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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 4, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
THE CULTURAL AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:04 PM CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MR. GLOVE? HERE.MS. CH UH,
NEXT TIME, TRUST ME, I'LL GET IT.
UM, BUT SHE SHOULD BE HERE BY SIX 30.
IT SHOULD BE, UH, FEBRUARY AND MARCHES MINUTES.
ANY CHANGES TO FEBRUARY'S MEETING? MINUTES.
CAN WE GET A, UM, IS THAT TOO APPROVED? MADAD VICE CHAIR.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MARCH 7TH, 2024 HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE, DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.
WITH ANY CORRECTIONS? SHOULD THERE BE? SO ANY MARCH OR APRIL OR FEBRUARY? FEBRUARY.
WANT TO, UM, ANYBODY WANNA MAKE THE MO DO WE WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR BOTH MINUTE MEETINGS? YEAH.
MS. DUBBY, DO YOU MIND UPDATING YOUR, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR BOTH MONTHS? OKAY.
SO I'M THAT WE ACCEPT THE FEBRUARY, 2024 AND THE MARCH, 2024 HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE, DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES WITH ANY NECESSARY CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS, SHOULD THERE BE? SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, ANY CORRECTION? UH, I HAVE A CORRECTION TO BE MADE SURE.
UH, NAME, MY NAME IS SPELLED WRONG IN THIS PAPER.
THERE SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE I-B-R-A-G-I-M AND IT'S SPELLED WITH AN, UH, E ON THERE.
I-B-R-A-G-I-M, CORRECT? YEAH, I AM, THAT'S CORRECT.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY IN OPPOSITION? SO CARRIED.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CITIZENS' COMMENTS FIRST FROM THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY.
BRADLEY AL, I DIDN'T FORGET THAT ONE.
AND THEN FOLLOWING, WE WILL DO, UM, CITIZENS' COMMENTS FROM OUR CHAMBER REPRESENTATIVE, AND THEN THAT'S GONNA KIND OF LEAD INTO THE CONVERSATION AFTER THAT, UM, SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO PLEASE, UH, FEEL FREE TO JOIN US.
AND HE DID PROVIDE SOME CALENDARS AND MATERIALS THAT I'LL SHARE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GREETINGS, EVERYONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
I AM THE INTERIM BRANCH MANAGER AT HUBER HEIGHTS.
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I'M MELISSA ZIMMERMAN.I'M THE ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER AT HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, SO WE'RE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THE RESOURCES AND SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE AND SEEKING A PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SO PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS IS HOW I ENDED UP HERE TODAY AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR MOVING FORWARD.
SO I BUMPED INTO JEFFREY AT OUR LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST THAT WE HAD AT THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARIES, UM, MAIN BRANCH.
AND I WAS INTRIGUED TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALK TO HIM TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A PROPER RELATIONSHIP AS FAR AS COMING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND MEETINGS SUCH AS THIS TO TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED.
SO AFTER THAT DISCUSSION, HE KIND OF GAVE ME A LAUNDRY LIST OF SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS ARE PARTAKING IN.
AND I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL SOME SERVICES AND RESOURCES THAT WE CAN DO.
AND THEN, UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS FEEL THAT, UH, YOU GUYS COULD, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE OR USE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
SO, UM, CASE, AN EXAMPLE, I'M GONNA BRING UP MASON.
UM, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING AND WORKING WITH MASON, UM, HIS ORGANIZATION THAT HE WORKS WITH THE CHAMBER, THEY'VE BEEN HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS AT OUR BRANCHES.
WE HAVE, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE IN THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON.
AND POTENTIALLY THE JUNETEENTH.
WE HAVE A BOOK MOBILE, UM, AND WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A BRAND NEW BOOK MOBILE, BUT IT'S A HUGE BOOK, MOBILE TRUCK.
YOU CAN TOUCH IT, KIDS LOVE IT, CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS, ROKUS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SECOND THING IS WE HAVE A BRAND NEW BUILDING.
I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TO STOP BY, YOU KNOW, CHECK IT OUT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE.
MELISSA, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE PROVIDE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PANTRY PARTNER PROGRAM TWICE A MONTH.
SO, UM, ANY OF THE RESIDENTS OF HUBER CAN COME AND THEY'RE SIGNED INTO OUR PROGRAM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET, UM, FOOD TO HELP THEM THROUGH SOME OF, LIKE, OUR TOUGH TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON ECONOMICALLY.
UM, WE WERE DOING IT ONCE A MONTH, BUT WE MOVED TO TWICE A MONTH JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS A NEED.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF REALLY COOL PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AT THE LIBRARY.
WE HAVE A MONTHLY BOOK CLUB THAT'S TEA AND MYSTERY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. WE DO STORY TIMES.
WE HAVE A HUGE FLUX INFLUX OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO OUR FULL STEAM AHEAD, WHICH IS A SCIENCE PROGRAM THAT ONE OF OUR YOUTH ISAS HAS BEEN DOING.
WE'RE SEEING 40 AND 50 PARTICIPANTS EVERY WEEK.
SO IT'S JUST OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFERING OF RESOURCES TO THEM SO THAT THAT BUILDING GETS USED.
AND THEN IT'S, IT'S SEEN AS THE GYM THAT IT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL BUILDING.
WE MIGHT'VE BEEN LAST, BUT WE'RE THE BEST
SO TO ADD ON TO THAT, UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE ENGLISH, UH, AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES AS WELL TOO.
UM, SO FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE DO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW AMERICAN LIBRARIAN AS WELL IN THE SYSTEM.
SO FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BRAND NEW TO, YOU KNOW, UNITED STATES AND HUBER HEIGHTS AND THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WE DEFINITELY CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT.
WE ALSO, UM, WE REALIZED THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE LIKE IDS AND THE PROPER PAPERWORK TO NECESSARILY GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LIBRARY CARD, BUT WE'VE DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY CARD.
SO WE ARE ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO EVERYONE.
UM, SOME OTHER COOL THINGS THAT WE PROVIDE.
WE HAVE ROKUS THAT YOU COULD CHECK OUT.
WE HAVE HOTSPOTS THAT YOU COULD CHECK OUT.
UM, SO, UM, THERE'S A PLETHORA OF THINGS THAT, UM, WE JUST HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU, UH, GIVING US THIS TIME TO TALK WITH YOU ALL.
AGAIN, I'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, JEFFREY AND I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO EITHER PARTNERING AND OR PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE, UH, RESPECTIVE EVENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE GOING ON.
I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
AND, AND, UM, I, I PROVIDED A PLETHORA OF READING MATERIALS AS WELL TOO.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY.
SO THAT WAS AS BRIEFLY AS WE WERE GONNA BE
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME IDEAS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PARTNERING WITH THE LIBRARY AND WAYS TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT I AM, UM, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, BOTH OF YOU AND THE, THE HUBER HEIGHTS BRANCH WIDE BRANCH OF THE LIBRARY.
ANYONE ELSE? I WILL BE IN CONTACT, UM, SOONER THAN LATER.
TO WORK ON SOME PARTNERSHIP IDEAS FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND EVEN JUNETEENTH IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
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WE'D LOVE TO BE A PART OF THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, SO, YEAH.ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S EXCITING.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY, BEFORE I INTRODUCE, UM, MASON, I JUST WANNA TOUCH BASE KIND OF ON THESE MEETINGS AND, AND WHAT THE PURPOSE AND POINT IS.
UM, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THESE MEETINGS SHOULD BE USED AS THE SOURCE OF ALL OF OUR INFORMATION.
SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ANY CAPACITY ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED UP HERE.
AND FRANKLY, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TONIGHT ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, NOT YOUR PIECE.
UM,
THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE HERE TONIGHT ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS NOT BROUGHT TO US AS A COMMISSION BY SOMEBODY ON THIS COMMISSION BEFORE ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND WE CAN'T BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON THE BACKEND.
AND THEN, AND THEN SOMEHOW HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS INFLUENCE THE ACTIVITIES AND THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD PLANNED SINCE 2000.
SO WE DID THIS EVENT IN, IN 2021 OR 22, 23, 24, 21, 22, 23, AND 24.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS CHANGED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR CAPACITY.
AND IF THERE WERE CONCERNS, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN VOICED HERE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUT AND, AND THROUGH THE DAIS.
THIS HAS CAUSED STRESS AND JUST FRANKLY, NONSENSE, THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE'S CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM THAT ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN IN THIS ROOM.
AND I, I JUST CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO CHIP AWAY AT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
THERE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT ARE NAYSAYERS OR NEGATIVE IN, IN THIS DEI LENS OF THE WORLD BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THE VALUE IN IT, BECAUSE THEY WOULD RATHER IT NOT BE TAUGHT BECAUSE THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT PRETTY AND IT'S A LOT EASIER TO WHITEWASH IT AND ACT LIKE THIS STUFF ISN'T HAPPENING AND STILL ISN'T HAPPENING.
I JUST NEED TO SAY IT TO SAY IT.
WE ARE A NINE GROUP COMMISSION AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE HAPPENS BY MAJORITY VOTE.
AND IF YOU WANNA SAY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, SAY IT, BUT IT, AGAIN, IT GOES BY MAJORITY VOTE.
AND WE VOTED ON THESE EVENTS, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT QUICKLY 'CAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THINGS TO DO THIS EVENING AND WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE, UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO, MR. MASON, I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU HAVING TO LISTEN TO MY LITTLE GRANDSTANDING.
SO, WELL, LET ME JUMP INTO THE FIREWALLS.
SO, SO LADIES, GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THE, THE ABILITY TO COME UP HERE AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
MM-HMM,
UH, WE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TIME OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WHERE THERE IS SOME DECLINE IN PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING AND BEING INFORMED ABOUT WHAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CAN PROVIDE TO A BUSINESS, TO COMMUNITY AND TO OUR NONPROFITS AS A WHOLE.
UH, SO UPON ASSUMING THIS ROLE, THAT WAS ONE OF MY THING, TOP THREE THINGS, IS TO ACTUALLY REBRAND THE, THE CHAMBER IN THE IMAGE IN A POSITIVE WAY SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN ANY OF THOSE THREE CAPACITIES BETWEEN BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, ET CETERA.
SO IN, IN DOING SO, UH, IT'S BEEN MY GOAL ALSO TO, TO HELP BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN SOME CAPACITY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH OUR OWN EVENTS OR BY SUPPORTING OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER FIRST PEOPLE WITH PEOPLE IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF DOING ANYTHING THAT WE WANNA DO IN A POSITIVE WAY.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, WE CAN'T DO BUSINESS AND WE CAN'T DO EVENTS AND WE CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE CAN'T GROW AS OUR COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO DO NOW IN ALL THE WAYS THAT WE NEED TO GROW.
SO IN DOING THAT, UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UH, AMONGST OUR CHAMBER BOARD, UH, TRYING TO COME UP WITH, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHERE WE COULD BRING, BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH AN EVENT AND WHATEVER THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE WERE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE INFANCY DISCUSSION
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PHASE OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.UH, WE, MYSELF, UH, TWO OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS MET WITH SARAH WILLIAMS A FEW WEEKS AGO TO DISCUSS SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HAVE A BOOTH OR SOME, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE AT DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UM, IT WAS DURING THAT MEETING THAT WAS TOLD TO US THAT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS GOING TO BE CANCELED AND POSSIBLY DONE AWAY WITH.
UH, THAT WAS A SHOCK TO US AND VERY DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR.
SO THAT INSPIRED US THOUGH, FOR AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S LIKE, IF THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THE CITY WAS GONNA MOVE IN, THEN THE CHAMBER WOULD WANT TO BECOME INVOLVED TO HELP THAT.
UH, SINCE HAD SOME MORE EDUCATED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE, THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE OF THE FESTIVAL.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT'S NOT DESIRED INTENT.
UM, SO THAT BEING KNOWN TO ME NOW, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION HERE IS IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CULTURAL MULTI VIRTUAL CUS CULTURAL FESTIVAL MORE SUCCESSFUL TO CONTINUE THE STRENGTH THAT IT'S ALREADY HAS, HAS GOING, THE MOMENTUM IS GOING, THE CHAMBER WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO HELP SUPPORT THE EVENT, TO HELP PLAN THE EVENT, TO HELP ORGANIZE THE EVENT IN THE CAPACITY THAT YOU NEED US TO HELP WITH.
OF IF, IF THE, UH, POINT TO WHERE THE CITY WAS DOING AWAY WITH THE PROGRAM, WE WOULD WANT TO PICK IT UP AND RUN WITH IT.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE AS WE HAVE NOW LEARNED.
UH, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE WOULD VERY MUCH EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THIS COMMISSION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HELP EXPRESS THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY IN THIS AND MORE SO BRING THAT CONTINUED EDUCATION PIECE TO OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
HUBER HEIGHTS IS AN EVER-CHANGING COMMUNITY FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND WE NEED TO EMBRACE WHAT WE HAVE HERE COLLECTIVELY SO THAT WE CAN ALL GROW TOGETHER.
AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA DO THAT IS BY BRINGING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT NEED TO BE TOGETHER.
SO, SO THAT WAS MY PIECE AS I HAD BECAME BETTER EDUCATED IS WE WOULD AS INVITE THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE WOULD ASK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME YOUR PARTNER TO HELP MAKE THIS EVENT MORE SUCCESSFUL MOVING FORWARD.
THERE'S QUESTIONS FOR ME THEN I'LL SPEAK LAST.
I THINK YES, WE WOULD BE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORGANIZATION, UM, AND THE, UM, EXECUTION OF THIS EVENT.
UM, I THINK IT IS, UM, ABSOLUTELY NEEDED YOU GUYS TAP INTO A, A GROUP THAT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY TAPPED INTO AND ANY PARTNERSHIP OF ANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AT THIS POINT IS, OR ANY POINT HONESTLY IS, IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND VERY MUCH ACCEPTED.
SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A, A VOTE HERE ON THE ON IF IT STAYS IN THE CALENDAR THIS YEAR OR NOT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT WILL NOT BE EVENT THAT COMES OFF OF OUR CALENDAR EVER.
UM, I THINK IN THAT CONVERSATION IT IS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THE MULTICULTURAL LENS THAT CUBA BRINGS US.
AND WE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT, THAT WE HAVE THIS AVAILABILITY OF A KALEIDOSCOPE OF OF CULTURES HERE.
AND SO, UM, I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, ASSISTANCE IN THESE EVENTS.
AND I THINK IT SPEAKS THE LIBRARY AND NOW THE CHAMBER, THOSE ARE HUGE PEOPLE OR GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT ARE WANTING THIS EVENT AND ARE SPEAKING TOWARDS THIS EVENT AND THE VALUE OF IT.
SO I THINK IT'S TIMELY AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? NO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD IF I COULD, UM, THIS TOTALLY ALIGNS WITH I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, FORMING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING, PERSONALLY, I'M SORRY THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION MS HALF WITH, UM, THE FESTIVAL GOING AWAY.
BUT I AGREE TOTALLY THAT YOU TAP INTO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY, UH, CONNECTIONS WITH.
AND THAT MIGHT BE ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, UM, THE DIVERSE AND CULTURAL BUSINESSES.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING, AND I DO AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO COLLABORATE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CITY THAT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE DIVERSE.
SO BRIEFLY, WHAT IDEAS DOES THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVE IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? AS FAR AS HELPING THE COMMISSION AGAIN, MAINTAIN ITS OBJECTIVE AS FAR AS HAVING THOSE FESTIVALS TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY? YES, MA'AM.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE WERE VERY MUCH STILL IN OUR INFANCY PHASE OF TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO NOT, NOT A LOT OF DETAILS YET, BUT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO, TO BRING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES, MORE
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AN ARTS AND CRAFTS TYPE FIELD WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPOSE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND MAYBE EVEN DO THINGS SEPARATELY WITH THE, WITH THE YOUTH OF THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL, TO BRING THEM TOGETHER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S MAKING SOMETHING YOU KNOW BY HAND, WHETHER IT'S BAKING OR COOKING, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.BEING ABLE TO SHARE THOSE EXPERIENCES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS WOULD BE, TO ME IT WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAD ADDED TO THAT IS WORKING OUT WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS WITHIN THE CHAMBER.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, MINORITY OWNED OR MULTICULTURAL CONNECTION THERE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH THEM WELL AND WE WOULD HELP PROMOTE THEM.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SPOKE WITH SOME THAT SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE ENGAGED AS A SPONSOR AS WELL.
ALL OF THOSE FIT IN PERFECTLY.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND I, I TRULY DO THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD.
YOLANDA AND I WILL BE IN, IN TOUCH.
I SAY, DO YOU NEED ME TO STAY FOR THE CONVERSATION AFTER THIS? NOT AT ALL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
NAH, MS. STRICKLAND, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? HI TY, HOW ARE YOU? HOW YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL, JUST BRIEFLY.
JUST WANTED TO JUST, UM, TOUCH LIGHT ON NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, UM, ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT CAN BE, UH, IMPLEMENTED IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A CONNECTION WITH, UM, A LEAD, WHICH IS A NON-PROFIT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING THE WORK OF PUTTING TOGETHER NEED NEEDS ASSESSMENTS IN DAYTON.
UM, AND I ACTUALLY VOLUNTEER WITH THEM AND WORK WITH THEM AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SHARING SOME LIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS IS DOING AND HOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY COULD HELP.
AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS WERE AT WITH THAT.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
AND I, I DO HAVE IT IN, UM, THE PERSON'S NUMBER THAT'S A PART OF LEAD, UM, THAT POSSIBLY IF YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION, MAYBE THEY COULD HELP OR WHAT OR WHATNOT.
UM, ALSO I DID WANTED TO DISCUSS AS WELL WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UM, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH THE CITY, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WANTED TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, HOW THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION CAN CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, TO GET EITHER MORE EVENTS WITH THE STUDENTS, UM, OFFERING SOME TUTORING SERVICES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAPACITY, BUT JUST I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THAT CONVERSATION AND A PART OF THAT, UM, IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO BE DONE, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, ALSO, I JUST WANT TO BRING BACK TO FOCUS BECAUSE THIS WAS MY INITIAL WHY I WANTED TO, UM, VOLUNTEER OR BE A PART OF THE COMMISSION IS BECAUSE WHEN I MOVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO, I ALWAYS LOOK WHERE WHEREVER I MOVE, I LOOK AT THE CITY'S SITE, UM, WHEREVER CITY I, I MOVED TO.
SO LOOKING UPON THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, WEBSITE, I DID SEE A PARK PROCLAMATION THAT WAS DESIGNED IN 2020 MM-HMM.
UM, UM, AND THE LITERATURE IN THAT SPECIFICALLY DEFINES AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, MISTREATED, STRUGGLED, UM, AND IT OUTLINES IN THERE, UM, ABOUT HOUSING, EM EMPLOYMENT AND SEVERAL OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, IT WAS ABOUT TWO PAGES, SO I'M PRETTY SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WAS IN IT.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW THE COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD TO RECTIFY THOSE, UM, SITUATIONS OR THAT WAS IN THE PROCLAMATION AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD PAST THAT? 'CAUSE ME AS A CITIZEN AND ME READING THAT, I WANTED TO KNOW HOW HOW DO WE MOVE FORTH PAST OUT OF THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, UM, TO HAVE AN OUTLINE OF OF ANY NUMBERS THAT HAS BEEN REACHED TO MOVE FORWARD, ANY GOALS, SOLUTIONS THAT HAS BEEN REACHED TO MOVE PAST THAT.
IS IT STILL RELEVANT? UM, SO I JUST, I I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON THAT AND, AND I'M LOOKING TO THE BOARD TO KIND CLARIFY SOME THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT AND BECAUSE I DID NOTICE THAT IT'S NOT ON THERE ANYMORE ON THE PAGE.
SO I WANTED TO SAY IT'S AT THE BOTTOM NOW.
AND IT'S, IT IS THERE STILL NOW, RIGHT? FOR YES.
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WAS WRITTEN AND SIGNED, I WANNA SAY LATE 2020.SO IT WAS, IT WAS RELEVANT AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
IT WAS THAT RACISM AT THE TIME.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAD BEEN, I WANNA SAY I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
HUBER HEIGHTS JOINED VERY MANY, UM, UH, GROUPS AT THE TIME IN ISSUING THAT STATEMENT AND THAT PROCLAMATION.
UM, I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT THAT IS THE CITY'S PROCLAMATION AND NOT NECESSARILY THIS COMMISSION.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT OF OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND, AND, AND WHAT HAS THE CITY DONE TO, TO BACK UP THE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS SIGNED NOT ONLY STARTED THIS WONDERFUL COMMISSION THAT WAS A GREAT RECOMME.
AND SO, YEAH, HOW DO WE MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW, TO GET TOWARDS THOSE NEEDS THAT ARE IN THAT PROCLAMATION? AND I KNOW THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A BIG PART OF IT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEED, BUT THERE'S ALREADY, UH, LITERATURE AND, UM, PERCENTAGES THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE THAT WONDERFUL PEOPLE HAVE DID THE RESEARCH THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA SAVE MONEY
SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE FOLLOW UP.
I'M ALWAYS GONNA COME AND BE HERE AND BE A PART OF, OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, WHETHER I'M SEATED THERE OR BACK HERE.
AND, UM, ONE POINT, WELL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS MEETING
UM, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS FAR AS WHAT HAS THE COMMISSION DONE IN TERMS OF FOLLOW UP WITH THAT PROCLAMATION, WE DID ATTEMPT AND I WILL SAY ATTEMPT TO HAVE A FORUM IN JUNE OF 2022.
AND WE EVEN HAD A PANEL OF EXPERTS THAT TALKED ABOUT RACISM IN TERMS OF A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND A MISSING ONE IS PROBABLY, UM, PHYSICAL TOO
BUT THERE WERE SOME, NOT A LOT OF MEMBERS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL THAT CAME.
UM, THAT WAS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE PURPOSE WAS TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE CONVERSATION.
IS THAT MEETING ON AVAILABLE STILL ON ONLINE FOR PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T? UM, IT SHOULD BE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY FEEL FREE TO YEAH.
BUT, UM, I WILL SAY THAT WILL NOT BE OUR FIRST NOR LAST MM-HMM.
BUT THERE WAS INITIAL, UM, CONVERSATION TO GO OVER THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU MENTIONED, RIGHT? YES.
IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, WHO, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHO DESIGNED THE PROCLAMATION OR HOW IT WAS CONSTRUCTED AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTING THAT PROCLAMATION? IT WAS, I WANNA SAY WE, DID WE DRAFT IT? I DON'T THINK WE DRAFTED IT.
AND I, I THINK IT WAS DRAFTED BY THE CITY.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT LONG, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
TO PUT THOSE TIME PUT TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, YOU HAD TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESEARCH OR, YOU KNOW, TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT BACK UP, HONESTLY.
IT BECAUSE IT'S ACTIONABLE AND IT, AND IT WASN'T.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, ABOUT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UM, WE WILL, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO, UM, MAYBE AFTER NEXT MONTH, UM, AFTER THIS MONTH, MAYBE NEXT MONTH, MAYBE JUNE, AND JUST TOUCHING ON THAT.
AND EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, NO PROBLEM.
IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED, BUT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO WORK ON.
YEAH, BECAUSE, JUST BECAUSE I ASKED, BECAUSE I, I HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO, UH, WHAT THEIR MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND THEY ARE REVISING THEIR, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE PARTS THAT, THAT ARE LISTED IN THE PLAN, UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE COUNCIL CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT AND JUST BE A PART OF SOME OF THOSE ASPECTS IN THAT PLAN.
YEAH, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
AND I HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET AN UPDATE ON THE RFQ LATER, UM, ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING
UM, SO IF AVAILABLE, IF NOT, UM, WE'LL GET THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH REGARDLESS, UM,
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AS A FOLLOW UP ITEM.I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS ONE OF 'EM AND IF WE MADE NEXT STEPS.
I, ANYBODY ELSE? I'M SORRY, THAT WAS RUDE OF ME TO JUST BE LIKE, OKAY.
TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO CONTAIN THIS CONVERSATION, UM, TO ONE OF THREE WAYS OF GOING, MOVING TO OLD BUSINESS MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
THE FIRST VOTE IS GOING TO BE TO HAVE THE MEET HAVE THE FESTIVAL AS SCHEDULED THIS JUNE.
LET ME NOT SAY THAT I WANT TO LIMIT THIS CONVERSATION TO THE ACTION ITEMS AND NOT TO HOW WE CAN DO THIS DIFFERENTLY.
HOW WE SHOULD DO THIS DIFFERENTLY, UM, OR ANY OF THE POINTS WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY FLUFFED OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS TO KIND OF THE VOTE.
WE EITHER DO IT, WE DON'T, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY IT.
UM, SO EVERYBODY GETS FIVE MINUTES, DO IT OR DON'T.
I, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
LIKE THE IDEA OF IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO IT OR DON'T.
AND THEN AFTER THAT VOTE, I THINK IT'S THEN HOW, HOW ARE YOU GUYS GONNA PUT ON DOING IT? OR WHEN, WHEN THAT IS, IF THE PLAN IS STILL, YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON DOING IT THIS YEAR.
I, I DON'T, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
I MEAN, IF WE DO IT THIS YEAR, IT'S EITHER ON THE DAY IT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED OR IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? DID I MISUNDERSTAND YOU? NO.
DID I LISTEN? LIKE COMMAND
I, I AM JUST, I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU GUYS DID VOTE TO HAVE IT, OH, DO IT.
CAN I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? DO IT AT A NO, A LATER TIME.
BUT IS THE VOTE, BUT, SO THE VOTE CAN BE WHATEVER WE WANT IT TO BE IS THE VOTE YES.
JUNE 22ND AND THEN IT'S YES OR NO.
AND IF IT'S ALL, IF IT'S NO, THEN IS IT, SO LET ME LET YOU'RE SAYING ANOTHER VOTE FOR OCTOBER OR WHATEVER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, IT'S ALL OR NONE FOR ME.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S A MOTION THAT I COULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GUYS TAKE.
YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A MOTION, JUST ONE OPTION.
YOU CAN TAKE A MOTION SAYING, YES, WE PLAN ON GOING FORWARD WITH JU OR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AS, AS PREVIOUSLY VOTED SAME, SAME LIKE TIMES AND DATES.
THAT'S ALREADY IN THE MINUTES.
OR YOU CAN DO ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION AS A MOTION SAYING NO.
OR WE WILL SUSPEND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR 2024 WITH PLANNING FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR 2025 WITH A ALTERNATIVE, UH, PLANNED TO INCORPORATE CULTURES WITHIN THE FARMER'S MARKET.
I DON'T, TARA, I I THINK YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE EMAIL THAT SARAH MCPHERSON HAD SENT YOU GUYS, OR I SENT YOU GUYS? WELL, YEAH, BUT WE DIDN'T PUT THAT ON HERE.
BUT I GUESS THAT'S, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T, WE COULD BE OUT HERE.
WE COULD BE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT IF WE START ADDING IN ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO TO BE LIKE CRYSTAL TRANSPARENTLY CLEAR, IF THIS GOES ON IN JUNE, I NEED ALL HANDS ON TECH.
WE HAVE NO FOOD TRUCKS, WE HAVE NO VENDORS.
WE HAVE BYRON'S DONE A LOT OF WORK CONNECTING WITH CULTURES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT DONE EITHER BECAUSE WE SPENT THE LAST TWO MONTHS TWIDDLING OUR THUMBS INSTEAD OF PLANNING THIS EVENT BECAUSE WE'RE BUSY LISTENING TO THE LITTLE BIRD ON SOMEBODY'S SHOULDER.
UH, IT'S, THAT'S MY POINT OF FRUSTRATION.
AND, AND THEN IT'S, I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE AND, AND THIS PERSON'S NOT GONNA BE HERE.
I PLANNED MY VACATION AROUND THIS.
AND, AND SO THE COMMISSION HAS TO BUY INTO THESE EVENTS TOO.
AND, AND I'M NOT LOOKING JUST AT YOU, FRANKLY.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE PEOPLE CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THESE EVENTS SINCE
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THEY STARTED.AND SO WITHOUT THE BUY-IN FROM THE PEOPLE SITTING BEHIND THIS DAIS, THESE EVENTS AREN'T GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND, AND I DON'T HAVE THE BUY-IN TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR.
I, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PULL OFF AN EVENT BY MYSELF.
AND SO IT'S EITHER ALL OR NONE.
AND SO IF WE'RE DOING THIS IN JUNE, WE ARE DOING THIS IN JUNE.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDABLE PART OF THIS IS WE CAN'T, LIKE, THESE BIG EVENTS LIKE MULTICULTURAL AND JUNETEENTH SHOULD REALLY BE ALL HANDS ON DECK.
SO IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL HANDS ON DECK, OR WE HAVE TO CANCEL THIS YEAR, WHICH I DON'T DISAGREE IS A BAD IDEA, AND SPEND THE YEAR PLANNING IT AND DO IT IN JUNE NEXT YEAR.
BUT I'M NOT CHANGING STUFF ON THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE ONE PERSON DOESN'T LIKE IT, OR TWO, IT'S ANNOYING.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH POWER.
BUT VOTING NO, THIS YEAR DOES NOT MEAN, JUST LIKE WITH THE CONVERSATION OF, WITH MASON, IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE, 'CAUSE WE'RE DOING IT EVERY OTHER YEAR, IT'S JUST NOT HAP IT JUST, IF THE VOTE IS NO, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING IN JUNE OF 2024.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT TWO MEETINGS FROM NOW WE'RE GONNA START PLANNING FOR 25.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, OH, IT MEANS NEXT MEETING.
IF WE CANCEL NOW, WE'RE, WE, WE CANNOT WAIT.
NEXT WE, WE'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT MONTH AND THE NEXT MONTH.
AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE OFF AND, AND SICK AND WE HAD POSITIONS TO FILL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ON US, IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD, IT JUST HASN'T, IT JUST DIDN'T FALL OUT RIGHT FOR US.
THIS YEAR WE, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING DOWN WITH SEVEN PEOPLE, SIX PEOPLE.
SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE CAPACITY, I GUESS TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.
BUT NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOO LATE.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, WELL, YOU, YOU KINDA ANSWERED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
THERE HASN'T BEEN NO VENDORS CONFIRMED, NO ENTERTAINMENT CONFIRMED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BYRAM YOU WERE DOING SOME FOLLOW UP, CORRECT? YEAH, I CAN, UH, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, UH, I FIND OUT SO FAR.
SO FOR THE JUNE 22ND AND IS AS, AS IT WAS SCHEDULED, WE HAVE, UH, TURKISH DANCERS A FOOD AND TABLE FOR HISTORY.
PHILIPPINES DANCE, A FOOD TRUCK, AND, UH, MERCHANDISES.
WE HAVE INDIA, UH, DANCE MERCHANDISE AND THEY CHECKING FOR FOOD.
SO WE HAVE A BULGARIA DANCE AND TABLE FOR HISTORY.
UH, THEY DIDN'T COME BACK TO ME WITH THE FOOD YET.
AND WE HAVE, UH, PUERTO RICO, ZUMBA DANCERS, AND WE HAVE A COLOMBIA FOOD TRUCK WITH COLOMBIAN SINGER.
WE HAVE A BELLY DANCER, WE HAVE MEXICAN DANCE GROUP, WE HAVE UK UKRAINIAN, UH, MERCHANDISE LIKE HISTORY TABLE MERCHANDISE, HOMEMADE IT, HANDMADE IT STUFF FOR SALE.
THERE WAS ALSO LAST YEAR ROUTERS AND I AM, UH, ALSO WAITING FROM A LOT OF, UM, COUNTRIES TO HEAR BACK.
AND IN APRIL 27TH, THERE IS, UM, EASTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE, UH, DAY EXPERIENCE IN DAYTON.
UH, I'M PRETTY SURE IF WE GONNA GO THERE, I MEAN, I'M GONNA GO THERE AND, UH, WE CAN FIND, UH, LIKE VENDORS THERE.
AND ALSO NEXT MONTH, MAY, UH, THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH, IT'S GONNA BE FAIRGROUND IN FAIRGROUND, UH, FAIR BONES FAIRGROUNDS.
AND LAST YEAR WE WAS THERE, IT WAS LIKE 35 COUNTRIES THERE.
I AM PRETTY SURE WE CAN FIND, UH, SOMEONE ALSO THERE TO COME, UH, TO OUR, UH, FESTIVAL.
WHAT WAS THE EUROPEAN THING THAT YOU MENTIONED? EUROPEAN, UH, EASTERN EUROPEAN HERITAGE EXPERIENCE.
WHAT DAY IS THAT? WHEN'S THAT? APRIL 27TH.
UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT, UM, QUITE A FEW COUNTRIES THAT ARE WILLING TO HAVE FOOD.
SO THAT ALLEVIATES TRYING TO FIND A TON OF LIKE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED, UH, LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, NINE OF THEM.
AND IT WASN'T A SUCCESSFUL, UH, SALE BECAUSE IT WASN'T, UH, THAT MUCH PARTICIPATE FROM THE PEOPLE.
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I MEAN, UH, WE CAN LOOK FOR, UH, UH, FOOD TRUCKS MAYBE TWO MORE.LIKE ICE CREAM AND THIS KIND OF STUFF.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PERFORMANCES TO DO IT.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THEM, UM, ARE WILLING TO PUT UP TABLES WITH HISTORY YEAH.
LIKE ARTIFACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT.
I THINK OUR, OUR BIG ISSUE WITH THIS, UH, FESTIVAL TO, UM, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE COMING.
I MEAN, NOT ENOUGH, UH, MARKETING OR, OR, OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO DO WORK, UH, LIKE MORE ON MARKETING, ADVERTISING, UH, THIS EVENT TO HAVE, UH, PEOPLE HERE, UH, FROM EVERYWHERE AND, UH, START COMING TO THE EVENT.
SO WONDER, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE CHAMBER COULD HELP US WITH IF THEY WERE WILLING TO COME ON BOARD THIS SOON TO HELP OUT
AND HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, OF COURSE, THAT'S HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, HEY, CAN WE GET YOU GUYS ON BOARD TWO MONTHS,
AND THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING, UH, TO, UM, UH, LIKE VOLUNTARILY DONATION.
I MEAN, THAT WILL BE HELP EVEN WE NOT EXPAND, LIKE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY IN THIS.
IT'LL BE SOME HELP FROM COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, I, I, I'M LISTENING TO YOU AND LIKE, WHEN YOU SAY ABOUT MARKETING, I'M THINKING OF THOSE LITTLE FLYERS THAT CAN GO IN BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, TO SAY, HEY,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOKING FOR MORE PARTICIPANTS? YEAH, WE DID.
I KNOW YOU'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
WE, UH, PULLING IN OUR, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE.
UH, IT WAS IN, UH, BANNERS, HOW MANY BANNERS WE DID LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, WE DID EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT, UH, WE NEED TO, UH, WORK ON IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WELL, IT NEEDS TO BE ON IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
UM, IT NEEDS TO BE IN CHANNEL LIKE, UH, NEWS CHANNELS, LIKE, UH, PRIOR ONE WEEK MAYBE LIKE, UH, EVERY DAY, I MEAN 30 SECONDS, YOU KNOW, ON THE NEWS CHANNEL.
SO THAT WAY ON THE RADIO AND THE NEWSPAPER.
SO THAT WAY, UH, THE PEOPLE CAN, UH, HEAR, YOU KNOW, PRAYER ONE WEEK, LIKE EVERY DAY ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE NEED IT UP TO THE WHOLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THAT IF YOU ADVERTISE IT THAT WAY.
SO WE NEED, LIKE TARA BEING THE VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION TO GO ON GOOD MORNING, DAYTON, OR WHATEVER THOSE SHOWS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY, DO A PLUG, AIR THE LINEUP, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO I GUESS, WOULD THE STRUCTURE BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT? AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, IN YEARS PAST YOU WOULD HAVE THE PERFORMER, PERFORMERS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES.
WOULD THAT STILL BE THE CASE? OR WE JUST GONNA HAVE THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE TABLES OF THE VARIOUS CULTURES TO EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, THOSE IN COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THEIR HISTORY.
IS THAT WHAT WOULD TAKE PLACE? DON'T YOU FEEL THAT THOSE PERFORMANCES ARE RELEVANT TO YOUR CULTURE? AND IT IS A NICE WAY I, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT LIKE, AS ONE OF THE PERFORMERS, IS THAT NOT A WAY TO SHOW THE DRESS AND, YOU KNOW, DANCE OF THE CULTURE? OR IS IT, I MEAN, IT'S THE BASIC FORMAT OF THE CULTURE OR THE WORLD FAIR AS WELL.
UM, IF, UH, LIKE, LIKE WE AS TURKISH, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, LAST YEAR AT THE WORLD FAIR, WE WAS ONLY, UH, DOING, UH, FOOD.
BUT THIS YEAR WE PLANNING LIKE, UH, FOOD, NO, LAST YEAR ACTUALLY WE DID, UH, FOOD AND HISTORY.
WE HAVE, UH, CUSTOMS, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE CAN COME AND WORRY AND GET, TAKE A PICTURES.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, UH, PHOTOS THERE, YOU KNOW, PICTURES WITH THE HISTORY, UH, LIKE OTTOMAN EMPIRES AND STUFF LIKE THIS.
HOW WE CAME FROM THAT DAY TO THIS
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DAY, I MEAN, WE HAVE FOOD, UH, AND A CULTURE, BUT WE DIDN'T DO DANCING, UH, PART OF IT.BUT PEOPLE HAD, UH, DANCING, UH, NO FOOD, UH, HISTORY, DANCING, NO FOOD OR JUST, UH, FOOD AND HISTORY.
LIKE WE, I MEAN, UH, IT WAS, UH, MULTIPLE COUNTRIES LIKE, LIKE I SAID, UH, THREE, FIVE COUNTRIES.
AND, UH, IT WAS PLENTY OF EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, WE CAN DO THE SAME THING, UH, IN OUR, UH, FESTIVAL.
LIKE, UH, WE DID, UH, LAST TWO YEARS, I THINK WE DID EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL.
I DON'T, I I DON'T SEE ANY, ANY GAP THERE.
ESPECIALLY, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, MR. TARA IN, UH, MS. CHRISTIE WAS, UH, DOING, UH, UH, KIDS, UH, SECTION.
IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS, WE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
A LOT OF WORK, AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE NEED TO QUICKLY GAUGE IS WHAT IS OUR ACTUAL AVAILABILITY TO BE THERE THAT DAY.
I KNOW CARLA'S OUT, I CANNOT STAY TILL THE END OF THE EVENT.
UM, SO WE WOULD JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THIS GROUP HAS THE CAPACITY TO, TO BE THERE.
I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL BE THERE, BUT SELFISHLY WE HAVE COLUMBUS CREW TICKETS THAT NIGHT THAT I'M JUST NOT MISSING.
I MEAN, OF COURSE THAT'S UN UNDERSTANDABLE.
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SOMETHING PRAYER, OF COURSE, UH, YOU NEED TO GO THERE.
AND I THINK EVEN WHEN IT'S, UH, GONNA START IT, I THINK WHEN IT'S GONNA START IT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE VENDORS GONNA COME AND TAKE THE PLACES, THE FOOD TRUCKS GONNA COME AND WE GONNA ORGANIZE, YOU KNOW, SCIENCE HERE, HERE, YOU KNOW, DO NOT ENTER LIKE EXIT OR, OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA ORGANIZE EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, SOON AS IT'S GONNA START, IT IS GONNA START AND GO SMOOTH.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
BUT, UH, WE ARE AS A COMMISSION, IF YOU'RE GONNA DECIDE, UH, TO, UH, STOP IT THIS YEAR AND GO NEXT YEAR, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
BUT, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE AT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU CONTACTED, THEY SAID YES, THAT THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE, THEY SAID YES.
INDIVIDUALLY, I CONTACTED AND I AM STILL WAITING ON, UH, MORE CALLS AND I'M PRETTY SURE IN APRIL 27TH, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UH, POLISH, UH, LAAN, UH, UH, PALLET, UH, LIKE COUNTRIES THERE.
AND, UH, I'M PRETTY SURE I'M GONNA GET SOME OF 'EM FROM THERE.
AND ALSO, SAME THING FROM, UH, UH, WELFARE.
WE, WE JUST GOTTA MAKE THE MOTION.
I'M GONNA MAKE THE MOTION, UM, THAT WE CANCEL THIS YEAR AND SPEND THE NEXT 14 MONTHS PLUS MAKING THIS AMAZING.
UM, AND REALLY TAPPING INTO THE CULTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE CULTURES THAT ARE AT THE WORLD AFFAIR AND, AND, AND FINDING WAYS TO WORK IN THIS EDUCATION PIECE.
I HAVE IT IN MY MIND TO, TO PUT AS PART OF THE KIDS' AREA, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE THE VOTE FIRST BEFORE I DECIDE TO START BLUEPRINTING HOW WE'RE GOING TO LAY THIS OUT LATER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE CANCEL THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR 2024, SCHEDULE FOR JUNE, 2025.
SO IF, UH, WE GONNA, WE GONNA VOTE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, UH, IF I SAY YES, THAT'S MEAN.
WE CANCELING THIS YEAR AND, UH, DOING, UH, NEXT YEAR.
CORRECT? IF I SAY NO, UH, I WANNA DO THIS YEAR, CORRECT.
I SECOND, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MR. GOVI? NO.
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YES, YES, YES.MR. MR. C
AND I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.
BY, YEAH, I MEAN, NOBODY HAS TO.
I MEAN, IF THAT'S A DECISION, THAT'S A DECISION.
WELL, I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU WHY I VOTED NO, I JUST DON'T LIKE TO DO THINGS AT THE LAST MINUTE.
AND YOU NEED ADVERTISING EFFICIENT PLANNING FOR WHAT WE WANT THIS FESTIVAL TO BE.
I LOVE THE IDEA AS FAR AS INCORPORATING THE EDUCATION PIECE.
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, SEES A PERFORMANCE, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
BUT YOU WANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND IT TOO, AND THE WHY.
SO I THINK IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A ELABORATE, WELL ATTENDED EFFICIENT FESTIVAL FOR 2025, WE START PLANNING NOW, COLLABORATE WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY GET BETTER ATTENDANCES.
I MEAN, UH, DOING, I MEAN THAT'S, UH, THANK YOU FOR EXPLANATION.
AND THAT'S, UH, KIND OF, UH, GIVES YOU, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S GIVES YOU YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A RIGHT DECISION TO DO IT NEXT YEAR.
BUT IF YOU GONNA START IT RIGHT NOW OR NEXT MONTH, UH, TO HAVING A, PEOPLE LIKE CALLING UP PEOPLE IN A, UH, LIKE TAKING A DAY, UH, FOR NEXT, UH, YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE ON SAME DAY, MAYBE ONE, TWO DAYS PLUS MINUS, I DON'T KNOW.
SO LET'S SAY IF YOU'RE GONNA COME TO NEXT YEAR, LIKE CLOSELY AND IT'S GONNA SOMETHING HAPPEN AND THOSE PEOPLE GONNA FELL OFF AND WE STILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR, UH, MORE PEOPLE.
IF, UH, YOU CAN CALL ME, UH, RIGHT NOW PRIOR, LIKE ONE YEAR, UH, LIKE TO SAVE A DAY, I'M GONNA SAY YOU.
AND THEN WHEN IT'S GONNA GET CLOSER, SOMETHING GONNA HAPPEN AND MAYBE I CANNOT, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE THAT DAY.
IS THAT WHERE CONTRACTS WOULD COME IN PLAY? WE HAVE NOT, HISTORICALLY.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THAT HANDS ON INTO THAT PART OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER DONE CONTRACTS WITH LIKE THE PERFORMERS 'CAUSE WE DON'T PAY THEM.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER.
I THINK, UM, TO THAT POINT WE CAN GET A DATE SET NEXT MONTH FOR YOU.
UM, THERE'S JUST SOME CONSIDERATIONS.
JUNETEENTH IS A THURSDAY NEXT YEAR.
UM, I WOULD RATHER MOVE IT FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS IN JUNE JUST BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE GRADUATION.
IT WAS THE ISSUES OF, UM, THE SPAR STAR-SPANGLED HEIGHTS IS RIGHT AFTER.
SO THEN WE WERE HAVING THREE WEEKENDS IN A ROW WHERE WE'RE USING PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES.
SO IF ANYTHING, ANYTHING, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NINE PEOPLE, EIGHT CURRENTLY, UM, WITH ONE ON JUST ABSENCE.
SO, UM, WE CAN LOOK TO GETTING A DATE SET NEXT MONTH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS EVENT.
I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A LENS HERE THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THE REST OF US JUST NECESSARILY DO NOT SHARE.
UM, BUT PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD BE SO WILLING TO TAKE THE LEAD AND JUST LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN ASSIST YOU, UM, IN THE COORDINATION OF THESE THINGS.
WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE BY, YEAH, BY BY RON.
I WOULD JUST ALSO ADD YEAH, JUST, UM, SHOOT ME, SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AND I KNOW JUST WORKING WITH MYSELF, YOU, YOU, AND IF ANY OTHER COMMISSION MEMBER WANTS TO KIND OF BE, UM, UH, LEADING IN THAT EFFORT FOR NEXT YEAR, UM, JUST GET ONE MYSELF AND THEN THE TWO SARAHS, AND THEN WE CAN JUST START THE WHOLE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR IDEAS OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD FOR IT.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THIS SHORT NOTICE YOU, YOU DID, YOU KNOW, SAY I HAVE SOME, SOME PRETTY BIG THINGS AND MM-HMM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO KIND OF COMMEND YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO JUST LIKE I SAID, JUST GET WITH ME AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO PLAN FOR I I, I GUESS HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN WE BRING IN MASON, THAT'S
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WHY.AND THEN WE BRING IN MASON WITH THE CITY, WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE WILL TALK TO HIM AND GET SOME KIND OF IDEAS WHAT HE'S THINKING AND HOW HE'S, UH, THINKING TO HELP US IN THIS MATTER AFTER WE PICK A DATE.
DEFINITELY SHORT AWAY FOR, FOR THAT.
SO I'M, I'M, I'VE GOT MY ROSY COLORED GLASSES ON.
I THINK THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS EVENT, KIND OF GET THAT LAST LITTLE PIECE OF THIS THAT WE WERE MISSING.
AND THAT'S THAT CULTURAL IMMERSION PIECE OF THAT.
AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST HAVING PEOPLE PERFORM ON A STAGE.
IT'S THE, THE CLOTHING AND THE MAKE SOMETHING AND THE DO SOMETHING.
I THINK IT, WELL OF COURSE IT'S GONNA BE OKAY, BUT, ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY READY? GOT A SEATBELT ON.
ARE YOU GONNA DO IT IN WARP SPEED? 'CAUSE ALL RIGHT.
SO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.
I KNOW WE TALKED, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT, UM, CHANGING THE TIME FROM FIVE TO NINE TO FOUR TO NINE.
UM, I THINK THAT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO CHANGE IT TO FOUR TO NINE.
UM, WE WILL STILL KEEP THE REST OF THE PROGRAM AS FAR AS OUR ARTISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT PART OF IT STILL WILL NOT START TILL FIVE.
BUT AT LEAST THE FIRST HOUR WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO KIND OF MINGLE IN.
UM, WE'LL HAVE MUSIC PLAYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, HIT OUR FOOD VENDORS AND THEY CAN HIT OUR RETAIL VENDORS.
SO EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
SO YOU CAN PUT THAT IN YOUR NOTES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON? SORRY, DUMB QUESTION OF THE DAY.
LIKE DO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE TIME? NO, NO.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT COVERED.
UM, SECOND THING THAT CAME UP, UH, THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET ON HOW WELL WE'RE DOING ON A BUDGET.
WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD ON A BUDGET SO FAR.
UM, FOR THIS YEAR, OUR ARTIST, IT'S GONNA RUN US 29 50, ROUGHLY $3,000 IS THIS ONE ARTIST THE WHOLE TIME, ERIC? I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE AND WE HAVE A MC, WE GOT A DJ, WE GOT TWO BANDS THAT'LL PERFORM.
AND THEN WE GOT A, A LOCAL ARTIST THAT'S GONNA PERFORM.
BETWEEN FROM FOUR TO NINE HE'S GONNA BE, YEAH.
UH, LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY DID GOOD.
SO WE'RE ABOUT 1200 TO THE GOOD WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
YOU WERE WHEELING AND DEALING, SIR.
SO, UM, THE SOUND IS GONNA COST US A LITTLE MORE THIS YEAR.
UH, I THINK LAST YEAR IT RAN US, I THINK IT WAS 2100 BUCKS.
IT'S GONNA RUN US ABOUT 3000 THIS YEAR.
UM, I DID NOT THINK THE SOUND QUALITY WAS GOOD LAST YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO, UM, A DJ, I'M NOT THE DJ, BUT THE SOUND GUYS CAN INVEST IN SOME PLATFORMS THAT WE CAN PUT OUR SPEAKERS ON AND TRY TO PROJECT OUT AND WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER QUALITY IN OUR SYSTEM.
IT WAS 2100 IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE USED LAST YEAR.
SO IT WAS ABOUT $900 DIFFERENCE.
I'LL STOP ASKING YOU THE RANDOM QUESTION.
I WON'T, BUT I'M GONNA ASK YOU JUST ONE MORE.
IS THAT LIGHTS OR PROBABLY DON'T NEED LIGHTS THIS YEAR? 'CAUSE IT ENDS AT NINE.
THERE'S STILL WILL SOME LIGHTS OUT THERE STILL.
SO I THINK WE'LL, BUT IT, THIS IS SOUNDING LIGHTS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S COVERING US FROM THE BUDGET.
OH, ALSO I COLLECTED YOU GUYS' SHIRT SIZES.
UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SHIRTS FOR YOU GUYS THAT RAN US $300 FOR SHIRTS.
AND THE GOOD THING IS I WAS ABLE TO GET THOSE DONE.
SO THEY WILL BE IN THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
WITH A NICE EMBLEM ON THE FRONT.
SO I GOT YOU GUYS TAKEN CARE OF WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
UH, COUPLE BUDGET ITEMS I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO GIMME YOUR OKAY ON.
UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ORDER A JUNETEENTH FLAG.
UH, THAT WE COULD HAVE THERE AT THE EVENT.
AND MY THOUGHT WILL BE IS WHEN THE EVENT IS OVER, MAYBE THAT CAN
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BE DISPLAYED HERE IN, UM, CITY HALL SOMEWHERE.SO, UH, AND THEN WE WILL JUST USE THAT FLAG, UM, EVERY YEAR.
SO THE SIZE I'M LOOKING FOR, I THINK IT'S 150 BUCKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY IN OUR BUDGET.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, AND I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ALL, I DON'T THINK THIS IS NECESSARY, BUT YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN GET THOSE LITTLE MINIATURE FLAGS THAT YOU CAN HAND OUT TO PEOPLE? MM-HMM.
LET ME, LET ME CHIME IN REAL QUICK.
SO, UM, I KNOW ERIC HAD SENT ME AN EMAIL ABOUT THE, WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FLAG AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE DECORATIONS.
I'LL THROW 'EM IN THERE LIKE THAT.
UM, I TALKED TO SARAH MCPHERSON TODAY ABOUT THAT.
UM, JUST GOING OVER OUR BUDGET, UM, RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE DECORATION PORTION OF IT IS FINE.
I WOULD JUST, LET'S, LET'S THINK ABOUT IF YOU WERE, WHATEVER, WHERE WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO PURCHASE, LET'S TRY TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF REUSE EVERY YEAR RATHER THAN LIKE A ONETIME USE.
AND ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS JUST SOME BALLOONS.
SO, SO AS LONG AS WE, THAT'S KIND OF THE DECORATIONS, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT THE DIRECTION SAYS THERE.
CYNTHIA, I KNOW YOU LISTENING.
DON'T GET ON ME FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME.
CYNTHIA, SHE'S GONNA DO A 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION FOR US AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS JUNETEENTH AND WHY.
UH, TARA, WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH FOR YOU ON A TENT.
YOU ASKED FOR A TENT SO THAT FOLKS WILL NOT BE HAVING UMBRELLAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER I, I SAID TO TELL PEOPLE TO BRING TENTS.
NO, THEY CAN'T BRING TENTS LIKE THE POP.
THAT CAN GO AT THE BACK OF THE GRASSY AREA.
UH, SO SHADE, IF PEOPLE DID WANT TO GET IN THAT AREA FOR SHADE.
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWING UMBRELLAS AND TENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, IN THERE.
YOU GONNA MAKE SURE THAT 20 YEAH, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
UM, IT'LL BE $2,200 FOR A LARGE TENT TO PUT OUT.
SO, UM, I CAN GET WITH SARAH AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO A SPLIT BETWEEN OUR BUDGET AND HERS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE COST OF THE TENT WILL BE.
IS THAT, UH, IS THAT FOR, UH, SO WE GONNA BUY IT OUT? NO, NO, NO, NO.
SO THIS IS FOR THEM TO COME SET IT UP.
HOW BIG IS IT? KILLING? IT WAS, I CAN LOOK IT UP.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS, JEFF? WHAT? PRIME TIME? OR ONE THEM.
SO YOU, SO YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A RENTAL.
I MEAN, LAST LAST YEAR I SEE MR. ERIC LAST YEAR I SEE, UH, MANY, UH, LIKE CITIZENS, PEOPLE WAS COMING WITH THEIR OWN LIKE, UH, NEEDLE.
UMBRELLAS, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THAT LITTLE, UH, CANOPY STUFF LIKE 10 BY 10 CANOPIES, MANY PEOPLE WAS BRINGING, UH, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR.
YOU MEAN LIKE THE POPUP TENTS? THAT'S WHAT I SAID, POP.
I MEAN, MANY OF THEM BRING LAST YEAR, THE ONLY REASON I SAID THAT WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SITTING BACK ON THE HILL BY THE PINE TREES BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY AREA WITH SHADE.
SO I SAID LIKE IF WE COULD PROVIDE SHADE, WE COULD BRING SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE UP.
'CAUSE IT'S THE BLARING, YOU KNOW, SETTING SUN, THE 5:00 PM DAY.
BUT HOW MUCH DID WE HAVE STILL? HOW MUCH DID STILL IT WAS, IT WAS OUR FULL EARMARKED FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
IT, WE HAVE A TOTAL, HOW MANY PEOPLE FIT IN THAT TENT WE HAVE, SO IT'S, SO HANG ON.
UM, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT SARAH HAD TALKED ABOUT SEATING WOULD BE IN IT AS WELL.
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I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN KIND OF ENJOY KIND OF GETTING THE SHADE AS WELL AS SEATING IN IT AS WELL.I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A NECESSARILY EARMARKED, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S NOT, IT'S A $15,000 BUDGET FOR ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE DO.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE MONIES THAT, THAT WE'RE SPENDING.
WE HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO DO IT AND COVER THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT ARE WE SETTING UP THAT SEATING OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIT IN THE SHADE? WOULD FOR THE TIP? YEAH.
LIKE ARE YOU GUYS GONNA PUT TABLES AND STUFF UNDER NO, JUST NO, NO, NO, NO.
COME PUT YOUR CHAIRS UNDER HERE IF YOU WANT TO FOR SOME FIRST SERVICE.
NO, I THINK, I THINK SARAH'S IDEA WAS A TENT AND THEN BLEACHERS I THINK WAS THE IDEA.
AND THEN PEOPLE COULD JUST SIT IN THERE RE RATHER THAN BE IN THE SUN.
IF THAT, THAT WAS THE, IS BLEACH ARE BLEACHERS THE ADDITIONAL COST OR I THINK THAT'S JUST THE, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL INCLUDED.
AND I THINK, AND I THINK I, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE GRASSY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S IN THE GRASS.
I THINK IT'S OUT TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL COST ON, ON TOP OF IT AS WELL.
BUT ALL OF ALL OF THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE DRUMMED OUT WHEN SARAH HAD GOT THE ACTUAL QUOTE AND GOT IT ALL SET UP THOUGH.
SO IT'D BE TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET, CORRECT? I THAT, YEAH.
THE DIAGRAM THAT SHE'S GOT IS RIGHT AT THE BACK OF THE GRASS.
SO WE CAN LIKE THE GRASS THAT'S BEHIND THE AMPHITHEATER.
LIKE WHERE THE KIDS AREA WAS AT.
NOT AREA, BUT BEFORE THE SIDEWALK OR BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW HOW THE CONCRETE STADIUM IS AND THEN THERE'S THAT LITTLE GRASS YOU GOT, YOU GOT A LITTLE WALKWAY RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND THAT WILL BE WHERE WE HAD, WHERE IT WAS A KIDS, UH, AREA.
THE KIDS AREA FESTIVAL LAST YEAR.
DO YOU THINK? YOU THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, ENOUGH? UH, LIKE, UH, SOUND TO, I DON'T LIKE EACH STAIRS.
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN ELICIT, LIKE THEY CAN, THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH SOUND THERE.
AND THEN ON THE BACK OF THAT IS WHERE WE'LL PUT THE, UH, RETAIL VENDORS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THERE.
AND THEN ON THE BACK OF THAT, THAT, AND THEN THIS WILL BE EVEN FURTHER.
THEN THIS IS GONNA BE EVEN, UH, FOUR WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS IS GONNA BE FURTHER.
THEN IF YOU GONNA PUT THAT THE VENDORS WERE LAST YEAR, YEAR.
I REALLY LIKED HAVING THE VENDORS ON THE BLACKTOP WITH THE CARS PARKED BEHIND THEM.
THEY MADE A KILLING RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU PUT THE FOOD TRUCKS, BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT WE KEEP THE VENDORS ON THE BLACKTOP WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE.
SO JUST PUTTING THE VENDORS OFF IN THE CUT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE THERE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN THE CUT.
WE, MAYBE ONE DAY WE COULD SCHEDULE A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE AND ANY OF YOU GUYS IS WELCOME TO GO OUT THERE WITH ME.
I CAN SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE THINGS WILL LAY OUT OUT THERE.
AND THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE ON THE BLACKTOP.
FOOD TRUCKS ARE ON THE BLACKTOP.
BUT THE FAR END, NO, THEY'RE UP CLOSE.
THE VENDORS WOULD BE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THEM.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE GENERATORS AND THOSE FOOD TRUCKS AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING THEY COULDN'T HEAR.
AND SO I WOULD MOVE THEM FARTHER THAN I WOULD THE VENDORS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE GENERATORS IN THOSE FOOD TRUCKS AND PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR OVER THEM.
SO I AM, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN IF, IF WE COULD JUST, MAYBE, I MEAN, I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE REST OF THIS, BUT MAYBE IF WE COULD JUST CONNECT OVER LIKE THE LAYOUT OR GET A, SOMETHING EMAILED TO US WHERE EVERYTHING'S SUPPOSED TO BE YEAH, WE CAN AGREE ON IT NEXT MONTH.
LIKE LET'S JUST GET AN IDEA SKETCHED OUT OR WHERE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE.
AND WE'LL AGREE ABOUT THAT LAYOUT NEXT MONTH BEFORE WE DO IT IN JUNE.
YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO THE 2200 LIKE BY A DEADLINE.
THAT WOULD WELL HERE'S THE THING.
THE TENT WASN'T A PART OF MY ORIGINAL PLAN FOR US TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO IF YOU, I YOU GUYS, IF YOU GUYS, I JUST FOLLOW THE REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS ASKED FOR.
THAT WASN'T IN MY ORIGINAL LAYOUT.
SO WE DON'T, WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THE TENT.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO DO THE TENT? I KNOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MY SUGGESTION, BUT IT WAS ONLY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE YMCA PARKING LOT.
A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE THERE.
LAST YEAR THOUGH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECT, THERE WAS SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE WORKED FOR THEM.
SO THERE WERE SOME, I DUNNO, IN THE YMC PARKING LOT, THEY WERE ALL THE WAY UP A LOT.
GRASSY? NO, BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE, WELL, I, OKAY.
I WASN'T THERE THE ENTIRE TIME.
LIKE WE'RE ALL CAMPED UP THERE.
OKAY, SO THEN, SO THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SHADE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SHADE, WHICH IS NOTHING.
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, IT'S NOT ABOUT SEATING.
WELL, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA OFFER A LITTLE SHADE, THEN WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO LET PEOPLE BRING THEIR UMBRELLAS AND STUFF.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S EITHER OR, WHICH I'M DEFINITELY BRINGING MY POPUP TO ME.
I MEAN, SEE THE SKIN CANCER ALREADY.
WELL, THE, THE ISSUE WITH THE TENTS,
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YOU CAN'T BRING THE TENTS DOWN.'CAUSE NOW YOU, YOU'RE HINDERING THE VISION OF SOMEONE ELSE BEHIND YOU.
NOW, IF YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR TENT, YOU WANNA STICK IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT'S FINE.
YOU WANNA STICK IT TO THE BACK OF THE GRASSY AREA.
YOU CAN'T BRING TENTS DOWN IN THE THEATER AREA.
CAN YOU DO A TENT? HAVE OUR GARAGE CANT WITHOUT THE BLEACHERS.
WE COULD DO THE TENT WITHOUT THE BLEACHERS.
THEN THEY BRING THEIR OWN LAWN CHAIRS.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CHAIR THAT THEY CAN SIT UNDERNEATH, PUT THEIR OWN LAWN CHAIR.
HOW TALL ARE THOSE TONS TENTS? I MEAN, IF THE TENT IS UP HERE AND I'M SITTING AT A CHAIR WAS BLEACHERS IN THAT QUOTE, HOW AM I, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.
WELL, WHAT I HAD WAS JUST THE TENT JEFFREY DOUBLE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE.
BUT ON THE GRASSY AREA BEHIND YOU, DON'T I, I'M, I'M SORRY.
I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING STUCK ON STUPID THINGS.
I DON'T WANNA HOLD THIS UP
SO, BUT, BUT IT GOES DOWN A HILL.
LIKE, SO IF THEY'RE UP HERE IN CHAIRS, WHY DON'T WE SCHEDULE A TIME? I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET Y'ALL OUT THERE AND SHOW Y'ALL WHAT IT IS AND TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THERE.
I'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOUR TIMES NOW.
KEEP ON WITH YOUR UPDATES, SIR.
SO, SO THE QUOTE DOES NOT HAVE ANY BLEACHERS, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS CDN IN THERE.
SO I'M NOT SENDING ANYTHING ON THE QUOTE, RIGHT? I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH THE TENT.
I'M NOT OKAY WITH THE BLEACHERS.
SO BLEACHERS WEREN'T A PART OF IT, JEFFREY THOUGHT.
SO IT WAS JUST A TENT FOR $2,200.
SO THE NEXT THING HERE FOR YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT, WE HAD ALREADY DECIDED NO ON A BEER GARDEN.
UM, SARAH DID DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.
ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE THE ALCOHOL RESTRICTED TO JUST THAT AREA.
WE CAN ACTUALLY EXPAND THE ZONE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS THINK YOU WANNA DO, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, MY THOUGHT WILL BE IS WE, IF WE EXPAND THE ZONE AND WE OFFER IT TO SOMEBODY, I THINK WE SHOULD OFFER IT TO THE ARTS FOLKS FIRST.
IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT, THE CHAMBER WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT.
SO IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT? IS IT THE ARTS THAT MISS DID HAVE NOT MADE A LARGE DONATION OUT OF THAT THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS AT THAT SAME, THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY, THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF IT, AND I DON'T, AND HERE'S WHERE, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY WILL BE OPEN TO IT.
THE ISSUE IS THIS, I WOULDN'T, IS THAT THE TYPE OF BEER AND THE TYPE OF ALCOHOL THAT THEY SERVE DOES NOT FIT THE CLIENTELE THAT CAME RIGHT TO THE FESTIVAL.
RIGHT? THAT WAS THAT PERIMETER EXPAND TO SHE COULD GET IT.
WHAT WAS THE JEFFREY DOWN TO THE, WE HAVE TO, WE GOTTA DESIGNATE WHERE IT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S STILL A KID FRIENDLY EVENT.
MY THOUGHT WILL BE IS JUST DON'T DO IT.
BEFORE YOU'RE NOT RUNNING THE WRIST AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO RESTRICT PEOPLE AND DO ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.
BUT I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION ON MY OWN.
I WANNA BRING THAT TO YOU GUYS.
MY THOUGHT WILL BE IS JUST DON'T DO IT.
BUT HOW DO YOU GET YOUR MILLER LIGHT AND YOUR BUDWEISER? DO YOU, IS THAT ONE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS? I MEAN, A COOLER? NO, YOU JUST DON'T BRING I WOULDN'T HAVE IT.
OH, YOU JUST BRING, CAN YOU BRING YOUR OWN? WE'RE NOT PROVIDING IT.
CAN YOU BRING YOUR OWN THOUGH? WE'RE NOT PROVIDING IT.
SO, SO ARE WE GOOD ON THE BEER CARD? YES.
ALL RIGHT, MAN, Y'ALL TOUGH CROWD TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS, WE DID SOME RESEARCH AS WELL.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE A PRICE ON THIS JUST YET, BUT, UM, SARAH WAS TRYING TO GET THIS WORKED INTO HER BUDGET TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE A BOUNCE HOUSE FOR, UM, THE KIDS THAT WE COULD PUT OUT IN THE GRASS AREA THERE.
UM, SO THAT'S FAR AS THE FUNCTIONS, THE PLANS, OH, COUPLE THINGS I NEEDED TO MENTION.
WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS SIGNED FOR OUR ARTISTS.
WE GOT ONE THAT SHOULD BE COMING IN THEN THAT WILL BE DONE.
AND I THINK WE GOT ONE FOOD TRUCK THAT'S OUTSTANDING, BUT ALL OF OUR RETAIL VENDORS ARE IN AND THEY'RE PAID.
SO NOW THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE IN, HERE'S WHERE I REALLY NEED YOU GUYS' HELP.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY YOLANDA'S GOING TO BE FEELING BETTER.
I GOT HER SET UP TO DO SOME TELEVISION INTERVIEWS ON THE LITTLE LIVE DAYTON OR WHATEVER THAT CHANNEL PROGRAM IS.
SO HOPEFULLY SHE'LL BE FEELING BETTER, UM, THAT SHE COULD DO THAT.
UM, ONCE I GET THIS LAST, UH, CONTRACT IN FOR, UH, ONE OF OUR ARTISTS, CHRISTIE, I'LL BE READY FOR YOU FOR THE PRESS STATEMENTS 'CAUSE WE WANNA START RUNNING THAT NOW.
AND NOW WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO, UM, YOU GUYS AS COMMISSION MEMBERS, WHAT I NEED FROM YOU GUYS IS TO START
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SENDING YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, AND EVERYBODY ELSE SAVE THE DATE.SO EITHER SNAIL MAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, EMAIL, PHONE CALLS, WE NEED THAT FROM YOU GUYS.
DO YOU HAVE COLORFUL TEMPLATE THAT WE COULD USE? AND I DO HAVE SOME NICE STUFF.
IF YOU WANT TO COPY IT OFF OF MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
BUT I WILL PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH SOMETHING A SAVE DATE.
I WILL, I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A SAVE DATE.
UM, I'M SORRY, HARRY, YOU NEED POSTED.
WE NEED TO MAKE IT AN EVENT ON OUR FACEBOOK.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT WE'LL MAKE AN EVENT ON OUR FACEBOOK.
HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU START SENDING THAT OUT YET? THAT SAVE THE DATE? NO.
AND THEN THE PLAN IS, ARE YOU GONNA SEND THAT TO SARAH? YEP.
I'M SEND IT TO SARAH BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT I'M GONNA DO FOR, UM, SARAH AND YOU GUYS AS WELL, I'M WAITING ON THIS LAST ARTIST TO COME IN.
I'M GONNA CREATE A, UM, A FLYER THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATE, THE EVENT, ALL THAT STUFF ON THERE.
BUT IT'S ALSO GONNA HAVE EVERY VENDOR THAT WE HAVE AND EVERY ARTIST THAT'S ON THERE SO THAT WE CAN TAG THEM IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL ALONG WITH OURS.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEND THAT OUT TOO.
BUT I'LL CREATE YOU A SAVE EVENT RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN START TO SEND OUT.
ERIC, DO WE HAVE A CUTOFF DATE ON WHEN WE WEREN'T ACCEPTING MORE VENDORS? YEAH, WE'RE DONE.
UM, UH, THEN TRANSITION INTO THIS.
SO WE ARE AT 57 50 LEFT IN THE TANK FOR BUDGET, WHICH IS NOT A PROBLEM.
I WOULD SUGGEST THIS FOR THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE MARKETING PIECE.
UM, ME AND SARAH, OUR IDEA FOR THE MARKETING PIECE WOULD BE USING ROUGHLY THAT SEVEN 50 IN THAT ARENA TO REALLY PUSH OUT THE EVENT FLYERS, UH, POSTERS, WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER YOU GUYS NEED FOR THE EVENT.
UM, WE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE, UH, WHAT WAS IT? THE DOOR HANGERS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TAKE A DAY OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE EVENT.
LIKE HIT UP THE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT BEHIND.
UM, THE EEL BERGER PUT FLYERS ON DOORS.
UM, ANY OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS REALLY TRY TO PUSH OUT PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMING TO THE EVENT.
UM, SO THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, AND NOW I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF GETTING YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, ON TV AND DAYTON DAILY PRINT, UM, RADIO AS WELL.
UM, ME AND SARAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, RADIO'S A REAL BIG PUSH THAT WE CAN TRY TO GET PEOPLE OUT TO JUST BECAUSE OUR LOCAL, UM, LOCAL TALENTS, UM, TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF PUSH THAT AS WELL TOO.
SO I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED, UM, AN UPDATE THAT WAS GONNA COME EVENTUALLY.
SO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, WE CAN REALLY TRY TO DRUM WHAT WE WANT TO DO ON THE FINAL STRETCH TO, TO REALLY GET THE NOISE OUT THERE SO PEOPLE, UH, COME TO THE EVENT.
JEFFREY AND THE TWO SARAHS WE'VE BEEN MEETING THESE GUYS ARE REAL, UH, THEY'VE BEEN REAL HELPFUL.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I NEED FOR YOU GUYS TO DO.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET OUR VENDORS AND OUR ARTISTS POSTING.
UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE IT UP ON THE KEY ADS.
OBVIOUSLY IT'LL BE FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, UM, THE CITY WEBSITE AND THEN WHAT JEFFREY MENTIONED, THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
THEY GOT A AREA THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE.
UM, THE ONE THING I KNOW CORY WAS GONNA REACH OUT TO DREW THE POLICE.
YOU GOT AN UPDATE FOR US ON THAT? NOT CHECK.
SO HE'S, COREY'S WORKING ON THAT FOR US.
UH, WE DO HAVE A FOOD SPONSOR THAT WILL PROVIDE FOOD FOR OUR ARTIST AND, UM, VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HELPING US OUT.
THEY HAVE A, UH, TENT THAT THEY'LL BRING OUT.
THEY GOT THE TABLE AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE SHAFER AND THAT KIND OF DEAL TO KEEP THE FOOD WARM AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL PUT THAT UP BACK, UH, BEHIND THE STAGE AREAS WHERE THAT STUFF WILL BE LOCATED AT.
UM, AND AN EXPENSE THAT WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I THINK THE BANNERS ARE JUNETEENTH SLASH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO, BUT A STICKER OVER THE OTHER HALF, UH, IT'S TACKY.
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THAT SHOWS THAT IF WE WANT TO DO BANNERS.IF NOT, THEN WE COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE UPDATE THAT I HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
THREE ACTUALLY, YOU ONLY GET TWO.
ARE WE INTERESTED IN HAVING FLYERS, UM, READY TO HAND OUT AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ON SATURDAYS BEFORE JUNETEENTH? YOU SAY, WILL WE HAVE FLYERS READY? YES.
CAN WE DO THAT? I'D BE WILLING TO GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET AND HANG OUT AND PASS OUT FLYERS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.
UM, MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE HERE.
MY HOPES IS THAT THIS LAST ARTIST THAT WE'RE WAITING ON, BECAUSE I WANNA INCLUDE EVERYBODY'S NAME, WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THE FLYER NOW, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S NAME, EVERYBODY THAT'S PARTICIPATING.
I WANT THEIR NAME TO BE ON THE FLYER.
WELL I WOULD RATHER HANG OUT AT THE FARMER'S MARKET THAN GO PUT THINGS ON PEOPLE'S DOORS.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, DO WE SEE A NEED FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THAT WE NEED TO PUT A CALL OUT FOR? OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOOD WITH WHERE WE ARE? I THINK WITH, WELL I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, ARE YOU GUYS PLANNING ON BEING THERE? MM-HMM.
SO MY ONLY QUESTION WOULD BE THAT BOUNCE HOUSE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT UNATTENDED CHILDREN RUNNING ABOUT? SO, SO THE QUALIFIER WITH THE BOUNCE HOUSE IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE PERSONNEL TO DO IT.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES ABOUT VOLUNTEERS.
YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S THE QUALIFIER.
IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THE BOUNCE HOUSE, WE'RE GONNA PAY TO HAVE SOMEONE THANK YOU THERE WITH THAT.
SO THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT LIABILITY TO DO.
SO THAT'S THE, SO IF IF WE CAN'T PULL THAT OFF WITHIN A REASONABLE VOW, THEN WE WON'T DO IT.
THIRD QUESTION, UM, I GOT TOO ARE DO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO GET LIKE LITTLE VIDEO SNIPPETS OF OUR BANDS AND MUSICIANS, UM, THAT WE CAN POST ON FACEBOOK? YEAH, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL SOMETHING OFF OF THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THEIR, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
YEAH, LIKE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DO A LIKE DO A, A QUICK CLIP OF, YOU KNOW, HEY I'M SO AND SO AND I'M GONNA BE PLAYING AT THE, YOU KNOW, HUBER HEIGHTS JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL ON THE 16TH.
AND I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT ON LIKE ALL THE FACEBOOK PAGES FOR HUBER HEIGHTS AND EVERYTHING, JUST, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT A STOP TO THIS JUNETEENTH CONVERSATION, BUT I HAVE TO PAUSE IT FOR TWO SECONDS 'CAUSE CARLA HAS TO GO TO CENTERVILLE.
WHAT'S THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATE? SHE JUST LOOKED AT YOU GUESS.
OKAY, SO
OH, I THOUGHT YOU GUYS HAVEN'T MET, WASN'T THAT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN LIKE LAST MONTH? YEAH, I DIDN'T NEED TO JUST LOOK AT MY WATCH LIKE I REALLY CARED, BUT, SO YEAH, ME AND CARLA, WE MET WHEN WE HAD FOUR VENDORS.
UM, WE, WHAT WE DID WITH THE FOUR VENDORS, I TOOK THAT INFORMATION WHAT CARLA HAD GAVE ME AND WHAT WE KIND OF RAN WITH.
UM, AND I PASSED THAT ON TO RICK.
UM, FROM THERE WE KNOCKED, UM, OFF TO, UM, ME AND RICK HAVE HAD, WAS RICK IN THAT? YES.
SO I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE OF, UM, ONE OF THE VENDORS, UM, WITH SOME FEEDBACK, UM, WITH TIMELINE AS WELL AS PRICING.
UM, ONE OF THE, UH, VENDORS THAT, UM, I, I LIKED OR RECOMMENDED, UM, I THINK THE NUMBER WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE WANTED OR WHERE IT CAME IN AT.
UM, IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE COULD KIND OF NEGOTIATE HOW WE WANTED TO KIND OF KNOCK OFF SOME OF THE COSTS ON IT.
UM, GOOD WORK, GOOD QUALITY OF, UH, FOLKS THAT WE GOT ON THAT ZOOM CALL WITH ME AND RICK AT THAT POINT.
UM, UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE JUST KIND OF NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, UM, TO COME BACK TO WHO, WHO WE WANT TO USE.
UM, SO I SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE AN UPDATE HOPEFULLY BY MAY WITH, UH, SO OUT OF FOUR, WE'RE DOWN TO TWO, CORRECT? MAYBE ONE? NO, TWO.
YOU HAD ONE INTERVIEW WITH ONE VENDOR.
WE JUST NEED THE SECOND INTERVIEW.
WELL, WELL I, THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH THE SECOND, SO THE, SO THE FIR SO, SO THE FIRST ONE WAS JUST
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ME.I THINK RICK WAS UNDER THE WEATHER THAT DAY, SO I, I JUST JUMPED ON IT MYSELF.
THE SECOND ONE WAS ME AND RICK AND, AND MYSELF.
UM, SO I HAPPENED TO GET ON THAT OR RICK HAPPENED TO BE THERE THAT DAY AS WELL.
SO WHERE WE ARE WITH BOTH VENDORS, UM, I GUESS IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A COST SITUATION, UM, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO JUST RUN THROUGH.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY AGAIN, WE CAN COME BACK.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE BEGINNING OF MAY WITH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING EITHER THAT'S EITHER ANOTHER SIT DOWN WITH ME AND CARLA TRYING TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH WHERE WE ARE AND GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE CAN GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION OR YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY PICKING SOMEBODY.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL RUN THAT, UM, RESOLUTION UP TO CITY, UH, COUNCIL AND THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON WHO WE PICK AS A VENDOR IF, IF NEED BE.
UM, JUST FOR NEXT MONTH, CAN YOU ALSO, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF TIMELINESS THIS EVENING, NEXT MONTH, CAN YOU ALSO BRING, UM, AN UPDATE BACK ABOUT THE CCRB AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CCRB AND THOSE APPLICATIONS? MM-HMM.
UM, REACHED THE EXTENT OF MY VOICE AFTER BEING, UM, SICK AS A DOG FOR LAST WEEK.
UM, BYRAM FOR NEW BUSINESS, WE ADDED THAT TURKISH MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, DO YOU MIND BRINGING US SOME, LIKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK IN MAY IF POSSIBLE? I FEEL LIKE I ASSIGNED YOU A LOT OF HOMEWORK TODAY.
UH, BUT I AM NOT GONNA TAKE, UH, MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
UM, WHAT HE WANT, I JUST MEANT WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE WHOLE SUBJECT TO MAY.
SO CAN YOU BRING IT OH, WHOLE SUBJECT TO MAY? YEAH.
CAN YOU BRING IT BACK TO US IN MAY? UM, JUST WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO FOR THAT DAY AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
HE WAS ALREADY, UH, PREPARED FOR THIS MEETING, BUT IT'S OKAY.
TECHNICALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN
OKAY WITH THAT, OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 2ND BE HERE WITH BELLS ON.