[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 6, 2025 6:00 P.M. ]
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I AM GONNA CALL THE FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER.
COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MS. PURVIS? PRESENT? MRS. NEWBIE? ALAZAR.
MR. OWENS? MS. TROTTER? PRESENT.
UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT BYRAM IS EXCUSED THIS EVENING, I BELIEVE CORY'S ON THE WAY.
UM, MOVING ALONG TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JANUARY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MEETING MINUTES? I HAVE TWO LITTLE EDITS.
UM, UNDER FOUR B UH, EVENT SHOULD BE EVENT, SO MLK DAY EVENT PLANNING.
UH, AND THEN THAT PARAGRAPH UH, SHOULD HAVE A PERIOD LIKE ALL THE OTHER ONES DO.
ANY ADDITIONAL EDITS? SOMEBODY NO MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE PENDING EDITS? NO ONE SEES ANY FURTHER.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES WITH THE, UM, NOTED AMENDMENTS.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OR ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA BEFORE WE MOVE ANY FURTHER INTO IT? UH, MR. MR. I GOT ONE FOR YOU.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE BEST PLACE.
I GUESS THAT'D BE NEW BUSINESS, UM, WITH THE UNDER REAGAN RESIGNATION FROM THE BOARD.
UM, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO VOTE ON A NEW CHAIR.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU, AND I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE ASKED BEFORE THIS, IS THIS THE SAME SCENARIO, LIKE WHEN WE VOTED BEFORE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, UH, WHERE WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION UNTIL NEXT MONTH? WHERE I'M NOT VOTING FOR SOMETHING I'M NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF OR I CAN ABSTAIN? WE CAN FROM THE VOTE, VOTE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE, UH, A BIG OPINION, HONESTLY, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, I CAN GET, I GUESS, REACTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO AND KIND OF HOLD OFF UNTIL NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO DO THAT UNLESS THEY WANT TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD TODAY.
AND THEN I GUESS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD ABSTAIN FROM THAT VOTE, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
SO IT NEEDS TO BE A VOTE FOR A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, DEPENDING ON CHAIR.
'CAUSE MR. OWENS IS NOT HERE, SO.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE FILL WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION? YOU GUYS JUST WANNA WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH OR WE CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH? WE DIDN'T OFFICIALLY SWEAR IN OUR, UM, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ANY ANYWAY THAT I CAN REMEMBER.
IS THAT, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WELL.
YOU GUYS HAVE TO SWEAR, SWEAR IN THE VICE, THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR? YES.
YEAH, SO WE CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE WITH ME.
I THINK WE ASKED ABOUT THAT SWEARING IN AND THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY.
SO THAT'S, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS NECESSARY.
I'M NOT FOR SURE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN EASILY LIKE, FIGURED OUT.
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SOUNDS.ANYBODY ELSE HAVE OPINIONS? UM, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS? OH, IN, OH, IN, IN ADDITION AFTER THE OKAY.
I DO THINK THAT THAT, UH, A QUICK TOUCH BASE ON THAT AND LIKE A BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TO ENSURE WE DON'T, UM, YEAH.
SO WE'LL ADD THAT UNDER, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEW OR OLD BUSINESS.
I THINK IT COULD FALL EITHER WAY.
WE'LL DO A QUICK TOUCH BASE UNDER NEW BUSINESS FOR IT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S MORE OF THE REACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE THE NEW BUSINESS.
WE HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
OH, YOU WANT MY NAME? NO, YOU CAN JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND GIVE YOUR YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UM, EVA NEWBIE FOR THE RESIDENT OF YOU HIGH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO COME AND PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU.
THEN CONGRATULATE YOU ALL ON DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE MIK CELEBRATION FOR YOUR, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND HUBERT FOR A LONG TIME.
AND REALLY, AND KNOW MS. DALE AND MARVIN DALE WHO IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE HAVE BEEN HIGHLY PLEASED ON WHAT YOU ALL DID THIS YEAR.
THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT THAT, THAT SHE WOULD DO, HER AND MARVIN DID THAT YOU DIDN'T DO WAS SHE HAD A DINNER.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL CAN GET UP THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU BECAUSE THAT WAS HER WHOLE GOAL IN THE, IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES.
'CAUSE SHE WAS A COUNSELOR AT WISEN BORN WAS TO GET THE KIDS INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING.
SO THIS YEAR I WAS REALLY PROUD.
SHE BEEN OFF AND ON SIX, SO KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS.
BUT, UM, I LEFT A MESSAGE AND I'M SURE WHEN I, SHE FINALLY GET BACK TO ME AND I TELL HER, 'CAUSE SHE LIKES TO STILL GET REPORTS ABOUT HUBERT, EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T LIVE IN HUBERT ANYMORE, THAT WHAT THE COMMISSION DID.
SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL ON AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND TO HAVE THE KIDS, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS INITIALLY, SHOULD ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT A LONG TIME AGO.
AND, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS HER, HER AS HER MY MENTOR.
I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HER THAT SHE WOULD'VE BEEN HIGHLY PLEASED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL RECORDED IT OR GOT A VIDEOTAPE OF IT, BUT IF YOU DO, IT WOULD BE NICE THAT SHE COULD, YOU KNOW, SEND IT TO HER.
BUT YOU ALL HATS OFF TO WHAT EXCELLENT JOB THAT YOU ALL DID ON MAK DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR SAYING THOSE KIND WORDS.
I'M SO GLAD THAT WE PULLED THAT IDEA OFF.
IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THAT.
AND, UM, SO YEAH, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR, UM, ESPECIALLY FROM SOMEBODY THAT EXPERIENCED WHAT IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY.
SO, UM, MA'AM, DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? NO.
HONESTLY, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT MYSELF, BUT BECAUSE Y'ALL DID SO WELL AT THE ML DR.
MLK EVENT, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
I SAW THE COMMISSION, HOW YOU SPOKE AND HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER.
AND SO I SAID I WANNA BE PART OF THEM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HELP, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA BE PART OF THE GROUP Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER AND THE HARD WORK YOU PUT IN IT.
IT WAS JUST, IT, I FELT THE PASSION.
AND, UM, I LIVED FIVE MINUTES FROM HERE.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR TWO YEARS.
I RETIRED FROM RIGHT PAT, SO I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THESE MEETINGS EXISTED.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOUR COMMISSION OR YOUR COMMITTEE EXISTED.
AND SO, UM, I WAS JUST INSPIRED TO SEE HOW I CAN ASSIST WITH YOUR COMMITTEE IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, WE HAVE TWO OPEN SEATS, I BELIEVE
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, WE HAVE TWO OPEN SEATS.
COULD I, COULD I GET YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
YOU WRITING THIS DOWN? IT'S RECORD.
IT'S, IT'S, AND MY LAST NAME IS LEPER.
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I THINK WE COULD MOVE KIND OF PIGGYBACK FROM THAT INTO THE MLK DAY UNWINDING, UM, AND KIND OF LOOKING TOWARDS 2026.UM, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING AND I AM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HEARTBROKEN OVER THAT.
UM, BUT DUE TO EXTENUATING LIFE CHANGES, UM, I NO LONGER HAVE THE FREE TIME TO CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER.
SO, UM, AS WE UNWIND FROM MLK DAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE HARD WORK FROM THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WENT INTO THAT EVENT.
YOLANDA WAS LIKE AN ACE ON GETTING, UM, MONTICELLO INVOLVED AND EVEN, UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL CONNECTION.
SO THAT WAS, UM, AN EVENT TO DEFINITELY, UM, LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
THE CITY PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE KIND OF SHARED THE SAME, UM, ACCOLADES FOR THE EVENT.
THEY ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER EVENTS.
UM, MK DAYS THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I DID TRY TO CLEAN THOSE POSTER BOARDS TODAY TO REUSE THEM AND THEY DO NOT WIPE OFF.
AND THEN IF YOU LOSE A LITTLE SOAP AND WATER, THEN THEY REALLY WIPE OFF
BUT THAT OF COURSE WAS JUST A BUDGET ITEM, UM, THAT I WAS HOPEFUL THE SCHOOLS COULD USE, BUT THEY WERE NOT LAMINATED, UM, THE CORRECT WAY.
NOT THAT THAT WAS A SMALL OVERSIGHT THAT IN THE, YOU KNOW, BIG SCHEME OF THINGS IS LIKE MINOR.
SO MINOR, SO THEY CAN'T BE REUSED.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THEM TONIGHT TO HAND THEM OVER AND THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, GIVEN THAT THIS IS MY LAST MEETING, I KNOW THAT I KIND OF HEADED UP MLK, UH, WITH YOLANDA THIS YEAR.
WE HAD PUT A LOT OF HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT.
SO WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CARRIES THE TORCH INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDED TURNING 2026, DOING THE SAME MEET AND GREET TYPE PROGRAM IN THE MORNING AND THEN BREAKING OUT INTO SERVICE DAY PROJECTS, UM, TO REALLY HIT HOME THAT MLK DAY OF SERVICE ASPECT FOR THAT DAY.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE FISH PANTRY, THE MASTER CLOSET, UM, EVEN SORTING, UM, GOING DOWN TO THE FOOD BANK, SORTING CANS HAVE BEEN PROJECT DAYS I'VE DONE BEFORE.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, HOUSE OF BREAD DOWN ON WAR AVENUE, UM, BEHIND CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES IS A SOUP KITCHEN THAT SERVES AND PREPARES A LUNCH MEAL EVERY DAY, 365.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, IDEA SOMEBODY COULD CONSIDER FOR SERVICE DAY PROJECTS.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK FROM THE EVENT.
UM, AND POSITIVES, NEGATIVES? UM, I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE THE, NO, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA SAY GO AHEAD.
WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY AS A POSITIVE, I LIKED HOW WE INVOLVED THE YOUTH, THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS FAR AS THEM READING INFORMATION HISTORY, PRE POST CIVIL RIGHTS THAT SOME OF THEM DO NOT EVEN KNOW AND EVEN ADULTS DO NOT KNOW.
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW OUR HISTORY.
THAT IS AMERICAN HISTORY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S NOT REPEATED.
SO I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH A SUGGESTION FOR A 2026 TO INCORPORATE THAT PIECE, WHICH IS VERY, UM, IMPORTANT.
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT MLK DAY IS A DAY OF SERVICE.
SO I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD DO SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
MAYBE A WEEKEND OR ONE DAY WILL BE SERVICE THE NEXT DAY A PROGRAM.
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IS IN CHARGE OF THAT TASK GROUP ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER THAT.OVERALL, I THINK THAT WAS PHENOMENAL HOW WE DID IT.
AND DEFINITELY IN THE FUTURE WE NEED TO, AS MRS. NEWBIE, UM, STATED, HAVE AN MLK DINNER, WHICH SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER MR. AND MRS. MARVIN AND LUCILLE DALE.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO BECAUSE THEY STARTED THAT AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.
YOU COULD ALWAYS FLIP IT AND DO THE SERVICE DAY FIRST.
AND THEN MEET FOR DINNER AFTER.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY YOU COULD FLIP IT.
UM, I JUST WANNA PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE REALLY INVOLVED THIS YEAR, WE HAD MONTICELLO, THE PRINCIPAL, MR. MILLS WAS ON IT IN TERMS OF WANTING TO BE INVOLVED.
UM, AND MS. WHITEMAN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S MM-HMM
SO WE HAD THE CHOIR THERE TO SING.
AND THEN MS. IAN, THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL ART, SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE.
ALSO, UM, MR. PERRY MASON, WHO IS THE TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHER, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET STUDENTS AS WELL.
SO I, I WANNA, UM, CALL ATTENTION TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO DID THE AV AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME.
RAVI RABIS, ACTUALLY, I THINK.
AND IT TOOK A COMMUNITY MM-HMM
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN THIS TIME.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE, IS THAT WE HAD SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANT TO THANK ALSO, UM, MASON SUTTON FROM THE CHAMBER.
HE WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH ENSURING WE GOT THE POSTERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, IS JUST REALLY BE CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE KNOW NOW THE WORD IS GETTING OUT MORE EVERY YEAR.
WE HAD, I WANNA SAY LIKE 120 PEOPLE THERE THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO IT KEEPS GROWING AND THE MORE WE'RE CONNECTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY NOW THEY KNOW.
AND A LOT OF SCHOOLS WERE KIND OF AFTER THE FACT, WELL, WE CAN HELP NEXT YEAR AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO NOW THEY KNOW, SO THEY'LL BE PREPARED.
GENTLEMEN, I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
YEAH, RIGHT THERE IT WAS ON POINT.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE THOUGHTS, PLEASE.
I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE THAT HAS NEGATIVE STUFF, BUT I SO DON'T TAKE IT ALL AND YOU KNOW, AS NEGATIVE, BUT JUST THE KIND OF THINGS IN HINDSIGHT THAT I THINK WE CAN USE GOING FORWARD FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I LIKE, PERSONALLY THE IDEA OF THE CAFETERIA STAGE.
I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T END UP MOVING ACROSS TO THE AUDITORIUM.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT MADE FOR VERY, UH, VERY PERSONABLE, YOU KNOW, SETTING.
UM, THE ONE THING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THIS, BUT IT WASN'T VERY CLEAN.
IT, IT WAS, IT, NO, IT WASN'T CLEAN AT ALL.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMING IN THERE ON A DAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED.
UM, BUT I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEEN THE, YOU KNOW, TABLES WIPED DOWN AND THE FLOOR SWEAT, LARGE PUDDLES OF SPILLED STUFF AND FOOD CRUMBS ALL OVER.
I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD JUST THINK I NOTICED THEM LIKE THAT.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE.
UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP WITH THAT NEXT YEAR IF WE USE THAT AS A SETTING
UM, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE US COLLECTIVELY ON THIS PROJECT NEXT YEAR, UM, AS AN ENTIRE COMMISSION INSTEAD OF JUST A TASK GROUP.
UM, I THINK IF EACH PERSON ON THE COMMISSION IS, YOU KNOW, ASSIGNED A SPECIFIC ROLE, IT'S REALLY SPREADING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF US.
UM, AND THERE'S NOT SO MUCH THAT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ARE MAYBE HAVING TO DO.
AND IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PHONE CALLS BEING MADE, UM, AND IF WE HAVE TO HAVE AN EXTRA MEETING BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PULL IT OFF OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, THAT'S WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR, SO I GREAT.
YOU KNOW, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN.
UM, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE COMMISSION'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT REALLY HAVING EVERYONE'S HANDS IN THE BUILD UP AND THE MAKEUP OF
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THE PROGRAM AND THEN THE EXECUTION, I THINK WOULD JUST BE REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL AND, AND IDEAL.UM, BUT I THOUGHT THE PROGRAM WENT OFF GREAT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE US DO ANOTHER HANDS-ON NEXT YEAR.
UH, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, GET REALLY CREATIVE, NOT REPEAT THE SAME THING, BUT ALONG THE SAME LINES, BUT JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, I THINK IT COULD, UH, REALLY DO WONDERS AND THE SOONER WE START PLANNING, THE MORE THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE THE MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD BECOME INVOLVED AS WELL.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE MM-HMM
THE MORE WE'RE GETTING IT OUT THERE, LIKE IN JUNE START PLUGGING, HEY, SAVE THIS DATE.
THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I MEAN, WE COULD REALLY LOCK DOWN SOME GREAT SOLID IDEAS THAT I KNOW WE CAN PULL OFF YEAH.
TO MAKE THIS JUST A SPECTACULAR EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IS WORTHWHILE AND ENRICHING AND EDUCATIONAL.
THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE I THINK WAS THE BIG, THE BIG PIECE THAT WOVE IT TOGETHER THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, I DID CONNECT WITH THE MASTER'S CLOSET, UH, JUST TO QUICKLY LOOP BACK TO THAT SERVICE COMPONENT THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY WERE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE OUR DONATIONS.
I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE OPEN TONIGHT AND THEY ARE NOT.
SO I WENT THERE FIRST AND IT'S LIKE THE SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
UM, SO I WILL GET THE DONATIONS DROPPED OFF THEIR NEXT DAY OPEN, I THINK IS THE 22ND, UM, OF THIS MONTH.
I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS ANY HERE, ADDITIONAL DONATIONS.
UM, BUT IF WE DO PARTNER WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RARELY OPEN, LIKE TWICE A MONTH OR SOMETHING, BUT THEY DO HAVE A DONATION BIN, SO WE JUST NEED TO GET WITH THE COLLECTIVE, WE, UM, WE JUST NEED TO GET WITH THEM.
IF YOU PARTNER WITH THEM FOR ANYTHING ELSE, THEY DO HAVE A DONATION BIN FOR USE.
SO JUST TO, TO SHARE THAT PART.
I, I'M NOT GONNA SET A, UNLESS YOU GUYS WANT TO SET THE WORK GROUP FOR, FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, IF YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL NEXT MONTH, I'M OKAY WITH THAT TOO.
UM, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIKE, I'M DISAPPEARING.
I'M JUST GOING TO SPEND A LOT LESS TIME HERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
UM, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M AVAILABLE STILL TO HELP VOLUNTEERISM SOMETHING THAT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THIS EVENT.
I'LL BE HERE TO HELP IF YOU NEED ME.
EVEN IF IT'S JUST CONNECTING WITH THE MASTER CLAUSE AGAINST YOU GUYS A DONATION BID.
DO YOU GUYS WANNA SET THE, THE WORK GROUP FOR NEXT YEAR OR? I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH CHRISTIE.
I HAVE VERY LITTLE OPINION LEFT HERE, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, BUT I DO AGREE THAT LIKE THESE BIG EVENTS, IF WE MAKE THESE THREE BIG EVENTS LEFT OF A LIFT INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE THEM MORE OF A LIFT AS A COMMISSION AND THEN SHARE THAT LIFT WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE IT A BETTER, UM, LESS TIME CONSUMING, UM, TASK FOR EVERYONE.
THE IDEA OF TASK GROUPS WAS AN IDEA.
UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU KEEP IN MIND THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TASK GROUPS, THEY ARE ONLY TO BE LIKE COMPLETING TASKS AND THEN IT JUST MUDDIES THE WATER.
SO I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, TAKES THE LEAD ON THESE THINGS OR HOWEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO THIS MOVING FORWARD, UM, THROUGH THIS LIFT THAT DID BECOME THE MLK DAY EVENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE POSTERS AND KIDS AND SCHOOLS AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT IT COMES TO TAKING A COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT AND MAKING IT SUCCESS.
IT'S A BIG LIFT AND IT'S A BIG LIFT TO EXPECT A FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE MY SMALL OPINION THAT WE MAKE THIS A COMMISSION WIDE LIFT, UM, INSTEAD OF TASK GROUPS.
BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE TO DECIDE ON.
WELL, I MEAN, I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST MY OPINION, BUT I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH EVENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR FACES AND NAMES BEHIND.
UM, BUT THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE PROGRAM WILL BE.
EVERYONE WILL KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHO'S DOING WHAT, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WHAT,
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UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUDGET'S GOING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.I JUST, I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I, I, I WOULD WANNA KNOW
I, I DON'T WHAT WERE THE, UM, THE THREE POSITIONS THAT WE DECIDED ON? VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE CALLED IT, BUT THERE WAS JEANS, WHICH WAS LIKE A, LIKE CITY LIAISON, LIKE A CITY BE CITY LIAISON FINGER ON THE, THE NEW AND UP AND COMING STUFF THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTFUL TO KIND OF OUR MISSION.
UM, IBRAHIM IS THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
AND THEN, UM, CHRISTIE IS COMMUNICATIONS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS UNDER THAT KIND OF QUICK TOUCH BASE ON, UM, THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUFF.
COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET OUTTA MY MOUTH.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR MLK UNWINDING? UM, I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
UM, I DID WANT TO, UH, GIVE YOU GUYS THE, UH, PRAISE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD JOB, UM, THAT YOU GUYS DID FOR THE EVENT.
UM, AND THEN I'M HOPEFUL THAT NEXT YEAR WILL BE EVEN BETTER.
I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
UM, FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL,
UM, SO WE'VE GOT A, A BIT OF A CUSHION WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THAT, UM, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL SUPPORT BYRAM IN THIS FESTIVAL.
UM, IT IS DEFINITELY SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG, A BIG DEAL AND A BIG, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE EDUCATION FROM THE VARIOUS CULTURES REPRESENTED, BE IT BY THEIR FOOD, BY THEIR DRESS, BY THEIR ARTIFACTS, WHATEVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF US THAT WERE THERE IN THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST YEAR WE HAD THE MULTICULTURAL AND HAD IT OUT IN THE FIELD CLOSER TO THE POOL, I FELT LIKE THAT GAVE US MORE OF A, A U SHAPE OR A CENTRALIZED AREA TO, TO KIND OF FOCUS, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL REPRESENTATION.
BUT AGAIN, I, I WON'T BE HERE TO, TO HELP PLAN THIS EVENT.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS, UM, FEELINGS OR THINGS THEY WOULD LIKE TO COMMUNICATE, UM, FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
OH, I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY OF DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH.
AND JUST KEEP IT ONGOING AND, AND JUST GET IT GOING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, I MEAN, YOLANDA AND I MET WITH THE CITY, UM, MET WITH JEFFREY AND HIS BOSSES
UH, AND, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THEIR TIME OF REORGANIZATION AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONS TO THINK OF THIS AS A TIME OF KIND OF REORGANIZATION, UM, FOR US AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LIFT IN THESE EVENTS AND, AND WHAT WE LIKE FROM THE CITY TO DO TO SUPPORT US IN THE PLANNING OF THESE EVENTS.
IT'S NOT JUST US, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO WHAT IS IS NEEDED.
UM, AND THAT'S WITH THE CAVEAT OF THEY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE IN THE BUILDING TO PUT THE PEOPLE IN THE ROLES TO REALLY BE OF A HUGE ASSISTANCE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JEFFREY DOES A LOT TO SUPPORT US, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.
UM, IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE COULD PLAN OUT WHAT WE NEED FROM THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO GET YOUR LIGHT SKY, GET YOUR SOUND GUY, GET US SOME BOUNCY HOUSES, YOU KNOW, YOU HANDLE THIS PART OF THE EVENT, AND WE HANDLE THIS PART OF THE EVENT, WHICH IS REACHING OUT TO THE CULTURE OR THE CULTURES AND, AND MAKING
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SURE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION PIECE IS THERE, WHATEVER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A HUGE ALL ENCOMPASSING LIST FOR US.
WE JUST HAVE TO USE OUR VOICE FOR WHAT WE NEED FROM THE CITY.
SO WE JUST NEED TO BE A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY CAN'T DO THAT THEY NEED US TO DO, GROOVY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH SARAH'S, UH, FARMER'S MARKET THING LAST YEAR, USING THE CULTURES, THAT'S KIND OF AN IN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO CONTACTS AND IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M HOPING, UM, WE CAN MAKE IT A BIG SUCCESS.
UM, I HAVE NO REASON THAT I WON'T BE THERE ON A SATURDAY, YOU KNOW,
SO, UM, THAT'S IT FOR, FOR ME, FOR WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I FEEL LIKE I'M ATTENDING A DAMN FUNERAL TONIGHT.
ERIC, HOW ARE YOU? JUNETEENTH.
SO WE HAVE A MEETING, UM, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY, WEDNESDAY THE 12TH HERE.
ABRAHAM, MYSELF, CHRISTIE, UH, AM I MISSING SOMEBODY, COREY? MM-HMM
AND COREY, SO WE'LL BE MEETING, UM, WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY, UH, TO START LAYING OUT OUR TO-DO LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE GOT THINGS WE NEED TO SQUARE AWAY.
SO LIKE, UH, THE DJ ACTUALLY OUR SOUND GUY.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO SQUARE AWAY OUR ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, HOPEFULLY TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, UM, IT'S A GROUP CALLED, UH, A DANCE GROUP.
SO THEY HAVE LIKE SMALL CHILDREN, I THINK MIDDLE AGE, NOT LISTEN TO ME, MIDDLE AGE, I'M OLD,
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR GROUP TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN REACH OUT AND HAVE, UH, A CHOIR THAT CAN, UH, PERFORM THERE, UH, IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE OUR FOOD TRUCK VENDORS, WE'LL GET SOME RETAIL VENDORS.
UH, JEFFREY'S TRYING TO HELP US, UH, COORDINATE GETTING A, WE WANTED TO DO LIKE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS SECTION, SO WE TRY TO SEE MAMMOGRAM SCREENING, CHOLESTEROL SCREENING, AND SO YEAH, YOU WANT ME TO KIND OF UPDATE A LITTLE BIT SO FAR? OKAY.
SO, UM, YEAH, THE CONVERSATION FOR THIS YEAR IS OBVIOUSLY TO KIND OF DO A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR.
UH, UH, BIGGER, I GUESS IS TYPICALLY ALWAYS BETTER.
UH, BUT THE, THE NOTION IS, UM, YES FOR WHAT ERIC'S TALKING ABOUT, UH, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
I, I'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT ALREADY TO KETTERING, UM, HEALTH NETWORK AS WELL AS PREMIER.
UM, SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO TO KIND OF COME OUT AND SUPPORT US IN THAT ASPECT.
UM, I'VE REACHED OUT TO A FRIEND OF MINE, UM, UM, WHEN ERIC TALKS ABOUT THE CHOIR, UM, ONE OF THE EPISCOPAL, UH, IF I'M SAYING IT CORRECTLY, EPISCOPAL IN CHURCHES IN DAYTON.
UH, HE'S A MEMBER OF, UH, THEIR CHOIR.
SO IT WAS JUST THE, UH, UH, A START OF A CONVERSATION, TRY TO SEE IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED TO COME IT OUT, TRY TO DO SOME HYMNS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL.
I WAS TRYING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF WE COULD DO SOMEBODY LOCAL TO THE AREA, UM, REALLY KIND OF SUPPORT THEM TOO.
SO OBVIOUSLY, UM, STILL IN THE WORKS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE DO KIND OF WANNA OBVIOUSLY MAKE IT BETTER THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR TOO.
SO, AND CORY'S GONNA TRY TO REACH OUT TO CENTRAL STATE'S CHOIR.
UM, SO HE SENT THAT OVER, UM, CHRISTIE'S HELPING US OUT WITH KINDA LIKE A KID ZONE AREA.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING TO GET THE, UH, BOOKMOBILE.
SO, YEAH, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO, I GUESS DO DOUBLE WORK, BUT YEAH, I REACHED OUT TO HUBERT HEIGHTS BRANCH LIBRARY.
CHRISTIE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE.
I DID GET A CONTACT NUMBER ON THAT.
UM, I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOT AN UPDATE.
LOOK, IS THAT, CAN I PAUSE? SURE.
WE'VE HAD PREMIER HISTORICALLY SUPPORT US, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT CONTACT.
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YOU KNOW, WE HAD THEM AT MULTICULTURAL FIRST YEAR AND HEALTHCARE SECOND YEAR AND THE HEALTH FAIR.SO THAT'S, THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP THERE.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT HEALTH AND WELLNESS, I DON'T KNOW IF, OF COURSE, IF IT'S THE SAME PERSON, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IF THAT WAS MY ONLY PAUSE, GO AHEAD,
YEAH, IT WOULD, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T HURT.
UM, I'VE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM, FROM HERE, SO THAT WOULD HURT.
SO I CAN, I CAN REACH OUT TO RHONDA AND SEE WHO THAT PERSON IS OR WHATEVER.
SO, AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
SO I KNOW I REACHED OUT TO THEM AND WENT IN PERSON AND TALKED TO THE BRANCH MANAGER ABOUT JOINING IN WITH MLK.
NEVER HEARD BACK, DIDN'T FOLLOW BACK UP BECAUSE FROM, FROM HU FROM HUBERT HEIGHTS BRANCH.
WHEN WENDY, I'VE GOT COFFEE WITH HER THIS MONTH, SO I'LL, I'LL SAY SOMETHING.
SO MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS TO DO THAT COMMUNICATION.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE BOOKMOBILE ON LOCK MM-HMM
IF THE BRANCH WANTS TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WON'T GET THE BOOKMOBILE THOUGH.
IS IS THE WAY THAT, THAT I UNDERSTAND FROM OUTREACH.
YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM OUR OUTREACH DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY, THEY'VE TOLD ME, 'CAUSE I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM BEFORE ABOUT LAST YEAR, UM, AND IT WAS TOO LATE.
AND THEY SAID GENERALLY THEY WILL CONSIDER DOING EVENTS WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, AN AREA BRANCH WILL NOT BE REPRESENTED 'CAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO WE NEED TO DECIDE, I GUESS.
UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ON, UH, THERE IS THE ONE CONTINGENCY WITH, UM, THE NEW BOOKMOBILE WILL BE ARRIVING SOMETIME BETWEEN MAY AND JULY.
IF IT HAPPENED TO BE ON THAT PARTICULAR WEEKEND
UM, SO WE WOULD NEED A PLAN B.
UM, WHICH I KNOW I'VE TALKED, YOU KNOW, ALREADY TALKED TO ERIC ABOUT, WHICH COULD BE JUST A MATTER OF GETTING SOME BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY AND ONE OF US HOSTING A LITTLE KID'S STORY TIME, YOU KNOW, UH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE CAN SCRAP ALL THAT AND IF YOU WANNA WORK WITH THE BRANCH TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET A TABLE AND STAFF.
YEAH, THAT'S, I I GUESS WE NEEDED TO CITE THAT NOW WE, THAT WEDNESDAY.
'CAUSE I, I THINK I LIKE THE BOOKMOBILE OPTION BETTER.
BUT IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT YOU COULDN'T DO THE BOOKMOBILE AND WE COULD BUY LITTLE JUNETEENTH, CHEAP LITTLE BOOKS TO GIVE THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE YOUNG READERS OR SOMETHING.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOKMOBILE WOULD BE THAT, UM, KIDS COULD GO IN, LOOK AT THE BOOKS, THEY CAN CHECK OUT BOOKS, UM, AND THEY CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS.
THE BRANCH COULD PROBABLY SIGN UP, UH, PEOPLE AS WELL.
UM, AND PROBABLY DO MAYBE SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY OR STORY TIME.
BUT THAT'S CONTINGENT ON THE BRANCHES, STAFFING THEIR BUDGET, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IS IT, IS IT TYPICAL? 'CAUSE I MEAN, IT WOULD BE ON A SUNDAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN, IT TYPICALLY AREN'T, THE BRANCHES AREN'T, AREN'T THEY CLOSED? IF, IF THE BRANCH, YES.
THE BRANCH IS, YOU KNOW, NOT OPEN ON, ON SUNDAYS MM-HMM
BUT IF, YOU KNOW, YOU WENT TO THEM AND SAID, COULD WE GET SOMETHING LOCKED DOWN NOW? RIGHT.
THEN THEY NEED TO GET IT LOCKED DOWN NOW BECAUSE WE'RE DOING PROGRAMMING FOR JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THERE'S THE WHOLE BUDGETING ISSUE THAT BRANCHES HAVE TO DO MM-HMM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGETS AND STUFF.
SO, SO, SO YEAH, TO THAT CREDIT, I, I'VE ALREADY PUT IT IN WENDY'S MIND AT LEAST.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, THAT WE CAN KINDA LOCK THAT STUFF DOWN.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'LL HAPPENED AFTER OUR PLANNING MEETING.
BUT I'LL COME BACK AND THEN OBVIOUSLY TELL YOU GUYS, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE ON THAT PATH.
AND THEN WE'LL GET EVERYBODY ASSIGNED WHAT, WHAT, WHAT AREAS THEY GOT ON WEDNESDAY.
I GOT, SO WE'LL SQUARE IT AWAY THERE.
UH, PART OF THAT KID ZONE AREA.
UM, LAST YEAR WE WANTED DO A LITTLE BOUNCE HOUSE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT THIS YEAR.
UM, I KNOW JEFFREY'S ALREADY WORKED ON ONE SPONSORSHIP FOR US.
SO I, I REACHED, YEAH, SO I REACHED OUT TO CARE SOURCE LIKE I DID LAST
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YEAR.UM, I TRIED TO DO IT, LIKE WE SAID, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WITH, I THINK WE GOT $500 LAST YEAR.
UM, I DID, I, I TRIED MY HARDEST TO TRY TO SEE IF WE GET MORE, I PUT IN THE BALLPARK BETWEEN, UH, 250,000, 250,000.
LET ME, LEMME START DOING NUMBERS CORRECTLY.
AND I, I TRIED TO, I TRIED TO PERSUADE CARE SOURCE TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT NUMBER, UM, FOR THE EVENT.
UH, I WANT TO HOPEFULLY SAY THAT I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT AND I'M HOPEFUL I'LL GET A YAY OR NAY ON THAT AMOUNT SOMETIME, EITHER BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH TO KIND OF REALLY TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN ADD TO THE EVENT WITH DOLLARS.
WELL, LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE THAT WORK.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, WELL HAVE TO TRY TO TALK ABOUT TENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
GET OUR PROCLAMATION DONE, UH, GET OUR BANNERS, UH, STAGE DECORATIONS, OBVIOUSLY TRAFFIC CONTROL, KIND OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON.
SO THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET ALL OF OUR PLANS KNOCKED OUT BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH SO THAT IN APRIL AND MAY ONLY THING WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON IS OUR ADVERTISEMENT.
THAT SHOULD BE SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF.
IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO OUR TV INTERVIEWS, WHATEVER THAT STUFF IS.
SO THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO TRY TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.
UM, HERE IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, THE PLAN IS TO DO LIKE A BAND STILL, RIGHT? LIKE JUST HAVE THE DANCERS AND THE CHOIR.
UM, YEAH, WE'LL STILL HAVE A, UM, THERE'S PHONE CALL.
WHATEVER YOUR, WHAT'S THE LAST GROUP THAT ALWAYS GOES ON HEAD? HEADLINER.
SO WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT
WE'LL STILL, WE'LL STILL HAVE THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP, WE'LL GET AND TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF HEADLINER WE, UM, LIKE TO GET.
UM, AND THEN SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE MAIN THING IS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT BUDGET WE'RE WORKING WITH.
'CAUSE THAT DETERMINES ON WHAT TYPE OF BAN YOU'RE GONNA GET.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, YOU GOTTA, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE PUT? YOU GOT A LOW BUDGET.
AND THE ONE THING WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE ARTIST AND THE CITY, THE CITY'S CONTRACTS IS, UH, THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT RAIN OR SHINE.
SO IF THE WEATHER IS BAD, THEY CANCEL, THEY DON'T PAY.
SO MOST ARTISTS ARE NOT, IF THEY'RE LOCAL, THEY'RE PROBABLY OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT IF YOU GOT A BAND THAT HAS TO TRAVEL, THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A NO GO.
SO WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE.
I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A GREAT BAND THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, I KNOW QUITE A FEW THAT ARE OUT THERE, BUT OUR BUDGET DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE THAT.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GET WHAT WE CAN.
UH, A FOUR, LIKE WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, YOU GOT WHATEVER YOU GOT IN YOUR POCKET IS WHAT YOU GOT.
CAN YOU JUMP THROUGH IT? THAT'S IT.
SO ANY, UM, ANYTHING ELSE, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SEND, MY SUGGESTION IS SEND IT, UH, GET IT TO BE BY WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK.
BECAUSE ONCE WE START WORKING AND PLANNING, WE'RE GONNA START ASSIGNING TASKS OUT TO FOLKS.
AND, UM, AND I'M SURE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, DON'T, DON'T COME TO ME AT THE LAST MINUTE WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT, GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE NOTIFICATION NOW.
JUST TO GET 'EM OUT THERE, I GUESS.
UM, I KNOW WE MENTIONED MATIC, HOPEFULLY BEING ABLE TO SELL SOME OF THEIR TASTY BEVERAGES.
UM, AND UM, IS MASON WHO WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION AND COULD WE ASK HIM TO DO THAT THEN? LIKE TOMORROW? NOT LITERALLY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO SAY LIKE, IF I HADN'T ALREADY BUMPED INTO HIM ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S ALREADY ON HIS RADAR.
I THINK IT'S JUST RE-ENGAGING WITH HIM NOW.
TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS OUR DATE, WE WANT YOU OUT THERE.
AND I JUST KNOW FROM TALKING TO MIKE BEFORE, THE BETTER LEAD TIME, THE MORE LEAD TIME, THE ABSOLUTE BETTER.
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MIKE AND MATIC, I KNOW THEY'RE PART OF THE CHAMBER NOW, SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT HARD FOR THE CHAMBER JUST TO BUY THOSE BEVERAGES.AND THEN SO WHAT WOULD THEY, SO HOW DO THEY COME UNDER THEIR, UM, UMBRELLA, THEIR PER BED? UM, I THINK IT WAS JUST MORE OF A, UH, MASON IS A GOOD SALESMAN AND HE GOT THEM TO FINALLY BITE, I GUESS YOU MEAN HOW WE'RE ABLE, HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR BEER? WELL THE PERMIT IS NO, NO.
OH, OH, THEY HAD HAVE THE GO AHEAD.
SO, SO I, THAT'S A, I GUESS SARAH QUESTION TO ASK, BUT BASICALLY HOW WE DID IT, I WANNA SAY FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AS WELL AS THE EVENTS AT THE PARK, UM, WE JUST HAD THAT, UH, LIKE IT'S AN ACTUAL PERMIT IN THE PARK DESIGNATED THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT.
BUT NO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE, THE CITY DOESN'T ALLOW FOR BUSINESS, UH, FOR PROFIT BUSINESSES TO SELL THE ALCOHOL, WHICH IS WHY THE CHAMBER HAS YES.
SO HOW DO WE WORK THAT WITH AMATIC? I, SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE AMATIC, IT WOULD RUN THROUGH THE CHAMBER.
SO LIKE IN THEORY THE CHAMBER WOULD JUST BUY BEVERAGE AND THEN THE CHAMBER WOULD SELL BEVERAGE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE THAT PART OF IT HAPPEN.
YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, BUT I WASN'T SURE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT NO, YEAH, I I ANY BUSINESS TRICKERY, I'M JUST I GET YOU.
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE WOULD BE HELPING THEM PROMOTE THEIR BEVERAGES.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THAT'S A LOCAL, HEY.
SO I MEAN THE BEST WE COULD DO TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT'S, HEY, I MEAN, DON'T FORGET TOO, RIGHT? SO IT'S AMATIC AS WELL AS B SIDE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S HAD, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE HAD MLK LAST THE LAST YEAR AT B SIDE, SO OBVIOUSLY GOOD BREAKFAST AND AND WHATNOT.
SO YEAH, THE IDEA OF LOCAL IS ALWAYS PRETTY GOOD AS WELL.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF LIKE MUSIC VENDORS, FOOD, ARE WE LOOKING TO, UH, BE MORE INCLUSIVE OR ARE WE STILL WANTING TO FOCUS ON AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST WITH, UM, BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES? OR DOES IT MATTER? SO I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS THAT ON
UM, IT'S WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO DO.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PUT FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, RIGHT? WE, I MEAN WE'RE GONNA PUT DO THIS HEALTH THING, RIGHT? WE WANT TO TRY TO HAVE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE FOR US TO COME TO DO.
SO WE HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO THAT.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT.
LIKE TO TAKE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OR? NO, WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO DO IS HAVE A VENDOR THAT'S THERE THAT DOES HAVE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
I WAS JUST IMAGINING LIKE BASKETS OF FRUIT LAID AROUND FOR LIKE, I WAS LIKE, NOT
I MEAN, IF WE GET SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO, TO DONATE THAT, I MEAN, YOU GOT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GOT ANOTHER BUSINESS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THE LITTLE CART AT KROGER WHERE THEY USED TO BE LIKE, TAKE A BANANA WHEN MY KID WAS A TODDLER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL ABOUT IT.
IF IF WE CAN PULL THAT OFF, WE WILL.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO GET A FRESH FRUIT TO VENDOR, UM, THAT'S OUT THERE AS WELL.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT TRYING TO BRING, UM, AS MANY AS WE CAN.
I WOULD SAY, UM, WE STARTED THE INITIAL HERE.
THE SECOND YEAR WE DECIDED TO INCORPORATE BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES JUST BECAUSE THE EVENT IS TO PROMOTE JUNETEENTH, WHICH IS BASED OFF OF THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE WERE ENSLAVED.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON ELEVATING BLACK BUSINESSES FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF WHY WE HAVE JUNE JUNETEENTH.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF BLACK BUSINESSES,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO ELEVATE BLACK BUSINESSES AS PART OF THE JUNE TEAM CELEBRATION.
YOU SAID EVERYTHING THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
THAT SHOULD BE THE MAIN FOCUS.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS BLACK BUSINESSES WITHIN THE DAYTON
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AREA.UM, THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE INCLUSIVITY, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL COME INTO PLAY.
BUT DEFINITELY THE FOCUS SHOULD BE PRIMARILY BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES.
AND IT'S NOT SAYING THAT, I MEAN THE EVENT IS STILL INCLUSIVE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING BUT THE PRIORITY WOULD BE BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES.
BUT ANYONE CAN COME TO THE EVENT.
WE'RE NOT EXCLUSIVE IN ANY WAY IN THAT WAY.
SO YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD VENDORS, THEY WERE ON POINT AND THEY MADE A TON OF MONEY TOO.
THE T-SHIRTS, THE CUPS, THE, ALL OF THAT.
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, MY ONLY OPINION WOULD BE LIKE LES AVON SENSEI MORE, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL CULTURAL REPRESENTATION.
UM, I SENT YOU MY SUGGESTION FOR MAYBE A BAND, WHICH IS, UM, HE SUNG WITH THE FIRST EAR.
UM, HE WAS LIKE THE SECOND HALF.
UM, AND HIS BAND IS PARTY PUNCH BAND.
THEY USED TO BE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THAT WAS JUST MY SUGGESTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR COST IS, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY BIG FOULING, LIKE A DECENT FOULING FO I HAVE NO, THAT WORD IS NOT GOING TO COME BY MY MOUTH.
UM, ABOUT THE DANCERS, IF YOU CAN'T UM, SOURCE ANY CLOSER TO TOWN, THERE'S FUNK LAB AND KETTERING AND THEY HAVE BREAK DANCE AND LIKE EVERY TYPE OF, OF KIND OF HIP HOP THAT YOU GUYS COULD, COULD SOURCE FROM, UM, I'M SURE THOSE KIDS WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO COME UP AND DO SOMETHING FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, BUT IT'S IN KETTERING, IT'S FUNK LAB.
MY SON USED TO DANCE FOR THEM.
DID THEY EVEN DANCE CONSERVATORY? IS THAT WHAT DC D DC YEAH.
DAYTON CONTEMPORARY AND DAYTON? NO, THE ONE IN HOUSTON.
RIGHT BY SUBWAY, HIPHOP GROUP ALSO.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WHERE WE, OR THAT FIRST YEAR ALSO WE HAD OSCAR PITTMAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE IN TOUCH WITH HIM, BUT HE HAS A HUGE FOLLOWING.
I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD GET HIM INVOLVED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE HE CAN ALSO HELP MARK, HE CAN EVEN GIVE YOU IDEAS ON UM, BANDS.
'CAUSE HE DJ WAS HE ONLY THE FIRST YEAR OR WE HAD HIM, HE WAS THERE LAST YEAR.
I THOUGHT HE'S BEEN THERE EVERY OF HELL.
IS THAT MAYBE THE OTHER ONE? HE HAD THE BANDS THE FIRST YEAR.
PUT THE BAND TOGETHER FOR THE FUNK FESTIVAL THE FIRST YEAR.
THE OSCAR PIVOT HAS BEEN THERE.
I DON'T, I, YOU HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE BOX, BUT WHOEVER WE USE, THEY'VE HELPED BRING IN THE PEOPLE.
DJJ OSCAR'S BEEN GO TO AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP THEM AGAIN.
AND I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, THE EBONY HERITAGE HERITAGE SINGERS AT UD AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CHOIR ALSO.
ARE THEY AROUND DURING JUNE THOUGH? I THINK SO.
I'M SURE SOME OF 'EM I CAN, UM, I HAVE A CONNECT THERE IF YOU WANT ME TO LOOK INTO IT.
DID YOU SAY THERE AT UD? YEAH.
SO OTHER THAN YOUR MEETING NEXT WEEK, DO YOU HAVE ANY NEEDS FOR THE COMMISSION THAT YOU NEED TO, UH, DELEGATE OUT? YEAH, NOT RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE TRY TO GET OUR LIST DIVIDED UP NEXT WEEK AS FAR AS WHO'S CONTACTING WHO AND THAT KIND OF DEAL, WE'LL UM, MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, CAN WE CONSIDER, UM, SHIRTS IN THE BUDGET FOR BOTH VOLUNTEERS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS? UM, AND THEN I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST PUTTING LIKE VOLUNTEER ON THE BACK OF 'EM OR, YOU KNOW, EVENT SOMETHING ON THE BACK OF 'EM SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD KNOW, UM, WHO WE ARE KIND OF FROM THE FRONT AND THE BACK WOULD KIND OF BE AGAIN, THE COLLECTIVE.
WE, UM, JUST MY OTHER SUGGESTION WHEN IT COMES TO SHIRTS FOR THE EVENTS, MAYBE A SUGGESTION TO PRICE OUT SOME GENERIC VOLUNTEER SHIRTS AND THEN COMMISSION SHIRTS THAT IDENTIFY US AS COMMISSION MEMBERS.
IDENTIFY YOU ALL AS COMMISSION MEMBERS.
PUT PUT A BUDGET TOGETHER LAST YEAR FOR THAT FOR LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FOR JUNETEENTH, BUT IT WAS FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD THE VOLUNTEER STUFF.
LIKE YOU, YOU HAD A BUDGET FOR IT ALREADY.
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WHOLE BUNCH OF, YEAH.SO YOU MIGHT WANNA PULL THAT OUT AGAIN.
ANYTHING ELSE SIR? NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I MEAN, OH, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MENTION, BUT WE'LL, UM, WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE ON HOW WE WANT TO DO THE EDUCATION PIECE, UM, THIS YEAR OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT'S TO ME IS A BIG COMPONENT, IS A BIG COMPONENT OF IT ON HOW WE WANT TO, UH, BRING THAT TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT ME PERSONALLY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN, UH, YOUR VENDORS, UH, IS WHAT THAT IS.
BECAUSE IT, REGARDLESS TO WHO'S BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE EVENT, WHAT ARE WE COMING FOR? WHAT ARE WE BRINGING FOLKS THERE TO DO AND WHAT DO THEY WALK AWAY WITH? AND I THINK THAT'S, TO ME IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHO'S COOKING THE FOOD OR WHO'S DOING WHATEVER.
THAT, THAT'S JUST MY OWN OPINION.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S UP HERE HAS GOTTA SAY.
AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE NEED TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE THAT YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT JUNETEENTH IS.
IF I ONLY INVITE PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME TO JUNETEENTH, THAT'S CUTE, THAT'S NICE.
BUT WHAT DO I DO TO CHANGE THE OPINION OF SOMEBODY THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE ME? AND HOW DO I BRING PEOPLE THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE ME TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS? I THINK THAT'S CLOSE-MINDED, BUT THAT'S AGAIN, JUST MY OPINION.
AND I'M HERE TO DO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DO.
BUT I THINK WE GOTTA GET TO THE POINT OF HOW DO WE EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN DIVERSITY TO PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME.
WE KNOW IT, BUT I GOTTA SHOW SOMEBODY THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE ME.
'CAUSE THEN NOW THEY CAN HELP ME.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT MIGHT START IN THE MARKETING AND IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRE-EVENT.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT OF WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS EVENT AND WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND IT AND HOW DO WE BUILD THAT INTO THE MARKETING AND NOT JUST EXPECT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN WHEN YOU GET THERE.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE SPARK INTEREST IN I'M GONNA GO TO THIS EVENT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ME WITH INFORMATION OR AN EXPERIENCE OR SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT THE GENTLEMAN AT SINCLAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE LAST YEAR, BUT MAYBE IF WE GET WITH HIM EARLY, UM, HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL, UM, RESOURCE WHEN IT COMES TO ARTIFACTS AND PICTURES AND, AND MATERIALS THAT EXPLAIN THE HISTORY OF, UH, SLAVERY THROUGH JUNETEENTH AND, AND EVEN AFTER, UH, TO MODERN TO MODERN DAY.
I MEAN, IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING REFLECTION.
SO, UH, JUST A THOUGHT TO MAYBE FIND A WAY TO HAVE A WALKTHROUGH EXHIBIT SPACE OR, UM, ARTIFACTS OR, OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LEARN FROM TOUCHING, TASTING, SEEING, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME RIGHT NOW AND I'M SORRY.
YEAH, HE'S AN AMAZING RESOURCE FOR THAT PIECE OF THIS.
AND I THINK IF WE COLLECTIVELY WE, UM, GOD, THIS IS TERRIBLE.
OH, THE POWER DID GO OUT AT A WORK SESSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, SO BE, BE PREPARED.
MY FAVORITE GUYS LIKE, LISTEN LADY.
WE, UM, I HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO, WELL WE HAD DR.
CYNTHIA LAST YEAR, SO MM-HMM
MM-HMM
WE WILL, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR, YOUR GROUND WORK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LIGHTS.
UM, YOU PAID THE BILL
I HAD MENTIONED ALSO TO IS MELTING DOWN TO PERRY MASON, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN TEACHER MM-HMM
ABOUT GETTING THE STUDENTS INVOLVED.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? IT WAS JUNETEENTH, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, PERRY MASON.
THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
SO I KIND OF GAVE HIM A HEADS UP THAT WE MIGHT WANT THAT IN SOME CAPACITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED.
AND MY QUESTION DID, LIKE I WAS SHARING WITH COREY, THIS IS IN THE SUMMERTIME, SO THOSE KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YEAH, THAT'S WHY IF WE GIVE THEM THE HEADS UP, LIKE HE
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CAN GET THEM INVOLVED NOW.YOU KNOW? WELL, AND PLUS HIGH SCHOOL SOMETIMES IS A LOT EASIER THAN COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY LIVE YEAH.
IN THE AREA VERSUS LIKE, THAT'S WHY I ASKED UD 'CAUSE WE WERE AT, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT CENTRAL.
I WAS LIKE, UH, OR THE KIDS AROUND IN JUNE, SOME TO YOUR POINT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR JUNETEENTH? NO, THAT'S IT.
SO, UM, WAIT, WELL I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I HOPE I DIDN'T OFFEND OR UPSET ANYBODY BY ASKING ABOUT
SO YOU MISSED OUT ON THE ANSWERS TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE QUESTIONS YOU DON'T ASK.
SO ASK ASK WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ASK.
I DON'T THINK YOU OWE NOBODY POLICY, CHRIS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE QUESTION.
SO, SO, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO, WE'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND, AND GO INTO THIS QUICK NEW BUSINESS.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF, UM, JUNETEENTH, THERE MAY BE SOME WAY WE CAN CONNECT WITH THE LIBRARY AND MAYBE DO AN EXHIBIT OR SOMETHING.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL CARTER, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IN ADDITION THAT WOULDN'T BE A HEAVY LIFT THAT PULLS IN SOME EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TOO.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, SO WE HAD A QUICK WALK ON FOR THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS AND THE, AND THE, THE ABSOLUTE UNBELIEVABLE CRAP THAT CAME OUT OF ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
UM, WE NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO A FACEBOOK PAGE FOR US TO COMMUNICATE OUR INFORMATION ANONYMOUSLY AS THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION.
SO PART OF CHRISTIE'S ROLE AS COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR HAS BEEN TO BE THAT VOICE ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMISSION, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T PLAY NICE IN THE SANDBOX.
AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY ONE OF US POSTING THINGS ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, WHICH WE ARE A PART OF THE CITY AS INDIVIDUALS.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A NEW POLICY.
NOT THAT WE WRITE POLICY, BUT YOU KNOW HOW I TALK, THERE HAS TO BE A NEW WAY MOVING FORWARD THAT WE SEND STUFF TO THE CITY AND THAT OWN THIS FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION HAS TO COME FROM THE CITY.
WE WERE PUT INTO A SITUATION WHERE I HAD TO REACH OUT TO OUR POLICE CHIEF TO HAVE A POLICE CAR SIT IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
BUT THAT BECAUSE WE WERE HOLDING A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION AND, AND ONE PERSON POSTED ONE THING ON FACEBOOK AND IT IT, IT TOOK INTO A A 500 COMMENT POST WHERE PEOPLE WERE THREATENING TO COME DOWN THERE AND MAKE THEIR OPINION KNOWN.
WE ARE VOLUNTEERS, WE ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ADVANCE INITIATIVES THAT WE WERE ASKED TO COME TO THE TABLE AND DO THIS.
AND, AND SO IF THIS IS MY, MY LAST LITTLE LEGACY OF LEAVING THIS, THIS COMMISSION, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE PUT YOU IN THAT SITUATION, TO HAVE THAT EVEN.
AND NOT TO SAY THAT ANYBODY PERSONALLY ATTACKED CHRISTIE OR REACHED OUT TO HER, BUT THE ABILITY THAT THEY, HER NAME IS ON THAT POST AS THE PERSON POSTING THAT POST.
AND THAT'S, YEAH, AND THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT SIDE LINKS TO THIS HERE, SO I DON'T MIND POSTING SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF US.
THE FLYER THOUGH THAT I SHARED JUST SAID THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO THE NINE GROUPS THAT I WAS POSTING TO PROBABLY ARE THINKING, WHO THE HELL IS THIS PERSON? RIGHT? EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY WHO IT, YOU KNOW.
BUT YOU CAN LOOK ON MY PROFILE AND SEE, I WORK FOR TWO OF THE LARGEST ORGANIZATIONS IN DAYTON, SO I'M NOT GONNA HIDE MY NAME OR WHATEVER.
BUT IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND ONE SUGGESTION
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THAT I WANNA TOSS OUT IS THAT WE DO IN FACT HAVE MORE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.BUT IF I'M GONNA POST SOMETHING, I WANT IT THAT THE COMMISSION IS ON THAT FLYER SOMEWHERE.
HERE'S, BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING, SOMETHING I SAID AT ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS GOT TAKEN SO FAR LEFT AND NO ONE KNEW IT WAS ME.
BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT THE MAYOR ON ANOTHER POST SAYING, OH, WELL SOMEONE SAID THIS AT THE, YOU KNOW, UH, CONVERSATION THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSION, DA DA DA.
SO THERE'S JUST TOO MANY LINES THAT ARE GETTING ALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, JEFFREY? LIKE YEAH.
SO I, I, I GOT INTO IT, I GUESS KIND OF LATE ON THAT TUESDAY FROM THE SPARK OF THE CONVERSATION, SENATOR ROUND, IS HUBER HEIGHTS BECOMING A SANCTUARY CITY OR NOT? OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS REALLY BLOWN OUT PROPORTION BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN KIND OF HIDE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I SAID, AND OBVIOUSLY KIND OF SAY THE WORST THINGS IS AN OPEN FORUM OF BIZARRE.
UM, SO CHRISTY, AND, AND I'M SORRY THAT YOU HAD TO KIND OF DEAL WITH THAT, BUT LIKE, CAN YOU LIKE, BREAK IT DOWN TO MAKE ME UNDERSTAND OF LIKE YOUR ABILITY, SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU, LIKE YOU WENT OUT AND POST ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THE EVENT ITSELF AS PART OF THE CITY? LIKE WE'RE POSTING THE FLYER TO AS MANY PAGES AS FLYER AS AS THE CULTURE, AS, AS MYSELF, AS HERSELF.
SO, BUT, SO THE ONE THING IS IF I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT'S OKAY TO DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COMMISSION'S NAME ON THAT SAID FLYER.
SO THEN I CAN SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M CHRISTIE FROM THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION, AND THE CITY IS HOSTING THIS CONVERSATION, DA DA DA.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER WENT TO THE FIRST MM-HMM
CONVERSATION, AND I DID INTRODUCE MYSELF AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
SO THEY WERE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE SOMEONE RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AS COMMISSION.
SO, BUT I WAS IN A FREE SAFE SPACE AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THINGS YEAH.
WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE AND IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, 20 THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED, I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT ABOUT SANCTUARY CITIES? RIGHT.
AS THE, AND THAT'S WHERE IT THEN TAKES OFF WITH THE OTHER POST.
WHERE SOMEONE'S GOING CRAZY WITH THAT WHOLE WORD, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT THE MAYOR, LIKE I SAID EARLIER ON ANOTHER POST SAYING, THIS DIDN'T COME FROM ME.
THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT WAS SAID BY SOMEBODY WHO WAS AT THE EVENT THAT THE COMMISSION HOSTED.
BUT AGAIN, YOU GO BACK TO THE FLYER, NOWHERE WAS THE COMMISSION NAME.
YOU SEE, IT'S, I I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YES.
THE UNDERSTANDING IT WAS, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A COMMISSION LED EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS IN THEORETIC, TECHNICALLY IT WAS HUBERT HEIGHTS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE ACTUAL FLYERS SAID.
WE'RE AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY.
I, I MEAN, BUT WE'RE BEING ATTRIBUTED TO HAVING UNDERSTOOD.
PUT THAT TOGETHER AND, AND AGAIN, LIKE, LIKE APOLOGIES, RIGHT? LIKE, I, I DIDN'T, YOU, YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE I SHOWED UP AT THE SECOND ONE.
SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HEAR YOU.
NO, I HEAR YOU PERSON COMPLETELY.
AND I, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL MAKE IT IN THE BEST STEPS WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST ON YOUR GUYS' SHOULDER.
IT'S A, IT'S A COLLECTIVE, YOU KNOW, STEP ON.
OBVIOUSLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST PART, OBVIOUSLY AS STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU GUYS AS THE EXTENSION, UM, FROM THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS VOLUNTEERS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION.
SO, UM, SO THERE'S, YEAH, DEFINITELY A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON.
IT BECAME A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME.
AND THEN ONCE IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE, WE'RE VOLUNTEERS, PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, THREATENING IN NOT SO AVAILED WAYS, YOU KNOW, OVER A ANSWER TO A, A QUESTION.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT.
I JUST WANT THE LIFT WHEN IT COMES TO THE MARKETING.
YOU TOOK AWAY OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO IF, IF WE NO LONGER HAVE THE ABILITY TO POST AS THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION, THAT WHOLE MARKETING PLAN HAS TO BE ON THE CITY'S SHOULDERS.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS IT TURNS INTO, IT WAS SAID THAT THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION WAS NOT
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A CITY EVENT AND WAS NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY THE CITY.AND THEN IT'S RETRACTED ONCE THEY REALIZED UNDERST NO, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT YEAH.
THE CITY SPONSORED COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS.
SO, I JUST, IN CLOSING FOR THAT, I, I DO WANT TO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE CHIEF ONCE AGAIN, UM, FOR BEING RESPONSIVE AND SAYING, NOT A PROBLEM.
I WILL HAVE AN OFFICER IN THE PARKING LOT FOR YOU.
UM, HE WAS THERE BEFORE I GOT THERE.
I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY, UM, TO PICK UP MY SON AND HE WAS STILL THERE WHEN WE LEFT.
IT DISHEARTENS ME THAT THAT EVEN HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAD TO HAPPEN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I DON'T TAKE THREATS LIGHTLY IN, IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
UM, I LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE A CONCERN, GO AHEAD WITH THIS, UM, KIND OF THE PROMOTION OF THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED THAT I'VE SEEN HAS BEEN, OH, THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION IS DOING THIS.
I'VE NOT SEEN THE CITY SAY THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS IS DOING A CULTURE AND DIVERSITY NEEDS, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THAT BOTHERS ME BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS, THE CITY IS QUICK TO SAY THIS IS THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIVERSITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, A DIVERSITY COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS SEPARATING ITSELF FROM THE COMMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S INTENTIONAL OR IF THAT'S AN UNCONSCIOUS BIAS THING HAPPENING, BUT I WANNA MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
I WANT US TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT, AND I WANNA CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE THE CITY SHOULD BE BEHIND THIS, RIGHT? THIS IS THE CITY'S INITIATIVE AND THEY'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH US.
AND SO I DON'T, IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN, THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN.
THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION'S THING SHOULD BE THE CITY'S THING FOR SURE.
AND I THINK I CAN OBVIOUSLY PASS THAT ON TO MY BOSS.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, OPEN THE MIC UP FOR THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO KIND OF VOICE THAT CONCERN.
UM, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING EITHER YOU GUYS NEED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO LEADERSHIP ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY AS WELL.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO DWINDLE DOWN ON DAYS AND THIS ENDING AND, AND JUST WHAT MY RECENT CONVERSATIONS WITH RAMA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE STAGES OF ACTUALLY, OR, OR THEM ACTUALLY STARTING TO WRITE DOWN AN ACTUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY.
UM, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN OBVIOUSLY KIND OF BRIDGE THAT OR AT LEAST KIND OF MEND THAT, YOU KNOW, FEELING THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE TOWARDS THE MAKEUP OF THE CONNECTION OR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ASSESSMENT ACTUALLY HAD.
SO I'M WELCOME TO OBVIOUSLY DO MY PART, UM, TO TALK TO MY BOSS ABOUT THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF, UH, ASSESSMENTS OR PROJECTS OR, OR, OR, OR INITIATIVES THAT WE DO, IT'S MORE OF A SUPPORT EFFORT AND A PARTNERSHIP AND THE COLLABORATION, UM, RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF ISOLATION OR, UH, OR, OR, OR SEPARATE MOTIVES OR MEANS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO APOLOGIZE IF, IF THAT MEANS ANYTHING, BUT I'LL, I'LL DEFINITELY TRY TO PASS THAT ON.
AND I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL, WE WILL BE BETTER AND WE'LL DO BETTER.
DO WE WANT AS A COMMISSION THOUGH, TO BE PART OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS? OR DO WE WANT TO JUST BE THE PART THAT MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE CITY TAKES IT FROM THERE? AS FAR AS, AND I ASKED THIS BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO THOSE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, IT MEANT SOMETHING TO AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN EACH SESSION THAT SOMEONE FROM THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION ACTION COMMISSION, CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION WAS THERE.
THAT'S CONNECTING TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, I FEEL, PART OF WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO, RIGHT? YEP.
PUTTING THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WHETHER WE RECOMMEND SOMETHING TO THE CITY AND THEY PULL IT OFF OR NOT.
I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH,
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ARE PART OF THE FOLLOW THROUGH PROCESS ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE.SO WHERE ARE WE DRAWING THE LINE, OR WHERE DO WE WANNA DRAW THE LINE IN TERMS OF WHERE THE LIP FOR ME IS ON THE, THE MARKETING? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, WELL, IN THE HISTORY OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF ATTENTION SPENT ON THAT.
WE REALLY DID TACKLE THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS.
UM, SO IT JUST TOOK SO LONG TO COME TO FRUITION, I THINK IS WHERE THE STEAM WAS KIND OF LET OUT AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT FINAL PROJECT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE FIRST LISTENING SESSION WAS A LITTLE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE SECOND LISTENING SESSION.
UM, BUT I CAN SAY THAT, I GUESS MY LAST LITTLE TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE, UM, WOULD BE TO TAKE THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS IF THERE'S SOMETHING, THERE'S GOING TO BE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF THOSE.
AND I DO THINK CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION YEAH.
'CAUSE THE, EVEN THOUGH THAT SECOND SESSION WAS A CRAP SHOW BECAUSE OF HOW WE GOT THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE MM-HMM
SO IF THAT'S THE WAY WE GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THE TABLE, IT WORKED
AND JUST TO, AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE, UH, YOU WERE THERE, BUT I SAY ULTIMATELY THE CONVERSATION WAS POSITIVE.
IT WAS, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY VERY POSITIVE CONVERSATION.
AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS OBVIOUSLY JOYFUL ABOUT.
I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, HEY, UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY COMMUNITY THAT, THAT YOU GO TO, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR NASTY POCKETS, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT ULTIMATELY, THE CONVERSATION AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM ON THAT NIGHT WAS LIKE, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, HEY, THIS IS WHY HUBER HEIGHTS IS LIKE, THEY, THEY GET THE REPRESENTATION OF BEING DIVERSE MM-HMM
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY POSITIVE.
SO OBVIOUSLY I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY, UH, CONTINUE THAT, THAT AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
ARE THEY GONNA BE DOING ANY MORE, MORE, UM, LISTENING SESSIONS? BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE TASK GROUP.
SO NO MORE LISTENING SESSIONS, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT RAMA, UM, IS PLANNING ON DOING A, A SYMPOSIUM.
SO IT WILL BE A, A COMMUNITY LIFT.
IT WILL BE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME THIS WEEK, WAS EITHER, UH, I WANNA SAY LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL, UM, WOULD BE THE TIMEFRAME ON WHEN THEY DID IT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO FIGURE THAT INTERNALLY, OBVIOUSLY MARKET THAT AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST TIMING TO DO THAT EITHER ON THE WEEK, ON THE WEEKDAY OR THE WEEKEND.
SO, UM, I'M HOPEFUL PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH OR HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, I GET THOSE DATES KINDA LOCKED DOWN.
AND THEN I'VE ALREADY TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, MY BOSSES ABOUT, OKAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS COMING UP.
I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF PUSH THE MARKETING FOR THIS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I GOT PRETTY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE WHEN TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO OBVIOUSLY BE LIKE COMMUNICATED.
SO I THINK THAT INITIAL PUSH IS OKAY, HEY, LET'S TRY TO JUST THROW IT OUT THERE FROM THE MEANS OF HOW THEY SET IT, HOW, HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF GET INFORMATION.
SO, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WELL ATTENDED AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS, UH, COME THAT TIMELINE LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE SYMPOSIUM? SO THE GOAL OF THE SYMPOSIUM IS, UM, WE WILL RAMA WILL RAMA WILL HAVE THEIR ASSESSMENT DONE, OR AT LEAST THE DRAFT DONE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, EARLY MARCH.
SO WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME, UM, OR BEFORE THE SYMPOSIUM, THE PLANNING TEAM, UH, WILL GET A COPY OF IT.
UM, THEY'LL REVIEW IT, OBVIOUSLY, TAKE THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE ASSESSMENT.
UH, I BELIEVE CITY MANAGER WILL GET IT FOR THE REVIEW OF IT, AND THEN RELEASE, I THINK SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHIN THAT RELEASE.
UM, IT'D BE, UH, GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ALSO VIEW.
SO WITHIN THAT, RESIDENTS WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ASSESSMENT WAS, WHAT WAS IN IT, WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN IT, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COME TO THE SYMPOSIUM AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SHARE.
HEY, FROM WHAT THE ASSESSMENT ACTUALLY WAS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE
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CITY SHOULD HIT ON X, Y, Z OR A, B, C 1, 2, 3.UM, FOR THE SYMPOSIUM, WILL THERE BE ANY MEMBERS FROM CITY COUNCIL IN ATTENDANCE? I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT IS THE CASE.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW EXACTLY YET.
I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE PLANNING TEAM, SO THE, LIKE THAT DATE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE GIVEN TO THEM TO KNOW LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE OR THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE WILL HAVE STAFF, CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGERS, MYSELF, UM, COUNCIL AS WELL, UM, TO KIND OF PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S NOT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THEM GIVING THEIR IDEAS, IT'S JUST OBVIOUSLY THE UNDERSTANDING OF, OKAY, HEY, THIS IS A COMMUNITY KIND OF IN INVOLVEMENT.
SO I, I WOULDN'T SEE WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE THERE OR, OR COULDN'T BE THERE, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY WILL BE THERE, BUT MM-HMM
UM, I DON'T SEE WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I'LL, I'LL PUT ON THEIR RADAR.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR ROLE AS A COMMISSION, WE ARE A LIAISON THAT RECOMMENDS THINGS SUCH AS THIS ASSESSMENT MM-HMM
TO CITY COUNCIL, AND WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF PROCESS.
SO WITHIN THAT CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH RAMA, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE PLACE WHERE WE COULD PROBABLY POTENTIALLY HAVE THIS AT, UM, I WENT BACK TO MLK EVENT AT THE, AT THE SCHOOL.
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE, CENTRALIZED PEOPLE COME OUT.
I THOUGHT THE CAFETERIA WAS OBVIOUSLY, UM, A NICE SPOT WHERE WE CAN HOUSE AS MANY PEOPLE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WE CAN SET UP THE AV EQUIPMENT IN THERE TOO.
SO, UM, I'LL BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH YOU GUYS TO KIND OF MAKE SURE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL TO IT.
IT WILL REALLY GET SOMETHING GOOD OUTTA IT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AS WELL AS, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION TOO.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE THE ONES TO INITIALLY RECOMMEND FOR SURE THE ASSESSMENT TO BE DONE AND WROTE IT.
AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THE COMMISSION FEELS, BUT YOU MENTIONED HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH CITY, UM, COUNCIL.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THINGS SUCH AS THIS ASSESSMENT MM-HMM
THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF, UM, YEAH.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PLANNED, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE OFFLINE WITH COUNSEL AND YOU GUYS ALL DISCUSS THAT, OR I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, YOU GUYS WANT TO COME TO YOUR UPDATES FOR THE WORK SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PLACE FOR IT.
UM, JUST LET ME KNOW EITHER OFFLINE, OBVIOUSLY HOW YOU GUYS WANT TO SET THAT UP, AND THEN I'LL DO MY BEST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FIND THE BEST DATE FOR EVERYONE'S CALENDAR TO KIND OF HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UM, IF IT'S DULY NEEDED.
UM, MY LAST, I MY FINAL SUGGESTION FOR THIS, UM, IS IN THAT MEETING, OR LET'S NOT JUST LET THIS DIE WHEN IT'S DONE.
SO WHEN THIS ACTION PLAN IS DONE AND GIVEN TO THE CITY, THERE NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP.
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD ON THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY THE ASSESSMENT? SO LET'S NOT BE LIKE, YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO READ AND, AND LET IT DIE.
THIS IS AN, AN ACTIONABLE DOCUMENT, SO THAT SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH.
I, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UM, PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE DIVERSENESS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S A DISCONNECT IN, YOU KNOW, EDUCATING OR LEARNING ABOUT OR HAVING ACCESS TO SOMETHING.
UM, AND SO I THINK WITH THIS SYMPOSIUM AND THESE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE SOME GREAT IDEAS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A COMMISSION AND WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE CITY TO EXECUTE THINGS, LIKE TARA SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLLOWING THROUGH SURE.
BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF THAT CAN COME FROM, FROM THIS.
AND I DID WANNA SAY, I MEANT TO GRAB MY NOTES THAT I HAD TAKEN, AND I APOLOGIZE.
I LEFT THEM ON MY COFFEE TABLE, BUT I WILL WORK ON CONDENSING THEM THIS WEEKEND AND SENDING A BRIEF, UH, UH, THING OUT TO YOU GUYS OVER THE WEEKEND SO YOU CAN KIND SEE THE NOTES THAT I TOOK AND STUFF.
I APPRECIATE YOU ATTENDING BOTH OF THOSE SESSIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMISSION WE SHOULD TRY TO ATTEND AS MUCH OF THESE THINGS AS
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WE CAN.UM, AGAIN, WE SUBJECTIVELY FOR THIS EVENING, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL BUSY, WE'RE ALL WORKING.
BUT, UM, CHRISTIE WAS THE ONLY ONE I THINK THAT MADE IT TO THE FIRST SESSION, AND THEN HER AND I MADE IT TO THE SECOND SESSION, AND DR.
AKINS WAS THERE AS WELL, WHICH WAS NICE.
UM, SO, UH, ANY, ANY FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE LISTENING SESSIONS? I WILL SAY THERE'S THREE OF US FROM THE COMMISSION THAT ARE ON THE TA THE TASK GROUP, IS THAT THE OFFICIAL NAME OF IT? YEAH.
PLANNING TEAM, WHATEVER PLAN PLANNING TEAM.
I DO WANNA KNOW WHAT WERE THE FINAL NUMBER OF RESPONSES AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THE LISTENING SESSIONS? THE SURVEYS, IT WAS LIKE 450 SOMETHING.
OH, OH, YOU MEAN ACTUAL PEOPLE AT THE LISTENING SESSIONS? THAT, AND THEN THE SURVEYS JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE FOR THE COMMISSION.
SO I'M GONNA SAY BALL PARKING.
I WANNA SAY WHAT THEY TOLD ME AT THE FIRST LISTENING SESSION, I THINK WE HAD LIKE SEVEN OR NINE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME.
UM, SECOND ONE, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY LIKE 20, 25.
YEAH, IT WAS, YEAH, 25, 20 I COUNTED DOWN, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER.
UM, TOTAL NU WHY THEY WERE THERE.
THEY GOT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SURVEYS, COMMUNITY SURVEYS, UH, AND I'M BALL PARKING, BUT I, I WANNA SAY THE NUMBER WAS AROUND 438.
IT WAS LIKE 4 54 SOMETHING AND SOME CHANGE, WHICH WAS A LOT MORE THAN I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING.
YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW, UM, COMMUNICATION WORKS.
AND I AM TRYING MY BEST TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS THE BEST MEANS TO KIND OF GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
UM, SO I, I OBVIOUSLY THINK THE PUTTING THE SURVEY AND THE WATER BILL REALLY KIND OF HELPED PUSH UP THE NUMBERS.
UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD FOR ANYTHING, UM, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT THERE WERE SOME IDEAS THAT WERE GIVEN ACTUALLY IN THAT LISTENING SESSION THAT PEOPLE SEEMED TO KIND OF, UH, MORE OR LESS KIND OF ENGAGED WITH.
I KNOW FACEBOOK, WASN'T IT,
FACEBOOK OBVIOUSLY, WASN'T IT, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY NASTY THINGS THAT WERE SAID ABOUT IT, BUT THE UNDERSTANDING WAS THEY SAW IT ON FACEBOOK, RIGHT.
WHEN I HEARD PHONE NEIGHBOR PEOPLE WEREN'T EVEN AT THE MEETING.
SO IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T THE IDEA EITHER.
EITHER WE HAD IT ONE OR TWO WAYS, RIGHT.
THEY SAW IT ON FACEBOOK AND THEY WANTED TO COME THERE TO SAY SOMETHING.
I THINK OUT OF THE 20 SOME ODD PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY THERE, I THINK THERE WAS ONE WOMAN WHO SAID, WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS, AND I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA COME HERE AND I WAS GONNA GIVE MY OPINION ABOUT IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY SHE TURNED, SHE BACKED DOWN BECAUSE THAT WASN'T THE CONVERSATION.
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY A PLEASANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE HER THERE, SHE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT DIVERSITY INSTEAD, TRULY.
SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MS. CINDY DAVISON GOT PROBABLY LIKE THREE SHOUT OUTS IN THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT SHE DOES SO WELL WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THAT IS MY
UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO USE IT AS A TOOL AND OBVIOUSLY NOT A PLACE OF HATE, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M TRYING MY BEST TO TRY TO REALLY FIGURE IT OUT WHAT'S THE BEST MEANS OF US TRYING TO DO SOMETHING? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE POINT IS THERE'S SO MANY OF THESE LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD HUBER HEIGHTS PAGES ON FACEBOOK.
SO IF IT'S A MEANS WHERE WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN KIND OF ADD THOSE THINGS OR PARTNER OR, OR DO SOMETHING, UM, IT'S AN IDEA, RIGHT? AND HOPEFULLY THE MORE EYES ARE ON IT, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT INITIAL DRAWBACK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE, I MEAN, PEOPLE COULD BE MAD AT THE WEATHER.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT IDEA OF TRYING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF DO SOME MARKETABILITY THAT'S KIND OF BETTER TO KIND OF GET MORE EYES ON IT.
SO DO WE HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE RESPONDENTS AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE LISTENING SESSIONS AT THE LISTENING SESSION? I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN ASK RAMA TO GET FOR EVERY NOW BECAUSE NO ONE, NO ONE, NO ONE.
WELL, BECAUSE NO ONE HAD TO FILL OUT ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU ROUGHLY FROM MEMORY IF YOU, IF YOU WANT, IT WASN'T INCREDIBLY DIVERSE, BUT TALKING ABOUT DEMOGRAPHICS REALLY QUICK, SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO ASK THAT I FIND THAT MIGHT BE OF IMPORTANCE, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SURVEY AND THE RESULTS OF IT.
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GONNA HAVE TO QUESTION IS IF OUR MISSION OR THE CITY'S MISSION WAS MET WITH DOING THE SURVEY, BECAUSE THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 438 ISH MAYBE FILLED OUT, BUT THE RESPONDENTS WERE MOSTLY WHITE AND OLDER.JUST WHO'S LOOKING AT THE, THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, GREAT.
THAT'S NOT, I THINK THE VOICES AND I RESPECT, AND I THINK THAT, THAT THEY DID IT, BUT THOSE AREN'T THE VOICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH.
SO THE SURVEY, WAS IT OFFERED IN OTHER LANGUAGES? NO.
WELL, YOU CAN TRANSLATE GOOGLE FORMS INTO ANYTHING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WAS IT OFFERED IN A WAY, UM, THAT WAS LIKE THAT NICE OTHER CITY SURVEY THAT WENT OUT? WHAT WAS THAT OTHER SURVEY THAT, SO THAT WAS AFTER THE FACT.
RIGHT? SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS AFTER THE FACT.
SO IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS IMPACT TEAM, UM, WHO DID THAT SURVEY.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THEIR SERVICES, MY UNDERSTANDING TO THE END OF THE YEAR, AND TRUST ME, I AM PUSHING FOR EVERY MEANS.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S THE UNDERSTANDING IT'LL DO 'EM BETTER.
SO, UH, WAS IT, UH, WE BROUGHT THAT UP IN OUR MEETING SURE.
WITH THE CITY, ACTUALLY, I WOULD SAY I BROUGHT THAT UP IN THE, IN THE MEETING WITH THE CITY AND THERE WAS A, A SUGGESTION MADE, UM, THEY, THEY'RE DOING THIS ELDERLY ELDER SURVEY AT THE SAME TIME, UM, AS OUR SURVEY AND THEN THIS ONE FOR THE IMPACT THAT THEY GOT MORE ANSWERS AND PROBABLY FIVE MINUTES THAN WE GOT IN THIS ENTIRE EXAMPLE, OR EX, WHATEVER THE HELL WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, THERE WAS THE SUGGESTION TO BLEND THE RESULTS OF ALL THREE OF THOSE TOGETHER TO GET A BETTER VIEW WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT IMPACT SURVEY, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND THEN THIS ELDER SURVEY, YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY TO QUANTITATIVELY MESH THAT TOGETHER WAS MY SUGGESTION.
SO I, I BROUGHT IT UP, I SAID IT, AND OFFSET A LITTLE BIT TO OFFSET IT.
AND IT'S NOT THAT OLDER AMERICANS AREN'T CONSIDERED MM-HMM
BUT I JUST KIND OF WONDERED, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS PROBABLY BETTER RESPONSE AND MORE DIVERSITY IN THE CONVERSATIONS, THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, IS IT MORE INVITING, MORE FREE FLOWING THAN TYPING SOMETHING ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I THINK, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO SEE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY.
I MEAN, THAT SECOND MEETING HAD LITERALLY JUST ABOUT EVERY WALK OF LIFE.
TALKING AND IT WAS ONE, AND I GUARANTEE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE, I BET YOU THE SAME OR MORE PEOPLE WOULD SHOW UP.
ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING AT ME? NO.
I'M BEING INAPPROPRIATE OVER HERE.
I WAS TALKING, I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE THERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, BUT WHY NOT HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
I MEAN, IT, I MEAN, DOES IT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, AND I'M, I'M RUNNING OFF WITH IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YEAH, SURE.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA, RIGHT? IT'S NOT LED BY THE YEAH.
I MEAN MAYBE IT'S BY THE COMMISSION.
MAYBE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE, THE COMMISSION CITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ABOUT THAT.
WE TRIED IT WITH THE FORUMS AND THEY, THEY JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF THINKING, DO WE BILL IT AS A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION YES.
INSTEAD OF THESE FORUMS WE WERE HAVING, AND IT CHANGES THE RESPONSE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD IS, YOU KNOW, CREATING A SPACE TO HAVE THESE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE, IT IT'S APT PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THEY, YOU KNOW, ATTENDED, UM, GOOD, BETTER AND DIFFERENT.
SO WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY DO THOSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE COMMISSION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, SPONSOR THESE COMMUNITY LISTING SESSIONS SO THEY CAN HEAR WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS HAVE TO SAY.
SO I WILL PUSH THAT BACK
WE CAN BE INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AGAIN.
UM, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN AGREE TO SEND THAT RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING I'LL VOICE MY, MY MY, MY CONCERNS FOR THE 58TH TIME
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OUT, HOW WE COMMUNICATED, UM, WHERE WE HELD THE LISTENING SESSIONS, WHEN WE HELD THE LISTENING SESSIONS, THE TIME OF YEAR, ALL OF THESE THINGS.UM, OUR DATA'S GONNA BE SKEWED.
UM, AND I VOICED THIS ALSO IN THE PLANNING MEETING.
I ASKED IF ANOTHER LISTENING SESSION, OR AT LEAST A FEW LISTENING SESSIONS COULD BE OFFERED AT LEAST ONE VIA VIRTUALLY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LIKE PARENTS WHO CAN'T COME ON A WEEKNIGHT BECAUSE THEIR KIDS HAVE SPORTS, AND WE ARE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN OUR CITY, SO THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED.
THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DRIVE OR WHO MAY NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION OR MAY CAN'T GET TO THAT SIDE OF THE CITY.
WE HAVE IT, WE EXCLUDE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR PROCESS.
AND THIS WAS ABOUT, THIS IS ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, BUT YET THE SURVEY THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT IS COMPLETELY EXCLUSIVE.
SO OUR DATA IN MY MIND, WILL NOT BE ACCURATE.
UM, WE DID NOT TARGET AUDIENCES LIKE WE KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE, OR WE KNOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS.
THEN WHY AREN'T WE HOSTING THIS, YOU KNOW, AT THE SCHOOL OR GOING TO THE SCHOOLS OR CONNECTING WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO LET THEM HELP US GET THE WORD OUT.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY MISS, THERE WERE SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS PROCESS, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ADDRESSED THOSE ALONG THE WAY.
UM, ONE BEING EVEN THE, THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WE HAD TO REVAMP BECAUSE IT WAS MISSING SO MUCH.
BUT I'M JUST REALLY, UM, I GUESS I'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY THAT THIS PROCESS HAS GONE AND I'M, I'M JUST GONNA VOICE IT AGAIN.
SO, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, SO ONCE WE HAVE THE SYMPOSIUM, RAMA CONSOLIDATES THEIR DATA OR WHATEVER THEY'RE SKEWED DATA
RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE DOING IN PREPARATION FOR THAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY? WHO'S FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON THAT? BECAUSE WE ARE, ARE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
SO THE, THE FIRST ONE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE GAME PLAN AFTER WE GET THE ASSESSMENT, CORRECT MM-HMM
AND HOW IT'S IMPLEMENTED, WHAT WE WOULD DO.
UM, I'M NOT FOR SURE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT STEP WOULD LOOK LIKE AFTER THE FACT.
UM, I THINK WOULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS, THESE THINGS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE SOMEWHAT KIND OF DRIVEN IN SOME TYPE OF TIMELINE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO FOR WHATEVER.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE GIVEN TO US FROM RAMA'S STANDPOINT OF LIKE, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN, LIKE THOSE SHORT TERM, UM, UH, IMPLEMENTATION, ZERO TO SIX MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS, 12 MONTHS AND AND BEYOND.
UM, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE STEP WE CAN KIND OF DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND THE UNDERSTANDING IS ONCE THAT KIND OF, ONCE THAT IDEA IS KIND OF GIVEN OUT THERE FROM THE ASSESSMENT, I THINK, I DON'T WANNA SAY I THINK, BUT I'M, I'M RUNNING OUTTA WORDS, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY PUSHED BACK ON THE COMMISSION TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO FIRST.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT IS THE CORRECT WAY.
I'M JUST SAYING I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT'S GONNA STAY AT FIRST.
SO IT'S JUST THE UNDERSTANDING, OKAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT.
WE GOT THIS, WE'VE GOT THIS RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE ASSESSMENT.
LET'S MOVE THAT FORWARD OUT OF COMMISSION AND PLACE THAT BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR THEM TO APPROVE IT.
AND BE THAT ADVOCATOR AND CHAMPION TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO IMPLEMENT.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST SAYING LIKE, IT IS COUNCIL'S GOAL OR IT'S COUNCIL'S POWER TO OBVIOUSLY IMPLEMENT IDEAS AND PROJECTS AND OF THE SORT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS.
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FROM THE LAST TIME I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS FROM OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER.AND I WOULD PROBABLY SAY OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER WILL PROBABLY GO ON THIS ROUTE TOO.
UM, BUT I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK, UM, THE UNDERSTANDING IF WE NEEDED SOMEBODY, UH, TO COME IN AND, AND, AND, AND HAVE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO KINDA DO THIS WORK OF DIVERSITY OR, UH, DEI WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE SAYING THAT, OKAY, HEY, LET'S SEE WHAT THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT SAYS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
DOES THE ASSESSMENT SAY, HEY, WE SHOULD HIRE SOMEBODY TO KIND OF HANDLE THIS WORK.
UM, THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF LEFT IT AT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS KIND OF GUIDED TO.
SO AGAIN, EITHER WE CAN DO THAT PROCESS, I CAN KIND OF FILL IN TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS THE INITIAL GOAL THE LAST TIME THIS QUESTION POPPED UP.
OR WE CAN TRY TO JUST FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HEY, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY DO IN THE FUTURE? OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR CLIMATE IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT MIGHT BE A TASK THAT IS A HARD HILL TO CLIMB UP, BUT IT IS OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING, HEY, CAN, CAN WE DO THIS? YES OR NO? SO, I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WILL OBVIOUSLY BRING UP TO LEADERSHIP TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF HAVE SOME CLEAR GUIDANCE ON WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE AFTER THIS, UH, ASSESSMENT IS DONE.
AND I WOULD SAY BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE AND WHERE EVERYBODY'S HUNG UP ON THIS DIVERSITY WORD SURE.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT CREATING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE, ALWAYS, RIGHT? YEP.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THIS DIVERSITY RIGHT WORD.
YOU, I MEAN, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I, AND I THINK, AND I, I, AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY JUST TRYING TO KEEP OUT THAT NOISE, I THINK HUBER HEIGHTS HAS A REALLY GOOD THING GOING FOR ALREADY.
I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, THE CITY'S BEEN DOING FOR YEARS, SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY JUST BUILDING ON THAT.
SO, UM, I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT AS A NEGATIVE THING.
I'M HOPING COUNCIL ISN'T OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT AS A NEGATIVE THING, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL KIND OF GOING IT AT, LIKE, WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD, I GUESS, AT THIS POINT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, WORDING OR SOMETHING TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT SWALLOWS A LOT NICER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I THINK THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING BEHIND ANYBODY ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF BEATEN THIS ONE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY KIND OF FINAL THOUGHTS TO SHORE THIS ONE UP? IF YOU CAN GIVE US A GOOD HEADS UP ON THE SYMPOSIUM DATES AND TIMES.
I THINK, UM, 'CAUSE THE CO THE FULL COMMISSION DIDN'T HAVE THE DATES FOR THE LISTENING SESSIONS, COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WAS PART OF THE CHALLENGE FOR I KNOW A LOT OF US.
SO, UM, DUE TO MY UNEXPECTED, UM, EXIT FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, I'M GOING TO LEAVE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE LEFT IT LAST MONTH TOO, AND I APOLOGIZE.
UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S FOCUS AND ALIGNMENT WITH LEGISLATION, THAT'S A CONVERSATION, UM, THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA NEED TO DIG INTO WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, AS WE CHANGE GUARD AND YOU GUYS DISCUSS A NEW CHAIR AND A NEW VICE CHAIR NEXT MONTH, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE MY SUGGESTION TO CARRY THAT ITEM OVER AGAIN.
UM, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, JUST A REMINDER OF, OF HOW WE GOT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CONTINUE THIS WORK MOVING FORWARD? UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SHRINK.
I'M NOT GONNA GET ON A BIG POLITICAL RANT 'CAUSE IT'S ALSO NOT THE TIME FOR THAT.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT COULD BE DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT THE MOST MARGINALIZED GROUPS ARE PROTECTED.
UM, AND NOT SO MUCH ON FLUFFY, UH, FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THERE'S SOME REAL WORK THAT COULD GET DONE TO ROLL UP THE SLEEVES TO ENSURE THAT THESE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, UM, DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECTED TO THIS NEW WAVE.
UM, PASSING ORDINANCES, ENSURING PEOPLE CAN'T GET KICKED OUTTA HOUSING FOR, YOU KNOW, ONLY HAVING SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME, UM, FURTHER ADVANCING PROTECTIONS FOR LGBT COMMUNITIES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE
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THAT OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING OUR ELDERLY, UM, YOU LOSE MEDICARE, YOU LOSE SOCIAL SECURITY.WE'RE GONNA BE FACED WITH UNPRECEDENTED HOMELESSNESS OF OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
SO NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO, TO NOT DO THIS WORK.
NOW IS THE TIME TO DIG IN AND REALLY DO THE WORK THAT MATTERS.
SO I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THAT.
I'VE ENJOYED EVERY YEAR OF THIS WORK THAT I'VE SPENT WITH YOU THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF, FIVE YEARS.
YOU'LL STILL BE HERE, MOVE INTO ANOTHER COUNTRY, RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS WORK WITH YOU GUYS.
NEXT MONTH, MARCH 6TH, 6:00 PM EXCUSE ME.
BECAUSE YOU WERE ONE OF OUR INITIAL MEMBERS.
UM, YOU'VE PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK.
YOU HAVE THE HEART FOR THIS, AND I JUST, I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU THESE PAST, WHAT, FIVE YEARS NOW? ALMOST FIVE YEARS.
AND I THANK YOU TREMENDOUSLY FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS COMMISSION.
I'VE ENJOYED THIS WORK IMMENSELY.
IT WON'T STOP JUST BECAUSE I'M HAVE 12 HOUR DAYS PACKED AND FORTH AT COLUMBUS EVERY DAY.
WE AIN'T ALWAYS SAW THAT, BUT WE GOOD
THAT'S THE POINT OF DIVERSITY THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE, THE MORE OPINIONS AT THE TABLE, THE BETTER.
DID EVERYBODY DECIDE ON A SHIRT.