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VETERANS COMMISSION MEETING.YOU SAID THERE WAS A WAY TO DO THIS WITH THE TIME TOO, THAT HAD TRICKS OR WAS IT THE DATE? NO, THAT'S WHEN YOUR ENTERING STUFF.
GO DO THE, ALRIGHT, LET'S ROLL CALL REAL QUICK.
NICK, YOU'RE HERE AND I'M HERE.
INTERNET'S INBOUND SO SHE CAN JOIN US WHEN SHE GETS HERE.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATION.
GET THE MINUTES IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO TAKE A QUICK SCAN FROM LAST MEETING.
I MOVE APPROVAL THIRD, SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CAN YOU HOLD ON? REPEAT WHO'S, LET'S DO THIS RIGHT, NICK? MOTION.
JIM SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I GOT ANSWER THAT AND THEN JUST DO THE SAME COURT.
WE, ANY FOLLOW DISCUSSION? ANYTHING? ANY CHANGES? I SEEING NONE.
A OPPOSED ABSTENTIONS MOTION PASSED.
WHAT, WHAT I'M NOT DOING, AND I APOLOGIZE, IS I DON'T HAVE THE MINUTES OFF THE SCREEN.
JUST FOR THE CHAIR'S REPORT, UM, IF I MAY, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FIRST BEFORE WE, WE GET INTO DISCUSSION FOR WHAT YOU, YOU DO THE MOTION FIRST AND THEN THERE'S DISCUSSION.
SO BEFORE WE CAN HAVE ANY TYPE OF BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS MAKING A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR.
IT'S MOTION, THE MOTION IS MADE.
THEN THE SECOND AND THEN THE DISCUSSION.
I KNOW I'M SAYING, I'M JUST CHECKING.
I'M JUST A LITTLE SCRATCHING MY HEAD ABOUT WHY THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE TO, THERE WOULD HAVE THE, THE BODY WOULD'VE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CHAIR TO HAVE HIS COMMENTS BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A DISCUSSION.
IF YOU MAKE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEN THERE THERE'LL BE A DIALOGUE.
AND THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S AGENDIZED.
SO AN ITEM, WELL, IT'S AGENDIZED, BUT IT'S NOT, IS IT VOTE? SO EV SO THOSE EVEN ITEMS THAT ARE NOT FOR A DECISION HAVE TO BE AGENDIZED IN THAT MODE, IN THAT MANNER.
THE DECISION IS TO RECEIVE FILE.
WELL, THERE'S NO, BUT SAY WE WERE DOING THINGS TRYING TO, TRYING TO GET AHEAD A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT HOUSEKEEPING THINGS LIKE, UH, WE WOULDN'T OPEN THE MEETING IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
WE WOULD OPEN THE MEETING AND, AND, AND CANCEL THE MEETING.
I THINK WE DIDN'T HAVE COURT OR WE KNEW THEY WERE COMING, BUT WE WERE JUST TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF HOUSEKEEPING.
WE COULDN'T START THE MEETING IF WE DIDN'T HAVE COURT.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION ON NUMBER TWO? YES.
I MISSED A MOTION ON NUMBER SIX TWO.
UM, NOTHING REALLY, BUT I DID SEE, LIKE I WAS SHARING WITH THE OTHERS, I DID SEE OUR BAN, ONE OF OUR BANNERS BEING USED AT THE VET AT THE VA.
THE, UM, UM, TIMMA RUBIN FAMILY
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HAD AN ADDITIONAL BANNER MADE AND IT IS NOW DISPLAYED LITERALLY AS YOU ENTER.SO WHEN YOU SEE BUILDING 1 26, YOU COME IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT'S RIGHT THERE.
IT'S AN EXACT COPY OF THE ONE THEY HAD HANGING.
SO THEY WENT BACK TO THE SAME COMPANY AND YEAH.
I'D NEVER SEEN I, THAT WAS LIKE, WOW.
AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN LITTLE BANNERS INSIDE THE BUILDING, UH, INSIDE THE CAMPUS NOW.
SO IF WE EVER WANNA LOOK IN THE FUTURE TO MOVE A FEW ON CAMPUS, THEY REALLY WOULD LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR IF WE WANT TO DO IT.
NOT A LOT, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR SIX, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE FORMER VETERANS WHO USE THE VA A LOT OR SOMEBODY WHO HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
UM, OH, OTHERWISE, GREAT JOB, EVERYBODY ON VETERAN'S DAY.
YOU DID AN EVEN MORE AMAZING JOB.
MAKING THAT WHOLE THING HAPPEN.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME.
AND IT TURNED OUT AS WELL AS IT COULD.
IT WASN'T GONNA BE AS BIG AS LAST YEAR.
'CAUSE WE CHEATED A LITTLE BIT AND WE HAD SICKIA THE BIKE THING KIND OF FEEDING US AND WE STILL HAD A GOOD TURNOUT.
BUT THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
WE DID AT LEAST AS GOOD AS YEAR BEFORE LAST, MAYBE A LITTLE BETTER.
YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
IF WE COULD JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE HAMBURGERS AND THE BEER KOSHER TOGETHER, THAT'S LOGISTICS, RIGHT? PRIORITIES.
LAYOUT OF THE SITE IS GINA'S FAULT.
DO WE THEN WE HAVE TO VOTE ON, YEAH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF VOTING ON WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, SAY AYE.
UM, TWO 20, WHICH IS THE GINA OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT.
CAN I HEAR MOTION MOVE APPROVAL, AND A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A FIRST FROM AND A SECOND.
MY REPORT, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A GET TOGETHER IN TWO MONTHS, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS VANESSA HALL, CITY CLARK SPECIALIST, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH THE BROWN ACT.
SHE HAS THE, THE, THE GL THE GREAT JOB OF GOING AROUND THE COMMISSIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, FOLLOWING THE BROWN ACT IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY.
UH, THIS MEANS THAT CHAD CHAIR AND STAFF REPORTS, OR CHAIR AND STAFF REPORTS ARE ESSENTIALLY REMARKS.
UM, UH, OTHERWISE THE THINGS THAT COME UP HAVE TO BE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU BRING UP ANOTHER TOPIC WHILE WE'RE TALKING, WE CAN'T DISCUSS THAT.
UM, SO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE CONTENTS OF THOSE REMARKS ARE PERMITTED.
BUT IF YOU'RE BRINGING UP SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
WHO BRINGS UP SOMEBODY THINK LIKE, LIKE SAY JERRY IF ANOTHER MEMBER, IF IF I'M SPEAKING AND ANOTHER MEMBER BRINGS UP SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T SAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, IF IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO SAY, UM, WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT SAYS SPECIFICALLY GINA IS GONNA GIVE THE REPORT ON, YOU KNOW, THE VETERANS AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST MONTH, AND GINA DOESN'T COME TO THE MEETING, THEN WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT.
OR IF DURING THAT CONVERSATION YOU ASK ABOUT AN EVENT THAT SHE HASN'T SPOKEN ABOUT, THEN THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S AGENDIZED FOR THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE THE POINT IS SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT'S BEING DISCUSSED AND THEY CAN DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONVERSATION.
WELL, THE PUBLIC WOULD'VE NO IDEA WHAT MY COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING FROM THE CO THEY'RE COMING FROM WHATEVER I SAY.
THEY'RE NOT AGENDA, THEY'RE NOT BROKEN OUT IN THE AGENDA.
IT'S THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, WE CAN'T HAVE A DISCUSSION UNLESS WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
FOR INSTANCE, GINA WILL GIVE A REPORT ON ACTIVITIES.
CAN WE ASK ABOUT OTHER ACTIVITIES? WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, RIGHT.
YOU CAN ASK ABOUT OTHER ACTIVITIES.
OTHER ACTIVITIES IF YOU WERE OTHER THAT SHE HASN'T MENTIONED.
THAT'S WHAT I, YOU, AND THAT'S WHY IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO NO.
CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE YOUR CHAIR REMARKS, WE'RE INTENTIONALLY MAKING THEM, UM, GENERAL AND VAGUE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, BUT LIKE, IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BANNERS PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND ANOTHER TYPE OF PROGRAM CAME UP DURING THAT DISCUSSION, WE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE
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IT WASN'T AGENDIZED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT.BUT WE CAN DISCUSS ANYTHING WE WANT ON THAT ACTIVITIES AND REMARKS.
THE RIVER'S IN THE REAL GOING.
LIKE, WELL, IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, HOW DOES THAT WORK? BUT THE MAIN THING IS JUST THAT.
AND ANOTHER TOPIC NOT PERTAINING TO WHAT WE BROUGHT UP, IS SOMETHING THAT WILL AGENDAS FOR NEXT TIME.
AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THREE MINUTES LONG UNLESS THE CHAIR EXTENDS IT.
UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY FORMALLY TIMED PEOPLE ONLY SPEAKING FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND SOME OF THIS IS JUST, UM, BASED ON VANESSA'S OBSERVATIONS OF OUR LAST MEETING.
AND THEN JUST A REMINDER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT MEANT AS A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE, THE COMMENTER.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF ANOTHER TOPIC COMES UP, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE IZED.
LIKE WE HAVE WITH EVERY ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, THE PUBLIC CAN COMMENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A PLACE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THAT'S A SPECIFIC SPACE WHERE IT SAYS PUBLIC COMMENT ON YOUR AGENDA.
AND AGAIN, IF THAT PERSON BRINGS UP SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA AT ALL, YOU SAY THANKS AND WHATEVER.
BUT IT'S NOT A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION AND SAY, WE'LL PUT THIS, THIS IS A MATTER WE NEED TO LOOK INTO.
LET'S PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME.
SO, UM, THE NEXT THING I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT WE KNOW THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO, TO COMPLETE THESE VARIOUS TRAININGS, AND IT'S CUMBERSOME.
UH, BUT, AND THE TRAININGS INCLUDE THE CODE, CODE OF ETHICS AND AB, WHICH IS AB ONE, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4 TRAINING.
I THINK THAT'S ONE YOU HAVE TO DO EACH YEAR.
THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FORM FORM 700, I BELIEVE THAT'S EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THERE'S ALSO THIS SEXUAL HARASSMENT PREVENTION TRAINING EACH YEAR, WHICH NICK REALLY LOVES.
AND YOU HAD TO DO THAT MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, WHICH I DID NOT KNOW, IS A CYBERSECURITY TRAINING.
HAVE SOME OF YOU COMPLETED THAT ALL? I'M ASSUMING SOME.
SO I GOT MESSAGES THAT, UH, ANTOINETTE HAS NOT COMPLETED HER SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING OR CYBERSECURITY, AND HER SHELL IS STILL ON THE HOOK FOR THE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AM I MISSING ANYTHING? NO, JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION BECAUSE THE CYBERSECURITY WAS NEW TO ME.
I AM JUST ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
NO, I, YEAH, I WOULD PUT A RED X ON YOU IF WE DID.
AND THEN THE REST IS, SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT I, THAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME IS THAT WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GET INTERNS.
SO, UH, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THEY CALL AN AFFILIATE AGREEMENT.
AND, AND USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN AFFILIATE AGREEMENT WITH A U UH, LOCAL UNIVERSITY, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS CUMBERSOME PROCESS WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEN HAVE IT BE AN AGENDA ITEM WITH COUNSEL.
WELL, COUNSEL APPROVED JUST LAST WEEK, A BLANKET AFFILIATE.
LIKE THEY PRE-APPROVED AFFILIATE AGREEMENTS WITH 63 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL.
WE'RE JUST WORKING ON AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE TO WORK WITH US IN THE SPRING.
AND WHAT I'M GONNA AGENDIZE FOR NEXT TIME IS WHAT, WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO, TO FIND OUT? LIKE IS THERE SPECIFIC POINTS OF DATA WE WANNA COLLECT ABOUT VETERANS? BECAUSE WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY STUDENTS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY PARTNERING WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH STUDENTS AS WELL FROM THEIR SOCIAL WORK PART, UH, DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY WERE AT THE VETERANS EVENT.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEXT TO OUR TABLE DOING SOME INTERVIEWS, ET CETERA.
AND JUST CAN WE IN THE FUTURE HAVE A REPORT ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING? ABSOLUTELY.
FROM WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT, WHAT RESULTS THEY'VE HAD.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE, WE CAN MAKE THAT AN AGENDA SET TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'LL CATCH UP ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT WE MIGHT WANT THEM TO STILL DO.
NO, IT'D BE IDEAL IF WE LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND WHAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO.
AND ALSO, IF THEIR INTERNS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO AN INTERNSHIP REPORT, YOU'LL PROBABLY DO IT IS THEIR INTERNSHIP REPORT AT THE END.
BECAUSE THEY GET CREDIT, THEIR CREDITS COME FROM HOW DID THEY DO? AND WE HAVE TO TELL THEM UP FRONT, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN HOW DID THEY PERFORM THOSE TASKS? THAT'S HOW INTERNS, I REMEMBER MY INTERNSHIP, IT WAS RIGHT.
AND THEN JUST TODAY, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CONTACTED ME AND SAID THEY MAY HAVE AN INTERN AVAILABLE TO HELP US.
SO REMEMBER WE'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET INTERNS AND WHEN IT RAIN OF FORCE.
SO THE OTHER THINGS I WANNA COVER REALLY QUICKLY IS THAT WE, WE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, THE CHAIR AND I DISCUSSED THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA HAVE A HOLIDAY PARTY IN JANUARY AS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
'CAUSE WE JUST HAD THAT, UH, NICE BANNERS
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RECEPTION THAT YOU ALL CAME TO MM-HMMUM, THEN I HAVE A PLAN TO PUT OUT A NEWSLETTER, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR OR AS THE NEW YEAR BEGINS, JUST INCLUDING PHOTOS FROM THE BET STATE EVENT, KIND OF WRAPPING UP THE YEAR KIND OF THING.
AND WE HAVE PROBABLY 60 OR 70 NEW PEOPLE I NEED TO ADD TO OUR NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION LIST LIST, WHICH WILL PROBABLY PUT US AT NEARLY 400, WHICH IS KIND OF A NICE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A NEW COMMISSIONER, MIKE VIC, WHO SERVED FOUR TERMS PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND IN THE OLD COMMISSION HANDBOOK, HE WAS ALLOWED TO COME BACK AFTER HIATUS.
WELL, THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER JUST SHARING THAT WITH YOU.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO ON A REGULAR, FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS THAT I DON'T SHARE WITH YOU IS REFERRAL CALLS.
UH, SO PEOPLE ARE EMAILING ME AND CALLING ME ALL THE TIME WITH, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A SOMEONE, THE MOST COMMON ONE I'M GETTING IS I'M A VET AND I NEED THAT ON MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
I HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE, I'M NOT THE DMV AND DIRECT THEM TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
BUT THE MOST INTERESTING I CALL, CALL I GOT RECENTLY WAS A DECEASED VETERAN THAT I LITERALLY HAD TO FIND IN THE COUNTY, MOR.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES IN A NON-CON, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
AND I HEARD MORE THAN I EVER WANTED TO ABOUT WHY DID THEY CONTACT YOU FOR THAT? WELL, THEY, THEY, THEY START MAKING CALLS.
THEY KNOW THE PERSON DIED IN LONG BEACH.
THEY KNOW THAT THEY FIND MY NAME AND OFFICE LIKE A GOOGLE SEARCH VETERAN.
IT'S VERY, IT'S STRANGE, BUT I DO WHAT I CAN.
THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN UP A COUPLE OF HOURS OF TIME, UM, ON THAT SUBJECT.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR MONTHLY TO HAVE LIKE A BREAKOUT OF CALLS RECEIVED? WHAT THE KIND OF ERROR, JUST IN GENERAL, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO REPORT THAT IN YOUR REPORT SO WE CAN, AND THE PUBLIC CAN SEE MORE AND IT'S FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY.
WHAT THERE'S, 'CAUSE WE MAKE A PROMISE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING.
AND IF WE CAN SHOW NUMBERS AND GO, OKAY, WE GOT 55 CALLS THIS MONTH.
AND SOME OF 'EM WERE THIS, SOME OF 'EM WERE THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IN DEEP DETAIL, BUT IT WOULD HELP OUR REPORTING UP AND OUT AND OUR, OUR, UM, TRANSPARENCY OF THE WORLD.
THAT, THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT THAT CHALLENGING.
ESPECIALLY THE COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE ALWAYS ASKING, WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO
I'M ON SUBJECT YOU, IT WAS AMAZING.
I WENT TO THE, THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, YOU KNOW.
A COUPLE, COUPLE OF NIGHTS AGO TALKING TO COMMISSIONERS FROM ALL KINDS OF COMMISSIONS.
AND MOST OF 'EM DON'T DO ANYTHING
MOST OF THE COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, I SAY, WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO? WELL, YOU KNOW, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO TELL 'EM ABOUT ALL THE STUFF WE DO.
WE'RE ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE COMMISSIONS.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S, AND IT'S IMPRESSIVE TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS GIVING THEM IDEAS.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT ACTIVITIES OF YOUR OFFICE? MM-HMM
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S YOUR OFFICE OR NOT.
I UNDERSTAND FROM HIM THAT HE'S GONNA BE SUPPORTING EITHER YOUR OFFICE OR THE CITY BE ABLE TO REFER CALLS TO HIM.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP TO OKAY.
YOU'RE GONNA BRING UP THAT'S OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, THE, REMEMBER WE PROPOSED THE AT LARGE MEMBERSHIP, UH, THING, WHAT THE REPORT BACK ON THAT IS PROBABLY IN THE SUMMER, THEY'RE GONNA DO ONE GIANT COM COUNCIL MEETING TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S MORE DELAYED THAN WE WANT IT TO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMISSION THAT'S ASKING FOR WE STARTED SOMETHING.
THEY GAVE AN IDEA AND NOW THEY'RE, AND THEN SOME OF THE, UH, UH, THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHOW YOU VERY QUICKLY IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP.
UM, WELL, YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE WE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE STARTED THE MEETING WITH FOUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF WE ONLY HAVE SIX MEMBERS, WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH FOUR.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT DONE IF WE CAN.
WELL, IT'S THE, WE HAVEN'T SUPPOSED TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
IT'S NOT A, THAT WOULD BE A CHANGE OF NUMBERS.
BUT IT WOULD BE, THE PROBLEM IS, IS NINE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ALL ONE.
WELL, I THINK YOU NEED TO FIND THAT OUT.
'CAUSE IF WE ONLY, IT IS ONLY HAVE SIX MEMBERS.
IT'S THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE, NOT THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS SEATED.
I, YOU KNOW, WHERE I LEARNED THAT, I TOOK ONE OF THOSE VIDEO CLASSES AND IT, AND THEN I HAD WITH, REMEMBER THAT FRIDAY I HAD WITH, WITH, UM,
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WITH OUR FORMER CHAIR ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAD HAD THAT CLASS RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.AND IT TOLD ME VERY SUCCINCTLY, THIS IS WHAT A QUORUM IS.
AND YOU CAN AT IT THE OTHER WAY.
IF WE HAVE SIX, THAT WOULD MEAN WE COULD ONLY HAVE TWO ABSENCES BY HAVING NINE, WE CAN HAVE FOUR ABSENCES, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE NINE FIRST
BUT I WAS FOUND WRONG WHEN I LISTENED TO THEM.
SO WHAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU NOW, YES.
UH, IF YOU NEED HELP WITH LIKE DIRECTING CALLS, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
I USED TO WORK WITH
SO I COULD HAVE CALLED YOU WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THE DEAD VETERAN.
ALRIGHT,
SO WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP, AND THIS IS PART OF THE STORY, IS THAT I, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR, UM, OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO IS, I'M SORRY THAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE FINDING MY MOUSE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, AND JOHN'S ORGANIZATION IS THE LONG BEACH AREA VETERANS COLLABORATIVE.
WE DO HAVE A LINK TO HIS RESOURCES DIRECTORY, WHICH HAS LINKS TO, IT HAS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AS YOU CAN SEE.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THIS WEBSITE.
BUT YOU CAN LOOK UP, UH, RESOURCES FOR VETERANS HERE.
SO THAT'S A REALLY NEAT SYNERGY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, ALLISON KING AND JOHN AND I MET, AND THE RESULT IS TO HAVE THIS RESOURCES DIRECTORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND JOHN IS CONTINUING HIS WORK, UH, TO THIS EFFECT.
ALSO WORKING WITH THE UNITE US DATABASE.
HE'S ACTUALLY A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE, UM, THE COUNTY VETERANS COMMISSION.
IS THAT RIGHT? ELLE? SO, MM-HMM
YOU CAN REACH OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND REFER VETERANS TO THEM.
AND THEN, UH, THE REST OF IT IS THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE IZING NEXT MONTH AND BEYOND IS, I'M JUST WRITING HER SHOW OFF.
IS, UM, THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR.
UM, THE SOCIAL WORK STUDENT SCOPE OF WORK, AS I MENTIONED, OFFICER ELECTIONS WILL BE IN JANUARY.
UM, WE ALWAYS DO OUR BROWN ACT AND ROBERTS RULES TRAINING IN FEBRUARY.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN, CAN INVOLVE VANESSA AS WELL WITH THAT AS LONG ALONG WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND THEN LAST YEAR WE HAD A JOB FAIR IN THE SPRINGTIME, AND THAT WAS INITIATED BY AN, UH, A, A PUBLIC HEALTH FELLOW.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY CONTACTS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED, WANNA BE INVOLVED, OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING TO SHAPE, BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
BUT I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND FOR FUTURE ITEM, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON HOW CAN WE DO A JOB FAIR? AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SEEK FUNDING FOR SUCH A JOB FAIR, LIKE I DID LAST YEAR FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND THE PORT OF LONG BEACH GRANTS ARE BE FUN IF WE GET A COUPLE OF INTERNS TO KIND OF TRAIN THEM.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT POINT.
SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, STAFF REPORT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP? NO.
WE HAVE A MO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RECEIVED FILE.
AND THEN FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC.
NEXT IS GOING TO BE NUMBER 22.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON 2 2, 1, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS 2026 VETERAN BANNER PROGRAM.
TAKE ACTION TO CREATE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
MAKE THE MOTION SINCE I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, I GUESS.
UM, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE JUST NEED TO SEE WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE.
LET ME WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,
WE ALREADY HAVE MOST OF THE STUFF FOR THE WEB, WHICH IS WHAT
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DOES AN APPLICATION LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, YOU'LL WANT TO REVIEW THAT IN THE FIRST.THEY'LL REVIEW THAT IN THE FIRST MEETING OR SO TO MAKE SURE THE APPLICATIONS WE'RE STILL HAPPY WITH IT AND MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO IT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE.
SO WHATEVER WE'RE FACING TO THE PUBLIC, ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO PUT THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUDGE THEM ON AT THE SAME TIME.
'CAUSE THE CITY WON'T RELEASE THE PROGRAM ITSELF TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THAT IRONED DOWN.
UM, SOME OF IT WILL BE OUTREACH WHERE WE WENT TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO OUTREACH TO GET PEOPLE TO APPLY, WHICH IS WHY WE GOT SUCH A, A IMPROVED DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE UP ON THE BANNERS.
WE WENT TO DIFFERENT, WE WENT TO THE VA, WE WENT TO SOME MEETINGS OVER AT YOUR PLACE AT THE GULF STAR.
THERE WERE SOME DISTRICT NINE.
WHERE WOULD WE COULD THINK OF TO PUT OURSELVES TO MEET PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, ASK THEM.
AND I KNOW AT GOLDSTAR THEY ACTUALLY DID APPLICATIONS RIGHT THERE.
THEY BROUGHT SOME COMPUTERS IN, SAT 'EM DOWN AND DID IT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT 140 APPLICATIONS FOR THE 65 THAT WE WANTED.
AND IT WAS A REAL POSITIVE 'CAUSE I THINK YOU, YOU LOOK AT THE BANNERS THIS TIME VERSUS LAST TIME.
AND I THINK WE REALLY GOT A BETTER SNAPSHOT OF LONG REACH THIS.
AND WE CAN EVEN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
IT TAKES, IT REALLY TAKES EACH OF US.
WE HAVE TO GO, OKAY, I'LL DO SOME PLACES OVER HERE.
AND OVER TIME, 'CAUSE WE GIVE 'EM THREE MONTHS TO APPLY.
SO YOU GOT LIKE THREE MONTHS TO GET IT DONE.
LAST YEAR WE WANTED TO HAVE IT BY JULY 4TH, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
OR BY MEMORIAL DAY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND IT HAPPENED A LITTLE LATER.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DUTIES.
THE, THE BIGGEST TIME CONSUMER WAS THE REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS.
'CAUSE EACH ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE GET TO BE IN THAT DECISION MAKING BODY.
AND THEY'LL GO, OKAY, HERE'S MY 150.
AND THEN WE USE A SCORING SYSTEM TO RANK THEM.
AND THE WAY WE DID IT LAST TIME IS EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE MEMBER DID THEIR OWN RANKINGS.
AND THEN WE COMBINED THEM AND SPREAD OUT, SORTED THEM, WHICH GAVE US A MUCH EASIER WAY TO MAKE A DECISION.
AND THEN THE QUESTION MARKS ONLY CAME AT THE END WHERE WE HAD TO, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTMENT WE HAD TO MAKE OR REASONS YES OR NO.
OR ANOTHER THING WE DID, WE GAVE EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP, ONE PERSON THEY COULD PICK, THEY COULD CHAMPION ONE PERSON OF THE, OF THE, OF THE APPLICATIONS.
ONE OF THOSE ONES WE DID WAS THE YOUNG MAN WHO, UM, DIED IN THE PLANE CRASH GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES, 21 YEARS OLD, DIED SERVING HIS COUNTRY, FLYING TO THE PHILIPPINES FOR SOME MISSION.
AND THERE'S NO WAY HE COULD GET A SCORE.
YOU KNOW, HE BARELY GOT OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, WE'RE ABLE TO CHAMPION.
AND THIS IS ALL, YOU'RE GONNA BE THE, THE GROUP'S CHOICE.
SO YOU'LL, THE GROUP WILL DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT THAT TO BE AND IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID JUST 'CAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A WAY THAT IF SOMEONE DIDN'T, FOR SOME REASON, DIDN'T MAKE ALL THE POINTS FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT WE WERE TOUCHED BY THEIR STORY, THAT WE EACH GOT ONE OUT OF THE 65 AND THE REST WERE DONE PRETTY MUCH BY THAT NUMBERS.
AND IF THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION WE ASKED THEM FOR, THEY COULD BE CUT.
SO WE HAD TO HAVE SOME BACKUPS.
SO IF WE GOT OUR 65, WE'D SAY, OKAY, WE COULDN'T GET A PICTURE, WE COULDN'T DO WHATEVER.
WE PULL A BACKUP FROM OUR BACKUP LIST AND PULL IT IN.
WE WENT SO FAR AS TO HAVING THE PHOTOGRAPHY THING I YOU TO ARRANGE THE CITY'S PHOTOGRAPHER TO MEET AT SOMEPLACE AND HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN.
IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ONE, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO IT.
BUT I KNOW ANTONETTE AND I BOTH SAID MILK WILL FIND THEM.
WE'LL GO TO THEM WITH OUR CAMERA PHONE, WHICH TAKES AN AMAZING PICTURE, AND WE'LL SHOOT THE PICTURE AND SEND IT IN.
AND IT CAN BE ALL COMBINED SO THEY HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE.
THAT'S THE KEY IS YOU CAN'T BE VOTED ON UNLESS YOU HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE.
AND WE HAD IT, THERE'S A CUTOFF AT THE CUTOFF.
YOU'RE NOT IN, YOU DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR STUFF IN.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME POINT WHERE WE SAY, SO THAT PROCESS OF EVALUATING THE APPLICATIONS TAKES A COUPLE MONTHS AND YOU DO IT.
WE TOOK OUR BIG PACK OF APPLICATIONS HOME AND YOU JUST SIT THERE WATCHING TV AND DOING YOUR THING.
SO THIS IS THE ONE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMITMENTS AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT WE TAKE ON.
SO I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO BE FULLY AWARE THAT IT'S NOT AS, IT'S NOT A QUICKIE ONE, BUT IT'S A GREAT ONE.
'CAUSE YOU GET TO READ SOME AMAZING
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STORIES.YOU GET TO HEAR ABOUT SOME AMAZING PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT YOU NEVER KNEW.
MAYBE MAY THE PAST, THEY MAY BE CURRENT, WHATEVER, BUT THEY'LL LET THEY TELL YOU THEIR STORY.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLUS.
SO WHAT I NEED TO KNOW NOW IS WHO WANTS TO WHO OF HERE, WHO'S HERE? AND WE CAN ADD MORE.
SO LIKE, IF ETTE WANTS TO DO IT, SHE CAN DO IT.
WE GET A NEW PERSON, THEY WANNA BE ON IT, THEY CAN DO IT.
BUT OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE, I TRY TO DO IT AGAIN AND I ENJOY IT.
'CAUSE AS THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO, I LIKE TO SIT BACK FROM IT A LITTLE BIT JUST SO I CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT LET IT GO.
I'M, I DON'T PUT MY FINGERS IN.
IT'S LIKE, IF I'M NOT DOING IT, I'M GONNA LET WHOEVER'S DOING IT, DO IT AND COME UP WITH WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S MY, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY LET THEM RUN QUESTION THEMSELVES EVER FEATURED? OH YEAH, SEVERAL.
YOU CAN GO UP THERE, RIGHT? YEAH, THERE'S SEVERAL.
THERE'S NO, NOTHING WRONG WITH PUTTING YOUR OWN IN.
YOU JUST DON'T VOTE ON YOUR, YOU CAN'T VOTE ON YOURSELF.
AND, AND, AND WE, AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE EVALUATE, THERE'S NO NAMES ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE PICTURES OR NAMES.
WE'RE JUST EVALUATING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY PRESENT A NUMBER WITH A BIO.
IS THERE LIKE A, IS THERE LIKE A SECOND LEVEL EVALUATION AFTER THAT? OR IS IT JUST STRICTLY BASED ON IT'S WHAT, IT'S THE COMMITTEE.
WELL, WE GET PERMISSION FROM THEM UNLESS SOMETHING COMES UP.
LIKE IF WE FOUND OUT THEY'RE A MURDERER OR SOMETHING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID PUT IN LAST TIME, WHICH WAS A GREAT ONE, A GREAT CALL FROM LIKE, ANTONETTE MADE THAT CALL TO SOME, HE HAD TO HAVE HONORABLE SERVICE.
MAY I ASK WHO SAID THEY WANTED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE AGAIN? OKAY, SO THAT'S THREE.
AND WE WILL HAVE YOU AS A, I MIGHT, WE'LL SEE, I'M BETWEEN WORK AND OTHER THINGS.
THIS YEAR'S GONNA BE, I, I'M SCRAMBLING
I DON'T WANT TO COMMIT AND NOT HAVE TIME, PROPER TIME FOR IT.
UH, BUT ANTOINETTE MOST LIKELY WILL SHE, SHE'S PRETTY INTO IT.
SO, WELL, I, YEAH, IT'LL BE THE TIME INVOLVED.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE THING THIS, UH, TO THE DISCUSSION THAT THE BANNERS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED AND IT'S VERY TOUCHING, AS YOU KNOW.
AND PEOPLE ARE HONORED WITH THAT.
AND THESE ONES ARE GONNA BE UP UNTIL JULY.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T HAVE BANNERS IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
LIKE, SAY WE GET THESE UP BY MEMORIAL DAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'RE FREE TO CREATE THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK WE JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT DOING THIS THIRD YEAR AROUND, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
AND THE CRITERIA DOESN'T HAVE TO SAY THE STAY THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT THE MAIN CRITERIA WAS A STRONG CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH AND HONORABLE SERVICE.
SO IT WASN'T, WHETHER YOU WERE A SUPER HIGH RANKING OR YOU ONLY SERVED THREE YEARS VERSUS 25 YEARS, YOU ALSO HAD TO PROVIDE A COMPELLING STORY THAT REALLY SHOWED YOUR CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, AND IT'S REALLY, IT'S A BLANK SLATE WHEN YOU START.
THE GROUP DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE WHAT WAS GIVEN BEFORE.
IT IS A, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MODIFY IT, YOU CAN THROW IT AWAY, YOU CAN START OVER, WHATEVER.
IT'S THE DECISION OF THE GROUP AS TO HOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THERE'LL BE SOME TIMELINES IMPOSED BY THE CITY, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT IT DONE BY X STATE, YOU GOTTA BACK BACKWARDS PLANTED.
INCLUDING, IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL, BUT WE'VE GOT CALLS AND INQUIRIES FROM NORTH CAROLINA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INSTEAD OF SAYING, YOUR BANNERS ARE GREAT, HOW DID YOU DO IT? SO IT'S, IT HAS MORE OF AN IMPACT THAN YOU THINK.
SO NOW WE, WE HAVE SET THOSE PEOPLE.
LET'S, NOW WE CAN BOOK TO APPROVE THOSE THAT AD HOC COMMIT.
WE'RE KIND OF OUT, OUT OF, WE'RE OUT OF SEQUENCE A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FIRST, THEN ADDED MEMBERS TO AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
BUT THAT'S THE, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS WHO WE'VE SAID SAY, AYE.
OPPOSED, ABSTENTIONS PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE.
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NOT GONNA PUSH THAT.CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WHERE DID THESE NUMBERS COME FROM? 57.
UM, SO THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE ADD THE ITEMS, THOSE ARE GENERATED IN THE SYSTEM.
DOES 57 MEAN SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S OUR NO GROUP OR ANYTHING? NO, I THINK IT JUST, IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S BEEN 57,000 AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE NOW.
AND I GUESS THESE ARE ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS OF ALL THE COMMISSIONS USING THIS SYSTEM.
EVERYTHING INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE'RE GOING ON TO 7 2 2 2, WHICH IS RECOMMEND TO DISCUSS THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION AND RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT ON EVENT SURVEY RESULTS.
WE HAVE A SECOND NICK SECONDS.
UH, GINA, WHY DON'T YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STUDIES AND ALL THE, YES, YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR HAND AND THEN, AND, BUT JUST TURN IT OVER SO THAT THIS IS FIRST THE STATE WILL BE IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE QUESTIONNAIRE, WHICH WE WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME, BUT, OH, WHERE IS IT? OKAY.
IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT WENT OUT AND 47 PEOPLE RESPONDED TO.
UH, IT WAS CONDUCTED BY OUR DATA ANALYST, REBECCA FAM.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST WANNA SEE REALLY QUICK INDICATE YOUR LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH EACH STATEMENT BELOW.
I WAS SATISFIED WITH THIS EVENT.
YOU SEE THAT THERE'S STRONGLY AGREE, DISAGREE IN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
DID YOU ATTEND THE VETERANS DAY EVENT LAST YEAR? I KNOW IT REALLY IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, THEN HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE EVENT? WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS DO YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE FUTURE EVENTS? IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THAT INFORMATION TOO.
AND THEN THE REST OF IS DEMOGRAPHICS AND ALL OF YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS IS OPTIONAL, BASICALLY.
ARE YOU A VETERAN? WHAT IS YOUR AGE? WHAT IS YOUR ZIP CODE? THAT WAS, WE DID WANNA KNOW WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM? UH, AND THEN THE RACIAL, UH, WHAT RACIAL GROUPS DESCRIBE YOU IF MULTIRACIAL, SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
UH, IF YOU IDENTIFY AS, EXCUSE ME, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, IT WENT INTO DETAIL.
IF YOU IDENTIFY AS ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, GOT INTO MORE DETAIL AND IF YOU, UH, IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC, LATINX, IT WENT INTO MORE DETAIL.
SO THEN WE GO TO THE RESULTS, WHICH ARE AT THE TOP.
I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS.
WHERE, HOW DO I GET TO THE TOP? YEAH, THERE SHOULD BE EIGHT PAGES AND I, YEAH, THERE WE GO.
UM, SO AS YOU SEE THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, UH, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE 9 0 8 0 5 NORTH LONG BEACH.
UM, ONLY 12 PEOPLE IT LOOKS LIKE ANSWERED THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
BUT THERE IS A BREAKDOWN THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE.
UM, I HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROCESSED THIS IN DETAIL, BUT I WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE IT 'CAUSE IT JUST CAME OUT.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE VETERAN STATUS, YOU SEE THAT 11% PREFERRED NOT TO ANSWER.
38% OF THE 47 PEOPLE WERE VETERANS AND 51% OF THEM WERE NOT VETERANS, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING.
SO THERE WAS A GOOD TURNOUT OF NON-VETERANS.
AND THEN RACE ETHNICITY IS THE, THE BREAKDOWN THERE OF, UH, WHITE PREFER NOT TO ANSWER BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN, MULTIRACIAL, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, ET CETERA.
AND THEN IDENTIFYING AS LATINX OR HISPANIC IS ON HERE.
THE AGE GROUP, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS, UH, SMALL SAMPLING, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE 60 PLUS THERE THAN OTHER AGE GROUPS.
AND ON THE BACK YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF RESPONDENT SATISFACTION.
I AM SATISFIED WITH THIS EVENT.
UH, 35 OF THOSE 47 WERE, IT WAS GREAT.
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HONORED AND RECOGNIZED AT THIS EVENT.STRONGLY AGREE, THE WINNER THERE.
UH, THIS EVENT HELPED ME FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO OTHER VETERANS, UH, IN THE HIGH AND THE STRONGLY AGREE AND AGREE.
AND THEN I LEARNED ABOUT NEW RESOURCES AT THE RESOURCES FAIR.
AND WHAT'S OF INTEREST, UH, TO ME IS, IS UH, I'M, I'M SKIPPING TO THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS ATTENDED LAST YEAR.
I DON'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING I DO EITHER.
AND THEN, YES, 35% AND NO, 61%.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TO VETERAN'S DAY BEFORE AMONG THIS SMALL SAMPLE, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN HOW THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE EVENTS.
A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER, 28% OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT, 17%, WHICH MEANS OUR NEWSLETTER IS GETTING THROUGH TO PEOPLE READING IT.
OTHER VETERAN SERVING OR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
15% SOCIAL MEDIA, 15% AND OTHER 22%.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT OTHER MEANS HERE,
UH, 47 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETED THE SURVEY.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREED OR AGREED.
THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE EVENT AND FELT VETERANS WERE HONORED AND RECOGNIZED.
UH, NEARLY 64% OF RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREED.
THEY LEARNED ABOUT NEW RESOURCES.
I THINK THERE'S AN ABOUT MISSING THERE.
AND 57% STRONGLY AGREED THAT THE EVENT HELPED THEM FEEL MORE CONNECTED WITH VETERANS.
SO THERE'S SOME, UH, THERE'S SOME DATA THERE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE'S NO HIT HIT.
STAR CAME COOL SQUARE AND COLLEGE PARK AND HIT HOUSES.
YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING TO EVERYBODY, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND MADE SURE THAT THAT SECTION HOPEFULLY GOT HIT AND HOPEFULLY THEY GOT THERE.
UM, I SAW A FEW, UH, WHEN I WAS THERE THAT I RAN INTO, UH, THAT, THAT WERE, THAT WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE.
SOME DIDN'T SAID THAT THEY HADN'T HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
THEY WERE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
IT WAS JUST, UH, I JUST, I JUST, I JUST SCOOPED UP A NUMBER OF KIDS AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE AND WE JUST WENT DOOR TO DOOR.
QUESTION, CAN THE CITY OR ITS RESOURCES, UM, PULL OUT DEMOGRAPHICALLY THROUGH WHO VET VETERAN HOUSEHOLD ADDRESSES ARE? REASON I ASK THAT.
'CAUSE IN REAL ESTATE WORLD, WE DO TARGETED DOOR KNOCKING, WHICH MEANS WE ALREADY KNOW THEY'RE SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT DOOR.
LIKE, LIKE THE PEOPLE IN THE, UM, POLITICS, THEY DO TARGETED DOOR KNOCKING BECAUSE THEY ALREADY KNOW WHO'S THE DEMOCRAT.
WHAT, WHAT ADDRESS IS WHAT, RIGHT? IS THAT A, IS THAT A FEE? CAN YOU SEE IF THERE'S, ASK OUR CITY IF THERE'S A FIELD THEY CAN SEARCH.
SO WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THE VETERAN HOUSEHOLDS WERE SO THAT EACH OF US COULD TAKE A, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S, WE EACH ONLY HAD A HUNDRED, WE COULD GO KNOCK THOSE DOORS OR WE COULD GET OUR INTERNS DURING THAT PERIOD TO GO KNOCK THOSE DOORS IF POSSIBLE AND HAND OUT POSTCARDS OR DROP UP TO AT LEAST GET, SEND 'EM A POSTCARD WITH THE POSTCARDS.
'CAUSE THEN WE CAN BE REALLY TARGETED IN WHO WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE AS OUR, UM, AS OUR KEY MARKET.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I, THE ONLY TIME THAT I'VE SEEN SUCH LISTS OR, OR KNOW THAT SUCH LISTS EXIST IS IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THEY PROVIDE YOU A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL ON YOUR, IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR SAY, COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, UH, YOU CAN GET THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS MY BEING A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND BEING ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THAT, I, IT SOUNDS WELL, LET'S, LET'S NOT GUESS.
WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION UP THE CHAIN AND SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS.
THE ONLY WAY YOU HAVE THAT IS DURING A CENSUS PROBABLY OR SOMETHING.
WELL, THAT'S A STARTING POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A FIELD FOR IT.
AND IF IT'S GETABLE AND EVEN IF WE JUST DID IT AS, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO TO THEIR DOORS.
WE COULD TAKE SOME OF THE MONEY AND DO A DIRECT MAIL TO THOSE THOUSAND DOORS.
I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK, BUT I'M THINKING, DID WE HAVE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IF I'D SEEN AN BED AT SILVERADO PARK, I MEAN THEY'RE THE TWO CORNERS ALONG SANTA FE HAVE REAL NICE HUGE BANNERS TELLING WHAT IT IS.
DO WE, CAN WE DO THAT? YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE A BANNER ON HARDING AND PALM BEACH BOULEVARD IS, YOU KNOW, ATLANTIC A BIG BANNER THERE.
YOU KNOW, JUST IN THE GROUND WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BY AND SAY, OH, VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING GOING ON, BUT
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THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AS YOU DRIVE BY.THATS, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND MAYBE HOW CAN WE GET SOMETHING IN EACH OF THE DISTRICTS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST THE REC CENTER OR IF, IF PEOPLE ARE DRIVING, YOU KNOW, I SEE STUFF IN SILVERADO PARK, I OH, THAT EVENT'S GOING ON.
YEAH, NO, I YOUR YOURS IS NUMBER ONE.
I MEAN, GOING FURTHER FROM THAT, SAYING, OKAY, WHAT IF WE DID THAT AND OTHER YEAH.
OTHER, OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT LIKE THE, UM, WE JUST HAD AT THE BELMONT SHORE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
THERE ARE POSTER, THERE ARE BANNER, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF ABOUT THAT ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND THAT THEY GET A GREAT DRAW.
HOW DO WE COPY, HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION? THEIR IDEA? YEAH.
I THINK IT'S REALLY A BUDGET CONSIDERATION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FUNDS FOR THE EVENT ARE ALREADY PRETTY TIGHT BECAUSE THE COST OF DOING EVENTS IN GENERAL HAS GONE UP QUITE A BIT.
BUT, UH, THERE IS NO, UH, REASON WHY WE CAN'T, EACH OF YOU, IF YOU FOUND A SPONSOR TO SAY, HEY, IT'S GONNA COST THIS MUCH FOR THIS MANY BANNERS.
OR WE CAN DO NORMAL SQUARE SIGN, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE SQUARES WITH THE STICK IN THE GROUNDS YEAH.
FOR THE LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.
TWO NICE BANNERS ON THE CORNER SAYING WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BECAUSE I MEAN, BANNERS ARE NOT SUPER EXPENSIVE.
SO, BUT, BUT COMING UP WITH A FEW, LIKE A QUOTE FOR THAT.
AND WE CAN USE, WE GO THE DESIGN WE'VE ALREADY GOT, SO IT'S NOT COMPLICATED.
IT'S JUST SCALING UP WHAT WE YEAH.
JUST SCALING SOMETHING BIG ENOUGH WHERE THOSE VENDORS WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A DATE ON 'EM.
WE'RE NOT GETTING STUCK WITH SOMETHING THAT SAYS X TO Y.
IT'S JUST, OR OR YOU COULD HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE THEM WITH STRAP UP MOVABLE THINGS WHERE YOU CAN PUT NEW DATA ON IT EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION HAS BEEN ALSO BROUGHT UP BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE VETERANS COMMUNITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SAY ON PER SE.
WELL, UM, VETERANS PARK, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN CD SEVEN, CAME UP AS YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AROUND THAT FROM WHO? UM, A FEW, A FEW VETERANS THAT I KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BROUGHT IT UP AS, OKAY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A, A DRILL DOWN ON WHO'S WANTING IT MOVED BECAUSE THERE DISCUSSION'S BEEN AROUND AND UNLESS THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE PROPOSE OR THAT THE COMMISSION IS INTERESTED IN OR, OR I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN A ROW ABOUT POSSIBLY MOVING IT TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT.
JUST SO IT FEELS, SO IT'S FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE, YOU KNOW, WHO LIVE SEVEN MILES AWAY FROM HERE, ANY PLACE WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT.
UM, WELL THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT IT, THAT WE MAY MOVE IT AROUND.
AND ALSO FOR NEXT YEAR'S, UM, STATISTICS, ADD THAT AS A QUESTION.
LET THEM LET OUR STATISTICIANS GO THROUGH THE, WHOEVER THEY ASK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
BECAUSE IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH PEOPLE SAY, GEE, ALL THE WAY UP NORTH LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, BUT I LIVE IN THE SIXTH AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH OR WELL YOU HAVE THE POWER AS THE COMMISSION TO TALK TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MEANING I, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN, YOU KNOW, SUGGESTING WE MAY LOOK AT OTHER YEAH.
I'VE HEARD YOU'VE ALL HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S NOT, IT'S HMM.
WE, THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN AT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW YEAH.
PLACES, TONS OF PLACES AROUND TOWN THAT EVENTS HAPPEN.
OF CITY, CITY PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN USED.
IT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A DEBIT YOU'D HAVE ONE YEAR THAT WOULD BE LOW JUST 'CAUSE YOU MOVED IT, IT WOULD CONFUSE PEOPLE AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR IT'D BE FINE.
BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT.
I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD THOSE LOCATIONS BE AND WE CAN START GOING, OKAY, IF WE DID THIS, AND THEN WE GO, WE TALK IT OUT AND GO, WHY? IF THERE'S A GOOD WHY, WHICH IS FINE, WE GO, OKAY, NOW LET'S LOOK WHERE, WELL, IT MIGHT BE IN THE, IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE.
WE COULD PICK A COUPLE PLACES.
WOULD YOU, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU THINK WE'D GET, WOULD YOU BE MORE LIKELY TO COME IF IT
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WAS YEAH.AT, AT THIS PARK OR THIS PARK.
SUGGEST A COUPLE DIFFERENT PARKS.
MAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY AND GO, MAYBE IT HEADS MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.
I JUST DON'T HAPPENS VERSUS THE, THE PERIPHERY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKS ON THE PERIPHERY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE.
BUT HOW DO WE PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE TO MAKE IT AS CONVENIENT FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN? HELL WE COULD EVEN PUT IT ON THE VA CAMPUS MOST LIKELY.
BUT THEN PEOPLE GETTING IN AND OUT.
THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.
BUT, WELL, I THINK ALMOST, WELL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT ON YOUR CAMPUS.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ON PACIFIC.
THEY DO THE, THEY DO THE SWAP MEET THERE EVERY WEEK AND THEY DO THE, THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT BE ESSENTIAL AREA.
NO, IT'S, IT'S A DISCUSSION TO HAVE.
THAT'S WHAT MIGHT BE ESSENTIAL AREA TO HAVE IT AT.
WE'LL PUT THAT IN THE, PUT THAT IN THE, THE HOLDING FILE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MM-HMM
THAT IT CAN BE FOR EARLY NEXT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME EARLY NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAVE, WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION PROBABLY BY JANUARY, FEBRUARY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
WELL, TO GET THE PART, YOU HAVE TO DO IT PROBABLY A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME AND ASK WHO IS THE, THE HONCHO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL EVENTS IS THE OPERATOR OF WHAT THE WHOLE EVENT.
I, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WOULD WE HAVE TO GET COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO MOVE THE EVENT? THERE'S A QUESTION AND YOU CAN ASK JEFF THAT.
WELL, I, I THINK HAVE, IF IF YOU WERE TO, AS WHEN WE IZE THIS, SAY, HEY, I'M COMING TO THE TABLE AND SAYING I, I AGREE THAT MOVING IT TO VETERANS PARK IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT IS A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK YOU WOULD START BY TALKING TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BRING IT TO THE, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL, THE MOVING OF IT, I'M, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE TO SAY WE'RE MOVING IT? WE JUST SAY WE'RE HAVING IT HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL 'EM WHERE IT USED TO BE.
WELL THE ISSUE IS GONNA COME UP.
IF THEY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF US MOVING IT, THERE'S GONNA BE A FIGHT.
SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED THAT ONE DISTRICT, THE ONE LOSING IT.
IF THEY DON'T MIND, IF THEY ARE OKAY LOSING IT, GREAT.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING.
BUT IF THEY'RE, WE'D HAVE TO GENTLY HAVE THEIR REP BROACH THE QUESTION AND SEE WHAT THEIR OPINION IS.
'CAUSE THEN WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FIGHT'S GONNA BE.
BECAUSE IF THEY SAY NFW, IT'S STAYING HERE.
'CAUSE IF IT WAS REX, HE'D HAVE SAID THAT.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER HE THAT WAS LIKE, NO, YOU'RE NOT MOVING THIS FOR MY DISTRICT.
AND THE MAYOR'S NOT GONNA BE REAL HIP ON IT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE GETS MAKE THE DECISION FIGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO WANT TO MOVE TO VETERANS PARADE DOWNTOWN.
SYSTEM UNDERSTANDS IT'S NOT HIS DECISION, IT'S THE DECISION FOR COUNCIL.
BUT IT'S HIS SWAY IF WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOMETHING.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN UPSET, THAT'S GOOD DISCUSSION.
AM I HERE REAL QUICK? MOVE TO, ALRIGHT.
UM, NOW WE'VE HAD OUR DISCUSSION VOTE ON AGENDA ITEMS FEATURE.
RECEIVING, UH, RECEIPT END FILE.
WHAT DO I DO TO GO BACK? OH, JUST HIT THIS.
I DON'T, THERE'S NOT MUCH ON NON AGENDA BIG AND BRIGHT RED.
HOW DO, UM, ARE THERE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT BROUGHT UP AND PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH? I THINK WITH REGARD TO MY REPORT WHERE I MENTIONED SOME OF THE ITEMS, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE FUTURE, CAN WE MAKE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? AN AGENDAS ITEM? YOU CAN, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA YET.
IF YOU DO HAVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IN PUTTING ON THE AGENDA, EMAIL THEM TO GINA.
WE WON'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION NOW THAT WE'LL BE VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT IF YOU'RE EMAILING THEM TO GINA.
SO PROCEDURALLY IT'S EMAIL, YOUR EMAIL SUGGESTIONS TO GINA.
THEN THEY'LL BE REVIEWED BY THE REVIEW, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.
THEN THEY'LL BE REVIEWED BY THE, WHEN WE PUT THE AGENDA TOGETHER EVERY MONTH AND TRY TO GO ON THERE.
'CAUSE THEN WE CAN START, EVERYBODY HAS A SAY YES IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING THEY WANT TO
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TALK ABOUT AND GET ON THE AGENDA.SO JUST LET, SEND THE FIRST, SEND IT TO GINA.
SHE CAN CONSOLIDATE THEM AND AT THE END WHEN SHE BRINGS THEM TO ANTOINETTE AND I PUT THE AGENDA TOGETHER, WE CAN PUT THEM IN AND IF YOU PREFER, WE COULD ALSO MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR A FUTURE MEETING.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO JUST HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM ON EVERY AGENDA ON EVERY LAST MEETING.
AND YEAH, WE JUST, YOU SEE, AND THE THING IS, WE CAN HAVE MORE IF YOU FORGOT, IF YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING DURING THE MONTH, YOU CAN ALWAYS LET GINA KNOW.
BUT THIS IS A NICE FORUM WHILE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
JUST EVERY MONTH JUST HAVE THE EVIDENCE AGENDA.
THE LAST THING WE DO IS ANYBODY GOT ANY? BECAUSE WE CAN TALK WELL THINGS WE HAVE COME UP IN THE, IN THIS PROCESS.
THAT WE JOGGED OUR MIND AND NOW WE'RE GOING OH, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT AS WE'LL.
HAVE AN AGENDA THAT WE, ITEM THAT WE DISCUSS.
WE CAN BRING IT UP FOR NEXT MONTH AND HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.