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OKAY.[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
OKAY.SO, UM, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP
COMMISSIONER GARCIA HERE, SCHMIDT HERE.
SO HOW WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC, DO WE NEED TO, OKAY.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION OR THE CONDITION MEETING MINUTES FEED IS JUNE 9TH, 21.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 9TH, 2021 MINUTES.
SO I BELIEVE, UM, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WE'RE GONNA, UM, UH, POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UM, AND WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE OUR FULL COMMISSION HERE BECAUSE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MET AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE ENTIRE BODY.
SO WE MOVED TO, UM, MOVE THAT TO NEXT MONTH'S MEETING ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE EARLY HEAD START.
I THINK YOU MIGHT, YOU MIGHT NEED TO READ THE BOOK CONSIDERING CONSIDERATION ITEMS. OKAY.
UM, 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 AN ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR 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 WHO IS GOING TO DO OUR EARLY HEADSTART ITEMS? WELL, I AM TRYING TO TELL HER NOT HMM
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT, I CAN JUST, OH YEAH, NO.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
SO, UM, EARLY HEAD START MONTHLY REPORT, IT SAYS FUNDED ENROLLMENT PREVIOUS MONTH, THERE WERE 50 THIS, UH, CURRENT MONTH THERE'S 50 NUMBER ENROLLED, CONVENIENT COMMUNITY YOU PLED TO OR HOLLOW THAT'S.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN, 58, CURRENTLY 57.
NUMBER OF PREGNANT MOMS, THREE AND THREE CURRENTLY NUMBER OF WAITING LIST, ZERO ON BOTH MONTHS ENROLLMENT BY ELIGIBILITY BELOW A HUNDRED PERCENT POVERTY LINE.
THIS CATEGORY THAT GORD PLEA ELIGIBLE IS 13 AND 14 WHERE THE CURRENT ONE OVER INCOME, THERE WERE EIGHT AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY EIGHT STAFFING QUALIFICATIONS.
THERE WERE FIVE PREVIOUS AND FIVE THIS CURRENT STEP BY POSITION WITH A BA, THERE WERE THREE, STILL THREE WITH AN AA.
AND CURRENTLY ONE WITHOUT A DEGREE ENROLLED WITH A WAIVER ONE AND ONE SECTION C IS CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HEALTH INSURANCE.
NOW THERE'S 59 NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITH ONGOING SOURCE OF
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CONTINUOUS STRESSFUL LIKE LOSS ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL HOME.THERE WERE 52 CURRENTLY AND 51 PREVIOUS AND 51 CURRENTLY.
NUMBER OF CHILDREN UP TO DATE WITH THE WELL BABY CHECKS PREVIOUSLY 38, CURRENTLY 32 HERE'S THE EARLY HEADSTART BASIC BUDGET APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT, 4 97, 0 0 5.
UM, COSTS THIS PERIOD AMOUNT, 37,000 771 49 COST TO DATE.
TOTAL AMOUNT IS 408,000 TO A HUNDRED NINE FORTY FOUR.
AND THE BUDGET AMOUNT REMAINING IS ADA 895 56.
IT START T N E K, UM, APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT, 11 TO 53 TO 50, EXCUSE ME.
UM, COST THIS PERIOD AMOUNT IS 9 98 TO DATE AMOUNT.
TOTAL IS 54 94 AND THE BUDGET AMOUNT REMAINING IS 57 56 IN KIND HAD 127,065 FOR THE APPROVED BUDGET AMOUNT POS THIS PERIOD, 15,000 5, 13 30 COST TO DATE AMOUNT.
TOTAL IS A HUNDRED THIRTEEN SIXTY FORTY ONE BUDGET AMOUNT REMAINING IS $14,004 AND 59 CENTS REIMBURSEMENT TOTAL REQUEST.
TOTAL IS 38 7 69 49 CREDIT CARD EXPENSES.
AS YOU COULD SEE, THERE WAS ONLY 2211 AND THAT'S FOR FOOD, FOOD COLORING, CLASSROOM SUPPLIES UNDER, UM, BANK OF THE WEST.
UM, VARIOUS, YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE WHAT THEY'RE ALL FOR A BANK OF THE WEST CREDIT CARD? IT HAS 54 CREDIT CARD, I GUESS THEY'RE THERE BY INDIVIDUAL PERSON, THEIR MOUSE THAT THERE.
SO FOR A TOTAL OF 26, 22 49 FOR THE CREDIT COACH, AND THAT'S ALL I DID ON THAT.
SO, SO IF YOU CAN GET AN APPROVAL FOR THAT REPORT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, OKAY.
AND IS THAT THE MONTHLY REPORT? OKAY.
DO I NEED A MOTION FOR THE ONGOING MONITORING, UH, MONITORING, UH, CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.
AYE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MONTHLY REPORT AND THE ONGOING MONITORING, MONITORING, OR ACTIVE ACTION PLAN, ANY OPPOSED ITEMS
WELL, UM, I GUESS I COULD, UH, PRESENT THAT ITEM.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A RECAP, EXCEPT I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO SAVE MUCH CAUSE YOU GUYS WERE ALL THERE, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING.
I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT, I GUESS FOR THE RECORD WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT.
UM, I THINK IT WAS 23 PROGRAMS IN NINE DIFFERENT SITES AND, UM, UH, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AT EACH SITE.
UM, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, ON THE STAFF SIDE, UH, UH, A BIG SUCCESS.
AND, UM, WE'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK, EVEN UNSURE A LOT.
A LOT OF YOU ALREADY TOLD ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT, BUT WE'D LIKE TO HEAR IT AT LEAST FOR THE NOW.
AND ESPECIALLY HONESTLY, IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS THAT WE COULD DO CHANGE DIFFERENTLY, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THE SAME THING NEXT YEAR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE COULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, UM, TO GIVE FOR THE RECORD WOULD BE GREAT PARISHIONER, UH, STORAGE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO IMPRESS THE, THAT EVERYONE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME, YOU KNOW, VISITING ALL THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
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UM, IT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST VISITING THE PARKS TO SEE WHAT THEY NEEDED AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PAINT OR, YOU KNOW, ACCESSORIES OF.SO TO SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY FUNCTION WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE GET A REPORT THAT SAYS THIS AND THIS, THIS WAS DONE, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT UNTIL YOU'RE IN FRONT OF IT.
I MEAN, ALL THE TEACHERS WERE, WERE VERY, UM, HOSPITABLE.
THE KIDS LOVED HAVING VISITORS.
THEY LOVED THAT THE, UM, THE MARY JOINED US AND THAT WAS REAL.
LIKE THAT WAS A REALLY HIGHLIGHT.
OR WE REMEMBER THE LITTLE BOY THAT SAID ROSA SPINOSA WAS HIS FAVORITE PERSON AND HE WANTED TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM.
AND SO SHE APPLIED, DID SHE TOOK A PICTURE WITH HIM.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY SWEET.
IT, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS SO EYE OPENING, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY, WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY, SEEING IT, TOUCHING IT, FEELING IT WAS, IT MADE AN IMPACT.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT DROVE, IT HELPED OUR SUBCOMMITTEE ON OUR, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND AND ALL IT WAS A VERY WELL RECEIVED.
AND I KNOW NOT DOING IT EVERY YEAR, IF YOU HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE, BUT IT'S GREAT FOR ANY NEW COMMISSIONER.
I THINK SO TOO, AT THE END AND BELIEVE OUR NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO.
UM, I MEAN, YOU COULD SEE WHY I THOUGHT MAYBE IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA, KIM AND I WERE SAYING, I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
THAT'S WHAT MADE US THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT.
IS BECAUSE WE WERE SAYING TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BECAUSE WHEN CATHERINE, WHEN SHE WOULD DO HER REPORT, IT WAS ONLY ON ONE SMALL PORTION OF 50 KIDS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU FORGET ABOUT THE REST OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES, LITTLE EACH DIVISION, RIGHT.
SO I BLITZ IT BACK WHAT DENISE WAS SAYING.
I MEAN, IT IS GREAT FOR NEW COMMISSIONER, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I TOOK A TOUR FOR EVERYTHING.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE I MADE IT OR TWO.
AND, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS AMAZING.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
WE'D LOVE RIDING IN THE BUS THAT THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
BUT GETTING ON AND OFF A KID'S SCHOOL BUS, IT WAS THE SAME PRICE.
THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A BIG BUS, THE SCHOOL BUS FOR THAT PRICE OR A SHORT BUS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW,
I, I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY NEW COMMISSIONER SHOULD GET TO DO.
IT REALLY, LIKE CARRIE SAID, IT OPENS YOUR EYES ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AT NIGHT.
I TRULY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT EVERYONE PUT INTO EVERY PRESENTATION.
YOU COULD SEE, THEY WALK ON DUST.
THEY PREPARE TO HAVE US THERE AND TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND THEY WERE ALSO ENTHUSIASTIC AND PROUD OF THEIR WORK.
SO THAT REALLY, THAT REALLY SHOWED THROUGH.
I THINK MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE MAYBE TO BREAK IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, CAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TAKE IN IN ONE DAY.
SO MAYBE IF WE DO LIKE HALF OF THE FACILITIES, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, HALF, YOU KNOW, LATER IN THE YEAR, JUST TO ALLOW US, UM, MORE TIME.
CAUSE I KNOW WE WERE ALSO RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE.
WELL, WE ARE DOING THE ITINERARY, LIKE HOW DO WE FIT ALL THIS IN? YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY, IT WAS LIKE A PUZZLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY IN THE REMEMBER THIS IS JUST OUR DEPARTMENT.
THIS ISN'T EVEN A CITY, RIGHT.
THIS IS OUR DEPARTMENT WITH ALL THESE MOVING PIECES.
AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WE CAN'T LEAVE THEM OUT.
ALL, THEY GOTTA SEE BOXING OPEN.
THERE'S NOBODY AT THE BOXING CLUB, BUT THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
MAYBE IF WE DID IT AGAIN, MAYBE WE DO EVERY OTHER YEAR, ALTERNATE YEARS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT ONE YEAR, EVERYBODY ELSE THE NEXT YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I WAS A GOOD TOUR GUIDE THOUGH.
RIGHT? I WAS LIKE, AND ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE I WAS TIRED.
ALL THAT
AND I CAME HOME WITH A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE, REALLY EXCITED TELLING MY HUSBAND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
AND I THINK EVEN SEEING THE FACILITIES THAT ARE CLOSED, BUT HEARING WHAT THE PLANS ARE, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES COULD BE WAS GREAT TOO.
I HAVE TO ECHO THAT MY COMMISSIONERS, UM, SEDIMENTS, EXACTLY.
I MEAN JUST THE FACILITIES, UH, TO SEE THEM ALL, TO SEE THE PEOPLE, THE FACES BEHIND THE ACTION TO HEAR ABOUT THE BUDGETS AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
UM, I THINK WHY GABBY, I, YOU KNOW, I CAME HOME AND TALK FOREVER.
MY WIFE, AND THEN I THINK WE HAD A FAMILY GATHERING.
I TALKED TO EVERYBODY THERE AND MY SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW LIVE IN TOWN AND, AND SHE AND I WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH.
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THE STATISTICS WE KNEW ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND WHAT THE CITY DOES.AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS WALK AWAY WITH IDEAS AND, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN STAFF HERE, BUT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND YOUR DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR TO MAYBE, UM, PARTNER WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR A HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS A AAV TECHNOL TECHNOLOGY TO DO A, A WELCOMING FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH THE REALTOR ASSOCIATION OR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ACTUALLY, NO, IT'D BE WONDERFUL.
THAT WOULD BE AN AWESOME, UH, VIDEO.
CAUSE I MEAN, W W I'M BRAND NEW TO THE CITY AND I LEARNED SO MUCH.
AND THAT ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN, ONE OF MY FIRST TASKS, WHEN I GOT HERE, THE CITY MANAGER TASKED ME WITH DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT FUNDED THAT GREATLY, RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO ASSESSING $2 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND, YOU TAKE OUT, UM, REVENUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE'S ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF AND JUST BUILDING MAINTENANCE, BUT YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THAT.
AND I SAID, BUT YET WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PUT A BUDGET BOOK TOGETHER OR YOU PUT A, A SALE FOR A HOUSE TOGETHER, THEY ALWAYS USE THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ON THE FRONT PAGE OR THE PARKS ON THE FRONT OR THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF SOMETHING THAT SHOWCASES OUR CITY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IT'S, WE LIKE IT, BUT YES, IT'S A STRUGGLE BECAUSE THE MONEY IS SO, SO SLIM RIGHT NOW, MARGIN WISE, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
THE, THE DAY ITSELF IS A WONDERFUL, UM, OVERVIEW OF THE, I WANT TO SAY THE JUUL IS AT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AS YOU THINK, AND WORK ON DEVELOPING A NONPROFIT TO SUPPORT YOUR PROGRAMS, THIS IS A GREAT, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO PRESENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE END HAVE A TRAILER ABOUT, HERE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU COULD GIVE TO, OR ADD TO YOUR ANNUAL GIVING PROGRAM.
I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, JUST SO ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO NOW, UM, YOU GUYS COULD PROBABLY BETTER PICTURE MAYBE WHAT SUBCOMMITTEES COULD LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE COULD OBVIOUSLY HELP WHEN IT COMES TO ALL, THEY DON'T MEET A SUBCOMMITTEE CAUSE X, Y, AND Z, MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW.
OR, BUT I, I, WE LOOK AT THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE'VE USED THEM FOR A MILLION YEARS.
SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EVERYTHING AND THEN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE OF INTEREST.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE NEXT BODY OF COMMISSIONERS COULD CHANGE IT IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS TOO.
BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR, I KNOW IT WAS A LONG DAY, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE CHANGED IT.
IN FACT, I THINK KATHY WROTE US SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD THAT WE'LL ATTACH.
UM, BUT SHE SAID THAT DAY THAT, UM, SHE'S BEEN AROUND PROBABLY EVEN AS LONG, IF NOT LONGER THAN YOU'D LIKE CARRIE.
AND SHE SAID THAT THAT WAS HER BEST DAY SHE'S EVER HAD AS A COMMISSIONER.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THE MAYOR SAID SHE REALLY WISHED HER COLLEAGUES THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A LONG DAY FOR HER TOO.
WE DID A LOT OF WALKING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT THE ROUTES WE TOOK, BUT, UH, CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO SKIP ANYTHING, BUT, UM, IT WAS A LOT ON HER TO BE OUT THERE WITH US, BUT SHE HUNG IN THERE AND UM, AND I DO WISH OTHERS COULD HAVE BEEN THERE TOO.
AND IT, YOU SAW THE PRIDE IN THEIR EMPLOYEE SPACES.
WE, WE GAVE NO DIRECTIVES, WE DIDN'T MAKE THEM DO ANYTHING.
WE JUST SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE VISITING ON THIS DAY.
AND, UM, IT WAS MORE THAN IMPRESSIVE WHAT EACH STAFF PERSON DID AND UH, ON THEIR OWN TOO.
LIKE I SAID, WE GAVE THEM NO DIRECTION.
WE JUST SAID WE'RE BRINGING OUR COMMISSIONERS AND MAYBE SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM THOUGH.
UM, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'VE MISSED? NO, I THINK YOU GUYS ALL COVERED IT.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THIS, UM, PROCESS OR OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
LIKE YOU SAID TO NEW COMMISSIONERS AND OR CURRENT COMMISSIONERS BY MIXING IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND BREAKING IT UP.
UM, SO IN THE PAST, I THINK YOU USED TO DO THE PARKS, SO MAYBE EVERY OTHER YEAR, RIGHT.
WE DO PARKS ONE YEAR AND THEN FACILITIES THAT OTHER YEAR PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR BECAUSE THE PARKS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.
OBVIOUSLY THE GREEN SPACE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER BENEFIT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THE, THE LEGALITY OF GATHERING US TOGETHER AND HOW WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A PUBLIC EVENT.
BUT A MIXER INVOLVING THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS COMMITTEES AND THE COUNCIL IS A GREAT WAY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY OF DOING A JOINT.
WE DID INVITE THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT NOBODY TOOK US UP ON IT.
BUT MAYBE WITH YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE NEXT TIME THAT WE MIGHT GET THEM, RIGHT.
LIKE I SAID, THE MAYOR WAS LIKE, MAN, I REALLY WISH MY COLLEAGUES WERE HERE MUCH ABOUT HER, YOU KNOW? AND I THINK SHE DID ABOUT US AS WELL.
FOR THOSE OF US THAT HAD MINUTES.
SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN TOO, ISN'T SHE? BUT YES.
AND SO MAYBE NEXT TIME THEY'LL BE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS THERE AND MAYBE WE EXTEND IT TO A DIFFERENT SET OF, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DID INVITE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AND, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNEW WHAT IT WAS.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SHOW THEM, YOU CAN'T TELL THEM.
AND NOW THAT THEY SAW IT AND THEY MISSED IT.
EVEN THE CITY MANAGER, I WISH HE COULD HAVE BEEN THERE EVEN THOUGH HE'S REALLY GOOD.
AND HE'S, UM, HE'S AT A LOT OF OUR EVENTS THAT OUR PROGRAMS IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU SEE THAT IN DIFFERENT EYES, ON JUST A REGULAR WORKING DAY, NOT ON A OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY
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EVENT DAY, RIGHT.SO MAYBE HIM TOO, OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE ASSISTANT TO, FOR THE JOBS THAT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, ORGANICALLY COMPLIMENT WHAT THEY DO AND PRAISE THE 20, 30 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN AROUND.
THEY ARE AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE.
THE CITY OF THE HARBOR IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE, UM, THE CALIBER OF STAFF WE HAVE.
SO IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE ENTRANCE THERE.
IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TORONTO BECOME PERMANENT STAFF.
THE INTERNS ARE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BENEFIT THEM BY SEEING IT AGAIN.
I THOUGHT FOR YOU GUYS, IF WE TALK ABOUT IT ON PAPER, BUT NOW YOU CAN VISUALIZE IT WHEN, YOU KNOW, MIGHT TAKE YOU A MINUTE TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE IT WAS BECAUSE YOU SAW SO MUCH, UH, THERE WAS NOTHING I THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE CUT OUT AND I WISH WE GO BY, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT ANYWAYS, THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
COMMENTS, YOUR STAFF MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONG.
UM, BUT LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT, WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU SEE, KATHERINE'S NOT HERE, CATHERINE IS SEPARATED FROM US, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER PERSON JOINING US ON SEPTEMBER 2ND.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PERSON.
HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL WORK.
WE'RE JUST NOW WAITING FOR, UM, HER START DATE AND SHE'S ON VACATION.
SO ON A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, OUR EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM, IF THE ONE THAT YOU GUYS GET THE REPORT FOR IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT IN THE GREATEST OF STANDING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN ONE MORE YEAR OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, BUT AS YOU GUYS KNOW, AND WE DID MENTION A LITTLE BIT ON THE TOUR THAT IT'S A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO MEET THEIR STANDARDS, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM.
YOU COULD 18,000 A MONTH IS YOUR MAXIMUM.
AND SO THERE'S, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT, I THINK, THOUSAND A YEAR, SORRY, IT'S FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
UM, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO WORK DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE AND THAT PROGRAM, WHAT IT DOES IS IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO TEACH YOUR KID TO BE PREPARED FOR PRESCHOOL.
AND SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEN THE 50 OF THOSE GO ONTO OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE THE ONLY CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT RUNS A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COME INTO, UM, GOOD STANDING WITH THEM, UM, IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK, AS I MENTIONED ON THE TOUR, WE OPENED UP, UM, A REGULAR DAY CAMP FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ON MARCH 16TH, 2020.
AND THEN WE OPENED UP OUR PRE PRESCHOOLS AND OUR SCHOOL-AGE, UM, JUNE 1ST OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THIS ENTIRE TIME.
UM, WELL, WHILE OTHER TEACHERS ARE DOING IT REMOTELY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN PERSON HELPING THEM WITH THEIR REMOTE.
WE HAD OUR FIRST CASE OF COVID EXPOSURE, UH, LAST WEEK IN SIX MONTHS.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT RIGHT ON ALL THIS KIDS HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT.
THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN DOING GREAT, BUT A PARENT CAME DOWN WITH COVID LAST WEEK.
SO NOW WE'RE LEARNING THE NEW, UM, POLICIES FROM THIS COUNTY.
UM, WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMS FOR THE 10 DAYS, BUT IT'S OKAY.
WE'RE TRYING TO TELL HER PARENTS RIGHT NOW, HEY, BE AS SAFE AS YOU CAN, BECAUSE LOOK, WHAT HAPPENS IF A PARENT COMES DOWN WITH IT, WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE ACCOUNT OF THE CLASSROOM BECAUSE THEN INEVITABLY THE CHILD HAS IT.
AND THAT BECOMES A PROBABLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT I WAS VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF FOR NOT HAVING ONE CASE IN SIX MONTHS.
I WAS VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT.
OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH IS MY QUESTION, DO WE HAVE STATS ON THE VACCINATION RATES FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE ATTENDING THOSE PROGRAMS? AND YET WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT SOON.
UM, SAME THING WITH STAFF, BECAUSE AS YOU SAW GOVERNOR NEWSOME TODAY, YOU PROBABLY SAW AT LEAST GOVERNOR NEWSOME TODAY MADE A NEW MANDATE THAT SAID, UH, CHILD, UM, SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE TO BE VACCINATED OR TEST ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO APPLY TO US.
SO WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE, OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
WE THINK THAT THERE ARE, UM, OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT'S PRETTY GOOD.
I THINK WE HAVE A TOTAL OF, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE 12 IN OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED, SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD, BUT THERE'S HIGHER LEVELS THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT AREN'T, BUT OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, I THINK, UM, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S ONLY 12.
IT COULD BE 11, BUT ANYHOW, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
UM, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THEY'LL ALLOW US TO ASK THAT OF PARENTS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THOUGH, WE DID, WE'VE ALWAYS KEPT MASKS ON INDOORS AND OUTDOORS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN SAFE THIS WHOLE TIME AND AS SAFE AS WE CAN BE, AT LEAST.
UM, BUT WE HAD OUR FIRST ONE, IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST TELLING PARENTS NOW TO BE SAFE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE BASICALLY.
AND, UM, THE RULE IS THOUGH, IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE.
SO THE STAFF DIDN'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE ALL OF THEM, JUST THE ONES THAT ARE ON, UM, UN-VACCINATED THAT WERE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH MASKS ON.
WE TRY TO KEEP THEM AS THE THREE FEET APART.
IT'S NOT SIX IN SCHOOLS, THREE.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, UM, EMPLOYMENT, A TREE.
SO ARE THEY GOING, IS THE CITY GOING TO, UM, OFFER THE VACCINATIONS AGAIN? DO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW, IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WANTED A VACCINATION, WE WOULD FIND A SPOT FOR THEM, WHETHER OR NOT IT HOLDS TO FRIENDS OR FAMILY OR ST.
JUDE, THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE, UM, UH, DESIRE BY THE COMMUNITY OR OUR STAFF TO, TO HAVE A POD.
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WE'RE HOPING THAT IF THE CITY FIGURES OUT, MAYBE SOME INCENTIVE THEY'LL SEE THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO AREN'T, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE POD.AND WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, UM, CHILD DEV BETWEEN THE PART OF THE TENNIS COURTS ARE SO THEY COULD BE PUBLIC WORKS, GUYS, POLICE, EVERYBODY CAN COME TO ONE LOCATION OR THE ATRIUM AT CITY HALL ON A FRIDAY WHEN WE'RE CLOSED DOWN.
UM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE THEY THEY'LL ONLY COME OUT IF YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
BUT IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GIVE US A CALL, WE COULD, WE COULD STILL CALL, UH, DIRECTLY TO EITHER FRIENDS AND FAMILY OR ST.
JUDE AND THEY'LL DO IT FOR US.
SO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, THEY HAVE THEIR AUDIT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO MEET NUMBERS DURING COVID, BUT, UM, THEIR AUDIT WAS THE MOST EXTENSIVE AUDIT.
EVEN THE AUDITORS WERE LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE ASKING FOR YOU.
IT WAS LIKE 30 PAGES OF THINGS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAD ZERO FINDINGS.
SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST PUTTING US THROUGH THE RINGER THERE.
UH, BUT WE HAD ZERO FINDINGS, UM, PAST EVENTS.
THERE'S WE HAVE SO MANY BETWEEN THE JULY AND HERE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS HAVE, WE'RE AT THE CONCERTS CAMERA AROUND THE CONCERTS THIS YEAR.
SO THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE IF YOU SAW THE ATTENDANCE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HER AND THE REST OF THE STAFF.
NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, OH, IT'S PEOPLE JUST WANTING TO GET OUT.
BUT YET YOU SAW THE DIFFERENCE IN LEVELS AND SOME OF THE BANDS.
SO IT REALLY WASN'T ABOUT JUST PEOPLE WANTING TO GET OUT.
IT WAS REALLY THE CALIBER OF ENTERTAINMENT.
AND I'M KIM CHANGED THAT THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAD FIVE INSTEAD OF THREE LAST YEAR.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE THINKING.
WE WENT FROM SIX MOVIES IN THE PARK TO 10.
SO WE DID ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS.
AND WE HAD, UM, DAY CAMP ENDS THIS FRIDAY.
WE DID HAVE ONE CASE OF D DAY CAMP, BUT WE HAD A SHUTDOWN.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD ALL SUMMER LONG.
UM, KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY MONDAY.
SO, UM, OUR MUSEUM IS DOING GOOD.
UH, EVERYTHING IS KIND OF WORKING NOW.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY WENT TO THAT AT COOL.
WE STOPPED BY OUR 4TH OF JULY WAS A, AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS TO OUR SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ENDED UP BEING A SUCCESS.
WE WERE REALLY STRESSED OUT ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WERE REALLY HAPPY.
UM, THE PASTA FIST, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IF YOU WERE THERE, WE, WE RAISED 20 OF THE LIONS RAISED $22,000 FOR, UM, THE SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS HERE IN, UM, UH, IN THE COUNTY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
SO WE'LL BE STARTING TO HAVE A LOT MORE, HOPEFULLY SENIOR CITIZEN ACTIVITIES.
AND AS YOU SAW, THE SPLASH PADS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE AND, UM, THE KIDS ARE HAVING AN EXCELLENT TIME, SO WE'RE PRETTY HAPPY.
UM, UH, WHAT, UM, W I GUESS, RICHARD, YOU MIGHT TALK ABOUT A GRANT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A BIG COLLABORATION WITH, UM, WITH, UM, UM, LA LATINO OUTDOORS AND, UH, THE COUNTY, OR NO STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND KIM'S, UM, FINISHED THE GRANT APPLICATION, SO I'M SURE RICHARD WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND ONE LAST THING IS, UM, I DON'T THINK I MENTIONED IT BECAUSE IT JUST KIND OF HAPPENED, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT DID GET DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR.
AND I WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DID AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PART-TIMERS AND THEY CERTAINLY COULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME AND MAKE TWICE AS MUCH MONEY ON UNEMPLOYMENT VERSUS WORKING FOR US.
AND, UM, THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
IN FACT, FOUR OF OUR PART-TIMERS WERE PART-TIMERS OF THE YEAR.
AND THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WE TRANSITIONED FROM BEING A REC LEADER, YOU KNOW, TEACHING CRAFTS TO KIDS OR RUNNING SPECIAL EVENTS TO BEING SANITIZERS.
AND THEY WOULD COME HERE AND CITY HALL WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPOSURE AND THEY'D, YOU KNOW, SPRAY IT DOWN.
AND THEY WENT EVERY HOUR TO CLEAN THE ARMS, PUT THE SIGNS UP.
AND SO WE HAD FOUR OF OUR EMPLOYEES CELEBRATE, UM, UH, GET CELEBRATED AS OUR PARTNERS AND AS YEAR.
SO WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD SUMMER.
I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY TORTURE, IF I'M NOT EXACTLY.
I LIKE TO TELL YOU GUYS EVERYTHING.
CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO DOUBT.
SO THAT'S IT FOR US? OH, I'M SORRY.
SO A QUBOLE AS YOU GUYS KNOW IS THE 24 TO 26 TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
UM, AND SO WE'RE DOING EL CENTRAL PARK WORD SPELLING, UH, PLAY EQUIPMENT OVER THERE, STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE'RE KEEPING VOLUNTEERS TO 20 A SESSION BECAUSE A COVID STILL, UM, ON THAT WEDNESDAY, THE 20, 24 REPORT YET 25TH, SORRY.
ON THE 25TH THAT WEDNESDAY, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MARIE, THEY ARE HAVING THEIR, UM, THE BOARD AND INSTALLATION LUNCHES FOR THE, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND THEY ARE ALSO GIVING OUT A BUNCH OF AWARDS.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF LINES ON THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A KINDLE BARRIER AND IT'S GETTING PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S ALL LIKE YOU CAN, IF YOU'RE AROUND DURING THAT TIME, I THINK IT'S 11, SO SORRY.
YOU KNOW, YOU WORK, BUT, UH, 11:00 AM ON WEDNESDAY OR, UM, KIM WILL BE ONE OF THE HONOREES THERE.
SHE DOES US PROUD ALL THE TIME.
AND THE LAST THING IS THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHERE WE'RE READY TO START, MAYBE TAKE AN
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INTEREST, BUT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO REMEMBER THOSE EXHIBITS AT WORKED ON UPSTAIRS TO WORK ON THOSE, OR BE A PART OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY COMMITTEE, THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH RELINQUISHED.THEY'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE PAPERWORK OF IT.
SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN JOINING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AT LEAST, UH, BEFORE MEMBERSHIP, BUT REALLY IMPORTANT DIRECTORS THAT YOU KNOW, OR CAN'T KNOW, AND, UM, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT STARTED SOON.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UM, I'VE WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK REPORT ON THE YOUTH COMMITTEE IF I CAN.
SO WE HAD OUR FIRST YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
THERE WERE, I THINK ABOUT 20 KIDS THERE, MAYBE A HANDFUL OF THEM THAT DIDN'T SHOW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START TO SEE MORE OF THEM.
UM, MELISSA DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH I AND JUAN WITH ICEBREAKERS AND, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE KIND OF SHY AND QUIET AND AFTER THE ICEBREAKERS, THEY'RE ALL LAUGHING AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
UM, THEY, THIS YEAR, SHE MOSTLY JUST TALKED ABOUT LIKE WHAT YOUTH COMMITTEE IS AND WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT AND, AND, UM, HOW THEY'LL BE HELPING, NOT AT EVENTS AND ALSO THE THINGS, UH, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL BE PROVIDING.
SO LIKE GUEST SPEAKERS ABOUT THEIR DREAM JOBS.
SO THEY HAD THE KIDS SHARE LIKE WHAT SOME OF THEIR DREAM JOBS WERE IN LES ACTUALLY TOOK NOTE AND TALKED ABOUT MAYBE INVITING SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE THOSE JOBS TO KIND OF COME IN AND SPEAK TO THE KIDS.
SO, UM, SHARING WITH THEM, SOME LIKE LEADERSHIP KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITIES TO, AND THEN SHE MENTIONED THAT THIS YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE LA HABRA LION'S LEO'S, WHICH IS THEIR YOUTH, THEIR YOUTH GROUP.
UM, SO IT'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO KIND OF COLLABORATE ON, ON SOME THINGS AND YOU'D GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER TOO.
AND, UH, THEY CHOSE THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAMS. SO THEY HAVE A LEADERSHIP TEAM TOO.
SO THEY ALL VOTED AND THEY PICK THEIR CHAIR AND THEIR, UM, VICE CHAIR PERSON AND A HOSPITALITY TEAM.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD START.
WHAT I LIKED ABOUT, UM, CHOOSING THEIR CHAIRMAN, THEIR VICE CHAIR AND THEIR HOSPITALITY TEAM, THOSE THAT WANTED TO RUN FOR THOSE POSITIONS, THEY RAISED THEIR HAND AND THEY HAD TO TELL THE OTHER KIDS WHY THEY'RE THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THEM.
SO SOME OF THEM WERE VERY QUIET AND SHY AND OTHERS WERE OUTGOING AND, YOU KNOW, SO THEY, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THEM.
AND, UM, SO ROOK IS GOING TO BE THE CHAIR.
NOW, BROOKE HAS BEEN WITH, UM, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE FOR A FEW YEARS, AND THEN BRENT, UH, HE'S NEW TO, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THEN I THINK THERE WERE FOUR FOR THE HOSPITALITY TEAM MINUTES, HANNAH, ARIANA, TANYA, AND CLARESSA.
NOW, TANYA, WHEN I WAS DOING YOUTH COMMITTEE, SHE WAS BRAND NEW.
AND SHE EVEN SAID, YOU KNOW, WE COME IN HERE AND WE DON'T KNOW ANYBODY AND WORK.
WE'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, SHY AND EMBARRASSED.
AND SHE SAYS, BUT BY THE END, THEY'RE ALL VISTA FRIENDS, THEY KEEP IN TOUCH.
AND SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S NICE TO HEAR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE YOUTH COMMITTEE KIND OF HELP THE OTHER ONES, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
AND SO THAT WAS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, I'LL JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THIS IDEA WE HAD EARLIER THIS SUMMER ABOUT TAKING KIDS TO THE BEACH PRESENTS.
ACTUALLY, CYNTHIA, I GET IT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN TOWN THAT APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS IDEA OF CREATING A YOUTH, A BEACH TRIP OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE'VE MET WITH KELLY AND KEVIN AND DAVE, AND KIND OF DID SOME BRAINSTORMING DATA, HAVE A PRETTY NICE PLAN.
BUT BEFORE WE KNEW IT, SUMMER WAS HERE AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS LIKE RUNNING AT 120% AND IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO TRY TO SQUEEZE IN ANOTHER ACTIVITY THIS YEAR.
WE REALLY COULDN'T COBBLE TOGETHER THE MONEY TO DO THAT FOR THIS SUMMER, BUT I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT.
UM, KIM AGAIN STEPPED UP AND SHE, UH, SHE, AND, UH, HER STAFF, I GUESS, UH, PUT TOGETHER A BEAUTIFUL GRANT, UH, APPLICATION TO PARKS, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS.
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL GRANT PROGRAM THIS YEAR CALLED ROUTE TO PARKS.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT, UH, NONPROFITS, UM, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, CITIES AND AGENCIES CAN APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS.
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BASICALLY IT'S TO MAKE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE HOMBRE AND THE LOCAL STATE PARKS AND BEACHES.AND SO OUR, OUR PROGRAM OR A PROJECT, A VISION IS TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE GATHER PERSPECTIVE, UM, PARTICIPANTS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE TALK ABOUT STATE PARKS AND YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO VISIT A STATE PARK AND WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN WE GO THERE.
AND THEN FROM THAT GROUP, UH, PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS WILL ENJOY A DAY AT THE BEACH.
AND INSTEAD OF JUST BEING A PLAY DAY, LIKE SOMETIMES HAPPENS WHEN KIDS GO WITH THEIR SCHOOLS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A KIND OF A NATURE LEARNING COMPONENT, EITHER A HIKE OR A PRESENTATION WHILE THE KIDS ARE AT THE BEACH.
AND THEN FROM THAT TAKE AWAY AND THEN PREPARE THEM FOR A CAMPING EVENT OR ACTIVITY LATER IN THE SUMMER NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S KIND OF A THREE-PART PROGRAM MEET WITH A GROUP, UH, UH, INFORM, EDUCATE THE GROUP, HAVE THAT BEACH EXPERIENCE WITH THEN LEAD INTO A CAMPING OUTING.
AND, AND DAVID ELION FROM THE CITY HERE, PARKS DEPARTMENT, HE HAS SAID FOR 30 YEARS, HE'S WANTING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I'M HOPEFUL IF WE COULD RAISE THE FUNDS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT BEFORE I RETIRE.
SO, AND TAKE THEM CAMPING, TAKE THEM CAMPING.
SO I'M HOPEFUL, UH, UH, THAT WE ARE AWARDED SOME PORTION OF A GRANT, IF NOT THE WHOLE AMOUNT WE'VE ASKED FOR.
AND THEN TALKING TO, AGAIN, THE LION'S CLUB HERE IN TOWN AND SOME OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS, THEY'RE ALL READY TO JUMP IN AND HELP OUT AND, AND ALSO HAVE AN ASSURANCE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT LATINO, OUTDOORS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT I VOLUNTEER FOR TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT.
SO WE'RE ON OUR WAY, JUST KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED.
WE SHOULD LEARN BY MID-OCTOBER, WHETHER WE'RE AWARDED A GRANT OR NOT.
SHE'S MAGIC IN GRANT APPLICATIONS.
IS THERE ANY NEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE N THE NONPROFIT THROUGH THE CITY? SO THERE IS, UM, I THINK THE ROUTE THAT WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW IS, UM, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IS THEY WANT TO RELINQUISH WHERE THIS WATER TO TAKE OVER THEIRS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1898.
AND, UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THE HISTORY OF THAT SINCE WE'RE ALREADY TAKEN ALL THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THERE'S NO SENSE IN HAVING TO, UM, THE WORLD.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD TAKE IT ON WITH A NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND, UM, AND MAYBE CHASE A NEIGHBOR OF OLD SETTLERS.
CAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, JUST BACK OF THE WORD, OLD SETTLERS OR THE TERM OLD SETTLERS.
AND, UM, WE WERE INTERESTED IN PERHAPS OR TAKING IT THE LA LA HABRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, UM, FOUNDATION AND HAVING LEADS FOR THE VETERANS, FOR THE SENIORS, FOR THE, AT RISK FOR, UM, YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND FAMILIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S THE APPROACH WE'RE TAKING RIGHT NOW, INSTEAD OF STARTING A BRAND NEW ONE AND, UM, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OR THE OLD SETTLERS THEY VOTED TO RELINQUISH.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT.
AND THERE'S JUST NO SENSE OF, THAT'S TRYING TO KEEP YOU.
I KNOW I READ WITH CAMP THURSDAY AGAIN, SAW WORKING ON IT.
YOU KNOW, HE'S A GOOD GUY AND, UM, IT'S JUST, JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO RELINQUISH.
UM, THERE'S NO REASON TO RELINQUISH.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S FROM 1898.
SO THEY'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, LONGER THAN THE CITY HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN OUR EFFORTS.
WE DON'T HAVE, DON'T FORGET, YOU GUYS PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND YOUR 20, 25.
SO THAT'LL BE OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
SO EVERYTHING WE DO FROM LITERALLY, PROBABLY JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, IT WILL BE AN ANTICIPATION AND PREPARATION FOR THE CENTENNIAL.
AND WE'LL HAVE THE ART HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS PART OF IT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PRESERVE IT.
I HAVE ONE LAST THING, IF, IF ANYBODY ELSE.
UM, ONE OF OUR PAST, PAST, PAST, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANDREA TRUJILLO, UH, WE FINALLY HAVE A DATE AND LOCATION FOR HER MEMORIAL FOR CELEBRATION OF LIFE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HELD AT THE VETERANS HALL ON AUGUST 27 AT 7:00 PM.
AND, UM, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DONATION TO KEEP HER, SHE LOVED THAT YOU COMMITTEE, THEY WANT THE DONATIONS TO GO TO THE LA OPERA YOUTH TO MEETING BECAUSE SHE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING, SHE ALWAYS LOVED WORKING WITH KIDS.
AND SHE GOT ALONG WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS ALWAYS EXCITED TO GIVE US HER REPORT ON, UM, ON THEIR MEETINGS.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GO, UM, IF ANYBODY
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WANTS TO BE THERE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US PULL IT ALONG, I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO HAVE IT AT THE VETERANS HALL.AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO AND SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
I THINK THAT IT, UM, YEAH, I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING.