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I'LL CALL THE MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING TO ORDER.
IT'S 10 0 1 IT LOOKS LIKE OVER THERE.
UM, SO THE MEETING IS CALL TO ORDER.
IRENE, DO YOU WANNA DO THE ROLL CALL? NA TO SCHMIDT? HERE.
SO IT'S GONNA GET MORE FORMAL BECAUSE WE HAVE IT BEING RECORDED AND POSTED.
SO I'M GONNA USE COMMISSIONER SMITH.
WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? WOULD BE MY HONOR.
PLEASE STAND AND WITH ME MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE DUE TO FLAG ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICES FOR ALL.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GIBBONS.
WE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
WE, THE SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS OF MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS CALLED THESE GROUNDS HOME.
WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND RESISTANCE AND THEIR SPIRIT.
MAY WE STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS? THANK YOU.
UM, COMMISSIONER VALENCIA, WILL YOU READ THE MISSION STATEMENT? YES, I'D BE JULY.
WHAT? I SAID YOU COMMISSIONER VALENCIA.
RIGHT? YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME.
UM, WE'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2023.
UM, WILL I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE.
AND COMMISSIONER VALENCIA SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.
CAN WE DO A PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE? OH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES? YES.
I NEVER HEARD OF IT ON THE MINUTE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES?
UM, I WILL, UM, CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR? I ALL OPPOSED? I'M GONNA ABSTAIN.
OKAY, WELL I'LL CALL FOR ABSTENTIONS.
ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS? ME COMMISSIONER GIBBONS ABSTAINED.
UM, THERE IS NO, JAMIE WILSON IS NOT AVAILABLE.
SO WE WILL BE SKIPPING THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
'CAUSE IT'S A SPEECH AND THERE'S NOTHING TO RECEIVE IN FILE.
CAN WE DO THAT? LAY THE ITEM OVER WHAT YOU LIKE TO LAY THE ITEM OVER.
I WILL APP, I WILL RECEIVE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO LAY THE ITEM OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING.
IS THERE SUCH A MOTION? SO MOVED.
THAT WAS COMMISSIONER FINLEY MOVED.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPEAKER.
UM, AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER.
DO, DO WE WANT A SPEAKER AGAIN OR DO WE WANT TO LAY THIS OVER TILL JANUARY?
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ARE YOU OFFERING AN AMENDMENT TO LAY IT OVER TO JANUARY? YES.IS THAT ACCEPT WHO MADE THE, THE MOTION WAS, UM, FINLEY MADE THE MOTION IS, IS IT AN ACCEPT, IS IT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES.
SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT LAYING IT OVER TILL JANUARY? MAD CHAIR? YES.
WHY ARE WE LAYING IT OVER TO JANUARY? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER TODAY AND DECEMBER WE BOTH HAVE A VOTE AND USUALLY SOME KIND OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.
WE'RE PLANNING ON NO SPEAKERS.
'CAUSE IT'S A FULL MEETING WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE ELECTION AND THE MUSICAL.
I MEAN, YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST THIS IF YOU WANT.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUB ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT, HEARING NONE WILL MOVE TO A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF LAYING THIS OVER TILL JANUARY.
OPPOSED? ONE OF COMMISSIONER SMITH.
OPPOSED? IS THERE AN ABSTENTION? ALRIGHT, SO IT PASSES.
UM, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE FROM THE RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT HEIDI MAZA.
UM, IS THERE A, UM, A MOTION? SO MOVED.
FINNEY FINNEY, I, IT'S LIKE OKAY, FINNEY AND SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN.
ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO I JUST, UM, QUICKLY WANTED TO, UM, TELL YOU ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT WE HAVE.
UM, ON NEXT THURSDAY IS OUR FRIENDSGIVING EVENT.
UM, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH, WE'RE BRINGING ALL OF OUR, UM, SENIOR CENTERS AND SENIOR PROGRAMMING TOGETHER AT EL DORADO PARK FOR, UH, FEAST AND, UM, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
SO I HAVE A FLYER FOR YOU THAT WE'LL GIVE OUT TO EVERYONE.
UM, BUT IT'S FROM 11 TO FOUR AT ELDORADO PARK.
WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE SOMEONE BRINGING IN SOME THANKSGIVING MEALS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR TURKEY STUFFING, POTATOES, VEGGIES, SO LITTLE WORK, SOME PIES.
UM, AS WELL AS THERE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THERE.
WE'RE MAKING SOME WINE CHARMS AS WELL AS WE HAVE A BAND OF EVERY WEDNESDAY BAND, WHICH NORMALLY PERFORMS THERE ON WEDNESDAY.
UM, WE'LL BE, UM, DOING, UH, BAND AND DANCE, UM, DURING THE EVENT TOO.
WE'RE BUSING OUR SENIORS THERE.
UM, PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT 150, 200 SENIORS.
SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT STOP ON BOND.
UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF OUR, UM, UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ALL OF OUR, UM, SENIOR PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, I HAVE COPIES OF OUR, UM, SENIOR, UM, CENTER CALENDAR AND, UM, PAMPHLET WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES HERE.
UM, WE'VE STARTED OUR CAROLING CLUB AND SO THAT'S SUPER EXCITING BECAUSE THEY GO AND CAROL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, DURING THE CHRISTMAS TIME TOMORROW.
WE HAVE A HUGE EVENT HERE AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN KIND, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
IT'S VETERAN'S DAY EVENT AND WE'VE INVITED, UM, THERE'S BAGPIPE GROUP COMING OUT PLAYING.
WE HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTUALLY COMING DOWN AND BRINGING ABOUT ONE OF THEIR STUDENTS FROM THE BAND AND STUFF PLAYING HERE.
SO IT STARTS AT 10:00 AM CONCLUDES AT 1130.
WE'RE ASKING, UM, VETERAN GROUPS ARE COMING OUT TOO.
UM, WE'RE, UM, GOT SOME DONUTS COMING, SOME COFFEE, SOME ICE CREAM FOR THE KIDS.
SO IT'S JUST A SLIP TO OUR VETERANS IN HONOR OF VETERAN DAY AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL FOR MY STAFF REPORT.
UM, SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT SOME OF THESE UPCOMING EVENTS.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.
WE WILL PROCEED TO A VOTE TO RECEIVE AND F**K OH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE STAFFING REPORT.
DO, DO SENIORS NEED TO RSVP FOR THE EVENT AT EL DORADO PARK? OR IS IT DROP IN? YEAH, SO THERE, THERE WAS SIGNUPS, UM, HERE AND AT ALL THE CENTERS.
THERE ARE SIGNUPS, UM, FOR THE CENTERS.
UM, THERE MIGHT BE, THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY DROP-INS, BUT, UM, IF THEY'RE COMING HERE, THEY WANT BUSES.
THEY HAD TO SIGN UP 'CAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE FOR BUSING.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE CAN, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
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ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THE, UM, THE UPDATE FROM THE RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.SO THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIONS RELATED TO INCREASING THE IMPACT OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING.
UM, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, START THIS, THIS DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FINNEY.
ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO START, DO A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND.
UM, IN JULY, AT THE END OF JULY, UM, WE HAD OUR JULY MEETING.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO INCREASE OUR VISIBILITY.
THIS HAD TO DO PARTLY WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH'S ART WRITING ABOUT THE INVISIBILITY OF SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, WE CAME UP, WE APPROVED AN ACTION PLAN, BUT, OH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TYPO IN THIS IS THE COMMISSIONER.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS ONE IS COMMISSIONER ON AGING.
NOT ON AGAIN,
UM, BUT, UM, SO, BUT WHAT WE DIDN'T DO AT THAT TIME WAS COME UP WITH ANY TIMELINE OR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR DOING THIS.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, I WANNA PROCEED IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THIS.
DO WE HAVE EXTRA COPIES OF IT? I THOUGHT SHE BROUGHT COPIES.
I DON'T THE, DID YOU WANNA SEE THAT? YEAH, THIS ONE IS THE AGILITY.
YOU NEED ME TO MAKE COPIES? YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IT.
I HAD TO, I HAD TO PULL IT UP FROM MY COMPUTER.
UM, SO COMM, I WAS THINKING I HAVE TO SAY NAMES JUST FOR WHEN I CALL ON PEOPLE, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
UM, I WAS THINKING THAT WE COULD ALSO ASK FOR INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS AS WE READ.
PROBABLY WE'LL HAVE TO READ OR, OR LOOK AT THE LIST.
BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I CAN IMAGINE MAYBE BILL SMITH MIGHT VOLUNTEER FOR, OR
THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY, BUT, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE MIX AND MATCH IT.
I I THINK THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DOESN'T HAVE TO HA HAS TO BE SPECIFIC, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO INVOLVE EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING.
IT JUST HAS TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, AND SPECIFIC ABOUT NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY WHO'S GOING TO DO IT, BUT BY WHEN.
AND SOME THINGS WILL BE SHORTER TERM AND SOME THINGS WILL BE LONGER TERM, UM, HAPPENING.
SO I NEED A BACK OUT SO I CAN READ THE FIRST ONE.
I'M SO, I'M SORRY, I'M STILL GOING THROUGH
CONTINUE TO REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON AGING ON RELEVANT STATE AND CITY LEGISLATION.
UM, THAT SHOULD FALL WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, RIGHT.
AND SO IS THERE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THAT ITEM? AND WHEN I'VE BEEN DOING IT MONTHLY, UM, BUT MONTHLY SOUNDS GOOD THOUGH.
THERE ARE TIMES I HAVE TO SAY, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, UM, NOTHING'S HAPPENING LIKE RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE LEVEL.
UM, SO NEXT MONTH'S REPORT WILL BE VERY SHORT
THERE MAY BE THINGS HAPPENING ON THE CITY OR COUNTY LEVEL THAT WOULD BE REPORTED IN LEGISLATION.
I THINK IF YES, AL UH, COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN.
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I, I THINK MONTHLY'S A GOOD IDEA SIMPLY BECAUSE EVEN IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING, TO JUST CONTINUE AS KAREN HAS SHOWN SO MANY TIMES TO JUST CONTINUE APPLYING THE HEAT, RIGHT? TO CALLING THAT PERSON WHETHER THEY'RE AVAILABLE OR NOT, AND YOU GET THEIR ASSISTANCE OR WHATEVER IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.'CAUSE SOMETIMES JUST AS WOODY ALLEN SAID, JUST BEING THERE MM-HMM.
SO I THINK A MONTHLY IDEA, A MONTHLY REPORT IS A, SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? REFLECT ON THE LEGISLATIVE IMPLICATION OF REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMISSION ON AGING COMMITTEES AGREEMENT? HOW DO WE, ARE THERE COMMENTS ON THAT? COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN? THANK YOU.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FEASIBILITY.
HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET THESE REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS? 'CAUSE THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM.
UM, AND TO REFLECT ON THE LEGISLATIVE THING, I'M JUST OTHER COMMISSION ON AGING COMMITTEES.
WE CAN DEFINITELY, THAT WE CAN DO.
SO, BUT I, I WANNA, I WANT TO GET TO THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE THE OTHER COMMISSION, THE OTHER COMMITTEES ALSO REPORT MONTHLY, BUT, AND I'M THINKING FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT HOUSING AS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.
THERE ARE FREQUENTLY LEGISLATIVE IMPLICATIONS FROM THAT.
UM, AND SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW WE SHOULD DO THAT? I DO.
I, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK A SECOND.
THIS IS CLEARLY FROM A LEGISLATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS RIGHT.
COMMITTEE'S PERSPECTIVE, WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT OR QUESTIONING OR WHAT HAVE YOU, IS THAT IN REFLECTION OF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THESE ARE NOT REALLY REPRESENTATIVE SPECIFICALLY TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO THAT BEING SAID, ARE WE PROPOSING JUST THESE NINE ITEMS? BECAUSE MY IDEA, IF I MAY, YOU MAY, AND THEN I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING
SO THAT BEING SAID, ARE WE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC VISION ACTION PLAN FOR EACH SPECIFIC COMMITTEE TO BE YES.
PARLAYED INTO A, A ONE USABLE DOCUMENT? WOULD THERE BE A, A USABLE DOCUMENT FOR EVERYONE? I, I, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
OKAY, SO HERE'S MY, MY RESPONSE IS, YES, WE DO NEED A COHERENT DOCUMENT.
UM, THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, AGAIN, I, I DO, I REMEMBER IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE A HARD COPY OF IT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT MADE THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO REVIVE TO GET IT BACK UP BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A HARD COPY OF THE TRANSPORTATION RIGHT.
COMMITTEE PLAN, IF I MAY, JUST ON ON THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC, TRANSPORTATION.
I THOUGHT THIS DOCUMENT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
THIS SENIOR VISIBILITY ACTION PLAN.
AND SO WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS BASICALLY ADOPTING THIS FORMAT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOME LONG-WINDED REPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE SYMMETRICAL AND BASICALLY IN A CONSISTENT FORMAT IN, IN MY VIEW OF THINGS.
AND, AND SO ULTIMATELY THERE WOULD BE AN OVERALL USABLE DOCUMENT MAYBE WITH, YOU KNOW, TABS TO GO TO HOUSING OR TO GO TO TRANSPORTATION OR, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
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GOOD.'CAUSE IT REFLECTS, UH, MOVEMENT FORWARD FROM, UH, TO TOWARDS ACTION.
AND ACTION IS WHAT COUNTS NOT WORDS.
UH, AND COMMISSIONER SMITH, I I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS OVERWHELM US SO THAT WE DO NOTHING.
SO PERHAPS IN TERMS OF TIMEFRAMES FOR THIS, WE MIGHT GIVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR EACH COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO QUOTE UNQUOTE GET IT TOGETHER.
AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO TRY, AND I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, TRY TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF THE REPORT SO THAT, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMITTEES HERE AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO READ THROUGH ALL OF 'EM AND THINK ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF MAYBE THERE IS A LARGER DOCUMENT IF THAT WISHES TO BE DONE.
BUT THERE'S AT LEAST A SUMMARY OR SOMETHING THAT KIND OF, WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT FIRST IT GOES, OKAY, THAT'S THEIR KEY POINT.
AND THEN DELVE INTO THE ACTUAL, THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT TO SEE THAT KEY POINT.
I THINK THAT WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR US TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH ALL THE COMMITTEES TO SEE WHAT THEIR KEY POINTS ARE AND GIVE US TIME TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT IT AND TALK AMONGST OURSELVES.
SO, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE TWO OF YOU IS THAT WE SHOULD RECEIVE AND FILE THIS AND PLACE ON THE AGENDA.
THE OTHER COMMITTEE, WE DID THIS ONCE, THEY WERE ON THE AGENDA ONCE TO COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN.
UM, AND SO TO HAVE THAT ACTION PLAN, THOSE ACTION PLANS AVAILABLE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO LAY OUT THE TIMELINE AND OF WHAT ACTIONS WHEN, UM, WHICH WOULD SPEAK TO WHAT YES.
COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN'S SPEAKING OF.
SO THAT'S MY SENSE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO WE HAVE TO TURN THAT INTO, UM, SOME, I I'M GONNA PUSH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THERE.
SOME THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ESSENTIAL TO ALL OUR WORK, UM, WHICH IS THE, THE FACT SHEET AND POWERPOINT WITH DATA ON SENIORS IN LONG BEACH.
WITHOUT THAT, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT DATA
UM, SO I, YEAH, SO THERE, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S MY COMMENT ABOUT THAT AND ACTUALLY WHAT WE GOT FROM THE, UM, AGE FRIENDLY CITY DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DATA IN THERE, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE.
I KNOW, 'CAUSE I DOWNLOADED IT LAST NIGHT TO LOOK AT MM-HMM.
AND MAYBE IT'S JUST SUMMARIZING THOSE DATA, UM, EXACTLY.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THE CITY'S DONE THAT OR SOMEBODY'S DONE THAT FOR THE CITY, BUT IT, WE HAVE A CITY DOCUMENT WITH LOTS OF THE DATA IN IT.
UM, SO, UM, I, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT AND MAYBE HERE'S, HERE'S AN IDEA.
MAYBE AS EACH OF THE COMMITTEES DOES THEIR WORK, WE START WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE DATA FOR OUR WORK, FOR OUR TIMING.
AND SO AS WE PUT TOGETHER THE BIG PLAN WE HAVE IN IT REAL, WE, IT'S REALISTIC BASED ON THE DATA.
UM, AGAIN, I YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME, I ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE IN DATA
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT AS ACTION NOW AROUND THIS, WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE CAN CONTINUE DISCUSSING, UM, AND GET PUBLIC INPUT AND THEN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OTHER COMMITTEES WILL DO WHAT WE DID, UM, FOR THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SO, SO WHERE ARE WE AT, COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN? JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE A, UH, MODEL
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OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.AND IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE YOUR OWN THING.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA THAT WE AT LEAST GET ONE KIND OF MODEL OF, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.
SO AS A, THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS HERE, SO I'M GONNA SEE, SAY WHAT I THINK SHOULD BE DONE AND THEY'LL TELL ME WHETHER IT'S DOABLE OR APPROPRIATE.
SO I THINK THAT THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE SHOULD BE, UM, AMENDED TO SAY, RECEIVE AND FILE TO USE AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COMMITTEE'S ACTIONS.
I, AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS WHETHER IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE GROUP.
IT'S NO POINT IN US DISCUSSING IF YOU GUYS SAY WE CAN'T, I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE INFORMATION OF ACTIONS RELATED TO INCREASING THE IMPACT OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGENT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE STANDING COMMITTEES THAT, UH, ARE REPORTING OUT KIND OF WHAT THOSE ACTIONS COULD BE INDIVIDUAL.
I THINK YOU CAN PUT THAT ALL INTO THE RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED TO INSTRUCT STANDING COMMITTEES TO COME BACK WITH A TEMPLATE OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO INDIVIDUALLY REACH OUT.
SO, SO THE, THE AMENDMENT IS THAT EACH OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES WILL COME BACK WITH THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASING, UM, SENIOR VISIBILITY, UH, USING THE, THE, THE ONE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEES AS A TEMPLATE.
OH, WELL WE CAN, IT'S AN AMENDMENT.
SO IF SO THE MAKER OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT ACCEPTS IT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UM, SO ROBERT, YOU MADE THE MOTION, DIDN'T YOU? GOLDSTEIN, THE FIRST LOOSE GOLDSTEIN.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT AS AN AM? A FRIENDLY, AMEN.
AND THE SECOND WAS FINNEY, RIGHT? YES.
AND HE AND DO YOU ACCEPT IT? OKAY, SO NOW WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UM, TO IT AT, I WANT INPUT.
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? AS IT TURNS OUT, I DO.
I I KNOW YOU'RE, BUT ALRIGHT, SO NOW SAY, NEXT MEETING.
WE NOW HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT OR, YOU KNOW, UM, PLAN FROM ALL THE COMMITTEES, RIGHT? SO NOW WE GOT THIS BIG STACK OF RIGHT OF, OF PLANS.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS BIG STACK OF PLANS? BECAUSE IN MY MIND THERE HAS TO BE YES, A MASTER ADMINISTRATOR OR A MASTER GROUP THAT'S GOING TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND THEN REPRESENT IT AS A WHOLE FOR OUR COMMISSION ON AGING.
AND SON OF A GUN, I HAVE A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.
SO ON THE NEXT AGENDA, NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA, WE SHOULD PUT ON THE AGENDA THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION TO INTEGRATE ALL THE PLANS INTO A USABLE FORMAT.
WELL, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS ONE FIRST.
AND THEN IS THERE PO IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS? AND THEN, THEN WE CAN HAVE THE MOTION FOR TO PLACE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
THAT'D BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
CAN WE DO IT? WE CAN DO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AT, I I KEEP LOOKING AT MY EXPERTS OVER HERE.
SO RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FROM THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS NO, WE WANNA PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
MONTH CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO INTEGRATE AT THE PLANS FROM THE SEPARATE STANDING COMMITTEES.
YEAH, I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF AND CREATE AN AGENDA ITEM.
CONSOLIDATE THE REPORTS AND CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS A MASTER.
THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE PUT ON.
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EVEN BETTER.SO ARE, IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS?
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED MOTION, WHICH IS THAT WE WILL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS COMMITTEE REPORT AND WITH THE SUGGESTIONS WITH, AND ASK THE OTHER COMMITTEES TO REC TO CREATE SIMILAR PLANS USING THIS AS A TEMPLATE.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS.
SO YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS PASSED.
I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN PASSED.
NOW WE'RE GONNA, WE NEED A, A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM CURRENT STANDING COMMITTEES.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEES AND ASK FOR REPORTS.
AND THEN AT THE END WE WILL RECEIVE AND FILE COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
CAN I GET A FIRST ONE TO HEAR? OH,
IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS? I'LL GET BETTER.
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSIONER FINNEY.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GIBBONS.
UM, SO THE FIRST WE GET THE REPORTS AND THEN THERE'S DISCUSSION OR WE CAN DISCUSS THEM ONE AT A TIME.
MICHELLE, I HAD, I DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS TODAY.
ANYBODY ELSE ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS? UM, THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST.
UM, I NEED, I NEED A BETTER LIST.
UM, SO WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO TO, WE'LL GO TO HOUSING WHILE MICHELLE FINDS THE REALIST HOUSING, THE HOUSING COMMITTEE HAS A BRIEF REPORT ON THAT TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND ADVOCATE FOR A SENIOR SAFE HOUSE.
SO, AND THAT'S YOUR REPORT IS TO CONTINUE? MM-HMM.
UM, CRIME PREVENTION AND SAFETY.
UH, COMMISSIONER GIBBONS SAID THERE WAS NO REPORT, UH, ON HOUSING.
COMMISSIONER SMITH SCHMIDT, UM, SAID TO THE REPORT IS TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR, YEAH.
UM, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMISSIONER FINNEY, NOTHING TODAY.
COMMISSIONER FINNEY HAD NO REPORT.
COMMISSIONER TUSHNET DOES HAVE A REPORT.
UM, AT THE END OF, UM, AT THE END OF, SO OUT OF ALL, ALL THE, ALL THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION OFFERED TO, UM, IN THIS LAST SESSION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THERE WERE A LOT OFFERED AROUND, UM, AROUND SENIORS AND AGING.
UH, MANY HAD BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS AND WERE VETOED.
UM, AND I CAN GIVE YOU THAT LIST IF YOU WANT, BUT THE ONES THAT PASS THAT MATTER, I THINK A GREAT DEAL.
UM, AND I HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT, BUT I'M GONNA PULL OUT A COUPLE FINANCING FOR RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY NURSING FACILITY.
RESIDENT INFORMED CONSENT PROTECTION ACT, UM, FUNDING TO ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT WORKFORCE SHORTAGES IN COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS. WITHOUT WORKERS, NOTHING HAPPENS.
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UM, THERE IS SIMPLIFICATION OF THE REPORTING FOR ELDER ABUSE.UM, AND, UM, AGAIN, RELATED TO ELDER ABUSE, IT CODIFIES EXISTING LAW AND EXISTING LAW THAT REQUIRES MOST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ADOPT A DETAILED POLICY TO PROVIDE BETTER PROTECTION TO OLDER ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, AND THERE'S ONE THAT RAISES THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PAID SICK TIME TO SEVEN DAYS.
AND MORE IMPORTANT FOR OUR PURPOSES, ALLOWS ITS USE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS PREVENTIVE CARE OR DIAGNOSIS OR THE CARE OR TREATMENT OF AN EXISTING HEALTH COMMISSION COM CONDITION.
THERE'S A MORE COMPLETE REPORT HERE.
I HAVE THE FULL LIST OF ALL THE BILLS THAT WENT AND WHERE THEY ENDED UP, UM, IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, BUT THIS IS THE REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? OKAY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE MICHELLE, DO WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT OR THAT'S, UH, YEAH, WE DO HAVE TO DO, BUT I'M GOING THROUGH THE OTHER MEMBERS.
OR IS PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE WHOLE THING? EVERY ITEM AND THEN EVERY OH, EVERY ITEM.
AND ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN BETWEEN EACH REPORT.
THE BOTH TECHNOLOGY COMMISSIONER FINNEY, UH, NO REPORT.
IF I DO HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE A MOVE OUR EARLIER DISCUSSION, I HAVE BEEN A COMMITTEE OF ONE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
I KNOW YOU HAVE
WE AND WHEN ITS IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON SENIORS.
YOU KNOW, WE WON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY IN THAT AREA.
I RESEARCH IT EVERY MONTH TRYING TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S SOMETHING WILL RELATE TO IT.
SO WHEN I COME BACK HERE NEXT MONTH AND WE START TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING ACTION PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMITTEES, UH, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE GET RID OF THE TECHNOLOGY OH.
AND THEN FOLD IT INTO ANOTHER COMMITTEE'S MISSION.
AND I'M GONNA START THINKING ABOUT WHERE IT MAKES MOST SENSE, UH, TO GO.
AND I THINK WE ALL SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
A LITTLE LESS BUREAUCRACY, WHICH WE'RE FACING TODAY IS AU PROCEDURE.
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER SMITH.
WELL, AS IT TURNS OUT, I DO HAVE A REPORT.
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MEETING THAT, EXCUSE ME FOR LOOKING AT MY NOTES HERE, BUT THERE'S FOUR ITEMS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY DECIDED SHOULD BE OUR TOP PRIORITIES.
I'LL JUST RESTATE THAT FOR THE GROUP.
'CAUSE WE FIND THEM QUITE CAPTIVATING, BUT MAYBE EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE SAME RECALL, WHICH IS FREE BUS SERVICE FOR SENIORS, SENIORS BEING DEFINED AS SOMEBODY 62 AND BETTER.
I LIKE THAT AND BETTER ANY CASE.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
ANOTHER ONE IS TO REDU REINTRODUCE THE PASSPORT ROUTE THE DOWNTOWN AREA VIA THE DON DON HOUR PLAN, BASICALLY.
AND I CAN GO THROUGH THAT ROUTE, BUT BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE PASSPORT ROUTE TO BETTER SERVE THE HIGH DENSITY POPULATION OF SENIORS IN THE GREATER DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH AREA.
AND, UM, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONER'S FAVORITE, UM, TOPICS IS THE, UM, IS REINTRODUCING 30 FOOT, WHICH IS THE SMALLER BUS IN, IN THE OLD DAYS THEY USED TO BE CALLED PASSPORTS TO REINTRODUCE THE PASSPORT STYLE BUS SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREAS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND AREAS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE EVERYWHERE TO HAVE SMALL BUSES.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE TRAFFIC OR THE BUSES GOING TO AND FROM, YOU KNOW, MILLIKEN HIGH SCHOOL OR JORDAN OR POLY IT JUST, OR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
LONG BEACH STATE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND, UM, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EITHER CREATE OR PARTICIPATE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING SPONSORED BY US, THE COMMISSION ON AGING AND PROBABLY LONG BEACH TRANSIT AND OTHER
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TRANSIT PROVIDERS, UM, TO BETTER IDENTIFY THE NEEDS OF SENIORS IN THE AREA.NOT JUST WHAT WE THINK OR WHAT BILL THINKS, BUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY OF SENIORS THINK THAT THEY NEED TO IMPROVE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
NOW WE'VE HEARD BACK, UM, I'M TRYING TO BE KIND HERE WITH THE RESPONSE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH.
AND THAT, UM, WE, UH, HAVE ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND, UM, BUT PROBABLY IT'D BE SPRING BEFORE WE SEE ANY ACTIONABLE ITEMS, WHY THIS BUREAUCRACY TAKES SO LONG.
COMMISSIONER FINNEY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IT, IT IS A SLOW MOVE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE LONG GAME AND, UM, WE ARE, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE TRANSPORTATION SENIOR VISIBILITY ACTION PLAN, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PRESENT THAT AS EARLY AS NEXT MEETING.
UM, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? YES, SURE.
SECOND, COMMISSIONER BENNY, WHEN I WAS A NEW MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, MY VERY FIRST YEAR, NOT THAT WAS WHAT, SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
UH, THE VERY FIRST ISSUE I WAS INVOLVED IN WAS THAT PE BUS, BUS BUS THING AROUND DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, AND HE, HE, HE WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SQUARE PEG IN THEM WITH THE BUS COMPANY AT THAT TIME.
BILL WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE ALSO.
KAREN WOULDN'T ON DOWN ON THAT PEG ISSUE.
IT TAKES US A LONG TIME TO GET THIS STUFF DONE.
YOU KNOW, YOU INCH FORWARD MAYBE, AND THEN YOU GO BACK A HALF AN INCH AND THE HE'S DOING THIS MM-HMM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS, GET THIS STUFF DONE.
WELL, IF I MAY, AND, AND COMMISSIONER SMITH
UM, I, I HEARD SOME OF THE PROGRESS REPORTS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES TOO, AND THERE'S A TEMPTATION TO BE RUDE ON MY PART.
I DON'T, TO US, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD EVER WORK IN THE REAL WORLD OR TO TAKE IT UP THE FOOD CHAIN TO GO TO MUCH HIGHER SOURCES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.
I COULD, YOU KNOW, NAME NAMES OF, OF HOW TO TAKE IT HIGHER.
BUT IT, IT'S A, IT'S A QUANDARY IN, IN OUR ESSENCE, WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS MANY TIMES IS TO HOW TO MOVE OUR AGENDA OR OUR, OUR ACTION ITEMS FORWARD AND STILL BE GOOD CITIZENS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF, OF NOT ONLY, UM, OUR COMMISSION, BUT FOR THE CITY AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE SENIORS INVOLVED.
AND SO IT, IT IS A TRICKY ROAD.
AND, AND SO SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS LATER, I'M STILL REPORTING ON IT.
WE PRESENTED IT AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
WELL, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS, HAS ANOTHER TAKE ON THAT.
I WILL QUOTE OUR MAYOR AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN WHICH HE SAID, FIND A CHAMPION IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
MAY I, COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN.
UM, THE CONCEPT OF COMMISSIONER SMITH, THE CONCEPT OF NOT TAKING IT HIGHER, I DON'T QUITE AGREE WITH, I BELIEVE THAT THINGS GET DONE.
THE SQUEAKY WHEELS GET THE GREASE.
UM, OUR EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DID IN THE HOUSING COMMISSION WAS WE DID TAKE A HIGHER, AND WE DID EXACTLY WHAT A MADAM COMMISSIONER WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE FOUND CHAMPIONS ON THE COUNCIL IN ONE INSTANCE, THANKS TO THE EXCELLENT WORK OF, UH, KAREN GREAT PANTHERS TOOK, TOOK THAT UP.
AND WE ENDED UP GETTING TWO COMMISSION TWO, UH, UH, COUNCIL COUNCIL, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL, COUNCIL COUNCIL TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE TAKING IT UP AND PRESENTING IT TO CITY COUNCIL AND PUTTING IT TO A VOTE IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF, UH, AND WE WERE POLITE THE ENTIRE TIME.
NO RUDENESS I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH YOU.
BUT WE WERE FIRM IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANTED.
AND, UH, WITHOUT THE, AND WHAT WE ALSO FOUND, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, WAS
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WE NEEDED TO EXTEND OUR ACTION BEYOND THE AGING, THE COUNCIL ON AGING.WE NEEDED TO PUT TOGETHER AN ORGANIZATION OR A COALITION, WHICH WE DID OF GRAY PANTHERS OF US.
UH, WASN'T HEALTHY AGING OF A NUMBER OF GROUPS THAT WERE ALL VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS.
SO WHEN WE WENT TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE, WE WEREN'T JUST SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE COMMISSION AND WE DIDN'T REPRESENT OURSELVES THAT WAY.
WE WERE SPEAKING IN TERMS OF THE COALITION.
AND THAT, UM, IN THE END MADE ALL THE WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING WISE AND HEALTHY AGING, WHO ARE THE ONLY PRACTITIONERS THAT COULD ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT HAS, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US AS A COALITION.
SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IS STEP OUTSIDE OF JUST THE COMMISSION AND SEE OTHER GROUPS THAT MIGHT VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO WHAT IT IS YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO INDIVIDUALLY TO COME TOGETHER.
YOU ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF VOTES.
AND, UM, AND THAT REALLY HAS REALLY, REALLY HELPED.
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE CITY, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW SETTING OUR SITES ON THE COUNTY AND, AND WE'RE GETTING WAY BETTER RESULTS FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH IS WHERE WE'D HAVE TO GO ANYWAY, UM, THAN FROM THE CITY.
SO, JUST, JUST A, A WORD OF HOW BRING IT OUT.
TRY TO GET OTHER ORGANIZATION.
UM, I, I HAVE TO BE A, A NOVICE COMMISSIONER, BUT I SERVE ON BOTH OF THESE COMMISSION COMMITTEES.
SO I SAW HOW RAPIDLY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE ON THE HOUSING SIDE.
AND THEN SIT OVER HERE WITH TRANSPORTATION AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM WHAT I WOULD CALL LONG BEACH TRANSIT.
IT WAS EMBARRASSING AND APPALLING.
AND, AND IT WAS ALMOST, IT WAS INSULTING.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, WHY ARE YOU EVEN ASKING US THAT? THE ANSWER'S NO.
IT, IT WAS, AND IT WAS CONDESCENDING AND IT WAS NOT, LET'S COME TO THE MIDDLE GROUND, LET'S MEET AGAIN.
THE RESPONSES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, SO WHAT DO WE GOTTA DO? NOT JUST STRIKE YOUR LITTLE BUS AND WE WON'T RIDE IT AT ALL AND WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY OUTSIDE.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S ON STRIKE SITUATIONS, SHIPS.
NOW THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT SAYS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, THE REPETITIVE NATURE OF INVISIBLE SENIORS AND OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THIS TOWN IS AT ABOUT 62%.
AND TO JUST ABSOLUTELY JUST IGNORE NOT EVEN HAVING A CONVERSATION, NOT AT KEN MCDONALD, LIKE, LET'S GET BACK WITH YOU.
CAN WE MEET AT, YOU KNOW, COFFEE OR SOMETHING? LET'S, WE CAN'T DO THIS.
CAN WE TRY TO DO THAT? WE HAVE OPTIONS IN THE PROPOSAL.
YOU CAN'T GIVE US ONE DAY A WEEK.
GIVE US A, UH, SOMETHING ELSE.
AND FOR THEM NOT TO EVEN COME BACK AS AN ENTITY IN THE CITY.
I KNOW IT'S SEPARATE, BUT AS AN ENTITY, TRANSPORTATION'S HUGE.
EVERYTHING IS ECONOMICALLY GOING UP FOR EVERYBODY.
CANDY WAS 18% HIGHER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR FOR HALLOWEEN.
TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THOSE REASONS.
IF WE CAN'T GET TO THE DOCTOR, IF WE CAN'T GET OFF MEDICINE, IF WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T.
IT'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
SO I DON'T THINK SILENCE IS AN ISSUE.
I I'M THINKING IF WE GO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEET AND WE STAND AND SAY, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON YOU TO GET BACK WITH US ABOUT OUR PROPOSAL FOR YOUR COMMISSIONERS.
WE NEED ANSWERS ABOUT HOW WE GET SENIORS AROUND THIS CITY.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE ONLY STUDENTS THAT GO TO LONG BEACH STATE, GET ON THOSE SAME STUDENTS, FREE BUSES THAT THE STUDENTS GET ON AT LONG BEACH STATE.
WE JUST NEED NOT TO BE, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, DISRESPECTED IT WAS A DISRESPECT.
THE ANSWERS WERE LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW? SO I'M LIKE, I'M LIKE YOU.
AND I'M LIKE, YOU GO UP THE CHAIN.
AND WHEREVER ALL THE DUST FALLS AND WHOEVER'S NAME GETS NAMED, GET IT NAMED.
BUT IF WE DON'T KEEP NAMING PEOPLE WHO ARE INCOMPETENT OR INSUFFICIENT OR JUST DON'T CARE 'CAUSE THEY'RE AGING OUT OF THEIR JOBS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, WE NEED TO SAY, OUR COMMISSION CAME TO WORK AND WE WANT SOME THINGS ON THE TABLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE PRIORITIES FOR THIS CITY.
AND YOU APPOINTED US BECAUSE YOU WANTED US TO DO IT.
I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THE SIDE PART.
SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYBODY THANK CALL GOD AND ALL OF THESE CIPS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN.
JUST ONE SMALL POINT 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GETTING ON WITH TIME.
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HINES.AND YES, WE DID GO DOWN THE TORPEDOES.
AND I THINK MY SUGGESTION OF GOING OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMISSION AND FINDING ALLIES OF OTHER COMMISSIONS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS A DEFINITE WAY OF GETTING PEOPLE TO, TO LISTEN TO YOU.
IF WE DIDN'T COMBINE FORCES WITH GREAT PANTHERS, WE'D BE SAYING THE SAME THING RIGHT NOW.
WE SAID, OKAY, BUT WE NEED PRACTITIONERS, PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THIS.
AND THEN WE GOT WISE AND HEALTHY AGING.
'CAUSE THEY ALL HAD TO GO TO THEIR BOARD AND SAY, WE WANNA BECOME PART OF THIS COALITION.
BUT THIS COALITION THOUGH IS VERY POWERFUL.
SO MUCH SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALMOST IN THE PROCESS OF, OF WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED TO ACTUALLY TALK TO JANIS HUNT ABOUT THIS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE POSSIBLY PLANNING A PILOT PROGRAM COUNT ON THE COUNTY LEVEL, NOT ON THE CITY LEVEL TO ACTUALLY DO THIS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN.
UM, THA AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE IT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO BE THERE.
AND I THINK IN THEIR FACES, I DO THAT.
AND I HAVE IDEAS ABOUT COALITIONS FOR AROUND THE TRANSIT.
UM, I HAVE TO PULL UP THAT I PUT IT ASIDE.
IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THE REPORTS? COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, KAREN RESIDE, I JUST SAY YOU'RE ALL, YOU'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE HAVE TO WORK ALL THE ANGLES.
AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF AGEISM THAT IS ACTUALLY RAMPANT IN OUR CITY.
AND WHY WE PUSH TO GET THEM TO RECOGNIZING AGEISM AWARENESS DAY.
IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE CITY'S PLAN AND THE SYSTEMS AND WE HAVE TO DISRUPT THAT.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES.
UM, ALL THE, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE REPORTS.
ALL IN FAVOR OF RECEIVING AND FILING THOSE REPORTS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED.
NOW IT'S WE'RE TWO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THIS IS ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS, UH, ANY, HAS ANYBODY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS? I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
KAREN
AND I JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO OUR HOLIDAY PARTY ON DECEMBER 2ND.
FROM 10 TO ONE, WE'LL HAVE, UM, A BRILLIANT PARTY AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND WE'LL HAVE HOLIDAY MEALS OF CHOICES.
AND, UM, THANKS TO PARTNERS OF PARKS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING GRAB AND GO MEALS HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE HAVE 125 SENIORS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO GET A GRAB AND GO MEAL.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND SEE THE SENIORS IN ACTION, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP HAND OUT THE MEALS AND CUT UP THE PIES.
AND IT'S TRULY A GROUP ACTIVITY.
UM, PAR BY US PAYING FOR THE PIES, PARTNERS OF PARKS, PAID FOR THE MEALS, SCRAPE PANTHERS WILL PROVIDING THE WATER.
ONE OF OUR STUDENT INTERNS IS GOING TO BE PLAYING THE PIANO FOR THE INTERNS.
WHAT DATE IS THAT? AND THAT IS, UM, NOVEMBER 22ND FROM NINE TO NOON.
AND THE SENIORS WILL COME BY AND WRAP THEIR MEALS.
THEY'LL BE TABLES SO THEY CAN EAT HERE IF THEY WANT, OR THEY CAN TAKE THEM WITH THEM SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE, UM, A THANKSGIVING MEAL.
OUR INTERNS ARE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
AND IT'S RICHMOND'S, KAREN, HOW, UH, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, WE CANNOT REPLY TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND, AND JUST I WANNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF
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UPDATE ON LA COUNTY.UM, THE AREA PLAN ON AGING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND WE HAVE SOME MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS.
SO THE PLANNING PROCESS IS STARTING FOR THE NEXT AREA.
PLAN ON AGING AND GONNA BE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND, UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE SUB-GRANTEES SELECTED FOR THE, UH, ZONING UPDATE TO, UM, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.
AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE WANT TO PUT TRANSPORTATION IN.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OUT TO SENIOR BUILDINGS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TALKING TO, MEETING TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE PLANS.
STARTING TONIGHT, WE'LL BE AT PLYMOUTH WEST, SO, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH CITY FABRIC ON THAT.
ANY FURTHER? CITY? UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, BUT IN THIS CAPACITY, I AM YOUR ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE.
AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SINCE HEART OF IDA TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED OUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO WE HAVE ALMOST, I THINK AS OF YESTERDAY WE HAD ABOUT 180 PARTICIPANTS GETTING OUR EMAILS AND ATTENDING OUR, OUR VARIOUS EVENTS.
I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW TODAY WE HAVE A WEBINAR AT NOON.
IT'S HOSTED BY THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, AND IT IS, THE TOPIC IS LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR CAREGIVERS.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, CATCH ME AFTER THE MEETING AND I CAN GET YOU THE LINK FOR THIS NOON.
UH, OUR NEXT QUARTERLY IN-PERSON MEETING IS ON DECEMBER 13TH.
IT'S FROM TWO TO 4:00 PM AND WE'LL BE AT THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, UM, IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN, THEY OPENED IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, SO OUR HOST IS ZULE RIO AND HER TEAM, IT'S, IT'S A COOPERATIVE, UM, FACILITY WITH LA CARE BLUE SHIELD, UM, PROMISE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.
SO I HOPE YOU'LL ATTEND THAT MEETING.
AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, OUR NEXT PLANNED, UM, INFORMATIONAL SESSION IS GONNA BE FEBRUARY 15TH AT 2:00 PM IT'S A WEBINAR AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE US CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES.
SHE'S GONNA DO AN OVERVIEW OF MEDICARE, BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION REDUCTION ACT ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AND INSULIN FOR SENIORS.
UM, AND WE PUSHED THAT TO FEBRUARY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY BE SHUTTING DOWN AND SO WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TO, UM, RESCHEDULE.
SO WE KEEP, OUR FINGERS AREN'T CROSSED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THAT TIME.
AND FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THE COALITION BUILDING, WE ARE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.
WE REPRESENT, AS I SAID, MANY, MANY PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH SENIORS RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND WE SHARE YOUR GOAL OF WE WANT TO BE YOUR ALLY IN MAKING LONG BEACH NH CORRECT CITY.
SO LET US BE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.
UM, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT MY HUSBAND AND I MANAGE THE BENBRIDGE HOUSE, WHICH IS A HISTORIC HOUSE IN MUSEUM IN, UM, WILMAR, UH, AREA OF, OF, UH, LONG BEACH.
UM, WE DO A BIG CHRISTMAS THING THIS, UH, EVERY SEASON.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE WHO HAVE A MOBILITY, UH, ISSUE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IN THE HOUSE.
WE HAD A VIDEO THAT THEY GOT TO SEE.
I PERSONALLY FELT LIKE THAT WAS KIND OF INSULTING.
AND, UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT AND WE WILL HAVE A, UH, RAMP BUILT, UH, ADA COMPLIANT STARTING ON MONDAY.
SO, UH, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT, UH, PARK BIXBY TOWERS FOUNDATION HAS FUNDED THE THE RAMP AND, UM, UH, I, I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU, WE WILL BE THE ONLY HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM IN THIS, IN LOS ANGELES THAT ACTUALLY HAS A RAMP.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE HOUSE TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE SECOND FLOOR IS KIND OF BORING.
SO,
UH, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO WEAR OUR SHIRTS NEXT TIME TO TAKE A PICTURE? THAT'S GOOD.
SO EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A SHIRT TODAY
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IF THEY HAVEN'T DIDN'T GET THEIR SHIRT LAST TIME.BETTER REMEMBER THEN WE CAN WEAR OUR SHIRTS NEXT TIME AND WE CAN ALL TAKE A PICTURE.
WOULD YOU ALLEN? I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT NO, I'M GONNA FORGET.
UM, I WILL, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
COMMISSIONER HINES SECONDED ALL IN FA DISCUSSION.
THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION.
I KNOW ROBERT'S RULES OF HONOR.
IS THERE OH, ALL IN FAVOR? UM, OF, OF ADJOURNING THE MEETING.