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DAUNTING, TO BE HONEST, HOT, LIKE, GOOD AFTERNOON.UH, WE'LL BRING THIS, UH, CALL THIS MEETING OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION, UH, TO
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ORDER ON, UM, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2026.UM, COULD I PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL CHAIR? JONATHAN DEMA.
HERE, COMMISSIONER NICOLE CALLAHAN, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER ASHLEY CHITTICK.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAM PATTERSON.
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HERE.AND IT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT COMMISSIONER CHITTICK AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON ARE EXCUSED TODAY.
UM, WELCOME EVERYBODY, UH, TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2025.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WOODMAN, NAT.
AND A SECOND, SECOND, SORRY, COMMISSIONER IN THAT, UH, AT, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2026.
THE, I READ THAT DATE INCORRECTLY.
THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
I READ LAST MONTH'S, UH, I'M GONNA READ THAT ONE MORE TIME.
[1. 26-54405 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION MEETING OF THE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2026.AND WE HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE BY COMM, VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NAZ, AND THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? SEE NONE MEMBERS, PLEASE CAST YOUR
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VOTE.MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, THANK YOU.
AND A SECOND FROM VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NANCE, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO, UH, LEAH WITH THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.
[2. 26-54406 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL.UH, SO MORE RECENT NEWS THAT WE HAVE IS, I THINK, I BELIEVE I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MONTH, BUT WE HAVE OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE PREPARED FOR THE LAST YEAR IN REVIEW.
AND SO WE ARE CIRCULATING THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO IF YOU SEE IT, YOU KNOW, RETWEET OR REPOST, SO WE CAN SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT, UM, OUR EFFORTS IN DIGITAL EQUITY.
AND THEN ALSO, WE RECENTLY RELEASED OUR AI STRATEGY, UH, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AI SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE TICK.
SO THAT'S BEING, UH, PROMOTED.
YOU'LL SEE IT IN OUR SMART CITY NEWSLETTER.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY OUR COUNCIL NEWSLETTERS.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT, WE'LL, UH, IN FACT, MAYBE WE'LL SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO HELP PROMOTE, ASKING YOU TO HELP PROMOTE THOSE RESOURCES SO OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE AWARE OF THE EFFORTS WE'RE DOING IN DIGITAL EQUITY AND IN OUR AI WORK.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF TODAY'S AGENDA, UH, WE HAVE OUR, A PRESENTATION ON OUR LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY PROGRAM, AND THEN THE, THE TYPICAL REVIEW OF OUR TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE, UH, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION FROM LAST MEETING, AS WELL AS A COUPLE COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND THEN A STANDING ITEM TO LOOK AT OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE STRUCTURES.
AND WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE TO VOTE.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY LB COLAB PROGRAM.
UH, MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN, SECOND VICE CHAIR, WOODMAN NANCE.
AND MAY I HAND IT OVER TO, IS IT LEAH OR
[3. 26-54407 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the Long Beach Collaboratory (LB Co-Lab) program. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
RYAN, OR, YES.SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, HINTING IT OVER TO OUR, OUR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS MANAGER, PILOT PROGRAMS MANAGER, RYAN WELSH, TO DO THIS PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR HAVING US.
I'M THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS MANAGER, UM, FOR THE LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY PROGRAM.
UM, AND TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SHARE A LITTLE PROGRESS UPDATE ON OUR PROGRAM.
I'M ALSO HERE JOINED BY MICAH DESAI, OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOW.
UH, I'M THE LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOW WITH THE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND PILOTING TEAM.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH RYAN WELCH ON OUR, UH, LONG BEACH, UH, PITCH LONG BEACH PROGRAM.
UM, LB COLAB IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN CIVIC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM THAT PAIRS LONG BEACH RESIDENTS WITH CITY STAFF TO CO-DESIGN PLACE-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS REAL CITY PROBLEMS. THE CITY BELIEVES THAT INVITING LONG BEACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY IN THE CO-DESIGN PROCESS WILL LEAD TO MORE EFFECTIVE, ACCESSIBLE CITY SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS REAL NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
BY EMPOWERING RESIDENTS WITH THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES IN CO-DESIGN, WE ARE ABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROCESS DURING OUR DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
UM, OUR PROJECT TEAM IS COMPOSED OF CITY OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, AND NOW SOLUTION PROVIDERS.
UM, WE ALSO, UM, TOOK, UH, TOOK SOME FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS COHORTS, UM, AND INCLUDED TOUCHPOINT, UH,
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WITH THE GREATER LONG BEACH COMMUNITY, UM, TO, UH, GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, UH, AND SOLUTIONS.UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED, WE'VE ITERATIVELY IT ITERATIVELY PROGRESSED, UM, FROM SOURCING CHALLENGES TO GROUND TRUTHING AND ISSUING OUT A CHALLENGE BASED, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
AND NOW WE'VE SELECTED OUR SOLUTION PROVIDERS.
WE NOW FIND OURSELVES IN THE DELIVER THE DELIVER PHASE.
SO HOW DOES THE DELIVER PHASE WORK? THERE ARE FOUR AC, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH DURING THE DELIVER PHASE THAT IS LAUNCH OUR 12 MONTH PILOT, UM, HOST A WORKSHOP ON CIVIC JOURNALISM, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LB POST AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH.
UM, CONDUCT USER RESEARCH TO ASSESS THE SOLUTIONS EFFICACY AND MEASURE IMPACT, AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD LIKE TO RENEW OR CLOSE OUT THE PILOT.
THE INVESTMENTS TO DATE, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED FUNDING, UM, IN OUR FIRST COHORT FROM THE LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT, UM, WHICH HELPED US, UH, WHICH, UH, INCLUDED US IN, UH, IN PART OF, UH, REOPENING LONG BEACH FOLLOWING COVID-19.
UM, AND WE'VE ALSO WORKED, UH, WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THEM.
AS FOR THE SECOND COHORT, UH, WE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM OUR CITY'S INNOVATION FUND.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'RE WORKING AGAIN WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND KNIGHT FOUNDATION, UM, DONOR ADVISED FUND TO ENABLE THE SECOND COHORT OF LONG BEACH COLLAB.
UM, THIS ENABLED US TO INTRODUCE EVIDENCE-BASED IMPROVEMENTS, UH, AND TO DEEPEN THE IMPACT AND STRENGTHENING, STRENGTHEN OUR ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CITY'S PRIORITIES THAT IMP THAT THE, THAT INVESTMENT, UM, THOSE INVESTMENTS TRANSLATE DIRECTLY TO MEANINGFUL IMPACT, UM, TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO TRUSTING THE CITY AS WELL AS THEIR ABILITY TO ENGAGE AND MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE INTEGRATED, UM, OUR, WE, WE'VE INTEGRATED OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, TO PARALLEL, UM, THE OLYMPICS PLANNING, UM, AND TO ALIGN WITH OUR PLANS FOR THE OLYMPICS.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, UM, ADDED OUR CIVIC JOURNALISM, UM, WORKSHOP, WHICH WILL, UM, EQUIP OUR, OUR RESIDENT PARTICIPANTS WITH, UH, SKILLS TO TELL THEIR STORY, UM, AS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED IT, UM, BOTH WITH THE PROGRAMMING AND THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE, UM, THAT THEY'RE LEADING.
AND LASTLY, UM, MORE SKIN IN THE GAME.
UM, PRE IN OUR PREVIOUS COHORT, UH, WE INITIATED, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROJECTS WHERE WE JUST SHOWED UP AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR WORK SPARE WORKSPACE.
UM, AND FOLLOWING FEEDBACK FROM, UH, BOTH, UH, CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND UH, RESIDENTS, UH, WE'VE DECIDED TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
AND WE USED, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SOURCE CHALLENGES, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH HAS HELPED US TO GET MORE BUY-IN FROM DEPARTMENTS AS WE ARE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE DURING, UH, NOW, UM, THERE'S CLEARLY INTEREST, UH, IN THIS TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE RECEIVED 232, UH, INTEREST, UH, APPLICATIONS, UM, OF INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM.
WE'VE ACTIVATED EIGHT LOCAL PARTNERS, UM, AND, AND COUNTING
UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED 41, UH, BOLD IDEAS FROM OUR CITY STAFF, UM, REGARDING GAPS IN, UH, OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER SERVICES.
UM, AND, UH, THESE IDEAS, UM, WILL HOPEFULLY BE DIRECTLY ADDRESSED BY, UM, THE SOLUTION PROVIDERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
OUR TEAM, WE HAVE 12 COMPENSATED INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS SLIDE BECAUSE, UM,
ALL OF OUR, UH, 12, UM, PARTICIPANTS ARE, ARE
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VERY PHOTOGENIC AND VERY, UM, ENGAGED.UM, AND THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO SHARE THEIR, THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES, UH, AS LONG BEACH INDIAN OF COINED THAT TERM.
UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, 550 PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, UM, UH, AND WE HOPE, UM, TO INCLUDE MORE BACK TO IMPACT FOLLOWING OUR DEVELOPMENT, OUR DEVELOPMENT PHASE, UH, WE HOPE TO, UH, SPEND ABOUT $225,000, UM, THAT WILL DIRECTLY, UM, BE INVESTED IN THE THREE PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND WE RECEIVED 57 SOLUTIONS, UM, OR, UH, WE, I'M SORRY, 57 PROPOSALS.
UM, FOR SOLUTIONS, WE INVITED NINE OUT TO OUR DEMO DAY, UM, TO PROVIDE US WITH PROOF OF CONCEPTS.
AND FROM THAT, WE SELECTED THREE, UM, SOLUTION PROVIDERS THAT WE HOPE TO WORK WITH, UH, FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
UM, THESE, UH, SOLUTION PROVIDERS ARE ORION, ORION LABS, UM, INCORPORATED.
UM, THEIR SOLUTION ADDRESSES, UH, VANDALISM AND BREAK-INS IN COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
WE LOOK TO, UH, IMPLEMENT, UH, THEIR, UH, EQUIPMENT IN OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, ALONG THE ANAHEIM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
UM, EMBERS AND OAK STORYWORKS.
UM, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES, UM, ENABLING, UH, PROVIDING AND DISTRIBUTING KIOSK, UH, AROUND THE CITY, UM, FOR PEOPLE EX UH, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE, UH, THEIR ELECTRONICS AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEM WITH, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC OR TECHNOLOGY, UH, EQUIPMENT PACKAGES, UM, WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND THEN OUR LAST AND MOST, UH, COMPLICATED
APIARIES, UM, TWO, UH, TWO VACANT LOTS TO ACTIVATE VACANT LOTS AND INVITING OUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE INVOLVED WITH, UH, SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR, UH, ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE.
UM, AND WE, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE, UM, THE COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS, UH, THE, THIS COMMISSION, UM, TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, WORK WITH US, UM, IN SOME OF THE STORYTELLING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ARE WITH THE CIVIC JOURNALISM PIECE, WE'RE, UH, EMPOWERING THEM TO GO OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND GET FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, YOU ALL BEING RESIDENTS ON THIS COMMISSION, UH, WOULD BE, UH, INVALUABLE.
UM, AND ALSO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, UH, FORGE MORE, UH, MORE COLLABORATION WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, HERE'S, UH, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THE SLIDE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO LEAH.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, I, I DO HAVE THIS COMMENT.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT RYAN WELCH, YOU WERE PART OF THE FIRST COHORT, RIGHT? AS A COMMUNITY PARTICIPANT, AND YES, FOR COHORT TWO, HE WAS A PROJECT MANAGER, AND I WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW HE DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
I BROUGHT MY WHOLE FAMILY OUT.
WE ATTENDED DEMO DAY, AND IT WAS WELL RUN FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
I, I WAS WONDERING HOW HE WAS GONNA DO IT.
I WAS LIKE, UM, AM I GONNA END UP LEAVING? BUT NO, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT
JUST THE WAY IT WAS RAN WITH EACH OF THE CHALLENGES AND THEN HAVING THE SOLUTION PARTNERS TALK, THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE LOBBY AND TALK TO THEM AND RATE IT AND FEEL LIKE WE WERE REALLY A PART OF WHO WAS GOING TO BE S SELECTED.
SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW YOU DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB WITH THAT.
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DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.UM, ON THE ONE SLIDE WHERE YOU SAY, HOW DOES IT WORK, THE DELIVER, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED, I WROTE THIS DOWN, AND I MAY HAVE IT WRONG, I THOUGHT YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A WORKSHOP, LIKE HOST A WORKSHOP WITH L, UM, LB POST AND CAL STATE LONG BEACH, OR DID I LIKE GET THAT WRONG? YES, WE WILL BE HOLDING THAT IN APRIL.
WHAT EXACTLY WILL THAT ENTAIL? UM, SO WELL, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UH, PLANNING, UH, IN THE WORKSHOPS.
UM, AND THEY'RE MORE OF LIKE, UH, COME TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS AND BUILD THIS OUT.
AND THEN THEY'RE RELEASED INTO THEIR PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY ASYNCHRONOUSLY ACCOMPLISH THESE ACTIVITIES.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THIS WILL BE, UM, SHOWING COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOW TO CONDUCT INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS, UM, AND AS WELL AS PROMOTING THEIR PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
UH, UM, AND GATHERING THESE STORIES AND THESE INPUTS FROM ACTUAL, UM, AS WE LIKE TO COIN THE TERM, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT END USERS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, USING THESE SOLUTIONS MM-HMM
UM, AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND PRODUCE SOME, UH, SOME CONTENT PIECES, UM, FOR US TO PROMOTE, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR WORK WORK STREAMS, UH, AND WITHIN, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, THIS, UH, YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS PARTLY A PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, UM, AND THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE REALLY BIG ON JOURNALISM, UH, AND A PART OF CATALYZING, UH, FUTURE INVESTMENTS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, BEING GOOD, UM, PARTNERS.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.
UH, YOU, OUR TEAM COHORT TWO, UM, THE 550 PLUS IS, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES UP THAT NUMBER WHEN YOU SAY 550 PLUS? UH, SO 550 PLUS COMES FROM, UM, BOTH OUR, UH, EARLY IN THE EARLY PHASES.
WE, UM, IN OUR DEFINE PHASE, WE USED A SURVEY WHICH WE PUBLISHED OUT TO THE CITY, UM, AND TO, TO GET THEIR, UM, KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT, OF THE 41 CHALLENGE IDEAS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STAFF TO WORK ON ROOTING IT IN GROUND, TRUTHING IT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY, THESE WERE ACTUALLY ISSUES THAT WERE FACED BY THE GREATER, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
UM, THEN WE ALSO, UM, HELD, UH, SURVEYS, UH, AND, UM, RESERVATIONS FOR, UH, THE DEMO DAY PROGRAM THAT WE HELD, WE RECEIVED OVER ABOUT, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 300 RSVPS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU WERE THERE, IT RAINED, UM, WHICH MAY HAVE, UH, SEVERELY IMPACTED US, BUT WE'VE KEPT AN OPEN, UH, AN OPEN DOOR IN TERMS OF RECEIVING FEEDBACK ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, UM, BOTH AT THE WORKSHOP LEVEL AS WELL AS, UM, OPENING UP TO THIS GREATER CITY.
'CAUSE WE, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE CITY, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AT EACH, UM, POINT IN EACH, UH, PHASE WE ARE CREATING, UM, FORUMS FOR, TO, FOR US TO RECEIVE THAT FEEDBACK AND IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMMING.
UM, UM, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, ME BEING A PART OF THE FIRST COHORT, UM, I'VE SEEN THE NATURAL EVOLVE, UH, EVOLUTION OF THE PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND, UH, ME BEING A RESIDENT, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO KIND OF CHAMPIONING CHAMPION THAT.
UM, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
AND I'LL, I'LL SAY A COUPLE MORE THINGS AND I'LL PASS IT ON.
'CAUSE I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WHAT I ALSO LIKED, UM, WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT THE, UM, SOURCE PROVIDER FOR EACH ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, WE HAD THE OPTION TO, TO DO IT ELECTRONICALLY OR ON PAPER.
AND I LOVE THE ELECTRONIC, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LOVE PAPER, BUT I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD, UM, BOTH OPTIONS AND THEN YOU LET US KNOW AT THE END THAT WE WOULD BE UPDATED AS TO WHO WERE THE SELECTED SOURCE PROVIDERS.
I ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE A EMAIL
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THANK YOU.IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE, THE IMPACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M ALSO CURIOUS, NOW THAT YOU'RE AT COHORT TWO, WHAT IS KIND OF YOUR VISION FOR COHORT THREE, AND WHEN DO YOU KICK THAT OFF AND WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? UH, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
UM, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH, UH, A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO, UM, PLAN OUT OUR NEXT COHORT.
UM, AND WE'VE GAINED SOME GOOD TRACTION.
WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND WE'VE EVEN HAVE SOME COMMITMENT.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO, UH, BRING RYAN KURTMAN INTO THE DISCUSSION.
UM, 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN REALLY SPEARHEADING THAT AS I'VE BEEN FOCUSED MORE ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE PROGRAM.
SO FOR THE THIRD COHORT, LIKE RYAN SAID, WE ARE ACTIVELY PLANNING FOR IT.
UM, THE BIG PIECE RIGHT NOW IS JUST SECURING THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO KEEPING, UH, OTHER AVENUES OPEN TOO.
UM, AND FOR COHORT THREE, WE'RE, UH, HOPING TO CONNECT IT EVEN MORE CLOSELY WITH THE 2028 OLYMPICS PLANNING WORK.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT TEAM IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS GET THE FUNDING.
UM, RYAN, THAT, THAT'S, UM, WORKED THAT THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS AND I THINK WORKED ENGAGEMENT THAT, THAT, UM, UM, HELPS MAKE OUR RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, PIGGYBACKING ON THE PHASE THREE QUESTION, IS THERE ANY AREA, UH, OR PROVIDERS OR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS OR COMPANIES, UH, OR AREAS OF FOCUS THAT YOU WISH YOU HAD SEEN MORE OF OR THAT WE MIGHT START RECRUITING OR, UH, PUTTING SOME WORD OUT THERE WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPANIES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE PARTICIPATE IN IN PHASE THREE? UM, OR CO COHORT THREE, LIKE MORE ENGINEERING COMPANIES, AEROSPACE, UM, SOFTWARE COMPANIES.
UM, WHAT, WHAT DID YOU FEEL WAS UNDERREPRESENTED THERE AND COULD HAVE HAD A BIG IMPACT? UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WILLER.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, SOME ENGINEER, UH, WE HAD AN, WE SELECTED A RESIDENT, UM, THAT WAS AN ENGINEER WORKING FOR, UH, RELATIVITY, UM, WHICH I KNOW IS HOUSED HERE IN, UH, LONG BEACH.
UM, HE WAS TAKEN AWAY AS ENGINEERS ARE OFTEN TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE SPECIALIZED IN SOME TYPE OF WAY.
BUT I, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ENGINEERS AND MORE, UM, PROGRAM PROGRAMMING GEARED TOWARDS, UH, ENGINEERING, UH, AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
UH, SO A OUR RESIDENTS ARE, ARE REALLY GOOD IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY, UM, BEING, BEING ENGAGED CIVICALLY.
UM, BUT THEY ALSO, UM, HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, SET OF SKILLS THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT HAS REALLY HELPED, UM, LIKE DIVERSIFY, UM, AND GET US GOING.
UM, THEY'RE, UH, RECEPTIVE TO, UH, FEEDBACK AND THEY'RE ALSO WILLING TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, AND SO MORE TECHNOLOGY, UH, VENDORS THAT CAN MEET US, MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, SO WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE MAYBE ON THE ADVANCED SIDE, SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T SO ON THE ADVANCED SIDE, BUT THEY'RE STILL JUST AS, UM, MOTIVATED, UM, AND ENGAGED, UH, AND ADDRESSING THOSE GAPS.
UM, AND WORKING ON THEM COULD, WOULD, WOULD BE, WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT.
UM, I'LL JUST ADD REALLY QUICKLY TO THAT.
UM, I HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE VENDORS AT DEMO DAY THAT SAID THEY HAD NEVER REALLY SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN A CHANCE TO COME TO LONG BEACH.
WE PROVIDED THEM WITH A, A STIPEND AND TALK TO RESIDENTS AND SEVERAL VENDORS SAID, HEY, THIS IS, I'VE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO ACTUALLY TALK TO THE END BENEFICIARIES OF OUR TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS OR OUR SOLUTIONS.
SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG WIN WHEN I HEARD THAT.
UM, AND THEN SECOND, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR OUTREACH FOR SOLUTION PROVIDERS, UM, WE WERE PRETTY DELIBERATE ABOUT NOT ONLY FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, BUT ALSO ON COMPANIES THAT, UM, PROVIDE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS OR DESIGN BASED SOLUTIONS.
UM, SO THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE SELECTED, I THINK REPRESENT A REALLY GOOD RANGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO NON-TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.
DID ANY OF THE LOCAL BUILDERS OR OR CONS, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN FIRMS ENGAGE THAT
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THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING, UM, LEAD CERTIFIED BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OR, UH, MORE ADVANCED HOUSING STUDIO M IN THERE? I BELIEVE WE HAD STUDIO ONE 11.UM, THAT'S THE, THE EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
WE ACT IT, IT WAS CAUSED FOR A PANIC A LITTLE BIT FOR ME.
UM, UH, BEING, UH, EARLY IN MY CAREER WITH THE CITY, I WAS LIKE, UM, IS THIS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? BECAUSE STUDIO ONE 11 WAS ALSO WHERE WE'VE HELD OUR WORKSHOPS,
UM, AND SO THAT WAS A, A LEARNING CURVE FOR ME.
UM, BUT, UH, THEY'VE ONE BEEN GREAT HOST, UM, AND, UH, THEY WERE VERY, THEY, THEY BROUGHT A LOT TO DEMO DAY, SO
UM, AND, AND YEAH, SO YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE, UM, MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM, FROM, FROM THOSE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS.
WAS STUDIO ONE 11 PART OF COHORT ONE? NO.
WOULD YOU WELCOME, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO NEW SOLUTION PROVIDERS OR WOULD YOU WELCOME BACK THOSE WHO'D BEEN PARTICIPANTS IN THE PAST? I DON'T THINK SO.
ON THE SOLUTION PROVIDER SIDE, I THINK WE WELCOME, UM, THE VENDORS THAT HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO CONTINUE PROPOSING IDEAS.
UM, LIKE RYAN SHARED, WE RECEIVED ALMOST 60 PROPOSALS FOR JUST THOSE THREE RFPS, UM, WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THE CITY TYPICALLY RECEIVES FOR PROCUREMENTS.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY AGAIN ABOUT THE BREADTH OF PROPOSALS AND YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING A VENDOR FROM REPOSING IF IN A FUTURE COHORT, AND I'LL ADD, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR A FUTURE COHORT.
THEY, WE HAVE A PITCH LONG BEACH PROGRAM THAT THEY COULD REPURPOSE THEIR SUBMISSION AND SUBMIT THROUGH THAT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, YOU KNOW, WE DID WHEN WE KNEW WE HAD A LOT OF CITY CHALLENGES THAT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WAS WE WERE LOOKING AT THOSE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT THOSE CITY CHALLENGES COULD GET STEERED TO.
SIMILARLY TO THESE, UM, VENDOR PITCHES.
THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT, GREAT SUBMISSIONS, AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF THOSE LIVE BEYOND THIS PROCESS.
BUT MOVING FORWARD TO LIKE A, A PHASE THREE, UH, I WAS, I THINK THE MORE WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT, THE MORE WE HAVE GREAT INNOVATIVE IDEAS COME THROUGH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE BETTER QUALITY AND WE HAD GREAT QUALITY SUBMISSIONS, BUT WE CAN HAVE LIKE, REALLY, UM, IMPACTFUL SOLUTIONS IF YOU KNOW, FOR A PHASE THREE.
SO PART OF THE ROLE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION COULD BE TO LIKE, UH, PROMOTE THE RFP WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S, WHEN, WHEN THOSE ARE READY.
WOULD THERE BE A SPACE FOR COMMUNITY, I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS ALREADY, RYAN, WOULD THERE BE A SPACE FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFERED STRICTLY PROGRAMMING IDEAS AS WELL AND UM, UM, AFTERSCHOOL IDEAS, UM, DAYCARE INNOVATION, SCIENCE LABS, THINGS LIKE THAT? LIKE YEAH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A TASTE FOR THE, UM, ACTIVATING VACANT LOTS CHALLENGE, THE THREE FINALISTS FOR DEMO DAY, NONE OF THEM WERE REALLY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION PROVIDERS.
THERE WAS, UM, B SPACE, WHICH IS PROVIDING, UM, PLANTS AND, AND AP AREAS TO ACTIVATE THE LOTS.
UM, STUDIO ONE ELEVEN'S PROPOSAL WAS VERY MULTIDIMENSIONAL, BUT INVOLVED A LOT OF LIKE, ARTS AND, UH, I THINK SOME, UH, CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
AND THE THIRD PROPOSAL THAT WAS A DEMO DAY WAS ACTUALLY A FITNESS STUDIO THAT WANTED TO ACTIVATE THE OTHER VACANT LOTS FOR, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
SO YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT.
AND RYAN AND EVERYBODY ON THE, THE COLAB TEAM.
UM, THE, IT'S NICE TO HEAR THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF THE SUBMISSIONS AND THE, UM, THAT'S THE BREADTH OF PLACES THAT IT'S TOUCHING AND IT'S, UM, IT'S ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE STYLE THINGS AND OR, UM, THINGS THAT, THAT PAY OFF IN THE, THE LONG TERM.
SO, UM, THANK, THANK YOU COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR, UH, ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ONES.
UM, UH, AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO VOTE.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION COMMISSION POTENTIAL 2026 TOPICS.
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MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? THE SCREEN HAS CHANGED.WE'RE EXPERIENCING A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL WHACK.
WE CAN TAKE A VERBAL IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MOTION OR SECOND MAY HAVE A MOTION.
I SEE A MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER WHEELER.
SECOND VICE CHAIR, WOODMAN HATS.
UM, MAY I HAND THIS OVER TO, UH, LEAH AND RYAN FOR THE 2026 DISCUSSION? YEAH, RYAN WILL JUST BRIEFLY MENTION THAT THE UPDATES FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
[4. 26-54408 Recommendation to review and discuss the Technology and Innovation Commission’s potential 2026 topics. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
YEAH.SO, UM, IN OUR JANUARY MEETING, WE SPENT SOME MORE TIME GOING THROUGH THESE ITEMS ONE BY ONE.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS TIME, BUT ALL UPDATES THAT WERE SHARED BY THE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN REFLECTED HERE.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THE NOTABLE ONES INCLUDE ANY UPDATES TO THE DIFFERENT AD HOC COMMITTEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UM, IN FLIGHT.
AND IN ADDITION, A NEW ITEM ON THE SECOND PAGE, UH, FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING FOR THE 2028 GAMES.
THAT WAS, UH, A NEW ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND THAT WAS ADDED.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE NOTED HERE THAT WE ADDED, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER WOODMAN NANCE TO THE DIGITAL INCLUSION ROADMAP IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE.
AND I, UM, BELIEVE THAT AN EMAIL WAS SENT OUT WITH MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
AND IF NOT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NO MAJOR UPDATES.
AND, UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PIQUES THE COMMISSION'S INTEREST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS TERM.
IS ANY, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE THAT TOPICS? OKAY.
UM, LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A QUICK ONE THIS TIME.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORTS FROM GENERATIVE AI AND 2028 OLYMPIC OLYMPICS AD HOC COMMITTEES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN AND A SECOND FROM VICE CHAIRWOMAN NATS.
UM, I THINK, UM, THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST HERE IS GENERATIVE AI.
[5. 26-54409 Recommendation to receive and file reports from the Generative AI, and 2028 Olympics Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
AND I, I DON'T SEEUM, SO WE MET THIS WEEK, UH, TO AFTER A LITTLE HIATUS COUPLE MONTHS, AND WE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE AI STRATEGY REPORT THAT IS NOW READY AND POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
AND, UM, UH, AS WE'VE HEARD IN A PREVIOUS REPORT, A POLITE REQUEST FOR EACH OF US, UM, ON THE COMMISSION TO AMPLIFY THE MESSAGE.
SO, UH, WHAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING AN EMAIL WITH SOME PDFS ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, UH, AI STRATEGY SEARCH FOR THAT ON LONG BEACH.GOV.
UM, THE REPORT GOES OVER, UM, ALL OF THE, UH, STRATEGY THAT THE, UM, THE TEAMS PUT TOGETHER WITH OUR HELP FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WHEN WE STARTED WITH OUR NORTH STAR, UM, ACTIVITIES AND HELP CONTRIBUTE THEIR, UM, SURVEYS AND A LOT OF WORK BY THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ALGO JUST, UH, PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT, SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT LIVE.
UM, ON THAT, WE DID NOT, I DON'T BELIEVE, I THINK WE JUST HAVE A REGULAR MEETING FOR NEXT MONTH SET UP ON THE CALENDAR AND NOT A LOT ON THE AGENDA THERE.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE REPORT FOR THAT ONE FOR NOW.
UM, MAY I HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS AD HOC COMMITTEE,
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DIFFERENT PLANNING, I, EXCUSE ME, LA 28, UH, EIGHT ESRI AND SOFI.UM, WE GOT A RUNDOWN ON, SO HOW SOFI MANAGES MULTIPLE WIFI CONNECTIVITY AND BROADBAND, UM, CELL PROVIDER CONNECTIVITY, UH, SO EFFICIENTLY.
UM, WE GOT A, WE HAD A, A CONNECTION KIND OF TELL US THE BASELINE OF THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT THEY USE, THAT THEY'RE USING WIFI SIX, THAT THEY USE FIVE GIGAHERTZ AND THAT THEY USE HUMAN BODIES AS ATTENUATORS FOR LOW POWER, UH, WIFI ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY EMBEDDED INTO THE SEATS, WHICH WAS INTERESTING AND SHOCKING AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE, WHEN YOU SIT IN A SEAT IN SOFI STADIUM, YOUR BODY KEEPS THE SELF, THE WIFI SIGNAL LOCAL TO THAT AREA.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A MESH NETWORK THAT MOVES, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO JUMP FROM ONE ACCESS POINT TO THE NEXT.
UM, WE WERE, UH, CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THEY PROVIDE THAT KIND OF CONNECTIVITY, UM, TO IMPROVE RECEPTION IN VENUES AS WE APPROACHED THE 2028 OLYMPICS, BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME COMPLAINTS THAT I GUESS CAME OUTTA THE VAN'S WARP TOUR THAT, UM, WIFI WAS LACKING.
AND, UM, SO WITH CELL CONNECTIVITY, I THINK ROB'S ALSO GOT, UM, UM, SOME EXISTING WORK GOING ON WITH THE CELL, SOME, SOME MEETINGS WITH THE CELL CARRIERS, UH, TO, TO ADD ADDITIONAL, UM, TOWERS IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NEW AMPHITHEATER AROUND THE QUEEN MARY GETS, UH, UM, UNDERWAY.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE FIBER PROJECT.
UM, SO THAT KIND OF SPAWNED FROM A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WILL CONNECTIVITY BE IMPROVED AND FACILITATED DURING THE GAMES.
UM, WE ALSO MET WITH E ESRI ABOUT, UM, HOW, WHAT WILL THE GIS PLANNING BE IN AND AROUND THE OLYMPICS? UM, BASICALLY WHAT WILL THE, WHAT WILL THE CITY BE ASKED TO DO AND, UM, WHAT WILL LA 28 BE PLANNING TO DO WITH REGARDS TO MAPPING THE TRAFFIC CLOSURES, UM, UM, CROWD CONTROL IN AND AROUND THE GAMES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND, UH, ESRI BASICALLY TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF LA 28 TO FACILITATE ONE CENTRAL MAPPING HUB TO GET ALL OF THE 50 PLUS DIFFERENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND, UH, CITIES TO PROVIDE MAPS.
THAT WAS KIND OF NEWS TO, TO US NEWS TO ROB.
UM, MIGHT BE SUDDEN NEWS TO OUR GIS ARMY OF TWO I THINK THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT LA 28 IS DOING WITH REGARDS TO, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S PLAN TO, TO MAP THE GAMES.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY HAD, THEY EXPECTED THAT PROPOSAL TO BE APPROVED, UH, END OF LAST YEAR.
IT'S KIND OF DRUG ON A LITTLE BIT INTO THE EARLY THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY EXPECT IT TO BE APPROVED, UH, THIS QUARTER.
AND WE'LL, UM, HAVE KIND OF MORE DEF DEFINITIONS WRAPPED AROUND, UM, WHAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CAN PROVIDE IN TERMS OF ROAD AND AND VENUE MAPS TO THIS HUB THAT LA 28 IS PROPOSING TO, TO HOST.
UM, DID I MISS ANYTHING? WE DID TALK ABOUT, UH, WE, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
LIKE WHAT EXACTLY, UM, IS THE PLAN IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY? BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS, THEY DID FOCUS, UM, HIGHLY ON SUSTAINABILITY.
AND ROB LET US KNOW THAT THERE IS AN INTERNAL RESOURCE THAT HE CAN ACTUALLY LEVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER TOPICS THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON.
AND ONE OF THE INITIAL REASONS WE FORMED THIS COMMISSION OR THIS SUBGROUP TOO, WAS TO LOOK FOR OTHER WAYS TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER COMM, WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
UM, THAT, THAT WAS AN OBVIOUS ONE TO COLLABORATE WITH, UH, CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I KNOW THEY WILL HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REUSABILITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND VENUES AND, UH, INVESTMENTS MADE INTO THE 2028 GAMES THAT THERE WAS A A, THAT WAS A BIG, UM, IT WAS A SAD KIND OF OUTCOME THAT CAME OUT OF THE RIO GAMES, IS THAT A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UM, FACILITIES JUST SAT VACANT OR, AND INVESTMENTS JUST WERE NOT UTILIZED AFTER THE GAMES.
UH, WE WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN HERE.
UM, SO WHATEVER WE DO, WE'D WANT IT TO HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN AND BE REUSABLE AFTER THE GAMES.
AND I, I DON'T, I, I HAVE NOT YET SEEN A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE WITH ANOTHER COMMISSION, SPECIFICALLY SUSTAINABILITY ON THAT ITEM.
UH, SO ROB SAID HE WAS GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH,
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UM, FERN NOVO ON THAT ONE TO SEE IF, UM, ANYBODY OVER IN SUSTAINABILITY BITES ON THAT COLLABORATION IDEA.UH, THAT WAS, THAT'S IT FOR MY WING IT, UM, UH, UM, REPORT
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM, AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE TO VOTE PLEASE.
UH, FINAL ITEM NUMBER SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND OR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN AND A SECOND BY VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NAZ.
AND, UH, OPENING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
[6. 26-54410 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I KNOW WE SAW AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY ON THAT LIST.TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, BEFORE, BEFORE I GET, I OPEN IT UP TOO BIG.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UM, WISH TO CHANGE ANY OF THESE RIGHT NOW FAST DIRECTLY RATHER THAN A BIG DISCUSSION? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
JUST TO CLARIFY TOO, THE THREE CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES ARE THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC COMMITTEE, THE WEBSITE AD HOC COMMITTEE, AND THE 2020 OLYMPICS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE NEEDING SUPPORT THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN? UM, THE WEBSITE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY HASN'T BEEN FORMED YET, BUT WE DO REALLY WANNA FORM THAT BECAUSE OF THE ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
UH, SO, BUT THAT'S ALREADY EXISTS.
WE JUST NEED TO ACTUALLY CONVENE THE COMMITTEE THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL DO SOME MORE BRAINSTORMING TOO, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE CAN THINK OF AT THIS POINT.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT ONE IS, UM, IS FULL AT THE MOMENT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT.
I, I THINK WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT ONE, UM, WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT MONTH VERY LIKELY.
UM, I'M NOT HEARING ANY, UH, CHANGES, ADDITIONS, DISSOLUTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANY, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE TAKE ANY NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA? I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN HERE.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Technology and Innovation Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
THANK YOU.[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS THIS MONTH? OKAY, UM, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS MONTH.UM, I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING THEN
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AT, UM, 4:34 PM THANK YOU EVERYBODY.