* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] THE BOARD. I BEEN CALL TO ORDER [CALL TO ORDER] WITH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION, UH, MEETING FOR THE MONDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2025. COULD WE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? [ROLL CALL] ABSOLUTELY. COMMISSIONER WHEELER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CHITTICK. COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NA. HERE. CHAIR DERVIS. PRESENT WE HAVE QUORUM. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATION [1. 25-57210 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of Wednesday, September 24, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND LOOKS. SECOND I MOVE. WE APPROVED THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025. SECOND. OKAY, UH, FOR THE ROLL THAT WITH, UH, MOTION BY, UH, CHAIR, UH, VICE CHAIR WOODMAN N AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PATERSON, OR, UH, A WIER. SORRY. THERE BE ANY DISCUSSION SIDE. MOVING TO VOTE. COMMISSIONER WHEELER. AYE. COMMISSIONER PATERSON, COMMISSIONER CHI, COMMISSIONER CALLAGHAN, VICE CHAIR. WIMAN HAS AYE. CHAIR TO ARMES. AYE. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE [2. 25-57211 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] DIRECTORS FOR COURT. AND I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND I MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTORS SUPREME COURT. SECOND. SO THAT WAS, UH, ON A MOTION BY WOMEN MASS, SECOND BY WEAVER. WE OVER TO THE . GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYONE. AND I KNOW, UH, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE HAD OUR MEETING. AT OUR LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE UPCOMING PUBLIC FACING EVENTS AND, AND, UM, YEAH, EVENTS BASICALLY, AND CAMPAIGNS AND EVERYTHING. AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SAY THAT THEY ALL WENT VERY, VERY WELL. OCTOBER WAS AN IMMENSELY VERY BUSY MONTH FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT. AND WE HAD, WE CELEBRATED CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED AN INTERNAL LUNCH AND LEARN FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. WE ALSO HA CELEBRATED THE GRADUATION OF OUR FIRST, UH, LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM FOR DIGITAL DIGITAL INCLUSION. SO FIRST CLASS GRADUATED AND RECEIVED LAPTOPS. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. WE HELD THE FIVE, UM, WORKSHOPS. I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOR AI DATA PRIVACY. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, LET'S SEE, OH, AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, I GUESS WE, WE HAD, WE HELD OUR COMMUNITY DEMO DAY FOR THE LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY, WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT, YOU KNOW, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THAT EVENT. UM, THE ENERGY IN THAT SPACE WAS AMAZING. BRINGING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY, UH, THE VENDOR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CITY STAFF TO HELP SELECT SOLUTIONS THAT WILL ACTUALLY SOLVE THESE CIVIC CHALLENGES. AND WHAT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT WITH THE DEMO DAY WAS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WERE NOT RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY. THEY WERE INNOVATIVE, BUT THEY WERE NOT TECHNOLOGY. SO WE, THAT REALLY SHOWED HOW OPEN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TO LIKE, JUST DETERMINING WHAT'S THE BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVE A STEADY CHALLENGE AT LONG BEACH. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF WAS WE RECEIVED WORD THAT WE ARE AGAIN, THE TOP DIGITAL CITY BY THE CENTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT IN OUR POPULATION CATEGORY FOR FIVE YEARS IN A ROW NOW. SO YEAH. SO IT'S UNPRECEDENTED IN 25 YEARS OF THAT PROGRAM WHERE THAT, WE'VE BEEN IN THE TOP 10 FOR 15 YEARS IN A ROW AND NUMBER ONE FOR FIVE ZERO IN OUR POPULATION CATEGORY. SO IT'S A GREAT CREDIT TO THE WORK OF, OF ALL THE TID TEAM, THE, THE DEPART PARTNER DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMISSION. A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS REALLY IN SHAPE AND INFORMED, UM, BY YOU, BY YOU ALL. AND I'M REALLY SO GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE OF YOU ALL. UH, IN TERMS OF TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OUR NORMAL COMMISSION TOPICS AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION ON OUR CITY HALL KIK PROJECT TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION ON THAT PROJECT. AND THEN WE'LL JUST CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL ABOLISH ANY COMMISSIONS OR ADD ANY. AND, [00:05:01] AND THEN, UM, THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR. YEAH, IT'S DECEMBER. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? IT'S DECEMBER 8TH OR, YEAH, SO YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT LIKE, UM, FOR JANUARY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, UPDATING OUR TOPICS AND SEEING WHAT WE WON'T REFRESH ANYTHING. I WILL SAY, UH, WE ARE DOWN A COMMISSION MEMBER, SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE A NEW COMMISSION MEMBER ON BOARD, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, DO ANYTHING REALLY MAJOR JUST SO WE CAN INCLUDE THAT PERSON WHENEVER THEY ARE BROUGHT UP. YEAH. AND TO THAT POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, GREAT CANDIDATES THAT YOU FEEL LIKE ARE GOOD COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN APPLY THROUGH THE MAYOR'S LAKE TO BE A COMMISSIONER. AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO'S GOT A BACKGROUND WITH EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT UP TO DISCUSSION. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, EXCELLENT. A LOT OF THINGS. GREAT WORK. I WANNA GO BACK TO THE LONG BEACH , THE, THE DEMO DAY. SO I WAS THERE, SO I KNOW THERE WAS LIKE THREE BUSINESSES FOR EACH OF THE, THE, THE CHALLENGES. AND I KNOW YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WHO THEY CHOSE. BUT, BUT I, I REALIZED THAT THE, THE ACTUAL COLAB COMMUNITY HAD SOME WEIGHING IN ON THAT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHEN IS A DECISION GOING TO BE MADE AND HOW WILL THE COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THAT? GREAT QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER OR VICE CHAIR? I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO RYAN ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. YES, . YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. UM, SO THE FINAL EVALUATION ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING THIS WEEK. UM, SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE DECISIONS POSTED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AND THEN WE WILL BE NOTIFYING THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, IF WE HAVE TIME IN OUR UPCOMING NEWSLETTER, WHICH WILL GO OUT NEXT WEEK. UM, AND IF NOT, THEN PROBABLY IN JANUARY. OKAY. THANK ONE QUESTION FOR YOU WHEN, OKAY, YOU SAID A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION FOR A NEW, UH, COMMISSION MEMBER THAT, LIKE AN ACTUAL, SOMEBODY WHO'S IN EDUCATION OR SOMEBODY WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH LIKE EDUCATION SOFTWARE AND, AND TEACHING TYPE. I THINK EITHER, EITHER EITHER CAN WORK. IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY BROAD IN THE, THE THEY'LL WORK. AND IN FACT, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE, WE REAPPOINT WHO, LIKE, WHO'S THE DESIGNATED, 'CAUSE SOME OF YOU WEAR MULTIPLE HATS AND SOME OF YOU CAN FIT UNDER MULTIPLE CATEGORIES. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION HAS MEMBERS AND THOSE CATEGORIES. AND THERE'S SOME AT LARGE AS WELL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I, THE, THE COMMISSIONER BACCA WORKED IN IN UNIVERSITY SETTING, SO HE QUALIFIED UNDER UNDER THAT IN THE PAST. QUESTION. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NONES MOVE TO VOTE. COMMISSIONER WHEELER. AYE. COMMISSIONER PATERSON. AYE. GOOD COMMISSIONER. ICK. COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, VICE CHAIR WOOD ADVANCE. AYE. SHARON, DAN RAM. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION [3. 25-57212 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on City Hall Kiosk project.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION ON CITY HALL KIOSK PROJECT. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER BECAUSE HE OH, TO TAKE THE MOTION. , SORRY, YOUT GOT A MOTION. I MOVED TO RECEIVE FILE PRESENTATION ON CITY HALL SECOND. I SECOND FOR THE RECORD THAT WILL THE, A MOTION BY WOMEN ASKED SECOND BY BE, YEAH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER RYAN CRISMAN FOR THE PRESENTATION. GREAT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMM COMMISSIONERS. SO, UM, THIS PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, CITY HALL PI PROJECT. SO JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, TID RECENTLY RECEIVED A, THIS, UH, OKAY, HERE WE GO. UM, TID RECENTLY RECEIVED A, UH, GRANT FROM THE, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT [00:10:01] DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATION ACT BACK IN I THINK FFY FOR, UM, AND THAT OVERALL GRANT PACKAGE, UM, WAS, UH, TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH FUNDING TO ADVANCE A NUMBER OF DIGITAL SERVICES AND MEET DIGITAL INCLUSION GOALS. UM, WITHIN THAT GRANT PACKAGE, THERE'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SET ASIDE FOR CITY HALL KIK TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO DEPLOY, UH, IN-PERSON KIOSKS FOR LONG BEACH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ACCESS ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES WITHOUT HAVING TO COME ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY HALL TO DO SO. UH, TO INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS PAYING BILLS, SIGNING UP FOR PARKS AND RECREATION CLASSES AND OR PAYING PARK CERTIFICATE. UM, THIS IS A, A DIGITAL EQUITY INITIATIVE AND IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING THE CITY, UH, CITY SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF THE REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE. UM, CID DID WORK WITH THE, THE PARKS AND THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS TO SELECT GATE POTENTIAL SITES FOR THESE KIOSKS. UH, WITH THE FOCUS ON AREAS OF THE CITY WITH THE LOWEST ACCESS TO DIGITAL RESOURCES AND THE LONGEST DISTANCE TO CITY HALL. UH, THOSE FACILITIES INCLUDE BILLY JEAN KINGLEY LIBRARY, UH, CAESAR CHAVE PARK, EL DORA PARK, ALTON PARK, UH, MARK TWAIN NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY, MCBRIDE PARK AND TEEN CENTER, MICHELLE OBAMA, NEIGHBORHOOD LIBRARY AND SILVER PARK. THOSE ARE JUST PROPOSAL. THOSE ARE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES. UM, SINCE TO BEGIN THIS PROJECT, UH, WE STARTED BY CONDUCTING KIND OF A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF DOING RESEARCH ON, UH, RESIDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF DIGITAL SERVICES AND RELATIVE LEVELS OF ACCESS. UM, SO WE LOOKED AT TWO REPORTS. UM, WE ENGAGED WITH A GROUP OF UCLA PUBLIC POLICY STUDENTS, AND THEN WE ALSO DID AN ONLINE, UH, TEMPERATURE CHECK SURVEY MADE AS WELL FOR ONE BEACH RESIDENTS. UM, OVERALL RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY ACCUSTOMED TO MAKING PAYMENTS DIGITALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR UTILITIES. UM, BUT KIOSKS ARE KIND A STRONG LIKELY TO EXPANDING ACCESS FOR THOSE WITHOUT RELIABLE INTERNET DEVICES AND BUNDLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAYMENTS, UH, TOGETHER. UM, GENERALLY TRUST IN DIGITAL PAYMENTS IS QUITE STRONG. UM, PAYMENTS ARE THE AMONG THE HIGHEST DEMAND CITY SERVICES OR FUNCTIONS. UM, SO IMPROVING ACCESS TO PARTNERING AND UTILITY BILL PAYMENTS VIA KIOSKS WOULD DIRECTLY RESPOND TO RESIDENT NEEDS AND ALSO REDUCE, UH, LOAD ON THE CITY'S CALL CENTER AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT VIA O IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT DATA FROM LONG BEACH RESIDENTS THROUGH, UM, SURVEY DATA, WE ALSO LOOKED AT PURE CITIES THAT ARE DEPLOYING THESE TYPE OF KIOSK AS WELL. UH, SPECIFICALLY THE CITIES OF DETROIT AND SOUTH BEND. UH, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHERS. UM, IN THIS CASE, BOTH CITIES OF DETROIT AND SOUTH BEND USE THE SAME VENDOR, UH, CALLED DIV DESK. UM, THIS IS A, WHAT'S CALLED A KIOSK AS A SERVICE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MONTHLY LEASE PROGRAM. UM, AND CITY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE HERE, BUT THEORETICALLY THE KIOSK COULD ALSO, COULD ALSO CONTAIN SERVICES FOR, UH, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OUT ORGANIZATIONS FOR OTHER COMPANIES. UM, THIS IS LEASE HARDWARE AND THESE ARE KIND OF SHARED KIOSKS. UM, THE SERVICES INCLUDED FOR BOTH THESE CITIES INCLUDE PAYMENT FOR UTILITY BILLS, UM, AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT, THEY ACCEPT DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEB, UH, POINT OF SALE AND , UM, I THINK IT WAS THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND STARTED WITH TWO LOCATIONS AS A PILOT. THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS SEVERAL MORE, UH, LOCATIONS INCLUDING COMMUNITY CENTERS AND LOWER INCOME AREAS, HIGHER TRAFFIC AREAS, UH, ONE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL, UM, AND THEN OTHER CITY LOCATIONS OF LOWER PAYMENTS THAT ARE EXPENSIVE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING TO INCLUDE OTHER PAYMENT OPTIONS THAN JUST PARKING TICKETS AS WELL IN ADDITION TO UTILITY BUILDING. THE THIRD STEP OF OUR DISCOVERY PROCESS WAS SPEAKING WITH INTERNAL CITY STAFF STAKEHOLDERS OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. UH, WE CONDUCTED 10 INTERVIEWS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, UH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, PARKS, RECREATION MARINE, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, AND OUR WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT. UM, IN SUMMARY, THERE ARE, THERE'S REALLY NO UNIFORM OR CENTRALIZED SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT. SO THERE'S FOUR, AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT THERE VENDORS THAT WE WORK WITH. UM, INTERESTINGLY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ALREADY HAS THREE KIOSKS IN PLACE. UM, I KNOW ONES AT MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY, ONE IS AT MARK TWAIN LIBRARY. I DON'T RECALL ANY THIRD ONES. UM, BUT THESE ARE FOR FOLKS TO SCAN AND SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE HOUSING. AND THESE SECTION EIGHT HOUSE , UH, THESE KIOSKS ACCEPT PAYMENT EXCEPT PAYMENT VIA CHECK AND MONEY ORDER. AND THAT'S A PHOTO OF MORE OF THE KIOSK BECAUSE I THINK THAT MICHELLE OBAMA LIBRARY, WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED [00:15:01] IN KIOSKS, UH, HELPING WITH, UH, SERVICES LIKE PERMITS, FACILITY RENTALS, BOAT SLIP PAYMENTS. UM, THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW CUSTOMER PORTAL, BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN KIOSK AS WELL, UM, TO EXPAND THE, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO PAY UTILITY BILLS IN PERSON. UM, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF COORDINATOR REQUIREMENTS. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATIONS FOR CARD READERS, UH, CREDIT CARD COMPLIANCE, UH, A DA COMPLIANCE WITH DISABILITIES SUPPORTING KIND, MULTILINGUAL INTERFACE TO SUPPORT ALL SUPPORT THE CITY'S LANGUAGES. AND THEN ALSO JUST IN TERMS OF USER EXPERIENCE MORE GENERALLY, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, UH, VERY SIMPLE AND INTUITIVE FOR SOLUTION. UM, THIS IS, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT PROVIDED TO US BY OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY. UM, I'M NOT A, YOU KNOW, AN EXPERT IN, IN, IN THIS. SO WE WOULD WANT BE, WE WANNA WORK WITH THAT TEAM, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS RANGES FROM REQUIREMENTS OR PHYSICAL ACCESS, AUDIO SUPPORT, TACTILE CONTROLS, AND ALSO LANGUAGE AND EQUITY LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION, UM, ONE THING THAT CITY NEEDS TO CONSIDER IS HOW DO WE ACTUALLY DEPLOY THIS AND WHAT KIND OF MODELS THEY WANNA GO DEPLOY. UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE'VE BRAINSTORMED SO FAR. UH, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PURCHASE A KIOSKS OUTRIGHT. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DID AND THEY KIND OF OWNED THOSE, THOSE THREE KIOSKS. UH, THIS HAS A, ACTUALLY A LOWER COST. UM, AND THE CITY DOES RETAIN OWNERSHIP, UM, AND THIS GENERALLY TO BE BALANCED OPTION. UM, ANOTHER APPROACH IS WE COULD DO WHAT THE CITIES OF DETROIT SOUTH VENDOR ARE DOING AND PURSUE A LEASE OR RENT MODEL. UM, IT DOES REQUIRE MORE CONTINUOUS FUNDING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT IT IS LOWER RISK FOR THE CITY BECAUSE THE VENDOR DOES ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY, UH, FOR THE KIOSK PRODUCT. UM, A THIRD OPTION IS MORE OF AN INTERNAL BUILD, AND THIS COULD EVEN BE, UH, SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGING C PCS OR EVEN IPAD OR, YOU KNOW, TABLET DEVICES. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD INVOLVE A MUCH HIGHER IT EFFORT AND MAY HAVE MORE LIMITED CAPABILITIES, BUT WE WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COST THAN CITY CUSTOMIZE IT AND ADD FEATURES OPEN. UM, SO WE WILL BE EVALUATING THESE THREE OPTIONS LATER THIS MONTH AND MAKING A DECISION ON PRODUCT. UM, AND THEN LOOKING INTO NEXT STEPS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO FINALIZE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROJECT EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THEN BEGIN PROCUREMENT, UH, PREPARATION FOR DEPLOYMENT AND USER TESTING THROUGHOUT 2026. AND WE WELCOME THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FEEDBACK FROM THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, UM, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK THAT I SHARED EARLIER. UM, SO I'LL TURN IT NOW TO Q AND A PORTIONMENT, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE LEADING QUESTIONS HERE AS WELL. FACE ANY OF THESE SPARK OF INTEREST. UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ISSUES OR CHALLENGES RESIDENTS FACE WHEN INTERACTING WITH THE CITY'S PAYMENT SYSTEMS. UH, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE USER PERSONAS OR USER TYPES THAT YOU THINK ARE MOST LIKELY TO ENGAGE WITH THE KIOSK? WHAT FEATURES OR CAPABILITIES ARE MOST IMPORTANT? WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED? AND THEN HOW MIGHT THE CITY STAY, UH, CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS TO ANNOUNCE THE ROLLOUT IN A WAY THAT BUILDS TRUST AND AWARENESS? SO I'LL CONCLUDE MY, UH, REPORT THERE AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. THE FREE CHOICE FOR THE KIOSK RENTAL LEASE AND PURCHASE, IT WOULD BE, UH, PURCHASE, UH, RENT OR LEASE AND THEN AN INTERNAL IN-HOUSE BILL IF YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE. WOULD IT BE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT? YES. YEAH, I THINK WE WOULD. WE WOULD, ALTHOUGH WE WOULD PURCHASE THEM, I THINK WE WOULD, ONE AGREEMENT THAT DOES PROVIDE SOME SORT OF VENDOR SUPPORTING ARRANGEMENTS AS WELL. ABOUT THE 27% OF THE CALLS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING THAT ARE RELATED TO PAYMENTS IS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A PAYMENT OR STRUGGLING TO REPRESENT TROUBLESHOOTING CASE. I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE INSIGHT ON THAT SPECIFIC DATA POINT. UM, ALL OF THE ABOVE. ALL THE ABOVE. MAKING A PAYMENT, HAVING AN ISSUE, MAKING A PAYMENT. SURE. YEAH, I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THE FULL REPORT THAT WITH FOLKS AFTERWARDS. YEAH. YEAH, I THINK THAT'D GREAT. UH, [00:20:01] WHAT WAS, UH, YOU SAID IT WAS LESS COSTLY, THAT WAS SURPRISING THAT IT WAS LESS COSTLY TO OUTRIGHT PURCHASE, BUT, BUT WE DONE THE RESEARCH. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT TO BUY ONE AND THEN, UH, WHAT, WHAT DO ONE OF THESE, UH, KIOSKS COSTS? I GRAND, UM, CLOSER TO 13 GRAND. THAT'S HOW MUCH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY PAID TO PURCHASE THOSE, UM, THOSE KIOSKS THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. SURE. UM, THE LEASE MODELS I BELIEVE ARE AROUND TWO OR $3,000 A MONTH. UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY MORE EXPENSIVE. UM, I MIGHT HAVE A, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE A OVER ESTIMATE OF THE COST, BUT THE, THE WAY IT WORKS AT THIS IS IF WE WANT TO HAVE THESE GOING FOR PERPETUITY, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO FINISH THIS LEASE RENTAL OPTION. SURE, YEAH. AND I IMAGINE SINCE THIS IS GRANT FUNDED, UH, BUT 30 K PER YEAR WAS THE, THE LEASE COST. GOT IT. YEAH. SO ACTUALLY THREE PAPER AND THIS WOULD BE REMAIN GRANT FUNDED, RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S AN INTEREST IN FRONT LOADED AS MUCH AS THE EXPENSE. WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THE BUDGET, THE $100,000 BUDGET OF THE GRANT, AND THAT'S A ONE TIME GRANT. RIGHT. UM, SO FOR THAT REASON, THE ROUTE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IS PROBABLY THE PURCHASE OPTIONS, UM, JUST TO SAVE, UH, JUST GIVE THAT BUDGET. AND THEN WHAT, UH, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT, UH, LEASE COSTS COMPARED TO A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT LIKE PAT MENTIONED COMPARED TO WHAT, WHAT WOULD A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ON SOMETHING WE PURCHASED COST VERSUS THE TWO THREE K LEASE? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THAT FIGURED RIGHT NOW. UM, SO I THINK LESS, YEAH, I, I ASSUME SAY THAT LESS, BUT I THINK WHEN WE DO, UM, BE IN THE PROCUREMENT, I THINK WE CAN INCLUDE THAT QUESTION AND MAKE SURE THAT'S KIND OF ITEMIZED AND PUT OUT A BUDGET PROCEED COMPETITORS. AND WOULD WE PUT THESE OUTSIDE OR WOULD THEY BE IN INSIDE A FACILITY SO THEY COULD, THEY WOULD BE NECESSARILY ACCESSIBLE 24 7? UM, THAT IS TBD, UM, I WOULD ASSUME PROBABLY INSIDE THE FREE HOUSING AUTHORITY ONES ARE INSIDE. I THINK THAT JUST PREVENT VANDALISM AND ENCOURAGE IS SAFER USE AND THEY WOULD BE OPEN AT THE SAME TIME AS THEIR STAFF THAT PARKS AND LIBRARIES. AND THEN FINAL QUESTION, WILL WE DO SOME ONSITE KIND OF TRAINING AROUND 'EM? SO HERE'S HOW TO USE THE KIOSK, COME CHECK IT OUT, LIKE AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT, ALTHOUGH AT ELDORADO, UH, HAD SHOW FOLKS HOW TO USE IT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. JUST YES, THAT WOULD, MY BOSS WOULD LOVE TO HANDS ON IT PROBABLY THREE, THREE OR FOUR TIMES ACTUALLY USE IT. UH, YEAH, JUST A THOUGHT BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE, MY, MY THOUGHT IS THAT THAT 20, THAT 27% OF THAT, UH, THOSE FOLKS CALLING IN ARE FOLKS WHO ARE LESS COMFORTABLE WITH, WITH ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS OR, OR COMPUTER BASED PAYMENTS OR KIOSK BASED PAYMENTS AND, AND TRAINING WILL PROBABLY GO A LONG WAY AND ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU'RE PLACING ON THAT THERE PEOPLE THERE ALREADY. YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO HELP WITH THAT TOO. OKAY. GOOD JOB. I'VE ALWAYS, I JUST HAVE A DOUBLE COMMENTS. UM, MY, MY COMMENT IS THAT I THINK JUST BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED, THAT'S WHY I WOULD TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT HUNDRED K TO ACTUALLY USE AND COULD BUNDLE ALL THAT OF THE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE AND PACKAGE ALL THAT WITH A ONE K IN MY, AND THEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE DISCUSSION QUESTION OF THE LAST ONE THAT SHE SAID SPORTS CALLED, UH, THE CITY. HOW DID THE CITY SAY HEY FOR RESIDENT? UM, I THINK IT'S LIKE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING ELSE WITH, WITH, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU, YOU'VE ALSO PUT, UM, THE LITERATURE IN, IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. YOU'VE DONE REALLY ACTUALLY NEWS LETTER. SO IT'S LIKE CONTINUE THAT LIKE A FULL, A FULL GLASS AND THEN SAYS YOU HAVE THE, THE TRAINING, UM, A VIDEO OR WHATEVER BECAUSE I MEAN HE ATORY BUT STILL SOMEHOW HELP WITH THAT, THAT, UM, YOU SHOULD GET GO. GREAT. THANKS FOR SUGGESTION. GO AHEAD. I WANTED TO BRING UP IN THIS UNDER THE WHAT FEATURES, SERVICES, OR CAPABILITIES WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT TO KIOSK? I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PURCHASE VERSUS LEASE IS THE, THE LEASE OPTION INCLUDES THE CASH COLLECTION [00:25:01] AND THE, THE CASH ADMINISTRATION. OH, OKAY. AND I'M NOT SURE THE PURCHASE OPTION WOULD INCLUDE THAT CAPABILITY. I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH. WELL, WE HAVEN'T, UM, PUT OUT AN R PS YEAH. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THOSE REQUIREMENTS. SO THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT CASH MAY BE ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE PUT IN THERE. AND THAT'S MY, SO MY QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSION IS, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT DO WE FEEL FOR THE SERVICES CAPABILITIES AND THE USES OF THIS? YOU KNOW, IS IT REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO ALLOW CASH TO BE ACCEPTED IN THIS DAY AND AGE? I, I BELIEVE SO OBSESSING WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE CASH, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LIKE CLOSING OUT A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE CREDIT CARDS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. SO WHENEVER I HEAR THAT LIKE, STUFF IS CASHLESS, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT AND I GET UPSET ABOUT IT, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CARD, IT'S LIKE, WHAT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE? AND SO I'M THINKING SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY ACTUALLY USE THE KIO MAY ACTUALLY HAVE THE CATCH. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ONE OF THE FEATURES. OTHERWISE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BEING INCLUSIVE BACK THAT UP WITH COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ROLL OUT CASHLESS ON THE KIOSKS, PAIR IT WITH A CASH TO CARD FREE SYSTEM SIDE BY SIDE, HE PARKS AND OTHERS, THEY JUST DO THAT NOW. SO WHILE IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME SYSTEM, SAY I SHOULD, UM, SO YOU LIKE THERE WOULD BE A SEPARATE THING THAT SEPARATE THAT DOES CASH TO CAR, THEN YOU CAN USE THE CAR TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. BUT PRIMARILY IT'S LIKE THE ARCADE PORTER SHE PAIRED NEXT TO ALL THE PLACE ESSENTIALLY. THAT'S THE THING THAT I THINKING ABOUT. UM, IT JUST TO HAVE A KIOSK BY ITSELF AND ABLE TO, UM, INSERT CAST, IT WOULD ENTICE A LOT OF, UH, THAT ACTORS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, MANIPULATE THE MACHINE AND THEN THE MACHINE WOULD BE IN A LOCATION WHERE IT'S RIGHT AND PULL A LIGHT AND MAYBE HAVE A SECURITY CAMERA OVER IT SO THAT, UM, THE MACHINE WILL BE PROTECTED. AND ALSO IT WOULD BE IN SUCH A SITUATION THAT PEOPLE COULD PRODUCE THE CAR, BUT IT BLACK FAMILY WOULD SAY IT IS GOOD TO HELP, UH, ATM THEIR BODY, BUT BOTH OF 'EM COULD BE LIKE A GOOD SECURE AREA WHERE THERE ARE SURVEILLANCE SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE JUST DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MACHINE. AND SOMETIMES MACHINES DON'T EVEN HAVE MONEY IN THERE. THEY JUST, PEOPLE DO KINDA LIKE IGNORANT TO IT AND THEY STILL TRY TO CANCEL WORK. DID YOU ALSO HAVE LIKE DETROIT AND WAS THAT THAT'S HOW IN INDIANA THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING CASH, RIGHT? CASH I BE, IT WAS THREE MINUTES AGO AFTER YEAH. THEY ACCEPT CASH. YEAH. SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY FIND OUT THEIR EXPERIENCE MM-HMM . WITH THE CASH OR IF HAVE A SEPARATE UNIT THAT COVERS THE CASH, BUT EVEN WE INSTEAD OF THE CASH. SO YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, LIKE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, WE WERE DEBATING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCEPTING CASH OR NOT. AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT COULD LIMIT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY WE COULD GET BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE, AND THEN JUST EXACTLY WHAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UM, SECURITY OF IT. RIGHT. UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT, UH, THE CHAIR MENTIONED ABOUT POTENTIALLY TWO DIFFERENT MACHINES. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH. UM, SO WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NOT EVERYONE MAYBE RECOGNIZES WITH THE FACT, LIKE IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT WHERE WE ACCEPT PAYMENTS, UTILITY PAYMENTS, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, RETAIL LOCATIONS THAT ACCEPT CASH, YOU KNOW, SO, AND THOSE ARE HAVE LIKE LONGER HOURS, LONGER, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE SECURITY, USUALLY THEY HAVE SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND OTHER THINGS IN PLACE, BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR UTILITY PAYMENTS. AND SO THAT DOESN'T ADDRESS [00:30:01] THINGS LIKE PARKING TICKETS OR, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHERE, GOING BACK TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS, WHAT ARE THE MUST HAVES OR WHAT ARE THE MOST NEEDS, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE HOW WE DESIGN THIS REALLY WILL BE BE SHAPED BY WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE. NOT LIKE, WELL IT WAS, IT WAS UNLIKE THE, THE MAIN CHALLENGE WAS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE FAR AWAY FROM RECALL. YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT ACTUALLY LOOK AT, BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A DISTANCE. YEAH. I THINK IN TERMS OF THE USERS DISTANCE WAS KIND OF THE MAIN THING. UM, IT CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, 30 MINUTES TO DRIVE FROM NORTH LONG BEACH OR YOU KNOW, EAST LONG BEACH TO GO TO CITY HALL OR TAKE BUSES IF THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION 30 MINUTES. YEAH. UM, YEAH, I THINK WE ALSO WANNA CONSIDER SOME OF THE DIGITAL EQUITY COMPONENTS TOO. LIKE THOSE WHO MIGHT, UH, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GOING SOMEWHERE IN PERSON OR TO A CITY FACILITY RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, USING A WEB PORTAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S SOME OF THAT WE HAD THOUGHT OF WHEEL COMMENT, UH, UH, THE DIRECTION ON THIS ONE IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR DEVICES THAT LOOKING THIS ON ITS HEAD. YOU, YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER, UM, DEVELOPING A SERVICE WITH LIKE LOCAL BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS WHERE THEY CAN, WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST GO TO EXISTING ATMS AND 'CAUSE THESE ATMS ARE INCREASINGLY PROGRAMMABLE. UH, AND THEY'RE USUALLY PLACED IN CONVENIENT LOCATIONS ALREADY. SO LIKE F FOR INSTANCE, MY FORMER EMPLOYER F AND M, THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE GOT ATMS ALL OVER. UM, AND THAT YOU COULD PROGRAM INTO THOSE, THAT FUNCTIONALITY, THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO PAY THEIR PAY USING ELECTRONIC MEANS, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY ALREADY SET UP FOR CASH HANDLING. AND THEN THE, THE, UM, UH, SECURE PICKUP THROUGH COURIER SERVICES AND ARMORED CARS, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE CITY MAY NOT WANNA GET INTO. UH, 'CAUSE CASH HANDLING IS ITS OWN BEAST. UH, BUT LIKE LONG BEACH SCHOOLS, L-V-S-S-C-U-F AND M SOUTH, THOSE CREDIT UNION, UH, AND THEN EVEN THE THIRD PARTY AT M ONLY, UH, ATMS, SOME OF THOSE ARE, ARE FULLY PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTERS IN ON OWN, NOT JUST NOT JUST LIMITED FUNCTION DEVICES. AND THEY, THEY ALL, THEY TOUCHSCREEN, THEY ALL HAVE TO BE ADA A COMPLIANT ALREADY. HUH? THEY'RE ALREADY SECURE. AND SO RATHER THAN PURCHASING DEVICES, YOU'RE JUST PROGRAMMING THESE, THESE EXISTING HDMS TO FACILITATE A PAYMENT TO THE CITY, WHICH IN THE LONG RUN MIGHT BE FAR MORE MAINTAINABLE. YEAH. UH, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS CHANGING EVERYTHING THEY COULD WORK THAT ATTENDS, ALWAYS UPBRINGING UP UPDATING THE PROGRAMMING ON THOSE THINGS TO BE MORE USER FRIENDLY AND HOLIDAY THEMED. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THEM ARE LESS, UH, FRIENDLY THAN OTHERS, LESS CUSTOMIZABLE. BUT YOU MIGHT, IF WE'RE TALKING TO FOOTPRINTS OF SIX TO EIGHT KIOSKS, YOU FOR A HUNDRED GRAND, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT A FOOTPRINT OF 30 TO FOUR YOU COULD ACROSS THE CITY. RIGHT. UM, BY LEVERAGING THE EXISTING ATM RAILS. JUST, UH, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. I WOULDN'T QUITE KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO START EXPLORING THAT, BUT I CAN THINK ABOUT IT. I CAN, UM, I CAN FACILITATE A CONVERSATION WITH LBS AND F AND M IF YOU LIKE. OKAY. WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. OKAY. JUST TO GET SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY RAILS, UM, HASHED OUT WOULD APPRECIATE LBS YOU SAID? YEAH. L-B-S-S-C-U, THEY, UH, QUALITY SCHOOLS . OKAY, GOT IT. AND THEN F AND M AND THEY'VE PICKED UP, UH, HTM RIGHT THERE ON PINE RIGHT. UH, ON ANAHEIM AND SEMINO AND, UH, BETWEEN THEM AND THE TWO CREDITS, WE GOT A LOT THE REAL ESTATE, THEY'RE AT LEAST THE ONES THAT ARE FOCUSED LOCALLY. RIGHT. YEAH. AND I KNOW THE CONVERSATION'S BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON ACCEPTING PAYMENTS, BUT THERE ARE, I HAVE, WE ALSO ENVISIONED OTHER SERVICES BEING AVAILABLE ON . SO LIKE THAT COULD BE A YES. AND YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY OPTION IN TERMS OF OTHER SERVICES, LIKE BEING ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR A PARKS CLASS. YEAH. YOU KNOW, OR YEAH. OR UM, A BOAT SLIP OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S MAKING YOU FREE EVEN, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT ISN'T, UM, YOU KNOW, ISN'T NORMALLY IS IT ACCESSIBLE UNLESS YOU HAVE A COMPUTER SOON THE CLIENTS BE AVAILABLE TO THAT. YEAH. YEAH. THE FUNDS ARE, [00:35:01] UM, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT, UH, STYLE GRANT. SO, UH, WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A GRANT, SIGNED THE GRANT AGREEMENT. UM, SO THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS WE ARE READY TO BEGIN SPENDING INVOICING. WE HAVE UNTIL 2031 ABOUT THE DEPOSITS THREE YEARS AGO SEEMED REALLY FAR AWAY, IT SEEMS A LITTLE LESS FAR AWAY. . , YEAH. SO SEEMS, UH, THERE'S A LIST OF INTERESTING SERVICES TO, TO GO AFTER, UH, SUPPORTING SYSTEM WHERE YOU SYSTEM CASES EITHER FACE THAT SUPPORT MENTIONED BE SUPER . THERE IS, WELL I HAVE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER, BUT INTERESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO DO, WHO'S GONNA MAINTAIN WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON AS FOR THEMSELVES AS THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS LIKE THE UTILITY SYSTEM CHANGED OVER TIME OR OTHER SYSTEMS CHANGED OVER TIME. RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT AND FOR THAT. YOUR PLEASURE FOR THAT LONG TERM AS WELL. UM, I'M HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY TO SEE THE ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT THE, THE A DA STUFF MAKES ME ALSO THINK ABOUT LIKE THE CURB CUT EFFECT THERE. UM, THINGS LIKE SCREEN READERS AND WE GO THE EXTRA MILE WE GIVE HER TUTORIAL. IF IT'S SITTING THERE AND SEES THE PERSON IN FRONT OF IT, IT CAN START TALKING TYPE THING. UM, PRO PROACTIVE, UM, INVITE THEM IN, MAKE THEM KNOW THAT THESE SERVICES ARE, ARE PERHAPS WHAT WAS THE PHASE PIECE FOR THAT FEATURE? I SAID SCREEN READER ON THE TECHNICAL ONE, BUT THEY JUST SAID PROACTIVE. OKAY. JUST, JUST WORKS , NOT . UM, BUT, UH, UH, TO COMMISSIONER WEAVER POINT ABOUT ADOPTION ALSO, UM, SOME PEOPLE DON'T TOUCH THINGS AND TRY THINGS AND REALIZE HOW COOL AND EASY THEY ARE UNTIL THEY'RE FORCED TO, OR THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO, WE HAVE A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS AROUND HERE WHERE LIKE, WE MADE THAT FIRST PERMIT PURCHASE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT OUT OF THIS BUDGET, RIGHT? OR LIKE, UM, TAKE A, TAKE THE PROCESSING FEE OFF THE PARKING TICKET IF THEY GO THROUGH THAT THING THAT TIME. SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ENCOURAGE THE FIRST TIMERS MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING THING TO GET THEM TO ACTUALLY LIKE, TOUCH IT THROUGH TO THE LEARNING CURVE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY, UH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE MORE THIS KIND HANG OUT. GREAT SUGGESTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SENATE? NONE. I'LL MOVE TO VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WHEELER. AYE. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? AYE. COMMISSIONER CHI, COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, VICE CHAIR, WHAT'S THE NEXT AYE. CHAIR DO AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM COURT RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW [4. 25-57213 Recommendation to review and discuss the Technology and Innovation Commission 2025 topics.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AND DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION IN 2025. COPIES. MAY I HAVE THE MOTION GOING? I REVIEW, DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE INNOVATION POSITION. HEY RYAN, CAN YOU USE YOUR SCREEN TO LIKE PUT 'EM UP ON THE YEAH, WE, WE, WE ENDED UP THAT PUTTING THEM OUT. SORRY, ON MOTION. SECOND? NO, NOT YET. . I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS A MOTION, BUT LET ASK HIM SECOND. THANK YOU. OBNOXIOUS ON HIS MINUTES. AND I THINK HIS, UM, THE STACKS OF THE SECOND I USE THOSE MICROSOFT LISTS. YES. WELL DONE. SO YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE BACK, THE, YEAH, THE LIST THAT WE NORMALLY GIVE YOU EVERY TIME IS ACTUALLY A LIST, RIGHT? SO, UM, SO JUST LIKE LOOKING AT THE, THE FIRST CATEGORY, THIS IS THE, THE CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES THE AI. SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING A REPORT, YOU KNOW, ON THE, FROM THE AI COMMITTEE LATER, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET A REPORT ON THE TA D 28, UH, ROADMAP IMPLEMENTATION. SO THAT'S SECOND ONE. UH, DATA PRIVACY. THERE IS NO COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE [00:40:01] WEAVING DATA PRIVACY INTO, YOU KNOW, THE AI WORKSHOPS AND EVERYTHING. AND, UM, I CAN SAY THAT WE'RE MOVING ALONG ON OUR DATA PRIVACY, UH, GUIDELINES OR FOR THE POLICY, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINALIZING THAT. AND THEN ACTUALLY, UH, DECEMBER 10TH AND 11TH, WE'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING DIGITAL RIGHTS DAYS HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND DUN DUN, WE'RE GONNA RELEASE THE FIRST, RIGHT? I CAN SAY THIS, RIGHT? THAT'S PART OF THIS. THE REST. OH, . YEAH, I THINK THAT'S FINE. YEAH. OKAY, BECAUSE I TOLD A PRIVACY COMMITTEE SO I WAS GONNA MAKE YEAH, YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA BE RELEASING THE FIRST DATE, THE DATA OF PRIVACY ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO, PART OF CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL RIGHTS SPACE ON DECEMBER 10TH AND 11TH. SO WE'LL ENCOURAGE YOU TO PROMOTE AND RETWEET AND READ WHATEVER YOU REPOST, , UM, ALL OF THAT WHEN THAT COMES OUT. UH, LET'S SEE. OH, BRIAN, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT ONE? PRIVACY, YOU COVERED THAT. HIGHLIGHTS. YEP. AND THEN OUR, ON OUR RACIAL EQUITY ACTION PLAN, WE ARE STILL TO THE, WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THAT, BUT WE FORMED REFORM ME AND WORK GROUPS, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL TID EMPLOYEE WORK GROUPS. WE WORK ON FINALIZING THE PLAN PLAN, FINALIZING THE DRAFT, BUT IT DID GET PRESENTED TO THE, THE FULL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT AT AN ALL HANDS MEETING. UM, THE CONCEPTS OF IN IT WERE PRESENTED AND WE RECRUITED THOSE MEMBERS FOR OUR WORKING GROUP. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT. ONCE WE HAVE THE FINAL FINAL DRAFT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL NEXT YEAR. UH, THERE'S REALLY NO UPDATE ON THE WHAT WORKS CITY OR DATA LEARNING COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME WILL BE NEXT YEAR WORKING ON OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WILL ROLL OVER. AND THEN, OH, CITY WEBSITE? YEAH, SO CITY WEBSITE. SO THAT TO THAT COMMITTEE HAS NOT ACTUALLY MET YET. UH, AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND THE, THE TIMELINE, WE REALIZED THAT THE FOCUS REALLY NEEDED TO BE ON IMPROVING OUR CURRENT WEBSITE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO A NEW WEBSITE AND BE ADA ACCESSIBLE BY APRIL, 2026. SO THAT ONE, YEAH. SO FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON OUR A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND WCIG 2.01, WHATEVER THAT STANDS FOR COMPLIANCE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXISTING WEBSITE. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON A NEW WEBSITE. SO THAT ONE KIND OF GOT A LITTLE PAUSED RIGHT NOW. UM, LET'S SEE. UM, AND THEN THAT ONE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. PARKING AND THEN, YEAH, COMMUNITY TECH FESTIVAL, WE WAS THAT, THAT WAS THE LB COLAB DEMO DAY. SO WE JUST STARTED, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REMARKS. HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU SAY WENT TO THAT? 200? YEAH, 200. YEAH. I WAS ON THE 15 FOR A RANGE. QUITE A BIT. A FEW AROUND. SO THAT WAS A GREAT END EVENT. UM, SO ASSISTING WITH CIVIC USER TESTING, THAT CONTINUES TO JUST BE AN OPEN CALL FOR CIVIC USERS. WE'RE GONNA BE INCLUDING CIVIC USER TESTING AS PART OF THE KIOSK PROJECT WE JUST MENTIONED. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY, RYAN? ANYBODY? YEAH, ACTUALLY HONEST, WE'VE DONE LOT IN, CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING WITH THE US DIGITAL RESPONSE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS GOVERNMENTS. UH, AND WE'RE DOING A SECOND COHORT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THREE CITY TEAMS TO CONDUCT USER TESTING, UH, FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS. AND THOSE TEAMS INCLUDE THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT THAT ARE DOING USER TESTING AND RESEARCH ON, UH, THEIR DIGITAL CATALOG. UM, THE SECOND GROUP IS OUR HR DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE DOING USER RESEARCH ACTUALLY ON THE, UH, A COMBINATION REQUEST PROCESS, WHICH IS NOT A DIGITAL PRODUCT NECESSARILY, BUT, UM, IT'S STILL AN IMPORTANT HR PROCESS FOR USER TESTING IS QUITE HELPFUL. AND THEN, UH, THE THIRD PROJECT IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TEAM. UM, THEY'RE CONDUCTING USER RESEARCH WITH THE PUBLIC TO, UM, ENHANCE THEIR WEBSITE, ACTUALLY THEIR HOMEPAGE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY OF 2026. UM, WE'VE ALSO REVIEWED US BUILD RESPONSE, UM, TO DO A MATURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE C USER RESEARCH PRACTICES OVERALL. UM, SO WE HAVE SOME GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EM ABOUT HOW TO SUSTAIN THIS SORT OF MOVING FORWARD, JUST GIVEN THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, . [00:45:05] AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS, IS THE, THE 2028 OLYMPICS, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM LATER ON. AND THEN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP AND MPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, UM, THAT, THAT GRADUATION OF THE FIRST DIGITAL LEARN EARN CLASS, THAT WAS LIKE THE LAST CONVENING OF THE YEAR. THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY TO START MEETING AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AND SO THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR WORK TO TAKE, UM, COMMISSIONER BOFF, THAT ONE AS WELL. SO THAT ONE'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE POTENTIALLY, IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE BECAUSE THIS IS A STAKEHOLDER. SO IT'S JUST, UH, ONE OF THOSE ASSIGNMENTS THAT COULD BE DONE. BUT IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE ROADMAP OF IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE, WE DO HAVE UP TO TWO MORE OPENINGS IN THAT ONE. SO THOSE ARE OUR UPDATES ON OUR TOPICS. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON MOVE VOTE? COMMISSIONER WHEELER? AYE. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? AYE. COMMISSIONER CHITTICK. COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN VICE WOULD AYE. CHAIR A. AYE. DR. CARES. MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER FILE, [5. 25-57214 Recommendation to receive and file a report from the Generative AI, TID 28 and 2028 Olympics Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE GENERATIVE AI TI 28 20 28 OLYMPICS C I'M MOVED TO RECEIVE AND FOLLOW REPORT FROM THE JUDGE OF ITI 28 AND 3 28 . SECOND GO FOR . . ALL RIGHT, SO THAT WAS A MOTION BY WOODMAN NANCY, SECOND BY ER. THANK YOU. SPEAKING, BEGIN WITH THE GENERATIVE AI. UH, I, UM, DID YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? IF NOT, I CAN GIVE THEM A BRIEF OVERVIEW. PLEASE DO. SURE. UM, YEAH, SO I THINK THE BIGGEST MILESTONE WITH THE CITY OF GENERATIVE AI WORK IS THE, UH, OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF OUR GENERATIVE AI STRATEGY, WHICH I REALIZE I TALK ABOUT THAT. UM, SO THIS IS A STRATEGIC DOCUMENT WHICH OUTLINES THE CITY'S APPROACH TOWARDS AI, RESPONSIBLE AI ENABLEMENT. UH, IT INCLUDES FOUR PILLARS, UH, POLICY DEPTH EDUCATION, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND IMPLEMENTATION. UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON, UH, DEVELOPING SOME PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS TO, UH, SORT OF ENHANCE THE VISIBILITY OF THE STRATEGY. WE EXPECT THAT TO GO LIVE AT THE START OF THE NEXT YEAR. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, LIKE LEAH SAID, DURING HER, HER REMARKS AT THE BEGINNING, UH, WE, THE, THE FIVE WORKSHOPS THAT WE LED IN THE COMMUNITY, I DID A, WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD OVER 150 TOTAL, UH, SIGNUPS AND NOT SIGNUPS, ACTUALLY, THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP, UM, IT WAS 280 TOTAL SIGNUPS. SO EITHER WAY, UM, REALLY STRONG TREND FOR THAT. UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO CONVENE OUR AI STAFF WORKING GROUP OR ALSO ALSO BEGINNING, UH, ROLL OUT OF THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE GENDER AI, UH, PRODUCT AS WELL. SO, LOTS OF GOOD WORK ON THAT. I, I STAFF ONE OF THE, UH, WORKSHOPS THERE AT, UH, , YOU, RYAN, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SEEMS PRETTY LIVELY. GOOD QUESTIONS. UH, NOT, NOT, NOT THE, YOUR TYPICAL AUDIENCE, A VARIED AUDIENCE OF VARIOUS AGES, VARIOUS ORIGINS, UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOUR COMMUNICATION WAS GOOD. THE COMMUNITY'S CLEARLY CURIOUS. UH, NOBODY'S QUITE SURE WHERE THE AI ROAD IS LEADING, BUT LISA WALKED US. UH, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THAT SAME BOAT TOGETHER. BUT I THINK IT, UH, UH, I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL APPRECIATED BY THAT COMMUNITY, UH, AND WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND, UH, PRAGMATIC TOO THAT IT, WHAT I APPRECIATED THE, THE MESSAGING THERE WAS, UH, THOUGHT THIS IS HOW YOU DO AI, IT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW PEOPLE ARE APPROACHING. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELS YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM, AND SOME ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS AT CERTAIN TASKS. UH, THE, THE PRESENTER THERE, I FORGET HIS NAME, UH, BUT HE KIND OF USED SOME OF HIS PERSONAL EXAMPLES OF HOW HE USES, WAS IT OMAR, DAN? UH, THAT'S RIGHT. UM, AND HE KIND OF SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HE USES IT IN HIS CURRENT MIX. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS, WAS A PRAGMATIC, REALISTIC, UH, AND NOT TRYING TO OVER PROMISE ABOUT AI. YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, [00:50:01] SINCE IT'S KIND OF A MOVING CONCEPT EVERY DAY, IT'S VERY HONEST PRESENTATION AND EVEN SOME OF THE WORRIES THAT PEOPLE BROUGHT UP WERE WELL ADDRESSED. AND I LIKE, I LIKE TECH PRESENTATIONS ABOUT AI THAT TRY TO CALM THE, THE FEAR FACTOR AND JUST JUST FRAME IT AS GET ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY TOOL. AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING THOSE FOR DECADES. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. GOOD JOB. APPRECIATE YOUR KIND REMARKS AND, UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE HELP STAFF THOSE, BUT ALSO HELP DESIGN SOME OF THE CONTENT. I AGREE. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. I ACTUALLY HAVE LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE AS WELL FOR THOSE WORKSHOPS. UM, YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY BEEN GREAT. MAYBE AT THE FOLLOW UP, WE CAN SHARE THE LINK TO OUR AI STRATEGY OR THE DOCUMENT IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ONLINE YET. AND THE, THE MEDIA THAT WE GOT RELATED TO THE, UH, THE WORKSHOPS, LIKE A BRIEF, A BRIEF UPDATE. UM, SO I SERVE ON THAT ON THE TDI COMMITTEE WITH CHAIR HONORS AND COMMISSIONER CHI. AND WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THIS, I'M LIKE HAVING HAD OUR COMMISSIONER MEETING IN A WHILE, SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT I OH, THANK YOU ON. UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THAT HIGH LEVEL SET. UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY REMEMBERS FOR TI 8 28, THERE ARE LIKE 31 INITIATIVES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WE'RE YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 21 INITIATIVE. AND SO, UM, THE ACTUAL INITIATIVE, TIV 28 INITIATIVE WAS OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF IN OCTOBER AND WAS, UM, WELL RECEIVED. AND THE COMMITTEE, UM, WORKED WITH TT IV TO ACTUALLY FRAME HOW THAT KICKOFF, UM, MEETING WOULD ACTUALLY RUN AND EVERYTHING. AND SO IT WAS LIKE WELL RECEIVED AND, AND THE WORK SO FAR HAS PROGRESSING REALLY WELL. UM, THE EXECUTIVE SPONSOR SO WRONG IT, UM, IT HAS ALSO BEEN MEETING ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE INITIATIVE OWNERSHIP REVIEW THEIR DOCUMENTS, AND MOST OF THOSE REVIEWS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETE. SO GREAT JOB ON THAT WALL. AND BOTH, THERE'S AN ADVISORY BOARD AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND BOTH OF THOSE MET LAST MONTH. AND JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR, 'CAUSE WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THIS ADVISORY BOARD VERSUS THE STEERING COMMITTEE? SO THE ADVISORY BOARD IS LIKE INTERNAL EXTERNAL, AND IT INCLUDES LIKE SENIOR CITY LEADERS, SUCH AS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, UM, AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF CROSS DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO HAVE COORDINATED ADVANCED THE TID INITIATIVES. AND BOTH, BOTH MEETING BOTH GROUPS EXPRESSED STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE WORK AND PROVIDED VALUABLE FEEDBACK. SO TIT HAS ALSO BEGUN A SOLVE LAUNCH OF THE NEW IT GOVERNANCE PROCESS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO BE WHO ACTUALLY GAVE US A PRESENTATION ON THAT. 'CAUSE THAT'S IN PROCESS. BUT WHAT I LIKE, UM, WHAT SHE'S DOING IS THAT, UM, WITH DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE AT, HAVE ACTIVE OR UPCOMING PROJECTS, UM, THEY'RE NOW USING A DRAFT INTAKE FORM. SO IT'S LIKE THIS SOFT LAUNCH . SO WITH THIS EARLY TEST, IT IS GONNA REALLY HELP, UM, REFINE THE WORKFLOW BEFORE THE FULL GOVERNANCE LAUNCH, WHICH IS EXPECTED IN EARLY 2026. AND THEN AS FAR AS I COULD SAY, UM, WE TALKED, UM, TO TID ABOUT DOING LIKE THE ANNUAL REPORT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, WE'LL BE WORKING, UM, WITH THEM ON THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CADENCE, UM, WITH OUR MEETINGS BOARD MEETING THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. AND THOSE ARE THE SEVEN POINTS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE. QUESTION, DISCUSSION SO FAR? WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THE, THE KICKOFF WORKSHOP WAS WELL RECEIVED, AS YOU MENTIONED. AND SO I WANTED TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR HELPING TO CRAFT THE DIFFERENT EXERCISES AND, AND THE FLOW OF THE, THE MEETING. DO WE HAVE THE REPORT, THE 2028? WE DO. UH, I'LL GIVE [00:55:01] THAT ONE TODAY. UH, SO WE HOLD OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS. WE'VE HAD FOUR OF THEM THUS FAR. UH, WE LAST MET ON, UH, NOVEMBER 20TH, AND WE'LL MEET AGAIN NEXT WEEK. ON DECEMBER 15TH, WE KIND OF HAMMERED OUT ABOUT SIX FOCUS AREAS, MISSION COLLABORATION, UH, SPONSORSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CYBERSECURITY, AND THE CONNECTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. UH, GIA MAPPING, UH, CITY, CITY MAPPING INITIATIVE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY A MASTER SCHEDULE. UH, FOR ALL THE EVENTS, UH, WE IDENTIFIED 16, UH, POTENTIAL COLLABORATING COMMISSIONS, THE TO ASSIST WITH KEY SERVICE AREAS. UM, AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE SPO COMMISSION BECOME CLEARER, WE WILL CRAFT, UH, OUTREACH STRATEGIES TO THOSE VARIOUS COMMISSIONS. UM, AS IN TERMS OF SPONSORSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, THAT'S LARGELY BEING COORDINATED OUTTA THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND IT'S BEING DONE QUITE WELL. UM, UH, REGARDING SPONSORSHIP ROLES, UH, THEY ARE VERY FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOSPITALITY ZONES. ROB IS, OR STAFF LIAISON, LIAISON AS IS, IS SET INTER INTERFACES REGULARLY, UH, BOTH WITH THE LA 28 PLANNING GROUP AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH, THEY, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE HOSPITALITY ZONES THAT WE SAW SO SUCCESSFUL IN PARIS TO HELP ENGAGE MULTIPLE CORNERS OF THE, OF THE GREATER, UH, PARIS AREA. UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON, UH, WATCH PARTIES, UH, AND, UH, LOCAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. UH, ONE THING THAT IS PARTICULARLY, UH, A VIABLE IS A PARTICULARLY VIABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US COMMISSIONERS IS TO PROMOTE THE LOCAL BUSINESS INTEREST FORM THAT FOR THE 2020 AIMS ACTIVATION OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S UP NOW AND, UH, I, I DO BELIEVE STAFF, UH, UH, WILL BE SHARING A LINK TO THE CITY PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THAT. UH, WITH ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE ITEM TO SHARE WITH, UH, WITH YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, YOUR CHURCHES, NONPROFITS, BUSINESSES THAT YOU LIKE, UH, OR THAT YOU, UH, YOUR PATRON. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO GET, UH, A GOOD IDEA OF WHO, WHO IS, UH, GAME TO PARTICIPATE PART UPON, UH, AND, UH, ALSO AS A SPACE FOR WASH PARTIES AND HOSPITALITY ZONES. SO I, I WILL BE REGISTERING THE, A COUPLE OF THE DIFFERENT YMCAS, FOR INSTANCE, AND AS THEY, THEY USUALLY HAVE, UH, UH, BODIES AND SPACE FOR THOSE KINDS OF ITEMS. UH, MORE TO COME THERE, DEFINITELY. UH, WE'LL ALSO BE HOSTING THE GREEK TEAM, UH, HERE, THE GREECE HOUSE, UH, AND OUR, UH, THAT, SO, UH, LONG BEACH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS A, UM, A WELCOMING AND SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE AND GRABBY DO'S, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, LONG BEACH TO, TO IMPRESS THE, THE GREEK ATHLETES. UH, IN TERMS OF CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A SENSE, A SENSITIVE TOPIC. UH, ROB IS LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A, A REGIONAL CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY THAT IS THAT, THAT ACCURATE STATEMENT THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH ERIC BRICK LOW, THE, THE LA 28 ORGANIZ ORGANIZATION ITSELF, UH, NUMEROUS FEDERAL, UH, AND STATE AGENCIES AS WELL, INCLUDING THE FBI AND HOMELAND SECURITY. SO, UM, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN THAT MAY BE A BIT LIMITED, UM, BUT WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO OUR RESPECTIVE, UH, CONSTITUENTS THAT, UH, THAT IS A TOP PRIORITY. UH, AND, AND DEFINITELY BEING ADDRESSED, UH, PROBABLY VERY TOP ALL THE WAY, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL ONE FOUND, UH, CONNECTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND IT IS, IT'S BEEN STATED THAT SOME OF THE LARGEST EVENTS THAT WE HOSTED IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE HAD A LACK OF COVERAGE. UH, UH, A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS, OF COURSE, THE, THE WORK TOUR. IT'S HARD TO GET A CELL PHONE CALL OR A TEXT MESSAGE OUTTA SOME OF THOSE EVENTS. UH, SO STAFF ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING WITH T-MOBILE, VERIZON, AT AND T TO ENHANCE THAT, THAT VENUE CONNECTIVITY. UH, ROB IS ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT, ALTHOUGH ROB, FOR MANY HATS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE WEARING AND DISPLAYING EFFORTS. UH, NO, NO BETTER FOR THE JOB. UH, THERE IS A BIT OF A NEGOTIATION PROCESS IN PLAY FOR EXISTING, UH, FIBER CONDUIT, UH, AND A MASTER PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY THAT SPANS EVEN BEYOND THE 2028 GAMES. UH, BUT THAT IS ALSO BEING DILIGENTLY ADDRESSED. UH, I AM WORKING ON GET, GETTING THAT CONTACT FROM ESRI A A PARTNER COMPANY OF MINE TO SEE IF WE CAN BACK THE HOUSE, THE, THE LOCAL VENUES AND THE GAMES THAT ALL AS A WHOLE IN KIND OF THE DIGITAL TWIN METHODOLOGY. UH, WE MAY OR MAY NOT GET TRACTION ON THAT ONE. UH, WHETHER IT'S FOR INTERNAL PLANNING OF CROWD CONTROL, TRAFFIC, UH, UH, FLOW. UM, I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN GET SOME, SOME, MY [01:00:01] CONTACT AT ESRI TO GIVE US SOME FREE STUFF THERE. MAYBE A HOSTING SITE, THE LA 2028 GROUP TO, TO UPLOAD SOME DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT, UH, CONSTITUENT MAPS. MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE. I'M GONNA STILL KIND OF EARLY IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT. UH, THAT'LL HELP YOU HAVE A VISUAL REFERENCE TO, TO HOW THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN AND AROUND 28, UH, EIGHT PLANNING PROCESS, UH, PLAN TO HANDLE THE GAMES. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, A MASTER SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT. UH, WE ARE WORKING ON OR IDENTIFYING, UH, A, UH, A MASTER SCHEDULE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, BOTH THE GAMES THEMSELVES AND ANCILLARY EVENTS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY COMMUNICATE AND, UH, TO, TO THE, TO LONG BEACH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHAT'S GOING ON, AND GET AS GOOD OF ATTENDANCE AS WE CAN, UH, AT, AT THOSE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, UH, LESS THAN A OR ABOUT 900 DAYS OUT. THAT WILL HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY. AND, UH, I THINK THAT SCARES ALL OF US IN THE PLANNING PROCESS A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UH, I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN, IN THE PEOPLE PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE GOING, UH, GOING INTO THIS EFFORT THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD BE A OT. THAT'S IT FOR ME. ANY QUESTION FOR THE DISCUSS REPORTS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. VOTE PLEASE. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER WHEELER. AYE. COMMISSIONER PATERSON. AYE. COMMISSIONER ICK. CALLAHAN, VICE CHAIR. WILLIAM NZ. AYE. OR I'M SORRY, CHAIR DEIS. AYE. MOTION CARE. MOVING ON. ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION [6. 25-57215 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT FOR ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND OR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES AD HO ELECTION. I OVERLY CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND SOLUTION PUBLIC ASSISTING AD HOC COMMITTEE. . ALRIGHT, SO THAT WAS A MOTION BY AND A, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAP. THIS ONE TO DISCUSSION. AT THIS POINT, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DISSOLVE THE WEBSITE ONE BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON PAUSE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DISSOLVE IT. SO DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING OFFICIAL, SORT, SHOULD BOX, SAME FRAME ANYTHING? I THINK ONCE HE RESIGNS THERE, HE'S JUST AUTOMATICALLY OFF THE, UH, OKAY. YEAH. AND SEE NO DISCUSSION FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. UH, ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? NO CHANGES, NO PUBLIC DISCUSSION? UH, THAT'S TO WHAT WHEELER? AYE. COMMISSIONER ? AYE. COMMISSIONER CHI, COMMISSIONER CALLAGHAN, VICE CHAIR. WOMEN AS AYE. CHAIR DARVIS. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. UH, THIS IS TIME, UM, DURING THE END OF OUR MAIN AGENDA. IT'S, UH, OPENING FOR [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Technology and Innovation Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] COMMENT THERE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR MEETING? THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I SEE NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. I WANT TO ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, [ANNOUNCEMENTS] ARE ANY COMMISSIONERS OF ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, TODAY I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT [ADJOURNMENT] 4:58 PM AURN. AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT YEAR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.