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BEF, UH, WELL, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK MEETING TO ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025.ONE LITTLE QUICK HOUSEKEEPING.
WE WILL TAKE AGENDA ITEM 10 IMMEDIATELY AFTER AGENDA ITEM ONE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT IN ORDER ON THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MEMBER CARTER.
MEMBER TESFAYE PRESENT AND CHAIR LABAR.
WE ONLY HEAR, UM, FOR THE RECORD, MEMBER GOMEZ AND MEMBER LEE ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, MEMBER GORDON PETERSON IS UNEXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS? SEEING NONE, UH, IT IS NOW TIME FOR THE SWEARING OF WITNESSES.
UH, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE GIVING TESTIMONY, UH, DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE STAND UP.
WE CAN, UH, GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT PORTION.
IF IT'S IN GREEN, I'M GONNA READ IT.
I'M JUST LIKE, UH, I'M JUST LIKE, ANCHORMAN.
IF IT'S ON THE TELEPROMPTER, I'M GONNA SAY IT.
UH, WELL, THIS IS WHERE YOU GO, RIGHT? CLERK READS THE AGENDA ITEMS. YEAH.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD MEETING OF TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2025.
UH, MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, OR, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE.
SO I'LL GO DOWN TO, THERE'S NO VIRTUAL MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
WE'RE TAKING ROLL CALL VOTES FOR EVERY ITEM.
YOU CAN ONLY HAVE FIVE LIVE AT THE SAME TIME, SO IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING, TURN YOUR LIGHT OFF, PLEASE.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? SO, MOTION, IT'S BEEN MOVED, UH, AND I'M GUESSING, SECONDED THEN.
WE'LL TAKE THE SECOND MOTION AS A SECOND.
UM, SO, UH, IT WAS MOTIONED BY, UH, SOCHI, AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HAD TO SAY HER LAST NAME, AND I DON'T WANNA BUTCHER IT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? OKAY.
SO WHILE YOU GUYS ARE LOADING THE PRESENTATION, I'LL INTRODUCE OURSELVES REALLY QUICK.
SO THEY'VE MOVED NUMBER 10 BEFORE A TOY'S PRESENTATION.
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OKAY.SO, WHILE ROSA'S DOING THAT, UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS HEATHER VAN WICK.
I'M THE ETHICS OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, AND THIS IS PART OF A ROAD SHOW THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS ASKED, UH, ME TO DO AND SUPPORTS, AND WE TRY AND GET TO ALL THE COMMISSIONS.
SO, WITH ME IS USUALLY JEFF WILLIAMS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
HE MANAGES, UH, THE COMMISSIONS PROGRAM.
SO I'M GONNA LET HIM SAY HI, UH, REALLY QUICK AND THEN I'LL JUMP BACK IN.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? THIS IS SO EXCITING.
UH, MY NAME IS JEFF WILLIAMS. I'M DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR MAYOR REX RICHARDSON.
AND, UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE HERE THIS MORNING.
UM, UH, THE MAYOR AND, AND OUR TEAM IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS KIND OF RELAUNCHING OR REFORMATTING OF THE, OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT, UH, NETWORK FROM THE PACIFIC GATEWAY DAYS TO NOW THE LONG BEACH WIND DAYS WITH OUR, WITH OUR NEW LEADERSHIP.
AND, UH, IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
SO WE, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE DOING THEIR FIRST OR COMMISSION HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.
AND, UH, I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE HAD A, A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO'VE BEEN SERVING IN THIS ROLE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, AND WE THANK YOU FOR, FOR WORKING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION WITH US.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LONG BEACH FOCUS THAT THIS COMMISSION IS GONNA HAVE.
AND IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TOO AND ENGAGING.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR Y'ALL GIVING YOUR TIME.
BUT REALLY JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO, TO, UH, TO, TO SHARE MY THANKS AND ALSO TO STAFF WHO, WHO MAKES ALL THIS WORK.
UM, BUT ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM US, UM, UH, WE'RE HERE TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US, EITHER THROUGH STAFF OR TO ME OR HEATHER DIRECTLY.
UM, I DO WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE NOTE, THOUGH.
SO, UH, A LOT OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS HAVE JUST BEEN GOING SURVIVE THE ONBOARDING PROCESS THAT WE MAKE THEM, ALL THE HOOPS WE MAKE 'EM JUMP THROUGH IN ORDER TO SERVE, UM, SOME OF OUR, UH, FORMER COMMISSIONERS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE YOU DO SOME, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW FORMAT OF THE BOARD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE YOU DO SOME OF THOSE, UH, THOSE STEPS, INCLUDING LIKE THE, THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND STUFF.
AGAIN, BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY YEARS WE HAVE TO DO IT.
SO I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THAT, WITH THOSE FOLKS ABOUT THAT.
UH, BUT MOSTLY HERE JUST TO SAY THANK YOU AND, UH, AND, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
SO IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE PRESENTATION FOR ME, I AM GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THAT VERY QUICK.
SO, AGAIN, I'M HERE, UH, FROM THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST INTRODUCE COMMISSIONS TO OUR ETHICS PROGRAM TO THE OFFICE, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, UM, AND TAKE QUESTIONS.
SO IT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.
UM, SO THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY, WE OFFICIAL HAVE FORMED AN FY 24.
SO WHAT THAT DID WAS BRING TOGETHER THE ETHICS PROGRAM AND OUR PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM.
AND WE ARE HOUSED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
SO OUR MISSION IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
IT'S TO BUILD TRUST AND MAINTAIN THAT TRUST AMONG THE PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS, AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO MAKE IMPARTIAL DECISIONS.
AS WE ARE ALL STEWARDS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES.
PART OF OUR MISSION, TOO, IS TO REALLY CENTRALIZE OUR ETHICS PROGRAM.
WHAT WE LEARNED, UM, AFTER AN AUDIT OF THE PROGRAM IS THAT WE HAD REALLY GOOD RESOURCES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS REALLY CENTRALIZE THAT, UH, TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS, AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MAYOR, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY AUDITOR, OUR CLERK, CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE ALSO, UH, MANAGE OUR ETHICS COMMISSION.
SO THIS IS A CHARTER COMMISSION, AND THEY, THE CHARTER GIVES THEM SOME RESPONSIBILITY AND OVERSIGHT OVER PRIMARILY OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM.
BUT, UM, THEY ALSO MAKE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND CAMPAIGN FINANCE, LOBBYING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AND O OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS ISSUES.
SO I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE MAYOR, UM, REALLY HAS, REALLY THINKS THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THE ETHICS PROGRAM AND, UM, HAS SHOWN THAT BY, UM, I GUESS AS WE MOVED INTO FY 24, HE, UM, RECOMMENDED $75,000 BE ALLOCATED TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION, OUR OFFICE FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
SO WHAT WE DID WITH THAT MONEY IS WE, UH, PARTNERED WITH MARCOLA CENTER FOR APPLIED ETHICS.
WE TOOK A YEAR TO DO MEET WITH STAKEHOLDERS, UM, FIND OUT WHERE OUR GAPS WERE, UM, WHAT WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON, ET CETERA.
AND OUT OF THAT YEAR, UH, CAME FOR OVERARCHING PRIORITIES THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
CULTURE OF ETHICS, COMMUNICATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BLUEPRINT AND ORGANIZATIONAL ALIGNMENT.
AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU, UM, JUST TO SHOW THAT THE CITY DOES, UM, HAVE GREAT INTEREST IN THE ETHICS PROGRAM.
SO REQUIRED TRAININGS AND AUTOMATIC REMOVALS.
SO, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF TRAININGS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW MORE TO DO.
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SO EACH YEAR YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS TRAINING.THAT'S THE TRAINING THAT MY OFFICE MANAGES BY NAE.
YOU'RE STILL REQUIRED TO DO THE STATE CITY REQUIRED HARASSMENT TRAINING FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS ALLY.
THE STATE'S AB 1 12 3 4 ETHICS TRAINING.
MY TRAINING THAT I DO IS 30 MINUTES.
YOU STILL HAVE TO DO THOSE TWO HOURS.
LAST YEAR WE REMOVED SEVEN COMMISSIONERS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF AB 1234 TRAINING.
WE REALLY TRY HARD NOT TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE WE'RE REMOVING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE BENDS OVER BACKWARDS SOMETIMES TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE COMMISSIONERS, JUST TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH TRAININGS, BUT SOMETIMES THOSE EFFORTS DON'T WORK.
THESE OTHER TRAININGS, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE, YOU SHOULD DO THEM SOON.
UH, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE LONG BEACH 2030 STRATEGIC VISION TRAINING, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN EQUITY TOOLKIT TRAINING THAT I BELIEVE IS STILL PENDING.
I'VE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OTHERWISE.
AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN IS JUST AN INFOGRAPHIC THAT EXPLAINS TO YOU, UM, AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT THE STATE'S ETHICS TRAINING IS VERSUS WHAT THE CITY'S ETHICS TRAINING IS, AND ALL OF THESE TRAININGS LIVE AND LEARN.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS DO HAVE YOUR LEARN ACCOUNTS.
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE AUDITOR'S FRAUD HOTLINE.
UH, THIS IS 24 7 CONFIDENTIAL AND ANONYMOUS.
UH, WE DO GET SOME CALLS FROM THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE A NEWER PROGRAM, UM, MOST OF OUR CALLS DO COME FROM EMPLOYEES.
JUST A REMINDER OF ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, TO DIVE INTO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR JUST NEED SOME MORE, UM, EXPLANATION FOR REQUIREMENTS YOU HAVE AS APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
THE OET HOMEPAGE, IT'S KEPT UP TO DATE.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE ALSO MANAGES AN ETHICS PORTAL, SO THAT HAS A LOT OF GOOD RESOURCES AROUND YOUR STATE REQUIREMENTS.
I MENTIONED THE AUDITOR'S FRAUD HOTLINE.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ETHICS GUIDE FOR CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, I RECOMMEND TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 50 PAGES AND IT GOES A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN I DO INTO YOUR REQUIREMENTS AS APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
UM, SO BE SURE TO LOOK AT THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.
THE CLERK ALSO MANAGES THEIR COMMISSION BOARD AND COMMITTEE HANDBOOK.
UM, A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE CAN USUALLY BE ANSWERED IN THAT HANDBOOK.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE RALPH BROWN ACT, UM, LINK ON OUR PAGES AND A TOY IS GONNA GET A LOT MORE INTO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE REMINDERS AS I WRAP UP.
UM, SPEAKING IN OFFICIAL VERSUS PERSONAL CAPACITY, THIS IS MISUSE OF AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THEY DO, UNDERSTANDABLY.
UM, BUT THEY, THERE'S A FEW THAT HAVE GOTTEN IN TROUBLE FOR SPEAKING AS COMMISSIONERS OUTSIDE OF THE ROOMS OF THEIR COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UNLESS, UH, YOU HAVE THE APPROVAL FROM YOUR CHAIR OR THE BOARD, UM, YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.
AND I JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FORMAL PROCESSES HELP ENSURE THAT ANY STATEMENTS OR COMMUNICATIONS MADE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION MEETING ARE ALIGNED WITH YOUR OBJECTIVES AND DO NOT PROMOTE PERSONAL AGENDAS OR BIASES.
SO JUST BE VERY CAREFUL OF THAT.
UNBIASED DECISION MAKING IS CRITICAL TO PUBLIC TRUST.
UM, ANNUAL REPORTS, THESE ARE DUE EVERY YEAR NOW BY JUNE 1ST.
UM, THEY USED TO NOT REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT MORE RECENTLY.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR ANNUAL REPORT, UH, TRY TO GET THAT IN.
LEARN CONCERNS, START WITH ROSA OR WHOMEVER IS ASSIGNED TO YOUR COMMISSION.
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE, UH, WITH YOUR LEARN ACCOUNT, IF ROSA HAS EXHAUSTED ALL OF, UM, THE THINGS THAT SHE KNOWS TO DO AS YOUR STAFF SUPPORT, THEN YOU CAN REACH OUT TO LEARN SUPPORT@LONGBEACH.GOV.
UM, SO THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON FORM SEVEN HUNDREDS.
YOU'LL START GETTING REMINDERS FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER.
AND THEN AGAIN, COMMISSION MEETINGS HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE BROWN ACT BYLAWS AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
AND AGAIN, A TOY WILL GET MORE INTO THAT IN A MINUTE.
THIS IS ALL OF MY DIRECT CONTACT INFORMATION.
BOTH OF THOSE EMAIL ADDRESSES GO RIGHT TO ME IF YOU EVER HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED ANYTHING.
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QUESTION? THERE YOU GO.OH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
SO IF, IF I'VE TAKEN, UM, THE STATE REQUIREMENT, UM, THE ETHICS AB 1, 2, 3, 4, IF I'VE TAKEN THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, DOES THAT COUNT TOWARDS THE REQUIREMENT? IT SHOULD.
DID YOU TAKE IT IN OUR SYSTEM OR YOU TOOK IT? NO, I TOOK IT OUTSIDE OF, YEAH, USUALLY THAT IS FINE.
WE'LL HAVE TO, ROSA OR WHOMEVER IS WORKING WITH ROSA WILL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT CERTIFICATE ON FILE.
BUT TYPICALLY, IF YOU'VE TAKEN IT WITHIN THAT TWO YEAR WINDOW, THE CLERK IS PRETTY FLEXIBLE ON THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE? CAN YOU GUYS, UH, WITH YOUR TRAININGS, ROSA A CHECK FOR US OR SOMETHING? YES.
SO TYPICALLY, UM, I DO AUDITING OF THE LEARN SYSTEM, AND THEN ROSA SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE LEARN SYSTEM AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE COMMUNICATE TO YOU, YOU ALSO SHOULD BE RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS FROM LEARN THAT YOU ARE LATE ON, UH, GETTING A TRAINING DONE.
WE, I TEND TO IGNORE THEM BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF THEM AS, AS A, AS A TRAINING OFFICER.
IT LOOKS LIKE SPAN MAIL, BUT IF IT SAYS, I BELIEVE IT SAYS NEO GOV OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, UM, YOU'RE TYPICALLY BEING REMINDED PRETTY CONSISTENTLY THAT YOU'RE NON-COMPLIANT WITH YOUR TRAININGS, UM, UNTIL YOU DO THE TRAINING.
SO JUST, UM, OPEN THOSE EMAILS.
YEAH, IF, IF IT, IF POSSIBLE, IF STAFF COULD WORK TO PROVIDE EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WITH ANY OUTSTANDING ITEMS, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT AS A REGULAR REMINDER.
I HAVE LIKE FIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES, SO SOMETIMES THINGS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IF WE COULD GET THAT.
AND THEN I KNOW HISTORICALLY, UM, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD PROCESSES.
UM, I WANNA THANK UIA BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY SHE WOULD MAKE SURE WE ALL GOT OUR FORM SEVEN HUNDREDS, LIKE, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE SHE'D LIKE, DRIVE TO MY OFFICE AND PICK THEM UP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT.
BUT, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HAD SORT OF A PROCESS THAT HELPS STAFF WORK WITH THE BOARD TO GET THESE THINGS DONE.
AND SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT KIND OF BACK ON YOU GUYS TO TAKE BACK, AS YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT HOW YOU CAN DO THAT.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, UH, MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER TES FAYE APPROVE AND CHAIR LEBAR.
UM, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM TWO.
MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE BROWN ACT.
AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER TRAINING FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE NEED TO DO THE MOTION FIRST, RIGHT? UH, WE CAN, WE USUALLY WANNA DO IT BEFORE YOU GUYS START DISCUSSION, BUT SOMETIMES QUESTIONS COME IN DURING THE PRESENTATION, SO, YEAH.
SO LET'S, LET'S DO IT AT THE BEGINNING.
SO LET'S, UH, CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO, MOVE MOTION BY MEMBER COBA RUBIUS.
SORRY, I SHOULD BEAT YOU TO IT.
UM, AND, UH, NOW WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BOARD HAS A COUPLE OF NEW NEWER MEMBERS, UH, AND FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A, AS A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER OF THE BROWN ACT.
UM, AND FOR THE, THE NEWER ONES, OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT OF A INTRODUCTION.
THE BROWN ACT, UM, COULD BE A LITTLE BIT FUNNY, UH, BUT IT, IT REALLY IS FROM OUR OFFICE.
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WE LOOK AT IT AS, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT OBVIOUSLY KEEPS THE CITY, UH, FREE FROM EXPOSURE AND LIABILITY, RIGHT? AND IT JUST ALLOWS, UH, WITH THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION ON YOUR ITEMS THAT YOU TOOK ACTION ON, NOT TO HAVE THE RISK OF BEING UNDONE AND HAVING TO DO BACK OR FIX MISTAKES.UM, AND I THINK AS YOU'LL SEE IT, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE VIOLATIONS, THEY'RE NOT INTENTIONAL, BUT A LOT OF THE, THE BROWN ACT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF GRAY AREAS WHERE VIOLATIONS DO OCCUR, BUT, BUT UN UNINTENTIONALLY.
SO THIS, THIS PRESENTATION REALLY IS THE, THE GOAL IS TRY TO, TO EDUCATE AND, AND, AND REFRESH, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT WAYS TO, TO DO PROP THE BUSINESS PROPER PROPERLY, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, SO THE, WHAT IS THE, THE BROWN ACT? SO THE, THE HISTORY OF THE BROWN ACT REALLY WAS, UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR OVER THE YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ENTITIES DOING, YOU KNOW, BACKDOOR DOOR DEALS, UH, DOING ALL THESE THINGS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE, WERE NOT, UH, PRIVY TO WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND SO, THE BROWN ACT, REALLY THE EMPHASIS ON IT IS, UM, TRANSPARENCY.
SO IT WAS ENACTED IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER INFORMAL UNDISCLOSED MEETINGS HELD BY LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, I THINK IT DOES APPLY MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES AND THE WRITINGS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK THE, YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE THE THEME ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION, JUST TRANSPARENCY.
UH, ALL MEETINGS, UH, SHALL BE OPEN AND PUBLIC SO THAT ALL ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY.
UM, A MEETING IS A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME IN PLACE TO DISCUSS ITEMS WITHIN ITS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
MY UNDERSTANDING, I BELIEVE THE BOARD HAS WHAT, 19, UH, BOARD MEMBER SPOTS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, 10 IS THE QUORUM, RIGHT? 10 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S ON, ON TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, I, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS MEET QUARTERLY, BUT ANYTIME THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NO ACTION COULD BE TAKEN, UH, LEGALLY WITHOUT THERE BEING A QUORUM PRESENT.
EVEN IF IT'S A RECEIVING FILE FOR A PRESENTATION OR THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU DO NEED TO HAVE THAT MAGIC NUMBER OF 10, 10 MEMBERS PRESENT.
UM, ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS.
UH, THAT'S REALLY ADDRESSING JUST MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY DO HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO BE HERE.
UM, I THINK THE LAST ONE IS PRETTY KEY.
ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE DISCUSSED A LOT OF TIMES.
UH, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM AND YOU'LL HAVE DISCUSSION WITH BOARD MEMBERS.
AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY, YOU'LL GET OFF TOPIC.
YOU'LL START TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE NOT PROPERLY GENDERIZED.
AGAIN, WITH THAT TRANSPARENCY THEME, UH, THE, THE, THE REASON WHY THAT'S A PROBLEM IS BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA.
THAT'S WHY IT'S POSTED, UH, IN ADVANCE.
SO THEY HAVE THE, THE, THE RIGHT TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COUPLE ITEMS. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M HERE PRESENT, UH, SO I CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BE HEARD.
UH, IF THEY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING, IF THE, THE BOARD STARTS TAKING ACTION OR STARTS DISCUSSING THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA, THEN THAT PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO ACTUALLY GO TO COURT TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S BEEN A BROWN ACT VIOLATION, AND NOW THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES AND TIME THAT, THAT, THAT GO INTO FIXING IT WHEN IT CAN BE PREVENTED.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK WHAT THERE'S SOME, SOMETIMES THERE ISN'T, UH, AN ACTUAL, UH, BROWN ACT VIOLATION, BUT THERE'S WHAT YOU CALL THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, RIGHT? SO WHAT, WHAT THIS DOES, THE BROWN ACT HELPS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROPERLY DISCUSSING LOCAL AGENCY BUSINESS, UH, WITHOUT THE PUBLIC PRESENT.
AND IT HELPS PROTECT THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF PARTIES APPEARING BEFORE A BODY.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, AGAIN, IF EVEN IF YOU, EVEN IF YOU DID NOT COMMIT A BROWN ACT VIOLATION, YOU JUST WANT TO, AS BOARD MEMBERS, YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF JUST WHAT, WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.
SO YOU, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR NINE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS STANDING IN THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO SAY, HEY, WONDER WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT? ARE THEY, THEY DISCUSSING ANYTHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING IN, IN, IN OPEN PUBLIC FORUM WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT? SO, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, A BODY OR ENTITY CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND LAWFUL LAWFULLY DELEGATED AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UM, ANYBODY OR ENTITY THAT RECEIVES FUNDS FROM THE CITY AND THEIR GOVERNING BODY.
INCLU INCLUDES A COUNCIL MEMBER.
I THINK THE LAST ONE IS THE KEY, UM, NOT TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEES.
AND I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UH, WHAT A, WHAT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, IS ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S MADE UP OF LESS THAN A QUORUM, RIGHT? SO IF YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT'S LESS THAN 10 UP TO, TO NINE, UM, THAT'S NOT SUBJECT TO THE, THE, THE BROWN ACT.
AND SO THE, THE PURPOSE IS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, IS PERMITTED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT ANY AGENDA, AGENDA, BUSINESS WITHOUT THERE, YOU KNOW, BEING A RISK OF, UH, RUNNING A, A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT.
SO IT'S MADE UP SOLELY OF MEMBERS AND CONSTITUTING LESS THAN A QUORUM.
SO THAT'S THE KEY THING THERE.
SO, WHAT, WHAT TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR BOARD MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY PRO PROHIBITED? AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE REFER, REFER TO THESE AS SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES THAT I'LL GET INTO IN, IN A SECOND.
BUT SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS IS, UH, EACH COMMUNICATION INVOLVES LESS THAN
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A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS, BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SERIES INVOLVES A MAJORITY OF THE BODY OUTSIDE OF A NOTICE PUBLIC MEETING.SO, WHAT THESE ARE, THERE'S A HUB AND SPOKE, THERE'S THE DAISY CHAIN COMMUNICATION BY REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY, PRETTY, UH, RELEVANT THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAILS, TEXTS, THINGS, THINGS OF LIKE A DI DIGITAL FORMAT HUB, HUB AND SPOKE IS WHERE ONE MEMBER ACTUALLY CONTACTS ALL OR A MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS THEMSELVES.
SO, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBER ONE GOES DOWN, UH, TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AN AGENDA ITEM SAYING, HEY, HOW ARE YOU GONNA VOTE FOR THIS? OR, I, I FEEL WE SHOULD VOTE NO.
UM, DAISY CHAIN IS STILL KIND OF VERY SIMILAR, BUT THAT'S WHERE ONE MEMBER, UH, CONTACTS ANOTHER MEMBER, AND THEN THAT MEMBER CONTACTS ANOTHER MEMBER, AND THEN THAT, THAT MEMBER, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S VERY EASY IF BOARD MEMBER ONE SAYS TO BOARD BOARD MEMBER NUMBER TWO, LIKE, HEY, I THINK THIS, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE BRING, BRING SOME FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM UP TO THE, TO THE BOARD TO PUT ON, ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN THAT PERSON SPEAKS TO THE NEXT, UH, BOARD MEMBER, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT 10, NOW YOU HAVE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT, UM, BY REPRESENTATIVE.
THIS ONE IS, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS ONE AS, AS, AS OFTEN.
UH, THAT'S WHERE A MEMBER'S, REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR INTERMEDIARY, SUCH AS A, A PARTNER OR MESSENGER, I KNOW SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OR, YOU KNOW, WORK FOR, FOR OTHER, OTHER ENTITIES, OUTSIDE ENTITIES, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
THEY MAY HAVE BUSINESS PARTNERS OR, OR STAFF MEMBERS.
SO, SO ANY OF THESE TYPE OF, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, IF, IF YOU HAD YOUR STAFF MEMBER, BUSINESS PARTNER KIND OF MAKE THOSE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR BEHALF, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UM, UM, BOARD BUSINESS, THAT THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE LAST ONE, UH, INCLUDES MAKING OR CON, UH, COMMENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND USING DIGITAL ICONS, EMOJIS, THINGS TO EXPRESS, REACTIONS TO SUPPORT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT POSTING, THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT'S STILL SENDING THAT MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING, YOU'RE SUPPORTING WHATEVER THIS, UM, THE, THE, THE MESSAGE IS.
AND SO IF ENOUGH MEMBERS DO THAT, THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE BOARD HAS ALREADY TAKE, KIND OF TAKEN A, AN UNOFFICIAL POSITION ON SOMETHING THAT HASN'T EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, BEFORE AN OPEN, OPEN PUBLIC FORUM.
SO THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF THE, THE FOUR, UH, EXAMPLES.
I JUST, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED.
THE HUBBARD SPOKE, AGAIN, IF A MEMBER CONTACTS ALL OTHER MEMBERS ON THEIR BODY TO ENSURE THEY VOTE YES TO SUPPORT AN ITEM THAT'S A VIOLATION.
UH, THE DAISY CHAIN MEMBER, BLUE CONTACTS MEMBER GREEN, THEN GREEN TALKS, UH, CONTACTS, ORANGE, ORANGE CONTACTS, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBER PINK VIOLATION BY REPRESENTATIVE.
IT KIND OF IS SELF-EXPLANATORY WHAT I, WHAT I MENTIONED.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA EMAIL TEXTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF SOMETHING WAS POSTED ON, ON SOME, SOMETHING THAT FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD, UH, IT'S LIKED BY A BOARD MEMBER, BUT THEN IT'S SHARED, IT'S SHARED TO ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS OR SOME, AND THEN ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER RETWEETS, YOU KNOW, SLOWLY BUT SURELY, YOU CAN, IT CAN LEAD TO A A, A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S PROHIBITED, RIGHT? SO SOME, SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS ARE PROBABLY LIKE, WELL, WHAT CAN I TALK ABOUT? SO ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS BETWEEN A MEMBER AND ANOTHER PERSON OR MEMBER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE BROWN ACT ALSO ALLOWS MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH CONSTITUENTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATES, CONSULTANTS, REPORTERS, STAFF, AND COLLEAGUES.
THAT'S TOTALLY PERMISSIBLE, UM, EVEN, EVEN IF IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE, UH, ONE-ON-ONE BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A, A QUORUM.
SO THERE'S NO RISK THAT, THAT THERE'S ANY INFLUENCE ON THE BODY AS A WHOLE TO TAKE ACTION.
UH, IF JUST TWO MEMBERS ARE, ARE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING, UM, YOU KNOW, A A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS, THIS IS ALLOWED, A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ARE AT, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF CONFERENCE THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, ANY LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING, UH, OPEN MEETING OF ANOTHER BODY, AND, UH, ANY TYPE OF SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TOTALLY FINE, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I THINK THE, THE SECOND BULLET POINT RIGHT HERE AT THE BOTTOM, UH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS STILL CANNOT DISCUSS MATTERS OF THE BODY AMONG THEMSELVES AT THESE EVENTS.
SO IT'S, THERE'S NO, THERE'S, IT'S TOTALLY PERMISSIBLE FOR THE, THE, THE BOARD TO SHOW UP AT OTHER EVENTS, THINGS, UH, OPEN MEETINGS OF ANOTHER BODY.
IT JUST, AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT REALLY FALLS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE L, YOU KNOW, LB WIN.
ANYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ANY TYPE OF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, THINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, YOU STILL WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING THAT AMONGST YOUR YOURSELVES.
UH, AGENDA POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEETINGS ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE BROWN ACT.
AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE ALL PRETTY FAMILIAR.
THE, THE AGENDA THAT EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT DOES HAVE TO BE POSTED 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
UM, THE OTHER TYPE OF, SO THAT'S FOR A REGULAR MEETING LIKE TODAY, A SPECIAL MEETING'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
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THE AGENDA BE TO BE POSTED 24 HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING.OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL MEETINGS MIGHT BE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS UNIQUE OR A LITTLE BIT, UH, RARE, UH, THAT STILL FALLS UNDER THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY.
UH, BUT MAYBE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, SOME REASON THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO MEET, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN THAN, THAN YOUR, YOUR NORMAL QUARTERLY REGULAR MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD STAFF WOULD DO IS GO AHEAD AND, AND NOTICE A SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, SOMETIMES THAT, THAT IS AN OPTION.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T LIKE TO SAY THAT IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION TO RELY ON.
BUT FOR INSTANCE, A BOARD THAT ONLY MEETS EVERY QUARTER, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY SPREAD OUT IN TIME.
SO IF YOU HAD, LIKE TODAY, IF YOU HAD GUYS DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM, WHAT YOU, YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT QUARTER, UH, TO, TO HAVE A REGULAR MEETING.
UH, THERE WAS SOME IMPORTANT BUSINESS, UH, THE BOARD COULD DISCUSS AND, AND TALK WITH STAFF, AND MAYBE A SPECIAL MEETING WOULD BE AN OPTION LIKE THAT.
UH, AGENDA DESCRIPTIONS, UH, A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ITEM AS YOU SEE ON YOUR, YOUR AGENDAS IN FRONT OF YOU.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, SUPER DETAILED, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE DETAILED ENOUGH WHERE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC KNOWS IN ESSENCE, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY THE BOARD'S GONNA BE DISCUSSING ON THIS ITEM.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE DATE, TIME, LOCATION OF THE MEETING, UH, AGAIN, A TRANSPARENCY, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S PRETTY COMMON SENSE.
BUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC? UH, WHAT DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO KNOW BASIC INFORMATION OF WHERE THIS MEETING IS GONNA BE IF THEY WANT TO SHOW UP, UH, AT THEIR, AT THEIR DISCRETION.
UH, YOU HAVE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SCOPE OF THE BODY'S INTENDED PLAN SO THE PUBLIC CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANNA PARTICIPATE OR NOT.
AND IT HAS TO BE POSTED IN A LOCATION FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WHERE CAN MEETINGS BE HELD JUST WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY? UNLESS A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION APPLIES, IT USUALLY DOESN'T.
SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD'S NOT GONNA BE MEETING IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WHAT ARE SOME RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC? RIGHT? MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE BODY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO I THINK FOR SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, THEY'LL NOTICE ON EACH AGENDA ITEM, THE CHAIR WILL ASK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM ON THE AGENDA AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
UH, THERE'LL BE A, A AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE JUST PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANYTHING.
SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PERTAINING TO WHAT'S BEEN AGENDIZED.
UH, BUT THEY DO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO MAKE, UH, COMMENTS.
THEY HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE, THE, THE RIGHT TO RECORD THE MEETING WITH AUDIO OR VIDEOTAPE.
UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW AGENDAS OR ANY OF THE WRITINGS DISTRIBUTED TO THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY.
UH, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ATTEND WITHOUT REGISTERING OR IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES, AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO WITNESS VOTES.
AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT THEME OF TRANSPARENCY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A, A, A VIOLATION OF BROWN ACT? UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE ARE, ARE UNINTENTIONAL, BUT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN GO TO COURT AND FILE A CIVIL CASE.
SO CIVIL LAWSUIT, UH, TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS OR TO INVALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS THAT VIOLATED THE BROWN ACT.
SO A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK THAT THE, UH, THE BOARD'S TAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, NO BOARD MEMBER WANTS ALL THEIR HARD WORK TO BE UNDONE AND NOW HAVE TO START BACK AT SQUARE ONE.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, IF THAT, IF THAT MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS SUCCESSFUL IN COURT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY THEIR ATTORNEY'S FEES, AND THOSE COULD GET PRETTY, PRETTY, UH, PRICEY AND PRETTY HIGH, UH, VERY SHORTLY.
SO, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF ON A CIVIL ACTION, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, OPTION FOR, FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AND THERE ACTUALLY IS A CRIMINAL, THERE'S A CRIMINAL OPTION TOO.
NOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, BUT O OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S, IT'S, IT COULD BE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR IF THEY'RE, IF THE BOARD HAD THE SPECIFIC INTENT TO DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION.
SO, UH, SO AGAIN, IT WOULD BE SORT OF LIKE THAT REALLY RARE SITUATION IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE, HAD A, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF CONSPIRACY THAT THEY WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC DID NOT, UH, KNOW SOME INFORMATION OR REALLY WAS TRYING TO INTENTIONALLY HIDE THE BALL, UH, THAT THERE COULD BE, UH, MISDEMEANOR CHARGES FILED.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY, I THINK JUST IN ESSENCE THE, THE BROWN ACT IN, IN A NUTSHELL, FOR THOSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, SOME OF THE NEWER BROWN, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.
AND AGAIN, FOR THE OTHERS, JUST A, A BRIEF REFRESHER, WANTED TO KIND OF TOUCH, TURN, TURN, UH, TANGENTS INTO THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.
UM, REALLY THIS IS GONNA BE FOR THE, THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THE CHAIR ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, MOTIONS AND, AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SECONDED.
SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER? THEY REALLY ARE THE, THE RULES OF HOW, UH, THE BOARD MEETINGS ARE GONNA BE HELD AND, AND RAN.
UH, THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING CONSISTENT WITH THE BROWN ACT.
UH, THE BOARD'S, UH, BYLAWS AND ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE BY A MAJORITY VOTE.
SO, AGAIN, THAT MAJORITY IS, IS REALLY KEY.
THAT'S WHY THE, UH, QUORUM IS, IS ALWAYS NECESSARY.
UM, HERE, THE COMMISSION, OR THE BOARD IN THIS CASE, SHOULD CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS ORDERLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
UH, EVERY MEMBER ON THE BOARD SHOULD HAVE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND BE HEARD, UH, BEFORE VOTING.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE, WE DO LOOK AT THESE AS GUIDELINES.
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NONE OF THESE RULES ARE REALLY MEANT TO HINDER OR BE, BE LOOKED AT AS A BURDEN, BUT REALLY JUST TO HELP YOU, UM, UH, UH, KIND OF LIKE SPEED THE PROCESS THROUGH EFFICIENTLY AND SMOOTHLY.UH, AGAIN, UH, SOME OF THE ROLES OF THE CHAIR IS INTRODUCING BUSINESS IN A PROPER ORDER, UH, PER THE AGENDA.
OBVIOUSLY, THINGS COULD BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER THE, THE CHAIR'S DISCRETION, UH, GETTING THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS IN A TIMELY MATTER.
I WILL, I WILL FOCUS A LITTLE BIT, UH, ON THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME A BODY MEETS, YOU KNOW, QUARTERLY OR NOT THAT OFTEN, UH, THAT THERE USUALLY IS GONNA BE A LOT OF MORE INFORMATION OR, OR, OR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TO GET THROUGH.
YOU DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD'S NOT HERE, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AREN'T HERE, YOU KNOW, 20 HOURS A DAY.
SO, SO AGAIN, THE, THE, THE CHAIR'S, UH, JOB IS REALLY TO TRY TO, UM, FACILITATE JUST HOW TO GET THROUGH THE AGENDA TIMELY, EVEN IF IT, EVEN IF IT MEANT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME DISCUSSIONS AFTER A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE TIME PERIOD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KIND OF WRAP THINGS UP TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, THE CHAIR WANTS TO DETERMINE IF A MOTION IS, IS IN ORDER, UH, KEEPING THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE AGENDA ITEM.
I THINK THIS REALLY GOES BACK TO THE JUST GETTING THROUGH AGENDA ITEMS IN A TIMELY MATTER.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES, SOME, SOME, SOME, SOME, SOME OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THEY OVERLAP, THEY CROSS OVER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S VERY EASY FOR A DISCUSSION TO GO OFF TOPIC AND, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AFTER A LITTLE WHILE, I KNOW THE CLERK'S OFFICE WILL JUMP IN, BUT THE CHAIR DEFINITELY WANTS TO MAKE SURE JUST TO KIND OF, UH, RE REDIRECT THE, THE CONVERSATION TO WHAT THE ACTUAL ITEM IS.
UH, AND THEN ENFORCING TIME LIMITS FAIRLY AND NEUTRALLY FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR'S JOB IS TO ENSURE CLEAR DECISIONS ARE MADE.
AGAIN, FOR THE, THE, THE CLERK'S RECORDS, WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE, THE BOARD IS DECIDING THAT THERE'S A CLEAR, CLEAR RECORD ON THAT.
UM, THE, THE CHAIR WANTS TO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT BOARD MEMBERS, UH, WISH TO SPEAK, UH, ENSURE THAT DEBATE IS CONTROLLED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS, BALANCE, AND EFFICIENCY.
UM, THE, THE CHAIR ALSO WANTS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY MEMBER HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND BE HEARD AGAIN.
UM, AND I THINK SOME OF THESE OTHERS ARE, ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MANAGING ANY CONFLICTS THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT MAY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO FEEL PRETTY PASSIONATELY ABOUT MAYBE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE LB WIN, UH, CAN, CAN, HAS AUTHORITY OVER.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME, SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE.
THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST GOOD OLD CONFLICTS OR, OR, OR DIFFERENCES.
SO THAT'S THE, THE CHAIR'S JOB IS TO KIND OF FACILITATE THAT AND KIND OF MEDIATE ANY, ANY DISCREPANCIES.
UM, SO GETTING DOWN TO MOTIONS, UM, WITHOUT REALLY GETTING TOO, UH, COMPLICATED OR, OR COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, ONCE A, A BOARD MEMBER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, THEY CAN MAKE A MOTION.
A MOTION ALWAYS HAS TO BE SECONDED BY ANOTHER MEMBER.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION CAN'T SECOND THEIR OWN MOTION.
IT HAS TO BE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT DOES THAT.
UH, THE MOTION IS THEN DEBATED OR VOTED ON AGAIN IN PUBLIC.
UM, AND THE TYPICAL MOTIONS ARE THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS WHAT, LIKE, THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE ON THE AGENDA.
UM, A SECOND OR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
SO MAYBE, MAYBE THE WAY THAT THE MOTION IS, IS ON THE AGENDA SOUNDS GOOD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, BOARD MEMBER IS, IS FREE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I LIKE THIS, BUT I, I WANNA MAKE, MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
MAYBE HAVE A, THEY MAY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS THAT THEY WANT THE BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO MAYBE WE LIKE THIS SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE PROGRAM, BUT MAYBE WE WANNA ADD, YOU KNOW, X, Y, AND Z TO THAT.
IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEY WOULD SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
NOW, THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THAT MOTION HAS TO ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
IF THAT, IF THAT, IF THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS NOT ACCEPTED, THEN WHATEVER THEY WANT TO MAKE OR ADD ON TO THE, THE, THE UNDERLYING MOTION, IT'S GONNA FAIL.
THEY CAN'T, THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T GO FORWARD ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, AGAIN, THE CHAIR CALLS FOR THE VOTE.
UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REGULAR INTUITION, SECRET BALLOTS ARE PROHIBITED UNDER THE BROWN ACT.
UH, AND AGAIN, IF THE VOTE IS A TIE, THE MOTION FAILS BECAUSE AGAIN, A TIE IS NOT A MAJORITY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT MAJORITY VOTE IN ORDER FOR ANY MOTION TO PASS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
I KNOW IT WAS KIND OF A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT DEFINITELY FEEL FREE IF YOU GUYS, ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS OR ANYTHING.
AND AGAIN, IF THE QUESTIONS POP UP LATER, A LOT OF TIMES IF WE'RE NOT HERE, HEY, MAYBE THE BOARD IS, IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT UNDECIDED ON LIKE, HEY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS PROPERLY.
DEFINITELY FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
YOU COULD GO THROUGH STAFF AND, UH, THEY'LL CONTACT ME IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I'LL BE, I'LL BE MORE THAN, UH, WILLING TO, TO HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, RECTIFY THE SITUATION.
I GUESS WE DO HAVE ONE STAFF QUESTION, SO HOW DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THAT? THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND ASK.
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ALRIGHT.UM, ASKING FOR A FRIEND NOW, UM, LET'S SAY WE ARE PLANNING A SOCIAL EVENT, JUST USING THE EXAMPLE AS A LIKE RETIREMENT EVENT.
UM, AND WE WANTED TO INVITE ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE THAT, AND LET'S SAY WE HAD MORE THAN 10 THAT ATTENDED, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD CONSTITUTE QUORUM.
I THINK IT, LIKE ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, IF YOU REMEMBER, LIKE, LIKE THE SOCIAL EVENT, RIGHT? SOCIAL EVENTS IS TOTALLY FINE.
I MEAN, THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU GUYS CAN, CAN, CAN CONGREGATE.
YOU GUYS AREN'T, AREN'T DEFINITELY LIKE SEQUESTERED AND HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AGAIN.
IT'S JUST, IT, IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY THEY COULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANY BOARD BUSINESS THOUGH AT THE RETIREMENT ISSUE.
IT'D HAVE TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL THINGS LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING YOU WANT, JUST AS LONG AS IT'S NOT A TOPIC THAT FALLS UNDER WHAT THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY IS.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT, THAT THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH, WITH THE, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOWING UP A QUORUM OR LESS THAN A QUORUM.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST BE MINDFUL IF THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, HUDDLED UP TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MIGHT SAY LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT? ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING IMPROPER? BUT THEY ARE TOTALLY ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
THE, THE LINE OF DEMARCATION IS IF YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM WITHOUT PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETINGS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, I MEAN, WE COULD ALL GO TO DISNEYLAND, BUT IF WE START TALKING ABOUT A BOARD AGENDA ITEM, WERE IN VIOLATION.
YOU, YOU GUYS COULD ALL BE ON SPACE MOUNTAIN, BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT
ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
HEY, I ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE ONE, ONE THING AND, AND I THINK THIS IS, IM IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH.
SO, 'CAUSE IN THE DAISY CHAIN OR THE REPRESENTATIVE, OR WHICHEVER ONE OF THOSE MULTIPLE ONES, HOW DOES THAT PERTAIN TO, TO STAFF RIGHT? AS THEY'RE PUTTING THE AGENDA TOGETHER? AND, AND, AND I'LL GIVE LIKE A, A REALISTIC SCENARIO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A QUORUM HERE, RIGHT? A AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE 19 SLOTS, BUT REALLY WE HAVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENDANCE UNTIL SOME OF THE NEW FOLKS THERE SITTING IN THE PUBLIC, UH, THE BLEACHERS, IF YOU WILL MM-HMM
GET CONFIRMED WHEN THEY'RE CALLING TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT AN IMPORTANT AGENDA COMING UP MEETING, ARE WE GONNA BE THERE? WHAT IS THE LINE OF DEMARCATION FOR STAFF? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONE THING TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING AT A MEETING.
THEN THERE'S THE SECOND THING OF IF YOU START TO GO INTO MAYBE SPECIFIC TOPICS OR, UH, YOU START TO, HOW DO I PUT THIS GAUGE WHERE THE WEATHER VEIN OF THE VOTE MAY GO IF IT'S A, A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT.
SO I JUST, I THINK IT'D BE GOOD FOR BOTH THE BOARD AND STAFF TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, BECAUSE WHILE STAFF'S NOT A BOARD MEMBER, IF THEY'VE TALKED TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND KNOW WHERE THEY KIND OF LINE UP.
SO, SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THE, THE, SO FOR STAFF, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE BROWN ACTORS FOR THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, SO STAFF, THEY, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO, TO INDI INDIVIDUAL, UH, BOARD MEMBERS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE HAVE A MEETING HERE, WE NEED QUORUM.
AND JUST FOR ANY, ANY, TO HELP YOU IN THE BOARD, FOR ANY, UH, NEW MEMBERS WHO ARE, WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ONBOARDED YET, IT QUORUM IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A, IF THIS BOARD ONLY MEETS EVERY QUARTER, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VOL.
THE WAY OUR OFFICE LOOKS AT IT IS IT IS VOLUNTARY.
NO ONE'S FORCING YOU TO BE A BOARD MEMBER.
BUT IF YOU TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON, OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S EVERY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY A FEW MEETINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT YOU, YOU DO HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO BE HERE ON TIME.
UH, SO THE BUSINESS CAN BE, CAN BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, UH, BUT, BUT IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WHERE, WHERE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONTACTED OR IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, STAFF HAVE NO, NO ISSUES.
THEY, THEY CAN REACH OUT AND TALK TO THEM.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.
I I JUST WANTED TO CALL IT OUT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, IT HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME AND I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE THE RULES SORT OF START AND STOP.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO ANY SORT OF AGENDA ITEMS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD SITUATIONS WHERE PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO FOLKS TO EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF SOMETHING AND HAVE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE INSTANCES, HE PROBABLY KNEW WHERE FOLKS WERE LINING UP BASED OFF OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS BEING ASKED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
HOWEVER, WHERE IT SORT OF WOULD END IS IF I SAID, HEY, HI ME, HOW'S EVERYBODY LOOKING ON THE BOARD MEETING? EXACTLY.
AND I JUST WANT, I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND SO THEY DON'T INADVERTENTLY DO SOMETHING.
AND I THINK THE CHAIR, THAT THE LAST PART IS WHAT, WHAT, THAT'S THE KICKER, RIGHT? IT IS.
LIKE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FISH FOR LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, GET A SENSE OF LIKE WHAT EVERYONE IS THINKING.
AGAIN, THE, THE, THE PREMISE IS BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE THE, THE POWER, WHEN YOU GUYS DO COME, COME TOGETHER, NOW EVERYONE KIND OF KNOWS WHAT THE VOTE'S GONNA BE ALREADY.
THAT'S WHERE THE, THAT'S WHERE THE VIOLATION HAPPENS.
BUT ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTIONS ARE FINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CHAIR CAN CONTACT, YOU KNOW, ONE, LIKE A, A BOARD MEMBER INDIVIDUALLY.
JUST BE MINDFUL AGAIN OF LIKE NOT GETTING A SENSE OF LIKE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR VIEW IS ON, ON A CERTAIN ITEM OR SOMETHING.
BUT EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS ONE'S GONNA BE BIG.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME GRANT MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED OR, OR SOMETHING
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FOR, AS AN EXAMPLE.ANY, UH, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THANK YOU.
IF WE EVER DO HAVE QUESTIONS, WE KNOW WHO TO CALL, SO YEAH, NOT ME.
NO, BUT THANK YOU, UH, MEMBERS OF THE, SO THERE'S NO QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION, SO WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? FANTASTIC.
UM, MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE PRESENTATION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER CARTER, APPROVED MEMBER COBAR RODRIGUEZ APPROVED MEMBER FAVE, APPROVE MEMBER QUOTE, APPROVE.
MEMBER TE FAYE APPROVE AND CHAIR LAVAR AYE.
ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE? ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL, DISTRICT, COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO MOVE SECOND MOTION BY MEMBER CO.
UH, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? KEVIN SMITH.
UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU JAIME, THE LB WIND TEAM FOR INVITING ME.
THANK YOU CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UH, IT'S THE FIRST TIME ANYONE'S EVER VOTED TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK, SO I'M, IT'S A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I AM A PROGRAM SPECIALIST THAT JUST MEANS I'M A DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATOR.
I OVERSEE WORK-BASED LEARNING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO MY JOB IS TO CONNECT CURRICULUM TO CAREERS FOR 60,000 PLUS STUDENTS ACROSS LONG BEACH AVALON, PARTS OF LAKEWOOD AND SIGNAL HILL.
UH, TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AN EVENT, THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A VISION FOR WHAT THIS EVENT CAN BE AND REPRESENT.
UH, LONG BEACH IS A UNIQUE LANDSCAPE, I THINK, IN CALIFORNIA, BUT REALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ONE UNIVERSITY, ONE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, ONE CITY AND A ROBUST EVER-GROWING INDUSTRY PRESENCE IN LONG BEACH.
AND I THINK IT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLABORATION.
UH, AS I SAID, I I, I REALLY SEE MYSELF AS ALMOST A TALENT AGENT FOR 60,000 PLUS STUDENTS, UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON HIGH SCHOOL AND CREATING THESE EXPERIENCES.
AND SO WHAT I'M HERE TO PRESENT TODAY IS, UH, THE COLLEGE OF CAREER EXPO.
THIS IS A RESURRECTED EVENT, WHICH MEANS THAT IT USED TO BE HELD AT THE LONG BEACH STATE PYRAMID.
IT WAS CALLED THE COLLEGE OF CAREER FAIR.
IT WAS A PILLAR OF LONG BEACH FOR MANY YEARS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, KIND OF DIED DURING COVI AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING.
LONG BEACH UNIFIED HAS TAKEN STEPS TO RESURRECT THIS AND REBRAND IT AS THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED IN THIS RELAUNCH TO BRING TOGETHER ADDITIONAL PARTNERS.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE COLLEGE PROMISE REPRESENTING BOTH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, LONG BEACH STATE, AND LONG BEACH.
IT IS OCTOBER 21ST AT THE LONG BEACH ARENA.
UM, I WAS INVITED HERE TODAY TO REALLY JUST KIND OF SHOWCASE WHAT THE EVENT IS AND THEN ALSO TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION AMONGST MEMBERS OR OTHER, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR INDUSTRY.
SO IT IS FROM TWO TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE ARENA IS EXPENSIVE, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THAT SPACE APPROPRIATELY.
UH, IT IS THE TWO TO EIGHT PORTION IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A FIELD TRIP, FIELD TRIP STYLE EVENT.
WE HAVE 22 BUSES LINED UP TO BRING ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 1500 TO 2011TH AND 12TH GRADERS OVER TO THE ARENA.
AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY IS FIVE 30 TO EIGHT THAT WILL BE OPEN TO FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE IDEA IS THAT REALLY ANYONE IN LONG BEACH WHO WANTS TO ATTEND CAN BE THERE.
UH, IT IS REALLY JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE INDUSTRY AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS THE PA DIFFERENT PATHS TO GET THERE.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 65 COLLEGES IN UNIVERSITIES SIGNED UP AND AN EVER-GROWING LIST OF INDUSTRY, UH, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE GONNA BE BOOTHING THERE.
THE, IT'S AN EXPO, NOT A FAIR, SO IT'S REALLY NOT INTENDED TO BE A JOB FAIR, ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE CURRENT INDUSTRY PRESENCE IN ALL OF THE, UH, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN LONG BEACH AS WELL AS THE FUTURE.
UH, I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON
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AND I REALIZED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THAT, UH, HE'S NOT GONNA, HE'S NOT GONNA RETIRE FOR LIKE 50 YEARS FROM NOW AT THE VERY MINIMUMSO IT'S REALLY THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO EXPLORE FIRST STEPS.
SO WHETHER AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE TO LONG BEACH STATE, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT LONG TERM, WHERE DO THEY WANT TO BE ONE DAY, UH, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF, OF TOURING VAST SPACE AND, AND SEEING WHERE THE WORLD IS GOING IS INCREDIBLE.
SO GIVING ACCESS TO STUDENTS AT AN EARLIER AGE IS SO IMPORTANT IN THE MODERN DAY, PROBABLY ALWAYS, BUT IT FEELS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY ENCOURAGING AS MUCH PARTICI PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE A BUSINESS OR KNOW OF A BUSINESS, UH, THAT WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE TO SHOWCASE ALL THEIR OFFERINGS.
I KNOW I SAW THE FLYERS ALSO ON YOUR DESK.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, K SMITH LB SCHOOLS.NET.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS EVENT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED WHERE THIS IS GONNA GO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WE CONTINUE THIS COLLABORATION.
UM, YEAH, PLEASE FEEL FREE AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME, UH, YEAH, AND THAT'S IT.
WELL, ON THAT NOTE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? I HAVE A COMMENT.
UM, NO, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE, THIS, UH, COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO, I THINK IT'S KEY.
UM, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BUILDING TRADES AND THEIR APPRENTICESHIP, UH, READINESS PROGRAMS, UH, TOGETHER.
UM, AND, AND, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IBW LOCAL 11, WE'RE GONNA PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK, UM, JUST HAVING, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IS, IS A BIG DEAL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE CHAIR.
IF THERE ARE NOT ANY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, WE'LL LOVE TO TAKE PART, SO THAT WAY WE CAN SHOWCASE ALSO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THERE, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU.
UM, SO I JUST, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A, A BOOTH OR SOMETHING IN THERE? I'M ALLOWED TO RESPOND, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE
YEAH, THE, THE BROWN ACT, UH, GOT ME A LITTLE NERVOUS RIGHT BEFORE COMING UP, BUT WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT NOT TO SAY.
I THINK, UH, AND JAIME AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS A LOT.
THE IDEA IS ALWAYS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT THIS ONE.
I THINK IN FUTURE YEARS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING KIND OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR ALSO ATTACHED TO IT.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY HEAVY LIFT OF BRINGING BACK AN EVENT.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THERE, REALLY ANY INSTITUTIONS, BUT KEEPING THE FOCUS ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT THOSE FINANCIAL.
BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
I THINK ANYTHING ALSO ALIGNS WITH THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVES, INCLUDING SPACE BEACH, UH, HEALTHCARE.
WE HAVE DIGNITY HEALTH SIGNED UP ALREADY, PORT OF LONG BEACH.
WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR ANYONE THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY ONES THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT.
MY WIFE WORKS FOR A BANK AND I, I DON'T THINK SHE EVER IMAGINED BEING THERE ONE DAY, BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALONG THE WAY.
SO, YEAH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LOOK INTO HAVING YOUR COMPANIES HERE BECAUSE WE'VE CURATED THIS BOARD IN SUCH A MANNER WHERE IT REFLECTS THE GROW LONG BEACH INITIATIVE AND THE ECONOMIC BLUEPRINT.
AND SO, UM, WHETHER IT'S YOUR SPECIFIC COMPANY OR THE INDUSTRY YOU REPRESENT, UH, KNOWING, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS MAY NOT HAVE THE HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, BUT, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PROMOTE THIS.
AND, AND IF YOUR COMPANY CAN'T DO IT, ENCOURAGE OTHER FOLKS IN YOUR SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
UM, I, I FEEL LIKE, UH, AND I'VE, I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MOST OF US END UP DOING THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WERE JOBS WHEN WE WERE KIDS, RIGHT? WE, WE ALL GROW UP THINKING WE'RE GONNA BE DOCTORS OR POLICE OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS OR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, OR ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU READ IN A BOOK, UH, AS A KID, UM, MOST OF US DON'T KNOW ABOUT THINGS LIKE SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEERS OR FINANCIAL ANALYSTS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, ROCKET, WELL, I GUESS ROCKET SHIP BUILDER'S PRETTY COOL.
YOU PROBABLY WANNA DO THAT AS A KID.
BUT MY POINT IS, IS THAT I, I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY, UH, WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THE YOUTH IS HAVE THEM HAVE A BROADER HORIZON OF, OF WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE, UM, AND THEN HELP STEER THEM TOWARDS THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES OUT THERE.
THAT'S PROBABLY PHASE TWO, RIGHT? HELP STEER THEM TOWARDS THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
ALLOW THEM TO PURSUE CAREER PATHWAYS THAT, THAT THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY WANNA ACCOMPLISH IN LIFE.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS BACK TO OUR, UM, HEAD OF HR WHEN I GET BACK TO LOOK INTO, UH, PARTICIPATING AND, AND PROMOTING THIS EVENT.
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AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THE SAME, BUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PRESENTER? SURE.UM, YES, KEVIN, UH, I'M PART OF THE LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT, AND WE DO A LOT OF VOTER REGISTRATION.
I WOULD LOVE IF OUR YOUTH CAN BE THERE DOING VOTER REGISTRATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF TO REGISTER TO VOTE IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
I, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESOURCES LIKE THAT.
AND THEN KIND OF MORE OF A RESOURCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY WISE ON BEHALF OF THE PARTNERS IN LONG BEACH UNIFIED TO INCLUDE YOU IN THAT.
I KNOW SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE SIMILAR IS ALSO LIKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FINANCIAL AID BOOTHS AVAILABLE WHERE IT'S NOT SPECIFIC UNIVERSITY OR CAREER.
BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY, ESPECIALLY AS MANY OF 'EM ARE 17, TURNING 18.
UM, SO YEAH, I'D PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SIGN UP.
AND I'LL JUST RUN IT BY TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE, LOGISTICALLY IT ALL WORKS OUT AS WELL.
I DID WANNA MENTION TOO, IT IS A LONG EVENT, UH, TWO TO EIGHT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE FEEDING ALL OF THE VENDORS BETWEEN FIVE AND FIVE 30 TO HAVE A BREAK.
THAT, BUT ALSO ALLOWS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS KIND OF ROTATING PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SO NOT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT IT'S AN AN A LARGE ASK, BUT, SO IF PEOPLE COME IN, IN LIKE TWO HOUR SHIFTS AND KIND OF ROTATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THAT WAY THAT SOMEONE'S NOT THERE REALLY ALL SIX HOURS, THAT WORKS GREAT.
WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE.
SO IF SOMEONE COMES AT TWO O'CLOCK OR A FAMILY THAT'S COMING IN THE DOOR AT SEVEN 30 AFTER GETTING OFF WORK AT LATE, THEY'RE SEEING THE SAME PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT'S, IT'S A TUESDAY NIGHT AND EVERYONE HAS THINGS TO DO.
SO ANY KIND OF CONTINUITY WOULD BE GREAT.
AND JAIME, MAYBE AT SOME POINT I CAN PRESENT ON AND TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, ALL THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN LONG BEACH UNIFIED AND HOW THIS ALIGNS TO THE LARGER PICTURE.
BUT CLEARLY WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR NEXT TIME.
UH, THANK YOU VERY, OH, SORRY, DR. SAVAGE.
UH, KEVIN, THIS IS A GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION AND DEFINITELY, I LIKE THE IDEA, UH, THE EXPO, UH, I BELIEVE YOU AS YOU'RE WORKING TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO REPRESENT THE VARIOUS CAREERS AND AND COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK WITH THE STUDENTS, I THINK YOU SAID, UH, JUNIORS AND SENIORS BEING BROUGHT IN KIND OF AS A FIELD TRIP.
UM, BUT, UH, THE LENGTH OF THE PROGRAM INTO THE AFTERNOON WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PARENTS AND ALSO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO ACCOMPANY THEIR STUDENTS MAYBE BACK OR, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME.
UM, WHAT ARE YOUR EFFORTS, OR WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE YOU HAVING TO, IN MANY WAYS, UM, NOT ENSURE BUT PROMOTE THIS FOR PARENTS TO ENGAGE AND COME BACK? BECAUSE WE DO WANT A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE THERE TO REPRESENT, BUT YOU ALSO WANT THE PUBLIC TO SHOW UP, AND THAT'S ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ENSURE SUCCESS.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT POINT.
AND IT'S, THIS EVENT WAS RESURRECTED AS A, AS A ASK FROM THE COMMUNITY MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, INCLUDING ALL OF THE FAMILIES REPRESENTED, RIGHT? WHEN IT'S 60,000 KIDS, YOU THINK ABOUT ALSO THE ALUMNI, ALL THE FAMILIES, THERE'S, THERE'S A HUGE CHUNK OF LONG BEACH THAT HAS ATTENDED OR HAS STUDENTS ATTENDING LONG BEACH CURRENTLY.
SO WHAT WE DID, AND, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, FROM TWO TO FOUR 30, THERE'S 22 BUSES LINED UP, JUST TAKING STUDENTS OVER, FOCUSING ON 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS.
JUST CLARIFYING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY, WE'RE MOVING TO A SHUTTLE SYSTEM, SO AT OUR SIX COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THEN AS WELL AT LINDBERGH, WHICH REPRESENTS, UM, OUR CENTER OF BLACK EXCELLENCE, WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING A BUS COMING FROM THERE AS WELL TO BRING OVER FAMILIES.
SO THOSE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO GET THERE ON THEIR OWN, THEY CAN GET ON AS LONG AS SOMEONE'S WITH THEM THAT'S 18 OR OVER, THAT'S JUST LIABILITY.
THEY CAN GET ON THE BUS AND ATTEND, AND THOSE SHUTTLES WILL BE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE ARE THEN GOING TO BE MARKETING THIS OUT.
WE'RE JUST FINALIZING THE FLYERS TODAY.
THERE'S GONNA BE BOTH ONE KIND OF STUDENT FACING TO GO OUT AND THEN ONE COMMUNITY FACING THAT WILL GO OUT ACROSS LONG BEACH THROUGHOUT MANY DIFFERENT CHANNELS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO COME.
UM, SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
I KNOW SOMEONE'S GOTTA BE MAD AT ME AT THE END OF THE DAY.
LIKE I, I, WE CAN'T GET EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME.
BUT REALLY TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN THIS INITIAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BOTH HAVE STUDENTS WHO HAVE KIND OF, UM, LIKE PREMIER ACCESS IN THE EARLIER OF THE DAY TO REALLY TALK AND EXPLORE, EXPLORE, BUT THEN ALLOW FAMILIES AT THE END OF THE DAY TO COME TOGETHER.
WHICH MEANS THAT ALL HIGH SCHOOLERS, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS, PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, PEOPLE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PEOPLE ATTENDING LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, ANYONE COULD COME DURING THAT TIME.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THEN.
AND I HOPE I ADDRESSED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHAIR, ONE COMMENT IF I MAY.
UM, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, KEVIN FOR COMING AND JOINING US
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AND PRESENTING THE INFORMATION.UM, FOLKS REALLY ENJOYED IT, SO THANK YOU.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE BROUGHT KEVIN AND WE'RE DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK HERE IS BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD AND GROW OUR PARTNERSHIP.
UH, LB WIN IS TRYING TO BUILD AND GROW.
IT'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP BEFORE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GROW AND EXPAND THE PARTNERSHIP AND, AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH L-B-U-S-D.
SO, I WANTED TO THANK KEVIN FOR JOINING US AND APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO SHARE, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES, HOPEFULLY, FOR L-B-U-S-D AND ALL OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS, INCLUDING LBCC AND C-S-U-L-B AS WELL TO COME AND JOIN US AND PARTICIPATE AND SHARE ABOUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU, YOU'RE OFF THE HOT SEAT,
YOU DIDN'T VIOLATE ANY ACTS THAT WE KNOW OF, SO YOU'RE GOOD.
UM, NOW IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? I GOT, I GOT SOMETHING.
OH, BUT AGAIN, YOU, I HOPE I DON'T BREAK THE BROWNS ACTS.
NO, YOU'RE, WELL, YOU, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INSTALLED YET, SO YOU, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, BUT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES ACCORDING TO, YEAH, SO MY NAME ALBERT TORRES, AND I, I ACTUALLY, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR WHAT'S, WHAT'S COMING UP.
I WENT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH, AND I ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF A PLA AGREEMENT.
THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO THE BUILDING.
WELL, I'M, I'M PART OF THE WEST WESTERN STATE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS MY SUMMER JOB, AND THEY NEVER TOLD US THAT, THAT WHEN WE WERE GOING TO SCHOOL, THAT IT COULD BE A CAREER.
SO I HAVE, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THIS, AND I, I HOPE THAT THIS EVENT GOES REALLY WELL.
I MEAN, I WAS ABLE TO GET LIVABLE WAGES, I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A HOME, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE BU IN, IN, IN PART OF, PART OF BUILDING THE HOSPITALS, AIRPORTS, EVERYTHING.
BUT, UH, YEAH, I'VE, I'VE, UM, I'VE BEEN IN THE TRADE 16 YEARS AND IT'S A BIG, UH, LIFECHANGING EXPERIENCE, SO I'M A BIG ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOU LETTING OTHERS KNOW THAT IT'S A CAREER PATH THERE.
RIGHT? UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION FROM THE BOARD? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? MEMBER CARTER.
MEMBER FAVE APPROVE MEMBER QUOTE, APPROVE.
MEMBER MADRID APPROVED MEMBER POINT TO NOT APPROVE.
APPROVED MEMBER TE FAYE APPROVED AND CHAIR LEBAR.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE PARTNERS, LLC AS THE A JCC ONE STOP OPERATOR FOR THE LBN ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER FOR THE CONTRACT PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2029, CONTINGENT UPON PERFORMANCE.
AND FOR THIS POTENTIALLY, 'CAUSE THERE'S AN ACTION ITEM.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN CALL FOR THE MOTION.
YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE THE MOTION AS LONG AS IT'S BEFORE YOU GUYS START DISCUSSING.
SO, SO JUST PROCEDURALLY, LET'S HAVE STAFF GIVE THE PRESENTATION, FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, THEN WE CAN DO THE MOTION AND WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, THE MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH IT AND NOT HAVE A MOTION BEFORE WE'VE SEEN WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
SO, I'LL INVITE STAFF UP FOR, UM, PRESENTATION.
IS IT OKAY IF I PRESENT FROM HERE BOARD? YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT.
I WANNA USE THIS LITTLE DEVICE, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I'M A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH LONG BEACH WIND, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM.
UM, WIOA REQUIRES LOCAL BOARDS TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT EVERY FOUR YEARS TO SELECT AN A JCC ONE STOP OPERATOR.
LB WYNN'S, A JC ONE STOP OPERATOR.
THE MUNOZ GROUP CONTRACTED ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025, REQUIRING LB WYN TO SELECT A NEW ONE STOP OPERATOR TO SERVE THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2029.
ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025 LB WIN OBTAINED BOARD APPROVAL TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT FOR AN A JCC ONE STOP OPERATOR FOR THE ALB WIN ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
UM, THE PRIMARY ROLE OF A JC OF AN A JC ONE STOP OPERATOR IS TO COORDINATE SERVICE DELIVERY OF REQUIRED A JCC PARTNERS.
ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTNER RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS AGREED UPON THE, UH, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHEN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND VALUE.
ON APRIL 3RD, 2025, AN RFP WAS RELEASED INVITING QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSULTANTS TO APPLY FOR THE ROLE OF THE ONE STOP OPERATOR.
OVER 85 ORGANIZATIONS AND CONSULTANTS WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THE RFP AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
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PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS TELEGRAM PROMOTING THE RFP.UM, THE RFP WAS OPEN FROM APRIL 3RD THROUGH MAY 15TH, WITH PROPOSALS SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY, ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE LONG BEACH BIAS PORTAL.
UM, A TOTAL OF SIX PRO PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE RFP AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT CONSISTED OF THREE EVALUATORS.
UM, TWO INTERNAL AND ONE EXTERNAL.
UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS AGAINST THE ESTABLISHED RFP CRITERIA, WHICH INCLUDED ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND RELEVANT OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH WAS KNOWLEDGE OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE TO PERFORM THE ROLE OF THE ONE-STOP OPERATOR METHODOLOGY OF APPROACH.
HERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR A CLEAR STRATEGY ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AND THE ONE-STOP OPERATOR DELIVERABLES, COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING SYSTEMS. IT WAS DEMONSTRATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDANCE.
WE HAVE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND ABILITY TO SHARE INFORMATION IN A CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE MANNER, AND THEN REASONABLE OF COST.
SO ALL THE RFPS WERE EVALUATED FOCUSING ON THESE FOR AREAS.
UM, UM, THE FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE SCORING PROCESS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE PARTNERS PEP AS THE A JCC ONE-STOP OPERATOR FOR THE LB WIN ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE EVALUATION RESULTS FOR THE SIX PROPOSALS RECEIVED, AND PROVIDES A BREAKDOWN OF THE SCORES ACROSS THE FOUR ESTABLISHED EVALUATION CRITERIA.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR AREAS IN WHICH ALL SIX PROPOSALS WERE, UM, REVIEWED AND EVALUATED AGAINST.
AND THEN THE POSSIBLE MAXIMUM SCORE THAT EACH, UM, PROPOSAL COULD RECEIVE FOR THE DIFFERENT, UM, EVALUATION CRITERIA.
AND PEP RECEIVED A SCORE OF 94% COMPARED TO THE HIGHEST SCORING COMPARED TO THE OTHER FIVE PROPOSALS THAT WERE REVIEWED AND EVALUATED.
ALRIGHT, NOW, NOW MAY I HAVE, UH, MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVE AND SECOND.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION WOULD BE WHAT?
SO, SO, AND, AND MAYBE IT WOULD MOVING FORWARD BE BETTER IF WE JUST SAID WHAT WE'RE LIKE, MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE, OR MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WAY WE ARE ALL IN LINE ON THE VOTE.
SO, UM, ASSUMING I'M JUST GONNA CLARIFY, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THE MOTION TO DO.
SO, SO THAT'S THE MOTION BY MEMBER FVE AND SECONDED BY MEMBER SAVAGE.
UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO, UM, OR, WELL FIRST, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE ORGANIZATION OR FROM THE BOARD ON TO THE STAFF ON, UM, THE PRESENTATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION? YES.
UM, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE PERCENTAGE SLIDE.
I JUST WANT A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
WHAT IS 30% OF 30%? LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT? SO WAS IT POINTS OR WAS IT PERCENTAGE? IT WAS PERCENTAGES PER AND THEN IT'S NOT, WELL, SORRY, IT'S WASN'T WORKING.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS, THERE WAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT THEY NEEDED TO GET, OR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF, SO THAT THE MAXIMUM SCORE WAS 30%.
THAT, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT? THAT THEY GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OH, THE CRITERIA.
THE CRITERIA BASED ON EACH, EACH AREA HAD A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ASSIGNED TO IT, WHICH, UH, WHICH CALCULATED TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND I BELIEVE AS FAR AS, UM, I DIDN'T PUT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, BUT IT INCLUDED LIKE, EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, AND POOR.
SO THOSE WERE THE FOUR AREAS THAT, OR THE CRITERIA FOR EACH OF THE RIGHT.
AND WERE THERE POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH, EACH OF THOSE LEVELS? THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M LIKE.
SO EACH AREA, AS I MENTIONED, THOSE WERE AREAS THEY HAD, UM, THAT CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.
UM, HAS LB ONE WORKED WITH PEP IN THE PAST BEFORE OR ANY OF THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL? YES, IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
AND ACTUALLY PEP, UM, PRIOR TO OUR, UM, CONTRACT WITH TMG THAT JUST EXPIRED, PEP WAS OUR ONE STOP OPERATOR.
AND ACTUALLY I FAILED TO, TO, UM, MENTION THIS, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
AND JAIME RAMEZ IS FROM, FROM PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE PARTNERS, PEP.
BUT YES, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE.
AND THEN OTHER, UM, PROPOSALS THAT
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WE RECEIVED WERE FROM, UM, CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAD WORKED FOR, NOT NECESSARILY AS A ONE STOP OPERATOR, BUT IN OTHER CAPACITIES WE HAD WORKED WITH THEM.UM, SECOND QUESTION, WHICH MIGHT BE FINE, BUT CURIOUS.
'CAUSE USUALLY WHEN I LOOK AT VENDOR RESPONSES AND SCORECARDS, THERE'S SPEED QUALITY AND SPEED QUALITY COST.
AND IT'S VERY RARE THAT A VENDOR CAN SCORE HIGH IN ALL THREE AREAS.
SO EVEN IF WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO ALL THREE, IT'S RARE THAT ONE PARTNER WOULD EXCEED ALL THE OTHERS.
SO I'M JUST, IT'S JUST AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION NOT TO BLOCK ANYTHING MM-HMM
BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS AROUND THAT.
'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, PEP IS SCORING HIGHER.
IT'S GREAT FOR PEP, BUT USUALLY YOU'LL SEE IT PEPPER THROUGHOUT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS.
UM, AGAIN, JUST BASED ON THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES AND WITHIN THE RFP, THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS THAT WERE SPECIFIC THAT FELL WITHIN THOSE EVALUATION CRITERIA.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE RFP IN FRONT OF ME TO, TO, UM, PROVIDE THOSE EXAMPLES, BUT THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE FOUR CRITERIA THAT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND EXPERIENCE, WE WERE LOOKING, DID THEY STEM, THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING THE ROLE OF THE ONE-STOP OPERATOR.
DID THEY DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY THAT THEY HAVE A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF WIOA RULES AND REGULATIONS, UM, HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, BRING ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATE, UM, OR PROVIDE TRAINING STAFF DEVELOPMENT IN, IN VARIOUS AREAS.
UM, METHOD OF APPROACH DEALT WITH THE STRATEGY AND HOW THEY WOULD APPROACH, UM, MEETING THOSE DELIVERABLES OR THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AND COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING.
AGAIN, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ABILITY FOR THEM, LIKE DIFFERENT MODES OF COMMUNICATION, HOW THEY WOULD REPORT TO, UM, THEIR OUTCOMES OR ANY INFORMATION TO THE, UM, MEMBERS OF, OF THE, UM, ALB MEN.
ALB WIN, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER STAFF.
THAT MAINLY WOULD BE THEIR ROLE IN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE MANAGER AND WITH THE STAFF, AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WIOA POLICIES, PROCEDURES, UM, INTRODUCING THEM TO NEW, UM, INFORMATION REGARDING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICE, UM, BRINGING TOGETHER THE PARTNERS, ENSURING THAT THE, UM, THE TEAM IS AWARE OF THE PARTNER SERVICES AND HOW TO IMPROVE ON THOSE PARTNER REFERRALS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COLUMNS, RIGHT? THE NOT ACROSS SO WELL, SO THEY'RE, YEAH, THEY'RE DOWN.
SO THAT'S THE, UH, IT'S RARE TO HAVE ONE VENDOR SCORE THAT HIGH, UH, ACROSS ALL CRITERIA.
'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO WIN, USUALLY ON SPEED, COST, AND QUALITY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT VARIOUS VENDOR THINGS.
AGAIN, NOT A BLOCKER, BUT IT WAS JUST AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION.
SO 23, I THINK WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS SHE'S SURPRISED THAT ONE VENDOR HAD THE BEST SCORE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THAT THERE WAS NO AREA WHERE ANOTHER PROPOSAL EXCEEDED THEM.
IF I MAY, UM, FAIR ASSESSMENT.
UM, I WILL JUST ADD A COUPLE OF POINTS IF I MAY.
ONE IS, UM, PP UH, PEP, UH, PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE PARTNERS, UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER, UH, PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED, ACTUALLY HAD A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE THAN THE OTHERS.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T PUT THE NAMES FOR A REASON, BUT, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS OUR, OUR SPECIFIC RFP, UM, ASKED FOR SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS I THINK IS PART OF THE REASON WHY, UM, THEY ENDED UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN MOST IN MOST CATEGORIES THAN OTHERS.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING, WHEN WE PUT OUT THE RFP, WE WERE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BASED ON WHAT THE PRIOR, UM, ONE STOP OPERATOR REQUIREMENTS WERE.
SO, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I THINK THEY JUST HAPPENED TO, OBVIOUSLY THEY CAME IN HIRING A LOT OF THE, THE AREAS OR ALL OF THE AREAS, UM, BUT IT REALLY WAS BECAUSE WE PUT A FOCUS IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAN IT, THAN THERE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, AND SO I, I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THEIR EXPERIENCE BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UH, OTHER CONTRACTS WITH OTHER LOCAL AREAS, UM, IN THE AREA,
UH, IS THIS A YEARLY CONTRACT OR IS IT DONE ON? IT'S A, IT'S A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.
SO THE CONTRACT, UM, WOULD END JUNE, 2029 CONTINGENT UPON PERFORMANCE.
SO MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE TO ENSURE
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THEY'RE MEETING THEIR SCOPE OF WORK, CONTRACT DELIVERABLES.AND I FAILED TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT IS FOR, UM, 20,000 A YEAR TOTAL IN 80,000 TO SERVE AS THE ONE-STOP OPERATOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PRESENTATION? IF NOT, UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE GO TO THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO, UH, APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MEMBER MADRID APPROVED MEMBER POINT.
MEMBER TE FAYE APPROVED AND CHAIR LEVAR AYE.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON PROGRAM YEAR 2024 TO 2025.
IS THERE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO, SO MOVE YOU BEAT ME TO IT.
I'M GONNA GIVE ME MEMBER, MEMBER MADRID MAKES THE MOTION.
UM, DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I'M A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THE REST.
UM, I'M THE DATA MANAGER HERE AT LB N TODAY I WILL PRESENT, WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU PROGRAM YEAR 24 25.
THESE OUTCOMES ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO JULY OF 2024 TO JUNE OF 2025.
UM, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE THAT PROGRAM YEAR ENDED, THE OUTCOMES AREN'T NECESSARILY FINAL.
BUT THIS IS, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, OBTAINING SOME OUTCOMES FOR SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
UM, WHAT WE WILL, WHAT I WILL PRESENT TO YOU TODAY IS, UH, INFORMATION BASED ON 13 GRANTS.
UH, 14 ARE OUR YOUTH GRANTS, AND NINE ARE OUR ADULT SERVICES GRANTS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH, UM, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW WHICH GRANTS WE, UH, WE HAD FOR THE, UH, YEAR, WHICH IS OUR WI YOUTH, OUR YOUTH AT WORK, CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL AND BEAUTY.
THOSE ARE FOUR GRANTS UNDER OUR YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
AND THEN WE HAD NINE GRANTS UNDER OUR ADULT SERV ADULT CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
UH, TWO W-I-O-O-A GRANTS BOTH ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR HOMELESS OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT.
TRIED TO INCLUDE ALL THE ACRONYMS 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF HOW WE TALK.
UM, SO YOU MIGHT HEAR THE ACRONYM VERSUS THE LONG TITLE OF THE GRANT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, SO OUR HOMELESS OPPORTUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, WHICH IS OUR HOME GRANT, OUR HOMELESS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM GRANT, A GP, OUR INVEST GRANT, NO, STRANGELY, NOT AN ACRONYM, BUT IT'S JUST REFERRED TO AS INVEST OUR PRISON TO EMPLOYMENT.
AND OUR REGIONAL, UM, EQUITY AND PART, UH, RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP, RERP, AND OUR ECONOMIC LIBERATION PROJECT, ELP AND OUR TRANSITIONAL SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.
SO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A MOUTHFUL.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME AS I TRY TO PRESENT TO YOU SOME VERY SPECIFIC, UM, INFORMATION REGARDING THESE GRANTS.
UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR WIA YOUTH, UH, PROGRAM FOR 24 25 AGAIN, UM, IN OUR WI YOUTH PROGRAM, WE, UH, SERVED 174 YOUTH AGES 16 TO 24.
UH, COLLECTIVELY, THESE YOUTH RECEIVED OVER 3000 SERVICES, UM, WHICH CONSISTED OF A VARIETY OF SERVICES.
UM, SOME TUTORING, SOME FINANCIAL LITERACY, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, UH, CAREER PLANNING, AWARENESS AND EXPLORATION, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WORK EXPERIENCE, OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, SO A GOOD MIX OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE YOUTH.
OVER, UM, 470 YOUTH RECEIVED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WITH TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AND CHILDCARE, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, CLOTHING AND SHOES, UH, UH, BEING THE MOST COMMONLY REQUESTED AND PROVIDED.
WE DID HAVE SOME YOUTH THAT DID RECEIVE CHILDCARE.
IT WAS ON MY MIND, UM, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THAT, UM, WE HAD 54, UH, TRAINEES.
AND WHEN I MENTIONED TRAINEES, I MEAN, ALL OF THESE NUMBERS THAT THESE GRANTS SPECIFICALLY FUNDED THESE ACTIVITIES.
SO THESE AREN'T OUTSIDE TRAINEES FUNDED ELSEWHERE.
UM, WE HAD, UH, AGAIN, 54, UH, YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING.
WE HAD 11 SECURITY GUARDS, AND WE HAD A 95%
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SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATE.WE HAD 89 YOUTH, UH, PLACED IN PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.
UM, OF THOSE YOUTH, THEY EARNED, UM, $18 PER HOUR, AND THE WORK SITES RANGED FROM FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO WE HAD QUITE A FEW YOUTH, UH, PLACED AROUND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, THE TOP WORK SITES THOUGH, INCLUDED OUR SPACE SPEECH YOUTH CAMP, WHERE THERE WERE 32 YOUTH AND ALSO, UH, CNA TRAINING RELATED EXTERNSHIPS FOR, UH, PARTICIPANTS THAT HAD GONE THROUGH CNA TRAINING.
UM, WE HAD, UH, 35 YOUTH IN EDUCATION.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOUTH CAME INTO THE PROGRAM NOT IN EDUCATION, AND DURING ENROLLMENT, WE GOT THEM ENGAGED IN SECONDARY EDUCATION OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY AN OUTCOME THAT WE, UH, STRIVE TO OBTAIN.
SO WE HAD 35 KIDS, UM, THAT WERE, UH, IN EDUCATION.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT MORE KIDS IN EDUCATION, BUT THEY WERE IN EDUCATION PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM.
SO WE DON'T DOUBLE COUNT THEM.
WE ONLY COUNT THE ONES THAT WE'VE ENGAGED DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR.
UH, WE HAD 21 YOUTH WHO OBTAINED POST-SECONDARY, UH, EDUCATION OR WERE EMPLOYED, UH, WHICH IS YOUR FAR LEFT NUMBER.
WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, IS THAT AT FILE CLOSURE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL NEED TO THINK ABOUT AT FILE CLOSURE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO STRIVE FOR.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR YOUTH TO AT LEAST, I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S ABOUT 69%, UM, IN AN, IN EMPLOYMENT OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.
UM, ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING IT'S ABOUT A 22% POSITIVE OUTCOME RATE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE YOUTH THAT ARE IN THE MEASURE, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, PRELIMINARY BASE WAGE DATA, HOWEVER, THOUGH THAT RETAINMENT RATE IS, UM, UP TO 64%.
SO IN OUR PROGRAMS, WE RELY ON A BASE WAGE FILE, WHICH COMES FROM THE STATE.
AND SO IT SHOWS US WHO'S EMPLOYED IN PARTICULAR QUARTERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIME LAG ON THAT IS, UH, USUALLY AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, SOMETIMES EVEN LONGER, DEPENDING ON THE STATE.
AND WHEN THEY RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND THEY UPLOAD IT INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO GET STAFF MORE FOCUSED ON CONNECTING WITH CUSTOMERS, GETTING OUTCOMES.
WE CAN GET OUTCOMES IN THE SYSTEM, AND WE'RE NOT RELYING ON THE BASE WAGE FILE.
SO THEN WHEN WE REPORT SOMETHING LIKE 21 EMPLOYED OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER.
SO IT CONTINUES TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DOCUMENT AND RECORD OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, NOT JUST OUR YOUTH PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON OUR YOUTH? OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE ON.
THE CNAS, WHAT ORGANIZATIONS DO YOU PARTNER WITH AND HOW MANY OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY PLACED? UM, THE CNAS, UM, WENT THROUGH, UH, UH, I FORGET, IS IT NURSES DEVELOPMENT CENTER? I FORGOT THE TRAINING PROGRAM.
UM, I, I CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION.
THEY DEFINITELY WERE WITH A PROVIDER THAT'S ON OUR ELIGIBLE TRAINING PROVIDER LIST.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS NURSE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
IT'S, IT'S NURSES DEVELOPMENT CENTER, IS IT NURSES DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
IT WAS FIRST NURSES DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THEN, UH, THE NEW ONE THAT, AND JUST TO, UH, UH, INFORM FOLKS.
THE PERSON SPEAKING IS ANA FROM, UH, UNITED CAMBODIAN, UH, COMMUNITY, ONE OF OUR WEOA YOUTH SUBCONTRACTORS.
AND SO IN REGARDS TO PLACEMENT, UM, THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE TRAINING, AND THEN PART OF THEIR TRAINING IS A PAID EXTERNSHIP.
SO TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR TRAINING, UM, THEY GET PAID AND GO THROUGH A WORK EXPERIENCE, UH, PROGRAM.
AND OFTEN THOSE YOUTH ARE HIRED BY FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE EXTERNSHIP AND ACTUAL TRAINING AND GETTING THEIR CNA LICENSE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A PROCESS TO, FOR ALL THAT TO, UM, TO OCCUR.
THEY'RE OFTEN HIRED BY THAT ENTITY.
SO WHETHER THAT'S, UM, I THINK ONE OF 'EM WAS RECENT SEEK CARE, AND I CAN'T THINK OF THE OTHER ONE.
THERE WERE DEFINITELY TWO, UH, CARE CENTERS THAT OUR YOUTH WERE, UH, PLACED AT.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DID.
UM, I WASN'T ON THE BOARD, UM, IN JUNE, BUT I DO RECALL THE BOARD APPROVING, UM, AN INCENTIVE PLAN FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING, I GUESS, UM, OBTAINING, UH, UH, INFORMATION RELATED TO THOSE OUTCOMES THAT YOU NEED.
SO ARE, IS IS BECAUSE YOUR CURRENT OUTCOME IS ABOUT 20 SOME PERCENT YOU MENTIONED, AND THAT YOU NEED TO GET TO A GOAL OF 69.
SO IS THAT INCENTIVE PLAN THAT WAS INTRODUCED LAST TIME GONNA BE USED TO HELP SUPPORT GETTING THE INFORMATION BACK FROM THE STUDENTS, WHETHER IT'S SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION OR WHATEVER, OR IS IT, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE, TO FIGURE OUT HOW, UM, THE, THE TEAM IS GOING TO WORK TO IMPROVE THAT OUTCOME.
UM, WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE THING.
I MEAN, THE OUTCOME IS DEFINITELY NOT THE 22%.
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RECEIVED INFORMATION DIRECTLY FOR THE CUSTOMER.AND THAT'S WHERE THAT 22% COMES FROM.
WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK INTO A BASE WAGE FILE AND WE SEE WAGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, WE'RE DEFINITELY MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT.
WE'RE PAST 60%, AND THAT'S PRELIMINARY, AND THAT'LL JUST GO HIGHER.
UM, AS FAR AS INCENTIVES GO, THOSE ARE USUALLY ATTACHED TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO IT DEPENDS ON WHICH PROGRAM AND WHAT'S ALLOWABLE.
WE DID REVISE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE REVISED OUR SUPPORTIVE SERVICE POLICY, AND IT DOES INCLUDE INCENTIVES.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW STAFF APPROPRIATE THAT AND CONNECT WITH YOUTH TO GET THESE OUTCOMES.
IF, AND IF I COULD JUST ON A PROCEDURAL MATTER, IF WE COULD LET STAFF GET THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN DO QUESTIONS AT THE TIME WHEN IT'S NOTATED ON THE AGENDA, I THINK THAT'LL HELP FROM A FLOW AND A TIMING PERSPECTIVE.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR, OUR YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM.
UM,
I MEAN, IT'S, YOU HAVE, IT'S JUST AMAZING.
SO I'M VERY FOND OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAM.
NOT THAT I'M NOT FOND OF OUR ADULT PROGRAMS, BUT MY HEART IS IN YOUTH, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T WORK IN THE YOUTH PROGRAM.
UM, UH, OUR YOUTH, UH, PROGRAM, OUR YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM FOCUSED ON PROVIDING WORK EXPERIENCE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO HIGH PRIORITY YOUTH, INCLUDING CURRENT OR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH, UH, CALWORKS RECIPIENTS, LOW INCOME, UH, YOUTH PREGNANT OR PARENTING, YOUTH JUSTICE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, HOMELESS, UM, AND OR LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE.
IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC PROGRAM FOR WORK EXPERIENCE.
UM, WE ENROLLED, UH, 487 YOUTH AGES 14 TO 24, 465 OF THOSE YOUTH PARTICIPATED IN REQUIRED WORK READINESS WORKSHOPS EARNING 1727 AN HOUR UP TO 20 HOURS.
THE WORKSHOPS INCLUDED LIFE SKILLS, CAREER PATHWAYS PLANNING, AND JOB PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS WORKPLACE READINESS.
UM, SO IN ADDITION, AFTER YOUTH COMPLETED THEIR WORK READINESS, THEY WENT ON TO WORK SITES.
UH, WE HAD THIR 330, EXCUSE ME, 362 YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATED IN PAID WORK EXPERIENCE EARNING $17 AND 27 CENTS PER HOUR UP TO 140 HOURS.
WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING 253 YOUTH COMPLETE A HUNDRED OR MORE PAID WORK EXPERIENCE HOURS.
WORK SITES RANGED FROM FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS TO CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, WITH THE TOP WORK SITES INCLUDED SOME FUN ONES IN MY OPINION.
THERE WERE YOUTH THAT WORKED AT JIMMY JOHN'S, UH, MCDOWELL'S, SOUL FOOD AND BARBECUE BARK BARK DAYCARE, ONE OF MY FAVES.
UM, UH, MY SON ACTUALLY WAS AN INTERN WHEN HE WAS A LOT YOUNGER AT BARK BARK DAYCARE.
IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM.
UM, UH, SWEET GRASS SUGAR CANE, UH, LONG BEACH BEER LAB, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE, AND OBVIOUSLY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
SO A REALLY GOOD MIX OF, OF, UH, EMPLOYERS.
A LOT OF SITES, THESE ARE JUST THE TOP.
WE ALSO ISSUED 91 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
UH, WERE PROVIDED WITH TRANSPORTATION, CLOTHING, UM, AND SHOES BEING THE MOST SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED UNDER THE YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAM.
OKAY, I'M GONNA GO ON TO NOT GOOD WITH THE LITTLE THING HERE.
GOING ON TO OUR, UH, BEAUTY PROGRAM.
OUR YOUTH, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES GEARED TOWARDS BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS THAT INC.
THAT WERE INCLUDED, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO, UM, WASTE DIVERSION, TRASH COLLECTION, RECYCLING PRACTICES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS.
THIS WAS A VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT.
IT WAS GEARED TOWARDS 14 TO 18 YEAR OLDS.
WE, UM, HAD 85 YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATED IN PAID WORK EXPERIENCE.
THEY ALL EARNED $17 AN HOUR, AND THESE YOUTH WERE PLACED ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE TERMS. IT'S CALLED THE YMCA YOUTH INSTITUTION BEAUTIFICATION SQUAD.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT SOUNDS AWESOME TO ME TO WORK ON, ON A SQUAD.
UM, PLUS THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GREAT THAT THEY ALL HAD THE SAME, UH, AGENDA.
UH, 82 OF THESE YOUTH COMPLETED A HUNDRED MORE HOURS OF PAID WORK EXPERIENCE OUR CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL.
THIS IS A STATE PROGRAM THAT'S LED BY CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS OFFICE OF GOVERNOR, UH, OFFERING YOUNG PEOPLE PAID, UH, WORK EXPERIENCE, JOB TRAINING, AND PUBLIC SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO ADDRESS, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS WHILE HELPING YOUTH AND ADULTS, UH, BUILD CAREER SKILLS AND PATHWAYS AND OUR CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL PROGRAM.
WE ENROLLED 59 PARTICIPANTS, UH, WITH A WIDE AGE RANGE FROM 16 TO 30.
SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN MOST OF OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. THIS WENT UP TO AGE 30.
THE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED PAID WORK EXPERIENCE, UM, EARNING HOURLY WAGES FROM 1728 ALL THE WAY UP TO $27.
SO A MUCH DIFFERENT PROGRAM, HIGHER WAGES, UM, OLDER
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INDIVIDUALS.THE TOP WORK SITES INCLUDED THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OUR YOUTH CAREER SERVICES CENTER.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE 43 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH AGAIN, MOSTLY CONSISTED OF TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AND CLOTHING BEING THE MOST COMMONLY REQUESTED.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ADULT PROGRAMS. SO OUR WI ADULT, UH, PROGRAM FOR LAST PROGRAM YEAR, 542 CUSTOMERS, UH, RECEIVED OVER 4,400 SERVICES.
UH, THE MOST FREQUENTLY PROVIDED SERVICE WAS INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING 112, UH, CO-ENROLLMENT.
WITH CO-ENROLLMENT, WE LIKE TO SEE NUMBERS HIGH BECAUSE THAT ALLOWS US TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES UNDER OTHER GRANTS FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, SO A HUNDRED AND 112 CO-ENROLLMENT.
WE HAD 113 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT WERE ISSUED.
AGAIN, MOSTLY TRANSPORTATION AND, UH, CLOTHING AND SHOES.
UM, 82 CUSTOMERS, UH, PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING, WHICH INCLUDED 71 OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING AND 11 O JTS.
MOST OF THOSE WERE TRUCK DRIVERS.
UH, THOSE WERE NETWORK SECURITY RELATED.
WE HAD 12 UH, PERCENT IN HEALTHCARE.
THOSE WERE MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, MEDICAL BILLING, AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS.
WE HAD 11% IN CONSTRUCTION AND THEY WERE ALL WELDERS.
WE HAD AN 83% TRAINING, A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION RATE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALTHOUGH OUR ADULT SERVICES GRANT DOESN'T, UH, ROUTINELY PROVIDE A PAID WORK EXPERIENCE, WE WERE, UH, ABLE TO PROVIDE 14 CUSTOMERS WITH PAID WORK EXPERIENCE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES FROM OTHER GRANTS.
UM, THE TOP WORK SITES WERE, UM, ISLAND OPTOMETRY, MEALS ON WHEELS AND YVETTE'S FABULOUS FINES.
HERE WE HAD 154, UH, CUSTOMERS WHOSE FILES WERE CLOSED IN EMPLOYMENT.
UM, THAT ACTUALLY EQUATES TO ONLY ABOUT A 41%, UH, POSITIVE OUTCOME RATE.
SO AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT A HIGHER IN OUR ADULT WORLD PROGRAM.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT AT LEAST 70%.
UH, PRELIMINARY BASE WAGE DATA RIGHT NOW, UM, INDICATES ABOUT A 60%.
WE STILL HAVE TWO QUARTERS TO GO.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS IN OUR ADULT SERVICES PROGRAM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH TO CONNECT WITH CUSTOMERS DURING THEIR FOLLOW-UP.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CUSTOMERS THAT ARE, UM, IN SELF, UH, THEY'RE SELF-EMPLOYED.
AND SO WE ONLY CAN GET THAT OUTCOME IF WE GET IT DIRECTLY FROM THE CUSTOMER.
IT'S NOT GONNA APPEAR IN A BASE WAGE FILE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME WORKAROUNDS AND SOME THINGS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE TO BETTER CONNECT WITH CUSTOMERS TO, TO GAIN, UM, OUR BETTER EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES.
THEY'LL END UP IN OUR PERFORMANCE AND THE PERFORMANCE WILL COME OUT.
WE USUALLY DO WELL ON OUR STATE PERFORMANCE.
IT'S JUST WE WANNA BE ABLE TO TELL OUR STORY.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR JOB TITLE IS, WHAT YOUR WAGE WAS, AND EMPLOYERS THAT YOU'RE WITH.
AND WE CAN ONLY GET THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM THE CUSTOMER.
OUR WI ADULT PROGRAMS, OUR, UH, ADULT PROGRAM AND OUR WI UH, DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAD 194 CUSTOMERS, UH, ENROLLED COLLECTIVELY RECEIVING OVER 2000 SERVICES.
THE MOST FREQUENTLY PROVIDED SERVICE WAS INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING.
11 CUSTOMERS WERE CO-ENROLLED IN OTHER GRANTS, ALLOWING US, AGAIN, TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE 64 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
THE MOST COMMON, AGAIN, ARE TRANSPORTATION AND CLOTHING.
UH, 72 CUSTOMERS PARTICIPATED IN OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING.
25% OF THOSE WERE TECHNOLOGY RELATED.
UH, IT SECURITY MOSTLY WITH, WITH SOME DATA SCIENCE AS WELL, 21% WITH HEALTHCARE RELATED.
THEY VARIED THOUGH, BUT BEHAVIOR HEALTH COUNSELING WAS THE MOST COMMON.
WE HAD 11% IN HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, WITH MOST OF THEM BEING IN HR MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE THAT WERE RELATED TO PAYROLL.
48, UH, UH, 48 DISLOCATED WORKER FILES THAT WERE CLOSED WITH EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION RESULTING AT A 47% POSITIVE, UM, OUTCOME RATE.
BUT HERE'S WHERE BASE WAGE FILE COMES INTO PLAY, BECAUSE PRELIMINARY BASE WAGE DATA ALREADY PREDICTS US AT 75%.
SO THERE'S A HUGE DISCREPANCY THERE BETWEEN 47 AND 75.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WITH JUST IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES, WE CAN CONNECT WITH CUSTOMERS AND GET MORE EMPLOYMENT DETAILS FROM THEM TO BETTER ALIGN THOSE, THOSE, UM, OUTCOMES TOGETHER.
OUR HOMELESS OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, FOR MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, UM, OR WHAT WE REFER TO AS HOME, WHICH SERVES UNHOUSED OR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING UNHOUSED.
WE HAD 84 CUSTOMERS COLLECTIVELY RECEIVE OVER 590 SERVICES.
CAREER GUIDANCE AND PLANNING WAS THE MOST FREQUENTLY PRO, FREQUENTLY PROVIDED SERVICE.
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WE HAD 72, UH, CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS 86%.WERE CO-ENROLLED IN OTHER LB WIN GRANTS, WHICH IS HUGE FOR THIS POPULATION.
WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ON OTHER, UNDER OTHER GRANTS, 78 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WERE ISSUED, AGAIN, MOSTLY TRANSPORTATION AND CLOTHING.
WE DID HAVE, UM, 32, UH, PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATE IN WORK EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK UP TO 300 HOURS AT 1728 PER HOUR.
THE TOP WORK SITES WERE Y VET'S, FABULOUS FINES, MEALS ON WHEELS, UNITE THE PEOPLE, URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES, AND PARAMOUNT DENTAL.
SO A GOOD MIX OF WORK SITES THERE.
15 CUSTOMERS, UM, HAVE CONFIRMED EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION RESULTING IN A POSITIVE, UH, OUTCOME OF 26%, AGAIN, WHICH IS LOW.
OUR PRELIMINARY, UM, EMPLOYMENT RATE DOES HAVE US AT 42%, BUT AGAIN, PRELIMINARY, UM, WE STILL HAVE TWO QUARTERS WORTH OF WAGES TO RECEIVE.
SO THERE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THAT, UH, IN THE OUTCOME.
SO JUST, JUST QUICKLY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, UM, THE NEXT BUDGET ITEM IS ON OUR BUDGET AND WE, WE NEED TO, OR YEAH.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS ON OUR BUDGET AND WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THAT BEFORE WE LOSE A QUORUM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO LEAVE EARLY.
SO, UM, THIS IS ALL FANTASTIC AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL THE WORK.
I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH IT, BUT WE, WE DO NEED AN OPERATING BUDGET OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME TO, YOU KNOW, FUNCTION AND DO ALL THESE GREAT THINGS.
SO IF WE COULD MAYBE WRAP THIS UP OKAY.
AND GET THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS QUICKLY.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ONCE WE'VE MOVED FORWARD, I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ON HOW YOU CAN PROPERLY DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
DID YOU WANT TO END THIS NOW OR JUST IF YOU COULD RUSH THROUGH, GET THROUGH IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
JUST ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT THE HOME GRANT.
UM, IT WAS INTERESTING THAT LA COUNTY DECIDED TO ABRUPTLY END THAT GRANT IN JUNE.
WE WERE NOTIFIED LITERALLY LIKE THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE THAT THAT GRANT WOULD END ON JUNE 30TH.
UM, SO IT WAS A AWKWARD SITUATION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY CO-ENROLLED THAT NEEDED TO CONTINUE RECEIVING SERVICES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR HOMELESS AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM GRANT.
I WON'T GO INTO EVERY DETAILS, BUT YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE FOR LACK OF TIME.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE INFORMATION HERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, OUR INVEST PROGRAM AGAIN, AND WE WILL SHARE THE SLIDES SO THAT YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THE DETAILS, BUT JUST KIND OF RUSHING THROUGH THAT.
WE DID SERVE OVER 93 CUSTOMERS WITH OVER 1100, UH, SERVICES THERE.
OUR PRISON TO EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, WE HAD OVER 40 OR ALMOST 40 CUSTOMERS WITH OVER 400 SERVICES IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND OUR REGIONAL E WHAT WE CALL RERP, WHICH IS OUR REGIONAL EQUITY AND RECOVERY, UH, PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAD OVER, UH, 40, WE HAD 47 CUSTOMERS WITH OVER 600 SERVICES.
SORRY THAT I'M RUSHING THROUGH, BUT FOR LACK OF TIME.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC LIBERATION PROJECT SPECIFICALLY FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE 25 INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDE OVER 300 SERVICES.
IS THAT FAST ENOUGH, WESTON? YEAH.
IT'S HARD TO COVER ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU'RE DOING
UM, NOW ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? AND AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING CONNECTED TO HOUSING? 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL OF THE EDUCATION, WHICH IS GREAT AND, AND TRAINING, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT LINKS THEM TO HOUSING? DO YOU WANNA TAKE THAT ELI? UH, YES.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE REFERRALS ARE FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ASSIGNED, UH, NOT NECESSARILY A COUNTY SOCIAL WORKER, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE ONE AS WELL, BUT THEY HAVE A, A CITY, UH, STAFF WORKER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THEM THAT COORDINATES WITH OUR STAFF PERSON TO, UH, GENERATE REFERRALS, CONNECT THEM TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS WELL, WHICH OF COURSE A BIG FOCUS IS HOUSING.
UM, IF, IF I COULD SPEAK MORE TRANSPARENTLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STAFF, IS THAT THAT HOUSING, UM, UH, SITUATIONS NOT ALWAYS STABLE AND IT DOES LEAD TO A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO, UH, RETENTION OF EMPLOYMENT PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, THEY'RE OFTEN IN SHORT TERM SHELTERS, WHICH CREATES A LOT OF DISTRACTION, A LOT OF MOVEMENT.
SO WHILE THERE ARE SOME PARTNERS RELATED TO HOUSING THAT ARE INCLUDED IN PART OF OUR SERVICE DELIVERY STRATEGY, THERE'S A, THERE'S A NEED FOR, UM, MORE STABILITY AND SECURED HOUSING IN OUR OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SERVING INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN'T HOUSED.
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I DON'T SPEAK JUST IN BEHALF OF US, I MEAN, AS A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM.IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE? HELLO EVERYONE.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED CAMBODIAN COMMUNITY.
WE PARTNER WITH LB WIN TO PROVIDE THE CNA TRAINING, AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH LB WIN FOR 10 YEARS.
OUR CURRENT CONTRACT IS COMING TO AN END IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH LB WIN.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION, UH, NURSES DEVELOPMENT CENTER IS OUR NURSE, UH, CNA TRAINER AND ALSO HEALTHCARE CAREER COLLEGE.
UM, AS WE ARE WAITING TO, UM, HEAR ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH L-B-N-U-C-C, WE ARE STILL PROVIDING CNA TRAINING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A ST.
UH, AND WE'RE PROVIDING THAT FOR, UH, CURRENTLY 20 YOUTH.
SO, UM, YES, WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH LBN AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? NO.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
APPROVED MEMBER RUSSELL APPROVE.
ALL RIGHT, AND, AND JUST QUICKLY BEFORE I HAVE YOU READ NUMBER SIX, UM, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL BE SEATED PROBABLY IN OCTOBER, WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER DOING A SPECIAL MEETING THAT GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE QUORUM BEFORE THE NEXT STATED MEETING.
UM, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ESSENTIALLY CLEAN UP ANYTHING WE DON'T GET TO TODAY.
BUT WITH THAT, UH, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO TO AGENDA ITEM SIX.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.
PROPOSED PROGRAM YEAR 2025 TO 2026.
ALRIGHT, UM, IS THERE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? GOOD MORNING.
I'M THE NEW-ISH GRANTS ACCOUNTING OFFICER FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I JUST HAD MY FIRST, UH, YEAR LAST WEEK, SO CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU AND PRESENTING.
PROGRAM YEAR BEGAN JULY 1ST, 2025 AND ENDS JUNE 30TH, 2026.
WE OWE AN LA COUNTY GRANTS ALIGNED WITH THE PROGRAM YEAR PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE CITY OPERATE UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, AND ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
OUR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS ARE AWARDED AND THEN BEGIN AND END AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR AND CAN EXTEND ACROSS MULTIPLE YEARS.
FOR SPECIFIC GRANTS, REVENUE IS BASED ON ATTAINMENT OF ENROLLMENT GOALS AND SERVICE LEVELS.
TO RECEIVE FULL FUNDING, PROJECTED REVENUE IS 14.3 MILLION, AND THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES ARE 15.5 MILLION, LEAVING A PROJECTED BUDGET DEFICIT OF 1.1 MILLION.
THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE OVERAGES AND EXPENDITURES IS DUE TO PERSONNEL COSTS.
HOWEVER, THE ABOVE NUMBER DOES NOT FACTOR IN POTENTIAL PAID TIME OFF THROUGH THE 25 26 PROGRAM YEAR.
IF WE FACTOR IN PTO PAID TIME OFF, OUR PROJECTED DEFICIT COULD BE REDUCED FROM 1.1 MILLION TO 700,000.
A QUICK COMPARISON BETWEEN PROGRAM YEAR 24 25 SHOWS AN OVERALL DECREASE IN REVENUE OF 3.9 MILLION BETWEEN 24 AND 24 25 AND 25 26 FOR CONSISTENCY BETWEEN PRESENTATIONS.
THE DECREASE AMOUNT IS BASED ON THE BUREAU BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED FOR PROGRAM YEAR 24, 25, AND DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR NEW PROGRAM FUNDING RECEIVED MID-YEAR PROGRAM 24 25 LA COUNTY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER 137,000 JAMES OR NATION 500,000 AND SWIB EXPANDING FLEXIBLE APPRENTICESHIPS.
THERE HAS BEEN A DECREASE IN WHEEL, A RAPID RESPONSE AND LAYOFF OF VERSION ALLOCATION OF 77,000 LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALLOCATION DECREASE OF 1 MILLION AND DECREASED CARRY IN FUNDING FROM THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM YEAR DUE TO GRANTS ENDING IN THE DISLOCATION, THE DISCONTINUATION OF LA CITY CONTRACTS.
JUST A LITTLE CONTEXT AROUND THE FEDERAL SITUATION AND HOW IT IMPACTS OUR FUNDING.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE DUE CHANGES TO FEDERAL FUNDING SINCE THE LAST BOARD BUDGET PRESENTATION.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE COMMUNITY INFORMED OF THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE LOST AND POSSIBLE FUTURE LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND ITS IMPACTS
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ON LOCAL PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE CITY.RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND POLICY SHIFTS UNDER THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION SUGGEST THAT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
CERTAIN FUNDING STREAMS FOR CITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REDUCED OR ELIMINATED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE AS TIME GOES ON.
WHILE THE FULL SCOPE OF IMPACTS LOCALLY IS NOT YET KNOWN, THE CITY CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION AS IT HAS SINCE THE START OF 2025.
THIS IS OUR REVENUE BY FUNDING SOURCE.
LB WIND'S REVENUE IS GENERATED BY EIGHT DIFFERENT GRAND TOURS, BROKE IT DOWN TO 34 FUNDING SOURCES.
OUR LARGEST FUNDING REVENUE IS THE STATE AT 9.9 MILLION 69% OF OUR FUNDING, WHICH INCLUDES WE OA FORMULA AND DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.
THE NEXT LARGEST FUNDING SOURCES ARE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, HILTON, AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
HERE IS A BAR GRAPH SHOWING THE BREAKOUT OF FUNDING BY ADULT PROGRAM.
THERE HAS BEEN A 500,000 DECREASE DOLLAR DECREASE IN ADULT PROGRAMS FROM LAST YEAR ADULT PROGRAM.
WE OWE A FORMULA GRANTS TOTALS.
3.8 MILLION IS COMPRISED OF ADULT DISLOCATED WORKERS, RAPID RESPONSE AND LAYOFF AVER.
THIS TOTAL INCLUDES 115,000 AND CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM PROGRAM YEAR 24 25.
FOR WE, WE OA ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER AND AN INCREASED ALLOCATION OF 435,000 IN WE OA FUNDING FOR PROGRAM 25 26 COUNTY PROGRAMS TOTAL 489,000 AND 106018% DECREASE FROM LAST PROGRAM YEAR.
OUR SPECIAL PROGRAM, EXCUSE ME, OUR SPECIAL PROJECTS FUNDING FOR PROGRAM YEAR 25 26 IS 1.4 MILLION FOR PROJECTS GEARED TOWARDS TARGETED POPULATIONS.
HERE IS A BREAKOUT OF REVENUE BY POPULATION.
I WILL SKIP TO, UH, THIS SLIDE.
OUR PLANNED EXPENDITURES FOR THIS PROGRAM YEAR IS 15.5 MILLION.
THE EXPENDITURES INCLUDE OUR TRADITIONAL OPERATING EXPENSES PERSONNEL PROGRAM, AND PARTICIPANT RELATED COSTS.
OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THIS PROGRAM YEAR HAVE DECREASED IN COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM YEAR DUE TO FUNDING CUTS.
THIS IS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF ADDITIONAL REV REVENUE RECEIVED.
OUR TOTAL TRAINING BENCHMARKS TOTAL 1.1 MILLION, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN OUR TRAINING BENCHMARK FOR 24 25.
WE OA ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER GRANTS REQUIRED THAT WE MEET TRAINING BENCHMARKS.
WE OA SB 7 34 REQUIRES 30% OF OUR ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER FUNDING BE ALLOCATED TO TRAINING.
WE'RE AT A MAXIMUM OF 20% MUST BE DIRECTED TRAINING COSTS AND A MAXIMUM OF 10% CAN BE LEVERAGED TRAINING FROM NON WEA GRANTS OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORTIVE TRAINING.
THESE TYPES OF TRAINING INCLUDE OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING ON THE JOB TRAINING AND CUSTOMIZED TRAINING.
IN ADDITION TO OUR TRAINING BENCHMARKS.
LB WIN ALSO HAS WEX EARMARKS THAT MUST BE MET FOR OUR YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMS. FOR WE OWE YOUTH, 20% OF FUNDING MUST BE ALLOCATED TO WEX PARTICIPANT WAGES.
WORK READINESS WORKSHOPS AND STAFF TIME AND SUPPORT OF WEX AND ACTIVITIES ALL COUNT TOWARDS THE 20% EARMARK OR WEX TOTALS FOR THIS PROGRAM YEAR IS 4.1 MILLION, WHICH IS 2.4 MILLION LESS THAN LAST PROGRAM YEAR.
EARMARK WEX IS FOR WORK EXPERIENCE RELATED TO WEOA.
WEX IS FOR WEX, UNRELATED TO WEOA.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND STIPENDS ARE PLANNED TO BE 681,000, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF 153,000 FOR ADULT SERVICES AND 528,000 FOR YOUTH SERVICES.
THIS IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH PROGRAM YEAR 24 25.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND
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SUBSID OF LB WINDS OPERATIONS THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF FISCAL YEARS 22 TO 25.THE CITY OF LONG BEACH ADOPTS AN AVERAGE OF 456,120 THROUGH ITS ANNUAL ADOPTED BUDGET PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET, THE CITY THEN CONTRIBUTES ON AVERAGE $1.1 MILLION FOR UNFUNDED COSTS THROUGH THE YEAR END PERFORMANCE REPORT PROCESS OF THESE COSTS, ABOUT HALF OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL INDIRECT COSTS, WHICH ARE ON AVERAGE 400,000.
INDIRECT COSTS ARE THE METHOD THROUGH WHICH THE CITY RECOUP TO THE GENERAL FUND COSTS TO DELIVER CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
INDIRECT COSTS ARE APPLIED TO EXPONENTIAL INCURRED ACROSS ALL FUND GROUPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
INDIRECT COST RATES ARE CALCULATED THROUGH THE ANNUAL CITYWIDE COST ALLOCATION PLAN AND CHARGED TO ALL FUND GROUPS USING A CONSISTENT METHODOLOGY.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO FUND A PORTION OF THE INDIRECT COST PLAN CHA CHARGES WITHIN CURRENT GRANT AWARDS.
DUE TO EXPENSE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING CAPS CHARGES THAT CANNOT BE RECOUPED FROM GRANTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND GROUP RESULTING IN A VARIANCE BETWEEN BUDGET AND ACTUALS.
ON AVERAGE, LB WIN PAYS THE GENERAL FUND 400,000 FOR THESE FEES.
OTHER COSTS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND SUPPORT ARE PERSONNEL AND OTHER GRANT INELIGIBLE COSTS SUCH AS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
BACKGROUND CHECKS, GRANT WRITING, UNFUNDED PARTICIPANT COSTS, AND VARIOUS EVENTS IN TOTAL FROM 2225 LB WIN HAS SPENT NEARLY $45 MILLION WITH THE CITY CONTRIBUTING 4.4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND.
THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH'S CONTRIBUTION EQUATES ROUGHLY TO 9%.
I WILL VERBALLY TELL YOU ABOUT THE YOUTH
I'LL VERBALIZE IT FOR YOU GUYS.
THERE'S BEEN AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 3.4 MILLION FROM LAST PROGRAM YEAR.
WE OWE A YOUTH PROGRAMS TOTAL, WHAT, 2.1 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 80,000 IN CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM PROGRAM YEAR 24 25, CONSTITUTING A DECREASE OF 331,000 FROM PREVIOUS PROGRAM YEAR.
HOWEVER, WHILE THIS SHOWS IS A DECREASE, THE AWARD FOR PROGRAM YEAR 25 26 IS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE OF 181,000.
THIS SEEMING DECREASE IS DUE TO A SMALLER CARRYOVER AMOUNT FROM 24 25 TO 25 26, AND THEN WAS CARRIED OVER FROM 2324 TO 24 25.
COUNTY YOUTH AT WORK TOTALS 656,000, A 878,000 DECREASE FROM LAST PROGRAM YEAR.
SPECIAL PROJECTS FUNDING IS 5.5 MILLION, A DECREASE OF 2.2 MILLION FROM PROGRAM YEAR 24 25, AND PROJECTS GEARED TOWARDS YOUTH POPULATIONS THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL AND HILTON PROJECTS.
AND THEN I WAS GOING TO NOTE BEFORE I PANICKED, UH, ADULT REVENUE IS PO IS APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF YOUTH REVENUE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS WE RESOLVED THAT.
NO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT.
THIS MIGHT BE THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN ME, BUT WHEN I SEE RED STUFF ON BUDGETS, IT, IT'S ALARMING.
SO, UM, TYPICALLY WHERE YOU HAVE REVENUES, FALL COSTS HAVE TO FALL WITH IT.
CAN, CAN SOMEBODY WALK ME THROUGH WHAT, LIKE BUDGETARILY WHAT WE NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE DEFICITS? LIKE, AND MY MY GUESS IS THESE ARE NOT DEFICITS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE LONG TERM.
SO CAN SOMEBODY JUST WALK ME THROUGH THE FINANCIALS AND MAKE SENSE OF IT FOR ME? THANKS.
UH, CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, IN RESPONSE TO THAT QUE PARTICULAR QUESTION, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE IS A ONE POINT, I BELIEVE IT WAS $1.1 MILLION DEFICIT, UM, PART OF WHAT WE WOULD DO IS GO TO THE CITY TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.
OUR INTENTIONS ARE NOT TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT THE SECOND PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT IS ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE'S A PRESENTATION FURTHER DOWN IN, UH, THE AGENDA THAT, UH,
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IDENTIFIES SOME POTENTIAL, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GO AFTER GRANTS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE UP SOME OF THAT DIFFERENCE USING SOME OF THOSE GRANT FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE.THE SECOND PART IS WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN, UM, SHIFT AND MODIFY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT BASED ON THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THERE ARE SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, LET'S SAY WE HAVE, UH, SOME ATTRITION, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT FILL A PARTICULAR POSITION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THAT CREATES SOME SAVINGS IN THOSE WAYS.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE.
BUT THE PRIMARY WAY WE DO IS TO LOOK AT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT UP THAT WAY.
AND, AND FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING WE'VE DENOTED THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE ONCE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE, UH, SEATED.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, UH, SORT OF AN UPDATE ON, ON HOW WE'RE TACKLING THAT AT LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS STRATEGIES OF COST REDUCTIONS AND REVENUE GROWTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO DO IS GO BACK TO THE CITY UNDERSTANDING THAT NEXT YEAR'S GONNA BE A VERY TOUGH FISCAL CYCLE FOR THE CITY IN GENERAL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PERSONALLY I KNOW I WOULD WANNA MONITOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS IN GOOD FINANCIAL HEALTH AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LEAKAGE OF SERVICE OFFERINGS THAT, THAT WOULD DIMINISH WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY CHARGE, UM, BACK TO STAFF, IS TO KEEP US ABREAST OF, OF HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
AND LIKE I SAID, UNTIL WE FEEL COMFORTABLE, PROBABLY ONGOING, IF WE GET REPORTS ON HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE, HOW WE'RE REDUCING THAT GAP, UM, AND AGAIN, THE COMBINATION OF, OF COST REDUCTIONS AND REVENUE GROWTH, UM, HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT TOGETHER AND WHAT SUPPORT YOU NEED FROM US THEN WILL DO.
AND, AND THEN JUST, UH, ONE, ONE OTHER POINT I FORGOT TO MENTION AROUND IT, AND PLEASE, MARILYN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT 1.1 MILLION ALSO INCLUDED, UH, THE INDIRECT COST RATE.
UM, WHICH MEANS, SO THAT'S ABOUT HALF.
WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT, UH, 500,000.
UM, AND THAT'S AN ONGOING EVERY YEAR THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PUT FORWARD BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE AN INDIRECT COST RATE WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT'S BEEN APPROVED.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR US BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE STATE, UM, RE OR I'M SORRY, THAT THE CITY RECEIVES FROM BOTH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, AND THE, THE STATE, 'CAUSE IT'S A PASS THROUGH PRIMARILY.
UM, THE INDIRECT COST RATE HAS TO BE NEGOTIATED AND AGREED THROUGH AS A CITYWIDE THING, NOT JUST A LB WIN THING.
UM, WHICH HAS PREVENTED US FROM BEING ABLE TO CHARGE THAT INDIRECT COST RATE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL GET RESOLVED, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, WHICH WOULD BRING THAT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL.
I BELIEVE IT'S ESTIMATED IN THIS BUDGET AT 360,000, WHICH IS PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION.
ANY, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE DISCUSSION? CAN WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND? OH YEAH.
CAN WE GET A MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? TO APPROVE THE BUDGET? SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY A MEMBER RUSSELL AND A SECOND BY MEMBER COBAR RUBIUS.
UM, AND WITH THAT I'M GONNA MOVE TO, IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION AMONGST, UH, OR NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER AMONGST US, I'M GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE CONTINUE DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE BUDGET SEEING THEM NOW WE CAN MOVE INTO DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER AT HAND? WOW.
UM, WELL, MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
MEMBER MADRID APPROVED MEMBER POINT TO NOT APPROVE MEMBER RUSSELL APPROVE.
MEMBER TE FAYE APPROVE AND CHAIR LAVAR.
UM, AND I'M GOING TO, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A MEMBER THAT HAS TO LEAVE IS, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK STAFF, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO HERE OR CAN WE MOVE EVERYTHING ELSE TO A SPECIAL MEETING? SO THE, WE, THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE NEEDED TO FORMALLY GET APPROVED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD HAVE BEEN APPROVED NOW.
UM, SO THE REST OF THE ITEMS WE CAN PUSH OUT AND HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING FOR.
YEAH, SO MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE STAFF, UH, CIRCULATE DATES ONCE WE HAVE MORE OF THE BOARD SEATED.
UM, THAT'LL GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY ON QUORUM SO WE DON'T
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HAVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION TO MEET QUORUM.AND THEN WE CAN TACKLE THE REST OF THIS AND ALSO GET UPDATES ON THE BUDGET AND, AND SOME OF THESE OTHER TOPICS.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, CAN WE JUST TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT SINCE THAT IS
SO BEFORE WE DISMISS, WE WILL TAKE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THE MEETING.