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DECEMBER 13TH.REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE VETERANS COMMISSION.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF FOLKS EXCUSED.
LANCE SANTIAGO, I BELIEVE IS ALSO EXCUSED SLASH NO LONGER WITH US.
MIKE KOVICH IS EXCUSED AND SMITTY PRESENT.
HE ACTUALLY IS NOT EXCUSED, BUT WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
HE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN INTO A HOLE AT THE F1.
UH, DID WE DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR WE DID NOT.
EVERYONE PLEASE RISE RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TINY HOUSEKEEPING THING.
SO IF YOU PUT THE BRAKES ON THEM BEING VERY, I'M GLAD I JUST MYSELF BACK BECAUSE YEAH.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, CAUTIOUS.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY GO REALLY? AND THEN MY PHONE DIES AND I GOT THE CAR AND PLUGGED IT BACK IN.
'CAUSE THEY REALIZED HOW LATE IT WAS.
ALRIGHT, SO, REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 8TH.
JUANITA HAS MOTION TO APPROVE.
SMITTY, UH, OPEN UP FOR COMMENTS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINUTES? HEARING NOTHING.
I DIDN'T SEE THE MINUTES, SO I'LL JUST ACCEPT IT.
I, I HAVE TWO COMMENTS AND THAT IS JUST, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GONE TO AN, A NEW THING CALLED ONE MEETING.
SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EASIER TO USE.
I'M STILL BEING TRAINED ON IT.
AND THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, LIKE THE COORDINATORS REPORT, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND CHAIRS REPORT DON'T APPEAR HERE AS THEY DIDN'T LAST TIME.
SO THEY WON'T BE IN THE MINUTES, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE PUT THEM.
SO, AND WE'RE FREE TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THINGS THE WAY WE WANT.
UM, THERE'S JUST LITTLE THINGS LIKE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE MINUTES, UM, IT SAYS JESSICA SCHUMER, NOT DR.
I, AND THIS, I HAD INPUT HELP WITH ANOTHER, UH, THE PERSON TRAINING ME AND IT, AND, UH, JUST MINOR STUFF.
IS THERE A WAY TO CORRECT IT? LIKE, SHOULD WE NOTE IT IN THE OFFICIAL? NO, NO.
WE CAN STILL APPROVE OF, WE JUST SAY LIKE, WITH THE WOULD BE APPROVED CHANGES PROVE PENDING.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE TOP PAGE SAYS DISCUSS VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMISSION MEETING.
BUT THE SECOND PAGE SAYS VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MINUTES.
SO THERE'S LITTLE THINGS LIKE THOSE ARE NOT THINGS THAT I ENTERED.
WELL, THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH IS I DON'T THINK THAT IMPACTS THE VOTE.
BECAUSE GRAMMATICAL CHANGES YOU CAN MAKE, I THINK MM-HMM
IT'S ANYTHING THAT'S SUBSTANTIVE.
I, I GET CLEAN ON THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER.
SO WHERE IT SAYS ALSO PRESENT, JESSICA SCHUMER, UH, THIS IS DR.
SO FOR ME, UM, I KIND OF RAN INTO EVERYTHING.
SO AFTER HER, AFTER GIVING RESOURCES, IF WE CAN PUT A SEMICOLON BECAUSE IT GOES TO THE NEXT PERSON.
I SAID, OKAY, THE NEXT PERSON IS COLLECTIVE
WELL, WHO'S THAT? WELL, WAIT, HOLD THAT.
SO THEN FROM THAT, THEN AFTER IMPACT MANAGER PUT SEMICOLON GINA COORDINATOR.
SO IT SEPARATES THE WHO AND WHO THEY ARE.
I'LL SEE IF WHATEVER THE SYSTEM IS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE, IT'S WHERE YOU PUT PEOPLE'S NAMES IN, YOU'RE FILLING IT IN AND THEN IT COMPILES IT AUTOMATICALLY.
SO I, I'LL SEE IF THAT CAN BE DONE.
BUT LIKE, I'M, I'M TRYING NOT TO BORE YOU WITH ALL THE INTRICACIES OF THIS NEW SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LEARNING.
IS IT LIKE WHAT IT NEW SYSTEM FOR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAULA.
YEAH, I DO LIKE HOW IT TELLS YOU HOW YOU VOTED TOO.
IS IT A, IS IT LIKE A ONE THING OR WHAT? NO, IT IT, THE SYSTEM'S CALLED A ONE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, SO SUBJECT TO THOSE COMMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, SAY AYE.
UH, ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL THOSE, ALTHOUGH OPPOSED SAY NAY.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION BY HEALTH DATA ANALYTICS OFFICER ALREADY CONDUCTED.
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THAT'S WHAT JUST DID SCOTT.UH, DO WE, SO WE DO, WE DO NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND.
IT'S JUST APPROVING THE PROPOSAL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RECEIVED.
WE HAVE TO VOTE TO RECEIVE THAT.
THIS IS THE, EVERYTHING'S IN ACTION NOW.
REMEMBER WE WERE LIKE TRYING TO NOT MAKE EVERYTHING IN ACTION.
NOW WE'RE BACK TO, EVERYTHING'S IN ACTION.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION OF THE HEALTH DATA ANALYTICS OFFICER.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? HEARING NONE RECEIVED AND FILED A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
BUT WE WILL, WE WILL, UM, THAT THE SURVEY WILL BE PART OF THE AFTER ACTION.
RIGHT? WELL, WE DISCUSSED IT ALREADY.
THE AFTER ACTION IS WILL THE, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS JUST THE PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE AFTER ACTION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M, I WASN'T PLANNING TO TO COVER IT.
WE CAN USE THE INFORMATION IN THERE DURING OUR A A R.
THAT THE PREVIOUS VOTE WAS JUST TO SAY WE ACCEPT THAT PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A REQUEST OF THE CHAIR.
I GOT, I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT THE SAME OR AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IF WE COULD MOVE THE ORDER.
'CAUSE THE ABSTRACTION REPORT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A MO THERE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A MOTION OR ANYTHING INVOLVED WITH THE AFTER.
WELL, WE COULD, WE COULD MOTION TO APPROVE TO, TO ACCEPT THE ABSTRACTION REPORT.
AND THEN YOU COULD STILL LEAVE AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
WE JUST CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE VOTES AFTER YOU.
I JUST WANNA TAKE CARE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, LIKE THE, THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE, ALL THAT.
BUT THEN WE WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AGENDA.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO, SO LET ME GIVE A LITTLE, LITTLE BACKSTORY.
WHEN I GIVE MY, MY REPORT, USUALLY MY REPORT IS UP FRONT.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR STUFF.
SO THAT, THAT'S UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UNDER ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE THE COORDINATOR'S REPORT, FUTURE AGENDAS, ITEM ITEMS IN THE CHAIR'S.
CHAIR'S REPORT DOESN'T APPLY RIGHT NOW.
UM, BECAUSE THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE.
SO, SO, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AT THIS MEETING.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE WERE BEFORE THIS.
WELL THAT'S 'CAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE HOLIDAY PARTY AND SO I I THINK HE DIDN'T GET ON THE AGENDA.
NO, WE, WE, IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THE CHAIR IS SUPPOSED TO RUN THE ELECTION AND HE'S NOT HERE.
BUT HE'S, AFTER THIS MONTH, HE'S GONE.
HE'S, HE'S, HE HAS NOT SUBMITTED A RESIGNATION UNTIL YOU SUBMIT A FORMAL REC RESIGNATION LETTER THAT IS ACCEPTED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO TECHNICALLY LANCE HAS, LANCE HAS NOT BEEN, HIS RESIGNATION HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE EITHER.
BUT THEN HOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF ABSENCES.
BUT HE EXCUSED HIMSELF EVERY TIME.
SO THAT WAS THE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UH, NO MORE THAN, OH, I DON'T KNOW.
NO UNEXCUSED, UNEXCUSED, UNEXCUSED.
SO IF YOU DISAPPEAR AND NEVER SAY I CAN'T BE AT THE MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHY HE'S BEEN HANGING ON
CAN WE, CAN WE GO AHEAD THOUGH, SINCE YOU HAVE TO LEAVE AND MAKE AN, A MOTION OF, MAKE A MOTION TO JUST APPROVE THE DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, SO I HAVE NUMBER THREE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE 2023 LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN DISCUSS.
SYLVIA ALL OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.
UH, IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION.
LET THAN WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO KEN EVENT AS A WHOLE.
IT'S JUST GONNA DIC SINCE THAT'S THE ONLY THING I GET.
IT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY REAL THING LEFT THAT WE'VE GOT THE DATA.
WE CAN APPROVE THE DISCUSSION THEN DISCUSS.
I WOULD SAY IS, I'M HAPPY WITH THE 210 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP.
UH, I WAS HAPPY WITH THE NUMBER OF BOOTHS AS WELL TOO.
I THINK THERE WAS, UH, MY ONE CRITIQUE WAS YOU HAD LIKE TWO BOOTHS JUST OUT BY THE, UH, BOUNCY HOUSE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FOR THAT BOUNCY COURSE.
SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE SEPARATED.
LIKE THEY WEREN'T ONE OF US TYPE OF LOOK TO IT AND FEEL TO IT.
UM, I DIDN'T THINK THE MUSIC WAS THAT LOUD, BUT I COULD UNDERSTAND SOME OTHER PEOPLE THINKING THAT, HEY, MOVE BACK, BACK UP BACK.
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY GOOD TOO.
SENSITIVE THOUGH TO THAT STUFF.
WELL, UM, IF I, IF I COULD, IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT, OH, AND, AND REALLY CAN, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS JUST SO THAT HE CAN LEAVE? OH, I THOUGHT WE, NO, THIS IS, PEOPLE COULDN'T TALK TO THE, IT WAS PART OF THE ISSUES.
SO THE VENDORS WERE TRYING TO TALK TO FOLKS AND IT WAS HARD TO HAVE.
SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TOTAL VOLUME.
IT WAS LIKE WHERE THE SOUND WAS BEING DIRECTED IN THE, IN THE SETTING.
SO LIKE NOBODY COULD HEAR WHAT THE RESOURCES WERE.
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OH.LIKE AS YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEONE, YOU'RE LIKE, HI, YOU KNOW, ARE IN.
SO I SCREWED THIS UP AND GUYS OUT OF ORDER AND STARTED THE DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA VOTE TO APPROVE THE DISCUSSION SO THE KING CAN GET OUT HERE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE DISCUSSION SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? NO DISCUSSIONS.
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE YOU WENT THAT YOU WANTED TO THROW ON THE RECORD? NO, I THINK YOU WERE HITTING IT RIGHT THERE WITH THE SOUND.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, WE LOOKED AT THE SHAPE AND THE SPEAKERS GOING INTO THE SHAPE, YOU LOST THE PUR THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT WAS THE OUTREACH AND THE VEN, THE VENDOR BOOTHS AND THE MUSIC TOOK OUT THE ABILITY FOR THE VENDORS TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE WHENEVER THEY WERE PLAYING.
SO THAT'S GONNA, AND THE PARKING THING, THOSE PARKING SITES WERE WEIRD.
THE PARKING ISSUE I THINK IS KNOWN VOID BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESERVED PARKING.
ONLY ONE OF THOSE SIGNS THEY PUT UP, THEY PUT UP SIGNS.
BUT THEY PUT UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF SIGNS FOR HANDICAPPED THOUGH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT.
BUT AGAIN, THE WHOLE THING WITH PARKING, THAT'S, IT'S, THAT'S A PROBLEM TO HAVE PARK.
IT'S ONE BEACH AND IT'S A THING FOR, FOR, I BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
SO GO TO CD ONE AND TALK ABOUT PARKING.
MY POINT WAS NOT THAT, MY POINT WAS THE SIGNS THAT WERE PUT UP THAT SAID DON'T PARK ON A LARGE PORTION OF AVAILABLE PARKING.
I THINK MY BIGGEST CON WAS, UH, WE PAID FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE LVCC PAID FOR FLYOVERS.
AND YOU COULDN'T SEE 'EM BECAUSE OF THE TREES.
WELL, ANOTHER BREAK IN THE TRUTH.
SO, UM, IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO HANDLE THAT.
JUST BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A WASTE TO HAVE THAT, UM, HEY GUYS, SAY IT AGAIN.
AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS LATE.
IT WAS LIKE THE FLYOVER AND IT WAS LIKE, AND IT WAS ALREADY GONE.
I WAS AH, SO I DID REALLY ENJOY THE PERFORMING, UH, GROUP THAT WAS PRIOR TO, UH, THE BAND.
UM, BOTH AS A VETERAN AND AS A COMMISSIONER.
YOU PUT TWO VOTES DOWN OF THAT.
UM, AND I WAS GONNA SAY ONE MORE COMMENT IS I THINK WE AS A COMMISSION, YOU'D HAVE BETTER ORGANIZATION OF OUR OWN BOOTH OF HAVING SCHEDULED TIMES TO SERVE IN THE BOOTH AND JUST HAVE PEOPLE SERVE IN THE BOOTH.
SO I THINK ONLY, UNFORTUNATELY, KEN WAS THE ONE ORGANIZING THAT I THINK ONLY THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR TIME SLOTS.
AND EVEN THEN THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WELL I'M JUST GONNA SIT HERE 'CAUSE IT'S A PLACE TO SIT.
SO
THANK YOU KEN, BY THE WAY, FOR ORGANIZ HAPPY HOLIDAYS, KEEPING PEOPLE UP.
THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THE BOOTH.
UH, BY THE WAY, APPRECIATE IT.
SO THOSE ARE MY IMMEDIATE CONS THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.
SO WHAT, MY QUESTION, UM, I I WOULD PREFACE IT WITH THE QUESTION FIRST.
UM, FOR LIKE THE VENDORS, DID WE, LIKE IN THE COMMUNICATION TO THEM, DID WE GIVE THEM LIKE A TIME TO BE SET UP? YES.
SO THEY HAD A LIKE, LIKE TO KIND OF SEE LIKE, WHERE THEY WERE IN, IN THEIR ASSIGNMENTS? OH, NO, NO, NO.
YOU MEAN A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THEY ARE? WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, USUALLY THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE ON THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU GO AND YOU FIND LIKE YOUR NAME, YOUR NAME ON THE TABLE.
AND THEN YOU KNEW, BECAUSE I WAS JUST WONDERING LIKE THE, UM, THE COORDINATION WITH THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BECAUSE OH, WE DID THAT.
AND THEN THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP AT ALL.
AND THEN I THINK THEY SHOWED UP WHEN THINGS WERE UNDERWAY.
SO I, WE WE GAVE THEIR BOOTH AWAY.
AND ONLY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOWED UP OUT OF THE 13TH.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE PHOTO, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY.
AND I CAN'T, CAN YOU, IT WASN'T THE ONE THAT STARTS WITH AN N THAT'S LIKE AN INDIGENOUS NAME.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SUCH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LOT OF EMAIL BACK AND FORTH, A LOT WITHIN THE GROUP.
BUT THEN, LIKE, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T THERE.
'CAUSE IF THAT WASN'T THE CASE, THEN WE WOULD, I WOULD'VE HAD SOMEBODY STAGE IT FOR COLLINS, BECAUSE I BROUGHT STUFF COLLINS.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT.
IT WAS, IT WAS ROUGH THAT, THAT COMMUNICATING AND GETTING LIKE ANY SORT OF REGULAR, ARE YOU IN, ARE YOU OUT OR WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK, LIKE I WAS JUST SAYING, WE BETTER, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO BETTER COORDINATION OURSELVES.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A, 'CAUSE I REACHED OUT TO E EACH
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ONE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, IT DOESN'T MATTER.OUTREACH IS ALWAYS A, LIKE A FULL TIME JOB.
TURNED OUT IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION.
LIKE, I, I LIKED THAT IT WAS BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR.
I FELT LIKE WE GOT MORE ENGAGEMENT THAN WE GOT LAST YEAR.
IT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE IN SMALL STEPS AND CORRECT.
LIKE COMPARED TO SOME YEARS WHEN IT'S RUN, IT'S BEEN LIKE WE'RE LIGHT YEARS ABOVE WHERE IT USED TO BE.
UM, MAYBE NOT QUITE TO THE GRANDEUR OF THE OLD GLORY DAYS WHEN IT WAS THE FIVE MILE LONG PARADE THAT FOLKS WANT TO SEE BACK.
BUT I, I WAS EXCITED TO SEE IT GO IN THIS DIRECTION.
IT SEEMED LIKE THE, THE OBSTACLE COURSE WAS WELL ATTENDED.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME I WAS THERE, THERE'S PEOPLE ON IT.
UM, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE THE NUMBERS FOR THE FOOD VENDOR AS WELL AS THE DRINK VENDOR, JUST TO, SO I CAN MAKE BETTER GUESSES.
IT, IT SEEMED LIKE, UH, THE BEER GARDEN AREA WAS NEVER LIKE, OVERLY FULL.
SO, UH, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WASN'T A LONG LINE THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FOOD VENDOR, WHILE THERE WASN'T REALLY SO MUCH A LINE TO ORDER THAT I SAW, BUT IT WAS LIKE A LONG LINE TO GET THE FOOD.
SO SOME PEOPLE WERE PROBABLY UPSET ABOUT THE TIME FOR THAT.
AND THE FACT THAT ALL THEY SERVED REALLY WAS HOT DOGS.
WELL, THEY HAD OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
BUT THE FREE FOOD FOR VETERANS WAS JUST A HOT DOG.
THEY COULD ORDER SOMETHING IF THEY PAY, IF THEY UP UPSOLD IT.
THEY'D HAVE TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE.
BUT LET'S BE HONEST, BOTH VETERANS ON VETERANS DAY AS A CHIEF, INCLUDING MYSELF.
SO I THINK TOO, WITH THAT, WITH THAT, WITH THE, WITH THE FOOD VENDOR, I THINK IT WAS LIKE THEIR PREP TIME.
TAKING THE ORDER OR TAKING YOUR MONEY, YOU KNOW, AND YOUR, YOUR TICKET.
IT WAS LIKE WAITING FOR YOUR FOOD TO BE PREPARED.
SO THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THINK THE CONCERN WAS.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW MANY OF THE FREE MEAL TICKETS WERE UPPED.
JUST BECAUSE THAT'LL HELP US IN FUTURE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS APPROPRIATE? RIGHT.
THERE, YOU COULD GET A LOT OF DATA BASED OFF, BASED OFF OF WHAT THEY TELL US ANYWAYS.
BUT, SO BEFORE I FORGET, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE OPEN THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
CONSIDERING EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY WAS INTEGRAL TO MAKING THIS THING HAPPEN.
SO I'M WAIVING THE THREE MINUTE LIMIT, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET COMMENTS FROM THE THREE OF YOU.
ANTOINETTE, DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST ON YOUR THOUGHTS? UM, I THOUGHT OVERALL IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
UM, JUST IN SPEAKING TO THE SURVEY, THE ONLY THING THAT I'M HOPING TO DO SINCE I, I, I GOES TO A LOT OF THE CITY EVENTS, RESOURCE FAIRS, AND I LIKE THAT THEY HAVE A REGISTRATION TABLE WHERE YOU PLUG IN YOUR INFORMATION, PLUG IN YOUR EMAIL, YOU GET A RAFFLE TICKET AND A GOOD BAG.
AND THEN WE HAVE NUMBERS OF EVERYONE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, FEEDBACK FOR THE, UH, FOR THE EVENT.
THERE WAS, IT WAS DEFINITELY A LOT BIGGER THIS TIME.
WE HAD BIGGER STAGE MUSIC WAS GREAT.
I COULD HEAR IT FROM THE BOUNCY HOUSE.
UM, THE PERFORMANCE, ALL THAT, THE AIR SHOW.
I WAS REALLY TRYING TO CAPTURE, UH, A REEL TO GET EVERYTHING SUMMARIZED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM SO FOLKS CAN SEE WHAT WE DID FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ALL DID, UH, FOR VETERANS DAY.
SO LIKE, HENCE THAT'S WHY I THINK, LIKE I BROUGHT UP THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT HAVING A SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE VETERANS COMMISSIONER.
UM, SOMETHING THAT A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER VETERAN CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, PARTICIPATE AND, AND HELP AND CONTINUE HELPING EACH OTHER.
BUT, UM, O OVERALL THE, UH, BOUNCING HOUSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATED HAVING THE, UM, FORGOT WHO THEY WERE, BUT THEY HAVE BLUE SHIRTS, CAN'T PARKS AND REC THE, YEAH, THE, THE REC, WHAT WAS IT? PARKS.
THEY'RE BRINGING, REGULATE ALL THE KIDS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
AND I DID A COUPLE EVENTS WITH 'EM, LIKE LITTLE RACES AND STUFF.
I I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING THAT STOOD OUT.
DID YOU HAVE GOOD, UH, HAVING HAD SO MANY KIDS AND, AND YOU BEING SIERRA CLUB AND POKE CREW OUT THERE WANTING TO BE, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THAT SPACE, THAT WAS THEIR CHOICE TO BE OUT, OUT IN.
UM, DID YOU FEEL, DID YOU GET ANY, LIKE, FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM OR ANYBODY SIGNING UP OR, OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MISSION OF POKE CREW OR SIERRA CLUB? YEAH.
WE, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, ROB DID THE WHOLE SIERRA CLUB PART.
IT WAS, HE HAD A LOT OF PREVIOUS CUE, SO FOLKS WERE ON HIS, HE SEEMED REALLY HAPPY.
WE WERE ALL LIKE, ESPECIALLY WE WERE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, SO WE WERE CHATTING, BUT WE ALSO HAD, LIKE, VETERANS COME UP TO US AND ASK US WHAT WE WERE DOING.
SO I WAS ABLE TO RELAY THE MESSAGE AND WE EVEN SAT DOWN WITH THE VETERAN
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WHO KIND OF WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND ACCESSIBILITY.AND HE ACTUALLY WAS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL LA HE JUST TOOK THE TRAIN TO COME DOWN THERE.
SO, AND HE WAS HANGING OUT, BUT, UH, CHATTED WITH HIM AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE'RE ABLE TO RELATE, UH, TO THE, TO THE VETERAN, UM, OUTCOMES THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SERVICE AND YOU FEEL ED AT THE END OF THE DAY.
SO IT WAS REALLY, UM, UM, AND I KEPT CHATTING WITH PEOPLE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE DO AND STUFF, COLLECTING THEIR EMAILS.
UM, THE LOCATION TOO, WHERE I WAS AT.
I, I, I, UM, IT WAS A VERY, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
EVERYBODY IN HERE DESERVES, UM, CREDIT FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT EVENT.
AND, UH, UM, I THINK, UH, THAT, LIKE, I ARRIVED LATE AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID ARRIVE LATE, BUT I, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER IS, IS, IS THE PLACEMENT OF THE RESOURCES.
LIKE, WHERE ARE THE RESOURCES WHERE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A THEME TO THE, TO THE CIRCLE INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF RANDOM.
UM, BUT, UH, I GOT REALLY GOOD ENGAGEMENT.
I GOT, I'M STILL TALKING WITH TWO OF THE PEOPLE THAT I MET THAT DAY TO HELP THEM.
SO I GOT REALLY GOOD ENGAGEMENT FROM, FROM THE CROWD VETERANS AND NON-VETERANS.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT WAS, I, I REALLY THINK IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
I WAS A LITTLE UPSET THAT EVERY TIME I LOOKED UP THE, THE PLANES WERE GONE.
WELL, I, I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM AND I WORKED VERY HARD TO PUT THE, THE ELECTEDS WHERE THE ELECTEDS WENT, POKE CREW, AND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, WE MAPPED THAT WHOLE THING OUT, BUT THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ME WITH A MAP, WHICH I THINK WOULD'VE BEEN KIND OF HELPFUL.
AND IF I HAD HAD SOMEONE TO OPERATE A REGISTRATION TABLE THE WAY THAT WE WANTED TO, 'CAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED, BUT DIDN'T END UP HAPPENING.
I, I, I THINK YOU HIT ON SOMETHING TOO, IS THAT WE JUST REALLY NEED THE CORE ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE VETERANS COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY STAFFING THE THING, BECAUSE WE HAD 11 HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAD A VOLUNTEER CLEANUP CREW, BUT THEY'RE NOT GREAT.
THEY'RE NOT GOOD AT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GONNA ENGAGE A VETERAN.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, SO HAVING A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THAT.
I, I THOUGHT I WAS VERY PLEASED WITH IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, QUITE A LOT OF, OF, OF WORK TO PULL OFF.
AND I THOUGHT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS REALLY THE VETERANS RECOGNITION CEREMONY.
I THOUGHT THE MAYOR DID A GREAT JOB OF, BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME BACKSTAGE THAT I WAS HAVING A REALLY TOUGH TIME CORRALLING THEM.
AND I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE POWER TO TELL ALL OF YOU BIG PEOPLE WHAT TO DO, YOU KNOW? AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S LIKE, EVERYBODY ON STAGE, RIGHT? AND THEN EVERYBODY WENT UP AND I WAS, AND I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU KNOW, LIKE HE, HE KNOWS HOW TO RUN THE SHOW WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE RUN.
HE'S VERY, UM, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HIM WELL AS A PERSON, BUT HE HAD EVERYBODY WHO WAS SOMEBODY UP ON THAT STAGE, EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE THEIR NAME IN THE SCRIPT AND WHATEVER.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT MOMENT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE STORIES TO ME ARE ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS.
LIKE HAVING, UM, MR. WOOD AND MOM, UM, MAMA J, MAMA J AND ALL THAT, MR. WOOD CAME UP TO ME AND HE'S LIKE, DID I DO OKAY? WAS MY SPEECH OKAY? AND MAMA J CAME UP TO ME AND SHE WAS CRYING.
SHE'S LIKE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME.
AND SO ALL THE STORIES THAT JUST, IT REALLY FILLED MY HEART JUST TO, TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY, THIS IS GREAT.
I MEAN, JUAN AND I HAD A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW YOU SAW SENIORS ENGAGING KIDS, HAVING FUN.
THE, THE, JUST THE VIBE OF IT FELT REALLY GOOD.
IT WASN'T LIKE, UH, LIKE THE SPEECH, THE AWARD CEREMONY, THEN THE RECOGNITION.
IT WAS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS KIND OF HAPPENING ALL AT ONE TIME.
IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS ENGAGING.
IT WAS ENGAGING A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE I SAID, JUST A LOT OF MOVING PARTS ALL TOGETHER.
AND EVERYONE APPEARED TO BE HAVING A GOOD TIME.
MY NEIGHBOR APPROACHED ME, UH, WITH IT YEAH.
AND HE JUST SAID, HE GOES, OH MY GOD, I SAW A VETERAN EVENT.
YEAH, I CAUGHT THE END OF IT, BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE.
SO ONE THING THAT HELPS SEEING WHEN I DO MY AVS AT WORK IS IF YOU MENTION A, A DELTA OR A CHANGE, IT SHOULD BE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE, RIGHT? SO FOR ME, THIS IS A STEPPING STONE TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE AT.
SO ALL THE, THE DELTAS REALLY NEED TO COME WITH SOMETHING LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS A RECOMMENDED CHANGE, BUT HOW, WHAT DO WE WANT TO CHANGE TO MAKE IT BETTER?
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AND THEN ANY OF THE POSITIVES, WHAT DO YOU DO TO SUSTAIN THAT POSITIVE? RIGHT? SO ALL THE VENDORS I SAY IS A POSITIVE.SO TO SUSTAIN THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO KEEP OUR, UH, SPREADSHEET OF OUR RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS ACTIVE, RIGHT? SO, MEANING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSTANTLY UPDATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE MM-HMM
TO KEEP ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THAT.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU WANNA, OH, NO, GO AHEAD.
NO, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, I'M HAPPY YOU PASS IT AROUND 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO YEAH, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, LIKE, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, W SOME OTHER, UM, VETERAN RELATED VENDORS, UM, I KNOW I WANTED TO GET LIKE A, UM, LIKE A QUILT OF VOR TO KIND OF HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, A RAFFLE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD JUST KIND OF PUT IN NOW AND THEN SOMEBODY GETS TO WALK AWAY WITH THIS AMAZING, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS AMAZING QUILT.
YOU KNOW, JUST THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
OR, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE VETERAN SWAG, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I NEED TO GET A, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A GO ARMY BEAT NAVY, UM, T-SHIRT, YOU KNOW, FOR 2023
UM, AND I WOULD SAY TOO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GO AROUND TO ALL THE VENDORS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW HOW THEY HAVE LIKE THE LITTLE PASSPORT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU GO AND GET A STAMP, OR, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GET SOMETHING.
AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS KIND OF GETTING UHHUH, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME LOVE AND EVERYONE JUST IS NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER HAS THE BEST SWAG.
SO I, I'M GONNA TAG TEAM ON THAT ONE.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF A PASSPORT THAT IF YOU FILL IT OUT, MAYBE YOU GET A FREE HOTDOG OR WHATEVER IT IS.
RIGHT? SINCE WHEN WE WERE, WHEN, AT LEAST WHEN I WAS WORKING IN THE BOOTH, EVERYBODY FOUND OUT THAT THAT WAS THE BOOTH WHERE YOU GOT FREE FOOD AT.
SO THEY CAME, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE CAME OVER TO TALK TO US LIKE, HEY, IS THIS WHERE I GET FREE FOOD? RIGHT? AND IT'S THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASK 'EM, ARE YOU VETERAN? THEY'RE LIKE, NO.
AND THERE'S LIKE, I'M SORRY, THESE ARE FOR THE VETERANS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VETERAN DAY TYPE OF THING.
SO THERE'S A, MY POINT IS, THERE'S A DESIRE, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, IF WE HAVE A SURPLUS AGAIN NEXT YEAR, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE PUT IT MORE TOWARDS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE WE PUSH, WE DRIVE PEOPLE TO THE BOOTH VIA PASSPORT OR SOMETHING ELSE LIKE THAT MM-HMM
AND THEN IT COULD BE RAFFLES, RIGHT? SO NOW THEY'RE INCENTIVIZED TO GO AROUND.
WELL, 'CAUSE SOME PEOPLE, I JUST THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MANAGE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, EVERYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT UP, SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ON IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THAT, THAT, WITH BEING A, THE ONLY STAFF PERSON FOR THE DEPARTMENT, WE COULD DO THAT.
THAT I COULD TAKE ON NORMAL, YOU KNOW? SO I'M JUST POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS GREAT SUGGESTIONS, BUT IF NO ONE'S GONNA TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR BE POINT ON IT, I NOMINATED, UH, MIKE SHACKMAN DO THAT.
NO, BUT KNOW WITH THAT POINT, LIKE WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST WITH THE PARADE, WE HAD A COMMITTEE, RIGHT? SO NOW THAT'S WHERE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE THE VETERANS COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE, OKAY, HERE IS THE, THE WHAT, LIKE THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OR THE EVENTS COMMITTEE OR WHATEVER FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE VETERANS DAY EVENT.
WELL, WE, WE DID HAVE THAT, BUT ONLY TWO PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY SHOWED UP AT OUR COMMITTEE.
AND I'LL PUT THAT AS A DELTA FOR MYSELF.
I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND I WAS HIT OR MISS, MOSTLY MISS MM-HMM
UM, SO I, I DEFINITELY COULD HAVE DONE BETTER.
THE, THE OTHER THING THAT I GOTTA THINK ABOUT IS, I THINK BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I'M DONE.
BUT I'M GONNA POINT OUT TO YOU, EVERYONE'S SAYING TO THIS TABLE, LET'S WRAP THIS UP SO WE CAN GET TO THE, BECAUSE NOW MY LITTLE REPORT IS AT THE END OF THE MACHINE.
SO WITH THAT TOO, FINDING RESOURCE, UM, UM, FINDING VOLUNTEERS, BECAUSE THERE'S ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE INCENTIVES FROM THEIR, UM, FROM THEIR EMPLOYER, YOU KNOW, TO DO, YOU KNOW, TO GET VOLUNTEER HOURS.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT I HAVE DOWN, UM, LET ME SEE, I TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I WOULD SAY, UM, TRASH CANS.
WE HAD ZERO RECYCLE BINS, SO, OKAY.
WE PROBABLY NEED SOME RECYCLE NEXT TO THE TRASH CANS.
BRITTANY REALLY HATES IT WHEN I SAY THIS.
IT ALL GOES TO THE SAME PLACE IN LONG BEACH.
THEY'RE JUST PRETENDING WE RECYCLE
WHAT? DON'T SAY THAT BRITTANY WOULDN'T LIKE THAT AT ALL.
AND THEN LIKE, MY LAST COMMENT, UM, WHAT I WOULD, WHAT I, THIS IS SOMETHING I REMEMBER FROM LIKE, LIKE FROM LAST TIME, UH, I LIKED THE SURVEY.
I JUST WOULD LIKE IN THE, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME IS THAT THERE'S INPUT FROM THE VETERANS.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME WHEN SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TALKING, IT WAS LIKE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT LIKE SOME SEPARATE GROUP, BUT THOUGH THAT'S ALSO US.
SO HOW THERE WAS 37 RESPONDENTS MM-HMM
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VETERANS.SO THE ONLY THING THAT HAD THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WERE JUST FOR VETERANS.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THE SURVEY TOGETHER.
WE DID NOT, I MEAN, I KNOW WE DID NOT.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SURVEY ITSELF? YES.
WE WERE NOT PART OF THAT SURVEY.
WE DID COME TO GET, GET FEEDBACK.
THEY CAME MEETING AND ASKED HIM.
THERE WAS, I THINK MAYBE YOU WEREN'T AT THE MEETING.
KEN WAS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE POINT SAYS, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT IT? SO THE THE ANSWER IS THERE WAS, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THERE, YOU WANT IT TO BE MORE? YES.
WELL, I MEAN, IF IT WAS AT A MEETING THAT I, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME MEETINGS WHERE I WAS NOT HERE MM-HMM
SO I DO APOLOGIZE IF THAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT IS THE CASE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE, BUT LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THE SURVEY WAS LITERALLY ALREADY BEING PUT TOGETHER.
AND THEN THEY JUST ASKED US A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WE NEED MORE INVOLVEMENT, WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL THAT WE WERE THAT HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE SURVEY EITHER OR.
UM, I'M GONNA PROVIDE A CONTEXT ON THAT SURVEY.
AND THAT, AND THAT AND WILMAN HA ARE, ARE, UM, THEY'RE NEW TO, WHAT IS THE DIVISION WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, WILMA IN, YOU HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE IN NO, IT'S THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE'S UNDER ME.
IT'S RIGHT, IT'S CALLED THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, IT'S CALLED.
IT'S THE DIRECTOR AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ELEVATING THE IDEA THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING THINGS, IT HAS TO BE MEANINGFUL MM-HMM
AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION OF LIKE, HOW WELL ARE WE DOING THINGS? YEAH.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S PROCESS PIECES THAT CAN BE UP, UP, UH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY MADE BETTER.
BUT I THINK JUST GETTING INTO THIS HABIT WAS A BIG STEP FOR US.
UM, AND SO THE, CERTAINLY THERE'S WAYS TO GET BETTER AT LIKE, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY TYPICALLY ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AT A LOT OF OUR EVENTS.
AND I WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT.
I THINK, UM, TOO, THAT I WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY'VE DONE SUCH A THING AND THEY CHOSE OUR EVENT TO DO IT.
SO MAYBE THERE WASN'T TIME FOR LIKE, A WHOLE PROCESS.
AND, AND, AND THEY, AND WE, AND THEY WERE GOING AFTER KEY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS EVENT.
IT WASN'T DESIGNED TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF, OF RIGHT.
IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, IT WAS NOT A DEEP DIVE OF VETERANS.
THAT AND, AND THE FACT THAT THEY CHOSE THAT OUR EVENT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY VENTURED OUT TO DO THAT.
I, I THOUGHT THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
AND THIS SURVEY, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE STANDARDIZATION AROUND LIKE EVERY EVENT THAT HAPPENS MM-HMM
THEY'RE TRYING TO USE BEST PRACTICES.
SO LIKE, NOT TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
TRYING TO KEEP IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS IT A THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN, SORT OF THINGS LIKE, HOW DO WE DO TODAY? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON? LIKE THE MORE QUESTIONS YOU ASK, YOU GET INTO THAT, YOU GET LESS.
LIKE, IS IT MEANINGFUL? SO, I MEAN, THIS COULD BE A DISSERTATION REALLY IN LIKE HOW WE WANNA DO IT, BUT THERE'S, I THINK THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO SAY, WE WANNA HOLD ACCOUNT OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO DOING THIS AGAIN.
AND, AND SO EARLIER INVOLVEMENT, TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WHAT ARE WE HOPING TO GET? BUT IT GOES BACK TO WHAT ARE THE GOALS FOR THE EVENT? SO REALLY THE EVALUATION FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WAS LIKE, ARE WE ACKNOWLEDGING AND UPLIFTING VETERANS? DID WE DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR GUIDING LIGHT FROM A STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO FOR ME IT WAS, THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE HOPE OF THE EVALUATION IS TO UNDERSTAND AND JUST LIKE OUTREACH AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS ARE LIKE, DID VETERANS EVEN COME MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, AND HOW CAN WE GET MORE VETERANS TO COME TO FEEL ACKNOWLEDGED? YEAH.
WE CAN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THEM IF THEY AREN'T THERE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE GET INTO MORE OF A HABIT OF LIKE PLANNING AND THEN WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO, TO SEEK JUST TO DO, THEN WE CAN EVALUATE THAT THERE'S MORE CONNECTEDNESS AND IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE.
UM, BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR LIFTING THAT UP.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT AS ALTOGETHER, UM, GOING FORWARD.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET A DEEPER DIVE IN, LIKE WHAT'S THE STATE OF VETERANS THAT'S NOT, THAT WASN'T THE POINT OF THIS SURVEY.
BUT LIKE WHAT QUESTIONS WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT YOU WOULD'VE LIKED HAVE ADDED? NO, NOT, NOT THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH A NO.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF IT WAS DISCUSSED AT MEETING THAT I WAS NOT HERE YEAH.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING IT'S LIKE WE WERE HERE AT A MEETING AND IT WAS LIKE, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS SURVEY.
AND WE'RE JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER BEING A PART OF EVEN PUTTING, JUST EVEN DISCUSSING HAVING THE SURVEY.
SO ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE EVENT? ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS ONE AND MOVE ON? HEARING NOTHING? UM, I GUESS WE CAN'T VOTE.
SHALL WE DONE COORDINATORS BOARD? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
A WHITEBOARD, PUBLIC COMMENT IS IN THIS AGENDA AFTER WE CAN MOVE IT UP IN A FUTURE.
DOES A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MEANING SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A COMMISSIONER, HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANNA BRING UP THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA? GOOD POINT.
AND THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM ANNOUNCEMENTS THOUGH.
IF YOU GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT, WE CAN DO THAT REGARDLESS.
OH, IT'S A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.
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YET.WE GOT, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN DO CITY COUNCIL MEETING? AND THEY, THEY HAVE A WHOLE AGENDA THEN THEY HAVE PUBLIC.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME UP AND BRING UP SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
SO YOU HAVE JOEY, I, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MARKETING FOR THE YORK FOR, UM, COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE, UH, SPECIFICALLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I JUST DON'T SEE A TIE IN, UM, WHAT WAS THE WORD THE KID CAME UP WITH? WELL, LET ME GIVE CONTEXT TO RYAN SINCE HE WASN'T HERE.
SO ONE OF THE, THE BUBBLES, YOU, IF YOU HAVE YOUR NOTES IN FRONT OF YOU, THE LARGEST RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE, HOW THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE EVENT IS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
GINA DID MENTION TRYING TO HINT AT, SHE'S PROBABLY GONNA ADDRESS IT IN HER REPORT, THAT OUR FACEBOOK WILL BE PHASING OUT.
SO I THINK WHAT JOEY WAS TRYING TO SAY IS, IS HE HAS CONCERN THAT THE NUMBER ONE WAY THAT PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT OUR EVENT IS BEING PHASED OUT.
BUT GUESS WHAT? I DID NOT POST IT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
I'VE ALREADY STOPPED USING IT WAS, THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING IS THAT IT'S SOMEBODY'S DOING SOMETHING.
I MEAN, I STILL POST STUFF ONTO THE SITE.
THE FLYER THAT YOU SENT OUT, I THINK MOST OF US REPOSTED IT.
I KNOW LIKE JESSE POSTED IT SEVERAL TIMES.
AND IT, OUR VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE REPRESENT POSTED AN AMOUNT AS WELL TOO.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IS I, I'M CONCERNED TOO.
WELL, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TAKEN A CHANCE.
SHE, SHE HAS HERE, SHE HAS HERE EVENT OUTREACH, BECAUSE I HAD ASKED HER, WHICH I THINK SHE FORGOT THE QUESTION.
HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE EVENT? VETERANS NEWSLETTER? I GUESS THAT'S OUR NEWSLETTER ON UHHUH.
I PUT IT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA FRIEND OR COLLEAGUE VA HOSPITAL.
AND NONE OF THAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA.
MIGHT BE FACEBOOK, BUT SOCIAL MEDIA, SOMEBODY ELSE'S FACEBOOK.
SO FOR NOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, 10,000, THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE FOR THE VA TYPE OF THING.
SO THAT'S ALL WE COULD USE, JOEY.
SO THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS ONE ASPECT FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ALSO IS BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE OFFICE.
IT'S NOT INTUITIVE FOR A VETERAN TO GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR VETERAN RESOURCES.
IF I COULD JUST PUT ONE OTHER THING DOWN TOO.
UM, JUST SO IT, IT'S IN THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
IF IT'S SEVERAL TIMES THE FIRST FRIDAY, THE FIRST FRIDAY EVENTS BEFORE OUR EVENT, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, WALKING.
I THINK I'VE, I'VE, YOU KNOW, SEEN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, JUST IT'S A, YOU KNOW, CROSS TOWN EVENT THAT PEOPLE ATTEND.
SO YOU WANT THE FRIDAY BEFORE VETERAN'S DAY, ADVERTIS THE FIRST FRIDAY? ME, ME, AND, WELL, IT IS ME AND THE THREE TEENAGERS THAT DID IT BY OURSELVES WERE NOT I WAS GONNA SAY YOU DIDN'T.
I HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE, I MEAN, THAT I SUGGESTED, BUT I WAS NOT HERE.
I MEAN THAT'S, AGAIN, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT I CAN GET OUT.
'CAUSE THREE TEENAGERS PASSING OUT CARDS RATHER HAPHAZARDLY.
AND, AND I DID PUT STACKS OF CARDS AND EXPO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
LIKE IF I HAVE AN INTERN AND A FEW COLLEGE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU CAN GET YOUR OWN KIDS AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN WORK IT ALL OUT.
AND I THINK THIS IS, I THINK IF ANYTHING WE LEARNED FROM THIS IS THAT WE REALLY VALUE COMMITTEE WORK.
AND EVEN WITHIN THAT COMMITTEE, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GO PASS OUT THIS AND YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE.
WE SO LAYERED, WE WEAR DIFFERENT HATS AND EVERYBODY'S SO BUSY GET US BACK ON TOPIC.
WE'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENT AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO IT.
SORRY, LET'S FINISH WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE MAYOR NEVER RESPONDS TO IT.
UH, AGAIN, FOR ME, THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS, UM, LIKE WHO THREW THE EVENT, RIGHT? IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
WHO THREW THE EVENT? HOW DO I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT 'EM? I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR 'EM.
I WAS JUST GOING ON TOP OF THAT TOO.
UM, WAS THERE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT? LIKE I THINK THE MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR YEAH.
DID THEY PUT OUT LIKE A VIDEO OR HOW IT ENDED UP TURNING OUT THE EVENT AT THE END? OR WAS IT JUST A FLYER? BECAUSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, IF THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WANT TO BE SOLELY LIKE IN
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CHARGE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA MM-HMMTHEN THEY SHOULD LIKE BE MORE CREATIVE WITH IT.
AND I WAS JUST TELLING JOEY THAT LIKE, GOING BACK ON AND HIS COMMENT IS LIKE, IF WE'RE JUST STARTING THIS, RIGHT, WE STARTED THIS LIKE A YEAR AGO, UM, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PLAN TO GET A RESOURCE, UH, FOR VETERANS.
WELL, WE NEED ALL RESOURCES ON, ON THAT MM-HMM
TO GET, SO EVEN IF IT'S A SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANY WAY OF, UH, SHARING THAT, ANY EVENTS THAT WE, THE COMMISSIONERS END UP PUTTING OUT THERE, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I WILL MAKE THIS BRIEF, UM, BECAUSE MY GOING NOW CAN VOTE ON VERY GOOD JOB.
SO I HAVE BEEN IN THE WAREHOUSE FOR TWO PLUS YEARS.
I'M MOVING BACK TO THIS BUILDING.
SO I WILL BE IN THIS BUILDING AND WHERE WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS, IT ALL COME BACK TOGETHER, UH, AS OF JANUARY.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, I WILL BE IN A NEW DIVISION WITHIN COLLECTIVE IMPACT BUREAU CALLED RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'LL BASICALLY HAVE A NEW SUPERVISOR.
SO I STILL HAVE ERICA AS MY, UM, UH, THE BUREAU MANAGER.
UM, AND THEN WHEN I DO THESE REPORTS, GEN, UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE ASKED ABOUT, WHICH I'VE TRIED TO DO AND I'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO, IS JUST ADDRESSING WHAT MY ACTIVITIES ARE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH THE GOALS OF, OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THEN WHAT I, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WANNA IMPORT IMPART TO YOU IS GET SOMEONE TO REPLACE YOU.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, FIVE OF YOU ARE GONNA TIME OUT BY JULY 1ST BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN, UM, RENEWED FOUR TIMES.
SO YOU CAN ONLY SERVE ON A COMMISSION AND BE RENEWED FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.
YOU COULD, IF YOU'RE GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT, COME BACK A YEAR AFTER YOU SERVE YOUR EIGHT TERMS, BUT YOU'RE LIKE, NO, I'M, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY COULD YOU COME BACK, BUT WITH REGARD TO COMMITTEES, YOU CAN BE PART OF A COMMITTEE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A COMMISSIONER TO BE PART OF A COMMITTEE THAT'S ORGANIZING AND PLANNING SOMETHING.
UM, AND SO DO YOU, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO'S A GOOD CANDIDATE, ONLY FOUR OF OF THE VE OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE TO BE VETERANS.
SO EVEN SO, IF THEY'RE A VETERAN ORIENTED PERSON, OR SOMEONE THAT WORKS FOR A VETERAN OR MARRIED TO A VETERAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE SYLVIA, ET CETERA, PLEASE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW WHO YOU WANT TO REPLACE YOU.
AND IF THAT MEANS CALLING YOUR, MAKING A MEETING WITH YOUR, YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE LIKE YOU CALLED DARRYL SUPERMAN, AND YOU SAY, HEY DUDE, I'M, I'M GONNA BE LEAVING AS OF JULY 1ST.
CAN YOU HELP ME? YOU KNOW, AND I CAN, I CAN PROVIDE AN ARTICLE THAT SAYS, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED YOU TO JOIN THE VETERANS COMMISSION.
HERE'S THE URL TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
AND, AND JUST SO
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND UNCLE SAM.
UM, SO WHAT WAS I GONNA SAY, UH, GINA? YEAH.
TO THAT, THE WAY I FOUND OUT WAS THROUGH THE, UH, MAYOR GARCIA POSTING ON HIS WEBSITE, UH, IF IT WAS HIS PERSONAL PHONE OR WHATEVER, IT WAS A WEBSITE ON FACEBOOK.
AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT, FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, UM, POSITION.
I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN, I THINK THAT WAS SIMILAR.
I THINK IT WAS IN SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, BUT GARCIA AT THE TIME SAYS, HEY, WE NEED COMMISSIONERS.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EVEN ONE OF THE LOCAL PAPERS, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT THERE WAS AN ADVERTISEMENT, WHETHER IT BE SOCIAL MEDIA PRINT THAT SAYS, WE NEED COMMISSIONERS.
BUT HERE TO FIND OUT MORE, I WAS VOLUNT AND TOLD MY WIFE SIGNED ME UP AND DIDN'T TELL ME ALL.
I THINK I DIDN'T EVEN CHOOSE THIS COMMISSION.
I CHOSE THREE SEPARATE ONES, BUT I GOT THIS ONE
AND THEN, UM, I STARTED INQUIRING ABOUT IT.
SO I AM, AND I KNOW THAT IT STARTED LIKE IN JULY, BUT I DIDN'T COME IN UNTIL A FEW MONTHS LATER.
WE DIDN'T OFFICIALLY HAVE OUR, SOME OF YOU HAD BEEN ALREADY TOLD YOU WERE ON THE COMMISSION BEFORE I WAS EVEN HIRED
SO, SO IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM, INVITE THEM TO ATTEND A MEETING.
I INVITED, I INVITED AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT 15 PEOPLE.
AND, AND WE'LL SILENTLY JUDGE THEM AS WELL AS TO WHETHER THEY'RE WORRIED.
UM, SO, AND THEN JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE, WE DO NOT CHOOSE WHO THE COMMISSIONERS ARE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY POLITICAL ONLY THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR.
SO ALL WE CAN DO IS FUNNEL THE PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND LET THE COUNCIL MEMBER KNOW.
UM, SO THAT'S THE MAIN THING IS THAT, IS THAT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EACH, EACH ONE OF YOU TO TAP SOMEBODY THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'VE HAD OUR UPS AND DOWNS AND THIS AND THAT, WE ARE
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REALLY IN A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY HAVING PUT ON THIS, THIS AMAZING VETERANS EVENT AND OUR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AND REALLY BUILDING MOMENTUM.I DIDN'T GET, I'M GOING TO, UM, AT, AT OUR NEXT, UH, MEETING, AND I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
MY, MY FAVORITE PICTURE, 'CAUSE WE HAD A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER THAT WE PAID TO BE AT THE EVENT IS ONE OF DARRYL SUPER KNOB BETWEEN TWO OF THE SATIN DOLL BABES JUST LOOKING AS HAPPY AS CAN BE.
I THINK THAT'S MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PICTURE.
HE WAS DEFINITELY THERE FOR A PHOTO OP
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND, AND REMEMBER, FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS GAVE MONEY TO OUR EVENTS.
WE, WE HAD TO QUOTE UNQUOTE RETURN IT BECAUSE THEY INCREASED THE BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT.
BUT WE ARE, WE ARE A HOT TICKET RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE PART OF THE COMMISSION.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE PART OF ONE OF THE COMMITTEES.
AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE TIMING OUT OR WHATEVER, TO CONSIDER STILL GIVING YOUR INPUT BECAUSE I, I VALUE EACH ONE OF YOU.
AND THERE'S SOMEBODY SITTING HERE WHO'S NEVER APPLIED TO BE A COMMISSION WHO SAYS HE IS TOO BUSY.
ANYBODY KNOW THAT GUY? I TOTALLY GOT IT.
UM, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNCILMAN FROM THE NEWSLETTER OR YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT, THAT'S YOUR JOB BASICALLY IS TO HELP.
IF YOU KNOW OF A PERSON OR YOU WANT US GET A CONVERSATION GOING WITH THE, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND JUST SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE NEED SOMEBODY.
CAN I ARRANGE A MEETING? YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.
YOU, YOU, AS A COUNT AS A COMMISSIONER ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY TO A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M NOT, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL COMMISSIONS WHAT TO DO.
COMMISSION STAFF IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TELL COUNCIL WHAT TO DO.
SO YOU, YOU ARE FREE TO DO THAT.
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? OKAY.
I, I'M NOT SHOWING YOU THE SLIDE OF THE REVISED INVITATION, BUT IT, IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A, A I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHOW UP.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WANT QUORUM AGAIN.
WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING THE OUTGOING, THE OUT, UH, PHASING OUT, PHASING OUT CHAIR, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? OUTGOING.
UH, WE WILL HAVE, UM, WE, I DO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING FOR A, UM, I WAS GONNA BRING A SIGNUP SHEET.
FORGOT THAT I LEFT IN A NO, I SAW IT SOMEWHERE.
I'LL EMAIL YOU WHAT WE'LL BRING.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I, I PUT IN THAT COLUMN I FOR, TOTALLY FORGOT I DID THAT JANUARY 10TH POTLUCK ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA BRING AT THIS POINT.
WELL, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, DOES ANYONE I WILL.
IS IT WORTH PASSING AROUND? NO.
WHY? AND WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS.
MIKE WAS GONNA TALK ALL ABOUT THE WHITE ELEPHANT GIFTS.
SAYS SOMETHING 20 TO $25, PLEASE INVITE YOUR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER INVITE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER OR YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF.
WE WILL BE ELECTING THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
WE WANNA RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THOSE THAT HELPED WITH ANYTHING THIS YEAR, MEMORIAL DAY EVENT, VETERANS DAY EVENT.
WHETHER YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER, AN ELECTED PERSON AND ORGANIZATION THAT PARTICIPATE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AS LONG AS THEY ARE SVP.
AND AGAIN, I'LL SEND OUT, I'LL SEND, SEND OUT THE INVITATION AGAIN SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH FOOD, UM, AND IF THERE'S SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO HONOR, BECAUSE I WANNA LITERALLY GET ON THE MIC AND RECOGNIZE AND PASS OUT, YOU KNOW, CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION FOR ANYBODY.
BECAUSE THOSE KIND OF PR THINGS, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE A COUNCIL MEMBER AT YOUR END OF THE YEAR EVENT, IT JUST BUILDS THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS AND MOMENTUMS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
DID THAT COUNCILMAN GIVE TO THE EVENT? NO, NO.
WE, WE TALKED TO HOW MANY, DID WE TALK TO THE DATE OF THE NINTH CITY PAGE? YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH.
THE MESSAGE IS, IS THAT ALL THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTED THIS EVENT BY GIVING, THEY GET, LIKE, THEY GET SOME, THEY CALL IT LIKE DIVIDE BY $9, BUT THERE'S A, LIKE A BUCKET OF MONEY THAT THEY CAN USE.
AND IT'S LIKE THEY ALL CHIPPED IN TO SAY, WE WANNA SUPPORT THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.
AND THAT WAS A SURPRISE REALLY, BECAUSE WE WENT AFTER THEM INDIVIDUALLY FOR THEIR 2,500 AND SMALLER GIFTS.
THEN THE WHOLE COUNCIL VOTED TO FUND THAT EVENT AT, AT, AT FOUR TIMES.
WHAT THEY FUNDED IT BEFORE I HAVE TO TAKE OFF, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYBODY.
THERE'S ONE LITTLE MORE ONE THING.
AND I AND I WANNA THANK YOU TOO FOR BEING THERE FOR ME DURING THAT WHOLE THING.
WE'LL GET THE SERVICE BETTER NEXT MONTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL FIND A WAY TO KEEP MAKING IT, MAKE IT BETTER.
SO I SAID JANUARY MEETING, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT HAD
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ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF AN END OF THE YEAR.I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR IN FEBRUARY, I KNOW THIS IS NOT FUN, BUT WE'RE GONNA REVISIT THE BROWN ACT AND THE ROBERTS RULES 'CAUSE WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
BUT THERE WILL BE A BANNERS REPORT, AN OFFICIAL BANNERS REPORT, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, THE COMMITTEES WOULD BE THINGS, AGAIN, LIKE EVENTS AND, AND PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING, UM, NETWORKING EVENTS.
LIKE I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AND STUFF SAY, HEY, I WANNA COME AND PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION.
I THINK, WELL, THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT THE COMMISSION IS WHAT, NINE PEOPLE AT THE MOST AND A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.
WHY DON'T WE ORGANIZE AN EVENT THAT BRINGS MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO OR ANOTHER RESOURCES FAIR THAT ISN'T TIGHT.
LIKE THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE COULD PLAN WITHIN COMMITTEES.
SO START THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BANNERS WE ALREADY HAVE, ET CETERA.
WE WILL BE DOING SOME SORT OF YEAR IN REVIEW FOR THE FIRST OFFICE, THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT HAS BEEN AROUND.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
WE JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM THE REPORT.
UM, YEAH, I THINK I COVERED IT ALL UP.
UH, RECRUIT A COMMISSIONER, NOT, YOU KNOW, RECRUIT IS A LOOSE TERM, ENGAGE SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY MEETING YOU, YOU, YOU, I TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE THINK ABOUT COMMITTEES THAT YOU WANNA JOIN AND, UM, DID YOU NEED ANY NOTES OR CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE NO, THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT I GOT THERE.
UM, SO I HAVE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
WE'LL START WITH THE GOOD NEWS BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOVES TO HEAR IT.
UH, SO EVER SINCE, UH, VETERANS DAY, UH, COMMITTEE OR OR EVENT HAS CONCLUDED, I'VE BEEN HOUNDING, I SHOULDN'T SAY HOUNDING, BUT I REACHED OUT TO GINA AND SAID, I NEED HELP WITH OUR BANNER COMMITTEE.
AND SHE DID US A SOLID, SO SHE CONTACTED SPECIAL EVENTS AND SAID, HEY, THE BULK OF THIS PROBLEM, THE BULK OF THIS COST IS THE PERMIT FEE.
CAN WE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? AND UM, WHAT THEY BASICALLY SAID IS, THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE TOLD WERE NOT CORRECT.
UM, THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY $500 FOR THE INITIAL 65 DAYS AND THEN $51 AFTER THAT.
UM, THAT'S NOT CORRECT, THAT, THAT IS FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
SINCE WE ARE A NON-COMMERCIAL USE ENTITY, THAT OURS WOULD BE $51 FOR EVERY 65 DAY PERIOD.
AND IT GETS EVEN BETTER THAN THAT.
SO IT'S NOT $51 PER BANNER, IT'S $51 FOR ALL BANNERS.
SO THE TOTAL PERMIT FEE IS $300, $306 A YEAR FOR ALL OF OUR BANNERS.
UH, BASED OFF THE QUICK MATH, GINA DID, UM, THAT OPENS OUR BANNER PROGRAM UP FROM 10 TO 32 NOW.
UM, SO WE WILL NEED ASSISTANCE IN FINDING OTHER POLLS, OTHER VETERANS TO REALLY APPLY.
TELL, TELL 'EM THE LOCATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO RIGHT NOW, AS, AS THE BATTERY COMMITTEE, AD HOC COMMITTEE KNOWS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT USING CONAN STREET BETWEEN LAKE, UH, LAKEWOOD, AND UH, CLARK, THERE'S, UH, IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE FLY DC SIGN, UH, ROSE RIVER PARK, LBCC.
UM, SO THE PROBLEM, THE NICE THING ABOUT THAT IS YOU'RE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO BETTER STADIUM.
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ROSE RIVER PARK.
UM, THE DOWNSIDE IS THERE'S ONLY EIGHT LIGHT POLES.
SO YOU CAN ONLY HAVE REALLY EIGHT SIGNS IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER SPOTS, LIKE IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND UP AND DOWN CLARK AT THAT POINT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THERE.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF SURROUND, UH, I DON'T, UH, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO, UH, WHAT'S HIS NAME, AWA? MM-HMM
UM, HE ACTUALLY SUGGESTED THAT WE LOOK INTO CARSON BOULEVARD AS WELL.
UH, THAT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BANNERS IN THAT AREA AS WELL, TOO.
CARSON AND WHAT? CARSON AND CLARK.
BY THE UNIVERSITY OR THE, UH, COMMUNITY? COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
ARE YOU GOING DOWN LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD OR NO, DOWN CARSON, EAST OR WEST FROM CLARK? CAN'T GO DOWN LAKEWOOD OR AIRPORT.
SO THE DOWN THE DOWNSIDE IS WITH LAKEWOOD IS YOU HAVE THE AIRPORT AND THEN WE WOULD BE FIGHTING FOR POLES.
'CAUSE IF THE AIRPORT WANTED TO DO LIKE THE FESTIVAL FLIGHT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE WOULD FIGHT.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND POLLS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NO INTEREST IN RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN JUST GET A YEAR LONG PERMIT AND JUST KIND OF MAKE IT OUR OWN THING.
THEY LITERALLY CALL IT REAL ESTATE.
THOSE BEN, THOSE VANDER POOLS ARE REAL ESTATE.
LIKE IF YOU GO DOWN ATLANTIC, NOT ATLANTIC, UM, YEAH.
IF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR POLLS IS TAKEN
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BY THE BUSINESS DISTRICT MM-HMMSO STUFF LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS BECAUSE THEY, THE CITY MAKES MORE MONEY FROM THEM THAN THEY WOULD MAKE FROM US.
SO WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT A REAL ESTATE FEUD.
I WANT, I WANNA DO, OH, SORRY.
CAN WE TRY TO FIND, UH, REAL ESTATE IN EACH DISTRICT? SO EVENTUALLY THAT WAS THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD DO IT.
UM, AND WHEN WE THOUGHT WE ONLY HAD 10 SPOTS, THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE KIND OF LIKE A ROW.
UM, AND SO WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT, UM, AND TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
HOW, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, QUICK MATH TELLS ME THAT IF WE DO ALL NINE DISTRICTS AND WE HAVE 32, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT FOUR, TWO POLES IN EACH FOUR POLES.
THREE TO FOUR POLES IN DISTRICT.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
SO FOR THE PILOT, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OUR AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE THIS MM-HMM
UM, DO SOME MORE DEPTH INTO IT.
WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE TWO OR SO DISTRICTS TO AS THE PILOT AND THEN TRY TO EXPAND IT FROM THERE IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
BUT OBVIOUSLY I WANNA BRING IT TO AD HOC FIRST TO HAVE 'EM THEIR THOUGHTS AND WE COULD COME BACK TO THE, UH, COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE AND GIVE THEM OUR THOUGHTS.
BUT THESE ARE ALL JUST PRE LIMITED.
SO BASICALLY IT'S THE ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT I COULD GIVE IS THAT OUR PILOT HAS GROWN FROM 10 TO 30 BANNERS AND THAT THE COST FOR PERMITS IS ONLY $300 FOR ALL OF THEM.
UM, HAS ANYBODY TRIED TO GET PAID FOR THEIR TIME LATELY? MM-HMM.
I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID AND I'VE BEEN SUBMITTING SINCE AUGUST AND I FINALLY GAVE UP.
WE'RE TALKING A WHOPPING $50 PER MEETING.
SO I THINK THE CITY CURRENTLY OWES ME PROBABLY LIKE $600 AND I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE IT.
I'VE BEEN, I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF WHY I'M HEARING THIS BUILDING AS WELL AS I'VE TRIED TO TALK TO WHOMEVER I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK TO, UM, AND MIKE TOO.
AND I'M WORKING IT OUT WITH HIM.
FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT A HEINOUS AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT A TIME SHEET LIKE A REGULAR EMPLOYEE.
AND THEN YOU GET A BUNCH OF, AND WHO'S IN CHARGE OF IT AND HOW OFTEN DO THEY REMEMBER TO PAY YOU? I MEAN, I HAVE A CALL INTO JEFF WILLIAMS, HE'S, HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
HE OVERSEES ALL THE COMMISSIONS TO SAY WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON.
I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M JUST GOING TO EMAIL MY REPRESENTATIVE, MY, UH, CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
AND JUST SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY IS, DO YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING PAID? COULD YOU BLACKMAIL HIM WITH THE DOLLS PHOTO? YEAH.
EITHER I GET PAID OR THIS GETS RELEASED
UM, SO JUST THAT'S MY NEGATIVE FOR THEM.
UH, SO THERE'S GONNA BE A SOCIAL NIGHT ON DECEMBER 20TH, UH, FROM SIX A, UH, 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM UH, AT 10 MILE BREWING.
THIS IS PROBABLY A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF YOU, UH, FOLKS ARE AVAILABLE TO COME OUT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TALK TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR OTHER VETERANS, UH, ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDELINES.
BUT OVERALL, WE'RE GONNA BE RECAPPING WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS WHOLE YEAR, INCLUDING THE, UH, MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION, VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION, BEACH CLEANUPS.
UH, WE'VE DONE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FUNDRAISERS AND HOW WE'VE USED THOSE FUNDS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
BUT OVERALL, UH, SIERRA CLUB WILL BE SPONSORING THE PIZZA AT 10 MILES.
SO JUST, IF YOU DON'T DRINK BEERS, YOU COULD JUST HAVE SOME WATER.
I JUST PULLED IT UP ON MY PHONE.
THEY TOLD ME THE RANCH AS WELL TOO.
DID HE OPEN ALL THREE OR IS IT JUST DIFFERENT? THE SAME NAME BY ACCIDENT.
THE ONE BELLFLOWER IS PARK STEEL CRAFT.
SO IT'S LIKE A SMALLER VERSION OF IT, BUT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME COMPANY.
BUT THEY'RE, THEY ONLY DO THE BREWING AT THE ONE SIDE AND HILL.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS LIKE JUST A TAP.
THE WHOLE THING THERE IS THIS.
THEY NEVER GIMME A REAL FLYER, UH, AT THE VA ON THIS FRIDAY.
UH, TIBOR RUBEN VA MEDICAL CENTER VETERAN SOCIAL COMMITTEE.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, EIGHT 30 TO 10 30.
ALL VETERANS WELCOME TO ATTEND SOCIALIZE, SHARE CAMARADERIE.
ISN'T THAT KIND OF NOT CORRECT ENGLISH.
UH, TAKE PART IN OUR DRAWING OF FANTASTIC RAFFLE PRIZES WHILE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A VAST ARRAY OF RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE AT THE VA AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREETING YOU.
AND YOU HEARD ABOUT POPE CREW ALREADY.
THIS I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HARD, BUT I'M SHARING IT WITH YOU ANYWAY.
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WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TOY DRIVE ONE? THAT'S THE ONE.ARE YOU GONNA GO? I HAVE NO IDEA.
17TH ANNUAL CRAZY CHRISTMAS HOUSE IN SAM'S TOY DRIVE.
TOMORROW, UH, DECEMBER 14TH, SIX 30.
TAKE PICTURES OF SANTA VISIT WITH OUR MARINES AND CHP.
ENJOY COCOA COOKIES HOSTED BY THE SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ROTARY.
THE DIRECTLY BENEFIT CAMP, THE FAMILIES OF CAMP PENDLETON, THE US MARINE CORPS.
WHAT DOES ONE MEF MEAN? ANYBODY KNOW WHERE US? IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MEF SAYS.
SO I'M GUESSING IT'S LIKE A MWR TYPE OF THING.
THE, OR IS IT THE MENTHOL? NO, THE COOL THING TOO, AND I CAN EMAIL THIS TO YOU IF YOU LIKE, UM, IS THAT YOU CAN SCAN THAT CODE.
YOU CAN LITERALLY HOLD YOUR PHONE UP TO THAT RIGHT NOW AND GIVE MONEY.
WELL, PROBABLY NOT ON THAT ONE.
'CAUSE THE, THE, IT'S IT'S TOO FUZZY.
UM, AND, UH, THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL TAKE DONATIONS OF MONEY SO THAT THEY CAN BUY THE, BUY THE TOYS.