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VERY GOOD.[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2023 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
IS 6 34 AND WE ARE GOING TO START OUR MEETING.UM, UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BRING DENISE LAMONE UP TO THE DIAS.
UH, ANNETTE LAMONE UP TO THE DIAS BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE.
AND THEN DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP? OKAY.
YOU'RE GONNA COME DOWN? NO, I'LL SHOW MINE.
PUT MY HAND, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND UP.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTICS THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE.
I WILL BEAR FAITH AND TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY.
THAT I WILL TAKE THIS CON, THIS, UM, OBLIGATION, OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION FOR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL ALLOW AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER UPON, WHICH I AM ABOUT TO WELCOME FORWARD.
SO I'LL GET YOUR SIGNATURE AND THEN WE'LL UP TO THE, A COPY FROM THE CITY CLERK.
NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, DO THE INVOCATION.
WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND AND BOWER HEAD.
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 BEST BLESS THE COMMISSION IN ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY.
RICHARD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? SURE.
LET'S TURN AND FACE THE FLAG WITH OUR HANDS OVER OUR HEART.
READY BEGIN I MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'LL TAKE ROLL CALL CHAIR KEKER.
PRESENT VICE CHAIR GARCIA PRESENT.
AND COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT HERE.
NOW I'M JUST GOING TO READ PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WHEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING
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GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY 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 BE, MAY NOT BE GRANTED, 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.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE 5 4 9 5 4 0.3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
CONSENT CALENDAR, ALL MATTERS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY UPON MOTION.
UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED, ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME OF 30 MINUTES PER, UH, THE 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 ALONE TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
AT THIS TIME, I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPROVAL FOR THE, UM, MINUTES, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING, MINUTES FOR MARCH, MARCH
I'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL, UM, ON THE MINUTES AND OH, OH, WHOOPS.
AND COMMISSIONER? UH, LEMAN WILL NOT VOTE ON THE MINUTES SINCE SHE WAS ON A COMMISSION YET.
NEXT ITEM IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ON THAT TOPIC, KIM? OR, UH, YES.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE IS, UM, AN UPDATED COMMUNITY, UM, EVENT CALENDAR.
UM, ACTUALLY KELLY PRODUCED THIS CALENDAR AND SHE DID A GREAT JOB OF COLLECTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY OUR, UM, CITY EVENTS ARE IN HERE, BUT WE DID INCLUDE SOME OF THE LARGER EVENTS, UM, SUCH AS THE CORN FESTIVAL AND THE CITRUS FAIR.
UM, THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT IS COMING UP.
SO, UM, ANTHONY'S ACTUALLY GONNA WALK THROUGH A COUPLE EVENTS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT, UM, WE'LL ACTUALLY THAT'S, THAT'LL BE IN DIFFERENT COMMENTS.
CAN YOU JUST KINDA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE UPCOMING APRIL UM, EVENTS? YEAH, SO THIS SATURDAY ON APRIL 15TH, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SUMMER JOB FAIR.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO COLLEGES, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL, UH, TO GET THE WORD OUT TO HIRE ALL OF THESE POSITIONS.
WE'RE ADDING A NEW AQUATICS PROGRAM, UH, FOR THE SUMMER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING POSITIONS THERE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE HOPING FOR A BIG TURNOUT.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FROM MANY OF THESE POSITIONS, AND WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO RECEIVE THEM AND REACH OUT TO NEW, UM, NEW AVENUES.
SO THIS IS A NEW EVENT, OR A, A NEW PROGRAM IS, IT'S A ONE DAY JOB FAIR WHERE, UM, ONE, IF YOU'VE ALREADY FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION FOR A SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, UM, YOU'RE GONNA COME, YOU'RE GONNA GET AN INTERVIEW.
AND IF YOU ARE, UM, SELECTED TO BE HIRED, IT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A ONE STOP SHOP.
WE WILL HELP START PROCESSING YOUR PAPERWORK AHEAD OF TIME TO HELP, UM, MOVE THE PROCESS ALONG BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A WHILE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO DO ALL THE PAPERWORK WITH, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES TO GET FINGERPRINTED, YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE IN SUCH A, UM, A HURRY TO GET EVERYONE HIRED AND PROCESSED AND ONBOARDED AND THROUGH THE ORIENTATION BY, WE WANNA, I THINK IT'S THE MIDDLE OR END OF MAY TO BE READY TO GO IN JUNE.
WE NEED TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO, UM, LUCKILY WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR HR DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE ALL COMING IN ON A SATURDAY, UH, THIS SATURDAY.
AND, UM, I, WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WE EXPECT MORE BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF WALK-INS.
THE GREAT THING, UM, ABOUT THE WALK-INS IS WE'LL HAVE, I THINK, UP TO EIGHT COMPUTERS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUMP ON AND FILL OUT THE APPLICATION RIGHT THEN AND THERE ONLINE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A COMPUTER
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OR INTERNET.AND THEN ALSO, UM, BE ABLE TO HIRE FAIRLY QUICKLY, UM, AND MAKE DECISIONS, UM, THE DAY OF.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT WAITING EITHER.
UM, THE, THE CANDIDATES, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET PROCESSED PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANY YOUTH, UM, THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, IN PART-TIME SEASONAL SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, SEND THEM OUR WAY.
UM, IT'S ENCOURAGED TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AHEAD OF TIME IF THEY CAN, BUT THEY CERTAINLY CAN DO IT ON THE DAY OF.
SO THE OTHER EVENT THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, IS OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, ANNUAL VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION EVENTS COMING UP NEXT THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH, FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM AT THE THE HOPPER COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE, UM, RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER GROUPS.
WE ALSO, UM, GIVE OUT SOME SPECIAL AWARDS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DESERVING.
SO I'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION.
IF YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE THERE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW NOW AND I'LL SAVE YOU AN EMAIL OR A PHONE CALL.
UM, KIM, I BELIEVE I MISSED THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING CALENDAR.
I DID WANNA JUST POINT OUT ONE MORE EVENT THAT'S COMING UP NEXT FRIDAY, AND THAT'S OUR LAHABRA EMPLOYEES, UM, BANQUET AWARDS BANQUET.
AND SO THAT'S A FUN, UH, EVENT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF LAHABRA HOSTS OR PUTS ON FOR OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND, UM, WE RECOGNIZE OUR SERVICE.
WE RECOGNIZE, UM, EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND AND THAT HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.
THEY, THEY GIVE IT OUT DISTINGUISHED AWARDS.
SO IT'S A FUN EVENING WHERE WE DO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE TECHNICALLY AN EMPLOYEE CUZ YOU'RE ON PAYROLL AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ATTEND NOW, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE, UM, YOUR RSVP JUST SO THAT WE CAN, UM, GIVE IT TO, I CAN ATTEND.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ANNETTE, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEND? TERESA? DENISE.
UM, IF YOU NEED HELP, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP, BUT I, I WON'T ATTEND THE DINNER.
UM, BUT I CAN'T ATTEND THE DINNER.
WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE OFFER.
CAN I INCLUDE A PLUS ONE? YES.
DO I MAKE THE CHECK OUT TO YOU OR, I BELIEVE YOUR GUEST IS INCLUDED.
IS THAT RIGHT, KELLY? DO WE NO, I CAN GET A FAVOR FOR THE GUEST.
YES, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH, SO I, I DO BELIEVE, LET ME GET BACK TO YOU TOMORROW, RICHARD, ON, ON THAT, BUT YES.
SHE SAID EVEN COUNCIL HAS TO PAY FOR GUESTS.
SAYS BRING A GUEST TOO, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
I'LL CONFIRM THAT AND I'LL SEND YOU IN AN EMAIL TOMORROW.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL THERE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A FUN EVENING AND UM, IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR YOU TO MEET SOME OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, ARE ARE THERE AS WELL.
UM, SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR? WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS COMING UP, INCLUDING THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITRUS FAIR AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ACON IN A MINUTE IN, IN STAFF COMMENTS AND COMMISSION COMMENTS.
BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RAMPING UP FOR OUR SPRING AND SUMMER PROGRAMS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE? YEP.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.
UM, I BELIEVE STAFF'S INTENTION WAS THAT WE WOULD COME TO THIS MEETING WITH SOME DATES THAT WORKED FOR THE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES AND THEN, UM, STAFF WOULD WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS.
UM, AND THAT WOULD SAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE FROM HAVING TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO STAFF AND THAT, UM, I COULD HELP COORDINATE THAT.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE INTENTION.
I I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CLEAR LAST TIME, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.
I, I, I WAS, I WAS JUST, I I WASN'T SURE HOW IT WAS DONE CUZ IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE PAST, WASN'T IT? I DON'T RECALL.
WE'RE GETTING BACK FROM COVID, SO WE ARE, AND THAT'S KINDA WILD.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION, IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF, OF SCHEDULING THE MEETINGS, THAT WOULD WORK TOO.
WHAT I DID WANNA POINT OUT IS FOR NOW, WE DID, UM, UH, PUT, UM, COMMISSIONER LEMAN IN, UH, FORMER COMMISSIONER LAVIAS, UM, ASSIGNMENT.
AND THAT WAS, UM, SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND UM, SO THAT'S RIGHT NOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE ON.
AND THEN, UM, WE JUST, JUST FINISHED CDBG.
SO, UM, AND BECAUSE SHE'S A NEW COMMISSIONER, THAT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE AN ASSIGNMENT.
SO I DID JUST TEMPORARILY PUT COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR, UM, GARCIA IN THAT
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SPOT BECAUSE SHE WAS AN ALTERNATE.SO SHOULD THERE BE ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP ON THIS CURRENT YEAR'S CDBG FUNDING, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE HAS ALREADY GOTTEN COUNCIL, I'M BEEN APPROVED, BUT IF ANYTHING HAD CAME OUT TO THE COMMISSION, THEN UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, GARCIA WOULD, WOULD FILL IN ON THE CDBG, UM, COMMITTEE FOR NOW.
SO MOVING FORWARD, KIM, HOW WERE WE GO? SO I WAS THINKING ON JUST US FAST FORWARDING, GETTING THE DATES TO YOU YES.
AND SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THIS IN STEP RIGHT.
SO YOU WANNA SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH DATES THAT WORK FOR EACH OF THE COMMITTEES, A COUPLE DATES AND TIMES, AND THEN I'LL WORK WITH CITY STAFF OKAY.
AND THEN WE'LL SEND OUT MEETING REQUESTS.
I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? SORRY, I'M NOT CLEAR.
SO ARE WE MEETING, UM, WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEES OR ARE WE MEETING WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE STAFF? I BELIEVE SUBCOMMITTEE AND CITY STAFF.
WE KIND OF NEED TO GET BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE MEETING, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEN THAT WAY YOU, YOU CAN REPORT AT OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE CHILDCARE, I THINK THAT STAFF HAS ROLLED OVER, RIGHT? THERE'S DIFFERENT STAFF THERE.
UM, THE PROGRAM JOANNA'S BEEN, UM, IN PLACE FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT YES.
UM, SHE'S BEEN OUR, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OVER A YEAR.
UM, THE REASON SHE IS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE CHILD STAFF HERE, IS IT'S JUST NO LONGER REQUIRED.
SHE'S TO GIVE YOU A REPORTS ONCE A MONTH.
BUT THAT WAS FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM.
WE DON'T HAVE THE HEAD START PROGRAM ANY LONGER.
THE RESTRICTIONS WERE SO, YOU KNOW, THE INCOME, MAXIMUM INCOME WAS LIKE 17,000 A YEAR.
ELIGIBLE SINCE THE FEDERAL PROGRAM, HOW THAT HAPPENED.
SO HEAD START, WELL IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO THE KEY THING IS THAT WE JUST WANT TO, KELLY IS JUST TO KIND OF GET IT BACK ON TRACK CUZ THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION.
WHAT CAMERAS SAY IS STAFF CAN PUT TOGETHER A DATE SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE, UM, THE, UM, A SUBCOMMITTEE MEET WITH STAFF AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO DO IN FURTHERANCE OF, UH, YOUR ACTIVITIES CS COMMISSIONER.
SO MAYBE IT'S MEET WITH STAFF FIRST, BUT THEY GO VISIT THE PROGRAMS FOR, UH, EITHER THE, THE, THE SENIOR CITIZEN DANCES, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOW BRINGING BACK FROM COVID OR THE OLA PROGRAM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE'LL MEET WITH THE SOUTHERN MAJOR STAFF FIRST.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE'LL SCHEDULE DATE, WE JUST WANNA REENGAGE.
UM, AND I KNOW COVID DIDN'T HELP AND THEN IT JUST GOT SUPER BUSY, SO WE WANNA DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE GET BACK ON TRACK.
SO ON THE TRIAL DEVELOPMENT, GOING BACK TO THAT, WE DON'T HAVE THE HEAD START ANYMORE AND THAT'S IN THE, UM, DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE PROBABLY WANNA TAKE THAT OUT.
THE CATCH DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ASSIGNED TO THAT BLOCK.
I DON'T RECALL IF WE, I THINK HAVING VOLUNTEER OR NOT, I THINK WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS, BUT WE SAID THAT WE WOULD BRING, UM, ANY ISSUES TO THE COMMISSION OR, UM, ANY REVIEW, UM OKAY.
FOR POLICIES OR, OR COMMUNITY INPUT.
WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING IT BACK IF WE NEEDED TO.
NO, CERTAINLY COULD TAKE COMMISSIONER VOLUNTEERS TO BE A PART.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY A LOT THINGS THAT NOW WE STILL GOT FOUR 80 KIDS.
UH, HOPEFULLY JULY ONE, THE NEW YEAR WILL BEGIN.
UM, WE, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE EXTRAVAGANZA KIM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS REALLY TRYING TO PUT US OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC SO WE CAN SEE IT.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE'RE ALMOST COMPETING, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT WE'RE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR KIDS.
BECAUSE THIS UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL IS OCCURRING NOW.
AND SO A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CALLING THE PARENTS BECAUSE IT, IT'S A SEAMLESS TRANSITION.
I FACT THEY GO TO PRESCHOOL THERE INSTEAD OF PRESCHOOL WITH US, BUT WE NEED KIDS FOR PRESCHOOL CAUSE WE NEED TO EARN OUR CONTRACT AS WE CALL.
UM, MY DAUGHTER TAUGHT PRESCHOOL, SO I'M, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I RECOGNIZED WAS THEY NEED TIME WITH PREP.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TIME ALLOTTED IN THEIR DAY FOR THE PREP AND FOR PRESCHOOLERS IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE PREP BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL.
IF YOU MADE CALL A COUPLE, TWO YEARS AGO NOW, JULY 1ST, UH, 2021, I THINK IT WAS.
IT COULD'VE BEEN 20, NO, IT WAS 2020.
IT WAS RIGHT WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.
UM, TERESA GAN, UH, RETIRED FROM THE LA HARBOR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HIRED HER JULY 1ST TO, UH, START OUR, UH, PRESCHOOL ASSESSMENT AND OUR TASK FORCE TO HOPEFULLY BRING ATTENTION TO THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT ANTI SCORE.
OR IS IT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HARBOR CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT? THE STATUS OF OUR CHILDREN THERE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS PREP TIME.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED OUR SITE DIRECTORS
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OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, SO THEY'RE ONLY IN THE CLASSROOM TO DO BREAKS AND TO SUPERVISE THEIR STAFF.SO NOW THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TIME TO DO THEIR LESSON PLANS AND THEIR STAFF DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, IF YOU RECALL WHAT CATHERINE TALKING BACK IN THE DAY FOR D RDS, REMEMBER THAT, UH MM-HMM.
AND SO, UM, THEY CAN DO THOSE NOW WITH, UM, KIND OF, UH, SPACE AVAILABLE FOR IT BUILT IN.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE AND WE'VE ADDRESSED IT NOW.
UM, OUR TURNOVER IS REASONABLY HIGH JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF, UM, OTHER PRESCHOOLS ARE NOW OPENING UP BECAUSE OF THIS UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL.
SO WE'RE LOSING SOME, SOME, UH, OF OUR TEACHERS TOO.
UM, UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL CHARTER SCHOOLS? RIGHT? THEY DON'T HAVE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE ARE DOWN 25 STAFF OKAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING REAL HARD TO GET THEM SOME BODIES ALSO.
DAUGHTERS AROUND THE WORK RUNNING SCHEDULE.
UM, IS, I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, COMMITTEES AND, UM, BUT YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO DROP IN AND, UH, CHECK ON OUR, OUR SITES, UH, HOPEFULLY AT EASTER.
MAYBE YOU GUYS DID THE FARMER'S MARKET UP AT PRESCHOOL.
IT'S THE PRESCHOOL AT LAA PARK IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY SAYING.
IS THAT SORT OF THING GONNA BE, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEES, THEY'RE GONNA MEET WITH STAFF FIRST.
SO ARE WE GONNA COVER THOSE ISSUES? LIKE WITH THE PRESCHOOL THING? OKAY, GOOD.
YEAH, SO I THINK KIM AND I HAVE SAID ANTHONY WILL SET UP, UM, A GROUP MEETING THAT MAYBE IT'S ONE MEETING FOR ALL OF US.
WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
WE WANT SCHEDULE VISITS OR ANY TYPE OF INTERACTION, YOU GUYS COULD DO THAT.
SO THEN WE ASK THEM, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? LIKE, I NOTICED WHEN I'M HERE, FOR INSTANCE, THIS VETERANS PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD JUST INVITE 'EM TO YOUR VETERANS COMMITTEE MEETING, SEE? YEAH.
SO, UH, UH, WE'LL WORK IT OUT WITH, UH, WITH, WITH STAFF, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH.
SO WE WILL, UM, REACH OUT TO YOU WITH MEETING DATES AND, UM, SET THOSE UP AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND NEXT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES UPDATE ON OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU HAVE THAT POWERPOINT ON YOUR SCREEN IS EVERYONE'S SCREENS ON.
WE TRIED TO DO IT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
SO, UM, LUCKILY WE HAVE ANTHONY HERE.
HE'S, HE'S BETTER THAN I AM AT TECH
SO, UM, IS EVERYONE'S SCREEN UP? YEP.
WELL, UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
YOU ARE COMMISSIONERS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH, UM, OUR DEPART DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND ALL THE FUN THAT WE GET TO HAVE.
UM, KELLY AND ANTHONY, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF, IF NEEDED.
UM, SO, SO OUR DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES IS MADE UP OF SEVEN DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
ADMINISTRATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, FACILITY MAINTENANCE, RECREATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS, SENIOR AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
WHAT MAKES OUR DEPARTMENT UNIQUE IS THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE, UM, DIVISIONS THAT NO OTHER CITY HAS.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
WE RUN OUR OWN CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND WE RUN OUR OWN EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND THOSE ARE VERY UNIQUE, UM, FROM OTHER CITIES AND IT DEFINITELY MAKES US STAND APART FROM, FROM OTHERS.
OUR BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS QUITE LARGE.
UM, WE, UM, HAVE GENERAL FUND MONEY AND, UM, THAT'S ALSO MONEY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED TO OUR DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S JUST A LITTLE, LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION.
THE REST OF IT IS GRANT FUNDED.
WE, UM, HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED, AND THAT WOULD BE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
WE, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OPERATES AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AND SO THAT'S LIKE A BUSINESS.
THEY CAN ONLY SPEND THE MONIES THAT THEY BRING IN AND, UM, THEY HAVE TO OFFSET THAT WITH REVENUE.
SO, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, OF A BALANCING APP FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEY RELY HEAVILY ON DONATIONS AND GRANTS, UM, TO HELP, UM, MONITOR AND MANAGE THEIR BUDGET.
AND, UM, THEN THE REST OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE ALL, UM, COVERED BY REVENUES, UM, SUCH AS ADMISSIONS, UM, FEES, UM, UH, DONATIONS, SPONSORSHIPS, UM, FOR OUR PROGRAMS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE NEXT COLUMN.
UM, AND WE BRING IN ABOUT, UH, $690,000.
SO THE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, WHICH AGAIN IS UNIQUE, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH IN ADMINISTRATION COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT HAVE ADMINISTRATION
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THAT WOULD MOSTLY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, CLERICAL, NOT CLERICAL, BUT JUST OVERSIGHT.WE ACTUALLY DO RUN PROGRAMS WITHIN THIS DIVISION.
AND THOSE PROGRAMS INCLUDE, UH, GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, OUR FACILITY LEASES, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, UM, OUR CITY HALL PAVER PROGRAM, MILITARY BANNER PROGRAM, AND OUR LIFE IN LAHABRA MAGAZINE.
THAT COMES OUT, UH, TWICE A YEAR NOW.
UM, THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR BIGGER PROGRAMS IN THIS DIVISION.
WE OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH ONE FULL-TIME, UH, STAFF MEMBER AND THEN TWO PART-TIME STAFF MEMBERS.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF GRAFFITI, AND IF YOU DO, IT'S REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB, I BELIEVE, OF, UM, REMOVING IT FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY WHEN IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, DIVISION, UM, TO HAVE THEM WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES TO REMOVE IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THE PAPER PROGRAM IS, UM, I ACTUALLY JUST MARKED SOME PAPERS RIGHT NOW BEFORE OUR MEETING, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE, UM, UM, BRINGING THE PAPER PROGRAM BACK AND PROMOTING IT AS PART OF OUR UPCOMING CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 2025.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THE RUSH OF THOSE FLIGHT PAYS, UH, FILLED IN.
AND SO WE'LL BE DOING A BIG, UM, PROMOTION FOR THAT.
AND THEN OUR, UH, SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION HAS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE THE HELP BUTTON IN THERE BECAUSE GENERALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CRISIS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE THERE TO HELP.
THERE WAS A FIRE LAST YEAR WHERE, UM, APARTMENT, I THINK IT WAS FOUR APARTMENTS, UM, FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED.
THEY CAME TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER TEMPORARILY.
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE LAHABRA COLLABORATIVE, WITH THE RED CROSS, WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME TEMPORARY RELIEF AND THEN ALSO TO HELP THEM GET, UM, SHELTER, WHICH WAS A HOTEL, AND THAT INCLUDED UBERING THEM.
AND SO REALLY OUR DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, STAFF WAS HOME, THEY CAME IN, THEY HELPED.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT SOCIAL SERVICES DOES ALONG WITH THE FOOD GIVING PROGRAM THAT WE WORK IN, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LAHABRA COLLABORATIVE VCC, THE GARY CENTER.
AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO THERE IS TO DEVELOP THAT SITE INTO A, UM, THE HILLCREST COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER.
AND IT WOULD PROVIDE NOT ONLY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO VERY, UM, SHORTLY IN THE NEAR HOPEFULLY MONTH OR TWO MONTH, UM, HAVE AN ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING COMPONENT WHERE, UM, WE WILL BE HELPING, UM, ADULTS FIND EMPLOYMENT.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO A COMPUTER, UM, HELPING THEM WITH JOB SKILL INTERVIEWS, WITH RESUME BUILDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SCOTT MILLER HAS A, UM, A CLOTHING CLOSET TO HELP THEM, UM, DRESS FOR SUCCESS.
AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM IS HOUSED OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
AND THOSE ARE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISONS THAT ARE, UM, HELPING TO REDUCE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS ON THE STREETS.
UM, THAT PROGRAM'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED SINCE MAY OF LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALSO NOTICING WE DO HAVE, UM, MAKE SURE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW, UM, DISPLACED INDIVIDUALS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS CONNECT 'EM WITH THE RIGHT SERVICES AND, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF COUNTY SUPPORT.
WE WORK WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO HELP REDUCE HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S A LITTLE BIT FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOWN, UH, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, SO WE WILL BE RECRUITING FOR ANOTHER BLESS YOU.
ANOTHER, UM, OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HR TO POST IT.
SO, UM, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH HUM OUR, UM, SOCIAL SERVICES.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME STATISTICS ON OUR HOMELESS, UM, OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UM, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DATED FROM, UM, A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION WE DID, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE MAKING AN IMPACT.
WE, UM, THROUGH THE POINT IN TIME, UM, HOMELESS COUNT, UM, A YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD ONLY 45 IDENTIFIED, UM, HOMELESS, UM, INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT REAL HIGH FOR LAHABRA, BUT WE KNOW THAT NUMBER IS PROBABLY INCREASED OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
OUR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES THE, UM, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT OVER, UM, THE LAST YEAR.
THAT'S OUR, WE A READY SET C PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE COUNTY OF ORANGE 2.1 MILLION GRANT TO, UM, SERVE YOUTH, 14 TO 24 YEARS OLD.
AND IT'S REALLY TO HELP THEM, UM, SUCCEED IN, UM, COMPLETING THEIR EDUCATION, UM, GETTING WORK EXPERIENCE, AND THEN GETTING AN DESENSITIZED EMPLOYMENT SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE, UM, INDEPENDENT CITIZENS.
AND, UM, WE'VE HAD A FEW CHALLENGES WITH THAT PROGRAM AS WE'VE EXPRESSED.
AND, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR OPTIONS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM, UM, WITH MAYBE SOME OTHER FUNDING, UM, AND NOT THROUGH THE COUNTY, BUT, UM, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON, ON, ON, UM, OUR PROGRESS.
YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THE PICTURES ARE ON THIS ONE.
UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, UM,
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IN THE TOP LEFT PICTURE.UM, THAT IS, UM, OUR PARTICIPANTS DOWN AT THE LOS ALAMO MITO SPACE.
THEY ARE, THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, BUT THEY ARE, UM, NURSES THAT ARE IN OUR, UM, A CNA, UM, PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, UH, THEY'RE ALL PART OF OUR READY CENTER C UM, PROGRAM.
THEN WE HAVE THE, A FIELD TRIP WHERE WENT TO CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY TO THE RIGHT.
UM, AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS OUR, UM, OUTREACH, UM, MOBILE THAT IS THROUGH THE COUNTY.
IT IS, UM, IT GOES OUT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
IT'S IN LAHABRA A COUPLE TIMES A A MONTH AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEN ALSO AT THE HILLCREST, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER.
AND SO WE, UM, HAVE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, UM, IN THE MOBILE UNIT.
AND, UM, IT'S ALSO ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO DO OUTREACH AND TO HELP YOUTH AND ADULTS, UM, FILL OUT JOB APPLICATIONS, PRINT MATERIALS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
AND WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS ON SITE.
AND SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD, UM, EXTRA WAY TO DO OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE LAST PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS OUR, UH, GRADUATION FROM LAST YEAR.
I BELIEVE WE HAD 18 STUDENTS GRADUATE.
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR OUR NEXT GRADUATION THAT I BELIEVE IS JUNE 20TH.
UM, SO YOU'LL CERTAINLY BE INVITED TO THAT EVENT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S PART OF OUR JOHN MUIR, UM, SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUTH THAT ARE HAVING DIFFICULT, UM, TIMES IN A TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO, UM, THEY COME TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND, UM, HAVE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR COMPLETING THEIR WORK.
THEY GET WORK EXPERIENCE AND THEN AGAIN, HOPEFULLY GAIN REGULAR, UM, EMPLOYMENT.
AND THEN OUR RECREATION DIVISION, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY A, AN AREA THAT MOST OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, BECAUSE YOU ATTEND ALL OF OUR GREAT EVENTS.
WE DO CONCERTS IN THE PARK, WE DO MOVIES IN THE PARK.
AND SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR EASTER EGG HUNT THAT WE JUST HAD, UM, WE HAVE RECREATION CLASSES.
WE, UM, UH, RUN OUR SPLASH PADS.
UM, WE HAVE TWO SPLASH PADS AT WESTLEY PARK AND RIO PARK.
THEY'LL BE OPENING UP MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND CLOSING SOMETIME AROUND LABOR DAY.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE EXTENDED ALL THE WAY INTO OCTOBER BECAUSE IT WAS SO WARM OUT.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BIG CROWDS AGAIN THIS SUMMER.
AND THEN OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, AGAIN, THESE ARE PROBABLY SOME PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALL ATTENDED, BUT WE JUST HAD OUR EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA, WHICH WAS A BIG HIT.
UM, MOST OF YOU WERE ALL OUT THERE, SO IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE YOU.
OUR LAHABRA RACES THAT WE JUST HAD IN MARCH.
OUR VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION, UM, EVENT IS COMING UP NEXT WEEK, OUR 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS, SUMMER CONCERTS, LAHABRA VETERANS DAY, AND OUR ANNUAL TAMALE FESTIVAL IN DECEMBER.
UM, AGAIN, UH, WE'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB, UH, PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO SHARE RESOURCES.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NONPROFIT GROUPS TO RUN THESE EVENTS, AND WE REALLY COULD NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THEM AND WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTION.
UM, OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS, THESE ARE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY, UM, UH, IMPROVING IN ATTENDANCE THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION AND SPONSORSHIP BY THE LAHABRA HOST LIONS.
THEY NOW SPONSOR OUR SENIOR DANCES.
UM, AND THAT'S ONCE A MONTH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, UH, EITHER THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR HERE AT THE CITY HALL.
UM, WE, I THINK WE ROTATE THEM.
AND SO THEY GET A, A LIGHT, UM, DINNER.
THEY HAVE DANCING, THEY HAVE A LIVE BAND.
WE USUALLY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, A PHOTO BOOTH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
AND THEY'VE REALLY GAINED POPULARITY.
THEY ARE, UM, EVERY MONTH THE ATTENDANCE IS INCREASING.
AND I KNOW, UM, COMMISSIONER LEMAN SAID THAT SHE'S ALREADY GOT 25 FOR THE NEXT DANCE THAT'S COMING UP.
BUT BECAUSE A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ARE SENIORS NOW THAT I AM ONE, SO THEY'RE LOVING IT.
UH, WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER CITIES ACTUALLY DANCERS.
UM, THE APPETIZERS AND THE COFFEE, AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE SERVED AT, UH, AT FOUR O'CLOCK AT DINNER FROM THE BLACK BEAR DINER.
SO YEAH, AND THEY GO BY ALL OCCASIONS.
SO IT'S EASTER WILL BE COMING, UM, APRIL 23RD.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR WELLNESS WHEN WEDNESDAYS, WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, OVER 50, 60, 70 PEOPLE IN THERE.
UM, WE HAVE OUR TAI CHI, WE DO OUR SENIOR MEALS, UM, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, IN THE GRAND BALLROOM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE HAVE SENIOR MOVIES ON THURSDAYS.
WE HAVE BINGO AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
WE ALSO DO CASE MANAGEMENT FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE OUR, UM, TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, THAT I THINK IT'S JUST, WELL, IT'S STILL GROWING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE WRAPPING IT UP.
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THAT'S A FREE SERVICE TO, UH, SENIORS AND, UH, IT WAS VERY POPULAR.UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE CAN OFFER THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, SOME OF YOU WERE AT THE RECENT, UH, DONOR RECEPTION LAST WEEK TIMES FLYING.
UM, AND SO, UM, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS A SPECIAL PLACE HERE IN, IN LAHABRA.
IT'S REALLY THE JEWEL OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, NO OTHER CITY, YOU KNOW, NEAR US HAS THEIR OWN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND THEY ARE REALLY BUSY.
THEY HAVE SO MANY PROGRAMS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE BOOKED FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY'RE ALREADY BOOKING FOR THE SUMMER, FOR DAY CAMPS.
UM, AND THEY'VE, UM, IMPLEMENTED SOME NEW PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE, UH, SENSORY SENSITIVITY DAYS WHERE THEY OPEN UP EARLY FOR CHILDREN WITH, UM, SENSORY ISSUES OR EVEN FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER, UM, UM, OR IT'S, THEY DON'T TURN ALL THE LIGHTS ON.
THEY MIGHT NOT TURN ALL OF THE SOUNDS ON.
THEY, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THEY ARE SENSITIVE TO, TO THE CHILDREN'S NEEDS.
UM, AND MOSTLY THAT ARE RELATED TO AU AUTISM.
UM, AND, AND IT'S KIND OF BECOME A STANDARD OR A PRACTICE AMONG OTHER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS TO HAVE A TIME DEDICATED FOR FAMILIES, UM, SO THAT THEY DON'T FEEL OVERWHELMED AND THAT THEY CAN REALLY, TRULY PARTICIPATE IN THE HANDS-ON EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE.
UM, THE CURRENT, AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CHANGE THAT.
THE CURRENT CHANGING GALLERY, THE, UM, SPACE ADVENTURES IS A REALLY AMAZING EXHIBIT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STOP BY THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
JUST LET 'EM KNOW YOU'RE A COMMISSIONER AND HAVE YOUR BADGE ON AND THEY'LL GLADLY LET YOU IN.
BUT IT'S A REALLY GREAT EXHIBIT, ANNETTE.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL PRICING FOR LOW INCOME, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF.
THEY JUST HAVE TO SHOW A SPECIAL ID THAT THEY HAVE YES.
AND THEY'LL GET, UH, ENTRANCE OF LIKE $3 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS DOING REALLY WELL.
THEY HAVE SOME NEW LEADERSHIP THERE AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
WE, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WAS SELECTED BY PBS, IT'S A T YOUTH OR CHILDREN'S TV, UM, CHANNEL.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE HOSTING A FAIRLY LARGE EVENT IN JUNE, I THINK THE 19TH OF JUNE.
AND, UM, THEY PICKED THE CHALLENGE MUSEUM, UM, BECAUSE OF THE PARK AND, AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE ARE DOING THERE.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY BIG, UM, COMMUNITY EVENT AND ALSO GOOD, UM, PUBLICITY FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
AND SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AND WERE SELECTED BECAUSE THEY HAD EVERYTHING THAT PBS WANTED.
AND ONE OF 'EM WAS HAVING GREAT, UM, PROGRAMMING AND EXHIBITIONS.
AND IN OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UM, PROGRAMS GOING REALLY WELL.
THEY'VE, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE MADE SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES THAT HAVE REALLY BENEFITED THE PROGRAM.
UM, THERE'S SEVEN PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS, THREE SCHOOL-AGED CLASSROOMS, 12 LICENSED FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMES, MEANING THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES IS TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO SOMEONE'S HOME.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FOOD REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR ALMOST 150, UH, CHILDCARE, UM, HOME, UH, CHILDCARE PROGRAMS WHERE, UM, WE HAVE A GRANT WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY REIMBURSE THE, THE CHILDCARE PROVIDER WITH, UM, A FOOD REIMBURSEMENT.
AND IT PAYS FOR THEIR SNACKS, IT PAYS FOR LUNCHES OR MEALS.
AND SO IT'S A PRETTY, UM, NICE GRANT TO HAVE AND, AND NICE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS TYPE OF, UM, SERVICE TO THE PROVIDERS.
AND AS KELLY MENTIONED, WE HAVE ABOUT 480, UM, REGISTERED YOUTH.
WE'RE DOING A BIG PUSH, UM, AS SHE ALSO MENTIONED FOR, UM, ENROLLMENTS.
AND, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE OF THE, UM, UNIVERSAL, UH, PRE-K TK, UM, PROGRAM THAT ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE OFFERING NOW.
AND SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S PULLING FROM THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE HAVING TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT, UM, CHALLENGES.
BUT WE HAVE A GREAT QUALITY PROGRAM AND OUR, UM, DIRECTOR THAT RUNS THE PROGRAM HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, UM, MAKING SOME NEW CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD THAT WE'LL MEET OUR, UM, OUR NUMBERS TO CONTINUE THE, THE GRANT.
AND, UM, ONE THING THAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT IS DOING IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU PROBABLY SAW THEM IN THE, UH, CORN FESTIVAL PARADE.
THEY WERE AT OUR, UM, OPEN HOUSE THAT WE HAD IN OCTOBER.
THEY WERE AT, THEY PERFORMED AT THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
SO THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF, OF PARTICIPATING IN NOT ONLY CITY EVENTS, BUT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY, UM, RAISED THE AWARENESS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM MOST CITIES.
MOST CITIES HAVE THIS, UM, UM, THESE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE IN PUBLIC WORKS, BUT WE ARE, UM, HAPPY TO HAVE THEM IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
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NOT JUST KIND OF CUSTODIAL, UH, WORK, IT'S A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS.I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT IT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP OUR, UM, OUR BUILDING SAFE AND, UM, FOR NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH A, A PRETTY SMALL CREW.
WE HAVE THREE FULL-TIME, UM, STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BECAUSE AT ANY GIVEN TIME THERE COULD BE AN ISSUE IN A BUILDING.
WE, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OVER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND SO, UM, SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.
AND SO, UM, FOR BEING A SMALL CREW, THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS, UM, CLEAN AND SAFE.
AND, UM, SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT.
AND, UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF SLIDES.
I KNOW A LOT OF, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH COMMISSIONER LEMAN BEING NEW, WE DID WANNA, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD A GOOD OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT COMING UP.
AND AS ANTHONY MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE JOB FAIR, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS GONNA HAVE A PARTY IN THE PARK TO KICK OFF, UM, ALL OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, RENOVATING SOME PLAYGROUNDS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE WORKING WITH ALLIANCES, UM, ON, ON, UM, SPONSORED EVENTS, UM, FOR OUR SENIORS.
WE ARE, UH, WORKING CLOSELY TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM.
LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA BE HIRING ANOTHER COMMUNITY, UM, LIAISON.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL BE, UM, TAKING A LOOK AT OUR SUCCESS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND THEN WHAT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WE CAN MAKE MOVING FORWARD.
OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP ENROLLMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED REGISTRATION.
WE HAVE A FIVE CONCERT SERIES LINEUP COMING UP.
OUR 4TH OF JULY MOVES IN THE PARK.
LAHABRA OUTDOORS IS COMING UP AND MAYBE RICHARD CAN SPEAK ON THAT LATER, BUT THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST.
WE HAVE OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE AS, AS, UM, SHOWN, UM, AND THEIR PARENTS ARE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I MENTIONED A PBS EVENT AND VOLUNTEERS, SO IT'S A LOT COMING UP.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY BUSY SUMMER.
AND IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A LOT COMING UP, WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OTHER BIGGER PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS AND IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE TIME FOR US TO NAVIGATE, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ESPECIALLY WITH CONTRACTORS.
BUT I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE CITY BOUGHT THE ELECTRONICS BUILDING AND THE CHIROPRACTOR BUILDING THAT ARE BOTH ACROSS THE STREET.
AND WE ARE GONNA BE RELOCATING THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND THE ART ASSOCIATION INTO THESE BUILDINGS.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA SHARE THE ELECTRONICS BUILDING.
SO SIMILAR TO NOW, THEY SHARE A BUILDING AND THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED ROOM AND SPACE.
UM, THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE RENOVATIONS.
UM, WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR, GOING THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS ON RFP.
AND THEN WE'RE TOLD THAT, UM, SUPPLIES OR MATERIALS, UM, THAT'S BEEN A DELAY ON THAT.
SO IT'S TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WHEN WE WOULD HOPE, BUT WE ARE, UM, STILL MAKING PROGRESS AND MOVING FORWARD.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT RELOCATING THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CONVERT THE COMMUNITY CENTER EXPANSION WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED INTO A SMALL, UH, SENIOR CENTER.
AND, UM, THEY'LL HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE TO, UM, HAVE PROGRAMMING TO HAVE, UM, AN AREA FOR RECREATING.
AND, UM, THEY WILL STILL NEED TO, UM, TRAVEL ACROSS THE COMMUNITY CENTER TO THEIR LUNCH BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN IN THAT BUILDING.
AND THERE'S NOT SPACE FOR ONE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ENCLOSING IN THE BREEZEWAY AND MAKING IT AS CONVENIENT AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE, UM, A PLACE FOR SOME OF THE SENIORS THAT HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO, UM, TO BE, AND SO THEY REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE'LL HAVE TVS, WE'LL HAVE CARD TABLES, WE'LL HAVE GAMES.
UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'LL HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME IN AND, AND YOU KNOW, TALK AND SOCIALIZE WITH THEM.
AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE LIONS SUPPORT WE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE PROGRAMMING.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT'S ALSO, UM, AN EXTRA ROOM IN THERE THAT WE HOPE TO TURN INTO, UM, AN EXERCISE ROOM FOR THE SENIORS AND THEN ALSO POSSIBLY FOR, UM, CITY STAFF.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S ALL HOPEFULLY GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, BECAUSE WE WANNA GET A LOT OF THINGS READY FOR OUR CENTENNIAL COMING UP IN 2025.
AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE RELOCATING THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE IT IS.
IT'S WHERE THE OLD CITY HALL WAS NEXT TO VETERANS HALL.
UM, IT'S JUST NOT IN THE BEST LOCATION.
IT'S PRETTY HIDDEN WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIBRARY.
SO, UM, THE CHIROPRACTIC BUILDING THAT THE CITY BOUGHT, WHICH IS IN THE SAME, UM, ON THE SAME BLOCK AS PORTELLA PARK, IT'S VACANT RIGHT NOW.
THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM WILL BE RELOCATED TO THAT BUILDING, AND SO IT'LL BE MUCH MORE VISIBLE.
UM, IT'LL BE A SHARED SPACE WITH RECREATION, UM, STAFF AND, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL WILL BE MOVING INTO THAT BUILDING.
BUT THEY WILL HAVE A, A DEDICATED, UM, SPACE FOR THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT I FAILED TO MENTION IS IT'LL REALLY HELP COMPLETE A CULTURAL, UM, ARTS COMPLEX OR DISTRICT, UM, AREA.
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DEPOT THEATER, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, THE WOMEN'S CLUB, THE ART ASSOCIATION.IT'LL BE A FOOTPRINT, KIND OF A SQUARE, A WALKING, UM, BLOCK, SO TO SPEAK, UM, WHERE WE CAN REALLY KINDA CREATE MORE ENERGY FOR THE ARTS AND PROMOTE IT AS THAT, THAT IT'S A, A, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT.
WE LOOK TO HAVE, UM, PROGRAMMING WITH THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND THE ART, THE, UM, HISTORICAL OFFICE SOCIETY AND THE ART ASSOCIATION ALONG THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF DOING CHORES.
THEY, UM, THEY DO A CIVIC, UM, LEARNING OR A CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, CURRICULUM OR A LESSON.
BUT AGAIN, JUST BRINGING A LOT MORE ENERGY AND SYNERGY AND MAKING IT A WALKABLE, UH, SPACE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE PEDESTRIAN, UM, CROSSWALKS, KINDA LIKE BREA, BUT IT'S PRETTY HARD TO DO AND IT'S SUCH A BUSY STREET THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIKELY, BUT WE WANNA KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
AND SO WE'LL LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PROPER SIGNAGE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE USING THE CROSSWALKS AND NOT JAY WALKING ACROSS EQUID.
THEY'LL NEED TO USE THE SIGNALS.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE BANNERS AND SIGNAGE AND REALLY, UM, HAVE IT TIE IN WITH THE WHOLE CIVIC CENTER, UM, AREA, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES CITY HALL, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE LIBRARY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO ALL THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN, WE BELIEVE, UM, IN BY 2025.
AND WE'LL BE PART OF OUR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION KICKOFF, UM, AND CELEBRATION.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, UH, DEVELOPING A COMMITTEE OF, UM, MEMBERS ACROSS THE CITY FROM ALL DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS.
SO WE HAVE GOOD REPRESENTATION, UM, AS PART OF OUR CELEBRATION AND PLANNING COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A BUS BENCH CONTEST THAT, UM, WILL BE COMING OUT SOON.
UM, I DID MENTION A LITTLE BIT THE BOXING CLUB.
REHABILITATION WILL BE PART OF THE HILLCREST, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, UH, RENOVATION'S, NOT THE WORD RIGHT WORD, BUT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE HOPE TO EVENTUALLY, UM, OFFER SOME CLASSES IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE WORKSHOPS.
AND SOME OF THOSE CLASSES MIGHT BE ESL, IMMIGRATION, UM, TAX SERVICES, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT KIND OF IS RELATED TO HELPING PEOPLE GET ON THEIR FEET, UM, BEING A REFERRAL, UM, AND INFORMATION SITE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, FURTHER DEVELOPING THAT AND GETTING SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S A REALLY A LOT, LOT, BUT IT'S VERY EXHALE THE GREAT DEPARTMENT TO BE IN.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE, UM, KELLY'S LEADERSHIP AS THE DIRECTOR.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT NEW IDEAS THAT SHE'S BROUGHT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ANTHONY ON BOARD WITH US TO HELP US GET THIS ALL DONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY BRING OUR TEAM HERE IN ONE OF THE NEXT MEETINGS OR TWO JUST SO THEY CAN INTRODUCE, MEET SOME OF THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE NEW FACES, BUT THAT MIGHT BE GOOD TOO, TO HAVE THEM, UM, COME AND SPEAK ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ANSWER THEM.
AND UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE THING TO THE CALENDAR IS THIS YEAR, UM, THE LAHABRA, AMERICAN LEGION POST 2 67 IS HOSTING A LAHABRA MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.
ON MAY 29TH, 2023 AT 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM OKAY.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST MEMORIAL DAY EVENT IN LAHABRA TO PAY HONOR AND GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
IT WILL BE ON A SMALL SCALE THIS YEAR IN HOPES OF OUR GROWING STRONGER EACH YEAR THEREAFTER.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE AND JUST JOIN IN ON OUR FIRST KICKOFF.
UH, IF YOU NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT ON, UM, OF THE, OF OUR SLIDE, WE HAVE THE HASHTAG MAKING IT HAPPEN.
IT'S KINDA KIM'S IDEA OF, UM, WE, WE CAME UP WITH A THEME FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA ADD THAT TO YES, THANK YOU.
WE FEEL THAT IT REPRESENTS OUR DEPARTMENT AND UH, MAKE WE'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN.
WE'VE COME OUTTA COVID AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE STILL GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE FELT LIKE WE WERE DOING IT DURING COVID.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A SANDING, YOU KNOW, ON THAT, ON THAT THOUGHT.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE APARTMENT DOING MORE SOCIAL MEDIA TAGGING THAT WAY? CUZ YOU KNOW WHAT, LIKE ON FACEBOOK, IF I ENTER LAHABRA CITY IT GOES CITY GOVERNMENT OR SOME LONG TITLE.
IT'D BE KIND OF SWEET TO HAVE A LAHABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG STAFF, SO WE THINK IT SHOULD BE EASY, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW.
AND, UM, KATIE'S REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON IT.
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BUT THEY'RE SO BUSY.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO HIRE SOMEBODY SPECIFICALLY TO DO SOCIAL MEDIA GOOD.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE TIGHT WITH PLENTY.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH CAL STATE FLOOR 10, UM, UM, ONE OF THE MARKETING CLASSES TO SEE IF WE COULD GET ANY INTERNS TO HELP US.
OH, WE JUST SIGNED UP RIGHT NOW FOR A NEW, UH, TRAINING ON JUST THE WEBSITE ITSELF.
SO THE WEB, WHOEVER THE WEB DESIGNER IS GOING TO PROVIDE TRAINING JU UM, I THINK WHAT, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE LIKE FOUR OR SIX OR FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, YOU JUST, WE KEEP OUR WEBSITE UP CAUSE A LOT OF IT IS JUST SCALE AND I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T FORGET.
IT'S EASY TO FORGET CAUSE YOU'RE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
BUT YEAH, WE DEFINITELY NEED THAT.
AND I MEAN THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE I THINK PEOPLE REMEMBER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I AND YOU, I PRAISE YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME CAUSE YOU WERE ALWAYS POSTING FOR US.
I THINK GABBY'S ONE, THE AWARD ABOUT HIS
AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GREAT POSTS.
I THINK BETWEEN GABBY AND, AND MARIE, THE CITY WAS COVERED.
SO, UM, SO YES, WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT'S, UM, ONE OF OUR SHORTCOMINGS RIGHT NOW AND THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON IT.
UM, BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WE'D LIKE MAKING IT HAPPEN TO BE OURS EVENTUALLY.
WELL, I, I WAS GONNA SAY IT IS, IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS TO, UM, MAKING IT MORE LIKE LAHABRA CENTRIC, LIKE MAKING IT HAPPEN IN LAHABRA? OH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, EVEN HOW IT IS YOU HAVE 20 DIFFERENT HASHTAGS BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE, SO I ALWAYS PUT LOVE LAHABRA, I LOVE LAHABRA, LAHABRA ROCKS LAHABRA, BUT I POST A LITTLE, BUT I TRY TO USE THEM ALL SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK WITH STEPHAN.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY SHOW YOUR MAKING IT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW HAS LIKE 300,000 POSTS SO WE'LL JUST GET LOST IN THERE.
THANK YOU THOUGH THAT THOSE ARE GOOD INPUT.
I HAD A QUESTION WITH, WITH ALL THE UPDATES, UM, AND ALL, EVERYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IN THIS AREA TO KIND OF REVITALIZE IT.
I I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT ALL WHEN IT'S DONE.
UM, WHAT ABOUT OUR LIBRARY? I KNOW THAT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING OR PUSH THEM TO DO SOMETHING WE COULD SUGGEST, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE H B I C OR WAS AND GIRLS CLUB.
UH, WE RENT THEM FOR EARLY, FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR FOR 25 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A SIT DOWN WITH THEM JUST TO ASK THEM WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
MAYBE WE GO TO THE HEAD LIBRARIAN IN ORANGE COUNTY AND SEE WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON.
I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING LIBRARIES AROUND HERE.
I KNOW THEY HAVE A NEW LIBRARIAN, NOT SO NEW.
SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE YEARS
UM, SO WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM.
WELL LEAST, LEAST WE COULD FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I THINK, UM, I THINK THE CITY MAYBE RICHARD, YOU KNOW WARREN, UM, JUST, UM, OUR SCHEDULING OUR THE HARBOR SPECIFIC PLAN OF 18.
ARE YOU STILL NEED PAY ATTENTION TO THAT? YEAH.
UH, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL INCLUDE LIBRARY AND THE REST OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TOO.
I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH, BUT HOPE.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? WELL, UM, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EGG HUNT.
UM, THE EGG NIGHT, UM, FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN THE ACTUAL EGG HUNT, UM, ON SATURDAY.
WE HAD, UM, 152, UM, REGISTERED, UH, YOUTH SEVEN TO 13 ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT LA BONITA PARK.
UM, SO WE WERE THRILLED TO BE SOLD OUT.
I I WAS NOT THERE, BUT I DID HEAR THAT.
UM, WE HAD SOME PARENTS THAT KIND OF GOT INVOLVED UNFORTUNATELY AND UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY RUINED IT, BUT JUST THEY JUMPED.
THEY GOT A LITTLE EXCITED AND UM, STARTED HUNTING FOR EGGS IS WHAT I HEARD.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THE LIGHTS, YEAH.
SO CUZ THE THEME, THE IDEA IS THAT THE LIGHTS IN THE PARK GET TURNED OFF.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN FLASHLIGHT AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN TO HUNT FOR EGGS IN THE DARK.
AND, UM, SO THAT DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T GO QUITE AS HOW WE THOUGHT, BUT THEY HAD A, A GREAT MAGIC SHOW.
UM, WE HAD SOME OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT THERE AND THEY STILL GOT ACHES.
UM, SATURDAY, UM, AS MANY OF YOU SAW, WE AGAIN, A RECORD CROWD.
UM, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 3,500 PEOPLE.
UM, THAT CAME TO THE EGG HUNT AND A COURSE, UM, THE GREAT BREAKFAST AT THE HOPPER HOST LIONS, UM, MADE FOR, UM, I THINK ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE IS WHAT WE WERE.
LIKE I, JERRY AND I JUST CAME FOR A BRIEF VOTE AND
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BRIEFING.WE ATE OUR BREAKFAST, BUT BOY, WE GOT LIKE FRESH PANCAKES RIGHT UP THE GORILLA, LIKE, CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL OF COURSE, UM, THE HELICOPTER DROP WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALWAYS POPULAR AND LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME DUST, UH, BLOWN AROUND BECAUSE IT WAS A BIGGER HELICOPTER WITH TWO PROPELLERS.
AND SO, UM, IT WENT GREAT THIS YEAR AND, AND NO ONE WAS AFRAID OF IT, WHICH WAS FINE.
WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP AND THEY WERE AFRAID OF IT FROM LAST YEAR.
SO I WAS GLAD THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES THIS YEAR.
BUT, UM, ALL THE VENDORS SEEMED TO BE HAPPY.
OUR, UM, FAMILY HEALTH FAIR OR YEAH, FAMILY HEALTH FAIR WENT WELL.
AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE ALL OF THE WHOLE CHILDREN'S, UM, ACTIVITY AREA ON, UM, ONE OF THE FIELDS, THE BOUNCE HOUSES, THE FACE PAINTING, UM, THE ARTS AND CRAFTS, ALL THAT WENT REALLY WELL WITH ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.
AND THESE ARE EVENTS THAT WE, WE COULD NOT RUN WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS, WITHOUT SPONSORS, WITHOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND SO, UM, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT LAHABRA, UM, HAS SO MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.
FRIDAY NIGHT IS ALWAYS FUN TOO, FROM MY HOUSE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE LAZIA
CAUSE I COULD SEE IT LIKE STRAIGHT.
I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO, WE WENT AHEAD AND SAID OKAY, BIG.
SO NORMALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, THE KIDS ARE REALLY GOOD.
THEY'RE LINING UP AND THEN WE CALLARD AND HE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS AND TIME THAT CALLED GET THE KIDS JUST RAN WAS THE FIRST TIME.
YEAH, THE LIGHTS OFF, BUT MY DAD IS HALFWAY OVER THREE MINUTES.
UM, SO I HAVE, UH, ON YOUR CALENDAR, UM, APRIL 21ST, WE HAVE A TEAM NIGHT AND SIGN OUT TEAM MOVIE NIGHT.
WE MOVE THOSE BECAUSE OF OUR BANQUET.
SO ANY YOU GO FOR THOSE AND THEY'RE NOT, OH, YEAH, BUT WE MOVED UP.
AND, UM, UH, SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? SO THE TEAM, I'M SORRY, THE 21ST ON APRIL ON YOUR CALENDAR.
BOTH OF THOSE BE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT DATE.
SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A GOOD CONTINGENCY OF, OF EMPLOYEES.
UM, KIM, WERE YOU GONNA TALK ABOUT STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY? WE HELD THAT LAST WEEK.
WE DID HAVE OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY LAST THURSDAY.
AND UM, IT WAS WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE HAD ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WE HAD 40 STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED AND ANTHONY HELPED WITH THIS EVENT.
UM, WE, AND WHAT, UM, WAS NEW THIS YEAR IS WE INCLUDED THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, RANCHO, STARBUCKS, IMPERIAL, AND WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
SO THEY EACH BROUGHT FOUR UM, STUDENTS.
UH, OUR MORNING, UM, UH, WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENT HEAD, OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND OUR CITY MANAGER ALWAYS DOES A GREAT JOB RUNNING THIS EVENT.
BUT THE FUN THING IS THAT WE, UM, OUR SUBJECT FOR THE MOCK CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS, UM, THE SKATE PARK.
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE A SECURITY GUARD OUT THERE TO HELP ENFORCE THE, UM, THE HELMET AND THE SAFETY GEAR, UM, RULES THAT ARE POSTED.
UM, AT OUR SKATE PARKS, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD A GROUP OF SKATEBOARDERS COME AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF HAVING TO WEAR THE PROTECTED GEAR.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING A REPORT ON MONDAY NIGHT, ON THE 17TH, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE AND TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO, OR HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED MOVING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, THE STUDENTS DECIDED, UM, I THINK IT WAS UNANIMOUS TO CONTINUE WITH THE SECURITY GUARD, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPS, UM, MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UN UNFORTUNATE ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE PRIOR TO THE SECURITY GUARD.
WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, ILLEGAL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
FAMILIES COULD NOT USE THE SKATE PARK WITH THEIR KIDS AND FEEL SAFE.
THERE WAS JUST KIND OF A, A NEGATIVE ELEMENT OR A BAD VIBE.
AND I KNOW TERESA USED TO CALL AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS WOULD CALL, CLOUD WOULD CALL.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY GUARD, UM, AND THE ENFORCEMENT AND THE PRESENCE, IT'S REALLY HELPED, UM, UM, THE ACTIVITY THERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, MADE A MORE OF A FAMILY AND FRIENDLY PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO COME AND SKATEBOARD AND, AND USE THE PARK.
IT DID, IT DID GET BETTER, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME, UM, TO VISIT WITH US AT THE COUNCIL MEETING FEEL WILL TO PRESENTING, UH, A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL.
AND WE'RE GOING, GOING TO SAY BASICALLY THE WAY KIM JUST SAID THAT NUMBER ONE STATE LAW.
SO EVERYTHING HAS TO HAVE THAT, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, FOR SURE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WE CAN FIND IN OUR TIME, UH, PUBLIC SKATE PARK THAT ACTUALLY STAFF THE PARK BECAUSE IF YOU STAFF IT, YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE THOSE RULES.
AND SO, UM, FOR US, IT'S HELPED US A LOT.
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I'VE SEEN YOU THERE LITTLE ONES BEFORE ALREADY.STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONTINUE THE SECURITY GUARD.
BUT THEN THE, THE GRAFFITI INCREASES, THE DAMAGE INCREASES, UH, UM, YEAH.
SO NOW WE HAVE A SECURITY GUARD.
UM, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THE COUNCIL, UH, VOTES.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM UP, KIM, THERE'S TWO ON MONDAY, RIGHT? THE, THE SECOND, UH, ITEM THAT KIM WILL BE PRESENTING IS I'LL DO THIS PAPER PART KIM'S DOING.
UM, WE'RE GROOMING A, A BEAUTIFICATION UPDATE.
UM, ON THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, AND I HAVEN'T TOLD THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE YET.
I WROTE TOMORROW WHEN THEY POST THE AGENDA, SO WE'LL GIVE 'EM NOTICE.
UM, BUT WE'RE GIVING THEM AN UPDATE ON, UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALSO, UM, WE WENT FROM SEVEN MEMBERS TO FIVE WHEN WE HAD SOME VACANCIES.
SO WE'RE JUST GIVING AN UPDATE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL TO, UM, LET THEM KNOW HOW THE PROGRAM'S BEEN RUNNING FOR THE LAST 23 YEARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED IN THE SAME MANNER OR MAKE ANY CHANGES.
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, BUT CITY STAFF, UM, DOES THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COORDINATION OF THE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, THAT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL.
THINK THERE'S NO OTHER CONSIDERATION ITEMS, BUT OUR TWO, OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT THE AGENDA YET.
ONE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN HOUR TWO ITEMS. SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA COME OUT ON MONDAY NIGHT, AN HOUR.
BUT, UM, AS SOON AS I GET POSTED, I WILL, UH, FORWARD THE AGENDA TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY COM UH, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, JUST, UH, GO AHEAD.
JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, HOW GREAT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SPACE EXHIBIT WAS.
IF YOU GUYS GET A CHANCE TO GO AND VIEW IT, MAYBE YOU ALREADY HAVE, BUT IT WAS OUTSTANDING.
YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, EVERY, UM, THE CHANGING EXHIBIT EXHIBITS DONE IN-HOUSE.
AND THEN THIS YEAR KATIE ASSIGN SOME OF OUR REC LEADERS TO GO IN AND HELP BUILD IT FOR HER.
BUT THE STAFF PERSON, LISA, DESIGNS IT HERSELF AND WOW.
I MEAN, KATIE, SHE'S THE ONE THAT'LL GO STAY HAYSAK, PAINT THE DINOSAUR OUTSIDE.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK IF WE PUT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
UM, UH, A JUNIOR ONE OR A, UH, SOMEBODY THAT COULD MAYBE TAKE OVER WHEN SHE LEAVES.
SHE WAS HERE WHEN HE RAN IN MUSEUM.
SHE WAS HERE A YEAR, A YEAR BEFORE I WAS, SO SHE STARTED IN 2000.
SO SHE'S A, A PART-TIMER TOO, SO IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S ABLE TO JUST WORK PART-TIME.
YOU KNOW, AND DO THAT KIND OF WORK, BUT SHE'S INCREDIBLE.
TODAY WE HELD OUR FIRST, UH, TOURS FOR THE SPACE EXHIBIT.
SO WE HAD DONE, REMEMBER THEIR SCHOOL? MAYBE IT WAS BOTH.
THEY, THEY'RE FOCUSING ON STEAM ACTIVITIES RIGHT NOW.
THEY GONNA TRY TO TEACH THE, THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY LEARN THE WHOLE, UM, UM, LEARN THROUGH WORK OR LEARN THROUGH PLAY.
IS THAT THE THEME OVER THERE? UM, LEARN THROUGH PLAY.
THEY'RE HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME.
THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LEARNING AND ABSORBING.
OH YEAH, I JUST WANNA SHARE, THERE'S A HANDOUT ON YOUR, UM, DI HERE ABOUT THE LAHARA OUTDOORS PROGRAM.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING ALMOST EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, PROBABLY DUE FOR ANOTHER MEETING.
WE'RE SCHEDULING A MEETING TOO.
PROBABLY NEED ANOTHER MEETING TO GET SOME DETAILS THERE NOW.
BUT ON THE SECOND PAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE RUNDOWN OF ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE RECEIVED A, A GRANT FROM PARKS CALIFORNIA LAST YEAR.
UNABLE TO PULL A TRIGGER ON THE EVENTS.
SO WE, UH, RESCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR AND GOT THE OKAY FROM THE GRANTEE TO, UH, USE THE FUNDS THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S A, A PRE, UH, BEACH AND PRE-CAMP EVENT ON THE 20TH OF MAY, FOLLOWED BY THE CAMPING TRIP AT MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK, OR THE 24TH AND 25TH.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A GATHERING BACK HERE AT EL CENTRAL PARK, UM, ON AUGUST 2ND.
SO BEFORE THAT, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THE 9TH OF MAY, WE'LL HAVE A, UH, KIND OF AN ORIENTATION SESSION.
WE'RE BRINGING SOMEONE FROM STATE PARKS IN TO LET THE, UH, IT'S MOSTLY YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT'LL BE ATTENDING THE CAMP OUT, LETS THEM KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, MAYBE HOW TO SET UP A, A TENT, UH, ARRANGE CAMP AND, AND JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MIGHT HAVE ABOUT CAMPING AT THE WILD AND CRAZY MALIBU CREEK STATE PARK,
SO WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMMISSIONER ROJAS'S, UM, PARTICIPATION AND, AND LEADERSHIP WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, HE COMES FROM A BACKGROUND, CALIFORNIA STATE'S PARK, AND, UM, SO HE BROUGHT THE GRANT TO
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US.SO WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER THE PROGRAM THIS SUMMER.
SO IF ANYBODY'S FREE ON MAY 20TH, YOU COULD JOIN US AT THE BEACH.
RICHARD, CAN WE, CAN WE, WE SHARE THIS? I THINK WE CAN, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT, I'LL SEND IT, UM, TO YOU ALL AS A PDF AND YOU CAN SHARE IT.
UM, OUR YOUTH COMMITTEES ALREADY RECEIVED IT.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAS RECEIVED IT, BUT YES, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PEOPLE SIGNED UP YET? WE HAVE, UH, I WANNA SAY A SOFT COMMITMENT FROM THE YOUTH COMMITTEE FOR A COUPLE OF DOZEN KIDS.
I THINK WE HAVE ROOM FOR MORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, CHAPERONES, BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW TO GET FOLKS CLEARED FOR CHAPERONE DUTY.
THAT CAN TAKE SOME TIME SOMETIMES.
THANK YOU, RICHARD, FOR SHARING THAT.
THAT IS, THAT IS A GREAT CON UH, THING.
IF, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? ANNETTE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO NO, JUST, UH, THANK FOR THE WELCOME.
I LOOK FORWARD IN SERVING WITH YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD PROGRAM.
THE TIME NOW IS SEVEN 40, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING TO MAY 10TH, 2023 AT 6:30 PM IN THE CHAMBER.