[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION Remote Meeting September 16, 2020 6:00 P.M. ]
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WHO PRESENT? MR. RICHARDSON PRESENT.
UM, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE AGENDA PACKET THAT KATIE SENT OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE THE MINUTES IN FRONT OF YOU.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS AUGUST THE SIXTH, AND THOSE WERE SENT OUT TODAY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO OUR MINUTES OR CAN WE ACCEPT THOSE? NO AMENDMENTS.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THAT WERE SENT OUT.
AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T AT THIS MEETING, YOU CAN ABSTAIN IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE LIST.
THE ME THE MINUTE STAND THAT'S APPROVED, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEW BUSINESS.
SO OUR FIRST NEW BUSINESS ITEM FOR TONIGHT IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THIS BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACE ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT Y'ALL BEING HERE AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT PASSION TO BRING TO THIS COMMISSION.
UM, WE HAVE IN STORE ALL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AND WORKING TOGETHER, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO US ALL WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE SOME AWESOME SKILLS THAT YOU BRING AS EVIDENT BY YOUR APPLICATIONS IN YOUR INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SEEING THAT LIGHT SHINE.
SO WE HAVE OUR SWEARING IN OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS TONIGHT.
THIS PART WILL BE A LITTLE INTERESTING.
UM, INSTEAD OF DOING EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY, WE CAN DO EVERYONE TOGETHER IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
AND JUST REPEAT AFTER ME IF THAT'LL WORK FOR EVERYONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'LL WORK WITH MICROPHONES.
BECAUSE THE FIRST FOUR WE WEREN'T.
SO, IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO UNMUTE, I STATE YOUR NAME.
I ES DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM SOLOM OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, THE CHARTER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY PAPER HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL MISS HONESTLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
SO HELP ME AND IMPART MY ABILITY THAT TO MY ABILITY.
ILL HAVE, I'LL SEND THESE OUT.
CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THESE SIGNED ALL THE MEMBERS, SO WE'LL GET THEM BACK AND WE'LL HANDLE THAT ON OUR END.
WHEN YOU SAID SEND THOSE OUT, DOES THAT NOT INCLUDE THE, THE DOCUMENT OF, UH, THE SWEARING OATH THAT WE SENT IN OR DROPPED OFF? I'M SORRY? IS THAT THE SAME THING THAT YOU PLAN ON SENDING OUT? YES.
AND IT'S ALSO THAT YOU'VE READ THE HE RIGHTS BOARDS AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK.
SO YOU'LL SIGN BOTH OF THOSE AND THAT YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE, YOU'RE ACCEPTING THE
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POSITION AS A MEMBER OF THE, UM, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION.SO YOU WE ARE ALL DUALLY SWORN IN, WHICH HOLDS US TO, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES AS COMMISSION MEMBERS.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I, I DID WANNA TALK TO SPEND A MINUTE ON IS THE FACT THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE A COMMISSION THAT WE KEEP OUR FORMAL CONVERSATIONS IN OUR MEETINGS AND ANYTHING WHERE WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE PRESENT AND DISCUSSING BUSINESS TOPICS THAT'S PERTINENT TO THE COMMISSION BECOMES A PUBLIC MEETING.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING.
W WITH THE EXCEPTION, THE QUORUM IS WHAT, KATIE, IS IT THREE OR FOUR? YOU'RE MUTED.
I BELIEVE THE QUORUM, THE QUORUM IS FIVE.
SO NO MORE THAN, YEAH, SO NO MORE THAN FOUR.
A QUORUM WOULD BE FIVE AT A MEETING.
SO THAT MEANS THAT ANY, ANY, ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, FOUR OR MORE BECOMES A MEETING.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR, OR MORE THAN FOUR.
MORE THAN FOUR BECOMES A MEETING.
SO JUST SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, UM, THAT MEANS EVEN COMMUNICATIONS VIA EMAIL, THAT'S ALL PUBLIC IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN GROUPS OF, OF THE MORE THAN FOUR.
SO JUST BE VERY COGNIZANT AND AWARE OF THAT.
THAT'S WHY I, THE INFORMATION THAT I OUT TO YOU ALL, I JUST SEE TO EVERYBODY SO THAT WE WOULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY HAVE A MEETING.
SO, JUST FYI FOR THAT, OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A SECRETARY FOR OUR COMMISSION.
THIS PERSON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING ALL MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING, UM, AND SENDING THOSE OUT TO THE GROUP PRIOR TO OUR MEETING.
KATIE, WE HAVE NOT INTRODUCED YOU,
ROB, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? ROB, THANKS, ROB.
KATIE, KATIE NICELEY, HR DIRECTOR, AND, UH, WELCOME ABOARD AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL.
SO KATIE IS OUR CITY LIAISON, SO SHE WILL BE AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR MAYOR JEFF GORE ON OUTSIDE, SO HE'S, HE'S CHIMING IN AS WELL, VISITING.
AND WE HAVE OUR CLERK, TONY ROGERS WITH US AS WELL.
UM, IF WE WANT TO KIND OF JUST GO AROUND SINCE THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING AND JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, AND TELL EVERYONE SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AND WE'LL START WITH JEAN AND SHE'S AT THE TOP OF MY SCREEN.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS GENE NEWBY AND I HAVE BEEN A
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RESIDENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.I MOVED HERE WHEN MY FATHER RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE BACK IN 1990.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, HAS A PRODUCT OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, ONE EXCITING THING ABOUT ME IS I'M A ADVENTUROUS PERSON.
I LIKE TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AS FAR AS EXERCISING, CHALLENGING MYSELF IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE, AND JUST TRYING TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE ABOUT ANYTHING THAT I ENDURE.
SO, IT'S A PLEASURE, AND THANK YOU.
THANKS GENE AND FRED, MR. AKINS, PLEASE.
I'VE BEEN IN HUBER HEIGHT SINCE 1994, UH, RAISED BOTH OF MY CHILDREN HERE AND THANK GOD THEY ARE OUT OF THE HOUSE.
UM,
I THINK I SEE RACHEL EVERY OTHER DAY FOR WHATEVER REASON.
UH, I, I'M, I'M PRETTY ACTIVE IN MY FRATERNITY AND, AND IN MY LODGE.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT, UM, THAT THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE IS THE CORE OF WHAT WE AS, AS PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNI SHOULD DO TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER.
UM, RATHER THAN SITTING BACK TALKING ABOUT WHAT PROBLEMS WE HAVE, AND I DECIDED LET'S JUMP IN HERE, BOTH FEED AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE AND THAT SERVES THE PEOPLE WHO I LIVE, WORK, AND HAVE FUN WITH.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE ON THIS C GOOD.
I DON'T THINK HE REALIZES YOU'RE ON MUTE AND MUTE YOURSELF.
EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME NOW? OKAY.
SO, UH, YEAH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS THERE, STEVENS.
I'VE LIVED IN HUB HEIGHTS, I BELIEVE SINCE THE 2001 HIGH RANGE.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
AND, UH, I JUST LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT FRED WAS SAYING, WHAT I ENJOY, LIKE HELPING WRITING AND I HELP, I ENJOY MENTORING, UPLIFTING PEOPLE.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO BE A PART OF A THIS COM.
I MEAN, I'M HERE PART OF THIS COMMISSION TO HELP AND IMPROVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW WE CAN MAKE SUPER HEIGHTS, UH, UM, UH, A GREATER PLACE TO LIVE, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE IT GREATER? SO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
THIS SHOULD BE FUN AND EXCITING, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. STEVENS AND MIA HANUKAH.
I'VE LIVED IN HUBER FOR, UM, 45 YEARS, SINCE I WAS FIVE.
MOVED HERE WITH THE AIR FORCE JUST AND JUST NEVER LEFT, BEEN MARRIED A HUBER, ANOTHER NATIVE HUBER HEIGHTS.
IT'S THIS MICROPHONES ON THIS COMPUTER.
WE'VE LIVED HERE, UH, FOR A MAJORITY OF OUR, MY LIFE.
AND I'M ALWAYS A PASSION, STRONG BELIEVER OF IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, GET INVOLVED.
AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UM, YOUTH SPORTS SCHOOLS, ALL ASPECTS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, I, I CURRENTLY AM THE DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF LATINX, ASIAN NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT WRIGHT STATE.
SO I WORK WITH CULTURE AND IDENTITY CENTERS.
SO HAVING ADVERSITY AND CULTURE IS NOT ONLY MY CAREER, IT'S ALSO MY PERSONAL PASSION.
SO I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT THIS, UM, COMMISSION START IN THIS CITY THAT I CALL HOME AND S ABSOLUTELY LOVE, AND I'M GLAD TO BE PART OF IT.
I AM, UH, HERE FROM, UH, STARTED LIVING HERE IN 2018.
SPENT SEVEN YEARS INSIDE OF THE AIR FORCE WITH THE WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, BEING MY LEFT DUTY STATION.
UH, PRETTY EXCITED TO BE ON THIS COMMISSION.
UH, TOOK A LITTLE BREAK AFTER I TRANSITIONED TO, UH, ADAPT TO, UH, THE NEW COMMUNITY AND GET TO KNOW EVERYONE.
I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO, UH, GET ENGAGED IN, UH, OUR COMMUNITY AGAIN.
UM, BEING INSIDE OF THE MILITARY HAS HAD ME, UH, AFFORDED
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO SPEAK TO, UH, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD, UH, ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, TURKEY TO GERMANY, TO, UH, TO LONDON, UH, AND DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AS WELL.SO I, HAVING THAT ABILITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO TALK AND, AND, UH, AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO, TO DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS, TO, TO LISTEN TO, TO BE ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER HAS BEEN A, A PASSION FOR ME.
EVEN THOUGH, UH, I'VE, I'VE ONLY JOINED THE AIR FORCE BACK IN, WHAT, TWO, UH, UH, 2000 AND 2009.
SO I'M PRETTY EXCITED AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BRING MY ABILITIES AS, UH, AS A CREATOR.
UH, AND THEN DURING WORK, UH, FOR SPEEDWAY, I, UH, I'M A DATA ANALYST FOR, FOR FUEL.
UH, SO I LIKE TO BRING THOSE TWO TOGETHER TO, TO PUT THE, THE CREATION, UH, WITH DATA ANALYTICS TO, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, UH, PROVIDE SOME, SOME GREAT INSIGHTS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO USE THOSE, UH, THOSE NEW TOOLS FOR, FOR, FOR THIS TEAM.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CUBER HEIGHTS FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
UM, I'VE GOT TWO CHILDREN, TWO, TWO YOUNG LADIES, AGES 20 AND 15.
UH, ONE GRADUATED FROM WAYNE, SHE'S ATTENDING RIGHT STATE, AND I'VE GOT ONE THAT'S A JUNIOR AT WAYNE NOW.
UM, I OWN MY OWN HOME BASED VIRTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY.
UM, I'VE BEEN SERVING ON COMMISSION SINCE ABOUT 2018, STARTED OUT WITH THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION.
UM, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT ACTIVISM AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND JUST, AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU OUT.
SO CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY ON, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BEING SWORN IN TODAY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THIS, UH, CITY.
UH, ONLY, I'VE BEEN IN CUBER HEIGHTS ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
I MOVED HERE CAUSE I'M RAISING ONE OF THE UP AND COMING WAYNE ATHLETES.
AND, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST AREA FOR SPORTS? I GUESS? SO, UM, MY SON PLAYS SELECT SOCCER AND BASKETBALL AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.
I ACTUALLY GRADUATED FROM WRIGHT STATE, AND I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GRADUATE WITH THE CITIZEN SCHOLAR CERTIFICATE, WHICH WAS COMMUNITY BASED SERVICE LEARNING, UH, BASE CERTIFICATE.
UM, SO I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
AND THEN I THINK SOME POINTS WE FALL OFF OUR TRACK.
SO THIS WAS A GREAT WAY FOR ME TO COME BACK TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MY JOY AND PURPOSE IN LIFE AND, AND HAVING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND REALLY BEING, UH, A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR MY SON OF, YOU KNOW, BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY TO AFFECT CHANGE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, UM, MR. ATKIN SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, YOU HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY VERSUS SITTING BACK AND KIND OF WAITING FOR CHANGE TO HAPPEN AROUND YOU.
SO, I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND, UM, LASTLY, I'M YOLANDA STEVENS, AND I'M THE CHAIR FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN HUBER FOR OVER 20 YEARS, EXCITED ABOUT BEING A PART OF THIS COMMISSION.
UM, AND, AND STARTING THIS UP, I OWN MY OWN, UH, CONSULTING, INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRM.
I'M FOCUSED ON THE AREA OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, UM, TRAINING AND COACHING.
ERIC AND I HAVE THREE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL.
NO, NO, WE HAVE TWO KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD SON, A 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND AN 18 YEAR OLD, UM, SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
SO NOW WE ALL KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OTHER, UM, AT LEAST TO START THE GROUNDWORK AND, AND START THE, THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE BACK TO THE AGENDA ON THE APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARIES, SINCE EVERYONE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT.
I'M SURE THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHOSE BRAIN STARTED BURNING, LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I WOULD LOVE TO BE THE SECRETARY.
SO, IS, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN SECRETARY, THE POSITION OF SECRETARY FOR THE COMMISSION?
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DON'T ALL SPEAK AT ONCE.WHO'S GREAT AT TAKING KEEPING NOTES? YOLANDA, IF I COULD, YES, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND POINT ME.
UM, IF YOU GO AHEAD AND POINT ME OR MY DESIGNEE, WE'LL DO THE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE MINUTES AND SEND THEM OUT.
WELL, I WILL APPOINT KATIE NICELY TO AS SECRETARY TO KEEP TRACK OF THE NOTES.
OR MY DESIGN, UH, OR YOUR DESIGNEE
AND DO I HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE FOR THAT? YES.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT KATIE OR HER DESIGNEE AS THE SECRETARY FOR THE COMMISSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
SO IT'S APPROVED THAT KATIE OR HER DESIGNEE WILL BE THE SECRETARY.
MR. RICHARDSON? YES, MR. STEVENS.
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE COMMISSION PURPOSE.
SO I THINK THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN EVERYONE'S, UM, INTERVIEW, AND I KNOW KATIE A ATTACHED THE, OUR INITIAL RESOLUTION FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE KIND OF AWARE OF THE BACKGROUND, BUT I'LL JUST KIND OF DO AN OVERVIEW ANYWAY.
BUT, UM, THANKS TO OUR, OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY MANAGER'S OPENNESS, BUT ERIC AND I, WHEN ALL OF THE THINGS STARTED HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, UM, WE FELT VERY COMPASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
AND WE JUST REALLY FELT, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T, WE WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE YOUNG KIDS.
UM, WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL INCLUDED.
AND SO WE WENT, REACHED OUT TO MAYOR GORE AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING AN INITIATIVE WITHIN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ISSUES OF INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE CITY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A REPEAT CIRCUMSTANCE OF A GEORGE FLOYD CASE.
RIGHT? UM, AND SO THAT'S HOW THE COMMISSION CAME ABOUT.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE PURPOSE.
AND, AND IN YOUR INTERVIEW PROCESS, EVERYONE SHARED KIND OF THEIR PASSIONATE AREAS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN WORKING IN, UM, WHICH IS HOW SOME OF OUR THINGS CAME, CAME APART, CAME UP ON US ON THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
BUT BASICALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS REALLY TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE CREATE A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE CITY? HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? HOW DO WE HELP OUR CITY OFFICIALS MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL? AND SO THERE ARE KEY PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE'LL, UM, LOOK AT AS A COMMISSION, BUT THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME PRIORITY INITIATIVES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AND LOOK AT.
SO ONE OF THOSE, UM, THINGS, I'M KIND OF MOVING ALONG ON THE AGENDA TOO, BUT THE, THE N V R P C JUST CAME UP WITH AN EQUITY INITIATIVE RESOLUTION AND ALSO VOTER REGISTRATION HAD CAME OUT IN ALL OF THE INTERVIEW INTERVIEWS WITH EVERYONE AS
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A PRIORITY.SO I'VE, I'VE INCLUDED THOSE ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING JUST FROM EVERYONE WHAT WOULD BE A KEY INITIATIVE.
ARE THERE ANY OUT OUTSIDE OF THAT AS TARGET, TARGET AREA TO BEGIN A KEY INITIATIVE FOR YOU? AND I SEE MIA HAS HER HAND UP.
I THINK ONE OF THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT I LIKE TO SEE IS, UM, I THINK WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE THE FOUR OF US, IS, UM, SOME KIND OF LIKE A, LIKE WE HAVE A, UM, ON CAMPUS, I CALL IT A BIAS INCIDENT RESPONSE, UM, TEAM, OR A, A WAY THAT CITIZENS ANONYMOUSLY, OR NOT AN HONESTLY RESIDENT AS BIAS AND, UM, AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN, WHERE WE CAN GET NOTIFIED, LIKE IT, THEY CAN REPORT IT.
AND THEN IT COMES TO US AS A COMMISSION.
SO WE'RE MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY OTHER THAN JUST, UM, HEARING RUMORS OR HEARING THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE OUR ACTUAL REPORTS THAT CITIZENS HAVE MADE AND ALSO GIVES THE CITIZENS, UM, RESIDENTS A PLATFORM.
LIKE THEY CAN ACTUALLY, UM, IF THEY EXPERIENCE ANYTHING, IT, IT'S, IT'S A SAFE SPOT FOR THEM TO REPAY IT TO THAT THEY KNOW THAT IT COMES TO THE GROUP THAT CAN, UM, WE COULD POSSIBLY MAKE, UM, TAKE WHAT WE LEARN FROM THERE AS OTHER INITIATIVES, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF LIKE A REPORTING SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN REPORT INCIDENTS LIKE THIS, THAT THEN IT COMES TO, TO US.
SO WE, WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
TARA, HOW ABOUT YOU? FOR ME, I, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN INITIATIVES I THINK IMPORTANT TO EVEN KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THE INCIDENT OR THE, THE BIAS RESPONSE TYPE TEAM IS JUST A KIND OF A TRAINING OR A, SOME TYPE OF A SERIES OF TRAININGS, WEBINAR, SOMETHING, UM, ABOUT NON-DISCRIMINATION AND BIASES AND IMPLICIT OR UNDERSTOOD BIASES, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, JUST OVERALL NON-DISCRIMINATION TRAINING FOR THE CITY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, UM, THOSE INVOLVED.
AND IT, EVEN TO EXPAND THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ONLINE FOR BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD WANT TO, YOU KNOW, JUST INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING THEIR OWN BIASES AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM AND IN THEIR PRACTICES.
GONNA MIGRATE AROUND THE ROOM HERE.
WELL, FOR, FOR ME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESOLUTION, UM, MUCH LIKE WHAT, UM, MV, WHAT IS IT MV C HAS MM-HMM.
UM, JUST COMMITMENT TO CITY AS A WHOLE.
SOMEONE THAT WAS DOING GOTCHA.
I FIGURED HOW TO RAISE MY HAND ON HERE YET.
UM, I THINK, UM, IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE MAYBE PARTICIPATE IN A KNOWLEDGE BUILDING KIND OF SEMINAR FOR THE PEOPLE IN, IN THIS GROUP, IF YOU WOULD.
UM, IT, IT, IT, IT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO SEND FOLKS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND SAYING, OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA BRING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN FOR DIVERSITY TRAINING, AND WE ARE GOING TO LEAD THAT TRAINING.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE MESSAGE.
I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UP TO SPEED AND THAT, THAT THAT THAT, UH, MESSAGE THAT WE ARE BRINGING, THAT WE ARE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WE DO THAT.
UM, AND ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT IS, IS, OR I'LL SAY A PART OF IT IS MAKING SURE, OR AT LEAST SEEING TO WHAT EXTENT THE CITY ARE ALREADY USING, UH, MINORITY CONTRACTORS IN THAT SORT OF THING.
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UM, BEFORE WE START, YOU KNOW, POKING DAGGERS AND THINGS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS A PROBLEM.LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING.
AND MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED OF US COMMITTEE AND SAY, UM, THIS IS THE, THE COMMITTEE THAT'S GONNA RESOLVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HUB HEIGHTS HAS AS IT RELATES TO, UM, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND CULTURE WHEN WE OURSELVES MAY NOT KNOW COMPLETELY WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING.
SO LET'S, LET'S US GET EDUCATED FIRST BEFORE WE START, UM, BEFORE WE START ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, JUST MAYBE NOT BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING LOOK AT, KIND OF DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING IN RELATION TO THE DIVERSITY PIECE AND INCLUSION PIECE, UM, AND THEN, AND WHAT WE CAN IMPROVE, AND THEN ALSO, UM, FOR US BEING TRAINED AS WELL YES.
IN ISSUES OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
UM, PRETTY MUCH WHAT MS. SALMAN AND DR.
ATKINS ALREADY MENTIONED, UM, IS WHAT I HAD IN MENTIONED.
BUT DEFINITELY I WANT TO INCORPORATE MORE OF THE DIVERSITY SENSITIVITY TRAINING ASPECT, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AMONGST A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS TO SEE HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE A CERTAIN SITUATION, WHETHER IT BE ON THEIR EMPLOYMENT, BASED ON THEIR JOB, IF THEY'RE EDUCATORS, HOW TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, BASED ON A CERTAIN WAY, BASED ON DIFFERENT CULTURES AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
SO I THINK IT JUST CAPTURES ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
WELL, I, DID YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF EARLIER? I SEE HOW THIS IS GONNA BE, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE MISSION GUY RIGHT.
ARE UP THERE AND
UM, I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE HUB RICE COMMUNITY OVER OVER 20 SOMETHING YEARS.
I HAVE THREE KIDS THAT HAVE ALL GRADUATED, UM, FOR WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE COACHED SPORTS, FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL HERE, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I AM A LOCAL REALTOR HERE.
UM, I WORK FOR KELLER WILLIAMS. AND, UM, SO I GOT THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON.
MY WIFE, UH, ALSO OWNS A BUSINESS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY LIKE OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS, UM, COMMISSION.
AND, UM, DEFINITELY LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE, UH, PROCESS OF TRYING TO JUST FINE TUNE, YOU KNOW, SOME AREAS THAT MAKE THINGS A LOT BETTER.
SO THAT'S MY INTRODUCTION AND I'M A MEETING FAN, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, ONE THING, UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID SO FAR.
I DEFINITELY LIKE TO GET SOME CONVERSATION, UH, GOING AROUND, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY, RACISM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, JUST SO THAT WE COULD BRING MORE THINGS TO THE FOREFRONT, TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE WHAT THINGS ARE BEING HAPPENING WITH THINGS ARE BEING DONE.
UM, AND THEN I THINK ALSO WHAT I WOULD LIKE WITH YOU IS FOR US, AND I THINK TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH THAT IS THAT HOW DO WE LEARN HOW TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE DIVERSITY IN PEOPLE? I, I THINK DIVERSITY IS GOOD.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE ALL THE SAME PEOPLE, THE PERSON, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.
SO I THINK DIVERSITY KIND OF BRINGS A DIFFERENT ASPECT OUT THERE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY CAN BRING, AND THEN HOW CAN I USE THOSE DIFFERENCES, PEOPLE TO ADVANCE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED DO AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO COLLECTIVELY AS THE GROUP AND AS THE COMMUNITY.
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CAN HEAR ME OKAY? YES.YEAH, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO FOCUS IN ON IS REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, UH, POLICE REFORM, RIGHT? LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT POLICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE WITHIN THE HUBER HIGHS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, IT'S MORE SO TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN TAKE PREVENTATIVE STEPS IN TERMS OF, UM, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, RIGHT? I KNOW THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE LOOKING AT POLICE REFORM MAKING CHANGES, RIGHT? SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THESE INCIDENCES THAT, THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN, IN, UH, RECENT, RECENT MONTHS, RIGHT? SO, ONE, OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT CURRENT PROCEDURES, SEE HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY MAYBE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, IF YOU WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DEESCALATE DEESCALATION PROCEDURES, IF YOU WILL.
BUT LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN, UH, MAYBE MAKE, UH, INPUTS IN TERMS OF HOW YOU RESPOND IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, RIGHT? MAYBE LOOKING AT WAYS WE COULD POTENTIALLY, WHEN THERE'S 9 1 1 CALLS, WHEN THE SITUATIONS MAYBE COULD THERE BE LIKE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT WILL ASSIST THE POLICE WHEN THEY GO OUT AND ADDRESS CERTAIN INSTANCES, RIGHT? SO THAT MAYBE, UH, IN TERMS OF MAYBE DIS DEESCALATING CERTAIN SITUATIONS, RIGHT? AND THEN, UH, ALSO LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE GET THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT? HOW CAN WE DO MORE OF THIS MORE, MORE SO THIS COMMUNITY POLICING, RIGHT? MAYBE GETTING THE, THE POLICE OUT IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, TALKING AND, AND, AND BUILDING, UH, AGAIN, UH, RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, SO THAT THERE'S NOT THIS FEELING OF ANIMOSITY OR FEELING OF, OF, UH, MISTRUST BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER, RIGHT? BUT IT'S, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, I THINK, UH, BETWEEN THE, UH, BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FOLKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MAJOR IN, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS BECOME, UH, ONE OF THOSE CITIES THAT EXPERIENCED THE, I'M SORRY, SOMEONE ON SOMEONE'S OFF MUTE HEAR BACKGROUND, BUT BACKGROUND, LIKE, UM, IF EVERYONE, YEAH.
SO, UH, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS, IS REALLY LOOKING AT, AT OUR, UH, POLICING PROCEDURES AND POLICIES WITHIN THE, WITHIN HUBER HEIGHTS.
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, IF YOU WILL, TO, UH, ENSURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE, WHERE FOLKS FEEL, FEEL SAFE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, WITH THE POLICE FORCE.
DID I GET, I'M SORRY, ROB, I CALLED YOU OUT.
ROB, YOU'RE BREATHING TOO HEAVY.
UH, I LOVE THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT PUT FORTH, UH, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE MEMBERS ON THE, UH, THE COMMISSION SO FAR, AND ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH, UH, WITH FRED WADE FORWARDS, AND, UH, ERIC SPREAD FORWARDS AS WELL.
UM, I, I'M, I LIKE TO, WELL, UH, I HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT THE, UH, AMERICAN HEALTH ASSOCIATION HAD POSTED FOR, UH, OTHER CITIES IN OUR AREA.
SO THEY HAVE 18 DECLARATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORGANIZED AND, UH, UH, SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW, BASICALLY.
SO I KIND OF USE THAT AS A, MY OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OTHER CITIES AND DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITIES ARE DOING ALREADY TO, TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT IN OHIO SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO, TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THEM HAVE PUT FORTH ALREADY, UH, ANYWHERE FROM, UH, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS TO JUST GENERAL EDUCATION, IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING.
THAT IS ALL, ALL GREAT THINGS.
FRED SAID, UH, IT'D BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF, UH, UH, GET A BENCHMARK TO WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT AS A COMMUNITY, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S DEALING WITH ON, ON THE GROUND, UM, AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE, WHERE WE WANNA BE AS COMMUNITY TO, TO FILL THAT GAP AND WHAT TYPE OF, UH, EVENTS WE NEED TO HOLD, UH, TO, TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
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UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UH, MV R C UH, HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE SPECIFIC POINTS THAT THEY WERE CALLING DOWN INSIDE THE RESOLUTION, RANGING FROM SYSTEMIC, UH, AND INSTITUTIONALIZED SEGREGATION, UH, TO LOCAL INEQUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS.UM, UNDERSTANDING HOW CONTRACTS ARE SET ASIDE FOR BUSINESSES, AND THEN JUST HISTORIC HOW, HOW HISTORIC REDLINING HAS IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.
SO I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER AS A RESOLUTION, AS AS A COMMISSION, UH, WHAT SPECIFIC AREAS AS A COMMUNITY IS IMPACTING GU UH, SPECIFIC FACTS.
AND THEN HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, UH, OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY AND WHAT ACTIVITIES WE NEED TO DO TO DO, TO GET TO, TO BETTER HUB HEIGHTS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, THANK YOU, STEFAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CREATING A BASELINE, UM, AND DOING A, AN ASSESSMENT, A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE COMMUNITY TO, ONE, SEE WHERE THEY ARE, HOW THEY FEEL.
DO THEY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE A, AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY? IF SO, IF NOT, WHY? UM, AND USE THAT, THAT INFORMATION IS KIND OF A BASELINE TO DEVELOP SOME PROGRAMMING AND SOME KEY INITIATIVES, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE WANNA KIND OF JUST GO OFF PLANNING THINGS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED WITH EXCEPTION OF VOTER REGISTRATION, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED THAT
UM, SO TO KINDA, TO KINDA FROM THAT, UM, BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS, YOUR INTERVIEWS, THE THINGS THAT YOU SHARED WERE KIND OF PRIORITY ITEMS FROM FOR YOU, UM, HERE IN OUR MEETING AND ALSO IN YOUR INTERVIEWS, I, I BASICALLY KIND OF BUCKETED THE COMMISSION INTO BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY REFORM, WHICH IS WHERE YOUR POLICE, UH, MAYBE PUBLIC POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD FALL UNDER REFORM.
AND THEN LASTLY WOULD BE OUTREACH, BECAUSE AS I, AS I HEAR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND SOME OF THE IDEAS AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD COME FROM THE COMMUNITY WOULD PROBABLY FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE THREE BUCKETS.
WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK? ARE THERE OTHER, OTHER AREAS THAT YOU THINK WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY ADVOCACY REFORM.
UM, AS FOR CLARIFICATION ON THOSE THREE BUCKETS, YOU SAID EDUCATION, REFORM AND OUTREACH, CORRECT? YES.
EDUCATION AND, UH, SLASH COMMUNITY ADVOCACY.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, LIST OF AREAS, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION TO FOCUS ON.
I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT MIX OF THINGS THAT WE, WE SHOULD ADDRESS.
I THINK MOST THINGS THAT ARE, AND IF NEW ONES COME UP, THEY CAN FIT UNDER THESE THREE CATEGORIES AS WELL, IS NOT TO, UH, STRETCH OURSELVES TOO THIN, UM, AT LEAST AT THE ONSET, AND MAYBE ADD MORE PEOPLE WITH AND WHAT, ONCE THAT DOES HAPPEN, AND IF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, THEN YOU CAN BRING ON DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT MAY NOT FIT UNDER THESE THREE.
SO WE WILL, DO I, DO I NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT?
WE'RE ALL LEARNING
SO FOR NOW, WE'LL BUCKET THINGS INTO THOSE THREE AREAS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO OUR LIST FOR, TO TALK ABOUT AS PROBABLY, UM, LATER HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT
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THAT.SO I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO MY LIST OF THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT THAT GETS US THROUGH, UM, OUR ITEM D, WHICH IS THE COMMISSION INITIATIVES AND PRIORITIES, UM, OUT OF THE PRIORITY THAT MOVES US INTO E, WHICH IS THE N V R P C, REGIONAL EQUITY INITIATIVE RESOLUTION.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT.
UM, THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING, WORKING MEETING LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY TOOK IT BACK TO N V R P C AND VOTED FOR FOR THE RESOLUTION.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AND RHONDA MENTIONED THIS, AND RHONDA IS OUR CO-CHAIR ALSO.
I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE HER FOR THAT, UM, AS WELL.
DON'T, WE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.
SO SHE MENTIONED HA ADOPTING SOMETHING LIKE THE RESOLUTION FOR OUR CITY, AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OPTIMAL AREA TO START AS A COMMISSION, IS TO DEVELOP A CITY RESOLUTION, THOUGHTS AND INPUT.
UM, I DO CONCUR THAT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHT SHOULD IMPLEMENT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS, BECAUSE BASED ON THIS MEMORANDUM, THE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES AND THE DATING AREA WILL ALSO IMPLEMENT THE SIMILAR, UM, TYPE OF, UM, RESOLUTION.
SO I CONCUR WE SHOULD GO FORWARD AND MAKE SURE HUB HEIGHTS HAS THE SAME.
OKAY, YOU GONNA START PICKING ON ME? BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND SEE HOW THIS NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED.
UM, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME THINGS SPECIFIC TO HUBER HEIGHTS THAT OUR CITIZENS MAY BE INTERESTED IN PUTTING IN THIS RESOLUTION, UM, TO INCLUDE IT TO, UM, MAYBE JUST INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE AND PERHAPS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, UM,
SO MAYBE ADDRESS SOMETHING IN HUBER BEHI OR AS IT RELATES TO OUR, AND I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A DANGEROUS SUBJECT WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GONNA TRY TO NOT CONTROL, BUT MONITOR WHAT PEOPLE SAY AND WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY BEHAVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT I, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT THEY RELATED TO THAT, AND EVEN JUST, UH, WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT RESIDENTS OF NEW HEIGHTS TO DO AND HOW WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO REPRESENT OUR CITY.
SO ARE YOU, UM, SUGGESTING THAT WE DO, THAT WE INVOLVE THE CITIZENS OR MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO DOING THIS? I DON'T MY ANSWER WHEN YOU, WHEN THE QUESTION IS DO INVOLVE CITIZENS, THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS GONNA BE YES.
I THINK, UH, THE MORE INPUT THAT YOU HAVE IN A PROCESS, THE BETTER OFFER'S GONNA BE, OR AT LEAST MORE ACCEPTABLE OR EVEN THE OUTCOME TO BE MORE GENERALIZABLE, IF YOU WOULD.
SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, LET'S GET AS MUCH INPUT IN THAT REGARD AS WE CAN.
AND I THINK ROB HAD HIS HAND OUT.
I I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, I, I GUESS INSIGHT IN TERMS OF, UH, SPEAKING ALONG ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A, UM, A VERY, VERY LIGHT GRAY LINE, UH, IN, IN, IN WHAT A CITIZEN COMMISSION VERSUS THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION TYPE OF SCENARIO WOULD BE.
SO WHEN WE TALK IN TERMS OF RESOLUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE, UM, THE, THE PROCEDURES AND THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT RESOLUTIONS ARE ACTIONABLE.
SO TO MAKE JUST GENERAL STATEMENTS, UM, AND, AND JUST LIKE THE N V R P C UH, RESOLUTION, UH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIONABLE THINGS WITHIN THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STATEMENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD GOALS, UH, MAYBE MORE IN LINE OF LIKE A MISSION STATEMENT, UM, TYPE OF SCENARIO.
SO, UH, WHEN WE USE TERMS LIKE THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THE EXPECTATION, UH, AHEAD OF THE FACT THAT IF THE COMMISSION TALKS ABOUT,
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WELL, THE CITY SHOULD HAVE A RESOLUTION, WE'LL UNDERSTAND THAT US AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVE VERY, VERY LIMITED AUTHORITY AND ABILITIES TO ACTUALLY DO CERTAIN THINGS, ACTIONABLE ITEMS, THINGS WHEN I KNOW THERE'S MENTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, I KNOW THERE'S MENTIONS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.THOSE REALLY AREN'T THINGS THAT WE AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT REALLY HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO REALLY ENACT OR TAKE ACTION ON.
SO I JUST WANT, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UH, DR.
AIKEN'S COMMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, WERE, WERE SPOT ON IN THE SENSE OF GETTING AN IDEA OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR.
AND I THINK MAYBE IN TERMS OF EXPECTING AN ACTUAL RESOLUTION, UH, WERE SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT HAS ACTIONABLE ITEMS AND ESTABLISHES POLICY.
UH, MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS MAYBE ENHANCING, UH, THE MISSION OR, OR THE GOAL AND HAVE STATE OF STATED OBJECTIVES, UH, IN AND IN FACT, THE CITY ITSELF TAKING THIS ACTION OF SAYING, HEY, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND YOU ALL ARE ACTUALLY A COMPONENT OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, APPOINTED BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH THEN REPRESENT AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS WANT AND NEED AND ASK FOR.
UH, AND, AND IT ALL HAS TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER IN LINE OF THIS BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS THAT WE, UH, UH, THAT, THAT WE ALL HAVE.
SO WE, WE WANT TO CERTAINLY HELP GUIDE AND, UH, AND PROVIDE THOSE AVENUES FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION AND ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NEVER NOT CROSS THAT.
I, AND, AND IT'S A VERY LIGHT GRAY LINE.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A, A HARD, BOLD, UH, DOUBLE WIDE THICK, UH, LINE AS TO WHAT CAN AND WHAT CAN'T BE DONE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A, A MIX, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATION OF, UH, FOR INSTANCE, A RESOLUTION.
UH, THE, THE, UH, MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION IS A, UH, A SEPARATE ENTITY.
UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY AROUND MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT ADOPT SOMETHING.
UH, THEY'RE NOT REALLY AN OVERSIGHT TYPE OF COMMITTEE, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE A STATEMENT THAT STANDS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE, UM, WE, AND, AND I'M, I'M PRETTY BLUNT, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE SIMILAR ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT ASSESSMENT, I THINK, IS SPOT ON.
UH, WE'VE GOT GREAT THINGS GOING ON, AND WE'RE AHEAD OF MANY COMMUNITIES.
IN FACT, WE ALREADY TOOK ACTION AHEAD OF N V R P C, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THEY ARE, UH, REVIEWING THEMSELVES INTERNALLY AND IDENTIFYING POLICIES THAT THEY NEED TO, THAT THEY NEED TO PUT IN A PLACE.
UH, WE IDENTIFIED ONE BY FORMING THIS COMMISSION IN AND OF ITSELF.
SO, UM, UH, WE, WE, I I, I THINK BEFORE WE CHARGE OFF TO HAVE YOU FORM WHAT YOU MIGHT BE THINKING OF A RESOLUTION SIMILAR IN THE SHAPE OF WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT TOOL, UH, TO GET THOSE OBJECTIVES SET, SET FORTH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE DONE BY COUNSEL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE ONE OF THOSE ROLE TYPE OF THINGS COME IN.
THIS BODY CAN CERTAINLY HAVE RESOLUTIONS WITHIN IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE COUNCIL YOU ARE ADVISING AND RECOMMENDING TO COUNCIL FOR CERTAIN.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INTERJECTED IN THE CONVERSATION.
THE, UH, THE STEPS IN, IN THE, IN THE POLICIES OF THE, UH, UH, OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUCRACY THAT, THAT, UH, THAT IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, TARA, TARA PURVIS AS PART, SO I GUESS TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING, OR TO POSE IT A DIFFERENT LENS THAN THE RESOLUTION, PERHAPS WE COULD COME AT THIS AS, I DUNNO WHY I'M ECHOING.
UM, EVERYBODY HAVE THEIRS MUTED.
UM, THAT WE COULD DO IT AS A RECOMMITMENT OF OUR FULL ATTENTION TO THESE AREAS ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF VIEW WHAT THOSE MAY BE.
BUT I, I THINK IT WOULD BE REMISS OF US TO GO IN WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE CITIZENS VIEW IS, THE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, SO MIGHT HELP
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SAYING TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN.LET ME DO, THAT'S ON MY OTHER SCREEN.
IF YOU HAVE AN EXTERNAL SPEAKER, IT MIGHT BE, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
THAT BETTER? NOT REALLY A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YEAH, IT SOUNDED LIKE EVERYONE'S THAT ECHO NOW
LIKE, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY MOVING TOWARDS WITH OUR STATEMENTS VERSUS THESE BROAD, YOU KNOW, YES, WE ANNOUNCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH URGENCY OR SAY IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT CLOUT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY IS REALLY HAVE THAT CLOUT.
SO DOES THERE ANYTHING OF PUBLIC HEALTH URGENCY THAT'S LIKE A GOVERNOR'S ROLE? SO, I MEAN, WE CAN AGREE AND SUPPORT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, DO PEOPLE VIEW MAYBE THE POLICIES AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT NOT WEARING BANDANAS OF A RED COLOR? IS THAT THEIR ISSUE TODAY? OR COULD THE ISSUE BE THAT DESIGN BROKE? IS BUYING PRIVATE RENTALS REALLY MINIMIZING THE PRIVATE RENTAL, YOU KNOW'S GONNA HAVE LENS TO THIS SIT.
WAS THERE A QUESTION? YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? NO, THAT WAS FROM MY PREVIOUS, UH, EVERYBODY IS ECHOING NOW.
UH, DO, WHEN I SPEAK, AM I ECHOING AS WELL? YEAH, I HEAR MYSELF ECHOING.
SO I THINK IT MUST BE A BAD, BAD CONNECTION.
WONDER IF IT'S YOUR, IT'S SHOWING THAT MEETING PRESENTER IS NOT.
AND, UH, NOBODY WILL HEAR THE MEETING IF I MUTE.
SO, AND AGAIN, I'M IN, I'M IN A SILENT ROOM HERE AND YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT ECHOING THE ONLY ONE HERE.
SO HOW ABOUT WHAT, SO HOW ABOUT THIS SUGGESTION? I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD HELP, RIGHT? WE COULD, WOULD IT HELP TO EVERYONE HANG UP AND THEN CALL BACK IN? OR WOULD THAT BE AN ISSUE? SOMETIMES THAT CLEARS UP THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW? AM I ECHOING AS WELL? YES.
I I, I DON'T NEED ANY ECHO AT ALL FROM YOU.
IS EVERYBODY ELSE HEARING THE ECHO THOUGH? ABOUT I DON'T HEAR IT ECHO FROM YOU.
WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN, UM, MANAGE.
I THINK, UM, LET'S LET RHONDA, MISS SUM, IF YOU CAN EXPAND, BECAUSE YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP THE THOUGHT OF THE RESOLUTION, WHAT YOUR THOUGHT WAS YOUR MUTE.
SO I THINK THE PURPOSE OF
UM, YEAH, IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY.
UM, SO, SO IT'S ME MORE SHOWING THAT THE CITY'S FAIR AND EQUITABLE HIRING COMMUNITY, UM, FAIR CONTRACT.
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BUT I THINK A RESOLUTION YES.YOU ALL UNDERSTAND? I'M SORRY.
SO CAN YOU ALL UNDERSTAND HER? THE ECHO IS I'VE MUTED MYSELF.
SHE'S CHOPPY, IT SOUNDS LIKE, RIGHT? IT IS VERY, YEAH.
IT IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE AND DIAL BACK IN, SEE IF ON MUTE, WILL THAT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS? JUST TO SHOW IF WE DO THAT, JUST JOIN THE LINK AGAIN.
UH, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM AT ALL.
WELL, WE WILL DIAL BACK IN THEN.
WELL IMMEDIATELY DIAL BACK IN.
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT ECHOING, OR AT LEAST THE SO FAR.
EVERY, I'M GONNA TRY SOMETHING.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
OKAY, NOW I'M GONNA UNMUTE ROB.
CAN YOU NOW UNMUTE YOURSELF, MR. SCHUMMER? OKAY, NOW WE'RE ECHOING.
SO WHEN I UNMUTE YOU, IT STARTS TO ECHO AND NOW IT'S NOT ECHOING.
SO IT MUST BE SOMETHING WHEN, LIKE, HERE.
WE'RE NOT SEEING, WE'RE NOT SEEING YOU.
THE RESOLUTION RHONDA WAS SPEAKING, MS. SUMLIN.
SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT, UM, THE RESOLUTION, AND WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, THE RESOLUTION WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD, THE MAYOR WOULD SIGN.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WOULD SIGN IT, UM, THAT THAT WOULD BE BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATION, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD PUT IN PLACE STATING THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMISSION, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO FAIR
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AND EQUITABLE HIRING PRACTICES TO, UH, COMMITMENT TO PROPER POLICING OR, UM, UH, FAIR POLICING.I DON'T KNOW WHAT WORD WE WOULD PUT, UM, TO, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIDDING CONTRACTS, WHATEVER LANGUAGE WE WOULD PUT IN PLACE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION, WE CAME TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
AND WHEN YOLANDA AND ERIC CAME TO MAYOR GORE, UM, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON, THE CIVIL UNREST AND ALL, IT WAS GOING ON AS A RESULT OF GEORGE FLOYD'S KILLING.
UM, AND THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY, UH, A NEED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.
SO THE, THE RESOLUTION IS SOMETHING THAT RECOMMITS THE CITY TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMISSION AND TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ALREADY EXIST.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE UNFAIR HIRING PRACTICES, UM, THAT MARGINALIZED GROUPS, PEOPLE OF COLOR FACE.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UM, ISSUES IN, IN CITIES, SYSTEM, SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT EXIST.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO COMMUNICATE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO, UM, WHAT THE COMMISSION IS DOING TO ERADICATE OR ELIMINATE THESE ISSUES.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A RESOLUTION, WE'RE TALKING MORE OF A STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY, AND RECOGNITION THAT THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO ADDRESS AND STAY AHEAD OF.
SO IT'S MORE ABOUT THE COMMITMENT TO THE INITIATIVE AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE ISSUES.
WE CAN'T OVERLOOK THOSE THINGS.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, WHEN MR. SCHER MENTIONED THE KIND OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, I REALLY SEE THAT AS THE, THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
THESE ARE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE.
WHEN I THINK OF THE RESOLUTION, I THINK OF IT AS A HIGH LEVEL, THIS, THIS IS AN ISSUE.
AS A CITY, WE'RE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AND WE SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS, AND THEN THE COMMISSION WOULD ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
SO I SEE IT REALLY AS TWO-TIERED, A TWO-TIERED APPROACH.
IT'S THE RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AND THEN THE COMMISSION'S WORK UNDER THAT.
SO, UH, MR. SCHER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS DUE FOR, FROM THE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT GRAY LINE, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE SPEAK THROUGH WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING FOR A RESOLUTION? YEAH, WHAT I MEANT WITH THE GRAY LINE IS ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSION OF BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMISSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT? SO IF YOU TALK ABOUT A RESOLUTION, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO EVEN THOUGH THAT THE COMMISSION MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A, A RESOLUTION FOR IT TO ACTUALLY TAKE EFFECT FOR THE, CALL IT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL, IS THE BODY THAT DOES THAT, IS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR? MAYBE I, MAYBE I EXPRESSED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR THAT TIME.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK SO, YEAH.
MR. STEVENS, RIGHT? SO ROB, SO SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE COMMISSION COULD POTENTIALLY DRAFT A PROPOSED RESOLUTION, PRESENT THAT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEM TO THEN ACT ON OR DECIDE TO ACT ON OR NOT.
IS THAT HOW THAT COULD, UH, PLAY OUT A ABSO ABSOLUTELY, YES.
THAT, THAT'S, THAT IS THE, UH, THAT IS, IS THE GOAL, UH, OF THE COMMISSION.
AND, AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE WORKING COMMISSION IS, IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR THAT EXACT STUFF.
AND WHEN THINGS ARE TAKEN IN FORM OF A RESOLUTION, ET CETERA, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USUALLY ACTIONABLE, RIGHT? UM, AND
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SOMETHING LIKE A PROCLAMATION IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.THAT'S KIND OF A GENERAL STATEMENT THAT, THAT THE MAYOR WOULD SIGN.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY AN ACTING, A POLICY, UM, YOU KNOW, AN ACTIONABLE ITEM WITHIN THAT TO, TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS MUCH LIKE, UH, MISS SOMEONE JUST INDICATED THINGS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, EQUALITY AND IN, IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND, UM, UH, PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS TO SHOW AND TO RE OR TO REINSTATE COMMITMENT TO THOSE THINGS ARE CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS VERY RELEVANT AND VERY APPROPRIATE TO COME OUT IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION ON.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD WANT, I'M CERTAIN THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS APPLICABLE TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ARE, YOU KNOW, CAPABLE OF BEING ADDRESSED BY THE CITY.
UH, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE A DEPARTMENT IN, UH, SOME, SOME HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TYPE OF ISSUES.
OBVIOUSLY WE REALLY CAN'T ENACT POLICY FOR THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE SEGMENTS OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT DOES THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, AVIATION, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WITH AN AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO HAVE AN EXTREME EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T MAKE, YOU KNOW, MUCH SENSE FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T, UH, WE WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UM, EVERYTHING THERE IS SOMETHING WITHIN THAT WOULD BE ACTIONABLE, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THERE.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY THE, ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THE COMMISSION AND WHY I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR, UM, UH, AND, AND CERTAINLY MR. AND MRS. STEVENS AND, UH, EARLY ON DISCUSSIONS WANTED TO, IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, TO DO? AND, UM, UH, NOT ONLY LOOKING JUST AT THE CITY AS WELL, BUT THIS IS SERVICE FROM THE CITY TO THE COMMUNITY TOO.
AND, UM, UH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT AND, AND MAKE ALL THAT HAPPEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WHATEVER FORMS OF PAPERWORK AND, AND PROCESSES NEED TO BE.
BUT THAT WAS MY MAIN POINT, IS MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMISSION ITSELF WOULDN'T BE PASSING THE RESOLUTION YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT, TO PASS ONTO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S WHERE IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, THAT STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEN, ROB, MAYBE INITIALLY THE PROCLAMATION IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR COULD SIGN.
MAYBE IT'S A PROCLAMATION WITH, UM, INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD THEN TURN INTO A RESOLUTION OF SOME SORT THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
UM, SO MAYBE THE PROCLAMATION JUST REINFORCES SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT OUT IN THE LEGISLATION.
UM, AND THEN WITH WORK FROM THE COMMISSION, WITH THAT COMMUNITY SURVEY, ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, REALLY FORMALIZE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT OUT IN THAT SURVEY THAT THEN CAN BE AMENDED TO CREATE SOME FORM OF RESOLUTION THAT THEN WE TAKE TO COUNSEL FOR RECOMMENDATION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY A WAY THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THAT, THAT'S A, UH, A GOOD PLAN.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF WAYS TO DO IT.
THE, THE MAIN GOAL IS, IS COME UP WITH THE IDEAS AND, AND LET'S GET THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY ACTION THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.
UM, AND IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE CITY TYPE OF ACTIVITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE DONE IN EITHER A RESOLUTION AND OR, UH, A PROCLAMATION.
UM, I, I THINK IF IT COMES DOWN TO MAKING STATEMENTS OF PRACTICES AND LIKE THE POLICY OF THE CITY WOULD BE THIS REGARDING HIRING OR WHATEVER, WE WOULD WANT THAT IN THE FORM OF AN ACTUAL RESOLUTION, UH, SO THAT IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LEGISLATIVE TEETH TO IT.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THE WORK THAT THE CONVENTION IS DOING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYOR COULD SIGN UP ON, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF A PROCLAMATION.
AND IT WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN PROCLAMATION OR VETERANS DAY, SOMETHING THAT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND I THINK IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMITTED TO THE COMMISSION, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BOOKS AND THE RESOLUTION, THE CREATION OF IT SHOWS THE COMMIT, THE COMMITMENT TO IT.
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HAVE LIKE A SUPPLEMENTAL RESOLUTION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT ADDITIONAL PURPOSES OF THE COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD EASILY COME IN THE FORM OF, UH, A, A PIECE OF LEGISLATION.UH, AND OR A PROCLAMATION WOULD BE, UM, KIND OF A, UM, A A A GENERAL, USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THINK OF A PROCLAMATION, LIKE A SPECIFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, TREE DAY OR, UH, UH, PROCLAMATION OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF EFFORTS OF, OF PEOPLE, UM, OR GROUPS.
UM, SO I, I THINK RHONDA, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS IN THE FORM OF, OF ACTUALLY A, A RESOLUTION AND BY COUNSEL.
UM, AND IF, IF I'M HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY TO BE COMMITTED TO THE, THE COMMISSION AND BE COMMITTED TO SOME OF THE, UH, CORE AREAS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THOSE BUCKETS THAT, THAT YOLANDA HAD TALKED ABOUT IN ADDITION TO SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE CALLED OUT, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, THAT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE, UH, THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN APPROPRIATE.
AND INITIALLY, I, I WOULD LIKE, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO THE COMMISSION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, IN FORM OF A PROCLAMATION.
NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A FIRST, THIS HAS NEVER, THIS IS A NEW COMMISSION.
IT'S THE FIRST OF THIS TYPE OF COMMISSION.
I, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN ANY OTHER CITY YET.
UM, AND MAYBE OTHER CITIES WILL ADOPT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT HUBER HEIGHTS SAW THIS AS IMPORTANT OF ENOUGH INITIATIVE THAT WE TOOK AN ACTION STEP IN MOVING IT FORWARD.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
AND THE, THE, I WOULD SAY THE PROCLAMATION, SINCE IT REALLY IS JUST A RECOGNITION OF THIS AS A PRIORITY, COULD JUST BE FROM THE CITY, BUT THEN THE RESOLUTION COULD ACTUALLY DRILL DOWN AND GET THE SPECIFICS FROM THE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS.
SO DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NECESSARILY NEED THE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS TO PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY IS DEDICATED TO THIS EFFORT.
SO WE COULD, IN A SENSE, COME UP WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WORK IN THE PROCESS.
ONCE WE GET THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, THEN WE COULD ROLL THAT INTO A RESOLUTION.
YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO WE CAN BEGIN TO AT LEAST WORK ON A RE A PROCLAMATION
SO WE'LL SAY, WE'LL WORK ON A PROCLAMATION AND THEN THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE FORTHCOMING.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, IF WE CAN AT LEAST START LOOKING AT THE PROCLAMATION, DEVELOPING A PROCLAMATION, AND THERE'S NINE OF US.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ALL NINE OF US TO MEET ALL THE TIME.
AND WE HAVE LIMITED MEETING TIMES AS WELL.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO, THAT IS ONE OF THE KEY PASSION AREAS FOR YOU TO START LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A PROCLAMATION.
AND I KNOW MISS SUMMON, THAT IS ONE AREA THAT, UH, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, THAT I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOWARD.
I WILL DEFINITELY WILLING TO DO THAT.
AND WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE? MIA? MS. HANUK? YES.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THAT ALSO? I WOULD.
IS THERE ANYONE, TARA? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT ONE TOO.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THE THREE OF, UH, MR. STEVENS, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP OR IS IT UP FROM EARLIER? I THINK IT MIGHT BE UP FROM EARLIER
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NOW.LAURA'S HAND, UH, MISS NEWBY? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT EFFORT AS WELL.
THAT'S ABOUT IT, RIGHT?
FIVE IS A QUORUM, RIGHT? REQUIRES A MEETING.
SO, UH, WE HAVE MISS PERVIS, MISS NEWBY, MISS KER, AND MISS SOMEONE THAT WILL WORK ON DEVELOPING A PROCLAMATION, UM, AND DO SOME RESEARCH AROUND THAT.
POSSIBLY LOOK AT SOME OTHER CITIES OR HOWEVER YOU DEEM FIT TO START DEVELOPING THAT.
AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO OUR, BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING TO BRING FORTH TO THE COMMISSION.
SO ROB, WE ARE ABLE TO MEET, SINCE IT'S NOT A QUORUM, WE'RE ABLE TO MEET, UM, WITHOUT PUBLISHING THAT CORRECT.
WELL, IF, IF, IF YOU ARE FORMING A COMMITTEE OF, UH, OF ANY TYPE, THEN SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE NOTICED, UH, AND, AND MET IF YOU JUST HAVE A WORKING GROUP THAT YOU'RE JUST SHARING IDEAS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN YOURSELVES, UH, YEAH.
AND THEN BRINGING THAT INFORMATION COLLECTIVELY FOR DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION AND DECISION MAKING WOULD BE DONE IN A MEETING OF THE COMMISSION, BUT TO JUST PUT TOGETHER WORK PRODUCTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO BRING, UH, ON THOSE TASKS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY FINE.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT, MR. SCHER.
SO WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP OR FIRST WORKING GROUP.
SO MOVING ON THE ON, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
VOTER REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION.
THIS WAS ONE THAT CAME UP AT AS EVERYONE'S PRIORITY KEY AREA.
AND WE ARE COMING UPON, THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, SO WE'RE COMING UPON ELECTION.
SO I THINK THAT IT IS PROBABLY IMPERATIVE FOR US TO DO SOMETHING FOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION.
UH, THAT COULD COME IN THE FORM OF DOING ABLE TO REGISTRATION DRIVE, IT COULD BE WORKSHOPS, WHATEVER WE DEEM AS THAT FIT FOR THE COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SO, I'M LOWERING SOME HANDS HERE, SO I KNOW WHO'S, DID SOMEONE RAISE THEIR HAND? MS. NEWBY, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? I DID, BUT MS. NIKKER HAD HERS FIRST, I BELIEVE.
COULD WE, UM, I LIKE THAT IDEA.
UM, SO ROB, IS THE, UM, THE FARMER'S MARKET STUDENT ORGANIZING, OR IS THAT WITH THE PARKS AND TRACK BOARD? I MEAN, I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND HAVE INFORMATION, EDUCATION INFORMATION, UM, THAT AT, LIKE, AT THE, THE FARMER'S MARKET, ESPECIALLY LIKE A TABLE A TABLING THERE, BECAUSE THAT BRINGS IN, I GO EVERY SATURDAY.
IT'S, IT'S A LARGE CROWD THAT COMES TO THERE.
MAYBE WE CAN START A VOTER'S REGISTRATION DRIVE BY.
I JUST WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS PARKS AND REC.
LIKE DO WE REACH OUT TO JOSH OR IS THAT A CITY ORGANIZED EVENT, OR? YEAH, IT IS.
IT IS BY THE CITY WITH A COMBINATION OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS, AS WELL.
SO, YEAH, THAT IS, UM, THAT, THAT IS A, UH, CITY EVENT.
AND IF THE, UH, IF THE COMMISSION HERE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, SOME VOLUNTEERS SET UP, UM, YOU KNOW, ON A SATURDAY WITH MATERIALS, UH, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, UH, TO ARRANGE TO HAVE A SPACE FOR YOU.
THERE ARE, SO WE HAVE, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL IS IF WE WERE ABLE TO SET UP, UM, REGISTRATIONS AT DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE NORTH, IF WE HAD THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, THAT WOULD BE NORTH.
AND IF WE HAD SOMETHING SOUTH, I THINK.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER AREAS, AS LONG AS MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE PERMISSION FROM, IF WE WANTED TO DO A DRIVE AT A BUSINESS, AS LONG AS WE HAVE PERMISSION FROM THAT BUSINESS TO SET UP, THEN WE COULD HOLD SOMETHING THERE.
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SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER KEY IDEAS OR, UM, AREAS YOU COULD, SPEAKING OF THE SOUTH, UH, PART, IF YOU'RE TALKING NORTH AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE LIBRARY'S DOING, BUT, UH, THAT MIGHT BE A LOCATION WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A GATHERING OF, OF A REGULAR GATHERING OF PEOPLE.AND IN THE HUBER CENTER THERE, YOU'VE GOT, UM, POTENTIAL LOCATION THERE.
SO THE LIBRARY AND THE FARMER'S MARKET.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? MS. SUM? I CAN'T RAISE MY HAND CUZ I'M ON MY PHONE, SO I HAVE TO RAISE MY REAL THING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR WARD REPS ON COUNCIL, UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE OUR COUNCIL AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE WARDS.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET OUR, OUR COUNCIL, OUR WARD REPS INTO THEIR WARDS TO REALLY HELP DRIVE VOTER REGISTRATION.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY FOR THE PEOPLE TO MEET THEIR WARD REP.
UM, AND SO MAYBE THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE SOME FEEDBACK TOO ON WHERE THE BEST PLACE MAY BE TO DRAW THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
UM, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET THEM INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO IT COULD BE SET UP BY WARD.
AND THEY CAN COME AND MEET THEIR WARD REP TOO, SO IT'LL BE DUAL PURPOSE PHOTO REGISTRATION AND MEET YOUR WARD REP.
SO THIS SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER, UM,
I THINK MAYBE WE COULD AT LEAST LOOK AT SOME TARGET DATES.
WE'RE THINKING OUT OF A, A WEEKEND, UM, THAT WE COULD DO THIS AND LOOK AT SOME SPECIFIC DATES TO BE ABLE TO ROLL THIS OUT OVER A WEEKEND TIME PERIOD.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO, UM, IS TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE HAVE, AGAIN, WE CAN SET UP A WORKING GROUP WITH THIS TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOK AT, UH, WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WOULD SET THOSE REGISTRATION DRIVES UP WOULD BE NEXT STEPS.
AND LOOKING AT POTENTIAL DATES.
WE'RE COMING UP ON A, WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE ABSENTEE DEADLINE? ABSENTEE BALLOT.
I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 6TH TO REQUEST ONE.
YOU MEAN REQUEST ONE? THAT'S RIGHT.
I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 6TH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER ONLINE TO VOTE IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH.
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO MAIL IN VOTE, UH, IS ALSO OCTOBER 5TH.
THE DEADLINE TO REQUEST BALLOT BY MAIL IS OCTOBER 31ST.
IN REGARDS TO ABSENTEE VOTING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE ALSO SHOULD CONSIDER THE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH FOR THAT.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING YESTERDAY.
I'M GONNA TURN MY CAMERA OFF AND RUN AND GET MY SON'S SOCCER SCHEDULE.
I CAN'T COMMIT TO THIS SATURDAY, BUT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO NEXT.
SO ARE WE LOOKING AT HAVING AN EVENT? I'M SORRY? ARE WE LOOKING AT HAVING, UM, UH, HAVING EVENT ON MULTIPLE DAYS? I MEAN LIKE TWO OR THREE EVENTS OVER THE MONTH OR SO, OR WHAT? CONSIDER I'LL
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THINK THAT WE COULD SET UP MULTIPLE EVENTS.UM, AND WE COULD ALSO PICK A WEEKEND AND DO A VOTER REGISTRATION WEEKEND.
AND MAYBE ON THAT WEEKEND WE COULD SET UP MULTIPLE AREAS ON LIKE A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY AND MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT.
BUT THEN WE CAN ALSO DO POPUP REGISTRATION LIKE MIA WAS MENTIONING.
SO OUR KIND OF DROP DEAD WEEKEND FOR WEEKEND EVENT WOULD BE THE, THE SECOND WOULD BE THE DROP DATE.
I'M, I'M WILLING TO REACH OUT TO MY BOARD REP.
I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH HER BEFORE, BUT I'M WILLING TO REACH OUT TO, UM, THE WORD THREE REP AND SEE, UM, IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE THAT, THAT WE COULD GO POP UP IN MY AREA.
DO WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ALL THE AWARDS REPRESENTED ON OUR COMMISSION.
I'M MORE, SO I'M YOU'RE THREE.
WELL I THINK THAT WHAT WE'LL DO IN LIGHT OF TIME IS, UM, SET A CON A, UH, POINT OF CONTACT TO WORK ON THIS, BUT LET'S AT LEAST DESIGNATE THE DATE.
I THINK THAT IN LIGHT OF TIME, IF WE COULD REALLY, IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A BIG WEEKEND EVENT OF SOMETHING, THEN WE COULD TARGET THAT WEEKEND OF THE SECOND OCTOBER 2ND AND THIRD AND SET UP, UM, REPRESENTED OR DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE CITY ON THAT DAY.
SO I THINK WE CAN HAVE MAYBE A COUPLE PEOPLE WORK ON THIS AS WELL, BUT CAN WE, UH, AT LEAST BLOCK THOSE, THOSE DATES? TARA? DO YOU MEAN IT'S FRIDAY THE SECOND AND SATURDAY THE THIRD, OR SATURDAY THE THIRD AND SUNDAY THE FOURTH.
WELL, I'M GONNA, WHAT IS THE COMMISSION THING? I HAVE, I'M AVAILABLE THE FOURTH IN THE MORNING AND THE THIRD IN THE MORNING.
AND ANOTHER IDEA FOR A SOUTH LOCATION COULD BE CLOUD PARK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT OF SPORTS TEAMS PRACTICING AND STUFF, IF THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DRAW, BUT I KNOW THE COUPLE NIGHTS WE'VE BEEN THERE, THAT PARK IS FULL RIGHT NOW.
DURING THAT WEEKEND, IS THIS JUST MYSELF SPEAKING NOW THAT FRIDAY, SATURDAY I WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE DUE TO A COMMITMENT WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AT THAT TIME.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOURSELF, UM, MADAM VICE CHAIR AND THE COMMISSION AND ALSO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, LEADERSHIP THAT'S ON THE CALL, CAN WE DO SOME TYPE OF VIRTUAL VOTER REGISTRATION, UM, DRIVE WHERE WE COULD LEVERAGE OFF OF MS. SU'S IDEA WHERE WE CAN HAVE EACH WAR REPRESENTATIVE ATTEND A ZOOM MEETING WITH SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN EACH WARD AND JUST GO THROUGH WHAT YOU NEED PREPARE FOR IN TERMS OF VOTER REGISTRATION? BECAUSE YOU CAN GO ONLINE NOW AND CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION AND ALSO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT ONLINE.
I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE, BECAUSE OF COVID 19, WHICH WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, STILL UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN GO ONLINE, UM, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY, YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO REQUEST YOUR BALLOT, PRINT IT OUT AND DROP IT OFF THERE.
SO THAT COULD BE ANOTHER OPTION TOO.
SO WE COULD DO THAT THAT WEEKEND.
AND YOU COULD ROLL IN THE, MEET THE, YOUR AWARD REPS THERE AS WELL ON THE PICK A DATE FOR THE VIRTUAL.
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UM, TALKING ABOUT MEETING YOUR REPS AND MAKING SCHEDULES, PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECK THEIR AVAILABILITY BEFORE THERE'S ANY DATES OR ANNOUNCEMENT OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT FOR CERTAIN MM-HMM.BUT IF WE CAN PICK JUST A COUPLE DATES AND MAYBE POSE THOSE DATES TO THE WARD REPS TO SEE WHO'S AVAILABLE.
SO WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY AND SEE WHAT DAYS ARE AVAILABLE ARE BEST AVAILABLE FOR THEM? CUZ WE TALK ABOUT POPUPS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE WARD REPS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, MAYBE SOME ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAYBE SOME ON SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH.
SO KIND OF LEAVE IT UP TO ONE.
UH, I, I LOVE TO BURST BUBBLES.
IT, IT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT I'M BEST AT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET AFTER 27 YEARS OF WORKING IN THE GOVERNMENT, RIGHT.
UM, IN, IN TERMS OF ORGANIZING THIS, THIS TYPE OF STUFF TOO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO IDENTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO'S GONNA DO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WHAT MEDIA THAT GOES OUT, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A REMOTE MEETING, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE.
UH, THERE'S USUALLY SOME LEAD TIME FOR THAT.
SO, UM, JUST BE MINDFUL THAT, UH, IN TERMS OF IDEAS, THE BACK END OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO INCLUDE THE CLERK OF COUNCIL.
UH, SO I JUST WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE TONY INTO THAT, THAT CONVERSATION CUZ HE'LL BE THE ONE THAT, UH, LIKELY WOULD ARRANGE THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE YOUR, THAT WOULD BE YOUR RESOURCE, UH, FOR THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S TIME TO PROBABLY ARRANGE THAT, BUT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, MOVE PRETTY QUICK SO THAT WE'VE GOT ANNOUNCEMENT TIME, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE WEEKS OUT MM-HMM.
UH, HATE TO PUT ANYBODY UNDER THE RUSH
BUT IN TERMS OF GETTING IT OUT AND GETTING IT ARRANGED, WE'RE GONNA NEED PROBABLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AHEAD OF THAT AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WE PICKED THAT THE FURTHEST WEEKEND OUT AS POSSIBLE.
SO ROB, IN TERMS OF THAT THEN IF WE HAVE POINT PEOPLE, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WORKING ON KIND OF PULLING TOGETHER THE LOGISTICS, UM, BUT WE STILL NEED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO GET THAT APPROVED ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
I MEAN, NOT COUNCIL, BUT COME BACK TO, TO THE COMMISSION TO GET THAT.
NO, IF YOU, IF YOU DECIDE TONIGHT WHO WAS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HELP PUT THAT TOGETHER, COME UP WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UH, YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE EXPECTATION WOULDN'T BE THAT WE SAY THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CLERK COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO WITH ARRANGING ANYTHING WITH AVAILABILITY FOR, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OR ANY PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT OUR, UM, UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR WOULD, WOULD WORK ON.
WE JUST NEED THAT INFORMATION.
IF WE CAN GET IT TONIGHT, DECIDED TONIGHT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
IN TERMS, LET'S DECIDE WHO'S GONNA WORK ON THIS AND START ON IT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, I DO HAVE, UM, OH, I'M SORRY.
IS THERE ECHO, I THINK IS MR. SCH, HE'S MUTED ITSELF.
UM, AS FAR AS THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT, I DO HAVE, UM, A ZOOM ACCOUNT.
SO IF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE THAT HAS THAT AND WILL BE ABLE TO SET UP THE MEETING, I CAN, YOU KNOW, USE MINE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO IT.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD NEED TO KNOW IS WHO TO INVITE THE DATE AND TIME.
SO THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD IF THEY WANT TO PROCEED THAT WAY.
BUT JUST LET YOU ALL KNOW I DO HAVE A RESOURCE AVAILABLE.
AND LIKEWISE, I I WOULD MAKE MY AVAILABLE ALSO.
WHO WAS INTERESTED IN BEING POINT POINT PEOPLE FOR THIS INITIATIVE? UM, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, TO, TO WORK ON IT.
I JUST WANNA MENTION ONE THING, AND IT WAS A POINT THAT ROB MADE, UH, ROB MENTIONED,
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UH, THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE.AND I, I DO THINK THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE AN OPTION BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
OR ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, UM, A COMPUTER MM-HMM.
SO AS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, VOTER REGISTRATION, THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE IN THAT, UM, GROUP THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES.
SO I KNOW WE WANNA HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD STILL KEEP OUR DROP IN DATES AND IS THIS FOR THE WEEKEND OF OCTOBER ONLY OR ALL THE OTHER WEEKENDS? I THINK THAT WE COULD DO THE, WE COULD STILL DO THE DROP-INS AS WELL ON THE OTHER WEEKENDS IF I REALLY WANT US TO AT LEAST FOCUS SOME EFFORT AROUND THAT OCTOBER WEEKEND SO THAT WE CAN PUT SOME MOMENTUM BEHIND GETTING THAT PUBLICIZED, GETTING, YOU KNOW, VISIBLE TO PEOPLE AND MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT FOR THAT WEEKEND.
NOW, THAT WEEKEND I AM, I AM NOT AVAILABLE AT ALL THAT WHOLE WEEKEND.
SO JUST TO FYI, I MEAN, I CAN HELP OUT, SET UP AND, AND DO THINGS AHEAD OF TIME, SOMETHING, BUT I CANNOT THAT WEEKEND.
WE ARE OUT OF TOWN THAT WEEKEND, SO, OKAY.
AND MADAM CHAIR, I'M SORRY IF YOU CAN'T SEE MY AND RAISED OR NOT, THERE IT IS GONNA THINK.
UM, AS I MENTIONED THAT WEEKEND, THE ONLY TWO DAYS THAT I WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE WOULD BE THE SECOND AND THE THIRD, THE FOURTH ON THAT SUNDAY.
BUT ALSO ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, THE DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IN OHIO IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH.
SO THIS, THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONLY SOLE WEEKEND THAT AS A COMMISSION WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THIS INITIATIVE.
IT'S THE FIFTH THAT MONDAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
A WAY FOR US TO FIND OUT HOW MANY RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE ALREADY.
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS THAT DATA MM-HMM.
YOU WOULD LOOK BY PRECINCT, UH, AND, AND THEY WOULD HAVE, UM, YOU CAN EITHER DO A REPORT BY ALL OF THE PRECINCTS IN HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, BUT ALSO REMEMBER YOU'VE GOT MIAMI COUNTY AS WELL, SO DON'T FORGET, UH, OUR, UH, OUR CARRIAGE TRAILS RESIDENTS AND, UH, PARK TOWN RESIDENTS, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S, UH, A SEPARATE SET OF, UM, STATISTICS AND A SEPARATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
SO MIA IS NOT AVAILABLE AND, UM, JEAN IS NOT.
SO ON THE SECOND AND THE THIRD YES, MR. STEVENS, I'M SORRY.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WEEKEND, THE FIRST WEEKEND OF OCTOBER, CORRECT? YES.
SO JUST WANTED TO REMIND STEVENS THERE IS COMMITMENT THAT SATURDAY MORNING.
THERE'S NINE OF US
I'LL JUST, WE WILL WORK IT OUT.
WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH ME? TARA, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
WAS YOUR HAND UP FROM EARLIER? MY HAND WAS UP.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, E EVEN THOUGH THE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1ST, EARLY VOTING STARTS OCTOBER 6TH.
SO WE COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEN SHIFT EDUCATION TO EARLY VOTING AND THAT YOU CAN GET OUT AND GO VOTE TODAY.
UH, MY BIRTHDAY IS OCTOBER 6TH, SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE DOING IS OKAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS A, A COMMITTEE.
WE CAN ALSO MOVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REAL TIGHT DEADLINE TO MEET WITHIN TWO WEEKENDS, UM, THAT WE CAN ALSO SHIFT TO AN EDUCATION PIECE ON EARLY VOTING AS WELL.
WHO, WHO WAS GONNA WORK ON THIS? I'LL WORK WITH YOU.
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CAN, I CAN WORK WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, AND SEEING WHAT, WHEN WARD REPS ARE AVAILABLE, I CAN INITIATE THAT PART.ANYONE ELSE? I CAN, IF WE, RHONDA, I, UM, WE HAVE SO MANY WORDS, SIX PEOPLE.
I'M MORE WILLING TO, I CAN'T DO THAT WEEKEND, BUT WE WILL POP UP ON DIFFERENT DAYS.
UM, I CAN, I CAN REFLECT ANDY OR DON OR ANOTHER WARD THAT IS NOT REPRESENTED ON YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHO, WHAT WARD EVERYBODY IS, BUT I WORK WELL WITH ANDY.
DON, I KNOW THEM PRETTY WELL, SO I CAN, UM, COORDINATE WITH THEM OR RICHARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO.
UM, AND I ALSO WOULD HONESTLY PREFER NOT TO DO MY WARD, SO I
SO I WOULD, UM, I'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH ONE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL REPS, NOT NECESSARILY IN MY WARD.
SO, AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AT SULFUR GROVE AS WELL, SO MM-HMM.
I'M WORD FOUR, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS IN MY AREA, BUT I'M IN FOUR.
I BELIEVE I MAY BE AS WELL, TARA.
I THINK I AM WORD FOUR AS WELL, SO, UM, I CAN WORK WITH YOU.
SO I'M GONNA ADD, UM, TARA AND UH, JEAN ON THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE EDUCATION PIECE THAT WE WILL ROLL INTO AS TARA SUGGESTED AFTER THIS.
SO WE'VE GOT TARA, JEAN, RHONDA, MIA, WORKING ON THIS FOR FIVE PEOPLE, OR NO? YEAH, THAT'S FIVE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE WARD? ANY WARD? FIVE PEOPLE? I'M SORRY.
SO WE HAVE THAT AND WE WILL AT LEAST START ROLLING THAT OUT.
UM, AND THEN THE, FOR THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT, IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW, YOU'LL COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PUBLICITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND PUBLICIZE THE POPUP DATE AS WELL.
I AM GOING TO THE COMMISSION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IS FORTHCOMING.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND OUR LAST ITEM WOULD BE THE MEETING SCHEDULE.
SO OUR COMMISSION GENERALLY, I THINK THAT WE'VE SAID THAT.
SO IF I MISS YOU, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY SEE NINE PEOPLE ON THE SCREEN.
SO JUST FYI, I'M NOT IGNORING ANYONE.
SO OUR MEETING SCHEDULE, WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE, THE ROOM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING MEETINGS ONGOING ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS MONDAYS, BUT FOR THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, THE ROOM IS NOT AVAILABLE ON MONDAYS.
SO THEN WE WERE OTHER DATE THAN MONDAYS, OR MONDAY IS THE ONLY, I HAVE CLASS MONDAY NIGHTS.
SO WHEN DO WE GET OUT OF, UM, WHEN DO YOU LOOKING AT STARTING MEETING IN THE NEXT CLOSEST DATE? NO, I MEAN, LIKE WHAT TIME OF THE DAY? OH, SIX.
SIX, I FIGURE, WELL, I FIGURE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES PEOPLE TIME TO GET OFF OF WORK AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.
LIKE, I HAVE CLASS TILL SIX 30, SO I'M, UM, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY SPEAK.
YES, THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH, ESPECIALLY ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ARE CONFLICTING FOR ME, EXCUSE ME.
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THAT, I'M PRETTY MUCH AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MONTH.WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIRST MONDAYS.
AND MONDAYS ARE, MONDAYS ARE DOABLE IF WE JUST HAVE TO DO A MONDAY, BUT PREFERABLY NOT MONDAYS.
MONDAYS ARE, ARE, ARE REALLY GONNA BE A HARD DAY FOR ME TO GET TO A MEETING BY SIX.
UM, SO WE CAN DECIDE ON THE MONDAY.
SO IT'S NOT AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AT THIS POINT ANYWAY.
UM, SO WE'LL LOOK, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT LATER SINCE IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WERE GOING TO, UH, POSSIBLY LOOK AT THURSDAYS A THURSDAY FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND HOW ARE THURSDAYS FOR EVERYONE? ARE WE TALKING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, OR WOULD IT BE FIRST WEEK THE EIGHTH? THE FIRST THURSDAY? IT WOULD BE THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
MY SON JUST HAS A SOCCER GAME, JUST THAT ONE DAY.
ANY OTHER THURSDAY? I'M GOOD, BUT I CAN MISS IT.
HONESTLY, I CAN'T, I CAN'T DO THAT THURSDAY.
THIS IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND I HAVE A WHOLE MONTH FULL OF EVENTS AT WORK.
OH, WE HAVE AN EVENT THAT NIGHT.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S DO WE, DOES IT OKAY IF, UM, IT WOULD JUST BE THIS THURSDAY? LIKE I CAN DO NOVEMBER, BUT WOULD IT BE OKAY IF I COME IN LIKE HALF AN HOUR LATE OR IS THAT GOING TO BE, UM, THINK THAT WILL BE FINE.
IF WE HAVE, WE HAVE OUR QUORUM, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
CAUSE I JUST GET THE EVENT STARTED AND THEN I CAN LEAVE THAT EVENT AND THEN JOIN IN.
BUT, UM, IT STARTS AT SIX, SO IF I COME IN LIKE MAYBE 15, 20 MINUTES LATE, I DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE WITH THE ENTIRE, SO, OKAY.
SO THE FIRST, FIRST THURSDAY, MISS NEWY? YES.
UM, MA'AM SHARE THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
I MEANT TO SAY THAT IS CONFLICT.
SO FIRST MONDAYS OF THE MONTH AND FIRST THURSDAY AND FIRST TUESDAYS.
SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
I AM GOING TO PUT SOME DATES OUT AND CHECK EVERYONE'S AVAILABILITY AND WE WILL GO, WE'LL MOVE FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
SO I'LL, I'LL THROW OUT SOME DATES AND, AND WE'LL JUST CHECK EVERYONE'S AVAILABILITY ON THAT.
BUT HOPEFULLY, UM, AFTER THE START OF THE YEAR, POSSIBLY MONDAYS.
WE HAVE COVERED ALL OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS, I BELIEVE.
WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE HAS? I JUST HAD, I HAD ONE QUESTION.
UM, IN REGARD TO, UM, MINUTES, HOW, HOW, UM, HOW LONG AFTER THE, THE MEETING HAS ENDED? ARE WE EXPECTED TO GET MINUTES? CAUSE I THINK WE GOT THESE MINUTES.
LIKE TODAY FOR THE AGENDA TODAY, I'M, I'M THINKING WE'RE GONNA SEND 'EM OUT SOONER.
NOT LIKE THE DAY OF THE NEXT MEETING.
TONY DID SEND THOSE MEETING MINUTES OUT TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WERE AT THE MEETING.
AND THEN I DID SEND THEM OUT TODAY SO EVERYONE WOULD HAVE 'EM, BUT THEY WILL BE TO YOU DEFINITELY DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE USUALLY, KATIE? FORGETTING THE MINUTES BEFORE, IS THERE, YOU KNOW, IS IT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? UM, CAN WE SHOOT FOR MAYBE A WEEK BEFORE, DEPENDING WHEN YOU GUYS, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA SCHEDULE A MEETING FAIRLY QUICK, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THESE FAIRLY QUICK AND TURN AROUND ECHO.
THEY GENERALLY, WHAT A WEEK GIVE YOU ENOUGH TO LOOK AT ON? YEAH, THEY, THEY GENERALLY GO OUT WITH THE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND PACKET OF THE MEETING THAT'S GOING TO DISCUSS AND PASS THEM.
SO THAT'S USUALLY, UH, A WEEK AHEAD.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, GROUP THAT'S GOING TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION.
HOW DO WE GO ABOUT HAVING OUR MEETING? DO WE JUST SHOOT EACH
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OTHER EMAIL OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR US TO MEET OR OUR PLANS FOR THESE SUBGROUPS OR THESE WORK GROUPS, WORKING GROUPS? UM, YOU CAN YES, DETERMINE YOUR AVAILABILITY BETWEEN THE FOUR OF YOU AND FOR THE PROCLAMATION, I THINK I'LL LET HAVE RHONDA INITIATE AND EMAIL.AND THEN FOR THE VOTER REGISTRATION PIECE, WE'LL DO THE SAME THING.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
AND, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE, UH, WE FREQUENTLY GET QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOMEBODY WORKING ON SOMETHING, UM, MAKE SURE THAT JUST THAT WORK PRODUCT IS WITHIN THAT GROUP TO PASS BACK AND FORTH IDEAS.
AND THEN NOT UNTIL THE MEETING IS A DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR REVIEW AND, AND COMMENTARY AND OR DELIBERATION ON IT, UM, WE, UM, WE HAVE SOME WATCHFUL EYES, UH, AND, UH, WE, WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROCESSES ARE FOLLOWED AND, AND IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO ENGAGE AND WORK ON A PROJECT IN A COMMITTEE TYPE OF SCENARIO LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND, AND DON'T LET THE, UH, I'LL USE THE WORD AGAIN, THE BUREAUCRACY OR, OR THE LIMITS INHIBIT YOU TO, TO, TO NOT BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.
IT'S JUST MAINLY DELIBERATION AND DECISION MAKING, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THOSE TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS AND THINGS OCCUR, THAT'S DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE OPEN.
BUT AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, SINCE WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO POPUPS, WE WON'T REALLY HAVE ANY TIME IN BETWEEN TO BRING THAT BACK.
YEAH, NO, WE'RE OKAY WITH MOVING.
THAT'S NOT REALLY YOU DELIBERATED ABOUT WHAT YOUR ACTIONS WERE GONNA BE TONIGHT.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION AS TO WHO'S GONNA BE DOING WHAT NOW.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA GO OUT AND DO, SO THAT'S, YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AN ACTIVITY, AN EVENT.
SO ARE WE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BY EMAIL? I KNOW WE DID THAT A LOT WITH AMG.
UH, SO LONG AGAIN, AS THE COMMISSION ISN'T DISCUSSING BUSINESS OR DELIBERATING ANYTHING, YOU, YOU CAN'T, UH, AND WHAT, WHAT ALSO THAT YOU WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF, AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE'VE RECENTLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EMPHASIZING IT WITH ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, UH, IF I WERE TO SEND A FEW OF YOU AN EMAIL, UH, WORK ON SOMETHING, THEN SEND A FEW MORE OF YOU TO AN EMAIL, ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION THAT'S KIND OF ROUND ROBINING AND CIRCUMVENTING THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A MEETING.
SO THAT, THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT ANYBODY WOULD DO, BUT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
BUT YES, EMAIL IS PERFECT COMMUNICATION TO PASS BACK AND FORTH A WORKING DRAFT OF A DOCUMENT AND CHECKING SCHEDULES AND AVAILABILITY.
UH, IT'S JUST WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DELIBERATING, DISCUSSING OR MAKING DECISIONS, UH, IN A QUORUM TYPE OF SENSE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE NOTICED AND, UH, IN, IN A, IN HANDLED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE OPEN.
THEN WE CAN ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING TONIGHT OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTIONS COMMISSION AT 8:04 PM.