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UH, I CALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING
[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2024 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
TO ORDER, UH, FOR OUR INVOCATION AS WE GATHER TO CONSIDER CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT.LET OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BE OPEN TO THE SPIRIT OF COMPASSION AND COLLABORATION.
MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS BE FILLED WITH WISDOM? OUR DECISIONS BE JUST, AND OUR ENDEAVORS BE A TESTAMENT TO THE STRENGTH THAT LIES WITHIN OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION.
LET US BE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND COME READY TO CONTRIBUTE OUR SKILLS, TIME AND ENERGY TO IMPROVE SUPPORT AND ASSIST WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR CARING COMMUNITY.
LA HABRA, IF YOU CAN ALL STAND AND VICE-CHAIR SCHMIDT, CAN YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? SURE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
ANTHONY, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL SET.
CHAIR GARCIA PRESENT VICE CHAIR SCHMIDT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO 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 AND LIMITED TO THREE MIN ME 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 THE 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 ITEMS OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 0.38.
SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
SEEING NONE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR PORTION.
ALL MATTERS, UH, ALL MATTERS ON CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
UNLESS THE COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST 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 LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOANED 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 AND ONLY ITEM ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ARE THE DECEMBER 20, 23 MEETING MINUTES.
UM, DID EVERYONE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES? OKAY.
ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS ON THOSE? NO.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 20, 23 MINUTES.
OPPOSED? 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, 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.
AND THE FIRST ITEM UNDER CONSIDERATION ITEMS IS THE CDBG PROGRAM, FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE FRONT SO THAT IT'S OKAY.
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COMMISSIONERS.UH, MY NAME'S SALVADOR ORTEGA.
I'M THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR WITH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING CDBG FUNDING REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE 20 24 20 25 PROGRAM YEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, MIRANDA AND SUSAN AND DEVELOPING THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS AND APPROVAL.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL PROGRAM.
IN 20 24 20, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING $65,000 AND 2023.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S SUCCESSFUL GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM RECEIVED THE $55,337 IN CDBG FUNDING SUPPORT IN 20 23, 20 24, AND $61,107 IN 2022.
AND WE ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE HARBOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES A GRAFFITI FREE ENVIRONMENT AND A POSITIVE COMMUNITY IMAGE.
THE PROGRAM REMOVES GRAFFITI FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY TO DISCOURAGE FURTHER GRAFFITI, MAINTAIN PROP PROPERTY STANDARDS, AND PREVENT NEIGHBORHOOD DEGRADATION.
THE PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY ONE FULL-TIME AND TWO PART-TIME.
EMPLOYEES WITH SERVICES PROVIDED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE GENERAL FUND COVERS THE COST OF THE PROGRAM THAT THE CDBG ALLOCATION DOES NOT COVER.
A 24 HOUR HOTLINE ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO REPORT GRAFFITI, AND THE GRAFFITI IS TYPICALLY REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS.
CITY STAFF, INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, ALSO REPORT GRAFFITI DIRECTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OR TO THE HOTLINE.
MANY TIMES THE GRAFFITI IS REMOVED BEFORE THE MORNING TRAFFIC FLOW.
MANY TIMES THE GRAFFITI IS REMOVED BEFORE THE MORNING TRAFFIC FLOW, BEFORE IT IS SEEN BY THE PUBLIC.
UM, ON THEIR WAY TO WORK IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023, GRAFFITI, GRAFFITI REMOVALS STATS AS OF NOVEMBER 11TH, 2023 ARE AS FOLLOWS.
NON CDBG AREAS, WE HAD 2,436 TAGS, UM, THAT CONSISTED OF 28,956 SQUARE FEET.
AND IN THE CDBG AREAS, WE HAD JUST OVER 9,000 TAGS.
9,347 WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 1,400, I'M SORRY, 141,178 SQUARE FEET.
THE GRAFFITI ABATEMENT PROGRAM HAS PREVIOUSLY MET AND ADDRESSED CDBG OBJECTIVES BY BENEFITING LOW, VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREAS OF LA HARA AND AIDING IN THE PRESERVATION AND ELIMINATING OF SLUM BLIGHT.
THE MAJORITY OF THE CAUSE FOR GRAFFITI REMOVAL ORIGINATING IN THE CDBG ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS.
THE CDBG FUNDS REQUESTED ARE USED FOR STAFF SALARIES AND TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL AND ELIGIBLE CDBG AREAS.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRAFFITI PROGRAM? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY HELP FROM THE NONPROFITS THAT HELP YOU WITH THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL? I BELIEVE WE DON'T.
AND TO MY UNDER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
OH, BECAUSE YOUR YEARS AGO, THE LIONS CLUB USED TO HELP WITH THE REMOVAL.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ASSISTANCE, BUT I COULD DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
YEAH, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE LIONS AND, UH, SHE WAS A TEENAGER THEN AND SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL, SO THEY, THEY WOULD CALL HER THE CITY.
SO I WAS THINKING THAT WAS STILL IN PROGRESS.
BUT, UM, I GUESS IT'S CHANGED SINCE THEN.
I THINK HAVING THE ONE FULL-TIME STAFF AND TWO PART-TIME STAFF WHO ARE ON CALL REALLY, YOU KNOW, TWENTY FOUR SEVEN.
UM, SOMETIMES WE'LL GET A CALL FROM A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND THEY SAY, HEY, WHO'S, WHO'S WORKING RIGHT NOW? AND SOMETIMES IT'S NOBODY.
AND THEN WE, WE HAVE, UH, PART-TIME STAFF WHO ARE ALSO TRAINED, WHO ARE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL CALL THEM AND THEY'RE ON CALL AND THEY'LL GO AND TAKE DOWN WHATEVER GRAFFITI IS UP.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, ON WOODIER BOULEVARD AND EUCLID, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE GAS STATION, THEY'RE BUILDING A HOME.
SO THERE WAS GRAFFITI ON THE BACK OF THOSE BUSINESSES AND, UM, THE GRAFFITI HOTLINE, UM, THE CITY COULDN'T HELP BECAUSE IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE, THE, IT WAS UP TO THE OWNER.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN A CASE LIKE THAT TO, WELL, IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE, IT, IT'S UP TO THE, TO THE, OKAY.
SO THAT'S WHERE CODE ENFORCEMENT COMES INTO PLACE.
UM, USUALLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES WILL REFER IT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, DEPENDING ON, IF THEY DON'T, UM, REMOVE IT
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RIGHT AWAY, THEN THEY'LL OPEN UP A CASE AND THEN THEY'LL MANAGE THE CASE UNTIL THE PROPERTY OWNER GETS THE GRAFFITI REMOVED.I JUST HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
THE PARK, THE VISTA DELVAL PARK, I'VE PERSONALLY CALLED A FEW TIMES, AND I'M TELLING YOU, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON IT, THEY'RE THERE AND THEY CLEAN IT UP.
AND I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY NOT IN THE AREA OF THIS GRANT, BUT THE WHOEVER'S GOING OUT THERE, THE CITY STAFF EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
I RELAY THE, WE ALSO HAD, UM, GRAFFITI.
I LIVE IN COUNTRY HILLS, UH, WEST AND ON EUCLID, THERE'S A WALL AND IT'S, WE'RE BEHIND THAT WALL.
AND, UM, IT'S BEEN TAGGED MANY TIMES AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS GO OUT AND PAINT IT.
AND I KNOW THAT CITY'S ASKED US NOT TO DO IT 'CAUSE THEY'LL DO IT, AND THEN THEY, THEY CAN LOG IT, SO COULD DOCUMENT IT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE? LIKE? IS IT INCREASING, IS IT DECREASING? IS IT STAYING ABOUT THE SAME? I I DON'T HAVE THOSE STATS IN FRONT OF ME.
AND IS THERE A MAP OF THE CDBG, WHAT THE CDBG AREA IS? YES, THERE IS, THERE ISN'T BECAUSE THE AREAS CHANGE, UM, OFTEN.
SO WE HAD PRODUCED MAPS IN THE BEGINNING, BUT BECAUSE THEY CHANGE SO OFTEN, THE MAPS BECOME OUTDATED QUITE QUICKLY.
SO EVERY YEAR WE, WE JUST HAVE TO GO TO HUD'S WEBSITE AND LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES FOR EACH OF THE CENSUS TRACKS TO DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE STILL CDBG ELIGIBLE.
WE HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT WE USE WHEN WE GET THE, UM, REPORTS FROM GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
WE ENTER THE INFORMATION ON A SPREADSHEET, A SPREADSHEET THAT WE'RE TRACKING, AND THEN IT'LL LET US KNOW THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR EACH CENSUS TRACK THAT IS CDBG ELIGIBLE VERSUS THE GRAFFITI THAT WAS REMOVED FROM NON CDBG ELIGIBLE AREAS.
AND WE JUST UPDATE THAT SPREADSHEET WHENEVER A HUD CHANGES THE, UM, THE ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS.
AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH IT.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO IT ON THE MAP JUST BECAUSE IT CHANGES SO OFTEN.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, RICHARD? OKAY.
UH, THE NEXT PROGRAM IS THE LAHABRA COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 20 24, THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DIVISION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT INITIATED PROGRAM THROUGH CDBG FUNDING THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE TO CONNECT LA HABER RESIDENTS TO TRAINING AND GREATER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS LA HABER BUSINESSES TO QUALIFIED PRE-SCREENED, APPLICANTS SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF ASSIST THE UNHOUSED AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESS, UH, IN RESUME BUILDING, JOB SEARCH BENEFIT APPLICATIONS AND MORE.
THE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED, UH, $12,700 AND $12,709 IN FISCAL YEAR 2324.
AND WE EXPECT TO USE THE ENTIRE ALLOCATION.
THE NEW PROGRAM IS STILL IN THE INFANCY STAGES AT THIS POINT, BUT WE FEEL THAT THE SYNERGY WE HAVE RECENTLY BUILT WITH THE PROGRAM AT THE HILLCREST, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, INCLUDING THE GARY CENTER, VCC, THE CR C-R-N-R-C-R-C-C, AND THE COLLABORATIVE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH THE PROGRAM AND REALIZE RAPID SUCCESS.
WE HAVE SECURED A LOCATION, UM, TO STATION THE PART-TIME STAFF PERSON AT THE CENTER, AND WE WILL SHARE OTHER RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MOMENT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROGRAM? AND, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING $15,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25.
CAN I ASK YOU WHERE THAT LOCATION MAY BE? IT'S AT THE HILLCREST CENTER, UM, AT, UH, THE HILLCREST HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER.
AND STAFF DO HAVE, UH, UH, OFFICE HOURS ON EVERY THURSDAY, UM, FOR FOUR HOURS WHERE THEY CAN, ANYONE STOPS BY AND HAS QUESTIONS.
THE, UM, OUTREACH COORDINATORS ARE THERE ON A STOPPING BASIS.
BUT HAVING FULL-TIME OFFICE HOURS IS TOUGH BECAUSE YEAH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T, THEY MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND THEY DON'T MAKE IT.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH.
SO IT'S ONE, UM, PART-TIME PERSON.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME STAFF, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET AN ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF, BUT WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME
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HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATORS AT THE MOMENT.OH, IS THAT, IS THAT THE SAME AS THIS EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM? DO THEY ALSO WORK FOR THAT? THEY DON'T WORK FOR THEM.
THEY, THEY WILL HELP ANYBODY WHO'S TRYING TO APPLY FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.
DOES THE GENERAL FUND COVER THE REST OF THE SALARY FOR THAT PART-TIME PERSON? 'CAUSE I'M GUESSING 12,000 DOESN'T COVER THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I THINK THAT WE DO NEED THIS, UM, PROGRAM.
UM, THEY DO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M FOR IT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
HOW IS THE PROGRAM COMMUNICATED TO THE, TO OUR COMMUNITY? HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT? ARE THE SCHOOLS OR, YOU KNOW, LIAISON? THERE'S LIAISONS.
WE DO HAVE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISONS WHO ARE, THEIR, THEIR REGULAR DUTIES ARE TO DRIVE AROUND THE CITY.
AND IF THEY FIND ANYBODY WHO IS, UH, CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR IF THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST, UH, SLEEPING ON A PARK BENCH OR SLEEPING ON A BUS STOP, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE TRAINED TO APPROACH THEM AND BE SAFE AND THEN OFFER SERVICES.
SO WORD OF MOUTH IS REALLY THE BEST, UH, WAY THAT THEY'RE PROMOTING THIS.
UH, AND OTHER THAN THAT, I'M, I'M NOT IN THE KNOW OF OTHER WAYS THAT THEY'RE PROMOTING THE PROGRAM.
IT'S USUALLY PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE GARY CENTER OR TO THE HILLCREST, UM, IF THAT, IF THEY'RE HOMELESS OR THEY'RE ABUSE OR, YOU KNOW, DRUG, UH, THEN THEY, THESE LIAISONS, UH, CONNECT THEM TO MERCY HOUSE AND, UH, REHABILITATION AND, UH, FUNDING FOR STAYING IN HOMELESS SHELTERS AND JOB TRAINING AND OTHER JOB TRAINING.
AND WHILE THEY'RE THERE, UH, AT HOMELESS, THEY'RE DOING ALL THEIR HOMEWORK TO HELP THEM OUT AS FAR AS, UH, MEDICARE AND EBD CARD AND FOOD AND GETTING A, GETTING AN ID, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I, I KNOW THIS PROGRAM IS STILL PRETTY NEW, LIKE IT SAYS HERE, IT'S, IT'S, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, MAYBE IN NEXT YEAR'S APPLICATION, IF, IF THERE IS AN APPLICATION, LIKE WHAT THE IMPACT IS, LIKE HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE BEING HELPED BY THIS PROGRAM.
YOU SAID TWO FULL-TIME STAFF PERSONS ARE IN THIS PROGRAM? WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH LIAISONS.
AND THEN THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY MORE FOR THE, TO HELP FUND THE ONE PART-TIME STAFF THAT WE'LL BE GETTING.
'CAUSE SO WHERE DOES THE OTHER MONEY COME FROM? CITY COFFERS? YES.
UM, THE, WHEN THEY'RE NOT, UH, THERE, ARE THEY HERE? THEY'RE WORKING IN THE CITY.
IS THAT WHERE THEY'RE AT FOR THE FULL-TIME? YES, MA'AM.
WORKERS, THEY'RE CITY EMPLOYEES.
UM, NOT COUNTING PE UH, IT'S 45 HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT THEY DID HELP AND, YOU KNOW, IN SITUATIONS.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UH, THE OTHER E UH, LIAISONS AND, UH, MERCY HOUSE, UH, COLLABORATIVE SPEAKING.
THIRD PROGRAM, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT, I'M NOT QUITE DONE WITH ME YET.
UH, THE IS THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25.
UM, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES MEMBERSHIPS TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES ENROLLED IN THE STATE PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGED CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS MANAGED BY THE CITY OF LA HABRA.
THE PROGRAM'S INTENT IS TO PROVIDE FAMILY MEMBERSHIPS AND OR OTHER MUSEUM EXPERIENCES THAT ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR THE INCOME ELIGIBLE CHILDREN OF OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE PARENTS WITH TOOLS TO USE AT HOME TO HELP THE, AT-RISK CHILDREN LEARN AND THRIVE IN THEIR EARLY YEARS OF EDUCATION.
WE FEEL THAT THE PROGRAM WOULD MEET THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVE, UH, TO BENEFIT VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PERSONS IN LA HABRA, UM, TO, AND THEN HIGHLIGHT IT BELOW THAT, UH, AND THE CATEGORY OF THE CITY'S MISSION TO USE RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH THE SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUSINESSES AND JOB DEVELOPMENT.
THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE MAIN GOALS.
AND THE ONE GOAL THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED THERE IS TO SUPPORT SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
UH, THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED PERSONS SERVED IN THE FISCAL YEAR
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200, THAT'S 50 FAMILIES.UH, THE EXPECTED TOTAL, THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF UNITS OF SERVICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR IS 1000, WHICH WOULD BE FOUR VISITS PER FAMILY.
AT THIS MOMENT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT PROGRAM.
UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY THERE'S AN INCREASE? LIKE, ARE YOU HOPING TO, UM, REACH MORE FAMILIES OR, OR WHAT WILL THAT BE FOR? YES, SO THERE WAS SOME PUSH, NOT PUSHBACK, BUT THERE WAS JUST SOME MISINFORMATION AS FAR AS WHY MORE FAMILIES WERE NOT ENROLLED IN THIS.
SO THE, THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET SO MUCH, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE HOUSEHOLDS, THEY WERE HESITANT.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HESITANT TO GIVE INFORMATION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT THE.IS BECAUSE THEY'RE ENROLLED IN OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
WE ALREADY HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, UM, DIVISION TO SHARE THE, THE, THE SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD THEN NEED TO ENROLL MORE FAMILIES INTO THIS.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE? THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME.
SO IN READING THE DESCRIPTION HERE, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO THE FUNDING'S COMING FROM THE CBD PROGRAM, AND IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP, PARENTS ATTEND A A CLASS? NO, THEY JUST, THEY WOULD, IF THEY QUALIFY FOR OUR, UM, STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, UH, THE STATE PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY, THEY WOULD THEN QUALIFY FOR THE CDBG.
'CAUSE THEY WOULD MEET THE SAME SOCIOECONOMIC, UH, STANDARDS.
IS IT LIMITED TO ONLY THOSE FAMILIES THOUGH? OR THOSE FAMILIES ARE JUST AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIED? YES.
SORRY, THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS.
LIKE IS IT LI IS IT, IS THIS LIMIT, ARE THE SCHOLARSHIPS LIMITED TO ONLY FAMILIES THAT ARE ENROLLED IN THAT SCHOOL AGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM? NO.
AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE CDBG REQUIREMENTS, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, I THINK THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UH, I KNOW THAT IN THE CONSENSUS IT WAS FOUND THAT IN ORANGE COUNTY IT WAS THE LOWEST, UH, PERCENTAGE AND THE HARBOR BEING ONE OF THEM.
AND IT WAS DUE TO NOT GOING TO PRESCHOOL, UM, NOT REGISTERING, YOU KNOW, FOR HEAD START.
UH, SO THIS TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY NEEDS FOR THE BEST OF, UM, OF OUR KIDS.
AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE INTRODUCING, UH, YES.
FIRST WE HAVE STELLA VERDE FROM THE FAIR HOUSING FOUNDATION.
UM, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAIR HOUSING.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE AGENCY FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS.
UM, OUR AGENCY, UM, OUR MISSION IS WE ARE DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HOUSING CHOICES FOR EVERYONE.
SO OUR APPLICATION IS FOR THE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.
UM, WITH THE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, WHAT WE PROVIDE IS WE COUNSEL REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION.
WE OPEN INTAKES, WE ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE THE COMPLAINTS, UM, AND THEN TRY TO COME TO A CONCLUSION WHETHER WE WANNA PURSUE IT, UH, WE WANNA RESOLVE IT WITH THE LANDLORD OR WE WANNA FORWARD IT OVER TO HUD OR THE CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DO TEND TO WORK WITH THE LANDLORDS MORE, WE'RE MORE ABOUT EDUCATION OVER LITIGATION.
SO WE DO OFFER A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL, UM, WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS FOR THE LANDLORD.
SO WE DO KIND OF GO TOWARDS, UM, TRYING TO WORK IT OUT AND EDUCATE.
UM, WE ALSO DO, UH, LANDLORD AND TENANT COUNSELING.
SO WE HAVE THREE COUNSELORS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND BASICALLY THEY'RE ON THE PHONES ANSWERING QUESTIONS REGARDING LANDLORD AND TENANT RIGHTS, RENT INCREASES, EVICTIONS, TERMINATION NOTICES, ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
UM, THEY'RE ANSWERING THEM, UM, WITH THE LANDLORD.
WE HELP LANDLORDS, TENANTS, UH, REALTORS, EVERYONE WHO NEEDS ANY TYPE OF COUNSELING IN THAT AREA.
WE WOULD, UH, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
UH, ADDITIONALLY WE DO, UH, EDUCATION OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
SO WITH THOSE ACTIVITIES, WE DO FAIR HOUSING WORKSHOPS FOR LAHABRA, WE DO FOUR, UM, EVERY FISCAL YEAR WE DO TWO VIRTUAL AND TWO ON IN PERSON.
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UH, LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION.WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WE COORDINATE 3000 PIECES OF LITERATURE TO GO OUT TO THE RESIDENTS OF LA HABRA.
WE WORK WITH THE POST OFFICE AND WE SELECT ZIP CODES IN THE LOWER INCOME AREAS.
AND THEN WE SEND OUT THESE, UH, DOUBLE-SIDED FLYERS, ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO CERTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
AND DEPENDING, WE'LL DO EITHER VIETNAMESE AS WELL OR KOREAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE POPULATION, UM, REQUESTS.
UM, WE STARTED TO KIND OF DO A LOT OF VIRTUAL, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO LIKE ONSITE, GOING IN PERSON AND DOING ALL OF THAT.
UM, WE ALSO DO, WE MAKE SURE TO, MY TEAM GOES OUT TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, IN THE CITY.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE LAHABRA COLLABORATOR JUST OPENED UP AGAIN, SO WE'RE GONNA REGISTER AND BE, YOU KNOW, UM, GO TO THAT ONE REGULARLY.
UM, WE DO PRESENTATIONS TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE TRY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER CBOS IN THE CITY AND TRY TO PRESENT TO THEIR, UM, THEIR GROUPS.
SO LIKE, IF YOU HAVE THE MOMMY MEEK GROUPS OR IF YOU HAVE LIKE THE, UM, ENGLISH OF THE SECOND LANGUAGE GROUPS, WE TRY TO, UM, REACH OUT TO THEM AND DO PRESENTATIONS OF OUR SERVICES.
UM, WE ADDITIONALLY PROVIDE REPORTING ON A MONTHLY, ON, I'M SORRY, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, ALL THE STATS WHO WE ASSIST.
HOW MANY PEOPLE? UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE RIGHT ON MARK.
WE'RE AT LIKE 49% AT OUR GOAL.
SO OUR ANNUAL GOAL IS 110 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS.
UM, AND WE'RE AT 54, WHICH IS 49%.
UM, REGARDING OUR DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE, WE'RE ABOUT 65, 60 5%.
SO AS YOU CAN TELL, I KEEP STATS ON EVERYTHING WHERE WE'RE AT, HOW MANY WORKSHOPS? SO WE'VE DONE TWO WORKSHOPS, ONE IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN ONE IN NOVEMBER.
AND WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY AND THEN MAY.
SO WE HAVE IT, WE TRY TO PLAN IT OUT ALL THROUGH THE YEAR, SPREAD, YOU KNOW, UH, SPREAD OUT EVENLY, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, JUST CONTINUALLY BE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THEN, UM, WE HAVE TWO OFFICES.
ONE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND ONE IN, IN THE CITY OF ORANGE, ONE IN LA COUNTY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, OUR DOORS ARE OPEN, SO PEOPLE, WE DO ACCEPT WALK-INS.
UM, BUT THEY CAN EITHER CALL US IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, THEY CAN SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, WE ALSO NOW OFFER INSTACHAT ON OUR WEBSITE SO THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEN SPEAK TO A STAFF MEMBER THROUGH THE INSTACHAT.
UM, AND THEN IN REGARDS TO LANGUAGES, WE HAVE VIETNAMESE, SPANISH, AND A SL STAFF.
UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN INTERPRETING, UH, AGENCY THAT DOES OVER 230, UH, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
SO WE JUST CALL THEM AND THEY, WE TELL 'EM WHAT LANGUAGE WE NEED AND THEY'LL HAVE SOMEONE AT THAT MOMENT TRANSFERRED TO US.
SO LANGUAGE IS NOT A BARRIER FOR US.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LA HABRA AND BEING ABLE TO HELP THE RESIDENTS, LANDLORDS, AND PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING FAIR HOUSING.
WELL, YOU ANS YOU ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT, UH, HOW DO YOU ADVERTISE THESE WORKSHOPS? UM, WE FORWARD IT TO THE CITIES.
WE PROVIDE, UM, WE DO IT ONLINE AS WELL.
WE DO IT THROUGH ALL OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE ON ALL PLATFORMS. UM, WE DO A NEWSLETTER, UM, WE HAVE A LIST.
SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL US, WE ASK IF THEY WANT TO BE ON OUR MAILING LIST.
SO THEN ANYTIME WE HAVE ANY NEW WORKSHOPS, WE FORWARD OUT THE INFORMATION THROUGH THE DOOR-TO-DOOR MAILERS.
THEY HAVE, USUALLY WE'LL DO A MAILER, RIGHT, MAYBE A MONTH BEFORE WE HAVE A WORKSHOP.
AND THEN WE DO A MASS, YOU KNOW, DOOR-TO-DOOR MAILER AS WELL.
UM, THAT HAS THAT WORKSHOP INFORMATION ON THERE.
UM, WHERE IS THE OFFICE IN ORANGE COUNTY? OH GOODNESS, I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESS.
UM, IT IS RIGHT OFF THE, ON ELLA, UM, RIGHT, JUST THE CITY? UH, YEAH, RIGHT ON ORANGE.
LIKE IT'S BETWEEN LIKE, IF YOU CROSS THE FIVE, IT'S ANAHEIM, AND THEN IF YOU CROSS OVER, IT'S ORANGE.
OH, RIGHT NEXT TO LIKE THE, WHAT IS IT THAT BASEBALL, I'M NOT A SPORTS PERSON.
THERE'S, SAY AGAIN? THERE YOU GO.
DO YOU HAVE STATS ON HOW MANY FAMILIES IN LAHABRA YOU'VE, THAT CAME TO YOU FOR ASSISTANCE SO FAR? 40, 49 HOUSEHOLD.
SO THIS IS ALL FOR LA HAR YES.
NO, I'M SORRY, 54 AS OF RIGHT AS AT THE END OF DECEMBER OF THE HARBOR.
UM, THE WORKSHOPS YOU HAVE COMING UP IN FEBRUARY AND MAY, ARE THOSE IN PERSON OR ARE, ARE THOSE VIRTUAL? FEBRUARY IS VIRTUAL AND MAY IS ON IN PERSON.
AND YOU SAID THEY'RE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER? UH, I, WE DO 'EM AT CITY HALL IN THE HARVEST ROOM.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO.ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS HAVE A NICE EVENING.
AND THEN NEXT FROM MERCY HOUSE, WE HAVE THE GRANTS MANAGER JILLIAN SANCHEZ.
UH, MY NAME IS JILLIAN SANCHEZ AND I AM THE GRANTS MANAGER AT MERCY HOUSE.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF OUR APPLICATION FOR BRIDGES AT KRAMER PLACE.
UH, BRIDGES AT KRAMER PLACE OFFERS 200 BEDS OF YEAR-ROUND SHELTER TO LITERALLY HOMELESS ADULTS LIVING ON THE STREETS OF ORANGE COUNTY'S NORTH SERVICE PLANNING AREA.
INCLUDING THOSE ON THE STREETS OF LA HABRA BRIDGES.
CLIENTS HAVE 24 HOUR ACCESS TO SHELTER AND ONGOING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
AND TO MINIMIZE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WE PERMIT ENTRY INTO THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY COLLABORATIVES OUTREACH GRID.
SO WE OPERATE THE PROGRAM AS A HOUSING FOCUSED SHELTER.
SO EVERY RESIDENT AT BRIDGES IS CONNECTED TO ONE-ON-ONE TO A HOUSING NAVIGATOR WHO WORKS WITH THE CLIENT TO CREATE A HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT PLAN.
HOUSING NAVIGATORS WORK WITH CLIENTS WEEKLY TO CHECK IN ON PROGRESS TOWARD THEIR PLANS.
AND UPON ENTRY TO THE PROGRAM, EVERY RESIDENT IS ALSO CONNECTED TO THE ORANGE COUNTY COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM TO GAIN ACCESS TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO, SINCE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM IN 2017, WE HAVE HELPED 390 SHELTER GUESTS EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING, AND ANOTHER 67 TO TEMPORARY HOUSING AS A RESULT OF HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSING NAVIGATION AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OFFERED BY MERCY HOUSE BRIDGES IS ALSO HOST TO APPROXIMATELY 34 COUNTY AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES WHO PROVIDE REGULAR SERVICES AT THE SHELTER.
SERVICES INCLUDE CONNECTIONS TO MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT, UM, EMPLOYMENT SKILLS, JOB COACHING, BENEFITS ACQUISITION, VETERAN SERVICES, LEGAL SUPPORT, HOUSING, AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
ONE SIGNIFICANT PARTNER THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING INTO THE SHELTER IS SOS OR SHARE OURSELVES, AND THEY OPERATE THE ONSITE MEDICAL CLINIC.
SO SOS IS ONSITE TWICE A WEEK TO PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES TO OUR SHELTER GUESTS.
UH, LATER THIS MONTH, ORANGE COUNTY WILL BE CONDUCTING THEIR POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR 2024.
HOWEVER, THE 2022 POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR ORANGE COUNTY FOUND AS MANY AS 5,718 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY WITH 42% OF THOSE HOMELESS ARE BEING LOCATED IN THE NORTH SERVICE PLANNING AREA AREA.
SO THE COUNTY SAW MORE THAN A 16% DECREASE IN HOMELESSNESS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2022.
AND FURTHERMORE, IN COMPARING THE 2019 PITT COUNT TO THE 2022 PITT COUNT, THE NORTH SERVICE PLANNING AREA SAW MORE THAN 30% DECREASE IN THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION AND AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 12% IN THE SHELTERED POPULATION.
SO PROGRAMS LIKE BRIDGES AT KRAMER PLACE HAVE BEEN CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF THIS DECREASE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AS MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS LOOK TO OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS AS TRUSTED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT ON THEIR PATH BACK TO HOUSING INSTABILITY.
AND IN CLOSING, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE PROGRAM OVER THESE YEARS.
AND WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE HELP TO HELP THE CITY MEET ITS CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? NO.
AND I, YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, YOU KNOW, WORKING HAND IN HAND HERE WITH, UM, THE COLLABORATIVE, THE LIAISONS FROM, UM, THE HILLCREST THERE.
I'LL MAKE SURE TO PASS THAT ON TO MY TEAM.
I KNOW THE SHELTER TEAM DOESN'T OFTEN GET TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, SO I'LL PASS THAT ON TO THEM.
UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, UH, FOR A HOMELESS STUDENT THAT'S, UH, IN HIGH SCHOOL, EIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S OF AGE OF 18 AND IS HOMELESS, UH, WHERE, WHAT, WHAT DOES HE DO ABOUT HAVING A PLACE TO LIVE, TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT WHEN THERE'S, UM, A CURFEW? OH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO, I KNOW THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, LA HABER POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR OUTREACH TEAM.
AND IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON HOW IN RANGE THEY ARE OF 18 YEARS OLD.
SO I BELIEVE IF THEY'RE WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF BEING 18 YEARS OLD, THEY MIGHT BE TREATED AS AN ADULT.
IF THEY'RE STILL BELOW THAT AND CONSIDERED A MINOR, THERE'S OTHER AVENUES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM ENTER THE SHELTER.
'CAUSE IT IS MEN AND WOMEN, NOT CHILDREN.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO REDIRECT THEM TO MAYBE ANOTHER SHELTER, UM, LIKE FCC, THAT'S A FAMILY CARE CENTER, AND THAT TAKES CHILDREN.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S A QUESTION WE HAVE HERE FOR LAHA.
THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO SCHOOL THAT ARE KEEPING THEIR GRADES UP, AND THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE LIMBO.
RIGHT? UH, SO IF THEY CAN'T GO THERE, THEY, THEY GO THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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WE WORK WITH COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND THE REFERRAL SYSTEM TO DETERMINE, AND USUALLY WITH THE REFERRAL SYSTEM, THEY WILL ONLY REFER MEN AND WOMEN AS ADULT OF ADULT AGE.SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY, UM, ADDRESS THE MINOR POPULATION.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A, UM, SUBJECT THAT'S FROM FAR FROM OUR MINDS.
THERE'S JUST SOME PEOPLE THAT FALL IN THAT CATEGORY.
WHERE HE'S, OR HE'S, HE'S, UH, HE GRADUATES IN, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR AND HE JUST TURNED 18.
SO HE'S NOT A KID, BUT HE'S NOT AN ADULT.
SO THAT IT'S THE WEIRD MIDDLE AGE.
SO WE'LL JUST GET THAT INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
UM, SO WITH THE $10,000 THAT'S BEING REQUESTED, UM, THE RESIDENT, THE LA HABER RESIDENTS, THAT WOULD BE, THAT YOU WOULD REACH I, IS THAT 12? YES, 12 PEOPLE.
ABOUT 12 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE CITY OF LAHABRA OR CONSIDER THE CITY OF LAHABRA TO BE THEIR HOME.
I BELIEVE, UM, IN OUR APPLICATION, WE PUT THAT THE 10,000 WILL GO TOWARDS CLIENT MEALS.
UM, AND THAT'S EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IN THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES YOU HAVE, THE CITY OF FULLERTON ALSO 10,000.
IS IS THAT ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE? DO YOU KNOW THAT WILL BE SERVED WITH THAT 10, 10,000? I BELIEVE SO, YES.
BECAUSE WE, WE, WE ARE MATCHING IT TOWARDS THE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
SO I DO BELIEVE FOR FULLERTON, UM, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 12 TO 15.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? I JUST THINK IT'S WONDERFUL WORK.
CAN I JUST DO A QUICK WRAP UP? YES, PLEASE.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, I GUESS YOU GUYS WILL HAVE YOUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, UM, TO CONSIDER THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK NEXT MONTH TO GET THE RE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE, UM, FROM THE COMMISSION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND OF THE NEXT STEPS, SO WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM UNDER THE CONSIDERATION ITEMS, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MISSION STATEMENT AT GOALS.
SO I HANDED, CAN, CAN I INTERRUPT? OH, YEAH, YOU GO AHEAD.
I REMEMBER IN YEARS PAST, WE ACTUALLY HAD A DESIGNATED COMMITTEE FOR THIS EXERCISE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S GABBY AND MYSELF.
SO THE TWO OF YOU WOULD MEET AND COME BACK OR SOMEHOW SHARE THE RECOMMENDATION? WE WOULD COME BACK TO LIKE THE NEXT MEETING AND GIVE A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE PRESENTED.
UM, WHO DOES IT GO TO AFTER THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO NOT, NOT HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROCESS, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT TO GIVE FOLKS? 'CAUSE THE, THE ASK IS 19,000 OVER AVAILABLE FUNDS.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT AT THAT.
UM, AND MAYBE, SO THIS YEAR IT'S, IT'S YOU, YOU AND I, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THEN LAST YEAR, KIM AND KELLY JOINED US.
WE WERE YOU IN IT LAST YEAR? YES.
IS MARIE INVOLVED? WAS IT LAST YEAR AS WELL? SEEMS TO ME SHE, I THINK SO.
BUT SHE WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION ON THE TIMING.
SO IF WE, IF WE COME BACK, THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMES BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO IF, IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO MEET BEFORE THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING FOR CBBG FUND FOR THE CDBG FUNDS, RIGHT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMISSION, THEN DO WE, WE ALSO VOTE ON AND APPROVE THIS? YES.
YOU, YOU, YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULD VOTE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR MOTION TO MOVE IT.
AND THEN ANYBODY CAN MAKE A, UM, WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S THE PROPER TERM FOR IT WHERE THEY MIGHT MAKE US A, A SUGGESTION FOR A DIFFERENT AMOUNT.
AND THEN, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF THE PROPER TERM FOR IT, BUT AT THAT MOMENT IS WHEN YOU WOULD VOTE FOR IT.
THE NEXT MEETING AMEND THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION INSTEAD OF 9,000.
AND THEN YOU WOULD VOTE ON, THEN YOU AMEND AMENDED MOTION.
SO ANTHONY, DO YOU SET UP THAT MEETING WITH, IS IT KIM AND KELLY? AND, YEAH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, SO YOU'LL SET IT UP.
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OKAY.AND IF WE'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT THE, SORRY.
MR. ROSS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSION STATEMENT AND THE GOALS.
UM, SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DENISE AND I MET ABOUT, UM, EARLY ON WHEN WE WERE FIRST APPOINTED TO THESE ROLES.
AND, UM, I WANNA SAY THAT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION BRINGS TO THE COMMISSION.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, AND, AND WE BRING OUR TALENTS HERE TO, UM, HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
AND SO WHEN I WAS APPOINTED TO THE ROLE OF CHAIR, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS THE TALENT THAT I CAN BRING TO THIS? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, I'M A PROJECT MANAGER.
SO THINGS LIKE GOALS AND PLANS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO IT MADE A LOT OF SENSE FOR ME THAT, UM, WE HAVE GOALS AND A PLAN THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, WHEN I MET WITH DENISE, SHE HAD THIS MISSION STATEMENT AND IT WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS.
WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING THE SAME THING.
UM, SO WE HAVE THIS DRAFT THAT, THAT WE SENT OUT, AND WE WANTED TO GET, UH, YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT BECAUSE WE'D LIKE IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY THERESA WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
UM, BUT WE WANTED IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE FULL COMMISSION IS ON BOARD WITH AND AGREES TO.
SO, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T, DOES IT MAKE SENSE? YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON YOU'D LIKE CHANGED? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, PROCESS, I GUESS.
SO I KEPT LOOKING, THINKING I WANNA FIND SOMETHING.
RIGHT? AND I FOUND THAT WE DO HAVE A VALUES STATEMENT, AND IT'S JUST REALLY SIMPLE.
AND THEN, UH, THE BANNERS UNDER THE VALUE STATEMENT HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMITMENTS TO INTEGRITY, RESPECT, TRUST, EXCELLENCE, COMMUNITY, PARTNERSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY, AND LOYALTY.
SO I GUESS PART OF ME IS LIKE, DON'T WE HAVE A, LIKE A, A GUIDING DOCUMENT? THERE'S A ONE PAGER.
I REMEMBER WE GOT, WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS, THERE'S, THERE'S A DESCRIPTION.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT TALKS ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
AND SO I'M JUST THINKING IS THE MISSION STATEMENT STEPPING BEYOND THAT? I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE, THAT GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT SPELLS OUT WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
SO THI THIS DESCRIPTION, UM, IN FACT IT, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE MISSION STATEMENT.
UM, I THINK THIS DESCRIPTION ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THIS DESCRIPTION THAT WE NO LONGER DO.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE UPDATING, UH, OUR COMMISSION HANDBOOK TO BE MORE UP TO DATE.
'CAUSE I BELIEVE THAT DOCUMENT WAS PUBLISHED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO ROLES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.
UM, THE GENERAL SCOPE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION HASN'T REALLY CHANGED.
UM, BUT I GUESS THE IDEA FOR THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR HERE IS TO JUST HAVE LIKE A CONCISE, YOU KNOW, ONE TO TWO SENSES THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS.
NOT NECESSARILY, UH, LAYING OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO FOR ME, I'VE ALS ALSO HAD, UM, EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH BOTH, UH, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFITS IN FORMING MISSION STATEMENTS.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DID A DEPARTMENT ONE BACK IN THE EARLY NINETIES.
IT WAS ALL ENCOMPASSING, BUT IT CAME AFTER THIS BIG BUDGET CUT.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, A PARADIGM TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAD TO REALLY RETHINK THE WAY WE DID BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE WHOLE STATE DID THAT.
UM, SO I, I, IT'S, TO ME, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE LA CARTE BEFORE THE HORSE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IF THE CITY ISN'T HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT AND WE'RE GONNA CREATE ONE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE ALIGNMENT.
I THINK THE FIRST STEP IN MY VIEW, AND AGAIN, I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS EARLIER, BUT IS THAT WE FIRST REVISE THE DOCUMENT THAT'S IN THE, ALREADY IN THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT DO I WANT TO CALL IT? STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
AND THEN IF THERE'S A NEED TO LAY OUT ANNUAL PLANS AFTER THAT, WE KIND OF DOVETAIL THAT INTO THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
'CAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING GABBY SAY THAT THIS MISSION STATEMENT WAS TAKEN FROM THAT DOCUMENT.
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THAT TRUE? WELL, DENISE, NO.I ACTUALLY, WHAT I DID IS BECAUSE I HAD TO DEAL WITH MISSION STATEMENTS AS WELL WHEN I WAS WORKING A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, WHAT WE, HOW WE DID IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT, BUT HOW WE DID IT SURE.
THE MISSION STATEMENT, LIKE WAS SAID, IS JUST A ONE OR TWO SENTENCE JUST TO ENCOMPASS WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT NOT THE DETAIL, NOT THE PLAN.
AND SO I JUST THREW SOMETHING OUT THERE JUST TO GET THE THOUGHTS MOVING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I PUT ON PAPER.
SO IT, IT, LIKE THE PLANNING WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN OURS.
OUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEE, OUR, UM, COMMISSION.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.
SO THE, THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, DOES THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT? I, I'M, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WAS JUST LOOK, LOOKING AT OURS, I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN OF COURSE, DOES THE PLANNING COMMISSION, DOES THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
I, SO I, IT, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF OVERSTEPPING THAT BEAUTIFICATION MAY, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON IT, I THINK I WROTE IT
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE, SO I, I THINK WE HAVE TO JUST REMEMBER THAT THIS IS, THIS IS JUST MERELY A DRAFT.
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UH, IF ANYTHING, A GOOD GUIDE SO THAT WE COULD BRING IT UP TO, UH, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT AND REALIZE, OR MAYBE THE CITY DOES HAVE IT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UH, AND WE CAN SAY, WHAT IS THE CITY'S MISSION STATEMENT OR THE, THE MISSION STATEMENT? WHAT'S THEIR VISION STATEMENT? YEAH.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAY IT WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP SOMETHING IF THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE.
UM, BUT WE, OUR COMMISSION, WE WOULD HAVE A DRAFT SOMETHING THAT ONCE IT'S ADOPTED, ONCE THE, ONCE THE HORSE CATCHES UP TO THE CART, YEAH.
WE WOULD HAVE A LEG UP, UH, IN OUR COMMISSION TO HAVE SOMETHING.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO, WE ADOPT TODAY, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR, FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION TO, TO TALK ABOUT AND THEN KIND OF GET IT GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I'M THINKING THE, OUR COMMISSION, WE'RE IN AN ADVISORY.
WE DON'T MAKE, WE DON'T RIGHT.
WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY MAKE DECISIONS.
THEY ACTUALLY VOTE AND MAKE DECISIONS.
SO WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO SET US APART.
AND IF YOU READ THIS, UH, SERVICE COMMISSION, IT'S, EVERYTHING'S IN THERE, WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE'RE APPOINTED AND, YOU KNOW, WHY WE'RE APPOINTED.
SO THAT DOCUMENT, UH, THAT WAS THE DRAFT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF NOW.
UM, THAT OUTLINES PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO AND CAN'T DO.
UM, BUT YEAH, AGAIN, LIKE SAL'S BEEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST KIND OF, IT'S THE SAME THING.
GET, GET THE, THE JUICES FLOWING, SO TO SPEAK.
AND THEN THE GOALS CAN BE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR? AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN LOOKING MAYBE EVEN TOWARDS NEXT YEAR, BUT JUST TO HAVE SOME SORT OF THROUGH LINE FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, OF THINGS THAT, ACTIVITIES YOU GUYS WANNA PARTICIPATE IN.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.
UM, THOSE GOALS ARE KIND OF LIKE, LIKE OUR NORTH STAR.
AND SO WE LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND ARE THEY HELPING US TO REACH THAT? AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THEM.
UM, SO THE ONLY EDIT I HAD, UM, OR THE FEEDBACK I HAD FOR THE MISSION STATEMENT, BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS A LITTLE TOO BROAD.
UM, AND I, AND I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERSTEP, UM, OUR BOUNDARIES IS TO MODIFY WHERE IT SAYS, UM, TO ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY.
CAN YOU SPEAK LOUDER, PLEASE? SORRY.
TO ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE SUPPORT AND ASSIST WITH THE RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO I WANTED TO ADD THOSE, UM, THREE WORDS IN THERE, RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL TO BETTER DEFINE WHAT THE SCOPE IS OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
I I'VE SEEN MISSION STATEMENTS WHERE IT RECREATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, QUALITY OF LIFE IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO, SO, SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, A DRAFT.
UM, AND THEN I THINK, UH, ALL OF YOU WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF EVERYONE'S TIME, TAKE IT HOME, PLAY WITH IT, THROW SOME WORDS IN THERE.
AND THEN, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE COULD, WE COULD COME BACK AND CONTINUE.
BUT, UH, ADOPTING ANYTHING TODAY OR BEFORE THE CART CATCHES UP TO THE HORSE WOULD, WOULD BE, UH,
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TO WHAT MR. ROJAS'S POINT WOULD BE GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD OF OURSELVES.UM, AND THEN I DID WANNA MENTION, IN ADDITION, ATTACHED TO THIS IS A PLAN.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ADOPT OR APPROVE, BUT IT'S, IT KIND OF SHOWS THE VERY, YOU KNOW, THE TACTICS THAT WE COULD THEN TAKE IF WE DO ADOPT OUR OWN GOALS SO THAT WE CAN START TO HAVE VERY MEASURABLE, UM, ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE AS A COMMISSION.
SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, STEP BY STEP TO GET US TO A POINT WHERE, UM, WE CAN HAVE TANGIBLE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WE'VE ACCO ACCOMPLISHED AS A COMMISSION.
AND KIM WAS TALKING ABOUT COMING UP WITH A DOCUMENT THAT'S KIND OF LIKE A, A PARK GUIDELINE.
SO WHEN YOU GO TO A PARK, YOU WOULD SAY, OH, IS THIS GOOD CHECK, NOT GOOD COMMENT.
YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN ALL BE WORKING OFF SORT OF THE SAME DOCUMENT, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN ADD WHATEVER YOU NEEDED.
AND, AND IN THAT VEIN, THE SURVEY, I WOULD, IN THAT VEIN, I WOULD COME BACK TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS AGAIN IS PUTTING THINGS AHEAD OF, I THINK WHERE WE MAY NEED TO BE IN THAT WE HAVE CITY STAFF THAT DO INSPECTIONS, RIGHT.
AND THEY USE, I WANNA SAY THEY USE A C CHECK CHECKLIST OR INSPECTION SHEET OR SOME DOCUMENT, AND THEN THEY REPORT THAT BACK TO A SUPERIOR OR TO A MANAGER IF THERE'S A DEFICIENCY.
SO I, I THINK OUR TIME WOULD BE BETTER SPENT.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE COMMITTEES.
WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING TO THIS GROUP ABOUT PARKS, ABOUT THE MUSEUM AND, AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO THOSE FACILITIES.
SO TO ME, THIS, THIS, THIS PLAN, THIS IDEA OF ASSIGNING ALL OF US TO GO INSPECT PARKS WHEN WE'VE NEVER BEEN TRAINED IN INSPECTION.
I MEAN, I HAVE, BUT I MEAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINED TO DO INSPECTIONS.
AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INSPECTIONS WHEN WE'RE FINISHED? AS OPPOSED TO WORKING WITH STAFF IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY, SAYING, CAN WE, CAN WE GO WITH YOU WHEN YOU DO AN INSPECTION SO WE COULD LEARN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? AND THEN ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, TWO OR THREE TIMES, MAYBE WE DO IT ONCE A YEAR AND ONCE A YEAR WE REPORT BACK TO THE PARKS MANAGER, THE PARK SUPERVISOR SAYING, HEY, WE FOUND THE SWING SET WAS BROKEN, OR WE FOUND THAT THE BENCHES ARE BLISTERED AND NEED TO BE PAINTED.
SO WE'RE NOT DRIVING YOUR DECISIONS, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING YOU MORE DATA ON THROUGH OUR OBSERVATIONS.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE APPROACH I MIGHT SUGGEST WE TAKE.
SO WHAT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE CITY STAFF.
THE, AND HAVING US GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE PARKS AND, AND REPORT WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES ON A MORE TIMELY BASIS, UM, IS IMPORTANT FOR THE, FOR THE CITIZENS.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THIS PLAN IS LAID OUT.
I'LL SAY THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, AND I'VE BEEN ON VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES, AND THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF ACTION IN THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.
THEY DON'T MEET, UM, VERY FREQUENTLY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, THERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UM, MEAT
COULD YOU ADDRESS THAT TO THE COUNCIL ACTION THAT THAT COMES OUT? WELL ADDRESS THAT TO THE COUNCIL WHO APPOINTED US.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ASKED FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE APPLIED FOR IT.
SO, AND THAT, AND THAT, AND THIS IS HOW WE START TO PROVIDE MORE OF THAT SUPPORT AND MORE OF THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, TO THE ROLES THAT WE HAVE IS BY HAVING ACTUAL PLANS THAT WE CAN CHECK OFF, DID WE DO THIS? DID WE DO THAT? DID WE ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS? I THINK THAT YOU, WE SHOULD ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL, OR EVEN TO ME, AGAIN, I'M SUGGESTING WE START WITH STAFF.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS, WHAT DO YOU DO DURING YOUR INSPECTIONS? HOW OFTEN ARE THEY, THEY, AND IF YOU CAN'T DO THEM ENOUGH, CAN WE HELP YOU WITH THAT? CAN WE BE TRAINED TO DO THAT EITHER WITH SOMEBODY FROM PARKS OR IN, IN LIEU OF SOMEBODY WITH PARKS? WELL, THI THIS ISN'T LIKE A, A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE PARK.
I I THINK THIS IS LIKE OBSERVATIONS THAT YOU WOULD MAKE JUST AS A RESIDENT.
LIKE, HEY, THAT PARK SWING IS BROKEN.
OR THERE'S A CRACK IN THAT CONCRETE WALKWAY, IT MIGHT INJURE SOMEONE.
UM, IT'S MORE JUST THOSE TYPES OF OBSERV, PUBLIC SAFETY OBSERVATIONS, SAFETY THAT YOU WOULD MAKE.
AND WE DO HAVE, IF, IF I CAN, WE, WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO.
SO ANYBODY AT ANY TIME CAN REPORT ANY ISSUES ON THE PLAYGROUND.
ON A BALL DIAMOND, ON A CRACK OR A, A, AN WALKING PATH, A TREE THAT MIGHT BE FALLING OVER OUR COMCAST SYSTEM WHERE IF THEY SUBMIT, THEY COULD TAKE A PICTURE OF IT, SUBMIT IT, AND THEN WE, UH, IN THE MANAGEMENT GROUP, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IT.
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AND THEN WE COULD THEN DIRECT IT TO THE APPROPRIATE STAFF, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC WORKS, WHETHER IT'S A PARKS CREW, WHETHER IT'S THE STREETS CREW, WHETHER IT'S GRAFFITI.UM, SO THAT WE KNOW WHO SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, SEND THAT REQUEST TO OR THAT ISSUE.
UM, IF IT'S JUST LIKE, IF IT'S, UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR USER GROUPS, OUR YOUTH SPORTS GROUPS WHO USE THE PARKS, WHO, IF THEY SEE THAT THE, THE DIAMONDS ARE BEING UNKEPT PROPERLY OR THE, THE DUGOUTS ARE JUST AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRASH IN THERE, THEY REPORT THAT TO OUR YOUTH SPORTS, UM, LIAISON, WHO THEN COMMUNICATES THAT TO OUR PARKS CREW.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S SYSTEMS IN PLACE NOW THAT ADDRESS A LOT OF THIS STUFF, BUT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND IN THE PREVIOUS CITY I WORKED FOR, EACH COMMISSIONER WAS ASSIGNED A SPECIFIC, A HANDFUL OF PARKS.
AND THEY WOULD COME AND THEY'D SUPPORT THE EVENTS AND THEY WOULD SAY, HEY, HOW COME THE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING? BUT THEN THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT, UH, UNLESS YOU'RE WITHIN THE CITY AND THE CITY EMPLOYEE AND KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT IS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A, THE SUPPLIER IS OUT OF STOCK AND THAT'S WHY IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED.
WHERE, UH, YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO UNTIL YOU'RE INFORMED OF, OF SAID SITUATION, UM, YOU'RE KIND OF, AND THE PUBLIC IS JUST GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT COULD BE A NUISANCE FOR A LIGHT BEING OUT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE NOW THAT ADDRESS A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
WHAT CITY DID YOU WORK FOR BEFORE? BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IF IT IS THAT, 'CAUSE I DID SEE THIS IN ANOTHER CITY, IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION.
AND I'M WONDERING IF IT WAS THE SAME.
WAS IT I WORKED FOR GWYNNE PARK PASADENA.
I, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
UH, BUT SINCE WE HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES, MAYBE IF YOU BROKE THOSE DOWN INTO WHOEVER'S IN THAT COMMITTEE TO DO THAT CERTAIN THING.
WELL, WE HAD, HOW ABOUT THAT? TWO PEOPLE ON THE PARKS? YEAH.
IT JUST, IT SEEMED A BIT MUCH TO DIVIDE.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD REDO THE PARK.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DO REDO THE COMMITTEES.
I THINK THERE'S A, TO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE, THREE PEOPLE IN, OR INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE PARKS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THE PARKS.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE COMMISSIONERS MEETS.
SO, UM, YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN TWO MINUTES.
I MEAN, I'M ON THE PARKS, I'M ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PARKS.
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT, AND I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
AND SO WHEN I GO WALKING AROUND THE PARKS, I REPORT STUFF.
I SEE STUFF GOOD A LOT OF TIMES GOOD STUFF.
WHO DO YOU REPORT IT TO, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING? I TELL KIM, OR I CALL IT IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, I CALL IT TO THE PROBATE PERSON IN THE CITY, BECAUSE I KNOW WHO TO CALL.
AND, UM, THE GOOD, WHEN THERE'S GOOD, LIKE THEY SWITCHED OUT THE, THE GARDENING SERVICE FOR ONE OF THE PARKS.
I THINK NOW THEY CONTRACTED OUT.
BUT THEY'RE DOING A, A GREAT JOB.
SO I'M NOT DOING AN INSPECTION.
I'M JUST WALKING IT LIKE ANYBODY WOULD WALK IT.
RIGHT? AND WHEN I SEE SOMETHING, I SAY SOMETHING AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REPORT BACK.
AND IF ANY, I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF, UM, DOING PUBLIC, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PUBLIC, UM, WHERE WE ASK THEM IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
RIGHT? IF IT'S, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS A NUISANCE OR COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO REPORT IT AND JUST DO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND, AND PUT THAT OUT THERE SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHO TO CALL OR WHAT WEBSITE TO VISIT TO SUBMIT, UH, REQUESTS FOR REPAIRS.
UH, WHEN I BECAME A COMMISSIONER, THEY ASKED ME TO CHOOSE OR WHERE I NEEDED TO BE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE SUB, THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU ADDRESS AND WHERE YOU WORK.
I WAS WITH THE PANTRY, WITH THE SENIOR CENTER AND SO FORTH.
SO I GO TO THE, I MAKE SURE THAT I GO AND I TO THE SENIOR DANCES, I AS A, MORE THAN, MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE I'M A CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 45 YEARS.
NOT BECAUSE I'M A COMMISSIONER, NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING ELSE.
AND SO THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, IT'S THE WELLNESS.
SO I TAKE IT UPON MYSELF BECAUSE I LOOKED IT UP AND TO SEE WHAT THE DOA IS AND YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION, THE 4 1 1 ON, ON WHAT THAT POSITION HOLDS AS FAR AS BEING A SUBCOMMITTEE, I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO BE IN A MEETING.
I, I, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT WE'RE, YOU'RE GONNA GET A CALL, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, SO I JUST LOOKED IT UP AND I, YOU KNOW, I DO WHAT I DO.
UH, MAYBE I THINK THAT WE GOT THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND STARTED DOING AN ACTUAL MEETING, WORKING, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE CAN GET A LOT MORE DONE.
WELL, THERE IS AN ITEM ON THIS AGENDA FOR, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION ITEMS. SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TOUCH ON.
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GOALS OR ANY PLANS OF ACTION YOU WANT FOR ANY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE CAN DEVELOP THAT THEN TOO.THAT WOULD FALL ON EVERYTHING THAT OUR CHAIRMAN'S TALKING ABOUT.
LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON TO THAT BECAUSE THE, THE PLAN IS, IS, YOU KNOW, TWO STEPS AHEAD OF, OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO, SO THEN CAN, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE SOMEBODY MOVE TO TABLE.
DID, DID THE COMMISSION INITIATE THIS IDEA INSERTING A MISSION STATEMENT INTO THIS NEW, IS IT A CITY GENERATED REPORT? OH, THAT, THAT IS A DRAFT.
UH, THAT WASN'T, YEAH, THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GO OUT TO YOU GUYS.
THE MISSION STATEMENT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IN OUR MEETINGS WE DECIDED THAT MAYBE IT WOULD HELP IF WE HAD ONE.
I'D NEVER HEARD THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
THAT WAS IN OUR PLANNING MEETINGS.
SO WE, WE MEET OR, OR WAS IT MEETING? AND I BELIEVE DIDN'T, DID WE, WERE YOU AT THE LAST MEETING, RICHARD? YES.
I THOUGHT WE HAD TWO MEETINGS AGO.
WHAT WERE YOU SAYING, GABBY? NO, I WAS GONNA SAY, AND I, IT INITIALLY CAME UP IN OUR PLANNING MEETINGS.
WE HAVE, DENISE AND I WILL MEET WITH THE STAFF BEFORE SPEAK TO OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE INITIALLY CAME UP.
SO IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS A SECOND.
OPPOSED? SO WE WILL TABLE THIS ITEM, UH, TO THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
IF I CAN JUST ASK THAT EVERYONE TAKE A GOOD LOOK AND, AND THINK THROUGH THE GOALS AND THE MISSION STATEMENT SO WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY TAKE SOME ACTION ON IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON ITEM NUMBER THREE ARE THE SUBCOMMITTEES, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION WILL FURTHER DISCUSS ACTION ITEMS FOR SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL AS CURRENT SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE.
I'M, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE TIMING IS ON WHEN WE, UM, MAKE ASSIGNMENTS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO NOW, BUT YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE, DOES EVERYONE HAVE A COPY OF THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS? MM-HMM.
ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ASSIGNMENTS TODAY IF WE NEED TO? I DON'T THINK I HAVE A COPY.
UM, TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT SURE I WOULD WAIT ON THAT.
IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE ANY ASSIGNMENTS, I WOULD WAIT TO SEE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, IF YOU, YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A MOTION OR IF THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, UPON REGULAR REVIEW.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY MORE FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING SPECIFIC, LIKE EITHER MEETING DATES, PLANS FOR EACH SUB, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE GOALS, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UH, PARKS COMMISSION OR SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO SIDE VISITS, X AMOUNT OF TIMES PER YEAR, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO GET THESE UP AND RUNNING FOR 2024.
SO IF WE CAN ESTABLISH SOME OF THESE GOALS SO THAT WAY AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, WE HAVE, WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE DIDN'T MEET, BUT WE CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT THINGS GOT DONE WITH EACH ONE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S LIKE A TIMELINE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS TO SERVE BEFORE CHANGES CAN BE MADE.
SO TO ANTHONY'S POINT, MAKING CHANGES NOW IS PROBABLY NOT A COMMISSIONER.
REMEMBER THE CYCLE? DIDN'T WE DO IT AFTER THE NEW APPOINTMENTS? I THINK IT WAS ONCE A YEAR AND WE DID IT RIGHT AFTER THE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
RIGHT? APRIL OR SOMETHING? YEAH.
BECAUSE I BELIEVE, UH, ANNETTE YOU TOOK OVER.
IT, UH, IT WAS ABOUT APRIL, MARCH.
YOU, YOU VOLUNTEERED TO BE ON A COMMITTEE.
AFTER YOU WERE THERE WAS, YES.
NO, YOU WERE JUST GIVEN THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT MARIE HAD BEFORE.
BUT THEN I GOT INTO THE YOUTH ONE AFTER THAT.
THIS, THIS ONE DOESN'T SHOW YOU ON THE YOUTH ONE.
THIS ONE SHOWS ME, AND THAT'S THE THING, COMMISSIONER, THEY DON'T KEEP UP WITH THE PAPERS.
I KIND OF REMEMBER YOU ASKING TO BE SO NOT KNOWING IF WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS.
UM, DO YOU GUYS WANNA TRY AND DO YOU GUYS WANNA MEET WITH YOUR SUB COMMISSIONS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING OR TABLE THIS ITEM ALSO? AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT ASSIGNMENTS IN THIS VERSION AND TO, WE CAN ADD REASSIGN AFTER THE MARCH MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE, WELL, THESE, THESE
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ASSIGNMENTS ARE THESE ASSIGNMENTS WE HAVE, THESE ARE CORRECT.BUT, UM, YEAH, IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT YOU GUYS WANNA MAKE IN TERMS OF ASSIGNMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO RECONVENE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS STILL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT EACH SUBCOMMITTEE CAN DO AND GOALS WE WANNA ESTABLISH FOR EACH ONE.
'CAUSE THIS DOCUMENT, UH, KIND OF GIVES A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT EACH SUBCOMMITTEE THEIR PURPOSE IS.
BUT IT DOESN'T LAY OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT ACTION ITEMS EACH SUBCOMMITTEE WILL DO.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE KIND OF WANNA DEVELOP HERE.
OH, I MEAN, A WHILE BACK WE DID COME UP WITH WHEN WE WERE GONNA MEET.
SO IF WE JUST GO DOWN EACH ONE AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A DATE TO MEET, TO PRESENT AT THE NEXT MEETING, JIM, TO MEET AND COME UP WITH GOALS.
WELL, PART, PART OF THE CHALLENGE, AS I RECALL, I THINK YOU AND I MET WITH THE FARMER PARKS DIRECTOR RIGHT? WHEN WE FIRST, WEREN'T YOU IN THE PARKS COMMITTEE WITH ME? YES.
WE MET WITH THE FARMER DIRECTOR.
RIGHT? YOU AND I WHEN? A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO NOW.
AND WE WERE ASKING FOR THAT VERY THING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT, THAT WE AS A COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE CAN DO TO SUPPORT PARKS, PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES? WE SPENT LIKE TWO HOURS WITH THAT AND WE WALKED AWAY WITH NOTHING.
BECAUSE HE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING WAS UNDER CONTROL.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY, AND I THINK WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM KELLY AND KIM IS WE CAN'T WORK IN A VACUUM.
WE NEED TO OPERATE WITH STAFF.
SO WHOEVER'S LIKE, WE HAVE A NEW PARK SUPERVISOR.
WE, WE, THE PARKS COMMITTEE SHOULD MEET WITH THE PARKS SUPERVISOR AND KIND OF BRAINSTORM HOW CAN THE COMMISSION BEST SERVE YOUR PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT YOUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE MEET ONCE A QUARTER, WE TALK TO YOUR STAFF ABOUT DOING THESE INSPECTIONS.
NOT AS AN OFFICIAL ROLE OF THE CITY OR OF THE COMMISSION, BUT AS AN ADVISORY TO YOUR, YOUR ORGAN, YOUR OPERATION.
SO YOU'VE KIND OF IDENTIFY THOSE KINDS OF, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST MOVING FORWARD.
SO WE START TO GET FOCUSED ON A COMMITMENT AND, AND SHE'S NOT HERE TO PARTICIPATE THEN.
WELL, I, I THINK A GOOD START WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE TIME COMMITMENT RIGHT UP TO, LIKE FOR THE CDBG SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET TWICE ANNUALLY.
AND WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH FROM THE STAFF SIDE, CITY STAFF SIDE TO, AND, AND MAKE SURE THOSE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING? UM, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S NOBODY IN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, PARKS AND MUSEUMS, THAT'S AN HOW OFTEN.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT MEETING WAS HELD? IT SAYS AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER.
UM, SO I THINK STARTING TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS TO THEN, 'CAUSE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN HELP, UM, THOSE MEETINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN FIRST BEFORE WE CAN DETERMINE HOW CAN, HOW CAN YOU GUYS HELP US BELIEVE THOSE MEETINGS WERE GONNA BE SET UP? BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED RIGHT THERE.
BUT YOU LOOKED TO KIM TO SAY, OR KELLY.
KEL KELLY WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO I SO CONNECT US WITH WHO ON STAFF.
SHOULD WE MEET WITH WHO ON, ON STAFF AT PARKS AND REC SHOULD WE MEET WITH? AND THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY GOT BUSY, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOW THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP FOR 2024.
UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN CERTAINLY CONNECT YOU GUYS WITH THOSE PROPER, LIKE THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM CHILD DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY.
I MEAN, ALL OF THOSE, UM, PROGRAMS COULD DEFINITELY USE INPUT SPECIAL EVENTS.
I KNOW RICHARD AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING MENTIONED WANTING TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND NOT JUST GETTING THE REVIEW AFTERWARDS.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I CAN DEFINITELY HELP CONNECT YOU GUYS WITH.
IF WE REALLY WANNA GET, UH, THOSE MEETINGS SET AND REALLY GET THOSE GOALS AND SUBCOMMITTEES UP.
SO CAN, MOST OF THESE ARE AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER.
CAN WE GET THOSE INITIAL MEETINGS SET UP BEFORE OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING FROM THE STAFF? YEAH.
AS LONG AS IT LINES UP WITH YOUR GUYS' SCHEDULES AS WELL.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING IS THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY.
I DON'T MEAN HAVE THE MEETING BEFORE THE 14TH, BUT AT LEAST HAVE A DATE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THAT MEETING.
OH, IN THAT FIRST QUARTER? YES.
THE END OF THE, OF MARCH 1ST QUARTER BEFORE MARCH.
SO WE, WE, ANTHONY AND I WILL, WE'LL TAKE THIS, THIS CONVERSATION AND CON AND TALK ABOUT IT WITH, UH, WITH OUR DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, KIM AND, AND KELLY.
AND THEN LET THEM KNOW THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE REQUESTING, AND THEN WE'LL GET DIRECTION FROM THERE.
BUT WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THE CDBG MEETING BEFORE YES.
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OUR NEXT MEETING.AND, UM, I THINK FOR THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, I DON'T KNOW RICHARD, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING A MEETING WITH, BECAUSE I, I ATTEND THE YES, THE, OKAY.
WAS IT ANITA? WAS, UH, ANNETTE.
DID YOU, WERE YOU HOPING TO BE ON THE YOUTH COMMITTEE? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? YES.
UH, AS FAR AS I WAS AWARE, UH, WE JUST KEPT THE SAME ASSIGNMENTS.
AND YOU TOOK OVER MARIE'S THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY YEAH.
WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU DOWN AS THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
WE HAD GABBY, WHO'S STILL ON, AND THEN RICHARD REMAINED THE ALTERNATE.
IT WAS THE, UH, THE MEETING AFTER THAT.
I TALKED TO KIM AND, UM, SHE SAID, OH, YOU COULD BE IN THE, THE YOUTH COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, GABBY QUESTIONED AND SHE SAID, OH, SHE CAN BE IN IT.
BUT THEN I WAS NEVER PUT IN IT, SO I JUST FIGURED, OH, OKAY.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, I CAN BE ANOTHER COMMITTEE.
IT DOESN'T, I THINK I WAS GONNA BE IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND THE, THE WELLNESS.
WE STILL HAVE TO FILL THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS WELL.
WELL, WE'LL REDO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS AFTER MARCH.
AND THEN ANNETTE, IF, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHICH SUBCOMMITTEES YOU'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF.
UM, I THINK FOR THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, 'CAUSE IT SAYS UP TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, BUT THOSE ARE LIKE THE ACTUAL YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
WE, WE SHOULD STILL HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING WITH, UM, LIKE MELISSA NOW THAT SHE'S COMING BACK YEAH.
SO THAT RICHARD AND I CAN TALK TO HER.
SO DO WE NEED TO TABLE OR, OR SET A, A DIFFERENT ACTION ITEM FOR THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING? UM, TO, FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES? YES.
I MEAN, WE COULD SAY, I MEAN, AT LEAST FOR NOW, YOU KNOW, OUR ACTION ITEMS ARE TO SET UP THOSE MEETING DATES, UH, FOR THIS QUARTER FOR EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
UM, SO WHAT WHAT WE CAN DO IS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WE COULD, ONCE WE MEET, IF WE'VE ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE MET, WE CAN THEN ESTABLISH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ONCE WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
CAN WE START ONE, MAYBE STEP BACK? YEAH.
CAN YOU BY NEXT MEETING PROVIDE US WITH THE STAFF LIAISONS FOR THESE COMMITTEES? ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST MEETING SCHEDULED BY OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE'LL KNOW, SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
BUT OUR ASK OF YOU IS, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE? WHO'S AT WHO AT THE MUSEUM? WHO AT PARKS, YOU KNOW, WHO HAD CHILD DEVELOPMENT? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN, WHEN I WAS, UH, BECAME A COMMISSIONER AND THEY, THEY TOOK, TALKED TO ME ABOUT, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE.
THEY SAID THAT YOU'D HAVE AT LEAST TWO UH, MEETINGS A YEAR, TWO TO FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR.
AND THAT SOMEBODY WOULD CONTACT US OR ME, UH, FOR EACH PERSON ALSO.
UH, WILL THAT STILL BE DONE? OR DO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING.
WE'RE ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW.
YOU'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GET A NUMBER FROM SOMEBODY OR DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD SET, SOMEBODY SHOULD SET UP THAT MEETING FOR US? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'LL BE THE ONES TO SET.
AND WE DID TRY THAT, THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND KELLY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M SORRY.
KELLY WAS GONNA REACH, KELLY WAS GONNA REACH OUT.
'CAUSE WE WERE SHARING CALENDARS BACK THEN.
MEMBER DENISE WERE SHOWING CALENDARS AND THEY WERE GONNA TAKE IT TO STAFF AND SAY, OKAY, STAFF, THESE ARE THE DATES THAT THE COMMISSIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
CAN YOU MAKE, CAN WE WORK OUT A DATE? AND THAT STARTED TO HAPPEN, BUT THEN IT DID KIND OF FIZZLED OUT.
SO, SO JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR ON, ON WHAT THE ACTION ITEMS ARE, UM, WE WILL GET A LIST, UH, E EACH ONE OF US WILL GET A LIST OF CONTACTS FOR WHO WE SHOULD BE MEETING FOR THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND WE WILL HAVE THE FIRST QUARTER MEETING ESTABLISHED, BUT THE STAFF WILL TAKE CARE OF SETTING UP THOSE MEETINGS FOR US WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER.
YEAH, FIRST QUARTER I CAN TELL YOU I'M, I'M, I'LL BE THE CONTACT PERSON.
PERSON FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND PARKS AS WELL.
UH, PARKS FACILITIES IS MORE OF LIKE A PUBLIC WORKS THING, SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE A DIFFERENT STAFF.
I'M MORE OF LIKE THE PROGRAMMING COMPONENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
THAT WAS A LOT TO WORK THROUGH, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
NO, I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR INPUT.
THE, THE LAST ITEM IS A COMMUNITY SERVICES SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS NICE AND BREEZY.
UM, JANUARY IS PRETTY LIGHT FOR US.
YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT WE DO HAVE THE SENIOR DANCE COMING UP THIS SUNDAY.
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UM, IT'S GONNA BE NEW YEAR'S THEMES.IT'S GONNA BE JUST AS GOOD AS ALL OF OUR OTHER SENIOR DANCES LAST YEAR.
LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, UM, FOOD THAT'S PERHAPS THERE.
EVERYTHING YOU'VE COME TO EXPECT.
THE DOORS ARE GONNA OPEN AT 1 45.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER SENIOR DANCE IN FEBRUARY ON THE 18TH, WHICH IS GONNA BE VALENTINE'S THEMED.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THE FLYER'S HERE, BUT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME TIME, SAME PRICE AS THE JANUARY DANCE.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO MARCH IS OUR FIRST REAL BIG EVENT OF THE YEAR.
THE LA HOPPER RACES ON SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH AT 7:30 AM WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR USUAL, THE 5K WALK, THE KITTY RUN, AND THE DIAPER DASH.
UH, THE THEMING OF THIS YEAR IS RACE FOR THE GOLDS.
UH, IT'S KIND OF AN OLYMPIC THEME SINCE IT'S AN OLYMPIC YEAR IN PARIS THIS YEAR.
UM, SO SOMETHING NEW HOW WE'RE REGISTERING, AND SAL CAN TOUCH ON THIS TOO, SINCE THIS IS HIS EVENT.
BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING REGISTRATIONS COMPLETELY ONLINE, UM, THROUGH A SEPARATE WEBSITE.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE GROUPS SIGNING UP HERE.
SO IF YOU RECOMMEND ANYONE OR YOU GUYS WANNA SIGN UP, YOU'LL HAVE TO CHECK THE LAHABRA WEBSITE OR AT, UH, LH RECREATION ON LAHABRA CA.GOV.
THAT'LL HAVE THE LINK TO REGISTER.
YOU'LL GET ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION, UH, THROUGH THAT WEBSITE.
AND THEN IN MARCH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE, UH, EGG NIGHT GLOW IN THE DARK EGG HUNT IN THE SPRING FAMILY EXTRAVAGANZA.
AND WELL THE CALENDAR'S IN FRONT OF YOU, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY.
WE, I, I DON'T WANT TO GO DATE BY DATE THE ENTIRE YEAR, BUT IF ANY OF ANY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THE LA LA HAVA RACES OR THE SENIOR DANCE, I, OF COURSE WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND SOME OF THESE DATES MIGHT CHANGE AS, UH, LIKE, LOVE LA HABRA, IT'S IN SEPTEMBER AT THE MOMENT.
HOWEVER, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING TO DETERMINE IF THEY WANT TO HAVE IT WITH THE LOVE OUR CITIES MOVEMENT.
AND, BUT SO IF THEY DO, THAT WOULD THEN BE MOVED TO APRIL.
SO, UH, ONCE THAT FIRST MEETING HAPPENS, THEN THAT POTENTIALLY CAN CHANGE.
AM I WRONG OR DID WE USED TO HAVE TWO LOVE LAHABRA EVENTS EVERY YEAR? I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR FOUR MONTHS.
I, BUT THE, THE LOVE OUR CITIES MOVEMENT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN APRIL.
WE USED TO HAVE, WE USED TO HAVE A, I LOVE LAHABRA YEARS AGO, BUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO A KABOOM AND THEN STOPPED.
THERE WAS ALSO A KABOOM, UM, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN.
THERE'S ALSO KABOOM, KABOOM MOVEMENT SPONSORED, SPONSORED THING WHERE THEY DID, WENT TO A PARK AND BEAUTIFIED IT AND DID A BRAND NEW PLAYGROUND AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, SO WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER CONCERTS.
WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER MOVIES.
WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
WE'RE PREPARING FOR EVERYTHING FOR OUR BUSY SEASON AGAIN.
AND THEN THE DATE FOR THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS ALSO, YOU'LL SEE TWO DATES ON THERE MARCH 28TH AND APRIL 4TH.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE SCHOOLS OF WHAT DATE WORKS BETTER FOR THEM.
SO ONCE THAT DATE IS, UH, MADE CONCRETE, WE WILL MA MAKE A FINAL DAY OF, WE'LL UPDATE THIS CALENDAR.
AND JUST BASED OFF THE PRELIMINARY RESPONSES I'VE GOT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MARCH, UH, FOR THAT STUDENT GOVERNMENT DATE.
UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? NO COMMENTS FROM STAFF AT THIS MOMENT? NONE FROM ME.
UH, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER ROJAS, ANY COMMENTS? NO.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, I WAS REMINDED THAT WE SHOULD BE USING OUR CITY EMAIL FOR ALL BUSINESS RELATED TO THE COMMISSION.
I, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN OUT OF THE HABIT OF THAT, BUT WE DO NEED TO BE CHECKING THAT CITY EMAIL IF IT'S LOCKED.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET IN, I THINK ANTHONY PROBABLY CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
UH, THAT YOU CAN LET ME KNOW, BUT I'LL HAVE TO CONTACT IT.
UH, FOR ANYTHING REGARDING TECH OR YOUR EMAILS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE AN IT QUESTION.
BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO ME AND I'LL CONNECT YOU.
UHHUH, JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S SIGNED IN FOR A WHILE.
WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THAT UP TO IT.
WELL, HOW ABOUT JUST RESET ALL YOUR PASSWORDS.
I JUST GOT RECONNECTED, SO DON'T DO MINE.
AND THEY'LL LET US KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN SET.
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THEY'LL, THEY'LL PROVIDE US THE DEFAULT PASSWORD AND THEN WHEN, UH, ANTHONY COULD JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU.AND THEN YOU'LL BE PROMPTED TO CHANGE IT RIGHT AWAY.
AND I KNOW MINE TOO, SO DON'T RESET
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT TRAINING ALSO.
SO IF IT COULD BE DONE IN TIME FOR EVERYONE TO GET INTO THEIR EMAIL AND GET THAT LINK.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT ONE? WHAT IS IT? IT SAYS HR MANDATORY TRAINING.
UH, TWO HOURS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING.
I THINK I JUST DID MIND THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT ALSO DEPENDS ON, I THINK THE LAST TIME YOU COMPLETED IT, YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT ALL HAVE THE SAME DATE.
UM, IT DEPENDS WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED AND WHEN YOU WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THAT TRAINING.
YEAH, PLEASE JUST CHECK TO MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE ON SCHEDULE, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY EMAIL ON IT OR NOT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.
SO I WAS GOING TO REQUEST IF WE COULD LOOK AT OUR CALENDARS AND SEE IF WE CAN MOVE OUR MEETING TO EITHER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH OR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH.
I CAN'T, I, I CAN DO EITHER DAY.
THAT REQUIRES MOVING A MOUNTAIN.
DOES IT? TO NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE? UH, I MEAN, WE WILL, WE CAN PROVIDE ALL THAT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC NOTICE.
UM, I BELIEVE IT JUST HAS TO BE WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THE DAY.
UM, SO IF WE WERE TO SCHEDULE IT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO IT'S STILL A WEDNESDAY, BUT A DIFFERENT WEEK.
UM, NO, IT'S, IT'S THAT EITHER THAT TUESDAY OR THAT THURSDAY.
IS THIS ROOM AVAILABLE? DO WE KNOW? OH, DO WE NEED TO CHECK THE AVAILABILITY? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION TOO.
AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS FAR AS I KNOW.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER GROUPS THAT MEET HERE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WHAT YOU COULD ALSO DO IS IF YOU WANNA ADJOURN TO AN EARLIER TIME ON VALENTINE'S DAY, IF THAT WORKS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'LL BE AN ISSUE TO ADJOURN TO EITHER THAT TUESDAY OR THAT THURSDAY, THOUGH.
UM, IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
SO IF YOU COULD, UH, PICK, PICK A DAY AND THEN WE COULD CHECK WITH, UH, THE PERSON WHO OVERSEES THE RESERVATION OF THIS, THE CHAMBERS, AND THEN WE COULD LET YOU KNOW WHICH DAY WORKS.
SO THE 15TH WORKS BETTER FOR ME.
DENISE, CAN YOU DO THE 15TH? 15TH? YEAH.
SO, UM, I ADJOURN TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH AT 6:30 PM IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.