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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road March 2, 2023 7:00 P.M. ]
GOOD EVENING.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION.
UM, TODAY IS MARCH 2ND, AND THE TIME IS 7 0 1.
SARAH, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MR. GALOU? HERE.
MR. STEVENS, MS. RICH OR MR. RICHARDSON? HERE.
MS. SOMEONE PRESENT? MS. ROU PRESENT? OKAY.
AND THEN LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT BOTH JEAN NEWBY AND CARLOS TUEL HAVE BEEN EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UM, AND IS THERE A MOTION TO EXCUSE BOTH MS. NEWBY AND MS. TUEL FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING? I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE MS. NEWBY AND MS. STLE FROM TWO TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MS. SARAH, COULD YOU JUST PLEASE LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT THEY'VE BOTH BEEN EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING AND ERIC STEVENS IS ALSO HERE.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM THREE A.
THE APPROVAL OF OUR FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023 MEETING MINUTES.
WERE THOSE MINUTES DISTRIBUTED? UM, HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES? DID EVERYBODY RECEIVE THE MINUTES? DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR MICROPHONE ON? ALL RIGHT.
SO I WILL BE HONEST, I HAVE NOT REVIEWED THOSE MINUTES.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS NOT HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES? NO.
UM, SO DO WE WANT TO TABLE THE APPROVAL OF THOSE MINUTES UNTIL NEXT MEETING, CORRECT.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO TABLE THE FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING.
UH, MINUTES TILL THE NEXT MEETING.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE TABLE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING ON MARCH THE SIXTH.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CITIZENS COMMENTS.
THERE ARE NO CITIZENS REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE COMMENTS TONIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY BARBARA WARD, THE ADVOCACY MANAGER FOR Y W C A.
UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME HER UP.
AND AS SHE'S COMING, I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER ORGANIZATION TO STAND BEFORE US TODAY FOR OVER 160 YEARS, THE Y W C A HAS BEEN A LEADER IN ADDRESSING THE MOST CHALLENGING ISSUES OF THE DAY, INCLUDING WOMEN'S RIGHTS, SAFE LABOR LAWS, CIVIL RIGHTS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PAY, EQUITY, VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND HEALTHCARE REFORM.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.
AND MRS. WARD, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM.
UH, BEFORE I INTRODUCE, UM, WHO'S WITH ME TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION FOR INVITING Y W C A DAYTON TO SHARE WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER ON MISSION, UM, IN ELIMINATING RACISM AND EMPOWERING WOMEN.
TONIGHT I AM, WELL, MY NAME IS BARBARA WARD.
I'M THE ADVOCACY MANAGER OF Y W C A DAYTON, AND TONIGHT I'M JOINED BY CAITLIN SCHROEDER AND NADIA BORIS.
SO, Y W C A IS ON A MISSION AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, AND PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR ALL, BROAD AND BOLD.
THE Y W C A MISSION ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS THESE MULTI VARIANT ISSUES BY RECOGNIZING THAT NOT ALL WOMEN OR ALL PEOPLE ARE TREATED EQUALLY.
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WE ARE THE OLDEST ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND WE OPERATE THE ONLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER IN MONTGOMERY AND PREBLE COUNTY.THE SIGNATURE PLATFORMS ARE FOCUS AREAS OF THE Y YWCA'S COLLECTIVE MISSION IMPACT WORK, INCLUDING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY.
AND OUR THREE SIGNATURE PLATFORMS ARE RACIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS, AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
THESE ARE THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS THAT INFORM THE PHILOSOPHY, WORK STYLE AND STRUCTURE OF Y W C A DAYTON.
WE ARE A SOCIAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK THAT REQUIRES ENGAGEMENT AND CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE AND PLURALITY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE Y W C A ASSOCIATION MODEL.
WOMEN WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS LINES OF DIFFERENCE CAN TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE LIFE FOR ALL WOMEN.
SOCIAL PROBLEMS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ON MULTIPLE LEVELS.
ALL WOMEN CANNOT BE EMPOWERED IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF RACE AND RACISM.
AND Y W C A DAYTON HAS BEEN ON A MISSION IN ELIMINATING RACISM FOR A VERY LONG TIME, GROWING KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEEP-SEATED DISCRIMINATION ENDURED BY WOMEN OF COLOR AND THEIR FAMILIES COMPELLED Y W C'S ATTENTION.
AND IN 1889, Y W C A DAYTON ESTABLISHED THE FIRST Y W C A THAT SERVED AND WAS LED BY BLACK WOMEN.
AND Y W C A WAS AN E EARLY PIONEER IN FIGHTING OBVIOUS SEGREGATION PRACTICES AS WELL AS EXPOSING HIDDEN PATTERNS OF DISCRIMINATION AND LEGISLATION, INSTITUTION AND SYSTEMS. IN 1970, THE ONE IMPERATIVE WAS ADOPTED AS AN OFFICIAL PART OF WHO THE Y W C A IS AND WHAT THE Y W C A DOES.
AND THE ONE IMPERATIVE IS TO THRUST OUR COLLECTIVE POWER TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACISM WHEREVER IT EXISTS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
AND THIS ONE IMPERATIVE RECOGNIZES THAT RACIAL JUSTICE CANNOT BE AND IS NOT SEPARATE FROM ANY OTHER ISSUES.
AND SO, WHILE MANY INDIVIDUALS THINK OF US PRIMARILY AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, Y W C A IS ACTUALLY A MULTI-ISSUE SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE LIVES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE COMPLEX AND EXIST ACROSS MANY PERSONAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT.
IT IS OUR MISSION THAT ANCHORS US IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE JUST THE BASIC FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT WE OFFER AT Y W C A DAYTON IN PREBLE COUNTY, UM, HOUSING SHELTER, 24 HOUR CRISIS, UM, 24 7 CRISIS AND DV HOTLINE, RACE CRISIS CENTER, RAPE CRISIS CENTER, TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND VIOLENCE, CRI VIOLENT CRISIS TRAININGS.
UM, WE EVEN HAVE A NEW PROGRAM, GEM CITY SAFE BARS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE YOUTH PROGRAMMING GIRLS LEAD A MEN TOGETHER, UM, AND CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S ADVOCACY, PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA THAT WE HAVE DIRECT SERVICE, UM, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
WE ALSO, UM, HAVE OUR RESOURCE ROOM FOR OUR, UH, WOMEN AND FAMILIES, UM, IN SHELTER, UM, HOPES CLOSET.
AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO WE RESPOND TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND TRANSFORM CONDITIONS CREATED BY THEM THROUGH A THREE TIER, THROUGH THREE TIERS OF ACTIVITY.
ONE IS DIRECT SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED BY THE PROBLEM EDUCATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.
AND THREE, ADVOCACY FOR LOCAL AND NATIONAL PUB PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PROBLEM.
WE DO HAVE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN WITH US.
UM, AND IT IS US BEING ON MISSION Y W C A BEING ON MISSION.
AND ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS THROUGH OUR, UNTIL JUSTICE JUST IS RACIAL JUSTICE PROGRAMMING.
IT'S A, A VIRTUAL CHALLENGE, UM, THAT ANYONE CAN TAKE.
UM, AND EVERY DAY FROM APRIL 6TH THROUGH APRIL 27TH, YOU'LL RECEIVE FIVE MINUTE, 10 MINUTE, MAYBE 30 MINUTE CHALLENGES THAT YOU CAN TAKE, UM, BASED OFF OF FOUR THEMES, MUSIC, MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND DISABILITY.
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YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE CHALLENGE ON OUR WEBSITE, YWCA DAYTON.ORG/CHALLENGE.UM, AND THEN WE WILL, UM, END OUR RACIAL JUSTICE 21 DAY CHALLENGE WITH OUR RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT ON APRIL 27TH AT 6:00 PM AT THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY DOWNTOWN.
AND THIS SUMMIT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TOOK THE 21 DAY CHALLENGE AND THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BUT WANT TO ACTIVATE THEIR RACIAL JUSTICE TRAINING, UM, AND EDUCATION.
AND THIS IS THE SUMMIT WAS, UM, UH, WE TOOK IN THE SUMMIT AT Y W C A DAYTON FROM UP DAYTON.
WE MERGED, UM, AND PAST PITCHES THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE SUMMIT, UM, THAT YOU COULD VOTE ON, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS VOTED ON THE PITCHES, AND IT'S, THEY'RE VOLUNTEER BASED PROJECTS, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO PAST PROJECTS THAT HAVE WON, UM, A $1,500 SEED MONEY TOWARDS THEIR PROJECT HAS BEEN FEMME THE LONGEST TABLE, BALDWIN CAFE TO NAME A FEW.
AND SO THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE INVITE HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, TO PARTICIPATE WITH US IN.
AND SO NOW I WOULD LIKE TO BRING NADIA TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING, WAYNE.
I'M THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FOR Y W C A DAYTON.
UM, AND WE ARE HEADED STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
WITH OUR NEXT STEPS FOR OUR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE HEADED TO 76 50 TIMBER CEST DRIVE RIGHT UP THE STREET.
UM, IN THE 2018 STATE OPERATING BUDGET, WE WERE ALLOCATED THE SPACE THAT USED TO BE, UM, A CAMPUS FOR ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO RECEIVE LONG-TERM CARE.
IN 2020, WE BEGAN BY MOVING TWO STAFF MEMBERS OUT TO THE CAMPUS TO BEGIN OFFERING GIRLS LEAD PROGRAMMING.
UM, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, UH, WE MOVED OUR FINANCE TEAM OUT HERE, OUR GRANTS TEAM OUT HERE, UM, OUR FULL DEVELOPMENT TEAM OUT HERE, AND HAVE EXPANDED OUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
UM, TO DATE, WE NOW HAVE, UH, OVER 15 STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE, UH, PERMANENTLY LOCATED AT THE HUBER HEIGHTS CAMPUS, UM, PROVIDING SERVICES THAT INCLUDES OUR RAPE PRICES CENTER THAT PROVIDES 24 7 8 TO SURVIVORS IN NEED THROUGH LEGAL ADVOCACY, HOSPITAL ADVOCACY.
AND THEY'RE STATIONED RIGHT OUT OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND SO THE CAMPUS, I GUESS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? UH, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE, UH, IT'S VERY LARGE.
IT'S 19 ACRES, UH, THAT INCLUDES 11 BUILDINGS, UH, SEVEN OF WHICH ARE RESIDENTIAL CABINS ALREADY SET UP ADA COMPLIANT FOR, UM, RESIDENTS, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO.
THEY DO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF RENOVATION.
THEY SAT VACANT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE REALLY WELL DEVELOPED.
WE, UM, ARE READY TO MOVE INTO HOUSING.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT WE'LL PROBABLY NEED A FULL GUT AND FULL RENOVATION.
AND SO WE DO HAVE A CAPITAL PROJECT AHEAD OF US.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR HOUSING.
AND THAT'S, UH, ONE NOTE THAT I'LL MAKE LATER ABOUT WHAT WE HOPE TO DO WITH THE CAMPUS.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE HAVE IS AMPLE GREEN SPACE THAT'S BEEN REALLY ENJOYED BY OUR AMEND TOGETHER SUMMER PROGRAMS AND OUR GIRLS LEAD SUMMER CAMP.
UM, WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF SPACE FOR ACTIVITIES, UH, FOR RUNNING SOCCER.
UH, FOUR SQUARE IS A FAVORITE AMONG THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING FOR SERVICES, SO, UM, 145 PARKING SPACES.
UM, SO THE RESIDENTIAL CABINS, UM, THEY ARE REALLY INCREDIBLE.
SO THEY HAVE, UH, 12 RESIDENTIAL ROOMS. UH, EACH WING HAS SIX ROOMS PLUS, UH, TWO SHARED BATHROOMS, UM, THAT ARE COMMUNAL.
THAT'S PRETTY SIMILAR TO SOME OF OUR OTHER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING MODELS THAT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A PRIVATE BEDROOM AND THEN SHARED COMMUNAL SPACES.
UM, SO THESE ARE REALLY PERFECTLY SET UP FOR THAT.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO THAT THE KITCHENS ARE REALLY, UH, PREPARED AS WELL.
AND SO WE ARE THRILLED TO KIND OF HAVE, UM, UP TO SEVEN, UH, ROOM FOR 70 HOUSEHOLDS ON THIS CAMPUS THAT WE COULD PROVIDE SERVICES TO.
UM, THE OTHER SPACE THAT WE HAVE IS A VERY LARGE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.
IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN IT, UH, IT IS QUITE, THE MAZE, UH, JUST CONTINUES TO GO ON THE FURTHER YOU WALK INTO IT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, THAT IS WHERE MOST OF OUR STAFF OFFICES ARE LOCATED, UM, FOR THE STAFF WHO ARE THERE AT THE CAMPUS.
WE ALSO HAVE CONFERENCE SPACE.
WE HAVE MEETING ROOMS. ALL OF THAT IS RENTABLE.
AND SO, UM, I'LL TALK LATER ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, DAYTON CHILDREN'S DID A TRAINING OUT THERE, SO THEY NEEDED TO DO A STAFF RETREAT.
AND WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE SPACES THAT ARE READY TO HOST PEOPLE, AND THAT THEN BECOMES UNRESTRICTED REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE Y W'S MISSION.
AND SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, WINDOWED CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE RIGHT IS A REALLY NICE SPACE.
ALL OF OUR TABLES AND CHAIRS ARE ON WHEELS, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO CONFIGURE THE SPACE, HOWEVER IS NEEDED, UM, AND ALSO PROVIDE, UH, POWERPOINT PROJECTOR THINGS
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THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THAT AS WELL, UM, HEALTH SERVICES.SO, UM, WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN SOME OF THAT SPACE.
UM, WE, UH, THE, THE CAMPUS PREVIOUSLY HAD A CLINIC ON IT, UH, TO SERVE THE ADULTS WHO LIVED THERE, AND WE'VE TURNED THAT INTO OUR RAPE CRISIS CENTER.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT IS THEN TO EXTEND, UH, INTO THE COMMUNITY, TO OUR SANE NURSING PROGRAMS AND EXPAND ON OUR SANE NURSING PROGRAMS BECAUSE THE NEAREST ONE IS IN BUTLER COUNTY, BUT ALSO TAKING THESE SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY SORT OF SET UP FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH SINKS AND CABINETRY AND, UH, LOCKED BOXES AND EXPAND THAT SERVICES WITHIN THOSE SPACE.
AND SO, UH, REALLY A DIVERSITY OF SPACE IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
AND THEN THE LAST SPACES ARE YOUTH PROGRAMMING SPACE.
UH, WE ARE BUILDING OUT SPACE FOR OUR AMEND TOGETHER PROGRAM TO SIT AND FOR THEM TO HAVE DEDICATED PROGRAM SPACE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR GIRLS LEAD CENTER THERE NOW, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, A CLASSROOM, A COMPUTER LAB, A GYM AND KIND OF ACTIVITY SPACE, AS WELL AS KIND OF JUST A SOCIAL LOUNGE.
UM, THAT ROOM IS REALLY EASY TO IDENTIFIABLE BECAUSE IT'S HOT PINK AND, UH, VERY, VERY BRIGHT.
LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE WALKING TRAILS.
WE HAVE A PICNIC PAVILION THAT'S, UH, BEEN GREAT FOR US, BUT ALSO OTHERS TO HAVE COMPANY, UH, COOKOUTS.
WE, WE ALSO OFFER CATERING THROUGH OUR, UH, SHELTER KITCHEN.
AND SO YOU COULD HAVE A CATERED MEAL OUT IN OUR, UH, PICNIC PAVILION, UH, FOR A BIRTHDAY, FOR A WORK RETREAT, UH, FOR A COMMISSION RETREAT.
YOU ALL NEED TO HAVE SOME FUN.
AND SO, UM, ALL OF THAT IS AVAILABLE.
WE PARTNERED REALLY, UH, GREAT WITH THE, UH, LOCAL SCOUTS.
UM, SOME OF THEM WHO NEED TO DO THEIR, UH, KIND OF MILESTONE PROJECTS.
UM, THAT'S HOW WE GOT OUR FIRE PIT.
THAT'S ALSO HOW WE GOT A MEDITATION GARDEN UNTIL THE VISION FOR THE CAMPUS.
UM, WE HAVE AN ASSET, UH, WITH OUR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO WE ARE SERVING WOMEN AND CHILDREN EVERY DAY.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE PROVIDE HOUSING TO 270 HOUSEHOLDS, UM, IN ADDITION TO SERVING A HUNDRED AND, UH, APPROXIMATELY 150 JUST IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND OUR SHELTER.
AND THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO GETTING OUR WOMEN OUT OF SHELTER IS THAT THERE'S A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE VOUCHERS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FUNDING.
WE CAN'T FIND THE HOMES TO PUT THEM IN.
AND SO OUR HOUSING HERE AT THE CAMPUS COULD EXPAND OUR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS THEM UP TO TWO YEARS OF CASE MANAGEMENT'S SUBSIDIZED SUPPORT.
IT HAS A RENTAL GROWTH MODEL WHERE THEY START PAYING NO RENT, AND WE GET THEM TO THE POINT WHERE BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE OUR HOUSING IN TWO YEARS, THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO PAY THEIR RENT AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO PAY THEIR RENT.
FIRST IS PUTTING THEM IMMEDIATELY OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE SUPPORT.
AND SO WE HAVE AN ASSET THERE, AND WE STILL HAVE THE NEED WITHIN OUR OWN CLIENT BASE TO FILL THAT NEED.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT IT IS A LOT MORE SPACE THAN WE CAN PROBABLY FILL.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, RENTALS.
AND SO WE ARE LOOKING, UH, KIND OF TWOFOLD, UH, ONE-OFF RENTALS OF OUR CONFERENCE SPACE AND OUR GATHERING SPACES.
UM, THE COMMUNITY BESIDE US HOSTS THEIR ANNUAL MEETING.
UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BESIDE US HOSTS THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN OUR SPACE, AND SO WE'RE OPEN TO THOSE.
WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO LONG-TERM RENTS.
UM, AND SO THAT COULD BE IN ONE OF OUR CABINS.
UM, THEY, THE ROOMS ARE KIND OF PERFECTLY POSITIONED.
IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO CHILDCARE IN THEM, THEY COULD KIND OF, UH, BLOCK THOSE OFF BY RATIO.
IF, UH, ANY NON-PROFIT WANTED TO COME INTO OUR SPACE, WE HAVE SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE AND RENTABLE AND EQUIPPED WITH WIFI AND MEETING SPACE TO DO THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE LONG-TERM RENTAL NOW.
UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING DAY PROGRAM TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.
AND SO THAT IS OUR GOAL, IS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE UNRESTRICTED RENTAL REVENUE, THAT THEN DECREASES OUR RELIANCE ON GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND FOR OUR HOUSING, ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE WORK WITH OUR SURVIVORS AS WELL.
AND SO THAT IS ONE OF THE LONG-TERM STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING THE CAMPUS, IS THAT THROUGH RENTALS, WE, WE ARE FUNDING OURSELVES FOR THE CAMPUS AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THERE.
THIS ALSO ALLOWED US TO DO DEDICATED YOUTH AND TEEN PROGRAM SPACE, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT IT'S A CENTRAL HUB FOR SERVICES.
AND SO IF WE'RE PROVIDING THESE HOUSING SERVICES, BUT THEN IF WE COULD GET, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO COME ONTO SITE AND DO OB GYN SERVICES THERE, THAT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CLIENTS.
IF WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO COME OUT AND DO, UM, JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES, IF THEY COULD COME OUT AND DO SOME SERVICES RIGHT THERE ON THE CAMPUS, THAT'S KIND OF A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR CLIENTS, UM, AND ELIMINATES THE PROBLEM OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THEM.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOW DO WE BUILD OUT A CENTRAL HUB FOR SERVICES WITH OUR RENTERS THAT REALLY OPTIMIZE OUR CLIENTS' TIME AND THEIR ABILITY, UH, TO ACCESS SERVICES RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
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UP, UH, WITH SAYING THAT, UH, WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.UM, BUT THERE'S MANY WAYS TO BE ON A MISSION WITH US IN OUR WORK.
UM, VOLUNTEERISM, UH, SPONSORING OF EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES, UH, DONATIONS.
UM, I WOULD NOT BE THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT.
IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO DO WHAT WE DO AND EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
UM, AND THEN PARTNERSHIPS, WE ARE OPEN TO ANY PARTNERSHIPS, COLLABORATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE COMMUNITY'S RESOURCES TO DO WHAT WE DO.
UM, SPECIFICALLY A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY IS WE DO HAVE A HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE MADE UP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE, UH, IF YOU'RE, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, WE ALWAYS HAVE SPACE ON THAT AND TYPICALLY HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.
BUT OTHERWISE, I'LL OPEN IT IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT, UM, THIS EVENING AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS AMAZING.
I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU WERE NOW A PART OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE COMMISSION AROUND OUTREACH, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND REFORM IS JUST, I MEAN, IT, IT'S PARALLELS TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO I COULD SEE A NATURAL, YOU KNOW, WAY THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, ABSOLUT.
I'LL, I'LL LET THE COMMISSION, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR THE Y W C A, YOU ALL FEEL FREE TO ASK THOSE AT THIS TIME.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING AS YOU GROW THAT.
ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU CONNECTED WITH THE SCHOOLS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, OUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING, UM, OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAM IS REALLY, UH, MEANT TO, UH, SERVE OUR SHELTER AND HOUSING PROGRAMS, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON YOUTH THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOME AND HOW DO WE HELP THEM THROUGH DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT.
UM, WE'RE CONNECTED THROUGH THE MCKINNEY VITO LIAISON AND HAVE REALLY CLOSE, UH, WORK WITH, UH, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVING THE HOMELESS YOUTH.
AND SO THAT IS A NATURAL CONNECTION THAT WE HAVE THERE.
AND THEN OUR, UH, OTHER TWO PROGRAMS, GIRLS LEAD AND AMENDS ARE ACTUALLY FUNDED THROUGH ATOMIST FUNDING.
AND SO AS A PART OF THAT, WE ARE, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS RUN IN THE SCHOOLS DURING THE WEEK.
AND SO WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMMING THROUGH OUR CAMPUS, BUT WE THEN, UH, ARE IN THE SCHOOLS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THOSE PROGRAMS AND, UH, GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND MOU WITH THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO OFFER PROGRAMMING.
AND SO THAT KIND OF BRIDGES THE GAP TO THEN SAY, OH, HEY, WE HAVE THIS CAMPUS, UH, AND WE KNOW THAT YOUR KIDS NEED SOMETHING TO DO OVER THE SUMMER AND WE KNOW YOUR KIDS NEED SOMETHING TO DO AFTER SCHOOL.
CAN YOU HELP US DISTRIBUTE THE WORD OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE? AND THEN WE'RE EXPANDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL TO PLACES THAT WE KNOW KIDS CONGREGATE AFTER SCHOOLS, THEN IN SUMMER, SO LIBRARIES, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, UM, JUST TRYING TO INCREASE OUR OUTREACH TO TRY TO TELL THEM, HEY, WE'RE HERE AND WE HAVE, UH, DEDICATED SPACE FOR YOU NOW.
SO, UH, TRYING TO KIND OF BUILD OUT THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS NOW SINCE WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY ENGAGED WITH SERVICES.
IS HUBER ENGAGING WITH THOSE, UM, HUBER CITY? BECAUSE I DON'T, I THINK THAT WAS ON THE PLAN OR AS PART OF THIS GROWTH PLAN THAT YOU WOULD BE CONNECTED.
YES, WE HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY.
I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU KNOW IF, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, MY DAUGHTER PARTICIPATED IN YOUR GIRLS LEAVE PROGRAM AND IT WAS AWESOME,
SO I'LL JUST GIVE KUDOS ON THAT.
I CAITLIN'S OUR MARKETING PERSON, SO WRITE THAT DOWN.
YEAH, WE RECRUITING FOR NEXT YEAR, SO I'M SO EXCITED.
YOU, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MEN? DO YOU HAVE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
I I DID, I HAD A QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND.
JUST, SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY I GUESS.
SO THESE CABINS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WOMEN STAY CAN STAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, SO OUR PLAN FOR THE CABINS IS THERE'S SOME THAT ARE STILL UNDER RENOVATION, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE OPEN.
AND SO, UM, OUR PLAN IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE WOMEN LIVING IN THEM AND, UH, THEY WOULD, UH, RECEIVE HOUSING FOR UP TO A CERTAIN PORTION OF TIME.
WE HAVE ONE GRANTS THROUGH THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT PROGRAM WILL MOVE OUT IN 2023 TO THE HUBER CAMPUS.
AND SO, UH, WE WOULD HAVE UP TO 11 HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN THE CABIN, UM, EACH WITH THEIR OWN ROOM, NO MORE THAN PROBABLY ONE TO TWO CHILDREN, UH, IN THOSE SIDES OF FAMILIES.
UM, AND THEN WITH SOME SHARED BATHROOMS, THERE'S TWO TO THREE LIVING ROOMS AND A SHARED KITCHEN AND THEY WOULD HAVE AN ONSITE CASE MANAGER THAT'S THERE TO HELP THEM.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE, KEVIN? YEAH.
SO WHO DID YOU SAY YOUR GRANT WAS? THROUGH? UH, THE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, UH, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, AS
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A YOUNG SOCIAL WORK STUDENT, I DID MY FIRST PRACTICUM WITH THE Y W C A, UM, DOWNTOWN.AND I WORKED MAINLY WITH THE TEEN CONNECTION AT THE TIME.
AND, UM, WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, MY FOCUS WAS ON, YOU KNOW, ADJUDICATED YOUTH AND, UM, JUVENILE JUSTICE.
BUT THE Y W C A WAS, IT WAS AMAZING PROGRAMMING AND THE AFTER, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING FOR SOME OF THE TEENS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND LEARN, YOU COULD TELL IT JUST REALLY DOES HAVE AN IMPACT.
SO I JUST CAN'T SPEAK, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY ENOUGH ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOU GUYS DO THERE.
SO IT WAS, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST PRACTICUM, UM, CUZ WE DO TWO AND THEN WE DO 450 HOURS OUR SENIOR YEAR.
SO, UM, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING, UM, JOB FOR OUR CITY AND FOR THE CITY OF DAYTON AS WELL.
SORRY IF I COULD LEAVE YOU, I DO HAVE SOME FLYERS I'M HAVING TO GET INVOLVED IN OUR 21 DAY CHALLENGE.
DOES THE NAME KEISHA FOSTER RING A BELL? VIDIA FOSTER? KEISHA FOSTER.
SHE USED TO BE OVER THE GIRLS WEED PROGRAM, I BELIEVE.
CAUSE SHE, SHE PASSED AWAY UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT, UM, YEAH, SHE, SHE WAS AWESOME.
AND THAT'S HOW I REALLY FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE AWESOME WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING, UM, WITH GIRLS LEAGUE.
AND IF I MAY, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOLANDA AND I TO MAYBE SCHEDULE A TIME AT SOME POINT TO COME TO YOUR CAMPUS, UM, AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT SOME ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JUNETEENTH OR JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL COMING UP JUNE THE 18TH.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE AS AN EXHIBITOR.
NONPROFITS DO NOT PAY ANYTHING, UM, TO, TO BE THERE AS AN EXHIBITOR.
AND THAT OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS JUNE 24TH.
UM, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE FESTIVALS.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE CONNECTED WITH HUBER HEIGHTS, SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION.
UM, I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I ANSWERED THE INFO EMAIL AND I WAS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR INVITATION, SO YEAH, I WAS EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE TOO.
SO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER SIX.
OH, BUSINESS FIRST UP, ITEM SIX A.
UH, MR. STEVENS, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE C C R B? YES, SO NO, NO UPDATE.
UH, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET, UM, WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE OUR, UH, THE MEETING THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED FOR LAST MARCH JUST DUE TO OUR AVAILABILITY OF, UH, PERSONNEL.
SO WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY, I BELIEVE, MARCH 8TH.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY AT THAT TIME WE WILL BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THE, IF YOU WILL, THE, THE, THE PROCESS, THE DOCUMENTATION, UH, FOR THE C R B AND THEN HOPEFULLY THE FOLLOWING WELL FOLLOWING MONTH WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO THE COMMISSION FOR, I GUESS FOR ACCEPTANCE.
AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED FROM THERE.
UM, ONE THING AT THAT MEETING, CAN WE ESTABLISH, I GUESS, A TIMETABLE OF WHAT THE RAMP UP IS GONNA LOOK LIKE TO LAUNCH THE CRB? UM, JUST SO THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ASKED BY COUNCILMAN WEBB.
HE WAS ASKING ABOUT, UM, A TIMETABLE FOR WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA START.
SO IF WE COULD GET, I GUESS, A TIMETABLE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ON THE ACTUAL CRB BOARD, JUST TO GIVE THEM SOME INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE STEPS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE LAST, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE MONTHS SINCE WE'VE MET AND WE KINDA LAID OUT A, UH, NOTIONAL DATE OF HAVING THE CCR BE UP, YOU KNOW, BY THE SPRING, BUT HERE, HERE WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE TO SPRING, BUT, BUT, SO ONCE WE HAVE OUR MEETING NEXT, NEXT WEEK, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIRM THAT UP YEAH.
IN TERMS OF A, A TRUE TIME TABLE AS TO WHEN WE THINK IT'LL BE UP AND RUNNING, UM, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND ALSO ONE OTHER THING, ONCE YOU ALL DO THAT, HAVE YOU ALL
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TALKED AT ALL ABOUT A SPECIAL MEETING WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE CRB? WILL THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A COUNCIL MEETING? WILL IT BE A SPECIAL MEETING TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH? OR JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT? UM, OKAY.YET HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TO SEE HOW, HOW BEST TO, TO APPROACH THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. STEVENS? NOT NECESSARILY FOR MR. STEVENS, BUT FOR YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LAUNCH AND ALL THAT.
WE'LL OF COURSE BE DRAFT CUZ WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK HERE FOR FINAL APPROVAL FIRST.
FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ONCE THE COMMISSION AGREES.
MR. RICHARDSON, WOULD YOU UPDATE US ON THE YOUTH FORUM? I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE THAT UPDATE FOR MR. RICHARDSON TODAY.
UM, WE HAD A, A GOOD TRACTION GOING.
UM, WHEN IT CAME TO THE YOUTH FORUMS. UM, WE HAD DECIDED ON DATES, WE WERE, HAD, UH, GOTTEN THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY JUVENILE COURTS TO BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO CONNECTING WITH THE SCHOOLS, THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.
UM, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY RECENTLY HAD, UM, HOMELAND SECURITY COME IN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DO A FORUM ON SEXTING AND BU AND CYBER BULLYING.
UM, AND WE HAD EVEN THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE WE'LL JUST CHANGE FOCUS TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
AND, UM, THEY'RE ALSO NOT INTERESTED IN ANY OF THAT AS WELL.
WHAT WAS THEIR HESITATION OR DISDAIN? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT THAT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED IN? WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW, AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY.
UM, OF COURSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, SERGEANT FOSS KNIGHT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE HAD BEEN WORKING, WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY, UM, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND I MEAN, WE DID HAVE THE MEETING, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO DISCUSS.
SO THE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM BASICALLY SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THE USE OF THE FACILITIES, BUT AS A RENTAL, LIKE ANY OTHER GROUP WOULD HAVE TO ENTER INTO A RENTAL AGREEMENT, BRING THE INSURANCES AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, ALTHOUGH WE HAD STARTED ALL THE MOMENTUM FOR THIS, AND WE'VE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT, HONESTLY, UM, WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED YESTERDAY TO BRING THAT BACK TO COMMISSION TO DECIDE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE WEREN'T SURE IF MAYBE YOU WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT DIRECTLY, UM, AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND SEE WHERE THE, THE HESITATION WAS OR WHY.
UM, I THINK IT COULD BE THAT THERE WAS KIND OF A DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS OR THERE WASN'T AS MUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE KIND OF GOT SHOT DOWN AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM THERE.
SO IT WASN'T THE BEST NEWS, HONESTLY.
IT WAS KIND OF DISHEARTENING, UM, BECAUSE WE HAD JUST STARTED TO DEVELOP MATERIALS AND HAD CONNECTED WITH THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, AND SHE WAS, HAD ALREADY HAD THE SEXTING TOPIC MATERIALS, WHICH WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT ORIGINALLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAD BROUGHT ALL OF THE TOPICS TO THE TABLE AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, SEXTING TO US IS THE ISSUE WE'RE SEEING THE MOST.
IT IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, BESIDES THE FIGHTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SEXTING WAS SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO COVER FOR NOTHING BUT TWO HOURS.
THAT'S HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE IT IS.
SO WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ONLY HAVE MARCH, APRIL AND MAY LEFT, AND WE'RE IN MARCH.
SO EVEN TO TRY TO RECREATE THE WHEEL AT THIS POINT OR COME IN JUST AS USING THE FACILITIES, IT DOESN'T DRAW THE CROWD.
LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO, TO DRAW THE CROWD.
WE REALLY NEEDED THE SCHOOL'S BUY-IN IN ORDER TO BRING THE YOUTH IN AND THEIR PARENTS
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IN AFTER SCHOOL FOR TWO HOURS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.SO I THINK, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
I THINK THAT THERE WAS HUGE BUY-IN FROM THE SCHOOL, UM, WHEN IT CAME TO WORKING WITH OUR COMMISSIONS.
SOMETIMES I THINK IT MATTERS WHO YOU TALK TO.
UM, WE MAY WANT TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE ULA, THE, THE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, WHICH IS MATT HOUSE.
UM, ALSO, WE MAY WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
THIS MAY NOT BE BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO THIS YEAR.
MAYBE IT HAS TO BE A SUMMER PROGRAM.
BUT I ALSO THINK THESE CONVERSATIONS NEED TO BE HAD FACE TO FACE RATHER THAN OVER THE PHONE.
AND WE HAVE TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
SOMETIMES THE MORE PEOPLE YOU HAVE IN THE ROOM, THE MORE AGREEABLE MM-HMM.
SO MAYBE THAT, SO MAYBE IT'S NOT A A NO, MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT NOW.
UM, I THINK THE CONVERSATION WAS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE SAFETY DIRECTOR AND SERGEANT FAITE, AND, AND MAYBE WITHOUT THE EXTRA INFORMATION OR THE ABILITY OF ONE OF US TO BE THERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT JUST BECAME A, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED.
UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND I DO THINK EVEN INTO NEXT YEAR IT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS.
ONE WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ONE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WHEN YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL THAN WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THESE 13, 14 YEAR OLDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S 18 IST INVOLVED WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS NOT 18.
AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
I ALSO THINK, UM, ANDREA QUISENBERRY IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL, UM, WITH SOME OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. SO EVEN IF WE BEGIN CONVERSATIONS FOR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SUMMER, LATER IN THE YEAR OR EVEN NEXT YEAR, LET'S CONTINUE BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS.
LET'S CONTINUE BRINGING THE RIGHT PARTNERS TO THE TABLE.
AND I WITHOUT A DOUBT, BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD OR, I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK ABOUT THE LEVY RIGHT NOW AND THEIR FOCUS IS NOT THERE AND THAT'S PROBABLY SOME OF IT TOO.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WORKING WITH THE INSIDE TEAM, BECAUSE THEY CAN HELP PUSH IT TO THE BOARD MM-HMM.
SO IF WE COULD GET SOME OF THE PLAYERS LIKE MATTHEW HOUSE, ANDREA, QUISENBERRY, UM, UM, AND EVEN, UH, WHAT'S THAT? UH, WHAT'S THE PRINCIPAL, WHAT'S THE PRINCIPAL'S NAME THAT SLIPPED MY MIND, RIGHT.
IF WE COULD GET SOME OF THEM IN A ROOM, UM, WITH SOME REPRESENTATION FROM SOME OTHER YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE Y WCA A, YOU KNOW, AND SOME CH SOME YOUTH MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS.
YOLANDA, YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, YEAH.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS INITIALLY, RIGHT? SO I GUESS THE WORD WAS THIS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.
WE SAY THEY, WHO IS THAT? SO WHEN WE WERE INITIALLY HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SROS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE WERE DISCUSSING INFUSING WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO INTO SOME OF WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO.
THEY'RE VERY MUCH STILL ON BOARD.
SO MY QUESTION, DID WE HAVE, HAVE WE PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING IN TERMS OF LIKE A PROPOSAL AND LAID EVERYTHING OUT SO THAT THEY HAVE THE DETAILS OF WHAT, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE MATERIALS, THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT MATTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I COULD SEE HOW THIS CONVERSATION COULD BE A LITTLE CONCERNING TO BRING INTO A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHOUT PRESENTING EVERYTHING UP FRONT ON EVERY POSSIBLE TOPIC THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED.
CUZ THOSE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS CAN ABSOLUTELY GET OFF THE RAILS.
YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT'S BEST IS TO PULL IT BACK,
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DO AN ACTUAL PROPOSAL TO THE CITY AND, AND WHY WE FIND IT TO BE BENEFICIAL.UM, WHAT'S MORE THE, I THINK MORE OF THE ISSUE IS WE INVITED THEM JUST TO COME START THE CONVERSATION.
WHEN YOU SAY NO, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION PUTTING IT IN WRITING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ISSUE, BUT I THINK YOU ALL WERE PRESENTED IT TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT PART MATTERS.
UM, WHEN YOU GO TO THE CURRICULUM, THE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, YOU'RE GONNA GET A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF BUY-IN.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THE LEVY.
UH, SO TIMING MAY NOT BE GOOD RIGHT NOW.
SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT MORE LEGWORK ON MM-HMM.
SO, AND I THINK WE CAN STILL DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE SPONSORED BY THE SCHOOL OR ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THEN IT BECOMES HOW DO WE GET THE BUY-IN FROM THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN WE WERE GONNA DO RAFFLE PRIZES AND DOOR PRIZES AND, AND ANYTHING TO, NOT NECESSARILY DOOR PRIZES, BUT WAYS TO DRAW PEOPLE IN TO ATTEND THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
THINGS CUZ IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REALIZED WE WERE GONNA CONNECT IT TO THE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING ALSO MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S KIND OF A CONVERSATION AGAIN, THAT WE'RE DUPLICATING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REINFORCING, BUT THAT'S A, SOMETHING THEY'RE TEACHING OR ARE TEACHING ALL KIND OF ALONG.
UM, I DID, I HAD ASKED MY SON, I SAID, SO DID THEY COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT CYBER BULLYING AND SEXTING? HE GOES, WELL, YEAH.
AND I SAID, WELL, DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING? AND HE IS LIKE, I GUESS I WAS LIKE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPACTFUL IT WAS OR, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WERE NOT PRIVY TO THAT CONVERSATION.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT HAD HAPPENED NEITHER.
WHICH IS CONCERNING
I'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE LEVEL OF, OF SCHOOL, THE INCREASE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS TIES VERY CLOSELY TO THAT.
AND HE KNOWS THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT I THINK IT'S WHEN WE CAN CONNECT IT TO THE REAL ISSUE THAT IS IMPACTING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR KIDS, THEN WE CAN START TO GET MORE OF THE BUY-IN.
BUT IT IS GONNA TAKE THE ACTUAL FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS.
AND HE HAS, UM, SUPERINTENDENT HAS DROP-IN TIMES WITH HIM AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE TWICE A MONTH AT DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE CITY.
SO MAYBE WE WANNA JUST DROP IN SOMETIME AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT.
NICK LAMBERT WAS A GREAT RESOURCE.
SO I MEAN, I THINK THE MORE TO HIM OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS AT THE TABLE.
SO WE JUST, WE GOTTA JUST KEEP GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE AROUND THE TABLE AND, UM, JUST KEEP PUSHING, KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO FOR NOW, ARE WE IN AGREEMENT TO JUST KIND OF LET IT GO FOR A MONTH OR TWO OR MORE UNTIL MAYBE WE GET THROUGH THE JUNE STUFF AND THEN WE CAN REGROUP ON THIS? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR NOW.
UNFORTUNATELY, DON'T, DON'T LET IT LOSE ITS MOMENTUM.
BUT, UM, YEAH, DEFINITELY FOR NOW WE'LL JUST PUSH IT TO THE SIDE.
AND ALSO I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ORGANIZATIONS, AND I KEEP SAYING THIS, IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
MAYBE IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE ROLL OUT TO GIRLS FIRST AND MAYBE WE INVITE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE TABLE, BUT MAYBE WE LET OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TAKE MORE OF A LEAD ROLE.
SO WE WERE ASKING THE SCHOOL TO KIND OF COME TO THE TABLE TO HELP GET THE YOUTH TO THE EVENT.
THERE'S SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH YOUTH THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRIVE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T LOOK AT HUBER HEIGHTS AS A KEY PLAYER MM-HMM.
I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY MAYBE WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS.
SO LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
UM, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.
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ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, 2023 MLK PROGRAM.
I'LL JUST GET A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT.
WE HAD THE MLK ON THE MLK UNITY WALK AND, UH, PROGRAM ON JANUARY 16TH.
UM, THIS WAS OUR FOURTH YEAR DOING THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AND THE WALK HAD ABOUT, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY NUMBER, SARAH, I KNOW I SENT THOSE TO YOU.
DID I SAY ABOUT 80, 80, 80 TO 85 AT THE WALK.
UM, AND WE HAD ABOUT 40 AT THE PROGRAM.
UM, THIS WAS A FIRST YEAR PARTNERING WITH HUBER HEIGHT CITY SCHOOLS.
WE HAD A LOT OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT.
NOT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT WE DID HAVE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT.
UM, WE DID HAVE OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY CRE THERE.
UM, WE HAD OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, THE DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION.
WE HAD FIRE AND POLICE THERE, WHICH WAS HUGE.
SO, I MEAN, EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER, GETS BETTER.
AND I THINK THE MORE, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN REALLY DO SOMETHING GREAT.
UM, WE HAVEN'T STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL UNITY WALK.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, Y W C A, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME TO THE TABLE WITH US.
WE HAVE ALL KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER EVEN ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK OVERALL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN USED TO THE UNITY WALK AND GOT USED TO US HAVING IT.
SO ANY FEEDBACK ON THE UNITY WALK OR THE MLK PROGRAM? WE HAD A GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR TOO.
SO CHRISTIE, A LOT OF THIS IS NEW TO YOU, BUT YOU'LL GET INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS WITH US AND YOU'LL BE BUSY ROLLING YOUR SLEEVES UP.
WELL, I HAD A QUESTION ACTUALLY ABOUT THE MLK.
UM, IS THERE EVER A POSSIBILITY TO LIKE DO A WALK THROUGH TOWN? ABSOLUTELY.
LIKE THEY DO THE PARADE ROUTE DOWN BRANT, YOU KNOW.
UM, THERE'S SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE SIMILAR TO THAT MAYBE DOWNTOWN MM-HMM.
SO DON'T, YEAH, THE FIRST YEAR WE DID, THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THAT.
WELL, IT WAS SNOWING
UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
MAKE IT BIGGER, MAKE IT BETTER.
I THOUGHT OUR PROGRAM THIS YEAR WAS FANTASTIC.
I THINK IT COVERED THE YOUTH AND, AND IN SO MANY THINGS IT WAS REALLY A, A GOOD PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
ANYTHING ELSE ON M L K? IF NOT, WE WILL GO TO ITEM D, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FIRST QUARTER PRESENTATION UPDATE.
MR. STEVENS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR STANDING IN THE GAP FOR YOLANDA AND I AM PRESENTING TO COUNCIL.
UM, I'M SURE YOU HAD A LOT OF FUN.
UM, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL LIAISON THAT HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
UH, COUNCILMAN WEBB HAD A REQUEST ON THE C R B UPDATE AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN BAKER, UH, MADE MENTION OF FACEBOOK POSTS FOR HERITAGE DAY.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT OF YEAH.
WAS, YEAH, THERE WERE NO REAL QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, REAL FEEDBACK WITH REGARDS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE PRESENTED.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, YOU, YOU PRETTY MUCH COVERED IT.
NOTHING REALLY ELSE, UH, TO SHARE AT THIS POINT.
SARAH, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHERE WE STAND? HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK? I HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING.
CAN WE FIND OUT WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR GETTING AT LEAST SOMETHING BACK
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WHEN IT'LL COME BEFORE COUNSEL.SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UM, RHONDA AS CHAIR, UM, SEND TONY A, AN OFFICIAL EMAIL AS CLERK OF COUNSEL TO REQUEST THAT.
AND, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO MAY HAVE TO DO IS REQUEST ANOTHER JOINT MEETING WITH COUNSEL.
UM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE REALLY LISTENING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, FABRICE JUNE WAS RESPONDING TO A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REACHED OUT TO HIM AND HE GAVE RETURN FEEDBACK AND HE GAVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW HE THOUGHT WE COULD BETTER ENGAGE EACH OTHER.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER SAY, HEY, I'LL SIGN UP TO DO THAT.
I DIDN'T HEAR, I I DIDN'T HEAR ANY INDICATION THAT THEY REALLY HEARD THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE.
I MEAN, THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY IN, IN, IN I GUESS RECEIVED MODE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL TO BASICALLY FIND OUT WHEN WILL THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BE, UM, I GUESS DISCUSSED AT THEIR NEXT MEETING.
WHEN WILL THAT BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS YEAH.
WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT UP RIGHT.
BECAUSE I HEARD COUNCILWOMAN BAKER SAY THAT SHE PUT THIS COMMISSION UP SO THAT WE COULD DO THE POST FOR FACEBOOK.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD'VE FLOWN AT ALL IF IT WAS OUR SUGGESTION TO MAKE A FACEBOOK POST.
THAT'S NOT THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND IT'S, IT'S NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY MEETS THE, THE POINT OF THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GET OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS INVOLVED WITHIN THE MEMBERS OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WITHIN HUBER HEIGHTS.
IT'S NOT TO DO A HALF-HEARTED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF A MONTH AND CHECK A BOX OFF.
IT IS, IT IS, FRANKLY, I CAN'T IMAGINE IF THAT WAS OUR SUGGESTION FOR SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO THAT IT WOULD'VE WENT OVER VERY WELL.
UM, AND I THINK THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE FORMS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, OR EXCUSE ME, EDU, THINGS THAT ARE BEING SENT HOME TO OUR CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND NOT HAVING ONE FORM AVAILABLE IN THIS CITY IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE, BUT ENGLISH SHOULD BE A BIGGER PRIORITY.
YOU'RE PUTTING IN HUNDREDS OF NEW APARTMENTS ALL AROUND THIS COMMUNITY, HUNDREDS OF NEW HOMES ALL AROUND THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE BEING POPULATED WITH PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT BE ENGLISH AS FIRST LANGUAGE PEOPLE.
AND IN, IN 2023, IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE TO SIT UP HERE AND SAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FORM AVAILABLE IN SPANISH AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A FORM AVAILABLE IN RUSSIAN AND TURKISH AND ALL OF THESE OTHER LANGUAGES.
SO, WELL, THEY'LL SET IT AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
IT WAS SAID AT I THINK THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING BY A DEVELOPER, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO IF YOU ALL DID NOT WATCH THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, PLEASE WATCH IT FEBRUARY.
IT WASN'T, IT WAS THE LAST ONE.
UM, THERE WAS A DEVELOPER THERE THAT TOLD THE CITY, WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING.
YOU HAVE TO THINK OF SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THEN YOU'RE DOING A DISSERVICE TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A BASIC RIGHT TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND AS WE SAY, COME GROW WITH US.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF YOU'RE CIS WHITE AND SPEAK ENGLISH.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE.
AND I THINK IT HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING.
IT TAKES ON A DIFFERENT MEANING WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE COMES TO THE PODIUM AND ADDRESSES IT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST US SAYING IT, IT'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING IT AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS A LADY AT THE LAST MEETING WHO WAS THERE.
I MEAN, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANITA KITCHENS BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH FOR, UM, IS IT DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH? MM-HMM.
SO KUDOS TO AN DOING THAT WITH ON A D O D D BOARD.
BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY
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CHOICES AND LIVING THAT WERE THERE.AND THERE WAS A LADY THAT WAS THERE, UM, WITH HER DISABLED SON AND SHE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO HAVE THE ADULT CHANGING TABLES.
SO SHE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT ABLEISM.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE COUNCIL.
SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, JUST EVEN THINKING ABOUT ABLEISM, I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, WE COULDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS DISABLED SITTING ON CITY COUNCIL OR SITTING ON ONE OF THESE COMMISSIONS.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET UP HERE.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS AND THE REASONS THAT YOU DIVERSIFY THE PEOPLE MAKING DECISIONS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE DIVERSITY BRINGS THINGS TO THE TABLE THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK ABOUT.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS WE LOOK TO GROWING THIS CITY, WE HAVE TO LOOK TO DIVERSIFYING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU DID NOT WATCH THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, PLEASE, UH, MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO, TO LOOK AT THAT MEETING.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL DON'T WANT TO BE WATCHING MEETING AFTER MEETING, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN KEEP A PULSE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY MM-HMM.
WE'LL SAY ALSO WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, PART OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS CONTINGENT UPON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING ADDRESSED.
SO, WHICH MAKE MAKES IT IMPERATIVE.
ARE THOSE THE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE STILL HAVE IN, ARE THERE ANY MORE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, THE, UM, FORMS AVAILABLE IN OTHER LANGUAGES, AND THEN THE HERITAGE MONTHS HERITAGE, THOSE ARE THE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY FIVE THAT WE PRESENTED AT THE CITY COUNCIL.
THERE WAS FOUR PRESENTED, UH, LAST MONTH.
THERE WERE FOUR THAT WE PRESENTED.
THERE WERE, I KNOW WE HAD SOME OTHER ONES THAT WE TABLE, BUT I THINK THERE WERE ONLY FOUR THAT I PRESENTED THAT I RECALL.
SO THERE'S THE HIRING OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
THERE'S A PERSON THAT IS A LIAISON TO THE COMMISSION.
THERE'S THE, THE, UM, FEDERAL MONTH.
THERE'S THE, UM, COMMUNITY NAMES, THE FORMS. DID WE SAY A COMMISSION MEMBER SITTING IN ON COUNCIL MEETINGS? RIGHT.
THAT WAS WE TABLE THAT ONE? NO, THAT WAS NO, WE PRESENTED.
WE TABLED THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO, EVENTUALLY, THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE THAT A FULL-TIME PERSON WHO WOULD FEED THAT PERSON.
WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OVERCOMMITTING OURSELVES ALSO THIS COMMISSION.
I'M PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION NOW.
SO IT, UH, HAD AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ATTENDING COMMISSION MEETINGS AS A CONDUIT TO THE CITY.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS PRESENTED.
AND THEN SECOND, HAD TO DO WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, HAVING US, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME INVOLVEMENT IN MAKING THAT DECISION.
YOU KNOW, HIRING THE, UM, WHAT MANAGEMENT LEVEL, PART-TIME PERSON DIVERSITY, UH, PERSONAL D I B EXPERIENCE.
AND THE LAST ONE WAS THE, UM, YEAH, THE FEDERAL BASICALLY RECOGNIZING THE, UH, THE FEDERAL HERITAGE MONTHS AND THE FORMS. THE FORMS ON THE, YEAH.
NO, THESE ARE ONLY THE, THAT WAS ONE THAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I THINK MY ASK WILL BE, UM, THAT TONY, EITHER THEY CAN ATTEND OUR NEXT, I I REALLY, WELL, WE CAN'T, CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON, WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON, UH, JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT AT SOME POINT SOON WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE JOINT MEETING MM-HMM.
BUT I, I THINK AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THAT WE PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND, AND YOU WERE SENDING A FOLLOW UP EMAIL OR FORMAL REQUEST TO GIVE US A STATUS, I MEAN, THEY SHOULD RESPOND, YOU KNOW, BY SAYING, YEP, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT, WE'RE GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA FOR WHATEVER, UH, FUTURE MEETING.
RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T RESPOND.
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THEN, THEN I THINK THAT'S WHEN IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TRY AND HAVE A MEETING.BUT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE RESPONSE.
BUT, SO HERE'S THE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR, AND I, I KNOW THIS FROM EXPERIENCE.
WE PUT YOU ALL ON A COMMISSION TO DO THE WORK.
UM, TO US THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING MORE HEAVY LIFTING.
BUT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THE EXPECTATION FOR US ON THIS BOARD IS THAT WE'RE GONNA CARRY OUT THE WORK.
WHETHER WE DO IT OURSELVES, WHETHER WE ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS, WHETHER WE ENGAGE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE THE PLANNERS OR THE ORGANIZERS FOR HOW THE WORK IS CARRIED OUT AS THE COMMISSION.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN REALLY EXPECT THE COUNCIL TO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.
CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH COUNCIL? YES.
UM, BUT SHORT OF US SAYING, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO, AND MAYBE WE DO THAT, WE WANT YOU TO PLAN AN EVENT, DO A POST, HAVE A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE, WE ARE A RECOMMENDATION COMMISSION.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THEY, EACH COUNCIL MEMBER DECIDE WHAT HERITAGE MONTH THEY WANTED TO WORK ON AND TO CONNECT WITH MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY TO PLAN A CULTURALLY REPRESENT, UM, GROWN UP WORDS ARE FAILING ME TODAY, BUT TO PLAN A CULTURALLY RELEVANT, CULTURALLY RELEVANT EVENT WITHOUT MAKING IT, I JUST FEEL SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THINGS AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF THE MONTH OR THE EVENT, THE SAME THING.
PATRICK'S DAY IS SUCH A RIGHT.
RIDICULOUS SMEAR OF WHAT IRISH REALLY IS.
THAT WAS A CULTURALLY REPRESENTATIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T MIND MY BRAIN'S NOT WORKING, BUT TO PLAN AN EVENT AND TO DO IT, SEE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOR EACH OF THOSE HERITAGE MONTHS.
IT WASN'T THAT, YAY, IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
THAT DOESN'T GIVE THE EDUCATION, IT DOESN'T BRING YOU INTO THE, THE CULTURE.
IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCE.
IF WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OTHER CULTURES THROUGH OUR LENS INSTEAD OF THEIR LENS, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT.
AND SO I THINK ALL I'M WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING.
BUT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC WITH OUR ASK PLAN AN EVENT, HOLD A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IN YOUR WARD, UH, DO A FACEBOOK POST AND, YOU KNOW, LONGEST TABLE, WHATEVER.
BUT YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY FACILITATE THE PLANNING OF THE EVENT.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T, SO WE JUST PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY DISAGREE OR WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO I THINK UNTIL WE, UNTIL THEY RESPOND RIGHT THEN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST, I GUESS WE'RE SPECULATING, RIGHT.
WELL, NO, ERIC, COUNCILMAN BAKER TOLD YOU WELL, NO, I'M WITH YOU.
AND NOBODY, AND NOBODY SAID OTHERWISE.
I'M THINKING, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING IN TERMS OF THE, THE, ALL OF THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT THAT SPECIFICALLY, I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR NOT, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR THEM TO TAKE ACTION ON.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE FOR THEM TO TAKE ACTION ON.
SO WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM OR NOT UNTIL WE HAVE THAT FOLLOW ON.
UM, AGAIN, UNTIL THEY, I GUESS THEY MEET AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT AGAIN, MY THING IS, IF THEY DON'T RESPOND RIGHT, YOU SEND YOUR LETTER, THEY DON'T RESPOND OR THEY KEEP PUSHING OFF, THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEN I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY PUSH TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM OKAY.
TO FIND OUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE REASONING FOR AT LEAST NOT ADDRESSING IT.
I MEAN, IF IT'S NO, THEN, I MEAN, JUST AGAIN, TELL US SOMETHING WHAT SOME FEEDBACK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT IT OR NOT, UH, AND THEN, OR WHAT ISSUES YOU MIGHT HAVE.
OR IF YOU WANT US TO COME TO A MEETING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
AND SO WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, SARAH, CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR ME THE PURPOSE OF A WORK SESSION, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR WHAT HAPPENS AT A WORK SESSION?
UM, SO THE PURPOSE OF THE WORK SESSION IS LIKE THEIR, UM, DISCUSSION AROUND TOPICS AND WHAT IS DECIDED THEN TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
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BUSINESS MEETING.AND TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BUT IF SO, LET'S JUST SAY, SO THAT MEETING WHERE THAT THE LAST, WELL, THAT WAS A WORK SESSION, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, SO WHEN SOMEONE BRINGS, UH, A RECOMMENDATION OR BRINGS SOMETHING OR PRESENTS SOME SORT OF PROPOSAL THEY CAN DECIDE ON, SO THAT VERY NEXT MEETING, WHEN THEY MEET, DO THEY HAVE TO DISCUSS IT OR CAN THEY TABLE AND PUSH THAT, WHATEVER THAT TOPIC IS OR RECOMMENDATION TO SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT OR HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT RECOMMENDATION OR TOPIC AT THE VERY NEXT WORK SESSION.
AND THE MAYOR SETS THE AGENDA.
SO, AND, AND RIGHT NOW A LOT OF THINGS ARE IN FLUX AS WELL, SO, YEAH.
AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THE PART OF THE POINT WAS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE HERITAGE MONTHS WAS TO START IN 2024, WAS TO GIVE TIME TO PLAN AND, AND DO THESE THINGS.
AND I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE POST CAUSE THAT IS IN OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT FURTHER GOES ON TO SAY, WORK WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO CREATE CULTURALLY RESPECTFUL AND IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, AS WE SAY, THAT WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE SUBURB OF DAYTON OR MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD ALREADY BE BEING DONE BY THE CITY.
WE SHOULD BE RECOGNIZING AS A CITY THAT IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND THIS IS WHAT THE CITY DOES FOR THAT.
IT REALLY SHOULDN'T FALL BACK ON US.
WE CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, MOVE IT FORWARD, BUT THAT WAS THE POINT.
WELL, I WILL SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL AND I'LL COPY, UM, I CAN'T OBVIOUSLY COPY ALL OF YOU ALL IN IT.
BUT I WILL COPY YOLANDA AND IT AND SARAH, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T COPY ME.
WANNA
UM, JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M FOLLOWING ALONG MM-HMM.
SO WHEN WE RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PICK A MONTH, LIKE WE WERE SAYING, OF, YOU KNOW, TO DO A CELEBRATION OF SOME SORT OF HERITAGE THAT CORRELATES WITH THAT.
UM, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED, UM, TARA, YOU MENTIONED, UM, LIKE A HISPANIC MONTH.
IF THE CITY DOESN'T WANNA STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING FOR THAT, THEN DO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO AS A COMMISSION OR NO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
I MEAN, DOES THAT QUESTION MAKE SENSE?
I THINK WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS TO DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING WE WANT BUY-IN GOTCHA.
UM, THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S NATURALLY HAPPENING, NOT JUST IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR CITY STAFF AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS.
HOW MANY COMPANIES HAVE THOSE? NOW YOU DO THAT BECAUSE YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, THEY MATTER AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEIR FEELING LIKE THEIR CULTURE MATTERS AND THAT THEY MATTER.
UM, SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE DOING ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
IF THEY WANT US TO SUPPORT THEM, WE CAN SUPPORT THEM.
UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE DOING ALL THE WORK.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF FESTIVALS AND PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE JUST THE NINE OF US.
NOW, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU THINK WOULD LOVE TO HEAD ONE OF THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, HERITAGE DAYS, BY ALL MEANS, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS.
WE CAN CONNECT THEM WITH SARAH, AND I'M SURE SARAH WOULD LOVE TO, TO PUT THEM TO WORK
I MEAN, I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THERE WASN'T LIKE A, A HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT YEAH, NO, NOW MAKE, MAKES SENSE, BUT OKAY.
SARAH CAN GET THEM TO CONNECT WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN THEY CAN WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, THE DETAILS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, GUYS, WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING.
WE CAN REALLY ENGAGE ORGANIZATIONS
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AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WANT TO PARTNER WITH US.SO CAN WE DISCUSS THAT? UH, AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF OUR COMMISSION REALLY WAS TO GET TO MORE OF THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES, CHALLENGES.
UM, AND OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR WAS GONNA BE THAT IN EDUCATION, BECAUSE WE WERE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH JUST THE NINE OF US, IT BECAME LIKE A FULL-TIME, ANOTHER FULL-TIME JOB FOR PEOPLE.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD TO REALLY RECOURSE, UM, AND MADE A DECISION THAT WE, WE WON'T BE FOCUSING ON DOING A LOT OF, UM, FESTIVALS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO MORE OF THE DEEP ROOTED ISSUES.
BUT WE'RE HOPING THE CITY WILL STEP UP AND YES.
TAKE THE REINS ON SOME THINGS.
BECAUSE EVEN WITHIN THOSE FESTIVALS, CHRISTIE, THERE'S STILL AN EDUCATION COMPONENT.
YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST, WE DON'T WANNA MOVE AWAY FROM THE EDUCATION PART, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON FESTIVALS.
SO ARE WE GOOD WITH THE EMAIL? AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE.
TERRY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? NOPE.
SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL.
NOW I HAVE THIS BROKEN OUT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME ACTIONABLE ITEMS. YOU ALL DON'T HAVE THIS ON YOUR AGENDA, SO I AM GONNA REQUIRE YOUR PATIENCE HERE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE ITEMS. UM, TIMING IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND I COULD NOT REMEMBER.
DID YOU ALL DECIDE WHAT THE TIMING WAS AT THE LAST MEETING? ARE WE KEEPING IT FIVE TO 10? FIVE TO 10? I THINK WE WERE DISCUSSING KEEPING IT AT FIVE TO 10, BUT HAVING THE MUSIC SIX TO 10.
BUT CONTRACTS WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS.
SO THEN WE'RE BOUND TO WHATEVER'S IN THOSE CONTRACTS.
AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, ELDRIDGE, WHO DOES LIGHTS AND SOUNDS, DID SAY THAT THE TIMING WAS GREAT.
FIVE TO 10 SEEMED TO WORK WELL.
UM, PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW, ENJOYING THEMSELVES UP UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK MM-HMM.
AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THAT WITH, WITH, AND IT'S GONNA BE ON SAME DATE, 18TH JUNE, 18TH SUNDAY, JUNE 18TH.
UM, AS FAR AS BUDGET IS CONCERNED, UM, I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH JEAN ON MONDAY FOR THE BUDGET IN AND FOR JUNETEENTH.
WE HAVE SOME MINE ITEMS THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
I LOVE HOW MY PRINTER PRINTED THIS OUT.
LET ME ACTUALLY OPEN IT ON MY COMPUTER.
SO SOUND AND LIGHTS, UM, PREMIUM BLEND MUSIC IS GONNA DO SOUND AND LIGHTS AGAIN.
UH, THE QUOTE THAT HE GAVE WAS FOR $2,100 LAST YEAR.
UM, WE PAID HIM $1,200 FOR JUNETEENTH.
AND THE REASON IT'S HIGHER THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE DEFUNK HAD A WRITER.
AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THEIR WRITER, HE HAD TO ADD TO HIS QUOTE BECAUSE HE HAD TO GET THE EQUIPMENT.
SO, UM, PREMIUM BLEND IS, UM, HE SENT US AN INVOICE FOR $2,100 FOR JUNETEENTH.
WE ARE NOT GONNA HAVE A DJ THIS YEAR.
THE DJ IS, UM, HE'S GOING TO HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING
SO WE WON'T BE PAYING FOR THE COST OF THE DJ, BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO ALSO REMEMBER LAST YEAR HE DID IT IN KIND, HE WOULD'VE CHARGED US $600, BUT BECAUSE HE DID BOTH FESTIVALS, HE DID THE JUNETEENTH IN KIND.
SO WE DIDN'T PAY HIM FOR, UM, JUNETEENTH.
SO WE KEPT THAT MONEY IN OUR BUDGET.
DO WE NEED IT? DID YOU? I DON'T THINK SO.
CUZ YOU KNOW, EL CAN PLAY MUSIC.
AND THIS YEAR, SINCE I KNOW LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT AN ACTUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, UM, DEFUNK WAS ALREADY BEING CONTRACTED BY JOSH BEFORE HE SEPARATED FROM THE CITY.
UM, SO I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TONY ALLEN.
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I THINK WE'RE JUST WAITING ON KAI TO GET HIS CONTRACT DONE.NOW DEFUNK QUOTED $3,500 AND I THINK LAST, LAST YEAR WE PAID THE COLLECTIVE BAND
SO DEFUNCT, IF WE DO A MUSIC FESTIVAL WOULD BE THE HEADLINER.
AND HE SAID IF HE'S ONLY PLAYING FOR TWO HOURS, HE WOULD ADJUST HIS RATE.
SO WE WOULD ONLY PAY HIM $2,500.
NOW ON THE BUDGET, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT BECAUSE ME AND JEAN HAD SOME VARIABLES, SO WE COULDN'T PUT 'EM IN THERE.
SO THAT BUDGET IS A WORKING BUDGET.
SO DEFUNK WOULD BE, HE SAID HE COULD DO TWO HOURS FOR 2,500 NO BREAKS.
DEFUNK IS DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS.
THE COLLECTIVE BAND WE HAD LAST YEAR.
THAT'S THE ACTUAL, THAT'S DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS, THE BIGGEST FUNK BAND IN THE CITY.
THEY NORMALLY PERFORM UNDER THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES.
AND DAYTON, UM, IT'S SO WAIT, WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM LAST.
DID WE HAVE THEM LAST YEAR? IS THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD A, A COLLECTIVE OF PEOPLE FROM DEFUNK AND BEEN HAVE YEAH, IT WAS SAYING WHAT WAS SAYING? WHO WERE THEY CALLED LAST YEAR? I CAN'T REMEMBER.
HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND LAST YEAR FOR THEM? THREE.
SO WAS SAYING HAVING BOTH OF THEM NO, NO, NO, NO.
JUST DEFUNK TWO HOURS FOR 2,500.
IS THAT WHAT SAID? HE SAID HE COULD DO TWO HOURS FOR 2,500, BUT IF WE, SO LET ME, LET ME STAY ON TRACK Y'ALL.
I DON'T WANNA GET OFF TRACK CUZ I'M, I'M GOING TO THE OTHER STUFF.
SO, UM, FLY CITY, FUNK BAND, FLY CITY FUNK BAND.
THE PREMIUM BLEND IS THE SOUND.
HE DOES SOUND AND LIGHTS DE FUNK WAS THE BAND.
SO MY ASS THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER BANDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PLAY FOR US.
UM, AND ALSO WE HAVE RICK SEXTON.
AND KAI WAS ACTUALLY, AND EVERYBODY KNOWS RICK SEXTON, RIGHT? UM, KAI WAS ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO RICK SEXTON BECAUSE DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS WAS NOT RESPONDING.
I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO TONY BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL DRAW THE CROWD.
BUT HE WOULD BE A GREAT OPENER.
SO I GUESS MY AX THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE IT IS A MUSIC FESTIVAL, CAN WE MAKE IT LIKE A MUSIC FESTIVAL? CAN WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE BAND? WE'VE GOT IT IN OUR BUDGET AND MAKE IT HUGE.
DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS IS GONNA DRAW A HUGE CROWD.
AND SHEA BUTTER DRAWS A TREMENDOUS CROWD.
THEY'RE ALL SEASONED PROFESSIONALS.
UM, WHICH I MEAN, IT'S A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
SO WE WANNA PROMOTE BLACK ARTISTS, BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, UM, AND THEY'RE ALL ASKING FOR, THEY'RE ALL REASONABLE, REASONABLY PRICED.
SO YOU THINK OF ALL THREE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? ALL THREE.
SO THE HEADLINER WOULD BE DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS.
RICK SEXTON WOULD OPEN US UP AND CHABAN WOULD OPEN BEFORE, UM, DATING FUNK, ALL STARS.
EACH WOULD HAVE A ONE HOUR SET.
DEFUNK WOULD HAVE A TWO HOUR SET.
WE COULD DO A HALF AN HOUR BREAK IN BETWEEN.
IT'S A PERFECT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE MUSIC.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME OUT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD EVENING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT IDEA.
UM, WE HAVE A, A GENTLEMAN IN, UH, IN TURKISH, BUT UH, HE'S DOING UH, VERY NICE RAP, YOU KNOW, RAP MUSIC.
HE CAN DO IN, IN ENGLISH AND TURKISH.
UM, IF YOU WANT, I CAN CALL HIM AND HE'LL JUST, UH, DO HIS MUSIC RAP.
I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SIX MUSICS NO COST.
LET'S SAVE HIM FOR MULTICULTURAL BECAUSE WE STILL NEED ACTS FOR MULTICULTURAL.
SO GIVE ME HIS INFORMATION MM-HMM.
UM, BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY WE WOULD LOVE HIM FOR MULTICULTURAL.
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THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SO SHAY BUTTA SAID THAT SHE COULD DO IT FOR 1200.NOW I TOLD HER, I SAID 800 IS OUR BUDGET.
SO SHE SAID SHE COULD DO A RANGE BETWEEN 800 AND 1200.
UM, SO WE WOULD NEED TO JUST VOTE ON WHAT WE WERE GONNA PAY THE BANDS.
WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT SO WE CAN ALL BE IN AGREEMENT.
UM, AND THEN FOR RICK SEXTON, I'M STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM RICK SEXTON, BUT WE NEED TO AGREE ON AN AMOUNT.
NOW, HE HAD SAID HE WOULD DO THREE HOURS FOR 800.
I THINK KAI TOLD ME, BUT WE DON'T NEED HIM FOR THREE HOURS.
HE NORMALLY CHARGES 1 3 50 FOR ONE HOUR.
SO, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA PAY SHAY BUTTER 800 FOR AN HOUR, WE COULD PAY RICK.
SHE'S GOT AN EIGHT MEMBER BAND.
SO 800 FOR AN EIGHT MEMBER BAN.
WE COULD DO, I MEAN WE COULD DO THE 12.
SHE TOLD YOU 1200 FOR AN HOUR? SHE SAID 12 INITIALLY, BUT I SAID, UH, I DON'T KNOW
AND THEN RICK NORMALLY DOES THREE 50 FOR AN HOUR.
UM, HE DOESN'T HAVE A BAND, I DON'T THINK.
I THINK HE'LL JUST PLAY HIS SAXOPHONE.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN RICK WITH THE BAND? NAH.
HE'LL, I THINK HE, HE'LL PROBABLY JUST PLAY THE TRACK.
I'VE SEEN HIM WITH THE BAND SEVERAL TIMES.
HAVE, HE'LL PROBABLY JUST PLAY WITH TRACKS.
SO, I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK IS FAIR FOR HIM FOR THIS EVENT? I MEAN, HE'S GETTING EXPOSURE.
OBVIOUSLY DEFUNK IS DRAWING THE CROWD.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER THING WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT.
WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO AN EVENT LIKE THIS WHERE DEFUNK IS HEADLINING, THEY'RE GETTING TREMENDOUS EXPOSURE.
UM, SO WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK IS FAIR FOR THE BUDGET? I THINK IT'S FINE IF, I MEAN, IF HE'LL DO IT FOR THREE 50, WHY NOT PAY HIM FOR THREE 50? RIGHT.
BUT I MEAN THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT HE'S, THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR.
I MEAN, THAT BUDGET, IT'S $5,050.
SO YOU GOT, SO IS THAT SO 1200, THEN YOU SAY 1200 AND IT SAY 3 50, 15 50.
SO IT'S ABOUT 4,000 SAY FOR TW FOR 1200.
AND THEN RICK, CAN WE DO RICK FOR, CAN WE DO HIM FOR MAYBE FIVE OR SIX? MM-HMM.
WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK, ERIC? YOU'VE HEARD HIM BEFORE? NO, LET ME THINK.
IT'S 5,200 IF YOU PAY HIM FIVE, HER 12 AND THEM 35.
AND WHAT DO YOU FIVE THAT'S, THAT'S 4,000.
I WAS DOING, I WAS GIVING HIM THE WHOLE, NO, I WAS GIVING HIM 35
WELL HE SAID, SO I ASKED HIM, I ASKED HIM TO DO TWO HOURS FOR 23.
I WAS GIVING HIM THE WHOLE 3,525 FOR WHAT? 25 FOR TWO HOURS? 2,500 FOR TWO HOURS.
HE'S, HE'S DOING IT STRAIGHT THROUGH NO BREAK.
OH, WITHOUT THE SOUND OF LIGHTS.
YEAH, THAT'S, SO LET'S TOTAL ALLOCATED.
SO LET'S GO BACK THROUGH THE OTHER ITEMS. SO THEN, UM, SHE ALSO HAS MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ADVERTISING, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT TICKETS, GETTING SOME TICKETS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY KEEP TRACK.
I'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE HAVING PEOPLE GO ON EVENTBRITE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT THAT, BUT SOME KIND OF WAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FREE, WE NEED TO BE BETTER ABOUT TRACKING OUR PEOPLE.
UH, WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE GO ON EVENTBRITE, GET THEIR TICKET.
IT'S FREE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INTERNET.
UM, WE COULD POSSIBLY GIVE THEM A TICKET AT THE DOOR OR AT THE GATE.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE POINT WHERE PEOPLE WOULD COME IN, SHOW US
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THEIR TICKET, OR GET A TICKET SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHO'S COMING IN.OR YOU CAN, YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE LITTLE, UH, PAPER BANDS KEEP TRACKING THE BANDS.
YOU PUT 'EM THE WRIST AND YEAH.
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU GET OUT, YOU TRACK 'EM THAT WAY.
AND I KNOW IF WE DO THE BEER GARDEN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE BANDS IS WHAT THEY'LL HAVE RISK RISKS IT TAKE FOREVER.
IS THAT THEY'RE PEEL OFF BAND FOR.
SO THE, SO THE SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE CUZ WE, WE DO THIS FOR THE REGULAR MUSIC SERIES IS JUST GET A ROLL OF THE TICKETS AND THEN HAND THOSE OUT AND USE 'EM LIKE RAFFLE TICKETS.
I MEAN WE CAN DO GIVEAWAYS, WE CAN DRAW.
SO YOU CAN HAVE A HUGE BOX OF PENS AND PEOPLE CAN WRITE THEIR NAMES ON IT SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THERE TO WIN TYPE OF THING.
SO IF YOU ASSIGN SOMEBODY YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF CLICKING.
THEY ARE YOUR CLICKING CLICK IT.
BUT WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DO IT.
WE CAN, WE CAN SET IT UP IN SUCH A WAY WE CAN EVEN HAVE IT COME, YOU KNOW, THE ICE FENCE? WHAT IS IT? THE FENCING, WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE HELL THERE? THAT'S FENCING.
I SHOULD PUT, YEAH, PUT THE FENCING ON.
WE CAN PUT THAT UP WHERE PEOPLE COME IN ONE WAY AND, AND GO OUT ANOTHER WAY.
UM, SO 500 FOR THAT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE KEEPING TRACK FOR MISCELLANEOUS.
UM, FOR T-SHIRTS, I WANTED TO ASK YOU ALL, DO YOU WANT TO GO WITH THE SAME GUY WHO DID OUR T-SHIRTS OR DO YOU WANT TO FACT TAKE IT FROM OUR BUDGET? DO YOU WANT TO BUY THEM SEPARATELY OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET OR TAKE IT FROM OUR BUDGET? I MEAN, I HAVE FROM LUS CUBE.
YOU WANNA WEAR THE SAME JUNETEENTH SHIRT FROM LAST YEAR? OR YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING NEW AND IMPROVED? YOU WANT I LIKE THAT SHIRT SAID DON'T MOVE MY CHEESE
SEE? SO WE HAVE TO GET NEW ONES.
YOU WANNA CONNECT WITH LINDEN AND SEE IF HE HAS A NEW DESIGN? THAT'S WHO MADE 'EM, RIGHT? YEAH.
DESIGN OR JUST GET THE, YOU WOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR IT.
I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN PAY FOR IT.
YOU THINK CAN BUY INSURANCE FOR IT? ONE, IT WAS 20 BUCKS.
CAN WE TAKE IT FROM OUR BUDGET, SARAH? WE CAN.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T TAKE IT FROM OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE THE MONEY
ARE Y'ALL KEEPING TRACK? SO YEAH, TRYING, UM, 2 25 FOR THE T-SHIRTS.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT FOR JUNETEENTH ORDER? WE CAN ORDER SOME EXTRA T-SHIRTS FOR PRICE.
THAT'S A SAY FOR PRICES BECAUSE HE HAS A MINIMUM NUMBER HE HAS TO ORDER.
I'M A SOCIAL WORKER SO MATH IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT, BUT I'M AT 61 25.
SHAY BUTTA, B U D D A H AT 1200, RICK SEXTON AT 500.
MISCELLANEOUS AT 500 LIGHTS AND SOUND LIGHTS AND SOUND AT 2102 25 AND T-SHIRTS AT 2 25.
WHERE ARE WE AT? YOU'RE READING ON ME.
SO DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY OF THAT FENCING OR ANY OF THAT STUFF? DOES THAT COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET? HOW DOES, I DON'T, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FENCING ON THE BEER GARDEN.
SO WHAT I WOULD NEED TO DO IS PUT A REQUEST INTO PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT YOU GUYS WILL NEED TO, SOMEBODY WILL NEED TO WORK WITH ME ON DRAWING UP A MAP.
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YEAH, WE HAVE THE LAYOUT.UH, WE, NEXT ITEM IS CALL FOR JUNETEENTH FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS.
WE DO HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WILL, UM, BE USED.
THAT WILL BE USED ON OUR REGISTRATION.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA PASS THIS AROUND SO YOU ALL COULD SEE IT.
UM, THIS DOCUMENT IS USED TO DRIVE MORE DUTY SPECIFIC VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
WE DON'T NEED THE AVONS AND THE PAPARAZZI AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PRIORITY FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT IS JUNETEENTH.
UM, BUT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING JUNETEENTH SPECIFIC ITEMS. NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF WE HAD LAST YEAR WAS BECAUSE OUR ASK WAS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A JUNETEENTH EVENT.
UM, SO EVEN FOR OUR FOOD TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK ON THERE, I DO GIVE IDEAS OF SOME JUNETEENTH FOODS, YOU KNOW, RED DRINKS, RED SODAS, STRAWBERRY DS, YOU KNOW, RED VELVET CAKES, JUST SO THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ALL THOSE ITEMS, BUT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN BUY THOSE ITEMS. EXCUSE ME.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DOCUMENT.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, EDITS, CHANGES, PLEASE GET THOSE TO ME BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
CUZ I WANT TO GET THIS TO SARAH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO SHE CAN GET THE REGISTRATION, UM, SET UP.
ARE WE STILL LINKING THAT TO THE GOOGLE FORM FOR SIGNUPS? YES.
WERE YOU DONE? DID DID YOU, WHAT'D YOU SAY AGAIN? WE'RE LINKING THAT TO THE GOOGLE DOC, RIGHT? YES.
SO WE'VE GOT THE ONE FOR MULTICULTURAL.
WE'LL JUST CREATE THAT SAME ONE FOR JUNETEENTH.
IS THAT THE ONE I YOU SENT THAT I STARTED? YES, I SENT MULTICULTURAL, BUT WE NEED TO DO ONE FOR JUNETEENTH OKAY.
SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THEM SEPARATELY.
THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE TRYING TO MM-HMM.
WE NEED SOME BETTER ORGANIZATION THERE.
SO WE CAN TRACK VENDORS FOR EACH EVENT.
YOU SAID BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES ARE PRIORITY? YES.
HOW DO WE, UM, MANAGE THAT? IT'S GONNA BE COMMUNICATED IN THE DOCUMENT, IN THE REGISTRATION.
AND IT DOES, I THINK IT DOES SAY ON THERE SPECIFICALLY THAT THERE'S A COMMITTEE.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EDITS OR FEEDBACK.
I'M PRETTY SURE I GAVE EVERYBODY ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS AND YOU, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE ACCESS, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I THINK WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE, TARA, CARLA AND I ARE WORKING TO CONFIRM FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A PROJECT DOCUMENT, WHICH ALL OF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EXCEPT CHRISTIE.
I THINK I NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PROJECT SPREADSHEET STUFF THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR OR LOOKING AT.
IS SHE ON THERE? SHE'S GONNA ADD IT TO THE, THE FOLDER.
SO AS LONG AS IT'S IN THAT FOLDER OKAY.
UM, SO JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS DAILY.
WE'VE GOT A SPREADSHEET FOR JUNETEENTH AND A SPREADSHEET FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WITH TABS FOR VENDORS, FOOD TRUCKS, PERF I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S DETAILED.
SO AS LONG AS WE CAN JUST UPDATE AND EVERYBODY CAN STAY ON TRACK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, LOOK AT THOSE SPREADSHEETS, UM, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING OUR DEADLINES AND EVERYTHING.
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CHRISTIE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED WITH HELPING WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO DO.OR TELL ME SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AS FAR AS JUNETEENTH.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST EVENT, SO I WILL BE THERE WITH YOU TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS, BUT LET ME KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
I, UM, DID VOLUNTEER TO KIND OF MAYBE DO SOMETHING WITH THE FINDING VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEERS.
SHE CAN, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED ME TO DO SOMETHING ELSE SOMEWHERE.
NO, YOU DO THAT AND THERE'S A TAB FOR THAT
SO, AND TARA UPLOADED THE, UH, GOOGLE FORM FOR VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SPREADSHEET.
YEAH, MAYBE IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AFTER SOMEBODY CAN KIND OF LOOK AT MY DRIVE, SEE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
YEAH, I CAN DO THAT WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
I JUST NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
UM, BEER GARDEN, MS. SHALANDA.
SO I MET WITH DAVE
THE LAST ONE ON THE LAST MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO WE DID TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, IT BEING A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE AND PROBABLY BIGGER SALES.
PLUS IT'S IN THE EVENING, IT'S A CONCERT, IT'S A DIFFERENT VIBE.
UM, AND SO I THOUGHT THAT THEIR NUMBERS WOULD DEFINITELY BE BETTER WITH THAT, RIGHT? OH YEAH.
BUT HE SAID IT'S A MATTER OF SELLING IT TO HIS BOARD.
SO THEY'RE GONNA MEET, THEY MEET SUNDAY.
SO I'M JUST GONNA PUT SOME, UM, THINGS TOGETHER JUST TO DOCUMENT AS TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING AND WHY THIS WILL BE A BETTER
BUT YEAH, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'LL BE BETTER IN ADDITION TO LOGISTICS ARE GONNA BE, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SET.
AND HE DID VOLUNTEER ALSO TO HELP WITH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AND HE'S CONNECTED WITH, UM, LIKE GROUP PERFORMANCES.
SO HE WANTS TO HELP OUT WITH THAT.
PUBLIC WORKS PERMIT CITY SUPPORT.
UM, SARAH, WHERE ARE WE WITH TENT PERMITS? IS IT TOO, OR IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY TO ORDER THOSE.
HOWEVER, WE'VE, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH, UM, MIKE AT PUBLIC WORKS ALREADY ABOUT THE NEED FOR, UM, PORTER JOHNS AND EXTRA TRASH.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THAT MAPPED OUT, DATES, TIMES, UM, THE DISCUSSION, ALL OF THAT.
SO AS IT GETS CLOSER AND WE START COMMUNICATING WHERE THINGS GO, IT'LL ALL BE HANDLED.
I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THE 10 PERMIT, 30.
IS IT WITHIN 30 DAYS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION WITH POLICE, FIRE, UM, ON THOSE INSPECTIONS, I KNOW THEY LIKE TO KNOW WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY IN ADVANCE.
AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE THOSE LAYOUT MAPS.
THAT'LL ALL BE PART OF THAT FESTIVAL PERMIT THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, SO.
UM, MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.
UM, DID YOU ALL LIKE THE JUNETEENTH LOGO FROM LAST YEAR WITH THE, IT WAS GOLD AND HAD THE MAN WITH THE SAXOPHONE? DO Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT FROM LAST YEAR? UH, YES.
EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? YES.
UH, SPONSORSHIP WITH PREMIER HEALTH FOR THE VAX CLINIC.
UM, PREMIER HEALTH DID DO OUR VACCINATION CLINIC BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS,
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UM, CHOLESTEROL CHECKS, GLUCOSE CHECKS.LAST YEAR THEY WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE RESPONSE THAT THEY GOT.
UM, I DID REACH OUT TO, UH, SAMAYA SHERMAN DO, AGAIN, WHO WAS THE POINT CONTACT FOR PREMIER, UM, AND LET HER KNOW THAT WE WERE HAVING OUR FESTIVALS AGAIN AND ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO, UM, I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, WHAT HER RESPONSE IS TO THAT ASK.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR JUNETEENTH.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE DO NEED A VOTE ON ALL THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
UM, SO I GUESS THE, THE MOTION WOULD JUST BE SIMPLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL, UM, AS PLANNED.
ARE WE VOTING ON THE BUDGET? WE WORKING ON THAT? YEAH, WE CAN ACTUALLY, LET'S DO THE, LET'S VOTE ON THE BUDGET, THE JUNETEENTH BUDGET.
AND THEN, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON WHAT WAS THE TOTAL, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR THE JUNETEENTH? SO IT'S THE SEVEN, WHAT'D YOU SAY? TIER 7,025.
HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE? HOW MUCH WAS THE BUDGET? YEAH.
HOW MUCH OF OUR BUDGET ARE WE SPENDING WITH THE 7,025? WHAT WAS THE ALREADY PRE-PLANNED BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR? WHATEVER CARRIED WE HAD WHEN WE MADE OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR.
YEAH, BUT THAT WAS FOR, YOU HAVE, I THOUGHT IT WAS 15,000 TOTAL LAST YEAR, AND WE DIDN'T USE MOST OF OUR MONEY.
DO YOU REMEMBER HER? 15 FOR THE COMMISSION? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT I'M SORRY, WHAT THE BUDGET WAS FOR THE FESTIVALS? OH, YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE FESTIVAL, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT OVERALL NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR THE, OH, I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR THE FESTIVALS WE HAD, I THOUGHT IT WAS 10,000 FOR THE FESTIVALS.
I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN SEND YOU THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
I MEAN, AS SOON AS I GET ON, I'LL PULL IT UP AND GET IT TO YOU.
YEAH, I CAN PROBABLY LOOK IT BACK UP TOO.
AND WE CAN ADJUST, I MEAN, WE CAN ADJUST OUR BUDGET, EVEN IF IT WAS LOWER LAST YEAR, WE CAN PROJECT WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE FOR THIS YEAR.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
BUT SO WE HAVE ALLOCATED, WHAT'S OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR? 15,015.
AND WE, I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A BIT LEFT FROM LAST YEAR, BUT WE DO.
BUT THAT DOESN'T ROLL OVER THOUGH.
SO I MEAN, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN PROJECT WHAT, WHAT WE WANT THE BUDGET TO BE.
WE DID A PROJECTED BUDGET MM-HMM.
AND THEN IF WE NEED TO ADJUST NEXT YEAR, WE CAN ADJUST IT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF WE HAVE 15,000 ALLOCATED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, I BELIEVE LAST YEAR FOR THE FESTIVALS, WE HAD 10,000 ALLOCATED, AND THEN WE HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR ADVOCACY.
WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR EDUCATION.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAPPING OUR BUDGET SO MUCH FOR THIS ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE OTHER THINGS.
WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE COMMITTEES ANYMORE.
BUT WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE EDUCATION THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
LET'S STAY ON, LET'S STAY ON ONE THING AT A TIME.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? SAYING I UNDERSTAND WHAT SAYING.
I'M SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL BUDGET AND THEN ALLOCATE BASED ON THE EVENT, THE PROJECT, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, SO THAT WE DON'T SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY IN THIS AREA THAT PREVENTS US FROM DOING SOMETHING IN ANOTHER AREA.
SO, AND YEAH, ALL OF THAT IS ON THE BUDGET THAT JEAN AND I WORKED ON.
WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THE OTHER STUFF YET.
SO FOR, SO EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING, LET'S FINISH JUNETEENTH, CLOSE THAT OUT, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT EVENT.
SO WE'RE THEN, WE CAN'T REALLY VOTE ON A BUDGET FOR THIS UNTIL WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL NO, WE CAN, WE CAN VOTE, WE CAN VOTE ON THE ITEMS THAT I PRESENTED.
WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE AMOUNT TO AMEND IT.
SO WE CAN VOTE ON THAT, THAT I PRESENTED FOR THOSE THREE BANS AND THE OTHER ITEMS, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY VOTE ON THAT.
AND IF WE NEED TO GO BACK AND CHANGE IT, THEN WE CAN DO THAT.
BECAUSE I CAN'T, THEY CAN'T GET CONTRACTED IF WE DON'T VOTE ON THOSE
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ITEMS. WELL, OKAY.FOR ME, I'M NOT, I CAN'T VOTE TO SAY I CAN SPEND $7,000 IN ONE AREA, BUT, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE OTHER AREAS YET.
SO IF WE CAN VOTE ON THE OVER OVERALL BUDGET AT ONCE, INSTEAD OF JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE PIECE WHEN I, THERE'S NO CLEAR PICTURE OF ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE IN HAVEN'T.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO THROUGH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL.
LET'S LOOK AT THE EDUCATIONAL FORUMS, THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON THE BUDGET.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA, AND I'M TRYING TO STAY ON TRACK.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MULTICULTURAL.
I WAS JUST IN, IN AUGUST, WE WERE, WE GOT AN, AN EMAIL THAT WE DID OF A $15,000 BUDGET FOR 2022.
AND AS OF AUGUST, WE HAD SPENT 61% OF THAT BUDGET.
UM, AND HAD I THINK REMAINING 5,800 AND SOME CHANGE OUT OF THAT $15,000 BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE $7,975 LEFT AFTER JUNETEENTH, UM, FOR ANYTHING ELSE THIS YEAR.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO COUNCIL AND ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
WELL, YEAH, THAT, THAT PART'S FINE.
BUT THEN THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE ON IF THAT CAME UP.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I DON'T THINK WE PAID ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING FOR THAT DAY.
THE ONLY, WELL THE ONLY THING FOR MULTICULTURAL WAS SOUND AND LIKES AND THE DJ.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAD SOME SMALL MISCELLANEOUS STUFF, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOWHERE NEAR JUNETEENTH BUDGET.
I MEAN, WHEN WE, UH, DOING SOMETHING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVING SOME, UH, LIKE CAMERA, UH, OR, UH, PLAYERS OR MUSICIAN OR ANYTHING MM-HMM.
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE LIKE IN GOOD MUSICIANS.
THEY HAVE NAMES AND THEY'RE, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE POPULAR, UH, AND SHE SAID 1200 FOR ONE HOUR.
AND UH, CAN WE TALK TO THEM? AND I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE THEIR FESTIVAL THAT'S GONNA BE THERE HOLIDAY.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ENJOYING TOO, JUST FOR SERVE ONE HOUR IN ONE YEAR TO THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, SO THAT'S HOW, WHAT THEY THINKS, HOW THAT'S ALWAYS MY GO-TO.
NOW, IF WE CAN'T AFFORD HER, SHE ALSO UNDERSTANDS WE CAN SAY NO.
BUT WHAT I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY COUNCIL WANTS US TO DO THESE EVENTS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY, EACH OF US, TO GO TO OUR NETWORK AND LOOK FOR A SPONSOR.
SO I WOULD MUCH RATHER US LOOK AT HOW TO DO IT THAN HOW NOT TO DO IT.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
UH, SPONSOR AND GO TO THE COUNCIL AND ASK FOR MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF, UH, UH, MEETINGS.
THIS, THESE ARE GOOD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER, ENJOYING, GETTING, KNOWING EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, RELAXING.
THEN SOMETHING GOOD FOR A MEMBER.
BUT IN THIS KIND OF, WHEN IT'S, UH, FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY HAVING FUN, I MEAN, SOMEONE NEEDS TO, LIKE, WE ARE, WE JUST VOLUNTEERS AND WE ARE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND, UH, ASK, UH, SAME THING FROM THOSE MUSICIANS.
IF, UH, SHE CANNOT COME ANYTHING LOWER THAN 800.
I MEAN, WHY WE, UH, AGREED FOR, UH, PAYING HER 400 AND, UM, AND THAT THE, THE OTHER MUSICIAN ASK FOR THREE 50, AND WE WAS TALKING ABOUT PAYING THEM 500.
WELL, THREE 50 IS WHAT IS ON HIS WEBSITE.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN, UH, TALK TO HIM AND SAID MAYBE HE'S GONNA GIVE OUT FREE BECAUSE HE'S GONNA BE ENJOYING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SINGING AND HAVING FUN.
THAT'S ALSO, UH, THE, UH, HOLIDAY, I THINK.
BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LIVING DOING THESE THINGS.
SO, I MEAN, I, I'M A I'M AN ARTIST TOO.
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MEAN, I, WHEN I, UH, HEAR THIS, UH, WHEN I HEAR THIS, UH, MONEY, I WANNA BECOME A MUSICIAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SINGER AND GET MONEY.BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BANDS AND, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT AND ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S GONNA BE GOOD ADVERTISING FOR THEM.
AND WE CAN COME, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE, UH, PODIUM AND THE STAGE AND INTRODUCE THEM AND, AND, AND TELL THEM, HEY, THESE PEOPLE DONATE THE TIME AND, UH, JUST CAME FOR HERE FOR YOU TO SERVE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE YOU HAPPY.
I MEAN, IF YOU CONNECT ME WITH THEM, MISS RWANDA, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THEM.
WELL, THE THING IS, MAYBE I CAN, UH, CHANGE SOME, UH, MIND THE THING IS, AND BRING DOWN THESE, THESE ARE NATIONAL MUSICIANS, THESE ARE NATIONAL ARTISTS.
ARE THEY LOCALLY FROM HERE? OR BECOME DE FUNK IS, NA IS A NATIONALLY KNOWN ARTIST.
RICK SEXTON HAS A REALLY GREAT FOLLOWING.
WE TRY TO LOOK FOR BANDS THAT NEED EXPOSURE.
BUT WHEN EXPOSURE IS NOT WHAT YOU NEED, THAT'S NOT GONNA GET YOU HERE
IF YOU DON'T NEED EXPOSURE, YOU WANNA BE PAID.
BUT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED EXPOSURE, THEY'LL ABSOLUTELY DO IT FOR FREE.
SO WE, I GUESS HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, DO WE WANT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DRAW AN AUDIENCE AND WE'RE JUST PERFORMING TO OURSELVES? OR DO WE WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE WHO CAN BRING PEOPLE IN AND WE PAY THEM? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL FOR JUNETEENTH
I LOVE Y'ALL TO PIECES, BUT I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SIT WITH US.
I MEAN, FOR JUNETEENTH, YES, WE TOTALLY, WE TOTALLY GET THAT.
BUT, UH, WE CAN TALK TO THEM AND, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN FAIR TO PAY, PAY A BAND LIKE DEFUNK $2,500 FOR TWO HOURS.
AND IT WILL MAKE THE EVENT SUCCESSFUL.
THEREFORE MAKING THE VENDORS AND THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THOSE THINGS NOT A WASTE OF THE TIME FOR THEM TO BE THERE EITHER.
SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE THERE TO MAKE MONEY.
THE BANDS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THERE TO MAKE A TON OF MONEY OFF THE EVENTS, BUT THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE VENDORS ARE THERE TO MAKE MONEY.
AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DRAWING THE CROWDS THERE TO SUPPORT THOSE, THOSE FOLKS CUZ THEY'RE PAYING TO BE THERE.
VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS PAY US TO BE THERE AND THEN EXPECT TO MAKE MONEY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THEIR END GOAL IS TO DRIVE MORE PEOPLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THEY WANT TO GET PEOPLE HERE TO BUY HOMES, TO SPEND MONEY MORE, MORE REVENUE, RENT.
SO THE WIN FOR THEM IS THEY SEE 5, 600, 700 PEOPLE THERE.
BUT, UM, THESE PEOPLE WHO'S COMING IN, UH, LIKE TWO HOURS, 2,501 HOUR, 1200, I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE GONNA CELEBRATE WITH EVERYBODY MM-HMM.
SO, BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCILS WANT THIS, I MEAN, FOR ME, IT'S, FOR ME, IT'S NOT.
I THINK THEY CHARGING MONEY IN, UH, ESPECIALLY THAT BIG MONEY.
SO THE CITY HAS PAID DEFUNK IN THE PAST.
SO THIS IS A RETURNING VENDOR.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GONNA DRAW THE PEOPLE.
SO YOU ALL JUST NEED TO DECIDE, DO WE WANT DRAW IN PEOPLE OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE A POOR, POOR TURNOUT? I MEAN, THERE'S LIKE 12 PEOPLE IN DEFPUNK, RIGHT? IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT, YEAH, ITS NOT, I THINK IT'S A LOT.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LIKE THE, WHAT IS IT? SHADE, BUT IT'S 1200.
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS A PERSON THAT SHE GET PAID, WHICH IS LIKE $50 AN HOUR.
LAST YEAR WHEN DEFUNK OPENED OUR MUSIC SERIES, WE HAD A HUGE CROWD.
PEOPLE KEPT COMING BACK THE ENTIRE SEASON.
UM, IT, THESE ARTISTS WORK HARD FOR A LIVING AND THEY LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND SO, HONESTLY, FOR QUALITY, THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL IS LOOKING FOR.
THEY'RE LOOKING LIKE RHONDA SAID, TO DRAW PEOPLE HERE TO GET PEOPLE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND THEY KEEP COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT'S HUBER HEIGHTS GONNA DO NEXT? YEAH.
SO IT IS, IT IS WORTH THE SPEND.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PLACE WE HAVE TO TAKE.
RIGHT? YOU WANNA, YOU WANNA BRING THE CROWD, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY MONTANA, SPEND
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THE MONEY.WELL, AND YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER TOO THEIR TIME OF GETTING THEIR EQUIPMENT TOGETHER, GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER, TRAVELING.
WHAT ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF 7,020? WE'RE AT 7,000, 7,025 FOR JUNETEENTH LEAVING US ALMOST $8,000 FOR THE YEAR.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
BIG PLANNED MONEY MAKERS OR MONEY SPENDERS.
WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES MA'AM.
UM, THERE WAS A MENTION OF SPONSORS EARLIER.
WHAT ROLE WOULD A SPONSOR PERHAPS PLAY IN TERMS OF MAYBE HELPING WITH THIS BUDGET? SO WE HAVE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES.
AND SO WHEN A COMPANY, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A PREMIER HEALTH, THEY SPONSORED THE VAX CLINIC FOR US.
THEY ASSUME THAT WHOLE COST FOR THAT VAX CLINIC.
UM, IF A SPONSOR, LIKE A, UH, LET'S THINK OF A BIG COMPANY IN HUBER TREMBLE, SAY THEY WANT IT TO SPONSOR AND THEY WANT IT TO BE WHAT IS TOP LEVEL? IS IT PLATINUM PRESENTING? THEY GET, UH, NOTICE ON THE BANNER ALL OF OUR ADVERTISEMENTS.
SO THEY GET A LOT OF EXPOSURE, KEY ADS, THE ROWS, CLOUD PARK, THEY GET A LOT OF EXPOSURE, BUT IT HELPS.
AND IT HELPS US ABSORB SOME OF THAT COSTS, YOU KNOW, SO I, I WANT US TO BE PROACTIVE IN LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND THINKING OF WAYS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, AND EACH OF US HAS DENTISTS, DOCTORS, AFFILIATIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES.
THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB ON THIS COMMISSION IS TO SPONSOR, LOOK FOR WAYS TO SPONSOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T TOUCHED ON MUCH, BUT WE COULD DO A WHOLE LOT MORE.
WE'D HAVE A LARGER BUDGET IF WE DID THINK ABOUT SOME WAYS TO, TO SPONSOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
DID WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION PLANNING AROUND, UM, AMUSEMENT ENTERTAINMENT LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A KIDS ZONE.
I KNOW IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT FOR THIS YEAR.
JUST ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER FOR THE BUDGET IF WE DO.
YEAH, I KNOW LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT ALLOWING SOMEONE ELSE TO SPONSOR THE KIDS.
UM, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WE WANTED TO TAKE ON.
UM, IT MAY BE FOR MULTICULTURAL, BUT I DON'T EVEN THINK WILL KIDS REALLY BE THERE? MAYBE SOME OF BE THERE FOR JUNETEENTH, BUT MULTICULTURAL THEY'LL BE THERE.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE ON THAT ASSIGNMENT TO LOOK FOR A SPONSOR FOR A KID ZONE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE EVEN WANT TO TAKE ON.
WHAT TIME DID WE, WHEN WE DID THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL LAST YEAR, WE STARTED KIND OF EARLY.
WHAT TIME? WHAT TIME? DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TIME WE STARTED? 12 TO SIX.
ARE WE, ARE, ARE WE GOOD? BECAUSE THAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
ARE WE GOOD WITH JUNETEENTH? DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING FOR JUNETEENTH OR JUST MOVE FORWARD? I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED.
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS A YEAR AGO.
SO WE CAN VOTE ON, LET'S JUST VOTE ON EVERYTHING AT THE END.
ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE ITEMS, WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL INTO ERIC'S POINT,
SO I JUST REMEMBER LAST YEAR IT WAS, OF COURSE IT WAS HOT, RIGHT? IT WAS PRETTY HOT THAT DAY.
AND I THINK EARLY ON, EARLY ON WE DIDN'T HAVE, I MEAN THE CROWD BUILD DIDN'T BUILD OVER TIME.
BUT, UM, I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE, STOP AT 5:00 PM MAYBE.
MAYBE START A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE DAY.
I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP BECAUSE IT WAS SO, UH, HOT AND SUNNY.
BECAUSE WE STARTED LIKE 12:00 PM YEAH, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, WE COULD DO IT SIMILAR TO LIKE, WHEN WE DID THE, THE JUNETEENTH, WE START JUNETEENTH.
RIGHT? WE STARTED WHAT TIME WAS THAT? THAT WAS LATER IN THE EVENING ACTUALLY.
SO I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SHIFTED THE TIME, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON AND THEN LET IT RUN IN SIX HOURS OR SO.
JUST TO WHAT TIME WAS MARGO FESTIVAL? DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE.
IS IT LIKE, I MEAN, FESTIVALS LIKE THAT ARE USUALLY DURING THE DAY.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE NIGHTTIME DAY EVENTS AND THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY IS LIKE THREE.
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IT KIND OF I GOT YOU.I'M JUST, JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE.
I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE WE PUSH IT, YOU KNOW, PUSH IT.
I MEAN, IF WE START AT THREE, BUT THEN YOU'RE STARTING AT THE PEAK HOTTEST TIME OF THE DAY.
BUT THEN IT GIVES THE CHANCE FOR IT TO COOL OFF A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, CAUSE IT DOESN'T GET DARK UNTIL LIKE, I MEAN AT THAT TIME, MAYBE 10 O'CLOCK, NINE OR 10 O'CLOCK AT THAT TIME.
SO I THINK MY ASK WOULD BE WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO CHANGE IT TO THAT WE KEEP IT AT THAT SO THAT WE DON'T CONFUSE PEOPLE AND THERE'S CONTINUITY.
SO IF WE CHANGE IT THIS YEAR, THEN LET'S KEEP IT AT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TIME WE SAY WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT TO.
SO WHAT DAY IS GONNA BE SATURDAY 24TH.
SO THE MIRACLE FESTIVAL IS 11 TO SEVEN.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUNE, THAT'S LIKE A JUNE 24TH TIME.
CHRISTIE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? FESTIVAL TIME? WHAT'S YOUR INPUT? SO I WAS THERE LAST YEAR,
UM, THE BEER GOT WARM REALLY QUICK.
UM, BUT IT WAS STILL A GOOD, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, BIG VIBE.
AND THAT WAS LIKE FIVE FIVE WHEN I WAS OVER THERE.
SO MAYBE STARTING A LITTLE BIT LATER AND THEN HAVING THE CHANCE FOR THE SUN TO GO DOWN AND THE POOL AIR TO COME UP MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE ENJOYABLE.
DID, WAS THERE MENTION OF A TENT LAST TIME? YEAH, THAT WAS THE BIGGER ISSUE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TENTS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING FOR THIS YEAR.
I THINK THE HEAT WON'T BE AS MUCH OF AN OPTION FOR THE SUN IF WE HAVE TENTS IN PLACE.
EVERYTHING WAS JUST LIKE RIGHT ON TOP OF US.
I MEAN, HOW MANY TENS IF YOU GONNA PUT IT THIS YEAR? HOW MANY TENS? WE NEED A HUNDRED TENS.
UM, WELL LET'S, LET'S GET TO THAT.
LET ME, LET ME MOSEY DOWN THROUGH THIS LIST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HIT EVERYTHING.
LET'S BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL.
THE DJ IS GONNA DO SIX HOURS FOR MULTICULTURAL NOW.
HE WAS VERY ADVANTAGEOUS TO US BECAUSE HE FILLED IN IN BETWEEN THE PERFORMANCES.
SO HE'S WILLING TO DO, UM, $600 FOR SIX HOURS STEAL.
AND THIS IS THE DJ THAT DONATED HIS, HIS TIME TO US LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, KIDS' BOOTH, WE HAVE SOMETHING DOWN FOR KIDS' BOOTH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A KIDS' BOOTH YET.
BUT WE DID BUDGET $300 FOR THE KIDS' BOOTH.
IF SOMEBODY TAKES THAT RESPONSIBILITY OVER THEN, THEN WE WOULDN'T OBVIOUSLY BE PAYING THAT $300 OUT.
SO WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING WITH THE KIDS? WHAT THEY GONNA DO FOR KIDS? NORMALLY IN PAST EVENTS WE'VE HAD FACE PAINTING, THEY'LL HAVE, UM, THAT GAGA PIT.
COLORING, YOU KNOW, PAINTING CRAFTS.
IT WAS, I THINK FOR IT WAS FOR ONLY FOR ONE HOUR.
YEAH, FOR THE, FOR THE KIDS? YEAH.
IT WAS ONLY ONE HOUR THERE WAS AT THE FESTIVAL.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND THEN WE NEVER DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL FESTIVAL WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING LIKE A CHURCH GROUP COME IN OR SOMETHING AND DO LIKE THE KIDS ACTIVITIES.
I CAN BE
JUST KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU AIN'T GETTING OUT.
I'M NO, I'M NOT GONNA BE WITH THE KIDS.
CLOWN UH, MAKING UP SOME BALLOONS.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KIDS AREA THEN? YEAH.
HOW'S EVERYBODY FEEL ABOUT THAT? YEAH, DON'T BE TRYING TO PULL IN NO VOLUNTEERS CUZ IT'S A NO FOR ME.
WE CAN BUY, I MEAN IF WE DID LIKE AN ACTUAL KIDS AREA, YOU CAN BUY FROM THAT, UM, ORIENTAL TRADING, YOU CAN GET LIKE LITTLE CHEAP PRIZES AND
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PACKS OF A THOUSAND.AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I, I'M SURE BACK IN OUR DAY WE HAD CARNIVALS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU WENT TO EVERY DIFFERENT ROOM, HAD A DIFFERENT GAME.
AND IT COULD BE LIKE THE LITTLE RUBBER DUCKY GAME WHERE IF YOU GOT THE ONE THAT WAS MARKED ON THE BOTTOM, THEN YOU WON A PRIZE.
OR LIKE THE SUCKERS THAT THEY DO THE SUCKER TREE AND IF YOURS IS THE COLORED ONE, YOU WIN A PRIZE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF IDEAS FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF.
FOR OUR KIDS' AREA, WE COULD BUDGET A HUNDRED, $150 OF THAT 300 FOR PRIZES AND KID CRAP TO MAKE 'EM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE WINNING SOMETHING.
SO YOU ALL THINK 300 IS, IS REASONABLE.
DO WE NEED TO LOWER THAT RACE? I THINK IT'S REASONABLE IF YOU'RE CREATING GAMES AND THEN BUYING THE MATERIALS AND STUFF LIKE AN ACT LIKE CRAFTS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I'LL HELP YOU BUY 'EM, I'LL HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, JUMPING WITH THE BAG.
I'LL JUST HELP WITH THE STUFF.
I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN THAT MUCH.
NOW I ONLY LIKE MY KID,
YOU HAVE TO HIRE A CLOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BYRON? UH, CAN YOU FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WILL BE FOR THE CLOWN? YES.
BECAUSE I MEAN THAT'S
OKAY, SO THIS IS A WORKING BUDGET.
SO WE'VE ALREADY, JEAN AND I HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AND IF IT'S MAKE A CHANGE AND IF IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN 300.
UM, IT'S NECESSARY, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT LAST YEAR WE ANTICIPATED 400 FOR FACE PAINTING.
AND SEE SKULL, THOSE NORMALLY PAINT.
YOU JUST GOTTA FIND AN ORGANIZATION TO DONATE THEIR TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE FIRST CHRISTIAN, SO THEY DONATE THEIR TIME.
PUT THOSE PLEASE EXPLORERS TO WORDS.
SO BYRON, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA HAVE IN THE KIDS KIDS ZONE AND THEN BEFORE YOU START PAYING FOR STUFF,
AND THEN THE OTHER THING FOR MULTICULTURAL WAS JUST PASSPORTS AND STAMPS.
DO WE, I'M THINKING WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT STUFF LEFT OVER FROM LAST YEAR AND WE DON'T NEED TO BUY IT AGAIN.
ANOTHER QUESTION, ARE WE GONNA HAVE, UH, DO YOU WANT ME, UH, TELL THE ISTANBUL RESTAURANT? MM-HMM.
TO COME HERE WITH THEIR FOOD? YES.
I'VE ALREADY, I'M SURE WE ALREADY ADDED THEM TO THE SPREADSHEET.
THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE SPREADSHEET.
UM, AND THEN MISCELLANEOUS, WE HAVE, UH, $500 FOR MISCELLANEOUS.
AND THAT'S JUST ADVERTISING AND, UM, SIGNAGE, BANNERS, ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
NOW WE WERE GETTING STUFF DONE AT STAPLES INKIND, BUT MY GIRL IS NOT THERE ANYMORE, SO
AND YOU DID SAY, WHAT WAS THAT? QUICK MINUTE, MAN.
I THINK WE SHOULD STEP UP OUR GAME WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT THIS YEAR.
START EARLIER ACROSS THE CITY, YOU KNOW, LEAST STILL NO.
WELL IN ADVANCE, RIGHT TO, TO, UH, PREP EVERYONE FOR THE UPCOMING EVENT.
SO YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT SOME RADIO ADVERTISEMENT HOURLY.
THINK WE SHOULD DO AT LEAST ONE SPOT OUT.
AND WHAT DID WE DO FOR ALL THE OTHER FESTIVALS? WHAT DOES THE CITY DO TO MARKET LIKE THE MARGO FESTIVAL, THE JULY 4TH, SOCIAL MEDIA, KEY ADS, CLUB PARK, 93.
WHAT'S THE RADIO STATION OVER IN THE, OH GOD, LIBRARY.
I KNOW THEY ADVERTISE SOMETIMES.
I MEAN, WE CAN, THE GOAL IS TO PUT OUT MORE PRESS RELEASES ABOUT EVENTS AND STUFF, SO AS LONG AS LOCAL MEDIA KNOWS, THEY'LL PICK IT UP.
UM, MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN WORK SOME
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MAGIC.MAYBE WE CAN GO TO, UM, LIVING DAYTON AND ADVERTISE.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO.
Y'ALL WANT TO VISIT SOME CHURCHES ON SUNDAY? ADVERTISE, TALK ABOUT OUR EVENTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA DO.
SO WHOEVER WANTS TO SIGN UP FOR THAT, MAYBE TO VISIT SOME CHURCHES.
WE TALK ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND SOME OF THE EVENTS WE'RE DOING THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ALSO, SARAH, QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO YOU KNOW HOW THOSE BANNERS GET PUT UP FOR, LIKE, FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
SO YOU SEE IT AT THE INTERSECTION COMING OFF 70 ON BRANT PIKE.
DOES THE CITY PUT THOSE TOGETHER TO PUT OUT, HOW, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? UH, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE COMMISSIONED THAT.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT, THEN WE'LL BE NICE.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN CREATE, WE CAN CREATE THAT.
AND THEN, BUT AGAIN, YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THE BUDGET.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN OUR BUDGET.
SO YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVEN'T BUDGETED THIS YEAR, THE BLEND PIPE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE FLAG POST? UM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE FLAGS WHERE THEY HAVE THE LITTLE FLAGS REPRESENTING ON OLD TROY PINE.
WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT TERRY? ON THE LIGHTS? YEAH, ON THE LIGHTS.
LIKE THE, AND THEY HAVE THE FLAGS THAT HANG ON THERE.
THEY'VE HAD THE, WE HAVE RIGHT HERE ON, ON IN STREET.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED, BUT YEAH.
LIGHT POLE BANNERS, WE'LL CALL 'EM LIGHT POLE BANNERS.
THEY HAVE POLE BANNERS UP FOR DIFFERENT, LIKE FOR VETERAN, THE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WHEN THEY HAD THE VETERANS UP.
AM I TALKING ABOUT REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS? I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
IT'S ON THE, WHERE THEY DO IT FOR THE SENIORS LIGHT POLE.
THAT WAS A ONE, THAT WAS A ONE TIME THING.
JUSTIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS, AND WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THE, UH, MILITARY.
SO THAT WHOLE STREET BANNER PROGRAM IS COMPLETELY CHANGING.
SO IT'S GONNA BE UNIFORM ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, SO YOU WON'T, IT IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENT.
THE STREET PRESENCE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
SEE, THAT'S, AND THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE, THOSE WOULD HAVE TO COME OUTTA YOUR BUDGET.
WELL, THE, THE CITY SHOULD BE PUTTING SOMETHING UP TO RECOGNIZE, I THINK JUNE JUNETEENTH.
IT'S, WE DON'T, WE HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE A, FOR JUNETEENTH.
THERE WAS A BANNER ACROSS THE BACK OF THAT, UH, IEL BERGER LAST YEAR.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE BANNER.
WAS IT PAPER? NO, IT WAS A VINYL, IT WAS A NICE BANNER.
BUT HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE HUGE ONE THAT GOES ACROSS THE, THEY MOUNT 'EM, THEY'RE MOUNTED ON PVC IDEA.
YOU SEE IT COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY WAY.
SO FOR 4TH OF JULY IT'S FARMERS ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT.
THE FARMER'S MARKET AND THE MOVIE NIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT.
THOSE HAVE COME OUT OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL BOARD COMMISSION BUDGETS.
SO SARAH, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME IDEAS ON THINGS TO DO LIKE THAT, LIKE THE BIG BANNER AND YOU JUST SAID OTHER THINGS THAT THE COMMISSIONS ARE DOING THAT ARE BIG, NOTICEABLE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT? YEAH, I HONESTLY, THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY THING TO ADD WOULD BE THOSE.
THE GROUND I AGREE WOULD BE HAVING THOSE.
AND I CAN GIVE, I CAN GET A QUOTE.
I THINK THEY'RE MAY BE 200, $250.
IS IT THE KEY AD SIGN? DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS? WE USE THAT ONE USE THAT.
WITH PRESS RELEASES, WHO SENDS THOSE OUT ON BEHALF OF THE, THE FESTIVAL? IS IT THE CITY THAT'LL SEND 'EM OUT? YES.
DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE PRESS RELEASES? THAT'S MY JOB.
WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK LIKE, ARE THERE SPECIFICS INDICATED AS TO WHAT KIND OF FOOD TRUCKS WILL BE THERE? YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD AND COMMISSION DECIDED.
UM, AND THEN MY THIRD THOUGHT WAS FOR ADVERTISING THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE.
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UM, WE CAN ASK THEM TO ADVERTISE ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.SO WE, SO FOR ALL THE FESTIVALS, WE CREATE A FACEBOOK EVENT.
AND THEN I ALWAYS HAVE ALL OF THE FOOD TRUCKS AS CO-HOSTS ON THERE BECAUSE OH, SO DO THEY DO THAT? THEY DO THAT THEN.
I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE DO LIKE AT THE LIBRARY THAT ARE KIND OF HELPFUL.
SO, WELL NEVERMIND KEY POINTS
BUT ANY HELP IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
SO, BUT YEAH, IF YOU GUYS WANNA COMMISSION TWO, THREE, HOWEVER MANY YOU WANNA DO AGAIN, I CAN GET PRICE QUOTES AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING AND OKAY.
I THINK IF YOU DO ANYTHING, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD DO THOSE.
THAT'S HOW WE, I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HANG THEM ACROSS, BUT WE CAN'T
SO DID ANYBODY ADD UP TO SUBTOTAL FOR THE MULTICULTURAL SEAL? UM, WE ARE AT 26, 1200, 603 AND THEN 500 MISCELLANEOUS.
UM, FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS WILL JUST CONTINUE TO UPDATE THOSE AND WE'LL BRING THOSE BACK.
WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME CONFIRMED FOOD TRUCKS AND VENDORS BY THE NEXT MEETING.
WE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE BEER GARDEN.
DID YOU ALL DECIDE YAY OR NAY TO THE BEER GARDEN FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? I VOTE NAY.
I DON'T THINK WE WERE DRAWN DRINKERS TO A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL OR ESPECIALLY DAY DRINKERS.
I MEAN IT'S, IT COULD BE FOUR DEGREES TOO.
IT COULD GO EITHER WAY AT THIS POINT.
HOW SARAH PEOPLE COME UP WITH A TIME.
DO THEY HAVE BEER AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? I MEAN AT THE
I FEEL LIKE WE, DID THEY HAVE IT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? THEY MOVED AWAY FROM IT.
CAN YOU THEY HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM IT.
I HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT YEAH, THEY HAD MOVED AWAY FROM IT.
SO YOU ALL WANT TO SAY NO TO THE BEER GARDEN FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FOLKS? YEAH, IT'S NOT REALLY DRAWING.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THE TRADE OFF OF JUNETEENTH AND THAT GREAT EVENING MM-HMM.
AND, AND WELL, THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MORE INCLINED TO DRINK AND ENJOY MUSIC AND, AND SIT AROUND IN THE NICE EVENING.
YOU THINK IT WAS MORE OF JUST A BAD LOCATION? NO, I, I THINK IT WAS TOO HOT.
IT'S NOT, IT JUST WASN'T A GREAT EVENT FOR A BEER GARDEN.
IF IT WAS A OCTOBERFEST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT I THINK THE TYPE OF EVENT AND THE PEOPLE WERE BRINGING TO THAT EVENT ARE JUST NOT IN THAT NICHE OF WANTING TO ENJOY A BEER AT TWO O'CLOCK ON A HUNDRED DEGREE DAY.
HAVE WE, I KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE TIME.
ARE WE, HAVE WE, UH, WE WANT AGREE ON THE TIME IN TERMS OF ARE WE WANT TO KEEP IT THE SAME OR DO WE WANT TO JUST MOVE IT, MOVE IT UP SOME, OR MOVE IT TO THE RIGHT? I GUESS NINE.
IF WE WERE GONNA DO ANYTHING, I WOULD SUGGEST MOVING IT UP, STARTING EARLIER.
LIKE 11 TO 5, 7, 12 TO SIX, 12 TO SIX.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S BETTER THAN 12 TO FIVE, 12 TO SIX.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE GONNA SHOW UP AT, AT 11:00 AM OR SATURDAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, I DUNNO.
HOW IS THE ISSUE WITH MIGO? PEOPLE ARE NOT REALLY, UM, BUT DO WE NEED A SIX HOUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? CAN IT BE 12 TO FIVE? BUT THE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, THE START TIME, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK,
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I MEAN IT WAS HOT MISS THUNDER.I MEAN IT WAS, YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO START IT TOO LATE IN THE DAY.
I UNDERSTAND FESTIVALS ARE TYPICALLY SOMETHING TO START EARLY DAY TIMES.
SO I THINK WE WOULD DRAW MORE PEOPLE EARLIER.
THEY COME OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET EVEN THAT'S EVEN EARLIER.
BUT STILL, LIKE, YOU WOULD GET PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE MORNING PEOPLE WITH LITTLER KIDS THAT ARE OUT RUNNING THEIR MORNING ERRANDS, YOU KNOW, OR THEY WANNA STOP BY AND DO A FESTIVAL FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND THEN, OR THE, YOU KNOW, LATER DAY ONES.
FOR ME, I THINK STARTING AT LATER AND MR. I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE, UH, FESTIVAL, IT'S NOT LIKE YEAH.
THE FESTIVALS SHOULD BE DONE LIKE IN THE, DURING THE DAY.
I THINK, UH, IF YOU MOVE IT UP, MAYBE MOVE IT UP TO, AND IF YOU GONNA MOVE IT UP, MAYBE MOVE IT UP TO 10, 10 10.
NOBODY'S GONNA, Y'ALL GONNA BE AT B A SO I MEAN, I'M CURRENTLY YOU HAVE TO BUILDING THAT TIME FOR FOOD TRUCK INSPECTIONS.
AND FOR US TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP, I, I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT TO 11 TO FIVE.
THE MIDDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK OR THREE O'CLOCK'S GONNA GET REAL HOT.
THAT'S WHEN IT'S GONNA START DWINDLING DOWN AND PEOPLE CAN START TEARING DOWN AND GOING HOME.
WELL I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WELL WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT CUZ WE GOTTA START WITH REGISTRATION FOR OUR ORIGINAL PURPOSE FOR RETHINKING THE TIME WAS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 11 AND 12.
UH, NOT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TENTS THIS YEAR.
WHICH, WE'LL SHE, SOME OF THAT AND MAYBE AGAIN TOO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, I MEAN HE WAS PROBABLY PART OF IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BACK TO THE ADVERTISEMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DID A, YOU KNOW, UM, WORKING JOB WITH THE ADVERTISING LAST YEAR.
WELL, OR WE COULD BE BETTER MAYBE THAN IT'S THE FIRST ONE.
SO, UM, WELL WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY, HONESTLY WE ACTUALLY DID BETTER WITH MULTICULTURAL THAN SOME OF THE OTHER FESTIVALS.
DO THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER? IT WENT REALLY WELL.
CAUSE I DID GET GOOD FEEDBACK FROM SOME COUNCIL ON THAT.
SO, UM, LAST TIME WAS, UH, LAST YEAR WAS FROM 12TH TO SIX.
THAT WAS A LONG CONVERSATION FOR US TO COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DAMN BEGINNING.
I THINK IT'S ALSO RARE TO HAVE A HUNDRED DEGREE DAY IN JUNE.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS WAS JUNE AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT HOT.
I MEAN, IT IS THE END OF JUNE, BUT I THINK IT WAS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT DAY.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY HOT DAY THAT WAS JUST KIND OF OUT OF THE NORM.
USUALLY I DON'T GET THAT HOT UNTIL THE END OF JULY AND AUGUST.
SO WE'RE JUST SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE IT TILL LATER BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY FESTIVALS DON'T START IN THE AFTERNOON.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? CAUSE OF TRADITION? WELL THAT'S, AND THEN WITH CONTINUITY WITH OTHER FESTIVALS IN THE CITY, MOST OF OUR FESTIVALS DO START EARLY.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THE ONLY FESTIVAL THAT'S LATE IS THE CHRISTMAS.
IT'S NOT EVEN A FESTIVAL, BUT THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT.
BUT I DO THINK, UM, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE FROM 11 TO 12.
AND IF WE STARTED TOO LATE, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA LOSE THAT FIRST GROUP THAT WE WOULD GET.
I MEAN IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE PARTICIPATION.
IS BY HAVING IT EARLY OR GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT IT'S GONNA ALLOW YOU TO MAXIMIZE THAT CROWD VERSUS MOVING IT TWO OR THREE HOURS LATER.
I MEAN, BUT AGAIN, I GUESS WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE WELL WE'VE ALREADY VOTED RIGHT? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE ALREADY VOTED.
OH, BOTH OF YOU, BUT YOU, YOU WERE OUT VOTING.
OH, YOU WERE IN, WERE OUTVOTED.
IS THAT WHAT IT IS? A ERIC THING? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE, I MEAN, IS IT, DOES IT NEED TO BE 12 TO SIX? DOES IT MEAN TO BE 12 TO FIVE? 12 TO FOUR? THAT'S TO
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GO TO SIX.I THINK SIX HOURS MAY BE TOO LONG.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAD OUR PEAK AT RIGHT AROUND THREE OR FOUR.
I FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE DURING THAT TIME AND WE WERE THERE UNTIL AFTER DARK.
WELL, WE WERE THERE DURING OTHER STEPS.
I KNOW WE WERE
I HAVE TO BE AT PHYSICAL THERAPY AT SEVEN 30 IN THE MORNING.
WE HAVE BEAT THIS HORSE FOR 40 MINUTES.
SO I AGREE WITH THE TIME SET BECAUSE I THINK YOU GET TWO DIFFERENT CROWDS IF YOU KEEP IT GOING UNTIL SIX.
UM, SO WE'VE AGREED THAT IT'S 12 TO SIX, UM, VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS WILL UPDATE NEXT MEETING.
WE AGREED ON NO BEER GARDEN, CORRECT? YES.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BEER GARDEN BECAUSE IT'S MADE ME THINK ABOUT IN THE EVENT THAT THE PERFORMING ARTS, THEY CAN'T DO IT.
WHAT AVENUES WE WANT TO LOOK AT.
UM, OTHER OPTIONS WASN'T WITH THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION WAS THE ONE THAT COULDN'T DO IT FOR US LAST YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY PERFORMING ARTS STEPPED IN SO CAN, COULDN'T DO IT.
CAN YOU CHECK WITH TERRY TO SEE IF, SO THEY'RE ALREADY COMMITTED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, WHICH IS STAR SPANGLED.
SO WE CAN NEED TO FIND ANOTHER NONPROFIT.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUNETEENTH NOT MULTICULTURAL.
BEER GARDEN FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO AGAIN, THEY'RE ALREADY COMMITTED.
SO BECAUSE OF HOW THE PERMITS WORK, THEY'RE ONLY ABLE TO PULL, PULL THAT ONE WITHIN A 30 DAY WINDOW.
THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T GETTING, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT FROM LAST YEAR.
I KNOW I HAD TO THINK ABOUT THE TIME WINDOW SO WE CAN FIND ANOTHER NONPROFIT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO DOES BEER GARDENS.
WE CAN, WELL, WE CAN JUST PUT IT OUT THERE.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FUNDRAISE.
I MEAN A LOT OF THE CIVIC GROUPS, UM, LIKE ROTARY, ROTARY, YOLANDA, CHECK WITH THE CHAMBER OR CHAMBERS IS CHAMBER NONPROFIT? NO, THEY'RE, ARE THEY, I THINK THEY'RE CHECK WITH THE CHAMBER.
UM, ALSO YOU MENTIONED BEER GARDEN.
CAN WE ALSO MORE THAN JUST BEER, MAYBE WINE.
AND I KNOW THE ONLY DIFFERENTIATION WITH THAT WAS A PERMIT.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT PERMIT THAT HE HAD TO GET AND IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T DRINK BEER.
AND IF YOU'RE HAVING IT ON SUNDAY, THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
WELL, BECAUSE OF JUNETEENTH WE CAN CHECK THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH, WE CAN CHECK ON IT.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DID SAY THAT IN THE EVALUATION.
EVERYBODY'S NOT A BEER DRINKER, SO THEY HAD WHITE CLAW.
THEY HAD, THEY DID HAVE WHITE CLAW THAT VERY WELL, DON'T WE? THAT WAS TASTY.
ALL RIGHT Y'ALL, SO MOVING ALONG EDUCATIONAL FORUM, UM, UPDATE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? I DON'T THINK THERE WE'D EVEN DISCUSSED.
SO FORUM TOPICS IS WHAT JEAN WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT.
SO HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT SOME POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL FORUM DURING CULTURE WEEK? I'LL GO AHEAD AND THROW MINE OUT THERE.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS PRIDE MONTH, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A FORM THAT ADDRESSES, UM, MYTHS ABOUT THE L G B LGBTQ Q COMMUNITY, UM, PRIDE, POSSIBLY HIV IN THE, UM, L G B T COMMUNITY, BUT ISSUES WITH INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONALITY.
UM, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF PRIDE FOR 'EM.
UM, THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.
ARE THERE OTHER SUGGESTIONS? UNLESS WE TRY TO DO ONE OF THE YOUTH FORUMS DURING THAT WEEK INSTEAD.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TOPIC.
RHONDA, I THOUGHT THAT WE, I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A, LIKE A COMBINED LIKE HEALTH AND WEALTH TYPE FORM OR SOMETHING.
IS THAT YOUR SUGGESTION, ERIC? RIGHT.
CAUSE WE, I KNOW THAT, REMEMBER THAT LAST, LAST YEAR, RIGHT? WE HAD WHAT, TWO OR THREE FORMS, BUT WE HAD AT LEAST TWO FORMS THAT WE WRITE.
WE HAD, WE HAD THE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THEN WE HAD THE, UH, POLICING.
POLICING WASN'T, MAYBE IT WASN'T A POLICING, BUT WE HAD A EDUCATION, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND THEN WE HAD THE HEALTH BAZAAR THAT MONDAY.
SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE HAD,
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WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS A BIT MUCH TRYING TO HAVE ALL THOSE OH YEAH.MAYBE TRYING TO COMBINE THAT INTO ONE, AT LEAST MAYBE TWO TOPICS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M THINKING HELPING.
WELL, BUT, UM, SO JEAN WANTS US TO GET IDEAS AND THEN I GUESS WE'LL VOTE ON THOSE AT THE NEXT, THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE? CHRISTIE, HAVE ANY IDEAS POSSIBLY FOR AN EDUCATIONAL FORUM DURING CULTURE WEEK? WHEN YOU WERE REFERRING TO HEALTH? DID, WERE YOU LIKE MENTAL HEALTH? IT COULD BE ANYTHING.
IT COULD, IT COULD BE FOCUSED.
BECAUSE IT IS DEFINITELY A BARRIER.
BUT YEAH, JUST ANY PARTICULAR HEALTH TOPIC WE COULD COVER THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS ANYBODY, RIGHT? SO, UM, BUT IT SHOULD TIE BACK TO OUR LEGISLATION, RIGHT? TO THE POPULATION THAT OUR LEGISLATION FOCUSES ON.
SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT OUR TOPIC IS, IT DOES NEED TO TIE BACK INTO OUR LEGISLATION.
SO MENTAL HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO IPOC COMMUNITIES, RE TRAUMA, THE UNDERSERVED LOW INCOME GROUP.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO REALLY LOOK AT YEAH.
HOW IT, HOW IT CAN TIE BACK INTO OUR LEGISLATION, OUR PRIORITY POPULATION.
CUZ YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS IN JUNE? YES.
BECAUSE JULY I BELIEVE IS LIKE MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL, UM, SO THERE COULD MAYBE STILL BE SOME RELATION FOR THAT.
AND THEN DEFINITELY I THINK MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AMONG, YEAH, EVERYTHING YOU SAID
UM, ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT IS, UM, I W C A KIND OF SPUR ME THINKING ABOUT, UM, HOUSING.
YEAH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EXCUSE ME.
AND RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CUZ THE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, EVICTION RATE IS REALLY HIGH AMONG, UM, MINORITIES.
EVICTIONS, AGGRESSIVELY RAISING PEOPLE'S RENTS.
THAT'S ERIC RICHARDSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? YOU SURE BYRUM? ANY SUGGESTIONS? NO.
BYRUM, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SUGGEST SOMETHING AS IT RELATES TO THE TURKISH, TO THE TURKISH COMMUNITY EVEN.
SO THINK OF SOME BARRIERS OR SOME POSSIBLE TOPICS AS IT RELATES TO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH AN EDUCATIONAL FORM.
I THINK THE SESSION, THE THING WE DID LAST YEAR WENT VERY WELL.
THE AUDIENCE COULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER, BUT THERE WAS PART, IT WAS A DECENT ATTENDANCE I FELT FOR THAT FORMS A DECENT ATTENDANCE, BUT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A PART TWO TO GO DEEPER WITH THAT.
SO FINANCIAL, UM, YEAH, FINANCIAL LETTER TOO OR SOMETHING.
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RACISM WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH RACISM.
OKAY, I'VE GOT SOME STUFF DOWN THERE.
SO WHERE IS THAT ITEM? IT'S ITEM H ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE GONNA TABLE THAT TILL NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS NEW BUSINESS.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IN THE SEVEN A, UM, NUMBER ONE WAS EDUCATION BEING THE OVERARCHING FOCUS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO FOR JUNETEENTH, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT JUNETEENTH.
UM, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH READING MATERIALS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UM, DISCUSSING WHAT JUNETEENTH IS, THE HISTORY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS HAVING, UH, HANDOUTS FOR PEOPLE.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MUSIC, THE BEER MM-HMM.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT EDUCATION PIECE IN THERE.
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UM, MULTICULTURAL, YOU KNOW, FESTIVAL THE SAME THING.REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, LET'S JUST REALLY HAMMER THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING.
UM, THE EDUCATION PIECE IS HUGE.
OH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I KNOW YOU ARE READY TO GET OUTTA HERE.
UM, SEVEN B IS THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW LAST YEAR WE POSTPONED OUR PINK OUT IN PEARLS.
UM, I DO WANT TO DISCUSS THIS, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE, DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT AGENDA THAN THE REST OF US HAVE? BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
DO Y'ALL NOT LOOK, DO Y'ALL NOT HAVE EDUCATION? OVERREACHING FOCUS AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO AREAS OF GROWTH FOR THE COMMISSION.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW WHY CUZ I'M LOOKING AT MY AGENDA.
THAT'S WHY HAVE A SEPARATE AGENDA.
I DO, I HAVE THE CHAIR AGENDA.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT? I THINK WE WERE ALL SCRATCHING OUR HEADS.
SO
UM, THE ONLY REASON I PUT THESE ITEMS ON THE COMMISSION ON THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A CHAIR, I'M JUST LOOKING AT SOME WAYS THAT I FEEL LIKE AS A COMMISSION WE CAN BE BETTER POSITIONED TO DO MORE.
UM, PARTNERSHIPS IS GONNA HELP US NOT TO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING.
THE MORE PARTNERSHIPS WE CAN GET, THE MORE LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION WE GET FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE WILL BE FEELING LESS TIRED, LESS FRUSTRATED.
LIKE WE'RE HAVING TO DO ALL OF THIS WORK RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING ALL THE WORK.
SO LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT OUR AFFILIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS WE BELONG TO, UM, LOOK AT COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES, CHURCHES AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET SOME PARTNERSHIPS.
THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT ALL PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW, FAMILY AFFILIATIONS, CHURCH COMMUNITY.
I GOT LIKE FIVE FRIENDS AND EVEN IF YOU KNOW 20 PEOPLE, RIGHT? FOR THOSE OF US THAT MAY NOT BE AS EXTROVERTED AS OTHERS,
SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK BIG PICTURE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SPONSORSHIPS.
THINK ABOUT LITTLE DONATIONS, $10 HERE, $5 HERE, IT ADDS UP.
SO MY CHALLENGE TO EACH OF YOU AND ME AS WELL IS TO ASK 10 PEOPLE FOR $20.
IS THAT A FAIR ASK? THAT'S A FAIR.
I THINK EVERYBODY CAN, FOR $20.
FOR $20 FOR THE CITY IN PLUS THIS, UH, GOOD EVENTS WE PLANNING.
IS THERE LIKE FORMS THAT HAVE TO BE USED AND STUFF OR WE JUST COME OVER HANDOVER? I HAVE, I HAVE A FORM.
THE CITY HAS A FORM AND WE GONNA TELL THEM WE WILL.
IT HAS TO OBVIOUSLY BE MADE OUT TO THE CHECK HAS TO BE MADE OUT TO THE CITY.
IT CAN'T BE CASH, BUT THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFICS, BUT IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT 10 PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD GET A $20 DONATION FROM THAT WOULD HELP US RAISE $1,800 FOR A PROJECT.
WE'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC THOUGH ABOUT WHAT IS FULL RIGHT AFTER MONEY.
JUST, I MEAN I THINK YEAH, WE WANT TO BE, I MEAN JUST SAY JUST SAY JUST FOR A PROJECT, I THINK IT NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC.
WELL THE FORM DES IT DOES DESIGNATE ON THE FORM WHAT IT'S FOR, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT JUNETEENTH, SO WE COULD DESIGNATE JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL, WE COULD PUT THOSE VOTES ON THERE.
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JUST SAY IN GENERAL FOR THE INITIATIVES OF THE COMMISSION.I MEAN, IF WE GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE THEY ALL THE TIME HANGING OUT OUT AND WE'RE GONNA TELL THEM, HEY, THIS IS OUR COMMISSION.
WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.
AND CAN YOU DONATE SOME MONEY? MAYBE ONE OF 'EM GONNA DONATE $5, THE OTHER ONE GONNA DONATE $50.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, SO IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
IS THAT SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN COMMIT TO? ALL IN FAVOR? YES.
IS THAT AN UNREASONABLE ASK? SERIOUSLY? FOR ME, I, IT'S JUST, I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE LIKE NEEDING THE MONEY.
SO IT SEEMS A LITTLE PREEMPTIVE TO START FUNDRAISING TO OFFSET SOME KIND OF A BUDGET IN THE RED TYPE OF SITUATION.
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL, WE STILL HAVE CLOSE TO $6,000 IN THE YEARLY BUDGET AND IT DOESN'T ROLL TO THE NEXT YEAR.
RIGHT? SO WHY WOULD WE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M MAKING TWO SPECIFIC, RIGHT? WE HAVE A BUDGET.
UM, I MEAN IT WOULD BE ONE THING IF THERE WAS, RIGHT, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T COVER WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO SQUAD ASK FOR DONATIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A DRIVING.
YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO GET DONATIONS TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION.
I MEAN, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT JUST DON'T KNOW THAT I FEEL NECESSARILY COMFORTABLE NOT ASKING FOR MONEY THERE.
NOW IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT US, MAYBE EACH OF US COULD TALK TO 10 PEOPLE ABOUT OUR COMMISSION AND CONNECT WITH 10 PEOPLE IN SOME WAY AND INFORM THEM OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING AND, AND THE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT THE ASK.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE, YEAH, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUR ACTIVITIES, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THOSE NUMBERS.
GETTING PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO SUPPORT THOSE EVENTS.
UM, MORE SO THAN THERE BEING A, A COMMUNITY FOR, FOR DOLLARS AT THIS POINT.
THAT'S JUST, WELL IT'S, IT'S BEING PROACTIVE IS WHAT IT IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW AND, AND EVERYBODY JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO DO THINGS.
SO PART OF OUR JOB IS TO BE PROACTIVE IN THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND $200 FROM EACH OF US IS NOT A HUGE ASK.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T MAKE ANYBODY DO THAT
UM, SO AT THIS POINT WHAT I WILL SAY IS IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO DO THAT, DO THAT.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
I HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IF I DON'T ASK, IF I DON'T GET PARTNERSHIPS, THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET TO DO RIGHT NOW, THINGS THAT COME UP, LIKE THE RALLY, THE BLACK LIVES RALLY AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAME UP THAT WEREN'T PLANNED THAT WE USED OUR BUDGET FOR.
NOT LIKE THE SPONSORSHIPS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY, I JUST, WELL THOSE ARE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, SO, AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED FRIENDS OF FEWER ON THE SPONSORSHIP.
THEY'RE JUST LITTLE SMALL DONATIONS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT I DISAGREEMENT.
SO AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THAT, FINE.
UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THAT.
UM, I THINK WE ALL REALIZE WE HAVE TO BE BETTER AT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT'S NO ONE PERSON'S JOB, SO WE ALL NEED TO BE A PART OF, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.
TALK TO PEOPLE IN YOUR WARD, TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, TALK TO YOUR COWORKERS, TALK TO YOUR PASTOR, YOUR NURSE SHARE, WHOEVER
SO NEXT ITEM, THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 6TH.
OH, I'M SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY AGENDA AGAIN.
HOW TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST BY EBRA KENDI.
THERE'S A JOURNAL FOR AWARENESS, REFLECTION AND ACTION.
SARAH DID PROVIDE THE I SB N NUMBER.
UM, IT IS AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY.
ALL OF THE DAYTON BRANCHES HAVE MULTIPLE COPIES.
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TO YOUR LIBRARY.AND THE JOURNAL I GOT AT, UM, WHAT'S THE FIVE, FIVE BELOW.
AND IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 6TH, 2023 AND IT IS NOW 9 46 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.