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I CALLED THE MEETING OF THE HEBREW HEIST CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN
[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 7, 2022 7:00 P.M. ]
ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 7:09 PM.CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? DR.
AKINS IS HONAKER MS. NEWBIE PRESENT WAS PURVIS PRESENT.
MR. RICHARDSON, MR. STEVENS, MS. STEVENS PRESENT MS. SOMEONE PRESENT.
AKINS AND, UM, MISS HONAKER AND, UM, EXCUSE FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WHEN I MOVE ON TO THE ELECTION OF THE COMMISSION CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH OR DECEMBER'S MEETING, UM, ELECTING THE COMMISSION COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND ALSO THE COMMISSION CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT IS THERE ANYONE WHO WAS INTERESTED IN COMMISSION CHAIR FOR 2022? SO AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, THE CHAIR PERSON POSITION IS A YEAR LONG ROLE, UM, AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR AND I BELIEVE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE COMMISSION IS IN THEIR SEAT UNTIL 2023.
IS THAT CORRECT? KATIE? DOUBLE CHECK.
CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, THERE WAS ONE AND THEN YOU'RE FILLING THIS ONE, SO I'M NOT SURE.
FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE TILL 20, 23 WRITERS AND EITHER THEY'RE ROTATING SURE, EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAD TWO THAT WERE UP THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THE REMAINDERS WILL BE UP THIS YEAR.
IS IT 2022? AND THEN THE FOUNDERS WILL BE UP 20, 23.
I KNEW THEY WERE STAGGERED SOMEWHERE.
SO, UM, SINCE MY ROLE AS CHAIR IS UP OFFICIALLY DECEMBER, 2021, IS THERE ANYONE INTERESTED, UM, IN WANTING FOR CHEER MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR THE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T, WELL, NOT A RECOMMENDATION.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO THE COMMISSION IS THAT, AND YOU ALL OBVIOUSLY TELL ME, OR TELL EACH OTHER HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THIS, BUT I ALWAYS THINK IT'S NICE.
IF THE VICE CHAIR CAN STEP UP TO THE CHAIR POSITION AND THEN SOMEONE STEP INTO THE VICE CHAIR POSITION, BECAUSE IT GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE VICE CHAIR HAS WORKED WITH THE CHAIR.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE RELATIONSHIP AND IT MAY BE EASIER TO MOVE INTO THAT ROLE.
THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR SHARING ANYONE ELSE? AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD SHARE BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS SCARED TO HAVE DIFFERENT VISION DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, EVERYBODY SHOULD, I GUESS THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT AT SOME POINT EVERYONE WOULD CHAIR THE COMMISSION.
UM, SO YOU CAN GIVE A ME DECIDE.
I JUST A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS IT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND COULD BRING SOMETHING TO THE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF VISION AND A YEAR IS NOT A LONG TIME.
WELL EXPRESSED INTERESTS, UM, EXPRESS MY INTEREST AS WELL.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE PROBLEM MAINTAINING CHAIR POSITION.
UM, SO I'M OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF EVERYONE MOVING INTO A CHAIR POSITION OR VICE CHAIR, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE, I KNOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT TIME COMMITMENTS AND CONSTRAINTS AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT IN CONGRESS.
IT, IT REALISTIC ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO CAN I JUST ASK IF WE WENT WITH THE VICE CHAIR MOVING INTO
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THE CHAIR POSITION, WHAT WOULD BE THE IDEA FOR THE CONTINUED OF THE VISION? YOU KNOW, IS THE IDEA THAT EACH CHAIR WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN VISION FOR THEIR EAR ROLL OR IS IT TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE LAST, I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF SOME STUFF WE WOULD NEED TO WORK OUT IF THAT WAS THE IDEA OF THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR TAKING OVER FOR THE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE EACH MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT VISION, IS THE IDEA TO COLLECTIVELY CONTINUE WORK OR TO LOOK AT A NEW IDEA OR VISION FOR THAT YEAR.HOW WOULD I WOULD THINK THAT DEFINITELY WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT THE WAY THAT IT'S CARRIED OUT MAY BE IMPLEMENTED DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO STOP WHAT WE'RE DOING AND START OVER, BUT I THINK IT IS NICE HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST FRESH IDEAS, FRESH INITIATIVES AND THE WAY PEOPLE IMPLEMENT THINGS ARE DIFFERENT, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD.
SO, AND I THINK NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES SINCE WE WERE A NEW COMMISSION AND WE WERE REALLY FIGURING SOME THINGS OUT AND NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ON BOARD FOR WHAT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF ALMOST, I THINK NOW IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO KIND OF REVISIT, UM, WHAT WE WANT THE COMMISSION TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT WE'VE STARTED SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, WHAT DO THEY SAY? LIKE TWO, THREE YEARS OR MAYBE EVEN FIVE FOR BUSINESSES TO GET OFF THE GROUND? ABSOLUTELY.
THOUGH, SAME THING WITH, WITH THE COMMISSIONS, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, SO HOPING TO CONTINUE THOSE.
UM, AND THEN REALLY JUST LOOK AT KIND OF MAYBE HOW DO WE REFRAME THINGS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE MOMENTUM OR EVEN CHANGE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT BASED ON OUR PAST YEAR AND A HALF EXPERIENCE, KATIE DOES OUR CHARTER SAY THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE OFFICE.
AND I THINK IT DOES SAY THAT THERE'S, BUT, BUT THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR CAN STAY IN THEIR POSITION.
IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION, THEY WOULD HAVE BE VOTED IN.
I WAS JUST ANNOYED AT HIM AGAIN.
AND IT'S, UM, YES, THERE, AFTER IT, AT FIRST COMMISSION MEETING THAT EACH CALENDAR YEAR, THE COMMISSION SHALL ELECT A CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIR PERSON AND APPOINT A SECRETARY BECAUSE I KNOW I'M PREVIOUS BOARDS THAT I'VE BEEN ON.
THE CHAIR HAS BEEN IN THE POSITION FOR SOME YEARS.
THEY VOTED HIM, VOTED THEM IN UNTIL THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE.
AND THEN THEY PUT A NEW CHAIR IN PLACE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEW CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR.
SO MAYBE SINCE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY IN OUR FIRST YEAR WHERE WE KIND OF ARE HAVING A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, MAYBE WE JUST VOTE TO KEEP CURRENT OFFICERS IN PLACE AND THEN CHANGE THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S ABOUT, YOU COULD MAKE NOMINATIONS EITHER, RIGHT? SO EITHER SOMEONE'S GOING TO, IT'S BEEN NOMINATIONS OR EITHER BYPASS THAT AND SUBMIT A MOTION TO KEEP THE CURRENT CHAIRS IN PLACE.
I MEAN, SOMEONE NEEDS TO ABSTAIN, BUT YEAH, SOMEONE NEEDS TO RECOMMEND SOMEONE DO EITHER, RIGHT.
AND EITHER DO THE NOMINATION OR EITHER PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO KEEP THIS STATUS QUO, I GUESS.
AND YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF BY THE WAY.
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? DO WE WANT TO MOVE? I THINK ERIC SHOULD, SINCE HE BROUGHT IT UP.
I GUESS I PREFER THAT IN THIS CASE.
I MEAN, BECAUSE SHE IS, SHE'S THE CHAIR I'D PREFER THAT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD DO IT.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK I SHOULD DO THAT.
WE RETAIN THE CURRENT CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR POSITIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO REMAIN THE SAME WHERE MRS. YOLANDA STEPHENS WOULD REMAIN AS THE CHAIR AND MS. RHONDA, SOMEONE WILL REMAIN AS VICE CHAIR, A BEEKEEPER HEIGHTS, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
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CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION.I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION THERE.
AND SECOND WE WILL MAINTAIN THE CHAIRPERSON POSITION AS IS.
AND THE VICE CHAIR IS, AND WE DISCUSSED THE SECRETARY ROLE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, IT IS ASKING A LOT OF YOU TO STAY AT WORK ALL DAY LONG AND THEN BE THE SECRETARY FOR OUR COMMISSION.
UM, I THINK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, NO ONE WANTED TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE IN KATIE WAS SO GRACIOUS TO HOLD HERSELF TO THE ROLE.
UM, I, I'M NOT NECESSARILY NOMINATING MYSELF.
I, I PERSONALLY THINK JEAN WOULD BE, UM, AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SECRETARY.
UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD NO DISCUSSION.
I KNOW SHE'S LIKE 75 DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF, OF TAKING THAT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, FOR CONSIDERING ME, UM, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'M NOT A FAN OF TAKING MINUTES, EVEN THOUGH I AM THE SECRETARY FOR THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE, BUT LIKE YOU ALSO SAID, YOU KNOW, MY PLATE IS FULL AND I'M TRYING TO ELEVATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT THANK YOU.
YOU'RE ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BEING THE SECRETARY FOR THE COMMISSION I MADE OUT? I I'LL DO IT.
I NOMINATE THE ERA FOR THE ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION.
SECOND, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY OUR OFFICE? LAURA HAS DONE THE MINUTES AND SHE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
SHE'S ONLY HERE 20 HOURS A WEEK.
SO I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO HER.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR SUPPORT TO IT.
ALWAYS BEING FAIR TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS WHEN WE DON'T.
SO THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND THAT MS. TIERRA PURPOSE WILL BE THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION MOVING FORWARD FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
DID WE VOTE ON OUR CHAIRS? WE, WE DID NOT.
WE DO NEED TO VOTE WELL FOR OUR COMMITTEE.
WE DID FOR COMMISSION, THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS.
WE MADE A ROLL CALL, SO IT CAN BE REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENTS.
SO ROLL CALL, KEEPING THE CHAIR AND MY CHAIR, THE SAME MS. NEWBIE.
UM, I MS. PURVIS, UH, MR. RICHARDSON, MR. STEVENS, MS. STUDENTS, I MISS SOMEONE AND THEN WE NEED TO VOTE ON SECRETARY.
THAT WAS NOMINATING THIS PURPOSE, MR. DAVIS, MR. RICHARDSON, MR. STEVENS, MS. STEVENS.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES? OKAY.
WE ACCEPT THEM DECEMBER 2ND MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DECEMBER 2ND MINUTES AS WRITTEN COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, EDUCATION.
AGAIN, EVERYBODY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, BY THE WAY, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WE'VE MET TWICE IN THE PAST MONTH ON JANUARY 4TH AND JANUARY 31ST, THE PURPOSE OF BOTH MEETINGS WAS DUE TO RESCHEDULING.
THE DECEMBER COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE.
SO THAT WAS WHY WE MET ON THE FOUR.
AND THEN ON THE 31ST, THAT WAS OUR STANDING JANUARY COMMITTEE.
DURING THE JANUARY MEETING, THE COMMITTEE PRIMARILY DISCUSSED THE FINAL PLANS FOR OUR JOINT FORUM THAT WE HAD WITH THE REBORN COMMITTEE, WHICH AGAIN,
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I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYONE ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION FOR THAT EVENT.AND THAT EVENT WAS HELD AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER ON JANUARY 12TH.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF MARK LIGHTENER AND CHIEF CARD OP HOUSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT ATTEND DUE TO ILLNESS, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME GUESTS WHICH INCLUDED, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING MAYOR GORE, BUT ALSO WE HAD THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE DAYTON NAACP, WHICH WAS MR. DEREK FORWARD.
WHO'S THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE-PRESIDENT IS MS. MADDIE WHITE.
OVERALL, AS FAR AS THE ATTENDANCE OF THE EVENT, WE HAD ABOUT 20 PEOPLE IN PERSON, FACEBOOK VIEWS, THERE WAS 629, AND WE DID RECEIVE, UM, ONE COMMENT FROM ONE OF THE FEVERS WHO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, TOLD US WE DID A VERY GOOD JOB.
AND FROM OUR DISCUSSION DURING OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER AGAIN WITH REFORM, TO DO ANOTHER SESSION WHERE WE COULD INVITE THE YOUTH, PARTICULARLY THE HIGH SCHOOLERS TO BE OUR TARGET AUDIENCE.
BECAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSED FROM THIS LAST FORUM, THERE WERE THREE HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT WERE THERE AND ONE YOUNG MAN WHO HAD SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO POLICING.
SO THAT TRIGGERED MY MIND TO HAVE THAT FORMAT FOR THE FORUM TO BE HELD POTENTIALLY SOMETIME LATER THIS YEAR NOW DURING OUR JANUARY 31ST COMMITTEE MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE PLANS FOR OUR JUNE 23RD FORUM, WHICH THE TOPIC AGAIN IS GOING TO BE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS TOO.
SO IT WAS A PART TWO FROM THE PART ONE THAT WAS HELD THIS PAST FALL.
THE PART TWO FOR THIS TOPIC IS GOING TO FOCUS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF RACISM.
AND FOR OUR FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THERE ARE GOING TO BE WORK SESSIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THIS FORUM.
SO WE HAVE FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, FOUR MONTHS, YOU GET SOME GOOD PLANNING DONE FOR THE EVENT.
NOW, ONE THING THAT WE DID DISCUSS AS A GENERAL OBSERVATION FROM THE LAST, WELL, THE LAST FORM THAT WE HAD FOR THIS TOPIC, WE WANT TO ENGAGE CITY COUNCIL MORE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC.
AND AS YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER IN THE PROCLAMATION THAT WAS WRITTEN, THERE ARE SIX SECTIONS THAT FOCUS ON KEY AREAS THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON IN ENSURING THAT PAPER HEIGHTS DOES DECLARE RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND THE COMMITTEE.
WE DECIDED TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION, AN IDEA AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE LIKE A ONE-ON-ONE SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL TO GO OVER THOSE KEY POINTS IN A RESOLUTION TO SEE WHAT ACTIONS ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE PRESENT TIME, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A YEAR IN APRIL SINCE THAT PROCLAMATION WAS INTRODUCED.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ACTION BEING FOLLOWED WITH THAT LIVING DOCUMENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING AS A COMMISSION WE CAN DISCUSS AS FAR AS HAVING A ONE-ON-ONE SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL.
FOR THAT, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE COMMITTEE CHAIR NOMINATIONS.
SO YOURS TRULY WAS NOMINATED TO RETAIN THE POSITION.
SO AGAIN, TARA, THANK YOU FOR IT.
I LOVE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, STAY WHERE I'M AT FOR NOW.
UM, BUT FOR 2023, MRS. MIA HONAKER MENTIONED THAT SHE WOULD SHARE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR.
YES, YOU HAVE TO NO WAY FORWARD SESSION PLAN.
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WE HAD TALKED ABOUT OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE SHARE AND NOT I'M CHAIR.I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD ALREADY RECEIVED OUR BUDGET REQUEST.
WHICH LOOK CONSISTS OF HONORARIUMS FOR OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR THE FORUM IN JUNE AND THE FORM THAT WE WANT TO HAVE WITH THE REFORM COMMITTEE ON POLICING.
AND THAT IS ALL THAT THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS TO REPORT AT THIS TIME, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM ANYBODY.
I THINK IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE THAN 20.
WE WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
DON'T WE SAY THAT, WELL, THE, YOU KNOW, THERE I WAS, THE YOUTH DID HAVE A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEY INTERACTED A LOT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED.
UM, AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS ACTUALLY MENTIONED, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN THE SCHOOL FOR THE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, HMM, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUTH INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK YOU ALL DID A REALLY GREAT JOB ON HOMEWORK.
IT'S THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, SOME CHALLENGES AT THE TIME, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO EXECUTE, YOU KNOW, AND TO SEE.
AND I ALSO DID REACH OUT TO THE INTERIM PRINCIPAL, BRENT CAREY, UM, TO ALERT HIM ABOUT THE COMMISSION WHO WERE ON THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH WENDY BRIDGES WHO WAS NO LONGER THERE.
SO I SENT SOME INFORMATION TO ONE OF THE COMMISSION TO THE PRINCIPAL, UM, ASK THEM HOW WE CAN GET STUDENTS INVOLVED.
HE SHARED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WITH SPECIFICALLY THEIR AMERICAN, THEIR GOVERNMENT CLASSES.
AND WE WILL BE IN CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION WITH HIM AS TO HOW WE CAN GET STUDENTS INVOLVED.
AND IF WE DECIDE TO DO SOME SORT OF A FORUM THERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, I'M SURE THEY'D BE WELCOME TO TRY THAT.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA THAT CAME FROM ONE OF OUR CITIZENS.
UM, KATIE, I LIKE, UH, I DO AGREE WITH THE IDEA AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING TO A REVISITING THE PROCLAMATION.
HOW, HOW CAN WE GET, WE NEED TO GET WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, I GUESS, DURING ONE OF THEIR WORK SESSIONS TO KIND OF GO THROUGH A PLAN OF HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING OR WHAT WE CAN DO TO ACTUALLY PUT OUR WORDS INTO ACTION.
I WOULD RECOMMEND WE CAN GET WITH TONY AND THEN FIND OUT WHAT WORKS AND THEY CAN PUT THAT ON BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE LENGTHY, I WOULD ASSUME.
SO KIND OF GIVE HIM AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND THEN I'M SURE.
CONGRATULATIONS, MS. NEWBIE ON BECOME, UH, OR MAINTAINING YOUR POSITION AS CHAIR EDUCATION.
UM, DO WE HAVE OUTREACH REPORT? YES.
SO I WILL BE MAKING THE REPORT FOR DR.
SO THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, JANUARY 31ST, AND LET'S SEE, UH, WE DID FINALIZE OUR HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST.
UM, WE DID DELIVER OUR CHECKS TO OUR STUDENTS, UM, AND I BELIEVE THE TEACHERS STILL MAY BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS FOR SIGNING THEIR CHECKS OVER.
SO THEY HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET.
AKINS DID DELIVER THE CERTIFICATES, UH, ON JANUARY 26 TO THE STUDENTS.
AND MR. FINLEY DID PROMISE TO PRESENT THOSE CHECKS TO THE STUDENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DISCUSS IS REVISITING THE ESSAY CONTEST IS WE ARE NOT GETTING THE PARTICIPATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THE KIDS.
UM, AND PART OF THAT, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS WE THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE CREATIVE IN OUR APPROACH AND DO SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS WILL BE MORE INTERESTED IN.
AND WE KNOW THE KIDS ARE ALL INTERESTED IN TECH TALK, SO I'M NOT MAKING, WE DID TALK ABOUT, UM, USING TICK-TOCK ALLOWING THEM TO MAKE VIDEOS, SKITS ON PARTICULAR SUBJECT AREAS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND THEN IF THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO
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ADOPT THIS IDEA, THEN OF COURSE WE WOULD COME UP WITH A SCREENING PROCESS WITH CLEAR GUIDELINES THAT THE LEGAL THAT THE LAWYER WOULD APPROVE OF COURSE.AND, UM, WE WOULD DO LIKE A VIDEO CONTEST DURING OUR 2022 CULTURAL WEEK FESTIVITIES.
UH, ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ENGAGING THE DIVERSITY CLUB AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A DIVERSITY CLUB AND WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO GET INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE DID TALK ABOUT, UH, ENCOURAGING THE CULTURE CLUB TO ATTEND OUR FEBRUARY OUTREACH COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND THEN TICK, TOP CULTURE CHALLENGE WOULD BE THE TITLE FOR THE CONTEST.
SO MORE EXCITING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT TO COME.
UH, WE ALSO DID A WRAP-UP FOR THE MLK UNITY WALK.
AKINS DID MENTION THERE WERE ABOUT 25 GUESTS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE MLK PROGRAM.
UM, WE DID CANCEL THE WALL DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
UH, WE DO THANK THOSE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
THERE WAS MAYOR GORDON, NANCY BERG, GLENN OTTO, AND NITA KITCHENS.
AND ALSO WE WANT TO THANK PASTOR KENT OH, JOHNSON, UH, PASTOR OF NEW SEASON MINISTRY, UH, FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE PROGRAM AT THE CHURCH.
UM, EVERYTHING WAS COVID SAFE.
AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS HOSPITALITY, THE CHURCH'S HOSPITALITY.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WAYS THAT WE BE MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORIENTED FOR NEXT YEAR, AS FAR AS MAYBE DOING SOME TYPE OF SERVICE PROJECT WHERE WE CAN INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY MORE.
UM, SO I'M SURE WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED A LOT SOONER.
SO THAT NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO MORE OF A SERVICE PROJECT, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT COMING UP THE FATHER'S DAY FUNK FESTIVAL.
WE FINALLY CAME UP WITH THE NAME THAT WE ALL AGREE ON.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE ARE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF HOW TO WORK WITH M E M I, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE SCHEDULING FOR THE ROLES.
AKINS, MYSELF AND MARK CAMPBELL DID MEET WITH BRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND PLANNING FOR THE FUNK FESTIVAL.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PROMOTER FOR CAMEO THAT IS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THOSE DETAILS OUT.
UM, AND I DO FINALLY HAVE A FLYER THAT I THINK YOU ALL WILL LIKE THAT I GOT TODAY.
UM, SO I'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS TODAY, BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A GENERIC SAVE THE DATE SO THAT WE CAN SAY THE DATE.
AND AS WE GET MORE DETAILS, WE WILL UPDATE OUR FLYER KEY ADS, ET CETERA.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A DROP DEAD DATE.
IF WE CAN NOT WORK OUT DETAILS BY FEBRUARY 22ND FOR THE ROLES WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR EICHELBERGER, WE'VE ALREADY GOT IT RESERVED WITH THE CITY.
SO WE WILL BEGIN OUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR EICHELBERGER, IF THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOLIDIFIED WITH THE ROLES BY THE 22ND.
OUTREACH HAS A LOT UPDATE ON THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE FESTIVAL.
UM, AGAIN, OUR EVENT IS ON JUNE 25TH.
UM, TALKED ABOUT THE TIC-TAC VIDEO CONTEST.
WE WILL HAVE OUR FORUM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD.
UM, AND THEN THE FESTIVAL WILL BE SATURDAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE WEEK THE, UM, FUNK FEST ON THAT SATURDAY, WHICH IS ON THAT SUNDAY, THAT SUNDAY, WHICH IS JUNE SEEN THE FORM ON THURSDAY, AND THEN THE ACTUAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL ON THAT SATURDAY, MIA HONAKER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, CHAIRING THIS EVENT.
SO SHE IS STILL WORKING ON OUR VENDOR REGISTRATION LISTS.
SHE DID PROVIDE US FIVE VENDORS SO FAR, WHICH HAVE CONFIRMED PARTICIPATION, UM, AND VENDORS CAN STILL SIGN UP UNTIL MAY 1ST TO PARTICIPATE.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT, IN A NUTSHELL, WE DID ALSO PROVIDE ME, UH, WITH SOME OTHER, UM, RESOURCES THAT WOULD HELP HER BUILD HER
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VENDOR LIST AND HER PARTICIPATION, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY BY LOOKING AT THE, UM, OHIO STATE MOULTRIE MULTICULTURAL CENTER AND ALSO THE DATE AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL FESTIVALS.SO WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON THAT AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION.
UM, WE DO HAVE A DJ SLASH SOUND PERSON THAT HAS COMMITTED TO US.
HE HAS COMMITTED, HE DID GIVE US, UH, THE INVOICE.
SO WE DO HAVE AN UPDATED INVOICE.
HE'S WILLING TO DO BOTH EVENTS FOR US FOR $2,400, UH, FOR BOTH EVENTS.
NOW IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD GET A SPONSOR TO SPONSOR THAT.
SO IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET, BUT WE'LL SEE.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FUNDING TO.
UM, BUT IF NOT, THAT WILL BE A PART OF OUR BUDGET THAT WILL, WE WILL BE REQUESTING.
ANYTHING ELSE, CHAIN THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT I'M UNDER MISSED AS FAR AS THIS GOES? OH, PRETTY MUCH DR.
AKINS WILL STAY CHAIR, RIGHT? YES.
HE DID MENTION THAT PERTAIN HIS POSITION.
AND THEN OUR BUDGET, UM, YOLANDA, YOU HAVE OUR BUDGET, CORRECT? FOR OUTREACH OUTREACH.
UM, THE FOOD DRIVE TO, WITH THE MLK.
KATIE, DO YOU STILL HAVE BOXES IN YOUR OFFICE? OKAY.
UM, DID YOU ASK JOSH ABOUT, UH, STORING THE FOOD AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE TIME BEING, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE ROOM.
I KNOW THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL MATERIALS ARE BEING STORED OVER THERE, BUT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE AN ENOUGH IF YOU WANT THAT.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK? I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HADN'T BEEN, UM, I THINK JUST THE BIN AND THEN WHAT YOU HAD.
CAUSE FRED STILL HAS IT IN HIS, IN HIS CAR.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO FEBRUARY 22ND, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FIGURED OUT WITHIN BMI, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EICHELBERGER AND WE HAVE ALL THE SOUND AND EVERYTHING SITUATED.
YOU'VE GOT THE FLYER READY TO GO.
WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE COMMISSION AT THIS POINT? I KNOW THAT WE, WE NEED, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VENDORS FROM EVERYONE.
WHAT OTHER THINGS, THIS THING, IF YOU ALL ARE, IF YOU HAVE A NETWORK WHERE YOU COULD PULL SOME VOLUNTEERS IN, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU THINK WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE, EITHER IN THE FESTIVAL, UM, AS EITHER AN ON STAGE, UM, ACT OR A VENDOR, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO MIA.
AND ONCE WE GET THE FLYER OUT TO THE COMMISSION, WE JUST NEED YOU ALL TO START PUTTING IT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GET IT APPROVED BY THE CITY FIRST, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.
KATIE NORMALLY GETS THAT DOWN PRETTY QUICK.
UM, BUT JUST GET IT OUT THERE TO THE MASSES.
AND IF YOU HAVE CONTACTS IN LIKE VANDELIA, TROTWOOD INGLEWOOD, LET'S TRY TO GET IT OUT TO THOSE CONTACTS, TO OTHER CITIES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET OTHER COMMUNITIES TO COME AND JOIN US FOR A FESTIVAL.
I KNOW WE STARTED COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM LIKE OUR ATTENDEES AT THE EDUCATION FORUMS. THEY HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES IN THERE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN THE LAST FORUM.
I DID PUT A COLUMN ON THE SHEET PAPER OR EMAIL ADDRESS.
HAVE YOU KNOWN? BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AT EACH OF OUR EVENTS IS HAVE PEOPLE SIGN IN SO THAT WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.
SO WE HAVE, CAN START A LISTSERV TO KEEP PEOPLE ALERT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS WELL AS TO GET VOLUNTEERS TO CONNECT WITH THEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, WE NEED TO START TRACKING AND WE CAN START A GOOGLE DOC FOR THAT TO START.
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I HAVE ONE, I JUST FORGOT TO SEND IT PREVIOUS TO THIS, AND THEN YOU SAID IT AND I WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY.SO, UM, MS. PARVIS HAS ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS.
SO I'LL LET YOU TELL US ABOUT, AND YOU HAVE ANYTHING SAID, NO, I JUST HAVE A GOOGLE FORM CREATED FOR OUR USE AND THEN I CAN MAKE A QR CODE FOR IT TOO.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE HAVE IT AND THAT'LL TRACK, KEEP EVERYTHING, SORRY.
UM, BUT YEAH, I HAVE THAT SHEET.
I JUST COMPLETELY FORGOT TO SEND IT OVER TO YOU GUYS PREVIOUS TO THIS, SO I'LL SEND IT.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
UM, LOOKS LIKE JEAN STOLED ALL OF MY THUNDER.
UH, SO, UH, AS FAR AS LAST MONTH, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A SEPARATE REFORM MEETING, UH, INSTEAD, RIGHT.
WE HAD THE COMBINED MEETING WITH THE EDUCATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THE, UM, THE PUBLIC FORUM ON POLICING, UH, THAT EVENT THAT WE HAD ON THE 12TH.
SO AGAIN, YEAH, NO, IT WASN'T WELL ATTENDED, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS STILL WAS, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS STILL A GOOD EVENT.
UH, I MEAN WE HAD, UH, CHIEF EDUCATED US ON, ON USE OF FORCE RECRUITING, UH, TRANSPARENCY, YOU THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD.
I KNOW WE HAD FOLKS THAT WERE ONLINE, SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TARA AND JEAN AND ERIC AND THE WHOLE TEAM AND PULL THAT OFF AND FRED DR.
AND, UM, WITH THAT, SO WE ARE HAVING OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 21ST OF FEBRUARY.
UM, AT THAT TIME WE WILL BE, UH, ELECTING, UH, A CHAIR.
UM, SO AT THAT TIME, SO AT THIS MOMENT WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE THE CHAIR, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OTHER MEMBERS.
SO, SO WOULD BE A PRETTY CONTENTIOUS I'M SURE.
IF WE NEEDED TO SAVE THE DRAMA FOR ME, IT'S FINE.
SO, AND AS FAR AS THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE WORK PRETTY EFFICIENT.
WE DON'T NEED ANY MONEY, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE BUDGET, UH, TO A MINIMUM OF ZERO.
UM, I'M DONE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, REFORM COMMITTEE.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT AT THAT AT THE SESSION, WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE POP IN ON THE LIVE, ON THE FACEBOOK LIVE.
I THINK WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME KIND OF POPPING IN AND WATCHING SO WE CAN ADD TO THAT NUMBER.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TOO, THAT EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE ROOM, UM, WE DO HAVE THEM ON OUR PAGE AND PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT AT ANY TIME.
AND YOU SAID WE'VE HAD 690, ABUSED 696.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, WE'RE STILL REACHING PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER WITH THESE FORUMS NOW, WHAT ARE YOU YOU'RE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE, FOR THE COMMISSION? ARE WE NOT ABLE TO LIVE STREAM ON THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING BE, HAS GOT TO HELP? WE ARE LIVE STREAMING FROM OUR COMMISSION PAGE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS FROM WHEN SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL.
IT USED, IT WAS FROM JEAN'S PAGE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T, I THINK THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS. SHE WAS NOT LISTED AS AN ADMINISTRATOR ADMIN ON THE SITE, WHICH IS WHY SHE COULDN'T DO IT.
SO WE'RE LIVE STREAMING FROM OUR YES.
UM, AND WE CAN ALSO, WHAT I LEARNED FROM SARAH IS AS LONG AS WHEN WE PUT OUR EVENTS ON OUR PAGE, IF WE LIST THE CITY AS A COHOST, IT WILL LIVE STREAM FROM THEIR PAGE TWO.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT FROM OUR UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR NEXT ONES.
SO ADVOCATES SEES LAST MEETING WAS NOVEMBER 17TH.
UM, AND DURING THAT MEETING, WE BASICALLY, IT WAS BASICALLY TWO ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, WHICH IS OCTOBER 22ND, 2022.WE WANT TO DO SOME TYPE OF SERVICE PROJECT OR EVENT WHERE WE CAN TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.
UM, SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO WORK ON.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY IS BIG IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST DAYS OF SERVICE EVER.
HAVE YOU ALL HEARD OF MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY? OKAY.
SO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, WE'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
OUR FOCUS IS HEALTHCARE THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING HEALTHCARE RELATED, WHETHER IT'S BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, UM, THAT IS, UH, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME IDEAS IN MIND.
UM, SO WE WILL UPDATE YOU AT OUR NEXT MEETING ON THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, HOW WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON SOME OF THE HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES, UM, THAT ARE FACED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR, HOW WE CAN REALLY, UM, HELP TO ENSURE THAT WE IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHO MAY NOT HAVE, UH, PROPER INSURANCE AND WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRIMARY CARE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND WE HAVE BEGUN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UM, WITH ME, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO MAYOR GORE ABOUT SOME THINGS I KNOW HE'S PASSIONATE BASED ON THAT LAST FORUM THAT WE HAD, UM, WHEN ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, WIVES SPOKE UP ABOUT HER THOUGHTS ON YES.
AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE EXPERIENCED AS SOMEONE WHO HAD ADEQUATE RESOURCES, AND SHE COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SAME RESOURCES WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO, AND THAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE FORUM.
SO WE WANT TO REALLY TAP INTO THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
I KNOW THERE IS A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS OPENING UP ON CHAMBERS, IS IT CHAMBERS? YEAH.
UM, THERE WAS THAT MEDICAL BUILDING.
IT IS NOW GOING TO ITS OPENING AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.
UM, THAT WAS NOT ON OUR RADAR.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND THAT TYPE OF, UH, A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHO KNEW IT, THAT IT WAS ON ITS WAY ALREADY.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO MAYBE REACH OUT AND CONNECT WITH.
WHOEVER'S RUNNING THAT BUILDING AND SEE WHAT SERVICES AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE OFFERED IN THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE EAST DAYTON TOO, AND IT'S THE SAME, THE SAME PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND SEE THAT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE FIVE RIVERS THEN THE SAME WITH IT'S GOT A DIFFERENT NAME.
UM, YEAH, BUT IT'S, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'VE DEFINITELY HAVE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WOULD MANAGE CARE AND MEDICAID ARE ABLE TO GET ADEQUATE, UM, HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
SO CAN EVERYBODY MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 22ND, 2020 TO SAY THAT THEY MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT ON OUR CALENDAR? YES.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET THERE.
CITY WORK SESSION WAS ON JANUARY 18TH AND I PRESENTED AT THAT WORK SESSION, GIVING AN, GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR COMMISSION, WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR.
UM, THERE WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION, GREAT INTEREST IN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO WATCH THAT YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO WATCH IT LIVE, BUT AT LEAST TAP INTO SOME OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS THAT WERE INVOLVED.
UM, I THINK OVERALL WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I DID SHARE AS THIS HAS COME UP HERE IS GETTING CITY COUNCIL INVOLVED AND HOW WE GET MORE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE NEED LEADERSHIP TO REALLY PUSH THINGS.
AND WE NEED LEADERSHIP TO SPEAK UP
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ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, DISPARATE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE.WE NEED LEADERSHIP TO SPEAK UP AND BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD, IT'S GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO GET ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO HAVE A WORK SESSION, TO DISCUSS THOSE SPECIFIC POINTS IN THE PROCLAMATION AND HOW THE CITY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH EACH OF THOSE POINTS.
BUT OVERALL, I THINK THAT IT WAS A GOOD MEETING, A GOOD SESSION.
I FEEL LIKE I TALKED ABOUT 30 MINUTES OR SO I FELT LIKE I WAS UP THERE LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, BUT THAT WAS GOOD BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION.
UM, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING, ANY FEEDBACK OR ANYTHING FROM THAT MEETING? OKAY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO KNOW, KATIE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, ARE WE PUSHING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO CITY STAFF? AND IF NOT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START DOING? UH, DO YOU ALL HAVE LIKE A STAFF BOARD? WE DON'T, UM, THERE'S A BOARD.
WE CAN PUT IT ON DOWN HERE DOWNSTAIRS.
UM, WHEN PEOPLE WALK BY, BECAUSE MAJORITY OF EVERYBODY WILL GO THROUGH THAT DOOR.
SO YEAH, WE COULD START POSTING THE FLYERS AND STUFF ON THERE.
AND THE CITY STAFF ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN EMAIL.
CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING EVEN INFORMATION OUT TO THEIR PERSONAL EMAILS? SO IF THEY WANT WHAT'S IN, YES, WE CAN SEND IT OUT.
IS IT AUTOMATICALLY, SO WHEN WE SEND OUR FLYERS TO SARAH, IS THAT AUTOMATICALLY PUT ON THE CITY PAGE? OKAY.
SHE'LL TAKE CARE OF, UM, FACEBOOK AND THE WEBSITE, HER AND JAMIE BOTH.
NOW IT'S MORE JAMIE SINCE SARAH SARAH'S OUT AT THE MOMENT.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WE CAN GET WITH JAMIE, WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THAT STUFF.
AS FAR AS THINGS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT BE DOING IN TERMS OF CULTURE, EQUITY AND DIVERSITY, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME THINGS.
CAN YOU INCENTIVIZE YOUR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND THESE EVENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANY LIKE REWARDS SYSTEMS OR? WELL, WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT INCENTIVES, INCENTIVES FOR HEALTHCARE ISSUES.
UM, AND IT IS HARD TO GIVE PEOPLE BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE TEXTING GIFT CARDS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, SO IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO INCENTIVIZE.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE TO KIND OF WATCH THAT.
SO, UM, I KNOW JEAN, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT FACEBOOK AND THE FORUMS. YES.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO, I DON'T HAVE FACEBOOK.
SO JAMIE GOT ON THERE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO, I THINK WE CAN DOWNLOAD THE LINK FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START SENDING THOSE FORUMS OUT TO ALL EMPLOYEES.
SO THEY AT LEAST HAVE IT AND CAN VIEW IT IF THEY WOULD LIKE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET MORE ENGAGEMENT FROM THEM.
SO YOU WERE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THEM.
SO SHE HAS A LINK THAT SHE SENT ME.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY IT TO SEE IF I CAN GET ON IT.
AND WE CAN MAYBE SEND THAT LINK OUT TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
SO IT'S A LINK TO THE ACTUAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL DOWNLOADABLE FILE SIMILAR, I GUESS.
SO I'M NOT A FACEBOOK PERSON OR HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, BUT I THINK SHE THINKS IT'LL WORK.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
SO SHE SENT ME THAT THIS MORNING, SO WE'LL GET TO THIS PROBABLY TOMORROW.
WHO'S THE TECH PERSON LIKE WHO FOR THE CITY WHO DOES MEET SARAH AND JAMIE, THEY PRETTY MUCH CAN FIGURE OUT ANY, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN PUT THOSE ON OUR PAGE TWO ON THE COMMISSION, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE IT ON? IT'S ON YOUR, I MEAN, ONE, THE WEB ON THE CITY PAGE, I HAVE TO ASK HER LIKE OUR PAGE AT THE CITY PAGE.
IF WE CAN SOMEHOW COPY THE LINK, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, WE CAN DO HYPERLINKS, SO I WOULD THINK WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING.
UM, KATIE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IN THE MEETING WAS TO GET FROM YOU, OUR EXPENSES FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THE BUDGET AND THE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THEN I HAVE TO GET THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TO YEAH.
TO THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE SPENT LAST YEAR BECAUSE YOUR BUDGET LINE.
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OF OUR EXPENSES WERE, OR THE BUDGET LINE ITEM WAS THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH.SO THE MAIN, THE MAJORITY, I BELIEVE WHERE THE FORMS, IT WASN'T THAT MUCH.
AND I KNOW THE CULTURE FESTIVAL MATERIALS THAT DR.
AKINS ORDERED THAT'S BEING PROCESSED NOW, BUT THAT'LL FALL IN 20, 21 MONEY.
IT WILL FALL IN 20, 20, 21, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T TAKEN BECAUSE IT WAS TECHNICALLY ORDERED IN 21 AND WE USED SOME 20, 21 MONEY FOR THAT.
SO YEAH, I'LL GET YOUR 20, 21 EXPENSES TO YOU.
I'LL ASK, UM, OUR FINANCE FOR THAT.
WHAT, UM, WHAT WAS THE UPDATE ON THE STAFF DIVERSITY TRAINING? I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING ON, RIGHT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE I'M FULLY STAFFED.
SO ONCE WE GET HER UP TO SPEED ON SOME THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY BRINGING SOMEBODY IN, WE HAVE TO DO SUPERVISOR TRAINING.
THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO WILL IT BE, ARE YOU GOING TO DO LIVE TRAINING THEN? OKAY.
HOPING, I'M HOPING, I'M HOPING PEOPLE, I MEAN, AS LONG AS WE'RE DISTANCED AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT IF SOMEONE'S WILLING TO COME IN AND DO IT FACE TO FACE.
I MEAN, ZOOM WORKS, BUT IT'S, I'D RATHER DO THE IN-PERSON SO YEAH, YEAH.
FOR THAT TOPIC, IDEALLY FACE-TO-FACE CAUSE THERE'S INTERACTIONS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET ME NOW THAT I'M FULLY STAFFED.
SO THAT'S THE NEW HR GENERALIST SPECIALIST SPECIALIST.
I THINK THAT WAS EVERY FIRM THING FROM THAT.
UH, THE 20, 22 CALENDAR, I JUST PUT THIS ONE HERE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU HAVE NOT PUT THINGS ON THE CALENDAR, IT HAS TO BE ON THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE AND WE CAN ALL MARK THOSE THINGS ON, ON OUR OWN PERSONAL CALENDARS.
SO ANY EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED, PLEASE PUT THOSE ON THAT CALENDAR ON THE GOOGLE CALENDAR.
UM, THE 20, 22 COMMITTEE BUDGETS.
I HAVE EVERYONE IS LYING DOWN.
I THINK IT'S STILL NEED ADVOCACY.
UM, I THINK YOU ONLY HAVE ONE THING THOUGH, RIGHT? I THINK WE SAID THREE, A QUARTER, 1200.
SO THAT ME, SO I HAVE EVERYONE'S BUDGET NOW AND MOVING FORWARD TO VOLUNTEER PLANNING.
UM, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT RESOURCES TO REACH OUT TO VOLUNTEERS OR TO GET VOLUNTEERS.
AS I SHARED, I REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL THAT WAS ALSO IN AN EFFORT TO PULL VOLUNTEERS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
RHONDA, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE SENIOR ORGANIZATION? YES.
GOODWILL EASTER SALES HAS A SENIOR EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM.
SO I DID REACH OUT TO SENIOR TO GOODWILL EASTER SEAL.
I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET AMAZON, BUT AS SOON AS I HEAR SOMETHING I WILL UPDATE AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS.
AND IF, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE AWARE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, I KNOW DR.
AKINS ALSO HAS STARTED A LIST.
UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD LIST OF PEOPLE STARTED FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
OF COURSE, WE STILL NEED MORE.
SO Y'ALL RECRUIT, RECRUIT PEOPLE TO DATE.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE APPLY FOR OUR OPEN SEATS, SO WE'RE STILL DOWN ONE PERSON.
SO WE'VE GOT TO GET THE WORD OUT, UM, AND START REALLY RECRUITING PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE HEART FOR THIS APPLICANTS HAVE TO BE 18 AND OLDER, RIGHT? YES.
SO HAS ANYONE REACHED OUT TO THE, UM, TO ANY OF THE FOLKS THAT APPLIED INITIALLY TO SPEAK WITH THEM? I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD START THERE.
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HAD LIKE WHAT ALMOST 30 PEOPLE THAT FLY.START WITH THAT LIST, REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS, SEE IF THEY HAVE INTEREST AND UH, BY NOTHING YOUR BUTTONS MADE ANY CONTACT AND THEY WERE SAYING NO, OR YOU'RE HERE OR WHATEVER, BUT YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START, BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE NEED TO CAUSE THAT THAT OPEN SLOT IS THE PERSON THAT WAS ON OUR TEAM.
AND I CONCURRED WITH THE IDEA, CAUSE I REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE YOUNG LADY THAT HAD INTERVIEWED, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HER.
AS FAR AS THE YOUTH, THE COMMUTE.
I CANNOT REMEMBER HER NAME AND GO TO MY NOTES, BUT LOOKING BACK AFTER RECORDED INTERVIEWS.
SO WHERE IS THE, I MEAN, IT MAY BE SOMEWHERE IN EMAIL.
I JUST DO WE HAVE THE, THE NAMES AND THE PHONE NUMBERS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES WE HAVE, I JUST DON'T HAVE IT.
AND MAYBE I DO SO PLEASE FORWARD IT TO ME FORWARD IT TO ME AGAIN, YOU KNOW? UM, I SUPPORT MAKING CALLS, REACHING OUT.
UM, SO WE HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION, UM, ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH THOSE ARE PUBLIC, THE VIDEOS I THE, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO ALL THE INTERVIEWS WERE PUBLIC.
SO THOSE ARE THERE IN A BELIEVER.
AND SINCE, UM, EVERYONE, AT LEAST ALL OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE INTERVIEWS, WE'LL REVISIT THAT LIST.
AND IF THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE MISS NEWBIE, YOU SAID THERE'S ONE, IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF GO BACK THROUGH AND SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHO THAT PERSON WAS.
WHERE DO THEY GET THE APPLICATION AT? IT IS ONLINE.
UM, SO IF YOU GO TO TRY TO REMEMBER, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER GOVERNMENT AND YOU LOOK UNDER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND YOU GO TO ONE OF, I FORGET THE HEADLINE IT'S UNDER, BUT IT WOULD BE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
SO YOU CLICK ON THE BOARD AND COMMISSION AND THEN IT HAS THE APPLICATION OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
I THINK, I, I THINK I'VE SEEN WHERE IT IS.
NOT THAT YOU SAY GO TO GOVERNMENT AND THEN YEAH.
IT'S LIKE RIGHT AT THE TOP BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND YEAH.
SO IF, SAY WE TALKED TO SOMEONE AND THEY SAY, YEAH, THEY THEY'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING.
THEY JUST NEED TO GO TO THE SITE.
IF THEY, UM, WERE INTERVIEWED BEFORE, IF THEY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO RESUBMIT THE APPLICATION, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO LET TONY KNOW THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED AND THAT'S BEEN POSTED TWICE NOW.
I THINK THE SECOND POSTING JUST EXPIRE.
UM, SO WHEN WOULD THIS POSTING WHAT'S THE DEADLINE? I DON'T KNOW IF HE RE POSTED IT.
HE PROBABLY HASN'T SINCE I WAS JUST FRIDAY, RIGHT.
SO WE WILL LOOK BACK AT THAT LIST.
SO MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS, UM, I HAVE WORK GROUPS ON HERE.
I INITIALLY WE TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING WORK GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER, ONE THING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME.
UM, AND SO TOMMY MADE A RECOMMENDATION.
I SENT IT TO EVERYBODY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WITH WORK GROUPS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO BE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
SO, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN STILL FUNCTION IN OUR COMMITTEES AND HAVE A POINT PERSON, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE AS OUR COMMITTEE CHAIRS, BUT WE CAN ASSIGN THE WORK IN EACH AREA, SPECIFIC AREA AND HAVE PEOPLE MEET IN TWO TO THREE.
HE SAID IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR TWO TO THREE
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MEMBERS TO GET TOGETHER, TO WORK ON A TASK FOR IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FESTIVAL.SO TWO TO THREE CCAC MEMBERS CAN GET TOGETHER AND WORK ON THE TASK FOR THE FESTIVAL, AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT DEFINED AS A GROUP OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
SO I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE HELPFUL AND HELP US MOVE A LITTLE MORE QUICKLY SPECIFICALLY.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AS WE GET VOLUNTEERS ON BOARD, THEY CAN WORK, YOU KNOW, IN TWOS AND THREES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A WHOLE COMMITTEE MEETING TO GET THINGS DONE.
SO IN A SENSE, WE CAN LOOSELY FORM.
WE WOULDN'T CALL THEM WORK GROUPS, BUT KIND OF WORK GROUPS.
WHAT WILL THAT BE HELPFUL? SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR IF WE, IF WE SAY THAT WE'RE HAVING A GROUP, A WORK GROUP, DOESN'T NEED TO BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO THE SUNSHINE LAW, I'M REREADING TONY'S EMAIL.
SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ANYTHING OVER, YOU WOULD HAVE TO POST ANYTHING OVER.
THAT'S NOT A COMMITTEE MEETING.
COULD YOU GUYS EVER SCHEDULE COMMITTEE MEETINGS? IF YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THERE THAT'S A MEETING.
UM, SO THE WORK GROUP WOULD BE CONDUCTING PUBLIC BUSINESS.
IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE TEST TASKS OR TASK.
THAT'S HOW I READ IT, FORCE GET TOGETHER AND MAKE A DECISION, CALL THEM TOGETHER AND WORK ON TASKS.
NOW, IF THE COMMITTEE DECIDES, OKAY, WE'VE GOT THESE THINGS TO DO, AND THEN THIS WORK GROUP GOES AND DOES THOSE AND THEN BRINGS IT BACK.
SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS OR DOING, AND THAT CAN CORRECT.
WE'RE JUST WORKING ON A SPECIFIC TASK AND WE CAN'T CALL IT COMMITTEE OR A MEETING.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO TROUBLE.
BASICALLY IT'S A TASK OR RIGHT.
SO YOUR COMMITTEES FORMED THE TASKS AND THEN YOU NEED TO GO AND DO THOSE TASKS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU'RE NOT GETTING UNLESS YOU'RE POWELL.
YOU SAYS ASSIGNED TO A WORK ON EACH AREA CAN TAKE DIRECTION TO REPORT ON PROGRESS INDIVIDUALLY, UM, TO THE LEAD PERSON FOR EACH RESPECTIVE AREA.
BUT THEY SHOULD NOT BE MEETING AS A GROUP WITHOUT PROPERLY NOTICING A PUBLIC MEETING AS REQUIRED.
SO HE SAYS IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR TWO OR THREE MEMBERS TO GET TOGETHER, TO WORK ON A TASK FOR THE FESTIVAL, AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT DEFINED AS A GROUP OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT BELONG TO THIS.
SO I WILL RESEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE HELPFUL.
SO AT LEAST LIKE GROUPS OF TWO TO THREE CAN GET TOGETHER AND WORK ON A SPECIFIC TASK THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT.
MOVING ON TO EX OFFICIO COMMISSION MEMBER AND THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT.
UM, SO I HAVE THE RESOLUTION WHERE IT SAYS ADDITIONAL EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS MAY BE APPOINTED BY EITHER CITY COUNCIL OR BY THE ESTABLISHED COMMISSION AS NEEDED FOR EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
RESIDENCY IN THE CITY IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
HOWEVER, IN CONSIDERING SUCH APPOINTMENT FOR THE INDIVIDUALS, RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS, ORGANIZATIONAL TIES IN THE COMMUNITY OR EXPERTISE WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, MEMBERS WILL SERVE IT, SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
AND THEN HE ALSO SAID, IF YOU HAVE AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER THAT YOU GUYS DECIDE UPON, WE WOULD DO, THEY WOULD FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND DO A BACKGROUND JUST LIKE YOU WOULD FOR ANY OTHER NUMBER.
AND WE CAN HAVE TWO, IS THAT CORRECT? AS MEMBERS? IT DOESN'T SAY NUMBER.
IT SAYS ADDITIONAL EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
SO, UM, THIS CAME UP, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO, BUT IF YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE CAN DO, OF COURSE WE'RE A NINE MEMBER COMMISSION, BUT WE CAN HAVE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO THE CITY.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS.
UM, SO THAT COULD BE PRETTY MUCH ANYONE THAT HAS A CERTAIN AREA OF EXPERTISE THAT COULD HELP THIS COMMISSION.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THE NAACP, AT LEAST I KNOW WITH REFORM AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THEIR INITIATIVES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORTH THE IDEA, UM, TO INCLUDE SOMEONE FROM THE NAACP AS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF OUR COMMISSION.
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SO I AM OPEN TO THOUGHTS ON THAT DISCUSSION.NO, IT'S NO ONE IN PARTICULAR WHAT, UM, WE WOULD DO REACH OUT TO THE TWO DR.
FORD AND THEY WOULD PRETTY MUCH ASSIGN SOMEONE TO BE A PART, TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSION.
THEY WOULD COME TO OUR MEETINGS.
UM, THEY COULD COME TO EVERY MEETING OR THEY COULD COME TO SPECIFIC MEETINGS WHERE WE KNOW THAT WE NEED THEM, BUT THEY WOULD BE AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER.
THEY WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
NOW WOULD THE COUNCIL HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT MEMBER? IT SAYS THE COUNCIL CAN VOTE OR THIS COMMISSION CAN VOTE.
SO THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPROVE IT AND GO EITHER OR OKAY.
AND THEY WAS, HAVE TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION.
NOW WHAT ABOUT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS? THEY HAVE TO BE INTERVIEWED AS WELL, IF YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO INTERVIEW THEM.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REGULAR COMMISSION MEMBER, SO IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE WHOLE INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT WE DO FOR THE MEMBERS.
YOU GUYS WOULD VET THEM AND HELP YOU, IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION, LIKE YOU JUST MADE.
WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, TANNING, AN EX-OFFICIO COMMISSION MEMBER FROM THE NAACP, NOT GOING TO SECOND, SECOND.
IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE WILL INCLUDE AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER FROM THE NAACP ALL IN FAVOR.
SO ON WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING? I MEAN, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A PERSON, BUT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AS A RESOURCE FROM THE NAACP? SO SPECIFIC.
SO SPECIFICALLY, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, UM, REFORM, HOW YOU USE THE CHAIR? I'VE WORKED WITH THE NAACP AND I CAN, BUT I DON'T HAVE NEED TO BE LIMITED TO THAT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UM, SO WE HAD REACHED OUT TO, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP TO GET INPUTS ON THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING.
AND AS FAR AS REFORMING THAT IN INSIDE OF, UH, THE CITY OF DAYTON, RIGHT.
AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.
SO JUST THIS CONSULTATION, RIGHT.
JUST GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON, ON, UH, IDEAS AND THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AND THINGS WE BE ASKING FOR.
SO THAT'S, UH, AT LEAST IN ONE SITUATION OR ONE EXAMPLE WHERE, WHERE WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLICITED SOME INPUTS FROM THEM.
SO IN THAT CAPACITY, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN SOME OF THE WORDING AROUND, AT LEAST AROUND THEIR EIGHT POINT INITIATIVES AND HOW WE COULD WORK WITH THE CITY.
THEY'VE GIVEN FEEDBACK ON THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PROCLAMATION OR SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON AS WELL.
UM, THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT, THE ADVOCACY, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE TOUCHING.
SO THEY COULD VERY MUCH HELP US IN THAT CONSULTATION ROLE.
GIVE US ANOTHER VIEW OF THINGS THAT MAYBE WE NEE WE MAY NOT BE SEEING BECAUSE MAYBE WE'RE TOO CLOSE TO IT, OR THEY JUST HAVE MORE EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.
AND I KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING LIAISONS TO CITIES, TO THIS SUBURBAN CITIES FROM DAYTON, BECAUSE THE NAACP IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF DAYTON.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY GETTING LIAISONS INTO SOME OF THE CITIES.
AND I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE, TO HELP FURTHER THE CAUSE OF OUR COMMISSION.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR?
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YES.IT'S PURPOSE, MR. RICHARDSON, MR. STEVENS, MS. STEVENS, MS. NEWBIE.
I WILL REACH OUT TO THE NAACP, UM, DR.
DEREK FORD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
COVID 19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR ME.
SO, UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTED TO MEET IN PERSON THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE SAFE UTILIZING OUR PROPER SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
UM, AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS I KNOW EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON MASKING, NOT MASKING BEING VACCINATED, NOT VACCINATED, BUT I THINK WE AS CITY LEADERS HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UM, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC WE'RE IN A CITY LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC OFFICIAL ROLE.
AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOVE EVERYTHING.
UH, KATIE, I KNOW, I THINK I READ THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND IN PERSON.
WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO DO A VIRTUAL.
NO, RIGHT NOW, UM, WHEN I GOT FROM TONY WAS THAT THE HIGH LEGISLATURE, THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THAT, THAT EXPIRED JULY 1ST OF LAST YEAR.
SO WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT MEMBERS OF CITY LEADERSHIP HAVE CALLED IT, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO, SO IF I CHOOSE TO STAY HOME AND MISS A MEETING, BECAUSE I'M AFRAID TO COME TO A PUBLIC MEETING, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT ME? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO MEET VIRTUALLY.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT VIRTUAL.
I MEAN, I THINK AS LONG AS TWO IS, IF WE'RE LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE ALL SPACED OUT WELL ENOUGH AND WE CAN EVEN MOVE OUT HERE IF NEEDED.
I MEAN, WE'RE, IT'S NOT THAT MANY OF US NOW, BUT WHEN ALL OF US ARE HERE, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR US TO DISTANCE PROPERLY.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T MAKE ANYONE MASS.
WE CAN'T MAKE THE ATTENDEES MASK.
BUT MY CONCERN WHEN I COME HERE IS THAT I CAN PROTECT MY FAMILY ADEQUATELY.
I'VE SAID NUMEROUS TIMES, I'M A SINGLE PARENT.
SO I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN BECAUSE I'M ALL THEY HAVE AND I DON'T DISRESPECT.
ANYONE'S WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO DO IS, IS UP TO YOU.
BUT I THINK AS CITY LEADERS, WE HAVE TO BE MORE US FOCUSED AND NOT SO MUCH I FOCUSED.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC FIRST.
SO THAT'S JUST MY, MY OPINION SO, UM, I DID, I REACHED OUT TO TONY ON THIS POINT TOO, BECAUSE I DO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT THERE'S SCHOOLS THAT HAVE, OR EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE MOVED TO VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAD THE, THE NEW VARIANT, UM, KIND OF WENT INTO MORE OF A LOCKDOWN MODE AGAIN, BUT APPARENTLY I GUESS IT'S THE OHIO LEGISLATOR THAT SETS THE STANDARDS FOR US HAVING THE OPTION TO DO VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
IT'S THE STATE LEGISLATOR, WHICH I SHARED.
I'M DISAPPOINTED BY THAT BECAUSE I DO RECOGNIZE THAT.
I MEAN, IT, IT DOES BECOME A DIVERSITY ISSUE, RIGHT? THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO CANNOT MEET IN PERSON, AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE THE OPTION TO NOT HAVE TO MISS OUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MEET IN PERSON.
AND I DEFINITELY WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU, MS. SUMLIN, THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN OPTION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MAKE THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.
UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS NEED TO CHANGE.
THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE OPTION TO, CAUSE I KNOW IT'S NEVER BEEN MANDATED, BUT IT WAS RECOMMENDED AT ONE POINT.
WAS THAT BECAUSE IT WAS RECOMMENDED AT THE OHIO LEGISLATURE? SURE.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO TONY'S EMAIL ONLY THAT'S KIND OF COME DOWN.
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LIKE I SAID, IF YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE MEMBERS HERE, WE CAN CERTAINLY MOVE TABLES AND SPREAD PEOPLE OUT.LIKE WE DID WHEN WE FIRST CAME BACK AFTER.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW I VIEW IT.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S EIGHT OF US, RIGHT? EIGHT OR NINE.
THERE'S NOT VERY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA FOLKS THAT ARE HERE, SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO HAVE FOLKS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, RIGHT.
WE CAN BETTER SPACE IF YOU WILL.
THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION.
AND I SUPPORT EVERYONE'S VIEWS AND HOW THEY FEEL AND THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY FEEL IS COMFORTABLE FOR THEMSELVES.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S, THERE'S A SMALL GROUP HERE, BUT AGAIN, IF, IF THAT MAKES FOLKS MORE COMFORTABLE, I MEAN, I, I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MEET IN PERSON.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I SUPPORT THAT, BUT AGAIN, IF, IF FOLKS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, THEN WE CAN SPACE OUT FURTHER IF NEED BE.
IT'S JUST MY, MY, UM, MY ASSESSMENT SITUATION.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT? CAUSE I KNOW THE VIDEO WAS AN ISSUE BEFORE, SO IF WE SPACE OUT, IS THAT FINE? CAN EVERYBODY STILL BE VIEWED? YES.
IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, I MEAN, WE IT'S AS FAR AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO IT GOES FROM THAT END TO THAT END AND PROBABLY ABOUT TO HERE.
UM, SO WE COULD SPACE OUT TABLES, THIS, I MEAN THERE'S THREE MISSING SO WE COULD PUT THREE TABLES UNLESS YOU WANT TO SPACE OUT MORE THAN YOU ARE A CHAIR IN BETWEEN NOW.
AND ARE THEY LIKE DISINFECTING IN BETWEEN MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS IN HERE, LIKE SHARES AND S I MEAN, WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU FIND THAT? AND I WILL FIND OUT, CAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR FOR OUR CLEANING.
SO PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF IT AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB NOW WITH THE SNOW OVER THE LAST, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, HOW MUCH THEY'VE GOTTEN TO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SO I WILL FIND OUT.
UM, I HAD ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, A LIST OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THESE WERE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE SENT TO CITY COUNCIL ON IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR AND IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF REVIEW THESE, WE WENT OVER THESE IN THAT THE MEETING AND THE WORK GROUP WORK SESSION MEETING THAT I ATTENDED.
UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF CHECK MARK THROUGH THESE WITH THE RESOLUTION, UM, THE CITY HAS DONE THAT THE RESOLUTION WE'RE ON REV REC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL, THE FEBRUARY 4TH DOCUMENT THE RESOLUTION, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WRITE A RESOLUTION, DENOUNCING RACISM AND RECOGNIZING IT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT WAS DONE.
THE WEBSITE, UM, WHAT WAS SAID IN THE WORK SESSION IS BASICALLY WHAT I TOOK FROM IT IS THAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF TIME TO DEVOTE TO THAT.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, TO HOW ABOUT WE JUST HIRE SOMEONE TO DO THE WEBSITE AND MAKE IT MORE REFLECTIVE BECAUSE AS IT IS NOW, THERE'S REALLY NO PEOPLE, THERE'S NO LIFE FEELING ON THE WEBSITE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT AND POSSIBLY HIRE SOMEONE TO UPDATE THAT WEBSITE.
UM, THE BUDGET THAT BUDGET WAS TAKEN CARE OF LAST YEAR, THE GRANTS, UM, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE THOSE WERE TIME SENSITIVE, BUT AGAIN, IF WE BECOME AWARE OF ANY GRANTS, WE ARE TO LET, I BELIEVE IT WAS SARAH, IS THE PERSON FOR THAT, RIGHT? KATIE? YES.
YOU CAN SEND, IF YOU HAVE ITEMS YOU CAN SEND TO ME.
AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, SHE'S NOT IN THE OFFICE.
WHO'S, WHO'S FILLING IN FOR SARAH IS A JANE.
A LOT OF THE, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF HAS WENT THROUGH JAMIE.
JAMIE HAS BEEN HELPING OUT A LOT WITH THEM.
AND I DO HAVE A GRANDKID LONDA.
UM, I'LL SEND TO YOU AND ARE YOU OKAY? RIGHT.
SO YEAH, AS WE BECOME, IF WE BECOME AWARE OF ANY GRANTS, PLEASE SHARE THOSE WITH THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND THE CITY HAS SAID THAT THEY WILL WORK WITH US TO, TO SUBMIT FOR THOSE GRANTS, STAFF, LEADERSHIP BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS DIVERSITY TRAINING.
UH, WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT THE STAFF TONIGHT, BUT DO YOU, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYTHING FOR, WELL, TONY AND I ACTUALLY
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TALKED AND AS WE DO EMPLOYEES, HE MAY PIGGYBACK WITH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.VERY SIMILAR IF WE CAN FIND THEM.
DO YOU HAVE, IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? I DO NOT HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT.
LIKE I SAID, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN LATER I'M LOOKING AT, I WAS HOPING THIS QUARTER, WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO STABLISH AND MAYBE MAKE A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN WE'LL GET THE TRAINER IN AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT I MAY NEED ANOTHER MONTH OR SO.
SO SOME SOMETIME BACK Q2, YES.
AND THEN WE HAD MLK DAY, THAT WAS JUST A PLACEHOLDER, UM, THE PROCLAMATIONS, THOSE HAVE BOTH BEEN DONE JUNETEENTH AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD A SUGGESTION TO OPEN THE MEETINGS WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
SO AS WE LOOK THROUGH THESE FEBRUARY AND THE REST WAS JUST KIND OF SOME REFERRAL DOCUMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO AS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS LIST, WE CAN SEE THAT, UM, MANY OF THE THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND IMPLEMENTED, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WEBSITE, WHICH THEY'RE WORKING ON AND THE STAFF TRAINING, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FEBRUARY DOCUMENT.
UM, THIS WAS SENT TO SAY THROUGH KATIE AND TONY, AND THIS WAS FROM OUR JULY MEETING, I BELIEVE WAS SENT IN AUGUST.
UM, BUT WHEN WE WERE AT THE WORK SESSION IN DECEMBER, APPARENTLY THEY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE DATES.
UM, BUT THEY WERE SINCE, UM, THE LAST COMMUNICATION I HAD WAS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, MAYOR GORA WAS GOING TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN, GET WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN IT WILL BE PUT UP TO BE TALKED ABOUT AT A WORK SESSION THAT WAS, I BELIEVE IN SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME.
UM, SO THIS WAS RESUBMITTED AGAIN LAST MONTH WITH THE TIMELINE IN WHICH THAT, IN WHICH I SUBMITTED IT PRIOR, JUST TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED.
SO THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE WITH CITY COUNCIL NOW, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE SCHEDULING FOR A WORK SESSION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT KATIE, MAYBE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW NIGHT TOMORROW, BUT I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.
SO THESE ARE THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED NOW IS THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT PROCESS, WHICH THE REFORM COMMITTEE SUBMITTED, WHICH WAS TO IMPLEMENT THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
UM, AND IF YOU RECALL THIS, THIS IS NOT A BOARD THAT HAD CAN OVERTURN ANY DECISIONS THAT THE POLICE FORCE MAKES OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY WOULD SERVE AS A COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD FOR CITIZENS.
SO IF A CITIZEN IS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT, THEY CAN BRING IT TO THE COMPLAINT, REVIEW BOARD, THEY WOULD REVIEW IT.
UM, THEY WOULD MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATION IS BASICALLY ANOTHER SET OF EYES.
UM, SO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW FOR CITY HOUSES TO REVIEW THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION.
WE ALSO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GATHER EEO DATA AND APPLICANT PROCESS TO ASSIST IN ENSURING HUBER HIGH SYSTEM, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
AND WE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY THAT, UH, MANY CITIES AND MANY EMPLOYERS ASK FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR EEO PURPOSES, FOR COMPLIANCE PURPOSES.
THIS ALLOWS, UM, CITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WHO'S APPLYING FOR OUR POSITIONS AND WHO'S GETTING THE POSITIONS.
AND IS THERE A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO? SO THEY ARE REVIEWING THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM WAS THE ADOPTION OF A BLACK OWNED BUSINESS, WHICH FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WAS MORE, NOT NECESSARILY A RECOMMENDATION, BUT IN INFORMATION PURPOSES ITEM.
SO WHERE WE STAND NOW, WE HAVE THESE TWO ITEMS THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE DISCUSSING AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE.
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FINALLY JUST IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAINING YOLANDA.FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, THEY ARE DISCUSSING TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO, AND THEN JUST LET YOU KNOW ALL THE EEO STUFF WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, WE NEED TO CREATE A FORM AND GET IT ON OUR WEBSITE, SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
SO JUST KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN UPDATE ON THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE, I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF REVIEW THOSE.
SO WE WERE ALL AWARE OF WHERE WE STAND IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND THOSE THAT ARE STILL OUT THERE, ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? OKAY.
SO THERE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT TOMORROW IN THE WORK SESSION, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, ALL RIGHT.
FOLLOW UP, TIMELINES OR RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO COUNCIL.
IF YOU RECALL THE PROCESS DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE THE PRETTY COLOR DOCUMENT, IT DOES MAKE IT HARDER AND GOVERNMENT, NO PROBLEM.
REALLY THIS WASN'T, IT WASN'T JUST ME.
SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION PROCESS THAT WE VOTED UP ON IN THE COMMISSION AND WE'VE ADOPTED, THIS IS JUST A REMINDER.
AND I ALSO SHARED THIS WITH CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.
SO WHEN WE SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION, WE WANT THE RECOMMENDATION TO GET TO CITY COUNCIL AND AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
BUT BASICALLY JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, UM, IF YOU WERE GOING, IF WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED, THEN WE WILL HAVE THE COMMITTEE OR THE OWNER APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE WRITTEN UP BY THE COMMITTEE AND SUBMIT IT TO MYSELF AND THE CHAIR CO-CHAIR SO THAT IT CAN BE INCLUDED ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA.
AND WE CAN VOTE ON THAT, ON THAT ITEM.
ONCE IT IS VOTED UPON, THEN IT IS DOCUMENTED, WRITTEN UP, SUBMIT IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND WE HAVE THIS TIMELINE FOR CITY COUNCIL THAT, UM, AFTER WE APPROVE IT, THE SPOKESPERSON REQUESTS, OUR LIAISON, WE WILL SUBMIT THROUGH KATIE AND TONY FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED ON THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
WE WILL IDENTIFY WHICH WORK SESSION WE WANT IT PRESENTED AT.
AND KATIE, WE WILL ALWAYS WANT TO PRESENT IT AT THE MOST, THE SOONEST WORK SESSION.
YOU WANT TO GO WITH THAT THEN? WE'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S, I'LL JUST WRITE THAT ON HERE THAT YOU WANT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE VERSUS A DATE THAT MAY NOT WORK FOR YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT A DATE THAT, OKAY.
SO WE'RE SUBMITTING THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE AT NOW.
WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN AT THE MEETINGS WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD.
UM, YEAH, WE COULD BE SO DO, YEAH, WE SHOULD BE SO LESS.
JUST IN CASE THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH SCHEDULING PURPOSES, WE'LL DO THAT.
WHO BRINGS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD TO COUNSELING? KATIE? I WOULD GET IT.
AND THEN I WOULD ASK WHAT DATE YOU WANT AND THEN I'LL GET THE DATES BACK FROM THE CHAIR.
AND THEN I SENT IT ON TO TONY, BUT WHO WOULD PRESENT THEM AT COUNCIL? CAUSE YOU DON'T GO TO COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO WOULD THAT BE TONY PRESENTING OR WHO WOULD PRESENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR BEHALF? IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, THEN I GUESS STEPH WOULD BRING IT BRIAN OR MYSELF EITHER.
SEE, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE.
I WOULD LIKE SOME CLARITY AS TO WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT THOSE BECAUSE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
HAVE WE HAD ANY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TO THIS POINT, OTHER THAN WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED? NO, THESE JULY ONES HAVE NOT BEEN, WE HAD A WORK SESSION.
IF YOU MEET, THEY HAVE NOT COME BEFORE COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL WAS NOT AWARE OF THEM.
SO THE JULY ONES, MAYOR GORE IS AWARE OF THOSE BECAUSE TONY SUBMITS
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THE ITEMS TO HIM FOR THE AGENDA AND HE APPROVES THEM TO BE ON THE AGENDA AT THE TIME.I GUESS HE DID NOT APPROVE THEM TO BE ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE HE WANTED TO REVIEW THEM FARTHER WITH STAFF AND SOME HOW OFF THE RADAR, WHICH IS WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THE JULY RECOMMENDATIONS AND IT'S BEEN FEBRUARY, JULY, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING? CAUSE THAT'S WHAT SEVEN MONTHS AGO.
SO HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING? WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I CAN FOLLOW UP AS MUCH AS I CAN.
UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT OBVIOUSLY TO TONY ALSO.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FLAG THINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT PICTURE THERE'S FOLLOW UP ON.
SO, SO WHEN WE GENERATE THE RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT, WE WOULD WRITE IT UP AND SUBMIT IT TO YOU.
AND THEN YOU WOULD THEN IN TURN, PASS IT ON TO TONY.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME AT THAT TIME WE WOULD AT LEAST GET SOME FEEDBACK AS TO WHEN THAT PARTICULAR ITEM OR RECOMMENDATION WOULD GET ON THE BOARD SESSION.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO, I WOULD EXPECT THAT ONCE YOU SUBMITTED THAT WE WOULD GET SOME RESPONSE, AT LEAST WITHIN SOME TIMELINE.
YOU KNOW, SO REASONABLE TIMELINE WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT AGENDA OR WORK SESSION AGENDA OR NOT.
AND I THINK THAT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WE GET SOME FEEDBACK, PRETTY REASONABLE, YOU KNOW, IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO SAY WHEN IT'S GOING TO.
SO LIKE I SAID, IF IT WAS IN JANUARY, WE SUBMITTED SOMETHING.
I WOULD THINK MAYBE BY FEBRUARY, MAYBE MARCH AT THE LATEST WRITING WOULD BE ON THE WORD SESSION AGENDA, RIGHT.
FEEDBACK TO SAY, WELL, IT'S ON THERE OR IT'S NOT, HERE'S A REASON WHY IT ISN'T RIGHT.
BECAUSE THE IS FULL, JUST WON'T HAVE TIME FOR IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING.
AND ESPECIALLY FOR US TO KNOW WHEN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT THAT WORK SESSION.
SO SOMEONE FROM THE COMMISSION WILL BE PRESENT TO SEE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING BACK.
AND IN THAT POINT, GENE, THAT IS WHAT NUMBER FOUR, THE AGREED UPON THING IN THIS RECOMMENDATION PROCESS, UM, AFTER, UH, APPROVAL ASSIGNED, UH, CULTURE, DIVERSITY, CITIZENS ACTION, COMMISSIONED SPOKESPERSON REQUEST TO BE A SPOT DURING A CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
SO IT IS IN OUR PROCESS THAT WE'RE THE ONES THAT SHOULD BE PRESENTING TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN WE GO ALEXA, SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT.
BUT IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ONE OF US MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.
NEVER, SHE NEVER BE A REASON THAT STAFF SHOULD HAPPEN TO PRESENT IT.
THAT'S ESPECIALLY JUST THE WAY THE PROCESS IS LAID OUT.
SO SOMEONE FROM THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE LATE.
THAT'S ANOTHER LONG NIGHT FOR YOU, KATIE.
SO SINCE STUFF OFF YOUR PROACTIVE, OKAY.
SINCE IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WORK SESSION FOR TOMORROW, WHAT WAS THE ASSUMPTION FOR TO TOMORROW? YEAH, FOR TOMORROW'S MEETING, BECAUSE I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAME UP IN THE JANUARY 18TH MEETING, THEY SAID THEY'D PUT IT ON A FEBRUARY.
BECAUSE NO, NO ONE COMMUNICATED.
SO YOU COULD MEET THAT AS ON TOMORROW.
AND I OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I HAD TO LOOK IT UP.
SO IN THAT CASE WE WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN OH RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT IT BE GOOD IF WE GET THAT FEEDBACK.
SO DOES TONY, SO TONY HAVE TO, UM, SO ONCE HE GETS THE RECOMMENDATION, WHO MAKES THE DECISION, IS IT THE, IS IT THE MAYOR THAT ACTUALLY DECIDES ON THE AGENDA? SO TONY, SINCE THE ITEMS TO, TO THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR DECIDES WHAT HE WANTS ON THE AGENDA.
SO YEAH, LIKE I SAY, GET THAT FEEDBACK AND SAY, YEAH, IT WILL BE ON THIS COMING MEETING.
SO KATIE, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WHEN WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? SINCE YOU'RE OUR LIAISON AND TONY AS CLERK OF COUNCIL, JUST TO JUMP AHEAD AND STEP, WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF WE SEND IT TO YOU AND COPIED TONY ON THAT RECOMMENDATION? FINE.
BECAUSE THEN WE'RE BOTH ON IT FROM THERE ON OUT.
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HOPEFULLY THERE'S NO CONFUSION.AND THEN THERE'S THAT PAPER TRAIL.
SO DOES ONE OF US NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW? YES.
ANYBODY AVAILABLE TOMORROW NIGHT? GOSH, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
SO WHAT TIME IS THIS TOMORROW? THE CSX WE'LL FIGURE.
TALK TO ME IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
SO AS STEPH ON IT'S FIVE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION TWO, THE SECOND WORK SESSION, UM, FOCUSING ON CITY COUNCILS, DISCUSSION AND DEBATES REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH SO THAT WOULD BE TOMORROW, DEPENDING ON THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
CITY COUNCIL MAY MOVE FORWARD IN PLACING THE ITEM WHEN THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION AGENDA.
AND WE MUST REQUEST A 30 DAY DEADLINE ON A RESPONSE AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL VOTES.
SO ONCE CITY COUNCIL VOTES, ONCE THEY TALK ABOUT THE WORK SESSION, THEY MOVE IT TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THEY VOTE.
THEN WE MUST REQUEST A 30 DAY DEADLINE ON A RESPONSE AFTER THE CITY VOTES.
SO THEY HAVE THIS, HOPEFULLY THAT THEY'VE READ IT.
BUT THAT, THAT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD GET WITHIN 30 DAYS, NO SOMETHING EXCEPT DENY OR REQUEST FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THAT IS OUR PROCESS, THE REMINDER.
AND I WANTED TO REVIEW THAT BECAUSE ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO AGAIN, JUST REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, SUBMIT THEM WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE MEETING DATE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET IT ON THE EDGE, ON OUR AGENDA TO DISCUSS ACTION STEPS FOR COUNCIL, FOLLOW UP TO PROCLAMATION.
KATIE IS GOING TO SEE WHEN WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSS AT A WORK SESSION AND WE'LL LET US KNOW THAT.
ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? OKAY.
I JOURNEYED THIS MEETING OF THE HEBREW HIGHEST CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION AT 8:46 PM.