* 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. PLEASE [00:00:01] CALL THE ROLE BY [ROLL CALL] STARTING YOUR NAME, YOUR PRONOUN, YOUR TITLE ON THIS BODY, AND FINISH WITH YOUR VISUAL DESCRIPTION. SORRY. HI, AM COMMISSIONER JULIE DEAN. I'M A CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER WITH SHE HER PRONOUNS. I HAVE SHORT AUBURN HAIR AND GLASSES, AND I AM WEARING A BURGUNDY TOP WITH AN ORANGE SCARF. I AM. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GRETCHEN SWANSON. I AM AN OLDER WHITE WOMAN WITH WHITE HAIR, UM, WITH SHE HER HERS PRONOUNS. TODAY I'M LAYERED WITH A BLACK HAT, A PINK SWEATER, BLACK COAT. AND IF YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW A MAGENTA SCARF, GLAD TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS CHAKA GARBA SECRETARY, AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE. UM, SHE HER PRONOUNS WEARING, UM, LEOPARD SWEATER BRAIDS AND, UM, BLUE GLASSES. UM, H CHAIR, V-U-O-N-G-G-U YOU IH CHAIR. VONG. LET ME KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ASSISTANCE. YEAH. I AM CHAIR VONG. I AM AN ASIAN WOMAN WITH SHORT, DARK HAIR. I'M WEARING A GRAY SWEATER TODAY. IH AND I'M IN A WHEELCHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M RANDY. HOPE HE HIM. PRONOUNS. I'M WHITE MALE IN HIS MID FORTIES WITH SHAVED HEAD LIGHT COLORED BEAR BEARD, WEARING A DARK BLUE SWEATER AND BLACK PANTS. HELLO, ARTHUR ROMO, COMMISSIONER ROMO MALE HISPANIC, UH, IN MY SIXTIES, DARK HAIR GREEN AT THE TEMPLES, AND I HAVE CHESTNUT JACKET AND CHESTNUT COLORED PANTS. HMM. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS, UH, ABSENT AND THE ABSENCE IS EXCUSED. CHAIR VONG. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. ED, LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO WELCOME OUR NEW C-A-C-O-D COMMISSIONER, BRANDY HOPE. WELCOME. RANDY HOPE HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND IS PROUD TO CALL THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY HOME. HE HOLDS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE SOCIAL SERVICES MANAGER AT ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER. WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND AS A SOCIAL WORKER AND EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND SOCIAL SERVICES MANAGEMENT, RANDY HAS GAINED VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO THE DAILY CHALLENGES FACED BY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, WHICH FUELS HIS COMMITMENT TO ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT. IN ADDITION TO HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY, RANDY IS ALSO A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AT C-S-U-L-B, WHERE HE FOCUSES ON TEACHING MACRO SOCIAL WORK, FOUNDATION POLICY, LEADERSHIP [00:05:01] AND MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. HE HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH A PROGRAM WITH HAMBURG UNIVERSITY IN GERMANY. HE HAS ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH A PROGRAM WITH HAMBURG UNIVERSITY IN GERMANY. IN HIS SPARE TIME, BRANDY ENJOYS ATTENDING THE THEATER AND IS AN AVID TRIATHLETE REFLECTING HIS COMMITMENTS TO BOTH THE ARTS AND PERSONAL FITNESS COMMISSIONER HOPE. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU CHAIR VAUGHN FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AS A NEW COMMISSIONER ON THE CI CITIZENS ADVISORY COM, UM, COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS IMPORTANT CAPACITY. AS SOMEONE WHO'S DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING, UH, FOR ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY, I'M EXCITED, UH, TO COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF YOU TO ENSURE THAT LONG BEACH IS A CITY WHERE EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY CAN THRIVE. UM, I BELIEVE THAT OUR WORK TOGETHER CAN HAVE MEANINGFUL IMPACT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING FROM EACH OF YOU AND CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS. I'M READY TO ROLL UP MY SLEEVES AND WORK ALONGSIDE THIS DEDICATED GROUP TO HELP MAKE LONG BEACH A MORE EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE PLACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. WELCOME TO C-A-C-O-D COMMISSIONER HOPE. WELCOME TO C-A-C-O-D COMMISSIONER, HOPE. THANK YOU, CHAIR VONG, AND WELCOME AGAIN, COMMISSIONER HOPE. UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INFORM THE COMMISSION, UM, THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER JEREMY HILL HAS RESIGNED FROM HIS, UH, POSITION HERE IN CAPE OD. UM, HE SENSE HIS WELL WISHES AND HE, UM, IT WAS A BITTERSWEET DEPARTURE, BUT HE'S ENJOYED WORKING WITH US AND, UM, HE ALWAYS, UM, HE SAID TO ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME IF THE COMMISSION EVER NEEDS ANYTHING. SO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HILL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS, UM, COMMISSION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF, UH, WITNESSING ALL OF THE SUCCESS IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. MOVING ON [1. 25-53984 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting of Thursday, December 12, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2024. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'M IS. SO MOVE. SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SWANSON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM IN ZUM. PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. OUR DIAL ASTERISK NINE OF CALLING IN. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO CALL THE VOTE COMMISSIONER DEAN AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE. CHAIR, VONG AYE. SECRETARY GARBE. AYE. COMMISSIONER, HOPE ABSTAINING. COMMISSIONER ROMO AYE. MOTION PASSES WITH ONE ABSTENTION. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION [2. 25-54306 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from Long Beach Police Department Staff regarding the Long Beach Special Alerts Program.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT STAFF REGARDING THE LONG BEACH SPECIAL ALERTS PROGRAM. CHAIR VONG. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. JENNIFER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. JENNIFER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. CHAIR V. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? ONG WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? A MOTION. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT WAS MOVED BY SECRETARY GARBE AND SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER SWANSON. MM-HMM . AND NOW WE CAN HAVE STAFF ON THIS PRESENTATION. IS THERE COURT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? LET ME PULL IT UP REALLY QUICKLY. [00:10:26] LBPD STAFF, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, FOR INCLUDING US IN TODAY'S AGENDA. AND THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY FOR, UM, INVITING US OUT TODAY. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALISON GALLAGHER. I'M THE EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE LIEUTENANT STEVEN COSTA, WHO'S THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE LIEUTENANT FOR OUR PATROL BUREAU. WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROPOSED SPECIAL ALERTS PROGRAM WITH YOU ALL TODAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PROGRAM. EVERY DAY, LBPD PERSONNEL RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER RESIDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN INTELLECTUAL, MENTAL, OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY. THESE CALLS ARE USUALLY MADE WHEN THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND OR SPECIAL NEEDS OR THEIR CAREGIVERS ARE IN CRISIS TO BETTER SERVE AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE LBPD HAS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO ALLOW CAREGIVERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE OUR DEPARTMENT WITH INFORMATION ABOUT PERSONS LIVING IN THEIR HOME WHO HAS A SPECIAL NEED OR WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH AN INTELLECTUAL, MENTAL, OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY. UH, WE DREW A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM THIS PROGRAM FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONCE WE ONBOARD THIS PROGRAM, RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE OUR DEPARTMENT WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONE. THIS MIGHT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS AND WOULD BE DESIGNED TO BETTER EQUIP OFFICERS WITH KNOWLEDGE ON HOW BEST TO ASSIST THE RESIDENT. SO THIS WOULD INCLUDE THEIR NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, ADDRESS, LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND UNDERSTOOD, AS WELL AS INFORMATION SUCH AS IF THE RESIDENT IS VERBAL OR NON-VERBAL. HAS ANY MEDICAL DIAGNOSES, UH, HAS ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITY REQUIRES A WALKING AID OR MOBILITY ASSISTANCE RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO ANY OBJECTS OF STIMULI SUCH AS MUSIC PICTURES, A FAVORITE TOY OR A CAREGIVER HAS ANY BEHAVIORAL TRIGGERS OR AVOIDANCES. ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD REQUEST INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT THEIR DOCTOR, ANY PAST VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OR IF THERE'S ANY WEAPONS IN THE HOME. AGAIN, THIS INFORMATION, UH, IS ALL VOLUNTARY AND IS DESIGNED TO HELP OFFICERS WHEN RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR SERVICE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, ONCE THE DEPARTMENT, OH, SORRY. ONCE THE RESIDENT PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION TO OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, IT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO OUR PATROL BUREAU WHO WOULD WORK WITH, UH, DISPATCH TO ENTER A SPECIAL ALERT INTO OUR COMPUTER DISPATCH SYSTEM. IF OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE HOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL, OFFICERS WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH LIMITED INFORMATION VIA THEIR, UH, KDT, THEIR COMPUTER, IN THE VEHICLE, IN THE FORM OF A PREMISE HISTORY. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE USED TO ENFORCE LAWS AGAINST THE RESIDENT. THIS INFORMATION IS SOLELY TO PROVIDE RES RESPONDING OFFICERS WITH MORE INFORMATION THAT CAN ASSIST THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO APPROACH THE CALL FOR SERVICE AND OR WHAT RESOURCES TO BRING WITH THEM WHEN APPLICABLE, THIS INFORMATION MAY BE USED TO GENERATE A CO RESPONSE WITH TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO HERE, UM, ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT A PREMISE HISTORY COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THIS, UH, PROGRAM. THESE ARE FICTITIOUS AND PURELY FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY. SO THE FIRST, UH, SPECIAL ALERT ON THE SCREEN, THERE IS A FEMALE WHO IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF ALZHEIMER'S. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WOULD ALLOW OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE TENDS TO WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IF FOUND HOW TO CONTACT HER DAUGHTER TO LET HER KNOW ABOUT HER LOCATION. EXAMPLE TWO IS A MALE WHO IS SEMI NONVERBAL BUT UNDERSTANDS SPANISH. HE HAS AUTISM AND BRIGHT LIGHTS AND BIG ARM MOVEMENTS MAY BE A TRIGGER FOR HIM. HE RESPONDS WELL TO MUSIC AND HIS SPECIAL TOY GIRAFFE. IT ALSO INFORMS OFFICERS THAT, UH, THAT HE'S NOT KNOWN TO BE VIOLENT. HE IS BIGGER IN STATURE AT SIX FIVE AND 350 POUNDS. AND FURTHER, IT LETS RESPONDING OFFICERS KNOW THAT HIS FAMILY HAS GUNS LOCKED IN A GUN SAFE IN [00:15:01] THE RESIDENCE. NEXT SLIDE. THE LBPD RESPECTS THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND IS WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. THE LBPD WILL NOT COLLECT OR MAINTAIN INFORMATION FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN TO ASSIST RESIDENTS DURING A CALL FOR SERVICE. ONCE THE PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED, ALL EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE TRAINING REGARDING THE USE OF INFORMATION PROVIDED BY RESIDENTS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND MATTERS RELATED TO CONFIDENTIALITY. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BIT MORE ABOUT THE TRAINING RECEIVED BY LBPD PERSONNEL WHEN, UH, FOR INTERACTING WITH RESIDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND OR DISABILITIES DURING THEIR ACADEMY EXPERIENCE AND ONGOING THROUGH OUR ADVANCED OFFICER TRAINING CADRE OR A OTC WHILE IN THE BASIC ACADEMY AND AS SET FORTH BY THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING POST, UH, ALL POLICE OFFICERS COMPLETE TRAINING SPECIFIC TO ASSISTING RESIDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND OR DISABILITIES THROUGH LEARNING DOMAIN 37. UM, THE GOAL OF THIS LEARNING DOMAIN IS THAT PEACE OFFICERS MUST UNDERSTAND THE LAWS AFFECTING AND THE PEACE OFFICER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THIS IS A 15 HOUR TRAINING FOCUSED ON THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AND IN APPLYING CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY POLICING PRINCIPLES, REDUCING STIGMA, AND INCREASING AND MAINTAINING PEACE OFFICER AND PUBLIC SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE. BEYOND THEIR ACADEMY EXPERIENCE, ALL POLICE OFFICERS RECEIVE ONGOING TRAINING THROUGH A OTC. AS PART OF THIS, ALL POLICE OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS. THIS TRAINING FOCUSES ON THE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TO DEESCALATE AND FIND PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO CONFLICT, INCLUDING DURING INTERACTIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES. THE LBPD ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING ON INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS, ASSESSMENT AND TACTICS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ICAT. THIS TRAINING PROVIDES POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE TOOLS, SKILLS AND OPTIONS THEY NEED TO DEESCALATE A RANGE OF CRITICAL INCIDENTS SUCCESSFULLY AND SAFELY. THIS TRAINING INCLUDES A MODULE ON TACTICAL COMMUNICATION, WHICH COVERS TOPICS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING, AS WELL AS A MODULE ON CRISIS RECOGNITION, WHICH INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO A CRISIS, MENTAL ILLNESS, INTELLECTUAL, AND DIS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND CASE STUDIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO OUR LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THIS PROGRAM AND ITS ROLLOUT ARE INCLUSIVE OF OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. AS PART OF THIS, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY ON IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN, UH, AND HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO EXPAND THIS TO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY AND CITY PARTNERS. OVER THE COMING WEEKS, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ROLLED OUT IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES USING ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL AND PRINTED MATERIALS. WE WILL SHARE THIS INFORMATION THROUGH MULTIPLE MEDIUMS ON OUR WEBSITE, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IN PUBLIC SPACES, AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. AND WITH THAT, I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. CHAIR VONG, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COME IN. FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO TAKE OUT THE WORD SPECIAL NEED. YES, COMMISSIONER. UH, DID YOU GET THAT, ALLISON? I DID. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT INSIGHT. UH, ANY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAIR VGA, YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR QUESTIONS OR YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS? NO. COMMISSIONER. HOPE YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. UM, I WAS WONDERING, UH, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CALLS FOR THE SERVICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, WITH DISABILITIES? AS FAR AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS GO, UM, WE DO RESPOND, UH, QUITE OFTEN TO CALLS OF THIS NATURE. UM, DURING MY TIME, UH, IN PATROL OR 17 YEARS, UH, IT WAS PRETTY COMMON, PRETTY FREQUENTLY. UM, AND OUR OFFICERS TRIED TO DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN TO HELP, YOU KNOW, FACILITATE THE NEEDS OF, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. SO HAVING SOMETHING [00:20:01] LIKE THIS IN PLACE WOULD BE, UM, VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE USED QUITE OFTEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOLLOWING THAT, I'M JUST CURIOUS OF THE TRAINING TO, UH, FOR STAFF SPECIFICALLY ON HOW TO INTERACT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES? YES. WE, UM, WE DO OUR, OUR ICA UH, TRAINING. WE ALSO DO OUR, UH, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION TRAINING AND THEN AS MENTIONED BEFORE, UH, THROUGH, UH, POST WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS. AND, UM, QUITE HONESTLY, THERE'S JUST EVERYDAY ONBOARDING OF EXPERIENCE THAT OFFICERS, UH, DEAL WITH. OKAY. AND HAS THE TRAINING BEEN REVIEWED BY THE, UH, CITY'S A DA COORDINATOR? AND IF NOT, UM, COULD THAT HAPPEN? SO, UH, WE MET, UH, WITH THE CITYWIDE ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UM, TO REVIEW SOME OF THESE TRAINING ELEMENTS. THEY'RE ALL AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA, UH, POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS, SO WE CAN MAKE ALL OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AND THEN COMMISSIONER DEAN. UH, THANK YOU. ALSO, UM, THIS IS POTENTIALLY INTERESTING. UM, FIRST QUESTION IS ONE, IS THE EXPECTED ROLLOUT OR IS IT FUNDING DEPENDENT OR? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO VERY THOUGHTFULLY ROLL THIS PROGRAM OUT. UM, THERE'S NO SET LAUNCH DATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, MULTIPLE FORMATS, UM, AND THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS AS WELL AS TO ONBOARD COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP WITH THIS EFFORT. I ANTICIPATE IT'LL TAKE A FEW MONTHS TO GET ALL OF THAT PULLED TOGETHER, ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION WITH A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEXT STEPS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. UM, I HOPE FOR SOMEWHERE IN LATE SPRING, UH, SLASH EARLY SUMMER OF THIS YEAR. SO THE COST TO THE CITY REALLY ARE MINOR MM-HMM . IN THE SENSE THEY'RE TRAINING MATERIALS, SAME PERSONNEL THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME. OKAY. UM, SOMETHING THAT I GET CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN I'M, AND IT'S NOT JUST IN LONG BEACH, IT'S OTHER LOCAL POLICE RESPONSES WITH WHEN THERE IS A VISIBLE, UH, DISABILITY OR ACKNOWLEDGED DISABILITY, UH, IN THE CALL FOR, UM, A RESPONSE, AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS THAT THE POLICE COMMUNICATION STAFF SEEMS TO, UM, LINGER ON THIS, UH, IDEA OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES. AND THAT'S BOTHERSOME TO ME BECAUSE, UM, ALL THESE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES AND, UM, ALTERED TRAINING PATHS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO EMPLOY, UM, MAY BE REACHING OUT TO OTHER REFERRAL SOURCES WITHIN THE CITY NETWORK TAKES TIME. AND, UH, I THINK OF SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY TRAGIC, UM, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND THE REMARK WAS, UM, THE OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE FOR THREE HOURS, WHOA, THREE HOURS IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. THIS IS, I'M, I'M THEIR ADVOCATE. OKAY. SO THREE HOURS IS NOTHING, IF IN FACT, WE CAN STABILIZE THE STAFF THERE, CAN STABILIZE THE SITUATION. UM, YOU COULD STAY THERE OVERNIGHT, YOU COULD STAY THERE TWO DAYS. UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE GOAL? SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOAL OF THAT, UH, RESPONSE INTERVENTION IS CLEAR. UM, SAFETY BEING, YOU KNOW, A CENTRAL BUT THIS IDEA THAT IT MAY, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO COME IN AND, AND, AND HANDLE THAT IS, IS, UH, AN OPERATIVE THAT I THINK MIGHT BE IN A MINDSET OF SOME FOLKS THAT ARE BEING TRAINED BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY USEFUL WHEN ENCOUNTERING PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT FIRST RESPONSE. YES, I CAN ANSWER THAT. UM, WE DON'T, UM, PUT ANY TYPE OF TIMEFRAME ON WHEN WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO CALLS WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY THERE. WE HANDLE CALLS ADEQUATELY TO THE NEED THAT ARISES, UH, AT THE SITUATION. AND WHETHER IT COULD BE FIVE MINUTES OR HOURS, WE MAKE NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT. THE, THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO RESOLVE WHAT IS, UH, NEEDED AT THE TIME OF THE, UH, DISPATCH. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMM, UH, COMMISSIONER, [00:25:01] DEAN, AND THEN COMMISSIONER HOPE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, SO GOING BACK REALLY QUICKLY TO, UM, THE TRAINING THAT IS RECEIVED BY THE OFFICERS, UM, WHEN THAT TRAINING WAS CREATED WAS SOMEONE FROM WITHIN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY OR MULTIPLE PEOPLE RIGHT. WITH DIFFERENT, UM, DISABILITIES INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE, UM, EITHER CREATION OR APPROVAL OF THE TRAINING? THE TRAININGS ARE REFERENCED HERE TODAY ARE ALL THROUGH, UH, THE STATE, UH, CREDENTIAL SYSTEM, UH, THROUGH CALIFORNIA POST. UM, WE CAN TOUCH BASE WITH THEM, UM, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TRAININGS AND WHAT CONSULTATIONS AND, AND, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. WE'RE A PART OF THOSE AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ALL. BUT THOSE ARE THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE CALIFORNIA POST POST. THANKS. BUT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE THE STANDARD DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOOD OR APPROPRIATE, SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UNDERSTOOD. AND, UM, IT'S NICE THAT ANYONE CAN ACCESS THEM, BUT I, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING OR LENGTHY TRAINING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE ASKING, UH, MS. KUMI TO, TO REVIEW IT ALL WOULD BE PROBABLY PRETTY HEAVY BURDEN, I WOULD GUESS. BUT, UM, BUT I FEEL THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY. MM-HMM . UM, MY SECOND, UM, CONCERN IS WITH THE DATA AND, UM, UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, UH, WITHOUT GETTING POLITICAL, UM, IT BEING ACCESSED BY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU WOULD AVOID THAT. SO THE DATA THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, UH, LIKE I SHARED, UM, WE VALUE THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. THAT WOULD BE OUR UTMOST PRIORITY IN THE ROLLOUT OF THIS PROGRAM. UH, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING SO CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE. THE INFORMATION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE TREATED LIKE ANY INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE HAVE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR POLICIES, INCLUDING THE SHARING OF, UH, INFORMATION WITH OUTSIDE PARTNERS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PART OF THIS PROGRAM, IT'S DESIGNED TO ONLY BE A RESOURCE FOR OUR PERSONNEL WHEN RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR SERVICE TO BETTER ASSIST THOSE RESIDENTS DURING A TIME OF CRISIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . AND I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE, THE FIRST QUESTION AS, AS FAR AS THE, THE TRAINING. SO THE TRAINING HAS CONSTANTLY ALWAYS EVOLVED. AND I'VE BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR 20 YEARS, AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN FORWARD THINKING WITH THE, THIS SUCH TRAINING AS WELL AS POST, POST, UH, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT AS WELL. SO I CAN TELL YOU FROM, AS A YOUNG OFFICER IN OUR POLICE ACADEMY, WE HAD A, HAD A GOOD STANDARD THEN I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT HAS CONSISTENTLY PROGRESSED TO THE TIME THAT I AM, UH, AT THIS STAGE OF MY CAREER. AND WITH YOUR, UM, WITH YOUR YEARS ON THE FORCE OR WHATEVER THAT, UM, YOU SAW THAT IT WAS APPLICABLE IN YOUR DAILY WORK THAT IT WAS, YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND A LOT OF THE TIMES TOO, WHEN WE GO TO THESE TRAININGS THROUGH ADVANCED OFFICER TRAINING, WE BRING OUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN THE FIELD. AND IT HELPS TO KEEP CONSTANTLY UPDATING THE CURRENT TRAINING THAT WE'RE TAKING. THAT'S EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UH, COMMISSIONER HOPE AND THEN COMMISSIONER SWANSON. YES. THANK YOU. AND, UM, FOLLOWING UP ON, UH, AN EARLIER QUESTION AND, UM, THAT OF COMMISSIONER DEAN, JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE CITYWIDE A DA COORDINATOR, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT TRAINING. YEAH, WE CAN CONNECT, UH, FOR THE LOGISTICS AND SPECIFICS. IT IS LENGTHY, UM, BUT WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITYWIDE ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR FOR THOSE, UH, SPECIFICS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, WHERE RESIDENTS, UH, EXPERIENCE, UH, PD TRAINING. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT BEING TAUGHT ABOUT DISABILITY, UH, TRAINING, UH, IN THE PROCESS, UH, IS, UH, DEFINITELY INSURED, UH, HERE. UH, SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT LONG BEACH IS A CITY THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, WHAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO, UH, TO REACH TRUE EQUITY. UH, AND THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. SO FORWARD THINKING, UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY MEANS INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, THAT EVERYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY IS INCLUDED. UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE HAVE A REPORT BACK WITH SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS OF [00:30:01] CALLS FOR SERVICE AND PEOPLES WITH DISABILITIES. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, WE WOULD NEED AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO JUST REQUEST THAT, UH, PD STAFF, UH, REPORT BACK WITH THE REQUESTED, UM, UH, INFORMATION FROM COMMISSIONER. HOPE SO. UM, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO AMEND THE, A MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT AND ACCEPT THE, UM, REQUEST FOR A CALLBACK OF INFORMA, UH, REPORT BACK FOR INFORMATION. SO WE WOULD JUST NEED, UH, ACCEPTANCE FROM THE ORIGINAL MAKER AND THE SECONDER. SO IF SECRETARY GARBE AND COMMISSIONER SWANSON, UH, APPROVE OF COMMISSIONER HOPE'S FRIENDLY, THEN YOU CAN JUST SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION NOW, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO FURTHER DISCUSS NOW WITH OUR AMENDED MOTION, UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE DISCUSSION. I THINK YOU, ALYSSA, UH, COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AFTER COMMISSIONER SWANSON? WE'LL HAVE VICE CHAIR ADAMS. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. AFTER VICE CHAIR ADAMS, WE'LL CLOSE QUESTION AND COMMENT PERIOD. COMMISSIONER SWANSON, FOLLOWED BY VICE CHAIR ADAMS. THANK YOU. FOLLOWING UP ON SOME OF WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING, WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER HOPE IS ASKED FOR, UM, A REPORT BACK. I THINK AS YOU ROLL IT OUT, THAT'S, THAT'LL BE CRITICAL. UM, BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONFIDENTIALITY EVEN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. UH, HAVING WORKED WITH OLDER ADULTS WHO LIVE AT HOME ALONE, THEY, UM, SOME HAVE REPEATED CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, THAT ISN'T ALWAYS MET, MAY NOT BE YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT IT ISN'T ALWAYS MET WITH A USEFUL RESPONSE. AND ONE IS, IF IT THEY'RE REPEATED CALLS, CAN WE TRIAGE THEM TO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE, UM, EFFECTIVE IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM? SO WE DON'T HAVE REPEATED CALLS AND THIS ACTUALLY WORKS ON BEHALF. SO ONE IS THE GUARDRAILS OF THE INFORMATION, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING STIGMATIZED DURING THE PROCESS OF HAVING THIS DATA, UM, FOR THE CALLOUTS. AND WE HOPE THE BEST FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT WORK FOR US IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S A GIVEN, BUT NOT ALL, NOT EVERYONE COMES WITH THE SAME COMPASSION, UH, LENS, UH, OR THEY HAVE NOT HAD EXPOSURE TO A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS AND PEOPLE. SO I, I THINK THAT'S A, SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STRENGTHENING OUR STAFF RATHER THAN CREATING THIS TENSION POINT, UM, AND THAT THEY CAN REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THOSE THAT ARE CALLING IN. UM, THE OTHER IS, I WAS IN A PRESENTATION WITH THE SENIOR POLICE PARTNERS YESTERDAY, AND THEY HAVE THIS, IF THEY DO HALF OF WHAT THEY SAY THEY DO, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME HERE IN THE CITY. AND THEY WORK WITH A FIRE AND THEY WORK WITH THE CENTER OF HEALTHY AGING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THIS, UM, IMPROVED RESPONSE WHEN WE'RE GO, WHEN THEY GO IN AND, UM, MAKE AN INTERVENTION AND THEY DON'T HAVE WEAPONS. IT'S A BIG DEAL THAT CREATES TRUST IN THESE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF CONCERN OR, UH, INSECURITY OR INSTABILITY. THEY'RE IN CRISIS MODE. UM, AND THEY WORKED ON A GREAT, UM, COMBINED APPROACH, UM, TO REALLY DEESCALATE FROM THE GET GO. SO THAT WASN'T A QUESTION, IT WAS JUST AN OBSERVATION. AND THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, I'M STEVE ADAMS. UM, I, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THE LAST FEW WORDS THAT COMMISSIONER SWANS TALKING ABOUT WAS TRUST. BUT I, THE SAME TIME I'M LOOKING AT AND READING THIS WHOLE PROGRAM, YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE RESIDENTS ENROLL INTO THE SPECIAL ALERT PROGRAM, RIGHT? THAT'S THE GOAL. AND I THINK THIS IS OPPORTUNITY THAT I FEEL LIKE IF IN THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, BUILDING A TRUST WITH POLICE OFFICERS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ON HOW TO GET THIS OUT TO THEM AND TO ANYONE. BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY TO USE NOT YOUR POLICE OFFICERS TO TALK ABOUT IT THAT'S ON THE FIELD [00:35:01] AND TO MENTION WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE THEY CAME TO A CALL, BUT MAYBE REVERSE THAT PROCESS OF DELIVERING HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO ENROLL IN THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY AS A PARTNERSHIP. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AS USING MAYBE YOUR SENIOR PARTNERS TO PRESENT THIS TO COMMUNITY TOWN HALL MEETING. MAYBE YOU NEED TO USE YOUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS TO PRESENT THIS. AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA ENROLLING INTO THE PRO PROCESS. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A HOUSING COMPLEX AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER MIGHT BE THE ONE ROLLING OUT FOR YOU TO YOUR RESIDENCE. 'CAUSE YOU GET A LOT OF CALLS IN THEIR HOUSING COMPLEX APARTMENTS. AND THAT COULD BE YOUR, YOUR POSTER PERSON TO PROMOTE THIS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO SEE THE FAMILIES SAY, MY, MY LITTLE JOHNNY NEEDS TO BE ENROLLED INTO THIS, BUT I DON'T WANNA TALK TO THE POLICE OFFICERS AND I DON'T WANNA GO ON THEIR WEBSITE AND I DON'T WANNA DO ANYTHING NEAR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT MAYBE MY MANAGER OR MY PROPERTY MANAGER OR MY NEIGHBOR'S A VOLUNTEER FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I'M JUST THINKING, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU AS COMMISSIONERS AND HOW WE CAN BRAINSTORM THE SPECIAL ALERT PROGRAM ENROLLMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. SO I KNOW IF HE'S WALKING DOWN THE STREET TALKING TO HIMSELF AS A COMMUNITY, WE KNOW AS A COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT, JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND COMMENT ABOUT THAT. BUT GREAT WORK. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. AND I JUST WANNA SHARE A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. UH, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO BRING IT BEFORE THIS BODY TODAY BECAUSE YOUR INSIGHT, UM, IS CRUCIAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. AND WE VERY MUCH VALUE EVERYTHING HERE SHARED TODAY. UM, AND WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO LEVERAGING YOU ALL IN THE DEVELOPMENT, THE ROLLOUT, AND IN THE, THAT PARTNERSHIP OF ONBOARDING THIS PROGRAM. IT WON'T JUST BE THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE SPREAD THE WORD. IT'LL BE THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THROUGH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. ONE. THANK YOU. ONE ABSOLUTE LAST QUESTION OR COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER DEAN. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO, UM, COMMISSIONER ADAMS COMMENT THAT, UM, SOMEONE OR GROUPS THAT COULD HELP YOU WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY THE DISTRICT OFFICES WHEN THEY HAVE TOWN HALLS AND THEN, UM, COFFEE WITH A COP AND ALSO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. I MEAN, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED IN THE CITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. THANKS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE IN PERSON, PLEASE STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER DEAN AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE. CHAIR. VONG AYE. SECRETARY GARBE. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH LBPD FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR, UH, THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM [3. 25-53985 Recommendation to receive and file reports from current Ad Hoc Committees; discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to dissolve or create Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, TO DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HO AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS. AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. CHAIR V, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MOTION? SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DEAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOPE. IS THERE A STAFF REPORT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME TO THE PODIUM DR. GARY HIT AND WESLEY ROGERS FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH. THE PODIUM CAN BE ADJUSTED BY THE BUTTON ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IF NEEDED. I'M VERY SORRY. ONE MOMENT BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION. CAN I GET ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? OH, IT CAN BE AFTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE'RE READY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. UH, CHAIRMAN BONG, UM, STAFF. UM, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TODAY. UM, MY NAME IS GARY HIT. I'M AN OLDER WHITE MALE, UM, KIND OF GRAIN. I'M TRYING TO [00:40:01] KEEP IT BACK, BUT IT'S GRAIN, BUT, UH, BROWN HAIR, BLACK GLASSES, UH, BLACK JACKET, AND I THINK IT'S A BLUE SHIRT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE COLOR IS, TO BE HONEST. UM, AND I'M HERE WITH ONE OF OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME FROM THIS DISTANCE? OKAY. . HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WESLEY ROGERS. I AM A WHITE NON-BINARY PERSON. PRONOUNS ARE THEY THEM. I HAVE A SHORT, IT'S KIND OF LONG RIGHT NOW, BUT SHORT BLUE HAIR . AND I AM IN A, UH, PINK AND BLACK WHEELCHAIR AND WEARING A WHITE AND BLACK SHIRT. AND YES, I AM A GRADUATE STUDENT IN THE GEOGRAPHY PROGRAM STUDYING DISABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. OKAY. AND WE'RE HERE TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR SUPPORTING, UM, THIS PROJECT. WE, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. IT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PROJECT. UM, SO WE LAUNCHED THIS PROJECT LAST FALL, AND, UM, SO THIS IS FIRST OF, I'M SURE MANY TIMES WE'RE GONNA BE HERE IN TERMS OF INTERIM REPORTS TO THE LONGER REPORT OUT. UM, WE'RE HOPING, AND MAYBE LESS THAN TWO YEARS, BUT ROUGHLY TWO YEARS, A YEAR AND A HALF. UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A, UM, A SHORT POWERPOINT THAT, THAT, UM, WILL WALK US ALL THROUGH. AH, THERE WE GO. SO THIS IS JUST THE INTRO SLIDE. UM, IT, UM, IT'S A PICTURE OF I, I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MARY ZENDEJAS, UM, AT THE BEACH WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS. UM, AND THERE WE GO. UM, SO WE LAUNCHED THE PROJECT LAST FALL. THIS IS THE FIRST SORT OF SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF AND, UM, WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO GO IN THE NEXT, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS. UH, SLIDE TWO PLEASE. SLIDE TWO IS A PICTURE OF, UM, ONE OF THE STAFF PERSONS HERE. I THINK THIS IS JENNIFER. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A RALLY OUT FRONT OF, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT IS, UH, HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND IT, THERE'S BULLET POINTS ON THE LEFT. IT'S, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE POWERPOINT IS GONNA, UH, GO THROUGH, WHY THIS PROJECT, THE MISSION, THE VISION, THE GOAL, AND THE METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN SOME THEMES AND SCENARIOS THAT WE PULLED OUT OF THE, THE LISTING SESSIONS THAT WE HELD LAST FALL. AND THIS IS REALLY, UH, WHAT THE, THE DISCUSSION TODAY IS ABOUT. AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS SLIDE HERE IS, IT SHOWS, UH, A PICTURE OF, OF ALICE WONG, UM, THE STATEMENT THAT, UH, A QUOTE FROM HER, ALL PEOPLE NEED TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT. AND ALEX WONG IS AN IMPORTANT ACTIVIST AND WRITER, UM, AND ALSO, UM, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF OF DISABILITIES PROJECT. UM, AND SO WHY THIS PROJECT? UM, AND, AND I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, PRE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR CHOIR, REALLY, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE DATA ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN LONG BEACH. UM, TWO GOOD EXAMPLES OF THIS. UM, THE 180 PAGE TWO, UH, 2019 CITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE LONG, UH, LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT. NO, UM, DISRESPECT TO THAT REPORT, BUT THERE ARE TWO PAGES OF THE 180 PAGES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES UNDER A CATEGORY CALLED SPECIAL, SPECIAL POPULATIONS. UM, AND I LIFT THAT UP BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK IT'S EMBLEMATIC OF THE WAY IN WHICH COMMUNITIES, UH, UH, THE PUBLIC VIEWS, UM, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THE LONG BEACH, UH, HEALTH PROFILE THAT WAS DONE BY THE COUNTY HAS NO DATA ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AND SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. UM, AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO THIS SLIDE, UM, IT'S A GREAT QUOTE YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN. THERE'S A PICTURE OF A, OF A, UM, A WHITE, UM, UM, LOOK A MALE, UM, WITH A SIGN SAYING, UH, TELLING US NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US. THAT'S SORT OF THE, THE ESSENCE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WHERE WE ARE COLLECTING DATA, ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO COLLECT THIS DATA. THIS ISN'T, UM, CAL STATE LONG BEACH COMING IN AND COLLECTING DATA THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS A, THIS IS CENTERING, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE, IN THE PROJECT ITSELF. UM, SO WE WANT TO CREATE [00:45:01] A PERSON-CENTERED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROCESS TO COLLECT DATA THAT CAPTURE THE, CAPTURES THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OH, THAT'S OKAY, . THERE WE GO. OH, WAIT, IS THAT BACKWARDS? ONE, ONE BACK. OH, THERE WE GO. SO THE GOAL, THIS, THIS, UM, UH, SLIDE SHOWS A PICTURE OF, OF A WOMAN IN AND A, UM, AND A WHEELCHAIR AND A MALE, UM, UH, CHATTING, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT. BUT, UM, SO THE GOAL ON THE, THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE OF THIS PROJECT IS LAID OUT. UH, WE WANNA COLLECT DATA ON LONG BEACH DISABILITIES COMMUNITIES TO INFORM LEAD CITY LEADERSHIP, UM, TO AMEND AND CREATE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES THAT IN FULL, OR EXCUSE ME, ENSURE FULL PARTICIPATION, UM, AND INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS, THE VISION OF THIS, UM, AGAIN, UH, A PICTURE ON THE, THE RIGHT SHOWING FOLKS WORKING TOGETHER. THE VISION OF OUR PROJECT IS REALLY JUST A CITY IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PARTICIPATE FULLY AND LIVE WITH JUSTICE, EQUITY, FREEDOM, DIGNITY, UM, PRIVACY, ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. AND AGAIN, I WANNA, I WANNA LIFT UP THE WORK THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE DID BECAUSE THIS WASN'T, THIS WASN'T WESLEY AND MYSELF COMING UP WITH THIS. THIS WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. UM, THE VISION, THE, THE METHODOLOGY, THE GOALS. THIS WAS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, AND THE METHODOLOGY, AGAIN, A A PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWING FOLKS WORKING TOGETHER. THIS IS A, AN INCLUSIONARY, UH, PARTICIPATORY DATA GATHERING PROCESS. WE, UM, UH, THE IDEA IS TO COLLECT, INTERVIEW, FOCUS GROUP TESTIMONIAL, AND SURVEY DATA THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, WE STARTED WITH THE, THE LEARNING SESSIONS LAST FALL. WE WANNA, UM, AND WE, AND PART OF THIS WAS DEVELOPING A KEY STAKEHOLDER CONTACT LIST. SO WE'RE DEVELOPING A LIST OF, OF ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. THIS WILL SERVE BOTH AS A RESOURCE FOR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'LL ALSO BE OUR RESOURCE TO IDENTIFY, UH, OR TO, TO SELECT ORGANIZATIONS FROM AND, AND PEOPLE FROM TO PARTICIPATE AND HELP US IN THE PROCESS AND HELP US, UM, COLLECT THE DATA. UM, UH, WE HELD THE TWO LEARNING SESSIONS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, LAST FALL. AND THIS WAS REALLY AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH THEME THEMES AND DEVELOP SURVEY AND INTERVIEWS INSTRUMENTS. SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY NOT ONLY WHAT DATA MIGHT BE OUT THERE, BUT WHAT DATA WE NEED AND HOW, UM, AND, AND, AND WHAT KINDS OF QUESTIONS WE MAY WANT TO ASK IN TERMS OF COLLECTING DATA. AGAIN, THIS IS COMING FROM, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IN, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS OF THIS WE'RE, WE ARE REALLY ENGAGED IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO BOTH BUILD THE LIST, UM, AND, UM, UH, OF DISABILITY ACTIVISTS, BUT ALSO WITH, UM, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UM, TO HELP COLLECT OUR DATA. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND I THINK I'M TRANSITIONING INTO WESLEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GARY. UH, SO I'LL BE DISCUSSING BASICALLY, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND WHAT WE'LL BE DOING MOVING FORWARD. SO THIS SLIDE HAS A SMALL CARTOON OF PEOPLE SITTING IN A MEETING TOGETHER, AND THE TITLE OF THE SLIDE IS PHASE ONE LEARNING SESSIONS IN DECEMBER OF 2024. SO OUR LEARNING SESSIONS WERE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE COLLECTIVE REFLECTIONS ON ISSUES AND THEMES IMPORTANT TO THE LONG BEACH DISABLED COMMUNITIES OF, WE HAD TWO SESSIONS. SESSION ONE WAS THE K COD RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE WITH A TOTAL OF FIVE PARTICIPANTS. AND SESSION TWO WAS THE FULL K COD COM COMMITTEE WITH 10 PARTICIPANTS. THE STRUCTURE OF THE MEETINGS WAS AS FOLLOWS. WE HAD INTRODUCTIONS TO SAY WHO WAS IN THE SPACE, BOTH OF THE PRESENTERS AND OF THE PARTICIPANTS. WE GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING OUR PURPOSE AND GOAL OF THE LEARNING SESSIONS. THEN WE HELD A DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL THEMATIC AREAS TO STRUCTURE THE DATA COLLECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHAT DATA PARTICIPANTS KNEW EXISTED AND WHAT DATA THEY KNEW WE NEEDED, AS WELL AS ISSUES PEOPLE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED. UM, WE ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS FOR FU FUTURE SESSIONS. AND THEN WE SUMMARIZE TO THE SESSIONS. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE HAS AN IMAGE IN BLACK AND WHITE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, MANY IN WHEELCHAIRS AT A PROTEST HOLDING A [00:50:01] SIGN THAT SAYS, INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE. A QUOTE FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND THE TITLE OF THE SLIDE IS GUIDING PRINCIPLES EMERGING FROM THE LEARNING SESSIONS. SO FROM OUR LEARNING SESSIONS, UM, THE, WE FOUND THAT THESE PRINCIPLES WERE NECESSARY, UH, IN ORDER TO ASK OF ALL OF THE THEMES THAT WE DEVELOPED. AND THE THEMES, WE'LL, I'LL DISCUSS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE HAVE VERSUS WHAT PEOPLE NEED, HOW OFTEN PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE MET, THE IMPLICATIONS OF HAVING THESE NEEDS MET OR NOT MET PEOPLE'S BARRIERS TO ACCESS TO, UH, THESE DIFFERENT NEEDS. AND THESE CAN EITHER BE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL OR AN EMOTIONAL, FOR EXAMPLES, FEELINGS OF, UM, THE FEELINGS OR PERCEPTIONS OF UNWELCOMENESS OR DISCOMFORT. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE WANNA KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE DISABILITIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO THIS SLIDE IS TEXT AND AN IMAGE OF PEOPLE SMILING ON THE LONG BEACH MICRO TRANSIT IN DOWNTOWN. UH, THE TITLE OF THIS SLIDE IS THEMES COLLECTED. SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THEMES THAT WE COLLECTED THROUGH OUR TWO LISTENING SESSIONS. WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND PUT THEM INTO, UH, GENERAL IDEAS. AND THEN WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO GROUP THOSE IDEAS INTO THREE BROAD CATEGORIES, INCLUDING DISABILITY IN THE CITY, DISABILITY EVERY DAY, AND DISABILITY IDENTITIES. UM, AND THEN A FEW EXAMPLES FROM EACH ONE. SOME, UH, UNDER DISABILITY IN THE CITY, WE ARE INTERESTED IN THINGS LIKE PEOPLE'S HOUSING OR, UH, THEIR USE OF CITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR DISABILITY. EVERY DAY WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT PEOPLE USE OR STRUGGLE WITH, WITH TECHNOLOGY, HEALTHCARE, UH, ENTERTAINMENT, OR THEIR INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR DISABILITY IDENTITIES. WE'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES THAT EXIST IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS HOW PEOPLE NAVIGATE PERCEPTIONS EVERY DAY. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FROM THOSE THEMES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO ANSWER ON OUR SURVEY. AND ADDITION TO THOSE QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE DEVELOPING SCENARIOS FOR OUR CERT TAKERS TO RESPOND TO. OH, ALSO THERE'S A CARTOON OF A GUY IN A WHEELCHAIR AT A DESK WRITING THINGS . UM, THESE SCENARIOS THAT WE'LL DEVELOP WILL ALLOW US TO COLLAPSE, CAPTURE HOLISTIC EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE, UH, IN MORE DEPTH AND DETAIL THAN WITH JUST A SIMPLE SURVEY QUESTION. SO, SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME SCENARIOS WE MIGHT COME UP WITH FOR UNDER THE INDEPENDENT LIVING SECTION WOULD BE, UH, DESCRIBE YOUR AVERAGE EXPERIENCE SHOPPING. DESCRIBE HOW YOU WOULD PREPARE FOR AND ATTEND IN AN EVENT IN A CONCERT VENUE. DESCRIBE YOUR AVERAGE EXPERIENCE USING PUBLIC TRANSIT, SOMETHING UNDER CLIMATE AND WEATHER SECTION. DESCRIBE YOUR NEEDS TO IN ORDER TO BE OUTSIDE IN, UH, WINTER OR SUMMER FOR HOUSING. IF YOU WERE TO MOVE TO A NEW HOME, WHAT ARE GENERAL MODIFICATIONS YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE TO IT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR DISABILITY NEEDS? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE IS TEXT ONLY AND THE TITLE BEING LOOKING FORWARD. SO THAT WAS, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR AND THE INFORMATION WE'VE GATHERED. SO WE'RE NOW MOVING IN STAGE TWO OR PHASE TWO RIGHT NOW. UM, SO PHASE TWO IS TO IDENTIFY AND ENGAGE STRATEGIC PARTNERS BY INTRODUCING THE PROJECT AND PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEARNING SESSION THEMES AND POTENTIAL QUESTIONS. WE ALSO NEED TO SECURE A DATA RETENTION TOOL AND SURVEY PLATFORM, AND WE NEED TO DEVELOP AND PILOT THE SURVEY WITH THE K COD AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS. SO WE HAVE, UM, ALREADY IDENTIFIED A LIST OF STRATEGIC PARTNERS WE HOPE TO WORK WITH, UM, BUT WE'RE ON THE STEP OF NOW STARTING TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE PARTNERS AFTER PHASE TWO. WE'VE GOT PHASE THREE, WHICH IS TO ENGAGE THE BROADER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND TO IN, TO, IN, EXCUSE ME, TO INTRODUCE THE PROJECT PURPOSE AND COLLECT SURVEYS FROM PARTNER PARTICIPANTS. PHASE FOUR IS TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVISTS TO HELP DISSEMINATE THE SURVEY AND TO GENERATE THE BROAD PARTICIPATION FROM DISABILITY COMMUNITIES IN LONG BEACH. PHASE FIVE IS TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA WITH AND THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND PHASE SIX IS TO DRAFT THE STATE OF LONG BEACH DISABILITY REPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS OUR CONCLUSION SLIDE WITH TEXTS AND A PICTURE OF, UH, SILHOUETTES OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES IN FRONT OF A SUNSET. OUR CONCLUSION STATES THAT THE CITY CANNOT SERVE LONG BEACH DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND CREATE A BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO REACH THEIR MAXIMUM [00:55:01] POTENTIAL IF WE DO NOT KNOW THE NEEDS OF OUR DISABLED COMMUNITIES. THIS IS A QUOTE FROM OUR CAPE COD MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HOPE TO DO WITH THIS SURVEY AND REPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, . THEN ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENT, STATING TO THIS ITEM? UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT YET. WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS SINCE WE HAVE PRESENTERS ON QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS PRESENTATION. K SWANSON, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY CLEAR AND, UM, DEMONSTRATES THE DEPTH, UM, OF THINKING AND ALSO HOW THE THINKING IS EVOLVING OVER TIME. AND YOU'RE GIVING THAT AS A PART OF THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO SHARE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATING THAT, UM, THAT, UM, I'M REPEATING MYSELF OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO OCCUR. UM, I THINK ONE THING THAT, UH, SOME OF US MIGHT, UM, ASSUME, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND IS THAT WHO, WHO HAS A DISABILITY? YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE IDEA IS LIKE, DO YOU REALLY HAVE A DISABILITY? YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR DISABILITY? YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE BENEFIT SORT OF POSITION. AND, UH, PEOPLE WILL SELF-IDENTIFY. YOU PUT THAT IN THERE, THEY SELF-IDENTIFY. AND THAT THE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE GROUP WORKING ON THIS HAS USED OUR CITY'S DISABILITY FLAG TO OPEN UP THE SPECTRUM OF, UM, SITUATIONS THAT WOULD, UM, SUGGEST TO A PERSON THAT THEY MAY NOT BE RECEIVING THE TYPE OF SERVICE OR SUPPORT OR RESOURCE THAT, UM, THEY SHOULD. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF THAT. UM, IT'S ALSO KIND OF A CRITICAL TIME. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD'VE VOTED FOR THIS THIS YEAR IF WE HADN'T ALREADY VOTED FOR LAST YEAR BECAUSE, UM, OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SEEMINGLY RETHINKING, UH, FUNDING, UM, UH, BENEFITS OF SERVICES OF RIGHTS, UM, IN THE HERE AND NOW. SO FOR US TO HAVE THIS, I THINK IS GOING TO BE A REMARKABLE, UM, STARTING POINT, BUT ALSO REALITY. SO WE CAN'T JUST BE DISMISSED BY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THAT WE HAVE, UH, TANGIBLE, UH, FACTS. I KNOW FACTS ARE OPTIONAL IN SOME CIRCLES, BUT, UH, TO ME, I THINK THEY'RE CRITICAL FOR US TO MOVE DOLLARS CITY DOLLARS INTO THESE SPACES. SO I THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT. AND I WOULD JUST ADD, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. I HAVE, UH, A COLLEAGUE OF MINE, A FORMER STUDENT WHO'S WORKING AT, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, AND IN TEXAS NOW, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE INCREASINGLY LOOKED UPON AS DDEI, UM, UH, FOLKS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING, IT'S IT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT IS, IT'S, IT IS SUPER PROBLEMATIC. AND I TOLD, I I THINK OF THAT OFTEN WHAT COMMISSIONER SWANSON RAISED, HOW FORTUNATE WE WERE IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF THIS. UM, I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD'VE, UH, PROVIDED THE FUNDING TODAY, BUT, UM, IT'S TENUOUS AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND I THE COMMENT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENTS IN RELATION TO THIS PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY? THANK YOU, GARY AND WESLEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. UM, SO FOR THIS ITEM, WE NEED TO CLOSE A, AN AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE NEED TO CLOSE IS THE ACCESS MAPPING AD HOC COMMITTEE DISSOLVE. OKAY. SO AT THE END OF THIS, UM, ITEM, WE'LL DO AN AMENDMENT TO DISSOLVE, DISSOLVE AND CREATE, UM, NEW AD HOC COMMITTEES OR OLD AD HOC COMMITTEES. UH, COMMISSIONER HOPE. [01:00:02] THANK YOU. UH, YES. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO OPEN AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING, UH, NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH AND UH, SECOND A C COD DISABILITY ADVOCATE. UH, ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. HOPE SO. SO COMMISSIONER DEAN AND COMMISSIONER HOPE, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE DISSOLVING THE ACCESS MAPPING AD HOC, COMMITTING AND CREATING THE NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE KCO DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR AWARDS AD HOC COMMITTEE? AYE. YES. THANK YOU. UM, WOULD WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MEMBERSHIP RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN START MEETING RIGHT AWAY AND WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION AS WELL WHEN THE MONTH IS OCTOBER FOR BOTH. OH, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE MONTH OF THE EVENTS? YES. OCTOBER FOR BOTH. COMMISSIONER DEAN, ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE UM, NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH? COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE? YES. AYE CHAIR VONG. THANK YOU. ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE K COD? UH, UH, DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR AWARDS AD HOC COMMITTEE? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE. THANK YOU SECRETARY GARBE. AND SINCE, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ IS NOT HERE, WE WILL PUT HER ON THAT ONE AS WELL, IF THAT'S ALLOWED. THANK YOU. ARE WE GOOD? SO CAN WE JUST ONE MORE TIME GET AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THESE MEMBERS TO THESE COMMISSIONS OR TO THESE AD HOC COMMITTEES? UM, FOR, UH, NATIONAL DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT AWARENESS MONTH AND K COD DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR AD HOC COMMITTEES? AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PUBLIC COMMENT. CHAIR VONG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE. AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, THIS WOULD BE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORTS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEES. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, MADAM CHAIR. UH, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN ZUM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. OUR DIAL ASTERISK NINE OF CALLING IN. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN ZUM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. OUR DIAL ASTERISK NINE OF CALLING IN. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO CALL THE VOTE MADAM CHAIR. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? OKAY. COMMISSIONER DEAN. AYE. COMMISSIONER SWANSON. AYE. VICE CHAIR ADAMS AYE. CHAIR VONG. SECRETARY GART. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA HELP YOU AND MOVE ON. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE NON-AG [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AND IN THE ZOOM PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL NINE IF CALLING IN, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, [ANNOUNCEMENTS] COMMISSION AND STAFF. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER DEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, I HEARD FROM SHEILA GIBBONS THIS WEEK REGARDING THE BENBRIDGE HOUSE AND SHE WANTED US, UM, TO KNOW THAT THE KITCHEN GARDEN IS TAKING SHAPE AT THE BENBRIDGE. UM, AND WHEN IT'S FINISHED IT WILL BE A DA COMPLIANT. AND SHE ASKED THAT I, UM, UH, SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION. UH, COMMISSIONER DEAN HAS A PHOTO THAT, [01:05:01] UH, UM, SHE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AS WELL. IF WE CAN GET THAT PHOTO UP ON THE SCREEN, PLEASE. I'M SHARING IT IN THE ZOOM. AND THIS IS A PHOTO OF, UH, THE GARDEN AT BENBRIDGE HOUSE, UM, WITH A CONSTRUCTION WORKER CREATING RAISED GARDEN BEDS, UM, MADE OUT OF WOOD. HE'S WEARING A BLACK SHIRT AND HE IS WORKING ON A TABLE, UM, WITH A SAW MEASURING TOOLS AND WOOD. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? MA? MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO MOVE ON TO ADJOURNMENT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE OVER? I, [ADJOURNMENT] IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. JENNIFER, PLEASE CALL THE TIME. IT IS 2:06 PM MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. * 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.