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Gate Hours

Upon the recommendation of the Operations Committee and in answer to residents’ complaints, the board voted 13-4 to reinstate longer hours of operation at the North and St. Andrews gates. The gates will be open from 5:45 a.m.-10:45 p.m., starting in September. The Main Gate is always open 24 hours a day.

Gate hours were reduced to help control staffing budgets, according to a staff report.

The Main Gate has only one lane open starting at 8 p.m.

With the early shuttering of the side gates, traffic would sometimes back up at the Main gate and onto Seal Beach Boulevard.

2024 Audit of GRF Financials

Upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the board voted to approve the third-party audit of the GRF’s 2024 Financial Statements. The audit was performed by the accounting firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA), the eighth largest in the United States, according to Wikipedia.

The Finance Committee reviewed CLA’s report, which found that the GRF’s financial statements were accurate and compliant with relevant standards. GRF’s clean audit indicates that the company has robust internal controls to prevent errors and fraud in its financial processes. GRF members will receive a copy of the approved audit in the mail. Basketball Court Landscape

Upon the recommendation of the Facilities Committee, the board voted to remove the stones behind the basketball hoop and replace them with artificial turf for a cost not to exceed $2,860.

In its only split vote, the board voted 9-8. The minority cited a fiduciary duty to not spend money for what some would characterize as a cosmetic improvement since there have been no reported injuries related to tripping on stones there.

But the slim majority agreed that ball retrieval over stones could be unsafe and increase the GRF’s liability, and thus, it would be prudent to remove them. Oil Storage Container Upgrade

Upon the recommendation of the Facilities Committee, the board unanimously voted to spend no more than $36,901 to upgrade piping to the waste oil underground storage tank at the GRF Maintenance Yard.

The upgrade is required to comply with new state regulations. There are two underground storage tanks at the yard, one for unleaded gasoline and the other for waste oil.

Both tanks meet all regulations and permits for legal operation.

The California State Water Resources Control Board recently required vent piping on tanks to have a secondary containment system.

Vent piping on the waste oil tank does not meet this new mandate and must be upgraded.