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I CALLED THE COMMUNITY[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER, UM, FOR OUR INVOCATION TODAY.I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION WITH VETERANS DAY, COMING UP ON SATURDAY AND THANKSGIVING, JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
THIS IS REALLY A TIME FOR GRATITUDE, ESPECIALLY BEFORE ALL THE HECTIC TIMES IN OF THE HOLIDAYS START COMING UP FOR US.
SO LET US REMEMBER AND HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUR NATION.
THEIR SELFLESSNESS AND SACRIFICE DESERVES OUR UTMOST AND DEEPEST APPRECIATION.
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING, LET'S ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE ABUNDANCE AND SUPPORT THAT SURROUNDS US.
I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE THANKFUL FOR, BOTH IN YOUR PERSONAL LIVES AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MAY THIS MEETING BE A REMINDER OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING COLLECTIVELY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF MANY DEDICATED PEOPLE.
AND LET US PROCEED WITH OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT LA HABRA REMAINS A CARING AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY.
NOW, IF YOU CAN ALL PLEASE STAND AND COMMISSIONER KEMPER KEMPER, CAN YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LY? OKAY.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, ANTHONY, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO ROLL CALL? YES.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING SPECIAL TODAY.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK, UH, COMMISSIONER KEMPER FOR THE AMAZING JOB SHE DID AS OUR CHAIR LAST YEAR.
AND DENISE HAS A FEW WORDS TO SHARE.
SO, THERESA
SO, BUT WE WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE HOW YOU CONSTANTLY STRIVE TO BETTER THIS COMMISSION.
OUR COM THE COMMISSIONERS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE YOUR TIME, YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR ENERGY TRULY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE DOWN HERE TOGETHER.
THERE'S A BLACK, OH, IT'S UP THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT THAT YOU SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION 2022
YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU EVERYONE.
YOU GUYS, IT'S, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL.
YOU HAVE BEEN DYNAMIC SINCE DAY ONE.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE JUST WORKING TOGETHER WITH SUCH A, AN AWESOME TEAM THAT DOESN'T MISS A BEAT.
AND, UH, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT.
AND I REALLY LOVE THE EXPERIENCE BEING INVOLVED IN THAT COMMUNITY AND GIVING BACK AND HAVING A PRIVILEGE TO THANK VERY WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT YOU? THESE ARE SO PRETTY.
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I LOVE FLOWERS.NOW YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND MY READING GLASSES.
WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WHEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING, UNLIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER CO, 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.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SO, SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS A COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE ACTION OR REMOVAL OF AN ITEM REMOVED, ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION OF THIS AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED, SORRY, LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOLL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
NOW THE FIRST, UH, AND ONLY ITEM IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION OCTOBER, 2023.
SO, DO I HEAR A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OH, ACTUALLY, RICHARD, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ABSTAIN.
SO WE WENT OVER THIS WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
UM, WHOEVER IS PRESENT AT THIS MEETING CAN VOTE ON THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS, EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THIS, THIS CAME BECAUSE WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SOME MINUTES FROM JUNE.
UH, SO WE'RE DOING, YOU CAN VOTE YES.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO CONSIDER CONSIDERATION ITEMS. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEM PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING A FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER CONSIDERATION ITEM, 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.
SO THE FIRST ITEM WE HAVE IS, UH, LAHABRA YOUTH COMMITTEE UPDATE.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, AURORA ROBLES, HERE TO GIVE US THAT UPDATE.
GOOD EVENING COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS AURORA ROBLES AND I HAVE SERVED ON THE LA HABRA YOUTH COMMITTEE.
I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES THE YOUTH COMMITTEE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
YOUTH COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN VOLUNTEERING FOR AND PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. IN THE PAST MONTH, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE KORN FESTIVAL PARADE, WHERE THE WHOLE CITY WAS ABLE TO SEE WHO WE ARE AND HOW ACTIVE, HOW ACTIVELY WE DESIRED TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE YOUTH COMMITTEE SENT FIVE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE KIDS NIGHT OUT EVENT, WHERE WE HELPED SET UP AND RUN ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS PARTICI PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
WE HAD VOLUNTEERS HELP RUN THE SENIOR DANCE, WHICH SERVES 60 SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, OUR GROUP HELPED SET UP FOR OUR SECOND COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE ON OCTOBER 21ST, AS WELL AS RUN BOOTHS FOR, FOR CHILDREN THAT CAME TO OUR EVENT.
COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH OUR ADVISOR, GABBY GARCIA'S HELP.
WE ALSO SOLD HOT DOGS, CHIPS, AND
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DRINKS AT THE EVENT TO HELP FUNDRAISE FOR OUR PROGRAM COMING UP.WE WILL BE VOLUNTEERING AT THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT THIS SATURDAY AND AT THE LA HABRA TAMAL FESTIVAL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.
THE TAMALE FESTIVAL IS THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR, AND WE WILL HAVE VOLUNTEERS HELPING ALL OVER THE EVENT FROM SET UP TO CLEAN UP.
WE WILL ALSO BE SELLING HOT CHOCOLATE AND PASTRIES DURING THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
SO IF ANY YOU WANT TO COME SUPPORT US, MAKE SURE TO STOP BY ON YOUR WAY TO THE CEREMONY.
THANK YOU COMMISSION FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR PROGRAM.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS BEST AS WE CAN, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF OUR EVENTS COMING UP.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, AURORA, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM.
COMMUNITY SERVICES SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
SO I BELIEVE SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE'VE HAD A LARGE SLATE OF EVENTS.
UH, WE HAD THE KORN FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.
UM, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE AND THE COMMISSION ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE PARADE, SO THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE.
UH, WE'VE HAD OUR COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.
WE'VE HAD THIS ON OCTOBER 28TH.
IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AS FAR AS I'M AWARE.
WE HAD A GREATER TURNOUT THIS YEAR.
WE'VE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK, UH, BOTH DURING THE EVENT.
SO I GOT TO INTERACT WITH A LOT OF THE, THE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.
AND ALSO, UM, AFTERWARDS WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT REVIEWS AND I KNOW WE HAD LOTS OF DEMONSTRATIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO DO.
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW EVERYTHING TURNED OUT.
IT WAS VERY SMOOTH, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN BETTER NEXT YEAR.
UM, NOVEMBER, ACTUALLY, THIS SATURDAY WE HAVE THE VETERAN'S DAY EVENT COMING UP.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF DIFFERENT SPEAKERS, UH, LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE EVENT.
SO I KNOW THERESA'S GONNA BE THERE FOR SURE.
BUT
UM, WE HAVE ALSO ON SUNDAY, THE NEXT DAY, OUR GOURMET GUYS FUNDRAISER FOR THE MUSEUM.
I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED INVITATIONS FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE EVERYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, UM, PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THERE AS WELL.
ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
UH, BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A FLYER FOR THAT WITH ALL THE TICKET INFORMATION, BUT, UH, IT'LL BE MY FIRST TIME DOING IT.
BUT IT, IT'S A GREAT EVENT AS FAR AS I'M AWARE.
UH, LOTS OF GREAT FOOD, LOTS OF GREAT ENERGY.
IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SOCIALIZE AND MEET EVERYONE, BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN.
AND IT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MUSEUM.
SO I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS COULD BE YEAH.
UM, STARTING ON NOVEMBER 13TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR SENIOR WEEK.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A FLYER IN YOUR GUYS' PACKET THERE FOR THAT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT FREE CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES FOR SENIORS RANGING FROM ART TO HEALTH AND FITNESS.
AND THAT'LL CONCLUDE ALSO WITH THE, THE SENIOR HEALTH FAIR ON THAT FRIDAY, UH, WHERE THEY'LL HAVE TONS OF VENDORS FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF AGING ASSOCIATIONS, HEALTH DENTISTRY, ANY, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH SENIOR WELLBEING.
WE'LL HAVE A, A VENDOR FOR THAT EVENT.
SO IT'LL BE A GREAT WAY FOR ALL THE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO GET OUT THERE, UH, LEARN WHAT RESOURCES THEY HAVE AND REALLY CONNECT.
AND WE ALSO LEFT YOU GUYS WITH A BUNCH OF FLYERS, SO IF YOU WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, UM, ANY BUSINESSES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
UM, 'CAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF VENDORS.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF, UM, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE TO HELP THEM.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT RESOURCES THAT'LL BE THERE.
UM, ALSO DURING THAT WEEK WILL BE OUR EMPLOYEE LUNCHEON.
YOU GUYS ARE ALSO ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND.
UH, ALL THE DETAILS WILL BE THERE.
AGAIN, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF WILL BE THERE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY TO MEET EVERYONE FROM THE CITY.
UH, IT'LL ALSO BE MY FIRST TIME DOING IT, BUT, UM, IT'LL BE REALLY GOOD AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF GREAT MEMORIES.
AND THEN, UH, BEFORE ACTUALLY OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR ON DECEMBER 2ND.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL KINDS OF, UM, VENDORS, EVENTS, UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, ALL THAT'S LISTED OUT ON YOUR FLYER.
BUT WE'LL HAVE CAMEL RIDES THIS YEAR AS WELL FOR $5.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE A, HOPEFULLY A BIG HIT.
UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
UH, WE WILL, WE EXPECT THAT TO ALSO BE A GREAT SUCCESS.
AND ALSO A LITTLE PLUG FOR THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
UH, AS AURORA MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA BE SELLING HOT CHOCOLATE COFFEE AND PASTRIES.
UH, SO EITHER ON YOUR WAY INTO THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY OR ON YOUR WAY OUT, FEEL FREE TO STOP BY AND HELP SUPPORT THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
AND HOW COULD I FORGET? WE'RE GONNA HAVE FIREWORKS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO ALONG WITH EVERYTHING WE ALREADY HAVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE'LL BE CAPPING THE NIGHT OFF WITH FIREWORKS AS WELL.
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A, A REALLY SPECTACULAR EVENT.WHAT TIME ARE THE FIREWORKS? UM, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW.
WHEN DID WE START'S? IT'S AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING, SO RIGHT, RIGHT AFTER TREE LIGHTING.
I, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW THE TIME, BUT IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.
SO THIS YEAR, IF YOU, UM, DIDN'T I, I, I NEED TO STAND UP SO I CAN SEE YOU GUYS TOO,
BUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NOTICE LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, WE DO THE TREE LIGHTING AND THEN IT KIND OF GETS DARK AND NOBODY'S AT STAYING THERE.
AND THE VENDORS START SHUTTING DOWN.
WE DIDN'T CLOSE TILL 10, SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA CLOSE AT EIGHT.
AND SO THAT WAY IT DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD AT THE END AND VENDORS DON'T FEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE TO STAY.
SO THE FIREWORKS WILL BE RIGHT AFTER THE TREE LIGHTING BEFORE WE CLOSE.
AND, UM, IT'LL BE NICE AND DARK BY THEN.
BACK ON THE SENIOR WEEK, THEY HAVE, UM, DIFFERENT CLASSES ALL THROUGH THE WEEK.
AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE WE COULD HELP.
WHAT TYPE OF HELP ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? OH, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, WELL, YEAH, WE WILL TAKE THINGS LIKE REGISTRATION OR IF THERE'S, UM, UH, IF WE'RE DOING ONE OF OUR LITTLE TED TALKS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD, UM, THERE'S WATER TO BE SERVED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, MAYBE ASSISTING THE SENIORS FROM GOING TO ROOM TO ROOM.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG EVENT SCHEDULED.
THE PROBLEM IS, I THINK WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST EL EL NINO STORM STARTING WEDNESDAY.
SO BY FRIDAY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'RE HOPING AND, AND PRAYING, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO, UM, BUT ASSISTING SENIORS WE'RE, UM, EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN REGISTERS PUTS THEIR NAME ON A SHEET.
THEY GO TO OTHER VENDORS TO TALK TO, UM, THE, THE DENTIST THAT'S THERE, THE CHIROPRACTOR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU COULD HELP WITH THAT KIND OF STUFF TOO.
THERE'S LUNCH TO BE SERVED FOR ALL THE SENIORS.
UM, SO THERE'S NEVER GONNA BE A SHORTAGE OF, UH, THINGS TO DO, I THINK.
THERE'S ALSO THE, THE SENIOR DANCE THAT SUNDAY.
AND I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE COOKING UP A BIG THANKSGIVING DINNER FOR THEM.
SO I, I I'M GONNA BE HELPING WITH THAT.
I CAN USE MORE HELP WITH THAT TOO.
ON SUNDAY, ALSO EARLY SUNDAY
AND THAT DANCE IS FREE THIS, THIS MONTH, RIGHT? UM, UH, ANNETTE? YES.
UM, NORMALLY I THINK WE CHARGE $8.
SO, BECAUSE IT'S SENIOR WEEK HERE, UH, THE LIONS ARE GOING TO PAY, UM, UH, THE FULL, UH, DANCE, DANCE COSTS FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, THEY CHANGED THE TABLE TO THE LEFT SIDE.
UH, I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THE SENIORS THAT GO THERE, THEY GO TO DANCE AND THEY GO TO SOCIALIZE.
THEY'VE ALREADY EATEN, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE HOR D'OEUVRES THAT WE SERVE THERE, THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND IT, IT ENDS AT FOUR AND THEN THEY GET SERVED FOOD AND EVERYBODY'S SURPRISED THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THE FOOD'S.
AND YOU HEAR THAT EVERY MONTH IN YOUR PRICE.
AND THEY'RE NOT HUNGRY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE, FOR THE DINNER TOO.
IF WE PUT IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THEN THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK A LOT.
IF WE PUT IN THE LEFT SIDE, YOU KNOW, OR OUR FRESHMENS.
AND, BUT EVERYBODY THERE ARE MORE ACTIVE THAN I AM.
SO
AND EVERYBODY AT THE CITY, THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB.
THEY'RE, UM, THEY LEAVE US THERE AND, UH, WE'RE GROWNUPS.
BUT, UH, EVERYBODY GETS, YOU KNOW, ALONG AND
UH, ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA, THAT I HEAR FROM MANY OF THEM, UH, EVEN LOOKING AT, UM, THE CITY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE THERE THAT ARE, UH, NON-WHITE OR THEIR HISPANIC, UH, WE NEED A BAND THAT HAS A MORE LATIN BEAT.
80% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO, THEY'RE SPANISH SPEAKING.
OH, WELL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
THAT, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
AND THEN I THINK MAYBE YOU AND I CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT.
'CAUSE I'M NOT REALLY VISUALLY NO, I, I THINK IT'S GREAT JUST IF, WHATEVER WAY IT IS, YOU KNOW, I, I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE SENIOR DANCE.
I ACTUALLY TOOK MY MOM TO IT, AND SHE HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME.
UM, I SENT MY COMMENTS DIRECTLY TO MARTHA 'CAUSE I'M, I'M JUST, IT'S JUST BETTER FOR ME TO SEND THEM, LIKE RIGHT AFTER THE EVENT.
AND I DID NOTICE, SO THEY, THEY HAD THE ROOM SET UP WITH TABLES ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT UHHUH
UM, AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BIG.
IT FELT A LITTLE BIT BIG FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE.
WELL, IT WAS A SHORT NUMBER THAT DAY.
YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE GET UP TO 95, 98.
SO IT WAS, UM, SO IT FELT A LITTLE BIT BIG.
AND THEN WHEN WE WERE SERVING, SO THIS IS WHERE WE COULD ALSO USE SOME VOLUNTEER HELP, IS WHEN WE'RE, WE WERE SERVING, BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, TABLES ON BOTH SIDES.
LIKE ONE SIDE GOT SERVED BEFORE THE OTHER.
AND BY THE TIME I GOT TO THEIR SIDE, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WE SAT ON THE WRONG SIDE, DIDN'T WE?
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WE DEFINITELY COULD USE SOME MORE HELP GETTING THE FOOD OUT TO EVERYONE QUICKER.WELL, WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, I MEAN, THE LIONS WOULD PROBABLY COME OUT IF WE NEEDED THE LIONS, THE WOMEN'S CLUB.
I THINK BECAUSE THIS SUMMER WE HAD MORE HELP WITH THE KIDS.
WE HAD MORE HELP, BUT, UM, EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM TO BE OKAY WITH IT.
WE GET CALLS FROM OTHER CITIES ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE EVERYONE ELSE CHARGES MORE OR THEY DON'T DO DINNER, OR WHATEVER THE WORDS ARE.
IT'S ALL THAT PASTA FEST, REMEMBER.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WAS 19,000 THIS YEAR THAT THEY GAVE US.
AND YES, YOU GUYS ALL HELPED, YOU KNOW, RAISE FOR US.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO PAY FOR THESE DANCES AND THE SENIOR FAIR AND, AND KEEP ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES, UM, LOW COST OR FREE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO.
SO I'LL BE GOING IN AND, UH, TAKING A LOT OF DESSERTS AND, UH, SETTING UP THE DESSERT TABLE.
AND THEN THE WOMEN'S CLUB WE'RE MAKING, UM, GIFT BAGS TO GIVE OUT TO ALL THE, THE SENIORS FOR THE DANCE.
AND THEN WHATEVER'S, UH, LEFTOVER, THEN THEY CAN GIVE IT TO THE SENIORS DURING THE WEEK.
KELLY, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN ECHOING WHAT ANNETTE WAS SAYING REGARDING THE SPANISH MUSIC.
UM, IF WE COULD, IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD PUT THE BACKSIDE IN SPANISH, THAT WOULD HELP AS WELL.
WE HAVE A SPANISH VERSION OF THE FLYER, I THINK.
AND, UM, BECAUSE THEY WANTED DETAILS OF THE WEEK ON THE BACK.
SO THAT'S JUST THE ENGLISH VERSION OF OH, OKAY.
IT, IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTION THE BANDS BECAUSE, UM, WE, WE DO THE SUMMER CONCERTS, WE DO THE, FOR SOME REASON, UH, CORN FESTIVAL AND, UM, UH, CITRUS FAIR, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SPANISH MUSIC ON AT LEAST TWO OF THE NIGHTS.
WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE TOO MUCH SPANISH MUSIC.
THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOO, SO WE GET IT FROM BOTH SIDES.
AND, UH, SO WHAT WE TRY TO APPEASE EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CROSS SECTION OF, UM, MUSIC FOR EVERYBODY.
SO ONCE IN A WHILE, WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A BAND THAT PLAYS MULTIPLE, UM, GENRES OF MUSIC, THE SPANISH PLUS, YOU KNOW, ROCK AND ROLL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE DANCE.
EVEN SAY IF IT'S A, A BAND THAT PLAYS TWO OR THREE SONGS.
YOU KNOW, CHACHA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NO, AND I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD.
SO WE'LL, UH, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT IT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, MARTHA DOES A GREAT JOB PLANNING OUR SENIOR DANCES RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S STILL IN AN INFANCY LEVEL BECAUSE WE BROUGHT 'EM BACK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, NOT EVEN A YEAR, I THINK AGO NOW.
SO, UM, ONCE THE YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
AND THE WORKERS, THEY WORK SO HARD.
EVERYONE EVERYONE WORKS SO HARD.
SO, WE'LL, UM, BUT WE COULD TALK OFFLINE ON ANYTHING ELSE TOO.
OR WE CAN AGENDIZE SOMETHING, UM, ON SENIOR DANCES SPECIFICALLY.
IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS ON, ON WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
AND I, I WAS, IF I HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE OPEN HOUSE, IT WAS GREAT.
YOU KNOW, THE, EVERYBODY HAD SO MANY ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE KIDS, AND THE KIDS LOVED IT.
THE PARADE, THE, EACH OF THE NONPROFITS HAD SOMETHING TO OFFER, UM, WHETHER IT WAS, UM, LIKE THE LIONS HAD, UH, DECORATE A COOKIE AND THEY GOT A BIG BOX OF COOKIES.
I REALLY ENJOYED, UM, THE DANCING THAT WAS HAPPENING OVER BY THE LIBRARY.
UHHUH
IT JUST GOT ME TO THINKING IF, IF IT COULD BE LIKE, EXPANDED TO BE LIKE A COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL OPEN HOUSE JUST TO, 'CAUSE THERE WAS ALSO THOSE, UM, PERFORMERS THAT WERE PART OF THE CORN FESTIVAL FROM OAXACA MM-HMM.
THEY HAD THESE BEAUTIFUL HEADDRESSES AND, AND COSTUMES.
IT JUST MADE ME REALIZE HOW, HOW MUCH CULTURE THERE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE, I MEAN, WE HAVE CERTAIN EVENTS FOR A, LIKE, SPECIFIC CULTURES, BUT IF THERE WAS AN EVENT WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES.
SO I WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, AT CHARACTERISTICS AND, YOU KNOW, ETHNIC PEOPLE HERE, THE WA WELL HAAN PEOPLE HAVE SETTLED HERE IN LA HABRA.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PRINCIPLE AND CAPITAL OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD RIGHT.
AND EVERY OTHER CITY IS, IS CELEBRATING THE DAY OF A DEAD.
AND I THINK THAT THE LAHABRA, THAT LAHABRA SHOULD HAVE A DAY OF THE DEAD AND IT ACTUALLY CAN BE INCORPORATED, UH, ON THAT SAME, SAME DAY SINCE EVERYTHING'S, YOU KNOW, HALLOWEEN.
AND IT'S A FEW DAYS AFTER HALLOWEEN THAT I THINK THAT'S, UH, SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
I, I THINK IT IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
UM, I KNOW THE OPEN HOUSE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY JUST CITY HALL.
SO WE TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT WE OFFER AND, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY A SPECIAL EVENT, BUT MORE AN INFORMATIONAL, UH, FAIR FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A STAGE NOW AND WE HAVE ALL THE NON-PROFITS COMING OUT, UM, AND IT'S ONLY OUR SECOND YEAR.
SO WE'RE DECIDING, I THINK, REALLY WHAT THAT EVENT'S GOING TO BE.
SO ANY TYPE OF FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS I THINK IS GOOD FOR US.
AND OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER WAS SAYING THAT, UH, THE, ONE OF THE BIG SHOTS FROM SANTA ANA WAS HERE THAT DAY AND, UH, TOLD HIM, UH, WE JUST HAD OUR OPEN HOUSE AND IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS.
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WE WE'RE SUCH A BIG CITY.I'M GONNA GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, BACK HOME AND TELL PEOPLE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO OUR CITY.
LA HARBOR IS A CARING COMMUNITY AND A CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY LUCKY WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
THERE'S NO NEED TO GO ANYWHERE.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST LEARNING AND, BUT ANY SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS, THOUGHTS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE VERY WELCOME.
SO WHAT THING, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
THAT ONE, UM, DANCE THAT THEY WERE DOING, THAT CULTURAL DANCE, THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY SIGNED THEM ON AT THE CORN FESTIVAL FROM AN INSURANCE AGENCY.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GONNA DO THAT.
IT WAS A GREAT, IT WAS FROM AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN INSURANCE.
UM, UH, CHRISTIE WAS, UH, THE ENTERTAINMENT CHAIR.
SHE WORKS FOR MAR PLANT INSURANCE COMPANY.
SO I THINK SHE DID THE, UH, ENTERTAINMENT THIS YEAR.
IT WAS A GREAT, UM, ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE AT THE CORN FESTIVAL.
SO, SO ONE THOUGHT IS WHEN I DID COME INTO THE ATRIUM, UHHUH
SO MAYBE A WAY TO DRAW PEOPLE FROM THE STREET THROUGH THE ATRIUM INTO THE PARKING LOT WOULD BE TO HAVE LIKE SOMETHING HAPPENING THERE.
SOME KIND OF
UM, BUT OF COURSE, IT, UM, IF WE TAKE THIS PARKING LOT OVER HERE, THEN IT TAKES A LOT OF PARKING AWAY.
SO THEN IT JAM PACKS, UM, THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND THINGS.
AND WE ALREADY SHUT THEM DOWN TWICE A YEAR WITH THE CORN AND CITRUS FAIR.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE GREAT IF BE THIS SIDE CITY HALL AND THAT SIDE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, THE PEOPLE, YEAH.
LAST YEAR IT WAS, THERE WAS MORE PEOPLE INSIDE THAN THERE WAS OUTSIDE.
AND HE, AND HONESTLY AND TRULY, THIS EVENT STARTED AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPEN HOUSE EVERY YEAR.
THEY DID IT ALL EVERY OCTOBER.
AND THEN THE CITY SAYS, OH, WELL, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTED AND FINE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HALL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT BECAME A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE.
UM, WITH, UM, OUR DEPARTMENTS NOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ANYMORE TO GO INTO THEIR AREA, WHICH THEY, THEY DO JAIL TOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE INFANCY OF THIS EVENT NOW, AND I THINK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR IDENTITY IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES OF HERE, BUT IT'LL INEVITABLY BE NOBODY CAME ON THIS SIDE OR NOBODY CAME ON THAT SIDE.
SO NO, I DIDN'T SEE MUCH SIGNAGE POINT DIRECTING YOU TO GO THOSE WAYS.
HAVING THOSE BIG WAVY GUYS TO POINT YOU INTO THE PD, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, BECAUSE THE JAIL TOUR IS PRETTY INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, UM, SO WE'LL, BUT WE'LL TAKE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS FROM NOW UNTIL NEXT SEPTEMBER-ISH.
UH, AND, UH, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO, UH, RICHARD JUST REMINDED ME WE SHOULD GET BACK TO THE AGENDA, UM,
IT'S ESPECIALLY EVENT CALENDAR, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTMENT FOR THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE CITY OF LA HARBOR TURNS 100 JANUARY 20TH, 2025.
SO WE HAVE STARTED OUR PLANNING FOR THAT EVENT.
WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE EVENT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE OR IF THERE'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE EVENTS, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE FACING A LITTLE BIT OF A FINANCIAL CRISIS WITH OUR, OUR NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT.
SO, UM, WE HAD SET ASIDE $250,000 AS OF JULY 1ST THIS YEAR.
AND NOW THEY'VE KIND OF TAKEN THAT BACK AND SAID, WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
AND, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, THAT COMMITTEE, I'M GONNA READ THESE BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REMEMBER EVERY ONE OF 'EM.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHO, UM, HAS BEEN APPOINTED SO FAR.
UH, ONE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UH, WHAT IS CARRIE SEARCH ONE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER THAT WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE TONIGHT? ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE LAHABRA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS DEBBIE MUSSER, IF YOU GUYS KNOW HER.
SHE USED TO BE A PLANNING COMMISSION MM.
COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER.
UM, I'M NOT A WHILE AGO BEFORE I GOT HERE.
UH, LAHABRA HOST LYONS IS, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE IS, IS IT KATHY? KATHY FELIX, THANKS VERY MUCH.
UM, ROTARY CLUB IS, UM, DON STEELY, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S, UH, SCOTT MILLER.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS ALL KNOW HOW MUCH HE DOES FOR US.
AND WE'VE INVITED SAMUEL FROM THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET HERE.
THE REASON WE INVITED HIM OUT OF ALL THE CHURCHES IN LAHABRA IS BECAUSE THAT, UM, HIS CHURCH IS THE O OLDEST BUILDING IN LAHABRA.
AND SO WHILE THEY ARE NOT THE SAME PASTORS AND THE SAME FAMILY, IT'S STILL THE OLDEST BUILDING.
THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED WITH, UM, UH, A WOMEN'S CLUB IS, UM, NATALIE SCHOLER WHITE.
UM, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LAHABRA.
I'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHO ENDED UP BEING THAT AT POINTEE.
UH, FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS
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JIMMY ANDREOLI.LA HARBA ART ASSOCIATION IS MARY SCHULTZ.
LA HABA SCHOOL DISTRICT IS, UH, GINA COZA LION.
LOWELL JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS JIM COOMBS.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON FULLERTON JOINT.
AND THEN WE RESERVE TWO, UH, APPOINTEES FROM OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE AND SEE WHO WE NEEDED.
AND SO FAR, WE APPOINTED FROM OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT, ROY RAMIN FROM THE LIONS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME PLUS, UH, WORKED HERE FOR, UM, UH, MANY YEARS.
AND WE, UM, JESS BADILLA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HIM, BUT HE'S A LONG, LONG TERM VOLUNTEER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN, THEN WE HAVE FIVE AT LARGE, UM, APPOINTEES FROM THE COUNCIL, WHICH, UH, COMMISSIONER LIMON WAS APPOINTED BY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN ESPINOZA.
UM, GABBY GARCIA, THE CHAIR GARCIA WAS APPOINTED BY JOSE MADANO.
UM, UM, LET'S SEE, JIM GOMEZ APPOINTED ROSA ESPINOZA.
AND, UH, DARREN IAN, UH, APPOINTED NORMA PEREZ OCHOA I'M SURE.
AND, UM, UH, STEVE SIMONIAN APPOINTED RANDY MCMILLAN.
SO WE ARE STILL WAITING JUST ON THE FULLERTON JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THE BUSINESSES ONES THAT WE CHOSE, EL CHOLO AND NORTHGATE AS OUR BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE.
SO ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WILL BE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, MAYBE NOT EXACTLY THE WORKING VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AS A 23 PERSON, UH, COMMITTEE TO PLAN THIS EVENT.
BUT THAT'S JUST A STEERING COMMITTEE.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE OTHER, UM, VOLUNTEER COMMITTEES THAT, THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER, UM, FOR, WE INTEND ON HAVING A COUPLE OF SUBCOMMITTEES INCLUDING PUBLICITY, FUNDRAISING, SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF EVENTS.
SPECIAL EVENTS, NEW SPECIAL EVENTS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, WE HOPE TO HAVE THE, UM, LIONS PARADE.
WE JUST ARE GONNA ENHANCE THE PARADE AND MAKE IT OUR CENTENNIAL PARADE.
WE'LL WORK WITH THE LIONS TO DO THAT.
BUT WE MIGHT STILL, IF WE CAN FIND THE MONEY, STILL PLAN A BIG CELEBRATION WITH A, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A WEEKEND OR JUST ONE DAY, BUT A BIG BAND, A A BIG GALA, YOU KNOW, THAT A FUN FEST FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANNING TO DO.
UM, WE HOPE TO, UH, MEET ONCE BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS AT LEAST SO WE CAN GATHER OUR BEARINGS, BECAUSE ONCE WE START IN JANUARY, WE'RE A YEAR OUT.
BECAUSE, WE'LL, IT'LL BE JANUARY 24 AND, UM, THE, UH, THE ANNIVERSARY ITSELF WILL KICK OFF JANUARY OF 25.
WE'LL DO EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WHAT WE NEED FROM THE COMMISSION TONIGHT IS AN APPOINTEE.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE ALREADY APPOINTED.
SO THEN IT'S THE THREE PEOPLE.
SO YOU COULD DO IT A COUPLE OF WAYS.
YOU CAN DO IT ONE WHERE YOU JUST NOMINATE SECOND VOTE AND KEEP DOING IT THAT WAY FOR THE, UH, THE THREE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
OR WE CAN PUT PICK OUT OF A HAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU WANT TO NOMINATE VOTE AND, AND SECOND AND ALL THAT.
SO IT'S UP TO YOU, UM, ON HOW YOU'D LIKE TO PERFORM THAT.
I DIDN'T WRITE NAMES IN A HAT YET THOUGH.
I, BUT HOW COULD YOU USE A PENCIL HOLDER?
SO I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE IN OF THE THREE OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED, BECAUSE I THINK WE MIGHT JUST DO A NOMINATION.
IF, IF, IF THERE'S, IF ONLY ONE'S INTERESTED.
LET, LET'S, WE'LL DO A NOMINATION.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? I NOMINATE DENISE SECOND.
THERESA, CAN YOU DECLINE? WHAT'S THAT? YOU CAN DECLINE IF YOU'RE, I I'M GONNA HAVE TO DECLINE AND IT MAKES IT KIND OF EASY.
YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED, RICHARD? NO.
YOU COULD BE, IF THINGS SLOW DOWN, YOU COULD BE ON OUR VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE TOO.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND THEN FOR COMMISSIONER DENISE? I SECOND.
WANNA TAKE ROLL CALL RECORDING.
WHAT'S THAT? DID SOMEONE RECORD THAT? I, SO WE HAVE A, A NOMINATION BY, UM, COMMISSIONER ROJAS FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT AND A SECOND BY CHAIR GARCIA.
AND SO WE'LL TAKE ROLL CALL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A VOICE VOTE ON THIS.
DENISE HAS TO VOTE FOR HERSELF TOO.
SO WE HAVE OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT.
WE'LL BE GETTING IN CONTACT WITH YOU SOON.
AND, UM, COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND LIMON TOO, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FULL COMMITTEE NOW.
CAN I ASK IT, DID THEY, UM, CONSIDER HAVING ANY LIKE STUDENTS ON THE COMMISSION? ON THE COMMITTEE? WE WILL HAVE A YOUTH COMPONENT WITH THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
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OKAY.UM, BUT PROBABLY ON THE, UM, UM, THE WORKING COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, SO MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL, ONCE WE GET ALL OF THE, WE, UM, WE'RE WAITING ON CONFIRMATIONS.
WE'RE WAITING ON ROTARY AND, UM, UH, LOW JOINTS, FULLTON JOINTS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SO ONCE WE GET THOSE, WE'LL ANNOUNCE 'EM, WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, A PORTAL OPEN, UM, THAT JUST ASKS FOR QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS.
AND THEN WE WILL, UM, IN JANUARY OPEN UP, UH, A WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CENTENNIAL.
I DON'T WANNA PUT WORK ON YOU.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT ARE OUR PLANS? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
HOW CAN I BECOME VOL INVOLVED AS A RESIDENT? RIGHT.
NO, I THINK IT'S GREAT BUSINESS PERSON.
WHAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE LIST, IS OF THOSE 23, HOW MANY YEARS THEY REPRESENT IN LA HABRA AND SOMETHING LIKE THE WOMEN'S CLUB EVEN, IT MIGHT NOT ONLY BE NATALIE, BUT THE WOMEN'S CLUB JUST CELEBRATED THEIR HUNDRED 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST DID THEIR HUNDRED 25TH.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY AMAZING, I THINK.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, UH, COMMISSIONER KEMP.
KEKER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.
I'D JUST TO SAY, LIKE, TO SAY THE, UM, OPEN HOUSE WAS AWESOME.
UH, I HAD MY GRANDSONS WITH ME THAT DAY AND MY, MY DAUGHTER, AND THEY WERE SO IMPRESSED, UH, THEY COULDN'T STOP PLAYING THE GAMES AND, UH,
ONE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS THERE, I CAME INSIDE, UH, CITY HALL AND I WAS TALKING TO SONYA LOU MM-HMM.
SO I JUST HAPPENED TO MENTION TO HER THAT I HAD THIS CRAZY IDEA FOR HAVING HOSTING A LOVE OF LAHABRA HISTORIC CORRIDOR EVENT.
SHE GOES, WELL, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING,
WE'RE HIRED A CONSULTANT AND THERE'S A, THE F IT'S EARLY IN THE STAGES RIGHT NOW.
TIMELINE IS FOR THIS FALL TO DO A VISION AND DA DATA ANALYSIS IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.
LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES BY SUMMER, A SPECIFIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT BY SPRING WINTER OF THE NEXT YEAR, AN EIR, AND THEN AN EIR ADOPTION.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THIS GROUP'S WORK YES.
THAT THEY'VE CALLING US TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS OR YES.
BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S HOW DO WE WANNA ENVISION THE FUTURE OF LA HAPER BOULEVARD? IT'S A HEFTY PLAN.
YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, AND YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS, SO IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S FINALLY COME TO FRUITION.
UM, THE CITY'S HAS A, A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THIS.
IT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT IT'LL COST JUST TO HAVE THE CONSULTANT TALK TO AND DO THIS PLAN.
AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF STAFF TIME THAT'LL BE ACCUMULATED WITH THAT.
BUT THEY'RE, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HOPING TO ADD THIS PORTION HERE DOWN TO PORTOLA PARK FOR US, SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO BRAND THIS AS THE, UM, UH, WHAT DID I CALL IT? UM, CULTURE.
THE HERITAGE MUSEUM AND OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT.
AND, UM, SO WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE DEPOT THEATER AND SO THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT, THAT THIS SPECIFIC PLAN CAN BE BOLDED OUT AND KEEP US IN THERE IN THAT PLAN.
SO THAT WAY THAT'S ALWAYS A PRIORITY OF THE CITY ALSO.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THANKS TO ALL OF YOU.
AND I THINK I MAY HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER YOUTH COMMITTEE MEMBER.
I WAS AT THE MUSEUM, UH, STATION AND THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK I DRAGGED ONE OF YOU OVER THERE AND
CONNECTED YOU AND HOPEFULLY RECRUITED A NEW MEMBER.
LAST, YEAH, LAST, UH, WE'RE STILL, I THINK TAKING APPLICATIONS LAST, UH, SESSION OF OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE WAS THE LARGEST WE'VE EVER HAD AND PROBABLY THE MOST ACTIVE TOO.
IT WAS VERY GOOD FOR THANK YOU GUYS.
THAT WAS, WELL I THINK, UH, THE OPEN HOUSE WAS GREAT ONCE AGAIN, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE ATRIUM BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION.
UH, FOR SOME REASON, BECAUSE I'M A COMMISSIONER, EVERYBODY CALLS ME AND I, AND THIS AND MY NEIGHBOR THAT AND YOU KNOW, THIS CODE AND THAT CODE
SO JUST ASKING QUESTIONS TO EVERYONE WAS GREAT.
'CAUSE I GOT A LOT OF ANSWERS AND PHONE NUMBERS AND CARDS, UH, TO REFER.
THAT WAS THE POINT OF OPEN HOUSE WAS THAT WE SHOW OUR RESIDENTS WHAT WE DO.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S A CITY HALL OPEN HOUSE, BUT THEY CALL IT A COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE INVITED THE NONPROFITS.
SO I SAID LIKE, FOR NEXT YEAR, I'M REALLY GOING TO INVITE THE WHOLE HO HA BECAUSE OF EVERY QUESTION THEY WANT.
THEY CAN GET IT ANSWERED RIGHT HERE IN THE ATRIUM.
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HEADS WERE AT THEIR BOOTHS OR AROUND IN, WITHIN THE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT.IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY AMAZING.
AND IT WAS FUN BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE THERE AND IT WAS HALLOWEEN, SO.
AND IT WAS GREAT FOR HALLOWEEN TOO.
UM, HOW THEY HAD SO MANY KIDS HERE.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THE OFFICES DECORATED AND EVERYBODY IN COSTUME.
ALL THE CHILDREN AND THE TEACHERS AND YEAH, IT WAS GREAT.
IS THE OFFICE ON, IS IT ONLINE? DID THEY, THAT CONTEST? I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOOK VIDEOS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
DISPLAY THE DECORATING CONTEST.
I'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PICTURES.
I HAVEN'T SEEN 'EM YET MYSELF.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED, THE EMAIL CAME IN, I WAS DRIVING, I'M LIKE, OH, WHEN I GET HOME I'M GONNA DO THAT.
AND I'M LIKE, OH, I KNOW, I KNOW.
UH, COMMISSIONER SCHMIDT, ANY COMMENTS? UM, JUST THAT, UM, THE PAST FEW WEEKS THERE'S BEEN A FEW RIBBON CUTTINGS OH.
AND ONE THAT I WENT TO AND, AND IT WAS, THERE WAS THE DINGO? NO, NO.
IT'S OVER BY BEHIND WALMART, ON HARBOR AND IMPERIAL.
A TEMPORARY STAFFING BUSINESS.
OH, YOU SAID ICE? IT'S KIND OF LIKE A RE A REOPENING.
'CAUSE THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT ANNETTE CAN SING
DID YOU GET HER ON THE PHONE? AND SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB.
I'VE GOT ME AND, UH, ME AND, UH, ROSE, ROSE ESPINOZA.
THERE'S ANOTHER FESTIVAL RIGHT THERE.
UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE I WENT TO, WHICH WAS THE DINGO, UM, GROOMING.
WHICH IS OVER BY EL RANCH CHETO.
THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE BEHIND EL RANCHITO A LITTLE BIT BURIED.
YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KNOW IT'S THERE.
AND SO, AS I HEAR ABOUT 'EM, YOU GUYS WILL GET AN EMAIL OR TEXT FROM ME.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS, WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT 'EM.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER DOES 'EM OR JIM GOMEZ DOES 'EM, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR, HEAR.
WELL, I'M GLAD THEY'RE DOING THEM.
YEAH, THAT'S, I'LL SEND THEM OUT.
UM, I HAD ACTUALLY A QUESTION.
SO I SAW A POSTING ON FACEBOOK ABOUT A, AN EVENT CALLED SHOWERS OF GRACE THAT WAS PUT ON BY ONE OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
AND IT'S WHERE, UM, HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND TAKE SHOWERS AND GET HYGIENE SUPPLIES.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.
I I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT IT BEFORE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY, IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR A CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR LIAISON SERVICES AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OFFER THEM MORE OFTEN, WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
WE COULD DEFINITELY REFER TO THEM.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT CHURCH IT WAS.
UM, THE NEW LIFE CHURCH OF LAVA.
MAYBE I CAN LOOK AT SOME MORE INFORMATION AND WE CAN, UM, LOOK INTO IT.
UM, MOST GOVERNMENT AGENCIES DON'T ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UM, FOOD GIVEAWAYS ON CITY PROPERTY AND, AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONLY BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL PEOPLE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE GROUPS, THEY, THEY, UM, THEY NETWORK.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING REALLY GOOD PEOPLE COME FROM WHITTIER, THEY COME FROM ANAHEIM, AND, UM, I MEAN ANY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT, SEE WHAT, WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THEY DID AND WHAT, HOW THE CHURCH HANDLED IT.
BUT WE COULD DEFINITELY REFER PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE STREET OR THAT WE CONNECT WITH, OR WE HAVE, UM, GOSH, I JUST LOOKED AT THE REPORT YESTERDAY.
WE PROBABLY HAVE, I, I DON'T WANNA BE WRONG, 70, UM, CLIENTS THAT ARE REGISTERED AND TALKING TO US RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION IS VERY DIFFICULT TO, UM, GARNER TRUST WITH.
SO IT TAKES, THEY SAY 10, 10 CONNECTIONS IF SOMEBODY IS, UM, WITHOUT HOUSING AND HAS, UM, MAYBE A, UM, AN ADDICTION TAKES 10, 10 CONNECTIONS BEFORE THEY EVEN WILL TALK TO YOU.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CHRONIC HOMELESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'RE DOING STILL A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
UM, THE LIST I JUST SAW, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL SEND YOU GUYS, UM, OUR MONTHLY REPORT.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, WHAT WE, WHAT WE DO AND HOW MANY, UM, PEOPLE WE'VE PROVIDED HOUSING.
WE HAD ONE OF OUR, WE WE CALL 'EM CHRONIC, WHICH MEANS YOU'VE BEEN WITHOUT HOUSING FOR OVER THREE YEARS.
UM, WE JUST HOUSED ONE OF THOSE AND WE WERE SO HAPPY.
SHE HAS HER OWN APARTMENT NOW.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY AMAZING THING WHEN, UM, SOMEBODY, SHE HERSELF HAS BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR 15 YEARS.
AND SO WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT SHE FINALLY ACCEPTED SERVICES.
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A PLACE, WE, WE DO A MATCH MEETING WITH A COUPLE OF AGENCIES EACH WEEK THAT'LL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE A VOUCHER.AND, UM, SO YOU CAN MATCH SERVICES.
BUT I'LL SEND YOU GUYS THE MONTHLY REPORT FROM OUR, OUR PROGRAM.
AND THAT PROGRAM STILL IN, IS IN ITS INFANCY ALSO.
WE STARTED MAY OF 2022, SO WE'RE NOT EVEN A YEAR AND A HALF IN, WELL, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF IN.
AND, UM, THEY'VE DONE SOME REMARKABLE, UM, UH, THEY MADE A, A LOT OF REMARKABLE CHANGES.
WE ALSO HAVE THE POINT IN TIME IN JANUARY WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS, UM, ABREAST OF THAT.
THAT, IF YOU RECALL, IS WHERE WE ALL GO OUT ABOUT THREE IN THE MORNING AND WE COUNT THE, THOSE THAT ARE UNHOUSED, WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
AND THEN THE COUNTY TAKES, UM, UH, CONTROL OF THE, THE, THE NUMBERS.
IT SAYS LAST THREE YEARS THAT WE HAVE 45 THAT ARE UNHOUSED IN LA HABRA, BUT WE KNOW IT'S GREATER THAN THAT.
AND I, I WASN'T SAYING FOR THE CITY TO OFFER IT, BUT JUST TO PARTNER WITH THE CHURCH.
'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND WE KNOW WHO THESE FOLKS ARE.
AND FIND A WAY TO GET THEM THERE SO THAT THE CHURCH CAN HELP THEM.
UM, THE LAST THING I HAD IS DENISE AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH, UM, KIM AND ANTHONY TO GET SOME PLANNING DONE FOR OUR, UM, COMMISSION.
AND SO WE, WE, IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, SO WE CAN'T ACTUALLY TAKE ANY ACTION ON IT TODAY, BUT WE WANNA ADD IT TO THE AGENDA SURE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO A MOTION, WE MAKE A MOTION AND HAVE TWO PEOPLE HAVE A SECOND.
THAT YOU WANNA PUT A AGENDA ITEM NEXT YEAR.
CAN I HAND OUT SOME INFORMATION TO THEM OR DO A YEAH, I HAVE TO.
SO THIS IS, UH, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, WE'D LIKE TO STRUCTURE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, AND THERE'S COPIES FOR YOU AS WELL IF WE CAN ADD THEM DOWN.
UM, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A MISSION STATEMENT, UH, GOALS AND A PLAN FOR OUR COMMISSION.
AND WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEM, UH, GET DISCUSSION, GOING TO SEE HOW, HOW YOU GUYS, HOW YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO THIS.
AND SO WE'LL PUT THAT, WE'D LIKE TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, UM, FOR NEXT TIME.
SO IF I, I, CAN I MAKE THE MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION YEAH, SURE.
TO ADD A DIS I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO WORD THIS, TO ADD A DISCUSSION AROUND.
SO, UM, THAT JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU WANNA, UM, AGENDIZE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, UM, GOALS AND PLANNING FOR 2020 3 24 MISSION STATEMENT, GOALS, PLANNING, AND ALSO A REVIEW OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO I THINK WE ALSO GOT A COPY OF WHAT THE CURRENT OR THE LATEST, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS ARE.
SO WE WANNA REVIEW THAT AGAIN SINCE WE'VE ADDED A COMMISSIONER LIMON.
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, UM, IS STILL PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES THEY WANNA BE A PART OF.
ON WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AND YOU SEE THE MISSION STATEMENT, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S PUT OUT THERE AS A GUIDE.
SO WHEN WE GO IN DECEMBER, IF YOU HAVE A BETTER MISSION STATEMENT OR WANT TO EDIT THIS, IT'S JUST OUT THERE AS A GUIDE.
I'M SURE KIM PROBABLY TOLD YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU COULD LOOK AT THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL, IT'LL BE IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE GUIDELINES.
IT'LL BE, UM, SO, UM, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE DICTATES WHAT, WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS AND, UM, HOW, HOW FAR WE CAN EXTEND OUR AUTHORITIES FOR ANYTHING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT TOO.
WHAT IS THAT CODE? UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CODE NUMBER IS, BUT I COULD, I I, I COULD PULL IT UP AND JUST SEND IT TO Y'ALL.
YOU, I, I'M SURE RICHARD, YOU RIGHT NOW CAN GO ON IT TOO AND TELL US
UM, CAN I GET A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
ONE LAST THING BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE, I, I EXPECT US TO HAVE A, A DISCUSSION, A PRETTY, MAYBE NOT LENGTHY, BUT A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN, UM, EXTEND OUR TIME AT THE NEXT MEETING TO START AT SIX O'CLOCK FOR THE DECEMBER 13TH MEETING.
WILL THAT WORK FOR YOUR IT DEPENDS ON THEM THAT WORK FOR THE CITY THAT'LL I DIDN'T HAVE, SIR.
WE COULD PROBABLY HANDLE THAT.
WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE POST IT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR MEETINGS HAVE, THEY HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.
AND SO IF WE'RE CHANGING THE DAYS, TIMES, OR UM, LENGTH, THEN WE JUST HAVE TO POST IT.
SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT POSTED RIGHT.
PLUS, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE TO, SO HOW DOES THAT WORK FOR ADJOURNING
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THE MEETING? DO I STILL SAY THE OLD TIME? UM, WHY DON'T YOU SAY TILL SIX O'CLOCK? UM, IF, IF EVERY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE, UM, IT CAN, IT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SIX O'CLOCK ON DECEMBER 13? WHAT'S THE DATE? UH, WHERE IS THAT? 13TH? DECEMBER 13TH.DOESN'T ANYBODY EV EVERYBODY CAN MAKE SIX O'CLOCK.
IF EVERYBODY COULD RICHARD, JUST START AT SIX? SURE.
SO ADJOURNED TILL SIX O'CLOCK ON DECEMBER 13TH.
SO WITH THAT, I, THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED TO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT 6:00 PM DID, DID THERESA, UH, DID YOU, UM, GIVE YOUR, UH, COMMISSIONER RE UH, WORDS OR RESPONSE? NO.