Oct 28, 2026 Technology and Innovation Commission - Special Meeting

RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

VICE CHAIR WOODMAN NANCE.

[2. 26-56534 Recommendation to receive and file Director’s Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

I GET A MOTION.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO COVER WITH YOU TODAY.

UM, PLEASE FORGIVE MY VOICE.

SO I'M BACK 100%, BUT I STILL SOUND PRETTY TERRIBLE, SO, UH, APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

UM, LET'S SEE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, AT LONG LAST, WE HAVE OUR NEW TID DIRECTOR.

SO VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE APPOINTMENT OF TINDATIN JAMAL, UM, GOES BY TJ.

UM, HE, HE WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVA- INNOVATION EFFECTIVE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH.

SO, UM, HE WILL BE, UH, WITH YOU IN YOUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, TJ BRINGS MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SECTOR TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERTISE IN ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION, CYBERSECURITY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.

UM, AND MOST RECENTLY, UH, TJ SERVED AS THE CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AT PASADENA CITY COLLEGE.

UM, SO TJ'S GONNA BE A GREAT, UH, ADDITION TO THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND FOR THIS COMMISSION, WE'LL GET TO MEET HIM, UM, AS PART OF, UH, THE NEXT MEETING.

SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU ALL.

UH, AND WE WILL SET UP TJ FOR SUCCESS, UH, FOR FUTURE COMMISSIONING FOR THE, THE WORK OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO VERY EXCITED FOR HIM TO BE HERE.

UM, PRETTY MUCH THAT FIRST WEEK IS ONBOARDING AND TRAINING AND BRIEF MEETINGS AND GETTING TO KNOW THE, THE TEAM.

UM, AND FROM THERE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, CARRY OUT, UH, HIS DUTIES AS DIRECTOR.

SO, UM, I WILL RETURN, UH, TO MY PREVIOUS ROLE AS THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIKELY BE IN A NUMBER OF OUR TECH SPACES AS, UM, MEMBERS OF AN EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE OR A PROJECT SPONSOR AND THE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

SO, UM, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, YOUR, UH, WARM WELCOME, YOUR GRACE AND YOUR PATIENCE, UM, AS I STEPPED INTO THIS ROLE, UH, AND, UH, SUPPORTING YOU AS COMMISSION.

UM, BUT TODAY, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION, UM, FOR ONE OF OUR, UH, FUTURE ITEMS, UM, AROUND OUR STUDY SESSION, UM, FOR THE FUTURE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD ALL LIKE TO WORK ON AND YOU GET TO WORK ON THAT WITH, UH, TJ AND THE TEAM.

UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING.

UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED ON YOUR WAY IN THIS MORNING, THERE'S A BIG EMPLOYEE OF, OF BIG, UH, OF THE MONTH, UM, DISPLAY DOWNSTAIRS, AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, SAMANTHA YOUNG, WHO'S LISTED, UH, ON THAT DISPLAY.

SAMANTHA, UH, WAS ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES FOR THE MONTH, UH, AND THROUGH AN INTERNAL PROCESS, UH, WE REVIEW THAT AND, UH, NOMINATE FOR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.

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UH, AND SO SAMANTHA, UM, IS REALLY AN EMBODIMENT OF OUR TIE VALUES, UM, AND HAS A NOMINATION FROM A NUMBER OF, UH, HER COLLEAGUES, UM, RECOGNIZING HER BEING A PROFESSIONAL TEAM MEMBER WHOSE IMPACT GOES FAR BEYOND HER TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, UM, WILLINGNESS TO STEP IN AND HELP OTHERS IS UNMATCHED AND SHE APPROACHES EVERY CHALLENGE OF PATIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND A GENUINE DESIRE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

UM, AND NOTABLY, SHE IS CURIOUS, HELPFUL, AND PROVIDES EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE.

SO, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER DOES, UH, A RECOGNITION AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, AND THEN YOU GET YOUR NAME ON THE WALL AND, UM, A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.

AND SO WE HAVE RECOGNIZED SAMANTHA, SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE WAY, YOU DIDN'T NOTICE ON THE WAY IN, YOU CAN SEE THAT NAME ON THE WAY OUT.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE FOLKS INTERNALLY, UH, IN TRANSITION.

UM, AND SO ONE OF THOSE IS, UM, AUDRA BALIK, UH, WHO WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AS THE DIGITAL AND ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS BUREAU MANAGER.

UM, SO, UH, SHE WAS IN AN ACTING CAPACITY, UH, AND THROUGH AN INTERNAL PROCESS WAS APPOINTED TO THAT POSITION, UH, STARTING OCTOBER 1ST.

UM, AND SO THIS BUREAU MANAGER POSITION LEADS THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED, UM, DIGITAL AND ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS BUREAU THAT BRINGS TOGETHER ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OUR DIGITAL PARTNERSHIPS, FINANCIAL AND HR SYSTEMS, AND OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP INTO A UNIFIED, MODERN AND CUSTOMER FOCUSED PART OF WHAT WE INCLUDED IN OUR FY27, UH, BUDGET PROPOSAL.

UM, AND SO, UH, AUDRA WAS INTERIM DIGITAL SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER BEFORE, UM, AND, UH, HAS LED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, EFFORTS, UH, HERE IN THE CITY, UH, SINCE JOINING IN 2016.

SO SHE SUPPORTED THE LB COAST PROJECT, UM, AND PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN OUR, UH, MUNIS FINANCIAL SYSTEM, UH, AND THEN SHE HAS LED OUR ENTERPRISE FINANCIAL AND HR PAYROLL SYSTEMS. UM, AND SO THIS WAS A, A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO KIND OF STEP INTO THE SPACE AND CREATE, UH, WHATEVER THAT NEW, UH, BUREAU IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND FUNCTION.

SO VERY PROUD OF AUDRA.

AND THEN ALSO TO SAY THANK YOU TO RYAN KIRKSMAN.

SO RYAN, UM, I - WAS ALSO IN AN ACTING, UH, CAPACITY, UH, AND HAS STEPPED BACK INTO HIS, UM, TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS ROLE.

UM, SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM RYAN A LITTLE BIT TODAY WHO'S GONNA HELP FACILITATE, UM, OUR SESSION AND OUR STUDY SESSION.

UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVING IN THAT SPACE AND LEARNING A LOT ABOUT, UM, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN ACTIVE BUREAU MANAGER AND CAN KIND OF BRING THAT LENS BACK TO YOUR CURRENT ROLE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, LET'S SEE.

AND THEN, UH, WE HAD, UH, OUR BIG, UM, ICMA, THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE HERE, UM, LAST WEEK.

UH, THIS, I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.

UM, THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US.

IT'S THE BIGGEST CONFERENCE WE AS A CITY HAVE EVER HELD.

UM, WE HAVE, WE HOLD, YOU KNOW, 20,000 PEOPLE FOR, UH, A MARATHON OR, YOU KNOW, 40,000 PEOPLE FOR GRAND FRIX, BUT FOR HAVING CONFERENCE, UH, OF THIS SIZE, IT WAS INTENDED BY 5,600 PEOPLE, UM, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CITY-MINDED, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE LIKE US, UH, FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

UM, AND SO THIS WAS A BIG DEAL FOR US.

WE HAD EIGHT SPEAKING SESSIONS, 12 SPECIAL TOURS, UM, AND MOBILE WORKSHOPS.

THERE WAS A 5K RUN.

THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF VIDEOS, UH, INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS PRODUCED BY LVTV ABOUT THE HISTORY OF CITY MANAGEMENT, UH, IN LONG BEACH, UM, AND GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE FOLKS, UH, WHO ARE HERE.

UM, AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR US, UH, ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN BECAUSE THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SESSIONS AROUND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND AI, UM, AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND GOT TO LEARN FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.

SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT IS DONE.

I AM VERY PLEASED THAT, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, REALLY SHOWED UP AND SHOWED WHO OUR COMMUNITY WAS, UH, FOR THOSE WHO WERE HERE, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS I PROBABLY GOT SICK, SO IN ANY CASE, UH, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE DID HAVE OUR CO-LAB CULMINATION CEREMONY, UH, LAST WEEK.

UH, AND SO THIS, OUR CO-LAB PROGRAM, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, UM, BUT THIS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN CI - UH, CIVIC TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM IS REALLY MEANT TO PAIR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF TO CO-DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS.

UH, AND SO THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT HAD, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WITH A NUMBER OF TEAMS AROUND SOME OF THESE PILOT PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST, UH, GOSH, ONE TO ONE AND A HALF YEARS OR SO.

UM, AND WE'VE DONE THIS, UH, THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT COHORTS.

AND, AND SO THAT COHORT, UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER, UM, 27 COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, UM, ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.

WE HAD A BIG DEMO DAY.

I'M SURE MANY OF YOU, UH, WERE THERE AND GOT TO SEE THAT.

UM, AND SO THIS REALLY, UH, KIND OF BUTTONS UP THE PILOT, UH, PORTION OF SELECTING THOSE

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IDEAS, UH, GENERATING, UH, THE, THE SUBMISSIONS THROUGH THAT DEMO DAY AND, UM, ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE KIND OF AWARD-WINNING IDEAS AS PART OF THE CO-LAB.

SO, UM, VERY PLEASED TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND INNOVATORS, RESIDENTS, AND OUR STAFF, UH, BE PART OF THAT, UM, KIND OF PROGRAM AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEM.

SO, UM, I WAS UNABLE TO BE THERE, BUT I HEAR THAT, UH, SAW SOME OF THE PHOTOS AND IF THEY'RE STILL DOWN ON THE BIG SCREEN DOWNSTAIRS, THEY MIGHT BE, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE WAY OUT AS WELL.

UH, BUT I HEARD IT WENT REALLY WELL AND, UH, THE MAYOR WAS THERE.

SO, UM, GOOD DAY, UH, ALL AROUND.

UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, MY REPORT.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, CAN I INVITE THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN, MEREDITH.

OF COURSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING AND CARRYING US THROUGH.

OF COURSE.

LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, MEETING - TJ.

TJ.

ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING THAT, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SIDE? UH, LET'S GO TO VOTE, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN? YES.

COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE THE FILE AND UPDATE ON RECENT DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS, DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK, AND CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,

[3. 26-56535 Recommendation to receive and file an update on recent departmental communication campaigns, Digital Inclusion Week and Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR THE SIDELINE? MOTION TO GRANT.

SECOND.

A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PATTERSON SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OCTOBER'S BEEN A BIT BUSY WEEK AND MONTH FOR US, UM, AND SHE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE PREPARE FOR THESE WEEKS, UH, AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH DIGITAL INCLUSION AND CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS, UH, TO OUR ORGANIZATION AND TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU, MEREDITH.

EVERYONE, I'M LUBIA MACIAS.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE COMMS WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION AND CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS.

SO I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED WITH DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK THAT WAS HELD THIS YEAR FROM OCTOBER 4TH TO THE 10TH.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW TO DIGITAL INCLUSION, UM, IN LONG BEACH, WE STRIVE TO CELEBRATE, ENGAGE, AND EMPOWER LONG BEACH RESIDENTS.

THAT IS OUR GOAL.

MORE BROADLY, UM, DIGITAL INCLUSION IS AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT RAISES AWARENESS AROUND THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET.

AND SO IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, OH, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE NATION TO SHOWCASE THEIR EFFORTS AND ALL THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION.

SO AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, THE NATIONAL DIGITAL INCLUSION ALLIANCE ORGANIZES AND HOSTS THIS WEEK, AND HERE WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION STAFF, OUR PARTNERS, AND RESIDENTS, UM, ALL WORKING TOGETHER, COLLABORATING, AND LEARNING THEIR DIGITAL SKILLS.

SO REALLY NICE TO SEE.

SO IN LONG BEACH, UH, WE'D LIKE TO THINK THAT DIGITAL INCLUSION PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY.

AND SO IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED VISIBILITY.

OUR, OUR CAMPAIGNS HOPE TO REACH MORE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF DIGITAL INCLUSION RESOURCES.

IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS AROUND DIGITAL INCLUSION.

THERE'S PLENTY OF RESIDENTS WHO I'M SURE DON'T KNOW WHAT DI - WHAT DIGITAL INCLUSION MEANS OR WHAT IT ENTAILS.

AND SO,

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UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR VISIBILITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN SUPPORTERS, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT, RIGHT? WE ALWAYS WANNA CATCH THE EYE OF FUNDERS, PARTNERS, AND POLICY MAKERS.

SO FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION WEEK, JUST LIKE YEARS PRIOR, WE LAUNCHED A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN, AND THIS YEAR THE THEME WAS SUSTAIN, EMPOWER, EVOLVE, BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE, A BRIGHTER DIGITAL FUTURE.

AND WE REALLY USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, AN AWARD, RIGHT? L - UH, IN 2025, WE RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS, UM, A VISIONARY D - TRAILBLAZER FROM THE NDIA.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.

AND THIS IS AN AWARD THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, IN MANY YEARS PRIOR, SO VERY PROUD OF THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO SHOWCASE OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO LONG BEACH RESIDENTS, AND THESE ARE ALL AVAILABLE ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION WEBSITE, SO ALSO VERY HELPFUL TOOLS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN LOOKED LIKE.

SO WE HAVE FACEBOOK POSTS, WE HAVE LINKEDIN POSTS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FUN INSTAGRAM REEL THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

WE HAVE CLIPS OF OUR DIGITAL INCLUSION STAFF AT THE DIGITAL SKILLS CLASSES AND GRADUATION.

AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR COMMS INTERN, CAITLIN NING.

SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT SHE BRINGS SO MUCH CREATIVITY AND PASSION TO THE WORK THAT WE DO, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT HER.

AND ONE OF THE CORE PROGRAMS THAT REALLY, UM, HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK THAT WE DO IN DIGITAL INCLUSION IS THE DIGITAL SKILLS LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR, IT'S A FIVE-WEEK PROGRAM, AND IT CONSISTS OF TEACHING OUR RESIDENTS CORE COMPUTER SKILLS.

SO ANYTHING FROM LEARNING COMPUTER BASICS TO ONLINE SAFETY.

AND THIS, THESE COURSES ARE OFFERED MAINLY IN ENGLISH, BUT ALSO IN OUR, THE CITY'S MAJOR LANGUAGES.

BUT, UM, ONE OF THE, I THINK ONE OF THE COOLEST FEATURES IS THAT THE RESIDENTS GET TO RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE AND A COMPUTING DEVICE UPON COMPLETING THE PROGRAM.

SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A FEW OF THE GRADUATIONS, AND IT WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE THEM RECEIVE THEIR CERTIFICATES AND THEIR COMPUTERS.

AND W- WE'RE SUPER PROUD TO SHARE THAT IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 104 GRADUATES, AND THIS WAS ACROSS ALL OUR DIGITAL SKILLS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE AI LEARN AND EARN PROGRAM, THE DIGITAL SKILLS LEARN AND EARN, EARN PROGRAM AT SILVERADO AND AT ORALE AS WELL.

AND SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, 104 GRADUATES JUST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

SO KUDOS TO THE DIGITAL INCLUSION TEAM AND TO THE TPP TEAM AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING DIGITAL INCLUSION? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

SO AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, OCTOBER IS FOR CYBERSECURITY.

AND SO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS BEEN PROMOTING CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS AND PARTNERING WITH, UM, THE TECH INDUSTRY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CYBER SECURE, BEING CAREFUL WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING TIME ONLINE.

AND, UM, WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGED BY EACH YEAR LAUNCHING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING AWARE AND ALSO SHARING TIPS AND RESOURCES WITH NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO WITH CITY STAFF.

I THINK JUST

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TO BRING SOME LEVITY TO THE SERIOUS TOPIC OF CYBERSECURITY, UH, WE, WE WERE REALLY ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED, BECOME A DIGITAL DETECTIVE, UM, SHARPEN THEIR INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS, AND TRY TO REALLY BE ALERT AND RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS FOR CYBER THREATS.

AND SO FOR EACH WEEK IN OCTOBER, WE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT THEMES.

UH, SO THEMES LIKE PHISHING AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING, AI SAFETY, AND DEEP FAKES, AND INCIDENT REPORTING.

AND SOME OF OUR CAMPAIGN FEATURES WERE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN FEATURING, UM, CYBER TIPS THAT WE SHARED WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AND THEN INTERNALLY, WE SHARED WEEKLY EMAILS TO STAFF, INCLUDING CYBER TIPS AS WELL.

AND JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, WE ALSO HOSTED A LUNCH AND LEARN SESSION.

UM, IT WAS BRIEF AND ENGAGING, TITLED BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SHARE ONLINE.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE ATTENDED, BUT WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT, CLOSE TO 80 PARTICIPANTS, AND WE RECEIVED GOOD FEEDBACK, SO WE WERE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.

AND THEN SOMETHING THAT'S NEW THIS YEAR IS A POSTER CAMPAIGN.

UM, DID ANY OF YOU GET, OF YOU GET TO SEE THE POSTER SHOWCASED IN THE LOBBY? WE HAD A CYBERSECURITY POSTER SHOWCASE.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT CITY HALL AND A KEY CITY DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AGAIN, IT'S LIKE, UM, THEY FEATURE OUR SUPERHEROES, UH, FIGHTING CYBER CRIME, AND THEY EACH INCLUDE A CYBERSECURITY SLOGAN.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO ADD AN ELEMENT THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE FUN AND ENGAGING FOR THIS YEAR.

AND ALL OF THIS SUPPORTS, UH, LAUNCHING OUR CYBERSECURITY TRAINING, WHICH IS OUR YEARLY MANDATORY TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL CITY STAFF.

AND THIS YEAR, WE HAD A NEW TRAINING, WHICH IS THE DATA PRIVACY POLICY TRAINING.

BOTH TRAININGS ARE MANDATORY FOR CITY STAFF, AND THE DEADLINE TO COM- COMPLETE THE TRAINING IS NOVEMBER 30TH.

AND HERE'S SOME SNAPSHOTS OF WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN LOOK LIKE.

SO OUR WEEKLY EMAILS TO STAFF, OUR POSTERS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT CITY HALL AND DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA LINKEDIN POSTS SHARING TIPS FOR THE WIDER LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.

SO REALLY, ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THIS WORK THAT WE DO, UH, REALLY UNDERSCORES THE CITY'S DEDICATION, UM, TO HAVING, TO OFFERING OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR STAFF A SECURE AND, UM, THRIVING DIGITAL FUTURE FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

STEPHANIE? HI, EVERYBODY.

I THINK THESE, UH, TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

UM, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERY TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, UH, AT A CITY DOES, UH, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE, UM, TIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO A BIG FOCUS, UH, INTERNALLY, UH, ON THE STAFF AS WELL.

AND PARTICULARLY AROUND CYBERSECURITY, UH, WE, WE HAVE REGULAR, UH, REQUIRED TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, UH, AS CITY STAFF, BUT IT'S ALSO HELPFUL CONNECT, TO CONNECT TO THE WHY BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THAT TWO-HOUR TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

UM, AND IT'S SO EASY TO MAKE A SIMPLE MISTAKE, UH, AND CLICK ON SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEMS LEGITIMATE, AND THAT IS BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO DO A LOT OF TIMES WHERE WE HAVE DEEP FAKES AND AI AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO CAN IMPERSONATE YOUR VOICE AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO JUST LETTING PEOPLE KNOW KIND OF THE LATEST AND GREATEST OF THE THREAT ACTORS, UH, THAT ARE HAPPENING OUT THERE.

SO WE NEED TO BE HYPER DILIGENT AROUND, UM, UH, OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, CITY DATA, UH, AND BEING MINDFUL ABOUT WHAT WE SHARE ONLINE.

SO, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION QUESTIONS.

WERE THERE ANY FINDINGS FOR, LIKE, THE 104 GRADUATES, WHICH IS GREAT, UM, KIND OF, UH TRAINING THAT THEY WOULD WANT, OR WAS IT, DO THEY SEE IT BEING, LIKE, HELPFUL FOR THEIR CAREER AND DEVELOPMENT OR THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIFE OR THEIR FAMILY? GREAT QUESTION.

I'M STEPHANIE.

I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ALL BEFORE.

I'M THE DIGITAL EQUITY OFFICER.

UM, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

WE ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THEIR NEW COMPUTER, AND ANSWERS TYPICALLY RANGE FROM, I CAN FINALLY...

SOMEBODY SHARED THAT THEY

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HAD A THRIFT, UH, CLOSE BUSINESS THAT THEY WERE RUNNING FULLY ON THEIR PHONE, SO THEY WERE FINALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO, LIKE, SET UP AN EBAY PAGE AND, AND DO ACTUAL WORK WITH THAT.

UM, OR WE ALSO RAN, UH, THE PROGRAM FOR MICRO ENTREPRENEURS, SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ALREADY HAD BUSINESSES, AND THEY WERE GONNA USE THEIR COMPUTERS TO FURTHER THEIR BUSINESSES, SO THEY STARTED MAKING BUSINESS PLANS IN, IN THE, UH, CLASS.

UM, BUT FOLKS ALSO USE IT TO CONNECT WITH FAMILY, TO ATTEND TELE- TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENTS, UM, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST, LIKE, UH, WE GET A LOT OF ANSWERS THAT ARE, LIKE, WE'RE...

I'M EXCITED TO NOT RELY ON MY KIDS ANYMORE TO KNOW MY PASSWORDS BECAUSE WE TEACH THEM THEIR PASSWORDS, SO STUFF LIKE THAT.

THAT'S REALLY COOL.

HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE WE WANTING TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND FIND IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS? UH, WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF THE CALIFORNIA ADVANCED SERVICES TRAINING.

SO WE WILL, UH, BE CONTINUING THE AI DIGITAL SKILLS PROGRAM.

WE WILL BE CONTINUING A SILVERADO PARK PROGRAM.

WE ARE GONNA START UP AT HOWTON, AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DO A YOUTH PROGRAM, AND THEN WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THE YMCA FOR ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

AND TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION, UM, THESE PROGRAMS WON'T ALL BE BASICS.

SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE TARGETED TOWARD YOUTH, SO WE'RE TEACHING YOUTH HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE.

UH, SOME OF THEM, THE AI ONE HAS THE AI, UH, LENS TO IT THAT, UH TEAM MEMBERS ACTUALLY NEEDING.

UM, SO WE ARE EXPANDING...

I THINK EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS STARTS AROUND 80 TO 100, SO ABOUT 400 YEARS PROBABLY STAND FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TOO ABOUT SORT OF BROADENING, UM, THAT DIGITAL EQUITY CURRICULUM, BECAUSE AFTER THAT, WE CAN RUN THOSE PROGRAMS AGAIN, OR WE CAN HAND THAT OVER TO OUR PARTNERS.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE HEADED UP, AND I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IS BENEFITING FROM IT.

AND I AM VERY HAPPY AND VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE PARTICIPANTS COMING OUT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, THE CYBERSECURITY BECAUSE WE'RE NOW IN A WORLD THAT CYBERSECURITY KNOWLEDGE IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO PROTECT TO SEE WHO THEY CAN CATCH UP.

AND SO THE MORE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE MORE SAFER THAT THEY WILL BE, AND WE WILL BE OUTSIDE AS WELL.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

LOT OF SENSE OF URGENCY IN A LOT OF THOSE REQUESTS AS WELL.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? I WANTED TO ECHO, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON'S, UH, POINT ON THE VIGILANCE AT ALL TIMES, UM, AND, UH, I THINK 80 PEOPLE THE TURNOUT FOR A LUNCH AND LEARN IS A PRETTY OUTSTANDING TURNOUT.

MM-HMM.

UM, ARE THERE PLANS TO DO THAT MORE REGULARLY OUTSIDE OF OCTOBER CYBERSECURITY MONTH? YES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UM...

SO WE REALLY WENT FULL FORCE FOR OCTOBER, AND THEN NOW WE'RE SWITCHING OVER TO POSSIBLY QUARTERLY LUNCH AND LEARNS WHERE WE COVER DIFFERENT CYBERSECURITY TOPICS.

SO YES, THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED, AN INTEREST, AND DESIRE TO KEEP THIS WORK GOING.

AND, UM, WE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM CITY STAFF, AND YEAH, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS WORK INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY TOO, UM, WITH SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND NEWSLETTERS.

THE WORK CONTINUES, FOR SURE.

AND WE ALSO, COMMISSIONER, UM, SHARED ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS WITH OUR DIRECTORS, UM, YOU, UH, KIND OF THROUGH THAT LENS OF, YOU KNOW, ANYONE CAN MAKE UP AUDIO RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, ROB COULD GET A, A VOICEMAIL FROM ME SAYING, LIKE, "HEY, ROB, I'D LIKE YOU TO MOVE AROUND THIS MONEY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH," AND GIVE HIM DIRECTION, AND REALLY WHAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IS STOP, THINK, "IS THAT SOMETHING I NORMALLY WOULD ASK HIM TO DO?" NO.

"OKAY, SO IF, YOU KNOW, VER - INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND, AND HOW DO WE AS DIRECTORS IN THAT SPACE, UM, BEHAVE WITHIN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THAT KIND OF A REQUEST WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER AND WOULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO THINK ABOUT," MEREDITH WOULDN'T NORMALLY TELL ME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MAYBE I, MAYBE I JUST NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK, OR MAYBE I NEED TO STOP AND NOT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S A

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UM, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I NORMALLY WOULD ASK MY TEAM TO DO.

AND SO IF IT'S OUT OF CHARACTER, OUT OF THE NATURE OF SOMEONE, STOP, THINK, INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY, ASK THE QUESTION.

NO ONE'S GOING TO BE UPSET WITH YOU FOR USING YOUR INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT TO SAY, "THIS DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT." UM, AND SO BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HOW DIRECTORS CAN SHOW UP IN THAT SPACE, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR STAFF.

SO WHEN THEY, BECAUSE INEVITABLY SOMEONE WILL GET, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS THE MODERN TACTIC.

UM, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO NOT FEEL OBLIGATED TO ACT WITH URGENCY OR SLICKNESS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PLEASE.

AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE THAT KIND OF INDEPENDENT CRITICAL THINKING TO SAY THIS IS OTHER PEOPLE.

SO WE DID THAT WITH OUR DIRECTORS.

THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATION.

DOES ANY OF THIS DOVETAIL INTO ADDITIONAL ADVANCED EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES OR, OR CAREER PLACEMENT IN TECH OR CERTIFICATIONS THAT EXPAND WHAT THEY LEARN IN THIS PROGRAMS? FOR THESE C - FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTERED PROGRAMS? UM, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NOT YET.

UM, WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS OR SORT OF THE BASICS, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO EXPLORE SOME OF THE MORE ADVANCED SORT OF COURSES OR COURSES THAT WOULD LEAD TO CAREER PLACEMENT.

SO WE'RE IN A CONVERSATION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR, UH, SISTER CITY DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND EXPLORE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT.

IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BUILD PROGRAMS WITH A MIX OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE GET THERE IN THE FUTURE.

SURE.

I THINK LBCC WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN, UH, SEEING WHAT FOLKS MIGHT BE, BE TURNED ON TO A CAREER IN TECH FROM THAT PROGRAM.

UM, AND THEN THE YMCA, AS WE MENTIONED, HAS SOME EXISTING PROGRAMS WHERE THEY LINK PEOPLE UP WITH A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM RUN BY TWO DIFFERENT SOFTWARE COMPANIES IN THE CITY WITH THE IDEA OF TAKING PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY EXPOSED TO TECH AND TRYING TO DOVETAIL THEM INTO A CAREER ALONG THAT TRACK.

I THINK THOSE FIT VERY, VERY WELL.

SO THAT WOULD, YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO WITH THE Y, DO LET ME KNOW.

SURE.

ALSO, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LBUSD AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM LAKEWOOD HIGH COME AND THEY TOUR OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE PROVIDE, UM, PRESENTATIONS AND WE EVEN DO LIKE A MOCK, UM, COUNCIL MEETING IN THE CHAMBERS.

SO THAT'S ONE PATHWAY WE HAVE GOING WITH LIKE CONNECTING LONG BEACH YOUTH WITH THE CITY AND JUST LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES THE CITY OFFERS.

I'M PRODUCT OF THAT BACKGROUND.

OH, WONDERFUL.

CITY OF LONG BEACH.

SO LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT HAD IT NOT BEEN THAT OPPORTUNITY.

NICE.

GREAT.

COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY? COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? COMMISSIONER WHEELER? YES.

COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN.

COMMISSIONER CHAIR.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COMMUNICATION

[4. 26-56536 Recommendation to hold a study session to discuss the Technology and Innovation Commission’s potential topics for review/consideration for 2027. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

TO HOLD A STUDY SESSION TO DISCUSS THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION'S POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.

CAN YOU GET A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MOTION.

SECOND.

UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO GET SET UP HERE.

UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, KIND OF THE BULK OF THE REST OF OUR MEETING HERE SESSION.

UM, AS WE TALKED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, UM, HOW WE WANTED TO HELP ORGANIZE THE COMMISSION AROUND A NUMBER OF TOPICS AND THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION WAS INTERESTED IN, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED, UH, DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A REGULAR RETREAT TYPE STYLE, UH, DISCUSSION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TODAY.

UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS BE LED BY RYAN KURTZMAN, UM, AND I WILL ASSIST LISTENING TO THE FACILITATION AS WELL.

AND REALLY WHAT WE'D LIKE TO GET OUT OF TODAY'S SESSION, UM, IS THE IDEAS,

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UH, FROM A POLICY OR PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT THAT ALIGN WITH OUR TAB28 PLAN THAT IS OF INTEREST, UM, TO OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS ULTIMATELY YOUR WORK PLAN, RIGHT? WE'RE HERE TO FACILITATE THAT FOR YOU, UH, AND ON, ON STAFF, UH, FROM STAFF ON YOUR BEHALF, UH, AND GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, FINALIZE THAT WORK PLAN AND RETURN TO OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, TO SHARE KIND OF WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON.

AND THAT BECOMES THE WORK PLAN THAT THEN WE INCORPORATE INTO FUTURE MEETINGS, UH, AND FUTURE TOPICS, UM, AS WE DISCUSS.

UM, SO THIS IS ALL LEADING INTO, UH, THE LARGER WORK PLAN AND THAT RESULT AS STAFF HELP SUPPORT, UH, YOU THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO RYAN, UH, WHO WILL START THE FACILITATOR TODAY.

AND IT WILL INCLUDE PARTIALLY A PRESENTATION AND THEN ALSO PARTIALLY, UH, SOME ACTIVITY ON SOME OF THE STICKY NOTES ON THE WALL BEHIND YOU.

UM, SO WE WILL HAVE YOU KIND OF GET UP AND MOVE AROUND, UH, GET THE BLOOD FLOWING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF CAPTURE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE PROMPTS ON THIS WAY FOR YOU TO FOLLOW.

OKAY? GREAT.

RYAN.

YEAH, THANKS, MEREDITH.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

I'M RYAN KIRKSMAN, TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER.

UM, AS MEREDITH SAID, I'M GONNA KIND OF GUIDE US THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE, UM, STUDY SESSION TO PLAN A WORK PLAN FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2027 FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO WE'LL DIVE IN.

OOPS.

SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH AN ICEBREAKER.

UH, AS MEREDITH SAID, THIS WILL BE VERY INTERACTIVE BECAUSE WE WANT TO, UH, KIND OF GET YOU THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND IN A MORE GENERATIVE SPACE.

UM, SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU EACH TO PAIR UP MAYBE WITH THE COMMISSIONER THAT YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO AND TALK ABOUT THE QUESTION ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS KIND OF A TWO-PARTER.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAD TO GIVE, UH, GIVE UP ONE TECHNOLOGY TOMORROW, UH, WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE EASIEST TO GIVE UP FOR YOU? AND THEN WHICH ONE WOULD BE THE HARDEST TO GIVE UP FOR YOU? AND EVERYONE ELSE CAN PLAY AS WELL TO CITY STF.

UH, SO WE'LL TAKE THREE MINUTES TO DO THAT, AND THEN I'LL ASK EACH OF YOU TO KIND OF SHARE OUT FROM YOUR, YOUR, YOUR DUO.

THAT SOUND OKAY? YES.

COOL.

SO GO AHEAD AND TURN TO YOUR PARTNER AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THE QUESTION.

YOU HAVEN'T SWITCHED THE OTHER PERSON YET, YOU'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SHARE AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

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ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.

LET'S, UH, KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING IF YOU WANT.

SO LET'S HAVE EACH GROUP SHARE OUT MAYBE ONE, ONE NUGGET OR ONE SURPRISING THING FROM YOUR CONVERSATION.

WHY DON'T WE START OFF WITH, UH, COMMISSIONERS HERE ON THAT? WE WOULD GIVE UP OVER THE OTHER ONE, UH, COMPUTER WOULD BE GIVEN UP AND KEEP THE CELL PHONE.

OH.

IT WOULD GIVE THE FACT THAT THE CELL PHONE CARRIED DOUBLE DUTIES THAT YOUR COMPUTER TURNED OFF.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GIVING UP.

LET'S NOT SEND A LOT OF EMAILS.

I FEEL LIKE I'M TYPING ON THE LITTLE KEYPAD.

GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOUR GROUP? NO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS OUR, OUR FINAL ANSWER.

NICE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT GROUP.

I LEARNED THAT JONATHAN IS NOT WILLING TO GIVE MUCH UP.

OH.

SO THAT FABRIC WAS ON THE LIST.

I GUESS WE DIDN'T REALLY DEFINE TECHNOLOGY.

I DID SAY ROBOT VACUUM.

AH.

YEAH, THAT'S STILL NOT VERY MUCH.

IS IT EASIEST TO GIVE UP? WHAT WAS THE HARDEST.

WHAT ABOUT THE HARDEST TO GIVE UP? DID YOU GET TO THAT QUESTION? ANYTHING WITH THIS PROCESSOR.

MM.

LET'S GO DOWN THE, GO DOWN THE LINE.

OH, YEAH.

I THINK, UH, THE VICE CHAIR AND I AGREED THAT OUR MOBILE PHONE, BUT SPECIFICALLY IF YOU'RE LOCKED OUT OF YOUR CONTACTS, WE AGREE WE DON'T REMEMBER PEOPLE'S PHONE NUMBERS.

UM, SO, UM, THAT WAS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO GIVE UP.

UM, BUT WE, UH, BOTH HAD SORT OF THE UNRELIABLE APPLIANCE TECH AS, AS THE THING WE WOULD MOST EASILY GIVE UP.

YOU DON'T MAINTAIN AN OLD SCHOOL ROLODEX? MEREDITH CHIT-CHATTING AS WELL.

WHAT DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT? SO THE MOST DIFFICULT THING FOR ME TO GIVE UP, UH, TECHNOLOGY-WISE WOULD REALLY BE THE, THE NEWS APP.

I DON'T GET MY NEWS ANY OTHER WAY.

I DON'T LISTEN TO THE RADIO.

I DON'T WATCH TV NEWS.

I USE THE APPLE NEWS APP AND CATCH UP ON SPORTS AND NEWS AND IT EVEN HAS, UM, RECIPES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

I LOVE TO COOK, SO DEFINITELY.

MY, MINE, THE HARDEST...

THE THING THAT WOULD MAKE LIFE HARDEST IS ALL THE HOME AUTOMATION.

LIKE I JUST WALK TO MY FRONT DOOR AND MY PHONE GETS ME INTO THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW.

SO I WOULD LEAVE MY KEYS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND NEVER BE ABLE TO GET IN IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND THE EASIEST THING TO GIVE UP FOR ME WOULD BE, UM, LIKE THE SPELL CHECK FEATURES OR APPS OR WHATEVER.

UM, I'M NOT A TERRIBLE SPELLER, BUT IT'S HELPED ME GET BETTER.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE NOW THE WORDS I ALWAYS MISSPELL ARE THE SAME ONES AND NOW I KNOW HOW TO SPELL THOSE.

AND SO I, I CAN, I CAN GO THROUGH AND BE ABLE TO, TO USE MY NEW.

COOL.

UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A GOOD START ON THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.

THAT WAS FUN.

I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT A FEW OF YOU.

UM, LET'S GET INTO THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE STUDY SESSION.

SO, UM, AS MEREDITH KIND OF MENTIONED IN THE INTRO, THIS IS REALLY MEANT TO ALLOW YOU ALL AS COMMISSIONERS TO BRAINSTORM WHAT YOU WANNA WORK ON IN 2027.

UM, A FEW OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN WE DID THIS PREVIOUSLY.

IT WAS IN 2023, IN THREE YEARS.

UM, WE HELD A SIMILAR, UH, UH, PLANNING SESSION, AND THAT IS WHAT LED TO THAT, THAT MATRIX OR THAT REPORT THAT STAFF HAVE OFTEN PRESENTED AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AT THE VARIOUS ITEMS. SO, UM, WITH MEREDITH'S, UH, GUIDANCE, WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO REFRESH THAT.

UM, SO THE FOCUS FOR TODAY IS TWOFOLD.

ONE, WE'LL FOCUS ON BRAINSTORMING YOUR INTERESTS AND PRIORITIES, UM, AND SKILLS.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO WILL BE FOCUSED ON STARTING TO DEVELOP ACTIONS, WHICH WILL BE, UH, THE START OF WHAT TURNS INTO YOUR ROADMAP FOR 2027 OR A WORK PLAN.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD THE FULL WORK PLAN TODAY.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME.

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AND, UM, I'LL MENTION THIS AT THE END, UH, AS A REMINDER, BUT I DO WANNA EXPLAIN AT, AT THE BEGINNING WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ALL OF THIS.

UM, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ITEM LATER IN THE AGENDA, ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AD HOC COMMITTEES.

UM, SO, UH, THE THOUGH IS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ACTUALLY ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP THE DRAFT 2027 WORK PLAN, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAY IT'S REALLY OWNED BY THE COMMISSION, UM, RATHER THAN CITY STAFF.

AND YOU ALL CAN KIND OF BEST DO THAT AS COMMISSIONERS.

UM, IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THAT, THE IDEA WOULD THEN BE TO HAVE YOU PRESENT AND SHARE THE DRAFT WORK PLAN WITH TID STAFF IN NOVEMBER.

UH, NOVEMBER 20TH IS OUR DEADLINE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

TID STAFF WILL THEN REVIEW THE WORK PLAN AND KINDA, UH, PROVIDE FEEDBACK BASED ON ALIGNMENT WITH EXISTING TID PRIORITIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA AVOID A SITUATION WHERE MAYBE ONE OF YOU IS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, LIKE, PARKING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT'S A GREAT ISSUE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST FIT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION COMMISSION BASED ON YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE CITY CHARTER.

SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE COULD FLAG A STAFF AND SAY, "HEY, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE WORK PLAN." SO THAT'S THE, THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TID STAFF REVIEW.

AND THEN IN DECEMBER, UM, IS WHEN WE WOULD HAVE YOU ALL BRING THAT 2027 WORK PLAN BACK TO THE FULL COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

UM, AND, UH, PER, UH, CITY CHARTER, WE WOULD JUST ASK THAT THAT BE SENT TO CITY STAFF, UH, IN ADVANCE SO WE COULD AGENDIZE IT FOR THAT DECEMBER MEETING.

I BELIEVE THAT DECEMBER MEETING IS STILL BEING SET UP, THE DATE, USUALLY, UH, THE FALL DURING THE CHRISTMAS WEEK, THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY, BUT WE DON'T WANNA MAKE YOU COME IN DURING THAT HOLIDAY, SO USUALLY WE'VE, UM, MOVED IT UP TO EARLIER IN THE MONTH.

I THINK LAST TIME IT WAS, LIKE, DECEMBER 8TH OR 9TH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

ARE THERE ANY...

LET ME PAUSE THERE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT KIND OF THE ROADMAP FOR DEVELOPING THE WORK PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS STAFF FOR TODAY AND FOR AFTERWARDS? IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM STAFF ON WHAT ARE CURRENT PAIN POINTS OR AREAS WHERE YOU GUYS NEED SUPPORT? AND THAT COULD BE, LIKE, A GOOD BRANCHING OFF OF WHERE WE HAVE INTEREST AND WHERE WE HAVE, LIKE.

UM, WE HAVE A SLIDE THAT, UH, DOES TOUCH ON SOME OF OUR IT STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE CITY'S OVERALL STRATEGIC VISION.

SO I'LL COVER THAT IN A MOMENT, UM, AND THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT FOR TODAY.

AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE PUBLICLY ONLINE.

SO, UM, IF YOU ARE PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON THIS IN THE INTERIM, THEN I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFERENCE THOSE MATERIALS WHICH, UH, I THINK DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF DOCUMENTING OUR PRIORITIES.

UM, THIS IS A ROADMAP THAT HAS 31 INITIATIVES, UH, TO GUIDE AND PRIORITIZE THE DEPARTMENT'S TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS ACROSS DIFFERENT AREAS, INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, UM, WEB SERVICES, OPERATIONS, AND ALSO, UH, HR AND FINANCE.

SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE STUDY SESSION PORTION, THE INTERACTIVE PORTION.

UH, LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, WE'LL SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT AND JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EXISTING WORK AND, AND PRIORITIES.

AND THEN WE HAVE THESE, UH, TWO PROMPTS, AND YOU'LL BE GETTING UP AND MOVING, USING STICKY NOTES, UM, THINKING ABOUT THEMES, UH, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND NEXT STEPS.

SO THIS IS THE ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE THAT WAS PROPOSED AND APPROVED AT THE AUGUST COMMISSION MEETING.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS LOOKS SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR TO YOU.

UM, THE TID STAFF PROPOSED THIS, UH, KIND OF PREDICTABLE CALENDAR OF TOPICS AND ITEMS TO BRING UP EACH MONTH FOR THE COMMISSION.

UM, SO ON THE TOP ARE THE STANDING COMMISSION ITEMS, UM, WHICH DO INCLUDE SEVERAL ITEMS FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT AND FOR THE WORK PLAN.

AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM ROW ARE TOP AREAS THAT CORRELATE TO OUR TID28 STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, SO WE'RE IN OCTOBER AND WE HAVE OUR COMMISSION PLANNING RETREAT, WHICH IS OVERDUE NOW.

AND I MENTIONED DECEMBER AS THE TIME TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE SLATED FOR THE COMMISSION WORK PLAN PRESENTATION TO BE BROUGHT TO THE FULL COMMISSION.

AND THIS IS THE SAME, UH, CALENDAR JUST IN A, A TABULAR FORMAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO TODAY, WHICH IS OUR COMMISSION PLANNING RETREAT.

UM, THE IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD USE THE SAME CALENDAR EVERY YEAR.

SO, UH, THE WORK PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY BE ON A ONE-MONTH REFRESH CYCLE, WHICH MAKES SURE, MAKES SURE THAT IT'S UP-TO-DATE AND REFLECTS YOUR PRIORITIES AS COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AS WELL, AND IT DOESN'T GET STALE.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA QUICKLY TOUCH ON, UM, TID STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, AND I ENCOURAGE ROB OR MEREDITH TO CHIME IN AS WELL.

UM, I THINK YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT, UM, TID ADOPTED A, UH, FOUR-YEAR STRATEGIC ROADMAP CALLED TID28.

UH, THAT WAS IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, 2025.

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UM, THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND A DASHBOARD FORMAT AND THE FULL DOCUMENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS WELL.

UM, THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN THE FIRST YEAR AT TACKLING SOME OF THESE INITIATIVES BASED ON PRIORITY LEVEL, UH, AND THIS IS REALLY GOING TO SET THE, THE TONE FOR WHAT THE DEPARTMENT WORKS ON, UH, THROUGH 2020.

THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH FOCUSED FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THAT, THE CITY AS A WHOLE ADOPTED STRATEGIC VISION 2030, WHICH IS A CITY-WIDE DOCUMENT THAT ARTICULATES, UH, A VISION, UH, TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY'S LONG-RANGE POLICYMAKING AND DECISION-MAKING THROUGH THE YEAR 2030.

AND THIS, UM, INCLUDES ALL OF THE PILLARS ON THE RIGHT OVER THERE.

SO THERE'S A SECTION FOR COMMUNITY FOCUS AREAS AND A SECTION FOR INTERNAL CITY FOCUS AREAS.

SO IT'S EVERYTHING FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO EDUCATION, BUT YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON THE LEFT THERE A BUCKET FOR DIGITAL INCLUSION TECHNOLOGY.

UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH IS FOCUSED INTERNALLY, UM, THERE'S EVERYTHING FROM SUPPORTING OUR CITY EMPLOYEES TO, UM, FINANCIAL WELLBEING TO TECHNOLOGY AS WELL.

SO TECHNOLOGY IS WELL REPRESENTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STRATEGIC VISION 2030.

SO, UM, UH, THE ALIGNMENT CHECK THAT TID STAFF WILL DO IN NOVEMBER OF THE ROADMAP WILL LOOK AT THESE TWO, UH, STRATEGIC PLANS, AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH OUR ACTIVITY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? WE'RE GONNA DIVE IN.

UM, THE FIRST...

SO LET ME, LET'S JUST ORIENT AROUND THE ROOM.

UH, BEHIND YOU, WE HAVE A COUPLE STICKY PADS.

UM, SO THIS IS WHERE, UH, YOU'LL BE KIND OF PUTTING YOUR, YOUR STICKY NOTE IDEAS, UM, AND WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO GROUP THEM INTO THEMES AND, AND TOPICS AND REFLECT ON THEM AND DISCUSS.

UM, MEREDITH IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME, UH, POST-IT NOTES AND MARKERS RIGHT NOW, UH, SO YOU CAN USE WHATEVER COLOR YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR, UH, AS YOU'RE WRITING DOWN YOUR CIRCLES AND STICK OUT ON THE BOARD.

AND THEN NUBIA IS GOING TO SUPPORT WITH NOTE-TAKING AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CAPTURED IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU CAPTURE ON THE STICKY NOTES.

SO THE FIRST PROMPT, UH, SORT OF IS A, IS A TWO-PARTER.

UM, THE FIRST PART IS WHAT TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ISSUES ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT? IT'S GONNA BE REALLY ANYTHING THAT EXCITES YOU.

UH, MIGHT BE WHY YOU DECIDED TO, YOU KNOW, BECOME A, A COMMISSIONER.

AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS FOCUSING MORE ON YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS.

SO WHAT DO YOU BRING INTO YOUR SERVICE AS A COMMISSIONER, OR WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING? SO FOR THIS ONE, YOU COULD THINK TO YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE EXPERIENCE TEACHING.

MAYBE I'D LIKE TO TEACH WORKSHOPS.

OR YOU MIGHT THINK TO YOURSELF, OH, I USED TO BE IN JOURNALISM.

MAYBE I COULD WORK ON SOME PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, SO YEAH, THOSE ARE THE TWO PROMPTS.

UM, AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH OF THEM.

UH, BRAINSTORM AS MANY THINGS AS YOU WANT, AND WHEN YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN STICK THEM ON THE BOARD BEHIND YOU.

THERE'S ONE BOARD FOR INTEREST AND ONE FOR SKILLS.

AND THEN WE'LL COME TOGETHER AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND LOOK AT SOME THEMES, GAPS, AND JUST SORT OF REFLECT ON WHAT YOU ALL PUT DOWN.

SOUND GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

YOU DON'T KNOW

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ABOUT THAT? OKAY.

WE CAN DO ANOTHER ONE FOR THE NEXT PROMPT.

CAFFEINE FLOW, HIGH ENERGY, ECLECTIC FOCUS FROM SPOTIFY.

THIS FOCUS MUSIC? THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS.

WELL, I KNOW A LITTLE HOUSE.

FIVE MINUTE WARNING.

SO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION IF YOU'RE HAPPY THEN.

MUSIC'S GONNA PUT ME TO SLEEP.

IT'S LIKE A, A MUSIC'S GONNA PUT YOU TO SLEEP.

WE'LL GET SOME CANDY.

HAVE SOME NERVES.

GIVE ME SOME SUGAR.

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ALL RIGHTY.

SO WE'RE AT OUR 10 MINUTES, SO WHY DON'T YOU GET ME A LOT OF STICKY NOTES UP ON THE BOARD.

ACTUALLY GONNA INVITE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU WANNA KINDA STAND UP AND GATHER AROUND AND ANY CITY STAFF AS WELL, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE NICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS.

YEAH, USUALLY I LIKE TO KINDA SEE WHETHER I SEE ANY THEMES HERE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF STICKY NOTES ON THERE.

WOW.

YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST AND SKILLS.

SURPRISED.

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I'VE ALREADY SEEN KIND OF A THEME AROUND AI, UH, AI DEVELOPMENT, AI AND DATA GOVERNANCE.

UM, RESPONSIBLE AI ADOPTION.

I SEE SOMETHING HERE ABOUT TEACHING.

OH, RESPONSIBLE AI.

THIS WILL BE OUR AI CLUSTER UP HERE.

CYBERSECURITY RESILIENCE.

LET'S SEE.

I SAW I SAW CYBERSECURITY AS WELL, CYBERSECURITY TECHNIQUES.

WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? ABOUT CYBER ATTACKS AT MOMENT IN COMMUNITY.

CYBER CRISIS COMMS AND TOOLS.

TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN TECH.

BUILDING ACCEPTABLE, ACCESSIBLE TECH EXPERIENCES.

I THINK THAT MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

WHO PUT BUILDING ACCESSIBLE TECH EXPERIENCES? YES.

CAN YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT YOUR THINKING ABOUT IT? IT'S BOTH DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL.

DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL.

AROUND TOWN.

I JUST HAVE USABILITY THERE AS WELL.

UM, OPEN DATA MATURE.

THERE'S LIKE DEFINITELY SOME UNIQUE ONES HERE AS WELL.

SO PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE, SAVING TIME AND MONEY AS RELATES TO ROI.

THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE.

UM, BECAUSE MAYBE I'M KIND OF CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ROI OR SAVING TIME AND MONEY.

CAN I ASK SOMEONE WHO WROTE THAT TO SPEAK? I WROTE, I WROTE.

UH, I TEXT FOR MONEY TO GO FURTHEST AGAIN.

BUT ALSO JUST AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I THINK THAT THE LENS OF WHAT THEY BRING, UM, IT SHOULD, ANY INVESTMENT SHOULD PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN.

INTERESTING.

SIMILAR SENTIMENT? SORT OF.

I THINK IT'S TIED TO LIKE THE EDUCATION PIECE OF LIKE HOW CAN PEOPLE USE TECHNOLOGY, AI, AND CITIZENS TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY.

HOW CAN WE MAKE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES MORE EFFECTIVE? HOW CAN THE CITY BE MORE EFFECTIVE? OKAY.

WERE YOU THINKING MORE INTERNAL? WERE YOU THINKING EXTERNAL? I MEAN, ALL OF IT.

YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING TIMING JUST GIVEN, UM, THE BUDGET, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGET SITUATION, UH, FROM.

I THINK YOUR PERSPECTIVE ABOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS IS REALLY INTERESTING TOO BECAUSE YOU SPEND HIGHER SALES TAXES WITH MORE MEASURES THAT ARE, YOU FEEL AS A BUSINESS OWNER.

UM, I SEE KIND OF A THEME AROUND TEACHING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH TECHNOLOGY TODAY, WORKFORCE READINESS.

THOSE ARE NOT THAT...

SOMEWHAT RELATED BUT NOT TOO RELATED.

YEAH, LET'S GO TO THIS SIDE.

ARE YOU SEEING ANY THEMES NARRATIVE? WE HAVE, THIS IS THE SKILLS, RIGHT?.

UM, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I THINK A LITTLE ARE MORE PHILOSOPHICAL MORE TACTICAL.

UM, BUT YOU HAVE A COUPLE THINGS LIKE WORKSHOP FACILITATION, YOU HAVE STRATEGIC PLANNING.

UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE BRING THE, LIKE, HELPING ORGANIZATIONS ADOPT NEW SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES OR MANAGE CONFLICT PROJECTS.

I JUST NOTICED A LITTLE CLUSTER ON DATA GOVERNANCE OWNERSHIP.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

SO YOU'RE MARRYING THE INTEREST WITH THE SKILLSET? I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL.

SO IF WE CAN SEE THERE'S SOME CLUSTERS WITHIN INTEREST, SO JUST BASED ON THIS CONVERSATION NOW, AND THERE'S ALWAYS THESE OUTLIERS TOO, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH AI, A LOT OF FOCUS ON CYBERSECURITY, UM, A FEW ACTUALLY DATA SOVEREIGNTY.

CAN WE DEFINE DATA SOVEREIGNTY FOR EVERYBODY? SO FOLKS ARE USING THAT PHRASE.

EVEN WHEN IT'S, UM, ACCEPTED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT YOU'RE USING COPILOT, YOU'RE SENDING ALL YOUR DATA TO A SERVER THAT YOU DON'T WANT.

SO RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE PROCESSING, SEND A MESSAGE TO YOUR CHAT FRIEND, CHATGPT FRIEND OR WHATEVER,

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AND THAT'S CASH THAT'S HELD.

THINK ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY IF YOU THINK ABOUT OUR TOPIC NUMBERS THAT JUST WENT BY DATA SOVEREIGNTY IS WHO IS HOLDING THE DATA FOR HOW LONG AND WHEN DO WE GET IT AND HOW DO WE HOLD IT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO BE PAID AS A CITY TWICE - OKAY.

THE INFORMATION, RIGHT? IT'S OURS.

AND THEN THEY'LL SEND YOU BACK THE FORM WITH ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVIE, THE TITLE, PRODUCTION DATE, WHO'S IN IT, WHAT SCENE THEY'RE IN.

BUT YOU HAVE THAT DATA IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THEY CHARGE YOU.

SO, UM, MORE SO THAN THAT, IT'S DATA SECURITY BECAUSE YOU DON'T CONTROL THEIR SERVERS.

AND SO THERE'S FORMS MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS.

PROCESS YOUR OWN TOKENS.

SO THOSE REALLY, UM, IT'S THE HOW WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUR BUSINESSES AND MANAGE OUR DATA WITH THE AI RUNNING IN HOUSE TOMORROW.

COST CONTROL AND SECURITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

RIGHT.

UM, I NOTICED A THEME HERE.

SOMEONE WROTE INCREASING CULTURE MINDSET OF INNOVATION UNDER INTEREST.

AND SOMEONE UNDER SKILLS WROTE FOSTERING LOCAL TECH INNOVATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SAME PERSON, BUT THAT'S A PRETTY SIMILAR - DIFFERENT NAME.

YEAH, IT'S A SIMILAR MATCH.

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS IN TOWN.

THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALSO LIKE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO EXIST.

TO JONATHAN'S POINT - OH, THIS IS A - THERE WAS ONE ABOUT DUE DILIGENCE.

BECAUSE I SAID THE TECH AND SECURITY STUFF IS GONNA GO IN AND GET AUTHORIZED BECAUSE WE WANT IT FOR SECURITY, RIGHT? WHEN DO WE TAKE IT OUT? THAT SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST CONTRACT, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE PUTTING EXTRA CAMERAS BECAUSE WE WANT TO LOOK AT.

SO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS.

SO I THINK THERE'S, I'LL USE THE TRANSPORTATION EXAMPLE.

UM, THERE ARE SOME BUS ONLY LANES ON THE FREEWAY AND IN TOWN FOR A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES.

AND THE CONCEPT THERE IS MAYBE THOSE SHOULD STICK AROUND TO ENCOURAGE MORE BUS TAKING AND LESS DRIVING AND THAT SORT OF...

SO THERE IS SOME THAT ARE INTENTIONALLY BEING TALKED ABOUT AS PERMANENT, AND THEN THERE'S SOME THAT PERHAPS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ENOUGH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

IT'S MORE LIKE PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE LIKE THAT MORE CLEAR.

COMMISSIONER? WE STARTED.

AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS LARGELY UNDER THE, THE UMBRELLA OF KIND OF LEGACY, RIGHT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT BE TECHNOLOGY BASED THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OR THAT WE WANT THEM TO GIVE TO US WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE DONE, RIGHT? AND MAYBE SOME OF IT'S FIBER, MAYBE SOME OF THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER CONNECTIVITY OR INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, JUST TO SHIFT TO SKILLS A LITTLE BIT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING STUFF ON HERE, UM, THAT YOU ALL CAN BRING AS COMMISSIONERS.

UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH THEMES HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO DIVERSE, BUT THERE'S A FEW AROUND COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, DOCTORATE DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBERSECURITY, MANAGER ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT HERE, UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING, YEAH, WORKSHOP FACILITATION, UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE USING IT TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND SUPPORT.

THAT COULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR LIKE THE USABILITY STUFF OVER HERE.

UM, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW.

INVITE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SHARE MORE ABOUT ONE OF THE SKILLS THAT THEY PUT IN.

DO YOU WANNA TELL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ABOUT HOW, WHY YOU PUT THAT IN

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WELL, I, I PUT THE VENDOR DUE DILIGENCE.

UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE OF IT, BUT I'VE ALSO ADVISED STARTUPS.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT ISN'T REAL.

UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT LINKING BACK TO THE ROI SIDE OF THINGS, IF THERE'S WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, HELP PROTECT THE BUDGET FROM SPENDING ON THINGS THAT MAYBE DON'T MERIT, UH, MONEY.

HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING.

SEE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE THAT.

WELL, NATE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME, UM, SHANNON, IS, IS THIS ASPECT OF WE, WE HAVE TWO WAYS OF BUYING THINGS.

UM, ONE WAY WE SAY, "WE WANT A WIDGET.

WE NEED A, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A PEN.

WE WANT PEN TO BREAK THE BLACK.

WE NEED THE PEN TO, YOU KNOW, DO PEN THINGS.

HOW, HOW MUCH DOES YOUR PEN COST?" RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT HERE, WHERE IT'S LIKE, "HEY, WE GOT A DEAL FOR YOU." AND WE'RE LIKE, "GREAT.

TELL US ABOUT IT." AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT IT FITS A USER NEED WITHIN THE CITY.

WHAT WE ALSO HAVE DONE A BUNCH INTERNALLY A COUPLE YEARS AGO, OUR EXTREME PROCUREMENT MAKEOVER.

WE TOOK A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE FIGURED OUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS IN OUR PROCUREMENT SYSTEM THAT CREATES A BARRIER.

AND SOME OF THAT WAS SMALL BUSINESS, LOCAL WOMEN OWNED, MINORITY OWNED, WHATEVER BUSINESS.

UM, SOME OF IT WAS PROCEDURAL, LIKE, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU FOR ALL THIS DATA.

DID WE EVER DO ANYTHING WITH IT? NO.

WELL, THEN WHY ARE WE ASKING? RIGHT? AND WE TOOK OUT A BUNCH OF THINGS AND REWROTE IT, UH, SOME OF OUR PROCESSES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE USER-FRIENDLY.

AND I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY A LOT LIKE USER-FRIENDLY, BUT IT MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVE GOTTEN, HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE WAY.

AND THEN YOU START TO ADD THINGS LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR DATA AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MEET SOME OF OUR CYBER OR DATA PRIVACY REQUIREMENTS? AND SO THEN THOSE BARRIERS GO BACK UP, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE INCORPORATED SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF REQUIREMENTS IN OUR, OUR PROCUREMENTS TO SAY, "ARE THESE THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED?" AND THE ANSWER MIGHT STILL BE YES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER DISCLOSED THAT.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION WE CAN SHARE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER KIND OF TALKED TO THE COMMISSION ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.

ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GO ON TO PROMPT TWO.

MAYBE YOU AS WELL.

HANDWRITING.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YEAH.

I THINK IT'S HUMANS AND SYSTEMS. OKAY.

AND ENGINEERING THINGS TO BE USE - USABLE FOR PEOPLE.

DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE? UM, HARDWARE.

UM, YEAH.

SOFTWARE.

UM, IF YOU WANNA DEPLOY SOMETHING IN THE FIELD AND NEED TO MAKE SURE AN ENGINEER, SO NOT JUST THE INTERFACE OF USABLE, BUT THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE OF OPERATING OWNERSHIP, UM, THAT'S ALL PART OF ENGINEERING WITH YOUR CUSTOMER.

THAT'S VERY COOL.

THAT'S THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE WAY I WROTE, UH BECAUSE LIKE IT'S NOT FOR GENERATING SOMETHING.

IT'S I HAVE EXPERIENCE DOING THIS AND I KNOW IT TAKES ME A VERY LONG TIME TO DO IT.

AND I HAVE EXPLICIT WAYS THAT THESE TASKS ARE TO BE DONE AND PROCEDURES AND/OR TOOLS.

AND I'M GOING TO TASK IT OUT TO TELL YOU TO DO ALL OF THE STUFF AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, THESE ARE THE HUMAN TOUCHPOINTS AND THEY'RE PART OF THE PROCESS, RIGHT? SO THAT YOU AMPLIFY THE WORK.

VERSUS CREATING THE WORK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE.

AMPLIFY BEING THE KEY WORDS THERE.

EXACTLY.

IF YOU DON'T ENGINEER IT PROPERLY, YOU CAN AUTOMATE SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THEIR JOB AND NOT GIVE CONTROL, SUPERVISE THEIR CONTROL TO THE HUMAN AND.

LET'S TAKE A, A BREAK THERE WITH THIS FIRST PROMPT.

UM, ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE MORE THEMES AMONG THE SKILLS AS WELL.

I'VE TRIED TO GROUP THEM A LITTLE BIT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU ALL VOTE TO ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, YOU ALL WILL BE KIND OF TAKING THIS SUBSET OF YOU AND PUTTING THE INTEREST WITH THE SKILLS TO DEVELOP THE ACTION PLAN.

SOUNDS KIND OF IF YOU SIT DOWN AND BRAINSTORM, IT'LL BE ACHIEVABLE.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A START.

AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'LL GO TO PROMPT TWO, BUT JUST FOCUS ON BRAINSTORMING ACTIONS.

SO I'LL PULL THAT UP ON THE SCREEN, UM, AND I'LL ASK YOU ALL TO SIT, SIT BACK

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DOWN.

SO, UH, PROMPT NUMBER TWO.

UM, BASED ON THE INTERESTS AND SKILLS THAT WERE DOCUMENTED IN PROMPT NUMBER ONE, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, I'M ASKING YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ACTIONS THAT THE TIC MIGHT LEAD IN 2027.

AND I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY BROAD, UH, KIND OF THING TO ASK.

I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS LED AND TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UH, ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS THE COMMISSION WAS THE LEAD OF CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING A COMMUNITY SURVEY TO ASSESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN LONG BEACH.

THAT WAS BACK IN 2018, I BELIEVE.

SO THE COMMISSION, FROM START TO FINISH, DEVELOPED THE SURVEY QUESTIONS, WENT OUT AND, UH, LED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN DEVELOPED A CENSUS REPORT OF FINDINGS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY CITY STAFF WAS INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS TO REVIEW AND, UH, HELP WITH DISTRIBUTION, BUT THEN THAT DIRECTLY INFORMED THE DIGITAL INCLUSION INITIATIVE, SOME OF WHICH, UH, YOU HEARD ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.

ANOTHER, UH, ACTION THAT THE TICK WORKED ON, UM, THIS WAS BACK IN 2021, 2022.

UH, THEY LED THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WHITE PAPER, UH, THAT FOCUSED ON FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.

UM, THIS WAS VERY MULTIFACETED, BUT THE COMMISSION, THEY ACTUALLY INVITED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM ACADEMIA, FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, FROM OTHER CITIES TO JOIN COMMISSION MEETINGS AND PROVIDE A TESTIMONY AND PERSPECTIVE.

UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A COMMUNITY SURVEY, AND THEN THAT WAS ALL PUT TOGETHER INTO A REPORT OR A WHITE PAPER ABOUT FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY.

AND THAT DIRECTLY INFORMED THE CITY'S DATA PRIVACY POLICY, UM, WHICH INCLUDES A PRIVACY EVALUATION PROCESS FOR TECHNOLOGIES THAT COLLECT PII DATA OR PER SE IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THIS IS MORE OF A HYPOTHETICAL ONE, BUT THE TIC COULD LEAD AN ACTION THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE CONDUCTING USER TESTING OR USER RESEARCH FOR A NEW CITY APPLICATION.

UM, SO LET'S SAY THE CITY LAUNCHES A NEW GO LONG BEACH APPLICATION, UH, AND WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE IT ACTUALLY REFLECTS, UH, THE NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAYOUT, THE USER INTERFACE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THE COMMISSION COULD GO OUT AND DEVELOP A USER TESTING PLAN AND ACTUALLY FACILITATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUT THAT TOGETHER TO REPORT, WHICH COULD THEN FEED INTO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW APPLICATION.

SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE POSSIBLE, UH, THAT YOU ALL CAN LEAD AS COMMISSIONERS.

UM, OF COURSE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO ASK YOU TO OBSERVE, LIKE, BROWN ACT RULES ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, AND WE MIGHT FORM AD HOC COMMITTEES TO DEVELOP AND, AND WORK ON SOME OF THESE TASKS HERE.

UM, BUT THESE ARE REAL TASKS THAT THE COMMISSION COULD DO IN YOUR CAPACITY AS, UH, AS COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROMPT BEFORE I ASK YOU TO SPEND FIVE OR SO MINUTES BRAINSTORMING ACTIONS? IF YOU NEED TO GET UP AND LOOK AT THE INTERESTS, LOOK AT THE SKILLS, UH, YOU CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO DO THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE IDEALLY THESE ACTIONS ARE BASED ON WHAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND THE SKILLS THAT YOU BRING INTO THE COMMISSION.

SOUND GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

EVERYONE'S TAKING A MOMENT TO PROCESS, SO PUT ON SOME CAFFEINE FLOW MUSIC AGAIN.

AND WE'LL, UH, COME BACK TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AROUND 5:03.

WE'LL GIVE YOU ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES.

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YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS ONTO THE STICKY NOTES AND ON THE BOARD PLEASE.

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NO WRONG ANSWERS, NOT COMMITTING TO ANY OF THESE RIGHT NOW.

SO LET ME ASK SOMEONE TO SHARE WHAT THEY PUT DOWN TO GET US STARTED AROUND THE SAME THING.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS TID INITIATIVES.

SO IT'S LIKE HOW EXACTLY DO THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION? OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION.

UM, SURVEYING THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE MORE AWARE OF WHAT TID IS DOING.

WE DO HAVE A NEWSLETTER, THE SMART CITY NEWSLETTER, UH, WITH LBTV AS WELL WHICH IS TECHNICALLY PART OF TID, BUT - I'M JUST CURIOUS.

HOW, HOW DO THEY GET THAT? AND PART OF IT IS DEFINING THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT WE THINK OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT'S THE BASELINE OF A PLUGGED IN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR, YOU KNOW, GENERAL RIGHT.

AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S.

I'M NOTICING A BIT OF A CLUSTER AROUND TEACHING.

SO, UM, TEACH EDUCATION FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, TEACH HOW TO MAKE TECHNOLOGY WORK IN A SAFE WAY, EXPAND THE LESSONS OFFERED FOR COMMUNITY TRAINING TO INCLUDE LEVELS BEYOND BEGINNER FOR AI AND DATA PRIVACY.

UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER TEACHERS HERE? CONDUCT LOCAL WORKSHOPS

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AND HACKATHONS.

INTERESTING HACKATHON.

WE WROTE THAT IDEA IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU? I THINK WE LEAD A LOT OF TECH OUT OF LONG BEACH AND MANHATTAN BEACH AND MERMOSA AND JUST THE SILICON BEACH AROUND US.

THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY SMART KIDS THAT COME UP IN THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, OFTEN COME UP THROUGH DIFFERENT PUBLIC CHANNELS AND DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND THEY DON'T STAY HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CHALLENGE OR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM THAT'S IMPROVING.

UM, BUT WE USED TO HAVE THAT WAY AROUND LIKE HARD ENGINEERING IN THIS CITY.

I'D LIKE TO BE NICE TO SEE THAT COME BACK IN TERMS OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE LIKE MY DAUGHTER, SHE PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB WHEN WE HAVE LIKE A BUSINESS OF THE FOCUS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE 3D PRINTING AND OTHER.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

OH, IT'S LIKE A PLACE WHERE NECESSARILY WHERE THEY GROW UP.

THERE'S LOW COST BIG COMPANY, YOU COME TO LONG BEACH, WE'LL WORK WITH YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND HERE.

OREGON, WHAT ARE THE STORIES YOU'RE REFERENCING HERE WITH GIS? SO I MEAN I'VE SEEN MOST OF MY CITY AND COUNTY CLIENTS THAT REALLY DO GREAT JOBS.

LA28, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT USING THE GIS SYSTEM TO SAY HOW WE'RE FIGHTING, HOW WE'RE GONNA CHANGE STREETS, HOW WE'RE GONNA CHANGE TRAFFIC, HOW WE'RE GONNA CHANGE BUS LANES.

MAPS ARE A, UH, DATA DASHBOARD THAT EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH AND THEN PEOPLE LOVE THEM.

I MEAN LOOK AT AND YOU CAN AGGREGATE A TON OF VERY DENSE DATA INTO A MAP AND, UH, THE CITY FLOODING, UH, MODELS ARE A GREAT WAY TO USE IT AS WELL.

AND JUST A LITTLE SLIDER THAT, YOU KNOW, SAYS 2028, 2025, 23RD, 2040, 2020, AND IT SHOWS THAT CHANGE AND PEOPLE GET IT WITHOUT VERY MUCH EXPLANATION AND SOME LITTLE, A LITTLE LIKE BUTTON NAVIGATION MENU ON THE LEFT AND THE DETAILS PANE ON THE RIGHT.

PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT METHOD OF CONSUMING DATA.

AND MOST OF THE GIS TEAMS ARE FOR THE CITIES THAT I WORK WITH ARE, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE KIND OF REALLY PURPOSE BUILT AND SERVE PUBLIC WORKS.

THEY KIND OF HAVE THEIR LITTLE CORNER - PUBLIC SAFETY.

PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE NICHE, BUT THE, THE PEOPLE LOVE LOOKING AT MAPS.

WHEN IT GOES BACK TO LOOKING AT TREASURE MAPS, THE KID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MAPS THAT PEOPLE JUST GET AND ARE YOU, THEY RECOGNIZE THEIR CITY IN THAT MAP.

ABSOLUTELY.

THIS ONE HERE, THE, THE BIG IDEA IS BASICALLY WE ALREADY HAVE PUBLIC DATA.

WE ALREADY HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN VARIOUS WEBSITES AND THINGS, RIGHT? THE EXISTING WEBSITES LIKE THE DATA PRIVACY PORTAL, RIGHT? AND THE ACTUAL GIS WEBSITE IS EASY.

SO THEN CREATING LITTLE TOOLS TO AMPLIFY THAT IS EASIER THAN WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN YOU SAY.

RIGHT? IT'S REALLY LIKE CREATING A SMALL LAYER JUST LIKE AN INTERFACE TO THOSE TOOLS THAT ARE PUBLIC AND THEY HAVE INNER PROTOCOLS THAT THEY USE.

THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF TECH THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIKE COME UP LIKE POINT ABOUT THE, THE GEOSPATIAL STORYTELLING IS LIKE WHAT STORIES WOULD YOU TELL? AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HACKATHON, BUT IT'S THE, IT'S THE LIKE IDEA GENERATION WHERE YOU KIND OF DO IT IN AN AFTERNOON AND SOMEBODY BUILDS SOMETHING LIKE YOU COULD COMPETITION ALL THE TIME.

SO I THINK THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION COULD POTENTIALLY BE BUILDING SOMETHING, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE PROVIDING LIKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY STAFF ON TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR LIKE BEST PRACTICES USING LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN THAT AREA IS.

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AND IT'S, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRIDE.

THIS COMPANY.

WE SIT ON SOME MOUNTAINS OF DATA AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE SENSITIVE ON EXPOSING IT FOR THE SAKE OF THERE BEING ONE TABLE WITH DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT WE DIDN'T FIND FOR ONE TABLE AND INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S JUST THE DATA CATALOGING EVALUATE AND EVALUATING EVERY DATA SET THAT THE CITY HAS, CATALOGING IT, GIVING IT A RISK RATING AND CREATING THIS EXPECTATION THAT AT SOME POINT THIS DATA WILL BE REVEALED FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.

THERE WAS A HUGE INITIATIVE BEHIND THAT OPEN DATA PORTAL AT ONE TIME.

WELL, TID28 HAS DATA GOVERNANCE TRACKING AND POLICY AND GUIDELINES FOR MODERNIZING DATA OWNERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE.

YEAH, OKAY.

THERE IT IS.

YEAH.UM TID28 DESIGNATED DATA AND THEY HAVE TO, THEY HAVE TO SPEAK FOR WHEN IS THIS DATA GONNA BE YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THIS DATA IS NOW SAFE.

DOES THIS DATA EVEN NEED TO BE KEPT? DOES THIS DATA EVEN NEED TO BE KEPT? ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, THAT'S AN E-DISCOVERY EFFORT RIGHT THERE.

SO I WANNA JUST CALL OUT A FEW MORE CLUSTERS THAT I'M SEEING AND MOVING AROUND CONSTANTLY AS YOU'RE TALKING.

UM, THERE'S AN INTERESTING CLUSTER AROUND VENDOR REQUIREMENTS AND PROCUREMENT HERE.

UM, REQUIRE VENDORS TO SCRUB CITY DATA, VENDOR RISK FRAMEWORK INTEGRATION, NEGOTIATE REDUCED COST FOR TECHNOLOGY FOR LONG BEACH CITIZENS, A VENDOR RELATED ONE.

I SEE A FEW HERE FOCUSED ON LA 28 AS WELL, SO MORE PLANNING AND RESEARCH AND WHITE PAPER.

UM, YEAH, I GUESS ANYONE ELSE WANNA CHIME IN WITH THE KIND OF FINAL THOUGHT BEFORE WE WRAP UP? I WANNA.

THE, THE EXPECTATION THAT VENDORS, UH, DEFINE WHAT DATA THEY HAVE FOR US, LIKE WE DID THAT, THAT SMART SENSOR PILOT RIGHT NOW.

IT WAS THE, THE ANSWER WAS SO MUCH CONVINCING.

WE KNOW WHAT DATA THEY'RE COLLECTING.

CONVINCING IS WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT DATA AT THE END OF THE PILOT.

IS THAT VENDOR REQUIRED TO TURN IT OVER TO US AND THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DELETE IT? AND THEN WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH IT? I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE WRITTEN MORE PROCUREMENT POLICIES THAT LOOK LIKE DATA AMONG THESE RESIDENTS, WE WANNA KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE IT AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.

AND THEN WHEN IT, IT WENT AND THAT CONTRACT ENDS, WE WANT YOU TO DELETE IT.

AND WE OWN IT.

AND IT SHOULD BE IN A SHARED RESOURCE THAT, THAT IDEALLY IS ON THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND I DON'T, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT VENDOR WILL GIVE THAT UP AND THEN THEY'LL REMARKET THAT IN THEIR OWN PRODUCTS.

AND I, I, I JUST, I DON'T WANT TO SHARE PEACE WITH THAT OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS HAPPEN.

ESPECIALLY IF IT'S FACIAL RECOGNITION OR LICENSE PLATES OR ANY IDENTIFIABLE OR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE.

FULL WORLD OF WHATEVER THAT EMERGING TECHNOLOGY BRINGS TO THE TABLE, BUT HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT EVALUATING THAT OR THINKING ABOUT IT OR EXPLORING IT OR, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WHAT IT IS WE SHOULD BE DOING WITH IT AND HAVING THAT SPACE AND FOR THAT DISCOURSE AND THAT DISCLOSURE AND THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A GOOD PLACE FOR THIS COMMISSION TO.

ANY OTHER CLOSING THOUGHTS? ANYTHING LIKE WE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT IN THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU WANTED TO MENTION? YEAH.

JUST ONE, ONE THING HERE THAT I THINK IS, IS A NUMBER OF THESE, WHICH I REALLY LIKE FOR THIS QUESTION, UM, EVEN THOUGH LONG TERM.

UM, BUT IT'S SORT OF ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE PROOFING OF OUR TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR CITY OPERATIONS.

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN WORK IN A, IN AN OPERATION THAT MOVES SO QUICKLY AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS A BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH OR, YOU KNOW, UM, THE LATEST COMPLAINT FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO CAN'T ACCESS THEIR DEVICE OR, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT, THAT THE DAY-TO-DAY TERM, THE UNFLEXING THINGS THAT JUST GONNA KEEP US BUSY.

AND WE DO ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING NUMBER OF THESE THINGS.

UM, BUT THE EMERGING PART OF OUR WORLD HAPPENS SO FAST THAT IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THIS COMMISSION BE IN THAT SPACE AND SAY, "HOLD ON, WAIT A SECOND.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS THING? EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, EVEN IF WE DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE,

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WELL SAID.

AND I THINK AS YOU KIND OF TAKE SOME TIME TO REFLECT ON THESE, I THINK IT IS GOOD TO ALIGN THEM WITH THE SKILLS AND INTEREST THERE AS WELL BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE AWESOME IDEAS, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT THE BEST FIT FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO.

MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING A PARTNER COULD DO LIKE LONG BEACH, MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A STAFF PROJECT.

SO THAT'S A LENS TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL IN THE INTRO.

LET'S WRAP THERE.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL ITEM.

AND LET'S GO FROM THERE.

I WAS GONNA SAY WHICH PILE IS THAT GOING? THAT APPLE SMILE? IT'S WATERMARK FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT.

THAT WAS NOT...

WE USUALLY DO IN COMMISSION MEETINGS, BUT, UM, I FEEL ENERGIZED BY THAT, JUST HEARING YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND HOW WE COULD THEN, UH, TRANSFORM THAT INTO ACTIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

UM, SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS WHERE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THE 2027 WORK PLAN.

UM, SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO, UH, ESTABLISH THAT GROUP.

UM, AND THEN IN NOVEMBER IS WHEN YOU'LL WORK ON THAT.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL WORK ON THIS TOGETHER.

UH, NOV- NOVEMBER 20TH IS WHEN WE'D LIKE YOU TO SHARE THAT DRAFT WORK PLAN WITH TID STAFF, AND WE CAN DO THAT ALIGNMENT CHECK WITH TID28.

AND THEN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, IF IT'S FORMED, WILL PRESENT THE FINAL 2027 WORK PLAN AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING, WHICH IS THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU'LL ALL BE TOGETHER AS A COMMISSION.

ANY FINAL CLOSING QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA?.

WHAT DO YOU, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON CI? I DON'T KNOW.

I DO BETTER WITHOUT - OKAY.

GOT IT.

NOTE THAT FOR NEXT, FOR NEXT YEAR.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL.

UM, AND WE'LL WRAP THIS ITEM UP.

COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN? YES.

COMMISSIONER CHIDDICK? COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY? COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD HOC COMMITTEES AND/OR DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING AD HOC COMMITTEES.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE,

[5. 26-56537 Recommendation to consider the establishment of additional Ad Hoc Committees and/or dissolution of existing Ad Hoc Committees. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY I GET A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MOTION.

SO MOVING UP TO NO EXACT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ONE, WE JUST LIVED IT.

WE, WE JUST LOOKED AT THE QUESTION HERE BECOMES, UM, ARE YOU WILLING TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, THE WORK PLAN? UH, AND IF SO, UH, WE COULD TAKE THAT WRITTEN INTO THE RECORD.

AND, UH, WE NEED THREE COMMISSIONERS OR TO WORK ON THAT BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING.

UM, SO FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IF YOU ARE ALL WILLING TO.

DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO SAY? YOU, YOU CAN SAY THIS MOTION.

UH, SURE.

I, I DEFINITELY, UH, I MOVE TO, I MOVE TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE, UH, TO DEVELOP A DRAFT 2027 FOR THE PLAN.

YEAH, FOR CLARITY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A FRIENDLY, UH, MOTION? SURE.

GREAT.

CONSIDER THE MOTION.

I SECOND THE FRIENDLY MOTION.

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FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, UH, TO? I VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

TWO.

UM, THAT'S A THREE PERSON.

YOU HAVE TWO.

YEAH, WE JUST HAVE, WE HAVE TWO.

RIGHT.

AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE A.

ANYBODY ELSE DECIDE TO.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND FOR ME? OH, YEAH.

COMMITTEE AND TAKE MY HAND DOWN.

WE HAVE COMMISSIONER HALLWAY, UH, COMMISSIONER.

FURTHER DISCUSSION OR CHANGES? NO, COMMISSIONER.

NOT SEEING ANY.

UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? I SEE ANY.

LET'S MOVE TO VOTE, PLEASE.

UH, COMMISSIONER CALLAHAN? YES.

COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER HOLLOWAY? YES.

COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? YES.

VICE CHAIR WILLIAM MCNANCE? YES.

CHAIR.

MOTION CARRIES.

AT THIS TIME - CHAIR, IF I CAN JUST ONE FOLLOW UP FOR, UM, THE AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE.

UM, STAFF WILL PROVIDE A SYNTHESIS OF THE INFORMATION ON THE BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF THE DATES THAT BACK UP INTO THE DECEMBER MEETING, UH, FOR KIND OF WHAT THE, SOME OF THOSE TIMELINES, UH, NEED TO BE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO POST INFORMATION AT A CERTAIN POINT BEFORE THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC NOTICE AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE WILL PROVIDE ALL OF THAT TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

UM, AND THEN WHAT WE'LL, WE WILL DO IS WE'LL, OUR STAFF WILL WORK WITH YOU ALL, UH, ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, TO SHARE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE AS A RESULT OF THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, AND IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE TO GUIDE AND ADVISE AROUND THE THINGS THAT ARE IN, THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMISSION'S SCOPE OF WORK.

SO WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, UH, FOR THE AD HOC, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK FOR, UH, THE COMMITTEE OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, TO HELP PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESENTATION IN THE DECEMBER MEETING.

SO WHEN SHOULD THEY EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE VERSION OF THIS? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH, LIKE, TIB STAFF OR GIVE THEM INFORMATION BY NOVEMBER 20TH, WHICH IS AROUND THE CORNER, SO THEY NEED TO MEET.

SO WHEN, WHEN WILL THEY RECEIVE THAT? MONDAY IS REALISTIC.

MONDAY.

SO THEY TELL THEM RIGHT HE'LL BE THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THIS ONE.