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I'M A SPECIAL EVENTS AND SITE USE COORDINATOR HERE AT ERNO TO WELCOME YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING OUR SPACE TO, UM, HOST YOUR RETREAT.
UM, I WANNA START OFF WITH THE RANCHOS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
SO, RANCHO SNO IS LOCATED ON THE ANCESTRAL AND CURRENT HOMELANDS OF THE GABRIEL NE TOGA PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CARETAKERS OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN AND SOUTHERN CHANNEL ISLANDS.
SO RANCH CERRITOS HONORS AND EXTENDS OUR RESPECT TO THE MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO CALL THES HOME.
UM, SO HOW, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO RANCHO LOS CERRITOS BEFORE? SO A GOOD MIX
UM, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF, UH, REVIEW, RECAP, HISTORY OF, UM, THE SITE.
SO, RANCH CERRITOS STARTED OUT AS, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE TOGA WERE HERE.
UM, AND THEN WHEN SPAIN CAME THROUGH, THEY KIND OF WERE TRYING TO SETTLE IN THEIR OWN WORDS, UM, THE LAND HERE.
SO THEY GRANTED A LARGE PORTION OF LOS ANGELES BASIN TO A SPANISH SOLDIER NAMED MANUEL NIETO.
AND RANCHOS RITOS WAS INCORPORATED IN THAT.
ALSO, RANCHO LOS ALAMITOS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, UM, RANCHO AS WELL.
UM, EVENTUALLY HIS LARGE PARCEL WAS SPLIT UP INTO SIX DIFFERENT PARCELS FOR EACH ONE OF HIS CHILDREN, RANCHOS BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND THEN IT WAS SOLD TO A MAN NAMED JOHN TEMPLE WHO BUILT THE ADOBE HOME THAT YOU'RE SITTING IN NOW.
UM, HE, HIS, UM, IDEA WAS TO, UM, START GETTING THE CATTLE RANCHING.
SO THIS WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF HIS CATTLE RANCH.
UM, HE DID THAT UNTIL ABOUT THE 1860S WHEN HE SOLD TO THE FLINT AND BIXBY COMPANY, WHICH IS, UM, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH LONG BEACH.
BIXBY KNOWS THAT, UM, THAT FAMILY NAME IS PREVALENT IN OUR HISTORY BECAUSE THEY CAME IN AND THEY, UM, NOT ONLY LIVED HERE, THEY ALSO RANCHED HERE.
SO THEY HAD, UM, THEY HAD, UH, A SUCCESSFUL SHEEP RANCHING OPERATION.
THEN TOWARDS THE, UM, START OF THE 19 HUNDREDS, THEY KIND OF GOT MORE INTO LAND DEVELOPMENT AND LEASING THE LAND OUT TO FARMERS AND, UM, BLOSSOMING CITIES LIKE LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THE ORIGINAL PARCEL OF LONG BEACH STARTED OUT ON RANCHO LOS CERRITOS LAND.
AND, UM, THEN EVENTUALLY THE PROPERTY BECAME KIND OF LIKE AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
IT HOUSED A LOT OF DIFFERENT TENANTS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LONGEST AMOUNT OF HISTORY WE HAVE.
SO WE DO HAVE THE TIME TO WALK THE GROUND TODAY AND CHECK ON OUR EXHIBITS.
WE HAVE A TENANT PERIOD ROOM THAT WE JUST INSTALLED THAT TALKS ABOUT THOSE, THOSE STORIES OF ORAL HISTORIES WE HAVE FROM FOLKS THAT LIVED HERE.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY, UM, THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN BACK OVER BY THE BIGBY FAMILY, JUST A DIFFERENT GENERATION.
HE'S THE ONE THAT CAME IN WELL AND CAME IN AND CHANGED THE PROPERTY THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW.
SO THE TERRACOTTA, THE GREEN, THE YELLOW, ALL OF THOSE VERY 1930S, UM, REDESIGN COLORS AND THINGS THAT YOU SEE NOW ARE PART OF THAT, UM, PLAN.
HIS PLAN WAS TO LIVE HERE WITH HIS FAMILY.
SO HE REMODELED IT IN A WAY THAT MADE HIM FEEL LIKE IT WAS MORE LIKE A HOME INSTEAD OF A WORKING RANCH.
UM, AND THEN IN THE FIFTIES WHEN THE WELDING PASSED, HIS WIFE GAVE THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AND IT WAS, UM, HAS BEEN A MUSEUM EVER SINCE.
AND THE RANCHO CERRITOS FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A CARETAKER FOR THE PROPERTY, I BELIEVE, SINCE THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
SO, UM, WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, I'LL BE AROUND.
UM, I ALSO LEFT SOME IMPACT REPORTS AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE OR ENGAGE MORE WITH THE RANCHO, UM, AFTER TODAY.
QUICK, ANY GHOSTS THAT REC RESIDE?
UM, I THINK YOU CAN'T HAVE 200 YEARS OF, OF THE HOUSE BEING HERE WITHOUT OVERDOSE SOMETHING HAPPENING OF SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING ALIVE ANYMORE.
BUT, UM, ME PERSONALLY, I HAVEN'T REALLY EXPERIENCED ANYTHING AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO I JUST HOPE THIS IS THE GO WATCH.
IS IT LITERALLY THE, THE GARAGE? MM-HMM.
SO IN THE THIRTIES, THIS ROOM WAS, UM, WAS TRANSITIONED TO BE A CAR GARAGE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS AREA MAY HAVE BEEN A STABLE PRIOR TO THAT, BUT THE HISTORY WE HAVE IS THAT HE TOOK THIS AND CARVED IT OUT AND KIND OF MADE IT WHERE HE COULD STORE HIS, HIS CAR.
UM, AND THEN THROUGH HERE IS, UM, WHERE WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THAT WAS LIKE A DAIRY ROOM WHERE LIKE HE WOULD LIKE MAKE BUTTER OR MILK A COW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE CALL THIS THE BUTTER WING.
UM, WE HAVE FUN LITTLE NAMES FOR THINGS, BUT YES, WE, I CALL THIS ROOM THE CONFERENCE ROOM BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA BE LIKE, HEY, DO YOU WANNA RENT THE GARAGE FOR, BUT IS THE STAFF AND UH, VOLUNTEERS CALL THIS ROOM THE GARAGE.
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HAVING TO BE IN THE GARAGE,UM, SO YEAH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL BE AROUND AND PLEASE ENJOY, FEEL FREE TO WALK AROUND AND HAVE BREAKS.
AND YES, THE RECORDING WILL PICK UP THE GHOST, RIGHT?
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND HAVE SOME COFFEE, SOME PASTRIES.
YOU HEARD FROM THE CHAIR RIGHT? HOW HE WAS AT THE WRONG LOCATION?
DO YOU WANT ME TO, UM, SO TODAY'S AGENDA IS GONNA BE, UM, FORMAL BUT ALSO INFORMAL.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT WE'LL DO AND GROUNDING, UH, BEFORE WE, UH, GO STRAIGHT TO THE FORMAL AGENDA.
UM, AND SO I WILL CALL THE MEETING OFFICIALLY TO ORDER NOW AS WE'RE GONNA BE ENTERING THE WELCOMING, UM, AND SHARE REMARKS.
UM, SO MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE? COMMISSIONER BUTLER.
COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY, PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER SAMME WILD HERE.
COMMISSIONER SCHULTZ, VICE CHAIR BATS HERE.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, I HAVE COMMISSIONER SHAW MALONE EXCUSED TODAY.
ARE WE MISSING ANYONE ELSE OR ARE WE ALL COMPLETE OTHER THAN
SO WELCOME TO OUR MAY RETREAT, UM, AND HAPPY MAY, UM, WHICH BECAUSE OF BOTH, YOU KNOW, GLOBAL WARMING AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE, UH, WE'RE FINALLY ENTERING SPRING
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE FLOWER BLOOM AND, UM, SEE WHAT OTHER THINGS BLOOM FOR US, UH, AS WE ENTERED FOR THE MONTH.
UM, SO, UH, MAY, UH, IS BOTH RECOGNIZED AS OUR OFFICIAL PRIDE MONEY, UM, AND ITS MENTAL HEALTH OVER THIS MONTH TO OFFICER NATION, UM, DEEPLY CONNECTED TO OUR MISSION AS A MISSION, WHICH OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY IN THE CITY AND FOSTER MULTIPLE, A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR ALL.
UM, AND WITH PRIOR APPROACHING, UH, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF L-G-B-T-Q, IDENTITY, RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY, AND A CALL TO ACTION TO CONTINUE ADVANCING JUSTICE, ESPECIALLY FOR TRANS QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WHILE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH REMINDS US TOO, THAT TRUE EQUITY INCLUDES EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND ACCESS TO CARE WITHOUT STIGMA OR BARRIERS.
UM, SO TOGETHER THESE OBSERVATIONS OR THESE OBSERVANCES, UH, REFLECT ON OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A CITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND SUPPORTED AND SAFE.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, UM, FROM MALLORY.
SO THANK YOU MALLORY, UH, FOR DOING THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO WELCOME A NO TO DO OUR ICEBREAKER FOR THE DAY.
SO ON, UM, I PASSED OUT A WORKSHEET.
SO WE HAVE, IT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS ICEBREAKER, UM, IT'S CALLED MY EQUITY LENS, UM, IS TO BUILD CONNECTION AND SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, UH, EACH COMMISSION'S, BACKGROUND, EXPERIENCES, AND VALUES SHAPE, UH, THEIR APPROACH TO EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS WORK.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
UH, YOU HAVE, UH, FIVE MINUTES TO FILL OUT, UH, THE WORKSHEET.
AND IF EVERYBODY'S DONE, WE CAN END EARLY.
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OKAY.IS EVERYBODY ALMOST DONE? OKAY.
SO WITH YOUR ANSWERS, UM, TURN TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, WHETHER THAT'S TO YOUR LEFT OR TO YOUR RIGHT.
UM, AND, UM, SHARE, SHARE YOUR ANSWERS WITH THEM, UH, TAKE TURNS, SHARING YOUR RESPONSES, AND THEN, UM, LISTEN, UM, ACTIVELY AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK THAT YOU YEAH, THAT, AND WE'LL DO THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE MORE MINUTES.
SO, SO WHAT IS ONE GRADE SHAPED YOUR VIEW ON? SO BEING EXPERIENCE DIFFICULT OR TRYING TO SEEK OUT? SO IT WAS DEFINITELY, IT, IT WOULD'VE MADE IT BIT EASIER FOR ME.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT HAVING EDUC, SO YOU TALKING FINDING, OKAY, SO WHAT VALUE GUIDE? I WOULD SAY HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY MOST.
SO AS MUCH AS I CAN, I TRY TO, THAT DIED OF CANCER.
SHE, SO WHAT'S ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES THE KIND OF COMMUNITY AS YOU EXPLAINED THAT KIND OF, I ALSO RELATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY THAT LIKE KM AND I FEEL LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S INTERESTING.
WE NEED TO OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT I MEAN, LIKE, SOME OF RIGHT, THERE'S THAT, UM, LIKE THAT KIND OF LIKE IMPLICIT SILENCE WOULD SAY AROUND THE PHILIPPINES ALSO THAT LAYER PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
UM, DISCOMFORT, DIFFERENT, UM, I THINK ONE BIG EXPERIENCE I WAS THINKING JUST LIKE I GREW UP TO GOING BEACH GRADE GRAD SCHOOL, JUST LIKE JUMP BETWEEN LIKE THE RECESSION AREA, LONG BEACH RESOURCES, LIKE IT, LIKE REALLY
I THINK THAT WAS DEFINITELY SHAPING, THAT WAS LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS
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SEEING.SO I THINK FOR ME, LIKE THERE'S LIKE, WE'RE SO CLOSE, I KNOW IT.
RIGHT? BUT IT LIKE, WHEN YOU LIKE, LIKE PRACTICE LIKE ACROSS A COUPLE BLOCKS AND BETTER, LIKE, I THINK FOR ME IT'S LIKE NOT JUST PERSONAL IN SCHOOL OF BULLIED, IT GOT THE POINT.
UM, LIKE WHERE I THINK LIKE EMPOWER, UM, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE TO LIKE DISEMPOWERMENT AROUND ENGAGEMENT OR LIKE, EVEN LIKE EMOTIONAL, EVERYTHING FROM HOW WE ECONOMIC POWER THINK I THINK ABOUT A LOT OF LIKE AMERICAN MEN SEXUAL, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? EMPOWER.
AND THE SECOND ONE ALSO RESEARCH A LOT OF THE AMERICANS WHO, YOU KNOW, HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, OKAY, WHY CAN'T WE JUST, I HAVE NOT EVERYBODY HAVE A TIME TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER.
YOU DO YOU NEED MORE TIME? WE DOING ONE QUESTION? WHAT TIME? WHOLE SHEET.
AND THEN WELL TO SWITCH SEATS NEXT.
AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE TO CAN WE GIVE IT ONE MORE MINUTE? DIFFERENT PROCESS? I'M GONNA GET SOME MORE COFFEE.
HAVE ACCESS TO THE, ALRIGHT, READY? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP.
SO AS A GROUP, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TOGETHER OKAY.
AND WE'RE GONNA ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND ANYBODY CAN RAISE THEIR HAND IF THEY'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO SHARE.
SO WHAT DID YOU NOTICE OR APPRECIATE IN YOUR CONVERSATION IS THAT WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE VERY, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSES WERE VERY SIMILAR AND THAT IS REALLY AWESOME FOR US TO BE WITH PEOPLE AND SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE.
ANYBODY ELSE? I APPRECIATE THE SPACE AND TIME TO GET TO KNOW FOLKS ON, ON ANOTHER PERHAPS LEVEL.
LIKE, AND BECAUSE WE'RE BUSY, WE'RE ALL BUSY BUDDIES HERE NOW, WE ALWAYS SEE EACH OTHER IN THESE SPACES AND DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ONE OF SIX.
AND I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT US, WE WERE STILL LIKE SO CAUGHT UP BY NUMBER ONE AND THEN FINALLY HERE LAST MINUTE WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, SO THIS, THANK
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YOU FOR THIS EXERCISE.WERE THERE ANY COMMON THEMES THAT STOOD OUT? I THINK WITH US, UM, THE ANSWER TO THE LAST QUESTION WAS EXACTLY THE SAME.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER TWO WEREN'T EXACTLY THE SAME, THEY WERE VERY SIMILAR IN JUST IN, IN, UM, WHAT OUR EXPERIENCES IN LIFE HAVE BEEN TO BRING US TO TODAY.
AND, UM, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING HOW MUCH IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SHE READ MY PAGE AND I RESERVE DO, UH, DO YOU MIND SHARING WHAT YOUR LAST QUE ANSWER IS TO YOUR LAST QUESTION? INCLUSIVENESS.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE? JUST, UM, A COMMON THEME WAS JUST ABOUT FAIRNESS AND, YOU KNOW, JUSTICE FOR EVERYBODY GREEN.
WE, WE HAD, UH, HER EXPERIENCE WAS IN, UH, ANOTHER COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND MY EXPERIENCE WAS IN, UH, EAST LONG BEACH
AND IT, THEY BOTH INCLUDED INCLUSIVENESS AND THEY BOTH INCLUDED, UH, PEOPLE THAT WORK AGAINST, UH, UH, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO AND WE HAD TO DO TO OVERCOME THAT.
SO IT'S LIKE TWO VASTLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE SAME, UH, INTERESTING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO WE LIVE FROM TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
AND, AND THE SECOND QUESTION, WHAT VALUE, AND I JUST HAVE ONE WORD WHICH IS DEVELOPING COMMUNITY, AND THAT PROMPTED, IT REMINDED ME, AND I HAD NOT USED IT IN A WHILE.
IT USED TO BE ALWAYS THE FOREFRONT IN TERMS OF THE CONCEPT WAS, WHICH IS MY F UM, PHILOSOPHY OF APPROACHING THAT HAS ENGAGE IN THE WORLD AND AS MAKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SHARED HUMANITY.
RIGHT? OR IN SOME CASES, ESPECIALLY IN VERY EVIDENT TO ME THAT FOLKS, THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT, ALL RIGHT.
WHAT, UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SHARE THE WORD THEY CHOSE FOR THE KIND OF COMMUNITY? THEY, UH, THE, THE WORD I CHOSE IS CARING.
UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT THESE OTHER PEOPLE.
AND IT SOUNDS PRETTY SIMPLE AND IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CARE ABOUT PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU TEND TO ACT BETTER.
AND WE USE A LOT MORE OF THAT.
I THINK JUST THE CARING SO THAT, BECAUSE THOUGH I COULDN'T CHOOSE A WORD, SO I STARTED LISTENING, BUT THE THREE THAT I REALLY WANTED TO RECEIVE FOR COMMUNITY IS INTERCONNECTEDNESS, RECIPROCITY, AND RESILIENCE AND COMMISSIONER SHARING, ACHIEVE, YEAH, CARING IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING I LIKE.
I CHOSE LOVING SO SIMILAR, BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST LIKE, ALTHOUGH LIKE, YEAH, I'M PUTTING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING A SMILE ON MY FACE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, LIFE SEEMS
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TO BE OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S, YOU KNOW, GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, GO TO THE MALL OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT STILL FEELS LIKE THERE'S JUST LIKE THIS UNDERLYING PAIN.UM, AND SO TO ME, SO, UM, MORE LOVING AND CARE WHAT SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING IN MY ICEBREAKER AND, UH, YEAH.
UM, WE ARE, UH, JUST ABOUT FINISHED WITH OUR WELCOMING AND OPENING FOR THE DAY.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WANT PASS OVER TO TONY TO GO OVER AND HOUSEKEEPING.
SO, UM, JUST SOME QUICK HOUSEKEEPING.
UM, UP HERE YOU'LL FIND THE, UH, WIFI AND PASSWORD IN CASE YOU NEED IT ALSO.
UM, THE RESTROOMS ARE LOW HERE AT THE VISITOR CENTER, WHICH IS IN THE BUILDING BACK HERE, BUT WE HAVEN'T GRANTED PERMISSION FOR COMMISSIONER USE ONLY.
WE MAY USE THE RESTROOMS IN THIS OFFICE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BUTTER ROOM.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, UH, WE CAN ALL MEET AND GATHER OUTSIDE, UM, THIS OPEN AREA THROUGH THESE DOUBLE DOORS.
LUNCH WILL BE HERE AT AROUND 11 30, 12, SO THAT WAS BE PROVIDED AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, CORNER BAKER
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, AS WELL.
SO JUST A BIG WALK BETWEEN COMMISSIONER I, WE'VE HAD, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO AROUND AND LIKE DO FORMAL WE HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT MAYBE STALK, RIGHT? UM, PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU CAME
WELL, UM, I WAS ON THIS COMMISSION BEFORE, IT WAS EQUITY AND HUMAN.
I WAS ON THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES.
UM, AND UM, IT WAS A VERY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE OUR COMMISSION AT THE TIME IS TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP.
ORPHAN SAN FRANCISCO HAD DONE IT, AND, UM, WEST HOLLYWOOD HAD DONE IT.
AND, UM, IT WAS VERY EYE-OPENING, UM, HOW HATEFUL PEOPLE COULD BE.
UM, IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT WE HAD TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES BECAUSE OUR LIVES WERE BEING THREATENED.
AND I THINK ABOUT HOW WE PROGRESSED AND NOW HOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING BACK.
AND SO, UM, I GREW UP IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA AND I DID NOT REALIZE, BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE AN ISOLATED COMMUNITY, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA PEOPLE REALLY DIDN'T LIKE ME, US.
SO, UM, I'VE LIVED IN LONG BEACH FOR OVER FOUR YEARS NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE CAN LEARN FROM, BECAUSE THAT'D BE AWESOME TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL FORECAST FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT SAID WITH US, COUNCIL ONE WITH YOUR LAST NAME, I'M NOT RELATED
AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT RELATED.
I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, HAD TO CHANGE OF HEART SINCE THEN.
UM, SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR EQUITY AND RELATIONS PERMISSION BINDER.
IT HAS OUR BYLAWS IN CASE YOU'RE EVER WONDERING WHAT THAT IS.
I KNOW WE ALL HAVE IT IN OUR EMAILS, BUT YOU HAVE IT HERE PRINTED OUT TO REFLECT ON THAT.
UH, THE ROB RULES OF ORDER, QUICK REFERENCE, UM, WHICH I CAN ALWAYS GET
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BETTER AT, AND WE CAN ALL GET BETTER TOGETHER.UH, AND THEN IT HAS LIKE HOW TO CONDUCT OURSELVES IN BOTH MEETINGS.
SO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT INFORMATION THERE.
THE AMAZING BROWN ACT THAT WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD AT, UM, IN ADDITION TO US.
AND A REMINDER OF THE CITY'S VALUES, UM, WHICH IT HAS EQUITY IN IT AND FOLKS ALL THAT.
UH, AND THEN AUTHORITIES OF A COMMISSION AND A HANDBOOK, SO THAT BRUSH UP ON WHAT CAN AND CANNOT DO.
AND IF FREE TO ASK THE COMMISSION, UH, MYSELF, I MAY HAVE TO ANSWER YOU NOT HAVE ANSWER OR YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL TO GET THAT INFORMATION
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE AWESOME REPORT THAT EDUARDO, UH, DR.
LA AND I CREATED LAST YEAR AND WITH OUR, UM, SUPPORT FROM TONY AND ALANA THAT KIND OF JUST SHOWCASES ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID.
UM, AND IN IT, IT HAS A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION LIKE OUR MISSION
BARN, UH, WRITING THIS AND HE SAID THAT, UH, WE, SO, UM, AND THIS IS MY FIRST PERSON MEETING QUITE SOME TIME.
SO I, LAST ONE IS ROUGH
UH, SO LET'S START WITH OUR FIRST OFFICIAL AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO GATHER INPUT AND IDENTIFY COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO LET ME JUST SAY, THIS IS AN INFORMAL MEETING, SO WE CAN FORMALIZE IT SOMEWHAT, IF YOU LIKE, BY DOING A MOTION AND THE SECOND AND VOTING, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS YEAH, THAT'S HAPPEN.
BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT, FIX NO, IT, IT'S, IT'S DONE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS, SO OKAY, GREAT.
YOU HAVE AN OPTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA FORMALIZE IT WITH THE MOTION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO DR.
LAURA IS MOTIONING AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY SECOND.
UM, DO FOLKS WANNA USE HAND RAISE SINCE WE'RE IN PERSON OR DO WE WANT TO SPEAK IT OUT? BECAUSE I THINK FOLKS ON EACH OTHER USE THE HAND.
SO WE'LL USE THAT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.
UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, AND, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GO INTO THE FLOW, UH, PROCESS.
UM, SO I'LL BE, UH, PRESENTING AND THEN, UM, IT'S KIND OF AWKWARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE TYPICAL, UM, AGENDA ITEM WHERE IT'S LIKE PRESENTATIONS WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING TOGETHER.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SPECIFIC SETS OF QUESTIONS TOGETHER.
SO, UM, BEAR WITH ME AS WE NAVIGATE HOW TO POPULATE WHAT WE BEFORE, BUT THE ESSENCE IS, UM, OH MY GOD, I JUST DID YOUR MOVE.
UH, THE ESSENCE OF THE MEETING IS, UH, TO ESTABLISH, UM, OBJECTIVE PURPOSE AND OUTCOME FOR, UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, LET'S GO INTO, TO, UH, UPDATING YOU ALL WITH THE PROCESS.
UM, SO, UH, THIS PROCESS STARTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TWO YEAR ROADMAP, UM, JUST TWO YEARS AGO ACTUALLY.
AND NEXT MONTH IS GONNA BE THE COMPLETION OF OUR TWO YEAR ROADMAP, UH, ESTIMATED, UH, COMPLETION OF THE TWO YEAR ROADMAP.
AND SO INITIATIVE AT THE TIME, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF, UM,
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UM, WE HAD A GOAL TO HAVE LIST.UH, AND THEN WHEN, UH, COMMISSIONER DR. LARA BECAME CHAIR, THAT WAS ANOTHER GOAL IS TO CONTINUE ON THE ROADMAP AND HAVE THIS SESSION.
SO WHEN I TOOK THE HALL, UM, WITH DR. BASS, WE DISCUSSED HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT REALITY AND FINALLY INTO THE SESSION, UH, INTO OUR YEAR.
AND WE TRY, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PROCESS, UM, PLAYED OUT, INTERESTED YOU.
UM, SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR GOALS TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE COMMUNITY CAN SHARE, UM, BOTH THEIR SUCCESSES, BUT ALSO THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACING IN REGARDS TO EQUITY RELATIONS.
AND SO, UM, WE TRIED TO DO THAT.
UH, WE SET A PROPOSAL PLAN, UH, THAT WE, UM, PRESENTED, UH, INTERNALLY JUST BETWEEN US AND STAFF BE LIKE, HEY, CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD PLAN.
UM, BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE WERE LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR COULD PRESENT AND NEED US ON BEHALF OF.
UM, AND SO IN DOING SO, UM, IF WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY THAT IF WE LED BY US, BUT THAT WE HAVE INPUT FROM THE FULL COMMISSION, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TELLING YOU ALL WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IT'S OUR COMMISSION.
AND SO, UH, WE BROUGHT IT AS AN AGENDA TO GET IDEAS, UH, AND REFLECTIONS AND OUTCOMES.
AND SO AT OUR JANUARY MEETING, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
WE VOTED ON A SPECIFIC PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD.
LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE WAS GONNA SHOW, UM, AND THE CAPACITY AND THE PRESSURE AND OUTSIDE VARIABLES ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, WAS GOING TO INCREASE.
AND SO, UM, WE HAD AN INITIAL PLAN, UH, BUT WE HAVE ALSO HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UH, CAN WE BRING FOOD? CAN WE GET PEOPLE TO DONATE? CAN WE HAVE SATELLITE OFFICES? UM, CAN FOLKS, YOU KNOW, CARPOOL AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND WE COULDN'T START WITH, WITHOUT THE CONFIRMATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT WHAT WE PLANNED, WHAT WE HAD ENVISIONED COULD ACTUALLY BE DONE.
UM, AND WE WAITED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, THAT TOOK US UP UNTIL, UH, I WANNA SAY SO.
UM, AND WE INITIALLY WANTED TO START THE LISTENING SESSIONS IN MARCH.
SO, UM, DR. BASS AND I DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA PAUSE.
UM, AND SO AT THAT POINT WE GOT ALL OF THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEEDED AND WE WANTED TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU ALL AND BE SCHEDULED.
UM, THIS RETREAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE DEEP INTO LISTENING SESSION, COLLECTIVELY DEVELOP OUR PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES, PLAN OUT WHO, WHERE, HOW, ALL OF THAT GOODNESS, UH, WITH ALL THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN AS A COMMISSION, SET THE PLAN, UM, FOR, UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.
UH, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED, LIKE, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
UM, AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT, UH, IT IS RECOMMENDED ON THE, ON THE DONATION PIECE.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT COMMISSIONERS REACH OUT TO ACCEPT DONATIONS FROM IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT WE REACH OUT TO RECEIVE DONATIONS, HOUSE ORGANIZATION.
IT NEEDS TO THE PARENTS THAT, UH, PROPERTY PRO.
THANK YOU, UH, IN IMPROPRIETY AND HAS CAUSED SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE ESCALATED IN THE PAST.
UH, TOO DIFFICULT PROCUREMENT AND OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION HAS TIES THAT COULD BE, UM, TROUBLESOME
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FOR THE COMMISSION IF THAT WHOLE GIFT GIVING PART OF THE PART OUR ROLE IS.UM, AND THEN, UH, WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AND CREATING SATELLITE OFFICES WITH NONPROFITS.
UM, SO FOLKS CAN PARTICIPATE TOGETHER, UM, MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM THE SATELLITE LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS FOR SOME SESSIONS.
IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED BY OUR OFFICE.
IN THE PAST, HOLDING THE STUDY SESSION ON MULTIPLE LOCATION HAS CAUSED MAJOR ISSUES INCLUDING BACK BROWN ACT VIOLATIONS.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO USE A
AGAIN, A BROWN LEFT BROWN ACT RULE APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE LOCATION, INCLUDING BEING OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVING CAPACITY TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE LOCATION MUST BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS, UM, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED A SCHEDULE, UM, COULD WE CREATE A FLYER TO OUR PUBLIC SCIENCE SESSION, UM, AND ALLOW FOR A GENERIC FLYER ANNOUNCEMENT SESSION? AND DO ALL AGENDAS NEED TO BE PUBLISHED BEFOREHAND TO PROMOTE THAT? WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AND THE AGENDAS NEED TO BE PUBLISHED BEFORE THE STUDY SESSIONS CAN BE PROMOTED TO THE FUND.
SO ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR US TO CREATE LIKE A SERIES OF LIKE, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING ON THESE DAYS.
AND THESE ARE, AND UH, NOW WE'RE HERE.
SO THE GOAL OF OBJECTIVE FOR TODAY IS REALLY TO, UM, DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THESE.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BASED OFF OF, UM, HOW WE GOT HERE? THANK YOU.
VERY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT.
UM, JUST A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
SO IS OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A PLAN FOR THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
ARE WE INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A NEW TWO YEAR PLAN IN THAT? OR IS IT LISTENING SESSIONS AT THE END OF THE LISTENING SESSION? THAT'S, YES.
UH, THAT WOULD BE THE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN FOLKS IF YOU HAVE OTHER PERSPECTIVES.
UM, BUT THE PROGRESSION WOULD BE LISTENING SESSIONS, TAKE THE INFORMATION, SYNTHESIZE IT, AND THEN BE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY IS SAYING THAT ARE THEIR PRIORITIES FOR EQUITY AND RELATIONS FOR THE CITY.
AND THOSE SHOULD BE FOLDED INTO OUR, I KNEW THAT THE OFFICE EQUITY OF EQUITY, WE SIMPLY, WE, UM, PUT OUT A SURVEY TO THE COMMUNITY TO INQUIRE ABOUT IMPORTANT, UH, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND WOULD WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE, I KNOW THAT IT'S AN ONGOING SURVEY RESPONSE, BUT WE GET SOME OF THE RESULTS SO THAT WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT.
ANY POTENTIAL ADDING ANY MORE LISTENING EXCEPTIONS TO WHAT WE DOING THIS TEST? YES.
SO THE PLAN IS TO PRODUCE, UH, BOTH A DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL CALENDAR THAT HAS ALL THOSE DATES AND DETAILS.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PUBLIC PUBLICLY SHARED.
SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL TOO.
UM, OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE THE FIRST DRAFT OR THE FIRST ITERATION PUBLISHED, UH, IN JUNE.
I JUST SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE MANY OF US, ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED COMMUNITIES AS WELL, IF WE COULD SEE A DRAFT, UM, BEFORE IT, IT GOES TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME THAT WE COULD ADD INTO IT THAT MAY HAVE WITNESS.
IS THAT POSSIBLE OR IS THE SURVEY STILL ALIVE? THE SURVEY IS STILL ALIVE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AT ALL LIBRARIES AND PARK SITES, AND IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WELL.
UH, COULD WE HAVE WE YES, WE CAN SHARE THE LINK WITH YOU ALL SO THAT YOU CAN FILL IT OUT.
BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE ALL SHARED IT BEFORE, OR IT WAS THE, I THINK THE NEWSLETTER, BUT I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT BE LIKE, OH, PLEASE GOOGLE IT FOR YOURSELF.
UM, BUT YES, UM, GET THAT ALL TO YOU SO YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO IT AND THEN, UM, WHEN THE TIME COMES, UM, GET
UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE LIKE, KIND OF LIKE GETTING, SETTING THE STAGE AND KIND OF DID FORMALLY SUPPRESSION MASTER DISCUSSION HERE.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA PLAINLY CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL START THE ACTUAL FLOW OF THE MEETING.
AND PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR HAND.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.UM, SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF OUR JENNIFER TODAY.
UM, WHICH STARTS WITH, UM, SO WHAT, UM, SO, UH, TONY HAS PREPARED AND LET ME KNOW, UH, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT OR NOT, BUT, UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STUDY SECTION AND A LIST SECTION BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD BOTH, UH, AND WE CAN DO BOTH, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND SO WE WANTED TO, UM, SET THE STAGE WITH THAT FIRST, UH, TO GROUND US IN WHAT IS ACTUALLY COSTING.
UM, SO, UH, I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH HR AS YOU, WHO YOU ALL, MOST OF YOU KNOW.
AND, UM, THE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STUDY SESSION, A LISTENING SESSION IS THAT DURING A LISTENING SESSION, THE PUBLIC IS ONLY ABLE TO TO INTERACT WITH YOU ONCE AND THERE IS NO BACK AND FORTH WITHIN THAT INTERACTION.
SO IT WOULD BE FRAMED IN A PUBLIC COMMENT KIND OF SETTING, RIGHT? THERE WOULD BE A DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU WOULD INTRODUCE A, A, A, A, A QUESTION ITEM.
AND THEN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT THE, THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AND THEY WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THEN, THEN THAT'S THAT, RIGHT? UM, A LISTENING SESSION ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY.
YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE MORE BACK AND FORTH, SORRY, A STUDY SESSION.
A STUDY SESSION ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY.
YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MORE BACK AND FORTH WITH COMMUNITY WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU ARE HOLDING THE STUDY SESSION WITH.
SO YOU CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, UM, WHILE YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN A STUDY SESSION.
AND JUST A REMINDER, BOTH, BOTH SESSIONS, BOTH THE STUDY SESSION AND E LISTENING SESSION WILL STILL FALL UNDER BROWN ACT.
UM, AND ROBERT, UM, FOR CLARITY, UM, MY OWN CLARITY, BUT MAYBE OTHER FOLKS ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS TOO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT LISTENING SESSION FORMAT FAIRLY WELL.
YOU PRESENT IT, YOU HAVE PRESENTERS, FOLKS SPEAK ON IT, ALRIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENT, WHATEVER FOLKS SAY, WE TAKE NOTES, WE THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSION, BUT IN A STUDY SESSION, THERE'S A BACK AND FORTH.
UM, WHO ARE WE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH? IS IT A SET THREE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OR JUST THE GENERAL PUBLIC? UM, IS IT A FREE FOR ALL OF LIKE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN SHARE SOMETHING AND WE CAN RESPOND TO? DO WE UTILIZE THE FORMAT OF LIKE, PUBLIC COMMENT OF LIKE, SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING AND THEN POSTS A QUESTION TO US, WE RESPOND.
WHAT WOULD THAT BACK AND FORTH LOOK LIKE? GREAT QUESTION.
ALANA, HAVE YOU SAT IN A STUDY SESSION LIKE THAT BEFORE? I HAVE.
THE BACK AND FORTH IS TYPICALLY THE, THE GOVERNING BODY AND WHOEVER THAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IS OR LIKE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT HOSTS THESE LISTENING SESSIONS, A K STUDY SESSIONS, THAT GROUP WOULD BE WHO YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH.
AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL FORMAT OF LIKE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT AFTERWARDS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF OUR BODY HAS AN ABILITY TO DO THIS, BUT I I, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FOR, WHY NOT, BUT DO WE HAVE THE POWER OF FLOW SESSIONS AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THOSE FOR? I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY CLERK, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD NEED A CLOSED SESSION.
UM, IT'S TYPICALLY FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.
I'LL JUST SAY ABOUT ASK THE ATTORNEY.
UM, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DO NOT TYPICALLY HAVE COURT ISSUES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT THERE'S SOME, AGAIN, LEGAL REASON OR LIKE PRIVACY, PERSONAL MATTER INFORMATION, TYPICALLY NOT ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION ON STUDY SESSIONS, WOULD THOSE KIND OF SIMILARLY HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE HOLD WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A REGULAR MEETING? UM, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD FORM KIND OF LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING ON A DIFFERENT DATE? YEAH.
SO YOU COULD HOST THAT IN LIEU OF YOUR STANDING MEETING.
YEAH, LIKE IN LIEU OF A REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING ON THAT FIRST WEDNESDAY, YOU COULD ALSO HOST IT AS A SPECIAL MEETING.
UM, SAME DATE, MAYBE DIFFERENT TIME OR JUST ANOTHER SCHEDULED DATE WITHIN
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THAT MONTH.UM, CAN, CAN WE SET OUT THE RULES, IF YOU WILL, OR SCOPE IT OUT SO THAT BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE WANT GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE.
SO IT'LL BE LIKE LOT BACK AND FORTH, BUT THERE'S A MAX TIME PER STATEMENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OTHERWISE, BECAUSE HE GETS, GETS STUCK ON THE FIRST PERSON WHERE, AND THAT, SO YOU WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE YOU'RE RESPONDING TO ANYTHING.
OH, AND OR CONFIRMATION WHEN I HEARD A LOT OF THE BACK AND FORTH.
SO THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE CALL THE ITEM, WHICH IS A STUDY SESSION.
YOU INVITE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UM, THEN AT THAT STUDY SESSION, INSTEAD OF LIKE CLOSING THE PRESENTATION, IT'S A CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT.
SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT US.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? OR HOW DO YOU WANNA MOVE? I'M THINKING LIKE MAYBE LIKE, THE BEST EXAMPLE THAT I CAN THINK OF IS LIKE A, A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WHERE THE SUBJECT MATTER OBSERVE HELPING US ACHIEVE GOAL OR VICE VERSA.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT THEIR GOAL OR OUR GOAL TO SUPPORT A SPECIFIC GROUP OR IDENTITY OR
AND THEN WE HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH.
WE CLOSE THE DISCUSSION AND THEN PUT PUBLIC COMMENT OR YOU CAN SWITCH IT AROUND, START PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, THEN DO THE BACK AND FORTH AND THEN ANY ADDITIONAL, AND THEN I THINK YOU'LL CLOSE IT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE DISCUSSION.
WE WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER THAT SPECIFIC SESSION.
UM, SO THAT IS THE STUDY SESSION.
EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT? ALRIGHT.
AND THEN LISTENING SESSION IS YOU CALL THE ITEM, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION, YOU THE PRESENTATION, UM, COMMENT ITEM BEFORE, AFTER, UH, AND THEN IT'S COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING.
TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, THAT UNDERSTANDING.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO, UM, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON.
UM, I AM THINKING ABOUT, SO THE THE INITIAL WAY THAT I SET IT UP IS VERY QUESTION, DISCUSSION, BRAINSTORM AND ANSWERS AND TAKING NOTES, AND THEN KIND OF ALIGNING ON A SPECIFIC GOAL OR A SPECIFIC SET OF GOALS.
UM, ARE FOLKS OKAY WITH THAT STRUCTURE? UM, OR WE COULD KIND OF DO LIKE PAIR SHARES, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THEN REPORT BACK AND THEN DO THAT WHOLE LIKE, UM, IDENTIFYING COMMON.
WHAT DO FOLKS, WHAT DO FOLKS PREFER FOR THE FLOW? UM, AND HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS.
UH, WHAT DO WE WANT OUR OUTCOME TO BE FOR THESE LISTEN SESSIONS OR THESE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES? UM, WHY ARE WE HOSTING THESE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT INFORMATION WE WANNA GATHER? UM, SO WE'RE GOING LITERALLY DO LIKE THE FIVE W, THE WHAT? THE WHO, THE, WHEN, THE WHERE, AND THE H WHAT FULL GROUP.
IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.
UM, IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM, THERE'S ANOTHER REQUEST THAT FEEL FREE TO GET UP AND USE THE RESTROOM.
WE HAVE THIS ONE AND THE VISITORS.
UM, I PERSONALLY HAVE A LITTLE FI KIND OF TOY WITH MYSELF FOR MYSELF.
UM, THERE'S FRUITS AND SNACKS, WHATEVER Y'ALL NEED.
UM, HAVE YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND THE PASS.
UM, SO WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
DO WE HAVE MORE OF THE BIG, UM, STICKY NOTES TO WRITE ON? MM-HMM
'CAUSE WE MAY WANT, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE HAVE LIKE A, A OVERARCHING TOPIC, MAYBE WE CAN PUT 'EM ON THE THING AND THEN WE CAN WRITE ON THEM.
I, I LIKE DOING THAT AT THE LAST, YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF WRITING AND INSCRIBING AND ALSO LIKE, WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ONLINE JOB.
INTERESTED IN DOING THAT NOTE TAKING AND
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MOVING INFORMATION AROUND MONICA ON SCREENING OR FIRST, BECAUSE YOU TOOK IT ALL LAST TIME, BUT WHAT'S EASIEST FOR YOU? DOESN'T MATTER.ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S
ARE Y'ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? YEAH.
YOU SAID YOU HAD FIVE QUESTIONS? YES.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE, THE WHAT WAS REALLY THE PURPOSE.
UM, AS WE'RE GETTING SET, LET'S DO A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA CALL, I'M GONNA CALL FOR A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
UM, DO I NEED TO DO ANYTHING MEDICAL CLERK FOR THAT OR JUST CALL IT? YOU JUST CALLED IT? UH, RECESS.
WALK IN RESTROOM, TAKE IN THE, THAT IS THIS LOCATION.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, WITH REALLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF CHAIR.
OH, WE HAVE THE COLLAR BACK, RIGHT? YES.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
UM, MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES.
UM, AND FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 11:05 AM COMMISSIONER BUTLER? YES, I'M HERE.
COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY? HERE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PURPOSE.
UH, WE HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF OF LUNCHES AT 1230.
UM, SO WE'LL TRY TO, MY, MY OPEN GOAL IS TO, UM, KIND OF IN A, IN A PERFECT WORLD, IN A NICE WORLD, WE WILL HAVE A SET CLASS IN AN HOUR AND A HALF.
UH, BUT MY, WHAT I'M ANTICIPATING IS TO GET CLOSER TO LIKE A SET LIKE VISION FOR WHAT THESE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND WE WILL TAKE LUNCH AT 1230.
WE'LL START WITH THE GROUP PHOTO, UM, BECAUSE I FOLKS HAVE TO, UM, HAVE LIKE THINGS GOING ON IN THE AFTERNOON AND TO COME BACK AND LEAVE, UM, OR LEAVE BACK.
SO WE'LL TAKE YOUR PHOTO AND THEN, UM, WE'LL START BACK AT 30.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE PURPOSE.
UM, AND WELL MAYBE LET'S, LET'S START WITH, UM, STUDY SESSION VERSUS, NO, WE'LL DO THAT LATER.
LET'S START WITH THE PURPOSE OF LIKE, UM, WITHHOLDING THESE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER GONNA BE LISTENING SESSIONS OR STUDY SESSIONS, AND WE'LL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
BUT, UM, WHAT DO, WHAT IS OUR DESIRED OUTCOME? WHAT DO WE WANT? UM, WHY ARE WE HOLDING THESE MEETINGS AND WHAT WE WANT THE OUTCOME TO BE? SO TAKE A MINUTE, UM, IF YOU NEED, AND THEN WE'LL SHARE HOW
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SOMEONE'S KID ALL RIGHT.UH, WHO WANTS TO GET US STARTED? AND, UM, AS WE ARE SHARING, UM, PLEASE BE AWARE OF WHAT FOLKS ARE SHARING.
IF YOU WANT TO PLUS ONE, FEEL FREE TO DO SO, BUT JUST TRY TO, UM, NOT REPEAT WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE SHARING SO THAT WE CAN MOVE, UM, TO HAVE A DIVERSE UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY.
SO DO WE WANNA ITERATE THAT WE SAY DITO AND ADD A ONE? SURE.
SO YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE PLUS MONEY NOW.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ALANA IS SCRIBING IT IN REAL TIME, SO, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH IT, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TAKE OUR TIME.
COMMISSIONER, I, I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK THAT SAID, UM, I WOULD SAY HEAR FIRSTHAND, THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDS THAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE THEM.
SO, UM, YEAH, I'M GONNA SHARE TO, TO LEARN AND IDENTIFY BOTH ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT MY PERSONALLY AREN'T ON MY RADAR, BUT REALLY AREN'T ON OUR RADAR.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF NATIONALLY, LOCAL, THERE'S ALWAYS ESPECIALLY, UM, AND THE NUANCE TO THAT IS THE WAY IN WHICH ISSUES ARE FRAMED RIGHT, IS IMPORTANT.
OH, I WAS, WELL, I MEAN, WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALKINS, I WAS THINKING ABOUT LIKE SMART GOALS.
AND SO I WAS LOOKING UP WHAT SMARTS SAID
UH, AND THEN WE WILL ADD THE, THE ER, RIGHT? IE EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.
OH, INCLUSIVE AND OH, SMARTER
IMPLEMENTATION I THINK ARE TOO, YEAH.
AND AS A REMINDER, WE DID SEND AN ADC TO HELP US WITH THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND WE'LL ABOUT THAT LATER.
UM, ARE THERE, SO LET'S REVIEW THE LIST AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF ANYTHING RESONATES OR ANY ADD-ONS OR ADDITIONAL
UM, SO TO HAVE A DIVERSE UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS, UM, HERE FIRSTHAND FROM COMMUNITY PRIORITIZING NEEDS AND DEVELOPING A PROCESS.
UH, SAFE SPAN LEARNING AND IDENTIFYING ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT AREN'T ON THE EQUITY AND RELATIONS COMMISSION RADAR.
UM, AND THEN THE FRAMING OF HOW THOSE ISSUES ARE PRESENTED.
CAN I ADD RELATIONSHIPS? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND LEVERAGING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, LEVERAGING BUILDING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE BROWN ACT, I'VE TO GO,
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UH, I'S IMPORTANT.HAVING PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY'RE HEARD, MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO ONE FEEL THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE HEARD PROCESS.
I THINK IN MY MIND THERE'S SORT OF LIKE, THERE'S A, BEFORE THE ACTUAL LISTEN SESSION, THE, DURING, THE AFTER, BEFORE, I THINK THERE'S THAT LEVEL OF, UM, LIKE TRUST AND HUMAN RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? LIKE, UM, A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING INTO CITY SPACES, RIGHT? SO I THINK THE BEFORE WORK IS MAKING THIS ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.
I THINK, UM, I THINK PART OF WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT, MAYBE FOR THE FORMAT OF A STUDY SESSION IS THE FACT THAT WE, UM, OUR JOB IS TO THEN ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AND BE ABLE TO CHAMPION THAT.
SO IN MY MIND, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE IN THE ACTUAL MEETING FOR US TO BE AS INCISIVE AS POSSIBLE IN TEASING OUT WHAT'S WHAT WE CAN MEANINGFULLY MOVE FORWARD.
COMMUNITY IS GONNA BRING A LOT OF NEEDS TO US.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PERFECT BODY TO ADDRESS EVERY ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER ENTITIES.
AND SO LIKE, HOW DO WE IDENTIFY WHAT IS, HOW DO WE TRIAGE IN THAT MOMENT? AND THE AFTER I THINK IS, UM, OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE ACTION ORIENTED WITH WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING, RIGHT? LIKE IN MY MIND, UM, IF WE RECEIVE IN FILE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, THAT'S A FAILURE, RIGHT? AND SO LIKE, HOW DO WE THEN MOVE? LIKE, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD WE HAVE COMMISSIONER RIO ON BECAUSE WHEN NOW WE'RE HEARING EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY MOVED AN ORDINANCE FORWARD THAT HAD A MATERIAL IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS ASPIRATIONALLY WHAT OUR GOAL SHOULD BE, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, IS HOW DO WE MOVE THESE NEEDS INTO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE CITY POLICIES.
AND SO THAT'S OUR AFTER THEN I THINK WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND IF WE COULD ACHIEVE ALL OF THAT'D BE REALLY HAPPY.
COMMISSIONER DELIO, YOU BROUGHT TO MIND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SPACE FOR IT, BUT LIKE, SHOULD WE HAVE A GOAL OF PASS? I'M GONNA MAKE UP A NUMBER THIS MM-HMM
PATH THREE OR FIVE, THREE TO FIVE SUBSTANTIVE THREE TO FIVE, UH, SUBSTANTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO C COUNCIL.
NOT ATTACH ANY ISSUES YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE, BUT I THINK THAT WE KEEP US AS A BODY OF ACCOUNT TO FORWARD THE REACTION.
AND SOME THINGS CAN HAPPEN OUTSIDE THE LISTENING SESSION AS WELL.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ORATION OUTSIDE SESSION, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, SESSION ACTION, UM, COMMISSIONER POSSIBLE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MANY GROUPS HAVE A LOT OF CHAMPIONS AND LOUD VOICE.
SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD UNCOVER SOME MEANS CHAMPIONSHIP COVER THAT AND HELP THEM GET ON THEIR PATH.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHO THAT IS? I KNOW I CAN'T, WHICH IS WHY, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
LIKE GENERALLY LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE ORGANIZED AROUND THAT GET FUNDING OR ALREADY HAVE MEETINGS OR THEY HAVE VOICE AND PRESS, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T EVEN, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES EDUCATION TO EVEN KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
SO LIKE, AND MAYBE WE WON'T, BUT JUST IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT OUTCOME.
YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA THROW THIS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE ONE OF THE LISTING SESSIONS WHERE WE ARE, ARE THE ONES HAVING TO HAVE THINGS TRANSLATED FOR US TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE AND HAVE IT BE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE, RIGHT? NEXT OTHER LANGUAGE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SPANISH, BUT THAT IS THE NEXT ONE.
JUST SO WE CAN HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHAT IS IT LIKE RIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, THAT AND HAVE EVEN MORE DEPTH OF I'VE DONE IT.
I THINK THAT ALSO UP TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER, DELE BEING'S LANGUAGE CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING, ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
UM, WE FLIP THE SCRIPT, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR, SO WE WERE GETTING MOVED INTO PURPOSE, BUT I WANTED TO ADD ONE FROM INTO OUR OUTCOMES.
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I THINK IT, IT'S LIKE DEVELOPING THE PROCESS, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF LIKE, UM, LIKE ESTABLISHING LIKE A, IT'S EITHER ESTABLISHING OR UNEARTHING OR LIKE MAKING A, IT'S WRITTEN IN TRANSPARENCY.SO I CAN LIKE, DURING THIS PROCESS, LIKE, AND HOW CAN WE BE LIKE, THESE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO US AS A COMMISSION, NOT ONLY ARE WE HEARING THEM AS ISSUES, BUT THEN WE'RE LIKE, OH, THIS DEPARTMENT IS ACTING, WORKING ON THIS.
OR LIKE, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THE PRIORITY OF, OF THEM AS THEIR PLATFORM.
AND LIKE, HERE'S THE POTENTIAL LIKE ROADMAP, BUT LIKE, HERE'S THE, THE PLAYING FIELD.
HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO MAKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LIKE A REALITY FOR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND AS COMMISSIONERS, LIKE WE ARE AN ADVISORY BODY, BUT WE'RE ALSO A CONNECTION BODY.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE CONNECTIONS HERE, WE, OH, HERE'S SOME LIKE THINGS.
UM, AND I SEE THAT CLEARLY THROUGH OUR BIPOC UMPO, WHICH IS LIKE MOVING FROM OUR OWN ISSUES, BUT NOW PARTNERING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO GET THEIR INPUT SO THAT WHEN WE PRESENT A RECOGNITION TO THE CITY, HERE'S ALL OF THE PLAYERS THAT ARE SAYING LIKE, WE'RE ONWARD.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OUTCOME.
UM, WHICH IN OUR PROCESS OR PURPOSE, UM, WHY ARE WE VOTING THESE ENGAGEMENT? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF WHAT'S ALREADY UNDER PURPOSE? THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO PURPOSE.
WERE USING PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES, UH, INTERCHANGEABLY.
UM, WELL, I THINK OUR PURPOSE IS ONE FOR OUR, UM, COMMITTEE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, OF THE, OF THE NEEDS, RIGHT? AND THE WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP TO GUIDE US IN SUBCOMMITTEES AND DIFFERENT ACTION ITEMS THAT WE TO TACKLE AS COMMISSIONS.
I JUST WANNA ADD ALSO THE TIMING.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF HOPELESSNESS OUT THERE GIVEN THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND WE HAVE GROUP TO BRING TO DON'T GIVE UP ON.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST QUESTION THAT HIGH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INSPIRING HOME, UH, TO CREATE CARE AND COMMUNITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY OR THAT INDIVIDUAL FEEL THAT THERE IS NO, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT ANXIOUS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE, UM, IN THIS THAT DO CARE AND WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HEAR, WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I WANNA ADD ALSO, YEAH, FOR OUR PURPOSE, I'M GONNA TIE TO OUR MISSION, WHICH IS TO FOSTER AND I WILL SHARE, YES.
TO CREATE A NEW TWO YEAR ROADMAP FOR THIS COMMISSION BY ENGAGING IN DIVERSE, BY ENGAGING WITH DIVERSE, LONG EACH COMMUNITIES.
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THIS WAS ALL, YEAH.AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE LIKE WE'RE PUBLIC ACTIVITIES MM-HMM
AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE FOR
UM, I AM, WE HAVE A LIST ABOUT, WE HAVE A LIST DO FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR LIKE MOST IMPACT.
DO WE WANT TO LIKE SPEND TIME WORK SPLIT THINGS TOGETHER? OR DO WE WANT TO SIGN THIS TO, TO PRESENT AT, AT OUR NEXT, UM, COMMISSION THAT IS PART OF I WORK TOGETHER AND OR GROUP.
HOW ARE WE ANTICIPATING THAT? BECAUSE I, I KIND OF THINK, WELL, I KNOW THE TIMING IS GOING QUESTION IN MY MIND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
I THINK AS A GROUP, WE SHOULD ALL THOSE AND THEN WHATEVER COMES UP, SEND THAT TO, TO DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE.
BUT I THINK COLLECTIVELY AS A, WE'RE GONNA GET A MORE VALUE OUT THIS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING INDIVIDUALLY FROM IT.
AND THIS I, YOU GUYS TO THIS DEPARTMENT, BUT, UM, WORKING ON LIKE PURPOSE, OUTCOMES, WE GO BACK AND FORTH IN THIS DIRECTION.
UM, I'VE, NOT ME, BUT OTHER GROUPS LIKE, WELL WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? KNOW WE GET A LOT ON THE LEGAL FRONT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS PROPERLY? AND I'M TALKING IT OUT LOUD.
I MEAN, IS IT LIKE RESEARCH OR WE'RE GONNA GET ANYTHING COME TO MIND OR THAT THAT LAID OUT THE AGENDA? YES.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST ON PURPOSE OF
UM, SO THERE ARE SOME, LIKE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT COMMISSIONER DE LEON MENTIONED ABOUT LIKE THE BEFORE, THE, DURING, AND AFTER, LIKE SOME OF THOSE, UM, WILL GET FLESHED OUT LATER AGENDA.
BUT IN TERMS OF TIMING, 'CAUSE WE'RE NOW AT 1130, WHICH MEANS WE ONLY HAVE AN HOUR LEFT.
I WANT TO GAUGE, LIKE DO WE SPEND TIME AS A COMMISSION WORDSMITHING OR DO WE JUST GET ALL OF OUR IDEAS OUT TODAY AND THEN ASK THE AD HOC, WHICH I'M SEEING A LOT OF HEAD NODS ON THAT.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE ALONG THAT WAY.
SO, UM, I DO LIKE TO CELEBRATE SMALL WINS.
SO WE HAVE OUTCOMES AND WE HAVE PURPOSES
UM, SO NEXT WE'RE GONNA GET INTO SOME OF OUR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WHICH IS, UH, WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED TO GATHER IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR A SET OF EVENTS?
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UM, SO LIKE THINKING ABOUT WHAT, UM, MR. LEON SHARED ABOUT THEM BEFORE, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? UM, WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED TO GATHER? UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING INTO? YES.WELL, UM, THE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET NAMES, AGE, ETHNICITY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST ON THE TOP BASICS.
UM, AND THEN THE QUESTION, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, DO THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATION, THEIR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION? LIKE, UM, THIS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, LIKE HOW ARE YOU ENVISIONING YEAH, GATHERING THAT OR LIKE FOR THE, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF GATHERING IT? DO YOU SEE IT IN THE SURVEY? DO YOU SEE IT IN LIKE, ASKING EVERYBODY TO SHARE THAT AS THE LINEUP TO SHARE OR, SO, AND THIS IS AS IT RELATES TO THOSE NCES, SO, UM, AND LET ME MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.
IS THIS INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO ASK THEM BEFORE THE LISTENING SESSION? DURING THE LISTENING SESSION? WE NEED TO COME UP WITH THIS ANSWER.
SO WHAT, WHAT WILL BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SO BEFOREHAND, I, I'LL SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE.
WHAT I DO WHEN I, UM, POST MY, MY ANNUAL EMPOWERMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY REGISTER, I CAPTURE THEIR NAME, THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS, UH, THEIR PHONE NUMBER, AND THEN I'LL, UM, AND I TELL THEM FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, WE GATHER THEIR, I THINK AGE GOES INTO THAT CATEGORY.
THEIR A, THEIR INCOME, THEIR ETHNICITY.
I KNOW RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND THOSE ARE KIND OF SENSITIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK, BUT, UM, THE WAY WE GOT AROUND THAT, AND I ALWAYS GET ANSWER, UH, TO THE QUESTION, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE USING THEM FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES AND FOR, FOR REPORTING.
UM, TELL YOU WHAT, LET ME GET THE EXACT WORDING AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
BECAUSE OF TRIPPING OVER MY TIME, NO, BUT WE HAD TO MASSAGE IT SO THAT THE PERSON COMPLETING THE FORM FELT COMFORTABLE GIVING US THOSE ANSWERS.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS A POSSIBLE REGISTRATION PAGE, UM, OR A POSSIBLE SURVEY TO HAVE A DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN SESSION.
ESPECIALLY IF WE, IF WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE.
AND IT'S GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO LIKE THE FINAL REPORT FOR US IN THE LONG HAUL OF THE LIKE TWO YEAR E EXACTLY.
I THINK IT'LL SUBSTANTIATE THIS, THIS, THE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO MAKE BE KIND OF LIKE BASED ON STATISTICAL DATA, THIS IS WHAT IT REFLECTS.
AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN ALSO, WHAT I'M HEARING ALSO IS THAT IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE LISTENING SESSION OR THE STUDY SESSION, WE ASK COMMUNITY WHO ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THAT THEY AT LEAST IDENTIFY THEMSELVES OF LIKE, AND WE CAN HAVE LIKE FOUR IDENTIFIERS OF LIKE, UM, SHARE YOUR DISTRICT, SHARE YOUR RACE, SHARE YOUR AGE, UM, I DUNNO WHAT ELSE, BUT WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT.
BUT SO THAT WE CAN SAY THESE ARE HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IT'S IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THEM SHARING THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, WE HAVE TO COME THROUGH IT.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN ADD ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.
IDENTIFY, HELP IDENTIFY ORGANIZATIONS, MAYBE EVEN WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, ID LIKE, WHO ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AT THE SAME TIME.
WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY, THERE'S TWO LAYERS TO THIS.
I THINK ONE IS US WANTING TO HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON X, Y, AND Z COMMUNITY AT LARGE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT MIGHT FALL TO THE RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS ANY OF THE CBOS TO COME IN WITH THAT INFORMATION.
SO I KNOW ORIGINALLY THE PLAN WAS THAT WE WOULD, SORRY, I'M GONNA TALK CIRCUITOUSLY AND THEN YOU CAN PULL TOGETHER THERE.
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LIKE WITH THE, UM, ORIGINAL ATTEMPT WAS THAT WE'D HAVE LIKE COMMUNITY BASED, UM, LISTENING SESSIONS THAT WERE TARGETED TO DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WAS LIKE THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WHICH WE CAN ALWAYS, I GUESS, DECIDE TO KEEP OR CHANGE.IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THEN MY THINKING WOULD BE, LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD AN ASIAN AMERICAN LISTENING SESSION THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE CBOS BE TASKED AS PART OF COMING IN TO ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION THE, UM, DATA THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN.
RIGHT? SO IT CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIOECONOMICS, OF APIS IN LONG BEACH, RIGHT? OR LIKE THE, OR THE CITY WOULD COME IN AND HAVE THAT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE THAT COMING IN.
I THINK THAT'S ONE LEVEL OF DEMOGRAPHICS WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE PARTICIPATION DATA FOR LIKE SPEAKERS AND ATTENDEES IN MY MIND BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
HERE'S WHO WE HAD TALKING MORE THAN IT IS LIKE JUST DEAL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ASIAN AMERICANS OF THIS DEMOGRAPHIC HAVE THIS BECAUSE WE JUST WOULDN'T HAVE A, A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLING.
SO FOR LIKE DATA PURPOSES, THAT'S JUST TO SAY WHO WE HAVE IN THE ROOM.
IT'S NOT TO BE ABLE TO SAY, UM, NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE A STRONG CONCLUSION ABOUT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS? YEAH.
AND WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY IS LIKE PARTNER WITH THE CBOS LIKE, ALRIGHT, HERE'S THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS.
WHAT INFORMATION YOU WANNA SHARE, WHAT INFORMATION SHOULD WE BE INCLUDING? AND THEN MAYBE EVEN, I WOULD EXTEND JUST PAST CBOS, BUT ALSO CITY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY MULTIPLE, UM, IDENTITY BASED HEALTH NEEDS ASSESS GOING ON.
SOME OF THEM ARE DONE AND SOME OF THEM ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
SO WE CAN TAP INTO THAT AND OR SLASH UM, TAP INTO PREVIOUS RECENT REPORTS OR REPORTS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT TO THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING OR PRIORITIZING.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT REPORTS, BUT THEY DUSTY, LIKE AIN'T NOBODY PULLED THEM UP, THEY'RE NOT USING THEM.
UM, SO WE CAN LIKE BUILD OFF OF THEM.
THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON, ON THE CITY GROUPS.
I KNOW THAT EXIST FOR SOME, UM, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COLLECT DATA AT LEAST FOR THE FILIPINO, THAT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT I KNOW THAT IT GROUP.
OKAY, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DATA.
UM, LET'S MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT DO WE WANT LISTENING SESSION OR DO WE WANT STUDY SESSION.
AND I THINK THE STUDY SESSIONS WILL BE BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE PARTNERING.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON ARE WE GONNA PUT A CAP ON THE TIME, UM, WHEN WE DO THESE SESSIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT BEING HELD HOSTAGE FOR LACK OF A WORD, INFINITELY.
AND I ASKED THAT BECAUSE I RECALL SITTING IN ON A MISSION MEETING THAT WENT ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.
EVEN WHEN YOU TELL THEM, LEMME GIVE THEM TWO MINUTES, THREE MINUTES AND SOME THINGS JUST GO ON AND ON AND ON.
I CAN REALLY SEE THAT HAPPENING A LOT DURING A STUDY SESSION.
NOT SAYING THAT IT'S GOOD THERE, OTHERWISE MY QUESTION IS STILL
YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN CAP, I MEAN WE CAN CAP THE MEETING LATE TO SAY LIKE, I NO MORE THAN THREE HOURS.
UM, WE CAN ALSO CAP THE NUMBER OF THAT, EXCUSE ME, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN SHARE.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S OVER 10 PEOPLE, THE MAYOR TO THAT, UM, AND OTHER, UM, CHAIRS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, WE CAN CAP THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE GIVE OUR PRESENTERS AND SUBJECT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.
UM, THOSE ARE SOME WAYS THAT I KNOW FOR SURE WE CAN CAP TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED LIKE CAP? I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
I JUST, LIKE I SAID, I RECALL THAT ONE SCENARIO AND SHE DOESN'T WANNA, I COULD SEE THIS ONE GOING ON AND ON UNLESS WE PUT SOME CAP IN PLACE, LIKE THE NUMBER OF RESPOND
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OR THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THEY GET TO RESPOND WITHIN.AND, AND WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO WORK THAT OUT.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
AND WE CAN ALSO CREATE, UH, PROPOSED AGENDA.
SO LIKE, UM, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE STUDY SECTION FORMAT.
UM, IF IT WOULD BE LIKE, UH, A REALLY GOOD KIND OF STRUCTURE, WHICH I'M JUST GONNA LIKE THROW TIMES OUT THERE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO ADJUST IT.
BUT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AN ISSUE, YOU NEED AN HOUR.
UH, BUT THAT'S TOO LONG TO SIT THROUGH AN HOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO INFORM, I THINK WHAT I'VE SEEN US BE COMFORTABLE WITH IS LIKE, LIKE A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS KIND OF HARD TO ASK, UM, KEY PARTNERS TO DO THAT WORK.
UM, SO LIKE A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION, UM, AT, FOR OUR COMMISSION SIDE, UM, DEPENDING ON THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, WHICH WE ALL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, UM, WE WANT ANSWERED.
SO LIKE GIVING THAT 45 MINUTES, WHICH IS A COUPLE HOURS ON THAT ONE TOPIC.
UM, AND THEN MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 30 MINUTES.
UM, IF A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP OR, SO THAT LOOKS LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE, UM, WHICH IS HALF OF OUR COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH I COULD POTENTIALLY DO TOO IN ONE.
UM, ARE THERE OTHER PARTICULAR TIMES THAT FOLKS WOULD WANT TO RECOMMEND IN TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE? COMMISSIONER DOCKERY? UM, ONE, THIS IS JUST THE, UM, I GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ALMOST EVERY WEEK OR WATCH THEM ON TV.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ANNOYS ME IS PEOPLE GETTING UP AND LINING UP AND TAKING A LOT OF TIME TO SAY THE SAME THING.
AND THEN I GET UP AND SAY THE SAME THING AND THEN SHE GETS UP AND SAYS THE SAME THING.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF SOMEBODY'S ALREADY SPOKEN THE WAY YOU FEEL? JUST WE NOTE THAT, I MEAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO DO THAT, FORCE THEM TO SKIP TO A SPECIFIC STRUCTURE.
UM, WE COULD INVITE THEM, LIKE IF YOU, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'RE HERE TO SUPPORT INSTEAD OF MAYBE MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE RATIONALE OR THE SUPPORTED RECOMMENDATION.
BUT IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A GOAL JUST TO DO A TALLY NUMBER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST THAT SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION, THEN IT COULD BE LIKE, UM, PLEASE JUST BRIEFLY SHARE WHY YOU HERE AND WHAT YOU'RE IN NUMBER OF.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE WE CAN INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO DO ANYTHING, BUT WILL THEY ACTUALLY STICK TO IT? THAT'S UP TO THEM.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY FELT LIKE THE PERSON WHO SPOKE DIDN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING THEY WANTED TO SAY.
THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN TO A PUBLIC MEETING, THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE SPOKE.
I WOULDN'T RESPECTFULLY, UH, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM YOU AND YOUR, UH, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE, UH, SPEAKING OUT.
PROBABLY SCARED TO GET UP PUBLIC SPEAK.
IT'S THE SCARY THING TO DO IS PUBLIC SPEAKING, UH, AND TO TRY TO DISCOURAGE THE, I'M GONNA GO DOWN, I'VE BEEN WANTING TO SAY THIS FOR LIKE 20 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER GONE UP SOMEONE ELSE.
BUT I WANT HEAR, I WANT HEAR EVERYBODY.
I, I WANT, I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
ALANA, DO YOU HAVE INSIGHT ON THIS? I MEAN, I DO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS JUST
SO JUST ONE THOUGHT REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, AND EVEN LIKE THE STRUCTURE, Y'ALL SAID YOU WANT TO POST LISTENING SESSIONS THAT IN WHICH YOU'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITIES AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YES, IT'S A STUDY SESSION, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YOU'RE, I MEAN, WHEN REDISTRICTING WAS HAPPENING, THOSE MEETINGS DID GO TILL MIDNIGHT, BUT THE INTENT
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WAS TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT ARE, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IT.
UH, OTHERWISE IT'S VERY INAUTHENTIC.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THOUGHT, UM, JUST TO KEEP US ON THE WHAT'S, 'CAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO VEER INTO THE HOUSE AND THE WHO'S, THINK ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU WANT TO ASK THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL ALSO TAILOR THE TYPE OF COLOR COMMENT YOU MIGHT HEAR.
UM, SO JUST OFFERING THOSE TWO INSIGHTS AS I'M HEARING I TALK RIGHT NOW, I JUST HAVE, I PROBABLY LITTLE DIRECT ANSWER, BUT JUST TO THINK ABOUT, UM, IS YOU WANT, WE DO WANNA HEAR FROM EVERYONE, BUT THERE MAY BE PEOPLE WHO WANNA HIJACK THE TIME.
I DON'T KNOW I PUT TO CERTAIN THINGS WHERE THAT HAS HAPPENED.
IS THERE WAY TO PREVENT THAT? SO IT'S NOT THE SAME? IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN JUST PUT IT OUT THERE TO THINK ABOUT IT? LIKE THERE IS A OKAY.
JUST AND THE MAYOR CHANGES THE TIME SOMETIMES.
YEAH, THE MAYOR CHANGES THE TIME, BUT IT'S NOT THE MOST COMMUNITY.
AND AS CHAIR, LIKE I CAN SUPPORT WITH LIKE, OKAY.
UM, LIKE IF YOU ALREADY SHARED TO THIS MEETING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHOW, PLEASE CONSIDER, SHOW A HAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE WANNA HEAR FROM OTHER PERSPECTIVES OR LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE IN THIS ONE THING.
UM, WE'LL TAKE, CAN YOU PLEASE SEND YOUR FUND REPS AND THEN WE'LL ELSE THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS TYPE OF THING, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
LIKE THE, I I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE THE, THOSE CONTENTION MOVEMENTS HAPPENED WITH LIKE A FOUR, I GUESS THIS IS A LISTENING RIGHT? OKAY.
WE WANNA HEAR ALL YOUR ISSUES.
SO JUST SHARE IT, BUT DO IT WITHIN THREE MINUTES.
I KNOW WE HAD TALKED, UM, PREVIOUSLY ABOUT HAVING, UM, UH, DIGITAL FORMAT ALSO BEING WHERE THEY CAN FILL OUT A SURVEY WITH SOME OF THE THOUGHTS.
UM, JUST LIKE, IS THERE A READY BE OF PODIUM OR YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU MAY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, 90 LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW.
MAY HAVING IT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE STILL, WE CAN TRY.
UM, IT'S ON ASSISTED QUESTION.
WE CAN GET SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF, BUT IF WE WANT A SURVEY, WE NEED TO, THE SURVEY, WE NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN TRANSLATE IT.
AND IF NOT, WE HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST, UM, TO SEE IF WE CAN TRANSLATION SERVICES WE OFFER OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND THEN JUST, UM, BE MINDFUL OF LIKE THAT IF WE CREATE A SURVEY, IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO CREATE IT.
TRANSIT GONNA TAKE TIME TO TRANSIT.
UM, SO KEEPING THAT FOR LIKE, THE TIMING OF THINGS.
BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF THE LIKE, DEFINITELY ADD THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT SEE? YEAH.
I MEAN I THINK, YOU KNOW, SURVEY AND BEING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES MAYBE IN, UM, IN ADDITION TO MAYBE NOT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE FOR EACH SESSION THAT WE HOST, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO USE LISTENING SESSIONS.
THEY'RE GONNA LAST FOR THIS LONG, RIGHT? SO THAT, SO THERE'S AN OPEN SURVEY.
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO LISTENING SESSION.
YOU CAN FILL OUT THIS SURVEY AND WE CAN STILL GATHER YOUR INFORMATION.
UM, LET'S CONTINUE ON TO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO GATHER.
WHAT ALREADY EXISTS? UH, WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE WANT TO ASK THE COMMUNITY? AND I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION IN HERE, LIKE THIS IS THE NEXT SECTION, UM, WHICH YOU HAVE 45 MINUTES FOR, BUT IT'S THE WHO ARE WE ACTUALLY WANTING TO DIVE DEEPER IN? WHAT ISSUES DO WE WANNA DIVE? QUESTION.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, SO, SO IN MY WORK WITH CLIENTS, I, I, I CONSULT TEACHER EDUCATION LEADERS AND I ASK EVERY NOW AND THEN'S NOT EVERY SESSION, BUT I ASK ABOUT WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WANT TO BE ASKED THAT I HAVEN'T ASKED YOU ALREADY? AND THAT OFTEN YIELDS JUST RICH INFORMATION.
SO WHEN YOU CAN REFASHION THAT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT D WHAT EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS TOPIC OR ISSUE OF CONCERN WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ASKED ABOUT? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BROAD QUESTION, UH, BECAUSE WE COULD BRING, REMOVE ALL THE QUESTIONS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ALWAYS FOLKS THAT JUST HAVE THIS CREATIVE WAY OF, AND THAT HAS A POTENTIAL INSIGHT INTO HOW WE DO OUR WORK AND THE TOPICS THAT COME.
YEAH, I JUST GAVE AN OFF THE CUFF KIND OF RECOMMENDATION QUESTION.
BUT I THINK THAT AD HOC CAN FINESS THAT BURDEN SO THAT THE OUTCOME IS JUST 'CAUSE THE QUESTION OF THE REPORT.
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COULD JUST SAY, TELL US ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT WE LET THE STATEMENT, BUT WE GIVE SOMEONE THE EMPOWERMENT TO DREAM A QUESTION.THAT'S THAT, THAT'S THE BELIEF QUESTION.
AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE CAN ALSO TAKE THAT QUESTION AND YOU CAN ALSO HAVE THAT QUESTION AS OUR TOOLKIT DOWN THE LINE.
SO THE SPECIFIC QUESTION YOU'RE RECOMMENDING AND WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS SHOULD WE BE ASKING THAT COULD WORK? I THINK YOU NEED PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT CAN WORK.
WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKING WITH YOUR QUESTION AND THE QUESTION PIECES, OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING? COMMUNITY? YES.
YEAH, THERE'S A FEW THAT COME TO MIND AND WE CAN DEFINITELY CUT THESE IF NEEDED.
I THINK ONE WOULD BE, UM, WHAT CITY SERVICES HAVE YOU OR YOUR COMMUNITY FOUND MOST IMPACTFUL AND ADDRESS THE EQUITY ISSUES? UH, AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND.
I THINK NUMBER TWO, UM, WOULD BE, UM, WHAT ARE THE, UH, BIGGEST LIKE IMPEDIMENTS TO ECONOMIC, UH, STABILITY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN, UM, BROUGHT TO YOUR ORGANIZATION OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT MIGHT BE, RIGHT? SO, 'CAUSE IN MY MIND I'M THINKING ABOUT, UM, LIKE FOLKS ARE GONNA BE LIKE, A LOT OF THESE THINGS DO COME DOWN TO LIKE ECONOMIC BARRIERS AND HAVING IMPEDIMENTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN.
AND ANOTHER WOULD BE, UM, WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN EXEMPLARY EXAMPLES OF INCLUSION, UM, IN LONG BEACH FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THERE'S A CHANCE FOR CITY HERE, WHAT'S WORKING, UM, WHETHER IT'S WHATEVER CITY ARE WORKING AND SIMILAR TO THAT, WHAT ARE THOSE MOMENTS OF EXCLUSION THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, UM, OR THAT HAVE FLOATED TO THE TOP SO WE CAN WORDSMITH THOSE.
BUT THAT'S, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCRETE QUESTIONS THAT COME TO MIND.
SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING? UH, OH YEAH.
LIKE WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE, LET ME ALSO REPHRASE IT AS I RESTATE IT BECAUSE I THINK I WAS A LITTLE WORDY THERE.
UM, WHAT ARE THE IMPEDIMENTS TO ECONOMIC STABILITY THAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS RAISED YOU? AND WHILE ANNA IS WRITING THAT, I THINK LIKE ONE EXAMPLE THAT I MIGHT ENVISION FOR THAT, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME UP IS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A LOT OF FILIPINO COMMUNITIES IN WEST SIDE LONG BEACH, UM, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, LIKE AIR QUALITY'S REALLY BAD.
LIKE A LOT OF THE TEACHERS THAT I'LL TALK TO WILL LIKE WEAR, LIKE LITERALLY WEAR 90 N 90 FIVES WHEN THE WALK INTO PLACES, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S LIKE THAT'S AN IMPEDIMENT TO YOUR HEALTH AND LIVELIHOOD.
UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCESS OUTDOOR SPACES, GREEN SPACES, RIGHT? SO LIKE I THINK THAT'S A UNIQUE THING TO WEST SIDE MOM BEACH THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA HEAR AS MUCH ON THESE SIDE, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK WHAT I'M IMAGINING IS LIKE FOLKS WILL BRING, FOLKS WILL KNOW HOW TO ANSWER A LOT OF THESE BASED ON THEIR DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCES.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF MY HOPE FOR, FOR THESE.
AND I THINK, UM, MAYBE ONE MORE THING I WOULD ADD AND THEN I'LL STOP TALKING IS, UM, I THINK FOR THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD WANT THEM TO BRING IN, UM, LIKE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE LIKE, UH, THE LIKE DATA THAT THEY'VE GATHERED FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY MAY NOT HAVE, UM, GENERATED ON ITS OWN, RIGHT? SO I KNOW THERE'S LIKE CITY DEPARTMENTS OF WHO CAME OUT STUFF.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING, UM, THEIR OWN KIND OF RESEARCH.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO ALSO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT TO BE CAPTURING, EVEN IF THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT THE, UM, LIKE WHAT MAYBE IF THAT HAS NOT NECESSARILY PICKED UP BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK.
SO LETTING THEM HAVE SOME THOROUGHAL INTENT ON WHAT, WHAT DATA IS MOVING THROUGH.
I THINK FOR THE ONE IS THAT OUR LISTENING SECTIONS OR STUDY SESSIONS SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON EMPLOYEE, UM, BROADLY.
AND THEN WHAT COMES FROM THAT PARCEL OUT.
WE'VE HEARD THESE ARE THE MAIN ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP AND THIS IS WHO IS IMPACTING THEM THE MOST.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO START FROM A STARTING POINT, LIKE WHO IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE FOCUSING ON EQUITY ISSUES AND HOW CAN WE BRING THEM TO AND SHINE A LIGHT ON.
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THINK WE WE'LL NEED TO, UM, AND FURTHER WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DETERMINE, LIKE WHAT ISSUES SHOULD WE START WITH? AND THEN THAT COULD ACTUALLY INFORM OUR, UM, SO ARE THERE SPECIFIC EQUITY CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT, OR THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY NETWORKS THAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE? IT COULD BE IN ALIGNMENT TO OURUM, SO WHEN, UM, SO WHEN MR.
SO, UM, I'M WONDERING IF, UM, MAYBE WE COULD BUILD IN OR EXPAND ON THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO ECONOMIC ECONOMIC STABILITY TO INCLUDE SOCIAL.
ARE THERE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT YOU WANNA HIGHLIGHT? SOCIAL HOUSING, FOOD? YEAH, SO I MEAN THE, I MEAN IF WE, WHEN THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE, RIGHT? I MEAN THERE MIGHT BE A COMMUNITY THAT'S EXPERIENCING MORE SO IN A SPECIFIC AREA, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND BUILDING, RIGHT? SO THAT MIGHT BE LIKE A BIG ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA OF LONG BEACH, RIGHT? WE NEED TO DETERMINE THAT, RIGHT? UM, SO THERE'S ALSO HEALTH AND HEALTH, HEALTHCARE, UH, SERVICES, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT, EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS.
SO HEALTHCARE, I UM, SO MAYBE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, MAYBE IT COULD BE WHAT ARE THE IMPEDIMENTS TO SDLH YOUR COMMUNITY HAS RAISED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALL OTHERS IN REGARDS TO QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED OR I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES FOR THE ISSUES.
SO UNDER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS, AGAIN, NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT EDUCATION.
THAT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE SURVEY FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, IT WAS ALL OF THE PILLARS WERE BASED OFF THE SOCIAL PERSON.
IT WAS BASED ON THE, OF THE SOCIAL.
UM, AND THEN IT, IT'S THE SAME THING.
YEAH, I MEAN 'CAUSE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE PERSON, YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE OUTCOMES, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS DO YOU KNOW, ARE VERY MUCH, UH, EXPERIENCED DISPARATELY DUE TO AN EQUITY.
SO, ALRIGHT, I THINK WE HAVE ONE SESSION.
DO WE WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION?
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I MEAN, PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE LIKE DEMOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC STUFF BECAUSE IT WILL, ESPECIALLY AS A CITY ENTITY, IT COULD GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF UM, DISCRIMINATION.UM, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, UH, THE BAIL THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH IT IN THE EQUITY SPACE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF YOU WERE TO HAVE SUBJECT SPECIFIC, INVITE ALL THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BASED OFF OF AND HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO A BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UM, SPEAK TO ECONOMIC
SO THEN FOLLOW UP WITH, SHOULD WE LIST THE POTENTIAL SUBJECT EXPERTS UNDER THESE FIVE MINUTES, UM, TO START SAYING IF THEY WANT TO COME OUT AND HELP, I'D SAY LET'S THROW IT ALL IN THE KITCHEN SINK AND THEN Y'ALL CAN, THAT AD HOC CAN DEFINITELY REFINE IT OFF OF THE BOOTH.
BUT, UM, SO WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE USE THE FIVE TENANTS AS THE FIVE LISTENING SESSIONS STUDY SESSIONS.
WHOEVER SHOWS UP SPEAKS TO IT.
AND THEN THAT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR OVERALL LOVE TO YOUR I I LIKE THAT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER LIKE DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT I'M HEARING.
HAS EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF THAT FIVE SESSIONS UNDER THE
UM, DUNNO HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT TIMING.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A GREAT, AND THEY DISCUSS ISSUES THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT PARTICULAR GROUP, THEY CAN DESIGNATE A SPEAKER OR SEVERAL OF THEM CAN SPEAK, BUT MAYBE YOU COULD KIND OF NARROW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CUT DOWN ON DUPLICATIVE, UH, COMMENTS WITH THEIR PERMISSION.
SO WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU ALL CAN, BUT IF SOMEONE'S LIKE, OH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GONNA SAY.
SO YOU JUST, SO THE CHALLENGE WITH A BREAKOUT SESSION IS THAT IT WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT AND THEN THE FULL BODY NEEDS TO BE PRESENT.
SO MAYBE AS A CAVEAT TO THAT, YOU CONSIDER HAVING AD HOCS THAT ARE FOCUSING ON THOSE FIVE AND MAYBE THAT'S LIKE ADDITIONAL WORK OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE LISTENING, THE LISTENING SLASH STUDY SESSIONS THAT YOU'RE CONDUCTING.
SO MAYBE THAT'S LIKE A FOCUS GROUP THAT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS FACILITATING, UM, WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, THAT WAY YOU'RE ABLE TO DIG DEEPER, UH, 'CAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BROWN ACT AND A STUDY SESSION IS NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO FULL DEPTH IN ANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS.
AND NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT DR.
LARGE SHARED EARLIER THAT LIKE WHAT IF THESE TESTING SESSIONS ARE A ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
AND THEN I THINK THE COMMITMENT FOR THE COMMISSION WOULD BE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN REAL TIME ON THINGS THAT YOU CAN TAKE ACTION ON OR RECOMMEND ACTION TO COUNSEL.
AND THEN THOSE THINGS THAT YOU DO NEED TO STUDY YOUR, YOU KNOW, GIVING YOURSELF, ALLOCATING THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, STUDY, SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
LAURA, AND THEN I'M INTRIGUED BY COMMISSIONER'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION AND YOU TOOK A WILL BE, I THINK WHAT WE COULD ALSO DO, BUT
AND THEN WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THAT SAME PRESENTATION, WE HAVE THREE PANELISTS.
MAYBE THEIR LENS STILL ONE PRESENTATION, BUT EACH PER, EACH PANELIST, UM, HAS THEIR FOCUS AREA THAT WILL STILL WORK WITH ONE AGENDA ITEM, UM, BROWN, BROWN PROTECTED RIGHT.
AND THAT DOESN'T PUT A WHOLE LOT OF WORK, ADDITIONAL WORK ON AN AD HOC UNLESS THEY, AND UM, AND THEN THE WHOLE IS STILL THERE.
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MEAN EVEN IF YOU DID IT IN THAT WAY, LIKE LEAVE LIKE THE TOP.UM, AND SO WE CAN GIVE EACH PANELIST THAT'S A TEAM OF FOUR OR SO WE CAN DECIDE AND THEN WE CAN SAY LIKE FIVE MINUTES EACH, WHICH PROBABLY RUN INTO 10, UM, WHICH TAKES ABOUT TO THE 30, 40 MINUTE MARK DOES SOUND LIKE, OR ACTUALLY LIKE THE BACK AND OF THE TOTAL HOUR, SORRY, THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE HOUR LONG MAYBE OR, UM, YEAH, AN HOUR AND A HALF.
UM, BUT WITH, THAT'S LIKE GIVE OR TAKE TWO HOURS MAX, UM, COULD EITHER BE A PART OF OUR MEETINGS OR SPECIAL MEETING.
SO JUST IN PRACTICE IT SOUNDS LIKE, OH, SORRY, SORRY.
MY QUESTION WAS ON THE HOOP AND MAYBE I ZONED OUT AS I SAID TO YOU FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT WE'RE DURING THIS SESSION AND IS IT A CORRECT STATEMENT TO SAY THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT DURING THE LISTENING SESSION WE'RE GONNA GET FEEDBACK FROM THE C HEAD, THE HEAD OF THE C HEAR A REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WHO'S GONNA SPEAK TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT A PART OF ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? THE CITY RESIDENTS WHO JUST LIVE HERE THAT HAVE NOT LINE THEMSELVES WITH MEETING WHO'S GONNA SPEAK TO THEM? SO YOU STILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO THERE OKAY.
LIKE I SAID, IT WAS PROBABLY ONE MOMENTS I BACK, UM, A BIT OF A DIFFERENT TANGENT, BUT JUST IT SOUNDS LIKE IN PRACTICE, IF WE'RE DOING ABOUT A 90 MINUTE TO TWO HOURS FOR THESE, IT PROBABLY GIVES US ABOUT ONE SUBSTANTIVE AGENDA ITEM FOR MEETING OUTSIDE OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT JUST OWN SPECIALTY, RIGHT? THAT'S WE FOCUS ON.
SO I THINK JUST LIKE, THAT'S JUST A REMINDER FOR US THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY LIKE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT LIKE HOW WE REALLY MAKE THAT ONE ITEM OR HOWEVER THIS LOOKS LIKE AS MEANINGFUL AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
I THINK FOLLOW UP, WE CAN ALSO BE LOOKING UP SOME PATH OF SESSION AGENDA TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL FOR REFERENCE, UM, SO THAT Y'ALL CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE TYPICALLY FRAMED.
UM, THERE IS NO ACTION THAT COMES OUT THAT BEYOND RECEIPT FILE IS IT TO DISCUSS.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE LET'S SAY YOU DO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN LIKE YOUR STANDARD MEETING.
SO WE HAVE, UM, FIVE SPECIFIC TOPIC AND NOW LET'S IDENTIFY WHO OR POTENTIAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS UNDER EACH TOPIC.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT, OR WE'VE BEEN SITTING AND TALKING SHOULD WE CREATE BUTCHERS AND THEN EVERYBODY JUST GO UP AND WRITE WHO THE THINK ARE GOOD SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS? SURE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL PUT 'EM AROUND THE ROOM.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL PUT EACH OF THE TITLES UP AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO WRITE WHO THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT WE WANNA COME IN.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ROBBIE WAS ASKING, WHO REACH OUT TO PICKED OUT THE GROUPS WHO YOU REACH OUT TO BECAUSE THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WANNA WORK WITH US OR BE AVAILABLE.
UM, SO IT'S JUST DEVELOPING ON THE LIST.
UM, SORRY, CAN YOU DEFINE, I'M HAVING LIKE MAJOR EYE ALLERGIES.
UM, CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT THE SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT IS OR REMINDER FOR ME
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PLEASE IF, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE WOULD EITHER SOMEBODY HAS MOREBUT CONCEPTUALLY, I MEAN I, UH, I I UNDERSTAND THIS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS HEALTH, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT, LIKE AN EXAMPLE, OH, GO AHEAD.
WHAT IT'S, SO YOUR SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY CONTEXT WOULD BE LIKE YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, THIS IS YOUR NETWORK OF PEOPLE, YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK.
SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU GREW UP AROUND.
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE FOLKS THAT YOU ARE LEANING ON, UM, WHEN IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, LIKE IT'S ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF LIKE NETWORKS THAT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL HAVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE YOUR CHURCH COMMUNITY, IT COULD BE YOUR FRIEND GROUP AND HEY, WE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE MASTER'S PLUS LIKE LEVEL EDUCATION.
IT'S ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, IT, IT'S ALSO WHERE YOU, HOW YOU GREW UP.
SO I, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY SOMEONE, UH, WAS RAISED IN A SINGLE, UH, FAMILY, SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD, THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR, UH, LIKE FAMILIAL, UH, AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS.
SO LIKE THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND CHOSEN
LIKE WHERE WOULD THIS FALL? I'M NOT SAYING IT'S TRUE.
LET'S SAY THERE WAS A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY AND THEY LIKE, OH, WE'RE BEING PUSHED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GENTRIFICATION OR WHATEVER IT IS.
LIKE THAT FALL, DO YOU THINK IN THE BUILTIN NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT? OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC.
OKAY, I'M GONNA SCRATCH THE PROCESS.
I PAPERS AND EVERYONE GO, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'M GONNA, BECAUSE I THINK WE, SOME FOLKS WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM.
SO LET'S JUST GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM ONE BY ONE.
UH, AND THEN WE START ANSWER THROUGH.
SO WE'LL START WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO IF THAT GIVE US A DEFINITION OF IT.
AND THEN WHO ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WE SHOULD BE CONNECTING WITH? ARE YOU GONNA GET ALONG? YEAH, I'M, THANK YOU.
SO YOU SAID NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILDING.
SO I WOULD SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY HEARING FROM THE MEMBERS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CHAIRS.
LIKE THERE'S PRESIDENTS AND THEN THERE'S VICE PRESIDENTS TO THOSE ASSOCIATION GROUPS.
AND THEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, WHERE PEOPLE LIVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES, SAFETY AND POLLUTION.
CONNECT THIS, NO, WE'RE JUST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT OKAY, THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER, FIELD REP FOR VARIOUS COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? FIELD REPS FOR THE, ARE PEOPLE YOU WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND REITERATE, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM TO PRESENT TO US.
COMMISSIONER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS LIKE NO, THEY GREAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, BUT YEAH, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE IMPORTANT.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATES ARE IMPORTANT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BUTLER, I'M, I'M GOING TO ADD CITY RESIDENTS BECAUSE I TUTORING THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THEMSELVES TO BE DOING WELL VERSUS THOSE WHO PERCEIVE THEMSELVES TO NOT BE DOING WELL.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES? WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN THE LIFE OF THIS ONE VERSUS THE LIFE OF THAT ONE'S? KIND OF BACK TO WHAT I SAID.
MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE REPRESENTATION.
I THINK FROM WHAT WE SHARED IN THE LAB, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A SURVEY THAT THE RESIDENTS, UM,
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RESIDENTS WILL ALSO HAVE TIME TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH THEY CAN SHARE AS WELL.THE SPECIFIC, UM, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA FILL IN THAT FIRST LIKE 15, 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION TO US AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO ARE THERE SPECIFIC RESIDENTS THAT YOU FEEL, UM, WOULD BE GREAT TO SPEAK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT? UM, OR DO YOU WANNA GET BACK TO IT? I'M GONNA COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
UM, OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER.
I'M GONNA SUGGEST, UH, DR. MICHAEL MENDEZ FROM UCI WHO IS A RESOURCE EXPERT ON RESEARCH AREA.
AND ALSO WANT CHECK IN WITH YOU.
DO YOU NEED A WRITING BREAK? BECAUSE I CAN EASILY YOU SURE, YEAH, YEAH.
UH, I WOULD INCLUDE THE UM, FOR SAFETY.
I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD PRESENT, BUT THEN ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE SHOULD ALSO, UM, PRESENT.
SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE ER, YEAH.
THEY SHOULD PRESENT OR EVEN THE UM, THE UM, THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
THE ADVANCING, UM, STAFFING TEAM THAT YOU SHARED.
UM, THIS IS A GREEN LIST TO START WITH AND THIS IS A LIST FOR FOLKS TO CONTRIBUTE TO.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE, SO THE AVAILABILITY, AFFORDABILITY AND QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE.
DOES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, IS THAT STILL? NO, NO, THAT'S OTHERS.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE UM, ALICE KING, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, DIRECTOR IF IF'S AVAILABLE.
AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THE ACTUAL DOCTOR ON THIS, UM, COURT.
I KNOW THE DHH HAS PARTNERED WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS.
I WONDER, DO WE WANNA JUST LEAVE IT WITH SAY THHS AND HAVE THEM CONNECT WITH THOSE GROUPS? OR DO WE WANT ADD THOSE GROUPS TO THIS AS WELL? I THINK WE, THIS IS A TIME PUT EVERYTHING, SO IF WE SUBJECT EXPERTS, WE WANNA HEAR FROM ORGANIZING PROJECTS.
WHO'S PART OF THE HELPING SYSTEM? UM, MY FOLKS WITH CLINICS.
SO LIKE THE LGBT CENTER, UH, NPLA PARENTHOOD BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOT OF DATA SURVEYS WE DON'T NEED GET THAT NAMED RHT, THE RACIAL HEALTH.
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS IT? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S R TO BE, I KNOW BI
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WOULD DO UM, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SELF AID.AND HERE THEY HAVE THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER.
AND ARE WE, ARE WE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE UNIVERSITY? LIKE CAL STATE U HAS LATINO HEALTH CENTER.
COMMISSIONER CARE FALLS SQUARE MAYOR ARE COVERED BY ANY OF THOSE.
WE CAN HEAD UP OUR FRIEND KAREN
CAN WE ALSO ADD UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UH, VHS, TAR TARZANA, UM, SAFE REFUGE AND, ALRIGHT.
OH WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
YEAH SO WE HAVE UM, UH, RECOVERY OF EDUCATION.
WE HAVE THE PROVIDERS THEMSELVES, SYSTEM PHS.
YEAH, I THINK IS THERE A CAMBODIA? TWO YEARS CENTRIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
UM, LET'S JUMP TO OUR NEXT ONE.
SOCIAL SUPPORT, RELATIONSHIPS AND ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
UH, SOCIAL SUPPORT, RELATIONSHIPS AND ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES.
SO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE DEPARTMENT, THE HOW THE TEAM WITH DEVELOPMENT.
THEY EVEN HAVE LIKE A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
I'M JUST GONNA CALL IT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING FOR NOW.
AND DO
THEY PROVIDE UM, NEXT TO CAMBODIA TOWN.
UM, IT'S THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
THEY WOULD BE REALLY GREAT THERE.
WE'LL DO A LOT OF STUFF RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT GREAT? UH, THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE LIKE THE LGT BUSINESS DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN, THE CAMBODIA TOWN.
I DON'T KNOW YOU COLLEGE IS YET, BUT Y'ALL ARE COMING UP WITH SOMETHING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE LATINO GROUPS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CREATING LIKE A MARKET OR SOMETHING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE DRAKE PARK.
BUT THOSE CULTURAL DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UM, THERE'S ALSO LIKE A NEW, ONE OF THE HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
SO, UM, I HAVE ZERO CONNECTIONS TO THIS BUT WHAT ABOUT LIKE CHURCHES? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UNEMPLOYED AND THEY, THEY KNOW HAVE THE INSIGHTS.
I KNOW THAT WE PUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS UNDER NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY ALSO DO LIKE THE COMMUNITY CONTEXT LIKE EC COMMUNITY.
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SITUATION THERE AND ON THAT OF THE CENTER ALSO'S COMPREHENSIVE.SO YEAH, THEY PROBABLY INTERSECT.
AND THEN THERE I THINK PARKS AND REC PLAY A REALLY BIG, UH, ASPECT IN IT AND A SPECIAL EVENT DO TO.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THE VARIOUS COALITIONS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO I KNOW, UH, THE CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY HAS UH, I DUNNO WHAT THE COALITION IS CALLED, BUT THEY HAVE ONE, UM, LONG BEACH ACTION NETWORK, UH, WHICH COMPRISES OF FILIPINO MIGRANT CENTER AND OTHERS.
BUT THINK WE COULD REACH OUT TO THOSE COALITION.
BUT THERE ALSO LIKE GREAT PANTHERS, SOME FOR T LGBTQ, LIKE ALL, SOME OF THEM ARE LAUGHING FOR GROUPS.
IT'S LIKE FOLKS WHO ARE BUILDING THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'M ALSO THINKING LIKE BOYS GIRLS CLUB.
SO BARS AND OTHER SOCIAL GATHERING ASSOCIATIONS.
AND NOW SOMETHING WHAT KIND OF VERY JUST, IT MAY SEEM UP ABOUT THE BARRIER IN DEPTH.
WE HAVE TO EXPLORE THE ONLINE SPACE IN MULTIPLE, ESPECIALLY THESE YOUNG FOLKS THAT THAT'S REALLY GOING ONLINE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT, BUT SOMEONE WITH EXPERTISE OR GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN SHARE WITH US.
I'M REALLY INTRIGUED WITH LIKE HOW DOING ONLINE, 'CAUSE I'M GENERATION X AND SO I'M AN IN PERSON PERSON.
UM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEND TIME ON PHONE AND THAT'S A COMMUNITY BULLYING ONLINE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, UH, CAN YOU ADD LIKE N-A-A-C-P UP THERE? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY COMMUNITY CENTER TOO.
THERE'S ALL THESE SUB, I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK WELL ON IT BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T
UM, SO LET'S JUST HOLD IT DOWN FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT? DID WE FINISH ALL FIVE MINUTES? NO, IT'S ONE MORE.
WHAT? WHAT'S THE LAST ONE? ECONOMIC AND ECONOMIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS EDUCATION.
ECONOMIC IS FACTORS LIKE INCOME, EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING.
WHAT ARE THEY CALLING FUTURE? JUST FOR THE USE.
WE THROW OUR HOMELESS GROUP UP THERE FROM THE CITY.
WHAT'S OUR HOMELESS ACCOUNT? GROUP? COMMISSION.
BUT WE NEED SOMETHING UP THERE LIKE FOR HOMELESS.
I DUNNO WHAT GROUP THAT WOULD BE.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS LIKE, UM, IN THE CITY WHERE THERE'RE THERE IS AN ADVISORY.
SO HOMELESS, I FORGET THE TITLE BUT LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
UM, WHAT IS ALL SET? BEACH ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
OH, THE LA FED, WHICH IS KIND OF TIED AWAY.
DO YOU THINK, UM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REENTRY TO DC OR THAT'S GOOD.
UM, I MEAN THIS IS UP TO Y'ALL.
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UM, THIS IS A LOT OF GROUPS, SO Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU FILTER IT.CAN WE HEAR EDUCATION'S PART OF THIS AS WELL? NEXT ONE? YEAH, LAST ONE.
DO WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS LIST? ARE THERE ANY OTHER BURNING ONES? ALRIGHT.
THE LAST ONE AND THEN WE'LL BREAK.
UM, WE HAVE TO DO THE THREE, RIGHT? SO LB, LB, USB, LV C CAL STATE, UH, LV ARE VERY IMPORTANT THERE.
SO THERE'S UM, DIFFERENT GROUPS.
THERE'S PTAS, THERE'S UM, THERE'S SCHOOL SITE COUNCILS, BUT THESE, THESE ARE ALL STRUCTURES UNDER LBUS.
SO PTAS AREN'T, I MEAN THEY'RE UNDER U-L-B-U-S-C, BUT THEY'RE PARENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT, UM, WOW, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GROUP? UH, CHAMPION FOR DISABLED? UM, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
THE ONE THAT NUBIA, SHE'S A PART OF HEALTHY STARTS, BUT WE, WE NEED TO PUT THEM UP THERE.
YOU CAN JUST PUT
UM, THE SUPERVISORS INSTEAD OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
WHAT ABOUT ABILITY FIRST OFFICIALS REFERRING TO WORK? MM-HMM
YOU TALKING? OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE LIKE YOUTH, UM, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MY GIRLS IN ACTION.
UM, BECAUSE THEY, ALTHOUGH THEY DO ORGANIZ ADVOCACY, THEY DO A LOT OF EDUCATION AND POLITICAL EDUCATION AS WELL.
I, I WOULD PUT UH, DAVID MCGILL.
SO WITH UH, THE WALL BEACH YOUTH EDUCATION.
KATHY, I PUT THERE THE TEACHER'S UNION.
DO WE HAVE ANY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT'S LIKE THE YMCA BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
SO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUP, THEIR NAME IS THE LONG BEACH AREA SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT FORUM.
THAT'S, THAT'S PARENT FORUM ABILITY.
I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THEY DO, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY WORK WITH DISABLED.
UM, REMIND US OF THE DEFINITION AGAIN FOR, UM, EDUCATION.
ACCESS AND QUALITY IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING.
BUT, UM, SO OUTSIDE OF UH, LBC, LIKE, UM, SINCE OUR CHILD HAS LIKE A TRAIN TRAINING PROGRAM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD LIST.
AND AS WE HAVE LUNCH, IF SOMETHING COMES TO MIND, THEY'RE UP THERE.
YOU KNOW WE JO RIGHT? FOR TIME'S SAKE.
UM, SO I AM GONNA STOP THIS HERE.
UM, WE'RE NOT OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE DO HAVE THE BUDGET AGENDA ITEM AND ALSO, UM, WE'LL BE DISMISSING, UM, EARLY TO FOCUS ON A HOC WORK.
UM, SO LET ME THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
STAFF TEAM, UM, BUT I'M GONNA OFFICIALLY CALL FOR A RECESS.
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SO I'LL BASICALLY CALL TO ORDER.UH, FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE CALLING BACK ORDER AT 1 31.
I VICE CHAIR BAT WILL BE RETURNING LATER.
I THINK YOU ALL FOR COMING BACK.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T GET TO FINISH THE LAST DECEMBER ITEM.
UM, SO WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO IS LET'S WRAP IT UP IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.
UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO IDENTIFY, UM, ABOUT WHEN DO AND START HAVING THE FIRST, UM, LISTENING SECTIONS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OUT ONLY BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE CURRENT WORK SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, IT'S GONNA TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS, GET EVERYTHING ON THE GROUND AND ESPECIALLY LIKE AVAILABILITIES FOR SPEAKERS.
UM, SO WE'LL DO LIKE WHEN WE, WHEN THE ESTIMATED START TIME FOR THESE STUDY SESSIONS.
UM, JUST SO THAT THE, WHEN WE ESTABLISH THE WORK GROUPS OR THE APOS, THEY CAN HAVE A SENSE OF A TIMELINE THAT IT COULD WORK FROM.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE OUT THIS SECTION WITH, UM, FOLKS SIGNING UP FOR THE AD HOCS THAT UM, THEY'RE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT, UH, WITH PEOPLE JUST DISTRIBUTION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE MEET NEXT MONTH, UH, WE WILL FORMALIZE, UM, THE IAN INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE THERE, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WE CANNOT MORE THAN TWO AT A TIME, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TOO.
SO, UM, LET'S GET STARTED AROUND WHEN, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN MAY.
WE'RE NOT HAVING A COMMISSION MEETING THIS MONTH.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE LIKE PUSHING BACK OUR JULY MEETING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY WEEK.
UM, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
BUDGET IS GONNA START HAPPENING FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS PRETTY BUSY FOR EVERYBODY AS WELL.
UM, WHAT ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ANTICIPATED PLAN? I, SORRY, QUESTION, CLARIFY.
I REMEMBER PROBABLY SOMETIMES THERE'S A SUMMER MEETING.
UM, NOT, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AS AN EXTENSION IF WE CANCEL IN JULY OR AUGUST.
BUT TYPICALLY WE DO CANCEL ONE, CAN WE CANCEL AUGUST AND START THIS IN SEPTEMBER? THE ONLY I HAVE A HAVE IT IN SEPTEMBER BUT NOT HAVE IT MEETING IN AUGUST IS WE MAY WANNA DO THE, YOU KNOW, WRAPPING UP, FINALIZING DETAILS THE MONTH BEFORE AND WE WON'T HAVE.
AND THEN SEPTEMBER IS LIKE THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR FOR A COMMUNITY.
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EVENTS HAPPEN ABOUT, UM, WHAT IF WE SENT OVER AS A, AS A GOAL DATE.SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO CULTURAL EVENTS HAPPENING IN OCTOBER AND THEN YOU GO INTO NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER IS HOLIDAY AND THEN DECEMBER IS A WASH MONTH.
SO I THINK IF WE SAY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER FALL, YEAH, DEFINITELY FALL.
UM, THEN WE SHOULD BE IN AT LEAST A GOOD PLACE TO THEN USE THE REMAIN MONTHS TO DO DATA, UM, AND LIKE REPORT DEVELOPMENT AND START TO DEVELOP OUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS.
AND THEN THAT WAY IN THE NEW YEAR, JANUARY AND MONTH, IT CAN BE LIKE, ALRIGHT, WE'RE HERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WITH CLOSING OR NOW MAYBE EVEN FEBRUARY-ISH.
SO YOU'RE DOING KIND OF CLARIFICATION.
THESE LISTENING SESSIONS ARE HAPPENING ONCE A MONTH OR ALL WITHIN THAT SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER WINDOW.
LIKE, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, WHAT DO OTHER PEOPLE DO? SO HERE'S MY THOUGHT, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS, BUT THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT TOPICS.
YOU DO ONE A MONTH, THIS MIGHT BE A STRETCH BUT CAN JUST GO, GO NOW.
UM, WE ARE GONNA TRY TO FINALIZE THIS AT THE JUNE MEETING.
JULY WE START ONE OF THEM, RIGHT? WE TAKE A BREAK IN AUGUST.
THAT'S USUALLY KIND OF THE TRADITION HERE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, WE DON'T HAVE AUGUST RESUME, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
THEN HOPEFULLY THEN BY JANUARY, FEBRUARY BASED ON WE LEARNED, I I THINK WE SHOULD.
OUR CLOCKS DID NOT BE DO NOT MEET REGULARLY.
WE DO NOT MOVE AT THE SPEED OF LINE.
IT TAKES FOREVER FOR US TO DO ANYTHING.
I OWN THAT AND THAT'S JUST THE REALITY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE SAY WE START THEM IN SEPTEMBER.
EVERYBODY DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO HAVE THEIR PLAN IN PLACE.
THAT MEANS CONTACTING FOLKS, CONFIRMING SPEAKERS, UM, WE JUST DISCUSS THE CADENCE OF WHICH OF THEM ARE GOING FIRST.
PLAN THEM OUT AND THEN DO SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY.
AND THEN, UM, FEBRUARY, MARCH IS LIKE RECOMMENDATION STUFF.
AND THEN BY JUNE OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, UM, THEY SHOULD BE AT COUNCIL.
WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE ONE IN SEPTEMBER RECOMMENDATIONS MONTH LATER.
NO, THEY COULD HAPPEN IN THEIR OWN, BUT TYPICALLY, AT LEAST FROM WHAT WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING WITH THE BIPOC, UH, AD HOC, IT'S, WE, THEY TOOK THREE MONTHS TO GATHER THE INFORMATION AND PRESENT THE INITIAL TRACK THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE AT THE TWO MONTH MARK OF TRYING TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS OR DEPARTMENTS IN GENERAL TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON IT TO THEY COME BACK TO US.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LIKE A SIX MONTH PROCESS TO ACTUALLY GET THINGS TO COUNCIL IF YOU'RE DOING IT AND INCLUDING MULTIPLE PARTNERS.
WHEREAS THE DIFFERENCE IS WE JUST HAD THE ORDER AT ONE WHERE IT WAS LIKE THE COMMUNITY HAS AN ASK JUST THEY PRESENTED TO US, WE IN ALIGNMENT.
WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT IT TO COUNCIL.
SO I THINK FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IT FEELS MORE IN LINE WITH THE PROCESS THAT
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INTENTIONAL AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PRESENTING SOUND, UM, AND FULLY FLESH OUT THOUGHT OF AND SUPPORTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL BECAUSE UM, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH SOME FOLKS WHO ARE HERE.WE'VE SENT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THEY FELL ON DEAF.
UM, AND IF WE WANT TO GET TO, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER DR.
E WAS SHARING WHERE THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED ORDINANCES OR SPECIFIC MAJOR SHIFTS IN THE CITY STRUCTURE, IT'S GONNA TAKE THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL, UM, TO DO SO.
BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT, THIS IS OUR VISION.
I'M NOT STUCK IN IT, I'M JUST SHARING MY OPINION.
I MEAN, NOT REALLY RESPECT TO TIMING, BUT I CAN THINK OF AT LEAST ONE AD HOC ONE THAT WE'RE PART OF WHICH HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO, TO REALLY MUCH WORK ON IT AS THE BARRIERS TO EQUITY, WHICH IN LOOKING AT OUR, UH, STUDY SESSIONS I THINK IS COVERED COULD POTENTIALLY SHIFT THIS.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER
UM, WELL WE ACTUALLY TWO PROPOSALS.
ONE IS TO START IN SEPTEMBER, GO FIVE MONTHS OUT, THEN DO LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY COME OUT AND THEY'RE READY.
UM, SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR IT'S LIKE, OR BY THE END OF OUR COUNCIL YEAR, WHICH WHICH COMMISSION YEAR BY JUNE COUNCIL SHOULD BE ADDRESSING OUR ISSUES OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SENDING.
AND THEN THAT'S OUR YEAR WORTH OF WORK FOCUSING ON THESE FIVE AND SENDING UP RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MULTIPLE APO, I MEAN AN AD HOC SEND MULTIPLE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE'S A LOT TO ADDRESS HERE, RIGHT?
UM, AND THEN SO THAT'S WHEN, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS TO START AS EARLY AS UM, JUNE, UM, WITH, OR YOU SAID JULY.
ACTUALLY I'M ACTUALLY FINE WITH NOT HAVING A PROPOSAL.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE YOU UPLIFTING THE CAPACITY ISSUE.
UM, AND I THINK I'LL ALSO ADD TO THIS THAT EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED,
BE CAREFUL, IT'S GONNA ESCALATE, I'LL USE THAT WORD FOR NOW.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE AS WE ALWAYS ARE TO COMMUNITY.
AND SO THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE ON THIS CHART PROBABLY SURFACE BETWEEN NOW AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AND WE MAY HAVE TO, WE MAY FIND OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON SO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS A RESULT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO, UM, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, AS WE DECIDE WHAT OUR TIMELINE YEAH, I'LL ECHO WHAT YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING AND JUST SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, AT ANY TIME THE COUNCIL CAN INSTRUCT US TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING AS WELL.
HAVEN'T BEEN ASKING THEM TO GIVE US SOMETHING, BUT THEY MAY JUST BE LIKE, WE NEED Y'ALL TO FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD
I THINK ARE, IS EVERYONE IN ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH THIS PROJECTED PLAN.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEP, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS OUT IS, UM, WHO'S INTERESTED IN ONE SPECIFIC AREA.
UM, I JUST WANT FOLKS TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY, YOUR INTEREST, UM, WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING LIKE A CHAIR OF A SPECIFIC COMMITTEE TO HELP THE PROCESS MOVE ALONG, UH, AD HOC AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHAT YOUR CURRENT DATE IS ON YOUR PLATE WITH OUR CURRENT AD HOCS.
IS THE APP THAT THESE AD HOCS ARE DESIGNING THAT LISTENING SESSION? YES.
IT'S LIKE FALL ON I, UM, MY THOUGHT IS WE HAVE OUR STRUCTURE, UM, LIKE THEY'RE GIVING THE OUTREACH TO WHOEVER THEY, THE PARTNERS YEAH.
CONFIRMING THEM REPORTING BACK, UM, ON HOW THEY'RE GOING WITH PRO PRO PROGRESS.
AND THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS GONNA WORDSMITH THIS STUFF TO,
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WE NEED A, THERE'S MULTIPLE SUPPORT.SO WE NEED A PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THESE LISTING SESSIONS, WHICH IS AN AD HOC TO WORDSMITH EVERYTHING.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING DATA AD HOC WHO'S GONNA HELP US CRUNCH ALL THE DATA TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP OUT SOUND REPORTS FROM THE LISTENING SESSIONS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE PLANNING FOR EACH OF THE FIVE, UM, LISTENING SESSIONS TO CONFIRM THE SPEAKERS AND UM, CHECK IN ABOUT ANY DATA FOLLOW UP STUFF AS WELL.
HOW'S THAT DIFFERENT THAN YOUR OTHER PLANNING? UM, GOOD QUESTION.
I SEE THEM DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THIS IS A WHOLE LOT OF LISTS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
UM, SO DO YOU NEED THIS OTHER PLANNING AD HOC? IF EACH AD HOC IS PLANNING, MY RECENT PROCESS IS IF EACH AD HOC IS PLANNING THEIR LISTENING SESSION AND THEN ALSO BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAFTING WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM THAT, THEN YOU HAVE POTENTIALLY SIX GROUPS DOING SIMILAR WORK.
I THINK I WAS TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.
I WAS, THERE WERE FIVE AD HOC ONE HER AND THEN THE WHOEVER HAD THIS SPECIFIC ONE WOULD BE THE WORDING THAT AD HOC IF YOU, BUT THEN LIKE YOU SAID, THERE MIGHT BE OVERLAP.
SO WE MIGHT BE DOING ALL THE SAME WORK.
WHAT IF WE DID THE CHAIRS OF EACH OF THOSE FIVE OR THE PLANNING COMMITTEE? YEP.
THAT WAY IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED AND WE CAN LIKE BE LIKE, ALRIGHT, LET'S HOLD OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
ONE, UM, IF LIKE THE WORDING OF EVERYTHING, I RECOMMEND THAT IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE UNIFIED VOICE AS COMMISSION.
SO WE WOULD WORK ACROSS MM-HMM
BUT PRIORITIZING REALISTICALLY, I CAN REALLY SEE US DOING JOURNEY MAKING JUST, JUST SO THAT WE DO EACH ONE JUSTICE.
BUT I KNOW I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SLOWER, SO I'M JUST PUTTING IT, JUST THINKING OUT LOUD AS FAR AS EVEN LIKE DO THREE EVALUATE PHASE ONE AND THEN PHASE TWO WILL LEARN AND DO THE NEXT TWO.
I THINK IF, I THINK IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON THE FIVE TENANTS THEN IT'S INEQUITABLE.
I KNOW THEN IT'S NOT A WHOLE SOLUTION.
YOU'RE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF MAKING ROADMAP.
YOU'RE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF MAKING THIS TO YOUR ROOM ROADMAP.
SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, MAYBE YOU PLAN ONE LISTENING SESSION PER QUARTER.
THAT WHOLE QUARTER IS DEVOTED TO ECONOMIC STABILITY.
YOU'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG, ALONG WITH THAT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GIVING TIME OR THE FLEXIBILITY FOR WHATEVER OTHER CURRENT EVENTS EMERGE THAT, YOU KNOW, POSE INEQUITIES FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT.
SO YES, YOUR CULMINATING REPORT, WHICH WOULD BE THE TWO ANNUAL REPORTS DURING THIS PERIOD WOULD TELL THE FULL STORY OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD PLAN.
UM, SO THEN LET'S DO ONE PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE AND WE'LL FOCUS ON ONE PER QUARTER, UM, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
AND SO THE QUARTER STILL BE FOUR QUARTERS AND THEN WE'LL GO THAT ONE 10TH PER QUARTER.
ONCE QUARTER THEM ALL AT ONCE.
YOU HAVE LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR FIRST ONE.
UM, WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING ON A PLANNING COMMITTEE? OKAY, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
I JUST SAY WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING THE
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COMPANY? UM, SIMILAR TO OUR CURRENT AT STRUCTURE ONCE A MONTH, BUT AS WE ARE BEING ASKED TO SIGN UP FOR ONE OF THE FIVES, UH, DO WE WANNA IDENTIFY WHICH ONE IS GOING A PARTICULAR ORDER THAT'S AVAILABILITY.YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO BE INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC LIMITED BECAUSE I WAS JUST THINKING YEAH.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FOR ME, I KNOW IN SOCIAL COMMUNITY, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S I'VE CELEBRATION.
UM, YEAH AND I WOULDN'T TO, BUT IF IT'S THAT THE QUARTER, LET'S MAKE THAT THE, OKAY.
UM, IS THERE A PARTICULAR ORDER AND THAT WE CAN THE LIST WHICH ONE SHOULD WE DO FIRST? WELL, I LIKE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING WITH THIS LIKE, BECAUSE I, I GET CAPACITY IS, IS IS EVERYTHING.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SET UP DOING THE ORDER, LIKE WHO'S AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT QUARTER AND THEN WHO THAT GROUP IS INTERESTED BY WHO ROUTE TO GET US THERE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WHO'S AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT QUARTER? AND THEN MAYBE THAT GROUP CAN JUST PICK, CAN I MAKE ANOTHER PROCESS SUGGESTION? WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.
THE OTHER OPTION COULD BE ALL OF US JUST NAME THE TOP TWO THAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN AND WE SEE WHAT THOSE LISTS ARE.
THERE MAY BE SOME THAT ARE LESS POPULAR BY DEFAULT AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE WHERE THOSE GO BASED ON WHO SIGNS UP.
UM, YOU WANT TO JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE? YEAH.
JUST NAME THE ONES YOU LIKE, NAME YOUR JOB TOO.
UH, NEIGHBORHOOD'S BUILT AN ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMIC STABILITY.
HEALTH ACCESS AND UH, SOCIAL COMMUNITY.
YOU MADE YOUR TWO BACK TO UH, YEAH.
THEN I'M GOING TO SAY HEALTH AND HEALTHINESS AND UM, TABLE.
MY NEXT ONE I'M GONNA DO, UH, EDUCATION,
YOU CAN PUT ME ON ECONOMIC DISABILITY.
SINCE YOU'RE STILL ON THIS SIDE OF THIS.
I'LL DO SOCIAL AND INSTABILITY.
I'LL DO EDUCATION AND VERY OPEN FOR THE OTHER ONE.
I THINK YOU HAVE TWO FOR HELP.
IF YOU NEED ME HELP, I NEED HELP.
YOU'RE NOT JOIN THE AD HOC HERE.
YOU'RE JUST WHAT'S GONNA FIRST TOPICS OR OF YOU OF INTEREST? UM, SOCIAL COMMUNITY,
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LITTLE RESEARCH, RIGHT.UM, ECONOMIC STABILITY AND HEALTH.
ECONOMIC STABILITY AND SOCIAL.
SO THEN I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INDICATED UNDER HEALTH THAT THAT BECOMES POTENTIALLY THAT AD HOC AND THEN WE STRIKE THEM FROM THE OTHER ONES.
AND THEN THAT GIVES YOU ABOUT THREE FOR THE NEXT SET.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO LIKE HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SUGGESTION DON'T DO ANY YET.
SUGGESTION WOULD BE HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE.
WE HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS ON THERE THAT BECOMES ONE AD HOC.
UM, AND THEN WE PULL OFF EACH OF THOSE THREE FROM THE OTHER SECTIONS AND THAT BRINGS US DOWN TO ROUND THREE FOR MOST OF THESE.
THEN THAT BECOMES THE NEXT ROUND OF AD HOCS AND THEN WHATEVER'S LEFT WE JUST ALLOCATE.
THAT WOULD WORK IF THEY, ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE, IS THIS HOW WE TRIP PEOPLE TO BEING ON THE AD HOC
UM, BUT UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CAPACITY TO BE HONEST.
LIKE WE'RE NOT OH, WELL JUST THE ONLY THING WAS JUST, JUST EDUCATION.
I WOULDN'T DO IT QUARTER, BUT SCHOOL STARTS AND I'M, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH CAL RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY IS TIED, I THINK WE START WITH SOCIAL.
THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE.
YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO I DO THE FILIPINO PORTION.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO STREAM IT DOWN.
I THINK THAT ONE WOULD BE HARDER.
DO QUARTER TWO, TIMELINE SEVENTH HAVE COMMISSION
BUT, BUT THAT TIME PERIOD IS THE LESS ACTIVE FOR THE YEAR FOR THE SCHOOLS.
'CAUSE IF YOU DO THE SUMMER, THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, WE'RE NOT AVAILABLE.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WE WOULD CALL TO SPRING.
WOULD IT BE SPRING? SPRING? SPRING? YEAH.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPRING FOR EDUCATION.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD PAGE.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, SUMMER B HEALTH.
EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SO BUSY DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO BRING THEM BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY HAVE ALL THEIR STUFF TOGETHER.
BUT LIKE, TO BE HONEST, LIKE THEY'RE GONNA, I LIKE CALL.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND SUMMER HEALTH, UM, AND THEN, UM, FALL NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE ALSO TO BE HONEST, LIKE DURING THE SUMMER, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST DEATHS IN THE CITY, UM, DUE TO, DUE TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.
UM, AND SO LIKE, I WOULD RATHER THAN LIKE SHARE HOW THEY WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THE SUMMER CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED VERSUS THEM EXPERIENCING IT THROUGH TIME AND HAVING TO SHIFT.
UM, SO YEAH, ARE THERE OPPOSITIONS TO THIS, TO THIS PLANET? OKAY, GREAT.
WE HAVE THE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST INTERESTED IN IT.
UM, SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL, UM, AT A NEXT, AT A NEXT MEETING, WE'LL CONFIRM WHO'S GONNA BE ON IT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT WHO ARE ON THAT LIST.
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ON, WHAT ACTUAL COMMITTEES YOU'RE ON RIGHT NOW.UM, THERE WAS RECOMMENDATION THAT AN AD HOC SHOULD SHIFT ITS PRIORITIES OVER.
UM, SO CONSIDER THAT IN YOUR AD HOC AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL CONFIRM THE LIST OF NEXT MONTH.
BE COMMISSIONER, WE'RE ALREADY ON AN AD HOC, HOC, UH, WELL, WE'RE GONNA, EACH AD HOC WILL BE FORMED IN, ITS IN, IN ITS QUARTER.
SO EACH QUARTER WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON ONE AND THEN HOPEFULLY COMPLETE IT AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND THEN GO ON THAT ROUTE.
SO BY, BY FALL OF 2026, UM, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, EVERY THREE MONTHS A RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE SENT TO COUNSEL END, UH, WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO ALL OF THE REST OF THE COMMITTEES ARE STILL OPERATING.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY CLOSING OUT SOON.
I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD RUN INTO FIRST QUARTER OR, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT RIGHT.
UM, BECAUSE IF, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE IN MAY, IF YOU COULD SCHEDULE THE TWO IMPORTANT MEETINGS WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THIS MONTH, THEN YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO THEN COME TO US IN JUNE AND PRESENT THE FINAL.
WE ALL VOTE ON IT AND THEN YOU GOES TO COUNCIL AND THEN YOU'RE ALL DONE.
BUT IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WHICH IS A POSSIBILITY, I THINK IT COULD BE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO SEPTEMBER.
I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE HAVING TWO AD HOCS, UH, OPEN AT THE SAME TIME THAT WAY.
UM, Q2 HAS SIX MONTHS OF PLANNING AND OUTREACH THAT THEY CAN BE DOING TO DEVELOP THAT LISTENING SESSION.
UM, YEAH, THAT JUST 'CAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT JUST WORKING WITH YOURSELVES OR CITY STAFF.
YOU'RE WORKING WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
SO THAT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, TIME.
THIS GROUP WILL HAVE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, FIVE MONTHS.
UM, I THINK I DID THAT MATH WRONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, FOUR, YEAH, FOUR MONTHS.
THREE, FOUR MONTHS TO DEVELOP WHAT THIS LISTENING SESSION LOOKS LIKE, STUDY SESSION LOOKS LIKE, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF FLOATING FROM THIS CONVERSATION.
SO, UM, NEXT MONTH WE'LL ESTABLISH THE SOCIAL COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOUR NAME'S ON BOTH, BUT YOUR CAPACITY OBVIOUSLY CHANGES, MAYBE CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE TWO THAT ARE IN THAT, UM, ON THE DOCKET SO THAT YOU CAN PRIORITIZE IT.
UM, JUST GIVEN, YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS AND EVERYBODY'S BUSY THERE.
UM, GIVEN THAT WE STILL HAVE OPEN AD HOS NOW THAT OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THESE FUTURE AD HOCS, WOULD WE ALSO BE DISCUSSING THAT IN YEAH, I MEAN, TO SEE IF WE ROLL OVER OR DISSOLVING THEM, I WOULD RECOMMEND A AND IN THIS AFTERNOON, AD HOCS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
SO AT THAT TIME, DISCUSS AMONGST YOURSELF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, AND THEN AT OUR NEXT MEETING, COME PREPARED WITH, WITH WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE GONNA BE.
SO SOME AD HOCS WILL BE TRYING TO FINISH, START UP SOME AD HO WEEK TO SHIFT.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS DISSOLVE IF YOU REALIZE THAT MAYBE THE TASK WAS TOO LARGE AND WE NEED TO NARROW THE SCOPE BEFORE WE PIVOT.
IS IT BURNING OR CAN YOU WITHOUT IT JUST FINDING THAT, I THINK WE HAVE AN AD HOC THAT'S OBSOLETE NOW BECAUSE OF THIS, THE ONE THAT, UM, CHRISTIAN MCNEIL WAS ON WITH ME AND YOU.
THE, UH, THE DATA ANALYSIS ONE? NO, WE, OR DO YOU WANT TO THAT THAT'S CHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
WE'RE GONNA NEED TO COPY AND THEN I, I, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.
UM, THIS ITEM IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS STRATEGIES TO ENGAGEMENT, UH, INCLUDING POSTING GATHER.
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WE PROMOTION.AND DO WE NEED A FRIENDLY TO DISCUSS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE? OR JUST THIS WAS THE DISCUSSION AND WE'RE GONNA IT WAS, IT WAS A DISCUSSION.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS THE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION TION, UH, MAD GREG.
THAT'S A LOT OF PLANNING MADE.
UM, SO PROCESS FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UM, IS WE HAVE SCHEDULED TO, UM, DO AN ENERGIZER FOR THE DAY.
UM, DO FOLKS FEEL LIKE Y'ALL WOULD LIKE AN ENERGIZER OR DO WE WANT TO JUMP STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE WORK? WHAT IS IT? SO, I DUNNO.
SO WE NEED TO OFFICIALLY CALL ITEM, CALL THIS ITEM, AND WE NEED TO TAKE A MOTION ON IT AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS.
UM, I WAS GONNA POSSIBLY SUSPENDED.
UM, BUT CAN I DO THAT OR NO? OKAY.
WE WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SUSPEND IT.
AND WE, WE DID THE MOTION TO BE, TO SUSPEND.
YES, YOU CAN, BUT THEN IT HAS TO COME BACK.
NO, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
UM, SO I'M JUST GETTING A BACK CHECK DOWN FOR AN ENERGIZER OR NOT.
UM, COMMISSIONER DELEON WAS MEANT TO LEAD.
I I WAS, BUT I ALSO AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH SKIPPING IT FOR TIME'S SAKE IF WE WANT THAT TIME.
IT WAS JUST LIKE A, LIKE OUTSIDE LIKE PAIR GROUP.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER SUMMIT WILD DID.
NO, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT CALL.
SO THEN LET'S DO THIS, UM, HAVE THE CALL IN AND THEN GO THROUGH THE MOTION.
OR I CAN JUST SAY WE'RE GONNA SUSPEND IT RIGHT NOW.
SO LET ME READ THE ITEM AND SAY WHAT THE ACTION WILL BE.
UH, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO PARTICIPATE IN, TO SUSPEND THIS ITEM, WHICH WAS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ENERGIZING GROUP ACTIVITY.
SO CAN I GET A MOTION PERSON A SECOND TO SUSPEND THIS ITEM? THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
I WAS GONNA SECOND, I WAS GONNA SECOND IT JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD.
SO COMMISSIONER FLORES IS MOTION YOU ADD.
AND THEN DO YOU WANT TO, I JUST MOTION DID SHE SECOND? OKAY.
IT'S THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC, WHICH THE SECOND WE'VE HAD ALL DAY
I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT JOKINGS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE TO SUSPEND.
COMMISSIONER BUTLER NOT AVAILABLE.
WHERE DOES SHE, OH, SHE'S ON COMM.
COMMISSIONER LIZETTE FLORES? YES.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, WE'RE
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GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.I DO KNOW THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DELAYED FOR SOME ACTIVITIES.
UM, OTHER, SO NOW IS A GOOD TIME.
UM, SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, CAN WE HAVE THE ITEM THREE, FOUR.
ITEM THREE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FY 25 BUDGET, INCLUDING THE ALLOCATION AND USE OF FUNDS.
SO THIS ONE DOES HAVE A POWERPOINT, UM, PRESENTATION.
SO I'M GONNA BE LEAVING THAT FOR US ONCE WE GET IT.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? MOTIONING MOTION.
MAY I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER FOR THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO A PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO OUR BUDGET, Y'ALL.
WE HAVE A BUDGET, UH, THANKS TO THE ADVOCACY OF THE OFFICE EQUITY, UM, FOR OUR WORK.
UM, SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISCUSS AND POTENTIALLY TAKE ACTION ON THE FY 25 BUDGET, INCLUDE ALLOCATION, USE OF FUNDS, NEXT SLIDE.
SO, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UH, WE HAVE FIRST INITIALLY RECEIVED, UH, WORK THAT WE HAD FUNDING BACK IN FEBRUARY, 2024, UM, WHERE THE CITY MANAGER ALLOCATED, UM, $12,500 TO THIS COMMISSION AND SOME OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL.
UM, TO SUPPORT ON THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO WORK ON.
UH, IN APRIL OF 2024, UM, WE CREATED AN AD HOC, UM, WITH THE PURPOSE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE 12,500 AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE USED.
SO I WAS PART OF IT, COMMISSIONER MONTGOMERY, UH, AND NO, THAT WAS THE ONLY TWO OF US.
UM, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE, UH, WAS SUPPORTED BY TONY, UM, OUR STAFF IN THE MUSEUM.
UH, AND THEN IN THE SAME MONTH, UH, WE MET AND BRAINSTORMED POTENTIAL, UM, IDEAS TO INVEST THE FUNDS.
UM, AND DURING OUR DISCUSSION, MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE, WHAT THE COMMISSION COULD AND COULDN'T DO WITH THE FUNDS CAME UP.
UH, AND THEN WE DECIDED TO HOLD OFF ON, UH, CONTACTING VENDORS AND LEADS UNTIL WE HAD CLARITY ON HOW THE FUNDS COULD BE USED.
SO THEN JULY OF 2024, UH, WE MET TO DISCUSS THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS AND FINALIZE THE DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR THE COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEND THE FUNDS BY SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS A CUTOFF, UM, WHICH IS ALSO SEPTEMBER, 2025 IS NOW OUR CUTOFF TOO.
UH, AND SO AT THAT TIME, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY MADE A REQUEST TO THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF WE COULD ROLL OVER THOSE FUNDS, UH, WHICH WAS, WHICH HAPPENED, UM, WHICH WE WERE VERY THANKFUL FOR.
AND IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
UM, THAT WAS AN OPTION AS WELL.
SO IN MARCH OF 2025, WE RECEIVED THE NOTICE, UM, AND UH, THAT THE MONEY WAS ABLE TO ROLL OVER TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE MEETING TODAY.
UM, SO THE OUTCOME IS TO DISTRIBUTE, AND THIS IS BASED OFF OF THE, THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, WERE DISCUSSED FROM THE ORIGINAL AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, IS TO USE TWO 12,500 OF THE ALLOCATED BUDGET, UM, AS FOLLOWS.
SO 2,500 FOR BRANDING, UH, 5,000 FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN 5,000 FOR COMMUNITY, UH, BUILDING CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING.
SO, UH, WHAT WAS SPENT THUS FAR IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY $1,024 FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE SPENT FOR THIS RETREAT.
UM, SO WE APPROXIMATELY HAVE $11,476 READY, UM, TO SPEND UNTIL SEPTEMBER NEXT MONTH.
UM, SO HERE'S THE PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET FROM THE PREVIOUS, UM, AD HOC, UH, ON, UH, THE BUDGET.
UH, SO FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, UM, THIS COULD BE LIKE, UM, BINDERS OR, UM, PENS
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OR LIKE OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEED OR WANT FOR US AS A COMMISSION TO USE THROUGHOUT OUR TIME.UM, IS THE ESTIMATED COST AROUND THAT IS A THOUSAND TO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THAT AREA.
UH, AT THE TIME WE DISCUSSED HAVING AWARDS.
UM, AND THEIR, THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARDS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE, UM, IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN RELATIONS AND EQUITY, BUT ALSO TO, UM, TO, UM, BUILD COMMUNITY AND BRING AWARENESS OF THE EQUITY WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, ON TOP OF THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IS ALREADY DOING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING A 13 AWARDS, UM, THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THEM IN HOUSE.
AND THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WE'LL CREATE AN AD HOC, UM, TO DEVELOP OUT THE SYSTEM FOR THE AWARDS AND THEN, UM, GET THAT PROCESS UP AND RUNNING WITH SELECTION ORDERING AND THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF FOR OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IS THERE, TABLING AND PARADE ENTRIES.
UM, SO FOR TABLING, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TWO EVENTS BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
UM, TYPICAL, UM, VENDOR FEES ARE AROUND $500.
UM, SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TWO.
UH, AND THEN PARADE ENTRIES, THEY'RE TYPICALLY AROUND 500 BUCKS OR FREE, IT DEPENDS ON THE EVENT.
UM, SO JUST ALLOCATING, UM, $2,000 IN AN AREA.
SO TEN FOUR PARADE BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER.
AND UM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE, THE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED, UM, FOR A GOOD REASON, WHICH I'M GONNA SHARE NOW.
UM, WHICH IS CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, WHICH IS THE RETREAT.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE RETREAT WOULD COST, UH, $3,000 IT WOULD HAVE IF THEY CHARGED US FOR THE ROAD.
UM, SO WE LEFT DOWN IN THAT REGARD.
UM, 'CAUSE WE HAD THE RELATIONSHIP.
UM, SO, UM, THERE'S THAT TO HAVE A RETREAT, MAYBE IF WE NEED ANOTHER RETREAT.
UM, BUT IN THE BEFORE THE FALL WE COULD COULD EXPLORE THAT.
AND THEN TRAININGS, UM, CONSULTANTS AND TRAINERS ARE EXPENSIVE.
UM, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, BRINGING IN FOUR TRAININGS BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.
UM, SO IT USES UP ALL OF THE FUNDS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO UNDER TRAINING, UM, WE COULD CONSIDER ATTENDING, UM, LIKE CONFERENCES, MAYBE SENDING AN A HO TO A CONFERENCE OR A A, A FEW REPRESENTATIVES TO A CONFERENCE AT A SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PROVE LIKE IF WE GO TO THIS, WE'LL GET THIS SUPPORT AND IT HELP US
UM, SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL.
UM, WE COULD PROBABLY LEAVE THIS UP AS WE'RE HAVING THE DISCUSSION, BUT LET ME, WHAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE? YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S DO THAT PART.
I WAS JUST GONNA PROVIDE SOME, SOME CLARITY IF, IF I MAY, AROUND THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS.
'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST AD HOC MEETING AND PART OF THAT INCLUDED JACKETS AND, UM, POLOS AND SPECIFIC EHRC BRANDING, AS WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
NO COMMISSIONS HAVE SPECIFIC BRANDING.
NO COMMISSIONS HAVE SPECIFIC JACKETS OR SWEATERS OR ANYTHING THAT HAS THE CITY LOGO BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF THIS, YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE CITY.
SO, UM, FOR THAT REASON WE SO JUST BE MINDFUL THAT YOU HAVE THAT LINE ITEM.
BUT IT'S, IT'S AS WE'VE LEARNED IT IN THE EXPENSE THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FULFILL.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT LOGO THINGS FOR COMMISSIONS.
SO WE'LL AFFECT YOU HAVE THAT.
AND THEN LIKE WE'VE GOT THESE AWESOME BINDERS LIKE MAY COST IT AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS FOR US.
SO IT ALREADY, IT ALREADY WAS ACCOUNTED INTO THE SOMETHING DIGITAL.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE GET STRESS BALLS? YEAH.
AH, BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE RUN WITH THE CITY LOGO.
BUT IT JUST CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WEAR.
'CAUSE LIKE A BAD EXAMPLE WILL BE LIKE ONE YEAR THERE WAS A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION AND THEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN A FIGHT AND THE FIGHT, ALL YOU SAW WAS THIS PERSON WITH THEIR SWEATER AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, SO YOU'RE TEACHING THESE PEOPLE HOW TO FIGHT
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EXAMPLE.LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN REPRESENTING THE CITY WITH STUFF, RANDOM THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A NICE LEATHER, YOU KNOW, JOURNAL OR A PEN OR THIS OR THAT IF NEEDED.
IF WE SEE THE NEED FOR IT IN OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, OKAY.
AND ARE THERE ANY OTHER, JUST ITIES JUST SOME MORE, JUST SOME MORE CLARIFICATION.
I THINK WITH THIS IS ALSO, UM, I BELIEVE THE, LIKE THE INTENT OF THE, WHEN THE FUNDING WAS, WAS REQUESTED AND, AND GIVEN THROUGH THE PURPOSE WAS TO, UM, ENRICH THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSIONERS RIGHT.
AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING OF, OF US COMMISSIONERS AND THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
BE AWARE OF THE FUNDING SOURCE AND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM AND THE, THE OPTICS OF OF LEATHER BOUND JOURNAL.
IT CAN ALSO BE A BOOK THAT EVERYWHERE LIKE TO READ.
IT COULD BE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL.
I THINK WHEN I SEE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, I'M THINKING ABOUT BROCHURES REGARDING THE COMMISSION.
MAYBE THIS NEW ROADMAP WITH THOSE DATES, THE STUFF THAT YOU WOULD BE GIVING OUT IF YOU WERE TABLING, YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT LIKE THE FLYERS IS KIND OF WHAT I WAS SAYING FOR THE SESSIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PRINT FROM YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN IF I, IF I MAY JUST FOR THE RECORD, EXPLAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE RANCHO WAS NOT GIVEN TO THE COMMISSION FOR FREE BECAUSE OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND UH, THE RANCHOS.
OKAY FOLKS, THIS IS ACTUALLY A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RANCHOS, WHICH, UH, THE RANCHOS ARE CONSIDERED LIKE AN ENTITY OF THE PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE DEPARTMENT.
AND THERE WAS A FEE ATTACHED TO ROOM SET UP AND AV NEEDS DONE.
IT WAS GIVEN, WE DON'T KNOW OF ANY FAVORS WE'RE ON PUBLIC.
UH, SO ALL OF THAT, UH, SAID, UM, NEED TO IDENTIFY, UH, TRAINERS.
UH, SO WE HAVE THIS KIND OF LIKE LIST.
UM, IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IN THE NEXT, UM, WE HAVE UNTIL THREE ON THIS ITEM.
SO, UM, LET'S GO THROUGH PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AND UH, TABLING PARADE.
LET'S GO THROUGH EACH OF THE ITEMS AND THEN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED RECOMMENDATIONS VIA THE SURVEY THAT'S TONY SENT OUT.
UM, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO NOW THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE THOSE IDEAS AS WELL.
UM, BEFORE I DO THAT, I'M GONNA CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PERMISSION DISCUSSION.
UM, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, INITIAL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS BASED OFF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED.
SO WE HAVE ITEMIZED 13 AWARDS AND IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, WE'RE PURCHASE PURCHASING 13, BUT NOT NECESSARILY GIVING THEM OUT, ALL OF THEM OUT THESE NEXT TWO OR THIS YEAR.
UM, IF WE ARE RECEIVING BUDGET, A BUDGET EVERY YEAR, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO JUST PURCHASE FOR OUR INTENDED AWARDING FOR OUR YEAR? AND TO ADD TO THAT, I KNOW WHEN I, IN EVERY ORGANIZATION I'M A PART OF, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S A SPEAKER OR AN AWARD RECIPIENT.
OVER TIME IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING SO MANY THAT BY THE FOLLOWING YEARS, UH, IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEONE.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE COME ACROSS THAT ISSUE AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO BREAK THAT UP, UM, AS TO THE PARADE AND, OR WE'RE NOT.
CAN WE ANSWER THAT ONE FIRST? YES.
SO, UH, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ARE ONE TIME USE FUNDS AND THEY HAVE TO BE SPENT BEFORE THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE, THE REASONING OF IT BEING ROLLED OVER FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
'CAUSE WE DID NOT SPEND IT AT THE TIME.
WE SPENT A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT, SO, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEED.
NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT LIKE, ALRIGHT, LET'S GET THE VENDORS, LET'S GET THE IDEAS, LET'S
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GET THE SPECIFICS AND THEN START PURCHASING THEM.THE IDEAS FOR THE AWARDS IS TO PURCHASE THE AWARDS WITH A SPECIFIC VENDOR THAT'S LIKE, WE HAVE 13 AWARDS IN HOUSE NOW, YOU KNOW, EACH YEAR WE CAN CHOOSE THREE AND THEN USE THEM OVER THE TIME SO THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE SPENT AND WE HAVE THEM IN HOUSE TO GIVE AWAY.
SO THE BUDGET, THE 12 CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE, LET'S USE IT OR USE IT THIS YEAR.
UM, I MEAN WE COULD MAKE THE BUDGET REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION, BUT TO ASK THAT EVERY YEAR.
AND ARE WE AT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YET OR ARE WE JUST ON THE TOP SESSION? WE'RE AT THE TOP SESSION.
SO, WELL ACTUALLY WE'RE JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHOLE PRESENTATION, UM, RECORDING AWARDS.
IS THIS THE KIND OF AWARD THAT YOU'RE YEAH, THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND I'M SORRY THAT WE CAN'T ENGRAVE IT WITH AWARDEE'S NAME FOR OBVIOUS REASONS THAT WE DISCUSSED, BUT THIS IS MORE THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
OH, SO THIS IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 25 AND ONE 50.
SO I, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE MAY WANT MAYBE NOT DO 13, BUT 10, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER HAD MIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I PUT THE NUMBER, UM, AND I JUST GOOGLED LIKE NICE AWARDS.
AMAZON HAD IT LIKE A HUNDRED BUCKS, SO I WAS LIKE ALL, SO YEAH, I MEAN THE NUMBERS ARE FLEXIBLE.
I MORE OF WHAT UNIVERSITY TROPHY USUALLY CHARGES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT MAYBE WE'LL BE A LITTLE LESS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD? UH, PERSONALIZING EVERYONE.
YOU, YOU ACTUALLY, EACH ONE WOULD BE PERSONALIZED.
WE'RE NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM IN ADVANCE.
UNLESS THERE'S SOME TYPE OF AGREEMENT OF LIKE, OH, I PICK UP A PLACE THAT YOU COULD SAY WE NEED FIVE AWARDS, HERE'S THE MONEY.
GIVE THE RECEIPT AND THEN YOU JUST GIVE HIM A NAME AND EVERY TIME YOU'D HAVE A TEMPLATE, YOU'D TAKE A TEMPLATE.
BUT, AND HE WOULDN'T, HE CHARGED FOR THE FIRST SETUP, BUT HE WOULDN'T CHARGE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF STOCK BECAUSE I, I DO LIKE CAR SHOWS.
I DO AWARDS AND UH, LIKE 300 OF THOSE.
OH, WELL YEAH, FOR THE VENDORS, THEY'RE NOT GIVING WOULDN'T, THEY'RE NOT FREE AND NOT DOING EVERYTHING WOULD JUST DO PRICE PART OF THEIR PROCESS.
BUT THE CITY HAS LIKE ITS OWN, UM, VENDOR TROOPS.
I HAVE A, I HAVE AN IDEA AND I I'VE WON A LOT AWARDS FROM FROM CAR SHOWS OR PEOPLE OR, OR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR WHATEVER.
I THINK WHAT'S REALLY THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, BUT THE PROCLAMATIONS RESOLUTIONS.
WOULD WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT? YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THESE THINGS ON THE WALL RIGHT HERE.
'CAUSE WHEN I GET, WHEN I GET ONE OF THOSE FROM GARCIA OR TOMORROW OR COUNCIL, THAT IS SO MUCH NICER THAN A GLASS AWARD.
SO I BELIEVE THAT IS A LEGISLATIVE THING ONLY, BUT WE COULD MAKE OUR OWN CERTIFICATE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR THE DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO FRAME IT.
YOU CAN PUT IT IN A DOCUMENT FOLDER AND THEN IT'S COSTING YOU PRINTING.
WELL YOU, YOU, IT DEPENDS ON HOW NICE YOU WANT IT.
YOU SEE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ONES HAVE LIKE GOLD FOIL, BUT A PRINTER COULD, COULD FACILITATE THAT AND THE CITY HAS PRINTERS AND THEN IT, YOU JUST BUILD ONE TEMPLATE AND THE PERSON NOMINATING THE PERSON FOR THE AWARD.
THERE'S SOME WORDING THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT PERSONALIZED FOR THAT PERSON, BUT IT'S JUST YOU HIT PRINT.
AND YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU GET THE FIRST SETUP AND THERE'S SO MUCH NICER, UH, THEN YOUR UNIVERSITY, UH, UH, UH, OR BEING YOUR FAVORITE GLASS MAKER, UH, GLASS AWARD MAKER, AND THEN THEY CAN MM-HMM
FRAME IT HOWEVER THEY WANT OR JUST KEEP IT INTO THE UH, FOLDER.
WE COULD ALSO CHECK IN WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, SEE IF THEY CAN, IF THEY WANNA ASSIST US BECAUSE THEY DO.
SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT THOUGH, WE NEED TO KNOW VENDORS
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TO HAVE THEM APPLY TO BECOME A VENDOR WITH THE SYNDROME.SO, UM, I HEARD UNIVERSITY TROPHY.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED THEY ALREADY HAVE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER VENDORS THAT FOLKS AREN'T AWARE OF THAT THEY IN THE PAST? I, I I, I DO THE, DO THE COUNCIL OFFICES.
WHEN THE COUNCIL OFFICE HANDLES OUT AT THE COUNCIL OFFICE, DO THEY, IS THERE SOMEONE DOWNTOWN THAT JUST HANDLES THE AWARDS WHEN THOSE, THOSE ARE NINE OFFICES THAT MAKE THOSE AND HAND THEM OUT? I DON'T KNOW THE VENDOR THAT ACTUALLY CREATED THE CERTIFICATE, BUT IT'S JUST PAPER THAT WE, IT'S PAPER AND PRINT ON TOP OF, YOU HAVE A TEMPLATE AND YOU JUST CORRECT.
BUT THAT WOULD, I'M MORE THAN LIKELY BE AN EXISTING VENDOR THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH.
SO I CAN'T, LIKE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE NAMING AND THROWING VENDORS OUT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
JUST GO WITH THE, THAT'S ALREADY DOING SICK OF THE MEETING.
IT'S THE CITY, IT'S OUR SAVING, IT'S THE LINE, THE PAPER.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE OUTSOURCED.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE INFORMATION TO SEE, UM, WITH THE PRICING ARE WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO OR NOT DO.
ARE THEY A VENDOR OR NOT? SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THAT ANY TIME.
UM, BUT ON THE WARDS, I'M HEARING A CERTIFICATE, PAPER CERTIFICATE, UM, AND THEN A GLASS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
SO WE HEARD, UH, BROCHURES, UH, FLYERS, PRINTING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS FOR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS? YES.
I KNOW THAT WHEN WE JUST MADE UP, WE SOMETIMES CARRY THE, THE SIGNS WHICH ARE OFFICE OF EQUITY LABELED.
WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A PAGE OR, OR THAT THE CHRC WITH NO, EVEN AT THE CITY POINTS CAN HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS, I MEAN IT AT LEAST IT WAS LIKE A LOGO WAS THE NO.
AND EHRC BANNER WHERE A PARADE IS SIGNED, IT'S MINE.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WEARING OR USING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THAT'S JUST DECORATION FOR A PARADE.
I WEAR, I'D WEAR IT FOR PRIDE THOUGH.
I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LIKE, UM, SIGNS, LIKE THE STANDUP SIGNS AND LIKE THE TESTS, ALL THAT STUFF.
I MEAN IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT HAVING A
UM, LIKE A, AN EVERGREEN I THINK INTO Y'ALL STUFF.
AN EVERGREEN BANNER MAKES SENSE FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE LIKE YOU'RE A PARADE ENTRY AND IT'S LIKE YOU WANT TO, RIGHT.
UM, I THINK AS FAR AS TABLING AND AND STUFF, UTILIZING THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IS FINE.
ANY OTHER PROMOTION MATERIALS FALLS SO SERIOUS.
IT'S SWAG THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT OR PEN A LOT OF.
THE, IF YOU'RE GIVING IT TO THE PUBLIC AT A TABLING EVENT AND IT JUST HAS CITY OF LONG BEACH EQUITY RELATIONS COMMISSION, I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE PUBLIC SPENDING MONEY THAT PART.
SO WE HAVE TO USE IT WISELY AND YEAH, THE CITY HAS WAREHOUSES.
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LET'S MOVE ON TO TABLING EVENTS.ARE THERE ANY EVENTS BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER, UM, WHICH WE COULD TABLE THAT MIGHT HAVE A COST? AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS IS, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO THE TABLE? 'CAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO SIX HOURS, UM, TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY.
HERE THE, BUT IT'S ANOTHER THING.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? I CAN'T SHOW UP.
I KNOW YOU JUST SAID THAT I CAN'T SHOW UP, BUT JUNETEENTH IS COMING UP AND THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT UM, UH, AN IDEA IS TO THINK ABOUT.
ARE THERE ANY CURRENT EVENTS, EQUITY IS CURRENTLY PLANNING, ATTEND, VOLUNTEER THERE, TALK ABOUT THE AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, I CAN'T THINK ABOUT IT YET.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT A TON OF OTHER THINGS ON OUR PLATE RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU GET CHARGED AS AION THAT WITH SOME POINT ENTRIES IF YOU'RE A NONPROFIT OR YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT THEY BE SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE AS THE ORGANIZER AND, AND THEIR, AND THEIR STRUCTURE.
BUT FOR OUR PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, HAVE WE BEEN CHARGE BOARD FOR THE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.
BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, COLUMBIA TOWN, UH, FOR FAIR PARADE FOR SOME GROUPS AND I, I KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF EQUITY HAD A PARADE WE PAID OF.
SO IT'S JUST NON-PROFITS, BUT, ALRIGHT.
YEAH, SOMETIMES YOU WANNA SUPPORT THAT, THAT ORGANIZATION.
THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, HAVE COSTS TOO.
ALSO IT'S SUMMERTIME IS COMING UP AND THE, THE CITY AND DISTRICTS HAVE ALL DIFFERENT CONCERTS, OUTDOOR CONCERTS, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THEIR OWN TABLE.
SO CAN WE PUT THE TABLE NEXT TO THEM? I DUNNO HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVEN FEES FOR THAT, BUT I, I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEONE DECLINING.
BUT IT'S ALSO AT AN EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT EXIST.
SO CONCERTS IN THE PARK, STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT AREN'T WE GONNA SHOW UP? I ALONG OF THOSE I COULD, BUT I'M LIKE, THEN ARE WE HANDING LIKE I DISCUSSION HAND THE PAPER THROW UP? THAT'S BUT TO KNOW LIKE WHAT DO WE DO WHILE WE'RE THERE? I LIKE BALL, STRESS BALLS.
UM, WHAT ABOUT PARADE TO WALK IN? I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EQUITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND UM, CHECK EMAILS.
UM, YOU ALL GOT INVITED TO PRIDE, SO IF YOU CAN MAKE A GREAT, I WON'T BE ABLE TO YOU.
ANYONE ELSE GO? ALRIGHT, SO PARADE IS ON THE LIST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER BIG EVENTS, ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SHOW UP? JAZZ FESTIVAL.
ALRIGHT, FIRST FRIDAYS, UM, SAN STROLL MOVIES, PARK PRIDE, JUNETEENTH PARADE IS, UM, FOCUS, SOMETHING WE CREATED FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS, UH, IS A SURVEY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST USE
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YEAR ROUND TO SUBMIT COMMUNITY EVENT INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE SPECIFIC TO YOUR DISTRICT.AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE, UH, LIKE A COMMUNICATIONS, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION TO.
AND THEN, UM, WITH THAT FORM IT IDENTIFIES LIKE, HOW ARE WE PARTICIPATING? ARE YOU TABLING, ARE WE JUST ATTENDING IN SUPPORT? UH, I COULD SHARE THAT SOME INFO WITH TONY TO MAYBE UTILIZE FOR YOU ALL AND THEN, UM, THAT CAN HELP YOU DECIDE KIND OF IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ENGAGE OR ATTEND ALL THESE THINGS.
SO THAT'S THE NEXT STEP WE HAVE ALL THESE GONNA SHOW US WHO'S COORDINATING IT ON THE BEHALF.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY SET THE RETREAT, UM, SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL NEED ANOTHER ONE THIS, UM, SEMESTER OR IN THE FALL.
UM, SO TRAININGS, UM, WE HAVE, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, UM, A LIST OF TRAININGS THAT WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM.
UM, AND ANY PARTICULAR TRAINERS THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF TO START BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH, SEE IF THEY INTERESTED, UH, A VENDOR.
SO I WILL SHARE AND UM, THERE WAS AN A OR WHEN DR.
BATS AND I DISCUSSED TRAINING CAPACITY, UM, HAVE TO BE IN BEACH BUYS, UM, IF IT'S UNDER A DOLLAR, CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT.
AND GIVEN HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED TO THE NO, UM, WE WOULD JUST, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW WHO YOU MIGHT HAVE IN MIND SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT OUTREACH AND OH, I, I'M JUST, IF THEY HAD TO BE FAR LONG BEACH BY, YOU HAVE A LIST OF VENDORS THAT LIKE A BENCH.
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE ONE THAT'S ON OUR LIST, BUT WE HAVE, I JUST DON'T ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE COSTS? YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, I DUNNO, THOUSAND.
YOU THINK IT'S TOO LITTLE? YEAH.
BUT THE NATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT, YES, SIR.
THEY DO CUSTOM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND BECAUSE IT'S CUSTOM, THEY DON'T HAVE THE PRICE EXISTED.
THE INTENTION OF THE TRAINING IS TO TRAIN US, BUT ALSO HAVE IT BECAUSE IT'S CUSTOM.
I'M SURE IF WE TELL THEM THAT I'VE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD.
UM, SO I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST DISCUSS A NATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT IF MAYBE THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND I FULLY TRUST THE VICE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF NOT.
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT OUTLOOK.
THE LA COUNTY EQUITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION HAS A TRAINING BRANCH.
NOT EQUITY HUMAN RELATIONS, BUT THEIR HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION FOR LA COUNTY HAS A TRAINING BRANCH ON ITS STAFF SIDE.
UM, AND THEIR TRAININGS ARE TYPICALLY FOR FREE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU COULD CONSIDER.
WHAT WAS THE ONE RACIAL? THE NATIONAL FOOTY PROJECT ORG.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS THE, THERE'S THE NATIONAL
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EQUITY GOVERNMENT, WHAT'S IT CALLED? SCARE.ALLIANCE FOR RACE EQUITY CARE.
UM, WHAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES IS THAT, UM, CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING, UM, SYSTEMIC IMPACTS PREVENTION AREAS TO EQUITY, RACIAL JUSTICE, GENDER JUSTICE, UM, THE INITIAL LIST, LIKE WHITE SUPREMACY, UM, OTHER, OTHER TRAININGS THAT WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM.
UH, TRAINERS AND CONSULTANTS, UH, TRAINING ON WHITE SUPREMACY, SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION, DEFINING EQUITY, HISTORY OF EQUITY, UH, EQUITY WITHIN SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS.
IMPLICIT BIAS, CULTURAL SENSITIVITY, UH, SYSTEMIC IMPACTS ON EQUITY, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, UH, BARRIERS TO EQUITY, RACIAL JUSTICE, GENDER JUSTICE, AND THEN TRAINING ON SPEECH.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING LIKE THIS EXISTS, BUT I KNOW DESPERATE, UM, TRAINING ON HOW TO CHANGE IN FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
SPECIFICALLY EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE IMPACTING NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITIES AND BLACK COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES DO IN RESPONSE TO THOSE CHANGES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WORK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
OUR VALUES ARE VERY DIFFERENT, THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT THE FEDERAL LEVEL REALLY IMPACTING NONPROFITS AND BEYOND.
SO WHAT CAN WE RECOMMEND THE CITY TO KIND OF HELP, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY ANY MEANS, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO, TO HELP IN ANY WAY WITH SOME OF THESE DRASTIC CHANGES? SO HERE WE HAVE, WE ARE CALLED EQUITY, HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
THAT SURE NOT LOST TO ANYONE THAT WE DO HAVE THESE ROBUST DIALOGUES IN THIS BODY AND IN THIS CITY AS WE SHOULD, BUT THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE SHARP CONTRAST TO DISCOURSE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
THE APPROACH RIGHT NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TAKING THIS FROM LIKE NATIONAL NON-PROFITS BECAUSE THE LAW, THE LAW, ALL THE LAWS ARE IN QUESTION AND COULD BE DISPUTED OR INTERPRETED IN DIFFERENT WAYS AS EVERYBODY'S JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GATHERING DIFFERENT THOUGHT LEADERS RIGHT NOW TO DISCUSS RIGHT.
THEM AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT SURVIVE.
JUST HAVE TO OPTIMIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
I DUNNO THAT THE HARD THING IS THAT LEGALLY EVERYTHING'S UP THE AIR.
SO I'M THINKING THAT AS JUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPACTS.
AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE MEAN, I'LL KEEP MY EYES OPEN.
THERE ARE STUFF I KNOW OF THAT STUFF THAT IS EDUCATION.
BUT WE NEED SOMETHING BROADER BECAUSE OF POWER, BECAUSE OF OUR CHARGE OR OUR CHARGE MINOR, WHICH IS EDUCATION.
AND THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS WELL.
SO I'M LEADING A WORK GROUP, UH, OR AN AD HOC WHERE WE ARE LEADING AN AD HOC, UM, ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR OWN KIND OF CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND THAT.
SO AS WE DO THAT, THEN THERE'S THINGS WE CAN ALSO BRING HERE BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY THINGS.
THE CITY CAN SAVE AND, AND SALVAGE AND COME UP WITH MORE FUNDING IF OTHER FUNDS ARE PULLED.
BUT IN REALITY THERE'S FUNDS THAT ARE GETTING PULLED FROM THE CITY, WHICH MEANS THERE ISN'T GONNA BE THAT TRICKLE DOWN AS YOU KNOW.
SO THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT AS WELL.
SO WE'LL WORK TOGETHER THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT THERE COULD BE SOME TRAININGS THAT ALSO COULD COME UP FROM THAT.
ONCE WE GET OUR BEARINGS AROUND CERTAIN THINGS AND THEN WE CAN BRING THEM TO YOU ALL AND THEN YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT MESSAGING.
THERE'S ALSO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS HAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TRACKER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THAT AS A TRAINING PROJECT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT CONSIDER THE NATIONAL COUNCIL, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NONPROFITS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN TRACKING PRESENTATION, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THE LA COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION,
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UM, HAVING THEM PERSON FREE TRAINING.LOVE THAT YOU HAVE THE NATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT.ORG TO REACH OUT AND FIGURE OUT, UM, HOW MUCH THEY WOULD CHARGE FOR FOR US.
UM, AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE FOR RACIAL EQUITY, UM, IS ANOTHER FEE.
UM, AND THEN A POTENTIAL TRAINING IS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPACTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER TRAININGS THAT WE THINK WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM IN OUR EQUITY WORK? LIKE THIS? WORK MAY BE NEW FOR BOTH.
UM, AND SO IS THERE LIKE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT OR, UH, MAYBE IN OUR EXPERTISE, UM, HAVE BENEFITED BOTH FROM, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR THE COMING YEAR, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 1 0 1 WORKSHOP BETWEEN NOW AND THE FALL.
ARE THERE ANY TRAINERS LOCALLY THAT DO THIS TYPE OF WORK WHO WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE? I SUBMIT SOME THE, THE SURVEY.
IS THE SURVEY STILL ALIVE? MM-HMM
I'LL, I'LL RESEND AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THESE, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS.
UM, THE INTENT FOR THIS SESSION WAS REALLY TO, UM, GET IDEAS AND LEADS SO THAT, UM, WE CAN START CONTACTING THESE INDIVIDUALS AND SEE WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONFIRM, UM, AS WE, UM, TRYING TO BRING THIS IDEA AND BRING THOSE RESOURCES, THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM.
SO IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, WE CAN CALL FOR A VOTE.
UM, SO I NEED A ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE CALL FOR A VOTE? YES.
UM, COMMISSION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
UH, SO NEXT UP, UM, I'M GONNA, WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LEFT.
UH, SO I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR ANY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, THE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THEN I'M GONNA CALL THE PUT IN, UH, AT THAT TIME, UM, AD HOCS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MEET AND DISCUSS THEIR NEXT STEPS UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK.
WE HAVE TO BE OUT OF THIS WEEK AT FOUR.
SO WITH THAT, UM, HAVING TO OPEN IT UP FOR COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AMERICAN HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC ISLAND.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO BRETT HART NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY ON SATURDAY, MAY 31ST.
IT'S THE GRAND OPENING OF THE DIAM CULTURAL HERITAGE COLLECTION.
UM, I'LL SEND THE FLYER TO THE OFFICE OF EQUITY.
OTHERS? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, THIS IS FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT ALSO THIS MONTH.
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UM, THE PARADE ENTRIES, UH, ARE CURRENTLY STILL AVAILABLE.THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE, I THINK, THIS UPCOMING WEEK.
UM, SO IF YOU WANT YOUR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED, PLEASE CHECK THE CITY WEBSITE, UM, FOR THAT AND JOIN US, UH, ON MAY 16TH IS TEEN PRIDE.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE TEENAGERS, SEND THEM THERE.
UM, AND THEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ARE GONNA BE THE BIGGEST FESTIVITIES.
NOW THE THEME IS THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.
UM, SO ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, PRIOR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN HIT, UM, WITH LOSS OF FUNDING DUE TO SPONSORSHIP PULLING OUT BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE AND OTHER REASONS TOO.
UM, SO WITH THAT THEME OF THE POWER OF COMMUNITY, WE CANNOT CRITICIZE AN ORGANIZATION UNLESS WE'RE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING AN ORGANIZATION.
AND SO, UH, IF WE WANT TO SEE PRIDE COME BACK NEXT YEAR, UH, AND SUSTAIN THE CURRENT, UM, CHALLENGES THAT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN PRIDE.
EVEN IF YOU AREN'T INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, BUY A TICKET, $20, UM, OR DONATED TICKETS.
SO THE MORE YOU CAN INVEST IN PRIDE, THE BETTER.
UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND THEN THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS, UH, ON JUNE 28TH, UH, THE LGBT CENTER IS HOSTING THE BLACK AND WHITE BALL.
I INVITE YOU ALL TO BUY A TICKET AND SIT AT MY TABLE WITH ME, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN AMAZING NIGHT CELEBRATING, UH, LGBQ ADVOCATES AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, IT IS A BLACK BOY ALSO, Y'ALL DRESS UP REALLY NICE.
IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT THE HOTEL.
UH, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH AN INVITATION, A PERSONAL INVITATION TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE TABLE.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST A REALLY FUN, UH, CELEBRATORY NIGHT.
UH, THE CENTER IN ITSELF, UM, IS ALSO DEALING WITH CHALLENGES, UM, WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, POTENTIALLY LOSING FUNDING.
UM, SO THE FALL IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO YOU ALL ARE INVITED TO, I DON'T HAVE A GUN OF MONEY TO BUY YOUR TICKET
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY TYPICALLY GO, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, THAT'S IT FOR ME.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? CHAIR N-A-A-C-P IS, UM, GOING TO HAVE THEIR FREEDOM FUNDS BALL.
IT'S A SAFE DATE AND IT'S FAR IN ADVANCE, BUT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING HAVE IT THIS YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE OCTOBER 11TH ON THE QUEEN MARY.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S THE 85TH YEAR FOR OUR LONG BEACH BRANCH AND A A CP.
SO OUR BOARD VOTED THAT SINCE IT'S A SIGNIFICANT YEAR WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT.
SO IT'S GONNA BE BIG AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT OCTOBER 8TH, PUT.
SO I'LL OFFICIALLY, UM, CALL NO, NO, YOU HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S, I GOTTA GET IN THE, THE PRACTICE OF DOING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, SO, UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN WE, THE, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR STAND NOW.