[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2022 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
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CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER YOU'RE GIDDY TONIGHT, GIRL, UM, PLEASE SCAN AND MARIE WILL GET THE INVITATION.
UM, I FEEL THE TN PRIVILEGED TO MEET AT THE COMMISSION.
IF YOU WOULD BLESS THE CONVERSATION AND THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE THAT WE NEED FROM THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AT MY MIND, KEEP US SAFE FROM THIS VIRUS THAT KEEP TRYING TO RESURFACE, KEEP IT AWAY FROM YOU.
SO I THINK THIS IS MY LAST TIME.
I PLEDGE 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.
DID EVERYBODY SIGN THEIR TIME SHEETS? YES, NO ONE'S HERE, BUT ANY, UH, WHEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COMPLETE A SECRET CARD FOR ANDREA CAN CANCEL CHAMBER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, UM, PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME, IF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN MAY NOT BE GRANTED OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSE OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM IN THE CITY BUSINESS AND APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4 9 5, 4 DOT THREE, A EACH SUCH COMMON SHALL BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
DURING THE MEETING, THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ALL MEMBERS ON ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE I'M SORRY.
ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE AN ACTED ON BY ONE MOTION UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER, OR A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS, SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
THEY TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION 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.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, MAY I PLEASE PULL ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM THE CONSENT COUNTER, BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU GUYS, BUT YOU CAN, UM, APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR, OH, OKAY.
WE'LL DISCUSS IT AND YOU CAN RECEIVE A FILE AFTERWARDS.
UM, SO, UM, YOU HAVE THE MINUTES YOU'VE REVIEWED THE MINUTES.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
TO EXCLUDE HIS CONSENT CALENDAR SHOULD BE THE NEXT ITEM.
I THINK IT'S NOT LISTED, BUT WHAT I PUT HERE FOR YOU GUYS IS A LITTLE POWERPOINT THAT WE MADE, UM, FOR COUNCILMAN NICK SARIAN.
SO SINCE HE'S A NEW COUNCIL PERSON, WE GAVE HIM AN UPDATE TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S KIND OF WHAT I GAVE YOU GUYS LAST JULY BEFORE OUR TOUR, BUT I THOUGHT WE COULD GO OVER IT AGAIN, JUST SO YOU GUYS GET A REFRESHER AND OUR MEETING, WASN'T ONLY 10 MINUTES LONG.
SO, UM, NEXT AREA, AND BY THE WAY, UM, IF YOU RECALL, IF YOU WATCHED IT, UM, THE, UM, INTERVIEWS, WHEN THE, UH, COUNSEL ASKED HIM LIKE OTHER CANDIDATES, WHAT WHERE'D YOU PUT THE MONEY? HE DID SAY COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH IS NOT USUALLY WHAT THEY SAY.
AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS NICE THAT HE SAID THAT AND HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR PRESENTATION, UM, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK THIS DEPARTMENT DOES.
SO IF WE'VE TURNED THE FIRST PAGE, I JUST WENT OVER WITH HIM, THE EIGHT DIFFERENT DIVISIONS THAT
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WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN OUR DEPARTMENT.AND YOU GUYS ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE NOW, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO, UM, EXPLAIN TO HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND HOW MUCH WE DO.
UM, THE INTERESTING STUFF COMES ON THE NEXT PAGE, WHERE YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE GENERAL FUND AND THE NON-GENERAL FUND, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR THE LAST YEARS.
SO AS YOU COULD SEE, THE GENERAL FUND IN 18, 19 STARTED AT 3.8 TO 9 MILLION AND WENT UP A LITTLE BIT IN 1920, BUT THEN COVID HIT.
AND WE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 3.4, 4 MILLION, BUT YOU COULD IMAGINE US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF RENTALS AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
DID I MISS THAT? SOMETHING RICHARD THAT'S.
UM, BUT THEN, SO, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WENT BACK UP TO 4.2 MILLION WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, WE HAD AN INCREASE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS WENT OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY THE TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR 22, 23.
UM, BUT LOOK AT OUR NON-GENERAL FUND, WHICH HAS ALL OF OUR GRANTS.
WE WENT FROM 2018, 19 AT 6.5 MILLION TO 21, 22 WE'RE AT 11.7 MILLION.
UM, WELL, A LOT OF THAT MONEY CAME FROM EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE INCREASED IT SO GREATLY, BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO GET, UM, ADDITIONAL MONEY THIS YEAR IN, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR PRESCHOOL BECAUSE, UH, THE WAY THEY REIMBURSE US IS FOR EVERY CHILD, WE SERVE SIX AND A HALF HOURS OR MORE.
YOU GET LIKE $45 A CHILD THAT'S ROUNDED OFF.
IT'S ACTUALLY ALMOST 20% MORE THAN IT USED TO BE.
SO THAT REALLY HELPS US A LOT.
AS YOU GUYS MAY REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE REORGANIZED THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR EMPLOYEES OFF OF MINIMUM WAGE AND, AND GET THEM A DECENT WAGE TO BE TEACHERS.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE RECEIVED THAT MONEY, BUT WE'RE ALL THE WAY AT $11.7 MILLION.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S QUITE A LOT.
SO THE NEXT PAGE LOOKS A LITTLE SMALL, BUT IT'S OUR ORG CHART.
AND SO YOU'VE SEEN THIS ORG CHART A NUMBER OF TIMES AND UM, I LIKE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER WHERE YOU COULD SEE HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN WHICH DIVISION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE STAFFING LEVEL GOES.
BUT DEFINITELY THIS DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO OUR DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT STILL MAKES IT LOOK NOT THAT BIG.
BUT WHEN YOU, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONEY, IT REALLY DOES.
SO THE FAR RIGHT-HAND COLUMN, FOR INSTANCE, 8.6 MILLION IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE LINE LOOKS THE SAME AS THE SOCIAL SERVICES, WHICH IS 363,000, BUT THAT'S WHY I PUT THE LITTLE BOX TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN.
UM, EACH ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS OF COURSE, LOOKING AT THIS, THE COUNCILMEN, UM, WAS PRETTY SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MUCH WE DO AND WHERE OUR MONEY GOES.
UM, SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ADMINISTRATION, UM, ADMINISTRATION RIGHT NOW, REALLY GRAFFITI.
IT'S JUST BEEN IN THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, ONE DAY, MAYBE EVEN THIS FISCAL YEAR, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT IT COMES OUT OF ADMINISTRATION.
KIM RUNS OUR GRAFFITI PROGRAM, BUT, UH, IT PUT IT UNDER BUILDING MAINTENANCE BECAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, HE COULD, UM, SUPERVISE THOSE STAFF WHILE KIM IS DOING SO MUCH MORE HELPING OUT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AND EVERYTHING.
OF COURSE, THE DEPOT THEATER OR THE CONTRACTS WITH HPAC BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, ALL OF THOSE, UM, ITEMS COME OUT OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, UM, ALL LEASES, UM, INCLUDING THE TENNIS CENTER, THE GARY CENTER, THE LIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE NEXT, UM, DIVISION, OH, THE LINES LOOK A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT IT'S BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT'S 15 BUILDINGS THAT ARE UTILIZED RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
WE DON'T DO THE INTERIOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE AT HBC OR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO DO IT, BUT THE CITY JUST BOUGHT AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET THERE AND THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET THERE.
SO WE ADDED TWO MORE BUILDINGS TO OUR REPERTOIRE HERE.
YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THEM THIS YEAR.
UM, FAMILY CHILDCARE, FOOD PROGRAMS, PRESCHOOL SCHOOL-AGE AND ALL THOSE.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING WITH OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING MORE THINGS, BUT THE FAMILIES, WE HAD STOPPED DOING THAT FOR A WHILE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF COVID, BUT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
SO, UM, WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UH, PARTICIPANTS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUS IS IN TOWN.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUY OUT ONE TENT, UM, ONE SHOW.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY ADD A SHOW FOR US AT THREE 30 ON SATURDAY.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, WHEN THAT REALLY HAPPENS, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT THEN ALL OF OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE TEACHERS, EVERYBODY CAN COME AND BE TOGETHER.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER WILL OPEN IT UP.
AND THE CIRCUS HAS OFFERED TO DO A MEET AND GREET WITH THE PERFORMERS AND OUR, AND OUR CHILDREN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS.
SO WE'LL WORK OUR CURRICULUM ALL WEEK LONG, JUST ON A CIRCUS, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, YOU KNOW, CIRCLES OR COLORS
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OR WHATEVER IT IS.AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WORKS OUT.
UM, IF YOU SAW THE 5K THIS WEEKEND, YOU SAW HOW MANY CHILDREN WE HAD THERE WERE WORKING ON IT BECAUSE THE DIAPER IS AT SEVEN 30.
AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE TRY TO GET EVERYBODY OFF.
SO WE DON'T DISRUPT THE BUSINESSES THAT MUCH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SEVEN 30 IS REALLY EARLY FOR PARENTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO IT EVERY DAY FOR SCHOOL TO DO IT ON A SATURDAY, BUT WE STILL HAD OVER A HUNDRED YOUTH PARTICIPATE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH OUR CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND IT'S KIND OF CRAZY, UM, IN A GOOD WAY.
SO IF YOU KNOW, MARIA THAT WORKS THERE, MARINA TAN, TINA HERRO DOWDELL, SHE GOT A NEW JOB.
SHE WASN'T LOOKING FOR IT, BUT DURING COVID, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK TO OTHER MUSEUMS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WHAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT THINGS.
AND THE COO POSITION OPENED UP AT PRETEND CITY IN, UM, IRVINE.
SO SHE'S GOING TO BE THE COO, UM, OF 10 CITY.
SO I TELL PEOPLE I CAN'T BE SAD BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT, UM, IT WOULD BE SELFISH IF I WAS SAD BECAUSE I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WANT EVERYTHING TO JUST BE HAPPY AND ROSY.
AND, UM, SO HER LAST DAY IS, UH, THE 20 NEXT FRIDAY.
AND, UM, IF YOU'RE AROUND, UM, WE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE SET IT OUT BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHY IN A SECOND, BUT, UM, WE'RE HAVING A GOING AWAY PARTY FOR HER, UH, MONDAY AT 1130 AT THE MUSEUM, BUT I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL JUST AS SOON AS WE'RE KNOW FOR SURE, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MUSEUM RIGHT NOW IS REMEMBER THAT A COURT CASE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT FOR, FOR THREE YEARS NOW WHERE THE CHILD THAT'S FOLLOWED HAVE BEEN THAT'S ACTUALLY, THE TRIAL HAS FINALLY STARTED.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT LATER, BUT, UM, IT STARTED THIS MONDAY AND, UM, WE PICKED A JURY AND WE'RE IN TRIAL.
SO, UM, IT'LL BE NICE TO JUST PUT IT IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR TO CAUSE THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018.
AND, UM, BUT SO THERE'S LOTS OF CHANGES AT THE MUSEUM MUSEUM, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY IN A GOOD WAY, UM, WE ARE OPENING UP THE MUSEUM FINALLY FOR BACK TO PRE COVID HOURS, STARTING THIS COMING MONDAY ALSO.
UM, BUT ONE THING THAT'S REALLY HURTING THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS THAT, UM, THEY, UM, THEY, THEY RELY HEAVILY ON TOURS, RIGHT? AND THE SCHOOLS STILL AREN'T DOING TOURS.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOPEFULLY LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND WE'LL START DOING TOURS AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
BUT THAT, THAT IS ABOUT 20% OF OUR OVERALL REVENUE.
JUST THE KIDS TOURS FROM SCHOOLS BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE.
SO 20% OF OUR OVERALL REVENUE TOO.
SO WE'RE HOPING, UM, I ASKED MARIA TO GIVE ME, UH, AN IDEA TO, TO LOOK AT THE REVENUES THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE FISCAL YEARS AND, UM, EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID WE LOST 200,000 JUSTIN, UM, ENTRY FEES, NOT EVEN COUNTING DONATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE, IT'S REALLY TRYING TO BRING THE MUSEUM BACK BIG, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND WE'LL DO THAT ONCE WITH, AS COURT CASES OVER WHATEVER THE AWARD, IF THERE'S AN AWARD, IS WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY.
UM, THERE IS A GOLF TOURNAMENT COMING UP ON MAY 2ND.
IT'S A MONDAY, WE STILL NEED SPONSORS.
WE STILL NEED GOLFERS AND WE STILL NEED EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES A GOLF TOURNAMENT.
AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW THAT TOO.
UM, THE FRIENDS, WILL IT BE AT FRIENDLY HILLS HUSSEY? UM, HACIENDA.
IS IT CALLED HACIENDA COUNTRY CLUB? YEAH.
FOR SOME REASON IT'S NOT SOUNDING RIGHT TO ME, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ONE IN, UH, LA HABRA HEIGHTS.
UM, I THINK IT'S, UM, 8 95 AS A FOURSOME, IF ANYBODY HAS A, FOR SOME THAT THEY WANT TO BRING IN.
UM, BUT IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB THAT, YOU KNOW, I BUY A FORCE SOMEWHAT AND I GIVE IT TO MY FRIENDS.
UM, BE, YOU KNOW, THE REAL GOLFERS ARE SO EXCITED TO GOLF UP THERE, BUT, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS OR WOULD LIKE TO HELP ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR HELP BECAUSE, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE SAME PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO THE MUSEUM, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW? AND SO IF YOU SEE MARIA, IF YOU COME ON MONDAY AND THAT'S A PRETTY BIG JOB THAT SHE'S TAKING, SHE'S GOING FROM THIS MUSEUM, SUPERVISING 10 ISH PART-TIME PEOPLE TO 24 FULL-TIME.
SO IT WASN'T A JOB SHE LOOKED FOR.
IT WAS A JOB THAT THEY RECRUITED HER FOR.
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING, UH, FOR HER.
SO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING IS LOOKING BETTER, YOU KNOW, UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE TURNED A CORNER.
WE, UM, THIS MONTH WILL BE THE THIRD QUARTER.
UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON GETTING, UM, STATISTICS UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY LOOKS FOR.
YOU KNOW, HOW THAT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING.
SO THEY LOOK AT A LIST TO SEE HOW MANY HASH MARKS WE HAVE.
AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD ON THAT.
AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN, UM, VERY THANKFUL TO US.
THERE WAS A TIME THAT WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT EVEN GETTING REFUNDED FOR THIS NEXT COMING YEAR, BUT THEY TOLD US THEY WILL REFUND US ONE MORE YEAR.
AND THAT LET'S SEE, WE HAVE, UM, OH, RECREATION.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE 5K THIS LAST WEEKEND AND, UH, THERE WERE ABOUT 500
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RUNNERS.UM, INITIALLY I SAID, OH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A HARD TIME WITH OUR 5K BECAUSE IT'S SO HALEY, NOBODY SETS ANY RECORDS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T GET THE GREAT TURNOUT.
I THINK SOMEBODY WAS IN THE FIFTEENS.
SO SOMEBODY LITERALLY HAD A 15.6, I'LL GET YOU GUYS A STATISTICS.
YOU KNOW, MINIMUM, UM, COMPLETE THE 5K, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, I GUESS IT PROBABLY COULDN'T BE FIT.
CAUSE IT WAS A FIVE MINUTE SOMETHING MILE.
IS THAT CRAZY? THAT IS A FIVE MINUTE.
AND I THINK THE FEMALES WERE IN THE SIXES.
THE, UM, I THINK THE FEMALE OVERALL WINNER WAS A SONORA HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER ENTER CHEERLEADING OUTFIT.
AND I THINK, YEAH, I THINK SHE DID IT IN LIKE, UM, 18 MINUTES.
I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE 18 AND A HALF.
IT WAS LIKE SIX MINUTE MINUTES.
AND SO HOPEFULLY, UM, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A COMMISSION TEAM TO WALK NEXT YEAR.
I TOLD PEOPLE ALL MY, MY SCORE WASN'T SO, UM, YOU KNOW, GREAT BECAUSE I STOPPED AND TALKED TO DANNY AND OPHELIA AT THEIR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WALKING BY, BUT NO, I DID IT IN A MILE AN HOUR.
SO A 20 MINUTE MILE, WASN'T THE WORST THING I'VE EVER DONE.
BUT, UM, I GOT TO SAY, I'M NOT MARIE, WHAT DO YOU RUN A MILE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? LET ME SHOW YOU EIGHT OR NINE.
I MEAN, NEXT TO THE NO EIGHT MINUTE IS EXCELLENT.
I AM, I THINK 12 MINUTES IS STILL EXCELLENT.
UM, AND, AND RECREATION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE EASTER EGG HUNT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE EXTRAVAGANZA ON THE 16TH AND THE EGG NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SO, UM, I WILL STILL BE, I THINK WE HAVE A COMMISSION THAT WEEK.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, THAT WEEK, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU COULD PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT EASTER EGG HUNT AT NIGHT THAT THEY DO AT MY HOUSE, IT LOOKS LIKE E T THEY'RE GLOWING EGGS.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE THINGS AND THEY'RE GOING UP AND DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PICKING THEM UP AT SCHOOL.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE SEPARATE IS THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE TEENS WOULD LIKE THAT MORE.
SO THEY DO THE, UH, THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH THE LITTLE KIDS ON SATURDAY MORNING, BUT YEAH.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL ALL BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
WE'LL TAKE MORE, UM, I THINK RSVP'D THAT MONTH, BUT IF, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE, JUST LET US KNOW.
AND UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GIVE YOU A JOB.
UM, SOCIAL SERVICES, IT'S KIND OF EXCITING, UM, OR SCARY OR WHATEVER THE WORDS WE CHOOSE TO USE.
UM, BUT I THINK I MENTIONED THAT THE CITY MANAGERS PUTTING HOMELESS SERVICES INTO OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE'VE DONE OUR INTERVIEWS BECAUSE THE CITY NO LONGER USE THE CITY NET.
UM, BUT WE WE'VE DONE OUR INTERVIEWS AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT CANDIDATES.
UM, WE'RE NOT SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIRE ONE OR TWO.
THE INITIAL, UM, OFFER WAS ONE, BUT BECAUSE THE TOP TWO WERE SO GREAT.
UM, THERE'S A CHANCE OF CITY MANAGER WILL LET US HIRE TWO.
WE HAVE THE MONEY BECAUSE BETWEEN GRANTS AND, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THEY GET MONEY FROM THE, UM, THE NORTH SPA AND EVERYBODY ELSE WORKS IN TWOS ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, UM, AN EMPLOYEE AND A POLICE OFFICER.
IT COULD BE TWO EMPLOYEES UNLESS THEY NEED THE POLICE OFFICER.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE UNIFORM THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO BY THIS TIME, NEXT MONTH, WE'LL, I'M SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR, UM, OUR NEW, UH, WE'RE CALLING THEM THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, BUT FOCUSING ON, UM, ON HOMELESS AT THIS TIME.
SO THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING TOO.
UM, SO THAT'S SOCIAL SERVICES, I THINK, IS THAT THE, UM, OH, AND THEN OF COURSE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT OUR CALENDAR, UM, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD THE 5K AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE CIRCUS IS THIS WEEKEND.
UM, THE LIONS ARE HAVING A BREAKFAST AT EL CENTRAL PARK, UH, BENEFITING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE EASTER PROGRAMS, VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AS BACK.
IT WON'T BE AN AWFUL EVENING ONE, BUT I THINK IT'S LIKE THREE TO FIVE OR FOUR TO SIX.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN, CAN MAKE THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER CITRUS IS SO EXCITING TO HAVE A FULL WEEKEND BACK WITH CARNIVAL RIDES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT, UM, UH, THE, THE LOVELL HOB BROOKS, THAT'S A BIG ONE ON YOUR CALENDAR OR CORN FESTIVAL TOO, BUT WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE REST LATER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE UPDATE AND THAT'S WHAT WE GAVE THE NEW COUNCILMEN.
AND, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU TOO.
SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD HIM.
SO IF HE EVER ASKS YOU ANYTHING, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, I KNOW ALL THAT.
AND EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY DID, I KNOW, BUT, UM, SO IT'S EXCITING.
IT'S EXCITING TIME FOR US, ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, OR, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE, MENTION THAT IN MY INTERVIEW THE OTHER DAY I HIGHLIGHT I HIGHLIGHT IS, UM, THE TOUR THAT WE GOT TO TODAY, HOW INFORMATIVE IT WAS.
AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE HOW THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE HERE
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GO ON TO PRODUCE THOSE RESULTS RIPPLE EFFECT.AND, OH YEAH, THEY WERE PRAISING YOUR NAME.
I FIGURED THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO DO A TOUR AGAIN, CAUSE IT WAS A LONG DAY COMMITMENT.
BUT MAYBE EVERY TWO YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL DO IT.
YOU KNOW? UM, I, CAUSE I, IT WAS A LOT FOR ALL OF US.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT, BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW ALL THE PROGRAMS INTERTWINED TOGETHER, HOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE KIDS INTERACT WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND THEY LOVE SEEING THE MIRROR.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST, IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF OUR MEETINGS.
BECAUSE WE COULD TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT, BUT WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT'S SO DIFFERENT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAPPEN TO HAVE COOL COPS THAT DAY.
AND BRING UP THE SLIDE AND, UH, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S WHEN YOU SEE IT AND YOU CAN SHOW UP TO A CONCERT IN THE PARK AND I, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE EVEN LVR HR DIRECTOR, SHE WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY YOUR STAFF? CAUSE THEY HAVE FUN EVERY DAY.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND UH, BUT IT, YOU GO TO A CONCERT, IT LOOKS LIKE, OH, YOU JUST MADE A FLYER.
PEOPLE CAME AND YOU GOT ABANDONED.
YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WENT HOME, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE INTO IT.
SO WHEN YOU GO, WHEN YOU VISIT THESE OFFICES AND YOU SEE THESE PEOPLE, WHAT THEY DO, THE BACKGROUND REALLY HELPS.
AND SO I'M, IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN ON IT, IT JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D GET ANYTHING NEW OUT OF IT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE, THE EXCITEMENT OF IT.
SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO OTHER THINGS.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT OFFICES IN CITY HALL, THOSE DIVISIONS TO DO A TOUR LIKE THAT? YEAH, ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE.
I'VE BEEN IN CITY HALL FOR MEETINGS AND BANQUETS AND STUFF, BUT NOT IN THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
NO, I THINK ACTUALLY, UM, I THINK THAT'D BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
HE CAN SIT IN, JIM SAID ROSE CHAIR.
SO THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE THE CITY MANAGER MAKING BIG DECISIONS, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD IDEA.
UM, AND THEN TWO, SO WHEN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT SEES WHAT IT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A COMMISSION DOES OR, YOU KNOW, NO, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT WOULD ALMOST BE LIKE, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, YOU THINK GOVERNMENT DAY, RIGHT.
EXCEPT IT'S, IT'S COMMISSIONED DAY.
UM, AND WE COULD, WE COULD INVITE PLANNING TO, BECAUSE PLANNING DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE DO.
AND, UM, SO LET ME, UM, LET ME SEE WHAT I COULD PUT TOGETHER AND WHEN I CAN DO IT.
UM, BUT THAT'S, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
I'M SURE THE CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE IT TO TELL THEM IT WAS ME.
I WILL, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, KATHY AND KELLY, DOES THE, DOES ANYBODY IN THE NORTH COUNTY, IN PARTICULAR OR ANY OF THE CITIES THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF HAVE A LEADERSHIP LAHABRA OR A LEADERSHIP ANAHEIM OR AT LEAST A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING ABOUT DOING IT HERE, BUT THAT PROBABLY GIVES US A GOOD, UM, IDEA THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD DO A NEW ONE.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A VOLUNTEER ONE.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH A LEADERSHIP CONCEPT, YOU ACTUALLY, YOU NEED TO BE FUNDED.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A SEED SEED FUND STARTED.
AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES GENERALLY IN EARLY SUPERVISOR AND MID-MANAGEMENT POSITIONS OR THE WHO THIS SPIRE TO BE MID MANAGER SOMEDAY.
SO THEY'RE REALLY LIKE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, RIGHT.
AND W WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TOUR, I KIND OF FLASHED ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR A GROUP, FROM A LEADERSHIP NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE THROUGH VARIOUS CITIES AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, HOW, HOW THE, THE PARTS CONNECT TO THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH OF WHO, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE THEM.
AND, UM, MAYBE NOT THE EXACT CONCEPT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S WHERE YOU ARE.
SO MY EXPERIENCE IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY THAT I HAD NEVER PARTICIPATED IN, BUT I HAD AN EMPLOYEE WHO PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP LAW POLK, UH, NORTH COUNTY PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS A VERY, SORRY, I GOTTA TAKE MINUTES TO SHOW.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR HER.
AND THEN I HAVE A COLLEAGUE WHO, WHEN HE RETIRED FROM STATE PARKS, BECAME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR LEADERSHIP SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.
AND BECAUSE OF HIS, YOU KNOW, CAREER EXPERIENCES, IT WAS A GREAT FIT.
SO WHAT I'M THINKING, AND I, I, I HINTED TO THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT, BUT I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS HIRED A CONSULTANT TO BASICALLY TAKE A CROSS THE BOARD AND LOOK AT THE UPDATE OPPORTUNITIES TO REINVIGORATE WHAT WE CALL IT DOWNTOWN MAHARA.
AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE KIND OF PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I DON'T VIEW DOWNTOWN LAHABRA AS A TRUE DOWNTOWN,
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BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT ENERGIZED OUTSKIRTS OF LA HARBOR.NOW WE HAVE THE IMPERIAL QUARTERED OR PERIOD HIGHWAY CORRIDOR, OR WE HAVE THE HARBOR CORRIDOR, WE HAVE THE WOODIER BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.
SO IT'S HARD TO DEFINE IT AS A DOWNTOWN.
SO I SEE THE BENEFIT OF HIRING A CONSULTANT TO KIND OF DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE ZONING AND THE HISTORY.
AND I THINK, UM, I HEARD YESTERDAY ABOUT, IN OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE, WHEN THE AUTO INDUSTRY LEFT OR THE AUTO DEALERSHIPS LEFT, IT REALLY TOOK A, WE TOOK A BLOW TO THE ECONOMY HERE.
SO WHAT A LA UH, WELL CALL IT, THE NORTH COUNTY LEADERSHIP GROUP WOULD DO AND NORMALLY DO IN THESE ARRANGEMENTS IS THEY, THEY TACKLE A TOPIC OR A CHALLENGE.
SO IN ADDITION TO HAVING A CONSULTANT, LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE MECHANICS OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW REFOCUSING THE ATTENTION AND SUPPORT FOR A DOWNTOWN OR AN OLD TOWN MAHAMUDRA, THIS KIND OF A GROUP COULD HELP US, BUT HAVING PUBLIC, UM, ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, OKAY, WE KNOW WHAT MAYBE THE EXPERT AND MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH IT, THE OLD TOWN AREA, BUT WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY FEEL IS MISSING AND HOW DO WE GET THOSE THINGS TO BE INCLUDED IN A, IN A LARGER VISIONING PROCESS FOR THE HOPPER? SO THAT'S JUST ONE, EXCEPT, UH, THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER IDEAS I HAVE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE MAYOR AND SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT, THERE'S ALSO A MAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK, A BOOK, UM, LOVE FOR LOVE OF A CITY.
PD ACTUALLY HAS A SERVICE WE'LL, HE'LL COME TO A COMMUNITY AND FACILITATE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
AND WE'LL INVITE YOU INVITE PEOPLE FROM THE CHAMBER, FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FAITH COMMUNITY, FROM THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, FROM THE CITY HALL.
AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD CREATE A TWO DAY DIALOGUE, BUT WHAT WOULD, WHAT, WHAT DO WE LOVE MOST ABOUT LA LAHABRA AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, OLD TOWN LAHABRA.
AND SO FROM THERE YOU GET, BASICALLY YOU GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU INVEST IN A LOT OF MONEY.
RICHARD, LET'S SAY THAT AGAIN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION, YOU'RE TALKING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO LIKE A THINK TANK.
NO, NO, NO, IT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GRASSROOTS, IT'S HIS ROLE AND HIS STAFF'S ROLE IS TO BASICALLY FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION.
SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT LAHABRA AND YOU START THROWING THOSE IDEAS UP ON, YOU KNOW, UH, ON THE WALL, ON PAPER, AND THEN YOU START TO FORM THESE GROUPS ABOUT, OKAY, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF, UH, OLD TOWN SHOPPING HERE, OR I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE THE DEPO THEATER AND HOW CAN WE USE THAT TO BECOME A MAGNET FOR, UH, YOUTH ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, OR, OR WE COULD CREATE A MURAL PROGRAM DOWNTOWN TO REVISIT THE WHOLE HISTORY OF LAHABRA VALLEY.
AND WHY DO PEOPLE SETTLE HERE? AND WHAT'S OUR, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE HISTORIC MUSEUM AND JUST HAVING THAT KIND OF GREATER CONVERSATION BEFORE WE GET CAUGHT UP, EXCUSE ME, IN THE POLITICS OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE POLITICIANS OR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THINK WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR CITY, WE FIRST NEED TO ASK THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? HOW WOULD IT BENEFIT YOU? YEAH.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, WE CAN AGENDIZE THAT NEXT WEEK AND WHAT OUR NEXT PLAN, THEN WHAT I COULD DO IS I COULD BRING YOU, MAYBE I COULD FIND THE SAMPLES THAT THE CITY MANAGER DID TWO YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, AND THEN, OR IF YOU COULD FIND SOME INCENTIVE TO ME, WE COULD ALL DISCUSS IT.
YES, NO, I'LL DEFINITELY BRING, GIVE YOU THE BOOK AND GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF WHAT I EXPERIENCED.
AND MAYBE THAT'LL BECOME ONE OF OUR PROJECTS AS A COMMISSION THAT WE'RE THE ONES WHO SPOT SPONSOR OR HOST OR WHATEVER THE WORDS ARE THIS EVENT, OR THIS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
IF THE GROUP THINKS IT'S WORTHY, I THINK WE COULD SHEPHERD IT.
SO WE COULD LEGALLY TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE IN-DEPTH NESS OF IT NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
AND WE'LL ALL, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER IDEAS OR YOU JUST SEND THEM TO ME OR KIM AND THEN INDEFINITELY YOU, UM, WHAT DO YOU SAY? I LOVE THE CITY OR, UM, WHAT ABOUT FOR THE LOVE OF, AND THE 11TH CITY AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM LEVEL, THE HARBOR IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
SO THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT AND, UM, I'LL PUT IT UNDER CONSIDERATION.
SO YOU COULD, UM, DECIDE, UM, THAT, UM, YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I KNOW THERE SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY, HOW CAN WE DO THIS? OKAY.
I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE GOOD BECAUSE THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY ON TOPIC HERE.
SO I THINK THAT'LL HELP US, AGENDIZE IT.
BUT SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED TO THE MAYOR TOO, I MEAN, I HOPE YOU, YOU KNOW, A MONTH DOESN'T PUT US BACK TOO FAR, BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD REALLY DO SOME GOOD STUFF WITH THAT AS WELL AS THE TOURIST CITY HALL FOR ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SAW IN THE COUNCIL MEETING TO THE, UH, WHEN THEY WERE, THE PEOPLE WERE, UM, INTERVIEWING, RIGHT.
THEY ASKED A LOT ABOUT THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AND WE DIDN'T REALLY, WE DON'T TALK TO YOU GUYS A LOT ABOUT THE BUDGET.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WHAT MINE IS.
I TRY TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT, IT'S ON OUR, OUR, OR CHARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
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ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR FROM THE CITY THIS YEAR AND HOW THE BUDGET REALLY WORKS AND WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK, THINGS LIKE THAT.SO, UM, BUT SO LET'S, AGENDIZE IT, UH, FOR NEXT TIME, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL REQUIRES, UM, TWO PEOPLE TO VOTE, ONE, TO MAKE A MOTION, TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, UH, ONE A SECOND.
SO THAT WAY THINGS JUST AREN'T THROWN AT STAFF.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT THAT WAY TOO, IF RICHARD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SECOND, IT I'LL SECOND THERESA SECOND.
IT JUST HELPS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF NOT EVERY COUNCIL MIGHT ASK HER FOR THINGS, YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS, SO, OKAY.
WELL ANYWAYS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REPORT? UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LITTLE UPDATE FOR THE, NO, THAT WAS GREAT.
BREAKING IT DOWN SO THAT I REMEMBER A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S TO AGENDIZE THE, UM, BUT YEAH, A DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UM, I'M APPROVING THE POWERPOINT THAT WE JUST DID BECAUSE I REMOVED IT FROM YOUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE POWERPOINT CALENDAR ALL SECOND.
I KNOW WE WENT OVER THE CALENDAR A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF, UM, YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEM, YOU CAN START THERE.
MADAM CHAIR START WHERE A CONSIDERATION ITEMS. OH, ALRIGHT.
UH, ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKEN A FINAL VOTE ON, ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEMS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
SO I GUESS WE ALREADY DID THIS.
BUT, UM, SO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES EVENT CALENDAR IS PASSED OUT TO OUR COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU UPDATES AS WE HAVE THEM.
BUT YOU WANNA HAVE SOMEBODY APPROVE THE CALENDAR? PARDON ME? YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY APPROVE THE CALENDAR THOUGH? IT'S A CONSIDERATION ITEM.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CALENDAR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CALENDAR.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
SO ANY MORE COMMENTS OVER THERE? UM, I THINK I PASS IT ALL.
I THINK I WENT THROUGH IT ALL FOR YOU GUYS.
I LOVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND UM, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO GET HOME TOO, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE YOU GUYS SPEND THE TIME WITH ME, UM, LEARNING ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE IT AND I, I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THE KNOWLEDGE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT.
AND, UM, SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A LITTLE COMMENT.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TODAY TO GO TO THE, UH, FOOD BANK.
YOU KNOW, UM, THE COLLABORATIVE ABERDEEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, SCOTT KINDA GAVE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS GIVEN A TOUR AND I FELT THAT I ENDED UP WITH ROSE ESPINOSA.
AND SO WE GOT LIKE THE SPECIAL TOUR AND I WAS, WE WERE REALLY ENJOYING IT.
AND, UM, AND WOW, WHAT DIVISION, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN, IN HIS, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, MARIE JUST JOINED THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE COLLABORATIVE TOO.
SO, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS, PERFECT PERSON FOR IT.
KELLY THINKS SO IT'S, HE DOESN'T WORK FOR US.
HE DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GIVE THEM THE BUILDING AND THROUGH THE VCC AND THE GARY CENTER, UM, HE'S TAKEN OVER THAT BUILDING.
HE'LL TAKE OVER THE CRCC BECAUSE THEY HAD, UM, GONE DOWN TO BASICALLY ONLY DOING FOOD.
YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, THE CRCC HAD FOOD AND WELLNESS AND OTHER, UM, STUFF THAT THEY DID, BUT THEY HAD GONE DOWN TO JUST FOOD.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, SINCE SCOTSTOUN IS SUCH A GREAT JOB, I KNOW THIS IS A CONDENSED VERSION, CARRIE, BUT, UM, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANY LONGER.
YOU KNOW, I DID SUGGEST THAT THEY GO BACK TO DOING COUNSELING OR PARENTING CLASSES OR HELPING US WITH HOMELESS, BUT I THINK THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE PANDEMIC ONLY DOING FOOD.
SO, UM, THEY DECIDED TO, UM, UH, RELINQUISH THEIR NONPROFIT STATUS AND, UM, JUST LET SCOTT HANDLE THE FOOD.
AND SO, UM, I'M A LITTLE SAD FOR IT, BUT I GET IT.
AND, UM, CAUSE THE CRCC DID SUCH GREAT, GREAT THINGS.
UH, IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO KEEP DUPLICATING
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A GOOD JOB THAT HE'S DOING WHEN WE WERE JUST DOING TWO DAYS A WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM 12 TO TWO.AND HE WAS ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, SIX DAYS A WEEK AND MAYBE SOME SATURDAYS AND HE DOES IT OUT OF OIL G ON SUNDAYS.
SO IT JUST MADE SENSE THAT IT'S KIND OF HOUSED IN ONE LOCATION.
AND, UM, SO IT WAS JUST A, UH, BROAD BOARD DECISION TO DO THAT AND, AND HIS VOLUNTEER BASIS, HUGE WITH OLG ALONE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT A FULL, UM, MINISTERIAL TYPE OF, UM, FAITH-BASED BUSINESS, RIGHT.
THAT THEY'RE, EVERYBODY'S HELPING.
IF ANYBODY ELSE EVER WANTS TO GO DOWN THERE, I'M GOING TO SAY SINCE THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY THING, AND I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT CRYING IS BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR LOST HER HUSBAND AND SHE'S RENTING FROM THIS SHE'S NEW TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A RENTER.
AND SHE HAS THREE OF THE MOST POLITE BOYS AND VERY KIND, AND SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR HERSELF.
AND I'VE TALKED TO HER ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I SAID, HEY.
AND SO I, SCOTT SAID, GO GET HER AND BRING HER DOWN HERE, THERESA.
AND THOSE KIDS WERE LIKE SO HAPPY.
AND HE ASKED HIM WHAT THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE, WHEN THEY WALKED INTO THE ROOM THAT THE FREEZER AREA, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDE.
AND, UM, THEY SEEN THIS BAG OF RICOLA COUGH DROPS IT WAS SO FUNNY.
HE GOES, UM, SO THE MOM WAS REAL HUMBLE CAUSE SHE HAS, SHE HAS A, A TOUGH TIME.
AND I TOLD, OH, I DO IT ALL THE TIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WALK ALONGSIDE PEOPLE AT TIMES, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, SO ANYWAY, SO THEY, THEY, THEY GOT QUITE A HAUL AND IT WAS KIND OF FUN BECAUSE WHEN I, WHEN WE CAME BACK TO THEIR HOUSE AND DROPPED US OFF, THEIR AUNT PULLED UP AND THEY RAN TO HER CAR AND SAID, OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS.
AND THEY WERE JUST, IT WAS JUST LIKE, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I WISH I COULD HAVE VIDEOED IT FOR SCOTT.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SO HEARTWARMING, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW IT REALLY WORKS.
I MEAN, IT'S, THAT'S WORD OF MOUTH.
IT'S KEEPING YOUR EARS OPEN FOR YOUR, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE ANYMORE, UNABLE TO GO TO THE STORE OR THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE THEM TO THE MARKET OR TAKE THEM TO THE DOCTORS WHEN NOBODY THERE'S SO MUCH FOOD THAT NOBODY SHOULD GO WITHOUT FOOD.
AND HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB PUTTING THAT ALL TOGETHER.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT AND HOPEFULLY, UM, YOU GUYS COULD ALL GO DOWN SOMETIME JUST TO SEE IT, BUT NOBODY, LIKE YOU SAID IN THIS CITY SHOULD HAVE, UM, ANY TYPE OF FOOD INSECURITY AS THEY SAY.
ANYTHING ELSE THOUGH? UM, TWO SMALL THINGS.
UM, THE, UH, MEALS ON WHEELS AS OF THE FIRST APRIL 1ST WILL BE IN THE NEW HILLCREST BUILDING AS WELL.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR NEW FREEZER UP AND RUNNING THE FRIGERATOR UP AND RUNNING.
UM, THIS FRIDAY, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A TOUR WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO THEY GET FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW PLACE AND WHERE TO PICK UP THE FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE READY.
BUT, UM, IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S COMING ALONG REALLY NICE JUST TO SEE WHAT A DIFFERENCE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST WENT OVER THERE, EVERYBODY GOES, OH BOY, THIS NEEDS A LOT OF WORK, BUT SCOTT GOT IT ALL DONE.
HE GOT THE FLOORS IN AND GOT THE WALLS PAINTED.
AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE, A SPLASH OF WHITE PAINT MAKES A BEAUTIFUL NEW FLOORING.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ORDERED, UM, DESKS AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND STUFF THAT WAS ANTIQUE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE SHE'S BEEN HOUSED FOR.
IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW, WELL, YOU SAW IT IN THE TOUR, SHE'S LITERALLY IN THE COMEY CENTER BREAK ROOM.
AND SO STAFF GOT THEIR, THEIR BREAK.
THEY GOT THEIR BREAK ROOM BACK NOW.
HE'LL CHRIS, YOU KNOW WHERE THE GARY CENTER? YEAH.
THAT'S THE HILLCREST BUILDING.
SO YOU JUST GO IN IT'S IN THE MAIN DAY.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NICE THING.
SO TO ANYBODY WANTS TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT.
THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER LONG DRIVE FOR MEALS ON WHEELS.
DID YOU GUYS A SECOND THING, IS ANYBODY ELSE HAVING, IS THERE ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY? I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU HAD TWO THINGS, CARRIE.
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GIRLS SLEEPLESS NAILS.NO, NO, COME DOWN HERE AND I'LL TAKE IT WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT IT.
I HAVE ENOUGH PICTURES OF MYSELF OR YOU CAN GO FROM THERE.
I WAS GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE.
I CAN'T TALK TO YOUR SMILE FOR TWO REASONS.
WE JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, YOU SUCH KNOWLEDGE PATIENT, PATIENT WITH THE US.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
I'LL ALERT YOUR CITY AND MEET YOU.
AND, UM, I ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FELT LIKE PEOPLE WERE TELLING ME TO GET INVOLVED.
AND SO GOING THERE FOR A SECOND WHILE YOU'RE TALKING, SO IT TURNS OUT THAT EXPERIENCE.
LIKE JOHN CAMPBELL, AS ALWAYS SAID, HE HAS SAID THAT YOU NEED JUST TO SHOW UP.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO GET AT ALL.
GET TO KNOW YOU GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.
I MEAN, JUST IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE, WE GO AWAY.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING CCR AND ALL THAT, BUT I'M THROUGH THAT.
THEY, THEY GAIN ON ME BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT INCIDENTS LATELY.
WHEN YOU'RE A BLESSING AND WE, OUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU'RE A HARD WORKER.
I'M ON THE BOARD WATCH AND SEE YOU WORK TIRELESSLY IN WHAT ROLE MODEL.
YOU'VE BEEN SECURITY FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO SEE THAT.
AND YOU'RE SO PATIENT WITH US, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD, THE BARBIE WALKED THAT WALK.
I WOULDN'T HAVE SIGNED UP AND REALLY ENJOY IT, BUT NOW I HEAR YOU CANDIDATES.
I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE LIST YET.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WORKING ON THE FARM LISTS.
SMART WORD, DEPENDABILITY, CONSISTENCY.
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I TOLD YOU IN TWO SECONDS, I DO.SO DO YOU WANT IT? YOU MIND, ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS FEEDING