Jun 09, 2021 Community Services Commission

CALENDAR PORTION

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[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 PUBLIC ADVISORY: THE COUNCIL CHAMBER WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Regular Meeting of the Community Services Commission for May 12, 2021, will be conducted in person at the City of La Habra Council Chamber, located at 100 East La Habra Boulevard, La Habra, California. Please be advised that in order to ensure the health and safety of the public by limiting contact that could spread the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council Chamber will be open for one speaker at a time during the Regular Meeting of the Community Services Commission meeting when the Chair open public comment periods. Staff will be available to assist those who wish to speak. We encourage the public to also participate on the Regular Meeting of the Community Services Commission by submitting written comments via email to kalbarian@lahabraca.gov no later than 5: p.m. on June 9, 2021. Your patience with these changes is appreciated as the City adjusts to new ways of conducting business during the COVID-19 pandemic. ]

SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

WE NEED TO APPROVE THAT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MAY 12TH.

I'LL SECOND, IS THERE A SECOND? I CAN SEPARATELY.

ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THEM? PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.

SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.

SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.

SO WE HAVE OUR EARLY HEADSTART YES.

IN FRONT OF US OR NOT, BUT CATHERINE HAS SEPARATED FROM US.

SO WE'RE BULLETIN RIGHT NOW FOR, UM, A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UH, INTERVIEWS ARE NEXT WEEK.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ON HER NEW ENDEAVORS TO GIVE YOU, UM, A MINI VERSION.

SO, UM, EVERYONE GOT THE REPORT AND I DID NOT PRINT THAT OUT CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO CONSERVE A TREES.

UM, SO YOU JUST HAVE, YOU HAVE THE BARE MINIMUM OF THE AGENDA, BUT, UM, I CERTAINLY WILL GO OVER ON THE FINANCIAL REPORTS.

UM, THE AMOUNT REQUESTED WAS $37,183 AND 19 CENTS.

UM, WHICH IS 75% OF THE BUDGET.

UM, YEAR TO DATE, TOTAL INCLINE TO DATE IS $97,547 AND 12 CENTS.

AND THIS IS 77% OF THE BUDGET YEAR TO DATE FOR THE CREDIT CARD REPORT FOR APRIL OF 2021.

THE TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT WAS 12,000, UH, $54 AND 79 CENTS.

AND, UM, ALSO IN THE REPORT IS THE FREED REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS.

WE WANT TO CONTROL, SCROLL UP MYSELF.

AND THEN, UM, FOR, UM, INFORMATION SHARED, THE TRAINING INFORMATION IN THE PACKET IS FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN ARE READY TO LEARN.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE, UM, THE PARENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL, UM, 2021.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE PROGRAM INSTRUCTION FOR 2021 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING INCREASE FOR HEADSTART PROGRAMS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE ORANGE COUNTY HEAD START EXPECTATIONS FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS FOR A YEAR 20 21, 22.

AND THEN WE DO NEED THREE ACTION ITEMS TONIGHT.

UM, AND YOU CAN DO THEM AS ONE, UM, ACTION, THE MONTHLY REPORT, THE CHILD, AN OUTCOME REPORT, SECOND ASSESSMENT AND THE PROGRAM, SELF ASSESSMENT AND CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.

SO DO WE APPROVE THOSE ALL IN ONE? WE CAN APPROVE THEM ALL IN ONE.

YES.

OKAY.

YEP.

I DO.

I HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.

ALL RIGHT.

DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE REPORTS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF APPROVAL FOR THE RE CHILD DEVELOPMENT REPORTS.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND SYRINGE.

THANK YOU.

CAN WE SHOW YOUR SEARCH? UM, OKAY.

UH, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

THANK YOU, FRED.

UM, THIS ITEM TWO, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT? I THINK SO.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE EXCITING FOR US, THESE NEXT TWO ITEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE HAVING BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND UM, BUT UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING WITH OUR COMMISSION.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE THOUGHT ABOUT WAS, UM, I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE EVEN NEWER, RIGHT? SO, UH, NOW BEFORE CATHY'S NEW CAME BACK, IF WE W WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING NEW, WHICH WAS TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMISSIONERS

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SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS INSTEAD OF, UM, MEETING NEXT JULY OF 14, I THINK THE DATA IS, UM, THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING AN ALL DAY OPEN HOUSE THAT WE WOULD RENT, UM, UH, A BOSS, A MINI BUS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.

AND WE WERE GOING TO TAKE YOU FROM EACH PROGRAM.

UM, SO YOU'D GO SEE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AT WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR OFFICES.

GO SEE OUR DAY CAMP, UH, THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS WALKING INTO OUR MUSEUM OR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE, UM, HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, HOW WE OPERATE.

AND WHEN KIM AND I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, WE ALSO THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S OFFER IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO LET'S SAY MANAGERS OFFERED, UH, OR ALLOWED US NOW WE'RE GOING TO OFFER IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO, OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO.

AND YOU WOULD DO, WE'D HAVE TO IT THAT YOU ALL ARE MEETING TOGETHER MORE THAN A QUORUM IF WE HAVE THAT MANY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXCITING WAY FOR YOU TO SEE THE GARY CENTER AND THE FOOD GIVING PROGRAM OR MEALS ON WHEELS.

UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF YOU WORK DURING THE DAY, BUT MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS MUCH NOTICE.

YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF OR YOU CAN MEET US HALFWAY THROUGH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, WE WERE HOPING THAT THE CITY, THE COMMISSION WOULD, UM, WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT IN THE PAST.

I BELIEVE THAT YOU USED TO DO MAYBE A NIGHT TOUR OR SATURDAY TOUR, SATURDAY TOUR, BUT WE DECIDED TO TRY TO MAKE IT AN ALL DAY ONE.

AND IF IT WAS SATURDAY, YOU WOULDN'T GET TO SEE SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN ACTION.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAT WE DID IT THIS WAY.

UM, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU SO WE COULD MEET NEXT MONTH OR WE COULD DO THIS IN LIEU OF OUR MEETING.

AND, UM, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO ALSO, ONCE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS, AND WE WERE GOING TO INVITE THE COMMISSION AND THE PLAN, A PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO, UM, TO BE ON THE SAME BUS.

AND, UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR ACTIVITIES.

SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT, UM, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

YEAH, I LIKE IT.

I LIKE IT.

YES, I'M IN, I MEAN, FROM NINE TO FOUR, WE THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT LONG TO GO TO ALL THE DIFFERENT, WHICH WAS YOU CUT OUT RIGHT NOW.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU DON'T WANT TO GO SEE THE BOXING CLUB.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S EMPTY, BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY THERE.

UM, I MEAN WE THINK IT WILL BE AN ALL DAY PROGRAM.

OKAY.

SO IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR IS THERE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS EMOTION? UM, UH, NOT HAVING ANY MEETING, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE LANGUAGE HERE TO, UM, IN LIEU OF OUR REGULAR MEETING TO SCHEDULE IT INTO A ROVING MEETING.

WHAT DID WE CALL IT? A, UM, UH, MOVING, OPEN-HOUSE MOVING, MOVING UP IN HOUSE OR MOVING IN TONIGHT.

ACTUALLY WE WOULD JUST ADJOURN TO, UM, JULY 14TH TO 9:00 AM IS HOW WE ARE JOINED TODAY INSTEAD OF OUR REGULAR TIME AT SIX 30.

BUT THAT'S OUR EMOTION SHIFT TO, UM, TO HAVE THIS, UH, FULL DAY FOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER SURGE TO TAKE A OPPORTUNITY TO WAIVE THE, THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 14TH IN THE EVENING TO AN OPEN, A MOVING OPEN HOUSE FROM NINE TO 4:00 PM.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

LIKE WE'RE GOING ON A TRIP, RIGHT? YEAH.

COMMISSION SHIRTS.

EVERYONE HAS A COMMISSION SHIRT, RIGHT? YEP.

AND I KNOW EVERYONE HAS BADGES TOO, IF HE WISHED TO WEAR YOUR BADGE, BUT PROBABLY SPRAY TIME, THE BLUE ONES, EVERYONE HAS TO GO ON GABBY AND RICHARD, YOU HAVE YOUR BLUE ONE.

RIGHT.

AND EVERYONE HAS A NAME BADGE IF THEY CHOOSE TO WEAR IT.

YEAH.

I GO BY THE SHIP RIGHT TIME.

ALSO, IF THEY'RE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR CITY COUNCIL COMES, UM, TO OBVIOUSLY INTERACT WITH YOU AS A COMMISSION TOO, IT WILL BE HIGH FORTUNATELY.

RIGHT.

SO WE CAN WEAR SHORTS, COMFORTABLE SHOES, WALKING SHOES.

I MEAN, I'M NOT SHORT SHORTS, BUT , SO THE NEXT ITEM SEVEN, THE COMMITTEE OVERVIEW AND PROPOSE NEW, UM, NUMBER THREE AS A COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED NEW SUBCOMMITTEES PROPOSAL.

SO WE HAVE HAD BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT SUB ON OUR COMMISSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND, UM, WE THOUGHT W UH, AGAIN, IT'S JUST APPROPRIATE TO AT LEAST TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.

I PULLED FOR, UH, FOR YOU GUYS, UM, UH, THE CITY, COULD YOU SERVE AS THIS COMMISSION FORM THAT YOU'LL FIND ON OUR WEBSITE? IT'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SERVICES COMMISSION AND WHAT THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION IS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION IS IT SERVES AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

YOU'RE

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AND YOU TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THINGS WE COULD DO SHOULD DO.

YOU WOULD TELL STAFF WHAT WE COULD DO AND SHOULD DO.

AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST FOR WHAT YOU HEAR, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH, IF NOT MORE THAN STACK.

ONE OF THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE OF A COMMISSION IS TO HAVE THE ER, BE THE EARLY HEAD START SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND THE REASON WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENT OF THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES TO FUND HEADSTART FOR US, UH, ARE ALREADY HAS STARTED THROUGH HEADSTART.

UH, IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMITTEES, UM, UM, THE CDBG, THE HEADSTART, THE PARKS COMMITTEE, THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE YOUTH COMMITTEE AND TIME COMMITMENT IS GENERALLY UP TO THE COMMISSIONER.

UM, SOME PEOPLE WILL SPEND MORE, SOME PEOPLE SPEND LESS.

UM, WE DID, UM, ADD, BUT IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS OVER THE YEARS, I GUESS, UM, THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, WHICH IS PRETTY HUGE THOUGH, BECAUSE SOMEHOW WE ADDED VETERANS AND ALMOST WHAT THAT SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE.

SO WHAT I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE CDBG IS A FEDERAL GRANT AND, UM, OUR COMMISSION SERVES AS A BODY THAT, UH, IS THE HEARING OFFICERS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THE CDBG IS THE ONLY FEDERAL FUND FUNDING THAT WE GET.

THAT'S DISCRETIONARY, MEANING THAT WE CAN SPEND IT ALMOST ANY WAY WE WANT.

IT'S NOT A GRANT THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO DO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, OR YOU HAVE TO DO, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

CDBG IS FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED IN ANY OF THE WAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS.

BUT ANYWAY, SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT CRITERIA WITHIN THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES AREA OF LIGHT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, WHAT YOU GUYS SERVE AT IN THE CAPACITY HAS BEEN RECENTLY, UM, FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMPONENT, THE SOCIAL SERVICES MAXIMUM IS 15% OF WHATEVER OUR ALLOCATION IS.

AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN BLING-BLING BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF DWINDLES.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEW, IF MORE CDBG MONEY WILL COME, COME DOWN TO US.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE GET ABOUT $600,000 A YEAR.

15% MEANS THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE 90.

SO THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY COMES TO YOU AND SAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

THE CITY GIVES YOU RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN, UM, THIS, UH, THIS BODY THEN, OR THE SUB-COMMITTEE DECIDES IT, OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMMITTEE, IT REALLY HAS ONLY BEEN HEADSTART.

SO ALL THIS TIME, YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT WHEN CATHERINE GIVES A REPORT, IT'S ON THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ON EARLY HEADSTART, WHICH HAS ONLY 50 CHILDREN IN THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WHERE WE SERVE ALMOST 500.

SO, UM, IT'S TIME THAT MAYBE WE TALK ABOUT IT IN A COMMITTEE OF ALL THAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT DOES NOW THAT WE ARE BOLTING FOR A NEW POSITION, IT'S ACTUALLY SIX DIVISIONS OVER THERE.

THEY HAVE SCHOOL AGE, WHICH IS A HUNDRED WHILE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE TO 205 CHILDREN THIS YEAR OR AN AFTER SCHOOL CARE.

AND THEN DURING THE SUMMER, IT'S ALL DAY LONG.

THERE'S ANOTHER 72 AND FULL DAY PRESCHOOL AND ANOTHER 144.

AND PART DAY PRESCHOOL.

WE HAVE OUR FAMILY CHILDCARE PROGRAM THAT IT RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 13 PROVIDERS, WHICH IS ABOUT 30 CHILDREN, BUT THOSE ARE FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMES WITHIN LAHABRA AND THE BORDERS OF LAHABRA, WHERE THEY PROVIDE.

IF THOSE OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT WHERE, UM, A HOME-BASED BUSINESS AND HAS CHILDREN COME TO THEIR PROGRAM.

SO WE ALSO, UM, SUPPORT THOSE HOMES HERE IN LA HABRA.

WE DO A FOOD PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL CENTER-BASED, WHICH IS, UM, AT ALL OF OUR PRESCHOOLS THAT ARE SCHOOL AGE.

SO THAT'S OUR CENTER-BASED FOOD.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A COUNTY FOOD PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UM, ANY, UH, FAMILY CHILDCARE HOME THAT IS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AS LONG AS THEY COME TO US AND SAY, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR FOOD PROGRAM.

THEY GET THEIR MENU CERTIFIED BY A NUTRITIONIST.

THEY FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES.

WE DO THE FOLLOW-UP, THE COUNTY THROUGH US.

WE'LL PROVIDE THEM AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL OF THEIR FOOD, BUT IT IS A HUGE ENDEAVOR.

SO WE HAVE STAFF DRIVING TO SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SOUTH COUNTY TO CHECK THEM THAT THEIR MILK IS 1%, NOT 2% OR THAT THEIR SUGAR CONTENT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S CERTAINLY WHAT THEIR MENU SAYS.

SO WE'LL DO A SURPRISE VISIT AND SAY, NO, I'M NOT, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE JELLY ON THAT TOAST.

YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROGRAM.

UM, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR OUR PROVIDERS.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S EARLY HEAD START.

SO THOSE ARE THE DIVISIONS WITHIN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THE SUBCOMMITTEES COULD REALLY HELP THEM BY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING RECRUITMENT.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THE BANNER ON THE HOVER BOULEVARD, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE TAKING ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HEAR RIGHT NOW IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, AS WELL AS OUR GOVERNOR ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE CALLING UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL.

SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU COULD STAY ABREAST ON UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS THAT ARE RIGHT NOW IN OUR PRESCHOOLS WILL HAVE TO GO TO A SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, IF, IF, UH, WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS DOING AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE, UM, HAPPENS, OF COURSE, IT'S A $5 BILLION PROJECT JUST IN CALIFORNIA ALONE.

UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE'S PROPOSING FOR US.

WE'RE OKAY WITH IT.

BUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO OUR SCHOOL, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE YEAR OLDS, MOSTLY IN OUR PRESCHOOL.

AND, UM, WHICH MEANS THE RATIOS ARE DIFFERENT.

AND WE, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING

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AND SO THAT'S FOR PRESCHOOL SCHOOL-AGED KIDS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT PROGRAM.

WELL, WHAT DO I, NOW, AS OF JULY ONE, THE GOVERNOR HAS DECIDED TO PULL OUT OUR SCHOOL-AGED KIDS AND OUR FAMILY CHILDCARE AND PUT THAT INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

SO NOW, UM, OUR DIVISION WILL HAVE A BIG POT OF MONEY COMING FROM CHILDHOOD, UM, UH, DEPARTMENT BED, BUT THEY'LL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GOOD POT OF MONEY COMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN TO US THERE BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S A BUNCH OF FLUCTUATE, RIGHT? AND ONCE THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO HASN'T, NO, THEY MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T WANT ANY GOVERNMENT RACE CHILDCARE OUT THERE.

WE DON'T KNOW.

AND SO IT'S GOOD TO KEEP ABREAST OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO CHILD DEVELOPMENT IS A HUGE COMMITTEE THAT YOU CAN'T DO A LOT ON IF YOU WATCH, OR YOU COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SAYS, HEY, BY THE WAY, WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, REGISTRATION NOW.

AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE COULD BRING YOU THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES TO THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR EARLY HEAD START VERY LOW.

I THINK IT'S ABOUT $16,000 FOR A SINGLE PARENT TO BE ENROLLED IN OUR $60,000 A YEAR THAT YOU EARN INCOME WISE TO BE IN OUR EARLY HEAD START.

BUT YOU CAN HAVE $61,000 IN INCOME AND BE A SINGLE PARENT OR 63 OR 65, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, FOR A HUSBAND, WIFE, AND A CHILD, AND STILL GET SUBSIDIZED CHILDCARE FOR US.

SO IT'S NOT ONLY FOR LOW INCOME EITHER.

AND THIS YEAR, AS LONG AS YOU'RE JOB SEARCHING, YOU CAN ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM TOO.

UM, IT'S ALSO, UM, UH, IF YOU WORK NIGHT SHIFTS AND, UM, YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR CHILD TO US DURING THE DAY, YOU CAN NOW DO THAT TOO.

SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, SOME PARENTS THAT THEY WEREN'T DIFFICULT TIME.

AND, UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO EXPAND THAT COMMITTEE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.

ALSO PARKS, YOU GUYS WON'T VISIT PARKS.

THE PARKS ARE JUST LIKE AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SWINGS BROKEN OVER AT, YOU KNOW, UM, LA BONITA OR, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THE TREES ARE DYING OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GRASS, OR WE NEED MORE PICNIC TABLES OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER HE JUST WALKED THROUGH A PARK, WE NEED MORE WALKING TRAILS, RIGHT? AT PARKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO US, IT WOULD BE WELCOME.

UH, SENIORS IN SOCIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE OUR MEALS ON WHEELS.

WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE IN LA.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMPREHEND MEALS THAT WE HOPE TO GREENBACK SOON.

UM, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BRING THE SENIORS BACK OUT OF ISOLATION AND BACK TO OUR FACILITY SAFELY.

SO IF YOU COME TO OUR BUILDING ON, WAS IT THURSDAYS, WE'RE DOING MOVIES AND CRAFTS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THE CUTEST THING.

YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT ONLY BE ABLE TO HAVE 12 IN A ROOM, BUT WE HAVE SENIORS WATCHING MOVIES, RIGHT.

AND ISOLATION IS REALLY BAD ON SENIOR CITIZENS.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO OPEN IT UP.

AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES OUT THERE WHO HAVEN'T OPENED THE DOORS AT ALL.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING OUR BEST TO SERVE OUR PEOPLE HERE, ESPECIALLY VANCE, YOU ALL ARE TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.

YOU COME TO THEM.

UM, BUT SAME THING.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE HELP WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ADVERTISEMENT YOUTH COMMITTEE.

IF YOU SERVED ON THE YOUTH COMMITTEE BEFORE, THAT IS ONE THAT GOES REQUIRED TO, WELL, WE ASKED TWO MONTHS, UH, TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.

AND SO THOSE ARE OUR TEAMS THAT COME IN, THEY VOLUNTEER FOR US AT ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.

THEY GET A LITTLE MENTORING, THEY GET MAYBE A GUEST SPEAKER, UM, A CAREER ADVISOR, THINGS LIKE THAT TWICE A MONTH, OUR STAFF RUN IT, YOU CAN COME.

AND, UM, SO YOUTH COMMUNITY KANSAS IS VERY ACTIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY REWARDING BECAUSE I THINK YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER'S IN THERE, RIGHT? THE TEENS, THEY CAN DO A LOT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE THEM LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLLEGE.

WE COULD REALLY HELP CHANGE THEM AND HOPEFULLY GET THEIR HELP, GET THEIR FIRST JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I ADDED HERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, YOU GUYS ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.

IT IS A PRETTY HUGE PROGRAM.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN, UM, PUT A NEW EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING COMMITTEE.

AND WHAT THAT WOULD DO REALLY IS JUST ASSIST THEM AND, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. YOU CAN VISIT THEM TO SEE IF THEY NEED ANYTHING, IF YOU HAPPEN.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T HAVE YOU REALLY GOING OUT AND NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, BUT IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW A BUSINESS IN TOWN THAT SAYS, HEY, UM, I'M WILLING TO HIRE A YOUTH IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THEM OR, YOU KNOW, AND YOU YOU'VE JUST PUT US IN CONTACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE COULD STILL DO THAT.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL PAY FOR EITHER HALF OR ALL OF THEIR SALARY, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT KIND OF, UM, REWARD THAT THE STUDENT GETS.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE THEM IN THE FUTURE, THEN WE PRETTY MUCH CAN PAY FOR ALMOST THEIR ENTIRE SIX MONTH TRAINING AND ALL THE DEPENDS.

RIGHT.

AND SO YOU CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, PROMOTE THAT, UM, AND HELP OUT ON HIS ENDEAVOR.

REMEMBER THAT'S COUNTY WIDE NOW, NOW, TOO.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ONE.

WE PUT JONAH'S MUSEUM, CAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST, RIGHT? WE'RE OPEN WHILE THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPEN AGAIN, SIX DAYS A WEEK, BUT HOW FUN IS THAT TO PROMOTE THEM? AND IF YOU'VE WATCHED THEM ON TIK TOK AND INSTAGRAM, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP THEM GET BOARD MEMBERS OR GET SPONSORS OR COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS OPEN ALL THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, IT'S EASY FOR YOU TO VISIT.

AND THE LAST ONE WAS,

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AND I THINK GABBY, WE BROUGHT, WE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, I PUT IN HERE JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR GUYS' IS NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, BUT, UM, AND IT ALSO, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST FEW SCHOLARSHIPS, RIGHT? YOU COULD PROBABLY EVEN DO IT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND RAISE MONEY FOR THEIR LUNCH PROGRAM.

FOR, YOU KNOW, WE ASK A DONATION, IT'S A DONATION, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PROVIDE SOMEBODY FOR LUNCH OR, UM, GET A SCHOLAR, UM, SPONSORSHIP TO DO A BAND EVERY FRIDAY AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE MEALS PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE SENIORS LOVE MEALS AND THEY LOVE TO DANCE.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AS YOU SEE THE FLYER AND A CHEER, FELIX, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

WE'RE RAISING MONEY FOR THEM.

CAUSE WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO DO RIGHT BY OUR SENIORS THIS YEAR, THAT YEAR OF ISOLATION, ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THEIR LIFE IS IT'S HARD.

AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO A LOT FOR THEM TOO.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST USE, YOU COULD THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.

AND, UM, SO THAT WAS THE LIST OF OUR COMMITTEES, BUT YOUR WALK UP TO THEM TO DISCUSS IT AMONGST YOURSELVES AND NEW COMMITTEES, NOT VOTE ON THESE COMMITTEES OR DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

UM, WE DID VOTE, I THINK FOR THIS YEAR, THE FIRST, THE FRONT PAGE, RIGHT? SO WE'VE ALREADY WANTED ON ROADS, BUT IF WE WANTED TO ADD MORE, WE'RE WELCOME.

YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO ALSO THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

I KNOW AS LONG I'M SORRY, BUT, UM, IT WAS GOOD.

IT'S GOOD STUFF.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

GOOD.

SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON REGARDING THIS? ESPECIALLY I GUESS THE SCHOLARSHIP, UM, ASPECT.

I CAN SPEAK ON THAT.

SO I HAD SENT SOME INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, KIND OF GIVING THEM AN, AN IDEA OF THE PLAN I HAD WHEN I FIRST PROPOSED THIS.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR IF, IF THE SUB COMMITTEE IS FORMED, WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT THE BEST OPTION WOULD BE.

BUT THE IDEA AROUND THIS WOULD BE TO USE THE STIPEND, THE MONTHLY STIPEND THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVE AS A DONATION, UH, TO ESTABLISH A SCHOLARSHIP OR, UM, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THAT WILL BE GRADUATING AND HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.

SO I WAS THINKING, UM, $500 SCHOLARSHIPS, MAYBE TWO OR THREE SCHOLARSHIPS COULD BE FUNDED DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH A DONATION EACH COMMISSIONER IS WILLING TO GIVE.

AND THEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

UM, THE SELECTION PROCESS, UM, UH, RICHARD HAD SUGGESTED ME BE PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER NONPROFIT IN THE CITY TO, TO KIND OF HELP US BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE OUTREACH IN THE CITY AND CAN MAYBE GUIDE US ON HOW TO GET THIS ESTABLISHED, BUT IT COULD REALLY BE ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE WANT.

SO WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THAT AS ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES, YOU COULD MAKE A LIST OF ALL OF THEM THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, UM, AND THEN APPOINT PEOPLE TO THOSE COMMITTEES IT'S UP TO YOU AND HOW YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION MAINLY TO STAFF.

UM, SPEAKING OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, IS THERE A VEHICLE WITHIN THE CITY TO COLLECT AND DISPENSE SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH A FUND? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE COUNCIL OR, YOU KNOW, UM, I HAVE TO FIND OUT FOR SURE.

SO WHAT KIM WAS REMINDING US THAT WE'RE HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL FORMALIZE OUR FOUNDATION SOON AND THAT WILL HELP IT, BUT I I'M, I'M ASSUMING THE CITY WOULD DO THAT.

I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S RIGHT.

YEAH.

AND I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE DETAILED, NEITHER CREATE THE COMMITTEE FIRST AND THEN WORK ON THE NUTS AND BOLTS COULD DO THAT.

AND, UM, IF THE, UM, UM, THE, THE CITY WOULD COLLECT IT AND TRUST TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE TEXTED DEDUCTIBLE BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT A NONPROFIT.

SO WE MIGHT, LIKE, YOU MIGHT SUGGEST, I THINK BEFORE FIND A NONPROFIT TO EITHER PARTNER WITH US ON OR WAIT UNTIL OUR FOUNDATION HAS BEEN, UM, FORMALIZED.

UM, SO PARTNERING COULD BE A SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM UNTIL THE FOUNDATION IS ESTABLISHED AND THEN WE MOVE OVER THERE.

AND THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION I THINK GABBY REMINDED US ABOUT THE, UM, THE DEPO, UM, CONTRACT AWARD.

THERE WAS SORT OF ABOUT THE HERITAGE MUSEUM.

OH, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

I'M SORRY.

WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT WITHIN STAFF OR MAYBE WITHIN COUNCIL ABOUT PROVIDING SOME SUPPORT FROM EITHER OUR GROUP OR THE CITY? UM, WHEN IT, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UH, IS STILL BEING RUN BY THE, UM, UH, UH, UH, OLD SETTLERS, BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.

UM, I HAVE MET WITH, UH, CAMP ROBERTS, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY RIGHT NOW? AND HE SAYS, HE'S GOING TO RESIGN AS A JULY 31ST.

UM, HE OF COURSE, WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE MUSEUM.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO PICK UP THE BUILDING AND MOVE IT BEHIND THE PEOPLE THEATER RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT AT THIS POINT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OTHER OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT, HE, HE, HE MAY JUST RELINQUISH THE ENTIRE THING TO US.

UM, I'VE ASKED HIM TO STICK AROUND BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY OF 20, 25 IS ALL BASED ON OUR CENTENNIAL, OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.

SO I WOULD LOVE THAT MUSEUM TO BE A LARGE PART OF IT.

AND I'D LOVE HIM TO BE A PART OF IT.

WE'RE ALSO

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AND THERE'S AN AREA THERE THAT WE WOULD DO SOME KIOSKS THAT SAY, SEE MORE OF THIS OVER AT THE MUSEUM.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS.

IT COULD BE ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST LIKE THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.

IT COULD BE A SUBCOMMITTEE THERE.

THE LIONS HAVE COMMITTED TO DO A LOT OF THAT STUFF TOO.

RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT OPEN FOR THE CITRUS FAIR, WHETHER OR NOT I HAVE TO BE THE ONE STAFFING AT THE ENTIRE TIME, OR WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT OPEN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TABLE AND A KIOSK AND AN APRON THAT SAYS VISIT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO GET FOOT TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DOES THAT, DOES THE CONCERN, DOES THE COMMITMENT TO THE MUSEUM WARRANT A COMMITTEE, OR WOULD THAT BE A PROJECT THAT THE GROUP COULD WORK ON WITH THE CITY AS THINGS DEVELOP? I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORK ON STAFF AND I DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH FOR THIS GROUP AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE IT ON OUR RADAR.

WE JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE COULD HELP.

I THINK SO.

UM, ALL OF THESE AREN'T RIGHT.

THEY'RE JUST ADVISORY ROLES RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF YOU DID, YOU COULD WRAP IT INTO THE SOCIAL SERVICES.

ONE, IF YOU WANTED, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE IT A NICE PLACE TO GO AND PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO YOU COULD MAKE IT A SUBCOMMITTEE, EVEN IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE ANNUALLY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THESE ANYWAYS.

GOTCHA.

AND SO, UM, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY EXTRA WORK ON US CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU REALLY COULD HELP US IN SO MANY WAYS.

UM, AND I, SO I'M OKAY WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE ONE, IT'S JUST LIKE THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, LIKE YOU SAID, KIND OF A SIMILAR SITUATION.

IT'S JUST NOT OPEN AS REGULARLY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE JUST KNOW, THEY'LL KNOW IT'S THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, SO SAY FOR INSTANCE, AT THE CITRUS FAIR, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN COME SIT WITH ME AND YOU KNOW, THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE, OR YOU COULD SOLICIT VOLUNTEERS.

SO WHEN YOU DECIDE TO MAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXTRA SUBCOMMITTEES, YOU COULD ADD THAT TO, IT COULD BE CITIES, MUSEUMS. YEAH.

YOU CAN DO THAT TOO, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TOO MANY.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO BREAK BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SPREAD YOURSELF TOO THIN EITHER.

SO YOU COULD COMBINE THESE, YOU, YOU COULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND SOCIAL SERVICES CAN BE BROKEN DOWN FROM SENIORS TO HOMELESS OR AT RISK ACTIVITIES.

YOU CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.

SO ARE WE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT ON WHAT COMMITTEES THAT WE WANT TO ADD? WELL, IF YOU COULD, IF ANYBODY WANTED TO, THEY COULD MAKE A MOTION TO ADD SUBCOMMITTEES TO, UM, PROBABLY WE WANT TO ADD THAT SCHOLARSHIP.

YEP.

IF SO, IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND YOU CAN EVEN VOTE ON TONIGHT, YOU GUYS CAN TAKE IT HOME, THINK ABOUT IT AND VOTE ON IT IN AUGUST.

WE PROBABLY WON'T DO IT IN JULY, BUT THAT'S OKAY TOO.

MAYBE WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR FOUNDATION AND, UM, HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT.

YOU'VE ALL BEEN AROUND HERE ENOUGH TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY ALL MEAN AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

YOU HAVE COMMENT OR SUGGESTIONS IS WHAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO.

I THINK WE SHOULD.

UM, THIS IS COMMISSIONER SURGE IS, UM, VOTE ON THE SCHOLARSHIP AS BEING A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR NOW, BECAUSE WE KINDA KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.

AND THEN, UM, MAYBE AT THE AUGUST, COME UP WITH HOW WE WANT TO CATEGORIZE THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THE, UM, UM, OLD SETTLERS MUSEUM, WHATEVER, WHAT IS HISTORICAL MUSEUM? BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST SOCIETAL.

YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH IT.

OKAY.

I THINK MAYBE THOSE TWO COULD EVEN GO HAND IN HAND AS ONE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TAKING OFF TOO MUCH.

NO.

OKAY.

SO, UM, THEN YOU WOULD JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU, UM, ADD A SUBCOMMITTEE OF SCHOLARSHIP.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPOINT PEOPLE, YOU CAN, AFTER YOU VOTE ON ADDING THE COMMITTEE, SHOULD ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? OKAY.

SO I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD A SCHOLARSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE TO OUR EXISTING, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEES.

AS OF TODAY.

I THINK I COULD ENOUGH.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

YEAH.

SHIN ON THAT SECOND.

NO.

OKAY.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YEAH.

YEAH.

I JUST WONDERED IF ANYBODY HAD COMMENTS AFTER THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

SO ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

YOU DID EMAIL ME ABOUT, UM, A MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.

YES.

SO THAT, THAT IS ONE.

UM, MARIE, DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE? YEAH.

UM, I WAS JUST MADE AN OBSERVATION OVER MEMORIAL DAY THAT WE, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, HAVING FELT OUR FREEDOMS JUST A LITTLE BIT TAMPERED WITH, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY GOOD THING THAT WE NEED TO MEMORIALIZE THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE

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SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER GROUPS.

SO IT MAY NOT BE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON, BUT WE COULD PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

WELL, WE TOOK THE VETERANS COMMITTEE.

I'M SURE THAT THEY'D BE INTERESTED, BUT I THINK THERE WAS A, UM, A REGIONAL ONE BEFORE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE DID NOT DO THAT.

I THINK WE COMBINED WITH, UM, SOMEBODY FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

CAUSE I ASKED THAT TOO IS BECAUSE WE AREN'T VETERANS.

I WONDER WHY WE CAN'T HAVE A MEMORIAL, BUT UM, GO AHEAD, CARRIE.

BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ON MEMORIAL DAY HERE.

I MEAN THAT I, THAT I'M AWARE OF.

I THINK WE DID ONE, UM, ONE TIME UP THERE BY, UM, ON WHITTIER BOULEVARD WHERE THAT LITTLE PARK, I BELIEVE WE PUT A RACE MEMORIAL DAY, WE STILL DO.

WE PUT SERVICE, UM, COMBINED REGIONALLY WITH, UM, BULLETIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A REGIONAL EVENT, NOT LIKE INDIVIDUAL.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT WOULD DID LOOK INTO THAT AND ADD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS ON A, UM, ON OUR WISHLIST FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IDEA.

MAYBE A CHUCK MORRIS WOULD LIKE TO DONATE HIS CROSSES IF WE COME UP TO YEAH.

MAYBE, MAYBE NOT, BUT IF IT'S AN IDEA.

YEAH.

SO GO AHEAD.

OH, I, SO I HAD A QUESTION, UM, AROUND HOW THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE MANAGED.

SO HOW DO WE SET UP MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING FOR THE SUB-COMMUNITY SUB COMMITTEES? WELL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SET UP ANY MEETINGS FOR ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY BEING SET UP.

SO, UM, IT DEPENDS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ONLY HAVE THREE MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A QUORUM, SO IT'S A LITTLE EASIER.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PUBLISH THEM.

SO, UM, IF YOU DECIDED THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEES WERE GOING TO MEET ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS, WE CAN, YOU CAN SET A CALENDAR.

IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

WE COULD CERTAINLY HELP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE NOTICING OF EMAILS TO EACH OTHER AND WE MIGHT HAVE AS A MEETING.

UM, AND YOU COULD BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU CAN BE AT THE COFFEE SHOP, YOU COULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, IT'S UP TO YOU.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ONLY SET UP CDBG AND, UM, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP THEM AND WHATEVER THEN WE'LL WE'LL YOU CAN.

AND WHAT ABOUT REPORTING OUT? SO LET'S SAY THAT ONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES DOES MEET AND WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS.

HOW DO WE BRING THAT REPORT BACK TO YOU? WOULDN'T UM, IF YOU TOLD US THAT YOU HAD A MEETING, SO, UM, IF YOU RECALL, ANDREA WOULD GIVE A YOUTH COMMITTEE REPORT AND SO IT'D BE LIKE THAT.

SO IF THE, UM, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM COMMITTEE MET AND WANTED TO GIVE HER A REPORT, WE COULD DO THAT.

AND WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT TO BOG DOWN EVERY MEETING WITH EVERY COMMITTEE REPORT, BUT MAYBE, UM, WE DO ONE A MONTH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR TWO SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS A MONTH TO, UM, TO KEEP YOUR MEETING MOVING.

UM, AND, UM, UH, BUT KEEP US AT A PRICE OF WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.

SO I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE, UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T BE MORE THAN THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT MEET AT ONCE, RIGHT? IF WE COULD HAVE MAYBE LIKE A SPECIAL PROJECT FOR THREE COMMISSIONERS TO KIND OF MEET AND SET UP WHAT THE OUTLINE OF THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEES COULD MEET, WHEN THEY COULD REPORT OUT TO THE COMMISSION, UH, MAYBE EVEN LOOK AT WHAT GROUPS OR WHAT SUBCOMMITTEES CAN COMBINE THEIR WORK TOGETHER AND THEN BRING THAT BACK TO IT.

WHAT, SO WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT MEETS OUTSIDE OF THIS BOARD, UM, TO DISCUSS THAT.

AND THEN YOU COULD BRING THE RECOMMENDATION BACK TO COMMISSION IN AUGUST, SAY THESE ARE THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR TAKE AWAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO, UM, SET UP AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO BRING BACK RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION ON, UM, THE MANAGEMENT AND THE, THE, UM, OPERATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.

I'LL SAY THAT, HEY, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED IS, UM, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

OKAY.

AND THEN, SO THEN YOU PROBABLY WANT TO ASSIGN AN AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEN.

SO YOU MAKE A MOTION TO EITHER NOMINATE SOMEBODY OR VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH ONE OF THEM.

SHE'LL JUST ADD FOR THE AD HOC.

OKAY.

SO, UH, DO WE WANT TO DO THAT GABBY? IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WELL, I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THE AD HOC SUB COMMITTEE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO.

I CAN HELP IF, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T WANT TO.

RIGHT.

WE NEED THREE, CORRECT? NO MORE THAN, NO MORE THAN THREE OF THEM.

I'D LIKE TO BE GABBY.

DID YOU SAY MARIANNE? DENISE, MARIE, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO, I'D LIKE TO, BUT IF WE NEED A THIRD, GIVE ME DENISE, DENISE, MARIE, AND GABBY.

OKAY.

I KEEP LEANING OVER.

OKAY.

SO YOU THEN, UM, YOU COULD VOTE ON THOSE THREE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC, AND THEN WE WILL, UM, YOU THEN WILL REPORT BACK TO US WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT US TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.

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AYE, AYE.

AYE.

ANYBODY THAT'S OPPOSED.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO WHEN, UH, WHEN YOU READ THIS, LET US KNOW, UM, AND WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER OR WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE READY.

PERFECT.

ALRIGHT.

SO DID WE, UM, DO WE HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THE, DID WE DO THAT? YES.

DO WE HAVE A LIST IN THERE? I CAN CERTAINLY EMAIL THAT OUT TOMORROW.

A LITTLE REFRESHER LOOKING FOR THAT.

IT WAS IN LAST MINUTES, MEET US.

OH, ALL RIGHT.

I GOT IT.

THEN I'LL REVEAL.

YOU WANT TO RUN.

AS SOON AS YOU GET NEW COMMITTEES, YOU COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO START OVER AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

OKAY, COOL.

SO COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF.

HAVE YOU BEEN COMING? YOU DON'T KNOW, 4TH OF JULY IS COMING UP.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND, YOU ARE HAVING A FIREWORKS SHOW AT MOBILE NITA PARK.

WE ARE HAVING A FLY OVER RIGHT NOW IS ON TRACK FOR BEING BIGGER AND BETTER THAN USUAL.

I DO HEAR THAT THE OSHA HAVE RELAXED THE AMBASS STANDARDS TODAY, WHICH WAS GOOD, A LITTLE COMPETENT, THREE THAT'S WHY TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'LL SEE.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE FEEL THAT THAT VETERAN FALLS.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

WE HAVE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 KIDS, DEPENDING ON THE WEEK OF CHILDREN AT OUR DAY CAMP.

AND THAT'S FUN FOR THEM TO GET OUT AND HAVE FRIENDS AND DO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT KIDS DO WHEN THEY'RE TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE EXCITED FOR THEM.

UM, WE HAVE THE CONTEXT IN THE PARK, KIM HAM, KIM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM EVERY THURSDAY IN JULY.

SO MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT CAUSE IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME, UM, IN RICHMOND.

NO.

YEAH.

WELL, THE REASON WE'RE DRESSED LIKE THIS IS WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE SUMMER BRIDGE HEIGHT.

SO WE'RE TEACHING SUMMER SCHOOL AT, UM, SEVEN OF THE NINE SCHOOLS.

LUCKILY TWO SCHOOLS DECIDED THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH TEACHERS.

SO, UM, THEY DIDN'T MEET UP, WHICH I WAS HAPPY FOR THAT THEIR TEACHERS STAYED THE WHOLE DAY WITH THEIR KIDS.

SO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WILL LEAD THAT, THAT YEAR.

WHAT WE'RE CALLING, LEARNING LOSS FOR OUR KIDS COULD, COULD BE CATASTROPHIC FOR THESE CHILDREN AND IN THE LONG RUN.

SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY DECIDED TO MAKE AN INTENSE 17 DAY, UM, SUMMER SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY'VE GOT ALL NINE OF THEIR SCHOOLS WITH ANY KID THAT WANTED TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL.

IT WASN'T LIMITED AT ALL, AND THEY'RE DOING EIGHT TO 12 EDUCATION.

THEY GO TO LUNCH.

AND THEN FROM 1230 TO TWO 30 RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UM, IS DOING WHAT WE'RE CALLING IN RICHMOND.

AND WHAT I WAS MENTIONING TO SOME OF YOU WAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT AREN'T JUST, WE'RE GOING OUT AND, UM, THROWING BALLS AROUND, WHICH IS FUN TOO.

SPORTS TYPE TEACHES YOU A LOT OF THINGS.

SO WE WANT TO EXPOSE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TOO.

SO TODAY WE HAVE SOME SIMON'S PAST, WE HAD A MARTIAL ARTS CLASS, WE HAD A, UM, A DRAMA CLASS.

UM, WE, WE DID, UM, JUST ON TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY.

SO WE DID SUN SAFETY CLASS.

WE DID AN, UM, UH, ZOOMBA CLASS.

SO WE'RE DOING ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR OUR KIDS.

AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO ASK US, WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT THEIR WORD IS.

I'D HAVE TO SAY, IT'S NEVER GONE CRAZY, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

SO WE'RE IN, LIKE I SAID, SEPARATE SCHOOLS, ABOUT 30 CLASSES RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR INSTRUCTORS.

SO, UM, ANYBODY GOES ANYBODY THAT DOES ANY OF THAT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING ENRICHMENT, LET US KNOW.

AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO HELP OUR, OUR, OUR KIDS GAIN A LITTLE BIT BACK FROM WHAT THEY LOST.

SO WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BUT I KNOW I'VE TALKED A LOT, YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, OH, WELL WE DID, I'M SORRY.

THE BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY NIGHT.

IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT, UM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN A WHOLE LOT TO OUR DEPARTMENT? UM, BECAUSE THE CITY IS KIND OF STILL TOWING THE LINE.

SO WE HAD A VACANT FULL-TIME ARE THEY STILL FROZE THAT, UM, WHO WERE A LITTLE SAD, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I CAME AND I ARE OUT THERE WORKING TODAY IN THE FIELD.

IT HAPPENS, BUT, UM, THEY DID, UM, UH, PROVIDE STAFFING FOR OUR, OUR, UH, SPLASH PADS.

CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THEY OPEN, BUT WHAT THAT DOES, IT ALLOWS US TO KEEP THE BRAND NEW SPLASH PADS ARE LIMITED IN SIZE AND USAGE.

SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THERE'S NOT TOO MANY KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND SPOILING IT FOR OTHERS AND ALSO INCLUDED, UM, CONTINUED SECURITY AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK.