* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] SO WELL, THE ROLL CALL. OKAY. I WENT, ALRIGHT. OH, I'M CALLING. I HAVE TO CALL A DAUGHTER. I CALL A DAUGHTER AT SIX MINUTES AFTER 10 DUE TO ISSUES THAT WE WERE NOT IN CONTROL OF. . YEAH. ALRIGHT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ROLE. PAUL NATA . HERE. MICHELLE VALENCIA. HERE. NORMA ROBERT FINNEY HERE. CHANGING INTO MY BLUE SHIRT. SHEILA GIBBONS. HERE. . ALAN GOLDSTEIN. CAROLYN HEINZ. PRESIDENT PHIL SCHMID HERE. AND WILLIAM SMITH HERE. WE HAVE A COURT. THANK YOU. I'VE, FROM HEARING ABOUT OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT DON'T GET COURT REGULARLY, SO THIS IS VERY GOOD. UM, UH, MICHELLE, WILL YOU LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? SURE. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND. AND I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC. WOULD YOU STAND? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. UM, I HAVE TO READ THIS. YES. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT SHE LEFT THEM, SO, OKAY. UH, SO, UM, WILL, UM, BILL, WILL YOU READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? IT'D BE MY PLEASURE. MADAM CHAIR. WE, THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS OF MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO CALL 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. AND SHEILA, WILL YOU READ THE MISSION STATEMENT? WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH, CULTURALLY DIVERSE OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS. THANK YOU. LOOK, UM, THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS NECESSARY IS, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UM, THE MINUTES FROM THE FINAL, THE LAST MEETING. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MEETING, THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER MEETING. I SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE TO THE REGULAR. OH, IT IS HERE. IT IS THERE. I'M SORRY. I'M USED TO IT DOING. UM, SO WE NOW MOVE TO THE, UM, SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. WELL, WELCOME COMMISSIONERS AND AUDIENCE. UM, SORRY ABOUT THE PARKING TODAY. UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE, WHEN PARKING, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. WE, WE ARE GETTING OUR PARKING LOT STRIP AND SO WE'RE KIND OF HAD AVAILABILITY FOR THEM TO DO IT TODAY, SO WE JUMPED ON IT. UM, THAT'S EXCITING FOR US. BUT HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AT THIS CENTER. AND THEN ALL OF OUR OTHER CENTERS. COUPLE THINGS I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS WE HAVE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE DECORATING CONTEST, ACTUALLY ON FRIDAY AT 1:00 PM PM UM, WE DO HAVE A ALL DAY PARTY HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER TOMORROW, UM, AT 1230 IN THE DOWNSTAIRS AREA THAT GOES FROM LIKE 1230 TO FOUR 30 WITH LIKE, FOOD AT GAINES CRAFTS, RAFFLE, ALL KINDS OF STUFF. SO, UM, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, A PERFORMANCE, OUR UKULELE GROUP IS COMING RIGHT IN RIGHT NOW, UM, TO DO A, A LITTLE HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE, UM, FOR YOU GUYS. AND THEY'RE A UKULELE GROUP THAT ACTUALLY WE HOUSE HERE. SO I BROUGHT THEIR FLYER AND THEY BASICALLY, IT'S WEDNESDAYS AT 11:00 AM THEY COME AND PRACTICE. AND THEN, UM, THEY, IT JUST, ONE OF OUR STAFF HERE HAS LED THE GROUP AND KIND OF LIKE STARTED THE GROUP. WE HAVE ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 10 OR 12 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE MAYBE EIGHT PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING TODAY TO PERFORM, UM, FOR YOU. AND, UM, WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THAT GROUP. SO IF YOU WANT TO LEARN UKULELE, COME ON, UM, THROUGH, BUT, UM, THEY'LL BE HERE HOPEFULLY SHORTLY. THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. THEY'RE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. . OKAY. UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF, UM, KIND OF GIVING AN UPDATE. WE HAD A FRIENDSGIVING EVENT ACTUALLY IN NOVEMBER WITH ALL OF OUR, UM, ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT CENTERS CAME TOGETHER AT EL DORADO. AND WE HAD ABOUT 150, UM, SEMINARS THAT CAME THERE. UM, IT WAS THE [00:05:01] DAY THAT IT RAINED, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY DAY SO FAR THIS YEAR THAT IT RAINED. SO IT CHANGED OUR PLANS A LITTLE BIT. WE HAD PLAN B, BUT IT ALL WORKED OUT. AND THEY HAD A MEAL. THEY HAD DANCING, WE HAD ARTS AND CRAFTS, WE HAD PAINTING FOR THEM, JEWELRY, TAR MAKING, UM, AS WELL AS THE PHOTO BOOTH, UM, FOR THEM. SO, UM, THAT IS ONE EVENT THAT WE HAD IN NOVEMBER. THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND THIS GROUP HAS ONLY BEEN TOGETHER FOR MAYBE SIX MONTHS, MAYBE. VERY. HERE THEY COME. HI. HI. WELCOME. HEY, I KNOW SOME OF YOU. MICHELLE'S MY SUPERVISOR. OH, SHE'S, YEAH, SHE'S GREAT. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME'S NICOLE SANTIAGO. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY HERE, THE SENIOR CENTER FOR THE LAST YEAR. AND WE PUT THIS GROUP TOGETHER A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT'S A CON KAILA, WHICH IS, UM, HAWAIIAN, UH, A JAM GROUP. A GROUP WHERE WE JUST KIND OF COME TOGETHER, PLAY JAM, UH, YEAH, ANY KIND. SO, HMM. I CAN. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. THIS IS OUR GROUP. THIS IS HAROLD. I'LL LET EVERYONE INTRODUCE THEIRSELVES. PHIL, I'M DI HI JOSH. PAUL, MIKE, ALL YOU. MERRY WE WISH. MERRY HAPPY. NOW BRING US, NOW BRING US AND WE WON'T UNTIL, UNTIL WE GET, WON'T WE? I YOU A MERRY I YOU A MERRY I I YOU A I YOU A MERRY IR, I [00:10:03] IR, IR, IR MOVE TO HAWAII. SO HAROLD AND MIKE ARE OUR DANCERS, BUT SINCE HAROLD IS, UM, LEADING THIS SONG, MIKE IS GONNA BE MIKE, YOU AND WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO, WE STARTED JAM. SORRY. WE STARTED UP SLOWER. WE TRIED TO GET SO FAST. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PLAYING SO FAST THAT THE LADY'S GONNA FLY OUT OF OUR HANDS. , YOU FEEL THAT WAY? LIKE, ALRIGHT. AND THIS IS RICHARD. UM, SHE'S, HI RICHARD. RICHARD WAS SUPPOSED TO JOIN US, BUT HIS LATE AND HIS FATHER WAS LATE, BUT HE'S HERE NOW AND WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT IT. YES. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE SONGS. BOY, [00:20:12] OKAY, [00:20:13] WE GOT TIME FOR ONE MORE. IT'S A MASHUP ING ALONG PLEASE. . WE TYPICALLY ALL OF OUR, ALL OUR JAMS WITH THIS [00:25:09] AND THE THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THAT'S GROUP. AND HOPEFULLY IF YOU'RE INNOCENT JOINING, WE HAVE THE FLYER. YOU CAN COME JOIN THEM. UM, BUT WE WANNA APPRECIATE THANK THEM FOR COMING. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY STAFF REPORT. SO THANK . WE NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE IT. WILL SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE IT? SO MOVED. MADAM CHAIR. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? IT WAS WONDERFUL. . THANK YOU SO MUCH. A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT. OKAY. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. ORDER. ORDER. COME ON. OKAY. ORDER. ORDER. I USE MY TEACHER VOICE AND MY TEACHER LOOK. UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, A DISCUSSION OF IMPLEMENTING OUR LONG RANGE PLAN. SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD OF, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS IS REPORTS FROM TWO OF THE COMMITTEES ABOUT LONG RANGE PLANS. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THEM OR AS A STEP TOWARD IMPLEMENTING THEM, IS FIGURE OUT, UH, DATES AND BENCHMARKS FOR THE PLANS. UM, SO I'M GONNA CALL ON, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO DO THIS JUST BY, BY LIST. UM, SO I'LL START WITH THE, UM, PLAN THE TRANSIT PLAN. 'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAD GONE PRETTY FAR WITH THAT. WELL, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. IF I MAY READ FROM THE SENIOR VISIBILITY ACTION PLAN, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, CITY OF LONG BEACH COUNCIL ON AGING STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE SENIOR POPULATION IN LONG BEACH WILL DOUBLE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE, SOCIAL INTERACTION IS IMPORTANT TO THE WELLBEING OF ALL PEOPLE. IT IS MOST CERTAINLY VITAL DURING A PERSON'S SENIOR YEARS BECAUSE OLDER ADULTS MAY BECOME MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOCIALIZED ISOLATION THAN YOUNGER PEOPLE. HUMAN BEINGS OR SOCIAL CREATURES AND SOCIAL ISOLATION CAN POSSIBLY LEAD TO LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION. SENIORS LIVING IN LONG BEACH MUST BE, MUST BE PROVIDED WITH THE TOOLS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHO ARE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS. TO DO THIS, SENIORS NEED HELP NAVIGATING THE NEW AND SOMETIMES SCARY WORLD OF WRITING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL ON AGING OF LONG BEACH, IS COMMITTED TO HELPING SENIORS TO BE MORE VISIBLE IN LONG BEACH BY IMPLEMENTING THE FOLLOWING ACTION PLAN. THERE'S [00:30:01] THREE POINTS TO THIS ACTION PLAN. SENIOR TRANSPORTATION, VISIBILITY ACTION PLAN NUMBER ONE, SERVE AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY AND PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION OPERATORS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO DEVELOP, TO PROMOTE SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS. NUMBER TWO, RESEARCH AND REPORT TO THE LONG BEACH COMMISSION ON AGING RELEVANT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES CONCERNING SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THREE, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MULTI-YEAR CITYWIDE MULTICULTURAL PLAN TO PROMOTE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR SENIORS IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. THIS IS PRESENTED BY CAROLYN HINES AND MS. SCHMIDT, RAISE YOUR HAND BACK THERE. ALRIGHT, FELLAS AND YOURS TRULY. BILL SMITH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I GUESS, I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. THIS IS WONDERFUL. I THIS IS A GREAT KIND OF PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE PLAN. WHAT WE NEED FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN IS BENCHMARKS AND DATES. SO IF YOU DO, UM, I'M GONNA LOOK AT THIS, SERVE AS A LIAISON MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN CHECK OFF THAT THERE WAS A MEETING, ET CETERA. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, AND, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF NEXT STEP THAT'S NEEDED TO REALLY HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OF TIME CAN SAY, WELL, WE ACHIEVED OUR OBJECTIVES OR NOT. I MEAN, I THINK THESE ARE WONDERFUL OBJECTIVES AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UM, TO, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IN THE DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MULTI-YEAR, UM, MULTICULTURAL PLAN. SO I, I'M MAKING THIS UP AND YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO. WHAT, WHAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU, BUT MEET WITH MEMBERS THROUGH, UM, THE UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN THAT COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I JUST MAY GAVE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS CULTURAL GROUPS IN THE, IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT AND THEN HAVE DATES BY WHICH THAT WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED AND REPORTING, UM, OF THOSE NEEDS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE CLARITY THAT IS NEEDED IF WE ARE GOING TO PRESS FORWARD, UM, WITH THE PLAN UNDER, UNDER HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE ALREADY DONE A WHOLE BUNCH AROUND THE SENIOR SAFE HOME. ARE THERE OTHER AREAS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT AND PRESS ON? UM, FOR, FOR THE HOUSING, FOR UNDER HOUSING ISSUES, ET CETERA. UM, SO I, I LOVE THIS STEP. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, BUT I WOULD PUSH A LITTLE HARDER ON ALL THESE THINGS SO THAT WE HAVE A REAL STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, OKAY, TECHNOLOGY. I'M GONNA MOVE ON. TECHNOLOGY. YEAH. MY, MY, UH, RECOMMENDATION THERE IS TO DISSOLVE THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE AND HOLD ITS CHARGE IN WITH THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. OKAY. EDUCATION IS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. IT'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION. HEALTH AND EDUCATION. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THAT AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. BUT THE COMMITTEE REALLY IS NON-EXISTENT AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR. AND IT'S PRIMARILY DEVELOPED IN THE BACK WHEN WE STARTED USING CELL PHONES AND THINGS LIKE THIS AND COMPUTERS AND SO ON. AND A LOT OF THIS KIND OF STUFF IS NO LONGER RELEVANT TO SENIORS. NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A ONE, THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL, WE ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ACCESS. TECHNOLOGY ACCESS REMAINS AN ISSUE. EXACTLY. I MEAN, I JUST, NOT TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE ABOUT IT, BUT THAT CAN BE FOLDED INTO HEALTH AND EDUCATION REALLY WORKED A LOT ON TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE EDUCATED IF YOU'LL INTO USING THESE KINDS OF NEW TECHS AS THEY CAME ALONG. OKAY. UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED TO CHANGE. I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR BYLAWS ON THAT. AND I'M NOT, [00:35:01] I'M, I NEED TO REVIEW, WE NEED TO REVIEW THE, THE PROCEDURE FOR DOING THAT, BUT THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. IF I MAY YEAH. BEFORE WE START CHANGING BYLAWS AND THAT SORT OF BEING TECHNOLOGICALLY, UM, CHALLENGED, WHICH IS A KIND WORD FOR ME, , WE ALL, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY CERTAINLY HAS, HAS EXCEEDED ME. IT'S LIKE, YEAH. IT'S IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE AND HAS LEFT ME BEHIND. SO I, I'M HOPING THAT WE, EVEN IF WE FOLDED INTO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, BOB, IS THAT IT SEEMED LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE EDUCATION PART AND THE OUTREACH OF AVAILABLE, UM, PLACES, TIMES, WHAT HAVE YOU TO, FOR SENIORS TO GET UP TO SPEED WITH, WITH TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE YOUNGSTERS THAT CAN TEACH US MORE ABOUT IT OR, OR THAT, THAT SORT OF THING. YEAH. I JUST DON'T WANNA, THAT'S PART LOSE THAT ASPECT. THAT'S PART OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE'S CHARGE. AND I'M SAYING KIND OF FOLD THAT INTO WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN EDUCATION AND SO ON. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE COMMITTEE THAT ALREADY EXISTS AND WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING? WELL THAT'S ADD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE MORE WORK THAT AGREED, AGREED, AGREED. UM, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT. AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, IT'S OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT, UM RIGHT. HAVE ACCESS TO IT. UM, AND SO, AND THOSE ARE SEPARATE ISSUES ACTUALLY. UM, AND, UM, REQUIRES SEPARATE KINDS OF ACTIONS AROUND IT. SO ADDING THAT, THAT'S A GOOD, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT POINT. IT'S A GOOD POINT TO RAISE ABOUT IT. SO WHAT I OPEN THE DISCUSSION. DO WE WANT TO FOLD IT IN OR DO WE WANNA MAINTAIN IT AS A SEPARATE COMMITTEE? DO WE CHANGE OUR COMMITTEES IN JANUARY? WE GENERALLY CHANGE MEMBERSHIP IN JANUARY. YEAH. SO MAYBE, UH, BOB JUST NEEDS ANOTHER PERSON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ELSE? YOU MIGHT NEED SOME HELP COMMITTEE JANUARY CHANGE. SO THEN MIGHT BE ANOTHER PERSON. HELP WITH TECHNOLOGY. NORMA? UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ANY SENSE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE DANGLING CHAIR THAT REALLY HAS A VERY NARROW FOCUS AND ONE PERSON, AND I, I MEAN IT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE TO PUT IT UNDER SOMETHING ELSE. COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR SOMETHING ELSE. AND IT'S NOT A BIG, IT'S NOT A GAP. BIG TASK TO IT. I MEAN, YOU PICK AND CHOOSE FROM AMONG THE, WE ARE IN THE TWO COMMITTEES, YOU GUYS MAYBE ARE MORE FOCUSED, BUT IN THE COMMITTEES I'M ON, WE STILL ARE KIND OF THINKING AND CHOOSING FROM AMONG DIFFERENT THINGS, GETTING CLARITY ON WHAT WE DO. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING EQUALLY. SO I DON'T SEE IT AS A BURDEN. I JUST SEE IT AS KIND OF ADDING ONE POSSIBLE THING. BUT I'M NOT SURE WHICH COMMITTEE YOU PUT IT ON. I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING ANOTHER. UM, UM, BUT WHAT AM I ON? COMMUNITY RELATIONS. YOU COULD LANGUAGE ACCESS. YEAH, ACCESS. I MEAN, IT'S SORT OF LIKE PART OF COMMUNITY ACCESS, I GUESS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH AN ENTITY OR AN AGENCY? A A RP? DELETE THE DIVIDE. UH, THE, THE DIGITAL. WELL, THAT WOULD BE PART, SO IT WOULD BE PART OF THE, SO ADD THEM TO THE, TO THE, WELL, THEY CAN'T BE ADDED TO THE PLAN. RIGHT. BUT THAT COULD BE A STEP IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP, A PARTNERSHIP WITH X ENTITY TO DEVELOP INCREASED ACCESS TO, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S A PERFECTLY GOOD PART OF THE PLAN. I AM CREATING PARTNERSHIPS TO ACT ON THINGS IS PROBABLY SHOULD BE IN A LOT OF THE PLANS. UM, IN ORDER TO HAVE, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT BIG, RIGHT? AND SO IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR CLOUD IN THE, IN IMPLEMENTING THEM, UM, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE CAN, THE MOTION AROUND THIS IS RECEIVE AND FILE, BUT THERE CAN BE AMENDMENTS TO THAT MOTION TO, AND I WOULD THINK THIS ONE IS [00:40:01] EXPLORE THE NATURE OF THE COMMITTEES AND WHAT THEIR TASKS ARE. I THINK THAT WILL HELP US. AND THAT GOES INTO NEXT, NEXT MONTH'S. OKAY. UM, NEXT MONTH'S DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, UH, ABOUT THIS PLAN. I MEAN THIS, DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC PLAN IS NOT A ONE SHOT OR TWO SHOT DEAL. UH, IT TAKES A WHILE TO DO IT. UH, SO, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO, AS PART OF THE LONG RANGE PLAN FOR INCREASED SENIOR DISABILITY, TWO WEEKS TO DISCUSS AND TO DISCUSS? I DON'T THINK THAT'S STRONG TO, UM, TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AND MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY. IS THERE EMOTION? SO RULE. OKAY. , I SECOND. CAN ANYBODY SAY WHAT IT WAS? BUT IT'S ON HERE. IT'S OKAY. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OH. ANY DISCUSSION? THE MOTION'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL CALL THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. SO THAT GOES ON. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS ONLY AT THE END, JOHN. UM, I THINK IT'S CHANGED. WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS. UM, WELL, YEAH. OKAY. JOHN, I'M GOING TO ASSUME WE CAN. IT SEEMS THAT YOU PROBLEM, UH, THE NUMBERS FROM GETTING PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED. UH, NO, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN PART OF THE MEETINGS IN A WHILE. BUT CAN THE PUBLIC TAKE PART IN HELP IN ANY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES? AND IF THEY CAN, YOU SHOULD GET THE WORD OUT TO, UH, TO FILL THOSE GAPS WHERE YOU NEED HELP. I, SO I THINK BASED ON, UM, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING GREATLY WHAT YOU'LL HEAR WHEN I DO THE REPORT. THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, UM, AND THEIR COMMITTEES ACTUALLY DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH. UM, UH, AGAIN, WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE BROWN ACT, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THE BROWN ACT. UH, WHICH MEANS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE NOTICED 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE IF MORE THAN ONE, IF MORE THAN THREE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED. IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THAT'S PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING. AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO DO THE BOUNDS OF THE BROWN ACT AROUND THIS. BUT YES, OUTREACH IS POSSIBLE. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S, BUT THEY CAN'T BECOME MEMBERS. I, I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. BUT I THINK THERE'S PEOPLE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS SOME KNOWLEDGE AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP BECAUSE IT DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT THE COMMITTEE AND IT BENEFIT THEM AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK IF YOU CALL WITH YOUR NUMBERS, YOU SHOULD REACH OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND THEN EXPLAIN TO THOSE PEOPLE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. AND EVERYBODY AGREES, YOU KNOW? YEAH. I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAROLYN WAS SPEAKING TO. SO, YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. KAREN AND I JUST WANNA MAKE TWO, UM, NOTATIONS. UM, THE ASSUMPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY IS NOT ACCURATE, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN DOING SURVEYS WITH SENIORS. WE'VE DONE OVER 300 SENIORS NOW. LOW INCOME SENIORS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS. THAT'S A BIG MYTH. AND WITH ALL THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING INVESTED AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESS, WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER TECHNOLOGY PLAN FOR SENIORS. OKAY. SO I, I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THIS IS THAT THERE IS AROUND, AROUND ACCESS, PROBABLY AROUND ALMOST EVERYTHING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO, WHICH WE'VE ASKED THE CITY TO DO A NUMBER OF TIMES, CO COLLA COLLATE ALL THE DATA ON SENIORS SO THAT, 'CAUSE THE CITY SITS ON A LOT OF DATA. LAST NIGHT AT, UM, CITY COUNCIL, THERE WAS THE DISCUSSION OF THE INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS AMONG SENIORS. SO THE CITY SITTING ON A LOT OF DATA AROUND SENIORS. AND IF THE CITY WOULD, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, TO ASK THE CITY TO COLLATE THE DATA ON SENIORS. UM, PARTIALLY IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE [00:45:01] PLAN, THE CITY'S PLAN ON AGING, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CONDENSED AROUND THE KEY ISSUES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. UM, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ASK THE CITY. I WOULDN'T MAKE THAT MOTION. , NORMA. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION AND THAT WE LIST SPECIFICALLY THE CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN. I CAN'T DO IT MYSELF, BUT EVERYBODY, AND THEN THAT IT'D ALL BE COLLECTED IN ONE PLACE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT. MADAM CHAIR. IS THERE A DISCUSSION AGAIN? I HEAR I DO KNOW THE CITY. I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW THE CITY HAS LOTS OF DATA. THE CENSUS DATA ALONE, , WHICH I'VE MESSED WITH CENSUS DATA. I'M NOT GONNA DO IT NOW IN THIS LIFE OF MINE. I DON'T HAVE A BIG ENOUGH COMPUTER. BUT THE CITY SHOULD WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING HACKED. YES. BILL. AND IF I MAY, THERE'S CONFLICTING, UM, INFORMATION FROM TIME TO TIME FROM, UM, DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT I'VE READ AND WHAT THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT POPULATIONS AND DIFFERENT NEEDS OF SENIORS AND WHAT GROUP IS ASSEMBLING IT AND, AND HOW IT PLAYS OUT. BUT IT'S BEEN DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A RECONCILIATION WELL, OF, OF DATA FROM THE CITY, AND MAYBE IT'S HOW IT'S CRAFTED OR HOW IT'S, IT'S WELL, THE QUESTIONS GO, I I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOUND THAT MADAM CHAIR, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE. WELL, PART OF IT IS, AND I, AND I, AND PART OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE CITY, BUT PART IS THAT DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS, WHICH IS WHY THE CITY COLLECTS THE DATA, IS TO HAVE ACCESS TO VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS, DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS DEFINE SENIOR IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SOMETIMES IT'S 50, SOMETIMES IT'S 55, SOMETIMES IT'S 62. UM, AND THOSE ARE THE FEDERAL ONES. THOSE ARE THE ONES I KNOW THERE MAY BE A BUNCH MORE. SO THAT'S NOT CONFLICTING. THAT'S DIFFERENT. OKAY. MM-HMM. . AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA MAKE OF IT. I MEAN, I DON'T, I I'M NOT SURE. ONCE WE GET THAT IN FRONT OF US, WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANNA MAKE OF THIS DIFFERENCE IN, IN, IN DEFINITION OF SENIORS. I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE IN THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID ONCE WE GET IT, WE RARELY GET IT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION'S ABOUT. WE ASK FOR IF WE COULD ALSO LIKEWISE GO FOR STATISTICS OR DATA THAT ARE COUNTYWIDE. MAYBE WE CAN GET FASTER RESULTS OR BETTER RESULTS. AND THEN WE CAN JUST PIECE IT OUT TO SAY COUNTYWIDE, WHICH MAY HAVE A, A DIFFERENT FOCUS, BUT PROBABLY FROM MAYBE, UM, JANICE HAN'S OFFICE OR SOMEONE ELSE. THE SUPERVISORS, WE CAN GET OUR NUMBERS FASTER SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST MOVE FORWARD. SO IF IT'S LIKE 80 MILLION, OKAY. WE'RE NOT 80 MILLION, BUT IT'S A PERCENTAGE. OKAY. I, I'M PERFECTLY WILLING TO ASK THE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOUD IN THAT, ANY OFFICIAL CLOUD IN THAT OFFICE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE ARE A, WE HAVE BY THE CITY A MISSION TO DO THINGS. AND IF WE CAN'T, SO THE CITY SHOULD BE HELPING US FULFILL OUR MISSION. AND YES, A LOT OF THE DATA ARE COUNTYWIDE. UM, AND IF, I MEAN, AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THE CITY TO GET US THOSE DATA FROM THE COUNTY. I MEAN, A CALL FROM MAYOR RICHARDSON IS PROBABLY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A CALL FROM HEIDI . JUST NOT, NOT TO DEPRECATE YOU, BUT MY POINT IS, WE'VE ASKED TO CITY FOR OUR NUMBERS FOR OUR SAFE HOUSE. YEAH. WE'VE ASKED FOR FISCAL, UH, RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM TO HELP US FIND THINGS WE'VE ALREADY ASKED AND HAVEN'T GOTTEN THIS. BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE EVEN AFTER WE ASK. SO, SO I'M ONLY SAYING IF WE OH, I THINK WE SHOULD ASK. OKAY. I THINK WE SHOULD ESCALATE THE ASK. I MEAN, I THINK WE, I YEAH, I AGREE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT I DISAGREE. IT'S, AND I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE TOO NICE, FRANKLY, , I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE AND SAY PUSH 'EM . I SEE THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH. IS THERE A WAY THAT THIS COMMISSION COULD SEND OUT A STATEMENT TO EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT SAYING, HERE'S OUR PROBLEM. WE ARE STUCK BECAUSE OF YOU BEING STUCK. AND MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP BY A COUNCIL PERSON AND VOTED ON TO RELEASE THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO US. OKAY, [00:50:01] SO NOW, AGAIN, AGAIN, FOLLOWING WHAT ARE THE RULES? YES. I, I I, I, I THINK WE SHOULD ESCALATE TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE CAN PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION. RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY, WE CAN ONLY RECOMMEND TO THE CITY. WE CAN RECOMMEND TO THE CITY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUREAUCRATS, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'LL WORD IT, BUT WE'D HAVE TO WORDSMITH IT. THE CITY COUNCIL, WE RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO HAVE THE EMPLOYEES PROVIDE US WITH THE DATA THAT WE NEED. AND WE CAN DO THAT QUARTERLY, QUARTER, QUARTERLY IS FINE WITH ME. QUARTERLY IS FINE. . UM, ALSO, IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, THEY SEEMS LIKE LONG BEACH STATE, UM, IN THE PAST AT LEAST, HAS COMPILED SIGNIFICANT DATA ON SENIOR POPULATIONS, GERIATRICS, AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OF AGING. YES. UM, I DON'T KNOW MY QUESTION EXACTLY, BUT OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED PARTNERSHIPS. I MEAN, SO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS CERTAINLY, PROBABLY ARE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN SOURCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION. AND THEY CAN CALL LONG BEACH STATE UHHUH, , . I MEAN, WE'RE NOT SAYING WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET IT FROM. RIGHT. , UHHUH . BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE CONFLICTING SETS OF DATA THAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT LONG BEACH DATA HAS COME UP WITH A CERTAIN SET OF DATA IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. DIFFERENT, I MEAN, IT'S IT POSSIBLE TO GET VARYING SETS OF DATA, OR IS THAT NOT EVEN SURE. YOU WANT REALISTIC. SO FOR THAT, WE DO NOT NEED AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT. SOMEBODY CALL THEM MM-HMM. AND ASK THEM. I MEAN, THAT'S ANOTHER, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIP AS A COMMISSION WITH THEM. RIGHT. I SEE. YEAH. SO I'LL CALL, OKAY, PERFECT. I'LL CALL AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET. JOHN, UH, WAIT AFTER, AFTER WE SPEAK EVERYBODY ON, ON COMMISSION, HAS IT HAD A CHANCE? YES. NORMAL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? YES, WE DO. WE DO. BUT WE CAN GET PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE VOTE. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. AND JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS IN, BUT I JUST, AFTER HEARING KAREN, I, I'M THINKING MAYBE WE NEED A TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. UH, IT'S MORE LIKE, IT'S MORE LIKE A COMMUNICATION CITY. HOW DOES THE CITY COMMUNICATE, UH, TO ALL OF ITS CITIZENS IN, IN THIS CASE, LOW INCOME SENIORS, BUT ALSO DISABLED FOLKS? YES. I MEAN, AT MY CHURCH, EVERYTHING'S GOING ON ZOOM. EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PUT IN GOOGLE DRIVE. WELL, A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE BEING LEFT OUT OF THAT. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO MAIL OUT THE, THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THROUGH THE MAIL, BUT ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSPARENT. UM, ACTUALLY WE DID PASS THE MOTION ABOUT RECONSIDERING THE, THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. SO THAT'S THAT WE'RE ON THE MOTION ABOUT GETTING CITY COUNCIL. OH, OKAY. GETTING CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY TO PROVIDE US WITH DATA. SO YES, NORMA WITH THAT CAN BE YEAH. PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE KAREN'S ACCESS, UH, FROM A PERSONAL STORY, OUR, OUR COMPUTER DIED, SO WE WENT TO BEST BUY. THAT WAS SCARY. IT WAS SCARY FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES. NUMBER ONE, THAT THE MONEY WAS JUST SHOCKING AND TO THE TREATMENT OF TWO OLD PEOPLE. THE WIFE AND I SHUFFLING IN AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MILLENNIALS LIKE, KIND OF SNICKERING. LOOK AT THESE TWO OLD KINDS ROLLING INTO COMPUTER. IT'S LIKE, WE ALREADY PASSED THE TECHNOLOGY RELATED MOTION. IT WAS SCARY. WE'RE ON A DIFFERENT MOTION. THAT'S OUT OF ORDER. OKAY. I'M OUTTA ORDER AGAIN. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT? OKAY. IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION TO, UM, REQUEST FROM, TO CREATE A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL HAVE A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST FROM THE CITY QUARTERLY DATA ON SENIORS. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, I LIKE THE QUARTERLY TOO. . UM, SO THAT'S THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AROUND THAT MOTION? OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT FIRST. KAREN, THEN JOHN. OKAY. UM, PART OF THE ISSUE IS THERE'S NO ONE CENTRAL PLACE. THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. I KNOW, BUT THE COUNTY HAS TONS OF DATA. THEY, UM, CONVEY IT TO THE COMMISSION ON AGING THROUGH MONTHLY PRESENTATIONS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. [00:55:01] THE DATA EXISTS, IT'S WHO HAS ACCESS TO IT. THERE'S NO CENTRAL COLLECTION POINT. AGAIN, I I WILL ANSWER THAT. THAT'S WHAT OUR MOTION IS ABOUT, IS GETTING THAT POINT. AND THAT'S VERY NEEDED. OKAY. THAT'S OUR MOTION. COULD IT BE A TAB ON THE, UM, WEBSITE? YEAH. , UH, YES IT SHOULD. JOHN BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE A HOUSE LINE AND WHEN I GET STUFF, THEY AUTOMATICALLY THINK YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE. SO THEY THINK ON YOUR PHONE, THEIR NUMBER SHOWS UP. AND SO IT DOESN'T SHOW UP BECAUSE I HAVE AN ANSWERING MACHINE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GIVE A VOICE AND SAY, HEY, MY PHONE NUMBER IS BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, I CAN'T CALL YOU BACK SO YOU CAN CALL ME 20 TIMES. BUT EVERYBODY THINKS EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME TECHNOLOGY. AGAIN. THAT'S, THAT IS ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE, UM, THE MOTION ON TECHNOLOGY. YEAH. WHICH WE ALREADY, YEAH. PASSED. SO IT'S OUT OF ORDER, JOHN. YEAH. IT'S OUT OF ORDER. YEAH. OKAY. BUT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, BEFORE EVERYTHING , WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATING. NOW PASS ON, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP. SO IF YOU EVER DECIDE ON HAVING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TAKE PART IN, IN YOUR MEETINGS AND IF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THOSE PERSONS. OKAY. YOU HAVE MY NUMBER, SOPHIA? YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM, WHAT KAREN SAID IS LA COUNTY, JUST THIS AFTERNOON WE'LL BE LAUNCHING THEIR DASHBOARD ON AGING DATA. UM, AND THAT'S THROUGH LAA, THE LOS ANGELES ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND AGING. AND IT SAYS HERE, IT'S A WEB SUPPORTED PLATFORM WITH DATA ON OLDER ADULT HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH. AND YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO USE THE PLATFORM, UTILIZE THE DATA FOR YOUR OWN AGENCY NEEDS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH EQUITY OF OLDER ADULTS IN LOS ANGELES. SO IF THAT'S OF INTEREST, IF YOU HAVE TO SEND THAT TO HEIDI AND DANA, THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION. BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IS AN AGING DASHBOARD. OKAY. OKAY. SO I'M GONNA MAKE IT. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO SIT ON A COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF. AND WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR, WE GET PAID $50 A MONTH TO, FOR THIS MEETING. WE DON'T GET ANY EXTRA PAY FOR GOING IN AND PULLING UP DATA. AND IT'S NOT REALLY OUR JOB. WE'RE AN OVERSEEING, WE ARE AN ADVOCACY AND OVERSEEING COMMISSION. JUST SO IT'S CLEAR. I MEAN, I'M GONNA LOOK AT IT 'CAUSE I'M A DATA PERSON, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE OUR JOB. , JUST TO BE CLEAR. OKAY. SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF CREATING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY TO HAVE THEM HAVE TO THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A RESOLUTION ASKING THE CITY TO PROVIDE DATA ON SENIORS QUARTERLY TO THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC. I MEAN, I'M THROWING IN THE PUBLIC TOO. ALL ALL, I'M NOT THERE. I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS WHAT I SAID. , I'M SORRY BOB, YOU ARE NO LONGER, I'M GONNA SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. YOU'RE NO LONGER CHAIR . AND NEXT ONE I WON'T BE CHAIR. IT'S OKAY. UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. OKAY, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK. AND, UM, WE, AND CRA UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK WITH ME TO CRAFT THE LANG THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO PRESENT NEXT WEEK OF THE WHAT? THE RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH? NO, NEXT MONTH. I DON'T MEAN. YES, I DON'T MEAN NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? NEXT MONTH I CAN WORK WITH YOU. OKAY, MICHELLE, I WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT AFTER CHRISTMAS. AFTER CHRISTMAS. SOUNDS FINE TO ME. UM, GOTTA GET, OKAY. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER, UM, UPDATES ON THE, THE STRATEGIC PLANS BY THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES? I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. SO WE DON'T GO THROUGH AND SAY NO . OKAY. MOVING ON THEN. ALRIGHT, NOW I THINK I HAVE TO GET TO, I HAVE [01:00:01] COMMITTEE. YEAH, I HAVE NOW LOST MY AGENDA AT ALL OF THIS. . IT'S NOT, IT'S HERE. HERE. OKAY. COMMITTEE REPORTS. UM, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND LANGUAGE ACCESS. COMMISSIONER VALENCIA. NO REPORT. COMMISSIONER SMITH. NO REPORT TODAY, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CHINCH? NO REPORT. CRIME PREVENTION AND SAFETY. COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN ISN'T HERE. COMMISSIONER GIBBONS? NO REPORT. UM, HOUSING COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN ISN'T HERE. COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT REPORT. COMMISSIONER HINES. NO REPORT. OKAY. UH, TECHNOLOGY COMMISSIONER FINNEY NUMBER FOUR. LEGISLATION. OH, I, I SKIPPED LEGISLATION 'CAUSE I HAVE THE REPORT, ACTUALLY. LEGISLATION. SO I DO HAVE A REPORT. UM, THERE'S NOT BEEN I ON MY AGENDA. UM, I FOUND, UM, THERE HAS BEEN VERY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LEGISLATURE IS NO LONGER IN SESSION FOR THE YEAR. SO THERE'S NOTHING ON THE STATE LEVEL, ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THERE ARE, UM, A COUPLE OF, UM, OF, UH, REGULATIONS OUT RELATED TO HEALTH, WHICH I FORGOT TO WRITE DOWN, WHICH IS REALLY DUMB OF ME 'CAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY MY SON WHO WRITES THOSE REGULATIONS. BUT WHAT THE HELL. UM, BUT THE, THE COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING IS HOLDING A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THE AREA AGING PLAN. UM, SO THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS ARE, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HOLD ONE IN, IN LONG BEACH, BUT THERE ARE PUBLICLY, UH, ON THE COUNTY, UH, COUNTY OFFICE OF AGING WHERE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE AND ANYBODY CAN ATTEND. UM, AND THE OTHER THING I PUT ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT IS THAT THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION ON EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS TO SUPPORT AN IMMEDIATE AND LASTING CEASEFIRE IN GAZA AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN OPPOSITION TO ANTISEMITISM AND ISLAMOPHOBIA AT THE DECEMBER 19TH MEETING, UH, COUNCIL'S DECEMBER 19TH MEETING. UM, THEY ARE CRAFTING, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CRAFTING WHAT THE RESOLUTION WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT, UM, BUT, AND THAT'S ONGOING WORK. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN IT, AND I ALL THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS SONGS, ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS MAY THERE BE PEACE IN BETHLEHEM WHERE THERE ISN'T, UH, AT THE MOMENT. UM, SO, UM, I, ANYBODY WHO HAS AN INTEREST, YOU CAN SHOW UP AND SPEAK. IT WILL BE AN AGENDA ITEM. SO THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. UM, ON, ON THE ITEM. THOSE, THAT'S MY REPORT. IT'S ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION. NOT ON EXISTING LEGISLATION. AND LET'S SEE WHO ELSE IS ON THAT COMMITTEE. UM, NO REPORT. NO REPORT. VALENCIA, CIA, ANGELA? NO. REPORT. OKAY. TECHNOLOGY. NO REPORT. UM, TRANSPORTATION. COMMISSIONER SMITH. WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FORMAL REPORT. MAYBE IT'S A FORMAL, UM, WHINING AGAIN, THAT I'M FAMED FOR. BUT WE, UM, HAVE, WE, AS THE COMMITTEE HAS REACHED OUT TO, UM, WHAT WE CONSIDER A, A SIGNIFICANT PARTNER IN AND PART OF THE GREAT ACTION PLAN FOR THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE OUTLINED MANY TIMES, UM, SAYING, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA SET UP A MEETING, UM, AND THE TIME AND PLACE WILL BE ESTABLISHED SOON. AND THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. AND SO, UM, LAST TIME I THINK THE, THE COMMISSIONERS RECOMMENDED THAT WE, WE NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY A, A, UM, A, UM, CHAMPION, THAT SORT OF THING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, OTHER THAN JUST BEING STONEWALLED BY A CERTAIN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS GREAT VESTED INTEREST IN OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. SO THERE WE ARE. WE'RE, WE'RE, OUR CURRENT PROCEDURE. OUR, OUR CURRENT, UM, AVENUE FOR SUCCESS HERE IS, IS IS BASICALLY NIL. SO, UM, ANY COMMISSIONER'S, UM, INPUT OR, OR ACTION HOW, HOW TO, HOW TO PROCEED? UM, [01:05:01] WE WE'RE KIND OF STUCK. WELL, I, IF I CAN SPEAK FOR OUR TWO FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE CHAMPION BE SOMEBODY ON CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. NOT A COMMUNITY GROUP. I MEAN, REMEMBER WE'RE GOVERNED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THEY GOVERN EVERYTHING. THEY AND THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR APPOINTS THE MEMBERS OF THE TRANSIT BOARD AND THEY'RE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. WITH THAT SAID, UM, AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER, I RECOMMEND, UM, THAT WE CONTACT, UH, CD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MARY ZEN DAYJA WHO SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER ON A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE PRIOR TO LEAVING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. AND LITERALLY SHE ASKED ME TO SERVE ON TRANSPORTATION PRIOR TO SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION. AND THEN SHE, UM, ALSO RECOMMENDED, UM, JENNIFER KUMA KUMA, SHE'S IN DISNEY AND DISNEY WOMAN. ANYWAY, SHE, UM, THEN SAID BECAUSE OF HER, UH, ABILITY, SHE WANTED HER TO SERVE TO REPRESENT THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD CHALLENGES TOO ON TRANSPORTATION. AND THAT WAS A PERFECT FIT. SO I WOULD SAY WE REACHED FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MARY IN THERE HOUSE. AND, AND ACTUALLY JENNIFER HAS A POSITION IN CITY GOVERNMENT NOW, SO SHE'S ALSO SOMEBODY. YEAH, I THINK THAT THE COMM THE COMMITTEE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT AND START. OKAY. UM, THAT'S APPRECIATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE THAT IN UNDER CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT. UM, SO SCHMIDT, CAROLINE, PHYLLIS, I WAS READING PHYLLIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, ANY REPORT ON TRANSPORTATION? NO. AND COMMISSIONER HINES, YOU ALREADY I JUST DID. YOU JUST DID . OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT. WE ARE NOW, SO NOW WE HAVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE, HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE REPORTS. SO WILL, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO I SECOND ALL IN, UH, DISCUSSION OF RECEIVING AND FILING. UH, YES. . YES. UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT ALL YOUR REPORTS YOU NEED TO TURN INTO IRENE SO IT COULD BE PUT IN THE RECORD. THAT'S RIGHT. AND EARLIER, I USUALLY DO MINE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. UM, SO I MISS THINGS THAT HAPPEN TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT SO THAT SHE HAS IT IN ON THE COMPUTER ALREADY. THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER. IS THERE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY, NOW WE'RE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. JOHN, I HAVE TWO THINGS. ONE, UH, I SIT ON, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF LONG BEACH TRANSIT FOR THE DISABLED. AND I'VE BEEN BRINGING A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND THEY HAVE NOT BUDGED EVEN WHEN THEY KNOW THIS. SO THE WAY YOU GUYS GOING AT IT, THE AIN'T GOING TO WORK. YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT THE ONLY WAY IT'S GONNA WORK IS PEOPLE WHO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THEM LISTEN TO THEM. BECAUSE MCDONALD'S, LEE AND ALL OF THEM, I'VE TALKED TO THEM IN MEETINGS, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING ON ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THEM AND THINGS THAT THEY HAVE MADE AWARE THAT IS GOING ON. AND SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 13 YEARS AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. SECOND, WE ARE BUILDING MORE HIGH RISE BUILDINGS TO HOUSE PEOPLE BECAUSE OF LAND, WHICH MEANS THOSE BUILDINGS ARE USING ELEVATORS. THERE'S NOTHING ON THE BOOKS ON A LOCAL STATE OR FEDERAL OR A DA OR EVEN THE FIRE MARSHAL TO HAVE PROTOCOL FOR EVACUATIONS. AND NONE OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE EVAC CHAIRS OR ANY DEVICES WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T GET THERE ON TIME. AND IT'S UP TO US TO HELP EACH OTHER GET DOWN. MOST SENIORS ARE ON WHEELCHAIRS. WALKERS ARE BLIND. AND THE, [01:10:01] THE HEIGHT OF A A FIRETRUCK LADDER MAXIMUM IS SEVEN TO EIGHT STORIES AND WE GOING DOWN TO 12 AND THREE STORY BILLINGS. SO ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEBODY DIES LIKE WE SEE IN THE NEWS IN CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES? THINK YOUR TIME IS UP. HERE'S ONE MINUTE. OH, ONE MINUTE. OH. OR, OR ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT HAPPENS? AND I'VE ASKED EVERY COMMITTEE IN COUNCIL FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND I'VE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, KAREN? OKAY. UM, JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON GREG PANTHERS. UM, WE HAVE HAD A VERY BUSY DECEMBER. WE HAD 131 ATTENDEES AT OUR HOLIDAY PARTY LAST SATURDAY IN THIS ROOM. AND WE HAD A LINE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO GET IN. EVERYBODY. THE FEEDBACK WAS VERY POSITIVE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES, EVERYBODY AGREED IT WAS A GREAT PARTY AND THEY HAD A GOOD TIME. UH, WE SERVED 125 THANKSGIVING GRAB AND GO MEALS, UH, TO SENIORS HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND WE HAVE BEEN GIVING AWAY, UH, 17,000 IN GROCERY GIFT CARDS VIA SURVEYS, UM, AS PART OF THE UPDATE TO THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THE SHORELINE VILLAGE PLAN. SO, UM, WE'RE GOING ABOUT TO KICK OFF OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2024. AND, UM, WE HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN INVITATION, WHICH, UM, WE TALKED TO HEIDI AND EVERYBODY. UM, AS UM, AN LA COUNTY COMMISSIONER, I DID LOBBY FOR LONG BEACH TO BE A SITE OF THE AREA PLAN ON AN AGING MEETING, AND THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THAT REQUEST. SO WE'RE WORKING TO IDENTIFY A SITE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR BETWEEN, UM, 22 A HUNDRED PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT THE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IT SOMETIME, UH, THE WEEK OF THE 22ND OF JANUARY. SO THAT'S THE PARAMETERS. AND HEIDI'S SPIN IS GOING TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THE, UM, COUNTY TO, UM, COORDINATE THE ARRANGEMENTS. AND, UH, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AND SO I, THEY HAVE ASKED US THE GREAT PANTHERS AND THE YOUTH COMMISSIONER TO TAKE A ROLE. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE JUST YET, BUT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN, UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS JOHN'S ISSUE ON THE EVAC CHAIRS. THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON TEACHING HAS AGREED TO REQUEST THE COUNTY DO A STUDY ON THE EVAC CHAIRS BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHO DOES OR DOES NOT. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO HAVE EVAC CHAIRS. SO THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS GONNA TAKE THAT UP AND, UH, WE ARE ARE GONNA HAVE AN INCREDIBLE SENIOR GUEST THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST THAT IS COMING OUT WITH THE NEW BOOK, DR. WILLIAM WEDDINGTON, AND HE'S WRITING A BOOK ON THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON SENIORS IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. SO, AND HIS PUBLISHER HAS AGREED TO HAVE HIM SPEAK AT OUR SENIOR FEST. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVING A BIG YEAR FOR OUR 50TH YEAR. HMM. OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? DORY? YES. SO I'M DORY NOR WITH THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE. AND I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE UP TO. I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE UP TO 202 SUBSCRIBERS TO OUR NEWSLETTER. UM, SO WE REPRESENT PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS, WHETHER IT IS, UM, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC. UM, SO WE, WE RUN THE GAMUT. UM, WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO O'CLOCK AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE AT THE LA CARE BLUE SHIELD PROMISE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED ON ATLANTIC UP IN NORTH LONG BEACH. THEY'RE HOSTING THE MEETING FOR US THIS AFTERNOON AND, UH, YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN US, OF COURSE, FOR ANY OF OUR MEETINGS THAT YOU WOULD WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. AND THEN NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 20TH AT 3:00 PM HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER DOWNSTAIRS, UM, THE COLLABORATIVE IS HOSTING A SHORT MEET AND GREET WITH MAYOR REX RICHARDSON. AND HEART OF IDA IS GONNA BE COLLECTING ITEMS FOR THE EMERGENCY NEEDS PANTRY THAT THEY HOST. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US, IT'LL BE SHORT AND SWEET AND CASUAL, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO STOCK UP [01:15:01] OUR PANTRY WITH THINGS LIKE, UM, RAINSTORM ROOMS, WARM GLOVES, UH, PROTEIN BARS, UM, ENSURE, UH, PET FOOD, TOILETRIES AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING ANY OF THOSE ITEMS AND JOIN US, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR THAT. THAT'S NEXT WEDNESDAY THE 20TH AT, OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HOPE THAT YOU ALL JOIN ME ON THE QUEEN MARY. UM, IT'S $10 TUESDAYS, UM, FROM NOW UNTIL THEY TELL US IT'S NOT A REGULAR ADMISSION. NOW JUST BOARD THE SHIP, UM, TO UPWARDS OF 37 TO 42. BUT IT'S $10 TUESDAYS ALL DAY ON TUESDAY. YOU GO THE SHIP, IF YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE A A GUIDED TOUR, YOU WOULD'VE TO PAY FOR THAT SEPARATELY, BUT I THINK THE $10 YOU WALK AROUND AND FIND STUFF. UM, ALSO TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT THE SHIP IS FREE AND FOOD PARKING FOR OUR HOLIDAY. HAPPY HOUR. IN THE OBSERVATION MARK, PLEASE WALK TO THE WHARF AND TELL THE PERSON YOU THERE TO GO TO THE OBSERVATION WALK AND WE END UP ON THE SHIP. IT'S UP TO YOU, BUT UM, THE SHIP IS OPEN AND FREE, UM, THREE TO SEVEN STARTING AT THREE O'CLOCK ON AND, AND THEY HAVE A DJ AND ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON. ANY THE OBSERVATION OR OF A HAPPY HOUR? HAPPY HOUR DRINK. SO COME SEE THE QUEEN. SHE BACK OVER. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE THE QUEEN I SEW. WHATEVER. WE KNOW THAT TOO. I DO. OKAY. I HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT. SO ME AND IRENE, MAINLY IRENE GOT SOME GIFTS FOR YOU GUYS JUST FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO FEEL FREE TO GO BACK THERE COMMISSIONERS AND PICK A LITTLE GIFT AND JUST, WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR US AND JUST YOUR SUPPORT. SO SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT SHE JUST WANTED ME TO WISH YOU GUYS A HAPPY HOLIDAYS. THANK YOU. I WANNA WISH YOU GUYS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALRIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. 1122. 1122. THANK YOU WASN'T THANK YOU. MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK MERRY CHRISTMAS. SOMEBODY, ONE PERSON OUGHT TO SAY HAPPY SOMEWHERE. PICTURE. WE NEED A PHOTO. WE NEED A PHOTO. I DO NOT. OKAY. WAIT. LEMME TURN IT OFF. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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