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          I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE  ORDER FOR COURT. 
          PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          COMMISSIONER BENNETT. 
          COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ELLIS. 
          COMMISSIONER GAAN. 
          COMMISSIONER HANKS HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER COHERO. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER MARSH HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH. 
          GREAT. 
          COMMISSIONER SERGI. 
          VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ HERE. 
          CHAIR GAINES. 
          YES. 
          MAY FORM YOU. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          HI EVERYBODY. 
          I FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST LOOKING GUYS. 
          UM, BUT  HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK. 
          UH, JUST A REMINDER, MY NAME IS HEATHER VAN M THE ETHICS OFFICER FOR THE CITY. 
          I MANAGE THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY, AND WE LIVE IN THE CITY MANAGERS ALWAYS. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR AND JUST A FEW FRIENDLY REMINDERS FOR YOU ALL AS COMMISSIONERS. 
          JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. 
          UH, THE OFFICE OF ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY, OR WHAT WE CALL THE OET OUR MISSION IS PRETTY SIMPLE TO BUILD TRUST AMONG THE PUBLIC, OUR EMPLOYEES AND OFFICIALS, AND TO PROVIDE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO MAKE IMPARTIAL DECISIONS AS STEWARDS OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. 
          SO ALL OF OUR WORK IS REALLY CENTERED ON GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION. 
          WE HAVE OUR ETHICS HELPLINE. 
          WE OFFER ADVICE, UH, TO EMPLOYEES OF TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC TRUST. 
          SO WE ALSO MANAGE THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT PROGRAM, AND THEN WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO WHAT DID WE DO THIS PAST YEAR? UM, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC ROADMAP. 
          WE ADVANCED, UH, CITYWIDE ETHICS FRAMEWORK. 
          SO THIS IS CALLED THE FAIR ACT. 
          OUR ETHICS COMMISSION WORKED ON, UM, DRAFTING WHAT HOPEFULLY WILL BECOME A CITY ORDINANCE THAT REALLY CENTRALIZES ALL OF OUR LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS, BEST PRACTICES. 
          UM, SO THE MAYOR BROUGHT THAT CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, AND IT, UM, GOING TO GO BE AT THE GO E COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH AND HOPEFULLY, AGAIN, MAKING ITS WAY TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE. 
          UH, WE ALSO DEVELOPED THE CITY'S FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN TERMS OF SECOND. 
          UM, WE WORKED ON BUILDING OUT A MASTER'S COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION PLAN, AND THEN WE CONTINUED OUR OUTREACH TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND OUR STAFF LIAISONS. 
          SO THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING THAT WE DEVELOPED. 
          IT'S REALLY JUST A TOOL, UM, TO HELP FOLKS, PRIMARILY EMPLOYEES, COMMISSIONERS, TO, UM, TO NAVIGATE THEIR WAY THROUGH QUESTIONS THAT MAY COME UP, UM, FOR YOU IN YOUR WORK THAT ARE A LITTLE GRAY, GRAY AREAS SOMETIMES. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS  IS TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THAT. 
          UM, IT IS BASED ON ETHICAL LENSES AND THOSE ARE BASED ON THE CITY'S FIXED VALUES THAT YOU CAN FIND IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE DOING THIS YEAR? AGAIN, THE FAIR ACT. 
          UM, WE ARE WORKING ON UPDATING OUR TOOLS, INCLUDING THE FRAMEWORK I JUST SHOWED YOU. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE FOCUSED ON MANAGER SUPPORT THIS YEAR. 
          SO EXPANDING OUR RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE, UM, TO SUPPORT OUR MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS. 
          UH, WE'LL BE REFRESHING THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS TRAINING. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU TAKE IT. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON CLEAR COMMUNICATION, TRYING TO MAKE ETHICS FUN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          HAVE SOME TIME AND THEN SUPPORT WHEN YOU NEED IT. 
          AGAIN, OUR HELPLINE AND GUIDANCE. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS THERE. 
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SO WHAT ADVISORY BODIES DO AND WHY ETHICS MATTERS. 
          SO THIS IS THE MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO AS A REMINDER, YOU COMMISSIONS AND I MANAGE YOUR COMMISSIONS TOO. 
          SO WE, YOU ADVISE, YOU RECOMMEND YOU INFORM, WHICH SHAPES PUBLIC TRUST, WHICH REALLY INFLUENCES CITY DECISIONS. 
          SO I'D JUST LIKE TO BE A CHAMPION FOR COMMISSIONS IN THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND JUST REINFORCE THAT YOUR ROLE REALLY MATTERS. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL REALLY IS LISTENING TO YOU AND, AND READING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO, UM, YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS INFLUENCE COUNCIL ACTIONS TO STAFF ACTIONS AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION. 
          UM, SO BECAUSE OF THAT INFLUENCE, ETHICAL CONDUCT AND ADHERENCE TO THE VALUES REALLY MATTER. 
          EACH TIME YOU SEE A LITTLE FINGER POINTING, THAT'S JUST ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY REMINDERS. 
          SO, ANNUAL REPORTS, UM, THOSE ARE DUE IN JUNE OF EVERY YEAR. 
          THAT'S NOW IN THE CHARTER. 
          UM, SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON THOSE FORM 700. 
          IT IS THAT SEASON FOR YOU BY NOW HAVE STARTED TO HEAR FROM . 
          THOSE ARE DUE BY APRIL 1ST. 
          FAIRNESS AND PROCESS MATTER. 
          SO YOUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, , WE WILL GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU IN A MINUTE WITH BROWN ACT, YOUR BYLAWS, ROBERT'S RULES AND ORDER. 
          THE MEETINGS HAVE TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL OF THEM. 
          WHY? BECAUSE THEY ENSURE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT LIBERATION EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PUBLIC TRUST IN THE PROCESS. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO KEEP AND MAINTAIN, UH, PUBLIC TRUST. 
          A REMINDER, UNBIASED DECISION MAKING. 
          AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE TO REMAIN IMPARTIAL AND OBJECTIVE. 
          YOUR DECISIONS HAVE TO BE BASED ON THE RECORD, ON FACTS AND ADOPTED CRITERIA GIVEN THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS. 
          OF BIAS AND UNDERMINE PUBLIC TRUST. 
          AND WE DO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH ONE OR TWO OF OUR OTHER COMMISSIONS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          WHY? BECAUSE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE REALLY DEPENDS ON FAIRNESS, NOT JUST OUTCOME. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE MAKE YOUR DECISION BEHIND YOUR DIETS IS NOT BEFORE YOU WALK INTO THE MEETING. 
          SO ONLY THE CHAIR, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, ONLY THE CHAIR OR ANOTHER MEMBER FORMALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE COMMISSION CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION. 
          AND THIS APPLIES TO ANY COUNSEL. 
          OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS, EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, SIGNATURES, ENDORSEMENTS, OR PUBLIC STATEMENTS. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH ONE OR TWO OTHER COMMISSIONS. 
          SO JUST A REMINDER AND WHY THIS MATTERS, BECAUSE FORMAL APPROVAL PROCESSES HELP ENSURE STATEMENTS MADE OUTSIDE OF MEETINGS. 
          REFLECT YOUR OBJECTIVE, ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S OBJECTIVE, AND DON'T PROMOTE YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA. 
          YOU MAY SPEAK PERSONALLY AS A RESIDENT, BUT AGAIN, NOT OFFICIALLY AS A COMMISSIONER. 
          TRAINING MR. REMINDER, I'M SURE YOU DON'T NEED IT 'CAUSE YOU GET REMINDED ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU LEARN, UM, THAT YOU DO HAVE REQUIRED TRAINING. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE CITY'S CODE OF CONDUCT TRAINING ANNUALLY. 
          UH, THE STATE AND CITY HARASSMENT TRAINING THAT'S BI ANNUALLY. 
          BI-ANNUALLY STILL HAVE, UH, THE STATE REQUIRED AB 1244. 
          SO SOME FOLKS THINK THAT THE CODE OF CONDUCT REPLACES AB 1234 TRAINING. 
          THAT DOES NOT. 
          SO YOU STILL HAVE TO DO THAT BI-ANNUALLY. 
          THAT'S A TWO YEAR MINIMUM TRAINING. 
          YOU HAVE TO, OR SORRY, TWO HOURS. 
          YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST BE ON THE TRAINING FOR TWO HOURS. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'LL HAVE TO NOT FUN. 
          UM, AND THEN THE MAYOR REQUIRED TRAININGS, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE HOPEFULLY DONE NOW. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ALL LIVE AND LEARN. 
          AND THEN THE, UM, INFOGRAPHIC TO THE RIGHT TO  THE TWO, UM, EPIC STREAMS HELPLINE, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE HUNDRED NUMBER. 
          YOU CAN ALSO REACH US ONLINE. 
          MOST OF THE CALLS THAT WE GET ARE FROM AN EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO INCREASE, WHICH TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND THE OFFICE OF ETHICS IN TRANSPARENCY. 
          BUT THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE WITH JUST SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS AND REMINDERS. 
          YOUR ROLE IS ADVISORY. 
          KNOW WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING PERSONALLY VERSUS OFFICIALLY FORMAL PROCESSES MATTER. 
          YOU HAVE TO REMAIN FAIR AND IMPARTIAL, ALWAYS UNBIASED FOLLOW MEETING RULES. 
          AND AGAIN,  WILL GET MORE INTO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          AND THEN YOU THE REQUIRED TRAININGS AND DISCLOSURE AND YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT FIRM . 
          UM, BUT WITH THAT, THESE ARE ALL THE RESOURCES. 
          OH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE COMMISSION BOARD 
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AND COMMITTEE HANDBOOK. 
          THIS IS LIKE THE SECRET HANDBOOK THAT WE ALL HAVE, THAT WE ALL GET. 
          WE HAVE, THERE'S A TON OF REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION THAT THE COURT KEEPS UP TO DATE, UM, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS THAT THE ANSWERS ARE PROBABLY IN THIS HANDBOOK. 
          SO JUST REMEMBER YOU HAVE THIS HANDBOOK AND THEN THE ETHICS GUIDE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES THAT JUST, UM, GIVES YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF YOUR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS A POINT THAT I WOULD TAKE. 
          ANY QUESTION? WELL, FOR ETHICS COMMISSION, IT'S TYPICALLY AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR AGENDA SETTING, UM, IT USUALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP IN A CONVERSATION, EITHER AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, WHICH SOMEONE ASKED YOU TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO GET PERMISSION TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          SO THAT'S HOW I SUBMIT THEM. 
          AGENDA, THE COMMISSION VOTES ON IT. 
          AND THEN COMMISSION. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL EMAILS FROM THE CITY, SO JUST CORRESPONDANCE PLEASE, SOME EMAILS VERSUS WORK EMAIL, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO ANY LEVEL OF EXPOSURE OR DISCLOSURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WHATEVER EMAIL ADDRESS YOU ARE USING FOR CITY BUSINESS, THAT'S, UM, SUBJECT TO PUBLIC RECORD AND A, IT'S GOING TO GET MORE INTO THAT IN HIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, BUT IF YOU'RE DOING CITY WORK ON YOUR PERSONAL OR YOUR WORK EMAIL, THAT UM, BECOMES AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD. 
          THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY WORK EMAIL OUT OF THE CORRESPOND. 
          I WOULD THAT COMPLETELY SEPARATE. 
          YEAH, YOU GO GET YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL AND DONE THE A REQUEST COMES IF THEY CAN, THE A CAN BROUGHT , RIGHT? YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME OTHER PERSONAL EMAIL. 
          YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO YOU OKAY. 
          REGULAR BASIS CREATE GMAIL SOMETHING AND THERE'S NO AVAILABILITY OF CITY LIKE, OR OH NO, I DON'T THINK FOR COMMISSIONS, RIGHT? FOR CERTAIN COMMISSIONS. 
          THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMISSIONS. 
          THERE ARE THE CHARTER COMMISSIONS. 
          CHARTER COMMISSIONS, YEAH. 
          THIS ONE  AND I, WHEN I DO MY OWN EMAIL, I'LL SEND IT TO HER SO THAT YOU CAN CHANGE IT. 
          BECAUSE I BEEN, MY PERSONAL EMAIL AND MY WORK EMAIL, I  THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND I JUST WANTED TO HAVE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT'S PUBLICLY COULD BE . 
          AND ACTUALLY IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE, GO AHEAD. 
          DOES THAT ALSO APPLY FOR CELL? GO AHEAD. 
          I LIKE ACTUAL, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          I RECALL THAT ONE MORE SPECIFIC. 
          'CAUSE WE CHECK ALL OUR EMAILS WITH CELL PHONES NOW. 
          SO IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY ASK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK YOUR PHONE FOR RECORDS RELATED TO ANYTHING? WHAT THEY YEAH, IF A QA REPORT IS RECEIVED BY THE, THE CITY, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF, THE PROTOCOL STAFF WOULD REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONER AND SAY, HEY, WE DO NEED YOU TO TAKE YOUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE. 
          YOU DO A  SEARCH AND  WE FIND ANYTHING EMAILS, UH, THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE USED. 
          SO IT WOULD BE FROM, FROM THE BASIC, THE BASIS OF EMAIL THAT COMING FROM, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE BROADER TO LIKE EVERYTHING ON PHONE? NO, UNLESS THE PRA REQUESTS, UM, RECORDS AND TEXTS AND YOU DO HAVE TEXTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THAT SPECIFIC RECORD. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IF IT LIKE A TEXT ABOUT X, Y, Z SUBCOMMITTEE AND YOU DO HAVE THAT AND YOU, YOU DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE OR MENTIONED AND YOU PROVIDE A, A COPY OF THAT TEXT OR THAT TEXT CORRESPONDENCE WHERE THOSE, THAT LAPTOP , THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE WHERE YOU WOULD, FROM CELL PHONE, WHEREVER YOU 
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LOOK AT YOUR EMAIL, WHETHER IT'S ON YOUR PHONE OR ON YOUR COMPUTER, IT STILL COMES FROM THE BASIS OF YOUR EMAIL. 
          SO YOU WOULD BE PRODUCING COPIES OF THE EMAIL IN QUESTION RELATED TO THAT SENSE. 
          UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED LIKE THE QRA INCIDENT SPECIFIC DATE RANGE. 
          IT'S ONLY EMAILS PERTAINING TO THAT REQUEST. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY, SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR PERSONAL UNRELATED EMAILS. 
          IT'S JUST CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW,  COMES, WE WANT ALL EMAILS FROM COMMISSIONARIES FROM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THREE YEARS, RIGHT? AND DEALING WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO, EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE, YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE JUST SPECIFIC TO WHAT THOSE DO HAVE QUESTIONS. 
          STAFF IS HERE SEE VERY OVERWHELMING WHEN THERE . 
          UM, WE PROVIDE AND THEN WRITE THE PROTOCOL. 
          IS EVERYTHING YOU'RE DONE AN EXTRA STEP WHERE WE REVIEW IT? SOME STUFF COULD BE REDACTED. 
          WE'RE NOT JUST LIKE HANDING HANDING OUT YOUR EMAIL SUPPORT STAFF. 
          YEAH, A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE REDACTION RULES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          SO BY LAW , IF YOU DO PRODUCE SOME RECORDS, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING, ACCOUNT INFORMATION, ACCOUNT NUMBERS, UM, OTHER THIRD PARTY PERSONAL CONTACT INFORMATION, THAT STUFF REDACTED BY POLICY, UM, WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 
          THE PHONE NUMBER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT. 
          JUST ONE QUESTION ON THE, OR INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS. 
          I'VE ACTUALLY REQUESTED FOUR OR FIVE TIMES TO HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS SHIFTED FROM MY WORK TO PERSONAL AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          UH, SO IF IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          WERE YOU SAYING THAT TOO, TOO? THE PROOF REQUEST? I THINK, I THINK IN EACH CASE IT'S BEEN TO THE CLERK. 
          SOMEBODY CAME IN. 
          I KNOW. 
          'CAUSE I, I ASSUMED THAT SAID HAD ACTION AS A VIEWER COMMISSIONER. 
          I'M CURIOUS ABOUT . 
          IS THAT SOMETHING? YES. 
          UM, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FEBRUARY ITEMS. SO WE WILL BRING IT, STAFF DEVELOPS IT AND THEN BRINGS IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. 
          SO THAT, THAT WILL BE AT THE, ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA, UM, MOST LIKELY THEN SUBMIT, WE, WE, SORRY, THE OFFICE ? NO, IT, IT'S AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE COMMISSION. 
          SO IF IT'S BASICALLY WHAT DATES WERE THE MEETINGS HELD, WHO WAS AN ATTENDANCE, HOW MUCH WAS SPENT, WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN. 
          UM, BUT WE GO THROUGH THE MINUTES, WE COMPILE EVERYTHING AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. 
          AND THEN WE SUBMIT IT TO THE IN MAYOR COUNCIL, . 
          SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT FEBRUARY SO THAT IT'LL BE APPROVED BEFORE JUNE. 
          COMMISSIONER BROWN, WERE, WERE YOU REFERRING TO THE FORM 700 FORM? NO. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE DID THAT OR I DID THAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          YOU CAN ALSO SHARE, COMMISSIONER, I WANNA CHIME IN HERE REAL QUICK. 
          UM, FORM 700, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DID IT WHEN YOU JOINED, YOU ALSO DO IT EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECEIVE THE CURRENT REMINDER OF A DUE DATE COMING UP IN A MONTH OR TWO, BUT YOU NEED TO DO IT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025. 
          SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER BROWN, COMMISSIONER HANKS, COMMISSIONER CORO, COMMISSIONER MARSH. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER SHIRT, SERGE. 
          EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME. 
          VICES. 
          YES. 
          AND SHES MOTION CARRIES. 
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THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, AGAIN, FOR THE NEWER IS MY NAME'S JAY TOY WILSON. 
          I'M ONE OF THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS THE BROWN ACT OF ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER PRESENTATION FROM OUR OFFICE IS, IS REALLY JUST MORE LIKE REFRESHER. 
          IT'S NOT A TWO IN DEPTH, UH, PRESENTATION FOR THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS. 
          A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT NEWER. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO FOUND, BECAUSE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE BROWN ACT, IT, IT, IT DOES COVER LIKE JUST GENERAL CONVERSATIONS AND A LOT OF REAL LIFE KIND OF SCENARIOS THAT, THAT COMMISSIONERS FIND THEMSELVES IN. 
          SO FOR EVEN, YOU KNOW, MORE VETERAN, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IT'S, IT'S JUST A, A FRIENDLY REFRESHER. 
          SO WHAT IS, WHY, WHY DO WE HAVE THE BROWN ACT? AND AGAIN, THE WHOLE THEME OF THE PRESENTATION REALLY WHEN YOU THINK OF THE BROWN ACT IS, IS AGAIN, TRANSPARENCY. 
          SO THE, THE KEY THING IS, IS THAT WE WANT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNING BODIES, PUBLIC BODIES, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE PRIVY TO HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE, DISCUSSIONS OF THESE DIFFERENT BODIES. 
          SO IT WAS ENACTED IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC CONCERNS OVER INFORMAL UNDISCLOSED MEETINGS HELD BY LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS DEALS THAT, THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT STEMMED, UM, THE BROWN NECK IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE, THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM POINT, YOU KNOW, MEETINGS OF PUBLIC BODIES AND THE WRITINGS OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
          UH, SO ALL MEETINGS SHALL BE OPEN AND PUBLIC SO THAT ALL ACTIONS AND DELIBERATIONS MUST BE TAKEN OPENLY, UH, A MEETING AS A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME IN PLACE TO DISCUSS ITEMS WITHIN SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. 
          SO AGAIN, THAT MAJORITY OF COMMISSION MEMBERS, UH, WHEN THE ROLL CALL WAS CALLED AND, AND YOU HEARD THAT THE TERM QUORUM THAT JUST INDICATED THAT, HEY, WE DO HAVE A, A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION NOW WE CAN PROCEED, UH, WITH COMMISSION BUSINESS. 
          UM, ALL PERSONS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN MEETINGS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN BE, UH, PROHIBITED FROM, FROM ATTENDING. 
          AND I THINK THIS LAST ONE IS ALWAYS THE ONE I KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE DISCUSSED. 
          AGAIN, VERY, I, THERE'S MANY COMMISSION THAT THERE'S ALWAYS, THROUGHOUT THE THE YEAR, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE SOME MEETINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, WE GET A COMMISSION FORGOT TO PUT AN ITEM, IT'S SUPER RELATED TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA ITEM. 
          SO THEY ALWAYS ASK STAFF, HEY, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN JUST HANDLE IT NOW? WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH. 
          BUT NO, IT'S REALLY ONLY MATTERS ON THE AGENDA CAN BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN, OPEN FORUM. 
          I THINK YOU HEARD HEATHER JUST MENTION ABOUT BIAS A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND AGAIN, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE BROWN ACT IS REALLY TO BE LOOKED AT AS, AS A TOOL TO HELP YOU JUST RUN, RUN EFFICIENTLY, SMOOTHLY WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT I'M DOING THINGS, YOU KNOW, INAPPROPRIATELY. 
          AND I THINK THAT ALONG, WHAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT IS AVOIDING THE APPEARANCE OF IMPRO PIPE, RIGHT? SO IT HELPS AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROPERLY DISCUSSING LOCAL AGENCY BUSINESS WITHOUT THE PUBLIC PRESENCE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN HAVE A GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TOTALLY UNRELATED TO WHAT THAT COMMISSION BUSINESS, UH, IS ABOUT. 
          BUT IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SEES THAT, THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO AVOID ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, FRIVOLOUS COMPLAINTS TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CLIENT, THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONER, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLOTING PLANNING. 
          AND THAT'S NOT EVEN THE CASE. 
          SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO, TO JUST KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, UH, WHO'S SUBJECT TO THE BROAD LINE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATIVE BODIES, ANY TYPE OF BODY OR ENTITY CREATED BY CITY COUNCIL AND, AND LAWFULLY DELEGATED AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ANYBODY OR ENTITY THAT RECEIVES FUNDS FROM THE CITY. 
          SO PUBLIC FUNDS, UH, THE BOTTOM ONE IS THE KEY ONE WHO'S NOT SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT IS, IS TEMPORARY AD HOC COMMITTEES MADE UP SOLELY OF MEMBERS AND CONSTITUTING LESS THAN A QUORUM. 
          SO THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. 
          UH, FOR NEWER COMMISSIONERS, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IS, BUT IT IS A, IT IS A TEMPORARY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE SOLE PURPOSE IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC. 
          AD HOC IS NOT TO BE CREATED JUST TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ISSUE. 
          BUT IT, IT IS A, I KNOW THIS COMMISSION, THERE WAS, THERE WAS PERHAPS, I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT DEALING WITH BATTERIES, LIKE ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES. 
          I REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S A PRETTY SPECIFIC, UM, UM, ITEM THAT I THINK AN AD HOC, IF THE COMMISSION WANTED TO TAKE, UH, ACTION ON IT OR, OR DO SOMETHING, MAYBE SOME RESEARCH ON IT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROPER FOR, FOR A AD HOC 
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COMMITTEE. 
          BUT THE, THE, THE KEY THING ABOUT HERE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY COOL, BECAUSE YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT, IT, IT, AD HOC COMMITTEE BY DEFINITION HAS TO BE LESS THAN QUO. 
          SO YOU GUYS ARE FREE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING AMONGST YOURSELVES, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSION BUSINESS, NON-COMMISSIONED BUSINESS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RUNNING A FILE OF, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T APPLY. 
          SO TYPE, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED. 
          AND WHAT THEY ARE, THEY'RE CALLED SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND A SERIAL COMMUNICATION IS WHERE EACH COMMUNICATION INVOLVES LESS THAN A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS. 
          BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION TO THE SERIES ENDS UP INVOLVING THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC OF THE, OF THE BODY OUTSIDE OF THE NOTICE PUBLIC MEETING. 
          AND THERE'S BASICALLY FOUR TYPES OF SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED. 
          THE PERSON IS HUB AND SPOKE. 
          SO THAT'S, AGAIN, WHERE ONE MEMBER CONTACTS ALL OR MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS. 
          SO THAT PERSON, THAT ONE COMMISSIONER IS DOING THE CONTACTING THEMSELVES, A DAISY CHAIN IS WHERE ONE COMMISSIONER WOULD CONTACT ANOTHER COMMISSIONER, AND THEN THAT SECOND COMMISSIONER WOULD, WOULD CONTACT A THIRD ONE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. 
          UM, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, AT THE END, SO ON UNTIL A MAJORITY OF THE BODY HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY REPRESENTATIVE, SO THAT'S WHERE A COMMISSIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE AGENT OR INTERMEDIATE THEORY, UM, YOU MAYBE IT'S A BUSINESS PARTNER, MAYBE IN YOUR OWN JOB, YOU WORK AT A FIRM, YOU HAVE COLLEAGUES, COWORKERS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY COULD BE, UH, SERVING YOU IN YOUR, YOUR CAPACITY AS A, AS A REPRESENTATIVE. 
          THAT'S WHERE THEY, UM, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MEMBERS. 
          SO YOU, YOU'RE YOURSELF IS NOT DOING IT PERSONALLY, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS PARTNERS DOING THE, THE COMMUNICATING FOR YOU THAT CAN STILL LEAD TO A BROWN NECK VIOLATION. 
          AND THEN THIS LAST ONE, I THINK WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE DIGITAL AGE WE LIVE IN, IT'S VERY PREVALENT, BUT EMAILS, TEXTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS, UH, IT DOES INCLUDE MAKING OR COMMENTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND USING DIGITAL ICONS THAT EXPRESS REACTIONS TO BE TO COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE SLIDE THAT WILL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL, UH, ON THAT ONE. 
          SO HUB SPOKE, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT THAT'S JUST WHEN ONE SOLE MEMBER OR COMMISSIONER CONTACTS ALL THE OTHERS, UH, THEMSELVES. 
          AND DAISY CHAIN, AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, BLUE CONTACTS, COMMISSIONER GREEN, THEN GREEN CONTACTS ORANGE, AND YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC ITEM THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A GROUND NECK VIOLATION BY REPRESENTATIVE, KIND OF WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE COMMISSIONER'S, PARTNER, VOLUNTEERS, AND SEVERAL NON-PROFITS, UH, WHERE THE OTHER MEMBERS VOLUNTEER AND THAT REPRESENTATIVE ENDS UP TALKING ABOUT COMMISSION VISITS WITH AND KIND OF INDIRECTLY, UM, THAT THAT COULD BE A PROMINENT VIOLATION. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, THIS LAST ONE, THE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HERE IS LIKE IF, IF A COMMISSIONER, YOU, YOU GUYS ALL HAVE YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHTS. 
          SO IF YOU POSTED SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAYBE PERTAINING TO COMMISSION BUSINESS, NOW ANOTHER COMMISSIONER'S LIKING IT, THERE'S A, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER MAKES A COMMENT, ANOTHER ONE RETWEETS IT, ANOTHER ONE PUTS A, AN EMOJI SHOWING THAT THEY APPROVE OF IT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          IT'S SHOWING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL KIND OF HAVING A, A, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALIGNMENT, UNOFFICIAL ALIGNMENT, UM, ON A SPECIFIC ISSUE. 
          AND THEY'RE DOING IT KIND OF OUTSIDE THE, THE PUBLIC, UH, BODY. 
          SO THE PUBLIC DELIVERY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE IT GOES BACK TO THE, UH, APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. 
          YOU KNOW, TO THE PUBLIC IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, HEY, ARE THEY HAVING, IS THIS COMMISSION HAVING, YOU KNOW, THESE OUTSIDE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T, SHOULDN'T BE? AND AGAIN, ON THIS ONE, IT, IT, IT JUST WANNA BE MINDFUL TOO. 
          IT'S JUST, YOU JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL. 
          YOU'RE NOT PROHIBITED FROM, FROM POSTING SOMETHING. 
          IT'S JUST YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF LIKE, YOU SEE MAYBE HALF THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING IT OR LIKING SOMETHING. 
          MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE, USE YOUR DISCRETION, SAY MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU LEAVE IT ALONE AND YOU DON'T SHARE ANYTHING. 
          UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, I JUST WANNA STRIVE, YOU KNOW, THE BROWN ACT IS NOT PROHIBITING YOU FROM, YOU KNOW, POSTING ANYTHING ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          SO FINALLY YOU SAY, OKAY, WHAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO DO. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT COMMUNICATIONS ARE ALLOWED? SO INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS BETWEEN A MEMBER AND ANOTHER PERSON OR MEMBER, THAT'S DEFINITELY ALLOWED, AGAIN, THE THE REASON, BECAUSE THERE'S NO RISK OF OF, OF YOU TALKING TO A QUORUM, A MAJORITY OF THE BODY, ONCE YOU TALK TO THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY, NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY HAS, HAS THE POWER AT THE NEXT MEETING TO TAKE ACTION. 
          YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S INFLUENCING THE WAY THEY'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, BUT INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS ONE-ON-ONE, THAT THAT IS FINE. 
          UM, AND ALSO IT ALLOWS MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH CONSTITUENTS, ADVOCATES, CONSULTANTS, REPORTERS, STAFF, COLLEAGUES. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS FINE. 
          OTHER, OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON OTHER, OTHER, UH, BODIES, UM, AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. 
          UH, YOU GUYS, UH, COMMISSIONERS DEFINITELY FEEL FREE TO, TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF, UH, CONVERSATION, COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH STAFF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY, UM, 
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NOT, NOT BOTHERED BY THE . 
          AGAIN, A SITUATION WHERE MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ARE AT A CONFERENCE THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, YOU DO HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY THERE. 
          A LOCAL PUBLIC MEETING, AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THE THEME OF IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE FREE TO COME AND, AND KIND OF WATCH OR, OR, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, VIEW WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, OPEN MEETING OF ANOTHER BODY. 
          SO, SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE COMMISSION, UH, MEETING OR ANY TYPE OF SOCIAL OR CEREMONIAL EVENTS, I MEAN, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE TO, TO BE PRESENT ALL DAYS. 
          THE ONLY THING IS MEMBERS CANNOT DISCUSS MATTERS OF THE BODY AMONG THEMSELVES OF THESE EVENTS. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE, THE, THE BROWN ACT VIOLATION WILL ALWAYS KICK IN. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, AGAIN, SO THE AGENDA POSTER REQUIREMENTS FOR MEETINGS, THIS IS PRETTY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE BROWN ACT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS, IS FULLY AWARE THAT THEY HAVE FULL NOTICE OF WHAT IS GONNA BE ON THE THIS BODY'S AGENDA. 
          SO THEY, THEY HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE BENEFIT OF DECIDING, HEY, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT I, I WANT TO COME OUT AND BE HEARD. 
          THERE'S, UH, MAYBE IT'S A PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BE PERSONAL TO THEM. 
          SO REGULAR MEETING AGENDAS MUST BE POSTED 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. 
          UH, SPECIAL MEETINGS ONLY REQUIRE 24 HOURS POSTING BEFORE THE MEETING. 
          REALLY, THE ONLY TIME I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A SPECIAL MEETING IS THERE ARE SOME, SOME BODIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT THEY DON'T MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          UH, NOT EVEN ON A MONTHLY BASIS, BUT THEY, THEY MAY, MAY BE LIKE EVERY QUARTER. 
          SO SOMETIMES IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN, IN A MEETING OR A SPECIFIC ITEM WASN'T ABLE TO BE DEALT WITH AT THAT MEETING, SOMETIMES A SPECIAL MEETING IS A GOOD OPTION BECAUSE IT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO KIND OF CONVENE FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE. 
          SO IT'S GONNA BE LIMITED. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA BE A REGULAR GENERAL BODY MEETING, BUT IT IS GONNA BE SPECIFIC TO THAT, THAT THAT ITEM THAT MAYBE WASN'T ABLE TO, TO BE DEALT WITH OR VOTED ON AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          AGENDA DESCRIPTIONS. 
          SO YOU DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, A BRIEF GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH AGENDA ITEM. 
          UH, YOU WANNA OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE THE DAYTIME LOCATION OF THE MEETING. 
          UH, YOU HAVE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SCOPE OF THE BODY'S INTENDED PLAN SO THE PUBLIC CAN DECIDE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE, AND IT HAS TO BE POSTED IN A LOCATION FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, WHERE CAN MEETINGS BE HELD? SO THEY DO NEED TO BE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY UNLESS A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION APPLIES. 
          AND THERE'S NOT REALLY A LIST OF THESE EXEMPTIONS. 
          THIS ACTUALLY JUST CAME UP. 
          I THINK WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED IS, SAY THE BODY IS MADE UP OF, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, CAREERS, OTHER JOBS, UM, A LOT OF TIMES, WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY A LOT OF TIMES, BUT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, SAY, SAY, YOU KNOW, CHAMBERS IS, IS IS BOOKED, OR, OR THIS, SAY THIS MEETING ROOM RIGHT NOW, THE CONFERENCE ROOM IS, IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. 
          SO, SO THE, THE COMMISSION CAN'T MEET. 
          MAYBE THERE WAS A COMMISSIONER THAT, THAT IN THEIR OWN BUSINESS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE CITY, MAYBE CERRITOS OR LAKEWOOD, THEY HAVE THIS FACILITY THAT, THAT IS PERFECTLY ACCESSIBLE. 
          IT MEETS, IT MEETS AADA A AND YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE WILLING TO DRIVE THERE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL CONTACT US, OUR, OUR OFFICE, SAY, HEY, IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN DO? UNFORTUNATELY, NO, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A, A LOCATION OR PREMISE OR A FACILITY THAT'S THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE, IS NOT A, UM, EXCUSABLE REASON TO HAVE IN THIS BODY, UH, MEET OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC? UH, SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE PRESENT. 
          UM, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ANY MATTERS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T JUST BLURT IT OUT. 
          BUT, BUT AS YOU NOTICE, AND NEWER COMMISSIONERS WILL NOTICE, UM, YOU KNOW, EACH AGENDA ITEM NEEDS TO BE, UH, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          AND THEN AFTER THE AGENDA, THERE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS A, A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS. SO, SO THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMMENT. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO RECORD, UH, THE MEETING WITH AUDIO OR VIDEOTAPE RECORDER, OR TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS IN A NON-DISRUPTIVE MANNER. 
          UH, THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, AGENDAS OF THE WRITINGS DISTRIBUTED TO THE MAJORITY OF THE BODY. 
          TYPICALLY, THESE OTHER WRITINGS WOULD BE MAYBE IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, STAFF PRESENTATION, STAFF REPORTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UM, THEY DO, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER PRIOR TO ATTENDING, AND THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHT TO WITNESS THE VOTES ON, ON EACH AGENDA ITEM. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT? SO TYPICALLY IT'S CIVIL ACTION. 
          SO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN'T GO TO THE COURT FILE LITIGATION TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS OR TO INVALIDATE CER CERTAIN ACTIONS THAT VIOLATED THE BROWN ACT. 
          AND THE KEY THING, OBVIOUSLY, FOR OUR OFFICE IS PROTECTING THE CITY. 
          IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE, IF WE'RE, IF THE CITY IS FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE BROWN ACT THAT THERE WAS A COMMISSION OR BODY, A CITY BODY THAT, THAT VIOLATED AND THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ANY TYPE OF COST OR ATTORNEY'S FEES. 
          AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THOSE COULD BE PRETTY, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. 
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UM, CRIMINAL, AGAIN, VERY RARE, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, BUT, UH, IT CAN BE PUNISHABLE, A VIOLATION OF BROWN ACT CAN BE PUNISHABLE AS A MISDEMEANOR IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC INTENT TO DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF INFORMATION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S VERY RARE YOU WOULD HAVE TO SHOW, LIKE, BASICALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, ARE, HAVE A CONSPIRACY TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PULL THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, THAT, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE BROWN ACT ITSELF. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ASIDE FROM THE, IN ADDITION, I'D JUST SAY TO THE BROWN ACT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW ARE THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS SUPPOSED TO BE GOVERNED? AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY, THE PURPOSE IS TO BE USED SO YOUR MEETINGS RUN, UH, EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHAOS OR DISARRAY. 
          UH, SO THE CHAIR, SO THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE BROWN ACT AND THE BYLAWS OF THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. 
          ALL DECISIONS ARE MADE BY MAJORITY VOTE. 
          UH, THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS ORDERLY AND EFFICIENTLY. 
          EVERY MEMBER SHOULD HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND BE HEARD BEFORE VOTING. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, UM, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE A TOPIC THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL TO A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER. 
          SO MAYBE, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING ALONG WITH THE, WITH THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. 
          THEY DO HAVE THAT, THAT RIGHT TO, YOU KNOW, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, EVEN IF IT'S A, A MORE UNPOPULAR, UH, VIEW OR, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY WANNA BE HEARD ON, THEY HAVE THAT, RIGHT. 
          AGAIN, THE RULE SHOULD HELP NOT HINDER, UH, AGAIN, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR INTRODUCING BUSINESS IN PROPER ORDER FOR THE AGENDA, GETTING THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          I THINK THAT ONE'S IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE AGENDA ITEMS, AND IT'S FUNNY, WHAT I'VE NOTICED, THE AGENDA, I, THE ACTUAL AGENDAS THAT ARE SHORTER TEND TO, TO BE, HAVE THE LONGER COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR SOME REASON. 
          AND THE ONES THAT ARE VERY LONG, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL END UP WRAPPING UP FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          UM, BUT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE CHAIR, THIS IS A KEY THING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO AND, AND NOBODY WANTS TO REALLY BE HERE, YOU KNOW, FOR HOURS ON END WHEN IT'S NOT NECESSARY. 
          SO YOU DO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GET THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS KIND OF IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, UM, DETERMINING IF A MOTION IS IN ORDER, AND I'LL GET SOME MOTIONS IN A SECOND, BUT I THINK THAT THE, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, THIS IS WHAT CREATES A CLEAN RECORD, BUT YOU, YOU DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MOTIONS ARE PROPER, UH, PROPERLY MADE AND PROPERLY SECONDED. 
          UM, IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING, YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION BODY IS VOTING ON THE CORRECT THING, AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING VOTED ON. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE CHAIR WANTS TO KEEP DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON AGENDA ITEMS, UH, AND ENFOR ENFORCING TIME LIMITS FAIRLY NEUTRALLY FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY, PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY AGAIN, DURING, DURING DISCUSSION. 
          SO NOW SEEING, SORRY, A QUESTION, UH, ON THE LAST SLIDE, WHAT, UM, A MOTION BEING IN ORDER, UH, IS THAT PURELY THAT A MOTION IS MADE AND THE MAKER SAYS THIS IS A MOTION AND SOMEONE SECONDS IT, OR THERE OTHER PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT KIND OF MOTION IS ALLOWABLE OR NOT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          THERE, THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF MOTIONS. 
          SO EVERY MOTION IS GONNA START WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE MOTIONS BEING MADE, IS THERE A SECOND, RIGHT? SO ONCE YOU HAVE A SECOND, NOW THAT ITEM CAN BE, CAN CAN, YOU CAN PROCEED TO DISCUSSION, PRESENTATION WOULD HAVE YOU, BUT NOW, SAY AFTER A PRESENTATION, SAY ONE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          I LIKE THE MOTION, BUT BASED ON STAFF PRESENTATION OR WHATEVER, HEY, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE ADD IN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OTHER, OTHER PARAMETERS THAT, THAT WORD IN THAT, THAT ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          SO THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING THAT UP. 
          AND, AND THE MAKER, THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THE MOTION HAS TO ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY. 
          IT'S LIKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          UM, ONCE THAT'S DONE, NOW THAT NOW IT'S, IT'S NOT THE ORIGINAL MOTION ANYMORE, IT'S THAT ORIGINAL MOTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT. 
          SO THAT'S THE NEW MOTION THAT'S GONNA BE VOTED ON. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE FINAL MOTION IS THAT'S GONNA BE VOTED ON, IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. 
          SO IF THERE WAS ANY AMENDMENTS OR ANY CHANGES AND, AND IT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEW MOTION. 
          AND IT COULD, IT SEEMS A LITTLE  CITY COUNCIL AND IN ITS COMMISSION, UH, CONFUSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION WITH AN AMENDMENT, OR DO WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION? AND THERE COULD BE COMPETING MOTIONS, AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT GETS INTO FUN DISCUSSION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND IT, IT, YOU COULD IMAGINE ON CERTAIN HOT TOPIC ITEMS, IT CAN REALLY GET CONFUSING. 
          I MEAN, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO, LIKE, IT'S LIKE PEELING BACK LAYERS OF THE , BECAUSE NOW, NOW YOU HAVE SO MANY COMMISSIONS AND, AND, AND THIS COMMISSION IN PARTICULAR, YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF COMMISSIONS. 
          SOME, SOME COMMISSIONS MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, 3, 4, 5, 5, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION BODY. 
          BUT THE MORE THAT, THE MORE MEMBERS YOU HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE INPUT YOU'LL HAVE. 
          THANKS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO AGAIN, JUST ENSURING, AGAIN, THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR, 
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RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHAIR. 
          SO ENSURING FAIR DECISIONS ARE MADE, RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN ORDER, UM, ENSURING THAT THE DEBATE IS CONTROLLED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS. 
          UH, AGAIN, JUST EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO BE HEARD. 
          UM, AND THEN I THINK THIS, THIS LAST ONE IS PROBABLY THE, THE KEY WORD HERE, MANAGING ANY CONFLICTS THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE DISCUSSIONS. 
          AGAIN, WHAT I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY COMMISSIONERS WHO FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL, OR THERE MIGHT BE A HOT TOPIC ITEM THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU COULD SEE SOME HEATED DEBATES WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS. 
          SO NEXT THING YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, THE CHAIR DOES JUST WANTS THE, THE EFFECTIVE EFFICIENTLY MANAGE. 
          SO YOU DON'T WANT, YOU DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS GETTING OUT OF HAND. 
          AND NOW THE, THE DISCUSSION IS TAKING HOURS OR, OR GOING OFF TRACK. 
          GOING BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF, OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT MOTION. 
          SO ONCE A COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR, THEY CAN MAKE A MOTION. 
          THE MOTION HAS TO BE SECONDED BY ANOTHER MEMBER SO THAT THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION CAN SECOND THEIR OWN MOTION. 
          UH, THE MOTION IS THEN DEBATED OR VOTED UPON, AND THEN NOW IT'S A TYPICAL MOTION. 
          SO THAT'S THE MAIN MOTION. 
          A SECOND AND, AND FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, OR KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN OUR HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COMMISSIONER JUST WANTS TO ADD IN A COUPLE OF HELPFUL THINGS THAT THEY THINK THAT MIGHT HELP THIS AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPACTFUL. 
          SO NOW THAT'S WHAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IS. 
          AND THEN A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          THAT'S WHERE IT'S, IT'S TAKING THAT ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          AND NOW I DON'T WANT TO JUST ADD SOMETHING TO MAKE IT BETTER, OR, OR WE WANNA TAKE THE ESSENCE OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION. 
          AND NOW I, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD, BUT MAYBE I JUST HAD A COUPLE OTHER IDEAS THAT I THINK MIGHT BE MORE IMPACTFUL. 
          A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, SAY, NO, NO, I, I HEARD THE FIRST MOTION, BUT I ACTUALLY, AFTER THE PRESENTATION OR AFTER THOUGHT, I WANNA RECOMMEND TO THE BODY, WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          AGAIN, THE CHAIR CALLS FOR THE VOTE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NO SECRET BALLOTS. 
          AND AGAIN, IF THE VOTE IS A TIE, THE MOTION FAILED. 
          THE TIE IS NOT A MAJORITY, SO THERE DOES HAVE TO BE A MAJORITY VOTE FOR ANY ITEM TO BE BE PASSED BY THIS BODY. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, THAT, THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO AGAIN, WE TRY TO KEEP THIS PRETTY SHORT. 
          SO NOT TO TO INUNDATE YOU WITH TOO MUCH INFORMATION, BUT AGAIN, IT'S LIKE A, A FRIENDLY REFRESHER, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS A GOOD TIME. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEXT ITEM, I THINK THE BODY'S GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU, YOU WANNA LOOK OVER THE YEARS. 
          SO THESE, THESE TYPE OF, UH, OF, UH, RULES ARE JUST GOOD TO KEEP IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE AD HOC COMMITTEES. 
          I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COMMON THING THAT THE COMMISSION MIGHT, MIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          UM, BUT, BUT DEFINITELY IS THERE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? PERFECT. 
          AND, AND ALWAYS AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ON THE SPOT. 
          LIKE, IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS HAVE COMMISSION, UH, QUESTIONS LATER, ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO, TO REACH OUT TO FIRM AND THEY'LL COME UP TO OUR OFFICE. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET THE ANSWER AND WE'LL, WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT GETTING BACK TO YOU BETTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO HELP YOU GUYS JUST MOVE, MOVE EFFICIENTLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER BROWN BROWN. 
          COMMISSIONER ALICE? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER HANKS. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER CONEY HARROW. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MARSH? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER SERGE. 
          YES. 
          VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ? YES. 
          CHAIR GAINES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOTED. 
          RECOMMENDATION TOPICS BY STATE STAFF. 
          SECOND MOTION. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. 
          UH, HAPPY 2026. 
          UH, FERNO, I WILL BE PRESENTING WITH LARRY RICH  AND MEREDITH REYNOLDS ON THE, FOR THE RETREAT PRESENTATION. 
          SO, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE COMMISSION IS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2025, AND THEN WE'RE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE CITY BUDGET AND THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, AND THEN WHAT WE'D LIKE, UH, USING ALL OF THAT AS CONTEXT 
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FOR THE FUTURE PLAN. 
          SO WE WILL PRESENT SOME INFORMATION FOR THE 2026 WORK PLAN. 
          UM, AND THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT TO GIVE THE COMMISSION COMPANY TO LOOK AT SO THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS. 
          SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, A STARTING POINT FOR YOU. 
          AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, WE'LL DO SOME MENTEE LEADER POLLING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TYPE THINGS IN ON YOUR PHONE AND HELP SPARK SOME DISCUSSION FOR WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN AND WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2026. 
          AND THEN THE LAST FEW SLIDES WILL BE OUR TYPICAL, UM, RECAP OF WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE LAST MEETING, UH, WHEN THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU. 
          SO THE CLIMATE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE CITY COMMISSION. 
          YOU'RE HERE TO MAKE ADVISORY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THINGS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          WE HAVE OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS A GUIDE FOR A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          UM, WORKING UP OR THINKING ABOUT PROGRAMS TO INCREASE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HAVE, UH, THIS AS A FORUM FOR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND ENCOURAGE INPUT AND PARTICIPATION FROM ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY ON SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE. 
          SO THERE ARE EIGHT COMMISSION, OR SORRY, 11 COMMISSIONERS ON OUR, OUR BOARD HERE. 
          WE HAVE ONE FROM EACH OF THE NINE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND TWO AT LARGE. 
          AND WE HAVE SEVEN MEETINGS A YEAR. 
          SO, UH, WE HAVE, TYPICALLY JANUARY IS OUR RETREAT TO PLAN FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN ALL OF THE, EVEN MONTHS, WE HAVE SIX MEETINGS FOR THE, FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, WHICH ARE THE FOURTH, THIRD DAY OF THE MONTH, FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM WE, UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER, BUT TRADITIONALLY, THE DECEMBER MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THAT BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS AT THE END OF THE, THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER. 
          AND WE ALIGN EACH OF THE MEETINGS WITH THEMES FROM THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, SO THE CLIMATE SECTORS AND STRESSORS, WEATHER, AND SO FLOODING AND SEA RISE, AIR QUALITY, DROUGHT, EXTREME HEAT, AND THEN EMISSIONS FROM BUILDINGS AND ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION AND WASTE. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, SOME MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO THE CHART HERE SHOWS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN 2025, THE MONTH, THE TOPIC, AND THEN WHO WA WHO ATTENDED. 
          AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH PLUS JANUARY. 
          UM, WE LIKE TO SET THE AGENDAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. 
          SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME, THAT THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT COME UP THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN OF IN ADVANCE. 
          SO THE CORRECT PROCESS FOR THAT WOULD BE FOR YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR GAINES AND REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE ADDED TO AN AGENDA. 
          AND THEN CHAIR GAINES WOULD THEN SPEAK WITH STAFF, AND WE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ADD TO AGENDA. 
          AND THEN, AS YOU HEARD IN EACH CHOICE PRESENTATION, SO WE WILL, IF THE MEETINGS ARE ON THURSDAYS, WE HAVE TO POST BY MONDAY. 
          WE TRADITIONALLY POST ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE AND SEND OUT THE AGENDA AND EVERYTHING IN ADVANCE. 
          YOU HAVE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THAT WAY YOU KNOW WHAT THE MEETING TOPICS ARE. 
          AND THEN WE OFTEN HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS TOO, YOU REPORT OR TRAINING AND THAT THING. 
          AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE ALSO SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND LINKS SO THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON WHAT WE LEARNED ABOUT. 
          AND THEN ALSO INFORMATION. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE NOT MEETING FOR TWO MORE MONTHS, JUST THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST HAS ASKED FOR MORE RESOURCES THAT HERE WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT IN BETWEEN. 
          UM, SO WHEN YOU SEE THE EMAILS COME IN ON, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE CLERK'S OFFICE DOES REQUEST, PLEASE REPLY ALL TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE OR TO REQUEST AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, THAT IS NECESSARY SO THAT WE CAN CONFIRM FORUM, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CANCEL A MEETING OR THAT WE KNOW IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE THERE. 
          SO 11 MEMBERS, SIX OF THE FORUM. 
          UM, AND THEN AS YOU HEARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, UH, IF IT'S AN EXCUSE ABSENCE, THEN UM, THEN WE'LL NOTE THAT IF YOU DO NOT SAY THAT, THAT YOU'LL BE ABSENT AND THEN YOU DON'T SHOW UP AS AN UNEXCUSED ABSENT. 
          AND THEN WE DO REQUEST THAT YOU, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE QUORUM BY NOON THE DAY OF THE MEETING. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, EVERYONE LIVES IN LONG BEACH. 
          NOT EVERYONE WORKS IN LONG BEACH. 
          AND WE WANNA, UH, MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, SPEAKERS, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ANYONE WHO'S TAKING THE TIME OUT OF THE DAY TO COME, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT MEETING. 
          AND SO WE KNOW BY NOON THAT WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEM. 
          WE DO LIKE TO CANCEL TO GIVE PEOPLE THAT CHANCE TO, TO NOT DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO CITY HALL, RIGHT? SO 
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2025, UH, WHAT A YEAR. 
          UM, ANDRE'S GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RECAP OF WHAT, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU, ADAM, MY SCREEN . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU, UM, WITH OUR, UM, CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME IN. 
          UM, IT'S JUST ALL, THERE'S LIKE A RECAP OF WHAT OUR CITY, UH, DEPARTMENTS ACCOMPLISHED AND HOW IT TIES INTO BE. 
          SO WE WILL START OFF WITH . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO OUR CITY, SO THE TOP PART IS WHAT THE CITY ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEN THE BOTTOM CAP, UM, SECTION IS THE BROADER TOPIC AND HOW IT, UM, WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO. 
          UH, SO WHAT OUR CITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AND WHAT THEY DID, UH, WAS THEY, UM, THEY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN OUR INTO STORM DRAINS. 
          THEY HAVE THE STORM DRAIN MASTER PLAN. 
          UM, SO ALL OF THAT IS A FORWARD LOOKING PLAN. 
          THE POLICIES THAT HELP ACCOUNT FOR FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE, UM, THEY OVERSEE FLOOD PLAN MANAGEMENT, DRAIN NEW STUDIES AND IMPROVEMENT OF STORM DRAIN SYSTEM. 
          AND OUR FIELD STAFF, UH, PUBLIC PRODUCTS HEALTH, UH, WHEN THEY'RE LIKE A RAIN EVENT, THEY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THE CAT REQUIRES US TO DO IS FORWARD LOOKING PLAN AND TO ADAPT OUR SHORELINE AND ANY VULNERABLE AREAS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, SO NEXT FOR DROUGHT, UM, OUR YOUTH OF WATER FACILIT DEPARTMENT, UH, CONDUCT A LOT OF OUTREACH AND EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA DO. 
          WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT KIND OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THERE ARE, HOW THEY CAN RECYCLE WATER, UM, ALSO BURN STATE NONFUNCTIONAL TURF. 
          UH, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT, UH, DO OUTREACH FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY TEAM, WHICH DOES THE MOST DELIVERIES AND THE ABOVE EXPANSION WILL OF SPRINGS, AND HOW THAT TIES INTO THE CALF IS WE WANNA INCORPORATE MORE RAINFALL CAPTURE SO WE'RE NOT AS DEPENDENT ON, UM, IMPORTED WATER, SO THAT IF THERE IS DROUGHT TIMES THAT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH WATER FOR OUR , UH, NEXT EXTREME HEAT, OUR FAVORITE, WE SEE THIS A LOT. 
          UM, SO, UM, WHEN THERE'S AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT, OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND LIBRARIES ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          UH, THEY WORK TOGETHER TO ACTIVATE COOLING CENTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. 
          SO WE HAVE INCREASED, UM, WE HAVE SOME SURVEYS GOING ON AT THE, UH, COOLING CENTER AT THIS TIME, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUTREACH IS THERE AS WELL. 
          AND WE ALSO, OUR TEAM PLANTS, TREES, UH, OUR FAVORITE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE MORE URBAN CAN COVER. 
          SO THERE'S LESS, UH, EXTREME HEAT, WELL, THEY HAVE MORE KIND COVERAGE FOR EXTREME HEAT BASE. 
          AND THE CAB REQUIRES US TO, WE WANNA REDUCE OUR EXTREME HEAT THROUGH OUR POOL SURFACES. 
          WE WANT ALL OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, UH, TO WITHSTAND THE HEAT AND PUBLIC TRANSIT IS COMFORTABLE FRAME AND VIABLE FOR EXCHANGE PICK AND THEN AIR QUALITY. 
          UM, SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH LA AREA IS, WE'RE NUMBER ONE AND WORST, UM, HIGHEST BO ZONE. 
          UH, SO NOT SOMETHING WE WANNA BE NUMBER ONE IN, BUT, UH, WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN. 
          UH, SO THE PORT HAS THEIR OWN CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          THEY LEASE THEIR INVENTORY EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE MONITOR OUR AIR QUALITY FORECASTS AND THEN WE ENCOURAGE URBAN AGRICULTURE. 
          UH, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE WANNA SHIFT TO CLEANER VEHICLES, UH, CLEAN OUR EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES AND OUR BUILDING FACILITIES REDUCE AIR POLLUTION. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE BUILDING AND ENERGY. 
          SO, UM, OUR TEAM SIGNED UP OUR MUNICIPAL, UH, BUILDING TO COMMUNITY ROOF RENEWABLES PROGRAM, AND THEN WE OFFER THAT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, UH, THE CITYWIDE SOLAR PROJECT. 
          SO THEY INCREASE CITYWIDE, UH, SOLAR, LIKE AS SPARK HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND I BELIEVE SOME LIBRARIES. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WANNA PROVIDE ACCESS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND REBATES, INCENTIVES FOR ANY BUILDING OWNERS. 
          AND HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE CAP HAS WANNA BE MORE CARBON FREE, MORE RESILIENT. 
          YOU WANNA PUT LESS STRESS ON OUR, UM, LESS STRESS ON OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEM, AND WE WANNA BE MORE LOW CARBON AND  AND WASTE OUR SECOND TO LAST ONE. 
          SO OUR, UH, TEAM THAT WAS, UH, PART OF PUBLIC WORKS, WHICH IS NOW PART OF THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, UM, THEY HANDLED THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THEY LAUNCHED THEIR RESIDENTIAL ORGANIC, UH, COLLECTION, WHICH IS OUR . 
          UM, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY DOING OUTREACH FOR EDUCATIONAL BEST PRACTICES TO USE THOSE. 
          UM, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR FUTURE PLANS WE SERVED AND WHAT WE WILL BE DOING AND HOW, UH, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SB 1383, WHICH IS, UH, OUR ORGANIC WASTE. 
          UM, AND HOW THAT DEALS WITH THE CAP IS WE WANNA RECYCLE WHAT WE CAN RECYCLE. 
          WE WANNA COLLECT ORGANIC WASTE, WE WANNA OUTREACH AND EDUCATE. 
          AND OUR LARGEST POLLUTING SECTOR IS TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WE DO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF CONTROL OVER, BUT WE ARE 
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DOING OUR BEST. 
          SO WE WANNA TRANSFORM A LOT OF AREAS AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR MORE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY. 
          WE HAVE MORE MIXED USE, UH, ORIENTED TRANSIT ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, WE ARE TRANSFORMING PACIFIC AVENUE TO COMPLETE STREETS CORRIDOR. 
          WE WANT TO ENHANCE OUR SAFETY AND MOBILITY, INCREASE MICRO MOBILITY, UH, HAVE LARGER EVENING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARTNER WITH LONGER TRANSIT. 
          AND WITH THAT, THAT WILL HELP US DECREASE OUR RELIANCE ON OUR OWN PERSONAL VEHICLES. 
          WE'LL HAVE LOW AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES, AND THAT'LL BE PRIORITIZE INVOLVEMENT OF TRANSIT ORIENTED . 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS JUST RESOURCES THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU AT THE END OF EVERY PRESENTATION. 
          AND HERE THEY ARE AGAIN, JUST IN CASE. 
          AND THERE'S ALL THE, SO PEOPLE COMMENT ILLUSTRATE, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO, SO THIS NEXT SECTION HALF OF, UH, I DIDN'T FIND THIS ON PRIME GO, BUT I DON'T THINK I SAW IT. 
          AN EMAIL, UM, WHEN WE GET A COPY OF THE DECK LATER FOR AND STUFF. 
          YEP. 
          AWESOME. 
          SO THIS NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING. 
          AND SO JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT OUR, UH, WHAT OUR CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN TERMS OF CLIMATE ACTION IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO AS AN OFFICE, WE CONVENE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS. 
          IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT WHO HAS ACTIONS IN THE CAP THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          AND SO WE, WE TYPICALLY MEET QUARTERLY. 
          WE MET THREE TIMES LAST YEAR. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS WITH THEM, TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE AND LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER'S PROJECTS, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CAP ACTION ITEMS ARE, ARE HAPPENING, UM, AND THAT THEY'RE TELLING US AND COMMUNICATING SO WE CAN TRACK, TRACK PROGRESS. 
          AND SO WE'RE COMPILING THE INFORMATION, TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY FOR DEPARTMENTS USING FORMS OR MEETINGS. 
          HOWEVER, HOWEVER WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THEM. 
          WE ALSO ARE ALIGNING OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO PROCESSES. 
          SO WHEN IS THE BUDGET DISCUSSION STARTING? WHEN IS THE BUDGET ADOPTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION PROJECTS ARE GETTING INTO THE BUDGET REQUESTS? AND THEN, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THESE PROJECTS WE CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN THE GRANT STRATEGY DOCUMENT THAT WE DO ANNUALLY. 
          AND THEN ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GET INTO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA SO THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, CAN, WE CAN WRITE SUPPORT LETTERS OR OPPOSITION LETTERS ABOUT LEGISLATION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED WITHOUT HAVING TO, WITH THE COUNCIL EVERY TIME THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS THERE FOR THAT. 
          WE WORK WITH THE CHAMPIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THE CLIMATE WORK THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, IS IN ALL OF THESE CITYWIDE DOCUMENTS AND THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IT, UH, INTENTIONALLY AT THE RIGHT TIME DURING THE YEAR, AND THEN WORKING ON HOW DO WE GET GRANT FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS A GRANTS COLLABORATIVE, BUT OUR OFFICE IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS THAT OUR OFFICE COULD APPLY FOR OR THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE KNOW DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING ON CERTAIN KINDS OF PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM, UH, TO HELP WITH THAT. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN, IN LAST YEAR WAS, UH, WE GOT ROUND TWO OF THE CLIMATE L MICRO GRANT, SO WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD, UM, UH, $75,000 FOR YOUTH LED CLIMATE ACTION PROJECT, BOTH AS MOSTLY IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN DECEMBER AS A CELEBRATION. 
          THAT WAS LOVELY TO HEAR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE HAPPENING THERE. 
          WE CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT OUR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR GRANT THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR, AND WE, UM, SUBMITTED THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH WAS PART OF THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GROUP. 
          AND THEN I, I MENTIONED THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WE DO, UM, WITH THE CLIMATE CHAMPION, SO THAT, UM, WE ALSO REVIEW IT IN TERMS OF THE CAP ACTION ITEMS AND OUR GOALS ARE FOR CLIMATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY END UP ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL FOR DOG CREATION AND TRAINING. 
          WE HAVE FOUR CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          TREE FUNDING, COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKSHOPS, AND THEN 85% JOB PLACEMENT OF THOSE WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE MISSION, THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE, AND WITH THE CITY. 
          UM, THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM OUT OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, THE VIKING CLIMATE ACTION FELLOW THAT STARTED LAST SEMESTER AND WE HOSTED SIX FELLOWS LAST YEAR AND WE'RE, UH, LAST SEMESTER AND WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS HAS A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ALSO IN BE HOSTED LONG FELLOW. 
          AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH IN ORDER TO DO, UM, SOME OF OUR URBAN GREENING AND JUST HAVING EXPOSURE OF YOUTH TO CLIMATE ACTION JOBS IN THE CITY. 
          SO I'M GONNA STEP IN HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE 
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CONTINUED AND EXPANDED, UH, OUR PUBLIC PROGRAMS, UM, WITH MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. FIRST OR NO RANDOM ORDER, UH, MULTI DELIVERY PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR GOING ON 15 YEARS. 
          AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SUSTAINED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE IN 2025, BUT WE MADE 505 DELIVERIES, WHICH IS OVER TWO TONS OF, UH, UH, REPURPOSED, UH, TREE TRIMMING, WOOD CHIP MATERIAL THAT TO BE USED AT MULCH. 
          UM, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR OWN IN-HOUSE FIELD STAFF AND CONSERVATION COURT OF LONG BEACH, WHERE WE SHARE THE, THE DELIVERY, UM, UM, SCHEDULE, UH, BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THIS, WHAT WE THINK OF AS A, A ONE OF A KIND SERVICE, UH, UH, INTO NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN OUR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 
          IT, IT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO WRAP UP AND I'M REALIZING HOW UNDERSTATED THESE TWO BULLETS ARE IN THAT, UM, WE, WELL REACHING OVER 6,000 PARTICIPANTS, YOU KNOW, WHO CAME TO OUR EVENTS, UM, WE HAD MORE THAN 50 EVENTS. 
          UM, AND SO WITH MANY PARTNERS, UH, FROM PARKS AND REC TO LIBRARIES TO THINGS THAT WE PUT ON OURSELVES, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WERE, UH, A SIX HOUR EVENT AT, UM, THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, UM, BACK IN NOVEMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD'VE HEARD ABOUT IT AT THE TIME, BUT, BUT THAT WAS A BIG EVENT. 
          BUT THEN ALSO, UM, SOME SEASONALLY THEMED EVENTS LIKE, UM, CHRISTMAS AND HALLOWEEN THAT WERE HELD AT PARKS WITH HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS. 
          SO ALL TOLD OVER 6,000. 
          AND THEN JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR EVENTS TYPE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR EVENTS TIED IN WITH, UM, TREE PLANTINGS AND, UH, VOLUNTEER EVENTS AT WILLOW SPRINGS. 
          SO WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITY TREE PLANTINGS THAT QUALIFIED FOR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR OR 88 TREES AND, UM, 274 METER PLANTS PLANTED. 
          SO ANOTHER BIG THING, UM, OUR TREE PLANTING, UH, PROGRAM, UM, EXPANDED ONCE AGAIN, UH, TO A TOTAL OF DURING COLUMN YEAR 2025 OF 1,228 TREES PLANTED. 
          UM, WHICH WAS UP FROM, UH, 9 42 IN, IN 2024. 
          SO THAT WAS ALREADY A LOT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AT 30%. 
          UM, AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH FROM AN EXPANSION USING DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND, AND PARTNERSHIPS FROM ALSO CONSERVATION CORPS AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBOR TIE-INS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING GREAT ON, UM, MEETING OUR OVERALL TREE PLANTING GOALS AND, UH, AND EXPANDING OUR VARIOUS GRANT FUNDS, UM, THAT HAVE DIFFERENT DEADLINES AND DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS. 
          SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF RESTORATION FIELD WORK THROUGH NATIVE PLANTING AND INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE WORKED OVER MORE THAN 16 ACRES AT WILLOW SPRINGS TO REMOVE PERSISTENT INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AND, YOU KNOW, MULCH AND POTENTIALLY PLANT AFTER THAT. 
          SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING, UH, PREVIOUS NATIVE PLANTINGS, WE ADDED OVER 200 NEW PLANTS, BOTH AT RESTORATION FRIDAY EVENTS, UM, BUT ALSO AT MONARCH DAY OF ACTION TO MAJOR EVENTS WHERE WE DO THE SURVEY. 
          SO UNDER THE CATEGORY OF EXPANDING ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE DO A LOT OF THAT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND WE HIT ANOTHER MILESTONE OR CLOSE TO HITTING A 6,000 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM. 
          UH, A YEAR AGO WE WERE AT 5,000. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ACTIVITIES THERE HAVE RESULTED, UM, IN MORE PEOPLE FOLLOWING AND LEARNING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. UM, AND OUR EARTH MONTH CALENDAR, WE HIGHLIGHTED OVER 50 COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS IN ADDITION TO NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR. 
          WE'VE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR ANNUAL EVENTS LIKE RANCHES, WALK, CITY, NATURE CHALLENGE, AND MONARCHY OF ACTION. 
          UM, HIGH ATTENDANCE ONCE AGAIN AT OUR RANCH AND WALK EVENT WITH ABOUT 500 PARTICIPANTS THIS PAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MORE OF THESE PARTNERS, UH, EVENTS THAT WE DO WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO LIBRARY TO, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, SO SOME EXAMPLES HERE BY SAFETY WORKSHOPS, PLANT TEAMS, AND LIBRARY STORY TIMES. 
          JUST A, A RUNDOWN OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR BY MONTH FROM MLK DAY OF SERVICE, THE MONARCHY OF ACTION, OUR EARTH MONTH ACTIVITIES, AGAIN, CITY, CITY NATURE CHALLENGE, PROMOTION OF BIKE MONTH AND PARKS MONTH, OUR RANCHOS WALK, CLEAN AIR DAY. 
          UM, AND THEN THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT, UH, WILLOW SPRINGS, INCLUDING RESTORATION FRIDAYS EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, AND THEN THE MONTHLY DURING OUR PLANTING SEASON, 
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NEIGHBORHOOD TREE PLANTING EVENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ATTRACT ANYWHERE FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 40 OR 50 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN WE ARE, UM, SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD, UM, IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FUNDING THAT THE CITY, UH, UH, ADOPTS EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE, UH, SOME INFORMATION HERE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE UPCOMING BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE'RE, UM, WORKING OUR WAY INTO, UH, ACTUALLY STARTING THIS EVENING. 
          SO THERE'S A MEETING THAT IS HAPPENING AT ONE MORE PARKS, UH, TONIGHT, UM, FOR OUR KICKOFF OF OUR NEW BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AND SO, UM, LET'S GO BACK, SORRY. 
          UH, SO WE'RE, AS WE'RE PREPARING FOR OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN FISCAL YEAR 26TH. 
          WE'RE PREPARING FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE SEEN, UM, SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT SHIFTING IN SPENDING PATTERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UM, REVENUE GENERATION PATTERNS ACROSS THE, THE CITY, THE STATE. 
          AND THEN THOSE TRENDS ARE ALSO HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UM, WITH SOME, SOME OF THE, UM, DISRUPTION AND CHAOS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          A LOT OF THOSE IMPACTS ARE NOW TRICKLING DOWN AND HITTING OUR CITY BUDGET, UM, IN THE FORM OF, UM, GRANTS EITHER, UM, BEING, UM, DISCONTINUED EARLY, UH, BEING CLAWED BACK, OR, UM, NOT BEING ISSUED THINGS THAT WE, FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES AND DECADES HAVE, HAVE RECEIVED, UH, HERE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND OF FISCAL OUTLOOK. 
          UM, SO WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING IN OUR, OUR CURRENT BUDGET THE ONGOING PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE, RIGHT? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN OUR APPROVED AND ADOPTED BUDGET BY OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE, UH, SORT OF KEEPING OUR EYE OUT FOR FISCAL PRUDENCE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FY 26 IS $3.7 BILLION. 
          THAT'S ACROSS ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. 
          UM, BUT REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THAT 3.7 BILLION IS INCLUDED IN FUNDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED FOR VERY, VERY SPECIFIC SOURCES. 
          SO OUR GENERAL FUND IS MUCH, MUCH SMALLER THAN THAT. 
          UH, AND, AND THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE MAJORITY OF WHAT SERVICES ARE THE COMMUNITY, UM, IS USED TO RECEIVING. 
          SO POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, UM, YOU KNOW, STREETS, ROADS, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          UM, AND SO AS WE KIND OF MANAGE THAT FUND, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE IN OUR TODAY, EXCUSE ME, UM, THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAX. 
          UM, PEOPLE ARE NOT PURCHASING THINGS INSTEAD OF SALES TAXES DOWN. 
          PEOPLE ARE NOT TRAVELING AS MUCH. 
          UM, SO OUR TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAXES ARE DOWN. 
          UM, A LOT OF THESE SOURCES FEED INTO THAT GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, AND SO WE AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE TO MANAGE OUR BUDGET, UH, IN REAL TIME, UM, AND HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN, UM, DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE SPEND OUR, OUR MONEY ON, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET BY OUR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND SO WHERE WE HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE, DO WE HAVE TO SPEND THE ONE TIME DOLLAR OR CAN WE DELAY, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING DECISION IF, IF FOR NONCRITICAL THINGS, IF WE HAVE VACANCIES, DO WE HAVE TO FILL THEM RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT? OR CAN WE HOLD THOSE POSITIONS OPEN OR HOLD THEM BACK FOR A MOMENT, UM, TO SEE IF THE ECONOMY GETS BETTER? SO WE ARE VERY, VERY MUCH RELIANT ON THE GENERAL ECONOMY, AND, AND WE WATCH THOSE TRENDS, UH, EVERY YEAR. 
          AND WE ALSO DO, UH, A ONE THROUGH FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK OF OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO WHAT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS ASKED US TO DO BEGINNING THIS FISCAL YEAR IS, UH, WHAT WE ARE CALLING, TYPING THE BELT. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CUT SERVICES, UH, OR THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TO EXPECT, BUT WHAT ARE THOSE CHOICES THAT WE CAN MAKE TO BE REALLY PRUDENT ABOUT HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY? UM, AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE TIMING OF, OF WHEN MONEY IS SPENT. 
          UM, AND MAYBE WE DO SPEND THAT, THE MONEY ON A CERTAIN DECISION THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT? SO LET'S LET SEE HOW, HOW WE GET THROUGH THE YEAR. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT MYSELF, UH, AND MY TEAM , UM, ARE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR FUTURE, UM, FISCAL YEAR, UH, FY 27 AS WE ROLL INTO DEBT AS WELL. 
          SO WE ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THE LARGER ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT ARE HAPPENING ACROSS, UH, THE REGION, THE STATE, UM, AND THE TREND THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THAT'S REALLY AFFECTING THIS. 
          SO, UM, LOTS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, FISCAL POLICY CHANGES, THINGS LIKE TARIFFS, UM, DECLINING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, INFLATION, ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE REALLY SLOWED ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          UM, AND THESE FACTORS IMPACT LOCAL REVENUE, 
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SALES, PROPERTY TAX, UM, THE TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX, UM, EVEN THINGS LIKE, UH, TRAVEL TO, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT, UM, IS DOWN. 
          AND SO THAT IMPACTS, UH, SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR, UH, A NUMBER OF THE PROGRAMS THERE. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THOSE SMART DECISIONS, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE TOUGH, UM, TO PROTECT OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH, PRIORITIZE THOSE CORE SERVICES, UM, AND PREVENT OUR BUDGET FROM CHALLENGES FROM REALLY GETTING WORSE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, KIND OF THE MESSAGE AS WE, UH, GO INTO PLANNING FOR FY 27. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF DEALING WITH FOR SOME OF THE FEDERAL FISCAL POLICY SHIFTS. 
          UM, SO THESE ARE THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE FUNDING IMPACTS, UM, AND THE SERVICE IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF THINGS THAT EITHER, UH, HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED, HAVE BEEN CLAWED BACK, UH, HAVING DISCONTINUED EARLY, UM, OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO NOT BE FUNDED, UH, EVEN THOUGH HISTORICALLY THAT WAS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A FORMULA FUND GRANT FUND, UM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR, UH, THE STATE GOVERNMENT PASSING THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE COME TO RELY ON FOR THOSE FORMULA DOLLARS. 
          SO, UM, OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ONE OF THREE CITIES THAT HAVE OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, IT'S 96% GRANT FUNDED, A MAJORITY THAT IS FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE DISCONTINUED A NUMBER OF HEALTH PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THOSE GRANT THATS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO EVERYTHING, UH, FROM OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, TO PUBLIC WORKS WHERE WE HAVE SOME MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, STREETS AND ROWS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS, UM, WHERE WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE WE, WE EITHER HAVE HEARD THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT FUNDING OR WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FUNDING THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD'VE COUNTED ON, UM, LIBRARIES AND CULTURE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AND OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INITIATIVES, UM, A LOT OF THOSE FELLOWS DO COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, OR FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          SO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A, A, AN EXAMPLE AS A COMPARISON. 
          THE TOTAL APPROXIMATE FUNDING IMPACT HERE IS, UM, 323.3 MILLION. 
          THE AMOUNT OF OUR RECOVERY FUNDS WAS ABOUT, IT WAS 300 MILLION. 
          SO IT'S ABOUT THE, THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, OVER THE THREE YEARS FOR POST AND RECOVERY. 
          UM, SO WHAT, UH, WE ARE SHARING THIS WITH YOU IS BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORKING ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS, MAKING THE CUTS THAT ARE BEING ASKED OF US FOR FISCAL PRUDENCE AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          UM, AND THAT'S NOT JUST THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SAW STAFF TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE EQUALLY DIFFICULT CHOICES IN WHAT THEY PRIORITIZE. 
          AND SOME OF THAT'S GONNA BE OUT OF OUR HANDS BECAUSE WHAT WE WILL OTHERWISE PRIORITIZE IN GRANT FUNDS MAY NOT COME TO FRUITION. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR FY 27. 
          UM, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE FIRST ONE IS THIS EVENING, UH, AT, UM, MCBRIDE PARK. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OTHERS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, INCLUDING A VIRTUAL SESSION. 
          UM, SO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMISSIONERS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE CONTEXT, UM, TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE AND HELP SHAPE OUR FUTURE BUDGET IN TERMS OF LETTING US KNOW WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES ARE. 
          UM, AND CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO VOICE, UM, YOUR PREFERENCES OR YOUR, UM, ADVOCACY AROUND SOME OF THE, THE IMPORTANT CLIMATE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, THE, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YES, THERE YOU GO. 
          THE, UH, THE 323 MILLION ON THE PREVIOUS, I DON'T NEED TO SEE THE NUMBERS. 
          UH, ROUGHLY HOW MUCH OF THAT, IF YOU KNOW, WAS IN GENERAL FUND VERSUS THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS? UM, UH, SORRY. 
          MOST OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE GRANT FUNDS. 
          UM, SO VERY FEW OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          UM, THEY WOULD'VE, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN EITHER IN A CAPITAL FUND IF THEY WERE A PROJECT, WHICH IS ITS OWN SPECIAL FUND, UM, OR WOULD'VE BEEN IN A GENERAL FUND. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC, UM, AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK THAT UP. 
          UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU JUST GENERALLY BY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS ITS OWN FUND. 
          PUBLIC WORKS NEEDS CAPITAL DOLLARS, IT'S OWN FUND. 
          AIRPORT ISN'T OWN FUND, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LIBRARY, POLICE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, GENERALLY SPEAKING IN GENERAL. 
          COOL. 
          ALL, DID YOU GET YOUR, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT LONGER TERM OUTLOOK. 
          AND THIS IS THE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UM, STRATEGY AND EXPERIENCE 
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AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CALCULATED ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO THIS. 
          BUT THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF CRYSTAL FOLLOWING HERE BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. 
          UM, BUT WE DO LOOK AT PROJECTIONS AND DEFICITS OR SURPLUS, ANTICIPATED SURPLUSES OVER A LONG TERM PERIOD, BECAUSE WE DO THINK ABOUT BUDGETS IN TERMS OF ANNUAL BUDGETS, BUT ALSO ACROSS A PERIOD OF TIME. 
          SO WE LOOK AT THINGS ACROSS FIVE YEARS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS THE OUTLOOK, UM, THAT WAS FROM THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE. 
          UH, AND THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING AT THE TIME. 
          UH, AND THAT WAS BEFORE ANY SORT OF, UM, UH, URGENCY THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH OUR ECONOMY THAT WAS CHANGING OUR REVENUES, UH, TO WHAT THEY KIND OF ARE TODAY THAT ARE LOWER IN EVERY CATEGORY. 
          SO EVEN WITHOUT THE CHANGES OF THE CURRENT ECONOMY, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, A CER A A SHORTFALL, UH, PROJECTED IN FY 27 AND 28 THAT WERE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, AND THEN SOME SMALLER ONES THAN 29 AND 30. 
          AND WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WERE ANTICIPATING, LIKE MEASURE A, UH, FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN HAS A, UH, HAS A RATE THAT THAT, UH, INCREASES AND, AND HITS THE BUDGET IN FY 27. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SCALING BACK THEN TO TURN AROUND AND BE SLOW TO SCALE BACK UP, RIGHT? SO YOU WANNA THINK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. 
          UH, BUT WE, WE KNOW THAT GIVEN OUR EXPENSES AND THINGS LIKE, UH, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEE UNIONS, UM, ARE OPEN FOR THEIR CONTRACTS ARE OPEN FOR NEGOTIATION STARTING THIS YEAR, A LOT OF THOSE, UH, THINGS ARE GOING TO START TO AFFECT THE, THIS BUDGET, AND THAT'S ON TOP OF WHATEVER THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMY. 
          SO THERE'S SOME WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO HERE TO FIND SOME EFFICIENCIES TO IDENTIFY WHAT CORE SERVICES ARE, UM, TO IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT NO LONGER SERVE US OR OUR COMMUNITY, AND STOP DOING THOSE THINGS SO WE CAN DO OTHER THINGS BETTER. 
          UM, AND SO THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE START TO HAVE AS A PART OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THIS IS SORT OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND, AS WE WALK INTO, UM, OUR WORK PLAN FOR 2026, UM, WE HAND IT BACK OVER TO FERN. 
          UH, I WANTED JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU THAT BUDGET CONTEXT AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT? WHAT ISSUES DO WE WANNA TACKLE? WHAT DO WE WANNA LEARN FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PATIENT? OKAY, SO THERE, THERE'S THE CONTEXT, WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AND THE BUDGET OUTLOOK. 
          AND SO NOW, UH, THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT TO START OUR DISCUSSION, UM, AS A STARTING POINT, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS. SO WE ANTICIPATE WANTING TO CONTINUE THE RETIREMENT PLAN, UM, AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON. 
          SO, UM, HERE IS AN ANNUAL CALENDAR BY FISCAL YEAR, JUST TO KINDA SHOW WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR OFFICE, WHAT WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET'S ADOPTED STARTING IN OCTOBER. 
          WE START THINKING ABOUT, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND DO OUR YEAR END REPORTING. 
          AND THEN IN JANUARY, BUDGETS ABOUT TO OFF AGAIN. 
          SO WE START OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS BUDGET KICKOFF IN FEBRUARY. 
          AS YOU'RE SEEING NOW, WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THE MEETINGS EARLY APRIL 1ST MONTH, SO WE DO A LOT OF CELEBRATIONS THERE. 
          UM, SOME OF THE BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DECISIONS ARE MADE IN MAY, AUGUST, IS THAT WHAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY? WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND THE ANNUAL GRANT STRATEGY. 
          AND THEN BACK TO SEPTEMBER. 
          THE, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUDGET IS ABOUT OCTOBER 1ST IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, BIG PARTS OF OUR ANNUAL CALENDAR. 
          HERE'S LOOKING AT IT A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          WE MEET WITH OUR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS AND WITH OUR CLIMATE MOBILIZATION SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, AROUND THOSE TOPIC AREAS. 
          SO WE TRY TO STRATEGICALLY MEET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE TOUCHING ON THOSE, UH, IMPORTANT PARTS. 
          AND SO, UNDER THE TOPIC OF C CITY LEADERS FROM FUNDING, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WANTING TO WORK ON THIS YEAR? SO WE PLAN TO DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE TO THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          THIS WILL PRODUCE, UH, AN INTERNAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DOCUMENT FOR US TO USE AS A WAY TO QUANTIFY OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE MITIGATION ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN ALREADY, UM, AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN ATTAIN OUR 2030 GHG REDUCTION GOALS. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THOSE ACTION ITEMS BASED ON THE, UH, POTENTIAL TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND HOW MUCH EACH OF THOSE WILL COST SO THAT WE HAVE, UH, A DOCUMENT THAT WILL REALLY HELP US WITH HAVING GUIDELINES FOR HOW TO PRIORITIZE THINGS GOING FORWARD. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          WE HAVE OUR ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT ARE QUANTIFIED AND, AND EASILY MEASURABLE, BUT SOME THINGS ARE, ARE NOT NECESSARILY THERE. 
          AND SO WE WANTED 
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THIS ADDITIONAL KIND OF INTERNAL DOCUMENT TO HELP US DETERMINE KNOWING EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW, UM, HOW DO WE GET TO OUR 2030 PRODUCTION GOALS THAT WE HAVE REDUCED FUNDING, REDUCED STAFFING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, NOT AS MUCH FUNDING, GRANT FUNDING, UM, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT ACHIEVING OUR, OUR ACTION ITEMS IN A WAY THAT WE MEET OUR GOALS STILL IF WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THINGS. 
          AND SO THAT'S ON THE MITIGATION SIDE. 
          SAME FOR ADAPTATION. 
          HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE, UH, HOW WE ADDRESS EXTREME HEAT AND AIR QUALITY DROUGHT AND YOU RISING FLOODING ISSUES? UM, AGAIN, THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH EVERYTHING HERE, AND WE HAVE TO BE SELECTIVE ABOUT WHEN WE START PROJECTS. 
          AND SO THIS UPDATE WILL HELP US TO PRIORITIZE THINGS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO IMPLEMENT OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          AND, UH, ALSO WE WILL BE DOING STAFF COMMUNICATION AND TRAINING JUST TO IMPROVE AWARENESS OF THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN GOALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST FOR CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, BUT JUST MAKING SURE CLIMATE WORK IS MORE EMBEDDED IN DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS IT IS A, YOU KNOW, A FOCUS AREA. 
          UH, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          CONTINUE TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING, UH, TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LIGHT, ESPECIALLY OF, UH, THE BUDGET ISSUES. 
          BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THEM, WE ARE APPLYING FOR GRANTS. 
          UM, OUR OFFICE IS EITHER APPLYING OR SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS WHO CAN APPLY FOR PROLONGED THAT WILL HELP US FURTHER OUR CLIMATE GOALS. 
          AND THEN WORKING WITH THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS TO DEVELOP BUDGET REQUEST ITEMS EARLY ON IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY HAVE A, A PROJECT THAT WILL HELP THEM ACHIEVE CLIMATE GOALS OR THAT IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THOSE, THOSE FUNDS THE RIGHT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THEN WORKING WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, ITEMS IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT SUPPORT OUR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS. 
          UM, EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE CAP IS TYPICALLY IN THERE. 
          AND THEN ANNUALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT PEOPLE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO GET THOSE IN. 
          AND SO THERE'S OFTEN A LOT OF CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING, UH, EVERY YEAR. 
          AND SO SINCE CAB ADOPTION, YOU KNOW, THINGS MIGHT BE CHANGING WITH, UM, JUST DIFFERENT REGULATIONS. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TALK WITH THOSE SPECIFICALLY, BUT WHEN THOSE COME UP, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, OR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT REGULATIONS OR SUPPORT NEW LEGISLATION THAT HELP US, UH, REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM YOU. 
          SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON MAKES IT INTO THERE. 
          SO IF IT DOES COME UP ON THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL, UM, UH, A BILL OR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO TALK IT THROUGH AND SUPPORT OR OPPOSE SOMETHING BASED ON THE KIND OF THING. 
          AND THEN, UH, ANY EARMARKS OR SMALL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SET UP OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE PROJECTS FOR THAT. 
          AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          UM, EACH ACTION ITEM HAS A ONE OR MORE LEAD DEPARTMENT, AND THEN ONE OR MORE PARTNER DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT THE WORK. 
          AND SO THESE ITEMS HERE ARE ONES WHERE OUR OFFICE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OF OFFICE OF PERMIT ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE EITHER A LEAD OR A PARTNER DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO THEY'RE LISTED HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE'RE HELPING TO, UM, START OR CONTINUE OR JUST THINK THROUGH WHEN THE, THIS ACTION ITEM WILL OCCUR. 
          WE HAVE A ROLE IN IT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS GOOD HERE, THAT WE, WE, IN ADDITION TO OUR OFFICE COORDINATING THE ENTIRE CAP IMPLEMENTATION, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING AS AN OFFICE. 
          SO THE BUILDING AND ENERGY, TRANSPORTATION AND WASTE ARE MITIGATION ITEMS. AND THEN ON THE ADAPTATION SIDE, EXTREME HEAT, AIR QUALITY, DROUGHT, AND SEAL RISE AND FLOODING AGAIN. 
          SO THE ONE WHERE WE HAVE A SPECIFIC ROLE TO SUPPORT WORKING ON THESE, THESE ACTION ITEMS. AND THEN WE PRODUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY. 
          SO, UH, FOR 2026, WE WILL COMPLETE THE 2022 AND 2024 MUNICIPAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY. 
          AND THEN, UH, NOW THAT 2025 IS COMPLETED, WE ANTICIPATE DATA FOR THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US AROUND JUNE AND JULY. 
          SO WE'LL BEGIN THE 2025 COMMUNITYWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY ONCE THAT DATA IS ALL. 
          AND THEN WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO ALWAYS IMPROVE OUR TRACKING SYSTEM. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO STAY ORGANIZED AND FOR US TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY WITH 
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THE PUBLIC, WITH THE COMMISSION, WITH COUNCIL, AND, AND JUST ALWAYS MAKING THINGS MORE AUTOMATED AND MORE EFFICIENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD LEARNING AND USING NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT, UH, OUR, OUR CITY IS ADOPTING. 
          AND OUR CLIMATE PORTAL IS ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO BE TRANSPARENT AND DISCLOSE INFORMATION. 
          SO AS WE COLLECT MORE INFORMATION FROM OUR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, WE ARE UPDATING IT. 
          SO WE WILL, UM, WE ALREADY HAVE 20 15, 20 21, AND 2023 FOR THE COMMUNITY WIDE. 
          UH, ONCE WE PUBLISH THE MUNICIPAL INVENTORIES, WE WILL ADD THAT TO THE PORTAL THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE WANNA ADD TO THE PORTAL, UH, THAT HELPS TELL THE STORY OF, OF CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE ADDED THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE DO OUR ANNUAL REPORT AS A WAY TO SHOWCASE WHAT DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MOVE US FORWARD IN OUR CLIMATE WORK. 
          AND SO WE, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON THE 2025 NOW, AND THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN APRIL DURING FIRST MONTH. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT SHOWS ALL THE PROGRESS MADE. 
          A LOT OF THE THINGS ARE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN, UH, AT, AT YOUR MEETINGS. 
          YOU HEAR UPDATES PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND THEN ALL OF THE UPDATES THAT THEY PROVIDE US WILL BE IN THE REPORT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          SO THE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT, UH, AC CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT STANDS FOR AT THE MOMENT, BUT ANOTHER, UH, REPORTING SO THAT WE, WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW WE'RE OPERATING AND BEING MORE SUSTAINABLE AND REPORT THAT. 
          AND KIND OF, UH, THEN WE'RE SHOWED, AS, YOU KNOW, WE SUBMITTED THESE REPORTS AND WE CAN KIND OF COMPARE OURSELVES, UH, WITH OTHER CITIES TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING. 
          AND THE LEAD FOR CITIES SIMILAR, THE LEAD FOR BUILDINGS, UH, THERE'S A, A LEAD FOR CITY CERTIFICATION THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER, ANOTHER GREAT RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN LONG BEACH. 
          SO IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE PLAN TO OFFER, UH, UH, AGAIN THIS YEAR THAT WILL BE CAPTURED IN OUR WORK PLAN, MOST OF THEM ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REPEATING YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          THAT'S WHAT PROGRAMS ARE ALL ABOUT. 
          WE SUSTAIN THOSE. 
          UH, WE, WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DIALED THEM IN THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ENGAGING PEOPLE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS THAT THE EVENTS GROW YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE GET, YOU KNOW, NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW FOLKS. 
          UM, SO WE WANNA CONTINUE THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THINGS ON HERE, A HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT ARE NEW, UM, THAT, AND, AND ONE THING THAT ISN'T ON HERE, WHICH TOOK UP A LOT OF OUR TIME LAST YEAR, IS THE NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT WAS A, A GRANT WITH A LIMITED TIMELINE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE DELIVERABLES AND, AND EXPEND THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS IT'S ACTUALLY FREEING UP SOME STAFF TIME TO TAKE ON SOME NEW THINGS. 
          SO, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON A WORK PLAN FOR MORE THAN A FEW YEARS NOW IS THIS, UH, RESTRICTED FUNDING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO FOR DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY REHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE BEEN PROPOSING FOR A WHILE THIS CONCEPT OF SOLAR RED EQUAL ROOFS, WHICH WOULD BE A DIRECT INSTALL OF A HIGH REFLECTANCE ROOF THAT WOULD BE SUITABLE TO HAVE A FOLLOW ON SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START FROM SCRATCH, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS COULD BE THE YEAR THAT IF WE CAN, UH, CONFIRM THAT THIS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WORK WITH, UH, OTHER PARTNER DEPARTMENTS, WE CAN GET THIS GOING. 
          UM, I, I, YOU'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM BECAUSE OF, I ALREADY MENTIONED THEM AS PREVIOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WE'RE GONNA PLANNING ON REPEATING ALL OF THESE THINGS. 
          BUT ANOTHER BRAND NEW THING, AND THIS IS, UH, SORT OF A RARE THING, UM, UH, DURING THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION, IS A REFERRAL FROM CITY COUNCIL ABOUT A GREEN PARKWAYS INITIATIVE IDEA. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING ON. 
          UM, IT WAS REFERRED NOT ONLY TO OUR COMMISSION, BUT TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO NAVIGATE THAT, HOW EACH ONE OF THESE BODIES ARE GOING TO, UM, WORK THIS ITEM THROUGH. 
          BUT MOST OF THE EFFORT IS GONNA BE THROUGH STAFF, UH, COORDINATING WITH OTHER STAFF IN THE CITY. 
          SO THE INITIATIVE AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, IS ABOUT, UM, EXPLORING NEW STANDARDS TO ADDRESS, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS WHEN IT COMES TO PARKWAYS, PARKWAYS ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, BUT THEY HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THERE ARE RER RULES THAT GOVERN WHAT CAN BE ON THESE PARKWAYS. 
          THEY ARE ALWAYS FOLLOWED. 
          THAT WAS SOME OF WHAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, IN, IN, IN THE COUNCIL INITIATIVE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE EXPLORING ALL OF THAT, UM, TO SEE IF, IF WE COME UP WITH RECOMMENDED POLICY CHANGES, IF THERE'S PERHAPS PROGRAMS THAT CAN COME OUT OF THIS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE 
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ALREADY ARE EXISTING PARKWAY PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, BUT THE OVERALL GOAL HERE, I THINK, IS TO HAVE GREENER PARKWAYS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, AND, UH, BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL LATER IN THE YEAR WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          GREEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, UM, UH, FROM OUR, THE PARTICIPATION IN THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION FOR OUR FELLOW PROGRAM THAT GIVES US THREE TO FOUR FELLOWS A YEAR THAT SUPPORT, UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND, AND GIVE VALUE TO WORK EXPERIENCE AND RESUME BUILDING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT ALSO OUR URBAN GREENING FIELD TEAM THAT DOES THE LABOR WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO PLANTING TREES AND DOING RESTORATION WORK, UM, CONTINUING TO FUND AND, AND FOSTER THEM. 
          UH, AND THEN FERN MENTIONED THIS NEW PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY THAT IS FUNDED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, THE VI AND CLIMATE ACTION FELLOWS, WHICH IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UM, THEY, WE GET PLACEMENTS NOT ONLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT OR, OR IN OUR OFFICE, BUT IN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 
          THAT IS ANOTHER WAY TO, UH, GIVE EXPERIENCE TO STUDENTS AT LONG CITY COLLEGE. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE OUR MOST DELIVERY AND PICKUP. 
          UH, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. 
          WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BREAK ANY NEW RECORDS WITH OUR TREE PLANTING PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO SUSTAIN WHAT WE HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PLANTING UP TO ANOTHER A THOUSAND TREES, BUT THE MORE TREES THAT WE PLANT, THE MORE TREES WE HAVE TO WATER. 
          SO THAT'S, WE'RE PACING OURSELVES HERE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FUNDING, UH, WITH PRIORITY PLANTING IDEAS IN CENTRAL NORTH AND WEST LONG BEACH. 
          BUT SINCE WE'RE HOPING TO FINALIZE, UH, AND, AND COMPLETE SOME OF OUR FUNDING STREAMS THIS YEAR, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SEE, UH, ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING TO, TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THIS IN FUTURE YEARS. 
          AND THEN UNDER THESE OTHER, YOU KNOW, CATEGORIES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO OUR WORK PLAN FOR A WHILE, UH, CONTINUING TO EXPLORE URBAN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING OUR, UM, UAIZ PROGRAM, UM, AND THE IDEA OF OPERATING MICRO GRANTS, UM, TO HELP, UM, START UP URBAN AGRICULTURE EFFORTS, UM, UH, GET UNDERWAY IN NEW LOCATIONS UNDER OUR WATERSHED AND URBAN FORESTRY INITIATIVES. 
          A BIG ONE IS OUR URBAN FOREST PLAN THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON AND EXPECT, UH, TO TAKE IT TO ADOPTION THIS YEAR. 
          SO THIS COMMISSION WILL SEE THAT PLAN, UH, IN ITS DRAFT FORM TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT, UM, AND ADVANCE IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. 
          UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE'RE HOPEFULLY OPENING UP THE CAPACITY TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR IS THE RAIN GARDEN DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM. 
          EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT AN ACTIVE PROGRAM DOING SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. 
          SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODEL OURS POTENTIALLY AFTER THEIRS. 
          UM, SO LOOK FOR THAT ONE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LAUNCHING A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, CAMPAIGNS, THAT'S ALWAYS AN ONGOING THING, INCLUDING A UPDATED, UH, TREE REQUEST PAGE THAT WILL MAKE IT SIMPLER FOR PEOPLE TO REQUEST PARKWAY TREES THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          UH, BUT WE PLAN FOR THEM. 
          AND THEN THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING A, A, A TREE STEWARDS PROGRAM AND A SUPPORTING REPORTING APP SO THAT WE CAN GET, UM, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN OR RESIDENT PARTICIPATION IN, UM, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE, THE STATE OF OUR URBAN FOREST AND, AND TREES WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR ONGOING, UH, WILL SPRINGS PARK SUPPORT, UM, WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH, WITH THE FOLKS THERE, BUT INCLUDING THE CONSERVATION FOR WHICH IS ACTUALLY COMPLETING SOME, UH, TRAIL CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR. 
          UH, AND HOPEFULLY OTHER NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, UM, FUNDING CAN FLOW THROUGH CONSERVATION FOR, INTO GLOBAL SPRINGS. 
          UM, THERE'S WORK BEING DONE ON EXPANDING THE NATIVE TECH NURSERY THAT IS THERE. 
          UH, THE TRAILHEAD PROJECT IS ACCOUNTABLE PROJECT THAT IS, UM, KIND OF REBOOTED A, A, A BIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO GET THAT GOING AND SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. 
          AND THEN THE WETLAND EXPANSION AT WILLOW SPRINGS IS ANOTHER THING THAT SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED ALL OF THESE IN, IN VARIOUS WAYS, BUT TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO THESE ARE THE WAYS THAT WE DO THIS AND, UM, AND, AND WORK WITH PARTNERS AND, UM, GIVE THE, THE PUBLIC THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH US AND, AND HELP OUT AND LEARN MORE. 
          OKAY, THAT 
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WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, . 
          UH, NOW WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO REFLECT ON WHAT WE PRESENTED, UH, AND PROVIDE US WITH SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU HEARD. 
          THIS IS HOW WE'RE PLANNING OUT THE YEAR. 
          AND SO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SAID. 
          THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO LEARN ABOUT PRESENTATION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT US TO BRING TO YOU. 
          WHAT KINDS OF, UH, SUPPORT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE TO THE STAFF ON THE THINGS THAT ARE, UM, IN THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, IN OUR WORK PLAN THAT WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE? UM, THIS WILL HELP US SET THE AGENDAS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, BUT ALSO, UH, IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL COME TO YOU WITH A DRAFT WORK PLAN. 
          AND SO THIS INFORMATION AS MODIFIED, UH, BY OUR DISCUSSION TODAY WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR YOU TO APPROVE, REVIEW, CHANGE, APPROVE, AND THEN WE'LL FORWARD THAT TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, SHOW YOU THAT THESE ARE THE THREE, THREE PLUS ONE QUESTIONS THAT I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, ON MENTEE LEADER IN A MINUTE. 
          BUT I WANT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FIRST, KNOWING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK THROUGH THESE THREE QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I WANT TO GIVE THE COMMISSION A MINUTE TO READ THROUGH THESE AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU MIGHT WANNA RESPOND BEFORE I OPEN UP THE, THE POLLING. 
          UM, SO KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, LIKE, IMAGINE THIS YEAR HAS GONE BY. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE HOPED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON? UM, HOW DO YOU WANNA BE MORE ENGAGED IN THE WORK THAT WE DO? WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS, UH, IN TERMS OF EVENTS THAT YOU WANNA BE INVITED TO? UM, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GREAT TIME AT THE, THE CLIMATE  CELEBRATION IN DECEMBER. 
          YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN DO EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT WILL SPRINGS, AND SO JUST THINK ABOUT THE TYPES OF EVENTS YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE RECENTLY STARTED FORMING AD HOC COMMITTEES, THE WAY FOR YOU TO PUSH THINGS FORWARD IN A DIFFERENT WAY OUTSIDE OF OUR, OUR MEETINGS. 
          AND SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF AD HOC COMMITTEES WOULD YOU WANT TO WORK ON THIS YEAR. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, AS A, AS A GROUP, YOU CAN DECIDE WHEN DO YOU WANNA START THEM, WHEN DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING ONE, BASICALLY ONE AD HOC AT A TIME SO THAT YOU'RE NOT, UM, OVER COMMITTING WITH MULTIPLE MEMBERS ON, ON DIFFERENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. 
          SO THIS IS A, A GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. 
          AGAIN, AT EACH MEETING WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT AD HOC COMMITTEES, SO THIS ISN'T LOCKING IT IN, BUT THIS IS JUST A WAY FOR YOU TO THINK THROUGH WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THE YEAR. 
          SO, UM, I'LL STOP HERE FOR, FOR ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. 
          GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO THINK, AND THEN I'LL OPEN UP THE POLL. 
          I WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE, UM, HARD COPY. 
          YEAH. 
          LOOKING CAN BEST, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS A HARD COPY, LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, 402 PAGES, INCLUDING THE APPEND, APPEND. 
          I KNOW IT'S EASIER SOMETIMES. 
          YEAH. 
          SO LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT NUMBER OF FOLLOW UP THINGS FROM TODAY, SO WE CAN SEND A REMINDER EMAIL TO EVERYONE OF ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT TO ME LATER. 
          UM, PUTTING UPDATED EMAIL ADDRESSES, ANYTHING YOU HAVE, THAT WAY WE CAN GET IT FROM YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE, I'D LIKE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE, UM, AGREES, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS OR THAT RELATE TO WHAT WE DO. 
          AND I WANT TO HAVE LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, BE INFORMED ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY'RE  AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE ASPECT OF WE'RE SUPPOSED BE GIVING THEM RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING. 
          LIKE THE, UM, THING MY MOM SENT ME THAT, UH, THE MARY MARY'S AND DAD WAS BRINGING UP, UM, THE ARTIFICIAL TURF ISSUE AND WANTED TO LEGISLATE. 
          SO I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT ISSUES THAT CITY COUNCIL ENSURE  EXCUSE FLAG THOSE FOR THE COMMISSION. 
          THIS IS ARE THINGS ON THE AGENDA. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE. 
          OH, SO, AND THAT'S, IT'S A, IT IS A PART OF OUR PROCESS. 
          SO A NORMAL AGENDA ITEM IS AGENDA IS WEEKS BEFORE IT'S PUT ON THE AGENDA, IT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC CALL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE  A SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA, UM, WHERE, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THREE SIGNATURES OF THEIR COLLEAGUES MAKE IT TO PUT ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S PART OF OUR PROCESS. 
          IT'S PERMITTED. 
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WE JUST HAVE STAFF ABOUT, WE SENT A GOOD, OH NO, THAT'S TOMORROW, . 
          UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE ALWAYS TO GET ALL OF THOSE, BUT THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS NEW TO STAFF THAT, BUT , UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT SOMETHING AFTER, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED, UM, YEAH, MAKING IT, WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE IS A LINK TO THE MEETING VIDEO SO YOU CAN WATCH IT SPECIFICALLY IN THE ITEMS, UM, REGARDLESS IF IT'S A REGULAR SOMETHING. 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, WE ALSO TRY AND DO THAT IF THERE'S ANY BACKUP TO THAT, LIKE THERE'S THAT LIKE REGULAR STANDING MEETING AS SORT OF A RESOURCE. 
          CAN WE DO THAT ALREADY? AND IF THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ITEMS THERE, UM, THAT ARE RELATED. 
          NOW, I WILL MENTION THE COMMISSION AS YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK PROBABLY MIGHT WANT TO, UM, WORK ON THE SHARED. 
          UH, THERE ARE THINGS, AGENDAS DISCUSS AND FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, , UH, DIRECTIONS STAFF PREPARED. 
          WHAT WE PREPARE, A MEMO GOES FROM, FROM STAFF CASE MANAGER. 
          THERE'S ALSO TIMES WHERE THE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION AND FORWARD ITEMS TO . 
          AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. 
          , UM, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE, RIGHT? I MEAN, PROBABLY YEARS THIS POINT, RIGHT? THAT THE STATE COUNCIL HAS TAKEN AN ACTION THAT HAS BEEN ELECTED A PARTICULAR FOLLOW UP TO COMMISSION. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS ONE WHERE, AND SO, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN, UH, A REGULAR ION. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS IN WHICH  AND IS THAT  ISSUE? GO AHEAD. 
          UM, IS THAT ISSUE PART OF OUR AGENDA? AND YEAH, IT IS ON, IT'S ON THE LIST AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND WHERE IT FITS APPROPRIATELY SO WE CAN THEN HEAR YOUR DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION AND HOW WE WANNA GO ABOUT THAT PROCESS AND WHAT THAT WAS THE MAIN PATHWAYS INITIATIVE THAT MENTIONED . 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE IT ON LIST ALREADY BECAUSE WE WE HAVE DO SOMETHING WITH IT, BUT IT'S HARD OF DOING SOMETHING . 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I CHECK THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, UPCOMING MEETING AGENDAS, UH, PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK AND FREQUENTLY IS CLOSE TO MORE THAN, MORE THAN THREE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME. 
          THAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. 
          FREQUENTLY THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE, UH, SEVEN TO 10 DAYS. 
          BUT I, I LOOK AT THOSE AND DECIDE IF, GEEZ, THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO WRITE A COMMENT ABOUT WITHIN, I'D BE, UH, HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH COMMISSIONERS IF WE WANT. 
          I KNOW WE, UH, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT CHANGING OUR STUFF, BUT, UH, IF ONE OF US IS SCANNING, NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO SCAN, THAT'D BE, AND I LOOK FOR, UH, AND I DON'T DO IT, UH, WEEK COMMISSIONER, MARCIA, IF ANYONE SEES ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, YOU COULD SEND THAT TO ME AND FORWARD IT OUT. 
          JUST CLARIFY, WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY FOR ANYONE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO SIGN UP TO GET THEM NOTIFICATIONS. 
          YES. 
          WE'LL SEND THAT UP TO YOU ALSO. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS, I HAVE A WORKING EMAIL SET UP THAT WAY. 
          SO WHEN THE THINGS GET POSTED, THEN YOU'LL GET THE NOTIFICATIONS. 
          ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN GET THAT. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP ITEMS, WE'LL GET ALL THE, THOSE LINK TO YOU. 
          EVERYONE. 
          DOES EVERYONE HAVE A SMART PHONE WITH THEM? WE DON'T LET KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA USE MENTEE METER. 
          WE USED IT LAST YEAR FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE, UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE PRACTICE QUESTIONS. 
          SO IF YOU SEE A SHARED ING PLAN, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN OUR WORK PLAN, BUT IF YOU COULD SCAN THIS QR CODE AND THEN, UM, WE'LL HAVE AGAIN, A COUPLE PRACTICE QUESTIONS THAT JUST SO THAT YOU CAN, UH, GET TO LEARN THIS SOFTWARE. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 
          [01:45:01]
SCHEDULE AND THEN THE THREE QUESTIONS THAT I SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          I KNOW YOU LIKE TO, UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          IS EVERYONE IN THE EE HERE? MM-HMM . 
          SO YOU CAN TEST, YOU CAN TEST THIS OUT BY CHOOSING A PLANETE, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR FAVORITE. 
          ANYTHING THAT CALLED YOU AT THE MOMENT TO PRACTICE ON MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION. 
          ANYONE GET ONE YET? YEAH. 
          OH, PEOPLE ARE FEELING HURT TODAY. 
          4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5 C EIGHT NINE. 
          SO 1% STILL WORKING ON IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE PLATYPUS WHEN YOU WALKED IN. 
          OUR OFFICE DECIDED TO ADOPT SYMBOLICALLY ADOPT A PLATYPUS, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM. 
          SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UH, FUN MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION. 
          WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT THE PLATYPUS? AND THEY'RE ALL INTERESTING. 
          INTERESTING. 
          OH YEAH. 
          BACK TO MY CHARACT. 
          NOT YET. 
          IS IT SUPPOSED TO JUST POP AUTOMATICALLY? IT IS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE IT GOES. 
          OKAY, NOW IT'S, I JUST, THAT'S WE NEED SOME, UH, PASSING. 
          YEAH, JUST SHE'S OUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ABOUT FOOD CARE. 
          YEP. 
          YEP. 
          TIME WORK IS HARD. 
          GONNA KEEP GOING. 
          UH, THIS IS JUST TO PRACTICE TYPING SOMETHING IN. 
          SO JUST ONE WORD, UH, THAT DESCRIBES THE CLIMATE OR SUSTAINABLE ISSUE. 
          IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT JUST ONE WORD, LET ME KNOW. 
          . 
          THERE WE GO. 
          ALL FIGURED OUT. 
          . 
          . 
          SOMEBODY CHEATED. 
          NO. 
          SHOULD WE GUESS HE SAID WHAT? . 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE THE PRACTICE QUESTIONS. 
          SO, UM, ON YOUR PHONE YOU CAN SEE THE FULL IMAGE. 
          SO BASICALLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE DRAFT SCHEDULE SAYING THE LAST YEAR, THE TOPICS WITH THE RIGHT ON. 
          UM, YES OR NO, ARE YOU OKAY? OR DO YOU WANT SOME CHANGES TO THAT? YOU SEE A NO. 
          IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW, OR YOU COULD, UM, TALK WITH THE CHAIR LATER AND COMMUNICATE ME. 
          I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT . 
          SO, UH, CAN YOU, I CAN'T DO IT FROM HERE, Z BUT IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DOESN'T SHOW IT ON THE, BUT ON YOUR PHONE YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE MONTH WONDERING ABOUT EARTH MONTH AND HOW THAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED IN THE CAP? OH, SO EARTH MONTH ISN'T IN THE CAP THAT, UH, 
          [01:50:01]
WE DON'T HAVE A CAP, UH, STRESSOR SECTOR ASSIGNED TO APRIL, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS HAPPENING THAT MONTH. 
          SO WE USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CELEBRATE WORK AND SHOW, DO SOME REPORTING OF PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, AND SCHEDULE ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT MIGHT HAVE COME UP. 
          SO APRIL IS THE MONTH WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CAP ITEM ASSOCIATED, AND THE OTHER SEVEN ITEMS ARE IN OUR, IN THE DECK? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE  AND OTHER ITEMS CAN BE ADDED WORKING THROUGH THE CHAIR. 
          OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ARE NOT LISTED HERE, BUT THOSE HAPPEN WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO NOW IMAGINE ONE YEAR FROM NOW, UH, OUR RETREAT. 
          WHAT WOULD THE COMMISSION HAVE LIKED TO MAKE PROGRESS ON IN 2020? SO THIS IS SHORT ANSWER. 
          UM, IT'LL PROBABLY GET YOU OFF AT SOME POINT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIMIT YOURSELF TO A COUPLE WORDS. 
          WRITE OUT A COUPLE THINGS IF YOU WANT ONE, UH, ONE IDEA PER SUBMISSION, BUT YOU CAN SUBMIT MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          SO YOU JUST TRY TO KEEP ONE OUT IN FOR SUBMISSION. 
          IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR EVERYONE TO SUBMIT, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF WAIT UNTIL THEY SLOW DOWN AND EVERYONE FANS SLOW DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING UP TO MOVE ON. 
          ARE STILL PIPING? I SEE GREEN PARKWAYS, MEANINGFUL AD HOC, CLEANER AIR, LESS SHADE STRUCTURES. 
          INCLUDE ADVISORY ON SPECIFIC ITEMS, SUPPORTING AND ATTENDING THE EVENTS, WORKING WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS OR COUNCIL, UH, ADDITIONAL TOOL ROOFS, THINKING ALL GAS APPLIANCES, MORE EV CHARGING, QUANTIFYING PROGRAMS, CRASH WHEEL , HEAT IRON, PEOPLE STILL TYPING  CONNECTION, PEOPLE TYPING SPONSORSHIPS,  PROGRAMS. DOES ANYONE STILL WANT MORE TIME TO EDIT THIS? COUPLE SECONDS. 
          OKAY. 
          THE RESTROOM. 
          OH YEAH, JUST RIGHT UP DOWN TAYLOR. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN, WE CAN PAUSE THE CHAIR WILL HAVE TO CALL A RECESS. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TAKE A QUICK BREAK, RUSH THROUGH IF ANYONE MORE SNACKS, YOU CAN THINK THROUGH WHAT ANSWERS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SUBMIT FOR THE QUESTION AND SAY HI TO PATIA AGAIN. 
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YOU WANT? OH, YEAH. 
          BUT YEAH, AND DEPENDING ON THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS YOU ASK, YOU CAN DISPLAY IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          SO THERE'S THE, LIKE I SHOWED YOU THE PIE CHART, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, THERE'S THE WORD CLOUD, THERE'S THIS, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN GROUP THESE TOGETHER TOO. 
          LIKE AS ANSWERS COME IN. 
          I COULD PUT ALL OF THE LIKE, AIR QUALITY IN ONE SECTION AND STUFF. 
          I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO. 
          IT'S A, A COOL AND POWERFUL TOOL IN REAL TIME. 
          IS IT ALSO SOMETHING THAT, UH, , 
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OKAY, SO WE'RE RECONVENING AT AT 6:12 PM I'M GONNA DO A QUICK ROLL CALL BEFORE WE CONTINUE. 
          COMMISSIONER BENNETT. 
          COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ELLIS? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER GAAN. 
          COMMISSIONER HANKS. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER COONEY HIRO. 
          HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER MARSH? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH? HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER SERGI. 
          HERE. 
          VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ. 
          CHAIR. 
          CHAIR GAINES. 
          HERE WE HAVE QUORUM AND ONE, ONE ANSWER PER SUBMISSION. 
          MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ARE OKAY. 
          THINK ABOUT HOW ELSE DO YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE, BE ENGAGED WITH, WITH OUR OFFICE, WITH THE, THE EVENTS WE HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC I THE EARTH DAY RESTORATION. 
          FRIDAYS. 
          TOURS OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, EVENTS HAPPENING IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          ONSITE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, SHOWCASES A FEW PEOPLE STILL TYPING. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          I LOST THE BROWSER. 
          IF YOU COULD GO MENTION.COM. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU COULD TYPE IN THE NUMBER AT THE TOP AND OPENING 
          [02:05:01]
OF NEWS CITY, NATURE SPACES,  THERE. 
          CULTURAL EVENTS, EVERYONE'S DONE. 
          HEALTHY HOMES. 
          ANYONE ELSE STILL TYPING ANYTHING? OKAY, GREAT. 
          OKAY, LAST QUESTION. 
          SO WHAT CAP RELATED TOPICS ARE THE COMMISSION INTERESTED IN FORMING AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON? UM, SO YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SEVEN SECTORS AND STRESSES ARE IN THE CAP. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING RELATED THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING ON THIS YEAR? UM, WE HAVE, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE, UH, ELECTRIC, UH, ELECTRIC BATTERY RECYCLING AD HOC, BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU MIGHT MAYBE BE INTERESTED IN? THIS WILL HELP US KIND OF PLAN OUT THE YEAR ON TOPIC FOR SUBMISSION, PLEASE. 
          GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE UP PEAK  AND BUS STRUCTURES, REDUCING EXTREME HEAT ING S ORGANIC WASTE, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AMBASSADORS OR ORGANIC WASTE. 
           ANYONE STILL TYPING? ALMOST OKAY. 
          PUBLIC ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER. 
          OKAY, SO ALL OF THE, UH, ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS SO FAR. 
          THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE COULD TAKE WHEN WE'RE PLANNING OUT, UM, HOW WE WILL INTERACT, HOW WE WILL REQUEST INFORMATION FROM OTHER STAFF WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THESE PROJECTS, HOW WE WILL THEN TURN THAT INTO, UH, POTENTIALLY PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, HOW, UH, THIS CAN COME UP AT YOUR NEXT MEETING DURING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, FORMATION ITEM, UH, KNOWING THAT KIND OF A PROCESS, KNOWING WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND THE, THE WHAT YOU'VE PROVIDED SO FAR. 
          UM, SHARE MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I KNOW WE'RE OVER TIME ALREADY, BUT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ABOUT THE DRAFT BOOK PLAN TOPICS OR ABOUT, UM, UH, OTHER ITEMS RELATED TO OUR, OUR PURVIEW AS A COMMISSION, AS AN OFFICE THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW BIG YEAR IT'S GOING TO GO, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT, UM,  SUGGESTIONS FOR A COMMITTEES. 
          UM, WE, I GUESS PARTING THEM, LIKE DOES IT MAKE SENSE ON THEM, LIKE AROUND THAT SAME DISCUSSIONS OR, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE THE, THE FOCUS IF THERE'S A PLAN FOR THEM. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF HERE  SORT OF MEETING. 
          YEAH, SO I MEAN, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THIS IS RELATED DIRECTLY TO A CAP ITEM THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING ON. 
          IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE EASY FOR STAFF TO THEN, UM, REQUEST THE, THE INFORMATION AND THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE STAFF AT THAT MONTH'S MEETING. 
          AND THEN, UM, EITHER AT THAT MEETING OR AT THE NEXT ONE, THEN YOU COULD, UM, HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO DECIDE IF YOU WANNA FORM THAT ACTIVITY. 
          UM, AND THAT WAY ALSO THEY ARE SPREAD OUT BY MONTHS, RIGHT? 
          [02:10:01]
SO THAT YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO FORM FOR COMMITTEE THE SAME MEETING. 
          UM, BUT IF THERE'S ONE THAT DOESN'T REALLY ALIGN OR THERE'S ONE THAT MAYBE IS MORE, UM, PRESSING BECAUSE OF SOME SOMETHING HAPPENING, MEANING YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL OCTOBER, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO TO TO START THAT CONVERSATION. 
          AND THEN AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING WHEN WE HAVE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, UM, WE CAN THEN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT FORMING ONE AND WE CAN GET REPORTS. 
          I WOULD ALSO ALSO OFFER, WHAT WOULD WE DO  BRING BACK THE PROPOSED ANNUAL PLAN IS WE CAN THEN SHOW YOU HOW THEY, IT MAY BE SOME ASSUMPTIONS, OH, THE WASTE ONE GO WASTE, RIGHT? WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW THEY OVERLAP AND JUST SAY LIKE, THERE'S FOUR, THESE ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND THAT'S A COUPLE OF NEW ONES. 
          WE ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT ONES ACTUALLY NOT, AND WE CAN STAGGER THEM DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA DO SOME OF THE INITIAL ONES YOU MIGHT WANNA DO AS A PART OF FEBRUARY, NOT SEEING ALL THAT INFORMATION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO AND YOU CAN BE TOGETHER. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          AND, UM, CONTINUING ON THAT, UM, PROBABLY FEASIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE COULD BE COMBINED. 
          IT'S ALL AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES. 
          UM, MY SUBMISSION DIDN'T SHOW UP, SO I'LL TRY SENDING IT AGAIN. 
          UM, ONE OTHER THOUGHT ON TIMING IS IF FOR INSTANCE, UH, BUILDINGS AND ENERGY IS IN OCTOBER, UM, INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL OCTOBER TO FORM A COMMITTEE, PERHAPS WE COULD FORM IT AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, MEET ONCE PERHAPS IN PREPARATION, JUST SO THE COMMITTEE GETS THE THOUGHTS TOGETHER AND KNOW WHAT TO ASK OF THE STAFF WHEN THEY'RE THERE. 
          UH, THE STAFF EXPERTS THEY'RE PRESENTING BY. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE THING THAT YOU GUYS, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE BRINGS AT THAT TIME, RATHER THAN FORMING THE COMMITTEE AT THAT TIME, LIKE FOUR MONTHS OR FIVE MONTHS BEFORE. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE, BE INFORMED OF YOUR FINDINGS, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT MEETING. 
          I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOWED, UM, IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD'VE STARTED PRIOR TO THAT AND HAS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, THEN THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO FOR FIND TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          IF, IF THE COMMITTEE, THE THE COMMISSION , WE CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. 
          WE ONLY THING THAT I'VE SEEN WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS BEING DONE AD AHEAD OF THE INFORMATION IS THEIR IDEA IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE'RE ALREADY  COME UP BEFORE. 
          UM, BUT NOT ALL RIGHT. 
          SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS. 
          SO WE CAN ALSO BE, IF YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH ONE AHEAD OF TIME FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE CAN ALSO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW. 
          SO YOU'RE, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT PROGRAM. 
          HERE'S HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT? SO I, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU HOW YOU WANT DO THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE, WE KIND OF SHOW YOU HOW WE WOULD BE LAID OUT, WE CAN KIND OF MOVE AROUND AND SAY, OH, I THINK THIS TOPIC WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO START WITH. 
          THEN WE WOULD JUST SHIFT THAT FORWARD AND SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND SAY, IS THAT HOW EVERYONE WANTS TO KIND OF SPEND THEIR TIME THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO EMOTION, UM, WHAT, LIKE HOW CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT LIKE WHAT WE CAME, YOU KNOW, ALL THE IDEAS THAT WE CAME UP WITH AND THEN LIKE, DOES IT WITH CITY COUNCIL, LIKE KIND OF HAVE A LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO FOR THE YEAR AND OTHER COMMISSIONS AND KIND OF SEE HOW THEY ALL RELATE TO EACH OTHER AND, AND SEE IF WE COULD WORK WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS, UH, AND KNOW AD HO YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP AND THERE'S OTHER IDEAS THAT WE MAYBE MISS AND, AND THEY HAVE EXPERTISE ON AND MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          THERE ARE SOME COMMISSIONS THAT DO THIS LEVEL OF PLANNING AND WE, AND IF IT'S DONE ALREADY OR WHATEVER THEY'VE DONE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DO THAT IN THE SAME KIND AS OUR COMMISSION DOES IT. 
          UM, BUT I CAN THINK OF LIKE, THE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE DOES A SIMILAR KIND OF THING TO WHY WE MODEL IT WORKS SO WELL, WHICH IS WHY WE MODELED IT AFTER THAT. 
          UM, SO I KNOW LIKE THAT WOULD, WE COULD SHARE WITH YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE BRAND NEW OR LIKE THEY, THEIR STARTS AND THOUGHTS IN SEPTEMBER. 
          I'M NOT SURE. 
          BUT THERE'S A COUPLE COMMITTEES THAT DO THAT TO THE AGREE THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN SHARE THAT THE COUNCIL IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY, WHILE THEY HAVE LIKE THEIR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THEY HAVE SOME BIG THINGS, THERE'S HAPPENING THAT YEAR. 
          THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T LAY THINGS OUT SORT OF THAT WAY. 
          THEY, THEY FOCUS ON EVERY TWO YEARS WE, WE GET TOGETHER WITH THEM AND WE FOCUS ON THE, UM, STRATEGIC VISION 2030 PRIORITIES AND THEY EITHER RECONFIRM OR CLARIFY WHAT THEIR TOP THREE PRIORITIES 
          [02:15:01]
ARE. 
          AND SO THAT'S AND OUTSIDE OF REGULAR BUSINESS, SO WE COULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DO LIKE DETAIL. 
          HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN, UM, THAT'S MORE ON THE CITY STAFF SIDE AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN OUR REQUIRED, SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS AT THE COUNCIL'S. 
          DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY I THINK THAT MY  COMMITTEE, UM, SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. 
          CAN I GIVE THAT TO EVERYONE OR SHOULD I GIVE IT TO YOU? AND EVEN BECAUSE I'VE PRINTED IT OUT FOR I THINK THE, THE PRINTING IS OKAY AND WE CAN ENTER IT WITH THE CLERK IN THE RECORD. 
          UM, SO THAT'S FINE. 
          IF THE, IF YOU WERE TO ALL THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE OKAY. 
          THAT BE, SO IF ANYONE WANTS ELECTRONIC, SEND IT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THAT WOULD THEN BECOME PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD FOR THIS MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST HAVE PROCESS QUESTION. 
          IS THE GOAL OF THE APO COMMITTEES OR THE OUTPUT DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL OR IS THAT ALWAYS A SORT OF POTENTIAL GOAL OF THE AD O COMMITTEE OR JUST SOMETIMES JUST, UM, A PROJECT IDEA FOR EXISTING STAFF? OR LIKE WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE GENERAL GOALS, POSSIBLE GOALS OF AD HOC COMMITTEE? SO AT, SO AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ITEMS THAT WE PRESENT AND THINGS THAT YOU TAKE ACTION ON, UM, AS AN ENTIRE COMMISSION. 
          UH, THE COMMISSION HAS, HAS IN THE PAST REQUESTED TO KIND OF DO MORE IN BETWEEN MEETINGS AND, AND TO KIND OF TAKE A, A, A, A MORE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, AND SO THE AD HOC AS, AS  MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S MEANT TO BE FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE, RIGHT? SO ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RECYCLING, UM, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN THAT BOX. 
          THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT ANY COMMISSIONER COULD TALK TO THE CHAIR AND SAY, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THIS TO BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          IS IT THEN, THEN WE'LL LOOK, IS IT RELEVANT TO THIS COMMISSION AND OUR STAFF AND THE WORK PLAN AND ACTION PLAN AND THEN WE'LL WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ON. 
          SO THAT'S ANYTHING THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO WORK ON, WE COULD AGENDA. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN AD HOC AND AD HOC IS JUST SOMETHING SPECIFIC. 
          IF YOU HAVE A FEW COMMISSIONERS THAT REALLY WANT TO LIKE WORK ON THE DETAILS SEPARATELY, THEY WANT TO DO THE WORK THEMSELVES. 
          THEY WANT TO DROP, DRAFT THE REPORTS THEMSELVES AND, AND THEN SUBMIT IT FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION TO REVIEW. 
          SO IT IS NOT NECESSARY. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO AD HOC, UM, OR . 
          THERE'S COMMIT DESIRE, . 
          YEAH, I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT THE, WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND YOU ALL WANT TO FOCUS IN A, THAT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT STAFF WILL HAVE BANDWIDTH OR THE ABILITY TO DO  TO DO, AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN HERE. 
          SO IF, IF, IF YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE A BANDWIDTH, WE WILL BE HONEST. 
          YOU, YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE, OR THAT IT'S OUTSIDE PURVIEW, THAT'S A TOPIC A COUPLE TIMES. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S REALLY TIMING LEVEL, ET CETERA. 
          UM, SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS. 
          AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE NEED. 
          SO AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE DRAFT WORK PLAN. 
          WE COULD HAVE, UM, LIKE MEREDITH SUGGESTED, WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TIE ALL OF THE POTENTIAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND, AND HAVE SUGGESTED TIMES SLOT FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU CAN DO KIND OF LIKE A STRAW, LIKE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, THREE PEOPLE THAT WANNA DO IT. 
          AND THEN WE CAN COME UP WITH KIND OF THE DRAFT SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, SO EVERY MEETING WE, WE SET THE EVENT, BUT THIS IS JUST A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH HAPPENING AT ONE MEETING. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT NOW, OR IS THIS, UM, WELL, PEOPLE WANNA BRUISE IT AND, UM, PROBABLY YOU WANT TO DISCUSS FORMING THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO, OR IF YOU WANT TO, YOU, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO IT NOW IF YOU WANT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO LOOK AT THE, 
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IS THERE A DESIRE TO READ THROUGH THIS NOW AND TALK ABOUT IT? OR DO YOU WANT US TO INCORPORATE THIS INTO THE DISCUSSION IN FEBRUARY? WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE US A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF ? WE CAN. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN I JOINED THE COMMITTEE, UM, THE DEFINITION THAT, UM, SOMETHING THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME IS WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY OUR GOVERNMENT INTO RESTORING AREAS IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES LIKE MEDIANS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT ARE CITY PROPERTY, NOT PARKS. 
          AND, UM, WE JUST LET THEM DIE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING PROPERLY OR THEY'RE NOT, UM, DESIGNED PROPERLY OR, OR THE WRONG PLANS OR, BUT, SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A PUBLIC WORKS THING, UM, AND NOT THE OFFICE'S, THE ABILITY CASE TO NEED AN, AN ISSUE THAT IS CLIMATE RELATED BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S THE DROUGHT ISSUE. 
          IT'S THE, UM, UH, HEAT ISLANDS EFFECT. 
          IT IS THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO MANY. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, OH, AND THE, UM, SORRY. 
          THE, UM, I THINK IT IS AN EQUITY ISSUE ALSO BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE GREEN SPACES AND IT IS ALSO, UM, LIKE PRIDE OF WHERE WE LIVE AND, YOU KNOW, THE LESS FUL ASPECTS OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING DEAD THINGS EVERYWHERE. 
          AND IT'S, UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MAINTAIN OUR GREEN SPACES BETTER AND HAVE BETTER POLICIES. 
          AND, UM, I I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE UNIQUE TO LONG BEACH. 
          CERTAINLY LIKE GOVERNMENTS DON'T GENERALLY FOCUS ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK LIKE AS THEY DO IN, FOR EXAMPLE, EUROPE WHERE THE GARDENS AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SPACES ARE TRADITIONALLY CARED FOR A LOT MORE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S, UM, IMPORTANT MAIN THING. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHICH ACTIONS TO AGENDA NECESSARILY OR WHAT I THOUGHTS TO FORM THIS IS ALL OF THIS IS MEANT TO HELP STAFF, UH, FINALIZE THE DRAFT WORK PLAN SO WE CAN PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSION NEXT MONTH. 
          AND SO, UM, REALLY WE'RE HERE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, COMMENTS, ANY, UH, ANYTHING WE MISSED, ANYTHING YOU WANT US TO FOCUS MORE ON OR LESS ON THAT KIND OF THING? UM, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY IF YOU WANNA TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE CAN, UM, OR WE CAN WAIT TILL FEBRUARY, I THINK, UM, MIGHT BE BETTER TO WAIT JUST SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO, TO LOOK THROUGH THIS AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE AD HOCS TOGETHER. 
          UM, I CAN OFFER ALSO, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UM, FOR YOU AND FOR OTHERS. 
          YOU FEEL SIMILARLY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALSO, PARTICULARLY  MEETINGS. 
          THERE IS NO BUDGET FOR, THERE MIGHT BE SOME SPECIAL FUNDS THAT DO A LITTLE BIT HERE OR THERE, AND THERE IS MONEY THAT IS USED FOR SOME OF THAT, BUT IT'S USUALLY ON A COMPLAINT BASIS OR A SAFETY OR RISK BASIS. 
          THERE IS NOT A  FROM SOURCE FOR MAINTENANCE BASIS OR, OR OTHER, OTHER LIVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN THE PUBLIC. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. 
          THERE'S ALSO NOT FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, UM, IT'S NOT JUST WITH WATERING 
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FIVE, BUT IT'S LIKE TREE. 
          THERE IS NO BUDGET FOR TREE BODY ON TREE TRIMMING, BUT IT'S TO FOCUS ON THE DEAD AND DISEASE BEHIND TREES AND NOT A REGULAR KIND OF SCHEDULE OF TREE TRIM. 
          UM, AND WE'VE DONE, DONE A COUPLE YEARS WHERE WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AND THEN THE BUDGET IT GETS RESTRICTED, GETS CONSTRICTED AND CONSTRUCT THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED PUSH OFF YEARS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE IS NOW FOR THINGS THAT , UM, EVEN PARKS WHERE USED TO WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT ONLY HAS 40% ONLY HAS BUDGET FOR 40% OF THE WATER, WATER ALL. 
          UM, SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE WATER. 
          UM, AND SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO IS THAT'S SOMETHING YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT, AND THEN WE'RE WAITING FOR THE DISCUSSION FOR FEBRUARY. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO VOICE YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT THAT IN, SO, OKAY. 
          UM, FROM YEAR IN, UH, AS THE COMMISSIONER, MY QUESTION, AND MAYBE THIS IS  AS ADVISORY BOARD, WHO ARE WE ADVISOR? AND THAT SOUND VERY ELEMENTARY, BUT I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS. 
          WE MOVE TO HAVE AN AD HOC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THINGS, AND IT IS THE PURPOSE GOAL TO, TO GET OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO ADVISE COUNCIL, IS IT WHAT, WHAT IS THE GOAL? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE I ALWAYS GET LOST. 
          UM, IT'S LIKE, I THINK THE PROGRAM IS, IS BEAUTIFUL AND I KNOW THE, YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A BEAUTIFUL JOB OF KEEPING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE PUSHED OUT TO SAVINGS OR SUCCESSFUL OR THAT WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT? AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I GET STUCK ON. 
          UM, AND I'VE SEEN ALL THE CITY WORKERS COME IN AND GIVE BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION OF HAVE QUESTIONS DONE AD HOC GROUP. 
          UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOAL IS BY THE, OTHER THAN US LEARNING MORE TOGETHER AS A LEARNING GROUP, WHERE SHOULD WE BE AIMING TOWARDS OR SHOULD WE MANAGE OUR EXPECTATIONS AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE DO. 
          BUT I KNOW AS A COMMISSIONER, A NEW COMMISSIONER, SO I EMPATHIZE WITH YOU, I CAN REALLY  PUSHY TAIL AND THEN I'M LIKE, WHAT REALLY WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, AND NOT TO SAY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT MAYBE IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN HELP THE, THE BOARD UNDERSTAND, LIKE TO MANAGE WHAT, WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO AND THEN MAYBE A HOPELESS CENTER. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD HATE IS FOR, UM, COMMISSIONER CHRISTINA TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THAT AND THAT'S REALLY NOT GONNA GO OR LIKE THAT. 
          WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF BODY OUT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR CLARITY VERSUS HISTORICAL. 
          LIKE WHAT, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I SAID VERSUS WHAT  WELL, I THINK WE CAN GET INTO WHAT WE CAN DO AND IT GETS VERY TECHNICAL, LIKE, YOU CAN DO THIS, BUT REALLY WHO SHOULD WE AT THE END OF THE DAY BE ADVISING? SO OPEN DAY ADVISING COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO THE, THE WAY IN WHICH YOU DO THAT IS THE ACTION, THE, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION COMES FROM A A, AN AGENDA ITEM AND A PUBLIC VOTE. 
          AND THEN THAT INFORMATION GETS PACKAGED INTO THE MEMO THAT THE THING GOES CAPITAL, THEY CAN CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THEN THEY WANT TO AGENDIZE WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, OR WRAP IT INTO ONE OF THEIR OWN ITEMS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE PURVIEW OF, OF THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY STILL GET TO THEN DECIDE WHAT THEY DO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? IT'S ADVISORY. 
          SO FUNDAMENTALLY FOR THAT INTRODUCTORY QUESTION, A GOOD ONE THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER. 
          UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT ALTHOUGH WE DON'T DIRECT STAFF MM-HMM . 
          WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS A COMMISSION. 
          AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE SAY, OH, I THINK THAT IS INTERESTED IN THIS, OR THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION DOES THAT, AND OH, WE'RE ALREADY DOING THIS, OR WE COULD INCORPORATE IT HERE. 
          LIKE THERE'S CHOICES WE MAKE WHERE WE CAN FIND TO INTRODUCE, TO INCORPORATE STUFF IN WHAT WE ARE TO DO. 
          UM, BUT LIKE WHEN THERE'S NO BUDGET OR THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OR WE'RE, OR WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR  COMMISSION REDUCTION PERHAPS IN ENOUGH TIME, LIKE THAT'S NOT ANYTHING WE CAN JUST SORT OF SNAP OUR FINGERS AND SAY WE'RE GONNA GO DO, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU SAW FIRM GIVE THE PRESENTATION WITH THE TIMING, WE ALIGN EVERYTHING WITH THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS OUR CITY'S MOST 
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IMPORTANT POLICY DOCUMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT SAYS WHAT IS THE PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT, WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT THIS FUNDING. 
          UM, AND SO WE ALIGN ALL OF THESE THINGS WITH THAT RIGHT OF PROCESS SO THAT OUR WORK AND THINGS THAT POLICY WISE, THAT ARE ALL FOR THE PATH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH FOR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, FUNDING AND UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR CLIMATE ACHIEVES THEIR BUDGET PAYMENT. 
          THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE MOST, THAT THAT'S OUR WAY TO BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THAT WE CAN, IS TO LEVERAGE THE EXISTING CITY STRUCTURES THAT FUND WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG PLAN . 
          SO IT IS SAFE TO SAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR IF THIS COMMITTEE HAS NOT FORMALLY LIKE, SUBMITTED SOME ADVISORY TO COUNCIL THAT WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN WITH THE GOAL, RIGHT? LIKE IF BETWEEN OVER 12 MONTHS IF WE, BETWEEN I TALK AND PRESENTATION, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SAID IN COUNCIL, THIS IS SOMETHING WE RESEARCH AND TALKED ABOUT, HEARD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE EXPERTS IN THIS AREA,  AS A, AS A COMMISSION, AND WE WANT YOU TO EXPLORE IT, READ IT. 
          AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT TAKE IT, BUT LIKE AS A TEAM, IS THAT CONSIDERED SUCCESS? BECAUSE I THINK SETTING A BENCHMARK FOR WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL AND THE PERMISSION WOULD BE HELPFUL AND AS DETERMINING THE, THE NEXT STEP. 
          AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF THE BUDGET, WE DON'T HAVE BUDGET, SO DOES THAT ELIMINATE 10 THINGS ON THE LIST THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT? WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR. 
          WHAT ARE THE FIVE THINGS WE DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT WE CAN'T BE HELPFUL WITH? I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN JUST FEEL THE IMPACT  A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE THAT THE BUDGET CHANGES BASED ON PRIORITIES AND YES, THAT IS AN ACTION YOU CAN TAKE, UH, WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SAY OUR COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS TO SAY, UH, LET'S USE THIS EXAMPLE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLIMATE AND, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REASONS WHY MAINTENANCE IS REALLY IMPORTANT OF OUR, YOU KNOW, PARKS PARKWAYS, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, AND IT HAS ALL OF THESE CO BENEFITS AND HERE ARE THE ACTIONS OF THE CAP THAT, THAT THIS IS, IT MEETS AND IS TRYING TO, TO, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMICALLY CHANGE. 
          OKAY? AND AS A RESULT, WE BELIEVE ADDITIONAL DOLLAR, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS GOES TO THESE THINGS AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, OR MAYBE IT'S A POLICY CHANGE OR SOMETHING. 
          SO YOU CAN MAKE THROUGH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU CAN INDICATE WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDED OUTCOMES ARE TO COUNSEL. 
          YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT, YOU WANNA POLICY CHANGE, YOU WANNA CODE CHANGE, YOU WANT AN ORDINANCE. 
          UM, AND WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE LIKE A POLICY CHANGE, BUT RIGHT. 
          THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SUPER KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, BUT IT'S LIKELY THAT YOU WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LOT IT HELPING EDUCATE YOU ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO FROM, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ADVISORY, IF YOU ARE ADVISORY TO COUNCIL THEN AND, AND YOU WANT TO FEEL THE IMPACT, THEN THAT WOULD BE MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF ADVICE YOU GIVE THROUGH THAT METHOD TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND IT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA DO IT IN A WAY FROM, FROM STAFF KIND OF GUIDANCE AND ADVICE. 
          YOU WANT TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS, UM, YOU KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WELL THOUGHT OUT. 
          WELL RESEARCH, YOU DON'T JUST WANNA KIND OF THROW A BUNCH OF STUFF ON THE WALL AND SEE WHAT HITS. 
          AND IT'S ALSO OKAY TO, TO PUT FORWARD SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST OR THAT ISN'T MONEY FOR OR WHATEVER THAT IF, UH, WHICH IS YOUR PROGRESS TO DO IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO THAT THING. 
          SO WHEN THERE WOULD BE TIMES WHERE I, WE MAY GIVE YOU ALL SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT LIKE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. 
          I'M NOT REALLY SURE. 
          THAT'S NOT REALLY A ROLE, THAT'S ACCOUNTING GOAL OR SOMETHING. 
          BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, JUST BECAUSE THERE ISN'T MONEY OR WHATEVER, LIKE IT'S NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN FROM A GUIDANCE PERSPECTIVE, THAT COULD BE YOU ASKING THAT FOR THAT TO CHANGE AND CHANGE THAT PARTICULAR RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY SOMETHING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION NOW FOR GREAT YEARS, THIS PROBABLY THE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? JUST, UH, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PASSION THAT I SEE FROM THE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE LIKE, YOU WANT THE NEW IDEA, YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS AWESOME, BUT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, EVERYBODY'S PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, RIGHT? BUT AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE, I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS MEMOS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER AND THEY GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY REALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING. 
          WE SIT ON IT, WE JUST STOP. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY FILE IT. 
          BUT DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BY THAT, RIGHT? UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
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REMEMBER LIKE, WE'RE HERE TO LIKE, KIND OF IN A SENSE HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE. 
          LIKE WE HAVE THIS CAP, RIGHT? HOW DO WE MEET OUR GOALS FOR 2026? HOW DO WE FALL SHORT? WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE NEXT YEAR TO MEET OUR GOALS? SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          EVERYBODY PLAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE. 
          UM, JUST DON'T LOSE THAT PASSION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T GO OUR WAY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, THEY'VE ALWAYS TOLD US THE COMMISSION DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TEETH, BUT FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE, WE DO, AND MAYBE ONE DAY WE WILL, WE'LL GET SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL READ AND OR THEY PULL IT OFF AND THEY IZE IT AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT OR SOMETHING. 
          BUT JUST STAY PASSIONATE. 
          AND YOU, UM,  YOU'VE BEEN AROUND TO SEE . 
          UM, OUR MISSION USED TO BE DIFFERENT, RIGHT? DID TOOL SEVERAL YEARS AGO NOW THAT THIS MONTHLY CAP WAS ADOPTED TO INCORPORATE CAP INTO, TO, IN OUR MIND SORT OF ORGANIZE, HELP ORGANIZE THIS MISSION IN SUCH A WAY WHERE WE CAN HAVE HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE ENDEAVOR THAT WE WANT DO WITHIN THE YEAR PURVIEW AND ADVISORY EVERYBODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IN THESE RETREATS IS TO SAY, WHAT DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR? HOW DO WE KIND OF SKETCH THIS ALL OUT? YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, WE'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN OTHER COMMISSIONS HERE IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THE COMMISSION JUST KIND OF ERS WITHOUT LIKE THE, THAT SORT OF ORGANIZATION. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE AS STAFF CAN PROVIDE TO YOU, IS HERE'S KIND OF THE OUTLOOK. 
          HERE'S THE EXPERTS THAT STAFF WE CAN BRING. 
          HERE'S HOW WE EDUCATE, WE CAN LEARN TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND HERE'S THE, THE PROCESS PARAMETERS THAT YOU ALL CAN OPERATE IN THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, AND FOUR, FOUR FOR. 
          AND SO THAT THE, THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE . 
          SO WE TELL YOU, HERE'S ALL THE THINGS WE DID AND HERE'S WHERE WE THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT GO A STAFF THAT SHARED HERE'S HOW WE APPROPRIATE THINGS YOUR COUNCIL IS ASKED US, OR THAT YOU ASKED US. 
          WE TRY AND DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS  SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE WAY OF THE LAND IS AND HOW TO TO EFFECT CHANGE. 
          A YEAR AGO, WE FIRST HAVE CITY  BECAUSE WE ANYMORE, AND WE SAID, WHAT ARE WE AT? HOW BACK COMMITTEE? SO THIS HAS BEEN YEAR, WE DID YEARS AGO. 
          WE KNOW WE  PHRASE REFERRING TO THAT. 
          JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE, LIKE COMMITTEE, COUNCIL, SOMETHING. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF OUR GOALS, BUT WE AT LEAST KNOWN THE 2021 AND THE AD HOC THAT FORMED LIKE  LAST YEAR IS THE FIRST ONE I STARTED. 
          SO I THINK, UM, I, I, I THINK OUR GOAL, LIKE YOU MENTIONED THE GOAL OF SETTING RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, UM, GOAL TO REPORT TO, BUT ALSO LIKE, ARE WE PUSHING FORWARD? THAT'S HOW WE ARE, YOU ARE THOSE GOALS, ARE WE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? AND THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. 
          AND THEN ADD OPPORTUNITIES, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE KIND OF A, A METHOD TO GET STRATEGY AND WE CAN MAKE A STRATEGY MEAN US, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S, UH, WRITTEN IN STONE. 
          WE CAN YOU ADD TO IT, RIGHT? THE CAP. 
          YES. 
          AND NO , LIKE THE, THE CAP IN AND OF ITSELF IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE BECAUSE IT REQUIRES, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THEIR IMPACTS AND WHATEVER. 
          AND SO IT'S HARD TO CHANGE THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENT, BUT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THE THINGS THERE IS, IS PART OF WHAT WE FIGURE OUT AS STAFF. 
          AND ALSO PART OF WHAT YOU ALL MAY CHOOSE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION, UM, OR SAY MOVE THIS, DO THIS SOONER, MOVE IT FORWARD, OR INVITE VICE COUNCIL, THIS IS REALLY PRIORITY, YOU SHOULD DO THIS. 
          THIS IS REALLY A PRIORITY ON THIS. 
          UM, AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          WE HAVE  TO TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE, NEED TO MOVE SOMETHING FORWARD, LOOK INTO COMPLEX, EASIER. 
          THAT'S ALL INFORMATION YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOU. 
          SO IT'S THE HOW OF THE ACTION SORT OF ADDING NEW STUFF OR LIKE UPDATING THE WHOLE PLAN IS IT IS A, IS A CONSIDERABLE SEVEN YEAR EFFORT. 
          YEAH. 
          IN  WE ALSO WANT BE REALLY COGNIZANT OF THE TIMES THAT WE'RE IN AND WE DON'T WANNA OPEN UP A DOCUMENT FOR IT TO BE INVALIDATE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE WORK IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN IT AND IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND CLIMATE FROM OUR 
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PERSPECTIVE, IT KNOW, AFFECTS US AND OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, CHILDREN THE REAL THING. 
          AND SO WE WANNA BE REALLY COGNIZANT ABOUT NOT GIVING ANYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVALIDATE SOMETHING THAT WE NO, I'LL JUST THROW OUT ONE OTHER WAY. 
          WE CAN HAVE IMPACT THAT, UM, NINE OF US WERE APPOINTED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, WE HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIPS, BUT WE CAN GO AND TALK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR CHIEFS OF STAFF, THEIR, UH, AIDES, UH, FREQUENTLY, AND WE HAVE PEST, UH, FINE STILL TAKE MY CALLS, . 
          BUT, UH, AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN INDIVIDUALLY DO THINGS, UH, THAT ARE RELATED TO COMMISSION, UH, BUT THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND IF SOMETHING DIES LIKE THIS , CAN WE JUST SENTENCE THE RECOMMENDATION AGAIN? I MEAN, BE THE, YOU KNOW, ANNOYING SQUEAKY WHEEL. 
          YEAH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO YEAH, LIKE THAT IS AN OPTION TOO. 
          WHATEVER THE ISSUE WAS, LIKE MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT THE, AND PART OF THAT MIGHT BE LEARNING THE RELATIONSHIP COUNCIL AND CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR, UM, ABOUT WHY IT, IT DIDN'T FORWARD. 
          WE AS STAFF OFTEN DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE LIKE YOU HAVE SOME MANY OTHER THINGS GOING OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY, THEY'RE OFTEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE OR  REASONS AND UNDERSTANDING THOSE THINGS BECAUSE YOU MAY END UP WANTING TO RETOOL, YOU DO AGAIN, LIKE MAYBE IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL CAN DO TO HELP US OUT. 
          OFTEN WHEN YOU HAVE FIND INFORMATION THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL, SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WORTH COMING THERE THAT HELPS. 
          IF I REMEMBER CORRECT, I'M NOT SURE I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SAME ONE RAY, BUT, UH, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, THIS COMMISSION, UH, DRAFTED A MEMO, UH, TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, RECOMMENDING STRONGLY THAT THE CITY ACCELERATE ITS PHASE OUT OF OIL MILL OPERATIONS. 
          AND, UH, THAT MEMO WENT UP AND THERE WAS, IT WAS A PRETTY SPICY MEETING, UH, . 
          AND, UH, THE MEMO WENT UP, THE CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY DID RESPOND. 
          IT WASN'T THAT NOTHING HAPPENED, BUT, BUT THE CITY MANAGER READ THE MEMO, RESPONDED AND SAID, NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO DO IT. 
          SO NO ACTION WAS TAKEN, UH, BUT IT WAS AT LEAST CONSIDERED. 
          UM, SO YEAH, I THINK THE, IN THE STEP OF THE PROCESS, THE THE CITY MANAGER CAN PROVIDE THEM DIFFERENT CONTEXT. 
          ALL OF THAT INFORMATION STILL GOES TO THE FORECAST. 
          SO IF NOTHING EVER STOPS AT THIS MANAGER LEVEL, BUT THERE MIGHT BE INFORMATION THAT THE NEEDS TO KNOW, UM, AND SOMETIMES DOES. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? BOB, ONE, ONE QUESTION, UH, FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER SERGE ON, UH, YOUR REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I DIDN'T FIND ANY, UH, REFERENCES OR CITATIONS AND, UH, IN YOUR COST BENEFIT COMPARISON. 
          THE NUMBERS DON'T MATCH MY INTUITION, SO IF YOU COULD HELP US WITH SOME, UH, REFERENCES, THAT WOULD BE, I, I CAN EMAIL, OH, I EMAILED THAT . 
          BUT, UM, YEAH, THANKS. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE GOTTEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM,  ABOUT SHELTERS. 
          UM, SO I DON'T, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, AND I THINK INCORPORATING PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND SHOW THAT WE ARE TAKING ACTIONS IN, AND I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE, UM, THE CAP FOR , SO I JUST WANTED, WOULD THAT ALL BE YEAH, YEAH. 
          AS A OPTION COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION? UM, YEAH, JUST BECAUSE YEAH, BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INTEREST AND  THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT BROUGHT THAT UP AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT'S THE SECOND TIME HE'S BEEN AT A MEETING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I RECOGNIZED HIM AND THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          SO 
          [02:45:02]
I MEAN, HE'S DEAD, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF JOHN'S SEVERAL KEY ISSUES AND HE'S VERY, VERY . 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I SAID THAT BEFORE BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD TIME. 
          ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING? WE JUST, UH, TWO MINUTES. 
          WE GOTTA FINISH OUT THE PRESENTATION ABOUT, WHAT WAS THE ANSWER ABOUT? OH, ALL OF THE ABOVE . 
          YEAH, LOTS OF FUN FACTS ABOUT THIS THERE. 
          UH, ONLY FIVE EGG LAYING MAMMALS. 
          THEY'RE CALLED, I KNOW MARSUPIAL LIKE THAT. 
          MARSUPIAL. 
          NO, IT'S SOMETHING ELSE. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER M WORD. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, BUT ONLY FIVE IN EXISTENCE STILL THAT ARE EGG LAYING MAMMALS. 
          UM, VERY, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. 
          WE'LL, UH, TAKE THIS INFORMATION AND, UM, BRING, BRING IT BACK AS WE DISCUSSED. 
          UM, JUST THE LAST COUPLE SLIDES ARE JUST OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          UM, TYPICAL RECAP. 
          SO EARLIER THIS WEEK ON MONDAY, WE HOSTED A MLK DAY OF SERVICE AT WILL SPRINGS. 
          BUT THIS IS AN EVENT THAT GOES ON AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOME MAP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          WE HAVE 100 VOLUNTEERS, UH, AT WILL SPRINGS FOR TWO HOURS, UM, DOING OUR CLASSIC, UH, WAITING AND MULCHING. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MULCHING, UM, WE TOOK 600 FEET OF TRAIL AND MADE MULCH BUFFERS WE DID, AND MADE MULCH BUFFERS ON THAT SIDE OF THE TRAIL. 
          SO IT'S VERY CONSPICUOUS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPS TO FIND THE TRAILS AND SHOW PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT STUFF WAS GOING ON AND CARE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          AND, UH, NEXT MONTH, UH, THE, THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TOPIC IS SEEABLE RISE AND, AND FLOODING, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE REVIEWING THE WORK PLAN THAT WE'LL STAFF WILL BE DRAFTING AND ALSO, UH, SHOWING YOU THE ANNUAL REPORT. 
          UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COMING UP, UH, EARTH MONTH, UH, THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, BUT STARTING SOONER. 
          MONARCH DAY OF ACTION IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, UM, THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED NEXT, THE EARTH MONTH CALENDAR THAT DETAILS NUMEROUS EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY OFFERED BY, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER, UM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THEN WHILE WE'RE OFFERING UP ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ON DURING APRIL EARTH MONTH, THE, THE EVENT THAT WE DIRECTLY WORK ON ISN'T ON EARTH DAY, UH, BUT USUALLY THE WEEKEND AFTER. 
          AND IT'S THE CITY NATURE CHALLENGE THAT WILL SPRING PARK, WHICH IS A CITIZEN SCIENCE ACTIVITY USING THE INATURALIST APP TO RECORD , UH, WHEN I'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UM, ANYONE SEEING NONE? FIRST YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THIS VOTE. 
          AND AGAIN, THE ACTION IS RECEIVE AND FILE INVESTIGATE. 
          OH, JUST AS A REMINDER, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN COMMISSIONER BROWN. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER ELLIS. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER HANKS. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER COHERO. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MARSH. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER MCCULLOUGH? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER SERGE. 
          COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ AND CHAIR GAINES. 
          MOTION THIS. 
          SEEING NONE. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          WILL COMMISSIONER. 
          I KNOW. 
          I BE ALL BREAKFAST AND I'M, I'M, UM, YEAH, I, SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          YOU'LL GET MY GOOD LUCK IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION. 
          [02:50:01]
I THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          THANKS FOR STAYING ACCOUNTABLE.
* 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.