Oct 23, 2024 Technology and Innovation Commission

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SPORT.

COOL.

GREEN IS GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2024.

WILL WE, WE WILL BEGIN WITH A QUICK ROLL CALL, VOTE, UH, ROLL CALL CHAIR.

LISA MAY BRUNSON.

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PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER ASHER BACCA.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN.

COMMISSIONER ASHLEY CHITTICK.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PATTERSON.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER EMILY WOODMAN NANCE HERE.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024.

CAN WE GET A MOTION

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THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER ONE?

[1. 24-55324 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of Wednesday, September 25, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, HAPPY WEDNESDAY.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WELCOME OUR NEW TI SEAT TICK TICK.

COMMISSIONER ASHER BACA.

SO, ASHER, THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING.

IF

[2. 24-55325 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

BUT IF YOU, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

WELL, FIRST, UH, JUST REALLY, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.

I, UH, I'M AN EAGLE SCOUT, SO LIKE, SO, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE IS A BIG PART OF, UM, WHAT, UH, HAS MADE ME KIND OF FEEL COMPELLED TO, UH, TO, TO COME HERE, UM, AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

I WAS IN, INVOLVED IN, UM, EDUCATION, UH, UP UNTIL ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

UM, TWO, MY PARENTS ARE TEACHERS, TWO MY GRAND, OR BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE TEACHERS.

TWO OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE TEACHERS.

SO I'VE ALSO ALWAYS BEEN, UM, INVOLVED IN SOME WAY IN MY COMMUNITY AND BEING ABLE TO NOT GIVE BACK DIRECTLY.

I WANTED TO FIND SOMETHING WHERE MY NEW SKILLS, I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING IN TECHNOLOGY, UM, PROVIDED USE TO MY COMMUNITY.

I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT EIGHT.

UM, I'VE BEEN IN LONG BEACH FOR A LITTLE OVER A DECADE NOW.

UM, I'M GETTING A MASTER'S DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS RIGHT NOW.

UM, I'VE LED A LARGE ERP, UH, IMPLEMENTATIONS AND, UM, WORK A LOT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

SO, UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

I HAVE A 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND A 1-YEAR-OLD SON.

AND, UH, I THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD COMMISSION TO HELP, UM, MAP OUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFITS THEY WILL RECEIVE IN THE FUTURE AS RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH.

SO, VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS WITH YOU ALL.

UM, IF THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED, JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO ASHER SO HE, HE KNOWS WHO EVERYONE IS.

WELCOME ASHER.

MY NAME IS LISA MA BRUNSON, AND I'M THE FOUNDER OF WONDER WOMAN TECH AND HAVE BEEN A PROUD LONG BEACH COMMUNITY MEMBER SINCE 2010.

AND, UH, I'M CHAIR FOR THE COMMISSION FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER, TERM OUT SOON, BUT, UM, NICE TO MEET YOU, YOU AS WELL.

UH, WELCOME.

I'M JONATHAN DEIS.

I, UH, I HAVE A SMALL, UH, CONSULTING COMPANY, TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING COMPANY HERE IN TOWN.

WE'RE ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD.

WE FOCUS ON, UM, HELPING BRING EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATE AND, UH, AND ENHANCE SMALL BUSINESSES AND MAKE TEAMS MOVE, GO FARTHER.

OVER THE YEARS, I, UH, HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS, UH, LIKE GO OVER 12 YEARS IN THAT, THAT AREA.

I SPENT MANY YEARS BEFORE STARTING MY OWN SMALL FIRM HERE IN TOWN, UH, BUILDING BRAND NEW THINGS LIKE VOTING FOR AMERICAN IDOL, STREAMING FOR EARLY PLATFORMS BEFORE THE NETFLIX, AND, UH, BUILDING, UH, A CO-INVENTOR PATENT IN GLOBAL DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT.

SO BOTH, UH, BUILDING THINGS, PLANNING THINGS, AND, UM, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS WILLIAM PATTERSON.

MOST PEOPLE CALL ME DR. PATTERSON, BUT I PREFER JUST WILLIAM.

UH, GLAD THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO COME ABOARD AND WE WELCOME YOU AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST.

HI, I AM ASHLEY CHITTICK AND ALSO, UM, A DOWNTOWN RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH.

UM, I WORK IN THE GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY SPACE, UM, MOSTLY FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT ANY OF THE SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, UM, KEEP THE COMMUNITY AND END USERS

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UM, ALSO BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL AND BEEN ON THE COMMISSION SINCE MARCH.

OKAY.

HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW LONG IT'S BEEN.

UM, GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM THOUGH.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

WELCOME TO YOU.

YES.

UM, VERY NICE TO HAVE YOU ON THE TEAM COMMISSIONER VACCA, AND VERY NICE MEETING YOU.

I'M EMILY WOODMAN NANCE.

I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION SINCE DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

AND AS FAR AS, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU LIKE A QUICK LITTLE SNIPPET OF ME.

I HAVE LIKE OVER 20 YEARS OF TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING, EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF.

AND NOW I AM THE CEO OF A DIGITAL HEALTHCARE TECH COMPANY.

AND WHAT WE DO, WE OFFER, UH, B2B SAAS PLATFORM THAT ENABLES HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO EASILY AND EFFICIENTLY COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILIES.

SO WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AS OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER AND THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON IS CAN PASS OVER THE TORCH TO YOU AS A NEWEST COMMISSIONER .

ALRIGHT, SO CONTINUING ON, UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MONTH IS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

AND, UM, THE CITY IS DOING SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

SO WE'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN ANY OF YOU SEE ANY OF OUR CONTENT, YOU CAN RETWEET IT OR, OR REPOST IT ON LINKEDIN OR FACEBOOK SO YOU CAN HELP YOUR COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS IN YOUR CIRCLES KNOW, UM, WHAT ABOUT, WHAT THE, UM, HOW TO BE CYBER SECURE.

UM, AND THEN, UM, JUST ON THE AGENDA TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR LB COLAB, A DATA PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, REPORT OUT.

WE'LL LOOK AT IT BRIEFLY AT OUR 24 TOPICS AND START TALKING ABOUT 25, UM, WHAT, WHAT GOES TO 25.

AND THEN, UM, AND THEN YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR COMMITTEES.

AND THEN ALSO BECAUSE OF, OF, UH, THE HOLIDAYS, WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING TO CANCEL THE NEXT TWO REGULAR MEETINGS, BUT SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING, WHICH WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO? SEE NONE MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY LB COLAB PROGRAM.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS ITEM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RYAN KURTZMAN, OUR TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER.

GREAT, THANK YOU LEAH.

UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE RYAN WELCH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AS MANAGER WHO WILL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION ON T'S UPCOMING

[3. 24-55326 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Long Beach Collaboratory (LB Co-Lab program).       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UH, JUST FOR SOME BACKGROUND, LB COLAB IS AN INNOVATIVE MODEL FOR COMMUNITY LED DESIGN TO ENGAGE LONG BEACH CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A SERIES OF COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS TO IMPLEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD SOLUTIONS.

THE COLAB SEEKS TO GIVE POWER AND VOICE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DESIGN PLACE-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS THAT SOLVE REAL NEEDS, IMPROVE THE WAY WE LIVE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND TEACH PARTICIPANTS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RYAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONERS.

EXCUSE ME.

HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

DIFFICULTIES.

ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR PRESENTATION ON THE LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY PROGRAM.

UPDATES FOR 2025.

TODAY, WE'LL COVER KEY CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM, ITS PHASES, NEW ROLES, AND OUR FOCUS ON CIVIC JOURNALISM.

WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT GOALS, AND HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE UPCOMING 2028 OLYMPICS.

THE LONG BEACH COLLAB IS A DRIVEN INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO EMPOWER RESIDENTS AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC TRUST.

OUR PRIMARY GOALS ARE EMPOWERING RESIDENT PARTICIPATION THROUGH FACILITATING RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT IN FINDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY SPECIFIC CHALLENGES.

STRENGTHENING PUBLIC TRUST THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND COLLABORATION.

WE AIM TO ENHANCE SOCIAL COHESION AMONG RESIDENTS.

COHORT

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21 COMMUNITY PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED.

PARTICIPANTS SPENT 39 HOURS LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESS, ETHICS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND NEW LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

COLAB PILOTS MET THE BASIC NEEDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SHOWED THAT GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIVE AND LISTENS TO THEM.

48, WE SAW 48% INCREASE IN THE TRUST AMONG PARTICIPANTS.

A 22% INCREASE IN RESPONSIVENESS ON THE PART OF THE CITY AND THE 35% INCREASE IN JOB READINESS.

WE'VE MADE SEVERAL KEY UPDATES TO ENHANCE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS.

THERE IS A SWEET SPOT FOR NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER WORKSHOP.

WE BROUGHT IN STAFF EARLIER INTO THE PROGRAM AND WE FOUND THAT 30 5K ONLY GETS US SO FAR IN PILOTING SOLUTIONS.

THIS TIME AROUND, WE'LL BE FOCUSING LEARNING ON TECHNOLOGY OVER PROCUREMENT.

AND WE'VE BROADENED OUR COHORT TO INC INCLUDE MULTIPLE GROUP PARTICIPANTS, ENSURING MORE DIVERSE VOICES AND STRONGER COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.

IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 2028 OLYMPIC PRIORITIES, WE'VE INTRODUCED INITIATIVES TARGETING SUSTAINABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND INCLUSIVITY.

OUR PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED INTO FOUR KEY PHASES.

DISCOVER PHASE, DEFINE PHASE, DEVELOP PHASE, AND DELIVER PHASE.

IN THE DISCOVER PHASE, THIS IS WHERE ENGAGEMENT BEGINS.

STAFF IDENTIFY CHALLENGES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE DIALOGUE, BUILDING A FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES.

IN THE DEFINED PHASE, WE FOCUS ON DEFINING ACTIONABLE OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS ENSURES CLARITY IN ADDRESSING ISSUES AND ALIGNS RESOURCES WITH SPECIFIC COMMUNITY DRIVEN OBJECTIVES.

IN THE DEVELOPED PHASE, WE ARE COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPING PILOT SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE DEFINED CHALLENGES.

AND LASTLY, AND FINALLY, WE TEST AND REFINE THE PILOT SOLUTIONS, MEASURING THEIR IMPACT TO ENHANCE INFECT EFFECTIVENESS AND INFORM FUTURE INITIATIVES.

HERE'S THE SIMPLE VIEW OF THE PROCESS FOR THE LONG BEACH COLLAB.

I WON'T BOG YOU DOWN.

WITH THE INTRICATE AND DETAIL PROCESS WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW PARTICIPANT TITLE THIS ROUND OF THE COLAB CALLED THE INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS.

INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS ARE COMMUNITY CO-LEADERS WHO WILL PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION.

THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE BEEN ENHANCED TO ENCOMPASS RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF COMMUNITY EX EXPERIENCES TO SUPPORT THEIR INCREASED ROLE.

WE'VE RAISED, WE'VE RAISED THE STIPEND FOR I IRS OR INNOVATORS IN RESIDENTS TO $2,500, ENABLING THEM TO CONTRIBUTE MORE EFFECTIVELY TO THE PROGRAM.

WE HOPE TO HAVE TWO TO THREE INNOVATORS IN RESIDENTS PER PROJECT, WITH THE MAXIMUM TOTAL OF NINE INNOVATORS IN RESIDENTS.

OUR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ORGANIZATION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE PROGRAM.

WE PROMOTE OPEN DIALOGUES TO ENSURE SMOOTH INFORMATION FLOW AMONG RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

FOSTERING COLLABORATION, WE ORGANIZE WORKSHOPS THAT SERVE AS PLATFORMS FOR SKILL BUILDING, IDEATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS EFFECTIVELY, WE COORDINATE DEMO DAYS TO SHOWCASE COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK AND BUILDING EXCITEMENT AROUND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.

REPLACING A STRONG, STRONG EMPHASIS ON CIVIC JOURNALISM

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STORYTELLING PARTICIPANTS ARE EMPLOY EMPOWERED TO SHARE THEIR NARRATIVES, ENHANCING COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY AND ENGAGEMENT TRAINING AND IMPACTFUL JOURNALISM.

WE PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS TO EQUIP PARTICIPANTS WITH SKILLS FOR IMPACTFUL JOURNALISM, HELPING THEM TO AMPLIFY THEIR PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL STORIES.

A BROAD PROJECT RE PROJECT, REACH OUR EFFORTS, AIM TO EXTEND PROJECT REACH INTO VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATION AND DIVERSITY AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.

OUR PILOT PROJECT PROCESS INVOLVES THREE KEY STEPS, GROUND TRUTHING CHALLENGES, INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AND VALIDATE COMMUNITY CHALLENGES.

THROUGH DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, NEIGHBORHOOD BRIEFS, DEVELOPMENT INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS CREATE CONCISE BRIEFS OUTLINING IDENTIFY NEEDS, DRIVEN BY RESIDENT INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

PROOF OF CONCEPT PILOT INITIATIVES ARE TESTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY GATHERING INSIGHTS FOR REFINEMENT BASED ON RESIDENT EXPERIENCES AND SUGGESTIONS.

WE'VE INTRODUCED DEMO DAY BY EXPANDING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

WE'VE INCREASED PARTICIPATION FROM RESIDENTS FOSTERING DEEPER COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND INNOVA INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION.

INTERACTIVE TE INTERACTIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS.

ATTENDEES TO THE DEMO DAY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SOLUTIONS IN REAL TIME, PROVIDING IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK THAT SHAPES PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE ESTABLISHED CLEAR METRICS TO MEASURE THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT.

OKAY, OBJECTIVE ONE, ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH CO-DESIGN SOLUTIONS.

OBJECTIVE TWO, INCREASE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY THROUGH ACTIVE COLLABORATION.

OBJECTIVE THREE, STREAMLINE THE PILOT PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND IMPLEMENT COST-EFFECTIVE PILOT SOLUTIONS TO DRIVE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION FOR CITY CHALLENGES.

AND OBJECTIVE FOUR, CATALYZE FUTURE INVESTMENTS.

AS WE CONCLUDE, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAUNCHING, SUSTAINING AND CONTINUING MEANING MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE VARIOUS TOUCH POINTS THAT INVITE RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL WAYS, CONTRIBUTING THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES FOR COLLECTIVE GROWTH.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTERS FOR CONTINUAL UPDATES.

FOSTERING ONGOING COMMUNITY INTERACTION AND INVOLVEMENT, WE COM WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING TRANSPARENT UPDATES ON MILESTONES TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITY TRUST.

AND WE, WE ENCOURAGE YOUR FEEDBACK AND ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN LOCAL INITIATIVES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSITIVE IMPACT LONG BEACH COLLAB WILL HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY AS WE WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS THE 2028 OLYMPICS AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU.

UM, I SHOULD, I SHOULD NOTE RYAN WAS A PARTICIPANT.

RYAN W WAS A PARTICIPANT IN LB COLAB 1.0.

YES.

YEAH, SO, UM, SO IT'S KIND OF GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS ACTUALLY GET TO THE POINT OF LIKE BEING REALLY INTERESTED IN WORKING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NOW HE WORKS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND SO, UH, YEAH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR NEW, OUR NEW PROGRAM AND APPROACH? I HAVE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU MR. WELCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND SO MY, MY FIRST, UM, QUESTION, UM, LOOKING AT THIS, THE ACTUAL, UM, LONG BEACH COAL LAB THAT STARTED IN 2023, AND THEN OUT OF THAT CAME, UM, FOUR COMMUN COMMUNITY BASED TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.

AND OUT OF THE FOUR, I KNOW THERE'S FOUR OF 'EM, HAVE ANY ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION? COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE ONES THAT HAVE, UM, ACTUALLY COME TO FRUITION? YES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS.

SO WE HAVE FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.

UM, THEY'RE IN FOUR OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES.

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UM, THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING IN THE INFORMATION AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN, UM, KIND OF TOUGH, UM, BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE MET, WE'RE MANAGING DIFFERENT VENDORS.

UM, AND SO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, AT SILVERADO PARK, WE HAVE A COUNTER, WHICH IS COUNTING THE UTILIZATION OF THE PARK AND, YOU KNOW, COUNTING THE HEADS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING THE SERVICES AND AT THE PARK.

UM, THEN WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE COUNTERS, UH, OR TRAFFIC MOBILITY, UM, SCANNERS AT DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS, UH, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WILMORE.

UM, AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY, UH, GIVING US INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THROUGH DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS, UH, WHICH WE'VE FOUND TO BE VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY COMING UP WITH COMING ON THE, UH, 2028 OLYMPICS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A INFLUX OF PEOPLE, CROWDS OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE LONG BEACH AREA FOR THE GAMES.

UM, AND TO, I WILL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO RYAN FOR THE OTHER TWO NEIGHBORHOODS.

YEAH, THANKS RYAN.

SO THERE, THERE ARE TWO MORE.

UM, THE OTHER ONE THAT'S, UH, HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IS IN, UH, HOUGHTON PARK IN THE HAMILTON NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S, UH, THREE SMART LIGHTING UNITS, UM, THAT ALSO HAVE AIR QUALITY AND PEOPLE COUNTING SENSING CAPABILITIES.

AND THEN THE FOURTH PROJECT IS IN RAMONA PARK IN NORTH LONG BEACH.

UH, THAT'S A PUBLIC WIFI, UM, THAT IS, HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING CONFIGURED AND SHOULD BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SHORTLY.

SO I GUESS TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, ALL FOUR HAVE COME TO FRUITION, UM, FOR THE, AT LEAST THE 12 MONTH PILOT PERIOD.

UH, AFTER THAT'S OVER, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY FUNDING A LONGER TERM IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE FOUR PROJECTS.

OKAY.

YOU, YOU MAY HAVE PUT IT IN HERE.

'CAUSE ALL, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M THINKING OKAY, YOU'VE, YOU HAVE THE PILOT PERIOD, AND THEN I'M PRETTY SURE YOU HAVE LIKE, UM, LIKE SUCCESS CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

DOES THAT INVOLVE C COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ON THAT OR IS IT PRETTY MUCH YOU GUYS JUST TAKING SOME ANALYTICAL DATA? OR IF YOU COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ACTUAL PILOT AND KNOWING WHETHER IT'S SUCCESSFUL OR NOT.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO AS PART OF THE LB COLAB PROGRAM LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS ACTUALLY DESIGN, UH, AND DEVELOP PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR EACH OF THOSE PILOTS.

SO THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THE MEASURES, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THEM INVOLVED AS THE PROJECTS HAVE LAUNCHED AND JUST INFORMED, UH, WE HAVE FOUND THAT BECAUSE THE COMMITMENT FOR THE PROGRAM WAS ABOUT NINE WORKSHOPS ORIGINALLY, A LOT OF THEM HAVE KIND OF MOVED ON TO OTHER ACTIVITIES AND AREN'T AS ENGAGED AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS FINE, UH, AS THE PROJECTS DO WIND UP THAT WE WANNA KEEP THEM INFORMED.

UM, AND THEN THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE ABOUT HOW TO SCALE, UH, CONSIDERING ANY INPUT THAT WE GET FROM THE PARTICIPANTS AND ALSO ANY BROADER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

OKAY.

AND THEN I'LL JUST ASK ONE MORE, I HAVE SEVERAL, BUT I'LL JUST ASK ONE MORE.

I I'M LOOKING AT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH RIGHT 2.0 AND THEN YOU, UM, I THINK IT WAS ON ONE SLIDE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA PROMOTE THE IIR INTEREST FORM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GO ABOUT PROMOTING THAT AND, AND EVEN WITH THAT PROMOTION, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ALL THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OR, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON THAT AND THEN I'LL STOP .

NO, WE, WE ENCOURAGE.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS, .

UM, SO FOR THE, I, FOR THE INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS, UH, IT WILL BE OPEN, UM, TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, THERE WILL BE, UM, SOME PRIORITY GROUPS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ARE INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD SPECTRUM OF, OF, OF AGES INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE PROGRAMMING.

UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WI THE, THE OLDER YOU ARE MAY, MAYBE THE WISER YOU ARE IN TERMS OF SEEING THE DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATIONS AND HOW THINGS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE CITY AND HOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, GO IN A BETTER DIRECTION, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, ECONOMIC AND SKILLS PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS.

UM, MYSELF BEING THE PARTICIPANT IN THE FIRST, UH, ITERATION OF THE COHORT, UM, I WAS INTERESTED IN SHARPENING MY SKILLS AROUND TECHNOLOGY.

MM-HMM, , UM, AND, UH, GETTING INVOLVED WITH SOME COMMUNITY-BASED TECHNOLOGY AND THE PROGRAM REALLY ENHANCED THAT AND GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO,

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SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF METRIC THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR PE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, MAKING A CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH A TECHNOLOGICAL, UH, MEDIUM OF SORTS.

YOU, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR THANK YOU COMMISSIONER? YES.

YES.

THANKS FOR SHARING WITH THE, UH, UPDATE OF THE PROJECT THAT'S TAKING PLACE.

BUT I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK.

UM, GOING BACK TO THE PROGRAM MARCH OR PHASES, UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE DISCOVERY PHASE THAT THERE POSSIBILITY THAT COULD BE SOME CHALLENGES AND STAFF TO IDENTIFY THOSE CHALLENGES.

HAVE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES BEEN IDENTIFIED? YEAH, SO I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT THERE PROBABLY ARE STAFF WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED THESE CHALLENGES IN THEIR HEADS OR THEY'VE BROUGHT THEM TO THEIR SUPERVISORS OR THEIR DIRECTORS.

UM, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO DURING THE DISCOVER PHASE IS KIND OF LAUNCH A CITYWIDE CALL FOR IDEAS.

SO WE WANNA HEAR FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE WANT TO MAYBE SET UP A TABLE AT CITY HALL HERE AND GET PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO WORK.

UM, REALLY JUST ENCOURAGE AS MANY IDEAS AS POSSIBLE IN THAT PHASE.

UM, AND FROM THERE WE'LL KIND OF ASK OURSELVES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH ONES ARE ALIGNED WITH CITY PRIORITIES, WHICH ONES CAN BE SOLVED, MAYBE THROUGH EXISTING PRODUCTS, UM, WHICH ONES MIGHT BE BETTER FIT FOR OTHER SERVICES.

AND THEN THAT'S SORT OF HOW WE'LL NARROW IT DOWN TO THE FINAL ONES THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

OKAY.

THANKS.

AND ONE THING I WOULD ADD, I WANNA ADD THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CITY STAFF ARE GENERATING THE ADDITIONAL IDEAS, UM, FOR THE CHALLENGES, THEY'RE GONNA BE GROUND TRUTH WITH COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY RESONATE WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD.

SO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THEIR INPUT IN.

OKAY.

GOOD.

UH, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHO ARE SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS? UH, SO THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UM, SO CITY STAFF OFFICIALS, UH, ON THE DIOCESE, YOU ALL, UM, AND, UH, RESIDENTS OF COURSE, UH, THEY MAKE UP THE STAKEHOLDER POOL.

UM, SO WE WANT TO INVITE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN ANY CAPACITY THAT THEY CAN.

UM, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO GET 500, UH, 500 RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE DECISION MAKING.

UH, SO AS WE MENTIONED, WE ARE HAVING A DEMO DAY, UM, AND IN THAT DEMO DAY, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE, RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COME BOTH, UH, THE, OUR INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE GREATER LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, UH, TO SEE WHAT THE VENDORS HAVE IN TERMS OF THE PROOF OF CONCEPT.

UM, THERE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH IT.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY'LL ALSO BE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT SOLUTION.

OKAY.

THANKS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

HI.

UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THIS IS EXCITING.

UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION.

UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO FOCUS ON, UM, CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU DID HAVE THAT DATA, UM, OF WHO PARTICIPATED WITHIN THE FIRST COHORT AND WHAT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS LOOK LIKE.

WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

UM, I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I CAN SEND IT TO YOU OR SEND IT TO THE COMMISSION AFTERWARDS.

OKAY.

UM, I CAN SAY THAT IT WAS, WE FELT IT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY AND REFLECTED LARGER DEMOGRAPHICS.

PERFECT.

AND THEN, UM, I WAS CURIOUS TO, UM, HOW YOU WERE PLANNING TO GO ABOUT RECRUITMENT, UM, FOR THE NEXT COHORT.

YEAH.

WE'RE, WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AS, AS WE SPEAK.

UM, I THINK LAST TIME WE GOT 55 INTEREST FORMS FOR, UM, THE EQUIVALENT OF THE INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS.

UH, ULTIMATELY HAVING 27 THAT CONTINUED THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

I THINK WE WANT TO AIM FOR MORE THIS TIME.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A, A TEAM EFFORT.

SO WE'D LOVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO HELP DISTRIBUTE AND GET THE WORD OUT.

UM, WE KNOW WE'RE PLANNING

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SO WE'RE PLANNING TO DO SOME TABLING AS WELL.

UM, AND WE'VE ALSO GIVEN OURSELVES A LOT OF TIME, SO ON THE LAST SLIDE THERE WAS A MENTION OF A SOFT LAUNCH MM-HMM.

.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY BE STARTING THAT NEXT MONTH.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A, A KIND OF A FULL LAUNCH IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE KNOW LAUNCHING SOMETHING BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS IS NOT THE BEST.

UM, SO THE INTEREST FORMS FOR BOTH THE INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS AND THE CITY STAFF IDEAS WON'T ACTUALLY BE DUE UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY.

SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.

AWESOME.

AND YOU ALREADY COVERED MY LAST QUESTION, WHICH WAS HOW CAN THE COMMISSIONERS HELP? SO YEAH, I THINK SOME IDEAS UP THERE, BUT PROMOTING THE INTEREST FORM, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, HAVING THE COMMUNITY VOTE ON THOSE TOP CHALLENGES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UM, AMUSE YOUR SUPPORT PROMOTING AND VOTING ON.

UM, AND THEN I THINK THEY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO PIGGYBACK ON EVERYBODY'S GREAT QUESTIONS.

UM, REGARDING THE INNOVATOR, UH, INNOVATORS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, WHICH I LOVE THE CONCEPT, UM, WHAT IS THE TIME COMMITMENT OF THESE INNOVATORS? LIKE, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THE DURATION OF THEIR TIME? AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STIPEND THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.

IS THAT ONE LUMP SUM, IS THAT WEEKLY, MONTHLY? AND WHEN IS THAT? WHEN ARE THEY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THAT? UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, ARE THERE METRICS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS OR ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT THOSE LONG-TERM GOALS ARE OR IMPACT GOALS ARE FOR THESE INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS? HOW WILL THEY KNOW THAT THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY CONTRIBUTED TO ANY OUTCOMES OR GOALS THAT YOU'VE SET FORTH? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE GREAT QUESTIONS.

CHAIR BRUNSON.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE DURATION, SO WE THINK THAT THE COMMITMENT WILL VARY BY PROGRAM PHASE.

UM, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FRONT LOADED AS THEY WORK ON, UM, HELPING TO GROUND TRUTH THE CHALLENGES, HELPING TO, YOU KNOW, SET UP AND FACILITATE AND ENABLE BROADER SUPPORT AND DEMO DAY, HELPING TO SCOPE OUT THE ACTUAL PROJECTS.

UM, THAT PROCESS WILL PROBABLY TAKE AROUND 12 MONTHS TO GET THE PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DRAWBACKS OF LIKE A COMMUNITY LED DESIGN PROJECT PROGRAM LIKE THIS, IS THAT IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF UPFRONT RESOURCES.

UM, AFTER THE PROJECTS ARE OFF THE GROUND, I THINK WE EXPECT THE IIR COMMITMENT TO DECREASE.

UM, PROBABLY JUST ATTENDING MONTHLY PROJECT MEETINGS AND SUPPORTING USER RESEARCH ON THE PROJECT.

SO WE ARE SAYING IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION, UM, OR THE INTEREST FORM ANYWHERE FROM, I THINK ZERO TO THREE HOURS PER MONTH, UM, OR PER WEEK OR PER MONTH, DEPENDING ON THE PRO PROJECT PHASE.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE STIPEND, UM, SO LAST TIME WE DID THE PROGRAM, WE PROVIDED A $1,000 STIPEND.

WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE IN TWO CALENDAR YEARS TO AVOID HAVING A W NINE BEING COMPLETED.

UH, AND HAVING THAT BE TAXABLE THIS TIME AROUND WITH A LARGER STIPEND, I THINK WE CAN'T AVOID THAT.

UM, WE WILL BE DISTRIBUTING THE STIPENDS OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM THOUGH TO INCENTIVIZE PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT.

UM, SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PLAN FOR THAT, UH, PROBABLY ON A QUARTERLY OR OR BIANNUAL BASIS.

AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE LONG-TERM IMPACT GOALS, WE DO HAVE A BROADER SET OF KEY RESULTS, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T QUITE GET INTO TODAY.

UM, BUT JUST FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR KEY RESULTS IS TO, UH, ACHIEVE A 20% IMPROVEMENT IN COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SCORES RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY ACCESS AND SERVICES.

SO THAT COULD BE ONE WAY THAT INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS.

UM, ANOTHER WAY, ANOTHER KEY RESULT WE HAVE IS IMPROVED COMMUNITY PARTICIPANT TRUST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY BY 30%.

SO THAT WOULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH KIND OF PRE AND POST PROGRAM SURVEYS.

UM, BUT WE WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE, ON THE KEY RESULTS AND WE CAN SHARE THOSE WITH THE COMMISSION AFTERWARDS TOO.

OKAY.

SO ARE THE, SO THIS IS, AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS.

IS THIS ONE STIPEND, LIKE IT'S NOT MONTHLY.

IT'S NOT, IT'S IN TOTAL.

CORRECT.

AND THEN IT'S, UM, OH, SORRY, LEAH WAS NODDING HER HEAD SORRY, GO AHEAD, RYAN.

W THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

IT IS ONE, ONE LARGE $2,500 STIPEND.

AND SO THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A THINK TANK OF, OF FOLKS LIKE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR, UM, FOR THE YEAR.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON LIKE YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

'CAUSE IT'S A, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT TO

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AND SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, HOW YOU'RE PROTECTING, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR BRAIN TRUST AS WELL, OR VALUING THEIR BRAIN TRUST.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

I THINK I SAW A RESOURCE THAT WAS SAYING THAT IF FOR COMMUNITY STIPENDS IT SHOULD EQUATE TO I THINK MAYBE $30 AN HOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, SO I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS GO BACK AND DO THE MATH AND REALLY ASK OURSELVES WHETHER THAT STIPEND CHECKS OUT TO THAT AMOUNT FOR THE COMMITMENT.

UM, INTERESTINGLY THOUGH, WE DID A SURVEY OF THE PARTICIPANTS LAST YEAR ABOUT WHAT THEIR KIND OF MOTIVATION WAS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON TO MY SURPRISE FOR SOME REASON WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITIES AND GIVE BACK THE STIPEND WAS LIKE NUMBER THREE OR FOUR ON THE LIST.

SO I THINK IT WAS A NICE TO HAVE, BUT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS IT WASN'T THAT MOTIVATING.

THE NUMBER ONE TOP FACTOR.

YEAH.

THINK LEADING WITH, WITH THAT.

LIKE, WE CARE, WE, WE CARE THAT YOU CARE AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA PROTECT THAT PIECE.

I THINK THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE THAT, I JUST THINK THE VALUES PIECE IS IMPORTANT, UM, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ASKING FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CITY'S GOALS.

UM, JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THE PROGRAM.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND MAYBE ONE THING THAT WE CAN SHARE OUT ALSO IS THE, UM, THE DRAFT OF THAT PROMOTION OR INTEREST FORM.

'CAUSE I THINK YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS RESIDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF LIKE HITTING THE RIGHT MESSAGING AND IT'S RESONATING WITH PEOPLE, SOMETHING THEY WILL ACTUALLY WANNA DO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE RYANS? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? SEEING NONE MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

COMMISSIONER ICK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE DATE OF PRIVACY AD HOC COMMITTEE.

CAN WE GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO I'LL BE GIVING THE, UM, THE UPDATE.

UM, AS FAR AS THE DATA PRIVACY SUBCOMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND, UM,

[4. 24-55327 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Data Privacy Ad Hoc Committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND WE'VE COME UP WITH TWO KEY INITIATIVES, HOSTING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CREATING EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS.

AND BOTH INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEIR OWN LINE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THE TOOLS THE CITY HAS CREATED TO ENHANCE DATA PRIVACY AND STRENGTHEN DIGITAL RIGHTS SUCH AS THE DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM.

SO AS FAR AS THE, UM, EDUTAINMENT VIDEOS UPDATE, TID IS WORKING WITH THE MEDIA COMPANY ON AN INTRODUCTION VIDEO.

SO THAT'S CURRENTLY, UM, IN PROCESS.

AND AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, WE SUCCESSFULLY HELD THREE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE DAYS, UM, LAST MONTH WITH STRONG PARTICIPATION FROM ATTENDEES.

THE ATTENDEES PROVIDED POSITIVE FEEDBACK, SOME OF WHICH WAS SHARED ON THE SPOT.

ONE STANDOUT COMMENT CAME FROM A PARTICIPANT WHO SAID THIS WAS THE BEST COMMUNITY EVENT THEY HAD EVER ATTENDED.

THEY SHARED THAT WITHIN JUST ONE HOUR THEY WERE ABLE TO LEARN A LOT, HAVE FUN THROUGH CONVERSATIONS AND INTERACTIVE GAMES, AND FELT

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I MUST SPEAK ABOUT PROMOTING THE WORKSHOPS.

IN ADDITION TO PROMOTING THE WORKSHOPS VIA DISTRICT OUTREACH AND CITY HALLWAYS, LESLIE AND OMAR TABLED AT SILVERADO PARK, HILTON PARK, THAT'S PARK AND THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER FLYERS, WERE ALSO DELIVERED TO 31 COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.

FURTHERMORE, KEY INFLUENCERS, CITY NEWSLETTERS, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOCIAL MEDIA AND PERSONAL CALLS TO RESIDENTS HELP SPREAD THE WORD.

I WANNA, THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT I WANNA STILL GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO, TO LESLIE FOR HER DE DEDICATION TO FOLLOW UPS AND OMAR'S OUTSTANDING JOB WITH MANAGING THIS ENTIRE EFFORT AND HIS FACILITATION OF THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.

I ALSO WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND I WANTED, UM, THANK CHAIR BRUNSON BECAUSE YOUR WORK ACTUALLY HELPED CHAIR BRUNSON AS FAR AS CREATING, UM, THE ACTUAL FORMAT OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND, UM, AGAIN, OMAR FACILITATING AND IT WAS JUST THE COMMUNITY EVENTS WERE JUST REALLY GOOD.

I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMED SEAMLESS TO ME.

IT JUST GOT BETTER EACH, EACH NIGHT GOT BETTER AND BETTER AND EVERYONE JUST STEPPED IN AS NEEDED.

AND SO IT FLOWED SO NICELY.

SO I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

I ALSO WANNA THANK, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ATTENDING THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND, UH, AND WE ESPECIALLY LOVE MEETING AUNT MARGARET.

THAT'S ICE ON THE TOP.

I ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT MATERIALS PROVIDED DURING THE WORKSHOPS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH A BLOG ON THE SMART CITY WEBSITE, WHICH ALSO, UM, WILL BE PROMOTED AND THE NEWSLETTER MAY ALREADY BE OUT.

I DON'T THINK I SAW MINE, BUT IT'LL BE IN THE NEWSLETTER.

SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS STAY TUNED FOR SOME EXCITING UPDATES COMING YOUR WAY NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU.

I I JUST WANTED TO, YEAH, NO, I, I WAS GONNA JUST SAY I WAS, I HAD THE, THE BENEFIT OF ATTENDING TWO OF THE THREE WORKSHOPS AND I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE, THEY WERE REALLY, I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY FOR SUPPORTING THE DESIGN AND BEING THERE AT EVERY MEETING.

AND OF COURSE, I THINK MY TEAM, THE AWESOME TEAM AS WELL, YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REALLY GREAT TO BE INTERACTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN A, IN A FUN LEARNING ENVIRON LEARNING FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT WITH A LOT OF PIZZA.

I ATE THAT WEEK.

FOR DINNER.

, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR A LIVELY, UH, UPDATE THOUGH.

I FELT LIKE I WAS THERE AND ALL OF IT, AND I DIDN'T MISS A THING.

SO , THANK YOU FOR SHARING, UH, ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES.

GOOD JOB.

GOOD WORK.

YES.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NAZ AND THE TEAM OMAR AND EVERYONE ELSE.

UM, I, AS, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NAZ MENTIONED, I DID SNEAK IN AND I DID BRING MY AUNT MARGARET.

UH, WE HAD, UH, IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY WELL, UH, DONE, UH, WORKSHOP AND CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON THAT AGAIN.

IT, IT'S, IT FEELS REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO PARTICIPATE IN A WAY WHERE WE INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BRING EDUCATION AND BRING FUN AT THE SAME TIME.

UH, AND, UH, THANKS TO THE, UH, THE TID TEAM FOR ALWAYS PICKING SOME GOOD FOOD THAT NEVER HURTS.

SO, UM, YEAH, HIGH FIVE, UH, IT'S REALLY NICE TO, TO SEE THAT KIND OF STUFF.

AND LIKE OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE DID A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR CITY SERVICES, UH, AND, AND WORKING WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER CHITTICK, UM, JUST TO SEE THIS DOING MORE OF THIS IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TO ME.

SO BIG THUMBS UP.

IT WAS A FUN EVENT.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE IN THE FUTURE AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND WE LOOKING TO EVEN TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

JUST WANT TO THANK

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GREAT, THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR? SCENE NONE.

MEMBERS PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

I THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION'S 2024 TOPICS.

ALL RIGHT, UM, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

UH, SO TO IN FRONT OF YOU COMMISSION, WE HAVE THE TICK PLANNING MATRIX, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ IT THIS TIME.

.

YEAH.

UM, YEAH, SO I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME OF THE TOPICS

[5. 24-55328 Recommendation to review the Technology and Innovation Commission’s 2024 topics.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SO THE, THE FIRST ONE, ONE OF THE, UH, OLDEST AD HOC COMMITTEES WAS THE ONE THAT WE ESTABLISHED ON GENERATIVE AI.

UH, THAT ONE, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RECENT WORK, BUT, UM, IT, WE, AT THIS POINT, WE DO ANTICIPATE HAVING THEM STILL INVOLVED.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UM, TO SUNSET THAT COMMITTEE.

UM, AND IT DOES HAVE, ITS HAS THREE COMMISSIONERS ASSIGNED TO IT, SO IT'S FULL.

UM, AND AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, UM, EMERGING TECHNOLOGY NEEDS THAT REQUIRE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR 25 TOPICS.

UM, MOVING ON TO THE DATA PRIVACY, YOU JUST HEARD AN AWESOME UPDATE THERE AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS ON THAT COMMITTEE.

UH, WE COULD HAVE A THIRD, WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT, UM, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.

UH, THE, THE NEXT ONE IS THE TID 26 IT STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.

AND THAT ONE ALSO HAS THREE COMMISSIONERS ON IT.

AND, UM, WE ARE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IN THE, OUR PLAN IS TO BRING FORTH A DRAFT PLAN AT OUR, THE GOAL IS FOR OUR DECEMBER MEETING THAT WE'RE, THE SPECIAL MEETING WILL BE SETTING UP TO BRING A DRAFT PLAN, UM, AND, AND AT LEAST A, AT A REMOTE, YOU KNOW, AN OUTREACH, SORRY, AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH IT AND A PLAN AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR TAD PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT ITEM.

AND THEN, UH, WITH, UH, THE RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN AREA, SO THAT, THAT AREA WE HAD FORMED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THEN WE ENDED UP HAVING ONLY ONE MEMBER.

AND AT THIS POINT WHERE WE ARE IN OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLANNING PROCESS, WE'RE GONNA PIVOT BACK TO, SO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE OUR DRAFT PLAN PRESENTED TO THE FULL COMMISSION, AND THEN WE WANTED TO DO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

BUT BASED ON TIMING, WE'RE BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WHERE WE WANNA JUST, UH, GO BACK TO WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF HAVING A DRAFT RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN, WE'LL PRESENT IT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ON THE AGENDA LATER THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING DISSOLVING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR RACIAL EQUITY.

BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT TOPIC, THE WHAT WORKS CITIES DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT, THAT'S GONNA BE TABLED FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

UH, WE'LL ALSO IN 25 WE'LL HAVE THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.

SO THAT'LL BE A FUTURE MEETING.

AND THEN IF YOU TURN THE PAGE, UM, WE HAVE NOT, UM, STARTED, UH, THESE INITIATIVES THAT ARE ON THIS PAGE.

AND SO THOSE ARE THESE TOPICS, UH, LIKE A SMART IN A TECH COMMUNITY TECH FESTIVAL, OR A CITY PLATFORM, USER EXPERIENCE AND PARKING TECHNOLOGY.

THOSE THINGS I RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE UP WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING OUR FY 25, OR SORRY, OUR CALENDAR YEAR 25, UH, WORK PLAN.

AND THEN THE ONGOING INITIATIVES, UH, INCLUDE THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP, UM, WHERE WE DO ACTUALLY CAN HAVE TWO OR THREE MEMBERS ON FROM THE TICK SERVE ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE THAT MEET COMMITTEE MEETS AS NEEDED.

UM, SO I THINK IT, IT MET LIKE IN THE SUMMER, IT MIGHT MEET AGAIN, UH, VIRTUALLY.

UM, ACTUALLY IT HAD AN IN-PERSON MEETING TOO, I THINK IN AUG IN UH, SEPTEMBER.

AND SO IT MIGHT MEET LIKE TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, SOMETIMES VIRTUALLY, SOMETIMES PERS IN PERSON.

YOU ALL HEARD THE PRESENTATION FROM, FROM STEPHANIE ISLA, OUR DIGITAL EQUITY AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION OFFICER LAST MONTH.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME OPENINGS TO SERVE ON THAT COMMISSION, SORRY, ON THAT STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE.

AND THEN JUST THE ONGOING TOPICS, UH, WELL FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE CIVIC USER TESTING OPTIONS, UH, AND THE, UH, FOR, UH, FOR OUR LIKE DIFFERENT WORK PRODUCTS OR SOLUTIONS

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AND THE LB COLLAB, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAS A DESIGN TO FOCUS ON THE LA 28 OLYMPICS.

SO THINGS WILL BE COMING UP FROM TIME TO TIME ON THAT.

AND WHAT I PROPOSE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A, A STUDY SESSION IN AN UPCOMING MEETING TO FOCUS, TO CREATE OUR 25 WORK PLAN AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, INTERESTS OF THE COMMISSIONERS TOPIC AREAS AS WELL AS THE TALENTS.

I MEAN, IT DOES, THIS WAS MENTIONED VICE CHAIR TOIS, LIKE REALLY SEEM LIKE YOU ALL LIKED THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ASPECTS.

IT WAS COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THOSE KIND OF TALENTS AND INTEREST AREAS.

AND WE CAN, UH, CRAFT A WORK PLAN FOR 25, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WORKS FOR BOTH THE COMMISSION AND FOR THE CITY'S IDENTIFIED NEEDS.

UM, SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE 24 WORK PLAN? UH, JUST A, A QUICK COMMENT FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEWER, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

UH, YOU MAY SEE MY NAME ON HERE QUITE A BIT.

IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND A MINUTE AND WE KEEP ADDING TO THE LIST AND I'M EXCITED.

BUT PLEASE, UH, JOIN ME AND OR BUMP ME OFF IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

LET'S, LET'S, UH, PARTICIPATE TOGETHER AND SPREAD IT AROUND.

YEAH, AND TO THAT POINT, EVERY IDA AGENDA, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE HAVE THE, UH, THE LAST ITEM OR USUALLY THE, IT'S USUALLY THE LAST ITEM TO CONSIDER CREATING NEW AD HOC COMMITTEES OR DISSOLVING THEM.

THAT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD MEMBERS TO ANY EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WE'LL WE, YOU CAN, UM, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AT THAT FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM.