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ON[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2022 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
AND CAN I GET THE TIME? LET ME GET MY WATER.I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY START THE MEETING THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 6 34.
WHAT EVERYBODY LIKES TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
WE COME BEFORE YOU TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND DISCUSS CITY BUSINESS.
WE ASK THAT YOU WILL GRANT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING AS WE CONSIDER THE CITY, THE CITY BUSINESS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
GIVE US THE ABILITY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY AS RESURRECTION LOOSEN AS EXCUSE ME, AS RELIC RESTRICTION LOOSEN.
AND WE GATHER IN A LARGER SCALE, MAYBE WE UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY AND CHALLENGES BEFORE THE COMMISSION CITY STAFF AND THE CITIZENS OF LAHABRA BLESS THIS COMMISSION IN ITS DECISION-MAKING AND BLESS THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
MAY OUR ACTIONS BE PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
MARIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ABSOLUTELY.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, COMMISSIONER LABIANCA COMMISSIONER ROJAS.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT IS ABSENT.
I'M GOING, GONNA MOVE DOWN TO THE MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I DID SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CORRECT.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE COMMIT, UH, CARRIE STARTING THE MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS KATHY ON THE VERY FIRST LINE.
AND THEN, UM, RE REFERENCED TO THE COMMISSION MEETINGS OF OCTOBER 13TH, 2021.
I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE MARCH 16 AND IT'S ON THE SECOND PAGE TWO UNDER ITEM B.
AND THEN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPTED WITH THOSE CORRECTIONS.
UH, I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO KIM, BECAUSE AS YOU RECALL, SHE WAS NOT HERE AND SHE DID THE MINUTES OFF OF THE RECORDING.
I WASN'T HERE FOR THIS MEETING, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT UNDER GERMAN EQUAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU GOT THE BODY, RIGHT? SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO, UM, AND UM, YOU HAVE TO BE THERE A LOT.
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THE FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
AND COMMENT COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
DO I READ LIKE NUMBER ONE, TWO AND THREE AS WELL? YES.
NUMBER ONE, COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION REORGANIZATION THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION SELECT EIGHT CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM NUMBER TWO COMMUNITY.
SO BEFORE YOU DO THAT, YOU PROBABLY REALIZE THAT, OR WE HAVE NOT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO PUT OUR COMMISSIONING TO FIVE MEMBERS.
IS IT A SEVEN? SO THAT HELPS US, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT TO KEEP US ORGANIZED.
UM, BUT
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MUCH, BUT WE'LL WORK IT OUT, ACTUALLY PUT UP JUST THE FIVE SALES OUTSIDE AFTER WE'D BEEN WORKING WITH HER BACKSTORY TO THAT DECISION.
WELL, UM, I THINK A LITTLE BIT THAT NO, NOBODY ELSE REALLY HAS SEVEN COMMISSIONERS IS CHILE BY WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, AND BECAUSE WE HAD A NATURAL, UH, UM, SUCCESSION OR VACANCIES.
IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO AGREE AT 0.1 TO YOU, BECAUSE OF IT, THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED AT SIX OR SEVEN.
I THINK YOU NEED AN OD FOR THE MOST PART REFORMS. RIGHT.
AND SO, UM, KATHY NOT BEING HERE AND CARRIE MOVING TO PLANNING, IT JUST WAS A NATURAL MOVE FOR THEM TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MOST, EVERY OTHER CITY AROUND US.
UH, ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO? NO, NO, WE GOT TO DO ONE.
OH, SO
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP NOMINATIONS FOR A CHAIR AND WE'LL NEED A FIRST AND A SECOND AND THEN, UM, CAN VOTE AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR A VICE-CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE NOMINATIONS FOR A CHAIR IS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE THERESA KIM KERR AS CHAIR.
DO I ACCEPT ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE? YES.
OH, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE VICE CHAIR.
CAN I CAN WE COULD VOTE OR NOT VOTE? OKAY.
WAS THERE A SECOND? OH, I'LL SECOND.
I DON'T WANT TO BE A KILL DROVE, BUT I WAS THINKING RICHARD, I'M SORRY.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE, I KNOW.
I, I WANT, I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE'S THE PROBLEM.
I KNOW IT IS A REALLY TOUGH DECISION.
UM, I JUST, UH, JUST SO THAT GABBY KNOW THAT I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOUR ABILITY AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE PERHAPS RICHARD, BECAUSE HE'S RETIRED, HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN NOW THAT WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN ON SOME OF THE EVENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO THAT, SO I WAS LEANING IN FAVOR OF, UM, NOMINATING RICHARD.
MAYBE WE COULD CHECK CALENDARS AND I COULD HELP OUT WHERE YOU THINK I SHOULD BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING.
THAT'S MY ONLY, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO THAT, THAT THERE'S NOT A SECOND.
THE IDEA THAT MY OFFER IS TO WORK WITH YOU GABBY AS VICE CHAIR
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AND COVERING ANY CALENDAR ITEMS WHERE YOU COULDN'T CAN, WE THAT'S AN INFORMAL KIND OF, AND THEY HAVE A DEFAULT LIKE THAT.NO, BUT RICHARD, HE'S GOING TO BE THERE.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MURRAY, YOU COULD KEEP YOUR NOMINATION OR YOU COULD RESEND THE NOMINATION WITH RICHARD SAYING THAT HE WOULD.
CAUSE I DEFINITELY AM VERY COMFORTABLE WITH GABBY.
IT'S JUST ALWAYS THINKING OF THE TIME ELEMENT A LOT GOING ON.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON RICHARD'S MOTION THEN, OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE ON RICHARD'S MOTION TO COPE.
COMMISSIONER ROSA HAS HIS, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO CO-CHAIR WITH GABBY ALLSPICE CHAIR.
CAN I CORRECT THAT? OR SO I'M NOT SURE.
OR VOTING ON, WE VOTED GABBY IN AS VICE-CHAIR, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT YET.
THAT'S WHAT THE CHAIR OF THE MOTION AND THE VOTE WILL BE IF THERE'S AN AMENDMENT OR IS THERE NOT AMENDMENT? I KNOW.
WHERE WERE YOU RESCINDED IT? BECAUSE YOU GAVE IT INFORMAL COMMITMENT TO NO, BUT THERESA SANE AS A CODE.
VICE-CHAIR DO WE WANT, CAN WE DO THAT OR DO WE NEED TO DO JUST A VICE CHAIR? JUST A VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR WITH THE, UM, WITH THE, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD JUST ALL HELP, CORRECT FOR GABBY.
AND THAT WOULD BE, UM, AN INFORMAL ARRANGEMENT.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE MOTIONED OR PUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE OKAY.
WE CONSIDER THAT THAT WHEN AN AMENDMENT IS THAT CORRECT? COMBINATION OF GAP, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA'S NOMINATION AS VICE CHAIR.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A SECOND.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION? THINK WE DID, BUT ALL SECONDS.
SORRY, I'M GETTING SO CONFUSED.
IT'S JUST A VOTE ON THE NOMINATION.
SO, AND THEN ONCE I GET A ROLL CALL, ALL IN FAVOR.
OH, WE'RE GOING TO NOW WE'RE GOING TO ROLL CALL.
IT'S DEFINITELY CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER ROJAS.
SORRY ABOUT THE CONFUSION THERE.
NOW, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MORE FUN, WE ARE GOING TO RE SWEAR IN OUR COMMISSIONERS.
AND SO IF WE COULD HAVE, UM, ART QUESTION, MS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU LEGS INDIVIDUALLY OR WE CAN READ IT ALL TOGETHER, WHATEVER.
YOU STAY UP THERE AND I'LL TAKE IT.
UM, OUR CHAIR, SO THERESA YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF INVASION.
AND THAT I WILL, I WILL, AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THIS
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OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER HI, RICHARD ROJAS.
DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO.
CAN YOU ENVISION THIS DISTRICT? SO OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DECISION TO HELP READ REVITALIZE THE LA HARBOR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION DISCUSSED IDEAS AND STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE, EXCUSE ME, TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TO HELP RE REVITALIZE THE, UH, LAHABRA DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
WOULD THAT BE IN YOUR COURT? RICHARD? YEAH.
SO AS I SHARED THE LAST TIME, YES, MY HAND WAS UP TO, OKAY.
SO LAST MEETING, I PITCHED THIS IDEA.
I THINK WE WERE HAD A GENERAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MIGHT BETTER SERVE OUR OWN ROLES AND ACTUALLY THE SERVICE TO THE CITY AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND I, I THINK I SHARED THAT DURING MY, UH, PREPARATION FOR MY INTERVIEW, FOR THE COMMISSION.
I CAME ACROSS THE CITIES, UH, CITY COUNCILS ADOPTED 20 FISCAL YEAR, 20 22, 23, UM, CITY OF LA HARBOR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
AND IT'S, AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S KIND OF A ROADMAP FOR THEIR STRATEGY FOR THE COMING YEAR.
WHAT ARE THEIR PRIORITIES AND WHAT DO THEY HELP TO ACHIEVE? AND SO MUCH AS OUR ROLE IS TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.
I TOOK A LOOK AT THIS IDEA OF OBJECT, OBJECT, EXCUSE ME, OF GOAL FIVE, WHICH UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, UM, ITEM, LINE ITEM, OBJECTIVE H THE COUNCIL PLANS TO RETAIN A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THE COHESIVE STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS TO ESTABLISH A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ALONG THE HOMBRE.
AND IT, SO IT INCLUDED SOME MORE LANGUAGE, BUT BASICALLY THEY GOING TO HIRE A CONSULTANT I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE.
I THINK I SAW THAT IN THE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES.
SO THE, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE, UM, CONSULTANT IS REALLY TO GATHER ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS GENERAL PLAN, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, UH, MAYBE SOME HISTORICAL RECORDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EVOLUTION OF THE
YOU KNOW, I LEARNED FROM CONVERSATIONS FROM SOME OF YOU AND STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AT ONE TIME, THERE WAS A BUSY AUTO SALES CORRIDOR AT HARBOR AND THE END OF LAHABRA AND ALL THAT'S CHANGED IN MANY OF OUR LIFETIMES.
AND SO I KIND OF REFLECTED ON EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD LIVING IN GALENA.
I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH YOU IN, WHEN I LIVED IN GALENA CITY OF KALITA, I WAS ON, ON THE CITY'S PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
THE CITY WAS INCORPORATED AFTER A GROUP OF CITIZENS, UM, KIND OF BECAME UPSET BECAUSE THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA WAS USING THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.
UM, THAT BECAME THE CITY OF GALENA AS THE TARGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AS THE STATE HAS MANDATED ALL COMMUNITIES TO COME UP WITH PLANS TO AFFORD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO THE CITY, UM, FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE A NEW CITY OF GALENA OBJECTED TO THAT.
AND SO THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL IT WOULD BE, DO BECOME INCORPORATED.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENED? THEY, UM, DEVELOPED, UH, UH, THEY NEEDED A CITY HALL AND CITY ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BUY ONE
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AND DIDN'T HAVE AN EXISTING FACILITY TO MOVE INTO.SO THEY ACTUALLY LEASED PRIVATE OFFICE BUILDING.
AND TODAY THAT'S THEIR CITY HALL AND IT BECAME SEPARATED FROM THE, WHAT WE CALL THE HISTORIC OLD TOWN GALENA.
AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THOSE YEARS THAT I WAS LIVING THERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DUMBFOUNDED.
WHAT DO WE DO? WE HAVE THE CITY THAT'S GROWING, UM, A NEW COMMERCIAL AREAS, NEW RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE HAD SOME MANDATES THAT WE HAD TO MEET, YOU KNOW, TO MEET THE STAMP MAINTENANCE MANDATE FOR HOUSING, BUT THERE WAS NO CORE OF THE CITY.
THERE WAS NO LIKE DOWNTOWN, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BURBS, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN YOU HAVE A RETAIL OR RESIDENTIAL OR RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
IT WAS MUCH LIKE LAHABRA IS TODAY AND TOTALLY UNINTENTIONAL, UH, JUST THE WAY THE COMMUNITY EVOLVED.
SO BEFORE THAT CITY, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL INVESTED TOO HEAVILY AND KIND OF A MASTER PLAN FOR, WE CALL THE OLD TOWN GALENA, THEY INVITED THIS, UM, AUTHOR, PETER KIDD, YAMA TO COME TO THE CITY AND FOR ONE DAY HOST A WORKSHOP.
AND IT WAS REALLY, UH, IT WAS REALLY MORE OF A LISTENING SESSION, BUT IT ALSO, UM, ELICITING SESSION, MEANING THAT HE HAS THIS NOTION.
AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING BOOK TO READ.
HE HAS AN EARLIER VERSION OF THE BOOK.
UM, THAT'S OUT, I THINK THERE'S A COPY OF THE BOOK ON THE BACK PAGE OR THE COVER OF THE BOOK BACK PAGE.
SO WHEN HE WAS DOING SOME CONSULTING WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS BUSY RAISING KIDS AND DOING HIS OWN THING.
HE, HE LIVED IN FLORIDA AND WHEN HE WOULD TRAVEL ACROSS THE U S OR, YOU KNOW, OVERSEAS DOING THIS CONSULTANT WORK, PEOPLE WOULD OFTEN ASK HIM, WHERE ARE YOU FROM? AND HE SAID, WELL, I'M FROM FLORIDA.
AND EVERYBODY WOULD SAY, OH, I LOVE FLORIDA.
YOU KNOW, WE'D GO ON VACATION THERE.
AND WE HAVE OUR PARENTS LIVE THERE OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
WHY DO YOU LOVE FLORIDA? AND THEY ASKED, I FORGET WHAT THE S ST.
PETERSBURG, I THINK HE LIVED IN, WHY DO YOU LOVE ST.
PETERSBURG? AND YOU REALLY COULDN'T ANSWER OTHER THAN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMON THINGS THAT WE MIGHT SAY, WELL, IT HAS A GOOD SHOPPING DISTRICTS HAVE SAFE, SAFE COMMUNITIES, HAS GOOD SCHOOLS, WONDERFUL STAFF THAT WAS REALLY ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, SO HE STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH AND HE CAME TO THIS NOTION THAT ALTHOUGH WE OFTEN THINK OF OUR CITIES AS THE, AS THE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY HALL, THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE HERE NOW, UM, THE DECISION TO SELL THE PROPERTY FOR REDEVELOPMENT HOUSING REDEVELOP WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I MEAN, TO MOST RESIDENTS, FROM WHAT I LEARNED AND UNDERSTAND, AND TO CREATE A CITY FOOTPRINT HERE, A CITY HALL, WHICH CREATES KIND OF A CIVIC CENTER, RIGHT? BUT THE REST OF THE CITY IS ALL SPREAD OUT.
WE HAVE AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND US.
WE HAVE NEW COMMUNITIES THAT POPPED UP NORTH OF IMPERIAL AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
AND SO WHAT HE STARTED TO COME TO UNDERSTAND IS MOST COMMUNITIES DON'T LOOK AT IT, THEIR CITIES, OR INTERPRET THEIR CITIES OR THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR CITIES USING THE WORD.
LOVE, LOVE IS AN EMOTIONAL CONTEXT, RIGHT? AND SO, BUT FOR MOST OF US, ESPECIALLY ME AS A NEW RESIDENT, I LOVE THIS PLACE.
YOU KNOW, MY, MY GRANDKIDS ARE GROWING UP NEAR HERE.
THEY'RE PLAYING SPORTS, THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOLS, I'M MEETING PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY HOW I LOVE EVERYONE IN THE CITY, BUT THE FOLKS THAT I COME HAVE COME TO MEET, THEY ADD TO MY QUALITY OF LIFE HERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE MESSAGE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH OUR COUNCIL.
YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND LOOK AT ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES THAT THE CITY CONTENDS WITH AND WHERE WOULD WE WANT TO TAKE THE FUTURE IN DEVELOPING OR NOT DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT LAHABRA? AND SO THIS IDEA IS JUST THAT, DO WE, AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION WISH TO PLAY A ROLE IN HOW THE CITY COUNCIL ROLLS OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES MIGHT BE FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE'LL CALL IT, YOU KNOW, UM, DOWNTOWN THE HOT BRUH, OR SOME MAY SAY OLD TOWN MACABRE, BUT THE LA HARBOR CORRIDOR IS REALLY WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT.
THE MAIN CONVERSATION IS THAT WE COULD FACILITATE.
AND SO THE QUESTION TO THIS GROUP IS, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OUR BUSY LIVES AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO IN THIS COMMISSION, IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO TACKLE AND TAKE THE LEAD ON, OR DO WE EVEN TAKE AN EVEN SMALLER BABY STEP BY PITCHING THIS IDEA TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAYING, WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE COMMITTED UNDER YOUR 22 OR 21 TO 2122 PLAN.
YOU'RE GOING TO HIRE A CONSULTANT.
THAT'S GOING TO GATHER THE DATA RIGHT.
TO INFORM YOUR DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD, KNOWING WHAT POLITICIANS WANT AND MAYBE WHAT BUSINESS PEOPLE WANT AND RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP DEVELOPERS MIGHT WANT, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT? WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM? WHAT
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WILL KEEP THEIR TEENAGERS HERE FROM MOVING AWAY AFTER THEY GO TO COLLEGE? YOU KNOW, LIVING HERE AFTER THEY START THEIR CAREERS, OUR PARENTS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.IS THERE HOUSING FOR THEM TO KEEP THEM HERE? ARE THERE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CITY OR THROUGH OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS, ENOUGH VARIETY TO KEEP THE NEXT GENERATION, YOU KNOW, UH, INTERESTED IN, IN STAYING IN LAHABRA.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE APPROACH TO ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
SO I, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THERE'S POSSIBLE POSSIBILITY TO GO ONLINE AND LOOK UP HIS WEBSITE.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY INFORMATIVE.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LATER THIS EVENING, OR SOMETIME THIS WEEK GO TO THE, FOR LOVE OF CITIES WEBSITE, AND YOU COULD SEE THE WORK THAT THIS MAN, HIS COMPANY AND HIS AFFILIATE ORGANIZATION HAS, HAS AN, IS DOING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.
IT'S NOT LIKE ROCKET SCIENCE, IT'S NOT REAL COMPLICATED.
IT'S JUST GETTING A GROUP TOGETHER.
AND HE ENCOURAGES LIKE, YOU KNOW, CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY STAFF, BUSINESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER, UM, DEVELOPERS, IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE DEVELOPER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTS, WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO BRING TOGETHER, HE DOES A ONE DAY WORKSHOP.
IT'S ACTUALLY A HALF A DAY WORKSHOP.
AND HE BREAKS THE GROUP DOWN INTO SMALL GROUPS AND THEY DO ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE HALF DAY.
AND I BELIEVE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP WHAT IT MIGHT COST TO SEE, BUT I THINK HE IS, HE OPERATES A NONPROFIT WHERE HE ACTUALLY RAISES MONEY FOR OUR STAFF AND TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE FACILITATED CONSULTATIONS OR WORKSHOPS BECAUSE HE OFFERS PART OF THE, PART OF THE EXERCISE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN TEAMS DURING THE HALF DAY.
AND THEN HE ASKED YOU, OKAY, IF YOU HAD $500 TO DO SOMETHING, TO CELEBRATE YOUR LOVE FOR LAHABRA, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THAT $500? AND THIS IS PRE COVID.
SO IN, IN GALENA, UH, A GROUP GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, WE'D LIKE TO DO A POP-UP, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY IN, IN THE OLD TOWN GALENA AREA THAT WAS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO THEY IDEAS AND, YOU KNOW, COVID, WHAT DID WE SEE ALL THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES DURING COVID HOP UP, YOU KNOW, CAFES AND PAP POP-UP DINING AREAS.
AND THAT BECAME LIKE THE NORM IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND, YOU KNOW, OUR INABILITY TO EAT IN RESTAURANTS.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE EXERCISE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA AND YOU, YOU NEED A $500 TO SEE THAT IDEA, THEN HIS FOUNDATION FUNDS THAT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M RICHARD, I DO HAVE A QUESTION IS, UM, LIKE I LIVED IN, I HAVE LIVED IN LA HABRA, UM, 29 YEARS NOW.
UM, SHOCKS ME TO SAY THAT, BUT, UM, IT'S TRUE.
UM, SO I THINK THAT LAHABRA HAS STARTED TO MAKE THAT GRADUATION SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE, UM, I WAS DISCUSSING WITH A FRIEND EARLIER THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN, LIKE, COSTCO'S, WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN, THEY HAD STARTED MOVING.
THEY, THEY CHEVRON HAD SHUT DOWN.
THEN THEY GOT THE WEST RIDGE THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT ALL THE WESTBRIDGE HOMES.
AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE GRADUATING INTO THAT AT THAT TIME IS TO DO A DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT WAS, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT CORRIDOR WAS LIKE THE PERFECT CORRIDOR FOR IT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE GRADUATING INTO BECAUSE THE WHERE, OH, GOSH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IMPERIAL, THEY HAVE, THERE USED TO BE A FASHION SQUARE WHERE IT WAS QUITE THE THING IN THE DAY.
AND I'M TALKING TO MY OLDER SISTER WOULD, MY MOM WOULD TAKE HER OVER HERE TO SHOP AT FASHION SQUARE.
AND SO THAT WAS QUITE A BUZZ FROM WHAT I'VE UNDERSTAND, IS THAT A FAIR COMMENT, KIM? THAT'S THE SQUARE PLAZA OR BEFORE YOUR TIME? YEAH.
THAT THEY WERE STILL LIKE, IT, THE CUBE WAS STILL THERE IN THE DESOLATE PARKING LOT CAUSE THEY WERE GETTING READY TO RENOVATE IT, BUT IT, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE, AND THEN WE GOT A NEW CITY HALL, WHICH WAS LIKE, FANTASTIC.
UM, AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING IN THAT SITUATION, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME MAJOR, UH, SETBACKS IN, IN THAT, IN THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE HAD LIKE THE 2008 MARKET CRASH.
AND SO THAT AFFECTED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND FORECLOSURES OF SOME PRETTY PREVALENT BUSINESSES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, AND THEN NOW WE WERE FACED WITH THIS PANDEMIC AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER GAME CHANGER FINANCIALLY.
AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND WE HAVE A BIG TECHNO, UM, I THINK WE HAVE OUR BIGGEST GAP IS WITH THE YOUNG ADULTS THESE DAYS WANTING TO BRING THEM INTO THE CITY LIKE BRI, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR FUTURE GENERATION, YOU KNOW? AND SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
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IF WE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE? YOU'VE MENTIONED LIKE CITY COUNCIL IN THAT.IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY WHATEVER WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR LEAD FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, WE LIKE THIS IDEA WHERE WE'VE HIRED, WE'VE HIRED OUR, WE'LL HIRE THE CONSULTANT TO DO THE FILE CHECKS, RIGHT.
TO DO THE, WHAT ARE THE RULES? WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS OF DOING ANYTHING ALONG THE LAW? UM, AGAIN, THIS IS MY IDEA THOUGH, THE HUBBARD BOULEVARD CORRIDOR, BECAUSE THAT, TO ME, THAT'S WHERE CITY HALL IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET, AND I'VE JUST READ THE GENERAL PLAN.
AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME IDEAS THAT GO BACK 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS ABOUT PURCHASING THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, ALONG THE HARBOR CORRIDOR TO EVENTUALLY CLUSTER THOSE RIGHT TO MAKE FOOTPRINTS FOR LARGER DEVELOPMENTS, MAYBE MIX USE OR SOMETHING.
WELL, DOES THAT WORK TODAY IN 22 TO 2022? I THINK IF YOU DON'T MY EXPERIENCE, IF YOU DON'T CREATE WALKABLE CITIES OR BIKE-ABLE CITIES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE LITTLE CLUSTERS THAT ARE SPREAD TOO FAR OUT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU AND I DO THIS PROBABLY TO A DEFAULT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A GREAT IDEA FROM CITY COUNCIL, I'LL GO ON, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEE WHAT THE TROLLS SAY RIGHT THEN THE NEGATIVE NELLIES RIGHT.
AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, RIGHT.
DON'T DO THE WESTFIELD BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
DON'T DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
SO UNLESS WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS AND I WAS ALMOST THINKING THIS GAS THING, MIGHT'VE DONE IT FOR US.
NOW THAT THE INCREASE IN GAS PRICES, YOU KNOW, OFTEN MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO DRIVE LESS.
AND THE ELECTRIC CAR MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, IS OUR CITY PREPARING FOR THAT? DO WE HAVE, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY TO BUILD CHARGING STATIONS.
SO WHERE DO THOSE NEED TO BE? YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE EMPLOYEES, WHERE DO PEOPLE SPEND THEIR TIME AN HOUR OR MORE? SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT, AGAIN, MY SUGGESTION IS IF WE LIKED THE IDEA, I'D BE WILLING TO GO TO COUNCIL WITH ONE OR TWO OF YOU AND SAY, HERE'S AN IDEA BEFORE YOU GET TOO DOWN FAR DOWN THE ROAD OF LOCKING INTO ANY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT TO DO FOR THE FUTURE, HAVE A CONVENING, HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD HELP FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION IS BECAUSE, UM, KELLY, MAYBE YOU MIGHT HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE VALENCIA OVER THERE.
AND THOSE ARE SOME THAT IS WORKING CLASS AMERICA RIGHT THERE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, I HAD A FRIEND THAT WORKED AT A LARGE COMPANY AND, UM, SANTA FE SPRINGS, AND SHE SAID THAT THEY ARE COMING TO THE HARBOR TO LIVE.
AND SHE ASKED ME WHAT, WHAT'S UP.
AND I SAID, OH, THERE, THEY HAVE BUILT THIS LARGE, YOU KNOW, FACILITY.
SO THEY, SHE SAID, WELL, AND SHE WAS A MANAGER OF HR.
AND SO SHE SAID, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS YOUR CITY IS A MIDWAY POINT TO LA AND ORANGE COUNTY.
AND SHE SAID, OVERALL, IT'S CHEAPER TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE BUSINESS CLASS DID THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN GO ONE WAY AND GO TO ORANGE COUNTY AND THE OTHER WAY GO TO LA.
AND SO I THINK I DO LIKE RICHARD'S PLAN BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN, LIKE OLD CITIES, LIKE PASADENA HAS DONE IT.
I KNOW THEY'RE WEALTHY CITY, BUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL A LOT AND THOSE HAVE GONE AWAY IN THOSE CITIES SADLY, BUT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T GET TOGETHER AND CONVENIENCE AND HERE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE ARE SO FAR IN FREEWAY GOING 20 MINUTES HIT THE 91 AND 20 MINUTES TO GET THE 57.
SO THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT HERE.
BUT IF WE GO BACK TO WHAT YOUR SUGGESTION IS TO GO TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I AM, I'VE GOT ALL THESE IDEAS FLOATING IN MY HAND, ALL OF A SUDDEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, BUT RIGHT NOW YOUR IDEA IS TO GO TO COUNCIL AND ASK THEM TO MAYBE BRING IN THIS AUTHOR AND FACILITATE IT THAT WAY, WHICH IS GREAT TOO.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO WHAT I WAS THINKING OF A DUMMY DOWN VERSION WAS THE COMMISSION PUTS OUT THIS WHOLE IDEA OF WHY DO YOU LOVE BAHARA THEY COME IN HERE, THEY GO TO THE REVIEW CENTER, WHEREVER WE HAVE A FORUM.
AND MAYBE IT'S YOUR NEXT COMMISSIONING TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, THREE MONTHS AGO.
AND EVERYBODY JUST COMES IN HERE AND THAT'S WHY WE LOVE THE HOMBRE.
AND THEN WE GO TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS SYNERGY WHO ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS TELLING US ALL THESE GREAT THINGS, OR, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH, UM, I, I'M NOT WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND RIGHT NOW ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PORTION, BECAUSE THEN MAYBE IT'S ALL, IT'S A PLANNING COMMISSION THING OR MORE OF A COUNCIL THING.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO LIKE MASSAGE IT NOW.
TH THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS, YOU KNOW, AS FEW AS 10 AND AS MANY AS 150 IN THE, IN THE CONVERSATION.
SO THAT BRINGS IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE CAN GET ALL THE PLANNING FOLKS, PROBABLY ALL THE COMMISSION, MOST OF THE KEY STAFF, RIGHT.
AND THEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM THE CHAMBER AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 15 OR 20 RESIDENTS, AND MOST OF US ARE RESIDENTS.
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SO WE ACTUALLY WEAR TWO HATS.SO AGAIN, THE NOTION IS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL GETS BOGGED DOWN IN THE DETAILS OR THE FUNDING, IT'S JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION FOR TAKING HALF A DAY, A HALF A SATURDAY OR WHATEVER DAY WORKS WELL.
AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT DO WE LOVE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY? AND IF WE WERE GOING TO CHANGE THINGS, WHAT WOULD THEY LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, IS IT BIKE LANES? SO KIDS COULD GET SAFELY FROM THE MOVIE THEATER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, IS IT A SHUTTLE? IS IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OLD NORTH GATE FOOTPRINT MARKET FOOTPRINT THAT IN MY MIND, AND I'M NOT A DEVELOPER AND I KNOW DEVELOPING, UH, PRIORITIES ARE CHANGING, BUT THAT COULD BE A NICE MIXED USE FOOTPRINT.
AND IT'S A SHORT WALK FROM CITY HALL AND TO THE PARK OR A BUS RIDE TO HARBOR, AND THEN BOOM, YOU'RE GO ANY DIRECTION.
SO IT'S THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST ONE VOICE.
AND OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, SAY PEOPLE THAT COME INTO A COMMUNITY WITH FRESH EYES LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT KIND OF MARRIED TO THE OLD WAY BECAUSE WE WEREN'T HERE OR I WASN'T HERE.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON ANYBODY ELSE? YEAH, I, I KIND OF SEE THESE AS, UM, MAYBE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE SHOULD TACKLE.
CAUSE WHAT, WHAT CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO GET, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT TO ME FEELS MORE LIKE, LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE, THE BUSINESSES AROUND A CERTAIN PART OF THE CITY, WHEREAS WHAT RICHARD IS PROPOSING IS MORE AROUND, UM, THE ENTIRE CITY AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY MUCH SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMISSION SHOULD BE A PART OF AND THE WAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING OF IT IS.
UM, IS LIKE YOU MENTIONED, MAYBE HAVING, UM, RESIDENTS DO SURVEYS OR SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK DURING OUR SUMMER EVENTS WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE ALREADY GATHERED THERE.
I WAS EVEN LOOKING AT LOVE LAHABRA AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
SO I DON'T, THAT'S WHY I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMING OF THIS IS, BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTED IN LAHABRA THAT ARE THERE GATHERED TOGETHER.
UM, THEY'RE THERE FOR HALF DAY TO DO VOLUNTEER WORK, BUT MAYBE THE SECOND HALF OF IT COULD BE THIS KIND OF, UH, OF A, UM, SESSION WHERE WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION AROUND, WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY DO YOU LOVE LAHABRA? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? SO IS THAT RICHARD GET THE SAME LINE OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT? YEAH, NO, AGAIN, THE, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE 2220, ACTUALLY IT'S THE 2223, THE HARVARD GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, IT WAS REALLY SPECIFIC.
IT WAS THIS OBJECTIVE H AND IT SPELLS OUT, RETAIN A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP A COHESIVE, STRATEGIC AND IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS TO ESTABLISH A DOWNTOWN DISTRICT SPECIFIC TO THE LONG LAHABRA BOULEVARD.
SO I, SO ARE YOU THINKING THAT WE GO TO THE CITY OR YOU GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION DOES AND SAYS WE'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF GOAL EIGHT H YES.
AND HERE'S A, HERE'S A SUGGESTION.
AND BY THEN I COULD REACH OUT TO THE FACILITATOR OR THE CONSULTANT GET ANY FEES.
WHAT ARE THE KNEE? I MEAN, IF YOU GO ON THE WEBSITE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IT.
IT HAS A TOOLKIT, IT GOES TO THE WHOLE DAY, THEY DO ONE OF THESE MIND MAPS.
YOU'VE SEEN THEM IN, YOU'VE BEEN TO A FACILITATED EXERCISE WHERE WE GIVE YOU, YOU GIVE YOU POST-ITS AND YOU PUT YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES OF WHAT YOU LOVE AT LAHABRA ABOUT, OR WHY YOU WENT LOVE MOST NARROW THAT DOWN WHILE HE DOES THAT.
WE WANT TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, LIKE TO GET THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I THINK THEIR, THEIR GOAL IS DEVELOPMENT OF THAT DOWNWARD.
I DON'T THAT'S THAT'S UNKNOWN TO ME.
CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT'S WAS SPECIFICALLY SPELLED OUT HERE.
NO, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, JUST THAT BASICALLY THERE, THE CONSULTANT IS DEVELOP A COHESIVE STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS, RIGHT.
SO IS IT AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN? IS IT REVITALIZING THE HOUSING ELEMENT? THOSE ARE THE TOOLS, RIGHT.
AND B AND BEFORE MY MIND IS BEFORE THEY LOCK INTO THOSE, JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATION OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION.
WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY FEEL ABOUT THE LA HARBOR CORRIDOR ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR KIND OF SURVEY THE COMMUNITY IS BASICALLY, AND THE, AND THE CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH GOING TO MEETINGS AND TALKING TO OTHER GROUPS, BUT IF WE CAN GET A CONSULTANT, ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET IT FOR FREE, THE BURDEN ON THE WORK IS THEIRS.
THEY FACILITATE THE MEETING, THEY COLLECT THE DATA, THEY PROVIDE US WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
BASICALLY, IT'S JUST INFORMATION.
IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT, IT'S NOT A CONTRACT.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL COULD, COULD USE THAT AS ONE OF THEIR DATA SETS AS THEY CONTEMPLATE.
OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE END OF LAHABRA AT HARBOR OR WHAT? WE HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO'S GOING TO PITCH SOMETHING ON THE OLD, UH, NORTHGATE PROPERTY.
IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY? THAT'S ALL IT DOES.
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ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE A FEW MORE DATA POINTS ON, ON THOSE DECISIONS THAT THEY'LL MAKE ULTIMATE.I'D BE A LITTLE INTERESTED IN WHAT HAS HAPPENED UP TILL NOW.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE LAHABRA AREA? CAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PARKLETS AND TALKING ABOUT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
ARE THEY ALREADY IN A PLAN AND NOW THEY'RE JUST WAITING TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
ARE THEY WAITING TO LIKE OPEN THIS BROUGHT IN THE STREET? I MEAN, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE TO, TO WORK WITH AND WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT OBSTACLES WE HAVE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS TO ASK AND WHAT INFORMATION WE NEED TO GATHER.
SO A PART, MY EXPERIENCE IN THE GALENA EXERCISE WAS WE HAD THE CITY MANAGER THERE DURING THIS FACILITATED CONVERSATION AND THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS CAME UP.
AND SO THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE PLANS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN SITE SPECIFIC FOR
YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST LIKE THE ZONING MAP RIGHT IN FRONT OF US HERE.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN, LAHABRA, IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE DIFFERENT LOTS ARE ZONED OUT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE PLANS COULD BE CHANGED IF THE COMMUNITY SAYS, OH, WE DON'T WANT INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, WE WANT RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE.
WELL THEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE ACTIONS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
I MEAN, AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AN IDEA.
I'D RATHER NOT PITCH IT BY MYSELF.
I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS INFORMALLY INDIVIDUALLY.
UM, I COULD DRILL DOWN AND GET, SEE IF THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND A TIMELINE, LIKE HOW FAR OUT INVESTED WE NEED TO RESERVE, UM, PETER TO COME TO TOWN AND DO THIS EXERCISE.
I DID POKE AROUND ON THE WEBSITE.
IT IS QUITE INTERESTING WHAT THEY DO.
I, I LIKE, I LIKE YOUR IDEA, KELLY, ABOUT LIKE THE INFORMAL THING WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WE JUST KIND OF TALK, CAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU GET, LIKE YOU SAY, GET PEOPLE TOGETHER, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN YOU SAY, WHY DO YOU LOVE THE HUB? YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A COMMON THREAD.
LIKE WHAT WAS THE ONE NUMBER ONE ANSWER THAT PEOPLE GAVE TO FIND THAT COMMON THREAD THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE I DO LIKE THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE GET ONBOARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE TOO, THAT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
AND AS YOU GET, IT'S JUST ADVISORY ANYWAY.
BUT, UM, SO, UM, IF IT'S ABOUT THE, THE HOBBIT BLUE DOOR, A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING, BUT WE ARE THE VOICE THAT PEOPLE TOO, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UM, I MEAN, EITHER YOU COULD, UM, MAKE THE SUBSIDY OF IT AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN MEET TOGETHER WITH, YOU KNOW, TWO OR MORE, OR WE CAN, UH, TALK, YOU KNOW, HAVE EVERYONE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND ABSORB IT NOW, LIKE COME BACK NEXT MONTH, BUT THAT PUTS US ANOTHER MONTH, BUT NOBODY'S IN A HURRY NECESSARILY.
OR WITH, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION NOW TO GO TO COUNCIL OR GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, OR MAYBE NEXT, NEXT MONTH WE CAN COME UP WITH, UM, SOME ACTUAL IDEAS OF WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP.
AND, UM, AND THEN VOTE ON SOMETHING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IDEAS.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, CAN WE SERVICE A PERMISSION? LIKE I SAID, MAYBE IT'S MORE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
NOT NECESSARILY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT CHANGING SPECIFIC PLANS OR ZONING JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY UNDER OUR PURVIEW AND YOU KNOW.
YEAH, NO, I, I, AGAIN, I THINK MY IDEA WAS JUST TO PITCH THE CONCEPT AND THEN YEAH.
FLESH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I MEAN, IF THE CONSENSUS OF THE FOUR OF US HERE ARE OKAY, LET'S, LET'S DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
LET'S FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY FEES, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE, THEN WE NEED TO RESERVE PETER TO COME TO TOWN, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO PREPARE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE S I'LL COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION NEXT MEETING, I'LL SHARE IT.
AND THEN WE COULD EITHER VOTE TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE READY TO PITCH IT TO COUNCIL.
AND IT'S JUST AN IDEA BECAUSE I'M SURE IF WE GO TO COUNCIL, MY SENSE IS, I THINK I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER INFORMALLY ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO POINT A MEMBER FROM THE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH US.
IF THIS IS AN IDEA THEY WANT TO PROMOTE, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO WORK WITH US TO FLESH IT OUT.
IF YOU COULD, UM, YEAH, JUST LET ME DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND THEN COME BACK NEXT WEEK WITH MAYBE SURPRISES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE CAN COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS.
UM, AND, BUT IF WE COULD MICRO FOCUS IT ON COMMUNITY SERVICES, ACTIVITIES, NOT NECESSARILY PLANNING, YOU KNOW, URBAN, IT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR US.
UM, OR WE'RE GOING TO FACILITATE A COMMUNITY BY COMMITTEE OR ONE GATHERING OF INFORMATION.
UM, WHICHEVER, YEAH, MY, MY SUGGESTION IS DON'T LOOK AT THIS AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISION ABOUT PLANNING, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE APPROACH.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ THE PAPER, SOMETIMES I FORGET WHICH CITY I WANT TO SAY.
IT WAS, UM, UH, COMPTON, COMPTON HAS A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT AND THEIR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS
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DISTRICT.I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUTTING IN A LIGHT RAIL THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S TEARING UP THE STREETS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WE'RE ON THE NEWS THIS EVENING COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT BEING REIMBURSED FOR THEIR LOST REVENUE.
THINK ABOUT THAT PROJECT, FLIP IT AROUND.
WHAT ARE THE TRANSPORTATION FOLKS WENT TO THE CITY TWO YEARS AGO? AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS, PROJECT'S GOING TO BE VERY DISRUPTIVE.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THE DISRUPTION? WELL, YOU COULD BUDGET MONEY TO OFFSET OUR LOST REVENUE OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT TODAY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW I LOOK AT THIS THING.
LET'S ASK THE COMMITTEE FIRST, NOT COMMITTING TO ANYTHING, JUST HAVING THAT FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT LAHABRA AND HOW DOES THAT APPLY FOR THE LA HUB CORRIDOR LOBBER BOULEVARD CORRIDOR? AND SO THIS IS IT'S INFORMING THE COUNCIL, RIGHT? UM, WELL REMEMBER WE INFORMED THE COUNCIL ON COMMITTEE SERVICES TYPE.
SO EVEN MORE IN THAT GENERAL, WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE HOPPER PERIOD.
UM, BUT BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALWAYS IS THE OPERA IN GENERAL TOO.
BUT YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
I COULD SEE HOW YOU GUYS COULD DO IT AS A BODY.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CHANCE TO PARTNER WITH PLANNING AND DO THAT TOGETHER.
OR, OR WE JUST HAND IT OFF TO THE COUNCIL AND SAID, HEY, WE DID OUR HOMEWORK.
AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT OR EVEN TAKE THE LEAP.
SO I THINK MAYBE WE'LL DO THAT.
AND THEN IF YOU GUYS COULD COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, MAYBE, UM, RICHARD, WHEN YOU DO SOME RESEARCH, THEN WE'LL COME UP WITH WHAT WE WANT TO VOTE ON.
UM, NEXT MONTH, SOME SORT OF MOTION, JUST COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT I, UM, WE WOULD, WHICHEVER ONE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PITCH IT, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK SHOULD EXCITED.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY A GOOD IDEA AND I THINK IT'S REALLY BEST FOR EVERYTHING IN THE CITY, BUT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY GET A VOICE.
IF THEY CAN COME TO A MEETING AND SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHATEVER.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AS, UM, MR. ROJAS MENTIONED, I HAD A CHANCE BEFORE THEY MEET EACH, UH, TO LOOK AT IT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT IT GIVES A LOT MORE, UM, IN-DEPTH DETAIL, UM, AS COMMISSIONER ROJAS WAS EXPLAINING.
SO I THINK IT'LL GIVE US ALL A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT MIGHT LOOK AND IT'S NOT ALL RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS LIKE A LEVEL OF HOPPER DAY.
IT WAS LIKE GIVING BACK TO COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A FEEL-GOOD LET, LET THE, LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST PLANNING AN ECONOMIC MODEL.
SO I THINK NEXT NEXT MONTH, WE'LL ACTUALLY PUT A LITTLE BOOK TOGETHER ABOUT OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT AND THEN SOME OPTIONS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WANT THE OPTION SIDE OF THE NEXT MOVE, THE NEXT STEP, AND THEN WE'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER INTO A FORMAL VOTE.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS AS TO BEST APPROACH.
WHAT WOULD YOU BE A RECOMMENDATION TO PARTNER WITH PLANNING LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, OR IT'S LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
BECAUSE MY MIND WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FIELD.
CAN YOU SERVICE THIS TYPE OF GAME? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, ALMOST HOW WE DID WITH MR.
I WANT THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE CITY WIDE.
UM, AND I COULD, I COULD SEE HOW MAYBE WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT MANNER.
UM, AND IF, AND, AND THEN GO TO THE COUNCIL, BUT WE HAD A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE, CAN'T A HUNDRED PEOPLE RESPONDED TO OUR SURVEY.
AND THEN, SO WE BRING OUT THIS AUTHOR, HE COULD REALLY MICRO, TARGET EVERYTHING AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT US, UH, FUNNEL US INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S JUST THINK ABOUT A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO EXPECTATIONS OTHER THAN YOU'VE LISTENED, YOU'VE ASKED THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'VE PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK.
AND SO, AS A, AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AGAIN, CONTEMPLATES PROJECTS COMING BEFORE THEM, THEY COULD FLASH BACK TO THAT MEETING AND SAY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
DOES IT FIT? DOES IT FIT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF ZONING AND GENERAL PLAN AND, AND THE VISION SEND IDEAS OF WHAT YOU THINK? UM, IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT AN IDEA LIKE THIS, WHAT THE IDEA WOULD BE IN OUR NEXT STEP, WE'LL PUT THEM INTO.
AND I DID LIKE GABBY'S IDEAS AS FAR AS LIKE GOING TO THE CONCERTS OR LOVE THE HOPPER AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY A GATHERING OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THOSE, RIGHT.
SO WE CAN JUST ADD ANOTHER LINE TO IT.
WE ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE, DID YOU LIKE THE BAND? WHAT'D YOU HEAR ABOUT US? WOULD YOU COME BACK? WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE NEXT TIME? OR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST ADD THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK WHO HE SERVES ARE ALWAYS GREAT.
THANK YOU A LITTLE BIT UNRELATED, BUT SINCE YOU JUST MENTIONED
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IT, I KNOW WE DO THOSE SURVEYS AND I THINK WE'VE ALSO HIRED CONSULTANTS IN THE PAST TO DO LIKE ONLINE SURVEYS TO GET FEEDBACK, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER SEEN LIKE THE RESULTS FROM THAT.OH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL PUT THAT? UM, HOW ABOUT I'LL PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE GET THEM, UM, MARIE HAD ON THE TABLE RIGHT AT YOUR STATE, THE CITY, THEY WERE ALL IN THERE.
SO IT'S OUT THERE AND IT'S PROBABLY ONLINE ON THE, UM, WEB PAGE, BUT, UM, I'LL, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND GIVE YOU GUYS A COPY OF IT.
THEY'RE DOING THOSE EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS WRITING A SURVEY, I'D WRITE QUESTIONS THAT ARE MORE FAVORABLE TO YOU SERVICES.
UM, BUT A LOT OF IT IS HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT IS THINGS, BUT, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT NEXT MONTH, NO MATTER WHAT, BUT, UM, YEAH.
OR IF YOU WANT TO GO ON THE WEBSITE, UM, IT'S PROBABLY STILL ON THERE.
THAT'S GREAT IDEAS, RICHARD AND I LIKED THE COLLAGE THAT THEY MADE AT THE END WHERE THEY SHOWED ALL THE, ALL THE IDEAS.
UH, KIND OF WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS, AND I GET IT IS, IS IT COULD BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE IF IT KINDA LIKE GOES BEYOND OUR JURISDICTION, SO TO SPEAK HERE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION, PAST OUR JURISDICTION IN THE WORLD.
SO DEFINITELY KEEP US IN CHECK.
I THINK THE ATTENTION TO THE DETAIL IS THIS IS VERY LIMITED SCOPE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THAT OTHER, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING AND PLANNING.
IT'S JUST ASKING THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMITTEE.
YEAH, NO, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT YOU DO HAVE A VARIETY OF FLYERS.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE OUR ANNUAL VOLUNTEER AND DONOR RECOGNITION RECEPTION INVITE.
YOU ALSO SHOULD HAVE A, UM, UH, EASTER, UM, UH, FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA FLYER.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S THE, UH, LAHABRA OUTDOORS, CAMPING, UM, SPONSORSHIP FLYER AS WELL.
UM, IN YOUR PACKETS HAVE TWO OF EACH, AS FAR AS, UM, WE DID RECENTLY HAVE A, UM, A WONDERFUL SENIOR, UM, EASTER BREAKFAST AND DANCE THIS PAST SUNDAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE SAW ANY PICTURES ON FACEBOOK, BUT I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 60 SENIORS, UM, HERE AT THE YELLOWHAMMER COMMUNITY CENTER, HAVING A GREAT TIME.
THEY HAD BREAKFAST, UH, HOSTED BY A BLACK BEAR DINER.
THEY GOT TO OBVIOUSLY SPEND TIME WITH THEIR LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS, AND THEN THEY HAD DANCING AND WE HAD PRIZES AND GIVE AWAY SWAG FROM THE LA HABRA COLLABORATIVE.
SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL MORNING.
IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE THE SENIORS BACK IN PERSON.
THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO BE BACK.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT MORE PROGRAMMING, UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO THE LA HABRA HOST LIONS FOR, UM, PROVIDING A GENEROUS DONATION, UM, FROM THE PASTA FEST THAT WAS HELD LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE WELL SPENT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, BEFORE OUR NEXT PASTA FEST AND THEN OUR, UM, OUR, UH, I DON'T HAVE MY FILE IN FRONT OF ME.
I APOLOGIZE THE IGNITE, UM, UH, EVENT THAT'S COMING UP THIS FRIDAY, WE ARE SOLD OUT AT 150, UH, YOUTH THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THIS EVENT HAVE A CHORUS BACK IN PERSON.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, JUST TO BE ABLE TO, UM, OFFER A WONDERFUL, AFFORDABLE, UH, FAMILY FUN ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FAMILY FARE EXTRAVAGANZA ON SATURDAY THAT IS FROM NINE TO NOON AT LA BENITA PARK.
BOTH EVENTS WERE AT LABINA PARK.
UM, WE WILL BE HAVING AT NINE O'CLOCK, THE ONLY REAL ORGANIZED, UH, GROUPS AT NINE O'CLOCK WILL BE SENIORS.
UM, CHILDREN'S ZERO TO TWO AND THEN SPECIAL NEEDS.
WHAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR IS THE REST OF THE EGG HEADS WILL BE, UM, THERE'LL BE IN GROUPS, BUT THEY WILL TAKE ALL AGES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HELP FAMILIES THAT HAVE MULTIPLE KIDS AND THEY CAN ALL GROW AT THE SAME TIME AND SEPARATE HAVING TO, TO WAIT AROUND, UM, FOR EACH AGE GROUP.
CAUSE IT, IT COULD BE YOU'RE THERE ALL MORNING AND, UM, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REALLY WORK ON SEPARATING OUT THE KIDS THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE EGG HUNTS OR HEATS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO TRY OUT THIS NEW, UH, WAY OF, OF DOING THE EGG HUNTS.
AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO GO PRETTY WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO, UH, HELICOPTER, EGG DROPS.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS REALLY POPULAR.
I BELIEVE THE TIMES AROUND THAT FLYER.
SO I APOLOGIZE, YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT'S ALSO A REALLY, UM, EXCITING DRAW FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PEOPLE CAN SEE IT FROM FAR AWAY AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE AGAIN, BE BACK IN PERSON AND HAVE A BIGGER EVENT.
UM, NOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE A RELATIVELY TOGETHER SOLD OUT.
THAT'S GREAT FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE NIGHT EGG HUNT.
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YEAH.THEY'RE ACTUALLY GLOWING EGGS THAT ARE IN NEBRASKA.
WE, EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR OWN FLASHLIGHT SO THEY CAN, UM, HELPED PICK UP THE EGGS, BUT IT'S A REALLY FUN AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY POPULAR.
WE WERE ON THE FIRST I BELIEVE TO START IT.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT EVEN THOUGH 150, IT SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE A LITTLE IT'S WE HAD TO LIMIT IT BECAUSE IT'S SO DARK, BUT THE LOVE ANITA, BUT SATURDAY, UM, WE EXPECT 2000 STEEL, SO DON'T, DON'T LET THE 150 FULL YEAH.
EVER FRIDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHTS AT TEASER THEY'LL COME BACK ON SATURDAY TOO.
HONESTLY, WE HAD THIS, UM, SOLD OUT PORTION IS USUALLY A HUNDRED, BUT WHEN IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH DEMAND.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND SAID THAT WE COULD DO 150 SAFELY, SO WE'LL SEE.
UM, NOT ON A SPECIAL ED ADVANCED, BUT I COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
I WILL, UM, UH, SAY A FEW THINGS.
SO, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU GUYS A LOT ABOUT, UM, OUR LAWSUIT FROM THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
AND SO, UM, IT FINALLY WENT TO COURT AND, UM, WE SPENT FOUR WEEKS OVER THERE.
UM, A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF EFFORT.
UM, THE JURY CAME BACK 45 MINUTES ON LAST WEEK AND THEN 45 MINUTES THIS HOUR, THIS COMING MONDAY AT A 12 OLD VOTE FOR US.
SO THERE'S NO LIABILITY ON THE MUSEUM, WHICH IS VERY THANKFUL TO US, BUT IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IT TOOK, RIGHT.
FOR US TO GET A 12 OLD VERDICT.
AND, UM, SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT BEHIND US.
UM, AND NOW, I MEAN, IT'S, THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN, UH, SEPTEMBER OF 2018.
SO IT'S BEEN LIKE ON OUR PLATE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, NEXT MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS RECALL LAST YEAR IN OUR, UM, UH, SPLASH PADS TO STARTED AND WE'RE HAVING THESE MASSIVE CROWDS AT ALL OF OUR PARKS AND P YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PICNICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO PARKS, UH, PARKS, DIVISION AND COMMITTEE SERVICES GOT TOGETHER AND PUT TOGETHER, UM, A PARK RESERVATION PLAN.
WE WERE THE ONLY CITY WHO DIDN'T DO, UM, USE OF FIELD CITIES BY RESERVATION.
SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN.
I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU GUYS NEXT, UM, A MONTH.
AND, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAYBE WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO WANT TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY RIGHT NOW, YOU HAD TO GET UP EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING, GO RESERVE A SPOT AND HOPE NOBODY ELSE IS THERE, BUT IT'S HARD TO PLAN A PARTY WITHOUT A RESERVATION.
THE PROBLEM WITH RESERVATIONS IS THOUGH THAT THEN SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE THE RESERVATION.
SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THE ONLY PARTY THERE OR TWO PARTIES THERE.
BUT, UM, AND, AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CHARGING CAUSE EVERY CITY CHARGES, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST A NOMINAL FEE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE COULD RUN THESE, UM, RESERVATIONS SAFELY AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO I WAS GONNA BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH.
IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE PLAN, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? YEAH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO, TO CHARGE THEM THE CHARGE OF YA, BUT YOU WILL, YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE PLAN WHERE I'M RECORD WITH IT, I'M ASSUMING, RIGHT.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO PUT IT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A, UM, A FLYER IN OUR, UM, UH, LIFE IN THE HOMBRE THAT JUST SAYS THAT WE'RE INSTITUTING THIS PLAN.
AND IT REALLY IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY BECAUSE LIKE BREE OVER HERE, WE PROBABLY HAD THREE OR FOUR DURING THE SUMMER WHERE PEOPLE JUST PUT 20 BY 40 TENTS AND THEN THEY MONOPOLIZE THE WHOLE PARK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO PUT IN THERE THAT THE, UM, UH, COMMITTEE SERVICES COMMISSION WILL REVISIT IT, UM, ON YOUR NEXT MEETING.
SO IF ANYBODY HAPPENS TO WANT TO COME OUT, THEN THEY COULD COME OUT AND LISTEN AND LEARN, BUT THEN I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE RESERVATION PLAN AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND WHAT IT MEANS.
BUT WE REALLY WANT TO START OUT THIS SUMMER BECAUSE WE THINK IT'LL MAKE IT A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY.
AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ALMOST FIGHTS RIGHT AT SOME OF THESE PLACES BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO SHARE AMENITIES AND IT WASN'T WORKING.
SO YOU KNOW, ABOUT MAINLY THE SPLASH PAD OR THE PARK ITSELF.
NO KNOW WE CAN'T, UM, RESERVE THE SPLASH PAD ONLY BECAUSE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MADE BY GRANT MONEY.
SO WE CAN'T CHARGE FOR THAT, BUT WE COULD CHARGE FOR THE PARK, BUT A NOMINAL FEE, WHATEVER, A REGULAR PICNIC RESERVATION, WE DID A SURVEY WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND EVERYBODY CHARGES AT LEAST SOMETHING.
SO THE ISSUES ARE, IF YOU'RE A, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAN A BIRTHDAY PARTY, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO BE AT THAT PARK THAT MORNING, AND THEN IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
IT'S JUST MADE IT A KIND OF AN ISSUE AS WELL AS LIKE JUMPERS AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE INSURANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE.
CAUSE YOU'VE SEEN THE JUMPERS THAT FLY AWAY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
I WISH WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IT THIS MONTH.
BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S IN OUR HANDS NOW.
AND SO I WANT TO START IT, BUT BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH.
BUT I MEAN STARTED JUST FOR NOTICING PURPOSES, NOT FOR, UM, CHARGING ANYBODY OR, OR SENDING ANYTHING.
AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN LOOK AT IT.
IS THIS JUST FOR BREO PART? I DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIG PARKS, THE ONES THAT HAVE PICNIC SHELTER.
SO, SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TWO PEOPLE TRYING TO DO USE, UM, ONE OF THE LIKE SAY, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH PARKS RIGHT NOW, EVEN LESS MOLDED MOST DOWN HERE BECAUSE ONLY
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ONE GROUP CAN REALLY FIT THERE FOR A BIRTHDAY.BUT WOULD HAVE TWO FAMILIES THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET, BOTH WANTED ON THE SAME DAY.
AND THEN, SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING THOSE ISSUES WITH THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE AT ONE PARK AND THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR AREAS.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ANY PARK WITH AMENITIES, LIKE, UH, UM, PICNIC TABLES OR BENCHES, BUT BREO AND S UM, UH, OSA FOR SURE, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING FOUR GROUPS AT A TIME TRYING TO HAVE PARTIES AT OHIO STATE BECAUSE OF THE SPLASH PAD.
AND IT JUST WASN'T FAIR TO THE PUBLIC EITHER, BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE THESE PRIVATE PARTIES, YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, AND REAL FOR SURE.
CAUSE IT'S SO SMALL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIMIT AND SAY, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE SAY A 75% PARTY THERE VERSUS 150 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FAIR FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER LAST SUMMER, WE DID A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT BECAME THIS BIG PROGRAM WHILE THEY WANT US TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
BUT LOWELL JOINT ASKED US ALSO TO DO A PROGRAM FOR THEM.
THAT LITTLE JOINT IS ONLY TWO SCHOOLS, SO THAT'S NOT AS BAD OR AS DIFFICULT, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO DO THESE PROGRAMS AND LITTLE JOINTS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, LOPPER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ONE TO THREE KIDS, GO HOME, A LITTLE JOINT IS GOING TO BE ONE TO FIVE AND THEN KIDS GO HOME.
SO, UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, ONE, ONE SAD NOTE, AND I WILL TELL YOU, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO STAFF TOMORROW, SO DON'T, DON'T PUT, DON'T PUT IT ON FACEBOOK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, OUR EARLY HEAD START, THE REASON, YOU KNOW, KATHERINE WOULD BE HERE ON THOSE PROGRAMS. YOU GUYS HEARD HOW DIFFICULT THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN.
UM, ORANGE COUNTY, UH, DEPARTMENT, OUR ORANGE COUNTY HEADSTART, AND CITY OF LAHABRA.
WE DECIDED NOT TO RENEW THAT GRANT.
AND SO THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE, UM, THEY DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GIVE US, RIGHT? SO THEY GIVE US A LITTLE OVER $500,000, BUT WE NEED SEVEN FULL-TIME PEOPLE TO RUN THE PROGRAM.
AND IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT.
AND SO, BECAUSE THE MONEY IS SO LOW, UM, AND IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM.
THERE'S SO MUCH PAPERWORK IN THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE THE FIVE HOME EDUCATORS THAT WE HAVE THAT WORK.
UM, THE MAX THEY MAKE IS $8, $18 AND 53 CENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DON'T EVEN GET FULL-TIME BENEFITS.
WE HAVE THIS TURNOVER OF STAFF A LOT.
AND SO WE FALLEN BEHIND ON ALL THE PAPERWORK.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR PROBABLY SEVEN YEARS.
AND SO EVERY YEAR THEY WEREN'T US, BUT, UM, ORANGE COUNTY HEADSTART IS GOING THROUGH A FEDERAL AUDIT THIS YEAR.
AND SO THEY JUST WERE, YOU KNOW, W WE, WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH OUR NUMBERS.
AND, UM, AND SO IF YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE NUMBERS, IT'S, UM, IT'S A FINDING FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE TO HAVE 50, BUT AS YOU HEAR EVERY MONTH, WE'RE AT 41 OR 42, OR, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE.
SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THE PARTICIPANTS.
UM, AND, AND DURING THE YEARS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS SAYING THAT IF YOU ARE WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS AND YOU GET FEDERAL MONEY IN ANY WAY, IT COULD JEOPARDIZE YOUR FUTURE STATUS.
AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE STAYED AWAY TOO.
UM, SO WE'VE JUST MUTUALLY AGREED AND IT HA EXCUSE ME, IT HAPPENED, UM, ALSO SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO, I WASN'T HERE.
KIM WAS PROBABLY NOT HERE AT THE TIME, BUT YOU GUYS MIGHT'VE BEEN AROUND WHERE WE HAD A FULL HEAD START PROGRAM TOO.
AND THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED.
IT'S JUST A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT, UM, IS DIFFICULT TO, UM, PERFORM WHEN THEY ONLY GIVE YOU SO MUCH MONEY.
AND, UM, UM, SO WE, WE RELEASED IT BACK THEN TOO, BUT THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD 500 STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM.
THIS IS 50 AND REALLY CLOSER TO LOW FORTIES.
SO, UM, COME JUNE 30TH, WE DECIDED THAT WE JUST WOULD NOT REAPPLY.
SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM US FOR NONCOMPLIANCE OR NON-PERFORMANCE, BUT WE JUST AGREED NOT TO APPLY.
AND IF, AND WHEN WE EVER DECIDE THAT WE CAN AFFORD IT AND THE CITY WANTS TO SUBSIDIZE IT BY PUTTING IN ADDITIONAL MONEY, THEY THEY'RE GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REAPPLY LATER IN THE FUTURE.
BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST A VERY DIFFICULT, WE HAD TWO OF OUR FIVE HOME EDUCATORS, UM, GO OUT ON MATERNITY, LEAVE.
AND THEN, SO ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU ONLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE, UM, DOING THE, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSED TO BE ONE TO 10.
AND, UM, AND SO ORANGE COUNTY HAS STARTED LIKE, YEAH, WELL, THAT'S WHY SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO TAKE UP THE SLACK.
BUT WHEN IT'S A GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM, YOU CAN'T CROSS GRANTS.
AND I CAN'T PAY SOMEBODY AT A PRESCHOOL TO DO EARLY HEAD START.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE BACKED UP A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEY JUST NEVER WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE TALKING TO STAFF TOMORROW.
UM, ORANGE COUNTY HEAD START WOULD TAKE THE STAFF IF, WITH, IF THEY WANT TO GO THERE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE ANYBODY'S TECHNICALLY GETTING LAID OFF, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD JUST GO WORK FOR A HEAD START SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TELLING US THAT THEY'VE, THEY'LL SAVE THE SPOTS AND POINT APART FOR OUR STAFF.
SO WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, BUT HEADSTART IS STILL ON LAMBERT.
SO, UM, WHEN WE LOST THAT PROGRAM, WE DIDN'T LOSE THE SERVICES.
SO IT'S JUST THE CITY OF LAHABRA, WON'T RUN THE PROGRAM THE SAME WITH EARLY HEAD
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START.SO OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT LOSING ANYTHING, EITHER THE BABIES WILL STILL BE COVERED.
THE BABIES WILL STILL BE COVERED.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE SAD PART IS, SO WE HAVE SOME STAFF, LIKE I TOLD YOU, THAT WAS MAKING $18 AND 53 CENTS AN HOUR WITH ONLY $400 A MONTH STIPEND FOR HEALTH BENEFITS.
BUT YET THEY'RE WORKING HOURS.
THEY CAN'T APPLY TO WORK FOR ORANGE COUNTY HAS START AND START AT 24 50, SO, AND GET FULL BENEFITS.
BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO RUN THE PROGRAM, THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.
SO, UM, SO IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR SOME OF THE STAFF, IF THEY IT'S JUST, THEY DON'T GET TO WORK FOR THE WONDERFUL CITY OF LAHABRA.
UM, BUT AT LEAST THEY WON'T NECESSARILY LOSE THEIR JOB.
IF ONE, I, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY THINK ONE IS RETIRING ANYWAYS, AND WE JUST DID A RECRUITMENT.
AND, UM, WE HAD ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, WHO'S GREAT.
WE PUT HIM INTO THE HEADSTART EARLY HEADSTART PROGRAM AND HE'S EXCELLING, BUT NOBODY EVER THOUGHT OF THAT.
THEY ONLY GET PAID 1850 AND HE MAKES 1950 AS A PART-TIME TEACHER FOR US.
SO HE'S LIKE, I CAN'T TAKE THAT JOB.
AND SO I'LL PUT YOU BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL WHEN, UM, WHEN IS THAT DIFFICULT FUNDING WISE? SO, UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE, ARE, WE RECRUITED FOUR OR NO, TWO THINGS, I GUESS WE, UM, RECRUITMENTS IN GENERAL, WE RECRUITED FOR A, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON.
WHO'S GOING TO BE RUNNING OUR HOMELESS PROGRAM.
SO THAT PERSON IS IN BACKGROUNDS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE EXPECT THEM TO START AND HOPEFULLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND SO, UM, THERE'LL BE A NICE NEW PROGRAM FOR US TO, UM, BE, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE OUR PROGRAM IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND IF YOU SAW, WE HAVE, UM, RECRUITMENTS OUT RIGHT NOW FOR CASE MANAGERS, UH, UM, UH, PROJECT COORDINATOR AND, UM, THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING MANAGER, RIGHT? IF SO, IF YOU SAW THOSE RE BE RELEASED, UM, AL HAS MOVED ON FROM US AL RODRIGUEZ, IF YOU REMEMBER HIM AND HE, UM, HE'S, UH, WENT TO A DIFFERENT CITY.
AND, UH, SO IF YOU DON'T ANYBODY LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE, WE DO HAVE JOBS OPEN.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT GRANT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S IN THE SAME PROPORTION, IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT AND WITH LOTS OF PAPERWORK AND A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS, UH, WE, WE HOPE TO DO THAT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS THOUGH, FROM, UM, GOOD AND BAD NEWS TODAY, GO OF THE HOMELESS THAT WE ENDED UP DOING THAT.
WE DID IT AND WE HAD 45 IDENTIFIED.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S, UM, PRETTY CLOSE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, YOU CAN IDENTIFY IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
OF COURSE THERE ARE PROBABLY ARE STILL SOME THAT ARE IN CARS THAT THEY DIDN'T IDENTIFY OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE, WE'RE STABLE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF CHRONIC HOMELESS IN OUR CITY THAT, UM, SIT IN FRONT OF SEVEN 11, OR SLEEP OUT HERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL.
ARE THE RECREATION PROGRAMS COMING BACK OVER THE SUMMER? WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
I KNOW THERE'S A, WHAT ARE THE AB TWO OR BA TWO IS A, IS HERE AND ALL THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE HAVING CAPSULE.
I THINK WE'RE NOT HAVING AS AQUATICS.
WE DIDN'T, UM, WAS NOT OUR POOL.
SO THE POOL IS UNDER THE HOMBRES, I THINK IS FINISHING THE RENOVATIONS, BUT MAYBE SO NORA IS OVER THERE CAUSE THEY'RE DOING THEIRS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RUN AN AQUATICS PROGRAM THIS YEAR, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOOD.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A LIFE IN LAHABRA IS THAT IT'S STILL COMING OUT.
IT'LL BE OUT WHAT MAY OR MAY HAVE MURRAY.
THEY'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN A PROOF YET, BUT IT'LL BE SOON.
WE FINISH UP THIS WEEK, BUT IT DID GO TO TWICE A YEAR VERSUS THE THREE, THE QUARTERLY.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR CUTS WE MADE TO SPEAK CURRENTLY TWICE A YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE? NO.
ALL GOOD STUFF RIGHT NOW THOUGH.
HEY, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE DOWN TO, UM, HILLCREST, YOU KNOW, UM, MEALS ON WHEELS MOVED OVER THERE APRIL 1ST, SO THEY'RE UP AND RUNNING.
MARIA AND I WERE THERE THIS MORNING FOR THE COLLABORATIVE AND IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
AND SO THEY'RE SERVING FOOD OUT OF THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, I GUESS NOW AS WELL AS SATURDAYS AND I'M AT ANOTHER CHURCH.
SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO GO BY THERE AND CHECK IT OUT, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
OR YOU PROBABLY SEE IT ONLINE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLICITY RIGHT NOW FOR SCOTT.
WELL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU NEED ANY HELP WITH THE EXTRAVAGANZA OR JUST POP IN AND TAKE, OH, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, YOU GUYS, UM, IF YOU, UM, IF, IF, ARE YOU GUYS COMING, ANYBODY COMING ON? UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M COMING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE VOLUNTEERING FOR THE VETERANS BOOTS TICKETS WITH CARRIE.
OR IF YOU WANT TO COME ALL DAY AT EITHER ONE, UH, FIRST, UH, HUNT STARTS AT NINE.
UM, THE LIONS WILL HAVE THEIR PANCAKE BREAKFAST, SO, UM, THEY IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR THEM.
AND, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, THE IT'S GONNA BE GOOD.
THE, UM, HEALTH FAIR HAS BEEN RUN BY THE COLLABORATIVE THIS YEAR.
UH, FRC, I GUESS WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT.
THEY'VE NORMALLY DONE IT, BUT, UM, SO THE COLLABORATIVE, I THINK HAS TAKEN IT OVER WITH VCC.
SO SEE YOU GUYS FRIDAY OR SATURDAY OR BOTH THINGS ARE MOVING.
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RIGHT.SO COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS, UM, ANYBODY HAVE COMMENTS? ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK KELLY JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHTED, BUT I'M SURE MARIA HAS COMMENTS.
I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS TO, TO INVITE YOU TO THE MIRRORS, PRAYER BREAKFAST ON MAY 5TH AND THAT'S OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND UM, YEAH, YOU CAN JUST REGISTER AND COME ON DOWN COFFEE WITH THE COP.
I'LL GET, CAN YOU REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST? I DIDN'T SEE AN ONLINE.
COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT WAS ASKING.
YEAH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT OPTION.
UM, AND I KNOW IT'S BEING HANDLED THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE, SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE AN OPTION.
WELL THAT'S, WHAT'S ON THE FLYER.
I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED MYSELF.
I BELIEVE THERE'S 500 PEOPLE THERE, SO YES, BUT IT'S REALLY EARLY.
CAUSE IT DOES ONCE IT'S SOLD OUT, THAT'S IT, IS IT A FUNDRAISER OR IT MUST BE IS UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND SO WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BUY TICKETS.
IT'S, THERE'S A NICE SPEAKER THOUGH.
WHAT'S THAT? THERE'S A NICE SPEAKER.
UH, PRO PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A FUNDRAISER ONLY BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE SAILING A TABLE OF 10 FOR 150.
WELL THAT'S HOW MUCH IS AN INDIVIDUAL TICKET? 15.
SO IT'S THE SAME THING ALMOST TO PAY FOR THE MEAL AND THE GUEST SPEAKER.
SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS OR SOMETHING AND THE FLYER DOESN'T SAY IT'S TO IN FOR ANYTHING.
BUT I KNEW THAT THE CITY CAN'T PROMOTE IT.
THAT'S WHY I'VE KIND OF BEEN PUSHING IT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, MAYOR, UH, MAGENTO PROCEEDS IT'LL BE A DICEY EVENT.
AND IT'S USUALLY FULL, WHICH IS NICE.
UM, COFFEE WITH THE COP IS SUPPORTING OUR POLICE AND IT IS AT THE BAIT CORNER BAKERY, APRIL 20TH FROM NINE TO 11.
AND YOU CAN JUST POP IN ON THAT ONE.
OF COURSE IT'S COMING UP AND I GAVE YOU A FLYER AND YOU CAN JUST SCAN A LITTLE CODE FOR A WRISTBAND.
I KNOW, RIGHT? OH, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO TURN IN YOUR RECEIPT AT THE TICKET BOOTH IN ORDER TO GET THE WRISTBAND FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
SO THERE MAY STILL BE A LINE, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE MORE SPREAD OUT.
SO, SO THAT'LL BE HELP OUT WITH THE LINES.
DOES THE CITY HAVE A BOOTH THERE? CAUSE I KNOW THE CITY WANTS A BOOTH.
UM, SO LET ME GO AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO OR MAYBE IT IS BOTH THE POLICE FOR CANCER.
SHE JUST HAVE IT THERE INSTEAD.
SO DOES IT GET IN YOUR WAY FOR IT? THEY'LL TAKE THE MEN RESPOND, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE YOU'D LIKE IS GOOD ANYWHERE YOU'D LIKE IS GOOD.
SO JUST WHERE YOU GET THE MOST VISIBILITY.
MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT MAYBE AT THE, UM, WHERE THE COMMAND CENTER IN PHOEBE AND THAT WAY THE ONLY STAFF TOO.
I'M NOT SURE WHO HE WANTS TO STAFF IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE, THEY USED TO BACK IN THE DAY, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT FOR A WHILE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, I PROBABLY SHOULD REACH OUT TO THEM AND SEE IF THEY WANT IT OUT TOMORROW.
UM, ONE LAST THING, UH, THE, WE ARE BEING REDISTRICT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT? I MEAN, AS FAR AS THE ASSEMBLY, WE'RE IN THE 64TH DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD PUT US INTO, UH, INTO THE LA AREA CITIES.
SO THE CHAMBERS HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND INTO THAT AREA, INTO THE NEW DISTRICT AND WE'RE DOING A FORUM, A CANDIDATES FORUM, JUST TO INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY.
THE CHAMBER CANNOT ENDORSE A CANDIDATE.
SO WE'RE JUST PROVIDING A PLATFORM SO THAT THEY CAN SPEAK AND SHARE AND GIVE THEIR VISION.
AND WE CAN GET TO KNOW WHO IS WHO AND WHO WE CAN VOTE FOR.
IF WE LIVE IN THE CITY OVER AT LEAST HAVE INFLUENCE OVER, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE BUSINESSES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, SO ROSE IS ACTUALLY RUNNING ROSA.
SPINOSA, SHE'S ACTUALLY RUNNING.
AND SO SHE'LL BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ON MAY 20, I'M SORRY, ON APRIL 28TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY AT THE HOLIDAY IN LA MAROTTA.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO PULL ONE TOGETHER IN NORWALK.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY THAT DIRECTION AS FAR AS
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OUR, UM, THE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED AT A MINIMUM TO SUPPORT ROSE, YOU KNOW, UM, YES, BUT I HAVE TO KIND OF ATTEND.
SO, SO THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S IT.
ANYONE ELSE? WHERE DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT THAT? IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
OH, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SUBCOMMITTEES AGAIN, NOW THAT WE'VE LOST THE TWO MEMBERS.
WE WILL, UH, HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE, A REORGANIZATION AT THE MAY MEETING.
I'M GOING TO BE BUSY THAT WAY A COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT COULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
NO, IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE IS, UM, NOW THAT, UH, CAROL HAS BEEN ATTENDING A LOT OF THE EVENTS WITH DARREN, DENISE HAS BEEN GOING WITH HER LITTLE SHIRT OR COMMISSIONED SHIRT TO DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HOSTING WITH THE CHAMBER.
IF ANY OF YOU EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE COME OUT, UM, AND REPRESENT THE COMMISSION AT, YOU KNOW, GRAND OPENINGS RIBBON.
WE USED TO DO A LOT OF THAT WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD AND THEN COVID KIND OF THREW US.
COVID WOULD KIND OF CENTER EVERYTHING OFF, YOU KNOW, MESS WITH OUR MOMENTUM.
SO, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? KELLY? NOBODY.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OH YES, GO AHEAD.
OH, WE ALLOWED TO ADJOURN AND MEMORIES.
ON DON WHARTON, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING ON BEHALF OF DON WHARTON, A VIETNAM VET THAT HAS SERVED NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COUNTRY AS WELL.
I BELIEVE IT WAS COUPLE OF DAYS, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
AND UM, WHAT A GREAT GUY TO OUR CITY HE'LL BE MISSED, UH, GREATLY.
AND, UM, WHAT A LIFE AS I BELIEVE HE WAS A MARINE, THE FIRST NAVY SEAL.
WASN'T HE? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
HE TOLD US STORIES ALL THE TIME.
SO, UM, CAN YOU SOON, I'M SORRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, ADJOURNED.