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BEACH VETERAN AFFAIRS COMMISSION.UM, MEETING TO ORDER AT 5 0 3.
THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE.
AND YOURSELF? AND, UM, AND MYSELF.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
KEN, IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN FURTHER ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, ANOTHER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA START, UM, OUR REGULAR, UM, AGENDA.
SO OUR FIRST, UM, AGENDA ITEM IS RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, APPROVE THE MARCH 26TH AND APRIL 10TH MEETING.
I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO, UM, MOTION THAT WE TABLE, UH, APPROVAL OF THESE, UH, MEETING MINUTES TO OUR JUNE MEETING.
SO, MOTION BY MYSELF AND RYAN.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS, UM, UM, THE CHAIR REPORT.
SO, WHAT I, UM, AGAIN, UM, THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR, UM, COMING AND JOINING US ONCE AGAIN.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT, UM, A LOT GOING ON AND A LOT TO, UM, DISCUSS WE'RE, UH, GAINING MOMENTUM AND A LOT OF VISIBILITY.
UM, EXPECTING A GREAT REPORT, UM, AN UPDATE FROM THE MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE.
WE'RE, UH, EXPECTING AND HOPING TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT FROM ALL OF OUR ELECTEDS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT, UM, THE PLANS FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND, UM, UM, AS PART OF MY REPORT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, UPDATE AND LIKE TURN, UH, TOUCH UPON HOMELESSNESS.
SO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, APRIL 30TH, UM, MAYORS, WHICH IS SEND WAS PART OF A CONTINGENCY ALONG WITH, UM, UH, THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, KAREN BASS, UM, AND OTHER MAYORS FROM, UH, AROUND LARGE PARTS OF THE CITY.
I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE MAYBE 32 OF THEM.
UM, AND THEY WENT TO DC TO KIND OF, UM, ADVOCATE.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS OF THEIR FOCUS WAS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
I, I HAVE, UM, SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT AND I'LL SHARE THAT, UM, OUT TO EVERYBODY.
I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE, UM, TO SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, BUT IF YOU CAN, UM, LIKE LOOK AT THE REPORT AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UM, UH, SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE IN A GOOD, UH, POSITION.
I DON'T, THE ONLY NAME THAT I REMEMBER IS, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATIVE MAXINE WATERS.
SO I THINK THERE'S LIKE THREE OR FOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLKS THAT WE HAVE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT ARE ON THIS, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THIS, UM, THIS TASK FORCE TO KIND OF, UH, IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
AND WHY AM I BRINGING THAT TO THE VETERANS COMMISSION? IS BECAUSE, AND I COULD NOT FIND THE LEGISLATION, UM, OR THE BILL, BUT, UM, I WILL PROVIDE THAT AS PART OF, UM, UM, AS PART OF THE EMAIL.
BUT THERE IS, UM, A LOOPHOLE THAT THEY FOUND WHERE, UM, VETERANS THAT THEY'RE CHOOSING, EITHER, LIKE AS PART OF THEIR BENEFITS, YOU EITHER SELECT YOUR FULL BENEFITS, WHICH PUTS YOU, UM, FINANCIALLY YOU DO NOT QUALIFY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
UM, SO VETERANS SHOULD NOT, UH, HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE, UM, WHETHER LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TO UTILIZE 100% OF THEIR BENEFITS, UM, OR HOUSING.
SO I THINK WITH, UM, ONCE WE IDENTIFY LIKE WHAT THAT LEGISLATION IS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, AS PART OF THIS COMMISSION IS TO DEVELOP MAYBE, UM, THIS COULD BE PART OF, UM, AN EBOARD COMMITTEE, KEN AND I, WHERE WE CAN, UM, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO KIND OF TAKE TO, UM, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND TO BE A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE THAT'S REPRESENTING, UM, AND, AND, AND GIVING A VOICE DIRECTLY TO VETERANS THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S LARGE, YOU HAVE, UH, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS INVOLVED.
BUT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COMMISSION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER, UM, CITIES HAVE VETERANS COMMISSIONS, BUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TIE THAT WITH AN INITIATIVE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT NEEDS
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TO BE, UM, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE THIS IS A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION.AND OF COURSE, I THINK WITH THE VETERAN COMMISSION HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEND A VOICE TO THAT.
SO THAT IS PART OF MY, UM, THAT'S PART OF MY REPORT, GINA.
AND, UM, WE WILL, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO DO THE RECEIVING FILE.
UH, SORRY, I'LL MOVE THAT WE RECEIVE IN FILE CHAIR'S REPORT.
UM, AND THE NEXT WOULD BE, UH, THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY JUDGE.
I'M GONNA KEEP MY REPORT BRIEF.
UM, MARK YOUR CALENDARS AGAIN FOR, UH, 13 DAYS FROM TODAY, MAY 21ST, WE ARE PRESENTING THE HONORING OUR HEROES EVENT TO CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'RE AT THE TOP, UH, AS A PRESENTATION.
WE'RE NOT AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO ATTEND AND, UH, HOOT AND HOLLER OR WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.
UM, JUST AS A, UH, FYI, WE, UH, I ATTENDED THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MEMORIAL YESTERDAY AT CITY HALL AND NETWORK WITH SOME FIRE AND POLICE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET GOOD ATTENDANCE FROM THEM.
'CAUSE A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THE PD AND FD WORKERS ARE VETERANS THEMSELVES.
SO I FOUND OUT, LIKE, WHO, WHO I HIT UP WITH AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE HELP PROMOTE THIS.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A, I I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT DUE ON JUNE 30TH, AND WE DID REPORTS A COUPLE YEARS IN A ROW, BUT THEN THEY KIND OF, UH, STOPPED MAKING EVERYBODY DO REPORTS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIT.
LIKE, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO 28 DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS PRESENT TO COUNCIL NOW? THEY JUST WANT YOU TO TURN IN THE REPORT, NOT NECESSARILY PRESENT ON IT, WHICH WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO TWICE.
SO, UH, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT, UH, MONTH, LIKE BETWEEN MEETINGS OR NEXT MEETING BEING JUNE 12TH? IS THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER SOME SORT OF QUESTIONNAIRE TO, TO, SO THAT YOU CAN REFLECT ON YOUR WORK AS A COMMISSIONER AND YOUR EXPERIENCE AND, UH, UM, SO WE'LL WE'RE PLANNING TO SEND THAT OUT AND THEN WE CAN REVIEW AND REFLECT ON THAT AS WELL AS LIKE A DRAFT OF THE REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, THE JUNE 12TH MEETING WILL BE THE LAST MEETING FOR A FEW OF YOU.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT TO YOU GUYS TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF, I MEAN, SHOULD WE HAVE A POTLUCK OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO COMMEMORATE THE, THE TERMS OF SERVICE ENDING FOR, FOR SEVERAL OF YOU AFTER FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY REPORT.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA TALK MORE, UH, ABOUT THE HONORING OUR HEROES EVENT ON THAT AGENDAS ITEM AND GET TO IT.
I'LL MOVE WE RECEIVING THE FILE COURT.
I'LL SECOND ANY, JUST, UH, WE VOTE FIRST AND DISCUSS ANY NO, NO.
UH, ANY DISCUSSIONS FROM ANYBODY? ANYTHING? I TO THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME SORT OF POTLUCK? I'M JUST LIMITED ON WHAT I CAN BRING.
UM, I CAN TRY TO BRING LIKE SOME CHIPS AND MUFFINS, STUFF LIKE THAT JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ROOM ONWARDS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE AT CITY HALL, RIGHT? WHERE IT'S GONNA BE HERE.
UM, I COULD SEE ABOUT GETTING ANOTHER LOCATION.
IT WOULD BE OUR REGULAR MEETING.
JUST THE REGULAR, THE JUNE, THE SHE, THE JUNE MEETING.
THAT'S GONNA BE OUR LAST MEETING.
SO QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU WANNA HAVE A PAUSE OR NOT.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CLUES.
OH, YOU MEAN GOING AFTER
I LIKE GOING THAT'S, GO AHEAD AND ARRANGE IT.
YOU GUYS CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT YOU WANT? YEAH.
YOU WANNA TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT? DID YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE? DO YOU HAVE TO RESERVE? YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO THIS IS FOR, UH, JUNE 12TH.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP HERE JUNE 12TH.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO MEETING OUT EITHER.
THE PLAN IS WE HAVE A MEETING HERE AND THEN SIX SOMETHING ADJOURNED TO JUDGE JUS.
I THOUGHT THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE THE MEETING AT JUDGE JUS WELL, AND JUST DO IT ALL IN ONE.
IT'S NOT, DO THAT ESTABLISHMENT.
YOU HAVE TO BE DOING ONE, RIGHT? NO, YOU DON'T.
PROB IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE.
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YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING IN A NON-PUBLIC FACILITY, BUT IT'S GENERALLY NOT, LIKE, NOT MANY PEOPLE DO IT.IT DON'T BE BECAUSE WE PROBABLY ALSO HAVE TO PUBLISH THE LOCATION.
AND, AND SAYING THAT THE VETERANS COMMISSION IS GONNA MEET AT A BARS ON, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE ALL THESE THINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE TIME, 72 HOURS, SEVEN TWO.
YOU MIGHT HAVE UNEXPECTED GUESS HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU SUPPOSE ARE YOU GONNA BRING? YES.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE FULLEST.
I'VE SEEN THIS ROOM IN A WHILE.
SO COUNT THIS NUMBER AND GO WITH THAT
YEAH, I THINK THAT'LL BE GOOD.
SO, SO MEETING AND WE WOULD HAVE A MAYBE LIKE AN ABBREVIATED AGENDA.
AN ABBREVIATED AGENDA, AND THEN GO, YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S, I'LL BRING THE KLEENEX.
UM, ANY MORE, ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THIS IS A, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, EXPENSE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE HAVING RESOLUTIONS LIKE MOVING FORWARD TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION FOR COMMISSIONERS AS OPPOSED TO A PLAQUE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE CAN HAVE A, UM, UM, A, UH, PRESENT THEM WITH THE RESOLUTION FOR THEIR SERVICE HERE ON THE COMMISSION.
AND WHAT THAT DOES, THE PLAQUE IS LIKE, IF YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, CHAIR WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, LIKE SIDIA, YOU KNOW, HE'S LEADING UP THE SPEARHEADING THE, UM, THE BANNERS, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
I THINK THE, UM, THE, AND MAYBE IT'S, MAYBE IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION, UM, BUT HAVING SOMETHING THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, THE TIME OF SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION.
WHAT, WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONERS DO, WHAT, WHAT DO OTHER COMMISSIONS DO? I MEAN, I WASN'T EVEN THINKING YOU'D HAVE ANYTHING AS YOU GOING OUT.
BUT WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONS DO, WHAT DO THEY DO? WELL, IN THE PAST WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, PLAQUES, CORRECT? MM-HMM
IS THAT, IS THAT THE, UH, I KNOW IT'S OTHER, WHAT IS IT CALLED? LIKE PRO PROCLAMATION? I'M SORRY.
UH, I THINK THE, THE, IN TERMS OF LIKE COSTS, LIKE I LED STARTING, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, IT'S A LITTLE, THIS IS KIND OF OFF TOPIC TO ME, MEANING LIKE IF WE WANT TO, UH, IF YOU AND I WANT TALK ABOUT IT AFTER, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE PRE WITH YOU AS THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT BECAUSE, UM, I'M LOOKING AT GUS BECAUSE I REMEMBER GUS SAYING IF I GET ONE MORE RESOLUTION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M
HE'S LIKE, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
BUT IT'S, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M, I GUESS IT'S JUST PREFERENCE BECAUSE LIKE THE PLAQUE THAT I GOT FOR WHEN I WAS THE VICE CHAIR AT THAT TIME, WHERE'S THE PLAQUE? I DON'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW? SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S, I THINK, I THINK YOU AND I WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
OR, OR MAYBE A PIN OR MAYBE WE MAKE IT, UM, UM, A PREFERENCE.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING, A PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
IF SOME WANT A, AN A PROCLAMATION, WE LEAVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
UM, I WOULD SAY I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST MAKING A STANDARD AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN FIND, UH, A PRETTY INEXPENSIVE VENDOR.
I DID THAT FOR MY NATIONAL GUARD UNIT ACROSS THE STREET AND IT WAS RELATIVELY LOW EXPENSE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GET FUNDS FROM FOR THE COMMISSION, BUT KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES ON THE PIECES OF PAPER AND THEN WHAT YOU DO WITH IT AFTER.
SO, BUT HAVING A STANDARD IS PRETTY, WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST ROUTE AS A COMMISSION.
WILL YOU LET ME KNOW THE DETAILS AFTER WHAT, WHAT YOU ORDERED? YEAH.
CAN WHO PAY? UM, WHERE BUDGET LINE DOES THIS COME FROM? WELL, THAT'S THE TOUGH PART IS THAT WE, UM,
WE'VE DONE, WE WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST SOMEHOW.
IF I CAN ADD PUBLIC COMMENT MM-HMM
SO WHEN I WAS CHAIR, I CAME UP WITH THIS AND I PAID FOR EVERYTHING OUT OF POCKET.
I WAS CHAIR, I WAS PAYING FOR EVERYONE'S PLAQUES.
AND THEN WERE YOU CHAIR AFTER? YEAH, I PAID FOR ROD.
SO GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE CHAIR PAID FOR THEM AND IF THE CHAIRS WANT TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT'S COOL.
BUT THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO BUDGET.
WITH A FIRM HAND SHAKING THE KICKING IN THE ASS.
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SO I THINK WE'RE SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC BECAUSE THE MOTION, RIGHT? I GUESS IT IS THE SECONDARY MOTION.WELL, IT IS JUST DISCUSSION AROUND THE FILE TO RECEIVE STAFF BEFORE.
THAT'S THE NICE PART WITH THE RECEIVING FILE.
UH, ANY MORE COMMENT ON, ON, UH, GINA'S REPORT? IF NOT MOTION? WE NOW WE VOTE BECAUSE WE SECOND? YEAH.
UM, OUR NEXT, UM, AGENDA ITEM IS TO DISCUSS THE VETERAN BANNERS, UH, PROGRAM.
AND WITH THIS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR, SMITTY TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, AD HOC CHAIR, CORRECT AD AD HOC CHAIR TO, UM, TO, UM, PRESENT THIS AGENDA ITEM.
SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, OUR NAMIS HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
UM, THERE, WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IF WE COULD GET ALL OF THEM DONE.
'CAUSE SOME OF 'EM HAD SOME, UH, PHOTOS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT GREAT OF RESOLUTIONS.
UH, LUCKILY GINA WAS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO GET THAT RESOLVED.
SO THE 25, UM, BANNERS THAT WE SELECTED LAST MONTH, UH, EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE AN IMAGE THAT MET THE QUALIFICATIONS, OR AT LEAST WE MADE IT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
SO ALL 25 PEOPLE WILL BE PUT UP.
UM, THERE WAS SOME RUMORS LAST MONTH ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PUT UP MORE BANNERS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT DID NOT COME TO FRUITION.
SO IT'S JUST THE 25 BANNERS AT THIS POINT.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID IS IT DOES ALLOW US, OR YOU KNOW, THE VETERANS WHO THAT WE THAT WANT ONE TO, UH, SEEK PRIVATE FUNDING, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP OR PRIVATE DONATIONS.
UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER FOR FUTURE ITERATIONS.
UH, I KNOW LIKE THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER DOES THEIRS TWICE A YEAR.
SO ONCE ON MEMORIAL DAY AND THEN ONCE ON VETERAN'S DAY.
AND SO IT STAYS UP, UM, FOR A FULL CALENDAR YEAR, BUT THEN IT KIND OF HAS LIKE THE TWO CYCLES WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THAT COULD BE A GOOD TARGET GOAL FOR YOU GUYS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN.
OR IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT ONCE A YEAR, UM, WE CAN DO THAT TOO.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT MORE INTEREST THAN JUST 25 PEOPLE.
UM, SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE JUST DON'T, UM, REST ON OUR, OUR LAURELS.
LET'S, UH, MOVE FORWARD AND KEEP PUSHING FORWARD WITH THIS AND, AND START PLANNING FOR THE NEXT ITERATION.
SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING UP ON THE 20TH.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YOU KNOW MM-HMM
SO IF YOU GUYS, UH, KNOW WHERE, DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.
IT'S GONNA BE ON CARSON STREET, UH, IN BETWEEN BELLFLOWER AND CLARK, I BELIEVE, BETWEEN, UH, CLARK AND WOODRUFF.
SO IF YOU'RE HEADING EAST ON CARSON, PAST LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, RIGHT AFTER LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, IT START.
SO JUST, JUST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CARSON THEN? YES, IT'S ON THE NORTH IN, IN ONE SPOT.
UH, BUT LAKEWOOD, THEY CHANGE BOUNDARIES.
LAKEWOOD AND LONG BEACH, SO, YEAH.
UM, SO ANOTHER QUESTION IS, IS THERE ARE PROPOSED TO YOU GUYS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA ANSWER, BUT THAT'S FINE.
WE CAN DO THEIR DISCUSSION, IS, UM, DO WE WANT TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT A CEREMONY, BUT INFORMAL GATHERING TO CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES OF BEING ABLE TO FINALLY GET THESE BANNERS UP.
AND I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR VOTE ITSELF.
AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, WELL, WE'LL VOTE ON THIS AND THEN WE CAN PROBABLY VOTE TO, UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT? NOT REMOVE, BUT, UH, RESCIND THE ON COMMITTEE.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY DISCUSSIONS? CAN I, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, WE WILL BE, I'M TRYING TO GET DORIAN, WELL, EIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER TO COME OUT AND SHOOT WHILE THEY'RE PUTTING THE BANNERS UP.
'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SHOOT, SHOOT IT ONCE IT'S, YOU KNOW, AN 11 FOOT BY, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, A THREE FOOT BY EIGHT FOOT BANNER ON A 19 FOOT POLE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DOCUMENT THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT LIKE A REEL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO, SO WE'LL COVER IT THAT WAY.
IT'D BE NICE TO COVER SOME OF THE, I PARTICULARLY LIKE SOME OF THE OLD BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS.
FOR ME, IT SEEMED LIKE THOSE PHOTOS TURNED OUT BETTER THAN THE COLORED ONES.
OH, REALLY? UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S LESS DETAIL, WHICH MEANS THE PIXELS DON'T MATTER.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOME SORT OF REEL, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE JUST, WE PUT, UH, T BOARD MOVING AS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DOCUMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DO HAVE SOMETHING, IF NOBODY ELSE DOES, GO AHEAD.
THE INTERSECTION AGAIN, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE EXTRA, JUST TO NOTE THAT AGAIN, THE, THE INTERSECTION WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL BANNERS.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S GOING DOWN CLARK AT THAT POINT.
SO, UM, SO IT'S, WE'RE SO WOODRUFF, NOT WOODRUFF,
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UM, CARSON STREET CARS, RIGHT? BY THE, THE COLLEGE, THE CITY COLLEGE.UM, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE PARK SIDE OF THE CITY COLLEGE HEADING TOWARDS LIKE, UH, ROSIE THE RIVER PARK.
THE INTERSECTION OF, OF CLARK.
SO CLARK, AND, AND HOW MANY, WHAT'S THE NUMBER AGAIN? IT'S GONNA BE ALL, I THINK IT'S LIKE THREE.
OH, BECAUSE ONE IN ANOTHER CITY, RIGHT? IS THAT WHY? WELL, SO THE LONG BEACH IS, HAS THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT AS WELL TOO.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD OF, OF CARSON IN THAT AREA.
SO THE BOLT, LIKE 90% OF ALL OF THE BANNERS ARE GONNA BE ON CARSON.
UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING IT JUST, UM, SOME OF 'EM, THE POLES ARE NOT THE BEST IT WAS.
SO, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF SHIFTING BECAUSE OF THAT AND PUT SOME EXTRAS, UH, DOWN OFF OF, UH, CLARK.
SO THREE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, UM, ON THE, UM, AD HOC BANNER COMMITTEE? KEN, CAN WE GET PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO DO A PRESS RELEASE WITH YOUR PICTURES ONCE YOU HAVE THEM? UM, I, WE, WE HAD DECIDED AT SOME POINT NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER WHY I, WHY? OKAY.
BECAUSE THE BIOS AND PICTURES WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE.
SO WE COULD DO, WE COULD DO SOMETHING JUST THE GENERAL EVENT ITSELF.
IT DOESN'T, YOU CAN HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S IT.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, LIKE LOOKING FOR MORE OR WHATEVER.
IT'S JUST SAYING, WE, WE DID THIS AND HERE IS A PICTURE.
'CAUSE IF YOU PRODUCE A PACKAGE FOR THEM AND HAND THEM A PICTURE, YOUR ODDS OF IT GETTING RUN GO WAY UP.
AGAIN, THEM BEING DYSFUNCTIONAL, UM, FREE CONTENT, IT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THAT'D BE A NICE THING TO HAVE IN OUR BOOTH AS WELL TOO, FOR A MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
SO THE COMMISSION CAN SHOW, SAY, HERE'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THESE VETERANS.
AND CINDY, I HAVE A, UM, GOOD IDEA.
UM, THE AREA WHOSE AREA IS, IS THIS MEGAN WOULD BE FIVE.
YEAH, IT'D BE MEGAN CURRY'S AREA AS, UM, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA, DEPENDING ON HER SCHEDULE, WE COULD ASK TO SEE, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD LIKE HAVE HER DO LIKE A VIDEO, UM, ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AS IT'S KIND OF GOING UP.
WHO'S FIVE? THAT'S MEGAN, YOU'RE FIVE.
COUNSEL, WHO'S, WHO'S COUNCIL? FIVE.
UH, YOU ARE, I THINK, YEAH, HE IS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU COULD MAYBE REACH OUT TO HER OR ASK? I JUST SAW, UH, A LARGE TANK.
TELL HIM EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE TIME AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT I MEAN YOU, OR WE STILL KIND OF ENTERTAINING THAT.
UM, WE, WE AREN'T PLANNING A CEREMONY SINCE MOST OF YOU ARE TIMING OUT.
UM, I, I, AT SOME POINT WHEN WE GET MONEY TO DO MORE BANNERS, I MEAN, ORIGINALLY WE THOUGHT MAYBE WE'D GET MONEY TOGETHER OVER THE SUMMER, DO MORE BANNERS, AND THEN DO SOMETHING AROUND SEPTEMBER 11TH, LIKE A RIVE CUTTING.
IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY TOO LITTLE LEAD TIME TO, TO GET A, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
BUT, UM, A PUBLIC NOTICE IS JUST LIKE A MEDIA RELEASE WITHOUT QUOTES.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY SUBMIT THAT AND HAVE THE NAMES IN IT.
BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAND TO THE MEDIA, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, NOT PHYSIC COPY.
IT'S A, IT'S AN EMAIL BLAST FROM THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE THAT GOES UP AND SAYS, PRESS RELEASE.
AND THEN JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, JUST, JUST POINT OF, JUST POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
I WAS JUST ASKING, 'CAUSE YOU WAS SAYING HAVE, UM, YOU SAID LIKE DORIAN OR SOMEBODY LIKE VIDEOTAPE IT, I THINK BECAUSE IT'S IN MEGAN HURS AREA AND SHE'S REACH OUT, SHE'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
IF MAYBE SHE COULD ALSO BE A PART OF THAT RECORDING AND THEN IT CAN GO UP LIKE ON HER.
SHE CAN BLAST THAT ON HER SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, MAKE INVITATION.
'CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF US.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD ON THAT.
WHO, WHO ACTUALLY IS PUTTING THEM UP? A THREE.
IT, IT IS NOT A CITY DEPARTMENT OR
AND IT DID COST A THOUSAND, COST 700.
DID, DID WE, SYLVIA HAS A COMMENT.
UM, OUTTA CURIOSITY, YOU MIGHT ALREADY SAID.
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THE 25 PEOPLE, HOW MANY WERE MEN? HOW MANY WERE WOMEN? UH, HOLD ON.YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY? THERE'S ONLY ONE FEMALE.
YEAH, BUT THE PROBLEM, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE MADE THE SELECTION.
SO IT WAS A, A BLIND SELECTION.
WE DIDN'T HAVE RACE OR AGE OR SEX.
DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT UP THE SLIDE REAL QUICK WITH PICTURE? YEAH, IF YOU CAN.
THAT'D BE GREAT TO SHOW PEOPLE.
UM, THERE IS, UM, FIRST GLANCE, THERE IS A LOT OF WHITE MALE, LET'S BE HONEST.
I, THERE IS SOME DIVERSITY IN THERE AS WELL TOO.
AT LEAST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME OF THAT.
UM, I, I BELIEVE WE HAD, UH, PACIFIC ISLANDER, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN, UM, LATINO, ASIAN GENTLEMAN WHO? YEAH.
WHAT WAS THAT? HERE YOU GO AND CROSS.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY THEIR NAMES FOR FUN.
JOSE LUIS, G FLORES, MIKE METAL.
UH, THOMAS M HOYER AND FRANK J. KING WALTER.
FOR WHOM? THE VA IS NAMED PETER DAY.
AND THEN I THINK YOU KNOW THIS GUY ON THE LEFT.
SCOTT C FLANAGAN, GILBERT, DODSON, AND RUSSELL Z.
BRIAN, I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN THERE.
WERE YOU UP IN THERE? WERE IN THERE.
YOU DIDN'T APPLY EITHER CLASS.
ANY OTHER, UM, DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO? SO MOVED.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, DEAN, WHEN YOU'RE READY.
SO, POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THIS.
DO WE WANT TO, UH, RETIRE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE BANNER SINCE WE ARE NOW COMPLETE AND NO ONE WHO IS ON THAT COMMITTEE WILL BE SO EXCEPT FOR ONE.
SO MOTION TO, UM, TO DISSOLVE, SUSPEND, DISSOLVE.
IT'S GONNA BE SET AGAIN, RIGHT? SO DISSOLVED.
IS IT DISSOLVE? I I JUST KINDA KIND, UH, POSTPONE.
I DON'T YOU ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ON IT TURNING OUT BUT AREN'T GONNA HAVE THIS CONTINUE ON WITH THE NEXT ONE FOR THE NEXT BATCH OF 25 PEOPLE.
OR IS THIS, AND THEN WE CAN JUST BRING OUT A RETURN.
WELL, SO THIS FOR THE A THE AD HOC THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER, ITS, IT'S DONE.
SO THERE'D BE ANOTHER AD HOC THAT YOU GUYS WILL CREATE FOR THE NEXT ITERATION.
IF IT WAS A STAND, IF IT WAS A STANDING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, IT WOULD STAY ON AD HOCS ARE FOR ONE TIME RIGHT.
SO NOT THAT THE ONE TIME'S DONE, WE COULD CREATE A STANDING COMMITTEE LATER AS WE WANT TO KEEP THIS AS A FUTURE.
WE COULD CREATE A STANDING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD COVER THE BANNERS FOR ANOTHER DAY.
SO DID SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? I'LL, I'LL AND I'LL SECOND IT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DISSOLVE THE AD HOC, UH, BANNER COMMITTEE AND LET RYAN OKAY.
AS FOR THE VOTE, UM, TAKE A VOTE.
AND THEY HAVE TO STAY ANY, AND UM, AND KEN IS GONNA ABSTAIN.
WHAT YOU HE VOTED I'M JUST TEA.
OUR NEXT, UM, AGENDA ITEM IS GONNA BE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE, UM, HONORING OUR HEROES, UM, SUNSET COMMITTEE.
AND GINA, UH, ARE IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA START WITH KEN.
SO FAR POLITICIAN WISE, WE'RE NOT DOING SO HOT, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE CHIEFS OF STAFF, BUT NO PRIMARIES AT THIS POINT.
BECAUSE THEY SENT OUT TO THE, EVERYBODY IN THE COUNCIL AND THEY SENT OUT TO
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THE STATE AND IT'S FEDERAL.AND I GUESS IT'S A BUSY WEEKEND AND PEOPLE ARE, WE'LL SEE WHO WE GET.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME DATA THAT'S IN DISTRICT, SO THAT'S FINE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT ANYWAY, SO MM-HMM
WHOEVER CAN MAKE IT, MAKES IT WHOEVER DOES AND DOESN'T.
I PERSONALLY EMAILED ALL OF THEM.
THAT MEANS ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I FILLED OUT A FORM TO GET THE MAYOR AND THAT MEANS, UH, LO ANDAL GAN UM, HELP ME OUT HERE.
I THINK I'M MISSING ONE, BUT, UH, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I MIGHT HAVE MISSED, DID YOU DO, UM, SEND IT AS WELL? MM-HMM
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE TO REPORT, KEN? UM, INTERNAL.
THE THE NICE PART WAS WE WERE THEY RE WEWORK THE MONEY A LITTLE BIT WITH A FEW THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T NEED, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND RAISE MORE MONEY.
SO THE PORT GRANT WILL COVER THE EVENT ITSELF, WHICH IS GOOD.
STILL WORKING AND SEE IF WE GET SOME OPPORTUNITY DRAWING STUFF, BUT HAVEN'T HEARD A WHOLE LOT.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF STUFF LAST TIME, SO MAYBE WE GET A FEW THINGS.
DO YOU HAVE A, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF, UM, I DON'T WANNA CALL 'EM VENDORS, BUT BOOTHS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON SITE? UM, I, I DO, I'D HAVE TO PULL UP A SPREADSHEET, BUT I'LL I'LL GIVE YOU THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN I, WHEN I START GIVING YOU THE WHOLE PICTURE IN JUST A SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEN? 'CAUSE I DO NO, UM, GO AHEAD.
I JUST, KEN, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? I WANNA, I WANNA SHOW UP AND DO SOMETHING.
I PROMISE YOU, YOU WILL NOT EMERGE ON STAGE.
THAT'S THE BIG PART IS HAVING SOME BODIES THERE TO ACTUALLY BE PART OF BEING AT THE TABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S AMAZING, THE AMOUNT OF GREAT RESPONSE I GOT AT THE VA AT, UM, THEIR SOCIAL, THE SOCIAL FRIDAY, I TOOK 50 FLYERS WITH ME TO SOCIAL FRIDAY.
AND INSTEAD OF SITTING AT THE STUPID BOOTH, I JUST WALKED AROUND TO EVERYBODY WHO WAS SITTING DOWN EATING BREAKFAST AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AND HANDED FLYERS OUT.
AND THAT INCLUDED VF, THE VFW, THE AMERICAN LEGION, OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
THEY LIKED HAVING US PART OF THAT.
SO THE SPEAKERS, IS THAT YOUR PART OR KEN'S PART? WHAT? THE, THE, THE SPEAKERS.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KEN RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I'M, I'M GONNA LAUNCH INTO MY WHAT OTHER STUFF.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU HAVE? THAT'S IT.
SHOULD, SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO MY YES.
MY LITTLE PART? SO ALL I WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS MY KEY PREVENT, MY KEY PRE-EVENT ASK OF ALL OF YOU IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS PROMOTE THE EVENT TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'LL ALL HAVE THE FLYER AND A LITTLE WRITE UP IN YOUR EMAIL BECAUSE THE PERSONAL IS REALLY GREAT WHEN YOU REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY PERSONALLY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, COME TO THIS EVENT, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
SO, SO I WANTED TO JUST PUT OUT TO ALL OF YOU TO SEND IT OUT, SEND IT OUT, SEND IT OUT.
IF YOU, IF SOMEBODY ELSE SENDS THE SAME THING OUT, IT DOESN'T HURT ANYTHING.
WE DON'T HAVE TO COORDINATE, WELL I'M GONNA SEND THIS GUY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND IT OUT TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW.
AND DURING THE EVENT IS JUST HELPING WITH VOLUNTEER TASKS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR EVENT, WE OWN IT.
SO THERE'S NO SPECIAL EVENT STAFF, THERE'S NO, IT'S, IT'S OUR EVENT.
AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO PAINT THE PICTURE.
I'M A PICTURE PAINTER, UM, IS THAT THIS THING IS GROWING IN MANY WAYS FROM LAST YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT GROWING IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF POLITICIANS THAT ARE COMMITTING TO SHOW UP, BUT IT IS GROWING.
SO THERE ARE THE FLYOVERS WITH THE, THE HISTORIC AIRCRAFT.
THERE IS THE SPONSOR, UH, BOBBY RA JR.
WHO IS THE, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF, UM, THE HARBOR COMMISSION.
HE'S GOING TO SPEAK, HE'S A RETIRED MARINE, UM, LIVE PATRIOTIC MUSIC AGAIN WITH THE NAVY BAND, SOUTHWEST HARBOR BRASS QUINTET.
UM, EXHIBITION DRILLS ARE DONE BY THE LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND J-R-O-T-C.
WE HAVE TRIED AGAIN TO GET POLY TO COME, BUT WE CANNOT GET AHOLD OF POLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S LIKE, WELL, LAKEWOOD, WHAT ABOUT LONG BEACH? WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN.
THE INFORMATION FAIR WITH SEVERAL, HIS LOCAL HISTORICAL VETERAN LED AND VETERAN SERVING ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED.
SO THE LONG BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL BE THERE WITH ITS, UM,
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YOU KNOW, LIKE, IT, IT LOOKED LIKE A BABY MUSEUM TO ME.THE WAY THEY HAD THE, ALL THE, THE SETUP TO SHOW THE HISTORY OF THE, OF THE NAVY IN LONG BEACH.
UM, PEOPLE OF THE EARTH CREW, UH, THE ARMY COLOR GUARD THAT'S COMING WILL HAVE A BOOTH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS THRUST INTEREST IN THE BOOTH, BUT THEY HAVEN'T FILLED OUT THE MICROSOFT FORM.
SO I REALLY WANT TO HIT, HIT UP AGAIN ANOTHER EMAIL SAYING, ARE YOU IN OR NOT? BECAUSE I TRY TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP, DEMANDING A BOOTH WHEN THEY DIDN'T SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, A KID ZONE WILL BE NEW THIS YEAR.
LIKE WE HAD A, THE JUST THE FACE PAINTER LAST YEAR.
NOW WE HAVE A, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TEAM OUTREACH FOLKS DOING LIKE CONNECT FOUR AND CORNHOLE AND GAMES.
UH, THIS WE JUST FOUND OUT ON MONDAY.
WAS IT ON MONDAY? OR, UH, I SENT IT TO YOU AS WELL.
YESTERDAY I THINK WE FOUND OUT THREE HOT DOGS.
UM, COURTESY OF THE LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS JUST THAT THAT IS NOT GOING ON THE GRASS
I MEAN IT'S THE, YOU SAID THE GRILL IS LIKE THE SIZE OF A CAR, SO WE TO PUT SOME MONEY THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
COURSE THEY PARDON THE FIRE LANE
HELP US TO SECURE THE PARKING LOT.
A BRIEF PROGRAM STARTING AT 6 45 WITH AN ALL WOMEN AMERICAN LEGION COLOR GUARD ELECTED OFFICIAL SPEAK.
AND THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WHOM WANTING TO BROUGHT TO US IS PAT PATRICIA JACKSON KELLY, A RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL, COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION, JACKIE ROBINSON, POST 2 52, ET CETERA.
AND THEN AT SUNSET, OF COURSE, THE FLAG CEREMONY LED BY AN ARMY COLOR GUARD AND CONCLUDING WITH THE PLANE OF TAPS TO HONOR THE FULL LINE SERVICE MEMBERS.
SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A, A PICTURE OF ALL THIS.
LEAD SPONSOR IS THE PORT, AS WE MENTIONED, LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY COMMITTEE IS A PARTNER COORDINATING SERVICES FOR US.
AND GUESS WHO OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES IS? ANYBODY HAVE A GUESS? HIS NAME IS SMITTY.
AND SO THE PRE-EVENT PROMOTION, AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY THE FLYERS ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BE HERE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AND A FEW OF YOU SAID, I'M GONNA TAKE 'EM TO AMERICAN LEGION 4 96, ET CETERA.
SO I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, YOU CAN PICK 'EM UP HERE FROM ME ON NEXT MONDAY, OR I, I WILL BRING THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE AND TO BE CREATIVE WITH WHOEVER YOU GIVE FLYERS TO OR YOU PUT 'EM IN A PIZZA PLACE OR, OR WHATEVER.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO DELIVER THEM OR 'CAUSE YOU'RE WORRIED, LIKE IF HE'S GOING TO AMERICAN LEGION, I DON'T NEED TO JUST, JUST LET ME KNOW.
BUT WE HAVE PHYSICAL FLYERS AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE REACHING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA, ET CETERA.
AND I ALSO WANNA ASK, EVEN THOUGH WE KIND OF KNOW THIS ANSWER, IS TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE IF EITHER THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR A REP FROM THAT OFFICE WILL BE ATTENDING.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BE SURE TO GIVE ME OR SUMIT THEIR NAMES.
SO WE MAKE SURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
JIM, YOU DON'T NEED TO ASK YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER 'CAUSE ZENDEJAS IS ALREADY COMMITTED.
UM, SHE, SHE ACTUALLY ASKED ME IF I WAS GONNA BE THERE.
DID YOU REMIND HER THAT YOU'RE HER COMMISSIONER? ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T ZENDAY HOUSE, IT WAS ELAINE, HER CHIEF OF STAFF, ACTUALLY.
AND THEN I, WE WILL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS READY AS WELL.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EVENT THAT YOU'RE HELPING WITH, UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE WAS I? UM, YEAH, THERE'LL ALSO BE, THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS, UH, THAT I WILL DISTRIBUTE AS WELL.
THE MEDIA RELEASE HAS NOT DROPPED YET.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO DROP TOMORROW.
THAT, THAT'S SOMETIMES THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT IT GETS VERY BEHIND.
UM, AND THEN AS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR ALL OF YOU, I'M KIND OF BEING FACETIOUS.
I HAVE A VOLUNTEER SIGNUP SHEET.
AND, UM, SO EARLY SET, WHAT I'M CALLING EARLY SETUP IS PARKING PATROL, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, BECAUSE WE HAD THE SITUATION LAST YEAR AS, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THE SIGNS ARE STILL UP.
THE, THE, THEY'RE NOT HAVING A CANNABIS EVENT THERE.
THANK GOODNESS THIS YEAR, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR.
SO WE ASSUME THAT THAT KIND OF, THOSE KIND OF HOOLIGANS MESSED UP.
SO YOU GOTTA BRING YOUR OWN
SO TRASH PATROL, UH, TRASH PICKUP, PARKING PATROL, BECAUSE THERE IS AN EVENT THERE UNTIL NOON.
UH, THERE'S SET UP THREE 30 TO FIVE 15.
UM, ALL COMMISSIONERS PLEASE ARRIVE BY FOUR 30.
I WOULD, I, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
WE NEED WHAT I'M CALLING GREETERS, GREET THE PERFORMERS AND THE GUESTS.
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YOU WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED AS A COMMISSIONER, UM, AT THE EVENT.SO THERE'S A MOMENT THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST LOOK SHARP AND I NEED LIKE A, A, A RUNNER AND A GREEN ROOM, UH, PERSON TO HELP SMITTY OR HELP WHOEVER NEEDS HELP.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, HEY, I FORGOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MORE BOOTH VOLUNTEERS AND THEN TEAR DOWN AND CLEAN UP.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND TAKE A PEEK AT IT.
AND ONE, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR EACH ONE OF YOU, BUT IF YOU SIGN IT, SEND IT BACK TO ME.
I'LL CONSOLIDATE EVERYBODY'S INFO.
WE DID THIS LAST YEAR AS WELL TOO.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION TO SIGN UP TO WORK IN OUR COMMISSIONER BOOTH OR, AND, UM, WHAT ANTOINETTE IS, IS GONNA BRING TO THE TABLE, UM, IS UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO A LITTLE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, A PASSPORT.
UH, SCAVENGER HUNT SLASH PASSPORT.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY WHERE THEY GO TO LIKE FIVE OF THE RESOURCE TABLES AT THE VERY LEAST AND THEY'LL GET A STAMP AND THEY'LL ALSO HAVE A QR CODE TO TAKE A SURVEY, WHICH THEY CAN THEN SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET A RAFFLE TICKET.
SO INSURERS LIKE INTERACTION WITH OUR VENDORS, OUR BOOTH, AS WELL AS GETTING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR A NEWSLETTER AND THEN TAKING THE SURVEY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY LIKED, WHAT THEY WANNA SEE NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, I JUST TALKED TO UH HA YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A, A DEEP DETAILED SURVEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT LIKE AT THE VETERANS DAY EVENT, WE ARE MORE ABOUT DID YOU GET A SOMETHING OUT OF THE RESOURCES FAIR WHERE THIS IS A MEMORIAL? YES.
UM, ON THAT IDEA, IS THERE ANY WAY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN HAVE A PERSON THERE TO TRY TO LOOK AT HOW MANY VETERANS ACTUALLY ARE THERE TO TRY TO GIVE US SOME, SOME, SOME METRICS? WELL, I THINK SO IN THE SURVEY, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED, RIGHT? SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE A SURVEY TO, TO COUNT THAT TOWARDS IT.
BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING? MM-HMM
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE IT IS LATE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO GO, OKAY, HOW MANY ACTUALLY WERE THERE? AND SO WE CAN START DOING THAT TOO.
JUST LIKE, HEY, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE A VETERAN.
YOU KNOW, LET'S, YOU KNOW, HONOR YOU NOW, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ONE OF YOU, YOU GUYS CAN COUNT REAL FAST.
JUST TRYING TO, LET'S DO ANALOG.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, BLANCO DID LAST YEAR, WE REMEMBER WE WHO STARTED IT? THAT WE STARTED CALLING HIM DJ BLANCO AT SOME POINT.
OH, WAS THAT HIS IDEA? THAT WAS HIS BUSINESS.
UM, YEAH, HE, HE DID AN EXERCISE AND, AND WHERE HE HAD, IF YOU'RE A, A WORLD WAR II ERA VETERAN STANDUP, LIKE NOT TOO MANY OF THOSE.
UM, IF YOU'RE KOREAN, VIETNAM, UH, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, YEAH.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF A NEAT EXERCISE TO SEE WHO STOOD UP OR WHO WAVED THEIR HAND.
SO WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, AN INFORMAL COUNT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I WOULD SAY ONE OR THE OTHER THOUGH, EITHER DO IT BY ERROR OR YOU DO IT BY BRANCH.
WELL YOU'RE, THAT'S YOU'RE IN CHARGE.
ONE FINGER FOR ERROR FORCE
SO HOW YOU GOTTA DO THAT? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GINA OR, UM, KEN, ON THIS ITEM I HAVE UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, SO JUST KIND OF LIKE LOOKING WITH THIS, THE SIGN IN SHEET.
I KNOW A BUNCH OF THIS IS LIKE BEFORE WE GET STARTED, SO WITH THE BOOTH, UM, MANNING THE BOOTH, HOW FAR DOWN WITH THAT BE INTO? 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE THE LAST HOUR.
SO WHERE IS IT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HERE TO LIKE OUR BOOTH.
IT'S IT THE WHOLE TIME AND THIS, WHERE IS THIS? THE RIGHT HERE DOES START BOOTH VOLUNTEERS FIVE TO SIX.
THE EVENT DOESN'T START TILL FIVE 30, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED SET UP THE BOOTH.
WE NEED HELP, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LIKE THIS BOOTH, WHAT IS THIS STILL THE SIX O'CLOCK? IT'S STILL THE, THAT'S SIX.
THAT'S THE SIX TO SEVEN TIMEFRAME.
IT'S LIKE THE SIX TO SEVEN MM-HMM
AND THEN NOW COMING DOWN HERE.
IT'S JUST THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A TIME.
THIS, SO THIS IS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA HELP US WITH THE EVENT.
BUT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE LIKE THE CORRECTIONAL PEOPLE YOU'RE SAYING? NO, NO.
I, I DON'T HAVE, THEY HAVE SEPARATE SIGNUPS.
THIS IS OUR INTERNAL SIGNUP SO THAT ALL OF YOU TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS AND AGREE TO
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SOME PART OF THIS AND THEN I'LL TAKE ALL THESE BACK AND CONSOLIDATE IT TO TODAY.SO, UM, I'M JUST THINKING AS FAR AS IF WE'RE RECOGNIZING THE, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD SHIRTS MADE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE NEWER COMMISSIONERS ON THE LIST NOW THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET MATCHING SHIRTS MADE AT THIS POINT.
DO WE WANT TO USE THOSE SHIRTS STILL KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO PEOPLE WITHOUT, OR WOULD WE RATHER TRY A DIFFERENT DRESS CODE SO THAT WAY WE CAN INCORPORATE OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE LEAVING STICK CODE.
WE HAVE ALREADY THAT WAS A NICE SHIRT.
HUNTER GREEN
THAT'S WHAT COLOR? COLOR IT HAD OUR, UH, LOGO ON IT.
SO THE OTHER THING I'M BRINGING UP TOO IS UM, I SAW, I THINK I SAW AN EMAIL FOR THE COMPANY THAT MADE THEM, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TAKE OVER ENSURING EVERYBODY GETS A POLO.
UM, I THINK WE PAID 'EM OUT OF POCKET LAST TIME, SO IT WAS LIKE 20 BUCKS ISH.
UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, SO, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH WORTHWHILE.
SO YOU USE IT MORE THAN ONCE IS ALL I'M SAYING.
CAN THEY DO ONE OFF? THEY'RE PUTTING IT IN THE COMPUTER MACHINE, SO PROBABLY THEY CHARGE US A LITTLE MORE, BUT SO WE DO ONE OFF, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET NEW PEOPLE.
PART OF YOUR WELCOME PACKET IS, WELL, SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THE, THE DESIGN DOWN.
SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE, UM, THERE'S NO SETUP FEE, SET UP FEE.
IT'S, IT'S NOW JUST GETTING IT EMBROIDERED.
SO WE HAVE, UH, NAMES EMBROIDERED ON AS WELL.
WELL, EXCEPT FOR KEN, I THINK.
SO DO YOU HAVE THE NAME OF THAT? I DON'T HAVE IT ON ME, BUT YES.
IF I CAN GET A VOLUNTEER TO, TO TAKE THE LEAD FOR THAT, FOR FUTURE INSTANCES, I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAND THAT UP TO HER.
I THINK CAN I MAKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE E-BOARD COULD DO VIC? JUST AS HE JUST VOLUNTEER.
WELL VIC CAN BE PART OF THE E-BOARD, UM, AS WE, WHEN WE KIND OF GET TO THAT, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT CHAIR.
I THINK THAT KIND OF STUFF SHOULD FALL UNDERNEATH LIKE, YOU KNOW, TASK AND STUFF FOR THE E-BOARD BECAUSE OF FUNDING TIED TO THAT.
WHAT IS E-BOARD? EXECUTIVE BOARD.
SHE, I, I THINK WHAT'S MISSING IS BECAUSE YOU, WE DIDN'T DO, YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN YOUR REPORT.
UH, WE MIGHT HAVE LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THINKING THROUGH AGENDAS MORE IN ADVANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THINGS KIND OF MORE ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND SO THAT THE MEETINGS RUN MORE SMOOTHLY.
AND SO VIC YOU VOLUNTEERED TO LOOK INTO T-SHIRTS.
SO YOU'LL TALK TO SMITTY ABOUT YEAH.
AND ALSO I, I'M GONNA, UM, UH, WE, WITH EACH ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WE DO HAVE A MOMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY MOTIONS TO BE MADE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON, ON THIS, ON THE, UH, EVENT? UH, I CAN WITHDRAW REAL QUICK.
UH, SO SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.
UH, MY NAME IS GUS OROZCO, AMONG OTHER THINGS.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS THE, THAT HISTORICALLY HOSTED THE VETERANS DAY PARADE UP IN NORTH LONG BEACH.
UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD, BUT WE ARE STILL, UH, ENGAGED IN SUPPORTING VETERANS IN LONG BEACH.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE VETERANS COMMISSION ON THIS AND OTHER EVENTS.
SO WE ARE, UM, PROVIDING SOME LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WON'T BE HERE 'CAUSE I'M BEING CALLED OUT TO DO ARMY THINGS.
UM, BUT, UH, I'M EXPECTING MY BOARD TO BE THERE AND WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS AND HAPPY TO, TO HELP WHEREVER WE CAN.
WHAT'S THE TRANSITION? BECAUSE OF COVID, WE NEVER REALLY RECOVERED.
WERE ABLE TO BRING A PARADE BACK.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE, AND I LOST OUR, UH, OUR TREASURER LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVE SOME OPENINGS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TO BE PART OF THE NONPROFIT BOARD, LET ME KNOW.
'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME OPENINGS, BUT THAT'S JUST THAT IT IS JUST TRYING TO GET, UM, TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.
AND ARE YOU TRYING TO GET THE PARADE BACK OR ARE YOU JUST MOVING INTO OTHER AREAS? WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.
UM, I MEAN, THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT THIS COMMISSION DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WE ALL ENGAGED IN, IT SOUNDED LIKE YOUNGER VETERANS AREN'T INTERESTED IN A PARADE.
SO I THINK IT COULD BE, UH, A TASK FOR THE COMMISSION AND FOR MY NONPROFIT EVENTUALLY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
AND IF IT'S A PARADE IN NORTH LONG BEACH, IF IT'S A PARADE DOWNTOWN, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, CAN BE A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER TIME.
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BUT WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ENGAGED.OH, I WENT TWO MILES THERE JUST FLOATS IN THE AIR ON ME.
THAT'S WHERE I GOT IT LAST TIME.
IN AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, I WANTED YOU TO SEE WHO WE HAVE ASKED OR WHO HAS COME TO US.
UH, POTENTIALLY SIERRA CLUB, WHICH DID A JOINT THING WITH, UM, UH, PO POT.
LONG BEACH VETERANS COLLABORATIVE.
THAT'S THE NEW NONPROFIT THAT JOHN OPPENHEIM STARTED.
UH, HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH ARMY RECRUITING OFFICE.
THE EARTH CREW ARE BOOTH, OFFICE OF VETERANS SUPPORT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FEM OUTREACH.
THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME FREEBIES THAT CAN BE EITHER EMERGENCY KITS OR, UM, HAND SANITIZER, WHATEVER.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL THE FREEBIES ARE COOL.
UH, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN LOS ANGELES.
WE HAVE NOT, I MADE A CONTACT THAT I KNOW OF.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE TALKED TO ANYBODY KEN THERE THAT HAS CONFIRMED THE VA LONG BEACH.
WE PROBABLY NOT THE PENCIL IN KIND OF THING.
THEY WERE STILL WORKING ON A, UH, COMBAT, COMBAT MED MOTORCYCLES ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH.
OC THAT'S A POSSIBILITY FOR A BOOTH AS WELL.
AND POSSIBLY WE WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM AT THIS POINT.
UM, PORT OF LONG BEACH IS A SPONSOR, SO OF COURSE THEY'RE OFFERED LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE HAS SAID YES.
UH, THE VBA TIERNEY AND PARKER FOUNDATION WERE BROUGHT UP IN OUR DISCUSSION THE OTHER DAY, BUT, UH, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH TIME AND, AND WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR ABOUT 10 IF WE'RE LUCKY ON SITE.
UM, AND WHAT'S THE NUMBER SO FAR? THAT IS, I'M NOT, I'M NOT OH, NEVERMIND.
UH, WE HAVE THE FACE PAINTER OF COURSE.
AND, UH, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS LIKE, JUST, JUST TODAY KEN TOLD ME THAT WE'RE, WE MADE IT INTO THE, UM, THE NEWSLETTER OF THE VA LONG BEACH.
OH YEAH, I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT MY CONTACT CAME THROUGH.
I, IT IS FUNNY IS I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO HARDLY ANYTHING TODAY, BUT, UH, THANKFULLY, UH, GINA AND I TALKED EARLIER THIS WEEKEND, UH, WHILE I WAS ON THE CALL WITH HER, I WAS LIKE, LET ME JUST EMAIL HER REAL FAST AND SUBMIT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
SO SHE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE CONTENT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S VERY RELEVANT FOR THEM, BUT ALSO JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE SO THAT SHE COULD JUST PLUG THINGS OUT AND PASTE IT IN.
UH, DO WE HAVE A CONTACT AT, UM, UM, PACIFIC GATEWAY? DOES ANYONE KNOW IF WE HAVE A CONTACT? AND I WAS THINKING OF POSSIBLY JUST SEEING IF WE COULD REACH OUT TO THEM, IF WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CASH.
DO YOU KNOW REGINA CASH? NO, SHE'S ON THE BOARD.
UM, I CAN, DO YOU KNOW REGINA CASH? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
CAN YOU I DON'T HAVE HER NUMBER.
I CAN CONNECT, I CAN CONNECT BRIAN WITH HER.
COULD YOU PLEASE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH, YEAH.
JUST AS A OVER, JUST AS OH, I'M GOOD.
NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT GETTING, UM, LIKE VOLUNTEERS TO KIND OF HELP.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE RECRUITING FROM LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY'VE HELPED WITH THE VETERANS DAY.
WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY VIC? UM, ELI ROMERO, PACIFIC GATEWAY.
ELI OR MERRILL A VETERAN HIMSELF AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HAVE SIGNED UP, IS THAT IF YOU GOT A PARKING TICKET AND YOU CAN'T PAY IT IN LONG BEACH, YOU CAN SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR EVENT TO WORK OFF YOUR TICKET.
DOES THAT BRING A SCARY ELEMENT INTO PARKING? I KNOW, I'M JUST KIDDING.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT INFORMATION FROM HOW MANY WE'RE GETTING FROM THE SEA? NO, NOT YET.
AND THAT, BUT UH, WE DO HAVE THAT THE, PROBABLY THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS.
WE, WE KIND OF DON'T WANNA GET TOO MANY VOLUNTEERS, BUT IF, IF WE DO HAVE TOO MANY VOLUNTEERS, WE COULD JUST TELL 'EM TO ENJOY, ENJOY THE SHOW, YOU KNOW.
OH, I'M JUST THINKING HOT OUT.
TIFFANY
AND THEN, UM, ANTOINETTE WHO'S DOING THE, WHO DOES THE, IS IT THE CITY DOES THE STAGE BREAKDOWN, STAGE SETUP, STAGE BREAKDOWN ELECTRONICS.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE THAT THIS EVENT IS COSTS $5,000, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ONE LICK OF EQUIPMENT.
SO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM IS PROVIDING THE 12 BY EIGHT STAGE, ALL THE TENTS, TABLES, CHAIRS, GRANOLA BARS AND WATERS.
WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT ICE, ICE CHEST.
UM, LOADING IT UP, SETTING IT UP, TEARING IT DOWN, LOADING IT BACK IN THE WAREHOUSE.
SO WE DON'T NEED, SO WE DON'T NEED A HUGE, KNOWING THAT
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WE DON'T NEED A HUGE, WE WON'T NEED A HUGE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERS JUST BECAUSE THOSE TASKS ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE TAKEN CARE OF.BUT WE DO NEED A FRIENDLY FACE.
WE DO NEED A FRIENDLY FACE TO GREET PEOPLE.
TELL THEM WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.
IF THEY'RE A VENDOR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MAP.
UM, I'LL SHOW YOU REALLY QUICK.
AND I'M SORRY IF THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OVERKILL.
I DON'T, SO THIS IS THE BASIC SITE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE.
SO WHERE THE BOOTHS ARE GOING, WHERE THE STAGE IS, UH, WHERE THE GIANT FLAG IS.
I WISH I HAD A POINTER HERE, BUT LOOK, LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THIS TWO ROUND THINGS, THE SCULPTURE, UM, THE FLAG POLE, YOU SEE WHERE THE STAGE AND THE SEATING IS, WHERE THE SOUND BOOTH IS, WHERE THE INFORMATION FAIR IS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE FIRST TWO ROWS, 77 SPACES RESERVED.
UM, AND THEN THE REST IS PAID PARKING.
SO I, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, EVEN THOUGH IT COSTS $8 TO PAY OR WHATEVER, TO DO THE PAID PARKING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE, THE GUESTS USE THE UM, THE FREE PARKING AND IS UNFORTUNATELY I, IN TELLING PEOPLE TO GO TO, UH, NINE, NINE AQUARIUM WAY, THAT PARKING IS REALLY TOUGH ON THAT DAY TOO BECAUSE IT'S A PARTY WEEKEND.
DIDN'T YOU DRIVE AROUND FOR LIKE 45 MINUTES LOOKING FOR A 60? IT WAS, IT'S TERRIFYING.
IT'S GONNA BE SUNNY MARKED LAST TIME AND WE WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A SHUTTLE.
BUT IT'S SUCH A SMALL EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE REALLY, AND, AND YOU REALLY NEED A LOT OF LEAD TIME TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, HEY YOU CAN GET ON A SHUTTLE AT CITY HALL.
WHAT'D YOU FIND OUT, VIC? I WILL SWING BY.
I SAID I SWING BY IN THE MORNING.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S 20 MINUTE.
GET ON MY BIKE AND JUST RUN DOWN THERE AND LOOK.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, PUT THEM BACK UP.
SO GINA, CAN YOU PULL IT BACK UP AGAIN? SO I'M JUST THINKING, GOING BACK TO LIKE THE, UM, THE HOT DOGS.
WHERE WOULD YOU, UM, 'CAUSE LIKE NORMALLY THEY WOULD BE ON FLAT SURFACE PARKING CURB.
SO WHERE WOULD YOU DON'T PROBABLY TAKE UP PARKING SPACE.
SO OVER PROBABLY GO ON THE SIDEWALK HEADING TOWARDS THE RESTROOMS. IN THE LITTLE, IN THE LITTLE CURVE RIGHT THERE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
WELL, NO ONE'S GONNA SAY ANYTHING.
I HAVE, I HAVE TO TALK TO THE MARINE BUREAU TOO.
WHAT'S THIS HERE? THAT'S THE, THE PATH.
OH, THAT'S JUST A PICNIC TABLE.
SO THEY COULD TAKE OVER THAT PIECE OF, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH.
IT'S HOW BIG IS THIS THING? SO IT'S, IT'S A TRUCK.
AND THEN IT HAS THE THE, BUT YOU COULDN'T GET, YOU COULDN'T GET THERE.
IT'S THE, HOW DO WE GET THE THING TO ITS PLACE WITHOUT DESTROYING EVERYTHING.
THAT LAST PIECE IS THE CRITICAL PIECE.
THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN, SO WHAT PART THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN PUT THE, YEAH.
SO WHAT PART ARE WE TRYING TO SECURE? LIKE THE EVENT PARKING OR LIKE THE PAY PARKING.
THIS IS REALLY KIND OF HARD TO SEE.
IT'S, BUT THAT'S A, A MORE DETAILED THING OF MM-HMM
WHERE THE STAGE GOES, WHERE THE TABLE AND CHAIRS GO, ET CETERA.
I'M, I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT ALL OF THIS IS THOUGHT OUT.
AND I ACTUALLY WANNA INVITE YOU, BECAUSE WE WILL BE DOING A SITE WALKTHROUGH WITH LONG BEACH TV AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING ALL THE EQUIPMENT ON MAY 15TH AT 10:00 AM AT THE SITE.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THIS IS ALL WORKING, I KNOW IT'S THE WORKDAY.
I, I WILL JUST INVITE YOU ALL, I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT BROWN ACT OR CORN OR WHATEVER.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? SO YOUR QUESTION WAS, OH, HERE, SO YEAH, THIS IS THE, SO THE ROW RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? THESE TWO ROWS WERE THE ONES, THE ONES JUST RIGHT THERE.
THAT ROW CAN'T, NO, NOT THAT ROW.
THAT'S PA THAT ROW AND THEN DOWN BELOW IT.
THERE, THERE'S TREES BLOCKING IT.
AND HERE IS WHERE THE SIGN SHOULD BE.
SO THAT'S LIKE ON THE, THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT OTHER IMAGE, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT FOR THE 15TH TIME.
SO, YES, THE BOTTOM HALF RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS.
UM, INCLUDING THAT THE, WHEN WE DO THE, THE ACTUAL FLAG CEREMONY PART, WE HAVE TO HAVE A KEY TO THE LOCKBOX TO EVEN BE ABLE TO MOVE.
'CAUSE THAT FLAG IS LOCKED UP TIGHT.
SO I HAVE TO GO RUN AND GET A KEY FROM PARKS REC.
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THAT OFF.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WE WANNA JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, APPROVING THE, THIS ITEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION RYAN.
SO I, I, RYAN AND MYSELF LAST TIME.
SO DOES, THAT'S ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S, UH, IS THAT IT? YEAH.
UM, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANNA ADD EVERY TIME YOU WERE RAISING YOUR HAND? I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET, UM, REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE MOVE THIS AGENDA ITEM TO OUR, UM, THAT WE MOVE THIS TO OUR JUNE AGENDA OR FUTURE AGENDA.
WHY? WHY? BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT'S, UH, COULD WE START AT LEAST BECAUSE THIS IS 2025.
AND THE OTHER OTHER REQUEST YOU'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT BUDGET, IT WASN'T EVEN ON THE AGENDA.
SO COULD WE AT LEAST START THE CONVERSATION? YEAH.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTAND, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
WE'RE LOOKING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC.
SO, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC WITH OUR BUDGET.
WELL JUST KEEP IN MIND JUNE IS AN ABBREVIATED MONTH.
AND IT PROBABLY WON'T MAKE JUNE, WHICH PUSH YOU IN JULY.
SO, WELL, I'M THINKING WE'LL MEET, WE'LL MEET AT THE, I KNOW.
AND WE'RE HAVING A, AN SO TO BE, WE COULD MAKE IT LIKE THE ONLY, UM, ITEM ON THAT MEETING.
AND THEN LATER ON IT COULD BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY.
SO IT STILL GETS TO, IT'S JUST A, A REQUEST AND A LETTER TO THE CITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT I, I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I, UM, REQUEST AND I, AND I ASKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS, BUT AFTER, UM, DISCUSSING IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, STRATEGIC AND THOUGHT PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO BEHIND IT.
THAT BUDGET REQUEST IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST NOT OFF THE CUFF.
HEY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE GONNA TALK BUDGETS.
NOW THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA NOW, WE DON'T WANT TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE WANNA MOVE IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PREPARED.
I WANTED TO KNOW ONLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS.
OKAY, SO WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR THIS YEAR? SO WE HAVE AN IDEA TO MOVE MORE FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR, OR MAYBE SEND A BUDGET ITEM, OR MAYBE THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT ASIDE FOR THE NEXT GROUP SINCE IT'S SO, SO COMPLICATED.
I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE GONNA COME IN, TALK ABOUT IT FOR WHAT, ONE HOUR, TWO HOURS, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE GONE.
SO AGAIN, I'LL SAY THAT THIS PROCESS MM-HMM
AFTER DISCUSSING, UM, WITH CHRISTINA, THE ATTORNEY, AND WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, STRATEGY THAT HAS TO GO BEHIND THIS.
A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT PROCESS AS TO LIKE WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR IN OUR BUDGET ITEMS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, IS THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT.
AND THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WE, WE KNOW AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'S, THAT IT'S GONNA BE A DEFICIT FOR THE BUDGET.
AND THERE'S BASICALLY THE ANSWER'S GONNA BE NO WITH WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK FOR ALTERNATE FUNDING FOR THE VETERANS COMMISSION.
SO DISCUSSING WHAT WE WANNA ASK FOR, HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD AS A COMMISSION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHT TOO.
SO IT'S NOT, UM, ABOUT BEING PREPARED OR NOT BEING PREPARED.
WELL, THAT'S YOUR PERSONAL, NO, THATS NOT SYLVIA.
THAT'S FOR, THAT'S YOUR PERSONAL OPINION.
AND THAT'S NOT A PERSONAL OPINION, BUT AS THE CHAIR, BUT AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION, I'VE DECIDED, AND WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH STAFF IN THE CITY, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO WITH ASKING FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE EVER DONE IT.
SO WE JUST DON'T WANNA OFF THE CUFF AND ASK FOR SOMETHING.
WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS AS A COMMISSION.
AND LIKE, I, LIKE I SAID, LIKE IN MY REPORT, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, DISCUSSING.
UM, SYLVIA, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO FINISH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TALKING TO THE CITY, LOOKING AT LEGISLATION ON HOW TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE WANNA BE TAKEN SERIOUS AND GOING TO CITY COUNCIL AND ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE OTHER, UM, AGENDA ITEMS THAT, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE LINED OUT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
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WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC ON HOW WE DO THAT.AND IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING FOR, UH, THE CURRENT, LIKE THE ORIGINAL, UM, COMMISSIONERS HERE IS SOMETHING, AND THAT VOICE REALLY SHOULD COME FROM THE, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE THIS, TAKE THIS FORWARD.
SO TO BE HONEST, A LITTLE BIT, ANOTHER PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT GINA AND I HAD IS THAT MAYBE DRAFTING OUT, UM, MAYBE SOMETHING AND MAYBE HAVING THIS BE PART OF THE AGENDA WHEN WE HAVE OUR, WHEN WE HAVE OUR RETREAT AND THAT'S GETTING THE VOICE OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD.
THAT'S TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT NOT BEING PREPARED, IT'S ABOUT BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC AND TO BE MAKING AND TO BE TAKEN SERIOUS.
SO AS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THIS FORWARD TO A FUTURE MEETING.
CAN I GET A SECOND? WHAT MEETING? WHAT DATE WOULD YOU LIKE IT? I'LL SECOND.
UH, MOTION BY MYSELF, SECOND BY RYAN.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND I GET A SECOND, SECOND DISCUSSION.
SYLVIA, WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
WHAT DATE ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING OR, I MEAN, I, IT WAS LIKE JUNE OR JULY OR I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE THINKING JUNE, SOMETHING ABOUT BEING SHORT JUNE OR SHORT.
AND I WOULD SAY BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A, 'CAUSE WE'RE MY SUGGESTION WITH THAT.
AND THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDED BECAUSE OF EVERYONE, UM, HAVING, UM, A SPECIAL MEETING FOR US TO MEET AND HAVE CELEBRATION.
I, I, I WOULD BE OPEN AFTER SPEAKING WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT FURTHER CAN, IS TO MOVING IT TO WHEN WE HAVE OUR RETREAT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS WITHOUT THE RETREAT, WITHOUT US TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO, OTHER THAN THE TWO EVENTS WE HAVE THAT IT'S KIND OF FRUITLESS TO GO FORWARD AND TRY TO PUT A BUDGET TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, TRY TO PUT LINE ITEM BUDGET ITEMS TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED AS, AND NOTHING RIGHT OR WRONG, WE JUST HAVEN'T.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE PLAN AND GO, WE'RE DOING IT ALL.
IF WE PICK ONE OR A GOOD, YOU KNOW, IF WE START OFF PICKING ONE OR TWO THINGS AND SAYING, OKAY, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR ADDITION TO THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO NOW MOVE ON TO DOING THIS ONE.
AND WE DO IT WELL, AND THEN WE GROW.
BUT THAT'LL BE FOR THE OFFSITE OR SOME KIND OF MEETING WHERE WE CAN HAVE A PRIVATELY DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IN THIS NEXT YEAR, WE, FOR THE NEXT ONE, WE DO IT IN DECEMBER, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN HAVE A CALENDAR FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENT, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
SO IT'LL BE, IT COULD BE VERY EASILY PART OF, AND AT THE END OF THE RETREAT, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE LIKE A JULY THING MM-HMM
BECAUSE JUNE IS SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN HERE.
JULY WE MOVE ON WITH WHO WE HAVE.
AND IN THAT ONE LINE OF WHO WE HAVE, IF YOU CAN CALL JEFF AND POKE HIM, HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALL THESE CANDIDATES FOR ALL THESE SLOTS.
SO WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN COMMISSION OF THREE.
JIM, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT ANY OTHER COMMISSION'S, BUDGETS OF AN EXAMPLE OR, YEAH, WELL, AS WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING BEFORE WE, UM, STARTED, UH, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE, UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE SAW WAS THE ETHICS COMMITTEE AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY ASKED MM-HMM
RIGHT? SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY ASKED FOR.
AND THEY WERE VERY, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY WERE VERY SPECIFIC AND THAT ASK, UM, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE SIX FIGURES, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE GOING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THAT WAS, BUT AGAIN, WITH PROJECTING OR ANTICIPATING THAT THERE BEING A, UM, A DEFICIT, I'M EXPECTING THAT THE ANSWER IS GONNA BE NO.
AND THEN NOW WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN LOOK FOR, UM, UM, OTHER FUNDING, LIKE THROUGH GRANTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, VETERAN RELATED CAUSES AND, UM, ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M ANTICIPATING.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE KIM SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE WE ASKING FOR? AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UM, WITH THEM DEVELOPING THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY ASKED FOR LEGAL COUNSEL.
WE DRAFTED OUR STRATEGIC, UM, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE DID IT OURSELVES WITH GUM AND BANDAIDS.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THAT WAS JUST, THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE ASKS, NOT JUST THE ASK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO DO A, A CLARIFICATION FOR, UH, SYLVIA, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU SHOWED
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UP A LITTLE BIT LATER AFTER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.UH, WE DISCUSSED OUR NEXT MEETING.
WE WANTED TO MOVE IT POSSIBLY TO JOE'S JOES, UM, TO KIND OF HAVE LIKE A POTLUCK INFORMAL STYLE THING.
UH, SINCE YOU AND I ARE BOTH IN THE SAME BOAT, WE'RE TERMIN OUT.
IT'S MORE OF LIKE A SENDOFF, UH, PARTY, IF SO TO SPEAK, FOR US.
UM, THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO KEEP THE AGENDA, UM, AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.
DOES THAT MAKE, HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE.
OH, NO, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE MOVED OVER TO JULY THEN.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST ADD CONTEXT, WHICH IS THAT WHEN THE CITY CREATED THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD IT, BUT I'M REMINDING YOU ALL IT DID WAS MAKE MY POSITION FULL-TIME.
MEANING I WASN'T COBBLING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, A FULL-TIME JOB WITH HALF VETERANS AND HALF HELPING THE CITY WRITE GRANTS OR WHATEVER I WAS DOING BEFORE COVID.
SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT ARE SET ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN THERE'S ONLY A BUDGET TO PAY MY SALARY AND BENEFITS? SO THAT'S THE LARGER CONTEXT.
BUT THE CITY HAS DONE THIS BEFORE, SET UP A STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU KNOW, EMPOWERED A COMMISSION TO, TO CREATE A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, AND AS JUANITA WAS SAYING, THEY OFTEN PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR IT AS WELL.
IN OUR CASE, WE, WE WERE NOT BLESSED WITH THAT.
AND, BUT DOESN'T NECESSARILY FUND HOW YOU'RE GONNA ACHIEVE THE STR THE OBJECTIVES OUTLINE OF THE PLAN.
SO IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION FOR A WHILE, IS HOW DO WE GET MORE, MORE MONEY? HOW DO WE MOVE ON, YOU KNOW, THE CALLING, IT JUST EVENTS.
EVENTS ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY VISIBLE.
THE, THE, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT CAN'T BE ALL WE ALL WE DO.
AND HOW, HOW DO WE BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES FOR VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE BRING THE DIFFERENT, UH, RESOURCE PROVIDERS TOGETHER? HOW DO WE ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, A SIMPLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HIRE A PART-TIME CITIZEN THAT CAN MANAGE THE EVENTS WHILE I MANAGE THE, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE COLLABORATION AND CONVERSATIONS THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING WITH THE DIFFERENT VETERANS GROUPS, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S JUST LARGER CONTEXT THAT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE WANT THIS TO BE A MORE ROBUST OFFICE WITH MORE RESOURCES.
SO WHERE DO YOU START WITH THAT? WHAT DO YOU FOCUS ON? YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WE LOOKED EVEN AT LIKE, WELL, EVEN IF WE ASKED FOR ONLY $23,000 THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BUY PLEX OR TO FUND THE, THE LITTLE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT OURSELF, ET CETERA.
BUT WE ALREADY, AS A COMMISSION HAVE MANAGED TO GET $10,000 FOR BANNERS.
AND THE, THE, UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S BEING SPENT ON THE VETERANS DAY EVENT WENT UP TO $50,000.
THAT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THIS COMMISSION EXISTS.
IT'S JUST NOT MONEY TO HAVE A BIG, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? CONFERENCE WITH DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS OR, OR I'M, I'M NOT BEING VERY CREATIVE OF WHAT WE COULD DO.
WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE GOING BACK TO, UM, IF, LET'S JUST SAY IF WE, UM, IF THE MAYOR WANTED TO HAVE, UM, A COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL TO DC OR EVEN NOT EVEN A DC BUT TO SACRAMENTO TO HELP LOBBY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TO SPEAK TO OUR ELECTEDS ON THE BEHALF OF, UM, VETERANS.
I KNOW I DON'T, I WOULDN'T WANNA COME OUTTA MY POCKET FOR THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BUDGETED AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S CHRONIC AND WE NEED TO ESCALATE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BRING LIGHT TO THE VOICES OF VETERANS.
I, I DON'T, I MEAN, THERE WAS ANOTHER REPORT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, CAME OUT JUST TODAY AND ALL, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, YOUTH, SENIORS, L-G-B-T-Q, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WERE LISTED.
THEY REPORTED A DECLINE, YOU KNOW, IN HOMELESSNESS.
BUT VETERANS, THE SEGMENT OF VETERANS WAS NOT ON THERE ANYWHERE, WAS IT? NO, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE REPORT.
NO, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT YOU JUST LEFT DC UM, ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESSNESS AND PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THIS LEGISLATION THAT CREATES THIS LOOPHOLE, YOU KNOW, WHICH PREVENTS VETERANS, YOU KNOW, VETERANS TO PICK EITHER THEIR BENEFITS OR HOUSING.
I MEAN, SO THERE, SO THERE'S A DISCONNECT.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND ADVOCACY THAT WE CAN DO.
BUT HOW DO YOU PAY FOR IT? VIC, GO AHEAD.
UM, ABOUT THE BUDGET ORGANIZATION AND EVERYTHING, HAS ANYONE PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED AND PUSHED THE BUDGET THROUGH BEFORE A COMMISSION FROM THIS? FROM THIS COMMISSION? FROM THIS COMMISSION? WHETHER IT WAS OR OTHER COMMISSIONS, WHETHER NO.
FROM THIS COMMISSION, WHETHER IT WAS FOR THIS OR FOR SOMETHING ELSE? FOR, FOR THIS COMMISSION? NO, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME.
AND WHAT ABOUT OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE DRAFTING AND CREATING BUDGETS OUTSIDE, UM, OTHER COMMISSIONS? THE, UM, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE ETHICS COMMISSION HAS ALREADY DONE.
AND THE ETHICS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR LONG.
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YOU ASKING WHO HAS EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY DOING IT? BECAUSE IT IS A PROCESS AND IT NEEDS TO BE LIKE A CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING MEETING AND FOCUSING ON THIS OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM.WHETHER IT'S A AS LOW AS A HUNDRED K, LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT PUTTING TOGETHER A CONSTRAINED AND UNCONSTRAINED BUDGET PLAN FOR, BUT, BUT HOW THAT, UM, UH, HOW THAT CAN WORK.
WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DOING IT AND WE WANNA GET IT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UM, THE GUIDELINES OF THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT AND THE CITY.
SO WHATEVER WE, WHATEVER WE ASK FOR, LIKE, ASSISTANCE, LIKE WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO DO IT? WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT FROM COUNSEL TO DO THAT.
SO DO YOU WANT, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART, UM, WITH HELPING WITH THAT, UM, KEN AND I, 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA, AFTER I MAKE MY
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON, UH, THAT
RYAN SECONDED TO YEAH, KEN AND RYAN MOVE THE BUDGET REQUEST.
YES, IT WAS KEN, THERE'S NO VOTE YET.
UM, UH, CAN WE ALL IN FAVOR? CAN WE GET A VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, ANY, UH, BUT FOR WHAT, WHAT WAS, CAN WE, UM, UH, CAN WE AMEND THAT TO SAY TO WHAT MONTH WE'RE GONNA DO JULY? WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN THAT? WELL, LET'S, DID YOU SAY THAT I'M GONNA, I'M I WOULD, I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW AND RESTATE THAT WE TABLE THE ISSUE.
SO YOU JUST TABLE AND THEN YOU CAN JUST YEAH, THAT'LL PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH AGENDA AND WE'LL TABLE IT AGAIN IF WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE DUNNO EXACTLY AT THIS POINT.
WE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A MOTION TO TABLE IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE IT WAS BECAUSE I CAN'T DO THE MOTION TO MOVE IT.
WHAT I DO IS I, I WITHDREW MY MOTION.
THEN I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE.
SECOND DISCUSSION HAD NO, JUST WE, WE, THIS IS PROCESS WE CALL THE TABLING DISCUSSION.
CAN I GET A VOTE TO TABLE TO TABLE VOTE TABLE THE, GOT IT.
SO, SO KEN AND RYAN, WHAT THEY CALL IT IS, UH, LAID OVER.
LET'S, LET'S, YOU SAID WHAT? LAID OVER MM-HMM
SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON RIGHT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO OH, I DO HAVE WAIT ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE NC.
YOU WANNA DO THAT EARLIER? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO, UH, I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSPITAL, THE VA, UH, HISTORICALLY HAD A 4TH OF JULY BARBECUE IN THE BACK, WHAT IS IT CALLED? PATRIOTS PARK, I THINK.
IT WAS HOSTED BY A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED OH, VETERAN.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ON THE BOARD? YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT ON THE BOARD, BUT I'M HELPING OH, THEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
I DON'T, THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS BECKY'S ON THE BOARD, SO I DON'T KNOW MORE THAN THAT.
SO, SO VIDC, SO, UM, SO VIDC, UM, THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION BACK AT, UM, THE VA FOR VETERANS, UM, IS BACK ON.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S KIND OF SET UP TO SOME OF THE OTHER EVENTS.
UM, WE'LL HAVE LIKE A STAGE ENTERTAINMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOOD, ICE CREAM, A KID ZONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A GREAT TIME.
VETERANS IN THE HOSPITAL, THEY COME DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND PARTICIPATE AND IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE BACKSIDE, NOT THE FRONT SIDE.
IT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACKSIDE AT SOME, ONE OF THE EVENTS THEY DID IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF BUILDING ONE 50.
SO THIS IS, UH, IT WAS HISTORICALLY HOSTED BY THAT NONPROFIT.
WHICH IS HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
UM, SO THE COOL THING ABOUT IT IS IT'S BASICALLY A BARBECUE FOR VA EMPLOYEES AND PATIENTS.
SO IT'S NOT ADVERTISED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, BUT, UM, FOR THE VETERANS WHO CAN'T COME DOWN 'CAUSE THEY'RE BEDRIDDEN OR WHATEVER, THEY TAKE FOOD FOR THEM.
AND THEN THEY CAST THE, THE SHOW UP TO THEM IN THEIR TVS.
UM, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS.
I DON'T, DO YOU KNOW THE EXACT DATE? WHICH NONPROFIT IS THIS? VETERANS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
SO THEY ALSO, THEIR BOARD IS ALSO AGING OUT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH LONG BEACH NONPROFITS THAT ARE VETERAN RUN IS A LOT OF THEM ARE AGING OUT.
SO THERE'S WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY AGE? WHAT DO
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YOU MEAN BY AGING? LIKE THE, THEY'RE DYING.ARE YOU SERIOUS? THEY'RE DYING.
OH, WHAT THEY MEAN LIKE, LIKE US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TIMING UP, THEY'RE TURNING OUT TAKING A BOARD PER DOWN.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT ORGANIZATION OR MY ORGANIZATION OR ANY OTHER NONPROFITS, GO OUT THERE AND DO IT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THEM AREN'T GONNA BE AROUND VERY MUCH LONGER.
THAT'S COOL THAT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE, WE, WE HELP THEM GET NEW BLOOD.
MY ANNOUNCEMENT IS JUST THEY, I ASKED THEM TO SEND SOMETHING PRETTIER THAN THIS THAT THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T DO A FLYER.
JUST A REMINDER TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY, MAY 24TH AT AMERICAN GOLD STAR MANOR.
THAT'S A BIG ONE WITH A LOT OF POLITICIANS, ET CETERA.
WE WILL CARE, WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN FLYERS THERE AS WELL.
EVEN THOUGH OUR EVENT IS ONLY TWO DAYS LATER.
WE DID THAT LAST YEAR AS WELL.
SO, UM, THIS YEAR WE, WE WILL BE PAYING HOMAGE TO OUR HISTORICAL ROOTS, UNVEILING A NEW MONUMENT FEATURING THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN CHILDREN OF THE GOLD STAR PARENTS WHO ONCE LIVED ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS YEAR'S CEREMONY IS NOT ONE TO MISS.
SO THE COMMISSION ALL INVITED? YES, NICK, PLEASE.
UM, THE SPEED PACK WILL BE THE ONE MAIN SPEAKERS THAT OH.
SO, UM, WHICH SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD CEREMONY.
HEY, CAN WE BRING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE DID.
I ALREADY TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, UM, UM, MAY 19TH AT THE PRIDE FESTIVAL AND THE PRIDE PARADE, WE'LL BE MARCHING WITH THE VA.
THE L-G-B-T-Q VETERANS MET COME TOGETHER WITH THE VA.
THERE WAS AN OLDER ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE A FULL FLAG SET THAT WE HAVE KEPT AND WE PROVIDE THAT WE WORK WITH, WE MARCH WITH THE VA AND THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET TRANSPORTATION THIS YEAR.
AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE IT WITH ONE OF THE VANS SO PEOPLE CAN PARK AT THE VA AND BE TRANSPORTED.
'CAUSE LAST YEAR THE PROBLEM WAS WE HAVE MANY VETERANS WHO ARE WHEELCHAIRS AND THE HANDICAPPED PARKING WAS A MILE AWAY.
SO WE HAD VERY FEW PEOPLE 'CAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THERE.
BUT WE'LL BE THERE AT 10 30 AT LANDERO AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DRIVE, THEY CAN PARK AT MY PLACE.
'CAUSE I LIVE LITERALLY THE 30 GRAND.
SO A COUPLE PEOPLE HANG UP THERE.
THEY, I USUALLY STASH A CAR SOMEWHERE OUT AT THE OTHER END.
'CAUSE IT SUCKS TO HAVE TO WALK BACK.
DID OTHER, DID YOU WANNA PUT TOGETHER JUST A QUICK EMAIL LIKE YOU DID LAST YEAR WITH THE DETAILS? LIKE, THIS IS WHAT TIME WE STEP OFF.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE I'LL GONNA SHARE.
UM, YEAH, OUR FORMER, HE'S A NAVY COMMANDER SLASH FBI AGENT SLASH BUT HE'S OUR, HE'S THE GUY LEADING IT.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? GREAT.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
UM, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR ANYBODY? OKAY.
WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6 27.