* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] AND, UM, [ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ] OUR MICS ARE ON. AND PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION. UH, I GOT ONE. WHOA. OH, I GOT ONE. . DIVINE INTERVENTION. I KNOW. BEST MATTER. OKAY. DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AS A CONSIDERED CITY BUSINESS SET FORTH IN THE MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION WITH INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COMMISSION STAFF AND CITIZENS, SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN SOLVE, STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY, SPIRIT, AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND. PLEASE BLESS THE COMMISSION AND THE DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT IT MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY. AMEN. AMEN. ANNETTE, YOU WANNA DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YES. . PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. AND I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION, UNDERG GOD INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE TAKING ROLL CHAIR SCHMIDT HERE. VICE CHAIR LIMON. HERE. COMMISSIONER HANNA. HERE. COMMISSIONER ROJAS. ABSENT. AND COMMISSIONER S ABSENT. OKAY. THANK YOU ANTHONY. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS SHALL BE RECEIVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNING BODY MEETING AND LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF 30 MINUTES FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS. UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED, EXCUSE ME, 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. 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 GOVERNMENT 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. AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO 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, STAFF, CITY, 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 THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL WITH A TOTAL TIME LIMIT OF THE 30 MINUTES PER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. UNLESS OTHERWISE MODIFIED BY THE CHAIR. SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND OR LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PUR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE ITEM, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETING, MINUTES OF APRIL, UM, 2025. WE HAVE APRIL, 2020. OH, THIS IS AN OLD ONE. MAY. OKAY. OF MAY. MAY 14TH, 20. YEAH. THANK YOU. HAS ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES AND IF SO, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. COMMENTS. OKAY. UM, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE? VERONICA? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES' READ. OKAY. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR A AYE. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? NO, NO. MOTION PASSED. OKAY. UH, CAN, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION ITEMS. OKAY. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY RE NO, LET ME SEE. YEP. ANY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE MAY REQUEST TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY CONSIDERATION ITEMS PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION TAKING FINAL VOTE ON THE ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 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. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM ON HERE IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT OUR LAST MEETING AND WE WERE GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND BRING IT UP TONIGHT, BUT SINCE WE ONLY HAVE THREE OF US HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUSH IT UNTIL AUGUST. I'LL SECOND [00:05:01] THAT. YEAH. SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE MOTION IS TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE AUGUST AGENDA, NOT IN JULY. YES. AUGUST TO AUGUST. WOULD I JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, MALE, UM, HANDLER, MR. HANDLER, HE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, UH, A SCHOLARSHIP THAT THAT'S GIVEN EVERY YEAR. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA DO SOMETHING TO TOP THAT OFF WITH WHEN THERE'S ALREADY ONE THERE. THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT THAT I HAD, UM, WAS THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AT THE TIME THAT WE VOTE ON. IT COULD BE MAYBE SOMETHING TO DO WITH A PARK, IT COULD BE SOMETHING WITH A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING ON. IT COULD BE A SCHOLARSHIP, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA PUT 'CAUSE IT'S, IF WE ALL DECIDE TO DO IT, IT'S $500. NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO SOME. SO, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM? FROM EACH OF US? UH, THAT'S SOMETHING HEAVY TO LAY ON, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS THAT JUST COME IN AND DONATE THEIR TIME. I'M JUST SAYING HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT AND, AND I UNDERSTAND AND WE'LL, WE CAN, HOW ABOUT YOU VERONICA? I, I AM STILL KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IT. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE IT WOULD GO, UH, HOW IT WOULD BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT AND UNDERSTANDABLE. AND WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MORE IN AUGUST, BUT OKAY. IT WOULD BE, IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ONGOING, SO SAY IT, IT WAS ONGOING FOR EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON EVERY YEAR. MAYBE THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON WHERE WE'D WANNA DO IT. 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONERS. MM-HMM . THE CITY IS NOT OVERSEEING IT, SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO. SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE YOUTH COMMITTEE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE PARK DAY AND A FEW KIDS ARE SHORT OF MONEY. MAYBE WE WANNA HELP THEM. IT WOULD BE JUST WHATEVER THE COMMISSIONER'S THOUGHT WOULD BE A GOOD USE OF THE MONEY, IF ANYTHING. SO THAT WAS MY ORIGINAL THOUGHT. AND I KNOW ASKING FOR MONEY IS A LOT. I, THE REASON WHY I CAME UP WITH A HUNDRED EACH WAS BECAUSE I FIGURED IT WAS TWO MONTHS OF OUR STIPEND. WHAT THE CITY GIVES US, GIVES US. THAT WAS MY REASONING. AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. SO, YOU KNOW, WELL, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CENTENNIAL, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF VOLUNTEERING, A LOT OF GIVING MONEY AND HELPING OUT THAT, UM, IT, IT COULD BE A BURDEN EVEN A HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND I, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF IF THERE'S FIVE OF US AND ONLY THREE WANNA GIVE AND TWO DON'T, UM, HOW WOULD THAT, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE UNANIMOUS. YEAH. VOTED ON. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T, YEAH, THAT'S MY OPINION. I DON'T KNOW IF JUST ONE OR TWO OR WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. YES. YEAH. BECAUSE I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE UNANIMOUS. YEAH. BUT THE MONEY IS NOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. RIGHT. SO TO MAKE AN IMPACT. I AGREE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL VOTE ON IT IN AUGUST AND SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. OKAY. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY AGAIN, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE CITY IS PUSHING OR THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED BEFORE. IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE COMMISSION IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU GET TO DECIDE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES, IF ANYTHING, TO ANY SORT, PROGRAM, PROJECT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO COME DO A CONSENSUS AND DECIDE ON IN AUGUST, IT KIND OF KICKS OFF. YOU KNOW, REMEMBER GABBY WAS TRYING TO DO A SCHOLARSHIP. YEAH. BUT IT GOT VERY INVOLVED 'CAUSE THE CITY WAS GONNA OVERSEE IT AND THERE WAS A LOT INVOLVED IN IT, SO IT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. SO, UM, WELL, SHE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR AND, UH, SHE TOOK A CONSENSUS AND I THINK MOST OF US SAID NO ON THAT. I DON'T RECALL BECAUSE I WAS ASKED DID YOU THOUGHT ON IT? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS EVER A FORMAL. I THINK SHE, SHE JUST ASKED, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN DIDN'T TAKE IT BECAUSE YEAH. AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF US THAT SAID NO ON THAT. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE MONTHS TO, TO THINK ABOUT IT. DELIBERATE AND, WE'LL, WE WILL, UH, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR AUGUST. MM-HMM . AND NOT, WELL, IT'S KIND OF ON THE SAME LINE. IT WAS JUST AN IDEA I HAD. YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO ANY IDEAS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, BRING THEM UP. 'CAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE GOOD IDEAS. YEAH. SO SOMETHING ELSE TOTALLY DIFFERENT. MEAN, IT COULD EVEN BE SOMETHING LIKE IF WE WANNA GIVE THE MONEY TO THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, WE CAN HAVE, UH, SOMETHING WITH THEM AND GET INVOLVED WITH THEM AND THEN EVERY MONTH EVERY PENNY GOES TO THE YOUTH COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW? YEAH. WE CAN DO FUNDRAISING THAT WAY. YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DO IT OR, YEAH. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, MONTHLY I GIVE OUT AT AT LEAST $300 TO NONPROFITS. SO, YOU KNOW, TO ADD TO IT, I, YOU KNOW, TRUTHFULLY COULDN'T DO THAT. UNDERSTANDABLE. YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE SAL HERE TODAY, SO HAL'S GONNA GIVE, SAL'S GONNA GIVE US A, UM, UPDATE ON THE LAHABRA OUTDOORS PROGRAM. I AM. [00:10:02] WOO HOO. GOOD EVENING. UH, EVENING CHAIR SCHMIDT, VICE CHAIR LIMON COMMISSIONER HANNA. UM, SALVADOR ORTEGA, RECREATION SUPERVISOR. I'LL BE GIVING YOU GUYS A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE LA HABER OUTDOORS PROGRAM. AS YOU ALL MIGHT BE AWARE OF, WE RECEIVED THE GRANT THROUGH, UM, ROUTE TO PARKS GRANT AND THE LA HABER OUTDOORS AS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH ROUTE TO PARKS GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LAUNCHED IN 2020 TO SUPPORT LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, UH, LOCATION AND OTHER OBSTACLES FACED IN BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO THE OUTDOORS. UH, AND THE GRANT, UH, THE GRANT IS FUNDED BY PRIVATE FUNDRAISING BY, UH, PARKS CALIFORNIA AND, UH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION WATERWAY CONNECTIONS INITIATIVE. UH, LA HABER PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED THIS GRANT IN 2021 AND WERE GRANTED MONEY ONCE AGAIN. THIS YEAR. UH, THE CITY RECEIVED $20,000 IN FUNDS TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND CONNECTION TO INLAND WATERWAYS, UM, PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM CONTAINS FOUR OUTDOOR TRIPS. UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK, JUNE 4TH, FIFTH AND SIXTH AT SILVERWOOD STATE SILVERWOOD LAKE STATE RECREATION, UH, AREA. AND IN TWO WEEKS WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO PAR, UH, LAKE PARIS STATE RECREATION AREA. AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL BE THE CALIFORNIA CITRUS STATE HISTORIC PARK. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WRAP IT UP WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY WATER RE REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO INTRODUCE AND IMMERSE LAHABRA YOUTH TO NATURE AND TEACH HOW THEIR WATER GETS TO THEIR HOMES, STARTING FROM THE WATERWAYS UP IN SACRAMENTO, SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, ON HOW THEY GET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THEIR FAUCETS. RIGHT. SO WHEN WE WENT CAMPING LAST WEEK, WE, ONE OF THE RANGERS TALKED ABOUT HOW THE WATER IS THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT AND HOW IT WAS, UH, BROUGHT UP IN THE FORTIES, FIFTIES, SIXTIES, AND FINALLY OPENED UP THE, IN THE, I THINK IT WAS 72, THEY SAID THAT THEY FINALLY FILLED THE SILVERWOOD LAKE. AND THEN THAT WATER FROM THERE GOES TO LAKE PARIS. AND THEN FROM THERE IT GETS DISTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT CITIES, ORANGE COUNTY BEING ONE OF THE COUNTIES THAT RECEIVE WATER FROM THERE. SO IT TIES EVERYTHING INTO HOW WE GET OUR WATER. SO WE TOOK, UH, 18 YOUTH TO SILVERWOOD LAKE STATE RECREATION. AND THIS IS JUST A SMALLER RECAP. WE TOOK 18 YOUTH ON A THREE DAY, TWO NIGHT OVERNIGHT CAMPING TRIP. UH, THEY LEARNED ABOUT BASIC SURVIVAL SKILLS, HOW TO PITCH A TENT ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S WATER SYSTEM AND NATIVE FLOOR AND FAUNA. UH, THEY LEARN PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND LEARN, AND THE LEAVE NO TRACE BEHIND KIND OF, UH, MODEL. WHEN WE GO TO THE OUTDOORS, THEY PARTICIPATE IN OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKE HIKING, BOATING, AND SWIMMING. AND THEY, THERE'S SOME PICTURES THERE. UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND IN TWO WEEKS WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING THEM TO LAKE PARA STATE RECREATION AREA WHERE THEY'LL FOLLOW THE FLOW OF THE WATER FROM SILVERWOOD LAKE STATE RECREATION AREA TO, THEY'LL, THEY WILL ENGAGE IN WATER ACTIVITIES LIKE SWIMMING AND KAYAKING, AND THEY WILL ATTEND A GUIDED TOUR WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARK STAFF. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO THE YOUTH. 12 TO 17 YEARS OLD. THEY PAY ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. AND THIS IS ALL FUNDED BY THE GRANT WE RECEIVED. UH, AT THIS MOMENT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH. HOW, UM, HOW DO YOU PICK THE KIDS THAT GO AND DO THE SAME ONES GO ALL THE TIME? OR DO YOU TRY TO TAKE NEW KIDS? SO THE PROGRAM IS, IF, IF A KID SIGNS UP, THEY SIGN UP FOR ALL FOUR ACTIVITIES. OH. SO THE PROGRAM, THE, THE FUNDING, THE GRANT, UM, REQUIRES THAT KID A, THEY SIGN UP, THEY HAVE TO ATTEND ALL FOUR ACTIVITIES, SO THEY CAN'T SELECT WHAT TO GO TO, TO, OH. AND WE HAD A COUPLE PARENTS WHO CALLED AND SAID, HEY, MY, MY SON WANTS TO GO CAMPING, BUT DOESN'T THINGS, CAN THEY STILL PARTICIPATE? UH, AND WE BY, BY TO FOLLOW THE, THE LAWS AND, AND WHAT THE GRANT STIPULATES, THEY CANNOT CHOOSE AND PICK WHAT THEY GO TO CAMPING, BUT THEN THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO TO THE WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT. RIGHT. COMMITMENTS IS, THEY ATTEND ALL FOUR OF THE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO TIE THE WHOLE CIRCLE WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM. LAKE PARIS, UM, CITRUS HISTORIC, UH, PARK, AND THEN THE WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT. SO YEAH, WE WANT THEM, THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST TURN THE FAUCET ON AND THERE'S WATER. RIGHT. SO OTHER THAN, THAN HAVING FUN AND SWIMMING AND RECREATION, DID THEY FIND, UH, THE TALKS INTERESTING QUESTIONS? THEY DID. UM, THEY, WE THANKFULLY, UH, ANTHONY CLARK WAS ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THE STATE PARK SYSTEM AND STATE RANGERS. UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A TOUR OR DEDICATED TO, TO THEM AT THE NATURE CENTER WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO DO A PRESENTATION, HOW THE [00:15:01] WATER, WATER COMES FROM THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY DOWN THROUGH THE, UH, DOWN. AND THEY WERE, THEY ALL SEEMED VERY ENGAGED. THEY ASKED QUESTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS. AND, AND THERE WERE REALITIES THAT, THAT, THAT THEY ASKED. UM, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO CHAVEZ RAVINE. NOW, THERE WAS A COMMUNITY AT SILVERWOOD LAKE, UM, CEDAR SPRINGS, I THINK IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN THAT WAS THERE. AND, UH, THROUGH IMMINENT DOMAIN, THEY WERE DISPLACED PLACED AND THEY, THEY WERE MOVED AND RELOCATED. YEAH. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT TALKS, THEY DID TALK ABOUT HOW, HOW FOR THE FUTURE AND THE BETTERMENT OF, UM, THE BEING WHOLE. UH, THEY DID TALK, LEARN ABOUT AND TALKED. THE, THE RANGER TALKED ABOUT THE NATIVE IN THE AREA, UM, THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY AND HOW THEY'VE, UM, USED THE WATER IN DIFFERENT WAYS. THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS. AND THE KIDS, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY ENGAGED AND THEY SEEMED TO HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS THEY RECEIVED. NEXT ONE, THE NEXT TRIP WE, YEAH. WE HAVE THE, THE 18 YOUTH THAT WENT ON THE CAMPING TRIP. ALL AS FAR, AS FAR AS I KNOW, ALL 18 HAVE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE. UM, AND OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE INITIALLY HAD 32 KIDS SIGNED UP, UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO TWO, SOME HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL, UH, SOME, UH, FELL ILL AND, AND THEY JUST DID OF THE CAMP CAMPING TRIP TRIP. SO I THINK THE 32 THAT INITIALLY SIGNED UP CAN STILL QUALIFY 'CAUSE THEY HAD INITIALLY SIGNED UP. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO ALL 32 AND NOT JUST THE 18. THANK YOU. WOW. YEAH. SO IS THERE A, A NUM, A MINIMUM NUMBER THAT YOU NEED TO MEET TO CONTINUE TO GET THE GRANT? THERE'S NO MINIMUM NUMBER. THE GRANT WAS, WAS 50. THAT'S HOW MANY WE WERE TRYING TO SERVE. UM, WE FELL SHORT OF THAT GOAL. UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO SET MINIMUM THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE REQUIRED BY THE GRANT. OKAY. THE GRANT IS BASICALLY JUST FUNDING AVAILABLE. THEY KIND OF LEAVE IT TO US TO MAKE OUR PROPOSAL AND HOW WE'RE GONNA RUN THE PROGRAM BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE REQUESTING. SO IT'S MORE UP TO US ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE SERVE BASED ON, UM, BASED ON OUR PROPOSAL. AND WHETHER THAT'S FAIR OR NOT. DID THEY ENJOY THE FOOD? THEY DID ENJOY THE, THE FOOD. AND, AND AS A PREVIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST JOB OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL WAS A CAMP COUNSELOR IN THE MOUNTAINS TEACHING OUTDOOR SCIENCE. SO IT WAS RIGHT UP MY ALLEYWAY. UH, I DID A LOT OF THE, THE, THE HIKING. I LED ALL THE HIKING ACTIVITIES AND TALK. SO YOU WENT YES, MA'AM. OH, WOW. THAT'S GREAT. YES, MA'AM. UM, SO I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, I SHOWED 'EM HOW TO MAKE, UH, ACORN RINGS. AND SO WE'RE ON A HIKE AND WE SAW ACORNS. I SAID, EVERYBODY PICK UP AN ACORN. AND INITIALLY THEY WERE LIKE, WHY? AND I SAID, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE ACORN RING WHEN WE GET BACK TO CAMP. AND, AND SOME OF THE KIDS, THEY WERE FASCINATED. THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE ACORN RINGS AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN NOW MAKE THAT A JEWELRY. UH, AND I TIED TO HOW NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO USE THE DIFFERENT, UH, NATURAL ELEMENTS TO MAKE BOWLS AND JEWELS AND JEWELRY AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME, UH, SCAT ALONG THE , UH, IS WHAT, UH, WE CALL, UH, FECES OF ANIMALS. RIGHT. SHOW THEM A WHOLE SONG ON, LIKE, IT STARTS WITH A, STARTS WITH A S ENDS WITH A T COMES OUTTA U COMES OUT OF ME WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. BUT DON'T, DON'T CALL IT THAT. BE SCIENTIFIC AND CALL IT SCAT. AND IT WAS FUNNY 'CAUSE ONE KID SAID, S**T, AND I WAS LIKE, NO, LISTEN, WAIT, WAIT FOR ME TO FINISH MY LITTLE SONG. AND THEN, SO, SO THEN AFTER THAT, EVERYONE, EVERY TIME THEY WOULD SEE IT, THEY WOULD BE LIKE, OH LOOK, SCAT. SO, UH, IT WAS REAL NEAT. AND WE DID HIKE ON THE PACIFIC, UH, THE PACIFIC TRAIL THAT WILL, THE TRAIL STARTS ON THE BORDER OF MEXICO AND THE TRAIL GOES THROUGH CALIFORNIA, IN WASHINGTON, AND IT ENDS IN, UH, THE BORDER OF CANADA. AND IT CONTINUES THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL. AND WE WERE ABLE TO HIKE ON THAT. WE HIKED ON THAT FOR BA ON OUR FIRST HIKE. HIKE. AND UH, WE WERE ABLE TO COME ACROSS, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE HIKING THROUGH ON THE TRAIL, THE HIKERS. UM, AND SO WHERE'D YOU GUYS START? AND THEY SAID THEY STARTED AT THE MEXICAN BORDER. THEY WOW. OF THAT'S AWESOME. BACKPACKING, HIKING. SO, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS WERE JUST LIKE, WOW. NEVER HIKING. AND FOR OTHERS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD BEEN HIKES BEFORE, BUT FIRST THREE MILE HIKE LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS FUN. UH, I TIRED 'EM OUT, NICE AND GOOD AND SOME OF 'EM, JUST BECAUSE THE, THE FIRST HIKE WE WENT ON WAS THE FIRST MILE WAS PRETTY STRENUOUS UPHILL, 3,700 FEET. THE LAKE IS AT, AT ABOUT 3,700 FEET. SO JUST THE DIFFERENT ALTITUDE AND THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF IT. SOME OF 'EM, UH, DIDN'T FINISH THE FIRST HIKE, UH, BUT WE HAD PLENTY OF WITH THEM. UM, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE DID THAT. WE WENT ON BOATS AND WE, WE DID A [00:20:01] WHOLE BOAT TOUR OF THE ENTIRE LAKE. UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD TIME. UH, COMMISSIONER ROJAS WAS, WENT WITH US AS, HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN US GETTING THE GRANT APPLICATION, PRO PROCESS AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND HIM BEING A RETIRED, UH, STATE RANGER. SO CHIME IN AND GIVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY OF THE STATE PARKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. DR. ORTEGA, UH, I KNOW THAT IN MY YOUTH, I WENT TO CAMP AND TO THIS DAY, IT, IT HAS LEFT AN IMPACT IN ME. SO, UH, I'M SURE YOU IMPACTED MANY, MANY OF THOSE YOUTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I TEACH THEM, THEY TAKE TENTS AND ALL THAT. I'LL YES MA'AM. WE TAUGHT THEM. WE TAUGHT THEM. OH, YOU TEACH 'EM HOW TO DO ALL THAT STUFF STUFF. AWESOME. YES, MA, WE TAUGHT THEM TO BE SELF AS, AS MUCH AS A TOOL. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, TRIP IS GOING TO ALLOW, BUT WE SHOWED THEM HOW TO SET UP THEIR TENTS. UH, THE, THE FLY TRAP ON HOW TO PROPERLY TIE TENTS DOWN AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE TOOK ONE HAMMER. I TOOK A HAMMER AND TOOK, UH, ANOTHER, WAS IT NOT PALLET? AND THEN, AND THEN, SO KIDS WERE TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE HAMMER AND THEY IMPROVISED, THEY FOUND ROCKS TO STAKE IN THEIR STAKES SURVIVAL. YEAH. UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS NEAT. AND A TELESCOPE WITH ME, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND MARS. UM, AND WE POINTED TO TELESCOPE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE IT. AND IT WAS REAL NICE. IT WAS REAL PRETTY. AND TALKED, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE CONES AND ROCKS. UH, THEIR NIGHT EYE, THEIR EYES WILL ADJUST TO THE NIGHT SKY. AND AFTER 10 MINUTES OF NO FLASHLIGHTS, THEY, THEY WERE AMAZED HOW BRIGHT IT WAS. UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE FULL THREE QUARTERS WAS MOON, SO THERE WAS PLENTY OF LIGHT OUT THERE WHERE WE WERE AT. UM, AND THEN IT'S DIFFERENT, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE CALLED? THE, THE, LIKE ULA MAJOR OR ULA MINOR, WHICH IS MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE BIG DIPPER. AND LITTLE DIPPER WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THOSE. THOSE, UH, UH, WHAT ARE THOSE CALLED? UM, CONSTELLATIONS. YEAH. AND SO, SO I SHOWED THEM SOME OF THOSE AND ORION'S BELT AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CONSTELLATIONS THAT, THAT I IN THE NIGHT NIGHT. SKY. SKY. VERY NICE. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. MM-HMM . YES. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. FUN. DID, WAS THERE ANY KIDS THAT WENT LAST YEAR THAT, THAT CAME? I WASN'T EVEN HERE THE LAST TIME THEY WENT ON THE TRIP, BUT, UM, MS. CLARK CAN ANSWER THAT. UH, PEOPLE SIGNED UP. ONE OF 'EM, SHE GOT SICK LIKE THE DAY BEFORE AND HER MOM TOOK IT. AND WE HAD, AND WE HAD ANOTHER PERSON THAT WAS IN OUR, UH, YOUTH COMMITTEE THAT SIGNED UP. THEY DIDN'T END UP COMING ON THIS TRIP. WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM THEM. SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE IS NEW THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO NOW MM-HMM . UM, SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES, A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE LOCAL HIGH, HIGH, HIGH HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I, I HAVEN'T DONE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT MOST OF THE, WERE FROM, FROM LA HABRA SCHOOLS, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, LIVED IN LA HABRA AND MAYBE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL AND BREAK LOCAL KID KIDS. AND, AND OVER HALF OF THE KIDS ARE IN, OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE OF 'EM ARE NOW, NOW IN OUR TEEN LEADER PROGRAM. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I, I SEE THEM NOW AND, AND INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING HI TO SOME, I GET TO SAY HI TO WENDY WHO WAS A CAMPER WITH US AND WOULD COME SEE HER IN THE MORNING. AND I DROP MY DAUGHTER OFF AT DAY CAMP AND SHE STILL TELLS ME, YOU KNOW, AND I GO, HEY, WELL COME ON. WE'RE GONNA GO ON ANOTHER ONE TODAY. AND THEN SHE'S LIKE, I THINK IT'S, SO WE, IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING HOW WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUTH. UM, SO THAT, THAT THEY CAN, THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, UM, PEOPLE THAT, NOW IS IT OPEN TO OUTSIDERS TOO, OR IS IT JUST, DOES IT JUST HAVE TO BE LA HARE GRANT? GRANT STIPULATES? IT'S OPEN TO ANY YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA. I THINK WHITTIER AND LATA WHO MAYBE KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WE OFFER IN HAMBRA. YEAH. OH, OKAY. WHAT WAS THE AGE? AND I THINK IF THEY WERE 18, BUT LIKE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL OR FINISHING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEAR, THEY WERE STILL QUALIFIED. OKAY. ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEY'RE NICE. MM-HMM. OKAY. THANK YOU, SAL. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU, SAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, SPECIAL EVENTS. CALENDAR. GIMME ONE SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER, UH, AND RECAP A COUPLE OF THE PAST EVENTS. UH, SO SINCE WE LAST MET IN MAY, UH, WE'VE HAD A FEW, UH, BIG EVENTS AS KIND OF A KICKOFF TO OUR SUMMER. UM, OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES STARTED WITH THE SANDLOT. UM, WE GOT A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE HAD, UH, WIFFLE BALL OUT THERE, SAME HOT DOGS AND SNACKS WERE SERVED. [00:25:01] UH, WE ESTIMATED ABOUT 350 PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, ALL OF OUR MOVIES IN THE PARK ARE GONNA BE AT PORTOLA PARK, UH, FOR THIS WHOLE SUMMER. JUST TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT. UM, SO YOU HAVE THE SCHEDULE ON THIS LARGE FLYER. WE KIND OF REVAMPED OUR, WE CALENDAR FOR THE SUMMER, SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOTALITY OF WHAT WE DO. UM, 'CAUSE OUR SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF OUR BIG EVENTS, BUT IT DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT SMALLER PROGRAMS LIKE THE SENSORY FRIENDLY SUNDAY PLAY DAY READINESS ON THE ROAD, UM, MINI SPORTS, ITTY BITTY CAMP, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT. WE STILL HAVE STAFF RUNNING, WE STILL HAVE STAFF MANAGING. THAT IS JUST ANOTHER ACTIVITY THAT WE OFFER. UM, SO AS PART OF THAT TOO, UH, PARTY IN THE PARK KICKED OFF ON MAY 24TH. UH, WE HAD AN ESTIMATED 750 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE HAD BOOTHS FOR ALL OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS. SO WE HAD BOOTHS REPRESENTING OUR 4TH OF JULY HOVER OUTDOORS. UM, JUST TO SHOW OFF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'LL HAVE, UH, FOR THE SUMMER AND TO ALSO KICK OFF THE OPENING OF THE SPLASH PADS. UM, SPEAKING OF WHICH, THOSE SPLASH ZONES HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY TO START THE YEAR. UH, WE HAVE STAFF MANNING THOSE, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT SOME POINT. AND WE ALSO HAVE OVERSIGHT AS WELL. AND, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST PACKED. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND THANKFULLY, UH, THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING MOSTLY OPERATIONAL. WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY ISSUES WITH THEM. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, OUR MAY SENIOR DANCE, UH, WE HAD 110 PEOPLE. SO WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN STAYING PRETTY MUCH, UH, ABOVE A HUNDRED FOR AT LEAST A CALENDAR YEAR NOW THAT, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AGAIN, UH, TO ANOTHER GREAT SENIOR DANCE THIS MONTH AS WELL ON THE 22ND. UM, SO NOW, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE, THE THEME IS? I DON'T, I'LL HAVE TO LET ME SEE IT. ACTUALLY, IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR GOLDEN TIMES NEWSLETTER RIGHT HERE. OH, YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE OUR SENIOR DANCE ON THE SUNDAY, THE 22ND. AND THAT WILL BE, I'M TRYING TO SEE, DO WE HAVE ONE YET? JUNE? JUNE, JUNE? I DON'T SEE IT. SPONSORS. OH, IT'S THE FIESTA. I'M SORRY. UH, THAT'LL BE ON THE 23RD. UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE LIVE DANCING, 22ND DINNER AND DESSERT. UH, BUT THIS TIME I KNOW THE PAST FEW TIMES WE'VE HAD THE SAME BAND. UH, THIS TIME WE'LL BE SWITCHING UP AND IT'LL BE THE LATIN JAZZ QUARTET. OKAY. SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE, UH, BUT HOPEFULLY A GREAT ONE. UH, AND THEN JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE. WE'VE ALREADY GOT DAY CAMP THAT HAS KICKED OFF. UM, WEEK ONE I BELIEVE WE OWN, WE HAD ABOUT 30, WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED. USUALLY THE FIRST WEEK'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. AND THEN AS SUMMER GOES ON, WE START GETTING INCREASE INTENDANCE. UM, THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? 40, 50. WE HAD 50 THIS WEEK. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING UP THERE. AND I THINK THE, THE COMING WEEKS WE'RE HOVERING AROUND THERE AND POSSIBLY EVEN MORE. AND I KNOW I JUST TOOK ANOTHER PAYMENT TODAY FOR ANOTHER, UM, PARTICIPANT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE DAY CAMP. THAT'S ALWAYS ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS. WE ALWAYS TEND TO SELL OUT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, OUR NEXT MOVIE IN THE PARK, UH, WILL ACTUALLY BE THIS FRIDAY WITH MOANA TWO. UH, WE WERE, I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH STAFF. WE DID HAVE A POLYNESIAN DANCE TROUPE THAT WAS GONNA COME INTO A PERFORMANCE, BUT THEY HAD A LAST MINUTE COMMITMENT. UM, SO WE ENDED UP HAVING TO TRY TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE. UM, THE LAST I TALKED TO STAFF IS THEY WERE PUTTING US IN TOUCH WITH ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR GROUPS THAT THEY KNOW AND TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE. BUT REGARDLESS, EVEN IF WE DON'T GET THAT DANCE THROUGH, WE'LL STILL HAVE GAMES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SNOW CONES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ALL SORTS OF FINDING GAMES FOR THAT MOVIE. UM, SYMPHONY ON THE GO AS WELL IS ON THE 15TH FROM THE MUSEUM. AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK RIGHT AFTER IS ALSO THE GREAT OUTDOOR JUBILEE. UM, AND WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH THE LAHABRA OUTDOORS LAKE PARIS DAY TRIP, ANOTHER MOVIE IN THE PARK TO ROUND OUT THE MONTH. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TRIPS AND TOURS, UH, TO OCEAN BEACH STREET FAIR AND THE CHILI COOKOFF, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER ALL DAY TRIP. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT, UH, NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME FOR THAT TRIP, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UH, AS YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THIS CALENDAR, WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER TRIP TO CORONADO. WE HAVE ONE TO THE LIBRE GUITAR PITS. UH, WE HAVE ONE TO THE DELMAR RACETRACK AND SAN DIEGO AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA BE REALLY PACKING OUR SCHEDULE AS MANY OF THOSE TRIPS AS WE CAN. WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE ONES WE BROUGHT BACK TO, UM, PACHANGA, TO SAN DIEGO, TO SOLVANG. UH, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE OFF THE GROUND AGAIN. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE NOT JUST FOR THE SUMMER, BUT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR. UM, ALSO COMING BACK, WE'LL BE, UH, MANY SPORTS, WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S STARTING TOMORROW. YEAH, TOMORROW, JUNE 12TH. [00:30:01] MM-HMM . UH, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER ACTIVITY WE'LL HAVE FOR LITTLE KIDS TO GET THEM INVOLVED SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT TO A DAY CAMP PROGRAM, BUT THEY CAN STILL GET OUT THERE AND PLAY AND BE ACTIVE. AND ALSO A DBD CAMP AS WELL WILL BE SOMETHING FOR THE REAL YOUNG ONES. SINCE OUR DAY CAMP STARTS AT THE AGE OF FIVE, THIS WILL BE FOR THE TODDLER AGE. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS BACK AS WELL. AND THEN BEFORE WE MEET IN JULY, UH, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION. UM, WE'LL BE HAVING, I, I FORGET THEIR NAME. UH, THE NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE BAND. WHAT IS IT? DIAMOND SUPER. DIAMOND. SUPER DIAMOND. UH, THAT'LL BE OUR, OUR MARQUEE PERFORMANCE. UM, TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW ON PRE-SALE. SO IF YOU GOT FRIENDS, FAMILY, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO IT, GET IT NOW WHILE THE $2 DISCOUNT'S STILL IN EFFECT. UM, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING, UH, AN ENHANCED FIREWORK SHOW. UH, WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT DISPLAY. I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER YEARS PAST WHERE WE HAD THE, UM, THE FLAG LIT UP WITH THE FIREWORKS. YEAH. UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DIFFERENT DISPLAY, A BIGGER DISPLAY FOR THAT. AND THE FIREWORK SHOW'S GONNA BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECTACULAR. I KNOW IT'S ALREADY A GREAT SHOW AND IT RUNS ABOUT 15 MINUTES, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVEN MORE BIG SHELLS POPPING OFF. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THAT. UM, OUR KIDS ZONE IS GONNA ALSO HAVE A NEW THEME. IT'S GONNA BE KIDS CELL, SO IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF VIBED AFTER COACHELLA FOR THE KIDS. UM, OH WOW. KIND OF MUSIC AND GAMES AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT, IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. AND WE'RE STILL FINDING, FINDING OUT WAYS WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER BECAUSE IT IS OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO RACK OUR BRAINS, DO OUTREACH AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT EVEN, EVEN BIGGER. 'CAUSE THAT'S ALREADY ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE EVENTS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE MOST WE CAN THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS TOO. IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK, ANYTHING YOU'VE WANTED TO SEE, UH, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO ANTHONY, ON THE 4TH OF JULY BEFORE WE WOULD GET, THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD GET NOTIFIED THAT YOU NEEDED TO KNOW WE WERE GONNA COME MM-HMM . THEY HAD THE LITTLE, THE FOOD AREA, AND THEY WOULD GO ON STAGE. IS THAT HAPPENING? YES. AND I BELIEVE WE HAD LETTERS DRAFTED AS OF LAST WEEK. UH, SO YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THOSE SHORTLY. OKAY. THE LETTERS WERE SENT OUT BY, UM, S MANAGER'S OFFICE. BRIANNA AND DEVIN. OKAY. SO WE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE SENT THEM OUT, BUT YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING RSVPS FROM, UH, THEY WERE GOING, I THINK SIG MANAGER'S OFFICE WOULD COLLECT. UH, THOSE ARE OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. UM, YEAH, AND I THINK BEFORE, ACTUALLY NO, THAT'LL BE THE DAY AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING. UH, CONCERTS IN THE PARK WILL KICK OFF AS WELL, UM, WITH, UH, EARTH TO MARS AND BRUNO MARS TRIBUTE. SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON. AND THIS IS JUST TO START THE MONTH OF JUNE. THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST PACKED. AND, UM, YEAH, WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST BUSY. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED. UH, THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, WITH MEASURE VPA, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING BACK SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OVERSIGHT AT OUR SPLASH ZONES AGAIN. UM, SO WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE REALLY TO, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER AS MUCH AS WE DO. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. FOR VERONICA . SO ON THE CORN FESTIVAL TODAY, UHHUH , YOU ARE PART OF THAT? YES. WHEN DO I NEED, WHEN DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET A CAR AND BE PART OF IT? UH, YOU DON'T, I WE DO THAT. WE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT YOU'RE, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE IN THE PARADE. WE JUST FIND A CAR. YOU NEED THE ACCOUNT IF WHO'S ALL ABLE TO, THAT'S THE ONLY THING. YEAH. IF EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE IN IT. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING WE WOULD NEED. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION OR ANYTHING 'CAUSE WE DO THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S, YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. PERFECT. . SO MAYBE NEXT MEETING WE CAN GIVE YOU ACCOUNT. SURE, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. OKAY. NO OTHER QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. OKAY. SO COMMENTS FROM STAFF? UM, NONE FOR ME. UH, THE ONLY COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS TO, AGAIN, THANK RICHARD. HE'S NOT HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, HE REALLY WAS INSTRUMENTAL, UM, IN GETTING THE GRANT, SECURING THE GRANT. 'CAUSE ACTUALLY LAST YEAR WE HAD APPLIED AND IT WAS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. UM, WE DIDN'T GET IT. SO WE CAME BACK THIS YEAR WITH A, WITH A NEW PROGRAM. AND RICHARD WAS, UM, A BIG HELP IN KIND OF FINDING A THROUGH LINE, WHICH WAS THE, THE WATER CYCLE AND MAKING OUR GRANT STAND OUT. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WENT ON THE TRIP WITH US AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS GREAT WITH THE KIDS. UM, ALWAYS WILLING TO, TO LEND TO HIM WHEN HE CAN. AND ALSO JUST HIS KNOWLEDGE. YOU KNOW, I SAW HIM TEACHING A KID HOW TO MAKE, UM, MAKE THE CAMPFIRE, TEACH HIM HOW TO ORGANIZE IT AND ENSURE THAT IT BURNS ALL NIGHT. SO, UH, HE, HE WAS JUST, HE WAS FANTASTIC WITH [00:35:01] THAT. SO I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE HIM, COMMEND HIM FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS. 'CAUSE HE, HE REALLY DID GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. HE ALSO HELPED US SECURE, UM, CAMPING EQUIPMENT. WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD, UM, AN AGREEMENT WITH FAM CAMP STATE PARK, WE PICKED THREE HOMES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ISSUES. AND THEY WILL BE, HOPEFULLY THREE PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP, THREE HOMES. BUT WHOEVER PASSES AND SHOWS UP, IT'LL BE JULY 21. JULY 21ST AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. YES. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. NO THANK YOU. ALL MEETING'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.