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THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING MEETING TO ORDER FOR NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025 AT 10:03 AM AT THIS TIME, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES? UM, THANK YOU AND MADAM CLERK, MAY YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND, VICE CHAIR GIBBONS HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHI, CAN YOU PLEASE GET US IN THE PLEDGE? ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND STANDS ONE NATION IN LIBERTY.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ OUR LAB ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? YES.
WE, THE ADVISORY POSITION ON AGING RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS.
AS MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO CALL THESE GROUNDS HOME, WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND RESILIENCE AND THEIR SPIRIT.
THEY STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, CAN YOU PLEASE READ OUR MISSION STATEMENT? YES, I THINK WE, WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACH'S CULTURALLY DIVERSE OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS.
UH, CAN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION AGING MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2025? YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I, COMMISSIONER HINES.
SECONDED THAT COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS ABOUT THE OCTOBER UH, MINUTES? OKAY.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE OCTOBER MINUTES? IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE OCTOBER MINUTES, PLEASE STAND.
SEEING NONE, UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.
UM, I, I REALLY DIDN'T HEAR WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
UM, IT'S THE APPROVAL OF THE VENUES.
I WASN'T, I WAS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU REVIEWED THE MINUTES, YOU CAN STILL VOTE YES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT APPROVE COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR GIS APPROVED.
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE THAT SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE ON DEPARTMENT BUSINESS.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO LET HEIDI SPEAK? I MOVE AND INCLUDES THAT, THAT JUDY CARTER.
I TURN THAT OVER TO HEIDI FOR OUR UPDATE.
ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE UPDATES ON PROGRAMMING THAT'S HAPPENING DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, UM, THAT WE HAVE AT ALL OF OUR D DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.
SO I JUST BROUGHT A COUPLE OF FLYERS THAT BASICALLY REPRESENT NOT ONLY LIKE THE PROGRAMS, BUT WE, WE LIKE TO PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE, UM, DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS.
UM, ONE, UM, AAA PROVIDES A KEEPING THE KEYS PROGRAM SO IT HELPS, UM, OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE STILL DRIVING HOW TO KEEP THE KEYS WHILE THEY'RE BEHIND THE WHEEL.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, THAT IS HAPPENING AT THE EL DORADO SENIOR CENTER ON DECEMBER 3RD.
SO YOU DO HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO THAT HELPS, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR OLDER ADULTS TO KEEP DRIVING.
UM, ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PARTNERED WITH.
SO ACTUALLY THIS WEEK ON, UM, THURSDAY.
SO TOMORROW, UM, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE AT 10 30,
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UM, WHERE BASICALLY WE NAVIGATE THE DIFFICULTIES OF ALZHEIMER'S, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AS WELL.SO IF YOU CAN COME, WE ASK YOU.
IT COULD BE LIKE CAREGIVERS, IT CAN BE FAMILY MEMBERS OR, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, ALZHEIMER'S OR, UH, DEMENTIA AS WELL TO COME TO THAT INFORMATIONAL SESSION.
UM, WE ALSO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, WHICH IS A UNITED MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PROMOTERS.
AND SO PRETTY MUCH TWICE A WEEK SINCE APRIL.
SO IT GOES THROUGH, UM, DECEMBER.
WE HAVE NOT TWICE A WEEK, SORRY, TWICE A MONTH.
UM, WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, TOPICS THAT THEY PRESENT TO OUR, UM, UM, PATRONS HERE.
UM, SO COMING UP ON THE 18TH IS HOW MUCH TOO MUCH SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN OLDER ADULTS IS A TOPIC.
THEN WE HAVE HOLIDAY BLUES COMING UP IN DECEMBER, AND THEN DECEMBER 16TH IS 40.
SO DIFFERENT TOPICS, UM, OF DISCUSSION.
UM, WE HAVE THIS, I KNOW HERE AT, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER AND WE ALSO HAVE IT, UM, AT HOWTON PARK AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN INDEPENDENCE AT HOME, WHICH IS ANOTHER NON-PROFIT THAT OFFERS DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS.
UM, SINCE SEPTEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY, WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, HEART STRENGTH TRAINING, UM, FALL PREVENTION CLASSES HERE.
UM, SO YOU CAN COME AND ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS. IT'S A FITNESS PROGRAM FOR OLD ADULTS THAT ARE OFFERED BY, UM, NOT NECESSARILY OUR CITY STAFF, BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME INTO OUR CENTER, PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
UM, COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE CITY STAFF.
SO ONE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS APRIL'S KITCHEN.
APRIL IS ONE OF OUR, UM, STAFF, UM, WITH PRM AND SHE IS A COOK AND SHE UM, DEFINITELY DOES, UM, UM, SHE'S UM, SHE PROVIDES ANY ASIAN COOKING CLASS.
ASIAN COOKING CLASS, SORRY, SO AN ASIAN COOKING CLASS.
UM, AND SHE DOES IT AT MOST OF OUR SITES.
SO THIS ONE IS HERE AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER ON DECEMBER 13TH.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE AT THE EL DORADO SENIOR CENTER ON THE DECEMBER 17TH.
WE ALSO HAVE ONE AT, UM, THE, UM, SILVERADO SENIOR CENTER THAT SHE DOES.
SHE BASICALLY IS MAKING A GINGER SPRING ONION CHICKEN STIR SURF RIDE.
UM, AND SO IT'S ONCE A MONTH ON SATURDAYS HERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ARTS AND CRAFT CLASS THAT WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH FOR THE WHAT WEEKEND CLASSES HERE IN NOVE AT THE SENIOR CENTER.
AND THESE ARE JUST FOR THE DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECTS THAT THEY'LL BE DOING THIS MONTH.
AND A LOT OF 'EM ARE GEARED TOWARDS, UM, THERE'S VETERANS DAY, THERE'S PAINTING OF, UH, TURKEY, UM, A MASON LID JAR WITH TURKEY.
SO A LOT OF LIKE BULKING AND VETERANS FEED, UM, CRAFTS FOR THE MONTH.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE A LOT MORE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST A KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTICIPATE WITH AS WELL AS SOME OF THE STAFF OF CLASSES THAT WE HAVE, UM, GOING ON CURRENTLY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL MY REPORT IS TODAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEIDI REGARDING YOUR REPORT? GO AHEAD.
COMMISSIONER CARTER, CLERK CLARK COURT KEEPING THE KEYS.
SO IT'S BASICALLY, UM, IT'S A WAY TO KEEP DRIVING PRETTY MUCH.
SO, UM, IT'S A 90 MINUTE WORKSHOP WHERE THEY'LL DISCUSS HOW DRIVING CHANGES WITH AGE AND SHARE PRACTICAL TIPS TO HELP YOU STAY SAFE AND CONFIDENT ON THE ROAD.
SO IT'S BASICALLY JUST A, A 90 MINUTE, UM, WORKSHOP.
UM, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AS THINGS CHANGE AS WE GET OLDER AND OUR DRIVING SKILLS AND KIND OF WHAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF, UM, INCLUDE TOPICS OF HOW DRIVING CHANGES WITH AGE, HOW TO SAFELY ADAPT TO DRIVING, HOW MEDICATIONS MAY IMPACT YOUR DRIVING VEHICLE, SAFETY AND COMFORT AND FIT AND RESOURCES TO EXTEND YOUR DRIVING CAREER.
UM, SO IT'S, IT IS PROVIDED BY AAA, UM, AND YOU WOULD JUST REGISTER ON THEIR WEBSITE AND IT IS, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH AAA ALSO.
THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, SPONSORS IT AND THEY HOST IT AT OUR PARKING REC SITES IN THE CITY.
WHAT IS THE AGE THAT THEY, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY REMOVE YOUR LICENSE OR WHAT IS THAT, THAT TARGETED SPACE? I DO NOT KNOW.
UM, I, I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE AGE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
AND I THINK THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN AGE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE AS IN A SET AGE, IT MIGHT BE JUST, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT, AGE.
SO IT MIGHT BE JUST THE ABILITY OF THE DRIVER, UM, SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION A LITTLE BETTER.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION, UM, I KNOW WE
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HAVE BEEN ALL PROBABLY BEEN IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, FOOD GIVEAWAYS AS, AS RELATED TO THE SNAP? UM, SO THERE IS, AND I CAN PROVIDE, THERE IS, AND I DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME, BUT THE, THE MAYOR HAS PUT TOGETHER, HE KIND OF PROVIDE, HE GOT ALL THE NON-PROFITS AND THE DIFFERENT FOOD RESOURCES TOGETHER ABOUT, WE CAN HAVE TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE FREE FOOD, UM, GIVEAWAYS OR OUTREACH, UM, GOING ON OR FOOD BANKS GOING ON.AND SO THERE IS A LIST OF ALL OF THEM THAT HAPPEN.
UM, WE DO DO, UM, WE HAVE FOOD FINDERS, UM, HERE ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT OUR CENTER HERE.
UM, AT 10 30 IN THE MORNING, PEOPLE COME AROUND NINE 30 TO GET A NUMBER AND WE GIVE DIFFERENT FOOD ITEMS HERE TWO DAYS A WEEK.
UM, AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 80 ISH TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
IT DEPENDS ON, BUT THERE IS A LIST OUT THERE SO I CAN EMAIL IT TO YOU GUYS AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, THAT WILL PROVIDE NOT ALL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN NONPROFITS IN THE CITY.
SO HAVE YOU SEEN ANY INCREASE IN, UH, OUR, THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS? WELL, I THINK WE GET MORE, UM, FOOD ON OUR FRIDAY DISTRIBUTION HERE THAN OUR MONDAY BECAUSE WE GET TWO DELIVERIES FROM FOOD FINDERS.
WE'RE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY GO PICK UP THEM TO BRING IN MORE FOOD.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE MORE FOOD WE HAVE, THE MORE PEOPLE WILL COME.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE LIMITED AT ABOUT KIND OF WHAT FOOD WE GET.
SO, UM, IT GOES, I MEAN, WE'RE NEVER, A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE, 'CAUSE FOR US HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER AS LONG AS YOU SHOW UP.
WE TRY TO MAKE, UM, THE FOOD GO, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYONE.
WE'LL GET A LITTLE SOMETHING SOME DAYS, DO MY GIVE A LITTLE MORE JUST DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S MORE FOOD AND LESS PEOPLE.
UM, BUT, UM, WE DO AVERAGE, I WANNA SAY LIKE 80 TO 90 PEOPLE, UH, A DAY ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
FRIDAY, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LITTLE MORE FOOD THERE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TAKE MORE HOME.
UM, WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THAT, IN WHAT THE FOOD THAT YOU GIVE AWAY OFFERING? SO, UM, WE GET DONATIONS FROM THE BONDS DOWN THE STREET.
SO FOOD FINDERS, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT, UM, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT IS FOOD HELPS WITH FOOD INSECURITIES.
THEY HAVE, UM, PARTNERS THAT DONATE FOOD TO THEM AND THEN THEY HAVE A LOT OF TIME VOLUNTEERS WHO BRINGS IT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND GIVE IT OUT.
SO ON, UM, MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS WE GET DONATIONS FROM, UM, LA LAWNS FROM TRADER JOE'S.
AND THEN, UM, THE ORANGE COUNTY FOOD BANK WHO COMES HERE, THEY DO COME HERE ONCE A MONTH ON A SATURDAY.
UM, THEY BRING IN SOME FOOD FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNED UP AND REGISTER FOR THAT PROGRAM ON SATURDAYS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT PANTHERS BRINGS DIFFERENT RESOURCES, SO WHOEVER WANTS TO BRING STUFF IN.
I KNOW LAST WEEK WE HAD A, A RANDOM COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED, UM, WITH THE LOSS OF SOME FOOD, UM, FOR, UM, PEOPLE.
SO THEY DECIDED TO DONATE SOME FOOD TO US AS WELL.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, UNFORTUNATELY HERE TO STORE LIKE FRESH ITEMS. UM, SO A LOT OF THE STUFF WE GIVE OUT IF IT DOESN'T COME FROM, LIKE, THAT'S WHY WE DO MONDAY AND FRIDAY.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE OUR DELIVERY DAYS.
AND SO WE GIVE IT OUT RIGHT WHEN WE GET IT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GIVE OUT EVERYTHING.
IF WE DO HAVE LIKE, UM, CANNED GOODS OR, OR NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS, WE CAN STORE THEM FOR LIKE THE NEXT TIME.
BUT ANY, UM, PERISHABLE ITEMS WE HAVE TO GIVE OUT THAT DAY OF.
AND SO IT COULD BE LIKE BREAD, IT COULD BE LIKE MEATS, IT COULD IT'S FRUITS, UM, SOMETIMES CANNED GOODS, TREASURES, GOODS, FLOWERS, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THE THE FLOWERS ARE NICE.
UM, BUT THE FOOD, I'VE SEEN THEM HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS WHO HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOOD, IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD STUFF.
AND THEY GET A SELECTION, A VARIETY, SO THEY GET TO PICK WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY'RE NOT JUST GIVEN, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT JUST GIVEN A RANDOM BAG.
SO WE, WE KIND OF GROOVE IT ON, UM, LIKE MEAT PRODUCTS, RIGHT? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, SO YOU MIGHT COME TO THIS WHOLE TABLE AND THEY'LL BE ALL ON THIS TABLE, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL BE LIKE, OH, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE HAVE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE LIKE, YOU GET TO PICK ONE ITEM OUT OF HERE, TWO ITEMS, RIGHT? SO THEN YOU GO THAT, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM MIGHT BE THE BREAD TABLE.
SO YOU GET TO PICK TWO BREAD ITEMS, THE FRUIT TABLE, YOU COULD PUT TWO FRUIT.
SO PRETTY MUCH DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE HAVE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE TOOK NUMBERS THAT DAY, WE KINDA ORCHESTRATE IT LIKE THAT.
SO EVERYONE GOES THROUGH AND THEN YOU, WE BASICALLY WILL GO THROUGH, COULD BE TWO TIMES, THREE TIMES, DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S LEFTOVERS AFTER EVERYONE WENT THROUGH AND THEY CAN COME BACK THROUGH AND PICK THE REMAINDER
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OF THE STUFF UNTIL IT'S ALL GONE.UM, UM, MY COLLEAGUES HERE JUST LET US KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE SOME, UM, FREE GIVEAWAYS COMING UP, UM, IN LONG BEACH ON THIS FRIDAY.
UM, JANICE HAHN IS GIVING AWAY FREE FOOD AT VETERAN'S STADIUM ON, ON FRIDAY THE 14TH.
I DON'T KNOW THE TIME OF THIS OH 9:00 AM TO 12.
SO THAT IS NINE TO 12 ON FRIDAY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT IS OUT HERE.
UH, BEDROOM STADIUM, WHICH IS OVER, UM, LBCC CAMPUS ON PARK, AND, UM,
UM, AND THEN, UM, FOR OUR NEW PARTICIPANTS, TO ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BETTER, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 12 TO 15 NEW PARTICIPANTS A MONTH.
IN OCTOBER, WE HAD 25 NEW PEOPLE COME IN.
UM, SO WE EXPECT, UM, BY THE END OF NOVEMBER WE'LL GET TO, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW MANY, UM, PARTICIPANTS CAME FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
COMMISSIONER, DO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.
CAN I ASK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK REALLY LOUDLY? I RUN OUT OF THE HOUSE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, TODAY,
THE LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH PROGRAM IS ALSO LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR FRIDAY.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FRIDAY AT VETERAN STADIUM BY LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, WE'RE STILL SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FULL GIVEAWAY AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO RAIN.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY REGARDING HER REPORT? JUST ONE MORE MINUTE PLEASE.
ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS, HOW, UM, ABOUT 90 PEOPLE EACH.
UM, WE CAN NOW TAKE PABLO COMMENT ON HEIDI'S REPORT.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT, PLEASE TELL.
UM, LONG BEACH GRAY PANTHERS HELPED WITH FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND LAST YEAR OUR STUDENTS CONTRIBUTED OVER A THOUSAND HOURS, UH, TO THE EXTENT OF $48,000 IN VALUE TO THE SENIOR CENTER AT THE GOING RATE.
UH, FOR A VOLUNTEER HOUR, IT'S $40 AND 14 CENTS BY INDEPENDENT SECTOR.
SO, UM, THE STUDENTS HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME AND THEY'RE, UM, GREAT INTERACTING WITH THE OLDER ADULTS AND, UM, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH FOOD, FOOD.
THIS, THERE'S ALSO A FOOD BANK AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH PROTEIN.
SO, UH, PARTNERS OF PARKS, WHEN WE WERE PARTNERING WITH, UH, TRINKA WOULD PURCHASE PROTEIN.
SO WE HAD, UH, PEANUT BUTTER, CHICKEN AND CAN CHICKEN CANOON AND A GIVEAWAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING, UH, WE APPLIED FOR A $25,000 GRANT TO, UM, PURCHASE SOME PROTEIN AND TO GET HOLIDAY, UH, GROCERY GIFT CARDS.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE THEM AWAY LAST YEAR, SO WE ASKED FOR $25,000 TO, UM, GIVE $25 GIFT CARDS TO A THOUSAND SENIORS.
AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S BRINGING ME SOME, A SMALLER AMOUNT, UH, TO GIVE AWAY
THE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY CRUSHING HAS BEEN THE SNAP PAYMENTS, THE NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GONNA RECEIVE THEIR SNAP PAYMENTS.
AND A JUDGE FORCED, UM, OUR PRESIDENT TO PAY THEM OUT SO EVERYBODY HAS RECEIVED THEIR SNAP PAYMENTS BACK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.
SO FOOD IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE SENIORS THAT COME HERE.
MOST OF THE SENIORS THAT COME HERE ARE LIVING ON LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, SO FOOD IS A LOT OF THEM GO AND GIVEAWAY GETAWAY.
JENNA HA IS ALSO DOING, UM, FOOD GIVEAWAYS AT, UM, ADMIRAL KID PARK ON SATURDAYS.
I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER SUMAN HAD A LUNCH.
WELL, FOOD FINDERS ALSO HELPS, UH, PROVIDE FOOD AT THE UNITE OR, UM, URBAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT FIRST CONGREGATION CHURCH ON SUNDAYS.
SO THEY USUALLY HAVE A HUGE SELECTION OF, OF FOOD AVAILABLE ON SUNDAYS DOWNTOWN AT THIRD AND, AND CEDAR, UM, AT THAT DROP IN CENTER.
SO IN THE AFTERNOON PEOPLE CAN, IF THEY WORK, THIS CAN WORK A CIRCUIT, THEN THEY CAN GO TO A, A DROP-IN CENTER THERE AND GET FRESH, UH, FOOD AND HOT FOOD THAT'S PREPARED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION REGARDING PINE'S REPORT? OKAY, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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YES.UH, COMMISSIONER HINES APPROVE.
COMMISSIONER SALCEDO? I APPROVE.
ACCEPT, UH, VICE CHAIR GIBBONS AYE.
UH, NOW WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE 2023 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING VISIBILITY PLAN.
MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM.
I HEARD, UH, COMMISSIONER
WE WILL NOW TURN TO THE COMMISSION TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
IS IT, ARE THERE ANY UPDATES ON THE VISIBILITY REPORT FROM, SINCE LAST TIME, DID ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UH, REGARDING THIS SENIOR VISIBILITY PLAN COMMISSION ON THE AGING VISIBILITY? NO, NO CHANGE FROM THE LAST TIME.
UM, ARE WE, DID DID YOU JUST ASK THE STAFF OR DID YOU ASK THE COMMISSION? YEAH, I ASKED YOU, BUT I ASKED THE COMMISSION IF OH, WE HAVE ANY UPDATES FROM LAST TIME REGARDING THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION, COMMISSION ON AGING VISIBILITY PLAN.
UM, I WAS WONDERING IF SYLVIA WANTED TO UPDATE US ON, WASN'T THAT THE WRITING, THE LETTER ABOUT THE, THE BUDGET PART OF THE, IS THAT PART IS THE PLAN? THE VISIBILITY PLAN? OKAY.
MAYBE YOU CAN JUST, I THINK IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UNDER, IS IT UNDER A SEPARATE AGENDA? UM, MICHELLE, IF YOU CAN REMIND ME, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I MADE TO HAVE SOMEBODY SPEAK ON IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S UNDER THIS.
I THINK IT, OR I THINK IT'S UNDER THIS NUMBER FOUR.
UH, NUMBER FOUR IS THE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
SO THEN IF IT IS, IF IT FALLS UNDER THIS ACTION, UM, I HAD ASKED IF WE COULD REQUEST A SPEAKER FROM THE CITY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT IT WOULD FALL UNDER, LIKE FINANCE OR THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE THAT COULD ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING.
UM, HOW THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS SPECIFICALLY DETERMINES THE FUNDING ALLOCATED TO OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.
UM, CRITERIA USED TO JUSTIFY THESE, UM, AMOUNTS AND THE BEST TIME OF YEAR FOR OUR COMMISSION OR A COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT BUDGET RELATED INPUT.
AND THEN ALSO IF THERE ARE INSTANCES WHEN ADDITIONAL FUNDS COME INTO THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SUCH AS GRANT MONEY, FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING, OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED TO OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES.
IF OUR COMMISSION CAN BE MADE AWARE OF THOSE AMOUNTS WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED, I KNEW TO THE COMMISSION AND, UM, JUDY AND HAROLD.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY HAS COME TO SPEAK ON THIS BEFORE.
UM, WE COULD ALWAYS GET A REFRESHER OR WE COULD GET A REF.
SO IT JUST, IT DOES TURN OUT THAT, UH, WE CAN REQUEST IF WE WANT TO GET SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY TO SPEAK, WE WILL GO THROUGH HEIDI.
TO REQUEST THE SPECIFIC PERSON.
UM, RELATED TO SPEAKERS, WE ARE ALSO WELCOME TO GET SPEAKERS FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY.
I THINK HAVING, UH, INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM SOMEBODY WHO CAN SPEAK TO THIS WOULD HELP US AS THE COMMISSIONERS HERE, UM, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND STRATEGIC TO ASK FOR.
UM, SO SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
WHOEVER IT IS DEEMED IT IS, WHO CAN SPEAK TO THIS? I'M NOT SURE WHO DID YOU RIGHT.
YOU WROTE THAT IN A LETTER OR DID YOU AN EMAIL.
SO JUST SEND ME THE EMAIL THEN.
WE DID THEY HAVE A VOTE ON A RECOMMENDATION TO GET SOMEONE TO SPEAK OR THEY CAN JUST, IF THEY, IF THEY'RE SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT, THERE'S NO APPROVAL NEEDED.
IF THEY'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, THEN THEY SHOULD DECIDE TO HAVE EITHER THE CHAIR OR A REPRESENTATIVE SPEAK AND THEY CAN MAKE IT A PART OF THE MOTION.
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IF THEY'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, NO, THEY WANT, UM, SORRY, LIKE SOMEONE FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE OR THE CITY MANAGER TO COME SPEAK HERE AT THE COMMISSION.SO THEY CAN JUST LET ME KNOW AND THEN I CAN
SO JUST YOU EMAIL ME THEIR REQUEST AND I'LL WORK THROUGH PLANNING ON WHAT, IF IT'S THE BUDGET OFFICE OR IF IT WOULD BE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO SEE, UM, THEY CAN GET HER TO, TO AN UPCOMING MEETING.
UM, SO SYLVIA, CAN YOU CLARIFY, IS THIS INSTEAD OF WRITING A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION OR, OR IS THIS NO, THIS IS, UM, IN ORDER TO WRITE THE LETTER IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION SO WE KNOW, WILL WE ASK OF THIS? UM, YES.
SO I CAN, WE CAN BEGIN DRAFTING THE LETTER.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I'M GOING IN WITH NO BACKGROUND.
UM, JUST FOR CLARITY, BECAUSE THE 2026 BUDGET HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE THAT THE CITY OF MOM BE REPRESENTATIVE TO TELL THE COMMISSION HOW DO WE SUBMIT WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, HOW ARE THEY APPROPRIATE OR DECIDED? AND IF THEY'RE GONNA INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE CITY, THAT'S FOR OUR FUTURE PROPOSALS, PARTICULARLY FOR 2027.
AND ANY FUNDS THAT COME BECOME AVAILABLE, WE JUST SENIOR COMMUNITY IS THAT WHERE WE AT 2027? CORRECT? YES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSION, UH, COMMENT REGARDING THE 2023 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING VISIBILITY PLAN? OKAY.
UH, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING VISIBILITY PLAN.
DID ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? UM, IS THERE A COPY OF IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? 'CAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEVELOPING A PROCESS, THERE IS AT LEAST A 30 DAY PERIOD WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THIS PLAN.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE A CURRENT COPY OF THAT.
WELL I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET A COPY OF WHATEVER THE VISIBILITY PLAN IS MM-HMM
'CAUSE I THINK WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
AND, UM, THE BUDGET PROCESS IS GOING TO START FOR 2027 IN JANUARY.
SO, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT WENT TO ALL THE BUDGET HEARINGS LAST YEAR, THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE BUDGET.
UH, THE PROBLEM WITH THE OLDER ADULTS, AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT THE BUDGET IS CONTAINED IN PARKS AND RACK AND IT'S A LINE ITEM, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO.
THERE'S NO BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT.
AND WE HAVE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR, WE WANT A SEPARATE OLDER ADULT BUDGET.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE WORKING ON NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA START DOING IT NEXT WEEK.
SO WE DID VOTE AT THE LAST MEETING TO SEND THAT LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND MAYBE WE NEED A REPORT BACK AS TO WHETHER IT WAS SENT OR, OR NOT.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WAS, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE NEXT PERSON IT WENT TO, UM, SO MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT GOES FORWARD.
YEAH, AND WE, WE KNOW, SO THE, THE LETTER THAT WE WROTE, UM, DID ASK FOR THAT BREAKDOWN.
UM, AND THE BUDGET PROCESS STARTS IN JANUARY.
HEIDI WAS FROM LIKE TWO OR THREE MEETINGS AGO.
UH,
AND COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SO YES, GO AHEAD MADAM CHAIR.
CAN WE HAVE THAT REPORT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING? PLEASE TRY TO GET IT BACK.
DECEMBER MEETING IS GOING TO BE AT THE HOUSE AND WE'RE STILL GONNA BE CONDUCTING, UM, BUSINESS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HAVING THE WALKTHROUGH, THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION OR HOW THE CELEBRATION.
IS IT POSSIBLE WE JUST GET EMAIL OF IT, OF THE UM, BEFORE, BEFORE THAT JUST THE EMAIL
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OF THE VISIBIL, THE REPORT BACK OF THE LETTER OR THE VISIBILITY ACTION PLAN? BOTH.WELL, IF, IF I GET IT BACK, I'M NOT SURE, CAN I EMAIL BACK INFORMATION? I WOULD BRING IT BACK AS AN ITEM JUST SO IT CAN BE DISCUSSED AMONGST THE BODY.
WE CAN PUT, HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A SHORT MEETING IN SUMMER.
WE CAN ALSO PUSH THAT TO JANUARY.
WELL IF THE BUDGET STARTS IN JANUARY AND THE CITY HAS SOME DISCUSS THE PROCESS, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT IN DECEMBER.
SO WE CAN PUT IT ON THE DECEMBER AGENDA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE 2023 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING VISIBILITY PLAN? OKAY.
SEEING NONE MAD CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER CHINCHILLA CHIN CHIN.
APPROVED COMMISSIONER HINES APPROVED.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT APPROVED COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND APPROVED VICE CHAIR GIVENS APPROVED AND CHAIR VALENCIA APPROVED.
NOW WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, UH, MOVE AND COMMISSIONER SECONDED.
UH, WE NOW TURN TO COMMISSION TO LEAD A DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
SO THE ITEM IS, UH, WE CAN CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
I KNOW WE HAVE A SAFE HOUSE COMMITTEE AND COMMISSIONER SALCITO IS INTERESTED IN BEING ADDED TO THIS, UM, COMMITTEE.
SO THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I'M, I AM GONNA MOVE TO DISSOLVE THE, WHATEVER IT ENDED UP BEING CALLED COMMITTEE, UH, ABOUT PUBLISH THE LIST, DOING RESEARCH ON WHAT LOW INCOME BENEFIT, UH, BENEFITS WERE AVAILABLE FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
THAT THAT'S NOT NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
UM, DO I HAVE TO WAIT TILL WE VOTE ON THAT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE OR? WELL, YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING ELSE REGARDING THIS AND THEN, UM, I'M GONNA PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE VISIBILITY PLAN BASED ON THE INPUT THAT'S BEEN GIVEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MEETINGS AND ANY OTHER INPUT WE GET.
I WISH I HAD, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GOOD NOTES.
NOTES AND I CAN'T FIND THEM RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THREE OF US COULD, COULD PROBABLY PUT TOGETHER A 2020, IT'LL PROBABLY BE 2026.
IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN BEING ON THIS, UH, AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE
NORMA BILLIS AND SYLVIA WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE VISIBILITY, UPDATE THE AGENT VISIBILITY PLAN.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, TYPE OF AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED OR RIGHT, THAT'S, WE ONLY HAVE THAT ONE DISSOLVED.
SO WHO IS CURRENTLY ON THE SAFE HOUSE COMMITTEE? I AM.
AND ANYBODY ELSE? AND CAROLINE.
CAROLINE AND I WANT TO BE ADDED TO IT.
UH, SO WHAT I HAVE IS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER POINTERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS ANY AHOW COMMITTEES? OKAY, SO WHAT I HAVE IS THAT WE WANT TO DISSOLVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS, UM, TO FIND MORE RESOURCES FOR SENIORS.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE WAS.
WE WANT TO ADD AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE DISABILITY PLAN.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE NORMA, PHYLLIS AND SYLVIA.
AND WE WANT TO UPDATE THE COMM COMMISSIONERS ON THE STATE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
AND THAT WOULD BE PHYLLIS, CAROLYN, CAROLINE AND SYLVIA.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? OKAY.
ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, PERMISSION.
I, I WOULD WORK ON THE VISIBILITY PART.
DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONLY THREE OR
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BE? I THINK IT CAN ONLY BE THREE.TWO OR THREE? YEAH, IT CAN ONLY BE TWO OR THREE.
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE FORMER COMMITTEE, NOT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
THE ONE TRANSPORTATION AND, UM, TECHNOLOGY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR EITHER OF THOSE TWO.
SO AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, NOT A GENERAL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC, LET'S SAY TRANSPORTATION ITEM LIKE THIS, CAN WE HAVE, HAVE A BUS STOP HERE? UM, AND YOU CAN MAKE A COMMITTEE ON THAT SPECIFIC ITEM OR AN AD HOC.
SO PHY, DO WE WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH MEETING WITH THESE TRANSIT REGARDING SENIORS, RIGHT? FREE WRITING, DISCOUNTED RIGHT.
RIGHT? SO CAN WE CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH REGARD TO FAIRS FOR SENIORS AND OR PRICING FOR SENIORS? OKAY, SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY REGARDING AFFAIRS FOR SENIORS ON LONG BEACH TRANSIT? CAROLINE PHYLLIS.
WE ARE GOING TO DISSOLVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REGARDING FINDING RESOURCES FOR SENIORS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD AD HOC COMMITTEES, UH, FINDING OR LOWERING FAIRES OR, OR HAVING NO AFFAIRS FOR SENIORS ON, ON BEACH TRANSIT.
ASKING COMMISSIONER HINS, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND COMMISSIONER CARTER CLARK CARTER, COMMISSIONER CLARK.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO ADD AN AD HOUSE COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE 2023 ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING VISIBILITY PLAN TO 2026 STANDARDS.
THAT'S GONNA BE COMMISSIONER CHILA, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND COMMISSIONER STO.
AND THEN ON THE, THE SAFE HOUSE COMMITTEE THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOW WILL BE COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, COMMISSIONER HEINZ AND COMMISSIONER STO.
UM, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE? CAN YOU TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
UH, IS THERE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION ON ANY HEARING? NONE.
COMMISSIONERS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
UH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES.
APPROVED COMMISSIONER CLARK APPROVED COMMISSIONER HINES APPROVED COMMISSIONER CELO APPROVED COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT APPROVED COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND APPROVED VICE CHAIR GIBBONS APPROVED AND CHAIR VALENCIA APPROVED.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE STAND.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
I FIRST WANT TO INTRODUCE WENDY NUNEZ.
SHE IS AN INTERN WITH US AND SHE DESIGNED, UM, THE UPDATES TO OUR MATERIALS THAT I GAVE YOU.
UM, WE DID ELECT, UH, CO-PRESIDENTS OUR NOVEMBER ANNUAL MEETING AND I GAVE YOU A CARD WITH HER NAME DR.
DREW JONES, WHO WORKS WITH THE CSU SYSTEM AND HE DOES, UH, LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN DEVELOPMENTARY CSU SYSTEM AND UM, IS IN CHARGE OF SECURITY FUNCTIONS.
CLAUDIA LOPEZ, WHO IS A SOCIOLOGIST AT HEALTH STATE LONG BEACH.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US ON HOUSING FOR YEARS NOW, SPECIFICALLY HUD HOUSING.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL VOLUNTEER COMING.
LAURA TRE, HOW INTERNED WITH MAGGIE KUHN.
SHE USED TO BE THE HEAD OF THE AGING DEPARTMENT IN LA COUNTY AND WHEN SHE FULLY RETIRED, TWO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER WITH US.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I WENT TO THE ANNUAL ANNUAL CD FOUR CONFERENCE.
UM, SINCE YOU TALKED ABOUT AGING, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT LONG BEACH DOESN'T GET, UM, ENOUGH MONEY FOR OLDER ADULTS IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A TRIPLE A.
THE WAY FEDERAL FUNDING IS ALLOCATED THROUGH THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.
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AGENCY ON AGE AGING.THERE IS A PROCESS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TO CHANGE.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WORK WITHIN SOCIAL SCIENCES, I'M FAMILIAR WITH SERVICE PROVIDER AREAS.
THERE IS A LEADERSHIP, UM, COMMITTEE THAT IS REALIGNING HOW SERVICES ARE GONNA BE DELIVERED IN AREAS BASED UPON THE MASTER PLAN, STATE'S MASTER PLAN FOR AGING.
SO THERE ARE GONNA BE A LOT OF CHANGES COMING TO SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS AND HOPEFULLY A REALIGNMENT OF FUNDING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO TOM IKA ABOUT IS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AAA AND THEN I'VE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THAT, BUT NOW IS POTENTIALLY THE TIME WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT HAVING A TRIPLE A BECAUSE PART OF THIS PROCESS IS THEY ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT HOW THEY ALLOCATE THE DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL MONEY.
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AAA ARE GONNA BE CHANGING.
LONG BEACH IS CURRENTLY DOING ALL THE SERVICES THAT WOULD MEET HAVING A TRIPLE A, BUT WE'RE DOING THEM WITHOUT THE FUNDING SUPPORT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS. UH, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON CORRECTING IF WE WERE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
SO I GAVE YOU A BROCHURE, WE HAVE HAVE A NEW BROCHURE AND I GAVE YOU A POSTCARD, UH, WITH THE NEW PRESIDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON IS INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
THERE IS AN EXPERT ON AGEISM, UM, ASHTON APPLEWHITE, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT.
AND AS SHE HAS NEW PROGRAM CALLED
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I YEAH, YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NOW I'LL TAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS.
I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE AISLE, MAKE SURE.
ILLA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DON'T, NO.
HAS YOURS BEEN ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YEAH, I DO.
I I THOUGHT WE WERE HAVING A SPEAKER.
JUDY HAD A SPEAKER ON, UH, WHAT HAPPENED? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE SPEAKER I GOT FROM JANUARY TIER JONES, WHO'S CURRENTLY LEAVING AS MAYOR SIGNAL HILL IS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE HE ACCEPTED AND WILL SPEAK ON JUST TO GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT THAT PARTICULAR TINY CITY IS DOING FOR SENIORS.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
HOWEVER, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MAKE THAT IN.
I MAKE A NOTE TO PUT IT ON OUR JANUARY AGENDA AND THEN LIKE IRENE SENDS OUT THAT EMAIL TOO, UM, TO JUST, UM, REMIND YOU GUYS TO SEND AN EMAIL TO, UM, MICHELLE, LIKE WHAT TO PUT ON AGENDA.
SO JUST WHEN THAT COMES OUT, MAKE SURE TO, I NEED TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
CAN'T OR JUST LET HER I WROTE THE, I WROTE THE NOTE DOWN.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY PUSH YOUR HINES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVERYBODY? A HAPPY, SAFE THANKSGIVING AND THAT, UM, WE JUST KEEP UNITED STATES.
YOU TALK ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD, I DID HAVE A SPEAKER FOR TODAY.
I DUNNO WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I GAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, I ALL THE INFORMATION WITH THE TWO INDIVIDUALS TOGETHER AND SO I WAS KIND SURPRISED.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ANN BURETTE.
ANN AS A WAS A, A EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING THAT WAS VERY, UM, ACTIVE IN, UM, HUMAN RIGHTS.
UM, SHE RECENTLY WAS EVEN ARRESTED AT AN ICE LOCATION, UM, TRYING TO PREVENT SOMEONE BEING TAKEN.
UM, SHE'S A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND TEACHER HERE IN LONG BEACH AND UM, IT WAS, IT'S QUITE A SHOCK TO LIZETTE.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ME AND I'D
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APPRECIATE THAT.CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THE ESSENCE? SO I, SOMEONE I, ANN BURETTE IS HER NAME.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE ADDRESS FOR NEXT WEEK.
IT IS 9 5 3 NORTH PARK CIRCLE THE BEVERAGE HOUSE FOR NEXT MONTH RATHER, UM, AT THE USUAL TIME, 10 O'CLOCK.
UM, WE'LL BE TOURING THE HOUSE AFTER A SHORT MEETING.
UM, AND, UM, WE WILL PROVIDING SOME OF THE, UM, BEVERAGE HOUSE SPECIAL COOKIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
UM, SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT, WELCOMING EVERYBODY TO THE BEVERAGE HOUSE.
AND LASTLY, UM, I HAVE SUBMITTED MY RESIGNATION FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, DECEMBER WILL BE MY LAST MEETING.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MARY ZENDAY HOUSE ABOUT A REPLACEMENT PERSON AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO VETTING HER.
UM, AND, UM, I HAVE ENJOYED MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION, BUT JUST, UM, WE COME TOO MUCH FOR ME WITH OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO, UM, KEEP DOING GOOD WORK YOU GUYS AND, UM, I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU ALL.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
YES, I WILL JUST DUPLICATE HER ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BENBRIDGE HOUSE IS OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND IRENE WILL SEND US THE ADDRESS AND INFORMATION.
UH, I HAVE NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CAN YOU GIMME THE DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING? THE DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING? DECEMBER 10TH.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, A SUGGESTION THAT I, I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A SENIOR CENTER BILL AND, UH, $23 MILLION WORTH AT THE, UH, OLD, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON BUILDING.
AND I'D NOT LIKE US TO FORGET THAT WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOME FACET OF IT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN EMAIL ME TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
IT'S SO IF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE JUST FROM THE COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO, IF THERE'S NO OBJECT OBJECTIONS, I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING OR ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 10:51 AM THANK YOU.