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YEP.[ LA HABRA COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2025 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER 100 EAST LA HABRA BOULEVARD LA HABRA, CALIFORNIA 90631 ]
NOPE.OH, HELLO? HELLO? OH, THEY WORK.
I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
TODAY IS NOVEMBER 12TH, 6:30 PM AND, OKAY, IF EVERYBODY COULD STAND FOR THE INVOCATION.
FOLLOWED BY THE FLAGS LED BY COMMISSIONER LES.
DEAR GOD, WE HUMBLY PRAY THAT YOU WILL GRANT WISDOM TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION AS IT CONSIDERS 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 CHAN CHALLENGES CONFRONTING OUR COMMISSION STAFF AND CITIZENS, SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STRIVE TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES WITH COMMUNITY, SPIRIT AND PARTNERSHIP IN MIND.
PLEASE BLESS THE COMMISSION AND ITS DECISION MAKING TONIGHT SO THAT WE MAY ACT PRUDENTLY AND RESPONSIBLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE LA HARBOR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, PUT OUR HANDS OVER OUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGROUND, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE'LL 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 BY THE CHAIR.
SPEAKING TIME MAY NOT BE GRANTED AND ARE LOANED TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR PURPOSES OF EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE, AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM OF CITY BUSINESS NOT APPEARING ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA.
PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 4 3 A SUCH COMMENTS SHALL NOT BE RESPONDED TO BY THE GOVERNING BODY DURING THE MEETING MEETING.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY 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, CITY STAFF MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE ACTION OF RE 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 ARE LOAN TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
FOR PURPOSES OF EX EXTENDING AVAILABLE SPEAKING TIME AND COMMENTS MUST BE KEPT BRIEF, NON-REPETITIVE AND PROFESSIONAL IN NATURE.
THE, OKAY, WE WANT TO APPROVE, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER MEETING? I WOULD LIKE TO, I, I'M SORRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THESE MINUTES AND INCLUDE ON CONSIDERATION ITEM NUMBER ONE, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION PRIORITIES FOR 2026.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING F AND THAT WOULD BE NEW COMMISSION ORIENTATION.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS MISSED, BUT WE'LL BE ADDING THAT AND, UM, SO YOU CAN STILL APPROVE THE MOTION WITH THE UPDATE AND THEN WE WILL SEND THOSE OUT, UM, EARLY NEXT WEEK.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, NO COMMENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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YOU'RE BACK.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 OTHER 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.
THE FIRST ITEM ON IS ON THE, UH, CONSIDERATION ITEMS IS THE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR.
FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER, THE ONLY EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS THE SENIOR DANCE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS FLYER WITH ALL THE INFORMATION.
THIS DANCE WILL BE HELD HERE AT THE CITY HALL THIS UPCOMING SUNDAY.
AND THEN DECEMBER WE HAVE THE TAMALE FESTIVAL, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, TIME CAPSULE CEREMONY.
UM, AND THEN DECEMBER 13TH IS THE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EVENT.
THAT WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THEN DECEMBER 14TH, WE, WE WILL BE HAVING A, ANOTHER SENIOR DANCE.
AND THEN, UM, DECEMBER 17TH, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL ALSO FIND THE HOLIDAY WISHES, UM, FLYER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY, THIS, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, ACCEPTING DONATIONS.
YOU CAN LEAVE DONATIONS AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, FEEL FREE TO CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UM, DECEMBER 19TH, WE HAVE A SENIOR HOLIDAY PARTY.
DECEMBER 20TH, WE HAVE COOKIES WITH MRS. CLAUS.
AND THEN DECEMBER 31ST, WE HAVE NEW YEAR'S NOON AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
ALSO FOR, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER WAS ALSO A BUSY MONTH.
UM, FOR US, WE JUST FINISHED OUR, UM, SENIOR HEALTHCARE LAST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH.
MARTHA HELPED COORDINATE THAT EFFORT.
AND, UM, ALTHOUGH IT WAS HELD AT, UH, OLG, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND ACTUALLY, WE REALLY LIKED THE LAYOUT 'CAUSE UM, PARTICIPANTS WENT IN AND OUTTA THE CLASSROOMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A ROW OR A BANK OF VENDORS OUTSIDE.
LUCKILY, THE WEATHER WAS REALLY NICE OUT, IT COOPERATED, SO WE FEEL LIKE SINCE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE IT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IT WENT REALLY WELL.
AND THEN ALL OF YOU GUYS WERE AT THE VINCE SCULLY CENTENNIAL PARK GRAND OPENING MM-HMM
AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE, REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION.
HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAD A GOOD TIME AND, UM, SAW ALL THE NICE AMENITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, UH, RICHARD, FOR THE INPUT WE SHOULD HAVE BY NOW.
ALREADY PRESSURE WASHED THAT AREA.
SO WE DID, UM, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INPUT.
UM, WE ALSO GOT SOME OTHER INPUT.
UM, IT'S SUCH A BIG PARK AND WHEN YOU COME IN, MAYBE SOME SORT OF SIGN MAP SIGNAGE MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE EVERYTHING IS SO THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE IN, YOU EITHER CAN PARK CLOSER TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS OR CLOSER TO THE PLAYGROUND OR CLOSER TO THE DOG PARK.
I HAD, UH, A FAMILY THAT PULLED IN AND KIND OF PARKED AT THE FIRST PARKING TO THE RIGHT, BUT THEN SHE HAD TO DRAG ALL THREE OF HER KIDS ACROSS THE PARK TO THE PLAYGROUND MM-HMM
AND IT WAS JUST IN CONVERSATION.
IT WASN'T A, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
IF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DRIVE IN, IF WE HAVE SOME SORT OF NICE SIGNAGE THAT DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MAP, UM, SO PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS, AND THEY CAN PARK CLOSER TO THAT AMENITY IF THEY WANT TO.
BUT OF COURSE, IF YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE OR YOU HEAR OF ANY COMMENTS, WHETHER IT'S ON FACEBOOK OR IN PERSON, OR, UH, FRIENDS AND FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, LET US KNOW.
AND I LIKE THE PARALLEL PARKING AROUND IT.
IT ADDED SO MANY MORE PARKING SPACES.
SO, WELL, THAT WAS KELLY'S IDEA.
SHE, YOU KNOW, WE CAME IN AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, SHOOT, IT IS LESS PARKING THAN PORTELLA PARK.
UM, IF WE WERE NOT TO HAVE THE CURB PARKING.
AND SO WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T HAVE DOUBLE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES 'CAUSE OF THE FIRE LANE REQUIREMENT.
SO LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH OKAY.
ONE SIDE COULD BE ADDITIONAL PARKING AND THAT SHOULD REALLY HELP.
IS THE PARK CLOSED, LIKE AT DUSK OR SOMETHING? IT, IT IS TECHNICALLY CLOSED AT DUSK.
IT'S OPEN FROM SUNRISE TO, UH, TO DUSK.
UM, WE ARE RIGHT NOW MONITORING THE, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PASSIVE PARK, SO THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR PASSIVE PARKS OPERATE.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME AMENITIES.
HOWEVER, THOSE AMENITIES, DOG PARK, PICKLEBALL BASKETBALL, THEY DON'T HAVE LIGHTS.
AND THEY DON'T HAVE LIGHTS BECAUSE IT'S ON A FORMER LANDFILL.
AND, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM,
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THE INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING IS, UM, PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.AND ONE THAT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, FOUNDATION WE WEREN'T COMFORTABLE, YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO A LOT OF RETROFITTING IN SOME OTHER, UM, MITIGATION, UM, TO PUT IN LIGHT POLES, YOU KNOW, HEAVY ATHLETIC LIGHT POLES.
UM, FOR, FOR A FOOTING FOR A TALL POLE, A FOOTING YES.
WOULD HAVE TO GO DOWN DEEP, VERY DEEP.
AND THEN IT, IT JUST REQUIRED A LOT MORE, UM, THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED, I GUESS.
BUT IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE, UH, UM, KIND OF AN ATHLETIC FIELD WHICH ACTIVE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE RECREATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMEBODY MAYBE YOU OR I COULD HINT AT JOSE, HE DOES THOSE ONE OCCASIONALLY, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
GIVE HIM A LITTLE Q AND A ON THE PARK.
I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL START TO SAY, WHY ARE THERE NO BALL FIELDS? WHY ARE THERE NO.
AND THEY HAVE, UM, AND WE DID HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS EARLY ON BEFORE THE PARK WAS EVEN BUILT.
AND YES, WE DID SHARE THAT THIS IS KIND BE A PASSIVE PARK, BUT IT IS GONNA HAVE SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL AMENITIES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HEAR WHAT THEY WANNA HEAR OR, BECAUSE WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL FIELD SPACE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED, BUT NOT MAYBE FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHY, UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT FIELDS UP THERE OR ADDITIONAL, UM, BALL FIELDS.
SO, WELL, I, WELL, MY EXPERIENCE ALSO, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH A PUBLIC PUBLICLY OPERATED BOAT HOIST WITHOUT AN OPERATOR, AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY.
SO WE HAD, YOU KNOW, PRETTY STRICT TRAINING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD TO BE CERTIFIED.
BUT STILL, THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DIDN'T GO TO TRAINING.
AND SO WE DID A Q AND A ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND OUR DEPARTMENT PARK WEBSITE THAT HAD THOSE, THE MOST POPULAR QUESTIONS THAT WOULD COME UP MM-HMM
AND THEN PROVIDE THE ANSWER, YOU KNOW, KNOW, I LIKE THAT.
AND IT COULD BE UPDATED, THE Q AND A'S GONNA BE UPDATED, YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK IT'S LIGHTING NEXT WEEK.
WHAT HAPPENS IF DOGS GET INTO A FIGHT? WHO DO WE CALL? RIGHT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PARK.
STAFF, MAINTENANCE PLANNERS, FUNDERS.
AND WE'RE GONNA, WE LOVE YOUR IDEA, RICHARD, OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOKING AT, UH, PARK VOLUNTEER AMBASSADORS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS WE'RE GONNA KIND OF, UM, OBSERVE, UM, LISTEN, LEARN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE WILL MAKE, UM, SOME DECISIONS BASED ON THE USAGE AND, AND, UM, THE MONITORING OF THE PARK AND ALL OF THAT TO DO, TO DO WHAT NOW? UM, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, GRAFFITI OR VANDALISM OR MISUSE OF THE FACILITIES.
'CAUSE THERE'S NOT, I MEAN, THERE'S AS ROUTINE TO PATROL AS ANY OTHER PARK GETS, BUT WITH A PARK LIKE THAT, THOSE REALLY, YOU KNOW, EXPENSIVE AMENITIES OF VOLUNTEER PATROL MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING, I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE CONVERSATION HERE, BUT WE WERE APPROACHED YEARS AGO BY THE, UH, CARPENTRY ROTARY CLUB TO BUILD A PARK IN A STATE BEACH, WHICH IT WAS NOT, IT WAS PROHIBITED.
WE DON'T BUILD PLAYGROUND STATE BEACHES.
LONG STORY SHORT, I FOUND A PARCEL THAT WASN'T DEDICATED TO THE PARK YET, THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR SUCH A PROJECT.
BUT I INSISTED THAT PEOPLE PLANNING THE PARK INVITE YOUTH, BECAUSE THAT CARPENTRY ESTATE BEACH WAS ALSO ALWAYS A VANDAL, OR OFTEN VANDALIZED BY THE LOCAL TEENAGERS STEALING THINGS FROM CAMPERS AND VANDALIZING THE PARK.
SO WE MADE A POINT OF INVITING THE COMMUNITY'S YOUTH TO THE PLANNING OF THE PARK.
AND SO I THINK THE SAME IDEA COULD BE RECOMMENDED MOVING FORWARD IF WE HAVE AN AMBASSADOR PARK AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, INVITE LOCAL YOUTH TO, YOU KNOW, TO GET INPUT FROM THEM.
'CAUSE WE FOUND THAT WITH A THEME OF THIS PARTICULAR PLAYGROUND, IT WAS YOUTH ORIENTED.
AND WE MADE SURE EVERY KID IN THAT CITY, UH, EXPERIENCED THAT PARK.
AND WE TOLD THEM EARLY ON, THIS IS YOUR PARK.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE, ABOUT YOUR PLACE.
AND SO THAT, THAT KIND OF PUT PEER PRESSURE ON THE ELDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
'CAUSE FAMILIES APPRECIATED THE PARK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THEIR PARK.
SOME OF 'EM GET BUY-IN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, AND THE KIDS.
AND ALONG THAT SAME, UM, SENTIMENT, OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE WAS INVOLVED EARLY ON, AND ONE OF THE IDEAS THEY CAME UP WITH WAS ADDING, YOU KNOW, SOME ART ELEMENTS INTO THE PARK.
SO, UM, THERE WAS A, UH, ABOUT A 30 FOOT BY FOUR FOOT HIGH, UM, WALL WHERE OUR DEDICATION PLAQUE IS RIGHT NOW.
BUT THAT WILL, UM, SOON HAVE SOME ARTISTIC DESIGN AND ELEMENTS TO THAT WALL.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE AN ARTIST, BUT WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH OUR ART ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN WE'LL BE OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OUT THERE WHERE THE ARTIST WORKS, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY
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FOR THE MOST PART.WE'LL, WE'LL GET INPUT, BUT THE ARTIST ALSO HAS AN IDEA BASED ON, YOU KNOW, UM, THE AREA.
AND, UM, SHE HAS THAT, HAS THAT PROJECT BEEN COMMISSIONED ALREADY? IS LIKE THE CONTRACT ALREADY OUT ON THAT? NO, NO.
AND JIM GOMEZ LIT UP WHEN I MENTIONED IT.
AND THAT, COINCIDENTALLY, WE HAVE A MURAL ACROSS THE STREET.
SO IN CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, THEY HAD A SUMMER YOUTH MURAL PROJECT.
IT WAS FUNDED BY LOCAL DONATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, GRANTS.
AND THEY WOULD SELECT KIDS FROM EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE ARTISTS, UH, YOUTH ARTISTS.
AND DURING THE SUMMER, THEY WOULD WORK WITH A MASTER ARTIST, AND COLLECTIVELY THEY COME UP WITH A DESIGN MM-HMM
AND THEN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE MURAL, THERE WERE FOUR PANELS WOULD GO UP ON THE, THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART, WHICH IS QUITE A LANDMARK IN SANTA BARBARA.
AND THEN EACH YEAR, SUCCESSFUL YEAR, THEY WOULD MOVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY MM-HMM
SO THEY WERE TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS, BUT THERE WERE FOUR BY EIGHT, I THINK FOUR BY EIGHT OR FOUR BY 10.
AND, BUT COLLECTIVELY, IT WAS ONE SCENE.
SO THAT IMMEDIATELY BOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE ARTIST KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY, IN BOUGHT THE PARENTS ABOUT THE FENDERS, ABOUT THE MUSEUM.
SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE COULD INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, MURAL DESIGN OR CREATIVITY, EVEN THE ACTUAL PAINTING OF MURALS WITH YOUTH FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK YOUTH IN, IN MY VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPORTS, WE HAVE COMPUTER GEEK TEXTS, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OUTINGS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH THAT ARE INTO ART.
SO THAT WAS, I THINK, BE A POSITIVE THING.
AND AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THE MURAL ACROSS THE STREET, IF THAT WERE DESIGNED BY, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR SIX HIGH SCHOOL KIDS MM-HMM
AND AS A PROJECT PAINTED BY THEM, HOW MANY, I THINK IT WOULD BE A LESS, A LESS ATTRACTION FOR A GRAFFITI ARTIST TO GO IN THERE.
SO, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, OUR CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, UM, DID DO A STUDENT ART CONTEST, THE WOMEN'S CLUB AND THE ART ASSOCIATION, UM, ORGANIZING COORDINATED AN ART, UM, UM, CONTEST RELATED TO THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
THEY HAD AN ART EXHIBITION AT THE, UM, ART ASSOCIATION THAT WAS ELEMENTARY THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE ARE HOPING TO FOCUS ON THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MARY SCHULTZ, WHO'S, UM, UH, AN ART ASSOCIATION MEMBER AND OUR CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, I WORKED WITH HER CLOSELY WHEN I WAS AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, AND WE DID A LOT OF ART OVER THERE.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE OUR CONTACT WITH OUR ASSOCIATION, AND YES, WE WILL BE, UM, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT YEAH.
HAVE YOU HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH THIS AFTER THE HOLIDAYS? HAVE YOU HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH THIS? UH, MURAL HAVE, OH, YOU HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, THEY LIKE THE WORD LA HARBOR, AND THEY'RE MARKING THEIR INITIALS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT OR UNDER IT.
SO ACTUALLY I HAVE THE ARTIST COMING BACK OUT, OH, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR HOURLY GRADE TO DO SOME TOUCHUPS.
AND THEN OUR GRAFFITI TEAMS CAME OUT TO DO, UM, SEVERAL MORE LAYERS OF THE, UH, ANTI GRAFFITI SEALANT.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT IT WAS DRY AND ALL THAT, WE MIGHT'VE PAINTED IT A LITTLE BIT TOO SOON, AND THEN IT CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF A SMUDGE OR A SPEAR.
JUST RETREATED, UH, WORKED WITH IT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ADDING CAMERAS, WE CAN'T ADD IT ON THAT BUILDING THAT'S ON OUR BUILDING.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR SEVEN 11 TO PUT CAMERAS OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH IT ON, YOU KNOW, THEY DID TRY TO SEE, IT WAS JUST TOO GRAINY.
THE CAMERAS WEREN'T ANGLED OVER HERE ON THIS BUILDING.
UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESISTANCE, BUT YEAH.
WE'RE PRETTY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SUCH A VISIBLE AREA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE EARLY MORNING HOURS ARE WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T AROUND.
I THINK A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY AT CORPORATE AT SEVEN 11, LIKE YOU, UM, OUR CONTACT IS GREG JONES.
AND SO HAS HE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE, IS HE THE PROPERTY OWNER? YEAH.
NO, OUR AGREEMENT IS WITH HIM.
AND, UM, I MEAN, HE GAVE THE PERMISSION, CANT SQUEEZE A LITTLE MORE OUT FOR HE CAN.
WELL, MAYBE WE NEED A TRY, MAN.
WE JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, GOSH, HOW CAN ANYONE WANNA TELL YOU THIS? BUT YEAH.
AND THEN OUR GRAFFITI, UM, MEMBER RICARDO, HE, HE PULLED UP A, UM, I GUESS IT'S A REDDIT OR SOMETHING, AND IT'S FOR, UM, GANG MEMBERS TO, UH, VIDEO TAPE THEM GRAFFITIING.
AND, YOU KNOW, SINCE IT'S A PD, TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HOODIES ON.
BUT THEY'RE LITERALLY STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CENTENNIAL MURAL MAKING SOME SORT OF SIGN.
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THEY'VE GOT THEIR LETTERS RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE STRAIGHT ON.BUT, BUT A MURAL PROJECT HAS POTENTIAL, I THINK FOR A CITY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S STRUGGLING WITH HOW DO WE MAKE, HOW DO WE MAKE LAHABRA AN ATTRACTION? SURE.
YOU KNOW, AND A LIVABLE COMMUNITY AND HAVING A SERIES OF MURALS THROUGH TOWN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GENERATED BY YOUTH AND SUPPORTED BY FAMILIES MIGHT BE.
NO, I COME FROM AN ART BACKGROUND, SO I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BRING OUR PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE BACK TOO, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE WILL SLOWLY GET THERE.
YOU SAID THAT THE, YOU'RE ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY WISHES PROGRAM.
WHO, WHERE DOES THE DONATIONS GO TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND WHAT TYPE OF DONATIONS? SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR EITHER FINANCIAL GIFT CARDS, NEW, UH, TOYS.
UM, THOSE ARE OUR BIGGEST THREE REQUESTS.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND OF HOLIDAY WISHES, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LOWELL JOINT AND LAHABRA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
OUR LOCAL, UH, LAHABRA CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
AND WE SERVE ALMOST 400 FAMILIES HERE IN THE CITY.
AND, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE NICE THING IS, IF YOU WANNA SAY THAT, IS WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL LIAISONS.
AND SO THEY IDENTIFY THE FAMILIES MOST IN NEED.
WE GIVE EVERY SCHOOL AN, UM, A NUMBER OF FAMILIES THAT WE CAN SERVE PER SCHOOL.
IF A SCHOOL DOESN'T USE ALL OF THEIR, UM, UM, POSITIONS OR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEIR, UH, WE, UM, SHARE THEM WITH OTHER SCHOOLS OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES WAITING.
DO THE DAYCARE CENTERS GET YEP.
WE SERVE 80 FAMILIES FROM OUR LAHABRA CHILDCARE PROGRAM.
AND I KNOW YEARS PASS, MAYBE MY MEMORY IS NOT SERVING ME WELL, BUT DO WE HAVE SIGNUPS FOR VOLUNTEERS? DO YOU HAVE A SIGNUP WHO, YES.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT UP YET, BUT YES, WE WILL.
ESPECIALLY, UM, IN EARLY DECEMBER, WHICH IS ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS AWAY, UH, UM, WHERE YOU CAN COME AND HELP BAG TOYS, YOU CAN COME AND HELP SORT TOYS.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN WE GIVE 'EM OUT THE TOY DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD THROUGH THE HARBOR COLLABORATIVE, WHICH SCOTT MILLER'S, UM, PROGRAM WILL BE HELD AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, FROM THREE TO FIVE 30.
AND THAT'S WHEN THE FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO COME AND EXPERIENCE THE MUSEUM, DO ARTS AND CRAFTS, UH, PICTURES.
AND THEN, UM, ON THEIR WAY OUT, THEY GET TO TAKE THEIR TOY BAG AND, UM, THEIR FOOD BOX.
AND THEN IF THEY CAN'T MAKE THAT EVENT, WE HAVE A PICKUP DAY ON THAT FRIDAY.
AND FOR THAT DAY TOO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
NO, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FUN DAY.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN TO SEE THE KIDS AND FAMILIES COME AND ENJOY THE MUSEUM.
AND, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUT THE TOYS IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT SURE IF THE PARENTS ARE GONNA, UM, REGIFT THEM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEY'RE FROM SANTA, OR, UM, AND THEN IT'S HARD 'CAUSE SOME KIDS SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE BAG AND THEY WANNA OPEN IT RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST NOT.
SO WE TRY TO DO THAT AT THE VERY END ON THEIR WAY OUT.
WHERE DO WE GET OUR SANTA FROM?
WELL, I VOLUNTEER THE YEAR I DID.
I THINK THE SANTA WAS HALF MY AGE.
AND IT WAS TELLING YOUNG KIDS, IF YOU WISH HARD ENOUGH, THAT GIFT WILL BE UNDER THE TREE.
THAT'S KIND OF REALLY DISAPPOINTED.
I WONDER IF IT WAS ONE OF OUR REC LEADERS.
IF YOU, IF YOU RUN OUTTA OPTIONS, CALL ME.
I COULD PUT SOME WEIGHT ON VERY EASILY.
WE ARE NOW
I'LL BE YOUR BACKUP PLAN HAPPILY.
AND THEN YOU ALL, AS COMMISSIONERS ARE INVITED TO OUR ANNUAL, UH, THANKSGIVING LUNCH THAT'LL TAKE PLACE NEXT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, FROM 1130 TO ONE 30.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN COME ANYTIME BETWEEN THOSE HOURS AND HAVE A NICE THANKSGIVING LUNCH.
UM, IT IS A FIVE 11, PARDON ME.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE HELD AT LOG IN THE PULLMAN CENTER.
SO WHERE THE VETERANS EVENT WAS YESTERDAY.
THAT'S ALSO WHERE, UM, THE LUNCH WILL BE HELD, THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH, UM, SHARING THEIR FACILITY.
AND NOT TO MENTION VETERANS DAY.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO GLOSS OVER THAT.
LIONS FOR COOKING AND BEING THERE, AND COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING THERE.
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UM, YEAH, THAT'S, WE THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL CONSIDERING, AGAIN, IT WAS A NEW LOCATION.WE HAD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SEATING AND, UM, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SO MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE AS WELL.
WE HAD, UM, SENATOR BERG AND HIS WIFE.
WE HAD CONGRESSWOMAN, UM, UH, LINDA SANCHEZ.
AND, UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN PACHECOS STAFF WAS THERE, AS WELL AS ALL AURORA COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS LESSON.
ARE WE PAYING AT THE DOOR OR DO YOU NEED IT IN ADVANCE? AT THE DOOR IS FINE.
JUST RSUP IF YOU CAN, SO THAT WE HAVE A HEAD COUNT.
AND THEN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS, YOU CAN LOOK AT A NICE FLYER THAT MARTHA MADE FOR KELLY'S RETIREMENT PARTY.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THE DISNEY THEME BECAUSE SHE'S A BIG DODGER FAN AND A BEATLES FAN, AND SHE TRAVELS, BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN TO, I THINK, EVERY DISNEY, UM, PARK AROUND THE WORLD, LIKE IN EUROPE AND, UM, JAPAN AND, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE THAT WE COULD GO WITH, WITH A DISNEY THEME.
AND, UM, ALL THE OTHER HOBBIES AND INTERESTS THAT SHE HAS WILL BE INCORPORATED STILL IN HER RETIREMENT PARTY.
SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE, 'CAUSE EVERYONE'S LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THE DODGERS? OR WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM
THE RAMS. AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THIS, WE WEREN'T SURE HOW THE DODGERS WERE GONNA FARE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WORLD SERIES OR IF IT WAS GONNA BE TOO MUCH.
SO ANYWAYS, JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA INCORPORATE ALL OF HER FAVORITE THINGS.
WE WOULD LOVE FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE THERE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE NOT MEETING IN DECEMBER, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME DAY AS KELLY'S PARTY.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING ALL HER GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS AND WISH HER WELL INTO YOUR RETIREMENT.
THERE WILL BE A SHORT PROGRAM AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
JUST, UM, IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
IS, IS THE CITY'S PLAN TO REFILL THE POSITION AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE? OR ANY TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT? UM, THERE IS A PLAN.
UH, THAT PLAN INVOLVES ME, UH, TO, TO BE ACTING STARTING IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER WILL, UM, START A PROCESS.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEES, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT AREN'T WITH US TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND PROPOSE THAT WE HOLD OFF UNTIL OUR JANUARY MEETING BEFORE WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YES, THAT'S FINE.
AND, UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS LIGHT AT THE SEASON HOLIDAY HOME DECORATING CONTEST.
SO THEY'RE ACCEPTING THEM NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 10TH.
SO DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY WINNERS WILL BE HOARDING? I MEAN, USUALLY WE, WE, UM, RECOGNIZE FIVE FAMILIES.
WE DO APOLOGIZE THAT THE TIMELINE FOR SUBMITTING, UM, NOMINATIONS IS SO EARLY.
A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BEING ON THE 15TH.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO NOTIFY THE AWARD WINNERS, CONFIRM THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE.
THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DROP 'EM IN LAST MINUTE.
SO IT REALLY DOES, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT INCLUDE EVERYONE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DECORATE EARLY TOO WHEN THEY DECORATE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND.
THEY FOUND, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THE EARLY, UM, TIMELINE.
WE'VE TRIED, WE'VE RECOGNIZED PEOPLE IN JANUARY, WE, THEY JUST DON'T COME AND IT'S KINDA AFTER THE FACT.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS YEAR'S A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ON THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 15TH, JUST SEEMS YEAH.
WELL, THERE WERE SO MANY HALLOWEEN HOUSES, SO I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE ARE YEAH.
JUST AS EXCITED AND THEY GET THEIR DECORATIONS UP.
AND THANK YOU VERONICA AND, UH, DENISE FOR, UM, SELECTING OUR WINNERS.
UM, WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD, UH, I THINK WHAT YOU CALL NOMINATIONS.
NOMINATIONS, BUT, UM, TRACTION WHATEVER ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS, IF YOU GO TO THOSE PAGES OH, GOOD.
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OF THUMBS UP OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVERWE DO ENCOURAGE THE ENTIRE COMMISSION.
WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO YOU WITH THIS FLYER SO YOU CAN REPOST IT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
AND WE ALSO WILL BE POSTING, AND THEN I THINK YOU CAN SHARE IT ON YOUR FACEBOOK OR SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'M NOT REAL GREAT ON ALL THAT, BUT YOU CAN RESHARE.
UM, BUT IT'S, THE WHOLE COMMISSION IS, UM, ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS AND TO PROVIDE YOUR INPUT.
AND THEN VERONICA AND DENISE BEING THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS, THEY WILL MAKE THAT FINAL SELECTION STAFF.
SO IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE HALLOWEEN OR HALL QUEEN OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.
SO WE JUST SEND A PICTURE TO SOMEBODY, A PICTURE OF ANDREA ARA.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SEND 'EM TO US TOO, BUT, UM, YEP.
SEND IN A GOOD PHOTO AND, UM, THE ADDRESS AND THEN OH, GOT IT.
AND WE GAVE YOU EXTRA FLYERS IN CASE YOU WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT YOU WANTED US TO GO OUT, PUT 'EM ON THE HAND SHIELDS.
WE'LL EMAIL IT AS A JPEG I THINK IT HAS TO BE A JPEG RIGHT.
SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BE DOING A POST PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, JUST, HEY, START GETTING YOUR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS OUT AND THEN YOU CAN REPOST THAT ALSO, OR RESHARE IT.
I SENT IT OUT TO MY, MY, YOUR NE NETWORK, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A LITTLE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.
WE ACTUALLY ALL, WE PUT REESE ON ALL THE, THE LIGHT POLES.
SO THERE'S LIKE 350 HOMES AND THE BOARD WE JUST BREAK UP AND WE JUST STICK 'EM ALL UP THERE AND IT LOOKS SO PRETTY.
AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DECORATE IN MY AREA, BUT WE'LL TRY.
AND IF YOU HAVE LIKE A COMMUNICATION BOARD OR SOMETHING, YOU CAN PIN THIS ON THERE MM-HMM
WELL, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE A TOUR.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AND, UM, I WAS HOPING, HOPING TO MAYBE DO IT IN JANUARY.
BUT THE, UM, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO COME AND, UH, DO A PRESENTATION FOR CDBG.
'CAUSE THAT STARTS IN JANUARY.
THERE'S A PERIOD THEN WHERE, UM, THE APPLICANTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING COME AND, UM, GIVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION.
AND THEN I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY IS WHEN, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMES AND PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATION.
ONE, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS TOO MUCH.
IF WE WANTED TO DO LIKE A HALF DAY, YOU KNOW, A TWO O'CLOCK THING, TWO O'CLOCK, AND THEN IT BRINGS US TO OUR, OUR MEETING AT SIX 30.
OR IF THAT'S TOO MUCH AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL I, I HATE TO WAIT TOO LONG 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD THE TOUR.
UM, BUT SO JAN, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY BOTH HAVE CDBG ELEMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE, UM, PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE, 'CAUSE NORMALLY WHEN WE HAVE THE TOUR, WE CANCELED THAT MONTH'S, UM, COMMISSION MEETING.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA DO AN ALL DAY TOUR AND THEN HAVE THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT NIGHT.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MUCH, BUT THEN I WAS THINKING, WELL, MAYBE A HALF DAY, DEPENDING ON HOW PEOPLE FELT.
UM, BECAUSE I DID, I HATE TO PUSH IT BACK.
BUT THEN AT THAT POINT, THEN WE'RE IN MARCH AND THAT'S WHEN WE, THE COUNCIL WILL BE, UM, APPOINTING OR REAPPOINTING A COMMISSION MEMBER TO THE TEAM OR TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO THE TOUR IS NOT CONSIDERED A MEETING, SO TO SPEAK.
YOU CAN'T CONSIDER IT AS A, A MEETING, AN OFFICIAL MEETING.
OH, WE CAN, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE DO THE TOUR INSTEAD OF DO THE MEETING.
WE DO THE TOUR INSTEAD OF THE MEETING.
AS OUR MEETING, ACTUALLY, I SHOULD SAY.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR, UM, OPINIONS? WELL, DID YOU HAVE THE DATE, UM, WHAT DATE YOU DID? SO WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, I THINK IT WAS JANUARY 12TH, IT BE OUR, OUR NEXT, UH, COMMISSION MEETING.
SO AGAIN, WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, A HALF.
THE ONLY OTHER THING IS THAT, UM, I WAS THINKING, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE DONE SUMMER CHORES IS BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT.
IT COULD BE RAINING AND, AND RAINING AND YEAH.
ACTUALLY JANUARY 14TH, AGAIN, YOU KNOWS RAIN UNTIL APRIL, MAY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING IT BACK.
BUT WE DO LIKE SUMMER BECAUSE ALL OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE IN SESSIONS.
SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE COULD DO A VERY SHORT ONE.
I MEAN, WHERE MAYBE IT'S JUST OUR CITY.
IT WOULD BE A FANCY, UM, UH, BUS, BUT LUXURY, UM, BUS.
BUT IT, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, SENIOR SHUTTLE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DO AN HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS EVEN IF WE DON'T GET OUT FOR EVERYTHING.
WE COULD DO A BREAK AND THEN MAYBE HAVE DINNER, AND THEN COME HAVE OUR COMMISSION MEETING AFTER.
SO THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A FOUR HOUR OUTING.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE START AT 2 33, UM, GO AROUND FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS, HAVE DINNER FROM FIVE TO SIX 30 IN HERE.
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ONLY ONE WOULD WORK FOR YOU MAYBE.SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL PLAN THEN IS MAYBE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING, UM, TO START AT LIKE TWO 30 ISH.
WE'D MEET AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN, UM, THE SHUTTLE WOULD TAKE US AROUND, UM, AND, UH, WE COULD HAVE DINNER AND THEN COME BACK HERE FOR OUR REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.
WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT LIGHT.
WE'LL MOSTLY HAVE THE CITY, UM, THE CDBG, UM, ON AGENDA.
IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE AS COMPREHENSIVE AS THE SUMMER ONE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY STILL DO A SUMMER ONE TOO.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, UH, JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING TO ALL OF THESE PAST EVENTS AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT AND, UM, YOUR INPUT.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING THESE EVENTS AND HELPING TO PUT THEM ON AND THEN SEEING YOU GUYS AND SEEING HOW SUPPORTIVE YOU ARE AND GETTING YOUR INPUT AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEN ALSO WE DO HAVE THE CENTENNIAL IMAGES OF AMERICA BOOKS.
UM, SO THESE ARE CURRENTLY ON SALE.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THEM AT THE EVENTS.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE.
UM, AT THE PARK OPENING, WE ACTUALLY SOLD 10 OF 'EM, WHICH OH GOOD.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEM.
UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THEM, COOL.
LET, WE ARE GONNA GIVE YOU A COMPLIMENTARY ONE TO MAKE THAT YES.
IF ANYONE THINKS THEY CAN SELL ANY OR WANTS TO SELL ANY, WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU A COUPLE.
WE'LL JUST KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY WE GIVE OUT.
UM, OTHERWISE THEY'RE WELCOME TO BUY 'EM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE HARD RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE'RE CLOSED, BUT WE STILL ARE OPEN.
WE HAVE A, A TABLE OUTSIDE WITH STAFF, UM, FOR WALKUPS.
WE'LL BE SELLING 'EM AT THE TAMAL FESTIVAL AND, UM, THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
WE'LL BE SELLING 'EM TOO ONCE THEY REOPEN.
AND THE OTHER THING JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID OUR VERY BEST TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PHOTOS, ON THE CAPTIONS, MAKING SURE OUR NAMES ARE SPELLED CORRECTLY.
UM, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMITTEE AND, UM, COMMUNITY EFFORT, YOU KNOW, ON COLLECTING THE PHOTOS, SUBMITTING PHOTOS, UM, GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME QUALITY ASSURANCE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE.
WE, WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, EVEN THOUGH MAYBE THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING, THE NAME IS STILL THERE, BUT MAYBE WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T SAY THEIR NAME IN THE RIGHT BUSINESS NAME.
THEY WANT THEIR FAMILY NAME, NOT THE, SO, OH, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HEAR THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, IT'S PROBABLY THOSE TWO PEOPLE WE'RE SORRY ABOUT IT.
WE'RE STILL REALLY HOW IT TURNED OUT.
IT'S JUST REALLY NICE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED SUCH A LONG TIME AGO AND YEAH.
NOW TO SEE IT FLESH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
DO YOU PICTURE? NO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
OH, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET? OKAY.
I, I WANNA COMPLAIN TO THE AUTHOR.
IT'S NICE, HUH? IS THERE A SERIES OF THESE BOOKS? YEAH, THE COVER LOOKS FAMILIAR.
I'VE SEEN WITH, YEAH, BARNES AND NOBLE AT CVS.
THEY HAVE IT WHEN I'M IS THAT WHERE IT'S, WHEN I'M WAITING IN LINE?
AND CVS, THEY HAVE LIKE A LITTLE STAND I SAW UHHUH.
HEY, LISA'S DAUGHTER IS IN HERE.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IT? WHAT PAGE IS IT ON? 77.
WHO IS IN THERE? THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER.
SHE'S JUST A, THAT WAS A FUN TIME.
BUT AGAIN, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I READ THE, UM, THE BLUE LINE I SAW IT HAD DIDN'T, HER NAME DIDN'T HAVE AN H IN THE CAPTION.
BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE SIGN ON THE CAR AND I'M LIKE, WELL, IT'S FINE.
DOUBLE CHECK QUICKLY WITH, UH, DENISE.
BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT LAST MINUTE THAT, YOU KNOW.
I EVEN THE PUBLISHER WOULD SEE THAT THE SIGN SAID YEAH.
HAD A DIFFERENT SPELLING THEN.
ALMOST EVERY SAID, IT'S NOT COMPLETE.
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ENJOY.WE'RE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO OBVIOUS THIS BE PART OF OUR CENTENNIALS.
AND IT'S HARD TO GET EVERYTHING IN HERE AND EVERYONE IN HERE.
BUT WE, WE TRIED OUR BEST TO HIGHLIGHTS.
POLITICALLY SENSITIVE ABOUT THINGS.
AND, UM, TRY NOT TO LEAVE ANYONE OUT.
SO WHEN I WAS DRIVING OUT, WHEN WE WERE DRIVING OUT OF THE THING ON SATURDAY, THE, THE PARK, THE PARK I WAS READING, WE WERE AT THE STOP.
SO I WAS READING ALL THE NAMES THAT THAT MAN HAD, YOU KNOW.
SO I'M JUST SITTING THERE, READING IT, READING IT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE JUST GOES, LOOK AT, LOOK UP ALL THE NAMES AND EDUCATE YOURSELF.
I'M LIKE, I LIKE KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
WHO SAID THAT? YOU HAVE THE SHIRT ON
WHO SAID THAT I MISSED IT? OR WAS THAT HE'S A LITTLE LATE FOR NAMES.
WRITE DOWN WHERE? UH OH, THE GUY OUTSIDE, THE OUTSIDE THE POSTER.
THIS IS LIKE AN ACTIVIST ON FACEBOOK.
THE GREAT IS THAT THE MAYOR WENT DOWN TO TALK TO HIM.
UHHUH WAS LIKE, WELL HE WAS WAITING FOR THE MAYOR.
SO WE SENT STAFF WITH HER OF COURSE.
AND UM, SHE KIND OF LISTENED TO HIM AND SHE SAID IN THE PROCESS, IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
AT A COUNCIL MEETING, YOU COULDN'T COME WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, GIVE HIM INPUT OR OPPOSITION.
AND, UM, HE WANTED THE NAME OF SOMETHING ELSE.
HE HAD LIKE NAMES SIX, SEVEN NAMES.
HE HAD ALL THE NAMES LISTED ON THERE.
HE'S KIND OF GONE BY THE TIME I, I, I GOT OUT OF THERE.
UM, OR ANYHOW, DID YOU SEE HIM? YEAH, HE WAS WALKING DOWN AROUND THE, OH, SORRY.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, NOT THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS GREAT THAT THE MAYOR.
NO, WE TRY TO MAKE SURE SHE EXACTLY.
HE ACTUALLY ASKED ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, I NEED HER ON, DOES SHE NEED ONE?
SO I'M SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE WITH YOUR SISTER-IN-LAW AND, UM, STEVE SIMONIAN.
AND NEXT TO ME IS THIS WOMAN A DODGER, UM, GARB, SUPER NICE LADY.
AND SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE DODGERS.
'CAUSE I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND.
OH, WELL, SHOULD WE SAVE HIM A SEAT? NO, HE'S UP THERE ON THE STAGE.
AND SHE TALKS ABOUT, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR JOURNEYS.
EVERYWHERE THEY GO, PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HIM.
I GUESS HE'S QUITE A INFLUENCER.
HE HAS HIS OWN DODGER INSTAGRAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
THOSE ARE ALL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RO.
SO I WENT ON INSTAGRAM, I SAID, HOLY MOLY, THIS GUY IS, EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM, YOU KNOW.
OH, REALLY? THEY'RE ON KT A TA, UM, KTLA DID A VERY NICE, YEAH.
DID A NICE, YEAH, THEY DID IT.
PACE HAVE PLACES OR FACES IN HIGH PLACES, RIGHT.
AND THEN DELL DID A DRONE VIDEO THAT CAME OUT.
WHAT DOES HE DO FOR HIS REGULAR JOB? HE'S PRETTY TALENTED GUY.
ISN'T HE A DEPUTY? DEPUTY SHERIFF? HE'S A TRAINER.
TRAINING DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION.
MONICA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, JUST THAT I DID GO TO THE OPENING AND IT WAS VERY EYEOPENING.
VERY, I, I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW BIG THAT PARK
WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL THOUGH.
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS DID AN AWESOME JOB.
A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND YEAH.
WE HAVE, UM, A SHADE GOING IN OR A PLAYGROUND.
WERE THERE GONNA BE ANY LIKE, UH, SHELTERS LIKE CANOPY, LIKE, UH, RAMADA OR SOMETHING? THERE'S ONE RAMADA ON THE FAR END.
PAST THE, UH, BEACH VOLLEYBALL COURT.
AND ACTUALLY I THINK ABOUT, I THINK I KNOW THE PLAYGROUND FOR SURE.
BUT, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE MOVE MORE HEALTHY SENSE.
JUDE GAVE US FUNDING TO PUT IN TO PUT IN SOME MARKERS.
UM, WE'RE STILL, NO ONE'S REALLY FIGURED IT OUT, BUT WE GOTTA, WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY LAPS AROUND.
SO, BECAUSE WE THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY BEEN THE ONE POPULAR.
AND THEN WE, UM, I, I ACTUALLY SENT ALL THE, UM, FORMATION, UH, THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE SAID, YOU KNOW, VITAMIN D, YOU KNOW, GET OUT IN THE SUNSHINE.
UM, 10 GLASSES OF WATER A DAY, YOU KNOW, SO WE, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT HEALTH RELATED.
UM, MOVE MORE, EAT HEALTHY, UM,
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SIGNS THAT WILL GO OUT WITH THE MOVE MORE EAT HEALTHY LOGO AND THEN ALSO HELP PLAN THE FITNESS PROVIDENCE.SO PROVIDENCE GONNA FUND THE SIGNS.
WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S QUITE A PARTNERSHIP THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE USED REALLY WELL.
THE WALKING PATH, YOU KNOW, JUST A WHOLE MORE HEALTHY, HEALTHY COMMUNITY OR HEALTHIER COMMUNITY.
THERE'S A WHOLE MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY PARKS, HEALTHY PEOPLE.
AND THE IDEA, WHEN I WAS IN SANTA BARBARA, WE WERE PART OF A GROUP THAT WAS TRYING TO GET THE LOCAL PROVIDER TO DO A COLLABORATIVE WHERE INSTEAD OF PRESCRIBING, YOU KNOW, ANTI-DIABETIC MEDICINES, THE DOCTORS COULD PRESCRIBE THREE DAYS A WEEK AT X PARK.
DOING SO MANY LAPS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF, YOU KNOW, MORE, UM, METFORMIN OR SOMETHING.
WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY A HILL CITY THROUGH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, WHICH IS, UM, HEALTHY EATING.
AND, UM, SO OUR CITY IS TECHNICALLY DESIGNATED US.
ONCE YOU MARK THAT TRAIL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WRITE AN ARTICLE TO ONE OF THEIR PUBLICATIONS.
WE'LL SEE JUST A FEW MORE ELEMENTS IN THE PARK.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THIS LIST, UM, THAT'S NOT MY CELL PHONE, THAT'S MY LANDLINE OR MY HOUSE PHONE.
AND WHAT IS YOUR NUMBER? 3 1 0 4 1 3 2 7 9 9.
UH, 2 4 3 3 1 0 4 1 3 2 7 9 9.
I DON'T HAVE IT ON YOUR PHONE.
HOW DO YOU MESSAGE US? OH, THAT'S, IT'S JUST IN CONTEXT.
NOW YOU GET UPDATED IT, BUT IT'S IN THE CONTEXT, SO I DO HAVE IT.
ANYTHING ELSE, CONNOR? THAT'S IT.
THEY WANT TO GO THERE EVERY DAY.
UH, HOMEWORK FIRST
CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE AND DO A CAMPFIRE PROGRAM NEXT SPRING OR SUMMER.
MAYBE EVEN DOING SOME CAMPING.
CAN, CAN THERE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY YOU, WE CAN THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO A PIPE FLYING CONTENT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ALL THIS SPACE.
YOU COULD DO RELAY RACES, YOU KNOW, ON OLD
AND, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE FUN RELAY RACES OR TUG OF WAR THAT YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE LOT ROOM FOR.
UM, NATIONAL, NATIONAL PET DAY IN APRIL.
SO REGARD THE PROGRAM IN THE PARK, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG, STEADY AND MAYBE A NOTE TO THE FILE WHEN YOU START TO PLAN THE KITE FESTIVAL.
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONTACT AT LA STATE HISTORIC PARK.
THERE ARE NO LOCAL ARTIST, UH, NONPROFIT IN LA SAY THAT AGAIN.
I, I COULD GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH THEIR, UM, EVENT PLANNER.
THEY DO A, UM, INCREDIBLE KITE FESTIVAL.
THEY HAVE VENDORS, THEY GET, YOU KNOW, SPONSORS, THEY HAVE MUSIC, YOU KNOW, FOOD TRUCKS THAT GREAT.
UH, FREE KITES FOR THE KIDS DEMOS.
SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE TRY TO PUT IN OUR BUDGET.
BUT IF, IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE MONEY, NOT SURE.
IT'S A WONDERFUL, IT'S A WONDERFUL NONPROFIT.
THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD SEND US ANY INFO.
WE'RE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SOME NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND UM, MOST OF THAT WOULD GO INTO OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND WE, I GET THEM, I CAN GET THEM TO COME TO TOWN AND MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE AN HOUR SESSION WITH THEM AND OH GREAT.
JUST DO A BRAINSTORM AND 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME YOU'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER IF YOU'VE EVER DONE IT BEFORE, WHAT YOU DID, HOW YOU DID IT, WHO WAS INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S A PERFECT SPOT FOR A FEST.
THERE'S A LITTLE BREEZE KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT POSSIBLY DURING A CONCERT UP THERE.
UM, SO WOULD BE THE BAND'S ALLEY.
AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE PARKING, BUT UM, WE OR NOT WE HAVE MORE PARKING OUT PORTOLA.
AND THEN CITY HALL PARKING LOT IN THE PARKING LOT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PARK THERE GET A WHOLE, A BIG FOLLOWING FROM ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU APARTMENTS ON IDAHO AND APARTMENTS ON RIGHT THERE.
WE'LL, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND YOU KNOW, NEED TO UM, SHUTTLES FROM THE MALL.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT FROM MAHARA, UM, MARKETPLACE.
RIGHT NOW THE RACQUETBALL, NOT RACKETBALL.
IS IT JUST OPEN TO WALK UP AND USE IT RIGHT NOW OR DO YOU HAVE TO RESERVE
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IT? IT'S DROP IN, JUST DROP.RECREATIONAL YOU HAVE SIGNAGE UP THERE WITH PRETTY GENERIC RULES THAT WE GOT BASED ON THE CITIES.
WE KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT NEED TIGHTEN THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, ONCE WORD GETS OUT YEAH.
ONCE WORD GETS OUT AND THEN UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HARD 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT STAFFING IT.
SO THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL THESE REALLY STRICT RULES OF REINFORCEMENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER UP THERE, WHICH IS OURS.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY CAN'T BE CALLING US TO LIKE POLICE THEM UP THERE.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF SEE HOW IT GOES.
I MEAN WE HAVE ONE INTESTINE AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS EXCEPT FOR 12 TO FOUR IT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY AND IT'S OPEN.
BUT THE REST OF THE TIME, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SUCH A HIGH VOLUME OF USAGE AND PAY AND YOU ONLY CAN HAVE IT FOR ANOTHER IN PARK CITY YOU PLAYED AND I MEAN BAR PACKED THE WHOLE TIME.
BUT IT MEANS YOU DON'T GET TO PLAY WITH YOUR OWN PEOPLE.
YOU'RE BASICALLY ROTATING AROUND.
YOU BETWEEN A WHOLE FOUR GROUP AND PLAY DOUBLES AGAINST EACH OTHER.
YOU LIKE JUMP IN AND PUT YOUR PADDLE UP AND UM, SO THEN SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOOD.
YOU DON'T WANNA PLAY WITH YOU EITHER.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF FUNNY NOW.
WELL LIKE A, WANT A FOURSOME ON A GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW? YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO KIND OF SEMINAR.
BUT THEN THE MORE SERIOUS PICKLEBALL PLAYERS CAN GO THERE.
YOU COULD ALWAYS TIGHTEN UP IF YOU HAVE TO.
ANYTHING ELSE RICHARD? YOU? NO.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING JUST THE SAME.
IT WAS FUN BECAUSE I BROUGHT MY DOG BECAUSE I SAID I'LL NEVER LET MY DOG GO TO A DOG PARK.
'CAUSE I'M JUST LIKE THAT WEIRD MOM THAT YOU KNOW.
SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TOUCHING HER BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THE OTHER DOGS.
BUT WE WERE THERE AND THERE WAS NO DOGS IN THERE.
SHE WOULDN'T WAS SHE GO THE PARK? SHE WOULDN'T GO ON THE GRASS 'CAUSE IT WAS WET.
SHE WOULDN'T TOUCH ONE OF THOSE DOGS.
WHERE'S MY, BUT SHE WAS IN, SO SHE WENT TO A DOG PARK.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE DOG PARK SIGNS WERE REVERSED.
THE UH, OH, THE, UM, SOMEBODY FIGURED OUT FOR THE SMALL DOGS BIG.
SO ON THE DICK IS THAT SOFTBALL BIG FOR A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S A HUGE DOG PARK FOR THE BIG DOG.
SO I'M SURE ALL SMALL DOG PEOPLE WERE LIKE, WOW.
THE BIG DOGS WERE LIKE, UH, THIS IS NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR ONE DOG.
AND I THOUGHT THERE MUST BE A REASON.
BUT YEAH, THIS IS REALLY BIG
I DIDN'T SEE THE SIGNS, BUT I SAW THE BIGGER DOGS IN THE BIGGER SPACE IN THE LITTLE, SHE WAS IN THE BIG DOG.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE AND FOR YEAH, OF COURSE.
OKAY, SO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING TILL, UM, JANUARY AT SIX 30.
SO I, I JUST, I HAVE TWO FOR THE THANKSGIVING LUNCH.
THEY COLLECTING MONEY NOW OR GO TO COMMUNITY CENTER? NOPE.
PROBABLY OVER WORKED ON THOSE DOG SIGNS.