* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. READY [00:00:01] TO GO? YEAH. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR JANUARY 30TH, 2025. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE LAW COMMISSIONER BERG. COMMISSIONER ELLIS. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER KS. HERE. COMMISSIONER HER HERE. COMMISSIONER KUNI HIRO. COMMISSIONER MARSH. COMMISSIONER TOLKOFF. COMMISSIONER WHEELER HERE. VICE-CHAIR GAINES. HERE. CHAIR DEN. WE HAVE COURT FOR THE RECORD. UH, MEMBERS, UH, COMMISSIONER KURT. UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN TOLKOFF. AND COMMISSIONER, UH, DONNA BERG. UH, ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING? ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? THANKS. OKAY. SCENE DONE. CLERK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM. UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY ANNUAL UPDATE. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVED. MOTION COMMISSIONER WHEELER. SECOND. START THE PRESENTATION NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. WE HAVE HEATHER VAN WICK FROM THE, UH, OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY HERE TO DO AN . OKAY. HI EVERYBODY. UM, LIKE BARN SAID, MY NAME IS HEATHER VAN WICK. I'M THE ETHICS OFFICER FOR THE CITY. UM, I MANAGE THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY OUTTA THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WE WON'T TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME TODAY. UH, NORMALLY JEFF WILLIAMS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS WITH ME AS PART OF OUR LITTLE ROAD SHOW. UM, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE'S PRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR, UM, THAT JEFF AND I DO THIS. AND, AND JEFF JUST LIKES TO COME BY AND SAY HI, AND SAY, THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW JEFF, UM, HE CAN'T BE HERE TODAY. UM, BUT SINCE HIS CARD, SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE OBT AND THEN, UH, A TOY WILL DO HIS PRESENTATION. SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. BACK IN 2018, YOU, THE VOTERS, UM, APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION. SO, UM, THEY ARE CHARTER COMMISSION, THOUGH THEY ARE ADVISORY. UM, SO THEY'RE RECOMMENDING BODY AND, UH, THEY REALLY GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LOBBYING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS. UM, THE CHARTER ALSO ALLOWS THEM SOME OVERSIGHT WITH OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM. UM, SO FROM THAT, THAT REALLY ESTABLISHED THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTRALIZED ETHICS PROGRAM. WE LAUNCHED OUR TRAINING PROGRAM IN 2023, AND THEN FY 24, WE OFFICIALLY BECAME THE OET, BRINGING ETHICS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT TOGETHER, UH, PROGRAMS TOGETHER. WE JUST FINISHED, UM, A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC ROADMAP, UM, PLANNING OVER, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO START IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THAT. WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, AUDITOR CLERK, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. SO, UM, ONE OF THE TRAININGS THAT YOU ALL ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS. THAT'S A CITY ETHICS TRAINING, AND THAT'S ANNUALLY. UH, YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO DO THE STATE, UH, STATE CITY REQUIRED HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES. THAT IS BY ITALY, SO EVERY TWO YEARS. AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO DO A, UM, A STATE ETHICS TRAINING, WHICH IS AB 1234. SO LAST YEAR THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS WE ROLLED OUT SEVERAL TRAININGS THAT ARE NOW REQUIRED FOR YOU GUYS IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE STATE'S, UM, ETHICS TRAINING. SO, AB 1234, JUST TO CONFIRM, IS BY ANY BIAL AS WELL. SO THAT'S EVERY TWO YEARS. YOU CAN NOW TAKE THAT ON LEARN, UM, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HELP PUT TOGETHER A FIVE PARTS SERIES. UM, AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE IT AND BITE-SIZE PIECES AS LONG AS YOU GET YOUR TWO HOURS DONE BY THE TIME YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET IT DONE. BY LAST YEAR, WE REMOVED SEVEN COMMISSIONERS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF, UM, THE AB 1234 TRAINING. UM, SO JUST A REMINDER TO COMPLETE YOUR REQUIRED TRAININGS WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO. UM, WE ALSO RELEASED THE, UH, 2030 STRATEGIC VISION LAST YEAR, THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS [00:05:01] TRAINING. AND THEN, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE EQUITY TOOLKIT, UM, TO LAUNCH. SO THAT'LL BE ONE ADDITIONAL REQUIRED, EXCUSE ME, TRAINING FOR YOU GUYS. AGAIN, ALL OF THESE LIVE AND LEARN. UM, IF YOU EVER HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOUR RUN ACCOUNTS, UM, I THINK I GOT THEIR EMAIL LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THEM OR BURN, UM, AND I CAN HELP TAKE THAT OUT. UM, IF YOU ARE EVER HAVING TROUBLE TAKING THESE TRAININGS ON LEARN, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ON CHROME SWITCH OVER TO CHROME, UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE MUCH BETTER LUCK. SO WE ALSO HAVE A HELPLINE. UM, IT'S INTERNAL AND PUBLIC FACING 24 HOURS. UM, WE DO GET SOME PUBLIC CALLS, BUT MOST OF THEM, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN INTERNAL CALLS FROM EMPLOYEES. UM, IT'S 24 7 CONFIDENTIAL AND ANONYMOUS, IF YOU PREFER. WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES FOR APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. UM, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR OET, UM, WEBPAGE CURRENT. WE HAVE AN INTERNET PAGE AND AN INTRANET PAGE, UH, FOR EMPLOYEES. CLERK'S OFFICE ALSO HAS DISCLOSURE REPORTS AND ETHICS PORTAL THAT HAS ALL KINDS OF STATE, UM, RESOURCES, UH, TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR REQUIREMENT AS AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE HELP LINE, THE AUDITOR HAS HER FRAUD HOTLINE. YOU CAN REALLY CALL EITHER THE HOTLINE OR THE HELPLINE. UM, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP. UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR HANDBOOK. SO WE'VE UPDATED THE ETHICS GUIDE FOR LONG BEACH CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES. I IMAGINE YOU GUYS ALL HAVE THAT. UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE HAS DON MCINTOSH ON THE COVER PAGE. IF IT SAYS CHARLIE PARK, YOU HAVE THE OLD ONE. UH, THE COMMISSION BOARD AND COMMITTEE HANDBOOK THAT, UM, ACTUALLY HAS WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN THIS ROLE. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY 18 YEARS AND HAVE BEEN DOING COMMISSIONS FOR PROBABLY EIGHT OF THOSE YEARS. BUT I ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT THIS HANDBOOK, AND IT REALLY DOES HAVE A LOT OF THE ANSWERS THAT TO THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. SO, JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE THIS HANDBOOK, AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A GUIDE ON THE BROWN NECK, WHICH AGAIN, THE TOY WILL DOCUMENT JUST REMINDERS. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP IN OTHER COMMISSIONS, NOT THIS COMMISSION, BUT SPEAKING AN OFFICIAL VERSUS PERSONAL CAPACITY. THIS IS THE MISUSE OF AUTHORITY. UH, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ONLY THE CHAIR OR ANOTHER MEMBER OF YOUR COMMISSION AUTHORIZED BY THE ENTIRE BODY MAY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AS A COMMISSIONER. THIS APPLIES TO ALL OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS, INCLUDING PUBLIC MEETINGS, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, SIGNATURES OR ENDORSEMENTS ON DIFFERENT LETTERS. UM, WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING THIS INTO AN ACTUAL POLICY. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, ADDS ONTO THE, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY ONLY ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. UM, BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESSES HELP ENSURE THAT ANY STATEMENTS OR COMMUNICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISS MEETINGS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE COMMISSIONS OBJECTIVES AND NOT YOUR PERSONAL AGENDAS ANNUAL REPORTS. THOSE ARE DUE EVERY JUNE. NOW, UM, WE WEREN'T REALLY PAYING ATTENTION, I GUESS, THE LAST DECADE OR SO, BUT WE'RE NOW, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE ANNUAL REPORTS ARE GETTING TO THE COURT BY JUNE, I BELIEVE, AND THAT GOES UPSTAIRS TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL LEARN CONCERNS, WHICH I MENTIONED. UM, THIS IS THE EMAIL ADDRESS. UH, WE DO HAVE LIVE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER END OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. UM, AND THEY ARE RESPONSIVE PRETTY QUICKLY. IT'S FORM 700 SEASONS. MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR FORM 700, AND I'M IMAGINING FOR COURT BY NOW. I THINK THOSE ARE DUE BY OR BEFORE APRIL 1ST. UM, AND AGAIN, THE COMMISSION MEETINGS HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH AROUND THAT BYLAWS ORDER. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS. THIS IS MY DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION. UM, ETHICS@LONGBEACH.GOV COMES TO ME AS WELL. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. OKAY. OKAY. , UH, CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. YEAH, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP IF YOU'D LIKE. SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO. [00:10:01] NO DISCUSSION. I SEEN A CLERK. PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIS? YES. YES. . UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER HANKS? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER HUR? YES. UM, COMMISSIONER WHEELER? YES. AND VICE CHAIR GAINES? YES. UH, MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER TRAINING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO FIRST, SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER. OKAY. YEAH. SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE, UH, HR WILSON FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HERE TO DO YOUR TRAINING. THIS, HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON. EVERY, EVERYONE, LIKE FE JUST SAID. SO, I'M, I'M, UH, ONE OF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS AND I'M ACTUALLY THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THIS COMMISSION. UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE. THE BROWN ACT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER PRESENTATION THAN HEATHER'S. UM, AND, AND IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS FROM COMMISSIONERS IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THESE TRAININGS EVERY, EVERY YEAR? BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE, THE, THE MOST COMMON VIOLATION IS FROM A COMMISSIONER FROM OUR OFFICE IS A VIOLATION OF THE THE BROWN ACT, BECAUSE IT, IT, IT JUST OVERLAPS WITH BASIC COMMUNICATIONS. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE THING IN THE, IN A, IN A MEETING OR A COMMISSION, UH, AGENDA ITEM. AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT. SO, IT IS A, IT IS A, A LONG, A LITTLE BIT OF A LONGER PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL, I'LL BE SURE TO, TO GET THROUGH IT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. JUST A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BROWN ACT. I THINK THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, THING FOR, FOR COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW IS THE BROWN ACT IS REALLY, IT'S ALL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. UM, IF WE ALL CAN RECALL, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO, A LOT OF, A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ALWAYS HAD ISSUES WITH MEMBERS OF, OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND EVERYBODY WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING, YOU KNOW, SHADY DEALS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND NOT TELLING, UH, THE RESIDENTS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHAT'S GOING ON. SO REALLY, THAT'S THE, THAT'S HOW THE BROWN ACT CAME ABOUT. AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TRANSPARENCY. SO IT WAS ENACTED, UH, IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER INFORMAL UNDISCLOSED MEETINGS HELD BY LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND, UH, MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES. AND THE WRITINGS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY. AGAIN, THE, THE, THE WHOLE PREMISE IS TRANSPARENCY. SO SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE BROWN ACT, AND JUST THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, I GUESS KEY TAKEAWAYS IS THAT ALL MEETINGS SHALL BE OPEN AND PUBLIC, SO THAT ALL ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT'S, WHAT'S REALLY STRANGE ABOUT THAT ONE, AND, AND IT'S A LITTLE COUNTERINTUITIVE, IS A LOT OF TIMES COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS PRESENTED. MAYBE IT WAS A, A PUBLIC COMMENT, AND SO THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS AMONGST THEMSELVES, BUT THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING AND OPEN, OPEN PUBLIC IN FRONT OF A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THEY WANT, THEY WANT, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO, AND THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THESE COMMISSIONERS ARE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S DEALING WITH, WITH PUBLIC BUSINESS. UM, A MEETING IS A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACED TO DISCUSS ITEMS WITHIN ITS SUBJECT MATTERS JURISDICTION. AS YOU HEARD THE CLERK EARLIER, SHE JUST, SHE MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS A QUORUM, RIGHT? A A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE QUORUM. A QUORUM IS JUST A MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE, OF THE COMMISSION. SO YOU HAVE A, A MAJORITY. ONCE YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION, NOW YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE ON THINGS THAT, THAT THE, UH, COMMISSION IS TALKED ABOUT. UM, ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S ALLOWING A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO, TO BE BARRED OR, OR, UH, PROHIBITED FROM ATTENDING. UH, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WOULD SAY IS ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE DISCUSSED. AND THEN AGAIN, THE KEY, THE KEY FACT HERE IS BECAUSE THE AGENDA GETS PUBLISHED PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION MEETING TO THE PUBLIC, AND THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THEY WANT TO COME AND, AND BE HEARD ON A CERTAIN ITEM. YOU KNOW, THEY DECIDE NOT TO COME, AND THEN THEY FIND OUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMISSION ENDED UP TALKING ABOUT X, Y, AND Z THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT. NOW, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN PREVENTED, UH, WITH HAVING THEIR ABILITY TO BE HEARD. AGAIN, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS AVOIDING THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. UM, AGAIN, THE BROWN ACT, ALL IT DOES, THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES, THEY HELP TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROPERLY DISCUSSING LOCAL AGENCY BUSINESS WITHOUT THE PUBLIC BEING PRESENT, [00:15:01] WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT. SO ALL LEGISLATIVE BODIES, UM, EVEN SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, CREATED BY FORMAL ACTION, ANY TYPE OF BODY OR ENTITY CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, LAWFULLY DELEGATED AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UH, ANY, ANYBODY OR ENTITY THAT RECEIVES FUNDS FROM THE CITY AND THEIR GOVERNING BODY INCLUDES A, INCLUDING A COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT, BUT WHAT ACTUALLY IS NOT SUBJECT TO A BROWN ACT IS THE, UH, A OUT COMMITTEES. SO, AS A COMMISSION, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO MAKE UP A OUT COMMITTEES TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, UM, TOPICS AND ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR, YOUR UMBRELLA OR UNDER YOUR PURVIEW. THAT THE KEY THING THERE IS WHY THE BROWN ACT IS NOT, UH, APPLICABLE, IS BECAUSE A, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE BY DESIGN IS LESS THAN A QUORUM. SO THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE CAN TALK AMONGST THEMSELVES BECAUSE THERE'S NO RISK OF HAVING A QUORUM OR HAVING THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT. UM, SO WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROHIBITED? SO YOU HAVE SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROHIBITED. AND WHAT IS THAT A SERIAL COMMUNICATION IS, IT INVOLVES LESS THAN A MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE MEMBERS, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION IN THE SERIES INVOLVES A MAJORITY OF THE, OF THE BODY OUTSIDE OF A NOTICE PUBLIC MEETING. NOW, THESE ARE TYPES OF, UH, OF PROHIBITED COMMUNICATION, AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, BUT YOU BASICALLY HAVE HUB AND SPOKE. YOU HAVE A DAISY CHAIN COMMUNICATION BY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, COMMUNICATION, AS WELL AS EMAILS, TEXTS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I THINK THAT ONE IS, IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, AND I THINK A LOT OF US APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IN, IN 2025, WHERE SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAILS, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS, UH, WITH ELECTRONIC DESIGN ARE VERY, VERY, UH, PREVALENT IN, IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE. SO THAT THERE ARE SOME BROWN NECK RULES TO ADDRESS THAT. SO WHAT IS HUB AND SPOKE? SO THAT'S WHERE A MEMBER CONTACTS ALL OTHER MEMBERS ON THEIR BODY TO ENSURE THEY VOTE YES TO SUPPORT AN ITEM. SO COMMISSIONER A REACHES OUT TO COMMISSIONER'S, B, C, AND D TO TRY TO SEE LIKE HOW THEY'RE GONNA VOTE ON A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT'S BASICALLY HUB AND SPOKE. A DAISY CHAIN IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MEMBER BLUE CONTACTS, MEMBER GREEN, AND THEN MEMBER GREEN CONTACTS MEMBER ORANGE. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME COMMISSIONER REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY BY DESIGN, BUT NOW ONE COMMISSIONER TALK TALKS TO THE NEXT, AND THEN THAT COMMISSIONER THEMSELVES TALKED TO THE NEXT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THAT'S A DAISY CHAIN BY REPRESENTATIVE. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF BY REPRESENTATIVE WOULD BE MEMBER GREEN'S PARTNER VOLUNTEERS AT SEVERAL NONPROFITS OR OTHER MEMBERS. VOLUNTEER GREEN'S PARTNER ENDS UP ASKING MORE THAN A MAJORITY OF THE BODY IF THEY SUPPORT THE ITEM. UM, AGAIN, THAT, THAT IS A, A COMMON EXAMPLE, BUT THAT IS, IS, IS A COMMON EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CALL PROHIBITED COMMUNICATION. SO THAT WOULD BE, THIS TYPE OF SCENARIO WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT. AND AGAIN, THE EMAILS, TEXTS ARE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVING A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS. SO IF, IF A COMMISSIONER POSTS ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT AN ISSUE, AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER LIKES IT, THEY SHARE AND THEY REPOST IT. ANOTHER COMMISSIONER MAKES A COMMENT, IT'S RETWEETED BY ANOTHER COMMISSIONER. NOW YOU HAVE SORT OF THIS CHAIN OF, OF PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ALL BEING DONE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SO WE'VE BEEN TELLING, TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S NOT ALLOWED. SO WHAT IS ALLOWED, SO INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS BETWEEN A MEMBER AND ANOTHER PERSON OR MEMBER, THAT, THAT IS FINE. SO, SO 2, 2, 2 COMMISSIONERS CAN TALK ABOUT COMMISSION BUSINESS. YOU JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT, THAT IT, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THE, THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. SO EVEN THOUGH THAT ALONE TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING IS NOT A VIOLATION, IF IT COULD, IF IT COULD LOOK LIKE A VIOLATION, OR IF YOU HAVE A, MAYBE THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT ALWAYS COMES TO THE COMMISSION, AND IT MAYBE THEY'RE KIND OF NOTORIOUS FOR ALWAYS HAVING COMMENTS OR, OR, OR HAVING COMPLAINTS. HEY, THE COMMISSION, THEY'RE NOT DOING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THEY'RE CHARGED TO DO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT GIVES THEM MORE FUEL OR AMMUNITION TO MAKE A, A, AN ALLEGATION THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE COMMISSIONERS ARE VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT. THEY'RE UP THERE TALKING AMONGST THEMSELVES ABOUT AGENDA BUSINESS. WHERE IN FACT, IT'S ONLY TWO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIMITED TO TWO COMMISSIONERS. UM, IT ALLOW, WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE IS ALLOWING MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH, UH, CONSTITUENTS, ADVOCATES, CONSULTANTS, REPORTERS, STAFF, AND COLLEAGUES. THAT IS, THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT VOTING MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION. A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS AT A, AT A CONFERENCE THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT, THAT, THAT AGENDA BUSINESS IS BEING DISCUSSED, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. UM, A A LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING, THAT'S FINE. THAT THAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION IS PERMISSIBLE. UH, A OPEN MEETING OF ANOTHER BODY IS FINE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENT, BECAUSE REALLY THE, THE, THE SOLE PURPOSE IS NOT, UM, COMMISSION BUSINESS. UH, MEMBERS CANNOT DISCUSS MATTERS OF THE BODY AMONG THEMSELVES AT THESE EVENTS. BUT [00:20:01] THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT THE BROWN ACT DOESN'T PERMIT, PERMIT DOESN'T PROHIBIT JUST, UH, COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT ANYTHING. SO AGENDA POSTED REQUIREMENTS FOR MEETINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA THAT HAS TO BE POSTED, UH, 72 HOURS, UH, PRIOR TO THE MEETING. AGAIN, THAT ALLOWS THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO, TO MAKE A DECISION IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY WANT, THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. IT GIVES THEM AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE TO BE THERE. UM, SPECIAL MEETINGS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UM, THEY'RE, THEIR ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY'RE POSTED 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING. AND A LOT OF TIMES SPECIAL MEETINGS USUALLY POP UP, LIKE WITH EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY, UH, FORESEEABLE, BUT SOMETHING POPS UP WHERE NOW THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO WEIGH IN, THEN, THEN A SPECIAL MEETING WOULD BE THE PROPER VEHICLE TO DO. SO, UH, AGENDA DESCRIPTIONS AGAIN AND AGAIN. UM, THE COMMISSIONER ALL COMMISSIONERS, YOU GUYS WILL BE PRIVY TO HAVE A COPY OF THE, THE PRESENTATION SLIDES. AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO, TO CONTACT MY OFFICE. AGENDA DESCRIPTIONS. I DON'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THERE, BUT JUST THE KEY THING IS TO REALLY HAVE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM. UH, I THINK WHAT, WHERE THE VIOLATIONS REALLY POP UP IS SOMETIMES, UH, THE GEN THE DESCRIPTION WILL BE A LITTLE BIT TOO VAGUE OR TOO GENERAL. WHERE NOW THAT THE COMMISSION, I MEAN, YEAH, THE COMMISSION IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAYS, NO, THIS, THIS ISN'T EXACTLY HOW YOU DESCRIBED IT ON YOUR AGENDA. SO AGAIN, YOU JUST WANT TO BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE. AND AGAIN, INCLUDING THE DATETIME AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING'S, ALWAYS A KEY REQUIREMENT. WHERE CAN MEETINGS BE HELD, UH, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY, UNLESS A, A CERTAIN EXEMPTION APPLIES? UH, AND THEN ALL MEETINGS HAVE TO BE, HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE ADA A SO, SO ANY, ANY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER THAT HAS A DISABILITY HAS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE, THE MEDIA LOCATION. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC? UH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE PRESENT. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMMENT, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECORD. UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AGENDAS OR ANYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, PUBLISHED TO THE PUBLIC. THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ATTENDING, UH, ANY TYPE OF COMMISSION, UH, MEETING. AND THEY HAVE THE, THE RIGHT TO WITNESS VOTES, WHICH, AGAIN, THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WHY WE JUST WANT TO, UH, REMIND COMMISSIONERS THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY TALKING ABOUT OR DISCUSSING COMMISSION BUSINESS ON, IN AN OPEN FORUM. SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT? OR WHAT, WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT? UH, WELL, AN ACTION TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS, UH, TO INVALIDATE CERTAIN, UH, ACTIONS THAT, THAT VIOLATED THE BROWN ACT. SO A LOT OF TIMES, PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON IS THAT THE COMMISSION IS VOTED ON CERTAIN, CERTAIN AGENDA ITEMS. UH, IF THERE, IF THERE IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT SAYS THERE WAS A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, THEY CAN FILE A CIVIL CASE IN, IN, IN, UH, COURT, IF THE JUDGE AGREES WITH THEM, THEN BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMISSION VOTED ON OR WORKED ON WOULD BE INVALIDATED. YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE. UM, AND THEN THERE IS A, A CRIMINAL, UH, COMPONENT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT RARE, I ADMIT, BUT IT, IT CAN BE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR IF THE, IF THERE IS A, A SPECIFIC INTENT TO DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION. SO, AGAIN, YOU REALLY DON'T REALLY, YOU ONLY REALLY COVER THE, THE TOUCH ON THE CRIMINAL ASPECT IF THERE WAS AN INTENT TO, TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC. NOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU OPERATE OR, OR MAINTAIN, UH, ORDER IN, IN A, IN A COMMISSION MEETING? SO THAT'S REALLY THAT WHY THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER COME INTO PLAY. UM, THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING. UM, OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, IF THE CHAIR'S NOT THERE, THE VICE CHAIR WILL TAKE OVER THOSE DUTIES. UH, BUT THE CHAIR IS THE PERSON WHO'S RUNNING EVERYTHING IN THE MEETING. UM, THE DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE ON THE MAJORITY VOTE. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THE QUORUM IS, IS SO IMPORTANT. UM, THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONDUCT BUSINESS, UM, UH, ORDERLY AND EFFICIENTLY, WHICH IS, I MEAN, THAT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY. EVERY MEMBER IN ALL VIEWPOINTS SHOULD HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND BE HEARD BEFORE VOTING. UM, SO A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, IF THEY'RE EVER WONDERING, YOU KNOW, UH, I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T BE HEARD. NO, THEY, THEY HAVE AMPLE LEGAL RIGHT TO BE HEARD, JUST, JUST EQUALLY AS ANY OTHER COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER. UM, AND AGAIN, THE RULES OF THESE GUIDELINES SHOULD HELP. THEY SHOULDN'T HINDER. UM, SO REALLY, AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET INUNDATED WITH SO MANY RULES AND REGULATION, 'CAUSE IT BECOMES SORT OF A BURDEN. BUT WE REALLY JUST ENCOURAGE YOU AS COMMISSIONERS TO SEE THIS AS SOMETHING TO REALLY, UH, GUIDE YOU OR TO, TO USE THIS AS A TOOL AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING AS A BURDEN. I THINK THE ROLES OF THE CHAIR ARE, ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. I DON'T WANNA WASTE TOO MUCH TIME ON THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS LATER. LET'S JUST ROLL AT THE CHAIR DURING DISCUSSIONS. UM, NOW I, I WOULD SAY THIS, A LOT OF TIMES THE CHAIR, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN ORDER. I THINK, UH, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT CLEAR DECISIONS ARE MADE AND THEY WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK LIKE, LIKE COMMON HUMAN NATURE. SOMETIMES WE, WE WANT TO JUMP IN WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING. UH, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS [00:25:01] ARE TALKING OVER EACH OTHER. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THE, THE CHAIR IS REALLY THERE TO JUST MAINTAIN ORDER AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE COMMISSION MEETING. NOW, MOTIONS. I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, A SITUATION HAPPENED NOT TOO LONG AGO, BUT COMMISSIONERS WANT TO KNOW, OKAY, THESE ARE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, BUT WHAT, WHAT, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY DO A MOTION? UH, SO ONCE THE COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A, A MOTION, UH, AS WE JUST DID, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE I CAME UP. AND THEN THAT MOTION HAS TO BE PROPERLY SECONDED BY ANOTHER MEMBER. NOW, ONCE YOU GET THAT SECOND, NOW YOU HAVE A PROPER MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, THAT ALLOWS THE MOTION TO THEN BE DEBATED OR VOTED UPON. UM, AND SO TYPICAL MOTIONS ARE A MAIN MOTION, A SECOND, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, AND A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. AND, AND REALLY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS ONCE A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, IF IT HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED, THERE IS NOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SO, SO ANYTHING REGARDING THAT AGENDA ITEM CANNOT BE DISCUSSED, THAT THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT. 'CAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S NOT BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. UM, AFTER FULL DISCUSSION, UH, THE CHAIR CALLS, CALLS FOR THE VOTE. UM, THERE ARE UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THE BROWN ACT OBVIOUSLY PROHIBITS ANY TYPE OF SECRET BALLOTS. UH, IF THE VOTE IS A TIE, THEN THE MOTION FAILS. A TIE IS NOT A MAJORITY. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SITUATION THERE, THE CHAIR HAS THE DISCRETION, IS TO PUT THE, THE ITEM BACK, YOU KNOW, TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AND BRING IT BACK FOR ANOTHER VOTE, UH, TO SEE IF THE COMMISSIONERS, AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAYBE SOME COMMISSIONERS HAVE, HAVE CHANGED THEIR MIND OR HAVE BEEN MOVED TO, TO VOTE IN, UH, EITHER IN FAVOR OR OPPOSE THE MOTION. AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. BUT I DID WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY. I HAD A COUPLE OF SIDE NOTES JUST ON, ON MOTIONS AGAIN, AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMENDMENTS. OKAY, SO WHAT IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? SO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS ONCE YOU HAVE A MOTION, THE MOTION'S BEEN PROPERLY, UH, SECONDED. YOU WANT TO USE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, UH, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORDING OF, OF THE MOTION UNDER CONSIDERATION. SO CHANGING OF THE WORD OF THE LANGUAGE. UH, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WITH WOULD MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, ONCE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT'S BEEN PROPOSED, IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION. SO IT, IT, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT. SO YOU HAVE THE, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, AND YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SECONDS THAT MOTION. ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WANTS TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MAKE SOME, SOME MINOR CHANGES. THEY CAN PROPOSE THAT, BUT IT, IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION. IF THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION SAYS, NO, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UH, I VALUE YOUR OPINION, BUT NO, I, I DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN MY, MY MOTION. THEN THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FAILS. AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE BACK TO JUST THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS IT WAS BROUGHT FORTH AND PROPERLY SECONDED. UM, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT HAS TO BE RELEVANT TO THE MAIN MOTION. UM, YOU CAN ADD, OR YOU CAN ADD OR STRIKE WORDS IN THE MAIN MOTION. UH, IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, AGAIN, AGREES TO THE CHANGE, THEN THE MAIN MOTION IS AMENDED. AND SO NOW THE MAIN MOTION INCLUDES WHATEVER THE, THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS ARE. THAT'S THE NEW MOTION THAT THAT'S GONNA BE VOTED ON. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND TO THE MOTION MAY OBJECT TO THE CHANGE. SO AGAIN, THE PERSON WHO, WHO MADE THE SECOND TO THE MOTION, WHO SECONDED THE MOTION, THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO, TO ANY, ANY CHANGES. IF THEY SEE UNNECESSARY, IT'S IMPROPER, UH, THAT THAT'S UP TO THEM AND THEIR DISCRETION. HOW DO YOU MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? SO TO REQUEST A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YOU WOULD LITERALLY JUST SAY WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, BE OPEN TO, AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE IN MIND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, BE OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, STRIKING OUT THIS WORD AND, AND ADDING IN THIS LANGUAGE. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE MOTIONS, UH, THEY SEEM A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, BUT THEY'RE SIMPLER THAN, THAN WHAT THEY SEEM. UH, A LOT OF TIMES THE, THE MOTION'S MADE BASED ON BASICALLY WHAT THAT, THAT COMMISSIONER WANTS TO SAY OR, OR SHARE. NOW, WHAT'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? SO THAT WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO, TO A MOTION, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. A SUBSTITUTE MOTION HAS TO BE SUBSTANTIVELY DIFFERENT THAN THE MAIN MOTION. IF IT'S SOMETHING ON THE SAME TOPIC, THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. BUT A SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS GONNA BE SUBSTANTIVELY, SUBSTANTIVELY DIFFERENT. UH, A NEW MO, IT'S A NEW MOTION PROPOSING A DIFFERENT ACTION THAN THE MAIN MOTION BEFORE THE BODY. UM, IT CAN ONLY DISCUSS ONE MOTION OF THE AT A TIME. SO THE DISCUSSION HAS TO BE LIMITED TO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SO ONCE THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, AND IT, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED, NOBODY, NO DISCUSSION CAN HAPPEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. IT'S LIKE THE, THE ORIGINAL MOTION GOT TRUMPED BY THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. AND THAT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE SPOKEN AT, AT THAT TIME UNTIL A VOTE HAS BEEN MADE ON THE, ON THE, UH, SUBSTITUTE MOTION. UM, AND AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WHAT PEOPLE DO COMMISSIONERS [00:30:01] FORGET, IS THAT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION DOES REQUIRE, UH, US TO BE SECONDED BY ANOTHER COMMISSIONER IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A PROPER SUBSTITUTE MOTION. AND THAT THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK THE, THE MAKER OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION. LIKE, WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN, YOU KNOW, THESE CHANGES, UH, TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. ALL YOU HAVE TO, THE COMMISSIONER HAS TO SAY, IS I MOVE THAT? AND THEN WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO, UH, IT HAD, AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC TO THAT AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT HAS TO BE SUBSTANTIVELY DIFFERENT. PEOPLE GET CONFUSED ON THE DIFFERENT LAYERS. SO I THINK ALL COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU MIGHT SERVE IN, IN THE POSITION OF A, OF A CHAIR, OF A VICE CHAIR, BUT THE COMMISSION, LIKE, HOW DO YOU MANAGE MULTIPLE MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR? SO THE COMMISSION VOTES ON THE LAST MOTION FIRST AND WORKS ITS WAY BACKWARDS. SO WHATEVER THE LAST, THE MOST RECENT SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS, THAT'S THE ONE THAT GETS DISCUSSED AND IT GETS VOTED ON. IF IT VOTES AND THE COMMISSION, UH, APPROVES IT OR VOTES IN FAVOR, THEN THEN IT PASSES. TYPICALLY, YOU ONLY GO DOWN THE LAYERS OF, OF MO MULTIPLE MOTIONS IS BECAUSE THOSE MOTIONS DID NOT PASS. SO THE LAST MOTION, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, IT GETS VOTED ON, AND THE COMMISSION SAYS, NO, WE, WE, WE, IT FAILS, IT DOESN'T PASS. SO NOW WE GO BACK TO WHATEVER THE PREVIOUS MOTION WAS ON THE FLOOR. UM, IF THAT MOTION'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN THE COMMISSION'S DONE. IF A MOTION FAILS, THE COMMISSION MOVES ONTO THE NEXT MOTION, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO YOU JUST KIND OF GO BACK IN LAYERS, AND I KNOW IT COULD BE CONFUSING, SO DEFINITELY PLEASE LET, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. AND THE LAST THING JUST IS, IS PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS REQUIRED BY THE BROWN ACT. UH, AND AGAIN, ONCE, ONCE THE DISCUSSION IS, IS HAD BY, BY THE COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SAID. UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, AGAIN, IT'S PURELY DISCRETIONARY. UM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL OBLIGATED TO, IF, IF THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO SAID SOMETHING, YOU, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR YOUR MOTION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVEN ADDRESS OR RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY SAID. SO YOU DON'T, A LOT OF TIMES SOMETHING BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS MIGHT FEEL, HEY, WE HAD A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT MADE PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, WE FEEL OBLIGATED TO INCLUDE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING INTO OUR, INTO OUR DISCUSSIONS. AND YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BRING THAT UP. BUT YOU AS COMMISSIONERS, OBVIOUSLY, JUST PERSONALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY TAKE THAT INTO, TO MINE ON HOW YOU WANT TO VOTE ON, ON, UH, ON THAT, WHATEVER THE JE ITEM IS. AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE FOR THE, UM, FOR THE BROWN ACT AND REALLY HOW TO, HOW TO RUN A, A, A, A, JUST A MEETING. I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND, AND AGAIN, UM, FIRM WILL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE COPIES OF, UH, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MEMORIZING ANYTHING, BUT A LOT OF INFORMATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE QUESTION, BUT, UM, CLAIRE, SHALL WE FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE? LIKE A PUBLIC COMMENTERS? OKAY. SO CLAIRE, PLEASE CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WILL, THIS ITEM, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP IF YOU'D LIKE SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. OKAY. UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO NO, I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. UM, SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING, UM, IT HAPPENED BEFORE HERE, IT WAS THAT WHEN WE APPROVE THE, THE PRESENTATION, WE WANT TO ADD, UM, A RECOMMENDATION. SO IT WAS SAYING FOR US THAT IF THE RECOMMENDATION NORMALLY IS GONNA GO TO THE CONS, THE CONS, RIGHT? RIGHT. UM, BUT SOMETIMES THE, THE CONSUL HASN'T, UM, ASKED FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE REALLY WANNA ADD IT. AND THE DISCUSSION HERE WAS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO TO DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE THEN WE, BECAUSE WE ADDING SOMETHING TO THE, TO THE, UM, TO THE AGENDA THAT IT WAS NOT PUBLIC. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CLARIFICATION ABOUT IF WE WENT TO, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE WANNA MAKE, WE WANNA PASS. I MEAN, NORMALLY YOU FILE, UM, APPROVE ON FILE, RIGHT? RECEIVE A FILE, RECEIVE ON FILE, AND THEN WE WANNA ADD THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL. CAN WE DO THAT? YOU CAN, BUT SO THE, THE, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION WOULD BE TO RECEIVE AND FILE, AND THAT, THAT'S IT, TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. NOW WE WANT ADD SOMETHING, A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, REALLY YOU WOULD DO, I THINK THAT'S WHERE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD, WOULD, WOULD COME INTO PLAY, BECAUSE NOW THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION YOU WOULD SAY, WE WANT TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WANT STAFF TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION THAT GETS, UH, COMMUNICATED TO COUNSEL. AND THEN THAT ITEM WOULD HAVE TO BE IZED ON THE WHATEVER THE NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING IS. THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE PROPER STEPS TO BE, UH, TO KIND OF BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ROUND ACT. IF THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YES, MAKES SENSE. AND NOW WE KNOW HOW IT, THE RIGHT PROCEDURE. YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, [00:35:01] IT'S REALLY EASY. AGAIN, YOU COULD, BECAUSE IN THE MOTION, YOU'RE STILL, YOU'RE STILL INCLUDING THE, THE FIRST PART WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE AND FILE THIS PRESENTATION, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WHATEVER GOES TO COUNCIL, THE COMMUNICATION TO COUNCIL. AND SO, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THAT WAS NOT ON THE PUBLIC AGENDA. SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MIGHT, MIGHT WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S COMMUNICATED TO, TO COUNCIL OR HOW IT'S COMMUNICATED. SO THAT'S WHY IT HAS TO BE IZED TO DO, TO BE PROPER. OKAY. OH, THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION. JUST TO, TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SO IT GETS RE UH, WE GET IZED AND THEN WE, AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING, WE COULD THEN THE VOTE, THEN YOU COULD, YEAH. THEN YOU CAN MAKE THE VOTE. BECAUSE NOW, UH, THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE, HAVE, THEY'VE BEEN FULLY INFORMED BY THE PRIOR, YOU KNOW, NOTICE PERIOD. SO SUBSTITUTE, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? WE GONNA DO THE SUBSTITUTE AND WE GONNA ASK THE PUBLIC AGAIN TO COMMENT, OR NO? YOU MEAN IT CANNOT, NOW THAT CONFUS ME. SO THIS HA THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING, SOME OF THE NEWER COMMISSIONS MAY NOT KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, WHERE THE RECOMMENDED ACTION WAS RECEIVED AND FILE A PRESENTATION. BUT DURING THAT PRESENTATION, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS DECIDED, UM, THAT THEY WANTED TO, UH, TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AS A, A MEMO FROM STAFF FROM THE COMMISSION. SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, UM, IF THAT'S THE ACTION THAT WE WANT TO TAKE, DO WE GO FORWARD WITH THE ORIGINAL VOTE, RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION, AND THEN ADD A DISCUSSION ITEM WHERE WE SAY, CAN WE IZE THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING? OR DO YOU HAVE TO DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AT THAT TIME TO SAY, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE A FILE AND REQUEST US TO AGENDIZE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING? THAT'S WHAT IS THAT, IS THAT THE QUESTION? YEAH. MAKE DOING, DOING IT THROUGH THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD BE THE PROPER OKAY. OKAY. AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY. PERFECT. CLEAR . OKAY. SO I'M FEEL VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO QUESTION. NO. OKAY. CLEAR. PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER ELLIS? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER HANKS? YES. COMMISSIONER HURD? YES. UH, COMMISSIONER MARSH? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER WHEELER? YES. VICE CHAIR GAINES? YES. AND CHAIR GATOR? YES. MOTION CARRIES. UH, BEFORE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, THE IT IS ATTORNEY. YEAH. TON. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU. THE PRESENTATION. I DIDN'T SEE THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. OH, NO, I HOPE IT WAS HELPFUL. I MEAN, EVERYBODY NOW IS KIND OF NEW AND IT'S . YEAH. AND AGAIN, DON'T FEEL LIKE, UH, INTIMIDATED BY THOSE BROWN ACT. I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE. DEFINITELY. I'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY. THEY ALWAYS REACH OUT TO THEIR OFFICE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY, THEY WANT TO, LIKE, NOBODY WANTS TO INTENTIONALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT COMPLY WITH THE BROWN ACT. BUT AGAIN, YOU SAW SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE, UH, EXAMPLES. IT'S, IT'S VERY EASY. JUST, YOU GUYS ARE ON BREAK AND NOW ONE COMMISSIONER'S TALKING TO ANOTHER AND VERY, VERY QUICKLY UNINTENTIONALLY YOU, YOU START COMING ACROSS GRAY AREAS. SO, SO I HOPE IT WAS JUST, AGAIN, JUST A REFRESHER. UM, A LOT OF INFORMATION. BUT AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO, TO REACH OUT TO US. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, FOR THE ETHICS TRAINING, I'VE TAKEN ETHICS TRAINING IN THE MILITARY, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND YOURS WAS THE BEST I'D EVER SEEN. UH, THE SCENARIOS WERE, DIDN'T FEEL GOOFY, THE, THE EXPLANATIONS WERE CLEAR AND CRISP. SO APPRECIATE ITEM NUMBER THREE. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS VARIOUS TOPICS PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF FOR THE 2025 CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION RETREAT. OKAY, CAN I GET A MOTION? SO SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. DID YOU GET THE NAMES? YES. THANK YOU. SO MOVE SECOND. SO CAN I HAVE A PRESENTATION? GOOD EVENING. ALMOST. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO OUR, OUR BIG, UH, RETREAT PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY. THERE'S GONNA BE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. UM, REALLY THE PURPOSE, UH, FOR US TODAY IS TO REVIEW WITH YOU THE 2024 YEAR INTERVIEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, ALSO THEN TRANSITION OVER INTO A WORK PLAN PRESENTATION, BECAUSE WE PRODUCE A WORK PLAN FOR THE COMMISSION EVERY YEAR. IT'S PART OF OUR OBLIGATION, UH, AS STAFF, UH, TO WORK COMMISSION. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THROUGH THAT, UM, ENCOURAGE A DISCUSSION AND [00:40:01] PRIORITIZATION FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE INTERESTED IN SEEING STAFF ACROSS THE CITY, UH, WORK ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. UH, ONCE WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UH, WE, AS WE NORMALLY DO, WE'LL CLOSE OUT WITH NEXT STEPS AND MENTS AND, UM, PREPARE YOU FOR OUR FOLLOWING MEETING. ALRIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA START, UH, WITH, UH, SOME THINGS FOR YOUR REVIEW. UM, SO BOTH A RECAP OF OUR POSITION MEETINGS AND THEN OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF MEETINGS EVERY YEAR, UM, WHERE WE GO OVER SOME VERY SPECIFIC, UH, TOPICS. AND WITHIN THOSE TOPICS, EVERY YEAR IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WE HAVE ORGANIZED THIS AROUND, UM, THE DIFFERENT TOPICS OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT BOTH THE CLIMATE OFFICE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE PLUG INTO. UM, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY CALENDAR YEAR, WE START WITH A MEETING LIKE THIS, WHERE WE DO OUR COMMISSION RETREAT, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE ACCOMPLISH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, FOR TOPICS, SEA LEVEL OR FLOODING. UM, A LOT ABOUT EARTH MONTH, ABOUT THE BIG EVENTS WE DO, UH, TO CELEBRATE THAT EVERY YEAR, UM, DROUGHT, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY BUILDING AND ENERGY AND WASTE AND TRANSPORTATION HAVE A CHANCE. AND, UH, TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, STARTING WITH THIS, WHERE WE PRESENT INFORMATION TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE WORKED ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, FOR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE UPCOMING YEAR. UM, AND SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE'VE COVERED. UH, WE ALSO HAVE TO PRODUCE A REPORT FOR OUR STATE CLERK'S OFFICE ABOUT THE COMMISSION, THE TOPICS WE COVER, UM, ATTENDANCE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE, THE COMMISSION BECAUSE FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE VACANCIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, AND SO THIS INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED FOR, UH, THIS YEAR FROM WHAT DIFFERENT MEETINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, WE DID HAVE ONE CANCELLATION, UM, IN ZOOM, UH, DUE TO LACK OF QUORUM. AND SO QUORUMS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPS US MOVE ITEMS FORWARD, SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU THAT YOU CAN THEN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO WE HAVE, WE DID HAVE ONE CANCELLATION OF THIS LAST YEAR, SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO ANDRE AND HE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH A NUMBER OF, OF RECAP ITEMS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY HELPFUL FOR THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS, UH, AS YOU, UH, WORK PERHAPS HERE FOR ALL OF THIS. UM, A GOOD RECAP, UH, FOR OUR EXISTING STANDING COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. HI EVERYONE. I'M ANDRE JI. I'M THE CLIENT ANALYST FOR OUR OFFICE. UH, SO I'M GONNA DO A QUICK, UH, KIND OF JUST OVERVIEW OF THESE ARE TAKEN FROM THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO, UM, DURING OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AND AS THE TOP PORTION, WHAT THE CITY FOUR IS GONNA BE, WHAT OUR DEPARTMENTS CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND THEN THE BOTTOM PART IS HOW THAT TIES IN WITH THE CAMP. SO, UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS IS THE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE. SO, UH, IMPORTANT THING THAT OUR CITY DOES IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UPDATING OUR FLOOD MAPS AND FEMA UH, PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE SEA LEVEL RISE AND VULNERABILITY IS. UH, OUR HARBOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND COASTAL RESIDENCY PLAN, UH, AND THAT ONE, I THINK IS SAID WAS THE FIRST ONE ON THE WEST COAST THAT WAS CREATED. UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS WORKING ON THEIR PD SIX, UH, THEIR SHORT LINE OF VISION PLAN, AND THEN OUR LP WEST PLAN, WHICH IS OUR STORMWATER MASTER PLAN, UM, WHICH IS DONE BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM. AND THEN HOW, UH, FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE, UM, KIND OF, UH, GO WITH THE CAP. UM, SO THESE ARE KIND OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE, KIND OF MORE LONG-TERM ONES. 'CAUSE ELEVATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE VERY TOUGH. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR POLICIES ARE FORWARD LOOKING AND WE KNOW THAT WHERE OUR VULNERABLE AREAS ARE AND MAKE SURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS SAFE WHEN, UH, HEAVY RAIN FALLS IN, UH, EVENTS LIKE THAT HAPPEN. UM, SO NEXT WE'LL GO TO THE AIR QUALITY. SO WE HAD OUR HARBOR DEPARTMENT COME AND SPEAK TO US, UH, DURING THIS PRESENTATION. UH, SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CLIMATE ACTION ADAPTATION PLAN. UH, SO HERE'S SOME OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS DOING THEIR CLEAN TRUCK, UH, FUND RATE. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE, UH, TRUCKS THAT ARE ZERO EMISSIONS. AND FOR OUR SIDE, UH, FOR THE CAB AND AIR QUALITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUILDING FACILITIES REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND WE SHIFT TO CLEANER EQUIPMENT AND, UH, VEHICLES. UH, SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE DEAL WITH A LOT HERE IS EXTREME HEAT. UH, SO THE EXTREME HEAT, UH, EVENTS, UM, ARE USUALLY HANDLED BY OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ANY, UM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE, PARKS, UM, AND LIBRARIES, THEY ACTIVATE THEIR COOLING CENTERS, UM, WHEN WE HAVE EXTREME HEAT EVENTS. AND SO OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL SEND OUT, UM, I BE ALERT OF KIND OF, UH, SAY THIS EXTREME HEAT EVENTS. SO HERE, THE COOLING CENTERS, UM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY NEED. AND THEN, SO WE ARE COMPLETELY MONITORING THE WEATHER TO MAKE SURE 'CAUSE HUMIDITY PLAYS A TRACK. IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES, MEANS IT'S LIKE EXTREME HEAT EVENT. SO HUMIDITY DEFINITELY PLAYS A PART IN THAT. UM, SO THAT IS THE MIXTURE ON THE RIGHT HAND SOCK. [00:45:01] SO WE WANT TO ENSURE AS A CITY THAT WE ARE REDUCING THROUGH POOL SERVICES. WE'RE PLANTING MORE TREES, UH, WE'RE HAVING MORE OPEN GREENING, AND ALL THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO KIND OF EXTEND THE EXTREME HEAT EVENTS. AND ANOTHER ONE IS DROUGHT, WHICH DEFINITELY, UM, WE HAD, I BELIEVE WAS LIKE CLOSE TO EIGHT MONTHS OF NO RAIN. SO THERE'S ANOTHER BENEFACTOR THAT PLAYS INTO OUR AREA. SO OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS WATER, THEY REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, THEY DO OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. UM, THEY WANT TO HAVE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. AND THEN OUR PARTS OPERATE IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE CONSERVING WATER. AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY SIDE OF OUR OFFICE DOES MOST DELIVERIES. AND THE WE LAND EXPANSION OF LITTLE SPRINGS. UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DEAL WITH THE CAP IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO SOME RAIN GARDEN DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH OUR SUSTAINABILITY SIDE. AND, UM, THE LV MU, WHICH IS OUR STORM WATER, UH, PROGRAM, UH, DIVERTS POLLUTED URBAN RUNOFF FROM NEARBY COMPENSATION TO A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TREATMENT FACILITY. SO IT IS, UH, THE WATER IS TREATED AND THEN IT'S DISPERSED THROUGH SAFETY. AND, UH, FOR BUILDING AND ENERGY, WE WANT TO DO COMMUNITY SOLAR. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE HAVE SIGNED UP AS FOR OUR CITY BUILDINGS, AND WE ARE OFFERING IT TO THE PUBLIC. AND WE'VE DONE A FEW OF FEMALE BLASTS, SOME SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AND WE DO SOME, LIKE AT ANY OF OUR EVENTS, WE KIND HAVE FLYERS READY FOR THAT. AND THEN WE WANT TO KIND OF PROMOTE THAT AND ANY MICRO GRIDS AND OUR ENERGY RESOURCES TEAM, UH, CAN IMPLEMENT SHORT TERM MEASURES OR DO SUBMISSIONS RELATED TO OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION. AND WE WANT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM BUILDING CODES, INCENTIVIZE, UH, PUBLIC ELECTRIC, NEW RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. AND FOR THE CAP, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE WORK MORE CARBON FREE, UH, MORE RESILIENT ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INCREASE IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENSURE OUR NEW BUILDINGS ARE LOW CARBON AND NEUTRAL. AND THE WASTELAND, WHICH WAS OUR MOST RECENT COMMISSION MEETING, UM, OUR TEAM GAVE US, SPOKE ABOUT THAT. UH, SO THEY ARE DOING THE PHASE ONE, WHICH IS BEING IMPLEMENTED, AND WE HEARD HOW, UH, CIRCLES DECOMMISSIONED. SO THE NEW PLANS FOR THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY, WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED IS RECYCLED AND ALL ORGANIC WASTE, UM, IS COMPOSTED FOR, UM, ENERGY CLEAN GENERATION. AND THE LAST SECTOR WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST. UM, SO WE WANT OUR CITY TO, UM, GREEN, UH, OUR FLEET TO BE, UH, GREEN ZERO EMISSIONS. AND THEY ARE VERY GREAT AT THAT. I BELIEVE THEY'RE, UH, SECOND IN THE COUNTRY, IN THE NATION FROM WHAT, WHAT I RECALL. UM, WE WANT TO HAVE, UM, MORE DENSITY AND MIXED LAND USES. THE PORT HAS THEIR PROGRAM AND WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO GIVE, UH, MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO, UM, FROM OUR SIDE, WE WANT TO DECREASE OUR PERSONAL MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASE OUR TRANSIT SHIP TO LOW EMISSION VEHICLES AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT WILL PASS. AND HERE ARE RESOURCES THAT WERE SHARED, UM, FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, PRESENTATIONS. BUT HERE, ALL OF 'EM ARE, UM, ALL COMBINED AND I'LL PASS OVER TO FIRM. GREAT, THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE OTHER SECTIONS OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS CITY LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING. SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IN ADDITION TO THE CAP ACTION ITEMS, UM, AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR. SO WE CONTINUED OUR CLIMATE CHAMPION MEETINGS. UH, WE HAVE A CLIMATE CHAMPION FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, ESPECIALLY FROM THE DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND THEY'RE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS IN THE CAP. UH, WE HOLD QUARTERLY MEETINGS THERE AND, UH, WE TALK ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS. YOU'LL SEE OUR CALENDAR LATER. BUT, UH, THE MAIN THING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE ACTION ITEMS ARE MOVING FORWARD, THAT WE HAVE, UM, AS OUR OFFICE, WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK AND, UH, KIND OF DISPLAY ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT IS DONE. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION REGULARLY, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE CAP, UM, AND TRACKING THAT. AND THEN, UH, WE DID MENTION OUR COMMUNITY RENEWABLES PROGRAM, SO, UH, WHERE WE ENROLLED OUR CITY ACCOUNTS AND LAUNCHED THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM. SO, UH, ANYONE WHO LIVES IN LONG BEACH AND HAS AN SCE ACCOUNT IS ELIGIBLE, SO PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. THERE ARE, UM, AT LEAST 100 OPEN SPACES STILL LEFT AVAILABLE THAT WE WANT TO GET THOSE FILLED WITH LONG BEACH RESIDENT. AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS UNDER THE FUNDING SECTION IS TO, UH, GET GRANT FUNDING THAT WE CAN TAR, UH, WE CAN USE TO FULFILL SOME OF OUR CAP PROJECTS. AND SO HAPPY TO REPORT A FEW THINGS THAT WERE AWARDED LAST YEAR. WE HAVE A $50,000 GRANT THAT WE USED FOR A MICRO GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND. IT'S BLOOMBERG LED, UH, FUNDED THROUGH ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER PARTNERS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO FUND EIGHT PROJECTS THAT WERE YOUTH LED FOCUSED IN WEST LONG BEACH ON A VARIOUS CLIMATE ACTION PROJECT. SO THAT WAS GREAT, AND WE'LL BE LAUNCHING ROUND TWO SOON. UH, THE BLOOMBERG AWARDED US AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO, UH, TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN WE DID GET $500,000 [00:50:01] FROM, UH, OPR FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBOR GRANT. YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER ON. AND THEN OUR OFFICE IS PART OF A REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR A REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. AND, UH, IN TERMS OF POLICY, UH, THE CITY HAS A CITY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. YOU CAN SEE THE, THE, UM, TFF, THE MEMO THERE WITH A LINK TO THE 2024 AGENDA. AND THAT HAS INFORMATION ON STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDANCE FOR WHAT THE, THE CITY CAN AND CAN'T, UM, OR CITY IS, YOU KNOW, UH, WANTS TO ALIGN OUR POLICIES WITH OR WANTS TO OPPOSE, UH, CERTAIN THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. AND SO WE HELP WITH THE CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT COME UP. AND THEN IN FOR JOB CREATION AND TRAINING, WE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE A FELLOW THIS YEAR. SO THERE'S A FEW HERE WITH US TODAY. UH, LAST YEAR WE HOSTED SIX CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS, AND WE DID SOME TRAINING WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT THEY COULD LEARN, UM, A LOT OF SKILLS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND PLANNING. AND SO THEY HELPED TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR LIBRARY STORY TIMES. UM, THEY CREATED OUR, UH, WILLOW WALK PROGRAM. THEY RAN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, THEY CREATED SCENES. SO THEY DID A LOT OF, UH, WORK FOR US LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE HAD 83% JOB PLACEMENT FOR THOSE FELLOWS. SO WE HAVE SOMEONE AT CDC AT CR AND R. UH, SOMEONE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WORK FOR THE CITY THIS YEAR, AND YOU'RE A FELLOW LAST YEAR. SO, UH, REALLY GREAT PROGRAM. UM, WE DO A LOT THROUGH WILLOW SPRINGS AND THROUGH OUR OFFICE TO, UM, GET, UH, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, BUT GET PEOPLE, UH, TRAINED IN GREEN JOBS AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT. AND THEN NOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE'VE OPERATED OUT OF OUR OFFICE. OKAY. SO MAJOR HEADING IN OUR WORK PLAN LAST YEAR WAS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING AND EXPANDING OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMS, UM, WHILE BOTH THE CLIMATE SIDE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY SIDE, UH, DO HAVE PUBLIC FACING PROGRAMS. UH, SUSTAINABILITY, UH, FOR YEARS NOW HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UM, PUBLIC SERVICES, STARTING WITH OUR MULTI DELIVERY PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IN 2024 MADE 464 DELIVERIES, WHICH IS MORE THAN 1600 CUBIC YARDS OF MULCH DELIVERED TO RESIDENTS THAT REQUEST IT. UM, IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PUBLIC MULCH YARD THAT PEOPLE CAN, UH, PICK MULCH UP FROM. UH, AND, AND SO THAT GOES ON ON A DAILY BASIS AS WELL. SO WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE THAT MANY DELIVERIES, BOTH FROM OUR IN-HOUSE CREW, BUT ALSO BY PARTNERING WITH THE CONSERVATION PART OF LONG BEACH, UM, THAT ACTUALLY DOES TWO THIRDS OF THE DELIVERIES FOR US. AND THEN, YEAH, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE THIS ONE OF A KIND SERVICE, A TEL LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. UM, A NEW, UH, GRANT FUNDING SOURCE WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, $500,000 FOR THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, WHICH WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT A YEAR AGO BECAUSE IT HADN'T HAPPENED YET. SO THIS IS A WAY THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. UH, THIS MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE AND IT'S ALL ABOUT, UH, DOING COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, THAT CONNECT NEIGHBORS TO EACH OTHER, GET THEM DISCUSSING, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL CLIMATE ACTIONS AND, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WITH A, A LOCAL PLANNING FIRM CALLED CITY FABRIC TO, UH, PUT ON A COUPLE DOZEN, UM, EVENTS AT PARKS AND, AND, UH, LIBRARIES, BUT ALSO AT WILLOW SPRINGS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME OF OUR EXISTING REGULAR EVENTS LIKE RESTORATION FRIDAY, UM, UH, INCLUDE SOME OF THE SORT OF REQUIRED NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR ACTIVITIES OF DISCUSSING CLIMATE ACTION AND, AND GETTING PEOPLE TO KNOW EACH OTHER. SO, UM, IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, WELL, THE SECOND HALF OF LAST YEAR, UM, WE COUNTED, UH, 2000 PARTICIPANTS, UM, ACROSS ALL OF THESE EVENTS. THE BIGGEST ONE BEING A SNOW DAY AT A PARK IN WEST LONG BEACH. THAT ALONE, UH, BROUGHT IN 800 PARTICIPANTS, SO A LOT OF KIDS, UM, AND JUST FAMILIES AND, AND GOOD STUFF. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT THIS YEAR. AND AS PART OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBOR ACTIVITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UM, WERE CALLED OUT, UM, TO FOCUS ON WEST LONG BEACH, WRIGLEY, AND CENTRAL LONG BEACH. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WENT ON IN THOSE PLACES, BUT ALSO WILLOW SPRINGS. AND SO WHEN WE DID TREE PLANTINGS IN THESE ELIGIBLE ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE TURNED THEM INTO NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR EVENTS. SO WE'RE TAKING CREDIT FOR, UH, 44 TREES PLANTED AT TWO DIFFERENT PLANTINGS IN WIL CITY AND 92 NATIVE PLANTS, UH, PLANTED AT WILLOW SPRINGS DURING RESTORATION FRIDAYS. SO ANOTHER BIG THING IS TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND OUR, UH, UH, TREE PLANTING AND NATIVE PLANTINGS AND INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVALS. LAST YEAR AT THE RETREAT, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF OUR TREE PLANTING PROGRAM, AND WE DID THAT. UM, SO OUR STAFF OPERATED TREE PLANTING PROGRAM PLANTED 942 TREES IN 2024, [00:55:01] WHICH WAS A 400% INCREASE OVER 2023. SO WE EXPANDED FOURFOLD, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR. SO THAT'S A, A, A BIG DEAL. UM, AND ONE OF OUR, WELL EV EVERYBODY, UH, ON OUR FIELD TEAM PARTICIPATES IN THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE GUNNER SWANSON, WHO IS OUR BIG TIME TREE PLANTER. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, SAMMY, WHO JOINED OUR TEAM LATE LAST YEAR SO THAT WE CAN HAVE TWO TEAMS OUT AT ONCE, UH, PLANTING TREES, UH, WHEN, WHENEVER WE CAN. UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS BY, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING AND LEVERAGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDING SOURCES. UM, SO AGAIN, UH, CONSERVATION CORPS OF LONG BEACH IS A PARTNER IN THIS. THEY PLANT TREES FOR US, BUT THEY ALSO HELP WATER THE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED. SO THAT'S A, A, A, A BIG THING. UM, AT WILLOW SPRINGS, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE WORKED ACROSS ABOUT 16 ACRES TO REMOVE PERSISTENT INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES, GOOD OLD MUSTARD STAR THISTLE AND TUMBLEWEED. UM, SO OUR STAFF CREW, UH, WORKS ON THIS, BUT THEN WE ALSO ENGAGE WITH PUBLIC AT RESTORATION FRIDAYS TO HELP US WITH THAT. UM, AND THEN PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, BUT ALSO O OTHER FUNDING OUR RESTORATION FRIDAY'S EVENTS, UM, STARTING THIS FALL IN OCTOBER. UH, OR LAST FALL IN OCTOBER, UM, STARTED TO PLANT NATIVE PLANTS AS WELL. SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO WATER THE PLANTS THAT WERE PLANTED LAST YEAR, BUT THEN ADDED ABOUT 150 NEW PLANTS, UM, THAT WE'RE ALSO NOW TAKING CARE OF. SO, IN THE AREA OF EXPANDING ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE REACHED A BIG MILESTONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE WE HAVE NOW, UH, MORE THAN 5,000 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, UM, AND A LOT OF PARTNERING, UM, WITH OTHER, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGERS ACROSS THE CITY TO KIND OF, TO SPREAD THE WORD. SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, LAURA RUSSELL FOR THAT. UM, MANAGING OUR, OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA COMMS AND GETTING THIS TO THAT MILESTONE. UH, SHE ALSO WORKS ON OUR EARTH MONTH CALENDAR WHERE WE HIGHLIGHTED 60 DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS. THESE AREN'T ONES THAT WE PUT ON DURING EARTH MONTH, BUT WE COLLECTED ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE ALTA TO THE AQUARIUM ACROSS THE CITY, UH, AND, AND HELP PROMOTE THEM FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND THEN IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS, UM, PARTNERED WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AT OUR MAJOR EVENTS LIKE RANCHO WALK CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, AND MONARCH DATE OF ACTION. UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON THAT WE INVITE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO, UH, FOR RESOURCE TABLING TO, YOU KNOW, SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND BE A ONE STOP PLACE FOR PEOPLE THAT ATTEND OUR EVENTS TO LEARN ABOUT ALL KINDS OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING AROUND IN THE CITY. WE HAD A BIG SUCCESS WITH OUR RANCHES WALK THIS PAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER, WHERE OUR TRADITIONAL ATTENDANCE WAS AROUND 400, AND WE INCREASED IT BY 50%, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME BROKE 600, UH, PARTICIPANTS AT RANCH AS WELL. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A VARIETY OF OTHER, UH, UH, EVENTS, WE COLLABORATED AND HOSTED, UM, OTHER EVENTS LIKE BIKE SAFETY WORKSHOPS, UM, ALSO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PLANTINGS AND SUSTAINABLE LIBRARY STORY TIMES. AND THEN HERE'S JUST A RUNDOWN OF OUR, OUR LAST YEAR'S CALENDARS FROM MLK DAY OF SERVICE IN JANUARY TO MONARCH DAY OF ACTION IN MARCH. UM, ALL THE EARTH MONTH, UH, EVENTS THAT WE PROMOTED CITY NATURE CHALLENGE. IN APRIL, WE HELPED PROMOTE BIKE MONTH AND PARKS MONTH, UM, IN MAY AND JULY RANCHES WALK IN SEPTEMBER, CLEAN AIR DAY IN OCTOBER, WHERE WE DID A TREE PLANTING. AND THEN AT WILLOWS SPRINGS PARK, UM, WE HELP MONTHLY RESTORATION, FRIDAYS, SEVEN EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, UM, AND THE NINE, UH, COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PLANTING EVENTS. AND I THINK I'M HANDING OFF TO MARY. OKAY. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT, UM, OUR UPCOMING YEAR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE, WE CAN, CATEGORIES THAT WE THINK ABOUT. UM, AND SO, UH, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR. UM, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR CITY'S BUDGET CYCLE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ORGANIZE THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND COLLECT THE DATA ON PERFORMANCE AS WE LEAD INTO, UH, THE NEXT BUDGET, UH, CYCLE, UM, WHICH IS, UH, HAPPENING. WE START JUST STARTED AND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK OUR LAST COMMUNITY BUDGET MEETING WAS LAST NIGHT, WAS THERE. UM, WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE WANT TO PROGRAM OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, UH, AND ORGANIZE THEM AND THEIR WORK AND SUPPORT THEM AND, AND HAVE THEM HELP WITH, UM, PERFORMANCE DATA. UM, ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF THE, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GOALS AND ACTIONS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND HOW, UH, WE'RE DOING ON THOSE AND THE COMMITMENT, UM, TO THE COUNCIL AND THE [01:00:01] COMMUNITY, AND HOW TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THOSE. UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT KIND OF GO, GOES INTO, UM, HOW WE THINK ABOUT, UH, EVERY YEAR. UM, SO HERE IS THE ANNUAL CALENDAR FOR, UM, OUR BUDGET PROCESS. UM, SO OUR CITY CHARTER REQUIRES, UM, THE CITY TO HAVE A, A STRUCTURALLY, UH, STRUCTURALLY APPROVED BUDGET BY SEPTEMBER 15TH OF EVERY YEAR. UH, AND SO, UM, AS WE THINK ABOUT, UM, THAT PARTICULAR MILESTONE, UH, AND WORKING INTO, UM, WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED, UH, AND WHEN WE HAVE TO PRODUCE, UM, A LOT OF OUR PERFORMANCE PLANS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UM, WE THINK ABOUT THEN HOW DO WE MOVE THAT INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE CALENDAR YEARS FROM JANUARY, FEBRUARY, UM, WHAT WE PREPARE OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO, UH, OUR CELEBRATIONS OF EARTH MONTH ARE IN THERE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY ALL OF OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, GO UP THROUGH OUR CITY MANAGER, AND THEN IT GETS RECOMMENDED TO, UM, COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. UM, AND, AND THAT BECOMES A PART OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT OUR COUNCIL DOES IN AUGUST, UH, WITH, AGAIN, BUDGET, UH, ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. SO, UH, WE THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS AS PLAN, UH, WITH THAT BUDGET CALENDAR. WE ALSO WANT TO ALIGN ALL OF THE OTHER WORK THAT OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS DO, BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, UM, FOR THE IMPORTANT CLIMATE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. UM, SO WE DO CONNECT WITH THEM, UM, IN JANUARY AND GET THEIR ANNUAL UPDATES AND THEIR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY WANT OR WHAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THROUGH THEIR DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND LOOKING AHEAD AT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS. UM, THEY ALSO PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION TO US THAT WE CAN ALSO SUBMIT. UH, AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS TOO, OUR LEGISLATIVE, UH, AGENDAS, UH, AND OUR GRANT PLANNING, UM, THAT HAPPENS, UM, LATER IN THE YEAR. UH, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE PULL ALL THE INFORMATION FOR OUR YEAR REVIEW AND UPDATES, UH, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR 80 32 CABINETRY PROJECTS. SO YOU CAN START TO SEE A LOT OF OUR WORK, UH, IS OVERLAID ON TOP OF THE BUDGET CALENDAR. WE ALSO LOOK EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THIS CYCLE, UM, TO TARGET GRANT FUNDING. UM, SO ACROSS, UH, OUR DEPARTMENTS, UH, AND WE LOOK FOR EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT, UM, CAP IMPLEMENTATION. UM, SOMETIMES THAT'S TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY AND BIKE PROJECTS. UM, SOMETIMES THAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. UM, SOMETIMES THAT IS FUNDING FOR, UH, NEW PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, UM, AND A VARIETY OF THINGS IN BETWEEN, UM, THAT CAN COME FROM FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS. UM, BUT WE HAVE A GOOD PULSE ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THOSE. UM, I WILL SAY THAT WITH THE CURRENT, UH, PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION, THERE IS, HAS BEEN A SHIFT IN PRIORITIES. AND SO WE'RE TRACKING VERY CLOSELY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US. UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE, UM, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT, UM, AND AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. AND ULTIMATELY HOW, UH, CHANGES IN FEDERAL POLICY WILL IMPACT US, UH, FUNDING THAT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE STATE, LIKE THROUGH CALTRANS, UM, OR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, AND HOW MUCH THE STATE MAY BE IN A POSITION TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE SOME ALTERNATIVE SOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE DONE, OR HOW THE STATE'S BUDGET MIGHT ALSO IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO GET ON RATES, UM, OR PASS THROUGH FUNDING TO THE COUNTY THAT IS THEN GRANTED TO CITIES. UM, SO LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY THERE, UM, BUT WE'RE, UH, DEFINITELY PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO OVERSEE IS OUR CITYWIDE GRANT PROCESS. I'M VERY PLUGGED INTO THAT, UM, AND, UH, ARE ALWAYS KIND OF ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, UH, BEST POSITIONING THE CITY TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDING TO WALK THROUGH THE THINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL HAS INDICATED AS A PRIORITY. UM, WE ALSO WANT TO, UM, CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH OUR STAFF COMMUNICATION. SO WE HAVE KIND OF TWO PIECES OF THIS. UM, YOU HEARD FROM LARRY ABOUT LAURA AND OUR WONDERFUL WORK WITH OUR, UH, EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. IT'S VERY MUCH ALIGNED WITH THE ASPECTS OF CAP AND, AND PARTNERSHIPS. UM, WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE TALKING TO OUR INTERNAL STAFF, AND THAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS. UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO SOME GENERAL, UM, TRAINING FOR OUR STAFF, BECAUSE A NUMBER OF OUR STAFF HAVE TURNED OVER SINCE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY SINCE THE ADOPTION OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. UM, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO EMBED THAT IN ALL OF THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT EXIST IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S TAKING A LOOK AT. UM, AND THEN EVERY YEAR WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY OF REPORTS. AND SO WE'VE DONE, UM, ONE OF THOSE, UH, WITH OUR BASELINE OF 2021, UM, AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 2023 DATA. UM, AND, AND LOOKING AT THAT REPORT, UM, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE, UM, BEING ABLE TO USE AND, AND RELEASE FOR APRIL HERE. [01:05:01] UM, THAT INCLUDES WITH IT A CLIMATE PORTAL THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT TAKES THAT REALLY BIG ROBUST, COMPLEX REPORT, UM, AND VISUALIZES IT, UH, IN A MORE SIMPLE WAY WITH PLAIN LANGUAGE, UM, WHERE WE'RE, HOW, HOW WE'RE DOING, AND HOW WE'RE TRACKING AGAINST THE GOALS, UM, OF THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, UH, BY, UH, BY 99 LEVEL BY 20. SO, UM, STILL KIND OF HAVE OUR EYE ON THE PRICE THERE. UM, AND THEN WE DO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL REPORT, UH, THAT ALSO GOES ON IN APRIL 11, THIS INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN DEMONSTRATE, UM, PERFORMANCE AND AND VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY COUNCIL. UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, THE 2023 INVENTORY WILL BE COMPLETED AND RELEASED. IT WILL, UM, SORT THE, THE STRUCTURE AND, UM, UH, DESIGN AND REPORT WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR, UH, FROM 2021, JUST SO WE HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY AND MESSAGE AS WE SEND THAT OUT. UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN THE COMMUNITY INVENTORY. UM, AND SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO INVENTORY OUR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AS WELL. THAT'S SOMETHING THE CAP ALSO CALLS FOR. UM, WE TOOK, UH, WE TOOK A, A START WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND NOW WE'RE FOLLOWING UP. UM, AND SO WE'LL BEGIN TO CONCLUDE THE 2022 AND 2024, UH, MUNICIPAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES. UM, IN THIS UPCOMING UPCOMING PERIOD, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THIS INTERNAL SYSTEM FOR CA UH, TRACKING FOR THE GOALS OF THE CAP. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU PERHAPS IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTS WHO HAVE USED, UH, MICROSOFT TEAMS, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT TOOLS THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED, UH, ON THE STAFF SIDE, UM, TO TRACK ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE. UM, SO WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR GOALS LISTED. WE HAVE 120 SOME FOUR , I FORGOT NOW. THE SUB ACTION ITEMS ARE LIKE 212. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE WE KEEP TRACK OF, AND OUR DEPARTMENTS HELP US DO THAT THROUGH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS. UM, BUT THAT REALLY HELPS US HAVE A, A GOOD VISUAL OF STATUS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND THEN WE USE THAT TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE OUR, OUR, UM, DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WITH THE CHAMPIONS AND DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO SEE HOW THE, THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK ALIGNS WITH THAT AS WELL. UM, AND THERE IS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ASSIGNED FOR EACH ONE OF THESE. WE DO HAVE A POINT PERSON IN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUR FIRST YEAR ESTABLISHING, UH, THOSE EXPECTATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND THAT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO USE AND HOW TO SEE AND RESPOND. AND THEN, UH, OUR PUBLIC INTERACTIVE CLIMATE PORTAL, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UM, RELATED TO THE, THAT DATA THAT, UH, CURRENTLY SHOWS OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY RESULTS. UM, THAT'S, UM, PUBLIC DATA ON CITYWIDE PROGRESS, UM, FOR, FOR HOW WE'RE DOING RELATED TO OUR EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. WE ALSO WANT TO THINK ABOUT OTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE PUBLIC, UM, KIND OF IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR, UM, OPEN DATA POLICIES. WHAT ELSE MIGHT WE WANT TO LOOK AT? UM, OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS, UH, FOR COMMUNITIES, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE, AND IT'S SORT OF WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AS IT RELATES TO OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND OUR COMMUNITY WANNA KNOW THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THINGS LIKE, UM, TRENDS OR, UM, AREAS THAT MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION FROM HERE TO HERE, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AS PART OF OUR WORK. UM, SO RIGHT NOW, THAT PORTAL SHOWS OUR INVENTORY FOR 20, UH, 15, WHICH WAS, UH, THE BASELINE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CAP, UH, DOCUMENT ITSELF. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MORE MODERN BASELINE WHERE WE ACTUALLY, UH, WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMUNITY SOURCES FOR 2021. 2023 WILL BE ADDED THIS YEAR. UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY HOW ON THAT PORTAL ALL OF THE OTHER INFORMATION, UM, GETS, UM, PUBLISHED. SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM, WE PRODUCE OUR ANNUAL REPORT. SO THIS CAPTURES ALL OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOWARD CAP IMPLEMENTATION, AND IT SHOWS THE PROGRESS BY DEPARTMENTS, UM, BOTH LOOKING AT THE CAP STRESSOR EVENTS AND SECTORS, UH, INCLUDED IN OUR CAP DOCUMENT. UM, AND THIS YEAR, AGAIN, WE'LL RELEASE THE REPORT IN APRIL AT . OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT, UH, LARRY'S GONNA GO OVER. UM, AND WE ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW WE INCLUDE THESE, UH, IN OUR PROGRAM WORK PROGRAM FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ABOUT TO GO OVER HAVE BEEN IN OUR WORK PLAN YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR QUITE A WHILE, BECAUSE THESE ARE LONGSTANDING PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE SUSTAINING. WE, YOU'RE KIND OF NEVER DONE PLANTING TREES, RIGHT? OR, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S 45,000 PLACES TO PLANT TREES IN THE CITY AND PLANT A THOUSAND, UM, A YEAR, YOU CAN DO THE MATH. UM, SO, BUT, UM, LAST YEAR, UH, WE PUT AT THE, UH, RETREAT, WE PUT A BIG FOCUS ON OUR TREE PLANTING OUR, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING OUR TREE [01:10:01] PLANTING PROGRAM. AND WE WENT INTO A LOT OF DETAIL THERE. THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A STEP BACK AND, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW COMMISSIONERS WANTING TO LOOK AT THE FULL RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT, UM, THAT, THAT WE WORK ON, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A GLIMPSE OF THEM FROM LAST YEAR'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUT I'M JUST GONNA RECAP ALL OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE THESE, THESE ARE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SECTION OF THE, UH, 2025 WORK PLAN. SO, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS AND ARE, ARE STILL GETTING CLOSE TO, TO LAUNCHING IT, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, TALKING TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR ASSISTANCE HERE, THAT IT'S THE FALLING INTO THE CATEGORY OF, UH, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAM. THIS IS USING, UM, UH, STATEWIDE 80 32 FUNDING THAT COMES DOWN TO THE CITY, BUT A SOLAR READY POOL ROOF PROGRAM. UM, AND THAT'S DOING A DIRECT INSTALL OF A COOL ROOF, UH, WHICH IS A HIGHLY REFLECTIVE ROOF THAT, UM, CAN COOL A BUILDING DOWN FOR, UH, WITHIN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND, AND POSSIBLY LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS, UM, THAT NEED A REROOF, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE HAVING A DIFFICULTY FINANCING THAT. UM, BUT IT SETS THEM UP TO PERHAPS GET, UH, SOLAR PANELS THROUGH A NON-PROFIT PARTNER CALLED GRID ALTERNATIVES THAT DOES THAT. SO WE WANNA HELP PAY FOR THE, THE, UH, THE COOL ROOF, AND THEN IDEALLY HAND IT OFF TO GRID ALTERNATIVES, UM, BY MAKING IT SOLAR READY. SO THEN THEY PUT ON SOLAR PANELS, UM, UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS. OUR ANNUAL CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, OUR MONTHLY LIBRARY WORKSHOPS, OUR ANNUAL RANCHES WALK, AND OUR MONTHLY WILLOW WALKS THAT OUR CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION COURT FELLOWS ARE PUTTING ON UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, THAT MLK DAY OF SERVICE, UH, WHICH WE DO EVERY JANUARY, THE MONARCH DAY OF ACTION AGAIN. AND THEN RESTORATION FRIDAYS, WHICH IS A MONTHLY ACTIVITY UNDER GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE, UH, TOUCHED ON THIS LAST YEAR. THIS WAS A, UM, INPUT FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION AND, UH, CHAIR, UH, GUYTON. UM, WHERE CAN WE FIND PLACES TO SOAK WATER INTO THE GROUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? SO THAT CONCEPT IS REFERRED TO AS LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. THE CITY DOES HAVE POLICIES ABOUT IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT REACHING ALL THE PLACES, UH, THEY, THAT THEY OPT TO. WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A POLICY REVIEW. UM, WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THAT YET. THERE'S BEEN TURNOVER IN THE PUBLIC WORK STORMWATER DIVISION. THEY, THEY HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP THERE. WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH THEM TO REALLY, UH, GET THIS CONCEPT GOING AGAIN, NICE. UH, GREEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR CLIMATE, UH, CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOWS. WE HAVE FOUR THIS YEAR. UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE SIX MEMBERS OF OUR NEWLY NAMED URBAN GREEN FIELD TEAM. SO THIS IS WHO SUPPORTS, UH, GUNNER AND SAMMY IN PLANTING TREES AND DELIVERING MULCH AND THE RESTORATION WORK AT, UH, AT WILLOW SPRINGS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT AND, AND LOOK FOR FUNDING TO, UH, TO GET MORE NUMBERS. LAST YEAR, UM, WE ACTUALLY PEAKED AT 16 FOR A BRIEF PERIOD, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET, UH, BACK UP TO THAT. UM, ANY WAY WE CAN. WE'LL, JUST DELIVERY AND PICKUP, YOU KNOW, PER, UH, CONTINUING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET UP TO SAY 500 DELIVERIES A YEAR. UM, BUT THEN ANOTHER, UM, THING THAT WE'D LIKE TO COMPLETE THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND AND NEED TO GET BACK TO IS THE RELOCATION OF THE WILLOW SPRINGS MULCH YARD FROM THE PARKING LOT THAT'S USED FOR, UM, PARK VISITORS TO A DEDICATED SPACE, UH, OFF OF SPRING STREET, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WILL GIVE MORE SPACE JUST FOR, UH, MULCH AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CO-LOCATING, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY COMPOST THERE. SO, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON. THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. IT'S GONNA BE A FULL YEAR OF THAT WITH, UM, A 37 CLIMATE ACTION TEAMED EVENTS IN WEST AND CENTRAL LONG BEACH. AND AS PART OF IT ALL, UM, THE INTENT TO LAUNCH A, UH, CLIMATE ACTION TOOLKIT FOR RESIDENTS AS A, AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE. AND THEN THE TREE PLANTING PROGRAM, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, EDGE UP TOWARDS A THOUSAND TREES AGAIN, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO WATER A THOUSAND TREES. UH, WELL, NOT, WE DON'T HAVE TO WATER ALL THE TREES WE PLANTED WHEN WE PLANT THEM IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. THEY COMMIT TO WATERING THEM, BUT WE, WHEN WE PLANT THEM IN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, WE NEED TO WATER THEM. SO, UM, WE NEED TO BALANCE OUT, UH, THE, THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES WITH THE, THE, UM, MAINTENANCE AND WATERING OF, OF THE OTHER TREES. AND THEN PER, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE PLANTING CITYWIDE, WE ARE, UH, UH, GIVING A PRIORITY TO CENTRAL NORTH AND WEST LONG BEACH BECAUSE OF THEIR POLLUTION IMPACTS, BUT ALSO THEIR EXISTING, UH, RELATIVE LOW CANOPY COVERAGE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, TO CHANGE THAT. UM, URBAN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES. UM, WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS, THE UAIZ PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE URBAN AGRICULTURE INCENTIVE ZONE. IT'S A STATE PROGRAM THAT THE CITY ADOPTED. UM, WE'VE HAD FOUR PARTICIPANTS SO FAR. THE [01:15:01] PROGRAM, UM, IS EXTENDING UNTIL 2029, SO WE HAVE TIME TO RELAUNCH IT. WE'VE KIND OF LET IT GO FALLOW, UM, FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. BUT, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT GOING AGAIN WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME ON THE CLOCK FOR IT. AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UIAZ PROGRAM, THE IDEA OF HAVING URBAN AGRICULTURE MICRO GRANTS TO HELP PEOPLE START UP, UH, NEW GARDENS OR FARMS ON, ON BIG POTS UNDER WATERSHED AND URBAN FORESTRY INITIATIVES. UM, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE'RE MOVING CLOSER TO IT. UM, RAIN GARDEN DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM, UM, AGAIN, WE NEED TO EN ENGAGE PARTNERS, UM, FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT TO PUBLIC PORTS TO, UH, THIS REGIONAL ADVOCACY GROUP CALLED, UH, ACCELERATE RESILIENCE LOS ANGELES, UM, TO GET THAT PROGRAM GOING. AND THEN, UM, THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, NEXT MONTH TO, UM, GET AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONSULTANT TEAM THAT'S GONNA HELP US DEVELOP THAT PLAN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. SO THERE'LL BE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, DETAILS AND GOALS IN THAT PLAN. AND WE'RE HOPING, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NEVER HAD A FULL, UH, UH, URBAN FOREST PLAN BEFORE THAT, IT WILL HELP US, YOU KNOW, EXPAND ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITH NEW POLICIES AND GOALS ABOUT CANOPY COVERAGE AND, AND REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON THAT. UM, WEBSITE UPDATES AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, JUST TO NAME A COUPLE, UH, RELATED TO TREES. UM, WE ARE GETTING READY TO UPDATE AND LAUNCH OUR, THE WAY THAT, UH, RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST TREES AND STREAMLINE THAT SO THAT THERE'S LESS PAPER AND SNAIL MAIL INVOLVED. 'CAUSE THAT'S STILL A THING. UM, BUT THEN ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, AND STILL WORKING THROUGH IT, THE IDEA OF, UM, A, UH, TREE STEWARDS PROGRAM THAT HAS ACCESS TO AN APP AND A WEBSITE SO THAT WE CAN SOLICIT HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HELP CARE FOR ALL THESE TREES THAT WE'RE PLANTING IN AND KEEP AN EYE ON. AND THEN FINALLY, WILLOW SPRINGS PARK SUPPORT. UM, A NEW, UH, UH, CONSERVATION CORPS HAS BEEN ACTIVE THERE IN THEIR WOODYARD, BUT THEY'VE, UH, COME STEP FORWARD WITH SOME FUNDING FOR THAT. THEY GOT FROM THE STATE FOR WHAT'S CALLED NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. AND WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, WORK WITH THEM TO, UH, HELP EXPAND OUR RESTORATION AREA INTO THE UNRESTORED AREAS, UM, USING, UH, THEIR FUNDING AND, AND THEIR COURT MEMBERS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT STARTED. UM, ONGOING WORK AND EXPANSION OF OUR NEED TO PLANT NURSERY. THE TRAILHEAD PROJECT IS WHAT WE CALL THE, UM, THE REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE FOR THE, UH, THE TRAIN STATION THAT BURNED DOWN ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO NOW. UM, WE'VE GOT SOME NEW LIFE AND THAT WITH SOME NEW FUNDING AND, UH, NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS. AGAIN, HELP US MOVE THAT FORWARD. AND THEN FINALLY, THE WETLAND EXPANSION DESIGN PROJECT. UH, ALSO, UM, FUNDING THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THAT, UM, WE NEED TO GET GOING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, PARKS AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND A, UH, A PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, CONSULTANT THAT'S GONNA HELP US WITH THAT. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE REST OF OUR, WHERE WE, WHERE YOU GET TO PARTICIPATE A LITTLE MORE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO IT IS 5 23. UM, YOU HAVE HEARD, UH, WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AS A COMMISSION, AS A STAFF LAST YEAR, KIND OF WHAT OUR PLAN IS GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS KIND OF THE BASIS FOR WHAT THE DRAFT WORK PLAN WILL BE THAT YOU'LL REVIEW AT YOUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IN FEBRUARY. UM, AFTER THE DISCUSSION SECTION, WE DO HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE, THE CALENDAR FOR THE, UH, THE YEAR AND SOME UPCOMING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. BUT WE HAVE, UM, SOME TIME RIGHT NOW TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE COMMISSION FOR A DISCUSSION. SO WE HAVE, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THREE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH, JUST TO GET THE CONVERSATION GOING. UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, ANY DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. AND THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO THINK THROUGH, UM, WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHAT SUPPORT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE STAFF, WHAT YOU WANT, UH, EXPECTING THE STAFF TO BRING TO YOU AND THINK ABOUT. AND SO, UM, I WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT WE HAVE, UH, SOMETHING, A TECHNOLOGY TOOL CALLED MENTI NEEDED THAT WE WANT TO USE. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT. UM, YOU CAN USE YOUR LAPTOP, SMARTPHONE. I WILL BRING IT UP. UM, SO FOR THE COMMISSION, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS SO WE CAN JUST SEE LIVE, LIKE SOME ANSWERS THAT COME UP. UM, AND I DO HAVE TWO TEST QUESTIONS, JUST SO IF YOU HAVEN'T USED IT BEFORE, YOU CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THE REGULAR QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, I'LL GET TO THAT SCREEN AND WE CAN LOG ON. BUT LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT OUR QUESTIONS ARE FIRST, [01:20:01] UM, SO YOU CAN THINK THROUGH THIS. AND THEN I WILL, UH, OPEN THE, THE PAGE UP TO THE NEXT ONE. AND SO WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH QUESTION, AND THEN CHERYL, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU TO HAVE KIND OF AN OPEN DISCUSSION AND, AND Q AND A AFTER THAT. BUT WE THOUGHT THESE WERE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP US FOCUS ON THE WORK PLAN AND HOW YOU WANT TO PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. AND, AND THINGS THAT WE, UH, WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO THINK THROUGH THIS YEAR. SO, WHAT ARE TOP THREE ACTION AREAS OF THE CAP THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION TO FOCUS ON? UM, ALL THE, UH, THE, UH, CLIMATE STRESSORS AND SECTORS ARE ON THE BOTTOM. AND AGAIN, WE, WE TOUCHED ON THESE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD, UH, HIGHLIGHT IN THE POLL. AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND QUESTION WILL BE, OKAY, IMAGINE THIS DAY, BUT IN A YEAR FROM NOW, UM, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE LIKED TO HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON IN THE UPCOMING YEAR? SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINK, YOU'RE RIGHT NOW, YOU HEARD WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AND YOU'RE THINKING, OKAY, WHAT DID WE ACCOMPLISH? AND YOU'RE FEELING GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE DID? UM, WHAT DO YOU WANT THAT THOUGHT TO BE NEXT YEAR? SO THAT THAT'LL HELP US KIND OF PLAN THROUGH FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUPPORT STAFF IN THE UPCOMING YEAR? UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU'RE REPRESENTING ON THE COMMISSION, UM, YOUR KNOWLEDGE, UH, HOW YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE STAFF GOING FORWARD. SO LET ME SWITCH OVER TO MENTEE. NOW. WHEN I GO TO THIS SCREEN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SLIDE. DON'T LOOK . OKAY. ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. SO, IF YOU HAVE A SMARTPHONE, UH, AGAIN FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN SCAN THIS. IF YOU'RE ON YOUR LAPTOP, GO TO MENTEE.COM AND THEN TYPE IN THAT CODE. AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE THERE, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOU'RE THERE. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. GOOD. PUSH YOUR WHEELER. OKAY. PUSH YOUR HANDS, GAINES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. CHAIR GADEN, ARE YOU? YEAH. COMMISSIONER MARSH. OKAY. IS YOUR WORKING? DO YOU HELP? I DON'T HAVE RECEPTION. MAYBE I AM IN WIFI. I DUNNO. YOU DO WIFI FOR LONG BEACH LB P OH L, BPL L IS PUBLIC WIFI. SO YOU CAN LOG AFTER THAT. YEAH. DOES ANYONE WANT ANOTHER SNACK? WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR EVERYONE TO LOG ON, WE HAVE VEGAN DONUTS, REGULAR DONUTS, CHEESE CRACKERS. OH, LOTS OF THEM HAPPEN. YOU READY? OKAY, EVERYONE GOOD? OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TEST QUESTION. WHAT YEAR IS IT? ? NO WRONG ANSWERS. YOU CAN SELECT UP TO THREE. YOU GOT 20, 25. YOU'RE THE SNAKE. OR START 8, 1 3, 9, 3, 5 0.2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6 8 COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE OH NINE ANSWERS. THERE'S, THERE'S A ROGUE, A SPY IS AMONGST US. OH, OH, OH, SWITCHING AROUND. OKAY, HERE WE GO. UM, SO THAT IS HOW YOU ANSWERED THE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. NOW, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER TEST QUESTION, JUST SO YOU CAN DO THE, UM, PRACTICE DOING THE OPEN ANSWER QUESTION, WHAT IS ONE SUSTAINABLE ACTIVITY YOU DO IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD? YOU HAVE NO WRONG ANSWERS JUST TO PRACTICE USING THE MENTI METER, BUT IF YOU HAVE REAL ANSWERS, GO AHEAD AND SHARE THEM AND IT'LL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. GOOD. AND YOU'LL SEE ONCE YOU TYPE IT IN, IT POPS UP. UH, NO PLASTIC WATER CONSERVATION, HASHTAG ELECTRIFY EVERYTHING. I WONDER, PUT THAT REFILL SOAPS AND STUFF. YES. YES. SORT HOUSEHOLD WASTE PROPERLY. GREAT WATER CONSERVATION. WONDERFUL. SIX ANSWERS. WHEN I WAS TESTING THIS OUT, I JUST PUT RANDOM WORDS, KALE, BROCCOLI. SO YOU PUT WHATEVER YOU WANT. IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE A ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR THIS TEST QUESTION. SO WE SHOULD HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT. OKAY. REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS. GREAT. 5, 6, 7. OKAY. GRAY WATER. WONDERFUL. OKAY. DID EVERYONE GET A CHANCE TO PRACTICE? OKAY. SO HERE'S OUR REAL QUESTION. SO THIS IS, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION, WHAT WE, UH, TO HELP GET THE CONVERSATION GOING [01:25:01] FOR OUR WORK PLAN. SO WHAT ARE TOP, THE TOP THREE ACTION AREAS OF THE CAP THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COMMISSION TO FOCUS ON? SO THE FIRST THREE, BUILDING AND ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION AND WASTE, THOSE ARE MITIGATION, UH, SECTORS. SO THAT'S FOR EMISSIONS. AND THEN EXTREME HEAT, AIR QUALITY, DROUGHT, AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING. THOSE ARE OUR CLIMATE STRESSORS. SO THAT'S HOW WE ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN. YEAH, THIS IS COOL FOR, YEAH. YEAH. MENTEE MENTEE.COM. YEAH, IT'S FUN. S YOU CAN DO IT FOR, YOU KNOW, STAFF MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, GAME NIGHT WITH YOUR FRIENDS. , THANKSGIVING WITH YOUR FAMILY. . SO WE SHOULD HAVE 24. IF EVERYONE DOES THREE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THREE. I'M NOT GONNA DO THE MATH. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE DONE, JUST UH, LOOK UP. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, AIR QUALITY IS REACHED NUMBER ONE. WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION OF WASTE WITH THREE BOATS, AND THEN BUILDING AN ENERGY, EXTREME HEAT, DROUGHT, AND SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOODING EACH WITH TWO. SO I CAN SEE THERE'S THREE OF THAT FOR SURE. ARE THE TOP AMONG EVERYONE HERE. OH, OH, OH, SWITCHING. OKAY. AIR QUALITY IS DEFINITELY A TOP. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. UH, INFORMATION FOR US TO FOCUS ON. AND THEN QUESTION, UH, TWO AGAIN, IMAGINE ONE YEAR FROM NOW IF THE 2026 RETREAT, WHAT WOULD THE COMMISSION LIKE TO HAVE MADE PROGRESS ON IN 2025? LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERME, RURAL SURFACES. LARRY'S MENTIONED, SO WE HAVE MORE WATER GOING INTO THE GROUND. UM, MORE TREES, UH, ENGAGED, MORE RESIDENTS AND EVENTS. FIGURE OUT SUSTAINABLE PLAN FOR GREEN BIN. THAT'S THE ORGANICS WASTE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. AND OUR CAP FOCUSES ON, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, MOSTLY WITH TRANSPORTATION TREES THAT EXPAND THE NUMBER OF OUR CAP ACTION ITEMS WITH, UM, URBAN HEAT, ISLAND AIR QUALITY, UH, JUST PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN, IMPROVE WASTE COLLECTION PRACTICES. SO THAT'S WITH OUR WASTE EMISSIONS, TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS, JUST REDUCING, UM, OUR, OUR WASTE IN GENERAL. THAT'S SEVEN. ANYONE ELSE YOU STILL WANT TO ANSWER? AND AGAIN, ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPEN, UH, DISCUSSION WITH, WITH THE COMMISSION AND, AND, UM, EVERYTHING. BUT THESE ARE, JUST TO GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED, BUILDING CODE, BUILDING PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS. SO SB 1221 NEIGHBORHOOD GAS DECOMMISSIONING PILOT. IS SHE, SHE PUT THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. THOSE ARE, UH, POTENTIALLY RELATED. RIGHT? OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD QUESTION, LAST QUESTION. UM, WHERE ARE AREAS THAT THE COMMISSION CAN SUPPORT STAFF? SO THIS COULD BE ON ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO, TO SAY. AND THIS COULD BE AS AN INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER AS A COMMISSIONED BODY, ANYTHING WITHIN KIND OF YOUR PURVIEW AUTHORITIES SKILLSET, EXPERIENCE RELATED TO CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY. SO, UH, UH, LIVE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY SUPPORT. GREAT. BUILDING PUBLIC SUPPORT AND AWARENESS FOR PROGRAMS. WONDERFUL. YEAH, GETTING INFORMATION OUT THROUGH YOU IS, IS VERY HELPFUL. TRANSPORTATION, EV CHARGING RELIABILITY. GOOD. IT'S GOOD KNOWLEDGE TO HAVE AND SHARE ENGAGEMENT AND MESSAGING OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES TO THE COMMUNITY'S VERY HELPFUL. HELP WITH OUTREACH FOR EVENTS. ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. I AM, I'M SEEING A THEME HERE. THIS IS GREAT. YEAH. WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS AT THE CITY, BUT IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM, IT'S NOT VERY HELPFUL. SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT STAFF ON THESE THINGS. UM, UM, HOW TO MEETING WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS AND BRAINSTORMING VARIOUS ISSUES. A LOT OF OVERLAP. YES, DEFINITELY. UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMISSIONS WITH, UH, SIMILAR SOMETIMES OVERLAPPING GOALS, [01:30:01] ADVOCACY, EVENT SUPPORT AND OUTREACH. WONDERFUL. DEFINITELY SIMILAR THEMES IN PAGE SEVEN. OKAY. ONE MORE SLOW GUY. NO, I LIKE THIS A LOT HAD RELATED SUGGESTION, BUILDING ENERGY AND CONNECT WITH THE LEADING PRACTITIONERS AROUND THE STATE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, UH, FOR ELECTRIFICATION AWARENESS. UH, CBD IS INTERESTED. GREAT COMMUNITY. YEAH. GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN JUST FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE MED TEAM MEETING, YOU CAN ALSO DO LIKE DISPLAY. UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE HAS THE BAR GRAPH, BUT YOU COULD DO PIE CHARTS. THERE'S LIKE A WORK, UH, WORK CLOUD. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS TOO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN USING THIS IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT, UH, WAS IT, SO I'LL GO BACK TO THE QUESTIONS AND THEN, UM, TURN IT BACK, TURN IT OVER TO YOU CHAIR IF YOU WANT TO, UM, HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION, TALK THROUGH ANY OF THESE ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF, UH, BEFORE WE WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION. BUT THIS IS KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF, UH, DISCUSS, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO ADDRESS IN THE 2025 WORK PLAN, WHICH AGAIN, UH, THAT DRAFT WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING, SO YOU COULD VOTE ON IT. DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE, UM, THE MOTION, I MEAN THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE, RIGHT? SO CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND UP IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY. OKAY. SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM THREE. OKAY. THIS IS ABOUT THE DISCUSSION. SO NOW WHAT, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY, UM, LITERALLY I WANNA TELL YOU THAT ALI WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY. HE'S GONNA BE PART OF THE PILOT AND IT'S GONNA HAVE THE PERMEABLE. AND IT SEEMS THAT WE MOVING FORWARD THERE, WE GONNA TRY TO MAKE MORE ADVOCACY AND WE CAN HELP YOU ON THAT BECAUSE NOW WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE GREEN ALLEY IN . ALRIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW DID YOU DO THAT? ? JOHNNY JOANIE. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OUR COUNCIL'S THE COUNCIL PERSON FOR CD NINE. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES SOMETIMES. EXACTLY. NO, NO. AND IT, SHE BEAUTIFUL. AND SHE'S TRULY SUPPORTIVE, SO YEAH. OKAY. UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I HEAR, UM, THE APP, THE APPLICATION FOR THE, I HEAR FROM THE, UH, I MEAN FOR THE IT DEPARTMENT THAT THAT APPLICATION IS DEAD. SO, UM, HE SAYS THAT IT'S GONNA NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING TO DO ANOTHER APP. I DON'T KNOW. RIGHT NOW IT IS GIVING THE EPA, I DON'T KNOW HOW IF WE GONNA GET THE MONEY FOR EPA, BUT THERE IS A, SOME KIND OF FUNDING IF WE WANTED TO. SO WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDING ACTUALLY. SO, UH, IN OUR OWN DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, THEY PRETTY MUCH SAID THAT THEY'D LIKE TO START FROM SCRATCH. IT'S TOO HARD FOR THEM TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY ELSE DID AND WORK WITH IT AND YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WOULD'VE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY MM-HMM . AND SO, UM, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE FUNDING SET ASIDE TO HELP US. WE JUST NEED TO ENGAGE THEM AND GET IT GOING. OKAY. YEAH. SO ONE, ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION IN ALL OF THAT SOMEHOW IS, UH, WE HAVE A URBAN FOREST COORDINATOR POSITION THAT, UH, IS WAITING TO BE ONBOARDED. AND SO THAT'S GONNA GIVE US, I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY A, A TREE EXPERT THAT IS GONNA HELP WITH THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO WITH THE TREE APP AND WITH THE TREE STEWARDS, UH, PROGRAM. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE THING FOR US TO ASPIRE TO ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING TO HAVE A WHOLE NEW FULL TIME POSITION THAT WITH THE, THE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO REALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN. YEAH. DID YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF SOMETHING, RIGHT? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONNAIRE? NO IDEAS HERE. NO. PLENTY HINT. I KNOW. UM, BUT WHATEVER, UH, I DON'T NEED TO GO FIRST. SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GONNA NEED TO, UM, SELECT WHAT KIND OF PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? FOR THIS YEAR. SO GUYS, WHATEVER YOU WANT. I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO, UH, DID YOU HAVE ALREADY A PLAN OR SOMETHING THAT WE GONNA DO OR WE GONNA NEED TO? SO WE DO HAVE, LET ME GO TO THE OTHER SIDE TOO. SO YOU COULD SEE, UM, YOU SAW WHAT WE HAD DONE FOR LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR. THIS, UH, THIS IS KIND OF FOLLOWING ALONG WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PAST, UM, YOU KNOW, JANUARY IS WHAT WE DID TODAY, THE RETREAT YEAR REVIEW, THE WORK PLAN PRESENTATION AND THE COMMISSION TRAINING. AND THEN FEBRUARY THE CAP TOPIC WOULD BE SUITABLE RESIDENT FLOODING. AND THEN YOU'D REVIEW THE WORK PLAN AND REVIEW THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT, UM, ATTORNEY, UH, WILSON TALKED ABOUT. AND THEN APRIL WOULD BE EARTH MONTH CELEBRATION, [01:35:01] JUNE DROUGHT, AND THEN THE ELECTIONS. UM, EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY IN AUGUST, BUILDING ENERGY WASTE IN OCTOBER, AND THEN TRANSPORTATION IN DECEMBER. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED IN THE PAST. SO THIS COULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AGAIN. AND THEN, UM, EITHER NOW OR BEFORE THESE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD REQUEST SPECIFIC THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS THE CHAIR, UH, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY TO STAFF, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. BUT IN TERMS OF THE WORK PLAN, UM, WE ARE DRAFTING THAT NOW FOR YOUR REVIEW IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING. AND SO THAT IS, UM, ALL THESE CAP TOPICS ON THE BOTTOM, LIKE ANYTHING THAT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT OR UPLIFT, UM, ANY OF THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT LARRY MENTIONED THAT OUR OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, TRY TO KEEP THEM ALL GOING, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN THINGS. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS, IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON, UM, YOU COULD MENTION THAT, UH, AGAIN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT THE COMMISSION REALLY WANTS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO TELL US SO WE CAN GET IT IN THE WORK PLAN. AND THEN YOU COULD REVIEW THAT WE PLAN IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE WHAT, UH, DIRECTS THE STAFF WORK FOR THE NEXT YEAR. OKAY. ANY IDEAS? ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I BROUGHT IN, UM, IS REALLY CLOSELY RELATED TO THIS. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH WAS WHERE OUR AREAS, THE COMMISSION CAN SUPPORT THE STAFF. I WAS, UH, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT HERE. UM, THE, THE FRAMING I HAD BROUGHT INTO TONIGHT, I ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP A LITTLE SUGGESTION IS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, IS HOW DO WE MAKE OURSELVES AS A COMMITTEE MORE IMPACTFUL, UH, MORE, MORE EFFECTIVE? AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE WAYS ARE WE, WE ARE LEARNING THAT, YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO A REPORT AND THEN TRYING TO GENERATE A MEMO ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, ISN'T THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT THINGS. WE ALL WILL GO BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, NOMINATED US, UH, AND WORK THROUGH THEM. THAT'S ONE THING, HILDA, YOU JUST GOT THE, UH, THE GREEN ALLEY BY WORKING WITH, UH, JOANIE. THAT'S GREAT. UM, I'VE GOT SOMETHING WORKING WITH CINDY ALLEN RIGHT NOW. AND SO, UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, COMING TO THE MEETINGS, HAVING HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, REPORTING BACK OUT AFTERWARDS ARE HELPFUL. I HAVE GREAT INTENTIONS AND HAVEN'T YET FULFILLED THEM OF, YOU KNOW, WRITING UP A NICE SUMMARY AFTER OUR MEETINGS AND PUTTING IT INTO THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S NEWSLETTER, THE, THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT WEEK. UH, AND THEN ALSO GIVING NOTICE A FEW WEEKS UP BEFORE OUR UPCOMING MEETING. SO, UH, I'M GONNA DO THAT BY GOLLY, BUT THEN GETTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAY. BUT THEN, UH, I'VE MET WITH A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE ON OTHER COMMISSIONS AND THEY FORMED COMMITTEES AND I, I BROUGHT SOME PRINTOUTS FROM THE, UH, COMMISSION HANDBOOK AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALLOWED TO FORM COMMITTEES YEAH. EITHER STANDING OR AD HOC. AND THE, THE BROWN ACT STILL APPLIES, BUT, UM, WE CAN STRUCTURE IT SO THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE. BUT THOSE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE SMALLER GROUP MEETINGS, WORK ON SPECIFIC ISSUES EN ENGAGE THE PUBLIC MORE, ET CETERA. AND, UM, ONE IDEA WOULD BE WE COULD STRUCTURE A SET OF COMMITTEES AROUND EACH OF THE SEVEN ACTION AREAS IN THE CLIMATE PLAN. UH, AND I ALSO THOUGHT WHEN LARRY WAS GOING THROUGH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, OH, SOME OF THOSE WOULD BE GREAT IDEAS TO HAVE COMMITTEES ON. UH, ALTHOUGH THERE'S PROBABLY ALREADY TEAMS WORKING ON THAT. BUT, UH, ONE KEY AREA WAS THAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO AFFINITIZE TO THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES, AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE I WOULD PICK YET, , BUT, UH, THOSE COMMISSIONERS AND COMMITTEES COULD BE RESOURCES TO, UH, NOT ONLY YOUR STAFF, BUT TO THE STAFF IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT CITY GOVERNMENT OR CITY STAFF. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, AND I WROTE DOWN SOME STUFF ABOUT THAT TOO. SO SOMETHING THAT ALSO WE WANTED TO DO, I MEAN, PARTICULARLY I KNOW THAT EVERY COMMISSION COMMISSIONER HAS A AREA OF EXPERTISE OR AREA OF OKAY. AND SOMETIMES WE GET TO THE PRESENTATION AND WE NEVER DO NOTHING. LIKE NOTHING FOR, WELL, SO I WAS ALSO THINKING THAT MAYBE WE CAN MEET AND, AND THE MONTHS THAT WE DON'T MEET NORMALLY, IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED ON JUST, UM, I MEAN, HOW, HOW, IF WE HAVE ALREADY [01:40:01] THE CALENDAR AND IF SOMEBODY IS IN TRANSPORTATION AND WE KNOW THAT THE TRANSPORTATION IS COMING UP TOGETHER, SO MAYBE WE CAN MEET AND WORK SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE READY FOR MAYBE A CONSULT, SEE THE PRESENTATION, MODIFY WHATEVER WE HAVE. AND YOU KNOW, SO GIVE IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ISSUE YOU GUYS TO REALLY PUSH THE AGENDA OR THE ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO USE. SO YOU ARE NOT WANT TO BE HERE ONLY JUST WAITING FOR THE SHARE BY SHARE, BUT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INPUT AS A, AS A, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE MEETINGS, NOT THE MEETINGS, THE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE WANTED TO CREATE. SO THAT IS WAS ANOTHER IDEA. I MEAN, REALLY WE WANNA MOVE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMISSION, WE WANNA BE MORE, UM, OUTSPOKEN. I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE, MAYBE MORE WORK FOR YOU, I'M NOT SURE. BUT, UM, I DON'T, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE VISION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT LITERALLY IT'S GOING TO BE YOU BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE. , EVERYBODY EXCEPT ME AND MORGAN. UH, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. SO YES, I WANTED TO SAY FIRST, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MARSH FOR YOUR COMMENT ABOUT BEING A BIT MORE IMPACTFUL AND HANDS ON. 'CAUSE I WROTE THAT DOWN A LOT. BUT I WAS THINKING THE, THE THREE ITEMS THAT STOOD OUT MOST WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY AND LOOKING AT THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE FOR THE YEAR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS LIKE TOO FAR OFF TO PIVOT AND LIKE JUST REPLACE THOSE WITH THOSE THREE ITEMS THAT THE COMMISSION THOUGHT WAS, UM, THE BOARD THOUGHT WAS MOST IMPORTANT AND FOCUS ON THOSE. UM, SINCE THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE PASSION, THE EXPERTISE, AND THE INVOLVEMENT HAPPENED. I HAVE MY CONCERN IS WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA VERSUS WHAT THIS TEAM CAN DO AND CONTRIBUTE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, PUTTING MOTIONS OUT ARE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW VERSUS THINGS WE JUST HEAR AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH. AND THE SAME REP DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA DISREGARD ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE NOW, BUT IF WE ARE AT INFLECTION POINT, CAN WE JUST SAY LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE THREE THINGS THIS PARTICULAR BOARD WANTS TO FOCUS ON. THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND THING I WAS THINKING, UM, I REALLY LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT THE PRE-MEETINGS OR THE AD HOC GROUPS. SO MAYBE IT DOESN'T, UM, IT DOESN'T TAKE UP, IT DOESN'T CHANGE HOW THESE MEETINGS ARE DONE, BUT WE CAN STILL HAVE THAT, THAT INSIGHT AND THAT TOUCH POINT WITH THE PRESENTERS, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE JUST LISTENING TO PRESENTATIONS AND LIKE SENDING MOTIONS THROUGH AND NOT REALLY HAVING ANY INFLUENCE OR FEEDBACK BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING IT. IT'S LIKE, YEAH, GO. SO THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN. SO THE THREE THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THOSE THE FOCUS OF THE MEETINGS? UM, AND MAYBE WE REVOLT OR MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE THE RIGHT ONES, BUT CAN THOSE BE IN THOSE SLOTS FOR THE AGENDA FOCUSES? UM, I SAW LIKE DROUGHT WAS IN AUGUST AND I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN AN EXAMPLE, BUT I IMAGINE WE WOULD WANNA TALK ABOUT DROUGHT EARLIER BECAUSE THE SUMMERTIME IS WHEN YOU WANNA HAVE SOME KIND OF SOLUTION OR PLAN OR SOMETHING READY FOR THE CITY TO LIKE PRESENT VERSUS US TALKING ABOUT IT IN AUGUST. AND THAT'S WHEN LONG BEACH RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF EXPERIENCING WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE, WHETHER IT'S EXTREME HEAT OR CROWD. SO THAT'S ALL I'M DONE. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, TWO YEARS AGO, NO, LAST YEAR WE CHANGED IT. WE USED TO MEET EVERY MONTH. OKAY. SO WE NOW MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH. SO THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE THE MONTH THAT WE ARE OFF MAYBE A SUBCOMMITTEE. GOT IT. AND DO WE DO THAT? WE JUST NEED TO, IF YOU AGREE, WE CAN DO IT. I MEAN, DEFINITELY IT'S UP TO US. AND WE BROUGHT ALSO THE, UM, ATTORNEY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO KNOW, UM, IF WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTACH A MOTION, LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNSEL EVERY TIME. NORMALLY IT'S TRUE, MAYBE THEY NOT GONNA READ IT, MAYBE IT'S NOT GONNA PAY ATTENTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ON RECORD AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHO, HOW WE THINK AND WHAT WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN. AND IF THEY DON'T READ IT, IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT OURS. SO WE THOUGHT THAT IT WILL [01:45:01] BE A GOOD IDEA TO USE THEM ALWAYS, NOT ALWAYS, BUT IN THE AREA THAT WE THINK THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT. SET RECOMMENDATION TO THE, TO THE CO. SORRY. THANK YOU. SO THAT IT WILL INCREASE THE, THE IMPACT THAT WE WANT DO AS A COMMISSION. OKAY. SO I WAS THINKING A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS, UM, BUT ONE, LIKE YOU SAID, HOW WE HAVE THE OFF MONTH, IF WE WERE TO KNOW WHAT IS COMING UP, UH, ON THE AGENDAS AND THEN ON THAT OFF MONTH, I MEAN, MAYBE WE SEND SOMETHING OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYBODY KIND OF CHIMES IN TO SAY, UH, THIS IS WHAT'S ON MY MIND REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT FROM THE CITY. YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER DEPARTMENTS ARE HEADING THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT AT LEAST GIVING US THE COMMISSION SOME INPUT OF WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON WITH THOSE PRESENTATIONS. CAN WE DO THAT? CAREFUL? YEAH. YEAH. . SO AS YOU SAW WITH THE BROWN ACT TRAINING, YES. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL ARE TELLING THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, HERE'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR. AND THERE'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION. AND THAT THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE NOT THEN SAYING, OH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ SAID THIS. COMMISSIONER HANKS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? IT'S A ONE WAY, AND THEN THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WILL TELL STAFF, HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD, AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S FEASIBLE TO ACTUALLY BRING FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY, LIKE, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT MONTH, WE, WE, AS WE'VE DONE IT SO FAR, UM, WE HAVE A PRETTY STANDARD KIND OF OUTLINE AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIKE PLUG IN OTHER THINGS. SO WE CAN ALWAYS SEND OUT AHEAD OF TIME, HERE'S THE AGENDA, THE ANTICIPATED AGENDA WITH A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL. SO YOU COULD SEE, UH, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE THE, THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS BETTER PART OF A COUPLE WEEKS, LIKE THE OFF MONTHS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING. WE'RE GONNA NEED YOUR INFORMATION AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. AND SO IT DOES TAKE US A BIT OF TIME TO PULL THAT TOGETHER ACROSS THE CITY'S 24 DEPARTMENTS. UM, SO WE CAN SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCE. WE CAN SHARE THAT MAYBE ALL AT ONCE. UM, AND YOU ALL CAN DECIDE IF THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UM, AND WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE TOPICS AROUND. I THINK WE, WE STARTED THERE A FEW YEARS AGO REALLY FOCUSING ON THE DIFFERENT, UM, TOPICS OF CAP SO THAT WE WERE, WE WERE ENSURING THAT THERE WAS SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO ACTUALLY FULFILLING THOSE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU WANNA JUST FOCUS ON THE TOP THREE, THAT'S OKAY WITH US. UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT DIRECTION, BUT IF YOU WANNA SEE ALL OF THE THINGS, THAT'S FINE. UM, WE STILL, I THINK, WOULD WANT TO RETAIN THE ABILITY TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A SPACE FOR FEEDBACK AND, AND MORE OF A RETREAT STYLE THAN A, A FORMAL PUBLIC MEETING. WE'RE STILL DOING ALL THE FORMAL STUFF, BUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE AND WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE, SO WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO FULFILL THOSE. AND AT THAT SAME TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO AS STAFF MOVING FORWARD THAT LIKE OUR BOSSES ARE GIVING US. RIGHT? SO I THINK AT LEAST THAT PIECE AND THAT CAN HAPPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, AT ANY ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE DONE IT KIND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SO WE KICK OFF THE YEAR, UM, SUCCESSFULLY. UH, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY, UM, ASK OF THE COMMISSION IS AS LONG AS WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME LEVEL OF, OF RETREAT STYLE WHERE WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. AND THEN ALSO WE DO, WE MENTIONED THE, UH, CAP ANNUAL REPORT AND ALL OF OUR REPORTING THAT WE DO. SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A MEETING FOCUSED ON A TOPIC, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT GONNA HEAR ABOUT IT AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO A DEEP PRESENTATION ON, YOU CAN JUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT REPORT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THAT INFORMATION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING. AND THEN JUST A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, UM, THE, THE RESOURCES SLIDE THAT YOU SAW THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SAID, WELL, IF WE'RE NOT MEETING EVERY MONTH, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME HOMEWORK? SO WE HAVE SOME READING MATERIAL. SO WHENEVER WE FIND ANYTHING RELATED TO THE TOPIC FROM THAT MONTH OR THE UPCOMING MONTH, WE TRY TO SEND THAT ALONG JUST SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK AT, UM, AND PREPARE YOU IN ADVANCE. SO, OR TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE MENTIONED. SO THAT'S WHY THAT RESOURCE SLIDE IS THERE FOR EVERY PRESENTATION THAT WE DO. ANOTHER THING IS THAT AS THE EXPERIENCE IS MY LAST YEAR, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HEAR EVERYTHING. IT'S NO WAY THAT YOU GOING TO BE ABLE, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO TIED TOGETHER. IT IS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING BECAUSE IF I TALK, I, I THOUGHT ABOUT TREES BECAUSE TREES IS GONNA BE VERY IMPACTFUL ON AIR QUALITY IN DROUGHT AND EXTREME HEAT. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW IT SAYS THERE, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING IS GET TOGETHER. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE HOW THEY ARE WORKING. THE CHANGES THAT, UM, HONESTLY THE CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO, TO BEFORE IT HAS, IT HAS BEEN VERY, UM, VERY IMPACTFUL FOR ME. AND, AND BECAUSE NOW WE BRING ALL THE, MEREDITH BEEN DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB. I MEAN, YOU GUYS NOW BRINGING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND SEE HOW THEY WORKING AND THEY HEAR FROM EACH OTHER [01:50:01] IS REALLY MAKE ME DIFFERENCE. SO I REALLY RECOMMEND YOU TO KEEP THE WAY THAT WE DOING IT. YES, WE CAN FOCUS ON IN A FEW THINGS. AND MAYBE THE PEOPLE WHO'S TALKING, THEY CAN TALK A BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THOSE THREE AREAS THAT THERE ARE, THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR US. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND MORE THE WAY THAT NOW ARE THE MEETINGS, UM, DONE AND PREPARED. IT'S REALLY NICE. I MEAN, I REALLY LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU GET TO HEAR THE WHOLE SPECTRUM, NOT ONLY JUST MYSELF, IT'S, AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU. IT'S GONNA BE VERY EDUCATIONAL AND IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU TO TAKE, UM, DIFFERENT, UM, IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU TO SEE THE WHOLE THING. SO I WOULD BELIEVE THAT IT'S BETTER TO DO IT THAT WAY. BUT WITH YOU GUYS, AND I THINK ON, ON THAT NOTE, UM, JUST ON ALL THE OVERLAP, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING BECAUSE OUR ISSUES MIGHT ALSO IMPACT LIKE PARKS COMMISSION. EXACTLY. OR THE HEALTH. I MEAN IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, HEALTH ISSUES, THEY MIGHT WANNA TALK ABOUT IT AND THEY MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE AND THOSE THINGS MIGHT INSPIRE GREATER COLLABORATION OR INTEREST. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TOO CRAZY TO CALL FOR LIKE JOINT COMMISSION MEETINGS OR, OR WHAT, OR IF THAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING INTERESTING. MM-HMM . AND ALSO WE HAVE A COMMISSION, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS A SUSTAINABILITY, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL MISSION. RIGHT. COMMITTEE COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE COMMITTEE. SO MAYBE WE CAN ASK THEM IF THEY WANT TO MEET AND MAYBE INVITE US OR WE START WORKING TOGETHER IN THE MONTH THAT WE ARE NOT TOGETHER. AM, I DON'T KNOW, HOW CAN THEY MEET? BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN MEETING ONCE THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REP WHO, UH, IS CURRENTLY CHAIRING THAT COMMITTEE, MIGHT HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION AND THEY LIKED THE IDEA. SO OH, OKAY. . THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY SUGGESTIONS AS TO THAT THIS COMMISSION AS AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDE A BRIEFING TO THE CLIMATE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS, UM, CINDY ALLEN, CHRISTINA DUNCAN AS VICE CHAIR, AND ROBERTO. OKAY. UM, SO, AND YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE VALUABLE, I THINK IS EACH OF US JUST DO A TWO OR THREE MINUTE, UH, SELF-INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND EXPERTISE AND PRIORITIES TYPE OF THING. UH, AND THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN HEAR, HOLY COW, THIS IS THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. LET'S LEVERAGE IT. UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE WORK PLAN FOR THE YEAR AND THAT KIND OF THING. UM, I HEARD A GAP WHEN LARRY WERE PRESENTING IN TERMS OF THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES IN STUDY PLANNING. THAT IS MY EXPERTISE. I'M A HYDROGEOLOGIST LICENSED IN CALIFORNIA, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW I CAN WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO HELP NARROW THAT GAP AND WHATEVER I DO BRING TO THE TABLE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION IN ORDER TO KIND OF WORK TO THAT. SO I FEEL FROM AN EXPERTISE PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP ON THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORKING. MM-HMM . UM, RACHEL, I'M PLANTING ALL THE TREES AND YOU KNOW, HAVING ALL THE EXPERTS HERE TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I FEEL WHAT WOULD BE MOST CONTRIBUTIONAL FOR ME WOULD BE KIND OF HELPING YOU BRIDGE SOME OF THOSE GAPS. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE REASON WHY I JOINED, UH, ONE OF THESE COMMISSIONS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD SOME EXPERTISE THERE THAT COULD KIND OF HELP PRESENT SOME OF THE TIME AND VOLUNTEERING THAT TIME TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BRIDGE SOME OF THOSE GAPS THAT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS NEED SOME OTHER SUPPORT FROM. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN KIND OF WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. SO I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WORK ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY HALL. I DO. AND WE TALKED ABOUT MEETING ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE PLAZA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I INTRODUCED THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING AT WILLOW SPRINGS, BUT BEYOND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE, I PERSONALLY, AND, AND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 12 YEARS AGO, WE MADE, WE WERE DIRECTED TO MAKE THE POLICY THAT IS IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW FOR LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT AFFECTS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S JUST ON ITS OWN PATH AND PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, UM, BUT IS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND CITY PROJECTS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES, BUT THE PLACE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES LOST AND HILDA'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS IS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO PUT PERMEABLE PAVEMENT ON A MAJOR STREET, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PUT IT IN AN ALLEY PERHAPS, OR YOU KNOW, TO, TO TEST THAT, TO PILOT IT. AND SO HILDA MADE THAT HAPPEN, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL. UM, BUT THERE'S, UM, AS PART OF THE, UH, [01:55:01] LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT POLICY, THERE'S A, IN LIE FEE THAT HAS BEEN BEING COLLECTED NOW FOR YEARS THAT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S DONE ANYTHING WITH. AND FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST, BECAUSE PUBLIC LOAN IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE IF THEY'RE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THEY WERE KIND OF WAITING FOR IT TO BUILD UP. AND I MENTIONED THE STAFF, UH, TURNOVER IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THERE'S A NEW, UM, STORM WATER, WELL, I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS EXACT TITLE, BUT, UH, STORMWATER DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND ON THE ONE HAND, THE STORMWATER DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S STORMWATER PERMIT AND REDUCING POLLUTION LEVELS AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ISN'T REALLY THEIR FOCUS. AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY WELL AWARE OF THIS IN, IN THIS INDUSTRY, THAT THERE'S TRADITIONAL STORMWATER, GET IT TO THE OCEAN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO PREVENT POLLUTION ALONG THE WAY, WHICH IS CHALLENGING. AND THEN THERE'S THIS NEW THING OF THE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, SLOW IT SPREAD AT SYNC IT, AND THEY, THEY'RE NOT THERE YET. AND, UM, I'D LOVE TO GET YOUR INSIGHTS ON, NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW PERSON IN THIS POSITION THAT, AND, AND THEY'RE GETTING MEASURE W FUNDING, YOU KNOW, HOW WE, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER THING. MEASURE W THAT THE COUNTY PARCEL TAX HAS FUNDED TRADITIONAL STORMWATER DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS READY TO GO. AND THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, DEVELOPED THAT POLICY ORIGINALLY ARE LIKE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE DECENTRALIZED COMMUNITY-BASED THINGS? YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO, UM, COME UP WITH BETTER IDEAS ABOUT TO GET THE CITY TO, TO PURSUE THOSE THINGS. COMPASSION. YEAH. SO FROM A PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE, I COULD SPEAK TO JUST THE IDEA THAT ALL OUR DESIGNS AND ALL OUR DEVELOPMENTS FROM REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE VERY FOCUSED ON NET ZERO, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS RELATED TO THAT. AND THEN FROM THE PRIVATE FUNDING PERSPECTIVE, IT KIND OF TIES INTO THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF GETTING NET ZERO FUNDING IN TERMS OF GETTING RD CREDITS. SO FROM A PRIVATE SECTOR, WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL PUSHING THIS AGENDA BECAUSE OF THE RD CREDITS RELATED TO THIS. IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE NEW ADMINISTRATION FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT PRETTY CAREFULLY, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT TO YOU GUYS. NOT ONLY JUST FROM THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF IT, BUT ALSO CONNECTING THE TECHNICAL IDEA TO THE FINANCIAL ASPECT TO KIND OF SET CITY OF LONG BEACH UP FOR GRANTS DOWN THE ROAD. SO THAT'S HOW I WOULD APPROACH IT. UH, BUT DEFINITELY HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION RELATED TO THAT AND KIND OF SHARE MY PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERTISE TO MAYBE THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THEN HOPEFULLY BRIDGE THAT GAP. SO NEXT YEAR IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU TO TURN AROUND AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY DONE THIS MANY PERMEABLE IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO MAYBE AT LEAST SETTING OURSELVES UP TO THAT PROSPECT. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY, SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE COMMISSION, , IT'S AMAZING AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. WELCOME TO TAKE TIME. SO THIS IS AWESOME. IT'S AWESOME. IT HAPPENED. I MEAN, WHEN HAPPEN, YOU REALLY HAPPY. SO WHAT DID YOU DECIDE? WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE A SPECIFIC, UM, FOR NEXT? WE NEED TO HAVE THE WHOLE ENTIRE MONTH, I MEAN, THE WHOLE YEAR. SO FOR THE, THE CALENDAR, THIS IS HOW WE PLANNED IT OUT. BUT I THINK IF MIDYEAR THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP, WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING FUTURE MEETINGS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE WORK PLAN, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT YOU WANT US TO, TO DO AT A STAFF LEVEL TOO, NOT JUST AT COMMISSION MEETINGS. LIKE YOU CAN, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AS PRIORITIES AND PREFERENCES. UM, NOW, UM, BUT NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TOO FOR THE CALENDAR OF THE YEAR. IF YOU DO WANT TO, TO ADJUST IT, YOU CAN DO THAT. OR IF YOU WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT, FOR ME, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE PORT. I KNOW THAT THE PORT HAS THE NEW PLAN FOR THE WIND, UH, WIND MILLS, I BELIEVE. SO THE, THE AIR, AIR WIND. YEAH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM TO SEE, UM, HOW IS THE PLAN AND WHAT IS HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING, I GUESS CAME FROM THE PORT. YEAH. AND MUCH BIGGER THAN PURE WIND. UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE DOING. I'M SORRY, PARDON FOR INTERRUPTING. NO, NO, NO. DEFINITELY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TIE WITH SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH, I MEAN, IF IT WERE JUST PURE WIND, WE COULD, WE COULD TIE IT INTO THE BUILDING ENERGY DISCUSSION. BUT IF IT'S EVERYTHING THE PORT'S DOING, THEY HAVE THEIR CLEAN TRUCK, THEIR CLEANER ACTION PLAN, SO WE COULD, UM, ASK THEM TO SEND DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THEIR GREEN PROGRAMS AT, AT, AT AN UPCOMING MEETING. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAME LAST YEAR. NO. YEAH. BUT THEY GAVE US UPDATES THAT WERE PROVIDED ON THE SLIDES. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD IDEA . YEAH. AND TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, THE PRIORITIES OR FOCUS [02:00:02] CONCEPT, YVETTE, I STRONGLY RESONATED WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, LET'S FOCUS ON THE TOP THINGS. UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE OF THE OBSERVATIONS I HAD WHEN YOU ALL FIRST STARTED DOING THE, THE BRIEFINGS ALIGNED WITH THE CAP AND BRINGING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, NOT JUST THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, BUT THE EXPERTS FROM THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, I REALLY FELT THAT THAT ADDS VALUE BECAUSE IT, UH, IT LETS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS KNOW 24, I DIDN'T REALIZE, UH, THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT, IT PUTS IT INTO THEIR WORK QUEUE. SO I THINK, I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN CONTINUING TO, UH, COVER ALL THOSE AREAS OF THE CAP AND, AND THE WORK ITEMS. BUT, SO MAYBE INSTEAD OF, UH, SINGULAR FOCUS ON THE TOP THREES MORE OF AN EMPHASIS TYPE OF APPROACH. AND, YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE SOAP BOX GOT VOTED OFF THE ISLAND, SO I WAS GONNA TAKE MY BALL AND GO HOME. BUT, YOU KNOW, I COULD KEEP WORKING ON THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION IN PARALLEL WITH THE COMMISSION AND, AND PROVIDE UPDATES, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT GETS IGNORED. I HAVE A, I'M NOT SURE IF I, I LIKE IN THE PRESENTATION IF YOU AGREE WITH ME ON THIS, BUT WHAT IF WE LOOKED AT KIND OF CHANGING THE TYPE OF PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND KIND OF HAVING THE, UH, DEPARTMENTS INDICATE LIKE WHAT THE GOALS ARE FOR THIS YEAR, WHAT THE GOALS ARE FOR NEXT YEAR, AND ALL THESE PLANS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED TO DO THIS, THIS, AND THAT THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO DO THIS, THIS, AND THAT TO STAY ON TRACK WITH THE, THE PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, 2035 OR 2045, WHATEVER IT IS. BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST LIKE, OH, I THINK WE ALL TALK ABOUT THIS, THE TYPES OF PRESENTATIONS WE GET. LIKE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY TEETH. THIS COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE ANY TEETH. IT'S KIND OF RECEIVE AND FILE, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL, AND WHO KNOWS IF THEY EVEN LOOK AT 'EM. SO IF THERE'S JUST SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE MORE TEETH IN THE PRESENTATIONS OF WHAT OUR GOALS ARE AND HOW WE'RE MEETING THEM AND LIKE WHAT WE NEED TO DO, THAT'S THE TYPE OF PRESENTATION. LIKE I WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T WANT TO JUST BE LIKE A RUBBER STAMP AND LIKE, OKAY, VIOLET, THAT'S GOOD. LIKE SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE MORE TEETH. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT. YEAH. SO YOU WANNA SEE THE, THE SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT THEY HAVE MM-HMM . BECAUSE YEAH, WE RECEIVED THE, THE PRESENTATION IS OF WHAT THEY DOING IN THAT MOMENT, BUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IS THE, THE, UH, ULTIMATE GOAL, RIGHT? SO YOU WANNA SEE THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND WHAT YEAH, HOW ARE WE MEETING THE GOALS? LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR TO MEET THE GOALS AND FUTURE GOALS THAT ARE WITHIN THESE PLANS? BECAUSE THESE PLANS ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE FIVE, 10 YEARS AHEAD, RIGHT? YES. SO HOW ARE WE DOING IT? WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA MEET THOSE GOALS IN THE FUTURE? OKAY. WELL MAYBE ALL THE PRESENTATION CAN BE BASED ON THE PLAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE PLAN? THE CITY 5 20 25? I DON'T THINK SO. 20, 20 30. 2030. SO MAYBE WE CAN PRESENT WHAT IS THE PLAN OF 2030 AND WHAT THEY ARE THEY DOING TO THAT? DO YOU THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I GOING. I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE LIKE, HEY, WE INDICATED IN THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE SENT TO THE COUNCIL, THIS IS WHAT WE NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR 2030. YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DUNNO, I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE'RE BEING PRESENTED IS, IS A REPORT ON WHAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING. AND I THINK THEY'RE TELLING US WHETHER OR NOT IT ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT GOALS AND TASKING. UM, MAYBE WE CAN CALL THAT OUT A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE AHEAD OR BEHIND IN CERTAIN AREAS. UM, BUT I THINK MAYBE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE COULD DO IS IF WE HEAR THINGS THAT MAKE US THINK, WOW, WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THE STAFF ARE LAZY OR, OR ANYTHING. IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SET THE GOALS HIGH ENOUGH AND TO SET THE GOALS HIGHER, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY, LET'S RATCHET IT UP. OR AT LEAST HAVE THEM TELL US WHY THEY'RE COMING FALLING SHORT. LIKE, WHAT ARE THEIR CHALLENGES? WHY DIDN'T THEY MEET THAT GOAL? RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND HOW COULD WE ADDRESS THAT FOR NEXT YEAR? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS AN ASPECT OF PERFORMANCE DATA, RIGHT? SO WE MIGHT TELL YOU THERE'S THIS TASK THAT IS HAPPENING, BUT HOW IS THAT CONNECTED TO THE PERFORMANCE AGAINST A GOAL? RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. AND I, AND I LIKE THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. JUST KIND OF LIKE CHURNING IN MY HEAD. I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT. BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT A LOT OF THAT IS TIED TO THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET CONVERSATION. AND SO IF STUFF HASN'T [02:05:01] BEEN BUDGETED THERE, THERE, THERE WOULD BE A REASON FOR, FOR PERFORMANCE NOT TO BE MET. AND A LOT OF OUR GOALS ARE VERY, OR A LOT OF OUR PLANS ARE VERY ASPIRATIONAL. UM, AND SO, AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY PERFORMANCE BASED. SO I, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO GET YOU WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE UNIFORMED IN ALL CASES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. RIGHT. BUT MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE THING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DISCUSS MOVING FORWARD IS LIKE, OKAY, HOW THEN DO YOU ENSURE THAT THAT STUFF IS THERE AND THAT COUNCIL APPEARS IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO LET, LET'S, LET'S NOODLE ON THAT. BUT I THINK THERE'S A, THERE'S A WAY TO TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE AS OPPOSED TO JUST LIKE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR TASKS. BUT I THINK IF THE REASON IS FUNDING FOR US TO HANDLE GOALS, IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT TOO. SO YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CASE FOR GETTING MORE FUNDING AND JUST MAKING PROGRESS OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT MEETING IT FOR, FOR OTHER REASONS. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL. SO AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT I ATTENDED ONE LAST NIGHT, UM, IT, THE, THE WAY THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT EXERCISE WAS STRUCTURED WAS AROUND THE STRATEGIC VISION IN 2020, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL'S PLAN FOR THINGS. AND SO THERE'S EIGHT, UM, CATEGORIES THERE. AND, UM, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IS ONE OF THEM. AND WITHIN THAT, THERE'S LIKE 10, 10 THINGS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE SIMILARLY STRUCTURED AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH. BUT THERE, THERE WAS A MIX OF VERY BROAD STRATEGIC THINGS LIKE IMPROVING AIR QUALITY. BUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO REALLY SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE PLANTING MORE TREES AND GREEN JOBS, YOU KNOW, WHICH ISN'T A SPECIFIC BROAD CATEGORY UP HERE. AND SO THE RESIDENTS WHEN ASKED TO PRIORITIZE, THEY WERE PICKING THE VERY TANGIBLE THINGS. AND SO, UH, IN, IN, IN MY EXPERIENCE LAST NIGHT, THE TWO THINGS THAT WERE VOTED ON THE MOST WERE GREEN SPACE EXPANSION, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND, AND, BUT NOT JUST PARKS. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BETTER GREEN SPACE AND ACCESSIBILITY, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A PARK OPEN SPACES. YEAH. AND, UM, BUT THEN TO MY SURPRISE, AND I WASN'T REALLY PROMPTING ANYBODY, UM, GREEN JOBS WAS, YOU KNOW, AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT WAS BIG. SO I WAS ONLY AT ONE OF THE FIVE MEETINGS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER FOUR MEETINGS, THEY HAVE ALL THOSE NOTES, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT, UM, TO THE DEGREE THAT THAT ACTUALLY TRANSLATES INTO, YOU KNOW, BUDGET FUNDING LEVELS, YOU KNOW, THAT, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SO IS THERE A MISSING LINK HERE THAT, I MEAN, COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS ARE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND THESE THINGS. AND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU NEED TO, UH, STACK THAT HOUSE OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT METAPHOR IS, . UM, YEAH. BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS PRIORITIZING AND THEN HAVE US AS COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION ALIGN WITH THAT AND THEN FOCUS ON WHAT THOSE ISSUES ARE. SO THEY COULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR MINDS TOGETHER AND REALLY, AND HIT IT AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM. AND IT KIND OF ALIGNS WITH THEIR BUDGET AS WELL. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET, WELL YOU SAID THAT THE NOTES ARE AVAILABLE 'CAUSE MAYBE THAT'S THE HOMEWORK. I'M THINKING. I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT T AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND HEARING EVERYTHING AND HOW EVERYTHING CONNECTS. BUT I JUST WONDER IF AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IF THIS COMMISSION DOES ANYTHING, WHAT THREE THINGS DID WE ACTUALLY PUSH, CHANGE, MOVE, WHETHER IT'S A, UM, A PRODUCT OF OUR EXPERTISE, WHETHER IT'S A PRODUCT OF INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW THAT THE COUNSELOR'S ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR THAT WE CAN BE MORE HELPFUL ON? I JUST, MY BIGGEST FEAR IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'VE HEARD LOTS OF, BUT WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY MOVE ANYTHING. AND OUR, OUR, OUR VOICE WASN'T REALLY HEARD BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING VERSUS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNOWING THAT, HEY, WHEN THIS COMMISSION, THESE ARE, THESE COMMISSIONERS ARE LOOKING AT THESE THREE THINGS, AND WHOEVER'S IN THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS WILL PROBABLY GET MORE ATTENTION FROM US MAYBE THIS YEAR AND MAYBE ANOTHER YEAR, MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE GOTTA FOCUS ON SOMETHING TO, TO REALLY MAKE MOVEMENT. AND IT DOESN'T FEEL FOCUSED. IT FEELS VERY BROAD, WIDE STROKE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, UM, HANKS MENTIONED HER EXPERTISE. IT FEELS LIKE SHE COULD REALLY MAKE SOME MOVEMENT THERE. HOW COULD WE SUPPORT THAT? BECAUSE THE EXPERTISE IS HERE IN THE HOUSE, SHE CAN DIRECTLY CONNECT, LIKE, WHAT THINGS CAN WE ACTUALLY DO? AND THAT'S WHERE I'M STUCK. AND I'LL BE COMPLETELY HONEST, UM, THAT'S WHERE I'M STUCK WITH PARTICIPATION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST KIND OF LISTENING [02:10:01] AND SENDING IN. AND I JUST WOULD HATE TO WASTE MY PERSONAL TIME THAT WAY IF WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN LIKE WRAP OUR HANDS AROUND AND PUSH TOGETHER AS A TEAM. UM, SO I DON'T HEAR THAT YET. AND SO I REALLY LIKE UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAYBE WHAT THE COUNCIL AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING. AND MAYBE THAT KIND OF DICTATES OUR HEALTH SHAPE, WHAT WE FOCUS ON. 'CAUSE WE JUST DID AN EXERCISE WHERE IT'S LIKE, WHAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON. BUT IF THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY'S ALREADY MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME FOCUSES, THEN MAYBE IT IS A BETTER USE OF TIME TO, TO SUPPORT THOSE THINGS AND PUT MORE TIME AND EFFORT INTO GETTING THOSE THINGS TO THE FRONT AND GETTING SOMETHING DONE. UM, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE MENTIONED TO YOU IS WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY. MM-HMM . I UNDERSTAND THAT AS INDIVIDUAL, WE HAVE PRIORITIES, BUT WE CANNOT, BASED ON OUR PRIORITIES, WE CAN FOCUS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE PEOPLE WHO IS INTERESTED IN SOMETHING ELSE. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY OPEN ABOUT THAT. AND WE ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT DEFINITELY. I DON'T THINK THAT WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON ONE THING. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT, UH, MAYBE WE CAN FOCUS ON, ON, ON ONE THING. EVERY PRESENTATION CAN BE FOCUSED ON SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE WANT. THEY CAN, BECAUSE AS I TOLD YOU, EVERYTHING IS COLLECTED, RIGHT? IF THE POLICE WANNA COME OVER, CAN TELL US ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND HOW, AGAIN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS OUR FOCUS, BUT STILL WE NEED TO HAVE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY. THAT'S MY OPINION. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY THINKS DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE NEED TO BE OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE. AND IF WE HAVE MAYBE, UM, A SURVEY AS THE COMMUNITY SAYS WHILE WE NEED TO FOCUS, WE THEN I WILL AGREE, BUT FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT WE AGREED TO DO IT AND PUSH IT TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK THAT, NO, I'M SAYING USE THE INFORMATION THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ALREADY PROVIDED. THERE'S ALREADY BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. THEY'VE ALREADY DONE SOME SURVEYS ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. I'M WONDERING IF OUR TIME BEING SPENT SUPPORTING THOSE THINGS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT, YOU KNOW, EVEN HEARING EVERYTHING, LIKE IF THEY WANNA SEE MORE GREEN SPACES OR THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S DIRECT DATA FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING UP. WE DIDN'T JUST PULL THAT OUT OF THE SKY THAT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE SAY THAT OR IF WE'RE JUST KIND OF DOING WHAT WE USUALLY DO. AND I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION, BUT FROM WHAT YOU SAID, THERE'S BEEN SOME MEETINGS AND I WOULD LOVE TO ATTEND THAT FIFTH ONE AND JUST MAYBE GET MORE INVOLVED IN HERE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL HAS PLANNED. AND MAYBE THAT HELP DIRECT MY COMMENTS OR MY THOUGHT PROCESS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MOVES ANYTHING. DO YOU HAVE THAT NEXT DATE? UM, NO. I THINK LAST NIGHT WAS THE LAST ONE. OH NO. YEAH, THEY HAD A ZOOM ONE ON MONDAY, WHICH THINK IS IMPORTANT. IT'S, I'LL LOOK BACK AND SEE LIKE WHAT'S THERE. UM, BUT I HAVE ON MY NOTES TO, UM, TALK TO THE BUDGET OFFICE ABOUT WHAT THE, THE LIKE PACKAGED NOTES IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. YEAH, MAYBE I'LL JUST READ THOSE AND WELL, AND THERE IS AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLOSED YET. THAT'S PROBABLY STILL OPEN. YEAH. TAKE LOOK AT THAT. YEAH. MAYBE A MORE INFORMED OPINION ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR WOULD HELP GUIDE THE CONVERSATION. YEAH. AND HAVING BEEN A GUY WHO'S ATTENDED A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALL GROW FROM IS JUST GOING, AND IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING OUR MIND ABOUT MM-HMM . OUR PET ISSUE, SITTING THERE FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING AND LISTENING TO EVERYBODY ELSE. MM-HMM . UH, REALIZING, HOLY COW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS UNDERSTAND WHAT PRIORITIES THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF ARE TRYING TO BALANCE IN GETTING REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL. AND YEAH. UH, JUST TO CONFIRM, UH, I, I WAS MISTAKEN, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DID ADD A FINAL ONE. SO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, UM, 6, 7 30 AT THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH AT THOUSAND NORTH TO BAKER ROAD. SO WE'LL SEND THAT OUT TO YOU AFTER THIS. UM, AND WITH THE, THE LINK TO THE SURVEY AS WELL. UM, THAT WAS NOT ON THERE. UH, THIS MEETING ON, PARDON ME? I HAVE TO EXCUSE. I HAVE A FLIGHT TO CATCH, SO. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. THANK I'M THINKING GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. YEAH, WE HAVE, I JUST MAKE SURE SHE TOLD ME. GOOD SIX 19 AND WE DO NEED TO BE OUT. IT SEEMS THAT, UM, WE STILL HAVE FEW OF YOU NOT SURE WHAT PRESENTATION DO YOU THINK THAT WE NEED THE TIME THEY CAN SEND THE COMMENTS LATER ON, CAN WE, SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN IDEA OR WHAT ARE THEY GONNA SEE? SO I THINK WE CAN GO FORWARD WITH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR PLAN. MM-HMM . UH, FOR THE SCHEDULE OF YOUR, [02:15:01] OF YOUR MEETINGS, WE WILL BRING A DRAFT WORK PLAN TO YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING AND YOU COULD PROVIDE FINAL COMMENTS THERE IF, IF THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN AGAIN, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS CAN COME TO YOU CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, AND, AND TELL YOU IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE AND YOU CAN BRING THEM TO US AT OUR MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT, AGAIN, IS IT FEASIBLE TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION? UM, WHEN DOES IT FIT? WHAT KIND OF ACTION ITEM DO YOU WANT TO TAKE? IF NOT RECEIVE AND FILE, WE CAN HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETINGS. AND WE, WE'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES AND SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU SAID. SO PART OF WHAT WE DO AFTER THESE RETREATS IS WE TAKE ALL THAT BACK AND SAY, OKAY, SO AND SO IS INTERESTED IN THIS, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT PLUG INTO WHERE WE'RE AT? AND WE TRY AND TOUCH UPON ALL THE THINGS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEARING ABOUT 2030 STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS A, A CULMINATION OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT KIND OF FEED INTO THAT, RIGHT? AND SO SOME INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PERFORMANCE DATA AND HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE HITTING TARGETS OR NOT. THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE CAN ALSO THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO STILL COVER TOPICS, BUT MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT ORDER. I THINK THAT THESE WERE ORIGINALLY LIKE STRATEGICALLY PLACED WHEN, UH, LIKE TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN THINGS ARE, ARE MOST NOTICEABLE AND THINGS LIKE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AIR QUALITY AT ANY POINT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT. UM, SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. UM, SORRY, LET ME GO BACK TO MY NOTES HERE. UM, UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, POLICY, UH, THINGS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UM, THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED BUT ARE CALLED FOR. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN FORWARD UP. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME TO MIND AS YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING TANGIBLE. UM, AS WELL AS, UM, COMMUNICATIONS BACK TO COUNCIL ABOUT, UH, ADVOCATING FOR FUNDING FOR CERTAIN THINGS. SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UH, AND YOU'LL, UH, WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT IN THE DRAFT. AND THEN, UM, THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN ADVANCE. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOUR COMMENTS OR NOTES. WE CAN TAKE ADDITIONAL, UM, NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM YOU IN NEXT MEETING. SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S FINAL. IT'S A PLACE FOR US TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT AND HERE'S HOW WE KIND OF ACCOMMODATED FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND THEN IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE, UM, HISTORICALLY, UM, WE'VE ASKED FOR YOUR APPROVAL, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE THEN HAVE TO IZE IT FOR COUNCIL. UM, IF FOR SOME REASON IT'S NOT CORRECT OR YOU WANNA WORK ON IT SOME MORE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO CARRY IT OVER TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING. UM, WE JUST AT SOME POINT DO HAVE TO TAKE IT TO COUNCIL BEFORE WE START WORKING ON IT. BUT IF THERE IS FOR SOME REASON MORE TIME THAT WE NEED, WE CAN DO THAT. SO IT'S JUST BEEN SOMETHING THAT, THAT HISTORICALLY HAD YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADOPT WITH COUNCIL AND WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE WORK ON THOSE THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE, MORE WE CAN DO THAT. SO DID THEY TYPICALLY APPROVE IF THROUGH A CONSENT AGENDA IS ALL ITEM, IT'S TYPICALLY A CONSENT ITEM, RIGHT? DO HAVE DISCUSS, UM, IT, THERE'S BEEN MAYBE A TIME OR TWO THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS BEEN TOLD. UM, BUT UH, NO, BUT IT WOULD, IT'S ALSO HELPFUL, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ALL WANT TO BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, UM, TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND ASK THEM TO PULL IT IF IT'S ON CONSENT AND WE CAN SHARE IT BACK WITH YOU OR WE CAN REQUEST THAT IT'S NOT ON CONSENT AS WELL. UM, 'CAUSE IT'S COMMISSIONER OR CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT. SURE. YOU SAID BE CAREFUL WITH, UM, VIOLATION OF THAT. MM-HMM . PETE, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES OR, UH, SURE. I'D LOVE THAT. JUST TO, UM, HE AND I SPOKE YESTERDAY AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT, UM, MIGHT WORK FOR THE ANNUAL SCHEDULE IS, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THE EVERY OTHER MONTH PATTERN IN TERMS OF STAFF WORK AND PREPARATION. NOT ONLY OAS BUT EVERYBODY ELSE LEAVE THAT EVERY OTHER MONTH PATTERN. BUT WE COULD CHOOSE TO MEET ON THE OFF MONTHS AND ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A CALL IT A STUDY SESSION OR SOMETHING AND HAVE MORE OPEN DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF, UH, INSTEAD OF RECEIVING PRESENTATIONS. IS THAT FEASIBLE? UH, DO WE NEED, I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED YOU GUYS TO DO IT IF WE ARE LESS THAN FIVE PEOPLE. NO. OR FIVE PEOPLE. WELL, YOU WOULD GO AHEAD. SO, UM, IF YOU WERE TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE, UM, YOU TO FOLLOW BROWN ACT RULES 'CAUSE AN AD HOC IS LESS THAN QUORUM. SO THEREFORE STAFF WOULD NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT. HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION WOULD STILL NEED TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF EVERY AD HOC COMMITTEE AND ALSO BE IN AGREEANCE OF WHO'S GONNA BE A MEMBER OF THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO LET'S SAY FOR YOUR FEBRUARY MEETING, YOU CREATE AN AD HOC, YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET UNTIL AFTER THAT MEETING IN ORDER TO, UH, BE ABLE TO MEET. UM, [02:20:01] STANDING COMMITTEES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THEY, UH, REQUIRE, UH, COMMISSION APPROVAL, BUT THEY ALSO REQUIRE BROWN ACT, UM, REQUIREMENTS. SO A STANDING COMMITTEE WOULD BE A LONG TERM COMMITTEE AND THAT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE, UM, AN AGENDA MINUTES AND A PUBLIC PLACE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO, UM, ATTEND. SO TYPICALLY, UM, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS USUALLY, UM, MORE FEASIBLE AND IT'S ALSO, UM, SPECIFIC TO A TOPIC OR, UH, A GOAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET. SO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS NOT JUST A TOPIC, LIKE A TOPIC OF DROUGHT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC ACTION OR A SPECIFIC GOAL RELATED TO DROUGHT THAT YOUR AD HOC IS CREATED FOR. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STANDING COMMITTEES AND AD HOC COMMITTEES. BUT WE CAN TO CREATE THAT ONE BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE MOTION NEXT MONTH. RIGHT. CAN WE MEET THREE PEOPLE? NO. SO WE CAN'T CREATE ANY AD HOCS TODAY. YEAH. THAT, THAT'S WHAT I SAY FOR, FOR FEBRUARY. WE'RE GONNA BRING THE MOTION, BUT TO MAKE THE MOTION IS ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MEET SEPARATELY, LIKE THREE PEOPLE, FOUR PEOPLE, OR WE NEED, WE CANNOT MEET AT ALL. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE CAN MEET THAT'S THE FIRST ONE, UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING. RIGHT? WE ARE AND WHAT DO YOU THINK, UH, WE CAN VERIFY WITH THE ATTORNEY, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING YOU DISCUSS AS A COMMISSION WHAT AD HOC COMMITTEE YOU'D LIKE TO FORM TOGETHER AND THEN FORM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT DAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT COMMISSION MEETING, YOU CAN MEET AND THEN BEFORE EVERY MONTH IF THERE'S A TOPIC THAT YOU THINK YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU COULD FORM A DIFFERENT AD HOC EVERY, EVERY MEETING AND THEN IT WOULD JUST BE AN AD HOC FOR ONE PURPOSE, AND THEN IT WOULD SERVE THE PURPOSE AFTER THAT MEETING IS OVER. AND THEN YOU COULD FORM ANOTHER ONE. YEAH. YOU WOULD'VE TO DISSOLVE THAT. DISSOLVE IT. MM-HMM . OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE THEN. . OKAY. UM, AND I DIDN'T GET IN UNTIL NEAR THE END OF THE, THE BROWN ACT PRESENTATION, BUT I THOUGHT, UH, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR THE SORT OF ONE WAY CHARACTERIZATION OF BROWN ACT. I THOUGHT THAT ESSENTIALLY AS LONG AS WE HAVE LESS OF A LESS THAN A QUORUM, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE, COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED TO MEET AND TALK, UH, IS THAT WE CAN WILL SEND THE THE DRAFT OUT, UH, TO FOLKS IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT. BUT I MEAN THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS AND WAYS OF SEEING THAT MAKE IT FORMAL OR MAKE IT TO WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE EQUAL ACCESS AND THAT'S REALLY THE ISSUE. RIGHT. OKAY. SO THERE, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. AND, AND KIND OF THE ONE WAY IS TO AVOID SLIPPING INTO ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED, RIGHT? SO LIKE THE HUB AND SPOKE OR THE DAISY CHAIN, LIKE THOSE BECOME REALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE. YOU DO A, YOU KNOW, IT LIKE YOU PUT, WE PUT YOU ALL IN CC AND YOU HIT REPLY ALL. THAT'S WHY WE PUT YOU IN BC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'LL RUN INTO THOSE ISSUES. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE REAL CAREFUL, UM, WITH HOW THAT HAPPENS. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER AND CONNECT WITH ATTORNEYS AS WELL IF YOU HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC COMMISSIONER TOO. I THINK THE INTENT OF THE BROWN ACT IS THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S TWO PEOPLE OR FIVE PEOPLE, YOU'RE STILL HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT A COMMISSION, UH, TOPIC AND UNDER YOUR PURVIEW. RIGHT. AND SO SOME OF THESE TOPICS WOULD BE BETTER HAD AT THE COMMISSION MEETING. MM-HMM . I THINK WAS THE INTENT OF WHAT THE, THE, THE, UM, THE, THE ATTORNEY SAID EARLIER. OKAY. BUT YES, TECHNICALLY YOU'RE NOT IN VIOLATION OF . I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THE, THE CLASSIC CIGAR SMOKE FILLED BACK ROOMS AND DECISIONS BEING MADE OUT OF PUBLIC SITE. I, I, I FULLY AM ON BOARD WITH THE CONCEPT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE RESTRICTION WAS QUITE THAT TIGHT. OKAY. HE WAS ALSO QUITE CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO STOP, STOP STACKING, RECEIVE AND FILE MOTIONS. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE OPPOSITION I TOOK IN ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS. I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF IT. IT'S NOT THE WAY TO, UH, MAKE THIS COMMISSION OR YOUR COMMISSIONERSHIP MORE SERIOUS. THAT THAT'S, IT'S SNEAKY AND NOBODY LISTENS TO IT AND, AND IT ENDS UP NOT HEARD. AND WE THINK IT IS. SO, UH, IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHAT HE, I MEAN HOW HE SAID WE SHOULD PLAY THAT WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND THEN AGENDAS SOMETHING THE NEXT MEETING AND LET THE, THE PUBLIC WATCH, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ITEM AND OUR DECISION MAKING. I DIDN'T LIKE THAT THAT LAST MODE MOVE AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO VOTE AGAINST IT. I'VE ALWAYS OPPOSED THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF, BUT HE SAID THAT WE CAN POLICY INFLUENCE. HE SAID, HE SAID THAT WE CAN, UM, UH, MAKE THE AGENDA. I MEAN MAKE THE, THE COMMENT NOW. RIGHT. SO WE, WE VOTED AT [02:25:01] THAT SAME MEETING. OH NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAME MEETING, RIGHT? NO, YOU WOULD VOTE TO, UH, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION WOULD BE TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND THEN AGENDA IS AT A FUTURE MEETING. OH. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND DIRECT STAFF TO WRITE A MEMO OR A STAFF REPORTER, UM, AT THAT MEETING. THAT WOULD, THE THE, THE VOTE WOULD BE TO IZE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR A FUTURE MEETING, WHICH WE WOULD DO. AND IT WOULD, IT, IT WOULD BE THAT YOUR ABILITY TO MAKE THE DISCUSSION AND TO MAKE THAT WHATEVER CHOICE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE, SO WOULD THEY CAN WATCH IT, IT'S AGENDA. THEY KNOW IT'S ON THE AGENDA AND THEN THEY COULD CHOOSE TO BE PART, THE PUBLIC WOULD BE CHOOSE TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION. UM, AND YOU ALL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, FORWARD SOMETHING OR OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT OR OFFER ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT OVERRIDES ONE OF THE OTHER ONES. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CHRISTIAN WANTS TO DO. BUT YOU HAVE THAT TIME SET ASIDE ON THE FUTURE AGENDA TO, AND THAT WE CAN USE THE A HOC COMMITTEES TO DO THAT PARTICULAR COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING . CORRECT. OKAY. I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE WORK FOR US, BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT MAYBE WE CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND AS I SAY, MAYBE HE'S RIGHT, MAYBE THEY NOT GOING TO LISTEN. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS LOOKING AND YOU NEVER KNOW. UM, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE REALLY TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND TO BE, YOU KNOW, VOCAL. AND IF THEY DON'T WANT, LISTEN, IT'S NOT UP TO US, IT'S UP TO THE CHAIR CONTROLLING THE AGENDA IS THE WAY TO IMPLEMENT THAT. MM-HMM . VOCALITY THAT THAT ABILITY TO BE HEARD. IT'S VERY EASY TO IGNORE THOSE, THOSE KIND OF LIKE STACKED THOSE STACKED MOTIONS. BUT IF YOU VOTE ON AN AGENDA ITEM, THE PUBLIC IS, IS NOTIFIED VIA A PUBLIC AGENDA, NOTIF NOTIFICATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN'T REALLY IGNORE IT. I, I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE POWER OF THIS ORGANIZATION REALLY LIES IN THE CHAIR AND YOUR CONTROL OF THE AGENDA, YOUR ABILITY TO AGENDIZE AD HOC MEETINGS, STANDING COMMITTEES, THERE IS A STRUCTURAL RESISTANCE TO NONS STATUTORY COMMISSIONS INFLUENCING STAFF. AND, UM, THAT YOU GOTTA GET AROUND THAT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T JUST LOOK LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO BUCK THE RULES AND, AND SAY THAT AND STACK WHAT YOU CAN WHERE YOU CAN'T. GOOD EVENING THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSING AT 7:00 PM THE BATHROOM AND STUDY ROOMS 15 MINUTES. I WATCHED, THIS IS MY 10TH YEAR, THE COMPUTERS WERE SHUT DOWN. FIVE MINUTES, I'M ON MY WAY. AND I, I'VE SEEN THAT SAME SET OF COMMENTS FROM OVER THE YEARS. WE FEEL LIKE RUBBER STAMPERS, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE AFFECTING CHANGE. WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT INFLUENCING PUBLIC POLICY. AND I'VE SEEN ABOVE BOARD WAYS TO TRY TO EXPAND THAT INFLUENCE. AND I'VE SEEN BELOW BOARD WAYS TO DO THAT. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO NOT ACHIEVE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, IN YOUR INFLUENCE AS A COMMISSIONER BY DOING, BY TRYING TO SNEAK YOUR OPINION IN A WAY, IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA HEAR YOU BE BOLD, SCHEDULE THE, THE MEETING. THEY WILL RESIST YOU A LITTLE BIT IN DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. THE BUDGET IS A HUGE PROBLEM THIS YEAR. BUT NOTHING PRECLUDES THE CHAIR FROM SCHEDULING AN AD HOC MEETING THAT TRIED TO RESIST YOU DO NOT LET THEM. THEY. AND BECAUSE THE ONE, THE POWER THAT YOU HAVE IS IN THE STATUTE THAT CREATES, THAT CREATED THIS COMMISSION. AND THAT MIGHT BE ULTIMATELY SOMETHING THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO ADDRESS, IS SUGGESTING EXPANDING THAT STATUTE. UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CAP THAT PUTS, THAT MAY BE A BLESSING OR A CURSE. IT, IT CREATES A WHOLE MUCH MORE WORK AND WHOLE LOT MORE NOISE AND A LOT MORE PRESENTATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE. BUT IT ALSO SNUCK THIS COMMISSION IN AN OVERSIGHT ROLE OVER EVERYBODY ELSE AND HOW THEY'RE ADHERING TO CAP WORK THAT, YOU KNOW. AND I THINK YOUR, YOUR POINT ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND METRICS AND HOW WE KEEP A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO REVIEW THEIR PROGRESS WITH THE CAP IS A LEVER OF, UH, OF POWER. UM, BUT DON'T BE AFRAID TO COMMAND THE AGENDA THAT THAT IS WHAT, THAT IS THE POWER THAT THE PUBLIC GAVE YOU. UH, AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND A TWO FOUR FROM, OR A RESOLUTION TO THE COUNCIL, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE INTO THE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT IT. BE AS TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AS YOU CAN. CREATE AS MUCH BUZZ. DON'T LET THE COUNCIL PEOPLE IGNORE IT. MAKE IT STICK. AND THEN THEY HAVE TO LISTEN. BUT THE, I I'VE SEEN THIS COMMISSION DO SOME DESPERATE THINGS OUT OF A POINT OF DESPERATION A NUMBER OF TIMES. AND IT REAFFIRMS THAT THERE, THERE IS AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO DIMINISH THE IMPACT OF SOME COMMISSIONS OVER OTHERS. THOSE THAT ARE STATUTORY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT REALITY THAN, THAN THOSE THAT WERE, THAN DON'T. THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATE NAME AREN'T ADVISORY, ADVISORY, ADVISORY, STATUTORY COMMISSION, ADVISORY COMMISSION. IT'S ALL IN THE LANGUAGE. BUT, UH, YOU CAN PUSH THE ENVELOPE [02:30:01] IN THE WAYS THAT LONG BEACH TURNS AND WORKS. DON'T BE AFRAID TO DO THAT. AND WHOEVER COMES UP NEXT IS CHAIR. UH, THE POWER IS IN YOUR CONTROL OF THE AGENDA AND YOUR POWER TO CREATE PUBLIC PRESSURE. THAT THAT'S, BUT YOU ARE IN A LOT OF WAYS SYMBOLIC. YOU, YOU ARE NOT YOU THERE. PEOPLE HAVE SAID COMMISSIONS DO NOT MANAGE CITY STAFF. THEY DO NOT DIRECT CITY STAFF THAT HAS BEEN SAID. UH, SO YOU'VE GOT TO WORK AROUND THAT RESISTANCE AND IT'S IN THE CONTROL OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. WHAT THIS, WELL, I'LL OFFER ONE THING TO YOUR, TO YOUR POINT. UM, THERE, WE FEEL THAT PUSHABLE TOO, RIGHT? I DO NOT ENVY YOU. I I DO. AND MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU BALANCING IT ALL. DEFINITELY. I THINK THE ONE THING THAT'S HARDEST FOR US, UM, FOR COMMISSIONS WHEN, WHEN WE WORK WITH THEM, AND I'VE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS HERE AND IN OTHER CITIES, UM, IS WHEN YOU WANT TO CHASE AN IDEA OF SOMETHING LIKE STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING ON IT, RIGHT? WE WANNA COME UP WITH THIS NEW TREE PLANTING PROGRAM AND WE SAY WE HAVE A TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. MM-HMM . IF YOU WANT IT TO LOOK DIFFERENT, IF YOU HAVE ADVICE OR GUIDANCE LIKE WE'RE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT AND WE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE A COMMISSION. THAT'S VERY, THAT'S A GOOD SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAFF AND A COMMISSION. UM, YOU MIGHT WANNA PUSH SOMETHING THAT MAKES INTERNAL STAFF UNCOMFORTABLE WORK AND YOU DO IT THROUGH THESE CHANNELS. WE FOLLOW, WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND WE FORWARD IT UP AND WE DO ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. THE HARDEST PART IS WHEN SORT OF IT WE HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB OF INFORMING YOU ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING, WHERE IT'S DUPLICATING EFFORTS. UM, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY HARD FOR US IN THE SENSE OF NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING OR WE, WE HAVE A FULLY BLOWN PROGRAM THAT WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. SO THAT'S WHERE IF, IF, YOU KNOW, MY ONE ASK OF YOU ALL IS IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH FEE AS WE CAN IN SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, WHICH IS PART OF WHY WE GIVE THAT TO YOU. UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, THAT DEPARTMENT DOES IT AND LET ME GET YOU INFORMATION. AND THEN IF THERE'S STILL LIKE SOMETHING WE WANT TO TINKER WITH, THEN LET'S USE THE PROCESS TO DO THAT. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT DON'T EXIST OR WE'VE TRIED AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL, BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT OR OTHER APPROACHES, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THAT'S EASIER FOR US TO DEAL WITH . SO FOR, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHERE, WHERE IS INBOUNDS AND WHERE WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE THAT GOOD SYNERGY IS REALLY WHERE I WANT TO BE AND WHERE I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO BE. THIS COMMISSION'S NEVER HAD MORE ACCESS TO MORE STAFF WITH MORE INFLUENCE AT HIGHER LEVEL IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TOO. I MEAN, IT WAS THE LARRY SHOW FOR THE LONGEST TIME. GREAT SHOW. IT WAS A GREAT SHOW AND AND IT WAS A GREAT SHOW. IT STILL IS A GREAT SHOW. WE SHOW, WE SAW A LOT OF, WE SAW A LOT OF TALENT COME THROUGH THAT WE WISH WAS STILL HERE THAT GOT, YOU KNOW, THAT AND, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD THE LAYERS AND THE EXPOSURE THAT WE HAVE NOW. RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO THAT, I MEAN THAT YOU, THE POWER OF THIS COUNTRY IS ALSO THE BACKBONE OF IT IS ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS STAFF. SOMETHING THAT, TO ECHO WHAT YOU JUST SAY, SOMETHING THAT I SEE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAY. IT'S A LOT OF GROUP THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT THEY THINK THAT THE CITY IS NOT WORKING, BUT I CAN SEE THAT IT'S WORKING AND THAT IS VERY HARD FOR ME. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE I KNOW BOTH PLACES AND I SAY THEY GOING TO THE SAME PLACE. IT'S JUST IN THE DIFFERENT WAY. IS ANY, THAT'S WHY FOR ME IT IS IMPORTANT SOMETIMES TO INVITE THOSE GROUP TO COME OVER AND A SMALL PRESENTATION AT, BUT THEY CAN LISTEN ALSO WHAT THE CITY IS DOING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THE COMMUNICATION THAT THEY SHOULD BE IT HAPPENING. OR MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE, THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT IN THE SMALL GROUP THAT THEY ARE WORKING IN A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY WORKING. AND I THINK THAT MAYBE IF WE CAN BRING EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE IN A DIFFERENT WAYS, IT WILL HELP, IT WILL HELP TO, TO MAKE THE AIR FORCE POSSIBLE AND INCREASE THE CO THE COLLABORATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS. JUST, UH, LAURA HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UM, OUR PLAN TO DO DIFFERENT ADVERTISING FOR COMMISSION MEETINGS AND THE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, AND I KNOW OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY CAME UP AS SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WANTS TO WORK ON. SO EVEN JUST UH, INVITING THESE GROUPS TO THE MEETINGS I THINK IS SOMETHING YOU CAN HELP WITH. I DO WANNA SAY WE HAVE SIX MINUTES UNTIL WE LOCK THE RESTROOMS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE FAR AWAY. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM AND IF ANYONE NEEDS THE RESTROOM, YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT WARNING. OKAY, PERFECT. THESE MEETINGS TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION. THERE USED TO BE FOOD AS AT OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS. THAT WAS LIKE FOR THE, [02:35:01] BEFORE THE REMODEL OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL. YEAH. OKAY. BUT LIKE THEM OUT. YEAH. YOU MEAN, UH, MANDARIN ORANGES DOESN'T WORK. I MEAN, I LOVE THE, IN THIS, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. YES. GOT IT. SOMETIMES THOSE MEETINGS ARE A LITTLE, YEAH. SO WE NEED, WE NEED CHAIR. CAN WE, UH, FINISH THE ITEM? WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR VOTES AND THEN WE HAVE OH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FINISH DISCUSSION. OKAY. THE DISCUSSION. WHAT MEMBERS? UH, THE PLEASE VOTE. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIS? YES. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER HEARD? YES. COMMISSIONER MARSH? YES. COMMISSIONER WHEELER? YES. GAIN? YES. UH, CHAIR G? YES. . OKAY. UM, UM, AT THIS POINT, CLAIRE, UM, OKAY. PUT COMMENTS IF ANYBODY HAS A COMMENT, YOU KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE RIGHT IN THE CORNER, WE PAINT IN MURAL AND WE JUST GET THE RECOGNITION, INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR, SO YOU CAN, YOU WANNA GO? IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE FORMAT, ATLANTIC AND SOUTH AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. NICE . BUT ACTUALLY YOU NEED TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. I JUST WANNA GO THROUGH THE SLIDES FOR JUST THE, THE FINAL, LIKE NEXT STEP. SO WE, WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON, UM, THE 27TH. THIS WAS THE ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE, THIS, THIS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WON'T COVER TOPICS. UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EARTH MONTH ACTIVITIES IN HERE, SO WE JUST WANTED TO FLAG THOSE FOR YOU FOR A SAVE THE DATE. UM, THERE ARE ALSO IN, IN, UM, YOUR ATTACHMENTS. WE'LL, WE'LL UH, REMIND YOU VIA EMAIL AND THAT'S IT FOR US, UM, FOR TODAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I, CLAIRE DO YOU WANNA CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. FOR NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE'S ANY THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY. UM, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION AND A QUESTION AND A COMMENT YOU ASKED, ANSWERED SOME OF MY QUESTIONS. WHEN WILL, WHEN DO, DO WE, UH, PLAN TO HAVE UPDATED BE BE THIS COMMISSION BECAUSE WE NEED ENOUGH TO, BECAUSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA PASS 1.5 DEGREES THIS YEAR. YES. WHICH IS ON THE VERY EARLY END OF THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THE CAB. SO IT'S GOTTA BE UPDATED. UH, THE OTHER THING WAS THAT I LIKED THE IDEA OF WORKING ON THE BUILDING CODE BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A LOT OF SAY OVER A LOT OF THINGS ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE CITY. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TO TALK ABOUT IT, A LOT OF STATUS QUO TYPE PEOPLE ARE GONNA REALLY, SO IT'S IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE WAY THAT A CITY CAN DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE. THAT CONCLUDES NON AGENDA PUBLIC. GUYS, ARE YOU ADURING FROM ME? ARE YOU ADURING? THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.