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THANK YOU.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES, UH, THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON APRIL 9TH, 2026.
AND THE TIME IS HOLD IT, 1:01 PM
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THANK YOU.UH, WE'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL.
UH, SECRETARY DEAN, WOULD YOU START OFF? YES, I WILL.
ONE, HI, I AM KAY COD'S, SECRETARY JULIE DEAN.
I'M A CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER WITH SHE HER HERS PRONOUNS.
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GLASSES, AND I AM WEARING A BLACK AND WHITE TIE DYE DRESS.UM, I AM A WHITE FEMALE, MIDDLE AGED BRUNETTE HAIR IN A BUN TODAY AND WEARING A BRIGHT GREEN POLO SHIRT.
ARTHUR ROMO COMMISSIONER, UH, MALE HISPANIC, UH, SENIOR MALE HISPANIC, WEARING, UH, GRAY PANTS TODAY, BLACK SHIRT WITH MAYBE A FEW THOUSAND TINY POLKA DOTS IN IT.
SHE HER WITH GLASSES, UH, SHORT WHITE HAIR TODAY WITH A GRAY AND WHITE STRIPE SHIRT AND BLACK JACKET.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CHAKA GARBA, VICE CHAIR BLACK FEMALE WEARING, UM, A BLACK SWEATER PINK TOP.
I'M COMMISSIONER STEVE ADAMS. I AM AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE WITH, UH, SHORT HAIR.
I'M WEARING A GREEN SHIRT LONG SLEEVE AND THANK YOU.
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COMMISSIONER GON MARISSA GONZALEZ, UH, BROWN HAIR.THAT IS DOWN A GRAY SHORT SLEEVE T-SHIRT.
AND I USE A WALKING CANE, UH, FOR MOBILITY FOR LOW VISION.
WE HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR COMMISSIONER VONG AND COMMISSIONER HOPE IS THAT, THAT TOTALS IT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, IF NOT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON.
AND, AND AS WE OPEN TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY HERE.
THIS IS PROJECTED LIVE, AND THERE'S ALSO VIDEO OF THIS IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT APRIL? IS IT, IT IT CELEBRATES MANY THINGS, BUT IT CELEBRATES, UM, AUTISM AWARENESS AND ACCEPTANCE.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST MONTH TO PREPARE FOR THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF NOTES IS THAT THAT'S A VERY DYNAMIC, UM, AREA OF DISABILITY AND THEY BELIEVE WORLDWIDE, EITHER ONE IN A HUNDRED OR MAYBE SLIGHTLY LESS, UM, INCIDENTS OF, UH, AUTISM.
THE LANGUAGE IS CHANGING FROM AUTISM SPECTRUM TO NEURODIVERGENCE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, UM, HAPPENING AND I WANT US ALL COLLECTIVELY TO PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY'RE SHIFTING FROM THAT DEFICIT MODEL OR THE MEDICAL MODEL IN OLD TERMS, TO THIS NEURODIVERSITY PARADIGM.
SO PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT WORD DO I, UH, SHOULD I USE? JUST BE SENSITIVE TO, UM, PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PERSON, UM, AND ACCEPTING THEM, UH, WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UH, THERE'LL BE MANY EVENTS THIS MONTH, SO MAYBE, UM, CHECK THOSE OUT.
IT WOULD BE, UM, LOVELY, UM, UH, TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND, UH, YES.
SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING OF THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2026.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM I MOTION? SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER
[1. 26-54835 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting of Thursday, March 12, 2026. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
JUST JONES, WHICH ONE WENT FIRST? JONES.AND SECONDED BY, UH, SECRETARY DEAN.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
NOW, SEEING NONE, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
NOW, IF YOU'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ADAMS, UM, PRESENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ ABSTAIN.
UH, IF YOU REVIEWED THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET, YOU CAN VOTE ON THE ITEM.
WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO ABSTAIN? UH, I WILL VOTE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON IMPLEMENTATIONS OF CALIFORNIA SENATE BAIL 7 0 7 SB 7 0 7.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I'LL PAY ATTENTION.
[2. 26-54836 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from the City Manager’s Office on implementation of California Senate Bill 707 (SB 707). Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UH, DEAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER ROMO.UH, MY NAME IS TYLER BONANO CURLY, AND, UH, I'M A WHITE MALE, SIX ONE.
I HAVE GRAY HAIR, UH, GRAYING HAIR SHORTISH.
UM, AND THEN I AM, I AM WEARING A BLACK JACKET WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER LOGO ON IT.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
UM, I AM GONNA PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION ON A
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FEW THINGS.ONE OF THEM IS IN THE ITEM RECOMMENDATION, THE SENATE BILL 7 0 7, WHICH WILL IMPACT HOW WE, UM, DO MEETINGS FOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND OUR ORDER OF BUSINESS BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO I'LL, UM, WALK THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE HAVE A TEAM HERE OF EXPERTS THAT CAN HELP ME, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.
UM, BUT REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION, UM, IS TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, WE HAD A GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST OCTOBER, AND THIS IS A, A MEETING, A COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL.
SO THERE'S THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEY HAD AN ITEM WHERE THEY HAD PROPOSED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND THE PURPOSE REALLY BEING, UM, A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS TO TRY TO STREAMLINE COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, BUT ALSO TO FIND WAYS TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE PUBLIC IN COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, AND THEY HAD DONE A SURVEY, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, UM, THAT LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION.
AND THEN THEY MADE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UM, CHANGE HOW COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE RUN.
THAT WILL, I'LL WALK THROUGH, UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
AND THEY BROUGHT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND ACTION, THEY, UH, WANTED ADDITIONAL STAFF INPUT AND THEN ALSO TO PRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO K COD, UH, TO GET INPUT BEFORE BRINGING IT BACK TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND PART OF THAT COUNCIL ACTION WAS ALSO TO ADD MORE INFORMATION ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 7 0 7.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE TODAY IS BOTH A COMBINATION OF SORT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, GETTING SOME INPUT THERE, AND THEN ALSO, UH, WHAT THE CHANGES FROM SENATE BILL 7 0 7 WILL MEAN FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
ONE OF THE, UM, MAJOR ITEMS AS PART OF THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION WAS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, SO THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE DID CONDUCT A SURVEY, UM, TO GET MORE INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY AROUND HOW TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THIS WAS LARGELY, UH, DRIVEN BY THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, COUNCIL OFFICE THREE, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO DISTRIBUTE THE SURVEY.
AND THEY HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, AND I'LL ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RESULTS THROUGHOUT, BUT WAYS TO, UM, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE, ARE THOSE BARRIERS? WHY DO PEOPLE NOT PARTICIPATE IN COUNCIL MEETINGS? WHAT WOULD, UH, THEY LIKE TO SEE CHANGED IN ORDER TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION? AND THEY RECEIVED 74 RESPONSES.
SO ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS FINDING WAYS TO GET MORE INPUT ON THAT SURVEY.
UM, AND SO THEY DIRECTED STAFF TO RECIRCULATE THE SURVEY BEFORE COMING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO AFTER THAT MOTION, WE TRANSLATED THE SURVEY.
UH, I THINK THAT WAS A BIG PART OF WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MORE INCLUSIVE AND ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO ACTUALLY, UM, RESPOND TO THE SURVEY.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID A PUBLIC NOTICE.
SO ESSENTIALLY PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC SAYING THAT THIS SURVEY IS AVAILABLE AND OPEN, UM, IN FEBRUARY, AND IT WAS OPEN FOR OVER A MONTH.
WE ALSO PROVIDED PRINTED COPIES AT LOCAL LIBRARIES.
AND HERE AT CITY HALL, WE PROVIDED THE SURVEY TO ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO INCLUDE IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS TO TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THE CLERK ALSO, UH, WORKED TO DISTRIBUTE IT TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
AND, UM, THROUGH THAT EFFORT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALMOST 500 SURVEY RESPONSES, UM, TO THE SAME SURVEY QUESTIONS.
BUT AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO FIND MORE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A DISTRIBUTION OF THE ZIP CODES FOR THE FOLKS THAT RESPONDED TO THE REDISTRIBUTED SURVEY.
I WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE ORIGINAL, A LOT OF FOLKS IN 9 0 8 0 3 WERE THE ONES THAT RESPONDED TO THE FIRST, UM, THE FIRST SURVEY THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
I THINK IT WAS THE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE PUTTING IT OUT THERE, UH, DIDN'T HAVE CITYWIDE DISTRIBUTION.
IT'S WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE THOUGH, WITH, AS A, WE RECIRCULATED THE SURVEY.
WE HAD A LOT MORE, UH, RESPONDENTS FROM ACROSS THE CITY IN DIFFERENT ZIP CODES, WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL TO GET A MORE, UH, DISTRIBUTED SAMPLE OF THE INPUT.
A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE HERE, AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SURVEY RESULTS AS WE GET INTO THE SPECIFIC, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
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BUT ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT, UM, HAS COME UP IN NOT ONLY THIS SURVEY BUT IN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE, HOW DO WE GET MORE PARTICIPATION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS? UM, VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS OFTEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE RECOMMEND.SO THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THROUGH SENATE BILL 7 0 7 THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT NOW AS WE MOVE INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT BILL, UM, TO ALLOW FOR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING AGAIN, THAT WE SEE, UH, THE PUBLIC GENERALLY BEING INTERESTED IN AS WELL TO FIND MORE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
ANOTHER ONE, UM, THAT CAME UP AND THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE, UH, PUT FORWARD TO FIND WAYS TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL EARLIER AND, AND FURTHER AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE ADDITIONAL SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE, UM, HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN OR LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CITY COUNCIL IS TO GET MORE INFORMATION IN ADVANCE NOTICE OF WHAT'S COMING ON THE AGENDAS.
AND THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, AS I MENTIONED THAT AIM TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT.
UM, JUST ONE LAST THING BEFORE GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS, ACTUALLY.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE, THE MAIN BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION THAT THEY ALSO NOTED, UH, WERE FEELING THAT THEIR VOICE WASN'T HEARD.
UM, SCHEDULING CONFLICTS ALSO CAME UP A LOT.
AND THEN ALSO THE LENGTH OF THE MEETING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE STREAMLINE THE MEETINGS IN A WAY, BUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO WHAT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE DID WAS THEY MADE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE HOW WE OPERATE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE GOALS OF MORE ACCESS AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHILE ALSO TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE, UM, THE MEETINGS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA WALK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE, UM, AND THEY'RE ALL WRITTEN ON THE SLIDES.
AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE STAFF ANALYSIS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD LOVE TO GET ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE IS TO EXPAND EARLY PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO PERIODS FOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS NOT RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS. SO IT USUALLY HAPPENS TOWARDS THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND THEN AT THE VERY END.
SO ONE OF THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO ALLOW FOR MORE SPEAKERS AT THAT FIRST, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 10 SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE BEGINNING.
UM, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOW FOR UP TO 15, UM, BUT THEN TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, FROM THREE MINUTES TO 90 SECONDS.
SO I THINK, UM, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODELS OUT THERE, LA COUNTY, LA CITY, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CITIES DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
UM, SOME PLACES DO IT WHERE ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS AND EVEN SOME PLACES DO ALL OF THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
UH, SO THAT COULD BE ONE AVENUE TO LOOK AT IS FINDING WAYS TO PUT ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING NON ITEMS, UH, NON AGENDA ITEMS AND AGENDA ITEMS, ALLOWING FOLKS TO COME SAY THEIR, THEIR PIECE.
AND THEN IF THEY NEED TO LEAVE FOR SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, THEY COULD LEAVE.
UM, THAT IS A MODEL OUT THERE THAT, UM, COULD BE HELPFUL.
THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOME CONCERN AROUND ACCESS TO DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK IF WE WERE TO DO THAT BASED ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE FOUND, UM, IS A LOT OF THE RESPONDENTS FIND THAT CURRENT PRACTICE OF CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF TIME, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AND FRUSTRATING, WHERE FOLKS COME TO AN ITEM AND THEN THEY REALIZE, OH, THERE'S MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE SPEAKING.
UM, THEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE DECREASES USUALLY TO 90 SECONDS.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS IF THERE COULD BE SOME CLEAR GUIDELINES AHEAD OF TIME TO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK.
UM, THAT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY AS WELL.
ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM CITY COUNCIL WAS ADDING A THIRD PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN THE MEETING.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE HAVE ONE AT THE BEGINNING, ONE AT THE END, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE TO DO A THIRD ONE SOMEHOW IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, I DON'T THINK FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THAT WOULD BE, UM, BENEFICIAL AT THIS POINT.
WE, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND THEN ADDING ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING FOR FOLKS WHEN WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT WOULD COME.
IT MIGHT DEPEND ON WHICH ITEMS ARE TAKING PLACE, UM, AND IT COULD CAUSE AN ADDITIONAL CONFUSION AMONG FOLKS THAT DO WANNA PARTICIPATE.
SO ACTUALLY, I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD RECOMMEND FINDING WAYS TO DO IT
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SORT OF ALL AT ONCE IN THE BEGINNING, UM, OR MAINTAINING THOSE TWO OPPORTUNITIES AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END, RATHER THAN ADDING A THIRD ONE IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE THAT IS HARD TO PREDICT WHEN THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.THE LAST ONE ON THIS SLIDE IS ESTABLISHING ESTIMATED TIMES FOR HIGH INTEREST ITEMS. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY AS WELL.
IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR FOLKS, UM, FROM THE SURVEY PERSPECTIVE TO KNOW WHEN SOME OF THOSE HIGH INTEREST ITEMS ARE COMING ON THE AGENDA SO THEY CAN SCHEDULE AROUND THAT.
UM, WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A CURRENT, UH, PROCESS FOR THAT.
IT'S CALLED A TIME CERTAIN, SO USUALLY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, IT'S THE CHAIR OF THE MEETING.
IF THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S A BIG ITEM WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, THEY CAN SET A TIME TO SAY, WELL, IT'S A TIME CERTAIN THAT WE WILL GO TO THIS AGENDA ITEM AT OR AFTER 6:00 PM MEANING THAT WE'LL DO ALL THE OTHER ITEMS OR BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
AND THEN WHENEVER THE LAST ITEM FINISHES AFTER 6:00 PM THEY WOULD GO TO THAT BIGGER, YOU KNOW, MORE HIGH PROFILE ITEM.
SO I DO THINK THAT'S, UM, ALREADY AN OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION HERE WOULD BE TO POTENTIALLY USE THAT MORE FREQUENTLY.
UM, AND THAT ULTIMATELY WOULD BE UP TO THE MAYOR AS THE CHAIR, UM, AND CAN BE SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT LOGISTICALLY TO SET THOSE REALISTIC TIMELINES.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE, WE COULD WORK ON WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S LARGE ITEMS AT LEAST, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE ITEM, AN AGENDA OR SOMETHING TO, UM, TRY TO MAKE IT CLEARER TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THOSE ITEMS MAY COME UP IN THE AGENDA.
SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UM, ADJUST THE TIMES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO AGAIN, NOT ONLY ADDING OR CHANGING, UM, HOW MANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS, BUT ALSO ALLOWING DIFFERENT TIMES, UH, FOR THOSE SPEAKERS DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE LINED UP.
UH, SO THE COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED BASICALLY CHANGING AND MAKING IT CLEARER HOW MUCH TIME SPEAKERS WOULD HAVE DEPENDING ON, UM, THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.
SO IF IT'S 10 OR FEWER THREE MINUTES, 11 TO 12 SPEAKERS, 90 SECONDS, AND THEN 60 SECONDS FOR WHEN THERE'S 20, UH, SPEAKERS OR MORE, OR SORRY, 20 PLUS SPEAKERS.
UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO NOW IS THE THREE MINUTES FOR 10 OR FEWER AND THEN 90 SECONDS ABOVE THAT.
SO THIS WOULD BASICALLY ADD A THIRD CATEGORY, UM, BUT ALSO MAKE IT CLEARER AHEAD OF TIME, DEPENDING ON HOW BIG THIS ITEM IS, UM, HOW MUCH TIME PEOPLE COULD EXPECT TO HAVE SETTING EARLIER COUNCIL, UH, START TIMES IS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.
THIS AGAIN, BASED ON THE HOW DO WE GET MORE PARTICIPATION ADDRESS SCHEDULING CHALLENGES.
IT'S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, COULD BE GOOD, COULD BE BAD DEPENDING ON PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE WORKING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, AN EARLIER START TIME AT 3:00 PM MAY BE HARDER NOT ONLY FOR CERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, BUT I WILL SAY WE DO THAT ALSO, UH, RIGHT NOW, SO WE CAN SET, UM, SPECIAL MEETINGS AT CERTAIN TIMES.
SO LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS OFF DURING THE JULY RECESS, AND THEN WHEN WE CAME BACK WE HAD A LOT OF BIG ITEMS, UH, WITH THE BUDGET, WITH THINGS THAT NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE.
WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE A BIG MEETING, SO WE STARTED THE MEETING AT FOUR.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION TO DO THAT NOW, AND I THINK JUST WOULD LOVE TO GET IN INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON WHETHER SETTING EARLIER START TIMES MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UH, FOR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY KNOWING WHEN THERE'S HIGHER INTEREST OR BIGGER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN, UH, LAST ONE ON THIS SLIDE, AL ALTERNATE LOCATIONS FOR COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
THIS ONE IS, UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE, UM, BUT ACTUALLY WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE CITY AND FOR STAFF.
WE HAVE HAD TO DO THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE HAD TO DO SOME CONSTRUCTION IN THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE WENT TO LBCC FOR, UM, A NUMBER OF MEETINGS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
IT IS A BIG, UH, STAFF IMPACT AND RESOURCE IMPACT.
AND ACTUALLY WHEN WE GET MORE TO THE SB 7 0 7 REQUIREMENTS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE CHALLENGING WHEN WE ADD THE, UM, ONLINE HYBRID MEETING KIND OF FORMAT.
SO AT THIS POINT, STAFF DO NOT RECOMMEND, UH, REGULARLY USING ALTERNATE LOCATIONS FOR COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND ACTUALLY WE THINK THAT ALLOWING FOR THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WILL REDUCE THE NEED TO MOVE THE PHYSICAL LOCATION, UH, BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FROM THEIR HOMES OR EVEN FROM WORK OR WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME DOWNTOWN TO CITY HALL.
AND THEN IT HELPS US TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE STAFFING AND RESOURCE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT WE FACE WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.
UM, A COUPLE OTHERS UPHOLDING CURRENT TIME LIMITS ON CEREMONIALS AND PRESENTATIONS.
SO WE, THERE'S CURRENTLY A REQUIREMENT TO, UH,
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KEEP THE INITIAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE START OF THE MEETING TO FIVE MINUTES.UH, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN, BUT, UM, I THINK STAFF IS CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IN GENERAL, BUT I, WITH SOME FLEXIBILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME LARGER CULTURAL CELEBRATION, UH, PRESENTATIONS THAT HAPPEN AT COUNCIL THAT CAN'T BE DONE IN FIVE MINUTES.
UM, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK WE HAVE THE CAMBODIAN NEW YEAR.
THAT'S NEVER UNDER FIVE MINUTES, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE EITHER.
UH, SO AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, ALLOW FOR THOSE LONGER CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS THAT MAKE SENSE.
MEANWHILE, UH, SOME OF THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, LIKE, UH, WHEN WE'RE CELEBRATING A CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE ALWAYS DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THAT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.
UM, BUT WANT TO AGAIN, MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AS WELL.
AMENDING THE DIVIDE BY NINE SPONSORSHIP APPROVAL PROCESS.
THIS WAS ONE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, JUST FOR AWARENESS, ALL OF THE COUNCIL OFFICES GET WHAT'S CALLED DIVIDE BY NINE FUNDING.
THIS IS DISCRETIONARY FUNDING THEY CAN USE TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY SPONSOR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMMING.
AND WHAT WE DO NOW IS ANYTIME THEY WANNA SPONSOR THAT, THEY DO A COUNCIL LETTER THAT THEN GETS PLACED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA.
USUALLY THERE'S NEVER PUBLIC COMMENT OR DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS. IT'S SORT OF A QUICK ORDER OF BUSINESS, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR THE TRANSFER OF THOSE FUNDS TO THE ORGANIZATION, UH, IN SPONSORSHIP OF AN EVENT OR PROGRAM.
BASICALLY WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING IS TO ALLOW FOR STAFF TO, UM, APPROVE ANY SPONSORSHIP THAT'S UNDER $5,000.
AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T, UH, FROM STAFF SIDE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
UM, THOSE TYPES OF APPROVAL PROCESSES WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL AND, UM, IT DOESN'T ADD ANY TIME TO THE MEETING AGENDA.
UM, THEY'RE ALL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE DON'T THINK THIS WOULD ACTUALLY STREAMLINE THE MEETINGS AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO KEEP THE DIVIDE LINE NINE PROCESS THE SAME AS IT CURRENTLY IS.
UM, BUT WOULD LOVE TO GET FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, DEFINING URGENCY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE CURRENTLY PUT OUT A REGULAR AGENDA EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING HAPPENS, SO THE MONDAY BEFORE THE NEXT TUESDAY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THEN WE ADD OR CHANGE ITEMS DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES UP ON WHAT'S CALLED THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA THAT COMES OUT ON FRIDAYS.
UH, SO THERE'S A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE FROM THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE.
ONE IS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY DRAFT A DEFINITION OF WHAT, UH, IS CONSIDERED URGENT OR WHAT URGENCY MEANS TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY ONTO, UH, THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA.
SO HAVING SOME SORT OF A STATEMENT SAYING, THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO PUT IT ON AN A SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA AS OPPOSED TO WAITING TO THE NEXT WEEK TO PUT IT ON THE NORMAL AGENDA.
UH, CURRENTLY WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A STRICT STANDARD FOR THAT.
IT'S, YOU JUST NEED THREE COUNCIL OFFICES TO APPROVE PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, SO THAT IS, UH, A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF THE, UM, THE COUNCIL AND OF COURSE WOULD LOVE COMMISSION INPUT ON THAT.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A POSITION FROM STAFF ON THAT.
UH, WE'D BE FINE IF THERE'S A STATEMENT OF URGENCY AND EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
USUALLY FROM CITY STAFF SIDE, WE ONLY PUT SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA ITEMS ON THAT ARE ACTUALLY URGENT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE FINE WITH COMPLYING WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER RELATED PIECE IS MOVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA SUBMISSION A DAY EARLIER.
SO INSTEAD OF IT COMING OUT ON FRIDAY, IT WOULD COME OUT ON THURSDAY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE, UM, WOULD SUPPORT THAT GIVING MORE TIME BASICALLY TO GATHER ALL OF THE AGENDA MATERIALS AND ITEMS BEFORE THE WEEKEND.
AND THEN THAT ALSO GIVES THE PUBLIC MORE TIME TO KNOW, UH, WHAT'S COMING AND THAT WHAT WAS ADDED, YOU KNOW, ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA.
UM, ANOTHER ONE IS SCHEDULING STANDALONE STUDY SESSIONS FOR MAJOR TOPICS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS TUESDAY WE HAD A STUDY SESSION ON OUR BUDGET THAT STARTED AT 3:30 PM UM, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY, ESSENTIALLY TO START BIGGER ITEMS THAT AREN'T PART OF THE NORMAL COUNCIL AGENDA EARLIER AND TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND UM, INPUT.
SO WE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS WELL, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE THOSE MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS AND INPUT.
UM, AND THEN WE DO CURRENTLY WORK WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CHAIR OF THE, THE MEETING, UH, TO SET THOSE STUDY SESSIONS AS NEEDED.
UH, SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT MORE MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE MORE, UM, TENTATIVE PUBLIC SCHEDULE OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE SURVEY RESPONSES WAS WANTING MORE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
UH, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
SO ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IS TO POST A TENTATIVE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR ITEMS THAT MAY BE COMING IN
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THE FUTURE.UM, THIS WOULD BE REALLY CHALLENGING TO BE HONEST, FROM THE THE STAFF SIDE.
WE HAVE SOME VISIBILITY ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON A FEW WEEKS AHEAD, UM, TO KNOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ATTORNEY AND BUDGET REVIEW FOR OUR COUNCIL ACTIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING TO COUNCIL.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LAYERS OF REVIEW.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME VISIBILITY ON WHAT WE ANTICIPATE COMING ON WHICH DAY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE, UM, WHAT DAY, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC ITEM MIGHT COME.
AND SO OUR CONCERN WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY CAUSE CONFUSION AND LEAD TO UNREAL REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS IN A LOT OF CASES THAT, HEY, YOU SAID THAT THIS ITEM WAS GONNA COME ON THIS DAY.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED THAT IT GOT MOVED TO THE NEXT WEEK.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE COMMENT.
AND, UM, IT COULD JUST LEAD TO A LOT OF CONFUSION IF, UNLESS THERE'S A VERY CONCERTED COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, OH, THIS MOVED AND THAT MOVED.
UM, IT'S JUST MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN, UH, CURRENTLY, WHICH IS PROVIDING THAT EIGHT DAY NOTICE, WHICH AGAIN, UM, JUST, UM, FOR CONTEXT IS WELL AHEAD AND IN MUCH MORE IN ADVANCE THAN WHAT'S LEGALLY REQUIRED.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE OUR COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETINGS.
AND AGAIN, WE PROVIDED EIGHT DAYS IN ADVANCE.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED WAS EXPANDED OR PRERECORDED STAFF REPORTS.
THIS IS ALSO, THIS WOULD BE A HUGE LIFT FOR STAFF.
UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DO TYPICALLY IS WE, WE WILL PREPARE MEMOS, WE'LL RELEASE THOSE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REQUEST TO COME TO COUNCIL TO PRESENT ON THAT MEMO.
SO OFTEN WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING ON IS ALREADY BEEN PUBLIC FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE COME TO COUNCIL, WE PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE THOSE PRESENTATIONS USUALLY THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE MEETING.
SO WITH A LOT OF TIME FOR FOLKS TO, UM, EVALUATE THAT AND LOOK AT WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED.
BUT WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED HERE RECOMMENDED IS TO ACTUALLY VIDEO RECORD, UM, STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE WHOLE PROCESS OF FINALIZING, UM, POTENTIALLY TRANSLATING, UPLOADING THOSE RECORDINGS.
AND THEN YOU STILL WOULD HAVE STAFF TIME TO COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND HAVE THE DIALOGUE WITH COUNCIL.
SO THE ONLY THING IT WOULD CHANGE WOULD BE THE AMOUNT OF TIME TAKEN DURING THE MEETING VERSUS AHEAD OF THE MEETING.
UH, BUT FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DO A PRESENTATION THE WEEK BEFORE THAN TO PREPARE IT AND HAVE IT READY DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THAT COULD HAVE A REALLY BIG STAFFING, UH, IMPACT ON THE CITY TO DO.
SO THAT IS A NUMBER OF THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE COMMITTEE ABOUT MAYBE CHANGING THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND HOW WE DO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND THEN, UM, WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SENATE BILL 7 0 7 AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED CAME UP IN THE SURVEY ARE RELATED TO WHAT WILL CHANGE THROUGH SENATE BILL 7 0 7.
SO, UM, SENATE BILL 7 0 7 WAS SIGNED LAST OCTOBER.
UM, AND THIS REALLY WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON THE WAY THAT WE DO PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR CLERK AND ON OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TEAM THAT DO ALL OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE MEETING THEMSELVES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE MEETINGS ARE, UM, RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
AND IT CHANGES JUST OUR FOCUS FROM STAFF SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS IN THIS BILL.
UM, AND IN A LOT OF WAYS, I THINK IN A POSITIVE SENSE IT ALLOWS FOR MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, BUT THAT IS CHALLENGING FROM STAFF SIDE.
SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT SB 7 0 7 DOES IS CHANGES PARTS OF THE BROWN ACT, UM, AROUND PUBLIC MEETING LAWS AND REALLY WITH THE IDEA TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND THESE CHANGES ARE, UH, GONNA START IN JULY, JULY 1ST, AND THEN THROUGH JANUARY, 2020 OR 2030 UNLESS CHANGED AGAIN THROUGH, UH, STATE LEGISLATION.
SO SOME OF THE KEY REQUIREMENTS, REMOTE ACCESS.
SO, UM, BASICALLY REQUIRING REAL TIME, TWO-WAY REMOTE ACCESS TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO EITHER TELEPHONIC OR AUDIO VISUAL PLATFORM.
THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID DURING THE PANDEMIC WHERE, UH, WE ACTUALLY FOR A LONG TIME WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE IN PERSON.
UM, BUT WE DID PROVIDE TELEPHONIC AND AUDIO VISUAL, UM, PLATFORMS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, THIS IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AUTOMATIC CAPTIONING.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, SPEAKING TIME FOR THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING EITHER IN PERSON OR
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ONLINE.SO AGAIN, IF YOU THINK BACK SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CHANGING WHEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT HAPPENS OR HOW MUCH TIME WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EQUITABLE AND EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AND OPPORTUNITY, EITHER IF THEY'RE IN PERSON OR ONLINE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ACCOMMODATE INTERPRETATION NEEDS AS WELL, WHICH, UM, WE ALREADY DO.
UM, ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSLATION BOOTHS IN THE BACK, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IN PERSON IN THE MEETINGS, I THINK WE DO A GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING LANGUAGE ACCESS.
UM, THIS JUST ADDS THE COMPLICATION OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ONLINE AND THROUGH THESE, UM, PLATFORMS AS WELL.
SO SOME OF THE, THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, THE, UM, WE HAVE TO ADOPT IN AN OPEN SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL, A POLICY THAT GOVERNS HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THIS BILL.
SO THROUGH SOME OF THE INPUT FROM THIS COMMISSION AND THEN BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL, THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS, IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS, IF THERE'S EVER A DISRUPTION IN THE TELEPHONIC OR INTERNET SERVICE.
'CAUSE ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THIS, AND ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE FACED DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE HAD TO DO THIS WAS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT IF THE, THE TECHNOLOGY GOES DOWN FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT WE STOP THE MEETING, UM, WE CAN'T CONTINUE THE MEETING IN PERSON WHILE, UH, PEOPLE ONLINE OR, OR CALLING IN AREN'T ABLE TO, UM, LISTEN AND PARTICIPATE.
SO THE LAW BASICALLY GIVES US AN HOUR TO FIGURE IT OUT AND TO FIX ANY ISSUE.
IF THAT DOES HAPPEN AND WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO RESTORE THE SOFTWARE OR THE, UM, ACCESS, IF NOT, UM, THEN POTENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY STOP THE MEETING ALTOGETHER, UM, AND MOVE THE ITEMS TO ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, SO BASICALLY THIS REALLY JUST FIRMLY POINTS TO HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS WHEN THERE'S A TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE.
AND THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE HONEST, FROM A A CAPACITY STANDPOINT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE STAFF THAT ARE MONITORING AND, AND, UH, WORKING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE PLUS ALL THE STUFF IN PERSON IN THE CHAMBER AND THE TRANSLATION SERVICES.
AND THEN YOU ADD, UH, THE COMPLICATION OF, YOU KNOW, IF ANY OF THAT GOES DOWN, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO TROUBLESHOOT THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET THE MEETING BACK UP AND RUNNING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE LAST PIECE HERE IS TRANSLATION.
SO WE MUST TRANSLATE ALL MEETING AGENDAS INTO APPLICABLE LANGUAGES, UH, WHICH IS DIVID DEFINED AS, UH, AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE OR PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.
SO IN LONG REACH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SPANISH.
UM, AGAIN, WE DO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS, BUT THIS WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL TRANSLATION TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL DOCUMENTS.
SO SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, WE DO NEED EXPANDED CITY, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND STAFFING TO ACCOMMODATE THIS CHANGE.
UM, WE NEED TO ADD MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THAT CONNECTIVITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS WORKING PROPERLY AND AGAIN, DIS DISRUPT, UH, TROUBLESHOOT IF THERE ARE EVER ANY DISRUPTIONS.
WE NEED, UH, STAFFING TO HELP US WITH MORE MULTILINGUAL, UH, AGENDA PREPARATION AND TRANSLATION.
SO AGAIN, NOT ONLY AS REQUESTED, BUT ALSO PROACTIVELY, UM, TRANSLATING THE AGENDAS AND THEN HAVING FOLKS AVAILABLE NOT ONLY IN PERSON BUT ONLINE FOR THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND TRANSLATION.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, UM, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND INTERPRETATION SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE MEETINGS.
SO WITH THAT, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, TWO BIG BUCKETS THAT WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR INPUT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE TEAM HERE.
LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS YOU'RE THINKING THROUGH WHAT SOME OF THE IMPACTS MIGHT BE, UM, BUT REALLY WE WOULD HOPE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU THINK FROM THE COMMISSION'S PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE SHOULD PROPOSE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
AND THEN ALSO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN BEST IMPLEMENT SB 7 0 7.
BEFORE, UH, WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ALREADY OH, YEAH.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
SEEING NONE, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE NOW.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
HELLO? UM, SO I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
UM, THE, LET'S SEE, UM, SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW, SIX, I THINK.
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THE SECOND ITEM ADDING, UM, ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.UM, HOW LONG DO THE O ON THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UM, HOW LONG DO PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK IS IT GOES BACK TO THAT RULE OF 10 BEYOND 10? YOU MEAN LIKE CURRENTLY THE, THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THREE MINUTES.
SO IF IT'S OKAY, UM, IF IT'S 10 OR LESS, IT'S THREE MINUTES, AND THEN IF IT'S ABOVE 10, IT'S 90 SECONDS.
SO USUALLY WE DON'T HAVE 10 AT THIS SECOND, UH, ROUND, SO I, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO THE, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SPOKEN MANY, MANY TIMES AT, UM, COUNCIL, UM, IT DOES CON GET CONFUSING A LITTLE BIT.
AND, AND THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE IT'S GONE TO THE 62ND AND I WAS SUPER FRUSTRATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU COME TO COUNCIL, YOU, MOST PEOPLE, WELL, I I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WRITE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE READY FOR THE 30 OR THE, THE THREE MINUTES.
BUT I'VE STARTED ACTUALLY WRITING TWO SPEECHES,
SO IT, IT DOES 60 SECONDS IS VERY SMALL, JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
BUT THERE'S ALSO DEFINITELY THE ISSUE OF THE MEETING GOING POTENTIALLY FAR TOO LATE.
UM, DOWN UNDER ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE SECOND AND THIRD, UM, BULLETS, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SENSE IN DOING, UM, EITHER OF THOSE THINGS.
THE, UM, EARLIER START TIME I THINK IMPACTS TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO WORK.
UM, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY EQUITABLE.
UM, AND THEN ALTERNATE LOCATION IS JUST, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AT ALL.
THERE'S JUST WAY TOO MUCH INVOLVED.
PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA KNOW WHERE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USED TO COMING HERE NOW SUDDENLY IT'S GONNA BE AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, WHICH WHEN IT WAS AT LBCC, SO MANY PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA.
AND YEAH, SO I, AND THEY DON'T LOOK AT, THEY DON'T LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA WHERE IT SAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THINGS NOT EXPECTING IT OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY FORGET THAT.
UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, TELL ME IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO STOP.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AMEND THE DIVIDE BY NINE.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO, TO GO WITH THAT ONE.
UM, CONSENT CALENDAR GOES VERY QUICKLY, MAJORITY OF THE TIME.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, THE SCHEDULE STANDALONE STUDY SESSIONS FOR MAJOR TOPICS.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY END UP ELIMINATING BIGGER PARTICIPATION IN MY, I'M SORRY, ELIMINATING LARGER PARTICIPATION, WHICH THE SURVEY RIGHT.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON THAT.
UM, TWO MORE SLIDES TO SLIDE 12.
UM, THE SECOND BULLET POINT YOU MENTIONED THE BROWN ACT, BUT THEN IT WASN'T MENTIONED ON ANY OF THOSE LATER SLIDES.
SO I'M, I COULDN'T EXACTLY FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHAT IT WAS ABOUT THE BROWN ACT THAT WAS BEING, UM, QUESTION OR, UM, SORRY, WHAT 7 0 7 IS, IS DOING REGARDING THE BROWN ACT SPECIFICALLY CHANGING? YEAH.
SO THE, UM, BROWN ACT BASICALLY GOVERNS OUR PUBLIC MEETING LAW.
IT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, LIKE HOW FAR IN ADVANCE WE NEED TO POST THE AGENDAS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, BUT WHAT SB 7 0 7 REALLY DOES IS IT, IT CHANGES THE, THE WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO THAT THE MAIN FOCUS OF WHAT CHANGED WAS REALLY THE REQUIRING THE ONLINE OR TELEPHONIC, UM, PARTICIPATION.
AND THEN IT OUTLINES A NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY, LIKE THE, IF THE TECHNOLOGY IS DISRUPTED, UM, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO RESTORE THAT IN ORDER TO START THE MEETING.
AGAIN, ALL THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOUSED WITHIN PUBLIC MEETING LAW.
UNLESS, I DON'T KNOW MILLICENT IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON HOW TO FRAME THAT.
HI, I'M MILLICENT USRO W CITY ATTORNEY.
I'M WEARING A GRAY CHARDON AT A TAN, UM, BLAZER.
SO, UH, SP 7 0 7 IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE BROWN ACT SINCE 1954.
WHEN IT WAS PASSED, IT COMPLETELY OVERHAULS THE ENTIRE PIECE OF, UM, LEGISL UH, LEGISLATION.
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YOU LOOK AT THE BROWN ACT BEFORE IT WAS AMENDED AND YOU LOOK AT IT NOW, IT'S JUST LIKE COMPLETELY RED LINED THROUGH.SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE OVERHAUL OF, OF THE LAW.
I GUESS I MOSTLY THINK OF THE BROWN ACT IN REGARDS TO, UM, DOING THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING IN A QUOTA IN NOT BEING IN THE FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STICKS IN MY HEAD ALL THE TIME.
SO THE MAJOR PIECE OF THE BROWN ACT IS THE OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENT.
WHICH, UM, INCLUDES POSTING THE AGENDA, 72 HOURS, UM, ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMENT, UM, AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, ACCESS, UM, THINGS THAT THE BROWN LAW REQUIRES BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCESS YEAH.
AND ATTEND THE MEETINGS OF, UH, PUBLIC BODIES.
UM, AND WILL 7 0 7 APPLY TO COMMISSION MEETINGS AS WELL? YES.
SO, UH, WHAT TYLER TALKED ABOUT IS WHAT I CALL THE SUPER SB SEVEN OH SEVEN, AND THAT IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO CITY COUNCIL.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS KIND OF GOVERNING BODIES OF PUBLIC AGENCIES.
THERE IS, THERE ARE OTHER SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF SBO 7 0 7 THAT APPLY TO, UM, ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE TELECONFERENCING, UM, PROVISIONS ARE, UH, COMPLETELY OVERHAULED, UM, TO ALLOW, UM, MEMBERS OF COMMISSIONS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY AND IN A LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER FASHION BECAUSE NOW THERE, THERE ARE LIMITED TIMES WHERE, UH, COMMISSIONERS CAN TELECONFERENCE AND THIS, THIS ALLOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY AND ALSO KIND OF CLEANS UP THE, THE, UH, THE ACT, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE, THESE TELECONFERENCING, UM, UH, PROVISIONS CAME FROM COVID.
SO THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A A LOT OF, UM, UH, TELECONFERENCING LANGUAGE TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY.
AND THIS SB 7 0 7 KIND OF OVERHAULS THAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT WILL ALLOW ACTUAL COMMISSION MEMBERS TO BE REMOTE? NO, IT, IT, UM, SIMILAR TO HOW IT IS NOW YEAH.
FOR JUST CAUSE, UM, THE SB 7 0 7, UM, CLARIFIES WHEN THOSE JUST CAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, COULD HAPPEN.
IT ALSO, UM, ALLOWS MEMBERS TO, UM, PARTICIPATE REMOTELY DUE TO A, UM, DISABILITY AS DEFINED BY THE A DA OR THE STATE LAW EQUIVALENT, THE HAW.
I HAVE MY LIST TOO, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A A I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN RIGHT NOW.
SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I'M JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ANSWER.
THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT I SEE AT EVERY MEETING AS SOMEONE MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT, OR AT LEAST MOST OF THEM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIMITATION ON HOW MANY TIMES WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD SOMEBODY CAN TAKE ONE OF THE SPACES TO SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, I'LL ANSWER THAT BEFORE.
SO THAT IS A FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE.
WE, WE CANNOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE TYPES OF SPEECH PEOPLE MAKE.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE SEE A COMMENTER COME ALL THE TIME AND WE KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA SAY OR THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WE CAN'T TELL THEM, WE, YOU CAN'T SPEAK NOW.
IT, THAT'S THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHAT WE CALL TIME, PLACE AND MANNER RESTRICTIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE LIMIT IT TO 90 SECONDS IF IT, UM, IF WE HAVE 10 OR MORE SPEAKERS, THAT'S A REASONABLE AND ALLOWABLE RESTRICTION IN, IN TERMS OF PUBLIC COMMENT TIME THAT WE CAN PUT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DISCRIMINATING AGAINST THE ACTUAL SPEECH.
UM, IT'S, IT'S FOR THE, UM, JUST FOR THE BODY TO OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY AND GET, AND GET THROUGH ITS BUSINESS.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY, MY COMMENT IS DEFINITELY NOT RELATED TO WHAT'S BEING SAID.
IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPACES, RIGHT.
AND IF SOMEONE IS COMING RIGHT FOR SIX MONTHS AND SAYING THE EXACT SAME FIVE SENTENCES EVERY WEEK, I DON'T, AGAIN, THAT MAYBE LIKE A LEGAL THING, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S NOTICEABLE.
UM, AND IT'S USUALLY IN THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE FIRST HALF.
UM, ONE THING IF I MAY, UM, SO IF YOU CAN SPEAK ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM, YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK ONCE DURING THE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THERE IS JUST THAT ONE LIMITATION OF IF YOU WERE TO COMMENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND SPEAK ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MEETING AND TAKE UP ONE OF THOSE NON-AG AGENDA ITEM SPOTS.
BUT OTHERWISE, YEAH, YOU COULD SPEAK ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM.
I'M, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT SOME LIKE MATHEMATICAL THINGS.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING FROM 10 SPEAKERS THAT HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT, RIGHT? THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT IT IS.
AND THEN YOU'RE GOING 15 SPEAKERS AT 90 SECONDS, LIKE IT'S LESS TIME.
SO IF YOU DID 15 SPEAKERS, IT WOULD BE A TWO MINUTE TIME PERIOD TO BE THE SAME AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A NOTICE.
UM, ALSO IN THE SURVEYS, RIGHT, I'M SEEING THAT ABOUT 450 PEOPLE COMPLETED THE SURVEY.
I KNOW OUR GOAL FOR OUR DISABILITY
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SURVEY IS 4,500.WE'LL, WE'LL, BUT THAT, THAT NUMBER WAS GIVEN OUT AS 1%.
SO THIS IS ONE 10TH OF 1% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT VALUABLE, I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD TO COLLECT GOOD DATA.
LIKE I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT WRITING MY DISSERTATION.
UM, IT'S HARD TO GET GOOD QUALITY FEEDBACK, BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST SAY LIKE GRAIN OF SALT ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF A WHOLE SERIES OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REPRESENTED.
LIKE, I'M NOT LOOKING AT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA.
UM, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER DEAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT MOVING AROUND THE ALTERNATE LOCATIONS.
I HAVE TO ATTEND, UH, THREE COMMISSION MEETINGS A MONTH AND THERE IS ONE, UH, COMMISSION THAT THOUGH I THINK THEIR INTENTION IS TO BE EQUITABLE AND CHANGE SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND IT IS VERY TROUBLESOME, UM, FOR ONE ME TO REMEMBER WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO GO THAT MONTH.
UM, AND TWO, LIKE THERE IS NO ONE WITH THE DISABILITY LIKE ATTENDING ANY OF THESE MEETINGS.
NOT ALL OF THE SPACES ARE AS ACCESSIBLE AS OTHERS.
UM, SO I FOUND IT TO BE CONFUSING, LIKE MORE OF A HARM THAN A HELP.
UM, THE, THE LAST THING I WAS GONNA SAY IS THAT I HAVE TO LIKE RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE REGARDING THE LONGER TIME FOR LIKE CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS.
I THINK PERSONALLY, LIKE I JUST GAVE A PRESENTATION A FEW WEEKS AGO AND LIKE I AM, I'M QUICK, RIGHT? I HAD LIKE SEVEN SLIDES AND THAT FIVE MINUTES WENT BY LIKE NOTHING.
UM, I THINK THAT A CULTURAL CELEBRATION DOESN'T TRUMP A NONPROFIT PRESENTATION, DOESN'T TRUMP A BUDGET PRESENTATION.
LIKE I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, UPHELD AND AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN HERE.
AND I THINK LIKE JUST FROM CULTURE TO CULTURE, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE SPENDING 10 MINUTES ON ONE CULTURAL CELEBRATION PRESENTATION AND THEN YOU'RE SPENDING 15 ON ANOTHER, LIKE WHAT'S THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON THAT? SO I THINK LIKE ALL PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE GIVEN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP THE MEETING RUN MORE, MORE EFFICIENTLY.
IF I CAN ADD TO, LET'S JUST KEEP, AND THEN I'LL HAVE YOU OKAY.
COME BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER DEAN.
UH, YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND I'M PRETTY MUCH AGREEING WITH WHAT JULIE SAID IS, AND I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE WAS PROBABLY NOT REALISTIC LIKE YOU JUST STATED BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA BE TOO CONFUSING.
UM, AGAIN, SHE JUST MENTIONED THE CONFUSION TO THE PUBLIC OF SETTING DIFFERENT TIMES IN DIFFERENT, UH, LOCATIONS IS JUST KIND OF UNREALISTIC.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THE HECK I'M DOING TODAY.
LET'S LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, WEEK BY WEEK AND MEETING BY MEETING.
SO THE, THE STANDARD SCHEDULE WOULD WORK THE BEST, I BELIEVE FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, LET ME SEE THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR STAFF TO APPROVE IT, THAT'S GONNA BE CUMBERSOME ON STAFF TO APPROVE THE $5,000, I THINK.
AND YOU MENTIONED IT WAS REALLY QUICK IN THE AGENDA AND, AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER JONES MENTIONED THAT TOO.
SO WE SHOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND KEEP IT AS IS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN HERE, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO JUST TAKE YOUR TIME, TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH IT.
UM, THE TENTATIVE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, IT DID SOUND LIKE IT WOULD BE QUITE CUMBERSOME FOR THE FREE GUYS TO DO THAT, TO CHANGE IT SO QUICKLY WITHIN THREE DAYS.
IT'S LIKE, LET'S BE REALISTIC.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO COMMENT ON.
WE'RE NOT VOTING YET, BUT YOU WILL.
UM, HOW WILL, UH, THE CITY MEASURE WHETHER THESE CHANGES ACTUALLY IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY? YOU MEAN THE CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS OR THE SB 7 0 7, THE SB 7, 7 0 7? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE METRICS ARE FOR.
WE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT SB 7 0 7.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF HEAVY LIFT JUST TO GET READY, UM, GET THE TECH TECHNOLOGY AND THE STAFFING IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE SHIFT TO THE, UM, MORE, YOU KNOW, MULTI OPTION PARTICIPATION.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND AS WELL, LIKE IS WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF KIND OF THE SHIFT NOT ONLY SP 7 0 7, BUT MAYBE EVEN
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SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.UM, AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS WE GET FURTHER INTO IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, WE COULD DEFINITELY START TRACKING, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, DO WE HAVE MORE FOLKS THAT ARE CALLING IN, UM, THAN WE TYPICALLY SAW BEFORE, JUST IN PERSON.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THE MORE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS WOULD HAVE TO BE NOT JUST THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY PROVIDING SUBSTANTIVE FEEDBACK ON THE DIFFERENT ITEMS OR IS IT JUST LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SAME STUFF EVERY SINGLE TIME.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THIS ACTUALLY ALLOWS US OVER TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT CHANGES DO WE SEE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS.
UM, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO MORE SURVEYS, WE COULD DO MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS JUST A STARTING POINT.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK ALMOST 500 RESPONDENTS IS, IS, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY NECESSARILY.
I WILL SAY IT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE ORIGINAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SURVEY JUST REDISTRIBUTING AND THINGS.
SO I THINK WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ELSE, UM, OR LIKE, HAS THIS BEEN A POSITIVE IMPACT OR NOT.
UM, BUT YEAH, AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T REALLY DEVELOPED OUT WHAT THE, THAT ANALYSIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IT'S, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK RIGHT NOW ON HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT.
AND THEN, UH, I THINK WE COULD SWITCH GEARS ON.
I, I REALLY LIKE THAT FOCUS AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEAM HAS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON IF YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE KPIS OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
MY NAME IS MAGGIE TRINIDAD AND I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
SO, UM, I THINK TRANSPARENCY WISE, WHAT WE, WHAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE OFTEN GETS IS THEY WANT TO SEE THE AGENDA ITEMS AHEAD OF TIME.
THEY WANNA SEE THE STAFF REPORTS, THE PRESENTATIONS AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY.
AND THROUGH THE SURVEY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS, UM, HIGHLY, UH, I GUESS, UH, MARKED AS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY.
UM, WITH SB 7 0 7, UM, I, WE BELIEVE THAT THE PARTICIPATION WILL INCREASE BECAUSE WE ALSO IN THE SURVEY NOTICED THAT, UH, PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY AS FAR AS PARKING, WHERE THE PARKING STRUCTURE IS AT MOBILITY, UM, INABILITY TO COME DURING THAT TIME OR THAT WALK THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO THE CHAMBERS.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GONNA HELP AS WELL.
BUT FOR TRANSPARENCY, I THINK IT'S JUST HAVING THAT AGENDA AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS READY ON MONDAY.
UM, WHICH LEADS TO WHY WE WANT THE THURSDAY TO BE THE SUPPLEMENTAL NOW, UH, BECAUSE THAT ALSO ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS IS WHEN WE RELEASE THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND WE DO GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING WHY DID YOU JUST POST IT NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS OUT.
UH, I, I MEAN I APPRECIATE THAT I, YOU YOU WANTED TO COME BACK TO CAPE COD, SO THAT'S COOL, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I THINK WE'RE A GOOD SOUNDING BOARD, UH, FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, A CLARIFYING QUESTION, AND THEN I HAVE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, SEVERAL COMMENTS.
UH, ONE IS WHAT HAPPENS JANUARY, UH, 2030 IS THEN THIS CHANGE JUST GOES AWAY OR BECOMES WRITTEN INTO STONE OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, YEAH, THAT DAY, THAT IS THE SUNSET DATE.
SO, UM, OFTENTIMES WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATOR AMENDS THE BROWN ACT, IT'LL PUT A SUNSET DATE.
SO AFTER, UM, 2030, THOSE PROVISIONS WOULD NO LONGER BE LAW, THOUGH IT'S, IT'S VERY FEASIBLE THAT, UM, THEY COULD EXTEND, UM, THOSE PROVISIONS TO A LATER TIME.
IT JUST, PARTICULARLY SB 7 0 7, THERE'S A LOT OF FLUX NOW AS THE STATE LEGISLATOR AND HAS HEARD FROM CITIES AND COUNTIES AND OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES ABOUT HOW IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE FRANKLY PROVISIONS THAT AREN'T CLEAR, UM, AND AREN'T CLEARLY DEFINED.
AND IT, TO BE FRANK, IT'S KIND OF A MESSY BILL.
UM, SO 20, WHEN THE, WHEN THE STATE LEGISLATOR SETS THAT SUNSET DATE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TESTING PERIOD TO SEE HOW THE LAW GOES AND THEN STATE, THE STATE LEGISLATOR WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK OR LOBBYING AND, AND MAY AMEND IT AS NEEDED.
SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS IS PUTTING OUR FOOT FORWARD, AS IT WERE, IN GREATER ACCESS, UM, FROM SORT OF OUR COMMUNITY OF PERSPECTIVE IS ACCESS IS JUST ONE PART.
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IT HAS TO BE EQUITABLE, BUT IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO TAP INTO INCLUSION.ACCESS DOESN'T IMMEDIATELY RELATE TO INCLUSION.
YOU'RE TRACKING PARTICIPATION, WHICH IS A WAY OF LOOKING AT INCLUSION.
SO I I I, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT, SOME COMPETING BULLET POINTS, SOME COULD WORK TOGETHER, SOME COULD TEAR IT APART.
YOU GUYS GET TO YOU GUYS, IT'S SO UPSTATE NEW YORK.
UM, YOU ALL, UH, COULD, CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I THINK THE SPIRIT OF PARTICIPATION RELATIVE TO THIS ACCESS IS KEY IN THE WAY YOU DO YOUR METRICS.
BUT AS YOU BUILD YOUR PROCESS, I THINK, UM, IT'S, WE FIND IT HERE IS THAT PARTICIPATION IS NOT NORMALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT PART OF OUR CULTURAL FABRIC, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME TO EVERY MEETING AND SAY SOMETHING, GO THEM.
BUT THAT'S LIKE 1% OF 1% OF 1%.
SO STARTING TO NORMALIZE PARTICIPATION ACROSS DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT BE LANGUAGE-BASED OR, UM, AGE-BASED OR, UH, DISABILITY THAT MAKES NO, NO, IT'S THIS IDEA THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE AND WE'RE A CITY WHO WANTS PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNANCE.
SO I DON'T LIKE TO SEE AN AG AN AGENDA WHERE WE'RE PUSHING PEOPLE THROUGH AND PEOPLE GET ANXIOUS THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
THAT DOESN'T HELP FOR NORMALIZING IT.
IT, AND SO MAYBE STEP BACK JUST A THOUGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT VERBAL PARTICIPATION.
NOT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY VERBALIZES, THEY JUST CAN'T.
SO HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE FOR NON-VERBAL PARTICIPATION? SO THERE'S SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, WHETHER PEOPLE CAN, UH, PARTICIPATE BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS.
I KNOW WE CAN DO WRITTEN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE, BUT DURING THE SESSION IN REAL TIME, SO WE CAN START TO GET MORE FOLKS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO USE, UM, AUGMENTATION DEVICES.
THEY BASICALLY TYPE, SO THEN IT CAN BE DONE IN AUDIO.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY HAVE WRITTEN THEIR COMMENTS AND UM, JULIE TALKED ABOUT HER THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION VERSUS HER 60 MINUTE, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED TO HAVE HER ACTUALLY SAY THOSE 60 SECONDS OR COULD WE HAVE, AGAIN, I'M PARTICIPATION IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL 2030 WHEN THIS BECOMES A BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE WE'VE FOUND, WE'VE LEARNED FROM IT.
BUT I, I'D LIKE US TO START LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO.
THIS, IT, IT'S NOT JUST A MOBILITY ISSUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SENSORY THINGS GOING ON HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, DIFFICULTIES IN THIS SPACE, BUT AT LEAST PEOPLE CAN, WE CAN START TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE DIFFICULTIES HERE RATHER THAN EVERY WHICH WAY.
SO, UM, A COUPLE OF IDEAS STARTING TO NORMALIZE BY HAVING VIEWING PARTIES AT COMMUNITY CENTERS.
GET PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE POPCORN, YOU KNOW, ADULT LIBATION HATE WHATEVER, SO THAT PEOPLE COME OUT AND START TO PARTICIPATE AND GROUP AND NORMALIZE WHAT, 'CAUSE IT'S FREAKY.
COME DOWN THIS AISLE, YOU KNOW, WONDER IF I DRIP, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY WEDDING.
WHAT IS THIS? SO WE THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE AND THERE'S A FORMALITY THERE.
AND THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME UP ALL THE TIME AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT NOT ALL THE PEOPLE.
WE FIND IT DIFFICULT POST COVID TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN HERE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD CHANGES.
BUT HAVING THE ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE IN, WE NEED TO NORMALIZE IT.
WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION.
SO I LOOK TO YOU TO HELP GUIDE US, UM, IN, IN INCREASING THAT, UH, LEVEL OF ENERGY FOR OUR CITY.
UM, CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, INTERRUPT YOU.
THE, THE, UH, SO SB 7 0 7, UM, DOES TAKE THAT YOUR POINT IN MIND.
ONE OF THE THINGS IT DOES IS, UM, REQUIRE PUBLIC AGENCIES, LOCAL AGENCIES TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO
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GROUPS THAT HISTORICALLY DON'T ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, AND PERFORM THOSE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION.THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS, UM, REQUIRE US TO REACH OUT TO, UM, MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY OUTLETS THAT AREN'T IN ENGLISH, UM, AND MAYBE IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
UH, THE, THE LAST THING THAT I'M THINKING OF, UH, IN TERMS OF SB 7 0 7 IS THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS ABOUT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSLATING PIECES OF TRANSLATING THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT VERY WELL KNOWN, BUT IT, IT DOES INVITE THAT PUBLIC COMMUNITY EFFORT TO INCREASE, UM, PARTICIPATION.
COMMISSIONER ADAMS. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR SWANSON.
I JUST, AS WE, IT'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK PACKAGE.
BUT I DO THINK WE, JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE ON THE COMMISSION BOARD HERE AND PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS, THAT IT WOULD BE A PROBABLY A GREAT IDEA, UM, SUGGESTION TO ALL THE FORMER COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE HAD ON EVERY COMMISSION BOARD FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, 20 YEARS BACK, 10 YEARS BACK, FIVE YEARS BACK.
WE SHOULD NOT FORGET ABOUT THEM.
AND MAYBE WE SHOULD GET THAT FOCUS GROUP BACK INVOLVED, NOT AS BEING IN A VOICE AS FAR AS ON A COMMISSION BOARD OR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT LET THEM KNOW WE'RE STILL THINKING ABOUT THEM AND WE'LL LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM TO COME OUT TO THE MEETINGS.
AND WE HAVE THE DATA, WE HAVE THE ADDRESS, THE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE IT WAS COMMISSIONERS AND YOU GOT A GROUP OF 200 PEOPLE THERE, PROBABLY QUICKLY FROM TWO 20 YEARS AGO TO NOW AND REACH OUT.
THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE IS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH COMMISSIONERS, FORMER COMMISSIONERS AND PULL THAT BOW RIGHT THERE AND START SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THOSE COMMISSIONERS.
IF I'M NO MORE ON THE COMMISSION BOARD AND THAT'S JUST THAT LAST DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO STILL BE INVOLVED SOMEHOW, ESPECIALLY, UM, 'CAUSE THE VOICE WOULD BE HEARD.
SO THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION FOR US.
'CAUSE I KNOW, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
YOU SAID THIS IS YOUR LAST COMMISSION? NO, NO.
BUT
I THINK IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
I, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS HOW DO YOU WANT THIS COMMISSION TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK? WELL, WE'VE GIVEN YOU A LOT OF THOUGHTS, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO DRILL DOWN ON, PLEASE, UM, COMMUNICATE BACK TO STAFF THAT WOULD BE, UH, CERTAINLY, UM, I THINK APPROPRIATE, BUT ALSO, UM, WE WOULD WANT THAT.
WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF OUR FIRST EVER DISABILITY SURVEY SURVEYS.
IT'S, IT'S WHAT I'M LIVING AND BREATHING RIGHT NOW.
I GO OUT THERE AND THERE'S THREE OTHER CITY SURVEYS THAT ARE BEING, I'M COMPETING WITH.
SO JUST A THOUGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA NEED MORE INPUT AS YOU GO TOWARDS 2030 IS MAYBE HAVE A SURVEY CALENDAR.
'CAUSE SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE REALLY GOOD CHOTKIS AND SOME OF US HAVE NOT A, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A EQUAL SORT OF AND PEOPLE WANNA PARTICIPATE, WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM.
UM, REALLY QUICK, I, UM, LOVE WHAT COMMISSIONER ADAMS SAID ABOUT GOING TO THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS.
AND I WOULD ADD TO THAT, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ASSOCIATIONS AND THERE'S LIKE 130 OF THEM AND MANY OF THEM MEET MONTHLY OR EVERY OTHER MONTH OR ONCE A QUARTER, BUT TOTALLY USE THEM.
AND THEN ALSO NLP GRADUATES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP PROGRAM GRADUATES, OF WHICH THERE ARE WITH THIS CLASS THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, 900.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALL COMMUNITY AND SERVICE ORIENTED AND I'M SURE WOULD LOVE TO HELP.
UM, AND THEN GOING BACK TO WHAT COMMISSIONER JONES HAD SAID REGARDING THE CEREMONIALS, I, YOU KNOW, I WORK FOR SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH, SO CULTURE IS A BIG PART OF MY WORLD, BUT SHE'S RIGHT.
AND, AND ONE THING I DO HAVE TO SAY IS, UM, WE HAVE DONE, MY BOSS HAS DONE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ALWAYS REALLY CLEAR INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE PRESENTERS
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AND, AND EMPHASIS OF WHAT THEIR TIME LIMITS ARE.UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S ALWAYS VERY CLEAR.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED, UM, THE PARKINGS.
OH, THE YOUNG LADY WITH YOU, UM, HAD MENTIONED, UM, COMING FROM THE PARKING LOT, I REMEMBER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH, 'CAUSE I USED TO BE IN A WALKER, UM, AND A CANE WAS, UM, THIS BRAND NEW GORGEOUS SET OF BUILDINGS WAS CREATED.
THE PARKING IS WAY OVER THERE.
AND IF YOU ARE USING A CANE OR A WALKER, THAT IS A HECK OF A LONG WAYS TO GO IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING YOURSELF.
SO YEAH, I JUST DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF THAT.
BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THAT.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ANOTHER REASON FOR REMOTE YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND TALKING US TODAY.
AND WE LOVE BEING A PART OF IT, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM DR.
GARY HITECH AND WESLEY ROGERS OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH REGARDING THE DISABILITY, DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM I MOTION? OH, I'LL SECOND.
[3. 26-54837 Recommendation to receive and file a report from Dr. Gary Hytrek and Wesley Rogers of California State University, Long Beach, regarding the Disability Data & Community Survey. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
GARBA AND COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ.MAY WE HAVE THE REPORT? UH, GARY, CAN YOU HEAR US? OH, WE CAN'T HEAR GARY.
GARY, GIVE US ONE MINUTE WHILE WE FIGURE OUT THE SOUND.
GARY, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU UNMUTE ON YOUR END AND WE'LL TEST TO SEE IF WE CAN HEAR YOU.
IF YOU'RE TALKING, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
UM, GARY, CAN YOU HEAR US? EXCUSE ME.
HETRICK IS JUST TEXTING ME THAT HE'S LETTING
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IT LOG OFF AND COMING BACK ON.IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON, PLEASE.
UM, I'M GETTING A TEXT, UH, THAT HE'S LOGGING OFF AND COMING BACK ON AGAIN.
WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, CAN WE MOVE TO ITEM FOUR AND DO THAT ITEM? 'CAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY AD HOC, IT'S THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
IF SHE WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER, SHE CAN.
I'M SORRY, WHAT IS THE REQUEST? I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WHILE HE'S LOGGING OFF AND ON THAT WE COULD MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
UM, YES, I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH THAT.
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM A CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEE.
UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM I MOTION SECOND.
UM, IF THERE ARE REPORTS, UH, PLEASE PRESENT THEM AT THIS TIME.
[4. 26-54838 Recommendation to receive and file a report from current Ad Hoc Committees; discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to dissolve or create Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
I'M, OH, OKAY.I THOUGHT MAYBE YOUR, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE HEAD OF REPORT.
UH, I THINK OUR UPDATE REGARDING THE LETTER THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
UM, JULIE AND I DOING THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS THAT WE HAVE YET TO SET A DATE TO, UM, DISCUSS THAT LETTER.
WE WERE REACHED OUT TO BY, I BELIEVE VANESSA, AND WE NEED TO SCHEDULE THAT.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO HAVE, UH, A DRAFT BY OUR MAY MEETING, OUR, OUR MAY MEETING.
SO THAT'S A REPORT FROM, UM, AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? DO WE HAVE ONE? I'M NOT SURE THAT A NAME WAS SELECTED.
LETTER TO THE LETTER TO TO THE MAYOR.
REGARDING RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AUTISM DECAL PROGRAM.
UH, THEN WE WILL, UH, DEFER BECAUSE THIS, UH, THE OTHER AD HOC HAS TO DO WITH THIS REPORT FROM DR.
SO WE'LL DEFER THAT AT THIS POINT.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
AND WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY MEMBERS ON ZOOM TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER ADAMS, UH,
SO WE'LL MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE IN A FILE REPORT, UM, UM, THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH REGARDING THE DISABILITY DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UM, BUT SINCE WE WENT AHEAD AND, UH, OSE THAT AND RESTART IT AGAIN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ANOTHER MOTION IN A SECOND BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE? MOTION.
UH, GARY, CAN YOU HEAR US? GARY, WE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
ARE YOU ABLE TO CHANGE, UH, MICROPHONES? GARY, CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH, HE THINK HE CAN'T HEAR US.
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GARY, I WENT AHEAD AND CHANGED YOU TO AN ATTENDEE.CAN YOU TEST TO SEE IF YOU CAN SPEAK? I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING, BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
DO YOU WANNA TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK TO CALL GARY AND SEE IF WE CAN TROUBLESHOOT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS TO A, ANOTHER MEETING INSTEAD OF, UM, GIVING IT SOME TIME? GO AHEAD AND TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
UH, I, I THINK, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF THIS WOULD BE APPRO ACCEPTABLE, BUT I'D LIKE TO, UM, HAVE IT AT AN, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO, UM, AS I'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE, I, I'D LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM HIS REPORT, IF I MIGHT.
IT'S PARTLY AD HOC AND IT'S PARTLY HIS REPORT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH, UM, THE COMMISSION.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE DATA DISABILITY, OR EXCUSE ME, THE DISABILITY YES.
THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION DECIDE TO CONTINUE THIS, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND DO THAT.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION.
WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE YET BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO ONLY SPEAK ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE ITEM.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, SOMEONE TOOK, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, UH, IN THIS 30 PLUS QUESTION SURVEY.
UM, SEVERAL TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN REACHED OUT TO, YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION HERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN A, A CHANGE IN THE GOAL TO A THOUSAND RESPONSE, UH, RESPONSES.
AND THAT'S THROUGH THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE GUIDED, SUPPORTED, OR ASSISTED IN COMPLETING THE SURVEY.
IT'S NOT SIMPLY GETTING PEOPLE TO DO THE QR CODE.
WE SIT WITH PEOPLE AND WE GET THE RESPONSES BY ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
IT HAS BEEN A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S A LONG EXPERIENCE LONGER THAN WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED.
SO IF, UM, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE PACKETS TO GO OUT TODAY, PLEASE ANTICIPATE THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO DO IT IN GROUPS.
YOU HAVE PAPER SURVEYS NOW THEY ALSO, YOU HAVE THEM IN ENGLISH, BUT IF YOU WANT THEM IN THE OTHER THREE LANGUAGES, JUST LET, UM, THE ACCESSIBILITY A DA OFFICE KNOW.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO APPRECIATE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE AT THIS POINT TO JUNE 1ST.
UM, PLEASE LET, UM, ALANA'S OFFICE KNOW IF YOU NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TOOLS OR ASSISTANCE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH LONG BEACH FORWARD INTERNS.
THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING IN ASSISTING PEOPLE.
WE RECEIVED, UM, YESTERDAY, ALMOST 30, UM, UH, COMPLETED SURVEYS AT THE LONG BEACH SENIOR CENTER.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM, UM, REQUIRED ASSISTANCE TO OR SUPPORT TO COMPLETE THE, UM, THE SURVEY.
AND THEY WERE ALL VERY APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE.
SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LEARNING AS WE GO FORWARD AND I ENCOURAGE YOU IN YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT YOU INTERACT WITH, THAT YOU, UM, LET
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US KNOW IF AND HOW WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HERE, A COUPLE THERE.UM, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, UH, IT'S GREAT.
WE'RE, WE BASICALLY ARE NOT GETTING PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 20, THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLY BAD FOR OUR REPRESENTATION.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE COMMUNITIES OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO ALL KINDS OF PLACES DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, AND THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES WE'D LIKE TO, UM, CERTAINLY CONNECT WITH, BUT IT TAKES TIME.
AND YOUR HELP WITH THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
STEVE ALSO, COMMISSIONERS WE CAN'T ENGAGE CAN YES.
JUST THE, WE CAN'T ENGAGE IN THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE THE ITEMS SOLELY TO RECEIVE AND FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT REGULAR K COD MEETING? YES.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A CONTINUATION MOTION.
UM, WILL YOU, ARE YOU THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION? I'M THE MAKER OF THAT MOTION.
AND VICE CHAIR GARBE IS THE SECONDER.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP THE PODIUM NOW.
AND IF THERE ARE MANY, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM AND WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NON AGENDA ITEM COMMENTS.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN ZOOM, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HEAD FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE.
SEEING NONE, THAT CONCLUDES GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE AT THIS TIME? I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO GRETCHEN AND THE ENTIRE TEAM WITH THE SURVEY.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND A LOT OF WORK AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
THANK YOU.UM, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CITY STAFF? NOT AT THIS TIME.
SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2 26.
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR TIME SHEETS.