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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 6, 2022 7:00 P.M. ]
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER UP THE HUBER HEIGHTS, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY.IT'S AN ACTION COMMISSION AT 7:10 PM.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A ROLL CALL? KATIE DR.
AKINS, MS. NEWBIE PRESENT IT'S TRUST.
MR. STEVENS, MS. STEVENS PRESENT MS. SOMEONE PRESENT.
AKINS HAVE BEEN EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ARE WE PREPARED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES TONIGHT? DO WE NEED TO TABLE THAT? WELL, MADAM CHAIR, B PERSONALLY, I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD, UM, IN BETWEEN MY WORK RESPONSIBILITIES TODAY.
SO FOR ME, I WOULD NEED OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM.
MIKE WORKS A LITTLE, MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THE MINUTES, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNTIL OUR MAY 5TH MEETING, YOU CAN HARDLY MOVE.
AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF TAPE, TABLING THE PROOF OF THE MINUTES UNTIL THE MAY MEETING ANY OPPOSITION.
THOSE WILL BE TABLE FOR NEXT MONTH.
RIGHT? SO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW COMMISSION MEMBER.
MS. CARLA, STAY, GO THAT PRONOUNCER RIGHT, CARLOS.
OUR COMMISSION IS OUR NEW MEMBER.
WE NOW HAVE EIGHT COMMISSION MEMBERS.
WE STILL HAVE ONE OPENING, BUT I'M EXCITED TONIGHT.
DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION? THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, VILIFYING THEM, THE CHARTER, THE CHARTER, AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND ALL ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, FAITHFULLY AND ESCALATE, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES.
I GOT A SIDE OF PEOPLE ALL BY YOURSELF.
LET ME BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? I GUESS NOT.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NO CITIZENS TONIGHT TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS.
LET'S JUST GO IN ORDER AND START WITH ADVOCACY.
SO THE ADVOCACY COMMITTEE REPORT IS RATHER BRIEF, UH, AT OUR LAST MEETING ON
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MARCH 23RD, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS BAZAAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE DURING OUR CULTURE WEEK.UM, IT WILL BE JUNE 20TH, FROM 10 TO SEVEN AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER ON POWELL ROAD, THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THE VISION FOR OUR HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE, THE VISION FOR OUR INITIATIVE FOR HEALTHCARE IS ELIMINATING HEALTHCARE DISPARITY IN PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY.
I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE VISION FOR OUR WELLNESS? BIZARRE.
SO LET ME SLOW DOWN CAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO CATCH MY BREATH FROM RUNNING UP THE STEPS.
SO THE VISION FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS BIZARRE IS ELIMINATING HEALTHCARE DISPARITY AND PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY.
WE WILL HAVE TWO SESSIONS, WE'LL HAVE A SESSION FROM 10 TO THREE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SESSION FROM THREE TO SEVEN.
UM, DURING OUR SESSION, WE WILL HAVE PREMIER HEALTH COMMUNITY, UM, COMMUNITY PREMIER HEALTH, COMMUNITY, PREMIER HEALTH INFIDELITY HEALTH PLAN.
I THINK IT IS THEY'LL BE DOING BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS, INCLUDING BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS.
THERE'LL BE DOING A1C CHECKS, CHOLESTEROL, HDL.
THERE'LL BE DOING, UM, A LIFESTYLE COACH OR LOOK AND LEARN BOOTH WHERE PEOPLE CAN TALK TO A LIFESTYLE COACH ABOUT THEIR BIOMETRIC SCREENING RESULTS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS GOALS.
UM, THE LIFESTYLE COACH CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT EATING FOR WELLNESS, STRESS, STRESS, HACKS, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO INVITING SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO DO LIKE A MINI FITNESS DEMONSTRATION.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE WIC HEALTHY START HEALTHY FAMILIES COME AND TO HAVE SOME CHAIR MASSAGES AND POSSIBLY BLOOD DONATION IF WE CAN WORK THAT OUT.
SO THAT IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
I'M STILL MAKING PHONE CALLS, BUT WE KNOW FOR SURE, UM, THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE CENTER RESERVE.
AND SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO ADD SOME REALLY EXCITING THINGS TO BE A PART OF OUR CULTURE WEEK.
UM, THAT IS A LONG DAY, AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING DURING THE DAY ON THE COMMISSION.
SO WHEREVER YOU CAN INSERT YOURSELF OR SEND A VOLUNTEER IN YOUR STEAD, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE ALL DAY, BUT IF YOU CAN COME FOR AN HOUR DURING THE MORNING OR AN HOUR IN THE EVENING, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED ON THAT DAY MORE DETAILS TO COME.
UM, ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST MEETING, LOOKING FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO HOST SOME SORT OF PRIDE EVENT FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, AND REALLY, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON DOING PRIDE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING PRIDE, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THE PIECE, THE INEQUITY THAT ARE FACED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE ALSO A PART OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WOULD LOVE ANY, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY NAMES OF ORGANIZATIONS OR PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK MAY BE WILLING TO HOST AN EVENT IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UM, BE INCLUSIVE AND WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING DURING PRIDE MONTH.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME OR SOMEONE FROM ADVOCACY, TARA, AND YOLANDA, UM, TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE, UH, ARE WORKING ON MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, WHICH IS OCTOBER 22ND, 2022, RATHER THAN ADVOCACY, TRY TO TAKE THIS DAY ON BY OURSELVES OR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE THIS DAY ON.
WHAT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME OTHER DEI GROUPS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, HOW MANY OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS KATIE DO? WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM.
PARKS AND REC ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER BOARDS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN REALLY DO AS A SERVICE PROJECT TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY.
UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KEEP IN LINE WITH OUR
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THEME, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATING HEALTHCARE DISPARITY AND PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY.SO THINKING ABOUT MAYBE SOME THINGS WE COULD DO ON THE PARK OR SOME EVENTS THAT WE COULD HAVE AT LOCAL, UM, BUSINESSES OR PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE COULD REALLY SERVE AND GIVE BACK.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS, PLEASE SEND THOSE IDEAS OUR WAY SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE THINGS AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, BUT WE WANT THIS TO BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALL FOR ADVOCACY AT THIS POINT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS SOMEONE? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MS. HELMAN, MOVE ON TO, UM, EDUCATION.
THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, WE HAD OUR TYPICAL WELL MONTHLY STANDING MEETING ON TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND.
AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, PRIMARILY FIVE MAIN ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM OF COURSE, THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS THE JUNE 23RD, 2022 PANEL DISCUSSION, WHICH WOULD FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS PART TWO.
AND AS ALREADY MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETINGS, THE FOCUS FOR THIS FORUM IS TO CONCENTRATE ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RACISM.
AND THUS FAR, WE HAVE TWO PANEL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE.
THE FIRST PERSON IS MR. RON JACKSON, WHO WORKS FOR NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE, AND HE'S GOING DISCUSS THE ECONOMIC PIECE.
AND ALSO AT THE PRESENT TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO CONFIRM DR.
SONIA HUNT, WHO IS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WITH 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS SECTORS.
THE FINAL SLATE OF NAMES FOR THE PANEL WILL BE CONFIRMED BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE THURSDAY, MAY 5TH IN MY ABSENCE, DR.
AKINS IS GOING TO PROVIDE A STATUS TO THE COMMISSION ON THAT.
WE THEN TALKED ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS WITH CITY COUNCIL PERTAINING TO THE PROCLAMATION.
RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
AND AS WE ALREADY KNOW, WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION BASED ON CITY COUNCIL'S AVAILABILITY TO GO OVER VARIOUS ACTION ITEMS PER THE PROCLAMATION.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A 2023 EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF MRS. MIA HONAKER, AS SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A PERSON TO FILL THAT POSITION.
SO EVERYONE PLEASE DON'T BE SHY, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK TALKED ABOUT THE 2022 EDUCATION COMMITTEE GOALS AND MADAM CHAIR.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THOSE ALREADY SUBMITTED, BUT BASICALLY WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR BATTLE RHYTHM OF HAVING AT LEAST TWO FORUMS EVERY YEAR.
AND THE NEXT FORUM THAT WE WANT TO HAVE AGAIN WITH THE REFORM COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS COMMUNITY POLICING WITH THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, TEENAGERS AT WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A VALUABLE DISCUSSION.
AND MR. STEVENS WILL TALK WITH YOU IN REGARDS TO THAT.
AND FINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT, AS ARI MENTIONED AT LAST MONTH'S COMMISSION MEETING IS THE FEATURE STRUCTURE AS TO WHETHER TO CONTINUE THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF HAVING WORK TASKS MEETINGS, WE AS A COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT WEDNESDAYS WILL BE OUR DAY AS FAR AS BEING AVAILABLE, UM, TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LET THE COMMISSION KNOW OF OUR AVAILABILITY AS FAR AS DR.
AKINS AND MYSELF AND MADAM CHAIR.
THIS CONCLUDES THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT.
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OR CONCERNS? DID YOU HAVE QUESTION ON THE PANEL? HOW MANY PANELS ARE YOU WORKING TO HAVE? WELL, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THREE? UM, CAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECT, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL, BUT I THINK DR.HUNT MAY BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TOO, BUT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THREE, TO HAVE MORE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION, PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED, DO NOT HESITATE TO LET EITHER MYSELF OR DR.
AKINS KNOW AS MENTIONED, WE WANT TO HAVE THIS CONFIRMED BEFORE THEM THE MONTH.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO COVER THE SOCIAL ASPECTS.
WHAT IS THE PHONE LIKE? WHAT ARE YOU WAS THE GOAL OF THE SOCIAL PIECE? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WE NEED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT MORE THOROUGHLY IN DETAIL, BUT, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, INTERACTION, YOU KNOW, ON DAILY BASIS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS RACISM.
SO THAT'S THE MIND WE WOULD THINK OF AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED, UH, MAYBE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER WITH THAT IS OUR IMPLICIT BIAS AND RACISM.
LET ME SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE THAT IS A SOCIAL ASPECT OF HOW WE RELATE AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, DIFFERENT RACES AND ETHNICITIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
I WILL, UM, ADDRESS THIS TO DR.
AND, UM, AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, AS FAR AS POTENTIAL, UM, PANEL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE, DEFINITELY LET US KNOW.
ARE THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY POLICING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLERS? IS THAT TARGET? IS THAT FOR THIS YEAR OR IS THAT FOR NEXT YEAR? OH, OKAY.
HOW MANY PANEL MEMBERS DID YOU SAY YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? AT LEAST THREE.
MS. NEWBIE, CAN YOU TELL ME THAT FOR SURE? THE TIME FOR THE JUNE 23RD? IS THAT THE ONE AT THE COMMUNITY? YES.
SO THE DATE AGAIN FOR THE FORUM WILL BE THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD AT THE HIGH-PRICE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 6:30 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WORKOUT THAT WEEK? UH, YEAH, DEFINITELY FOR THAT THURSDAY, I THINK MONDAY WE TRIED FOR THAT TOO TUESDAY, BUT WHEN I MAKE INSECURE.
HAVE WE, UM, IS THERE SOMETHING WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT A LOCATION FOR SOMETHING FOR THAT WEEK? WELL, THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED DURING THE OUTREACH.
NOW, ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO THAT? I TOLD DR.
AKINS YET WE'RE GOING TO BE EVEN NEXT MONTH, BUT, UM, I WILL KNOW, UM, GET THE UPDATE AND MS. SALMOND WILL, WILL CHIME IN AS NEEDED.
SO IN REGARDS TO OUTREACH, THE COMMITTEE ALSO MET ON MARCH 22ND, 2022, AND BASICALLY WE DISCUSSED, UM, OUR UPCOMING ACTIVITIES FOR CULTURE WEEK.
SO THE FIRST ACTIVITY, WHICH WILL BE THE FATHER'S DAY JAZZ CONCERT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH ON FATHER'S DAY.
AKINS, HE HAD CONTACTED MR. TERRY TWITTY AS FAR AS A CONTRACT PROPOSAL.
AND ONCE IT'S REVIEWED, IT'S GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO MR. TONY ROGERS AND, UM,
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MR. JEREMY, DONALD, AND I'M NOT SURE KATIE, AT THIS POINT, HAVE YOU BEEN AWARE OF ANYTHING? YES, DR.AKINS IS HE JUST SENT ME SOMETHING SEASONING.
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP IN THE MORNING, UM, TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT CONTRACT LANGUAGE.
AND ONCE THAT'S FINALIZED, THEN I KNOW THAT THE FLYER FOR THE EVENT, MS.
I WILL RESPOND TO THAT TONIGHT.
UM, AND OF COURSE THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO REVIEW THE FLYER.
SO ONCE IT'S REVIEWED THERE'S FILE CONCURRENCE, THEN, UM, MS. NICELY, IT WILL SENT TO YOU FOR DISSEMINATION, UM, WITHIN THIS CITY THIS WEEK, BUT THIS WEEK.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ON THE 24TH OF MARCH, MS. SUMLIN, YOURSELF AND, UM, CHAIRMAN AKINS MET WITH JOSH KING.
SHE DID DISCUSS THE COORDINATION FOR THE CONCERT.
SO IS THERE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THAT DISCUSSION? YES.
SO, AND MEETING WITH JOSH WAS VERY HELPFUL.
SO HE DID TELL US AT THE TIME AND KATIE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE AN UPDATE.
HAS JOSH GIVEN YOU UPDATES SINCE LAST WEEK? SO, OKAY.
SO AS OF THE 24TH, JOSH SAID WE HAVE FIVE VENDORS.
WE HAVE TWO FOOD TRUCKS, WE HAVE A SENSI VENDOR AND A COLOR STREET VENDOR.
UM, THE FOOD TRUCK VENDORS, I THINK HE SAID WAS DIAMOND DAIQUIRI.
SO THERE THEY DO NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND THERE WAS A FISHING QUEUE AND THEN A HEART ICE CREAM.
I HEARD ICE CREAM AND THEN A LOW, LOW P HAD KING.
UM, SO HE DID MENTION TO US THAT FOR THE EVENT, THE MULTICULTURAL EVENT, HE DID MENTION TO US FOR A FIVE-HOUR EVENT, THEY NORMALLY RECOMMEND THREE TO FOUR FOOD TRUCKS AND THAT THOSE FOOD TRUCKS WOULD NEED TO BE SET UP BY 3:00 PM FOR INSPECTION.
UM, SO LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR EVENT? JOSH WAS ALSO GOING TO CHECK WITH THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HOST OUR BEER GARDEN.
UM, THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LICENSING.
THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR POURING AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEY NORMALLY DO THAT FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS WHEN WE HAVE A BEER GARDEN.
SO JOSH WAS GOING TO CHECK WITH TERRY WALTON.
UM, SO I NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM KATIE AND SEE IF HE WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO MR. WATSON TO SEE, UM, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THE BEER GARDEN.
I MEAN, STATISTICALLY, WHEN WE HAVE THE BEER GARDEN, THE ATTENDANCE IS BETTER WHEN WE HAVE MUSIC IN THE BEER GARDEN, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ID PEOPLE.
THAT WOULD BE THE TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION.
SO THAT WILL BE TOTALLY ON THEM.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CHECK ID OR ANY OF THAT.
SO, UM, SO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON A CONTRACT DETAILS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID ASK US TO VERIFY IS IF OUR SOUND AND LIGHT GUY, ELDRIDGE COATS, PREMIUM BLEND WANTED TO BE PAID.
IF HE MIND BEING PAID ON THE 25TH FOR BOTH EVENTS, CAUSE HE'S DOING THE 19TH AND THE 25TH FOR US.
SO, UM, I DID ASK L I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE.
HE HAS TALKED TO TERRY TWITTY, SO THEY'VE WORKED OUT WHATEVER THEY NEED TO WORK OUT AS FAR AS THE STAGE PLOT.
SO I'M NOT GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
I'M GONNA LET THE PROFESSIONALS HANDLE THAT PART.
UM, AND THEN JOSH DID MENTION ON THE 19TH FOR THE FUNK FESTIVAL, HE DID MENTION THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR OWN COOLERS IN WITH THEIR DRINKS.
UM, WHICH SHOCKED ME BECAUSE I WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU COULD BRING ALCOHOL INTO THE PARK, BUT
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YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON THE FLYER AND SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING ALCOHOL ONTO THE PARK OBVIOUSLY.SO, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
I MEAN, JOSH ASKS FOR SOME SPECIFICS, UM, THAT I STILL NEED TO GET FROM PREMIERE.
LIKE HOW MANY TABLES THEY NEED IN THE ROOM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT, UM, THINGS SEEM TO BE COMING ALONG FINE.
HE SAID HE WOULD UPDATE US WHEN WE GET MORE VENDORS.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT I'M ONLY AWARE OF THE FIVE.
SO I'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM HIM THIS WEEK AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
WHEN I GET IT IS THE FIVE VENDORS FOR THE JAZZ.
HE SAID FOR THE MULTICULTURAL, HE DID TELL US THAT HE RECOMMENDED THAT WE HAVE SO FOR THE FUNK FESTIVAL.
SO FOR A FIVE-HOUR EVENT, HE SAID THREE TO FOUR FOOD TRUCKS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THREE TO FOUR FOOD TRUCKS FOR BOTH EVENTS.
AND WHEN YOU SAID SET UP BY 3:00 PM FOR INSPECTION THAT'S FOR THE FUNK FEST, CORRECT? BECAUSE CULTURALS 12 TO, YES.
SO THAT DAY, WHAT TIME DO THEY NEED TO BE SET UP BY DOING THAT? SO IF S IT'S TWO, IS IT TWO HOURS BEFORE? YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT NOTE.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT, UM, TIME FOR THE FIS, THE FUNK FESTIVAL IS FROM FIVE TO 10, RIGHT? JAZZ CONCERT.
THE IS FROM SIX TO NINE, BUT THE ACTUAL DAY IS FIVE TO 10, 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM.
AND IT'S JUST ONE PERFORMER, RIGHT? ONE BAND.
IS THAT THIS TERRY 22 HE'S JAZZED, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S THE JAZZ FATHER'S DAY JAZZ CONCERT.
AND FRED SAID THEY DO A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC.
SO APPARENTLY THEY DO SOME FUNK, SOME JAZZ AND SOME OTHER STUFF.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE WANT OUR FLYERS SAY? DO WE WANT IT TO SAY JAZZ FEST, JAZZ FESTIVAL, FUNK, FESTIVAL, JAZZ, AND FOLK FESTIVAL JAZZY, FUNK, FUNK.
AND WHAT DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING? THE FIVE WE'RE JUST SO WE SAID THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT AT FIVE, SO PEOPLE COULD START EATING BEFORE SOME PEOPLE MAY EAT DURING THE CONCERT, BUT WE WANTED TO DEFINITELY ALLOW PEOPLE IN TO GET FOOD, TO SET UP WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SIT AND THEN GET COMFORTABLE SO THAT WHEN THE CONCERT STARTS AT SIX, THEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CAN KIND OF BE SET UP AND READY TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WANT FOOD TRUCKS TO GET THE MOST FOR THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE MOST BANG FOR THEIR BUCK.
SO, UM, JOSH DID ADVISE US, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE THERE.
THEY WANNA MAKE MONEY SO THEY CAN BE THERE UNTIL 10.
SO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FOR THE JAZZ FEST YET.
UM, THAT I'LL HAVE TO VERIFY WITH JOSH BECAUSE SOME MAY HAVE DECIDED TO DO BOTH EVENTS.
SO I HAVE TO, I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT VERIFIED FROM JOSH, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE AT LEAST WANT TO HAVE THREE TO FOUR MINIMUM FOR EACH EVENT.
AND THAT'S JUST THE FOOD VENDORS.
WHAT ABOUT JUST THE FOOD TRUCK? THE OTHER VENDORS, JAZZ FUNK FESTIVAL IS ONLY FOOD VENDORS.
IS THAT RIGHT? OH, UM, FOR THE JAZZ, YES.
IT'S JUST MUSIC AND FOOD TRUCKS.
THAT'S IT FOR THE MULTICULTURAL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EXHIBITORS VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS IN ADDITION TO THE MUSIC.
AND THERE IS A LAYOUT THAT JERRY PROVIDED US BY EMAIL THAT TELLS US EXACTLY HOW MANY VENDORS WE CAN HAVE, HOW THEY SET UP FOOD TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING.
SO THE SCHEMATIC IS ALREADY THERE.
SO WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY VENDORS WE CAN ACCEPT.
NOW, ONE THING JOSH DID SAY, WE DON'T WANT 10 AVON VENDORS.
SO IF WE GET AN AVON VENDOR WE'RE DONE WITH AVON VENDORS, BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COME AND TRULY MAKE MONEY AND NOT HAVE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER VENDORS.
SO WE'RE ONLY ACCEPTING ONE OF EACH
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TYPE BECAUSE YOU, YOU GET A LOT OF THE COLOR STREET SENSI, YOU KNOW? SO DO WE STILL HAVE ME AS LIST THAT WAS FROM, UM, WHEN THE EVENT AT THE DOWNTOWN GETS CANCELED, ALL THOSE, UH, ACTS AND FOOD.AKINS DID ASK FOR THAT THROUGH EMAIL, I BELIEVE.
AM I RIGHT? AND I BELIEVE SHE DID PROVIDE THAT TO HIM.
I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT HE DID ASK HER FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY SOME REALLY GOOD YES.
AX AND VENDORS AND STUFF INCLUDED ON THAT LIST.
YOU NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH, I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING HERE.
SO FOR OF MULTICULTURAL FEST FOR THE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PERFORMING, WHAT ARE THEY HAVE TIMEFRAMES LIKE HOW LONG THEY CAN PERFORM.
SO I THINK FRED'S HOLT SAID THEY'RE GOING TO DO THREE SETS.
JANE, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE EMAIL SAID? THEY WERE GOING TO DO THREE IT THREE.
I DON'T RECALL SOUND LIKE HE WAS, HE WAS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THREE HOUR SETS AND THEN TWO 30 MINUTES BREAKS OR MAYBE TWO HOUR SETS, TWO SETS AN HOUR OF SET AND THEN TWO 30 MINUTES.
AND WAS THERE SOMETHING, I THINK YOU BOUGHT UP DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, WHAT CONDITIONS MAY BE IN PLACE? YEAH.
AND I WANTED TO ASK KATIE TO VERIFY THAT, UM, CAUSE THEY'RE WANTING, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE PROPOSAL? IS THE CITY OKAY WITH, YEAH, I HAVE, HE'D SENT ME ONE THIS EVENING, SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
'CAUSE, THEY'RE WANTING $1,500 IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE STEEP, BUT, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN EVEN, WE'RE NOT PROFITING, THIS IS A COMMUNITY, A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND SO IF WE CAN, SO I KNOW NORMALLY WE RESCHEDULE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REPAY THAT WE PAY JOSH WOULDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR US TO PAY HALF OF THE 3000, IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL FOR JUNETEENTH.
AND THAT WOULD ALL BE IN THE AGREEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHY, WHAT HE SENT ME THIS EVENING.
I NEED TO PROBABLY OBVIOUSLY GET WITH AND MAKE, UH, AN AGREEMENT OUT OF.
AND THAT SHOULD ALL BE INCLUDED.
I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH EVENT BECAUSE IT'S JUNETEENTH, ARE WE GOING TO DO SOME KIND OF AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE BEGINNING AND THE MIDDLE? ARE WE GOING TO LINK IT BACK TO JUNETEENTH? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR OPENING OR YEAH, DEFINITELY OPENING THE MIDDLE AND THE END.
UM, SO ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, UH, PREMIER HAS APPROVED $2,000 FOR OUR JUNETEENTH EVENT.
UM, AND THE FUNDING IS GOING TO COVER ALL OF THE BIOMETRIC SCREENINGS, COACHING HEALTH EDUCATION, AND COVID VACCINATIONS.
SHE'S GOT THE FUNK FESTIVAL NEXT TO IT ON ONE OF THESE, BUT YES, IT'S FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS NOW, BUT WHAT THEY ALSO DID SAY, AND DID YOU GET THAT, THAT THEY SENT, OKAY.
WHAT THEY ALSO DID SAY IS THAT THEY WANT TO SUPPORT OUR OTHER EVENTS.
SO THERE IS A LINK THAT I HAVE TO GO AND APPLY FOR THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THE BIG THING IS, IS WE WANT TO GET, I'M SORRY, PREMIER PREMIER HEALTH.
THE BIG THING IS WE HAVE TO TURN IN A REPORT BY JULY 31ST, 20, 23 OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DID.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON ADVERTISING AND THEY SOUND LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US DO SOME ADVERTISING.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY CRUCIAL THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT THROUGH OUR INDIVIDUAL NETWORKS BECAUSE PREMIER HEALTH IS A GREAT SPONSOR AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY SPONSOR SOME OTHER EVENTS FOR US AS WELL.
SO YEAH, WITH SOMEONE, THEY DID MENTION THAT IF YOU NEED A LOGO,
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T GOING TO ADD SOME OF THAT TO YES.MOST DEFINITELY BANNERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THANKS FOR WORKING OUT ABOUT THAT $1,500.
IF, IF IN THE EVENT OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUSH BACK ON THAT WITH THE PROVISION OF A GUARANTEED SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, UM, I, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PREFER FOR US TO DO RATHER THAN LET'S SPEND MONEY THAT WAY, TAXPAYER MONEY.
SO I WASN'T REALLY LOOKING INTO ALL THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND THE CITY'S MONEY WISELY.
SO YEAH, THIS IS THIS DIFFERENT, THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS A PUBLIC COMPLAINT, JEFF FREE MONTHS, FREE EVENTS.
HOPE THAT THEY COULD RESPECT THAT, OH, YOU HAVE A WIRE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE HEALTHCARE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE IT.
SHE SHOULD HAVE CERTAIN THINGS ON THE SHARPS CONTAINERS AND MOSQUE.
SO IS THERE DO Y'ALL IS THERE A PROJECT PLAN NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING UP TO DATE ON THE, BOTH THINGS ON THE, UH, PROJECT PLAN? YOU SAID, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, DR.
AKINS WAS DOING THAT WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT MIA HAD STARTED.
SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE AND SAID YES.
YEAH, I WILL, UM, TELL HIM THAT.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, ONE OF THE EVENTS OF JUNE 10TH EVENT FROM FIVE TO 10, IS IT VOLUNTEER POLICE OR SECURITY, OR? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE BEER GARDEN FIRST, BUT THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE JUNE TEAM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO LATE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY PATROLLING A LITTLE BIT, OR PLEASE NORMALLY WE WILL ASK THE POLICE TO MAKE A PRESENCE AND THE FIRE, THE FIRE TRUCK WILL BE THERE TO DO INSPECTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL STAY, BUT WE DEFINITELY WILL MAKE THE ASK OF THE POLICE TO BE PRESENT BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN ACT ONCE THEY GET A LITTLE ALCOHOLIC.
WE HAVE A BEER GARDEN FOR BOTH OR JUST MULTICULTURAL.
I NEED TO GET THE UPDATE FROM JOSH ON WHAT ATHLETIC FOUNDATION SAID, BUT THEY HAVE A FENCED OFF AREA.
IT HAS TO BE FENCED OFF ACCORDING TO THE CITY.
AND SO ALL OF THAT IS THEIR STUFF.
SO THE NOTE ABOUT THE COOLERS WAS JUST A NOTE THAT WAS FOR JUICY THE FUNK FESTIVAL.
SO AFTER YOUR FIRST GAME THAT, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE NO THEY'RE GARDEN ORANGE GYMS ON THE, FOR THE FUNK FESTIVAL.
THAT'S WHY THEY CAN BRING THEIR COOLERS IN YOUR GARDEN ON THE NIGHT SCENE ON JUNE 2ND.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S A EVENING EVENT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT RESOURCES AND NOT TRYING TO TAP OUT OUR RESOURCES.
SO FIGURE, YOU KNOW, FATHER'S DAY.
SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT NEED A COOLER.
THEY MAY COME READY FOR THE QUESTIONS.
SO FOR ADVOCACY OUTREACH REFORM, ALL RIGHT.
SO THE REFORM COMMITTEE, WE HELD OUR LAST MEETING ON 28 MARCH, WHICH WAS LAST MONDAY.
THERE WERE TWO AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
UM, DURING THAT MEETING, UM, ONE BEING THE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE ONE RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARDS TO HAVING HEALTH.
I'M SORRY, HAVING MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ACCOMPANY OFFICERS DURING CERTAIN, UM, ENCOUNTERS, IF YOU WILL, WITH THOSE THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO WE DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, TABLE THAT, OR, OR PULL
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BACK THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE STILL WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH.AND SO WHAT WE HAD, UH, DISCUSSED WAS, UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I'M NOT SURE IF THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT, BUT I THINK WHEN WE MET WITH CHIEF LIGHT AND EVERYBODY A YEAR AGO, HE MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE MAYBE IT WAS 14 OR 15 OTHERS OFFICERS THAT WERE, THAT WERE, UH, CERTIFIED WITH THIS, WHAT THEY CALL CRITICAL INTERVENTION AND CHART, CRITICAL INTERVENTION TEAM TRAININGS.
SO IT HAS TO DO WITH, I GUESS, BEING TRAINED, UM, WITH SOME SORT OF, UH, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH DEALING WITH THOSE, WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO, UM, SO WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS, WELL, UM, IN TERMS OF A RECOMMENDATION, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING A SEPARATE RESOURCE, IF YOU WILL, OR HIRE SOMEONE TO COME IN TO, UH, ACT IN THAT CAPACITY, TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT EVERYONE ON THE POLICE FORCE, UM, GET THAT TRAINING OR GET CERTIFIED IN WHAT THEY CALL, I GUESS, CIT.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO, BECAUSE ERIC, WHO'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, HE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, I GUESS THE PRESIDENT OR THE PRESIDENT OF NAMI, I GUESS SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR 90 ROUNDS WHO, UH, I GUESS THEY DEAL WITH OBVIOUSLY MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH.
AND SO, UM, SO WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD SET UP A MEETING, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE CHIEF, UH, ON THE 13TH OF APRIL, HAVE HER COME IN AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT, UM, CAUSE AGAIN, THEY OFFER THAT, I GUESS, THAT TRAINING OR THAT CERTIFICATION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THOSE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TRAINED IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S, WHAT'S PLANNED FOR THE 13TH AND THEN TRYING TO FIND THE EMAIL THAT I HAD.
SO I THINK I SENT YOU ALL, UH LET'S JUST WITH REGARDS TO, UM, TWO LIGHTENER HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD, UH, STARTED THIS NEW, UM, I'M SORRY, LET ME, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT FIRST.
I THOUGHT I HAD UP HERE ON MY, UM, MY, UH, PHONE HERE, BUT IT WAS A CRISIS WAS THE CRISIS NOW IS WHAT THEY CALL IT.
UM, AND SO IT'S WHERE I GUESS, UM, THE, IF SOMEONE CALLS IN, THEY CAN USE THAT RESOURCE OR THE POLICE CAN DECIDE TO HAVE THAT ORGANIZATION OR THOSE FOLKS COME OUT AND, AND, UM, TAKE CARE OF A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE IS DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE STANDING UP OR THAT'LL BE IN PLACE.
I THINK IT'LL GO LIVE IN JULY, SOMETIME IN JULY, MID JULY IS WHEN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE.
UM, AGAIN, I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE BEST.
I CAN READ IT VERBATIM AS TO WHAT IT'S A CRISIS NOW, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
UM, IT IS A, UM, I'VE LOST THAT SPECIFIC EMAIL, BUT IT'S CRISIS NOW, MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
UM, AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE CALLS TO ROLL INTO, UM, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OR CRISIS CARE OR SOMETHING IN A ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE FOR POLICE.
SO IT WOULD BE, CAUSE THE POLICE WOULD NORMALLY BE ROUTED TO THAT WILL NOW BE ROUTED THROUGH THIS MONTGOMERY, THIS CRISIS NOW MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WHICH IS WHAT OUR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS.
SO, YEAH, WHICH IS WONDERFUL PREEMPTIVELY FOR IT TO BE DONE WITHOUT OUR RECOMMENDATION, EVEN HAVING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO YOU, YOU MAY EVEN ASK YOURSELF WILL DO EVEN, DOES IT EVEN MAKE SENSE TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING RIGHT.
FOR THOSE OFFICERS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN AT LEAST TALK ABOUT.
BUT I FOUND THE EMAILS WE JUST SAYS, YEAH, THEY BASICALLY, WITH THIS, THEY WILL PROVIDE MOST MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS TO RESPOND TO A CALL FOR SERVICE LOCATION.
UPON REQUEST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE TEAM WILL ALSO RESPOND IF SOMEONE CALLS INTO NINE, EIGHT, EIGHT CRISIS.
NOW PHONE LINE, THE LEVEL OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WILL DICTATE WHETHER THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM RESPONDS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT ON STANDBY OR WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A AGAIN GOING LIVE IN, UH, MID JULY TIMEFRAME.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, SO THAT WAS, UH, THE FIRST, UH, ORDER OF BUSINESS THAT WE DISCUSSED.
UH, AND THEN THE, SO DOES THAT MEAN LIKE WHEN THEY'RE CALLED AND THE POLICE ARE CALLED OR JUST BATCHED OUT TO A PLACE AND THEY KNOW THAT IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, THEN THEY COULD DISPATCH IN THAT GROUP.
NOW WE'LL PROBABLY TALK TO HIM MORE ABOUT IT WHEN WE MEET ON THE 13TH SO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW HE SAID HE WAS HAVING A MEETING.
I THINK THIS WAS IT THIS FRIDAY
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OR IS THAT NEXT FRIDAY? I'M SORRY.UM, TALK MORE ABOUT THAT CRISIS NOW PROGRAMS. SO YEAH.
UM, AND THERE'S STILL SOME DETAILS I THINK THEY'RE WORKING OUT, BUT, UH, SO YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, WHEN I TOOK THE TOP? SO IS THIS THE SAME SYSTEM THAT DAYTON IS USING AS WELL? IT IS SORRY.
UH, YEAH, THIS WAS, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ADAMS BOARD AND IT IS, IT IS ACTUALLY AN ALTERNATIVE NUMBER THAT YOU WOULD CALL INSTEAD OF LIKE NINE 11 OR SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK IN MAYBE OUR UNDERSTANDING, IT ALSO WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY FOR DISPATCH TO ROLL INTO THIS LINE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING POLICE.
SO, SO THEY, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED IN, IN REFORM AND WITH THIS NAMI AND THE INCREASED TRAINING, UM, WAS THE INCREASED TRAINING, EVEN, MAYBE FOR THE DISPATCH, UM, BECAUSE WHAT THEY HEAR FROM MCCALL AND WHAT THE POLICE ARE RESPONDING TO SOMETIMES ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT MAYBE I DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A POLICE RESPONSE.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S SUPPORTIVE FOR THE POLICE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, WE EXPECT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO BE SOCIAL WORKERS AND MARRIAGE COUNSELORS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELORS, AND MANY, MANY THINGS THAT THEY ARE NOT.
SO, UM, ANYTHING TO HELP TAKE THAT BURDEN AND TO HELP REDUCE THAT, THAT STRESS AND THAT INCREASE INTERACTIONS ALWAYS HAVE THAT INCREASE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT OUTCOMES.
SO, AND THEN WITH THE TRAINING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD ALSO BE TO INCREASE JUST THE TRAINING THAT ALL OF THE POLICE ARE TRAINED IN THIS CRISIS INTERVENTION, UM, TO INCREASE THAT EMPATHY, THE TRAINING, THE UNDERSTANDING TO DECREASE THAT, UH, UH, OPTION OF HAVING A BAD INTERACTION.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ESCALATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE IS WITH REGARDS TO THIS AREA.
FOR FAR MORE, WE'RE VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR CHIEF.
HONESTLY, HE HAS LISTENED AND JUST TAKEN IT AND RAN WITH IT WITHOUT US HAVING TO SAY MUCH ELSE ABOUT IT.
SO DISPATCHERS ARE NOT CURRENTLY TRYING TO EAT IN CRISIS.
TALK ABOUT TOO, SINCE THERE'LL BE TAKING THE CALLS AND THEN THEY CAN UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW TO DISCERN, LIKE YOU SAID, BANK.
I SAID, SHE'S NICELY, BUT I MET SHE FLIGHT NURSE.
UM, THAT'S OUR OTHER CHIEF CHIEF NICELY, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY CHIEF LEITNER IS AMAZING.
I MEAN, I LITERALLY CALLED HIM ON A ISSUE AND HE RESPONDED AND TOLD ME WHAT TO DO.
AND I THINK THAT'S AMAZING THAT HE'S WILLING TO TALK TO PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND HE'S NOT SO FAR REMOVED THAT HE CAN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE.
IT'S A GREAT, GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
SO THE OTHER TOPIC WAS, UM, SO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WHEN WE MET LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IS OUR FOCUS FOR, UM, REFORM COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHEN WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU WILL.
AND THE OTHER WAS, HAS TO DO WITH DOING MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
BUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS RELATES TO, UM, HAVING A INTERACTION, HAVING INTERACTION BETWEEN A POSITIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE YOUTH.
AND SO, UH, SO SORT OF LIKE THE FORM WE HAD BACK IN JANUARY, RIGHT.
WITH, UH, OUTREACH COMMITTEE, UH, WHEREAS SORRY.
WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICING, RIGHT.
AND, AND WHAT THE POLICE, UH, GIVE ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, OF COURSE THE NAACP POINT AND, AND, AND THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS DOING TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
SO WE GOT A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF, YOU KNOW, UH, ADDRESS THAT AT THAT POINT.
SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, IS NOW HAVE
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A FORM THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THE YOUTH, RIGHT.SO WE WANT TO HAVE TO WRITE ONE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ONE AT THE HIGHEST SCHOOL, AND WE WANT TO DO IT THIS FALL.
UM, PROBABLY SEPTEMBER TIMEFRAME, BECAUSE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR KIDS WOULD JUST GET BACK IN SCHOOL.
SO WE DO WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND LET'S PUT THIS THING TOGETHER.
AND WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE PRIVATELY TIED TO THE SRO.
UH THAT'S UM, IT WAS A RESOURCE OFFICER, RIGHT.
THAT'S AT THE SCHOOL, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, UH, DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE, DISCUSS SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THAT.
BUT, BUT YEAH, I WANT TO HAVE THAT FORM OR HAVE THOSE TWO FORMS THIS FALL.
UM, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE, WHEN I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE POLICE, SHE WOULD COME IN AND TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, WHAT THEY DO, UM, KIND OF EXPECTATIONS AND THINGS THAT THEY JUST SORT OF LIKE WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN.
UM, WE WANT TO PROBABLY HAVE A MEETING MAYBE NEXT MONTH, IF WE COULD, NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER WHAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JOIN ME TALKING ABOUT THE DETAILS FOR THAT, FOR THAT FORM.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE THINKING THERE.
SO THAT'S THE VISION TO HAVE THAT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY OR IN THE EVENING.
SO THEN YOU'D HAVE BETTER PARTICIPATION IF YOU WERE ADDING IT DURING THE SCHOOL, RIGHT.
IN DURING SCHOOL TIME VERSUS DOING IT IN THE EVENING TIME WHERE YOU PROBABLY GET, YOU PROBABLY GET LESS STRESSED AS THE SPACE.
SO WE FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL WOULD ALLOW MAYBE AN HOUR OR SO DURING, UM, DURING SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT, HAVE THAT SESSION.
SO IT'S MORE THAN YOU CAN FIND OUT.
AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT IN THE EVENING, FOR SOME REASON, FOOD ALWAYS TENDS TO DRAW PARENTS, UM, AND PRIZES, GOODIES, EXTRA CREDIT, SO, OKAY.
THANK YOU, MR. STEVENS, ANY QUESTIONS WITH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND WORKING.
SO WE'RE DONE WITH COMMITTEE REPORTS OR MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.
WE STILL HAVE CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS, FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH COUNCIL STATUS ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE A UPDATE STATUS FOR THAT, KATIE AT ALL.
UH, YOU KNOW, I FOLLOWED UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON A DATE.
UM, I DID REACH OUT TO MAYOR GORE TO HOPEFULLY MAYBE JUST HAVE A TALK WITH THEM, UM, IN THE MEANTIME.
SO WHEN YOU SAID KATIE, WHEN YOU SAID WAITING ON A DATE, DO YOU MEAN, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE A DATE WHERE THEY ALL CAN COME TOGETHER.
SO AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING LAST MONTH, THE NEXT MARINE I FOLLOWED UP, I SENT AN EMAIL TO TONY AND THEN I FOLLOWED UP A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THAT ASKING.
AND THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON A DATE TO GET EVERYBODY TO SET THAT MEETING.
UM, CAN WE FIGURE OUT A TIMELINE TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BY, BECAUSE WE BROUGHT THIS LAST MONTH, RIGHT.
LAST MONTH, MEANING, SO IT'S BEEN A MONTH, AT LEAST SOMETHING, RIGHT.
YOU SEND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE REQUEST AND SOME OPTIONS.
AND HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE REQUESTS.
I MEAN, I DO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT HE DID GIVE THE REQUEST FOR THAT.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COUNCIL SETTING THAT DAY.
BUT FROM SOMETHING FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT SAYS THAT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING AT THIS POINT, BY THIS POINT, SINCE IT'S BEEN A MONTH THAT WE FIGURE OUT A DATE, DID WE DISCUSS HAVING THEM COME TO OUR MEETING? WOULD THEY BE EVENT? COULD WE MAKE THE INVITE FOR OUR MAY 5TH MEETING AND SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE? ABSOLUTELY.
CAUSE WE DID PUT THAT OUT THERE.
CAN WE JUST MAKE THAT THE INVITE? IS THAT TOO MUCH? I MEAN, ASSUMING THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT THAT DAY AND I'M JUST SUPPOSED TO
WHAT IS THAT DATE? AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEIR RIGHT.
THEY CAN SUPPORT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT WHAT IS THE DATE THAT THEY CAN ALL, IF THAT'S
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WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE, BUT I DO LIKE THE OPTION, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE YOU SENT AN EMAIL TO THE MAYOR.IF WE, IF WE CAN'T PULL IT TOGETHER, RIGHT.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, PULL EVERYONE TOGETHER.
BUT, UH, IF NOT, I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE, THE MAYOR, UM, WHAT'S TODAY, WEDNESDAY, IT'S PROBABLY MONDAY.
WHAT CAN WE MAYBE REQUEST, I MEAN, SEE IF THEY CAN ATTEND MAY 5TH AND IF THEY CAN'T TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DATES, PUT IT THAT WAY.
I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING.
SO IF THERE'S A MEMBER, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT CAN'T BE THERE OR DOESN'T, THEN I THINK THAT'S FINE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL NINE PEOPLE TRUST THEM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT VOTING ON ANYTHING CONVERSATION, MEANING, AND WE DISCLOSE TO THEM WHY WE WANT THEM TO COME TO A MEETING.
HAVE WE LET THEM KNOW THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING? YES.
IT WAS THE MAIN REASON UNLESS I HAVE THAT WRONG, BUT THE MAIN REASON WAS TO DISCUSS THE RESOLUTION AND THE ACTION ITEMS IN THAT RESOLUTION.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED TOO, IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YEAH.
SO THERE WAS, WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE TWO THINGS, THE RECOMMENDATION, WHAT IS THE STATUS? HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? WHAT IS THE MOVEMENT? BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS ALIGNED TO THE PROCLAMATION? CORRECT.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS EARLY IN THE AGENDA.
WE'VE BEEN AWFUL SHORTENED, OUR REPORTS,
SO WE HAVE, OH, WE HAD THE, OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT OR RECOMMENDATIONS? ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSION MEETING RECOMMENDATION.
WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, UM, MS. PURVIS SUBMITTED A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE OUR MEETINGS TO TWICE A MONTH.
UM, AND THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THAT WE DECIDED TO TABLE WHEN POSSIBLY AMEND THAT.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS TONIGHT IS MOVING FORWARD STILL WHAT THEY DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
IN ADDITION TO A MONTHLY MEETING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE MEETING THREE TIMES A MONTH IN ADDITION TO THE TASK THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE.
SO WE WERE AMENDING THAT RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE ONE MEETING PER MONTH AND TO DEVELOP TASK GROUPS FROM THE ACTION ITEMS THAT COME OUT OF THE MEETING BECAUSE THEY ARE TASKED GROUPS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PUBLIC MEETINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING ON SPECIFIC TASKS AND THERE'S NO BULLYING THAT OCCURS.
WHAT THAT WILL REQUIRE IS HONING IN ON THREE KEY OBJECTIVES, THREE TO FOUR KEY OBJECTIVES THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE READY TO TAKE THEM, PUT THIS OUT TO YOU ALL.
IF WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON AMENDING OUR MEETING STRUCTURE TO ONE MEETING A MONTH AND THEN TASKING OUT PERSONALLY, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, OUR JUNE TEEN FUNK FESTIVAL.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET IN OUR FORUMS. UM, GIVEN THOSE THINGS, I LIKE THE IDEA, I LOVE THE IDEA OF TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, BUT WE'RE ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND WE'VE GOT A LOT LEFT TO DO.
AND I JUST, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
I HAVEN'T GOT THAT PART FIGURED OUT YET.
IS THERE, SORRY, IS THERE FOR LIKE THE FUNK
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FESTIVAL AND CULTURE WEEK? IS THERE A LOT OF DISCUSSION LEFT OR IS IT TASKS? BOTH BECAUSE IT'S BOTH.AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO DEFINITELY HAVE WE, I'M GOING TO SAY WE DO 100%.
WE HAVE TO MAKE YOU, WE DO IN COMMITTEES.
BUT THOSE, BUT THOSE EVENTS, RIGHT.
WE'RE TALKING IN JUNE, WE'RE TALKING LIKE A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW.
AND THEN THOSE EVENTS WILL BE OVER.
SO LET'S JUST SAY WE DO BOTH TO REDUCE IT TO ONE, LET'S SAY ONE MEETING AND WE HAVE TASK GROUPS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT UNTIL MAYBE JUNE, JULY.
THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT WE COULD, WE COULD PURSUE.
YOU KNOW? UM, I STILL RETURN TILL I CAME WITH THE IDEA.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD.
UM, BUT THE, THE ISSUE WAS RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR COMMISSIONED MEETING THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
BUT IF WE HAVE, THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A SEPARATE WORK GROUP SESSION, BUT THE CHALLENGE WAS TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO MEET ON A DAY AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE HARD.
AND SO, UM, AND YOU STILL HAVE IT TWO MEETINGS.
BUT, BUT THEN WE SAID TO HIM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE THAT MEETING, IF YOU HAVE THESE FOUR COMMITTEES AND EVERYBODY HAS THREE OR FOUR OBJECTIVES, WE'D BE IN THAT MEETING ALL NIGHT.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MEETING, I SAID, WELL, FOR US TO BE, AND THEN I THINK ERIC KIND OF SUGGESTED, WELL, YEAH, LET'S JUST HAVE THAT ONE MEETING RIGHT.
WHERE WE DO EVERYTHING IN THAT ONE MEETING.
AND, AND I THINK I SAID, WELL, THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GOING TO WORK IS IF WE REDUCE THE OBJECTIVE, RIGHT.
WE CAN'T BE DOING 12 DIFFERENT, RIGHT.
IF WE HAVE FOUR COMMITTEES AND EVERYBODY'S DOING ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS WITH JUST NOT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL ACTIVITIES, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK.
SO THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO JUST MEET ON ONE DAY, WHICH IS GREAT, IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, ALL RIGHT.
AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME RESIDUAL THINGS WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU GOT A COUPLE OF EVENTS, WE GOT A PUBLIC THAT'S COMING UP.
THERE'S SOME RESIDUAL THINGS, EVEN BEFORE COMMITTEE, RIGHT.
WE WANT TO WORK THIS MENTAL HEALTH THING.
IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.
I MEAN, WE CAN FINISH THAT TASK.
BUT, AND AGAIN, I'M PREPARED TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I LIKED THE IDEA.
LIKE I SAID, IT KIND OF STEMS FROM WHAT ERIC HAD EAT FROM WHAT YOU INITIALLY RECOMMENDED TO WHAT HE SUGGESTED.
AND THEN I SAID, THE ONLY WAY IT'S GONNA WORK IS IF WE REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES, I LIKED THE IDEA OF WHERE, AGAIN, IT'S LESS TAXING ON ALL OF US, RIGHT.
IF WE JUST SAY, HEY, WE'LL MEET.
IT COULD BE LIKE, WE'RE DOING NOW ON THESE THURSDAYS.
UM, AND WE GET, WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE THREE OR FOUR OBJECTIVES THAT WE AGREE ON.
AND THEN WE CAN STILL TASK OUT, RIGHT.
WHERE THE LITTLE GROUPS, IF YOU WILL, OR THE TASK GROUPS, OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO USE THE TERM, RIGHT.
THEY CAN GO WORK THOSE THINGS.
BUT DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY HAVE A FORMAL MEETING.
YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE PEOPLE CAN GO WORK THE INITIATIVE RIGHT.
I THINK IT JUST, IT, IT PUTS ALLOWS US, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO A BUNCH OF THINGS WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELF NOT TO SAY, WE DON'T DO A GOOD JOB OF DOING IT.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF HONING IN ON JUST A HANDFUL OF THINGS OR A COUPLE OF THINGS TO PUT ALL YOUR ENERGY TIME AND RESOURCES INTO IT.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE, UM, WHATEVER IT IS, AN EVENT INITIATIVE ACTIVITY.
SO I THINK THAT'LL, I THINK THAT'LL SERVE US WELL IF WE, IF WE GO DOWN THAT PATH AGAIN, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING.
SO I ALSO WANT TO, I WANT TO POSE THIS QUESTION.
ARE WE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE? DO WE NEED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ONCE WE'VE MET WITH COUNCIL AND WE KNOW WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AS FAR AS ACTION ITEMS REGARDING THE PROCLAMATION, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WILL DRIVE THE WORK THAT WE DO ALSO.
SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF MEETING LESS, BUT I DO WANT US TO BE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT MAKING SOME OF THESE DECISIONS, BECAUSE WE FIRST HAVE TO KNOW WHERE COUNCIL IS WITH THE WORK AND THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE GOT, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE PUT ON THE TABLE.
SO, BUT EVEN SO WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? SO KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT.
PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THESE THINGS.
SO IF, IF, IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL SAYS, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UH, CARRY IT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UM, FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT RECOMMENDATION.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK AND SAY, OH, WE'RE GOING TO GO DO IT.
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EVEN WITH THE PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW, SO RIGHT.EVEN WITH REGARDS TO THE PROCLAMATION, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING? LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE DOING IN RESPONSE TO THAT? RIGHT.
SO IF THEY DON'T DO A, WHAT I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO NOW SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PICK THOSE THINGS UP AND THEN RUN WITH IT.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT, YOU DO A LOT ALREADY, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OR NOT, IT SHOULDN'T DICTATE THAT WE'LL WORK AND COME BACK ON OUR PLATE.
WE SHOULD STILL SET OUR OBJECTIVES, SET OUR GOALS AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT WE GOING TO DO AND WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
RIGHT? WE DO WANT THEM, WE WANT TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS WITH THEM.
WE WANT THEM TO FOLLOW THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THEY'VE, LIKE I SAID, THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING IF YOU WILL, RIGHT.
WE WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, IT SHOULDN'T DICTATE OUR WORKLOAD AND OUR OBJECTIVES THAT WE WE'VE ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
AND I GUESS MY POINT IS SAYING THAT WE CAN AGREE TO GO TO TWO MEETINGS, BUT IF THEY SAY BASED ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL GAVE US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THESE RE LIKE BUSINESS MINORITY BUSINESS OF THE MONTH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.
WE MAY, WE MAY BE BACK DOWN TO ONE MEETING A MONTH.
WELL, I THINK THE TWINS WENT TO TEST THE MEETING AND TASK GROUPS EXACTLY.
OUT OF THAT MEETING WITH NO MEETING.
UM, AND IN THE DISCUSSION OF LIKE THE, THE THREE OR FOUR KEY OBJECTIVES, JUST BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT'S KEEPING THE NOTES AND THINGS.
WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY DONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CULTURE WEEK.
THAT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING FOR NINE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, SEVEN, EIGHT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
UM, THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
WE HAVE EVENTS SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, THAT WEEK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU GUYS NEED THE HELP.
IT CAN'T BE ON YOU, FRED AND RHONDA TO, TO DO THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR, MY THOUGHT OR A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, PUT IT TOGETHER A SHEET, THIS IS VENDORS.
THIS IS THE TASKS THAT ARE NEEDED.
SOMEBODY TAKE THOSE FOUR TASKS AND GO DO THEM.
UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER ON THESE FORUMS IN THE FALL, AND WE HAD KIND OF THAT DISCUSSION LAST MONTH AS WELL, THAT OUR INITIATIVES A YEAR LATER ARE STARTING TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND A MORE COHESIVE VISION ON THESE EVENTS AND THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN, SO THAT'S SEPTEMBER, IF WE DID A BIG, MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY IN OCTOBER EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WELL, THAT'S THREE BIG INITIATIVES.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE CCRB.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ALMOST TWO ASKS IN THERE AND I WAS KIND OF QUESTIONING MYSELF ON THAT THE OTHER DAY THAT MAYBE WE HAVE NOT BEEN AS, UM, DESCRIPTIVE OF THOSE TWO.
THE VERSIONS OF WAS MORE OF A GRIEVANCE WHEN IT CAME TO POLICE AND THE CCRB THERE.
AND THEN THERE WAS MORE OF THE GRIEVANCE FOR CITY TYPE ISSUES AS WELL.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ASKED, BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE FOURTH KEY OBJECTIVE.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN, IN THAT REALM, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE DIGESTIBLE THAN COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND TRYING TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS TWO HOURS AT A TIME.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE PUSHBACK TO COME BACK TO THESE ITEMS AND SAY, LET'S PUT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO THESE FORUMS. YOU KNOW, THE, THE POLICE WERE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY TALKING ABOUT VAPING.
CAUSE I ASKED THE KIDS WHEN I PICKED THEM UP, LIKE, WHY ARE THE COPS HERE? WHAT'D YOU GUYS DO AT THIS TIME? I, SO, YEAH, SO, RIGHT.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE CAN VOTE ON MAKING THIS A SINGLE MEETING, RIGHT.
BUT THEN AFTERWARDS WE NEED TO BOLT ON THE TOP THREE OR FOUR OR WHATEVER, IT'S GOING TO BE OBJECTIVES, RIGHT.
TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT GOING TO ONE MEETING, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING RID OF THE COMMITTEES IN A SENSE, RIGHT.
AS LONG AS WE'RE DOING THE THINGS, WE AGREE ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD.
I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
AND, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CARRY THAT OUT.
SO THE CHAIRS CAN STILL SERVE AS A POINT OF CONTACT WHEN WE HAD THESE.
I LIKE HOW THIS IS GOING THIS WAY.
NOW THAT I'M NOT DOING MINUTES FOR ANY OF THESE COMMITTEES, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE COMMITTEES.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH YOU SUMMED IT UP.
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TARA, AS FAR AS OUR KEY INITIATIVES FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE FORUM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE REFORM AND EDUCATION, AS FAR AS POLICING AMONG THE YOUTH IN THE FALL AND ADVOCACY, YOU HAVE TO HELP MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OCTOBER THAT'S TWO AND, UM, THREE WOULD BE THAT'S RIGHT.AND THERE MAY BE, AGAIN, LIKE THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF RESIDUAL THINGS, MAYBE THEY'RE SMALL ITEMS, THINGS, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH THING THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GONNA WRAP THAT UP IF YOU WILL.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT SORT OF THE BIG THERE'S MAYBE THREE OR FOUR, MAYBE BIG THINGS.
YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL FOCUS IN ON.
AND IF THERE'S SOME LITTLE SMALLER TASKS THAN WE CAN WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE WAY, RIGHT.
OR THINGS WILL COME UP OR THINGS WILL POP UP AND WE'LL, WE'LL WORK IT AS NEEDED.
AND THAT'S WHAT, I'M WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING, YOU KNOW? SO, UM, AND THOSE FORUMS ARE REALLY GOING TO BE TWO FORUMS. YEAH.
SO NOW DO WE WANT TO WAIT TO VOTE ON THIS UNTIL ERIC AND FRED? ARE, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION WITHOUT THEM AND NEXT MONTH? WELL, WELL, I KNOW ERIC LIKES THE IDEA OF, I KNOW ERIC LEE WAS THERE.
I'M SURE HE'S DEFINITELY ON BOARD.
WE HAVE A FORM, SO WE DON'T TECHNICALLY HAVE TO WAIT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I DON'T THINK, BUT I GOT YOU.
WELL, IT'S NOT UP TO ME, RIGHT? IT'S UP TO YOU.
WELL, YEAH, IT'S UP TO THE, TO THE GROUP HERE, RIGHT? SO, WELL, LET ME DO THIS.
I'M GOING TO ASK TO MAKE THE MOTION, RIGHT? CAN I INTERJECT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE ON IT.
ALSO, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT, IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT NOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING IT AFTER LIKE JULY TIMEFRAME, AFTER ALL OF THE EVENTS, THEN WE COULD TABLE IT FOR NOW AND BUILD ON IT THEN.
WELL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY, I MEAN, THAT'S AN OPTION AND THE OTHER OPTIONS YOU CAN GO TO AND DOWN AND SAY, IT'LL GO INTO EFFECT IN JULY.
DO WE WANT TO MAKE AN EFFECT NOW? SO YOU CAN.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE JUST A COMMITTEE, IT'S A COMMITTEE, BUT WITH ALL OF THESE EVENTS, YOU GUYS NEED THE HELP.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE MY ASK IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WRITTEN UP THAT WE CAN ALL READ SO WE CAN SEE IT AND KNOW WHAT IT IS ON VAPOR AND BRING IT AND VOTE ON IT.
THAT WOULD BE MY ASS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS WRITTEN DOWN.
WE'LL HAVE TO BRING IT FORWARD AND PLAY.
NO, I WON'T BE PRESENT, BUT I'M KIND OF, I'M GOING TO VOTE.
I THINK WE'RE ALL, I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO VOTE, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THINGS THE PROPER WAY WE NEED IT IN WRITING.
WE NEED IT TO LOOK LIKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WITH ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SEE IT.
AND THEN WE NEED TO BRING IT BEFORE THE BODY AND, YOU KNOW, VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
I WILL CONCEDE AS THE ONLY MALE
SO IT JUST MEANS THAT THAT, UM, WILL, WE WILL REVISE THE ONE THAT WAS SUBMITTED LAST MONTH.
TARA, DO YOU WANT TO, I CAN IT THAT YES.
AND ERIC WAS ALSO ONE WHO SOLD.
YOU MAY WANT TO HELP WITH THAT OR HE MAY WANT TO LEAVE.
SO, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE TO SAY I DON'T WHAT I VOTED FOR.
WE'VE WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN ON OUR COMMISSIONS.
LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION THEN, DO WE THEN WANT TO, UM, CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE, WAS A FOLLOW ON, RIGHT? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE OBJECTIVES ARE, UM, GOING FORWARD, RIGHT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE THREE OR FOUR OBJECTIVE, DO WE WANT, AT LEAST, I GUESS WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THE FOUR OBJECTIVES THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
THAT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT A BOAT ON THE NIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT OR WE CAN WAIT, HOWEVER WE WANT TO PROCEED.
BUT I THINK WE AT LEAST NEED TO BE ABLE TO, BECAUSE ALL THE WAY IT'S GONNA WORK AS IF WE, AGAIN, WE, WE NARROW THE FOCUS, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS A PART OF THE, WELL IT'S UNDER THE SWAT.
WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY, EVERYONE RECEIVED THE LINK
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WITH, WELL RECEIVED AN EMAIL WITH TWO ACTION ITEMS. ONE OF THOSE INCLUDED, UM, A JAM BOARD IN WHICH WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO FOCUS ON, WHICH IS PRIMARILY COMING OUT OF THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEES AND WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSED ON NOW AND WHAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON.AND SO WE'RE ALL SUBMITTING TO THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF CONNECTING THOSE SIMILAR THINGS, TO DECIDE ON THE OBJECTIVES AND WE'LL DISCUSS THEM FROM THERE.
SO EVERYONE, IF YOU HAVE NOT YET, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ACCESS THAT LINK.
AND I WILL SEND THAT TO YOU, MS. CARLA, UH, SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE.
WE CAN SEE LIKE WHAT THE TRENDS ARE AND IT WILL DIRECT OUR FOCUS.
WE'LL PUT THAT, UM, WE'LL RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT NEXT MONTH OR OKAY.
FOR OUR NEXT MEETING MAY MEETING.
SIMPLE, A WRITTEN FORMAL WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION.
OR, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADMISSION.
SO WE WENT TO TARGET TALKING ABOUT OBJECTIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IN THE SCRIPT YOU WERE BOUNCING.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A CONSENSUS, AT LEAST A SNAPSHOT OF OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE ALL HAD INPUT ON.
AND WE'LL BRING THAT AND ADD THAT FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE WE'VE MENTIONED.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH.
THIS MEETING WITH THE OBJECTIVES.
WELL, WE HAD HOMEWORK TO DO EVERYBODY GOT A MINUS.
EVERYBODY GOT A WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. IT'S NOT EVERYONE COMPLETED THEIR JAM BOARD.
IS THAT THE SAME AS THE LITTLE STICKY? YES.
I KNOW YOU DID IT BUT LIKE IN OUR CASE, RIGHT? LIKE THE REFORM COMMITTEE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAT DOWN, RIGHT.
WHEN WE SAID, AND EVEN LAST WEEK, RIGHT.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE IN THAT JAM BOARD, WHICH I PUT IN THERE.
SO I WAS THINKING THAT FOR EVERY COMMITTEE, RIGHT.
AND SAY, CAUSE IT WOULD BE, CAUSE WE HAVE FOUR COMMITTEES.
SO THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT THAT WE, UH, THAT WAS CAPTURED THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERY COMMITTEE IS PROVIDED THAT MAYBE THAT ONE ITEM, BUT IF NOT, THAT'S FINE.
I GUESS WE'LL TAKE FOR ADVOCACY.
WE HAVE EDUCATION FORUMS. SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE EDUCATION.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS A FORUM FORUMS, WHICH ARE ALSO FORUMS. SO WE COMPARE THOSE TOGETHER.
THAT THAT'LL BE AN OBJECTIVE EDUCATIONAL FORUMS. UM, YOU WERE HIGH CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AND COMMISSIONED TO HAVE ONE ON ONE WORK SESSION, ONE-ON-ONE WORK SESSION DIALOGUE TO DISCUSS ACTION ITEMS PERTAINING TO RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
SO ANOTHER OBJECTIVE WOULD BE WORKING THE PROCLAMATION.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TO THERE, AND AS WE WORK, THE PROCLAMATION WILL HIT A LOT OF THE OTHER.
AND, AND THE OTHER THING WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ALREADY SUBMITTED.
SEEING THOSE THROUGH RIGHT AT THE CCRB.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO SEE THOSE THINGS THROUGH.
NOT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY MADE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW THROUGH ON
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TRYING TO GET MEETINGS ON RECOMMENDED.MANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, EVERYBODY GET APPROVED BY THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT.
SO WE MAY, I MEAN, WE DEFINITELY KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING WITH EDUCATION.
WE ALL, I THINK DISCUSSED THAT IN OUR TWO MEETINGS AGO, THAT THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE, AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE TABLE BECAUSE WE ARE RECOMMENDING BODY.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE TWO OR THREE MORE.
I DO THINK IN OUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE DO NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD, WHAT IS OUR ASK OF CITY COUNCIL? WHAT DO WE WANT THEM TO DO? WHAT IS THE ACTION THAT WE WANT THEM TO TAKE? WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY GIVING THE ACTION THAT WE WANT THEM TO TAKE.
SO IN, IN KATIE, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE YOU CAN ASK THEM IS OUR RECOMMENDATION OR RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
ARE THEY LOOKING FOR MORE ACTION FROM US? THIS IS THE, SORRY, NOT JUST, I'M JUST SAYING, ARE THEY LOOKING FOR HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION AND HERE'S THE STEP-BY-STEP ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU TAKE TO IMPLEMENT THIS RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR CITIZEN REVIEW AND THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC.
SO I'M JUST, UM, THIS IS THE WAY MY MIND WORKS.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT IS IT THAT WE DIDN'T PRESENT THAT CAUSE THEY, THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T UNDER, THEY STILL HAD QUESTIONS.
WHEN, UH, DURING THAT MEETING, WHAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, RIGHT.
DURING THEIR CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, RIGHT WHERE THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, IT BROUGHT THE TOPIC UP AND HE DID BRING UP SOME QUESTIONS, RIGHT.
THAT HE HAD, AND IT WAS SOME OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAD MAYBE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
AND SO, UM, AND HE SAID, YEAH, WE NEED TO MEET WITH, THEY SAID THEY WOULD NEED TO MEET WITH US.
UM, AND, BUT WHAT DID I DO? I FOLLOWED UP RIGHT.
I COPIED YOU ALL ON SPELLED IT OUT VERY CLEARLY.
AND THEN THIS RECOMMENDATION, IT WAS KIND OF SPELLED OUT PRETTY CLEAR.
AND THEN I PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION, RIGHT.
TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE THE MEETING RIGHT THERE.
WE WERE TRYING TO SCHEDULE IT.
SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ANSWER SO WE CAN GET FROM THEM.
IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU NEED? RIGHT.
SO I THINK WE'VE DONE OUR PART.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN BE ANY MORE SPECIFIC THAN WHAT I'VE, UM, AND WHAT I'VE CALLED OUT, WHAT I'VE CAPTURED.
SO I MEAN, SHORT OF ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THE WORK TO IMPLEMENT IT, BUT YEAH.
SO ERIC, WOULD YOU SENT THAT EMAIL OUT, WHICH I DO REMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE A READ RECEIPT? SO I DIDN'T GET ANY RISK.
I GOT A RESPONSE FROM, SO WE RECEIVED DIDN'T NO, I DIDN'T DO A READ RECEIPT.
UM, I MEAN, I GOT A RESPONSE FROM ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST SAYING, THANK YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, ACKNOWLEDGING, BUT I DIDN'T GET IT YET.
AND AS I ASSUME, THEY ALL SAW THE EMAIL.
I THINK THAT WILL BE GOOD TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
THAT WAY YOU WOULD KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING THIS, THAT YEAH.
YOU CAN RECEIVE THE EMAIL, BUT IT SHOULD OPEN IT UP, AT LEAST READ IT.
CAUSE HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD WE KNOW? YES.
I FELT IT WAS A LITTLE, I WOULD'VE THOUGHT AT LEAST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
I MEAN, I DID IT AGAIN, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LEAST RESPOND AND SAY THAT I CAN EMAIL AND SAID THAT HE SAID, THANK YOU.
BUT YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GET ANYTHING FROM THE MAYOR OR ANYONE ELSE TO SAY, OKAY, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION.
YOU KNOW, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OR WHAT HAVE YOU, RIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF SOMEBODY SENDS ME AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COURTEOUS THING TO DO IS AT LEAST RESPOND AND ACKNOWLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT, BUT NOTHING.
SO I THINK WE NEED, WE NEED, WE NEED TO, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING.
SO, SO, BECAUSE I FEEL AS A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE I'M IN AN UNPAID POSITION, RIGHT? SO I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A PASSION FOR IT, A HEART FOR IT.
BUT WHEN I'M REACHING OUT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT I VOTED FOR AND ASKING THEM TO MEET WITH ME AND I'M NOT GETTING A RESPONSE, I TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT.
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AND I WANT THAT TO BE, I WANT THAT TO BE PUT IN THE MINUTES, PLEASE.SO NOT ONLY AM I A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, A VOLUNTEER, I'M A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M A CONSTITUENT.
SO I AM TAKEN ABACK WHEN IT'S TAKING 30 DAYS TO GET A MEETING WITH PEOPLE THAT I ELECTED TO SERVE IN AN ELECTED CAPACITY.
IT DOESN'T TAKE 30 DAYS TO GET A MEETING.
SO I'M GOING TO, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I SAID IT LAST MONTH AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY IT.
IT DOES NOT TAKE 30 DAYS FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO RESPOND TO A CONSTITUENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR REQUEST TO MEET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK, NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE A LIST OF OBJECTIVES TO LOOK AT.
I ALREADY HIT THE NEW BUSINESS, WHICH WAS THE SWAT ANALYSIS PRETTY MUCH.
UM, ALSO IN THAT INFORMATION WAS A LINK TO A GOOGLE DOC SWAT ANALYSIS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONS MEMBER, COMMISSION MEMBERS VIEW ON WHAT OUR STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS ARE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WELL, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE PREVENTING US FROM ACCOMPLISHING? SOME THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD, LISTEN THINGS.
UM, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST BE CANDID AND OPEN IN THOSE FOUR AREAS.
AND IT'S HELPFUL ALSO TO KNOW WHERE EVERYONE IS.
I THINK I'VE SHARED WITH YOU ALL, LIKE EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION WORKS VERY HARD AND I DON'T WANT US WORKING HARD RUNNING IN CIRCLES UNTIL WE EXHAUST OURSELVES.
AND WE SPIN OUT STILL HAVE HAVING NOT ACCOMPLISHED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A YEAR AGO THAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN.
SO I NEED YOUR OPEN AND HONEST FEEDBACK ON OUR SWAT ANALYSIS.
THAT WILL ALSO HELP US DETERMINE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THINGS.
AND I WANT TO STAY ON THE PULSE OF HOW EVERYONE IS FEELING ABOUT THINGS AND RECOGNIZE THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT.
WE'RE ALL HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WORK CAN GET EXHAUSTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE WORKING AT LEAST 40 HOURS A WEEK ON A JOB, MAYBE 50, 60 HOURS A WEEK.
AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING IN AT LEAST PROBABLY 20 HOURS A MONTH WHEN THE COMMISSION I RECOGNIZE, I SEE THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL SEES THAT TOO, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET US SPIN OUT, NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK, STAY IN THE GAME, STAY POSITIVE, KEEP PUSHING.
WE BECAME A PART OF THIS COMMISSION, A PURPOSE AND A REASON THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.
SO WE HAVE TO STAY FOCUSED ON THAT AND STAY FOCUSED ON OUR MISSION.
THING ELSE, DID WE FILL THE LAST COMMISSION? SO I SKIPPED THAT.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW COMMISSION MEMBER OPENING.
WE HAD ONE INTERVIEW LAST WEEK, UM, MS. NEWBIE AND DR.
AIKEN SAT IN ON THAT INTERVIEW AND THEN THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL INTERVIEW THIS FRIDAY.
SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FOR THAT ONE OPEN POSITION THAT WE'RE INTERVIEWING.
UM, SO THERE'LL BE INTERVIEWING, UM, FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES SINCE THEY INTERVIEWED THE LAST ONE THERE, WE SEE THE RESUME.
I KNOW WE GOT THE GENTLEMEN, BUT THEN WE SEE THE, DO WE HAVE THAT KATIE? HE ASKED ME IF HE RECEIVED IT.
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AS YOU KNOW, TONY WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE.SO IT WITH KAREN TODAY, SHE DOESN'T HAVE IT.
HE THINK HE'S IN AN OFFICE TOMORROW, SO I'LL GIVE HIM OKAY.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, THEN YOU DOING OKAY DOWN THERE, MS. SCARLET, RIGHT? THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED ADS.