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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 1, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
AUGUST 1ST MEETING OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:18 PM GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.MS. NEWBIE, UH, PLEASE, UH, REFLECT TO SHOW THAT MS. NEWBIE, MS. TROTTER, AND MRS. STEVENS ARE EXCUSED.
RICHARDSON AND MR. RICHARDSON ARE ALSO EXCUSED.
UM, WE SHOULD BE BACK TO OUR FULL GROUP NEXT MONTH, WHICH WILL BE EXCITING.
MOVING ON TO, UM, LET ME FIRST ADJUST THE AGENDA A BIT, IF NOBODY MINDS, UM, THERE WAS SOME EDITS MADE BEFORE THIS VERSION WENT OUT.
SO UNDER OLD BUSINESS FIVE A, WE'RE GONNA START WITH A QUICK JUNETEENTH UNWINDING.
THEN WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN, TURKISH MEMORIAL DINNER.
AND THE DEI NEEDS ASSESSMENT UNDER THAT COMMUNITY GARDEN, THOUGH, UM, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AS INITIATIVE AND THEN COORDINATOR OF POSITIONS, UM, TO REALLY PUT SOME, UM, THOUGHT INTO THOSE FOR NEXT MONTH.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE DOVE INTO JUNETEENTH.
UM, AND UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES, UM, AND THEN WE CAN PROBABLY SCRAP THE NEXT TWO.
I HAD MLK DAY TO SET THE WORKING GROUP AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL TO SET A DATE FOR 2025, BUT I AM MORE COMFORTABLE WAITING FOR THE FULL COMMISSION TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
SO UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE'RE JUST GONNA DISCUSS VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.
MR. CHAIR, I GOT ONE, UH, PUSHBACK.
SO FOR OLD BUSINESS RELATED TO, I GUESS, WHAT AN UPDATE ABOUT JUNETEENTH.
WOULD IT BE FINE IF WE WAITED UNTIL MR. RICHARDSON CAME BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO REALLY KIND OF DIVE, DIVE DEEP INTO THAT? YEAH.
I CAN SEND OUT, I CAN MAKE AN, UM, A QUICK SURVEY IF YOU GUYS LIKE WHAT WE DID FOR MLK, LIKE WHAT WAS GOOD, WHAT WASN'T BAD, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT WAS BAD.
UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE, AND THEN WE COULD BRING THAT BACK FOR NEXT MONTH, UM, AND HAVE THAT AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, SO TO BACK UP, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WE ARE LOOKING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 6TH MEETING.
UM, WAS THERE ANY EDITS NEEDED TO THE MINUTES? I'M SHOWING YOU MY AGE.
I CAN'T SEE, I DON'T SEE ANY
OH, ACTUALLY, UNDER ROLL CALL, MR. RICHARDSON'S LAST NAME IS SPELLED WRONG.
GETTING THAT FAR INTO THE DETAILS QUITE YET.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, UM, WITH THAT ONE EDIT, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE? MAKE A MOTION TO MINUTES FROM JUNE BE APPROVED.
WOULD THE DIRECTION TO MR. RICHARDSON'S SPELLING HIS LAST NAME BEING CORRECTED SECOND.
SO MOVED AND FORWARDED? WE'RE GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING ANYMORE.
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SIGN THIS ONE.WE HAVE NO CITIZENS HERE FOR COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
UH, CARLA WANTED TO DISCUSS, UM, A COMMUNITY GARDEN INITIATIVE, AND I WILL LET HER, UM, TAKE THE FLOOR WITH THAT FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN, UM, JUST QUICKLY TOUCH ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER INITIATIVES AND COORDINATOR POSITIONS TO CONSIDER, UM, FOR NEXT TIME.
SO NEXT TO CITY, THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER, THERE IS A OPEN SPACE WITH A LOT OF LAND.
AND SO I MET WITH A GROUP, IT'S A NONPROFIT, AND THEY WANTED TO BUILD A GARDEN.
SO I COORDINATED WITH PARKS AND REC, AND THEY, THE CITY CAME OUT AND TILLED THE LAND, AND THEY, THEY HAVE A GARDEN OUT THERE NOW.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS NEXT TO COMMUNITY CENTER.
THERE ARE TWO RESIDENTS WHO ALSO HAVE A SECTION THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON TOO, THAT THEY HAVE A GARDEN GOING.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WANTED TO KIND OF SUPPORT EXPANSION OF THE EXPANSION OF THAT FOR MORE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA.
YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT FOOD DESERT AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND SO THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR OWN, THEY'RE CREATING THEIR OWN, GROWING THEIR OWN VEGETABLES, SO, AND FRUIT AND ALL THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD, SINCE IT'S ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO WAY BACK, WAY BACK, IT'D BE GOOD TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, SUPPORT COULD BE, IF THEY NEED HELP, WE COULD HELP THEM.
UM, WE COULD HELP THEM WITH CLASSES, HOW TO GROW.
WE COULD DO, UH, BRING IN SPEAKER.
I JUST THINK IT'LL BE SOMETHING FOR US TO HELP SUPPORT.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA, UH, GIVE THE LAND TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY TO, UH, LAND AND GROW SOMETHING, ARE YOU GONNA PROVIDE, UH, EQUIPMENT, SEEDS, AND ALL THE STUFF, OR THE PEOPLE GONNA HAVE HIMSELF? WELL, THE, SO FAR THAT, SO THAT ONE GROUP, THE FIRST GROUP THAT I COORDINATED WITH, THEY HAD EVERYTHING ALL THE CITY DID WAS TILL THE LAND AND GET IT READY FOR THEM.
THEY CAME IN WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED.
NOW, THE TWO RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OVER THERE, UM, I BELIEVE THEY HAD THEIR SEEDS TOO.
BUT IF WE OPEN IT UP, I THINK IT'D BE WORTH LOOKING INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF, RIGHT? EITHER LIKE A CLASS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, HOW TO GROW, WHAT TO GROW, HOW, WHAT GOES, WHAT WEATHER, WHAT TYPE OF, AND, AND GIVE.
WE'D HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHO GETS WHAT SECTION.
WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON THAT AREA BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF GAS STATIONS AND THINGS.
SO THAT, I THINK THEY GET PRIORITY, THAT GROUP WHO LIVES THERE.
THERE'S A, A COMPLEX RIGHT THERE, BUT THEN WE'D HAVE TO DECIDE WHO ELSE.
'CAUSE MAYBE PEOPLE IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAND IN THEIR BACKYARD, OR THEY MIGHT WANT IT TOO.
AND WE HAVE TO WORK ALL THAT OUT.
BUT I JUST, I WAS THINKING FIRST, IS THIS SOMETHING WE EVEN WANT TO SUPPORT? I DON'T KNOW.
AND THAT LENGTH, IF YOU'RE GONNA GIVE OUT TO THE, UH, PUBLIC, THAT WILL BE, UH, NO COST.
SO, SO, UH, IF I CAN INTERJECT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO THE ORGANIZATION SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A HEAD, UM, THERE, UH, 5 0 1 C3.
UM, FROM WHAT I CAN RECALL, THIS IS MOSTLY THROUGH THE HELP OF CARLA AND SARAH, UH, MCPHERSON, UM, WITH GETTING THEM KIND OF WITH THEIR, UH, THE TAILING OF THE LAND.
UM, AND THEN I WANNA SAY THE, THE WATER SUPPLY AS WELL, UM, IS WHAT THE CITY HAD DONE FOR THEM.
UM, I THINK THEY WENT ON THEIR OWN COGS ON GETTING, UM, EQUIPMENT AND THE SEEDS FROM THE COUNTY.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE COUNTY, UM, GRANT PROGRAM, BUT, UM, IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD EVER DONE IT TO THAT CAPACITY.
UM, BUT, UM, THEY WERE AWARDED GRANT FUNDING IN THAT REGARD.
UM, BUT YES, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE MEANS OF, UM, WHATEVER, UM, GRANTS, UM, COME FROM THE COUNTY.
UM, ANY GRANTS THAT COME FROM, UH, OTHER EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS OR, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS PLAN ON AS A COMMISSION, YOU GUYS REALLY WANT TO KIND OF GET BEHIND WITHIN YOUR OWN BUDGET AND KIND OF SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR, IF IT'S NOT JUST, UH, A BIGGER ORGANIZATION, LIKE AHEAD.
MAYBE IT'S THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY ASPECT
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WITH RESIDENTS EITHER AROUND THAT AREA OR, OR RESIDENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT HUBER HEIGHTS AS WELL, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT ARE THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES WHEN IT COMES TO KIND OF PLANNING THEIR OWN, UM, UH, GARDEN.SO MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP OUT IN THAT PROCESS, IF YOU GUYS KIND OF DECIDE TO KIND OF GO DOWN THAT PATHWAY.
SO THE IDEA IS AN AVENUE TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND FOOD DESERTS.
SO IT WOULD KIND OF BE MY IDEA, MY SUGGESTION, TO CREATE LIKE, SOME TYPE OF A PROGRAM THAT THERE IS AN APPLICATION FOR THAT MEETS ONCE A MONTH ON A SATURDAY, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY GET THEIR PLOT AND THEY, YOU KNOW, CAN LEARN HOW TO GROW THE ITEMS AND THEN IT'S THEIRS.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THIS LIKE, ONGOING EDUCATION PIECE WHERE IN THE BEGINNING WE TEACH 'EM ABOUT GROWING AND THEN TOWARDS THE END, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU COOK THIS STUFF? OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER OUR LEGISLATION WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S A VERY FOOD DESERTY ISSUE AREA.
YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THINGS ARE LIKE DONATOS AND FAMILY DOLLAR.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE DOUBLE UP ISSUE OF GETTING OVERCHARGED AND FAMILY DOLLAR AND, AND USING UP YOUR FOOD STAMPS EVEN FASTER.
SO YOU REMOVE PEOPLE FROM THE, THE FOOD PURCHASING LINE AND, AND IT'S A MORE INDEPENDENT LINE.
SO, UM, IT'S AN INITIATIVE THAT I WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE 100% BEHIND.
UM, I LOVE GARDENING AND I ACTUALLY, UM, COMPLETED A RESEARCH PROJECT AT M-V-J-R-C, WHICH IS A JUVENILE FELONY LOCKED FACILITY, UM, WHERE THE GARDENING PROGRAM WAS THE KEY TO THE, WHAT WAS THE REHAB FOR THESE FELONY OFFENDING CHILDREN.
AND THEY STARTED AT SEEDS AND THEY, AND THEY GREW THE FOOD, AND THEY TILLED THE GARDENS AND THEY DID ALL THE WORK, BUT AT THE END, THEY DONATED ALL OF THE PRODUCE TO FOOD PANTRIES OR SOUP KITCHENS, AND AT SOUP KITCHENS, THEY WOULD PREPARE AND SERVE.
AND IT WAS THE LINK LITERALLY TO THEIR, THEIR REHAB WAS, I NEVER GOT TO PLAY IN THE DIRT.
I DIDN'T KNOW I LIKED TO SWEAT.
I'D NEVER SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE SUNSHINE.
I SAT IN MY HOUSE AND PLAYED XBOX AND SMOKED CIGARETTES AND TOLD MY MOM TO GO FLY A KITE EVERY DAY.
SO I'M, I'M BEHIND IT, NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT CAPACITY FOR THIS POPULATION, BUT AS AN AVENUE OF EXPERIENCING NEW THINGS AND, AND LEARNING HOW TO, YOU KNOW, BE ONE WITH THE EARTH.
AND EVEN IF, EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SO MUCH LAND OUT THERE, BUT EVEN THERE USED TO BE ONE, THERE'S A LOT.
BUT EVEN IF IT'S NOT JUST THOSE PLOTS, WE COULD ALSO EDUCATE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE YARDS WHO WANNA DO RAISED GARDENS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO IT COULD BE, YEAH, SO SARAH WAS HAP SO SARAH HAPPENED TO COME ACROSS, UH, A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS EXPERIENCE AND, UM, UH, EXPERTISE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, GROWING, UM, PRODUCTS OR PRODUCE.
SO I WANNA SAY THAT HE'S OUT THERE.
UH, DAVID SECTOR, I THINK IS HIS NAME.
UM, I THINK HE, IT'S VOLUNTEER EFFORT, SO I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S PAYING HIM AT ALL.
IT'S JUST ADDED, ADDED THE GENEROSITY OF HIS OWN HEART TO KIND OF HELP, UM, KIND OF GET PEOPLE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO WE'VE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SARAH WAS HAVING, UM, IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH THAT SARAH KIND OF FOUND SOMEBODY, OR IT WAS KIND OF THROWN IN HER LAP WITH SOMEBODY ACTUALLY COMING TO KIND OF HELP OUT IN THE WHOLE PROCESS.
SO LIKE, WE'VE GOT KIND OF THE PIECES.
IT'S JUST HOW WE'RE GONNA, HOW DO WE FIGURE TO KIND OF ORGANIZE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER? YEAH.
AND IF WE WANNA GET BEHIND THE ORGANIZATION, OR IF IT'S REALLY PARKS AND REC AND WE JUST SUPPORT, I HAVEN'T PRESENTED THIS TO PARKS AND REC, THIS WOULD BE A COLLAB, RIGHT? WELL, GO AHEAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE GONNA DECIDE TO DO IT.
AND MANY, UH, COMMUNITIES WILLING TO OR GET THIS LENS, UH, EX THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY EXCITED.
IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN WE TALK AT THE LIBRARY, UH, WHAT WAS THE, THE DAY, WHAT WAS THE MAIN SESSION? THE NAME OF THE, THE EVENT? WELCOME DAYTON.
WHEN, UM, WE SPOKE WITH THOSE, UH, PEOPLE, THEY WAS, UH, ASKING AND THE SAME QUESTION.
AND WHEN WE COMING, WHEN WE GONNA COME TO EDUCATION AND GROWING AND THE PLANNING AND EVERYTHING, OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BACKYARD LIKE BACKGROUND, NOT BACKYARD BACKGROUND IN, IN RUSSIA, WHEN WE WAS LIVING IN RUSSIA, IN UZBEKISTAN, IN THE, IN THE GEORGIA, UH, GEORGIA CALL NOW BEFORE
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WAS, YOU KNOW, OTTOMAN EMPIRE.AND, UH, OUR BACKGROUND IS A VERY, UH, VERY RICH, UH, WITH THE FARM FARMER FARM RING.
AND I, I KNOW THE PEOPLE AND MYSELF, I'VE BEEN LIKE FIVE YEARS, SIX, SIX YEARS OLD.
AND I, I WAS IN MY WORKING IN THE, UH, GARDEN IN THE BACKYARD.
SO WE ARE VERY EDUCATED AND, UH, VERY, UH, KNOWN HOW TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN TO PLANT, HOW TO PLANT, HOW DEEP PLANT, HOW WIDE PLANT, HOW, UH, WHAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, CENTIMETER BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
I MEAN, UH, WE KNOW ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF, AND WE CAN BE, I CAN, I WILL BE VOLUNTEERING TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH WON'T BE, UH, HARD FOR ME.
AND I WILL BRING THERE AND THEY WILL, UH, WE WILL HAVE SOME, UH, MEETINGS AND CLASSES FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO DOESN'T KNOW YES.
AND WE WILL HELP THEM, UH, VOLUNTARILY.
AND ALSO WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, SEEDS, I MEAN, IF WE NEED TO OR HELP, WE CAN, IF WE NEED TO PROVIDE SOME SEEDS OR, OR SOME KIND OF EQUIPMENT, SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WAY THEY CAN START, UH, TO DO SOMETHING ON THE GARDEN.
SO THIS IS VERY GOOD IDEA IF WE CAN STAY ON IT, UH, LITTLE, UH, MORE IN, UH, DEEP, UH, DEEPER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.
YEAH, MAYBE WE BRING IT UP TO THE REST OF THE GROUP AND SEE HOW THEY FEEL TOO NEXT TIME.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST THROW IT OUT THERE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GET A TEMPERATURE CHECK SO WE CAN BRING IT UP NEXT MONTH, ADD IT TO THE, AND SO WE CAN SHARE WITH THE REST.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE, LIKE IF WE'RE DOING IT, WE DO IT AND WE DO IT WITH OUR LENS.
IF IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
I JUST DON'T WANT THERE TO BE THIS MUDDYING OF THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
SO THEN IT'S GONNA GET IMPLEMENTED BY ANOTHER ENTITY WITHOUT INCLUDING US IN THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S OUR INITIATIVE, LET'S STICK TO IT.
LET'S KEEP THAT CULTURAL LENS TO IT.
AND THE, AND THE POINT OF ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY OR FOOD DESERTS, IT'S NOT TRULY A FOOD INSECURITY AREA, BUT FOOD INSECURITY COULD BE THE KIDS LIVING IN THERE.
UM, A LOT OF KIDS GO HUNGRY IN THE SUMMER AND IT'S SAD.
SO I THINK IT'S RIGHT ON TIME.
IT'S RIGHT IN THE PERFECT AREA.
THEY'RE USED TO BE A GARDEN THERE, UM, ALREADY BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE MY HUBER HEIGHTS TIME.
SO I, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE ALL IN ON HELPING WITH THAT INITIATIVE AS WELL.
IT'S SOMETHING, UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH HUBER HEIGHTS, ALL THE AREAS WHERE YOU'VE SEEN, WHERE THEY'VE TURNED THE AREAS INTO WILDFLOWER AREAS, THERE'S THAT HUGE PARK DOWN, UM, RIP WRAP, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH OF THAT GOT TURNED INTO WILD FLOWERS.
THE CLOUD PARK AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, THEY TURNED A HUGE PART OF THAT, OF ACREAGE INTO WILDFLOWER AREAS.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S PERFECT TIMING.
YOU KNOW, THE MOMENTUM IS THERE TO TAKE BACK SOME OF THIS GREEN SPACE AND RETURN IT BACK TO A NATURAL, UM, A NATURAL STATE TO SUPPORT THE, THE BEES.
'CAUSE LET'S JUST BE HONEST,
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT, AND I THINK IT'S AWESOME.
SO LET'S, UM, SO WE CAN BRING IT NEXT WEEK, NEXT, NEXT MONTH, TO MAYBE WE VOTE TO SEE IF WE LEAD IT.
WEGER AND GARDENS IS ONE OF THE METRO PARKS GARDENS, THEY'RE ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE FOR THIS.
THEY HAVE THAT HUGE COMPOSTING PILE OUT THERE WHERE YOU CAN JUST GO GET REALLY RICH SOIL.
THEY WERE A HUGE PARTNER IN SOME WORK THAT I USED TO DO BACK IN MY COLLEGE DAYS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK WHILE I WAS WORKING WITH THEM.
BUT DO WE WANT, YEAH, LET'S WAIT TO VOTE FIRST BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT INITIATIVE COORDINATOR.
WELL, LET'S BRING IT BACK AS LIKE A STRUCTURED INITIATIVE, LIKE IN WRITING OR BRING SOMETHING WITH IT.
DO, MAYBE, AND WE'LL PRESENT IT NEXT MONTH FOR THE GROUP TO CONSIDER.
MAYBE GET ANOTHER MEETING WITH, UH, MS. SARAH AND GET LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION AND BRING HER UP ON NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT WAY WE HAVE ONE, A PARTNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP TO BRING HER UP.
IF THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? IF IT WAS JUST US, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, SO I CAN, LEMME JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
SO FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE AHEAD WHO ARE UP THERE, UM, THERE'S NECESSARILY NO PARTNERSHIP.
I, I CAN VEHEMENTLY SAY THAT THERE'S NO PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND AHEAD OR ANY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO OP LIKE, HAVE PLOTS UP THERE RIGHT NOW
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AT COMMUNITY.IT'S MORE OR LESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS COME IN THERE AND KIND OF HELP TEAL THE LAND AND KIND OF PROVIDE, PROVIDE WATER AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF IT, THAT THEY DO EVERYTHING ELSE, BASICALLY.
YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY FIND THEIR OWN SEEDS, UM, THEY FIND THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, SARAH WAS, UH, FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND A GENTLEMAN WHO COULD KIND OF LIKE, HELP GUIDE PEOPLE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, LIKE SPRAYING PESTI PESTICIDES AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WATER TO, UH, PUT ON THEIR, UH, CROPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT, THAT IS IT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE, THE, THE GIVE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN, HAS, HAS DONE TOWARDS, UM, THAT AREA.
NOW, IS THAT ANOTHER, UH, A NEW QUESTION, RIGHT? COME NEXT MONTH, RIGHT? IS, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE WE TALKING TO SARAH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE WHERE, IF IT IS A PARTNERSHIP OR, UM, IT IS JUST THE COMMISSION WHO KIND OF LEADS THAT, UM, GOING INTO THE FUTURE TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN RIGHT.
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT EVERYONE HERE, BUT WE CAN KINDA FIGURE THAT, UM, CAPACITY COME NEXT MONTH, OR IF YOU GUYS NEED ME TO KIND OF DO, YOU KNOW MORE, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I CAN KINDA ARRANGE THAT STUFF.
SO YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF LIKE ADEQUATELY, UH, INFORMED COME NEXT MONTH, I'LL EMAIL YOU.
I'M MEANT MORE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR COMMISSION AND LIKE PARKS AND REC.
WE CAN MORE THAN YEAH, IT WAS JUST GONNA, YEAH, NO, AND JUST KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW THAT LOOKS.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO, I JUST DON'T WANNA LOSE THE CULTURAL LENS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE, THE, THE REASON WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE GARDENING'S GREAT.
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR LEGISLATION IS WOVEN ALL THROUGH THAT OR WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING AN EXTENSION OF A DIFFERENT GROUP.
NOW IS THAT BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU GO ON, IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE, I CAN KIND OF PLAY WITH LIKE WORDING, RIGHT? THAT KIND OF LIKE BRINGS THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND THEN HOW WE KIND OF PLAY THAT TO LIKE THE FORMATION OF THE, THE COMMISSION ITSELF AND HOW THAT, LIKE, HOW THAT WOULD INTERTWINE.
LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO KIND OF LIKE, MAKE LIKE A, A STATEMENT FOR, FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF LIKE, LOOK AT, FOR ME, THIS ISN'T LIKE A COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR ME.
THIS IS LIKE AN EDUCATIONAL GARDEN.
OUR, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN FLUSH THAT OUT, BUT I MEAN, IT'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN.
BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S APPLICABLE TO THOSE.
IT'S MY JOB TO CLEAN, KEEP IT CLEAN.
I GET TO KEEP EVERYTHING, LIKE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLOT WOULD BE THIS PROGRAM OF ADDRESSING A FOOD DESERT OR RE YOU KNOW, REMOVING PEOPLE FROM THE, THE FOOD CHAIN PURCHASE CHAIN.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY GARDEN AROUND THAT WHERE PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, RENT THEIR PLOTS FOR 25, $50, HAVE THEIR WHOLE LITTLE THING.
BUT LIKE, THIS AREA WOULD BE FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN APPLICATION.
I AGREE TO KEEP MY AREA CLEAN, ATTEND THESE CLASSES, NOT A CLASS, ATTEND THIS EVENT ONCE A MONTH.
UM, AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND AT THE END WE'LL COOK, WE CAN WHATEVER, HAVE A GREAT, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY THAT'S EVEN BETTER AT THE END HAVE LIKE A GREAT, THEY COOK OUT AND EVERYBODY PREPARES STUFF THAT THEY'VE GROWN.
UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO FLUSH THAT OUT.
I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME JUST, WE HAVE THESE PLOTS, YOU KNOW, SPONSORED BY US.
UM, EVEN IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS KIND OF A COMMUNITY, UH, GARDEN, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A COMMUNITY GARDEN.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA CALL THE PEOPLE AND OKAY, CITY GIVING OUT THE, UH, PLANT, UH, YOU TO GROW AND SIT WHEREVER YOU WANT AND KEEP IT CLEAN, UH, UNDER LAWS, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT, UH, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE THE CITY WANTS IT, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA PUT THE, YOU KNOW, LIKE STRICT, UH, THINGS, UH, THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY, WE DON'T HAVE TO EDUCATE.
UH, NO ONE, UH, I DON'T THINK A YOUNGER GENERATION IS GONNA BE THERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE ELDERLY PEOPLE THERE.
AND WHEN WE TALKING ON ELDERLY PEOPLE, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, THEY KNOW VERY WELL HOW TO, UH, WORK WITH THE LAND AND HOW TO MAKE IT CLEAN.
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KNOW VERY WELL HOW TO WORK WITH THE, UH, LAND AFRICANS THEY KNOW VERY WELL HOW WORK WITH THE LANDS, EVEN AMERICANS, UH, WHEN WE GO TO ELDERLY, THEY'VE BEEN, UH, FOR FARMER INC.AND, UH, GROWING, UH, BUNCH OF STUFF.
THEY KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT, HOW, HOW TO WORK WITH THE LAND.
I DON'T THINK WE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF ISSUES, UH, WITH THIS.
AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT AND JUST NEED MORE INFORMATION AND, UH, THINGS TO DO.
UM, SO ON TOP LEADING FROM THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT HOMEWORK MONTHS AGO TO CONSIDER SOME OTHER INITIATIVES IN LIKE THE COORDINATOR POSITIONS, UM, WHERE WE WERE SPEAKING OF LIKE A COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, LIKE A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT I HAD CONSIDERED, UM, IS SOMEBODY LIKE, LIKE A LEGISLATION TYPE COORDINATOR THAT KEEPS AN EYE ON, UM, LEGISLATION THAT'S IMPACTFUL TO, UM, COMMUNITIES OF, UM, MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND, UM, OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT OF WHERE YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF A CERTAIN, UM, PART OF THIS WORK.
AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO DURING THESE MEETINGS IS JUST DO A QUICK UPDATE FOR YOUR, YOU KNOW, COORDINATOR POSITION.
IF YOU ARE THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AND, AND YOU DID SOME REACH OUT WORK OR IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME NEW LEGISLATION COMING DOWN THE PIKE THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE IMPACTFUL.
I SAW SOME LEGISLATION ABOUT, UH, CHARGING TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS WITH LIKE, THESE RIDICULOUS CRIMES BECAUSE OF, UM, THE MATERIALS LIKE CHARGING THE TEACHERS AND THE LIBRARIANS WITH THE DISSEMINATING HARMFUL MATERIALS TO CHILDREN.
AND IT'S COMING IN THROUGH THE OHIO HOUSE, I'M SURE NOW, HOPEFULLY IT WOULD NEVER GO ANYWHERE 'CAUSE IT'S ABSURD.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE DAY AND AGE THAT WE'RE IN, AND THAT'S THE LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, HOLIDAYS AND, AND FESTIVALS OR GRAND, BUT WE'RE, WE NEED TO GET TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS WORK.
AND THE, THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES OF THIS WORK STARTS WITH THE LAWS AND THE LEGISLATIONS THAT ARE IMPACTING, UM, MINORITY POPULATIONS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR THE MOST.
UM, SO I'LL PUT SOME MORE WORK INTO THAT.
I'LL BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT.
I, I DON'T HAVE, I HAVE ABOUT 35 SECONDS OF FREE TIME A DAY AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE.
UM, BUT PUT SOME THOUGHTS INTO SOME COORDINATOR POSITIONS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UM, TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WITH THAT LEGISLATION.
UM, COORDINATOR POSITION COULD ALSO BE SOMEBODY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PLANNING MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
REPORTING BACK ON, UM, CITY LEGISLATION THAT COULD BE IMPACTFUL AS WELL.
UM, SO JUST SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
I'D LIKE TO BRING BACK THE POLICE SLASH EDUCATION FORUMS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON, UM, WITH THE YOUTH SPECIFICALLY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT ERIC RICHARDSON ISN'T HERE, AND HIM AND I AND, UH, ERIC STEVENS WERE THE ONES THAT HAD WORKED MOST CLOSELY ON THOSE INITIATIVES.
UM, SO I'LL WAIT FOR HIM TO GET BACK TO SEE WHERE WE CAN MAYBE FIND AN IN, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO FIND A WAY TO BRING BACK THESE, THESE FORUMS, UM, THAT WE HAD PROPOSED.
UM, I'M GONNA STOP SAYING, UM, EVERY 42 SECONDS.
AND SO
UM, SAME THING WITH THE LIAISON WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS LIKE NEXT WEEK.
WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT TUESDAY.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN INVOLVED WITH.
THERE'S THE CITY, THE SCHOOL DOES THIS, UM, KICKOFF MEETING OR KICKOFF DAY FOR THE TEACHERS THAT YOLANDA AND I ATTENDED YEARS AGO.
AND WE HAVEN'T, UM, HAD THAT INVITATION EXTENDED TO US AGAIN.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT SOME LIAISON POSITIONS.
HOW CAN WE GET OURSELVES MORE KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HERE? WE WANT TO DO THIS WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE DOING THIS WORK AND BE A LITTLE LESS SILOED.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THAT
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TURKISH MEMORIAL DINNER.I WASN'T HEARING THE BEST THINGS, BUT I MEAN, NOT BAD THINGS, BUT GOOD THINGS.
LET ME KNOW WHERE THE COMMISSION CAN STEP UP.
MAYBE OUR DONATION OR OUR, UM, SPONSORSHIP OF THE EVENT.
DON'T FORGET, WE WERE WILLING TO KICK IN MONEY FROM A COMMISSION, UM, AS WELL.
WHAT'S THE DATE? NOVEMBER 15TH AT SINCLAIR COLLEGE.
I HAVE TO GO OUTTA TOWN FOR MY JOB.
HOW IS THE PLANNING GOING? DO YOU HAVE A SO YOU HAVE A VENUE.
YOU HAVE A CATERER YET? UH, YES.
WE HAVE A, A CATERING YET THAT'S A SIN COLLEGE, UH, PROVIDING THEMSELF.
AND THEY PROVIDE US, UH, LIKE A MENU AND WE GONNA PICK, CHOOSE.
PICK FROM THERE IS YOU WANNA YOU WANNA EXPLAIN? YEAH.
THE MENU, IT'S ALREADY PICKED.
THERE WILL BE, UH, BEEF AND CHICKEN AND, UH, TWO TYPES OF SALAD DRINKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WHAT TIME? ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT.
6:00 PM WE'RE, UH, WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE AT THAT EVENT, BUT, UH, WE WERE THINKING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A TRADITIONAL, THERE'S THIS, THEY MAKE A SONG WITH MUSIC, WITH SOME KIND OF INSTRUMENT THAT'S A TRADITIONAL TURKISH INSTRUMENT.
SO TRY, WE'LL TRY TO HAVE SOMEBODY DO THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S STILL UNDER QUESTION MARK.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'LL BE, BUT MOST OF US IS AN AGENDA LIKE SPEAKERS.
WE WILL HAVE SPEAKERS AND, UM, BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY T PAYING TRIBUTE, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHEN WE, WHEN WE GONNA START, UH, OF COURSE WE GONNA SAY HELLO TO EVERYBODY, WHY THIS DATE AND WHAT THIS MEANING OF THIS DATE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS AND THAT.
AND WE ARE GONNA GO OVER THE PROGRAM REALLY QUICK.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA START WITH OUR, UH, PASTOR.
I'M GONNA, UH, DO SOME, UH, I DON'T KNOW, RECITE QURAN, UH, LIKE, UH, HOLY QURAN, YOU KNOW, FOR A LITTLE BIT.
UH, FOR, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MEMORIAL DAY AND WE LOST SO MANY, UH, PEOPLE DURING THAT.
UH, THE DEPORTATION ABOUT CLOSE TO 20, 20,000 PEOPLE WE LOST THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, STARTING, UH, WITH THE HOLY QURAN.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK WE GONNA, UH, START GETTING, UH, DINNER, PICK UP FOOD, YOU KNOW, GET A FOOD AND EVERYBODY, SO FIND THE PLACES.
AND THEN IJI IS GONNA BE A SPEAKER.
AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, UH, VIDEO MOVIE, UH, LIKE SLIDESHOW OKAY.
OF THAT, UH, DAYS OF THOSE DAYS.
AND THOSE, UH, SOME PICTURES OF, OF FROM, UH, THOSE DAYS.
AND WE WILL HAVE SOME, UH, OUR ELDERLIES STILL IN LIFE, UH, BEING IN THAT DAY, UH, FIVE YEARS OLD, SIX YEARS OLD, SEVEN YEARS OLD, UH, EVEN 10 YEARS OLD.
THEY STILL ALIVE AND THEY CAN, UH, WALK, TALK, AND UNDERSTAND AND LISTEN AND HEAR AND EVERYTHING.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE, UH, HEARING AND, AND VIDEOS.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UH, OUR, UH, CITY STUFF, UH, DATA AND CITY STUFF.
AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, OUR TURKISH, UH, COUNCIL FROM CHICAGO AND, UH, HOPING TO HAVE, I MEAN, WE ALREADY DISCUSSED, IF ANYTHING, IF ANYTHING GONNA CHANGES.
WE WILL HAVE OUR, UH, AMBASSADOR FROM WASHINGTON DC OH, WOW.
TURKISH AMBASSADOR FROM WASHINGTON DC SO BASICALLY ALL THE, UH, LIKE TOP, UH, NAMES OF THE STATE AND, AND IN TURKEY IS GONNA BE, UH, THERE, UH, BE TO BE WITH US THERE.
AND, UM, WE ARE GONNA REPRESENT THEM.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM A SPEECH WHEN, UH, ME AND, UH, MATT JOSEPH, UH, WHICH IS A COMMISSIONER FROM DAYTON.
UH, SPOKE ABOUT IT IN, UH, JEFFREY.
AND, UH, TONY, UH, IBRAHIM, UH, WE TALK ABOUT IT, HOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, AND, UH, PROCLAMATION.
UH, SO HUB HEIGHT ALREADY HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND DAYTON HAS A PROCLAMATION.
AND, UH, WHEREVER ALL THE UM, UH, CITY REP,
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE GONNA SHOW UP, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA SHOW UP WITH THE PROCLAMATION.SO, YOU KNOW, READING THE PROCLAMATION, UH, THIS KIND OF EVENT, WE ARE THINKING THAT'S TRUE.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR CORRECTION OR SOMETHING, PLEASE TELL US.
AND, UH, AS A
QUESTION, DID YOU EXCUSE ME, GO IF, UH, JEFFREY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, IF I MISS SOMETHING? YOU GO AHEAD.
HE, UH, ABRAHAM AND, UH,
UM, YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN, THEY'VE, THEY'VE ASKED ME, OR THEY'VE ASKED THE CITY TO KIND OF SPONSOR AS WELL AS THE, UM, CITY OF DAYTON.
UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE, OBVIOUSLY THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN BOTH CITIES AND THEN THE, UH, UH, UH, POPULATION.
UM, UH, BOTH CITIES HAVE THAT REAL, UH, LARGE, UH, TURKISH POPULATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT BETTER WAY TO KIND OF SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION, UM, THAN TO KIND OF SUPPORT THEM WHEN IT COMES TO REMEMBERING THEIR, THEIR LOSS, UM, OVER THE 80 YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, TURKISH POPULATION DOES A LOT FOR THE DAYTON REGION, SO THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO KIND OF SUPPORT THEM IN THAT EFFORT AS WELL.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S GOING SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
WE INVITATION BEING SENT TO MATE YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, TELLING, TELLING THE, TELLING THE GUYS THAT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO GET, UH, I'M TRYING TO GET INVITATIONS AND THEN THE FLYERS OUT HOPEFULLY BY MID AUGUST, SO WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT OUT.
WE CAN KIND OF GET THOSE, SAVE THE DATES OUT THERE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF I'M, MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT, UH, SPEAKING OUTTA TURN RIGHT.
THE, THE, THE EVENT FOR, UM, THE GENERAL, UH, PUBLIC IS FREE FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS OUT THE FLOOR.
SO, SO, UH, IT'S NOT THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA COMMENT, YOU GOTTA PAY FOR THE EVENT.
THE, THE NO, THAT'S TOTALLY FREE, EVERYBODY.
SO, SO, UM, WE HAVE, AGAIN, NOT TRYING TO OVERSPEAK, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, THE, THE CAPACITY OF LOOKING AT 400 PEOPLE OR SO TO, FOR THE VENUE, THE SPACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO KIND OF GET IT OUT THERE AND REALLY KINDA IMMERSE, UM, THE, THE, THE HISTORY AND THE CULTURE OF THE TURKISH, UM, UH, UH, PEOPLE.
AND, UH, TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, UM, BECAUSE I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE KIND OF REALLY, UH, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I WANT TO USE, UH, WOVEN YOURSELVES INTO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, UH, SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE.
UM, IS IT, SO DO WITH THE 400 CAPACITY, IS IT GONNA BE LIKE, REGISTER ONLINE, WE JUST NEED YOUR FIRST NAME, LAST NAME? 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TABLE ASSIGNMENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, SO, AND THEN WHEN IT CUTS OFF, YOU SAY THE EVENT IS FULL, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM, OR IS THAT WE, I, YOU SAY NO, YOU SAY YES.
SO, SO YOU SAY NO, YOU SAY WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT.
SO I, I WOULD LOVE THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD SHOW HOW MUCH WHERE WE ARE AT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND, UM, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY GOT LIKE, IT KIND OF GIVES US A COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU WANNA KNOW WHO COMES LIKE TABLES OR, I THINK, I THINK IF WE ARE GONNA, IF WE ARE GONNA COUNT, WE CAN ONLY COUNT, UM, THE, UH, STATE OFFICIALS AND THE CITY OFFICIALS AND OUR GUESTS, UH, OR FROM THE, YOU KNOW, AREA.
AND, BUT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN COUNT BECAUSE WE GONNA ANNOUNCE AND UH, WE GONNA JUST INVITE THEM.
IF YOU CAN COME, YOU CAN COME THERE.
IF YOU CAN COME, YOU CAN COME.
AND LET'S SAY, OF COURSE, IT'S GONNA BE A FIRST PRIORITY TO OUR ELDERLIES IN THE, UH, STATES AND THE CITY OFFICIALS, UH, TABLES, SOAN NAMES.
THAT'S HOW WE WANNA DO, UH, HUB HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, CITY, UH, LIKE TABLE GATHERING, UH, DAYTON CITY, UH, DATE.
LIKE TABLE SOME RESERVE TABLES.
AND THEN, UH, STATE OFFICIALS, UH, RESERVE TABLES.
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MM-HMM.AND ALL OTHERS, UH, LIKE GENERAL.
AND WE ALREADY TALKED TO THE, UH, SINCLAIR COLLEGE.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE US, UH, WITH THE CHAIRS.
WHAT ABOUT THE FOOD? LIKE, HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR THAT? ARE THEY JUST GONNA PLAN FOR 400 AND IF 100 COME THEY JUST HAVE EXTRA FOR 300? OR HOW ARE THEY GONNA DO THAT? SO THE FOOD, UH, THEY'RE GONNA PREPARE IT FOR 400 PEOPLE.
AND, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE, WE'LL STILL HAVE FOOD, THEN SHE SAY THEY NEVER RUN OUT.
THE CHEF ALWAYS HAS EXTRAS AND, UH, ON THE CHAIRS ON THE TABLES, THEY, WE WILL HAVE EXTRA TABLES AND CHAIRS SET UP.
THEY WILL JUST NOT HAVE THE SILVER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, SO GUYS, JUST TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THEM AND YEAH.
SO ONCE, ONCE WE GET THE, ONCE WE GET THE FLYER OUT, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE CAN KIND OF REALLY PUSH TO KIND OF GET IT OUT TO, TO WHERE YOU GUYS WANT IT TO GO TO.
I I THINK YOU KNOW CARLOS' RIGHT? JUST TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS.
I REMEMBER, UH, TALKING ABOUT IF HE, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, TABLES, RESORTS FOR HUBER HEIGHTS.
BECAUSE WE ARE, UH, PLANNING LIKE EVERYBODY, UH, INVITED FROM, UH, HUBER HEIGHT AND SOME POLICE, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE CHIEF AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL GUESTS.
AND SAME THING IN DAYTON, BUT, UH, MATT, JOSEPH ALREADY SAID THE COMMISSIONER, SORRY, THE MAYOR, UH, JEFF MEMES IS NOT GONNA BE HERE THAT DAY.
HE'S GONNA BE IN PHILADELPHIA FOR SOME KIND OF BUSINESS.
HE'S GONNA BE THERE FOR SOME KIND OF BUSINESS.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OTHER LIKE, WELCOME DAYTON.
AND, UH, WE HAVE OTHER, UH, FRIENDS FROM DAYTON AND WE HAVE, UM, UH, OUR OTHER, UH, MUSLIM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, TABLES FOR THEM.
SO WE ARE GONNA GET SOME, UH, WE CAN ARRANGE, UH, RESERVE IT AT RESERVES RESERVATION TABLE FOR, UH, THESE PEOPLE.
BUT ALL OTHERS, WE DON'T NEED RESERVATION.
WHAT ABOUT THE LAST TIME I, I MISSED LAST MONTH, BUT THE MONTH BEFORE WHEN WE WERE FIRST TALKING ABOUT IT AND Y'ALL PICKED A DATE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, KIND OF LIKE A SPONSORSHIP DRIVE TO GAIN THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO, SO FLY IN DC BOOK THE HOTELS, FLY IN STATE BOOK THE, DID Y'ALL TO GET ALL THAT TAKEN CARE OF? EVERYBODY GOOD.
YOU, YOU GOOD ON YOUR DOLLARS? WELL, UH, OR IS IT, ARE YOU STILL DRIVING FOR MORE FUNDS OR THEY, UH, WE PRETTY MUCH WERE ALL SET WHEN IT COMES TO THE DONATIONS.
I THINK THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND THE DAYTON WAS, UH, COMMITTED TO DO DONATION.
AND, UH, THE, THE TOTAL EVENT IS ABOUT $15,000.
AND UH, AS FAR AS THE HOTEL AND THE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE, THE OFFICIALS, UM, FROM THE TURKISH COUNCIL AND THE AMBASSADOR, THEY ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF ON THEIR END BY THEIR OWN.
UH, AND I BELIEVE JEFFREY MENTIONED WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE GOVERNOR OR ANYTHING, SENATOR, GOVERNOR.
SO, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT YOU TALKING ABOUT OHIO, OHIO, OHIO OFFICIALS, OHIO OFFICIALS, THEY CAN COME ON THEIR OWN.
BUT I WAS THINKING LIKE DC AND CHICAGO, WE NEED TO LIKE A TRANSFER TO SOMEBODY TO BE DESIGNATED TO PICK THEM UP IN A CAR.
YOU KNOW, AND TAKE 'EM TO A HOTEL.
SO LIKE THEIR ESCORT, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AMBASSADOR TYPE.
SO THOSE OHIO, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE SHOULD BE FINE OBVIOUSLY 'CAUSE THEY'RE FROM THE STATE, IN THE STATE.
UM, IT'S JUST THE UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, REALLY PRESSING THE, REALLY MAKING SURE WE CAN GET THE SAFETY DATE OUT RIGHT.
BECAUSE I THINK THE SOONER THE BETTER THEY CAN KIND OF SAVE IT.
WE CAN KIND OF GET THE YAY OR NAY IF THEY CAN MAKE IT OUT, MAKE IT OR NOT.
OR IF, OR IF THEY CAN SEND REPRESENTATION FROM THEIR OFFICES.
I MEAN THAT, THAT KIND OF GOES A LONG WAY.
RIGHT? SO, UM, IT, IT, IT IS JUST KIND OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THAT.
AND IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE RIGHT FROM, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, I THINK LIKE 15 OR 18,
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THAT'S, UM, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, STATE REPS, CONGRESSIONAL, UM, SENATOR, UM, GOVERNOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SO, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CITIES AS WELL.SO COUNCIL AND COMMISSION, AND THEN DC AND CHICAGO OH YES.
THEY WILL, THEY WILL HAVE OWN TRANSPORTATION WITH THE OWN DRIVERS, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM TO PICK THEM UP OR GIVE THEM RIGHT.
EVEN IF WE GOING HAVE TO DO THAT, UH, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, UH, WE WILL, UH, GET A DONOR TO DONATE TO ROMES OR WHATEVER.
WE CAN, WE CAN ARRANGE THAT NO PROBLEM.
WE, WE ARE DOING ALL THE TIME THEY'VE BEEN HERE.
YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN ARRANGE THAT AS WELL.
BLACK TIE DRESSY DRESS CODE DRESSY.
HOW YOU WANNA, UH, I WAS, I DON'T KNOW.
I FIGURE IF BUSINESS ATTIRE WOULD BE SOMEWHAT NICE.
I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF THE, I KNOW HOW YOU GUYS KIND OF LAID IT OUT TO ME, THIS BEING THE 80TH, YOU KNOW, SO WE KIND OF WANT TO, YOU GUYS KIND OF WANTED TO REALLY KIND OF LIKE THROW IT, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT A LITTLE NICER, UH, THAN MOST RECOGNITIONS YEARS IN THE PAST AT LEAST.
UM, BUT YEAH, I FIGURE OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE A LITTLE NICER JUST BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PAYING THE RESPECT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, HONESTLY JUST THE LOCATION, JEFFREY, I DON'T WANNA PUT A DRESS CODE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PEOPLE, THEY GONNA KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMING.
IT'S, IT SAYS TURKISH
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT THEY COMING FOR.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE ARE GONNA PUT A DRESS CODE.
I GUESS TO HAVE PRESSURE ON THE, ON THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
I THINK OFFICIALS AND, UH, CITY OFFICIALS, THEY ALWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DRESSED, UH, WELL, AND YEAH, I, I WAS GONNA GIVE, YEAH, I DIDN'T THINK ANYBODY WAS GONNA COME IN THERE AND BASKETBALL SHORTS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, MS. TARA.
AND, UH, AS A CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION, ARE WE GONNA BE, UH, PLANNING TO DONATE SOMETHING TO THIS EVENT OR, UH, BECAUSE HUB HEIGHT ALREADY DONATE, UH, DIAMOND AMOUNT.
WHAT'S THE DIAMOND AMOUNT? 5,000? WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
OKAY, LET ME, LET ME DOWN LEVEL.
THE QUESTION WAS WHAT DO WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET? DON, LET ME INTERJECT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET, SO YES.
SO IN OUR, IN YOUR GUYS' BUDGET, YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE, OH GOD, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.
MAYBE LIKE, SHOOT, WHAT WAS IT? IT SPENT A GOOD CHUNK ON JUNETEENTH LEFTOVER FROM JUNETEENTH? NO, NOT AFTER LEFTOVER, AFTER JUNETEENTH.
SO LET ME SAY LIKE FIVE, LEMME SAY FIVE TO SEVEN, RIGHT? FIVE TO $7,000.
LIKE, I WILL, I WILL EMAIL YOU GUYS TOMORROW AND GIVE YOU GUYS THAT EXPENSE FOR JUNETEENTH.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A, I HAVE THE PAPER PRINTED OUT FOR TONY, BUT IT'S BEEN A MINUTE.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION IS GOING.
THE CONVERSATION IS GOING IS THAT THE MONEY IS COMING OUT OF YOUR GUYS' BUDGET.
HUBER HEIGHTS DONATION IS OUR DONATION.
SO THE 5,000, $5,000 TO YOUR, SO THE $5,000 IS COMING OUT OF THE COMMISSION'S BUDGET.
I JUST WANNA, UH, UNDER CHANGE THIS OUT.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT US, JUST HOLD ON.
HOW DOES, HOW DOES THE CITY DECIDE WHAT'S COMING OUTTA OUR BUDGET WITHOUT US DECIDING WHAT'S COMING OUTTA OUR BUDGET? UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL FUNDS THAT END UP IN COMMISSION OR BOARD'S BUDGET IS CITY FUNDS, BUT IT'S, WE DECIDE HOW WE SPEND OUR BUDGET FOR SURE.
AND THEN I GUESS THE REASONING THAT I GOT BEHIND IT WAS JUST BECAUSE THE CANCELLATION OF, WAS IT MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? THE EXTRA MONEY IS THERE, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, SO THE MONEY FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER ISN'T COMING OUTTA OUR BUDGET.
SO UNDERSTANDING THAT, I THINK THE ONLY LAST THING THAT LIKE THE, THE, THE COMMISSION MIGHT WANT TO GO TO IS THE NAACP BANQUET DINNER.
UM, YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE, YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE THAT MONEY LEFT.
LIKE THERE SHOULD BE SOME MONEY LEFT OVER BY THE TIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT MONEY DOES NOT ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR.
SO THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT
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SOMEWHERE.IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NAACP BANQUET DINNER WAS SPONSORED BY THE CITY, NOT BY OUR COMMISSION, THAT TABLE LAST YEAR.
AGAIN, AGAIN, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SINCE THE MONEY THE, LIKE, THAT'S GONNA BE I GUESS THE SAME SITUATION, RIGHT? THE MONEY IS SITTING IN A COMMISSION OR A BOARD BUDGET.
THE CITY WILL PULL THAT AND USE THAT TOWARDS EVENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT I GET IT.
IT JUST, IS IT, IT'S, IT'S WEIRD.
WHEN DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE, WE'RE SETTING A BUDGET AND WE'RE DECIDING THOSE
SO LIKE, IT, LIKE AS I TOLD, I TOLD YOU GUYS THE LAST TIME WE HAD MET, RIGHT.
IF THERE'S MORE, IF THERE'S MORE INITIATIVES, IF THERE'S MORE EVENTS OR THERE'S MORE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO, OBVIOUSLY SURE.
WE NEED TO KIND OF SET A GUIDELINE.
SO, SO CITY MANAGER KNOWS AS WELL AS COUNCIL KNOWS, UH, FOR THEM TO KIND OF, UH, APPROVE THAT BUDGET.
AGAIN, WE CAN, WE CAN GENERALLY SET A BUDGET AND THEN IF FOR SOME REASON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO INCREASE IT, THERE'S MEANS TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO APPROPRIATE MORE DOLLARS FOR X, Y, Z AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THE, THE COMMISSION.
SO I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO BE KIND OF LIKE AGITATED OR I DON'T WANT TO SAY AGITATED IS THE WRONG WORD, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, UPSET ABOUT FUNDS IF YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING ON DOING MORE THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I THINK WE CAN FIND THE RESOURCES AND THE DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY DO, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO DO IF IT COMES TO THAT.
SO DON'T BE, UM, UH, UM, UM, PUT, PUT DOWN BY THAT, THE NOTION OF THE DOLLARS MOVING.
ANY WAY FOR, UH, CITY OF
MR. JEFFREY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HUSTLE IN, UH, DOING EVERY POSSIBLE THING TO MAKE THIS EVENT HAPPEN.
UM, SPEAKING OF THE BUDGET, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT SOME MARKETING MATERIALS, LIKE HOW MUCH A TABLE SKIRT WITH OUR NAME OR LIKE A TENT OR SOMETHING.
WE NEED MARKETING MATERIALS, SO, SO YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO, SO CAN YOU PRICE SOME OF THAT STUFF OUT FOR ME PLEASE, AND BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, I CAN.
SO THE, THE, SO THE CITY, SO THE, THIS IS WHAT THE IDEA, WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WITH THE $5,000.
SO THE $5,000 WAS MEANT TO BE USED AS A, UH, IN KIND SERVICE TO THE ACTUAL DINNER.
SO WITHIN THAT $5,000, UM, I'M USING IT FOR INVITATIONS, FLYERS, UH, MARKETING TO KIND OF GET, UM, OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS SENDING OUT THE INVITATIONS TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, THAT WE KIND OF LIKE FORMED OUT WHO, WHO THEY WANT TO KIND OF BE OUT THERE.
UM, I DON'T EXPECT THAT WHOLE $5,000 TO JUST BE FOR THAT.
SO YEAH, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE, UH, WELL, WELL, LET ME BACK UP.
THAT IN ADDITION TO LIKE A BOOKLET, 'CAUSE WE, WE DID SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DO A BOOKLET OR LIKE SOME TYPE OF PAMPHLET THAT KIND OF YOU MEAN PROGRAM? YES.
THAT KIND OF, WELL, THE, THE TABLE SKIRT OR THE, THAT WAS FOR ONGOING.
SO THAT WHEN WE SET UP AT EVENTS.
WE HAVE A WAY OF SAYING WHO WE ARE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST FOR THAT, BUT I GOT YOU.
IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING TWO MEETINGS AGO THAT WE COULDN'T SPONSOR THIS DINNER 'CAUSE IT WAS IN DAYTON.
AND THAT'S HOW WE COULDN'T, SO NOT REALLY SURE HOW WE GOT BACK TO SPONSORING WITHIN DINNER.
WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T HOST IT.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FACILITY EITHER, RIGHT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE, AND THEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN EVEN, AND THEN IT WOULD'VE ALSO BEEN SOMETHING WE COULDN'T HOST IF IT WAS LOCATED IN DAYTON WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AS LIKE, LET'S SAY IT'S ALREADY IN THE CITY OF DAYTON, BUT IT'S A A, A DINNER HOSTED BY THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS END DAYTON.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT AT ALL.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS COMMISSION AND I FEEL LIKE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR US AND THEN WE FIND OUT ABOUT 'EM LATER AND THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
SO I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY OF IT.
UM, BUT IF, IF IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR COMMISSION'S BUDGET AND WE ARE USING IT TO CREATE THE PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AGAIN, NO ISSUE.
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TO UNDERSTAND THAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US.IT'S NOT GONNA SAY SPONSOR BY THE DAYTON OR THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY SAYS, YEAH.
IT'LL JUST SAY THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM IF YOU GUYS WANNA SEE THE ITEMIZED STUFF, LIKE ANYTHING THAT WE GET, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH YOU KIND OF GIVING ME YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE IT.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE THE DIAMOND SPONSOR, WE SHOULD BE THE DIAMOND SPONSOR.
SO IF WE'RE DOING A PAMPHLET OR A BOOKLET OR A PROGRAM OR WHATEVER IT IS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PROMOTION, RIGHT? SO WE COULD PUT SOMETHING IN THAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
BECAUSE I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS, I KNOW I'M KIND OF GOING ON TRACK, BUT IT WAS THE SAME IDEA OF LIKE MAYBE SARAH MCPHERSON TALKING ABOUT DOING LOGOS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE DIFFERENT BOARDS OF COMMISSION.
UM, I WILL TALK TO HER TOMORROW ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, WE WANTED TO KIND OF KNOW WHICH BOARD OR COMMISSION IT WAS, RATHER THAN JUST HAVING LETTERINGS, BUT AN ACTUAL KIND OF LOGO THAT SHOWED, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE COM UH, CULTURE DIVERSITY COMMISSION AND THIS IS, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S KIND OF TWO SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS.
BUT I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, TO PRICE OUT LIKE THREE BY FIVE KIND OF HARD FLYER BROCHURE CARDS WITH THE QR CODE THAT LINKS BACK TO OUR INFORMATION AND PENS LIKE THESE, MAYBE NOT EVEN PENS 'CAUSE IT'S TOO SMALL FOR US, BUT, BUT STUFF FOR OUR COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY TO USE FOR LIKE TABLE COVERS.
TO USE OUR EVENTS J CENTER, YOU KNOW, EVEN ONE OF THE TENTS THAT HAS OUR COMMISSION, SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO FIND US.
SO IF YOU COULD PRICE THAT OUT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BECAUSE WHAT IS THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY? IS IT ONE, ONE OR SEVEN TO SIX OR ONE TO ONE? 1 1 12.
UM, SO IF IT'S NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT'S FINE TO HAVE FOR THE SUMMER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SARAH HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, I THINK SOMETIME LAST YEAR THAT SHE WANTED TO DO KIND OF THIS YEAR.
WELL, COMING INTO THE 2025 BUDGET, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT NOBODY'S TALKING TO US ABOUT WHAT THEY WANNA DO FOR THOSE THINGS.
I FEEL, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AND I CAN BE MISSPEAKING AND MAYBE IT WAS LIKE SIDE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE PROBABLY HAD WITH OTHERS ON THE COMMISSION, BUT I'M FOR CERTAIN THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, OR AT LEAST SARAH'S IDEAS WHEN IT CAME TO THE COMMISSIONS AND THE BOARDS.
BUT MY, MY MISTAKE, IF THAT WASN'T KINDA SHARED TO YOU GUYS, WELL, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
I MEAN, WE, THEY YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE, SO, MM-HMM.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, I SAW THE VENDOR APPLICATION WITH OUR EXACT, LIKE, EVERYTHING.
ARE YOU GUYS REALLY HAVING THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FROM 12 TO NINE? HUH? IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL REALLY 12 TO NINE IN OCTOBER 12? 12:12 PM TO 9:00 PM YEAH, I THAT'S WHAT IT'S ONLINE AS WHAT DATE? 12TH.
I, SO IT'S, IT'S SARAH, OBVIOUSLY.
I JUST HAPPEN TO MENTION, I JUST NOT MENTION, I HAVEN'T SEE THAT TODAY.
DID IT GIVE A LOCATION? IS IT EEL BERG? YEAH.
IS THAT THE EEL BERG? IT'S THE SAME LOGO WE USED LAST YEAR, SEVEN 15.
MOVING ALONG YOUR NEXT JEFFREY DI NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATES.
UM, YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOOD STUFF.
SO WE'RE STILL ON THAT KICKOFF STAGE.
UM, WHAT'S, UH, RAMA HAS ASKED OF ME, UM, UM, I THINK IT WAS, OOH, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, LET'S JUST SAY A MONTH AT THE LATEST.
UM, I HAD SENT YOU OR SENT THE COMMISSION SOME QUESTIONS, MAYBE FOUR TO FIVE QUESTIONS.
AND THE IDEA WAS, HEY, UH, ARE THESE
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THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ANSWER 'EM, BUT THE IDEA WAS, UM, HEY, ARE THESE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO BE ASKING WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS ASSESSMENT? RIGHT.UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT, UH, RAMA WAS TRYING TO GET AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMISSION, WHEN IT CAME TO, UH, UH, UM, STAFF LEADERSHIP.
AND WHEN IT ALSO CAME TO, UH, THE ELECTED, UH, COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT, UH, TRAJECTORY.
UM, AGAIN, RAMA HAS ASKED ME TO KIND OF, UM, GET SOME INTERNAL INFORMATION, UM, AS THEY WANT TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN INTERNALLY.
UM, JUST ASKING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE, UM, HAS THERE BEEN, UM, MANY SURVEYS IN THE PAST, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, UH, TAKING PLACE, UM, UH, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE CITY? UM, UM, JUST, UM, UM, THINGS OF THE NATURE OF, UH, SIZE OF, UH, FULL-TIME, EMPLOYEES, NUM, UH, UH, EMPLOYMENT SIZE, UM, FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO I'M STILL IN THAT PROCESS, TRYING TO GIVE 'EM ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THEN ALSO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
UM, UH, RAMA'S PLANNING ON DOING, UH, SOME INTERVIEWS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, PROBABLY, I WANNA SAY MAYBE THROUGH AUGUST THE 12TH THROUGH AUGUST THE 17TH.
UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, UM, ON THAT STAKEHOLDER, UM, CONTACT LIST, IT IS THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR.
SO, UM, I'VE GIVEN THEM YOUR INFORMATION.
UH, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, UM, SOME TIMES TO KIND OF, UH, DISCUSS, UM, EIGHT 17, UH, EIGHT 17, UH, THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, IS AUGUST THE SEVENTH AT 11.
SO WHAT'D YOU SAY NEXT MEETING WITH, UH, UH, UH, RAMA IS AUGUST THE SEVENTH AT 11:00 AM AT 11:00 AM SO THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS YOU SENT US THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING DURING THOSE, OR THEY HAVEN'T PLANNED THOSE YET? NO, WE, YEAH, THEY HAVEN'T PLANNED THOSE YET.
SO THOSE BUT ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DONE TO SEPTEMBER.
COME AGAIN, ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
SO LET'S ME, I DON'T KNOW IF I SENT YOU GUYS THAT GANTT CHART AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW THE EMAIL, THE GANTT CHART, SO I DON'T, I WANNA SAY THAT THE GANTT CHART PROBABLY RUNS OFF OF OPPOSITE OF WHAT THAT PAPER IS SAYING NOW, OR AT LEAST JUST BECAUSE WE DID KINDA, WE DID KIND OF START A LITTLE LATER FROM I THINK THAT TIMELINE YOU DID.
SO WHERE WERE WE GONNA CATCH UP? UM, I DO NOT HAVE THE GANTT CHART IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK IT'S INSANE.
I THINK BY THE TIME I COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER, I'LL HAVE A BETTER, A BETTER, I'LL HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME WITH THEM TALKING TO THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AROUND HUBER HEIGHTS AS WELL AS THE, THE DAYTON REGION, UM, I THINK THEN, AND COME EARLY SEPTEMBER, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER TIMELINE OF WHEN THEY WANNA START THOSE, LIKE, UM, UM, EXTERNAL QUESTIONING, UM, AND FOCUS GROUPS REALIZING THAT, UM, RAMA ALSO WANTS TO DO, UM, SOME, UH, SURVEYS AND QUESTIONINGS, UH, QUESTIONNAIRES INTERNALLY AS WELL.
SO, UM, COME THE AUGUST, UH, UH, SEVENTH MEETING, I WILL HAVE A BETTER GRASP OF, UH, THAT PROCESS.
AND OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT MONTH, MONTHLY UPDATES WHEN WE, UH, HIT THESE COMMISSION MEETINGS, SO I'LL HAVE A BETTER, UH, PULSE ON THAT COME THAT TIME FOR YOU GUYS.
YEAH, IF YOU COULD ASK THEM WHAT, UM, WHAT'S JUST, WHAT'S THE NEW TIMELINE? OKAY.
OR JUST GET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE.
BECAUSE IN MY MIND I'M GOING, WE'RE FEBRUARY, 2025, WE NEED TO KEEP IT MOVING.
I WANT, I'M A VISUAL, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I UNDERSTAND.
IS THESE MEETINGS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN? OR, OR NO.
I THINK FROM WHEN RAMA HAD CAME INITIALLY, I THINK THE IDEA IS YES, THEY WANTED YOU GUYS, UM, TO SOME TYPE OF CAPACITY TO BE AT, UM, THESE FOCUS, UH, FOCUS GROUPS AS WELL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL WITH THE, UH, WITH THAT, UM, UH, UM, INPUT MEETING.
BUT THE MEETING NEXT WEEK, IS THAT A FOCUS GROUP OR WHAT DO, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? NO, THAT IS JUST PURPOSE FOR, UM, UH, UH, PLANNING.
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UH, RAYMOND AND MYSELF.BUT SHOULD WE DON'T NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING MEETING? NO, I'M JUST TELLING YOU GUYS WHEN THE NEXT TIME WE'RE GONNA MEET.
NEW BUSINESS, UM, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO PART OF OUR LEGISLATION, UM, THAT WE NEED TO, UM, SET SOME TIME, SOME DATES OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
UM, I WOULD, I'M GONNA CREATE A HANDY DANDY SPREADSHEET, UM, OF SOME POSSIBLE LOCATIONS TIMES LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET.
UM, THERE'S THE MOVIE NIGHT STUFF LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN SET UP A TABLE AND DO VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.
IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE, JUST SIGN UP FOR, YOU KNOW, DAYS AND TIMES TO GET ADDED TO THIS SPREADSHEET.
I WAS LOOKING TODAY, UM, BUT I DIDN'T GET VERY FAR.
UM, UM, WE LEAN ON OUR VOLUNTEERS FROM FESTIVALS TO MAYBE THEY WANNA SIT AT THE TABLE YEAH.
IF THEY'RE JUST LONG TIME VOLUNTEERS.
IT, IT WORKS BEST IF WE HAVE A TABLET OR A COMPUTER BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS ELECTRONIC.
WHEN YOU DO PAPER APPLICATIONS, THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY GET TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, WE COULD SET UP A BOOTH, HAVE A COUPLE TABLETS, LAPTOPS, PEOPLE CAN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE REGISTERED STILL, THEY DIDN'T GET BOOTED, AND THEN DO NEW REGISTRATIONS IF THEY NEED TO CHANGE ADDRESSES, WHATEVER.
UM, THAT'S A BIG PART OF OUR LEGISLATION IS VOTER ACCESS AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, HAS THIS, HAD YOU GUYS DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE PAST? YEAH.
HAD IT, HAD THE CITY PROVIDED YOU GUYS WITH ANYTHING LIKE EQUIPMENT WISE? NO.
I'M JUST, BUT IF THEY CAN, I MEAN, FINE.
YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, I FIGURED LIKE THE IDEA OF LIKE A COMPUTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OBVIOUSLY RATHER THAN PAPER IS A LOT EASIER TO KIND OF MANAGE AND YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT INSTANT GRATIFICATION OF IT BEING DONE AND SUBMITTED AND COMPLETED.
UM, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S NO HARM IN ASKING.
IF WE COULD KIND OF HELP AND GET SOME OF THE CARDS FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TOO.
YEAH, THOSE, WE, THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST TIME IS WE GOT THE CARDS FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND HAD THE PAPER CARDS AS WELL, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, TABLETS AND COMPUTERS.
WE DID 'EM AT THE LIBRARY, KROGER, UH, FARMER'S MARKET.
WE DID A LOT OF VOTER REGISTRATION STUFF, SO, UH, I BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT.
I HAD HAD, AND IT'S NOT THE IDEA OF COPYING, BUT IT'S JUST THE IDEA OF GOOD, UM, I DON'T KNOW, PROGRAMS OR GOOD INITIATIVES.
I KNOW WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DAY, I KNOW MAYOR MIMS AND UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY KINDA HELPED WITH DPS WHEN THEY CAME TO THOSE, UM, STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE 18 BY THE TIME OF ELECTION.
WE NEED TO GO TO THE SCHOOLS TOO.
I SAID MY SON WOULD KILL ME IF I SET UP MY LITTLE YEAH.
COMPUTER IN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AND
IT'S THE, UH, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER, YEAH.
SO THAT'S TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC KIDS.
SO I MEAN, BEFORE THE ELECTION, JUST OBVIOUSLY POINTING IN MY DIRECTION FOR HOWEVER YOU GUYS YEAH, EXCUSE ME.
WANT TO KIND OF GO WITH THAT AND, UM, HAPPY ABOUT HELP.
WE HAVE TO GET SOME ACCESS POINTS, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IN THESE PLACES TO DO THAT.
YEAH, SURELY SUPERINTENDENT FOOTBALL GAMES, BY THE WAY, IN HIGH SCHOOL WE DID THE FOOTBALL GAMES TOO.
I REMEMBER DOING IT AT FOOTBALL GAMES.
SHIRLEY SPEAKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OVER THE SCHOOL.
WHO WAS SHIRLEY? NO, LIKE I'M JUST SAYING SHIRLEY.
SHIRLEY IS AS SIMPLE AS, HE'S NOT A PERSON.
OH, THAT'S, ANY, ANY, LIKE, JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT? I THINK IT'LL BE PRETTY, UH, UH, EASY TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF NAVIGATE THAT, BUT JUST, YEAH, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO, BUT I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT ON MY RADAR AND JUST LOOK FOR YOU GUYS TO KINDA, UH, GIVE ME KIND OF MORE DIRECTION ON WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT WHOLE TABLET AND YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
KIND OF HOTSPOT SITUATION TO KIND OF SET UP AT, UH, EVENTS, UM, UH, AT THE CITY.
YEAH, WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF THAT.
I'LL SEND THAT OUT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.
UM, IT'S GETTING THICK, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
UH, NEXT MONTH MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 5TH, 6:00 PM I CAN'T GUARANTEE I'LL BE HERE, BUT SOMEBODY WILL, YOLANDA SHOULD BE BACK NEXT MONTH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.