* 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. [00:00:06] FOR SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT NINE OH SIX. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MEMBER CARTER. MEMBER CORVIAS PRESENT. THANK YOU. UH, MEMBER EDMOND. PRESENT. MEMBER FAVE. PRESENT. MEMBER FAYE. PRESENT. MEMBER GOMEZ. MEMBER GORDON PETERSON. MEMBER HALL. MEMBER ANA. MEMBER RUIZ. PRESENT. MEMBER RUNCO. PRESENT. MEMBER RUSSELL. MEMBER SAVAGE. PRESENT. MEMBER SMITH. PRESENT. MEMBER TESFAYE. PRESENT. MEMBER THOMAS. PRESENT. VICE CHAIR QUO. AND CHAIR LEBAR. HERE WE HAVE QUORUM. THANK YOU. AND JUST FROM A PROCEDURAL, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ITEM THREE TO THE FIRST ONE WE TAKE, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE QUORUM WHEN WE GET THERE. SO, MEMBER FAYE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO RECUSE YOU. DOES HE HAVE TO LEAVE THE ROOM WHEN HE RECUSES HIMSELF? YES, HE DOES. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO, YEAH. UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD THOUGH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THOSE THAT WERE, OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. IT'S, IT'S MEMBER SMITH. SO WE JUST, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF, WHOLE BUNCH OF NAMES OVER HERE. SO MEMBER SMITH, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA KICK YOU OUT HERE. I I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF TOO, OFFICIALLY, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. AND THEN I ALSO WANNA STAY FOR THE RECORD, UM, THAT WHEN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGAN, I WASN'T ORIGINALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER OF LONG BEACH. AND THEN WHEN I, UH, WAS APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION, I RECUSED MYSELF FROM THE ENTIRE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CONTRACT AS WELL. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATIONS NETWORK EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT ALONG WITH ANY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, SUBCONTRACTS, AND FUTURE AMENDMENTS WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ACCEPT $400,000 FROM THE L-B-U-S-D STRONG WORKFORCE PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS, UH, WILL SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR L-B-U-S-D STUDENTS FOR THE PERIOD OF JUNE 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2028. CITYWIDE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THE ITEM? SO SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I GOT A MOTION BY, UH, MEMBER ALIUS AND A SECOND BY MEMBER THOMAS. UM, SORRY. LADIES FIRST, UH, STAFF, CAN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? THANK YOU, DAWN. CAN. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M HERE WITH EVERYONE TODAY. I'M PLEASED. RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVE EXECUTION AGREEMENT FUNDING FROM WORKFORCE PROGRAM GRANT. KEY COMPONENT IS FUNDING FOR A STAFF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY FOR L-B-U-S-D STUDENTS, AND WILL SERVE AS A PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT, UH, WITH THE DISTRICT. THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES SEVERAL KEY AREAS, WHICH INCLUDE WORKFORCE READINESS AND SOFT SKILLS TRAINING TO HELP STUDENTS IN DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP AND CAREER PREPARATION SKILLS, ALIGNED WITH EMPLOYER EXPECTATIONS, PATHWAYS TO PAID INTERNSHIPS, PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICESHIPS, UH, CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. L-B-U-S-D STUDENTS WILL BE PRIORITIZED TO LINKAGES AGREEMENTS THAT CAN CREATE CAREER PATHWAYS FROM HIGH SCHOOL PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS INTO REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS. UH, THERE'S AN EXPANSION OF THE SPACE SPEECH PROGRAM BUILDING ON LB WINN'S EXISTING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COHORTS SPECIFICALLY TO L-B-U-S-D STUDENTS, EXPOSING THEM TO THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS A RELATED CAREER PATHWAYS. UM, ANOTHER THING WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKFORCE BADGE PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH L-B-U-S-D AND THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS. THIS GOAL, UM, IS TO DEVELOP AN EMPLOYER RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL THAT VALIDATES THE WORKFORCE SKILLS STUDENTS GAIN THROUGH THEIR TRAINING. CAREER EXPLORATION AND WORKFORCE. UH, LEARNING EVENTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED. THESE WILL INCLUDE THE LONG BEACH AND CAREER EXPO, SUMMER JOBS, UH, AND INTERNSHIP FAIR TRADES DAY. THESE EVENTS WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYERS, LEARN ABOUT CAREER PATHWAYS, AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES. AND LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, UM, WE WILL BE PROVIDE PROVIDING JOB SEARCH AND PLACEMENT SUPPORT, INCLUDING CONNECTIONS TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CAREER RESOURCES, AND EMPLOYERS AND WORKFORCE PLATFORMS SUCH AS CAL JOBS. SO THIS IS A HUGE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE EXCITED FOR. COLLECTIVELY, THESE SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE. STUDENTS, GREATER GIVING, [00:05:01] UH, STUDENTS GREATER EXPOSURE TO CAREER PATHWAYS OPPORTUNITIES, UH, DEVELOP WORKFORCE SKILLS AND DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO EMPLOYERS AND INDUSTRIES. THIS TWO YEAR INVESTMENT WILL ALLOW LB WIN AND L-B-U-S-D TO COORDINATE THESE EFFORTS, EXPAND EXISTING PROGRAMS, AND CREATE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AS THEY PREPARE FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH, JUST A QUICK, UH, REMINDER EVERYBODY TO TURN ON AND OFF YOUR MICROPHONES. EVERYBODY'S DOING IT, BUT I, I SAY IT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO ANNOUNCE. WE HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, AND I WANNA WELCOME GITA RUNKEL FROM LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND JOHN EDMOND FROM THE EDMOND GROUP TO THE, UH, COMMISSION. SO THANK YOU. AND JUST, I FIGURED THEY'D WANT TO KNOW ABOUT TURNING ON AND OFF THE MICROPHONE. , THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD PRESENTATION, DAWN, THAT NOBODY HAS A QUESTION. YOU'VE ANSWERED THEM ALL. SO THOROUGHNESS WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL NOW TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. IF THERE, WHAT'S THAT? IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS, THEY CAN LINE UP AT THE PODIUM AS WELL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE. UH, MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM OR THE MOTION CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MEMBER COVARRUVIAS APPROVED. MEMBER EDMOND? YES. MEMBER FAVE. YES. MEMBER FAYE. APPROVED. MEMBER RUIZ. APPROVED. MEMBER RUNCO? YES. MEMBER SAVAGE. APPROVED. MEMBER TESFAYE. APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS APPROVED. AND CHAIR LEBAR. AYE. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. AND WE CAN PROBABLY LET KEVIN KNOW HE IS ALLOWED BACK IN NOW. . WE WILL GIVE IT A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'D, HMM. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ ITEM ONE NOW. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK MEETING OF THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH, 2026. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MEMBER THOMAS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND BY MEMBER KAL RUBIUS. UM, WELL, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE MINUTES. UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? WE'LL NOW TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MINUTES. SEEING NONE. UH, CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MEMBER COVARRUVIAS. YES. MEMBER EDMOND. YES. MEMBER FAVE. YES. MEMBER FAYE. APPROVED. MEMBER RUIZ. APPROVED MEMBER RUSSELL. YES. MEMBER SAVAGE. APPROVED MEMBER SMITH. APPROVED MEMBER FAYE. APPROVED MEMBER THOMAS APPROVED. AND CHAIR LABAR? YEAH. MOTION IS CARRIED. PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROGRAM YEAR 2026 TO 2027 LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK. BUDGET. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION PROOF. SECOND O. OKAY, WELL I THINK WE GOT A MOTION BY THOMAS, SECOND BY TES FAYE. AND, UM, A THIRD BY MEMBER FVE. SO EVERYBODY REALLY LIKED THIS ONE AND, UH, STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION ON THIS, SO I'LL INVITE STAFF UP. GOOD MORNING. I'M MARILYN FISHER, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. YEAR 26 27, BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE. LB WIN IS A UNIQUE WORKFORCE ORGANIZATION IN THAT IT IS PART OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THIS MEANS THAT THE, THE LB WIN MUST FOLLOW THE FISCAL SLASH PROGRAM YEARS OF THE GRANTING AGENCIES AS WELL AS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. THE STATE FISCAL YEAR BEGINS JULY 1ST AND ENDS JUNE 30TH, WHILE THE CITY AND FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS BEGIN OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH. THIS MEANS THAT LB WYN MANAGES TWO FISCAL YEAR ENDS IN QUICK SUCCESSION, WHICH REQUIRES DETAILED ANALYSIS AND COORDINATION IN ORDER TO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR. OF COURSE, THERE ARE GRANTS THAT LB ONE RECEIVES THAT ARE NOT STATE OR FEDERAL, AND THOSE FALL WITHIN THE TIME [00:10:01] PERIOD THE GRANTOR CHOOSES. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT ONCE OUR YEAR END CLOSES, OUR ANNUAL MONITORING VISITS FROM OUR GRANT TOURS BEGIN, WHICH TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH. IN ADDITION TO OUR ANNUAL MONITORING VISITS, OUR WEA GRANTS WERE REVIEWED AS PART OF THE SINGLE FILE AUDIT IN CALENDAR YEAR 2026, AND WE PASSED WITH NO FINDINGS. THE SINGLE FILE AUDIT WAS A VERY INTENSIVE AND RIGOROUS PROCESS, AND PASSING WITH NO FINDINGS IS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. NEXT SLIDE. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH HAS IMPACTED LB WIN'S RESOURCES. LB WIN HAS FACED A 5% DECREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING FROM PY 25 26 TO PROGRAM YEAR 26 27. WHILE THIS MAY SEEM LIKE A MINIMAL DECREASE, EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS FOR SUSTAINING LB WIND'S OPERATIONS. AS LB WIND STRIVES TO MAINTAIN STAFF AND SERVICE OUTPUT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WE SERVE ANOTHER DECISION THAT WILL HAVE FINANCIAL IMPACT IN PROGRAM YEAR 26 27 IS LA COUNTY DE'S NEW APPROACH TO FUNDING YOUTH AT WORK PROGRAMS. DEO WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE DIRECT ALLOCATION TO AJCS AND BOARDS, INSTEAD MOVING TO AN OPEN AND COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS. DETAILS FROM DEO ARE LIMITED AT THIS TIME, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PROJECT WHAT FUNDING LB WYNN WILL RECEIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO YOUTH AT WORK. LB WYNN WILL KEEP THE BO BOARD NOTIFIED OF ANY INFORMATION AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, FUNDING IMPACTS ARE NOT JUST FELT AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL, BUT ALSO IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. EARLIER IN THE YEAR, TOM MOCA ANNOUNCED A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT OF 60 TO 80 MILLION. THE NUMBER HAS IMPROVED. AND ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A BUDGET WITH CUTS TOTALING 58 MILLION DIRECT IMPACTS TO LB WIND'S DEPARTMENT. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY ARE MINIMAL AT THIS TIME, BUT THE CITY'S ABILITY, ABILITY TO SHOULDER INELIGIBLE GRANT EXPENSES HAS DECREASED. WHILE THE DEPARTMENT HAS CONTINUALLY ADVOCATED FOR AN INCREASE IN STRUCTURAL BUDGET FOR LV WIN, CITY LEADERSHIP HAS CHOSEN TO ADDRESS ANY GRANT INELIGIBLE EXPENSES THROUGH THE YEAR END PERFORMANCE REPORT PROCESS WHEREIN GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS ARE INCREASED TO COVER THESE EXPENSES. ONE FACTOR THAT DRIVES LB WIN'S GENERAL FUND OVERAGE IS THE CITY'S INDIRECT COST, WHICH IS CHARGED TO LB WIN FOR CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES RELATED TO GRANTS, WHICH AVERAGES BETWEEN 300 AND 500,000 PER YEAR. THESE INDIRECT COSTS ARE INELIGIBLE FOR GRANT REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT ESTABLISHED AN APPROVED INDIRECT COST RATE WITH A COGNIZANT FEDERAL AGENCY. UNTIL THE CITY ESTABLISHES AN APPROVED INDIRECT COST PLAN, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND WILL HAVE TO SHOULDER THESE EXPENSES. ANOTHER FACTOR WAS THE CLOSURE OF THE HARBOR CENTER IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THIS SITE WAS FUNDED BY LA CITY. GRANTS, WHICH LV WINDOW LONGER RECEIVES STAFF FROM THE SITE HAVE BEEN SHIFTED TO OTHER SERVICE AREAS WHILE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEIR POSITIONS AS PURSUED. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES WERE FELT IN 2025 AND THE OVERAGES ARE DECREASING AS STRATEGIES ARE IDENTIFIED AND OPERATIONALIZED. STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL FUND DEFICIT ARE EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, REBALANCE STAFF ASSIGNMENTS BASED ON GRANT FUNDING AND AVAILABILITY, HIRING FREEZE FOR VACANT POSITIONS UNTIL ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS SECURED. EVALUATION OF ONGOING FIXED COST, CURRENT FACILITY NEEDS AND USE OF CONTRACTS. AND I HOPE STAFF LIKE THIS ENCOURAGING THE USE OF PAID TIME OFF. TAKE THOSE VACATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US FOR THIS PROGRAM YEAR? THIS YEAR WE SEE A PROJECTED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVENUE AND PLANNED EXPENDITURES OF $63,000. THIS IS A MARKED IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR'S PRESENTED BUDGET DEFICIT OF 1.1 MILLION. THIS PROJECTED IMPROVEMENT IS THE RESULT OF INITIATING AS SUSTAINING STRATEGIES PRESENTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, SUCH AS MAINTAINING VACANCIES AND REBALANCING STAFF. ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES MUST BE EXECUTED IN ORDER TO MEET THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS YEAR, WE JUST, WE SEE A DECREASE IN REVENUE OF 1.6 MILLION. I WILL NOTE THAT PROGRAM YEAR 24, 25 TO 25 26 HAD A DECREASED REVENUE OF 3.9 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDED FEDERAL CUTS AND THE LOSS OF REVENUE FROM NO LONGER PURSUING THE LA CITY GRANTS. THE DECREASE IN REVENUE FROM 24 25 TO 20 25 26 RESULTED IN LB WIND'S. LARGEST GENERAL FUND IMPACT OF 1.5 MILLION IN CITY FISCAL YEAR 25 IS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS SLIDE. DESPITE THE UNKNOWN AND EVER CHANGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, LB WIN IS COMMITTED TO EXECUTING SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMMING AND BALANCED BUDGETING. NEXT SLIDE. OUR LARGEST SOURCE OF FUNDS CONTINUE TO BE THE STATE, PRIMARILY WEOA. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE WORKING, CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS [00:15:01] DIVERSIFYING OUR REVENUE STREAMS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION, HILTON AMITY, AND NOW L-V-U-S-D. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS ADULT REVENUE BY A FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE ADULT PROGRAMS DISLOCATED WORKER. AND WE OWE ADULT CONTINUE TO BE THE PROGRAMS WHICH RECEIVE THE MOST FUNDING. 79% OF ADULT FUNDING IS WE OWE IT BASED WITH 21% COMING FROM SPECIAL PROJECTS ON THE YOUTH SIDE. CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL. WE OWE A YOUTH AND SPACE SPEECH PROGRAMS OR OUR PROGRAMS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST FUNDING SPECIAL PROJECTS SUCH AS CALIFORNIANS FOR ALL WHICH SUPPORTS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS DRIVES 64% OF YOUTH FUNDING WITH, WE OWE A PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTING FOR 33% AND LA COUNTY YOUTH AT WORK UNDER ITS NEW STRUCTURE, PROVIDING 3%. AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUTH PROGRAM REVENUE MAKES UP OVER HALF OF OUR OVER HALF OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET ALLOCATION. 41% COMES FROM ADULT AND 3% IS OUR GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL BUDGET. HERE ARE OUR PLANNED EXPENDITURES, OUR TOP THREE EXPENSE CATEGORIES, OUR PERSONNEL WORK EXPERIENCE, AND OUR ONGOING FACILITIES COSTS. WE HAVE TRAINING BENCHMARKS. SB 7 34 IS THE IMPOSED TRAINING EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT THAT LOCAL BOARDS CARRYING OUT WEOA ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER FUNDED PROGRAMS MUST MEET THIS. SB 7 34 REQUIRES THAT 30% OF WE OA ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER FUNDS MUST BE EXPENDED ON TRAINING 20 OF WHICH IS DIRECT EXPENDITURES AND 10% MAXIMUM CAN BE LEVERAGED RESOURCES. FOR OUR PURPOSES, WE HAVE CALLED OUT 20 THE 20% EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENT. OUR WE OWE A ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER TOTALS 3.518 MILLION, WHICH MAKES OUR TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR 26 27 $703,000. FOR OUR WE BENCHMARKS WE OWE. YOUTH FUNDS REQUIRE 20% OF THE GRANT PROGRAM ALLOCATION AWARD MINUS ADMIN TO BE EARMARKED FOR WORK EXPERIENCE. OUR 26 27, WE OWE A YOUTH AWARD, EXCLUDING PRIOR PROGRAM CARRYOVER TOTALS 1.7 MILLION OF WHICH PROGRAMMING FUNDS TOTAL 1.59 MILLION AWARD MINUS ADMIN REQUIRING $318,000 TO BE SPENT ON WORK EXPERIENCE SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE . FINALLY, UH, WE HAVE OUR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCENTIVES AND STIPENDS. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE SERVICES THAT ENABLE AN INDIVIDUAL TO SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATE IN COMPLETE WE OA ACTIVITIES. LB WIN UTILIZES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP REMOVE BARRIERS THAT MAY PREVENT PARTICIPANTS FROM SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGING IN EDUCATION, TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, OR EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BASED ON DOCUMENTING PARTICIPANT NEED AND MAY INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, WORK, CLOTHING TOOLS, TESTING FEES, CHILDCARE, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND OTHER ALLOWABLE SERVICES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMING OUTCOMES TO FURTHER ENGAGE, MOTIVATE, AND RETAIN PARTICIPANTS. LB ONE ALSO UTILIZES INCENTIVES AND STIPENDS WHEN ALLOWABLE TO RECOGNIZE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ACHIEVEMENT OF ESTABLISHED MILESTONES AND CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN PROGRAM ACTIVITIES WHICH SUPPORTS CUSTOMERS AS THEY PROGRESS TOWARDS THEIR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT GOALS. OH, I HAD A LITTLE LAST COMMENT THERE ON THE SUPPORTIVE SIPHONS, BUT THANK YOU. UH, IN PROGRAM YEAR 26, 27, 70 5,000 IS BUDGETED FOR ADULT SERVICES AND 397,000 IS BUDGETED FOR YOUTH SERVICES. WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE OA IS GENERALLY MORE FLEXIBLE AROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND STIPENDS FOR YOUTH PROGRAMS THAN IT IS FOR ADULT PROGRAMS, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE DISPARITY BETWEEN THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES BUDGETED FOR EACH AREA. ADDITIONALLY, OUR NON WEA FUNDED YOUTH PROGRAMS ALSO ALLOW FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY AROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND STIPEND ISSUANCE. AND WITH THAT THANK YOU , I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR WHATEVER THE PROCESS DICTATES. WELL, FIRST WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT 'CAUSE THERE'S RARELY PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, MEMBERS FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE IT MEMBER, UH, MEMBER EDMOND. I SAW YOU FIRST. YEAH, I JUST, UM, MY FIRST MEETING AND, UH, VERY BELIEVE VERY MUCH IN THIS MISSION. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SHOW THIS [00:20:01] SHOWS A LOT OF WORK AND SACRIFICE, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE SUSPENDING YOU'RE FILLING VACANT POSITIONS, THAT MEANS THE WORK IS SPREAD MORE AMONG WORKERS. AND GOING FROM A 1.6 DIFFERENCE TO 63,000 DEMONSTRATES TO ME A LOT OF EFFORT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE FOLKS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT'S A LOT IN A TIME OF AUSTERITY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, HARD TO GET MONEY TO FUND THE MISSION. I JUST THINK THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF. SO IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT. THANK YOU. IT WAS AN APPRECIATED COMMENT. I'M SURE STAFF APPRECIATED IT. UM, REMEMBER TES, THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEFICIT LAST YEAR, ABOUT ONE POINT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THEN THIS YEAR THERE'S A $63,000 DEFICIT. HOW, HOW, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO COVER THOSE DEFICITS OF WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UH, IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING? SO THE LB WIN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO SECURE FUNDING THAT THE FUNDING THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT IN SOME AREAS THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL COME ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM YEAR. AND IF I MAY ADD MEMBER, UM, SO I THINK YOUR QUESTION GOES TO IF SINCE WE HAVE A DEFICIT, HOW IS THAT BEING, UM, COVERED? RIGHT. UM, AND THE WAY IT IS COVERED IS THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY COVERS THAT, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE BEEN MAKING SUCH A BIG EFFORT TO REDUCE THAT DEFICIT ON OUR END BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT, UH, WE HAVE AS AN OVERAGE, UH, WITHIN OUR BUDGET ENDS UP BEING COVERED BY THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY HAS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IS WHAT COVERS ANY DEFICIT THAT WE WOULD HAVE. CAN CAN YOU, JUST ON THAT NOTE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF, SO LIKE LAST YEAR I, WHAT I SAW WAS A SURPLUS OF 1.6 MILLION. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? WHAT WAS THE 1.6? THE 1.6 WAS A, A DECREASE IN PREVIOUS FUNDING. FUNDING. OKAY. THAT'S THAT, THAT'S WHERE I GOT CONFUSED. YEAH, I WAS, I I LOOKED AT THAT AS FOR WHATEVER REASON LAST FISCAL YEAR. I, I MISSED THAT. SO YEAH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A, A TREND OF DECREASED FEDERAL FUNDING OVER TIME. THE, THE LARGEST IMPACT WAS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO WE STARTED TO STABILIZE. AND, UH, SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING ARE REALLY STARTING TO SHOW THROUGH IN OUR ABILITY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. YEAH. AND, AND THEN I GUESS THE SECOND QUESTION ON THAT, I, I KNOW JAIME AND I WERE, UH, WERE AT THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE LAST WEEK AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD MEETINGS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANNA CONTINUE TO FUND US. UM, CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE RIGHT NOW? OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT, UH, GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION NO MATTER AT WHAT LEVEL IT'S AT MM-HMM . UM, AT THE, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I, I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S MORE VOLUNTARY SLASHING OF BUDGETS AND, AND AT THE STATE AND CITY LEVEL. THERE'S OTHER, IT, THERE'S OTHER IMPACTING FACTORS THAT HAVE CREATED BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. UM, AND I THINK FOR THE CITY, THIS IS GONNA BE THE TOUGH YEAR. AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE IN A LOT BETTER POSITION. BUT DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THEN THE FOUNDATIONS AND THE, AND THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE REALLY WELL SET UP, BUT OVERALL FROM AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT AS HEALTHY AS IT ONCE WAS TOO. YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, SO YEAH. THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOTICING IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN STEPPING UP AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO SUPPORT LOCAL BOARDS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE WORKFORCE COMPONENTS. KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO REDUCE THE FUNDING THAT THEY PROVIDE RELATED TO WORKFORCE, THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM. UH, AS PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD AT CW, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE ASSOCIATION MEETING OF THE MINDS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, AND I HAD IN MY NOTES, BUT I CAN SHARE NOW, WAS AROUND NO, YOU'RE GOOD. WAS AROUND THE FACT THAT, UM, THE, WE OA THE, UH, WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT HAS NOT BEEN REAUTHORIZED. AND THERE'S AN EXPECTATION BY, UM, WASHINGTON DC MEMBERS THAT IT WON'T GET REAUTHORIZED. AND INSTEAD THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, POSSIBLY CREATING A BRAND NEW LAW RELATED TO WORKFORCE. IF THAT HAPPENS, THERE'S A LOT OF IMPACT TO THE LOCAL BOARD SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE IT FROM THE ALLOCATION STRUCTURE THAT THERE IS TODAY TO SOMETHING LIKE BLOCK GRANTING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH THEN JUST PROVIDES THE STATE OF AN ALLOTTED AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEN HANDS IT. THE CONVERSATIONS PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN THAT THAT, UM, ALLOCATION WILL BE HANDED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNOR DECIDES WHAT AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE. [00:25:01] THE WAY IT WORKS TODAY IS THAT THE ALLOCATION IS BASED ON EACH LOCAL AREA'S POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE RATE, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER VARIABLES. SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS TO CHANGES IF IT DOES TURN OUT THAT THE LAW DOES THAT A NEW LAW IS CREATED TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, WE'VE BEEN, WE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. HILTON FOUNDATION, JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION AND THE BROAD FOUNDATION ARE THREE BIG ONES THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH AT THE MEETING OF THE MINES. THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION, UH, ATTENDED ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD, LB WYNN AND THE CHAIR PRESENTED AT, UM, IN REGARDS TO AI. AND WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO POTENTIALLY, UH, SUBMIT A PROPOSAL, UH, AROUND SUPPORTING AI EFFORTS WITHIN OUR, UH, ORGANIZATION AND LOCAL BOARD. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS WE'RE DOING AND HOW THEY CONNECT TO THE INITIATIVES AND THINGS THAT, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING TO SUPPORT. AI IS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, OBVIOUSLY. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT AND ENGAGE WITH ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON. HOPE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION. YEAH. AND, AND I'M GONNA LET, UM, ANOTHER STAFF HERE, BO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN I'LL GO TO MEMBER EDMOND. YEAH, AND, AND JUST TO SPEAK FROM A MACRO LEVEL, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING BOTH, UH, LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AT STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SAW THAT THE INTEREST RATES WERE INCREASED, WE'RE SEEING INFLATION GO UP, WE'RE SEEING TARIFFS GO UP AND WE'VE GOT A NOVEMBER ELECTION THAT'S COMING, RIGHT? SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. IF YOU ASK ME WHAT KEEPS ME AT NIGHT, KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT, IT IS THE FEDERAL FUNDING. UM, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET HERE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT IS RELIANT ON THAT, ON THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS. TWO, I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THIS ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. AND WITHOUT BUILDING TALENT, YOU DON'T HAVE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. AND I THINK WE ARE ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES HERE IN THE CITY. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS, WHAT WE CALL THE RISE DIVISION, AND IT STANDS FOR RENOVATION, UH, REVENUE INNOVATION AND STRATEGIC ENHANCEMENTS. AND THAT WAS CREATED BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LOOK AT HOW NOT ONLY DO WE DIVERSIFY THE CITY REVENUE STREAMS, BUT HOW DO WE DIVERSIFY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY BRING MORE JOBS AND PEOPLE TO THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD, WE'RE LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. AND AS HIGHLY ALLUDED TO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ARE GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US GOING FORWARD. SO WE'RE GONNA RELY MORE ON FOUNDATION AND PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE ALL THE GREAT WORK, ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS, AND SERVING THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH. AND SO KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT IN COMPLACENT AT, IN ANY WAY, ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. AND IT'S GONNA TAKE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AROUND THIS TABLE, EVERY BOARD MEMBER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE NOT ONLY LIFT UP PROGRAMS, LIFT UP RESOURCES, BUT LIFT UP EACH OTHER DURING THESE, UH, CHALLENGING TIMES OF THINGS ARE GONNA GET BETTER. I KNOW THAT COMING INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE WAS A CHALLENGE FOR THIS CITY. WE LOOKED AT STAFFING, WE LOOKED AT OPERATIONS, WE LOOKED AT PROGRAMS, WE ALSO LOOKED AT PARTNERSHIPS. AND PART OF THAT WORK IS WORKING WITH THE NONPROFITS AND OTHERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT A RISING TIDE RAISES ALL BOATS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A REALLY GREAT POSITION AS A CITY, EVEN DURING THESE UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES, WE'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENTS AND JOBS COMING TO OUR CITY. SO WE ARE UNIQUE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT WE GOTTA CONTINUE TO WORK HARD. MEMBER MOND, I'M CURIOUS WITH THE, UH, REVENUE FUNDING AT 8%, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE PORT OF LONG BEACH? ARE THEY, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO PROGRAM? NOT AT THIS TIME. UH, BUT THERE ARE CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THERE. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, SO WE DO PARTNER WITH THE PORT OF LONG BEACH ON A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE THE SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE PARTNER WITH THEM ON. WE, UH, RECENTLY CONNECTED AND PARTNERED WITH THEM ON THE STEP PROGRAM, WHICH IS WITH IBEW AS A PARTNER AS WELL. UM, SO WE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PORT AND WE WE'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM RIGHT NOW. SO THE PORT IS ONE OF THE, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT AS A WORKFORCE ORGANIZATION. UH, OBVIOUSLY ALEJANDRA GURAN, I THINK HER LAST NAME IS, SORRY IF I GOT IT WRONG. UM, SHE WAS A PART [00:30:01] OF LB WIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL. SO SHE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO. SHE IS A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR US AND THE WORK THAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AND, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE PORT'S PARTNERSHIP. MM-HMM . UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COLLABORATE AND WORK MORE TOGETHER AS A WORKFORCE SYSTEM. YEAH. WE'RE STILL ESTABLISHING SOME MOUS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED. OKAY, THANK YOU. REAL QUICK, ONE OTHER VEHICLE THAT I DID MENTION IS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS THE LONG BEACH, UH, WIND, UH, NON-PROFIT. AND SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE BYLAWS, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE OVERALL STRUCTURE AND WE'RE HOPING TO COMPLETE THAT HERE IN THE NEAR TERM. AND WITH THAT, THAT GIVES US A LEG UP BECAUSE NOW WE CAN GO AFTER BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL WRITE CHECKS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL OUR WORK AND BE ABLE TO GET THAT TEXT RIGHT OFF AS WELL. MEMBER SMITH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE INDIRECT COST. I DIDN'T FOLLOW WHAT WAS BEING SAID THERE THAT THE CITY HADN'T NEGOTIATED A RATE AND IT SEEMED LIKE THAT SOME MONEY WAS BEING LEFT ON THE TABLE AS A RESULT, BUT I DIDN'T QUITE FOLLOW. COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT? YEAH, SO THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A, A INDIRECT RATE THAT IS ESTABLISHED OR APPROVED WITH A FEDERAL COGNIZANT. AND BECAUSE WE RECEIVE OVER A CERTAIN, UH, I THINK IT'S LIKE OVER $7 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE DE MINIMIS RATE. UH, SO THERE IS THE CITY CENTRAL INDIRECT THAT IS NOT ABLE TO BE PASSED ON TO THE GRANTS. THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR I THINK, THREE YEARS, AND THEY MAY BE BACK AT THE DRAWING BOARD THIS YEAR TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER AGENCY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR INDIRECT COST PLAN, BUT IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND SO IN THE MEANTIME, UNFORTUNATELY LB WIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY, THAT JUST FALLS TO OUR GENERAL FUND. IF, IF I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, UM, WAS THAT TOO ACCOUNTANT? ? NO, NO, NO, THAT WAS GOOD. A LITTLE BIT. SORRY. . UH, THE ONE COMPONENT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR AROUND THAT IS THAT IT'S FOR ALL FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT THE CITY RECEIVES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT THEY GET CONNECTED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, AND BECAUSE THE INDIRECT RATE THAT THEY NEGOTIATE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO APPLY TO EVERYTHING, IT'S NOT JUST OUR FEDERAL FUNDING. WE OWE A FUNDING, IT HAS TO APPLY TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WHICH IS WHY IT HASN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET. IS IS THAT COMMON IN OTHER CITIES OR IS IT MORE OF A LONG BEACH SPECIFIC CURRENT PROBLEM? DO YOU KNOW? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OTHER CITIES, TO BE HONEST. UM, IT IS A RATHER LARGE UNDERTAKING THAT CAN TAKE MANY YEARS TO GET ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THEN YOU JUST SORT OF RE-UP ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. YOU GET YOUR COST PLAN, YOU SUBMIT IT, THEY APPROVE IT, BUT GETTING THE METHODOLOGY ESTABLISHED IS A VERY LONG-TERM PROCESS. OTHER CITIES DO HAVE ONE, BUT IT DID TAKE THEM A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND THEN THIS IS A CASE WHERE THE LB WIN BEING PART OF THE CITY IS, IS YES. MAKING IT MORE COMPLEX. RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. UM, THE, UM, I KNOW WE ARE A 5 4 1, I MEAN, NOT WE ARE A NONPROFIT. ARE WE A 5 4 1 C3 OR C SIX OR C? SO LB WIN IS NOT ANY OF THOSE. UM, WE ARE UNDER THE CITY STRUCTURE UHHUH, SO WE ARE PART OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, THE NONPROFIT THAT, THAT, UH, DIRECTOR MARTINEZ JUST MENTIONED IS A NONPROFIT. IT IS A 5 0 1 C3 IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. YES. YEAH. UM, AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, REESTABLISHING. AND, UH, BUT AS DIRECTOR MARTINEZ MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF GOES INTO IT INCLUDING UPDATING BYLAWS AND ALL KINDS OF CHANGES. IT DOES NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR CITY FOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AS WELL, ONCE WE GET THE BYLAWS ALL SET UP. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE. YEAH, AND JUST TO ADD ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE 5 0 1 C3 AND THERE'S, IT'S VERY COMMON IN THIS INDUSTRY FOR WORKFORCE BOARDS TO HAVE A 5 0 1 C3. WHAT WE'RE MAKING SURE THIS TIME IS THAT IT IS PROPERLY SET UP AND DEFINES ITS MISSION, AND THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD THAT THE, ESSENTIALLY THE GOVERNANCE OF THE C3 ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION OF LB WIN. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF LEGALESE ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD. AND, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE, WE'RE BEING RESPONSIBLE IN THE PROCESS, BUT, UM, IT IS NOT SOME LIKE OUT OF THE BOX IDEA, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE, WE'VE DONE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HISTORICALLY A LOT OF WORKFORCE BOARDS, UM, HAVE, AND THEY'RE ABLE THEN TO LEVERAGE IT FOR FUNDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND GRANT FUNDS, UH, AND ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICE DELIVERY THAT, UM, TYPICALLY THE FEDERAL FUNDING [00:35:01] HAS RESTRICTIONS ON. YEP. ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD, GOOD DISCUSSION. UM, IF ANYBODY'S NOT AWARE TO BO'S POINT, UM, THE RATE WAS RAISED TO 4% THE FEDERAL RATE TODAY. SO JUST AS A QUIET FOR EVERYONE, WE LOVE GOOD NEWS IN THE MORNING. UM, ALRIGHT. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MEMBER . MEMBER EDMOND? YES. MEMBER FAVE. YES. MEMBER FAYE. APPROVED. MEMBER RUIZ APPROVED MEMBER RUNKEL. APPROVED MEMBER SAVAGE. APPROVED MEMBER SMITH APPROVE MEMBER TEST. FAYE APPROVED. MEMBER THOMAS APPROVED AND CHAIR LAVAR APPROVED. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR. YES. ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE 2025 LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY MEMBER RUIZ. SECOND BY MEMBER RUNKEL. STAFF, CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? HELLO EVERYONE. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE AND OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, MY NAME IS ANI KNIGHT. UH, SPEAKING OF WORKING WITH NONPROFITS, I AM REPRESENTING A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TODAY, UM, CALLED STREAM. IT'S ACTUALLY A NONPROFIT. I STARTED AT THE AGE OF 13, REALLY ON A MISSION TO CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN EDUCATION AND CAREER. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE BACK FOR YEAR TWO, PARTNERING UP WITH REALLY THE CITY AS A WHOLE ON THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO. AND SO TODAY I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SHOWCASE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND THEN WHAT'S TO EXPECT THIS YEAR, UM, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE WORKING WITH TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. THIS YEAR, THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 13TH FROM ONE TO 7:00 PM UM, ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR WAS TO MAKE SURE, ONE, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUST STUDENTS OVER A COURSE AGAIN DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS AS A SCHOOL FIELD TRIP, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYERS AND THE COLLEGES THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT IT WAS A REASONABLE TIME FOR THEM TO GET BACK HOME AS WELL. LET'S SEE. PERFECT. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS EVENT. UM, BEING IN THE LONG BEACH AREA, OF COURSE, THIS EVENT HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC FOR OVER 20 YEARS, HOSTED, UM, AT CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH. WE AS AN ORGANIZATION WERE BROUGHT IN KIND OF AFTER THE PANDEMIC, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DISTRICT AND REALLY ASK THIS QUESTION, HOW DO WE CREATE AN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CAREERS, COLLEGES, AND RESOURCES AT A CITY SCALE? UM, SO IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING PRIOR, AFTER THE, AFTER THE PANDEMIC, THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS KIND OF HOSTED THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF A COLLEGE EXPO. AND WE HAD SOME HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WERE GETTING FIVE COLLEGES, SOME GETTING TENS, SOME GETTING EIGHT. AND SO THE GOAL WAS REALLY TO SEE HOW DO WE BRING ALL OF THESE IN ONE PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS, UM, HAD AS MUCH EXPOSURE AS POSSIBLE AS AN ORGANIZATION, OUR MAIN GOAL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAD THE ACCESS TO COLLEGES TRADES CAREERS BEFORE THEY WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM. PERFECT. WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SO MANY PARTNERS TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. WE CALL IT OUR IMPACT TEAM, BUT THESE ARE REALLY ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT ARE WORKING TO PUT THE 2026 LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPO TOGETHER. AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE A LO LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SPECIALIZES OR HAS AN ARM THAT SPECIALIZES IN REALLY EXPO PLANNING, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING INTERACTIVE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED SO THAT THE STUDENTS ARE COMING, UM, THEY'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE COLLEGES, BUT ARE ALSO GETTING THAT CAREER PIECE AS WELL. AND NOT JUST WALKING UP AND GETTING BROCHURES, BUT REALLY HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAY EYES ON, IF I WERE TO GO INTO THIS LINE OF WORK, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, THIS IS WHO I WILL BE WORKING WITH. UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THEY HELPED US SECURE A CITY FREE USE STAY, UM, FOR THE LONG BEACH CO CONVENTION CENTER, UM, AND ARE ALSO WORKING WITH US ON ALIGNING CITY INITIATIVES AND SUPPORTING IN THE LOGISTICAL PLANNING. ONE OF THE COOL PERKS OF WORKING WITH THE CITY THIS YEAR IS THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO HELP MAKE PARKING FREE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE THAT'S ATTENDING IN, IN THE EVENING. SO THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING UP WITH MAYOR [00:40:01] REX RICHARDSON, AND WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THE LB WIND TEAM TO REALLY BRING EXPOSURE TO AS MANY, UH, COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ON THE CAREER SIDE AS POSSIBLE TO GET INVOLVED AND TO BRING THEIR COMPANIES TO ATTEND THE EXPO AS AN EXHIBITOR FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR EDUCATION PARTNERS IN THE CITY FROM LB COLLEGE PROMISE, UH, THE CITY, UH, LONG, SORRY, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AS WELL AS CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH TO REALLY BRING IN SOME OF, OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS FROM THESE LOCAL SCHOOLS TO SHOW STUDENTS EVEN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY GO INTO AND HOW THAT TRANSFERS INTO FUTURE, FUTURE CAREERS. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAST YEAR'S EXPO, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES, THIS IS MEANT TO BE AS INTERACTIVE AS POSSIBLE. ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT WALK THAT WALKED IN FELT THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN THE SPACE. UM, SO NOT ONLY WAS THERE SOMEONE THAT LOOKED LIKE THEM, BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS OF INTEREST TO THEM. THIS YEAR, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT THERE WILL BE OVER 170 REPRESENTATIVES WITH US FROM THE COLLEGE SIDE, UH, COMPANIES THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING AS MUCH ACCESS AS POSSIBLE REALLY HAS BEEN OUR GOAL. THAT IS AN EXPANSION UPON LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD 63 COLLEGE BOOTHS REPRESENTED, 70 CAREER BASED BOOTHS, WHICH INCLUDED OUR COMPANIES AS WELL AS TRADES. THERE WERE 251 EXPO BOOTH REPRESENTATIVES. IN TOTAL, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE 2300 PEOPLE LAST YEAR FROM 13 DIFFERENT LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS A TOTAL OF 133, UH, BOOTHS THAT CAME TOGETHER IN TOTAL. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO UP THAT NUMBER, UM, EVEN MORE THIS YEAR WITH GOING INTO A SLIGHTLY LARGER SPACE, UM, AND EVEN HAVING MORE STUDENTS BEING BUSED OVER DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. DO DO, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF, ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP CLICK THE VIDEO FOR ME? THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME. THE LA THE NEXT SLIDE. LAST SLIDE. SORRY. ONE MORE PREVIOUS AND THEN IT SHOULD, YEAH. . THANK YOU. WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THAT PULLED UP, UM, THIS YEAR THERE IS AN INCREASE IN BUSES COMING FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD 24 BUSES THAT CAME. THIS YEAR WE'LL BE UP TO 30 BUSES COMING FROM 13. FROM 13 SCHOOLS. UM, , HERE'S LAST YEAR'S EXPO, JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN VISUALIZE THIS. HI, I KNIGHT THE FOUNDER OF I SO EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THE RELAUNCH OF THE LONG BEACH COLLEGE AND CARE EXPO FOR RIGHT AT THE LONG BEACH ARENA. WE HAVE ALMOST 2000 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. WE'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM. SO TODAY YOU'LL SEE COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES DOING RECRUITMENT, THEY'LL LEARN ABOUT CAREERS, OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CITY, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. SEE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, HAVING EVERYONE IN ONE SPACE AND BEING ABLE TO GO FROM ONE BOOTH TO THE NEXT AND MAKING REAL PRACTICAL. THAT'S THE REASON WHY, AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT. IT'S COOL TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE AND TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES TRYING TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING IN LIFE. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THESE LIKE, PEOPLE THAT CONNECT YOU TO LIKE OTHER LIKE, PROGRAMS, OTHER LIKE, AND STUFF. ALSO LIKE THE POLICE FORCE AND HAVE AMAZING JOB ALSO SEEING A LOT GOOD THINGS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT DIFFERENT COLLEGES, DIFFERENT JOBS, YOU KNOW, JUST AFTER UNIVERSITY THAT CAME OUT. I FEEL LIKE THIS REALLY GOOD AND IT REALLY HELPS WITH EXPERIENCE. LIKE OVERALL I LIKE, OR COLLEGE, DEFINITELY SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. NICE ATMOSPHERE AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT ELSE, YOU KNOW, MARKETING, HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF BUILDING THE ROSE SPUR COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION. OVER HERE YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PULL-UPS WITH THE MARINE CORPS, YOU GOT THE AIR FORCE OVER HERE. YOU'VE GOT FIREFIGHTERS AND [00:45:01] POLICE OFFICERS. WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY IS THE MILITARY, THE MARINE CORPS THAT I CAME HERE TODAY TO DISCOVER MORE HBCU OPPORTUNITIES AND LIKE, KNOW MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS THAT I COULD POSSIBLY GO TO. I SEEN SOME OF THE HBCU COLLEGES AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO APPLYING. I THINK IT WAS SUPER COOL TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATIVE THINGS THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS OFFERED. STANDS OUT, FIREFIGHTER BOOTH AND THE POLICE BOOTH IS, UH, TAKING CARE OF THEIR, UH, COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT THIS EVENT AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US IS WE ALWAYS HAVE A MISSION TO CONNECT EDUCATION TO CAREER. I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR YOUNG KIDS TO REALLY JUST EXPAND THEIR HORIZON AND THEY LEARN ABOUT SCHOOLS THAT THEY'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN BEFORE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PUT THEMSELVES IN A BOX A LOT OF TIMES AND THEY THINK THAT THERE'S ONLY THESE SCHOOLS, BUT THEY CAN REALLY JUST WIDE THEIR HORIZONS AND REALLY LIKE, GET THEM TO LOOK, TAKE A RISK, RIGHT? BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, PURSUE ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE SO MANY, SO, YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU BELIEVE IN YOU WE'RE HERE TO BACK YOU UP, UH, TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE, ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS, ACHIEVE YOUR HIGHEST SPECIFIC APPLY SCHOLAR AND EVERYTHING. AND IS LIKE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S OKAY AND THIS. SO I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS. I WASN'T TOO SURE ABOUT GONNA COLLEGE, BUT AFTER THIS I'M DEFINITELY CONSIDERING IT. JUST GETTING OUTTA MY ZONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE SO EXCITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR'S EXPO. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS YEAR, WE, I KEEP SAYING EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE, EXPERIENCE. WE REALLY WANT FOR THE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE TO WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS AND SEE AND EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT MANY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. WE'RE HOPING WITH CONTINUING BRINGING THIS IN ONE CENTRALIZED LOCATION, THAT EVERY STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND REALLY TAP INTO A CAREER IN FUTURE, HOPEFULLY EVEN HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. SO, WANTED TO OPEN IT UP AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, BUT GREAT PRESENTATION. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, AND I MEAN, IT'S SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. UH, I I ALWAYS JOKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE A KID, YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN BE LIKE A DOCTOR, A LAWYER, A FIREFIGHTER, A NURSE, A TEACHER, LIKE IT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN BE. YEAH. AND YOU DON'T REALIZE ALL THE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHWAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE. YOU DON'T REALIZE GETTING, GETTING INTO CERTAIN TYPES OF, UM, LIKE SKILL-BASED CAREERS, UH, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, THE TRADES OR WHETHER IT BE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MARKETING, ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDUSTRIES THAT YOU CAN TOUCH AND GET INVOLVED IN. AND SO I I FEEL LIKE NOT ONLY IS THIS AMAZING, I I WISH WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THIS AT A YOUNGER AGE AND LET, AND LET KIDS UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY'RE GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE ELECTIVES I WANT TO TAKE? WHAT, WHAT, HOW, WHAT COLLEGES DO I WANT TO POSITION MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO GO TO? OR WHAT TRADES SHOULD I BE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT SKILLS. SO WHEN I WANNA GO DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE, TOMMY WILL TAKE ME AND HELP ME BECOME AN ELECTRICIAN. AND, AND SO I, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I, I THINK THE VIDEO, EVERYBODY KNOWS ME. I LOVE THE VIDEOS BECAUSE IT REALLY BRINGS IT HOME. YEAH. WHEN YOU GET TO SEE THE FOLKS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMS AND, AND PARTICIPATING IN THESE EVENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS. SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAY THIS BEFORE, BUT, UM, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT NOW THAT I DO KNOW ABOUT THIS AND YOU HAVE ACCESS OR KNOW OF A CAREER OR ANY TRADE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. AND NOW THAT I'VE SEEN ALL YOUR FACES, I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS THERE ON THE 13TH AS WELL. CAN, CAN I JUMP IN THERE AND SECOND THAT TOO. I, I GET ON THE BANDWAGON. YES. , WE WORKED THE COVENANT ALIVE AND I'M TRYING TO FALL OFF THE BANDWAGON ON THIS ONE. MAYBE, UM, UH, NEHEMIAH, GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, LEONIS SLOAN WAS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY, BUT REPRESENTING THE CITY IS PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP, WHICH JUST REALLY DEMONSTRATES HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER. YEAH. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UH, COURTNEY RUSSELL, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY. HE ALSO SUPPORTED AN OUTREACH TO COMPANIES AS WELL AS THE PORT OF LONG BEACH AND A NUMBER OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING L-A-E-D-C, UM, TO THAT QUESTION TOO, OR THE, THE COMMENT IS WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON BUSING IN STUDENTS FROM THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT CAPACITY. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO INVITE OR WHY TO INVITE. UM, THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT ONLY INVITING THEM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT INVITING OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL FROM OUTSIDE. AND, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS, AS THIS HAS DEVELOPED, NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE AMAZING THINGS HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH AND FOR OUR COMPANIES, NONPROFITS, ALL OUR INSTITUTIONS, TO ALMOST SHOW [00:50:01] OFF, LIKE, LOOK AT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING HERE. SO I'D REALLY PUSH AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU FROM THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IF YOU'RE NOT INVOLVED TO GET INVOLVED. UM, OTHERWISE YOU'RE MISSING OUT, TO BE HONEST, . AND WE HAVE AN AMAZING TALENT PIPELINE HERE. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF OUR WORKFORCE, AND IF THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WORK FOR YOU. RIGHT. AND TO YOUR POINT, THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST. SO, THANK YOU AGAIN, ANI. WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT. YEAH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? NO. NO. WELL, THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THE PUBLIC WASN'T HERE TO SEE WHAT GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. UM, MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. MEMBER COBAR. MEMBER EDMOND? YES. MEMBER FAVE. YES. MEMBER FAYE APPROVE. MEMBER RUIZ. APPROVED MEMBER RUNKEL. YAY. MEMBER SAVAGE. ACCEPT. MEMBER SMITH, APPROVE. MEMBER TESFAYE. APPROVE. MEMBER THOMAS APPROVED. AND CHAIR LABAR? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD. MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND. OKAY. I GOT A MOTION BY MEMBER RUIZ, A SECOND BY MEMBER THOMAS, AND A PRESENTATION BY MR. JOSEPH BOTELHO. IS THAT CORRECT? I GOT VERY, UH, THAT IS RIGHT, YES. OKAY. DON'T, HI. MAY LET ME KNOW THE NAMES ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO I'LL SAY NAMES FROM NOW ON AND I THINK I JUST, PARDON ME, MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE, CORRECT? YES. HI, UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS JOSEPH PATELLA. I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE WITH THE LONG BEACH HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRST FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY. UH, I'M GONNA SPEND A FEW MINUTES PROVIDING SOME BACKGROUND ON THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE, UH, WHAT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD DOES AND HOW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FITS INTO THAT WORK. UH, SO TODAY WE'RE HERE ESSENTIALLY TO PRESENT ON, AGAIN, THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS BOARD, UH, TO ALSO FIT ON THE, IN THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD. AND SO HOPEFULLY I CAN PROVIDE ENOUGH INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO, UM, ALLOW YOU ALL TO GET THAT CONTEXT AND, UH, REALLY UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY AND AGAIN, HAVE TIME FOR A DISCUSSION AND QUESTION. SO I'LL START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS. UM, SO THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA DISCUSS TODAY. THE FIRST IS JUST A BASIC OVERVIEW OF THE LONG BEACH CONTINUUM OF CARE AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS. UH, SECOND, EXPLAIN WHERE THE COC BOARD FITS WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE, THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE TYPES OF DECISIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD. UH, AND THEN CONNECT THAT BACK TO LB WIN AND TALK ABOUT WHY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE WOULD BE VALUABLE TO OUR BOARD. UH, AND THEN AGAIN, TRYING TO KEEP THINGS FAIRLY BRIEF SO WE HAVE TIME TO TALK A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, AT THE END. SO FIRST, UH, WHAT EXACTLY IS A CONTINUUM OF CARE? SO, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS THE COMMUNITY-WIDE STRUCTURE FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. SO IT'S NOT ONE CITY PROGRAM, UH, IT'S NOT ONE ORGANIZATION. IT'S NOT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH OR THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU. IT'S REALLY A WAY TO BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN PREVENTING IN RESPONDING TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, TOGETHER. SO THAT INCLUDES COORDINATING HOUSING, UH, SERVICES, RESOURCES PLANNING, UM, REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND THEN HELPING PEOPLE CONNECT TO MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT. SO, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CO C'S PURPOSE IS PROMOTING LONG-TERM HOUSING STABILITY AND SELF SUFFICIENTLY SELF-SUFFICIENCY APOLOGIES. UM, AND I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT THE COC IS ESSENTIALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE, UH, IT'S A COMMUNITY PLANNING BODY, BUT THEN ALSO IT'S THAT COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE AS WELL. AND THEN THAT BROADER ROLE TRANSLATES INTO SEVERAL, UH, VERY SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS. SO WHAT DOES THE COC DO? UH, ON THE SERVICE SIDE, THE COC HELPS COORDINATE THE LOCAL HOMELESS RESPONSE. SO THAT CAN INCLUDE OUTREACH, SHELTER, HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, HOMELESS PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. UH, THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. UH, THE FIRST IS THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM OR CES. UH, SO THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE USE TO ASSESS NEEDS, UH, PRIORITIZED HOUSEHOLDS AND INDIVIDUALS AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES INCLUDING, [00:55:01] UH, HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES. UH, THE SECOND IS THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM OR THE HMIS. UH, AND THAT GIVES US SHARED DATA TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHO'S BEING SERVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, HOW PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS ARE FUNCTIONING, UH, AND WHERE THERE MAY BE GAPS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. UH, AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. THE COC RE REALLY USES ALL THAT INFORMATION TO HELP ESTABLISH OUR PRIORITIES, COORDINATE RESOURCES AND GUIDE PLANNING AND FEDERAL FUNDING DECISIONS. ULTIMATELY, THE COC UH, IS A FEDERALLY REQUIRED, UH, PROCESS TO RECEIVE CERTAIN TYPES OF FEDERAL FUNDING, INCLUDING CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING. SO ULTIMATELY, UH, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE HOMELESSNESS IS RARE AND BRIEF WHEN, WHEN IT OCCURS. UH, AND SO KEEPING THAT BROADER STRUCTURE IN, UH, STRUCTURE IN MIND. THE NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, WHERE THE BOARD FITS WITHIN THAT STRUCTURE. SO THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP IS JUST A BROADER COMMUNITY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATE. SO THAT'S A FORUM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INFORMATION SHARING AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND YOU CAN ATTEND ANY OF OUR MEETINGS AND PROVIDE ANY KIND OF INPUT, UH, AS WELL. UH, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD IS THE PRIMARY GOVERNANCE BODY. SO, UH, THE BOARD SETS POLICY DIRECTION HELPS ESTABLISH THE SYSTEM-WIDE PRIORITIES, UM, PROVIDES OVERSIGHT AND MAKES CERTAIN POLICY AND FUNDING DECISIONS. UM, AND THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU WHERE I WORK, REALLY HANDLES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL WORK, UH, INCLUDING GRANTS CONTRACTING, MANAGING THE HOMELESS INFORMATION SYSTEM, THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, AS WELL AS MONITORING AND COMPLIANCE, UM, FOR OUR SUBRECIPIENTS AND RECIPIENTS OF GRANTS, AS WELL AS JUST DAY-TO-DAY IMPLEMENTATION. SO THE KEY DISTINCTION REALLY IS THAT THE BOARD PROVIDES THE GOVERNANCE AND POLICY DIRECTION. AND THEN STAFF OF THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU REALLY CARRIES OUT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL WORK AS WELL AS PRESENTING FORTH THOSE POLICIES AND DIRECTION FOR THE BOARD'S, UH, CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. UH, THERE ARE MANY OTHER BODIES THAT ARE ALSO CONNECTED IN THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR ADVISORY BOARD WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, SO HERE'S WHAT ACTUALLY FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE BOARD. UH, IT'S REALLY FOUR MAJOR AREAS. THE FIRST IS POLICIES AND STANDARDS. SO THE BOARD HELPS GUIDE THE FRAMEWORK UNDER WHICH THE COC OPERATES, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR GOVERNANCE CHARTER PROGRAM STANDARDS AND COORDINATED ENTRY POLICIES. UH, THE SECOND IS SYSTEM PRIORITIES AND PLANNING. SO THIS IS LOOKING AT DATA, COMMUNITY INPUT, UH, ACTUAL PERFORMANCE. UM, OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT IS AN, IS A ANNUAL PROCESS, UH, AS WELL AS GAPS ANALYSIS, AND THEN OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE USE TO HELP DETERMINE OUR PRIORITY SYSTEM WIDE. UH, THIRD IS THAT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM OVERSIGHT. SO THAT'S LOOKING AT PROJECT AND OVERALL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, AND THEN OVERSIGHT OF KEY AREAS OF THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. UH, AND FINALLY, THE BOARD HAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR ANNUAL FEDERAL COC FUNDING PROCESS. SO THIS INCLUDES ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES, UH, RATING IN RANKING POLICIES FOR REVIEWING PERFORMANCE FOR COC FUNDED PROGRAMS AND APPROVING FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, I WON'T GET TOO MUCH ON THIS TOPIC, BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE CITY OF LONG BEACH RECEIVES, UH, BETWEEN 11 AND 12 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING. UH, THE COURTS ACTUALLY JUST, UH, OVERTURNED A PREVIOUS STAY LAST NIGHT. AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON A FEDERAL APPLICATION WHERE WE'RE EXPECTED TO POTENTIALLY LOSE ABOUT 40% OF THAT FUNDING BASED ON FEDERAL DIRECT, UH, DIRECTION. AND THAT'S REALLY SUPPORTING A LOT OF FOLKS IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, AS WELL AS WE TRY TO IDENTIFY, UH, OTHER FUNDING TO POTENTIALLY FILL THOSE GAPS ON A SHORT TERM OR LONGER TERM BASIS. UM, SO REALLY A LOT OF THESE ARE SYSTEM LEVEL, LEVEL GOVERNANCE DECISIONS, UM, RATHER THAN THAT DAY-TO-DAY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT THAT THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU OVERSEES. UM, AND BECAUSE THOSE DECISIONS REALLY TOUCH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, UH, OUR BOARD IS INTENTIONALLY BUILT AROUND DIVERSE AREAS OF EXPERTISE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE TODAY. SO HOMELESSNESS OBVIOUSLY INTERSECTS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. SO THE BOARD IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSIST ONLY OF HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND, UH, PUBLIC SYSTEMS SUCH AS GOVERNMENT, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC SAFETY, THE COURTS AND AND WORKFORCE. UH, WE ALSO WANT PEOPLE WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF HOUSING AND SERVICE DELIVERY, UH, WITH COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, UH, FOLKS FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATION PARTNERS, AND OF COURSE ECONOMIC STABILITY. [01:00:01] UH, WHICH IS REALLY WHERE THE BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN. UM, OUR EXPECTATION IS NOT THAT EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEMBER IS AN EXPERT IN EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. UH, REALLY THE VALUE THAT EVERY PERSON BRINGS TO OUR BOARD IS EXPERTISE FROM THEIR FIELD AND APPLYING THAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE SYSTEM-WIDE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE. UH, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT LED US TO REACH OUT TO LB WIN AND, AND REQUEST, UM, YOUR PARTICIPATION AS WELL. UH, SO WHY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? UH, OBVIOUSLY HOUSING STABILITY AND ECONOMIC STABILITY ARE VERY CLOSELY CONNECTED. MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR EXITING HOMELESSNESS, UH, NEED HAVE HOUSING AS A CRITICAL NEED. BUT OBVIOUSLY LONGER TERM STABILITY CAN ALSO DEPEND ON EMPLOYMENT, INCOME SKILLS, TRAINING, AND ACCESS TO OTHER, UH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. UH, AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE FEEL LIKE YOUR EXPERTISE COULD ADD A LOT OF VALUE. UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO PROVIDE, UM, REALLY AN EXPERTISE IN MORE COC OR HOMELESS SERVICES. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT ORIENTATION AND SUPPORT. UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS SOMEONE WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM AND CAN BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE TO OUR BOARD. UH, AND THAT COULD INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS, UH, TRAINING, JOB READINESS, EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, UH, BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND ALL OTHER AREAS TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THE COORDINATION BETWEEN WORKFORCE SYSTEMS AND OUR HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEMS. UM, THE REPRESENTATIVE COULD ALSO PARTICIPATE IN BROADER WORK OF THE BOARD. THAT INCLUDES POLICY, FUNDING, PERFORMANCE, AND PLANNING DISCUSSIONS. UM, AND THE IDEA REALLY IS JUST TO BRING YOUR WORKFORCE EXPERTISE, UH, LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COC AND HELP US THINK MORE BROADLY ABOUT THAT LONG-TERM STABILITY AND INCORPORATING MORE, UH, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR WORK. UH, AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO COVER IS JUST REALLY WHAT THE ACTUAL COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE. UM, SO WE HOLD OUR BOARD MEETINGS CURRENTLY IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MEETING MONTHS, UH, WHICH IS USUALLY TWO MEETINGS PER QUARTER, AND IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY, UH, DELIVERABLES THAT WE HAVE. SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS SUMMER WE WERE MEETING MONTHLY SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE VERY FAST AND, UH, QUICKLY MOVING, UH, CONTINUUM OF CARE COMPETITION THAT I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. UM, GENERALLY THERE'S JUST AN EXPECTATION THAT MEMBERS REVIEW MATERIALS, PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS, AND THEN POTENTIALLY PARTICIPATE IN COMMITTEES OR WORK GROUPS, UH, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND APPLICABLE. UM, AND BECAUSE THE BOARD IS IN, UH, INVOLVED IN FUNDING AND POLICY DECISIONS, UH, WE FOLLOW THE SIMILAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST RECUSAL AND, UH, CONDUCT REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU ALL DO HERE. UH, OUR TERMS ARE FOR THREE YEARS. UM, AND WHAT I'D REALLY JUST BE INTERESTED NOW IN HEARING FROM IS WHETHER THIS OPPORTUNITY SEEMS ALIGNED WITH YOUR ROLE AND PRIORITIES. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UH, TO MAKING A DECISION. UH, AND IF THERE'S INTEREST, WHAT TYPE OF REPRESENTATIVE YOU THINK MAY BE THE BEST FIT. UM, THAT IS, UH, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES THE END OF MY CONVERSATION OR MY PRESENTATION. UH, SO HOPE, HAPPY TO OPEN THINGS UP TO A CONVERSATION, UH, AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MAY HAVE. SO, SO JUST QUICKLY BEFORE WE DO THAT, I, I'M, WE'RE, WE'RE AT LIKE HALFTIME AND WE HAVE A QUORUM ISSUE. AND SO I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A FEW MINUTES TO GO TO THE RESTROOM OR, UH, OR GET SOMETHING TO DRINK OR WHATEVER. AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE IT FIVE MINUTES. SO WE'LL COME BACK AND PICK UP RIGHT THERE. 'CAUSE I'VE HAD A FEW RESTROOM REQUESTS. SO, UM, I WANNA BE THOUGHTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S PERSONAL NEEDS. [01:15:12] [01:15:17] I [01:15:17] LEFT JOSEPH ON A CLIFFHANGER, A WHOLE TO BE CONTINUED. NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE, DEAL CHAIR. IF WE CAN TAKE ROLL CALL. JUST TO CONFIRM, WE DO HAVE QUORUM. YEAH. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE RECALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU. MEMBER COVARRUVIAS. MEMBER EDMOND. HE, HE WAS JUST HERE. HE'S HERE. JOHN. JOHN, YOU HERE? YEAH. HERE. THANK YOU. MEMBER FAVE. HERE. MEMBER FAYE. HERE. MEMBER RUIZ. HERE. MEMBER RUNKEL. HERE. MEMBER SAVAGE. HERE. MEMBER SMITH. HERE. MEMBER TESS FAYE HERE. AND MEMBER THOMAS HERE. AND CHAIR LABAR HERE. WE HAVE QUORUM. ALRIGHT, SO BACK TO WHERE WE LEFT OFF. UM, MEMBERS, ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? I HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION. SO ARE YOU, UH, IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BOARD, AND THIS IS A QUESTION TO US, UH, ARE WE REPRESENTING, UM, L-B-W-I-N OR ARE WE REPRESENTING OURSELF? LIKE, I'M JUST NOT CLEAR WHAT THE ASK IS. YEAH, YOU'D BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS BOARD. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THIS BOARD, UM, WHETHER IT BE SELECTION OF LEADERSHIP OR AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, THAT'S ON THE BOARD, UH, DECEIT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE ESTABLISHED FOR, UH, LB WAN. THANK YOU. HI MAYOR. ARE THERE OTHER INSTANCES OF THAT? IS THAT, IS THAT A NEW CONCEPT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU, THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST SPECIFIC TO LB WIN? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT YEAH, THIS IS A, A GENERAL, IT, IT'S A CONCEPT THAT DOES PLAY OUT. UM, AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY FROM THIS BOARD TO REPRESENT US AS A BOARD IN, UH, AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS COC BOARD. ESSENTIALLY THE, THE ROLE IS REALLY FROM A WORKHORSE PERSPECTIVE, HOW DO YOU, UH, HOW DO WE CONNECT THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND VICE VERSA. SO IT REALLY WOULD BE BRINGING THE THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED THERE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS THERE A WAY THAT THIS BOARD CAN SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON WITH THE COC. WELL, AND THE OTHER PART I WOULD THROW OUT THERE, JUST GIVEN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, IS HOW DO WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AFTER JOINT FUNDING? HOW DO WE LOOK AT PROGRAMMATIC OPPORTUNITIES? I I THINK A LOT OF THAT BECOMES EASIER WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE CONNECTED TO THE MISSION, BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, UM, A POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE LIVE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT POPULATION TO SERVE. UH, AND, AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING, ESPECIALLY AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL AROUND, UM, SERVICES TO, TO HELP FIND PEOPLE CAREERS, THEN TO GET INTO HOUSING AND, AND WHATNOT. SO, UH, I I I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT WAYS TO GET JOINT FUNDING AND, AND WORK ON PROGRAMS TOGETHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHAIR, HOW DO YOU PROPOSE THAT WE PICK SOMEBODY FROM THIS BOARD? I'M CURIOUS. WELL, WE WOULD FIRST HAVE TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT IF YOU WANT MY OPINION, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU. 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN SHY ABOUT THAT. SO, UM, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF, UM, WE NEED TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE. WE NEED TO BE WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS. I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND HOW WE DO SERVICE DELIVERY AND COMMUNICATE WHAT LB WIN DOES. UM, SO I, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THIS IN CONCEPT. I, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT. UM, BUT I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE SHOULD, UH, IS THE ASK TODAY TO SAY, YEAH, WE'RE INTERESTED AS A BOARD IN HAVING A REPRESENTATIVE AND THEN COMING BACK AND FIGURING OUT WHO THAT PERSON IS. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S, UM, I THINK IT'S 'CAUSE WE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT IF IT'S A BOARD MEMBER, A STAFF MEMBER. BUT I, I'M OF THE OPINION THAT IT PROBABLY MAKES MORE SENSE TO A STAFF MEMBER THAT IS CONNECTED WITH THIS TYPE OF SERVICE DELIVERY AND IT'S PART OF THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION. BUT I DON'T WANNA FURTHER SPREAD STAFF THEN. SO I, I JUST THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF IT. AND SO IF THE ASK TODAY IS, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A BOARD SEAT? I THINK WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. IF THE ASK IS, WHO IS THAT PERSON? I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE READY FOR THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY. UH, YEAH, NO. SO TODAY, [01:20:01] UH, IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIONAL. UM, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T READY TODAY TO SAY YES, WE'LL ACCEPT THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU WANTED TO PUSH THAT TO YOUR NEXT MEETING. UM, ULTIMATELY WE ARE, UH, UNDERGOING A PRETTY LARGE EXPANSION. UH, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UH, OF OUR BOARD. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE, IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT NEW MEMBERS. UH, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR BOARD PRETTY, UM, PRETTY BROADLY, UM, TO, UH, INCLUDE HOPEFULLY, UH, MULTIPLE FOLKS THAT ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, AS WELL AS FOLKS FROM THE BUSINESS, COMMUNITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. AND SO WE HAVE SOME INTERESTS, UH, LIKELY, UH, NOT 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE FOLKS, UNLIKE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS, SOME OF THOSE DON'T SERVE ON ANY OTHER BOARD. UM, SO LIKELY THE ACTUAL SEEDING OF ANY FOLKS, UH, IN PRESENTING FOR APPROVAL TO OUR BOARD WOULD PROBABLY BE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. SO YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. PERFECT. SO, AND I JUST REALIZED THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE, SO IT CAN'T EVEN MAKE THAT DECISION TODAY ANYWAY. SO WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT, UH, STAFF SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN, WHEN WE'RE READY, WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT ESTABLISHES WHETHER WE WILL OR WON'T MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT, WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR WHO THAT PERSON WOULD BE AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK. AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, UH, UH, DYES BEING AUDITED IN THE, UH, THAT WAS TERRIBLE I'S BEING DOTTED AND THE T'S BEING CROSSED. I CAN'T EVEN SAY I DIDN'T HAVE COFFEE 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE. UM, SO I, TODAY WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ACTUALLY. UH, AND THEN I, I DO THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING TO HAVE MORE OF A PLAN PUT IN PLACE THAT WE CAN VOTE ON AS AN ACTION ITEM. IS COC IS PART OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH THOUGH, RIGHT? IS THAT, OR IS IT A SEPARATE ENTITY? THE, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE? UM, SO YEARS, IF, IF I MAY TAKE LIKE A BRIEF MOMENT JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW. JUST I THINK IT'LL MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER. SO, YOU KNOW, 20, 30 YEARS AGO, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID, WE WANT COMMUNITIES TO PLAN TOGETHER AND SUBMIT ONE LARGE APPLICATION TO US THROUGH A PLANNING EFFORT. SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS RATHER THAN EACH INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION DECIDING WHAT THEY WANT. AND SO AT THAT POINT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID, OKAY, COMMUNITIES HAVE TO CREATE A CONTINUUM OF CARE. UH, AND THAT CONTINUUM OF CARE WOULD THEN DESIGNATE AN ENTITY, WHICH IS THE HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, TO BASICALLY ORGANIZE AND SUBMIT ON THEIR BEHALF. SO A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, WELL I'D SAY MOST COMMUNITIES PROBABLY HAVE A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT ARE THE LEAD. UM, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING A CONTINUUM OF CARE. SO, UH, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE NEWS IN LA RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTION OF A NEW COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT, WHICH IS THE ENTITY THAT PUTS TOGETHER THE APPLICATION TO SUBMIT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A NEW HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM LEAD, WHICH MANAGES THAT, THAT SYSTEM OF DATA AND REFERRALS, A NEW COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM LEAD, AND A NEW LEAD FOR THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS WHERE WE GO OUT AND CANVAS THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY ONCE A YEAR. SO THOSE ARE ALL FEDERALLY REQUIRED ACTIVITIES. THE CONTINUUM OF CARE DESIGNATES THOSE AND DUE TO THE ISSUES THAT THE LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY IS HAVING, UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROCURING OUT EACH OF THOSE, UH, EFFORTS. SO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS CURRENTLY LED BY THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU, BUT IS NOT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HOMELESS SERVICES BUREAU. SO A STAFF MEMBER COULD BE A BOARD MEMBER THEN, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION. IF IT WAS A CITY ENTITY, IT WOULDN'T, LIKE A STAFF MEMBER COULDN'T SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THEIR OWN CITY, RIGHT? LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT IS IF IT COULD BE A STAFF MEMBER OR NOT. YEAH. AND THERE'S CURRENTLY, UM, A REP, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UH, FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. GOT IT. UH, COLONEL LOCK, AS WELL AS, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. UM, BROADLY OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD ASKED US TO COME AND PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE FULL BOARD. UM, THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST HAVING ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY, BUT OBVIOUSLY WOULD PREFER TO HAVE YOU ALL MAKE THAT DECISION WHO THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR BOARD WOULD BE, AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, OBVIOUSLY WANTING TO POTENTIALLY APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE AS MAYBE A NON-STAFF MEMBER. UH, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD ALSO BE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY. NOPE. SO, UH, MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SO AGAIN, THE MOTION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION. UM, SO, UH, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MEMBER EDMOND. YES. MEMBER FAVE. YES. MEMBER FAYE APPROVE. MEMBER RUIZ? YES. MEMBER RUNKEL. YES. MEMBER SAVAGE. YES. MEMBER SMITH, APPROVE. MEMBER TE FAYE APPROVE. MEMBER THOMAS APPROVE AND CHAIR LEBAR? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM? [01:25:01] THANK YOU, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE FROM THE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM REGARDING WORK SITE DEVELOPMENT, ON THE JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, SUPPORT, AND RAPID RESPONSE TO LOCAL LAYOFF EVENTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MAKE A MOTION, RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION BY MEMBER SAVAGE AND A SECOND BY MEMBER THOMAS. UM, WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION BY CARLA. SO KICK TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD MORNING BOARD. MY NAME IS CARLA ANGUIANO AND I AM THE INTERIM BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO SAY BETWEEN OUR LAST MEETING AND TODAY WE DID HAVE A SPACE BEACH CAMP AND I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMPLOYERS AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT PARTICIPATED. WE HAD A TOUR AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. TURON MADE A PRESENTATION, SPACEX PROVIDED A PANEL RUBBER CRAFT, PROVIDED A TOUR, CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, PROVIDED A PANEL, RELATIVITY SPACE, PROVIDED A PANEL AND ROCKET LAB HELD OUR CULMINATION. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT WORKED WITH US FOR SPACE SPEECH CAMP. THE YOUTH TEAM WILL GIVE YOU MORE OF AN UPDATE WHEN THEY PRESENT AFTER US. NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE RAINA RASO AND SHE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT TEAM. THANK YOU. HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. SO MY NAME IS RAINA RASO AND I'LL BE SHARING A FEW UPDATES SPECIFICALLY ON OUR WORK EXPERIENCE. SO FOR OUR PROGRAM YEAR 26 TO 27, THAT DOES RUN FROM JULY 1ST, 2026 TO THE END OF JUNE. UP TO THIS POINT, AS PART OF OUR RENEWALS RECRUITMENT OF WORK SITES TO HOST WORK EXPERIENCE INTERNS AND REFERRALS, WE HAVE 77 TOTAL ACTIVE AGREEMENTS. 64 OF THOSE ARE WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS IN THE LONG BEACH AND SOME UM, WILMINGTON SIGNAL HILL AREA. AND 13 OF THESE ARE LONG BEACH SITES, MEANING THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO HOST INTERNS THAT WE REFER, UM, WHEN THESE REFERRALS AND THESE ENROLLMENTS ARE READY. UM, SOME OF OUR NEWER PARTNERS ARE SISTER CITIES OF LONG BEACH, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. THEY ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF OUR LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORE COHORT THREE, UM, FELLOWS VOLUNTEER AT THEIR EVENT AND THEY RECENTLY OFFERED THEM A STIPEND TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM MONTHLY SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS WITH THEIR TEAM. SNOW CORNER IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS. THEY RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. THEY HAVE GROWN A LOT IN LONG BEACH AND MOST OF THEIR STAFF IS COMPOSED OF INTERNS FROM OUR TEAM THAT WE HAVE REFERRED. AND THEY HAVE ONBOARDED AND UPSKILLED TO TRAIN AND BE A PART OF THEIR TEAM. SOUTH BAY CAREER ACADEMY AS WELL, OR DRIVING HOPE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ANOTHER, UM, RECENT PARTNER THAT WE'VE ONBOARDED AND THEY DO A LOT FOR, UM, THE INDUSTRY SUCH AS WELDING. AND WE HAVE AN INTERN CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEIR TEAM. OKAY. OKAY, THERE WE GO. SO ANOTHER ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HAS BEEN OUR LONG, LONG BEACH PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM. WE HAVE LAUNCHED COHORT FOUR, WE HAVE SUPPORTED IN RECRUITMENT OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. WE OPENED THE INTEREST, FORMED AND RECEIVED 51 REQUESTS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND BUREAUS TO HOST A FELLOW. THIS GO AROUND THERE IS 30 FELLOWS, 20 OF THEM WILL BE WORKING WITHIN OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND 10 IN LEGISLATIVE. OUR TEAM SUPPORTED IN COORDINATING THE MEET AND GREET FOR THE FELLOWS. THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED THIS TUESDAY. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, 27, 28 FELLOWS ATTENDED AND ABOUT 30 CITY STAFF FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND AND BUREAUS WERE THERE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE A MEET AND GREET WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET EACH OTHER, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ROLES, AND HELP OUR PROGRAM TEAM, UM, JUST IDENTIFY THE BEST MATCH, MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS ALIGNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD A SUCCESSFUL FELLOWSHIP AND ARE ABLE TO GAIN THESE SKILLS. SO I'VE ATTACHED SOME OF THE, UM, PICTURES FROM THE EVENT WE HAD. UM, CITY STAFF FROM HR, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CITY MANAGER AMONGST OTHERS PRESENT. AND I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR WORK EXPERIENCE SUCCESS. SO RECENTLY OVER THE SUMMER, ONE OF OUR LONGTIME PARTNERS LONG BEACH COMMUNITY TABLE, THEY ARE A NONPROFIT WHO PROVIDE NECESSITIES AND FOOD TO THE LONG BEACH AREA. THEY WERE ASSIGNED RAMSEYS DIMAS AND HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP GETTING HIRED BY THEM AT THE AGE OF 17 AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. SO AS OF THE END OF AUGUST, HE HAS BEEN ONBOARDED WITH THEIR TEAM. THEY ALWAYS NEED THE HELP. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT IT WAS A GREAT [01:30:01] FIT. AND THEN ROXANNE'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR WORK SITE PARTNERS. SO THEY ARE ONBOARDED AS A WORK EXPERIENCE SITE, BUT THEY REACHED OUT TO OUR TEAM BECAUSE THEY WERE RECRUITING FOR SOME POSITIONS, SPECIFICALLY ONE BEING A COOK. WE WERE ABLE TO OUTREACH AMONGST OUR, AMONGST OUR CANDIDATE POOL FROM PROGRAM AND WE WERE ABLE TO REFER KAARI FORD WITH THE YOUTH TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING AND PRACTICALLY HAVE ONBOARDED HIM. I WAS ABLE TO SEE HIM THE OTHER DAY IN THE LITTLE APRON. SO IT WAS SUPER EXCITING. KAARI WAS A PREVIOUS WE PARTICIPANT AND WHEN I WAS WITH THE YOUTH TEAM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM. SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE REFERRAL AND RECOMMEND HIM TO THEIR TEAM AND IT WAS A GOOD FIT AND HE IS NOW WORKING WITH THE ROXANNE'S TEAM FILLING THAT POSITION. AND THAT IS IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WELL, I WANNA MAKE A COMMENT 'CAUSE I ATTENDED THE SPACE BEACH CAMP, UH, CULMINATION AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AWESOME. UH, YOU HAVE, FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED AND UH, THE PASSION WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE WAS OUTSTANDING. AND, AND THE YOU HAD WHAT, 16 UP TO YOU HAD SOME KIDS UNDER THE, UNDER THE ORIGINAL AGE GUIDELINE, BUT THEY THEY WERE SMART COOKIES AND THEY MADE THEIR WAY IN THERE. SO YOU HAD BASICALLY 16 TO 18 IF YOU WILL. UH, A LITTLE BIT OLDER EVEN, RIGHT? YES. BUT WE'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE YOUTH TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE HIGHLIGHTS. OH, , I JUST, THEY'LL LET YOU ALL LET YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT. OKAY. WELL I WON'T STEAL ANYBODY'S THUNDER THEN, BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT WAS AN AWESOME EVENT AND IT WAS JUST REALLY COOL TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK, BUT I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTARY UNTIL AFTER. I DON'T WANNA SPOIL THE ENDING OF A MOVIE. SO, YEAH. THANK YOU . UM, A ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NO. OKAY. UH, MEMBERS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. MEMBER EDMOND. MEMBER FAVE. MEMBER FAVE. YES. THANK YOU. MEMBER FAYE. APPROVED. MEMBER RUIZ? YES. MEMBER RONCO? YES. MEMBER SAVAGE APPROVE. MEMBER SMITH APPROVE. MEMBER TESFAYE? YES. MEMBER THOMAS. APPROVE. CHAIR LEBAR? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. SO WE DO HAVE, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, I APOLOGIZE. UM, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS LEFT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE A MEMBER THAT DOES NEED TO LEAVE, UH, TO ATTEND, ATTEND A DIFFERENT EVENT. SO I THINK THAT WE LOSE QUORUM IN THAT PROCESS. UH, SO I THINK WE'LL JUST NEED TO CLOSE IT OUT. ANY OTHER ITEMS WE CAN MOVE? UH, IS THERE, WHAT ARE THE REMAINING ITEMS? UH, THE REPORT OUTS ON ADULT YOUTH SERVICES, UM, AS WELL AS THE CHAIR'S, UH, UPDATES AND MY UPDATES. UM, AND WE CAN JUST MOVE THAT OFF SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD LOSE QUORUM. WE, WE HAVE 10, SO WE WOULD LOSE QUORUM WHEN IT LEAVES. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO LAY OVER THE ITEMS OR WITHDRAW THE ITEMS? CHAIR? UH, I THINK FOR, WELL WE DO THESE EVERY SINGLE TIME, SO WE CAN, WE CAN JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS. I DON'T, I WOULD DEFER OKAY. TO JAIME AS TO WHETHER HE WANTS TO CALL THEM A LAYOVER OR NOT. YEAH. I THINK WE CAN WITHDRAW THEM SINCE WITHDRAW AT THIS POINT. YEAH. AS THE CHAIR SAID, WE ADD THESE EVERY SINGLE TIME AS UPDATES, SO WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THOSE UPDATES NEXT TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND WE TALK ABOUT CLIFFHANGERS, WE GAVE YOU ANOTHER ONE. SO COME BACK NEXT TIME. BRING YOUR FRIENDS. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE DO NEED TO DO NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, JUST FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. AND, AND, AND BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE'D LOVE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC UP FOR ANY NON-AG AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT. SEEING NONE. UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR. WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I. * 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.