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I'D LIKE[CALL TO ORDER]
TO CALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER.[ ROLL CALL ]
WE GET A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER HAKE.UM, AND FOR THOSE WHO, UM, ARE NOT HERE TODAY, THEY'RE ALL EXCUSED ABSENCES.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE RESIGNATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER ENA HAS RESIGNED.
UM, SO, AND BEFORE I MOVE ON, I FIRST WANT TO, UM, WELCOME ALYSSA CAMPOS.
UM, SHE'S GONNA BE OUR, OUR NEW CLERK FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND THEN ALSO I WANNA THANK VANESSA HALL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS REALLY BEEN THERE FOR US AND SHE'S NOT ONLY HELPED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMISSION.
UM, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE YOU.
SHE'S GONNA BE STAFFING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS NOW.
SO, UM, BUT STAY IN TOUCH WITH US AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OBJECTIONS? WE'LL TAKE THEM NOW,
UM, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM, THE AGENDA.
AND YOU WANNA, I LIKE TO HAVE THAT READ OUT.
[1. 25-55214 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Economic Development Commission meeting of Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 2025.CAN I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES? ANY COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLARIFICATION? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE.
UM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
[2. 25-55215 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on an overview of the Long Beach Workforce Innovation Network. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON AN OVERVIEW OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.COULD I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
SO IT'S MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SMITH AND SECONDED BY MI COMMISSIONER ITOYA.
I AM WITH THE, UM, LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK AND I'M A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER THERE.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UM, THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE, SORRY, I GOTTA GET USED TO THIS CLICKER.
THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK IS A LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROVISION OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS, CAREER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.
AND YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, WE WERE FORMERLY THE PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK, AND WE HAVE RECENTLY,
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UH, BEEN REBRANDED, RENAMED TO THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.UM, ABBY WYNN IS ONE OF 45 LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS IN CALIFORNIA AND ONE OF SEVEN IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGION.
AND OF THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE SEVEN INCLUDE LA COUNTY, LA CITY, FOOTHILL, PASADENA, UM, SECO, WHICH SERVES THE SOUTHEAST, UM, COMMUNITIES.
SO AGAIN, ONE OF SEVEN WITHIN THE THE REGION.
AND PROVIDING WORKFORCE SERVICES TO THE LONG BEACH AND SIGNAL HILL COMMUNITIES.
WE OPERATE TWO CAREER CENTERS.
ONE IS THE LONG BEACH, UM, WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK, ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT, UM, 48 11 AIRPORT PLAZA DRIVE.
AND THAT CENTER IS SERVES INDIVIDUALS 18 AND OLDER.
WE ALSO OPERATE A YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER, UM, FORMERLY FUTURE LB NOW, UM, ALB WYNN YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER, AND THAT'S LOCATED AT 5 0 8 WEST WEST WILLOW STREET.
AND THAT CENTER SERVES INDIVIDUALS, UM, 14 TO 30.
AND SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AT NO COST OUT OF BOTH OF THOSE CENTERS INCLUDE A RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES A COMPUTER PRINTER, COPIER, SCANNER, WIFI, UM, JOB FAIR AND HIRING IN EVENTS, JOB SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, WHICH INCLUDE RESUME BUILDING, INTERVIEW WORKSHOPS, CAREER EXPLORATION RESOURCES, CASE MANAGEMENT, OFFERED BY, UM, SEASONED CAREER SPECIALIST SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, AND INDUSTRY SECTORS, WORK READINESS TRAINING AND PAID INTERNSHIPS.
THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WHICH OVERSEES ALL OF OUR WIOA SERVICES, WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT, WHICH IS WIOA, AND ITS MAIN PURPOSE IS TO GUIDE AND OVERSEE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN OUR LOCAL AREA, WHICH IS LB WIN.
SOME OF THE BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE DEVELOPING AND UPDATING A FOUR YEAR LOCAL WORKFORCE PLAN, WHICH IS ALIGNED WITH THE STATE PLAN OUTLINING THE STRATEGIES FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, OVERSEEING THE LOCAL WORKFORCE SYSTEM, INCLUDING OUR ONE JOB, ONE STOP CENTER, WHICH IS OUR LB WIN, UM, ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER AND YOUTH CENTER, ENSURING PROGRAM AND SERVICES MEET LOCAL EMPLOYER AND JOB SEEKER NEEDS.
DESIGNATE AND CERTIFY ONE STOP OPERATORS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
SELECT ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS FOR ADULT DISLOCATED WORKERS AND THEN YOUTH SERVICES.
NEGOTIATE LOCAL PERFORMANCE RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS CREDENTIALS AND SKILLS.
UM, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE LOCAL WORKFORCE BUDGET, INCLUDING THE ALLOCATION OF WIOA FUNDS, DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE EMPLOYERS AND SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TAILOR TO THE BUSINESS NEEDS, PROMOTE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS AND CAREER PATHWAYS.
ANALYZE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LABOR DATA TO HELP US, INFORM US IN OUR STRATEGIC STRATEGIC PLANNING AND SERVICE DELIVERY, AS WELL AS COORDINATE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER, UM, PARTNER AGENCIES AND, AND ADMINISTERING, UM, WORKFORCE SERVICES AND LOCAL INITIATIVES.
THE BOARD COMPOSITION, UM, CONSISTS OF A MAXIMUM OF 19, NO LESS THAN 15 MEMBERS, AND IS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUSINESSES, LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT.
UM, BUSINESS MEMBERS MO UM, CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE CHAIR OF THE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MUST BE A BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE WORKFORCE IN, UM, INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.
W-W-I-O-A WAS PASSED IN IN 2014 IN ONE OF OUR MAIN FUNDING SOURCE FOR DELIVERING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
EACH YEAR WE RECEIVE A FUNDING ALLOCATION FROM DOL, WHICH IS PASSED DOWN TO THE STATE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR WIO, A ADULT DISLOCATED WORKER, YOUTH RAPID RESPONSE AND LAYOFF AVERSION SERVICES.
UM, LAST YEAR, OUR ALLOCATION FOR PROGRAM 20 20, 24 AND 25, WHICH RUNS FROM JULY TO JUNE, WAS A LITTLE OVER 5.1 MILLION.
AND WIOA TITLE ONE FOCUSES ON THREE, UM, AREAS AS FAR AS TARGETED POPULATIONS.
ONE IS ADULTS, AND THESE ARE ADULTS, 18 AND OLDER WHO
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REQUIRE, UM, SERVICES TO HELP THEM OBTAIN THE NECESSARY SKILLS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT OR TO COMPETE IN TODAY'S LABOR MARKET.UM, THERE IS A PRIORITY OF SERVICE FOR ADULTS THAT WE SERVE THROUGH OUR WIOA PROGRAMS, AND USUALLY THOSE ARE RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, LOW INCOME, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BASIS SKILLS DEFICIENT, AS WELL AS WE OFFER PRIORITY OF SERVICE TO, UM, SPECIFIC POPULATIONS LIKE, LIKE VETERANS.
WE ALSO SERVE THE DISLOCATED WORKER AND DISLOCATED WORKERS ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY LAID OFF OR HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY A MASS LAYOFF.
AND WE PROVIDE THEM ALSO SERVICES TO HELP THEM REENTER THE LABOR MARKET.
UM, PROVIDE VARIOUS SERVICES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE EDUCATION, TRAINING, UM, RESUME PREPARATION, ANY, ANY PARTICULAR, ANY SERVICES THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH THAT TRANSITION AND GETTING BACK INTO, INTO THE WORKFORCE.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO DISLOCATED WORKERS AS WELL AS OUR ADULTS, I SHOULD SAY BOTH POPULATIONS, IS OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING.
SO FOR SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN LAID OFF OR HAVE MAYBE BEEN OUTTA THE WORKFORCE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, SO GETTING THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO, TO COMPETE.
AND THROUGH THAT WE WORK WITH VARIOUS TRAINING PROVIDERS, UM, PRIVATE AND AND PUBLIC TO DELIVER THOSE, THOSE, UM, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR, TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND THE LAST POPULATION WE SERVE IS, UM, YOUTH, AND THOSE ARE THROUGH OUR WIOA PROGRAM.
AND THESE ARE, UM, YOUTH WHO ARE OUTTA SCHOOL OR, OR OUTTA SCHOOL WHO FACE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS IN SCHOOL YOUTH WHO ARE IN JEOPARDY OF, OF, UM, FAILING OUT OF OUT OF SCHOOL.
AND PART OF THE SERVICES THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE THESE INDIVIDUALS INCLUDE EDUCATION, LIKE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED ATTAINMENT, UM, WORKPLACE, UM, TRAINING SUCH AS WORK EXPERIENCE, PAID REAL LIFE WORK EXPERIENCE TRAINING, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, DIFFERENT RESOURCES TO HELP THEM, UM, DEVELOP THE SKILLS, ESPECIALLY BEING YOUTH AND JUST KIND OF ACQUAINT THEM TO THE WORKFORCE AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES SO THEY CAN BUILD AND JUST LEARN MORE.
A LOT OF CAREER EXPLORATION AND, AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE PROVIDE TO, TO YOUTH OF THOSE AGES, 14 TO 30.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL GRANTS LIKE MENTIONED.
OUR WIOA GOES 14 TO 24, BUT WE HAVE OTHER YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT GO UP TO THE AGE OF OF 30.
SO SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER, UM, OUTSIDE OF WIA ARE PROVIDE, UM, SPECIALIZED SERVICES TO SPECIALIZED POPULATIONS.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT FUNDED BY WIOA, BUT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS LA COUNTY, UM, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE PHILANTHROPY, I CAN'T NEVER SAY THAT, LIKE JAMES IRVING FOUNDATION, JAMES IRVINE, UM, HILTON CONRAD.
SO DIFFERENT FUNDING FUNDERS, UM, WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY, UM, OR I SHOULD SAY PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT, UM, FUNDERS AS WELL AS WE GET ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING OUTSIDE OF WIOA.
AND IN ADDITION TO THESE FUNDINGS, THEY'RE ALSO, MANY OF THESE SERVICES ARE LEVERAGED THROUGH OUR WIOA PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
AND I'M GONNA PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR ADULT PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER AT OUR, UM, ALB WIN YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
SO ONE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER IS THE TSE PROGRAM, WHICH IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO OBTAIN FULL-TIME WORK AND ARE COMMITTED TO GAINING SKILLS.
UM, WE PROVIDE, USUALLY THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS AND WE PROVIDE THEM PAID WORK EXPERIENCE AND AT A WAGE OF 1727, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM IN, UH, IN THIS PROGRAM FOR UP, I BELIEVE IT WAS NINE MONTHS, BUT IT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO 12 MONTHS.
SO IT GIVES INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN MEANINGFUL WORK EXPERIENCE.
MANY, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PROGRAM, UM, HAVE BEEN OUTTA THE WORKFORCE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO, UM, GET FAMILIAR WITH BEING BACK IN THE WORKFORCE AND JUST THE DAY-TO-DAY, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, IN, IN WORKING AS WELL AS ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS.
UH, ANOTHER PRO PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER IS THE HOMELESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT WITH EMPLOYMENT, WHICH IS HOME.
AND THIS IS FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
UM, WE PROVIDE, UM, SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, DON'T HAVE A, UM, FIXED OR ADEQUATE NIGHTTIME RESIDENCE.
AND WE PROVIDE THEM WORK EXPERIENCE,
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OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, UH, WORKSHOPS, VARIOUS SERVICES TO ASSIST THEM IN, IN GETTING BACK TO WORK.WE ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND STIPENDS AND INSTE INCENTIVES TO ASSIST THEM IN, UM, ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN INDIVIDUAL OBTAINS EMPLOYMENT, WE PROVIDE 'EM AN INCENTIVE OR STIPEND, UM, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT PARTICULAR MILESTONE, SO NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SERVICES TO HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS IN SUCCEEDING IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY RETURNING BACK TO THE WORKFORCE AND OBTAINING UNSUBSIDIZED, UM, UM, WORK.
ANOTHER PROGRAM WE HAVE IS THE HEP PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO SERVES UNHOUSED POPULATION.
AND THIS IS THROUGH A, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SERVICES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE STABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES.
UM, UNDER THE HOME GRANT THAT I CURRENTLY, THAT I CURRENTLY MENTIONED AS FAR AS WORK EXPERIENCE, PAID WORK EXPERIENCE, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP THEM IN MEETING THEIR, THEIR GOALS AND EVENTUALLY JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
WE ALSO OFFER SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS OR, AND THESE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER AT THE ADULT, UM, CENTER IS OUR INVEST PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALLY COUNTY PROBATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT AIMS IN PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR ALLY COUNTY ADULT PROBATIONERS AND PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES AS FAR AS CAREER COUNSELING, UM, WORK EXPERIENCE, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS, TRAINING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, SO ANY ADDITIONAL, OR ANY, I SHOULD SAY, SERVICES THAT'LL ASSIST THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN FIND, HOPEFULLY FINDING PERMANENT JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.
ANOTHER SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM THAT WE OPERATE OUT OF THE, THE ALB WIN CENTER IS THE PRISON TO EMPLOYMENT, WHICH IS, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEEN FORMALLY INCARCERATED AND ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AND WE PROVIDE, UM, VARIOUS SERVICES SIMILAR TO ALL OF OUR OTHER, OUR PROGRAMS. AND MANY OF THESE SERVICES, UM, THAT WE OFFER ARE NOT ONLY, UM, FUNDED BY BY THESE PARTICULAR GRANTS, BUT WE ALSO LEVERAGE, UM, OTHER SERVICES THROUGH OUR WIOA GRANT AS WELL.
SO THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE SOME OF THESE PARTICULAR GRANTS DON'T COVER SPECIFIC SERVICES, SO WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THROUGH DIFFERENT GRANT AND PROGRAMS. ONE, MAINLY BEING OUR WIOA PROGRAM.
ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR ADULT CAREER CENTER IS A WRAP PROGRAM.
AND THIS IS A COLLABORATION WITH ALB WIN AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
AND THIS IS TO BUILD PATHWAYS FOR JOBS WITHIN TARGETED INDUSTRIES AND TO HELP STUDENTS BOOST THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND, UM, KICKSTART THEIR CAREER AND OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF SERVICES.
WE ALSO OFFER THE ECONOMIC LIBERATION PROJECT, WHICH IS ELP, AND THIS IS A JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION.
AND THIS WAS AWARDED ACTUALLY TO, UM, OLE, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZING ROOTED IN ABOLITION, LIBERATION AND EMPOWERMENT.
UM, FORMERLY THE IMMIGRANTS RIGHT COALITION.
AND THROUGH A 1.2 MILLION GRANT, WHICH WE'RE A SUBCONTRACTOR TO, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO UPSKILLING, UM, UNDOCUMENTED ENTREPRENEURS.
AND I'M NOT SURE THERE WAS OH, OKAY.
WE, WE HAD A LITTLE VIDEO, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY IT.
SO THIS IS OUR ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER, SO IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE PEEK INTO OUR, INTO OUR CENTER.
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SO THOSE ARE OUR, OUR CAREER SPECIALISTS AND, AND THOSE ARE, UM, THAT'S OUR TEAM WHO OFFERS THE SERVICES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND WORK WITH, WITH SEVERAL OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT I HAVE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.SO IN, IN ADDITION TO OUR LB WAN ADULT PROGRAMS, WE ALSO HAVE LB WIN YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE ADMINISTERED AT OUR ALB WAN YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER, FORMER, FORMERLY FUTURE LB.
AND IN ADDITION TO OUR WIOA PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED THERE, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF.
SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH, IS OUR YOUTH JOB CORPS.
AND THAT'S, UM, ADMINISTERED BY THE CAL, WELL, IT'S FUNDED, I SHOULD SAY, BY THE CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS YOUTH JOBS CORPS TO HELP YOUNG ADULTS GAIN EMPLOYMENT, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND EXPLORE PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS.
SOME OF THE KEY INITIATIVES INCLUDES THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION FOLLOWING MINE.
AND THAT PROVIDES PAID FELLOWSHIPS, UM, TO COLLEGE SENIORS OR GRADUATES FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH, CAL STATE, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, PROVIDING THEM REAL HANDS WORK EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND EXPOSING THEM TO, TO PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS.
WE ALSO, THROUGH THIS, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE ALSO OPERATED THE LONG BEACH FIRE CORPS, WHICH EXPOSES YOUNG ADULTS TO FIRE SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS THROUGH HANDS-ON PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING, AS WELL AS THE URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN INTERNSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER.
UM, THIS PROGRAM OFFERS COLLEGE STUDENTS, UM, PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN URBAN PLANNING, DESIGN AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, ALL THE YOUTH RECEIVE CAREER COUNSELING, CAREER EXPLORATION, DIFFERENT SERVICES TO EXPLORE THEM, UM, PROVIDE EXPIRATION OR INFORMATION ON, UM, CAREERS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT ARE RELATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND THEN OUR LAST PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, IS OFFERED AT THE YOUTH CAREER SERVICES IS CENTER IS OUR LA YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S A PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH, UM, LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT PROGRAM PROVIDES YOUTH AGES 14 TO 24 PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.
SO YOUTH CAN RECEIVE PAID WORK EXPERIENCE UP TO 160 HOURS AT $17 AND 28 CENTS.
UM, ALONG WITH THE PAY TO WORK EXPERIENCE, THEY GET PERSONAL ENRICHMENT, JOB READINESS WORKSHOPS, AND CAREER COACHING.
AND THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUSTICE INVOLVED, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FOSTER CARE, LOW CO, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS, LGBTQ PLUS PREGNANT OR PARENTING, UM, INDIVIDUAL DISABILITIES, OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
SO LOOKING, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND SERVING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, UM, MAYBE FACING OBSTACLES OR CHALLENGES.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO TO SHARE WITH OUR YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
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AND THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR YOUTH TEAM THAT WAS WAVING TO EVERYONE.SO ADDITION TO SERVICES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON OUR, ON OUR JOB SEEKERS, WE ALSO HAVE SERVICES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON OUR BUSINESSES, UM, AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS OUR JOB SEEKERS.
AND THESE SERVICES ARE, UM, PROVIDED THROUGH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUREAU, OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, AND THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT TO, TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, SMALL AND LARGE.
AND SOME OF THESE SERVICES INCLUDE, UM, INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIP WITH KEY INDUSTRIES, SO WORKING WITH BUSINESSES, UM, AND LEARNING OR HELPING THEM IDENTIFY WHAT SKILLS ARE IN DEMAND AND HELPING THEM DESIGN TRAINING PROGRAMS TO MEET THEIR HIRING NEEDS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR AMERICAN JOB CENTER OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS OUR, UM, LB WAN ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER, AS WELL AS YOUTH SERVICES CENTER IN PROVIDING TAILORED SERVICE TO EMPLOYERS SUCH AS JOB POSTINGS, RECRUITMENT ASSISTANCE, SPECIALIZED JOB FAIRS.
SO WE HAVE, WE'VE WORKED WITH SEVERAL EMPLOYERS WHO, UM, EITHER MAYBE MIGHT HAVE HAD A MASS LAYOFF OR THEY HAVE A HUGE HIRING NEED, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AND ADDRESSING THOSE HIRING NEEDS BY HAVING A SPECIALIZED, SPECIALIZED JOB FAIR, USUALLY AT OUR, AT OUR, UM, ADULT, UM, CAREER CENTER, OR COULD BE ANY, ANY PARTICULAR, UM, LOCATION WITH THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, TO HELP, UH, THE EMPLOYERS IN FILLING THEIR NEEDS AND, AND MEETING THEIR HIRING DEMANDS.
WE ALSO DO SCREENING AND REFERRALS OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES PROVIDE LABOR MARKET INFORMATION AND ASSIST WITH, UM, PROVIDING ORIENTATIONS, UM, AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY A LAYOFF, WHICH IS RAPID RESPONSE.
WE ALSO PROVIDE CUSTOMIZED TRAINING AND INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING, UM, THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR WIOA PROGRAM.
AND THE CUSTOMIZED TRAINING IS, IS TAILORED TRAINING TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF EMPLOYERS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF EMPLOYER NEEDS TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS ON A PACIFIC SKILL, WE CAN WORK WITH THAT EMPLOYER, HELP THEM CREATE THE, THE TRAINING CURRICULUM, AND ALSO HELP SUBSIDIZE THE TRAINING.
AND WE COULD PAY 50% UP TO, UM, UP TO 50% TO COVER THOSE, THOSE TRAINING COSTS IN.
UM, AND AS WELL AS HELPING THEM IDENTIFY, UM, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE TRAININGS.
WE ALSO OFFER INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING AND WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM UPSKILL THEIR CURRENT WORKFORCE.
SO SIMILAR WE CAN HELP PAY FOR THE TRAINING, HELP AND IDENTIFY, UM, THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF TRAINING THAT IS NEEDING AS WELL AS THE TRAINING PRO, UM, PROVIDER OR HELPING WITH THE DESIGNING OF THE CURRICULUM TO HELP, UM, UPSCALE THE, UM, AN EMPLOYER'S LABOR FORCE.
WE PROVIDE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP AND WORK-BASED LEARNING.
SO WIOA SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES APPRENTICESHIPS AS A CAREER PATHWAY AND COMBINES IT WITH PAID ON THE JOB TRAINING AND WITH CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.
SO WE WORK WITH DIFFERENT, WITH DIFFERENT TRADES AND UNIONS AND ASSIST THEM IN MEETING THEIR, THEIR HIRING NEEDS AND RECRUITMENT FOR THEIR DIFFERENT, FOR THEIR DIFFERENT UNIONS OR, UM, OR EVEN AS WELL AS HELPING THEM IN FILLING SPECIFIC POSITIONS.
WE ALSO PROVIDE ON THE JOB TRAINING, WHICH IS A REIMBURSEMENT TO THE EMPLOYER, UP TO 50% OF THE WAGE RATE OF A PARTICIPANT TO OFFSET THE TRAINING.
THAT, UM, 50% CAN ALSO BE INCREASED TO 90% FOR SMALL EMPLOYERS.
SO IF AN, IF AN EMPLOYER, FOR EMPLOYER, I'M SORRY, FOR EMPLOYERS, WE HAVE 50 OR LESS EMPLOYEES, WE COULD REIMBURSE 90% OF THE EMPLOYEE'S, UM, WAGE.
AND ON THE JOB TRAINING, AGAIN, KIND OF OFFSETS, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL'S WAGE 'CAUSE THERE'S ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT NEEDS TO BE HIRED, I MEAN, NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE'LL HELP IN ONE IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES TO, TO FILL THAT POSITION AS WELL AS SUBSIDIZE THAT TRAINING UP TO 90% DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EMPLOYER AND REIMBURSEMENT, UM, FOR THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL'S WAGES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDE LOW, UM, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
SO WE HELP, UM, PROVIDING LABOR MARKET INFORMATION TO HELP EMPLOYERS UNDERSTAND WORKFORCE TRADES, WAGE BENCHMARKS AND SKILL BACK GAPS.
SO WE HAVE ACCESS TO LABOR MARKET INFORMATION THROUGH OUR NUMBER OF RESOURCES AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO EMPLOYERS AND MEETING WITH THEM AND LIKE, AND HELPING THEM, UM, AND MAKING ANY, UM, DECISIONS OR JUST PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION THEY
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MAY NEED THAT'S RELATED TO, TO THE LABOR MARKET.AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IMPACT ON THEIR HIRING OR AGAIN, IF THEY'RE EXPLORING UPSKILLING, UM, THEIR LABOR FORCE, HELPING THEM IN BY PROVIDING SOME INFORMATION TO THEM THAT WOULD HELP 'EM WITH THAT DECISION.
AND THE LAST TWO SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, AND PRIMARILY THROUGH OUR WIOA PROGRAM IS RAPID RESPONSE.
WE RESPOND TO LAYOFFS AND PLANT CLOSERS BY PROVIDING IMMEDIATE, UM, SERVICES TO COMPANIES AND AFFECTED WORKERS.
WE SCHEDULE AN ORIENTATION, USUALLY WE TRY TO SCHEDULE AN ORIENTATION PRIOR TO THE, THE LAYOFF DATE, AND WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND, AND MEET WITH THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDE 'EM AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT WE OFFER AND HOW THEY CAN ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS PROVIDE 'EM INFORMATION ON COBRA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM THROUGH THAT TRANSITION.
UM, THE GOAL IS THAT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS AND RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND SKILLS TO HELP THEM RETURN BACK TO THE, THE, THE LABOR MARKET.
AND THE LAST PROGRAM WE OFFER IS LAYOFF AVERSION, SO THAT'S WORKING WITH F EMPLOYERS AND HELPING THEM IDENTIFY STRATEGIES OR JUST DESIGNING ACTIVITIES TO PREVENT OR, UM, MINIMIZE POTENTIAL LAYOFFS.
SO WE'RE THERE TO, AGAIN, PROVIDING LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, UM, WORKFORCE TRAINING MAYBE TO THEIR INCUMBENT WORKER, TO THEIR WORKERS TO HELP, UM, UM, UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL CONSULTING OR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
SO THOSE ARE TWO SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO, TO EMPLOYERS, SMALL OR LARGE, WHO MAY BE, UM, FACED WITH A POTENTIAL LAYOFFS OR A REDUCTION IN THEIR, UM, THEIR WORKFORCE.
AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES OUR, OUR SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THROUGH LONG BEACH WIND.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING AS FAR AS I'D LIKE TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL REGARDING SOME OF THE SERVICES OR PROGRAMS THAT I PRESENTED.
UM, AND HOW ABOUT FOR THE COMMISSIONERS? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER SMITH? SO YOU SAID THAT SOME OF YOUR FUNDING COMES FROM THE STATE WITH, WITH EVERYTHING BEING BUDGET CUTS AND EVERYTHING.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT THAT SOMEWHAT.
UM, NORMALLY WE WOULD'VE RECEIVED OUR WIOA FORMULA ALLOCATION, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ISSUED EVERY YEAR.
WE USUALLY RECEIVE IT BY APRIL.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT JUST YET.
UM, WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT OUR FUNDING IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE STABLE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WITHOUT ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT OUR FUNDING ALLOCATION IS GONNA BE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT IT'LL BE COMPARABLE TO WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
BUT YEAH, WITH, WITH JUST THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND JUST A, A CHANGE IN FOCUS, THERE ARE SOME, SOME CONCERNS AS FAR AS OUR FUNDING LEVELS AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
YEAH, AND I COULD ADD TO THAT COMMISSIONER, UH, SMITH, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS TOO.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE DID RELEASE A TWO, UH, MEMO, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO ON KIND OF JUST THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF LIKE FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS AND, AND CIRCULATE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONER HUCK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE THE HUMP COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ALSO, ALL THE SERVICE THAT YOU DO.
I ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE IS, DO YOU FO FOCUS AND TARGET WITH THE, UM, EMANCIPATED YOUTH OR THOSE WHO ARE, WHO ARE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE, UM, FOSTER CARE SYSTEM? YES, WE DO.
AND WE HAVE, UM, UM, DESIGNATED FUNDING FOR THAT POPULATION AS WELL.
SO WE DO WORK FOR EMAN EMANCIPATED YOUTH AS WELL AS FOSTER YOUTH.
AND THEN ALSO, I'VE NOTICED AN INFLUX OF, OF THE UNHOUSED LATELY.
SO WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE PICKED UP FOR, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE HOSPITAL OR ARE BEING DETAINED, ARE THEY THEN SEGUED INTO THE SY INTO THIS PROCESS OF LEARNING ABOUT THIS, UM, PROGRAM? OR DOES IT, HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? NOT NECESSARILY.
UH, WE, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND WE, UM, OBTAIN REFERRALS FROM THEM.
USUALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS ON HOUSE, THEY ARE PRIMARILY, THEIR, THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO GET EMPLOYMENT, SO THEY'VE SOMEWHAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE, THOSE BARRIERS, NOT ALL, WHICH WE DO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
SO WE STILL PROVIDE LIKE HOUSING ASSISTANCE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, UM, CLOTHING, WHATEVER THEY MAY NEED TO HELP THEM, UM, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.
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THAT'S GREAT.ARE YOU WORKING, UM, CLOSELY WITH THE CHAMBER, UM, AT ALL TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN OFFER INTERNSHIPS OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES? YES.
WE WORK, OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE, WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS OTHER, OTHER BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS.
AGAIN, JUST GETTING OUT THERE, INFORMING 'EM OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THEY'RE PROMOTING OUR SERVICES WELL TO THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY WORK WITH.
YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE, ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.
UM, I KNOW FOR, FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, WE'VE PROMOTED THAT TO DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT AS A A RESOURCE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON HOW MANY BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND, AND ITS GROWTH OVER THE, THE YEARS? ONE THING THAT I'VE HEARD FROM A HANDFUL OF BUSINESSES IS THAT IT CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE CUMBERSOME TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE JUST DISSUADED FROM, FROM UTILIZING THE PROGRAM AT ALL? YEAH, WE'VE, WE, I THINK LAST WE'VE PROBABLY SERVED CLOSE TO 15 BUSINESSES WITH ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
AND, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IS JUST BEING, UM, FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM, THERE'S SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT WE MUST MEET AS FAR AS, AS BEING PART OF THE CITY.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES MAYBE IS THE INSURANCE AND THEN THE TIMELINESS OF, OF GATHERING THAT.
BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR, OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT OF AN, AN OBSTACLE.
I KNOW JUST THE TURNAROUND TIME THAT'S REQUIRED AND KNOW WHEN MEETING WITH BUSINESS, THEY WANNA HIRE SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S CERTAIN PAPERWORK THAT ON OUR END THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED AND IT MAY NOT ALWAYS MEET THE, THE NEEDS OF THE, OF THE EMPLOYER.
WE'VE KIND OF HEARD THE SAME THING FROM, FROM EMPLOYERS OF THAT BEING A CHALLENGE IN, IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE, ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE WORKING AND SEEING HOW WE COULD ADDRESS THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VICE CHAIR THOMAS.
UM, HOW DID YOU WORK WITH THE EDD DEPARTMENT? THEY'RE ONE OF OUR CO-LOCATED PARTNERS, SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ONSITE AT OUR ADULT CENTER, SO WE COORDINATE SERVICES WITH THEM, UM, USUALLY WORK WITH THEM AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMING IN AND WANT INFORMATION ON UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, THEY OFFER OTHER SERVICES LIKE VETERAN SERVICES, UM, R-E-S-E-A, WHICH IS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED BY LAYOFFS.
SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM AND, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND, AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE CO-LOCATED WITH US, IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER AS FAR AS STREAMLINING SERVICES FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AS WELL.
AND AS A WORKFORCE SECTOR, LONG BEACH HAS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE NON-PROFIT BASE.
SO DO YOU WORK WITH NON-PROFITS TO FILL MOSTLY PROBABLY ADMIN TYPE POSITIONS? YEAH, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH NONPROFITS.
NOT ONLY DO WE PARTNER WITH THEM, BUT YEAH, WE WORK WITH THEM.
THEY OFF ACTUALLY SERVE AS SEVERAL WORK SITES FOR OUR WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS. UM, SO THAT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO KIND OF OFFSET THEIR HIRING NEEDS AND, AND, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, HELPS WITH OUR, OUR PARTICIPANTS AND OUR PROGRAM AND GETTING THEM THE SKILLS.
SO YEAH, WE, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, WITH NONPROFITS EITHER AS WORK SITES OR AS CO-PARTNER ON DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
IS, UH, THIS IS THE PART I LIKE MORE THAN THE, HOW'S THE CITY, LONG BEACH, THE ACTUAL GOVERNMENT, UH, WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATION IN TERMS OF BACKFILLING POSITIONS AND PLANNING, BUILDING FIRE.
ANY DEPART, ANY CITY DEPARTMENT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE YOUTH, ESPECIALLY THAT EXPOSURE FOR TRAINING? YEAH, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UM, CITY DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE A, A FELLOW ALMOST MAYBE AT EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY.
SO I THINK THEY'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT AT THAT PROGRAM AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, UM, NOT ONLY 'CAUSE IT GIVES THE FELLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE, UM, LEARN ABOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND JUST GET EXPOSED TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING.
BUT YEAH, THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE DONE THAT AND WE'VE CREATED, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE FIRE CORPS PROGRAMS AND THEN WE ALSO HAD, WHICH I DIDN'T INCLUDE ON HERE, WE HAD A, A PROGRAM THROUGH OUR YOUTH CORPS, UM, A POLICE, IT WAS A POLICE CORPS PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO EXPOSING, EXPOSING YOUTH TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR JUST WORKING IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE UNHOUSED IS DO YOU, I KNOW THEY DO AN, UH,
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A HOMELESS OR UNHOUSED COUNT EVERY YEAR, THE CITY DOES.UM, SO DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS THAT YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT THE IMPACT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE ON, UH, A DASHBOARD? I, YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
WE COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVED AS WELL AS, UM, THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT THEY'VE PARTICIPATED IN AND THE OUTCOMES OF, OF, UH, THE PROGRAMS. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS, UH, THESE PROGRAMS ARE HELPING PEOPLE THAT ARE TRANSITIONING THAT.
UM, AND IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE, UM, HOW MANY OF THEM COME THROUGH THESE SERVICES AND THEN GET TO TRANSITION TO NOT ONLY A JOB BUT HOUSING.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ON, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE LAYOFF AVERSION RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE, I'M REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THEM, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT LIKE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UH, RETAINING BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY, DO YOU, OTHER THAN THESE PROGRAMS, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAM OR DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES HAVE MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES? I THINK OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM HAS THAT INFORMATION AND THEY KEEP TRACK OF, OF, OF THAT, OF THAT DATA.
UM, AS FAR AS, YEAH, I WOULD SAY OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IF JILLIAN COULD ADD TO THAT, JUST OVERSEEING THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUREAU.
YEAH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS EITHER, UH, COMES THROUGH THE, UH, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND A LOT OF THAT THAT WE HAVE IS SELF-REPORTED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, WE DO HAVE SOME NUMBERS AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS JUST WITH THOSE KIND OF CONTINGENCIES AS YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THAT DATA WITH KNOWING THAT IT'S ON THE, ON THE LARGER SCALE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO TEND TO BE SELF-REPORTED.
UM, AND, UM, BUT FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN OUR CITY IS DO WE KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESS OR THE NAMES OF THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, AND HOW MANY OF 'EM HAVE MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY LOOK FOR, LIKE THE LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS.
'CAUSE WHAT WOULD BE INTERESTING, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTION IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO A BUSINESS OWNER RECENTLY THAT HAS ABOUT 200 EMPLOYEES AND THEY ASKED ME MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS RETENTION PROGRAMS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND SO I JUST, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO REALLY LOOK AT, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED ALL THOSE BUSINESSES WITH MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES, AND WHY DO THEY STAY HERE OR WHY ARE THEY LEAVING? UM, SO WE COULD HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT I DO THINK IT IS A QUESTION FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS IS, UH, AND I I KNOW COMMISSIONER SMITH KIND OF TOUCHED ON AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR ECONOMY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR PORT AND TARIFFS IS, ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE AN INFLUX OF BUSINESSES? I MEAN, I GUESS THEY DON'T NEED TO REPORT TO YOU, RIGHT? UNLESS THEY'RE LAYING OFF MORE THAN A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES, THAN A HUNDRED EMPLOYEES.
BUT ARE YOU STARTING TO SEE AN INFLUX OF MAYBE SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES, SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M GONNA SHUT MY DOORS IN TWO MONTHS, OR THAT KIND? YEAH, I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF WAR NOTICES AND THAT'S WHAT, UM, WE, WE RECEIVE, UM, NOTIFYING US THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A MASS LAYOFF OF USUALLY 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES.
SO WE DEFINITELY SEEN AN INCREASE IN, IN WARD NOTICE.
SO OUR RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IS, UM, YEAH, IS DEFINITELY, UM, SCHEDULING MORE RAPID RESPONSE SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE, I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
SO SOMETHING WHERE YOU MAY WANNA WATCH TOO FAR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE CLOSING THEIR DOORS POTENTIALLY.
YEAH, OUR, OUR BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
NOT JUST FOCUSING ON, ON THE, THE LARGER BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT OUR, OUR SMALL LITTLE BUSINESSES.
SO IF THEY GET WIND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LAYOFF, UM, THEY REACH OUT AS WELL AND TRY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
UM, THE SAME INTO SERVICES THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE TO THE, UM, EMPLOYERS WHO ARE GONNA HAVE A LARGER OR MASS LAYOFF.
AGAIN, JUST GETTING OUT THERE AND LETTING THEM KNOW OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO THE IMPACTED EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, IS, UM, AND IT MAY TAKE ON TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MATOYA WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE OJT PROGRAMS AND UPSKILLING OUR WORKERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE NOW THAT ARE AROUND, UM, SKILLS IN, IN AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? WE DO NOT, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE EXPLORING THAT, WE ARE EXPLORING THAT, AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CUSTOMIZED TRAINING PROGRAM.
IF THERE IS AN EMPLOYER WHO'VE EITHER IDENTIFIES A NEED, UM, FOR THAT PARTICULAR TRAINING, EITHER TO BRING IN NEW EMPLOYEES OR TO UPGRADE THE SKILLS OF THEIR EXISTING EMPLOYEES UNDER WIOA, WE COULD HELP SUPPORT THAT TRAINING, UM, THROUGH A CUSTOMIZED TRAINING PROGRAM.
AS I MENTIONED, WE COULD PAY 50% UP TO THE, THE TRAINING.
UM, AND, AND THE SAME THING FOR THE INCUMBENT WORKER.
OKAY, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH ALYSSA, FOR THE PRESENTATION
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FOR US HEARING MORE ABOUT LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT NETWORK AND ALSO FOR FEELING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.I'M GLAD THAT THERE'S AN INTEREST IN, IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.
AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, THING EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW IS, IS JAIME GUTIERREZ, WHO IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT NETWORK.
UM, HE WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, BUT HE DID LET ME KNOW THAT HE WOULD JOIN US FOR A FUTURE MEETING FOR ALL OF YOU TO GET TO KNOW HIM MORE.
HE'S NEW TO THE CITY AND THEN ALSO, UM, HE'S HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD ALSO.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE? IS THAT A, A VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER NOVIN? YEP, I GOT IT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, IF YOU COULD READ THAT OUT.
[3. 25-55216 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation by the Long Beach Public Service Corps Fellows in the Economic Development Department on their experience with the Program. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION BY THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORE FELLOWS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM.SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER NOVIN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SMITH.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION.
SO I WILL START OFF OFF VERY QUICKLY HERE BY JUST PROVIDING A, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORE.
SO THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVE IS REALLY TO FOSTER THE ECONOMIC INCLUSION OF OUR YOUTH HERE AND REALLY EXPOSE 'EM TO WHAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SO I HOPE THAT, UH, THEY'VE GOTTEN THAT AWESOME EXPERIENCE HERE.
UM, HERE'S JUST SOME PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY PIECE, UH, THERE IN THE FOLLOWING POINTS AND, UH, JUST KIND OF, WE WANTED TO REALLY SHOW YOU THE IMPACT OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT COHORT HAS DONE.
SO THEY'RE 49 PARTICIPANTS AND THEY'RE ACROSS 12 OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN THE NINE LEGISLATE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING A WIDE BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE ACROSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND EVEN THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND EVERYTHING THAT THERE IS, UH, TO, TO DEAL IN THE LIFE OF A PUBLIC SERVANT.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OH, ONE LAST THING I WANNA NOTE IS THAT WE ARE, THE CURRENT APPLICATION IS OPEN FOR THE NEXT COHORT, 20 25, 20 26.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT, UH, THERE IS A JUNE 30TH DEADLINE.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYONE IN MIND OR WANT TO SHARE, UH, YOU KNOW, ACROSS YOUR NETWORKS, PLEASE, UH, ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET MORE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THEIR CORE FELLOWS PROGRAM SO THEY CAN ONE, YOU KNOW, HELP US OUT.
AND THEN TWO, HAVE A GOOD AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCE, UM, DOING THAT AS WELL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, UH, PASS OVER TO SVE, MINDY, MARK, AND JOEY TO PRESENT, AND THEN LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE FELLOWS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT, UM, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE HAD A FINALS, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT TIME, UH, SOME JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
BUT, UH, YEAH, SO A COUPLE COULDN'T MAKE IT, UM, DUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, UM, DEMANDS.
BUT, UH, THANKFULLY MOST OF THEM, UH, WERE ABLE TO JOIN US.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO THEM TO, UM, AND, UH, START THEIR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
THAT'S JUST GONNA MOVE THE PODIUM UP, DOWN.
THIS, HELLO? UM, MY NAME IS MARK MASANA.
I'M A THIRD YEAR AT CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS, STUDYING FINANCE, UM, WITH THE EXPECTION EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE OF MAY, 2026.
I'M HOPING TO GET A CAREER IN FINANCE OR A FINANCE RELATED FIELD.
SOME INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT MYSELF IS THAT I'M AN ARTIST, SO I DO CHARCOAL, UM, DRAWINGS AND OIL PAINTINGS, AND I LIKE TO SKATE IN MY FREE TIME.
SO DURING MY TURN HERE AS A BIZ CARE GREEN BUSINESS INTERN, I WAS TASKED, TASKED
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WITH ASSISTING IN THE PREPARATION OF TWO GREEN BUSINESS EVENTS, UM, WITH THE GOAL IN MIND OF RECOGNIZING THESE GREEN BUSINESS EVENT, I MEAN, GREEN BUSINESSES AND HELPING THEM EXPAND THEIR NETWORK.UM, WHEN ASSISTING IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE EVENTS, I MAY DETAIL, UH, AGENDAS, EVENT FLYERS AND COMPILED A LIST.
UM, WELL, YEAH, A LIST OF GUESTS USING THE GREEN BUSINESS TRACKER.
UM, I ALSO LOOKED FOR SUITABLE GREEN BUSINESS VENUES, UM, DRAFTED AND SEND EMAILS AND PROVIDED FOLLOW UP CALLS.
SOME OF MY OTHER, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES AS A BIZ CARE GREEN BUSINESS INTERN IS CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGEMENT, UM, WHERE I LOOKED, UM, AND WORKED THE BIZ CARE HOTLINE AND DRAFTED AND SENT EMAILS AND CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE, UM, BUSINESS RESOURCES.
AND THOSE LOOK LIKE THE VISUAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT, WHICH, UM, PROVIDES A REVERSE REIMBURSEMENT OF 1500 TO BUSINESSES WHO HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED OR, UM, HAD CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER THAT HELPS, UM, BUSINESS GET THAT ADVICE, UM, AND JUST LIKE IMPROVE IN THEIR BUSINESS OVERALL.
SO JUST BASICALLY WE, UM, EMPHASIZE JUST MAKING THOSE BUS BUSINESSES SUCCESSFUL, UM, AND JUST HELP CONTINUE THEIR GROWTH.
I WAS ALSO TASKED WITH FINDING A LIST OF LEED CERTIFIED BUSINESSES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THEM THE CHANCE TO BECOMING A CERTIFIED GREEN BUSINESS.
UM, WHAT LEED STANDS FOR IS LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THE BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, IS A STEP TO BECOMING SUSTAINABLE.
UM, WITH BEING A GREEN BUSINESS, THEY CAN, UM, BE RECOGNIZED BY OUR GREEN BUSINESS DIRECTORY, UM, HAVE BUSINESS PROMOTION, REDUCE OPERATING COSTS, AND INCREASE THEIR NETWORK.
SO OVERALL, AS A LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE, I'VE LEARNED PROFESSIONALISM.
I'VE APPLIED THIS PROFESSIONALISM IN REAL WORKPLACE SITUATIONS.
AT FIRST, I WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY SHY AND RELUCTANT TO SPEAK FIRST, AND I CAN PROBABLY SAY THAT THIS INTERNSHIP HAS MADE ME INTO A PERSON WHO IS EXCITED TO SPEAK FIRST, UM, AND ASK QUESTIONS.
I'VE ALSO FOUND A MORE OF A PASSION FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE CITY I GREW UP IN, BUT I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE CITY AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES HAS BEEN A PRIDE FOR ME, A JOY FOR ME, AND IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY SO THAT I, I CAN SAY THAT, UM, EVERYTHING I LEARNED WITH THIS INTERNSHIP, IF I APPLY IT AND JUST KEEP FOCUSING ON THESE SKILLS, I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN MY FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
UH, THANK YOU SAVI FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT HERE AND LISTENING TO US TONIGHT.
I AM CURRENTLY AN INTERN WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HERE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT MYSELF.
I AM A RECENT GRADUATE FROM C-S-U-L-B, GRADUATED IN SPRING 2024 WITH MY BACHELOR'S IN FINE ART IN ANIMATION.
UM, I DO MUSIC AND I'M ALSO A FILMMAKER, SO THERE'S THAT.
AND MY BIG PROJECT, UH, DURING THIS INTERNSHIP WAS WORKING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, PRESENTATION DECK.
UM, LONG STORY SHORT, WE WERE VERY MUCH DUE FOR A REDESIGN OF OUR PRESENTATION DECK, UM, DUE TO ALL OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO COME TO LONG BEACH SOON.
UM, SO SOME KEY FACTORS IN THAT WERE GATHERING KEY INFORMATION, UH, AND DATA FROM MULTIPLE CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE RESOURCES, FINDING WAYS TO PRESENT THE GIVEN INFORMATION IN A VISUALLY PLEASING MATTER WHILE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING AND VIEWING THIS POWERPOINT.
I ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE COMMS TEAM, WHICH INCLUDED, UM, ANOTHER FELLOW WHO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, AND MY SUPERVISOR, CHELSEA, SHOUT OUT CHELSEA
THAT WAS LIKE KIND OF THE MAIN PROJECT I WAS WORKING ON.
I'M ALSO, UH, MONITORING AND MANAGING THE SOCIAL MEDIAS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, THESE INCLUDE ANSWERING MESSAGES FROM BUSINESSES AND CUSTOMERS.
UM, A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES NOWADAYS, UH, HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AND IT IS A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO REACH US WITH ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ABOUT ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS OR IF WE COULD SHOUT THEM OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO.
WE PROMOTE A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPER IMPORTANT FOR OUR ECONOMY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHOWING LOVE TO AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE CAN.
UM, AND WE ALSO REPOST IMPORTANT CITYWIDE EVENTS, UH, FROM THE OFFICIAL CITY ACCOUNTS AND OTHER ACCOUNTS SUCH AS THE LONG BEACH HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT, UM, POLICE AND FIRE, UM, AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT, I ALSO, UH, CREATE A LOT OF
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THE CONTENT FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIAS.SO THE VIDEOS THAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY WATCH IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION I MADE BOTH OF THEM.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN SUPER FUN, UM, DABBLING INTO MY, UH, FILMMAKER ANIMATION, UH, DEGREE THERE.
UM, AND THOSE REELS HAVE AVERAGED, UH, FROM I BELIEVE 4,000 TO 5,000, BUT THE YOUTH CENTER ONE ACTUALLY IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT 11,000 VIEWS.
SO, UM, PUTTING UP THE ENGAGEMENT THERE, GETTING EYES ON OUR PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO REELS, I'VE ALSO CREATED GRAPHICS FOR CAMPAIGNS AND EVENTS.
I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER WE HELD OUR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY CAMPAIGN.
I HELPED CREATE A LOT OF THE GRAPHICS FOR THAT AS WELL AS, UM, CREATE A UNIQUE ILLUSTRATION TO POST ON OUR SOCIALS AND OUR WEBSITE.
UM, I ALSO, UH, MADE INFORMATION, UM, IN THE CONTENT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR CONSUMERS TO SEE.
UM, AND THEN STUFF ABOUT THE POWERPOINT AGAIN.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE NEEDED A NEW POWERPOINT JUST TO HAVE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AND GET ALL THE INFORMATION WITH ALL THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, THINGS THAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN IN THE CITY, LIKE THE LA OLYMPICS AND THE AMPHITHEATER THAT'S GOING TO BE MADE.
OH, AND THESE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES FROM CITY POWERPOINT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF GRAPHICS, A LOT OF, UH, CALLOUTS WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION, NUMBERS AND IMAGES.
UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUTH FORCE THERE AS WELL.
AND OVERALL, MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PROGRAM, I WOULD SAY IS VERY POSITIVE.
UM, I WAS SOMEONE WHO I WASN'T SURE IF I COULD, UM, COMBINE MY CREATIVE SIDE WITH SOMETHING, UM, AS PROFESSIONAL AS THIS.
AND, UH, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT I FOUND MANY WAYS TO DO THAT, AND IT'S VERY FULFILLING TO SEE MY WORK GO OUT TO THE CITY AND PEOPLE ENGAGING AND INTERACTING WITH IT.
UM, AND ALSO IT'S KIND OF LIKE GIVING BACK TO THE CITY.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LONG BEACH, SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER VERY FULFILLING THING.
I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MARK NOW.
MY NAME IS MARK JAREN MASANA, AND I AM A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INTERN AT THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND MY, UM, SORRY I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS
UM, SO I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND STUDYING BUSINESS ECONOMICS.
I'M GRADUATING IN TWO WEEKS, AND I, SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT ME ARE THAT I ENJOY READING, UM, GOING TO THE BEACH, GOING ON RUNS, AND I HOPE TO BECOME A POLICY ANALYST ONE DAY.
AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS, UM, MY MAIN PROJECT WAS WORKING ON AN INDUSTRY IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS.
SO I LOOKED AT THE MAYOR'S BLUEPRINT 2.0 AND IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS FOR KEY INDUSTRIES IN LONG BEACH.
UM, LOOKING AT THE KEY INDUSTRIES YOU WANT TO DEVELOP AS A CITY, AND I ASSESSED THE COMPETITOR CITIES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND LOOKED AT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN EXPAND OUR CURRENT INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS AS WELL.
I ALSO COMPILED, UM, A LIST OF THE LEADING COMPANIES IN THE CITY, UM, LOOKING AT THE, THE AMOUNT OF JOBS THAT THEY'RE CREATING AND THE REVENUE AND WHAT KIND OF INDUSTRIES ARE THRIVING AND PROSPERING HERE, AND WHAT WE CAN WORK ON THERE.
UM, AS WELL AS CONSOLIDATING BUSINESS INCENTIVE DATA AND INFORMATION, UM, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE, UM, STATE LEVEL, UM, PROGRAMS LIKE THE CALIFORNIA COMPETES TAX CREDIT AND ANALYZING THOSE NUMBERS, SEEING WHAT BUSINESSES, UM, ARE IDEAL FOR THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO, UM, OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT I'VE DONE THROUGH THESE, UM, THROUGH MY TIME HERE INCLUDE THE VINYL WRAP PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS STILL KIND OF IN THE EARLY STAGE DEVELOPMENT, BUT WORKING ON THE PROGRAM DESIGN, I DRAFTED AN APPLICATION FOR, UM, THE PROGRAM WHEN IT DOES A, A LAUNCH AND COORDINATED INTER DEMAR DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND FOR, WITH, UM, THE FINANCIAL MA, UM, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ARTS, UM, LONG BEACH COUNCIL.
UM, I ALSO WORKED WITH LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM, UM, REVIEWING 38 LEGACY BUSINESS, UM, PROGRAM APPLICANTS AND FIXING THE WEBSITE ERRORS THAT ARE ON THE CITY WEBSITE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION WAS UP TO DATE.
AND I ALSO ORGANIZED SOME OF THE PROGRAM MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY LIKE FOR THE MARKETING STUFF THERE AND FOR BUSINESS NAVIGATION.
SO THIS, UM, HELPING A LOT WITH LIKE CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS, UM, GETTING TO TALK TO THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS OWNERS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AND KIND OF HELPING WITH MY TEAM AND LIKE GIVING THEM RESEARCH AND KIND OF BACKGROUND ON, UM, WHAT ARE LIKE THE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS AND DIFFERENT RESEARCH THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE BEFORE WE MET WITH THE, THOSE BUSINESSES SO WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY MIGHT BE FACING.
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HELPED JACK EMAILS INFORMING THE BUSINESSES ON THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS, INCLUDING LEVEL UP AND LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM AND, UM, UM, THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.UM, I WAS ALSO ABLE TO NETWORK A LOT.
I ATTENDED A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT COMMUNITY MEETING AND BIZ CARE TABLING EVENTS, UM, AND THE GREEN BUSINESS MIXER.
SO I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AND I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND A LOT OF DIFFERENT JOB FAIRS, HELPING OUT WITH THE VETERANS JOB FAIR, AND ATTENDED A LOT OF DIFFERENT COFFEE CHATS WITH DIFFERENT CITY STAFF.
SO I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HERE AND WHAT EVERYONE'S ROLE IS.
UM, I ALSO HELPED WITH THE INFORMATIONAL GUIDE.
UM, THIS WAS MOSTLY FOR LIKE MARKETING MATERIAL AND I HELPED DESIGN WITH THE BROCHURE ON STARTING A BUSINESS IN LONG BEACH AND AN INFORMATIONAL GUIDE ON NAVIGATING LONG BEACH DEPARTMENTS.
AND IN OVERALL, MY EXPERIENCE WITH LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS, UM, HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO GET INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT'S LIKE WORKING IN LIKE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AN INTEREST OF MINE SINCE MY DAD WAS LIKE A MAILMAN, AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT I WANTED TO LIKE, MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON MY COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK I JUST WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LIKE THE CITY PROCESSES AND LIKE THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES AND STUFF GIVEN I WAS INTERESTED IN POLICY.
AND I THINK I DEFINITELY GOT TO SEE A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT STEPS IT TAKES TO, UM, HAVE POLICY WORK FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, UM, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE ALL GO NEXT.
I'M NOT TOO SURE, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT MY EXPERIENCE I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND I'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT WHEREVER I GO.
OH, IS IT, IS IT ALREADY ON? YEAH.
I'M A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INTERN.
I'M IN MY FINAL SEMESTER AT CALIFORNIA OR CAL STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS.
I'M MAJORING IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN MANAGEMENT AND HR.
I'LL ACTUALLY BE GRADUATING NEXT WEEK, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, MY, UH, PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO CONNECT WITH, UM, JOB READY, UH, CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDE TAILORED SUPPORT TO HELP THEM SECURE, UM, MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INCLUDED WAS THE LABOR MARKET RESEARCH.
UH, I JUST GATHERED REAL TIME LABOR MARKET DATA BY RESEARCHING LOCAL EMPLOYERS ACROSS, UH, DIVERSE, UH, INDUSTRIES SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, LOGISTICS, AND IT AS WELL AS THOSE WHO, UM, HIRE FROM SPECIALIZED GROUPS INCLUDING 55 AND OLDER.
UH, I ALSO CONNECTED WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION ON OUR WORK, UM, WORKFORCE SERVICES AND ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT THEIR TALENT ACQUISITION EFFORTS.
AND AS FOR, UH, RESUME REVIEW, I, UH, WAS CONDUCTING THOROUGH ASSESSMENTS OF RES UH, RESUMES, OFFERING CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK TO ENHANCE CLARITY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND ALIGNMENT WITHIN THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
UM, FURTHER SKILLS, UM, FOR, UH, SKILLS AND CAREER ASSESSMENT.
UH, SO I JUST EVALUATED, UM, INDIVIDUALS, UM, SKILLS, SKILL SETS, EDUCATION AND WORK HISTORY TO BETTER DETERMINE, UM, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR WHEN LOOKING FOR, UM, JOB POSITIONS FOR THEM.
AND LASTLY, FOR CANDIDATE MATCHING, UM, I'VE SOUGHT OUT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LOCAL, UM, LOCAL LABOR MARKET THAT ALIGNED WITH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE.
SO LIKE DURING THEIR INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS, PUTTING THESE TWO TOGETHER AND, UM, IS THAT, OH, OKAY.
SO FOR, UH, MY OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES DURING MY INTERNSHIP, UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, ASSISTING WITH JOB READY CUSTOMERS, SO THAT WAS JUST REVIEWING THEIR RESUME, SENDING, UM, JOB LEADS TO THEM, AND THEN JUST FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CUSTOMERS BY, UM, EMAILING JOB LEADS OR GETTING ANY UPDATES ON WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THE JOB LEADS I SEND THEM, WHETHER THEY APPLIED OR INTERVIEWED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I ALSO WORKED WITH PREPARING RAPID RESPONSE PACKETS, SO THAT WAS JUST ASSEMBLING INFORMATIONAL PACKETS FOR THE CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING ALL THE RESOURCES IN THE PACKETS TO HELP THEM, UH, NAVIGATE THE, UM, JOB SEARCH AFTER BEING UN, UM, BEING LET GO AND UNEMPLOYED.
I ALSO HELPED PREPARE AND REVIEW A WORK SITE CHECKLIST CONTRACT.
SO I JUST REVIEWED CONTRACTS, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THEY HAD ALL INFORMATION REGARDING SIGNATURES, INSURANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, MAKING SURE IT WAS READY FOR THE FINAL SIGNATURES SO THAT THESE, UM, BUSINESSES WERE READY TO HOST WORKERS AND THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY WITH CONDUCTING THE LABOR MARKET RESEARCH.
SO YEAH, JUST RESEARCHING EMPLOYERS, UM, WITHIN THE VARIOUS, UM, SECTORS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, HEALTHCARE, IT AND LOGISTICS, AND AS WELL
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AS, UM, 55 AND OLD, UH, 55 AND OLDER.UH, BUT OVERALL I AL I DID HAVE A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, UM, AT THIS IN, AT, UH, THIS INTERNSHIP, UH, BEING THAT, UM, WITH MAJORING LIKE IN HUMAN RESOURCES, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO AFTER GRADUATION, BUT NOW LIKE WORKING MORE IN LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, IT'S GIVEN ME MORE OF LIKE WHAT I WANNA DO AFTERWARDS.
THAT WOULD BE, UM, A TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST.
SO YEAH, I'VE HAD A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
I'VE MET A LOT OF VERY GREAT PEOPLE AND IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY GREAT TIME.
NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
AND I JUST WANNA SAY I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU, YOU GUYS ARE DETERMINED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THINGS THAT COME FROM ALL OF YOU.
WELL, I HAVE TO COMMUNE YOUR INCREDIBLE TALENT EMPLOYEES.
YOU JUST ALL GAVE US A JOB INTERVIEW,
UM, IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY ELSE HERE AND PEOPLE THAT WILL BE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU SHOW YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS THIS, BECAUSE YOU ALL DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
UM, YOU GOT THE JOB AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,
UH, THAT YOU STAY WITH LONG BEACH.
I MYSELF SPENT 35 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
IT'S CHALLENGING SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY REWARDING WHEN YOU GET TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IF YOU HAVE THE PASSION, UH, FOR IT AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL DO.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UPCOMING GRADUATIONS AND YOURS NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL TO HEAR.
UM, HANG IN THERE AND STAY WITH IT.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M GETTING MY VOICE BACK, SO I'M SAVING MY WORDS FOR THE STUDENTS
UM, WE DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE CONSULTING SPACE AROUND GENERATIONAL DYNAMICS.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THERE'S BEEN FIVE DISTINCT GENERATIONS IN THE WORKFORCE, AND A LOT OF COMPANIES GO IN AND, AND SAY WHAT GEN Z WANTS AND WHAT THEY EXPECT.
AND I THINK THE BEST WAY IS TALKING TO GEN Z AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE ALL GEN Z.
UM, AS PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE, IF YOU TELL US AND THE, THE DEPARTMENT, YOUR EXPERIENCE AND HOW WE CAN REACH MORE OF YOU FROM A COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT.
SO I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU HAD A COMMUNICATIONS ASPECT OF YOUR INTERNSHIP AND I WONDER IF THAT WAS A CHALLENGE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD REACH A BUSINESS WITH SOMEONE IN THEIR EIGHTIES ALL THE WAY TO SOMEONE MAYBE EVEN YOUNGER THAN YOU LAUNCHING A BUSINESS IN THE CITY.
AND GIVE US YOUR SPECIFIC, LIKE GEN Z PERSPECTIVE.
I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO GROW AND SCALE, UM, SUPPORT IN THE CITY TO ALLOW PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO WORK IN THE CITY AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO START BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.
FROM MY GEN Z PERSPECTIVE,
UM, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HANDLE SOME BUSINESSES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OLD FASHIONED AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN THEIR BELIEF, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO, UM, GET THEM OUT OF THAT WAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN USED TO.
BUT I FEEL THAT IF WE JUST HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS AND JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER LIKE I DID WITH THEM, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S EASIER TO BREAK THEM DOWN AND, UM, BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
SO I THINK THAT IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME AND SOME EFFORT, BUT ONCE YOU BUILD A BOND WITH PEOPLE, UM, ALL THESE BUSINESSES, IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY EASY.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
UM, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION ACTUALLY.
AND I THINK THAT ONE WAY THAT WE CAN CONNECT DESPITE LIKE THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONAL GAPS THAT WE HAVE IS THE FACT THAT WE ALL KIND OF CARRY LIKE THE SAME COMMON GOAL.
UM, WHETHER IT'S LIKE A BUSINESS, LIKE YOU'RE WANTING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ALSO WANT TO HELP SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S MOSTLY THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANNA HELP REACH AND, UM, FINDING THE COMMONALITIES THAT WE HAVE AS HUMANS, REALLY.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT SVE SAID, JUST LIKE DEVELOPING THAT DIALOGUE WITH EACH OTHER AND HAVING LIKE THAT, UM, COMPASSION TOWARDS EACH OTHER AND KIND OF SEEING EACH OTHER FOR WHO THEY ARE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO KIND OF OVERCOMING THE GENERATIONAL GAPS IN THAT.
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OKAY.SO YEAH, UM, PRETTY MUCH WHAT SVE AND MARK HAD SAID, LIKE FINDING COMMON GROUND WITHIN EACH OTHER DESPITE, UM, THE GENERATIONAL GAP.
UM, ALSO, YEAH, LIKE BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING RAPPORT WITH ONE ANOTHER TOO, JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, THEY PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY HAD SAID, I WOULD AGREE.
SO I ALSO AGREE WITH ALL THEIR POINTS.
BUT WE ARE STARTING BECAUSE OF THAT.
WE ARE STARTING TO LACK LIKE THAT HUMAN LIKE CONNECTION, LIKE WITH ACTUAL CONVERSATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE COULD USE THOSE RESOURCES LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE COULD USE THOSE RESOURCES TO BEGIN THAT CONNECTION.
BUT IN ORDER TO LIKE GARNER AND LIKE GROW THOSE CONNECTIONS, IT HAS TO KIND OF BE LIKE THROUGH CONVERSATIONS.
LIKE THEY TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT LIKE THE COFFEE CHATS DURING THIS INTERNSHIP, UM, GOING TO EVENTS.
UH, WE WENT TO, I DON'T KNOW IF, DID ALL OF US GO TO THE QUEEN MARY EVENT? YEAH, THERE WAS A, A YOUTH TO CAREER SERVICE EVENT IN THE QUEEN MARY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SO HAVING THOSE KINDS OF EVENTS HAPPEN WHERE WE COULD LIKE ACTUALLY MEET PEOPLE AND TALK TO THEM AND NETWORK IN PERSON WOULD ALSO HELP.
SO I WOULD SAY HOSTING THOSE KINDS OF EVENTS ARE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
AND ALSO BEING, HAVING MORE EDUCATION TOWARDS LIKE MEETING LIKE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE, LIKE COFFEE CHATS OR LIKE CASUAL MEETINGS, INTERVIEWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S STARTING TO DISAPPEAR A LITTLE BIT WITH TECHNOLOGY.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO KIND OF LOSE THAT, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT KIND OF AS A WHOLE, AS LIKE HUMANS AND STUFF.
COMMISSIONER KUS, GOOD AFTERNOON.
A REALLY WELL, UM, WELL DONE PRESENTATION BY ALL OF YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE GRADUATING TO THOSE WHO'VE ALREADY GRADUATED INTO THE IMPENDING GRADUATION.
I MYSELF HAVE MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE FROM A CSU, IT'S FULLERTON, BUT ULTIMATELY, CSU ALWAYS SAY IS ONE OF THE BEST, UM, EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ALSO KUDOS TO THE CITY FOR OFFERING THIS AMAZING PROGRAM.
UM, I ALSO DO HAVE A PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE BACKGROUND WORKING FOR THE STATE SENATE, UH, LA COUNTY, AND THEN ALSO TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S A REALLY INSIGHTFUL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW I ALWAYS SAY HOW THE, UM, SAUSAGE GETS MADE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING HOW BUDGETS WORK, UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU CAN DIRECTLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIVES EXACTLY BY THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU TOUCH.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS AND SEEING ALL OF YOU, IT'S INSPIRING TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS A DEMOGRAPHIC, YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC IS ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPARED TO, UM, THE BOOMERS.
SO YOU'LL START NOTICING LEGISLATION AS FAR AS BEING DRAFTED, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, FOR, FOR YOU.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO SEE INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF TAKING THAT HELM AND TO GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE THAT, UM, THAT PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STAY CONNECTED.
I'M SURE, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A YOUTH COMMISSION AS WELL.
SO DEFINITELY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, STAY INVOLVED, GET CONNECTED, ASK WHY, ASK THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF.
UM, SO AGAIN, YOU'RE ALREADY WAY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
SO AGAIN, I COMMEND ALL OF YOU AND ALL, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO YOU REPORTED TO THE, THE PROGRAM AND THE CITY IN GENERAL.
SO AGAIN, UM, CONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE, THE COFFEE CHATS.
UM, I HAVE SO MANY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO REACHING OUT TO ME VIA TEXT AND I'M LIKE, NO, WE'RE GONNA MEET FACE TO FACE.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S EASIER TO VIA TEXT, BUT IT'S SUCH AN ART.
UM, AND SO FINDING THAT BALANCE OF HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE, BUT ULTIMATELY JUST KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE A WHOLE CITY BEHIND YOU.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND, AND SO PROUD OF YOU ALL.
AND COMMISSIONER MATOYA? YEAH, I JUST WANNA ECHO EVERYBODY ELSE'S COMMENTS AND SAY YOU GUYS DID A REALLY GREAT JOB PRESENTING TODAY.
I THINK, UM, I THINK WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I NEVER PRESENTED IN FRONT OF A COMMISSION BEFORE.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A NERVE WRACKING TOO.
I MEAN, EVEN ON THIS SIDE OF THE DIOCESE, IT CAN BE NERVE WRACKING TO, TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN TERMS OF PRESENTING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
UM, I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR THE FOUR OF YOU.
UM, AND I THINK MARK, YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT DOING, UM, PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY ELSE THAT THEY WERE A POLI SCI MAJOR.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO LIKE, WHAT MADE YOU WANNA DO THIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM GIVEN ITS CONNECTION TO THE CITY AND A PUBLIC AGENCY? OKAY, YEAH.
SO MY MAJOR IS NOT, UM, POLITICAL SCIENCE, IT'S BUSINESS ECONOMICS, BUT I WAS JUST MORE INTERESTED IN LIKE THE POLICY BECAUSE I THINK, OKAY, SO WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE LIKE THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
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AND STUFF THAT, UM, HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND GET TO INTERACT WITH THEM LIKE FACE TO FACE AND SEE AND HEAR THEIR STORIES AND THEIR GREAT LIKE, AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND SEEING THE LIVES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO CHANGE.BUT I THINK WITH POLICY IS THE THING THAT INTERESTS ME IS LIKE SEEING THINGS ON LIKE A BROADER SCALE AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WORKING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT GIVES LIKE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I WAS LIKE THE MOST GRATEFUL FOR FROM THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT TAUGHT ME LIKE, UM, THE VALUE OF SEEING EACH OTHER LIKE FACE TO FACE AND SEEING, UM, THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR AND ALL THE HARD WORK LIKE COME TO LIFE RIGHT BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY COOL.
UM, SO YES, I AM STILL INTERESTED IN LIKE THE POLICY ASPECTS, BUT UM, I ALSO DO REALLY VALUE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASPECT AS WELL.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHY I GOT INTERESTED IN THAT
UH, SO ORIGINALLY I WASN'T INTERESTED IN PUBLIC POS POLICY.
UM, I SAW THIS ON LIKE, SO MY, UM, COUNSELOR, SHE SENDS OUT INTERNSHIPS OR, UM, JOBS.
SO I FOUND AN INTEREST AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I NEED THE MONEY.
SO I, I TOOK A, UM, YOU KNOW, I TOOK A CHANCE AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN I GOT A CALL BACK AND I JUST LEARNED, UM, TO LOVE POLICY AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST HELPING MY COMMUNITY.
I'M, I'M FROM LONG BEACH, SO DOING THIS AND JUST HELPING MY BUSINESSES, FELLOW BUSINESSES, UM, NOT A BUSINESS, BUT YEAH, UM, DOING THAT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY AND I FEEL LIKE I CAN HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I, UM, KIND OF GOING FROM WHAT, UH, SVE WAS SAYING SINCE I WAS IN MY FINAL YEAR AT SCHOOL, UM, I HAD A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS TELLING, LIKE, TELLING ME THAT I NEEDED TO LOOK FOR AN INTERNSHIP AND SORT OF PRESSURING ME FOR THAT.
SO, UM, I DID END UP GETTING AN EMAIL AS WELL FROM MY SCHOOL, UM, ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
BUT I DID END UP GOING TO LOVE IT JUST BECAUSE, UM, I, IT WAS ABLE TO HELP ME GET, UM, MORE PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN RESOURCES.
I THINK THE ONLY PERSPECTIVES I WAS REALLY GETTING WAS FROM SCHOOL.
SO SCHOOL WAS MOSTLY JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, WITH LIKE, WITH BENEFITS AND WITH THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, BUT GETTING LIKE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME LIKE MORE OF WHAT YOU COULD DO WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND WHAT OTHER JOBS AND WHAT, WHAT ELSE I CAN GET OUT OF IT.
UM, SO YEAH, SO HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, I ACTUALLY HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS IN THE PREVIOUS COHORT AND UH, THEY SHARED IT WITH OUR LITTLE GROUP CHAT.
UM, AND THEY WERE LIKE, UH, YOU LIVE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, EVERYONE IN THAT GROUP CHAT LIVED IN LONG BEACH AND STILL LIVES IN LONG BEACH AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE.
UM, SO THEY WERE LIKE, YOU SHOULD JOIN.
UM, AND THEY ACTUALLY GOT A JOB WORKING AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS WHERE THEY WERE, UM, INTERNING AT.
UM, BUT
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR ME.
UM, BUT THEY STILL ENCOURAGED ME TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR COHORT ALSO WERE EITHER STUDYING ART OR THEY GRADUATED RECENTLY, UM, WITH SOMETHING IN ART.
SO I WAS LIKE, SURE, WHY NOT? UM, AND I SAW THAT THEY HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, MANAGEMENT OR CONATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT.
UM, AND I FIGURED IT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF LIKE CHANNEL THAT MORE, UM, BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF A GROWING JOB MARKET, LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, MANAGEMENT AND CONTENT CREATION.
UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S FAIRLY NEW, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA START NEEDING
SO THOUGHT I WOULD GARNER MY SKILLS, UM, BUT I ENDED UP LIKING WHAT I DO A LOT.
IT WASN'T WHAT I EXPECTED AT ALL 'CAUSE I KIND OF WENT IN BLIND, TO BE HONEST.
UM, AND I FIND IT REALLY FULFILLING.
LIKE I SAID, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN LONG BEACH.
UM, SO IT'S KIND OF COOL LIKE SEEING LIKE A REFLECTION OF MY WORK
AND I DEFINITELY DID SEND THAT APPLICATION FOR THE NEXT COHORT TO ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN LONG BEACH OR ARE GOING TO, UH, SCHOOL CURRENTLY.
SO YEAH, COMMISSIONER MORTOYA.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THEN, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INSTILLING PUBLIC SERVICE IN YOUR, UH, FELLOW INTERNS.
'CAUSE THAT'S AMAZING TO HEAR THAT AFTER THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEY FOUND A LOVE FOR IT.
I WANNA ECHO THE THANKS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF GROUP OR, YOU KNOW, COME AND AND SHARE MORE ABOUT YOURSELF AND ALSO ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DID.AND NOT ONLY WAS IT SO ORGANIZED, BUT WE REALLY DID GET A CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH YOU AND LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU, UM, YOUR VIEWPOINTS AND ALSO THE WORK THAT YOU DID.
AND IT ENHANCED US KNOWING MORE ABOUT WHAT ECONOMIC DE DEVELOPMENT DOES ALSO.
SO THEY DID TEACH YOU WELL ABOUT COMMUNICATION, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO FOR SVE, I WANTED TO FIND OUT YOU WORKED IN THE GREEN BUSINESS INTERNSHIP AND THEN YOU SAID YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR LONG BEACH.
SO TELL US MORE ABOUT JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK, UM, AS A FOLLOW UP THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING WITH OUR GREEN BUSINESSES? NEW IDEA YOU HAVE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR GREEN BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW I THINK IS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD.
UM, FOR THE CITY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST LIKE, JUST ENGAGE MORE.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF JUST WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS GREEN BUSINESS.
BUT, UM, I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.
BUT JUST ENGAGE MORE WITH THE YOUTH, UM, PLAN MORE EVENTS FOR THE YOUTH.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'LL BE REALLY GOOD.
ESPECIALLY IF LIKE THERE'S KIDS KNOWING ABOUT GREEN SUSTAINABILITY.
THEY CAN GO TO THEIR PARENTS AND MAYBE THEIR PARENTS WILL WANNA BE GREEN BUSINESSES.
AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'LL JUST HELP TO, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IS THERE A WAY YOU WOULD STAY ENGAGED IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE CITY? OH YEAH.
LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I WOULD DO A NONPROFIT AS WELL 'CAUSE I DO LIKE FINANCE, BUT IF I CAN DO SOMETHING FOR MY COMMUNITY, LIKE JUST, UM, LIKE PLANTING TREES OR YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING BUSINESSES, UM, OR LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESSES BETTER, THAT WOULD REALLY BE NICE.
AND THEN MINDY, YOU HAD TALKED MORE ABOUT THIS BEING AN EXPERIENCE WHERE IT WAS CREATIVE AND IT WAS PROFESSIONAL FOR YOU ALSO, BUT YOU KNOW, FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU STARTED THE PROGRAM, WERE THERE ANY UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES THAT YOU HAVE NOW THAT YOU'RE DONE WITH THE PROGRAM? HMM.
OH, JUST FOR, HEY, I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T.
UH, WELL, I GUESS ONE UNEXPECTED OUTCOME WAS, UH, WHEN I SEE NUMBERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I KIND OF BRUSH THEM OFF AND I DON'T REALIZE THE SCALE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE REACHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WHEN I SAW INITIALLY THAT A LOT OF THE CONTENT THAT I WAS MAKING GOT, LIKE WHEN IT STARTED GETTING OVER A THOUSAND VIEWS, I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOTHING, RIGHT? AND THEN, UM, I WOULD TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND THEY'D BE LIKE, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND I'M LIKE, OH, YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT IS BECAUSE I ENVISION A ROOM WITH A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
AND I'M LIKE, THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
SO I THINK, UM, AN UNEXPECTED OUTCOME WOULD BE THE REACH THAT, UM, THE STUFF THAT I MADE HAD ON THE CITY.
UM, AND I THINK ANOTHER UNEXPECTED OUTCOME WOULD BE THE AMOUNT OF NETWORKING THAT I DID.
BECAUSE INITIALLY I, WELL I STILL AM, UH, WORKING HYBRID, SO I DO A LOT OF THE WORK AT HOME, BUT WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT WERE HOSTED AND, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO HELP WITH, UH, LIKE I HELPED UP SET UP AN EVENT YESTERDAY ACTUALLY, UM, IN CITY HALL.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO REALIZE HOW MUCH NETWORKING, UM, YOU CAN DO IN A POSITION LIKE THIS.
AND ALSO KIND OF HOW MUCH IT TAKES TO GET USED TO THAT KIND OF THING.
BECAUSE I HAVE A FEAR OF NOT BEING SUPER GENUINE WITH NETWORKING.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ALSO HAVE THAT KIND OF LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE JUST, I DON'T WANT IT TO FEEL LIKE I AM MOOCHING OFF OF THIS PERSON.
LIKE, I WANT IT TO KIND OF BUILD A GENUINE CONNECTION WHILE ALSO IT BENEFITING LIKE THE BOTH OF US.
SO I THINK THAT WAS ANOTHER UNEXPECTED OUTCOME.
AND, AND ALSO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE VIDEOS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY DONE VIDEOS OF ALL OF YOUR TESTIMONIALS OR THE COHORT, BUT I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US.
AS YOU SAID, HELP GET THE WORD OUT THERE IS TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE THROUGH SOME TESTIMONIAL VIDEOS.
UM, SO JOEY
UM, SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT LABOR MARKET RESEARCH, IS, IS THE, WAS THE RESEARCH SIDE SOMETHING YOU HAD AN INTEREST IN? AND UM, IS THAT A REPORT THAT WE CAN SEE? IS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AREA? AND WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU LEARNED IN THAT RESEARCH SIDE THAT WOULD SAY, HEY, I'LL GO INTO RESEARCH OR NO, I WON'T.
UM, WELL AT FIRST, LIKE WHEN I LIKE SAW FOR MY JOB DESCRIPTION, IT SAID THAT IT INVOLVED A LOT OF RESEARCH AND ME PERSONALLY, I'VE NEVER LIKE DONE, LIKE, DONE A LOT, UM, OR HOW DO, HOW WOULD I WORD IT? I'VE NEVER LIKE, SPECIALIZED IN DOING RESEARCH.
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SO OTHER THAN FOR LIKE SCHOOL AND FOR PAPERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT WAS GONNA TURN OUT FOR ME.
UM, I MOSTLY, UM, MOSTLY IT'S MY SUPERVISORS AND THE SPECIALISTS IN MY DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE ALL OF MY, UM, ALL OF LIKE, UH, MY SPREADSHEETS AND UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, FROM MY RESEARCH I'VE HAD TO DO, I'VE MOSTLY HAD TO JUST DO RESEARCH, UM, FOR, UM, OLDER WORKERS.
I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER FOR 55 AND OLDER FOR THEM ON HOW TO, UH, NAVIGATE THE JOB, THE JOB MARKET.
UM, ALSO TOO, BEING THAT BEING IN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE JOB READY CUSTOMERS.
A LOT OF THEM ARE 55 AND OLDER.
SO USING THAT RESEARCH HELPED A LOT WHEN, UM, WORKING WITH THEM TOO.
UM, BEING ABLE TO TAKE WHAT I LEARNED TO ALSO HELP WITH THEM WITH, UM, THEIR JOB SEARCH, HELPING THEM WITH THEIR RESUMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S GOOD 'CAUSE YOU HAVE SO MUCH CLARITY ON WHAT YOU WORKED ON.
AND THEN THE MARK IS CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION IN TWO WEEKS AHEAD.
UM, SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT BUSINESS INCENTIVE DATA, AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU AT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU SAID YOU WERE NERVOUS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE SECONDS LATER YOU WERE FINE
SO
BUT, UM, I WANTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS INCENTIVE DATA.
THE, THE WORK THAT YOU DID AROUND THAT.
UM, WAS IT INCENTIVES WITHIN THE CITY? WAS IT ALSO INCENTIVES? UH, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
COULD YOU JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WORK? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO THE RESEARCH THAT I WAS DOING FOR THAT WAS THROUGH GO BZ, IT'S THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS SOMETHING, I FORGOT THE REST.
BUT, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY THE CALIFORNIA COMPETES TAX CREDIT.
AND UM, THEY HAVE A LIST OF AWARDEES FOR THAT PROGRAM THAT WERE AWARDED.
UM, OVER THE YEARS IT'S BEEN, UM, HERE SINCE LIKE, FOR ABOUT LIKE 10 YEARS AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT, UM, COMPANIES THAT WERE AWARDED AND THEN LOOKING AT THE COMPANIES THAT ARE AWARDED SPECIFICALLY IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, UM, THAT WERE AWARDED AS WELL.
SO I NOTICED SOME OVERALL TRENDS IN THE OVERALL INDUSTRIES, HOW IT KIND OF BECAME MORE LIKE GEARED TOWARDS LIKE AEROSPACE, UM, COMPANIES AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT SIZES OF THOSE INDUSTRIES OR DIFFERENT SIZES OF THOSE COMPANIES.
UM, LOOKING AT HOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE COMPANIES DID HAVE, UM, EMPLOYEES FROM LIKE 250 TO 500.
AND, UM, ALSO LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT, LIKE I FOUND THAT IT WAS, UM, MOSTLY IN LIKE TECH AND LIKE MANUFACTURING AND PHARMACEUTICALS.
UM, SO LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT DATA, AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME TOO.
'CAUSE I GOT TO LIKE WORK A LOT WITH LIKE DATA AND WORK WITH LIKE, PIVOT TABLES ON EXCEL AND LIKE, UM, YEAH, I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN THAT BEFORE, BUT IT REALLY HELPED LIKE ENHANCE THOSE SKILLS LEARNING WITH LIKE MY SUPERVISOR AND STUFF.
UM, SO YEAH, JUST DOING RESEARCH ON THAT.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT WE'LL DO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOOKED AT VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND RETENTION, NOT ONLY FOR THE LARGE SIZE COMPANIES THAT COME INTO OUR CITY, BUT ALSO FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TOO.
SO THANKS FOR HELPING US WITH THAT DATA.
UM, JULIAN, IS THERE ANOTHER STEP THAT YOU WANNA DO HERE? OH, YES.
WE, UH, WANTED A, PER OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, PROFESSIONAL HERE, CHELSEA.
UH, WE HAVE STRICT INSTRUCTIONS TO BRING YOU GUYS DOWN IN FRONT OF THE DESK AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH OUR, UM, FELLOWS HERE, UH, TO COMMEMORATE THE, THE EVENT BO BO CAN COME, OF COURSE,
SHE'S GONNA MAKE YOUR WAY UP THERE.
AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AFTERWARDS IS THAT WE CAN PROBABLY, WE CAN DO IT NOW SINCE OH, WE DON'T DO IT.
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YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY IT WAS SUCH A TREAT TO HAVE THEM HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THEIR SUPERVISORS ARE, WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM.AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, I HAVE TO SAY THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY MEANINGFUL IMPACT, LIKE THEY REALLY, REALLY DID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARE SMALL AND MIGHTY TEAM.
SO ANY PAIR OF ADDITIONAL HELPING HANDS THAT WE CAN GET, WE WILL TAKE.
AND ANYTHING FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS, LIKE THE VIDEOS, RIGHT? AND BUILDING THAT OUT.
AND THEN ALSO LIKE OUR INCENTIVES, RESEARCH THAT MARK DID, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES DIRECTLY IMPACT AND INFORM THE WORK THAT WE DO MOVING FORWARD.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE EMPHASIZE THAT TO THEM EVERY, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO TIME TO GET COFFEE.
WE GOT POLICY TO WRITE AND, AND, UM, WORK TO DO ASIDE FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, COFFEE, OF COURSE.
I WANNA THANK, UM, OUR SPEAKERS AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
SO ARE, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM THREE.
THEN WHY DON'T WE TAKE A VOTE? SO WE, I WILL TAKE VERBALS FOR THOSE THAT DON'T SEE IT ON THEIR TABLET.
OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[4. 25-55217 Recommendation to receive and file Executive Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.COULD I HAVE A MOTION I CAN TAKE VERBALS IF THAT'S NOT POPULATING? OH, I HAVE A FIRST FROM MATO.
MATOYA AND A SECOND FROM NOVIN.
OKAY, TURN THAT OVER TO YOU JULIAN.
AND BOTH IF YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENTS.
ALRIGHT, SO WE, UH, I KNOW WE TOOK A 60 DAY BREAK, SO I HAVE QUITE THE SERIES OF UPDATES, UH, FOR EVERYONE.
SO I'LL START FIRST WITH THE MARCH 8TH.
WE DID THE WEST SIDE, UH, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC AND MARKETS PLACE STUDY.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG LIFT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN WORKING TO WORKING WITH ON THE CONSULTANTS TO PRODUCE THAT REPORT.
SO WE PRESENTED THAT, UH, ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
WE HAD GREAT ATTENDANCE ABOUT 50, UH, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, SHOWED UP TO LEARN ABOUT THE MARKETPLACE STUDY.
SO WHAT THAT STUDY DID, YOU KNOW, FROM A HIGH LEVEL PERSPECTIVE, AND AGAIN, HAPPY TO SHARE THIS, UH, THE STUDY ITSELF WE WITH, UH, THE COMMISSION.
SO IT BASICALLY, UH, THEY CONDUCTED A, A MARKET STUDY AND IT IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, A CITY IN CONGESTION WITH THE RESIDENTS COULD WORK TOGETHER TO HELP PROMOTE, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE AREA.
SO, UH, AND YOU ALSO JUST KIND OF, UH, QUANTIFY THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, COULD, HAD BEEN HEARING FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, IN WEST LONG BEACH.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEED, UH, TO SEE MORE GROCERIES, ALSO A BANKING INSTITUTION, UH, AS WELL, AND EVEN A PHARMACY.
SO THOSE KIND OF, UM, AREAS, UH, AGAIN, SHOWED UP IN THE MARKETPLACE STUDY.
ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO POSITION, UM, PARCELS OF LAND FOR, YOU KNOW, ADDITION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AND, AND ENCOURAGING THAT PIECE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT IS NEWER TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE OUTCOME, YOU KNOW, THE OUTCOME AND THE RESIDENTS COMING IN AND THE PASSION.
UM, AND THEN COMMUNICATING THAT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY WANT THEIR, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WEST LONG BEACH TO LOOK LIKE.
AND THIS JUST TO ADD ON FOLD REALLY WELL IN WITH THE, UM, THE WEST SIDE PROMISE.
SO ONE OF THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVES.
SO THIS INFORMATION IS GONNA BE ROLLED INTO THAT, THAT INITIATIVE AS WELL, AND INFORM, UH, SOME OF THE ACTIONS MOVING FORWARD, UH, ON THAT END.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY TO GO FAST AND FURIOUS HERE, JUST LIKE BE, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE LUNG CAPACITY TO DO SO, BUT HERE IT GOES,
UM, WE ALSO HOSTED ON APRIL 4TH, THE LONG BEACH, UH, SPACE SPEECH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYMPOSIUM OVER AT LB WIN.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN OUR EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL STATE LONG BEACH, LBCC AND OTHERS.
UH, AND ALSO WITH OUR SPACE COMPANIES, UH, TO REALLY JUST START HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF PIPELINE DO WE NEED TO BUILD FOR OUR YOUTH THAT STARTS IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.
AND THEN EXPEDITES THAT FOR THEM TO HAVE ENTRY INTO, YOU KNOW, THESE AEROSPACE AND AVIATION JOBS THAT, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURER AND
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THEY'RE GOOD PAYING RESEARCH AND DESIGN.SO IT'S JUST ABOUT THE, THIS, UH, WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD FORMALLY KIND OF, UH, MET IN, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT, AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION, JUST LEARNING, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATIONAL, UH, ACADEMIA PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF WHAT THAT EDUCATION NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE AND EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THAT I REMEMBER RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE NEED FOR TECHNICIANS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE NEED TO HAVE, UM, TO, FOR A STUDENT OR, OR, OR A PERSON TO GET INVOLVED INTO THE, A AEROSPACE, UM, IS JUST HAVING THAT HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S BEING, YOU KNOW, TAKING PART IN A ROBOT CLUB OR WORK TINKERING WITH CARS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SAYING LIKE, WE'LL TAKE ANYBODY THAT KIND OF HAS THAT PASSION TO WORK WITH THEIR HANDS IN A MORE ADVANCED MANNER, AND WE CAN TAKE THAT AND THEN BASICALLY UPSKILL THEM TO WORK WITH THE MACHINERY THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE, IN THE SPACE SECTOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BIG TAKEAWAY.
UM, THE OTHER TWO WAS AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE SPACE SECTOR COMPANIES THAT OFTENTIMES INVOLVE IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY.
SO IT WAS JUST, HOW CAN WE WORK TO ENSURE OR SHORTEN THE PROCESS THAT OUR YOUTH HAVE, UM, THE CLEARANCE NECESSARY TO GO AHEAD AND JUST JUMP INTO THESE JOBS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TWO OF THE BIG, UM, I THINK POINTS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE SYMPOSIUM.
AND I WOULD SAY ALSO JUST THE EAGERNESS TO GET STARTED AND TO REALLY START WORKING TOGETHER.
SO THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING VERY GOOD THAT, THAT, THAT CAME OUT OF, OF THE SYMPOSIUM THERE, OF MOVING ON TO, UH, TO MID-APRIL HERE, APRIL 10TH THROUGH 12, UH, INVO, PLEASE CHIME IN IF YOU WANT TO AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
UH, WE HAVE OUR SECOND ANNUAL SITE SECTORS CONFERENCE, SO I KNOW, UM, UH, LONG BEACH EDUCATION PART, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP CAME, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO TO PRESENT ON THE, ON THIS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF, UH, THEIR ORGANIZATION.
SO THIS WAS A VERY FAST AND FURIOUS WEEKEND BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO THE GRAND PRIX WEEKEND.
UM, SO THE SITE SECTOR CONFERENCE, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE TOOK FIVE SITE SECTORS FROM ALL AROUND, UH, THE COUNTRY THAT HAS SPECIFIC, UH, KNOWLEDGE IN OUR FIVE INDUSTRY SECTORS ARE CLUSTERS.
SO A, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SPACE, UH, SPACE AVIATION, UH, TOURISM, HOSPITALITY, HEALTHCARE EDUCATION AND SO ON.
AND WE BROUGHT THEM HERE TO, SO THEY COULD REALLY GET A FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF EVERYTHING THAT LONG BEACH HAS TO OFFER.
ANYTHING FROM OUR, OUR WORKFORCE, RIGHT? OUR EDU, OUR STRONG EDUCATION SYSTEM, UM, ALSO JUST OUR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, THE CURRENT PRESENCE AND THE CLUSTERS THAT EXIST TODAY.
AND JUST THE REALLY BRIGHT FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW THE CITY BELIEVES THAT, UH, THE LONG BEACH CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS, AND THEY TOOK THAT AWAY, THAT CULMINATED IN A, UM, BASICALLY IN A DEBRIEF BREAKFAST WHERE THEY SHARED SOME INFORMATION WITH US.
UH, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT COME TO MIND RIGHT NOW, UH, WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE IT ALL.
JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TELL YOUR STORY.
YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY, I THINK, PICKED UP ON THE CREATIVITY, THE UNIQUENESS THAT IS LONG BEACH.
YOU KNOW, THE QUIRKINESS I LIKE TO SAY THAT, THAT WE HAVE HERE IS REALLY OWNING THAT AND TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND, AND PUSHING THAT STORYLINE FORWARD.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, AND THEN THE RECOGNIZING THE TALENTED WORKFORCE POOL THAT WE HAVE HERE, UH, IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY OUR ABILITY, UH, IN OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT, HIS, THAT HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH VERY SOPHISTICATED MACHINERY, SOPHISTICATED METALS TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR BACK AS THE, THE VESSELS, RIGHT? LIKE LITERAL, LITERAL SHIP SEAFARING SHIPS.
AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THEM REALLY CAPTURING THAT TO SEE THAT WE'RE MOVED ON TO, TO ESSENTIALLY TO SPACE, RIGHT? SO THEY REALLY CAPTURE THAT, THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND I KNOW THERE'S INTEREST ON THAT ITEM.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING BACK KIND OF LIKE A MORE, UM, DEBRIEF ON KIND OF WHAT THE TAKEAWAYS WERE FOR, FOR THAT CONFERENCE.
UM, OF COURSE, THE GRAND PRIX WAS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, 50TH ANNIVERSARY, RIGHT? UM, UH, THE BIG NOTE ON, ON THAT I WANTED TO SHARE IS THAT I THINK WE BROKE ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS ATTENDANCE, SO IT WAS OFFICIALLY OVER 200,000 PEOPLE, UH, FOR THE WEEKEND, WHICH WAS A RECORD FOR IT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM SOME FUN, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? WE, UH, HAVING THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HOTELS ARE FULL.
OUR, OUR EATERIES, OUR, OUR BEING PATRONIZED, AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT ENERGY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO WALK AROUND OCEAN AND, AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A LIGHT DOWNTOWN WAS, WAS ALIVE, AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND, AND BRING MORE ACTIVATION, UH, TO THE CITY IN GENERAL, AND PARTICULARLY OUR DOWNTOWN CORE.
UM, MOVING ON TO APRIL 28TH HERE, WE, UM, WE, UH, THROUGH WITH THE, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, THEY, UH, HAVE RECENTLY BROUGHT ON A, UH, A PRO OFFICER, A PROTOCOL OFFICER.
SO, UM, HER, UM, FOCUS IS TO ESSENTIALLY GET US READY FOR THE OLYMPICS COMING UP IN 2028.
UM, AND SHE HAS A GREAT BACKGROUND, UH, WITH THE CONS WITH THE CONSULATE IN LA,
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UH, AND, YOU KNOW, DELEGATIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL, UM, FROM ALL, YOU KNOW, MANY INTERNATIONAL, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO COUNTRIES.SO, UH, SHE WAS, BEVIN WAS ABLE TO, UM, ORGANIZE THE LA CONSULATE CORPS.
SO WE INVITED THE LA CONSULATE CORPS, UH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN, I THINK OVER 50 COUNTRIES WERE REPRESENTED, UH, AND PRESENT TO THEM KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG BEACH IS PREPARING TO GET READY FOR THE OLYMPICS.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE THE FIRST CITY TO PUSH OUT AN OLYMPICS PREPARATION PLAN, A ROADMAP FOR THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND US, OF COURSE, ARE VERY PROUD TO, UH, TO TALK ABOUT AND PRESENT AND SHOWCASE FOR THE REGION.
SO IT WAS JUST REALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE.
AND THE OTHER PIECE IS, UM, THEIR, UM, TYPICALLY, UH, COUNTRIES HAVE WHAT'S CALLED, UM, OLYMPIC HOUSES, OR, AND THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY CULTURE HUBS.
AND THIS, UM, MEETING WAS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED AT PITCHING LONG BEACH FOR THE CITY, THE PREMIER CITY IN THE AREA TO, TO HOUSE YOUR CULTURAL HUB, YOUR OLYMPIC HOUSE.
UH, SO WE ARE WORKING, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR DEPARTMENT WORKING, UH, WITH THE CONSULATE CORPS TO, YOU KNOW, ATTRACT AS MANY COUNTRIES SO THAT THEY CAN, THEIR, THEIR CULTURAL HUB IS, IS HERE LOCATED IN LONG BEACH.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING SUPER EXCITING.
AND, UM, AS, UH, EVERY, ALL THE CONVERSATIONS ARE EVOLVING, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP IT, I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UP TO DATE AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
ALONG WITH THOSE LINES, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT LONG BEACH IS OFFICIALLY HOSTING 11 SPORTING EVENTS.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MOST EVER SINCE THE PREVIOUS, UM, OLYMPICS.
AND I THINK REALLY THIS JUST GOES TO THE EXTREME COORDINATION THAT WE'RE HAVING INTERNALLY WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS, AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH LA 28 TO REALLY SHOWCASE WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.
UM, AND THIS WILL BE RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE SEVEN VENUES HERE CITYWIDE, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND THE PARALYMPIC GAMES.
SO THAT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND I IMAGINE YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING, OLYMPICS 2028.
SO FEAR NOT, I ALREADY HAVE A PRESENTATION SLOTTED, UH, FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, JORGE GODINEZ AND, UH, TYLER CURRY, UM, WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, NEXT MONTH.
SO HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE OLYMPICS, UH, FOR NEXT MONTH, AND THEY WILL BE HERE, UH, TO KIND OF GIVE YOU MORE IN-DEPTH RUNDOWN.
SO JUST KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE OPPORTUNITIES COME, THE COMMISSION WILL DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK TO YOU GUYS FOR KIND OF THAT EXPERTISE AS, AS WE LOOK FORWARD, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE UTILIZE THE OLYMPICS, UH, FROM A BUSINESS ATTRACTION RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, FROM AN ACTIVATION, AND THEN CERTAINLY, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN LONG BEACH GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THEIR SLICE OF THE PIE, UH, FOR THE LA 28 GAMES.
UM, BO TELLS ME THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH WORK, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, UM, MOVING, KEEPING ON WITH THE, WITH THE GOOD STUFF HERE.
ALSO THAT SAME DAY, SO THAT HAPPENED IN THE MORNING, UH, IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, WE HAD, UH, THE CITY COMMEMORATE THE DEMOLITION OF THE ENGLISH VILLAGE NEAR THE QUEEN MARY.
SO, UH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN OVER THERE, THERE WAS LIKE A LITTLE SERIES OF OLD, UH, YOU KNOW, HOMES, UH, THE, THE ENGLISH VILLAGE.
SO THAT WAS DEMOLISHED OR ISN'T THE PROCESS OF BEING DEMOLISHED.
AND THIS MAKES THE WAY, REALLY FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AND EVENT SPACE, UH, THAT, AND IT'S A MEANINGFUL STEP FORWARD FOR THE ECONOMIC REVIT REVITALIZATION AND GROWTH OF THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT AR AREA.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST PREPPING THE WATERFRONT AREA FOR, FOR WHAT'S NEXT FOR IT.
UM, WHICH THERE IS, UM, YOU MAY, UH, ALREADY BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT THERE IS A WHOLE PLAN, RIGHT? TO, TO RE-ENVISION, UH, THE WATERFRONT.
SO NOW WE'RE HOPPING INTO, INTO MAY HERE JUST RECENTLY, UM, MAY 6TH, UH, WE HOSTED THE RE JUST YESTERDAY.
SO WE HOSTED THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE FAIR, UH, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN MAY.
SO THAT WAS, WE HAD ABOUT, I THINK, 15, UM, BOOTHS OF PARTICIPANTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, SO INCLUDING OUR PARTNERS, SBDC SCORE, DETAIL B WAS THERE, THE ALLIANCE, UM, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FROM TROUBLESHOOTING ISSUES.
OUR BUILDING AND PERMITTING STAFF WAS ALSO THERE.
SO ANYTHING FROM HELPING THEM TO TROUBLESHOOT, UH, ANY CHALLENGES THAT WAS GOING ON THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO LEARNING ABOUT SITE SELECTION OR, YOU KNOW, SPDC PROVIDING INFORMATION ON HOW TO BUILD A BUSINESS PLAN, RIGHT? UH, SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
AND THEN, RIGHT, FALLING BACK JUST YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS TIME, UH, DURING COUNCIL, WE, UH, RECOGNIZED 20 BUSINESSES THROUGH THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS, UM, UM, BASICALLY, UH, BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 10 YEARS, WHICH IS, IS A, IS IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT IN ITSELF, RIGHT? BUT THEN ALSO HAD A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION, WHETHER IT WAS CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORICAL, UM, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, WE HAD ABOUT, I THINK 40 OR 50, THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND, AND, AND PARTNERS, UH, SHOWED UP, AND
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THEY TOOK A PICTURE JUST RIGHT HERE, JUST LIKE THE FELLOWS.AND IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR AS STAFF MOMENTS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU WONDER, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OH MY GOSH, ALL THIS, THE BUREAUCRACY ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE CULMINATING POINTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT, THAT'S BEEN HERE, LIKE DOMINICANS, RIGHT? THE FIRST PETRIA, DECADES AND DECADES, YOU KNOW, THEY, OR, OR SOME, YOU KNOW, JEWELRY, EVEN NONPROFITS AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY SHAKE YOUR HAND AND THEY THANK YOU FOR JUST HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED, REALLY KIND OF PUTS THE CHERRY ON TOP OF THE CAKE KIND OF, KIND OF THING FOR, FOR US.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST VERY NICE TO SEE, UM, THEM BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE SACRIFICE THAT, THAT IT TAKES TO BE A BUSINESS OWNER AND A JOB CREATOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY HERE AND, AND MAKE OUR CORRIDORS THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, BE VIBRANT AND, AND UNIQUE, EACH OF THEM ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY SPECIAL MOMENT, UH, FOR THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM AND, AND THOSE BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
BUT WAIT, THERE IS, YEAH, MORE.
UM, SO KIND OF GOING ON SOME GENERAL UPDATES HERE.
WE HAVE THE LEVEL UP SMALL BUSINESS BOOTCAMP, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR FOR BEING PART OF THAT SELECTION PANEL.
UH, STAFF IS REVIEWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE GOOD LAST BIT BEFORE WE SEND OUT THE, UH, THE, UM, THE NOTICES THAT THE, UH, BUSINESS HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND LAUNCHING SOON.
UH, I'LL SHARE THOSE UPDATES AS THEY, UM, WE PUBLISHED THEM AND CHELSEA LETS ME, UM, THE OTHER THING, UH, IS GENERAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT UPDATES HERE.
SO WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO DISPERSE THE ONE-TIME FUNDING.
SO YOU MAY RECALL THAT FROM THE LAST BUDGET PROCESS, UM, COUNCIL AUTHORIZED $250,000 FOR ONETIME FUNDS TO BE USED FOR, UH, BEAUTIFICATION ACTIVATION, UH, SAFE, SAFE AND SECURE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, FOR CLEANLINESS INITIATIVES AND ALSO SUSTAINABILITY.
SO, UM, UH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE, UH, DISPERSED THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE BIDS AND ABOUT ONE TO TWO, ONE TO TWO WEEKS.
SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS THERE ON THE MORE LOGISTICAL SIDE OF THINGS.
UM, MOVING TO, UH, ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE, UH, BIDS AREA.
I THINK A FEW MONTHS AGO I PROVIDED, OR I'LL JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW, THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, IN THE PACIFIC AND WILLOW CORRIDOR OF THE CITY, UH, TO LOOK AT THE VISIBILITY AND CREATION OF A BID.
SO, UM, THE PHASE ONE, WE'RE CALLING IT, THE FEASIBILITY REPORT WAS ISSUED, AND THEN, UH, IT CAME OUT FAVORABLE.
SO THE BUSINESS IS, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND ARE SHOWING INTEREST IN THAT.
UH, SO WE'RE MOVING TO PHASE TWO, WHICH IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TO, UH, THEN LOOK MORE AT THE CREATION PROCESS.
SO ALONG WITH THIS, WHAT THIS IS GOING TO ENTAIL, UH, ENTAIL ON IS JUST, YOU KNOW, A LOT, AGAIN, EXTREME COORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS, THE BUSINESSES, THE CITY, THE CONSULTANT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO BRINGING ON SOME, UH, SOME OUTREACH AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF BUSINESS OWNERS ARE AWARE, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NOT HAVE ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES ARE, YOU KNOW, ONCE A BID IS CREATED ON THEIR END, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHOWCASING THE BENEFITS AND THEN THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT COME WITH THE BID, RIGHT? I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS THAT HAVING A BID, YOU KNOW, THE ASSESSMENT, IT'S REALLY VERY, UH, DEMOCRATIZED IN THAT THE BUSINESS OWNERS DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW TO USE THESE ASSESSMENTS THROUGH THE BOARD.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, TO THE, UM, THE WRIGLEY AREA, THE PACIFIC AND WILLOW.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN OVER, I THINK FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE 12 YEARS OF EFFORTS TO TRY TO BRING A BID TO FRUITION THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY IF THE BUSINESS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES ARE, ARE OKAY ON THEIR END TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WE'LL, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED, UH, TO SEEING THAT HAPPEN FOR THEM.
UM, MORBID NEWS, THEY'RE, UH, LOOKING AT BID EXPLORATION FOR THE SANTA FE CORRIDOR, SO WEST LONG BEACH, LOOKING AT THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THE WEST INDUSTRIAL AREA, UM, WORKING TO, UM, FINALIZE THE RFP AND THEN DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO ENSURE THAT WHICHEVER WAY WE MOVE FORWARD IN COORDINATION WITH THE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, WE SET THEM UP IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD IN THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN SO THEY CAN CREATE A BID AND, AND, AND THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
I WANTED TO END ON A BIG NOTE.
SO GOING BACK TO COUNCIL LAST, YESTERDAY, UH, LAST NIGHT, UM, ALYSSA'S VERY, VERY, UM, UH, HUMBLE AND MODEST, BUT THEY ACTUALLY, UH, RECEIVED A $2.7 MILLION AWARD.
UH, THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE WINDED FOR YOUTH WORK AND THE SERVICE COURT FOR A PAID WORK EXPERIENCE, UH, CONTRAST.
SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY GREAT NEWS FOR OUR YOUTH, RIGHT? IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEM AND, AND PREPARE THEM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, REFINE THEIR SKILL SETS FOR, UH, FOR THE WORKFORCE HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, THE TEAM REALLY BELIEVES, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT FULL ARC, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY DO, ARE WE LOOKING FOR GOOD JOBS FOR RESIDENTS TO FEEL WHY, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE
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CITY? AND THE LAST UPDATE THAT I HAVE HERE IS THE LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER.SO COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED THAT, I BELIEVE, IN EARLY APRIL, A $14 MILLION MILLION DOLLARS PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OPERATION OF THE AMPHITHEATER FOR, UM, ABOUT, IT'S GONNA HOUSE 10 TO 12,000 PEOPLE.
UH, AND IT'S A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.
UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING FOR IT, UH, TO BE, UM, FOR THE MUSIC SEASON OF 2026.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING JUST LIKE OUR FELLOWS.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST OR QUESTIONS OR, UH, ABOUT THAT, BOY, I ARE HAPPY TO TO FIELD THEM.
ALMOST AS FAST AS OUR DIRECTOR.
UM, SO BO, DIRECTOR MARTINEZ, WOULD YOU, DO YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING, ANY UPDATES ALSO? YES, I'LL ADD A COUPLE OTHER THINGS, BUT THANK YOU, JULIAN, FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE.
LOTS GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENT AS YOU CAN SEE.
AND I JUST WANNA MENTION REAL QUICK, UH, UH, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS RETENTION, WE DO IT EVERY DAY IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BUSINESS RETENTION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR BUSINESS WALKS, IT'S RAPID RESPONSE.
WHEN A BUSINESS HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY PROPERTY DAMAGE OR VANDALISM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOING WORKSHOPS.
IT'S DOING CITY COUNCIL ROUND TABLES, IT'S DOING, UH, THE ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS VISITS WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS OUR BIG BUSINESSES.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE CORE OF OUR WORK IS BUSINESS RETENTION.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT DOESN'T GET THE HEADLINES, BUT KNOW THAT WE'RE OUT THERE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT WORK.
AND THAT'S ALSO DOING AND DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT SIT ON THIS COMMISSION, YOU'RE TALKING TO BUSINESSES EVERY DAY.
AND SO TO ME, THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM HAPPY, HEALTHY IN HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND THEN LAST, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.
SO WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON HERE IN LONG BEACH.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WORKING THROUGH THE FY 26, UH, 25, 26 BUDGET YEAR.
AND SO, UM, OUR VISION IS CLEAR AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WE WANNA CONTINUE TO PO POSITION THE CITY FOR SUCCESS NOW AND GOING FORWARD.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD AN ECONOMY WHERE EVERYONE THRIVES.
AND I THINK IT STARTS WITH SOME OF OUR CORE INITIATIVES, AND THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE AND OUR ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE TARGET INDUSTRIES WE IDENTIFIED FROM AEROSPACE AND AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAIN, HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS EDUCATION, AS WELL AS TOURISM, HOSPITAL AND ENTERTAINMENT AND MUSIC.
AND SO A LOT OF WORK GOING AROUND THAT.
UM, ANOTHER BIG INITIATIVE THAT'S GONNA BE COMING FORWARD THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON IS THE LONG BEACH SMALL BUSINESS REBOUND INITIATIVE.
AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS IN ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH IS BIG BUSINESS, AND IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS, BUSINESS RETENTION, WHICH YOU TALK TODAY, UH, RECRUITMENT AND RESILIENCE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT RESILIENCE, WE THINK IT MORE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
'CAUSE A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE BEING IMPACTED BECAUSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA REALLY TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AND DEVELOP A SAFE AND SECURE PROGRAM, HOPEFULLY, IF WE GET THE BUDGET FUNDING FOR THAT.
ANOTHER BIG AREA AS WE THINK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND BEYOND IS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE A MAGNET FOR 21ST CENTURY TALENT.
AND SO PART OF THAT WORK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON TALENT RETENTION, RECRUITMENT, AND BUILDING THE PIPELINE FOR THE FUTURE, JUST AS YOU SAW THROUGH THE PATHWAYS, THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, UM, UH, INTERNSHIPS THAT WERE PROVIDED THIS PAST YEAR AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'LL DO GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN THE LAST PART OF IT IS ALSO LEVERAGING CITY OWNED ASSETS.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DRIVE PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, STRATEGIC GROWTH AND INVESTMENTS, AS WELL AS PLACEMAKING AND JOB CREATION AS IT RELATES TO NOT ONLY OWN CITY OWNED ASSETS, BUT MAKING SURE WE PARTNER UP WITH THE, UH, PRIVATE SECTOR AS WE POSITION THE CITY'S FOR SUCCESS IN GOING FORWARD.
AND SO, AND THEN THE LAST THING WE WANTED TO, UH, DO AS PART OF OUR BUDGET IS ALSO FOCUSING ON COMMUNICATION AND TELLING OUR STORY ON WHY LONG BEACH.
AND I KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD, AND SINCE WE'VE BROUGHT CHELSEA ON BOARD, I THINK OVER THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, I MEAN, WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS SLIDE, UH, STRIDES AND OUR WORK IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE TO COME AND ALSO SOME BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS TO COME AS PART OF THE, UH, FY 25, 26 BUDGET SEASON.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO FINALIZING THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER AND ADOPTING BY DECEMBER, SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE'LL BE MAKING SOME, UH, REBRANDING, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR BUREAUS, BUT MORE TO COME TO THE COMMISSION AND A REPORT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BO AND JULIAN.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MATOYER, THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT, FOR THAT UPDATE.
UM, I'M GONNA CHANNEL OUR, OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER COHEN HERE FOR A SECOND, BEING THE, UH, REMAINING BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, REP.
UM, AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO, TO HELP CREATE THE, THE DISTRICTS ON BOTH
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PACIFIC AND WILLOW, AND THEN ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE.THOSE HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND A CONVERSATION HAD.
UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, ASK THAT STAFF AND WORKING WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES LOOK AT WAYS FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE SUSTAINABLE IN THEIR FUNDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE WITH SOME OF OUR BIDS IS THEIR SCALE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY HAVE A VOLUNTEER, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHICH MAKES THE WORK CHALLENGING.
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATELY FUNDING TO HAVE EITHER A FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER, UM, I THINK WILL GO A LONG WAY IN ENSURING THAT THOSE BIDS ARE, ARE THERE FOR, FOR THE LONG RUN.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HAWKES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, UM, VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
UH, AGAIN, CONGRATS ON THE GRAND PRIX, UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND IT'S JUST REPORT BACK IS ONE I, I KEEP READING ABOUT THE, UM, EM AMPHITHEATER BEING TEMPORARY.
I'M STILL TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THAT AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WILL BE TEMPORARY WILL NOT, WHY IS IT TEMPORARY? JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, IN THE MAYOR DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AT THE, UM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENTS TALKING ABOUT THE OLYMPICS, AND, UH, WANTED TO TALK ALSO ABOUT, UM, WORLD CUP, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, HEARING THE THEMES OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S COMMUNITY FRIENDLY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE CITY, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, ALL JOIN IN ON THE FESTIVITIES.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ON, ON THE PLAN FOR THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT COULD BE A REPORT BACK, BUT THANK YOU.
YEAH, I COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION REAL QUICK ON THE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER.
I DON'T LIKE TO CALL IT TEMPORARY BECAUSE IT'S A STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE WITH US PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WITH EXTENSIONS TO PUSH IT OUT TO POSSIBLY 10 YEARS.
AND SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD VERY FAST AND RAPIDLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TEMPORARY, SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT THE STANDS THAT ARE AT THE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX, THESE ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCLUSIVE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, MUCH MORE LIKE YOU WOULD FIND IN A PERMANENT, UM, AMPHITHEATER, AND SO KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE DONE WITH, WITH, WITH A LOT OF, UH, CLASS AND A LOT OF SWEAT AND TEARS THAT ARE GONNA INTO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, IT, IT LASTS FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS GOING FORWARD.
COMMISSIONER NOVIN? YEAH, I, I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE MODEL, EXCUSE ME, THE GOVERNANCE AROUND THE AMPHITHEATER.
LIKE I, I KNOW THE VENDOR WAS JUST SELECTED FOR THE MANAGEMENT, UM, AS A CITY SITTING OVER IT AS FAR AS LIKE AN ADVISORY BOARD KIND OF STRUCTURE.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THE IRVINE AMPHITHEATER WAS TEMPORARY UNTIL IT CLOSED, RIGHT? SO I THINK, THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT UNDER THE TEMPORARY UMBRELLA, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SUSTAINED DEPENDING ON LIKE WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO WITH IT.
BUT GOVERNANCE FOR A REPORT BACK WOULD BE INTERESTING.
AND IF IT BECOMES PART OF LIKE THE BLUEPRINT 2.0 AND HOW WE MARKET THE CITY AND, AND COMMISSIONER, I CAN ANSWER THE GOVERNANCE, A GOVERNANCE PIECE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SM GLOBAL WHO WAS SELECTED TO BE THE MANAGEMENT AND AN OPERATOR FOR THE VENUE.
AND SO, UM, AS WE MOVE IT FORWARD AND START CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS, UH, OVERALL OPERATIONS, IT WILL DEFINITELY INVOLVE, UM, LABOR AND UNION, UM, AS PART OF NOT ONLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMPHITHEATER, BUT ALSO THE ONGOING OPERATIONS OF THE AMPHITHEATER.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE, WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD.
UM, REGARDING THE, UH, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THE WORKFORCE, UM, GROUP UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS CHANGING FOR THE PORT, THE PORT OF LONG BEACH, AS FAR AS REDUCTION IN STAFF, I MEAN, NOT STAFF, BUT AS FAR AS, UM, GOODS MOVEMENT AND HOW THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THE ECONOMY.
HOW IS THE CITY, WHAT'S THE CITY'S PLANNER DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY STAYS WHOLE, UM, OR HAS THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE DURING THIS, UM, THIS TIME? YEAH, WE'RE VER WE'RE MONITORING THE SITUATION FROM A PORT PERSPECTIVE AND ALL THE TERRORISTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, GLOBAL MARKET.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD A BIG RUNUP, UM, OVER THE PAST QUARTER AT THE PORT, BUT WE EXPECT WITH ALL THE TERRORISTS, IF THEY'RE NOT NEGOTIATED IN A TIMELY MANNER, IT'S GONNA IMPACT, UM, THE PORT AND WE'RE READY TO WORK WITH THOSE IMPACTED WORKERS IF IT GETS TO THAT POINT.
AND I COULD TELL YOU FROM A TREND STANDPOINT, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING TO, UM, DO HIRING FREEZES.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO STARTING TO MAKE CUTS, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE ECONOMY STARTS TO GO FROM A ECONOMY WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF, UM, IF I PUT IT IN AN AIRPLANE POSITION, I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF TURBULENCE.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON NOT ONLY OUR FEDERAL BUDGET AND WE OWE GRANT FUNDING, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF THERE ARE IMPACTS COMING, WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, AVAILABLE IN RAPID RESPONSE TO THOSE.
UH, REGARDING BIDS, UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO BID DEVELOPMENTS.
ONE FAILED HORRIBLY
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WALKABLE COMMUNITY BECAUSE MANY OF THESE BI CORRIDORS HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES.AND YOU NEED TO GET THE WALKABLE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY COME OUT ENFORCED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE NOTION, BUT TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES TO VOTE THE POSITIVE WAY, THUS TO, UH, MO MOTIVATE THEM TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH A, WITH A BID DEVELOPMENT WITH THE, UH, FAILURE WAS ON BROADWAY, WHICH MAYBE WE CAN BRING BACK SOMEDAY, WHICH WAS ALAMITOS TO REDONDO.
UH, THE OTHER WAS FOURTH STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.
SO WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE BID, THE FOURTH STREET BID WAS THAT YOU HAVE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND LET THE BUSINESS OWNERS KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE, THEY'VE GOT YOUR BACK.
SO THE COMMUNITY'S GONNA COME OUT AND SUPPORT.
SO THEY HAVE THE FUNDING MECHANISM TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT AND THE, AND WORK WITH THOSE SAME RESIDENTS TO COORDINATE ACTIVITIES.
CLO BE, YOU KNOW, STREET CLOSERS ARE A BIG DEAL, PARKING ISSUES BECAUSE THESE AREAS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS LARGELY PARKING IMPACTED.
SO HAVE THEIR BUY OFF ON THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL METERS, WHICH NEVER HAD BEEN BEFORE.
SO YOU START VERY EARLY WITH THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR BUY ON BUY-IN.
UM, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY WE SAW THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS ANNOUNCED TO BE THE FOURTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE STATE, WHETHER IT BE GO BZ OR A STATE AGENCY, IF WE COULD HAVE THEM COME TO ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS AND TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? SO, AND MAYBE YOU'RE DOING THAT ALREADY AND YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT, BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US.
UH, THE OTHER ONE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THANKS, UH, FOR ANNOUNCING THAT 2.7 MILLION, CONGRATULATIONS TO LONG, LONG BEACH WIND.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S HUGE NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WHERE THERE'S FUNDING BEING CUT FROM PLACES.
UH, THE, IT, WE'D LIKE TO SEE A DEBRIEF OF THAT SITE SELECTOR REPORT.
THEY ALWAYS, I, THAT BREAKFAST THAT THEY TELL AND THE COMMENTS THAT THEY MADE WERE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW.
AND I'D LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT INFORMATION TOO.
'CAUSE HELPS US TO PROMOTE THE CITY.
UM, AND BOTH THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE BUDGET, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FOR US, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES.
AND I, THERE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED HERE ARE VERY FUTURE THINKING TOO.
SO, UM, THANKS FOR SHARING THAT.
AND THEN LAST IS, IS JULIAN, CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMMITTEE'S PROCESS? DO YOU HAVE THAT PERSON IN PLACE NOW THAT WILL SUPPORT YOU AS A BACKUP? BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THE COMMISSIONERS TO START THINKING MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEES THAT WE, UH, HAVE FORMED AND HOW YOUR, UM, TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.
YEAH, WE ARE JUST WAITING AND WE'RE CLOSE, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THE, OF THE GIRL LONG BEACH BLUEPRINT 2.0.
SO ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE CAN KICKSTART THAT, THAT WORK, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU CHAIR.
SO JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'LL, IT'LL BE A CALL ALL OF YOUR IN GROUPS ALREADY OR IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING TO GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO JULIAN IN PLACE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CASEY? NONE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM FOUR.
WHEN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT GREAT REPORT.
AGAIN, UH, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO VANESSA HALL.
UH, WELCOME AGAIN TO LIST THE COMPOST.
UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE NEXT AGENDA FOR EVERYONE AND GREAT MEETING
SO, SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONTH.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN CHAIR, OH, CAN WE TAKE NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT JUST FOR THE RECORD.
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THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.