* 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. OKAY, [00:00:01] I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING. I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. I MEETING. UM, WE SHOULD START WITH A ROLL CALL. UM, NATA . HERE. MICHELLE VALENCIA. HERE. NORMA CIA. EXCUSED. ROBERT FINNEY. HERE. SHEILA GIBBONS. HERE. ALAN GOLDSTEIN. EXCUSED. CAROLYN KINDS. HERE. PHILIS SCHMIDT. HERE. WILLIAM SMITH. PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. VERY GOOD. OKAY. UM, SO, UM, ROBERT, WILL YOU LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER THE GOD. UM, SO IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME, BUT WE USUALLY DO READ THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. SO, UM, I'M GONNA READ THE MISSION STATEMENT. UM, WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH'S, CULTURALLY DIVERSE OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS. AND THEN MICHELLE, WILL YOU READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? WE, THE SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. OH. UH, IT RECOGNIZED 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 IN THEIR SPIRIT. MAY WE STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT SOME OF OUR ELDERS? THANK YOU. AND WE SHOULD MAKE A CHANGE, TO GET THAT. OKAY. UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2023. ROBERT HAS MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES? WAIT, I HAVE A DISCUSSION. YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION? OKAY. UM, JUST A MINOR, BUT, UM, IRENE'S GONNA CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SPELLING OF ONE OF THE THINGS MISSPELLED, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S FINE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IS, THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO THAT. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A TYPO, TYPO KIND OF THING. UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR WITH THAT CHANGE? UM, AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT, THAT CARRIES. MOTION CARRIES. UM, I COULD NOT REACH JAMIE WILSON YET AGAIN, SO WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT PRESENTATION. UM, I KEEP WORKING ON IT. UM, OKAY, SO WE'RE MOVING. SO WE WILL ELIMINATE THAT. UM, HEIDI, IT'S THE UPDATE. ALRIGHT. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR. AND, UM, JUST A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES FOR YOU. UM, JUST ONE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, JANUARY, STARTING OFF OUR NEW YEAR, WE DO HAVE OUR, UM, UUTR UTILITY USER TAX REBATE PROGRAM THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. UM, IT HAPPENS AT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT, UM, SENIOR CENTER SITES. UM, SO PRETTY MUCH THEY QUALIFY BASED ON, UM, THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, UM, THAT, UM, ARE IN THE PROGRAM PRETTY MUCH. THEY HAVE FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 1ST, WE HAVE A LIST. IT, IT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, KNOW WHAT APARTMENTS OF CITY WE RUN IT THROUGH. I FORGET DANA. I'M GONNA REFER TO DANA. YOU KNOW THE OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT TOOK THE UTILITY SERVICES? YES. SO WE JUST BASICALLY KIND OF HOUSE AND, AND FILL OUT THE FORMS WITH OUR, UM, SENIORS WHO QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. BUT IT'S PRETTY, UM, BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR US FROM THE FIRST APRIL OR JANUARY 1ST THROUGH, UM, MARCH 1ST, UM, THAT THEY COME IN AND RECOUP WITH THAT. WE ALSO HAVE OUR TAX, A A RP IS [00:05:01] COMING BACK WITH THEIR TAX, UM, PREPARING, UM, THAT WILL BE STARTING, UM, USUALLY AT THE END OF JANUARY-ISH. SO THOSE TWO PROGRAMS YOU'LL SEE HAPPENING HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, UM, IS THAT WITH, UM, I KNOW KAREN'S BROUGHT UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON AGING, OUR, UM, AREA AGENCIES, UM, MEETINGS. AND SO WE ARE HOSTING ONE HERE, ACTUALLY, UM, NEXT, OR I GUESS TWO WEEKS ON THE JANUARY 24TH OF WEDNESDAY FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM WE'LL BE DOWNSTAIRS IN OUR AUDITORIUM. IT'S A, UM, COUNTYWIDE, UH, MEETING. SO I BROUGHT THE FLYERS FOR YOU ALL. SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND OR INVITE, UM, ANYONE INTERESTED ATTEND, WE'D RECOMMEND YOU ATTEND. SO, UM, WE'RE HOSTING ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS, UM, THIS YEAR HERE AT THE SENIOR SETTING. SO, UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY UPDATE FOR, UM, THIS BOOK. AND, UM, THANK YOU. SO I NEED AN, A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? WE RECEIVE AND FILE HEIDI REPORT? MICHELLE HAS MOVED AND I'LL SECOND. AND, UM, I'M SORRY, PHYLLIS HAS SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. UM, RECOMMENDATION TO HOLD AN ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING. SO I, DO WE HOLD THE ELECTION BEFORE WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? WHAT DO WE, HOW DOES THIS GO? ? WE HOLD THE ELECTION. OKAY. WE HOLD THE ELECTIONS. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN, UM, NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SAY ALL THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING CHAIR, PUT THEIR NAMES UP SO THAT WE COULD SELF-MOTIVATE AND, AND NOT GO THROUGH PEOPLE SAYING, YOU NOMINATED ME, BUT I DON'T WANT IT OR I DO WANT IT. OKAY. I MEAN, I, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT CAN GO WITH ROBERT'S RULES OF WATER AND I DON'T THINK IT CAN. NO, BUT, BUT WE'LL ASK. NO, WE JUST HAVE TO DO THE NOMINATIONS. OKAY. SO DOES ANYBODY WELL, SHE HAS TO YEAH. CALL. OKAY. YES. I WANNA NOMINATE MICHELLE . OKAY. MICHELLE VALENCIA HAS BEEN NOMINATED. UM, HAS, IS, ARE THERE ANY, MICHELLE ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THAT? I'LL DO THAT. PERFECT. I COULD SECOND THAT ONE. OKAY. SO THAT NOMINATION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? YES. BILL, CAROLYN HINES. I DECLINED. THANK YOU. OKAY. . THAT WAS IN AND OUT. THAT WAS QUICK. THAT WAS QUICK. UM, OKAY. UM, SO I THINK WE VOTE ON CHAIR SEPARATELY AND THEN WE VOTE. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF MICHELLE FOR CHAIR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. YOU'RE NOW CHAIR AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO THE VICE CHAIR AND THEN I'M GONNA HAND IT ALL OVER TO YOU. OH, OKAY. WITH A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT AS WELL. YEAH. THEN YOU WILL BE HANDING WELL, YOU, UM, YOU WILL DO TODAY'S MEETING AND THEN SHE WILL START NEXT. OH, OKAY. OKAY. UH, YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT NICE. SORRY. UM, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN MO UM, UH, NOMINATIONS FOR, UH, VICE CHAIR. MICHELLE. I'M NON SHEILA GIBBONS TO BE VICE CHAIR. WHO? SHEILA. SHEILA. OKAY. . IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. CAROLYN HAS SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY, LET'S HAVE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF SHEILA GIBBONS AS VICE CHAIR. AYE. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A. AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. THERE YOU GUYS ARE. UM, OKAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS, . OKAY, NOW WE MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILING REPORTS FROM THE VARIOUS, UH, STANDING COMMITTEES. UM, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE APPROVAL OF THE, OH, I DO. WE HAVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT, THAT VOTE. I HAVE NO IDEA FOR. WAIT FOR THAT? YES. OKAY. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE, UM, THE, THE ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS. I SECONDED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS. OKAY, [00:10:01] THAT MOTION PASSES. OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE STANDING COMMITTEES. UM, COMMUNITY RELATIONS LANGUAGE ACCESS. MICHELLE? YEAH, I HAVE A REPORT. GOOD. . UH, I DID ATTEND A MEET AND GREET WITH MAYOR RICHARDSON AT HERE ON DECEMBER 20TH. IT WAS ARRANGED BY THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE, UH, WHICH HOLDS QUARTERLY MEETINGS. AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS IF YOU'RE NOT, UM, SIGNED UP ON THAT ON THEIR NEWSLETTER TO TALK TO DORY AND DORY CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP ON THAT MAILING LIST. ANYWAYS, SOME OF THE THINGS MAYOR RICHARDSON RICHARDSON SHARED WITH US WAS THAT LONG BEACH HAS THE LOWEST GAPS BILLS IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS A HUNDRED YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT. UH, F AND M BAY AND ST. MARY'S. WE ARE DOUBLING DOWN ON TOURISM TO, UH, FOR OUR INCOME AND THE NOVEMBER BALLOT MEASURE, WE'LL HAVE FUNDING FOR HOUSING, PROJE PROTECTIONS, TENANTS RIGHTS, AND HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND AT THIS TIME, SENIORS ARE AT 10% OF OUR LONG BEACH POPULATION AND GROWING 10%. 10%. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS SMITH, NO REPORT. AND NORMA'S NOT HERE. SO THERE'S NO REPORT FROM HER. CRIME PREVENTION AND SAFETY COMMISSIONER. GOLDSTEIN'S NOT HERE. UM, COMMISSIONER GIBBONS? NO. REPORT. OH, GIBBONS. I'M SORRY. I KEEP LOOKING THE WRONG WAY. NO REPORT. OKAY. HOUSING COMMISSIONER, UH, SCHMIDT, WE'LL START WITH YOU. WELL GIVE US AN ARTICLE IN THE GRANDON AND THE PRESS TELEGRAM SAYING THAT THE SENIOR SAFE HOUSE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, UH, HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN BY THE CITY ON THE GROUNDS THAT, UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE FUNDS, BUT THEY WERE HOPING TO DO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT WENT. AND I HAVE THE ARTICLE HERE IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED. AND THAT'S MY REPORT. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT PHYLLIS ? WELL, SERIOUSLY STRESSED. SO THAT'S A SETBACK, A REAL SETBACK. YOU HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THE COUNTY COMING TO, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THE COUNTY COULD COME THROUGH. MM-HMM? . MM-HMM. , UH, DAN SAN HAD ONE MEETING WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND, UH, I, I THINK THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S STILL ONE. DID THEY GIVE A REASON OTHER THAN JUST THE FUNDING? FUNDING FUNDING'S FUNDING. WELL, MY HUMBLE OPINION, THEY FUND MANY THINGS. SO THIS JUST DIDN'T REACH THAT MEASURE OF FUNDING. THEY, THEY, UH, IN THE ARTICLE THEY SAID 10 TO 20 MILLION WAS THE GUESSTIMATE AMOUNT TO GET IT DONE, AND A MILLION A YEAR TO SUSTAIN IT. AND THEY JUST, AT THIS POINT, WITH A SHORTFALL OF 37 MILLION, UH, THEY JUST DIDN'T THINK, UH, IT WAS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THE ARTICLE? SURE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. CAROLINA COMMISSIONER SMITH, DID THEY TELL YOU, OR US OR DID THEY MENTION IN THE ARTICLE WHY THEY DIDN'T EVEN COMPLETE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO, THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO TO COME UP WITH A REASON WHY? THEY JUST SAID NO. DID THEY EVEN DO THE STUDY? THEY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT QUESTION. DID YOU ASK ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY? RIGHT. DID THEY, THE QUESTION, WHAT'S THE ARTICLE BASED ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY? SO THEY COMPLETED, CAME BACK AND THAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. BILL, DID THEY DISCUSS WHY THERE'S A $37 MILLION DEFICIT? THEY DIDN'T. WHAT WENT INTO THAT? TO EXCLUDE THINGS FOR SAFE HOUSES FOR SENIORS WHO ARE ABUSED? THAT SEEMS PRETTY EXTREME. IT'S THAT WELL, THAT'S SOME GOOD SPINNING ON THEIR PART. I MIGHT ADD. I I CAN. THE THE DEFICIT COMES IS A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WAS MITIGATED BY FEDERAL FUNDS THIS YEAR, THIS PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THOSE FUNDS ARE GONE. THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT COMES FROM A BUNCH OF THINGS. ONE OF WHICH IS THE PENSION OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE INCURRED FOR, UM, STAFF PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY. UM, AND SO, AND, AND I PENSIONS PART OF IT, [00:15:01] JUST ASIDE. UM, AND SO THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT HAS BEEN KNOWN AND IT WAS ONLY NOT PRESENT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF FEDERAL FUNDS. SO IT'S NOT A NEW PROBLEM. UM, AND IT'S NOT, UH, AND IT IS PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE PENSION FUNDING. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO IT, BUT IT'S PRI PRIMARILY RELATED TO PENSION FUNDING. YES. I SHOULD HAVE GOT A JOB FOR THE, WITH THE CITY . WELL, YOU'D GET YOUR PENSION. YOU'D GET YOUR PENSION, WHICH YOU WERE WORKED, WHICH YOU WORKED TO EARN. I MEAN, , I'M NOT SAYING I SHOULD PART OF THAT. THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOME GOOD CASH. WELL, IT'S, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR SALARY WAS AND HOW LONG YOU WORKED FOR THIS CITY. IT'S LIKE I BET YOU THOSE ARE GOOD. WELL, THE COPS GET IT ALL. GET THE MOST OF IT. I'M SORRY. MOVING ON. UM, UH, HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMISSIONER FINNEY, I REPORT TO YOU. COMMISSIONER GIBBONS. I REPORT LEGISLATION. I DIDN'T DO A REPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, MICHELLE. I DO. OH, GOOD. UH, JUST A FEW LAWS THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE IN CALIFORNIA IN 2024, AB SEVEN 16, UH, TARGET SURPRISE AMBULANCE BILLS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE INSURANCE. SO THESE BILLS TAKE THE FORM OF OUT-OF-NETWORK CHARGES, UM, FOR COMMERCIALLY INSURED PATIENTS WHO HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHO, WHICH AMBULANCE PICKS THEM UP. SO UNDER THE NEW LAW, THE PATIENTS WILL ONLY HAVE TO PAY THE EQUIVALENT FOR WHAT THEY WOULD'VE PAID FOR AN IN-NETWORK SERVICE. AND THEN HEALTH INSURANCE AND AMBULANCE COMPANIES HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE AMONG THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE PATIENTS HAVING TO BE INVOLVED. UH, AB 1 360 6 LETS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PURSUED THE REPAYMENT OF BILL GOTTEN GAINS IN CASES WHERE COMPANIES VIOLATE UNFAIR COMPETITION OR FALSE ADVERTISING LAWS. AND THE MONEY RECOVERED WILL GO INTO A NEW FUND DESIGNED TO FULLY COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF FALSE ADVERTISING OR UNFAIR COMPETITION. UM, AB 1309 IS ABOUT THE THREAT OF EVICTION FROM NURSING HOMES. UM, SOMETIMES RESIDENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THEY'RE BEING DISCHARGED, BUT THE NEW LAWS SAYS THAT THE NURSING HOMES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO OFFER RESIDENCE COPIES OF ANY INFORMATION EXPLAINING WHY THEY'RE BEING EVICTED, INCLUDING THE COPIES OF THE DISCHARGE PLAN AND DATE, AND THE, UH, NAMES OF WITNESSES TO ANY INCIDENTS RELATED TO DISCHARGE. AND IN SOME PLACES IT COULD INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THE FACILITY CANNOT MEET THE RESIDENT'S NEEDS ANY LONGER. UH, AB 6 45 ALLOWS SIX CITIES INCLUDING LONG BEACH TO INSTALL SPEED CAMERAS. SO THE LAW REQUIRES CITIES TO PUT UP SIGNAGE TO WARN DRIVERS THEY COULD GET A TICKET FOR FROM THESE CAMERAS. AND THEN AB 12 IS A NEW LAW THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT LANDLORDS CAN CHARGE FOR A SECURITY DEPOSIT TO ONE MONTH OF DEPOSIT ONLY ONE MONTH TOWARDS OF RENT ONLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTION? YES. ON THE SPEED CAMERAS. MICHELLE, DID LONG BEACH HAVE SPEED CAMERAS BEFORE AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY SHOULDN'T OPERATE ANYMORE? NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE. SO DOES IT SAY WHERE ALL THE, DOES IT HAVE TO POST WHERE ALL THESE SPEED CAMERAS ARE AND, AND IT HAS OF THOSE, IT JUST HAS TO PUT SIGNS IF THERE IS A SPEED CAMERA. MM-HMM. , DO YOU HAVE THE SPECIFICS OF WHERE THOSE SPEED CAMERAS ARE? I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET. HMM. THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED YET. OH, RIGHT. THIS WAS JUST A LAW. THIS WAS JUST A LAW ALLOWING THEM, THESE SIX CITIES TO HAVE SPEED CAMERAS AT ALL. BUT DIDN'T LONG BEACH HAVE SPEED CAMERAS? AND THEY DECIDED THAT I I THINK THEY DID. DECIDED THAT THEY WERE, UM, THEN THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO DO THEM AGAIN. AND NOW, NOW THE LAW HAS CHANGED. UHHUH NOW, NOW THEY'RE LEGAL. THAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT LAW IN LA IT MAY NOT BE WISE, BUT THEY'RE NOW LEGAL . YOU KNOW, I SAD TO US THE REASON WHY THEY HAD TO TAKE OUT THE SPEED CAMERA SITUATION IS BECAUSE THEY ARGUABLY COULD SAY THAT WASN'T ME IN THE CAR. YES. SO THAT THEY WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IS TO AS EVIDENCE, THAT'S YOUR CARD, THAT'S YOUR LICENSE PLATE. BUT IT'S BLURRED AS TO WHO'S THE DRIVER. MM-HMM. . SO A LOT OF THEM WERE ALWAYS KICKED OUT, SO IT WASN'T WORTH IT. SO IN LOS ANGELES, ENGLEWOOD AND SOME OTHER CITIES, THEY, THEY DIDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. SO THEY CHANGED IT TO SAY, LET'S JUST FIX THIS BECAUSE THEY, BUT NOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING MORE SO BECAUSE OF ALL THESE TAKEOVERS. MM-HMM. AND THE STREET TAKEOVERS, YOU KNOW, THEY [00:20:01] GO AND THEY SPIN AROUND. SO THEY NEED EVIDENCE NOW THAT, THAT IN FACT IS YOU, THERE'S A SPEED CAMERA. YOU SAW THAT THERE WAS A SIGN AND NOW WE CAN USE THAT AS EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE. SO IT'S JUST NOT A BLATANT REVENUE GRAB BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO WELL, IT MAY BE, IT MAY BE. WE DON'T KNOW THAT MILES OVER THE STATE LIMIT. I MEAN THAT, THAT PRETTY SLOW DOWN BILL. SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN. JUST SLOW DOWN QUESTION. I MEAN, I, I'M GONNA AN, I'M GONNA ANSWER. I I ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE SPEED CAMERAS FOR OTHER REASONS, BUT I'M GONNA SAY THAT THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE DEATHS HAS INCREASED PHENOMENALLY IN ALL THE CITIES. I MEAN, IF YOU READ ANYTHING. SO THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY WERE REACTING TO IN PASSING THIS. UM, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'LL GO, BUT THAT'S THE LAW. SHE'S JUST REPORTING ON THE LAW . SO IT'S A MATTER OF SAFETY YOU'RE SAYING FOR THE CITIZENS. RIGHT? THAT'S THE ARGUMENT FOR IT. THAT'S GOOD THEN. THAT'S THE ARGUMENT. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, THAT'S AN EMPIRICAL QUESTION WHETHER IT IN FACT INCREASES SAFETY. BUT THAT'S THE ARGUMENT THAT GOT IT. PASSED. ROBERT, THE OTHER CAMERAS THEY USED TO USE WERE PRIMARILY FOR PEOPLE RUNNING RED LIGHTS. YES. RIGHT. THEY WERE CORN. EXACTLY. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SPEED. RIGHT? OH YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. MY WIFE GOT ONE COST US 540 BUCKS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, BILL. ALRIGHT. UM, CAN WE RETURN TO THE AGENDA? UM, I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE AGENDA THAT MICHELLE WAS MAKING A REPORT ON. WELL, SHE REPORTED ON THE LAW AND YOUR WIFE WAS NOT PART OF THAT LAW. OKAY. MAYBE CAN'T ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS. WELL, YOU CAN ASK QUE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS, BUT, BUT YOU HAVE TO STAY ON THE TOPIC. UM, TECHNOLOGY COMMISSIONER FINNEY? I NO REPORT. OKAY. UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER SMITH. NO REPORT TODAY. COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT. WELL, I GUESS THERE WAS SOMETHING. THERE WERE TWO NEW PEOPLE WHO WERE PUT ON THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. TWO NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING TO NOTE AND, UH, I JUST HAVE A COPY OF IT. WE CAN PUT IT IN THE MINUTES. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHO ARE THE PEOPLE? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE? EDUARDO, UH, ANGELS. AND, UH, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY I HAVE IT HARD. THRASH UA. UA NU THRASH AND TOOK MM-HMM. . SHE'S GONNA HAVE TO GET OFF. IT'S INTERESTING. UM, OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NEXT IS, UM, IS DO WE HAVE TO RECEIVE THE FILE? WELL, COMMISSIONER HINES ALSO IS ON THAT. OH. UM, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THAT. WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, MARY DAY HOUSE OFFICE AND SHE CONFIRMED, SHE SAID SHE JUST HAD TO GET PAST THE LAST NIGHT STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. AND ANOTHER FORMER LONG BEACH TRANSIT BOARD MEMBER ALSO SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN. HOWEVER THEY CAN HELP US GIVE THE MESSAGE TO KEN MCDONALD OR WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION. THEY WOULD MAKE THEM HELP FACILITATE THAT TO HAPPEN. SO THAT'S AN UPDATE. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE THAT MEETING BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, IT'S, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL THE REPORTS. SO, MOVE. I'LL SECOND IT. MOVE BY ROBERT. SECONDED BY MICHELLE. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT STANDING COMMITTEE WE WILL BE ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 'CAUSE THIS IS OUR REORGANIZATION MEETING. UM, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH AND WE HAVE, AND, UM, IRENE NICELY PRINTED OUT WHAT THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES HAVE SAID IN THE PAST THEY WANNA DO. UM, AND SO, UM, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SO LET'S GO THROUGH AND SEE, UM, WHAT COMMITTEES, ANYBODY WANTS TO BE ON, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, LANGUAGE ACCESS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE? I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST IF I'M MAD. YEAH. UM, HAVE THESE DESCRIPTIONS CHANGED AT ALL, OR THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE WHAT WE STANDARD AND WHAT YES. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE, [00:25:01] WHAT WE'VE GIVEN HER OVER THE YEAR. YEAH. MM-HMM. . I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION. OH. UM, ARE WE STILL LIMITED TO MAX TWO TWO COMMITTEES? UM, WELL, THERE'S, AS LONG AS THERE'S AT LEAST THREE COMMISSIONERS ON EACH. NO MORE THAN THREE. NO MORE THAN THREE. NO MORE THAN THREE. YEAH. JUST THREE. YEAH. OKAY. DID YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THIS? UM, NO. WE CAN JUST CALL IT OFF AND, AND THEN WHOEVER'S INTERESTED IN IT, I COULD WRITE THEIR NAMES DOWN. OH, OKAY. SO INSTEAD OF DOING IT NOW, DO YOU WANNA DO THAT OR DO YOU WANT, UM, EVERYBODY WANT TO SEND IT IN TO ME AND I CAN LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S FULL. OKAY. SO THEN, YES. SO LET'S DO IT THIS WAY. I'LL HAVE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE DISCUSSION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES UNTIL MEMBERS CA MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CAN NOTIFY IRENE OF THE COMMITTEES THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. YES. AND I , SO THAT, THAT'S THE MOTION THAT I WOULD LIKE. SO, WE'LL, IT WILL BE DONE NEXT MEETING. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU SHOULD BE CALL IF THAT MOTION PASSES. SO IT'S POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, ALLOWING THE COMMISSIONERS TO NOTIFY IRENE OF THEIR INTEREST IN COMMITTEES, UH, IN SPECIFIC COMMITTEES. IS THERE, CAN SOMEBODY MAKE THAT MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. ROBERT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SO WE WILL STILL BE ON OUR CURRENT COMMITTEES AND THEN SHOULD REPORT ON OUR REGULAR 20 UNTIL NEXT MONTH. WHEN? YES. IRENE FINALIZES. THESE ARE NOW THE NEW COMMITTEES. WELL, THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO FINALIZE IT, BUT SHE WOULD SUBMIT THE NAMES TO THE COMMITTEE. YES. AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW BEFORE THE NEXT, AS SOON AS THEY'RE FILLED, I WILL KEEP EVERYBODY UPDATED. LIKE, LIKE, UM, COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONS ALREADY HAS THREE MEMBERS OR IF YOU, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES HAVE OPENINGS UNTIL EVERYTHING'S COMPLETED. AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING I'LL HAVE EVERYTHING FINALIZED AND I'LL BRING IT IN. OKAY. HOW DO YOU WANT US TO NOTIFY YOU BY EMAIL? YES. AND I WILL SEND AN EMAIL OUT AND WE CAN, YES. OKAY. SO THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE ANY AND A SECOND? IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WHO SECOND? I THOUGHT I THOUGHT MICHELLE SECONDED. OH, I, UH, OKAY. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? YES. I SURPRISE YOU. I HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS IT NOW. I MEAN, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY'S SAYING WHAT THEY WANT. I MEAN, I, SO EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE CONVERSATION. EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE WHOLE THING AND GET, SORRY. WE GOT AN EMAIL A WEEK AGO. YES. WERE YOU ABLE TO REVIEW YOURS? OH YES. DO YOU KNOW WHICH COMMITTEES YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON? I DO. DOES EVERYBODY NEED MORE TIME OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO EMAIL IT OUT? I JUST REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE GOING TO MERGE SOME COMMITTEE INTO ANOTHER COMMITTEE, OR ELIMINATED COMMITTEE. WELL, WE NEVER VOTED ON THAT RIGHT. ISSUE. THAT'S A, YEAH. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. AND THEN WE WERE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I ALSO REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE BEING ALLOWED TO SERVE WITH US ON THE COMMITTEE. THEY WERE NOT A PART OF THE COMMISSION. THAT'S NOT ALLOWED THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE, WELL YOU CAN CONSULT WITH ANYBODY TO GET INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE, FROM A COMMITTEE. BUT THEY CAN'T BE PART OF A STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION. RIGHT. UNLESS THEY'RE A COMMISSION. RIGHT. BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONSULT WITH ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER CAN CONSULT WITH ANYBODY ABOUT ANY ISSUES. YEAH. AND ON HERE IT DOES SAY REVIEW AND DISCUSS ADDING COMMITTEES. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT, NOW'S THE TIME. IF THERE'S NOTHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE, THIS IS THE TIME TO DISCUSS IT. OKAY. SO LET'S JUST, BUT THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO DEFEAT THAT MOTION. OR, OR NOT, I MEAN, THAT COULD STILL HOLD AND WE COULD MOVE TO A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE, THE JOBS OF STANDING COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD STILL HOLD TO POSTPONE THE, THE ASSIGNMENT. AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THE DISCUSSION OF A SEPARATE MOTION ON THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT SHOULD BE MERGED AND WHAT SHOULDN'T BE IN COMMITTEES. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE STANDING COMMITTEES TO BE POSTPONED AND THEN WE WILL DO THE REVIEW YES. OF THIS COMMITTEE NEXT. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING MEMBERSHIP. THIS IS MEMBERSHIP ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE. ON THE COMMITTEES. [00:30:01] ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ONE OPPOSED. ONE OPPOSED. ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. NOW IF THERE'S A MOTION TO DISCUSS THE NATURE, THE, I DON'T KNOW, THE JOB, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF EACH COMMITTEE OR MERGING COMMITTEES, DISCUSSION OF THE NATURE OF COMMITTEES. IF THERE'S A MOTION TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS. A MOTION TO CONSIDER WHAT COMMITTEES WE SHOULD HAVE. THAT'S A WAY TO HAVE IT. IS THERE A MOTION TO CONSIDER? SHEILA HAS MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND TO CONSIDER THE WHAT COMMITTEES WE SHOULD HAVE? OKAY. CAROLYN HAS SECONDED. UM, SO LET'S JUST GO THROUGH THIS. SO MY COMMUNITY RELATIONS OKAY. LANGUAGE ACCESS COMMITTEE. I THINK. CAN I SPEAK? YEAH, I THINK THAT THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE COULD BE WORLD INTO THAT BECAUSE LANGUAGE ACCESS IN THIS DAY AND AGE INCLUDES TECHNOLOGY. SO YOU WOULD DO, UM, OBJECTIVES? UM, YEAH, IT WOULD BE UNDER A GOAL TWO AND THEN THERE'D BE A THIRD OBJECTIVE UNDER THAT AROUND LANGUAGE ACCESS IN TECHNOLOGY. RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE MORE DISCUSSION OF THAT? WILL VOTE. VOTE ON THEM AS WE, UH, OKAY. BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, TO WORD IT? COMMUNITY RELATIONS LANGUAGE. OH, TECHNOLOGY. SO IT'S UNDER GOAL TWO. OBJECTIVE ONE, OBJECTIVE TWO. AND THEN OBJECTIVE THREE WOULD BE, UM, THE TECHNOLOGY ENSURE GOAL THREE. GOAL NUMBER THREE WOULD BE ENSURE ADEQUATE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE FOR SENIOR POPULATION. AND THE OBJECTIVE OF GOAL THREE WOULD BE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. OH, OKAY. WHAT ABOUT THE TITLE? WHAT IS THE TITLE? OH, SO IT'S GONNA BE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, LANGUAGE ACCESS AND TECHNOLOGY. COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE. AND THEN MICHELLE HAD GOOD LA HAD THE LANGUAGE FOR THAT. WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT YET. I ACTUALLY THINK THAT IT IS NOT ONLY LANGUAGE ACCESS, BUT IT CAN GO UNDER COMMUNITY RELATIONS. UM, IT'S NOT ONLY LANGUAGE ACCESS, IT IS ACCESS IN GENERAL. UM, THERE WAS A REPORT ON NPR YESTERDAY ABOUT LACK OF ACCESS IN, UM, LOW INCOME AREAS IN THE STATE. UM, AND THAT IS NOT ONLY A LANGUAGE ACCESS ISSUE, IT IS A LOW INCOME, BUT IT STILL COULD FALL UNDER COMMUNITY RELATIONS. I JUST WOULD WANNA ADD FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES THAN ENGLISH. IT WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD PUT IT FOR THAT. UM, IT'S STILL A COMMUNITY RELATIONS RELATED KIND OF THING, SO. GREAT. UM, YEAH, IT DOESN'T MOVE IT ANYWHERE. SO MICHELLE, CAN YOU READ THE LANGUAGE AND SEE IF WE WANNA ADOPT THAT? OKAY. SO IT'LL BE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SLASH LANGUAGE ACCESS SLASH TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. GOAL NUMBER ONE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. GOAL NUMBER TWO WOULD REMAIN THE SAME AS ALL OF THEIR OBJECTIVES. THEN WE WOULD ADD A GOAL NUMBER THREE, WHICH WOULD BE THE CURRENT GOAL NUMBER ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS ENSURE ADEQUATE TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE FOR SENIOR POPULATION. AND THEN THOSE OBJECTIVES WOULD BE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. YEAH, IT'S CUT AND PASTE. IT'S CUT AND PASTE. MM-HMM. . IT'S A CUT AND PASTE. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF MAKING THAT CHANGE. A OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. WE'VE ELIMINATED A COMMITTEE AND ADDED TO THE JOB OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE, CRIME PREVENTION AND SAFETY. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES IN THAT THAT ARE DESIRED? HEARING NONE. I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. TELL ME IF I'M GOING TOO FAST. HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES WANTING [00:35:01] TO THAT WANTED FOR THAT HEARING NONE. I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. OH YES. WELL, I DON'T THINK FOR, I, I DON'T EVER SEE HOW WE COULD ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR SENIORS EXPERIENCE. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD THAT KIND OF CONTACT. I THINK THAT'S, SO ARE YOU'RE GONNA MOVE, YOU WANNA MOVE TO ELIMINATE NUMBER FOUR UNDER OBJECTIVE, UNDER GOAL ONE? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA DO? I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO THIS WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE MEETING. RIGHT? SO, SO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE OBJECTIVE FOUR UNDER GOAL NUMBER ONE OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE? IS THAT WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU WANT? AND THEN ONCE IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED, WE CAN DISCUSS THE DESIRABILITY OF, OF DOING THAT. WELL, I'LL WITHDRAW THAT AND JUST LEAVE IT AS, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT, OKAY. OKAY. I GET, UM, YES. AND THE DISCUSSION, IF WE MOVE NUMBER FOUR, ACT AS A RESOURCE TO SENIORS EXPERIENCING HOUSING DIFFICULTIES. IT'S BASICALLY JUST AN ADD ON TO NUMBER FIVE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR ALTERNATIVES WITH ANY OPTIONS FOR SENIORS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES. SO IT'S OKAY. THERE'S NO MOTION TO DISCUSS WHAT WE NEED IS A MOTION. I'M, I'M TRYING. THEY SAT THERE AND MONITORED ME ONE DAY. . SO IN ORDER TO DISCUSS IT, THERE HAS TO BE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SO MOVED. SO I MOVED THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. NO, YOU DON'T WANNA, YOU WANNA MOVE TO ELIMINATE AND THEN WE VOTED FOR IT UP AND DOWN. OKAY. I MOVED TO ELIMINATE, UH, FOUR AND FIVE OF THE OBJECTIVES FOR HOUSING COMMITTEE, BOTH FOUR AND FIVE. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? I'LL SECOND. OKAY, NOW THERE'S A DISCUSSION. SO YES, CAROLYN, I THINK WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH WAS SAYING WAS WE DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS OR THE CAPACITY TO DO EITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE JOB. THE MULTI SERVICE CENTER AND THE, THE HOUSING, UM, DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY. SO WITH US, IT'S JUST EVEN AWARENESS. BUT BY GIVING INFORMATION AS A REPORT OR INFORMATION, IT'S NOT A JOB OF OURS THAT THE SENIORS CAN COME TO US TO FIND HOUSING IF THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTIES. SO TO ELIMINATE BOTH I THINK IS THE REASON WHY WE COULD, 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THOSE TWO. OKAY. I HAVE A DISCUSSION. YES. I, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH ACTING AS A RESOURCE THAT THAT'S BEYOND OUR CAPABILITIES. BUT I DO BELIEVE WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE ARE GIVEN MULTIPLE INFORMATIONS ABOUT, UM, SERVICES THAT THE CENTER PROVIDES AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO AT LEAST GIVE SOMEBODY A FLYER. BUT WE DO THAT ALREADY, UM, IN THE CAPACITY OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO AS THE COMMITTEE. SO WE ALREADY DO PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION LIKE WE DID WITH . SO WE ALREADY PROVIDE INFORMATION. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THAT. DON'T DO NUMBER FOUR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT. ALWAYS DO. NUMBER FOUR, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A GENERAL, MAYBE . SO YOU WANNA, SO THAT YOU ARE MAKING, YOU ARE AMENDING THE MOTION. AND I HAVE A DISCUSSION POINT ON NUMBER FIVE TOO THAT I WANNA RAISE. BUT YOUR, YOUR AMENDED, YOU WANT WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION TO SAY ELIMINATE NUMBER FOUR, BUT KEEP NUMBER FIVE. YES. YES. IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT AMENDMENT? IS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? I COULD SECOND THAT. IS THAT A FRIENDLY, THE PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION HAS TO ACCEPT IT AS FRIENDLY OR NOT? OR WE CAN VOTE ON IT AS AN AMENDMENT. UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT BELONGS THERE. I MAYBE IT BELONGS TO. OKAY, SO SO NOT FRIENDLY. SO, OKAY, SO NOW WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE, THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. THE AMENDMENT IS TO ELIMINATE NUMBER FOUR AND KEEP NUMBER FIVE. ALL IN FAVOR OF, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT AMENDMENT? I I I HAVE A COMMENT. PART OF IT'S NOT ONLY PROVIDING INFORMATION, IT'S INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL [00:40:01] AND OTHER AGENCIES. SO THAT, I MEAN THERE'S THIS LONG ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY ABOUT A SMALL A, UM, TINY HOUSING COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. AND THE WAY THEY BUILT IT AND WHAT THEY DID, I THINK IT'S PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE FOR US TO PROVIDE, TO PROVIDE, TO SAY, WELL AUSTIN DID THIS. WHAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR LONG BEACH DOING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL AS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL? AGAIN, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS, BUT WE COULD RECOMMEND LOOKING INTO WHAT AUSTIN DID AROUND A HOMELESS POPULATION. I'M USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. 'CAUSE I READ IT THIS MORNING WAS A FOUR PAGE ARTICLE. IT WENT ON AND ON AND ON AND SHOWED THE HOUSES AND ALL OF THAT AND THE, AND THE SERVICES THAT WERE ATTACHED. UM, SO I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE AN INFORMATION ROLE NOT ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING HOUSING. THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT OUR JOB. OUR JOB IS TO CHANGE, RECOMMEND RE POLICY TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND UM, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT I THINK. BUT COULD I COMMENT? YEAH. UM, MY PROBLEM WITH NUMBER FIVE IS THAT IT, UM, IS THAT IT'S REDUNDANT, UM, IN MY OPINION, EFFECTIVELY DISSEMINATE THE GOAL NUMBER TWO. I I FIGURED THAT SAYS THE SAME THING TO ME. THAT YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE INFORMATION. WELL THIS IS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS A NUMBER FIVE HERE. WHEN GOAL NUMBER TWO REALLY DOES THE SAME THING ONE'S TO SENIORS AND THE OTHER IS NOT NECESSARILY TO SENIORS, IT IS ALSO TO CITY COUNCIL. THE OTHER THIS ONE READS TO SENIORS AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE AUSTIN PROJECT TO SENIORS IS MM-HMM. SORT OF SILLY. 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. OKAY. YEAH, I WAS QUESTION IF WE WERE TO REWORD IT SUCH THAT OBJECTIVES FOR KIND OF WEAVE IN AS RESOURCE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO SENIORS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY WHERE THAT IS, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENT OR WHOMEVER ABOUT HOUSING ISSUES. THAT INCLUDES JUST GIVING INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AND AS TO WHOEVER WE HAVE TO GIVE IT TO. SO, SO YOU ARE CHANGING. SO SAY THAT AGAIN. WHAT ARE YOU CHANGING? WELL, WE'LL THEY ALSO, WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING TO CHANGE? PROVIDE, PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES, WHICH WE DO AND WE NEED TO DO AND CONTINUE. BUT LIKE YOU MENTIONED TO CITY COUNCIL OR ANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY THAT INCLUDES JUST RESOURCES TO WHOEVER AND THIS INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. NOT ANSWERS OR RESULTS. I'M NOT FOLLOWING THAT BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY IS, IS IN THE PURPOSE STATEMENT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY THESE TWO, LIKE SHE WAS SAYING IS REDUNDANT. ONE IS JUST TO WHO RECEIVES IT AND THE OTHER IS THAT DELIVERED AND I'M JUST SAYING ADD TOGETHER. OKAY. I MEAN I, I I I SEE THEM AS DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. I MEAN IT'S, THERE'S GONNA BE YES. ROBERT, I'LL ASK DISCUSSION. OKAY. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO FIRST WE'RE VOTING ON THE AMENDMENT TO LIMIT, TO ELIMINATE FOUR, BUT PROVIDE FI BUT KEEP FIVE. THAT'S THE AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON FIRST. ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT. UM, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED TO TWO NAYS. SO THAT MOTION CARRIES. SO THE, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION BECAUSE IT'S A REPLACEMENT MOTION. OKAY. GOING ON. UM, WHERE DID I GO? LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION AND CHANGES IN THAT? HEARING NONE. I'M GONNA MOVE ON. WE'VE ELIMINATED THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. ARE THERE CHANGES DESIRED IN THAT? THERE IS. OKAY. I HAVE THREE SMALL POINTS, BUT, OKAY. THE FIRST THING THAT I'VE NOTICED ON, ON ALL OF THE COMMITTEES IS TO THE SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMISSION. AREN'T WE IN THE COMMISSION ON AGING? THAT SHOULD BE FIXED THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT FOR STARTERS. [00:45:01] YES. SO MAKE THAT MOTION RIGHT NOW SO WE MAKE SURE IT'S DONE. SO MOVED. SECOND MOVE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE FROM SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COMMISSION ON AGING. GOOD CATCH BILL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. ABSTENTIONS. OKAY, THAT ONE PASSES. THAT'S AN EASY ONE. GO ON. BILL. YOU HAD ANOTHER POINT. THE SECOND POINT IS UNDER OBJECTIVES. YEAH. NUMBER FOUR, IF I JUST MAY READ THE WHOLE THING BRIEFLY. MONITOR LONG BEACH TRANSIT ACTIVITIES AND MEET REGULARLY WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACCESS SERVICES, SENIOR CITIZENS SHARE, RIDE DIALECTIC, ET CETERA. UM, THE WAY I READ THAT IS THAT MONITOR LONG BEACH TRANSIT ACTIVITIES AND MEET REGULARLY WITH OTHER SERVICE AGENCIES IN TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS ACCESS SERVICE. BUT IT DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE TO MEET WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT REPRESENTATIVES. IT JUST SAYS MONITOR THEM. DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH 'EM. WE JUST MONITOR. SO YOU'RE AND IF YOU READ THAT, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU ARE MAKING, YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO, FIRST OF ALL, THE NUMBERS HAVE TO CHANGE . YES. THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION. THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION. SO THE MOTION THAT YOU ARE MAKING IS TO ADD, MONITOR AND MEET REGULARLY WITH AND THEN GET RID OF AND THAT GOES RIGHT AFTER MONITOR AND MEET REGULARLY WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT MONITOR. YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE, AND THEN YOU ELIMINATE ACTIVITIES AND MEET AND THE NEXT MEET MAY REGULARLY WITH, WELL ALSO I'D LIKE TO ADD METRO. I MEAN THERE'S NO, OKAY. TRANSPORTATION. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. OKAY. WELL, COUNTY WITHOUT METRO. OKAY. SO THEN AT, SO THEN THE, THE, THE MOTION IS, I'M TRYING TO GET THIS INTO LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE ACTED ON, RIGHT? SO WE CAN STREAM. SO MOVE . SO, SO MONITOR AND MEET REGULARLY WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT, COMMA, METRO COMMA AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACCESS SERVICES, ET CETERA. DOES THAT DO IT, BILL? YES, IT'S VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SEC? SECOND. HE'S MAKING THAT MOTION AND THERE'S A SECOND THERE, UH, FROM ROBERT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? UM, CAN JUST THE WORDING MONITOR AND MEET REGULARLY WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM LONG BEACH TRANSIT, METRO ACCESS SERVICES, SENIOR CITIZENS SHARE, RIDE DIAL? THAT'S, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. 'CAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING REPRESENTATIVES IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. MM-HMM. . YEAH. DO YOU ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. GOOD JOB. UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THAT CHANGE? OF, OF THAT CHANGE? ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS. OKAY. FURTHER YOU HAVE, IF I MAY, UM, BACK TO GOAL NUMBER ONE. I, I KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS ARE YEAH. WONKY HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION. UM, IN MY, UH, LIMITED EXPO, UM, EXPOSURE TO TRANSIT. UM, THERE'S OTHER FEATURES OF TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION, SUCH AS SAFE TRANSPORTATION. IF WE JUST PROVIDE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT ACTUALLY, OKAY. CAN YOU PUT THAT IN THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTION? COULD YOU SURE. ENSURE ADEQUATE, SAFE, AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE, SAFE, AND ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION. ONE COULD ARGUE ADEQUATE INCLUDES THOSE TWO WORDS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA MAKE THAT HARD. ACCESSIBLE. ACCESSIBLE, OKAY. ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE. AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION IS AVAILABLE TO ALL SENIORS FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. IS THERE A DISCUSSION ALL IN? YES. MICHELLE? NO, I'M SORRY. I WAS JUST SCRATCHING. . HEY, I'M NOT GONNA SKIP ANYBODY. THIS IS MY LAST SHOT. UM, ALL HEARING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? [00:50:02] AYE. OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS. ANYTHING ELSE? BILL? UM, I BELIEVE I HAVE ONE MORE. JUST FIVE QUICK. DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MEMBERS? YES. WE HAVE TO VOTE. WAS UNDER GOAL TWO IS WHAT I'VE BEEN, AND I DON'T, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S THE POINT, BUT IN COOPERATION WITH THE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE COME MM-HMM. . OH, I'VE GOTTEN, BUT ON THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN ONLY COOPERATE WITH THE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE. WE CAN'T WELL IT'S ON, ON PENDING LEGISLATION. IT'S NOT COOPERATE IN GENERAL. IT'S ON PENDING LEGISLATION. MM-HMM. . SO YOU CAN COOPERATE WITH ANYBODY YOU WANT, BUT ON PENDING IT'S A DIRECTION. IT'S SAYING ON THOSE THINGS YOU SHOULD, ON THE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. RIGHT. I I GUESS IT JUST DOESN'T SPELL THAT OUT IN MY, SO IT'S LIKE I WAS SEEKING A LEVEL OF COOPERATION WITH ALL OF THE COMMITTEES AS OUR DISCUSSION LAST TIME WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMING UP WITH RULES AND ENGAGEMENT AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE PHYSICAL SENIOR, UM, INITIATIVES AND THAT SORT OF THING. WELL, I I'M GONNA MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO FO TO HAVE THE, I MEAN, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT COOPERATION SHOULD BE IN ALMOST ALL THE OTHER, UM, COOPERATION ON WITH REGARD TO LEGISLATION SHOULD BE PART OF EVERY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY WITH THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. BUT I DON'T WANT SO MOVED. NO, I'M NOT. BUT ALSO I'M NOT WHAT YOU, I DIDN'T MOVE AND I DIDN'T MAKE A MOTION. OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE THOUGH. BUT MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE ANOTHER ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES. MAYBE NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE BUT TO SEEK COUNSEL WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES. I, WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN A VACUUM. SO FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSPORTATION IN HOUSE WHERE CAROLYN RESIDES, I CAN BE SO BOLD AT THE ARTS COLLEGE. THAT TRANSPORTATION, I MEAN THAT RESIDENCE, THAT HOUSING IS VERY MUCH A PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION HUB IN THE CITY LOBBY. YEAH. THERE'S IT CONNECTS TO METRO. YEAH. IT CONNECTS TO, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH TRANSIT. SO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. VERY WELL CONNECTED. IF, IF YOU GET MY GIST AND, AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GO THROUGH POINT BY POINT AND SEE THAT THE COMMITTEES ARE VERY WELL COMMITTEE TO ONE IN ORDER IN ORDER TO REMAIN OVERALL EFFECTIVE. THAT'S TRUE. BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION MEETING IS ABOUT. SO THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEE MEET AS THE STANDING COMMITTEES SHOULD NOT ONLY BE REPORTING BUT INTEGRATING THE ISSUES. SO MOVED INTEGRATING. YES. MICHELLE? YEAH, WE THERE. CAN YOU SAY ABOUT HOW MANY CAN COMMISSIONERS CAN MEET BEFORE IT'S A VIOLATION? THREE. SO WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE TWO COMMITTEES MEET BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION. RIGHT? RIGHT. THREE PEOPLE CAN MEET, THREE OF THE THREE PEOPLE CAN MEET OUTSIDE A PUBLIC ARENA THAT HAS BEEN, THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF. SO YOU NEED BOTH TO HAPPEN TO HAVE MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE. THREE COMM, THREE PEOPLE MEET, THREE COMMISSION MEMBERS MEET ON COMMISSION BUSINESS. NOW WE ALL CAN RUN INTO EACH OTHER AT WHEREVER WE RUN INTO EACH OTHER, BUT MEETING ON COMMISSION BUSINESS CAN ONLY BE THREE UNLESS THERE'S PUBLIC NOTICE. AND THAT'S 72 HOURS, RIGHT? YES. 72 HOUR PUBLIC NOTICE AND A PUBLIC ARENA. SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS ON SOMETHING AND THEN WE AS A COMMISSION DISCUSS IT, WHICH COULD BRING IN THE OTHER COMMITTEES TO IT. SO IT'S ALL WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT TOGETHER AND IT'S ALL LEGAL AND EVERYTHING. RIGHT. SO IT'S IMPLIED IN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AS WE REPORT ON THAT, THERE'S A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION. SO THAT'S YEAH. THE TIME AND THE ONLY TIME WHERE WE COULD COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEES. RIGHT. SO YOU WOULD NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA IF YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS IT WITH ALL THE MEMBERS. AND IT HAS TO BE AGENDIZED. WE VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT. YEAH. OKAY. IDEAL. THANK. OKAY. OKAY, NOW WE NEED A MOTION [00:55:01] TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE COMMITTEE PHONE NUMBERS. WELL, THE NU I THINK THAT WE DON'T NEED A MOTION. I HAVE, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT FOR THE, JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REVISED COMMITTEE STRUCTURE AS AMENDMENT AS, AS A WELL NO REVISED. IS THE AMENDMENT OKAY? PLEASE DON'T TEACH ME ENGLISH. . UM, ALL ALL. SO THERE'S A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. WHO MADE THE MOTION? FINN? YEAH. YEAH. FINNEY MADE IT. I'LL SECOND IT AND MICHELLE SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. HERE'S THE ONE THAT WE'VE, THAT TWO OF US MET ABOUT ONLY TWO . SO, UH, I KNOW I, AND I HAVE TO, OKAY, MICHELLE, SO I, I DID PASS A PAPER OUT TO ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST DATA FROM THE COUNCIL AND WE, WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO PUT WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY INTO WORDS AND THAT, AND THAT YOU COULD ALL VOTE ON THIS TIME. UH, SO NANA AND I HAVE CAME UP WITH THIS STATEMENT THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL, WHICH SAYS THE COMMISSION ON AGING REQUESTS THAT THE OFFICE OF AGING PROVIDE SUMMARIES OF EXISTING DATA CONCERNING THE SENIOR POPULATION OF LONG BEACH, MY BI-ANNUALLY. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, PLEASE INCLUDE CHARTS AND GRAPHS SHOWING TREAD LINES SUCH DATA SHOULD INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO SENIORS AS A PERCENT OF CITY POPULATION INCLUDING THEIR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, HOUSING NUMBER OF UNITS AVAILABLE TO LOW, LOW-INCOME, SENIORS, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH INDICATORS, HOMELESSNESS, FOOD INSECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, ACCESSIBILITY, PRIMARILY RELATED STATISTICS, ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, ACCESS TO SENIOR RECREATION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. IN ADDITION, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UPDATES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY PLAN ON AGING. SO THIS IS THE STATEMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO COUNCIL, BUT WE NEED TO VOTE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BEFORE, BEFORE YOU VOTE, I WANTED TO SAY THAT I TALKED TO THE CITY CLERK. I WAS LOOKING FOR MY NOTE RIGHT NOW. BUT, UM, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO, TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THINGS. SO LIKE FOR HEALTH, WE WOULD ASK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LIKE IN ALL THESE ONES THAT YOU'RE ASKING THE OFFICER'S AGENT TO GO TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND ASK THEM THE OFFICE OF AGING IS WHO WE'RE ASKING. WE'RE NOT ASKING CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE ASKING THE OFFICE STATE, OFFICE OF AGING. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT'S THE OFFICE OF AGING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. I SAID DIRECTOR THEN. MY BAD. SO, SO WE ARE GOING TO THE OFFICE OF AGING. THAT'S WHAT IT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO CITY COUNCIL ASKING THEM IF WE CAN NO. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE ASKING THE OFFICE OF AGING. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. WE'RE TO ASK FOR HOUSING BECAUSE OF OUR HOUSING COMMITTEE. CAN WE ALSO ASK THEM FOR LOCATIONS? WE ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF UNITS. SO THEY SAID THERE'S 6,500 UNITS. CAN WE ASK THEM THE LOCATION OF THOSE, UM, HOUSING, LOW INCOME HOUSING UNITS ARE? SO WHEN WE TALK BACK ABOUT REFERENCES AND RESOURCES, WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT. OH YEAH, SURE. SO YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA AMEND, MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO SAY HOUSING NUMBER OF UNI UNITS AVAILABLE TO LOW INCOME SENIOR AND THEIR LOCATION. IS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, MICHELLE? YES. FRIENDLY TO. OKAY. UM, EXCUSE ME. YOU GUYS ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTHY AGING, RIGHT? THERE'S AN OFFICE OF AGING. THERE'S AN OFFICE OF AGING. THAT'S WHAT SOPHIA'S IN CHARGE OF. OH, OKAY. SO IT IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YEAH, IT'S IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT IS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT CHANGE, IS THERE ANY MORE DIS ANY OTHER DISCUSSION SIMILAR TO THE LAST POINT ON I THINK ACCESS TO, UM, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REALLY NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT TO INCLUDE SAFE. OKAY. ACCESSIBLE, RELIABLE, OR THIS IS, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR, WE'RE [01:00:01] JUST ASKING FOR DATA REGARDING THIS. YEAH. MM-HMM. THIS IS DATA. AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DATA ON SAFE ON THOSE ISSUES. I MEAN, THAT'S A HAW THAT WOULD BE HAVING THEM COME IN AND SAY, WELL WE NOTICED NO PLACES ARE IN THIS AREA, OR HAVE ACCESS AND TALK. YOU KNOW, WE'D ASK FOR A SPEAKER ON THAT AND THEN THOSE WOULD BE THE QUESTIONS WE WOULD ASK THE SPEAKER. WE SIT HERE WHEN THEY SPEAK TO US AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO GO ON TO SAY, LISTEN, WE NEED MORE AND YOU NEED MORE. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. WE CAN ADD IT. I DON'T CARE. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S AVAILABLE. I MEAN, WE DON'T WANNA BURDEN THE, THE LANGUAGE HERE, BUT, UM, NEITHER DO WE WANT, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO A BROAD, BROAD LANGUAGE AND WHATEVER DATA THEY HAVE. MM-HMM. SHARE WITH US, BASICALLY. YEAH. WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO COLLECT NEW DATA. THAT'S THE BIG THING. 'CAUSE THAT'S, THEY'LL SAY NO THEY CAN'T. 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO GIVE THEM TO DO IT. , IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE OFFICE. WELL BEING APPROVED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. UM, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE TRANSMIT IT, BUT IT'S DONE. OKAY. IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN I HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? KAREN? UH, CONGRATULATIONS MS. ON BEING APPOINTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. HOLD OFF. . UM, UM, I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE THE HEARING OFFICER FOR JANUARY 24TH. UM, AND UM, THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING, I ASKED FOR US TO HOST THIS MEETING. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. A COMMISSIONER HAS TO ASK TO HAVE A MEETING HELD IN THE AREA. SO THEY ASK ME TO BE THE HEARING OFFICER. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT ALL THAT ENTAILS SO FAR. I JUST HAVE TO LEAD A, READ A LIST OF INSTRUCTIONS. I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, NOT CLUSTERED AS THE GROUP, AS INDIVIDUALS. UM, THERE'S A SURVEY THAT'S BEING, UH, DISTRIBUTED AND IRENE, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU TO SEND OUT TO THE COMMISSION. THAT'S KIND OF A PRE PRELIMINARY. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IN YOUR PARTICULAR AREA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED ON THE AREA PLAN FOR AGING? BECAUSE LONG BEACH DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN AREA AGENCY ON AGING. YOU KNOW, ANY MONIES WE GET ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE COUNTY. UM, SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO REALLY TRY AND EXPAND. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE BILL, THAT YOU'RE INCLUDING SOME COUNTY RESOURCES IN, UH, TRANSPORTATION. AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING SURVEYS ON THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND THE SHERLINE VILLAGE REDO FOR, UM, THE CITY SUBCONTRACTOR AND, UH, CITY FABRIC. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE COLLECTED ALMOST 300 SURVEYS. WE GAVE OUT $20,000 WORTH OF $50 GROCERY GIFT CARDS TO SENIORS FOR TAKING THE SURVEY THANKS TO, UM, DANA'S COOPERATION AND LETTING US DO IT HERE. AND, UM, THE SENIORS HAD REALLY GREAT IDEAS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE INCORPORATED IN A REPORT. WE WERE ABLE TO ATTRACT A STATISTICIAN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO WHO WAS DOWN HERE ON A VISIT TO HELP DO OUR SUMMARY REPORT. AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS GONNA BE. AND THEN, UH, JANUARY 11TH AT FIVE 30, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEETING AT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. THERE IS THE PLAN BEING DEVELOPED FOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL THAT IS INCLUDING SENIORS, L-B-G-T-Q, UM, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO BE EDUCATED ON. THERE'S A TIMELINE DEVELOPED AND IT'S A NEW ORGANIZATION THAT'S COMING TO TOWN THAT WILL LEAVE THIS EFFORT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. AND THEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, A LOT OF [01:05:01] PROJECTS, BUT MOSTLY WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SURVEYS. WE HAVE TWO SURVEYS WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH. UM, WE, UM, REGRETFULLY SAID GOODBYE TO OUR FALL INTERNS AND WE'LL BE DOING OUR, UH, SPRING ONCE VERY SOON. AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS, UH, FOR MLK. I'M GETTING AN AWARD ON THE 16TH AT CITY COUNCIL BEING A PEACEMAKER. CONGRATULATIONS. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'M GONNA START WITH THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. MY BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. IT'S BIG TO ME. UM, I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION, WHICH MEANS THAT I CAN NO LONGER, I NOBODY CAN SERVE ON TWO COMMISSIONS. AND SO I HAVE SUBMITTED MY RESIGNATION TO, UM, HEIDI AND I COPIED SOMEBODY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO SUBMIT MY RESIGNATION TO. UM, AND SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING. UM, I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THIS WORK A LOT AND THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. AND I AM, I'M SORRY. I GET, I GET IT. . MM-HMM. , I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO LEAVE, BUT, UM, I, I'M INTERESTED IN HOW WELL THIS NEW STRUCTURE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL WORK. I HAVE TO SAY, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT THE TWO YEAR TERM I'M APPOINTED TO. AND IF I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING, YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME ABOUT IT. BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO MAKE IT WORK, UH, TO HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND TO ENSURE THAT, UH, POLICING, I DIDN'T SAY POLICE POLICY, POLICING POLICY IS IN LINE WITH OUR, OUR, WELL THE CITY SAYS OUR VALUES OF, UM, DIVERSITY AND EQUITY ARE. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CHALLENGE. I, PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY COMING UP TO ME AND TELLING ME WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AND I SAID, FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN. SECONDLY, WE'VE NEVER MET . I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE ON THE COMMISSION, SO DON'T TELL ME WHAT I MEAN, TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD DO, BUT I AM NOT SURE IT'S DOABLE. UM, I, THE, THE, UM, THE COMMISSION WILL BE VOTED ON BY CITY COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY. AND, UM, THEN EVERYTHING PROCEEDS AND I SURE HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO DO EVERY YEAR? ETHICS, ETHICS, ETHICS, ETHICS THING. AGAIN, I HOPE MY, 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO SPEND AN HOUR WHEN I CAN READ IT AND ANSWER IT IN 20 MINUTES. . I REALLY HATE THAT FOR THAT . YEAH, ME TOO. SO ONE YEAR I HAD TO GO TO ADVANCE TO GET MY HOUR IN. UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE ON. I'M, I GOT MIXED FEELINGS. YES, ROBERT, I'M GOING TO. OKAY. HOPEFULLY THE , UM, NAIA CAME ON THE COMMISSION ONE YEAR AFTER ME , UH, AND UH, SHE BECAME MY VICE CHAIR WHEN I SERVED AS CHAIR AND THEN ASCENDED IF YOU WANNA SAY FOR . AND SHE KNOWS WHAT JOB IT IS, . AND I JUST WANT US TO GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE SERVICE THAT SHE'S GIVEN HER THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. UM, ON SUNDAY, THE BENBRIDGE HOUSE HOSTED 18 FOR THE NEW WOMEN AND GIRLS COMMISSION. THERE ARE NINE WOMEN AND GIRLS ON THE COMMISSION. AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS THEY ARE AGE 14 TO 77. SO I FEEL LIKE IT DOES, UM, UH, UH, REPRESENT THE WOMEN OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, THERE, UH, WAS SOME HOPE THAT THEY WOULD'VE INCLUDED A TRANS WOMAN. UM, BUT LIFE GOES ON, WE'LL TRY NEXT TIME. BUT, UH, THAT, THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND, UM, I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS. MM-HMM? ? YES. MICHELLE? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET PARKING PERMITS? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. PARKING. PARKING. I'M WORRIED ABOUT IT AS I PULLED IN. . UM, WE CAN GET YOU SOME. WE HAVE THEM. [01:10:01] UM, THEY'RE THE ONES FOR THIS YEAR IS VALID UNTIL THE JANUARY 31ST. SO THEY'RE HERE. GOOD FOR TODAY? MM-HMM. . UM, BUT WE'LL NEED TO GET YOU A NEW ONE FOR NEXT MEETING. WE'LL HAVE YOU THEN BY OKAY. I'M ADJOURN. YES. SOMEBODY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. OH, THANK YOU. I'VE, I'VE, IT'S BEEN, IT'S WITH MIXED FEELINGS. AS I SAY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW CHALLENGE, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD THING FOR ME IN MY LIFE. SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR. A. CAN I HAVE THIS DONE? YES. YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING. AND WE SHOULD TURN THAT OFF. DO YOU HAVE THE CLIFF NOTES FOR THE ROBERTS ROLL? OH, I, I'LL GET THEM TO YOU. I'LL SEND THEM TO YOU. OR, WE'LL, OR WE'LL HAVE A DRINK OR WE'LL HAVE A DRINK AND I'LL GIVE THEM OKAY. * 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.