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SO I GUESS WE'VE ALREADY CALLED ORDER.
ALRIGHT, LET'S CALL ORDER LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S HERE.
LET'S START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
TINA, YOU WANT I, I THINK YOU JUST, YOU DO IT.
HI, I'M GUS, UH, CHAIR OF THE LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY COMMITTEE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND, UH, ARMY VET.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO TRY TO GET MY HANDS INTO AND SEE WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
I WANNA JOIN AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE A BETTER MEMBER OF, OF LONG BEACH.
YOU KNOW, I REALLY LOVE THE CITY, SO THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE.
WHAT DISTRICT YOU IN? I THINK YOURS, DISTRICT ONE, RIGHT? I'M IN THREE.
I LIVE, WAIT, I THINK I HAVE ONE OR THREE.
I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
UH, I LIVE OFF ABOVE FIFTH AND MAGNOLIA.
OVER THERE BY THE, BY THE, BY THE POLICE STATION IN THE COURTHOUSE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE SEATS IN THE SPREAD AROUND THE CITY, SO, OH WAIT, WE'LL GET TO THAT.
YEAH, MAYBE A, THERE'S MAYBE A CHANGE IN THE AIR, SO, HEY, HOLD TIGHT.
AND WE'VE GOT, UH, A GUEST HERE.
MY NAME IS VANESSA AND I'M FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLEDGE BEST.
IF YOU'RE THE BIG LT, REMOVE PASS.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEIGHT.
I ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'VE BEEN, HAD THE CHANCE TO DRIVE DOWN A COUPLE OF THE STREETS WITH OUR BANNERS ON 'EM.
LOOKED BRIGHT, AND ESPECIALLY BELLFLOWER NEXT TO THE VA.
THAT WAS REALLY, I WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A, THAT'S A KEEPER,
AND I WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN THERE.
'CAUSE YOU THINK CAL STATE LONG BEACH MIGHT HAVE TAKEN THAT, BUT THEY TOOK SEVENTH STREET AND THAT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THAT'S A CALTRAN STREET.
SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER DEALT WITH CALTRANS, IT'S A REAL JOY
SO, UM, AND SHE WAS GOING UP THERE, THERE A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE, UM, WITH OUR STATUS.
BEING A NORM, A ONE PER DISTRICT, VERSUS BEING AT LARGE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE COULD HAVE UP TO TWO MEMBERS PER DISTRICT IN SOME DISTRICTS MIGHT NOT HAVE A PERSON BECAUSE HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD A REAL PROBLEM GETTING BODIES.
WE'VE STRUGGLED AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A, WE HAD A REALLY LOW POINT BECAUSE EVERYBODY STARTED AT THE SAME TIME, FINISHED THEIR, THEIR TWO TERMS AND THEY ALL LEFT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A STRUGGLE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE MORE STABLE.
IT HELPS US TO HAVE QUORUM BY RULES.
WE HAVE TO HAVE FIVE PEOPLE TO MAKE QUORUM.
SOME PLACES IT'S, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE QUORUM.
MAJORITY OF WHO'S THERE, YOU KNOW, A MAJORITY, MAJORITY.
WE HAVE NINE POSSIBLE MEMBERS ON THIS COMMISSION.
SO BY CHARTER IT SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE FIVE TO HAVE QUORUM TO HAVE A MEETING.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS TO DO ANYTHING.
WE CAN'T REALLY MAKE ANY ACTION AS A COMMISSION WITHOUT A QUORUM BASIC ROBERT PATROL STUFF.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALWAYS STRUGGLING GOING, OKAY, WE NEED, WE NEED INTERESTED BODIES.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE THIS NUMBER.
SO JUST, UH, FOLLOWING WHAT KEN JUST SAID IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE SUBMITTED WITH OUR ANNUAL REPORT, THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE BEING TO MAKE OUR COMMISSION TO CHANGE THE MUNICIPAL CODE SO THAT THE COMMISSION IS AT
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LARGE RATHER THAN ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.I MEAN ONE COMMISSIONER PER COUNCIL DISTRICT, BECAUSE IT'S GOTTEN HARDER TO MAKE QUORUM BECAUSE IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO FIND PEOPLE TO BE ON A COMMISSION, BUT TO INSIST THAT THEY CAN ONLY LIVE IN A CERTAIN AREA, UH, HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
SO WE, YOU, YOU ALL APPROVED IN AT THE MEETING IN AUGUST TO SEND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS SEPARATE DOCUMENTS? WE DIDN'T, WE DID NOT DO THAT AT THE TIME.
OUR, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR DEPARTMENT HAD SO MANY DOCUMENTS FLYING HER WAY AT THE TIME THAT THE BUDGET WAS SUBMITTED AND ALL OF THAT, THAT WE, UM, WE WILL NOW SUBMIT THOSE AS SEPARATE DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY HER TO TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING LIKE, OH YEAH, YOUR SUGGESTION IS GREAT.
WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA ON SUCH AND SUCH A DAY.
SO WHEN, WHEN THOSE TWO SEPARATE DOCUMENTS ARE SIGNED, I WILL KEEP YOU APPRISED BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REACH OUT TO YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND SAY, HEY, DID YOU SEE THIS? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TAKING THIS ON AND MAKING AN AGENDA ITEM OR A CONSENT CALENDAR, WHATEVER THEY THEY NEED TO DO, BUT TO SAY WE SUPPORT CHANGING THE MUNICIPAL CODE SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN EASIER TIME HAVING MEMBERSHIP AND REACHING YOUR QUORUM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY REPORT ON THAT.
AND I ALSO JUST WANNA REMIND ALL OF YOU TO JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE TRAININGS THAT, THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
SO IF YOU'RE GETTING A NOTIFICATION, THE TWO OF YOU THAT ARE THE NEWEST, UH, HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE DO YOUR SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING, UH, PREVENTION TRAINING, UM, AND DO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THE FORM 700 AND THE ETHICS THINGS ARE THINGS, ONE YOU DO IN THE FIRST YEAR, EVERY OTHER YEAR YOU DO, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE ETHICS OR THE 700 EVERY OTHER YEAR IS A 1234, WHICH IS ETHICS, TRAINING ETHICS.
AND THEN EACH YEAR YOU DO THE FORM 700.
BECAUSE AS, AS I WAS MENTIONING BACK IN 2023, THE, THE CITY STARTED KIND OF BEING MORE SERIOUS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THESE THINGS DONE OR YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
THEY USED TO KIND OF, IT USED TO BE A LITTLE MORE LOOSE, BUT NOW IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THE OTHER IS THE, UM, OH, THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THAT, UH, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH, YEAH.
WAS TO SAY THAT WE WERE, THE COMMISSION DOES NOT SUPPORT ANY FURTHER CUTS AT THE VA OR ANY, UH, PRIVATIZATION.
SO IT'S JUST SAYING, WE DO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HAPPENING AND THIS IS MORE OF A, THE RESOLUTION.
WE ACTUALLY CREATED A RESOLUTION ASKED, YOU KNOW, TO BE PUBLISHED FORWARD AND TO BE BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL AND PASSED BY, YOU KNOW, WE PASSED IT.
IT'S BASICALLY JUST A, A STATEMENT TO THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE ONE BREACH WANT RBA LEFT ALONE.
AND WHETHER IT DOES, WHETHER IT STOPS ANYTHING OR NOT, IT'S THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GETTING HEARD.
AND WE TRY TO PUSH IT UP AS MANY LEVELS AS WE CAN.
IF, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DOES IT, WE'D LIKE THE COUNTY TO DO IT.
WHEN THE COUNTY DOES IT, WE'D LIKE THE STATE TO DO IT FROM, FROM WHAT I'M READING, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY'RE EXPANDING.
WHAT, THEY'RE ADDING BILLIONS OUT THERE.
RIGHT? THEY JUST FINISHED THE MENTAL HEALTH SECTION THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S THE PRIVATIZATION THAT RELEASED KIND OF A SCARY PART IS WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE A WHILE BACK.
THEY, UM, I WAS AT ONE OF MY DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS AND SHE SAID, OH YEAH, THEY TOLD US, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE BUYOUT TIME WHEN THEY SAID, EVERYBODY, IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE, TAKE THE BUYOUT.
WELL, THEY, THEY TOLD THEIR PEOPLE, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE YOUR OWN JOB ON INDEED ON THE JOB SITE.
SINCE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THOUGH, IS NOT AGENDAS RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DISCUSS IT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TOLD THE PUBLIC.
BUT IN, IN THE TERMS OF MY STAFF REPORT.
WELL, I'M JUST SAYING WE CAN'T HAVE THE YEAH, I'M JUST EXPLAINING IT.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HISTORY IS.
CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT? UM, I WAS TALKING WITH GINA A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND, AND IT'S, IT'D BE NICE IF EVERYBODY CAN, UH, SAY WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE AT THE MEETING OR NOT, BECAUSE WE DO NEED FIVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
AS SOON AS SHE GETS ON NOTICE, IF POSSIBLE, JUST TAKE 30 SECONDS AND SAY, WON'T BE HERE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, A DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND IF KEN OR ANYBODY'S TRYING TO ORGANIZE ANYTHING, WE NEED TO KNOW IT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE IT IN YOUR EMAILS.
YOU'LL SEE LIKE A INVITE, LIKE A CALENDAR INVITE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND OR ANYTHING.
THAT'LL GIVE HER THE, THE, AND I'M LATE ON 'EM SOMETIMES TOO.
SO I'M, I'M GUILTY AT, AT TIMES AS WELL.
SO WE ALL, I'M NOT
WHAT WAS THE FIRST, UH, NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING? WELL, IT, IT, SO YOU SHOULD, HAVE YOU SEEN ANY NOTICES OR, UM, NO.
I JUST GOT THE ONE, UH, UH, FROM GINA WAS
AND THAT, AND THAT I WILL ADMIT,
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UH, I HAD AN OLD LIST.I HAD THE OLD COMMISSIONERS AND THEN I REALIZED I GOTTA GET IT TO YOU GUYS.
YOU CAN NEED TO BE IN MY MAIL LIST.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, OUR MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH HERE AT FIVE.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON.
I WAS GONNA ASK, I'M ASKING YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU, OH, NO, I'M SORRY.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW YOUR MINUTES.
I NEED A, UM, I NEED A, NEXT IS RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL OF THE, FROM LAST MEETING, SEPTEMBER 3RD.
SO MOVE SECOND, MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE ARE GOING TO, LET'S TALK ANY, TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM, SEE IF YOU SEE ANYTHING IS MISSING.
ANY CHANGES, AMENDMENTS, ET CETERA.
HAVING HEARD NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING MINUTES AS WRITTEN SAY, AYE.
UM, NEXT, WHICH IS 6 92 IS RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A UPDATE ON THE FFY 26 BUDGET REQUEST.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT? OKAY.
UM, GINA, WHAT? I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, I'LL UPDATE YOU.
UH, BASICALLY THE LAST MINUTE REQUEST WE DID FOR 25,000 FOR THE VETERANS BANNERS PROGRAM WAS APPROVED OFFICIALLY.
SO WE MET SEPTEMBER 3RD, SO JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT.
AND WHAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS THAT THE, THE, IT'S SPECIAL EVENTS IS NO LONGER IN CHARGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT FOR THE VETERAN FOR THE BANNERS AND ALL THAT.
WE ARE, SO THE, SO IT'S OUR PROJECT FULLY NOW.
SO I DID, UM, CONFIRM WITH THE SPECIAL EVENTS, LIKE, IS THIS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE? AND THEY SAID YES.
WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY GETTING OUT OF THE CONTRACTS BUSINESS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR THIS.
SO, UM, AND JUST AS A, AN FYI, WELL ACTUALLY WE'LL GET TO THE BANNERS IN A MINUTE AND I'LL IN ANOTHER ISSUE, ANOTHER UH, AGENDA ITEM.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN NEWS IS THAT WE, WE ARE FUNDED THE, FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
EACH YEAR THEY SAY IT'S ONE TIME FUNDING AND THEN WE GET ANOTHER ONE TIME FUNDING.
NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE TIME FUNDING.
AND THEY TELL US THAT WE CAN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE THING.
THEN THE LAST 30 SECONDS THEY, THEY LOOK UNDER THE RUG AND FIND $25,000 AND SWEEP IT OVER TO US OR SOMETHING.
SINCE WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION.
THIS 25 KI SEE DOWN HERE THERE'S MAINTENANCE ROUTES.
OH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR, OUR, UM, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT ISSUE.
IT SAYS ONLY TO DISCUSS THE RECEPTION.
SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE TOO.
IS THAT OKAY THEN TO ADD DIFFERENT STUFF? IS THAT WHAT UM, IN THE NEXT ITEM? YEAH, THE NEXT ITEM SAYS RECEPTION.
SO IT'S OKAY TO INCLUDE IT, TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING.
'CAUSE I, I, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECEPTION.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS NOW.
SO MAKE 'EM NOW OR YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
SO THE, THE MAINTENANCE ROUTES, I SEE THAT MONEY WILL BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE 20 5K THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN.
HOW, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH IS THIS JUST SET ASIDE? UM, I GUESS, I GUESS BECAUSE IT, OH YEAH, THE BUDGET REQUEST.
WELL, BECAUSE OF THE 65 BANNERS THAT WE PUT UP, THERE'S A LOT MORE MAINTENANCE INVOLVED.
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ALREADY PAID, WITH THE FUNDS FUNDING WE HAD FOR LAST YEAR, WE COULD ONLY, UH, ONLY PAY FOR THREE MAINTENANCE ROUTES.BUT BECAUSE TWO BANNERS ON BELLFLOWER HAVE ALMOST BLOWN OFF, THEY'VE HAD TO COME OUT, THEY'VE USED TWO OF THOSE MAINTENANCE ROUTES ALREADY.
SO WHEN WE DO THE FY 2026 UH, CONTRACT, WE MAY NEED TO INCLUDE MONEY FOR ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE ROUTES FOR THE BANNERS THAT ARE UP CURRENTLY.
BUT WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT.
WE'LL PROBABLY STILL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME NUMBER OF BANNERS OR VERY CLOSE TO IT.
SO WE DON'T, WE WON'T NEED ADDITIONAL MONEY THEN.
BASICALLY WE, WE THINK IN SOME WAYS IT'S ALWAYS UNEXPECTED.
BELLFLOWER IS SOME SORT OF WIND TUNNEL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD AT LEAST TWO BANNERS JUST COMPLETELY LOOSE AND TWIST ALL UP.
AND LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE BANNER.
SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO USE UP TWO MAINTENANCE ROUTES THIS QUICKLY.
'CAUSE THEY JUST WENT UP IN JULY.
WE HAVE ONLY ONE MORE IN FEBRUARY.
SO ONE THING FOR NEXT YEAR, SINCE WE'RE DOING IT OURSELVES, IS MAYBE WE GET THEM TO COMMIT TO SOMETIMES WARRANTY ON THEIR WORK.
I WAS ALSO THINKING, BECAUSE I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WOULD, THEY'VE DONE BE, THEY'VE DONE WENDY STREETS, THEY'VE DONE ALL THIS BEFORE MANY, MANY, MANY TIMES.
AND TO HAVE THAT MANY FAIL SO QUICKLY, THEY NEED TO GIVE US, YOU KNOW, 90 DAYS WARRANTY THAT SAYS AT LEAST WE KNOW THEY PUT IT UPRIGHT AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S THE WIND.
BUT WHEN IT'S EARLY, IT KIND OF TELLS ME MAYBE THEY RUSHED IT.
MAYBE THEIR INSTALLATION WAS A LITTLE OFF MM-HMM
WHERE THE PARTS WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT.
IF IT HAPPENS SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.
THAT'S WEAR AND TEAR THE SUN, WHATEVER, THAT'S NORMAL.
BUT THEY SHOULD WARRANTY THEIR WORK A LITTLE BIT.
NOT TRY TO HIT US UP FOR ANOTHER SIX, 700 BUCKS EVERY TIME WINE TEARS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T PUT IT UP.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO THROW IN FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN CHARGED ANY EXTRA NOW WE JUST USED UP OUR MAINTENANCE ROUTES 'CAUSE THERE WAS NO NEED TO REPLACE ANYTHING.
I MEAN THERE'S A LOT COVERED IN IT.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
SO WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE ONE LEFT AND THAT'S GONNA BE IN FEBRUARY.
AND THAT WAS FROM THE FY 25 BUDGET.
AND THEN AFTER FEBRUARY, FROM THEN UNTIL JULY, WE'LL BE COMING OUT OF THE 20 5K THAT WE JUST GOT IF NEEDED.
AND THEN I KNOW LAST YEAR YOU SAID THERE WASN'T REALLY A NEED TO REPLACE ANY OF THE BRACKETS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE AN ENTIRE POLE KNOCKED DOWN IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
SO WE DID HAVE TO REPLACE ONE WHOLE BANNER AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, SO THESE TWO THAT WE HAD BACK TO BACK IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO, LIKE HE WAS SAYING, HE SAID THERE SHOULD BE A WARRANTY IN PLACE, BUT DO THEY COVER IT? THERE IS SOME SORT OF WARRANTY.
I DON'T, I MEAN THE CONTRACT IS SEVERAL PAGES LONG.
I'M SURE THERE'S THINGS IN IT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT IS COVERED AND THIS IS WHAT IS NOT COVERED.
AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMPANIES ARE OUT TO MAKE MONEY.
SO I, I PUSHED BACK ON SOME THINGS THIS YEAR TO GET THE, THE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT EVERYTHING COSTS REDUCED.
THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO DO MORE BANNERS IS BECAUSE I WAS NOTICING WHAT'S THIS CHARGE AND WHAT'S THIS CHARGE? RIGHT, EXACTLY.
IT JUST, WE ONLY HAVE ONE LEFT AND ASK THE LAST UNTIL JULY.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT ANY OF THE MONEY TO COME OUT OF THE 20 5K.
WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO OUR BEST FOR SURE.
THAT'S HOW WE'LL TALK NOW AS THE NEXT COMMITTEE SITS DOWN, LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S CONTRACT, LOOKING AT, SINCE WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW, THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A LEARNING CURVE ON CONTRACT OF HOW THIS WORKS.
'CAUSE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS COMMITTEE, EVENTS DEPARTMENT WAS DEALING WITH IT AND WE WEREN'T SO MM-HMM
THEN WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT THAT WARRANT, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT THE DEAL IS.
AT LEAST WE'LL GO AND KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACT FROM LAST YEAR AND GO, OKAY, WELL NOW WE UNDERSTAND IT.
WE'LL WE'LL HAVE EXPECTATIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE?
THE BANNER COMMITTEE WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER SHORTLY.
'CAUSE THIS THING TAKES A LONG TIME.
IT TAKES, BECAUSE YOU GOTTA THINK OF, WE HAD 140 OR SO, A HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN, A HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN APPLICATIONS TO READ AND REVIEW.
WE CHOSE THEM FROM 145 APPLICANTS.
AND WE DID THAT ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GETTING THOSE APPLICANTS BECAUSE WE DID A LOT OF OUTREACH THIS YEAR AT DIFFERENT, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT THE DIVERSITY WE GOT THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR.
UH, I LIKE TO, AM I ALLOWED TO ASK WHERE THEY AT? I HAVE TO GO SEE.
DO YOU HAVE TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
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I THINK, OH, SORRY.YEAH, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE DONE.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT SO I CAN GO SEE 'EM.
OH, UM, ONE IS ON LAKEWOOD NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE AIRPORT.
ONE IS ON BELLFLOWER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF, ON THE, THE WEST SIDE OF THE VA.
SO RUNNING FROM SEVENTH NORTH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
SO, AND THE OTHER IS, UM, ATLANTIC BY ST.
WE KIND OF BROKE 'EM UP EVEN RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED THEM.
AND YEAH, SOME WE TRIED TO KEEP, WE DID, WE DID TRY TO KEEP THE ONES WHO WERE VA CONNECTED NEAR THE VA IF WE COULD JUST TO TRY TO TIE PEOPLE.
WE LEARN, WE'LL LEARN SOME, DISCUSS SOME LESSONS WHEN WE GET INTO LESSONS LEARNED RIGHT ON THE BACK END.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID, UM, WE COME THE COMMENT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE, UM, BUDGET.
WE HAD THE MOTION, WE WERE IN DISCUSSION AND THEN WE DISCUSSING THE FILE, UM, PROCEED AND FILED A MOTION ON THE RECEIPT AND FILE.
WE DID, WE DO HAVE A MOTION FROM WE DID.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR THE RECEIPT AND FILE, SAY AYE.
WE'RE NOW ON NUMBER 6, 9 3 RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ON VETERANS BANNER PROGRAM RECEPTION ON NOVEMBER 12TH AND DISCUSS EVENT DETAILS.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT? A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION AND TAKE IT AWAY BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.
UH, I'LL GO FIRST
UH, THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION FOR THE VETERANS BANNERS PROGRAM, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO ALL, TO PUT THIS ON THE CALENDAR RIGHT NOW ON NOVEMBER 12TH, WHICH IS JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER OUR VETERANS CELEBRATION, VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
SO MARK YOUR CALENDAR'S FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH AND WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12TH.
AND THIS RECEPTION IS BY INVITATION ONLY.
SO WE ARE INVITING, OF COURSE, THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE'RE INVITING THE, THE, THE HONOREES, THE 65 HONOREES FROM THIS YEAR'S BANNERS PROGRAM AND THE 25 HONOREES FROM LAST YEAR AS HAD VETERANS, UH, BANNERS PROGRAM.
AND WE ARE KEEPING IT PRETTY TIGHT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO HAVE EVERY, EVERY BANNER FAMILY BRING, YOU KNOW, THEIR ENTIRE COUSINS, AUNTS, UNCLES, WHATEVER.
SO, UM, AND THAT, THAT, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND CITY MANAGER.
AND THOSE, UH, WILL, THOSE FOLKS WILL BE INVITED AS WELL.
AND WE DO HAVE TWO SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT.
WE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED SPONSORSHIP FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.
I JUST GOT, DEAN JUST SENT ME A, A SECOND MESSAGE ON, AND, AND THEN THE SECOND SPONSOR IS THE LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY COMMITTEE.
GUS OROZCO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THAT COMMITTEE, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
MAKE SURE YOU, YOU MARK YOUR CALENDAR, YOU'LL GET COMPLETE DETAILS ON WHERE IT IS, WHERE TO PARK, ALL THAT STUFF.
AND, AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RSVP AND I, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE SPACE LIMITATIONS, IT WOULD JUST BE YOU AS THE COMMISSIONER COMING AND NOT BRINGING YOUR, UM, SPOUSE, DOG COUSIN, OR WHOMEVER, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE, WE JUST DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, WHICH I WAS GIVING YOU A HEADS UP ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE BANNERS, UM, AND, UH, LONG BEACH.GOV/VETERANS HAS THE COMPLETE DETAILS ON THE BANNERS.
SO THEY, IT SHOWS WHAT STREETS THEY'RE ON.
UM, IT, IT GIVES THE, THE BIOS OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S FEATURED.
SO CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL, SO IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED.
AND THEN THIS WILL SEEM COMPLETELY CHEESY, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT WORK.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE VOLUME'S GONNA BE.
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OH, I LOVE THAT.I'VE GOT LIKE A VEGETABLE HAPPENING HERE.
IS THAT A HINT? I THINK IT'S AN ADD.
DON'T TURN, TURN THE SOUND BACK ON.
I BANNERS HONORING LOCAL MILITARY HEROES ARE GOING UP ACROSS THE CITY, AND I GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THEM AND HEAR HIS STORY OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS A LONG HISTORY WITH THE US MILITARY.
IT WAS HOME TO THE NAVAL SHIPYARD, WHICH WAS A CORNERSTONE OF AMERICA'S MARITIME DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE.
NOW THE CITY IS HOME TO ABOUT 15,000 VETERANS.
WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP FROM THE WORLD WAR, THE 97-YEAR-OLD WORLD WAR II BEDROOM.
WE HAVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL VETS.
UH, WE HAVE DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF WOMEN VETS.
AND IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU MIGHT FIND SOME OF THEM BEING YEARS.
GINA OVERHOLD IS A VETERAN SUPPORT COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY.
SHE SAYS 65 BANNERS WERE INSTALLED THIS SUMMER.
EACH BANNER A DIFFERENT VETERAN WITH A DIFFERENT STORY.
ONE OF THEM IS US ARMY VETERAN.
ANTIS JOINED THE MILITARY IN 1999.
HE SERVED SEVERAL DEPLOYMENTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.
ONE OF HIS MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS WAS BEING PART OF THE OPERATIONS THAT RESCUED PRISONER OF WAR, JESSICA LYNCH.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING IN ON WHAT SOUNDED VERY MUCH LIKE BLACK HAWK DOWN STYLE, UH, ONE-WAY MISSION THAT JUST TURNED OUT BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO KEEP A CORRIDOR OPEN SO THAT THE, UH, FANCIER GUYS COULD COME IN FROM THE TOP, RESCUE HER AND GET HER OUT.
BOYS, GUYS STILL WEAR WAS FREED AFTER NINE DAYS IN CAPTIVITY.
BUT DID STORIES LIKE THIS ONE THAT MAKE THE VETERANS BETTER PROGRAM SO IMPORTANT SO PEOPLE LIKE AUNTIES CAN BE HONORED.
THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE.
AND BY RECOGNIZING OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY AND HOW STRONG IT MAKES US, IT'S, UH, IT MAKES FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY AND MAKES OUR CITY BETTER.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE OUT, LOOK UP AND YOU WILL SEE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND MADE OUR FREEDOM POSSIBLE.
YEAH, OUR VETERAN, SUCH A BIG PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS DONE THIS.
IT'LL GO ON FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND THEN NEXT YEAR YOU CAN SUBMIT AND, UH, APPLY IT TO BE ONE OF THE VETERANS THAT WILL BE ON THE SIDE.
ALSO, IF YOU ARE A VETERAN OR IF YOU KNOW A VETERAN WHO HAS AN INTERESTING STORY OR ANY TALK WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, EMAIL US AT VETERANS VOICES@KCONEWS.COM.
DO WE, UM, HAVE YOU SHARED? PROBABLY HAVE, BUT I CAN, CAN YOU RESHARE THAT? YES, OF COURSE.
THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS REALLY COOL THAT WE WERE, UH, CONTACTED TO DO THAT STORY.
AND, UM,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEHIND THE SCENES, THERE'S FUNNY STUFF THAT GOES ON, LIKE, WHERE DID THEY FIND THAT PICTURE OF ME AND MY HUSBAND? YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT, THAT'S LIKE SOMETHING I POSTED ON FACEBOOK IN 2012, AND YOU'RE LIKE, THAT IS REALLY SCARY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, AND THEN WHEN THEY WERE INTERVIEWING ME, THEY'RE LIKE, DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON CAMERA.
WELL, CLEARLY I WAS ON CAMERA
THINGS LIKE THAT PICTURE AUTOGRAPH AFTER.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH, UH, ALL OF YOU IN CASE YOU HADN'T SEEN IT.
IT WAS, UM, ON THE 10:00 AM AND 12 NOON SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.
SO I'LL SEND THE LINK OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND MAYBE WE CAN, UM, SHOW THAT AT THE EVENT.
FIND A WAY TO, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE TOO NOISY, BUT, YEAH.
WELL, LET ME SPEAK, TAKE A MINUTE AND QUIET THE CROWD AND SAY, HERE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED WITH THIS.
SO, SO A LOT OF 'EM ARE NOT GONNA SEE, MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THAT MM-HMM
AND I THINK IT'D BE REALLY COOL FOR EVERYONE TO, EVERYONE PRESENT TO SEE THE VIDEO.
I'M SURE THEY'VE GOT SOME KIND OF AB SET UP THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, MOST EVERYBODY HAS THAT.
WE, WHERE WERE WE? WE HAD A MOVER, A SECONDER.
DID YOU HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT.
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DISCUSSION FIRST? ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? WHICH THE LOCATION.I SECRET GINA THE LOCATION OF THE 12TH.
HE'S ASKING WHAT THE LOCATION OF IT IS.
COULD BE HONESTLY TOO FAR AWAY.
SO, UH, I AM VERY SAD THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT DOING THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT I'M HONORED THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE SUPPORTING THIS.
I, I THINK IT WAS ME THAT CONTACTED GINA ABOUT DOING THIS INITIALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER MM-HMM
BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE COMPLETELY, UH, OVER THE MOON ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HOST THIS FOR THE VETERAN BANNER, UH, RECIPIENTS FOR BOTH LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
AND HOPE THAT, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR THAT WE HAVE BANNERS FOR VETERANS BECAUSE WE, WE BELIEVE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY HIGHLIGHT OUR LONG BEACH VETERANS ON THOSE BANNERS, BUT ALSO BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER TO, TO REALLY MEET EACH OTHER AND CREATE A SPACE FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, ONE-ON-ONE, UH, PERSONAL CONNECTIONS THAT, THAT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET A BUNCH OF, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING.
NOT ON A, NOT INAPPROPRIATE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, WHEN YOU GET SOME TRUSTY VETERANS TO GET THERE.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M ALSO REALLY HAPPY THAT WE GOT A, A REALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF, UH, BANNER APPLICANTS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
I, I THINK THAT HAVING THAT MULTI-GENERATIONAL, UH, ASPECT TO BRINGING VETERANS TOGETHER IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT THE, UH, THE NONPROFIT, THE LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY COMMITTEE, THIS IS OUR LAST YEAR, UH, THAT WE WILL BE OPERATING.
SO AS A LAST LITTLE HURRAH, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND, UH, SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WE HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE LAST 20 SOMETHING YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN AROUND.
YOU KNOW, IT GOES TO A GOOD EVENT.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, JUST THANK, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU CLOSE THE BOOK FOR THE YEAR ON THIS? HOW DO YOU BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER? OKAY.
BUT THERE'S THE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S A STORY BEHIND EACH ONE AND A PERSON BEHIND EACH ONE.
AND TO TRY TO GET THEM IN ONE PLACE, AS MANY AS WE CAN TO SHARE ABOUT IT, AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY GET THE, THAT EXTRA MILE IS GONNA BE SPECIAL AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO GET, GET OUT THERE AND FIND SPONSORS.
AND FROM THE FRONT END PLAN ON THAT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE AT THE BANNERS HERE.
THEY GO UP HERE, WE'RE PLANNING ON, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO WE CAN HAVE THE TIME TO TRY TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE TO SPONSOR THE EVENT, AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT IT, YOU KNOW, GET A BETTER HANDLE ON COSTS AND STUFF BY DOING, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DO.
IF I COULD SAY ONE LAST THING.
UM, I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALSO INVITE OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS OR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SO THEY CAN ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THAT AND, AND SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING VETERANS TOGETHER IN SPACES LIKE THAT.
SO I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THEY WANNA SEE WHERE THEIR MONEY WENT.
YOU SEE THE BANNERS, BUT THIS IS THAT LITTLE ICING ON THE CAKE.
A PERSONAL TOUCH THAT HELPS NEXT YEAR WHEN WE WANT MONEY, WHEN THEY SEE THIS COME OUT FOR THEM TO SAY YES, YOU KNOW, VERSUS CHALLENGING US.
WE HAVE THE RECEIVE AND FILE MOTION MADE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OUR NEXT ITEM, AND THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT THE ACTUAL VETERAN STATE'S RECOMMENDATION, RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION TO BE HELD ON THE EIGHTH.
THIS IS OUR ACTUAL VETERAN'S DAY EVENT UP NORTH AT HOUGHTON PARK THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO LET'S HAVE THE COMMITTEE HOS THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE CONTACT.
GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE WITH THIS.
OH, GINA, UH, THE SPANISH VERSION OF THAT HAS THE WRONG YEAR.
DOES IT? I, I PRINTED IT OUT WHEN YOU SAID, OH, YOU WERE LOOKING AT AN OLD VERSION.
SO IT SAID 20, GOSH, I WAS GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE THOUSANDS OF THESE BEING
WE NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND BEFORE WE DISCUSS THIS.
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PLEASE PUT SO, SO MOVED.I HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET THAT'S RIGHT HERE AND IT HAS ON.
CAN YOU, I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU TO SIGN UP TO EITHER HELP SET UP BETWEEN 10 AND NOON AND IT'S ON SATURDAY.
SO THE, THE EVENT IS SHORTER THIS YEAR.
IT'S 12 TO FOUR INSTEAD OF 11 TO FOUR.
IT'LL HAVE THE SAME FEATURES, WHICH, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.
BUT I'D LIKE TO HAND THIS OUT.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA HELP US SET UP, THEN SIGN UP FOR SET UP.
IF YOU'RE GONNA HELP TEAR DOWN, THEN SIGN UP FOR THAT.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA, AND, UH, WE ALSO NEED THE COMMISSIONERS TO BE IN THE OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT BOOTH, WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'LL FI SIGN UP PEOPLE FOR THE, OUR NEWSLETTER.
GIVE THEM TICKETS FOR DOING THAT.
AND WE DO OPPORTUNITY DRAWINGS AND ALSO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DRAWING ITEM, YOU'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE.
I MYSELF HAVE, HAVE A STASH OF UNUSED GIFT CARDS, BUT I, UNFORTUNATELY I ALREADY GAVE 'EM TO THE PTA, SO, AND, UH, JIM GOT ONE ALREADY FOR, UH, MOCA'S DELI DOWNTOWN.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE $25 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THESE ARE JUST LITTLE INCENTIVES TO GET PEOPLE TO SIGN UP, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME, UM, FOR THE EVENTS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TOO FROM LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THE FEATURES OF THE EVENT ITSELF, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, UM, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO A VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION IN THIS ROOM? JUST FOR FUN, SHOW OF HANDS.
SO, UM, BASICALLY IT COMPRISES OF VETERANS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES FAIR.
SO WE'LL HAVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, SOME LOCAL, UH, NORTH LONG BEACH BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE POOLS OF HOPE.
THEY DO, UH, THEY HAVE A POOL AND, AND YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND THEY DO WATER THERAPY, ET CETERA.
UH, WE'LL HAVE L-L-B-P-D RECRUITING OUT THERE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE US THE OFFICE OF VETERANS SUPPORT.
SO WE USUALLY GET BETWEEN 25 AND 35 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE VETERANS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES FAIR.
UH, THERE'LL BE A BEER GARDEN.
THERE'LL BE AN A, AN ADULT SIZE BOOT CAMP STYLE OBSTACLE COURSE.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE, UH, EVENT MC MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS LIKE, HEY, NAVY, NAVY VERSUS AIR FORCE.
LET'S GO DO THE OBSTACLE COURSE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T WANNA HURT ANY BONES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO DO THAT.
UH, WE HAVE THE VETERANS RECOGNITION CEREMONY, AND THEN AGAIN, UH, LONG BEACH VETERANS DAY COMMUNITY COMMITTEE HAS SUPPORTED THAT AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHERE ELECTEDS WILL SPEAK AND THE PEOPLE BEING HONORED.
AND THIS YEAR, UM, WE'RE HONORING SOMEONE FOR BEING VETERAN VOLUNTEER THE YEAR VETERAN VOL, UH, ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR.
UM, WHAT AM I MISSING? GRAND MARSHALL.
THE GRAND MARSHALL, WHICH IS MR. GUS HIMSELF.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A, A SPECIAL SEGMENT IN MEMORIA TO, UH, SKIP KIEL WHO DIED, WHO DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, WHAT ELSE DID I MISS? ANYTHING? FOOD TRUCKS.
SO LIKE THEY CAN DO FACE PAINTING AND, UM, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND, AND BUBBLES AND A LITTLE BOUNCY HOUSE WILL BE IN THERE.
IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW.
PART OF THE, UM, THE, UH, PART OF THE VETERANS RECOGNITION CEREMONY WILL HAVE TWO HISTORIC AIRCRAFT FLY OVER AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DO SOME LOOP DE LOOPS OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL 'EM.
AND THEN THE HIGHLIGHTS REALLY ARE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE SATIN DOLLS, WHICH IS LIKE A FORTIES ERA, UH, FEMALE SINGING GROUP THAT DRESS, YOU KNOW, AT THE PERIOD AND, AND TAP DANCE.
AND, AND, AND THEN NIGHT WRITER.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO NIGHT WRITER IS? YEAH, THE EIGHTIES, NINETIES TRIBUTE BAND.
SO IT'S ENTERTAINMENT, IT'S, IT'S GREAT VISIBILITY FOR THE VETERANS COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE AS THE VETERANS COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF VETERANS SUPPORT ARE, ARE BASICALLY IN CHARGE OF PROGRAMMING THE SPACE.
SO WITHOUT US, IT WOULD JUST BE A CELEBRATION HOPING VETERANS SHOW UP.
AND, AND, AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU WILL ALL REACH OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS AS WELL TO SEND THEM THE MEDIA RELEASE, THE FLYER, ET ET CETERA.
THE FLYERS ARE IN PRINT RIGHT NOW.
THE MEDIA RELEASE IS SUPPOSED TO GO OUT ON THIS FRIDAY, ACTUALLY.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING AT CITY
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COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY, THE 14TH OF OCTOBER.SO YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO COME, I'M PRESENTING AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING.
SO THAT MEANS TO GET THERE AROUND, YOU KNOW, BEFORE FIVE.
SO AS OF FIVE O'CLOCK I'LL BE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO PRESENT AT COUNCIL.
UM, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU, UM, ARE AWARE OF THAT.
AND THEN AS WHEN WE GET INTO DISCUSSION, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND HOW CAN YOU HELP WITH GETTING THE FLYERS OUT.
'CAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND FLYERS.
THEY'RE IN SPANISH, ENGLISH, AND LAST YEAR SOME OF YOU WERE, UH, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE VA LONG BEACH, UH, TO AMERICAN GOLD STAR MANOR CENTURY VILLAGES AT CABRILLO, WHICH INCLUDES US VETS AND SEVERAL OTHER NON-PROFITS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION.
SO IF WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT YOU WANT TO TAKE ON AS, AS WHERE YOU CAN HELP DISTRIBUTE FLYERS, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
LET'S GO AROUND THE ROOM AND SEE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO, LET'S GO ON THIS SIDE.
ARE THERE ANY LOCATIONS THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH IN DROPPING OFF POSTCARDS? THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER IF NONE OF THEM WORK OUT.
WE CAN, IF YOU WANT TO SPRAY PAINT IT ON YOUR HEAD.
MEETINGS UPCOMING FIRST OF THE MONTH.
YEAH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THOSE MEETINGS AND HAND 'EM UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOUR EIGHTH DISTRICT, RIGHT? I'M NINTH.
AND THAT I WILL, UM, SEND YOU A, AN ALERT THAT IF I HAVE THE FLYERS ON FRIDAY IN MY HAND, YOU CAN COME AND PICK THEM UP FOR ME.
I'M WILLING TO DROP THEM OFF TO YOU AS WELL.
UM, I'M GONNA STACK 'EM BY HUNDREDS, A HUNDRED IN A PACK.
UM, ANYBODY'S ARE YOU GONNA, YOU BRING AROUND? YEAH.
ANY THOSE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE ON I CELL FLYERS ANYWAY, SO JUST I ANY SPECIFICS ON THE LIST? EVERYWHERE PROBABLY.
I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON CENTURY VILLAGES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR.
ARE YOU GONNA GET HIM TO CITY HALL GINA? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT, THAT TIME? GO DOWN THERE.
YEAH, I THINK IF YOU CAN, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY THERE.
'CAUSE THEY JUST WALK DOWN THE HALL AND
THEN THEY CAN, THEIR CHIEF OF STAFF CAN PUSH 'EM THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AS THEY GO TO THEM.
THAT'S THE BIG THING IS IF THEY CAN TAKE 'EM WITH 'EM AND BE PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION EACH MONTH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GET TO THEIR MEETING OR WHOEVER THEIR ASSISTANT'S GOING AND THEY JUST MENTION US AND HAND OUT YOUR POSTCARDS.
UM, I'LL TAKE THE VA AND I'LL ALSO DO, UM, THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO THE MIX, THE SOCIAL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DATE ON THAT IS? THE END OF THE MONTH LAST FRIDAY.
BECAUSE IT, IT WILL BE HALLOWEEN ON THAT MONTH, SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T, THEY'LL KEEP IT HERE 30TH.
SO THAT'LL BE, IT'S THE 31ST HALLOWEEN'S ON THE FRIDAY.
I'M JUST TALKING TO BRUCE MEYER.
HE SAID THE 30TH, SO I'M OH, MAYBE IT'S ON A THURSDAY THIS TIME.
ARE THEY PUSHING IT UP? I DON'T, I KNOW HIS NAME.
YEAH, I WOULD, UH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE HIS CONTACT ME, PAUL, I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
YEAH, I GOTTA GO BY THERE ANYWAYS.
SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE SOMETHING UP THAT SOME POSTERS SAY WE'RE NOT DOING IT ON.
GINA, DO YOU DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PRICE OUT OR I WILL GIVE THEM THEIR OWN ONE AT THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, I USUALLY DON'T HAND THEM A STACK BECAUSE OKAY.
I'LL AT OUR ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE FOR REPS, SO I'LL GIVE THEM A BUNCH.
WE GET SEVERAL THOUSAND, SO YEAH, I KNOW IT.
'CAUSE UH, DO THE GOLDSTAR MANNER, YOU KNOW, DO A COUPLE HUNDRED THERE AND SEE WHAT ELSE.
YOU, YOU, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT US GETTING ALL THE WORD OUT ALL OVER.
AND WE HAVE A PERSON WHO JUST HAS THIS FANTASTIC NETWORK OF PLACES TO GET, GET OUT TO WORK.
WE'RE GONNA BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
HOW MANY CARDS WOULD YOU LIKE? YOU LIKE A HUNDRED, 200? WHAT WOULD YOU, UH, AND DON'T FEEL BAD IF YOU DON'T GET 'EM ALL OUT.
YOU, WE WON'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA WATCH YOU AND COUNT THEM
NO, I CAN, YOU GET 7,000 OR SEVERAL THOUSAND OF 'EM.
SO OTHERWISE THEY'RE JUST GONNA SIT IN A STACK OF THE WAREHOUSE AND NO, I CAN DO 200 AND OKAY.
HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO HA AND
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MANY WOULD YOU LIKE? YEAH, LET'S GIMME A FEW HUNDRED BECAUSE I'M, THAT'S NOT JUST GONNA HIT THE, UH, ASSOCIATIONS OVER HERE.I'LL, I'LL DO SOME COUNSELING.
I'LL GRAB SOME KIDS AND GO GET SOME AREAS OF THE HOUSE.
YOU SAID BA AND WHAT ELSE? UH, DISTRICT FOUR.
THEY SERVE THE LONG BEACH AREA.
I'M SORRY, BAN, UH, SUPERVISOR.
THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THE ALL IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH INCLUDES LAW.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT, MEANING THE, THE, THE EVENT HAS GROWN LARGER AND IT'S SOLID.
IT HAS SOME OF THE SAME COMPONENTS EVERY YEAR AND IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES AROUND IN, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, GREATER LONG BEACH AREA IN SOUTH BAY.
WAS THERE A, ON THE NORTH SIDE BEING WHERE TON PARK IS, WAS THERE A PARADE? THERE WAS, THERE WAS A PARADE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
UM,
HOW MANY WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERNET CLOSER? UM, AS MANY AS NEEDED TO.
UM, GIVE ME LIKE, 300 SHOULD BE FINE.
I SHOULD COVER, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
I KNOW I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT NO, IT'S JUST, WE GOTTA DO IT.
ANY OTHER TAKERS? AM AMERICAN LEGION.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, IF YOU, IF YOU, UM, THEY HAVE A BAR THERE THAT GETS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN IT.
YOU CAN WALK IN, TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE, LEAVE A STACK OF CARDS THERE OR PUT THEM ON THE TABLES.
UM, WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE LEGION, YOU WALK, YOU'RE WALKING INTO THE BAR, MEANING YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE DRINKS WITH ANYBODY.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WHERE YOU WALK IN
IF YOU GOT, WANNA SIGN UP FOR KARAOKE AND TALK ABOUT IT TOO, AS THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY, YOU COULD WRAP.
ANY, ANYONE WANNA TAKE ON AMERICAN LEGION? UM, LET'S SEE.
ANY, ANY SPOTS MISSING? 'CAUSE THEY THINK OF PLACES WHERE VETERANS LIVE, WORK AND GATHER.
THE VA'S GONNA BE, BE A BIG ONE AT THE RE THE RESOURCES CENTER.
I'M LITERALLY ALL OVER TOWN, SO, OKAY.
I'LL PUT YOU ON, I WAS JUST DRIVING PAST HAR THROUGH HARWELL PARK TODAY.
SO EVEN GOING INTO A BUSINESS AND SAYING, CAN I PUT A STACK OF A MORE, CAN I PUT ONE ON YOUR
THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THIS BIG.
THIS IS JUST ME, YOU KNOW, PRINTING THEM HERE.
SO THEY'RE NICE, REALLY NICE CARDS.
POSSIBLY FRIDAY THE MINUTE YOU'LL, YOU'LL LET US KNOW.
THE MINUTE THEY DELIVER 'EM, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
I'M ALMOST THINKING I MIGHT DO 400.
FOR PARKS, CAN YOU PUSH LIKE A THOU CAN YOU DROP A THOUSAND ON THE PARK DEPARTMENT? YES.
AND LET THEM DISTRIBUTE THEM THROUGH CITIES.
I'LL DO THE LI I HAVE LIBRARIES AND PARKS FOR ME.
SO THE PARKS AND REC, I'LL PUT OUT ABOUT 1200 AND THE SAME FOR LIBRARIES.
SOMETIMES I, THEY WANT STACKS OF 25.
SOMETIMES I WANT 50, SOMETIMES I WANT A HUNDRED.
SO YOU'VE GOT, IF YOU JUST GO INTO THE CENTER POINT AND THEN THEY'LL YES, EXACTLY.
I WONDER IF WE COULD SUM IT UP WOULD BE TOO MANY.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SCHOOLS, BUT THAT WOULD BE LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY DO, AND AND ANTOINETTE REMINDED ME OF THIS LAST WEEK, UH, WE GO THROUGH THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY, THEY DO SOMETHING CALLED PEACH JAR, WHERE THEY PUT ALL THE FLYERS IN, IN EMAIL FORMAT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF, I AM GONNA REACH OUT TO L-B-U-S-D, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS LIKE, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY NEED A STACK OR MAYBE THROUGH THEIR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER.
LIKE THE VA LONG BEACH IS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, WE DID PAO GET THE PAO TO DO IT.
SO WE CAN DROP THE CARD TO THE PAO WITH A CONVERSATION AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU INCLUDE THIS IN YOUR OFFICIAL? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO ANYWAY.
SO YOU HAVE TO BRING 'EM TO THE, TO THE DOWNSTAIRS, TO THE VETS GROUPS.
THEY'LL DO SOME, BUT THEN IT'S WORTH, IT'S WORTH A WALK UP TO SECOND FLOOR TO GO TALK TO PAO AND GIVE THEM SOME AND GET THEIR SUPPORT, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THEIR E-NEWSLETTER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND WE DO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, A SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKIT THAT JUST ASK ME FOR IT AND I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TOMORROW.
AND BASICALLY, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO PROMOTION UNTIL THE MEDIA RELEASE DROPS.
SOMETIMES THEY KIND OF OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, UH, THE MEDIA RELEASE SHOULD GO OUT ON FRIDAY.
SO ANY DISTRIBUTION OF FLYERS AFTER THAT IS FINE AND ANY SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS IS FINE AFTER THAT TIME.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CREATE ANY OF IT YOURSELF, BUT YOU COULD PUT IT OUT TO YOUR OWN NETWORK.
YOU'D BASICALLY BE PUTTING OUT THIS POSTCARD AND A FEW DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT AND,
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YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY CREATED IT, SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST PUSH IT OUT FIRST.ALL I SAW, I SAW A LEGION ON, UH, ORANGE.
THAT'S I THINK CLOSEST TO THE EVENT, IS THAT ONE ACTIVE.
ANYBODY KNOW IS NOT ACTIVE IS OH, OKAY.
OH, SHOULD ASSUMING THEY BRING A STAFF TO CITY HALL SO THAT WE CAN FOR ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA BRING THEM THAT NIGHT AS WELL.
UH, THE AMERICAN LEGION IS, IS, UH, IT'S BEHIND HARTWELL PARK JUST NEAR, IT'S ON, UM, PARK CREST, JUST WHERE WOOD, WHERE WOODRUFF AND CARSON COME TOGETHER.
IT'S, UM, SOUTH OF THAT, A LITTLE STREET CALLED PARK CREST.
THERE'S A BIG PARK CREST CHURCH AND THERE'S THE MASONS.
I THINK IT'S THE MASONS AND THE, UH, LEGION RIGHT THERE.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? YEAH.
UH, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ALLOWED TO HELP.
OH, BECAUSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GO TO THE, UH, REMEMBER DAB UHHUH, SO I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF VETS THAT RUN.
IS IT ONLY, ARE YOU ONLY HAVE TO PASS OUT WITHIN LONG BEACH? NO.
BECAUSE I, EVERYONE'S WELCOME.
YOU DON'T, I'M LIKE, I, I, I DO A LOT OF TRAVELING OVER, OVER THE, THE CITY LONG BEACH, I MEAN LA PERIOD BECAUSE OF MY JOB.
SO I CAN ALWAYS HELP PASS OUT OR WHATEVER.
I'M IN DOWNTOWN LA A LOT, JUST OFF THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE DA IS AND I'M JUST, YEAH.
AND I HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, SO I'LL ADD YOU TO THAT MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION AND TAKE THOSE UP.
WE APPRECIATE ANY VOLUNTEER HELP THAT PEOPLE HAVE GROUPS OR WANT TO DROP 'EM OFF OR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OR ONCE THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMES OUT, EVERYBODY DON'T FORGET INTO THEIR FEEDS AND TRY TO GET IT TO, 'CAUSE EACH ONE OF US GETTING A THOUSAND, YOU KNOW, 500 TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON A SOCIAL.
AND THEN IF A FEW PEOPLE SHARE IT FROM THERE, WHO KNOWS? THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS ARE.
UM, THE, I DID CONNECT WITH THAT VENDOR AT THE VA LONG BEACH ABOUT HAVING THEM SELL HATS AND PINS.
'CAUSE SHE SAYS, I NEVER LOOK AT MY EMAIL, OR I NEVER LOOK AT MY PHONE OR WHAT.
I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE FOR A SPACE, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, THEY WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THE RESOURCE FAIR.
BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW I DID CONNECT WITH THAT SAME PERSON.
'CAUSE IT'S ONE PERSON WHO RUNS THAT WHOLE THING.
THAT ALL THE HATS AND STUFF OUTSIDE THE, THE CAN, THE CAFETERIA.
IT LOOKS LIKE MORE THAN ONE, BUT IT'S ONE VENDOR.
SO WE JUST, THAT WAS AN EASY TRY TO GET SOMETHING OUT THERE.
WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE DETAILED NEXT TO MAYBE, BUT FOR THE SHORT TERM, THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE TRIED FOR.
UM, JUST QUICK VOTE FOR THE RECEIVING FILE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
UM, I THINK THAT IS, LET'S SEE.
YEAH, I THINK THE BASIC, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO, LET'S SEE, YOU SAID PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ANY MEMBERS CAN MAKE WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN COVERED IN OUR AGENDA.
IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ANYBODY, YOU ARE GONNA SHARE THESE SLIDES AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SHARE THIS? YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? MY NAME IS JESSE.
UH, I'M A FOUNDER OF PEOPLE OF THE EARTH.
I'M A VETERAN MYSELF, US NAVY VETERAN.
UH, WE STARTED ABOUT TWO, ABOUT TWO, THREE YEARS WITH PEOPLE OF THE EARTH.
STARTED HERE WITH THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS HELPING 'EM, UM, PLACE THE, WE'RE HELPING 'EM PUSH THE MESSAGE ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE, FOR THE VETERANS HERE IN THE, IN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
SO I'M HERE 'CAUSE, UH, WE'RE COMING TOWARDS THE END OF OUR, UH, OUR OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UH, IN OUR ORGANIZATION'S CALENDAR.
AND WE'RE PUSHING, UH, THE MESSAGE TO, UH, DO A SKY, UH, SKY BREATHING, UH, MEDITATION COURSE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, UH, FOR FEE FOR FREE.
IT'S, UH, VIRTUALLY AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ONE HERE, UH, ON THE 15TH OF OCTOBER.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT IS VIRTUALLY SO YOU JUST, UH, REGISTER AND YOU'LL GET A CODE TO, UH, TUNE IN AND YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THE SKY BREATHING.
UM, IT'S A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO, UH, OVERCOME A LOT OF, UH, STRESS, PTSD, UH, FIND, UH, PEACE, YOU KNOW, UH, GET QUALITY SLEEP.
UM, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTRODUCED TO IT, I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT BREATHING WAS ALL CONNECTED WITH MEDITATION AND SO FORTH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS AND
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I'VE BEEN FEELING, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITS OF IT.UM, I KNOW AS VETERANS WE, YOU KNOW, UH, EXPERIENCE A LOT OF TRAUMA IN OUR EXPERIENCE IN THE SERVICE, UM, OR EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE SERVICE WHEN WE'RE, UH, FINDING A WAY HOW TO ADAPT BACK INTO SOCIETY.
SO, UM, IF THIS SPEAKS TO YOU, IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE CURIOUS OR YOU'VE BEEN KIND OF STUCK OR FEELING LIKE YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CHECK THIS OUT OR WHATNOT, UM, I DO HAVE SOME FLYERS.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GET MORE INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDELINE, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE COURSE IS.
UH, THIS IS AN INTRO COURSE, SO IT IS A ONE DAY, IT IS, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, WE ARE HOSTING, UH, TWO SEPARATE WORKSHOPS, ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE FOR THE VETERANS ITSELF.
SO IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, WE DON'T FACILITATE IT ITSELF.
WE'RE HOSTING IT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF, UH, FOR HUMAN VALUES.
SO IS, UH, HB, UH, YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP.
I DO HAVE SOME FLYERS HERE, SO I'LL PASS THESE AROUND.
AM I PASSING THESE FOUR? THANK YOU.
AND, UH, I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE TAKEN IT.
UM, AND I'M, I'M HERE JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE SURE US AS VETERANS, WE GOT EACH OTHER'S BACK.
UM, I THINK THINGS LIKE THIS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESILIENCY OR AWARENESS IN GENERAL IS SOMETHING THAT OUR VETERANS COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS.
UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, NON-PROFIT.
YOU KNOW, WE BECAME A NON-PROFIT A YEAR AGO, SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
BUT, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE THINGS THAT WE DO FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT, UH, FAMILIAR WITH PEOPLE OF THE EARTH, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, DO BEACH CLEANUPS.
UH, WE'VE DONE PAINT DAYS AT THE PARK OR OUTSIDE OF NATURE, UH, ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS WITH THE RESILIENCY, UH, SKY BREATH, UH, WORKSHOP.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE MISSION IS TO, UM, HELP THE COMMUNITY IN LONG BEACH AND THE VETERANS, UM, INTERTWINE TOGETHER, HELP EACH OTHER, UH, BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY.
BUT IT ALL STARTS, UH, INDIVIDUALLY WITH US.
UM, IT STARTS IN THE SENSE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT NEXT STEP IN OUR INDIVIDUAL SELF-GROWTH, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO, I WOULDN'T BE SPEAKING LIKE THIS, BUT I'VE COME TO LEARN A LOT OF THINGS ALONG THE WAY WHERE I FEEL COMFORTABLE IN SHARING EXPERIENCES WITH YOU GUYS ON THE SIDE, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST SIMPLY CHATTING.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, EVERYBODY'S JOURNEY'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO THE, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THIS IS A ONE DAY ONLINE MEDITATION COURSE.
AND THAT FLYER THAT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON IT, OR? YES, ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE.
YOU CAN, UH, SCAN THE QR CODE.
IT'S GONNA SEND YOU TO A GOOGLE DOC, WHICH THE, UH, THE HOST, THE COORDINATORS HAVE ACCESS TO SIMPLE, UH, QUESTIONNAIRE.
UH, THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND CONFIRM.
WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY CLOSING THE LIST ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
UH, SO DO EXPECT A CONFIRMATION EMAIL, SO TO SPEAK, GETTING THAT SENT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
UM, YEAH, IT, IT IS USUALLY FOR CIVILIANS.
IT IS, THERE IS A PRICE FOR THIS COURSE.
OF COURSE, OF COURSE, OF COURSE THERE IS A PRICE TO IT.
UM, BUT THEN THE VETERANS COURSES IS FREE.
THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES FOR, UH, HUMAN VALUE, UH, UMBRELLAS UNDER WITH, UH, PROJECT WELCOME HOME TROOPS.
AND SO THEY FOCUS MORE ON VETERANS.
AND SO THAT DAY, THOSE, UH, THOSE DAYS FOR BREATHING AND PRACTICING THE WHOLE MEDITATION, IT IS FIVE DAYS VERSUS, UH, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THREE DAYS.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS DONATE, UH, MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING MORE RESILIENCY ACTIVITIES.
SO WE, IF WE GET 10 PEOPLE, WE, WE CAN COVER THEIR COSTS ESSENTIALLY.
UM, BUT OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING UP TO.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, YOU KNOW, UH, COLLABORATED WITH, UH, IAHB TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN INTRO COURSE.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WITH QUESTIONS OR IF THEY JUST WANT TO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING YOU FIND ON THE, ON THE QR CODE.
THANK YOU QUESTION, ARE YOU STILL DOING THE BEACH CLEANUPS? UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THE BEACH CLEANUPS.
UM, ON THE SIDE, JUST 'CAUSE WE ARE A NON-PROFIT NOW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER LIABILITY FACTORS.
UM, AND SO OUR NON-PROFIT IS A YEAR OLD.
SO TO HAVE INSURANCE, IT DOES COST, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, $200 A MONTH.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT COST TO, TO COVER THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOW, WHEN I SET UP MY EVENTS, I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO? YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA DO A HIKE, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA BE, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME SOLID SHOES, SOME HYDRO FLAS, ANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT
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WE SHOULD KNOW.UM, SO, UH, I REMEMBER YOU CAME OUT TO SOME OF OUR BEACH CLEANUPS.
I THINK WE DID ONE AT THE MARINO, BUT WE'LL FIND A LOT OF LIKE NEEDLES UNFORTUNATELY, OR GLASS, UH, FISHING HOOKS.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF SLUSH BASICALLY COMING DOWN THE RIVER INTO OUR BEACHES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST LIKE, WE'RE JUST CLEANING A CLEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO I THINK THAT THE BIGGER PICTURE IS HAVING, UH, ALL THE CITIES AND I THINK THERE'S ALREADY A TALK, UM, AMONGST THAT, ALL THE NEIGHBORING CITIES OR THE CITIES ALONG THE RIVER TO PUT A MORE OF AN EMPHASIS AS FAR AS CLEANING UP WHATEVER, WHATEVER STUFF THEY HAVE ON THEIR END.
UM, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, PERHAPS, UH, NEXT YEAR, ONCE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOMMODATED, WE, WE DO WANT TO DO THE BEACH CLEANUPS, UM, BUT I NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS ON THE COMMUNITY, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY HOSTING BEACH CLEANUP, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AWESOME.
UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE, THE REASON WE WERE DOING, UH, BEACH CLEANUPS WAS TO FULFILL OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AS PART, AS OUR, AS PART OF OUR MISSION, AND ALSO OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESILIENCY.
SO THOSE ARE TWO OF OUR OBJECTIVES AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UM, BUT OTHER WAYS THAT WE DO IT IS WHEN WE GO ON A HIKE, WE BRING OUT A LITTLE STICK AND A TRASH BAG, AND WE'RE ALWAYS COLLECTING, UM, TRASH ALONG THE WAY, WHEREVER WE GO, UH, JUST TO PAY RESPECT AND BE MINDFUL AS WELL.
UM, AND SO YEAH, THE PAINT DAYS, I'VE BEEN JUST DOING THE SOLO SHOW RIGHT NOW WITH THE PAINT DAYS.
UM, THAT'S BEEN GOING REALLY GREAT.
A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN FINDING A LOT OF, UH, HEALING THROUGH THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY OUT IN NATURE.
UH, THE LAST TWO THAT WE'VE DONE, AND YOU CAN CHECK HOW OUR INSTAGRAM TOO, OUR INSTAGRAM HANDLE IS, UH, UH, POTE CREWE WITH THE K YOU GUYS WANT TO CHECK OUT WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO IN, UH, THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
WE WENT UP, UH, UP TO A POND ON THIS LAST HIKE, UH, UP IN THE LOS ANGELES MOUNTAINS.
AND WELL, WE BASICALLY PAINTED WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF US.
I LET THAT AND, UM, IT WAS GREAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT AND HAD A GOOD TIME.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ORTHODOX OR NOT, BUT WE'RE JUST DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO, YOU KNOW, FIND PEACE AND HELP OUR BROTHERS AND SISTER, UM, YOU KNOW, EVOLVE TO BECOME WHO THEY WANT TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO.
OKAY, CHRIS, GUYS, YOU GOOD? I'M GOOD.
ARE WE READY? I, I HAVEN'T CHECKED YET,
IT'S, IT'S STILL LIKE FIVE MINUTES AGO, I THINK.
ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? I, MR. ANYBODY GOT ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, THINGS WE SHOULD SHARE? BECAUSE THAT THE, UM, VETERAN'S DAY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SO WHEN WE GET THESE FLYERS, WE GOTTA GET 'EM OUT QUICK AND THE SHARING AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DO PLAN.
I'M NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT SOME PEOPLE DO PLAN AHEAD AND GET THOSE THINGS OUT THERE.
WE'VE HAD A GOOD TIME AT THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, QUESTION ON THE EVENT, FOOD AND ALL THAT.
ARE WE FUNDED FOR ANY OF THAT OR THE FEEDING THE VETS? SO WE SHOULDN'T BE.
UM, WE, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER ABOUT THAT.
SEE NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE DONE JUST IN TIME FOR THE DODGERS GAME.
WE'RE JUST IN TIME FOR THE, WE HAD, WE WERE MINDFUL OF OUR, ALRIGHT.
JUST IN TIME FOR DODGE YOUR GAME FOR ALL THOSE.