I love you all.

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Thank you, John.

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Is there anyone else that would like to address a council?

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Ken?

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Thank you, Mayor.

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And happy new year, everyone, and

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steam council staff and our first responders.

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I'm back again to talk about the Payne's Pipelines project.

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I'm Ken Sy from College Park West.

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I'm sure most of you or many of you, maybe all of you have saw Tom Moore's letter to

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the editor in the Sun from Thursday, December 11th, just before the holidays there.

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I actually wasn't going to read from it, but the more I look at it, it makes a lot of sense.

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So I'm just going to mention that he pointed out that that bridge is our only daily access

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at this point as well as our only robust emergency access.

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You've heard these things before.

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In Tom's words, any risk to the bridges or risk to our neighborhood safety and emergency.

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For those of you who know Tom Moore, or haven't known him, he was a councilman for eight years.

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He served the term as mayor, but personally, I think he's a very deliberative guy and very

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data-driven and information-driven.

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He looked at the lot of information over time and made up his own mind and actually like any proponent, I guess, I've been trying to, when you think you're right, you try to say, don't you see that this and Tom in his usual way has one of the way everything and after the meeting at the Pickleball Center which a lot of you attended for which I'm still grateful or still grateful.

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He mentioned that the federal national bridge inventory officially determined that that

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bridge is structurally deficient, poor substructure rating for federal recommendation for actual

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bridge replacement due to substandard low capacity and outdated geometry.

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I actually thought that they thought a retrofit, a robust retrofit would be okay, but Tom pointed

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out to me that they actually recommend replacement.

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He also mentioned the January 2025 Cal Trans inspection, which was the latest one, which confirms

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decades of worsening deterioration of the peers, including spallings and exposed rebar.

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Despite that, this pipeline proposal is to add two additional pipelines, permanent loads

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onto the bridge that federal data says needs replacement.

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And this raises a clear safety concern for seal beach residents and for long beach liability.

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As far as the importance of that bridge, I think our first responders know about the importance of that bridge and emergency.

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I've talked with our chief and also Sergeant Gray about that with the, they've known about this and redoing the natural, I'm sorry.

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that the hazard mitigation plan every five years.

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So this is not a new thing, but the pipelines may pose a significant risk.

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And Tom said, no new pipelines on a structurally deficient bridge until it is rehabbed or retrofitted,

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or pipelines are routed by an alternative path.

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This is not opposition.

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And this is ensuring public safety and regional reliability before adding new infrastructure.

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Well, I think most people in Seal Beach are vast majority or not against this pipeline project.

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It's just we really believe, and from the evidence we've developed in the discussion that it doesn't need to come

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before through our area or over that bridge.

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It sounds like the bridge needs attention anyway probably pretty soon.

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But we believe it can be routed in other directions and we don't have to go through the bridge or even through College Park West and the Grove there.

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So it is a regionally benefit to all of us to have clean water and to improve the functioning of the power plant, the DWP plant.

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But really, this project offers no specific benefits to seal beach.

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At the pickleball meeting, there was one slide, and the one benefit they talked about

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is potential use of reclaimed water.

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So I think that ship has sailed.

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I think I hope to talk to you more about that in another time.

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The expense involving with that would be difficult.

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You'd need to have collecting systems, you'd have to be able to use the reclaimed water as

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as well as your water that you're collecting to go

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to be reclaimed, your storm water you run off.

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So there's really no other specific elements

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that they mentioned would be benefit to the city

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other than putting back, they say better than before,

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the work that they do.

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So I hope to continue to engage you

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in discussion on this as we go forward.

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Last time I gave the big booklet,

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the big orange booklet.

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Hopefully, hopefully you'll be able to have a look at that and then we can continue the discussion.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you, Ken.

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Good evening, Mayor Lendell and City Council.

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Here's speak about new business item E, the Trash Interceptor Project.

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I'm a long time surfrider volunteer and I can tell you I've been in the San Gabriel River,

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We're cleaning it up for I think about five years now and dozens of cleanup events just

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this last Saturday.

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We removed 1,500 pounds of trash from Riversend Park in only about three hours with 100

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volunteers.

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I can tell you, thank you.

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I can tell you, you've all heard the definition of insanity.

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We could be there every day doing the same thing and if you expect a different result, you're

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crazy.

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Okay, so I want to just say that this project is hugely important for not only a city of Seal Beach, but also all of North Orange County as it will prevent tons and tons or hundreds of thousands of tons of trash from entering our oceans and ending up on our beaches every year.

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I've also been on the working group that Mr.

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Comick, I believe, has chaired since its inception.

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And just to see this project evolve and move forward the way it has is a huge commitment to what you guys have done for the environment here, and it shows your commitment to the environment going forward.

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So I personally support the project, I hope the city continues to support the project.

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It's hugely important, and I look forward to seeing it become real.

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Thank you very much.

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Good evening.

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Tristan Euler from Old Town.

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First, I just had one comment on the strategic plan that was done in December.

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I hope that there would be a recap at some point.

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I think it was on a Saturday, a lot of people couldn't go.

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I don't know how many people watched it on YouTube.

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to probably not that many, and I think there were some important decisions that were discussed

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and that need to be potentially put in a, I don't know, some kind of a document and

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sent out. Charles did do a great job in the sun to post some things, you know, with

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online and in the paper, but that's not enough because there has been some more discussion

438
00:42:56,720 --> 00:43:01,800
online about committees and upcoming things, and I think that I don't think that the whole

439
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:07,040
city is aware of it. The other thing I want to just talk about briefly, I don't know if you guys have seen the

440
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:13,040
article recently in the Orange County Register about the State of Orange and what they did last year.

441
00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:17,640
They are running a similar parallel path that we are in terms of

442
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:23,680
you know deficits and stuff. So last year in early December or in early January 2025,

443
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:29,880
they underwent a multi-million dollar, they were coming up to a multi-million dollar deficit

444
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:39,680
that and to avoid bankruptcy, what they did is they contacted Grant Thornton to do an audit and put them in a better fiscal responsibility.

445
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:47,560
Really, they did it because they were approaching a long-term structural deficit similar to what we're facing.

446
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:56,320
They had some need for transparency in public trust, another issue that seal beach is facing.

447
00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:02,700
risk of bankruptcy, looming, just like us, and deferred maintenance and other liabilities.

448
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:13,540
And what they were able to do is to make some huge cuts along the way, identify where they were spending gaps.

449
00:44:13,980 --> 00:44:15,820
What could be done to fix it?

450
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,280
I think this is a good time, it's the beginning of the year, it's a good time for

451
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:24,000
our city to kind of look closely before we go into the budgeting process.

452
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:30,360
For the following fiscal year, look at what we spent where the outcomes were good or bad.

453
00:44:31,020 --> 00:44:36,460
And what we can do to stop a potential bankruptcy from happening.

454
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:42,540
So thank you, and hopefully we'll hear more about the budget and everything in meetings to come.

455
00:44:42,900 --> 00:44:43,180
Thank you.

456
00:44:48,580 --> 00:44:49,480
Thank you, Theresa.

457
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:52,360
Is there anyone else that would like to address the council?

458
00:45:06,610 --> 00:45:34,850
My name is Rio McCall. I'm a civil beach resident. And I want to thank Sir Frider Foundation for taking on the sand dune project. That really does a lot for us. It's just a amazing, what changing that habitat to what, what the animals expect, what difference that makes for the shore birds, other coastal birds, the pollinators, all the habitat.

459
00:45:34,850 --> 00:45:38,970
So it's really going to be nice once it's done.

460
00:45:39,850 --> 00:45:49,070
And you might have seen in that picture that in case you're not aware that there are many shorebirds that lay their eggs on open ground.

461
00:45:49,510 --> 00:45:57,090
So they need the right open space in order to see there aren't any predators coming toward them.

462
00:45:57,530 --> 00:46:04,370
But they need enough sand with the right type of plants that will allow them the sand opening to camouflage.

463
00:46:04,370 --> 00:46:12,770
their eggs in the sand, where the ice plant takes over so thick that they can't get to the sand underneath it.

464
00:46:13,490 --> 00:46:18,950
And many of them don't even feed their babies as soon as they're born within two to three hours.

465
00:46:19,510 --> 00:46:24,350
Shore birds like the western snowy plover and the kill deer.

466
00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:31,450
As soon as their feathers dry two to three hours, the fathers walk them to the water and teach them to feed themselves.

467
00:46:31,450 --> 00:46:35,350
So they have a very narrow area where they can live.

468
00:46:36,930 --> 00:46:41,830
And also the Trash Interceptor Project is really exciting to hear.

469
00:46:42,030 --> 00:46:48,490
I volunteer with Riversend Park, and I've had people asking me what can we do about this?

470
00:46:48,790 --> 00:46:52,690
You know, there's something they've done in the Santa Ana River, and I said yes,

471
00:46:53,150 --> 00:46:54,490
Sir Frider is on it.

472
00:46:54,690 --> 00:46:56,730
So that's really exciting.

473
00:46:57,010 --> 00:46:57,430
Thank you.

474
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:04,400
Thank you, Rio.

475
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:05,500
Good

476
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:15,960
evening, Mayor Landau, council members.

477
00:47:16,340 --> 00:47:17,280
My name is Stephanie Wade.

478
00:47:17,560 --> 00:47:20,000
I'm a district five leisure world resident.

479
00:47:20,820 --> 00:47:23,040
And I'm also a surferrider foundation member.

480
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:29,320
I've been a member of the surferrider foundation and involved in surferrider for 23 years.

481
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:36,160
And in that time I've been with four different local chapters and four different beach communities.

482
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:42,500
And nowhere do I see the need for dune restoration more than here in Silbeach.

483
00:47:42,500 --> 00:47:44,920
So I'm really proud of the Council for embracing this project.

484
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:46,700
I'm glad it's going forward.

485
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:48,820
I'm very proud of Rich and the rest of the chapter

486
00:47:49,340 --> 00:47:50,660
for working so hard on this.

487
00:47:51,020 --> 00:47:52,660
I owe you some volunteer hours on it.

488
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,600
And I also want to say the Trash Inn or Sector Project is terrific.

489
00:47:57,820 --> 00:48:00,360
I think it's great, but we also have to do work

490
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,780
about getting rid of and reducing our use of plastics.

491
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:08,400
Even once we get that off our beaches and out of the Trash Inn

492
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,740
or Sector, there is no throwing it away.

493
00:48:10,860 --> 00:48:11,600
There is no way.

494
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:21,300
Those plastic molecules break down, and we're all now familiar with the health effects and that we all carry it, so I hope we'll be looking at maybe a polystyrene band going forward.

495
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:21,980
Thank you.

496
00:48:27,780 --> 00:48:29,540
Thank you, Stephanie. Anyone else?

497
00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:36,060
Okay, going once.

498
00:48:36,440 --> 00:48:36,920
Okay.

499
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:45,340
Good evening, everybody.

500
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:47,380
Thank you, City Council and Mayor for this time.

501
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:51,680
Thank you, Sir Frider, for the important presentation on the dunes.

502
00:48:52,100 --> 00:48:55,800
And thank you for adopting and going forward.

503
00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,380
And thank you for the trash interceptor project as well.

504
00:49:00,020 --> 00:49:05,520
The main reason I'm here today is to make sure that when moving that project forward,

505
00:49:05,700 --> 00:49:12,140
to consider that there are sea turtles in the San Gabriel River, there have been documented over a hundred plus.

506
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:21,740
And so if and when moving forward with that project to include the aquarium of Pacific and other partners within the area, thank you.

507
00:49:21,740 --> 00:49:22,380
Thank you.

508
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:22,920
Thank you.

509
00:49:28,620 --> 00:49:29,660
Anyone else like to speak?

510
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:33,760
Any of the many young people in the audience want to speak?

511
00:49:34,300 --> 00:49:34,780
Oh, here we go.

512
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:44,900
Hello.

513
00:49:45,180 --> 00:49:46,180
My name is Grayson Oslik.

514
00:49:46,540 --> 00:49:49,540
I've got a found value high school, which is a way far away from here.

515
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,480
But many of us are here because we have a government project.

516
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:57,840
And I think that it's very important that we get out here and we, you know, we don't live

517
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,020
in Sylvieche, none of us do, at least I don't think so.

518
00:50:00,380 --> 00:50:04,100
But I think that it's very important that we're able to listen and see these different perspectives

519
00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:34,020
on the different issues, and so chairs, I just want to thank you for your time and thank you for the opportunity for having us out here, and I think that it's important that us as students, like going out of high school into college and into our adult lives, I think that it's very important that we learn the skills on how and what to do when attending these kind of meetings, because eventually if you think about it, we're all going to be living in different cities with different people, and we're going to have different perspectives, and so being able to see those different perspectives in different people, and

520
00:50:34,020 --> 00:50:39,080
And being able to be confident and be peak up here, just off the fly, I think it's very important to be learning those skills.

521
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:42,960
And so I just want to thank you guys for this meeting, and thank you for having us all out here.

522
00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:45,420
On behalf of all the Found Valley High School.

523
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:46,560
Thank you.

524
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:57,940
And now, may I make a quick comment to the less speaker to Grayson from Found Valley High School.

525
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,840
I love it, and you are talking to an alumni from Found Valley High School.

526
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:10,500
Class of 97, you guys are here from your government class, here to speak and

527
00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:11,820
here to observe and this is awesome.

528
00:51:16,690 --> 00:51:19,450
Thank you very much, Grayson. That was great. Anyone

529
00:51:19,450 --> 00:51:20,110
else like to speak?

530
00:51:26,410 --> 00:51:30,790
Come on up. Well, so if you're in model UN, you must be a great public

531
00:51:30,790 --> 00:51:32,330
speaker, right?

532
00:51:35,190 --> 00:51:37,310
That's terrific. Thank you very much. Thank you guys.

533
00:51:42,180 --> 00:51:43,360
Okay, anyone else?

534
00:51:46,830 --> 00:51:52,630
Okay. Can we respond to one comment that was made from the audience?

535
00:51:54,730 --> 00:51:55,130
Yeah.

536
00:51:56,050 --> 00:52:02,110
So a comment was made by Theresa Miller about the strategic plan, about a recap in documents.

537
00:52:02,670 --> 00:52:07,470
I thought a recall from that meeting, we were going to produce an outline or some minutes and so forth.

538
00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:13,310
So can you, Director, or City Manager Geiger, just want to just provide a brief update?

539
00:52:13,790 --> 00:52:17,430
Yeah, no, thank you, Theresa, for bringing it up and Council Member Senegal.

540
00:52:18,070 --> 00:52:23,310
We'll bring that item back with a strategic plan report on the 26th of January.

541
00:52:23,310 --> 00:52:28,630
So you'll get to see the full report, we'll get that out to the public and we'll be able to discuss that item.

542
00:52:28,970 --> 00:52:29,510
Thank you.

543
00:52:31,550 --> 00:52:32,110
Thank you.

544
00:52:32,350 --> 00:52:33,170
Okay, anyone else?

545
00:52:33,890 --> 00:52:34,290
Okay.

546
00:52:34,370 --> 00:52:35,030
We're moving it on.

547
00:52:35,830 --> 00:52:43,270
By motion of the City Council, this is the time to notify the public of any changes to the agenda and or rearrange the order of the agenda.

548
00:52:43,850 --> 00:52:46,770
Does anyone want to pull a consent calendar item?

549
00:52:47,070 --> 00:52:47,850
Yes, Mayor, I do.

550
00:52:47,950 --> 00:52:49,350
I'd like to pull item.

551
00:52:50,430 --> 00:52:51,710
What is it, C?

552
00:52:52,150 --> 00:52:52,650
Item C.

553
00:52:53,210 --> 00:52:59,070
Okay. Noted. Anyone else? City clerk, do we have any supplemental communications?

554
00:52:59,890 --> 00:53:04,930
Yes, Mayor. We have four supplemental communications that were received after posting the agenda.

555
00:53:05,090 --> 00:53:10,250
They've been made available to the council and also to the public. I don't know if I should

556
00:53:10,250 --> 00:53:17,070
do the correction here or wait until we take the item. Item C. Now on item C there was a correction

557
00:53:17,070 --> 00:53:37,110
to the resolution 7722, that was a reference to dissolving the city tree advisory board in the heading of the resolution that should not have been included in that resolution and has since been removed, you have a copy of the current resolution now, and there's copies here available for the public as well.

558
00:53:37,890 --> 00:53:39,310
Thank you very much, City Clerk.

559
00:53:40,370 --> 00:53:43,970
Okay, I'd like to call for a motion and a second to approve tonight's agenda.

560
00:53:44,770 --> 00:53:45,330
Motion.

561
00:53:45,750 --> 00:53:46,190
Second.

562
00:53:46,870 --> 00:53:47,850
Roll call please.

563
00:53:48,810 --> 00:53:53,910
There's been moved by Mayor Pro Tem 1 and second by Council Member Sinoco.

564
00:53:54,830 --> 00:53:56,010
Council Member Calma Caldivo.

565
00:53:56,390 --> 00:53:56,570
Yes.

566
00:53:57,030 --> 00:53:58,410
Mayor Pro Tem 1, Caldivo.

567
00:53:58,730 --> 00:53:58,870
Yes.

568
00:53:59,330 --> 00:54:00,610
Council Member Sinoco Caldivo.

569
00:54:00,950 --> 00:54:01,090
Yes.

570
00:54:01,530 --> 00:54:02,630
Council Member Still Caldivo.

571
00:54:03,050 --> 00:54:03,210
Yes.

572
00:54:03,630 --> 00:54:04,630
Mayor Landau Caldivo.

573
00:54:04,890 --> 00:54:05,050
Yes.

574
00:54:05,050 --> 00:54:06,690
Yes. Motion carries, by votes yes.

575
00:54:07,150 --> 00:54:07,850
Thank you very much.

576
00:54:08,250 --> 00:54:12,610
Now on to reports of the City Attorney Garelli, do you have anything to report?

577
00:54:12,910 --> 00:54:19,030
Thank you Madam Mayor, the City Council met in closed session this afternoon to discuss the two items on the posted agenda.

578
00:54:19,530 --> 00:54:23,850
All five council members were present and no reportable action was taken.

579
00:54:24,630 --> 00:54:30,530
And before I pass this on, I did just want to give the council a happy new year and

580
00:54:30,530 --> 00:54:43,050
Happy New Year from the State legislature because they have seen fit to adopt a very comprehensive update to the Brown Act and the Brown Act for those in the audience is the law that governs public meeting transparency.

581
00:54:43,850 --> 00:54:56,670
And so there's a litany of new changes. Some minor changes that took effect on January 1st, the bulk of the changes that are going to affect how the council meetings are run take effect July 1st of this year.

582
00:54:56,670 --> 00:55:15,230
And the biggest change, just to give you a quick update, is that going forward council meetings are going to have to be hybrid meetings, meaning that there's going to have to be a telephonic or Zoom option for the public to be able to participate in the meetings remotely.

583
00:55:15,230 --> 00:55:24,730
So now we'll now have to be a either Zoom or phone system to allow public comment via one of those systems.

584
00:55:25,130 --> 00:55:30,390
And I have not had an opportunity to talk to staff about what our IT capabilities are.

585
00:55:30,510 --> 00:55:39,770
Obviously we're able to do quite a bit during COVID, but we're going to have to rethink about how to implement this new law on July 1st.

586
00:55:39,770 --> 00:55:45,450
Some of the other changes include a requirement to adopt a disruption policy.

587
00:55:45,770 --> 00:55:55,390
The meeting actually can't proceed if there is a technical interruption with the internet service or phone service.

588
00:55:57,170 --> 00:56:02,570
So we have to adopt a policy on how we're going to address those potential technical difficulties.

589
00:56:03,490 --> 00:56:07,570
And our meeting agendas are actually going to have to be translated into certain languages.

590
00:56:07,570 --> 00:56:12,390
And so we're looking at all that to make sure that the City Council is in compliance with the Brown Act.

591
00:56:14,350 --> 00:56:14,910
What's that?

592
00:56:17,530 --> 00:56:25,290
And just to be clear, the public comment period via the hybrid meeting format only applies to the City Council.

593
00:56:25,410 --> 00:56:28,470
It's not going to apply to every single City Commission.

594
00:56:29,290 --> 00:56:31,390
So with that, that's my report for tonight.

595
00:56:31,390 --> 00:56:38,890
City manager clarification, was there a threshold in the size of the city in terms of the hybrid approach?

596
00:56:39,390 --> 00:56:40,750
Was there a population count?

597
00:56:40,750 --> 00:56:41,770
25,000.

598
00:56:41,850 --> 00:56:41,990
Yeah.

599
00:56:42,550 --> 00:56:43,910
We're right on it.

600
00:56:44,330 --> 00:56:45,610
I think we made it, right?

601
00:56:45,990 --> 00:56:46,430
Just below.

602
00:56:47,030 --> 00:56:47,870
24,924.

603
00:56:51,530 --> 00:56:52,630
Are we 24?

604
00:56:53,270 --> 00:56:53,490
Yeah.

605
00:56:54,070 --> 00:56:55,270
We're 24,924.

606
00:56:55,350 --> 00:56:55,770
24,924.

607
00:56:55,770 --> 00:56:56,290
I've got less than that.

608
00:56:56,290 --> 00:56:56,930
24 or 5.

609
00:56:57,250 --> 00:56:59,430
So we're below the 25,000 thresholds.

610
00:56:59,730 --> 00:57:00,990
Well, we're going to have to look at that.

611
00:57:00,990 --> 00:57:02,510
Yeah, making sure it may not apply to us.

612
00:57:02,630 --> 00:57:04,550
Yeah, it's easy to link to anyone.

613
00:57:04,790 --> 00:57:07,490
But we're in a county that has more than 600,000.

614
00:57:07,830 --> 00:57:08,430
Oh, that's right.

615
00:57:08,670 --> 00:57:09,030
I'm sorry.

616
00:57:09,250 --> 00:57:09,690
Oh my God.

617
00:57:09,890 --> 00:57:11,210
Thank you, City Clerk.

618
00:57:11,650 --> 00:57:13,630
You threw me for a wrench because I was like,

619
00:57:13,690 --> 00:57:14,570
I knew it applied here.

620
00:57:15,090 --> 00:57:18,410
It's 25 cities of 25,000 or any city in a county

621
00:57:18,410 --> 00:57:19,870
with 600,000 people.

622
00:57:20,730 --> 00:57:22,190
So it does apply to Seal Beach.

623
00:57:22,690 --> 00:57:22,930
Okay.

624
00:57:23,330 --> 00:57:24,250
Thank you, City Attorney.

625
00:57:24,930 --> 00:57:26,890
City Manager Geiger, do you have anything to report?

626
00:57:27,250 --> 00:57:27,930
Yes, I do, Mayor.

627
00:57:28,090 --> 00:57:28,670
Good evening.

628
00:57:29,010 --> 00:57:30,050
Happy New Year, everyone.

629
00:57:30,050 --> 00:57:32,130
I hope everybody had an enjoyable holiday.

630
00:57:32,810 --> 00:57:36,490
I want to briefly acknowledge one event that took place since our last city council meeting.

631
00:57:37,050 --> 00:57:42,610
On December 17th, the Silver Beach Police Department held a swearing in ceremony to welcome new members and

632
00:57:42,610 --> 00:57:44,570
recognized promotions within the department.

633
00:57:45,070 --> 00:57:50,270
It was a meaningful event and I want to thank Chief Henderson and the entire police department for

634
00:57:50,270 --> 00:57:53,690
their continued commitment to public safety, to serve our community.

635
00:57:54,670 --> 00:57:58,950
And finally, as we begin the new year, I want to extend my appreciation to our city staff for

636
00:57:58,950 --> 00:58:04,110
For the dedication and professionalism, and I look forward to another productive year ahead in service to the Sylvie's community.

637
00:58:04,610 --> 00:58:05,850
With that, Mayor, that concludes my report.

638
00:58:06,370 --> 00:58:07,230
Thank you very much.

639
00:58:08,190 --> 00:58:13,410
Okay, now general council member comments and reporting pursuant to AB1234.

640
00:58:14,330 --> 00:58:16,270
Councilman Calmick, would you like to start?

641
00:58:16,810 --> 00:58:22,650
I'm receiving, I just have that I attended the swearing in ceremony for our new police officers and

642
00:58:22,650 --> 00:58:26,550
it looks like we have a very good group and the promotions as well.

643
00:58:26,830 --> 00:58:27,150
Thank you.

644
00:58:27,710 --> 00:58:28,470
Thank you.

645
00:58:29,170 --> 00:58:30,090
Councilwoman Senegal.

646
00:58:30,390 --> 00:58:31,030
Yes, thank you.

647
00:58:31,270 --> 00:58:35,370
I just wanted to make a note that the Christmas parade was fabulous.

648
00:58:35,750 --> 00:58:39,490
There was a lot of volunteers and it was a great event, really enjoyed it.

649
00:58:40,210 --> 00:58:46,550
I do want to comment that during the rain season, I want to compliment our public works department and say thank you.

650
00:58:46,930 --> 00:58:51,470
We've talked about being proactive, getting our sign stage flooded.

651
00:58:51,470 --> 00:58:56,930
Please, you know, use a different street and because what happens when in

652
00:58:56,930 --> 00:59:00,430
College Park East when our streets flood and then people drive through it, it

653
00:59:00,430 --> 00:59:05,510
creates the wave that goes right up to the houses and to the garage. So we were

654
00:59:05,510 --> 00:59:12,770
proactive with signs out. We had the, what's the machine? The bumping machine. The

655
00:59:12,770 --> 00:59:19,410
bumping machine pre-staged and the rains came during when our staff a lot

656
00:59:19,410 --> 00:59:25,610
We're taking vacations and holidays and staffing was thin and so really appreciate our staff that had to

657
00:59:25,610 --> 00:59:31,290
Be coordinated jump in to make because you can't turn on those machines unless we have a staff person there

658
00:59:31,290 --> 00:59:37,130
And so and I drove my neighborhood and I saw our staff working. It was raining and it was late and it was cold

659
00:59:37,130 --> 00:59:42,410
And so I just want to share appreciation that we were proactive and

660
00:59:42,410 --> 00:59:48,230
Also in terms of being proactive for the flooding the stormwater runoff flooding on neighbor for neighbor

661
00:59:48,790 --> 00:59:54,670
Sergeant Gray, he's not here, but our neighbor for neighbor program put out notices and those

662
00:59:54,670 --> 00:59:55,990
of us that have signed up for it.

663
00:59:56,650 --> 00:59:59,970
And so the notices let you know storm is coming, here's where your

664
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,980
Sandbags are at, we're also now have the inflatables that people can buy, terms of blocking rudges, you know, and so forth. So our neighbor for neighbor put out a lot of really timely, excellent information and the storm tracking and then also appreciation to the staff who, it seemed like every 30 seconds we had a storm update like every day. But it was a lot of effort to keep us informed and again, keeping us safe. So I want to acknowledge public works for really going that extra mile.

665
01:00:29,980 --> 01:00:34,740
and especially during a holiday period when we were downsized with staffing so please pass

666
01:00:34,740 --> 01:00:39,180
that on. Thank you. Thank you very much Councilman Steele.

667
01:00:41,950 --> 01:00:46,830
Thank you very much Mayor. Since our last meeting I attended the swearing and ceremony.

668
01:00:47,690 --> 01:00:52,850
I think we were all there nice to see the PD nice to see the badges and the advancements

669
01:00:52,850 --> 01:00:58,550
in the our police department. I attended the board of directors meeting of the ACCOC which

670
01:00:58,550 --> 01:01:01,210
which is the Association of City Councils for Orange County.

671
01:01:01,770 --> 01:01:07,010
It was their board meeting where they elected a new president and so on.

672
01:01:07,110 --> 01:01:10,130
I also attended the Cal Cities Orange County Division,

673
01:01:10,130 --> 01:01:12,350
their final luncheon of last year.

674
01:01:14,010 --> 01:01:18,850
I attended the OCMVD, which is Orange County Mosquito Vector District,

675
01:01:19,070 --> 01:01:24,630
which is one of those board assignments that's important for a city like Seal Beach.

676
01:01:25,090 --> 01:01:27,830
Nothing much going on in the mosquito front these days.

677
01:01:27,830 --> 01:01:32,370
but we're gearing up for next year and plans are in motion for that.

678
01:01:34,150 --> 01:01:38,830
And I also attended the OCOAC, which is the Orange County,

679
01:01:39,010 --> 01:01:46,010
Orange County, older adults, thank you very much.

680
01:01:46,410 --> 01:01:49,830
Orange County, older adults advisory commission, OCOAC,

681
01:01:50,670 --> 01:01:52,210
older adults advisory commission.

682
01:01:53,010 --> 01:01:54,630
I'm losing something with age.

683
01:01:55,590 --> 01:01:56,370
You're looking at me.

684
01:01:57,690 --> 01:02:11,230
So anyway, just that blank space. I also would like to, if I may, Dave. I'm going to point a finger at you. We have a brand new executive director in Leisure World, and he is Dave. Stand up for us, Dave. Please say hello.

685
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:17,080
I'm honored to see you here tonight.

686
01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:18,320
Tell me your last name again, please.

687
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,740
Norvell, that's right, Dave Norvell.

688
01:02:20,980 --> 01:02:24,820
And so we are grateful for his presence in the leisure world.

689
01:02:24,860 --> 01:02:26,220
He's taking over, he's figured out.

690
01:02:26,420 --> 01:02:28,040
You figured out where the men's room is, correct?

691
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:30,020
Not yet, working on it.

692
01:02:30,980 --> 01:02:32,760
Anyway, welcome, thank you for being here.

693
01:02:33,100 --> 01:02:33,800
And that's my comments.

694
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:36,140
Thank you very much, Mayor Perotem, well.

695
01:02:36,620 --> 01:02:37,280
Thank you, Mayor.

696
01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:40,420
Since our last council meeting in December,

697
01:02:41,660 --> 01:02:48,320
On December 12th, Friday, I attended Mayor's Meals on Wheels at the North Seal Beach Library.

698
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:52,760
So there, which city staff was there to basically help welcome the seniors and

699
01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:54,540
help make the holidays a little bit nicer.

700
01:02:54,900 --> 01:02:56,000
There was volunteer musicians.

701
01:02:56,740 --> 01:03:01,820
And then we got a chance to talk to a lot of the residents within Seal Beach around the Rossmore Shopping Center.

702
01:03:02,260 --> 01:03:05,420
And basically, hopefully made their day a little bit nicer.

703
01:03:05,420 --> 01:03:16,080
On Friday, December 14th, Sunday, I attended a precious life shelter in Los Alamedos, a tour of their campus and their grounds.

704
01:03:16,540 --> 01:03:24,300
If you don't know what precious life shelter is, they provide emergency transitional single parent residents for pregnant women with no place to live.

705
01:03:24,960 --> 01:03:31,040
So essentially, these are women facing immediate financial physical or even emotional abuse that are escaping their situations.

706
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:35,440
and so what they do over a precious life shelter is very much appreciated.

707
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:41,200
On December 17th, I also attended the COB PD's promotion and

708
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:44,280
swearing in, so that was great to see that the turnout there and

709
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:46,000
the positive energy towards our police.

710
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:53,400
On December 20th, Saturday, I myself joined with College Park West Residences and

711
01:03:53,400 --> 01:04:00,020
the group from the CPW preserve, and there we did what I take as very personal is graffiti cleanup.

712
01:04:00,620 --> 01:04:04,900
So, for many of those that crossed the bridge into College Park West from Long Beach,

713
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:10,300
we went, I was down in San Gabriel River when it was a low tide, and then all that graffiti

714
01:04:10,300 --> 01:04:13,020
you might have seen at the base of the bridge is now all been covered with concrete

715
01:04:13,020 --> 01:04:18,880
gray, and from out of view, once when you venture out some more, you'll see a lot more

716
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:22,540
tagging and a lot more graffiti, and I'll just say it's all been covered.

717
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:28,620
So that took about five hours on Saturday, so I'm very much, very proud of the work that

718
01:04:28,620 --> 01:04:30,920
College Park West residency date and

719
01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:38,220
we've very much set those to ourselves even it does come back we'll be back, right?

720
01:04:39,260 --> 01:04:48,120
Then on also quick shout out to SB police department as well. This week in College Park West, we received emergency flyers, FEMA

721
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:55,280
emergency exit. Again, this is great as far as signs going up earlier last year as if there's an emergency

722
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:59,720
see that strikes, College Park West, and the bridge were to be removed, where there's

723
01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:01,380
some two emergency exits for residents.

724
01:05:02,020 --> 01:05:06,040
And then the flyers that went out was passed out by COB's police volunteers, and so that

725
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:07,040
was very much appreciated.

726
01:05:07,780 --> 01:05:12,080
And then lastly, this past week was January 6th.

727
01:05:12,220 --> 01:05:17,820
It was a Tuesday, and this is what I am trying to coin as the first Tuesday in leisure world.

728
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:23,360
And then there was the kickoff for my monthly first Tuesday coffee and donuts.

729
01:05:23,360 --> 01:05:30,280
And so there I was at a leisure world, I put the start times between 7.30 a.m. until 8.30.

730
01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:33,300
But I was there about 7.10, a little bit there earlier.

731
01:05:33,860 --> 01:05:38,360
And we got coffee from Bogart's coffee over on a 905 ocean avenue.

732
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,580
And we also got donuts from a donut city over on 12.10 p.c.h.

733
01:05:43,140 --> 01:05:46,120
And then there, we had a massive turnout. We had total of nine people.

734
01:05:46,900 --> 01:05:50,560
Right, I know. But it's a start. And we're going to be there every Tuesday,

735
01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:52,900
Tuesday, every first Tuesday of the month going forward.

736
01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:58,160
And so hopefully, the President alone will hopefully indicate to the residents of leisure

737
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:03,040
world that, hey, I'll be there available, I'll take any complaints, I'll take any questions

738
01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:05,420
or even any comments, but I'll be there, right?

739
01:06:05,900 --> 01:06:08,960
And then so it was great to meet some of the residences that I haven't already met before,

740
01:06:09,180 --> 01:06:10,540
so that was a great little kickoff.

741
01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:11,720
Thank you very much.

742
01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:17,420
Thank you very much.

743
01:06:18,680 --> 01:06:29,680
I cannot articulate any better than City Manager Gaegos and Mayor Pro Temuang at how amazing both those events, the promotion and police swearing in ceremony.

744
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:39,620
And the meals on wheels for our seniors and leisure world at the North Seal Beach Center both were incredible events and very proud to be part of this community.

745
01:06:40,340 --> 01:06:43,520
I just have a quick update on OC Sanitation.

746
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:47,320
I have nothing to report for Fountain Valley, I'm sorry.

747
01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:57,740
Seal Beach, though, construction continues on the Seal Beach pump station replacement project with wet well excavation and water proofing to protect the concrete.

748
01:06:58,060 --> 01:07:00,460
This project is at Seal Beach Boulevard in Westminster.

749
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:11,960
One of the things that we did do is get most of the cones removed on Seal Beach Boulevard leading to Westminster Boulevard to relieve traffic there at that intersection.

750
01:07:11,960 --> 01:07:17,880
and then to allow a quicker right turn access on to Westminster Boulevard, so that was helpful.

751
01:07:18,940 --> 01:07:23,820
And also, happy new year to everybody, and let's have a great 2026.

752
01:07:30,750 --> 01:07:33,910
Okay, that completes Council comments.

753
01:07:34,670 --> 01:07:36,750
Now we move on to the consent calendar.

754
01:07:37,270 --> 01:07:44,870
Items on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and are enacted by a single motion with the exceptions of items removed by Council members.

755
01:07:44,870 --> 01:07:51,770
I would like to now call for a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar with the exception of item C.

756
01:07:52,110 --> 01:07:55,800
Please take roll.

757
01:07:57,500 --> 01:08:01,820
It has been moved by Councilmember Calming and second by Mayor Pro Tem Wong.

758
01:08:03,100 --> 01:08:04,460
Councilmember Calming, how do you vote?

759
01:08:04,720 --> 01:08:04,860
Yes.

760
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:06,280
Mayor Pro Tem Wong, how do you vote?

761
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:06,580
Yes.

762
01:08:06,780 --> 01:08:08,220
Councilmember Senegal, how do you vote?

763
01:08:08,460 --> 01:08:08,580
Yes.

764
01:08:08,840 --> 01:08:10,260
Councilmember Still, how do you vote?

765
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:10,700
Yes.

766
01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:12,100
Mayor Landau, how do you vote?

767
01:08:12,300 --> 01:08:12,420
Yes.

768
01:08:12,700 --> 01:08:13,800
Motion carries five votes.

769
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:14,020
Yes.

770
01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:15,520
Thank you very much.

771
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,860
Now on to items removed from the consent calendar.

772
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:21,660
City manager, is there a staff report?

773
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:29,700
There is not mayor, but I believe council member still would like to discuss or answer questions.

774
01:08:30,060 --> 01:08:34,360
Okay, I'm going to make a statement first if that's okay before we move on to discussion.

775
01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:39,760
As you know, it's the mayor's responsibility to assign council members to the various interagency committees.

776
01:08:40,380 --> 01:08:44,460
I took everyone's suggestions in a consideration when making these assignments.

777
01:08:44,460 --> 01:08:47,480
My goal was to do what's best for SEAL Beach.

778
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:58,700
The purpose of serving on these committees is to bring information back to the full council so that every council member understands what's happening at the county and state levels and how it affects SEAL Beach.

779
01:08:59,240 --> 01:09:02,420
That's why these assignments are meant to rotate over time.

780
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:04,980
I will now open it up for discussion.

781
01:09:04,980 --> 01:09:06,020
Okay,

782
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:23,620
these, there are three committees in Orange County that are kind of the county wide board positions that are available to each city in the county or at least in the jurisdiction.

783
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:30,000
One of them is mosquito vector, which gladly comes to district five and I enjoy that board.

784
01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:34,640
That's a board where you see, we make decisions about budgets.

785
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:36,800
We make decisions about executive assignments.

786
01:09:36,900 --> 01:09:39,180
We make decisions about the strategic direction.

787
01:09:39,340 --> 01:09:44,400
We have actual input into the agency itself.

788
01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:46,440
We approve budgets and things like that.

789
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:54,500
The other two, county-wide boards are Orange County Sanitation District.

790
01:09:54,820 --> 01:09:59,600
You have a seat for everybody who is part of the jurisdiction of Orange County Sanitation,

791
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:04,140
which I believe is every city in Orange County has a seat on that board.

792
01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:07,600
So the mayor's appoint the people who sit on that board.

793
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:14,760
Now, and then the third board is the Orange County Fire Authority, OCFA.

794
01:10:15,140 --> 01:10:18,880
OCFA is unique in many different ways.

795
01:10:19,060 --> 01:10:21,820
Number one, their business is complicated.

796
01:10:21,820 --> 01:10:32,420
their organization is vast, they have, I don't know how many employees, 1,500 or something like that, but they've got a lot more than that.

797
01:10:33,300 --> 01:10:43,660
But nonetheless, it's a half a billion dollar budget, it's a complicated sort of situation with capital equipment, with fire houses, with personnel issues, union issues.

798
01:10:44,340 --> 01:10:51,160
All of these things take time for anybody on that committee to absorb and be able to discuss

799
01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:59,740
us intelligently. The other aspect of this is we are a term limited city. Most cities in Orange

800
01:10:59,740 --> 01:11:05,880
County are term limited, which means that if we get a spot on a board and we swap out every

801
01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:12,600
couple of years, our particular representative, we have very little chance of rising up the ranks

802
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:19,520
of influence inside of those organizations. Joe has been, Joe Calming has been on the OCFA board

803
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:24,780
since 2021 and I think he served on it a couple of years before that as well.

804
01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:27,240
He has been on that board continuously.

805
01:11:27,820 --> 01:11:30,360
His influence on the board has continued to rise.

806
01:11:30,540 --> 01:11:36,320
He serves on I believe three different committees besides the board itself.

807
01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:42,860
He knows the board, he knows the people on the board, he knows the executive committee,

808
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:46,920
the people on the executive floor, OCFA, no Joe very well.

809
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:55,680
Joe spent, I believe, 20 years at least as a volunteer firefighter, so he's very keen on what the issues are for firefighters.

810
01:11:55,680 --> 01:12:09,420
I've spoken to the union, and they like Joe, I'm not sure if they can actually endorse or anything like that, but they're very concerned about losing that position on the board just for the sake of turnover.

811
01:12:10,260 --> 01:12:13,220
Joe is about to become the chair of the OCFA.

812
01:12:13,220 --> 01:12:18,900
this is 25 cities on the board I believe it's 25 and this is no small

813
01:12:18,900 --> 01:12:24,400
shakes for a small city like Seal Beach to have that much influence in a board

814
01:12:24,400 --> 01:12:30,560
of that size and that much across the county is really a very very rare and

815
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:37,640
unique thing so he has the respect of the the board of directors I've got a

816
01:12:37,640 --> 01:12:42,600
letter here I'd like to read from the beginning as chair this is from Phil

817
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:59,340
Bill Basera, who is the chair of the OCFA Board of Directors, and it says, as chair of the Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors, I am writing to request your assistance in the coming months when OCFA's member agencies make annual appointments of representatives to the authorities board.

818
01:12:59,340 --> 01:13:04,560
presently each director serves on the OCFA board until the selection of a

819
01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:10,340
successor by the appointing body. As part of our ongoing efforts to foster

820
01:13:10,340 --> 01:13:16,600
effective governance of the OCFA, we would like to retain continuity of vice

821
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:23,480
chair director Kalmick serving on the board and minimize turnover to the extent

822
01:13:23,480 --> 01:13:29,860
possible. With an operating budget over a half a billion dollars over 1,500 employees,

823
01:13:30,340 --> 01:13:37,820
four labor associations, and the operation of 78 fire station, the issues we face at OCFA

824
01:13:37,820 --> 01:13:44,020
are myriad and complex. The learning curve is steep to become familiar with the organizational

825
01:13:44,020 --> 01:13:50,600
structure, its operations, finances, and the types of policies and issues that come before the board.

826
01:13:50,600 --> 01:13:58,920
We recognize that regional board appointments are considered holistically and serve to support overall needs of the organization.

827
01:13:59,320 --> 01:14:19,520
However, as chair, I am seeking support from our member agencies to minimize voluntary changes made to our board appointees such as those that can occur in January when most other cities and the county reorganize the leadership of their governing bodies and make it a variety of committee appointments.

828
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:28,750
The key factor here is this is from the chair of the board and they're asking for Joe Calmick.

829
01:14:29,290 --> 01:14:35,670
Joe is about to become the chair of the OCFA later this month, probably likely.

830
01:14:35,890 --> 01:14:43,930
I have personally spoken to four different members of the board of directors and they're concerned about any change at this time.

831
01:14:44,830 --> 01:14:50,090
The other thing is that there are some big issues that are coming at OCFA right now.

832
01:14:50,090 --> 01:14:59,970
Among them, the emergency response team, the rapid response team, and the helicopters and the kind of the capitulation on what their participation is.

833
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,660
And that, which is a critical issue, the resignation of their former executive director who's gone on to bigger and better things. And the appointment of the next executive director, this is a big deal. The unions, I believe they're going to be coming up this coming year. And so we need somebody with an orientation to what the unions are doing. So I'm asking, not you folks, I'm asking this panel right here to do the right thing and send Joe Calming back to the OCFA. So I'm going to make a motion.

834
01:15:29,660 --> 01:15:40,800
I mean, how would I word this so we would put Joe as the currently the resolution before

835
01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:49,040
the council includes Mayor Landau as the nominated council number to be on the OCFA board.

836
01:15:49,380 --> 01:15:56,140
If you'd like to change that, we need a motion to adopt the resolution with whatever you choose

837
01:15:56,140 --> 01:15:59,420
to be appointed to the OCFA board.

838
01:15:59,460 --> 01:16:06,240
Okay, so that would be my motion, or my motion is to put Joe Calmick onto the OCFA board.

839
01:16:08,050 --> 01:16:11,270
Do we have to wait for vote on that to further discussion?

840
01:16:11,670 --> 01:16:13,470
Give others opportunities to?

841
01:16:13,990 --> 01:16:17,370
Well, you can have the motion pending and then debate that motion.

842
01:16:17,930 --> 01:16:19,290
At this point, we don't have a second, though.

843
01:16:19,370 --> 01:16:22,170
A second, a second, a second, a second.

844
01:16:22,170 --> 01:16:28,690
So that motion can now be debated, or a substitute could be offered.

845
01:16:32,150 --> 01:16:42,730
The only thing that I would add to the kind comments that have been made by other speakers is I attend every board meeting.

846
01:16:43,050 --> 01:16:44,970
I've not missed a board meeting.

847
01:16:45,310 --> 01:16:48,170
It's very important for us to be represented there.

848
01:16:50,610 --> 01:16:55,850
In addition, I serve on three committees, one of which I'm chair of the operations committee.

849
01:16:57,050 --> 01:17:02,430
In addition, I attend because it's important for the city, it's important for the progress

850
01:17:02,430 --> 01:17:03,770
of the fire authority.

851
01:17:04,350 --> 01:17:11,770
I attend all the graduations for the fire academies and I've, because of availability, I've been

852
01:17:11,770 --> 01:17:20,250
and asked to speak at the last three academy graduations, having a relationship with both

853
01:17:20,250 --> 01:17:27,550
the operations side of the department, the chiefs and so forth, as well as folks that are

854
01:17:27,550 --> 01:17:35,090
in the HR department, the auto shop and other aspects of the functioning of the fire department

855
01:17:35,090 --> 01:17:54,070
current has proven somewhat beneficial, I hate to admit it but it's taken me a few years but I finally managed partly because of being in the position I'm in currently able to acquire a utility vehicle for fire station 44 across the street.

856
01:17:54,710 --> 01:18:02,410
And this was specifically requested due to the fact that we have had three fires on our pier.

857
01:18:02,410 --> 01:18:24,230
And, after each of those fires were reviewed, it was recommended that we had, if we had a utility vehicle that we could ferry firefighters and or equipment and hose lines out on the pier since the pier is not, the fire engine is not supposed to go out onto the pier.

858
01:18:24,430 --> 01:18:27,610
The support is somewhat limited for that.

859
01:18:27,610 --> 01:18:37,370
So, again, the continuity of having those kinds of relationships, it took a while, but in that one regard has paid off.

860
01:18:39,790 --> 01:18:55,550
And I do agree that for a city like Seal Beach who has never had anyone in the chair's seat to have that seat that you do have additional influence, there's no question about it.

861
01:18:56,270 --> 01:19:01,790
And I think that it's important to take advantage of that opportunity.

862
01:19:04,340 --> 01:19:04,860
Thank you.

863
01:19:08,350 --> 01:19:09,970
Okay. Any other comments?

864
01:19:11,570 --> 01:19:12,130
Okay.

865
01:19:13,150 --> 01:19:17,910
I would like to thank Joe Komet for the five plus years that he's served on OCFA committee.

866
01:19:18,610 --> 01:19:23,630
Joe has built strong relationships on behalf of Seal Beach and that work is appreciated.

867
01:19:23,970 --> 01:19:24,510
So thank you, Joe.

868
01:19:25,130 --> 01:19:28,590
OCFA is an incredibly important to our city and all of Orange County.

869
01:19:29,310 --> 01:19:32,730
That said, Joe is term limited at the end of this year.

870
01:19:33,070 --> 01:19:38,230
He has served his eight years and will not be returning to council the following year.

871
01:19:38,790 --> 01:19:42,170
And it's important that we prepare for when he's no longer in that role.

872
01:19:42,950 --> 01:19:47,070
Right now, no other council member has direct experience with OCFA.

873
01:19:47,810 --> 01:19:49,450
We know nothing about OCFA.

874
01:19:49,870 --> 01:19:51,570
That creates a gap we need to address.

875
01:19:53,150 --> 01:20:12,370
As a letter that Councilman Steele referenced, that I also received, with an operating budget of over half a billion dollars, over 1500 employees, four labor associations and the operation of 78 fire stations, the issues we face are myriad and complex.

876
01:20:13,090 --> 01:20:19,150
The learning curve is steep to become familiar with the organizational structure, its operations and finances.

877
01:20:19,150 --> 01:20:24,170
And the types of policies and issues that come before the board, quote unquote.

878
01:20:24,770 --> 01:20:30,190
This is a perfect example of why we need new representation so we can all learn these

879
01:20:30,190 --> 01:20:31,630
ropes, all of us.

880
01:20:32,190 --> 01:20:34,670
That means rotating so we all are in the loop.

881
01:20:35,370 --> 01:20:40,850
Since Joe's termed out with a new council member in place this year, at least we have Joe

882
01:20:41,170 --> 01:20:46,990
for the next 10, 11 months to help mentor us and bring us up to speed with OCFA.

883
01:20:46,990 --> 01:20:49,610
Okay, that is what is best for Seal Beach.

884
01:20:50,430 --> 01:20:54,550
I would like to make a substitute motion to keep item C as it is written.

885
01:20:57,920 --> 01:20:58,500
I'll second.

886
01:21:02,910 --> 01:21:04,290
I would still have comments or questions.

887
01:21:05,390 --> 01:21:09,390
If I may, let me first ask Councilman Steele.

888
01:21:10,010 --> 01:21:14,090
So you mentioned that you've talked to different groups in support of Joe.

889
01:21:14,410 --> 01:21:16,510
Would you mind sharing which groups are in support of Joe?

890
01:21:16,510 --> 01:21:23,570
I spoke to Dave Shawler who has been on the OCFA board since 1992. He's from Stanton and they're

891
01:21:23,570 --> 01:21:29,270
not term limited like cities like Seal Beach and so he's been on the OCFA board since it was

892
01:21:29,270 --> 01:21:35,230
formed in 1992. I spoke to Bob Rish who was also on the board of directors and a friend of mine

893
01:21:35,230 --> 01:21:41,110
from the mosquito vector board. He contacted me when he found out this was going on and they're all

894
01:21:41,110 --> 01:21:46,210
concerned about losing Joe on the on the board.

895
01:21:46,490 --> 01:21:51,970
There are several other people, I also spoke to a union representative who is concerned

896
01:21:51,970 --> 01:21:52,670
about it.

897
01:21:52,710 --> 01:22:01,270
I don't think the union can speak up about this per se, but it's one thing to take the

898
01:22:01,590 --> 01:22:07,030
put the new blood into the office next year as opposed to this year, just as we are coming

899
01:22:07,030 --> 01:22:12,230
into the point where we get the maximum currency on the board of directors for the benefit

900
01:22:12,230 --> 01:22:19,150
of seal beach and for the benefit of OCFA. That's happening this year right now with Joe.

901
01:22:19,630 --> 01:22:24,450
We can go to new blood next year. Joe has done an excellent job on OCFA.

902
01:22:27,650 --> 01:22:29,030
He's been key on them

903
01:22:29,030 --> 01:22:35,290
and he's on those other committees too. So I mean swap out new blood right now just as we're ascending

904
01:22:35,290 --> 01:22:41,830
to the most influential position on the board doesn't make sense to me, you can wait for

905
01:22:41,830 --> 01:22:46,590
that for next year and put yourself on the board next year and we can start swapping

906
01:22:46,590 --> 01:22:53,710
back and forth. But to spend all the currency that Joe has built with the board, with the

907
01:22:53,710 --> 01:22:59,510
executive staff, with the operations people, with the houses is a waste of currency.

908
01:23:04,710 --> 01:23:05,270
It's

909
01:23:05,270 --> 01:23:16,210
The leaders that you have spoken with, I know, I understand we have Robert Frappleton from the Mayor of Potem, from Villa Park here, endorsing Joe, and then we also have, you said a letter from Fieldless Sarah.

910
01:23:16,830 --> 01:23:20,810
For the others that you have mentioned that you spoke with, do they have letters in support?

911
01:23:25,860 --> 01:23:27,080
What did you just, is this speaking to them?

912
01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:28,860
You don't want to take my word for it, Ben?

913
01:23:29,220 --> 01:23:31,000
No, no, no, I'm asking you, yes or no?

914
01:23:31,020 --> 01:23:34,640
Take my word for it, I've spoken to those people and they all support Joe.

915
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:36,680
I think you misunderstood my question.

916
01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:40,820
question. My question was, yes, you spoke with them. Have they come out and

917
01:23:40,820 --> 01:23:41,760
publicly endorse them?

918
01:23:45,460 --> 01:23:47,760
They publicly endorse the letter from the Chair of the Board.

919
01:23:48,740 --> 01:23:51,280
I'm going to answer my question. Where is there letters of subpoena?

920
01:23:52,020 --> 01:23:56,060
Spend, make up your own mind one way or the other. If you're having trouble making a decision

921
01:23:56,060 --> 01:24:00,900
on currency or no currency, that's your problem, not mine, but I tell you this.

922
01:24:01,200 --> 01:24:05,320
We are spending, if you would like to hear some logical capital.

923
01:24:05,540 --> 01:24:07,920
If you would like to hear a discussion, you want to speak over mine.

924
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:15,800
If you would like to hear a discussion at another point of view, I would suggest you listen and you might you might hear another point of view.

925
01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:18,620
I've heard another point of view.

926
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:24,480
Okay, well, I would like to share a lot more, but if we would like us to go to a vote, I don't mind.

927
01:24:28,820 --> 01:24:30,200
It has been moved by Mayor.

928
01:24:31,320 --> 01:24:35,440
It has been moved by Mayor Landau and seconded by council member Sanico.

929
01:24:36,060 --> 01:24:37,160
Mayor Landau, how do you vote?

930
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:51,400
The substitute motion is to adopt resolution number 722 as proposed to staff under Robert's rules who take the substitute motion first.

931
01:24:51,540 --> 01:24:57,620
If the substitute motion passes, it replaces the main motion and that's the conclusion of the item.

932
01:24:58,860 --> 01:25:05,100
So what we're voting on right now is Joe on the, Joe not on, Joe not on, okay.

933
01:25:05,100 --> 01:25:05,640
Okay.

934
01:25:05,640 --> 01:25:06,640
Please continue with the roll.

935
01:25:08,240 --> 01:25:09,260
Mayor Landau, howdy vote.

936
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:09,620
Yes.

937
01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:11,320
Councilmember Sinoko, howdy vote.

938
01:25:11,560 --> 01:25:11,700
Yes.

939
01:25:12,540 --> 01:25:13,860
Councilmember Kalmyk, howdy vote.

940
01:25:14,140 --> 01:25:14,320
No.

941
01:25:14,900 --> 01:25:16,380
Mayor Pro Tem Wong, howdy vote.

942
01:25:16,820 --> 01:25:16,980
Yes.

943
01:25:18,440 --> 01:25:19,820
Councilmember Still, howdy vote.

944
01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:20,280
No.

945
01:25:20,900 --> 01:25:22,520
Motion carries three to two.

946
01:25:27,340 --> 01:25:28,400
Thank you very much, City Clerk.

947
01:25:30,060 --> 01:25:34,600
There is no public hearing, no unfinished and continued business.

948
01:25:35,180 --> 01:25:36,580
We will now move on to new business.

949
01:25:36,580 --> 01:25:45,360
consideration of a memorandum of understanding with the county of Los Angeles and the ocean cleanup for the San Gabriel River trash mitigation and

950
01:25:45,360 --> 01:25:50,460
negative. I'd like to call on Sylsby Strategic Advisor CEO Shane Sylsby.

951
01:25:59,640 --> 01:26:13,000
Good evening mayor and council member, council members. Thank you mayor for the introduction Shane Sylsby CEO of Sylsby Strategic Advisor and also your external consultant and project manager for the initiative working with your team at public works.

952
01:26:14,820 --> 01:26:18,720
You mentioned what the item is about, but I'll just give some quick background on this

953
01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:20,800
and then if you have questions, we can take it from there.

954
01:26:21,300 --> 01:26:25,060
First of all, there are two distinct efforts going on with this issue in this initiative,

955
01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:30,520
which is called the San Gabriel River Trash Mitigation Initiative, originally initiated by a council

956
01:26:30,520 --> 01:26:35,180
member, CalMIC, and then had a number of agencies join the San Gabriel River Working Group, including

957
01:26:35,180 --> 01:26:36,940
the serve fighter folks you heard from earlier.

958
01:26:37,680 --> 01:26:41,080
So there are two distinct issues, initiatives.

959
01:26:41,080 --> 01:26:47,860
One is a feasibility study, which we've completed and now posted live to a website today.

960
01:26:48,500 --> 01:26:53,600
It's sgrcleanup.com, if anybody wants to see that document, which talks about feasibility

961
01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:54,380
of future projects.

962
01:26:55,100 --> 01:27:01,360
And then we have the MOU discussion, which is before you today, to work with other agencies

963
01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:07,300
on a specific future project, yet to be determined, okay, feasibility study gives them information.

964
01:27:08,420 --> 01:27:22,040
But the funder of that in cooperation, the ocean cleanup wanted to make sure that agencies were on board with helping with certain items before they moved forward multi-million dollar efforts to do the actual project, whatever that project will be at the location.

965
01:27:22,780 --> 01:27:32,820
So why does this initiative matter? The overall trash cleanup you all know because you live here 500 tons of trash each year collected off the beaches. That's not what goes into the ocean. That's just off of the beaches.

966
01:27:32,820 --> 01:27:39,240
Obviously important there, this is a regional collaboration, as I mentioned, State Assembly District 69-72.

967
01:27:39,720 --> 01:27:45,320
The San Gabriel River Working Group was co-chaired by Council Member Calmick and Assembly Member Dixon.

968
01:27:46,020 --> 01:27:52,840
Also interest from State Senate District 36, cities of Seal Beach and Long Beach, counties of the Los Angeles and Orange County.

969
01:27:53,560 --> 01:27:59,160
Surfrider Foundation and various other interested entities including environmental groups and special guests.

970
01:27:59,160 --> 01:28:13,240
So what is being done now, as I said, the feasibility study has been posted now that phase is effectively complete, and that study talks about 15 to 17 locations depending on how to count the A and Bs of different technologies.

971
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:25,900
But effectively it says these are the things that you could do from a feasibility standpoint within the San Gabriel River, and it ranks those, it gives you a priority of prioritization of those based on feasibility, it's a feasibility study.

972
01:28:27,080 --> 01:28:29,180
Also, it talks about environmental considerations.

973
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:32,560
CTRLs were discussed exclusively there.

974
01:28:32,660 --> 01:28:33,920
There was a comment about that earlier in that,

975
01:28:34,040 --> 01:28:35,000
with the aquarium specific.

976
01:28:35,500 --> 01:28:37,840
I think Mayor Pro Temuang and I were both at one of the events

977
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:40,940
where we were releasing a green CTRL that was caught up in trash.

978
01:28:41,520 --> 01:28:43,760
So we're trying to balance how do we protect the wildlife

979
01:28:43,760 --> 01:28:46,460
from the trash before they get capped, caught up in that

980
01:28:46,460 --> 01:28:47,620
and then have to be released later.

981
01:28:48,620 --> 01:28:50,620
Also, there was stakeholder collaboration as part

982
01:28:50,620 --> 01:28:52,160
of that feasibility study as well.

983
01:28:52,820 --> 01:28:55,320
So that is effectively complete that phase.

984
01:28:55,320 --> 01:29:04,200
Now the second phase is looking at projects that comes into the partnership with the Ocean Cleanup and so the MOU is asking a few things.

985
01:29:04,420 --> 01:29:25,300
One, it's identifying the agencies involved or the organizations involved and it's the City of Steel Beach, Los Angeles County, because they have jurisdiction in the flood control district and it's the Ocean Cleanup, which is the funding element of this and a technical expert worldwide on solutions.

986
01:29:25,900 --> 01:29:27,220
like those being evaluated.

987
01:29:28,340 --> 01:29:33,320
The Los Angeles County Board Supervisors is targeting a February date to do a similar

988
01:29:33,320 --> 01:29:38,420
action to what you all are considering this evening, to take this upon their board for

989
01:29:38,420 --> 01:29:42,000
authorization for their CEO to execute the same MOU.

990
01:29:43,660 --> 01:29:46,460
What is the city being asked to do as part of this MOU?

991
01:29:46,860 --> 01:29:50,380
I know you have the documents in front of you, but just to be clear about that, the city

992
01:29:50,380 --> 01:29:55,280
is being asked to help with future permitting elements to the extent they relate to the

993
01:29:55,280 --> 01:29:59,920
the city of Seal Beach's jurisdiction, potentially a bridge or something like that, they're being asked to

994
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,080
Provide the feasibility study at its conclusion. Well, as I said, that's been completed and we will provide that if the board, if the city council approves the MOU. So that's effectively complete. The third thing is to share any data related to the San Giver River. We talked about the trash data earlier and any other hydraulic data, which is easy and we've been sharing that already. So effectively, the city has completed most of its tasks already to comply with its portion of the MOU. That's great news.

995
01:30:30,040 --> 01:30:43,880
The other great news is that if LA County signs the MOU, which we don't have a reason to believe they won't, they've agreed to this point, they agreed to take on the operations and maintenance for a future project, and that is not a small dollar amount either.

996
01:30:44,880 --> 01:30:51,860
And then of course the ocean cleanup agrees to implement a project after it's studied and has the proper community outreach and analysis and all those elements.

997
01:30:51,860 --> 01:31:02,800
So the City of Seal Beach effectively gets a project delivered to them at no material cost

998
01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:03,980
if you will to the city.

999
01:31:04,280 --> 01:31:08,700
It has a material benefit certainly, and staff time will be engaged in all of that, but

1000
01:31:08,700 --> 01:31:11,760
the cost of those things are largely borne by other agencies.

1001
01:31:12,020 --> 01:31:16,200
So that's why I think it's a great position for the city to be in with this MOU.

1002
01:31:17,360 --> 01:31:21,120
Quick on the expected benefits of the community, obviously clear beaches, improving public

1003
01:31:21,120 --> 01:31:25,360
the health, protection of marine wildlife that we talked about before in sensitive habitats,

1004
01:31:26,120 --> 01:31:30,520
reduce the city maintenance cost over time, if you reduce that 500 tons of trash annually

1005
01:31:30,520 --> 01:31:35,160
that has to be collected off the beach that improves your maintenance, better water quality

1006
01:31:35,160 --> 01:31:37,820
along the coastline, obviously, and then a more engaging from community.

1007
01:31:39,320 --> 01:31:43,560
So I mentioned that and that how people can stay involved, as I mentioned earlier, the website

1008
01:31:43,560 --> 01:31:48,000
is up and running now, it's www.sgrcleanup.com.

1009
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:59,840
The feasibility study is posted there, but I just wanted to lay out the whole story for you here and how the feasibility study differs from a potential future project, which is what this memorandum of understanding is linked to.

1010
01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:05,760
And with that, I'd be happy to take any questions. I appreciate working with the council and the city staff on this initiative.

1011
01:32:06,520 --> 01:32:08,900
Thank you very much. Any comments?

1012
01:32:09,620 --> 01:32:09,940
Questions?

1013
01:32:10,660 --> 01:32:16,980
Just a quick comment. One thing I learned recently that when this trash is coming down,

1014
01:32:18,340 --> 01:32:24,040
that it's not a one-time beach, go out and clean it up. That trash goes out and it cycles

1015
01:32:24,040 --> 01:32:28,900
to us for like three weeks because the tide is taking it out and if we didn't catch

1016
01:32:28,900 --> 01:32:34,780
it on a cleanup, then it's out, it comes back. So it's like this three-week cycle of continual

1017
01:32:34,780 --> 01:32:39,940
trash coming in on the beaches and of course, we're lucky we have volunteers.

1018
01:32:40,680 --> 01:32:44,320
And we're very much appreciative of all the volunteer hours but

1019
01:32:44,800 --> 01:32:47,520
also our public works and we're cleaning those beaches.

1020
01:32:47,560 --> 01:32:52,760
We have a lot of equipment out there and so I just want to recognize the volunteers,

1021
01:32:52,760 --> 01:32:59,560
but also our public works in terms of the cost, the MNR costs to our budget.

1022
01:32:59,560 --> 01:33:06,040
And so I really want to appreciate that, and also during those three weeks of trash in,

1023
01:33:06,200 --> 01:33:10,360
trash out, trash in, you know, families don't want to use the beach, right?

1024
01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:15,320
You're worried about the stuff that you find in the sand and you don't want your kids playing

1025
01:33:15,320 --> 01:33:20,760
and then you don't want your kids surfing in it because you don't know what's out there and how much.

1026
01:33:20,980 --> 01:33:26,600
So I think this is a really important thing for us to do and thank Joe for the leadership

1027
01:33:26,600 --> 01:33:32,740
getting us started on that path and I'm going to support this when we go to vote but I think

1028
01:33:32,740 --> 01:33:35,480
this is a great thing for us to be doing.

1029
01:33:38,780 --> 01:33:44,340
I was just wondering is there any participation

1030
01:33:45,640 --> 01:33:53,100
responsibility for the 60 plus LA County City's upstream to mitigate the trash that's coming from

1031
01:33:53,100 --> 01:33:55,660
their city is going into the river to get to us.

1032
01:33:57,040 --> 01:33:59,880
That's a great question, Mayor, thank you for that.

1033
01:34:02,240 --> 01:34:03,680
I will answer this in two ways.

1034
01:34:03,920 --> 01:34:09,780
First, there's not a solution to ask those cities to pay for a fair share, partly because

1035
01:34:09,780 --> 01:34:12,020
we don't know what that fair share would be at this point.

1036
01:34:12,740 --> 01:34:18,200
The feasibility study does talk about hydraulics, how the water moves in the rivers and it talks

1037
01:34:18,200 --> 01:34:24,260
talks about the percentage of the watershed capture at each of the evaluation points, but

1038
01:34:24,260 --> 01:34:28,660
we are not yet able to determine where specifically those are coming from.

1039
01:34:29,060 --> 01:34:32,000
We are just saying at these points how can we address that trash?

1040
01:34:32,640 --> 01:34:34,560
So that's the first answer, more technical.

1041
01:34:34,780 --> 01:34:38,700
And the second one is that we've been working with the ocean cleanup to help them install

1042
01:34:38,700 --> 01:34:46,780
cameras that have advanced technologies at key locations using AI and other technologies

1043
01:34:46,780 --> 01:34:55,240
which are proprietored to them to look at the trash and try to evaluate actual volumes and materials of that trash.

1044
01:34:55,360 --> 01:35:03,840
Meaning is it debris, is it plastic, what is that to try to see if we can more accurately predict where that is coming from.

1045
01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:14,520
So it's unlikely that we'll get down to an individual city of 60 but we're at least trying to see if we can divide it by areas in case there's a need for

1046
01:35:14,520 --> 01:35:17,960
future assignment of a financial responsibility for that.

1047
01:35:18,620 --> 01:35:19,580
Perfect, thank you.

1048
01:35:19,780 --> 01:35:19,920
Yes.

1049
01:35:20,660 --> 01:35:21,660
I have a question.

1050
01:35:23,800 --> 01:35:29,280
I know that we installed them a couple of years ago in leisure world, and it's a state

1051
01:35:29,280 --> 01:35:35,440
law or a requirement that all of the, what do you call those, the catch that we put in?

1052
01:35:35,540 --> 01:35:38,260
What can you describe that for me, Iris?

1053
01:35:38,260 --> 01:35:41,040
There are catch-based and trash inserts.

1054
01:35:41,740 --> 01:35:48,240
At all of our water inputs, where the water goes into the storm drains, so I don't know

1055
01:35:48,240 --> 01:35:53,300
what you call that particular part there, but that's the storm drains all in the leisure

1056
01:35:53,300 --> 01:35:56,440
world have a catch on them and they get cleaned out on a frequent basis.

1057
01:35:56,640 --> 01:36:00,960
And I understood that to be kind of like the law of the land that everybody in California

1058
01:36:00,960 --> 01:36:06,160
has got to install those by a certain date, don't our up river neighbors have to have those

1059
01:36:06,160 --> 01:36:07,080
was installed as well.

1060
01:36:08,060 --> 01:36:09,660
It's a good question, Council Member Steele,

1061
01:36:09,740 --> 01:36:11,540
do my best to answer what you're talking about

1062
01:36:11,540 --> 01:36:14,840
is the Tier 1 compliance for the storm water program.

1063
01:36:15,100 --> 01:36:16,260
County, I used to work for the county,

1064
01:36:16,420 --> 01:36:18,680
some of you may know, I used to run some of that program.

1065
01:36:19,100 --> 01:36:20,380
Every city we've talked to have said

1066
01:36:20,380 --> 01:36:22,500
there are in full compliance with that Tier 1 mandate.

1067
01:36:23,480 --> 01:36:27,240
So what that leads us to then is the trash is being

1068
01:36:30,040 --> 01:36:32,920
provided or implemented or put into the system

1069
01:36:32,920 --> 01:36:34,240
after those catch basins.

1070
01:36:34,240 --> 01:36:42,260
from bridges over-causing or direct introduction through illegal dumping or if you have, you know, maybe a person's experience and homelessness.

1071
01:36:42,620 --> 01:36:50,120
Yeah, I know it's not meant to catch it all and I'm sure there are many other entry points too, but I would hope that would help anyway.

1072
01:36:50,540 --> 01:36:53,200
It costs us 400,000 or something like that.

1073
01:36:54,000 --> 01:36:58,600
That does work in combination also with street sweeping. That's another part of the Clean Water Program.

1074
01:36:59,760 --> 01:37:12,700
Another reason why this I think is good for Orange County cities is that LA County has a measure W, which is a stormwater and quality effort to generate revenue. Orange County does not have that, so there's very minimal ways to do projects like this locally.

1075
01:37:13,460 --> 01:37:13,800
Appreciate it.

1076
01:37:14,340 --> 01:37:16,440
Thank you. Any more questions?

1077
01:37:17,900 --> 01:37:20,020
Make a motion to move the item.

1078
01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:26,880
second. Second? Second. Second. It has been moved by my council member Senegal and it has

1079
01:37:26,880 --> 01:37:31,620
been seconded by mayor pro tem Wang. Mayor pro tem Wang, how do you vote? Yes. Council

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01:37:31,620 --> 01:37:36,100
member Senegal, how do you vote? Yes. Council member Calma, Caldabot? Yes. Council

1081
01:37:36,100 --> 01:37:40,540
member, still, how do you vote? Yes. Mayor Landell, how do you vote? Yes. Motion carries

1082
01:37:40,540 --> 01:37:43,520
five votes. Yes. Thank you very much. Thank you very much,

1083
01:37:45,730 --> 01:38:02,930
Okay, it is with a very heavy heart that tonight's meeting will be adjourned in memory of Marcus Minch, Casanova, a local 19 year old boy who passed away in a tragic hiking accident on Malt-Baldi on December 29th, 2025.

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01:38:03,630 --> 01:38:09,010
He was a Seal Beach native since 2011, and he loved everything about this town.

1085
01:38:09,630 --> 01:38:14,590
He attended McGollum Elementary School, Oak Middle School, and Los Alamedos High School.

1086
01:38:14,970 --> 01:38:18,650
He was a freshman at Santa Clara University's Lavy School of Business.

1087
01:38:19,430 --> 01:38:25,510
Marcus loved the outdoors with a kind of whole hearted joy that was impossible to miss, hiking

1088
01:38:25,510 --> 01:38:30,910
the local mountains, sailing off a Seal Beach's coast, rowing, fishing, and surfing in and

1089
01:38:30,910 --> 01:38:37,490
around Seal Beach, skiing, free diving. If it put him outside, he was all in. The outdoors

1090
01:38:37,490 --> 01:38:42,370
weren't just recreation for Marcus. It was where he felt most alive, most himself.

1091
01:38:43,150 --> 01:38:47,970
He also loved sharing that joy. Marcus was a sailing instructor at Leeway Sailing Center

1092
01:38:47,970 --> 01:38:53,590
in Long Beach. He had a natural way with kids, patient, encouraging, and generous with his

1093
01:38:53,590 --> 01:38:59,330
time. Helping young people discover confidence, freedom, and wonder through outdoor experiences

1094
01:38:59,330 --> 01:39:00,890
is mattered deeply to him.

1095
01:39:01,630 --> 01:39:04,770
The family has set up an outdoor scholarship fund in his name.

1096
01:39:05,410 --> 01:39:07,030
The Marquitos Adventure Club.

1097
01:39:07,450 --> 01:39:12,150
All proceeds are donated to organizations that help underserved kids experience the joy

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01:39:12,150 --> 01:39:12,950
of outdoors.

1099
01:39:13,930 --> 01:39:20,570
There's a GoFundMe.com forward slash F forward slash Marquitos Adventure Club.

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01:39:21,130 --> 01:39:25,870
As a community, we are saddened by this tragic loss and offer our support and prayers for

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01:39:25,870 --> 01:39:29,590
his family, during this unimaginably difficult time.

1102
01:39:30,690 --> 01:39:37,590
I will now adjourn tonight's City Council meeting in memory of Marcus, Minch, Casanova, to

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01:39:37,590 --> 01:39:44,070
Monday, January 26, 2026 at 5.30 p.m. to meet in close session if deemed necessary.

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01:39:45,070 --> 01:39:46,470
Thank you and have a good night.