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LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER THE VETERANS MISSION MEETING FOR MAY 20TH, FIVE 15.
WE DON'T HAVE A CLERK, SO I GUESS WE DO.
HELLO, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE RULE
COMMISSIONER GOODEN BOARD DISTRICT THREE.
COMMISSIONER ATKINS, OR VICE CHAIR ATKINS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA LET THE HEY FOR NOW.
PLEASE, PLEASE READ THE FIRST TIME.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE OPEN REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR.
YEAH, IT'S, WE'RE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.
SO, AGENDA YOU TAKE IN JUSTICE.
ALL MORE PEOPLE SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SAY THAT.
IT ESTABLISHES THAT WE'RE A REPUBLIC AND NOT A DEMOCRACY.
EVERYONE THINKS WE'RE A DEMOCRACY EVEN ALONE.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO REC AND A SECOND TO RECEIVE? YEAH, I'M, I'M MOVED.
SO FIRST I HAVE TRUMP THE SECOND IS AFTERNOON.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BEFORE WE GOT, EVERYBODY GOT HERE.
WE'VE GOT OVER 120 APPLICATIONS.
THAT'LL, THAT'S ALMOST TWO FOR ONE.
AND WE DISCUSSED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, STAYING IN THE SAME LOCATIONS.
'CAUSE WE LIKE THE LOCATIONS EASY.
WE GOT, WHICH WILL SAVE US SOME MONEY.
IN THE END, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE MATTERS THAT'S LATER IN THE AGENDA.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY AND CATCH
UM, JUST ON MY COMMENTS ON THE LONG TERM VIEW, IT'S NOT THIS YEAR, BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, I WANT US TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE VA ON THEIR VETERANS DAY EVENT.
INSTEAD OF US CONSTANTLY TRYING TO THROW OUR OWN EVENTS, LET'S WORK WITH SOMEBODY WHO ALREADY HAS ONE BIG AND SERVE MORE VETERANS AND BRING RESOURCES TO THE TABLE TO THAT EVENT.
DO ONE OR PA DOES, DOES A VETERANS DAY EVENT AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, THEY'RE PROBABLY SCRAMBLING FOR FUNDING 'CAUSE IT'S PROBABLY PART OF THEIR 5 0 1 C STREET AND ALL THAT.
BUT WE COULD WORK WITH THEM AND BRING RESOURCES AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER THAN IT IS AND NOT BE, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING AGAINST THE 150 OTHER EVENTS TO SEE, 'CAUSE I LOOKED AT IT AND I SAID $50,000, WE SERVED MAYBE 125 BETS.
THAT'S NOT A GOOD RETURN ON OUR, OUR INVESTMENT.
WE SHOULD BE, HOW MANY VETS CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK BERKELEY SERVE THE MOST? THEY HAVE PARKING, THEY'RE CENTRAL.
ALL OF THAT'S KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHERE IT IS.
THE PUBLIC CAN GET IN THERE AND PARK.
IF WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, WE'LL HAVE LOTS MORE HELP IN MAKING SURE ALL THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.
I KNOW DISTRICT NINE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE UPSET ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S MY THOUGHTS FOR, FOR FUTURE, HOW TO MAKE IT CENTRAL.
HOW TO MAKE IT THERE FOR EVERYONE.
BUSES OF ALL SORTS GO TO THE VA.
THERE'S ALMOST NOWHERE IN ALONG WHICH YOU CAN'T TAKE A BUS AND GET TO THE VA.
SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSIT, THERE ARE WAYS TO GET THERE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE HOW AND PARK.
THERE'S NOT, TRANSIT'S NOT THAT EASY.
I'M SURE THE ATLANTIC BUS AND A COUPLE OTHER BUSES.
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BUT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR OWN CAR AND WHERE YOU GONNA PUT IT AND HOW FAR ARE YOU GONNA HAVE TO WALK? SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS.SO WHAT'D YOU SAY? OUR BUDGET IS WENT OUT, YOU SPENT 50, YOU SPEND $50,000 A YEAR FOR VETERAN DAY FOR VETERAN, YES.
IT'S, IT IS BETWEEN STAGES AND THE EQUIPMENT AND 10 FREE HIGH AND THE TENT.
IT ADDS UP QUICK AND IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
AND IF WE WERE DOING IT IN TEND WITH SOMEONE, THIS, THESE ARE KEN'S THOUGHTS, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL YET.
IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT LOOK IN THAT I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO.
MAYBE HAVE A COUPLE MEETINGS AT THE DA AND JUST, YOU KNOW, POKE THEIR BRAIN A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHY.
AND YOU CAN CHECK WITH THE CITY AND SEE WHAT THE RULE, WHAT THE GAME PLAN IS, IF YOU CAN.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE ONLY, THE ONLY KEY, I WOULD LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK, I THINK THE TURNOUT WAS BIGGER, BUT THE NUMBER OF VETERANS WAS MM-HMM
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT IS GONNA BE ABOUT CERTAIN VETERANS, BUT THEN ACTUALLY TAKING OUTTA THAT AREA, UH, I JUST END UP HAVING A A A PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, UH, GOT GOT A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, HISTORY LESSON,
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALREADY GONNA BE A FIGHT.
IT'S, I, I KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A, A POSITIVE THING, BUT I'M LOOKING HONEST, HOW DO WE SERVE THE MOST VETERANS? RIGHT.
AND I, I, I AGREE WITH YOU WITH THAT PART.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SELL IT.
THAT IF WE GET, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE SLOTS WITH YOU GUYS.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING.
AND I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK AND BRING MORE HOMEWORK BACK AS I LEARN MORE.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THIS HERE.
IT'S ALREADY IN THE, IT'S ALREADY IN THE MACHINE.
IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO PULL THE PLUG AND CHANGE IT NOW, BECAUSE THE EVENTS DEPARTMENT'S IN CHARGE OF THAT.
SO YOU BEING CHAIR, YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST ON YOUR OWN, YOU CAN GO DO THAT AND YOU CAN BRING IT BACK.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING, SUGGESTIONS.
AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER UNDER INFORMATION.
WE PUT TOGETHER AN AD HOC COMMITTEE IF WE NEED TO GO BACK.
THAT'S WHY I'M, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP LIKE THAT TO ASK, JUST KEEP THE PRODUCT, ASK.
THIS ISN'T, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S AGENDAS YEAH.
GENERAL, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING.
THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
THAT'S WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO IT LEGALLY.
I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ISSUES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT, IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE SCAN.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
IT DOESN'T, YOU'RE NOT COMMITTING EVERYTHING.
UH, DO YOU APPROVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, APPROVING THE CHAIR REMARKS AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE? NO, SURE.
I DON'T REALLY RECALL THAT WE HAD TO APPROVED CHAIR REMARKS BEFORE.
BUT WHO, WHO AM I TO APPROVE HIS REMARKS? YOU JUST ARE FILING IT.
WE HAD TO MAKE IT AN AGENDA ITEM IN ORDER TO ALLOW YOU GUYS TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CHAIR REMARKS.
WE WOULDN'T BE VOTING ON IT, BUT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
VICE CHAIR ATKINS SLATE AND CHAIR OSBORNE.
NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL? THE MINUTES.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MINUTES REAL QUICK.
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SO LONG FOR, OR 10TH, THIRD JANUARY.SEE WE HAVE NO FEBRUARY, MARCH, OR APRIL.
WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE STAND DOWN.
SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE COMMISSIONER.
VICE ATKINS AND CHAIR OSBORNE.
MAYOR, HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE TO RECEIVE A FILE REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE VETERANS OFFICE OF KIN SUPPORT.
I, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT.
UM, I AM HERE FOR THE, IN FOR GINA.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, HI.
FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA.
I'M ONE OF THE DIVISION OFFICERS WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UH, OFFICE OF VETERAN SUPPORT IS WITHIN MY DIVISION.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
UM, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF KIND OF WHAT WE ARE DOING WITHIN THE STAFF.
I'M GONNA INTRODUCE OUR SUPPORTIVE STAFF THAT ARE HERE AND SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, ARE YOU THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACTING? HI, ON, IN, GRAB YOUR NAME.
TIE ARE, ARE YOU THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT? YES, GINA USED TO BE.
IF WE HAD A COMMENT, WE CORRECT.
SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED, SO I AM SENIOR MANAGER.
UH, GINA, AS YOU KNOW, WAS OUT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND HAS NOW BEEN ON EXTENDED LEAVE.
SO WE ARE, UH, ALWAYS WISHING HER WELL.
WE ARE HOPEFULLY FOR A SWEETIE RECOVERY AND RETURN.
WE DON'T HAVE A RETURN DATE YET.
SO UNTIL THEN, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR SUPPORT TEAM.
WHAT HAPPENED? I CANNOT SHARE THAT.
UH, THAT WILL BE FOR GINA TO TELL YOU, UH, WHEN SHE IS READY TO SHARE E AND ALL, BUT, UH, WE WON'T GO INTO THAT.
WELL AND HOPEFULLY FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY SOONER THAN LATER.
UM, SO, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, I'M A, A DIVISION OFFICER, SO I HAVE SIX PROGRAMS THAT UNDERNEATH ME AND 15 STAFF.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF US HERE BECAUSE TO FILL IN ONE PERSON, THESE ARE ALL OF MY ADDITIONAL TEAM ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO WE'D LIKE TO FIRST INTRODUCE GERMA CORTEZ.
SHE IS PART OF ONE OF, UH, OUR COMMUNITY CHRONIC CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
AND, UH, SHE'S HELPING DOING ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVES.
SO PRINTING OUT THE AGENDAS, MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, THE POWERPOINT SET UP.
UH, SO SHE'S BEEN HELPING ME BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THAT.
UH, JEREMY, UH, IS ALSO ONE OF OUR DIVISION OFFICER, SO HE IS HERE.
I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW FROM EACH OTHER FROM LEADERSHIP LONG BEACH.
UH, JEREMY IS MY COUNTERPART IN OUR BUREAU AND IS LEARNING HOW COMMISSIONS WORK BECAUSE I ALSO NEED SOME MORE SUPPORT.
UH, AND STAFFING OF MANAGERS IS GREAT WHEN WE KNOW HOW TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT IN TIMES LIKE THIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SALLY IN THE CORNER, SORRY, SALLY HAS BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
WELL, AS A GRADUATE INTERN IS NOW A GRADUATE.
WHO WORE THEM, UH, LAST WEEKEND, I BELIEVE.
GRADUATED WITH THEIR MASTER'S SALTER.
UH, AND SALLY IS OUR POINT PERSON FOR BANNERS POINT.
SO SALLY IS TAKING OVER BANNERS AND I'M YOUR POINT PERSON FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, COMMISSION RELATED.
UM, SO WE ARE WORKING IN TANA, SO I'M OVERSEEING THEIR WORK.
UM, AND THEN SALLY HAS AN INTERN UNDER THEM AS WELL BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE TO DO THIS WORK.
UM, SO THAT IS KIND OF THE GIST OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR STAFFING.
UM, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK I'VE BEEN, I'VE MENTIONED THIS AND I'VE LEARNED THAT I HAVE TO CC YOU ALL B, C SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO ANY BROWN ACTS WHEN IT'S, UH, COULD BE DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMISSION WORK.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M LEARNING.
UM, AND IF IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE, HAVING ONE PERSON COMMUNICATE IS GREAT BECAUSE THEN OTHERWISE I HAVE 30
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EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH AND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE ASS IS.UM, AND ALL OF THE OTHER HUNDREDS OF EMAILS I GET A DAY.
SO MAKING THAT HAPPEN I THINK WILL BE REALLY GREAT FOR ALL OF US.
UH, I WANNA PAUSE 'CAUSE I KNOW I TALK FAST, SO I APOLOGIZE.
UM, I WANNA MOVE INTO A LITTLE BANNERS UPDATE FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE BANNERS CLOSED ON, UH, THE 15TH, WHICH WAS LAST FRIDAY.
WE HAVE 128 APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS GREAT.
SALLY AND JESSICA ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICATIONS ARE COMPLETE AND WE HAVE A PHOTO TO GO ALONG.
WE ARE THEN ALSO NOW WORKING BECAUSE IT'S CLOSED TO GO THROUGH AND REMOVE, UH, IDENTIFIERS SO THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN REVIEW WITHOUT, UM, AS LIMITING BIAS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN THIS PROCESS.
SO THAT IS GONNA TAKE SOME TIME.
UM, SOME FOLKS WRITE A LOT, SOME FOLKS WRITE VERY, VERY LITTLE.
SO THAT IS GONNA TAKE US SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE IT TO YOU BY THE END OF HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND IF THERE IS ANY DELAY IN THAT, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.
SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU.
UM, WE ARE WORKING TO UPDATE THE BANNER DESIGN TO GIVE YOU OPTIONS.
UM, BASICALLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BANNERS CAN BE RED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ROOM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE VERY WELL AWARE OF WITH THE SUN.
BLEACHING HAS MADE SOME OF THE BANNERS REALLY HARD TO READ BECAUSE OF THE YELLOW AND NAMES WITH WHITE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE FAMILIES WHO ARE SELECTED, WHETHER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON OR THOSE THEMSELVES, HAVE A REPLICA OF THAT BANNER.
UH, BECAUSE WHO HAS, IT REALLY IS NINE FEET TALL AND DOESN'T LOOK VERY TALL UNTIL YOU GET IT DOWN TO THE GROUND.
NO ONE, I MEAN, MAYBE YOU HAVE ROOM FOR THAT.
UH, MAYBE IT GOES ON YOUR ROOF OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE LIKE, I LIVE HERE.
SO FOLKS WILL STILL GET THOSE AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN THEIR HOMES THAT THEY CAN SHOW PROUDLY.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, EXTRAS THAT WE LIKE TO DO HERE.
UM, THE BANNERS WILL GO UP IN THE SAME POSITION OR SAME LOCATIONS AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEN WE SAVE MONEY ON THE BRACKETS THAT, UM, AFFIX THE BANNERS TO THE POLES.
WE DON'T, UM, NOT THE HOLES HAVE 'EM.
AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE 'EM, WE PAY FOR THEM AND THEY'RE RATHER EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT THEY AREN'T.
SO IF WE CAN REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE, AND USE THE SAME LOCATIONS, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF THE AIRPORT, IN FRONT OF THE VA, VA ST.
LIKE THESE ARE REALLY GREAT LOCATIONS.
UM, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF LOCKED DOWN, WE HOPE TO USE 'EM AGAIN.
SO OBVIOUSLY BEING THAT PERMIT FOR YOU ALL.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FRANKIE EVANS ASSOCIATION FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT THAT IS THIS SATURDAY.
UM, IT IS FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT FROM THE PORT.
UH, THANKFULLY THEY, THIS IS LIKE RINSE AND REPEAT.
THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
WE ARE JUST SUPPORTING IT, UH, HOPEFULLY UPLIFTING, UH, WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK BONUS, BUT THEY WOULD LOVE THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A TABLE THERE TO HAND OUT INFORMATION OR RESOURCES.
UM, SO IF YOU ALL AT, IN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AD HOC, IF ANYONE WANTS TO, UM, DO THE TABLING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, THEIR VOLUNTEERS WILL BE THERE.
SO WE'RE PRETTY GOOD ON THE STAFFING PIECE OF IT.
BUT IF YOU COULD BE THERE, UM, TO REPRESENT THE COMMISSION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF YOU'RE ALREADY, UH, ATTENDING.
OH, SORRY, WHAT TIME? I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING HEAT TIME
I WAS LIKE, I'VE ALREADY TALKED REALLY GUY.
UH, THE EVENT IS ONE TO THREE, WELL ONE TO FOUR IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY FOR, UH, MUSIC.
BUT ONE TO THREE IS THE MAIN PROGRAM.
THERE WILL BE A FLYOVER, THE WATER CANNON BOAT, WATER BOAT, UM, FIRE BOAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
UM, THERE'LL BE THE READING OF THE NAMES.
UH, THOSE WHO WERE BANNER RECIPIENTS IN 24 AND 25 WHO HAVE PASSED WILL ALSO BE HONORED DURING THE CEREMONY AS WELL.
UM, THERE'LL BE A CHAPLAIN, UH, LANES OF THE READ, KIND OF YOUR STANDARD MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION OR OBSERVANCE, UM, AND A PIPER AND A BAND AT THE END IF YOU WANNA EAT YOUR SNACKS THAT WE'RE PLAYING TOGETHER AND LISTEN TO SOME GREAT MUSIC.
UH, SO I'LL, I'LL BE IN THERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A ROUGH SCHEDULE ON THE, THE BANNERS? UM, WHEN THEY'LL GO UP? WELL,
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WHEN DO WE HAVE A SCHEDULE? WHEN WE EXPECT TO FINISH THE EVERYTHING STARTED.BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LOOSER BECAUSE IT JUST 120 EIGHT'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH.
UH, SO AND THEN I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT YOU SAID THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS AND LIKE MAKING SURE THEY'RE COMPLETE AND HAVE PHOTOS.
BUT THE APPLICATION DOES SAY YOU CAN SUBMIT A PHOTO ONCE YOU ARE SELECTED.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY DIDN'T SUBMIT A PHOTO, THERE'S YEP.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT JUST SO AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT WE DON'T WANNA RUN INTO IS SOMEONE WHO'S LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THIS PERSON.
AND THEN THAT WILL DELAY THE SELECTION PROCESS.
SO IF WE CAN GET, JUST CONNECT WITH THEM AND BE LIKE, YOU HAVE ONE, YOU'RE GOOD.
AND I KNOW LAST YEAR GINA AT SOME POINT, UM, WITH, AT CITY HALL, WAS ABLE TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THOSE WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO, OR I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING TO NOTE.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR.
AND IF IT'S NOT AT CITY HALL, WE HAVE, UH, PHOTOGRAPHERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'LL MAKE A PARK DAY OUT OF IT OR SOMETHING PERFECTLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WONDERFUL.
NO, WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE? STAND NOW.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? WE, WE'LL HIT IT LATER.
LET'S CALL VOTE COMMISSIONER ROSS.
I, I HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
WHY DON'T WE JUST ALL SAY I IN UNISON, LIKE EVERY OTHER COMMITTEE I'VE IN ON, UM, DO THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT YOU ALL FOLLOW, BROWN ACT I BOTH PLACES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE CITY DOES IT.
THEY'RE DOING A ROLL CALL PHONE VERSUS THAT'S, YEAH.
WE'VE NEVER DONE A ROLL CALL
COMMISSION RECEIPT AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON STAND DOWNS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VA AND APPROPRIATE, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, MOTION.
I'M THE HOMELESS OUTREACH SUPERVISOR, UM, AND PART ONE OF THE CO-CHAIR FOR OUR STAND DOWN WORK GROUP.
SO I JUST WANTED TO COME TO THE COMMISSION AND KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STAND DOWN THIS YEAR.
THERE, THERE'S SOME CHANGES, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING TO REALLY TRY TO, UM, INCREASE THE INTENDED POPULATION TO ATTEND OUR STAND DOWNS.
UM, SO I'LL START OFF WITH FIRST IT'S, IT WILL BE WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND AT VETERANS STADIUM IN THE PARKING LOT AT LBCC COLLEGE.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, FLYERS YET.
AND I CAN SEND THEM OUT ONCE WE HAVE THEM.
UM, SO WE ARE JUST, WE JUST KIND OF FINALIZED ALL OF THE DETAILS WITH LBCC, SO BE WORKING WITH THEM THIS YEAR, WHICH IS EXCITING.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE LOCATION IS THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE.
UM, VA LONG BEACH SERVES, CITY OF LONG BEACH KIND OF SURROUNDING AREAS AND ORANGE COUNTY.
SO USUALLY FOR OUR STANDOUTS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF ALTERNATING LOCATIONS OF WHERE WE HAVE OUR STANDOUTS.
SO LAST YEAR IT WAS IN ORANGE COUNTY, UM, AND WE BUST IN SHUTTLED IN VETERANS FROM LONG BEACH.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN ORANGE COUNTY, IT WAS FOR ALL VETERANS IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA.
THIS YEAR IT'S GONNA BE IN LONG BEACH AND WE'LL BE SHUTTLING VETERANS FROM ORANGE COUNTY AND A LOT OF OUR VETERANS KIND OF CROSS, UH, UH, ACROSS BOTH SIDES ANYWAYS.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, NOTICE, OH, I GUESS I'M, I'M IN CHARGE OF THE CLICKER, HUH? UM, SO OUR MISSION, JUST INITIALLY THE STAND DOWN MISSION WAS REALLY DEVELOP TO HELP OUR VETERANS ON THE STREETS STAND DOWN, RIGHT? STAND DOWN FROM THE STREETS, GET SOME REST, GET
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SOME FOOD, GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT.AND WHICH HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS OF OUR STAND DOWNS THOUGH, UM, AND OTHER VAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS NATIONALLY.
WHAT WE'RE NOTICING IS THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING A LOT OF HOMELESS OR FORMERLY HOMELESS VETERANS AT THESE EVENTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE EVENTS WERE INTENDED FOR.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, WE TRY TO GEAR THEM TOWARDS.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR STAND DOWN AT, UM, GU JAVA PARK IN THE CITY OF ORANGE, UH, ALONGSIDE THE WALL THAT HEELS.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT'D BE A REALLY COOL THING TO KIND OF HAVE TO CO-HOST.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY OUT OF THE, UM, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY, A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE VETERANS WE ATTENDED, WE HAD ATTEND ONLY REALLY LIKE FIVE ARE ACTUALLY HOMELESS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN NOTING THIS, BEEN NOTICING THIS DISPARITY AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE FIX THIS? BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO TARGET THIS EVENT THERE.
I MEAN, THIS EVENT TOWARDS OUR HOMELESS VETERANS AND FORMERLY HOMELESS, THERE'S EVENTS YEAR ROUND FOR VETERANS, RIGHT, THAT AREN'T HOMELESS.
AND SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE VET, THESE VETERANS ARE GETTING THEIR NEEDS MET BECAUSE THEY'RE A VULNERABLE POPULATION.
THEY'RE ALSO, IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO ACCESS CERTAIN THINGS.
UM, AND SO WE WERE KIND OF TRYING TO BRAINSTORM.
WE BRAINSTORMED WITH OTHER VAS AS WELL ON SOME NATIONAL CALLS.
UM, AND WHAT WE DECIDED WAS TO TRY AND, UM, RESTRUCTURE A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GONNA DO, IT'S STILL GONNA BE OFFICIALLY A STANDOUT.
WE STILL HAVE TO CALL IT A STANDOUT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA CALL IT LOCALLY, OUR HOMELESS VETERAN RESOURCE FAIR.
SO OUR HOMELESS VETERANS ARE AWARE, LIKE, THIS IS FOR YOU.
UM, THIS IS FOR YOU TO COME AND GET RESOURCES.
WE'RE GONNA TRY AND MAKE IT A LITTLE SMALLER, A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED.
WE'VE HAD, USUALLY WE HAVE 50, WE'RE NOT AS BIG AS GLA
SOME OF THEM HAVEN'T REALLY MADE A TON OF SENSE FOR THE POPULATION IT'S INTENDED TO SERVE.
RIGHT? AND SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SMALLER, A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED.
THE REAL THINGS THAT OUR HOMELESS VETERANS NEED.
I, I'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO HAVE A TENT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO INCORPORATING A SURGE EVENT INTO OUR STAND DOWNS.
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SURGE AND WHICH IS REALLY WHY THIS IDEA KIND OF CAME UP TO RESTRUCTURE.
SO I THINK THIS STARTED LAST YEAR.
UM, OUR NATIONAL OFFICE STARTED TALKING ABOUT US HAVING SURGE EVENTS.
AND THE SURGE IS BASICALLY ENHANCED OUTREACH.
SO WE ALREADY DO A TON OF OUTREACH.
WE'RE ON THE STREET, WE'RE ON THE STREET WITH THE CITY AND US VETS AND ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
BUT THESE SURGE EVENTS ARE PLANNED WHERE WE ARE SHELTERING, UNSHELTERED VETERANS, SAME DAY, PROVIDING SHELTER RESOURCES, THINGS THAT SAME DAY.
UM, SO WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THEM.
UM, I WAS ACTUALLY HESITANT AT FIRST, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, HOW'S THIS ACTUALLY GONNA WORK? AND IT WORKED PRETTY WELL.
WE DID ONE IN, I THINK OUR FIRST ONE WAS IN ORANGE COUNTY.
WE HAD OUR ORIGINAL LIST WAS ABOUT 90 VETERANS.
OF THOSE 90 WITHIN THOSE, WE DID A SEARCH FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
WE GOT ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE UNSHELTERED VETERANS INDOORS, LIKE SHELTERED OR PERMANENTLY HOUSED.
UM, WE'VE ALSO DONE SMALLER ONES IN LONG BEACH PARTNERING WITH US VETS.
UH, WE JUST DID A SMALL ONE NOT THAT LONG AGO.
AND OUR GOAL, WE HAD 10 TARGETED VETERANS THAT WE'VE JUST HAD A REALLY HARD TIME GETTING INDOORS.
LIKE THE, IT JUST WASN'T LINING UP AND THE RESOURCES WEREN'T LINING UP.
AND OUT OF THOSE 10, WE GOT EIGHT INDOORS THAT SAME DAY AND THEN THE OTHER TWO A COUPLE DAYS LATER.
SO WHAT WE NOTICE IS THAT WHEN WE DO THESE SURGES, THEY'RE EFFECTIVE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S NOT JUST THE VA.
A SURGE MEANS WE BRING IN, IN OUR PARTNERS, WE BRING IN US VETS, THEIR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM.
WE BRING IN OUR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VETERAN FAMILIES PROGRAM.
WE BRING IN THE CITY, UM, AND WE GET THESE VETERANS TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE LIKE, WELL WHY CAN'T WE USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS PART OF OUR STAND DOWN? SO WE ARE GONNA BE ADDING A SURGE EVENT THE WEEK OF OUR STAND DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TARGETED LIST OF VETERANS, BOTH LONG BEACH AND ORANGE COUNTY THAT ARE, UH, UNSHELTERED.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO GET THEM SHELTERED IN IN THOSE WEEKS IN ADDITION TO GETTING THEM TO THE STAND DOWN SO THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED OR THEY HAVE THE KIND OF THE GAPS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVENTING THEM FROM GETTING INDOORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS LIKE ID BIRTH CERTIFICATES, RIGHT? UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPE IT'S OUR FIRST TIME DOING THIS, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED 'CAUSE WE KNOW SURGES WORK.
WE REALLY WANT TO TARGET OUR STAND DOWN.
UM, AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE THAT TOO BECAUSE, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS RESTRUCTURING IS SOMETIMES WE HAD VENDORS THAT WERE THERE PREVIOUSLY THAT WE, SO I'LL READ THESE OFF SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO READ THEM
AND IT'S NOT 'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T GREAT VENDORS.
IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU DON'T MAKE SENSE FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENT.
SO WE, AND ASK THEM TO COME TO DIFFERENT EVENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A
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VENDOR COME THAT DOES MORTGAGE LOANS.SO IT'S LIKE NOT REALLY WHAT OUR POPULATION IS WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT? IT'S LIKE THEY'RE FOCUSING ON SHELTER.
AND NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE A HOME ONE DAY A HOME LOAN, BUT IN THIS MOMENT THEY'RE IN CRISIS.
OR WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE HAD SOME, SOME WE HAVE EMPLOYERS COME TO YOU.
BUT WE HAVE SOME THAT JUST DON'T MAKE AS MUCH SENSE.
AND BECAUSE WE WANNA KEEP IT, KEEP IT KIND OF TIGHT, SMALL, NOT TOO OVERWHELMING, WE'RE GONNA BE PRETTY SPECIFIC IN WHO WE'RE GONNA INVITE AND WHO WE'RE GONNA WANT THERE.
SO DMV SERVICES IS ONE OF THEM.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET.
SO SOME OF THESE AREN'T GUARANTEED.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET ORANGE COUNTY AND LONG BEACH TO BOTH BE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ORANGE COUNTY VETERANS.
SO THAT DOES GET TO KIND OF BE THE TRICKY PART 'CAUSE IT'S ORANGE COUNTY PROVIDERS.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND GET TO AT LEAST 1D MV SERVICE BE THERE.
UM, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY GOOD DMV CONTACTS THEM, YOU KNOW, UM, BIRTH CERTIFICATES IS ANOTHER ONE.
I KNOW WE WORK WITH THE CITY OVER AT THE MSC TO HELP A LOT OF OUR VETERANS GET BIRTH CERTIFICATES.
UM, SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEONE THERE TO DO THAT.
SAME WITH ORANGE COUNTY, UM, SHELTER PROVIDERS.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THESE SHELTER PROVIDERS KIND OF DURING THE SURGE WEEK, BUT WE CAN ALSO HAVE THEM THERE FOR SAME DAY ACCESS TO OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A VARIETY OF VETERAN PROGRAMS THAT ISN'T JUST OUR OWN, OUR GRANT AND PER DIEM, OUR US VETS, WE HAVE THAT, WHICH IS GREAT.
SOME VETS DON'T WANNA DO THAT.
UM, THERE LIKE, WHICH WE USE ALREADY.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN ORANGE COUNTY.
WE WANT THEM THERE 'CAUSE THEY'LL TAKE LONG BEACH VETERANS TOO.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A VARIETY OF PLACES FOR VETERANS TO GO THAT FIT THE VARIETY OF NEEDS.
UM, CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ORANGE COUNTY AND UM, LA COUNTY CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES THERE.
'CAUSE THIS COMES UP FOR A LOT OF OUR VETERANS THAT, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY RENT BECAUSE THE CHILD SUPPORT'S COMING OUT AND IT'S IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO STAY HOUSED.
UM, PUBLIC DEFENDER, DEFENDER, HOMELESS COURTS AND OTHER LEGAL RESOURCES ARE GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
USUALLY WE USUALLY HAVE LEGAL AID FOUNDATION, PUBLIC LAW CENTER, UM, VETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE.
BUT WE, OUR PUBLIC DEFENDERS ONE THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THERE.
WE, WE HAD THEM AT OUR SURGE EVENT AND THAT WAS GREAT.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD 'EM AT OTHER EVENTS.
WE HAD 'EM IN ORANGE COUNTY AT OUR STAND DOWN AND THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR FOLKS.
HOMELESS COURT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE WANTING TO GET.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A CONTACT QUITE YET, SO WE'RE DIGGING AROUND.
AND SO IF ONE OF YOU ONCE AGAIN HAVE THAT CONTACT, I'LL TAKE IT, UM, TO TRY AND GET THE HOMELESS COURT FOLKS THERE TO HELP, UM, EXPUNGE THOSE TICKETS THAT WILL GET IN THE WAY OF VETERANS GETTING HOUSED.
PHONE PROVIDERS, I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE PHONE PROVIDERS COMING OUT.
IF WE CAN'T GET A HOLD OF VETERANS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO COORDINATE THE HOUSING STUFF.
UM, FOOD BANKS SO VETERANS CAN, YOU KNOW, GET FOOD TO TAKE AWAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FOOD PROVIDER THERE SERVING LUNCH.
UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT SOME, SOME PLACES WHERE THEY CAN TAKE SOME THINGS AWAY.
AND WE HAVE SOME RESOURCES FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE RESOURCES FOR THAT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE EMPLOYERS THERE.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME VETERANS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THE STREET OR THEY'RE IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, THEY ARE READY TO WORK ON OR WANTING TO START THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE HAVE OUR, OUR BENEFITS, OUR VBA WILL BE THERE DOING SAME DAY CLAIMS. UM, AND THEN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO IF, ESPECIALLY IN OUR, UM, HOMELESS PROGRAM WORLD, OUR VETERANS THAT WE SERVE AREN'T ALWAYS VA HEALTHCARE ELIGIBLE.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE RESOURCES.
BUT THAT WE ALSO HAVE RESOURCES FOR VETERANS THAT CAN'T USE VA MEDICAL.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER, UH, MEDICAL PROVIDERS THAT WILL COME AND DO SOME BASIC LAB WORK THERE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THEM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE LISTONIC, WHICH DOES EYEGLASSES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEIR DENTAL TEAM TOO.
SO WE JUST WANNA KIND OF KEEP IT TIGHT AND, UM, THOSE TYPES, TYPES OF THINGS WHERE VETERANS GET THAT SAME DAY RESOURCE AND THEY CAN STILL HANG OUT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DJ, SO IT'S STILL GONNA BE FUN.
UM, BUT WE WANT IT TO BE MORE THAN JUST A FUN EVENT.
WE WANT IT TO BE A MEANINGFUL EVENT.
AND WE WANT TO START TO THE CULTURE OF LIKE, THIS IS WHERE YOU COME, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN CONNECTED YET, THIS IS WHERE YOU COME TO FILL IN THOSE GAPS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY'RE WORKING WITH US, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH HOMELESS VETERANS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT THERE'S STILL CHALLENGES, RIGHT? LIKE WE NEED TO GET AN ID FOR THEM, BUT WE CAN'T QUITE, IT'S NOT THE DAY THAT THEY WANT GO IN TO GET AN ID.
UM, AND WE CAN'T GET THIS OTHER THING DONE WITHOUT HAVING THAT ID.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO GET AN ID RIGHT THERE, GET A BIRTH CERTIFICATE, THAT'S HUGE FOR PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THIS ONE STOP SHOP.
UM, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE AWARENESS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY JUST BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, LIKE I SAID, IT'S GONNA BE SMALLER.
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SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HURT ANYONE'S FEELINGS ABOUT LIKE, YOU CAN'T COMEBUT IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE, THIS IS THE PURPOSE.
THIS IS OUR GOAL OF OUR, OF OUR VET.
UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, JUST ASKING FROM THE COMMISSION, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY CONTACTS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THOSE COUNTY PROVIDERS, UM, IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO LIKE, SHARE THOSE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UH, WE HAVE CONTACTS HERE AND THERE, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OTHER PATHWAYS AND POCS.
HOW ARE YOU, THE HOMELESS VETERANS KNOW THEY'RE HOMELESS AFTER ALL.
AND YOU CAN GIVE 'EM A PHONE SO THEY DON'T HAVE A PHONE, SO.
HOW DO YOU GET THEM THERE? GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE ON THE STREET, UM, EVERY DAY PRETTY MUCH WITH OUR PARTNERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE PHYSICAL FLYERS TO HAND OUT.
UM, AND WE'LL, THEY'LL ALSO GO OUT IN EMAILS.
SOME OF OUR VETERANS ACTUALLY DO HAVE PHONES AND ARE PRETTY TECH SAVVY EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THE STREET.
SO THEY'LL COME OUT IN AN EMAIL.
UM, THERE'LL BE FLYERS THROUGHOUT THE VA.
UM, WE'LL GIVE THEM OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DISPERSE THE US VETS WHERE THE VETERANS ARE LIVING AND IN OUR CLINICS.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH WE ADVERTISE, UM, OUR SHELTERS IN OUR, IN OUR PLACES LIKE THAT.
THIS IS ALSO FOR OUR FORMALLY HOMELESS VETERANS.
SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE QUITE A FEW, UM, VETERANS THAT WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS AND ARE NOW LIVING IN OUR HUD VASH BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT FLYERS THERE TOO BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO ATTEND.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THESE COULD STILL, THESE RESOURCES COULD STILL BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THEM.
EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE HOUSED.
WE HAVE NUMBERS OF HOMELESS VETS WITH CENSUS, WITH A HOMELESS COUNT.
DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE NUMBERS THAT WE, THAT ARE OUT THERE? WE DO, I THINK I FORGET THE EXACT NUMBER FROM OUR LAST HOMELESS COUNT.
IT WAS LIKE 360 ISH I THINK IN LONG BEACH.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A VETERANS BIN NAME LIST, WHICH IS A LIST OF ALL OUR VETERANS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S IN THAT 300, 3 20 IF GOES RIGHT ALONG.
HOW DO YOU GET IT? IF YOU'VE GOT 60, YOU KNOW, ONLY FIVE SHOWED UP THEN.
WELL, AND I THINK AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT THE, THE DATA.
IT'S LIKE, WHY AREN'T THEY SHOWING UP? AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ENTICING THEM TO COME.
BECAUSE WE HAVE PROVIDERS, WE HAVE VENDORS THERE, BUT IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL THEY'RE ALREADY CONNECTED TO GPD OR THEY'RE ALREADY CONNECTED TO US VETS.
THEY DON'T NEED TO COME HERE TO CONNECT.
SO WHAT CAN WE OFFER THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING RIGHT NOW? AND 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THE STREET THAT ARE COMING TO VETERANS, UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES OUR VETERANS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME TO US.
AND SO THIS IS ONE WAY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THAT.
OTHER VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, SORRY, YOU GUYS
UM, YEAH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.
UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE CREATED A COLLABORATIVE, WE CALL IT VCO, VETERANS COLLABORATIVE OUTREACH TEAM.
SO IT'S COMPRISED OF VA, US VETS OUTREACH, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA VETERAN OUTREACH, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, VETERAN PEER ACCESS NETWORK, AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
AND WE ACTUALLY GO OUT EVERY TUESDAY TOGETHER, UM, TO KIND OF HELP DO THAT ONE-STOP SHOP.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOCATED AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, THE VAS, UM, EVERY THURSDAY.
'CAUSE WE WERE SEEING THAT WE HAVE VETERANS THAT WERE COMING TO MSC AND NOT COMING TO THE VA 'CAUSE THEY'RE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PLANET.
WE'RE PRETTY CONNECTED TO A LOT OF OUR PARTNER.
BUT THINGS LIKE THE LONG BEACH AREA COLLABORATIVE.
WE ACTUALLY DID A STAND DOWN TOGETHER TWO YEARS AGO.
THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE CRITICAL.
'CAUSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT HAVE RESOURCES THAT I DON'T.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES OUR VETERANS ARE NOT VA HEALTHCARE ELIGIBLE AND CAN'T UTILIZE SOME OF OUR RESOURCES.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY RESOURCES ARE SO IMPORTANT.
MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN ON YOUR SIDE IS DOUG HAL'S OFFICE GONNA CONNECT BECAUSE, AND THERE IS THAT THERE? I ASKED HIM THE QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY COURTS AND THEY DON'T EXIST RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, I, I READ ABOUT THEM.
SO I ASKED, HE WAS SPEAKING AT ANOTHER MEETING AND I CORNERED HIM.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHING OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR IN THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHATEVER, BE PART OF THIS AND MAYBE THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE? DON'T KNOW THE QUESTION.
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT IF HE SAYS, IF HE SAYS NO, MAYBE HE SAYS OKAY.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE WORKED WITH JOHN WITH, UH, A VETERANS COLLABORATIVE THAT, UM, WE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY, FROM JAN HAN'S OFFICE, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.
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UM, SO THE VETERANS LEGAL INSTITUTE, DID THEY PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES? RIGHT? DO THEY ADDRESS CODS? YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T THINK THEY DO.'CAUSE IF THEY DON'T, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT VSOS WERE ON THAT LIST.
HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A VS O THERE? THAT WAS, THAT'S EXTREMELY, YEAH.
OUR, OUR LOCAL VSOS, WE HAVE A COUPLE.
UM, SO I KIND OF LUMPED IT IN WITH BENEFITS.
BUT YEAH, SO WE'LL HAVE OUR VVBA AND THEN LIKE OUR VSOS OFFICE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE ONE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND THEN LIKE OUR LOCAL ONES HERE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS LIKE GETTING THE WORD OUT, I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP WITH AGAIN IN A WHILE ABOUT OUR OWN NEWSLETTER.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT DOESN'T GO OUT ANYMORE.
I DON'T HAVE TO PASS IT RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PASS TO RIGHT NOW FOR THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU TRENDS.
WELL I WOULD SAY THAT'S THOUGHT ANYWAY ABOUT ME DOING THE NEWSLETTER.
WELL THE OTHER THING IS I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY OF THE PASSWORDS.
'CAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A HOUSE CLIENT OF AN DEFENSE AND HAVE OUT A COPY OF HER PASSPORTS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THIS IS THIS, WE WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE
I KNOW MY, MY SUPERVISOR USUALLY DOES THE BA STUFF.
UM, AND THEN WE REACH OUT TO ORANGE COUNTY, THE SAN DIEGO OFFICE.
'CAUSE THEY COME UP FROM ORANGE COUNTY.
UM, BUT I THINK MY SUPERVISOR KATRICE HAVE A CONTACT YOU ALREADY HAVE.
YEAH, I THINK SHE HAS A CONTACT.
IS IT GONNA BE YOU
AND SO, LIKE I SAID, UH, WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THE FLYERS.
WE WERE JUST, UM, FINISHING UP OUR TRANSPORTATION POINTS.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH, UM, ACCESS POINTS BOTH IN ORANGE COUNTY AND IN LONG BEACH FOR VETERANS TO BE ABLE TO BE PICKED UP BY OUR SHELTER.
SO ONCE WE FINALIZE THAT, WE'LL HAVE THE FLYERS DONE.
WE'LL PROBABLY DO LIKE AN MSC YEAH.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT TENDS TO BE PRETTY GOOD.
ONE PIECE IN THE CITY WHERE YOU'D HAVE THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION MM-HMM
IF THEY KNEW BY FLYER OR WHATEVER THAT TO BE AT, YOU KNOW, SPRING STREET OR WHATEVER THE CROSS STREET IS OF THE RIVER IN THE, BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE THAT BIG, THERE'S, THERE'S THE SOCCER FIELD MM-HMM
AND THEN THERE'S THAT PARKING LOT.
THE SOCCER FIELD'S A BETTER CHOICE.
THE PARKING LOT OR BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
SO YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF WHERE OUR VETERANS KIND OF ARE.
UM, AND WE KNOW WHERE MOST OF THEM ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE ISSUE.
THEY CAN'T GET THERE IF THEY RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO THE, TO YOUR SITE.
AND SO WE LIKED LBCC WAS A GREAT OPTION.
WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE US THE SPACE.
UM, MOST PEOPLE KNOW WHERE IT'S AT.
UM, MOST OF OUR VETERANS, WE DO TRANSPORT IN.
SOME OF THEM DO DRIVE THEMSELVES, BUT MOST OF THEM WE TRANSPORT IN.
AND, AND HAVE YOU HEARD OF APRIL PARKER FOUNDATION? OH, OH YEAH.
ARE YOU, IS SHE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS ONE OR? UM, NO, BUT I CAN REACH OUT TO HER.
THAT'S A GOOD, ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA.
PARKER SHE'LL HERSELF WORK IS, YEAH.
WE'VE WORKED WITH HER, WITH HER PROGRAM FOR SURE.
AND UH, THE LAST THING I WAS TO ASK, UM, OH, YOU'LL SEND US THE FLYER WHEN YOU GET IT.
WE JUST HAVE TO RUN IT PAST OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE.
UM, AND YOU HAVE A CARD? OH YEAH.
IS THAT SOME OTHER ISSUES I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT? BUT I'LL BE AT THE VA THIS WEEK, SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE COFFEE OR SOMETHING.
I'M NOT THERE ON FRIDAYS, BUT, UH, LET'S GET
YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY'RE IN MY CAR.
I HAVE REALLY LOW REST AND HEART RATE, SO I SCARE THEM.
CHRISTINA, CAN I SHOW AN EMAIL? UH, MY CAR? I REALIZE I LEFT THEM IN MY OTHER BAG IN MY CAR.
IF ANYONE HAS CONTACTS OR QUESTIONS.
I SHOULD ALREADY HAVE YOUR EMAIL.
SO C UH, CHRISTINA'S GONNA SHARE MY EMAIL WITH THE GROUP BECAUSE MY CARDS ARE IN MY OTHER BAG IN MY CAR.
SORRY, I THOUGHT I HAD 'EM IN MY WALLET.
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LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO VOTE.WE'RE JUST NO HAVEN DEBATE WITH PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC MEMBERS HERE.
SO THERE ARE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CARE PROVIDE PUBLIC FUND.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? SEE HOW IT GOES NEXT MONTH.
SEE WHAT ELSE THEY, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN TOUCH AND YOU CAN BRING FORWARD ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL TO HELP.
'CAUSE WE ALL HAVE CONNECTIONS THAT SOME CRAZY CONNECTION THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP.
COMMISSIONER AT VICE CHAIR ATKINS LAKE.
ALRIGHT, THIS, THE NEXT ITEM IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL.
THAT'S IS THE AD HOC RECEIPT TO RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE A FILE, A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES, DISCUSSIONS, ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES OR UPCOMING PROJECTS.
AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE ANY UNUSED AD HOC COMMITTEES.
UM, WE'LL START WITH THE SHORT ONE, WHICH IS, UH, MEMORIAL DAY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING.
MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, YOU TAKE A WHILE TO BREAK THAT HABIT.
YEAH, BUT SHE'S HERE TO DO IT.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MEMORIAL DAY IS PRETTY MUCH IN THE CAMP.
THEY'VE GOT A GOOD GROUP RUNNING IT WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN THEM SOME MONEY FROM THE PORT.
THAT WAS ONE OF GINA'S LAST ACTS TO GET THAT.
UM, SO WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY? I KNOW YOU'RE GOING WELL.
AND IT'S JUST THAT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT TABLING.
IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING AS BEING THERE.
I THINK THE WAY YOU HAVE THE TABLE WITH THE BANNER, UH, SO YOU HAVE TO GET THAT STUFF UP THERE.
DO WE HAVE A TABLE FOR THIS OR NO? WE DO.
THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE WITH THE COMMISSION TO HAVE A TABLE.
SO I KNOW I CAN PROBABLY MAKE IT.
I GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT EVENING, BUT THAT'S THAT EVENING.
SO, AND YOU HAVE THE TABLING MATERIALS IN WHICH IN THE IT'S ON THE PALLET.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GO DOWN TO WELL THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE DOING SETUP, SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAYBE GRAB IT AND TAKE IT WITH THEM.
IF THEY WOULD JUST BRING THE WHOLE THING.
THOSE PICK OFF WHAT WE NEED AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON AND SAVE A TRUCK.
I WILL EMAIL THEM AND LET YOU ALL KNOW.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT MEMORIAL DRIVE? COOL.
WELL WE CAN DISSOLVE IT NEXT MONTH.
I THINK WE HAVE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A BIT EARLIER THAT WE'VE GOT IT DOWN.
WE'VE GOT OVER 120 APPLICATIONS.
SHE'S GONNA BE DIGGING THROUGH 'EM TO MAKE THEM APPROPRIATE TO REVIEW.
UM, THERE WAS ONE THING NICK HAD WANTED TO BE PART OF THE, UM, GINA AND NICK HAD TALKED ABOUT HIM BECOMING PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.
AND I OF COURSE I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I DON'T JOB I'LL VOLUNTEER NEXT YEAR.
I SAY WE'D LOVE TO HAVE GUYS HAVE ALREADY WORKING.
I WANT NO, I, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, YOU HOW MUCH DOWN? IT'S A, YEAH, IT'S A, OKAY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFOREHAND, IS THAT SINCE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY LEFT OVER, ASIDE FROM USING IT FOR MAINTENANCE, THEY DID 18, $1,800 IN MAINTENANCE LAST YEAR FROM BANNERS THAT TORE DOWN AND THEY WANTED TO PUNCH HOLES IN 'EM.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHERE YOU PUNCH THE HOLES, BUT THEY'RE, THEY DIE.
IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FACES.
SO I THINK THAT'S A SILLY, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US.
BUT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, DOING THE TAKE HOME, LIKE A CITY PRINTS IN ON A CARD STOCK OR SOMETHING AND THEY GET IT IN A FRAME AND IT'S LIKE AN EIGHT BY 10, ROUND BY 14 OF THE BANNER.
SO THEY HAVE STUFF TO PUT ON THE WALL SO WE CAN DO SOME KIND OF EVENT AROUND GIVING IT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, ONCE THEY'RE ALL UP AND WE FIGURE THAT OUT.
OR MAYBE WE DO IT A MORE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT HAPPENS INSTEAD, UH, WE FIGURE OUT WE REFER WRONG VETERANS DAY.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE AND INVITE THEM ALL AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION FOR ALL OF YOU AT THE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION.
THAT COULD BE A REALLY COOL THING.
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IT DIDN'T WORK PEOPLE TO SHOW AN EIGHT FOOT BANNERTHEY PUT IT IN THEIR GARAGE OR THEIR BACKYARD OR WHEREVER.
BUT WHEN, WHEN I SAW THEM AT THE, UM, EVENT FOR THE END OF THE, THE LONG BEACH VETERANS GROUP, WHEN HE DID HIS EVENT AND HE HAD 'EM ON THOSE BOARDS.
YOU CAN JUST ASK HIM FOR THOSE RESOURCES.
THE, THE CITY ACTUALLY PRINTED THOSE.
SO THEY ALREADY, SO THEY HAVE THE GRAPHICS.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
AND YOU'LL HAVE THE GRAPHICS ANYWAY.
SO IT'S JUST PRINTING 'EM UP OR GETTING 'EM PRINTED.
'CAUSE THEN WE CAN LIKE, I THINK WE CAN HAVE A PIECE OF VETERAN'S DAY BE GETTING 'EM OUT.
THEN WE'LL READ 'EM OFF AND READ THE 65 NAMES OFF.
AND IF YOU'RE HERE WE CAN IT TO YOU.
IF NOT IF YOU, IF YOU'RE THERE OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER.
BUT THAT MEANS WE NEED TO BE LIKE, VERY WELL PLANNED FOR THE VETERAN'S DAY CELEBRATION SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM ENOUGH NOTICE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE PLANS TO HIRE THEMSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE COME OUT TO RECEIVE THEM.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS LAST MINUTE AND NOT ENOUGH NOTIFICATION I'M ON.
AND MAYBE IT HELP OUR TURNOUT.
I WAS JUST LITERALLY SAYING THIS TWOFOLD.
THEY GET COME BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING SUB.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHEN GINA'S COMING BACK, BUT REMEMBER WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT LEAST GETTING, UH, SOME TYPE OF A, OF A BANNER UPON THE CORNER.
YOU KNOW, MOST EVENTS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SILVERADO PARK, WE ALWAYS HAVE BANNER, WHATEVER IS GOING ON TWO, THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO LIKE DRIVING BY AND RIDING BIKES OR WHATEVER.
WIND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW UP RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE DRIVE BY AND THEY'LL LOOK OVER THEIR WHAT YOU DO MAY IDEA WHAT WHAT.
UM, AND WE'LL SAY THIS WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS YOU GUYS LOOK INTO THE VETERANS DAY.
UH, SPECIAL EVENTS DOES VETERANS DAY, IT'S NOT HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE CAN GIVE THOSE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL DECIDE WHO'S GONNA BE THE SIT DOWN WITH THEM TOO.
'CAUSE GINA IS USUALLY THE, THAT WE WILL UNTIL GINA RETURNS ALL MEETING.
SO YOU, YOU'LL BE COORDINATING.
WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOU REAL QUICK.
SO BE BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
VETERANS DAY MAY ALSO LOOK DIFFERENTLY.
UM, BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE STAFF TO DO THIS AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ONE PERSON DEDICATED TO IT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING ALSO TO KEEP AN MIND.
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY'S LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND WE WILL TRY OUR BEST AND WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EVEN HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FALL.
'CAUSE THAT IS IN A DIFFERENT FACILITY YEAR.
VETERANS TRADE IS IN THE BUDGET THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IS IT ACTUALLY IN THERE YET? UH, BUDGET BOOK HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
OH, THE SECRET BOOK NOBODY HAS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR FIRST FINDING IS IS IT IN THERE? IF IT'S IN THERE, I'VE TALKED TO SPECIAL EVENTS AND WE HAVE THE, THIS YEAR'S VETERANS DAY.
SO WE'RE GOOD FOR THE, THIS YEAR IN PLACE.
SO THE QUESTION WITH THAT, I KNOW THE CITY HAS TAKEN OVER A LARGE PORTION OF IT.
BUT THERE'S STILL A PORTION THAT WE DO.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD LIKE A VETERANS' DAY COMMITTEE THAT YOU'RE SAYING WE DON'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL NOW.
EVERY YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND THAT FUNDING HAS NEVER BEEN WITHOUT DEPARTMENT.
OH, YOU SHOULD I THINK IT'S WHERE WE'RE ARE INVOLVED.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BE INVOLVED.
BUT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DICTATE LIKE WHERE THEY USE SPEND THEIR MONEY BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WILL CAN START HAVING.
AS SOON AS MEMORIAL DAY WRAPS UP, WE START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AGAIN, IT'LL HEAD INTO VETERAN'S DAY.
SO IT'S, IT IS OKAY THEN THAT ALSO HAVE LIKE A COMMITTEE FOR VETERANS DAYS.
WE NEED TO PUT THE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY ESTABLISH THE VETERAN DAYS.
SINCE THAT COULD BE DONE IN THIS, UNDER THIS.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS BRINGING THAT FOR.
SO WE CAN CREATE THAT COMMITTEE.
SO, BUT THEN ALSO QUESTION GINA ALWAYS HAD LIKE THE RESOURCE PART OF IT THERE.
UM, I HELPED WITH SOME OF IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE CONTACTS LIKE PERSONALLY.
SO HOW AM I GONNA LIKE GET THOSE SAME PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO THE RESOURCE TRADE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LOT OF, IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THIS AS A GROUP.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS SHE DIDN'T FIND WAYS TO, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT, WHAT THE RESOURCE FAIR LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT DO WE NEED, WHAT DO WE THINK WAS EFFECTIVE AND WHAT WASN'T.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE IT HAPPEN? I'D LOVE TO SEE 'EM PULL UP THE MODEL OF THE LONG BEACH AND PULL
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IT OUT AND BRING IT DOWN THERE.IT IT'S STUCK DOWN IN THE HARBOR.
IT'S BE, IT IS IN STORAGE SOMEWHERE IN THE HARBOR.
IT JUST WOULD'VE BEEN NICE RESOURCES ALREADY.
SHARED SO THAT WE CAN PICK UP WHERE PEOPLE BOUGHT.
IT'S THE, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A BOOK FOR VETERANS' DAY, HER WHOLE VETERANS DAY BOOK.
LIKE THE FORMS THAT WE USE TO SUBMIT TO THE VENDORS.
HER WHOLE BINDER THAT HAS EVERYTHING.
ARE YOU ABLE TO GET ANY ACCESS TO THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
TAKE A LOOK AROUND IN HER SPACE AND SEE IF THERE'S A BINDER SPECIFIC TO WELL THERE'S ALSO EMAILS THAT YOU WERE ALL AROUND LAST YEAR.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST LOOKING AT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE ON THOSE AS IF YOU WERE HELPING WITH THAT.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT BEST TALKING ABOUT.
BUT LIKE A LOT OF LIKE HER PERSONAL CONTACTS, LIKE WHEN SHE WOULD CALL THEM OR REACH OUT.
IF THEY'RE NOT ELECTRONIC, THEN I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS UNLESS THEY'RE IN THE OFFICE AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GO THROUGH PEOPLE'S, LIKE PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
SO WE ALSO WANNA RESPECT, UM, THAT SPACE.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST START STARTING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT MAYBE WHERE THOSE GOALS ARE.
I
I MEAN, I COULD JUST START OVER AND REACH OUT, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHO ARE YOU? LIKE, OH, YOU'RE JUST ETTE.
WE'RE USED TO TALKING TO GINA FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CASE EITHER WAY BECAUSE I WOULD BE THE SAME RIGHT.
SO, UM, BUT JUST LET 'EM KNOW YOU'RE WITH THE COMMISSION.
UM, I WOULD HOLD OFF CONNECTING WITH THEM YET UNTIL SPECIAL EVENTS KNOWS WHAT THEY WANT THAT LIKE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR VETERANS DAYS.
AND YOU'LL BE AT THOSE MEETING, WE CAN COME BACK AND BRIEF US ON WHAT THEY HOLD YOU IS WHAT THE, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES, HOW DOES IT FEEL? AND IF WE WANNA MAKE ANY, YOU KNOW, TRY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, THEN WE CAN PUT THEM BACK THROUGH YOU FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND SAY, HEY, HOW ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE SHE USED TO GO OUT WITH THEM AND DO THE LAYOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SITE LAYOUT AND THE WHOLE THING.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT LAST YEAR, SITE LAYOUT WASN'T BAD.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THAT'S A QUITE A PROBLEM FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NEXT YEAR.
AND I'M SORRY, THEY MAY KILL WE'LL, WE'LL COME TO YOUR FUNERAL WHEN SHE CAN JOIN BY YOU,
AND I SAID SHE GETS REELECTED.
WELL, OH, I, THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT, UM, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT CREATING A NEW IN THIS SPACE SINCE WE HAVE THE OPTION IN THIS TO CREATE ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE? HEY, WE JUST CREATE ANOTHER, A HOC COMMITTEE.
YEAH, WE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO CREATE ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE FOR, IT'S AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR VETERANS DAYS.
AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR A, UH, TIME WE G BE 2026 PARENT SAKE.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE 2026 VETERANS DAY.
AND WHO WANTS TO, WE NEED FOUR PEOPLE.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE? THREE AND FOUR.
AND I THINK YOU NEED TO BE ON, YOU'RE ON IT.
BUT YOU WERE ON IT LONGER THAN I WAS.
NO, AND GINA'S NOT HERE, SO THAT MEANS WE NEED EXTRA.
I EXPECT IT GOES INTO, UM, FORUM.
IF I'M IN SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO, I'LL BACK FEEL WORK ON THE OUTSIDE WORK IS A GOOD YOU WORKING ON COURSE? YEAH.
NO, I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
YOU AND COMMISSIONER CHARMAN AS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, DO YOU AGREE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE CREATING THIS AD HOC, INTUITIVE MOTION? WHOEVER THE SECOND IS, MAKE SURE WE JUST NEED TO FIRST.
AND WE'LL GET THAT IN MOTION PROBABLY NEXT MONTH BECAUSE START THINKING ABOUT IT AND LOOKING AND WE'LL BE DIGGING IN YOUR EMAILS.
SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND FROM LAST YEAR.
THEN NEXT MONTH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM WHAT THE, THE EVENTS COMMITTEE YEAH.
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THEN GO FROM THERE.UM, WE HAD A SUGGEST LET'S OUR, OUR, OUR PERSON WHO'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE WHO'S WORKING ON ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND YOU KNOW,
REMEMBER THERE'S NO RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS.
I DON'T THINK THE TAG TO BE RIGHT.
I'M HOPING TO HAVE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE DAY.
BUT I WILL ABSOLUTELY TOUCH BASE ON THE 25TH REGARDLESS.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY DELAY, THERE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN ON THE FINAL DAY.
SO I'M JUST KIND OF WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
BUT WE ARE STILL EXPECTED TO HAVE THEM FINALIZED BY NEXT WEEK.
AND YOU'LL ABSOLUTELY HAVE 'EM ON HAND PRINTED FOR THE 30TH WHEN YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO MEET IN PERSON.
AND FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN THE ROOM, THE 30TH IS A SATURDAY.
YOU'LL HAVE OPEN BUILDINGS ON THAT DAY.
SO YOU ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO MEET, BUT MAYBE AT A COFFEE SHOP OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UM, WE, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MY OFFICE FOR MOVING.
WE SHOULD BE SORT OF MOVED BY THEN.
AND IT'S A BIG EMPTY SPACE, SO IT'S A BIG SPACE SO WE CAN DROP.
MY BOSS WILL LET ME USE IT ON A SATURDAY.
'CAUSE NOBODY'S GONNA BE THERE, SO WHY NOT? HE'S NOT, HE'S PRETTY COOL ABOUT THAT.
SORRY, IT'S PROBABLY SILLY QUESTION, BUT WHEN WE GET THE APPLICATIONS WE CAN, THE EVALUATION FORMS
WHATEVER DAY WE, WE'VE HAVE IT ALREADY FOR YOU.
SO THE PACKET FOR EACH ONE OF US WOULD LOOK LIKE, HERE'S THE APPLICATION, HERE'S THE SCORE, HERE'S THE EXPLANATION OF THE SCORE SHEET.
SO THEY'RE ALL IN ONE STAPLED FORM AND THEN THAT MEANS THEY STAY TOGETHER AND THEN OFF THEY GO AND THEY'RE NUMBERED.
THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST, STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO ALL OF US.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO, DO AS MANY AS WE CAN AND THEN WE'LL DO THE REST OF THE SUMMER WORK.
AND THEN WE COME BACK AND YOU WILL SCORE SO THAT, UM, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THIS IS PART OF THE WORK THAT WE WOULD BE DOING IN PERSON.
SO, UM, FOLKS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS BEFORE, UM, BEFORE THE 30TH.
SO YOU'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO YOU'RE LEANING TOWARDS AND WHERE YOU LAND.
SO WHEN WE'RE ON THIS PERSON, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A LIVE VOTE AND HE HAS THEIR VOTES.
UM, I HEARD IT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW IT WAS SO LAST YEAR.
SO ONCE YOU HIT THAT 65 POINTS I BELIEVE, THEN THAT PERSON MOVES ON TO THE NEXT SECTION AND THEN YOU GUYS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
THEY GONNA TRY TO FILTER UP AS MANY PEOPLE THROUGH THAT FIRST, UM, THROUGH THAT FIRST ROUND.
AND SO WE THEN GET THROUGH A FINAL LIST AND THEN UM, UM, A BACKUP LIST JUST TO BE SAFE.
AND THEN THAT'S HOPEFULLY WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
WE WOULD RECOMMEND EVERYONE TO REVIEW THE REVIEW.
UM, WHICH MEANS WE CAN GET THAT PACKET TO YOU.
IT WOULD BE AT OUR ACTUAL, NO.
SO WE AREN'T, UM, HOUSED IN THIS BUILDING ANYMORE.
UM, AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE PACKETS FOR YOU, THE SECURITY GUARD.
UM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRINT 'EM OUT YOURSELVES.
'CAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF PAPER, A LOT OF A, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT LIKE IN HAND.
WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WE EACH HAD A STACK.
UM, BUT WE WOULD RECOMMEND HAVING IT DONE AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN OPTIMIZE OUR TIME TOGETHER.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, MAYBE, MAYBE WE DO THIS THEN MAYBE WE PUSH BACK OUR IN PERSON A WEEK SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE TIME.
SO SHE'S FINISHING ON THE 25TH.
WE GET HIM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 25TH OR THE 30TH.
UNLESS YOU'RE GOING, UNLESS YOU'RE HEADING DOWN OR SOMETHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M CONFUSED ABOUT.
'CAUSE THAT'S HOW WE MET IN THIS ROOM.
WE SCORED THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME TOGETHER.
AND THEN THE ONES WE DID FINISH, WE TOOK HOME TO FINISH FOOD.
SO WHEN YOU SAY COME, THAT'S WHY I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
WE'RE NOT EXPLORING IT TOGETHER.
WELL, I MEAN THIS IS UP TO YOU OBVIOUSLY.
UM, WHEN WE, WHEN I FACILITATE WORK GROUPS SUCH AS US, IT TENDS TO GO FASTER IF EVERYONE DOES IT AS HOMEWORK IS PREPARED AND MAKES DECISIONS SO WE CAN JUST LIKE KNOCK IT OUT.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME WE LIKE DELAY IT, IT THEN DELAYS THE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS INSTALLATION AND IT JUST KEEPS DELAYING.
BUT IT'S ALSO UP TO YOU ON HOW YOUR PROCESS IS.
WHY, WHY CHANGE IT? YOU KNOW, WE HAD OUR STACK, WE ALL SHOWED UP AT ONE POINTS AND, AND BY THE FIRST TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT 'EM, WE'RE TALKING.
SO WE'RE GETTING AN IDEA OF SCORING.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF EACH QUESTION IS
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RATED FROM ONE TO 10, I MIGHT BE A HIGH GRADER IN GIVING THE LOWEST SCORES OF SEVEN AND THEN MAYBE BETWEEN SEVEN AND 10 SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT BE A LITTLE GREATER AND THEY DON'T SEE ANYBODY HIGHER THAN A PHONE.AND SO THEIR SCORES GO FROM, YOU KNOW, ONE TO FIVE.
AND SO THAT MEANS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I FAVORED WOULD WIN BECAUSE MY 10, ALL MY TENS WOULD, YOU KNOW, OUTWEIGH HIS ONCE.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S YOUR DECISION.
SO JUST MAKE A DECISION AND THEN WE WILL ACCOMMODATE AS BEST AS WE CAN.
WELL, WHAT'S THE LATEST THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALL GOING DONE.
IT, IT, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE A TRAIN.
THE, SO AS WE'RE DONE THEN THEY CAN START THE NEXT PROCESS, WHICH IS CREATING THEM AND FILLING IN THE BLANKS ON PHOTOS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AND ALL THAT.
IT TAKES A QUITE, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ON TOP OF EVERYONE ELSE'S DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.
SO IT IS GONNA TAKE AT LEAST A MONTH THAT JUST THINK ABOUT THE SAME.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME CITY PROCESS THAT'S GONNA OVERLOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE.
THERE'S GONNA BE SOME KIND OF OVERVIEW THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SO WE WON'T BE LOOKING AT YOUR RATINGS.
WHAT WE WILL DO AS A CITY IS ENSURE THAT UM, THE BANNERS THINGS ARE SPELLED CORRECTLY.
SO WE ARE NOT TOUCHING YOUR RATING SYSTEM.
THAT'S, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT.
BUT IT DOES TAKE ABOUT A MONTH TO DO ALL OF IT.
YEAH, LET'S, LET'S KEEP WITH THAT.
AND EACH OF US CAN DO WHATEVER WE CAN ONLINE, YOU KNOW, READING WHATEVER WE CAN.
IF WE, IF YOU HAVE TIME, GREAT.
YOU KNOW, START THE PROCESS OF FILTERING A LITTLE BIT.
'CAUSE FOR ME IT'S ALL, I GUESS IF WE'RE SCORING THEN IT'S GONNA BE EASY.
THEN YOU JUST TAKE 'EM IN A STACK AND YOU GO, OKAY, 10, 9, 8.
AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TO, THEN I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHEN I GET TO THE TIES.
WELL WHAT HAPPENED WAS LAST YEAR GINA PROVIDED US A COMMON EXCEL SPREADSHEET.
THAT WAY THEY GET THE AVERAGE SCORE INSTEAD OF LIKE WHAT HE'S SAYING.
WE'LL TAKE THE AVERAGE ON ALL FORMS AND THAT'S THE SCORE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC.
SALLY CAN HELP WITH THAT AND THAT'LL MAKE IT TO THE, THAT THAT'S HOW THE RANKING WILL START.
THEN GET TO THE BOTTOM AND THERE'LL BE SOME TIES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND, OKAY.
SO BASICALLY DO THE EXCEL SHEET AT HOME BEFORE WE EVEN MEET.
AND THEN ONCE WE DO THE LIVE, THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SO THERE'S NO NEED TO MEET BEFORE THEN WE JUST EXPLORE IT ON OUR OWN AND IN OUR EXCEL SHEET.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT'S, I KNOW IT'S YOURS SOUNDS FASTER.
LIKE SHE WAS SAYING BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ALREADY HAS ALREADY SCORED AND REVIEWED ALL THE APPLICANTS BEFORE.
WE HAVE THIS LIVE EVENT THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN FROM THAT DAY WE ONLY HAVE ONE DAY WHERE WE GET TOGETHER, WE JUST PICK OUR APPLICANTS BECAUSE I SCORING'S DONE SO I, IT TOOK ME A SECOND TO I KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING.
I'M NOT GONNA SCORE LONG IF I DON'T HAVE NO, HOW ABOUT DO THE EXCEL SHEET? REMEMBER YOU GET THE PAPER COPY NO SHEET.
MAYBE HE'S, WE CAN GET YOU HARD COPIES RIGHT TO RIGHT.
YOU'LL HAVE YOUR HARD COPIES IN HAND.
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HOME AND DO THEM IN YOUR OWN METHOD.
I'M NOT GONNA HAVE 'EM SCORED BEFORE WE MEET.
THE PLAN IS THAT WE DO IT INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN GET TOGETHER.
UH, WHAT WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE WAY WE DID IT LAST YEAR? WELL, WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND THAT FRAUD, WHAT, FIVE OR SIX HOURS AND SCORED THEM IN A GROUP AND CHATTED.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.
I JUST THINK THAT IT WAS NOT EFFICIENT AS WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING.
THIS IT WASN'T AS WHAT? IT'S NOT GONNA BE EFFICIENT.
EFFICIENCY SHOULD BE THE CRITERIA.
ACCURACY SHOULD BE THE CRITERIA.
IT WILL STILL BE VERY ACCURATE BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING IN YOUR OWN NUMBERS.
SO AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MESS UP YOUR OWN NUMBERS, IT'S ACCURATE.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING IS EMAILING OUR NUMBERS TO HER.
CHANGE BUT I CAN'T, I CAN'T SAY THAT.
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WE MEET.WE'LL GET THEM TO YOU AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL COME TOGETHER, WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE AND THEN WE WILL REACT.
WHO MUST SPREADSHEET THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE EVERYTHING SCORED ONLY SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SELECT THESE PEOPLE.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS GETTING HER TO DO THE NEXT PART OF IT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO MEET AGAIN OR WAIT FOR ANYONE'S SCORES.
NO, WE ONLY MET ONE LAST YEAR.
ONLY, ONLY ONE TIME WE MEET, WE MET HERE TO LIKE DO SCORING, THEN WE WENT HOME TO DO SCORING.
WE, WE HAD SEVERAL, WE HAD TO COME BACK TO MEET TOGETHER.
WE HAD A COUPLE ONLINE MEETINGS, BUT I THINK WE ONLY MET IN PERSON ONCE, TWICE.
I WOULD'VE TO LOOK PRETTY TIGHT FOR SURE.
HAD TWICE WE, WE HAD, WE HAD SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, ONLINE MEETINGS.
ALRIGHT THEN THAT'LL BE THE, THE MOVE FORWARD.
AND YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT ANYBODY WHO WANTS HARD COPIES AS EARLY AS EVENLY POSSIBLE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO SPEAK BY YOUR OFFICE, WHICH IS ON CHERRY OR PICK UP AND THEN DECIDE WHO ELSE WOULD WANT A HARD COPY PACK.
I PRAY I'LL, I'LL PRAY OUT COPIES FOR EVERYTHING.
WELL, I THINK SO WE'LL HAVE BEFORE.
WE'LL HAVE A CHECK FOR YOU AS SOON IT'S DONE.
I WILL EMAIL YOU, LET YOU KNOW IT'S DONE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU YOU'RE READY FOR PAYMENT.
IT'S WAITING AT THE DESK AT JUST LIKE PARKED.
YEAH, THAT'S WHERE OUR OFFICE IS AT THIS TIME OF LAST YEAR.
DO I HAVE PERMISSION TO THROW 'EM RIGHT NOW? ABSOLUTELY.
OR YOU CAN BRING THEM BACK AND WE'LL SHUT 'EM FOR YOU.
SO YOU ACTUALLY, SO YOU HAVE PRINTING PROCESS AND ELECTRONIC COPIES OF THE APPLICATIONS? YEAH, WE CAN READ.
I WILL BE CREATE THE ELECTRONIC VERSIONS AND THEN THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE PRINTING OUT.
I MIGHT JUST DO ELECTRONIC AND IT'S ALL A LEARNING PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE ALL THIS OUT LAST TIME.
I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
I THERE NO PUBLIC, THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
JUST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OBJECTION.
THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COMMISSIONER I OR EXCUSE ME, VICE CHAIR ATKINS SLATE.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS SO THAT GETS STABLE.
UM, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU, BRIAN, HAVE YOU BET YOUR YOUR VETERAN'S DAY EVENT? FRIDAY.
I KNOW IT BECAUSE MY BIRTHDAY'S THE 31ST AND IT'S USUALLY THE 28TH PLUS
YOU KNOW THAT MY OLDER BROTHERS AT 13.
USUALLY THEY, THE OLD DAYS IT WAS RIGHT ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
SO NOW IT'S JUST WHATEVER CONVENIENT DAY.
IT'S, IT'S JUST WHAT I IT'S FRIDAY, WHAT? 11 TO 12? WHAT'S THAT? YOURS IS 11 TO 12.
SEE IF I CAN JUST PUT YOU IN MY, PUT YOU AS A STOP IN MY SCHEDULE AND JUST THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ONE OF MY, THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR'S GOING BE DOING.
I THINK HE, OH HE'S THINK HE'S GOT TWO OR THREE OTHER EVENTS AND HE'S RUNNING ROB, RUNNING.
COME TELL AND YOU MAKE A, HE'LL MAKE HIS APPEARANCE.
HE'LL SAY A FEW WORDS BUT THAT'S GOOD.
IF HE STARTS PONTIFICATING, IT'S EITHER A WHILE.
YOU ALL KNOW THAT HE WON'T BECAUSE HE'S GOT ADMITTED HIS, HIS HANDLERS WILL MOVE HIM ON.
THEY'LL GIVE HIM THE GOTTA GO.
BUT WE HAVE SOME EXCELLENT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WELL STEVE KEEL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF STEVE, BUT RYAN IS GOING BE ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS AND UH, NOEL
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SO WE HAVE SOME LIKE IT'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, HOME.
THEY WROTE A STORY ABOUT MY STORY FROM THE UM, L-G-B-T-Q REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION AND A WRITER INTERVIEWED ME ON THAT.
SO ONCE I SEE IT, I'LL SHARE IT.
YEAH, PROBABLY IT'S MORE ABOUT MY DON'T ASK DON'T TELL STUFF AND TELL SOME OF THAT.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO JUST RE INTERVIEW ME AS A VETERAN REAL ESTATE PERSON AND I SHARED THE REST AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, THIS IS MUCH MORE INTERESTING
UM, I PARTY AJOUR AND YEAH, I THINK WE'RE DONE.