* 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. AND [00:00:01] THE BELLY INSTALLATION OCCURRED. THERE WAS ONE DAMAGED. SO 11 NEW ONES ARE IN PLACE. AND THE ONE DAMAGE THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY GETTING US AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT'S COMING. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TAYLOR ANDERSON COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL CODES. SO I KNOW I DID THE REQUIREMENTS AND IT WAS KIND OF LONG AND CONFUSING AT TIMES BECAUSE WE AREN'T LIKE BIG TIME EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO FILL OUT ALL THIS WORKERS' COMP STUFF. BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO ATTEMPT TO COME ON BOARD AND DO IT. I KNOW I'VE COMPLETED IT AND THE ETHICS, UH, PAPERWORK. SO LET'S ALL DO IT AND WE CAN GET EVERYTHING GOING. ALSO, UH, THE BELMONT SHORE SIGN, WE ARE GETTING A FABRICATION AND MANUFACTURING ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEW SIGNS. AND THANK YOU RYAN VASQUEZ FOR GIVING ME ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND WE'LL GO TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. ANY COMMENT? SECOND, I'LL SECOND VOTE. ALL IN PAPER? YES, I, OKAY. NUMBER TWO, RECOMMEND TO RECEIVE AND FILE A FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MARCH 25TH. 21ST, 2024. ANYTHING TO SAY ON THAT, RYAN, BESIDES ALL OUR PARKING REVENUES GOING, SECURITY OR ? NO. UM, SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE NOTE IS WE HAD TO TURN IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORT EARLY BEFORE THE, UM, OUR FINANCIAL MONTH CLOSED. SO THE REVENUES ARE LOWER THAN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE. OUR NEW, OUR REVENUE ON THE SHEET IS IN THE 60 THOU, 60,000 ROUGHLY. BUT OUR CURRENT REVENUE FOR MARCH IS $98,943 AND 37 CENTS. THAT MEANS MARCH REVENUE IS UP 17.5% COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR. WHILE YEAR TO DATE REVENUE WAS UP 10.55% VERSUS LAST FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S LEAVING OUR CURRENT FUND BA FUND BALANCE AT 514,775 AND 11 CENTS. THAT'S A POSITIVE REPORT. I ALSO SEE THEIR TICKETING, SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. AND I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT. MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT. ANY SECONDS, MS. PE YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT OR ANYTHING? UH, YOU CAN OKAY. SECOND? YEAH, I'LL SECOND ALL APPROVED. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. APPROVAL. OKAY. ALL AGREE? YES. OKAY. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT EMPLOYEE BUS PASS PROGRAM. I HAVE A MOTION, I'LL DO A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE. ANY COMMENT HERE OR SECOND? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. I JUST HAVE A QUICK IS THE TIME. I JUST, UH, THANK YOU TO THE BSBA FOR HELPING ME GET THE WORD OUT. I KNOW I'VE SEEN THE, DID YOU KNOW STUFF AND HEATHER, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN POSTING IT, IS THAT CORRECT? AND, AND THEN THE COUNCIL OFFICE, DID YOU GUYS SHARE IT TOO? I CAN'T REMEMBER IF YOU GUYS SHARED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC, BUT, UM, IT'S GOING UP. THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS GONNA SAY IS IF IT HASN'T BEEN PART OF LIKE THE COUNCIL DISTRICT'S NOTICE, THEY MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT TOO. SHE CAN PROBABLY PUT IT IN HER, UH, THE MONTHLY WEEKLY ROUND THING. YEAH. EMAIL. YEAH. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ASK THEM OFFLINE. BUT I KNOW B SPACE IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE WORD OUT AND, UM, YEAH, WE'RE OVER, OVER DOUBLE. YEAH. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN ASK THE COUNCIL PEOPLE OVER YEAR. YEAH. I THINK YOU CAN ASK ALL THE COUNCIL FIFTH. YEAH. 'CAUSE SOME OF THEM DON'T LIVE IN JUST OUR DISTRICT AND IT DOESN'T APPLY TO NAPLES PEOPLE. ONLY . YEAH. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 331 ACTIVE BUS RIDERS. UH, I KNOW THAT'S NOT BUS PASSES, ACTIVE BUS PASSES. YEAH. INCLUDED IN THE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. I KNOW IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT OUT OF THE 130 RIDERS, THERE'S 331 BUS PASSES ACTIVE. SO THERE'S THREE, IF IT ONLY IN THIS MONTH, ONLY 130 ACTUALLY USED IT. YES. IS THAT HOW THAT READS? YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I SURE, GO AHEAD, JEFF. AND I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK, BUT JULIE [00:05:01] OR ANYBODY THAT CAN BRING IT UP AT THE, YOUR RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS, THAT WOULD GREAT. YEAH, WE, WE DO. AND WE ALSO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS SINCE WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT, HEATHER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, BUT WE ADDED THAT AS OF YESTERDAY. WE HAVE 331 BUS PASSES THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND ACTIVE. IT'S GREAT. IT IS. GO. THE TREND IS GOING UP. SO THAT'S, WE . IT'S FANTASTIC. OKAY. AARON HAS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NUMBER THREE. OH, NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE THE FILE. RECENT UPDATES TO CHAPTER 2.18 OF LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE. IF ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. TAYLOR'S NOT HERE, SO MAYBE GO TO NUMBER. SO DO WE WANT VOTE TO LAY THIS ITEM OVER OR SHE COMING LATER? WE CAN. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE. RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS HOLIDAY DECOR IN THE BELMONT SHORE PARKING AND BUSINESS AREA ADVISORY COMMISSION AREA FOR 2024. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS. AARON ANI HAS MADE THE MOTION. ANY COMMENT HERE AT THE TABLE? I'M SUPPORTIVE. BRING IT. YEAH. UP THE DECOR FOR THE SHORE. IT IT IS FRUMPY OLD. YEAH, LET'S GO BIG OR GO. THE MORE JOY WE CAN BRING, THE LESS, UH, HATE AND MISCHIEF WILL BE OUT. THAT'S MY PHILOSOPHY. TOTALLY AGREE. SO THE DECORATIONS ARE DATED IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? YES. SO, WELL, AND THE, THE GOOD NEWS IS I THINK THAT THE BSB EFFORT INTO GETTING THEM LINED UP, SO WE HAVE A, WE JUST NEED TO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING. IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT THAT ANSWER ASK WITH THIS? IS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE WAS NOT, I'M SO SORRY. AND MATT TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE HE'S INVOLVED WITH THEM. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ASK IS. OR ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE HISTORICALLY THE BSBA PAYS FOR THESE? I THINK THE, UM, THING WAS TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE BARGAINING COMMISSION WANTS TO PAY. YEAH. YEAH. AND I, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT, WE, I DON'T HAVE THE AMOUNT. I WAS GONNA SAY THAT PERSON. MAYBE ASK HEATHER TO, TO PRESENT. WELL, WE CURRENTLY PAY $18,000 A YEAR FOR THE STORAGE, INSTALLATION, REPAIR, EMPTY INSTALLATION OF ALL OF THE LIGHTS AND DECOR FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO I HAVE ASKED FOR, WE'RE AT THE END OF A CONTRACT AS WELL. SO I'VE ASKED THAT CURRENT VENDOR TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED QUOTE AS IS WITH SOME EXTRA THINGS. AND THEN I WILL GET TWO ADDITIONAL QUOTES, SAME LINE ITEMS. OKAY. AND THEN I CAN PRESENT THAT TO THE COMMISSION. UM, AND THEN IS THAT SOMETHING WITH THE AMOUNT THAT HAS TO GO TO, LIKE THE, IF IT'S ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, WE HAVE TO SEND IT UP THE FLAGPOLE FOR THE YES, THAT'S CORRECT. IF WE GET ANY, UM, THERE ARE THRESHOLDS, UH, I BELIEVE 25,000 IS THE FIRST THRESHOLD. I WAS GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IS GONNA HAVE TO GO YEAH. UP TO 25. AND I GUESS IF WE WAIT TILL HEATHER COMES BACK WITH A, A PROPOSAL, I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING 25. YEAH. I MEAN, IF, IF, WHAT IF IT GOES BEYOND, DO YOU THINK? SHOULD WE DO WELL, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMOUNT RIGHT NOW. OR ARE WE JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE DOWN TO PAY AND YEAH. IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE. YEAH. YEAH. SO, UH, I'M GONNA, LET'S MAYBE SAY LIKE WE'RE DOWN FOR AT LEAST 25 OR LIKE 24 9. NINE NINE. AND THEN IF IT COMES BACK AND THERE'S LIKE, HEY, WE CAN GET SOMETHING COOL, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, ADD MORE TO IT LATER. UM, I, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO, WELL, I GUESS YOU HAVE TO AMEND THAT MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH, YOU CAN AMEND IT AGAIN SINCE YOU MADE IT. OKAY. WELL, IS IT, IS IT 25,000 AND OVER THAT THAT UM, OR IS IT LIKE 24? 999 24. 9 99 WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE, I'D LIKE TO PRELIMINARILY APPROVE, UH, UP TO 24,999 FOR THE BSB OR THE PARKING COMMISSION [00:10:01] TO PAY FOR THE BELMONT SHORE, UH, HOLIDAY COURT CONTRACT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. UM, SUBJECT TO REVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS. AND, AND WE WILL ASK THE BSBA TO PRESENT THOSE BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION. OKAY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE BY ERIN. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALRIGHT. AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THESE UPDATES. TWO CHAPTER 2.18 OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, TERRY TAYLOR, LIKE TAYLOR SWIFT. TAYLOR. TAYLOR ANDERSON . YOU DO, YOU'RE THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL TAYLOR SWIFT THERE. I'LL HAVE YOU SING . THAT'S, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA SING THE PRESENTATION. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SO SORRY I'M LATE. MY MEETING BEFORE THIS RAN OVER. NO PROBLEM. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND, UH, WE'LL WALK, WE'LL WALK THROUGH THIS. SO IN THE LAST, I WANNA SAY YEAR, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CHANGES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE. THAT SECTION THAT, UM, OR CHAPTER THAT DEALS WITH ADVISORY COMMISSIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD BE YOU. UM, SO WE'RE COVERING IMPORTANT CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TODAY. I'M A LITTLE SAD THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECTOR 'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY FUN PRESENTATION FOR WHAT IT IS IN COLOR . UM, SO, UH, LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE TWO 18 PROVIDES UNIFORM REGULATIONS FOR COUNCIL, ESTABLISHED ADVISORY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, DOESN'T APPLY TO CHARTER COMMISSIONS. AND THEN OUR CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AMENDMENTS, UH, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR TO THAT CHAPTER. THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS ONE, UH, ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WAS MADE WAS, UM, PURSUANT TO SB 2 25, WHICH SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO MAYBE ARE UNDOCUMENTED TO, UM, SERVE IN APPOINTED POSITIONS LIKE YOURSELVES. SO THE FORMER MAYOR HAD AN EFFORT TO COMPENSATE EVERYBODY. SO WE HAD TO UNWIND SOME OF THAT. UM, 'CAUSE THERE, THERE IS AN ISSUE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH COMPENSATED UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS AND FOR US AS THE GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT. SO NOW, UH, MOST COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY CAN SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS. WE DO HAVE SOME COMMISSIONS THAT ARE CHARTER COMMISSIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED CITY OFFICERS, LIKE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, OUR HARBOR COMMISSION. THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND HAVE BEEN DELEGATED OF SOME AUTHORITY BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO SOME EXTENT. UM, SO THEY, UTILITIES AND PLANNING IS THE OTHER ONE. CIVIL SERVICE. I'M SORRY. SO THOSE FOLKS CAN'T VOLUNTEER WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT. THEY'RE OFFICERS. UM, SO THERE ARE THREE COMPENSATION OPTIONS. THERE'S PULL PER MEETING. YOU CAN VOLUNTEER WITH NO COMPENSATION WHATSOEVER. AND THEN YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR AN EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT PAYMENT. UM, A $500, THE $500 LIMIT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS THAT TRIGGER THE, I THINK IT'S THE 10 99. IT'S 600, BELIEVE IT'S 600. SO SOME OF OUR FOLKS THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, WE DO HAVE OTHER SERVICES IN THE CITY WHERE MAYBE GIFT CARDS ARE GIVEN OUT FOR FOOD SERVICES OR OTHER KINDS OF BENEFITS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOME WIGGLE ROOM. WE ALSO HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ON RETIREMENT OR, UM, SOCIAL SECURITY AND OR DISABILITY BENEFITS WHERE THEY COULD BE IMPACTED. SO THIS STAYS UNDER THAT THRESHOLD OF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE STILL NOT RECEIVING COMPENSATION, BUT ABLE TO RE HAVE SOME OF YOUR EXPENSES COVERED FROM BEING A COMMISSIONER. RIGHT. DRIVING HERE IF YOU HAVE TO PRINT STUFF OUT AT HOME. UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO NEXT SLIDE. UH, WE HAD A LOT OF ETHICS UPDATES IN THIS CHAPTER AS WELL. SO, UH, ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS, NOT JUST COMMISSIONERS. EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE, ELECTED OFFICER, APPOINTED OFFICER, UM, EVERYONE THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS. THAT WAS DRAFTED BY OUR ETHICS COMMISSION. AND I ACTUALLY, I WORK WITH THE ETHICS COMMISSION AS WELL. SO, UH, AND THEN WE'VE INCREASED THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMISSIONERS. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE [00:15:01] CITY ETHICS TRAINING, WHICH IS ANNUALLY. THE CITY ETHICS TRAINING IS ABOUT OUR CODE OF CONDUCT AND THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT ARE EXPECTED OF PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THERE'S AB 1 23 4, WHICH IS A STATE REQUIREMENT AND REQUIRED BY OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE. SO AB 1 23 4, WE JUST FINISHED A REALLY FABULOUS EFFORT. THERE'LL BE MORE BITMOJIS OF ME IN THE PRESENTATION. UM, I NARRATE IT. IT'S TWO HOURS LONG. UM, AND WE BROKE IT UP INTENTIONALLY INTO FIVE PARTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMMISSIONERS TO DO THE TRAINING. BEFORE, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD TWO HOURS IN ONE SITTING AND YOU COULDN'T SAVE IT. IT WAS A PAIN. RIGHT? AND SO UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYBODY WORKS, AND THIS IS A PART-TIME THING FOR YOU. UM, WE TRIED TO BE THOUGHTFUL OF THAT. SO ONLY EVERY TWO YEARS IT COVERS THE BROWN ACT. PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND VARIOUS OTHER LAWS SURROUNDING LIKE GIFTS AND, UM, WHAT IS IT? GIFTS. GIFTS, FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AND THEN CONFLICTING, NO, NOT HARASSMENT, HARASSMENT'S. ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER ONE. IT'S ANOTHER ONE. YOU'RE JUST GONNA BE REALLY EDUCATED. OKAY. I'VE DONE SO MANY OF THESE. I KNOW. I KNOW. AND OUR, UM, OUR ETHICS OFFICER ACTUALLY SENT OUT AN INFOGRAPHIC THIS WEEK, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GOT A COPY OF IT AND CAN BE SHARED AND, 'CAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT FOLKS CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ETHICS TRAININGS. SO WE MADE A CUTE INFOGRAPHIC, UM, TO HELP WITH THAT. THEY'RE BOTH EQUALLY IMPORTANT, BUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. YES. I'VE BEEN GETTING THIS EMAIL THAT SAYS, LIKE FROM A THING THAT SAYS@NEOGOV.COM YES. IS THAT YOU GUYS NEO BECAUSE IT, IT, IT LOOKED LIKE SPAM AND IT DIDN'T HAVE LIKE AN UN I WOULD'VE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS SPAMMING ME. 'CAUSE I IT IS THROUGH MY BUSINESS. I GET A LOT OF, IT'S A HARASSMENT TRAINING AND IT SAID THAT'S WHAT I DOING. YEAH. THE NEO, IS IT NEO GOV? NEO GOV IS NEO GOV IS AT LONG BEACH. YEAH. YES. OKAY. OH, OKAY. SO BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID NO ONE, LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS LIKE I KEEP GETTING THIS EMAIL. YEAH. IF YOU WANNA, MY EMAILS ARE AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. IF YOU WANNA SHARE IT WITH ME AND STAFF, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND HOPE OKAY. WE WON'T CLICK ON IT IN CASE IT IS FAILED. YEAH, EXACTLY. DON'T WANT US TO GET, WE GET PUBLICLY SHAMED FOR DOING THINGS LIKE THAT . EXACTLY. OKAY. AND THEN JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE WITH ALL THE TRAININGS, THERE'S MORE TRAININGS. SO THERE'S ANOTHER SUITE OF TRAININGS, UH, THAT THE MAYOR HAD ASKED THAT THE CLERK FACILITATE. SO THAT'S A ONE TIME TRAINING AND IT'LL BE, IT'S TECHNICALLY ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, BUT IT REALLY, WE HAVE A LONG BEACH WAY OF DOING ROBERT'S RULES. SO IT'S PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE MOTION BASICS. IT'S THE 2030 PLAN FOR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND THEN, UH, THERE'S AN EQUITY TRAINING TOO. SO I THINK I DID THAT. WHEN IS THAT? WE ARE STILL WORKING ON RECORDING THEM. OH. SO THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED YET. UM, I, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THOSE LONG DONE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITHIN 120 DAYS OF ASSUMING OFFICE. THESE PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN VERY HARD TO CREATE ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO CREATE. SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON IT. WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF IT. BUT THOSE ARE ONE TIME TRAININGS. CAN I REQUEST ANOTHER PRESENTATION THAT GOES OVER ALL THE PRESENTATIONS? ? UM, I, I DID HAVE AN ISSUE AND I, I HAD SINCE, UH, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO, IF RYAN, IF IT WAS YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE, BUT, UH, I GOT TIMED OUT OF MY THING AND LIKE I KEPT HAVING TO GO LOG BACK IN 'CAUSE I WAS DOING IT TOO FAST. AND LIKE THE, THE, THE ETHICS ONE FOR THE AB 1, 2, 3, 4, I GOT TIMED OUT AS WELL. YEAH. I THINK WE HAVE TIMED OUT. AND THEN AT THE END, I SPENT LIKE TWO AND A HALF HOURS. I PURPOSELY WENT SLOW BECAUSE IF YOU GO TOO FAST A FAST READER, IT, YOU DON'T PASS. SO I HAVE TO LIKE SIT THERE. SO THE, AND WAIT, BECAUSE THERE LIKE A WAY TO TEST OUT OF IT BECAUSE I SENT IT OVER TO MAKE SURE I WAS COMPLIANT. 'CAUSE I WANTED TO BE, MAKE SURE I'M COMPLIANT. BUT DID YOU DO THE FP WERE THERE PICTURES THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION? UH, WERE THERE LITTLE CARTOON VERSIONS OF ME IN THE, THE PRESENTATION YOU WATCHED? YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK IF THAT WAS IT IS ME. IT'S ME. UM, SO MOVE, YEAH. MOVING FORWARD. UH, IT SHOULD BE BETTER. SHOULD NO AND SO, BECAUSE, OKAY, SORRY. IT'S OKAY. SO THE AB 1 23 4 TRAININGS AND THE CITY'S ETHICS TRAININGS ARE ON OUR LEARN [00:20:01] PLATFORM. THE TRAININGS THAT YOU WERE TAKING BEFORE FOR AB 1, 2, 3, 4 WERE WITH THE FPBC. AND THAT WAS, UM, WE LOVE THE FPPC, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. I DON'T WANNA SPEAK POORLY OF THEM, BUT THE TRAINING WAS LIKE NOT VERY FUN. AND ALSO O THE TIMING OUT THING, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS, THE QUESTIONS WERE THE STATE. THE QUESTIONS WERE LIKE, SHOULD I EMAIL RYAN TO ASK IF I'M LIKE GOOD OR SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE TEAM BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M GOOD AND IT DOESN'T, LIKE I DON'T GET A MESSAGE IN LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS THAT SAYS, HEY AARON, YOU'RE OVERDUE FOR YOUR STUFF. SO YOU CAN EMAIL RYAN AND THEN I CAN WORK WITH RYAN IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION OF WHO'S CURRENT AND WHO'S NOT. OKAY. YES. YEAH. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M OKAY. SO I THINK, I THINK I HAVE PERSONALLY GOTTEN RID OF EDDIE BECAUSE HE, HE CAN'T TAKE ME ANYMORE BECAUSE MY, I COULD NOT EVEN OPEN THE PROGRAM. THE SECOND ONE. OKAY. THE FIRST ONE WAS JUST THE REGULAR ETHICS ONE THAT WE USUALLY TAKE. AND THEN I WAS TAKING THE SECOND ONE, WHICH I ASSUMED IS THE, THE LONGER ONE. ANYWAY, I COULD NOT AND I HAVE A MAC, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. YEAH. WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT OPEN UP. I KEPT GETTING DIFFERENT LINKS FROM ED. NOTHING WAS WORKING, HEAR ALL THIS. BUT, SO I FINALLY HOOKED UP AN OLD PC THAT I HAVE AND WAS ABLE, OH, LAST WEEKEND ABLE TO FINALLY OPEN THE DANG THING. BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, IT DROVE ME CRAZY 'CAUSE I'M GETTING ALL THESE EMAILS SAYING, YOU'RE OVERDUE. YOU'RE OVERDUE. I'M GOING, I'M OVERDUE BECAUSE I CAN'T OVER . OKAY. AND HE WAS SO PATIENT. OKAY, SO FIRST OF ALL, DON'T SUFFER IN SILENCE. OH MY. NO, I WAS, BUT IT WAS GREAT. YEAH. SO STAFF, IF YOU'RE HAVING, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS FEEDBACK RIGHT, OF LIKE, THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE USING OUR LEARN PLATFORM ARE CITY EMPLOYEES WITH CITY EMAILS AND PCS. SO IF IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SPEAK UP AND FOR STAFF TO SHARE YOUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT WAY, THAT WAY WE CAN FIX IT. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS EASY FOR AS MUCH TRAINING AS YOU, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS EASY AND ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU. I'M GLAD. SO IF IT DIDN'T STAY FUN. NO THE FUN IS THE BITMOJIS. 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO. NO, THE FUN WAS WHEN THEY SAID YOU PASSED . I'M WRITING EDDIE GOING, I GOT IT . BUT SO LET US KNOW AND THEN WE CAN LET HR KNOW THIS ISN'T WORKING AND WE CAN WORK WITH THE, THE SOFTWARE FOLKS. RIGHT. SO I'M SO SORRY THAT YOU SUFFERED. IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO DO THE TRAINING. NO, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA KICK ME OFF 'CAUSE I CAN'T OPEN . WELL, AND SO THAT PART, THAT PART'S COMING. THAT PART'S COMING. SO, UM, YEAH. AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SPEAK UP 'CAUSE THE WAY THESE REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED, RIGHT? SO THE MAYOR CAN REMOVE ANY COMMISSIONER FOR ANY REASON WITH TWO THIRDS CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARTER COMMISSIONS. SO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENT THE MAYOR CAN REMOVE FOR ANY REASON, NO REASON, UH, WITH THE TWO THIRDS CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, IT'S WEIRD DOING IT THIS WAY. HOW ABOUT FOR LIKE ABSENTEEISM, LIKE FOR THESE MOVES? SO IF YOU ARE ABSENT FROM THREE CONSECUTIVE, UM, MEETINGS WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BODY, UH, THAT'S EXPRESSED IN THE MINUTES, YOU'RE BOOTED. RIGHT? SO THIS THIS PAGE WITH THE YEAR OUT MY OFFICE, ONCE WE GET WORD THAT ANY OF THESE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED, ASSUMING THAT YOU'VE HAD PROPER NOTICE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT. AND THAT ALL OF THE DUCKS WERE IN A ROW THAT SOMETHING DIDN'T GO WRONG. UM, YOU CAN BE REMOVED AND THE MAYOR'S NOT GONNA REMOVE MY OFFICE IS GOING TO TELL THE MAYOR, THIS COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN REMOVED. THEY'RE NOT COMPLIANT FOR THE THING. SO, UH, WHEN SOMEONE'S ABSENT FROM YOUR MEETINGS, THEY HAVE TO GET PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT. AND THEN Y'ALL IN THE MEETINGS, YOU HAVE TO AGREE AS A BODY THAT THE ABSENCE IS EXCUSED IN THE MINUTES. SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, GOING FORWARD, IF THERE'S PEOPLE NOT HERE TODAY AND THEY WANTED TO BE QUALIFIED AS A EXCUSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT INTO THE MINUTES. YES. SO, UH, A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONS, UM, AT ROLL CALL MANAGE IT AT THAT TIME. OKAY. RIGHT. SO, UM, [00:25:01] AND LIKE YOU CAN HANDLE IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. IT DEPENDS ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER, I GUESS IS THE BEST WAY TO PUT THAT. SO I HAVE COMMISSIONS THAT VOTE TO AGREE ON WHETHER AN ABSENCE IS EXCUSED. I HAVE COMMISSIONS WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A VERY TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY. THE CHAIR WILL SAY, THIS PERSON HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. THE ASSUMPTION IS, IS THAT IF YOU DISAGREE THAT YOU OBJECT, EITHER OF THOSE ARE FINE. YOU JUST HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU AS A BODY WANT TO DO AND WHAT WORKS FOR YOUR CULTURE. SOME, SOME COMMISSIONS PREFER IT TO BE MORE FORMAL. SOME, YOU KNOW, THEY RULE BY OBJECTION. SO LIKE SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE IF YOU THINK, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. RIGHT? AND THAT'S TRUE FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IN THE COMMISSION. IF IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE COMING TO A CONSENSUS AND YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT THE CONSENSUS IS, SPEAK UP BECAUSE IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT THAT WILL TURN INTO THE MOTION. AND WHAT STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING POTENTIALLY OF WHAT YOU'RE AGREEING ON IS SO, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS SPEAK UP IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE BEING RESPECTFUL. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF SOMEONE DOES, DOESN'T HAVE A EXCUSE EVIDENCE, WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY, THIS PERSON'S NOT EXCUSED BY JUST NOT DOING ANYTHING. THEY WOULD BE NOT EXCUSED. IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE IN THE MINUTES. YEAH, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU PUT IN THE MINUTES OF LIKE THE ABSENCE UNEXCUSED. OKAY. BECAUSE MAKING THAT RECORD THEN WE'LL TAKE THOSE THREE OKAY. UM, SETS OF MINUTES. OKAY. RIGHT. THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS AND THEN BE ABLE TO REMOVE. GOT IT. RIGHT. AND THEN SO WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS STAFF WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO WHO IS YOUR MEANT TO CHECK BEFORE I CAME? WHO'S YOUR ATTORNEY FOR THIS COMMISSION? DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND? UH, NOT OFFHAND. NO. WE WILL FIGURE IT'S VANESSA, OR IT'S VANESSA, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, VANESSA. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN YOU WOULD EMAIL VANESSA AND BE LIKE, HEY VANESSA, HERE ARE THE MINUTES FROM THREE MEETINGS. UM, WE'VE HAD, SO SEE HOW YOU, I WOULD SAY EMAIL ME. I HAVE TAKEN A JOB IN PRIVATE SECTOR SO IT WON'T BE ME ANYMORE. BUT YOU COULD ALSO EMAIL THE ETHICS ATTORNEY. MM-HMM. , CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YOU, UM, DOING THE SAME THING. EXCITED. IT'S BITTERSWEET. BUT I NORMALLY, I WOULD SAY EMAIL ME, BUT EMAIL VANESSA AND THEN SHE CAN GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE ETHICS ATTORNEY TO WRITE IF, IF THAT SITUATION COMES UP. SO, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE, IF ONE WE, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DROP AND WE CAN STILL OPERATE AS A COMMISSION WITH A, WITH SIX PEOPLE. I MEAN, WHAT IF LIKE, UM, YES, BECAUSE YOU'RE SEVEN, WE SEVEN, YOU'RE, THE RESOLUTION REQUIRES SEVEN, RIGHT? MM-HMM, . SO THEN QUORUM IS HALF. SO YOU NEED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE TO HOLD A MEETING AND TO MEET AS LONG AS YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, YOU'RE OKAY. OKAY. AND COR 'CAUSE QUORUM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. QUORUM IS MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF SEATS. OH, NOT, AND THEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UM, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN VERY ON TOP OF IT. UM, THEY'VE BEEN HUSTLING TO FILL SEATS. UM, MAYOR RES RICHARDSON HIRED STAFF IN HIS OFFICE, WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE TO FOCUS ON INSURING COMMISSIONS HAD SEATS FILLED. SO IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO JEFF. UM, EITHER THE CHAIR OR STAFF CAN REACH OUT TO JEFF, UM, IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HELP GET YOUR SEATS FILLED. AND IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE RIGHT, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE COMMISSION, YOU CAN HAVE THEM APPLY THROUGH THE MAYOR'S WEBSITE TOO. SO BEFORE I MOVE ON, ARE WE OKAY ON THE ABSENCE THING? THAT THAT'S, I CAN SEE YOUR WHEEL SPINNING. . WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. SO, UH, FAILING TO FI, ANOTHER REASON YOU CAN BE REMOVED AUTOMATICALLY IS FAILING TO FI FILE THE FORM 700 AFTER YOU GET A NOTICE FROM THE CLERK THAT YOU FAIL YOUR, THAT YOU FAILED YOUR TO FILE, THAT YOU FAILED THE FILE AND THERE WASN'T A WAIVER GRANTED. SO, UH, WE'LL COVER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ONE OF THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. I KNOW THAT THE FORM 700 IS ANNOYING, OKAY? LIKE, FULL DISCLOSURE, I HAVE TO COMPLETE IT TOO. IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT YOU DO. YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT MONEY. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO IDENTIFY WHAT YOUR CONFLICTS ARE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THOSE CONFLICTS ARE. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION AND YOU SHOULD HAVE RECUSED YOURSELF, RIGHT? THAT'S A PROBLEM, [00:30:01] RIGHT? IT DIMINISHES THE PUBLIC TRUST. I HAVE A WHOLE OTHER PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS ONE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR CONFLICTS, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FORM 700, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. THE CLERK'S OFFICE ALSO HAS SOMEONE, UM, FOR FORM 700. IF YOU'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO REPORT THIS GIFT, I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO REPORT LIKE HALF YOUR SPOUSE'S INCOME. IF YOU HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS, LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU IN DOING IT. I CAN TELL YOU IN WORKING, I WORK WITH THE ETHICS COMMISSION. LIKE I SAID, THEY LOOK AT THIS EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE THE LIST. THEY MAKE THE CLERK'S OFFICE BRING A LIST OF THE COMMISSIONS AND THE HUMANS IN OUR CITY THAT HAVEN'T DONE IT, DON'T BE ON THE SHAME LIST. DON'T GET A LETTER FROM THEM THAT YOU DIDN'T DO IT. DON'T BE REMOVED FOR THIS VERY EASY REASON. LIKE WHEN YOU GET THE LINK, JUST DO IT. JUST DO IT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ASK 'EM. WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP YOU. AND THEN FOR FAILING TO COM YOU CAN BE REMOVED FOR FAILING TO COMPLETE ANY OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. SO, UM, CITY ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING, AB 1, 2, 3, 4. AND THEN THOSE CLERK REQUIRED TRAININGS. OH, THIS WAY. OKAY. SO THE WAIVER PROCESS FOR FORM LATE FORM SEVEN HUNDREDS. YOU AS A COMMISSIONER CONCEIVE A WAIVER FOR GOOD CAUSE EXCUSING THAT YOU DIDN'T FAIL ON TIME. THAT YOU DIDN'T FAIL ON TIME, THAT YOU DIDN'T FILE ON TIME. UM, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN 30 DAYS OF WHEN YOU GET A NOTICE FROM THE CLERK, RIGHT? SO IF YOU MAKE MULTIPLE REQUESTS, LIKE IF YOU MAY REQUEST A COUPLE YEARS IN A ROW FOR A WAIVER, THE MAYOR HAS TO CONSIDER THAT AS A FACT IN GIVING YOU A WAIVER, RIGHT? IF YOU CONSISTENTLY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING YOUR FORM 700, THAT'S A PROBLEM, RIGHT? SO, AND THEN IF YOU'RE REMOVED FOR NOT FILING YOUR FORM 700, YOU'RE PROHIBITED FROM SERVING ON A CITY COMMISSION FOR, UH, A YEAR. IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS BUSINESS. PRETTY SERIOUS. ALSO, IT LIKE IN MY, UM, THE AB 1, 2, 3, 4 TRAINING, YOU CAN TELL THAT I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE YOU CAN HEAR ME GO OFF THE SCRIPT, BUT LIKE, DON'T BE, DON'T BE THE PEOPLE WHO LET, WE HAVE TO BURN STAFF TIME AND PUBLIC RESOURCES TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE CHASING YOU DOWN TO MAKE, IT'S LIKE EVERY YEAR IT'S LIKE PULLING TEETH. WE'RE GETTING BETTER, BUT JUST DON'T BE THAT PERSON, RIGHT? IF STAFF IS HAVING TO CHASE COMMISSIONERS DOWN FOR DOING THIS, IT MEANS WE'RE NOT WORKING ON OTHER STUFF THAT'S LIKE BETTER FOR THE CITY . YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AS OPPOSED TO THIS ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF. UM, SO THE PROCESS FOR THE LATE FORM SEVEN HUNDREDS, YOU CAN GET A WAIVER FOR INCAPACITATION, FOR MEDICAL REASONS, HOSPITALIZATION. YOU WERE IN AN ACCIDENT, YOU WERE LOST OR UNAVAILABILITY OF RECORDS. AND THEN FOR ANY OTHER GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, THESE BY THE WAY, ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE FPP C'S RULES ON HOW THEY GRANT WAIVERS. AND THEN A PRE, IF WAIVERS CAN'T BE GRANTED BECAUSE YOU WERE ON VACATION, YOU WERE TOO BUSY, ANOTHER PERSON DIDN'T DO IT, AND YOU ASKED THEM TO, YOU NEED MORE TIME TO GATHER INFORMATION. YOU'RE WAITING ON HELP FROM A CPA OR OTHER KIND OF, UH, PROFESSIONAL PERSON. UH, YOU CROSSED YOUR HEART, HOPE TO DIE FROM THE FILE ON TIME NEXT TIME OR YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THE ANNUAL REMINDER. OKAY, NEXT PAGE. ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES. SO TERMS ARE GONNA START ON JULY 1ST AND END ON JUNE 30TH. THIS WAS TO MAKE IT SO LIKE WE HAVE THIS THING, IT WAS TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T END UP GETTING LIKE A SUPER TERM. 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE, LIKE IF A COMMISSIONER GOT ONBOARDED AND THEN THEY LEFT AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TERM, YOU COULD TECHNICALLY GET LIKE ALMOST ANOTHER TWO YEARS. SO WE JUST REALLY CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH TIME, UM, YOU'RE SE SERVING A TEMPORARY TERM. AND THEN THERE'S A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR NEW COMMISSIONS. IT'S JUST BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ON A NEW COMMISSION DON'T LEAVE AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT? SO IT ALLOWS US TO STAGGER WHEN FOLKS LEAVE. UH, AND THEN NEXT WEEK, WHAT IF THEY LEAVE EARLY? THEY ARE, THEY, UH, YOU SHUT OFF LEAVE. I'M JUST NO, YOU, SO YOU CAN LEAVE EARLY AND THEN WHAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL DO IS APPOINT SOMEONE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM. [00:35:01] UH, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. SO IF YOU LEAVE, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS LEFT IN YOUR TWO YEAR TERM, YOU GET, YOU GET A, A BONUS SIX, A FREE SIX MONTHS OF SERVICE ON TOP OF THE LIKE EIGHT YEARS THAT YOU GET. OH YEAH. SO WHAT IS THE, IS THERE A LIMIT TO HOW LONG YOU CAN SERVE? YES. UH, IT'S FOUR TWO YEAR TERMS. OH, EIGHT YEARS. A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS. UNLESS YOU GET A, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU ARE SLOTTING IN FOR SOMEONE WHO LEFT EARLY, THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT YOU CAN, UH, SERVE THE REMAINDER OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S TERM. BUT IF YOU JUST FROM START TO FINISH ON A COMMISSION, IT'S EIGHT, FOUR TIMES OVER AND THEN QUORUM. SO WE HAD COMMISSIONS THAT WERE INCONSISTENT IN THE WAY QUORUM WAS BEING DONE. SO MY OFFICE IS OPINED COR, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, RIGHT? QUORUM IS MEASURED BY SEATS, NOT BY SEATS FILLED. SO IT'S THE SEATS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SAID THAT THEY WANTED ON THE BODY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE BODIES THAT CAN'T MEET. LIKE I SAID, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB IN HUSTLING TO GET SEATS FILLED, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMISSIONS CAN OPERATE. AND THEN, OH, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A LITTLE BIT. I WAS GONNA SAY THE REPORT. YEAH. SO THAT MAKES SURE EVERYBODY'S DOING THE SAME THING. I THINK. DOES YOUR COMMISSION HAVE, UM, DISTRICT SPECIFIC? NO, NO, NO. YOU'RE ALL, YOU'RE ALL RIDE OR DIE TOO, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO HAVE LIKE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS, TWO BUSINESS OWNERS. OKAY. ONE RESIDENT. SO WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY WHERE THEY WANT ONE FROM ALL NINE, RIGHT? SO IN THOSE COMMISSIONS, IF YOU GET, OR IN THIS COMMISSION TOO, RIGHT? IF YOU END UP MOVING OUT OF THE SECOND DISTRICT, THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE IN YOUR COM. NO, IN YOUR COMMISSION IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. THIS ONE, THIS ONE PROBABLY WOULDN'T APPLY TO YOU. NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, IF THAT'S HOW YOUR SEATS ARE DESIGNATED. NO. SO WE HAVE SOME WHERE IF YOU MOVE OUT OF YOUR DISTRICT OR YOU ACCIDENTALLY, OR YOU DON'T, IT'S NOT REALLY AN ACCIDENT, BUT YOU GIVE REDISTRICTED OUT OF YOUR DISTRICT, YOU CAN STAY IN YOUR SEAT AND SERVE UNTIL THE END OF YOUR TERM. AND THEN GETTING REAPPOINTED THERE EITHER HAS TO BE A VACANCY IN YOUR NEW DISTRICT OR AN AT LARGE SEAT. UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE. THAT WON'T REALLY APPLY TO YOU. UM, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRING ALL COMMISSIONS TO PROVIDE AN EMAIL ADDRESS ON AGENDAS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE LIKE THIS MEETING ISN'T STREAMED AND IT'S NOT VIRTUAL, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND PARTICIPATE. SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS. AND THEN YOU'LL GET A COPY OF WHATEVER THE EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENT IS IN A PDF BEFORE THE MEETING. UM, THIS IS THE BIG ONE ON THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE 13, THE ANNUAL REPORTS. SO ANNUAL REPORTS ARE DUE TO THE CLERK ON JUNE 30TH, THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY NO DEADLINE FOR ANNUAL REPORTS. UM, AND NOW THERE IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH A LACK OF COMPLIANCE COMMISSIONS ON THIS REQUIREMENT. SO WE, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DEADLINE. NOW, UH, WE SENT A NOTICE TO ALL COMMISSION STAFF SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT TO THE COMMISSION TOO. UH, THAT THIS REPORT IS COMING. MY OFFICE IS TAKING THE INITIATIVE ON REPORTING TO COUNSEL ON WHO DID IT AND WHO DIDN'T. SO THERE'LL BE SOME KIND OF, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET. THERE'S SOME KIND OF A PUBLIC PROCESS OF THESE COMMISSIONS DIDN'T FILE THE REPORTS ON TIME RIGHT. OR DIDN'T FILE THEM AT ALL. SO PLEASE DON'T BE ON THE PUBLIC SHAMING MEMO PRESENTATION WORK. START WORKING ON YOUR ANNUAL REPORT. NOW, WHO DOES THE ANNUAL REPORT AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? UM, I CAN SEND YOU EXAMPLES OF IT. OKAY. UM, AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE, THERE'S UM, ALL OF THE CONTENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT UP UNTIL THIS POINT, DON'T JUST DON'T STRESS ABOUT IT. YEAH, I NEVER HEARD OF IT. YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE. OKAY. WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL GONNA BE COMPLIANT TOGETHER. OKAY? WE'RE ALL GONNA DO BETTER IN 2024. YEAH. LIKE IF THERE WAS A FORM, LIKE A TEMPLATE THAT HAD LIKE INSERT NAME AND THEN YEAH. HAD LIKE A TABLE AND YOU COULD JUST POP POPULATE IT. OH, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA. [00:40:01] THAT'D BE SUPER HELPFUL. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE I'M, WE JUST GONNA ALL SIT AROUND LOOKING AT THE COMPUTER GOING, WHAT THE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO DEPENDING ON THE, SOME COMMISSIONS, HOLD ON, I'M GONNA EMAIL MYSELF IN THE MEANTIME MAYBE. AND I CAN HELP DRAFT SOMETHING AND THEN BRING IN, BRING IT IN FOR MAY. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. LET'S PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA THAT, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE A DRAFT OR A TEMPLATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE LIKE, IT'S PRETTY EASY. YEAH. ALL THESE QUESTIONS ARE JUST IN THERE AND WE CAN TAKE IT. AND I, I'M PRETTY TECH SAVVY. I CAN TAKE THE THING AND POPULATE FOR THE TEAM COME DOWN. YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE WE CAN ANSWER THESE ALMOST. YEAH. SO A LOT IT'S, IT'S NOT, THE BIG THING IS THAT WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONS. YOU SEEM BUSY AND YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS, RIGHT? LIKE BASED OFF OF, I LOOKED AT YOUR AGENDA. SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMISSIONS ARE JUST RECEIVING A FILE OF PRESENTATIONS, RIGHT? AND SO, AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THINGS. WELL, I'M JUST READING OR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNSEL. AND SO LIKE WITH THE REQUIRED CONTENT, IT IS LIKE, HOW MANY RECOMMENDATIONS DID YOU MAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THAT NUMBER BULLET POINT NUMBER THREE, UM, LIKE ALL THESE THINGS LOOK PRETTY, UM, INNOCUOUS. YEAH. BUT ALL REPORTS WE RECEIVE A FILE AND A LOT OF REPORTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS. I'D SAY THAT THERE'S TWO, IT'S PROBABLY 60 A YEAR. SO, SO WOULD YOU MIGHT WANNA KEEP IT RUNNING THE CITY COUNCIL. NO. SO SOME, ARE YOU MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL? OH. AND HOW MUCH WORK IS THE CITY COUNCIL SENDING TO YOU? SO FOR YOUR BODY, IT MIGHT NOT MAKE SENSE OKAY. FOR YOU TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. LIKE THE WAY THAT THE BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, RIGHT? LIKE WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONS ON LIKE YOUTH AND FAMILIES, RIGHT? THEY SHOULD. OR, UM, WHAT'S ANOTHER EQUITY? HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, RIGHT? THOSE COMMISSIONS SHOULD BE MAKING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE IN THOSE AREAS IN THE CITY. RIGHT? I AM NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT YOU DO, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, OKAY, YOU COULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, BUT YOU MIGHT ALSO NOT HAVE BUSINESS FOR COUNCIL. RIGHT? YEAH. WE HAVE TO RECOMMEND LIKE INCREASED REVENUE PARKING METER, RIGHT? YEAH. STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, PERFECT. RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF LIKE A SIGN, RIGHT? AND THEN, UM, THE REPORTS, JUST TO CLARIFY THE REPORTS OF JUNE, JUNE 30TH IS THE REPORT, WHAT IS OUR ANNUAL PERIOD? IS IT END OF CALENDAR YEAR OR DO WE HAVE A SEPARATE 'CAUSE LIKE IF THE REPORT'S DUE ON JUNE 30TH, WHAT IS OUR ANNUAL YEAR DUE? JUNE TO JUNE SEP, OCTOBER 1ST, I THINK. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS JULY. THAT'S OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO JULY 1ST TO JUNE 30TH. YEAH, I WOULD DO JULY. 'CAUSE IF, IF THE REPORTS DO JUNE 30TH CAN'T INCLUDE JUNE 30TH, BUT WE MEETING ON JUNE 17TH. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, LIKE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO WE ONLY GIVES US LIKE TWO WEEKS TO HURRY UP AND FINISH. SO IF WHATEVER YOU DON'T COVER FOR THIS YEAR'S REPORT, JUST INCLUDE IT IN NEXT YEAR'S. NOBODY IS GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, DARE YOU. YOU INCLUDED A MONTH SHY. BUT YOU DEFINITELY TURNED, YOU DEFINITELY TURNED THE REPORT IN AND SAID ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DID. I MEAN, IF WE CAN GET, IF WE CAN GET AHEAD AND JUMP ON IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN HAVE IT READY AND BY THE END OF MAY, THEN WE JUST ADD THE LAST STUFF FROM THE LAST MEETING AND GET IT TO YOU. THAT SHOULDN'T BE, YEAH. AND I MEAN IT, OKAY. IT'S EASY TO PULL FROM THE AGENDAS, LIKE WHAT YOU VOTED ON AND WHAT YOU DID IN THIS YEAR. AND THEN, UM, YEAH. AND IT, THE OTHER THING TOO, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE, OH MAN, WE HAVE HOW MANY? IT'S LIKE 20 REAL QUICK, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. IT'S LIKE 25 OR MORE AT LEAST COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL ALSO TO SEE COUNCIL'S REQUIRED TO REVIEW EVERY YEAR TOO, AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THESE BODIES. AND LIKE, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THEIR AUTHORITY? SHOULD WE BE REFERRING MORE WORK TO THESE COMMISSIONS? RIGHT? SO IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE CON ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL. SO COUNCIL IS AWARE, MAYBE WE NEED TO BE CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE ARE OPERATING, RIGHT? MAYBE THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE BODIES TO, TO DO IMPORTANT WORK, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT. SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE COMMISSION FILES ONE REPORT YES. FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH RYAN PROBABLY FOUR. YES. GATHER UP ALL THE INFO. AND IS THIS EVERY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE MADE THROUGH THE DEER? EVERY SINGLE ONE? YEAH. NO, JUST, JUST IN A YEAR ONLY. NOT FOR ALL TIME. OH, OKAY. [00:45:01] SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW, ONLY THE ONES THAT GO TO COUNCIL BEFORE. YEAH. IF, IF YOU ARE WORRIED, IF YOU'RE WORRIED THAT YOU AREN'T SENDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL, BUT YOUR AUTHORITY IS MORE TO, TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAFF, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU TO SAY, WE ALSO WORKED ON THESE PROJECTS WITH STAFF AND MADE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO X, Y, Z. RIGHT? I THINK FOR THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATE. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. WHERE WE HAVE SOME OTHER COMMISSIONS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN, SORRY FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS. NO, THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. UM, DON'T BE SORRY. DO WE NEED TO LIKE VOTE ON OUR A REPORT? LIKE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE IN APRIL RIGHT NOW. SO WE COME BACK IN MAY AND WE HAVE A DRAFT OF OUR REPORT OR WE, WE, IN MAY, WE NEED TO AGREE TO DRAFT IT. AND THEN JUNE MEETING WE RECEIVE OUR OWN REPORT AND VOTE AND EVERYONE AGREES LIKE HAS IT, IT'S LIKE INCLUDED. SO THAT WAY WE ALL SAY YEAH, WE ALL APPROVE FILING OUR ANNUAL REPORT. DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT? I RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE ON IT. SO IF YOU GET PRESSED FOR TIME, YOU CAN DELEGATE THE AUTHORITY TO THE CHAIR TO DO IT. OKAY. UM, IF YOU DO THAT, I RECOMMEND HAVING THE REPORT BE BROUGHT BACK AS A RECEIVE AND FILE. OKAY. SO THAT THE COMMISSION ALL THE, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS CAN SEE IT. YEAH. AND THEN NEXT YEAR, JUST START PLANNING EARLIER TO DO IT AGAIN. SO NEXT WEEK WE'LL APPROVE LIKE A TEMPLATE OF A DRAFT AND WE'LL FINALIZE IT IN JUNE. WE'LL FILE IT. OKAY. YES. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, LOOKING AT YOUR LAST BULLET POINT, WE DON'T WANNA BE ABOLISHED. SO WE'RE, YOU'RE REQUIRING US TO SHOW THAT WE'RE SIGNIFICANT PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. MY POINT IS LIKE WHEN WE DID THE CONSERVATION CORPS AND DID A CONTRACT FOR THE CLEANING OF BELMONT FLOOR AND WE ALL WENT DOWN, THERE WAS A FEW OF US LIKE A SUBCOMMITTEE MM-HMM. THAT WE INCLUDE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THAT IT PROVES THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK. OR SO YOU AS A BODY APPROVED A CONTRACT AND THEN AS COMMISSIONERS YOU WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELPED FACILITATE THE CONTRACT. YEAH. BASICALLY. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK I, I WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT? THE, AND YOU CAN INCLUDE, YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, THIS IS THE MINIMUM THAT'S REQUIRED. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING, IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST IN TALKING TO YOU, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE BUSIER THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMISSIONS, RIGHT? AND IT'S IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT? THE NATURE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, THERE MIGHT BE A MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE THINGS TO DO. I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD HIGHLIGHT THOSE THINGS THAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED IN THE YEAR FOR COUNCIL AND THEN THAT SUPPORTS THAT. NO, WE SHOULDN'T BE ABOLISHED. WE'RE WE'RE REALLY BUSY . RIGHT? WE'RE OUT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE DOING IMP IMPORTANT THINGS. UM, SO YEAH, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE LIBERTIES. IT'S AS LONG AS THE MINIMUM IN THE REPORT IS THIS. RIGHT? WHERE THERE ARE SOME COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY WHERE I'M HOPING THAT THEY HAVE A REALLY THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THEY RECOMMEND THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE ISN'T WORK COMING OUT OF THEM. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A, A CRAZY AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE CITY COMPENSATES COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT JUST PAYING EVERYBODY TO COME HANG OUT . RIGHT? IT'S PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPENT ELSEWHERE. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF ENSURING THAT WE'RE GETTING ANNUAL REPORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT COUNSEL SEES, UM, THEM YES. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. NO, IT'S OKAY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. WELL, FOR A COMMENT AND A COMMENT IS, I THINK WE, WE, I'VE BEEN ON FOR WHILE NOW. WE WE'RE PROUD OF WHAT WE DO. YEAH. THIS IS NOT YI FOR THE SHORE. WE THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. YEAH. NO, THAT MAKES SENSE. UM, OKAY, SO MY QUESTION, SORRY I WORK NO, NO, YOU'RE OKAY. I AM TOO. IF, IF WE WANT TO GO OVER THE REPORT AHEAD INSTEAD OF AT THE MEETING. IS, IS THAT A BROWN ACT DEAL THAT WE CAN'T DO? THAT'S SO WHAT YOU COULD DO, WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO WHAT YOU COULD DO, SO CORN FOR YOU IS FOUR, YOU COULD DO AN AD HOC OF THREE OR LESS. SO TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WHO WROTE THE REPORT AND WORKED ON IT TOGETHER WITH STAFF AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. UM, THAT WAY THERE'S AT LEAST SOME INPUT [00:50:01] FROM COMMISSIONERS BEFORE IT GETS THERE, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY CUT DOWN ON THE RED LINE. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE, AND YOU BRING THE REPORT BACK AND YOU WANNA MAKE CHANGES TO IT. THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT WHERE YOU BASICALLY CONSENSUS BILL, RIGHT? SO YOU WOULD ADOPT THE REPORT AS AMENDED WOULD BE THE MOTION. AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON EVERY SINGLE CHANGE. YOU JUST, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IF YOU OBJECT TO A CHANGE AS YOU'RE ALL TALKING, SPEAK UP. RIGHT. OTHERWISE THE CHAIR WILL ASSUME THAT THERE'S, UM, CONSENSUS. SO JUST THINKING AHEAD, I THINK I HAVE OFF SAVED ALL THE MINUTES FROM I HAVE A FILE WITH ALL OF 'EM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE SIT DOWN AND DO THIS REPORT, WE HAVE ALL THE DATA, WHICH WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE MINUTES FOR EVERY SINGLE MEETING. WE CAN ACCESS THAT TOO. YEAH. SO IF THERE'S LIKE A SHARE SHARE FILE OR SOME KIND OF A LINK OR JUST INCLUDED ALL, ALL 12 OF 'EM. SO JULY, STARTING IN JULY. SO THEY'RE ALL ON ONE MEETING. THEY'RE ALL ON ONE. YEAH, THEY'RE ALL MEETINGS. OH, YOU THE MINUTES FOR ALL YOUR MEETINGS? OH YEAH. OR CITY WEBSITE. OH ACTUALLY THE, WELL, NO, YOU SENT A LINK TO THE AGENDA. IT'S THE SAME WEBSITE. OH, OKAY. WELL THAT, THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. THERE'S A, THERE'S A WEB, A WEBSITE AND TRANSCRIPTS SO YOU CAN KNOW EXACTLY. AND YOU SEARCH. SO DO A CONTROL F TYPE IN YEAH, IT'S VERY YOUR NAME TOPIC. OKAY. IT'S PRETTY EASY. I TAKE NOTES TOO. YEAH. I SAY ALL. OH YEAH. SO I THINK YOU CAN TAKE NOTES IN ONE MEETING. THEY HAVE TO BE DONE. NO, DON'T DO THAT. NO, DON'T. I SPECIFICALLY SAID DON'T DO THAT ACTUALLY. JUST, YEAH. WELL NO, IT BECOMES, IT BECOMES A PRA PROBLEM, RIGHT? OF YEAH. WE'RE NOT USING THAT FEATURE. BUT YEAH, IGNORE ME. OKAY. SO THAT'S IT. BUT DO YOU HAVE, I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR ASKING QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION OR REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMISSIONS? I, IT WAS THOSE OTHER TWO HOUR THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING. ACTUALLY, CAN I JUST PUT VOLUNTEER? 'CAUSE DOING THE PAYROLL THING WAS HARDER THAN THAT I HAD TO DO. YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT. SO IF YOU CHOOSE TO BE A VOLUNTEER, YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL THE FORM OUT EVERY YEAR. THE YEAR BEFORE YOU'RE ENTITLED TO SEE RECEIVE THE MONEY, WHICH IS LIKE, SO BASICALLY IF YOU WANNA BE A VOLUNTEER THIS YEAR, YOU CAN'T BE A VOLUNTEER, BUT NEXT YEAR YOU COULD BE RIGHT. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO COMPLETE THE FORM THIS YEAR. FOR NEXT YEAR. FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THAT'S NOT US. THAT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SUPERFUND TAX LOSS. UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LET YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, BUT IT'S NOT UP TO US. AND THAT'S CALENDAR YEAR, RIGHT? IT'S CALENDAR YEAR. SO YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING A NOTICE IN LIKE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER IF YOU WANT TO. I CAN SEND YOU THE FORM NOW. WE CAN GET IT ON FILE FOR NEXT YEAR. YOU CAN DO THAT TOO. UM, BUT YEAH, THE COMPENSATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP FILLING OUT FORMS ONCE YOU DO IT. IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC. YEAH, I KNOW. I'M SURE IT'S UNDER 600. THANK YOU. TAYLOR, DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. ANY COMMENTS ON THE MUNICIPAL CODE? OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS? CAN I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR TO, UH, . AYE. AYE. UM, NOW SINCE WE DID THE, UH, I GUESS I SHOULD ASK YOU, TAYLOR. YEAH. SINCE WE ALREADY TOOK RULE MM-HMM. AND THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE HERE. CAN YOU READDRESS THAT AFTER THE KNOWLEDGE YOU GAVE US? YEAH. YEAH. SO, UM, YOU CAN JUST LET KAREN KNOW THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ABSENCES. SO IN THE ONE MEETING SYSTEM, WE CAN'T, THERE'S A UNEXCUSED OR EXCUSED OPTION. SO I THINK WE'D HAVE TO ADD IT IN AS A MINUTE NOTE IF THEY WANT TO LIKE, MAKE A PUBLIC RECORD SAYING, YOU KNOW, CHAIR PETERSON WAS EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING. I WOULD, OR TERRY OR WHOEVER'S CLERKING, MAKE A MINUTE NOTE. OKAY. SAYING THIS COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AND EXCUSED. YES. UM, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BUTTON TO CLICK FOR ROLL CALL, BUT . OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO THAT IT'S BECAUSE WHAT, WE'LL, WE NEED SOMETHING REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES IF IT'S A PROBLEM. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE HAVE THREE [00:55:01] MISSING TODAY. YEAH. SO I BELIEVE CHAIR PETERSON AND MR. HOFFMAN HAVE BEEN EXCUSED. THEY BOTH MESSAGED ME. OKAY. SO IS EVERYBODY ANY OBJECTIONS ON THAT? THAT THEY WERE EXCUSED? UM, MR. WHILING DID NOT INFORM ANYBODY THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE HERE. SO I THINK IT'S UNEXCUSED. AGREED. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? NO. OKAY. AND I GUESS WE CAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO TABLE ABOUT LIKE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE? DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT DURING THE LAST ITEM. OKAY. , THAT'S WHAT I'M EVERYTHING HERE. IT'S OKAY. MAKE A MOTION TO, TO ADD THE, THE DRAFT OF THE REPORT, LIKE THE OUTLINE OR SOMETHING TO THE NEXT ONE. SO MAYBE IF WE CAN DO THAT COMMITTEE AT THE NEXT ONE. CAN WE JUST PUT OOPS, REDRESS. WE MESSED UP. SORRY. UM, WE CAN DO THE NEXT ONE. YEAH. MY ACTING AS CHAIRPERSON. SO MAYBE, YEAH, I THINK AGENDAS IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN WE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO IT IT AND WHO DOES IT AND YOU KNOW, THAT STUFF. ANYWAY, IT LIKE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE DISCUSSION ON CREATING OR NOT CREATING THE SUBHA SUBHA COMMITTEE. AND THEN YOU GUYS DETERMINE IF YOU WANT ONE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT. AND THEN WHAT YOU CAN DO, OR RYAN CAN HELP YOU WITH IN THE MEANTIME, IS JUST COLLECTING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE THE REPORT. SO THEN YOU'LL BE IN A BETTER POSITION NEXT MONTH. COULD YOU MEET MONTHLY? YES. OKAY. IT'S THE THIRD THURSDAY OF I KNOW IT'S, UM, IT'S BASICALLY MAY. YEAH. . SO JUNE. JUNE JUNE'S GONNA BE HERE BEFORE YOU. YES. YES. OKAY. I MOVED TO ADJOURN. I MEAN, NO, I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HELICOPTER. WE HAVE TO DO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GONNA DO IT NEXT, RIGHT? OKAY, PERFECT. IT'S GONNA BE, RYAN WROTE DOWN ALL THAT AGENDA. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TAYLOR. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. IT'S NICE MEETING ALL YOU. I'M LEAVING. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE. I KNOW. I KNOW. THANK YOU TAYLOR. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. IT'S BITTERSWEET, BUT YEAH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. WHEN, HOW LONG, UH, WHEN YOU LEAVING? TWO WEEKS OR TWO. SO I'LL BE, MY LAST WORK DATE DAY IS APRIL 30TH. OKAY. AND THEN I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE 10TH, BUT NOT THANKS TERRY. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ALL THE, ALL THE SECRET, SECRET. THANK ALL THE DETAILS. LIKE THE, YEAH. 25 YEARS WILL DO THAT. LIKE HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS YESTERDAY? I KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO EVERYBODY AND IT'S LIKE, ME AND MOM WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU. WE WERE LIKE, OH, I HOPE THEY CAN PROMOTE HER. I KNOW. * 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.