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THE TIME[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2022 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
IS 6 31.UM, CALL TO ORDER TO SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO DO THE INVOCATION, BUT EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION.
AS IT CONSIDERS CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA.
TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COMMISSION, STAFF, AND CITIZENS SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND, PLEASE BLESS THE COMMISSION IN ITS DECISION-MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LA HABRA COMMUNITY.
UM, DENISE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE TELL ME I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE YESTERDAY.
COMMISSIONER ROJAS AND COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT.
BEFORE WE DO THE OATH OF OFFICE, UM, FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UM, DENISE SCHMIDT, NOT NEW, BUT RE-INSTATE HER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE CARRIE
SO IF WE COULD HAVE OUR CHAIR, UM, TERESA KEMPTER COME UP OR, UH, STAND AND MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL DO A COUPLE OF PHOTOS WITH THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSIONERS ALONG WITH KELLY AND KIM, WE'D JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS MIC OFF, OR HAVE YOU ESTABLISHED IN EUROPE AND THERE MIGHT BE STILL OFF THE BAR CARRY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMISSIONERS KELLYANNE AND KIM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR ALL YOUR SELFLESS SELFLESSNESS OF YOUR TIME AND TALENTS OVER THE YEARS.
AND IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE 25 YEARS AND YOU'RE STILL GIVING OF YOUR TIME.
THAT'S A LOT, A LOT TO SAVE THERE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH CAREY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF THE PROFOUND IMPACT SHE HAS HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY.
SHE HAS SERVED TWO YEARS AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE.
CO-CHAIR TWO YEARS AS A CHAIR, THREE YEARS, CDBG, THREE YEARS, YOUTH COMMITTEE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EVENTS, VETERANS, AND SENIORS.
THERE ARE A LOT IN ONE PACKAGE AND HAS RECENTLY MOVED ON TO THE CITY OF LA HABRA PLANNING COMMITTEE.
WHEN ASKED WHAT CARRIE'S FAVORITE MEMORY IS, SHE WILL PROUDLY SAY WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.
IT WAS THE TIME WHEN SHE WAS GIVEN THE HONOR TO DO THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES FOR THE VIETNAM VETERAN TRAVELING WALL FOR CARRIE.
THAT WAS A DEFINING MOMENT WHEN SHE KNEW SHE WANTED TO PUT MORE TIME INTO HER VOLUNTEERING, VOLUNTEERING FOR THE CITY IN WHICH SHE LIVES.
CARRIE, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND YOU CONTINUE
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TO DO, AND WE WANT TO WISH YOU THE VERY BEST MOVING FORWARD.GOD BLESS YOU, MY FRIEND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATION OF APPRECIATION.
THANK YOU
CAN I JUST SAY JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING REAL QUICK? I KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE.
YOU WANT, WHEN WE TAKE ANY PICTURES OR
WELL, YOU CAN SHARE AWESOME PICTURES.
LET'S GO CHECK THIS, GO CHECK IT, CHECK IT.
LIKE IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE
SO, UM, AS I WAS GETTING READY TODAY AND I PUT TOGETHER A BAG FOR EACH OF YOU, RICHARD YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE YOU ARE THE, THE MALE OF BETWEEN ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.
SO ANYWAY, FEEL FREE TO, UM, TAKE ONE ON YOUR WAY OUT.
UM, EXCEPT YOUR CARDS ARE INDIVIDUALLY, UM, NICE BRITAIN TO YOU.
UM, WELL, ANYWAY, TODAY I WAS SAYING I CAME ACROSS, UM, A TED TALK BY DREW DUDLEY, AND IT WAS CALLED EVERYDAY LEADERSHIP, BUT I WASN'T, IT WASN'T THE TITLE THAT MADE ME, WHICH IT WAS THAT, BUT IT WAS THE DESCRIPTION OF A STUDENT, UM, GAVE AFTER SHE WATCHED IT, SHE THOUGHT DREW'S MESSAGE WAS SMALL.
ACTS OF KINDNESS CAN CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE.
EACH PERSON IN THEIR OWN WAY POSITIVELY AFFECTS THE PURSE.
THAT'S WHEN I WATCHED AND I WANTED TO KNOW HOW KINDNESS COULD LEAD TO LEADERSHIP.
DREW OPENED THE TALK BY ASKING THE AUDIENCE, HOW MANY HAVE HAD WHAT WE CALL A LOLLIPOP MOMENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO GET ALONG THE POP, RIGHT? YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DID SOMETHING GOOD.
YOU ARE A GOOD GIRL OR A GOOD BOY, GOT A HAIRCUT.
A MOMENT WHEN SOMEONE HAS COME UP TO YOU UNEXPECTEDLY AND MADE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE MATTERED, YOU DO MATTER.
OR YOU WILL MATTER IN THIS WORLD SOMETIME, SOMEDAY.
HIS FOLLOWUP QUESTION WAS VERY INTERESTING.
HE ASKED HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TOLD THAT PERSON THAT THEY CREATED IT.
IT'S TOLD THAT PERSON WHO CREATED IT.
THEY CREATED THAT MOMENT FOR YOU MANY IN THE AUDIENCE, JUST THEY PUT THEIR HANDS DOWN.
DREW DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE SAID, IF YOU GET NOTHING ELSE FROM ME TODAY, TELL THE PEOPLE WHO MADE YOUR LIVES BETTER, WHO HAVE MADE OUR CAREERS BETTER.
SO HE SAYS LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZED HIS LEADERSHIP CREATED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SAY ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU YOU'VE MADE A LOLLIPOP MOMENT.
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WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR?I WAS TELLING HIM THAT MY SON'S AT HOME RIGHT NOW, MOVING OUT AND THEY GOT MARRIED.
I KNOW YOU COULD TAKE A WEEK FOR A LITTLE BIT.
YOU WANT YOUR CAMERA? CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE, PICTURE PICTURES.
THIS ONES I, DENISE SCHMIDT, 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.
BILL 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, I WILL WELL, AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
HEY, CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? LET'S READ THAT BOX.
GENERAL PUBLIC GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMIC PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS, NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 4, 9, 5, 4 0.3.
A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY.
DURING THE MEETING CONSENT CALENDAR, ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE, ONE MOTION, UNLESS THEY COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS, SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME 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.
KEMPTER UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE CONSENT CALENDAR MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, BECAUSE NORMALLY WE HAVE THE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, UM, FOR APPROVAL, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS IN HERE THAT ARE RECEIVING FILES.
SO WE WERE PUTTING SOME ITEMS IN THE WRONG CATEGORY INTO CONSIDERATION, AND THAT'S WHEN WE MORE, UM, DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS, WE, UM, SOMETIMES APPROVE THEM OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I BELIEVE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE THE COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, AND YOU'LL SEE THE MINUTES REFLECT THE CHANGES AS APPROVED.
UM, IN APRIL I HAD A COUPLE OF DATES WRONG.
AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, WE INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, AS WELL AS THERE'S A PART RENTAL POLICY DRAFT THAT, UM, HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY APPROVED QUITE YET.
WE'RE STILL SORTING OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS IN IT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY BE CHARGING THIS SUMMER.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO LIKE A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE, UM, HOW IT WORKS AND HOW THE RESERVATION SYSTEM WORKS.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
NOW WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT ANY OF THESE THINGS, BUT AS FAR AS, UM, APPROVING THEM, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE THAT ACTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? KELLY? I WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU COULD BE RECEIVING FILE OR YEAH.
SO YOU COULD PULL AN ITEM THAT YOU WOULD
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LIKE TO DISCUSS IT AND YOU COULD PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN YOU COULD APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE ITEMS REMOVED, AND THEN YOU COULD DISCUSS ONE OF THE ITEMS IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THEN APPROVE THAT ITEM, UM, AFTER AFTERWARDS, INDIVIDUALLY.SO IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RESERVATION POLICY OR THE OTHER CITY SURVEY, JUST PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
OH, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESERVATION POLICY THAT WE CAN PULL IT OUT.
SO THE CHAIR, THEN WE'LL JUST ASK, DOES ANYBODY, HAS ANY OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION? WOULD ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE TO REMOVE ANY OF THE CONSTANT CALENDARS FOR OTHER DISCUSSIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER TWO, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS THAT WOULD, UM, ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED, THEN WE COULD, UM, APPROVE THE BALANCE.
OH, YOU WANT TO REMOVE ANOTHER ONE? YES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE SURVEY IS QUITE INTERESTING.
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IN DEPTH A LITTLE BIT.
THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS AND WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THE DIFFERENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'LL SECOND THAT, WELL YOU SAID ITEM NUMBER THREE FIRST.
UH, I MEAN, YOU WANT IT TO GIVE A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF AT FIRST, OKAY.
ON THE, THIS IS THE RESERVATION FOR THE PARKS.
AND, UM, I LIVE CLOSE TO A FEW OF THE PARKS AND I WALK THEM.
AND JUST AN OBSERVATION THAT I MADE IS THAT WHEN THERE ARE PARTIES, WHICH HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE'S TRASH EVERYWHERE.
SO JUST A RECOMMENDATION IS POSSIBLY, MAYBE THE CITY CAN PUT OUT MORE TRASH CANS ON THE DAYS THAT THEY HAVE A LARGE CROWD THAT THEY KNOW IS GOING TO COME.
AND ALSO, UM, IS THE CITY GOING TO PUT A RESERVE AROUND THE AREA OR IS IT UP TO THE PEOPLE TO COME EARLY AND SIT ON IT? THE INTENT OF THE POLICY? UM, AND WHAT WE DID IS WE SURVEYED MANY CITIES, RIGHT? TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING INTENT WAS TO STOP SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR, YOUR CHILD'S EIGHT BIRTHDAY PARTY AT ONE OF OUR PARKS, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP AS EARLY AS YOU CAN RESERVE IT YOURSELF AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THEN LAST YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SPLASH GUYS, WE HAD A COUPLE OF OVERLAPS OF GROUPS THAT WERE ARGUING AND BEEKEEPING TOO MANY PEOPLE AT THE PARK.
SO WE WERE HOPING TO ALLEVIATE THAT.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WAS, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T EVEN TRASH OR, UM, HAVING A, A JUMP HOUSE OR A BOUNCE HOUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AT LEAST WE WOULD KNOW WHO THEY WERE.
AND SO WE WERE HOPING TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.
AND, UM, AND AS WELL AS REMIND THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE FACILITIES TO PICK UP YOUR TRASH, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE STAFF THERE TO MAINTAIN IT, RIGHT.
SO NOT PICK UP THE TRASH FOR THEM, BUT MAINTAIN THE RESERVATION.
AND SO, UM, WE WERE HOPING FOR THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE NEVER CHARGED FOR IT BEFORE.
SO WE'VE WANTED TO REALLY TAKE IT SLOWLY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO CHARGE TO HAVE, OTHERWISE PEOPLE WILL JUST RESERVE IT.
AND THERE'S NOTHING FOR THEM, NO REASON FOR THEM TO NOT CANCEL IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S THERE.
UM, AND A LITTLE BIT OF OWNERSHIP WITH A COUPLE OF THAT MONEY.
SO THE PRICE THAT WE WERE SUGGESTING, UM, IS SORRY, UH, FOR MY MICROPHONE, BUT THE PRICES THAT WE WERE SUGGESTING WERE LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE IN THE SURROUNDING CITIES.
UM, BUT YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AND WE COULD BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AT ANOTHER TIME, TOO.
UM, AS WE FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK AND HOW THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO RECEIVE IT.
AND, UM, MOST PEOPLE WE TALKED TO WOULD RATHER BE ABLE TO MAKE A RESERVATION AND NOT HAVE TO SHOW UP AT FOUR IN THE MORNING AND PUT THEIR BLANKETS DOWN AND PUT YELLOW TAPE OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THEN THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE I'M SURE THAT ARE LIKE, WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR A PUBLIC PARK? AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO IRON THOSE OUT, BUT THIS WAS OUR FIRST DRAFT.
UM, I THINK THAT YOU GUYS COULD LOOK AT IT AND, UM, MAYBE GIVE SOME OPINIONS NEXT MONTH CAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO I THINK, YEAH, WE ARE, I'M SORRY.
WE ARE PLANNING TO, UM, POST, YOU KNOW, A RESERVED, UM, PARTY.
SO THEY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PLASTIC, PLASTIC GLASS, IT'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, RESERVED, UM, WITH A NUMBER, UM, IT WON'T HAVE THEIR NAME NECESSARILY, BUT THEN WHEN THEY COME TO THE PARTY FOR THE RESERVATION, THEY'LL NEED TO HAVE THEIR PERMIT WITH THEM.
AND THEN OUR CITY STAFF WILL, UM, VERIFY AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT IT'S THE RIGHT, UM, APPLICANT OR THE RIGHT PARTY.
AND IF WE DO THE POLICY THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, USE BY RESERVATION, ONLY SIGNS
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UP, OF COURSE.SO PEOPLE DO KNOW THAT, UH, RESIDENTS POSSIBLY PAYING FOR RESERVATION, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT FAIR AS WELL.
HOW CERTAIN GROUPS MONOPOLIZING, THE, AND THE CHURCHES OUT THERE OVER THE WEEKEND, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS, YOU KNOW, MONOPOLIZING THE TIME.
SO WE JUST WANT TO SHOW THIS INTO OUR PROCESS.
WHAT IS THE GIRLS PAVILION? UM, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY? UH, LIKE AREA WHERE THE FOOD IS? THAT'S THE GIRL SCOUT PAVILION.
SO THAT'S ONLY AT LEVEL NITA PARK.
BUT ARE THESE FEES ARE THESE SAME FEES FOR EVERY PARK? YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND, UM, THE AMENITIES AT THE PARK.
SO IS THAT, I DON'T SEE THAT HERE.
BUT IS THERE A DIFFERENT RATE FOR EACH, FOR THE DIFFERENT PARKS? OH, NO.
THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
IT'S JUST A DAY OF THE WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
AND THEN, UM, AS YOU GO ON DOWN THE PAGE, THERE'S THE ADD ON FEES FOR, UM, WATER AND OR FACILITY ATTENDANT? I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR HERE.
UM, WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR RESERVATION.
LIKE IF YOU'RE RESERVING A BENCH, A COVERED AREA, RAMADA, IT'S KIND OF STRANGE THAT THE FEE IS THE SAME FOR EVERY PARK.
WHEN SOME PARKS HAVE MUCH, MANY MORE AMENITIES AND OTHER, WE CAN CERTAINLY CLARIFY THAT.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A CHART IN THE BACK THAT, UM, SHOWS DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND WHAT YOU GET.
WE INCLUDED, INCLUDED THE LAHABRA CITY PARKS THAT HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES, BUT THERE'S THE SECOND PAGE.
UM, I THINK THIS ONE HERE, RIGHT? I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE NOT RENTING THE WHOLE PARK.
WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT EACH PARK FOR, FOR YOUR FEE AND THEN THE SPLASH PAD THAT'S HERE TWO.
SO THE SPLASH PADS, UM, CAN ONLY BE RE UH, RENTED DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD.
I THINK IT'S 10 TO 11 BEFORE THEY OPENED, BEFORE THEY OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, YES, I THINK THOSE ARE, THAT'S A VERY GOOD COMMENT TO WE'LL FIGURE AND THE, AND THE FORM THAT WILL BE USED TO FILL OUT EVENTUALLY WE'LL THEN SAY WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING, BUT TRADITIONALLY IT WILL BE AN AREA OF, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE GROUP ALSO.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR KIDS FOR 50, BUT A CHURCH PICNIC FOR 200.
SO IT WILL BE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARK THAT YOU PROBABLY, WE HAVE A CHECKBOX KIND OF, IF YOU DO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IT'S A ONE THIRD OF THE BALLROOM, OR IT'S THE ENTIRE BALLROOM.
DO YOU GET THE KITCHEN? DO YOU GET THE LAST DAY ROOM? THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'LL BE SOME ADD ONS.
SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST DRAFT.
AND, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE'LL TRY TO, UM, UNVEIL IT MAYBE AFTER A LOT OF DISCUSSION BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR OR THE END OF THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE PICNIC SHELTER, THE MASS ONES COME UP IN THE SUMMER AND WE'LL IRON OUT THE ISSUES WE MAY HAVE UNTIL THEN.
I WOULD MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE NOT ALL PARKS SHOULD HAVE NEED RESERVATIONS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE OLD RESERVOIR PARK BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S JUST THIS TINY LITTLE THING WITH LIKE ONE BENCH.
AND IF SOMEONE RENTED THAT, THAT PRETTY MUCH BE LIKE THE WHOLE, I CAN SEE RENTING SPACES AND SOME OF THE LARGER PARKS THAT HAVE MANY MORE OPTIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT ALSO.
SO YOU PREFER A WRITTEN COMMENTS TO YOU OR ON THIS? YEAH.
YOU COULD, YOU COULD SEND US SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THEN WE'LL INCORPORATE THEM IN NEXT MEETS NEXT MONTHS.
UH, SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF DISCUSSION ON, UM, SO YEAH, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THAT'S.
UM, AND THEN W WE'LL HASH IT OUT AMONGST OURSELVES TOO.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS MAYBE EVEN FOR OLD RESERVOIR PARK WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO RESERVE IT.
SO NOBODY ELSE CAN JUST POACH IT BEFORE.
LIKE, SO IF YOU WANT YOUR BABY SHOWER AT 10, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO AT SIX IN THE MORNING, BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR BABY SHOWER, THAT 10, YOU WANT TO SEND OUT YOUR INVITATIONS AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMES AT NINE, YOU'RE KIND OF OUT OF LUCK THEN.
AND IF THEY GO TO THE PARK, NOT THAT, THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS THERE, BUT I THINK THAT WAS THE REASONING, BUT WE CAN AGAIN, TALK IT OUT TOO, UM, AMONGST STAFF.
CAUSE WE WILL DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT.
AT LEAST ON THE FIRST DRAFT, WE'LL PUT IT UNDER CONSIDERATION, I THINK INSTEAD.
AND UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN REALLY TALK IT OUT.
I THINK WE'RE PUTTING IT UNDER CONSENT TODAY AS A RECEIVING FILE BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT IN FOR THIS SUMMER.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER SUMMER, LIKE LAST YEAR AT, UM, STATE, IT WAS PRETTY BAD.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE THREE OR FOUR PICNICS TOGETHER, ALL AT ONE PARK AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T FAIR TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SPLASH PAD, UM, SPACE LEFT.
AND THEN THE FAMILIES WERE FIGHTING.
WE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE WERE HOPING TO DO THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T MAKE THE DEADLINE, I THINK SO NEXT YEAR.
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BUT I THINK IF WE WAIT AND DO IT RIGHT, IT'LL BE EVEN BETTER.OH, KELLY ARE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE BOUNCE AND THE TENTS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ON THE FORM? I THINK SO.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S HALF THE CITIES ALLOW BOUNCE HOUSES AND HALF DON'T.
OUR CITY IS THINKING THAT MAYBE WE DON'T ALLOW THEM.
YOU KNOW, CAUSE THEY ARE, THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS.
UM, BUT IT'LL BE, IT'LL, IT'LL PROBABLY BE AN ADD ON LIKE AN ADDENDUM.
SO IF YOU WANT A BOUNCE HOUSE, THEN YOU HAVE TO SIGN THIS WAIVER LIABILITY RELEASE FORM OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND PROBABLY YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE, UM, MAYBE ANOTHER, UH, STAFF ATTENDED NOT TO STAY THERE AND WORK IT, BUT TO COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS TIED DOWN AND YOU'RE ALWAYS, UM, SAFE.
UM, AND PLAYING BY THE RULES WHERE WE ARE, UM, NO, NOT NEAR THE BARBECUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU SAW THAT, WHAT WAS IT? RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHERE THE POLICE HELICOPTER CAME IN AND, AND IT LIFTED THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND THE KIDS ALL GOT HURT.
AND THAT JUST HAPPENED RECENTLY.
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE A SEPARATE FORM THAT YOU FILL OUT FOR THEM.
KELLY DOES THE CITY OF LA HABRA HAVE THE LIABILITY FOR THE BOUNCE HOUSES? SHOULD SOMEONE GET HURT IN ONE OF THEM? WELL, BECAUSE WE ARE A CITY AND IT IS OUR PARK.
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO PUT US INTO IT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT OUR PARTY.
UM, SO IT'S MORE OF THOSE THINGS ABOUT THE MORE, YOU KNOW, AND THE, UM, SO IF WE KNOW THERE'S A BOUNCE HOUSE THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE REGULATIONS, THEN, UM, IT COULD EXPOSE US.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, AS LONG AS THE POLICY SAYS THAT THE BOUNCE HOUSE HAS TO BE FROM A COMPANY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS INSURANCE AND THEY PROVIDE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE ON FILE SO WAY WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND THEY'RE STILL A REPUTABLE COMPANY.
UM, IN REGARDS TO WHAT GABBY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE SMALL PARK WITH THE BENCH, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP THE SEGMENT THAT OUR APARTMENT RENTERS, BECAUSE THEY NEED A, JUST A SPACE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
I THINK, UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, CAUSE MAYBE IT'S A DIFFERENT PRICE BECAUSE IT'S A SMALL PLACE AND, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WANT THE RESERVATION EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO PAY, BECAUSE THEN IT GUARANTEES THEM THE SPOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SEND OUT A, UM, AN INVITATION TO A PARTY IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PARK THAT DAY.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, CAN'T, I, YOU KNOW, I'LL PAY MONEY TO RESERVE IT NOW.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS ALL CAME FROM BESIDES THE OSA ISSUE.
SO, SORRY, UH, PHOTOS TO A PHOTOGRAPHY, WE GOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GRADUATION REQUESTS, UM, SOMETIMES SMALL WEDDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW, CAN RESERVE CERTAIN PARTS OF, UM, PARKS TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT, THAT BACKDROP THAT THEY WANT.
AND AS, AS YOU LOOK ON THIS, IT IS A LIST OF ALL OF OUR PARKS.
SO WE DEFINITELY WILL LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE MAYBE THERE'S A, UM, JUST A RESERVATION FEE, A RESERVATION FORM, MAYBE NO FEE FOR SMALL PARKS AND THE LARGER PARKS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, UH, STAFF ATTENDANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE ALL IDEAS THAT WE CAN USE FOR THIS, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE, UM, IF, UM, IF SAY RESERVOIR PARK AND NOBODY'S USING IT TODAY, THERE'S NO RESERVATION THERE.
AND THEN A FAMILY JUST CHOOSES TO HAVE A PICNIC.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
SO THEY WOULDN'T BE BARRED FROM USING THE PARK.
IT'S JUST ORGANIZED LARGE EVENTS.
SO, UM, IF A COUPLE OF FAMILIES WANTED TO HAVE A FAMILY PICNIC, I DON'T THINK THAT NOBODY WOULD KICK THEM OFF A PARK BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A RESERVATION FORM ON FILE.
BUT, UM, THIS WOULD ACTUALLY JUST GIVE THEM THE ABILITY AND PEACE OF MIND TO SEND OUT INVITATIONS CAUSE THEY HAVE A RESERVATION AND THEY WILL THERE BE ANY, UM, WELL THE PRICING BE DIFFERENT IF I WANT IT FOR AN HOUR VERSUS EIGHT HOURS.
WELL, AS WE TALK THESE THINGS OUT, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND MAYBE KATIE AND HER STAFF, SHE WORKED ON REALLY HARD WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND PD TO TRY TO COME UP WITH ALL THESE RULES TOGETHER.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNEW WE WEREN'T GOING TO PUT IT INTO PLAY.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT MOST FACILITIES HAVE A THREE TO FOUR HOUR MINIMUM.
SO IF YOU RESERVE IT FOR, UM, IT HAS TO BE, YOU GET THREE OR FOUR, NO MATTER WHAT.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY WANTED IT TO SAY, DO PICTURES AT 3:00 PM, BUT THEN NOBODY ELSE CAN USE THE PARK BECAUSE SOMEBODY ONLY PAID FOR ONE HOUR, THEN IT MAKES IT KIND OF DIFFICULT.
AND SO GENERALLY THE RESERVATIONS LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER ARE FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE FOR ONE PRICE.
BUT I THINK THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO, UM, MAYBE EITHER MAKING CHANGES TO THIS DRAFT OR TO, UM, INCORPORATE AS WE MOVE ON.
I THINK AS WE MOVE ON, WE'RE GOING TO DISCOVER MORE AND MORE THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU TALK IT OUT LOUD, CHECK IT OUT LOUD AND JUST GRIND IT OUT.
I THINK SO, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL NEW.
AND SO WE, WE IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT ALL RIGHT.
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AND I THINK IF WE DO IT SLOW, WE CAN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH.WE CAN EVEN BRING THE SURVEYS FROM OTHER CITIES ON WHO'S CHARGING WHAT, AND FOR DIFFERENT SIZES, DIFFERENT PARKS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT HOURS, WHATEVER THE WORDS ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT RULES, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH CONSISTENT IN PRICE AND HOURS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAN BE THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE MOST CONSISTENCY IS.
SO DO YOU, UM, YOU WANT TO, UM, HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS FOR NOW AND WE'LL PUT IT BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION NEXT, UM, NEXT MONTH.
OH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE RECEIVED THE FILE FOR THAT PROPOSAL RESERVATION FEE.
I'LL TAKE A NAP, MARIE LAS VEGAS.
SO I'M THE SECOND ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WAS, UM, PULLED ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE COMMUNITY, UM, UH, ISSUE SURVEY.
YEAH, IT WAS A SURVEY AND I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS AND THE RESULTS, BUT ONE THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WAS THE CITY WEBSITE AND, UM, FINDING A WAY TO 12TH, FINDING A WAY TO RAISE THAT, UM, VISIBILITY BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND I, I FOUND IT MOST USEFUL DURING PANDEMIC OF COURSE.
UM, AND HOW WELL IT WAS MAINTAINED.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO DRAW, YOU KNOW, PUSH MORE PEOPLE TO THAT RESOURCE AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THERE, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN HAVING LIKE THE PARK RESERVATION FORMS AND ALL OF THOSE FORMS, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF STUFF THERE.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW ANYTHING THAT WAS, UH, PARTICULARLY THAT WE CAN AS A COMMITTEE HELP TO, UM, CLARIFY IN THE COMMUNITY OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTACT WITH PEOPLE AND JUST, AND JUST ANYTHING WE CAN BE HELPFUL TO, UM, TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT.
SO THAT WAS MY, MY MAIN THING WAS TRYING TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE THERE TO THE WEBSITE.
INSTEAD OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF CHITTER CHATTERING AND NEGATIVITY AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA THAT SAID THAT THE, THE LA HABRA JOURNAL IS LOSING ITS FOLLOWING.
SO THAT, THAT SITS AT SAM'S COSTCO.
AND, UM, AND LOOKING AT THE TIME PERIOD, YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE VISIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME.
YOU KNOW, CAUSE THAT WASN'T THIS PANDEMIC TIME.
BUT I THINK IF YOU READ THE, UM, SURVEY RESULTS, IT'S THE OVERALL ABILITY IS HIGH FOR OUR FACEBOOK AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND IT IS MAYBE IT'S THE WORST AS FAR AS VALID INFORMATION IS REALLY ON THE WEBSITE.
I BELIEVE THAT A LOT HYBRID JOURNAL WASN'T PRINTED FOR AWHILE.
SO MAYBE THIS SURVEY WAS AROUND.
CAUSE IT WAS MAYBE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT THERE WAS, IT WAS JUST NOT BEING PRODUCED AT ALL.
I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PRODUCED NOW.
I THINK IT IS, IT IS PRODUCING.
I THINK IT'S SPORADICALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S THE LOVE OF HER, YOU KNOW, OF DOING IT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING ANYBODY TO DO IT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S JUST, UM, UM, WHAT'S JANE'S HUSBAND IS TRYING TO YEAH.
SO I WOULD REALLY, I WISH WE COULD SAVE THAT NEWSPAPER.
I LOVE, UM, LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, BUT, BUT IT'S BUILDING ON MARIE'S COMMENT.
I THINK IT'S A ROLE THAT WE ALL COULD PLAY.
AND I WANT TO SAY IN ALL THE COMMISSIONS AND ALL THE COMMITTEES, UH, I DO IT NOT, NOT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO.
I KINDA W YOU KNOW, THINK TWICE BEFORE I HIT THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE ON NEXT DOOR, THERE WAS, UH, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PARKING PERMITS, RIGHT.
AND THE STREET SWEEPING AND THE PER THE VIOLATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
WELL, IF YOU SEE THE COMPLAINT OR THE ISSUE, IT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY A DOZEN OR TWO DOZEN OR THREE DOZEN, MY WORDS, SORRY, TROLLS, THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF THE NEGATIVITY OF WHAT THAT COMPLAINT IS ABOUT.
BUT MY, MY 10 IS TO FIND THE LINK TO THE PARKING POLICY.
COPY THAT URL AND DROP IT INTO THE CONVERSATION FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO KNOW THE FACTS, HERE'S THE INFORMATION.
AND ADDITIONALLY, EVERY CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT TO ATTEND A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND SPEAK DURING THE OPEN PERIOD.
WHAT ABOUT THESE CONCERNS THAT THE COUNCIL DOESN'T HEAR YOU THEY'LL NEVER KNOW IT'S ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK WE NEED, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE NEED TO HELP OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE A LITTLE MORE THOUGHTFUL
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IN THEIR RESPONSES TO THOSE COMPLAINTS.YOU KNOW, I HEARD RECENTLY FROM A MEMBER THAT, WELL, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS PARKING POLICY AND I'VE GOTTEN TICKETS AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE, BUT THAT DOESN'T HELP ME IF I'M A NEW RESIDENT AND I JUST GOT A TICKET, I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT'S THE CONNECTION.
AND I THINK IF WE DRILL DOWN ON THE PARKING PERMIT ISSUE, IT'S WHEN, WHEN IT WAS INITIATED, COMMUNITIES WERE STARTING TO GROW AND, AND HIGH DENSITY HOUSING WAS STARTING TO CIRCLE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THE CONCERN WAS PEOPLE WOULD BE PARKING IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PARKING AND THE BUSIER NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO JUST EXPLAIN THAT IT'S PART OF KEEPING, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE ALL LOVE ABOUT LA OPERA.
I THINK THAT OUTSIDE, UM, I THINK THAT OUR CITY POLICY IS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T RESPOND TO ANYTHING UNLESS IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE, THE BROWN ACT, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT ALL, AS WELL AS, UM, LIKE A PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DELETE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY SAYS OURS, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK THE CITY IS VERY CAREFUL ON HOW THEY RESPOND TO THINGS.
SO WE A HUNDRED PERCENT APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
I THINK THE OTHER COMPLAINT WAS ON, YOU KNOW, FOR LOVE OF LAHABRA OR YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I THINK WE'D ALL BE AMBASSADORS FOR, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THESE NEGATIVE THINGS AROUND.
AND SO, UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU SHARE THE POSITIVE STUFF, THERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CAN, I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T CHOOSE.
WHO AM I? UH, I GOT OFF BECAUSE MR. LEWIS.
YEAH, HE STARTED, WELL, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT IS THAT I PERSONALLY, WE PERSONALLY HAD TO DO THAT.
SOMEONE WAS UPSET ABOUT, OR SONIA PARK, WHERE THE KIDS PLAY THE SONG, AS I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU.
AND, UM, HE THOUGHT THAT HE, YOU KNOW, HE, HE OPENED, HE CREATED THIS FOLLOWING ON FACEBOOK AND HE STARTED WITH MY HUSBAND.
AND AS HE STARTED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, SAYING THINGS THAT WEREN'T TRUE, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OH, THEY PAY THE CITY OFF AND HE WENT ON AND ON AND, AND, AND HE HAD QUITE, HE WAS GATHERING A FOLLOWING SO LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS JERRY GAVE HIM THE DOCUMENTS.
HE HAD ANY FORWARDED IT TO HIM.
AND HE SAID, FOR THOSE OF YOU ARE FOLLOWING THIS GENTLEMEN, I WOULD THINK TWICE, AND THIS GUY KEPT IT UP.
SO MY HUSBAND CALLED GOOGLE AND THEY SHUT THEM OFF.
AND SO IT WENT ROUND AND ROUND AND, AND SO I KINDA, AND THEN HE GOES, OH, AND THEN, AND THEN IT WENT TO ME, HE MOVED IT OVER TO ME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I KIND OF LIKE, I'M STAYING LOW WITH THAT GUY FOR A WHILE.
SO IS THERE A FOLLOW-UP I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS? NOW WE HAVE A SURVEY, WE HAVE A CONCLUSION.
IS THERE A NEXT STEP WITH IT? YEAH.
WELL, UM, SO THIS SURVEY WAS DONE AT 2021, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST GAUGE RIGHT NOW, UM, THE CONSENSUS OF THE CITIZENS ON THEIR, UH, THEIR IDEAS OF WHAT THEY WANT.
UM, AND THEY'LL DO ONE AGAIN, OR WE'LL DO ONE AGAIN NEXT YEAR, UM, TO SEE, AND NOW YOU HAVE THREE YEARS TO GAUGE WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE NOT THAT INTERESTED IN FIREWORKS, SHOWING MORE VERSUS WHAT WE WANT MORE CONCERTS IN THE PARKS, OR, YOU KNOW, MORE LEESBURG BB, OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT THE CITY DOES IS AFTER THESE SURVEYS, WE WRAP THEM UP INTO THE GOALS FOR THE YEAR FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO.
THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S HOW WE DO IT IS THE TRENDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, NOT JUST SURVEY, BUT OUT THERE IN, UM, SACRAMENTO.
AND THEN THE COUNCIL SETS THEIR GOALS.
I THINK THOSE ARE ONLINE TOO, BUT THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT AS HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, A LOT FROM THIS.
BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT US AS RESIDENTS.
UM, UM, AND THEY SET THEIR GOALS ACCORDINGLY.
IT WAS INTERESTING READING IT.
SO, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO? I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE NEED A VOTE OR ALL IN FAVOR.
OH, LOOK AT THAT THINGS HANDY.
DID WE SKIP THE MEETING MINUTES?
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DID WE SKIP THE MINUTES BY CHANCE? IT WAS PART OF THE CONSENT.I DIDN'T REMEMBER ALSO JUST MENTIONED THAT I DID PUT SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT, UH, FLYERS AND POSTCARDS.
UM, IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INFORMATION, LET ME KNOW.
OR I CAN ALSO SEND IT AS A PDF IF YOU WANT TO HELP SHARE IT ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
I HOPE YOU READ THROUGH THE BOX UNDER CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDERATION ITEMS, ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO P FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE.
SPEAKING TIME, AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
AND DO WE MOVE ON DOWN TO THE NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSION.
I CAN GET AN GLARE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSION THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION CONTINUED DISCUSSING IDEAS AND STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE RESIDENTS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SPORTS GROUP, CHURCHES, AND VISITORS TO INTRODUCE LOVE MY CITY CONCEPT.
THE COMMISSION WILL CREATE AN OUTLINE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO SHARE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? OH, NO, LET'S DISCUSS BUDDY.
AT LEAST I'LL JUST DISCUSS THIS.
WE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT.
LAST MONTH, WE BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN TO THIS MONTH, MAYBE COMMISSIONER ROBOT.
AS I PROMISED OUR LAST MEETING, I REACHED OUT AND ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE AUTHOR AND FACILITATOR, PETER KJ, YAMA, AND VERY PERSONABLE GUY.
IN FACT, HE REMEMBERED ME FROM HIS VISIT AND WORKSHOP IN GALENA WHEN I LIVED THERE.
UH, BASICALLY THIS IS A TWO PAGE OUTLINE OF WHAT HE DOES, SOME OF WHICH WE SPOKE ABOUT LAST MEETING.
UM, IT'S AN INTERACTIVE HALF DAY WORKSHOP THAT HE FACILITATES, UH, THE GROUP FROM 10 TO A HUNDRED OR 150, IF WE HAVE A LARGER GROUP.
AND IT'S REALLY A CONCEPT OF GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT IN OUR CASE.
LAHABRA IF WE WANT TO SPECIFICALLY NARROW THAT DOWN TO WHAT DO WE LIKE ABOUT LA HARBOR BOULEVARD CORRIDOR THAT'S POSSIBLE AS WELL.
AND THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF CAME INTO THIS IDEA WHEN I SAW BOTH THE SURVEY AND THAT THE COUNCIL'S, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR AND THAT THEY NOTED THAT THEY WOULD BE HIRING A CONSULTANT TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS, TO HELP GUIDE THEIR DECISIONS ON MOVING FORWARD FOR HOBBLE BOULEVARD.
SO WHAT I SAW IN THE SURVEY OR WHAT I SAW ABSENT FROM THE SURVEY AND FROM THE, THE, UM, COUNCIL'S STRATEGY OR PLAN, THERE WAS NO NOTE OF INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS IDEA KIND OF CAME FROM.
SO THE IDEA IS REALLY HERE, UH, THE WORKS THAT THERE'S A WORKSHOP DESCRIBED ON THIS HANDOUT, THERE'S A WORKSHOP OUTLINE, AND IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVING THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATE, IDENTIFY THE ASSETS OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE LA CORRIDOR, WHAT THEY FEEL EMOTIONALLY ENGAGED ABOUT OUR CITY AND OUR, OR ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ASSET THAT THE HARBOR CORRIDOR.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH LOCALLY BASED IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS, NOT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS, ANY OF THAT, IT'S MORE OF CONCEPTUAL.
HOW DO WE FEEL, WHAT WOULD WE'D LIKE TO HAPPEN IF THERE WERE NO CONSTRAINTS? AND SO THE NUTS AND BOLTS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORKSHOP INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE LIVABLE CITIES PROGRAM, A MAP OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THE WALL OF LOVE.
IT'S ACTUALLY AN EXERCISE THAT WE ALL PUT OUR IDEAS UP ON A WALL AND CREATE A MAP OF EITHER THE WHOLE CITY OR THE CORRIDOR.
UH, WE, WE, UH, THE FACILITATOR WHERE RECORDED MESSAGES AND MARKS, UH, AND MARKS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY EVOLVE INTO A T-SHIRT THAT WE COULD HAVE ORDERED THROUGH HIS, UM, SERVICES, LOVE NOTES, SMALL THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, EITHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT WE LIKE.
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A SERVICE ORGANIZATION.WE'D LIKE WAYS OF COMMUNICATING THAT, THAT SUPPORT IN THAT INTEREST, UH, IDENTIFYING LOCAL RITUALS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS ABOUT LIKE, WE CELEBRATE THE TAMALE FESTIVAL, WE HAVE THE CORN FESTIVAL, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THOSE ARE TRADITIONAL TICK, TICK, TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE CITY THAT I'M GUESSING MOST PEOPLE LIKE AND SUPPORT.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY CONTINUE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A BRAINSTORMING IT'S A $500 PROJECT.
I THINK I SHARED WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO THE GROUP THAT THE, DURING THE DAY, THE FACILITATOR BREAKS THE ENTIRE GROUP INTO SMALLER WORKING GROUPS.
AND IN THOSE W WORKING GROUP EXERCISES, PEOPLE, UH, CREATE AN IDEA, OKAY.
IF I HAD $500, IF OUR TEAM HAD $500, WHAT WOULD WE DO? WE COME UP WITH A FLYER WHERE WE HOST AN EVENT, WE SPONSOR A KID TO GO TO CAMP.
WELL, THE WINNING GROUP FROM THAT EXPERIENCE IN GALENA WAS THEY WANTED HIM TO CREATE A POP-UP BECAUSE A PART OF THE COMPLAINT OF THE OLD TOWN GALENA AREAS THAT THE CITY FACILITIES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SIDEWALKS WERE DISJOINTED, THEY WERE, THEY WERE DEVELOPED BACK IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS AND NEVER SAW IMPROVEMENT.
SO IT WAS LIKE AN OLD TOWN, BUT WITH A NEW, NEWER, YOUNGER COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THEY THOUGHT, WELL, WE COULD ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE OLD TOWN, THROUGH A POP-UP EVENT THAT MAYBE WOULD GET PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND NOT VISIT, YOU KNOW, THE COSTCO AND THE BIG BOX SHOPPING CENTER WAS ON THE NORTH PART OF THE TOWN, WHICH, WHERE THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT HAD PRINCIPALLY GRAVITATED TO MUCH LIKE WE HAVE IMPERIAL BOULEVARD, RIGHT.
OR BEACH BOULEVARD, CORRIDOR, WHERE FOLKS GO AND SHOP AND DO BUSINESS NOW.
SO THAT WAS AN EXERCISE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF FUN AND NOT REALLY EXPENSIVE.
AND THEN WE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS KIND OF A WORKSHOP IF THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO SPONSOR.
AND THAT WHOLE LIST OF FOLKS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE, UM, ORIENTATION TO THIS IDEA, THERE'S AN ATTENDANCE CAP, YOU KNOW, AND IT REALLY LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE AN IDEAL LOCATION TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT'S PEOPLE KNOW WHERE IT'S AT, KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.
AND THEN THE LAST PART IS WE TALK ABOUT FEES AND THIS IS, THIS IS NOT CAST IN STONE BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO SEND ME A PROPOSAL AND THERE'S NO COMMITMENT ON OUR PART TO RECEIVE IT.
IT'S JUST, HERE'S MY PROPOSAL.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, GEOGRAPHY OF LAHABRA THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF LAHABRA THE, OF THE BUSINESS INTEREST AND FOCUS OF HOMBRE, WHERE, WHAT OUR COUNCIL WAS MADE UP, WHO OUR RESIDENTS ARE MADE UP IN TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, HE JUST BASICALLY SAID, OKAY, WHEN, WHEN I WENT TO GALENA, UH, PETER SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, I, THEY WANTED A TWO HOUR SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF TO BASICALLY PREPARE THEM FOR GOING PUBLIC.
BECAUSE EVEN THROUGH ALL THE WHOLE GROUP TOGETHER, YOU'RE GOING TO GET RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE SAY, OH, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
AND SO PREPARING THE COUNCIL IS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IF SOMEBODY SAYS, YOU KNOW, I ONLY WANT, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS CORRIDOR AND YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO PUT HIGH END RESIDENTIAL.
SO HOW DO YOU RESOLVE THAT? HOW DO YOU REACH CONSENSUS? SO HIS FIRST TWO HOURS IS REALLY, UH, GIVING FOLKS THE TOOLS AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO FACIL, TO COOPERATIVELY, GET ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN A WORKSHOP SETTING.
AND HE SAID, THAT WAS REALLY VALUABLE BECAUSE WHEN HE BROUGHT THE LARGER GROUP TOGETHER, HE COULD SEE THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOR, THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T CHOOSING SIDES.
THEY WERE OPEN TO ANY IDEA CAUSE THAT'S ALL IT IS.
IT'S A FREE FLOWING IDEA EXERCISE.
AND SO THE OTHER PART OF HIS, UM, PHILOSOPHICAL FACILITATION WOULD BE TO HOST A, FOR LOVE OF LA HARBOR COMMITTEE WORKSHOPS SESSION THAT INCLUDED THE OFFICIALS, THE STAFF, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND THE RESIDENTS.
AND THERE'S A PRICE FOR THOSE TO EXERCISE 2000 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF, ANOTHER 5,000 FOR A FOUR HOUR SESSION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN HE ALSO CHARGES FOR TRAVEL FROM FLORIDA.
UM, THE FREE WORKSHOP OR THE WORKSHOP DONE THIS SAME DAY, SAME DAY, THE MORNING WOULD BE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING OURS WAS AN EVENING FOUR HOURS.
LIKE I THINK IT WAS LIKE SIX TO 10 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S IT FROM THIS PROVIDER FROM THIS, THIS VENDOR, THIS FACILITATOR.
UM, SO I KIND OF WENT BACK TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE, I GUESS WE CREATED FROM THE LAST MEETING ON WHAT ACTIONS WE SHOULD CONSIDER ON PAGE B AT PAGE THREE OF OUR MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 13TH MEETING.
WHAT ROLE DOES THE COMMISSION WANT TO HAVE WITH A LA HARBOR QUARTER PROJECT? YEAH, IF ANY, I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE QUESTION.
SHOULD WE HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL? I THINK
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IF THIS GROUP, THIS, THIS COMMISSION FELT THAT IT WARRANT MAYBE A FOLLOW-UP THEN YES.BUT IF THIS GROUP THINKS MAYBE THIS IS NOT THE GOOD TIME, BECAUSE IT'S 7,000 PLUS DOLLARS AND WE HAVE GREATER NEEDS, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT DO DEVELOPERS IN THE COMMUNITY WANT IN LAHABRA? AND AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF GETTING AHEAD OF THE WHOLE EXERCISE.
UM, YOU WANT, YOU WANT THE GROUP TO HAVE DEVELOPERS.
YOU WANT THE GROUP TO HAVE BUSINESS PEOPLE IN THE ROOM SO THEY COULD HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS AND FROM THE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS SHARING THEIR OWN IDEAS.
CAN WE CONDUCT A COMMUNITY SURVEYS? THERE'S NOTHING THAT PREVENTS US FROM DOING THAT.
I THINK MY ONLY CAUTION WOULD BE NOT TO CREATE WORKLOAD FOR STAFF.
YOU KNOW, IF THIS COMMISSION SAID, LET'S SIT DOWN WITH THE IT PERSON AT THE CITY AND CREATE A, YOU KNOW, ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE THAT KIND OF HELPS US UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THE HARBOR BASED ON THEIR PREVIOUS SURVEY.
THAT COULD BE A GOOD THING, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO BURDEN STAFF WITH JUST, OKAY, WE WANT YOU TO DO A SURVEY AND HERE'S THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK, UM, DOES THE COMMISSION WANT TO HELP FACILITATE A ONE WAY WORKSHOP TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS LOVE ABOUT AND WANT IN LAHABRA? AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THE, THE ORIGINAL QUESTION IS THIS IS SEEM LIKE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE ON.
UM, AND NO, IS IT REALLY AN ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE AS WELL? UH, CREATE A WALKABLE CITY.
THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
UH, HOW DO WE PRESENT THIS IDEA TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION CREATE A WALKABLE CITY TO REDUCE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE A GOAL OR AN OBJECTIVE, AND ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE HARBOR BECAUSE THE LOCATION IS IN BETWEEN ORANGE COUNTY AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SURVEY, THAT'S ALSO CONCERNED OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A BIG NAIL FOR FOLKS AND FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, REAL ESTATE IS GOING UP.
YOU KNOW, INVENTORY IS GOING DOWN.
PEOPLE ARE HAVING ADULT KIDS THAT ARE GETTING MARRIED AND MOVING OUT.
THEY WANT THEIR KIDS CLOTHES AND THEIR GRANDKIDS CLOSE.
SO I THINK THERE'S ALL REASONABLE QUESTIONS.
AND I JUST, AGAIN, YOU'RE KNOWING ME NOW AFTER A YEAR I HAVE IDEAS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST AND TIMING OR THE LEAST EXPENSIVE.
SO, UM, A SUGGESTION WOULD BE FOR EITHER I OR A COUPLE OF US SIT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND JUST SHARE THE CONCEPT WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION OR EXPECTATION.
MY SENSE FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH KALITA AS A PARK AND REC COMMISSIONER, IT'S REALLY OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THERE NOW.
CAUSE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ASKING THEM TO CERTIFY A PLAN OR CHANGE A PLAN OR, YOU KNOW, APPROVE A PROJECT.
IT'S JUST A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO, BUT IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE RESPECTFUL TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SHARE THE IDEA AND GET SOME GUIDANCE.
I'M THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO START WITH THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT I THINK, UM, THOSE EIGHT QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD FROM LAST TIME ARE WAY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? EVERY ONE OF THEM IS KIND OF OUT THERE.
SO, UM, THIS I THINK IS VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE WHAT, WHAT WE WERE GIVEN TODAY.
UM, AND IT'S BUDGET TIME RIGHT NOW.
IF WE WERE TO PUT A LIKE THIS IN DEMOTION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE NOW BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, IF WE, IF WE WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER WITH A, UM, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT LAND USE AT ALL.
WE COULD TALK, W WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT LAHABRA? AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DOWNTOWN THE HARBOR, BUT IT COULD BE JUST DOWNTOWN THE HOPPER, BUT NOT WHAT NECESSARILY BUSINESSES YOU WANT TO SEE, BUT IT COULDN'T TELL THAT TOO.
UM, AND WE CAN ASK HIM, BUT IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, FOR $8,500, THAT THE CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO, UM, HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS, CAN THE COMMISSION, UM, CAN THE COMMISSION BE GRANTED THAT KIND OF FUNDS, COULD THEY RAISE THAT KIND OF FUNDS? UM, IF 50 50 WE RAISE AND WE, YOU KNOW, AND THE CITY PROVIDES IT, WE CAN GO TO HIM.
UM, IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE US SEND A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER FROM THE COMMISSION, WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, SO THAT WAY IT'S A FORMAL PROCESS.
UM, WE CAN MEET WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AN INFORMAL BASIS.
YOU GUYS JUST MEET AS FRIENDS, NOT NECESSARILY MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, TWO OF YOU, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, UM, TO SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED.
I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER IMMUNOS IS NOW THE CHAIR.
YEAH, SO HE WAS ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
SO EITHER ONE OF THOSE, UH, IT'S UP TO YOU, UM, NOT A BAD IDEA NOW BECAUSE IT'S A BUNCH OF TIME.
WELL, I FREAKED OUT THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DOES THE COMMISSION FAIL? YEAH.
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ISN'T THE 100 YEAR COMING UP 20, 25.I WONDER IF, IF WE COULD, UM, POSITION THIS AS KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY CELEBRATE THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF LAHABRA AND HOW WE SHOULD PLAN FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
SO KIND OF STILL KEEPING IT MORE AROUND, UM, THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF IT, AND NOW SO MUCH THE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC PORTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT LAHABRA NOW? WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT LAHABRA NOW? UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 100 YEARS BECAUSE SOME OF THIS ALSO SAID, LIKE CREATING A CITY T-SHIRT WHAT IF WE CREATED THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRTS SO IT KIND OF TIES INTO THE EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN TO PREPARE FOR THAT 100 YEAR CELEBRATION AND, AND JUST KIND OF FRAME IT THAT WAY.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING OUR 100 YEARS AND PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS, WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING THIS FISCAL YEAR? WE WILL BE STARTING OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, SOON IT'LL PROBABLY BE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH COMMISSION AND THEN MEMBERS AT LARGE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE WILL BE STARTING ONE VERY SOON.
WE'LL BE PLANNING, UM, FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE IT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST UNTIL, UH, AND OUR ACTUAL ANNIVERSARY IS IN JANUARY OF 25.
SO THAT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR BIRTHDAY IN JANUARY AND DO YOU CELEBRATE THE WHOLE YEAR, BUT IT'S KIND OF WEIRD TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR BEFORE, JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS FUNNY WHEN YOU HAVE A T-SHIRT AND IT SAYS 1925 TO 2024.
SO IT'S JUST HARD, CAUSE WE'RE A JANUARY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND, UM, AND IT CAN BE PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.
I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, UM, WITH LOOKING AT THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, HOW IS THERE A WAY TO INTERTWINE IT WITH THE PRACTICE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION? LIKE I KNOW THAT THEY DO LIKE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEY DO PROPOSALS AND WHAT HAVE YOU TO, WELL, AT LEAST I THINK MAYBE IT'S NOT THROUGH THE PLANNING, BUT IT'S THROUGH ROY.
CAUSE I KNOW ROY WAS GETTING INFORMATION AT THE CITRUS FAIR FOR LIKE, UM, THE TRAILS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO IS THERE, IS THERE SOME WAY THAT IT'S NOT ALL INDEPENDENT, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ON THINGS THAT THEY ALREADY DO THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF JUMP IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? MAYBE I THINK, UM, THE REASON, THE ONLY REASON IT WOULD INVOLVE PLANNING IS BECAUSE OF LAND USE.
RIGHT? IT'S W AND, BUT YOU'RE ASKING A MORE GENERAL QUESTION AND WHAT, UH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE? YOU WANT A HOUSES ON THE HARBOR BOULEVARD, OR YOU WANT BUSINESSES, YOU WANT IT TO BE WALKABLE AND IT'S SHUT DOWN, OR YOU WANT IT TO BE BRAY AS INTERSECTION WHERE THIS INTERSECTION HERE BECOMES A COLORED INTERSECTION THAT CROSSES THIS WAY.
YOU KNOW, WE SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN WITH TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES.
IT RUNS INTO THEIR, THEIR PURVIEW, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SO DETAILED THAT IT DOES.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE, THE FIRST, UM, HURDLE FOR ANY PROJECT TO GET OVER.
AND SO THERE, BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL, BUT WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THAT WE BUILD THINGS.
SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S A W WE COULD DO IT INDEPENDENT OF THAT.
SAY COURTESY, IT WOULD BE A COURTESY.
SO IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WENT OUT THERE AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN AVOCADO FESTIVAL HERE.
AND THEN THEY S THEY GO AND THEY RUN THEM WITH AN AVOCADO FESTIVAL IDEA.
AND WE'RE KIND OF LIKE, WELL, W W WHY ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT AN AVOCADO FESTIVAL? THEY MIGHT NOT INITIATE THAT.
WELL, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE POINT IS.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO JUMP INTO THERE FOR HER VIEW WHERE WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM, WE WOULD WANT THE COURTESY, LIKE YOU SAID.
AND SO THEN THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, BECAUSE IF WE START TALKING ABOUT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE IN DOWNTOWN LA HABRA, YOU COULD SEE WHERE THEY WOULD THINK THAT IT'S THEIR PURVIEW, NOT OURS.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THE CONVERSATION DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO THIS AT ALL.
IT JUST IS HOW YOU WANT TO APPROACH IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN INFORMAL CONVERSATION WITH, UM, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS GO INTO COFFEE, OR IT'S A, UM, UH, VISIT WITH THE CITY MANAGERS SAY, HEY, EVEN IF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER WANTED THIS, WOULD WE HAVE MONEY TO DO IT? UM, AND, AND IF NOT, AND I RAISED THE MONEY, CAN WE DO IT? RIGHT? THERE'S ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ASK.
SO IT'S, IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS ON HOW YOU FEEL, WHAT, HOW YOU'D LIKE TO APPROACH IT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THERE, OR, OR ONE OF THOSE INFORMAL WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER INFORMAL WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
I DON'T THINK THAT GOING STRAIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT WAY.
CAUSE IT WOULD BE LIKE A PLANNING COMMISSIONER COMING TO ME.
AND WITH AN IDEA OF AN EVENT, IT WOULD BE WEIRD FOR HER.
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UM, I'LL HAVE TO, LET ME, LET ME STOP TALKING FOR A SECOND.SO I COULD COME UP WITH A SUGGESTION.
IF I HAVE ONE THAT YOU GUYS COULD TALK ABOUT IT, LIKE, WHAT IS THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS.
AGAIN, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE REASON IT GOT MY ATTENTION AS I ACTUALLY PREPARED FOR MY INTERVIEW THIS YEAR, BY READING THE SURVEY AND THEN GETTING THE LINK TO THE COUNCIL'S PLAN FOR 2223, THAT IDENTIFIED THIS ONE PARTICULAR ITEM, THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE UNDER GOAL FIVE, RETAIN A CONSULTANT TO HELP GATHER DOCUMENTS, TO ESTABLISH A LA HARBOR CORRIDOR OR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
I'M THINKING THAT WE COULD TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
WE COULD SEND THEM A LETTER FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND WE, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO, UM, BLINDSIDE HIM, BUT WE CAN ASK THE COUNCIL FLOOR IF THEY'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS AND WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE LEAD, BUT IT WOULD BE A GLOBAL PROJECT.
IT'S NOT US RUNNING INTO PLANNING, COMMISSIONS PER VIEW, BUT IT'S LIKE, HEY, LET'S CELEBRATE LAHABRA YOU'RE RIGHT.
LET'S DO IT, YOU KNOW, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT YOU NECESSARILY TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO COUNCIL WITHOUT ME TALKING TO THE CITY MANAGER FIRST.
AND SO ONE IS A TECH AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MR. QUESTION, DOES THIS COMMISSION FEEL THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PURSUE OR THAT'S A START WITH THAT? YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, AND THE OTHER, ANOTHER THOUGHT THAT I HAD, I HAD, I ACTUALLY WENT ONLINE.
I MEAN, IT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING KEPT YOU GOING.
AND WHAT WAS NICE IS THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HE BROUGHT UP, IT WAS LIKE, UM, CITIES THAT LOVE THEIR PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEIR CITIES HAS A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
WE DO, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, A DOG PARK THAT'S COMING AND, UM, WHAT ELSE? UH, THERE WAS OTHER AREAS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF AREAS THAT WOULD BE GREAT, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS THAT HE HAD.
BUT IF WE INCORPORATE THIS WITH HIRING THE CONSULTANT, THEN I'M THINKING WE'RE JUMPING THE GUN BECAUSE THE CONSULTANTS BEYOND SHOULD BE ON AND BE PART OF IT.
BUT IF WE DO IT AS LET'S FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT, LAHABRA NOT AS THAT PROJECT, BUT IT'S SEPARATE PROJECT.
AND WILL THEY USE THAT PROBABLY, BUT WE'RE NOT FOCUSED ON THE CONSULTANT IN, AND THAT GOAL IT'S REALLY OUTSIDE OF IT BECAUSE HOW WE PRESENT, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I SAY, THIS IS, WHAT ARE THE IDEA WAS SEEDED THAT THE COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO HIRING CONSULTANTS, TO LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS.
IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MEETING WITH A COMMUNITY AND GETTING CONSENSUS OR ANY OF THE, KIND OF THE THEORETICAL THINGS.
BUT AGAIN, I, I ONLY LINKED THEM BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE IDEA CAME TO ME.
I, UM, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH.
UM, IF YOU, UM, WANT TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, UM, UH, COMMITTEE SERVICES COMMISSION MOVES FORWARD ON, UM, THIS IDEA THAT WE COULD START THERE SHARING THE IDEA, AND THEN WE COULD TALK THEN ABOUT, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S JUST A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER TO SAY, HEY, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN IN JUNE.
UM, BUT I THINK YOU PROBABLY ARE RIGHT.
SHOULD START WITH, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO, TO THIS RIGHT NOW? OKAY, KELLY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.
VERY THING IS THAT, SO IF WE SAY, OKAY, YES, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT WOULD THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BEING USED SPEAKING TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, IF YOU GUYS SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THAT YOU CAN ASK STAFF TO DRAFT A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER SAYING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, WE ATTACH THIS AND, UM, AND WE CAN ASK FOR SOME DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, IS THERE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WOULD THE CITY BE INTERESTED IN THIS AND LET HIM AT LEAST SAY, UM, WE'LL KICK IT UP TO COUNCIL.
UM, OR YES, THOSE WILL BE HIS TWO.
YOU THINK A LETTER IS, REQUIRES THAT THE F THE FORMALITY OF, OR JUST DOING A CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND JUST SAY, IT COULD BE, I HAVE THIS, IT'S A CONCEPT, RIGHT.
AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S, COUNCIL'S IDENTIFIED THIS TASK THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO, WOULD THIS COMPLIMENT THAT WORK? I THINK WE COULD DO THAT TOO.
I THINK IF I WERE TO ASK HIM, HE WOULD TELL ME TO PUT IT IN WRITING.
SO IF I WERE TO SAY, HEY, THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO THIS.
HE WOULD ASK IT FOR IT TO BE IN WRITING.
I THINK HE WOULD TELL YOU, WELL, TELL KELLY AND PUT IT IN WRITING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF THINK.
I MEAN, UM, SO YEAH, YEAH, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND, UM, BUT I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT, UM, I MEAN, WE, HAVEN'T DONE A, UM, A WORKSHOP IN A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, WITH COUNCIL AND, AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEERS AND COMMISSIONERS.
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THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, THINK THAT MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.UM, I THINK THAT'S HOW WE WOULD START.
I MEAN, YOU CAN TRYING TO READ YOUR FACE, YOU KNOW,
I THINK WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A CONSENSUS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN, ARE WE, ARE WE SAYING THOUGH, ARE WE INTERESTED IN PRESENTING THE IDEA OR THIS SPECIFIC, THE CONCEPT IT'S, IT'S ADVANCING THE CONCEPT AND NOT THE SPECIFIC IT'S ADVANCING THE CONCEPT OF HIRING A PERSON LIKE PETER OR SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TYPE FACILITATOR TO COME AND HOST AN ACTIVITY LIKE FOR LOVE OF CITIES OR IT'S HOSTING PETER.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU COULD DRAFT THE, THE MOTION ANY WAY YOU WANT, BUT I THINK THAT'S, YEAH.
IT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM AND WORKSHOP FOR OUR COMMUNITY INFORMAL CONCEPT.
THE CONCEPT ISN'T, IT'S A CONCEPT.
IT'S NOT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THIS AND THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
SO WE KNOW ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR OR CONSULTANT TO DO SOME WORK.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN ACTIVITY THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT THAT WORK BY HOSTING A COMMUNITY-WIDE SESSION OR A WORKSHOP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THAT YOUR MOTION? I JUST MAKE ONE, IT WAS A REAL EMOTION AND I WILL SECOND.
I WILL SECOND THAT ALL IN FAVOR, ALL IN FAVOR.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL.
IT IS THE MOTION TO REQUEST STAFF FOR A LETTER.
IS THAT A SEPARATE MOTION? GRAFTING 11, PLEASE.
LET'S APPROVE THE CONCEPT THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN YOU COULD SAY, YOU COULD PUT THAT MOTION.
IF YOU WANT TO DO THE LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER IN YOUR MOTION, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TWICE.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE WAY HE, YOU KNOW, I SAID, OH, THERE YOU GO.
WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL COMMISSIONER.
UM, IF I VICE CHAIR GARCIA, UM, SO THE MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WRITING A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER, ASKING TO LOOK INTO THIS CONCEPT, JUST TO TALK ABOUT IT.
SO WHAT, UM, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UM, I'LL PUT TOGETHER, UM, A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I MEAN, THAT WAY, IF, IF HE TAKES THE COUNCIL AND THEY SAY NO IN CLOSED SESSION, THAT IT, THEN AGAIN, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE'LL ATTACH THIS.
AND TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT THIS, NOT SPECIFICALLY THIS AND EVERY, UH, PORTION OF THIS, BUT, UH, BUT WE'D LIKE TO, UM, FIND OUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.
AND MAYBE WE COULD INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR PLANNING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UM, WE LOVE LAHABRA AND OUR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
THE ONE BIG MAJOR THING THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, IS, UH, OUR, UH, IF YOU GUYS RECALL, WE WERE RECRUITING FOR, UM, UH, UH, SORRY, COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON THAT WOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND HE FINALLY STARTED ON MONDAY.
SO WE HAVE OUR, UM, AFFECTIONATELY GOING TO CALL HIM THE HOMELESS COORDINATOR, BUT AS TITLE AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISON AND, UM, HIS CHARGE FOR THE FIRST MONTH REALLY IS JUST TO GET THE LAY OF THE LAND, TO KNOW WHO ARE THOSE THAT ARE UNHOUSED HERE IN THE HOMBRE, WHERE THEY ARE, WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE, WHAT THEY WANT AND THEIR NEEDS.
UM, AND THEN BY NEXT MONTH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, UH, THE ABILITY FOR HIM TO REALLY MICRO TARGET EACH ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AS MUCH AS HE CAN, UH, WE HAVE SET UP A HOTLINE, BOTH THE PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL.
SO YOU CAN START GIVING THAT OUT TO, UM, RESIDENTS SOON.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE IT, KIM SET IT ALL UP? I THINK IT'S, UM, HOMELESS OUTREACH AT, AT, UH, LAHABRA CA.GOV.
AND THEN THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (562) 383-4223.
AND AGAIN, AS KELLY MENTIONED, THE, UM, EMAIL ADDRESS IS HOMELESS OUTREACH@LAHABRACA.GOV
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AND THIS, UM, BOTH OF THESE HOTLINE, UM, UH, THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE EMAIL WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS, AS WELL AS FOR RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES TO REPORT ANY CONCERNS OR, UM, ISSUES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.SO THAT EMAIL WILL, UH, AND PHONE NUMBER WILL ACT LIKE OUR GRAFFITI HOTLINE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT OUR RESPOND, UH, WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S ALL FROM STAFF THOUGH.
I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE.
IS THIS A TIME WHEN WE SHARE? OKAY.
SO, UM, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HAVE LAST MEETING ON JUNE 7TH AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR NEXT YEAR.
I DIDN'T ACTUALLY BRING ANY, SO THANK YOU FOR WHOEVER DID THEIR APPLICATION FOR 2022, THE 2023, IT'S OPEN TO GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12, AND THE DEADLINE IS JUNE 24TH, AND THEY ARE ALSO RECRUITING FOR THE TEAM LEADER PROGRAM.
THIS IS A SUMMER PROGRAM AND THAT ONE IS OPEN FOR, UH, KIDS AGE 14 TO 17 AS IF THEY'LL BE THAT AGE BY JUNE 1ST.
UM, THERE IS A GROUP INTERVIEW HAPPENING ON MAY 20TH, SO IT DOESN'T GIVE ANYONE.
UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TIME, I SHOULD SAY SIP AND HE WAS INTERESTED.
THEY SHOULD GET THEIR APPLICATION IN SOON.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE EXTRAS, BUT I CAN EMAIL IT OUT.
UM, AND THEN IT'S, IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO GET SOME EXPERIENCE, TO GET SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME JOB OPENINGS.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN, IF THEY'RE A SENIOR, THEY CAN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER THIS YEAR, MAYBE THERE'S JOB OPENINGS NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO THE YOUTH COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE DOING, UM, A PROJECT CALLED GREEN BENCH.
SO MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
JUDE, THERE IS A CAMPAIGN CALLED PROMISE TO TALK, AND THEY'VE ASKED COMMUNITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY TO PAINT BENCHES, LIME GREEN AND IT'S TO, UM, HELP PEOPLE INITIATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
AND I, UM, I ONLY HAVE ONE FLYER, BUT I'LL PASS THIS DOWN SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE PAINTING FOR BENCHES AT TERAZA PARK, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THIS PARK WAS.
IT'S ACROSS FROM COSTCO DOWN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND THERE'LL BE DOING THAT NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 20TH.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH MY HAT TO MY LIONS HAT BECAUSE LION OH, AND SO I NEED TO PROMOTE THE POKER TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS HAPPENING NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 20TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
IT STARTS AT 5:00 PM AND THEY'RE CALLED TO TABLES AT 6:00 PM.
IT'S A $40 BUY-IN OR $20 IF YOU JUST WANT TO MINGLE AND EAT AND HAVE A DRINK AND JUST ENJOY THE NIGHT AND THE PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE HPAC, WHICH IS A HELP FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN.
AND THEN SOMETHING TO SHARE, JUST WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS CUT UP ON A QUICK UPDATE ON THE LAHABRA OUTDOORS PROGRAM OR WELL UNDERWAY.
UH, IT'S BEEN A GOOD MONTH OR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UH, THIS IS A PUBLICATION THAT STAFF PUT TOGETHER FOR THE PROGRAM.
IT HAS, UH, A DONORS, UH, COVER SHEET THAT WE'RE USING TO GO OUT AND BEG, BORROW, AND STEAL OUR SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IT TALKS ABOUT THE TENTATIVE ITINERARY FOR THE COMING MONTHS.
THE MEETING DATES, THE EVENT DATES, UH, THE REUNION IN THE SUMMER.
AND THERE'S, IT'S ALSO IN SPANISH.
AND THERE'S A LAST PAGE IS A RELEASE FORM.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN TO THE ROTARY CLUB LUNCH MEETING.
I'VE BEEN TO THE LA HABRA HOSTS LIONS CLUB MEETINGS SO FAR RECEIVED OVERWHELMING, UM, SUPPORT FOR OUR PROGRAM.
UH, EACH GROUP HAS COMMITTED, UH, SOME SUPPORT.
AND SO I NEED TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT THAT IS AND WHEN IT'S COMING, UH, OUR OWN DAVID LEON HAS REACHED OUT TO HIS NETWORK OF CONTACTS, MOSTLY, MOSTLY IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY AND HAS RAISED ALMOST
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$5,000 TO DATE FOR OVER 5,000, I THINK TODAY AND COMMITMENTS.SO WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO MEET, MEETING OUR MATCH FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.
I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM, UM, OSPREY, UH, PACK PACKING, UH, OUTFITTERS.
THEY MAKE BACKPACKS AND DAY PACKS.
AND, UH, HE'S VERY EXCITED AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY BE GETTING A SPONSORSHIP FOR BACKPACKS FOR ALL THE KIDS FOR DAY PACKS FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO STORE THEIR TOILETRIES AND JOURNALS AND ALL THE THINGS WE HOPE TO LOAD THEM UP WITH SNACKS FOR THE CAMP OUT.
AND THEN, UM, I WAS TELLING OUR TEAM THIS AFTERNOON IN OUR TEAM MEETING THAT, UM, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION I BELONG TO AT LATINO OUTDOORS IS COMMITTED T-SHIRTS FOR ALL THE KIDS DURING THE BEACH OUTING, WE JUST FINISHED A CAMPAIGN, UM, THAT WAS FOCUSED ON YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE OUTDOORS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A MESSAGE ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE OUTDOORS.
SO, AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY FOR THE CAMP OUT, DO ANOTHER T-SHIRT THAT HAS ALL THE SPONSORS ON THERE AS WELL, THEIR LOGOS AND, UH, MESSAGES.
AS I MENTIONED, THE LAHABRA COLLABORATIVE HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO BEING A COMMUNITY PARTNER AND PROVIDING A LOT OF THE SUPPLIES, THE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, SNACKS, SUNSCREEN, ALL THAT.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FULL BAG FOR EACH OF OUR PARTS, OUR PARTICIPANTS.
AND THE ANSWER IS YES, YOU CAN CRY.
I REMEMBER RESPONDING A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
THIS CALENDAR IS THAT PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE, UM, MOVEMENT? I'M SORRY.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, UM, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, EL CENTRAL PARK AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY, JACK JOHNSON'S PERFORMING.
WHERE ARE YOU AT? COWBOY COWBOY? JACK JOHNSON HOUSE ANOTHER, THAT'S NOT THE SANTA BARBARA, JACK JOHNSON.
I CAN KICK CONSIDERATION EYES AND COMMUNITY, THE SENIORS.
I KNOW THOSE LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HAVING FUN.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY SOMETHING SMALL? OKAY.
I WASN'T HERE LAST MEETING, SO I'M SORRY I MISSED IT.
BUT BEFORE THAT, I WENT TO THE OPEN HOUSE FOR PEARL VISION.
I THINK I, IF I TOLD ANY OF YOU, OH, THEY HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GLASSES.
JUST IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KNOW, I KICKED OUT MY TIFFANY ONES.
THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, INEXPENSIVE, BUT THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEN AGAIN, CAN WE ALREADY, I MEAN, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CAR SERVICE, BUT I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PERSON WHO FOLLOWED UP WITH MY NEIGHBOR.
SO SHE WORKS REALLY WELL WITH THE COMMUNITY.
OH, CAN I ASK ON THIS CALENDAR? WHAT DOES AMAZON MEAN? LIKE AMAZON ONE HOUR 33 MINUTES.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SEE YOUR CALENDAR? YEAH, AMAZON ON THURSDAYS.
THAT'S THE CHANNEL, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.
I'VE BEEN WANTING TO TRY THE COFFEE SHOP NEXT TO THE OLD BFA.
HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT'S DOING? IT'S DOING WELL.
IS IT? YEAH, THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
RIGHT? KIM? I FOUND A COOL LITTLE CONCEPT THERE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, I PASS IT AND I THOUGHT, OH YEAH, I'M GONNA STOP THERE.
BUT THEY HAD A SPARKLING WATER THAT I, NO WATER.
I GOT BLACK CHERRY SODA AND I'M LIKE, UM, I DON'T DRINK COFFEE.
SO IS THIS ADJOURN, ARE WE GOING TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING? ARE WE OKAY? THE TIME NOW IS 7 51 AND WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL NEXT MONTH TILL OH, OOPS.
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EXCITED THERE.YOU'VE MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND I ALWAYS A SECOND SCENE THAT WAS GOING TO AMEND IT TO SAY, WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.