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VICE CHAIR SHIMOYAMA HERE.[1. 24-53141 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Economic Development Commission meeting of Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING TODAY.
AND I NEED A MOTION TO HEAR THIS ITEM.
I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE, THE FIRST THAT WAS, UH, THOMAS SMITH.
SO WITH RESPECT TO THE MINUTES, ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LAST, WELL, NOT ON THIS ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC.
WITHOUT THAT, WE'RE GOING TO THEN PROCEED TO THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE VOTE.
UM, MADAM CLEAR, CAN YOU READ NUMBER TWO? ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA?
[2. 24-53142 Recommendation to conduct a study session on the Economic Development Blueprint and the Grow Long Beach Initiative; and if appropriate, request staff to conduct any follow up and report back to the Commission at a future meeting. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO CONDUCT A STUDY SESSION ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT AND GROW LONG BEACH, EXCUSE ME, INITIATIVE, AND IF APPROPRIATE, REQUEST STAFF TO CONDUCT ANY FOLLOW UP AND REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT A FUTURE MEETING.MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOVE? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, I MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SU SUAREZ, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NOVIN.
SO I THINK JULIAN, THAT'S YOUR, UH, YOU'RE ON DECK.
AND WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO, UM, BEAU MARTINEZ, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONERS, BEAU MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THIS, THIS IS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, AM I ECHOING YOU? OH, MAYBE IT'S JUST HERE.
SO, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, HOW WE LOOK AT THE BLUEPRINT 2.0, AS WELL AS THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE AND HOW WE INTEGRATE AND REALLY START TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND PRIORITIES AS IT RELATES TO BOTH OF THESE GREAT PLANS FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH NOW AND GOING FORWARD.
AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE IN BLUE POINT TWO 0.0, AS WE THINK ABOUT BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION AND ATTRACTION, WE THINK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, BIG BUSINESS, UH, WE THINK ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE AS IT RELATES TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AS WELL AS PLACEMAKING.
AND THEN WE ALSO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TALENT.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR BUSINESS COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S BIG, SMALL, OR EVERY, EVERY BUSINESS IN BETWEEN, IS TALENT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT AS FAR AS TALENT RETENTION, RECRUITMENT AND GROWING OUR OWN.
AND THEN ALSO, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT 2.0 AND GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT GAME CHANGING INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE THINKING AT NOW FROM A NEAR TERM MIDTERM, AS WELL AS ASPIRATIONAL LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE.
AND HOW DO WE BUILD, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT NEXT INTER NEXT GREAT INTERNATIONAL CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, PASS IT OVER TO LUCIUS MARTIN, UM, WHO'S THE DEPUTY MAYOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S MAYOR REX RICHARDSON'S OFFICE.
AND THEN AFTER, UM, UH, LUCIUS GIVES A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE AND THE FIVE TARGET INDUSTRY SECTORS AND ALL THE OTHER GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN EACH OF THOSE SECTORS.
WILL PASS IT ON TO JULIAN, WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH A PRESENTATION ON THE BLUEPRINT, UH, 2.08 PRIORITY AREAS, AND THEN KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW WE PUT TOGETHER, UM, NOT ONLY, UH, OBJECTIVES, BUT ALSO GOALS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO, UH, LUCIUS, AND THEN WE'LL HAND IT OVER TO JULIAN AND THEN START THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL.
UM, JUST CLARIFYING, UH, JUST ONE SLIDE.
UM, UH, YEAH, FIRST, JUST WANT TO, WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
IT'S COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK I'VE KNOWN MOST OF YOU, UH, ON THE COMMISSION FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UH, SOME OF YOU LONGER THAN, UH, I WOULD WANT TO SHARE.
UM, BUT, UM, UH, THE MAYOR IS JUST
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SO EXCITED AND IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THE, THE COMMISSION IS DONE IS DOING, WILL DO, UH, AS WELL AS THE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING, UH, MOST RECENTLY.UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO, TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR, THE DATE OF JUNE 26TH IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE NEXT, UH, GROW LONG BEACH EVENT.
UH, MOST OF YOU WERE PROBABLY AT THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 28TH GROW LONG BEACH EVENT AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE ON JUNE 26TH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE OUT.
SO THERE'S A GOOD SIX MONTHS BETWEEN THE, THE SIGNATURE GROW LONG BEACH EVENT AT THE AQUARIUM AND THE STATE OF THE CITY.
SO PLEASE MARK THAT ON, ON YOUR CALENDAR.
IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SPECIAL INVITE ONLY.
UM, THE PURPOSE IS TO, TO FILL THE ROOM WITH, UH, WITH INVESTORS, UH, UH, DEVELOPERS AND, AND FOLKS THAT REALLY WANT TO BRING, UH, PROJECTS AND INNOVATION TO THE CITY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE, ARE THERE AND HAVE A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH, WITH THE GUESTS AND, AND AS LONG, UH, AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN THE, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE BE MADE.
AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THE MAYORS REQUIRED ME TO LINE UP QUITE A FEW BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE NEXT GROW LONG BEACH EVENT.
SO, UM, AND THEY ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH, WITH ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE BLUEPRINT, AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE, THE GROW LONG BEACH, UH, INITIATIVE, UH, IN THE OPPORTUNITY BEACH AGENDA.
UM, JUST TO REITERATE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST INEVITABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL WORKING UNDER THIS, THIS, UM, UH, THIS EXPEDITED TIMELINE THAT, UH, QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, UM, IS GOING TO BE GOING AWAY AS THE, THE CITY AND THE STATE, UH, WEAN OURSELVES OFF OF OIL REVENUES AND OIL PRODUCTION.
SO REALLY TARGETING THE, UH, FIVE KEY, UH, INDUSTRY GROWTH SECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT, UH, BOTH IN THE BLUEPRINT AS WELL AS THE, THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
UM, MANY OF THEM Y'ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH OR HAVE SPECIFIC EXPERTISE BASED ON YOUR OWN, UM, UH, PRIVATE ENDEAVORS.
UM, BUT, UH, IT, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TIME RIGHT NOW.
WE, UM, UH, THE MAYOR AND, AND, UH, DIRECTOR MARTINEZ JUST GOT BACK FROM, FROM, UH, MEETINGS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND, AND DC THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW IN WHAT LONG BEACH IS DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING THINGS NEW AND UNIQUE, UM, HOW AND WHY, UH, CERTAIN INDUSTRIES ARE GROWING HERE, WHY WE BECOME A, A HUB FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, UH, THE SPACE INDUSTRY, THE NEW SPACE INDUSTRY.
AND A LOT OF THAT LIES ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE WORK THAT, UH, THAT WE ALL DO, THE COMMISSION DOES.
SO, UH, A BIG KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU AND, UH, YOUR COMMITMENT TO COME HERE ON YOUR OWN TIME AND PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THIS PROCESS.
SO, UM, PLEASE MARK ON THE CALENDAR, JUNE 26TH, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, UH, AND WITH THE CITY.
UM, I THINK IT, IT'LL BE, UH, A NICE CHERRY ON, ON TOP OF THE MILKSHAKE OF, OF WHY, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING PLANS, UH, IN PLACE AND WORKING AND ALIGNING RESOURCES, UH, TO GO AFTER, ATTRACT, RETAIN, UM, AND EXPAND BUSINESS IS SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THE, UM, THE PRODUCT OF THAT INVESTMENT, UH, ON JUNE 26TH.
SO, WI WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO JULIAN.
UM, SO NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS GET STARTED WITH OUR BASICALLY, UH, SEVERAL OVERVIEWS AND THEN RECAP.
SO, UH, LET ME START OFF WITH THE, UH, STUDY SESSION OVERVIEW HERE.
SO THE FIRST THING, UH, THAT BO HAS ALREADY DONE FOR US, THANKFULLY, IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT UPDATE.
AND I'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT THERE.
UM, AFTER THAT WE'LL GO INTO THE GO LONG BEACH INITIATIVE REVIEW, UH, WHERE, WHERE, UH, STAFF HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY BEACH AGENDA, AND THEN, UH, IDENTIFIED, UH, NINE DELIVERABLES THAT WILL THEN BE LOOKING TO ASSOCIATE TO, UM, THE, UH, BLUEPRINT.
SO THEN NUMBER THREE, WHAT, WE'LL, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS DOING THE BLUEPRINT PRIORITIZATION, EXERCISE RECAP, AND GROW LONG BEACH CROSSWALK.
SO, UM, THAT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE EXERCISE THAT YOU DID LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL PRIORITIZING OF THE OBJECTIVES, UH, FOR FOCUS AREAS 2, 4, 5, AND EIGHT.
SO, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS, UH, YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER, UH, BUT, UH, SO FOR SOME OF THE FOCUS AREAS, YOU WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIZE THOSE.
UH, FOR THE REMAINING ONES, UH, 2, 4, 5, AND EIGHT, THEY WERE EITHER, UM, NOT STARTED, OR THEY WERE INITIATED, BUT NOT PRIORITIZED ALL THE WAY.
SO, UM, WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS, UH, HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION, UH, YOU KNOW, AROUND THAT SO THAT WE CAN
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LAND ON, UH, PRIORITIZING THOSE OBJECTIVES UNDER THE FOCUS AREAS THAT REMAIN, UH, TO NOT HAVE BEEN DONE JUST YET.AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SET UP TO BE A WORKSHOP.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A FLEET FLOWING CONVERSATION, UH, YOU KNOW, AMONGST YOURSELVES WHEN, WHEN, UH, IT'S TIME TO DISCUSS THESE.
SO DON'T FEEL LIKE ROBERT'S ROOTS OF ORDER, YOU KNOW, MIGHT, YOU KNOW, ARE LIMITED OR EMOTION, STUFF LIKE THAT.
JUST LOOKING AT BLAIR RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE'S ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
NEXT IS IDENTIFYING NEXT STEPS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION AND STAFF.
SO THE, UH, BLUEPRINT UPDATE HERE, WE, I KNOW WE PROVIDED THIS, UH, WE PROVIDED A, A LITTLE PEAK LAST MONTH, SO WE'RE INCHING CLOSER TO FINAL, UH, FINALIZING THE BLUEPRINT.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, THE KINDA DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, AND THE DIGITAL AND PRINT VERSIONS ARE BEING, OH, WE'RE BEING DONE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
UM, SO THE DIGITAL AND PRINT VERSIONS ARE BEING FINALIZED FOR CIRCULATION.
UH, BELIEVE THE LAST, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE NEEDED IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE IMAGES THAT WERE ON THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, VERY HYPER-LOCAL TO LONG BEACH.
SO THAT'S, WE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS PRINTED AND FINALIZED, THAT IT SHOWCASES THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, UH, AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN.
SO NOW LOOKING TO DO THE LONG BEACH GROW INITIATIVE OVERVIEW, AND THIS IS, HERE WE GO.
SO AGAIN, WHAT STAFF DID IS THAT WE TOOK THE, UM, THE MAYOR'S OPPORTUNITY BEACH AGENDA AND FOCUS ON THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE, SINCE THAT'S THE PIECE THAT REALLY TOUCHES ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUS ON, UH, IN THE CITY.
SO AFTER LOOKING AT THAT, WE IDENTIFIED NINE DELIVERABLES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA JUST QUICKLY GO OVER THOSE, UH, SO YOU SEE WHAT THEY ARE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ESSENTIALLY CROSSWALK THE DELIVERABLES AND NESTED THEM INTO ONE OF THE EIGHT FOCUS AREAS THAT ARE IN THE BLUEPRINT.
SO THE FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, UH, LUCIUS MENTIONED IS REALLY JUST A FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, OUR FIVE ECONOMIC CLUSTERS THAT EXIST HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
THAT'S AEROSPACE, PORT LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAIN, ENTERTAINMENT AND HOSPITALITY, INCLUDING TRADE, TOURISM, RESTAURANTS AND ARTS, AND THEN HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITALS, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
THE SECOND DELIVERY THAT IS WITHIN, UH, THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE IS REALLY ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THAT ARE ABLE TO SPEED UP AND ACCELERATE, UM, ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND THIS DOES INCLUDE THE, YOU KNOW, THE INITIATIVE OF STARTING A HUNDRED NEW DIVERSE STARTUPS, UH, WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
NEXT ONE IS LEVEL NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS EXPLORING THE CREATION OF A STRATEGIC GROWTH FUND.
AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO, UH, BE AIMED AT BASICALLY HELPING TO INITIATE SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, MEDIUM AND LARGE SIZED BUSINESSES TO ACCELERATE THE INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH HERE.
UH, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES LOOKING AT ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ZONES, UH, AS A POSSIBILITY OF, OF MEETING THE DELIVERABLE FOR NUMBER THREE.
DELIVERABLE NUMBER FOUR IS REALLY, IS JUST EQUIPPING, YOU KNOW, REALLY A FOCUS ON OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEUR.
AND THAT IS, UH, FOCUSING ON THEM, UH, WITH PROGRAMMING RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THEIR SUCCESS.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THESE WOULD BE OUR, OUR BIS CARE TEAM, OUR OUR REVOLVING LOAN FUND TEAM AND PROGRAM, UH, THAT YOU'VE BEEN AWARE OF AND THE ACTIVITIES.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO MEET IN ROLE NUMBER FOUR.
AND ONE OF THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO SIDETRACK A LITTLE BIT HERE IS WHAT WE, UH, STAFF WILL BE DOING AFTER THIS COMMISSION IS REALLY LOOKING AT ALL THE PROGRAMS AND, AND INITIATIVES THAT WE DO AS A DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATING THEM WITH THE FOCUS AREAS OF THE BLUEPRINT INITIATIVE TO FURTHER ALIGN AND JUST FALL IN LINE WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE BLUEPRINT.
UM, DELIVER NUMBER FIVE IS, AGAIN, SMALL BUSINESS FOCUS.
SO EMPOWERING, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THEN FOC FOCUSING ON THE PROCUREMENT PIECE OF THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT OFTENTIMES SMALL BUSINESSES DO NOT HAVE THAT CAPACITY OR DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PRO, UM, PROCUREMENT AND BIDDING OPPORTUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE CITY OFFERS.
SO WORKING WITH THE PROCUREMENT, UH, TEAM HERE AT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, UH, AND THE PORT AS WELL TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, EXPLORE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ENSURE THAT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, ARE ABLE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, BIDDING FOR, UH, SERVICES AND GOODS THAT THE CITY AND PORT REQUIRE.
NUMBER SIX IS, UH, TO CREATE A, A FORMAL DESIGNATION FOR LEGACY BUSINESSES TO OFFER FINANCIAL SUPPORT, UH, AND OTHER, UH, RESOURCES AS WELL.
UM, I WON'T SAY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF, UH, GIVING MORE INFORMATION, SO I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS ON YOUR SEATS ON IT, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
ESSENTIALLY, UH, WORKING WITH THE LONG BEACH HERITAGE FOUNDATION, IT ACKNOWLEDGES AND THEN PROVIDES RESOURCES TO BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WORKS WITH THEM TO MAKE
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SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES.FOR EXAMPLE, OFTEN IT'S MAYBE MARKETING AND SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THEY MAY BE LACKING, THAT THEY CAN BE SUPPORTED, UH, SO THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
NUMBER SEVEN HERE IS REALLY JUST A FOCUS ON, UM, WORKING WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS WELL.
PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, CAL STATE LONG BEACH, OF COURSE, STATE DOMINGUEZ HILL, AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
AND OF COURSE, WE'VE ALWAYS, THE CITY HAS ALWAYS HAD, YOU KNOW, LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIPS, WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT BEING CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE.
HOW CAN WE WORK CLOSELY AND MORE IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GOAL OF THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE, UH, IN MIND AND WORKING TOGETHER.
WRAPPING UP HERE ON THE LAST TWO, UH, THIS ONE HERE IS, UH, FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING CULTURAL CENTERS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, STAFF IS ALSO WORKING ON, UH, TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY'S DIVERSITY, UH, AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS HERE.
UH, SO THAT IS DELIVERABLE NUMBER EIGHT.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE TO RUN OUTS PRETTY SHORT ONE, BUT ALSO JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE OTHER ONES.
IT'S A 2028 OLYMPICS PREPARATION.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND REALLY THE REGION, UH, THIS IS GONNA GIVE US, UH, A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND REALLY, I THINK IT'S OUR COMING OUT TO THE WHOLE WORLD, UH, IN 2028.
SO WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TOO.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S JUST, UH, WANTED TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK MINUTES ON THE NINE DELIVERABLES.
YOU SEE THEM AGAIN, UH, COMING UP HERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NEXT IS TAKE THE FOCUS AREAS THAT YOU GUYS PRIORITIZE ONE THROUGH EIGHT LAST YEAR, AND, UH, HAVE THEIR OBJECTIVES ON THE SAME SLIDE.
AND THEN WE'LL, UH, STAFF, WE'VE ASSOCIATED THOSE, UH, DELIVERABLES ONE THROUGH NINE UNDER THOSE FOCUS AREAS.
WHAT WE'LL ALSO BE DOING DURING THIS TIME IS YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE QR CODES ON THE SLIDES.
IF THERE'S A QR CODE ON THE SLIDE, THAT MEANS THAT THE OBJECTIVES WERE NOT FULLY PRIORITIZED BY THE COMMISSION LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO IDEALLY DO THAT, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT, UH, THROUGH FORMS. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, THERE'LL BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, WE CAN, UH, BASICALLY SEND, TAKE A, GET, GET A TEMPERATURE READING ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES OF THOSE OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE UNDER THAT FOCUS AREA.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A, A GOOD BIT OF TIME, SO I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE THERE.
ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSION? CAN YOU TELL US THE COMMISSION SO FAR? OH, PARDON ME? YES.
CAN YOU TELL US THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE FOR LEGACY BUSINESSES? SO FOR THE LEGACY BUSINESSES, IT'LL BE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE BIS CARE, BUT IT'LL BE REALLY TAILORED TO WHATEVER THAT, IT'S BASICALLY A, A RECOGNITION PROCESS.
SO ONCE THE BUSINESS RECEIVES, UH, LET'S CALL A CERTIFICATION THAT THEY'RE A LEGACY BUSINESS THAT WILL GRANT THEM ACCESS TO, I WOULD REALLY, UH, THINK IS A MORE ROBUST AND TAILORED APPROACH TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, UM, TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND, UM, SO IT, IT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON WHAT THEIR, THEIR NEEDS ARE.
AND, BUT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, VERY SIMILAR ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT BIZ CARE OFFERS AND MAYBE EVEN ADDITIONAL, UM, RESOURCES DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UH, SO IT COULD EVEN BE, YOU KNOW, SOME CONSULTATIVE RESO, UH, RE UM, RESOURCES, UH, IF NEEDED.
AND WE FOUND, TYPICALLY SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING BRANDING IS SOMETHING THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG AREAS THAT BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, NEED HELP WITH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR, FOR AT LEAST THAT AREA AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
YEAH, I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT AS WELL.
UH, THE, THERE, THE STAFF IS CREATING A CROSSWALK WITH THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE ALREADY ONGOING AND SOON WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
THAT WILL ALSO DOVETAIL WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BLUEPRINT.
SO WE CAN SEE THAT WORK HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD, UH, SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE BLUEPRINT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IN ACTION, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING.
AND THAT'LL BE DONE BY THE NEXT, NEXT MEETING.
WE, UH, DID NOT TAKE A BREAK, UH, AFTER IT PASSED.
WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY PUT IT UP, PUT IT PEN OUT, PEN TO PAPER.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AFTER WE CONCLUDE.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION TO REVIEW TO SEE THE ALIGNMENT THAT IT'S REALLY GOING, NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM THE BLUEPRINT TO THE GROW TO GROW LONG BEACH AND THEN TO THE STAFF'S, UH, EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE, LIKE THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND, LIKE OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH THIS, UH, BIS CARE, ET CETERA.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, ON THE LEGACY BUSINESSES, UH, WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME THEY HAVE TO HAVE HAD A BUSINESS LICENSE HERE AT IN LONG BEACH? B? UH, SO I THINK WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, ON THE EXACT NUMBER.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LONG BEACH HERITAGE FOUNDATION ON THIS.
UM, I THINK IT'LL BE BETWEEN, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS,
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AND WE CAN BRING THIS, I DON'T WANT BACK, IT GETS LAUNCHED TO SHARE ALL THE DETAILS.UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMBINATION OF EITHER JUST NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN THE CITY, OR, YOU KNOW, LESSER YEARS, BUT IF THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE AREA THAT THEY SERVE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE, THE MEASURING ON THAT AND EVALUATION WILL GO.
I WAS GONNA ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION.
UM, AND SO THEN THE LIST IS, HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED FOR THE LEGACY BUSINESSES? THAT'S CORRECT, BECAUSE THE PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN ROLLED OUT YET.
WILL IT BE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES TOO THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE FULFILLING THAT THEY HAVE TO REACH? UH, WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY, UH, CATEGORIES? COMMISSIONER THE RESTAURANTS IS ONE CATEGORY.
UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIL A DIFFERENT CATEGORY, AND SO MANY BUSINESSES IN EACH CATEGORY.
UH, THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR MINIMUM NUMBER OF BUSINESSES, BUT, UM, IT DEFINITELY DOES WELCOME ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BUSINESSES.
BLAIR? OH, JUST TO COMMENT THAT WE DID, WE JUST, UM, LAUNCHED ONE.
WE JUST HAD A BUSINESS 55 YEARS IN THE DISTRICT.
UH, IT'S A BARBERSHOP, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND, UH, SO WE CELEBRATED, UM, CITI WAS THERE, UH, LUM CHARITIES WAS THERE.
SO IT KIND OF LAUNCHED A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING KIND OF IN TANDEM AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'RE DOING WHAT'S CALLED BUSINESSES OF DISTINCTION FOR, UM, OUR LEGACY BUSINESS.
I'VE BEEN THERE LONG, SO WE DID THE FIRST 1 55 YEARS, AND WE HAVE AT LEAST 15 LIKE IN THE QUEUE FOR US, JUST IN, IN
UH, JULIAN, THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS QUESTION FROM THE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO THE LEGACY BUSINESSES, IS THAT SOMETHING THE CITY'S DOING, OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY EVEN MAYBE PULLING LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH, LIKE AS THIS PROGRAM GROWS SO THAT STUDENTS ACTUALLY CAN HAVE SOME REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE WITH DELIVERING THOSE SERVICES, LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT ALSO BENEFITS TO BUSINESSES AS WELL? NO, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT RECOMMENDATION.
I, I HAD NOT, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT THAT FROM OUR TEAM'S SIDE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST FOCUSING REALLY ON LIKE THE ELIGIBILITY AND WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE INTERNALLY.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UH, SO LET'S TALK, UH, TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
YEAH, I THINK THE, UM, SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AREN'T FULLY DEVELOPED YET.
SO I THINK THAT BY THE NEXT MEETING WE CAN PUT THAT AN AGENDA AND HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE EXCITEMENT FOR THE THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'D BE PRETTY, PRETTY COOL.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE MORE.
UM, THE, THE FORMER LEGACY BUSINESS THROUGH LOBBY HERITAGE INCLUDED, LIKE A MAPPING OF THE BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, THAT HAD THESE, UM, AND SO RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS NEW BUSINESS, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS, UM, IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT IT'S ABOUT MAPPING.
AND SO MAYBE MAKING SURE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARTS COUNCIL IS MAPPING CULTURAL ASSETS THAT THESE VENUES OR THESE PLACES CAN ALSO BE ADDED IS ANOTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
NO, THAT IS A GREAT SUGGESTION.
AND, UM, SO WE, UH, DID A SOFT LAUNCH WITH OUR BIDS, UH, THIS TOOL CALLED THE GINKGO TOOL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LAYER, UH, THAT WILL BASICALLY BE, UM, THE PUBLIC WHEN, YOU KNOW, ANYONE, UH, REALLY IN THE CITY OR NOT IN THE CITY CAN, CAN CLICK AND ACTIVATE AND BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE, THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE RECEIVED THAT BASICALLY, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS, UH, A LEGACY BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
GIVE YOU SOME FOOD THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAVE COMING UP AND LET'S, UH, DRIVE FORWARD.
BY THE WAY, WE HAVE TO CONCLUDE BY FIVE, FIVE O'CLOCK A COUPLE OF COMMISSIONERS ARE GONNA BE LEAVING AND THEREFORE WE MIGHT LOSE OUR QUORUM.
SO LET'S STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, WHICH IS AGAIN, JUST AN, UH, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS SOMETHING, AN EXERCISE THAT WAS DONE, UH, LAST YEAR BY THE COMMISSION.
SO HERE YOU'LL SEE, UH, YOU, UH, THE COMMISSION DID IDENTIFY THAT, UH, AND PRIORITIZE ALL OF THE FOCUS AREAS.
SO AS YOU SEE 'EM PRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE DECK IS, IS WHERE THEY FELL IN LINE WITH PRIORITY WITH THE COMMISSION FROM THE PREVIOUS EXERCISE.
UH, IF YOU'LL SEE IN THIS ONE THAT THE OBJECTIVES ONE THROUGH FOUR, UH, ARE NUMBERED.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT COMMISSION DID IDENTIFY THESE OBJECTIVES IN THAT ORDER OF IMPORTANCE UNDER EACH, UNDER THE FOCUS AREA.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN ONE THAT, UH, WHERE IT HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED, IT'S IT'LL, IT'LL, IT'D BE PRETTY CLEAR, UH, THAT SOME WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT, UM, READ THIS WORD FOR WORD, BUT YOU DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME TIME TO, TO SPEND, UH, REVIEWING THE OBJECTIVES.
UH, BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE, THE FORMAT OF EACH SLIDE MOVING FORWARD IS ESSENTIALLY THE FOCUS AREA UP AT THE TOP, THE MISSION, UH, THE IDENTIFY PRIORITY OBJECTIVES NUMBERED, IF THAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
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THEN ON THE, IN THE BLUE, THE DARK BLUE BOX TO THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE DELIVERABLES, UH, ONE THROUGH NINE THAT ARE COMING FROM THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE THAT WE JUST REVIEWED, UH, A FEW MINUTES AGO.SO THIS IS, UM, FOCUSING ON NUMBER ONE WITH THE OBJECTIVES AS IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION FROM LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE TWO DELIVERABLES HERE FROM THE GROW LONG BEACH, UH, INITIATIVE.
SO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO, UH, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, COMMENTS ON FOCUS AREA NUMBER ONE? GOOD.
OH, COMMISSIONER NATOYA, I THINK I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN THE COMMISSION DID RANK THESE PRIORITY AREAS OR THE, THE OBJECTIVES, BUT THIS A QUESTION ON THE MEASUREMENT OR THE TOOLS THAT WE'LL USE TO CHECK THESE.
SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PRIORITY OBJECTIVE FOUR, RIGHT? ACCESS TO CAPITAL, LOW TO MODERATE AREAS, UM, AND WE JUST CAME FROM A REVOLVING LOAN COMMITTEE MEETING, RIGHT? SO IS IT THAT EACH ONE OF THESE OBJECTIVES YOU ALREADY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TOOL YOU USE TO TRACK HOW, WHILE WE'RE DOING, IS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMISSION? IS THAT ON THE, THE CITY STAFF SIDE? HOW IS THAT WORKING OUT? I THINK IT'LL DEFINITELY BE A PARTNERSHIP.
SO UNDER EACH OF EACH OBJECTIVE, I'M UNSURE WHAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD CALL IT.
UM, I JUST IDENTIFIED THEM IN MY MIND AS SUB-OBJECTIVES.
UH, SO UNDER EACH OBJECTIVE, SO LET'S SAY OBJECTIVE NUMBER FOUR, THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, TWO, THREE OR FOUR SUB-OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH IT THAT REALLY HELP TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP THE METRICS TO THAT TRACK TO OBJECTIVE NUMBER FOUR.
AND COMMISSIONER CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, PLEASE ADD, SINCE YOU GUYS WERE AT THE, I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT.
UM, SO THOSE COMMISSIONERS, WHICH ARE FEW WHO WERE STILL INVOLVED WITH THE FIRST BLUEPRINT 1.0, UM, THIS IS THE BEGINNING PART OF THE STAFF DEVELOPING A WORK PLAN BASED UPON THE OBJECTIVES.
SO THE PLAN IS THAT ONCE WE APPROVE WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, UM, ALONG WITH, WITH MERGING WHAT THE IN LONG BEACH, UH, INITIATIVES ARE FOR THE MAYOR, THEN UH, THAT'LL ESTABLISH A PRIORITY OF STAFF ON WHAT THEY'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHAMPIONS IN THE COMMISSION, PLUS SPEAKERS FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE WILL BE ACTIVATED.
UH, THE CITY STAFF IS DEVELOP, IS PRIORITIZING DEVELOPING THE WORK PLAN.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE INVOLVED IN THE WORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE WILL BE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING INPUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF EXPERTISE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO BEAR.
SO THE PLAN IS SOMETHING, WORK PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXECUTE AND WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE AN IDEA, UH, WHAT TIMEFRAME WE EXPECT THESE, UH, THE WORK PLAN TO REALLY EXECUTE WITHIN THE OBJECTIVE FRAMEWORK OF THE OBJECTIVES.
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT THE COMMISSION'S INPUT COULD BE IS, YOU KNOW, BEING ADVOCATES AND EDUCATING, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THESE WONDERFUL RESOURCES, BUT ALSO LOOKING TO OUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALSO DOING BUSINESS WITHIN OUR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT'S DEFINITELY FLUID AND WILL ALWAYS BE FLOWING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I THINK THE ONLY THING, OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS, UM, TO AUSTIN TO COMMISSIONER MATTY'S QUESTION IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE PRIORITY ON THE OBJECTIVES IS WE DID HAVE AN EXERCISE WHERE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF RANK, UM, EACH ONE OF THE PRIORITIES.
'CAUSE THERE WERE LIKE EIGHT PRIORITIES FOR THIS AREA AND OBJECTIVES FOR THIS AREA.
AND SO THE ONES THAT GOT THE TOP VOTES ARE THE FOUR.
SO WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE BLUEPRINT, THERE'LL BE MORE OBJECTIVES IN THERE, BUT THESE ARE KIND OF THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, GONNA RISE TO THE TOP.
I THINK THE OTHER PART OF IT TOO IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WAY THAT, UM, THE STAFF HAS MAPPED THE GROW LONG BEACH, UM, OBJECTIVES ON HERE TOO IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US, UH, BECAUSE AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD IS, IS I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SEEN IN SOME OF THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS THAT THERE'S SOME
BUT I, I THINK AS A WHOLE, WHAT WE SAID IS THIS IS HOW WE VOTED TO RAISE THAT.
SO I'M GONNA BRING THAT UP LATER IS HOW DO WE ELEVATE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT PROBABLY GOT LOST IN THE EXERCISE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA NUMBER TWO IS DIGITAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS WHERE THE OBJECTIVES WERE NOT FULLY PRIORITIZED.
SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA GIVE THIS A GO.
SO IF YOU TAKE YOUR CELL PHONES, THIS SHOULD LEAD YOU TO A FORM,
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UH, A A, UM, MICROSOFT FORMS THAT'LL HAVE ALL THE OBJECTIVES THERE.AND IT'LL BASICALLY BE ASKING YOU TO RANK THOSE.
UH, SO IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVES, UH, TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT AND ACTIVATE, UH, ACTIVATE YOUR PHONES WITH THAT QR CODE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE OBJECTIVES.
AND, UH, SO BEFORE YOU, YOU DO VOTE ON THIS, PLEASE FEEL FREE AND CHAIR, I'LL LOOK TO YOU TO KIND OF GUIDE THE CONVERSATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE OBJECTIVES AND, AND THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR ENOUGH TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, WORKSHOP THAT, THAT WAS FOLLOWED IN, IN, IN THAT, THAT PIECE.
I, I'LL MAKE JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT.
SO AUSTIN, UH, YOU, IF YOU WENT, I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE THERE OR NOT WERE, THIS WAS DONE IN THE SUMMER, SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
SO FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT AT THE MEETING, THE WAY THIS OCCURRED BEFORE IS THERE WERE DOTS PLACED BY THE VARIOUS COMMISSIONERS ON VARIOUS CHARTS THAT WERE ON THE WALL, AND THEY PROBABLY PUT THE NUMBER OF DOTS ESSENTIALLY GOT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
SO THIS IS GONNA WORK SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT WHERE YOU'RE ALL GONNA PUT WHAT YOU BELIEVE THE PRIORITIES TAKE.
I THINK WE SHOULD SAY LIKE FIVE MINUTES OR SO, UH, TO GO THROUGH THIS THING.
UM, TO GO THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN USE YOUR FINGER TO MOVE THEM, YOU KNOW, AROUND, UH, LUCIUS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THE PRIORITY, UH, ILL ENDS UP BEING ON HIS FORM AND THEN HE'LL TELL US WHAT THAT ENDED UP BEING.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE NO ONE'S CALLED A VOTE, BUT WE'LL, A RAISE OF HANDS, UH, TO DECIDE DO WE AGREE WITH THAT? AND THEN WE'LL CONVERT THAT INTO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK AMONGST EACH OTHER IF YOU'D LIKE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL.
YEAH, WE, WE, IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, THAT'S FINE.
SO WE, WE CAN DO THAT OR, OR IF YEAH.
IT'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT EACH OTHER.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE IN THE FIVE MINUTES, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT.
BUT YOU'RE ALL GONNA HEAR THE RESULTS AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT, UH, AFTER YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE IT LAYS OUT.
CAN WE KNOW WHEN, UH, SOMEONE'S COMPLETED OR SUBMITTED FULLY? UM, DO WE, SO SO WE KNOW WHO'S LEFT OR YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN JUST LET US KNOW.
ARE YOU HERE? LATER? CLOSER YEAR.
YOU AND I ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS, SO I DIDN'T ATTEND TO HAVE COVID.
OH, DID YOU? WE'RE JUST DOING ONE, RIGHT? WE'RE DOING ALL OF THEM? NO.
WHAT'S THAT? FIVE MINUTES FOR WHAT? OH, JUST TWO, JUST FOR THE FOCUS AREAS.
I WAS GONNA SAY
YEAH, I FORGOT WE WERE ALL GETTING COVID.
WE WERE ALL GETTING COVID AT THIS POINT.
IF I RECALL IT WAS THE HOTEL GOT ANOTHER MINUTE OR SO.
DO WE CLICK INTERIM OR SOMETHING? OR IT JUST KNOWS WHAT IT IS? UH, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUB SUBMIT.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE SUBMIT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BOTTOM.
SO AFTER THAT ONE, THEN WE CAN, IT'S HARD TO SCROLL DOWN.
DID YOU GET THE I DIDN'T SEE A SCROLL DOWN.
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YOU GOTTA HAVE TO LIKE START, GET KIND OF THE EDGE.OH, AND THEN YOU GOTTA KEEP GOING.
IT'S A GOOD THING YOU HAVE RO SITTING NEXT TO YOU.
ANY COMMISSIONERS NOT FINISHED YET? WE NEED MORE TIME.
AND THEN I'VE PUT THE, UH, OBJECTIVES THAT ASSOCIATED TO THE FOCUS AREA UP ON, ON THE SCREEN AS WELL, JUST FOR REFERENCE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
SO WE HAVE, UM, OBJECTIVES, NO, UH, BASICALLY INCREASING COMPETITION AMONGST, UH, INTERNET SERVICES.
THAT ONE, UH, RECEIVED THREE VOTES AS NUMBER ONE.
UM, OBJECTIVE INCREASED ACCESS, UM, TO BROADBAND, SORRY, INCREASED ACCESS TO BROADBAND NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEIGHBORHOODS MOST IMPACTED BY DIGITAL.
UM, ALSO THREE VOTES AS NUMBER ONE.
UH, THE NUMBER THREE ON YOUR SURVEY, WHICH IS, UH, ESTABLISH STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR CITY DIGITAL INCLUSION STAFF AND CITYWIDE DIGITAL INCLUSION IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.
UM, THE OBJECTIVE ABOUT INCREASING AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKERS IN THE CITY.
UH, ONE VOTE AS FIRST PLACE OBJECTIVE, SEEK TO PROVIDE LOW AT NO COST INTERNET SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN NEED.
THAT ONE, UH, DID NOT GET ANY FIRST CHOICE VOTES, BUT IT DID TO GET TWO SECOND CHOICE VOTES.
AND THEN, UM, ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTINUED COLLABORATION AMONGST CROSS SECTOR PARTNERS TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF CITYWIDE DIGITAL INCLUSION AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.
AND, UM, THE LAST OBJECTIVE, WHICH WAS TO LEVERAGE A RACIAL EQUITY LENS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC, DIGITAL, UH, SORRY, ADVANCE ECONOMIC, DIGITAL AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY TO DECREASE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE BY RACE RECEIVED, UH, ONE VOTE, UH, AS FIRST PLACE.
SO THE TOP GO-GETTERS, UH, OR VOTE GETTERS OF FIRST PLACE WERE THE FIRST THREE THAT I MENTIONED, WHICH IS, UH, INCREASED COMPETITION AMONGST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE SERVICE AND SOLUTIONS FOR ALL AND DECREASE CALL SERVICES TO NEED TO HIGH NEED AREAS OF THE CITY INCREASE.
NUMBER TWO IS, UH, ACCESS TO BROADBAND NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEIGHBORHOODS MOST IMPACTED BY DIGITAL DIVIDE.
THOSE ARE BOTH NUMBER, THOSE ARE, YEAH, BOTH THOSE, BOTH.
NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE EQUALLY.
THEY BOTH GOT THREE VOTES AS NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN THE, WHAT WE COULD SAY COULD RANK THIRD PLACE IS THE OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR CITY DIGITAL INCLUSION STAFF AND CITY.
WHY DIGITAL INCLUSION IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS IS, UM, WAS, UH, RECEIVED TWO NUMBER ONE CHOICES.
SO IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, WE HAVE, SO WE WOULD BE RANKING FOR RIGHT NOW SINCE THOSE ROSE UP TO THE TOP, WHICH MIGHT BE ONE, TWO, AND THREE MM-HMM.
THOSE ARE THE TOP VOTE GETTERS FOR NUMBER ONE.
AND GENERALLY ALSO, THEY KIND OF TAKE THE BULK OF LIKE SECOND AND THIRD CHOICE TOO.
SO I THINK, UH, IT'S JUST FOR HAND VOTE, UH, WE SHOULD DECIDE ON THOSE THREE, WHICH ONES ARE GONNA BE NUMBER ONE, TWO, AND THREE, AND THEN WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER ONES AFTER THAT.
DOES ANYONE, ANYONE OKAY WITH THAT? SINCE THOSE HAD THE ONES WITH THE MOST VOTES? OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE WE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE ON JUST HAND VOTE IS, UH, THE TOP THREE, WHICH WERE, GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
FIRST ONE IS INCREASED COMPETITION AMONGST INTERNET AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, ISPS, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR ALL AND DECREASED
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COST OF SERVICES.OKAY, SO LET'S HOLD ON TO THAT ONE.
WHO BELIEVES THAT THAT ONE SHOULD BE, UM, THE NUMBER ONE, THE NUMBER ONE SELECTOR? ANYONE THINKS THAT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE OR, OKAY.
IS THERE, OR DO YOU WANNA GO THROUGH ALL THREE OF 'EM? CAN YOU READ THE THREE AGAIN? YEAH.
YEAH, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, UH, IT'S JUST THE TOP THREE WITHOUT PRIORITIZED, PRIORITIZING.
SO TOP THREE ARE INCREASED COMPETITION AMONGST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ISPS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR ALL AND DEC AND DECREASE COST OF SERVICES TO HIGH NEED AREAS OF THE CITY, INCREASE, INCREASE ACCESS TO BROADBAND NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEIGHBORHOODS MOST IMPACTED BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
ESTABLISH STRUCTURAL FUNDING FOR CITY DIGITAL INCLUSION STAFF AND CITYWIDE DIGITAL INCLUSION IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS.
OKAY, SO JUST AS A SEE HOW WE CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WE GET, UM, IF IT WAS IN THAT ORDER, NUMBER ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
SO I'M TRYING, COMPETITION IS NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO IS INCREASED ACCESS, AND NUMBER THREE IS STRUCTURAL FUNDING.
UH, DOES ANYONE DISAGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE ONE, TWO, AND THREE? AND IF, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER AREA, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? SO WE HAVE THREE, THREE ITEMS. OKAY? THE OBJECTIVE IS TO SAY WHICH ONE IS PRIORITY ONE, PRIORITY TWO, ONE, PRIORITY THREE.
THE THREE ITEMS WE'RE GOING FOR IS, SHOULD COMPETITION BE NUMBER ONE? SHOULD, UH, SHOULD STRUCTURAL FUNDING BE NUMBER ONE OR SHOULD INCREASE ACCESS, BE NUMBER ONE? I BELIEVE INCREASED ACCESS SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE.
HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY COMMISSIONERS AGREE THAT INCREASED ACCESS WOULD BE NUMBER ONE? OKAY.
BETWEEN, UH, COMPETITION AND, UH, STRUCTURAL FUNDING, HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT THAT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE? SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THREE, HOW MANY KINDA MEASURES BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE? I THINK STRUCTURAL SHOULD BE SECOND.
ANYONE, ANY COMMENTS, FURTHER COMMENTS BEING SECOND? WELL, I, I THINK YOU SHOULD, INSTEAD OF DOING BOTH, I THINK YOU SHOULD PICK ONE OF THOSE TWO AND SEE WHO VOTES FOR THAT NUMBER ONE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'VE GOT FOUR, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE FIVE PEOPLE ARE GONNA VOTE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING ELSE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE? WELL, NO, NO, NO.
UM, SO WHAT HAS FOUR RIGHT NOW? IS IT THE INCREASED ACCESS? INCREASED ACCESS.
SO HOW ABOUT WE, HOW ABOUT WE DO STRUCTURAL FUNDING? DOES ANYONE THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE NUMBER ONE? OKAY, THANK YOU.
STRUCTURAL FUNDING? NUMBER ONE.
AND SO WHATEVER THE THIRD WAS.
THIRD WAS, UM, UH, WHAT IS IT? THE COMPETITION.
HOW YOU BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE ONE.
THAT MEANS ACCESS IS NUMBER ONE, IT GOT FOUR VOTES YOU.
AND THEN YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH RES RE WITH RESPECT TO ALL THE OTHER, YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON ACCESS ANYMORE.
WHO THINKS STRUCTURAL SHOULD BE NUMBER TWO? CORRECT? AS COMPARED TO, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE LEFT BESIDES STRUCTURAL COMPETITION? COMPETITION.
WHO THINKS STRUCTURAL SHOULD BE NUMBER TWO? 1, 2, 3, 5.
I WAS WONDERING WHY CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE LAWYERS.
IT'S ALL YOU WALTER FROM HERE ON OUT.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS FOCUS AREA NUMBER TWO.
WE'LL THEN MOVE TO FOCUS AREA NUMBER THREE, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE WAS PRIORITIZED, SO THAT'S GOOD.
UM, AND WITH FOCUS AREA NUMBER THREE, WE DID ALIGN THE GROW LONG BEACH DELIVERABLE NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE I THINK THAT THAT RECEIVES A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE, WHICH IS JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE FIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS THAT EXIST IN THE CITY, UM, IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND FROM THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP, THIS IS WHERE THE ONE THROUGH FOUR OBJECTIVES, UH, LANDED.
EVERYBODY FEEL GOOD ABOUT? MM-HMM?
SO THE NEXT, UH, PRIORITY FOCUS AREA IS NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
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LET'S GIVE IT ANOTHER, ANOTHER GO.I HAVE TO SAY I THINK IT WENT PRESENTLY WELL THE FIRST TIME WE TRIED IT.
UH, AND THIS WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION ON THE LAST ONE, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN PAST, UH, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE REAL ESTATE ONE THOUGH.
UM, IN PAST BLUEPRINTS, SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES ARE NOT UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE UNDER OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIES.
ARE WE ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF? OR HOW MUCH CAN THE DEPARTMENT PUSH? RIGHT? ESPECIALLY WITH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE UNDER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT WHERE IT'S, IT'S JUST A LITTLE UNCLEAR OF HOW MUCH WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE BASED OFF OF WHAT CAN GET DONE IN DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, WHAT WE DID DISCUSS IS THE, UH, SOMEONE HAS TO SORT OF LEAD THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BLUEPRINT AND WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN DO.
SO THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION PRESENTED THE BLUEPRINT TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
OUR MISSION AS A COMMISSIONER IS TO SAY, GREAT, THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY IN 10 YEARS.
NOW, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA BE STRUCTURED LIKE IN 10 YEARS, FRANKLY.
BUT THERE ARE NEW DEPARTMENTS AND AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP THAT WOULD BE MORE, WE WOULD BE THE BRIDGE TO MONITOR OR SHARE WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS.
AND IT'D BE AT THE CITY STAFF AND BO AND HIS ORGANIZATION TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MONITOR THOSE ASPECTS OF THE BLUEPRINT.
SO THAT'S HOW, THAT'S WHAT THE VISION IS STILL BE A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY LONG TERM.
HOWEVER, HOW WE SHUFFLE THE DECK AND ALLOW THESE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE THE CARDS TO REALLY MANAGE THOSE THINGS, UH, WE SHOULD BE, OR THE, THE STAFF, THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE REALLY SHEPHERDING THOSE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN ALIGNMENT.
AND WHEN A REPORT IS NECESSARY, WE CAN REPORT ON THE PROGRESS THAT THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE EXECUTING TOWARDS THE, THE BLUEPRINT.
SO TAKE OUT YOUR PHONES AND GET THAT QR CODE GOING.
A REQUEST OF A SHARP TWO MINUTES, 30 SECONDS.
YOU'RE GETTING POSITIVE MARKS JILLIAN, FOR THE, THE FORM BETTER THAN DOTS
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS COURTNEY'S EXCELLENT IDEA, I HAVE TO SAY.
I JUST SAID I LIKED THIS TOOL.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE GOT ALL OF OUR RESPONSES IN HERE.
SO WHAT WE SEE HERE, UM, FIRST ONE RECEIVING THREE FIRST CHOICE VOICE, UH, VOTES IS, UM, OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS TO REDUCE THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT IN AVERAGE DAYS TO APPROVE THE ENTITLEMENT.
AND THEN RECEIVING TWO VOTES IS, UH, IMPROVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SATISFACTION FOR FIRMS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN THE NEXT TWO OBJECTIVES ALSO RECEIVED, UH, TWO FIRST CHOICE VOTES.
SO, AND THAT IS, UH, INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND CUSTOMERS AND INCREASED CITYWIDE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN INVESTMENT.
AND I CAN REPEAT THOSE AGAIN CHAIR IF YOU'D LIKE.
CAN JULIAN, SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT, UM, CHART THAT YOU HAD FOR YEAH, YEAH, THAT WAS, AND IS THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANY DRAWING TOOLS ON THIS? NO, NOT, NOT ON THIS ONE.
YOU CAN LIKE HIGHLIGHT, OKAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOCUS AREA AND, UH, WAS IT THREE FOUR? THERE WE GO.
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SURE.SO WE HAVE, UM, REDUCED THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT IN AVERAGE DAYS TO APPROVE THE ENTIT FOR ENTITLEMENTS THAT RECEIVED THREE NUMBER ONE VOTES.
NEXT WE HAVE IMPROVED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND SATISFACTION FOR FIRMS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
THAT ONE RECEIVED TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES AS WELL.
AND ACTUALLY THIS IS INTERESTING TO POINT OUT THERE, IT RECEIVED FOUR NUMBER TWO VOTES.
UM, THEN THE THIRD, UH, THE OBJECTIVE WHICH IS TO INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND CUSTOMERS, UH, RECEIVED TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES AND, UH, INCREASE CITYWIDE AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT RECEIVED TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES AS WELL AND, UH, UH, REDUCED THE COMMERCIAL VACANCY RATE RECEIVED.
JULIE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU SINCE YOU HAVE THE SCORE AND THE, THE DO IT THE, OUR FAMOUS ATTORNEY HAS DONE FOR, FOR THE VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THE COUNT IS AND SURE.
AND I DON'T, ALRIGHT, SO GOING OFF OF WHAT WE WENT, WHAT WE DID THE FIRST TIME, WHICH WAS JUST BRING UP THE ONE THAT RECEIVED THE NUMBER ONE, THE MOST, NUMBER ONE VOTES.
UH, THE QUESTION HERE IS, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT COMMISSIONERS, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT REDUCING THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT AND AVERAGE DAYS TO APPROVE FOR ENTITLEMENTS SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE, UH, OBJECT.
BE THE OBJECTIVE NUMBER ONE, AND RAISE YOUR HANDS.
AND YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND THAT AS WELL.
DO, DO WE HAVE A TOP THREE ON THIS ONE THAT WE'RE, UH, BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S THIS, IT'S THIS ONE RECEIVED NUMBER ONE, UH, IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT.
UM, GOT THREE NUMBER ONE, UM, VOTES AND THEN THE, THE ONE AT IMPROVING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND SATISFACTION FOR FIRMS AND ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
GOT TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES, AND THEN TWO GOT MM-HMM,
NUMBER TWO IS THAT WE COULD SAY THAT IT, IT TIED, UH, WHICH WAS THE ONE, THE OBJECTIVE I JUST WENT OVER.
AND THEN INCREASING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND CUSTOMERS.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONES WERE ACTUALLY VOTING THAT RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES.
AND NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, THEN YOU, UH, WE'D WANNA, PROB WOULD WANT TO, UH, INCLUDE, UH, INCREASE, UH, CITYWIDE AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT.
SO THE, THE, YOU COULD SAY NUMBER THREE HAS, SO DID YOU, THE THIRD OBJECTIVE SPOT HAS TWO, DID, UM, IMPROVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND SATISFACTION FOR FIRMS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
GOT BOTH NUMBER ONE SLOTS AND NUMBER TWO SLOT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY GOT TWO NUMBER ONES A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTES.
HOW MANY THEY GOT TWO NUMBER ONES, AND FOUR NUMBER TWO.
SO THE, THE QUESTION CURRENTLY, UH, BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU THINK NUMBER, UH, OBJECTIVE NUMBER ONE SHOULD BE TO REDUCE THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT AND AVERAGE DAYS TO APPROVE FOR ENTITLEMENT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WILL BE NUMBER ONE.
OH, WE HAD, UM, IMPROVE, YEAH.
IMPROVED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SATISFACTION FOR FIRMS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING PROJECTS IN THE CITY FOR NUMBER TWO, CORRECT? MM-HMM,
THAT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THIS ONE, THE OBJECTIVE, I THINK IT'S SIMILAR, BUT YOU KNOW, OH, UM, WE, YOU GUYS CAN, CAN WE CAN, UH, DELIBERATE ON THIS ONE.
SO THIS, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS INCREASED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND CUSTOMERS.
AND THEN THE ONE WE JUST, I BELIEVE WE JUST DID AS NUMBER TWO WAS TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND SATISFACTION.
DO THEY, IS THAT ANY PARTICULAR ORDER? IS
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THAT ORDER, IS THAT ORDER ALREADY SORT OF PREORDAINED THE OBJECTIVE? YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE CHOSE NUMBER ONE AND WE CHOSE NUMBER TWO.SO THE, THE THIRD ONE, GIVEN THE, THE VOTES FOR THE COMMISSION WOULD BE, THAT IS THE THIRD ONE IS THE INCREASED COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND CUSTOMERS.
LOOKS LIKE THAT'LL BE NUMBER THREE AND WE JUST WANNA, UM, CHAIR FOCUS ON THE TOP THREE I THINK 'CAUSE THE OTHER ONE.
SO THE NEXT FOCUS AREA IS FOCUS AREA NUMBER FIVE.
SO WE HAVE, WITH THIS FOCUS AREA, WE DO HAVE ALIGNMENT THERE WITH THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE, UM, DELIVERABLE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS TO EQUIP SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS WITH PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES TO PROMOTE THEIR SUCCESS.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, GROW LONG BEACH DELIVERABLE, UH, EXPANDING PATHWAYS TO PUBLIC SERVICE FOR LONG BEACH STATE, CAL STATE, DOMINGUEZ HILLS AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES.
I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, THESE, UM, GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVES ALREADY ALIGN WITH THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BLUEPRINT ALREADY.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO THEY ALIGN WITH THAT, CERTAINLY WITH THE FOCUS AREA, THE MISSION, AND THEN, UH, I THINK WE MAY HAVE SPOKEN, UM, EARLIER CHAIR THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S OVERLAP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A CORRECT CLEAN CUT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SAID THAT'S A BENEFIT, UH, TO IT, BUT YES.
AND YOU ENVISION THAT THESE TWO TOP PRIORITIES, SINCE THEY'RE PART OF THE LONG, THEY'RE THE MAYOR'S, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVES SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE FRONT, OBVIOUSLY, CORRECT? YEAH, I, YEAH, I THINK THAT RE NOW IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ALIGN THESE TWO DELIVERABLES FROM THE GROW LONG BEACH AND THE FOCUS AREA.
SO WE'RE REALLY VOTING ON OBJECTIVES.
WHAT'S GONNA BE AT PRIORITY OBJECTIVE THREE AND FOUR.
SO YOU, UH, YOU, YOU STILL, THE OBJECTIVES ARE SEPARATE FROM THE DELIVERABLES.
SO YOU STILL WANT TO VOTE ON THE DELIVERABLES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO THE QR CODE, UM, BECAUSE THEY, UH, SHOULD ALL ALIGN TO THE DELIVERABLES OF THE, OKAY.
SO IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH THAT YEAH, IF WE COVER THOSE, IT'LL COVER THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
THEY'RE NOT PERFECT ALIGNMENT, BUT FROM WHAT I WAS, WE WERE REVIEWING, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS, IT, IT STILL WORKS VERY WELL, VERY WELL HAND IN HAND.
AND IF YOU JUST WANNA SEE 'EM ALL IN ONE PAGE, YOU CAN CHECK 'EM OUT THERE ON THE SCREEN.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS ONE HAD QUITE A LARGE NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES.
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I THINK WE NEED A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.UM, I KNOW THIS ONE'S A LITTLE, GOT QUITE A FEW MORE OBJECTIVES THAN THE OTHERS.
JULIAN, ON THE UM, SLIDE, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE PRIORITY FOCUS AREA IS MATCHED WITH NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER SEVEN, BUT YET ON THE CHART IT'S MATCHED WITH NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER EIGHT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, PLEASE REPEAT THAT FOR ME.
SO, UM, FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, THE INFORMATION ON THE SLIDE DECK, OKAY, IT SAYS GROWTH GROW LONG BEACH DELIVERABLES NUMBER FOUR, AND GROW LONG BEACH DELIVERABLES.
NUMBER SEVEN, YET ON THE CHART, THAT'S THE TABLE, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S HERE ON SCREEN.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
SO THE CORRECT ONES ARE THE ONES IN THE INITIAL SLIDE.
YEAH, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR, UM, BRINGING THAT UP.
I MEANT TO BRING THAT, UM, I CREATED A TIFF, UH, UH, GIRL, LONG BEACH LIBERAL EARLIER, AND THEN I REALIZED I HAD, UH, CREATED ONE.
I CAN NEVER LEAVE THE WRITING PROFESSOR IN ME.
ANYONE LEFT REAL GOOD? I THINK I GOT ALL THE RESPONSES HERE.
ALRIGHT, THIS ONE, UM, MAYBE SOME CONVERSATION HERE.
SO, UH, RECEIVING THREE NUMBER ONE VOTES YOU HAVE, UH, OBJECTIVE, UH, WHICH IS TO, LEMME CLICK ON IT.
NUMBER ONE VOTES IS OBJECTIVES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A ROBUST CULTURAL PLAN THAT REFLECTS RESIDENTS UNIQUE CULTURE, HISTORY, AND LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT RECEIVED THREE NUMBER ONE VOTES.
OKAY, COMING IN SECOND WITH NUMBER ONE, WITH, UH, NUMBER ONE VOTES IS, UM, UH, INCREASING WEALTH BUILDING AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP PRESIDENTS GROW AND THRIVE IN THE CITY THAT CENTERS THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN FOR THERE IT GETS, UM, IT'S NOT QUITE AS,
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UH, AS CLEAR ON, ON KIND OF WHAT IT MAY BE.SO THE THIRD ONE, RECEIVING TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES, UM, IS, IS, UH, INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY, THE AVAILABILITY OF COHESIVE, CREATIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN, CREATE, PLAY, AND EXPERIENCE DIVERSE CULTURES.
UM, SO INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IS THE TOP THREE OBJECTIVES ON THE, ON THE BOARD.
UM, SO OBJECTIVE, UH, UPPERMOST.
AND THE SECOND ONE BELOW IT ARE, UM, ONE AND TWO.
AND THEN, UH, EACH, I THINK RECEIVING, YEAH, THREE NUMBER ONE VOTES.
AND THEN THE THIRD OBJECTIVE, INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF COHESIVE, CREATE CREATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES, ET CETERA, IS, UH, NUMBER THREE WITH TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES.
UM, THE OTHER ONE'S REALLY THE REMAINING OBJECTIVES.
IT'S, IT'S VERY SPREAD AND THEY DON'T RECEIVE, UH, NUMBER ONE VOTES, UH, UH, UM, ACTUALLY AT ALL.
NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THE, UH, THE THIRD OBJECTIVE THAT YOU SEE UP THERE FROM THE TOP, WHICH IS THE INCREASE, THE AFFORDABILITY OF COHESIVE, CREATIVE, AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES.
ANYTHING, ANYTHING QUALIFY SO FAR AS NUMBER FOUR? WE, SO FAR, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO I, SORRY, NUMBER THREE IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF VOTES FOR ONE, FOR FIRST OR TWO? YEAH.
WELL, WELL THIS ONE IN THE SAME ORDER.
SO YOU HAVE, UH, NUMBER ONE THAT RECEIVED THE MOST ABOUT THAT NOW.
THE MOST, NUMBER ONE VOTES IS, UH, THAT RECEIVE THREE.
NUMBER ONE VOTES IS THE DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A ROBUST CULTURAL PLAN.
SO THE TOP ONE ON THE, THE SCREEN, THEY RECEIVE THREE NUMBER ONE VOTES.
THE, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, IT'S IN ORDER THAT'S ON THE SHEET HERE IN FRONT OF US.
ONE, TWO, AND THREE IN TERMS OF NUMBER ONE AND TWO VOTES, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND AS FAR AS NUMBER, ANYONE IN NUMBER THREE THAT HAD THE MAJORITY? YES.
OR SOME NUMBER BEYOND JUST ONE? IT REALLY, UM, ALTHOUGH I AGREE WITH THE RANKING THAT WAS PRESENTED JUST NOW, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT SECTION BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICES, OPPORTUNITIES AND ENGAGEMENTS.
EVERYTHING FROM CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY GONNA BE, I MEAN, I WOULD TRY TO KEEP DISCUSSION DOWN TO LIKE A MINUTE IF POSSIBLE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GETTING THE TIME CONSTRAINTS.
THE OTHER ONES I DON'T THINK WOULD BE AS COMPLEX AS THIS ONE.
UM, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, I THINK MAYBE WHAT AUSTIN WAS TALKING ABOUT, SINCE NUMBER ONE AND TWO ARE KIND OF CONCRETE, MORE OR LESS, IT'S THE NUMBER THREE AND BELOW THAT ARE GONNA BE THE CHALLENGES, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
SO ONE WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS THING IS WHAT AUSTIN MENTIONED IS WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE ENGAGED IN LONG TERM.
UM, OBVIOUSLY A TENURE PLAN CAN'T VISUALIZE WHAT A DEPARTMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN 10 YEARS, BUT IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION, HOUSING IS GONNA TAKE, THIS IS A 10 YEAR PROJECT IN ITSELF.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WE START TRYING TO BUILD, NOW IT'S GONNA BE FIVE TO 10 YEARS BEFORE IT GETS THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS THAT THE CITY, UH, HAS TO GO THROUGH.
I THINK OUR QUESTION IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE ANY OTHER PRIORITIES OTHER THAN THE TOP THREE THAT ANY COMMISSIONER HAS PARTICULAR PASSION AROUND THAT THEY FEEL SHOULD BE HIGHER UP IN THE INITIATIVES THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON AS A CITY LONG TERM AUSTIN? UH, I WOULD, I WOULD ARGUE FOR CHILDCARE.
I, I THINK BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE, UM, UH, INDUSTRY CLUSTER DISCUSSIONS, WE'VE SEEN THAT CHILDCARE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT THINGS AND, AND WHAT WE WILL LIKELY NEED MOVING FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE THAT WE WANNA BUMP UP, IN MY OPINION.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONE WE WANNA BUMP UP.
I, I THINK I VOTED FOR CHILDCARE.
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WAS THIRD OR FOURTH OR IT WAS IN MY RANKING.UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS.
VIVIAN? UM, SO I WANNA ECHO CHILD CHILDCARE.
I KNOW CHILDCARE IS ALSO IN THE TALENT AND RECRUITMENT AND, UM, WORKFORCE.
SO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY I THINK WE'VE GOT TO ELEVATE THAT OR HAVE A DISCUSSION AROUND ELEVATING THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS HOUSING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE, UH, FOCUS AREAS THAT HAS ANYTHING ABOUT HOUSING IN HERE AND THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
GET WORKERS, UH, CREATE AND LOOK AT THE WEALTH BUILDING FOR PEOPLE.
SO IF THIS IS SOMEWHERE IN THE FOCUS AREAS, I DO THINK WE HAVE TO ELEVATE HOUSING.
SO, YES, I WOULD WANT TO AGREE WITH HER.
WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS SHELTERS AS WELL.
WE HAVE A HUGE EPIDEMIC WITH HOMELESSNESS.
IF WE COULD BUILD HOUSING AND SHELTER REGARDLESS OF INCOME, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, I THINK WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF CONSENSUS.
I THINK COMMISSIONER MATOYA HAD A COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THE THINGS JUST BY YES.
UM, AND I, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER SHAMA FOR MENTIONING THE, UH, I THINK IT'S THE TALENT RETENTION FOCUS AREA BECAUSE WE DO TALK ABOUT BOTH HOUSING AND CHILDCARE IN THAT SECTION.
SO I THINK FOR ME, I'M OKAY IF WE FOCUS ON ONE AREA IN THIS ONE AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THAT SECTION, WE FOCUS ON THE OTHER AREA FOR THE, FOR THE THIRD OBJECTIVE ON THE SCREEN AS IT STANDS.
I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY CAPTURE THAT IN THE FIRST ONE AS WELL.
SO I'M AN ADVOCATE OF LIFTING UP ONE OF THESE OTHER ONES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED.
I WOULD PERSONALLY VOTE FOR THE SMART CITY STRATEGY.
'CAUSE I THINK IF WE CAN BUILD THAT CAPABILITY AS A CITY, WE COULD USE IT FOR AREAS OF HOUSING AND CULTURE AND HOMELESSNESS AND CHILDCARE.
I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO SET UP AN OPEN DATA SMART CITY PLATFORM, THEN OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY CAN ALSO LEAN INTO THAT.
SO I WOULD VOTE FOR THAT ONE JUST 'CAUSE I THINK IT WOULD ENABLE OTHERS, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HAD GOOD CONSIDERATIONS FOR WHAT THEY SUGGESTED.
CAN WE LOOK AT THE FOCUS AREA FOR, WHAT WAS IT? UM, YEAH, WHERE DO WE SEE THE, I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT THEY ARE.
CAN WE LOOK AT THE FOCUS AREA? EIGHT FOR A SECOND? SURE.
YEAH, SO THERE'S A CLEAR, UH, REDUNDANCY THERE.
SO LET'S, UM, MOVE, UNLESS ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS, LET'S MOVE THOSE TWO, WHICH IS THE HOUSING AND THE CHILDCARE OVER TO THE FOCUS AREA EIGHT.
AND THEN WE WOULD GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.
UH, AND THEN WE'D PRIORITIZE THE REMAINING ITEMS EXCLUSIVE OF THOSE TWO AS OUR, AS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE WANNA MOVE THE CHILDCARE OBJECTIVE FROM FOCUS AREA FIVE.
WE'LL, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT IN FOCUS, FOCUS AREA EIGHT.
BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE LISTED PRETTY MUCH WORD FOR WORD, UH, IN THAT, UH, IN THAT FOCUS AREA.
AND THEN WE'LL FOCUS ON THE REMAINING ONE.
DID YOU GET SPLIT BACK TO THE FIVE FIVE MM-HMM.
UH, SO THAT WOULD LEAVE, UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, ISSUES.
THE TECHNOLOGY SMART CITIES INITIATIVE.
UH, I THINK, UM, SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONES THAT ARE REMAINING.
SO WE KNOW NUMBER ONE IS GONNA BE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENT A ROBUST CULTURAL PLAN.
NUMBER TWO IS GONNA BE INCREASED WEALTHBEING WEALTH BUILDING AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET, BUT WE HAVE MOVED OVER.
BUT WE NUMBER THREE FROM FOCUS AREA, CORRECT? YEAH.
UH, SO WE NEED TO DECIDE NOW WHICH OF THE REMAIN OF THE REMAINING ITEMS, UH, SMART CITIES WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION.
UH, AS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE WANT TO, UH, HAVE AS THE NEXT ITEM IS THAT A COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY OTHER OPINION ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE NEXT ON THIS, UH, ITEM OR ANY PARTICULAR PASSION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, TH THOSE THAT, UM, YOU'RE MOVING, THAT YOU'VE ASKED TO MOVE, WILL THOSE BE
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IN THE NEW PRIORITY SURVEY? THOSE BE MOVED OVER AND WE WE VOTE AGAIN? YEAH, THEY WILL DISCUSS IT AGAIN.SO THE WOULD BE MOVED, MOVED OVER.
IT'S JUST THAT THE, THERE'S AN OBJECTIVE THAT MIRRORS ALREADY AN MIRROR EXIST EXTENT THAT MIRRORS IT VERY CLOSELY.
WE'LL PRIORITIZE THOSE WHEN WE GET TO THAT SESSION.
WE SHOULD APPEAR, BE QUICK, I THINK WHAT THOSE SHOULD BE.
DOES ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY PARTICULAR ITEM ON FOCUS AREA FIVE EXCLUSIVE OF THOSE TWO THAT WERE MOVING MOVE TABLING UNTIL WE GET TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT.
UH, THAT YOU WANNA BRING TO THE HEAD OF THE I JUST SUPPORT THE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PIECE ALSO.
ALRIGHT, LET'S, UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS OBJECT TO THAT? OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE THAT, UH, THE SMART CITIES INITIATIVE TO THREE.
I'M A BIT STILL CONFUSED, BUT I WILL, I THINK WE SHOULD ACTUALLY WORK ON FOCUS AREA FIVE AND EIGHT IN TANDEM SO THAT THERE'S LESS CONFUSION.
WELL THEN FOCUS EIGHT IS PRETTY CLEAR.
I MEAN HAS, IF YOU LOOK AT FOCUS AREA AND CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? YEAH, LET'S TAKE, LET'S GO TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN TAKE, WE CAN GO TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO PRIORITIZE THE THREE THAT WE HAVE NOW.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PRIORITIZING FOCUS AREA EIGHT YET.
WE'RE JUST NOT DUPLICATING WITH FOCUS AREA FIVE ARE ALREADY DONE TOO.
SO THE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY COVERED BY THE AREA THAT WAS PREVIOUS FOCUS AREA FIVE WERE THE CHILDCARE AND THE HOUSING.
THOSE WERE THE TWO ITEMS THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS INCLUDING MYSELF, UH, FELT WAS A PRIORITY.
SO, SO WE CAN, WHEN WE GET TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PRIORITY OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE, UH, BASED UPON A VOTE.
AND IF THOSE STILL REMAIN IN CONSIDERATION OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THAT FOCUS AREA AS NUMBER ONE AND TWO, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE A VOTE, THEN HE'LL, IT'LL SORT OF SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND CHAIR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT DOES INCLUDE THAT.
THIS ONE WAS, SEEMS LIKE IT WAS PARTIALLY STARTED PREVIOUSLY.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
SO IF ANYONE, IF ANYONE HAS ANOTHER COMMISSION HAS ANOTHER IDEA, I'M OPEN TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IN FOCUS AREA FIVE, THE UM, WORK PLAY LIVE PRIORITY HAS NOT BEEN MOVED TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT.
'CAUSE IT WAS READ AND I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
IT HAS NOT BEEN, SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THE NEXT PRIORITY IS AFTER SMART CITIES.
AND IF YOU, IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAS A PARTICULAR PASSION ON THIS, ON ANY ITEM ON FOCUS AREA FIVE BEYOND THE TWO WE MOVED OVER, THEN YOU SHOULD SPEAK NOW SO WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
AND JUST SO I'M CLEAR ON MY, TO MAKE SURE I JOTTED THIS DOWN CORRECTLY, FOR FOCUS AREA FIVE, WE HAVE NUMBER ONE, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A, UM, A ROBUST CULTURAL PLAN.
SO WE HAVE ONE, TWO, WE HAVE INCREASED WEALTH BUILDING, UH, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
THREE, WE HAVE SMART CITIES INITIATIVE.
RIGHT? AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FOURTH OBJECTIVE THERE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO, THERE'S NO PASSION AROUND A PARTICULAR OTHER ISSUE.
WE CAN LEAVE THOSE OFF THE TABLE.
UM, I WAS ONLY GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE DO A FOURTH ONE 'CAUSE THIS ONE HAS SO MANY TO SELECT FROM.
AND I, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK UP FOR THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, THERE ISN'T ANY OF THE
AND THAT'S WHAT'S OUR BUSINESSES ARE CHALLENGED WITH RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE CHALLENGED WITH RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND NOT TO SAY IT'LL BE THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANNA FOCUS ON SOMETHING AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY.
ANY COMMISSIONERS DISAGREE WITH THAT? UH, MOVING THAT UP TO NUMBER FOUR, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST THAT WITH THE SMART CITY PLAN, WE CAN EVEN PUT A FOCUS ON HOMELESSNESS, MOBILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE CAN PRIORITIZE SOME AREAS THAT THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO.
I THINK THAT'LL, THAT'LL COME IN WHEN WE START GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT'S GONNA CROSS EVERY ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY FOCUS IN ITS OWN RIGHT? UM, ANY AND I I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH, UH, WITH VIVIAN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE FOR A CITY AND WE SHOULD HAVE IT SOMEPLACE IF IT'S NOT ADDRESSED ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND THIS MIGHT AS WELL BE IT ANY COMMISSIONERS OBJECTING TO HAVING THAT AS THE FINAL, UH, FOCUS AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO.
SO THAT'LL BE THE UH, PRIORITY.
UM, MME. CLARK, DO WE NEED TO GO OVER THE VOTING PROCESS THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS FOCUS AREAS? IS NO NEED TO GO
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OVER.JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
YEAH, OUR NEXT FOCUS AREA WOULD BE, UM, I BELIEVE EIGHT THAT, UH, WELL, HERE, LET'S JUST GO BACK TO LET, YEAH, LET'S MOVE ON TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT.
UNLESS ANY COMMISSIONER HAS AN OBJECTION WITH, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
WE ALMOST DON'T NEED TO HAVE A SURVEY
I THINK WE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT ONE TWO IS AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE SURVEY.
LET'S JUST TO HELP US LOOK TO, YEAH, I THINK I KNOW, BUT I THINK FOR THIS, IT'S NOT THAT MANY.
UH, AND I THINK WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT NUMBER ONE AND TWO IS GONNA BE.
SO LET'S TAKE A HAND VOTE OF, UH, LET'S SEE.
CHAIR, I I THINK WE STILL SHOULD GO THROUGH THE SURVEY, BUT OH, YOU WANNA DO A SURVEY ON, ON FOCUS EVERYBODY? YES.
I WOULD QUESTION 'CAUSE BECAUSE DOESN'T IT GIVE US A OPPORTUNITY TO REPRIORITIZE THESE? YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD DO A HANDBOOK, A HAND, UH, HAND VOTE TO PRIORITIZE WITHOUT TAKING THE SURVEY.
SO WE KNOW THE TWO ISSUES THAT WE ALL AGREED WERE HIGH PRIORITY.
UH OH NO, I WAS SAYING THAT IF IF WE DID THE THE VOTE, THEN SOMETHING ELSE COULD BE OBJECTIVE NUMBER ONE INSTEAD.
IF YOU WANNA DO IT, THAT WAS FINE.
IS IT? ALRIGHT, LET'S DO YOU HAVE THE QR CODE? LET'S, UH, KNOCK THAT OUT.
I KNOW WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE A QUORUM TO FOR THE REST OF THIS STUFF.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE ONE, TWO UP THERE, SO WE, OKAY.
JUST, UH, A COMMENT, UH, THERE'LL BE TWO COMMISSIONERS LEAVING MADAM CLERK, UH, JUST TO ASSURE THAT WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM.
I NEED A COUPLE MORE TO COME IN AND PUT JUST AN UPDATE.
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ALRIGHT, SO YOU GOT THREE.UH, JUST JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW ON THESE.
WE GOT THREE JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW.
SO THREE OBJECTIVES RECEIVED, UM, OKAY.
SO WE HAVE ONE OBJECTIVE THAT RECEIVED TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES, AND THAT IS, UM, THE OBJECTIVE, OH, GIMME ONE SECOND.
LET ME TAKE US BACK TO THIS SLIDE DECK RIGHT HERE.
SO THE ONE THAT RECEIVED, AND THIS IS THE MOST TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES IS, UM, THE ONE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, TRACKS WITH WHAT WE SPOKE EARLIER,
THEN WE HAVE TWO THAT RECEIVED, UH, TWO, ONE NUMBER ONE VOTE.
AND THAT IS, UM, INCREASED THE YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, CAPITAL INCOME IN THE CITY, GOT ONE NUMBER ONE VOTE.
AND THEN TIED FOR THAT IS ALSO, UH, INCREASED THE, THE NUMBER OF, UH, JOB PLACEMENTS OPPORTUNITIES IN CITY, IN CITY IDENTIFIED GROWTH SECTORS.
AND THEN JUST TO THROW THIS ONE IN THERE TOO, UM, THIS VOTE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY NUMBER ONE VOTES, BUT IT DID RECEIVE THREE NUMBER TWO VOTES.
SO JU JUST I WANNA RECALL THAT ONE OUT.
UH, THIS ONE IS, UM, IT IS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS ACCESSING CHILDCARE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, SO NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE ALMOST VERY RELATED.
UM, COMBINE, THEY SHOULD COMBINE THEM, CORRECT? YEAH.
COMBINE A VOTE FOR BOTH OF THOSE.
SO THEN CAN WE GET ONE THAT HAS THE MOST NUMBER TWO VOTES EXCLUSIVE, THE ONES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE COMBINING? YEAH.
WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR, UM, QUESTION? VICE CHAIR.
OH, SO NOW YOU STILL HAVE, UH, A PRIORITY FOR OBJECTIVE SLOT.
SO CAN YOU TELL US WHO GOT THE MOST TWO VOTES? YES.
THE ONE THAT GOT THE, THE MOST VOTES.
UM, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S LOOKING THAT WE HAVE THEN, UM, AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE AGREEMENT THAT NUMBER ONE IS THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND AND INCLUSIVE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
I THINK THERE'S TWO CHILDCARE ONES RELATED, ONES COMBINED TOGETHER, PLEASE.
SO IF TWO CHILD, WE'LL COMBINE THOSE INTO ONE THAT PROBABLY BE NUMBER ONE.
ONE AND YEAH, THAT'LL OPEN UP A SLOT, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THAT THEN MOVES US TO, SO THE NUMBER TWO IS THE INCREASING THE YEAR OVER YEAR CAPITAL INCOME IN THE CITY IS WHAT NUMBER TWO, UM, IS.
UH, LET ME SEE AND MAKE SURE THE HOUSING ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS, UM, UH, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WORKERS FROM LOW TO MODERATE INCOME COMMUNITY SUPPORTED BY INTERVIEWS, INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND HOUSING, RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY PROGRAMS. OKAY.
AND YOU'RE KIND OF COMBINING THAT OBJECTIVE FROM THE OBJECTIVE FROM NUMBER FIVE.
SO TAKE THE, YEAH, THAT ONE RECEIVED TWO, TWO NUMBER ONE VOTES, TWO MM-HMM,
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT TAKES IT TO NUMBER, NUMBER TWO.
AND NUMBER THREE THEN WOULD BE THE, UM, WHAT'S THE INCREASE IN, IS THAT THE INCREASE IN NUMBER OF MIDDLE AND HIGH SKILLED RESIDENT WORKERS IN LABOR FORCE? OR WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE IS THE ONE AFTER THAT ONE, ONE SECOND.
SO THAT PUTS US, UM, SO IF WE HAVE ONE IS THE, LET'S SAY THE, THE CHILDCARE INCLUSIVE, UH, CHILDCARE COMPREHENSIVE AND INCLUSIVE.
UH, WE HAVE NUMBER TWO AS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WORKERS FROM LOW TO MODERATE.
AND THEN WHEN THE ONE THAT COMES IN NEXT, IT'S, I WOULD SAY REALLY MORE OF A TIE.
IT'S, UH, INCREASING THE YEAR OVER YEAR CAPITAL INCOME IN THE CITY, UM, AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF JOB PLACEMENTS OPPORTUNITIES.
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OKAY.YEAH, THE INCREASING NUMBER OF JOB PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES GOT ONE, NUMBER ONE.
AND ALSO INCREASING THE YEAR OVER YEAR CAPITAL INCOME.
WHICH YOU COULD SAY THEY'RE REALLY RELATED TO AS WELL.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER THE, UH, HIGH SKILLED LABOR FORCE, THE MIDDLE AND THE HIGH SKILLED LABOR FORCE, THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR SOME OF THE TECH COMPANIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO COME INTO LONG BEACH.
UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT LABOR FORCE, THAT'S GONNA DEFINITELY GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
UH, WE WANT TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHICH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY 25% OF PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH ACTUALLY WORKED IN LONG BEACH.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S A, WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT DYNAMIC FOR THE CITY IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILD THE CITY UP.
SO IT ANY, UNLESS ANY COMMISSIONER, ANY OBJECTIONS, MAYBE THAT COULD BE THE, THE NEXT ONE WE, WE PRIORITIZE THAT WOULD BE OPERATING.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO GET THE, THE, ALL THE CAL STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LONG BEACH DC AND LONG BEACH UNIFIED, ALL, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON THAT, THAT ISSUE.
SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY VIVIAN, UM, I WANTED TO ECHO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UM, INDUSTRY VERTICALS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO, UH, JULIAN, COULD YOU PLEASE WHEN YOU COMBINE THE HOUSING FROM FIVE TO AN EIGHT, BECAUSE THIS HOUSING ON EIGHT IS FOCUSED ON LOW INCOME ONLY, AND I, I BELIEVE THE OTHER ONE WAS FOCUSED ON EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
SO IF YOU COULD COMBINE WHAT WAS ON FIVE FOR HOUSING, WITH THE HOUSING THAT'S ON H THE LANGUAGE.
THE LANGUAGE, JUST THE, YEAH, I'M MAKING NOTE OF THAT.
THERE'S ONE THING I'D LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER ALSO ON THIS WORKFORCE ISSUE IS, UH, AI.
I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TENURE PLAN, AI IS GONNA BE OFF THE CHARTS BY THEN, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
I THINK WE SHOULD COMBINE SOME VERBIAGE, UH, ON HOW AI IS GONNA IMPACT THE WORKFORCE AS WELL.
SO HIGH SKILLED WORKFORCE, WHAT THAT'S, WHAT IS THAT GONNA BE, UH, IN 10 YEARS SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE COULD PLUG THE AI COMPONENT INTO IT, UH, MAYBE ALONG WITH WHAT THE IMPACT AI WILL HAVE ON THE WORKFORCE, NOT JUST CREATING NEW, UH, NOT JUST, UH, INCREASE THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF MIDDLE SKILLED, UH, MIDDLE AND HIGH SKILLED RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF AI ON THOSE, UH, ON THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT DURING OUR STUDY SESSION TOO, BUT, UM, AS PART OF THAT ONE TO BE NICE TO INCLUDE SOME ELEMENT OF WORKFORCE HOUSING TOO.
SO SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC SAFETY, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN LIKE EDUCATORS, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMS NOW SPECIFICALLY AROUND KEEPING THOSE FOLKS LIVING IN LONG BEACH THAT ARE TEACHING OR, OR SERVING LONG BEACH AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO WHAT WE, UH, WE WILL DO, UM, IS STAFF WILL TAKE ALL THIS FEEDBACK AND REFLECT IT IN THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
THAT WAY IT'S, IT'S CLEANER AND EVERY, AND EVERYBODY HAS IT TO REVIEW.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL COMBINE ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FINAL VOTE MAYBE AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL KIND OF GONE THROUGH THE EXERCISE WITH A PRIORITY AND WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PRIORITIZATIONS THAT WE HAD IN THE NEXT MEETING.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, LET ME LOOK AT OUR LIST OF, UH, THINGS TO DO.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM ANY OF THE I HAVE ONE COMMENT.
SO, UM, GOING BACK TO, UM, THE TABLE, UM, AND, UH, PUTTING PRIORITIES FROM THE GROW, UH, LONG BEACH DELIVERABLES AND THE PRIORITY FOCUS AREA, UM, NUMBER EIGHT IN GROW LONG BEACH HAS TO DO WITH CULTURAL CENTERS.
AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, SO FOR FOCUS AREA FIVE, IT'S, UM, GROW LONG BEACH NUMBER FOUR, GROW LONG BEACH NUMBER SEVEN AND GROW LONG BEACH NUMBER EIGHT.
SINCE THAT'S THE CULTURAL CENTERS, I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WAS ARE, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING A MOVING A DELIVER, A GROW LONG BEACH DELIVERABLE INTO THAT FOCUS AREA? YES.
REPEAT THAT AGAIN SO I CAN, WHAT DID YOU SUGGEST, COMMISSIONER? SO THE TABLE AND THE SLIDE WERE
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A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THAT'S BECAUSE I THINK, UM, GROW LONG BEACH DELIVERABLE NUMBER EIGHT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN FOCUS AREA FIVE.
SO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, THEN WE NEED TO CALL FOR A VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMENT, COMMENT, THANK YOU.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR? NONE.
SO NEED A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS ITEM.
WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.
YOU GOT COMMISSIONER SANDOVAL.
[3. 24-53143 Recommendation to receive and file Executive Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
HAVE THE EXCITING PART, VOMAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY? WE HAVE A MOTION BY, IS IT COMMISSIONER NOVI? AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MATOYA.
OKAY, SO, OH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO SAY YES.
SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, WE RECENTLY HELD THE INAUGURAL, UH, ALREADY HERE AT LONG BEACH SITE SELECTOR CONFERENCE.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.
AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ATTENDED SOME OF THE EVENTS AS WELL AS THE, UH, SITE SELECTION BREAKFAST FEEDBACK BREAKFAST.
AND SO SOME OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS THAT I CAME ACROSS WHEN I, NOT ONLY MEETING WITH THE SITE SELECTORS, BUT THEY, UH, SHARED WITH US AT THE FEEDBACK BREAKFAST IS THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKED OUR STRONG, UH, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR IN LONG BEACH.
AND I THINK IT SHOWED VERY WELL DURING OUR TIME WITH THEM.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS REALLY BEING OUT THERE AND TELLING OUR STORY.
WHAT IS LONG BEACH'S MARKETING AND BRANDING? WHERE DO WE FIT WITHIN THE REGION AND WHERE DO WE FIT AS A CITY WITHIN THE STATE? AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO TELL OUR STORY AS WE, YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET AS IT RELATES TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND THE MOST BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY IN LA AND THEN I KNOW THEY ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT TALENT AND INNOVATION, AND THEY ALSO HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM OUR, THE BUSINESSES THAT WE MET WITH, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN SPACE BEACH, WHERE THEY SHARED HOW IMPORTANT TALENT WAS TO THEM, NOT ONLY FROM A LONG BEACH PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO ACCESS TALENT FROM LA ORANGE COUNTY AND THE ENTIRE REGION.
AND THEN THE OTHER AREA THAT THEY SAID THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY IMPROVE UPON AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS FOCUSING ON, ON DATA, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT HOW DO WE COMPARE THAT DATA FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, A STATE PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN HOW DO WE LOOK AT IT FROM A COMPETITIVE PERSPECTIVE AS WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES AS WELL AS OTHER STATES WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, DOING BUSINESS AND ATTRACTING, UH, NEW BUSINESSES HERE AND TALENT HERE AND LOOKING AT IT FROM A COST OF BEING A PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF IT IS, UM, REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE CONTINUE TO, UM, LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING, UM, AS WELL AS FUTURE, UM, EMERGING, EMERGING AND TARGETED INDUSTRY SECTORS.
AND THEY REALLY ENJOY THEIR TIME AT SPACE BEACH, UH, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THE TRANSPORTATION SUPPLY CHAIN.
AND THEN THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AS IT RELATES TO LIFE AND BIOSCIENCES.
AND THEN ON THE EDUCATION PIECE IS HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH, NOT ONLY WITH OUR EXISTING, UH, YOU KNOW, K THROUGH 12, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OUR UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS, UM, THE, THE TRADES.
AND SO ALL IN ALL, I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GREAT CONFERENCE AND THEY ACTUALLY ASKED IF WE CAN EXTEND IT ANOTHER DAY SO THAT THEY CAN GET MORE INTO OUR, UH, COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND, AND VISIT MORE WITH OUR BUSINESSES AS WELL AS, UH, GETTING MORE ENGAGED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, I DUNNO IF YOU ALL, I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE SOME FEEDBACK AS WELL.
UM, I'LL, I'LL SAY SOMETHING, UH, BRIEFLY, UH, 'CAUSE WE GOT FOUR MINUTES TO GO YET.
UH, SO, UH, BUT FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU RECOGNITION THAT YOU OR THE PERSON THAT IN FACT SUGGESTED WE EVEN DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I DON'T THINK THE CITY EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO SITE SELECTORS IN THE VERY FIRST PLACE.
AND SO, SO THEIR FEEDBACK WAS JUST OUTSTANDING.
HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM.
AND, UH, THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU PUT US ON THE MAP ON THAT AREA, I
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THINK THAT'S A REAL CREDIT TO YOU COMING ON BOARD AND MAKING SOME REAL CHANGES AND HOW WE DO THINGS IN LONG BEACH.SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND GREAT JOB FOR AN OUTSTANDING EVENT.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME APPLAUSE FOR THAT.
A LOT OF FURTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS WHO ATTENDED.
I WANNA DO A CONGRATULATIONS TO WANNA THANK YOU TO YOU BO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE SITE, SELECT SITE LECTURES THAT CAME TOO, NOT ONLY TALKED ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE WAY THAT PEOPLE IN THE CITY WORK, BUT ALSO BO WAS ABLE TO BRING, UM, I THINK MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE WHO HAVE THIS EXTERNAL VIEW OF OUR CITY, MANY OF THEIR NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERS.
SO, UM, IT IS GOING TO BE A WAY THAT MORE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE GONNA KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO THANKS BOTH TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
THOUGHT WAS, UH, GONNA BE, UH, NOT MAKE IT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME.
COURTNEY, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, JUST ONE OTHER UPDATE THAT WE DID LAUNCH THE LEVEL UP PROGRAM APPLICATION LAST WEEK, SO WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' HELP SPREADING THE WORD TO ANY LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT COULD QUALIFY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE BRICK AND MORTAR AND HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AND ARE IN A GOOD PLACE TO REVAMP THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AND LEVEL UP, SO TO SPEAK.
SO GREAT JOB COURTNEY, JULIE, AND BO AND, AND TEAM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T HAVE GOT THROUGH THIS SESSION WITHOUT THE HARD WORK YOU DID TO PREPARE FOR IT.
I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT A COUPLE OF GRAY HAIRS YOU'D LIKE TO NAME AFTER THIS MEETING, BUT I THINK WONDERFUL FOR YOU.
WONDER ONE, YOU CAN BE VERY HAPPY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR HANGING IN THERE.
THIS IS A NOT AN EASY PROCESS, TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT ON THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S, UH, INPUT RESULT.
APPRECIATE YOUR CATCH THAT YOU'VE MADE, YOUR, YOUR PROFESSOR, UH, SKILLS THAT CAME IN HANDY.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, THIS CALL FOR THE VOTE B UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, IF THE VOTE, IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COM PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE VOTE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A VERBAL VOTE, I CAN TAKE THAT.
AND AT THIS TIME, UH, THIS IS NON AGENDA, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Economic Development Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? THIS IS IT.UM, HOW DO WE GET THE SPEAKER WORKING? WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I'D JUST LIKE TO COMPLIMENT ALL THE INCREDIBLE EFFORTS AND JUST ALL THE EFFORT TOWARDS NOT JUST LEGACY BUSINESSES, BUT JUST TOWARDS BRINGING THE CITY TO ALL THE CALIBER THAT IT HAS AND JUST INCREDIBLE LOCATION.
ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU GUYS DO.
UH, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE YOUR, SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
FOR THOSE COMMISSIONERS WHO KNOW, HE'S A GUEST I, I'VE BROUGHT HERE, HE'S AN ENTREPRENEUR HERE IN LONG BEACH AS WELL SINCE 14 I MIGHT ADD.
SO, UH, HE'S A DEMOGRAPHIC WE DEFINITELY CARE ABOUT AND WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING HIM ENGAGE.
I DON'T NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, DO I? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? ANY
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? NO.[ADJOURNMENT]
I GUESS THAT'S, UH, IT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, COMMISSIONERS.MADAM VANESSA, APPRECIATE YOU.
SO THAT WAS, WE GOT A LOT DONE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PAPERS THAT YOU NEED TO DISPOSE OF, JUST HAND 'EM, PUT 'EM ON THE END THERE AND MAKE SURE STAFF, UH, DISPOSES OF YOUR NOTES OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT WANT NOT DISTURBED TO.