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COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2024 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
THE MEETING.ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY? C.
WE'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 REQUEST 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 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 ALARMED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE FIRST ITEM ARE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, JUNE, 2024.
CHAIR GARCIA, I'D LIKE TO JUMP IN.
WE DO NOT HAVE OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY, UM, BUT WE DID AT THAT MEETING.
UM, THERE WERE SOME UPDATES THAT WERE ASKED TO BE MADE FOR THE JUNE MEETING.
SO THOSE UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE AND THAT'S THE APPROVAL.
UM, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES FOR JULY.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED JUNE MINUTES THEN? CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO 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 ALONE 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 IS RECOGNITION OF THE LAHABRA TEAM LEADERS WHO IS SPEAKING ON THAT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MIKAYLA ROMERO.
SHE'LL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, NEW SERVICE COMMISSIONER COMMISSION.
I'M THE SENIOR REC, I AM THE ADVISOR FOR THE 2024 PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR MISSION IS THE HARVARD SENIOR PROGRAM.
MISSION IS TO EMPOWER AND INSPIRE THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME CONFIDENT, COMPASSIONATE, AND CAPABLE LEADERS.
THROUGH A DYNAMIC BLEND OF MENTORSHIP, SKILL BUILDING WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SERVICE INITIATIVES.
WE STRIVE TO CULTIVATE A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE TEAMS CAN DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL, FOSTER MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THEIR SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO OUR PURPOSE AND GOALS IS, UM, TEACHING THE TEAM LEADERS ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE A JOB.
WE DO GO THROUGH A HIRING PROCESS.
UM, WE DO INTERVIEW PANELS, UM, AS WELL AS HAVING A MIDSUMMER AND END OF SUMMER EVALUATIONS.
UM, UM, SO WE HAVE 41 TOTAL TEEN LEADERS.
WE HAVE TWO IN NINTH, 11 AND 10TH.
15 AND 11TH GRADE AND 12 AND 12TH GRADE.
ALRIGHT, SO THESE ARE THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT THE TEEN LEADERS, THE SISTER WITH US, UM, WHERE IT WAS DAY CAMP.
UH, WE HAD HELP WITH ADMINISTRATION WHERE IT WAS LIKE FILING, COPYING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN THE PARK SLASH ACTIVITIES, MOVIES IN THE PARK, CONCERTS IN THE PARK.
4TH OF JULY, C**K SENIOR DANCES, KIDS NIGHT OUT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT SYMPHONY ON THE GO AND THE NORTH GATE, UH, BACKPACK GIVEAWAY.
SO HOURS COMPLETED FOR DAY CAMP WAS 1,771 HOURS FOR DAY CAMP EXCURSIONS.
SPECIAL EVENTS, 383 HOURS IN ADMINISTRATION, 69 HOURS.
I JUST WANNA SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEAM LEADERS FOR MAKING SUMMER 2024.
WITHOUT YOU GUYS, A LOT OF THE STUFF WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE.
BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING YOUR TIME TO COMMUNITY.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL GO AHEAD AND UM, NAME ALL THE TEAM LEADERS.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN LINE UP, UM, STARTING WITH AIDEN CASTRO.
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ALLISON ALISON, KIM ROMERO, JANET RIVERA, LOIS BREWERY, MARVIN, KIM, MICHELLE, KIM, AA, MORGAN SANCHEZ, NORA UA.OKAY,
CHEESE, CHEESEBURGERS,
YOU DON'T WANT COVER YOUR FACE.
AND THEN WE NEED TO BOOMER
IS THIS CALLED TIKTOK? WHAT? FOREVER.
WHAT'S A TIKTOK? ALL RIGHT, BOOMERANG.
BASICALLY YOU'RE, YOU GUYS NOW SUPER BIG.
WHAT IS A BOOMERANG? I NEED SOME MOVEMENT.
OH, JUST KIND MOVEMENT ON THREE.
SO BEFORE YOU GUYS GO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, TO YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID.
THESE NUMBERS ARE SUPER IMPRESSIVE.
$43,000 THAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO SAVE BECAUSE YOU CAME OUT AND YOU VOLUNTEERED SOMETHING THAT YOU DEFINITELY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO DURING YOUR VACATION.
HOW MANY WERE INVOLVED IN THE DAY CAMP, SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR? ANYBODY KNOW? CALVIN, MARCO AND LUCAS? YEAH.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL OF YOU.
THEY WAKE UP EVERY MORNING TALKING ABOUT WHO THEY'RE GONNA MEET, THEIR SUPERVISORS, THEIR LEADERS, AND EVERY NIGHT THEY COME HOME SO EXHAUSTED.
AND I WANNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP THE MONEY FLOWING.
SO THIS PROGRAM GOES ON FOREVER.
WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE IN THIS PLACE, THEY'RE GONNA BE CELEBRATING YOUR COMMUNICATION, YOUR CONTACT, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU ARE THE FUTURE LEADERS FOR THE CITY.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.
IF THEY WOULD'VE KNOWN YOU WERE ALL GONNA BE HERE, THEY WOULD BE
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HERE RIGHT NOW CHEERING ON.AND ALSO, UH, I WAS AT MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU WERE, UH, THERE VOLUNTEERING AND EVERYONE HAD A SMILE ALWAYS.
AND THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
CAN WE GO TOO? CAN WE GO? AND AFTER OUR MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH THE TAIL END OF THEIR, UH, ICE CREAM PARTY SHOOT.
OKAY, SO WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES.
ARE THERE ANY UPDATES FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEES? UM, I HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE BEAUTIFICATION.
SO ANTHONY JUST LET ME KNOW THAT ACTUALLY YOU ALL GOT EMAILS IF YOU LOOKED AT YOUR CITY EMAIL? I DIDN'T SO I WAS BAD.
THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, BEAUTIFICATION, UH, AWARDS.
ON THIS MONDAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THE, UM, WINNERS HAVE BEEN, HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF, WE HAVE ONE FAMILY.
ONE FAMILY WILL BE HERE AT LEAST HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY ELSE WILL.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS HOME HERE WILL BE HERE? THE, THE IMAGE WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S COMING? UH, NO, THIS, I'M SORRY.
THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WE NOMINATED FOR BEFORE.
THIS WAS THE, JUST THE LAST ONE PREVIOUSLY.
THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS NOW FOR THE NEXT SET OF AWARDS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE ONES FROM LAST TIME 'CAUSE WE HAD ALREADY REVIEWED THOSE.
UM, BUT THE ONE FAMILY, I REMEMBER THEIR FAMILY NAME, THEY'RE THE NIA FAMILY.
WAS IT THREE 50 COUNTRY HILLS? OKAY.
UM, THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO GOT BACK TO ME.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING THEM.
I HAD TO TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE.
THEY SEEMED VERY EXCITED TO BE RECOGNIZED.
SO MONDAY AT SIX 30 IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME, THEY'LL BE THERE.
AND THIS IS THE LAST NOMINATION FROM JUST THIS LAST MONTH.
SO, UM, THE NEXT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY NOMINATIONS, JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM IN TO ANTHONY.
SO THE, THE RESIDENTS HERE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED, I DON'T KNOW.
THEY WOULD JUST NOMINATE AS, SO THEY HAVE TO GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT'S BE IN THE NEXT YEAH, YEAH.
OR IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS PROPERTY FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE JUST RUN IT BY YOU AND THEN I'LL TALK TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD WITH THEIR, ANY NO VIOLATIONS OR ANYTHING.
AND THEN WE WILL SEND THEM OUT A LETTER.
WELL I WILL SAY THIS HOUSE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
BUT THE OWNERS ARE BEAUTIFUL AS WELL.
THEY'RE REALLY GREAT NEIGHBORS.
BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
WELL HOPEFULLY THEY SHOW UP SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE 'EM FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT INFORMATION BY EMAIL.
I'M STILL BAD WITH PAPER STUFF NOW.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR BEAUTIFICATION.
WE WILL BE SCHEDULING A MEETING.
UM, NOW THAT WE HAD A COUPLE EVENTS THAT HAVE ENDED, I KNOW SAL AND UH, MARTHA WILL ALL BE LOOKING AT OUR CALENDARS, UM, TO SCHEDULE A MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
FOR SENIOR AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND, UM, NEW SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME TENTATIVE DATES THAT WE I COULD SHARE FOR THE YOUTH COMMITTEE AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
THAT WOULD BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH OR THE 30TH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
I THINK THAT WORKED OUT BEST FOR YOU, GABBY.
BUT IF EITHER OF THOSE DATES WORK FOR YOU, UM, THAT WORKS FOR, UM, SAL AND, UH, MELISSA.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH OR THE 30TH? EITHER ONE'S FINE.
ANNETTE, THE 30TH IS BETTER FOR ME.
IS THERE A TIME? NO, I DON'T EVEN, ANYTIME.
WOULD YOU LIKE A FOUR O'CLOCK? THAT'S FINE.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU GABBY? YEP.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE YOUTH COMMITTEE IS HAVING THEIR FIRST MEETING? USUALLY THAT'S NOT UNTIL I WANNA SAY SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS COMING UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS.
I SHOULD, I SHOULD HAVE HAD AN UPDATE.
UM, AS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY JUST CONDUCTED THEIR INTERVIEWS LAST WEEK.
UH, SO THEY'LL BE REACHING OUT AND STARTING THAT.
SO I WOULD SAY YEAH, SEPTEMBER IS PROBABLY GONNA BE THE FIRST MEETING.
ANY OTHER, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES? SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY BUSY SUMMER.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP A, A COUPLE OF BIG EVENTS, ACTUALLY.
WE HAD OUR BACKPACK GIVEAWAY THIS PAST WEEKEND.
UH, IT WAS OUR FIRST COLLABORATION WITH ALL THESE CHURCHES TO DO THIS EVENT WHERE WE
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GAVE AWAY SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BACKPACKS, SHOES, HAIRCUTS.UM, IT WAS A HUGE COLLABORATION EFFORT HERE AT PORTOLA PARK.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN TO WORK, UH, STAFF MET AGAIN TO JUST DEBRIEF AND WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING TOWARDS NEXT YEAR SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
BUT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT.
UM, I BELIEVE WE DONATED, WHAT WAS IT? 600 AND SO 600, 650, ABOUT SIX.
A LITTLE OVER 600 NEW PAIRS OF SHOES.
AND THEN OVER 850 BACKPACKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS.
SO WE PRETTY MUCH WERE ALMOST THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH.
HOW MANY SHOES WERE YOU GIVING OUT? JUST A LITTLE OVER 600.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME, UM, LESSONS LEARNED.
WE HAVE SOME NEW I OR SOME IDEAS TO HELP, UH, MANAGE WITH TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE FOOT TRAFFIC.
'CAUSE WE JUST HAD A LINE THAT, YOU KNOW, WRAPPED AROUND AND, UM, WE REALLY WANTED EVERYONE TO GO DOWN OR PASS BY EACH BOOTH THAT WAS THERE.
SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS ALREADY FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO THAT GOOD PROBLEMS ARE GOOD.
UM, ISSUES TO SOLVE FOR OUR NEXT EVENT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
WERE THE ITEMS DONATED OR WERE THEY PURCHASED BY THE CITY OR SOMEWHERE? I BELIEVE IT WAS A COMBINATION, CORRECT? YES.
THE SCHOOL, THE, UH, CHURCHES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY COLLECTED THEIR ITEMS. I KNOW A LOT OF, UM, UH, OUTREACH WENT OUT FOR DONATIONS.
UM, FROM THE CITY SIDE, OUR EMPLOYEES, WE DID A LOT OF, UM, UM, PROMOTION AND OUTREACH TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND OVER $800 WAS DONATED.
SO WITH THAT MONEY THEN SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE BOUGHT AND I THINK WE SUPPLEMENTED ANOTHER MAYBE THREE TO $400 JUST TO COMPLETE, UM, ENOUGH KITS FOR A THOUSAND KITS.
SO, YOU KNOW, VERY LITTLE, UM, ADDITIONAL MONIES WERE SPENT.
UM, AND WITH THOSE SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE 'EM TO THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN CERTAINLY USE 'EM FOR THEIR, UH, PROGRAMS. YEAH, DEFINITELY.
WE NEED TO PUT A NOTE IN THE FILE FOR A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION.
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE FOR THAT.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS SAW SOME OF THE PICTURES ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ON FACEBOOK.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD COMMUNITY, UM, SUPPORT THERE.
DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT THE BETTER LIFE LAHABRA ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED PUT THAT TOGETHER? BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD OF THEM BEFORE THIS EVENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF GREENHILLS CHURCH.
THEY, THEY, THEY'RE, IT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF REBRANDING THEMSELVES.
UM, BUT THEY'RE THE CHURCH OFF OF, UH, LAMBERT AND BEACH, UH, ACROSS FROM TRADER JOE'S, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THEIR TAGLINE SO TO SPEAK.
UH, WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR CONCERTS IN THE PARK AS WELL WITH THE MARIACHI DIVAS.
UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT WAS ALSO ATTENDED BY ABOUT 600 TO 650 PEOPLE THERE.
UH, THE BIGGEST CROWD WE HAD ALL SUMMER AT PORTOLA PARK.
I MEAN, WHEREVER THE MARIACHI DIVAS GO, PEOPLE IN THE HABRA FOLLOW, THEY'RE LOVED.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH ALL OF THE ACTS WE HAD THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY, UH, MAYBE SOME OF 'EM WE CAN GET, AGAIN, MARIACHI DIVA IS ALWAYS NICE, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD REVIEWS ABOUT THE OTHER BANDS WE HAD AS WELL.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA BE RECAPPING AND ALREADY STARTING TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR AND SEE WHAT OTHER BANDS WE CAN EXPAND ON AND GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEN THIS FRIDAY, MOVIES IN THE PARK WITH MATT GRATION.
IT'LL BE AT PORTOLA PARK FOLLOWED BY JAWS IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN COCOA IN OCTOBER.
SO WE ONLY HAVE THREE LEFT AND WE WRAPPED UP CONCERTS.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO WIND DOWN FROM SUMMER.
UH, IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO LOOK TOWARDS THE FALL AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT ALSO OUR SPLASH ZONES WILL BE CLOSING, UH, LABOR DAY WEEKEND ON THE SECOND.
UM, THAT'S, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE STAYED A LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE IT WAS HOT, SO WE KEPT THEM OPEN.
YOU KNOW, WE PLAYED BY EAR, BUT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE SECOND AS OF NOW.
WELL, BECAUSE OF, UM, OUR PART-TIME, BUDGET HOURS GETTING CUT, THAT'S PART OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY WE'RE CLOSING OUR ORIGINAL DATE WAS, UH, LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
BUT BECAUSE LAST YEAR IT WAS SO HOT THROUGH OCTOBER, WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR HOURS.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR WE WILL BE CLOSING LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
SO THE SECOND IS THE LAST DAY IT'LL BE OPEN.
UM, I THINK IT'S THROUGH THAT MONDAY.
THAT MONDAY WE'LL BE OPEN LABOR DAY.