* 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] OKAY, [CALL TO ORDER] HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 18 MEETING TO ORDER FOR DECEMBER 10TH, 2025. UH, MADAM [ROLL CALL] CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER CHIN HERE. COMMISSIONER CLARK HERE. COMMISSIONER HINES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER RO, COMMISSIONER T. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND HERE. VICE CHAIR GIBBS HERE. CHAIR VALENCIA. HERE WE HAVE FORM FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER SALO AND COMMISSIONER MAY ARE EXCUSED FROM THIS. UM, AT THIS TIME, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE UN SILENT. THANK YOU. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] WELL, CAN YOU STAND LEDGE? OH, I'M LOOKING TO SEE IF I HAVE A FLAG OVER HERE. I KNOW. LET'S PRETEND ALLEGIANCE UNITED TO THE REPUBLIC NATION ONE NATION FIVE INDIVISIBLE AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU. AND MR. HINES, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE EV STATEMENT? WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LONG BEACHES, HOPEFULLY THE DIVERSE OLDEST POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE OF SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND LANGUAGE ACCESS. MR. CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? WE, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LAND OF MANY INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO CALL THESE ROUNDS HOME. WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND RESILIENCE, AND THEIR SPIRIT MAY BE STRIVE. I ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR ELDER. THANK YOU. UH, NOW MOVING ON IS A RECOMMENDATION [1. 25-57169 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Advisory Commission on Aging meeting of Wednesday, November 12, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING OF 2025. MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM. I'LL SECOND MA'AM. MOVE BY COMMISSIONER GIBBON AND PRESIDENT COMMS COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ABOUT OR HAVING ANY DIRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER? A HEARING? NONE. NO. NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH ANYONE. WOULD THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES? PLEASE STAND. OKAY. SEEING NONE, UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE TALK TO THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER CIA? YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK? YES. COMMISSIONER HINES? YES. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND, VICE-CHAIR GIS CHAIR VALENCIA GROUP. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANKS. [2. 25-57170 Recommendation to receive and file Superintendent's Update on Citywide Senior Programming and the new Senior Center.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE ON CITYWIDE SENIOR PROGRAMMING AND THE NEW C CENTER. ALRIGHT, WELL WELCOME TO DECEMBER EVERYONE. AND JUST A QUICK, UH, COUPLE QUICK THINGS. GO AHEAD. SENIOR CENTER, I PUT FLYERS ON YOUR DESK. SO ONE IS THE NEWSLETTER FOR WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FOURTH STREET OR THE SENIOR CENTER ON FOURTH STREET. UM, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. WE DO HAVE JAZZ ANGELS PERFORMANCE AND THIS IS COMING ON THE 17TH, BUT, UM, PARTNERS WITH PARKS HAS, UM, GRACIOUSLY PUT THIS CONCERT ON AT FOUR DIFFERENT OF OUR SENIOR SITES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. AND THEY'RE GIVING AWAY SOME GIFT CARDS AS WELL, UM, GROCERY GIFT CARDS TO OUR SENIORS AT THIS EVENT. UM, SO THAT'S JUST ONE EVENT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON HERE. WE HAD A THANKSGIVING EVENT BACK ON, UM, THE, I WANNA SAY IT WAS THE 22ND BEFORE, UM, NOVEMBER, AND IT WAS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THEY BROUGHT IN 150 MEALS FOR SOME YEARS, UM, DINNER. UM, WE ALSO HAD THE GREAT PANTHERS GIVING OUT GIFT CARDS THAT DAY. UM, AS WELL AS WE HAD, UM, UH, A DONATION TO COMING GREAT PLANTS, SOME GENTLEMEN WHO CAME ABOUT FIVE HANDS WHO OUR SENIORS , UM, DURING, UM, THAT WEEK. SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN A FORTUNATE IN PROVIDING SOME THOSE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR GIFT CARDS OR FOOD, UM, FOR OUR SENIORS. UM, ONE THING COMING UP IN, UM, DECEMBER, AT THE END OF DECEMBER, WE DID THIS LAST YEAR AND IT WAS AT THE LONGEST BEACH SENIOR CENTER THIS YEAR. WE'RE DOING THAT AT UM, EL DORADO PARK. WE HAVE A NEW YEAR, [00:05:01] YEAR'S EVE COUNTDOWN CELEBRATION. IT IS TECHNICALLY NOT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE NOT AT MIDNIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE LATE FOR SOME OF OUR, UM, SENIORS TO GET OUT. SO WE'RE HAVING IT ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30TH FROM THREE 30 TO SEVEN 30. UM, WE'RE BRINGING IN, UM, FOOD. WE HAVE LIKE GAME TABLES, LIKE CASINO GAME TABLES WHERE THEY'RE FREE FOR PEOPLE TO PLAY. YOU CAN GET TICKETS AND THEN YOUR TICKETS GO IN THE RAFFLE PRICES. BUT NEXT WEEK YOU HAVE A CHANCE OF DOING DIFFERENT RAFFLE PRIZE. UM, WE HAVE MOCKTAILS, WHICH AREN'T REAL COCKTAILS, BUT MOCKTAILS AND DINNER BINGO DANCING A DJ. UM, SO WE DO RECOMMEND SIGNING UP. SO THERE IS SPOTS ON THE BACK TO SIGN UP. UM, WE'RE TAKING ABOUT 40 PEOPLE FROM EACH OF OUR SENIOR CENTER SITES, SO ABOUT 240 TO 280 PEOPLE WILL BE AT THIS EVENT, UM, ALL OVER THE AGE TO 50. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. SO JUST A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS COMING UP. UM, ALSO I WANTED TO KINDA LET YOU KNOW, I KNOW LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THE BUDGET OFFICE COME OUT TO OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS. UM, I HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH THEM AND THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A THREE PERSON PRESENTATION TO COME OUT AND TALK, UM, TO YOU ABOUT, UM, OUR OLDER ADULTS IN THE CITY BUDGET. UM, WE DEBATING ON WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR THEM TO COME OUT IN FEBRUARY TO SPEAK FOR JANUARY'S ELECTION. WE ALREADY HAVE A SPEAKER GOING ON, SO FEBRUARY THEY CAN'T DO FEBRUARY. SO THEY'RE BACK TO PUSH IT TO MARCH UNLESS WE WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE PRESENTATION IN FEBRUARY. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOU GUYS SO YOU CAN GIMME DIRECTION IF YOU WANTED IT IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OR UM, FOR THAT BUDGET COMMUNICATION. SO THAT'S JUST SOME INFORMATION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE I HAVE MADE CONTACT AND WORKED ON THEM COMING THROUGH PRESENT WITH YOU. OKAY. UM, SO I'LL PROBABLY GO WITH MARCH UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER DIRECTION, THEN UM, EMAIL ME AND LET YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LAST I KNOW, UM, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE SENIOR CENTER. I HAVE ASKED, UM, PUBLIC WORKS TO PLAN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETING SO THEY GAVE ME SOME UM, POINTS TO JUST KINDA LET YOU KNOW. UM, THE PLAN IS IN THE SPRING FOR THEM TO COME TO ONE OUR MEETING. SO I'M WORKING WITH THEM TO ACTUALLY DO A FULL PRESENTATION ON WHAT GOING ON. UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH SOME OF THE TALKING POINTS, UM, PANEL AND LET YOU KNOW. UM, SO THE DESIGN TEAM AND CITY TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING MAKING SURE ALL PROGRAMS, UM, AT THE CURRENT SENIOR CENTER, UM, IS OFFERED IN THE NEW FLOOR PANEL AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THE NEW SENIOR CENTER, UM, WILL BE ON ELMAN FIRST STREET. UM, SO IT'S AN OLD EDISON EDISON, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE GP RIGHT NOW, ED BUILDING. UM, SO IT'S THE WHOLE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THAT FACILITY THAT IS GONNA BE THE SENIOR CENTER. UM, SO UM, THERE'S A DESIGN TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THE DESIGN PROCESS. THIS IS WHAT THEY CONSIDERED A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE DI DESIGN PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE JUST LIKE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, HOW TO FIT IT IN THAT SPACE. UM, THAT SPACE DOES, UM, PRETTY MUCH, UM, THEY, THERE ARE SOME DESIGN CHALLENGES BUT ALSO PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY. THERE ARE EXISTING LIKE STRUCTURAL PILLARS IN THE BUILDING AND WHILE THAT CAN'T BE MOVED BECAUSE OF STRUCTURAL PURPOSES, SO THEY'RE DESIGNING, YOU KNOW, AROUND THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND BEING CREATIVE WITH THEIR LAYOUTS AND IN THE SPACE. UM, THEY'VE ALSO SAW SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC PICKLEBALL SEEING LIKE A BIG THING IN FITNESS ACTIVITIES. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ESTABLISH SPACES FOR THOSE AREAS IN OR AROUND THE CENTER. UM, AND THEN THE PARKING WILL BE DOUBLED AT THE CENTER, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, UM, TO HAVE. UM, THE DESIGN IS GOVERNED BY THE BUILDING CODE AS WELL AS A DA REQUIREMENTS AND THE DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT BUILDING TIES ALL REQUIRED REGULATION AND PUSHING FOR ABOVE THOSE REGULATIONS AS WELL, UM, TO NOT, UM, MAKE JUST THE MINIMUM OF, YOU KNOW, DOING THE REGULATIONS. UM, AND THEN THE FEEDBACK OF THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN IT. UM, PRETTY MUCH THE NEXT STEPS, UM, WE'RE PLANNING ON COMING BACK, UM, TO THIS COMMITTEE TO YOU GUYS IN EARLY 2026. UM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN TO PRESENT TO THE GROUP AS WE ALSO PLAN ON PRESENTING TO THE PARK AND RECOGNITION. SO THEY HAVE TO PRESENT TO THE PARK AND RECOGNITION ALSO BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT RECOMMENDED PROPER TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO THE PARK AND REC COMMISSION IS THE APPROVAL BODY IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE, WOULD HAVE TO PROVE THE DESIGN TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO BOTH COMMISSIONS TO LET YOU KNOW, UM, THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY FORM FORMAL PRESENTATIONS OR UPDATES SINCE THEY HAD THE UM, THE SURVEY AND ALL THAT OUTREACH THEY DID UNTIL 2024. UM, SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT AND TRYING TO PUT IT WITH THE DESIGN. UM, THE PROJECT STILL IS ON SCHEDULE TARGETING STILL FOR 2028 IS THE PLAN, UM, SOMETIME IN THAT YEAR TO HOPEFULLY MOVE INTO THE FACILITY. UM, BUT THEY JUST WANTED A GENERAL CLARIFICATION, [00:10:01] UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE IN THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN WHERE THAT'S JUST LAYOUT OF THE PROJECT. UM, THIS IS KIND OF STILL THE VERY EARLY UM, DESIGN CASES. THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE ENGINEERS INVOLVED OR UM, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BEFORE THEY DO THAT THEY'LL BRING IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC TO GET FEEDBACK, UM, ON THE DESIGN AND THE DETAILS BEFORE THEY DO IT LIKE MORE OF A . SO THAT'S KINDA WHERE THING, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE HOPEFULLY TO BE OUT SOMETIMES EARLY, UM, UM, SPRING TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS AND TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT COULD BE SOME DIFFERENT PLANS OF THIS. AND THAT'S ALL HAVE QUESTIONS. I THANK YOU ERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEIDI REGARDING THE REPORT? EXCUSE ME, CHAIR, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? OH, SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. MR UH, VICE CHAIR GIBBONS MOVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND TO RECEIVING FILE? I EACH REPORT SECOND. I INVITE MR. FAR AFTER THE REPORT. UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE REGARDING THE REPORT? WHAT YOUR CAR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UM, SO ONCE THAT FIRST JANELLE STREET, NEW SENIOR CENTER COMES ABOUT THE FOURTH STREET, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THAT? I HAVE NO IDEA. OH. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S UM, I'M NOT PRIVY TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS CITY'S GONNA DO WITH THAT. I THINK IT'S A RETROFIT KIND OF SITUATION. ISN IT FOR THAT BUILDING, MEANING THAT JUST FIXING IT UP? IT WAS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RETROFITTED. YEAH, THE BUILDING IS KIND, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH SHOWING ITS AGE, UM, WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. BUT THERE NEEDS SOME, A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND SO I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD CLEAN SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. THEN I THINK THE QUESTION IS ON UM, THIS, SO I SEE IT'S ON CEDAR BAKER, SO NOT THE SPRING STREET, SO I DON'T END IT FROM THE SPRING? NO. SO IT'S ON STUDENT BAKER. SO AT THE EL DORADO WEST SENIOR CENTER, IT'S AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO ON AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ON SPRING BETWEEN, I MEAN ON STUDE BAKER, BETWEEN SPRING AND WILLOW PARK THERE, THERE'S A A A, A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE. THERE'S THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN OUR MAIN PARK ADMIN BUILDING. SO IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER OUTSIDE AND IT'S GONNA TAKE OVER THAT WHOLE SPACE. THEY HAVE LIKE A DIFFERENT ROOM. SO ONE ROOM'S GONNA BE DANCING, ONE ROOM'S GONNA BE , ONE ROOM'S GONNA BE THE BINGO ONE, ROOM'S GONNA BE THE FOOD. IT'S JUST GONNA BE A WHOLE ENCOMPASSING HOW'S THE PARKING GONNA GO? 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE EIGHT MONTHS IN. OH NO, THIS IS NOT AT THE REGIONAL PARK. OH, THE REGIONAL PARK IS OFF SPRINGS STREET. OKAY. THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC PARKING, IT HAS FREE PARKING. SO IF YOU GO INTO WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY, THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION. MR. BANKS QUESTION ABOUT THE BAND THAT USUALLY PLAYS AT PUBLIC PARKING, LIKE THE WHOLE UM, NO, THAT'S THEIR MONDAY WEDNESDAY BAND. YES. AND THEY PLAY EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. SO EL DORADO HAS TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT. EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AT 1230 TILL TWO O'CLOCK THEY HAVE A, A BAND THAT COMES AND THEY JUST PLAY MORE LIKE 12 TO LIKE CLASSIC POOL LIKE MUSIC. AND WE'VE HAD 'EM AT DIFFERENT EVENTS. WE ARE NOT GOING WITH THEM. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OVER THE THAT WILL BE PROVIDING MUSIC BARRING ANY OTHER DAYS. THE SENIOR WILL POSSIBLY BE FROM 2030. WELL THEY'RE EXPECTING CON TON. THAT'S IT. SAID MOVE IN WOULD BE 2028. SO THAT'S, AND ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS I WAS INFORMED THAT GOING TO SHARE THAT SPACE IS THE HOW OF LOS ANGELES PER RENT SIX. SO THE BUILDING AND UH, LIKE FIVE STORE BUILDING, FIVE OR FOUR STORE BUILDING. SO PRETTY MUCH THE BOTTOM FLOOR IS LIKE ALL BUILDING. AND THEN THERE'S LIKE SECOND FLOOR IS LIKE PARKING, THIRD FLOOR IS LIKE HALF PARKING AND THEN HALF BUILDING. BUT THE BUILDINGS AREN'T ATTACHED. AND THEN THERE'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FLOOR THE NEXT FLOOR IS AGAIN, LIKE PARKING AND HALF BUILDING. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE UM, LONG IS GONNA HAVE ONE OF THE LIKE SPACES ON THE TOP AND THEN ANOTHER UM, CITY DEPARTMENT IS GONNA HAVE TOGETHER SPACE THERE. BUT THEY'RE LIKE SEPARATE BUILDINGS. SO WE'RE NOT SHARING OUR SPACE ON BOND. THEY'RE LIKE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKE GET OUTTA OUR BUILDING, LIKE GO LIKE THE STAIRS . SO THE SAME BUILDING DOES NOT THE SAME AREA ON THAT MAKES SENSE. YES. ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS ON THE COMMISSION FOR, UM, IF THE, THE, THE BUILDING ON FOURTH [00:15:01] IS NOT RE RETROFITTABLE OR WHATEVER IS NOT, IS IT STILL CITY PROPERTY? I BELIEVE IT IS. I CAN'T, I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE ON THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY ADVOCATE THAT IT BE, UM, DEVELOPED SITE BE DEVELOPED AS SENIOR HOUSING. OH YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR MANY OF THE SENIORS. UM, THE POP THE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THAT SITE IS. IT MIGHT BE GOOD GIVEN HOUSING CRUNCHES, UH, IF THEY UNAVAILABILITY OF A LOT OF HOUSING THAT IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THE CITY HOUSING OR CITY COULD DEVELOP IT, A SENIOR HOUSING THAT WOULD BE A PLUS FOR, AND I'LL AND I'LL BRING BACK SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW. HIGHLIGHT THAT KIND MOVING IN YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION. CLARIFICATION. 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE DEVELOPING THE SITE AT FOURTH AND UH, I HAVE THE MONEY. ALTOS HAS SEEN A LOT OF SENIOR HOUSING THERE. SO IF THERE COULD BE, UM, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD, IT COULD HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF SENIOR HOUSING IN ONE PART OF THE CITY, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ACCESS TO, UH, SERVICES AND EVERYTHING TO HAVE, HAVE A GOOD, UM, SENIOR HOUSING ORDER AND DISTRICT, UH, WHATEVER. OKAY. I WILL DEFINITELY FAX THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CLARK. THANK YOU. YOU SAID STAIRS, ELEVATORS? YEAH, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S ELEVATORS ON THERE, BUT YEAH, THE SENIORS IS ON THE SENIORS. YEAH. AND LIKE, UM, BUT TO GET TO ONE OF THE OTHER OFFICES THAT WE WANTED TO, WE COULD, THERE WILL BE A ELEVATOR. YEAH. AND THESE, THOSE SPACES AREN'T GONNA BE PUBLIC, LIKE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SPACES. SO LIKE IN THOSE SPACES IT'S JUST GONNA BE LIKE CITY STAFF THAT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE AREAS. UM, AND THERE, SO IT WON'T BE LIKE THE PUBLIC AREA. EVEN IN THE PARKING LOT THERE'LL BE LIKE DIFFERENT LEVELS WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK SO THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE AREAS. SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE WHERE YOU'LL SEE LIKE PUBLIC PEOPLE IN THOSE SPACES. WE'RE THE ONLY PUBLIC ENTITY IN THAT THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO PUBLIC. I JUST WANTED TO ADD IF I COULD, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TRYING ADDING HOUSING. I JUST WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BOTTOM FLOOR. EITHER COMMERCIAL RECREATION, SO THERE'S DUAL USE, DUAL PURPOSE AND THAT THE TOP HOUSING WOULD BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE IT COULD BE 55 ENOUGH, BUT IT COULD STILL BE 3000 A MONTH. SO IF WE JUST ADD THE WORD AFFORDABLE SO THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING, THEN IT'S AT LEAST SOMETHING THAT SEEMS FROM THE BOARD AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY OBTAIN. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REPORT FROM RECORD? NO HEARING. GOOD. UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU NOW SEE PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON CHINESE REPORT? PLEASE STAND. OKAY. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THE SENIORS ARE ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SENIOR CENTER TO PUT LIKE AN UPDATE IN THE NEWSLETTER. OKAY. AND EVEN IF IT'S A SENTENCE THAT SOMETHING'S COMING UP. SO, SO THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THEIR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU COMMERS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED. NONE. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER CIA. YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK. COMMISSIONER HINES. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND APPROVE VICE CHAIR. GIS APPROVE CHAIR. VALENCIA APPROVE. MOTION IS CARRIED. GREAT. UM, NEXT IS A [3. 25-57173 Recommendation to receive and file updates from Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES FROM AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO MAY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM PLEASE BY MR. VICE CHAIR GIBBONS SECOND. UM, NOW TURN TO THE COMMISSION TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, UM, WE BROKE INTO SOME AD HOC COMMITTEES. DID ANY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEES HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO REPORT ON TODAY? UM, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, UPDATED THE SENIOR VISIBILITY PLAN IS, UH, CALLING FOR YOUR INPUT. I CAN EMAIL, EMAIL DIRECTLY, UM, AN EMAIL. LET WRITE, I ONLY HAVE A FEW NOTES ON MY OWN. SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT, UH, ORIGINAL PLAN YOU HAVE AND, AND [00:20:01] REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE, UM, ADDITIONS TO IT OR I'LL PUT IN EVERYTHING I, I CAN DO AND THEN I'LL PUT IT ON THE FORMAL AGENDA. BUT HE HAD A NEW IDEA AND ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME. UM, AGAIN, THEY CAN EMAIL ME RIGHT? INPUT. WE'RE NOT SERIAL, YOU KNOW, EMAILING EVERYONE. UM, TYPICALLY IT SHOULD BE FILTERED THROUGH THE CHAIR, UH, SO THAT IT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE BROWN BY HITTING FIVE OR MORE MEMBERS. SO JUST EMAIL ME DIRECTLY. BUT , I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT CAN WORK ON COLLECTING INFORMATION AMONGST THEMSELVES AND THEN THEY BRING IT FORWARD AND THEN PROVIDE IT FOR INPUT EVERYONE AT THE MEETING. SO THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND NONE OF THE OTHER . AND UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE, I NEED THE INPUT OF THE . I GET THAT. UM, WELL THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BE PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS, UM, ANY INPUT. SO DOES ANYONE AT THIS TIME HAVE ANY INPUT? YOU REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT I WANTED NORMA? IF NOT, THEN PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT AND BRING IT TO ROOM FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO FOR THAT. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, MAKE YOU NOTE IF YOU COULD ALL MAKE YOURSELF A NOTE TO LOOK AT THIS VISIBILITY ACTION PLAN AND UH, BRING ANY NOTES THAT WE HAVE AND DISCUSS 'EM AT THE NEXT MEETING. THIS AGENDA, THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE AGENDA ACCOUNT AND THE OTHER A MEETING. HAVE ANY, UH, REPORTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PRESENTED THIS TIME? THIS IS GONNA BE, THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL BE ON EVERY, UM, EVERY MINUTES WHEN EVERY AGENDA GOING FORWARD. SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE SOMETHING THEY'D LIKE TO REPORT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO. OKAY. IS THERE ANY COMMENT? UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY, MR. THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE COURT? NOT COURT? NO. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FROM THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER CIA. COMMISSIONER CLARK. COMMISSIONER HINES. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND VICE CHAIR. GIBBONS CHAIR VALENCIA APPROVE. MOTION IS CARRIED. AND WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION [4. 25-57174 Recommendation to discuss and approve the transmittal of a letter to the Mayor and City Council regarding the distribution of incoming funds for aging adults throughout the fiscal year.        Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.  ] TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE THE TRANSMITTAL OF A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMING FUNDS FOR TEACHING ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEAR. THEY HAVE A MOTION OF ACCEPTING FOR THIS ITEM UPHOLD BY WE S SECOND SECONDED BY RICHARD ILLA. THIS THE LETTER? YES. UM, NOW THIS DISCUSSION. DISCUSS THIS ITEM. GO AHEAD. THIS IS THE, THE THIRD MONTH. SO I THINK THERE WAS SOME CHANGES. YEAH, BUT BETTER. I THINK IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS SOMETHING EVEN OVER THE WARNING, SO WE NEEDED TO GET IT BEING IMPROVED. THE WARNING WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE SOMEWHAT. I LIKE WORDS CHANGED THEM. EVEN THOSE, EVERY SLICE OF THE, SO IN THE ORIGINAL, I THINK THE ORIGINAL MEETING WAS ACTUALLY IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER WHEN WE APPROVED IT. AND THEN LAST MEETING IT JUST ASKED FOR AN UPDATE AND THEN APPROVE THE LAST MEETING. UM, BUT THE ORIGINAL MEETING WHEN WE, WE GUYS APPROVED IT, THERE WAS CHANGING MADE TO THAT BECAUSE THE YEAR WAS CHANGED. I KNOW IT SAID 2025, BUT PRETTY MUCH SINCE THAT FISCAL YEAR WAS ALREADY HAPPENING, YOU GUYS CHANGED IT TO 2026. SO WE HAD TO CHANGE THAT IN HERE. AND THEN, UM, I THINK THE FACT THERE WAS SOME CHANGES ON, UM, THE LAST SECOND SESSION AND ON THE LETTER. SO THOSE HAVE TO BE APPROVED SINCE THERE WERE CHANGES WHEN IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE I SENT ALL THOSE CHANGES BEFORE LAST WEEK. THOSE CHANGES WERE ALREADY, ALREADY VOTED ON AS MEETING VIRTUALLY VOTED ON THE CHANGE IN IT. SO IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD AUTHORIZED [00:25:01] YOU SEND THE LETTER AT THE LAST MEETING. BUT IF JUST IF WE DO THIS IN THE FUTURE, IT CAN'T TAKE FOUR MONTHS TO GET A LETTER. THIS SIMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TEXT OF WHICH I WROTE OVERNIGHT AND PRESENTED TO THE PHYSICIAN MEETING AND COMPLETELY APPROVED YES. TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS. YES, WE HAVE TO GO THAT THAT, BUT NOTHING SUBSTANCES THAT HAVE HAVE HAPPENED SINCE I WROTE THAT IN ONE NIGHT BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE HAD SAID. YOU KNOW, IT JUST CAN'T TAKE THAT LONG TO DO STUFF. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. YEAH, I THINK THE LAST MEETING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FULLY, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FULLY ON THE AGENDA, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD TAKE A VOTE ON THE CHANGES. THAT'S WHY WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL TO HAVE THE VOTE AND THAT WE CAN PROCEED AND FORWARDED ON HOW COULD IT NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE AGENDA LAST MONTH BEFORE THE MEETING, YOU ASKED ME HOW TO, HOW TO PUT THE, WHO IT WAS DIRECTED TO AT THE LAST SENTENCE. I THINK I ASKED THAT AFTER THE MEETING. BEFORE THE MEETING. WELL, UM, ANYWAY, SO MIKE, IT'S DONE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SERVE ON A COMMISSION THAT TAKES FOUR MONTHS TO DO A VERY SIMPLE LETTER FOR THE COMPANY MANAGER. IT'S HARD TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR WORK AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO REALLY CARE, UM, AND IT, IT LEADS TO CYNICISM. UH, AND I'M DIRECTLY TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. IT LEADS TO A CYNICISM ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ANYBODY REALLY WANTS US TO DO AND THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM. AND I, AND I THINK THIS IS OUR FIRST LETTER, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE. SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MOVING THE STEPS AND YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT THE PROCESS. BUT I THINK AS WE GET THIS ONE THROUGH, I THINK WE DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS BETTER AND LIKE ALSO ON THE CITY SIDE AND FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW TO MOVE IT. SO I DO APOLOGIZE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY PROBABLY BE I DON'T PLAN TO SERVE ON A COMMISSION THAT DOESN'T DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND THAT I CAN . I HAVE A QUESTION. IF WE APPROVE THE MINUTES THAT APPROVED WHATEVER WAS IN THE MINUTES WOULD'VE INCLUDED THE LETTER THEN WE CAN'T ADD IT NOW AND SAY WE ADDED IT NOW AFTER WE ALREADY APPROVED IT ALREADY. I'M, HOW DO WE UNITS WHERE THE I IS DISCUSSED? HE SAID WE ALL APPROVE THE MINUTES WITHOUT QUESTION OR WITHOUT DISCUSSION. HOW WAS THE LINE THAT WE DISCUSSING SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVING THE ORIGINAL VOTE WHEN WE VOTED ON THE MEETING MINUTES? RIGHT. YOU SAYING IT? I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW NOT GO BY BY ITEM AND SAY DO WE APPROVE THIS OR THIS OR THIS OR NOT. AND SAY IF WE APPROVE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE MEETING, WHICH WE DO, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LETTER, HOW DISCUSSING THE LETTER, IT CHANGES BECAUSE WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. MAYBE THAT'S THE, THE GUIDANCE WAS JUST TO GET IT APPROVED AGAIN NOW. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IT WASN'T AT THE OCTOBER MEETING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE VERBIAGE WAS, BUT THE VERBIAGE AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT WE'RE APPROVING. UM, AND IF THERE WAS CHANGES IT WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO GET REVIEWED AND PUBLIC INPUT. SO THE POINT IS TO HAVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THEY KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA SPECIFICALLY AND THEY KNOW IF THEY WANNA SHOW UP OR NOT. AND THEN IF THERE'S CHANGES, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE RE AGENDA SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT IS NOW BEING ADDRESSED. AND SO THE PROCESS IS IT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT IN A RECOMMENDATION ON THE AGENDA. ON THE LAST MEETING, IT WASN'T, UM, IT WAS JUST PART OF HER UPDATE. IT WASN'T AGENDA ITEM. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK IT DID MISS A MONTH. WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THE MISSION, UM, LIAISONS TO HELP WORD THEIR AGENDA ITEMS AND WE'RE UNDERSTANDING MORE OF WHAT YOU GUYS NEED TO, AND SO I THINK LOOKING FORWARD, WE KNOW HOW TO FAST TRACK THIS WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, DRAFT A RECOMMENDATION CORRECTLY SO THAT THEY CAN BE A, SO WHAT WE APPROVED FOR THE MINUTES WAS HER INCLUSION OF IT IN HER REPORT. YES. WE DID NOT APPROVE THE LETTER. YES. LAST YEAR. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, IF IT SAYS EVERYTHING, IT'S OKAY, THEN WE BACK THEN NOW I'M STANDING. YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY MATTER. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD THESE CHAIR MEETINGS NOW TO TRY AND DRAFT THEM AND UM, THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF CRAFT THIS VERBIAGE SO THERE'S NO MORE ISSUES AND IT'S APPROVED AND MOVE FORWARD. I'M SORRY, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. SO DID YOU CHANGE IT FROM [00:30:01] WHAT WE APPROVED? WE JUST WORDED IT AND CRAFTED IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE TODAY? UM, NOT THE LETTERS, JUST THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE AGENDA. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IS THIS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING IN MARCH? SO THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BUDGETS, SO IT MIGHT HIT ON SOME OF THIS TOPIC, BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD, UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST LAST MEETING BY COMMISSIONER TO HAVE THE BUDGETS COMING THROUGH EVENT SO WE KNOW WHAT OPTIONS FOR BUDGETS ARE. . THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSIONER ON ITEM? AND THE REASON IT'S GOING TO MARCH IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE BEFORE IN FEBRUARY, IN JANUARY WE ALREADY HAD THE ELECTION HAVE A, UM, AS COMMISSION. YEAH. UM, WE COULD ADD IT TO . IT'S GONNA BE A VERY LONG AND AVAILABLE FOR THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I WANNA BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION SO YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN COME DO A PRESENTATION. UM, BUT UM, THOSE ARE THE THREE KIND OF THE OPTIONS AND THE BUDGET APPROVAL WILL HAPPEN IN BEFORE THE NEXT APRIL MEETING? NO, THEY START BUDGET TALK IN JANUARY WITH SOME LIKE BUDGET MEETINGS. THEY HAVE BUDGET MEETINGS IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. SO THEY'RE START THE, START THOSE PUBLIC BUDGET MEETINGS. UM, THE BUDGET LIKE TALK START, UM, BUT THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY NOT TILL SEPTEMBER, BUT IN THE MAY I THINK AROUND EXACT DATES, BUT SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER RELEASES LIKE THE PROPOSAL OF THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHEN LIKE THE FORMAL BUDGET PROPOSAL COMES OUT. UM, BUT IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY THEY'LL START WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM. GREAT. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE BACK TO COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? GOOD. OKAY. UM, I LOVE THE LETTER. GREAT JOB NORM. THERE'S ONE THING MISSING, UH, BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT THE SENIOR CENTER HAS AN AFFILIATED FOUNDATION, UH, AFFILIATED NONPROFIT THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE LETTER BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC OVERSIGHT. THEY HAVE A THREE MEMBER COMMITTEE AND THEY DON'T EVER SAY WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I WAS GIVING MONEY TO OUR, OUR, OUR EDUCATOR BECAUSE SHE'S COMPLAINED ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY SUPPLIES. AND THEN SOMEBODY CAME TO ME AND SAID, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BUDGET. THE STAFF PERSON DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A BUDGET AVAILABLE FOR HER TO BUY SUPPLIES. NONE OF THE SENIORS KNOW. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE LETTER. UH, ANY OTHER AFFILIATED NONPROFIT ENTITIES NEED TO BE PART OF THAT BUDGET REPORT BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THAT NONPROFIT ENTITY. AND IT'S TIME. WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING. IF WE'RE ASKING ABOUT SCENARIOS THAT NEEDS TO BE, WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE? SO WE ARE ADJUSTING, THE WILL BE APPROVED ON THE NEXT JANUARY'S AGENDA, PERHAPS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT BEFORE MARCH WITH THE PERSONNEL FROM THE CITIES, DISCUSS IT BY INCLUSION OF WHATEVER ENTITIES WOULD ALSO HAVE AN INPUT IN THE BUDGET REGARDING SENIOR FUNDING. AM I ? YES. WILL THAT MAKE THE LETTER NOT GET TO SOMEBODY BETWEEN NOW AND JESUS, THE WAY WE WORDED THE RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN DISCUSS IT, WRAP IT TOGETHER, AND THEN FORWARD IT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOOD AT THIS MEETING. WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TOO. IT, SYLVIA WAS PASSED WITH DRAFTING TO PROVIDE A, AN ACCOUNTING ALL OTHERS SENIOR, ALL OTHER SPENDING THAT RELATED TO SENIORS, UM, IN THE CITY. AND THIS COULD, THAT COULD GO IN THAT SECOND LETTER. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THIS LETTER, BUT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR ALL THE THINGS. SO THAT [00:35:01] ONE O'CLOCK. WELL, UM, WE CAN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE THE LETTER TODAY AND WE CHANGE TODAY. TODAY. . MM-HMM . YEAH, WE CAN, OR WE GET WE CAN ALSO THAT. SO I WOULD, I PUT , I DON'T KNOW. SO I, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFIC DATE OF A NONPROFIT. THERE MAY BE OTHER DOING. SO WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION TODAY TO CHANGE THE LETTER AND STILL GET IT APPROVED TODAY INSTEAD. OR WE CAN JUST APPROVE TO HAVE IT SENT AS . SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION SO WE CAN, UH, YEAH, THE CHANGES TO THE LETTER TODAY WITHOUT THE NAMES OF THE EXACT , CAN WE DO IT AT ALL AS A LEGAL TERM? WE CAN JUST BE INCLUSIVE. WHOEVER ELSE IS OUT THERE. UM, I WOULD TRY AND FINALIZE THE LETTER TODAY. SO IF WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, I'D LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, SUGGESTION OF ADOPTING TODAY AS IS AND THEN INCLUDING ANY FURTHER AFTER MORE RESEARCH AND GETTING THOSE SPECIFIC NAMES IN THE ADDITIONAL LETTER. OH, SVIA LETTERS IS WRITING THE LETTER. OKAY. SO THAT'S HAPPENING. I, WE JUST NEED TO LET HER KNOW WHAT WE DONE. IS THAT, THAT EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED IN THE . I KNOW THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE LETTER AS WRITTEN TODAY. I SECOND IT AGAIN, THE SAME MOTION THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY. OKAY. OKAY. SO MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR A VOTE? YES. COMMISSIONER CIA APPROVE. COMMISSIONER CLARK. COMMISSIONER HINZ. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND APPROVE. VICE GIBBONS APPROVE CHAIR. VALENCIA APPROVED. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Advisory Commission on Aging on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] WE NO PUBLIC PROMISE YOU LIKE TO SPEAK. SPEAK STAND THAT UPDATE. UM, LH COUNTY HAS BEEN A PART OF OUTSIDE CONSULT TO RECOMMEND, UM, MERGING COMMISSION IN LA COUNTY. AND, UH, BOTH THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION AND THE AGING COMMISSION HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER. WE WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT THIS DISABLED DISABILITY COMMISSION MANAGING THE MISSION, MAINTAIN SEPARATE ENTITIES. SO, UM, AND OUR, UH, SUPERVISOR LOBBY QUITE INTENSELY ABOUT THE SSOCIATE DEGREE SUPPORT, KEEPING THEM SEPARATE. AND THEN WE HAD, UM, TWO, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE DISABILITIES COVERS CHILDREN AS WELL AS OLDER ADULTS AND AGING JUST AS OLDER ADULTS. THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO KEEP SEPARATE. BUT WE ARE WORKING, WE'VE AGREED TO WORK IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER. I'M GOING TO THE DIS DISABILITIES COMMISSION OF NEXT WEEK. SO, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND UM, LAST NIGHT AT CITY COUNCIL, THE ARMORY PROJECT WAS APPROVED AND IT IS A, A REHABILITATION OF, UM, A PROPERTY THAT HAS HISTORICAL VALUE TO THE CITY. SO THERE WERE SOME AMENDMENTS MADE TO IT. SO THAT PROJECT IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD AND IT'S 63 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS. SO WITH LINK HOUSING, THEY'VE BEEN A REALLY GOOD, UH, DEVELOPMENT PARTNER FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT WE WORK WITH. SO THEY'LL BE, THEY'VE BEEN FUNDED AND THE DEADLINE WAS DECEMBER 22ND. SO THEY'RE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE WOMEN'S AND GIRLS COMMISSION ON MONDAY, OH, THEY HAVE PRESENTATION ON RIGHT CHOICE VOTING AND THEY ALSO REVIEWED AD HOC COMMITTEES AND THEY AGREED TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AGING. SO LOOKING AT BOTH OLDER AND YOUNGER AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO A SAFETY FAIR AND THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND DO IT IN APRIL. SO THAT WAS ANOTHER MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH. SO, AND THEY VOLUNTARILY DID THAT. SO YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. YOU'RE DOING [00:40:01] A GREAT JOB. AND HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY. HAPPY HOLIDAY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY [ANNOUNCEMENTS] ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WILL BE TAKING IT INTO THE BEVERAGE HOUSE. I DO LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS OUT THE BEVERAGE HOUSE FOR A $5 DONATION AND THERE ARE FREE KEY LINES SITTING NEXT TO HEIDI . UM, ONE OF OUR DOCENTS HAS A KEY LIME TREE AND SHE HAS BROUGHT BUSHELS OF KEY LIME IN. SO WE ARE, WE'RE PUSHING THE KEY LIME FOR THEM. , MAKE SURE THAT BULB IS EMPTY. ALL OF OUR CATS ARE UP FOR ADOPTION. UM, SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT WANNA HAVE A CAT, IT'S AT THE BERRY HOUSE AT GMAIL AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO, UM, MAKE SURE THEY CAN DO THAT IF IT CAN. THEY ARE FIXED. THEY ARE NEUTERED, THEY'RE SHOT UP. SO THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. THANK YOU. VERY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS TODAY? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS, AS A PERMISSION TO SEND SOMETHING TO METRO TO AS A COMMISSION. I, I GUESS RE HAS DONE SOMETHING AND YOU DID SOMETHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE MIX UP ON AGENDA WHEN THEY SHOWED UP. UH, BUT IF IT COULD GO FROM THE WHOLE COMMISSION, IT MIGHT HELP COVER, UM, THOSE THINGS AND, AND THE BASE OF GOODWILL ON OUR PART THAT CAN COME BACK AGAIN, THAT, THAT WE'RE IN THEIR GOOD GRACE ISSUES SOMEHOW. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN A NEW, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE ABLE TO AGENDA THAT, BUT WE CAN ALL DISCUSS IT. AND, UH, SO FOR NEXT, NEXT MONTH AND TO APOLOGIZE TO THE, TO METRO AND HOPE THAT WE CAN INVITE A SPEAKER SOME POINT IN , WOULD YOU'D LIKE DRAFT THAT LETTER? YEAH, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE CHAIR, UM, HAVE A OFFLINE CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR, LETTING HER KNOW WHAT YOU WANT ON THE AGENDA. BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENTS RIGHT NOW. SORRY. WE WILL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. YOU COULD SEND ME EMAIL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION. DO WE HAVE A CALENDAR FOR SPEAKERS FOR NEXT YEAR? WE WILL HAVE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME. OKAY. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MAKING MAKE? YEAH, THE UM, FOOD GIVEAWAY AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE VETERAN STADIUM WAS REALLY GOOD. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WERE THERE, SYLVIA WAS THERE, BUT, UM, I THINK WE GAVE SUPPLIED FOOD, BIG BOXES OF PRODUCE AND CANNED GOODS. A BOX OF CANNED GOODS AND THEN A FOR EACH CAR. WE GAVE OVER 2,500 . PEOPLE GOT THERE LIKE AT SIX IN THE MORNING. IT WAS CRAZY. I GOT THERE AT TIME SEVEN 30 IN THE, A PARKING LOT WAS ALREADY FILLED WITH CARS WAITING. THAT'S WHERE WE BEEN. IF THERE'S NO OTHER, [ADJOURNMENT] UH, FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE CAN ENJOY THIS MEETING ON THE FLOOR. * 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.