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EVERYBODY.UH, LET'S CALL THIS COMMISSION AGING MEETING TO ORDER ON DECEMBER 12TH AT 10:10 AM UM, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MICHELLE VALENCIA.
AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER GOLDSTEIN IS EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING.
ARE ANY THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.
IRENE, I DON'T HAVE ON YOUR PHONE
AND, AND I LOOKED FOR ONE BECAUSE I HAD A SMALL ONE.
BUT WE, WE CAN ALL PLEASE RISE AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG IN OUR MIND.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG THE UNITED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION NATION.
UNDER INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
COMMISSIONER SMITH, CAN YOU PLEASE READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE.
MADAM CHAIR, WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH, CULTURALLY DIVERSE OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS.
AND COMMISSIONER HINES, CAN YOU PLEASE READ OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? ABSOLUTELY.
WE, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS OF MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO CALLED THESE GROUNDS HOME.
WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND RESILIENCE IN THEIR SPIRIT.
MAY WE STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS? THANK YOU.
UM, THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2024.
DO I HEAR A, UH, DOES SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY GOING TO APPROVE THAT MOTION OR I MOVE? WE APPROVE THE MINISTER OF THE OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 MEETING.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT, UM, OCTOBER MEETING MINUTES THAT IRENE HAS GIVEN US? NO.
THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE OCTOBER MINUTES.
AND ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MOTION PASSES.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON CITYWIDE SENIOR PROGRAMMING FROM HEIDI MASAS.
CAN YOU GO AHEAD? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR REPORT.
SO, JUST A COUPLE, UM, THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE CALLING THE COUNTDOWN CELEBRATION COUNTDOWN 2025.
UM, WHICH WE'RE HOSTING ALL OF OUR, UM, SENIOR PROGRAMMING SITES AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30TH.
UM, WHICH IS THAT MONDAY RIGHT BEFORE NEW YEAR'S.
AND IT'S A NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION FROM THREE TO SIX 30.
SO WE HAVE SPACE FOR ABOUT 250 OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TO COME OUT.
AND SO FAR, I THINK MOST OF OUR CENTERS ARE FULL.
WE SIGNED UP AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
WE HAD 60 SLOTS AT THE SENIOR CENTER WITHIN THE FIRST DAY WE WERE FULL WHEN WE GAVE OUT THE INFORMATION TO THEM.
UM, SO THE EVENT'S GONNA HAVE A, A DINNER PORTION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THE, UH, MUSIC AS WELL AS, UM, SOME LIKE CASINO GAMES THAT WE'RE RUNNING.
BUT OF COURSE THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVED.
THEY GET FREE TICKETS AND THEY GET TO, ONCE THEY GET THEIR TOKENS, THEY GET TO PUT 'EM IN FOR RAFFLE PRIZES THAT WE ARE, UM, PROVIDING AS WELL.
SO IT'S MORE OF A PLAY TO WIN SOME RAFFLE PRIZES.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN THE EVENING, UM, AT SIX 30, BUT AT SIX WE'RE GONNA DRAW THE PRIZES, THE RAFFLE STUFF AND THEN END WITH THE TOAST FOR
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THE NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, COMING 2025.ALL OF OUR CENTERS, ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE WORKING TOGETHER, UM, FOR THIS EVENT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DEALER MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO LIKE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RULES OF THE GAMES ARE.
'CAUSE CLEARLY WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE REAL RULES ARE AND EASIER TO PLAY.
AND WE HAVE SOME REALLY EASY GAMES, UM, THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ENROLL, PARTICIPATE IN.
BUT IF THEY DON'T WANNA DO THAT, THEY STILL GET RAFFLE TICKETS AND STILL CAN PUT COMPETITIVE FOR PRIZES BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY THE GAMES.
UM, BUT THEN WE HAVE THE BAND AND BAND TOO, SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO, UM, MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AND, UM, JUST INTEREST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN EVENTS COMING UP.
WE ARE ALSO ALREADY STARTED OUR PLANNING FOR OLDER AMERICAS MONTH, WHICH IS IN MAY.
AND I KNOW IT SEEMS FAR AWAY, BUT I HAVE ALL MY 13 EVENTS LINED UP, SO I'M NOT GONNA ANNOUNCE THEM YET, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE EVENTS COMING UP.
UM, AND THEN THIS LAST MONDAY, SOME OF YOU, UM, WENT TO THE, UM, MEETING IN REGARDS TO THE NEW, UM, SENIOR CENTER.
SO THAT HAPPENED, UM, ON MONDAY WHERE YOU HEARD, UM, A PRESENTATION BY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND OUR CONSULTANTS, UM, KIND OF WHAT THE RESULTS ARE.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT NOW, PRETTY MUCH THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE DESIGN TEAM, THE CONSULTANTS, TO COME UP WITH BASED ON WHAT THE RESULTS ARE AND LIKE THE PLAN, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, IT WAS SAID IF THERE WAS, UM, ANY EXTRA COMMENTS, VERY MCMAN, UM, IS THE PROJECT MANAGER THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
SO THEY DID GIVE HIS EMAIL OUT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HIS EMAIL IF YOU, UM, WANT IT.
OR YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, EMAIL ME STUFF AND I CAN PASS IT ALONG OR WE'RE COUNTING STUFF AND PASS IT ALONG IN ANY DIRECTION.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, RECEIVE AND FILE HEIDI'S REPORT? I MOVE.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON HEIDI'S REPORT? OKAY, WELL, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING HEIDI'S REPORT.
ANYONE OPPOSED? UH, HEIDI'S REPORT IS RECEIVED AND FILED.
NOW WE'RE GONNA, UH, HAVE A MOTION TO, I RECOMMEND TO RECEIVE AND FILE A FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A SENIOR SAFE HOME COMMITTEE.
HAVE, HAVE A MOTION SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION ON A, MAKING A FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF A SENIOR SAFE HOME COMMITTEE WHO HAD WANTED TO DO THAT.
SO WOULD WE STILL LIKE TO YES, I WOULD.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT AND LET US KNOW? WELL, UH, AT THIS POINT IT'S IN THE HANDS OF THE, UH, LA COUNTY AND THEY'RE STILL DOING THEIR THOUGHT THROUGH AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND I SPOKE TO NICK HOLDEN AS LATE AS LAST WEEK AND HE SAID THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.
IT'S IN THE BUREAUCRATIC WEEDS.
SO WHY, UM, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMITTEE ON IT? I UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO PUSH IT FORWARD, BUT, UM, THIS IS ASKING ABOUT CREATING A COMMITTEE FOR IT.
WHY DO YOU WANT A COMMITTEE FOR IT? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT PEOPLE WORK ON THIS IF WE WANT TO GET THIS DONE.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITTEE, IT'LL DEFINITELY STAY IN THE WEEDS.
SO PHYLLIS, I HAVE A QUESTION.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS COMMITTEE FACILITATING THAT? I THINK JUST WORKING THROUGH THE, WITH THE BUREAUCRACY TO GET THE MONEY IN THE LAND, WHICH COULD BE AVAILABLE, BUT THEY NEED SOME OUTSIDE PUSH AND WE WOULD PROVIDE THAT PUSH.
HOW DO YOU PROVIDE THAT PUSH? BY CALLING, BY STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
BY HAVING THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL INTERESTED AS A COMMISSION.
AND THAT HAS SOME IMPACT BECAUSE IN SOME CIRCLES IT MEANS SOMETHING TO BE A COMMISSIONER.
SO HOW, WHO DO YOU SEE SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE WITH ALAN BEING SICK? I DIDN'T GET THAT.
OH, SINCE ALLEN IS BEING IS SICK, WHO, WHO WOULD BE SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE? WELL, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I WOULD, AND CAROLYN, AND WE WERE THE SAME.
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SAYING, I THOUGHT WE COULDN'T HAVE COMMITTEES.SO I WAS THINKING IT WAS AN AD HOC SOMETHING.
BUT IN BY DEFINITION, SINCE WE ELIMINATED COMMITTEES, I GUESS WE, WE WERE THE SAME HOUSING COMMITTEE MM-HMM
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE WERE GONNA TACKLE WAS THE SAFE HOUSE.
AS WE DIDN'T GET THE, UM, SUPPORT, I'LL SAY THAT, UM, FROM THE CITY OF LONG BEACH WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED, WELL, WE'LL DO A, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WE'LL DO THESE THINGS.
THEN WE JUST WENT AND THEN THE COUNTY TOOK IT OVER, BUT THERE WERE ALREADY OTHER, ALMOST 20 OTHER NONPROFITS THAT WERE ALREADY INVOLVED.
IT CAME FROM THE COMMISSION, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY CONTINUING THE HOUSING DIALOGUE FOR LONG BEACH AS COMMISSIONERS, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS ONE AND IT WAS MOVING FORWARD, THERE WERE OTHERS.
AND SO HAVING THE HOUSING DIALOGUE AS A PART OF WHAT WE DO, I JUST SAY WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT EVEN IF THE COUNTY CONTINUES, THAT WE STILL HAVE HOUSING ISSUES FOR SENIORS IN LONG BEACH THAT THIS HOUSING AD HOC UNIT WITH ADDRESS AND, AND, AND, AND ACTUALLY WORK ON.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I KNOW WE WANTED TO CONTINUE IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SITTING WITH, UM, JANICE HAHN'S OFFICE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT ALAN WORKED WITH TO FORMULATE IT FOR JUST THE SAFE HOUSE.
BUT ONE THING THAT THEY DID SAY AT THE, UH, OLDER AMERICANS, WHATEVER WE WENT TO AT CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS WAS BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE INITIATION FROM THE COMMISSION FROM LONG BEACH THAT THEY WOULD LOOK FOR A LOCATION IN LONG BEACH.
RATHER THAN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT SINCE WE BROUGHT IT TO THEM, THEY WOULD AT LEAST LOOK FOR A LOCATION IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP FOR ME.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING FORMING A COMMITTEE FOR THIS? JUST CLARIFICATION.
IS IT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OR A PERMANENT COMMITTEE? IT WOULD BE AN AD HOC.
WE CAN'T BE, IT'S STILL AN AD HOC.
IT'S STILL AD WELL, I, I, YEAH, IT'S CONFUSING.
I IT IS CONFUSING, BUT I THOUGHT YOU CAN STILL WORK ON IT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A COMMITTEE.
BUT WE KEEP REFERRING TO IT AS COMMITTEE WHEN WE COMPRISE YOU SAYING AD HOC, UH, AD HOC GROUP OR AD HOC UNIQUE, I THINK THAT THE AD HOC JUST ALLOWS THEM LIKE TO KIND OF ME AND THEM, LIKE YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.
LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A UPDATE FROM THE AD HOC HOUSING COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER.
BUT CAN'T THEY PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA? CAN'T WE PUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA ANYWAY? YES, YOU CAN.
I MEAN, SO YEAH, I MEAN YOU CAN, IT JUST ALLOWS THEM LIKE TO GO OUT, LIKE, HEY, WE'RE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION, THE AGING COMMISSION RIGHT.
TO BASICALLY KIND OF REPRESENT THE AGING COMMISSION AS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO LIKE, NOT MAKE IT A COMMITTEE, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, PHY JUST OUT HERE LIKE KIND OF ING THE CAUSE OR KIND OF PUSHING FORWARD.
SO I THINK THE AD HOC AND THE COMMITTEE ALLOWS KIND OF SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION I SEE.
UM, IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF, OF PERSONS OR COULD WE ALL BE ON THIS? NO, IT HAS TO BE THIS COMMITTEE, THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
IT HAS STILL HAS TO BE THE WELL UNDER THREE OR FOUR LESS.
SO IT WOULD STILL BE THE SAME.
I SEE RULES AND, AND, AND IT JUST, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AD HOC AND, AND THE REGULAR COM COMMITTEES THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS THAT IF, IF IT'S A COMMITTEE, UM, WE'D HAVE TO LIKE GENERALIZE IT AND ACTUALLY HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS EVERY TIME YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK AND GET TOGETHER ABOUT THAT SUBJECT.
THAT'S WHY THE AD HOC DOESN'T MAKE YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO THEN THE COMMITTEES ARE ABLE TO MEET AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, GO TALK OR MAKE CALLS OR WHATEVER ON THEIR OWN.
BUT THE OTHER, A FULL COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE AGENDA.
UM, SO A SIMILAR MEETING TO THIS.
SO IF, IF I MAY ON THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION, IT'S A DELICATE QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PHRASE THE QUESTION, BUT ALAN BEING ILL.
UM, SO IS HE ONE OF THE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, PHYLLIS AND AND CAROLYN ARE ON THE COMMITTEE ALREADY.
SO THAT AND ALAN, SO THAT KIND OF TO THE COMMITTEE THAT JUST LIKE YEAH, THE COMMITTEE'S ALREADY INTACT.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE.
SO IT COULD JUST BE TWO, IT COULD BE TWO PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE, IT WOULD JUST BE MAX.
BUT IT COULDN'T BE MORE THAN THAT AT THIS POINT.
I PHYLLIS, CAROLYN AND, AND A A BUT ALAN IS ILL AND NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, SO IS THAT AN ODD QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK.
YOU PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN AND, AND YOU KNOW, UNTIL HE COMES BACK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THAT OR IT COULD BE TWO AND THEN WHEN HE COMES BACK, THEN WE CAN ADD HIM TO IT AS WELL.
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I THINK YOU SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE TWO OF YOU AND ALAN ON THE COMMITTEE THAT'S RESPECTFUL TO TREAT ALAN FOR ALL OF THE YEARS HE'S BEEN A COMMISSIONER.IF AT SOME POINT HE IS WELL ENOUGH TO COME BACK, IT'LL BE SEAMLESS.
SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO ANYTHING TO ALTER THAT AT THIS POINT.
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
SO CAN OTHER YOU AGREE PERSONS ON THE COMMISSION CHIT CHAT WITH THE COMMITTEE
SO WE COULDN'T, SO I, I COULDN'T GIVE PHYLLIS A JINGLE AND SAY, HEY PHYLLIS, GIVE ME A FULL UPDATE ON, ON JANICE HAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS TREE? AND LIKE KIND, NOPE.
SO WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR REPORTS, THEN AT THAT TIME YOU WOULD DISCUSS THEM PUT IN YOUR 2 CENTS.
SO I'M GONNA, AND THEY WOULD PUT PRETTY MUCH LIKE ANY TIME THEY, THEY, THE AD HOC DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A REPORT EVERY TIME.
MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
BUT IF THEY WANTED TO MAKE A REPORT, THEN THEY WOULD JUST LET IRENE KNOW, HEY, THIS MONTH WE'RE GONNA MAKE A REPORT.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT THEN THEY, YOU COULD BRING UP INFORMATION, RIGHT? MM-HMM
I WANNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE SENIOR SAFE HOME.
WELL, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
THE SENIOR SAFE HOME? OR DID YOU WANT IT SHORT? IDENTIFYING HOUSING.
HOUSING ADC COMMITTEE HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC TASK.
AND THE SPECIFIC TASK IS A SENIOR SAFE HOME.
IF WE WANNA DO WHAT? ANOTHER AD HOC AFTER THAT'S ESTABLISHED THE ISSUE.
SO, UH, MY MOTION STANDS PLEASE.
CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT IT? COMMISSIONER GIBBONS, I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE SENIOR SAFE HOME.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF ESTABLISHING THE COMM, THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENIOR SAFE HOME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MOTION CARRIES.
WE HAVE A COMMITTEE PUT ON YOUR, SO JUST A FINAL QUESTION ON THAT.
SO HOW IS THE COMMITTEE NO, WE'RE DONE.
YOU CAN'T DETERMINE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE WE GO RIGHT.
UH, ALRIGHT, SO OUR NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS TO GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2025.
I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO PHYLLIS ABOUT THIS.
WELL, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO DISCUSS IT.
DISCUSS, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO, UM, THE SENIOR SAFE HOME.
IN THE MOTION YOU HAVE TO, YOU MADE THE MOTION TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH IT, BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY MOTION IS AMENDED TO, UH, ADD PHYLLIS AND CAROLINE AND ALAN ON THE COMMITTEE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OR DO WE NEED A SECOND? YEAH, THAT'S SECOND.
OKAY, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.
ALL IN FAVOR OF HAVING, UH, PHYLLIS, CAROLINE, AND ALLEN ON THAT COMMITTEE.
IT IS, UH, THE MOTION CARRIES THAT PHYLLIS, CAROLYN, AND ALLEN WILL BE ON THE AD HOC SENIOR SAFE HOME COMMITTEE.
UH, SO NOW WE ARE GONNA, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2025.
THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD DISCUSS OKAY.
NO, WE NEED TO HAVE A, A MOTION OKAY.
CAN WE HAVE A SECOND TO DISCUSS? SECOND.
SO LET'S, UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS, UH, COMMISSIONER GIVENS? OBVIOUSLY, UM, I WILL NOT BE BOOKING SPEAKERS GOING FORWARD EVERY MONTH.
I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT EACH COMMISSIONER NEEDS TO, UH, OWN A MONTH AND GET A SPEAKER FOR IT.
THAT WAY WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING SPEAKERS THAT YOU INDIVIDUALLY ARE INTERESTED AND IT'LL OPEN UP ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE FOR THE COMMISSION INSTEAD OF JUST ONE PERSON DOING IT.
SO GOING FORWARD, UM, I HAVE A SPEAKER IN JANUARY AND THEN WE WILL NEED SOMEBODY TO TAKE FEBRUARY AND GO ON AND ON AND ON.
WHAT DOES ANYONE, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT? UM, IF IT'S CLAIM A MONDAY, UH, CLAIM A MONTH? MM-HMM.
IF IT'S ONLY, UH, SIX OF US, WE MIGHT WANT TO GET TWO MONTHS OR ARE THERE'S SOME DARK MONTHS, RIGHT.
IT'LL, WELL, I MEAN THERE ARE POTENTIAL NINE COMMISSIONERS.
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I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING, I MEAN FOR AS WE ARE TALKING NOW, WHETHER WE ADD THE NEW PEOPLE AND I THOUGHT WE HAD A NEW COMMISSIONER, BUT IF WE ADD THE NEW PEOPLE, THEN LIKE I SAY, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE JUNE.THE NEW COMMISSIONER CAN TAKE JUNE IF I TOOK FEBRUARY.
SO FOR NOW I'M JUST SAYING, SO WE CAN DO THE CALENDAR MM-HMM
FOR THE 2025, IF I CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL AND THEN EVERYBODY COULD LET ME KNOW WHAT MONTH THAT THEY'RE TAKING.
AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.
NO, SO THAT WAY, UM, WE KNOW WHAT MONTHS ARE TAKEN OR IT'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO START WORKING ON NOW, WHICH GUEST SPEAKERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER IN MAY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S OLDER AMERICANS MONTH AND THERE'S USUALLY SOME EVENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO INSTEAD.
AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO NOT HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER IN DECEMBER, UM, BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE JUST OUR LITTLE GATHER.
AND A GATHERING AT SUCH A LOVELY PLACE SUCH AS THIS, UM, AND NOT REALLY A MEETING.
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE FEBRUARY.
SHEILA, DOES THIS TAKE INTO, AM I THE ONE COORDINATING THE SPEAKERS FOR JANUARY? NO, I HAVE JANUARY TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'RE HAVING THE VOLUNTEER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SENIORS.
THE, UH, HER NAME IS SUMMER AND SHE'S COMING TO TALK THEN ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER AS A SENIOR TO WORK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WOULD THERE BE ANY WAY OF SWITCHING THAT? BECAUSE THE, THE SPEAKERS THAT I GOT FOR JANUARY CAN ONLY DO JANUARY.
UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO, I'M, I EMAILED AFRAID BECAUSE WE HAVE SWITCHED SUMMER SWITCH THREE TIMES NOW
THE PROBLEM IS, I, I EMAILED SUMMER TEMPLE.
I HEARD THAT YOU WANTED PEOPLE TO TAKE, UH, SPEAKERS.
SO I GOT THE SPEAKERS, I EMAILED AND YOU AND YOU SAID TO EMAIL MICHELLE YES.
I EMAILED MICHELLE AND SHE SAID, GIVE ME THE CREDENTIALS.
UM, AND I, IT'S THE ONLY MONTH THEY, BECAUSE THEY TEACH AT
IT'S THE ONLY WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS IS ALL I CAN SAY AT THAT POINT BECAUSE WE CANNOT SWITCH, UM, THE, WELL THERE'S TWO OF THEM.
SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO HAVE THREE, THREE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU GOT TWO PEOPLE FOR ONE DAY.
IT'S THE TEAM THAT'S, UH, STUDYING THE RESULTS OF THE GUARANTEED INCOME PILOT PROGRAM IN LONG BEACH.
AND ALTHOUGH THAT PROGRAM IS NOT CURRENTLY ORIENTED TO SENIORS, THERE IS DISCUSSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW IT COULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED TO LOW INCOME SENIORS.
AND SO, UM, THE RESULTS OF THEIR STUDY, I THOUGHT WERE REALLY, SO THE SPEAKERS WERE GIVING ABOUT A 15 MINUTE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOLLOWED BY QUESTION AND ANSWERS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY TOGETHER WOULD BE THAT 15 MINUTES? YEAH.
THEY KNOW IT'S ONLY 15 MINUTES.
THAT WOULD BE OKAY TO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.
I DON'T EXPECT THAT THE, UM, SUMMER WILL GO HOURS LONG MM-HMM
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE SOME MONTHS WE HAVE NONE HAD NONE, NO SPEAKERS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE TWO SPEAKERS IN JANUARY.
SO LIKE WE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 15 MINUTES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TWO PEOPLE, I'M CONSIDERING THEM AS ONE.
AND, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER GUIDELINES FOR US? LIKE THINGS LIKE, YES, WE NEED TO, HOW TO, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IT WAS CONFUSING TO ME WHETHER I, IRENE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER WE WERE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE DISTRIBUTED IN PAPER OR WHETHER WE CAN, WHO, WHO DO WE GET APPROVAL FROM FOR OUR SPEAKER SUGGESTIONS OR DO WE NOT GET APPROVAL AND JUST GO AHEAD AND TELL IRENE, PUT THESE ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF IT'S YOUR MONTH TO REPORT, THEN YOU WILL LET ME KNOW WHO, WHO YOUR GUEST SPEAKER IS.
AND I DID ASK IF THERE WERE ANY GUIDELINES AND THEY SAID NO, THERE WERE NOT ANY GUIDELINES.
I THOUGHT THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THEY CAN'T BE SELLING SOMETHING.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT SELLING ANYTHING.
LIKE IF THEY COME IN TRYING TO SELL LIKE, LIKE, LIKE PLACES IN A RETIREMENT HOME OR FUNERAL PLOTS OR, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE SPONSORS ARE NOT SELLING ANYTHING? WHAT ABOUT PARKING? IS THERE ANY GUEST PARKING PERMIT OR THEY'RE JUST ON THEIR OWN? OH NO.
YOU'LL LET ME KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND I, AND I SEND THEM AN EMAIL.
I LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PARKING AND I WILL HAVE A PARKING PASS THERE FOR THEM.
IF YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT MONTH THEY'RE COMING, WHO THEY ARE, AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL, LET ME KNOW WHEN THEY'LL LIKE WHO IT IS.
THAT'S WHAT SHE USUALLY THAT SHE SAYS.
THIS'LL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER GIVES ME THEIR INFORMATION AND THEN I REACH OUT TO THEM.
THIS, BUT THIS IS AFTER, LET'S SAY, UM, SHEILA HAS ALREADY CONFIRMED WITH THEM THAT YES, THEY COULD COME RIGHT.
AND, AND THEN SHE TELLS IRENE AS OPPOSED TO SAYING, HEY IRENE, CAN YOU GET THIS PERSON? EXACTLY.
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OTHER VETTING PROCESS.YOU, ANY BIOS CREDENTIALS? WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY OF THAT.
I WILL NEED TO HAVE THEIR BIO, BUT IT'S A SHORT BIO.
WE DON'T NEED A, A CURRICULUM VITA.
SO CAN WE HAVE ANY, HAVE I MAY OTHER QUESTIONS THE, UM, TIMELINE OF THESE SPEAKERS.
SO WE ARE SPECIFIC WITH THE SPEAKERS THAT IT'S 15 MINUTES PLUS FIVE MINUTES A Q AND A OR, OR WHAT IS THE GUIDELINES FOR OUR FIVE MINUTES? QA? YEAH, LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
AND I DO NEED TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHO YOUR SPEAKERS WILL BE.
HOW FAR AHEAD OF TIME? SO YOU HAVE THE JANUARY OR THIS FEBRUARY SPEAKER COMING UP.
AND YOU'LL NEED TO KNOW IF WE NEED AUDIO AND UH, THEY WANT DO A PRESENTATION WITH A POWERPOINT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THEIR, THEIR TITLE, THEIR NAME, THEIR UM, PHONE NUMBER OR, AND EMAIL.
THE EMAIL'S ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL.
SO THE, SO THEY A PRESENTA UH, POWERPOINT IS POSSIBLE.
YOU CAN JUST, UM, SEND ME THEIR INFORMATION AND THEN I WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD, WE WOULD PROVIDE THE POWERPOINT EQUIPMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BRING THEIR OWN.
DOES, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS OR, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? I MOVE THAT WE, UM, ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE, UM, A SPEAKER SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY A SPECIFIC AMOUNT YET.
ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, COMMISSIONERS PROVIDING THE SPEAKERS FOR 2025.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS FROM, UH, DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE ALL HAVE SORT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE WANT TO PUSH.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT SPEAKERS FROM ALL OF YOU.
AND IRENE'S GOING TO SEND OUT, UH, I GUESS THE MONTHLY, LIKE WHO WANTS TO DO EACH MONTH, RIGHT.
SO YOU COULD SORT OF PICK YOUR MONTH AND IF YOU COULD INCLUDE THOSE GUIDELINES AND TIME.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY AND ALL OF THAT.
WHATEVER KIND OF, WHAT DO WE DO FIRST? WHAT DO I YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
LIKE A FORM THAT SO THAT WE ALL FILL IT OUT THE SAME WAY FOR YOU.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON OUR NEXT THING.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION FOR TO TALK? I MOVE.
OH, ACTUALLY I THINK CHRIS CAN TALK.
CHRIS CAN TALK WITHOUT A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CHRIS HOGAN.
HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF LONG BEACH HERITAGE, WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE BENBRIDGE HOUSE.
AND CHRIS HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE DOORS OPENED
THE HOUSE IS 1906 AND I AM NOT
WE PUSH FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND SAVING OLD BUILDINGS WITH ADAPTIVE REUSE.
WE HAND OUT PRESERVATION AWARDS EVERY YEAR FOR PEOPLE OR COMPANIES THAT HAVE SAVED OLD BUILDINGS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE CHANGED THEM INTO A NEW PURPOSE.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE OCEAN CENTER BUILDING GOT AN AWARD LAST YEAR FOR REDOING THE BUILDING AND NOW THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL APARTMENTS.
TOO MANY OLD BUILDINGS IN LONG BEACH ARE JUST TORN DOWN.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON STOPPING THAT OR AT LEAST NOT HAVING, NOT HAVING THAT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
SO IN 2000 WE PURCHASED THE BEVERAGE HOUSE, DOROTHY RANKIN BEVERAGE PASSED AWAY IN 1999 AND WE'VE WORKED, SO IT'LL BE 25 YEARS NEXT YEAR THAT LONG BEACH HERITAGE HAS OWNED THE HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION.
SO SHEILA WILL CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS WE FINALIZE THOSE PLANS.
WHEN WE FOUND OUT THOUGH, AFTER WE TOOK OVER THE HOUSE, UM, THIS SITE WE ARE ON WAS USED BY THE TONGA PEOPLES FOR HUNDREDS, IF NOT A COUPLE THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
WHEN WE DID THE RE THE CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE CEMENT WORK IN THE BACK, IT WAS LEARNED THAT THIS IS THE SITE OF A NATIVE AMERICAN MITTEN.
SO THE TONGA PEOPLES USE THIS NATURAL
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HILLSIDE AS A SUMMER ENCAMPMENT SITE AND FOR WHATEVER REASON THIS IS WHERE THEY THREW EVERYTHING AWAY.SO WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO THROW AWAY? CLAM AND MUSCLE SHELL
SO EVEN TODAY WHEN WE WORK IN THE GARDEN, AND YES, I'M ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER GARDENERS, WE DISCOVER CLAMSHELL.
THERE'S WAY TOO MANY TO HAVE BEEN HERE NATURALLY.
MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, THE WHOLE AREA WAS UNDERWATER.
SO YES, YOU'RE GONNA FIND SHELF, BUT NOT THE NUMBER THAT WERE FOUND HERE.
SO IT'S INTERESTING FOR ME THAT THIS AREA HAS BEEN USED FOR, AS I SAID, HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE THAT.
SO YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT THE HOUSE AS WE TAKE A QUICK TOUR AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ENJOY ALL THAT HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA FINISH OUR MEETING HERE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TAKE A TOUR OF THE HOUSE IF YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, TAKE A TOUR OF THE HOUSE.
AND THEN WE STILL HAVE OUR SNACKS HERE.
WE CAN COME BACK TO SNACKS AFTER TWO IF I MAY.
HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, FIND A, A BUILDING OR A STREET OR A AREA TO RESTORE? BECAUSE WHEN I WAS A BOY, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WAS 19 ON PINE AVENUE.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, THERE WAS HAMS, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS WOOLWORTHS, THE BIG, AND THEY DON'T ALL SEEM TO BE THERE, BUT SOME OF 'EM ARE STILL THERE.
WELL, WE DON'T ACTUALLY FIND A BUILDING, BUT WE WORK WITH CITY HALL, THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE FIND OUT ABOUT BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY DEVELOPERS.
THEY SOMETIMES TOO LATE, BUT, AND THEY, AND WE TRY TO HELP THEM OR WANT HELP THEM DECIDE TO SAVE THE BUILDING AND TURN IT INTO A NEW USE RATHER THAN TEAR IT DOWN.
SUSTAINABILITY, IT'S MUCH BETTER NOW TO SAVE AN OLD BUILDING RATHER THAN TEAR IT DOWN.
AND 'CAUSE ALL OF THAT STUFF IS JUST THROWN AWAY.
AND SO TRYING TO GET THAT MINDSET INTO THE CITY IS VERY DIFFICULT.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF NON SUCCESS.
DID YOU WORK IN THE BREAKERS? WELL, WE, PACIFIC SIX HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB, UM, SAVING THAT.
AND I'M SURE THEY WILL WIN A PRESERVATION AWARD NEXT YEAR.
BUT, AND SO WE'VE, THEY HAD THEIR VISION EVEN WITHOUT US, SO THEY WANTED TO SAVE THE BUILDING, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM.
ALTHOUGH THE STATE REGULATIONS, THE BUREAUCRACY IS NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH SOMETIMES.
DO YOU, DO YOU HELP HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE, UH, MAYBE HOMES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE HISTORIC LANDMARK HELP THEM GET THEIR DESIGNATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? YES.
WE, WE HELP THEM WITH THAT PROCESS, NOT FINANCIALLY, BECAUSE WE ARE A NON-PROFIT.
SADLY THE CITY HAS RAISED THE FEES FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS CONSIDERABLY.
UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE HELPED QUITE A FEW HOMEOWNERS WITH PROVIDING RESEARCH ON THEIR HOUSES OR STRUCTURES AS TO WHY THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED HISTOR A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
AND WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED NOW? ARE YOU STILL ON ATLANTIC? NO, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH.
AND WE ARE LONG BEACH HERITAGE.
WE'RE TWO SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE DO WORK TOGETHER.
SOME CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES HAVE ONE BIG HISTORIC ORGANIZATION.
LONG BEACH HAS MORE THAN ONE, SO PEOPLE GET US CONFUSED ALL THE TIME.
WE DO HISTORIC, UM, WALKING TOURS.
WE DO A HISTORIC HOME TOUR AND WE DO THE PRESERVATION AWARDS.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS THE ONE THAT COLLECTS ALL THE MEMORABILIA, LIKE THE PHOTOS, THE NEWSPAPER, UM, ALL SORTS OF PHYSICAL THINGS IF YOU GO UP TO THEIR OFFICE ON ATLANTIC.
IS THERE ANY, UH, MORE QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? OKAY, GREAT.
CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE IN THE FILE, CHRIS'? UH, PRESENTATION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING, UH, CHRIS'S GREAT PRESENTATION.
THAT MOTION PASSES AND IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, ANY, ANYONE HERE?
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STARTED DOING BUSINESS, UM, BUSINESS AS THE LA COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING.BECAUSE AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ALL THE RESTRICTIONS
AND WE'RE FINDING IT A VERY EFFECTIVE MEANS.
AND WE DO GENERATE MINUTES AND REPORTS ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE DEEPER AND MORE EXPANSIVE DISCUSSIONS.
SO, UM, I'M CURRENTLY SERVING ON TWO RIGHT NOW, AND BECAUSE I CHAIR THE LEGISLATION AND ADVOCACY COMMISSION, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE OF PROCESSES AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE COUNTY BUREAUCRACY, WHICH THEY HAVE A WHOLE ENTIRE LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HAS TO GO THROUGH.
SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, CATHERINE BARGER WAS JUST SWORN IN AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND SHE HAD A MEETING ON MONDAY.
AND, UM, HER MISSION, THIS IS HER LAST TERM.
AND, UH, SHE IS ENCOURAGING ALL THE COMMISSIONS TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO THEY HELD A TRAINING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONS ON AI.
AND, UM, KIND OF DISCUSSING ABOUT PROCESSES.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP PROCESSES TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN, OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN PUSHING THAT WORK FORWARD BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY TWO DEPARTMENTS UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.
AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SPLITTING DISABILITIES FROM AGING AND HAVE ITS OWN SEPARATE DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS SEPARATE THAN THEY COMBINED THEM UNDER DR.
NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SPLITTING THEM AGAIN.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION AND WITH JENNIFER KUMA IN THE CITY ON AN ISSUE OF, UM, EMERGENCY EVACUATION CHAIRS.
JENNIFER AND A COMMITTEE, UH, LOCALLY, UM, HAD A DAY OF ACTION AND THEY HAD A PERSON THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT AND DEMONSTRATED THE EVACUATION CHAIRS.
UM, THE GRAY PANTHERS BROUGHT THIS UP FIRST, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TAKING AND WORKING WITH US ON IT BECAUSE IN THE HIGH RISE, WE DISCOVERED IN THE HIGH RISES, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO HAVE EVACUATION CHAIRS.
SO SOME OF THE SENIOR BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE EVACUATION CHAIRS.
WE'VE HAD A FIRE, WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE.
WE DID HAVE TO EMERGENCY EVACUATE PEOPLE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO NO REQUIREMENT IN THE FIRE CODE FOR THOSE BUILDINGS TO GIVE EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES TO THE TENANT.
THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS BE TESTED ONCE A YEAR AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOES AROUND AND GOES TO ALL THE BUILDING AND THEY DO TESTS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS A CHANGE TO THE FIRE CODE THAT WOULD ADD SENIOR HIGH RISES AND A HIGH RISES FIVE STORIES OR MORE, BE REQUIRED TO HAVE EMERGENCY EVACUATION CHAIRS ON EACH FLOOR BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ONLY HAS ONE.
IF A TRUCK COMES OUT, THEY HAVE ONE CHAIR, AND THE SENIOR BUILDINGS ARE MOSTLY 200 UNITS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HUD WOULD FUND.
SO IF YOU HAVE HALF A BUILDING THAT'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO EVACUATE.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FIRES IN THE SENIOR BUILDINGS, MOSTLY, UM, STOVE FIRES.
BUT OURS WAS CAUSED BY A TENANT HAVING FLAMMABLE MATERIALS IN HIS UNIT.
SO, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN SAVE LIVES BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO DIE IN EMERGENCY IS OLDER ADULTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T MOVE QUICKLY AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN AN EMERGENCY.
MY BUILDING, I'M SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE ROOF AND WAIT FOR A HELICOPTER EVACUATION.
I DIDN'T, I'M STILL MOBILE, SO I RAN DOWN THE STAIRS.
ONE WAS FILLED WITH DANGEROUS CHEMICALS FROM THE FIRE.
SO, UM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH JOSH LOWENTHAL AND HE GOT A STAFF PERSON WORKING ON THE LANGUAGE.
AND WE ARE HAVING A MEETING WITH LENA GONZALEZ ON FRIDAY TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE.
IT'S FROM NINE 30 TO 10 30 AT LENA GONZALEZ'S OFFICE AT 39 39 ATLANTIC.
SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND SOMEBODY MM-HMM
UM, WE CAN ONLY HOST EIGHT PEOPLE BECAUSE HER MEETING ROOM IS ONLY SO BIG.
UH, BUT SHE HAS GIVEN US AN HOUR TO DISCUSS THESE TWO ISSUES AND, UH, THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS TAKEN AN ON AS AN ISSUE, AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND ASK THEM TO SUPPORT IT ALSO.
SO THERE'S BEEN GENERAL ACCEPTANCE.
SO, BUT THE FIRST QUESTION JOSH LOWENTHAL ASKED WAS, WHO'S WORKING ON THE ISSUE TOGETHER WITH YOU? SO WE
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WERE ABLE TO SAY, WE HAVE A PRETTY BROAD COALITION.UM, SO WE WANNA INCLUDE YOU IN THAT COALITION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
UH, DOES ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, I DO.
LET'S START WITH, UM, GOING OFF.
KAREN'S, UH, THERE IS A MEETING AT LENA GONZALEZ'S OFFICE NINE 30 THIS FRIDAY.
IS ANYONE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING? WOULD YOU ANYONE LIKE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING? MM-HMM.
I, I WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE THE RESULTS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE ANOTHER, UH, REPORT OR, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT MYSELF.
UH, NORMA AND PHYLLIS DID ATTEND A MEETING ON MONDAY NIGHT THAT HEIDI MENTIONED EARLIER.
IT WAS, UM, ABOUT THE NEW SENIOR CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT WAS, UM, HAS BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR.
THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER IS AGING AND NEEDS TOO MANY BIG, UH, RENOVATIONS TO SUSTAIN.
WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF PARKING, BUT BUSINESS AS USUAL CAN CONTINUE THERE UNTIL THE NEW BUILDING IS UP AND RUNNING.
THE NEW SENIOR CENTER DOES HAVE TWICE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING PLUS IT'S NEXT TO THE TRANSIT MALL.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING JUST, UH, ACCESSIBLE BY ONE BUS LINE THAT'S MANY ACCESSIBLE BY MANY BUS LINES.
AND THE A LINE, I STILL SAY THE LINE, IT'S A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE TRANSIT LOT.
SO, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUS STOP AT THE ENTRANCE.
UH, THE CENTER WILL HAVE FLEXIBLE SPACES ON THE FIRST FLOOR ONLY WITH VERY SIMILAR PROGRAMMING.
AND BASED ON THE SENIOR FEEDBACK, THE SURVEY RESULTS WERE A MIX OF DIGITAL AND PAPER SURVEY REPLIES, PLUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT HAD LIFE FEEDBACK.
UH, WHAT OR WHY DO PEOPLE VISIT THE SENIOR CENTER AT ALL FOR ACTIVITIES CLASSES AS SOCIAL? SO, SOCIALIZATION, THE HEART OF IDA AND THE GRAPE PANTHERS WERE THE MAIN REASONS.
HOW DO PEOPLE CURRENTLY GET TO THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER? 40% SAID THEY GO BY THEIR OWN VEHICLE.
25% WALKED OR BIKE, AND 22% OF THE PEOPLE TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE IN THE NEW CENTER? THE ANSWER WAS WINDOWS NATURAL LIGHTING AND ART.
AND WHAT DO WE WANT WAS ACTIVITIES, SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY WERE THE BIG THINGS.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AT LEAST THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROGRAMMING.
UM, THE EXPECTATIONS DURING THIS MULTI-YEAR TRANSITION IS THAT THE LOGISTICS WILL BE SHARED WITH THE SENIORS.
UH, UH, THE PROGRAM WILL, WILL BE IMPROVED.
UH, IT WILL BE INCLUSIVE AND IT OVERALL IMPROVEMENT FROM THE CURRENT CENTER.
THE NEXT STEPS ARE THE WEST GROUP DESIGNS WILL USE THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED AS A BASIS FOR DESIGNING THE SPACE.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, YOU CAN GIVE THEM TO HEIDI, WHO COULD PASS 'EM ON TO DAR MCMAHON, WHO'S A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER.
AND I BELIEVE IRENE WAS GONNA SEND HIM, SEND US HIS EMAIL AS WELL.
PHYLLIS ALREADY TALKED TO HIM.
UM, SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEW CENTER ACTIVITY SPACE? THERE'LL BE SOME INDOOR, SOME OUTDOOR THINGS.
THE FLEXIBLE MOVE ROOMS WITH MOVABLE FURNITURE, KITCHEN FOR MEALS, THE NONPROFITS, UH, THE PARKS AND REFS STAFF, UM, OFFICES, GYM LIBRARY, AND A COMPUTER LAB.
AND THE TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT IS THIS YEAR WAS THE OUTREACH FOR FEEDBACK 2025.
THE SPACE WILL BE DESIGNED IN 2026.
BIDS, UM, WILL BE RECEIVED AND AWARDED FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
2027 WILL BE THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE PLAN ON OPENING IS IN EARLY 2028.
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT HAPPENED, UH, HERE, SOME OF THE ANSWERS WERE YES, THERE WILL BE A DROP OFF AREA FOR, UH, ACCESS VEHICLES AND FOR RIDE SHARE NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
THE PICKLEBALL AREA IS UNDER CONSIDERATION.
THE DESIGN NEEDS TO MEET AT LEAST THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CURRENT SEISMIC STRUCTURE AND A DA CODES.
AND THE CURRENT SENIOR STAFF CENTER STAFF IS WORKING WITH DESIGN GROUPS FOR THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE PROGRAMMING AND OF THE BUILDING.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED AND WE CAN INVITE, UH, NANCY VELA OR DAIRY TO OUR COMMISSION ON AGING MEETINGS IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT FOR 2025.
AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UM, LEADING UP TO THE OPENING OF, UM, THIS NEW SENIOR CENTER.
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DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.UM, TODAY, UM, I HAVE TO READ BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S HAD A DIFFERENT TITLE.
THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE IS HAVING THEIR LAST IN-PERSON MEETING AT THREE O'CLOCK TODAY AT THE LONG BEACH.
UH, SALVATION ARMY, THE RED SHIELD, IT'S AT, UM, 3000 NORTH LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.
I'M NOT SURE THAT STREET, BUT IT'S AT THREE O'CLOCK TODAY AND IT'S THE LAST IN-PERSON WINTER MEETING FOR THE LONG BEACH AGING SERVICES COLLABORATIVE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP AND HEART OF I YES, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE GOOD, UH, MEETINGS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? GO AHEAD.
I WANNA THANK MICHELLE FOR A VERY COMPLETE REPORT.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE, UH, TURNOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE O'CLOCK IN WINTER WHEN IT'S DARK IS NOT THE EASIEST THING TO NAVIGATE.
AND, UH, PHYLLIS AND I WERE ONLY ABLE TO GO BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE OFFERED TO TAKE US.
UM, BUT I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE FACT THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
AND MANY OF THEM I SURE HAVE, UH, FAVORITE PROGRAMS THAT THEY WERE HELPING TO DEFEND AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO DO THE DANCING WANT WANT TO HAVE, UH, WOOD FLOORS AND SO FORTH.
SO, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UH, COMPARED TO A LOT OF MEETINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE CALLED FOR THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP OR, OR THEY WANNA MEET ON ZOOM, THESE PEOPLE WERE ALL IN PERSON.
AND THERE WERE PROBABLY, WHAT, 20, 25 QUESTIONS THAT WERE EITHER AT LEAST YEAH.
ON CARDS OR, I MEAN, THAT WAS, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
TO ME THAT WAS LIKE A REALLY HEARTWARMING AND REWARDING, UM, UH, THING TO SEE PEOPLE REALLY CARING SO MUCH ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER AND ABOUT THE PROGRAMS. UM, SO I JUST, UH, DEMOCRACY IS ALIVE AND WELL IN LITTLE BITS AND PIECES,
UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE PLUS LOW INCOME POOR PERSON.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, WELL, THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T REPRESENTED, BUT I MEAN, JUST GETTING THE ONES WHO WERE OUT IS REALLY A BIG DEAL IN ITSELF.
IT MIGHT BE TINY, BUT NO, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER, WE'VE DONE DONE EXTENSIVE SURVEY WORK.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? PEOPLE OF COLOR? SO I HAVE A LITTLE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT I WAS INDUCTED INTO THE LONG BEACH TRANSIT HALL OF FAME.
REALLY? OH, THAT IS AN THANK YOU.
THAT, THAT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT'S DEFINITION OF OUR ADVANTAGE HERE IN THE COMMISSION.
BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF BILL SMITH.
SEND ME YOUR PICTURES AND ALL THE BUSES.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING THE MEETINGS SAY AYE.
SO LET'S GO ON THIS TOUR OF THIS HISTORIC BENBRIDGE HOUSE.
UH, IF YOU WANT, I WOULD TAKE, YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR STUFF HERE AND YOU COULD COME BACK AND HAVE MORE SNACKS, PLEASE SIGN YOUR TIME CARD.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10 59.