* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] GOOD MORNING, DO. THANK YOU. SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ADVISORY, YOU KNOW, COMMISSION ON THE 18TH MEETING TO ORDER FOR JUNE THE 10TH, 2026. EVERYBODY PLEASE PUT YOUR CALL ON SILENT SILENCE GOING OFF CHAIR. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COMMISSIONER CHINCH HERE. COMMISSIONER HINES. COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH. COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND HERE. VICE CHAIR SALCITO AND CHAIR CLARK. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM FOR THE RECORD, VICE-CHAIR SALCITO HAS BEEN EXCUSED ME. TODAY'S MEETING COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, PLEASE PROVIDE COMMISSIONER. WE ADVOCATE WE ADVOCATE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIVES OF LONG BEACH'S CULTURAL, DIVERSE, OLDER POPULATION BY EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND SERVICES RELATED TO THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTH. YOUR HONOR, I GUESS I SHOULD STAND UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER HINES, PLEASE READ THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OUTSTANDING ADVISORY COMMISSION. HAVE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. WE, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ON TRADITIONAL AND SACRED LANDS OF MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS WHO CALL THESE GROUNDS HOME. WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR STRENGTH, PERSEVERANCE, AND RESISTANCE IN THEIR SPIRIT MAY STRIVE TO ALWAYS HONOR AND RESPECT THE WISDOM OF OUR ELDERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH, PLEASE LEAD US BLACK SOLUTIONS FOR EVERYONE CAN PLEASE STAND AND THRIVE RIGHT IN OVER YOUR HEART. AND JOIN ME IN I PLEDGE TO OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC NATION, GOD IN MIDST LIBERTY. SO, UM, WHEN AS YOU COULD ARRIVE IN THE MORNING, I LIKE TO WHOEVER GETS HERE FIRST, GIVE THEM THE OPTION OF THE READING, THE PLAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THE BISHOP IS LEAVING SECOND CLASS. JUST THAT YI MARK, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM. ITEM ONE. RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AGING MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2026. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? IT IS BEEN MOVED. UH, COMMISSIONER HI. AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCH SMITH COMMISSION. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? QUESTIONS ARE GRANTED. WE WILL NOW TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE STAND SEEING NONE. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER CIA AYE. COMMISSIONER HINES. COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH. COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND EXCEPT VICE CHAIR CLARK. UM, CORRECTION CHAIR CLARK. I ACCEPT ALSO MOTION IS CARRIED. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND, OH MY, MY APOLOGIES. PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. YES. CHAIR ITEM TWO. RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING CITY OF LONG BEACH STREET SWEEPING [00:05:03] COMMISS. UM, CHAIR CLARK, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION OR IN A SECOND PLEASE? MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? I SO MOVED. JUST TO CONFIRM, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CHINCH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HINES. THANK YOU. DO I NEED MORE WANTS? THANK YOU. I'LL NOW TURN THINGS OVER FOR THE PRESENTATION. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME'S CHARLIE MEDINA. I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREET SWEEP AND PARK CONTROL OF YOUR HERE FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND BISHOP BRYANT, ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS FOR THE PARTY ENFORCEMENT. UM, SO WE WANNA TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STREET SOUPING AND THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY. UM, SO STREET SOUPING. SO WE SLEEP A LOT OF OUR CITY STREETS. ALL OF OUR CITY STREETS. WE COLLECTED, UM, 11,000 TONS OF DEBRIS LAST YEAR, UM, JUST FROM THE PERSIDE. UH, SO YOU CAN HAVE THE DO THROUGHOUT THE CITY PARKING LOTS. UM, SOME CALTRANS ENTRANCES TO THE FREEWAYS. UM, AND THEN, YEAH, BEACH LOG, CITY LOTS. UM, SO OUR SWEEPERS, UH, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES, WELL, THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SWEEPERS. NOW. THE THREE, THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS SEE MORE OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS A REBUILD MECHANICAL SWEEPER. UM, THAT ONE WORKS WITH THE GROOM SYSTEM AND A CONVEYOR THAT RAISES THE DEBRIS INTO THE, INTO THE SWEEPERS. THE ONES THAT ARE MORE COMMON IN OTHER CITIES ARE THE VACUUM SWEEPERS. YOU DO HAVE A FEW OF THOSE AND THOSE ARE VACUUM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO COLLECT ALL OF THE DEBRIS, UM, INTO THE MACHINE. AND NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF BIKE LANE SWEEPERS. SO THE CITY HAS BEEN INSTALLING A LOT OF BIKE LANES. UM, SO WE HAVE OUR SMALLER MACHINES TO HELP COLLECT, UH, THE DEBRIS WITHIN THE SMALLER, MORE CONFINED SPACES. UM, SO STREET SWEEPING BEST PRACTICES. UM, SO WE ASKED TO AVOID PILING LEAVES, UM, AND TO BRING IN THE STREETS AND GUTTERS. UM, WHEN THERE'S LARGE PILES OR LARGE, UH, TREE BRANCHES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, POROS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR, WELL, WE CAN'T PICK UP THE LARGE STUFF. AND THEN THE BIG PILES SOMETIMES CAUSES A BIGGER MESS JUST BECAUSE IT SPREADS IT WITH THOSE BROOMS. UM, PROPERLY DISPOSING OF THE LITTER IN, UH, IN TRASH CANS. UM, TO PREVENT, PREVENT IT FROM BEING IN THE GUTTERS. UM, KEEP THE STREET AS DRY AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO HELP ASSIST WITH THE SLEEPING, UM, CALLING AND REQUESTING SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FOR ANY, UM, PALM FRONTS OR PUTS BRANCHES THAT MIGHT BE OUT IN THE STREET TO ASSIST WITH THE WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING. UM, AND AVOID POURING OILS, ANTIFREEZE, OR ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INTO THE STREETS OR GUT. UM, NOW WITH THE CITY HAVING THE GREEN ORGANICS PART, WE ASK FOR RESIDENTS TO USE THAT TO DISPOSE OF ANY OF THE LEAVES OR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE OUT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTIES TO HELP ASSIST, UH, TO ENSURE A MORE EFFICIENT SWEEP. AND THEN, UM, THE LAST SLIDE THERE IS ON, UM, THE SPECIAL PICKUPS. THIS, UH, THE CITY'S, UH, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY OFFER 12 FREE SPECIAL PICKUPS A YEAR. SO IF YOU PREFER PEOPLE TO DISPOSE OF ANY LARGE BULKY ITEMS, INCLUDING NOT MANY BAGGED LEAVES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU BECAUSE ARE DOING A CLEANUP ON THE PROPERTIES, UM, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO HELP US KEEP WITH CITY CLEAN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU, . OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE LAST WEEK I PUT A CENT BITE IN THE PURPLE. THEY DIDN'T PICK IT UP. SO WHERE DOES THAT GO? SO THAT'S CONSIDERED A HAZARDOUS, SO THAT ONE HAS TO BE DISPOSED OF ECHO IN SIGNAL HILL OFF CALIFORNIA. THEY DO IT EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH THE SATURDAY OF THE MONTH THAT YOU PREDISPOSE FOR ANY HOUSEHOLD. OKAY. HOUSEHOLD WHERE? SINGLE HILL OF CALIFORNIA, BETWEEN SPRING AND WILLOW, IT'S CALLED ECHO. OKAY. EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU SO, UM, I WAS GOING TO ASK THE THE QUESTION, BUT GO AHEAD. WELL, UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A LOT OF THE BIG OLD PALM TREES AND THEY CAME THROUGH AND TRIMMED EVERYTHING THIS YEAR. SO MAYBE THIS NEXT WINTER WON'T BE SO BAD, BUT WHEN HAVE YOU WINDS WEATHER COMES THROUGH, WE END UP WITH A BUNCH, A BIG BUNCH OF THOSE PALMS IN THE STREET AND THEN WE PILE 'EM UP HOPING, [00:10:01] AND THEN WE LET THE CITY KNOW THAT THEY'RE PILED UP. BUT SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL DAYS FOR THEM TO COME AROUND AND PICK 'EM UP. UM, ARE WE, ARE WE DOING THE WRONG THING? BUT I CLIMBING THEM UP IN THE CURB, THE CURVE. SO ARE THESE PINE NEEDLES OR POM PUMPS? OH, POS BIG, HUGE PALM PUMPS. SO THEY'RE HUGE. I MEAN IT'S, I ON SAN FRANCISCO AVENUE BETWEEN 20TH AND 21ST, WHICH HAS GOT, EVERY HOUSE HAS TWO BIG, HUGE OLD PALM TREE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE MILLS TO AND WE DROP, WE DROP THE PALM FRONS, UH, IN HEAVY WINDS WEATHER. UM, SO WHERE CAN WE, WHERE, WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO PILE THOSE LIGHTS OUT IF YOU GUYS COMPILE 'EM UP ON THE PARKWAY? SO IN THE GRASSY AREA SO THAT IT DOESN'T OBSTRUCT THE STREET. THAT WOULD BE MY BEST SUGGESTION. UM, AND THEN MAKE SURE, ARE YOU GUYS CALLING IT INTO THE STREET? I THINK WE CALL IT IN. AND WE ALSO POST ON UH, GO LONG BEACH. PERFECT. YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S A TREE DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THOSE, UH, LIKE CLEANS UP ALL OF THE . SO IF THERE'S A, IF OUR SUPER SHOULD ALSO BE REPORTING IT. SO I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT, ON OUR, ON OUR END. BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND THE PARKWAY AREA SO IT, IT DOESN'T OBSTRUCT THE STREET SLEEPING. SO, QUICK QUESTION ON, UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR MR. . SO OLDER ADULTS LIKE MYSELF, UM, WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT TAKEN TO THAT FACILITY THAT YOU POINTED OUT TO COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH. IS THERE HELP WITH THE, SOMEBODY WHO CANNOT TAKE THAT ITEM FEE? I'M NOT SURE. I WOULD, UM, TRY REACHING OUT TO THE REFUSE DEPARTMENT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING. I DON'T WANNA PROVIDE MISINFORMATION. I'M NOT SURE. UM, SO I COULDN'T GIVE YOU GUYS THE NUMBER. HEIDI, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANTED, UH, DISCUSS TODAY OR HOW WE FOLLOW SO WE CAN GET THE NUMBER FOR THE REFUGE DEPARTMENT. UM, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT IN PUBLIC WORKS SO SHE DOESN'T HANDLE, UM, LIKE HI THE TRASH PICKUP ON HER END. SO WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO CONTACT THE PERSON WHO DOES THAT. WE CAN HAVE THEM COME OUT OR YOU GUYS CAN REACH OUT INDIVIDUALLY, UM, TO THEM AND ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND RELAY IT BACK IF YOU WANNA DO AN ANNOUNCEMENT, IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, THE NUMBER FOR YOU SO YOU GUYS CAN CALL AND FIGURE OUT OR IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT US TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND DO A PRESENTATION, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO THAT MIGHT BE A BIG FOLLOW UP BECAUSE WE ARE THE . SO WE SO A PRESENTATION FROM REFUGE OR WHAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? YOU MEAN SOMEBODY THE PUBLIC WORKS TO COME OUT, GIVE US A FULL SCOPE OF WHAT'S GOING ON OFFICE. SO, UM, AND OKAY, SO I'LL PUT THAT IN THERE AND THEN MAYBE IF YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL OF THE REQUEST IN REGARDS TO WHAT QUESTIONS OR LIKE SCOPE. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS HAS LIKE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CHARGE OF DIFFERENT AREAS. SO LIKE IF I INVITED THE RECORDS OUT AND MAYBE THERE'S A QUESTION BASED ON SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IT MIGHT NOT, UM, THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT. I HAVE SOMEBODY TO PITCH WHERE THE PUBLIC WORKS, THE HEAD OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS OF THE WEEK, SHE STREET, UH, THEIR STREET . SO NEXT WEEK'S, UH, WILL, SO MAYBE DO NOT . YEAH, AND IT COULD BE MAYBE THERE'S LIKE YOUR MANAGER, MAYBE THERE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OR SOMETHING CAN COME OUT AND GIVE LIKE A OVERVIEW. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS BECAUSE SOMETIMES, AND SO THOSE QUESTIONS THEY CAN MAYBE GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, BUT SOME OF MAYBE THE REAL INDIVIDUALIZED QUESTIONS, IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO REACH OUT TO THEM TOO. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'D HAVE ALL THOSE ANSWERS. OKAY. UM, BUT MAYBE, UM, I CAN HAVE IRENE SEND YOU GUYS JUST A GENERAL EMAIL, HEY, SEND US SOME TOPICS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC WORLD WORKS AREA AND THEN I CAN REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO TALK ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, WHO COULD COME IN AND DO SOME TYPE OF CONVERSATION. OKAY. ONE MORE THING ON THE STREET, UH, SWEEPING. IS THERE A CERTAIN MILE PER HOUR THAT YOU, UH, THAT THE MACHINE GOES TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE READING UP ALL THE LEAVES AND DEBRIS STEPS ON THE STREET? SO THERE'S NO LIKE SPECIFIC SPEED THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GO THIS? UH, THEY ARE GOVERNED TO NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR. SO THE MACHINE, IT WON'T ALLOW THEM TO DRIVE FASTER THAN THAT. UM, SO TYPICALLY THE RANGE IS BETWEEN NINE TO 11 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THEY SWEEP US STRAIGHT. SO ON MY STREET, I LIVE IN NORTH LONG BEACH, THEY JUST REALLY KIND OF GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY. MY NEIGHBORS ARE FIND TO ME, UM, THEY GO THROUGH VERY [00:15:01] QUICKLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS AND LEAVES THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND ACTUALLY SOMETIMES MORE THAN WHEN THEY STARTED. AND I, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS. YEAH, SO, UM, ON THE, ON THE BACK OF THE, UM, THE SLIDE, IT HAS OUR PHONE NUMBER TO OUR STREET SWEEPING LINE. UM, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS LIKE THIS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND A SUPERVISOR TO GO OUT THERE AND VERIFY THE QUALITY THAT THEY, THEY ARE WORKING, WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE. AND JUST REALLY QUICK FOR, UH, REVIEWS. THEY'RE NOW NOT PART OF PUBLIC WORKS. THEY'RE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES. ALRIGHT. IT'S A SEPARATE SECTION AND I CAN GIVE YOU THE CONTACT. OKAY, THANK YOU. OH, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ORIGINALLY MOTIVATED US ASSOCIATED FOR, BUT UH, WITH REGARD TO I I'M HEARING THAT TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL AND SENIORS IS THE TOPIC THAT MIGHT MEAN THAT, AND I REALIZE IT'S NOT, YOURS MIGHT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT, IT DOES DAWN ON YOU THAT THAT WHOLE SYSTEM COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR AND MAYBE THERE'S A FAIL SAVE THING BUILT INTO THEIR, UM, PROTOCOLS THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. OR MAYBE THERE IS WE NEEDS, SO THAT'S ONE 30. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT, WELL THIS IS OUR FOLLOW UP. CAN YOU PLEASE SEND ME EMAIL SO WE CAN ADDRESS THAT? OKAY. COMMISSIONER MINES JUST WANTED TO . I ACTUALLY DON'T WANNA HAVE A TALK ABOUT . I DON'T THINK WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES ALSO IN IT CITY ADDRESS. SO I WAS HOPING MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS COULD GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO DOES WHAT, WHAT THE TOPIC WOULD FALL UNDER. MAYBE IT COULD BE IN AN EMAIL, MAYBE IT CAN BE IN THE FLYER, LEAVE TO SPEED A BULLETIN AND TALK THE CONTACT, HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, CALL THEM, HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS, CALL THEM. SO THEN IT IS JUST A DOCUMENT OR JUST INFORMATIONAL AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO, AND THEN IF SOMEBODY FROM THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT, THEY DID ONE PRESENTATION AND THEY IF NEEDED, THEN, THEN WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF OUR, EVEN WITH THE STREETS MEETING, MAJORITY OF THE SENIORS PROBABLY IN LONGBRIDGE LIVE IN HIGHRISE BUILDING AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SPACE ISSUE THAT, I MEAN THEY LIVE IN A HIGHRISE OR THEY LIVE IN A, A MULTI-UNIT BUILDING. SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE OR TOP OF MIND FOR THEM, BUT MAYBE FOR THE LANDLORD OR FOR PROPERTY OWNER, PROPERTY MANAGER. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT THAT SENIOR OR THE SENIOR POPULATION AT IN LARGE, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS IT AS IN, UM, MAYBE THEY DON'T, THEY THEY HANDICAPPED THING IN THEIR THING AND THEIR CAR PARKED THERE WHEN YOU COME BY, WILL THEY GET A TICKET TYPE OF THING. SO I ONLY LISTENERS TO SAY, CAN WE SYNTHESIZE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE ONE GO-TO A MAGNET OR SOMETHING SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHO TO GO TO A GROUP CALL, HOW TO CALL 'EM, RATHER THAN HAVING, YOU KNOW, LOTS AND LOTS OF MEETINGS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS. YEAH, AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I SAID I CAN MAYBE GET LIKE SOMEONE LIKE TALK AND THEN WE, IF WE, IF WE GET INFORMATION FROM WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANSWERED, THAT WILL HELP ME GUIDE TO WHO WOULD BE THE TECH PERSON AND MAYBE THEY ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A HANDOUT OR MAGNET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I'LL DO SOME RESEARCH AND REACH OUT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE AND THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED AND MAYBE INSTEAD OF HAVING EVERY INDIVIDUAL BUREAU OR TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS PRESENT, LIKE JUST THE AND THEN WE CAN GIVE THAT HANDOUT. THANK YOU. . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, IT'S A QUESTION I . UM, I GUESS ONE GETS A SMALLER GREEN ROOM. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES. DOES THAT HANDLE THE SAME DISPOSAL OF THE RIGHT ? SO YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT REQUEST THROUGH THE REFUSE HOTLINE AND THEN THEY WILL SEND SOMEONE TO LOOK AT YOU ON THE PHONE NUMBER AGAIN THAT OH, OKAY. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, I DON'T WANNA, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT. I'M NOT TOO SURE, BUT IT WOULD BE THAT DEPARTMENT WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THOSE THAT I COULD WRITE IN LETTER TO THEM. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THEIR DEPARTMENT. I'M NOT TOO SURE. I CAN PROBABLY TRY TO FIND SOME INFORMATION AND SEND IT YOUR WAY. YEAH, SO IT'S PROBABLY THE ENERGY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THE, UM, REFUSE SERVICES. SO, UM, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT, UM, AND SEE IF THERE'S A CONTACT OR NUMBER OR SOMETHING WE CAN GET YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, BECAUSE I, UH, ORDERED THE DIFFERENT BINS. THEY COME OUT WHEN THEY BRING IT THE NEXT TIME THEY PICK UP. RIGHT. THE GREEN. AND BECAUSE IT'S STATE [00:20:01] LAW AND I LIVE IN A MULTIUNIT BUILDING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE, BUT BECAUSE OF MY AGE, I CAN'T KEEP COMPLAIN. I NEED A SMALLER ROOM. . YEAH. SO I, I'M HAVING PROBLEMS, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAY I TURN TO THE PUBLIC? IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAS A COMMENT OR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE? YES. UH, MY NAME IS JOCELYN. I'M , BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CONTRACTED BY PLEASE. OH, SORRY. UM, WE ARE CONTRACTED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON WASTE PREVENTION. SO I DO HAVE A CONTACT THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU, UM, HEIDI, REGARDING THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, FOR OFFICIAL FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU. SHE'S FROM, UH, THE, UH, YES, THE HEART OF IDA. MY NAME IS JOCELYN AND WE ARE CONTRACTED TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH ON WASTE PREVENTION. SO DURING OUR DROP IN HOURS AND WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS AND OUTREACH. UM, SO I HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, YOU BROUGHT UP IN REGARDS TO DOWNSIZING THE CART. SO SHE, UM, THEY ARE CORRECT. WE JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT TO UM, THEM AND THEY'LL SEND AN INVESTIGATOR TO CHECK IF YOU ARE PRODUCING, UM, LESS WEIGHT FOR IT OR NOT. WE CAN'T MAKE COMMENTS. , YES, UH, YOU ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COMMERS? ANY DISCUSSION? CLERK PLEASE CALL FOR THE BROTHER. COMMISSIONER CIA. COMMISSIONER HINES. COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH. COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND. ACCEPT CHAIR CLARK. EXCEPT THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION IS CARRIED. PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE ON FILE SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE ON DEPARTMENT BUSINESS. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND HAS MOVED SECOND. I SECOND. MR. CIA HAS SECOND. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN OVER TO HEIDI FOR THE UPDATE. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON OR MORNING COMMISSIONERS. UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, BEING, UM, AVAILABLE TODAY FOR THE MEETING AND I KNOW WE HAD A CHANGE OF LOCATION. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE. UM, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS. I HAVE LOTS TO SAY, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE READY. UM, KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT. UM, FIRST WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, LAST NIGHT AT COUNCIL THERE WAS TWO, UM, NEW APPOINTMENTS MADE FOR THE COMMISSION ON AGING. SO HOPEFULLY FOR, UM, BY THE NEXT MEETING IN JULY, WE'LL HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS ON BOARD AND THAT WILL MAKE A FULL COMMISSION FOR US. UH, WE HAVE JUSTIN, ER, WHO WAS AT, WAS APPOINTED AT LARGE AND CATHERINE FRANCIS WHO WAS APPOINTED AS WELL FOR THESE TERMS. SO AS SOON AS THEY DO THE ONBOARDING, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN US ON THE COMMISSION. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FULL COMMISSION, UM, STARTING IN JULY. UM, AND WITH THAT, I KNOW WE HAD THE, UM, BLACK OF QUORUM LAST MONTH AND WE DID TALK TO, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND EVERYONE, IT IS BASED ON THE NINE MEMBER SEATS. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. IT'S NOT BASED ON WHO'S ACTUALLY, UM, APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME. SO HOPEFULLY, AND WITH JULY, WITH HAVING NINE MEMBERS, UM, WE WON'T HAVE ANY LACK OF FORUM, UH, MOVING FORWARD. UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU GUYS. UM, AND THEN I KNOW THERE WAS, UM, A QUESTION ON SOME OF THE TRAINING MATERIALS IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS. AND SO WE DO HAVE, UM, A PHONE NUMBER, UM, AND EMAIL ADDRESS THAT IRENE WILL SEND OUT TO ALL OF YOU IN CASE YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH ANY OF THE TRAININGS THAT WERE OFFERED AS THE CITY. UM, SO THEN YOU CAN READ OUT, REACH OUT INDIVIDUALLY TO THEM. OKAY. UM, SO ALSO WE'VE BASICALLY HAVE GIVEN YOU AN UPDATED LIST OF ALL THE PRESENTATIONS COMING FORWARD. OUR PRESENTATIONS ARE FILLING UP [00:25:01] REALLY NICELY. UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE SPOTS, BUT I THINK, UM, ONE MIGHT ALREADY BE TAKEN BY UM, UH, UM, LBCC AND SOME OTHER ADULT CLASSES. SO I WILL FILL THAT IN IN A LITTLE BIT. BUT, UM, NEXT MONTH WE HAVE LONG BEACH TRANSIT COMING HERE. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE IN AUGUST WE HAVE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND THEN SET RIGHT NOW, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AVAILABLE. AND THEN IN NOVEMBER 11TH WE HAVE, UM, OLLIE, WHICH IS THE POSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH THAT OFFERS THE OLDER ADULT CLASSES. UM, AND THEN ON THE NINTH WE'LL HAVE OUR ANNUAL OF SOME TYPE OF HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE FROM, FROM SOME, UM, ONE OF OUR GROUPS THAT COME HERE TO THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, THAT DO LIKE WHETHER IT'S OUR UKULELE CLASS OR WE HAVE GUITAR, WE HAVE HARMONICA. SO SOME TYPE OF PERFORMANCE FROM SOME OF OUR OLDER ADULTS. UM, SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF A PRESENTATION, LET ME KNOW. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE PROBABLY ONE SLOT STILL OPEN FOR IT. AND I CAN, IF WE WANNA RESERVE ONE OF THOSE, THAT MIGHT BE WHERE WE CAN FIT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS. UM, TEAM IN, UM, SINCE I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THEM TOO. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PRESENTATIONS. ANY QUESTIONS ON PRESENTATIONS AT THE MOMENT? YES, THE PERFORMANCE IS JUST LIKE, DO YOU CAN LET PERFORM, IS IT GONNA BE HERE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION? LIKE ARE WE GOING TO THE HOUSE OR CAN WE HAVE ANOTHER LOCATION? UM, I COULD, IT'S HERE. UM, UNLESS YOU GUYS DETERMINE ELSEWHERE. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU GUYS PLEASE NOTE THAT UH, JULY'S MEETING WILL BE COUNTED PART, ALL THE MEETING WILL BE THE EXPO SEVEN. ANYWAY, IT'S ALL LISTED ON THE, YOU SEE IT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SHEET AS SHE GAVE US. YEAH, IT'S ATLANTIC. ATLANTIC AVENUE. AND WE'LL, WHEN, UM, IRENE SENDS OUT THE REMINDER, SHE'LL PUT, GIVE YOU THE ADDRESSES AND STUFF. YEAH, SHE'LL PUT THE ADDRESS. OKAY. AND THE AGENDA AND, AND EXACTLY WHICH BUILDING WE'RE MEETING IN AT THE PARK. RIGHT. REMEMBER WE ASKED FOR THAT WHEN WE WERE GONNA GO TO YEAH, THEY'LL ALL BE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, BUT WE'LL PUT THAT ON THERE, WHAT THE NAME OF THE EXACT BUILDING IS BECAUSE AT HOWTON PARK THEY HAVE THE RON AREAS, THAT'S THE HEALTH CENTER. THAT'S NOT THE PARKS, THAT'S THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. BUT THEN THE DOORS TAXI, AVOID COMMUNITY CENTER IS WHERE WE'LL BE MEETING. SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THERE AND, AND SHOW YOU THE MAP OF WHERE IT'S AT. WE MARK ON THE MAP, THOSE OF US WHO DON'T WALK. WELL CAMP, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I, I SHARED MY EXPERIENCE FROM LAST, LAST TIME WE MET AT THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND THERE WAS ONE OF THEM, SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE WHERE I COULD NOT . IT WAS SO BIG AND THERE WERE SO MANY BUILDINGS THAT I ENDED UP NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE. OKAY. YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S A MAP. YEAH. AND PARKING ALSO IS, IS AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THEM. SO KNOWING EXACTLY WHICH BUILDING WE'RE GOING TO IS REALLY HELPFUL. OKAY. IT IS NICE PARKING LOT. OKAY. MOST OF 'EM HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PARKING LOT, BUT WE'LL STILL PUT KIND OF WHERE THE BUILDING IS AND THEN PUT SOMETHING LIKE CLOSEST PARKING HERE OR SOMETHING. GREAT. WONDERFUL. DID YOU FINISH ? I DID NOT. THAT'S SAW SO MUCH MORE. UM, SO, UM, IRENE IS GONNA PASS OUT. SO I KNOW A COUPLE PERMISSION MEETINGS BACK. WE TALKED ABOUT NEW MARKETING MATERIALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, SO I DID GET FROM OUR GRAPHICS TEAM SOME DRAFTS. THESE ARE DRAFTS, THESE ARE NOT FOR PUBLIC YET BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THEM AND SEE WHAT YOU WANTED ON THERE. UM, WE DID TAKE SOME OF THE NOTES THAT CAME IN AND TRIED TO PUT THEM ON, UM, THIS MARKETING STUFF. SO, UM, SO YOU GUYS CAN LOOK THROUGH IT. UM, NE YOU CAN BRING IT BACK, YOU CAN EMAIL IT BACK, ANY CHANGES OR ANY COMMENTS IF YOU WANT TO, UM, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH SO WE CAN HAVE A ON DISCUSSION AFTER YOU LOOK AT THIS STUFF. UM, THERE ARE, SO THERE'S A BROCHURE THAT THEY KIND REDID. UM, FOR YOU IT SHOULD BE TWO SIDED. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAVE A TWO SIDED BROCHURE, BUT THERE'S TWO PAGES. THERE'S A TOTAL OF THREE PAGES. YEAH, SO THERE'S THREE PAGES. SO THERE'S TWO SIDE BROCHURE, RIGHT? AND THEN THERE'S A THIRD ONE THAT'S A FLYER. THIS FLYER, I DIDN'T, THERE'S 13 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS FLYER, BUT IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION. IT JUST HAS DIFFERENT PICTURES ON THE FLYER OF DIFFERENT OLDER ADULTS. UM, SO I JUST GAVE EACH FEW JUST ONE OF THOSE BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME INFORMATION. SO YOUR PICTURES MIGHT [00:30:01] LOOK DIFFERENT ON THE, THE FLYER ITSELF. UM, BUT THERE'LL BE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFERENT FLYERS OUT THERE WITH DIFFERENT PICTURES. SO YOU CAN LOOK OVER THIS INFORMATION. UM, IT'S A QUICK THING THAT OUR, OUR GRAPHICS TEAM DID WHEN I MET WITH THEM. SO IT MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE NEEDS OR EVERYTHING YOU WANT ON THERE. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A DRAFT TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE AND GET YOUR INPUT. OKAY. SO, UM, I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT IT, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT MONTH AGENDA TO DISCUSS MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. MS. SCRIPTS. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE A THREEFOLD AND THIS IS UPSIDE GIVEN. YEAH, I JUST PRINTED IT JUST TO PRINT IT. YEAH, THIS IS A JUST A DRAFT. IT'S JUST A DRAFT. YEAH. WE CAN MAKE CHANGES OR MM-HMM . EDIT IT, SUBMIT IT NEXT, NEXT. YEAH, SO YOU CAN EITHER MAKE CHANGES AND SEND IT TO ME AND IRENE LIKE BEFOREHAND AND I HAVE THE, CAN HAVE THE GRAPHICS TEAM START WORKING ON THOSE CHANGES. ABSOLUTELY. BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING. THEN WE CAN TALK MORE, UM, AT, I'LL PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL ON DISCUSSION ON THE MARKETING. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT ON THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. AND THEN THE LAST THING I DID DO GIVE YOU SOME FLYERS. WE DID, UM, CREATE A BRAND NEW FLYER FOR OUR OLDER DALTON BANNERS THAT ALL OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS IN THE CITY. UM, AND WE ACTUALLY PUT PICTURES OF OUR PATRONS THAT COME TO OUR CENTERS AND EACH OF THE BANNER KIND OF HAS DIFFERENT PICTURES ON THEM TOO. UM, BUT IT JUST, I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU THAT FLYER. AND THEN THERE'S JUST SOME FLYERS ABOUT, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. UM, HERE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, UM, NEXT WEEK WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION, UH, ARTIST RECEPTION, UM, IN THERE. AND IT'S, UH, THE, IT'S CALLED COLORS OF UKRAINE. IT'S BY ONE OF OUR UKRAINIAN, UM, ARTISTS AND, UM, PATRONS HERE IN THE CENTER. WE HAVE A TAP DANCE THAT BEGAN, WE STARTED A CLASS THIS LAST MONTH THAT'S, UM, DANCING THROUGH PARKINSON'S, WHICH IS A, A, A CLASS WHERE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING PARKINSON'S OR THEIR CAREGIVERS CAN COME TO AND, AND LEARN HOW TO LIKE DANCE THROUGH IT AND HELP THAT'S HELPFUL TO PEOPLE WITH THAT, UM, SITUATION. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS GOING ON AT THE DIFFERENT CENTERS THIS MONTH. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S MY REPORT UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSION NO PUBLIC. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION? PLEASE STAND AND SPEAK UP THAT COMMENT? YEAH, FOR THIS ITEM? JUST FOR THIS, YEAH. YEAH. A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, REGISTER FOR YOUR SENIOR TAP CARD WITH METRO, UM, METRO IS SISTANCE ALSO, ARE THEY REGISTERING JUST TO RECEIVE A TAP CARD? IS IT LOADED WITH RIDES OR A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF VALUE OR IS IT, DOES IT INCLUDE LONG BEACH TRANSIT BECAUSE IT'S METRO? THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ONE. UM, SO THAT WAS YESTERDAY. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT ONE. THEY WERE HERE YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE PROVIDING BUS PASSES I THINK ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND IT WAS BUS PASS AT LONG BEACH TRANSIT. SO DIDN'T INCLUDE LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH TRANSIT ON THIS TAP PART. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LOADED WITH FREE RIDES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN, UM, INVESTIGATE AND I CAN EMAIL YOU BACK AND ANSWER. THANK ANY FURTHER, FURTHER THESE QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONS PLEASE. UH, PAUL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER TCIA ACCEPT THE REPORT. COMMISSIONER HINES. COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH. COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND ACCEPT CHAIR CLARK ACCEPT MOTION IS CARRIED. PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES. DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECT AND IF APPROPRIATE, TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND FOR THE ITEM? I SO MOVE. OKAY, COMMISSIONER ILLA MOON, I KNOW I SAID YOUR NAME WRONG, DIDN'T YOU? COMMISSIONER SMITH SAYS . NOW WE'LL NOW TURN TO THE COMMISSIONER TO LEAD TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. UH, IS THAT CORRECT? WHICH PART? UM, CHAIR CLARK FOR THE NETTE, UM, THEY MOVED TO, UH, YES, WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION TO, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE FOR ITEM FOUR AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION, [00:35:05] UM, PETITION THAT WAS LEAVING ABSENT TODAY. SO THEY BE TAKING THAT ISSUE. SO SHE'S HERE, DID YOU I THINK COMMISSIONERS, THEY WERE TOGETHER, BUT I'M NOT SURE DOING ANY ORIENTATION FOR MEMBERS. THERE'S YEAH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISSOLVING AND ADDING AD HOC COMMITTEES, SO ANYONE AND ANYONE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL PART OF AD HOC COMMITTEES. SO THIS IS THE TIME WHEN YOU GUYS, YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEES MEET AND TALK. SO, UM, SYLVIA, IF SHE WAS HERE, SHE COULD TALK ABOUT HERS, BUT, UM, YOU GUYS CAN ALL TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT ONES. WELL, WELL WE NEED THE POST POSTPONES, THE DOCUMENT THAT HAD ALL OF THE LIST. SYLVIA'S NOT THERE. IT WAS SYLVIA, IT'S ON THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE. RIGHT? SO I IS INVITING US CORRECTLY TO TALK ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUAL AD HO COMMITTEE. WE WANNA PUT THE, WE WERE CONSTANTLY UPDATING THE DOCUMENT AND MEETING AS AN ONGOING PROCESS SO THAT WE'RE NOT READY. NOBODY'S PREPARED TO DO THAT. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY AD HOCS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED? HAVE ANY ANYONE WORK ON OR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TALK ABOUT THE, IT WAS A COMMUNICATION STAFF. A BUT IT WAS A COMMITTEE AND THEN THE SAFETY I KNOW TECHNOLOGY, I STILL AM INTERESTED IN SHARING THAT WITH TECHNOLOGY AND OUR, OUR SAFE HOUSE FOR HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. SO THE ONLY ONE I DON'T REMEMBER ANYBODY HAVING ANY INPUT IN OR ANY DISCUSSION ON WAS IT WAS THE COMMUNICATIONS OR ADVERTISING OR MARKETING OR SOMETHING. SO THE CURRENT AD HOCS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UM, THESE ARE THE CURRENT ONES. I'LL READ THEM TO YOU. THEY'RE IN YOUR BINDER WHEN WE, I GIVE THEM, SO LIKE THEY'RE LISTED HERE. SO THEY'RE THE 2026 VISIBILITY PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE. UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE SAFE HOUSE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THEN THERE'S THE AFFAIRS FOR SENIORS ON LONG BEACH TRANSIT AD HOC COMMITTEE. AND THEN THERE'S THE COMMISSION COLLABORATION AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO THOSE ARE THE, UM, FOUR AD HOCS THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE, I KNOW WE USED TO HAVE THE, UH, ALL THE OTHER ONES. SO IF THERE'S OTHER ONES THAT YOU WANNA BRING FORWARD, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UH, MAKE AN AGREEMENT TO ADD THOSE AS AD HOC COMMITTEES. UM, SO THIS IS, AND OR IF YOU WANNA DISSOLVE ANY OF THESE, THIS IS THE TIME YOU WOULD DISSOLVE ANY OF THEM. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY REPORTS ON ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES, THAT'S THE TIME YOU GUYS WILL GET TO SHARE AND DISCUSS, UM, KIND OF WHAT THOSE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON. AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS IT AMONGST EACH OTHER. OKAY. SO THE 2026 VISITABILITY PLAN AD HOC COMMITTEE, , THIS IS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? MM-HMM . OKAY. SAFE HOUSE AD HOC COMMITTEE. CAROLYN SYLVIA, PHYLLIS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? UM, I JUST WANTED GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE THAT AS OF YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO ANOTHER, UM, PERSON WHO HAD A PROPERTY THAT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY JUST TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, BUT THERE ARE TWO NOW OPPORTUNITY TEACHERS ONCE THEY HAVE A SAFE HOUSE. ONE MAY NOT BE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, BUT THE SENIOR SAFE HOUSE AND THE OTHER ONE IS IN LONG BEACH. IT'S TECHNICALLY NEAR CHESTNUT AND UM, SHE'S OFF ON CHESTNUT STREET THOUGH. SO THERE ARE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR DIALOGUE WITH HAVING THE SENIOR SAFE HOUSE, UM, CONVERSATION WITH JANICE HANS OFFICE AND THE COUNTY AND ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS, ABOUT 15 OR 16 OR SOME MORE AGENCIES THAT ARE ALSO GONNA PARTNER WITH US WITH THE SENIOR SAFE HOUSE. AND WE ARE STILL GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE LOCATION NOW DOWN AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE OR SERVICES WE CAN OFFER. BUT WHEN WE START RECEIVING, UM, PARTICIPANTS WHO NEED TO BE, UH, PUT I SAY TRANSITIONED INTO THE SENIOR SAFE HOUSE AND JUST FOR A RECORD TO UPDATE PEOPLE ON, WHAT IT IS, IS IF A SENIOR HAS BEEN, UM, SOMEHOW, UM, ABUSED OR TAKEN ADVANTAGE SOME KIND OF WAY AND THEY NEED TO SEPARATE THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM EITHER CAREGIVER OR FAMILY MEMBER OR WHATEVER, IT USUALLY WILL PUT THAT SENIOR INTO UNHOUSED SITUATION. SO OUR PROPOSAL, UM, BACK WITH OUR FORMER, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLEN, WAS TO HAVE A SENIOR SAFE HOUSE. WE WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE WEST OF CONNECTICUT TO HAVE A PLACE FOR SENIORS TO GO AND THEY PLACE AS A RESULT OF WHAT'S TAKEN STILL A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION. SO OUR SENIOR SAFE HOUSE, UM, WE JUST [00:40:01] HAD THE CITY PREPARE A FEASIBILITY STUDY, TOOK ABOUT SIX, SIX MONTHS MAYBE TO FIND A LOCATION AND THAT WE DIDN'T FIND ONE. SO NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO FIND THE LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN MOVE SENIORS INTO A LOCATION SO THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE AND NOT DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF BEING A VICTIM OF A, SOME KIND OF DIS DISAPPOINTING SITUATION. SO THAT'S WHAT THE SENIOR SAFE HOUSE AD HOC COMMITTEE, SVIA RIS AND, UH, SYLVIA, SYLVIA ARE WORKING ON. SO JUST TO UPDATE YOU, I LITERALLY TALKED TO SOMEONE LAST NIGHT. THEY HAVE TWO PROPERTIES AND UM, ALTHOUGH WE'RE REQUESTING 12 BEDS, THEY HAVE ONE THAT HAS 10. UM, AND WE STILL ARE WORKING TO TRY TO FIND THE IDEAL LOCATION SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. COMMISSIONER HINES. OKAY, THE NEXT AD HOC IS FAIRS FOR SENIORS ON LONG BEACH TRANSIT AD HOC COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER SMITH, COMMISSIONER HINES COMMISSIONER, ME AND MYSELF. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN UPDATE NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT MORTGAGE IS COMING NEXT WEEK. UM, I THIS MONTH FOR OUR, UM, COMMISSION MEETING, WE MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION TRYING TO REACH OUT TO S TRANSIT FOR, SO NOW THEY, THEY PRESENTING NEXT MONTH WE'LL HOLD OFF ON WHAT WE PROVIDE. FAIR QUESTIONS? THAT HAVE SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LAST AD HOC COMMISSION COLLABORATION, AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, COMMISSIONER CIA, COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT. ANY UPDATE? UM, JUST THAT WE INDIVIDUALLY TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THE OTHER COMMISSION. UM, I THINK WE TALKED TO THE VISIBILITY OR THE, UM, COMMISSION. UM, WE, WHAT ARE THE LIST OF THE GROUPS THAT WE WERE THINKING HOMELESSNESS WAS THE ONE I TALKED TO THE CHAIR, BUT COMMISSION ON HOME LIST AND, AND UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE, IS MAYBE WE COULD INVITE A SPEAKER FROM, FROM THAT GROUP. ACTUALLY THAT MIGHT BE ONE WAY TO ESTABLISH COLLABORATION. BUT WHAT WERE THE OTHER ONES? SO THIS IS THE COMMISSION THAT WE, THIS AD HOC WE STILL NEED. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT UP ALL. BEAR WITH ME NOW. I'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. ON THIS ITEM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS A, UH, QUESTION OR WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE AD HOC ME ONE GONNA SAY THAT, IS THERE ANY INFORMATION FROM THE ACADEMY? I'M SORRY. OKAY. NOTHING FOR THE PUBLIC? NO. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER TCIA ACCEPT, COMMISSIONER HINES, COMMISSIONER KAVANAUGH, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, COMMISSIONER SUTHERLAND ACCEPT AND CHAIR CLARK ACCEPT MOTION IS CARRIED. YOU VERY MUCH AT THIS TIME WE HAVE WE'LL TAKE NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE STAND. BEACH GRADE COUNSELORS. NEXT MONTH TOLD PRESIDENTS DR. CLAUDIA LOPEZ AND DR. LANGSTON JONES WILL BE TAKING OVER. HOWEVER, I STILL WILL BE MAINTAIN ME OFF AT PETER AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND I WILL BE MOVING TO THE TITLE ONE PRECEPTOR AND I'LL MANAGE THE INTERNS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND, SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT LEVEL. AND THEN, UM, OUR SENIOR FEST WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. WE HAD 286 SENIORS THAT CAME TO VILLAGE JEAN KING PARK VILLAGE AND CAME WIDE WITH OUR AGE. AND, UM, EVERYBODY WAS SO, UM, EXCITED ABOUT IT THAT THE LIBRARIES ALREADY WANTS TO BOOK IN FOR TEXT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND ALL THE VENDORS INDICATED THEY WANTED TO CUT BACK. [00:45:01] UM, IF WE ARE HAVING OUR NEXT EVENT AT BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY, WE'RE ALL ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY, WHICH WE'RE CELEBRATING ON THE 16TH. IT'S NEXT TUESDAY FROM 10 TO ONE, YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING A WALK AT 10 O'CLOCK DOWN TO OCEAN HOT SPEAKER. WE DO THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WISE AND HILL BE AGING, AND THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH YEAR. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK WHERE TO THE LIBRARY WHERE THERE WILL BE SPEAKERS AND RESOURCE TABLES. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A WHITE LUNCH AND UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM ACTUAL ONE. AND THEN THE LIBRARY IS GONNA KICK OFF THEIR SUMMER READING PROGRAM THIS SATURDAY. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE INCLUDING OLDER ADULTS. OLDER ADULTS CAN REGISTER AND UH, EVERY TIME THEY COMPLETE ACTIVITIES THAT LEARN PLACE. AND THEN THEY'LL GET SMALL PRIZES WHEN THEY EACH POINT, UM, LEVELS. AND THE LIBRARY IS GONNA TRACK IT FOR THE OLDER ADULTS. THEY JUST HAVE TO GO GET A, A CARD FROM THE LIBRARY TO THEIR LIBRARY CARD. SO THEY CAME AND SPOKE AT THE BREAKOUT MEETING LAST SATURDAY AND MOST EVERYBODY SIGNED UP. SO WE WANT THAT TO BE A BIG SUCCESS AND JUST REALLY BUSY. UM, TALKING, THERE'S A LOT OF SURVEYS GOING ON. THERE'S A GROUP FROM CAL STATE AND LONG BEACH THAT'S DOING A SURVEY WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT. THE DISABILITY SURVEY IS CONCLUDING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND THEN, UH, WE TURNED IN ALL OUR SURVEYS FOR SO MANY ISSUES WITH THE CITY FACULTY AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT. I THINK A THANK YOU. WE HAVE PUBLIC CONFERENCE. YES. SO TWO, TRY, TRY TO YOU AGREE THERE TWO THINGS. HELPING WITH MY FORTUNE TEAM. I THE TOMORROW IS, UM, CHARLOTTE'S INTRODUCTION THEORY, A PRODUCTION INTRODUCTION, AND WE GET ON THE 22ND IT'S CALLED, UH, A SONG FOR POET. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THEY BEING I THE LOCATION? WE, I JUST CURIOUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS SINA BARNES. I AM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT CITY COLLEGE WITH THEIR ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. AND I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY ALL AND YOU ALL OF THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY PROTECT OUR, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. SO OUR PURPOSE FOUR YEAR , WE HAVE FREE NON CREATED COURSES. UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING THE INSTRUCTOR OUT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS TO POST CLASSES. UM, WE HAVE THREE CLASSES AND CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL, UM, ALSO HAVE WORKSHOPS OR YOGA, LITTLE LIVE DANCING TO GET YOUR SENIOR KIND, ENGAGED AND INCREASE THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S GONNA FILL OUR, UH, THE ONE SLOT. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE I TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO CHECK. OH, OKAY. GREAT. PERFECT. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS AT ALL? I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, THIS LADY HERE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, DICATION FOR THE, UH, HAM, FOR ALL THE SUPPORTED THE COMMISSION AND COUNTY AND STATEWIDE ISSUES. UM, YOUR WORK HAS JUST BEEN UNPARALLEL AND NO ONE, IT'S BEEN YOU THE FACE OF THE GREAT CAMPUS. I MEAN, AND I DON'T MEAN THAT IN THE GRAVE, IN THE WHOLE , BUT IN THE, UH, IN THE ORGANIZATION WAY. SO THANK YOU [00:50:01] FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND I'M SURE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STEPPING INTO YOUR SPACE HAVE REALLY BIG USED TO BILL. BUT I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FROM MYSELF AND I SURE. FROM THE COMMISSION. YEAH. WE LOVE KAREN. SHE'S SO FULL OF KNOW INFORMATION. ALL GOOD STUDY KINDNESS TOO. I, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, THEN I WILL BE DECLARING THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:51 AM THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GREAT DAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.