Sep 23, 2026 Technology and Innovation Commission

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I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER

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IT'S AT 3:30 PM 3:30 PM AWESOME.

UH, CLERK, UH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER

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COMMISSIONER CHITTICK.

COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER WHEELER HERE.

VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NANCE.

HERE.

CHAIR TO ARMAS.

HERE.

WE HAVE QUORUM.

ALRIGHT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, I NOTICED, UH, COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE.

UM, SHE HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY.

SORRY FOR THE RECORD.

COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN IS EXCUSED FOR THE MEETING.

UM, ALRIGHT, ONTO THE AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER ONE, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

OH, SORRY.

UH, CHAIR.

UM, DID WE ALSO WANNA EXCUSE, UM, UH, OH, FORGIVE ME.

UH, UH, COMMISSIONER CHITTICK.

THANK YOU.

AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER CHITTICK IS ALSO EXCUSED FOR THE MEETING.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[1. 26-56234 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Technology and Innovation Commission meeting of Wednesday, August 26, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

2026.

MAY I GET A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY? SECOND BY VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NAZ.

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ALL RIGHT.

, UH, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ARE WE HAVING TECHNICAL ISSUES? IF SO, WE CAN TAKE A, A, A VERBAL YES.

OKAY.

THAT WAS A, A YES BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, RECOMMENDATION

[2. 26-56235 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NAZ, AND SEEING A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHEELER.

UM, MAY I HAND THIS OVER TO, UH, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE REPORT, PLEASE? THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER.

UH, A COUPLE THINGS TODAY, UH, ALL ABOUT DIGITAL INCLUSION.

UM, SO I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN OUR LAST MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, OUR LATEST, UH, LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM.

UH, BUT WE ARE COMING UP UPON DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK, SO OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH 10TH.

UH, AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL NATIONWIDE EVENT DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIGITAL EQUITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUSION, UH, IN OUR INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WORLD, PARTICULARLY WHERE THERE IS A DIGITAL DIVIDE.

UM, THIS IS A WEEK LONG EVENT, UH, THAT SHOWCASES THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO BRIDGE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT WORK BEING DONE TO ENSURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND TO THE INTERNET.

UM, SO YOU WILL SEE FROM THE CITY, UH, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO CELEBRATE OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, OUR PROGRAMS, UH, AND ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS, UH, THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, WITH, UH, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, SO OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH 10TH IS DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK.

UH, WE ALSO RECEIVED SOME REALLY EXCELLENT NEWS TODAY.

UH, SO HOT OFF THE PRESSES, UH, FOR YOU ALL.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED, UM, A DIGITAL INCLUSION GRANT, UH, FOR WORK WITH DIGITAL INCLUSION, WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

UH, IT'S A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE STATE BUDGET, UH, AND IT INCLUDES A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE GET TO DO, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FOR, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND OUR COMPLIANCE.

UM, SO THIS INITIATIVE, UH, THAT WE PROPOSE REALLY AIMS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ACCESS TO ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING.

UH, THE PROJECT WILL SUPPLY SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT SUCH AS SCREEN READERS, ADAPTIVE KEYBOARDS OFFER ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING SESSIONS TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.

UM, AFTER COMPLETING THE PROGRAM, UH, LIKE MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A FREE COMPUTING DEVICE AND OTHER ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

UM, SO THE GOAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY, CAN PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD.

AND SO THAT IS A BIG DEAL, UH, FOR US.

THAT IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR THIS EFFORT AND THIS WORK, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING A NUMBER OF THESE PROGRAMS, UH, AND ALSO OUR OWN INTERNAL EFFORTS, UH, TO ENSURE, UM, OUR WEBSITE AND OUR MATERIALS ARE A DA ACCESSIBLE.

SO, UH, VERY PLEASED, UH, WITH THAT, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'LL GO TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH GRANTS WE HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE THE GRANT, WHICH MAKES IT OFFICIAL AND ALLOWS US TO BEGIN OUR WORK ON THAT PARTICULAR GRANT.

SO, UM, THAT WAS NEW, UM, AS OF TODAY.

SO, UH, REALLY PROUD OF OUR STAFF, UH, TEAM WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THOSE EFFORTS AND WHO, UH, WORKED ON THO THAT PARTICULAR GRANT, UH, REQUEST.

SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO THE TEAM.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY FOR TODAY, UH, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, UM, AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS DOES A, UM, UH, A PRESENTATION TO OUR CITY COUNCIL FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH.

UH, AND WE ROTATE, UH, THE DIFFERENT MONTHS WITH OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

UM, IN OCTOBER IS T'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

AND SO WE WILL, UH, SHARE WITH YOU WHAT NIGHT THAT WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.

UH, AND WE'LL GET TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR, UM, KEY STAFF MEMBERS, UM, AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR, UH, THEIR HARD WORK.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT INTERNALLY.

UM, AND THAT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER STAND AT THE PODIUM.

WE BRING UP OUR EMPLOYEE, OFTEN THEIR FAMILIES ARE HERE, UM, AND THEY GET THE RECOGNITION, UH, VERY PUBLICLY, UH, WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL.

SO, UH, OCTOBER WILL BE THE MONTH FOR TID.

UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS FOR YOU TODAY.

UH, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, BELABOR, UH, THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S

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UH, SO WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY, UH, REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THAT'S WONDERFUL NEWS ABOUT THE GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED TODAY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS, HOW LONG DOES THE CITY HAVE TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE FUNDS? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, WHEN WE GET THE GRANT, UM, APPLICATION, OR EXCUSE ME, THE, UM, GRANT AWARD, IT'LL GIVE US A PERFORMANCE PERIOD.

UH, USUALLY THOSE ARE OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND SO, UH, WE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS ENSURE THAT WE FULFILL THE SCOPE OF THE GRANT, UM, BY DURING THAT PERFORMANCE PERIOD.

UM, AND ULTIMATELY, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT WE DO, UH, AND, AND PROVIDE ALL OF OUR REPORTING AT THE END.

UH, AND USUALLY WE ARE VERY WELL, UH, ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? NO, SEEING NONE.

UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE TO VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,

[3. 26-56236 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the City of Long Beach AI and Data Privacy website.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? AND A SECOND, UH, MOVED BY VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NANCE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY.

UH, LET ME HAND IT OVER TO THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I, AS WE DISCUSSED, I HAVE TO STEP AWAY FOR A QUICK APPOINTMENT.

I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, ROB CENTENO IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE PRESENTATIONS.

SEE YOU IN A MOMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MEL GAIA, UM, REJ TO DO A PRESENT TO, TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON AI AND DATA PRIVACY WEBSITE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROB.

UM, AND BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE PRESENTATION, UM, JUST WANTED TO GO, UH, OFF SCRIPT, UM, FOR JUST A MOMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU A PERSONAL UPDATE, UM, THAT MY LAST DAY WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, WILL BE MID-OCTOBER.

UM, I WILL BE TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE CITY OF HASSAN, JOSE TO BE THEIR HEAD OF, HEAD OF AI AND, UM, UH, PRIVACY.

SO, UM, I'M VERY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE, UH, WORKING WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND, AND THIS IS IN SOME WAYS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME, UM, TO PRESENT ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK, UM, THAT MY TEAM HAS BEEN DOING, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE MANY LAST MONTH.

UM, AND, AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

UH, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, THE AI AND DATA PRIVACY, UH, WEBSITE, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL, UH, MONTHS.

UH, BUT THE IMPETUS FOR IT STARTED, UH, QUITE EARLY ON WHEN I STARTED WITH THE CITY ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, UM, WHEN WE CONDUCTED AN, UH, AI, UM, COMMUNITY SURVEY AND LEARNED FROM OUR RESIDENTS, UM, THAT THERE REALLY IS AN INFORMATION TRUST GAP, UM, BETWEEN THE CITY AND, AND OUR, UM, COMMUNITY REGARDING, UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY.

UM, MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE REALLY UNSURE HOW OUR CITY STAFF WERE USING AI, UH, WHICH VENDORS WE PARTNERED WITH, AND WHAT SAFEGUARDS WERE IN PLACE TO, TO PREVENT ADVERSE IMPACTS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.

UM, SO, UM, AND, AND ALSO STAFF, WE CONDUCTED A STAFF SURVEY AS WELL, AND, AND STAFF WERE, UM, ALSO QUITE UNSURE ABOUT HOW TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY.

UM, SO THAT LED US TO, UM, REALLY WANT TO REMEDY THIS, THIS INFORMATION AND TRUST GAP BETWEEN, UM, THE CITY AND OUR, UH, AND OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, AND REALLY THE FIRST PLACE WHERE RESIDENTS TRY TO GO TO RIGHT WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS IS, IS THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

THEY TRY TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, UM, SEE WHATEVER THEY CAN FIND, UM, TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE INSIGHT INTO HOW THE CITY'S USING THE TECHNOLOGY, WHAT'S THE APPROACH, UM, AND OUR CURRENT, UM, LB SMART CITY WEBSITE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE, UM, IT HAS A LOT OF REALLY VALUABLE INFORMATION, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EASY TO FIND THAT INFORMATION.

UM, SO THIS IS THE LANDING PAGE FOR THE WEBSITE.

IT'S, YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHERE TO CLICK IF YOU WANTED TO ACCESS, UM, INSIGHTS

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UM, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO KIND OF GO INTO, UM, PILOT PROJECT UNDER PROJECTS.

UM, YOU WILL FIND THE SMART CITY PROJECTS, AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM, UM, TO FIND SOME, SOME TILES, UM, THAT RELATE TO AI, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE AI STRATEGY OR GENERATIVE AI GUIDANCE.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO LANDING PAGE EVEN FOR, UM, THE AI PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, KNOWING ALL OF THIS, UM, I MADE A EXPLICIT CALL OUT TO, UH, AN AI DEDICATED AI WEBSITE, UM, IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AI STRATEGY, WHICH AS YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND KNOW, WAS RELEASED, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UM, UNDER INITIATIVE NUMBER THREE, BUILD PUBLIC, BUILD COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC TRUST.

UM, SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT, UM, REGULARLY PUBLISHING INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S AI EFFORTS, UM, THROUGH A DEDICATED WEBSITE, UM, AND WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING THAT WEBSITE LIVE BY THE END OF 2025.

SO THAT HAS, UM, SO I GUESS IF WE JUST SWITCH THAT FIVE TO A SIX, WE'LL BE RIGHT ON TRACK, UH, TO ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL.

UM, SO, SO TO TO FURTHER THIS WORK, UM, I, UH, WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH A CODING AT FORWARD DESIGN FELLOW, UM, CASSIA GRAY, UM, EARLY THIS YEAR.

THE QUESTION THAT WE ASKED OURSELVES WAS HOW, HOW MIGHT WE DESIGN WEB PAGES TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY'S AI AND DATA PRIVACY INITIATIVES AND HELP CLOSE THAT INFORMATION AND TRUST GAP, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY.

AND THIS WORK HAS LED TO THE FOLLOWING, UH, WEBSITE, UH, MOCKUP.

UM, THIS WEBSITE IS CURRENTLY KIND OF READY TO GO LIVE, UM, AT ANY MOMENT.

SO, UH, IT IS NOT LIVE JUST YET.

SO IF YOU GOOGLE THIS, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

UM, SO I WOULD, UM, REALLY WELCOME FEEDBACK ON THIS WEBSITE, YOUR KIND OF HIGH LEVEL THOUGHTS ON IT AS WELL.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNEAK PREVIEW OF, OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, AND BEFORE, UM, I GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS PAGES OF THE WEBSITE, I JUST WANTED TO WALK YOU THROUGH ALSO SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE, UM, THOUGHT ABOUT AS WE DESIGNED, UH, THESE PAGES.

UM, SO CASSIE AND I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHAT, WHO OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS, UM, FOR THIS WEBSITE.

UM, AND THE PRIMARY, UH, AUDIENCE IS CERTAINLY, UH, RESIDENTS, SO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, UM, THAT ARE LIVING IN LONG BEACH, UM, BUT ALSO BEYOND LONG BEACH, BECAUSE WE REALLY SAW THIS WEBSITE AS, UM, A, AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW A CITY GOVERNMENT SHOULD COMMUNICATE ABOUT AI.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WEBSITE WILL HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS, UH, ACROSS OTHER CITY GOVERNMENTS.

UM, WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO HOW OTHER CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR AI PROGRAMS, UM, AND THERE REALLY WASN'T THAT MUCH, UM, THERE.

UM, SO, SO THIS WAS QUITE A NOVEL, A APPROACH, UM, THAT WE, WE BELIEVE WE, UH, WE HAD TOWARDS THIS, UM, THIS WORK AND THIS CHALLENGE.

UM, THE OTHER AUDIENCE THAT WE, UM, THOUGHT ABOUT WAS CITY EMPLOYEES.

UM, SO EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE INTERNAL PAGES, UH, THAT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY'S AI PROGRAMS, WE ALSO WANTED TO TREAT STAFF, OUR CITY STAFF AS, UM, AS RECIPIENTS KIND OF AUDIENCE FOR, FOR THIS WEBSITE, UM, WITH THE ADDED, UH, BENEFIT OF MAKING THAT INFORMATION TRANSPARENT TO RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO LIKE, IF WE'RE TELLING CITY STAFF THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THESE ARE OUR GUIDELINES, IT'S ADDITIONALLY BENEFICIAL THAT RESIDENTS SEE WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS AROUND AI WE, WE HAVE TOWARDS, UM, CITY STAFF.

SO, UH, SO CITY EMPLOYEES WE'RE DEFINITELY ANOTHER AUDIENCE.

UH, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WAS, WAS VENDORS AND JUST THE BROADER AI COMMUNITY, UH, VENDOR, COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL, UM, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROPOSING TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY.

UM, SO WE HAVE A DEDICATED PAGE FOR THEM AS WELL.

UH, OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLES WERE AROUND, UM, BEING UNDERSTANDABLE, TRANSPARENT, AS WELL AS RELEVANT.

UM, UNDERSTANDABLE IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IN TERMS OF MAKING EVERYTHING VERY PLAIN LANGUAGE, UM, AND, AND, AND HAVING A CLEAR STRUCTURE TO THE WEBSITE.

UM, I'LL GIVE SOME CONTEXT AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE IMAGERY RIGHT THAT IS TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH AI OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN ONE OF, YOU KNOW, NEURAL NETWORKS, CYBORG'S, UM, THIS KIND OF VERY TECH TECHY, TECHNICAL, UM, FRANKLY INACCESSIBLE IMAGERY, UM, THAT WE HAVE MADE

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UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS, UM, THE GOAL FOR, FOR BEING UNDERSTANDABLE, UM, AND THEN TRANSPARENT AND RELEVANT ARE VERY RELATED TO EACH OTHER IN THAT, UM, WE WANTED TO PRESENT, UM, OUR INFORMATION KIND OF A STAGGERED WAY, UM, SUPPORTING PEOPLE'S CURIOSITY BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AT A HIGH LEVEL FIRST, UM, AND THEN GOING DEEPER WHEN, WHENEVER PEOPLE, UM, WANT AND ARE INTERESTED IN, IN KIND OF PURSUING, UM, MORE, MORE DETAIL.

SO, SO NOT OVERWHELMING PEOPLE.

UM, BASICALLY.

UM, SO THOSE WERE OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLES, UM, THAT WE CARRIED THROUGH THIS WORK.

UM, AND THE ARCHITECTURE JUST VERY BRIEFLY THAT WE LANDED ON, UH, WAS ONE, AND AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN JUST A SECOND, HOW THIS PLAYS OUT ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE GUIDE PEOPLE ACCORDING TO AUDIENCE AS WELL AS ACCORDING TO INTEREST.

UM, SO YEAH, IF SO, LET, LET ME JUST GO, UM, TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, JUST RIGHT HERE.

UM, THIS IS THE LANDING PAGE, AND AT THE VERY TOP, YOU SEE HOW LONG BEACH, UH, OR ACTUALLY I'LL GIVE A CALL OUT FIRST TO THE, TO THE TOP, WHICH IS OUR NORTH STAR.

UM, IF, IF, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PART OF THE AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, ON AI, UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL FIND THIS STATEMENT, UM, UH, FAMILIAR, UM, BECAUSE IT IS THE ONE THAT YOU, YOU HAVE ALL COME, COME TOGETHER, UM, AROUND, UM, EARLY ON IN, IN OUR WORK TOGETHER.

UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU, UH, LOOK AT HOW LONG BEACH IS USING AI, THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE, UM, BY INTEREST ORGANIZING THE, THE WEBSITE BY INTEREST COMES, COMES UP.

UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING WHAT OUR, WHAT THE CITY STANDARDS ARE, WHAT THE POLICIES ARE, RIGHT, WHAT THE STAFF GUIDANCE IS, UM, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT BOX AND YOU'LL BE GUIDED TO MORE INFORMATION.

OR IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAKING A MORE ACTIVE APPROACH, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT A RESEARCHER, BUT YOU'RE RATHER A VENDOR OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER, UM, AND YOU WANT TO SHAPE THE AI TECHNOLOGIES AT THE CITY, THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD CLICK.

AND THEN UNDER AI RESOURCES, WE HAVE KIND OF THE SAME, REALLY THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT PRESENTED IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY, UM, BY A RESIDENT, UH, OR A LB EMPLOYEE.

UM, SO HERE I HAVE KIND OF THE PAGES JUST ZOOMED IN, UM, A LITTLE BIT.

SO HERE'S THE AI STANDARDS PAGE THAT OUTLINES OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS WELL, AS WELL AS OUR UPCOMING AI POLICY.

UM, WE HAVE OUR SHAPE, OUR AI TECHNOLOGIES PAGE, UH, WHERE WE CALL OUT PITCH LONG BEACH, RIGHT? WHICH IS OUR, UH, PROGRAM WHERE VENDORS CAN PITCH SOLUTIONS, UH, TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT WE THEN CONSIDER, UH, IN A THOUGHTFUL, UM, SYSTEMATIC WAY AT THE CITY, UM, INCLUDING AI SOLUTIONS, UH, AND THEN LB COLLAB, UM, FOR RESIDENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE DECISION MAKING AROUND, UM, AI SYSTEMS AND, UM, AND EVALUATING VENDORS.

UH, AND THEN UNDER RESIDENT AI RESOURCES, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AROUND AI AND DATA PRIVACY.

UM, BUT WE ALSO SPOTLIGHT OUR DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM, UH, WHICH IS FRANKLY THE MOST, UM, KIND OF UNDER A PUBLICIZED, BUT REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, A ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK HERE IN LONG BEACH.

UM, IT'S A PLATFORM WHERE WE BASICALLY PUBLISH INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT THE CITY USES AND AS WELL AS WHAT DATA THEY COLLECT AND HOW THAT DATA IS USED, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOLD TO THIRD PARTIES, ET CETERA.

UM, SO IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL RESOURCE THAT JUST DOESN'T GET AS MUCH KIND OF, UH, TRACTION.

SO WE REALLY WANTED TO CALL IT OUT HERE, UM, SO THAT WE, WE ATTRACT, UM, KIND OF, UH, TRAFFIC TO IT THROUGH THIS WEBSITE AS WELL.

UM, AND THE INTENTION IS ULTIMATELY TO PUBLISH ALL THE AI TECHNOLOGIES ON THIS, ON THE DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM AS WELL.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE EMPLOYEE AI RESOURCES.

UM, ALL CITY STAFF ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT I, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S INTERESTING, I'M SURE FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL TO SEE WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION AROUND AI WE PROVIDE TO OUR CITY STAFF.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN UPDATED DATA PRIVACY PAGE THAT I WON'T COVER IN DEPTH, UM, BUT THAT OMAR, UH, WAS WORKING ON WITH CASSIA ON.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WOULD, UM, LIKE TO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS, THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I'M FIRST GONNA, UH, HAND IT OVER TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR COMMENT OR FEEDBACK,

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COMMISSIONER WHEELER.

THANK YOU, MARGO.

THIS IS A GREAT SITE, AND I, YOUR POINT IS WELL MADE ABOUT TAKING AI OUT OF THE REALM OF THE CYBORGS AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO THE REST OF US.

UM, I THINK THAT THIS WEBSITE DOES THAT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK WE'RE ALL A LITTLE, UM, I THINK EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT AFFECTS THEM.

AND, AND I THINK YOU FRAMED THAT VERY WELL HERE.

UM, IS IT JUST COPILOT THUS FAR? IS THAT THE CITY'S USING ANY, ANY OTHER, ANY MODELS OR, UH, APPROVED OR ALLOWED OR IN PLAY? JUST COPILOT CURRENTLY.

JUST COPILOT CHAT.

YEAH.

AND HOW'S THAT WORKING? YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU LIKE COPILOT, IS IT GENERATE, IT LEADS INTO MY NEXT QUESTION.

YOU ENCOURAGE CITY STAFF TO, UM, CITE AND LET CID KNOW WHEN THEY USE COPILOT.

ARE YOU SEEING ACTIVE USE, CREATIVE USE, IMPACTFUL USE? YEAH, WE, UM, YES, WE ARE SEEING USE, SO CURRENTLY AROUND 800 CITY STAFF HAVE ACTIVE ACCESS TO THE TOOL.

UM, SO THEY COMPLETED THE RATE, THE REQUIRED TRAINING AND, AND CAN, CAN USE THE TOOL.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 10 TRIAL LICENSES FOR MS COPILOT, WHICH IS THE, THE MORE KIND OF EMBEDDED, UM, VERSION, UM, OF THE TOOL.

UM, I THINK THE CITATION REQUIREMENT HASN'T, OR REQUIREMENT OR SUGGESTION HASN'T REALLY BEEN TAKEN UP THAT MUCH, UM, I HAVE TO ADMIT.

UM, BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY RELEVANT, IT WOULD BE ESPECIALLY RELEVANT FOR, FOR IMAGES, FOR EXAMPLE.

SURE.

IS THERE ANY MONITORING OF WHAT GETS SUBMITTED TO COPILOT, ANY DATA LOSS PREVENTION EFFORTS OR CONTROLLING AROUND NPII THAT, UH, ANY EFFORT TO THROTTLE WHAT GETS PUT INTO COPILOT? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A, A GREAT QUESTION FOR CYBERSECURITY TEAM.

UM, BUT FROM WHATEVER I AM AWARE, UH, WE HAVE DATA LOSS PREVENTION, UH, SOFTWARE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PILOTING SOME SOFTWARE.

UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE MORE RELEVANT FOR EMPLOYEE USE, KINDA UNLICENSED USE OF, LET'S SAY CHAT GBT OR GOOGLE GEM CLOUD, THESE OTHER TOOLS.

SO IF I THINK SOME, IF SOMEONE WERE TO UPLOAD SENSITIVE INFORMATION, THAT WOULD GET FLAGGED IN OUR SYSTEM TO THESE OTHER TOOLS.

HOWEVER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE USE OF MS COPILOT CHAT SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE DO ALLOW, UH, STAFF TO ATTACH, UPLOAD, UM, INFORMATION THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED, UH, EVEN SENSITIVE, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT, IT WILL BE, UH, WITHIN OUR PROTECTED DATA ENVIRONMENT, SO IT WOULD BE AKIN TO HAVING IT UPLOADED INTO SHAREPOINT.

SURE.

KIND OF, KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE IF THEY'RE NOT, IF YOU DON'T LET 'EM UPLOAD THINGS.

BUT IF IT'S WITHIN YOUR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT, THAT'S, THAT'S USUALLY CONSIDERED SAFE.

OF THE 800 LICENSED USERS, DO YOU HAVE METRICS ON HOW ACTIVELY THEY'RE USING IT? HOW MANY QUERIES PER DAY OF THAT 800 WHO USE IT DAILY? DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF HOW WELL IT'S BEING USED? IT'S BEEN SOMETHING, UM, I HAVE BEEN MEANING TO LOOK INTO, UM, JUST HAVE NOT HAD THE, THE BANDWIDTH TO DO, BUT IT'S A GREAT QUESTION TO PURSUE THAT.

YEAH, I CAN POINT YOU TO THIS.

I DO KNOW THAT WE CAPTURE THAT DATA AND I THINK OUR CYBERSECURITY AND OUR DIGITAL SERVICES BUREAU PERSONNEL WHO MANAGE OUR MICROSOFT 365 ENVIRONMENT DO LOOK AT THAT DATA.

SURE.

UM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE FOR YOU TODAY, BUT WE CAN'T SURE, SURE.

BUT WE CAN MAKE IT AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU.

GREAT WORK.

OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE WITHIN IN THE COPILOT, THE, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WOULD THEY ALSO HAVE AN AREA WITHIN IN IT TO SEEK ANY TYPE OF TUTORIAL ONCE THEY ARE IN, WITHIN IN THE AI PILOT PROGRAM TO CHECK AND SEE HOW TO REALLY UTILIZE IT AND HOW TO SEARCH DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE SEEKING? SO FOR, FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE, UM, HAVE THE AI LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM, UH, WHICH WE SHARED WITH YOU, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, IN OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.

UM, AND AS PART OF THAT, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH IS FIVE WEEKS, TWO HOURS, UM, THEY EXTENSIVELY COVER, UM, TOPICS AROUND LIKE HOW TO USE THESE SYSTEMS, UH, FOR DAY TO DAY, UM, PURPOSES AND, AND, UM, KIND OF HAVE PRACTICAL GET GAIN PRACTICAL HANDS-ON SKILLS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, SAFETY TIPS ON HOW TO USE IT RESPONSIBLY.

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WILL THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO ANY TYPE OF, UH, CITY TRAINING ON AI AND HOW TO CITY, UM, HAS IT STRUCTURED? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

SO, UM, THE LAST SESSION IN THAT CURRICULUM FOR THE AI LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM, UH, IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO SHARING WITH RESIDENTS HOW THE CITY IS APPROACHING AI.

UM, SO WE, WE WILL COVER, UM, THE AI STRATEGY AS WELL AS OUR AI GUIDANCE, UM, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT RESIDENTS HAVE.

I THINK WE'RE ALSO SPOTLIGHTING A FEW AI TOOLS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, PILOTING ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

BUT THEN IN THE FORMAT, DOES THIS GIVE THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTIAL TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIFFERENT POLICY THAT THE CITY PROVIDES FOR AI AND HOW THE CITY OPERATES WITHIN AN AI RIM? COULD YOU ELABORATE WHAT YOU MEAN BY ACKNOWLEDGE IN THIS CASE, RESIDENTS ACKNOWLEDGING THE POLICIES? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? UM, YOU, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT, UM, GIVING RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY'S POLICIES.

I I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT SPECIFICALLY.

OH, THE BOUNDARIES.

THE RE HOW TO GO INTO THE, THE SYSTEM SEEKING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN ANY KIND OF POLICY FOR RIGHT DOING OR WRONGDOING.

MAYBE I COULD RE UH, RESTRUCTURE THAT.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO LEARN, UM, THE STRUCTURE OF AI WITHOUT GETTING ANY TYPE OF VIOLATIONS IN ANY KIND OF AREA THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN ONE OF THE CURRICULUM? UM, ONE OF THE DAYS OF THE CURRICULUM, UM, THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THE AI LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AI RISKS, UM, LIKE HALLUCINATIONS, UM, BIAS AND, AND HOW TO SPECIFICALLY AVOID THOSE RISKS, UH, WHEN USING AI TOOLS.

UM, WE ALSO FOCUS A LOT ON, UH, PERSONAL PRIVACY AND HOW TO AVOID SOME OF THE PITFALLS OF, FOR EXAMPLE, UPLOADING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS OR PII, UH, INTO THESE PUBLIC TOOLS LIKE CHAT, GPT, ET CETERA.

UM, SO WE TRY TO GUIDE RESIDENTS IN THE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THESE TOOLS AS PART OF THE AI AND LEARN AND EARN CURRICULUM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOUR PRESENTATION COVERED EVERYTHING I NEEDED AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE IS LUCKY TO GET YOU, AND YOU'LL BE GREATLY MISSED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, YES, SECONDING THAT ABSOLUTELY CONGRAT CONGRATULATIONS.

UM, HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GENERATIVE AI AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE AND, AND WORKING WITH YOU AND, UM, HAVING SOME EXPOSURE TO THIS AHEAD OF TIME, UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT COMING TO LIFE.

UM, I THOUGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, BECAUSE SIMILARLY, UM, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, NOW THAT IT'S LIVE, MAYBE THIS IS A STRETCH GOAL OR MAYBE IT'S ALREADY THERE, BUT, UH, DISCOVERABILITY THROUGH OTHER AI TOOLS BY SAY RESIDENTS IF THEY ARE CONNECTING THROUGH THEIR OWN CHAT BOT OF CHOICE, UM, WHEN THEY SAY, WHAT ABOUT THE CITY'S USE OF AI? UM, HAVE WE TESTED THAT YET TO SEE HOW OUR DATA COMES UP THROUGH THAT SORT OF SEARCH, A NEW AI UH, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION OUTTA CURIOSITY? YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

'CAUSE I THINK YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO, UM, LOOK FOR OUR INFORMATION,

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YOU CAN EVEN DO A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH AND HAVE A HARD TIME ACTUALLY FINDING INFORMATION ON AT LEAST THIS FROM THE SMART CITY WEBSITES, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE FOUND.

UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I WILL TRY TO REMEDY IN CREATING OUR, THE UPDATED VERSION OF THE WEBSITE SO THAT EVERYTHING IS EASILY SEARCHABLE.

YEAH, WONDERFUL.

YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A VERY BIG TREND, UH, TECHNOLOGY WISE FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM THEIR FAVORITE DEVICE AND NOT NECESSARILY SEEK SEEKING OUT WEBSITES AS MUCH IN THE FUTURE.

FUTURE.

MM-HMM .

UM, NOT TOMORROW , BUT IT'S COMING.

AND, UH, AND SO THAT WILL BE THE NEXT BIG AREA OF ACCESSIBILITY AND, UM, OF ALL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES AND, AND ABILITIES.

SO, UM, BUT I THOUGHT I'D JUST TAKE THIS MOMENT TO ACTUALLY READ THE NORTH STAR BEFORE WE SET THIS DOWN AND, AND CELEBRATE IT GOING LIVE BECAUSE, UH, SOME, A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT IN THERE.

AND, UM, SO IT SAYS AT LONG BEACH, WE EMBRACE AI FOR RESPONSIBLE PROGRESS, DRIVING EFFICIENCY, TRANSPARENCY, AND INCLUSIVITY TO STRENGTHEN CITY OPERATIONS AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY THRIVE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT SEEDS ARE PLANTED HERE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEXT ENDEAVOR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM UP HERE? ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, LET'S GO TO VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A PRESENTATION ON LONG BEACH COLLABORATORY.

A LB COLAB, A COMMUNITY DRIVEN INNOVATION PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, CITY STAFF, AND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS TO

[4. 26-56237 Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on Long Beach Collaboratory (LB Co-Lab), a community driven innovation program that connects Long Beach residents, City staff, and technology partners to collaboratively design solutions that enhance neighborhood quality of life.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY.

I'LL HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER FOR THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, RYAN WELCH, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE LB COLAB COHORT TWO.

THANK YOU, ROB.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

AGAIN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST START OFF BY REFRESHING YOUR, UM, MEMORIES ABOUT WHAT IS, UH, LONG BEACH COLAB.

LONG BEACH COLAB IS A COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY DRIVEN CIVIC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM THAT PAIRS LONG BEACH RESIDENTS WITH CITY STAFF TO CO-DESIGN PLACE-BASED NEIGHBORHOOD SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS CITY PROBLEMS. UH, WHEN WE LAST LEFT, UH, WHEN I, YEAH, WHEN WE LAST MET, UM, I WAS SHARING WITH YOU ALL WHERE WE HAD LANDED.

UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE PROGRAM, THERE ARE FOUR PHASES, UH, DISCOVER, DEFINE, DEVELOP, AND DELIVER.

UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO OUR FOURTH AND FINAL PHASE, THE DELIVER PHASE, UM, WHERE WE ARE, UM, STANDING UP THE SOLUTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

OUR TEAMS OF 12, UH, 12 COMPENSATED INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS, UH, REPRESENTING THE UNIQUE LONG BEACH, UH, COMMUNITIES AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES, UM, ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON DEVELOPING CIVIC USER RESEARCH PLANS, UM, THAT WILL CULMINATE IN, UH, DEVELOPING QUESTIONS THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE, UH, THE PILOTS.

UH, FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THOSE PILOTS, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT OVER 500 PLUS LONG BEACH, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE'RE, UH, INVOLVED, UM, IN DES UH, DESIGNING AND INFLUENCING, UM, HOW WE SELECTED THE PROJECTS.

UM, AND THERE CONTINUE TO BE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET INVOLVED AS WE STAND UP THESE PROJECTS.

GETTING INTO THE PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS, WE START WITH, UM, OUR SECURING OUR SECURE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.

UM, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH ORION LABS.

UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT SEEKS A SAFETY FOCUSED CORRIDOR SOLUTION THAT SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES BY IMPROVING SAFETY FOR BOTH

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THE SOLUTION THAT, UH, ORION LABS IS BRINGING TO US, UM, IS A SAFE SYSTEM, UM, UH, A SMART MONITORING AND LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED IN HIGH TRAFFIC LOCATIONS.

THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IDENTIFIED ARE GOING TO BE, UM, ALONG THE ANAHEIM BUSINESS DISTRICT, UM, WALNUT AND ANAHEIM AND GUNDRY AND ANAHEIM.

UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS, UH, SLATED TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND OVERALL CORRIDOR SAFETY.

THE IMPACT THAT WE HOPE, UM, TO SEE FROM THIS, UH, PILOT PROJECT, UM, IS INCREASED SAFETY AND CONFIDENCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, CUSTOMERS, UM, AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

UM, THIS SUPPORTS, UH, A MORE INVITING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND STRENGTHENS THE CITY'S SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM.

IN THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT, UM, THAT WE HOPE TO STAND UP IN THE LOC AT THAT LOCATION FOR OUR NEXT, UH, PROJECT SPOTLIGHT.

UM, IMPROVING ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES.

UM, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH EMBERS AND OAK STORYWORKS, UM, FOR THAT CHALLENGE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVING HOW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, DISCOVER AND ACCESS CITY SERVICES BY ADDRESSING BARRIERS RELATED TO AWARENESS, ACCESS, AND DIGITAL EQUITY.

THE SOLUTION, UM, THE SOLUTION THAT, UH, EMBERS AND OAKS AND STORE WORKS, UM, IS, UH, IMPLEMENTING, UM, IS DISTRIBUTING 300 TECHNOLOGY AND HYGIENE KITS TO SUPPORT DIGITAL ACCESS AND BASIC NEEDS FOR THE, THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

UM, THEY HAVE NOW INSTALLED, UH, THREE ELECTRONIC CHARGING KIOSK AT THREE HIGH IMPACT LOCATIONS.

UM, FOURTH STREET, UH, FOURTH STREET, SENIOR CENTER, SAFE PARKING LOT, UM, ADJACENT TO OUR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, UM, AND LONG AND THE LONG BEACH, UH, RESCUE MISSION.

UM, SINCE JULY OF 2026, WHEN THESE, UH, KIOSK WERE INSTALLED, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 1,400, UH, USES OF THO THOSE, UM, CHARGING STATIONS.

UM, AND THIS LOOKS TO BE, UM, A GOOD HEALTHY INDICATOR OF A SUITABLE REVENUE GENERATION MODEL FOR CITY AHEAD OF OUR LA 28 OLYMPICS.

UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA TO FURTHER EVIDENCE WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUE IN INSTALLING THESE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.

UM, LASTLY, UM, EMBER AND OAKS AND STORYWORKS ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL STORY, UH, TO PROMOTE CITY SERVICES, UM, AND AWARENESS, UM, OF THOSE CITY SERVICES, UM, THROUGH THE KIOSK SCREENS.

HERE ARE JUST SOME KIOSK UTILIZATION METRICS, APPROXIMATELY 214,000 MINUTES, UM, HAVE BEEN LOGGED, UH, 3,568 HOURS, UM, OF LOCKER USE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME FOR OUR THIRD AND FINAL PROJECT, UM, ACTIVATING NEW PUBLIC SPACES B SPACE.

UM, OUR CHALLENGE THERE, UH, WAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AIM TO HELP PROPERTY OWNERS AND RESIDENTS BECOME BETTER STEWARDS OF LOCAL LAND.

AND SO, UM, THE SOLUTION B SPACE, UH, PROVIDED US WITH, UM, IS TO CONVERT VACANT LOTS OR UNDERUSED LOTS INTO COMMUNITY ASSETS.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UM, B SPACE HAS IDENTIFIED AND LOCATED A LOT, UM, AT 801 MLK AVENUE, UM, UH, A VACANT LOT OWNED BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

UM, AND THEIR GOAL IS TO ADD NATIVE PLANTS AND SMALL BEEHIVE, UM, HABITATS WITH DIRECT INVOLVEMENT FROM PROPERTY OWNERS AND ENCOURAGING LOCAL RESIDENTS, UM, TO MAINTAIN THE SPACE TO HELP MAINTAIN THE SPACE FOR THIS, UM, IMPACT.

WE HOPE THAT IT BEAUTIFIES THE NEGLECTED AREA, UM, WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS. UM, IT ALSO ENCOURAGES,

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LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION, UM, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, UM, IN HELPING US, UM, ESTABLISHING GUARDRAILS, UM, AND BENEFITS FOR OUR, UM, OUR RESIDENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM.

UM, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I'LL HAND IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER WHEELER.

THANK YOU, RYAN.

UH, VERY NEAT PROJECT.

UM, KIND OF QUESTION OF LIKE LIFE AFTER PILOT, UM, THE, HOW DO YOU SAY THAT WORD? S-A-I-F-S-A-I-P-H, IS IT PRONOUNCED SAFE? CORRECT.

YEAH.

UM, THE SA WHAT IS, WHAT VEHICLE DATE IS THAT CAPTURING, UM, DENSITY LICENSE PLATES, VIDEO? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, SO IT WON'T BE ACTUALLY, UM, COLLECTING ANY, UM, OF THAT INFORMATION.

IT'LL ACTUALLY BE, UM, LOOKING FOR LOITER, LOITERING IN THE AREA.

OH.

UM, AS WELL AS, UM, HELPING TO LET US KNOW WHERE CONSTANT PEOPLE ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA.

UM, SO IN, UH, BEING PAIRED WITH THE LIGHTING SYSTEM, UM, IT'LL ACTIVATE THE LIGHTING SYSTEM TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY OR PERCEIVED OR OTHERWISE GOOD STUFF.

UM, DO WE KEEP, DO WE OWN THAT DATA AS DOES THE CITY OWN THE DATA COLLECTED BY THAT DEVICE? SO WE DO OWN, SO THE, UH, DATA IS OWNED BY, WILL BE COLLECTED BY ORION LABS, AND IT'LL BE PROVIDED TO US THROUGH, UH, REPORTS.

DO WE RETAIN ACCESS TO THAT POST PILOT? YES.

YEAH.

UM, AND ONCE THAT 12 MONTH PILOT IS OVER, CAN WE, DO WE KEEP THE DEVICES, DO WE KEEP THE DATA THEY GENERATE? YES.

VERY COOL.

UM, I COULD NERD OUT ON THIS ALL DAY.

THIS IS, THIS IS GOOD STUFF.

UM, GOOD PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT.

RYAN, ALSO, UM, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, WE ALSO HAVE A ENTRY ON OUR DIGITAL RIGHTS PLATFORM, UM, WHICH ALSO, UM, COMMUNICATES, UH, THE LIMITATIONS OF THE EQUIPMENT.

UM, ANY, ANY PLAN TO EXPOSE ANY OF THAT ON THE CITY'S OPEN DATA PORTAL FOR CITIZEN DATA SCIENCE TO PLAY WITH? OR JUST IN A GENERALIZED, ANONYMIZED KIND OF WAY TO SEE WHAT WAS COLLECTED OFF THOSE DEVICES? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS ARE BASED OUT OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

SURE.

UM, DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, AND I'LL BRING THAT UP TO THEM AND GET BACK TO YOU.

VERY COOL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALRIGHT, GOOD STUFF.

DATA THAT IS COLLECTED, IS IT CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE? UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, THE SAFE SYSTEM, UM, IT'S NOT COLLECTING ANY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

UM, SO, SO, SO TO YOUR QUESTION, NO, THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GOOD PRESENTATION.

YOU COVERED EVERYTHING THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ON, SO THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD THAT NEEDED TO BE CLARIFIED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, I ALSO AM ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SEEING THE COLAB'S, UH, PARTICIPATORY WAY.

IT'S, UH, DE-RISKING OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ECHOING COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER WHEELER'S, UH, QUESTIONS ON, UM, MATURING THESE PILOTS TO, UH, THAT PROCUREMENT STAGE.

DO WE HAVE SET GO, NO GO CRITERIA FOR WHICH OF THESE PILOTS WOULD MOVE FORWARD, UM, INTO THAT PROCESS? AND DO WE HAVE ANY INITIAL AGREEMENTS WITH THESE PILOTS, UM, GIVEN OUR INVESTMENT AND ROLE IN DE-RISKING, UM, ON, UH, SAY, PREFERENTIAL PRICING OR OTHER SORT OF RETURN ON THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT?

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YEAH, I GUESS I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, ONE WOULD BE, WHAT'S THE GO OR NO GO CRITERIA FOR A PILOT TO THEN MOVE FORWARD TO A FORMAL PROCUREMENT? AND, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THE DEVICES AFTER THE 12 MONTHS, BUT WHAT'S THE ONGOING AGREEMENT AFTER THAT THAT IF WE CHOOSE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY? UM, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY INITIAL AGREEMENT, UH, IN PLACE WITH THE PILOTS THAT, UM, SHOULD THEY SCALE, WE GET SOME KIND OF RETURN ON THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT IN THE FORM OF, SAY, PREFERENTIAL PRICING OR OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT REWARD THE CITY FOR THAT EARLY STAGE INVESTMENT AND DE-RISKING FUNCTION THAT THE COLLAB PROGRAM IS OFFERING TO THE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES THEMSELVES? UM, OKAY.

SO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THE GO NO GO CRITERIA.

WE HAVE A, UM, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PLACE, UM, WITH EACH OF THESE, UH, VENDORS.

UM, AND THE CRITERIA IS, IS OUTLINED IN THAT, UH, DOCUMENT.

AGAIN, I'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH FURTHER INFORMATION, UM, LATER AT A LATER TIME.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE INITIAL AGREEMENT, UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE, UM, SOME OF THESE ARE TRIED AND, UH, TRIED, TRIED AND TRUE, UM, SOLUTIONS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY PROVIDED, UM, I, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE SOME LEVERAGE IN NEGOTIATION ROOM, BUT, UH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU OFF OF, UM, AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH, UM, BETTER PRICING.

BUT THIS DOES GIVE US A, UM, LEVERAGE, UM, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PROCUREMENT, UM, IN HOW WE ADOPT THIS TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CLEARING THE WAY AND OBSTACLE AND RED TAPE THAT WE'VE, UM, HAD TO CLEAR IN GETTING THESE, UH, PROJECTS, UH, STOOD UP.

WONDERFUL.

THIS IS GREAT TO SEE.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS PROJECT.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHY I LOVE THIS PROJECT.

I ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED WHEN THEY HAD THE EVENT IN NOVEMBER WHERE THEY HAD ALL THE VENDORS, THE VENDORS WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COME UP THERE AND TALK.

THERE WAS ALSO WHERE WE CAN GO OUT IN THE HALLWAY AND SEE WHAT THE VENDORS ACTUALLY HAD TO OFFER.

SO I JUST LOVE THE WAY THAT WAS ENTIRELY RUN.

AND THEN NOW SEEING THAT THE ACTUAL VENDORS WERE SELECTED AND THEN TO ACTUALLY SEE THE PILOT IS OCCURRING FOR SOME OF THEM IS, IS I'M JUST ENJOYING THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HOW IT'S GONNA ACTUALLY END.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE, UM, THE B SPACE ONE.

UM, I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY JUST IDENTIFIED THE LOT.

THEY GOT THE LOT AT 8 0 1 MLK AVENUE.

I WAS WONDERING WHEN, WHEN EXACTLY IS THAT TRANSFORMATION GOING TO BEGIN? UM, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

UH, COMMISSIONER NAZ, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING ON WORK.

UH, THE VENDOR'S CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH OUR PLANNING BUREAU AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, TO ACTUALLY, UH, BREAK GROUND, IF YOU WILL.

UM, UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, TASKS THAT NEED TO BE HANDLED PRIOR TO, UM, GETTING TO THAT STEP.

AND SO, UM, OUR VENDOR IS CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THOSE RIGHT NOW, SO I WOULD GIVE IT ABOUT MAYBE A MONTH OR TWO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEE A GROUND BREAK.

OKAY.

AND THERE'LL BE SOME FORM OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THIS, SINCE IT'S ONE OF THOSE BEAUTIFICATION TYPE PROJECTS? YES.

SO, UM, THIS IS, UM, MORE OF AN INNOVATIVE, UH, SOLUTION THAT WE ARE STANDING UP AND IT, UH, HEAVILY INVOLVES COMMUNITY MM-HMM .

UM, SO UPON, UH, BREAKING GROUND, UH, THE VENDOR WILL BE HOSTING, UH, EVENTS AT THE SITE, UM, TO, UM, ENTICE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME OUT AND ONE, LEARN ABOUT THE SPACE AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE HABITATS AND ALSO DOING A LITTLE BIT OF COMMUNITY GARDENING.

OH, OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU.

COULD YOU MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE, IN THE LOOP WHEN THAT EVENT OCCURS? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM,

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UM, WOULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE? I HEARD ONE JUST HERE, IS THERE, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT BY CHANCE? UM, SO YES.

SO EACH OF THE, UH, EACH OF THE, THE PROJECTS HAVE THEIR, THEIR OWN, THEY'VE TAKEN ON THEIR OWN LIVES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, THEIR HOME DEPARTMENTS BEING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SLASH HUMAN RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, SO A LOT OF COLLABOR COLLABORATION GOING ON THERE.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE HOSTED, UM, THEIR OWN, UH, EVENTS, UM, ONE TO CHRISTEN AND KICK OFF THESE PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND OUR INNOVATORS AND RESIDENTS, OUR RESIDENT PARTICIPANTS HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED THERE.