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WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2022 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
UM, SO CARRIE'S GOING TO LEAD US IN THE, IN VOCATION, PLEASE.DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT US WISDOM TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
AS IT CONSIDERS CITIBUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA.
TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COMMISSION, STAFF, AND CITIZENS SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND, PLEASE BLESS THE COMMISSION IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING TONIGHT, SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE HARBOR COMMUNITY.
GABBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE AGAIN, ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PRESIDENT VICE CHAIR, PRESENT MR. LABIANCA COMMISSIONER ROBOT DRESSER HERE.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
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.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM SITTING BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULE, THE AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4 9 5, 4 0.3.
A SUCH COMMENT SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
DURING THE MEETING, THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ALL MATTERS OF CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE AN ACTOR DON BY ONE MOTION, UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS, SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED OR SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
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.
SO HAVE YOU ALL READ THE, UM, MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? YES.
DO I HEAR AN APPROVAL MOVE TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 12TH.
UM, ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM? PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED THREE MINUTES FOR INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEMS, 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.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
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FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 2023.I THINK WE HAVE A MIRANDA PROGRAM.
THESE ARE FUNDING, NOT ALL REQUESTS, SEPARATE REQUESTS, MANDATORY BROKERS GRAFFITI ON THE SERVICES AND THEN SEPARATELY.
AND THIS PROJECT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE GROUP YOU WANT TO UPDATE SOME OF THESE I'VE MENTIONED NOMINATE, OKAY.
I'LL GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, FOR THE STAFF FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GRAFFITI REMOVAL, THE ORIGINAL, UM, AMOUNT WAS 61,107, WHICH THE COMMISSION AS AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION, WE CAME UP WITH 59,107, STILL KEEPING THAT, UH, PROGRAM INTACT.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT, EXCUSE ME, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS $10,000 AND DUE TO THE CURRENT CLIMATE, WE DECIDED TO ADD, UM, 5,000 TO THAT'S MAKING IT $15,000 THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED, UH, RECOMMENDED.
AND, UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS $7,000 FOR THE MUSEUM SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM.
THE COMMISSION HAS DECIDED TO MOVE THAT DOWN TO FOUR.
UM, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, SO I HOPE I'M GOING DOWN THIS WHERE EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY.
UM, STILL ALLOWING THEM TO RECEIVE MONIES FROM OTHER, UH, OTHER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS 8,593.
WE INCREASED THAT A BIT DUE TO THE CURRENT CLIMATE TO 8,000, EXCUSE ME, WE KEPT THAT THE SAME.
AND THE FAIR HOUSING COUNCIL OF ORANGE COUNTY, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS ZERO AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE AGREED FOR MERCY HOUSE.
THE STAFF FUNDING RECOMMENDATION WAS $9,300 AND IT IS GOING TO REMAIN AT $9,300 ONGOING.
AND WITH A TOTAL TOTAL AMOUNT OF $96,000.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND, UM, TO BOTH OUR LADIES FOR, UM, PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER AND KIND OF GIVING YOU SOME GUIDELINES AND SOME, UM, GUIDE INTO MAKING GREAT DECISIONS.
BUT I THINK ALL OF THESE LOOK WELL WITHIN REASON AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW,
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THEY WILL RECEIVE OTHER MONIES FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T GET THE, QUITE THE AMOUNT THAT THEY HAD HOPED FOR.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS I'LL MAKE THE MOTION? NO, NO, IT'S NOT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO WORD THIS, BUT I'LL, I'LL TRY MY BEST.
I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CDBG PROPOSED FUNDING FOR 20 22, 20 23 AS PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSION.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NUMBER TWO, COMMISSION SUB COMMITTEE REPORTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY UPDATES? NO REPORTS.
CAN YOU MEET UH, FOR ALL OF THE SUB COMMITTEES.
YOU WANT TO GIVE A REPORT? UM, COMMISSIONER ROJAS ON THE ROUTE TO PARKS.
UH, WE MET, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, THE STAFF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GUESS.
AND WE HAVE, UM, AN OUTLINE READY FOR THE TEAM TO START WORKING ON.
WE'LL BE MEETING AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY, UM, 10 TO 11 O'CLOCK, UH, WE'RE STILL NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE LIONS FOLKS HERE IN TOWN.
SO ALL YOUR, MAYBE WE WANT TO HUDDLE UP AFTER THIS MEETING AND YEAH, WE REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THE, UM, THE YOUTH GROUP AT THE LIONS PARTICIPATE IN THIS GROUP AND THIS ACTIVITY IN THE ACTIVITIES, BOTH THE BEACH PLAY DAY AND THE CAMP OUT, IF POSSIBLE, WE DON'T HAVE A BEACH PLAY DATE IDENTIFIED YET, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO CAMPING.
UM, THE SECOND WEEK IN JULY TO MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK TAKE A GROUP OF 50, MOSTLY CHILDREN, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME CHAPERONES AND PARK STAFF AND A COUPLE OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ALL THE LOGISTICS.
UH WE'RE UM, WE HAD THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, MEMBER INVOLVED, UH, IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
SO WE LOOK AT MAYBE LEAN ON THEM FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH WILL BE A HUGE SAVINGS TO THE OVERALL BUDGET.
AND ALSO MAYBE, UH, I'LL SUPPLY SOME SNACKS AND FOOD ITEMS FOR THE TRIP FOR THE CAMP OUT AND THE BEACH TRIP.
SO IT'S COMING TOGETHER LOTS TO DO STILL A LOT OF LOGISTICS TO WORK OUT, BUT I THINK WE'RE AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN TERMS OF PLANNING.
SO YEAH, IT IS IT'S REALLY? YEAH.
I CAN GIVE YOU THE NAME OF THE LEO DIRECTOR THAT, OKAY.
YEAH, I THINK I DID SPEAK TO HER.
I SPOKE TO HER AT, UH, YES, SORRY.
THE RED BUTTON TURN GRANTS IS HIS MIC IS ON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M I'M DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, KELLY OR KIM, MAYBE I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE LIONS.
PITCH THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO SPEAK TO THE, UM, THE YOUTH CLUB ORGANISM ORGANIZER.
I THINK SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT, BUT JUST PROBABLY SHE WOULDN'T BE YEAH, JUST THE PROTOCOL.
NOT DOES THE SPEAKERS RIGHT? CATHERINE BADAMI DOES SCHEDULE SPEAKERS.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU HER INFO.
WHAT IS THE AGE GROUP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT IS THE AGE GROUP THAT YOU'RE TARGETING FOR THE CAMP OUT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
DO I KEEP MY MIC ON, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT MIDDLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, OKAY.
THE KIDS IN TOWN, UM, MAYBE THE YOUNGER KIDS HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAM SUPPORT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO YOUNG TO GO ON UNCHAPERONED TO THE BEACH FOR THE DAY OR FOR THREE NIGHTS AT A CAMP OUT.
AND THEN THE OLDER KIDS, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT MIDDLE AGE, MIDDLE SCHOOL AGE AS BEING THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MAYBE THE MOST ABLE TO BE IMPRESSED BY MEETING A PARK RANGER AND HIKING AND CAMPING AND LEARNING ABOUT NATURE, UH, THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT'S PERFECT BECAUSE THAT IN SIXTH GRADE IS WHEN THEY DO LIKE THEIR, THEIR SCIENCE CAMP.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO CAMPING
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OUT.THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS, SUB COMMITTEE REPORT, UM, FOR THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT IS MARIE AND I HAD SPOKEN TO THEM WHEN THEY HAD THAT CITY, UM, WORK PRO YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CLEANUP THING.
SO WE HAD SPOKEN WITH THE DIRECTOR THERE AND SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD REACH US OUT, REACH OUT TO US.
AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FLUX GOING ON DUE TO THE COVID THING.
SO WE ARE KIND OF AT THAT KIND OF STALEMATE AT THE MOMENT.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE LATER ON OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? SO NOT, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.
UM, YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED A SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR BEFORE YOU, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, OUR MOST EXCITING EVENT THAT'S COMING UP ON MARCH 12TH IS OUR 5K LOVE LAHABRA RUN.
SO YOU HAVE A FLYER IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO HAVE AT LEAST 500, IF NOT A THOUSAND, UH, PARTICIPANTS IN THIS EVENT, IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN MORNING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT AS YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON.
I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST, SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU OUT THERE AND HAVE YOUR SUPPORT, TRY TO GET A TEAM TOGETHER.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT A LA HOPPER TEAM, BUT WE CERTAINLY COULD DO THAT AGAIN.
UM, IF THERE'S INTEREST OF HAVING A CITY OF THE HOPPER TEAM, UM, THAT INCLUDED OUR COMMISSIONERS.
SO WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO YOU.
UM, SHORTLY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAVA RACES? OKAY.
UM, THE LION'S CLUB WAS ASKED TO DO A BREAKFAST, BUT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE AFTER THE RACE.
AND, UM, I THINK THEY REACHED OUT TO RANDY.
I KNOW HE'S A LITTLE BIT BUSY RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THEY REACHED OUT TO HIM TOO BECAUSE AFTER THE RACES, NOT MANY PEOPLE STICK AROUND AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A KIND OF A, I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT A WASTE OF TIME, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, SO, UH, BERNARD AND KATIE AND MELISSA TALKED TODAY TO SEE WHAT, UM, THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT THE ALLIANCE WANTS TO DO, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE LIONS TO COME OUT THERE AND SELL 50 PANCAKE BREAKFAST IS, AND WE DON'T WANT, UM, I MEAN, CHICK-FIL-A ALREADY GIVES THE, EACH RUNNER A, UM, A BREAKFAST IF YOU WALK INTO, SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW THOUGH, UM, THIS WEEK THEY MET TODAY.
SO, BUT I MEAN, I ALWAYS THINKING THAT, UM, CAUSE HE SAID HE WANTED EVERYBODY THERE.
I KNOW CRAZY HOUR, RANDY ASKED FOR IT TO BE AT THERE AT FIVE PEOPLE AREN'T EATING BEFORE THE RACE.
I THINK IT WAS JUST MISCOMMUNICATION.
WELL, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THIS MANY, MANY TIMES.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN FINE AND GET TO GO VISIT MY SON AND MY FOUR GRANDCHILDREN THEY'RE IN TENNESSEE.
THAT'S WHERE I'LL BE FROM THE EIGHTH UNTIL THE 14TH.
UH, WELL, MR. KERRY, CAUSE YOU'RE A BIG PART OF THE LAHABRA TEAM.
I KNOW, I KNOW I SLOWER THE SCORE BECAUSE YOU CAN RUN ALSO, YOU'RE INVITED TO THE MUSEUM DONOR RECOGNITION, HOPEFULLY YOU ALREADY GOT YOUR INVITATION IN THE MAIL.
UM, IT WAS THE OPEN HOUSE MARCH 7TH.
THAT'S ON MONDAY, MARCH SEVEN.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S FROM FIVE TO SEVEN AND THE PROGRAM STARTS AT SIX AND IT'S TO, UM, UH, INTRODUCE THEIR NEWEST CHANGING EXHIBIT A RAINFOREST.
UM, AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT EXHIBIT.
HANDS-ON UM, I'M LOOKING AT DENISE, SHE'S GOT A FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER THAT WOULD PROBABLY LOVE IT.
SO PLEASE BRING HER SOME TIME, BUT YES.
UM, IF YOU CAN PLEASE RSVP, UM, TO THE NAME ON THE, UM, OR IF YOU WANT TO LET ME KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO RCP FOR YOU.
UM, I'LL LET THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR KNOW THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE IN ATTENDANCE, SO IT'S TITLED AN OPEN HOUSE, BUT AS KIM SAID, IT'S A, IT REALLY IS A DONOR RECOGNITION.
SO THEY INVITE ALL THE BIG DONORS FROM THE YEARS, UH, FROM THE YEAR.
AND, UM, THEY'LL GIVE THEM A LITTLE TOUR OF THE FACILITY TOO, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE THE SUPERVISORS RSVP HAD ALREADY, UM, CHAFEE AND, UM, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL LOVE TO SEE WHAT'S NEW IN THERE.
THE, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN PRESCHOOL PLAYHOUSE, SINCE EVEN THE RIBBON CUTTING THEY'VE ADDED MORE AND THE RAINFOREST IS BEAUTIFUL.
I SAW THAT THE OTHER DAY THEY EVEN GOT A NEW LION.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL US.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN, IT MADE A BIG DEAL, BUT THEY GOT A NEW LION IN THE, UM, ANIMAL
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NATURE WALK.AND UM, I MEAN IT WAS, IT'S REALLY NICE.
SO IT'S THE MUSEUM LOOKS BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF OUR SPRING EVENTS, OUR, UM, OUR ANNUAL SPRING FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR EGG HUNT, UH, OUR IGNITE GLOW IN THE DARK, UM, HUNT ON THE NIGHT BEFORE.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE OUR SPRING EVENTS BACK AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN A SAFE MANNER AND BE BACK TO BUSINESS AND OFFERING THE GREAT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT WE CAN IN THE, IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA.
SO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S MY CALENDAR REPORT FOR YOU.
UH, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THE THEATERS SCHEDULE MAYBE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS IN THE FUTURE? YES.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON A COMMUNITY CALENDAR THAT HAS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OTHER NON-PROFIT, UH, INFORMATION, BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THOUGH, ABOUT THE EXTRA EIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA.
ARE WE DOING? ARE THE LIONS DOING A BREAKFAST FOR THAT? ALSO, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE GOING TO COMBINE LIKE THEY NORMALLY DO FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU.
YEAH, WELL, WE'RE DOING OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PANCAKE BREAKFAST.
WE'LL LOOK FOR IT AND PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
WE'LL SEND YOU GUYS INFORMATION EITHER WAY.
SO IS THAT IT FOR ALL THE COMMENTS FROM STAFF THAT IS FOR NOW? YES.
YOU KNOW, ME, I TURNED MY MIC ON TOO, SO THANKS.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED A LOT, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS OFF UNTIL SHE TURNED HERS ON.
SO ONE FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO COULD ATTEND THE DEPO THEATERS GRAND OPENING.
AND UM, EVERYBODY LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I COULDN'T STAY, UM, THERESA WAS WEARING HER DAUGHTER'S PROM DRESS SOMEHOW AND EVERYBODY LOOKS SO NICE, BUT IT WAS A NICE EVENT.
AND, UM, WE REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT THE DEPO THEATER SUCCEEDS.
SO AT ANY TIME AND YOU GUYS CAN, UM, GO TO EVENTS OR PASS IT ON YOU, YOU PROBABLY OOPS.
YOU PROBABLY ALREADY SHARE THEIR THINGS ON.
I THINK GABBY, I SAW YOU PUTTING IT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GREW UP ON, SO I NEED ANY HELP.
YOU CAN GET THEM AS GOOD HELP.
UM, I CAN MENTION LAST TIME I SAW IT IN THE NOTES ABOUT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS THE HOMELESS COUNT.
I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT'S BEEN, UM, POSTPONE TILL FEBRUARY NOW BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO NOW IT'S THE 22ND TO THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY COMING UP.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, CALL US AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU DOWN ON A SLOT, UH, LAHABRA HAD IN THE PAST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 IDENTIFIED HOMELESS.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT LIKE THE, SOME OTHER CITIES ARE, BUT, UM, YOU DO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OUT IN THE STREETS WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE ASK THEM A SET OF QUESTIONS, WHICH IS, ARE YOU A VETERAN? HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE? DO YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES? IT'S ALL BOARDED POLITICALLY CORRECT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY THE RIGHT THINGS AND GATHER THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
SO THAT WAY WE KNOW, UM, HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
SO THAT'LL BE THE 22ND TO THE 24TH, BUT OUR PERSONAL ONE WILL BE WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD.
AND, UM, THEY, THEY, PEOPLE DO DIFFERENT CITIES OR DIFFERENT DAYS.
NORTH COUNTY IS DOING THE 20, UH, THE WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, LET US KNOW.
UM, SPEAKING OF THAT, UH, WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON CREATING OUR OWN, UH, POSITION WITHIN THE CITY THAT WILL ADDRESS THE, THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UH, CITY MANAGER LOVES US SO MUCH RIGHT NOW THAT HE PUT IT IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO NEXT WEEK WE ARE HIRING, UM, OR WERE INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR IT'S CALLED A COMMUNITY SUPPORT LIAISON.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT YOU KNOW, THESE TITLES ARE JUST FLUCTUATING NOW IN THE COUNTY, BUT WE ARE HIRING ONE NEXT WEEK OR WE'RE INTERVIEWING.
AND FROM THERE WE HOPE TO HIRE AND HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, IN PLACE MID-MARCH, WHICH WILL ALLOW US.
THEN IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S MAYBE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR YOU HEAR ABOUT A FAMILY, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND ARE LIVING ON SOMEONE'S COUCH, THEN MAYBE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CALL US AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DIRECT HELP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
WE'VE INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF CITIES TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING AND, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES AND WE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEIR ADVICE AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, UH, WHO DID WE DO? STANTON STANTON HAS A VERY GOOD PROGRAM AND I THINK WESTMINSTER DOES TOO.
SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSE WITH THEM.
UM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
IF YOU RECALL, CITY NET WAS THE PLACE THAT THE CITY OF LA HABRA WOULD CALL IF YOU SAW SOMEBODY.
BUT I THINK AS IT TURNED, UM, AS, AS THE PROGRAM WENT ON, WE WENT AND HAD LESS AND LESS ACTIVITIES.
WE BASICALLY HAD 12 IDENTIFIED HOURS A WEEK THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE VERSUS THE
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40 PLUS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE PROGRAM.SO THAT'S WHY A LOT OF CITIES HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT MODEL.
AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT IN-HOUSE AND REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO THAT'S HAPPENING AS SOON AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSE WITH THE COLLABORATIVE AND THEY'RE DOING SUCH GREAT THINGS RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OVER TO EL CENTRAL PARK ON WEDNESDAYS, THEY HAVE THE WEDNESDAY WELLNESS WHERE THEY DO, UM, FREE EXERCISE FOR SENIORS.
THEY HAVE A SENIORS FARMER'S MARKET AND, UM, AND REALLY IT'S JUST FREE FOOD.
AND THEN THEY GO OVER TO, UM, PORTOLA PARK, RIGHT AFTER THAT.
AND THEY DO, UM, W UM, EDI AND LITTLE LEARNERS FOR OUR LITTLE KIDS OVER AT THE PARK WHERE YOU SEE IF YOU EVER DRIVE BY EUCLID ON WEDNESDAYS AT 11, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF KIDS OUT THERE DOING EXERCISE WITH THEIR PARENTS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IF YOU GUYS EVER WANT TO COME BY AND LET US KNOW, AND MAYBE WE'LL GIVE YOU A FULL CALENDAR OF ALL THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES TOO, JUST IN CASE, UM, EVEN THE MUSEUM BROUGHT BACK, UM, YOGA FOR THE, UM, PARENTS AND KIDS, RIGHT? SO YOU'LL SEE A YOGA CLASS OUT THERE.
UH, THEY WERE THERE YESTERDAY AT ABOUT 10 30.
SO, UM, AS YOU NOTICE, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, UH, EARLY HEADSTART REPORT, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT.
SO WE BROUGHT IN, INTRODUCED YOU TO LIZ, BUT LIZ IS NO LONGER WITH US.
YOU KNOW, UM, BUT, UH, JOANNA, IF YOU HAVEN'T MET HER, I'LL HAVE HER COME NEXT MONTH TO THE MEETING.
SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN MEET HER.
SHE WAS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER THAT, UM, YOU MET WHEN WE DID THE TOUR, SHE WAS UP AT THE, UM, LA BONITA PARK ONE, WHICH WE CALL LINEAR PRESCHOOL.
SHE WAS AT THE ONE THAT, UM, WAS A LITTLE HOUSE, UH, AT LA BONITA PARK.
THAT'S JOANNA AND HER PROGRAM DOES A GREAT JOB.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT ALSO, UM, WENT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND GOT OUR MASTER'S AT CAL STATE FULLERTON.
NOW SHE GREW UP IN A PROGRAM AS A PARTICIPANT, AND SHE'S BEEN AN EMPLOYEE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND NOW SHE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST AN ASSISTANT MANAGER FOR A WHILE.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO HELP HER DO THE JOB THAT CATHERINE DID, AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY SHE'LL BE THERE.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE WON'T BE, UM, REPLACING, UM, LIZ THAT YOU MET OR CATHERINE, UM, BECAUSE WE THINK WE'VE IDENTIFIED OTHER SPACES, MAYBE AN ANALYST OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO KEEP US, UM, ON PAR WITH ALL OF THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT WE HAVE WITH REPORTING AND LICENSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE GOOD THINGS GOING ON AND, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, AS IF YOU, YOU PROBABLY RECALL WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THOUGHT THAT OUR KINDERGARTENERS WERE NOT DOING SO WELL, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT, THAT OUR EDI SCORES WERE THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY FOR 12 STRAIGHT YEARS, EDI, MEANING, EXCUSE ME, EARLY DEVELOPMENT INDEX.
UM, BUT I I'M, I'M, I'M SAYING NOW THAT THEY'RE ON THE RISE, BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING DIFFERENT IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD, BUT YEAH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HIRED THERESA EGAN AS A CONSULTANT TO HELP US TRAIN THE TEACHERS AND, UM, AND WORK THE PROGRAM AND HER, AND, UM, JOANNA I'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
SO WHERE YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION, CARRIE, I SAW YOUR MIC GO UP.
NO, IT'S BEEN ON, BUT, UM, I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE, UM, ON ALL THE REPORTS, IF THERE WERE ITEMS THAT WERE OUT OF, UM, OUT OF SINKER OR NEEDED SOME CORRECTIVE HAVE, ARE SOMEBODY STILL WORKING ON THOSE OR IS THAT ASKING US TO REPORT ON YES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING TO BRING PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OF REPORTS TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
BUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS, UM, OUR FUNDING SOURCE FOR HEADSTART, WHICH IS ORANGE COUNTY HEADSTART, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST IN THE COUNTY, BUT THERE ARE OUR FUNDER.
UM, THEY HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR REPORTS AND IT, IT TURNS OUT THAT WE WERE USING LAST YEAR STATISTICS AND NOT REALLY DOING A LOT OF CHANGE.
AND HE JUST CHANGED THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW PEOPLE DO THAT ON REPORTS OR PLAN OF ACTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF MISTAKES AND ORANGE COUNTY HAS STARTED, IS GOING THROUGH A FEDERAL AUDIT THIS YEAR.
SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY SCARED.
AND, UM, AS YOU SEE THE DETAILED REPORT, IT NEEDS TO BE ACCURATE.
AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, REPORT, UM, OR APPROVE, THEY WEREN'T AS ACCURATE AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED.
AND THEN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS THEY WERE EVEN LESS ACCURATE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LADY WHO RUNS THE WOMAN WHO RUNS ORANGE COUNTY HEADSTART.
AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD SPACE WITH HER TOO, BUT OUR PROGRAM ONLY HAS UP TO 50 YOUTH AND SHE HAS 350 EARLY HEAD START, 5,000 KIDS.
SO IF WE HAVE ERRORS, IT'S REALLY BAD FOR HER BECAUSE, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONLY 50 SUCH A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL STUDENTS, THE 3,500, THEY IN, THEY, UM, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL EVALUATE OUR PROGRAM, HER PROGRAM AND, UM, SANTA ANA'S PROGRAM EQUALLY.
SO IF WE'RE REALLY BAD AND IT'S ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF HER GRADE, SO SHE'S, SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH THE LEVEL OF REPORTING THAT WE WERE DOING.
DID NOT KNOW THAT MYSELF, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE I'M LEARNING THAT IT'S KIND OF LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW, OUR EDI SCORE
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WAS SO BAD.UM, OF COURSE, AS YOU LEARN, AS YOU GO ON AND, UM, AGAIN, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS FOR THE EDI.
SO, UM, WE'RE LEARNING, I'M GOING TO SAY THOUGH THAT WE'RE ON THE UPSWING.
SO I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
UM, UM, AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS NOW ARE TEACHING BASICALLY FOR THAT, FOR THAT ASSESSMENT.
I DON'T, IT'S AN EXAM WHEN YOU'RE A KINDERGARTEN, YOU GO IN AND THEY GIVE YOU, UH, AN ASSESSMENT.
HOW MANY COLORS DO YOU KNOW, HOW MANY BODY PARTS DO YOU KNOW, HOW MANY LETTERS DO, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS AND SHAPES THOSE FIVE THINGS, PLUS A WHOLE GAMUT OF, ARE YOU SOCIAL? CAN YOU LOOK EYE TO EYE? DO YOU FALL ASLEEP IN CLASS? DO YOU COME CLEAN OR ARE YOU DIRTY? AND OUR STUDENTS FOR SOME REASON WERE THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY FOR 12 STRAIGHT YEARS.
AND WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FIRST TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST TOOK OVER AND THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE OVER OUR WHOLE PROGRAM AND, UM, IT WAS SCARY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SINGLE PARENTS AND, AND, AND THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU DON'T THINK PLACENTIA IS LIKE THAT.
OR GARDEN GROWS LIKE THAT, OR WHAT, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ENGLISH LEARNER, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T THINK SO.
WE WENT THROUGH THE GAMUT AND, UM, AND I SAID, WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE STUDENTS, YOU, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY BRING IN 30%, 35% OF THE LAHABRA CITY, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, STUDENTS, HOW DO YOU KNOW? AND THEY'RE LIKE, BECAUSE WE GOT YOUR ROSTER AND WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SCHOOL AND I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT.
AND SO LUCKILY WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS COVID HAPPENED.
SO THEY HAD, UM, I STARTED IN MARCH OF 19 BY JANUARY, THEY WERE JUST DONE.
THEY, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WANTED TO START BY JULY AND TO TAKE OVER OUR PROGRAM AND THEN COVID HAPPENED.
SO IN A WAY I FEEL COVID SAVED OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE I, UM, AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER.
AND SO, UM, I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, CAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LAST YEAR.
THEY DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS, BUT WE HOPE THAT OUR KINDERGARTENS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AS EDI GOES, THEY SAY, IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED AT KINDERGARTEN, YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE AT THIRD GRADE.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT AT THIRD GRADE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE FOR LIFE AS SAD AS THAT SOUNDS.
THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IS.
SO WHAT'D YOU SAY? I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
I HAD NO IDEA MYSELF, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD AND I, AND WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED AND WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO SUCCEED.
AND SO WE REALLY CHANGED THE, WHAT WE DID AND ALL OF OUR, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. SO I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO OUR PROGRAM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS COMMENT.
MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE INDUSTRY AND, UM, IS THIS IS A THING WHERE THEY PACK THOSE CLASSROOMS. SO FULL.
SO MANY OF THEM IT'S HARD TO KEEP IN, WHICH MAKES LEARNING THOSE FINE MOTOR SKILLS AND ALL THOSE SKILLS THAT THE STATE REQUIRE VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE DIAPERS AND HELP THEM CUT AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND SO THAT CREATES A SNOWBALL EFFECT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR QUANTITY, NOT QUALITY, MOST OF THE PROGRAMS OUT THERE.
SO I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE THE LOWEST REALLY, CAUSE IT'S NOT ME TOO.
WE'RE NOT THE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BILL US OUT, BUT I'M JUST, I'M SAYING IT'S FACT.
IT'S, UM, IT'S KINDERGARTENERS ONLY THAT ON THIS MEASUREMENT AND WE ONLY HAVE 24 AND A CLASSROOM.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY EASY FOR US TO TRANSITION TO A BETTER ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN TO, WE WERE DOWN TO 12 ONCE COVID HIT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE CAN, WE HAD TO PUT OUR CLASSROOMS IN HALF FROM THREE FEET TO SIX FEET FOR EACH STUDENT.
SO IT ALLOWED US TO TEACH AND LEARN DIFFERENTLY.
NOW WE'RE BACK TO WE'RE AT 16 NOW.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD BE A ONE TO EIGHT RATIO.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK ONE TO 24 IN JULY.
BUT I THINK OUR STAFF ARE PREPARED NOW TO DO THAT PROPERLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF TRAINING AND I'M, AND I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY OF HOW THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY PROUD OF THEM VERY SOON.
SO ORANGE COUNTY AT OF THE ENTIRE NATION EAT THE EDI CHART AND YOU'VE HEARD THAT NAME A LOT IS ACTUALLY AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE STATES AND ORANGE COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD.
AND SO AFTER THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS AND LAHABRA WAS SO BAD AND, AND, AND A NEBULOUS WORD, BUT, UM, THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT GAVE THE LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT A SPECIAL GRANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.
AND THAT'S WHY, OR YOU HAVE THE EARLY LEARNERS PROGRAM FOR LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS DEBBIE VIVEROS.
AND WHAT I SAID, YOU KNOW, AT THE PARK, THE LITTLE LEARNERS, AND THEY HAD AN EDI TASK FORCE.
LIKE OUR MAYOR WOULD GO TO THAT BECAUSE OF HER ROSIE'S GARAGE.
AND SO EVERYBODY'S COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE THIS BETTER FOR OUR KIDS.
SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
UM, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LESS SOON AND, UH, WE WILL BE BETTER.
SO THAT'S, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND THE COLLABORATIVE, UM, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
GOSH, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE IN THAT PROGRAM TOO, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT KIM IS RUNNING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING NOW.
AND SO, UM, AL IS WITH US, HE'S JUST OUT OF THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW,
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BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, UM, WE'VE GOT OUR, OUR WE'RE KNEE DEEP IN IT RIGHT NOW.AND SO WE REALLY FEEL LIKE WE ARE MAKING STRIDES.
WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY WAS THREATENING NOT TO NOT FUND US NEXT YEAR.
AND, UM, BECAUSE FOR ME, IT'S, COVID, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME INTERNAL THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER WHEN WE WENT FROM, YOU KNOW, A 5% PROGRAM TO A 17% PROGRAM IN TWO WEEKS.
NOTICE THE, THE GROWING PAINS WERE TOUGH DURING COVID.
SO KIM'S TRYING TO SETTLE THEM DOWN.
SO SHE'S HAVING A BIG TRAINING WITH THEM ON, UM, TUESDAY, MONDAY, WE, UM, BUT WE'VE HAD, WHAT DO YOU THINK? FOUR FULL STAFF MEETINGS WITH EVERYBODY? SO WE'RE TRAINING EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
YOU'LL BE PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THE LAHABRA OFFICE, BUT WE'RE NOW IN THE ONE-STOP AT GARDEN GROVE, WE'RE PHYSICALLY WHERE OUR STAFF, OUR STATION AT WE'RE IN ORANGE WOOD, WHICH IS A, A PROGRAM FOR, UM, AT RISK YOUTH, UM, WHERE WE ARE IN THE MANCHESTER OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH IS PROBATION.
SO WE HAVE A STAFF PERSON ASSIGNED THERE AND ORANGE.
UM, WE HA WHEREAS, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, WE'RE MOVING OFFICES INTO SOUTH COUNTY, UM, COSTA MESA AND COSTA MESA.
AND SO SATELLITE OFFICES AND, AND WE'RE DOING REAL WELL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DOING IS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH A GROUP THAT HAS, UM, UH, YOUTH THAT ARE IN THE AIR FORCE OR IN THE, UM, AT THE AIR FORCE BASE IN, UM, LOS ALAMITOS.
SO HE CAME AND I WENT TO GO SEE WHAT AN ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE SAW THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TEENAGERS COMING TO ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM.
AND, UM, KIM'S CREATED SOME POSITIONS LIKE AT THE COLLABORATIVE, SO WE CAN GET SOME OF OUR STUDENTS TO WORK AT THE COLLABORATIVE, HOPEFULLY WORK IN THE REC OFFICE OR AT THE MUSEUM, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESSES IN TOWN THAT ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT YOUTH THAT MADE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP, BUT WE COULD PAY MINIMUM WAGE, $15 AN HOUR UP TO FIVE, 600 HOURS, UM, TO HELP THAT AS LONG AS THAT BUSINESS IS WILLING TO TRAIN A CHILD, A YOUTH, UM, AND EVALUATE A YOUTH.
SO SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTY.
SHE MET WITH THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT SINCE OUR STAFF IS THERE AND THEY DID, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WAS A BRAND NEW PROGRAM.
WE'VE NEVER BEEN IN PROBATION.
SO SHE MET WITH SOME LEADERSHIP FROM THAT DEPARTMENT, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO THEIR STAFF MEETINGS.
I THINK YOUR STAFF, UH, PRESENTED TO THEIR STAFF MEETING ON MONDAY BECAUSE THAT'S A CAPTURED AUDIENCE OF STUDENTS AND, UM, AT RISK YOUTH IN THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE, UM, OUT OF THAT PROGRAM AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I KNOW IT'S KEPT KIM QUITE BUSY THOUGH, SO SHE HAD TO PUT ANOTHER HAT ON.
I'M TRYING TO HELP WHEN I CAN TOO.
UM, AND, UH, BUT SO THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S OUR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
UM, THE QUESTION ON THAT, IS THAT JUST FOR YOUTH, OR IS IT ADULTS TOO RIGHT NOW? IT'S JUST YOUTH UP TO 24.
AND UNDER OBVIOUSLY CRITERIA, YOU HAD JUSTICE INVOLVED, YOUTH, PREGNANT MOMS, UM, A HIGH SCHOOL, UH, HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? UM, WHEN YOU ARE, UM, YEAH.
UM, JUSTICE INVOLVED AND FOSTER YOUTH.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN INVOLVE EVERYBODY.
HOWEVER, THE CDBG PORTION OF OUR, THAT YOU JUST APPROVED AND FUNDING, WE HOPE THEN TO OPEN UP A LITTLE MICRO OFFICE OUT OF THE COLLABORATIVE SO WE CAN, UM, HAVE THE COMPUTERS AND JOB WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR $15,000 A YEAR IN THE ADULT ARENA.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN DO THAT STARTING.
UM, WELL, THE COLLABORATIVE SHIRT SHOULD OPEN UP MARCH 1ST, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE MID MARCH OR END OF MARCH, WE'LL GET THE, UM, ADULT WITHOUT BARRIERS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S HARD FOR US BECAUSE WE WILL WANT TO HELP A YOUTH.
BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC BARRIERS THAT THE COUNTY REQUIRES, WE CAN'T HELP THEM WITH OUR PROGRAM OR WE WON'T BE FUNDED FOR WHAT WE DO.
SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW, UM, A PERSON WHO HAS FOSTER YOUTH AND THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE A 19 YEAR OLD, THAT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, WE PROBABLY CAN ENROLL THEM IN OUR PROGRAM.
AND WE COULD PROBABLY PAY UP TO $6,000 PER STUDENT TO GO TO WHAT WE CALL , WHICH IS AN INDIVIDUAL TRAINING, UM, ACCOUNT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE COULD PAY FOR THEM TO BE IN A, UM, UH, A WELDING CLASS OR THEY WON'T LET US DO AS FUNNY, UM, COSMETOLOGY.
CAUSE THEY THINK THAT'S NOT A REAL PROFESSION.
ISN'T THAT WEIRD OR BACKWARDS THINKING IN A WAY, RIGHT.
BUT AT DENTAL HYGIENISTS COLLEGE OR, UM, CNA CERTIFICATE, AND WE CAN DO THAT.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND THE ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.
SO IF ANYBODY HAPPENS TO KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS ANY, UH, UH, YOUTH THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN ARRESTED FOR, YOU KNOW, JUSTICE INVOLVED, THAT THEY DID SOMETHING STUPID AND WE'RE TAGGING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR GRAFFITI.
SO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE KINDS OF STUDENTS.
OUR NUMBERS WERE REALLY LOW, SO THE COUNTY WAS NOT HAPPY WITH US.
AND, UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING BETTER NOW, I THINK AT REALLY ADDRESSING THESE NEEDS AND, UH, PLACING THESE YOUTH.
SO I THINK WE HAVE, UM, ONE RIGHT NOW WITH THE COLLABORATIVE AND THEN, OH TWO NOW.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT THAT'S A WORK EXPERIENCE, BUT WE HAVE A PRO PRO PROGRAM
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FOR WHICH IS ON THE JOB TRAINING.SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO OWN A BUSINESS AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY $18 AN HOUR, WE'LL PAY HALF OF IT FOR THE FIRST 600 HOURS TOO.
SO THAT THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT REALM, BUT IT'S ON THE JOB TRAINING.
SO IF ANYBODY NEEDED SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE'RE WILLING TO TEACH A YOUTH, WE COULD DO THAT TOO.
BUT THE ITEMS I THOUGHT, MY GOODNESS, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE HAD ONE PLACEMENT IN ALL OF THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS CALENDAR AND THAT PERSON DIDN'T SHOW UP THE FIRST DAY.
CAUSE THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES, BUT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO GO TO MECHANIC SCHOOL OR PLUMBING SCHOOL OR, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU GUYS KNOW ANYBODY WHO I KNOW SOMETIMES PARENTS DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR YOUTH BEING JUSTICE INVOLVED.
OH, CAN YOU SURE WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE, AGAIN, MAYBE IN AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING? CAUSE I THINK THERE WAS, YEAH.
AND WE COULD PROBABLY SEND SOMETHING TO YOU.
THAT'S MORE ACCURATE, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT YOU HAVE TO BE IN ONE OF FIVE CATEGORIES.
ONE IS PREGNANT MOMS. ONE IS FOSTER YOUTH.
ONE IS A MASSIVE HATED, BUT STILL YOUTH.
UM, UM, EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO ONE OF THOSE FIVE CATEGORIES, VERY DEFINED CATEGORIES.
BUT, UM, WE KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE ACTUALLY DISABILITY.
OH, IF YOU HAVE AN IEP ALSO YOU, YOU KNOW, BUT MAYBE IF YOU HAD SOME, YOU KNEW SOMEBODY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THEIR CHILD IS ON AN IEP, WHICH IS AN INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN B YOU KNOW, UM, HOWEVER, WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE AND WE'LL SEND YOU SOME REALLY INFORMATION BECAUSE WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO, AND IT'S ACROSS THE COUNTY, THEY CAN LIVE IN RANCHO, SANTA MARGARITA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IT ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
AND, UM, UM, WE WERE HOPING TO START ADVERTISING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
THIS, THE COUNTY IS VERY STRANGE.
THEY WON'T LET US USE ANY OF OUR MONEY ON ADVERTISEMENT.
SO WE CAN'T HAVE UNIFORMS THAT HAVE OUR NAMES ON IT, OR WE CAN'T, IT'S, IT'S VERY WEAK BUSINESS CARDS.
THEY WON'T LET US PAY FOR BUSINESS CARDS.
SO THE CITY IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT NOW BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO DO WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS AND WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT A NEWSLETTER OUT IN THE, UM, UM, IN, IN THE COMMUNITY TO, FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
SO WE COULD TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WANT TO TALK, NOT IN A FLYER WITH A MILLION WORDS ON IT.
WE JUST WANT TO BASICALLY SAY, ARE YOU 14 TO 24? YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED A JOB? DO YOU NEED HELP FINISHING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA? BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHARTER SCHOOLS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY NOW, TOO.
AND SO, UM, WE WANT TO HELP OUR YOUTH AND UM, AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT READY TO BE THERE.
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS? WE DO.
WE CAN HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT EVERY ANYTHING WE PUT OUT, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVED FIRST.
I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH OTHER CONTRACTORS IN THE PAST, BUT, UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE TURNED THE CORNER AND WE'RE MOVING UPWARD RIGHT NOW.
UM, UM, AND WE JUST HIRED TWO NEW STAFF THIS WEEK, RIGHT.
SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
WE WANT ALL OF OUR CASE MANAGERS TO BE TRAINED THE SAME NOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE BEFORE AND THEN WE MOVED TO 17 AND WE BUILT SO FAST.
UM, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF TRAINING THAT WENT ON SO THAT EACH CASE MANAGER IS DOING IT DIFFERENTLY.
AND A LOT OF IT'S BEING DONE WRONG, ACCORDING TO THE WAY THE COUNTY WANTS IT.
NOT NECESSARILY WRONG IN GENERAL, BUT THE WAY THE COUNTY WANTS IT TO BE UPLOADED INTO THEIR SYSTEM AND THE, UM, CRITERIA OF WHAT WE DO.
SO EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE TO UPLOAD IT PROPERLY.
BUT SO WE COULD GIVE A GAS CARD TO ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO NEEDS TO GO TO, UH, HIS JOB.
BUT FOR US TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM FILL OUT A PAPERWORK THAT SAYS THEY NEED A GAS CARD.
THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THE, IF WE GIVE THEM THE GAS CARD, THEY HAVE TO GO GET THE GAS AND ASK FOR A GAS RECEIPT THAT THEY BRING IT BACK TO US AND GIVE US THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT RECEIPT.
AND UM, SO WE MISSED THAT A LOT.
SO NOW WE'RE DRIVING OUT WITH THEM TO PUT THE GAS IN OURSELVES.
UM, BUT THE COUNTY ALSO HAS MADE RULES.
WHERE IF I WRITE A CHECK, IF YOU'RE A CONTRACTOR OF MINE, I WRITE YOU A CHECK, YOU KNOW, JANUARY 14TH AND YOU DON'T CASH IT UNTIL FEBRUARY 3RD.
I CAN'T BUILD A COUNTY IN JANUARY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T CASH THE CHECK.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO EVERY CHECK THAT WAS CUT EVERY TIME AND, AND REALLY HAND DO EXCUSE ME, OUR BOOKS.
RIGHT? SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY GOVERNMENT, IF WE WRITE A CHECK IN JANUARY, WE ENCUMBER THE MONEY AND WE DON'T EVER SPEND IT AGAIN.
W YOU KNOW, AND THEN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU DON'T CASH IT.
WE GO AND FIND YOU AND WRITE IT AGAIN.
WE'RE NOT KEEPING THE MONEY, BUT I THINK MAYBE IN THE PAST, SO IT'S BEEN A REAL, IT WAS VERY HECTIC.
KIM AND I SAT ON THE, UM, YOUTH COMMISSION.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS ONE AND THEY GRILLED US ABOUT ALL THESE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T, WE DIDN'T BUILD A COUNTY FROM JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, UNTIL JANUARY.
WE TRIED TO BUILD IN OCTOBER AND THEN THEY KICKED ALL OUR, OF OUR INVOICES BACK SAYING, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
AND OUR FINANCE SAID, WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WE'VE BEEN THIS WAY.
CAUSE WE HAD THIS PROGRAM AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU GOT TO DO IT THE WAY WE WANT IT.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A, UM, A BIG HASSLE, BUT, UM, AT THE END OF THIS RAINBOW OR AT THE END OF THIS DARKEST DAY IS GOING TO BE A RAINBOW.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU EVENTUALLY.
SO IF WE PUT SOMETHING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU
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COULD, YOU KNOW, SHARE IT.THAT'D BE WONDERFUL TOO, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY SEND YOU WITH THOSE NEWEST FLYERS.
SO THAT WAY, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY OR ANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP.
AND, UM, I HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND WISE, SO DOES THE BUSINESS PAY THEM OR DOES THE GOVERNMENT I'M KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE PROGRAM.
SO IF YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE, WE COULD JUST PAY THEM.
WE DEAL WITH THE TIMECARDS AND ALL THAT.
UM, THEY'VE LIKE THE YOUTH GETS A MINIMUM WAGE AND IT'S CONSIDERED A WORK EXPERIENCE.
UM, BUSINESS OWNER, TRAINS THEM RIGHT IN THE BUSINESS OWNER, TRAINS THEM AND HAS TO EVALUATE THEM ONCE A WEEK ON THEIR TIME PART.
UM, OR EVERY TWO WEEKS, I GUESS.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE JOB TRAINING.
IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS AND YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY $18 AN HOUR, WE'LL PAY HALF UP TO $9 AN HOUR.
AND SO, UM, BOTH OF THEM ARE GREAT FOR BUSINESSES, I THINK.
AND WE DO OUR BEST TO MATCH OUR STUDENTS WITH THE, THEIR INTERESTS AS WELL AS, UM, THERE'S THEIR SKILLS.
I THINK, TO HELP THE YOUTH ALONG THE WAY TO SEE, MAKE SURE I HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE 24 IN NOVEMBER THIS YEAR.
SO THEY'RE TECHNICALLY 23 RIGHT NOW.
WOULD THAT STILL CALL QUALIFY? UM, IF THEY MEET ONE OF THE OTHER BARRIERS, IF THEY'RE ONE OF THE PREGNANT MOMS, IF THEY MEET ONE OF THOSE SURE.
YOU, THEY SHOULD JUST SEND THEM TO KIM, KIM, KIM ASSIGN A CASE MANAGER TO, TO THEM.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT GO TO PUT THEM ON A TRAINING IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
THEY, UH, THE COUNTY JUST STARTED, UH, WITH CAL STATE FULLERTON, A DRONE CLASS.
SO OUR STUDENTS WERE ALLOWED TO REGISTERED TO GET A DRONE CERTIFICATE, UM, FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DRONES ARE SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIG IN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE IF YOU COULD FLY A DRONE OVER A, UM, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR OVER AN EVENT, YOU KNOW, WE USE THEM FOR OUR EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, SO, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS LIKE THAT ARE YOUTH THAT ARE INTERESTED IN.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, UH, KIM'S DOING A, UH, UM, AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THAT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BRING YOU MORE, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHOSE SUBCOMMITTEE IS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, BUT, UH, WE COULD DEFINITELY BRING YOU UP ON THAT TOO.
UM, APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY COMMISSION, RIGHT? KIM, YOU, YOU SENT THAT OUT AND, UM, UM, KATHY IS STILL, UH, I DON'T THINK I WANT TO APPLY AGAIN.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY, BUT I ALSO TELL VERONICA FROM THE LIONS, CAUSE SHE WORKED IN PARKS AND REC AND COMMERCE FOR A MILLION YEARS, SAME TALKING TO HER TOO.
AND LASTLY, I HAD, AND I TOLD YOU BEFORE WE GOT ON THE MIC HERE, THAT MASKS, UM, W WON'T BE REQUIRED HERE.
YOU CAN STILL WEAR THEM IF YOU WANT.
BUT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE VACCINATED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK STARTING NEXT MEETING.
IT ACTUALLY STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THE STATE GUIDELINES, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO WEAR A MASK, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO WEAR A MASK.
BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO THAT'S IT ALL CITY FACILITIES.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD KIM.
I'M SORRY, YOU GUYS, I KNOW IT'S A LOT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN THREE MONTHS, BUT I LIKE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND I'M DOING CLASSES RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY USED TO BE, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE DOING THEM.
AND SHE WAS GOING TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UH, FOR LIKE THIS FLORAL CLASS DOING THAT.
AND SHE KIND OF WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ON THE SIDE AND I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE SHE COULD TEACH IT AND, AND JUST HAVE HER CALL US INTERESTED.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE IT WAS A FLORIDA CLASS.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT VENUE FOR HER.
SHE'S KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, IF NOT US, IF WE'RE NOT AROUND MARCIA OR MELISSA IN OUR OFFICE.
I, AND I, I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER A HUNDRED THINGS I COULD HAVE MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, YOU SAW PROBABLY ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK.
ARE YOU SPORTS? AND SO THEY'RE GONNA DO TINY TOTS, WHATEVER THEY CALL, THEY CALL THEM AND IT'S GOING TO BE FUN FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
AND, UM, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY WRECKED US SO MUCH TOO.
SO, AND THE MUSEUM THERE'S, EVERYBODY DOES SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING PARENTS THAT YOU WORK.
SHE'LL EMAIL ME AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT TO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST YOU GUYS DO IT ALL.
I MEAN, SO, WELL, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU BRING.
IT JUST KIND OF HELPS US UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING IS IS COMING ALONG.
AND IF THERE'S NEW THINGS THAT MAYBE WE CAN JUMP IN AND, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT, THAT'S ALWAYS BRINGS SOMETHING.
I'VE SEEN YOU GUYS FORWARD OUR STUFF ONTO ALL THE OTHER WEBSITES AND THE, AND WHEN YOU, WHENEVER YOU COMMENT ON THEM OR YOU LIKE THEM, IT REALLY HELPS.
BECAUSE IF YOU LIKE IT, IT'LL SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
AND THEY'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, SO-AND-SO LIKES THIS EVENT.
SO ALL THAT STUFF REALLY HELPS US.
UM, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I ALWAYS PUT A QUESTION ON MINE WHEN I FORWARD IT AND SHARE IT.
I'LL PUT A QUESTION UP THERE BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE GOING TO, THEN THEY COMMENT.
THEN THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT? I APPRECIATE
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IT.I DON'T GIVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I JUST SAID, WHO NEEDS, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND THEN THEY'LL LOOK INTO IT.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US.
DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS DOWN THERE? DENISE.
TERESA, YOU GOT ANY COMMENTS? GABBY.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE MENTION, SORRY.
YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SO MUCH WITH THE RED CROSS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BLOOD DRIVE LAST WEEK.
SO THEY WERE, AS YOU'VE SEEN, THE RED CROSS IS IN DESPERATE NEED.
I SAW YOUR NAME CARRY ON THERE.
SO I KNOW AT LEAST YOU'RE ON THE LIST.
THEN THEY CANCELED ME AND I THOUGHT, WHY DID THEY CANCEL ME WHEN THEY NEEDED ME? OH, I DON'T KNOW.
I GOT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S YOUR APPOINTMENT DATE? AND I WAS WAITING.
AND THEN I GOT AN EMAIL THAT SAYS YOUR, UM, YOUR DONOR HAS BEEN CANCELED.
AND IT DIDN'T SAY YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME A REASON.
WELL, WE, UM, BUT WE HAD 104, SO I'M, I'M IN THE CITY OF LA JAVIERA IS I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER THOUGH.
WE ARE OVER, UH, OVER A THOUSAND PINTS COLLECTED SINCE THE COVID STARTED RATES.
WE HAVE, OUR NEXT ONE IS MARCH 1ST.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT BEFORE THE LIONS.
SO IT'S A, A SHORTENED DAY ONE.
BUT, UM, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE, AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, APRIL AND MAY, BUT THOSE ARE SPONSORED BY OTHER PEOPLE, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO.
UM, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IS MOST PEOPLE ARE CANCELING THEM AT OTHER FACILITIES.
AND SO THEN THEY JUST ASK US, HEY, CAN SONORA HIGH SCHOOL HAVE A BLOOD DRIVE AT YOUR FACILITY? AND, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FORWARD THAT TO YOUR FRIENDS TOO.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU DID WHEN, UM, MARSHA PUT A BIG PUSH OUT, RIGHT? BECAUSE BLOOD IS REALLY IN CRITICAL NEED RIGHT NOW.
UM, I BELONG TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND THEY ARE SCHEDULING ONE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE IF, IF THE, UM, FACILITY THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUILDING IS BIG ENOUGH.
AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY WERE GOING TO ASK IF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM.
THEIR ROOM IS NOT BIG ENOUGH, BUT THERE'S A CHANCE THAT MAYBE A THIRD OF THE BALLROOM WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF THEY WANTED TO STAY THERE.
UM, THEY, THE RED CROSS LIKES THE VETERAN'S HALL MORE THAN THEY DO HERE, BUT WE'VE HAD THEM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ALSO.
SO JUST LET KIM OR MYSELF KNOW, I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THE, UM, THE BLOOD, IF YOU WANT.
I JUST GIVE YOU, I COULD GIVE YOU OUR CONTACT AND JUST TELL THEM THE SAME THING THAT THE WOMAN'S CLUB WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
SO MY COMMENT IS THAT A NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GO FOR REAPPOINTMENT AGAIN AFTER, I DON'T KNOW, MORE, MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF BEING ON CITY COMMITTEES.
I'M STEPPING BACK AWAY FROM THAT, BUT, UM, I'LL BE AROUND FOR SURE.
AND INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WAYS, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN COME IN AND BRING NEW BLOOD AND IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
I MEAN, I'VE LOVED EVERY YEAR, EVERY MOMENT OF THIS AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I HAVE ONE THING, BUT BEFORE THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, TO YOU, KATHY, WE SO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT.
I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND JUST THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM YOU AND THE PREVIOUS, UM, COMMISSIONERS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, A REALLY A GOOD FOCUS ON WHAT THE CITY'S ALL ABOUT.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO VERY MUCH AS A PERSON, AS A FRIEND AND AS A COMMISSIONER.
UM, KATHY WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING IN MARCH UNTIL WE SWEAR IN THE NEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE CELEBRATION AND RECOGNIZE HER, AND I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE RECOGNIZING YOU AS WELL.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY ONE, ONE MORE THING.
UM, SO SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT THERE, UM, THERE'S A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBER COUNCIL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THE OPEN SEAT FOR TIM SHAW'S PLACE, I HAVE SET SEND IN MY APPLICATION AND MY INTERVIEW IS TOMORROW.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, I AM, I'M GOING TO PUT IT ALL IN THE RING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
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WOULD BE GREAT OR BEHIND YOU CAN.SO ARE WE READY TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? ALL RIGHT, SO I'M, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING IN A SECOND, SECOND.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN TO UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
WHAT IS THE DATE? MARCH? OH, UH, MARCH 9TH.
OH, WELL, CAN WE DO IT THAT WEEK BEFORE? I THINK IT'S MARCH 9TH, RIGHT? THE PAST.
UM, SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD A CONFERENCE CONFLICT AND YOU'VE BEEN AGREEABLE TO MEETING A WEEK BEFORE THE WEEK AFTER.
SO WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR AND SEE IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
I WAS JUST NOTICING IT'S MY DAUGHTER'S 16TH BIRTHDAY ALSO.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO CELEBRATE WITH HER AS WELL.
SO WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I'M SORRY SINCE, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, THEN.
WELL, WE'D HAVE ROLE PROBABLY AT THE DOUBLE-CHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS LEGALLY.
AND, UM, BUT NORMALLY WE SAYING WE HAD A FORM AND THEN, UM, WE'LL CERTAINLY WANT TO BUY THEM OUT.
SO WOULD, UM, THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE WEDNESDAY AFTER MAKE MORE SENSE, ARE WE SICK OR 16? MY PHONE, MY ZOOM.
ARE WE ALLOWED TO, NOW THAT I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS OR BE BY PHONE CALL AFTER THE SECOND, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE IN PERSON FOR A FEW WEEKS.
WELL, THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH THEN WOULD BE THE 2ND OF MARCH, THE 2ND OF MARCH.
BUT GABBY STILL UNAVAILABLE ON THAT DAY.
I THINK YOU SAID THE ONE THAT, UH, IF I COULD DO IT BY PHONE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BE IN PERSON.
WE'LL FIND OUT, BUT THE OTHER 16 FOOT SQUARE, EVERYONE ELSE.
YOU WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST ADJOURN THIS MEETING UNTIL THE 16TH AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE.
BUT THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO JUST SAY SO OR ANYTHING LIKE A CAR I'M STILL WITH THEM, I THINK.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT THIS ROOM IS AVAILABLE.
ANY MOTION TO ADJOURN TO MARCH, MARCH THE 16TH.
SO DO I HEAR A NEW MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NEW MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR NEXT MEETING FOR MARCH 16TH.