* 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. IS LEADING TO ORDER AS [00:00:01] THE, ALL RIGHT. ROLL CALL. 6 0 8. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ PRESENT. COMMISSIONER FARRIER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LIM HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER SCHNACK. HERE. COMMISSIONER SERRANO HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER ZA. SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY. YES. UH, AND COMMISSIONER? UH, FRANCO IS ALSO EXCUSED. EXCUSED. AND COMMISSIONER MORTON. EXCUSED. ALSO EXCUSED. AND CHAIR SMITH PRESENT. UM, MAY I ASK, IS IT APPROPRIATE THAT I, WE CAN HAVE OUR NEW COMMISSIONER INTRODUCE HIMSELF? UM, WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER. UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. COMMISSIONER SERRANO, IF YOU WANNA JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL YOU, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WE'LL DO THE SAME. SO YOU THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UH, I WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I'M 18 YEARS OLD. MY NAME IS LOUIS SERRANO. I'M FROM NORTH SIDE LONG BEACH. I WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE MY ENTIRE LIFE. I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR ABOUT TO GRADUATE FROM JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND COMMITTED TO A UNIVERSITY BY MAYBE EARLY MAY. HOPEFULLY BY THEN, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, SO I, I HOPE TO MAJOR IN, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH GOING LIKE IN A PRE-MED ROUTE. 'CAUSE MY GOAL IN LIKE, WAS ALWAYS TO BE A DOCTOR WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD, SO, WOW. I THINK MY DREAMS COME TRUE. UM, SO YEAH, I'M REALLY TRYING TO GO INTO THE EDUCATION ROUTE. I KNOW MY LIFE AND I LOVE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. I'VE BEEN DOING IT WITH YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND NOW I GET TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, WHICH I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR. AND THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. WELCOME. YES, FOR SURE. WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SURE. THREE, I'M EMILY FERER, UM, AND I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW, BUT, UM, MOM OF THREE LONG AGE KIDS AND A, A TEACHER IN RENAISSANCE KIDS. AND THEN I'LL START OFF OUR CONNECTIONS. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY LI. UM, I AM, I'M LIKE WHAT I INTRODUCE BY MYSELF. UM, CURRENTLY I AM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT A LOCAL NON-PROFIT COLUMBUS FORWARD. UM, DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, HOUSING JUSTICE, THINGS OF THAT SORT. I WAS ALSO PART OF THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, SO I WAS PART OF THEM FOR THE, UH, FIRST TWO YEARS. UM, AND THEN ALSO I, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR JOY OF MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY STARTING IN HIGH SCHOOL TO MY GIRLS IN ACTION AND REALLY STARTING MY ROOTS IN THERE AND, UM, NOW KIND A YOUNG ADULT AND SORT OF JUST APPROACHING ON DIFFERENT PIECES OF WORK. AND SO I'VE BEEN OFF COMMISSION NOW FOR MAYBE ALMOST A YEAR-ISH AROUND THAT. MM-HMM . SO, YEAH. GRADUATED. I HAVE Y LONG, UM, I'M LI MARTINEZ. I'M 18 YEARS OLD. I'M A FIRST YEAR AT CAL LONG BEACH, MAJOR IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. AND I AM SECOND, I THINK TO CORRECT THAT SECOND YEAR. MAKE YOUR SECOND YEAR HERE. YEAH. AND I'M, UH, JONATHAN SCHNECK, AND I'M ALSO A TEACHER, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER. I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR, WHAT DO YOU THINK GO FIRST. UM, AND I'M ALSO A PARENT OF THREE. UM, MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S ME. ALRIGHT. I AM, UM, CHARLES D. SMITH. I AM, UM, EMPLOYED WITH LA LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I'M AN ADMINISTRATOR. I'VE BEEN IN LA UNIFIED FOR 27 YEARS. UM, ELEMENTARY TEACHER, UH, PRINCIPAL OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HISPANIC SCHOOL. , UM, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR NOW. I OVERSEE, UM, PRIORITY SCHOOLS IN LA UM, OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE SCHOOLS, ESSENTIALLY, UM, SECONDARY. AND I'M A CITIZEN HERE IN LONG BEACH. I, I'M A FATHER OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD. UM, I KNOW I STARTED A LITTLE LATE, BUT I HAVE 8-YEAR-OLD. AND, UM, I'M, UH, INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY THROUGH COMMITTEE C, COMMUNITY ACTION AS WELL. SO, AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION WITH JONATHAN FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS. , SO WE WERE HERE WHEN IT WAS A DIFFERENT NAME AND DID THAT WORK TO CHASE'S NAME THE FAMILY. SO, YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I KNOW WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU ON THE HOLIDAY, UM, UM, PROGRAM. SO GOOD TO BE HERE. ALRIGHT. OH, YES. UH, MY NAME IS ERICA MEDRANO AND I AM THE CLERK FOR, UH, PARKS AND REC. AND I AM ASHLEY'S CLERK. ALL RIGHT. LOUISE. NICE TO MEET YOU. I'M ASHLEY. WE HAD A NICE CHAT BEFORE THE MEETING AND WELCOME TO [00:05:01] THE COMMISSION. I AM, UH, ONE OF OUR RECREATION SUPERINTENDENTS WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. UM, AND, UM, LIKE MANY FOLKS AROUND HERE, I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN LONG BEACH. I'M ALSO A MOM, SO IT'S FUN. YOU KNOW, MY, MY BOY IS ALSO, HE'S TURNING 22 TOMORROW, SO HE'S AN OLDER FELLOW, BUT, UM, BUT I LOVE WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO I, I, I STARTED, UH, WORKING HERE AS A YOUTH SPORTS COACH LOT OF YEARS AGO AND, UM, WHILE I WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT MYSELF. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY AHEAD OF YOU. THIS IS EXCITING. WELCOME. YOU COMPLETE OUR COMMISSION. YEAH, FOR SURE, . AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE COMPLETE COMMISSION. YES. BECAUSE THAT MEANS MEETINGS ARE REGULAR AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE ENGAGEMENT, MORE TIME TOGETHER AND MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CITY OFFERINGS. SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. FOR SURE. ALRIGHT, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCTION, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ONE GUEST WHO'S ALWAYS WITH US. SO I'M GONNA HAVE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS WELL. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR A PRESENTATION, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YES. AND LUIS, I KNOW WE MET A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND WE SPOKE AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET YOU, EMILY, BUT I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET EVERYONE ELSE. I'M SHE BEATTY. I'M OUR PARKS PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER HERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF PARK RECREATION MARINE. I'VE BEEN WITH OUR CITY FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. UM, BUT I MOSTLY IN PARKS. I LEFT FROM ONE YEAR TO THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. I WAS THEIR FIRST PROGRAM MANAGER WHEN WE FIRST OPENED THAT UP. SO KIM AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON A, SHE'S ON A FIRST ADVISORY YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL, BUT I'VE ALWAYS WORKED WITH YOUTH. I ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING HERE WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE AS WELL AT ONE OF OUR SITES AND IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING. SO REALLY ACTIVE. I WORKED FOR L-B-U-S-D AND A FEW THINGS, BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE NON-PROFIT WORLD IN EDUCATION AND IN PARKS, UM, WORKING WITH YOU ALL THE TIME. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND I'LL BE DOING MY LITTLE PRESENTATION LATER. SO I'M A GUEST TODAY. YES. AWESOME. AWESOME. AND IF WE COULD STAND, YES. ALLEGIANCE COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US? ALLION, PLEASE? OVER YOUR PLEASE. IP ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. NOW TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FOR THE COMMISSION OF YOUTH, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2025. YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES. NOVEMBER 19TH. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I'LL SECOND. IS THERE PROPERLY MOVED? AND SECOND, UM, FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 17TH. ANY AND READINESS? SAY NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT ON WE CREATE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER FOR SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER, 2025. OH WAIT, , SORRY. OH, UM, ITEM TWO. RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT ON PARKS AND RECS FOR RECREATION MARINE DIRECTORS HIGHLIGHTS FROM NOVEMBER TO AND JANUARY, 2026. YES. EXCUSE. ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS? YES. AND, AND OUR DIRECTOR, IT UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT, BUT I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON HIS BEHALF HERE. UM, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE BOTH THE NOVEMBER AND THE JANUARY EDITION OF WE CREATE COMMUNITY. IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A NARRATION OF, OF OUR ACTIVITIES AND THE ACTIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENT OVER THIS WINTER SEASON. UM, NOTED HERE IN FRONT, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE PLAYGROUND AT RAMONA PARK, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING IN NORTH LONG BEACH. UM, WE ALSO HAD A HANDFUL OF HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES, UM, DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT THE, THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER THAT ARE NOTED HERE IN SOME FUN PICTURES, UM, FROM A HALLOWEEN ACTIVITY AT SILVERADO PARK. AND ALSO THE NATURE CENTER ALSO DOES A REALLY COOL HAUNTED HALL, UH, HALLOWEEN PATH TRIGGER TREATING TRAIL, UM, EVENT. UM, DEEPER IN, YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAD OUR FREE YOUTH FISHING DERBY NOVEMBER 15TH. A VARIETY OF MOBILE RECESS POPUPS. UM, THE ALAMEDOS BAY, UM, OFFICES HAVE BEEN SPRUCE UP. AND ALSO WE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, AN UPDATE FROM ANIMAL CARE SERVICES RELATED TO SOME OF OUR, UM, SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT ALSO UPDATES THAT ACTUALLY GO DEEPER INTO THE THE NEXT EDITION. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WE HAVE OUR SANTA'S WORKSHOP, OUR, OUR WINTER FEST AT LINCOLN'S EVENT. WE HAD A RAMONA EVENT, COOKIES WITH SANTA, UM, EVENT ALSO IN DECEMBER. UM, WE DID, THERE'S AN UPDATE ON OUR, OUR DONATIONS, OUR RECYCLING [00:10:01] DONATIONS THROUGH, THROUGH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM. UM, WE ALSO HAD, I THINK, DEEPER IN HERE. UH, ACTUALLY IT'S COMING UP. IT'LL TO BE CONTINUED. IT'S IN OUR NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT. UM, BUT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WINTER SEASON WE'RE OPEN FOR WINTER BREAK. AND SO WE HAVE EXTENDED HOURS THROUGH ALL OF OUR REC PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO WE HAVE RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARKS, UM, FOR EXTENDED DAYS, BOTH WEEKS OF WINTER BREAK, UM, WHICH IS ACTIVATES OUR SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND, AND KEEP OUR YOUNG KEEPS UM, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR TEENS, UM, BUSY AND ENGAGED WHILE THEY'RE ON THEIR WINTER BREAK. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR, WE CREATE COMMUNITY REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED, APPROVE THE, I MEAN, TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. IS THERE A SECOND THERE? MOTION. I'LL MAKE SECOND. TAKE THE MOTION. I CAN MAKE THE MOTION CHAIR. I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, READINESS ON THE TWO, UM, DIRECTORS REPORTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. ALRIGHT. AND I'M BACK. UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR? SORRY. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT. WE CREATE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER FOR NOVEMBER, 2025 AND JANUARY, 2026. YEP. SO ONE WAS WITH THE REPORT AND ONE WAS THE NEWSLETTER. OH, SO SORRY. YES. I MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT BACKWARDS THOUGH. IT'S OKAY. SO YOU DID THE, THE, THE NEWSLETTER ALREADY. NEW REPORT. THE NEWSLETTER, SORRY. AND DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS. YES. DO THE DIRECTOR'S HIGHLIGHTS. YES. HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. STORM UPDATE. SO WE HAVE, UM, INFORMATION RELATED TO HOW WE SUPPORTED THE STORMS THAT IMPACTED ALL OF OUR PARK SPACES, OUR PUBLIC SPACES. UM, THAT WAS, UH, A SIGNIFICANT HIT TO OUR PARKS. UM, AND HIGHLIGHTED IN HIS DIRECTOR'S REPORT. UM, HE ALSO NOTES OUR GRAND OPENING. SO THE RAMONA OPENING, AS I JUST MENTIONED, FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE COMMUNITY. WE CREATE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER. ALSO THE GREEN BELT, GROUNDBREAKING ON 51ST STREET, GREEN BELT, GROUND, GROUNDBREAKING TONGUE TWISTER. UM, WHICH WAS ON NOVEMBER 10TH. AND SO THAT, THAT WAS IN CD EIGHT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN SETTLED. I THINK IN OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD STEVE, UM, STEVE HERE AS, UM, ACTING AS A ACTING, UM, DIRECTOR. HE IS NOW, UM, OUR OFFICIAL DIRECTOR. UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THAT ADDITION TO THE FAMILY IN OFFICIAL FORM. UM, WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY INFORMATION OFFICER RECRUITMENT THAT WAS FINISHED. AND WE ALSO HAVE NOTED HERE IN HIS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER, THIS WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UM, AN UPCOMING RECRUITMENT, WHICH I WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE A FURTHER UPDATE IN THE JANUARY HIGHLIGHT. SO JANUARY HIGHLIGHT, UM, NOTES, OBVIOUSLY HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE'RE EXCITED TO GET BACK TO OUR, OR GET OUR, OUR NEW 2026 PROGRAMS KIND OF IN GEAR. WE ARE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, OLYMPIC GROUPS AND, AND YOU NOTES HERE. WE'VE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIFA WORLD CUP AND LA 28 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND ALL THE HOSTING THAT WE'LL HOST HERE IN THE CITY. AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN, UM, IN THE FUTURE LEADING UP TO THOSE EVENTS. UM, FOR SOME ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY, WE'RE LOOKING TO HOST SOME MAYBE WATCH PARTIES AND SOME OF THE LOCAL PARKS. SO THAT'LL BE REALLY EXCITING. SO WE'RE EXPLORING A LOT OF OPTIONS NOW. UM, WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE STORM SEASON HOPEFULLY SOON. SO HE NOTES THAT HERE. UM, AND, AND ALSO, UM, THE ADDITION OF, UM, ALL THE WORK MAINTENANCE W WAS, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO, WITH ALL THE TREES IN THE, IN THE BAY AREA. ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE REALLY SPECIAL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT IN THE WINTER SEASON. UM, WE OFFICIALLY HAVE NAMED OUR NEW, UH, COMMUNITY INFORMATION OFFICER. UM, JENNIFER DEEZ. SHE ALSO IS KNOWN BY JDP. UM, SHE'S NOT NEW TO THE CITY, NEW TO OUR DEPARTMENT. SHE CAME FROM, UM, A A WE'VE, SHE CAME FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND SO SHE'S GONNA WORK IN OUR, WITH OUR GRAPHICS TEAM. AND SHE'S GONNA DO ALL OF OUR MARKETING MATERIALS. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KIND OF GETTING A NEW SPIN ON, UM, SOME WAYS TO REACH, UM, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THE NEW WAYS THAT WE'RE REACHING FAMILIES THESE DAYS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HER EDITION. UM, NEW ANIMAL CARE SERVICES UPDATES. WE HAVE, WE ARE BELOW CAPACITY AT THE SHELTER AND [00:15:01] THAT'S EXCITING NEWS, SO THAT'S ALWAYS EXCITING. UM, WE'VE BEEN MANAGING, UM, PROGRAMS THERE, WELL, LARGE INFLUX OF ANIMALS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, THE WINTER SEASON AND FALL SEASON. UM, THEY'RE INNOVATE, THEY'RE UTILIZED INNOVATION PROGRAMS TO HELP REMOVE ANIMALS FROM OUR CARE. UM, OR THEY UTILIZE OUR, I APOLOGIZE, THEY UTILIZE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO HELP REMOVE ANIMALS FROM OUR, THEIR CARE AND PLACED WITH FOSTERS AND FOREVER HOMES. SO I KNOW THERE WAS A BIG PUSH FOR FOSTERING, UM, AND THAT WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, WE HAVE SOME TARGETED MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SOME MLK PARK ACTIV ACTIVITIES, AND WE JUST, UM, SUPPORTED OUR, UM, MLK PARADE LAST WEEKEND. UM, MAINTENANCE PROVIDED A LOT OF TLC WITH PAINTING AND SPRUCING UP KING PARK AND THE NEIGHBORING AREAS AND HAD A LOT OF PRESENCE DOWN THERE. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. UM, WE ALSO HAD SOME COOLIDGE PARK MAINTENANCE. OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS THEY'VE BEEN, UM, PAYING A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE COOLIDGE AREA, WHICH IS JUST LIKE KIND OF A SLIVER UP THERE IN THE CORNER OF THE NORTH LONG BEACH AREA. AND THEN FINALLY THE MARINA PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE COMING SOON. AND SO BEGINNING FEBRUARY 9TH, THE CREWS WILL BE ON SITE, UM, CONVERTING TWO OF THE TENNIS COURTS TO PICKLEBALL COURTS. SO I THINK THAT IS ALWAYS SATISFYING TO THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY. . ALRIGHT. WE HAVE HEARD THE DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTED FROM JUDGE FROM NOVEMBER AND JANUARY. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WAS THERE PROPERLY MOVE A SECOND. ANY READINESS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I KNOW THAT THE, UM, MAYOR MENTIONED, UM, REMODELING OF THE BELMONT POOL. DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? I DON'T HAVE A CURRENT TIMELINE. HAVE YOU HEARD OF TIMELINE? UM, I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET WENT TO COUNCIL LAST NIGHT, AND SO IT WAS A BIG MEETING LAST NIGHT FOR APPROVAL. UM, AND IT, IT WAS APPROVED. UM, I JUST HAD A LITTLE BRIEFING WITH ONE OF OUR STAFF THAT WAS LEAVING AS I ARRIVED. UM, WHO WAS IN THAT MEETING? UM, I CAN, I CAN GET YOU GUYS THAT, UH, TIMELINE WE'RE, IT'S BEEN A, A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS GETTING TO THIS STAGE. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE, UM, SEVERAL YEARS OUT. BUT I DEFINITELY WANNA GET THAT, I'LL GET AN ACCURATE, SO THE GOAL IS, UM, OLYMPIC 2028, NOT SUMMER. UM, IT DEFINITELY IS NOT GONNA BE SUMMER. YES. SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAVE IT BY THE OLYMPICS AND WE'LL, WE WILL SEE THOUGH THAT MAY BE AMBITIOUS TIMELINE. SO, WE'LL, I, I WANNA BE REALISTIC AND NOT GIVE A, AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. SO I WOULD SAY, GIVEN THAT WE'RE SEVERAL YEARS IN HERE AT THIS PHASE, WE'RE A FEW YEARS OUT. OKAY. SO, OH, I'LL GET THAT SPECIFIC INFO OUT TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER UN READINESS? ALL IN FAVOR EXCEPTING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. SO SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NA. MOTION CARRIES. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRE A PRESENTATION OR PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE RX PROGRAM. PLAY, RING AND REPEAT. ALL RIGHT, FLOOR'S. YOURS. FLOOR'S, MINE. HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. WELL, I ALREADY DID MY INTRODUCTION OF WHO I AM, BUT IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY TONIGHT, I AM ACTUALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT OUR PARTS, OUR RX PROGRAM. BUT HERE IN LONG BEACH WE ARE CALLING IT PLAY BREATHE REPEAT LB. UM, SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT STARTED WITH, UM, MYSELF AS THE PARKS PARTNERSHIP OFFICER. I'M ON A LITTLE BIT OF A THOUGHT PARTNER PLANNING TEAM. I REALLY AM MY ROLE. I USUALLY WORK A LOT BEHIND THE SCENES AND MORE WITH OUR CONTRACTS, BUT I WORK WITH OTHERS. UM, JOY WARREN, WHO'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PARK SUPERINTENDENTS HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN PUTTING THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. AND WE INITIALLY STARTED OUR WORK WITH HEALTHY ACTIVE LONG BEACH AND THE, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOING THIS. UM, THEY ARE NOW HAVING TO STEP AWAY, JUST DISCUSS AS YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY HEARD AND KNOW, FUNDING HAS SHIFTED AND CHANGED IT, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR HEALTH AND THINGS, UM, NATIONWIDE. SO THEY'RE ONTO OTHER ROLES AND NOW IT IS STRICTLY GOING TO BE WITHIN OUR PARKS PROGRAM. SO I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND TELL YOU WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF DANCE. I WAS GONNA SIT DOWN, BUT I, I'VE BEEN SITTING ALL DAY AND I, BUT I DON'T HAVE A REMOTE CONTROL EITHER, SO DO THIS AND HOPEFULLY I'M GONNA GET IT TO WORK RIGHT. OKAY. YOU ALL ALSO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. I KNOW THAT THE TV IS KIND OF CENTERED MORE TOWARDS OUR AUDIENCE, SO YOU MAY NOT ALL BE ABLE TO SEE IT, BUT YOU DO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. SO IT'LL JUST BE, UM, THESE SLIDES IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW A ALONG. SO WHAT IS SPARK RX? SPARK RX, IT'S ACTUALLY A NATIONAL INITIATIVES THAT FOCUS ON PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE, IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES, PROVIDERS AND A PARK AGENCY. IT ALSO ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO SPEND TIME OUT IN THE PARKS AND OUT IN NATURE. REALLY ADJOIN WHAT ALL NATURE CAN DO FOR YOU, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. AND THE GOAL OF IT IS TO IMPROVE PARTICIPANTS' [00:20:01] HEALTH AND WELLBEING. SO THAT IS THE OVERALL BIG ARCHING PROGRAM. UM, THAT GOT STARTED WAY BACK, EVEN PRE COVID 2013 AND CARRIED ON. UM, AND SO WE HERE IN LONG BEACH WITH THE PARKS RX, WE ARE ACTUALLY REBRANDING IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY GETS TO ADD THEIR LITTLE FLARE AND SINCE WE'RE IN LONG BEACH, WE'RE GONNA ADD OUR FLARE. AND SO WE'RE GOING WITH PLAY THREE VP LB. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE, WE'RE GONNA TARGET MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A NAME THAT DIDN'T SOUND SO CLINICAL. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR PARK RX PARK PRESCRIPTION, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHOA, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THAT. SO WE WANTED TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS OPEN AND WELCOMING TO FOLKS AND IT MIGHT UM, BE VERY ACCESSIBLE. IT MIGHT BE, IT WILL BE. SO PART OF THE OTHER REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IS TO STILL ACCOMPLISH TWO OF OUR GOALS AND OUR TWO STRATEGIC PLANS. TWO IMPORTANT STRATEGIC PLANS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO ONE IS OUR PARKS MAKE LONG BEACH, OUR DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION, EMORY STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS OUR YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THOSE ARE TWO ARE VERY IMPORTANT PLANS. VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMISSION IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT IS YOUTH AND FAMILY. BUT WHAT YOU'LL DO IS IT ALIGNS WITH THOSE GOALS. SO IN OUR PRM IT IS ACTUALLY GOAL FOUR. GOAL FOUR, WHICH IS BUILDING AN INNOVATIVE AND LASTING PARTNERSHIPS. THIS WOULD BE FOUNDED THEIR OUTCOME ONE AND ACTION A WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPING THE PROGRAM. AND THEN IF YOU CROSSWALK IT WITH THE YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULT STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA FIND IT UNDER GOAL TWO, WHICH IS PHYSICAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. THAT'S OBJECTIVE ONE. AND IT'S PROPOSED ACTIVITY SEVEN. SO ALL OF THE GOALS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE OVERARCHING GOALS AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVE SET AND THAT TOO TALKS ABOUT STARTING A RX PROGRAM. SO IT'S GREAT. AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY HEALTH AND PARKS CAME TOGETHER. A LOT OF OUR WORK ALIGNS WITH EACH OTHER, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE CAME TOGETHER TO DO THIS. AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DOCUMENTS, IT'S VERY BEEN VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE ARE ACTUALLY LIVING AND WORKING DOCUMENTS. NOT ONE TO SIT THERE AND COLLECT DUST DID NOT HAPPEN. SO REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO APPROVE THOSE GOALS. AND IT ALSO SHOWS THE CITY'S IMPORTANCE AND HOW THE CITY REALLY DOES SUPPORT AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF PARKS AND WHAT PARKS CAN DO. AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH AND I WILL PROBABLY ALWAYS SAY IT PARKS, IT DOES MAKE LIFE BETTER. IT MAKES LONG BEACH, THE HEALTH THAT YOU GET. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT, YOU CAN JUST GO SIT PASSIVELY IN A PARK AND JUST MENTALLY WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU. MM-HMM . I TAKE WALKS EVERY DAY WHEN I NEEDED DESTRESS. SO BEING OUT IN PARKS, IT'S EVERYTHING, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST PHYSICAL, IT'S MENTAL. IT'S A WAY TO SOCIALIZE AND CONNECT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT. MM-HMM . SO WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM WE'RE GONNA LOOK LIKE HERE IN LONG BEACH? SO WE HAVE DECIDED, UM, WITH SOME INPUT, UM, THAT THIS IS GONNA BE A SIX MONTH PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING. OUR TARGET GROUP THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE 11 TO 14 IS WITH THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE GROUP. WHY MIDDLE SCHOOL? YOU MIGHT ASK. UM, ONE THING THAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR PARK PROGRAMS IS THAT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE KIND OF IN THAT LITTLE INBETWEEN SPACE, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE AT THE TOP END OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL AND AGING OUTTA AFTER SCHOOL, BUT THEN THEY'RE AT OUR ENTRY PHASE FOR OUR TEAM PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO JUST ENHANCE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH AND TO GET THEM INVOLVED AND REALLY CONNECT TO THEM. ALSO, MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THAT AGE, MY FAVORITE AGE GROUP CALL ME CRAZY, BUT I LOVE THEM . BUT IT'S THAT AGE WHERE YOUTH ARE REALLY TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO THEY ARE, RIGHT? THEY'RE STARTING TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS, FIGURING OUT WHO DO I WANT BE? WHERE DO I WANT TO GO? AND I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT THAT IS WHERE WE NEED TO GRAB 'EM. SO AS A CONSENSUS, WE WERE LIKE, YEAH, WE NEED TO REALLY ENHANCE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE WAIT UNTIL THEY GET INTO HIGH SCHOOL TO SAY, WELL, ARE YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO? SO IF WE CAN INFUSE HEALTHY HABITS AT THAT AGE, WE WANT TO DO IT. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS LOCATIONS. WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE? WE HAVE TARGETED MARK MACARTHUR PARK, MCBRIDE PARK, AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PARK. PART OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID THAT IS BECAUSE OUR PARTNER THAT'S ON HER, DR. CE, UM, HER OFFICE IS MY PEDIATRICS AND RESPIRATORY CARE CLINIC. IT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THIS, OF THOSE PARKS. SO I MENTIONED EARLY ON THAT THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP RIGHT BETWEEN A HEALTH PROVIDER. SO DR. YI AND HER CLINIC ARE OUR HEALTH PROVIDER. THAT'S OUR PARTNER THAT'S WORKING WITH US. AND THEY WILL, SHE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON HER TEAM. THEY WILL PRESCRIBE THE TIME IN THE PARKS AND HAVE THE YOUTH GO OUT INTO THE PARKS. THE YOUTH, WHEN THEY GO MEET WITH HER, SHE'LL CHECK IN ON 'EM TO SEE, HEY, HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED YOUR GOAL? SHE SETS GOALS BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. SO IT COULD BE A MENTAL NEED, RIGHT? MAYBE IT'S A YOUTH THAT COMES TO HER PRACTICE AND THEY'RE EXPRESSING SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE THAT THEY NEED SOME ASSISTANCE WITH OR MAYBE IT'S A PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUE. UM, SO SHE WILL SET THEIR TARGETS BASED ON WHATEVER THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ARE. SO EVERY PERSON PARTICIPATING IN THIS, ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH WILL HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS, RIGHT? SO SOME MAYBE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN ACTIVE BEFORE, SO THEY'RE GONNA START OFF SMALL OR MAYBE YOU'VE GOT YOUR SOCCER KID AND SO NOW THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT GOAL, A HIGHER LEVEL GOAL 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN THE PARK. SO IT'S VERY INDIVIDUALIZED. UM, AND KEEPING WITH THE CLIENT, UM, DOCTOR OF PRIVILEGE, UM, [00:25:01] PRIVACY, WE WILL NOT, WE MEANING OUR PARK STAFF, WE WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE RECORDS. SO WE WON'T KNOW WHY. WE'LL KNOW THEY'RE A PARTICIPANT, BUT WE WON'T KNOW THE WHYS AND WE WON'T KNOW THE DETAILS AND WE WON'T HAVE SEE THEIR SPECIFIC DATA ATTACHED TO THEIR NAME TO SEE, OH, SO-AND-SO'S BMI. WE WON'T SEE ALL OF THAT DATA AT ALL. WHAT WE'LL GET BACK FROM THEM THEN IS THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND THE CLINIC, THEY'LL PUT TOGETHER ALL THAT DATA AND THEY'LL ANALYZE IT AND GIVE US A REPORT BACK SO WE CAN SEE, HEY, BY DOING THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SIX MONTHS, WE SAW THE IMPROVEMENTS HERE, HERE AND HERE. SO THEY'LL REPORT THE DATA BACK TO IS NOT TIED TO THE INDIVIDUAL. I KNOW THAT THE QUESTION THAT COMES UP OFTEN, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TOUCHED ON THAT. BUT KEEPING THAT, SO THE YOUTH, IF THEY CHOOSE TO SHARE, THAT'S THEIR RIGHT, THEIR CHOICE TO DO THAT. BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK ABOUT KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE TO SHARE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM. WE'LL JUST KNOW THAT THEY'RE COMING WITH THEIR LITTLE PASSPORT. LIKE HEY, SIGN THIS AND WE'LL WELCOME 'EM AND ALL OF OUR PARKS. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT IS EXACTLY DOES IT LOOK LIKE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, WHAT YOU SEE IS A PASSPORT. SO THE YOUTH THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY'LL BE GIVEN A PASSPORT. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'RE GONNA TAKE US A BOOKLET. UM, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THIS IS KIND OF THE OUTSIDE. SO IT HAS THE LIST OF THE PARKS, IT TALKS ABOUT THE, IT GIVES THE ADDRESS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, THEIR PROGRAM HOURS AND WHAT TYPE OF AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS WE CURRENTLY HAVE THERE. UM, AND THEN OUTSIDE THEIR INSTRUCTIONS, BASIC, YOU KNOW, BRING YOUR PASSPORT EVERY TIME YOU GO VISIT THE PARK, THEY'RE GONNA CHECK IN WITH THE STAFF THAT'S THERE. SO THESE PARKS WILL HAVE A DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER AND THE STAFF WILL BE AWARE. SO IF I'M PARTICIPATING, I'M LIKE, HEY SURELY I'M HERE TO DO MY PARK RX. I'LL HAND OVER MY PASSPORTS AND LET 'EM KNOW. AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL TAKE NOTE OF THE TIME. I'LL GO DO WHATEVER IT IS I'M GONNA GO DO IN THE PARK. MAYBE I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A WALK FOR AN HOUR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. AND THEN I'LL GO AT THE END OF DAY, HEY, I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE. AND THEY'LL INITIAL IT FOR ME TO GIVE THAT, YES, I WAS THERE. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU'RE IN SCHOOL AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS, THE SAME TYPE OF THING. UM, SO ON HERE, THESE LITTLE SQUARES MADE IT KIND OF FUN. SO THEY CAN JUST WRITE IN THE DATE, WHATEVER DAY THEY GO, WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO. FOR ME, I'D WALK, WALK, WALK IN THE PARK, UM, HOW LONG DID I DO IT? I DID IT FOR AN HOUR, 60 MINUTES. AND THEN THE STAFF WILL SIGN IT. UM, AND THAT'S REALLY THE ESSENCE OF THAT. THEN WHAT THEY DO IS WHEN THEY GO MEET WITH DR. YI BACK AT THE CLINIC, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENTS, THEY'LL TAKE THEIR PASSPORT OVER TO HER, THEY'LL LOOK AT IT, THEY'LL TALK ABOUT IT, THEY'LL DO THEIR LITTLE THING. I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT THEY'LL DO THEIR THING, HAVE THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND THEIR CHECK-INS AND THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT BENCHMARKS THAT SHE WOULD'VE SET WITH EACH PERSON. AND WHEN THEY'VE REACHED THEIR BENCHMARKS, THERE'S AN INCENTIVE ATTACHED TO IT OVER HER OFFICE WILL PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE AS WELL. QUESTION, UM, SO AT THE BEGINNING, THE STARTING POINT IS WITH THE HER, THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE FAMILY'S GONNA BE UH, AFRAID TO GO TO THE INITIAL VISIT? WHAT IS SO WITH HER AND HER OFFICE AND AND CLINIC AS WELL. AND SO WHEN SHE'S MEETING WITH HER PATIENTS AND THEY'RE HAVING THEIR CHECKUP, UM, AND SHE'S ALREADY STARTED TO TALK TO SOME OF HER PARENTS AND GET THEM, UM, SHE WILL TALK TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, HEY THIS, WHATEVER IT IS THEIR CONCERN IS AND SHE'LL EXPLAIN TO THIS PROGRAM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THING THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IS LET'S SHE'LL EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF BEING OUT IN PARKS AND LET'S TRY TO PRESCRIBE THIS. GO TO YOUR LOCAL PARK. SO IF YOU NOTICE WE LEFT IT, WE DIDN'T PUT THE PARK NAMES ON HERE JUST BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THEY CAN GO TO ANY PARK, ANY PARK, THREE PARKS TO GO DO THEIR ACTIVITIES. UM, AND SO SHE WOULD WALK THEM THROUGH IT AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AND MAKE IT VERY USER FRIENDLY AND TALK WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND SO SHE WOULD KNOW WHICH ONE OF HER PATIENTS WOULD QUALIFY AND WOULD BE THE BEST FIT FOR. SO SHE'LL MATCH IT UP BASED ON WHATEVER THEIR CONCERNS AND NEEDS ARE. SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION WITH THE YOUTH AND THEN OF COURSE AGE-WISE PARENTS AS WELL AND REALLY TALKING TO AND GETTING THAT BUY-IN. AWESOME. AND THEY GIVE ONE OF THESE EVERY MONTH BECAUSE I SEE THIS A FOUR WEEK SERIES. YEAH, THEY WOULD. YEAH. AND DEPENDING ON HOW LONG SHE HAS 'EM IN THE PROGRAM. SO IT'LL LOOK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR EACH SHOOT. AND I KNOW THERE'S LIKE SOME EXAMPLES WHERE IT'S SAYS THREE DAYS AT LEAST 60 MINUTES, THREE DAYS AT LEAST FOUR. IT'S LIKE A PROGRESSION FOR SOME SHE MIGHT HAVE THEM DO SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND THEY CAN MODIFY THIS IF NEEDED. THANK YOU. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE YOU GUYS UM, RECRUITING FROM WITHIN YOUR PROGRAM AND SHE'S RECRUITING FROM FAMILIES THAT SHE ALREADY SEES? OR IS IT PRIMARILY WHO SHE'S ALREADY ENGAGED WITH? CURRENTLY FOR THIS SIX MONTH PILOT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO START LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH, UM, SHE STARTING WITH THE FAMILIES THAT SHE ENGAGES RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL KIND OF GET IN THAT, ROLL IT OUT THERE AND GET IT STARTED SO WE CAN PILOT. SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT'S GOING AND THEN WE'LL LOOK TO EXPAND AFTER THAT. UM, AND ALSO THIS IS AGAIN, IT'S A PILOT AND IT'S A STARTING POINT AND FOR THIS ONE, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE INFORMATION FOR PARK RX AND WE STARTED HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, ONE THING FROM THE NATIONAL PARK RX STATE SUGGESTED THAT WHEN YOU STARTED, YOU PICTURE A DEMOGRAPHIC, SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC TO WORK WITH. 'CAUSE THIS CAN GO IF YOU GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES, IT OPERATES DIFFERENT IN EVERY CITY IN EVERY DIFFERENT WAY. UM, SO WE CHOSE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT [00:30:01] AS WE'RE SEEING SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM, WE COULD ALSO EXPAND IT TO OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC AGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND EVENTUALLY ANOTHER, I'LL JUST ADD URA. I KNOW YOU'RE FROM RENAISSANCE AND YOU MENTIONED YOU TEACH AND I KNOW YOU'RE IN LA. UM, BUT WORKING WITH OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL FOR THIS. SO, WELL WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING INTO LIKE OUR WELLNESS CENTERS, UM, AT L-V-U-S-D AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TO BRING IN OTHER PROGRAMS. AND FROM TIME TO TIME THERE COULD BE SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE PARKS DEPENDING WHERE WE'LL TARGET AND MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOEVER'S PARTICIPATING, DR. WILL KNOW. UM, EVEN IN THIS, WHEN WE WERE GATHERING INFORMATION, SO A SURVEY WAS CREATED, SO WE GOT INPUT FROM SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH. WE TARGET MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS. UM, WE WENT OUT TO, SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY WERE HELPING, THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO GET SOME INPUT FROM THE YOUTH THAT WERE THERE AT THE, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT PARKS? HOW DO YOU FEEL? DO YOU GO, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? WHAT WOULD HELP ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE AT PARKS? AND SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION TO WHEN PLANNING SPECIAL EVENTS OR AS PARKS ARE DEVELOPING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT MADE A PILL TO THEM. AND THEN WE DID A KICKOFF WELLNESS EVENT AS WELL. UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER WAY TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION OVER AT MACARTHUR PARK WHERE WE BROUGHT SOME COMMUNITY PARTNER DOWN AND THEY HAD INFORMATIONAL TABLES IN WELLNESS EVENT. SO IT'S OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE THERE OTHERWISE. UM, YOU MENTIONED OTHER PARKS RX PROGRAM. ARE THERE OTHER PARKS RX PROGRAM? IS THIS THE FIRST ONE? THIS IS THE FIRST ONE IN LONG BEACH. LONG BEACH. SO THIS IS LONG BEACH, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES 'CAUSE IT IS NATIONAL AND IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE OF THE, THE PARK RX INITIATIVE. IF YOU GO ON THE NATIONAL WEBSITE, THEY'LL SAY THEY STARTED IN 2013, BUT I KNOW LA HAS ONE IN OTHER CITIES AND OTHER MODELS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF LOOK AT. AND SO THERE IS A PARK RX.ORG, UM, WEBSITE FOR THE NATIONAL INITIATIVE AND THEY GIVE US LIKE THE TOOL IS THERE ON HOW TO START ONE AND GAVE US SOME RESOURCES. SO MM-HMM. IT IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE. SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS LONG BEACH 'CAUSE THANK YOU. SORRY, MY BEACH I TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? NO. SO WE DO PLAN TO, ONCE THIS PROGRAM IS GOING AND OF COURSE AT THE END OF THE PILOT, WE WOULD GLAD THAT WE COME BACK TO DO ANOTHER PRESENTATION. LET YOU GUYS ALL KNOW HOW IT WENT AND WHAT OUR LESSONS WERE LEARNED FROM THERE AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION ON PARTS REC AND MARINE R PROGRAM PLAY READ RECEIPT? SURE. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. MOTION ON THE BOARD THE SECOND. SECOND. IS IT PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED? ANY YOUR READINESS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED AND NAY. MOTION CARRIES. AWESOME. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION. RECEIVE AND FILED A REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. HI HOWARD. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD. HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR. UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT. I'M HAPPY TO SEE OUR YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, LEWIS . UM, BUT WE HAVE A DATE SELECTED FOR OUR ANNUAL YOUTH EVENT. APRIL, THE WEEK OF APRIL 20TH IS WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR OUR YOUTH WEEKLY EVENTS. UM, SO IDEALLY WE'RE STILL TRYING TO MAKE PLAN BEFORE WE BRING THE PLANNING COMMITTEE TOGETHER, BUT UM, IT WOULD BE BETWEEN ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF DAYS OR MAYBE LESS IF WE HAVE A SMALLER, WORKING WITH A SMALLER CAPACITY AND BUDGET. UM MM-HMM FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT WE CAN DO YOUTH EVENTS. BUT IDEALLY WE'D LIKE TO HAVE AROUND TWO TO THREE DAYS OF EVENTS. UM, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS OF COURSE IN COLLABORATION WITH US AND THEY'RE HOPING TO THROW THEIR EVENT ON THE END OF THAT WEEK. SO THE 25TH, LIKE THE SATURDAY BETWEEN SATURDAY MM-HMM . WOULD BE THE, UM, CONCLUSION OF YOUTH WEEK. SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH PARKS AS YOU ALL WERE SUCH A GRACIOUS AND HELPFUL PARTNER LAST YEAR. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME, UM, LEADING THE PLANNING OF YOUTH WEEK. SO, UM, I'M GONNA BRING TOGETHER OUR PLANNING PARTNERS VERY SOON. BUT, UM, WE'RE OPEN TO COLLABORATION AND IDEAS OF, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND FOR YOUTH FROM THE AGE OF 13 IS 26. IT'S A BROAD AGE RANGE, BUT UM, WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT FUN AND IMPACTFUL AGAIN. UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR UPDATE AND WE HAVE OUR ACTIVE YOUTH COUNCIL. UM, I KNOW LEWIS IS NOW A COMMISSIONER ON THIS, UM, COMMISSION, WHICH IS EXCITING. AND THEY'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING OUR YOUTH . UM, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS ACTIVE. WE'RE UM, IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF BRINGING TOGETHER THE YOUTH [00:35:01] STEERING COMMITTEE. SO MY COLLEAGUE PERLA WHO LEADS THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, UM, SHE'S HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AT THE MOMENT. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROGRAM INTERIM MANAGER. OUR FORMER MANAGER IS, UM, NO LONGER WITH OUR PROGRAM. AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNEW, DAVID IS NOW WITH THE COUNTY. I READ IT. OKAY, SO LAST WEEK. LAST WEEK? NO, I READ IT THE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A INTERIM PROGRAM AT THE MOMENT. SHE'S, UM, BEEN WITH THE CITY AND WITHIN OUR DIVISION, BUT SHE'S NOW JUST ALSO MANAGING, UM, OUR TEAM AS ALONG WITH THE FAMILY PRESERVATION PROGRAM. BUT YOU USE THE MAIN MM-HMM . THING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS AT THE MOMENT. CAN YOU REMIND ME THAT YOUTH WEEK, IS THAT THE SAME AS A YOUTH SYMPOSIUM THAT USED TO HAVE SUMMIT YOUTH SUMMIT? IS THAT THE SAME? THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT NAMES. I THINK IT'S IT'S YOUTH SUMMIT THAT, THAT BE ON SATURDAY AND THE MAYOR IS HOSTING NOW. IS THAT WHAT I'M YEAH, THAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF LAST WEEK'S EVENT IS THE LAST SATURDAY IT WAS DOWNTOWN WITH RE I THINK REXI IS PRESIDENT. YES. SO IT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF YOUTH WEEK LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, YES. AND I THINK IN PREVIOUS YEARS THEY NAMED IT YOUTH SUMMIT. YEAH. MEANING IT WAS LIKE A DAY OF EVENTS. YOU MAY HAVE CONTEXT TO AS ZEBRA , YOU HAVE MORE CONTEXT. UM, BUT UM, IT'S, IT'S EVOLVED INTO DIFFERENT TITLES. OKAY. YOUTH DAY, YOUTH WEEK. SO IT WILL BE A WEEK OF EVENT AT LEAST FOUR, THREE TO FOUR DAYS. YEAH, AROUND THREE. HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY AT LEAST THREE. MM-HMM . YEAH. AND SO I GUESS I'M, LOOK I'M THINKING OF THE TIMELINE RIGHT? UM, APRIL IS QUICKLY APPROACHING, SO THEY'RE LIKE SAVE THE DATE. ARE WE STARTING TO UM, I KNOW SAVE THE DATES CAN COME OUT ONCE WE SOLIDIFY LOCATIONS. OKAY. UM, AND ONCE WE HAVE LIKE A SOLIDIFIED, UM, RESPONSE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE 25TH AND THERE WAS LIKE A CONFLICTING EVENT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA, AS SOON AS I CAN COLLABORATE WITH THEM, WE CAN PUT OUT SAY THE DATES OKAY. AND HAVE MORE DETAILS. ALRIGHT. YEAH. AND YEAH, THE DATE WAS, UM, RECOMMENDED THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH LBSE LAST YEAR. WE DID IT IN THE MIDDLE OF LIKE AP TESTING AND THAT WAS CHALLENGING THAT WAS CHALLENGING FOR STUDENTS, UM, WHO ARE IN AP BUT PER THEIR RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AFTER SPRING BREAK AND BEFORE TESTING. YEP. RIGHT BEFORE THIS. WHEN, WHEN'S THE BEST TIME? I DON'T KNOW. NO, NO, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S THE BEST TIME BEFORE THE FOLLOWING WEEK. IT'LL GET CRAZY. PROBABLY THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF MAY. YOUR EP SEASON IS PERFECT. . YEAH, THAT'S UM, ALRIGHT. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT ON YOUTH AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF YOUTH OF DEVELOPMENT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY READINESS QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ANY? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY UPCOMING EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANYTHING YOU WANNA LET US KNOW? ANY PUBLIC, ANYONE? UM, I MIGHT SHARE. WE ARE DOING A HIRING FAIR AGAIN SATURDAY, SATURDAY FOURTH. SO JUST GOOD TO SHARE INTEL, UH, OR, UM, THAT OFFERING. UM, AND THIS IS A HIRING FAIR CITYWIDE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. SO DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE THAT INFO ON THAT? YES. SHARE TOMORROW? I WAS LIKE, I THINK YEAH, IT ON SATURDAY THE 24TH. IT IS AT HOWTON PARK. I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIME. GIMME TWO SECONDS AND I'LL TELL YOU THE TIME IS THERE. IS THERE A, UM, BUT WE, WE ALWAYS, UH, YES WE CAN. I'LL HAVE ERICA SEND THAT OVER TO EACH OF YOU. EMAIL IT TO EACH OF YOU SO YOU GUYS HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY. SHE'LL SEND IT TO YOU GUYS TOMORROW. UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS HIRING FOR ALL OF OUR AREAS. SO LIKE OUR AQUATICS DIVISION, LIKE OUR PARKSIDE DAY CAMPS, FUN DAYS, TEEN CENTERS. WE HAVE EVENING RECREATION PROGRAMS, UM, BE SAFE SITES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY 11. UM, WE HAVE, UM, I THINK WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE A PRESENCE OF LIKE A MAINTENANCE PRESENCE. I I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GROW THE REACH OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, OPTIONS, UH, AND OPPORTUNITIES REALLY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND, AND TABLING AT THE EVENT. [00:40:01] WE ALSO, WE HAVE HAD OR MORE RECENT, UM, JOB FAIRS, UH, INTERVIEWS HOSTED ON SITE. SO FOR, THAT'S EXCITING. SO WHEN FOLKS YEAH. UM, THAT COME IN FOR AN INTERVIEW, THEY CAN LEAVE, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, AN ANTICIPATED, UH, MAYBE SUMMER JOB. SO, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE TIME IS, YOU HAVE TO BE 16 TOO, SORRY. YES. THE TIME IS NINE TO THREE AT HOWTON PARK AND THEY ARE DOING ONSITE INTERVIEWS AT THIS. YEAH. UM, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. IS THIS THE TIME FOR HIRING FOR YOUTH SUMMER JOBS AS WELL? YES. THIS IS WHEN YOU, YOU WANT THEM TO APPLY NOW AND THEY'RE ACTIVE ON THE WEBSITE? USUALLY OUR DEPARTMENT HOSTS THE MOST INTERVIEWS FOR SUMMER PLACEMENT, UM, USUALLY BEGINNING OF MARCH, MID TO END OF FEBRUARY. SO WE START REVIEWING APPS TRADITIONALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. UM, AND THE ONBOARDING PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY USUALLY TAKES A COUPLE MONTHS TO GET CLEARED OF, I MEAN ALL THE STAGES OF IT. AND WE'RE A BIG CITY AND, UM, AND SO WE USUALLY LIKE TO SOLIDIFY WHO IS GONNA BE ON THE SUMMER STAFF ROSTERS BY MID-MARCH THAT ENSURES THAT THEY'RE CLEARED IN TIME TO ATTEND ALL OF OUR SUMMER TRAININGS. UM, AND SO WE, WE USUALLY HOST ONE VERY LARGE PRE-SUMMER TRAINING THE FIRST SATURDAY OF JUNE. SO THAT ENSURES LIKE EVERYONE GETS CLEARED AND THEN WE HAVE THAT BIG GATHER. USUALLY IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE, OFTENTIMES IT'S HERE AND IT'S ALL DAY LONG. UM, AND, UM, THAT ENSURES THEY GET CLEARED AND READY TO GO FOR, FOR THAT TRAINING. JUST CLARITY. UM, I'M GONNA LEAVE, UM, GO TO YOU COMMISSIONER SERRANO. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE, WERE AWARE OF, UH, FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, UM, AND THE STUDENTS AT GEORGIA? DO YOU THINK THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT? THE STUDENTS AT JORDAN? NO, I DON'T. THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT IF I FOLLOW, I KNEW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THE, UH, LONG BEACH CITY, UH, INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. OKAY. OH, OKAY. BUT, UH, MY ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR THAT I'M REALLY CLOSE WITH MS. GREEN, WE ARE DEFINITELY CONNECTING MORE THINGS FROM LONG BEACH CITY THAT'S PROMOTED FOR JOBS BECAUSE A LOT OF STUDENTS, JORDAN, SINCE IT'S A MORE LIKE, UM, UNDERSERVED AREA, PEOPLE REALLY NEED JOBS. RIGHT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE MORE JOB ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WELLNESS CENTER AND OUR STUDENT GO FROM THERE. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY PROMOTING MORE HAS THEIR INFORMATION BECAUSE I, I'M A PARENT SALES. OH, OKAY. I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO DOESN'T READ HER STUFF. SO , SHE'S LIKE, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT MOM. WELL, I'M TELLING YOU. PUT IT IN . OKAY. SO IT GOES ON, ON, I KNOW THEY HAVE LIKE A JOB AID, I MEAN A CONNECT CALL OR SOMETHING. MM-HMM . GOES ON THEIR MASTER OF WEB OR SOMETHING. OKAY. I THINK THEY'VE DEFINITELY GROWN AND THERE'S A HIRING COMMITTEE THAT'S REALLY GROWN THE EFFORT IN DOING OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. SO I KNOW THAT THEY'VE, UM, ATTENDED THE FOLKS ON THE HIRING COMMITTEE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, ATTEND VARIOUS, UM, HIRING, UM, FAIRS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S REALLY BEEN DYNAMIC IS, IS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I WOULD SAY MAYBE WE'RE TWO YEARS IN NOW IN, IN GROWING THIS AND MAKING IT EASIER AND TRYING TO REMOVE BARRIERS. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE BIG THING ABOUT DOING INTERVIEWS ON SITE. YEAH. ESPECIALLY IN A CULTURE WHERE THERE'S A, LIKE AN EXPECTATION OF A QUICK RE QUICK FEEDBACK. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T, WE KNOW OUR PROCESS MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME AND IT'S NOT LIKE GOING TO THE MALL TO GET A JOB AT THE MALL WHERE MAYBE THEY CAN ONBOARD YOU ONSITE. UM, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH IT. AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT AS A YOUNG PERSON TO HAVE THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AS A, AS AN EMPLOYER. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR TEENS IN OUR TEEN CENTERS TO, TO ALWAYS CONSIDER A SUMMER JOB. SO, UM, YEAH. SHARE, SPREAD THE WORD. WE'LL GET THE EMAIL. WE HAVE ALL YOUR INFO SO WE'LL GET ERICA WILL SEND OUT YEAH. JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR BUDDIES TOO. LUIS. YEAH, WE, YEAH. OKAY. SOCIAL MEDIA. MM-HMM . AWESOME. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? SEE NONE. I MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 6:52 PM 6 52. IS THERE SECOND? SURE. SECOND. ALL, UH, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL SAY NO NAY. MOTION CARRIES. UR. * 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.