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          BUT IT, AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          YES. 
          LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT. 
          I HAVE 7:55 AM I'M FILLING IN FOR, UM, SABRINA, WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. 
          SO AS VICE CHAIR, YOU GET ME. 
          SO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BOARD AND HEALTH'S HUMAN SERVICES, HOLDING OUR MEETING IN HEALTH TRAINING CENTER WITH SNACKS FROM DENNIS, IF YOU NEED THEM. 
          UM, I HOPE, OH, YOU ALL, EXCUSE ME. 
          I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A PRODUCTIVE WEEK AND YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND. 
          I'VE BEEN UP SINCE FOUR 30, SO I'M A LITTLE WEIRD TODAY. 
          UM, NO NEW MEMBERS. 
          WE'RE ALL HERE. 
          UM, NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          SO WE HAVE NINE. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR QUORUM. 
          AND DENNIS, COULD YOU NOW TAKE ROLL CALL PLEASE, SAN NOT HERE TODAY. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR SWEAR HERE. 
          COURT MEMBER Z BERNARD HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER BENCO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, CLARK, CURTIS AND ES. 
          UH, WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          BOARD MEMBER GUPTA. 
          BOARD MEMBER LESSEN HERE. 
          COURT MEMBER MCNEELY HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER RED EAGLE HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS OF JOHNNY? YES. 
          BOARD MEMBER VICE HERE. 
          BOARD MEMBER VAN  HERE. 
          AND FOX BOARD. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, BOARD MEMBER WALDEN HERE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A BOARD. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          UM, SO WHY DON'T, HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? EVERYBODY? DENNIS SENT THEM OUT THE OTHER DAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY COMMENTS? ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR ANY CHANGES OR ANYTHING? ANY CORRECTIONS? OKAY. 
          UM, ANYBODY WANNA MOVE TO, UM, APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVED. 
          OKAY, SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY NOS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. 
          WE WAS, THEY ARE DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          GET OUR REPORT FROM DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          WELCOME. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO WHO ATTENDED PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE, UH, ON LAST WEEK. 
          I WAS THERE ALSO. 
          AND I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          YOU WEREN'T THERE. 
          I WAS THERE, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND WHAT YOU HAD TO SHARE WAS REALLY JUST BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND DR. 
          SCHUMER, YOUR MODERATION OF THE OTHER PANEL LAW WERE JUST, THEY WERE GREAT. 
          REALLY GREAT THANK, AND I THINK AS WELL, SHE AND THE TEAM, UM, SEAMLESSLY PUT THAT TOGETHER. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S A VERY, VERY HEAVY LIFT. 
          PEOPLE GENERALLY DO CONFERENCES OF THAT MAGNITUDE. 
          THEY HAVE A TEAM OF EVENT PLANNERS, AND WE HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE JOBS EVERY DAY, AND YET THEY MANAGE TO DO IT. 
          AND WE BROUGHT EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE IMAGINED INTO THE SPACE. 
          AND I HOPE THAT YOU TWO BOARD MEMBERS GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF IT. 
          WE HAD FOLKS THERE FROM THE STRETCH LAB, YOU KNOW, STRETCHING PEOPLE WITHIN THE FREE 30 MINUTES. 
          WE HAD ACTIVE S THERE WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT SERVICES AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING KIND OF BASIC MASSAGES. 
          WE HAD, UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE PHOTO BOOTH TO OUR HR AND, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENT. 
          AND IT WAS JUST VERY, VERY COMPREHENSIVE ALONG WITH REALLY GREAT PRESENTERS WHO SHARE A LOT ABOUT THE WORK WE DO AND HOW WE TOOL AND CARE FOR OURSELVES AS CAREGIVERS. 
          UH, SO I THANK, UM, ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT AND FOR THEM TO THEM FOR PUTTING THAT ON. 
          UM, DR. DAVIDSON FOR REGARDS AS SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY, UH, WE WE'RE NEVER, EVER SHORT OF AN EMERGENCY IN THIS CITY. 
          WE GO FROM ONE TO OTHER. 
          UM, AND SO SHE PLANNED TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 
          UM, WE HAVE ACTIVATED OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER, OUR DLC AT LEVEL FOUR, THREE, I'M SORRY, THE LOWEST, UH, LEVEL THREE, LEVEL THREE. 
          UM, WE ARE PENDING A RESPONSE FROM OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT ACTUALLY DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AROUND 
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TUBULARS. 
          SO I MENTIONED LAST MONTH THAT IT IS VERY SUBTLE, UM, TV, BUT WE HAD ORIGINALLY, WHEN I SPOKE WITH YOU LAST MONTH, UM, BELIEVED IT TO BE CONTAINED AT A SINGLE HOTEL WHERE PEOPLE WERE STAYING IN SOME SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY ROOMS. SOME ARE EMPLOYED, UM, SOME COME AND GO, BUT THE ONE BEING THAT SEEMS TO BE ASSISTANT IS THAT THEY ARE DRUG USERS WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          UM, WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT SOME OF THIS POPULATION WHO ARE EITHER PRECARIOUSLY HELD OR UNSHELTERED ARE MOVING ABOUT TO MULTIPLE HOTELS. 
          AND WE HAVE SINCE DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE LIVING COMMUNALLY THAT MAY ALSO HAVE EITHER LATENT STAGES AND SOME WHO MAY BE SYMPTOMATIC. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TODAY. 
          WE HAVE ONE LOCATION THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE NEED TO GET PEOPLE OUT. 
          UM, AND IT, IT'S A REAL CHALLENGE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A, A BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 40 PEOPLE WHO'VE 17, AND WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS SOMEONE THERE THAT MAY BE TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO WE'RE WAITING ON THAT RESPONSE. 
          AND THEN THAT WILL GUIDE THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISION AS TO WHETHER WE MOVE INTO AN EMERGENCY. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND GET THE RESOURCES WE NEED WITH, UM, CONTRACTED HEALTH WORKERS. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AT NH HA WHO ARE THE OLD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE RECUPERATIVE BEDS, UM, BUT THEY HAVE OTHER BEDS THERE THAT MAY BE SUITABLE FOR THIS POPULATION IF THEY'RE CONNECTED, UH, TO SERVICES THROUGH THE CAL AIM PROGRAM. 
          SO WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASSESS PEOPLE, UM, BY THE BLOOD AND SKIN TEST AND CHEST X-RAYS, UM, TO FIND OUT JUST HOW FAR IT'S, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE 14 POSITIVE, BUT WE HAVE 50 PEOPLE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO MONITORING MEASLES. 
          UM, JUST IN TERMS OF PREPARING FOR IT AND PLANNING. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TWO PRIVATE SCHOOLS, UM, THAT HAVE VERY LOW VACCINE RATES. 
          AND SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY ON OUR LIST TO MONITOR. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL PROBABLY BE GETTING SOME MESSAGING OUT AROUND ALSO ADULTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE IMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          UM, SO WE ARE MONITORING THAT SITUATION. 
          UM, I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM WASHINGTON DC OR HOUSING CONFERENCE AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, SENATORS, UH, BUTLER AND STAFF. 
          AND WE MET WITH CONGRESSMAN ROBERT GARCIA IN PERSON. 
          UM, WE DID NOT GET, UH, ANY OF THE EARMARKS THAT WE HAD REQUESTED, UM, BUT HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RECEPTIVE TO OPENING UP THE CONVERSATION. 
          AND AFTER I SHARED WITH HIM THE SUCCESS OF OUR COMMUNITY CRISIS ALTERNATIVE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEAM THAT GOES OUT AND AS I SAID, HANDLES THE NON EMERGENCY, UM, CALLS THAT COME THAT GENERALLY REQUIRE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE. 
          THERE ARE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT HAS HAD ABOUT AN 80% RESOLUTION OF THE CASES THAT THEY GO OUT ON. 
          THEY'RE IN THE WEST, THEY WERE IN THE WEST DIVISION, THEY RECENTLY THE SOUTH DIVISION. 
          AND IT HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER THAT THEY ARE SEEING. 
          BUT IT IS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING, WHICH LEADS ME RIGHT INTO OUR NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS OUR BUDGETS. 
          UM, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, UM, TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, TO HAVE THEM CONSIDER OUR ASK. 
          UM, AS I'VE SAID, WE ARE EMBARKING UPON A HOPE FUND STUDIES BECAUSE OUR HOPE FUND IS DIMINISHING AND WE ARE NEEDING, UH, GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS RESPONSES TO THINGS LIKE TV ARE NOT NECESSARILY THINGS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP VERY QUICKLY. 
          UM, AND THE GREAT CHALLENGE FOR US IS HAVING THE FUNDS TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP WITH, WITH REMEDIATION OF TV WHEN IT CAN TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS TO ADDRESS KEEPING PEOPLE IN A SINGLE LOCATION, HAVING MEALS DELIVERED INTO THEM AND INCENTIVIZING THEM TO STAY WHERE THEY CAN BE MONITORED FOR THEIR CARE IS VERY COSTLY. 
          AND THERE IS NO FEMA TO GET TO REIMBURSE US OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          THIS COMES FROM OUR OWN FUNDS. 
          UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT THE CITY CAN DO 
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TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY VALUE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT TO BE READY FOR HEALTH EMERGENCIES, UM, IS RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT. 
          SO IN OUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BUDGET AND WHAT IT'S THAT WE CAN EXPECT, UM, TO RECEIVE HOPEFULLY, UM, THAT WON'T BE PASSED UNTIL AUGUST. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE WE SHOULD BE CONTRACTED FOR. 
          THAT HEALTH FUND STUDY CAME BACK A LOT HIGHER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EXACTLY WHAT IS NECESSARY WAITING ON THEM TO RESPOND BACK TO US WITH CAUSE FOR WHAT WE CAN GET. 
          OH, GO AHEAD. 
          SO, UM, HI. 
          I HAVEN'T MET YOU YET, SO, HI. 
          UM, SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THING I THINK THAT SORT OF BEGS AN OP-ED IN THE, ALL OF THE LOCAL MEDIA, UH, AS, AS BUDGETS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND WRITTEN, BECAUSE IN IT, I'M SURE THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION IS UNAWARE OF THIS. 
          AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THESE DISEASES DON'T CARE HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE OR WHERE YOU LIVE OR HOW PRIVILEGED OR NOT YOU ARE. 
          YOU KNOW, TB IS TB AND WE'RE ALL VULNERABLE TO IT. 
          AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT, THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS HERE FOR. 
          AND THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE CITY. 
          SO EITHER SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR ONE OF US, OR WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THIS BEING A ROLE FOR THIS COMMITTEE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT PROBABLY MOST OF US LACK THE TIME AND THE EXPERTISE MM-HMM. 
           TO WRITE IT ON OUR OWN FROM SCRATCH. 
          WHEREAS IF WE COULD PARTNER WITH SOMEONE MM-HMM. 
           AND, AND WRITE AN OP-ED OR LETTER TO THE EDITOR, SOMETHING, THIS IS A KIND OF TOPIC, I THINK THAT, UH, GOOD PRESSURE ON THE PUBLIC TO PUT PRESSURE ON CITY COUNCIL AT A TIME WHEN THE BUDGETS ARE BEING WRITTEN WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          AND I'M ALSO THINKING, JUST MY OPINION. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, AND ALSO TO BE AT THE BUDGET HEARINGS THAT ARE USUALLY HELD DOWN AT CIVIC CENTER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT WE'D ALMOST NEED TALKING POINTS, RIGHT. 
          AND WE CAN CREATE THAT FOR, AND THE OTHER THING IS, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE LIKE A RESERVE OR SOME CUSHION IN YOUR BUDGET FOR WHEN EMERGENCIES COME UP. 
          AND IT'S SOUNDING LIKE NOT REALLY. 
          NOT REALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT. 
          UM, WE WERE ANTICIPATING A DEFICIT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          IT STAYED THAT OFF AND GAVE US FUNDS TO , UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A FEW YEARS. 
          THOSE ARE SUNSET THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. 
          UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T PAY FOR WITH OUR GRANTS, AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, LIKE INDIRECT COSTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, OR TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS OF THOSE NATURE, THAT NATURE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OPTIONS AND PERHAPS WE ACTIVATING, UM, THE NONPROFIT ARM OF THE BOARD TO BE, UH, A CONSIDERATION FOR SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND CLEARLY YOUR ADVOCACY, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR TIME WITH JAMES. 
          AND YOU ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SAID TO BE A PRIORITY FOR WHO YOU WANT TO BE AND WHAT YOU WANT YOUR MISSION TO BE. 
          AND WE WILL SUPPORT THAT. 
          AND WE'LL ENSURE THAT OUR COMM STAFF, YOU KNOW, CAN CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, CLEAR, UM, WITH TALKING POINTS THAT CAN BE MADE, NOT JUST AT COUNCIL, BUT YOU KNOW, IN YOUR DAILY COMINGS AND GOINGS AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALL BUSY PEOPLE AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU GIVE TO US, AND WE WANNA MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR TIME, SO WE'LL, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AS A FOLLOW UP, WE'RE ONE OF THE CITIES LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          I MEAN, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A, IN A CITY OR TOWNSHIP IN LA COUNTY IF A CRISIS LIKE THIS AROSE AND THERE WASN'T A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO IT, I'M ASSUMING THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD RESPOND. 
          AND HOW ARE THEY HELPING US TO DEAL WITH THIS, IF AT ALL? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO THE PANDEMIC AND AS THEY WERE ACTUALLY RELEASING THE VACCINE AND YOU SAW THE LINES AND YOU SAW THE CONFUSION AND YOU SAW, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT WAS GOING ON, WE HAD A VERY ORDERLY OPERATION AND WE PRIORITIZED PEOPLE AND IT WORKED OUT VERY EASILY AS WE WERE ABLE TO NOT, IT WASN'T EASY, THAT'S NOT THE WORD WE USE 
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, IT WAS JUST WELL REGISTERED. 
          UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR THE POPULATION THAT IS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS, UM, IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK YOU COULD EXPECT FROM THE COUNTY. 
          UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO HILL WITH, UM, SOME FOLKS FROM THE CITY OF MAYWOOD, 1.18 SQUARE MILE, 30,000 PEOPLE, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR INABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE SERVICES FROM HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALL, THEY'RE NOT CARVED OUT FOR ANYTHING, AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY DENSE. 
          AND SOME OF THEIR CHALLENGES ARE EXACTLY WHAT I THINK SOME CITIES EXPERIENCE. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, WE ARE THE, THE FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE. 
          THEY CAN'T IGNORE IT, SO IT WON'T LOOK LIKE IT LOOKED, SO, SO ARE THEY HELPING US WITH THE TB ISSUE? UH, THE COUNCIL IS NOT, THE STATE IS, THEY'VE BEEN HERE WITH US FOR, UM, ABOUT A MONTH NOW. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR RESOURCES ARE SOMEWHAT LIMITED AS WELL, BUT THEY HAVE, ARE DEFINITELY AT GROUND ZERO WITH US, UM, HELPING TO GUIDE AND FORM, UM, OUR, OUR DECISIONS. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS HELP COMING FROM ANYWHERE ELSE AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONNECT THIS POPULATION TO THE ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO HELP US WITH SOME PORTION OF IT. 
          UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST HAVE THE CONCERN OF JUST HOUSING, UM, WHICH MAKES THEM COMING AND GOING, YOU KNOW, AND MOVING ABOUT A, A LITTLE RISKIER FOR THE REST OF THE POPULATION, CELINE. 
          SO, UM, JUST TO YOUR POINT, UM, I THINK LETTER TO THE EDITOR IS GREAT. 
          I THINK SOME KIND OF SUPPORT LETTER AS WELL, UM, THAT EXPLAINS TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHAT THIS MEANS AND WHAT THE RISK IS. 
          'CAUSE I'M CONFIDENT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, WHAT THE RISK IS TO THE REST OF THE POPULATION. 
          SO WE COULD PROBABLY KIND OF DUAL PURPOSE SOMETHING. 
          UM, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP THE LETTER. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE STATE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO IS AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND WHO IS TRULY IN OUR CORNER AND HAS BEEN FURTHER CONVERSATION DISTRICT. 
          WE WILL SOON GO TO COUNCIL TO DO OUR COVID AFTER ACTION REPORT BECAUSE SHE'S ASKING FOR THAT. 
          AND PART OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT REPORT ARE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE WERE NOT READY TO STAND UP IN A RESPONSE TO THAT MAGNITUDE. 
          NO ONE WAS PREPARED FOR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR THESE KINDS OF RESPONSES. 
          JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE, WE'VE HAD, HAD ATE, WE'VE HAD ENCEPHALITIS, WE'VE TAKEN WITH ENCEPHALITIS, WE'VE HAD OPS, WE'VE HAD NOW ME, WE'VE HAD, WELL WE HAD CRACK TB AND WE COULD VERY WELL HAVE MEASLES ON THE HORIZON. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE SINCE NOVEMBER. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S NOT IF IT'S A WIN. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK, AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME IN MY AREA, WHICH IS THAT PREVENTION IS HARD. 
          YES. 
          IT'S WHAT WE DO, BUT, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T SEE IT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          YOU CAN ONLY, YOU CAN SEE A CURE. 
          YOU CAN'T SEE PREVENTION. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S MEASURABLE, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND IT TO SEE, SEE THAT YOU'RE SAVING LIVES BEFORE IT HAPPENS. 
          SO THAT'S THE HARDEST PART OF GETTING FUNDING. 
          THEY WANNA WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS. 
          NOT AS SEXY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          BUT IT'S BETTER. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT FIRE, FOR INSTANCE, THEY'VE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB AT PREVENTION. 
          YOU DON'T SEE HOUSES JUST CATCHING ON FIRE AND BURNING. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'S VERY UNCOMMON BECAUSE OF ALL THE PREVENTION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. 
          AND YET WE ARE NO LESS PREPARED TO RESPOND IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S DESTRUCTION. 
          SO TELLING OUR NARRATIVE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU DON'T IS WHERE WE WOULD LAND. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR A VERY ENLIGHTENING REPORT, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND PLEASE, I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S, BUT IT'S OFF TOPIC. 
          IT'S NOT ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST ANECDOTAL, BUT, UM, I'M HEARING AND EXPERIENCING A LOT OF PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN THIS SEASON. 
          AND MY, MY CHILD'S PEDIATRICIAN TOLD ME THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PNEUMONIA GOING ON IN KIDS THIS SEASON. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT OR IF IT'S COME UP BECAUSE I'M VERY OPEN TO PEDIATRICIAN. 
          YEAH, HEARD THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST ANECDOTALLY, I KNOW OF LIKE SIX OR SEVEN FAMILIES WHOSE KIDS HAVE HAD PNEUMONIA. 
          MINE, MINE HAS IT RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, VERY UNUSUAL. 
          AND THE PEDIATRICIANS HAVE BEEN TELLING 
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PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR KIDS IN TO CHECK FOR, CHECK INTO URGENT CARE FOR HAVING COUGHS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SUCH A HEAVY ACCORDING TO THEM. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, I MEAN, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOMETHING, YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE, BUT WHEN THE PEDIATRICIAN SAID, NO, WE WANT YOU TO GO TO URGENT CARE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SO MUCH OF THIS LATELY. 
          I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO UNDER THE NEW GUIDELINES, WE HAVE TO, UM, DO A MOTION TO RECEIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY CHANGES? ANY, ANY NOS, ANY ABSTENTIONS? OKAY. 
          IT PASSES. 
          SO LET'S MOVE ON TO A AGENDA THREE. 
          SORRY, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY THERE'S NO POSITION? NO, WE ACTUALLY LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING A COURT ORDER. 
          SO WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT THAT. 
          DUNNO THAT OUR, OUR ATTORNEY IS GONNA DO IT, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY ARE. 
          UH, IT WOULD, WE STARTED DISCUSSING ON YESTERDAY AND, AND PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND JUST SAID LETTER TO THE EDITOR, BUT BUDGET HEARINGS AND ALL OF THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT WE COMMUNICATIONS OUT TO YOU. 
          UM, IF WE DO ACTIVATE AT THE EMERGENCY LEVEL FOR TP, WE'LL GET THAT DOCUMENT OUT TO YOU, UM, AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          CITY HEALTH OFFICER. 
          THAT WAS KIND OF COMBINED. 
          IT WAS COMBINED, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          PRESENTATION AND LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 
          SURE. 
          I'M GOING TO, UM, PIGGYBACK OF WHAT, UH, UH, DIRECTOR KING WAS MENTIONING. 
          SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE TRACK, UH, LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          SO THAT'S WITHIN OUR STATE COUNCIL, THE COUNTY LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND THEN THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          SO IT'S, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS GOING ON. 
          ANDREA LEE IS OUR LEGISLATIVE AND PARTNERSHIPS, UM, PROGRAM, UH, MANAGER. 
          SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER IN THAT ROLE. 
          SO SHE'S SCANNING, SHE'S HELPING US TO SCAN THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT AND THEN TRYING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS. 
          SO, UH, I'LL KIND OF, UH, GO FROM, FROM LOCAL UP. 
          UM, SO LOCALLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS NEXT PHASE IN TV AND UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND, UM, AUTHORITIES THAT WE HAVE AND HOW TO ACTIVATE, UM, TO GET RESOURCES AND ATTENTION ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, AND AS DIRECTOR, YOU MENTIONED AS WELL THAT THERE'S THE, THE BUDGET SEASON IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IMPLICATIONS OF POLICIES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS UN UNFUNDED MANDATES. 
          SO THAT CITY COUNCIL WANTS SOMETHING, IT'S NOT FUNDED. 
          UM, WE'RE AT THAT WITH THE STREET VENDOR, UH, SORT OF SITUATION. 
          ALTHOUGH WHAT HAP WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS IS IT BECOMES A COUNCIL PRIORITY, THEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT SORT OF CAPACITY DO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT COUNCIL WANTS, AND THEN WE ASK FOR THOSE THINGS IN THE SUBSEQUENT BUDGET CYCLES. 
          SO THE, UM, IT IS A PRIORITY. 
          THEN WE SAY WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 
          SO FOOD SAFETY OF COURSE, IS A HUGE, UM, AS A STATE LAW, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AS THE, UH, AUTHORITY, UH, THAT GOES OUT AND, UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, TO TESTS AS WELL AS AS CAN REGULATE FOOD AND STREET FOOD VENDORS. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION RIGHT NOW IN THE, IN THAT, IN THAT SPACE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS, STREET VENDORS, AND IT'S STILL REALLY NEW WHERE CITY IS ACTIVELY CREATING, UH, NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS TO OVERSEE THAT SO THAT THERE CAN BE MORE HARMONY AND THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE VENDING, UM, IN STREET AND STREET CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE, OF COURSE, THAT THEY'RE UP TO SAFETY CODES AND HEALTH CODES AND NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SERVICES OR FOODS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE PEOPLE SICK. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 
          AT THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, I THINK OUR BIGGEST, UM, WORK IS STILL TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESOURCES AS WELL AS, UH, AND CONNECT. 
          A LOT OF THAT HAS GONNA BE WITH DMH. 
          SO THE, IT'S REALLY THE PARTNERSHIPS COMPONENT. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE LEGISLATIVE ASPECTS, BUT, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO REALLY, UH, BOLSTER OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND, AND NETWORKS HERE. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE A NEW, UH, PROGRAM, UH, MANAGER ALLISON LINSKY, WHO HAS GONNA HELP OVERSEE, UH, OUR, OUR PORTFOLIO OF MENTAL HEALTH WORK. 
          AND, UM, THAT IS ANYTHING FROM WHETHER WE NEED A, A VAN TO HELP GO OUT AND DO WORK FIRST OR TO CON TO CONTINUE TO CONVENE, UH, A COLLABORATIVE THAT WILL BE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE. 
          SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT WORK AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS WE REACTIVATED. 
          SO MORE IN COMMON ON THAT. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE BIG PIECE, THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THE 
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STATE LEVEL, UM, YOU MAY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN PROPOSITION ONE DID PASS. 
          SO THAT'S A HUGE, UH, WILL HAVE A HUGE RIPPLE EFFECT AND HAS AN NEXUS WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, TRYING TO ACTIVATE SPACE FOR HOUSING AND IT'S GOING TO USE MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS. 
          WE'LL REIMAGINE THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT. 
          I THINK IT'S GONNA BE CALLED THE CABLE SERVICES ACT NOW TOO. 
          SO IT ACKNOWLEDGES MORE THE INTERSECTION OF SUBSTANCE USE AND OTHER, UH, CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO JUST BE PART OF SOCIETY AND DO NORMAL ACTIVITIES THAT, UM, ALLOW 'EM TO FUNCTION. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE TRACKING THAT VERY CLOSELY AND, AND ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT WILL COME OF THAT AND, AND TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          FEDERALLY, UH, DIRECTOR KING DID MENTION ABOUT, UM, THE ADVOCACY SHE DID ON THE HILL. 
          THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO THERE IS A FEDERAL EARMARK PROCESS, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GO PUT YOUR WISH LIST IN AND YOU SAY, THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES, AND THEN YOU SEE WHICH OF THE, UH, LEGISLATORS WILL BE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING THAT. 
          SO IT IS A BIT OF A MATCHMAKING KIND OF SITUATION. 
          SO WE DID UPLIFT, UH, A MENTAL HEALTH GLOBAL UNIT TO SENATOR BUTLER. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS ABOUT $1.76 MILLION AROUND SEVEN FTES THAT WE WERE HOPING TO GET SUPPORTED, AS WELL AS THE, THE COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT AND IS WHAT IS REDIRECTING 9 1 1 CALLS TO, TO FROM ARMED, UH, OFFICERS TO MENTAL HEALTH, UM, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHICH IS EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE. 
          AND IT'S, UM, REALLY TRYING TO GAIN STEAM ACROSS, ACROSS THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE STATE. 
          UH, SO WE DID UPLIFT THAT AND UM, AND THEN WE HAD ONE SENATOR, ALEXIA, WHICH WAS ALSO CCR. 
          AND THEN AS, AS, UH, DIRECTOR KING MENTIONED, WE HAD, UM, MENTIONED THESE TO REPRESENTATIVE GAN AND, UH, AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, ROBERT GARCIA. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THEY PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH THINGS THEY'RE GONNA TO PUSH FORWARD. 
          SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOME LUCK WITH BUTLER. 
          UM, WE'LL SEE. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, HAIL MARY I WOULD SAY. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE FOR SURE THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT THINGS. 
          AND, UM, IN THE PAST WE'VE GOTTEN SOME SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO BUILDINGS, IT'S HARDER TO GET SOME PROGRAMS FUNDED, UH, BUT AGAIN, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU SHOW UP. 
          SO IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT, UH, OUR DIRECTOR COULD BE THERE AND THEN SHE HAS THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE FOLKS. 
          THEY TEND TO BE VERY, LIKE, IF I KNOW YOU AND I KNOW THE SITUATION, THEY ARE MORE CONNECTED AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 
          THEY, YOU KNOW, AT EVERY LEVEL THESE, YOU KNOW, POLITICIANS ARE RECEIVING AND THEIR STAFFERS ARE RECEIVING TONS OF INFORMATION. 
          SO PICKING FROM IT IS A BIT, IS A, IS KIND OF, UM, IS, YEAH, IS A TOUGH TASK. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          I WOULD SAY THE OTHER THING IS, UH, OUR DIRECTOR'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE COUNTY AND THE REGION. 
          UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MEETINGS COMING UP WITH, UH, THE DR. 
          FERRE AT FERRERA, AT LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS TO DRAW DOWN FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY AND THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, UM, AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP AND JUST HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT. 
          YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO THIS, LIKE, CAN WE MAKE SURE WE GET THE FUNDING FOR THIS? THEY OFTEN USE OUR SDD, UH, DATA, FOR EXAMPLE, IN GRANTS THAT THEY RECEIVE. 
          AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO THE, THAT FUNDING SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE PROGRAMING AND THE SERVICES, UH, HERE LOCALLY. 
          SO, UM, IT'S THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          WE ALSO WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE KENNY, UM, KENNETH GREEN, WHO'S OUR PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR THE LA COUNTY, UM, BOARD OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          HE WAS, UM, ABLE TO ATTEND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE AND YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER THING THAT WE INVITE HIM TO THIS SPACE OR THAT COULD BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF ADVOCACY THAT YOU ALL DO. 
          SO THEY ARE THE COMMISSION THAT, UH, THAT HOLDS ACCOUNTABLE. 
          THE LA COUNTY, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND KELLY , LAST DIRECTOR USED TO BE ON THAT COMMISSION. 
          SO HE'S SUPERVISOR HANS, UH, DESIGNEE, UH, BUT ALSO A WEALTH OF CONNECTION AND NETWORKING AMONGST MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS AND PLAYERS AND REALLY WANTS TO ACTIVATE ALL OF THOSE IN THE, IN THE WORK TO ADVANCE, UM, WITH THE, WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING, THE COUNTY. 
          SO IT WAS GREAT TO START TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          DID I MISS ANYONE? SHE'S BEEN ON A TOUR DE FORCE, SO IF THERE ARE FOLKS IN YOUR NETWORK, SO NOW I REMEMBER WE LISTED OUT ALL THE NETWORKS THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED IN. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE FIRST NINE DAYS OF, FOR, UH, DIRECTORSHIP AND ONWARD, IS TO REALLY CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTERSECT WITH ALMOST ALL OF THE AREAS OF THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU ALL HAVE AND THE INTERSECTIONS OF THAT. 
          AND THAT IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER. 
          IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT GROUNDS OUR WORK. 
          AND WHETHER IT'S INFECTIOUS DISEASE LAYERED ON TOP, MENTAL HEALTH IS LAYERED ON TOP, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SUPPORT FAMILIES. 
          IT INTERSECTS WITH ALL VETERANS, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT. 
          AND SO THE MORE WE CAN BE COORDINATED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGILE AND EFFICIENT, UH, WHETHER IT'S DATA SHARING OR PARTNERSHIPS OR UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE ECOSYSTEM, THAT'S A HUGE PRIORITY 
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FOR OUR DIRECTOR AND OUR WORK RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL END ON THAT AND HOPEFULLY GALVANIZE THE, UH, WHEEL TURNING FOR YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU FOR A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. 
          , THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 
          I DID GET A RESPONSE IF I MAY, FROM DR. DAVIS WHO SAID THAT, UM, SHE'S NOT HEARD ANYTHING. 
          SHE'S GONNA CHECK WITH THE TEAM. 
          SHE SAID THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SCHOOL, UM, OUTBREAKS ONE TO TWO MONTHS AGO, SO SHE THINKS THIS, SO MAYBE IT'S, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALSO, PNEUMONIA TENDS TO LAG. 
          SO IF, IF YOU WERE AFFECTED, THEN IT'S LIKE YOU CAN BE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, SOME WEEKS, MONTHS LATER AND THEN IT KIND OF FESTERS. 
          SO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN INFECTION GOING AROUND, BUT THEN IT'S NOT JUST AS THE BODY'S WORKING IT OUT, SO, GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE TO RECOMMEND AND RECEIVE THIS RATE REPORT MOTION? SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY NOS, ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES. 
          IT IS ACCEPTED. 
          UM, OKAY, SO NOW WE WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR THIS, FOR THIS GROUP. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO JAMES, WELCOME AND HELLO AND YOU'RE ON. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. 
          UM, SO, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TOGETHER. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, UH, HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, UM, ARE FAMILIAR NAME'S, JAMES, UM, UH, I'M THE LONG BEACH FORWARD AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN BROUGHT ON TO HELP SUPPORT YOU ALL DO SOME BOARD GOALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, UM, BEFORE I PASS OUT, UM, WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WAS LIKE SHARING THIS WITH OUR TEAM AND WE WERE LOOKING OVER AND GETTING SOME FEEDBACK IN IT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU ALL GAVE OVER THE PAST, GOSH, TWO MEETINGS, THREE MEETINGS, TWO, HOW IS IT CONSTRUCT? TWO MEETINGS, THERE WE GO. 
          MEETINGS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND REALLY START TO TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HEARD A LOT FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WE HAD. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE IN, UM, BEFORE I DO THAT, JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS TO THE, THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT IN SO FAR FROM BOTH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES OF COMMITTEE, BUT THEN ALSO THE WORK THAT WE DID HERE. 
          SO WE DID A, HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION, I THINK AT REALLY HIGH LEVELS ABOUT LIKE WHERE DID SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST WITHIN THIS BOARD, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE, THE POINTS OF REAL, UM, CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ONLY NEED AS A BOARD, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US WITH THE NEW DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND THINKING THROUGH WHAT ARE SOME PRACTICES THAT THIS BOARD CAN ENACT TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE WORK THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH IS DOING. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS OF WHAT, UM, THIS, UH, THIS, UH, DOCUMENT IS GONNA BE FOR YOU ALL. 
          AND SO LAST MEETING THAT WE DID, WE ACTUALLY BROKE OUT AND, UM, TALKED ABOUT CULTURE AND PROCESS AND POLICY GOALS JUST TO HELP SHAPE SOME OF OUR THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW WE START PRIORITIZING THIS. 
          UM, SO I WENT THROUGH, UM, LOOKED AT ALL OF THE FEEDBACK, LOOKED FOR THEMES, LOOKED FOR CONNECTING POINTS, YOU ALL HELPED OUT BY, UM, CHECK MARKING AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WE REALLY LIKE. 
          HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF AGREEMENT HERE. 
          UM, SO BASED OFF OF ALL OF THAT INPUT OVER THE PAST TWO MEETINGS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND LOOKED AT ONE, WHAT ARE SOME STRATEGIC THEMES THAT ARE EMERGING OUT OF THIS THAT YOU ALL SHOULD THINK ABOUT?  OF THE GOAL AND ACTIVITY THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON MOVING FORWARD. 
          THESE ARE THE THREE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE REALLY COME OUT OF THE DISCUSSIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN TERMS OF HERE'S WHERE I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOING, BUT ALSO THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS ACTUAL LIKE TANGIBLE STEPS. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL ACTIVITIES AND STEPS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO TO START FIGURING SOME OF THIS OUT, RIGHT? MM-HMM, . 
          AND SO THE POINT OF THIS, UH, UH, DOCUMENT IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 
          NOW, I KNOW WE SAID MANAGEABLE, RIGHT? SO, BUT YOU ALL HAD SUCH AMAZING IDEAS. 
          WE HAVE 11 ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY IS ACTUALLY REVIEW IT, LOOK AT THE FEEDBACK. 
          WHAT I'VE DONE IS ACTUALLY LAID OUT DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND THEN ALIGNED THEM TO OUTCOMES THAT YOU ALL LISTED UP OF. 
          HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO GET TO, RIGHT? IT MAY NOT BE IN THE NEXT MEETING, IT MAY BE SEVERAL MEETINGS, BUT HERE'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS ACTIVITY, RIGHT? UM, SO SOME OF THEM ARE COMBINED JUST TO STREAMLINE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT IDEAS. 
          AND SO THIS DOCUMENT IS MEANT TO HELP CAPTURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BEFORE I'M HOLDING ONTO IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ANY WORDS. 
          I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS ACTUALLY SPEND SOME MINUTES BY OURSELVES GOING THROUGH REVIEWING THE ACTIVITIES. 
          IT'S ONLY TWO PAGES, SO IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA, THERE'S SPACE ON THE DOCUMENT TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OR IDEAS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. 
          BUT THEN I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASK IS TO IDENTIFY A LOW, MEDIUM, AND HIGH PRIORITY FOR EACH ACTIVITY. 
          NOW I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING 
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LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S A PRIORITY, RIGHT? IF IT'S ON HERE, WE'VE ALL LOOKED IT UP, THERE'S SOME VALUE IN IMPORTANCE, RIGHT? WHEN WE SAY HIGH PRIORITY VERSUS LOW PRIORITY, A LOW PRIORITY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT, RIGHT? IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT OUR LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? AND WHAT DO WE START THINKING ABOUT FIRST? WHERE IS THERE ENERGY FOR US TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS HAPPEN FIRST, OTHER ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT THINKING BEST. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. 
          EVERYTHING IN HERE IS A PRIORITY AND I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU ALSO NOT TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING'S HIGH PRIORITY, HELP US, RIGHT? BUT I REALLY THINK ABOUT AT LEAST THREE HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW PRIORITIES OUT OF THE 11 ACTIVITIES, OKAY? SO CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO AT LEAST HAVE THREE HIGH, THREE MEDIUM, THREE LOW. 
          OKAY, MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANT TO CAPTURE ANY LIKE, FEEDBACK, IDEAS. 
          THIS IS A DRAFT AND A LIVING WITH DOCUMENT. 
          EVEN AFTER TODAY WHEN YOU ALL GET THIS, YOU ALL ARE FREE TO EDIT AND CHANGE AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE, RIGHT? SO KNOW THAT THIS IS MEANT TO BE AS HELPFUL AS IT IS FOR YOU ALL. 
          SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA PASS THIS OUT WITH SHARE AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME INDIVIDUALLY JUST TO READ THROUGH IT, ORGANIZE KIND OF OUR THOUGHTS, FEEL FREE TO WRITE ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES, UM, AND START THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS THIS, UH, PAIR UP TOGETHER AND PROBABLY THE GROUPS OF THREE JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK. 
          GROUP DISCUSSION. 
          SOUND GREAT. 
          HOW ABOUT A QUICK QUESTION? YEAH, UH, I MISSED A COUPLE MEETINGS. 
          DID WE LAND ANYWHERE ON THE VISIONS STATEMENT THAT WE I HAVE SOME, UH, I HAVE SOME, UH, DRAFT DOCUMENTS. 
          ACTUALLY, I'LL JUST PASS THESE DOWN. 
          AND THEY'RE TWO, THERE'S TWO EACH. 
          SO I DON'T WANT STAPLE THEM JUST IN CASE WE WANT MAKE COMPARE THEM. 
          SO THERE'S THE TWO DOCUMENTS. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          UM, SO I HAVE THE, WE DIDN'T FINALIZE ACTUAL LANGUAGE ON THE DRAFT VISION STATEMENT. 
          WE, I HAD THE VISION STATEMENT AND THEN I TOOK IT OFF THIS DOCUMENT JUST FOR THE, UM, THE, THE SIZE. 
          BUT I CAN ALL INCLUDE IT IN THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT I GIVE YOU ALL. 
          I THINK WITH THE VISION STATEMENT WE LANDED THAT ONE, ONE OF THE OBSERVATIONS I HAD WAS THAT THE, THE PRIORITIES AND THE GOALS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR. 
          SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE VISION STATEMENT AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE GOALS AND THINK ABOUT WHERE DOES THE VISION STATEMENT NEED TO TWEAK DIFFERENT LAND BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THEY HAVE. 
          THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, BECAUSE I ALSOT WANT TO FEEL LIKE IT'S CONSTANTLY REPETITIVE, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME LIKE REAL OPTIONS STUFF. 
          SO, UH, AS YOU GET THE DOCUMENTS, GO AHEAD AND START READING OVER, READING THEM OVER. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S SPACE IN THE COLUMNS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR NOTES MISSING CHANGE. 
          BUT ALSO THINK THROUGH WHAT IS THE PRIORITY? IS IT A HIGH PRIORITY, LOW MEDIUM PRIORITY, BE A PRIORITY, LOW PRIORITY? AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN LOW PRIORITY, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          IT'S JUST ABOUT WHERE DO WE, SO LET'S TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OR SO. 
          I'LL SEE FAST YOU ARE  AND HOPEFULLY THIS ALL LOOKS FAMILIAR BECAUSE THIS IS ALL INPUT FEEDBACK. 
          YES. 
          IT, SO YOU GUYS, YOU'RE READING THROUGH ANY OTHER WAY TO ADD TO THE ACTIVITY OR BETTER DEFINE IT? MAYBE THE ASSIGNED PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. 
          YOU THOUGHTS YOU WANNA ADD IN THERE? YEAH, SO JUST 'CAUSE I, 'CAUSE I HAD, I WASN'T AT THIS PARTICULAR MEETING. 
          SO SOME OF THESE THINGS APPEAR TO BE A BIT OF A MORE LIKE SHORT TERM DUE FIRST. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR HIGH? LIKE I ALMOST LOOKING AT IT MORE IN THE TIMING AS SOME OF THESE NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE WE DO THE OTHER THINGS, RIGHT? SO THEN, RIGHT. 
          SO THINK ABOUT THOSE IN TERMS OF THE HIGH, UH, HIGH PRIORITY AND THEN IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF LIKE TIMELINE, LIKE BASED OFF, 'CAUSE YOU ALL AGAIN KNOW THE CULTURE 
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OF THIS BOARD. 
          BETTER INCLUDE THAT IN THE NOTES AND THEN I'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE HIGH OR THAT LAST COLUMN OF LIKE THIS MAY BE REQUIREMENT TIME. 
          RIGHT? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BECAUSE YOU'LL BE LOOKING THROUGH IT AND THINK SOME OF THESE THINGS CAN BE A SINGLE AGENDA ITEM ON ONE BOARD MEETING, RIGHT? UM, SO IT MIGHT TAKE MULTIPLE, RIGHT? SO AND JUST PROCESS WISE, I'M GOING TO COLLECT THESE DOCUMENTS JUST SO I CAN COMPILE ALL THE FEEDBACK. 
          BUT I'LL ALSO SEND A COPY IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST TO, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OR TO CHANGE ANY OF THAT, I'LL SEND THAT OUT AS WELL. 
          SO YOU HAVE THAT. 
          BUT I'LL LEAST DO THE, THE LABOR OF IT ALTOGETHER. 
          YOU MM-HMM?  YOU CAN COMMENT ON IT IN THE ADDITIONAL, YEAH, IT'S OKAY. 
          I STARTED, I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NUMBER. 
          I DEFINITELY THINK, I ALSO THINK THERE'S THAT. 
          YES. 
          I JUST, I'M NOT GOOD AT THIS. 
          HOW MANY HIGHS DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4. 
          I HAVE FOUR. 
          I HAVE FIVE. 
          BUT LAST TWO THESE ARE EASY. 
          SO IT'S REALLY ONLY FOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          TAKE LIKE TWO MORE MINUTES AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PAIR UP A, 
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OKAY. 
          WRITING THOUGHTS OR READING THROUGH THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GIVE US SOME TIME. 
          THIS IS, WE'RE GONNA, I'M ACTUALLY JUST GONNA MAKE IT A LITTLE EASY ON US. 
          JUST GONNA ASK FOLKS TO TRY AND PAIR UP ACCORDING TO THEIR TABLE SIDES. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE UM, FOUR FOLKS OVER HERE BEFORE OVER HERE AND THEN THREE OVER HERE. 
          UM, JUST GO AHEAD AND CONNECT, SHARE ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE COME UP WITH ANY NOTES, YOUR THOUGHTS ON ADDITIONAL INPUT OR PRIORITIES. 
          KIND OF SEE WHERE EACH OTHER'S AT, MAYBE IF YOU'RE SIMILAR IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES DOES. 
          PRIORITIES SHOULD BE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA REPORT BACK OUT. 
          I KNOW, ME TOO. 
          I'M TURNING TOTALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU HAVE ALL YOUR THOUGHTS TOGETHER, THAT'S FINE. 
          HOW DID YOU RANK THE FIRST ONE? I PUT, I PUT MEDIUM. 
          I JUST THINK THIS IS A, THIS IS A QUICK AND EASY THANK YOU THING DONE. 
          JUST LOOK AT, YOU KNOW THAT ONCE YEAR AND THAT SAYS THAT'S A DOCUMENT THAT'S HELD BY THE SECRETARY OR WHATEVER I DID IN TERMS OF WHAT I, SO HERE'S THE CHALLENGE. 
          TWO, THREE AND EIGHT OVERLAP. 
          AND WHAT I FELT LIKE WAS THAT TWO AND THREE, THE DIFFERENCE WAS ONE WAS WHAT, WHAT DID THE, ALTHOUGH I GUESS THAT'S THOSE ARE ACTUALLY BOARD WE WORK WITH DH TWO AND THREE ARE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE. 
          I HAVE TWO. 
          DID I WRITE THE SAME THING THAT OVERLAPS WITH TWO BUT I HAD DIFFERENT, SO I SEE EIGHT AS KIND OF THE UH, I SEE TWO AND THREE AS SORT OF A MORE OVERARCHING, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE AN EXPERTISE I HAVE AND, AND A SKILLSET AND INTEREST, RIGHT? THAT THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT SORT OF, THAT ARE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WE PUT FORWARD TO THE DEPARTMENT AND SAY HERE ARE INTERESTED AND SKILL SETS TO BE UTILIZED BY YOU. 
          WHEREAS I SEE A AS ONCE A YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL ONE YEAR, THERE SHOULD BE A WHOLE DAY DEDICATED TO WITH THEM, THEM SAYING TO US, THESE ARE OUR STRATEGIC GOALS FOR THE YEAR. 
          HOW CAN WE AS A BOARD INTERACT WITH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR? YOU KNOW, LIKE LET'S BE MORE, IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE SAID WE WANTED IT ALL ALONG. 
          HOW CAN WE BE MORE PROACTIVE? YES. 
          IN WORKING WITH DHS, UM, GIVE US YOUR TALK. 
          RIGHT, EXACTLY. 
          AND THEN TELL US HOW WE CAN HELP YOU. 
          SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A HARD, SO ACTUALLY, SO I PUT THIS, WHAT DID YOU PUT IN THREE AS HIGH? I PUT TOO MANY THREE. 
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BOTH AS HIGH ONLY BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE SHORT TERM, RIGHT? I PUT THREE AS HIGH. 
          I PUT TWO AS THREE. 
          I NEED, I HAVE TWO. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I ALMOST FELT LIKE WE SHOULD SORT OF COORDINATE IN SOME WAY BECAUSE THERE IS OVERLAP. 
          EVEN IF WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THEM HAVING THIS INFORMATION AND US COORDINATING THROUGHOUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, SO TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, I UNDERSTAND NOW THE DIFFERENCE, WHICH IS THEM, RIGHT? ANNUALLY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO AND SO IT'S TWO WHAT WE ON AND THREE IS WHAT EACH. 
          I'M SWITCH THEN I WOULD SAY THAT TWO IS HIGH. 
          THREE IS YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. 
          AND THEN THREE IS THREE IS ME. 
          I DIDN'T DO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOUR BUILDING CONNECTIONS. 
          I PUT THAT IN FOUR. 
          AND IS THIS THE SAME? SEE IN HERE CONNECTING WITH THE OTHER? CONNECTING WITH THE, YEAH WE SHOULD PUT THAT IN HERE AS A COMMENT BECAUSE I THINK IT BELONGS HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          FOUR. 
          YEAH, I'M MOVING MY UM, MY FOR GONNA WRITE THIS. 
          THAT'S A SEPARATE ONE. 
          I DUNNO. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT'S COMMISSIONS. 
          TO ME THAT'S STILL SEPARATE. 
          I SEE IT AS GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LIAISON. 
          NOT SURE THEY HAVE THAT. 
          I THINK PROBABLY SHOULD EDUCATE BOARD MEMBERS ON COMPLIANCE EXPECTATIONS MEAN I THINK YOU KIND OF ALMOST RELABEL THIS AS THE, I'M SORRY, GOING BACK TO YORK AS KIND OF NETWORKING COMMUNITY, RIGHT? I PUT FIVE AS LOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHATEVER WE WANT OFF TOPIC HARASSMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT I DID FOR WORK LIKE A MONTH AGO AND I DON'T WANNA DO IT AND SO I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. 
          STILL GETTING, NOW I NEED TO ASK HOW DO I GET SIGN OFF? LITERALLY JUST HARASS AND AT WORK. 
          BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME. 
          IT'S A TWO HOUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING. 
          ONE WE DO FOR WORK. 
          I USED TO WOULD COUNT. 
          SO NUMBER SIX. 
          AND THIS IS OVERLAP WITH SOME OTHER STUFF. 
          SO MAYBE THAT RIGHT. 
          IT'S SIMILAR TO FOUR ASIDE. 
          I DID TOO. 
          SO MAYBE THIS IS, I RELATED TO NUMBER FOUR. 
          PUT THAT KIND OF HOLD THEM TOGETHER. 
          WE MEDIA. 
          BUT I HAVE, THIS ONE IS HIGH BECAUSE, BUT I'M JUST READING COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          NONE OF THESE ARE THE SAME. 
          WELL I SEE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, LIKE OTHER NONPROFITS FEEL LIKE, SO IS IT 
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SIX? SIX? THAT'S OUR JOB. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          WE'VE NEVER REALLY ESTABLISHED THAT VERY WELL. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE IDEA OF GOING OUT TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW THE ROSE PARK COMMUNITY SAYING I'M YOUR REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS AREA OR WHATEVER. 
          YEAH, WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT. 
          BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE A PRESENTATION. 
          LIKE I FEEL LIKE A POWERPOINT BE A POWERPOINT FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE. 
          IT'S ALSO WHICH ONE? SO NUMBER FOUR, I THINK THAT, I THINK WHAT THEY TALKING LEGISLATION AND ALL THAT LEGISLATION IS DIFFERENT. 
          I THOUGHT OUR THING ABOUT, WELL I THINK, I THINK IT'S ALL THE SAME BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S WHAT FALLS UNDER THE HEADING OF OUTREACH. 
          SO, SO IN SOME WAYS IT GOES TO, WE HAVE A SIX ALSO LET STAKEHOLDERS, IT'S NOT OUR SIX TO ME IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S COMMUNITY. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S MORE, YEAH. 
          SO FOUR IS LIKE POLICY MAKERS AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. 
          SIX IS HIGH. 
          I PUT SIX IS HIGH BECAUSE TO ME THAT'S REALLY OUR FUNCTION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IN SOME WAYS LIKE MAKING SIX HIGH AND MAKING FURLOUGH EMPHASIZES THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL I WOULDN'T, I IT AS YOU ARE, THANK OKAY. 
          NUMBER STEP. 
          I PUT THAT AS LOW. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO AND THEY USED TO AND THEY USED TO SEND, THEY USED TO SEND GOVERNMENT. 
          THERE'S SO MORE COMMUNITIES THAT YEAH. 
          AND TO ME, THIS ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT, THIS TO ME IS MORE LIKE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          BUT THE PUBLIC SHOWING UP TO OUR MEETING, I JUST DON'T, THEY'RE NOT GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT. 
          I MEAN I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY, I MEAN A LOT OF TIMES IT'S INDIVIDUALS AGENDAS. 
          I PUT THAT NUMBER NINE. 
          I PUT THAT AS LOW. 
          I PUT IT AS LOW. 
          BUT ALSO BE, I ALSO PUT THAT AND, AND MY COMMENT ON HERE ALSO IS THAT I FELT THAT THERE SHOULD BE FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD JUST BE US. 
          BUT I FELT LIKE THERE SHOULD BE INPUT. 
          WE SHOULDA HAVE A LIAISON PERSON THAT KIND OF YEAH. 
          THAT WHICH, THAT HELPS US. 
          THAT HELPS THE COMMENT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US GOING TOO FARFIELD IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THINK AND WHAT THEY AND WHAT THEY WANT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND BE RIGHT FROM 
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PART, THEY SHOULD HAVE LIKE A NON-VOTING PRESENCE OF THESE COMMITTEES JUST TO HELP INFORM US AND TO KEEP US FOCUSED. 
          I'M DOWN TO FOUR HIGHS, . 
          AND THEN NUMBER 11 I PUT AS MEDIUM. 
          I PUT AS HIGH, BUT I PUT AS HIGH BUT FAST. 
          I DON'T THINK IT. 
          SO I FELT LIKE, SO I SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY DO LIKE A BOARD HANDBOOK. 
          OKAY. 
          A LITTLE ONBOARDING PROCESS ASSIGNED TO AND OTHER COMMISSIONS MAY ALREADY HAVE THIS. 
          THAT'S A GREAT I HAVE BE ONE CALL WHAT OFFER AND WHAT DO I OFFER? YEAH. 
          SO WHAT I CAN, I THINK WAS A, MINE JUST SEEMED TO ROLL, BUT I THINK THERE'S THREE TO YOUR TOAST. 
          SO YOU'VE DONE IN GENERAL? I THINK SO. 
          I NEEDS A FAIR, HAPPY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          CAN WAIT, CAN WE JUST, WE JUST DON'T TALK ABOUT THE, ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE DONE. 
          YOU DID IT. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          I SERIOUS. 
          SO, BUT I'M NOT SURE DENNIS SERIOUSLY HAVE UNTIL NINE 30, BUT PEOPLE ALWAYS WANNA LEAVE. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN TIME JUNE 30TH IS THE TERM OF JAMES. 
          I THINK WE'RE KIND OF LIVING IT ON. 
          WHAT, HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT? SO, SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? I THINK WE NEED BE LITTLE LIMITED IN HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE LEFT. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          TECHNICALLY WE CAN GO TO NINE 30, BUT I WAS PLANNING TO NOT GO TO NINE 30. 
          SO  SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST, UH, ASK US TO COME BACK A GROUP, SHARE OUT SOME REFLECTIONS. 
          WE'LL, I'M GONNA BE COLLECTING ALL THIS FEEDBACK AND THEN I'LL BE ALRIGHT. 
          NOT DISCUSSION. 
          GOING IS GREAT. 
          WE LOVE TO SEE IT AND I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF MORE OF THE FEEDBACK. 
          SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST FOR TIME, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, AT LEAST ONE PERSON, THESE JUST KIND OF SHARE OUT ANY KINDS OF, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHARE OUT EVERYTHING OBVIOUSLY, BUT JUST ANY REFLECTIONS THAT CAME UP WITH THE DISCUSSION. 
          ANY WHERE THERE, WAS THERE A LOT OF LIKE SIMILAR THOUGHTS? WERE THERE SOME DIFFERENCES? JUST GIVE THE GROUP A SENSE OF KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          UM, AND LIKE I SAID, PROCESS WISE, I'LL BE COLLECTING THESE AND COMPILE ALL OF THE, THE DOCUMENTS TOGETHER TO GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU. 
          I'LL UPDATE THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO EVEN IF IT DOESN'T GET RECORDED OUT RIGHT NOW, IT WILL ALL BE COMPILED TOGETHER. 
          SO CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY GO FIRST? GO FIRST. 
          I CAN GO FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK FOR ME EASIEST WOULD JUST BE TO RUN THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICK IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. 
          SO WE THOUGHT NUMBER ONE WAS A MEDIUM. 
          WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A QUICK PROJECT THAT COULD BE DONE ONCE A YEAR. 
          AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE FELT WERE SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          SO WE, UM, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY RATE THEM HIGH. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE RATED HIGH. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE FEEL LIKE IT'S PART OF THE WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
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MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, NUMBER THREE, WE RATED MEDIUM. 
          NUMBER FOUR, WE RATED MEDIUM. 
          UM, AND WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS RELATED TO CONNECTING TO OTHER BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, NUMBER FIVE, WE RATED AS LOW BECAUSE WE ALL HATE DOING IT. 
          UM, , UH,  NUMBER NUMBER SIX WE RATED AS HIGH. 
          UM, WE FELT THAT THIS WAS SORT OF RELATED TO NUMBER FOUR. 
          UM, AND WE BASICALLY FEEL LIKE THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THE WOR THE REAL WORK OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          WE SHOULD BE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE THAT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE, AND HHS AND WE SHOULD HAVE MAYBE A POWERPOINT FOR ROAD SHOW AND WE SHOULD ALL BE GOING OUT AND DOING BETTER OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE NEVER REALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DO THAT. 
          SO WORKING ON MAKING THAT A HIGH PRIORITY. 
          NUMBER SEVEN, WE RATED THIS AS LOW. 
          UM, NO COMMENT THERE. 
          NUMBER EIGHT, WE RATED THIS AS MEDIUM. 
          UM, AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL COMMENT. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE ONE FULL DAY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FISCAL YEAR TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND ALIGN THE WORK FOR THE YEAR. 
          UM, NUMBER, WHICH ONE WAS THAT? OKAY, NUMBER NINE. 
          WE RATED THIS AS LOW BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A QUICK PROJECT THAT CAN BE DONE AND THAT CAN BE A MAINTAINED DOCUMENT HELD BY THE SECRETARY. 
          NUMBER 10, WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS HIGH. 
          UM, BUT WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD ADD A PERSON FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS KIND OF A LIAISON TO THE WORK THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED. 
          NUMBER 11, WE RATED AS MEDIUM, AGAIN, WOULD INCLUDE A PERSON FROM THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND WE FELT LIKE A SUBCOMMITTEE SHOULD BE ACTUALLY CREATED TO DO, TO SORT OF MAKE THIS A, A A CONSISTENT THING WHERE WE HAVE A BOARD HANDBOOK, A BOARD ORIENTATION HANDBOOK AND A PROCESS AND A MENT YOU KNOW, A MENTOR FOR THE NEW PEOPLE, UM, TO ORIENT THE PERSON. 
          AND THAT THIS SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR EVERY NEW PERSON THAT COMES ON THE END. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          UM, WHAT SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS JUST BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY I'LL NOT BE AT EVERY BOARD MEETING MOVING FORWARD, BUT, UM, I'M DEFINITELY WANT, SO, UM, BUT UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING JUST LIFTING UP, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT MENTION AROUND LIKE, HEY, HERE'S LIKE A HIGH PRIORITY. 
          HERE'S AN ACTIVITY THAT WE CAN GIVE AS A BOARD. 
          SO I'LL SHARE SOME RESOURCES AND TEMPLATES JUST TO HELP TO MAKE THAT PROCESS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR YOU ALL. 
          AND THINK ABOUT SAY, LET'S MAP AND IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE EXISTING. 
          WE ARE THE KEY PEOPLE WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS OR, OR AGENCIES. 
          BUT ALSO WHERE ARE THE, WHERE ARE THE, UH, OF THE, THE GAPS THAT EXIST IN RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU ALL NEED TO BUILD, RIGHT. 
          OR CONNECT THERE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I'M THINKING ABOUT TOO THAT I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE, UM, THAT A LOT OF OTHER COMMISSIONS LOOK AT DOING TOO, IS FORMING SUBCOMMITTEES. 
          SO I KNOW YOU ALL CREATED LIKE A STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP. 
          SO YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT AS WE FINALIZE THIS DOCUMENT, THINK ABOUT IS THERE AN ACTIVITY HERE WHERE FOR INSTANCE, LIKE NUMBER 11, WHERE THAT COULD BE, THAT MEANS SOME MORE STRATEGIC THINKING IN BETWEEN THESE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THERE COULD BE A FORMATION OF A SMALLER SUBSET OF THIS WHOLE BOARD THAT COULD BE TASKED WITH DOING THAT. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THESE FORWARD AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, YOU WANNA GO NEXT? SURE. 
          REALLY GO THROUGH ALL OF, WE BASICALLY BROKE IT UP INTO THE GROUP FELT THAT NUMBERS, UH, ONE, UH, 1, 10, 11, UH, IMPORTANT. 
          BUT THEY'RE, THE REASON THEY'RE IMPORTANT IS FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY, HOW THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE OR CALL UPON TO, UH, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. 
          AND THEN KIND OF, UH, 10 AND 11 IS JUST THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW, UH, GROUP HAVE ORIENTATION, HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHO WILL SHOW UP FOR HOW MANY MEETINGS. 
          SO WE DIDN'T THINK THOSE WERE LIKE THINGS THAT YOU MAYBE SHOULD DO. 
          THEY'RE JUST LIKE THINGS THAT ANY FUNCTIONING BOARD PATH THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR STRATEGIC GOAL. 
          IT'S JUST A FUNCTIONAL, FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT OF RUNNING ORGANIZATION. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PART THAT WE STRUGGLING ALL THE THINGS BASICALLY LIKE TWO THROUGH NINE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE MEAT OF WHAT WE DO. 
          AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT LIKE BEING ADVOCATES. 
          AND THE QUESTION WAS, WHO ARE WE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF? IS IT ON BEHALF THE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS REPRESENTED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? OR ARE WE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO THE, UH, TO THE UH, LIKE THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND SO THOSE, WE WERE KIND OF, WE GOT STUCK ON. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT THEY BROUGHT UP 
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PEOPLE WITH AND I HAD WAS THAT LIKE WE TRIED, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY TRIED TO DO ADVOCACY IN THE PAST AND THEY'VE GOTTEN STUCK BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET RESPONSES. 
          THEY ALL FEEL VALUED AS A BOARD MEMBER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BECAUSE WHEN THEY SEND MESSAGES THAT THEY DON'T GET RESPONSES FOR ANYBODY. 
          THERE'S NOBODY TO HELP US. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A C OR ANYBODY THAT WE REPORT TO. 
          LIKE, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GROUP IS MOVING, HELPING TO ADVOCATE WHO BEHALF WHO HELPS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF ANYTHING ELSE. 
          GOOD. 
          GOOD. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ONE, UH, THING I'LL ADD TO THAT TOO IS THAT'S PART OF THE, THAT IS INHERENTLY PART OF THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH ADVOCACY, RIGHT? IS THAT THERE WILL BE A CLEAR KIND OF LIKE THE MESSAGE IS HEARD AND RECEIVED AND THEN THERE'S ACTION FROM THAT. 
          AND THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN. 
          RIGHT? I THINK JUST TO BRING IN SOME CONTEXT TOO, THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A LOT OF CHALLENGES. 
          NOT JUST, UM, I MEAN ACROSS THE CITY WITH, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE AS COMMISSION ARE GETTING ORGANIZED AND HAVING THESE, UM, PUTTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP WITHIN THAT PROCESS? WHETHER IT'S IT'S RECOGNIZED, WHETHER IT'S SEEN TO THE FULL POTENTIAL THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, ONE THING I WOULD POINT OUT WITH THAT TOO, THAT WOULD REALLY HELP, I THINK WITH THAT FEELING, THAT THE FEELING OF BEING STUCK, UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IN MY ORGANIZATION WE OFTEN FEEL THAT IN OUR ORG TOO. 
          NOT AS LIKE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, BUT THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE POINT. 
          THEY'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE OTHER RELATIONSHIPS TO EXPAND THAT MESSAGE AND GET THAT WORD OUT THERE REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE MAYBE LIKE THE RECIPIENT OF THAT ADVOCACY. 
          RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHERE UNDERSTANDING WHERE ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST BETWEEN YOU ALL AND FOLKS OUTSIDE, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP AMPLIFY THAT MAYBE WHEN THE MESSAGE ISN'T BEING HEARD. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE WE CAN SAY, OH, LET'S, LET'S SHARE THIS TOPIC RIGHT. 
          WITH OTHER PEOPLE OR HELP AMPLIFY THAT. 
          BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THERE'S SOME RELATIONSHIPS EXIST, BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO OR WHERE THOSE FOLKS ARE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF THIS, THINK ABOUT IT AS ALL OF THESE TIED IN TOGETHER TO HELP, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THAT UNSTUCK. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I, AND I HOPE TOO THAT WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATION TO LEARN FROM THOSE PAST EFFORTS TO THEN INFORM, INFORM. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          SHOULD, SORRY. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I THINK THE FOLLOW UP FROM LAST MEETING WAS DO WE EVER FIND, THERE'S A DOCUMENT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY ITEM THAT SAYS HERE'S OUR CHARGES COMMITTEE. 
          THERE'S A CHARTER. 
          THERE'S A CHARTER. 
          IT'S, I MEAN I HAVE COPY. 
          THE MUNICIPAL CODE IS THAT I PROVIDED A COPY TO EVERYBODY, WAS REALLY THE DEFINING DOCUMENT THAT CREATED BOARD. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT IT, IT, IT'S REALLY VAGUE AND IT'S DESCRIPTION OF THE BOARD AS IT JUST STATES THAT YOU WERE AN ADVISORY BODY, YOU KNOW, TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS. 
          THERE WAS AN UPDATE. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE UPDATES TO IT THOUGH, RIGHT THERE, CHANGED THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD A WHILE BACK TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD. 
          THERE WERE A LOT MORE AT LARGE OPENINGS FOR, IT COULD BE JUST ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WAS INTERESTED IN SITTING ON THE BOARD. 
          BUT AS THE WORLD DEFINED IN CHANGE, WE DEFINED IT MORE LIKE A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO BE ON THE BOARD. 
          UM, WE ADDED CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE AT HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, WE, YOU KNOW, PUT ON THE BOARD ON THERE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO GET A LITTLE MORE ROUNDED BOARD CREATED FROM THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY CHANGES OCCURRED. 
          THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY LIKE, CLEAR CUT, UH, GOALS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OR DEFINITION OF WHAT THE OUTPUT FOR THIS REALLY TO BE DOING OTHER THAN JUST BEING AN ADVISORY LOBBY. 
          SO, SO LYDIA, YOU HAD A COMMENT OR JUST A QUE I SOMETHING I FORGOT TO SAY, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS, UM, LOOKING TO OTHER COMMISSIONS TO, THAT MAY HAVE THEIR ACT TOGETHER BETTER THAN US. 
          SO WE ARE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW, DENNIS, YOU MAY HAVE THE BEST INSIGHT INTO THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY COMMISSIONS THAT REALLY ARE HIGH FUNCTIONING, UM, THAT HAVE AN ORIENTATION BOOK AND A MENTORSHIP. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE LIKE A HANDBOOK THAT THEY COULD LEARN TOGETHER, LEARN. 
          WE CAN JUST, I COULD READ OUT AND ASK. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DEFINING COMMISSIONS. 
          THERE'S YOUR CHARTER COMMISSIONS, WHICH HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FOCUS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE ADVISORY BODY. 
          SO I WOULD WANT TO PULL, UH, LIKE TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YEAH. 
          AND ALL THE OTHER ADVISORY COMMISSIONS AND JUST SEE WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE, JUST NOT HAVING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, REACH OUT AND INQUIRE AND SEE WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND IF YOU CAN HAVE A S OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I WASN'T HOW THAT WENT DOWN, BUT I'LL, UM, SO WE SAID THAT NUMBER ONE WAS MEDIUM, BUT I, I ALSO SAID, I THINK THAT NUMBER ONE AND 11 COULD BE EASILY DEFINED. 
          UM, IT'S A GOOD TIME WHEN YOU ONBOARD SOMEONE. 
          IT'S A GOOD TIME TO UPDATE 
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EXPERTISE ON THE BOARD. 
          UM, NUMBERS TWO AND THREE, WE CAN TAUGHT MORE HIGH AND ALSO POSSIBLY COMBINABLE. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE IDENTIFYING POLICY PROGRAM PRIORITIES, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO BOTH OF, TO PROVIDE INPUT AND ALSO TO A CHAMPION. 
          SO THOSE FEEL VERY COMBINABLE, UM, AND HIGH PRIORITY AND VERY MUCH WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. 
          UM, WE SAID THAT NUMBER FOUR WAS HIGH PRIORITY, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BETWEEN US. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S MY, AND A LOT OF IT PIGGYBACKS ON, ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 
          UM, IT'S MY EXPERIENCE IN THIS CITY AND IN OTHER CITIES THAT VERY, THAT MOST THINGS THAT GET PRIORITIZED GET PRIORITIZED BECAUSE OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE IN PLACE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO IF WE'RE NOT ACTIVELY WORKING ON CULTIVATING RELATIONSHIPS TO PUT THINGS HIGHER ON THE RADAR FOR FOLKS, I THINK THINGS DON'T GO HIGHER ON THE RADAR FOR FOLKS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY HIGH, I WOULD, I WOULD CALL THAT A HIGH PRIORITY, UM, EDUCATING BOARD MEMBERS. 
          IT'S FUNNY WHEN WE SAID WE SAID LOW BECAUSE WE HATE IT, I SAID HIGH AND NEGATIVE . 
          SO WE'LL GO WITH MEDIUM ON THAT. 
          THE DIFFERENCE. 
          SO I, I'M WITH YOU ON THE, ON THE SPIRIT, BUT, UM, YEAH, BUT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BE COMPLIANCE. 
          UM, WE SAID THAT NUMBER SIX WAS A HIGH PRIORITY. 
          WE AGREED ON THAT. 
          YES. 
          ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          UM, AT NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. 
          WE ACTUALLY SAID LOW PRIORITY, NOT BECAUSE THE SPIRIT OF IT ISN'T IMPORTANT, BUT BECAUSE THE REALITY OF THAT EVER BEING SUCCESSFUL IS SO LOW THAT IT'S SILLY. 
          RIGHT? SO ACTUALLY WE WOUND UP TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO MAYBE CHANGE NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING ONE OR TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS PER YEAR THAT ARE NOT DURING THIS TIME, NOT 7 45 ON A FRIDAY MORNING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND PICKING THE DATE WELL IN ADVANCE AND, AND PUTTING THE WORD OUT WELL IN ADVANCE TO KIND OF GET SOME TO NEAT IDEA, BUT NOT IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND EVEN BOTHER TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 AND 11, WE ALL SAID MEDIUM. 
          THEY'RE ALL LIKE PROCESS RELATED THINGS. 
          UM, THAT DIDN'T SEEM TOO TERRIBLY HARD TO DO. 
          LIKE HOUSEKEEPING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO MOST OF OUR HIGHS WERE ON THE FIRST PAGE. 
          UH, AND NUMBER SIX. 
          AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT COULD BE COLLAPSED IN ONE AND SEVEN NEEDS TO CHANGE. 
          IT DOES. 
          SVIA HAD A REALLY GOOD IDEA, HAD THAT REALLY GOOD IDEA ABOUT SEVEN. 
          IT'S JUST THAT THE IDEA OF MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE SO AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN JOIN AND REALLY FOCUSING ON SOLICITING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, MEET THE BOARD. 
          I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE NEAT TO KIND OF HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROMOTE THAT, BUT A MEET THE BOARD NIGHT, LIKE , THAT COULD ALSO BE A REALLY GREAT LIKE, COLLABORATION POINT FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR AGENCIES TO PARTNER WITH AND LIKE HELP IT OUT. 
          LIKE A LISTENING SESSION, LIKE THE COMMUNITY SHARE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, THIS IS WHAT WE HEAR. 
          THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. 
          IT WOULD BE A NEAT PROJECT. 
          RAISE THE VISIBILITY OF MISSION AS WELL. 
          THAT'S WHAT I JUST LIKE WALK. 
          WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE IDEAS AND THE FEEDBACK AND ALL OF THIS. 
          SO PROCESS WISE, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND PASSING THESE PAPERS OVER TO DENNIS, WE'RE GONNA, I THEM, I'LL COMPILE THIS AND SEND IT, UM, BACK TO YOU ALL AND THEN WITH SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU ALL. 
          AND I REALLY WISH YOU THE BEST ON THE PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BEING YOUR PARTNER AND NOT HERE AT 7:45 AM  SPOKEN LIKE A MILLENNIAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          MILLENNIAL. 
          THANK YOU, JAMES. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE ONE LAST ITEM TO COVER. 
          OH, DO WE HAVE TO RECOMMENDATION? DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING? JUST A, A SAME PROCESS. 
          OH, FILE. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          NO, ABSTENTIONS. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE ONE LAST THING FOR, UM, CELINE TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL FOR THE, UM, INSTALLING WATER BEACH SIGN HAZARD SIGNAGE. 
          SO, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S ATTACHED TO YOUR PACKET. 
          I'LL BE REALLY QUICK. 
          UM, SO THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WHICH 
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WAS A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, WE HAD HAD A, A MASSIVE, UM, DURING THE STORMS, A MASSIVE SEWAGE SPILL, LIKE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES EVER INTO OUR WATERWAYS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND EVEN DURING THIS MEETING, IT WAS PRETTY APPARENT THAT EVEN WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          SO WHATEVER THE COMMUNICATION METHOD WAS FROM THE CITY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND WE HEARD THAT THEY ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF THINGS. 
          IT WASN'T GETTING WHERE IT NEEDED. 
          IF WE DIDN'T SEE IT, THEN WHO SAW IT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THIS STUFF. 
          SO, SO I LOOKED INTO IT, I WAS OUT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, UM, AT MULTIPLE PARKS, WALKING ON THE BEACH, DOING WHATEVER THINGS I USUALLY DO. 
          AND I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND DOGS, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. 
          IN THE WATER. 
          AND, AND SO MY THOUGHT WAS, MOST CITIES THAT HAVE BEACHES HAVE PHYSICAL BEACH SIGN WARNINGS. 
          YES. 
          MM-HMM. 
           FOR WEATHER FOR LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE UNDERTOW , BUT, BUT FOR WHATEVER, SHARK WARNINGS, JELLYFISH WARNINGS, WATER QUALITY WARNINGS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE, THERE WERE A TON OF DOGS SWIMMING, LIKE IN MARINE STADIUM. 
          AND I'M LIKE, I'M NOT SURE THAT PEOPLE GET, IF YOUR DOG'S SWIMMING IN SEWAGE, THEN YOU HAVE MIGHT AS WELL BE SWIMMING IN SEWAGE BECAUSE NOW THE DOG'S SWIMMING. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HUG IT, YOU'RE GONNA BATHE IT, IT'S GONNA COME SIT IN THE CAR. 
          ALL OF THIS SEEMS UNHEALTHY TO ME. 
          YES. 
          SO  SO, UM, MY PROPOSAL WAS THAT AS A BOARD, UM, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHO WOULD IMPLEMENT IT. 
          I'M GUESSING WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT 'CAUSE THEY HANDLE, AND MAYBE THE, THE, UM, THE MARINE, WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED. 
          PARK COAST COMMISSIONERS MAYBE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S NOT, NOT PARKS AND REC. 
          THE BEACH IS SOME, THE MARINE, WHATEVER THEY'RE CALLED. 
          ANYWAY, A COUPLE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO WORK ON IT, WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO GET SOME KIND OF A BUDGET. 
          I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WOULD BE THAT EXPENSIVE, BUT MAYBE IT IS. 
          'CAUSE YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO FLIP THE SIGNS. 
          BUT TO HAVE PERMANENT PHYSICAL SIGNAGE OF SOME KIND, WHETHER THEY'RE FLAGS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF SYSTEMS OUT THERE ALREADY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND THEY COULD GO ON THE BEACH CHAIRS WHERE THERE ARE, I MEAN, LIFEGUARD STATIONS WHERE THERE ARE LIFEGUARD STATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEY COULD BE POSTED ON BUILDINGS. 
          THEY'D BE POSTED AT THE, AT THE, AT THE ROW HOUSE. 
          THEY'D BE POSTED FOR DOGS. 
          ANYWHERE. 
          WE HAVE A WATERWAY THAT PEOPLE, OR DOGS ACCESS. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS THE WATER'S NOT SAFE FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          AND THEN SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PUT IT ALL UP AND THEN SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE IT ALL DOWN. 
          SO, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY NEED TO GET SIGNAGE, NEW SIGNAGE EVERY TIME THEY CAN JUST USE IT. 
          NO, YOU JUST, IT CAN EITHER BE LIKE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PERMANENT THING. 
          IT'S A EITHER A FLAG SYSTEM. 
          THEY HAVE IT IN SANTA CRUZ, SO WE SHOULD, AND YOU JUST FLIP UP. 
          IT CAN BE LIKE A REGULARLY A FOOTBALL THING. 
          RIGHT. 
          FIRST DOWN. 
          OH, CAN'T GO IN THE WATER OVER HERE. 
          WE HAPPEN IN HAWAII ALL THE TIME. 
          BUT THEY ALSO, I ALSO GET EMAILS AND THERE'S THINGS ON FACEBOOK THAT SAYS IT. 
          BUT HOW MANY, NOT EVERYBODY IS NECESSARILY LOOKING AT MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD STOP WHATEVER THE COMMUNICATION IS. 
          BUT I FEEL LIKE WE NEED ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL SIGNAGE AT THE POINT OF CARE. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE TELLING CRUISE SHIPS? RIGHT. 
          THEY CAN'T GO IN THE WATER. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT TELLING PEOPLE THAT DON'T THAT GET UP IN THE MORNING AND TAKE THEIR DOGS FOR A WHILE. 
          LIKE WE'RE NOT TELLING THEM. 
          UM, MY OTHER POINT ON THAT, 'CAUSE THAT'S MY AREA OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT IMPACTS HUMAN HEALTH IS HAVING, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER COMMUNICATION WE'RE SENDING OUT COMMUNICATION, I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE EMAILS AND MOST OF THE VET HOSPITALS, AND WE SHOULD BE SHOOTING AN EMAIL OUT TO ALL OF THEM THAT THEY CAN COPY AND SEND OUT TO THEIR CLIENTS. 
          IT SAYS, WATER'S NOT SAFE. 
          SEWAGE BILL ON LAY YOUR DOGS. 
          DOGS. 
          SO DENNIS, WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS. 
          WHAT PROCESS COULD WE TAKE TO, WHERE WOULD THIS GO FOR US TO PUT THIS FORWARD AS A RECOMMENDATION? UM, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY BE JUST KIND OF LIKE, WELL WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT. 
          BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE MARINE PROBABLY BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLY. 
          OR PUBLIC WORKS, I SHOULD SAY PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS. 
          YEP. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. 
          AND TO CITY COUNCILMEN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO POSTED ON THEIR PAGES. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN IT MIGHT BE, DO WE JUST NEED TO FIND A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO PICK IT UP? THERE'D BE TWO THINGS YOU COULD DO. 
          YOU COULD, YOU COULD PUT A LETTER TOGETHER TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WITH YOUR SUGGESTION. 
          LOOK UP LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS. 
          IT WOULD BE ROUTED THROUGH THE LENS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE WOULD JUST DO A QUICK, WHAT WE CALL A TWO FROM FOUR MEMO AS A COVER LETTER FOR YOURS. 
          UH, THERE WOULD BE A TRANSMITTAL OF THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING THIS KIND OF SIGNAGE. 
          UM, AND WE WOULD SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY, UH, MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          THEY WOULD REVIEW IT AND THEN IT WOULD GO OUT TO THE MAYOR AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SO THE, SO THERE'D BE ONE METHODOLOGY FOR YOU. 
          IF YOU HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH, THEN YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU COULD GET THEM TO SIGN OFF TO IT. 
          YOU COULD GO THROUGH THAT MECHANISM AS WELL AND SEE IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING OR BRING IT UP COUNCIL. 
          AND THIS COULD BE THE BASIS FOR IT. 
          REALLY JUST CUT AND PASTE THIS IN A LOT OF WAYS. 
          I MEAN, SOMEBODY, THIS WAS MY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON THE MOMENT, I'M NOT SURE IT DOESN'T BE SOME EDITING. 
          ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THE GROUP. 
          AND THEN WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO WITH IT, IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON SOMETHING. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 
          DO WE NEED TO DO A MOTION TO LIKE MOVE THIS FORWARD AND I NEED LAN 
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LANGUAGE DISCUSSION ON, UNLESS FURTHER, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL. 
          IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS IN MORE DEPTH WHEN YOU HAVE MORE TIME. 
          BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE RUSH. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. 
          YEAH, I JUST, EVERYBODY ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD JUST MOVE ON IT. 
          WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I MEAN THIS SEEM COMPLICATED, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          THAT TO DRAFT THE LETTER, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTAL TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION BECAUSE I DON'T MOVE AGAINST, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I WOULD SECOND IT. 
          I WOULD, THE OTHER THING I'D SAY I CAN YOU MAKE THE MOTION LOOK, WILL SHE JUST MOVE? I, I MOVE TO PURSUE CREATING A MEMO ADVOCATING FOR SIGNAGE AT THE POINT OF CONTACT WITH NOTIFICATION TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT'S MY MOTION AND THAT I COLLECTIVE MOTION. 
          SECOND THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ANY NOS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? WE'RE GOOD. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD ACTUALLY DO, TAKE ACTION ON AND HAVE LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SAY WE DID THAT CAME FROM US. 
          YEAH. 
          STOP. 
          ALSO. 
          I CAN, THAT WOULD BE NICE. 
          . 
          GROSS ME OUT. 
          LOOK, I CONTACT OUR, OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THREE AND SEE IF SHE'D BE WILLING TO PICK THIS UP AND TAKE IT TO COUNCIL BECAUSE SHE HAS A LOT OF BEACH SPACE. 
          WATER SPACES. 
          THE WATER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IF THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          I CAN FLOAT THIS. 
          AM I ALLOWED TO DO THAT? YEAH, YOU ARE. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE PUN AND THE USE OF THE WORD FLOAT . 
          COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONAL. 
          OKAY. 
          ON THAT NOTE, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, TO BE SHARED WITH THE BOARD OR ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR A REALLY VERY ACTIVE AND PRODUCTIVE MEETING. 
          LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION IS SHARED. 
          GREAT WORK BY ALL OF YOU GUYS AND OUR STAFF AND IMPACTING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:20 AM NOT HERE. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY, SO HOW YOU DOING? THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE AN AN NO, NO. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL THOUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'LL JUST GO INTO MY CAR WITH ALL THE OTHER PENS THAT I THROW INTO THERE AND THEN FORGET. 
          I DID THAT. 
          DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE AND TAKING SOME POSITIVE STEPS AND DOING SOMETHING. 
          I KNOW I GET STUFF FROM SUPERMAN'S OFFICE. 
          TIME ABOUT EL DODO. 
          HE POST ON FACEBOOK LIKE EVERY 20 MINUTES. 
          OH GREAT. 
          THAT'S JULY 31ST. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I HAVE A ROOMMATE NOW AND TWO PUFFS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           LIKE, UM, THIS MONTH. 
          SO SHE'S GONNA DO PROBABLY, SHE'S PROBABLY GONNA DO SOME OUTPATIENT. 
          SHE, SHE'S NOT, SHE HAS A HEADHUNTER. 
          SHE RECRUIT. 
          SO MY DAUGHTER HAS A GOOD FRIEND WHO'S A TRAVELING NURSE REALLY? JUST UP IN, UP IN OAKLAND. 
          AND SHE WAS TAKING SOME TIME TO GO VISIT SOME FAMILY IN TEXAS, BUT SHE, SHE LOVES IT. 
          SHE, SHE SAID SHE'D LIKE TO DO. 
          OH, LILY'S BEEN DOING IT FOR A WHILE NOW. 
          THIS, YEAH. 
          AND SHE'S ABLE TO KEEP HER LOUISIANA. 
          SEVERAL TAXES THERE. 
          UHHUH. 
          DOES SHE HAVE A LICENSE IN CALIFORNIA? SHE DOES. 
          NICE. 
          SHE HAS SOME SUPER, SHE LIKE, SHE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          WELL, SO I'M APPLYING FOR LOCUMS IN NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW AND IT'S AWESOME BECAUSE THEY DO EVERYTHING FOR YOU. 
          QUITE LOVELY. 
          I WAS YOU IN LAS NEW MEXICO REALLY? THE WEEKEND YOU DROVE BACK FROM TEXAS MUCH AT SOME POINT. 
          YES. 
          ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN TEXT ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN MY LIFE. 
          YOU, I AM REALLY, I'M ALMOST THERE AND I'M HEARING.
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