* 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. SO SHALL WE [00:00:01] GET STARTED? , WOULD YOU LIKE CALL NEW? YOU? LIKE CALL NEW BOARD? YES. UM, SO I'D LOVE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. I CAN BE THE ROLE. COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN. AYE. PRESENT? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE. PRESENT. ER, GAR. PRESENT CHAIR. PRESENT. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE ONE CAN BE THE FIRST ITEM. ITEM ONE IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? AND A SECOND I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THANK YOU. AND A SECOND. I SECOND. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON, JUST FOR CLARITY, THE, I HAVE THE MOTION, THE MOTION MAKER AS, UM, COMMISSIONER DE WAS OUR SECOND, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS COMMISSIONER ER THE SECOND. THANK YOU. DID YOU SECOND? I'M SO SORRY TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME AND THEN OH, YOUR LAST NAME AND THEN SAY, OH, OKAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHEN WE'RE ON THE DICE, IT'S EASIER FOR US TO SEE YOU GUYS. SO WE'RE TUCKED IN TODAY. YEAH. YEAH. THANKS GUYS. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. . YOU CHECK THEN IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SIDE? SCENE? NONE. ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN CALLAHAN. AYE. VICE CHAIR DE ARMAS. AYE. CHAIR BRUNSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. COMMISSIONER WOMAN WOODMAN NANCE. AYE. AND COMMISSIONER CHAIR, ABSTAIN. PROCEED. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? CHAIR RENSON MOTIONS. THANK YOU. AND A SECOND. A SECOND. I HAVE COMMISSIONER HAN. I CAN TALK NOW. OKAY, . ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, UH, WE'RE AGAIN IN THIS ROOM ONLY BECAUSE THE CHAMBERS, THERE'S A, A EQUIPMENT BEING SWAPPED OUT TODAY. SO WE NORMALLY WOULD BE MEETING IN CHAMBERS, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS ROOM TODAY. BUT THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY IS WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER. THIS IS A COMMISSIONER, ASHLEY CHIN'S FIRST MEETING. AND I JUST THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE A MOMENT FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER CHITTICK TO INTRODUCE HERSELF, UH, TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. AND THEN I THOUGHT YOU, THE REST OF YOU COULD JUST WELCOME HER, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES OR HOW LONG YOU'VE DONE WITH MISSION, THAT KIND OF THING. BUT WE'LL START WITH YOU. SURE. HI EVERYONE. I AM ASHLEY CHITTICK. UM, I WAS JUST SHARING, UM, INITIALLY WHEN I GOT IN, I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW TO LONG BEACH. I MOVED FROM WASHINGTON, DC AND WHILE I WAS IN DC I WORKED ON CAPITOL HILL FOR CONGRESS. UM, SO MY BACKGROUND IS REALLY GOVERNMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. UM, SO I'VE WORKED REALLY AT EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT, LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY OFFICE, AND CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, HOMELAND SECURITY, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE. AND WE DO THINGS LIKE ANYTHING THAT IS SPORT FACING TO THE COMMUNITY, STREAMLINING, UM, WEBSITES, UM, DIGITIZING FORMS, UM, LOOKING AT MOBILE APPS, UM, THE WHOLE GAT. AND SO, UM, WHEN I MOVED TO LONG BEACH, I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN JUST GETTING INVOLVED AND FIGURING OUT WHERE MY PLACE WAS GOING TO BE. AND THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP HERE. I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. WELCOME. I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF. UH, FIRST OF ALL, WELCOME. UH, MY NAME IS LISA MAY BRUNSON. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION. THIS IS MY EIGHTH AND FINAL YEAR. VERY SAD ABOUT IT. UM, AND, UH, I'M ALSO THE FOUNDER OF BOARD OF TECH, WHICH IS A GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM FOCUSED ON REPRESENTATION IN TECH. AND, UH, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT HERE. I ALREADY DO. . I'M VICE CHAIR JONATHAN DEUS. UM, I ALSO RUN A SMALL BUSINESS HERE IN TOWN CALLED I PITCH AND WE DO INNOVATION CONSULTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT, WHICH IS WHERE I CAME FROM. RESCUED MYSELF FROM THAT INTO SMALL BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE WHEREVER I CAN IN SMALL WAYS. SO THIS IS THE BIGGEST. SO, UM, DO COOL THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S THE WAY THAT, UH, I TRADEMARK THAT PHRASE BECAUSE I KEPT WRITING IT ON POSTING . HELLO. UM, WELCOME. WELCOME. I'M, UM, COMMISSIONER EMILY WOODMAN. N I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER, UM, SINCE DECEMBER. SO I'M STILL CONSIDERED A NEWBIE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL SIX MONTHS. I CAN'T SAY AFTER THAT. I CAN'T SAY I'M A NEWBIE. [00:05:01] ANYWAY, I, UM, OWN A COMPANY CALLED AFTER SIDE AND WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO COMMUNICATE PATIENT CARE UPDATES TO FAMILIES. SO I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION AND EXPERIENCE. I'VE DELIVERED TECH SOLUTIONS TO LIKE THE FBI, HOMELAND SECURITY. AND WE'LL TALK LATER BECAUSE I LIVED IN WASHINGTON, DC FOR LIKE SIX YEARS AND THAT'S WHERE MY HUSBAND IS FROM. SO WE'LL TALK LATER. . WELL, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS POL CALLAGHAN. I HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. UM, AND I'M ALSO DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT, STRATEGIC SOURCING FOR A STARTUP RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY. THANK YOU. WE WANNA JUST INTRODUCE EVERYBODY. YEAH. WELCOME COMMISSIONER ALEX GARCIA, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT. HI AGAIN. SO WE WERE HERE. I WALKED HER IN AND GAVE HER THE OATH. SO KYLE, NICE TO MEET YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. GREAT. NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M RYAN, THE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER FOR THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DEPARTMENT. UH, I ALSO LIVED IN DC FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND GREW UP AROUND THERE, SO I'M ALSO CHAT OUT. YES, , THAT'S CHERRY SEASON. I KNOW. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND MY FAMILY SENDING PHOTOS AND IT'S NOT FAIR. UM, BUT YEAH, WELCOME AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING YOU. THANK YOU. WE MET. I'M OMAR MONCAYO. I GET A PRIVACY ANALYST HERE WITH THE CITY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. IT'S ALSO MY FIRST, UH, MEETING HERE, COMMISSIONER, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MEET YOU ALL. YOU FAMILIAR? YEAH. , I'M NOT JUST A BOX . AND I'M ERIN WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I AM THE LUCKY STATE ATTORNEY THAT GETS TO STAFF THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING. WONDERFUL. YEAH. RIGHT. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, CHAIR BRUNSON AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR AGENDA TODAY. WE WANTED TO REVISIT. UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON KD 26 THAT WE'LL GET INTO, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO REVISIT OUR 24 TOPICS. AND I ACTUALLY THINK MAYBE IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE 'EM UP FROM TIME TO TIME TO LIKE BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEM AND TIMING AND WHAT'S NEXT. AND THEN, UM, WE, WE'D HAVE ANY REPORTS OF LIKE, JUST KIND OF UNDERSTANDING ITEM WOULD BE LIKE, HEY, SINCE WE'RE, WE DO A LOT OF OUR WORK THROUGH THESE AD HOC COMMITTEES, LIKE WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING LATELY WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEES, UM, ANY STATUS UPDATES ON THOSE. AND THEN BASED ON THAT, UM, ITEM SIX IS WHERE WE WOULD SET UP NEW AD HOC COMMITTEES, DISSOLVE ANYTHING NEEDED TO AND ASSIGN MEMBERS, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO THAT'S THE AGENDA CONCLUDES MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. WE'LL DO, UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK ROLL CALL. VOTE CHAIR LISA MAY BRUNSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR. JONATHAN DEMA. AYE. COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER EMILY WOODMAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER ASHLEY SCOTT. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON TID 26, THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT'S. SHORT TERM IT STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT. CAN I GET IT FIRST AND TO SECOND PLEASE? CHAIR MOTIONS WHOOPING THERE. SECOND. THANK YOU, BRIAN. YES, I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS ON THIS. WELL, WHILE, WHILE RYAN'S DOING THAT, UM, I'LL JUST INTRO TO USE THE TOPIC. SO TB 26 IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY, UH, KICKED IT OFF WITH, UM, WITH SOME TIE INTERNAL, UM, STAFF, UM, WORKSHOPS AND FOCUS GROUPS. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF DOING AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY AS WELL AS THE MEETINGS WITH DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES. UM, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE HAVING COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE WANT HAVE TO ENGAGE THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION AS WELL. THAT PART. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS IS REALLY YOUR FIRST FORMAL PRESENTATION ABOUT JANUARY 26. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RYAN K OR A TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER. GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH LEAH. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER. SO I'M HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT TID 26, WHICH IS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S, UM, SHORT TERM IT STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT. I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND WE'VE BEEN ALLUDING TO IT, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TODAY. SO WE'RE GONNA GO OVER KIND OF WHAT IT IS, UH, WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AND YOUR ROLE AS A COMMISSIONER. [00:10:01] UM, WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A COMMISSIONER IS TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL AND MEANINGFUL. AND THEN FINALLY, JUST ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT COME UP. SO WHAT IS TID 26? UM, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE DEPARTMENT'S SHORT TERM IT STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN AT THE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A GOAL OF, OF LEAH'S FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UM, SO THIS WILL BE A STRATEGIC PLAN WITH A CLEAR VISION PRINCIPLES FOCUS AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR US TO HAVE IN PLACE BY THE END OF 2026. UM, I WANNA NOTE THE VERY SHORT TIME HORIZON THERE. THIS IS A TWO YEAR PLAN, WHICH IS KIND OF UNUSUAL FOR THE CITY. UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO USE THIS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN HAVE AN ACTIONABLE ROADMAP TO GET THERE BY THE END OF 2026. UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE PLAN, UH, SYNC UP WITH THE CITY'S 2030 STRATEGIC VISION, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED I THINK IN 2022. UM, AS WELL AS T'S FORTHCOMING RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN, WHICH WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE THE SYNTHESIS OF, UH, OUR RACIAL EQUITY ADVOCATES TO FOCUS ON SOME SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN LONG BEACH. IT'S A SEPARATE EFFORT AS WELL. UM, SO THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO SYNC ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER INTO AN ACTIONABLE ROADMAP FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. SO AGAIN, OUR GOALS, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT OUR EXISTING NEEDS ARE, UM, WHILE ALSO LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT'S TO COME. UM, REALLY FOCUS ON PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE USER-FRIENDLY HUMAN-CENTERED TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL SERVICES. UH, AGAIN, ALIGNING WITH OUR EQUITY AND ACCESSIBILITY GOALS. UM, AND THIS WILL REALLY BE OUR NORTH STAR TOO, SO WE DON'T WANNA JUST PUBLISH THIS AND PUT THIS ON A SHELF. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS ACTIONABLE, THAT WE CAN HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY BUILT INTO THIS, UH, THAT OUR TID LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS BOUGHT IN AND CAN HOLD THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE BUY-IN FROM OUR CITY LEADERSHIP AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND OFFICIALS. UM, AND THEN ON THAT NOTE, THIS IS AN EXTERNAL DOCUMENT. SO WE DO ENVISION USING THIS TO EDUCATE THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, ABOUT WHAT OUR TECHNOLOGY, UH, RELATED PRIORITIES ARE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. OKAY. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND. UM, WELL, LIKE I SAID, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT LEAH'S BEEN PRIORITIZING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO WE WERE HAPPY TO FINALLY ISSUE AN RFP LOOKING FOR A STRATEGIC CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT US ON THIS WORK. UM, IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, UM, WE ENDED UP SELECTING A VENDOR CALLED THIRD WAVE. UM, THERE WAS AN EVALUATION TEAM THAT ASSISTED MYSELF, LEAH, AND THE REST OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE DEPARTMENT. UM, THIRD WAVE IS REALLY AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN IT, STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR GOVERNMENTS. UM, THEY'VE WORKED THE SIX OF THE LARGEST 10 CITIES. THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN 174 PLANS OUT THE DOOR, ALMOST ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THOSE GOVERNING BODIES. SO THEY'RE REALLY THE EXPERTS AND REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKING WITH THEM. UM, WE ALSO HELD A KICKOFF MEETING, UM, IN JANUARY WITH, UH, TID LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH DEPARTMENT. SO THE PICTURE THERE IS JUST A LITTLE EXERCISE WE DID WHERE WE HAD FOLKS THINK ABOUT WHAT THEIR GOALS WERE, WHAT THING THEY WERE EXCITED ABOUT, WHAT THEY MIGHT BE SKEPTICAL OF, AND THEN WHAT QUESTIONS THEY HAD. SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THE INTERNAL WORK. UM, AND A LITTLE LATER I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EXTERNAL WORK TO COME. SO AGAIN, THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN. THERE'LL BE A VISION, THERE'LL BE PRINCIPLES, UM, KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OR KPIS, UH, CONNECTED TO REAL OUTCOMES, STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. UH, IT GOVERNANCE, UH, STAFFING IS, IS A DEFINITELY A, A TOP PRIORITY FOR US AS WELL. AND BUILDING A PIPELINE THERE. UH, AND THEN ALSO FINANCING AND BUDGET TOO TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO BOTH OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS AND, UM, LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. AND THEN OF COURSE, LIVING IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP THAT KIND OF OUTLINES KIND OF A QUARTER BY QUARTER APPROACH FOR HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PLAN IS ALSO TO DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS MOVING FORWARD. UH, SINCE THIS ONLY GOES THROUGH 2026, WE DON'T WANNA JUST STOP THERE. WE WANNA DO ANOTHER ONE AFTER THAT AND AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT. OKAY. SO WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALREADY KIND OF, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS. UM, SO IN JANUARY WE HAD THAT KICKOFF MEETING. UH, JUST TO KIND OF GET ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THIS WAS WITH OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS. UM, OUR CONSULTANT THIRD WAVE HAS SINCE BEEN CONDUCTING A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXISTING PLANS ARE OUT THERE WITH AT BEST PRACTICES. UH, REVIEW OUR DEPARTMENT ORG CHARTS AND OTHER STRATEGIC PLANS. AND NOW WE'RE REALLY IN STEP TWO HERE, WHICH IS OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY CONDUCTED FIVE STAFF FOCUS GROUPS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. UM, AND WE HAVE 30 INTERVIEWS THAT ARE SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THEN ALSO DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I KNOW AARON FOR ONE, IS EXCITED TO MAYBE PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THOSE . UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE REALIZE THAT WE CAN'T DO THIS PLAN IF WE DON'T ALSO ENGAGE THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS, [00:15:01] UH, AND RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS. SO TO THAT END, WE'VE PREPARED A COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, THAT WE WANT TO ISSUE TO THE REST OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR INPUT. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE HOSTING TWO FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL, UM, WITH LONG BEACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. UM, AND IF YOU SLIDE OVER TO THE, YOUR ROLE CATEGORY HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION. UM, SO I KNOW WE'RE CONTEMPLATING POSSIBLY FORMING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TODAY TO SUPPORT T 80 26. UM, THE ROLE OF THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE COULD BE TO SUPPORT MORE, UH, ON A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL THE DESIGN AND THE PROMOTION OF THE SURVEY AND THE FOCUS GROUPS. EVEN IF WE'RE NOT PART OF THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE, WE'D STILL LOVE THE COMMISSION SUPPORT, UH, ATTENDING THE FOCUS GROUPS, PROMOTING THE FOCUS GROUPS, AND ALSO WEIGHING IN ON THE FINAL STRATEGIC PLAN DOCUMENT. SO OUR GOAL IS TO ACTUALLY PUBLISH THIS BY JULY, AND WE WANNA MOVE QUICKLY, UM, AND JUST GET THIS OUT 'CAUSE IT IS MEANT TO BE A SHORT TERM PLAN. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO LIKE TO LEAD WITH, UH, DATA AND METRICS AND WE'RE TRYING TO SET AN EXAMPLE HERE. SURE. UM, FOR 25. YEAH. SO THEN THE, OH, THAT DRAFT PLAN, THAT, THAT LAST ROW, I DON'T THINK YOU KIND OF GLOSSED OVER IT. UM, YEAH, I CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT SHOULD READ TII 26. WE INITIALLY, UH, WE INITIALLY CALLED ITI 25 AND WE REALIZED, OH CRAP, IT'S ALREADY 2023. WE 24 24, WE MOVE THIS BACK A YEAR. YEAH. UM, BUT YEAH, AFTER WE CONDUCT THE, THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UM, WE WILL KIND OF BE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER IN THIS FINAL TASK HERE. SO DEVELOPING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND PUBLISHING THE DOCUMENT. UM, AND WE WANNA GET REVIEW AT ALL LEVELS. SO WE WANNA SHARE IT BACK WITH TID STAFF, WITH STAFF FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH THE COMMISSION, AND THEN FINALLY PRESENTING IT TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AS WELL. AND WE WOULD LOVE, AGAIN, THE COMMISSION'S SUPPORT. YOU'RE GONNA, UH, SUBMIT THIS TO THE MAYOR IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME, JUNE, JULY. I THINK THE GOAL WOULD BE TO PRESENT THIS AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, AND THEN WE COULD PROBABLY TO STRATEGIZE A LITTLE BIT ON THE ASK THAT WE HAVE, IF THERE'S A FUNDING OR COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT YEAH, WE WANT TO GET MORE VISIBILITY ON THIS SO WE CAN GET FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE THINGS. GREAT. UM, SO WE DID SET SOME METRICS, UH, AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR THIS TID 26 EFFORT AS A WHOLE. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING, UH, A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS. SO WE'VE ALREADY MET OUR FIRST GOAL OF ENGAGING MORE THAN 50 TID STAFF. WE'RE UP TO 75 OR 80 THROUGH OUR FOCUS GROUPS, UH, HOPING TO GET ENGAGEMENT FROM OVER 200, UH, STAFF FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OVER 500 LONG BEACH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. UH, AT THE SAME TIME. KK NUMBER TWO IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, A SAMPLE SIZE AND, AND FEEDBACK THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF LONG BEACH'S COMMUNITY AND DEMOGRAPHICS. SO WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING THAT, UH, ASKING THOSE DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS FOR THE SURVEY. UH, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD INTO ACCOUNTABILITY AFTER THE PLAN IS PUBLISHED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE END OF 26. UH, AND THEN ALSO COMMIT TO REPORTING ON A QUARTERLY BASIS HOW WE DO WITH OUR PLAN AND OUR OUTCOMES. AND THAT THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU BROUGHT ON, ARE THEY GO, ARE THEY JUST SUPPORTING IN CREATING THE PLAN OR ARE THEY SUPPORTING IN LIKE EXECUTION AS WELL? THEY'RE GONNA BE SUPPORTING CREATION. YEAH. SO THEY'LL HELP ADVISE US, I THINK, ON AN ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE. BUT AFTER THE PLAN IS COMPLETED AND APPROVED, UH, THEY WILL YEAH, NO LONGER BE PART OF THE EFFORT. SO I JUST WANNA CLOSE A LITTLE BIT WITH, UM, SOME EXAMPLE PLANS THAT WE FOUND PARTICULARLY INSPIRING, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. UM, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON, THEIR DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY. UM, AND THEY JUST HAVE A LOT OF VERY FORWARD THINKING, PROACTIVE STATEMENTS HERE, LIKE FOCUSING ON CONSTITUENTS, UH, PROVIDING CONVENIENCE, FOCUSING ON GOVERNANCE AND BRIDGING GAPS AND CONNECTIVITY. UM, SO PEOPLE CAN THRIVE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD. AND THEY ALSO DO A NICE JOB OF KIND OF EXPLAINING HOW IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER AND THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, UM, THEIR, THEIR PLAN IS ALSO QUITE USER FRIENDLY. UH, WE SEE ONE OF OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS OF THIS PLAN AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH. SO, UM, ACTUALLY AS PART OF OUR RFP SCOPE, WE DID HAVE OUR CONSULTANT PUTTING TOGETHER LIKE A-H-T-M-L WEB-BASED VERSION OF THE PLAN TWO. SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE A LONG, UH, DENSE PDF DOCUMENT, LIKE OTHER IT PLANS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY USER-FRIENDLY AND DIGESTIBLE BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO CLOSE, UM, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT CAN I DO AS A COMMISSIONER TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL? UM, OTHER THAN SOME OF THE WAYS I OUTLINED EARLIER AND HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. UM, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE A, BE A CHAMPION FOR TID 26. UM, WHEN YOU ARE SHARING THIS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR ATTENDING FOCUS GROUPS, OR WHETHER IT'S NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, OR EVEN YOUR PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, JUST BE A CHAMPION FOR IT AND ADVOCATE FOR WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. UM, I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND VOICE YOUR OWN THOUGHTS, UM, IN THE FOCUS GROUP SETTING OR IN SPACES LIKE THIS. UM, AND AGAIN, BRING OTHERS TO THE TABLE TOO. UM, NUMBER THREE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, I REALLY WANNA FOCUS, [00:20:01] UH, WE'D LIKE THIS TO FOCUS REALLY ON OUTCOMES AND IMPACT. SO WHAT IS THE OUTCOME LIKE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT PARTNERS OR FOR END USERS IN LONG BEACH? ARE THEY ABLE TO ACCESS SERVICES FASTER? ARE THEY ABLE TO GET INFORMATION THEY NEED FASTER ON THE WEBSITE? UM, I THINK FOCUSING ON THAT WILL HELP US MAKE SURE OUR PLAN IS REALLY ROOTED IN WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND CAN HAVE REAL IMPACT. UM, AND THEN JUST A TIP TOO, UH, THIRD WAVE IS OUR CONSULTANT. I THINK THE, THE WAY THEY OPERATE IS THE MORE SOMETHING IS MENTIONED, THE MORE IT'S IN THE PLAN. MM-HMM. . UH, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU DO ATTEND FOCUS GROUPS. UM, AND THEN LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THIS IS MEANT TO BE A TOOL TO EDUCATE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF IT AS WELL, UM, AND THINKING ABOUT MAKING THIS UNDERSTANDABLE FOR, AGAIN, A LARGE AUDIENCE BEYOND JUST OUR DEPARTMENT. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'LL HAVE. THANKS. IT IS INTERESTING HOW YOU SAID LIKE THE MORE SOMETHING IS MENTIONED, THE MORE LIKELY IT WOULD BE COOL IF, IF THE SURVEY ITSELF HAD LIKE A LIVE COMPONENT WHERE I COULD LIKE UP VOTE IF SOMEONE'S MENTIONING SOMETHING LIKE I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, BUT I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, THAT PUT ME DOWN FOR THAT ONE. THAT'S GOOD. MM-HMM. . YEAH. WILL THERE BE UM, SORT OF A LIKE KIT OR LIKE A SET OF COMMUNICATIONS OR MATERIALS THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH OUR NETWORKS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE? YEAH. YEAH. WE DEFINITELY, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. YEAH. WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT? TYPICALLY DONE LIKE A NEWSLETTER BLURB AND LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA POSTER OR TWO AND THEN LIKE YEAH. EVEN LIKE A SAMPLE EMAIL FOR YOU ALL TO SEND OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? UM, YES. AND I THINK ALSO LIKE IF THERE WAS PERHAPS A GOOGLE SO THAT, SO IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND IT'S NOT TOO MUCH WORK ON YOUR END. LIKE MAYBE ANY LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATIONS OR GRAPHICS OR INFORMATION, UM, SUGGESTED COPY COULD ALL BE MAYBE IN A GOOGLE, UH, DRIVE OKAY. THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH EVERYONE. AND WE COULD, AND ANYTIME THAT'S UPDATED, ANYTIME YOU HAVE, UM, LIKE BENCHMARKS OR NEW COMMUNICATIONS SENT OUT, WE JUST KNOW LIKE YOUR STAKEHOLDERS KNOW TO BE ABLE TO JUST DROP INTO THAT DRIVE AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LIKE KIND OF FOLLOW THE JOURNEY WITH YOU ALL AND STILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMPIONS ON THE LONG TERM OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO A, WE ARE PLANNING TO ISSUE I THINK A CITYWIDE PRESS RELEASE FOR A MEDIA ALERT, UM, AS WELL AS SOME CITYWIDE OR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM THE CITY'S MAIN ACCOUNT. SO WE CAN SHARE THOSE . YEAH. AND THOSE WOULD YOU WOULD DROP THOSE IN THERE TOO IN THE GOOGLE DOC. YEAH. . EXACTLY. WHAT'S THE, UM, APPROACH TO REACHING COMMUNITY MEMBERS? THE OUTREACH APPROACH? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION. SO I THINK WE ARE PLANNING TO DO SOME DIGITAL OUTREACH, LIKE I MENTIONED, LIKE THE PRESS RELEASE AND, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ALSO HAVE SOME NEWSLETTERS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA SHARE IT THROUGH THOSE. TYPICALLY WE'VE ALSO HAD SUCCESS WORKING THROUGH THE COMMISSION, UM, AND WORKING THROUGH CITY COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE MAYOR AND THEIR NEWSLETTERS. SO I THINK WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT AGAIN. UM, AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH, WE ALSO WANNA HEAR IT FROM PEOPLE THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS DIGITALLY CONNECTED. MM-HMM. . SO I CERTAINLY WELCOME ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE LIKE PAPER OR PHYSICAL FLYERS AND PUT THOSE AT LIKE COMMUNITY CENTERS OR PARKS AND LIBRARIES. AND LIBRARIES. YEAH. YEAH. I WAS THINKING LIKE ANY LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR BUSINESS GROUPS AND THEN I SAW WHERE YOU SAID FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS. MM-HMM. , YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD THAT DATA TOO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SHOULD BE TARGETING. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. FOCUSING ON PARTS OF THE CITY THAT MAYBE ARE UNDER CONNECTED OR LOWER RATES OF LIKE AT HOME INTERNET OR MM-HMM. PC OWNERSHIP. YOU ARE ALSO THINKING OF PUTTING IT LIKE A QR CODE AND A SIGN DOWNSTAIRS IN A LOBBY BECAUSE PAY THEIR BILLS. THAT'S EXPLORE. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD REMINDER. THANKS. THAT JUST CAME UP. I DIDN'T TELL YOU YET, . YEAH, I KNOW. AND I THINK LIKE THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TOO WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THEY'VE EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYED SOME OF THESE SURVEYS IN OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY DONE THIS. YEAH. YEAH. SO WHAT IS THEIR SCOPE OF WORK? WOULD THEY ALSO, ARE THEY JUST IMP ARE THEY JUST CREATING A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THEN ARE THEY ALSO GOING TO SHARE THAT INFORMA, UH, ONBOARD YOUR, THE, THE TEAMS OR THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE ONBOARDED WITH THAT INFORMATION? OR WOULD THAT BE ON YOU GUYS TO DO? UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY ONBOARDING EXACTLY. WELL, JUST GETTING THEM THE INFORMATION. LIKE THIS IS OUR PLAN, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE OH, OKAY. SO THEY'RE PRIMARILY, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF DOING MOST OF THE TASKS HERE. SO, UM, THEY HELPED ORGANIZE OUR KICKOFF AND FACILITATE THAT. THEY'VE FACILITATED THE FIVE FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE'VE HAD [00:25:01] SO FAR. UM, THEY DEVELOPED THE FIRST DRAFTS OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND THE STAFF SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS. UM, AND THEN THEY'VE ALSO DONE SOME OF THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, LIKE DOING RESEARCH ON BEST PRACTICES. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME INTERVIEWS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER IT DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE FROM PEER CITIES. AND THEN YEAH, THEY'LL BE PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER OKAY. USING THAT METHODOLOGY WHERE LIKE THE MORE FREQUENTLY IT'S MENTIONED, THE MORE IT'LL COME UP AND OKAY. TAPPING INTO THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE TOO. YEAH. OKAY. WITH THE, UM, EXISTING FOCUS GROUPS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, UM, WERE THERE LIKE ANY, UH, ANY FEEDBACK OR OUTCOMES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS GOING FORWARD? OH, LIKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PROCESS? YEAH. OR THE, THE SURVEYS OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, WE DID GET SOME FEEDBACK ACTUALLY AT OUR KICKOFF MEETING THAT DEPARTMENTS WANTED TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THIS OTHER THAN JUST THE SURVEY. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE SCHEDULED THE MANAGEMENT INTERVIEWS, THE 30 MANAGEMENT INTERVIEWS TO GIVE DEPARTMENTS A CHANCE TO SPEAK ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR CONSULTANT ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING. IS THAT, AND I, IT'D BE INTERESTING TO DIG MORE INTO THAT IS LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE SURVEY COULD CAPTURE THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS OR SUGGESTIONS OR WHERE IS THERE, SO THE SURVEY IS GOING TO LIKE ALL 6,000 EMPLOYEES. YEAH. AND THE SURVEY IS, IS GREAT, BUT IT IS ONLY ONE TOOL. AND, AND I THINK THE DEPARTMENTS, AND I ACTUALLY LITERALLY WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM, I REALIZED WE, WE NEEDED TO HEAR FROM THEM MORE THAN JUST LIKE ONE SURVEY. LIKE SO THEY COULD FILL UP THE SURVEY. THEY'RE ONE OF 6,000 PEOPLE PULLING OFF THE SURVEY, BUT YET, SO 'CAUSE EACH DEPARTMENT REP HAS A HIGH LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE WHO'S KIND OF SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT. SO HAVING THESE 30 MINUTE INTERVIEWS GIVES 'EM A MORE DEDICATED SPACE, UM, TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITH TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW. IS SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM GOING TO BE PRESENT DURING THOSE INTERVIEWS WITH A THIRD PARTY? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. YEAH. YEAH. AND BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE OFFERED FOR THEM, LIKE I WANT 'EM TO FEEL SPEAK. YEAH. YEAH. BUT IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE PERCEIVED SO FAR TO THE GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY, I DON'T WANNA SPOIL ANYTHING, BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK. UM, SOME THEMES LIKE IT GOVERNANCE HAS COME UP A LOT. LIKE HOW DO WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS IN A MORE STRUCTURED FASHION AND PROVIDE MORE STANDARDS AND GUARDRAILS AROUND TECHNOLOGY. UM, STAFFING COMES UP QUITE OFTEN IN THE CITY'S HIGH VACANCY RATES. UM, SYSTEM MODERNIZATION OF CYBERSECURITY. OF COURSE. YEAH. SO WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME THEMES FOR SURE. THANKS. GREAT. IS THERE ANY MORE COMMENT? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? SEEING NONE, WE'LL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL VOTE CHAIR, LISA MAY BRUNSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR JONATHAN DIAZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER WOODMAN N AYE. COMMISSIONER SCOTT CHITTICK. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION 2024 TOPICS. CAN I GET A FIRST AND A SECOND TO LISTEN TO THE ITEM? REN MOTIONS. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO, UM, SO IN, WE DIDN'T, SORRY WE DIDN'T DO HANDOUTS, BUT UM, WE CAN ZOOM IN AND MAKE THIS BIGGER, A LITTLE BIGGER. YEAH. UM, BUT THIS, THIS IS OUR PLANNING MATRIX AND IT'S IN ORDER, LET'S SEE, WHAT ORDER IS IT? UH, IT'S JUST IN THIS KIND OF ARBITRARY ORDER RIGHT NOW. OH, OKAY. IT'S NOT ORGANIZED BY TIMEFRAME. YEAH, YEAH. . OKAY. BUT, UM, YEAH, WE JUST, THE VERY FIRST ITEM WAS THE TID 26 AND YOU JUST HEARD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT AND YOU, YOU COULD SEE THE ROLES FOR THE TECH AND THE GOALS FOR THE TECH AND THROUGH THE STAFF LEAD IS IF YOU SCROLL OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHAT DATE IT'S ESTIMATED START AND I DID UPDATE THAT TODAY STARTING, YOU KNOW, THIS QUARTER STARTED THIS FIRST QUARTER. UM, IT SAYS APRIL APRIL'S PROBABLY WHEN WE'RE MEETING DOING THE COMMUNITY WORK, BUT WE HAD THE PRESENTATION WITH THE TECH JUST TODAY. UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WOMEN NANCE, I INDEED ARM AS THE POTENTIAL COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. IS THAT WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME? IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH. AND WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE, YOU KNOW, SO THE WAY THE A HOC COMMITTEES WORK THAT YOU CAN HAVE YEAH. . YEAH, SURE. . [00:30:01] IT SOUNDS LIKE, RIGHT? A LOT. YEAH. AND I WOULD SAY THIS IS A SHORT TERM COMMITMENT. UM, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY NEED IT MAYBE TWO OR THREE TIMES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS JUST TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUPS AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THOSE AND MAYBE GET SOME OF INSIGHT ON HOW WE CAN PROMOTE THIS AS WELL. SO, MM-HMM. . YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT ONE. ANYTHING ELSE? AND THEN, UM, THE, OUR NEXT ONE THAT'S COMING UP IS THE RACIAL EQUITY AND ACTION PLANNING. AND UM, WHAT WE DISCUSSED IS EITHER APRIL OR MAY WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, A RACIAL EQUITY 1 0 1 SESSION WITH THE COMMISSION JUST RE REORIENTATE EVERYONE TO OUR RACIAL EQUITY CONCEPTS AND WHY IT MATTERS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT. AND THEN THAT WILL KIND OF HAVE THE COMMISSION BE GROUNDED, UM, AND PREPARED TO THEN, UM, BE ABLE TO REVIEW OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS AN INTERNALLY DEVELOPED PLAN. BUT WE DID WANNA GET INPUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FINALIZED. AND I BELIEVE THOSE PLANS, UM, I THINK LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING FINALIZED MORE IN JUNE, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S BEING EXTENDED A LITTLE BIT SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. UM, SO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST IS WHEN WE WANT THOSE TO BE, UM, FINALIZED. AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE SET UP A COMMITTEE ON THAT. I THINK WHAT WE ANTICIPATE DOING FOR THAT IS JUST BRINGING IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION AND THEN OKAY. WE ALREADY, THE DATA OF PRIVACY WILL BE HEARING A REPORT OUT FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON, ON MARS LEADING THAT WORK FROM THE STAFF SIDE. UM, SO THAT ONE'S ALREADY SET AND IT HAS TWO MEMBERS TECHNICALLY COULD GET A THIRD. SO WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT. UM, AS WELL, WE GET THE LAST SIGN TO SIGN ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. UM, AND THEN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP IS ALSO AN ONGOING COMMITTEE. UH, WE HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES RIGHT NOW AND, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP IS WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A TWO YEAR ACTION PLAN FOR THAT AS WELL. BUT THAT'S GONNA BE RUN BY ALL OF OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH THEN INCLUDES EVERYBODY FROM LIKE UNIVERSITIES, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. SO, UM, WE HAVE TWO, TWO TECH MEMBERS ON THAT RIGHT NOW THAT ALSO COULD USE A THIRD OR COULD HAVE A THIRD. UM, AND THEN THE COM THE COMMITTEE'S GONNA BE RE REED TOGETHER IN JULY IN PERSON I BELIEVE IN PERSON. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, YEAH, AND THEN THEY'LL, ANOTHER ONE IS ASSIST WITH CIVIC USER TESTING AND THEN DEVELOPMENT CIVIC USER TESTING PLAYBOOK. SO THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION, UM, THE PLAYBOOK, BUT JUST THIS IS MORE OF AN ONGOING THING WHERE PROMOTING THE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE USER TESTERS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED USABILITY TESTERS, UM, RECRUITING THAT OR BEING SERVING AS A TESTER OF SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS. DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD HAVE A ROLE WITH ANY OF OUR, THAT COHORT AND THE TESTERS WERE POSSIBLY. POSSIBLY, YEAH. I THINK THE MORE, UM, A PROJECT THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE CHAT BOTT, THE CITY BOT CHAT BOTT. MM-HMM. , THAT'S A PILOT WE'RE DOING AS AN AI BASED CHAT BOT RIGHT NOW. AND WE ARE LOOKING TO TEST THAT EXTERNALLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. SO YEAH, PRETTY INTERESTED. YEAH. SO THAT'S THAT ONE. YEAH. WE HAVEN'T STARTED THIS ONE, BUT A PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMUNITY TECH FESTIVALS, PART OF THE PART OF SMART CITY INITIATIVE. WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT POSITION COORDINATING THAT WITH ONE ROMAN TECH CONFERENCE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND NOW IS GONNA BE IN LATE JANUARY. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO GET THAT. WE HAVE MORE TIME, BUT WE, BUT WE WILL BE PLANNING . WELL THIS ONE DID WE ALSO TALK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? OH YEAH. MM-HMM. THAT WOULD BE, YEAH. AND I JUST MENTIONED THAT THEY JUST, UM, MET FOR THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY IN A WHILE, SO THEY JUST RECONVENED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. SO MIGHT BE GOOD TIMING. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, THE, I, THIS ITEM EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, WHAT CAME OUT OF THIS WAS OUR GENERATIVE AI, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE HELPING US WITH DEVELOPING INTERNAL GUIDANCE, EVERYTHING. STILL GET A, WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL LATER TODAY. I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSE TO WINDING THAT ONE DOWN. MM-HMM. . BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGY THAT SPINS UP LATER, LIKE, HEY, WE WANNA START LOOKING AT MORE AR VR USE CASES AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD HAVE, THAT COULD BE SPUN UP. AND THEN, UM, THE CITY PLATFORM USER EXPERIENCE, UM, COULD, THE WAY IT WAS TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WAS ALSO LIKE THE STANDARDS FOR LIKE A PLAYBOOK OR A STANDARD FOR UX DESIGN AND AREA INTO WAS LIKE A, IF THE CITY HAD SIDE BY SIDE WITH LIKE WEB CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES IN SIMILAR SPACE FOR USABILITY TESTING AND PRACTICES OR STANDARDS FOR WHAT THE CITY APPLICATIONS [00:35:01] WOULD BE CITY. NOT JUST ADOPTING THE OTHERS, BUT OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING VENDORS AND INTERNAL PROJECTS COULD BE . YEAH. AND SO THAT HASN'T BEEN LAUNCHED YET, BUT LIKE I'M DEFINITELY VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. AND YEAH. AND WE HAVE ALSO THE PARKING TECHNOLOGY, UM, TO SUPPORT TRACK THAT HASN'T STARTED THE POTENTIALLY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE DATA AND HAVING THAT BE MAYBE A SUBJECT OF A HACKATHON AND THEN LOW, UM, NOT LOW, BUT, AND ALSO JUST ONE THING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT YOU WOULD, LIKE, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF ONE OF YOUR ROLES IS ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, TO BE CHAMPIONS OF WHAT THE CITY'S DOING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND, AND LEARNING AND, YOU KNOW, INNOVATION IS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY. SO THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE WE, WE HAVE A LIGHT MEETING AGENDA, WE'RE LIKE, HEY, LET'S TELL YOU ABOUT DOING THE LEARNING COMMITTEE. WE COULD DO THAT. YEAH. I THINK WITH NUMBER 12 TOO, WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT TYING THAT IN WITH THE CITIES. UM, WHAT WORKS CITIES EFFORT. MM-HMM. . I THINK JONATHAN MENTIONED THAT LAST TIME. YEAH. SO WHAT WORKS CITIES IS A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ABOUT OUR USE OF DATA AND EVIDENCE, UM, FOR DECISION MAKING. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL CERTIFIED RIGHT NOW WORKING TO RECERTIFY. MM-HMM. . SO, AND THAT'S TIMELY AS WELL. YEAH. OUR CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER IS LEADING THAT WORK. MM-HMM. . SO THOSE, THAT'S OUR PLANNING, UM, ROADMAP. IS THERE ANYTHING MISSING OR DO YOU FEEL NO, I THINK THAT'S A LOT. THAT'S A LOT. YEAH. IT'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF THOUGH. YEAH. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, JUST A COMMENT, UM, FOR CLARITY AND JUST, UH, THIS, PLEASE, YOU CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING INCORRECT, BUT, UM, THIS REPRESENTS A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE AS A GROUP HAVE DECIDED THAT WE CARE ABOUT AND WANNA WORK ON. BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS THAT POP UP HERE AND THERE AND WE CAN BRING THEM TO ALEJANDRA OR WHO TO GET ON THE AGENDA. HOW DOES THAT WORK? YEAH, SO WE, WHAT WE MENTIONED WAS LIKE IF YOU HAVE SOME, A TOPIC OR ITEM THAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT OR ADD TO THIS YEAH. TO SEND AN EMAIL TO ALEX BECAUSE WE HAVE ALEJANDRA BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, BROWN ACT WE CAN'T HAVE YEAH. COMMUNICATING. YEAH. SO, AND ACTUALLY THERE IS ONE TOPIC THAT HAS EMERGED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE PRESENTED THIS, WHICH IS, UM, CITY OF LA TOOK A POSITION ON DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION. AND SO THERE WE MIGHT WANNA TAKE A POSITION ON DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION AS WELL. AND THAT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT OUR, WE COULD WORK WITH OUR STEPHANIE AS , WHICH IS OUR DIGITAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER. ECONOMIC INCLUSION OFFICER. ON THAT COULD BE, WOULD THIS ALSO INCLUDE LIKE AI ETHICS AND OF THAT NATURE? YEAH, SO THIS, YEAH, THE DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION WAS MORE ABOUT DIGITAL. IT WAS MORE ABOUT INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE WAY THEY, UM, THE CHARGING, THE RATE, THE RATES THEY CHARGED IN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY BASED ON SERVICE THAT WAS PROVIDED. UM, AND THERE, AND FCC ACTUALLY HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAS A LAW AGAINST DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION. SO, UM, WE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACKING ON THAT, BUT OUR, LIKE, THE ETHICS ON AI AND, AND NON-DISCRIMINATION OR ON ALGORITHMS THAT KIND OF TIES INTO SOME OF OUR DATA PRIVACY WORK. MM-HMM. . YEAH. AND OUR DIGITAL EQUITY WORK AS WELL. YEAH. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT OR BRINGING UP AS A COMMISSION? OH, I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT GETTING DEEPER INTO THAT WORK SINCE I'VE GONE DOWN THE AI RABBIT HOLE, UM, . SO THEN I'VE DISCOVERED, OH CRAP, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO TAKE TACKLE THAT OR NOT. I MEAN, I DO, BUT IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE LEFT ON THE COMMISSION, I'LL, I'LL, UNLESS OTHER PEOPLE WANTED TO DIVE INTO THAT. BUT I GUESS IT WOULD ALSO TIE INTO HOW IMPORTANT, LIKE HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE GONNA INTEGRATE AI AND THAT INNOVATION INTO WHAT YOU'RE DOING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND MAYBE LIKE TO GET CLARITY ON, SO IN NASHVILLE RECENTLY THEY PASSED THE ELVIS ACT, WHICH IS FOR PROTECTING TALENT AGAINST AI, AI USE CASES, SPECIFICALLY THE ACRONYM. IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO TALENT AND, AND AI, UM, PROTECTION. BUT IF THIS WAS A MUNICIPAL LEVEL MOVEMENT THAT WAS RAISED FROM, COULD START IN A ROOM JUST LIKE THIS OR IN THE CITY COUNCIL. SO LIKE THAT'S PERHAPS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WHERE IF SOMEBODY CARES ENOUGH, THIS IS WHERE WE START AND THEN WE BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL ONCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. SO, SO YEAH, LIKE IDENTIFY WHERE, BECAUSE NASHVILLE HAS A HUGE, UM, MUSIC COMMUNITY THAT [00:40:01] MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO WE WOULD WANNA IDENTIFY WHERE LONG BEACH COMMUNITIES COULD BE IMPACTED. YEAH. THERE'S SOME REALLY FANTASTIC WORK HAPPENING AMONG AT THE CITY LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL AROUND AI GOVERNANCE. UM, CALIFORNIA JUST PASSED, LIKE AI PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES. THERE WAS THE WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THERE'S A GROUP CALLED THE GOV AI COALITION WITH OVER 140 MUNICIPALITIES THAT'S CONVENING, HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL STANDARDS FOR, UH, AI POLICIES AND, UH, CONTRACT LANGUAGE WITH AI VENDORS AND AI USE CASE REGISTRY, A VENDOR REGISTRY, UM, AND THE GOALS FOR CITIES LIKE LONG BEACH TO ADOPT SOME OF THESE THINGS AS IT MAKES SENSE FOR US. WELL, I MEAN, LONG BEACH HAS, I MEAN, IN THE EIGHT YEARS I'VE BEEN AT THE COMMISSION AND HAVE BEEN MORE INTEGRATED IN YOUR GOALS, HAS ALWAYS MADE IT A POINT TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO EXPLORE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHERE AI INNOVATION CAN IMPACT OR SUPPORT, UM, COMMUNITY. AND AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR DIGITAL PLATFORMS, HOW GENERATIVE AI OR HOW, HOW THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN SUPPORT YOUR INITIATIVES. MM-HMM. . YEAH. IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO EXPLORE. I DO WANNA UPLIFT THE WORK OF COMMISSIONER AND CALLAHAN TO HELPING US DEVELOP THE INITIAL GENERATIVE AI GUIDANCE THAT THE CITY IS ISSUED BACK IN JANUARY. UM, WHICH STARTS TO CONTEMPLATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS IT AS IT RELATES TO CITY STAFF'S USE OF AI SYSTEMS. MM-HMM. . YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S EARLY DAYS YET, BUT IT'S COMING. IT'S COMING. SO LAST TUESDAY, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. LAST TUESDAY OF THE LONG BEACH LGBTQ PLUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I GAVE A PRESENTATION AND A TUTORIAL TO 10 BUSINESS PEOPLE ON HOW TO AUTOMATE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA USING CHAT GPT TO PULL CUSTOMER DATA AFTER THE COMMENT IS MADE ON AN INSTAGRAM POST. PULL CUSTOMER DATA FROM THEIR PRIVATE DATABASE, COMBINE IT WITH AI PROMPTS, SEND IT TO OPEN AI OUTSIDE THEIR SYSTEM, WE'LL PROCESS BACK, PUT IT IN GOOGLE SHEETS, AND REPLY TO INSTAGRAM AND THROW IT IN A VR EXPERIENCE ALL AT ONCE. JUST MICROCOSM, SHOWING ALL THE CRAZY THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE AND HOW MANY SYSTEMS AND PUT DATA IN OVER LUNCH. SO THEY GOT FULL IN LOTS OF WAYS, BUT I'M SAYING IS I'M NOT GONNA STOP FROM WHAT I'M DOING OUTSIDE THIS TABLE. MM-HMM. TEACHING PEOPLE THE STUFF IN THIS TOWN. SO LIKE, IT'S HAPPENING, LIKE IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND LIKE WE'RE TEACHING PEOPLE AND I TALKED ABOUT OUR WORK. I SAID, GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE, READ THIS THING, READ THE GUIDELINES AS YOU GO IN. GUESS I'M JUST SAYING THAT LIKE IT'S CLOSER THAN YOU MAY THINK. OH YEAH. BECAUSE IT'S DRAG AND DROP FOR THAT. MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO OUR NEXT, UH, TOPIC, WHICH IS, OH, QUICK QUESTION. UM, CAN WE GET A LIST OF THESE THINGS? AND THEN IS THERE AN ACTION ITEM FOR US TO SIGN UP? YEAH. ON NUMBER SIX, WE WILL BE ESTABLISHING NEW A HOC COMMISSIONS AND, UM, ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE GIVEN, UM, TODAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND UPLOAD THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW TO GRANNY CASEON. I'LL EMAIL YOU GUYS AS WELL. MARK. YES. WE'LL, THE CROWN OF THIS LIST. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RYAN OR LEAH COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A QUICK ROLL CALL VOTE CHAIR LISA MAY BRUNSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR JONATHAN DIAZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER WOODMAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER SCOTT CHITTICK. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE DATA PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE. CAN I GET A FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE? CHAIR BRUNSON MOTIONS, MR. CHI, SECOND . SO REALLY THIS IS JUST AN OPEN SPACE TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE WORK OF THOSE AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY FORMED AND, AND HAVE A MEETING. UM, SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY UPDATES? MORNING, DO YOU? SO, UM, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, UH, COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING WHERE BEST TO SLOT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT [00:45:01] AND PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS. WHETHER IT IS, UM, DEPENDING ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF PRINT ON THE TECHNOLOGY OR PROJECT, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WHEN IT COMES TO ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY? AND THEN ALSO ON THE SAME, UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES THAT ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR EVENTS, FOR EDUCATION, FOR THE PRIVACY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, FOR PROPOSED POLICIES, UM, IDENTIFYING HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE COMMUNITY, UH, EXPERTISE AND JUST SENTIMENT IN OUR WORK. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. AND I THINK JUST A QUICK REPORT ON THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE. I THINK WE'RE ALSO MEETING THIS WEEK ALSO. YES. FRIDAY. FRIDAY, YEAH. UM, SO I KNOW WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT POSSIBLY, UM, DISSOLVING THE COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE TIME BEING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS, TWO MONTHS SINCE WE PASSED THE, OR PUT OUT THE INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR GENERATIVE AI AS A CITY. UM, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO REPORT OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT OMAR AND I HAVE RECEIVED ON THE GUIDANCE AND QUESTIONS WE'VE HAD CITY STAFF ABOUT AI. UM, SO I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY STILL THE POSSIBILITY TO, TO REENGAGE THE COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND BASED ON WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL HAD TO SAY HERE AS WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO TAKE IT UP, WE COULD CERTAINLY REENGAGE THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. ON THAT SAME NOTE, I THINK IT'S NOT GENERATED AI SPECIFICALLY OR AS THE, BECAUSE THAT THE LINE ITEM ON THE BIG CHART WAS EMERGING TECH AND THIS WAS A USE CASE. SO JUST TO WIDEN THE GAP ON THAT AND AND ALSO SHOW WHY THIS WILL SHUT DOWN. YEAH. YEAH. AND THE, THE INTERIM GUIDANCE IS ON OUR CITY WEBSITE. SO, AND I THINK WAS, IT COMES UP REALLY HIGH ON THE SEARCH RESULTS IF YOU JUST SAY LONG BEACH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. YEAH. . IT'S KIND OF, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR RYAN OR LEAH ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE? SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A QUICK ROLL CALL VOTE CHAIR LISA MAY BRUNSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR. JONATHAN DEMA. AYE. COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER WOODMAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER SCOTT CHIDI. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH THE TID 26 STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE AND TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND OR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES. MAY I GET A FIRST AND A SECOND PLEASE? THERE IN MOTION. ALL HAND SECOND. THANK YOU. CAN YOU, CAN YOU PULL UP THE MATRIX AGAIN? SURE, OF COURSE. YEAH, SO WE, I THINK WE WERE THERE WERE, WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE. WE ACTUALLY FORMALLY CREATED THE STRATEGIC PLANNING A HOC COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE PUTTING IT IN WRITING RIGHT HERE. SO IT'S BEING FORMED TODAY. UM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD TWO MEMBERS THAT WANTED TO SERVE ON IT, BUT THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS SO WE CAN, WE CAN ADD YOU TO, TO THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. AND AT THIS POINT, FROM JUST WHAT RYAN WAS SAYING HERE AND DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE WANTING TO DISSOLVE ANY OF OUR EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES. UM, YEAH, SO THE QUESTION IS THOUGH, IS THERE ANY, ANY OTHER CHANGES IN OR ADDITIONS OF ANY MEMBERS TO ANY OF THE, THE COMMITTEES OR, UM, THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN, BUT UM, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE LIST MORE CLOSE. THIS IS GONNA BE A STANDING. YEAH, THIS WILL BE A STANDING. YEAH. UH, THANKS ON THE AGENDA. SO YEAH. 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND ALSO THE COMMISSIONER'S TIME OR COMMITMENTS MIGHT CHANGE TOO. AND SO, UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA HAVE A SPACE FOR COMMISSIONERS SO THEY FEEL LIKE, OH I HAVE TO ROLL OFF AN APP ON COMMITTEE OR I WANNA ADD, OR I HAVE MORE ROOM NOW TO ADD MY CULTURE. WE CAN LOOK AT THIS, BUT WE'LL ADD YOU FOR SURE TO THE, THIS NEW STRATEGIC PLANNING. 'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT IS THAT, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S OVERWHELMING OR IT'S NOT NO LONGER THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOU, YOU CAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY ON THE BUTTON BECAUSE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, JUMP OUT IF YOU NEED TO COLOR. UH, NO. AND ACTUALLY IT'S JUST CHI. OH, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ONE LAST WORD. [00:50:03] SO I'LL BE REACHING OUT SHORTLY TO CONVENE THE TID 26 COMMITTEE. OKAY, GOOD. SO, SORRY, JUST SO THAT I UNDERSTAND, WE'RE CREATING THE TID 26 STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE. MM-HMM. . AND THAT'S GOING TO CONSIST OF WHAT BEEN MAN, THE R THANK YOU. STRATEGIC, RIGHT? YES. WE WOULD WANNA SEE MAYBE A FRIENDLY TO THE MOTION MAKER TO SPECIFICALLY, UM, IDENTIFY THOSE FOLKS IF YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE. YEAH. OKAY. SO THEN MAKE THE MOTION WITH COMMISSIONER RENSON. AND COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THE FRIENDLY MOTION TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY THE CREATION OF THE TID 26 STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE COMMISSIONERS, WOODMAN NANCE, THE ARM AND COMMISSIONER? AYE. AYE. SO YOU, YOU'RE OKAY WITH FRIENDLY. IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED INTO THE MOTION. BRILLIANT. YES. THANK YOU ERIN? YES. AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER JUSTICE TODAY? I THINK THAT'S IT. THERE'S NO DIS DISSOLVING HER. OKAY. ANYTHING TO THIS POINT? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX? SEE NONE. WE'LL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL. VOTE CHAIR. LISA MAY BRUNSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR DMA. AYE. COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN? AYE. COMMISSIONER WHITMAN? AYE. COMMISSIONER CHITTICK. AYE. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION FOR THE COMMISSION AND OR, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR? AND DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? I HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY FORM SEVEN HUNDREDS. PLEASE DO THEM. THANK YOU. THE REMINDER. I HAD IT ON MY LIST, , BUT I THINK EVERYBODY'S RESPONDED AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOOD TO GO NOW. GREAT JOB. YEAH. AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL. FORM 700 IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO BE FILED EVERY YEAR AND UPON YEAH, ENTERING A COMMISSION AND LEAVING A COMMISSION AS WELL AS ANNUALLY AND THERE'S FINES, WE DON'T COMPLY. YEAH. AND SINCE THERE'S THREE, FIVE MINUTES EXTRA IN THE MEETING, IF EVERYONE, IF ANYONE WASN'T READY, MINUTES. YEAH. SIGN YOU UP TODAY LONG. OKAY. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE CAN ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING AT 4:25 PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING. THANK YOU. * 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.