* 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. [00:01:09] YEAH. [CALL TO ORDER] GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, THIS IS OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING. IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AT SOMETHING, ONE O'CLOCK, WHICH IS OUR STARTING TIME. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE, UH, K COD, UH, MEETING TO ORDER. AND IF THE [ROLL CALL] COMMISSIONERS WILL PLEASE CALL ROLE BY STATING YOUR NAME, YOUR PRONOUNS TITLE, AND FINISH WITH A BRIEF VISUAL DESCRIPTION. WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER ROMO. HEY, ARTHUR ROMO, COMMISSIONER MALE HISPANIC, UH, LATE SIXTIES, MOSTLY DARK HAIR, SHORT, UM, GRAY MUSTACHE TODAY, HAVE AN ORANGE SHIRT AND SOME TAN PANTS. AND, UH, GLAD TO BE HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHAKA GARBA, VICE CHAIR, AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE. SHE, HER PRONOUNS WEARING A LIGHT BLUE, SOME TYPE OF PATTERN IN DRESS. . YOU GOOD? YEAH, I'M GOOD. OKAY. HI, UM, I'M GRETCHEN SWANSON, CHAIR OF K COD. I AM AN OLDER, UM, ADULT WHITE WOMAN WITH SHORT WHITE HAIR. AND TODAY I AM WEARING A BLACK BLOUSE. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HERS. I'LL MOVE IT TO COMMISSIONER SECRETARY DEAN. HELLO. HELLO. I AM KATE COD, SECRETARY JULIE DEAN. I'M A CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER WITH SHE HER HERS PRONOUNS. I HAVE SHORT AUBURN HAIR GLASSES, AND I'M WEARING A BLUE AND PINK KIND OF TIE DYE DRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON, RANDY. HOPE HE, HIM. PRONOUNS COMMISSIONER, WHITE MALE IN HIS MID-FORTIES SHAVED HEAD, UH, BEARD, WEARING A BLUE, UH, BUTTON UP SHIRT AND PRESCRIPTION EYEGLASSES. ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, WE HAVE, UM, SOME EXCUSED ABSENCES. YES. CHAIR, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. EXCUSED. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. CORRECT. RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMMISSIONERS COMING IN. WE CAN TAKE A BREATH CHAIR, PLEASE. CHAIR. UH, SWANSON. MAY WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? WHAT? THE ROLL CALL? YES. WE'LL CONTINUE WHEN THEY POP UP. RIGHT. ROLL CALL FOR ROLL CALL. YES. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T HEAR UNLESS YOU SPEAK RIGHT IN THE, WE'RE WE'RE FINISHED. CAN WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL? SO YOU DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM CHAIR. AND WHERE DID KIM GO? SHE AND ASHLEY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YES. HI, MY NAME IS ASHLEY JONES. I AM A WHITE PRESENTING FEMALE WITH BROWN HAIR AND A PONYTAIL TODAY WEARING A JEAN JACKET BECAUSE IT'S COLD IN HERE, BUT IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. [00:05:01] THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER VONG IS GETTING SETTLED. IS THERE MIC ON? COMMISSIONER BONK, TAKE YOUR TIME. WE CAN, UH, COME BACK TO YOU IN A MOMENT. WE HAVE QUORUM. ARE YOU COOL? ALL RIGHTY. EXCELLENT. UM, BEFORE WE, WE HAVE A QUORUM, WE'RE READY TO ROCK. OKAY. YES. SO, UH, BEFORE WE START THE, UH, REGULAR AGENDA, SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I, I SOMETIMES HAVE OPENING REMARKS, AND THIS MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS FALL PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH MAY NOT BE ON ALL OF YOUR CALENDARS, BUT IT IS ON MY CALENDAR. UH, AND I'D LIKE IT TO BE ON MORE PEOPLE'S CALENDARS BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY AFFECTS SOME CLASSICALLY THOUGHT OF AT RISK INDIVIDUALS LIKE OLDER ADULTS, BUT A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. SO, FALL PREVENTION IS REALLY AN AT RISK PREVENTION, UH, STRATEGY. AND, UM, IT'S, UH, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE DISABILITY PRIDE, UH, FLAG, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT REASONS THAT MIGHT PUT SOMEONE AT FALL RISK. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS OUR CITY ALREADY DOES. ONE THING IS THE GO LONG BEACH APP, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY, . ALL RIGHT. IT'S FREE IT, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT. AND WHAT I SUGGEST IS YOU OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBER USE IT, UM, LIBERALLY TO CORRECT ANY TYPE OF, UH, INACCESSIBLE SITUATION HERE IN THE CITY. THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. ANOTHER THING THAT HA HAS COME UP, AND THAT WAS JUST IN THE GAZETTE THIS MORNING, IS THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT IS GIVING SMALL GRANTS TO, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES WHO IN PART MAKE THEIR BUSINESS ACCESSIBLE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO CRITERIA. ISN'T THAT THE COOLEST THING? NOW, WE KNOW HERE IN C COD THAT THAT ACCESSIBILITY DOESN'T ALWAYS STAY IN PLACE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO GET FUNDING AND SUPPORT AND PUT THAT SIGN OUT THAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING, UH, UH, ACCESS IN AUTHENTIC MANNER. AND THEN TODAY WE HAVE SENIOR POLICE PARTNERS WHO ARE, IT'S JUST A BROAD BASED, UM, APPROACH TO, UH, RISK REDUCTION. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE AGENDA AND, UM, IF YOU'LL READ THE RECOMMENDATION [1. 26-56073 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting of Thursday, July 9, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM ONE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES MEETING OF THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 2026. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? A MOTION? SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOPE. AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JONES OT. OKAY. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED FOR COMMENT ON THE PAST MEETING? UH, NOTES. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS, IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS, EITHER HERE OR ON ZOOM, PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN. AND IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS IN ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF DIALING IN, PRESS STAR NINE NOW. SEEING NONE ON ZOOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. UH, [00:10:01] PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG AYE. THANK YOU SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. VICE CHAIR GARBE. AYE. THANK YOU. AND CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM, MOTION IS CARRIED. ITEM [2. 26-56074 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation from Dean Garrison, Senior Police Partner, regarding youth and community engagement efforts.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION FROM DEAN GARRISON, SENIOR POLICE PARTNER REGARDING YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THIS ITEM? MOTION, DEAN. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SECRETARY DEAN AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOPE. AND BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, TAKE THEIR SEATS. UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? NO PROBLEM. SORRY FOR MY TARDINESS. UM, I AM A, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE. UM, MY NAME IS COMMISSIONER STEVE ADAMS, AND I'M WEARING GLASSES. I HAVE SHORT HAIR AND A BLUE POLO SHIRT. AND WELCOME. THANKS. AND COMMISSIONER VONG, YOU WANNA GO FOR IT? NOT, NOT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. SO, UH, FULL HOUSE. THAT'S COOL. EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. ALL RIGHT. UM, DEAN, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MADAM CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY AND COMMISSIONERS THAT DISTINGUISHED GUESTS THAT ARE ON ZOOM, A BUTTON, THE PRESS OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OKAY. SO AS A MEANS OF INTRODUCTION, SO I'M A CAUCASIAN MALE. I HAVE GRAY HAIR, UH, HIM, HIS AND HE PRONOUNS, UM, ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, 235 POUNDS. I HAVE A WHITE SHIRT ON AND BLACK PANTS. AND I'M WITH THE SENIOR POLICE PARTNERS LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, ONE CORRECTION ON YOUR SLIDE THERE. SO, WE ARE PART OF THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GROUP, BUT WE ARE STRICTLY FOCUSED ON THE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING RESOURCES AND HELPING AID TO OUR SENIORS AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. SO, I HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE THIS MORNING. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT THE SPP IS IS ALL ABOUT. AND WE ALSO DO SEPARATE PRESENTATIONS AT REQUESTS, UH, FOR SENIOR, UH, SAFETY. WE ALSO DO SCAM AND FRAUD PRESENTATIONS, AND WE DO THOSE AT HOAS, UH, SENIOR FACILITIES, UH, COMMUNITIES. UH, THERE, YOU JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT, OR SEND US AN EMAIL TO S P@LONGBEACH.GOV. PUT IN A REQUEST IN, AND WE'LL SCHEDULE YOU JUST AS THE FINE FOLKS HERE DID TO SCHEDULE US TO BE HERE TODAY. SO, UH, WE DO FOLLOW THE LONG BEACH POLICE, UH, PRIORITIES AS IDENTIFIED HERE. AS FAR AS THE, THE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES. UH, THIS, THE VALUES AND EVERYTHING HERE IS ALSO THE SAME THING THAT OUR LONG BEACH EXPLORERS AND OUR CADETS FOLLOW AS WELL. SO, AS PART OF THE YOUTH ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE HAVE AN AUSTERE, UH, EXPLORER PROGRAM. UH, WE JUST HAD A RE RECENT GRADUATION OF A NEW CLASS. UH, WE GOT ABOUT 65 PLUS OF THOSE EXPLORERS. NOW, UH, THE CADETS ARE PAID INTERNS FOR THE CITY. SO THEY SUPPORT AND WORK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, HELPING THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE POLICE WHO WE ARE. SO WE'RE, OUR PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1995 BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE, UH, A DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RELIEVE THEM OF ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS SO THEY CAN FOCUS MORE ON THE CRIME ACTIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, WE'RE TRAINED TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE POLICE. UH, THEY GO OUT ON PATROL. THEY ENCOUNTER A EITHER DISABLED PERSON OR A SENIOR THAT NEEDS SOME TYPE OF HELP. UH, AND THEY CONTACT US AND WE DO A FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE. WE ALSO RECEIVE CALLS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT IN LONG BEACH, OR THEY MAY BE IN LONG BEACH AND SAY, HEY, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MY, UH, GRANDMOTHER IN A LONG TIME, OR I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MY MOM AND DAD. AND CAN YOU GO BY AND DO A WELFARE CHECK? SO WE DO THOSE AS WELL. SO WE PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT. AND I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CRIME PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AND, AND SCAM AND FRAUD. SCAM AND FRAUDS ARE SO RAMPANT NOWADAYS. UH, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. UH, THEY'RE LISTED ON THE SLIDE HERE, A COUPLE I CALL OUT. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT HEALTH AND WELFARE [00:15:01] CHECKS, PEER SUPPORT. UH, WE DO SPECIAL EVENT ASSISTANCE. SO GRETCHEN TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, GO LONG BEACH APP. SO WE'RE A FIRM USER OF THE GO GO LONG BEACH APP. WE USE THAT EVERY DAY IN OUR PATROL. WE REPORT DUMPED ITEMS. UH, WE REPORT, UH, VIOLATIONS IN, IN CROSSING WALKS. THERE'S A CROSSWALK ON OCEAN BOULEVARD DOWNTOWN THAT, UH, SEVERAL COMMUNITIES HAVE CONTACTED US. THEY'VE CONTACTED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. UH, IT IS IMPASSABLE IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, IT'S IN SUCH DISREPAIR. SO WE, EVERY TIME WE GO OUT, WE REPORT THAT ON OUR GO LONG BEACH APP. OKAY. UH, PEER SUPPORT, RESOURCE REFERRALS, HEALTH AND WELFARE CHECKS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET THOSE REFERRALS FROM LONG BEACH POLICE, FIRE, UH, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND WE DO FOLLOW UPS AND GO OUT AND SEE THEM. SO, PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR US, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. WE'RE ALL RETIRED. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BASIC THING IS AT LEAST 50 YEARS OF AGE, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE. UH, MINIMAL WALK AND TALKS. UH, WE DON'T MAKE YOU GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY PHYSICAL FITNESS ACTIVITIES THAT THEY GO THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, WE DO HAVE OUR OWN ACADEMY TRAINING. NANCY RECENTLY REQUIRED, UH, RETIRED FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AFTER 30 YEARS. AND BECAUSE SHE'S ALSO A VOLUNTEER WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, SHE'S ALREADY BADGED. SO WE WERE ABLE TO FAST TRACK HER TO GET HER INTO OUR PROGRAM, AND I WAS ABLE TO RUN A MINI ACADEMY FOR HER TO GET HER UP TO SPEED AND BE ABLE TO GO OUT ON, ON PATROL WITH US. THE AREA THAT WE PATROL, WE, WE PATROL THE ENTIRE CITY. THERE'S FOUR DIVISIONS IN THE CITY. UH, YOU SEE AROUND THE PERIPHERAL OF THE PICTURE HERE. THOSE ARE OUR SENIOR CENTERS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT WE HAVE. SO WE STOP IN AND THOSE AS WELL TALK TO THE SENIORS THAT ARE THERE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. UH, AND WE DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY PROVIDING WHAT WE CALL A SENSE OF PRESENCE. SO THEY SEE OUR LITTLE WHITE CARS GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE GO THROUGH THE ALLEYS, CHECKING FOR DUMPED ITEMS. UH, WE DO OUR VACATION CHECKS. WHEN PEOPLE GO ON VACATION, YOU CAN PUT A REQUEST IN, AND WE COME BY YOUR HOUSE DURING THE DAY TO MAKE SURE YOUR HOUSE IS SECURE. NIGHTTIME AND WEEKENDS, THE, OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO THE SAME THING FOR THAT HOUSE. THAT'S, THAT'S THE FOLKS ARE GONE. SO, AS FAR AS PATROL ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE LI I SAY LIMITED SAFETY PATROL BECAUSE BECAUSE WE'RE SENIORS, THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN THINGS WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO. WE DON'T ENGAGE WITH THE HOMELESS, WE DON'T ENGAGE WITH ANYBODY THAT'S DOING A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. BUT WE DO OBSERVE, AND WE DO CALL THINGS IN. UH, WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, WE OBSERVE A, UH, UH, A A SENIOR OR A HOMELESS PERSON DOING THINGS HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. UH, SO WE DO CALL THAT IN TO OUR DISPATCH. AND WE OBSERVE FROM A SAFE DISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S NOT DOING ANYTHING ERRONEOUS OR CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THE AREA. UH, PEOPLE ASK, UH, HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL IN OUR COMMUNITY? WE FEEL VERY SAFE IF WE EVER HAVE ANY ISSUE, WE ALL HAVE OUR, OUR RADIOS, WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH DISPATCH. WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO CALL IN AND REQUEST FOR A BLACK AND WHITE. WITHIN MINUTES, I'VE HAD FOUR OR FIVE BLACK AND WHITES ARRIVE. THEY'RE VERY PROTECTIVE OF OUR PS. UH, WE DO SIGN REMOVAL. WE REMOVE SIGNS OFF OF CITY PROPERTY. WE DON'T REMOVE SIGNS OFF PUBLIC PROPERTY, OKAY? UH, WALK AND TALKS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WALK THROUGH PARKS. WE VISIT KIDS, WE VISIT SENIORS. WE WALK THE PIER AT BELMONT SHORE. WE WALK DOWNTOWN TO LONG SECOND STREET. UH, WE WALK IN NORTH LONG BEACH IN THE SHOPPING CENTERS. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S A SENSE OF PRESENCE, REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. AS WE DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY, IF WE SEE SOMEBODY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHETHER IT'S HOMELESS OR A SENIOR, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS HOT WEATHER, WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE WATER. SO WE CARRY WATER IN OUR CARS, AND WE DISTRIBUTE WATER ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH THOSE DISABLED, UH, PARKING VIOLATIONS. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS. I LOVE TICKETING PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A HANDICAPPED SPOT, OKAY? AND IT JUST, IT JUST TICKS ME OFF THE NO END WHEN THEY SAY, WELL, I'M JUST GONNA RUN IN REAL QUICK. AND I SAID, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PIVOTING THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE DISABLED FROM USING THIS SPOT. SO HERE'S A $380 TICKET FOR YOU. PLEASE HAVE A NICE DAY. UH, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE GRAFFITI AND DUMPED ITEMS AND VACATIONS. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I I PRIDE OURSELVES ON IS THE WELFARE ASSISTANCE REFERRALS. SO WE MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL. WE DO HOME VISITS. WE PROVIDE THEM RESOURCE MATERIAL. UH, WE DO THE DOCUMENTATION AND CLOSURE. EVERYTHING IS SCANNED IN THE SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP IF NECESSARY, WHETHER IT'S A FAMILY MEMBER OR ANY, UH, COMMUNITY ACTIVITY THAT WANTS TO SEE WHAT WE DID WITH A PARTICULAR SENIOR. UH, WE ALSO DO WHAT I CALL COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. AND WE DO COLLABORATE WITH THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER. SO, UH, JANINA HERRA IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE THERE, UH, YOU SEE HER SITTING, UH, TO, TO MY, UH, RIGHT THERE IN THE PICTURE. UH, ONE OF MY OTHER PARTNERS IS IN THERE AS WELL. SO THIS IS AS PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO OLDER ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE FOLLOW ALONG WITH A PLAN THAT THE CITY PUBLISHED LAST YEAR. UH, THIS ENABLED, THIS IS ENABLING OLDER ADULTS TO AGE IN PLACE IN SOMEWHERE THAT THEY'RE [00:20:01] COMFORTABLE WITH. AND THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND MATERIALS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEM. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE JOINT VISITS THAT WE DO. UH, SOME ARE VERY COMPLEX CASES. UH, THEY'RE EITHER A PS REFERRALS OR FAMILY REFERRALS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT WHEN WE SEE VIOLATIONS THERE, HOARDING, REMEDIATION. WE DO GET CALLS FROM TIME TO TIME TO VISIT SOMEBODY. AND WE, WE WALK IN AND FIND, UH, IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE HOME. UH, WE DON'T CLEAR THE HOME, BUT WE DO MAKE SURE THERE'S A PATH IN THE HOME FOR NOT ONLY THE PERSON LIVING THERE TO MOVE AROUND, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE EMERGENCY HAS A MEANS TO GET IN AND HELP THAT PERSON IF THEY DIAL 9 1 1. WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. SO THAT PICTURE THERE IS JANINE AND I, UH, WE HAD A SENIOR THAT WAS HOSPITALIZED. HE WAS A VETERAN. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOSING HIS, UH, SECTION EIGHT HOUSING BECAUSE, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SAID HE NEEDED TO SIGN A FORM. WELL, HE WAS IN A HOSPITAL, HE COULDN'T SIGN THE FORM, OKAY? SO WE TOOK THE FORM TO HIM. WHEN WE FIRST WALKED IN, THE NURSES SAID HE IS VERY COMBATIVE AND, UH, DIDN'T WANNA TALK TO ANYBODY. SO HE WALKED IN AND, UH, THE, THE NURSE SAYS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DEPICT WHO YOU ARE. SO I SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, HEY, I INTRODUCED MYSELF. I SAID, I'M A FEDERAL VETERAN. I LOWERED MY GOWN A LITTLE BIT SO HE COULD SEE MY BADGE. AND I SAYS, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU RETAIN YOUR HOME. SO HE WAS AGREEABLE TO SIGN THE FORMS, AND JANINE WAS ABLE TO TURN THOSE INTO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND SAVE HIS HOUSE. SO, OH, IT WENT THE WRONG WAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SCAM AND FRAUD PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, SENIOR SAFETIES. WE ALSO DO COMMUNITY WATCH ACTIVITIES. SO, C UH, COMMUNITIES CALL US UP WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A COMMUNITY WATCH MEETING. AND WE GO IN THERE AND TALK ABOUT THE, THE SAME TYPE OF THING. WE PROVIDE THIS, PRESENT, THIS PRESENTATION, OR IF THEY REQUESTED ONE OF THE OTHER TWO PRESENTATIONS, WE PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE PARTICIPATE IN JUST ABOUT EVERY EVENT IN THE CITY. UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITES IS, OF COURSE, TOY PATROL. UH, THE HOLIDAY PARADES, UH, TOY PATROL, IF YOU NEVER EXPERIENCED IS, IT'S AWESOME. UH, IN OCTOBER, WE PUT OUR BOXES TOGETHER. LAST YEAR, WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 70 BOXES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO BUSINESSES, UH, HOTELS EVEN. AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. WE HAD THE HO, THE HOTEL MAYA, THEY HAD FOUR FULL BOXES, AND THEY DID THAT THREE TIMES. SO THE WAY THEY DID THAT IS THEY, WHEN PEOPLE MADE A RESERVATION THERE, THEY SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT IF YOU BRING A TOY. AND, UH, SO IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT DEAL. AND THEN WE COLLECT THOSE TOYS UP. THEY GO TO THE WAREHOUSE ON WILLOW AND, UH, AND STUDEBAKER ROAD. AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE ALL MEET THERE. WE PORTION THESE ALL OUT. AND THEN WE HAVE A CODE THREE PATROL THROUGH THE CITY. EACH DIVISION HAS ONE FAMILY THEY NOMINATE THAT'S IN DIRE NEED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. UH, THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS. SO WE HAVE THE FIRETRUCK WITH SANTA ON THERE. WE HAVE BLACK AND WHITES, UH, SIRENS, LIGHTS. WE HAVE CITY BUSES FOR PEOPLE THAT WANNA RIDE ALONG AND PARTICIPATE. AND WE GO TO THOSE LOCATIONS. AS WE ARRIVE, KIDS COME OUTTA THE WOODWORK AND OUR EXPLORERS, OUR SVPS, THE OFFICERS AND FIREMEN, WE DISTRIBUTE FREE TOYS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UNWRAPPED. WE JUST PASS TOYS OUT LIKE CRAZY. OKAY? AND WE GO TO EACH OF THE FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE CITY, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, HOLIDAY PARADES, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD EVENT THAT WE ENJOY DOING. WE MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY. UH, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUS YEARS WE MET IN THE LOCATIONS, AND THEN LAST YEAR WE HAD SOMETHING SET UP AT EACH OF THE PARKS. THE DIFFICULTY WITH THAT IS TRYING TO GET THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE PARKS, YOU KNOW, AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES. SO THIS YEAR WE WENT BACK TO THE OLD MODEL WHERE WE WENT TO THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND PARTICIPATED. I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY. PRESS THE WRONG BUTTON, ACADEMY GRADUATIONS, PROMOTION CEREMONIES WITH THE CITY, AND THE ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY. SO WE DO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE AS WELL. SO WE DO OPERATE IN ACADEMY TRAINING. UH, NANCY JUST COMPLETED THIS, SO IT'S 40 HOURS. SO IT'S A MIXTURE OF CLASSROOM AND FIELD TRAINING. OKAY. BUT THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE GO THROUGH WITH EACH OF OUR SPP VOL, UH, VOLUNTEERS BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ACTUALLY GO OUT ON PATROL. AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS, HANDS ON PRACTICE. THEY'RE TAUGHT HOW TO LIGHT FLARES, HOW TO SET UP FOR TRAFFIC, UH, UH, SITUATIONS. WE DO, UH, FACILITY TOURS, SIT ALONGS, RIDE-ALONGS. THEY LEARN DEFENSIVE DRIVING. SO IT'S NONE OF THE FANCY DEFENSIVE DRIVING YOU SEE ON TV, WHERE YOU, YOU DO A 360 TURN OR ANY OF THAT. NO. IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE ALLEYS AND BEING ABLE TO TURN IN TIGHT SITUATIONS AND BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF TIGHT SPOTS THAT WE DRIVE INTO. WE'RE TRAINED IN FIRST AID AND CPR AND WE PARTICIPATE IN THE FIELD TRAINING. ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM ANYBODY? IT IS A LOT. AND I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULDN'T BE DEAN GARRISON IF I WOULDN'T ASK FOR HELP. AND, UH, WHEN I JOINED THE PROGRAM, WE HAD 31 SVPS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 12. OKAY. SO, UH, WE, WE DO THE BUDGET CUTS AND EVERYTHING. WE WERE ABLE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, HOLD OUR OWN, UH, OPEN HOUSE [00:25:01] OR A LARGE ACADEMY TRAINING, BUT WE'RE AT, WHAT I AM ABLE TO DO IS IF WE GET GOOD QUALIFIED PERSONNEL, UH, LIKE NANCY, UH, I'M ABLE TO FAST TRACK THOSE PEOPLE. SO I HAVE A TIP VOLUNTEER, AND JULIE HAVE, I HAVE A COUPLE THAT WE MET AT THE AQUARIUM AT THAT EVENT THERE, AND GOOD QUALIFICATIONS. SO I'VE RECOMMENDED THAT WE FAST TRACK THOSE FOLKS SOON AS THEY GET THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS, UH, AND THEY STILL WANT TO CONTINUE ON, THEN I'LL SET UP A MINI ACADEMY FOR THOSE FOLKS, AND WE'LL GET THEM ON BOARD AS WELL. BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY, PLEASE, UH, PASS ALONG THAT, THE WEBSITE THERE, UH, PASS ALONG THE FLYER AS WELL. THERE'S A QR CODE THERE. UH, WE WOULD WELCOME ADDITIONAL FOLKS. THE CHIEF WOULD LIKE TO GET US UP TO 50. WE HAVE FOUR CUTE LITTLE CARS WE DRIVE AROUND IN. UH, THE CITY PROVIDES ALL OUR EQUIPMENT, OUR UNIFORMS, THE RADIOS, UH, EVERYTHING. SO THERE'S NO EXPENSE OUT OF POCKET FOR ANY OF THE SENIORS THAT ARE VOLUNTEERS. YES, MA'AM. AND THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO, UH, BACK AND AND FORTH WITH, UH, QUESTION AND ANSWERS, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO IN PERSON, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS ON ZOOM OR DIALING IN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ON ZOOM, OUR PRESS STAR NINE NOW. SEEING NONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SO, UM, WE OPEN IT UP. YES. SECRETARY DEAN. DEAN, A JULIE. SORRY. SO, UM, ONE COMMENT FIRST, AND THEN I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, I HAVE WORKED WITH DEAN AS BOTH, UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BELMONT SHORE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION. HE'S COME AND SPOKEN TO OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, I WORK FOR SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH, AND HE HAS, UH, TABLED, I INVITE HIM TO TABLE AT ALL OF OUR EVENTS. HE BRINGS LITTLE, HE BRINGS LITTLE KID CAPES, UM, . AND HE ALWAYS, HE LOVE, HE ALWAYS PUTS ME ON MY, I PUT HIM WHEELCHAIR, WHEELCHAIR . THAT'S RIGHT. IT ZOOM AS I ZOOM PAST. UM, BUT, UH, AND HE'S AMAZING. IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, A GREAT BOOTH. UM, SO ONE THING THAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UH, THE DISABILITY PARKING AND CITATIONS, UM, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HAD IS PEOPLE AND TRUCKS PARKING IN OUR BUS STOPS, WHICH MEANS THAT PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, PEOPLE WITH WALKERS AND CANES HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TO THE BUS. UM, AND THE, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE POLICE. I'VE BEEN WITH A POLICE OFFICER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HAPPENING, AND THEY DON'T TAKE, THEY JUST DON'T TAKE IT. UM, THERE, BUT THERE'S GOTTA BE A FINE. AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD SOMEHOW TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, SO, SO I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICKLY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, PARKING ENFORCEMENT IS NOT DONE BY THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS. OKAY. BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS EITHER A, UH, A VEHICLE BLOCKING THE BUS, BUS RAMP, UH, OR YOU HAVE A RED CURB VIOLATOR, UH, YOU HAVE A DRIVEWAY VIOLATOR. SO WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSISTANCE, CSAS, THOSE ARE BRAND NEW. THEY'VE BEEN ON BOARD ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T CARRY WEAPONS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SWORN OFFICERS, BUT THEY ARE PART OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UH, THEY DO POLICE REPORTS, BUT THEY DO FOLLOW UP AND GIVE TICKETS. THEY WRITE TICKETS FOR RED CURB VIOLATORS, AND I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THEY COULD ALSO WRITE A TICKET FOR SOMEBODY BLOCKING A, A BUS LANE. AND THEY ALSO DO DRIVEWAY BLOCKERS AS WELL. BUT THEY HELP THE, UH, LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT ON, IN ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS. SO IF SOMEONE NEEDS A POLICE REPORT DONE, OR SOMEONE HAS A, HAS A, A THEFT IN A GROCERY STORE OF A POCKETBOOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE CSAS, THAT THE ONES THAT ARE DISPATCHED TO THOSE LOCATIONS, AND THEY HANDLE THAT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU SAID CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ON SLIDE 10. YES. UM, IS THAT STRICTLY CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS OR IS IT ALSO YES. CODE ENFORCEMENT OF, UH, PRIVATE HOMES. OKAY. UH, BUSINESS AREAS, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO ONE HOME THAT WAS REFERRED TO US BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, THE GENTLEMAN, UH, HE HAD NO ELECTRICITY IN HIS HOUSE, SO HE WAS HAVING, UH, HE HAD A REFRIGERATOR OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S WHERE HIS FOOD WAS IN WITH NO POWER. OH. SO THE FOOD WAS GOING BAD? OH. UH, WE'VE HAD OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE THE WIRING AROUND THE HOUSE WAS FRAYED AND DROPPING ON THE HOUSE. SO WE HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT COME OUT AND, AND LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. AND SO IT'S NOT CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY, UM, [00:30:01] UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS? NO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I'M DONE. THANK YOU. THANKS, DEAN. OTHERS? YES. TRACK. GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DO HOUSE VISITS WHEN THEY'RE ON VACATION. YES. THE VA THE VACATION CHECKS. YES. VACATION CHECKS. UM, SO WHAT ABOUT IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT HAVE PETS? DO YOU ASSIST WITH PET WATCHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO. NO. NO. OH, MAN. UNFORTUNATELY NOT . OKAY. THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY. AND THE, THE OTHER THING WE'VE ADDED RE RECENTLY THIS YEAR IS, UH, WHEN HOMES GET TERMITE TINTED, UH, WE ALSO COME BY AND, AND, AND CHECK THOSE OUT. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY PUT THE TERMITE TENTS UP AND THEY PUT, UH, SANDBAGS OR WEIGHTS AROUND THE BARRIER AT THE BOTTOM. SO WE COME BY TO VERIFY THOSE ARE STILL IN PLACE. BUT BECAUSE WHAT THE CRIMINALS DO IS THEY WEAR GAS MASKS, THEY REMOVE THOSE THINGS AND THEY GO IN UNDERNEATH THAT AND, AND ROB THE HOME. MM-HMM . SO WE ALSO, WE USE THE SAME FORM, THE VACATION CHECK FORM. PEOPLE IN THE REMARKS AREA, JUST SAY, MA HOME'S BEING TERMITE TENDED ON THIS DURING THIS DURATION. AND WE GO OUT THERE. NICE. THANK YOU. YES. MM-HMM . UM, I WANTED TO KNOW LIKE WHAT A RECRUITMENT LIKE EVENT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UM, SO I RUN MY NOT COMMISSIONER ROLES THAT I RUN PARTNERS OF PARKS, AND SO ALL OF OUR SENIOR CENTERS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE PARKS MM-HMM . AND SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FACILITATE. UM, SO WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE A RECRUITMENT? SO, SO WE VISIT THE SENIOR CENTERS. ALL OF OUR FLYERS ARE AT THE SENIOR CENTERS. EACH OF THE SENIOR, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, ADVISORS THAT WORK THERE. HELLO. IN THE SENIOR CENTER. THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT WE DO WHEN THE SENIOR CENTER HAS AN EVENT FOR SENIORS, THEY INVITE US AND WE COME. OKAY. BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A CERTAIN CENTER, WHETHER IT'S EL DORADO OR FOURTH STREET, OR ONE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US COME IN AND TALK TO THE SENIORS ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AND WORKING WITH US, JUST GIVE US A CALL. BUT WE, WE, WE'D BE GLAD TO SHOW UP AND TALK TO 'EM. MM-HMM . HOW WE DOING? OKAY. IS THAT HIM? OKAY. WE'LL WAIT, UH, FOR THAT, UM, YEAH, THIS WAS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. WE DIDN'T GIVE YOU A LOT OF NOTICE. NO. AND, UM, I'M ALWAYS READY, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS PREPARED. SO THAT I LIKE, UM, A, A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS I FEEL WE SHOULD HAVE GUIDANCE FROM YOU ON HOW TO BEST SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY YOUR NEEDS AND YOUR SERVICES. YOU HAVE FABULOUS SERVICES, BUT THE NEED TO GET THEM OUT IS BASED ON HAVING ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS AND SO ON. SO I CAN ADDRESS THAT REAL QUICKLY. SO ON OUR, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS THERE, SPP@LONGBEACH.GOV, IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ISSUE, IF YOU KNOW OF A SITUATION, IF YOU KNOW OF A SENIOR OR SOMEBODY IN NEED, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST SEND US AN EMAIL. WE ALSO HAVE A, WHAT I CALL A BLUE SLIP. IT IS A FORM WITH ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION, AND IT'S SIMILAR TO AN A PS REPORT THAT THE, THE SOCIAL WORKERS USE. SO IF YOU SEND US AN EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, I HAVE SOMEONE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AFTER. CAN YOU SEND ME YOUR BLUE SLIP? WE CAN SEND THAT BLUE SLIP TO YOU, UH, AND YOU CAN FILL ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT AND SEND IT BACK TO US. AND THEN WE LOG THAT, WE DISTRIBUTE IT TO OUR TEAMS. WE HAVE TEAMS ON EACH DAY OF THE WEEK, AND THE TEAMS WOULD GO OUT AND VISIT THAT PARTICULAR PERSON. WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. THE FORM ISN'T AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC. UH, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER HAS IT, UH, THE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT A PS HAS IT, UH, JAMIE AT THE JEWISH CENTER, SHE HAS THE FORM. UH, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN SEND THE COMMISSION HERE A COPY OF THE FORM AS WELL, SO YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT TO YOUR FOLKS. OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE FORM, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT'S A SIMPLE FORM, BUT EVEN OUR OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRAINED. THEY'RE TOLD WHAT TO DO. AND I STILL GET AN EMAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FROM AN OFFICER THAT SAYS, HEY, I GOT THIS SENIOR THAT NEEDS HELP. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU DIDN'T GIMME A NAME, YOU DIDN'T GIMME A PHONE NUMBER, OR YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS. YOU KNOW, I NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION. SO I SEND THE FORM TO THAT OFFICER. NOW HE HAS ACCESS TO THAT OFFICER ONLINE, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT COMPUTERIZED. THEY ALL HAVE COMPUTERS IN THEIR CAR, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN ENTER THE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE ON THE COMPUTER. AND THEN IT COMES TO US TO, TO SOLIDIFY AND MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE RAPID RESPONSE. BUT I'LL SEND THE FORM TO THE CO THE EXCELLENT COMMISSION, AND YOU GUYS HAVE THAT FORM, AND WE'D LIKE TO SUPPORT, AND YOU CAN USE IT, THE STREAMLINING, UM, TO SUPPORT YOUR SERVICES. UM, NATURALLY OUR FOCUS IS PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, AND I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OVERLAP BETWEEN OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY. [00:35:01] WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT. YES. I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A SENSE OF BOTH YOUR OUTREACH TO THE VARIOUS DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND YOUR, THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE TIME THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING REGARDLESS OF AGE WITH, UM, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. YEAH. MO MOST OF OUR SUPPORT SERVICES ARE GENERATED TOWARDS SENIORS, BUT WE DO HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO A HOUSE AND WE'VE ASSISTED WITH, UH, UH, SAFETY ITEMS IN THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A GRAB POLE BY THE TUB, IF THEY HAVE A TUB TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE TUB. WE TALK TO 'EM ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FURNITURE AROUND, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE HOME. WE'VE BEEN IN SOME HOMES WHERE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GET AROUND. THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF AND CLUTTER ON THE FLOOR, YOU KNOW, SO WE MOVE STUFF AROUND, HELP THEM THROUGH THE NAVIGATION OF THAT, AND DO PROVIDE THE SAFETY. SO WE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO SOMEBODY THAT'S UNDER, YOU KNOW, THE 50 A YEAR OF AGE MARK AS A SENIOR. BUT IF WE GET A CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY, WE'LL DEFINITELY GO AND HELP. UM, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. UH, ONE IS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT PIECE. I THINK FOR MYSELF, THAT'S NEW INFORMATION. AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE TO REMAIN, UH, SAFE IN THEIR HOME TO, UM, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONCERN, LACK OF AWARENESS, ALSO POSSIBLE INTIMIDATION MM-HMM . ABOUT, UM, THE SAFETY OF THEIR SPACE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SO, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WOULD FALL IN. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO PROVIDE IS WE'VE BEEN TO HOMES WHERE WE ARRIVE, AND THE HOME HAS NOT HAD ELECTRICITY FOR SIX MONTHS, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. OKAY. SO WE IMMEDIATELY CALL THE, WE HAVE EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS THAT WE CALL, AND I, I GET THE ELECTRICITY TURNED ON THAT DAY, AND I SAYS, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEBODY DYING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN THEIR HOUSE OR ELECTRICITY IN THEIR HOUSE, OR WATER OR GAS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. UH, SO WE DO THAT. UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW I CAN HELP OUT IN THIS OTHER SITUATION. WELL, I, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S AN AWARENESS, THERE'S A, A GAP IN AWARENESS IN SOME OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE SEEING, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, ARE IN FAIRLY DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THEY THEMSELVES DON'T HAVE THE, WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE TO, UM, GET THE CITY TO THEN ENFORCE. RIGHT. WITH A PROPERTY OWNER, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG LIFT. BUT IN THAT SITUATION, THEY, THEY, THEY COULD REACH OUT TO US, CALL OUR NUMBER, THE SEVEN TWO ONE TWO, LEAVE A VOICEMAIL. THE BEST THING TO DO IS SEND AN EMAIL. THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE 7 2 1 2 NUMBER IS WE DON'T, WE DON'T MAN THE DESK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT HOURS A DAY. OKAY. IT ONLY GETS LOOKED AT WHEN SOMEONE GOES IN FOR PATROL, THEY CHECK THE VOICEMAIL. BUT THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE OF US THAT MONITOR THAT EMAIL ADDRESS 24 7. SO IF WE SEE SOMETHING AT THAT EMAIL ADDRESS, HEY, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A HOMEOWNER, CAN YOU GO CHECK THIS OUT? THEN WE DO THAT. THANK YOU. THAT YES, MA'AM. THAT'S VERY CLARIFYING. ONE LAST THING. THE PARKING ACROSS SIDEWAYS, UH, SIDEWALKS. I, I HOPE NOBODY KNOWS WHERE I LIVE. OH, YEAH. ALL OF YOU DO. OKAY. MY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY PARKS ACROSS THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS, I MEAN, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. AND WHAT I'VE HEARD THUS FAR, CITYWIDE ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR IS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO EACH INDIVIDUAL SPACE AND CALL IT IN. IT'S LIKE, NO, THAT'S AVERSIVE. UM, WE NEED AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. IT ALERT PEOPLE THAT PARKING ACROSS THE SIDEWALK IS A BARRIER TO MANY PEOPLE. YEAH. SO, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS, AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS CAN ADDRESS THAT WHEN THEY HOLD THEIR COMMUNITY WATCH MEETINGS. AND WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT DOWNTOWN ON OCEAN WHEN WE MEET WITH THOSE FOLKS. UH, WHEN I GO TO COMMUNITY WATCH MEETINGS, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I ADDRESS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, TELL YOUR RESIDENTS, DON'T, DON'T PARK IN RED CURBS, DON'T PARK UP ON THE SIDEWALK. SIDEWALKS ARE TO REMAIN FREE. IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY VIOLATING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT GUYS WILL COME, THEY'LL, THEY'LL GIVE 'EM A TICKET, AND IN SOME CASES THEY'LL TOW THE CAR ON SPOT. AND THEY ARE PUBLIC WORKS. THEY WORK FOR PUBLIC WORKS. YES. THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION. NEW TO ME. I ALWAYS, WHAT DID I, I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ACTUALLY, IN THE LONG DAYS, THEY BELONGED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. WE DID THAT. YEAH. COMMISSIONER BOND, AND THEN COMMISSIONER ADAMS. OKAY. I'M GONNA HELP OUT, UH, COMMISSIONER BOND. THIS IS COMMISSIONER ADAMS. COMMISSIONER VAUGHN WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION, DO YOU ONLY HELP SENIORS? WELL, THAT'S OUR PRIMARY FOCUS. BUT IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S IN NEED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PERSON OR RIGHT, UH, RESOURCE [00:40:01] GETS DEPLOYED TO THEM. SO 50 IS SENIOR, JUST, JUST, JUST YOU STILL IS. YEAH. THANK YOU. YOU WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY? YES. YES. WE DOABILITY, YES. . YEAH. SO THE, THE FLYER ADDRESSES SENIORS, BUT WE DO ADDRESS AND WORK WITH DISABLED PEOPLE OF ANY AGE. IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE, WE MAKE SURE THE RIGHT RESOURCES DEPLOYED. IT MAY NOT BE US, BUT WE CONTACT THE RIGHT RESOURCE TO DEPLOY AND HELP THAT, THAT FAMILY OR THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL. SO JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON HER QUESTION, CAN WE SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND THAT YOU'RE MAYBE THE NEXT BROCHURE BATCH GO OUT THAT COULD BE ADDED ON TO THIS BROCHURE ABOUT HELPING OUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY OR ANYTHING IN THAT NATURE FOR PROMOTING? WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. THE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SENIOR POLICE PARTNERS, SO WE WERE, WE WERE CHARTERED TO BRING ON BOARD SUPPORT TO SENIORS SPECIFICALLY. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. YES. WOW. THAT WAS OUTSTANDING. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO SUPPORT YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I WANNA, I WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE TO EVERYONE. UM, ALTHOUGH THIS IS ON ZOOM, UH, THIS ALSO IS VIDEOTAPED AND THEN PLAYED, AND SO WE SEND IT OUT TO PEOPLE. SO WE REALLY, I WANT YOU TO FEEL, AND I THINK ALL OF US FEEL THAT, WE WANT YOU TO FEEL AS THOUGH THAT WE'RE A SUPPORTIVE BODY TO THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE CITY. MUCH APPRECIATED. UM, THAT'S HOW WE CAN, UM, AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DISTRIBUTE THE BRIEFING THAT I PROVIDED AS WELL ONLINE TO, TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SO, UM, I CALL FOR THE VOTE, COMMISSIONER ADAMS. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG AYE. THANK YOU SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. VICE CHAIR GARBE AYE. AND CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, NEXT ITEM, [3. 26-56075 Recommendation to receive and file a report providing updates on the Disability Data & Community Survey.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT PROVIDING UPDATES ON THE DISABILITY, DATA AND COMMUNITY SURVEY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND KIM COMMISSIONER BONG, SECOND COMM, UH, SECRETARY DEAN. OKAY. SO THIS IS AN UPDATE. UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER, UH, AND CHAIR, UH, SWANSON. I'M GONNA BE GIVING THE, A SHORT REPORT TODAY. UM, ON OUR COMMUNITY DISABILITY DATA AND RESEARCH PROJECT, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF DATA GATHERING. UH, WE'VE EXTENDED THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS SET THE STAGE SO THAT WE CAN PUT FORWARD A, UH, REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT TO THEM A, UM, IN PROGRESS SUM SUMMARY. AND, AND THERE'S A REASON THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT REASONS. ONE IS, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST EVER DISABILITY SURVEY ACTION IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. AND TWO, WE HAVE HAD TO PIVOT A COUPLE OF TIMES TO, [00:45:01] UM, MAKE THIS SURVEY DATA COLLECTION SUCCESSFUL. AND WE FELT THAT THE CITY, BECAUSE OF, UM, THEIR COMMITMENT THROUGH FUNDS, UH, WE NEEDED TO GO IN PERSON, NOT JUST SENT A LETTER. SO, UM, THE GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO SHARE MOST OF WHAT YOU ALREADY SAW IN MAY AND APPROVED. BUT WE'RE GOING TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, BEFORE WE SUBMIT IT, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL. AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THOSE PLACES. WE'RE JUST, UH, UH, TABULATING THE RESULTS NOW. AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU'LL, UM, AGREE WITH THE COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT FORWARD A COMPLETED POWERPOINT TO PRESENT TO THE CITY, UH, AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. SO, UM, THE MISSION HAS REMAINED THE SAME. WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD. UH, CAN I DO THAT OR YOU'RE DOING IT? COOL, THANKS. ALRIGHT. UH, THE GOAL HAS REMAINED THE SAME. AND, UM, THE IDEA HERE IS TO PROVIDE DATA BACK TO CITY DEPARTMENTS. THAT'S THE REAL DEAL, UH, FROM PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE THE LIVED EXPERIENCE. UM, AND OUR CONCEPT COMES FROM THE, UH, GOAL AND MISSION OF KCO IS TO PROVIDE EQUITY ACROSS THE, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. SO WE PREPARED AND WE HAD A PROJECT LAUNCH, AND THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY OF 2026. WE ARE NOW. AND, AND THIS IS WHAT WILL BE FILLED IN IN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF, UH, WEEKS BEFORE WE SEND IT ON TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, AS AN INTERIM REVIEW, WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END OF OUR DATA COLLECTION, OUR REVISION, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND. BUT IN MAY WE HAD JUST UNDER 300, UH, SURVEYS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAD TO PIVOT BECAUSE WE HAD HOPED FOR, UM, ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY THAT PEOPLE COULD EASILY GO ONLINE IN FOUR LANGUAGES, UM, AND DO IT FROM THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME. WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS NOT DOABLE. IT WAS NOT WORKABLE. WE WERE NOT GETTING ENOUGH. WE WERE HOPING FOR 4,000 THROUGH THAT MODEL, AND WE WERE GETTING JUST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED. SO IN THAT POOL OF PEOPLE, WE FOUND, UM, THE TYPES OF FOLKS IN TERMS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY THAT, UH, WE RECEIVE DATA ON. WE, UM, UH, GENDER, UH, AGE, UH, DIFFERENCES IN AGE. AND AGAIN, THAT HELPED US TRY TO PIVOT TO, UH, GAIN INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT AGE, UH, BASED COMMUNITIES. UM, THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT SUFFICIENT REPRESENTATION SO IT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL ACROSS THE CITY. UM, AND, AND THIS IS ANOTHER PIVOT POINT, UM, WE FOUND THAT YES, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO DO IT INDEPENDENTLY, BUT THE FURTHER WE GOT INTO IT, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE NEEDED, UM, SUPPORT EITHER TO BE TALKED THROUGH IT OR COMMUNICATION SUPPORT, PHYSICAL ASSISTANCE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE, UH, PIVOTED AT IT. UM, THESE, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HERE WE HAVE, UM, WE USE THE DISABILITY PRIDE FLAG. AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE RECEIVED AS OF MAY, END OF MAY OF THIS YEAR. UM, SO BASED ON THOSE FINDINGS, WE, WE STOPPED TABLING BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS NOT USEFUL. AND, AND WE STOPPED, UH, EMAIL OUTREACH AND WE PIVOTED TO IN-PERSON PRESENTATIONS AND THE USE OF PAPER SURVEYS, UM, AND HAVING ENOUGH VOLUNTEER SUPPORT, INCLUDING INTERNS WHERE WE COULD PROVIDE ONE-TO-ONE, UM, UH, SUPPORT TO HELP PEOPLE COMPLETE THE SURVEY. AND I THINK MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO OPEN UP THEIR DOORS TO THEIR CLINICS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES TO ALLOW US TO COME IN AND DO [00:50:01] THAT. UM, SO THIS IS THE DATA AT THIS POINT. SO YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT ALL UP. WHO'D LIKE TO DO THAT? AND THE WINNER IS OKAY. DON'T ADD IT ALL UP. ALRIGHT. SO WE'VE GOT OVER 900, WHICH IS PRETTY, GOSH DARN CLOSE TO A THOUSAND. SO WE'RE THRILLED. AND THERE'S STILL SOME COMING IN. AND WE, UH, REALLY HAVE TO, UM, THANK S WHO JUMPED IN WITH ALL FOUR FEET IN THE BEGINNING WHEN HE WAS FIRST HERE, AND HAS, UM, GOTTEN A LOT OF DOORS OPEN THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE, UH, EXPLORED. SO THAT, THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. AND ALL OF THOSE ARE IN PERSON, BASICALLY ONE-TO-ONE, UH, DATA GATHERING OPPORTUNITIES. UM, THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE, UH, SURVEY WILL BE TO, UH, CLOSE OUT THE SURVEY, A COLLECTION, UM, ANALYZE, CREATE A DRAFT REPORT, AND IN THE SPRING, UM, PRESENT HERE FIRST. AND THEN WE WOULD OF COURSE WANT TO, UM, SEND IT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. SO THE MOTION, DID WE DO THE MOTION OR DID I JUST JUMP IN AND YES, CHAIR, WE DID GET A MOTION. OH, THANK GOD. OKAY. SO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE IN PERSON, PLEASE SIGN UP AT THE PODIUM. IF YOU'RE CALLING VIA ZOOM, PLEASE USE A RAISE HAND FEATURE OR DIAL STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IN BY PHONE. SEEING NONE. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? YES. I JUST WAS GONNA SAY, I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PIE GRAPHS AND THE PERCENTAGES DON'T, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. SORRY. THE PERCENTAGE, I'M LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PIE CHARTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE DATA AND I, I APPRECIATE THE VISUAL, BUT SOME OF THE VISUALS DO NOT REFLECT THE MATH. SO LIKE, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE ARE CORRECT BEFORE THEY'RE PRESENTED EXTERNALLY. SO LIKE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE OTHER DATA PAGE, CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH, IT SAYS LIVE 79.3%. THAT WOULD MEAN THE ORANGE WOULD NEED TO TAKE UP AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS OF THE PIE. OH, OKAY. AND IT DOES NOT. SO JUST, UM, YEAH, JUST SPOT CHECKING EVERYTHING. BUT, UM, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT REALLY, I MEAN, FANTASTIC WORK FROM DR. GARY AND HIS MASTER'S STUDENT. LIKE, I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE LIKE, IT'S HARD TO GET, DATA IS HARD TO GET. UM, AND THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE LASTING. UM, AND SO JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE LIKE THEIR, THEIR GREAT WORK ON THIS AS WELL AS THE WORK OF S AND THE TEAM. UM, THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB. NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND THAT'S THE KIND OF, UM, REVIEW THAT WE NEED. 'CAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE POLISHED AND THAT'S WHY, UH, THERE'S SOME SPACE THERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH IT WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB, UH, BEFORE WE IT ON. YES. ME? YES. UM, ACTUALLY IT IS ACCURATE BECAUSE THE CONNECTION TO LONG BEACH CAN BE MULTIPLE THINGS. MM-HMM . IT DOESN'T ADD UP TO A HUNDRED. UM, LIKE YOU COULD LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE AND GO TO SCHOOL HERE. SO YOU'RE MARKING THREE THINGS. SO LIKE IF YOU ADD UP THE NUMBERS, IT'S OVER WAY OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT. SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE, THE RIGHT, THE GRAPH LOOKS LIKE THAT. AND TO MEET YOUR NEED, WE SHOULD HAVE THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE RESPONSES. SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. YEAH. OKAY. ART, YOU'RE JUST GIVING A THUMBS UP OR DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M JUST TRYING TO, ALRIGHT. OKAY. I THINK THE NEXT TIME, UM, WE SEE IT, UM, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION AND THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING. UM, OUR EXCITEMENT WAS, COULD WE GET NEAR TO A THOUSAND? AND THE ANSWER IS YES. SO THAT WAS GOOD. YES. SO CAN WE STILL TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO COMPLETE IT? YES. OKAY. SO ONLINE IT IS OPEN AND AVAILABLE. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. YEP. EVERYONE COUNTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AL THAT I [00:55:01] SHOULD ASK FOR? SO THE MOTION IS TO, UM, SUBMIT A EDITED VERSION OF THIS POWERPOINT TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL. YEAH. DOES EVERYONE UNDER UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON. OKAY. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE. ALRIGHT, THEN WE CAN CALL THE FOR THE VOTE CHAIR. SWANSON. CAN WE CONFIRM FOR ITEM THREE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION IS RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT. ARE YOU, SAY THAT AGAIN? FOR ITEM THREE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT PROVIDING THE UPDATES. DID YOU WANT? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING THIS FORWARD, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED. OKAY. CAN WE DO THAT? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. SHE WANTS TO AMEND THE MOTION. SO JUST TO CONFIRM, WE WILL BE, I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AMENDING WAS TO GET APPROVAL TO MOVE IT TO CITY COUNCIL, NOT TO, NOT TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SO WE WILL BE AMENDING THE MOTION. OKAY. TO, UH, LET'S SEE. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? NO, JUST WAIT, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THE AMENDED MOTION WILL BE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT AND TO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT'S FINE. IS THAT OKAY? BUT IS IT OKAY FOR THE FOLKS? YES. UH, SO IT WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER VONG. COMMISSIONER VONG. IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? HOLD ON THE RECORD. DO COMMISSIONER VONG, I'M SORRY. NOW WITH YOUR MICROPHONE ON, DO YOU AGREE TO THAT AMENDED MOTION? YEAH. THANK YOU. AND, UH, SECRETARY DEAN AS THE SECONDER OF THE MOTION. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL? I'M SORRY, I NEED CLARIFICATION. SO, OOPS, I'M SORRY. I NEED CLARIFICATION. SO JUST TO VERIFY, WE'RE TAKING THIS EXACT REPORT AS IT LOOKS TODAY AND SENDING THAT TO COUNSEL, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, WE'RE GONNA ADD TO IT WITH SOME UPDATED INFORMATION BEFORE WE SEND IT FORWARD. SO THERE'S SOME BLANK PAGES IN THERE. OKAY. UM, YOU NEED TO GET CLARITY. OKAY. CHAIR SWANSON. I'M SORRY, JUST FOR THE RECORD TO CONFIRM. SO WE ARE RECEIVING AND FILING THE REPORT AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE REPORT TO THEN FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. CORRECT? DID I CAPTURE THAT CORRECTLY? OKAY, PERFECT. AND SECRETARY DEAN, JUST TO CONFIRM, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT AMENDED MOTION? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. CHAIR S ARE YOU READY FOR THE VOTE? PERFECT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ADAMS. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE AYE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO? AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG AYE. THANK YOU. SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. VICE CHAIR GAR AYE. AND CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. UM, GOSH. MOTION IS CARRIED AS AMENDED. I'M SORRY. FOUR. YEP. [4. 26-56076 Recommendation to discuss the upcoming Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities (CACoD) Disability Advocates of the Year Awards, propose potential honorees, and determine next steps for selecting award recipients.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DISABILITIES C**K DISABILITY ADVOCATES OF THE YEAR AWARDS, PROPOSED POTENTIAL HONOREES, AND DETERMINE NEXT STEPS FOR SELECTING AWARD RECIPIENTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THIS? I MOTION SECOND. DO WE GET A [01:00:01] OKAY, I OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. YES. S SO THERE'S A NOMINATION PACK, I MEAN, NOMINATION PAPER, UH, IN YOUR PACKET. SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, USE THAT TO NOMINATE. THANK YOU. I, I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THIS. THIS IS, UM, OUT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, I THINK THREE YEARS NOW, UH, FOR A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAPPENED EARLY IN 2026, WE MISSED WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE IN PRIOR YEARS. AND WE FACED, UM, THE LEADERSHIP GROUP HERE THAT WE, UNLESS WE DID SOMETHING, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS, UM, AWARD, UM, OPPORTUNITY UNTIL NEXT YEAR. AND WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS REALLY REFLECTIVE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING AND HAVE DOING IN SUPPORT OF A COMMON MISSION. SO WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD OPEN IT AT THIS TIME. UM, AND THE IDEA IS TO TAKE IN IDEAS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND, UH, PUT IT FORWARD TO THE LEADERSHIP GROUP TO SELECT, UM, INDIVIDUALS OR AGENCIES FOR THE TWO AWARDS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. THIS IS NOT TO BE A STANDARD, THIS IS TO BE, UM, THINK OF A WORD, HOW WE CAN GET FROM HERE TO THERE AND, AND, UM, REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, PEOPLE IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY AND THEN PUT IT BACK, UM, INTO OUR ANNUAL PROCESS IN 2027. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA, UM, OF THIS. UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO PROPOSE POTENTIAL HONOREES AND DETERMINE NEXT STEPS. AND WHAT I AM HOPING FOR IS THAT YOU ALL WILL, UM, PUT FORWARD, UM, ONE OR TWO, UM, AT LEAST, UH, NOMINEES THAT WILL THEN BE, UM, TAKEN UP BY, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE, UH, VICE CHAIR, GARBE, SECRETARY, DEAN, AND MYSELF, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE AWARD NEXT MONTH. COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? I, THIS IS JUST US TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO DO THIS IN A INTERIM, INTERIM, BUT ALSO ECUMENICAL THOUGHT, THOUGHTFUL WAY. UM, SO WE'RE NOT MISSING THE INTENTION OF THIS. UM, AND WE'VE ALWAYS PUT FORWARD, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PAST. SO THIS IS, WE'RE KEEPING THE SPIRIT OF THAT. AND, AND IN THE PAST YEARS WE HAD AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WOULD THEN MAKE THE DECISION RATHER THAN SET UP A AD HOC COMMITTEE. 'CAUSE THAT TAKES SOME TIME. WE JUST PUT, UM, THE THREE OF US INTO THAT POSITION OF AD HOC FOR THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S REALLY THE DIFFERENCE. SILENCE IS GOLDEN OR SILENCE IS, YES. YEAH. I, OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THE SHEET OF PAPER IN WRITTEN FORM AND SUBMIT THEM TO YOU ALL. UM, IS THERE, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHO PREVIOUS HONOREES WERE, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT DUPLICATING ANYTHING. AND THEN ALSO, IS THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS SUCH AS, LIKE, ONE I WOULD THINK IS LIKE THEY ARE IN LONG BEACH OR LIKE WHAT ARE, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC CRITERIA OTHER THAN BEING A STANDOUT ADVOCATE FOR DISABILITIES THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN NOMINATING? SO THOSE ARE ALL EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. UM, ONE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REPEATING, KNOW, AND WE WOULDN'T GIVE, UH, SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE AND THEN WE'LL SEE. UH, IN TERMS OF CRITERIA, I DON'T THINK THEIR VIN I THINK THE INDIVIDUAL AD HOC GROUP SORT OF SET UP WHAT THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN A GIVEN YEAR. CERTAINLY LONG BEACH IS THE INTENTION. SO, UM, IF THE, UH, ORGANIZATION OF PERSONS OUTSIDE, OKAY. BUT IF THEIR INTENTION IS HERE IN LONG BEACH, THROW IT IN THERE AGAIN. YEAH, I ANYONE ELSE HAVE A THOUGHT? OKAY. KIM, [01:05:04] I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND DIGNITY. YOU'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND NER CLINIC TO BE ONE OF NOMINEES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW. WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE THOSE DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? AR YEAH. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. YEAH. DID WE WANT GIVE A DEADLINE? AH, DEADLINE. UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK CHAIR? I LIKE HOW THAT BALL BOUNCED RIGHT BACK HERE. . SORRY. ALL RIGHTY. UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT'S TODAY'S DATE? THE 10TH? I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A WEEK IS SO NEXT THURSDAY, NO LATER THAN A WEEK FRIDAY. YEP. GOOD QUESTION. ANYONE ELSE? YES. IF WE HAVE IT COMPLETED, CAN WE GIVE IT TO EARL TODAY? YES. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T GET ANY EXTRA POINTS FOR THAT, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO, UH, WITH THAT LET'S, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE MOTION. ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL. UH, WE WILL DO A PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST CHAIR, IF THAT'S OKAY. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF IN ZOOM PLEASE USE A RAISE HAND FEATURE OR STAR NINE IF YOU'RE CALLING IN BY PHONE. SING NUN CHAIR. COMMISSIONER ADAMS. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES? AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG. AYE. COMM? UH, PARDON. SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. VICE CHAIR GARBE AYE. AND CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. MOTION IS CARRIED. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. [5. 26-56077 Recommendation to discuss anticipated Ad Hoc Committees for upcoming projects; and, if appropriate, take action to create Ad Hoc Committees.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] WE ARE NOW ON, UH, FIVE, WHICH IS, UM, THE AD HOC PROJECT. AND BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION, CAN I ASK IF THERE ARE ANY AD HOC COMMITTEES CURRENTLY ACTIVE? NO. SO THAT'S, SO WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO MOVE ON THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO AD HOC, IS THAT RIGHT? THE OTHER THING IS TO, TO CREATE ANY AD HOC, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR THAT. SO YOU, SO YOU CAN, THIS IS ALSO THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN CREATE A YES. AN AD HOC, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. YEAH, WE DON'T, NO ONE'S COME FORWARD THAT I'M AWARE OF, BUT THAT WOULD BE FINE. AT THIS TIME, NO. CHAIR SWANSON, MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A MOTION IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM? I'M SORRY FOR ITEM FIVE WE DIDN'T CAPTURE A MOTION. I STILL CAN'T HEAR FOR ITEM FIVE. IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? MM-HMM. ALRIGHT, LET'S HAVE A MOTION. I. MOTION. THANK YOU. SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. UM, DISCUSSION, PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM FIVE, PLEASE LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. IF IN PERSON, IF IN ZOOM PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND USER RAISE HAND FEATURE. AND IF DIALING IN, PRESS STAR NINE NOW. SEEING NONE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION, LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER [01:10:01] ADAMS. AYE. COMMISSIONER HOPE. AYE. COMMISSIONER JONES. AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMO. AYE. COMMISSIONER VONG. AYE. SECRETARY DEAN. AYE. VICE CHAIR? GARBE. AYE. CHAIR SWANSON. AYE. MOTION IS CARRIED. SO, UM, THIS IS GENERAL [PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Citizens' Advisory Commission on Disabilities on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.] PUBLIC COMMENT AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL TAKE NON-AG NON-AGENDA PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE, UH, OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OUT ON SOMETHING NOT LISTED ON OUR AGENDA PERTINENT TO, UM, K COD, PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN, EITHER HEAR OR ON ZOOM SCENE. NUN CHAIR. ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS THE [ANNOUNCEMENTS] ANNOUNCEMENTS. UM, ARE THERE ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT. YES. UM, THE, THE MINUTES FROM JULY, I KNOW THERE, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WAYS OF ABILITY EVENT MM-HMM . AND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE GONNA VOLUNTEER. UH, A LOT OF US RAISED OUR HANDS, BUT THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED. I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE GONNA REVISIT THAT TO SEE WHO WAS GOING TO BE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE WAYS OF ABILITY OR, OR IF THAT LIST SET YET. I THINK WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AT THIS MEETING, I BELIEVE. DID YOU HAVE A LIST? I MEAN, I, WE ALL RAISED OUR HANDS IN JULY, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL LIST OF PERSONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE OR STILL, UM, ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. I DUNNO, I, I'M SORRY. OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS. I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND AND I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD RAISED IT INITIALLY. UM, I'M NOW, I'VE GOT A, AN OUT OF TOWN THING, SO I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PLANNING OF ANY SORT. OKAY. I, I'M PLANNING ON ATTENDING, SO I'M HAPPY TO, UM, TAKE THAT OVER AND COORDINATE IF WE NEED TO SCHEDULE. BUT I WILL BE ATTENDING. UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, IT'S SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT WINDOWS OF TIME IN FRONT OF ME. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF LES KNOWS THE EXACT WINDOWS OF TIME, BUT, UM, I WILL BE, I'LL BE AT THE EVENT. SO YOU'RE ATTENDING FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION? NO, I'M JUST, I'VE JUST HELD IT OKAY. TO, TO GO AS PART OF KOD? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN ART, YOU WERE THINKING OF GOING? YES. I GO AND THEN WERE THERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE AWARE? I DID NOT RAISE MY HAND, SO, AND I WASN'T AWARE OF OTHER PEOPLE, UH, KIM. EXCELLENT. OKAY. SO THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW OF AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ COULDN'T GO AND SHE WAS THE ONE THAT HAD BROUGHT IT UP AS I RECALL. OKAY. SO THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING, THAT'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WE MOTION ON THAT. THE OTHER IS, UM, YES. WELL, O OTHER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE ORGANIZED, WHICH I THINK ASHLEY HAS AGREED TO DO THAT FINE, BUT WE DON'T NEED A MOTION. IT'S JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEY ARE ANNOUNCING THAT THEY'RE GOING. IS THAT FAIR? YES. I'M ASSUMING WE'LL, WE'LL BE THERE OR I CAN COORDINATE WITH YOU OR I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW WE'LL BE SET UP OR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO DO FOR THAT. SO, YEAH, I GUESS WE'RE ANNOUNCING THAT WE'LL BE THERE. COOL. ALRIGHT. UM, WE HAVE, UM, I'D LIKE A STATUS. SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A QUESTION, UH, ABOUT TWO LETTERS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS FROM US TO OTHERS. DO WE HAVE A STATUS ON THAT? IF THEY WERE TO BE BROUGHT UP ON THIS AGENDA? UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE A STATUS ON THAT RIGHT NOW. UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE IT AT OUR NEXT LEADERSHIP MEETING? THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US. YEAH, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CITY STAFF? UH, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. WELL, IN THAT CASE, IF WE'RE [01:15:01] ALL HAPPY, THEN AT 1214, I ADJOURN. [ADJOURNMENT] TWO 14. TWO 14. SEE THE LAST HOUR JUST PASSED LIKE TWO, FOUR EYES. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HERE THIS IS. * 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.