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I CALLED TO[1. Call Meeting To Order]
ORDER THE MEETING OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION.WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO, UM, WE HAVE OUR NEW COMMISSION MEMBER HERE TONIGHT, CHRISTIE TROTTER.
SO WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY, UM,
[4. Swearing in of Christy Trotter]
START WITH THAT TONIGHT WITH THE SWEARING IN OF CHRISTIE PRODDER.SO CHRISTIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME UP AT THE FLAG? THANK YOU, CHRISTIE.
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE COMMISSION AND WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND YOUR IDEAS.
AND TONIGHT YOU GET TO OFFICIALLY BE SWORN IN INTO THE COMMISSION.
SO I AM GOING TO, UM, RE YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE OATH OFFICE AND I'M GOING TO READ, AND THEN YOU JUST REPEAT AFTER ME.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCE, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY AND IMPARTIALLY HONESTLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE.
DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SO HELP ME THAT, SO HELP ME THAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY SWORN IN.
YOU WILL SIGN YOUR OPEN OFFICE.
SO NOW YOU HAVE VOTING POWERS.
SO, UM, NOW THAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY A FULL COMMISSION, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A ROLL CALL.
MS. NEWBY PRESENT? MS. PERVIS PRESENT.
MR. STEVENS? UH, MR. RICHARDSON PRESENT.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE MS. SUMLIN, MR. STEVENS AND MR. ULA LEE FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE MOVE TO THERE.
I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE FOLLOWING, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS AS STATED.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED TO EXCUSE THE THREE STATED MEMBERS FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE AGENDA, BUT HOWEVER, AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIR, THE ORIGINAL AGENDA IS GOING TO BE AMENDED.
HAS BEEN AMENDED, AND WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON JUNETEENTH AT MULTICULTURAL, DURING THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL DURING THE MEETING.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA.
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THE AMENDMENT OF THE AGENDA, WE WILL BE FOCUSING PRIMARILY ON THE JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.SO WE WILL HAVE A WORKING MEETING TONIGHT, UM, AS AMENDED.
[3. Approval of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY, FIFTH MINUTES.HAS EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THOSE, IF THAT HAS A YES.
ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE JANUARY 5TH, 2023 CULTURE AND DIVERSITY, CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES AS READ WITH NECESSARY CORRECTIONS SHOULD THERE BE.
SO ANY THANK SECOND? THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN? AYE.
[5. Citizen Comments]
ALL RIGHT.DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS TONIGHT? LIKE TO WELCOME, WE HAD, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS OUT VISITING US TODAY.
WOULD, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? UH, WE LEARNED ABOUT YOU AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING WALK.
AND JUST THOUGHT WE'D COME AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO SUPPORT THAT.
[6. Special Presentation - Fabrice Juin, Regional Equity Initiative Program Manager, Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission]
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TONIGHT, UM, FOR MR. FABRICE YUEN FROM THE REGIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER.HE IS THE REGIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER FROM THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND AS I SHARED WITH YOU, WE HAVE MET PREVIOUSLY, YOU CAN COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM, MR. JONES.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAD MET PREVIOUSLY TO DISCUSS OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND HE HAD GIVEN US FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, AND HE'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN WITH HIS THOUGHTS AND HIS IDEAS, WHICH HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH YOU IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ENDEAVORS THAT THE N B R P C HAS UNDERTAKEN.
IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A SPRINT ALL MONTH LONG, GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
SO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU TO, UM, THE, THE COMMISSION THANK YOU TO, UM, ALSO THE CITIZENS FOR ALLOWING ME THIS SPACE AS WELL.
UM, MY NAME IS FABRI AND I AM THE REGIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, I'M GONNA BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, HOW WE'RE APPROACHING REGIONAL EQUITY, OR AT LEAST A REGIONAL APPROACH TO, UM, PUT PURSUING EQUITY HERE IN THE MIAMI VALLEY, AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND THE AGENCY AS A WHOLE.
BEFORE I JUMP IN, I DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE AS INFORMED AS POSSIBLE ON WHAT THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, HOW WE SERVE THIS MIAMI VALLEY REGION, OR WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE PLANNING NEEDS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY SINCE 1964.
AND WHEN WE SAY REGIONAL PLANNING, THAT, UH, ENTAILS A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, SUBJECTS OR, OR, OR AT LEAST, UM, ISSUES WITHIN THE MIAMI VALLEY.
IT INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, SO OUR MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND ENTER AND, AND INNER REGION, UH, STREETS.
IT INCLUDES AIR QUALITY AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, UM, DISASTER RECOVERY.
SO IF THEY'RE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE MEMORIAL DAY TORNADOES, BECAUSE THAT IMPACTED MULTIPLE COUNTIES, WE WERE INVOLVED IN THAT RECOVERY PROCESS AND ALSO INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE, THE, THE SCOPE OF WHAT OUR INFLUENCE IS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY, BUT ALSO IN GENERAL, WHEN IT COMES TO ADVANCING THE REGION FORWARD.
A LOT OF TIMES THAT EITHER STARTS WITH US OR WE'RE INVOLVED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR, OR FORM.
OUR JURISDICTION INCLUDES THE DARK GREEN MIAMI, MONTGOMERY, PREBLE, SHELBY, AND, UH, NORTHERN, UH, PART OF WARREN COUNTY.
OUR GOALS INCLUDE REGIONAL STEWARDSHIP, UH, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES, PARTNERSHIPS, SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS AND ENVIRONMENT.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS MADE OF A MAJORITY OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ADDITION TO SOME NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS AS WELL.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ABOUT 90 MEMBERS, AND THEY REALLY GUIDED DIRECT THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY IN GENERAL.
SO WE DON'T SELECT THAT BOARD.
IT'S EITHER, EITHER ELECTED OR THEY ARE, UM, VOTED INTO BY THIS ELECTED THIS GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN GENERAL.
SO WHO AM I? AND WHERE AM I COMING FROM IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE AGENCY ITSELF? I WORK FOR THE INSTITUTE FOR LIVABLE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS, IS A DECENTLY NEW INSTITUTE WITHIN THE MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU CAN SEE OUR VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT AND, UM, WHICH OUR VISION IS TO PLACE AN
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INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON LIVABILITY AND EQUITY LAUNCHING PROGRAMS AND TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS THAT CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN THRIVE.AND THAT MISSION ENTAILS CONVENING CRITICAL PARTNERS AND SERVING AS A CENTRAL POINT OF COORDINATION FOR LONG-TERM MULTIFACETED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS NINE DOMAINS, EXTREMELY SMALL FONT, OBVIOUSLY, UM, ON THIS GRAPHIC.
BUT OUR NINE DOMAINS INCLUDE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, HOUSING, A NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND JUSTICE, TECHNOLOGY, CONNECTIVITY, AND TRANSPORTATION.
AND THOSE NINE DOMAINS ARE INSPIRED BY A A R P AND ALSO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND IDENTIFIED AS ESSENTIALLY THE MAIN AREAS THAT IMPACT WHAT IT MEANS TO FACILITATE A LIVABLE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, RIGHT? A PLACE WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN THRIVE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SPLIT UP THIS INSTITUTE INTO TWO SIDES, LIVABILITY AND EQUITY.
AND I'LL, UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY LIVABLE? OR THIS SLIDE BEFORE? SORRY.
UM, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY LIVABLE AND EQUITABLE? AT LEAST AS I'M ATTEMPTING TO DEFINE IT THROUGH THE INSTITUTE, WHEN WE SAY LIVABLE, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO, UH, ESTABLISH A STANDARD OF LIVING FOR ALL RIGHT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MEET SOMEBODY'S NEEDS? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE, UM, LIVES OF AN INTEGRITY OR LIVES WHERE, UM, THEIR NECESSITIES ARE MET.
UM, BUT THEN WHEN WE SAY EQUITABLE, THAT REALLY RELATES TO LOOKING AT THOSE WHO ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PROVERBIAL TOTEM POLE, RIGHT? WHO HAS BEEN, NOT JUST IN THE PRESENT DAY, BUT ALSO HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED, VULNERABLE, AND MARGINALIZED IN COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO, YES, WE CAN SET A STANDARD BY BEING LIVABLE, BUT HOW DO WE PULL PEOPLE UP WHO ARE NOT AT THAT STANDARD AS WELL, WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS THAT STANDARD, BUT BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC MEANS OR OTHER SOCIAL PRESSURES IN GENERAL? SO THAT'S HOW WE DELINEATE LIVABLE VERSUS EQUITABLE.
SO THIS IS MY SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INSTITUTE, WHICH, WHICH IS THE REGIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVE WHERE WE WORK TO CORRECT POLICIES, REFORM INSTITUTIONS, AND CLOSE THE GAPS THAT UNDERMINE SUSTAINED QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
WE SAY CORRECT POLICIES AND REFORM INSTITUTIONS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE TO BE INVITED IN, RIGHT? CUZ WE'RE NOT TELLING CITIES AND COUNTIES WHAT TO DO.
UM, BUT WE DO MOTIVATE AND ENCOURAGE CERTAIN STEPS TO TAKE IN GENERAL.
UM, WE CAN WORK ON OUR OWN POLICIES THAT HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF, IF WE TRY TO PROVIDE A RESOURCE TO OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO BETTER.
AND WE TRY TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE.
UM, WE WORK UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, AND WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL THAT IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 20 REGIONAL LEADERS WHO IDENTIFY AS EQUITY ADVOCATES IN THE MIAMI VALLEY.
WE MEET MONTHLY EVERY FOUR TUESDAY OF THE MONTH FROM 2:30 PM TO 4:00 PM WHERE WE DISCUSS A RANGE OF TOPICS THAT MIGHT RELATE TO OUR INSTITUTE DOMAINS OR ANYTHING THAT A COMMUNITY MEMBER MIGHT WANT TO BRING UP AND SAY MUST BE A PRIORITY TO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
WHAT IS OUR DEFINITION OF EQUITY? IF, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT EQUITY, HOW DO WE DEFINE IT? HOW DO WE PURSUE IT? WHAT IS OUR GUIDING FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE WORK TOWARDS EQUITY? EQUITY IS A CONDITION TO US.
IT'S A CONDITION OF PARODY THAT IS ACHIEVED BY BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR POPULATIONS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED, UNDER-RESOURCED AND VULNERABLE.
WHO'S BEEN UNDERSERVED? WHO'S BEEN UNDER-RESOURCED, AND WHO IDENTIFIES AS VULNERABLE TODAY? WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GLOBAL PANDEMIC OR JUST IN GENERAL, WHO ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE FIGHTING TO STAY ABOVE WATER? AND THAT'S OUR FOCUS BECAUSE IF YOU MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE ON THIS, THE BOTTOM OF THIS TOTEM POLE, THEN NATURALLY YOU MEET EVERYBODY ELSE'S NEEDS AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE INFORMED BY THREE QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING, ARE THERE DEFICITS? WHO EXPERIENCES THE BURDEN OF THESE DEFICITS? AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WHILE INTENTIONED INTERVENTIONS DO NOT MAKE DEFICITS WORSE AND ACTUALLY SERVE TO OPTIMIZE POSITIVE IMPACT, YOU CAN HAVE THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF INTENTIONS, UM, AND STILL CAUSE HARM, WHICH IS THE REALITY OF THINGS.
WHETHER IT IS PLACING, UM, BIKE BIKE LANES INTO AN ALREADY PACKED UP STREET IN A, IN A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T RIDE BICYCLES.
CAUSE IT'S, CUZ THE STREETS ARE NOT SAFE IN GENERAL OR POSITIONING A HEALTH CLINIC OR A GROCERY STORE THAT IS NOT AFFORDABLE TO THE RESIDENTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITY.
GREAT INTENTIONS WITH STILL CAUSING HARM TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS PRESENT THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE, WE ATTEMPT TO TURN AS MANY STONES AS POSSIBLE BEFORE WE ASSUME WHAT IS GOOD FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR RECENT ACTIVITIES? UM, I CAN MENTION THE PLAN FOR HEALTH MIAMI VALLEY INITIATIVE, UM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ATTEMPTING TO INCORPORATE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PLANNING.
UM, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT WHAT MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE.
WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S, UM, WOULD MAKE THIS C MAKE THIS REGION MORE ATTRACTIVE TO OTHER RESIDENTS? HOW DOES IT IMPACT THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS TODAY? HOW DOES BUILDING THIS OR POSITIONING THIS RESOURCE IN A CERTAIN WAY, HOW DOES IT, UM, EITHER SERVE AS A DETRIMENT OR BENEFIT TO THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS? SO THAT'S, UH, A WEALTH OF DATA THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SO THEY CAN, FOR THE, WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO POSITION HEALTH AS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS IT RELATES TO THEIR, THEIR DECISION MAKING.
UM, WE'VE ALSO HELPED WITH CENTRAL STATE, UH, SECURING A 4.5 MILLION, UH, WORKFORCE TRAINING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
UM, THEY HAD APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, UM, ON ONE GO AROUND AND DID NOT GET IT.
BUT AFTER TAPPING THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE REGIONAL PLANNING
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COMMISSION, THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN IT THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT OF, OF THE US GOVERNMENT.AND THE BEAUTIFUL THING OF HAVING THAT AT CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IS THAT IT IS A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY.
SO THOSE STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE TO TAP INTO THE RESOURCES.
IT'S ALREADY THERE IN A, IN A POPULATION OF STUDENTS WHO WE CAN FAIRLY SAY HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED IN GENERAL.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO MENTION THE MIAMI VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACADEMY.
UM, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS NOT A NEW TOPIC, BUT IT'S ONE THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE INFORMED ON.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC STREET OR BLOCK OF A COMMUNITY WHERE HALF OF THOSE KIDS ARE DEVELOPING ASTHMA, THAT IS NOT BY CHANCE WHERE IT MAY SEEM NORMAL CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LIVING IN.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE EDUCATION UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, THAT'S RELATED TO, UM, HOUSING THAT IS LACKING IN QUALITY OR ESSENTIALLY, UM, RELATED TO LACK OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, NOW YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE NEXT VOTING CYCLE COMES IN, YOU'RE MAKING THAT, THAT ISSUE, THAT TOPIC OF A PRIORITY FOR YOU IN WHO YOU, WHO YOU ELECT TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE.
AND ALSO YOU'RE INFORMED ON, UM, WHETHER OR NOT OKAY, MIGHT RELATE TO HAVING TO MOVE AWAY, BUT HOW DO WE BETTER THIS COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT WE'RE THE NEXT GENERATION, OUR CHILDREN ARE OURSELVES, CAN, UM, LIVE BETTER LIVES IN GENERAL? SO THE BIGGEST PORTION, THE BIGGEST EMPHASIS OF THAT ACADEMY WAS MAKING SURE WE WERE PUTTING KNOWLEDGE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY'S HANDS SO THAT THEY HAD A CERTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S AFFECTING ME AND HOW DO I CHANGE THAT AS OPPOSED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS AS USUAL.
THIS IS JUST HOW THIS BLOCK IS, OR THIS IS JUST HOW, UM, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXPERIENCES BEING AT THE JOB SO FAR IS THAT BOTTOM PICTURE ON THE ON THE LEFT WAS BRINGING IN, THIS IS THE GIRLS EMERGING INTO MATURITY GROUP, WHICH IS A GROUP OF, UM, BLACK GIRLS THAT ARE MENTORED IN THE DAYTON COMMUNITY, DAYTON AREA, UM, AND EXPOSING THEM TO WHAT REGIONAL PLANNING IS.
I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT I DID NOT KNOW REGIONAL PLANNING WAS A YEAR AGO,
UM, BUT, UH, TO ME THAT WAS AN ISSUE OF AN ISSUE OF NOT NECESSARILY BEING EXPOSED, NOT NOT BEING EXPOSED TO THIS OPPORTUNITY AS A WAY TO IMPACT MY COMMUNITY AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, PAY MY BILLS AND, AND MAKE A DECENT LIVING.
UM, BUT ALSO JUST THE LIMITS THAT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO THOSE YOUNG GIRLS AND ASKING THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FROM THEIR COMMUNITY AND HEARING ALMOST A LACK OF HOPE AS IF MY COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS GONNA BE THIS WAY.
AND I THINK EXPOSING OUR YOUTH TO, UM, ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF HOW THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CHANGE, OR AT LEAST WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE BEYOND WHAT THEY SEE ON THEIR HORIZONS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UM, TO ALLOWING THEM TO PURSUE THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, COLLEGE BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WE DO THE, WE TRY TO DO THE BIG THINGS, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OPENING OUR DOORS TO ANYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO WE CAN SERVE AND BENEFIT OR MENTOR IN GENERAL.
SO THAT'S SOME OF OUR RECENT ACTIVITIES.
WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT EFFORTS? WHAT IS A PRIORITY FOR US RIGHT NOW? WE WANT TO ESTABLISH REGIONAL REPRESENTATION ACROSS THE MIAMI VALLEY.
WE DO NOT WANT TO BE DAYTON FOCUSED.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE MONTGOMERY COUNTY FOCUSED.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVEN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE HAVING, ARE ABLE TO TAP INTO OUR RESOURCES AS WELL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THE MIAMI VALLEY FORWARD AND NOT JUST OUR METROPOLITAN HUB.
WE'RE ALSO SEEKING TO ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR MOST VULNERABLE, FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE APPLYING TO GRANTS AND ALSO TRYING TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AS A MAJOR TOPIC THAT RELATES TO, AGAIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO PUTTING THE INFORMATION AND POWER BACK INTO THE PEOPLE'S HANDS ABOUT WHAT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE IS LIKE, WHAT THEIR BUILT ENVIRONMENT BECOMES.
UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE PURSUING BROADBAND EQUITY AND DIGITAL LITERACY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE, TO THE INTERNET, THERE IS QUITE LITERALLY A CEILING ON HOW MUCH YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM THE SOCIETY OR COMMUNITY AROUND YOU.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS, HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB BY MAKING THE A, A, A DECENT JOB BY MAKING THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM AVAILABLE, WHICH, UM, CAN BRING DOWN INTERNET CONNECTION COSTS FOR INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS OR EVEN MOBILE PLANS.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST MISSTEPS THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS WITH THESE FEDERAL BENEFIT PROGRAMS THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT AS A NATION.
I THINK THAT, I THINK WE EXPRESSED THAT THERE WERE, THERE'S 60% ENROLLMENT AS A NATION IN THE PROGRAM HERE IN THE MIAMI VALLEY.
NO COUNTY HAS ECLIPSED 10%, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM, RIGHT? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY WHO IS AT OR BELOW 200% THE POVERTY GUIDELINE, UM, POVERTY LEVEL GUIDELINE.
UM, AND YET WE'RE NOT EVEN, WE CAN'T EVEN GET 10% OF OUR REGIONAL COMMUNITY SIGNED UP.
WE NEED TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AND HELP PEOPLE ENROLL AS WELL.
SO WE'VE BEEN APPLYING TO GRANTS TO ASSIST THEM WITH THIS PROGRAM, UH, WITH SIGNING UP TO THIS PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR MAJOR EFFORTS.
AGAIN, WE APPROACH OUR WORK WITH A, SEE A NEED FILL, A NEED APPROACH.
SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO ME BY OUR SUBCOMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO JUMP ON IT BECAUSE IF THERE'S A, IF THERE IS A NEED, WE DO TRY TO DEDICATE SOME ENERGY TO IT.
WE CAN'T DO IT ALL, BUT WE DO OUR BEST TO MEET SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THE REGION.
NOW, THIS IS A, A SLIDE I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SHOW BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO HOW, HOW URGENT THIS TYPE OF WORK IS, RIGHT? THIS TYPE OF WORK THAT, UM, IS REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, HISTORICAL INJUSTICE, RIGHT?
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IS REALLY TRYING TO, UH, MAKE OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING BETTER FOR EVERY SINGLE VOTER, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU, RIGHT? EVEN IF, EVEN IF THEY WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALLOT.UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A GRAPH THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A GREATER PROPORTION, AND THIS IS JUST ONE SPECIFIC, UM, GRAPH, BUT THIS IS RELATED TO THE, OUR PLAN FOR HEALTH INITIATIVE.
THERE IS A GREATER PORTION OF THIS REGION'S AFRICAN AMER BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION EXPERIENCING LOW HEALTH OUTCOMES THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION IN POVERTY.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT AGAIN, THERE IS A GREATER PORTION OF OUR GENERAL POPULATION OF BLACK AND AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY THAT IS EXPERIENCING LOW HEALTH OUTCOMES THAN THE PORTION OF OUR POPULATION IN POVERTY.
SO IT IS QUITE LITERALLY A GREATER HEALTH RISK TO BE BLACK IN THE MIAMI VALLEY THAN IT IS, IS TO BE IN POVERTY.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, AND IT SHOULDN'T MAKE SENSE.
IT COULD EITHER SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT POVERTY IS SO PERVASIVE TO THE, IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, IT COULD SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IS THAT INACCESSIBLE TO, UM, BLACK RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS WHY THIS COULD BE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STATISTICS THAT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY CAUSE US TO SCRATCH OUR HEADS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE AND HOW DO WE CHANGE THIS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS, THESE, THESE ARE WHAT DATA ALLOWS US TO DO, BUT ALSO FACILITATING ACTION TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION AND CHANGE COURSE.
AND AGAIN, IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO I'VE FOUND THIS TO BE PRETTY, UM, A HEAVY STATISTIC TO SHOW, ESPECIALLY THAT NO OTHER RACIAL GROUP EXPERIENCES THAT MUCH OF A DISPARITY.
SO MY APPROACH SO FAR WITHIN THIS ROLE HAS BEEN TO COMPLIMENT AND SUPPLEMENT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE GREAT WORK ALREADY BEING DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, BY THIS COMMISSION AND ALSO SUPPLEMENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I APPROACH OUR MEMBERS, A QUESTION I ASK IS, HOW DO WE CLOSE GAPS FOR YOU? WHAT ARE YOU MISSING? WHAT CAN WE PROVIDE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT, UM, UM, RESOURCES? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST A, A A LEVEL OF, UM, COMMUNITY LEADER BUY-IN, RIGHT? OR RALLYING OR RALLYING THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
WHAT IS THAT MISSING CAVEAT OR THAT MISSING GAP THAT WE CAN CLOSE FOR YOU? WE SEEK TO PROVIDE REGIONAL LEADERSHIP WHILE SEPARATING THE ANGST, GUESSWORK AND UNCERTAINTY AROUND EQUITY THAT IMPEDES PROGRESS AND IMPACT.
I'VE ENCOUNTERED THAT A LOT OF, UM, LACK OF PROGRESS AROUND EQUITY IS RELATED TO PEOPLE NOT KNOWING, RIGHT? PEOPLE NOT KNOWING HOW THEY CAN DO BETTER OR WHAT EQUITY EVEN IS, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RACIAL OR ECONOMIC EQUITY.
UM, AND THAT IS, THAT CANNOT BE AN EXCUSE ANYMORE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO OUR, OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES TO SAY, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION OR THAT KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT? SO NOT KNOWINGS CAN NO LONGER BE AN EXCUSE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT BEING SCARED OF THE TOPIC IS NO REASON TO AVOID THE TOPIC.
BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THE PROBLEM, YOU CAN, BEING COMPLICIT OR BEING COMPLACENT IS STILL NOT CONTRIBUTING TO A SOLUTION, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE FIND, HOW DO WE PUT OURSELVES IN POSITION TO CONTRIBUTE TO, UH, MOVING THINGS FORWARD IN, IN A POSITIVE WAY? SO AGAIN, IT'S VERY NUANCED WORK.
THERE IS NO LIKE STEP-BY-STEP PROC, UH, PRO PROCESS, BUT, UM, REALLY JUST HAVING THIS RESOURCE TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE AT LEAST SEEN, UM, TO BE BENEFICIAL.
AGAIN, I'VE WORKED WITH YOLANDA A LITTLE BIT ON THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT I'M ALSO WITH BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP WITH THEIR, UM, COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLANNING.
UM, ALSO HAVE WORKED WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO HELP THEM BRING A, A CONSULTANT WHO IS EQUITY COMPETENT FOR DIGITAL EQUITY.
SO AGAIN, CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HAD BEFORE, WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBERS TO DO SO.
SO WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT REAL ABOUT EQUITY.
I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST LAY THE FOUNDATION OF HOW WE APPROACH OUR WORK AND HOW WE DEF HOW WE NOT JUST DEFINE EQUITY, BUT WHAT EQUITY MEANS TO US IN GENERAL.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS COMMISSION IS WORKING ON TOPICS THAT RELATE TO UNDERSERVED AND, UM, MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES AND, AND, AND DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO CONSULT WITH IMPACT AND AVOIDABLE COMMUNITIES.
YOU CAN'T SERVE WITH INDIVIDUALS YOU DO NOT KNOW, OR YOU CAN'T SERVE INDIVIDUALS YOU DO NOT KNOW.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A CRITICAL INTERNAL ASSESSMENT AND REORGANIZATION OF AGENTS AND AGENCIES.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S BROKEN, IT'S NOT WORKING, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GET, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED, WHETHER IT'S RESOURCES OR PERSONNEL, SOMETHING HAVE TO, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PAST WRONGS AND INJUSTICES.
UM, I USED, I CAME FROM PUBLIC HEALTH DATA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
AND BEFORE WE COULD PUSH COVID 19 VACCINES TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, WE HAD TO ADMIT THAT EVEN IF I WASN'T AROUND WHEN THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING, THE, THE HEALTHCARE INSTITUTION PRESENT IN AMERICA HAS ABSOLUTELY DONE CERTAIN COMMUNITIES WRONG.
WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION DURING, UM, SLAVERY OR, UM, OR IN PRESENT DAYS, LITERALLY KEEPING RESOURCES AWAY FROM CERTAIN POCKETS OF OUR, OF OUR NATION.
WE HAVE TO ADMIT THAT EVEN IF IT AGAIN, WASN'T US, OR, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T AROUND WHEN THESE THINGS HAPPENED, THAT YOU HAVE A REASON TO BE, TO BE DISTRUSTFUL OF THIS INSTITUTION, AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO BETTER FOR YOU TODAY.
UM, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE, REALLOCATION AND OWNER AND SHARING OF OWNERSHIP.
IT CAN'T JUST BE A MOVEMENT OF LEADERS.
IT CAN'T JUST BE A MOVEMENT OF INSTITUTIONS.
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ARE WE BRINGING PEOPLE ALONG? HOW ARE WE EMPOWERING THE PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES THAT, THAT ARE GONNA IMPACT THEM, UM, IN THE LONG RUN? AND THEN, THIS IS THE BIG ONE.UM, I SAY, I SAY THIS A COUPLE TIMES, BUT MY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS, KENDRICK LAMAR, HE ASKED, HOW MUCH DOES THE DOLLAR COST? HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO PUT OUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THEIR RESIDENTS? HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T EVEN WANNA SAY BE IN THE NEGATIVE, BUT WHERE ARE OUR DOLLARS GOING? IS IT GOING BACK TO THE PEOPLE OR IS IT GOING TO OTHER THINGS THAT THAT NEVER TRICKLE DOWN TO OUR INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS? AND THAT'S A WORTHWHILE QUESTION.
UM, WE WANT TO GO B BUT BEYOND A ONE SIZE FITS ALL MODEL, A FIXED ALL FORMULA APPROACH.
AGAIN, THESE ISSUES ARE SO NUANCED, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TARGETED AND PRIORITIZED SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THEM.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA JUST SOLVE ALL THE COMMUNITY'S ISSUES WITH ONE MASTER PLANET.
THERE NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PATHS TAKEN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE CANNOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE.
WE HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THEM THE SAME WAY WE KNOW OUR STREETS AND ROADS AND BUILDINGS.
WE SHOULD KNOW EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE, WHAT'S CAUSING THEM PAIN AND WHAT'S CAUSING 'EM TO HURT SO THAT WE CAN TRULY PUT TOGETHER PLANS THAT, UM, ALLEVIATE THAT HURT AND PAIN HERE TO SERVE YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S MY EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER AGAIN, UM, I DON'T SAY NO A LOT,
SO IF, UM, WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE IN ANY WAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHETHER IT IS ADDING SOME, UM, SOME BEEF TO A GRANT APPLICATION THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING TO HUBERT HEIGHTS, OR AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WORKING WITH YOLANDA AROUND, UM, THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT DOLLARS AREN'T BEING PUSHED TOWARDS AN INITIATIVE, UM, THAT ENDS UP NOT BEING FRUITFUL, RIGHT? THAT ENDS UP LEAVING SOME PEOPLE BEHIND.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST SET THE, THE STAGE FOR WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
UM, NOT JUST FOR, UM, THIS COMMISSION, BUT FOR ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER WAY WE CAN HELP HUB HEIGHTS.
UM, AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOLANDA AND I WILL CONTINUE TO MEET AND IF I CAN ASSIST THIS COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION AND SOME OF THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE ALL DOING OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMISSION OR WITHIN IT, JUST SAY THE WORD AND WHAT MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.
I, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOUR COMMISSION.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, YES, THROUGH THIS, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT SO, UM, HOW CAN WE CO I FEEL LIKE HOW CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH YOU AS A COMMISSION? UM, IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE HOW CAN WE HELP SUPPORT IT? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION AND JUST GETTING INFORMATION OUT, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRLS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, DO YOU NEED A BOOTH AT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS OR LIKE, GIMME SOME IDEAS THAT WE CAN YEAH, NO, AND UM, USUALLY I USUALLY WE ASK YOU THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE IN MANY WAYS IT'S NOT THE INSTITUTE THAT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED.
THE INSTITUTE IS THERE TO SUPPORT, TO SUPPORT YOU ALL.
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING WITH YOLANDA.
UM, AND I WOULD PERSONALLY SAY THAT IF THERE IS A SPACE WHERE EQUITY IS BEING DISCUSSED, INVITE US IN, LET US BE PRESENT.
UM, WE, IT'S, IT'S WITHIN THE INSTITUTE, IT'S REALLY ME AS THE EQUITY GUY
SO I, I, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE, UM, I HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT WHERE I GO.
SO IN TERMS OF TABLING, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE DO A WHOLE LOT.
BUT IF IT COMES DOWN TO EDUCATING, YOU KNOW, RALLYING YOUR, YOUR RESIDENTS AND EDUCATING DURING A, A, A COMMUNITY SESSION, AN ADVISORY GROUP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, OR AT LEAST, UM, AGAIN, THE BEST WAY TO, TO FACILITATE EQUITY IS AT THE BEGINNING, BEFORE YOU'VE WRITTEN ANYTHING DOWN ON PAPER, BEFORE YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, PUT A PLAN IN ACTION.
HAVE WE TURNED EVERY STONE TO MAKE SURE NOBODY'S LEFT BEHIND? SO IF YOU ARE PURSUING ANYTHING THAT RELATES TO SERVING THE UNDERSERVED OR OR ADVANCING EQUITY AND YOU NEED THAT MAYBE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN PERSPECTIVE, LET US KNOW.
WE'LL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT'S DOESN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ALL THE WAY, BUT TRULY, WHERE DO YOU SEE A NEED IN HUBER HEIGHTS AND HOW CAN WE ASSIST YOU? YEAH.
OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH US ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I'VE, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED AT ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY BEING KIND OF THE ONE MAN
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THIS COMMISSION, JUST THROUGH US WORKING TO THAT TOGETHER AND HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE DIALOGUED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, RIGHT? YES, YES.
AND SO A HUNDRED PERCENT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY HIRE A DI A PERSON THAT WILL OVERSEE WONDERFUL A MANAGEMENT ROLE AND OVERSEE D E I V WITHIN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
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THAT'S GREAT NEWS.SO IT IS, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST OF ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN OUR CITY, AND THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR NOW.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A HEAVY LIFT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE INVESTMENT FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, GET THE WORD OUT MORE TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT.
UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE TO OFFER US THAT ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME AND PRESENT TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO SHARE THIS WITH THEM BECAUSE, UH, IT WOULD HELP A LOT
A LOT COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, YEAH, I WOULD LOVE, SO SARAH, WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH TONY, UM, FOR HIM TO GET ON THIS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
NOW, I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING UP THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT DURING THIS MEETING.
I FIGURED THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE ALL Y'ALL ARE DISCUSSING INTERNALLY.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S, THERE IS A BENEFIT FROM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THINGS FROM THE OUTSIDE RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE SO STUCK IN IT, VERY TUNNEL VISION SOMETIMES.
AND WE HAVE, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON EDUCATION, UM, THAT THAT'S OUR KEY FOCAL PIECE THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE COLLABORATING A LOT WITH THE SCHOOLS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION THERE AS TO HOW WE CAN MAYBE HOW YOU CAN HELP US THERE.
BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A EDUCATION FORUM COMING UP IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL, WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS YEAH.
TO, UM, TELL THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE UNDERSTOOD IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THAT.
SO, WOULD LOVE TO LEVERAGE YOU THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOR SURE.
WE HAVE, UM, LEARN TO EARN DAYTON AT THE TABLE.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW FAMILIAR FOLKS ARE WITH LEARN TO EARN, BUT THAT IS THEIR ENTIRE REALM, RIGHT? WHEN WE HAVE OUR EDUCATION DOMAIN, THAT'S THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE, UH, SPEAK TO FIRST.
THEY ASSISTED THE HOPE CENTER IN SECURING $28 MILLION.
UM, AND YEAH, I'M SURE THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN BIG NEWS, SO MM-HMM.
UM, BUT THEY ARE THE, OUR EXPERTISE ON EDUCATION, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURSUE THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP THEM AS, UH, PRETTY EASILY.
DON'T BE STRANGERS, DON'T BE STRANGERS.
AND, UM, MR. JUNE HAS OFFERED, YOU KNOW, HE, HE ALREADY SAID THAT HE IS A RESOURCE FOR US, SO IF WE NEED HIM TO COME TO ANY OF LIKE OUR TASK GROUP MEETINGS FOR JUST FOR THAT OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, HE HAS OFFERED THAT AS WELL.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR AMENDED AGENDA, AND IF I CAN FIND IT,
[A. Citizens Complaint Review Board (CCRB)]
ON TO OUR OLD BUSINESS.NOW WE HAVE THE CCR B ON WHICH WE WILL BE TABLING.
[B. Education Forum]
MOVE TO THE EDUCATION FORUM, WE DISCUSS THAT.SO IN REGARDS TO THE EDUCATION FORUM, WHICH IS THE YOUTH POLICING DISCUSSION, UM, TOMORROW, ACTUALLY, MR. RICHARDSON IS GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SERGEANT FORK AS FAR AS THOSE FIVE KEY TOPICS THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
AND MR. RICHARDSON, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT AS FAR AS THE DISCUSSION? YEAH, SO THAT'S GONNA HAVE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO, THEY DO A PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL ALREADY.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE FIVE TOPICS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO REVAMP THEIR PROGRAM AS WELL AND SEE HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF APPROACH THIS FORM A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR NORMAL ONES.
LIKE, WE'RE LIKE TWO HOURS OR TWO AND A HALF HOURS, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE DOING THAT IN SCHOOL.
YOU CAN'T TAKE TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS AT A TIME.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE SMALL BITS OF THINGS, CREATE A SCHEDULE, MAYBE AN ONGOING TEACHING SCHEDULE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM.
SO IT'LL BE KINDA LIKE AN ONGOING PUBLIC FORUM INSTEAD OF JUST LIKE A, OKAY, WE DID IT AND WE COVERED AND THEN WE'RE DONE.
SO IT WOULD BE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
NOW IF THAT CHANGES AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW MEETING IS KIND OF, UM, UH, LET'S PUT IT ALL ON THE TABLE.
LET'S SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE AND LET'S START TRYING TO PLAN FROM THERE.
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HAVE A ROCK SOLID PLAN ON EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.THEY GOT SOMETHING THEY THINKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO.
NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO IT TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE KIND OF INSERTING, TRYING TO CONNECT, PUT SOME OF OUR STUFF WITH THEIR CURRENT CURRENTLY DOING.
I, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, UM, I THINK INITIALLY WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE AFTER SCHOOL SO THAT WE COULD GET THE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ALSO, I WOULD STILL BE IT THIS FORM OR ANOTHER FORM OR SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD CONNECT THE FAMILIES AND THE PARENTS WITH THE STUDENTS OR GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, AN, AN OPTION TO BE INVOLVED SO THAT THEY'RE VISIBLE MM-HMM.
SO, SO THAT'S JUST, THAT'S THE THOUGHT.
I KNOW AS A PARENT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT, FOCAL AREAS THAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON.
AS A PARENT, I WANNA HEAR WHAT MY CHILD IS HEARING SO THAT I CAN BE EDUCATED ON IT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S JUST, JUST A THOUGHT AS TO HOW WE DO THAT.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT THIS TIME, I MEAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING IT UP AND SEE THE, I THINK THE CONCERN WILL BE IS TO GET PARTICIPATION, RIGHT? CUZ THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE, WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
YEAH, I THINK, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD POINT.
UH, THE QUESTION WILL BECOMES IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH A GOOD GROUP, DOES THAT MAKE MORE SENSE? OR TO REACH NONE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS TO EVEN LIKE LOOP ATHLETICS INTO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AFTER SCHOOL ATHLETICS, INSTEAD OF GOING TO YOUR PRACTICE, THE COACHES WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM OR THEY WOULD BE AT THIS EVENT OR WHATEVER.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TO PONDER FOR FUTURE FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
ESPECIALLY ALL THAT'S GOING ON
SO IF THAT COULD BE BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW JUST TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, AS MRS. STEVENS KNOW, MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DISCUSSION.
SO AFTER THE MEETING TOMORROW, THE GOAL FOR TOMORROW'S MEETING IS, TOMORROW'S MEETING IS JUST KIND OF LAY SOME GROUNDWORK OKAY.
ON WHAT, WHAT IT IS WE WANT TO TRY TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH IS KIND OF BRAINSTORMING.
SO IN THAT DISCUSSION, UM, WILL THERE BE LIKE POTENTIAL DATES OR TIMES CORRECT.
BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR OBVIOUSLY TO HAVE THIS.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR TARGET DATE WAS FOR THEIR PROGRAM OR THEY'RE REVAMPING THEIR WHOLE PROGRAM ALTOGETHER.
SO IT WAS JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND THEM TO KIND OF TALK AND MAYBE PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING NEW OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, SO MM-HMM.
LET'S PUT SOMETHING NEW TOGETHER, THEN WE CAN PRESENT BACK TO THE JUNIOR HYATT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF GETTING TOGETHER TOMORROW.
LET'S, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH WANT TO DO SOMETHING, RIGHT? SO LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SOMETHING IS MM-HMM.
LET'S PUT SOME THOUGHTS DOWN AROUND IT AND SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK.
SO WILL THIS SHIFT WHAT OUR INITIAL FOCUS WAS? UH, NO.
WE WOULD JUST BE ADDING SOME MORE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING WITH THE YOUTH ALREADY.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE ALREADY.
BUT THEY WANT TO REVAMP THEIR PROGRAM.
THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING IT FOR A WHILE AND IT'S TIME TO GET IT REFRESHED MM-HMM.
SO HOW ABOUT LET'S TAKE THE NEW STUFF THEY WANT TO REFRESH, MIX THE STUFF THAT WE WANT TO GOT WE WANT TO DO AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
I THINK IT'LL BE SOMETHING GOOD.
I THINK WE, UM, LOOK FOR SPONSORS FOR FOOD.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET 'EM AT LUNCH, LUNCHTIME.
THINK ABOUT LOCAL SPONSORS WHEN Y'ALL THROWING STUFF AROUND, YOU KNOW, FOOD WILL BRING THEM OR CREDITS,
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT CHICK-FIL-A AS AN OPTION.
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SO, AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WOULD THEY SPONSOR SCHOOL EVENTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, YOU KNOW, TO GET PARTICIPATION, YOU KNOW? YEAH.SO I THINK LUNCHTIME WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WERE GONNA DO IT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE.
AND THEY WANNA EAT SOMETHING BESIDES SCHOOL LUNCH.
AND THEN WE CAN INVITE, WE COULD INVITE PARENTS IN BECAUSE IT'S LUNCHTIME.
I WAS THINKING MORE ABOUT LIKE SAFE SPACE.
I WANT, I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF LIKE WHAT ERIC WAS SAYING EARLIER.
AND WE GET THIS BIG GROUP OF CHILDREN AND THEY, IF IT'S A, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE HEARING THINGS, THEY WON'T SPEAK UP, ASK QUESTIONS IF THEIR PARENTS ARE THERE.
SO I FEEL LIKE THIS TIME JUST LET THEM HAVE THEIR TIME AND FOCUS ON THEM THIS TIME AND THEN WE COULD FIND ANOTHER EVENT.
I, I'M WITH YOU ON THE PARENT PART, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE IF YOU CAN GET 300 KIDS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN IF YOU SAY AFTER SCHOOL YOU CAN'T GET THERE, YOU HAVE A BUS, YOU CAN'T GET A RIDE OR WHATEVER, AND YOU END UP WITH 20, I'D RATHER GET THE 300.
SO, AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THEY'RE OPEN, LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE OPEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR CHILDREN, BUT I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THEM DON'T MM-HMM.
AND SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE RIGHT.
SITTING NEXT TO 'EM, SO THEY WON'T SAY ANYTHING.
SO I WANT, I WOULD WANT THEM TO SPEAK UP AT AN EVENT LIKE THIS.
SO I THINK WE, WE, THAT'S DEFINITELY, WE THINK THAT, THINK ABOUT ALL THAT TOO.
I THINK, I THINK THE MORE, WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO APPROACH THIS TOPIC, NOT FROM A, OKAY, LET'S JUST DO THIS TO FIT THIS BOX.
THIS IS A, A LONG TERM IN MY MIND, INVESTMENT IN OUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, A ONGOING CONVERSATION CUZ THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE AND THAT KIND OF DEAL.
SO IF WE'RE MORE THINKING, LET'S JUST DO THIS FORM.
I THINK THAT'S THE WRONG ANSWER.
SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, UM, THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA DEVELOP AND PROBABLY YOU DO IT TODAY, YOU DO IT ANOTHER DAY.
I THINK PROBABLY THREE, FOUR TIMES DOWN THE ROAD IT'S GONNA DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOMETHING FLUENT WITH OUR KIDS.
AND LET'S JUST GET CONNECTED, INVOLVED AND FLOW WITH IT.
[C. 2023 MLK Day]
UM, MLK DAY UPDATE.[D. City Council Recommendations]
COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT WE WILL BE PRESENTING TUESDAY AT SIX.UM, AND I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN.
SO
THE, IS THAT THE SEVENTH? I THINK SEVENTH.
UM, WE'RE PRESENTING TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE, JUST AN UPDATE, A GENERAL UPDATE ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AS CAN BE THERE.
WHAT TIME? ESSEX? I CAN BE AVAILABLE.
I HAVE A PRIOR COMMITMENT, SO I WILL BE ABLE OKAY.
BUT I'LL JUST GET THE COACH TO TAKE HIM.
IS ANYBODY ELSE AVAILABLE? NO.
BUT WE NEED PEOPLE THERE TO SUPPORT AND TO BE THERE.
AND SHOW, AND ALSO IF HE NEEDS ASSISTANCE OR, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, BUT THE PRESENTATION IS DONE.
WELL, THE, WE HAVE, EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE UPDATED COPY, SO, OKAY.
SO MARKET CALENDARS FOR THAT FOR TUESDAY AT SIX FOR THOSE WHO CAN BE THERE AND WILL BE SUBMITTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THERE.
[E. Black History Month]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE WERE DISCUSSING, UM, POSTING, MAKING SURE THAT WE POST ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S IN POSTING LIKE A READING LIST, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN POST EDUCATION WISE ON OUR
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FACEBOOK PAGE.SO WHAT I WILL LIKELY DO IS TAP EVERYBODY.
MAYBE WE CAN TAKE DAYS AND POST DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL ITEMS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COVERED.
ANY VOLUNTEERS WANNA TAKE THE FIRST, UM, COUPLE OF DAYS.
I POSTED YESTERDAY ACTUALLY SAY THERE WAS A POST.
SO IS THIS WEEK ALREADY ASSIGNED? WELL, THE, WELL, TOMORROW, TOMORROW IS ALREADY ASSIGNED.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO DAILY, WEEKLY? I WOULD SAY AT LEAST EVERY OTHER DAY.
SO EVERY OTHER DAY, LIKE IN A WEEK, HOW MANY POSTS? LET'S SAY THREE POSTS A WEEK.
UM, I CAN VOLUNTEER FOR NEXT WEEK.
I CAN DO THE WEEK OF THE 13TH.
AND AS FAR AS EDUCATION, IT BE JUST FACTS ON FAMOUS, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN AMERICANS, UM MM-HMM.
ANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY MADE TO SOCIETY THAT WOULD BE RELATABLE? MM-HMM.
OR, YOU KNOW, GOOD BOOKS TO READ.
I CAN TAKE THE WEEK OF THE 20TH.
WE, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS.
AND YOU SAID YOU WANTED MAYBE JUST THREE POSTS A WEEK? MM-HMM.
UM, WE STILL HAVE OUR ECHO PRIZES AND WE WERE TRYING TO TAP INTO THE SCHOOLS TO SEE IF THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ALREADY THAT WE COULD CONTRIBUTE THOSE TWO FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
I AM NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DO THAT.
ANY THOUGHTS AROUND THAT? DO THEY HAVE, DO YOU WANNA DO ONE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL OR HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TWO.
SO WHAT IF WE DID, UM, DO THEY HAVE LIKE STUDENT OF THE WEEK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? MAYBE THE STUDENT OF THE WEEK AND THEN DO A DRAWING? WELL WE TRYING TO CONNECT IT WITH THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO THAT MOVES US TO JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO EVERYONE HAS THE HANDY DANDY CHART.
THE SHEET THAT LAYS EVERYTHING OUT, WHAT ITEMS ARE INCLUDED, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS.
SO THE REMINDER OF OUR MEETING,
[F. Juneteenth Celebration & Multicultural Festival]
WE'LL TALK, WE WILL DISCUSS, WE WILL PLAN FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR MEETING.SO WE WILL START OUT WITH JUNETEENTH.
AS WE KNOW LAST YEAR, UM, THINGS WENT GREAT WITH OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION EXCEPT FOR THAT.
WAS THAT THE DAY WAS HOT? OR WAS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS SUPER HOT.
UM, SO WE HAD SOME LESSONS LEARNED WITH JUNETEENTH AND WITH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.
SO FOR JUNETEENTH, YOU HAVE LAID OUT, UM, ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
OUR BUDGET, OUR DJ VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, BEER GARDENS, VOLUNTEERS, TENT PERMIT.
AND SOME OF THESE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED.
UH, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE RESPONSIBLE IS FOR OUR VENDORS.
SO WE NEED SOMEONE TO OVERSEE THE VENDOR PROCESS, THE APPLICATION PROCESS,
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UM, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF VENDORS.WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY OF ONE TYPE OF VENDOR.
UM, AND THAT WOULD REALLY BE APPLICABLE FOR BOTH JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO IS THERE ANYONE THAT HAS A DESIRE TO WORK WITH THE VENDOR PROCESS? HAD EVERYBODY VOLUNTEER AT ONCE?
SO YEAH, THEY'LL BE WORKING WITH ME.
SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE, SO LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WAS THAT THEY COMPLETED THE ONLINE APPLICATION, BUT WE HAD TO COME BACK TO THE CITY TO GET UPDATES ON WHO'D REGISTERED, HOW MANY PEOPLE, WHAT THE BUSINESS WAS.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIFT THROUGH THAT BETTER BECAUSE WE HAD, AND I'M I'M REFERRING TO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR THIS, WE HAD TOO MANY OF ONE TYPE OF VENDOR.
SO THAT WOULD BE ESTABLISHING YOUR CRITERIA THEN.
AND THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DISCLOSED ON THE APPLICATION.
BUT LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE, WHO DID WE HAVE? WE HAD THE PAPARAZZI.
DIDN'T WE HAVE LIKE THREE OR FOUR PAPARAZZI'S? THE JEWELRY COMPANY? YEAH.
THE, YEAH, I THINK I WANNA SAY WE HAD LIKE THREE, AND DR.
AKINS IS IN THE, UM,
I'M SURE HE CAN CHIME IN, BUT IT'S BECAUSE HE OVERSAW LAST YEAR ALSO.
BUT WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
SO WHAT UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS CAN WE CREATE, BECAUSE WE STARTED OUT WITH A GOOGLE FORM APPLICATION, HAVE THEM FILL THAT OUT.
THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING THROUGH SO WE CAN CUT OFF IF WE SEE TOO MANY OF ONE VENDOR, BUT THEN IT WOULD DIRECT THEM TO THE CITY PAGE TO PAY THEIR FEE.
SO THAT'S WHAT HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE IT.
WE CAN DO IT HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL PLAN TO DO SO THAT WE UM, HAVE AN UPDATED LIST AT ALL TIMES THAT WE CAN ACCESS AND WE'LL JUST DIRECT THEM TO THE CITY PAGE TO PAY.
BUT LAST YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE VENDORS AT JUNETEENTH AT ALL.
BUT WE DISCUSSED THIS YEAR, UM, HAVING UM, BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS VENDORS AT JUNETEENTH.
UH, WHAT WAS THE FOOD TRUCK COORDINATION LIKE? I WAS GONNA TAKE THAT, BUT IS THAT WE DEFINITELY TOO MUCH TO DO THAT AND VENDORS, DO YOU REMEMBER? I, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN JAMAICA
THIS, THEY WERE PART OF YOU WANNA CHIME IN? I'M THINKING I CAN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA SPEAK.
I KNOW WE GOT ALL THESE RULES ABOUT TALKING IN HERE.
THERE, THERE WERE, UH, AND, AND I THINK JOSH KING HELPED WITH THAT, UM, LAST YEAR COORDINATING THE, UH, THE VENDORS AS WELL AS THE FOOD TRUCKS FOR THE CULTURE FESTIVAL.
THE ONLY VENDORS WE HAD AT, UM, AT THE UH, JUNETEENTH, THERE WERE I THINK TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE, WHO WERE MAKING FOOD.
I THINK WE NEED TO FOOD TRUCKS.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO WITH A FEW MORE.
UH, CUZ ONCE SOMEBODY DIDN'T SHOW UP AND THEN, UH, ONE GUY HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN TO HIS FRYERS AND HE GOT DISPARITIES AND LEFT AND THEN THERE ENDED UP BEING ONE FOOD TRUCK THERE.
AND UM, AND, AND THEN JOSH DID, UH, COORDINATE THE, UH, THE VENDORS LAST YEAR FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, UH, I KEEP FORGETTING THE NAME OF IT.
AND I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 25 YEAH.
OR SO VENDORS IN THAT, IN THAT, THAT U-SHAPED THING THERE, WHICH I, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WAS A, A PRETTY GOOD CHANGE FROM, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
UH, IT JUST, IT FLOWED A LOT BETTER AND GAVE PEOPLE ROOM TO CONGREGATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THERE AND, AND THEN WALK AROUND THE EDGE TO THE, TO THE DIFFERENT VENDORS.
BUT, BUT THAT WAS COORDINATED BY, BY JOSH AND HE GAVE US REGULAR UPDATES AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE DOCUMENTS GO ONCE SOMEONE FILLS THAT APPLICATION OUT.
SO I, I WOULD IMAGINE SOMEONE'S
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AT THE OTHER END OF THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT PROCESS AND HE'S WRITING DOWN THINGS AND, AND COMMUNICATING WITH WHOEVER IS ON THEIR COMMISSIONERS.DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO TAKE ON BOTH, FRAN? WELL, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH TO TAKE ON FOOD.
VEN, IF I SAID I WANNA VOLUNTEER FOR FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS, WOULD THAT BE TOO MUCH FOR BOTH ON, FOR JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL OR IS THAT WHAT, WHAT I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK ONE PERSON SHOULD TAKE IT ON BY THEMSELVES, JUST IN CASE YOU MIGHT MISS SOMETHING.
RHONDA DID, UH, THE, SOME OF THE HEAVY LIFTING LAST YEAR, SO, AND SHE'S LISTENING TO THIS ONLINE, SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND VOLUNTEER HER.
I'M ABOUT TO GET A TEXT MESSAGE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHY I PULLED MY PHONE OUT.
I KNOW SHE IS DOING THE, THE DJ AND THE SOUND LIGHTS, ALL THAT FOR BOTH EVENTS.
I KNOW SHE'S COORDINATING THAT.
UM, JOSH IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY.
SO SARAH, WILL YOU BE TAKING OVER ALL OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES? SHE LOOK ALIKE FOR WHAT?
SUCH AS WHAT? SUCH AS THE ITEMS THAT DR.
SO HE WAS ACTUALLY, WELL ONE, HE WAS ON SITE.
UM, HE COORDINATED ALL THE VENDORS AND YOU ALL CAN SPEAK TO THIS BETTER THAN I CAN BECAUSE Y'ALL WERE THE COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, MY PLAN IS TO BE THERE ON SITE.
SO HE COORDINATED THE VENDORS, THE COORDINATE THE CONTRACT WITH THE DJ SOUND LIGHTS, WHICH IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
WE'RE THERE AND THE BEER GARDEN WE COORDINATED.
I, I, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHO DID THE SOUNDING LIGHTS.
I THINK THE, IT WAS, UH, RHONDA WHO KIND OF COORDINATED YES, SHE DID.
AND ALONG WITH THE UM, THE BAND, THOSE CONTRACTS CAME DIRECTLY FROM THEM WITH RHONDA'S ASSISTANCE.
SO SHE PROBABLY STILL HAS THOSE CONTACTS.
IF YOU WANT TO LET ME, I CAN SEND THEM, BUT SHE STILL HAS THEM.
I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR CONTINUITY.
WHATEVER INFORMATION RHONDA HAS AND WHAT YOU MAY HAVE.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
I'LL, I'LL SEND YOU THAT IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
I WAS THINKING AS WE WERE HAVING THE THOUGHT AND SPEAKING OF THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, FOR THE JUNETEENTH, IF WE'RE GONNA ADD THE VENDORS AND THE FOOD TRUCK AND A BEER GARDEN, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SET IT UP SIMILAR TO HOW THE, UH, FARMER'S MARKET IS SET UP VERSUS HOW IT WAS SET UP DURING THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WITH HAVING LIKE THE PORTA-POTTIES, THEN THE BEER JAR GARDEN AND THEN THE VENDORS.
THE ONLY THING FOR JUNETEENTH IS, IS IF YOU SET IT UP LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET, THAT WAS OUR HANDICAP PARKING FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
BUT IT, TO KEEP IT ALL KIND OF IN ONE PLACE FOR BOTH EVENTS.
IF WE COULD LOOK AT LOGISTICALLY SETTING IT UP MORE LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET AND KEEPING THE VENDORS IN THAT FRONT PARKING LOT, UM, VERSUS IT GETS SCATTERED.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, THE DANCES AND THE THINGS ON THE STAGE.
YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE AT THE VENDORS.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD KEEP THAT KIND OF ALL SET UP MORE LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THEN KIND OF, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HANDICAP PARKING WILL BE THE BIG PIECE OF THAT.
IF WE COULD LOOK LOGISTICALLY LOOK AT THAT INSTEAD WOULD BE, I THINK BETTER.
AND I'LL VOLUNTEER MYSELF TO HELP CARLA WITH VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, I AGREE THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR THE FESTIVAL WAS IT KIND OF FELT LIKE TWO SEPARATE SPACES.
SO IF YOU WERE AT THE VENDORS, YOU COULDN'T SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE STAGE.
SO IF WE COULD MOVE THAT CLOSER, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
I DEFINITELY THINK THE BEER GARDEN FOR THE JUNETEENTH EVENT WILL BE THE BETTER MONEY MAKER CUZ IT'S IN THE EVENING, IT'S FATHER'S DAY.
IF WE HAVE THAT BEER GARDEN THERE, I
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THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGER MONEY MAKER THAN DURING THE DAYTIME AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.SO WE CAN STILL USE THE UM, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR THAT.
SO I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM FOR THAT.
JUNETEENTH TO DO THAT AT JUNETEENTH INSTEAD OF THE MULTICULTURAL, ARE WE DOING BOTH OR INSTEAD FESTIVAL? WELL LET'S DISCUSS THAT.
SO LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TAKERS ON THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL CUZ IT WAS 999 DEGREES THAT DAY.
WE DIDN'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE OF DRINKERS.
AND I, WE HAVE TO BE, I MEAN WE HAD A, A VERY LARGE TURNOUT FROM THE TURKISH COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
TRADITIONALLY THEY'RE MUSLIM AND NOT DRINKERS, YOU KNOW, PER RELIGION.
IN, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, THE BEER GARDEN OF THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS A WASTE OF THEIR TIME.
THEY'RE NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT EVENT IS LIKE A BIG DRINKING TYPE EVENT.
IT'S MORE CULTURE AND, AND COME AND WATCH THE, THE VENDORS AND THE PERFORMANCES AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT WAS IT, 12 TO FIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 12 TO SIX.
IT'S STILL, THAT'S JUST NOT REALLY LIKE THE TARGET DAY TIME.
LIKE THE JUNETEENTH WOULD WE DO THAT FIVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO 10 AND THAT'S MORE THAT CROWD, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SET THE BEER GARDEN UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE BACK OF THAT STAGE OR THE BACK ROW OF THE AMPHITHEATER AND I THINK IT'LL BE GREAT.
THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD REALLY, I THINK MAKE THE MONEY.
AND THAT WAS THE OTHER CHALLENGE LAST YEAR.
SO THE BEER GARDEN WAS HIDDEN BEHIND THE PORTA POTTIES.
THIS WAS BEHIND THE PORTA POTTIES.
I'M THINKING THAT PART WAS MORE OF THE ISSUE.
I MEAN OLD BEER 30 IS ALL DAY.
I THINK THE LOCATION OF IT PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST.
YOU KNOW, BUT IF, IF THAT'S NEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, TERRACE SUGGESTIONS, HEY LET'S PUT ALL THE FOOD VENDORS IN.
YOU KNOW THAT PARKING LOT LOCATION, IF THE BEER GARDEN'S THERE, IF ALL THAT STUFF IS RIGHT THERE, I THINK THAT'S A BETTER SCENARIO.
ENJOY THE STAGE OR THE ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE THE BEER GARDEN? I MEAN IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED FEBRUARY, MARCH, WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT WE WANNA DO IT FOR JUNETEENTH SO I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM FOR JUNETEENTH AND WE CAN HOLD ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA DO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, UM, AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
OR I CAN EVEN REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY WOULD EVEN BE INTERESTED BECAUSE LAST YEAR THAT'S THE BETTER PLAN.
JUST SEE IF THEY EVEN WANT TO DO TWO DAYS.
IF THEY'D RATHER DO THE JUNETEENTH, LET'S JUST DO JUNETEENTH.
AND THEY CAN EVEN TELL YOU FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE HOW MANY CUSTOMERS CAME, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR BUSINESS.
THEY DID NOT MAKE THEIR NUMBERS.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT THEN I'LL REACH OUT ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND I'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT UM, THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, EVEN IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED.
WHAT WAS THE DEADLINE FOR? UM, I'M JUST FILLING OUT MY LITTLE CHART.
DO WE NEED TO SEND THAT OUT FIRST OR DO WE GO SEARCHING FOR OUR OWN VENDORS? BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE PUT A, A CALL OUT FOR VENDORS TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS.
USUALLY YOU PUT A CALL OUT FOR YEAH.
SO, AND YOU ALL REACHED OUT TO OUR NORMAL VENDORS ALSO.
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SO YOU SEND OUT A CALL TO VENDORS AND YOU SEND OUT INFORMATION TO OUR CURRENT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.BECAUSE WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL PUT A LINK ON LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS GET THE FORM DEVELOPED, WE'LL PUT A LINK ON YOUR GUYS' PAGE, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE THEN CAN GO FOR THE APPLICATION.
CUZ THEN EVERY COMMUNICATION I PUT OUT, HEY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, BEING A VENDOR AT THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION? I MEAN YOU COULD, YOU COULD HANDPICK YOUR VAL YOUR VENDOR IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT SMALL AND VERY SPECIFIC FOR JUNETEENTH, IF YOU HAVE VENDORS THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH SPECIFICALLY MM-HMM.
SO YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO OPEN THAT ONE UP.
AND YOU'VE GOT IT MORE FOCUSED ON THE MUSIC AND YEAH, THAT'S YEAH.
MULTICULTURAL PEOPLE SELLING ITEMS AT JUNETEENTH AND WE DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER HAVING VENDORS BUT THEY WERE OFF IN THE GRASS SELLING JUNETEENTH ITEMS AND THAT'S WHERE THAT IDEA CAME FROM.
AND PLUS WE ALL HAD OUR JUNETEENTH SHIRTS AND PEOPLE, THAT'S ANOTHER VENDOR THAT REALLY COULD HAVE CLEANED UP MM-HMM.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE A T-SHIRT VENDOR THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH, VERY SPECIFIC, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC, VERY SPECIFIC, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ORGANIZE IT THAT WAY, SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS AND THEN YOU CAN THROW IT FROM THERE.
ARE WE SET ON THE TIMES TARGET? ARE WE SET ON THE, THE TIMES? ARE WE TRYING TO? NOT NECESSARILY.
I MEAN WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THE SAME TIMES.
I THINK IT WAS HOT, IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
UM, WE COULD, SORRY I WAS TRYING TO SKIP BUT, OKAY.
BUT NOTE THAT THOUGH CARLA AND UM, TARA, THAT, SO WE'LL KEEP THE JUNETEENTH KIND OF CLOSED OR MM-HMM.
JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT'S WORTH MENTIONING.
UM, FOR THE ACTS FOR THE CULTURAL EVENT, YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO GIVE, UH, MIA SOMERVILLE, IS THAT HER NAME? SOMEONE? NO.
NONE OF ER WHAT MIA WHATEVER IT IS.
GIVE ME A CALL CUZ SHE HAS CONTACTS IN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMING TO DO THE, THE ACTS AND AND ON ALL OF THAT SINCE, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS SO POPULAR LAST YEAR.
AND I THINK I HAVE A LIST FROM THE TIME THAT WE MET DR.
AKINS, UM, ON THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE, THE SPREADSHEET.
REMEMBER THAT SPREADSHEET? I HAVE THAT SO I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU LADIES.
TO USE, UM, FOR INFORMATION THAT'S FOR THE PERFORMANCES THAT OR FURTHER THERE WAS FOOD I BELIEVE TOO.
IT WAS PERFORMANCES AND FOOD CUZ IT WAS FROM UM, YEAH, THE WORLD AFFAIR.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED THAT, RIGHT? YES.
SO I CAN SEND THEM TO THE, SO IF YOU WANT TO, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS FIRST AND THEN OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT THE FARMER'S MARKET FOR VENDORS.
ALL OF THE VENDORS FROM LAST YEAR GET FIRST PRIORITY AND THEN WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, RHONDA DID WANT ME TO MENTION THAT BEER BRINGS UP PEOPLE LOGISTICS WAS THE ISSUE AND TENT PLACEMENT.
DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHAT SIZE TENT YOU HAD LAST YEAR? I THINK JUST THE NORMAL HUBER TENT, THE FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET ONE.
BUT THAT WAS UP AT THE, I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT PLACEMENT.
IT WAS UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL FOR US.
THINK SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PLACEMENT AT A BEER GARDEN.
IT WAS A PROBLEM FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I THINK WE'LL BE VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR FOR SURE.
WHEN WE LOGISTICALLY GET THAT WORK DONE.
SO I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A MM-HMM
I THINK THE LOCATION OF IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
DID WE TALK ABOUT, UM, I KNOW IT GOT DARK AND IT GOT LATE LAST YEAR WE WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AND STUFF.
DID WE TALK ABOUT ENDING IT AN HOUR EARLIER? DID WE HAVE MUSIC STRAIGHT FROM FIVE TO 10 LAST YEAR? OR WAS IT FIVE TO NINE? OH, WE FIVE TO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH FIFTH.
THE, THE TIME FOR THE JUNETEENTH EVENT.
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TIME.YOU HAD MUSIC THE WHOLE TIME AND THEN I I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT ENDING IT AN HOUR EARLIER, ENDING MUSIC AT NINE FOR SOME REASON.
I KNOW THAT THEY ALREADY STARTED THE CONTRACT.
YOU HAVE THE, DO YOU HAVE THE CONTRACT? OKAY.
I MEAN IT WAS GREAT AND IT WAS, THEY WERE AMAZING.
SO YEAH, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT.
UM, JOSH ACTUALLY GOT IN IN TOUCH WITH THEM OR MAYBE IT WAS THE FIVE O'CLOCK AND MAYBE IT WAS THE FIVE O'CLOCK SUN AND STARTING AN HOUR LATER, MAYBE IT WAS WHAT IT WAS IS THEY WERE BAKING IN THE FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO SIX TO 10, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I THINK THAT WAS WHAT THE ISSUE WAS CUZ WE STARTED AT FIVE AND THAT FIVE O'CLOCK SUN COMES STRAIGHT OUT INTO THAT AMPHITHEATER.
I THINK THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS TO DO IT FROM SIX TO 10 INSTEAD.
SO THEN YOU, YOU STOP THE MUSIC AT 10 AND THEN WHEN DOES EVERYTHING CLEAR OUT? 11.
I MEAN, WE'RE OUT OF THERE BY LIKE 10 30.
WE WERE, WE HUNG AROUND FOR A WHILE IN OUR LAWN YEARS.
AND WHAT TIME IS MULTICULTURAL? 12 TO, YOU SAID 12 TO FIVE? IT'S 12 TO FIVE OR 12 TO SIX.
NOW YOU'RE MOVING TO THE MOST CULTURAL, LET'S, LET'S STICK WITH ONE THING.
WELL YEAH, Y'ALL KEEP GOING BACK.
OKAY, SO, SO LET'S GO WITH THE, THE JUNETEENTH.
WE'VE GOT CARLA TERRA FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE VENDORS.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, SO WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL CLOSE OFF THE, THE VENDORS.
YOU WANNA HAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN VENDORS? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING FOR JUNETEENTH? YES.
SO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO, OR DO, I MEAN FOR THE VENDORS, FOR THE PROMOTING BLACK BUSINESSES? ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS SO UNFORTUNATE LAST YEAR AND I THINK WE ENDED UP WITH JUST, IT WASN'T, UM, IT WAS THE LUA QUEEN OR SOMETHING I THINK WAS THE, THE FOOD TRUCK AND THEN
BUT THOSE TWO MAINLY WERE WHAT WAS LEFT.
LET'S PUT IT ON AN AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH AND I CAN JUST REPORT BACK LIKE HOW MANY I CAN COME UP WITH BECAUSE THEN WE CAN DECIDE.
IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN, LIKE FRED SAID, WE NEED AT LEAST FIVE IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN ONLY GET THREE THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO EXPAND.
BUT IF YOU SAY WE CAN GET 10, THEN I THINK WE CAN TRY.
LET'S, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
BECAUSE WE HAD AT LEAST THREE FROM THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL THAT WE, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOOD TRUCKS.
WE HAD A LOT MORE FOOD TRUCKS AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL THAN WE DID AT JUNETEENTH.
OKAY, SO THE BEER GARDEN, YOLANDA, ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS WHO WANTS TO, WE DO NEED TO TAP COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
UM, I TALKED WITH LAST YEAR, WHY CAN'T I THINK OF THE FOOTBALL COACH'S NAME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? ARE YOU TALKING MKS? YES.
AND HE SAID THAT IF WE NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE TEAM FOR ANY LIKE, SETUP, ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED FROM THEM, THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.
SO THAT IS ONE, UM, MEANS FOR MAYBE VOLUNTEERS AND, BUT WE NEED TO START REALLY REACHING OUT TO VOLUNTEERS AND CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE TO PULL IN VOLUNTEERS.
SO WHO CAN OVERSEE KIND OF THE VOLUNTEERISM PIECE? I CAN, I CAN DO THAT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN ALREADY KIND OF LIST OF, OF CONNECTIONS ALREADY OR MM-HMM.
WHEN WE HAVE OUR EVENTS, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING LIKE FOR OUR MLK PEOPLE PUT DOWN THEIR INFORMATION, THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS AND SUCCESS.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WE CAN USE THAT AS A SOURCE TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW ANYONE WOULD BE INTERESTED.
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WE MAY HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY.THAT WAS A VOLUNTEER SIGNUP FORM AND THAT WENT INTO A SPREADSHEET.
SO AS SOON AS I GET YOUR EMAIL, I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL OR MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSIONS TO GET INTO THAT STUFF.
AND THEN I CAN FIELD ON MY OWN TO IT.
AND THEN YOU SAID SOMEBODY FROM THE SCHOOL, WHO WAS THAT? I'M SORRY.
IS IT HIP HEAD FOOTBALL COACH? YEAH.
AND ALSO FROM LAST YEAR, DURING THAT WEEK, LIKE THE FORMS THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS ATTENDANCE FOR THAT.
SO I DO HAVE THOSE EMAIL ADDRESSES SO I CAN SEND THAT TO YOU, UHHUH.
CAN YOU JUST GIMME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? YEAH.
NEED TO GET ALL OF THAT ON ONE.
IF IT'S LIKE REAL VOLUNTEERS, EMAILS PICKED UPS FROM, WE'LL GET THAT ALL AND I CAN JUST SEND EMAILS SAYING WHO I AM, WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? IT WOULD INVOLVE, SET UP, TEAR DOWN, CLEAN UP, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND WOULD ANYONE NEED TO SEE THAT EMAIL BEFORE I SEND IT OUT OR? YEAH.
WELL I CAN WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I MEAN, I'LL LET YOU CAN LEAVE SURE, SURE.
UM, AND THEN JUST LET ME GET MY FEET WET AND YEAH.
YEAH, NO, I NEED ALL THAT HELP.
BUT KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF INFORMATION YOU PROBABLY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND RIGHT NOW, SO, RIGHT.
CAN I PUT CHRISTIE DOWN FOR THAT? YOLANDA.
SO SARAH TEMPERAMENT, PORTA POTS, TRASH BINS.
SO SARAH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO THE, WELL WHEN WE DO THE FOOT, THE UM, BEER GARDEN FOR JUNETEENTH, THAT IT'S NOT BY THE PORTA POT.
THAT CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE BEER GARDEN? YES.
BUT, UM, HOW IS THAT ARRANGED? HOW, HOW DO YOU GUYS DECIDE LIKE WHAT BEERS TO HAVE AND WHO, IS THERE SOMEBODY THAT PERFORMING OUR THEY THEY DO ALL THAT? THEY DO ALL THAT? YEAH.
SO THEY COME AND THEY BUY IT ALL AND THEN WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, SELL AND THEN THEY MAKE THE PROFIT FOR HOLDING BEER.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL LAST YEAR, UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS REALLY HOT AND THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ME CUZ I DON'T THINK THEY'D SOLD A TICKET TO GET IN
I SAT THERE AND ENJOYED A BEER AND ENJOYED MY, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING.
BUT YEAH, SO ANYWAYS, I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE THAT.
BUT WE, WE HAD A COUPLE WHITE CLAWS
I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF THEY, LIKE, IF THEY WERE WITH LIKE AMATIC TO GET ILLMATIC TO GIVE A COUPLE KEGS, YOU KNOW, I BET THEY'D MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEIR FUNDRAISER
I WONDER IS THAT MINORITY OWNED? YES, IT IS.
YEAH, WELL COMPETE WITH THE BEER GARDEN.
THEY COULD BE A VENDOR FOR THE MULTI FESTIVAL
WELL THEY'RE STARTING A NEW COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY BOUGHT THE BREAKFAST PLAY.
I MEAN SHOP THAT WAS IN THERE ALREADY.
THEY CAN STILL DO I KNOW, BUT YEP, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, SO I NEED, I THINK THE BEER GARDEN WOULD BE FINE.
THERE'S JUST, AS LONG AS THE PORTA POTTIES ARE NOT RIGHT THERE.
WHAT IS THE, SO FOR OUR VENDORS, WHAT WAS OUR TIMELINE? DO YOU REMEMBER? DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE CUTOFF FOR THE VENDORS FROM BEFORE? DO YOU REMEMBER DR.
AIKEN? I REMEMBER SETTING A DEADLINE AND I ALSO REMEMBER THAT, UH, BEING EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES.
SO WE ACCOMMODATED ALL OF THE REQUESTS, WE PUT IT THAT WAY.
BUT IDEALLY ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE WAS THE CUTOFF
AND THEY HAD HAVE PERMITS AND, AND BE INSPECTED AND ALL OF THIS STUFF.
THE VENDOR, THE, WELL THE FOOD TRUCK'S DIFFERENT CUZ THEY HAVE TO BE INSPECTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY JUST HAVE TO SET UP SOONER.
UM, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF IT'S, IF IS IT MORE THAN THREE OR FIVE OR SOMETHING HERE? THERE'S NUMBER THERE MORE THAN MORE THAN TWO.
SO IF IT'S MORE THAN TWO, THEY HAVE TO BE THERE A COUPLE HOURS EARLIER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO COME IN MM-HMM.
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THAN THAT, I'M, I MEAN YOU'RE NOT REALLY RESTRICTED BY THE NUMBER.THE VENDORS WHO WERE IN THAT CIRCLE DID NOT THE FOOD TRUCKS.
WE HAD THE FOOD TRUCKS ALREADY COMMITTED A WEEK OUT.
DO YOU SEE, SO BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE FORM THAT WE USE, WHICH WAS ON THE CITY SITE, DO YOU SEE A BENEFIT OF US DOING OUR OWN VERSUS JUST DOING, HAVING MANAGING IT THE WAY THAT WE DID LAST YEAR? I THINK BECAUSE JOSH WAS REALLY RESPONSIVE AND WHEN WE SENT EMAILS OR TEXTS HE ANSWERED WITHIN A, A FEW HOURS OR THE NEXT DAY.
AS LONG AS WE CAN GET THAT, THAT KIND OF RESPONSE AND KEEP UP WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU HAVE, YOU'RE FINE.
BUT IF YOU CAN GET MORE THAN THAT, YOU COULD PROBABLY FIT ABOUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT SETTING UP DIFFERENTLY.
CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING IT AND WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
TAKE A COUPLE OF BEER DRINKERS, RICHARD, TO MAKE SURE
BUT IF WE'RE GONNA REARRANGE IT, DON'T DO LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, JUST GOING OUT THERE.
SO WHAT, WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN PRINT OUT A MAP OF THE SPACE AND THEN WE CAN MAP EVERYTHING OUT WHERE EVERYBODY GOES AND MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.
CAUSE I HAVE ONE ALREADY FOR CLOUD PARK.
BUT DEFINITELY HAVING ONE UP THERE FOR THE EEL BERGER WITH ALL THE OTHER FESTIVALS AND THAT.
IF YOU, I REMEMBER US HAVING ONE LAST YEAR.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO REUSE A VISUAL.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US THAT BY APRIL WE'RE GONNA DO A FIELD TRIP,
UM, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY BEFORE THEN, SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET IT.
DO YOU FIELD TRIP IN APRIL TOO? BUT WE CAN GET THE, WE CAN GET THE FORM BEFORE THEN.
WHAT ABOUT FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS? WHAT'S THE CUT OFF FOR THAT? I THINK WE SHOULD CUT THAT OFF BY LIKE MAY 15TH, BUT THAT'S ABSOLUTE DEADLINE.
I HAVE MARCH, APRIL FOR BOTH
AND IF WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HOLDING THAT FORM THAT THEY'RE APPLYING THROUGH, WE CAN KIND OF WEED OUT SOME OF THOSE, UM, MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING TYPE THINGS.
IF YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE IN, YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE IN, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET ADDED TO THE LIST AND WE CAN JUST POLITELY SAY THANK YOU.
NO, THANK YOU TO ANY FOLLOWING ONES THAT COME IN AFTER THAT.
42 AT THE SAME VENDOR AND MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE APPLICATION TOO SO THEY KNOW
ANYTHING ELSE WITH JUNETEENTH MISSING ANYTHING? OUR BUDGET, WE WERE, WE HAD A COMBINED BUDGET FOR THE MULTICULTURAL AND THE JUNETEENTH LAST YEAR, DIDN'T WE? AND WE WENT, WE DIDN'T, WE WERE UNDER, I DO REMEMBER WE'RE UNDER, WELL UNDER OUR BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR, SO.
THAT'S EVERYTHING WITH JUNETEENTH, THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
UM, GENIE, WE, I NOTICED YOU WERE VOLUNTOLD ON THE BUDGET
AND SO AGAIN, RHONDA'S GONNA OVERSEE THE DJ, THE VENDORS.
WE GOT TARA, CARLA, YOLANDA, BEER GARDEN VOLUNTEERS, CHRISTIE FONDA, UH, THE POLICE EXPLORERS, THEY WERE THERE LAST YEAR TO HELP TOO.
AND WE DIDN'T REALLY UTILIZE THEM.
UM, IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL 'EM? THE EXPLORERS? THE POLICE EXPLORERS? THE
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YOUNG THE YOUNG.I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
UM, BUT WE COULD REALLY USE THEM FOR THE PARKING AND LOGISTICS.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WE KIND OF RAN INTO, IS WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE SIGNS UP FAST ENOUGH FOR THEM NOT TO PARK DOWN THE, BY THE WATER PARK.
AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY WAS PARKING
SO THAT WOULD MAYBE BE WHAT I WOULD ASSIGN.
DIDN'T BYRUM HELP IN THAT SECTION? HE PARKING? HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.
HE HAD VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T COME THROUGH WITH ALL HIS FRIENDS.
HE HAD A BUNCH OF, IT WAS TOO, THEY WERE TOO BUSY SETTING UP THE ENTIRE FOOD MARKET.
THEY BROUGHT THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND COOKED AND HAD DESSERTS AND OH GOD, IT WAS AMAZING.
ALL THE B LAVA YOU COULD HAVE
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES LAST YEAR.
UM, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND WATCH OUR VIDEO FROM WASN'T WAS FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, OUR AFTER ACTION MEETING.
DO Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT?
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES LAST YEAR, WAS THAT PARKING? YES.
AND WE NOTED THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SIGNS.
SO WHERE THE PARKING IS FOR WHAT? YEAH, BECAUSE TARA AND I WERE OUT THERE.
SO I'LL STILL BE, UH, HEALING FROM KNEE SURGERY BY THE TIME WE HAVE THESE EVENTS.
SO THEM AROUND, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN USE THE EXPLORERS FOR THAT.
SO I'M NOT, I'M GONNA JUST NOT DO THE PARKING THING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING.
SO FOR THE BEER GARDEN, DID YOU GUYS HAVE A TENT OVER THAT SPACE? THEY DID.
THERE WAS A BIG TENT OVER WHERE THE TABLES NOT A TENT.
DID THEY HAVE TAKE A TENT OVER THEIR TABLES? OVER THEIR TABLE WHEN YOU FIRST WALKED IN WHERE THEY WERE TAKING TICKETS? THERE WAS A TENT THERE.
THEY WERE THEIR TENT, BUT NOT BY THE TRUCK WAS NOT, NO, NO, NO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING.
LIKE THERE WAS A BIG WHITE TENT.
SO FOR MULTICULTURAL, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ONE EITHER.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE BEER GARDEN DIDN'T TEETH LAST YEAR AT ALL.
SO IT WAS ONLY THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AND I THINK OUR MEMORIES ARE HAZY ON IF THERE WAS A TENT OVER THOSE TABLES OR NOT.
NO, BECAUSE I, WE WERE SITTING THERE AND WE WERE HOT SITTING ATOR.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO A TENT? I MEAN, YOU COULD.
UM, WE'VE USED COUSINS, UM, FOR ALL THE OTHER EVENTS.
SO STAR SPANGLED AND, UH, MARI GOLD, WE USED THEM.
UM, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO CALL THEM TOMORROW TO SEE IF THEY'RE, THEY HAVE TENTS AVAILABLE.
THAT MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR BEER DRINKING.
AKINS, BACK AGAIN, BACK AGAIN.
I REMEMBER HELPING SOMEBODY BREAK DOWN THE TENT.
UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY LARGE AND IT TOOK ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OF US TO HELP THEM.
AND I THINK IT WAS WHOEVER DID THE BEER GARDEN, THEY BROUGHT THEIR, THEY BROUGHT THEIR OWN TENT.
WE JUST HELPED 'EM TAKE IT DOWN.
WAS IT OVER THE TRUCK THEN? OVER THE BEER TRUCK? IT WASN'T OVER THE TRUCK, BUT LIKE, I MEAN BY THE TRUCK OVER WHERE THEY WERE SELLING THE BEER? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS NEAR THE BEER.
BUT THERE WERE TABLES THAT WERE SITTING OUT IN THE SUN AS WELL.
YEAH, THE PICNIC TABLES WERE ALL OUT IN THE YEAH, BUT OKAY.
THEY WERE IN, SO THAT'S WHY THEY WERE IN, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
THAT, THAT DIDN'T APPLY TO THESE, WHICH IS WHY I DON'T REMEMBER IT.
I JUST REMEMBER GLOBALIZING VERY MUCH.
SO YEAH, IF WE COULD GET A TENT TO COVER THAT WHOLE AREA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, DID WE, SO WE WANNA KEEP THE SAME TIME FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
IT GAVE US PLENTY OF TIME TO SET UP AND TEAR DOWN.
IN THE MORNING NOT TO BE THERE AT LIKE SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND NOT TO BE THERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE WILL, UM, BE SCHEDULING A TASK, TASK MEETING TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE THINGS AS WELL.
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO COVER
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WITH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL OR G T? ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'VE AT LEAST ALLOCATED OR DECIDED WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT SO WE CAN ALL BE READY WITH A REPORT TO REPORT OUT.UM, I SEE THIS FOLLOW UP ON FEBRUARY 11TH, I GUESS.
SO HAVE SOMETHING DONE BY FEBRUARY 11TH.
REPORT BACK BY FEBRUARY 11TH OR SHARE BACK.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IS WHAT NEXT SATURDAY I BELIEVE SHOULD BE.
SO AS, OKAY, SO AS FAR AS FOLLOW UP, I MEAN LIKE SEND IN EMAIL AS TO THE STATUS MM-HMM.
STATUS AND, UM, KIND OF LAYING OUT A PLAN LIKE YOU, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, A CUTOFF DATE FOR YOUR VENDORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE'RE USING THE CITY'S FORMS FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THIS, RIGHT? OR WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CREATE OUR OWN, DOES MATTER.
WELL, I KNOW RHONDA WANTED TO CREATE, WANTED TO USE A FORM OUR OWN SO THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE DETAIL SO WE FIVE OF THE SAME SO WE CAN START WORKING.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW WHAT FORMAT GOES WELL FOR THE WEBSITE IS MICROSOFT FORMS. LIKE WHAT, WHAT TYPICALLY FORM TYPE OF FORMS DO WORKS WELL WITH THE CITY WEBSITE WHEN WE POST IT, WHEN WE DO THE CALL OUT? I JUST NEED A LINK.
SO WHEREVER YOU WANNA USE THE FORM DOC.
I THINK THAT'S THE LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
[B. 2023 Strategic Planning & Review of Commission Legislation and Focus]
TABLE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND REVIEW OF THE COMMISSION LEGISLATION BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO FOCUS ON THIS JUNETEENTH.UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH THE SECOND.
AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WON'T BE ABLE TO BE AT THE MEETING, PLEASE LET MYSELF OR RHONDA KNOW IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING.