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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road April 6, 2023 7:00 P.M. ]
EVERYONE NEED TO ORDER FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE UNIVERSITY ACTION COMMISSION.AND SARAH WILLIAM ALL, UH, MR. GOLE.
MS. SOMEONE PRESENT? MS. TROTTER AND SARAH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT YOLANDA, UM, IS EXCUSED THIS EVENING, UM, DUE TO ILLNESS.
UM, ALSO CHRISTY TROTTER WILL BE COMING.
SHE SAID SHE'LL BE ARRIVING LATE.
SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCES, UH, YOLANDA'S ABSENCE, AND THEN CHRISTIE WILL BE ARRIVING LATE.
I'LL MAKE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO EXCUSE MRS. STEVENS AND, UM, FOR ILLNESS, UH, MS. TROTTER AND MS. TROTTER RUNNING LATE FOR THIS EVENING, CHRISTIE.
SO FOR THE RECORD, SO JUST TO REFLECT ON THE RECORDS, IF, IF SOMEONE IS GONNA BE LATE, TECHNICALLY THEY SHOULD CONTACT SARAH OR MYSELF.
SO I DID RECEIVE, UM, I RECEIVED WORK FROM YOLANDA AND, UM, CHRISTIE.
CHRISTIE ACTUALLY DID NOT CONTACT ME DIRECTLY, BUT SHE, SHE CONTACTED, WHAT WAS IT, THROUGH A CHAT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT, THAT NOTE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE STATE ABOVE BOARD.
SO THE MOTION WAS MADE AND WHO SECONDED? HERE A SECOND.
SO LET'S MOVE IN SECOND THAT, UH, BOTH YOLANDA AND CHRISTIE AND CARLA FOR THIS, FOR THIS MEETING ARE EXCUSED.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, IS NUMBER THREE, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UH, WE DO HAVE MINUTES FROM BOTH FEBRUARY AND MARCH.
WE DO HAVE MEETING MINUTES FROM BOTH FEBRUARY AND MARCH TO APPROVE.
UM, HAS EVERYONE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED BOTH SETS OF MINUTES? YES.
DID I MISS SOMETHING? THAT'S RIGHT.
THANK Y'ALL FOR KEEPING ME IN CHECK.
UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
WE DO HAVE MINUTES FROM BOTH FEBRUARY AND MARCH TO APPROVE.
UM, HAS EVERYONE RECEIVED AND REVIEWED BOTH SETS OF MINUTES? YES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION? CORRECTIONS? OKAY, SO IF THERE ARE NO DISCUSSION, NO CORRECTIONS, THE MINUTES FOR BOTH FEBRUARY AND MARCH WILL STAND AS READ.
SO, SIR, IF YOU WOULD LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT BOTH FEBRUARY 2ND AND MARCH 2ND MINUTES WILL STAND AS APPROVED.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE CITIZENS COMMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS TONIGHT? NONE.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WE DID HAVE A, UH, SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY DAYTON, L G B T Q CENTER.
THAT ORGANIZATION HAS REQUESTED THAT WE RESCHEDULE THEM FOR A LATER DATE.
UM, SO THEY ARE HAPPY TO COME AND SHARE MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, ESPECIALLY THE WORK THAT
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THEY'RE DOING IN THE BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITY.SO THEY WILL BE COMING TO SPEAK TO US AT A LATER TIME.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OLD BUSINESS, UH, CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
ERIC, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE C R B? YES, GOOD EVENING.
SO, UM, I SENT OUT THE, THE, UH, CCR RRB PROCESS DOCUMENT OF LAST NIGHT.
UH, I THINK I REQUESTED, UH, THAT, UM, EVERYONE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE, THE PACKAGE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
UM, I KNOW I, I THINK MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I'D WALKED THROUGH THE OVERALL PROCESS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, SPENDING THE COUPLE MONTHS DOING IS JUST BASICALLY FLESHING OUT AND PUTTING THE DETAILS ON PAPER.
RIGHT? AND SO THE PACKAGE I THINK THAT EVERYONE HAS ON, UH, IN FRONT OF THEM, UH, PROVIDES, UH, THOSE DETAILS.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO, AGAIN, DIDN'T WANT TO READ THROUGH IT.
UH, I CAN HIT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
NOW, ONE THING THAT, UM, I DID NOTE THAT DIDN'T GET, UH, CHANGED, UM, I KNOW ERIC AND I TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, WAS THAT IN THIS PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE WANTED WAS FOR WHEN THE COMPLAINT GETS SUBMITTED, LET'S SEE A COM, WHEN THE COMPLAINT GETS SUBMITTED, AND IT COMES INTO THE LAW DIRECTOR.
THE LAW DIRECTOR IS TO REVIEW IT, AND THEN HE'S SUPPOSED TO, IF YOU WILL MAKE HIS RECOMMENDATION, EITHER CONCUR WITH THE FINDINGS ARE NON CONCUR, UM, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HIS POSITION WAS, THE, THE PACKAGE OR THE COMPLAINT WAS SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE, UM, OR THAT, YEAH, THE COMPLAINT WAS STILL SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE CCR B.
UM, BUT THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN, UM, IT BASICALLY READS SUCH THAT IF THE LAW DIRECTOR BASICALLY CONCURS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT STOPS THERE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING OUR LAST MEETING, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CORRECTED, MEANING REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LAW DIRECTOR'S, UH, FINDING IS THE, THE COM THE PACKAGE, IF YOU WILL, THE COMPLAINT ALONG WITH THE, UM, INVE INVESTIGATION REPORT WAS STILL SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE CCR B FOR REVIEW.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, THAT, THAT, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT WE SAW ON THERE THAT NEEDED TO BE, I GUESS, ADDRESSED OUTSIDE THAT EVERYTHING THAT, UH, IS CAPTURED AND DOCUMENTED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PROCESS WE WERE, UH, CON IN CONCURRENCE WITH.
SO I GUESS I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP TO SEE IF, IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE PROCESS OR IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO KIND OF PERUSE IT.
UM, BUT JUST LET ME KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED.
YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BASED ON WHAT ERIC HAS SHARED WITH US? ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
I THINK EVERYTHING IS THOROUGHLY OUTLINED AND EXPLAINED.
I KNOW YOU AND MR. RICHARDSON HAS SPENT IN MS, UH, PURPOSE AS WELL, A LOT OF TIME PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
IS THAT CORRECT? TO REVIEW? CORRECT.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENING WAS TO GET CONCURRENCE OR BUY-IN, OR IF YOU WANNA PUT IT TO A VOTE THAT, HEY, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE WANT TO TAKE FORWARD, RIGHT? THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FORWARD TO PUT INTO IMPLEMENTATION.
AND I WANT THAT CORRECTION TO BE MADE.
I MEAN, WITH THAT ONE CORRECTION, UM, DID YOU, I THINK WHAT THE CORRECTION SHOULD BE, SO LOOK AT THE BOX FOR LAW DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION INSTEAD, IT BEING A DECISION DIAMOND THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE A SQUARE, RIGHT.
AND REMOVE THE LETTER PROCESS IN THE LETTERS TO THE COMPLAINANT FROM THE LAW DIRECTOR, THEN IT JUST FLOWS STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE CCR D.
THESE TWO THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN.
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JUST PASSED THE INFORMATION ALONG.I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD, OKAY, GOT IT.
BECAUSE I KNOW I HAD THIS, THIS, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN, UH, WHAT, LAST MONTH, YOU KNOW, AND POINTED THAT OUT AND HE SAID, YEP.
WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT CORRECTED.
I WASN'T SURE IF SOMETHING HAD CHANGED OR IF YOU HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND THEY SAID, WELL, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP IN THERE.
I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO, TO BRIAN THE DAY TO FIND OUT, UM, IF IT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT OR NOT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC PART OF IT.
UM, CUZ IF IT, YOU GO INTO THE DOCUMENT THAT'S ATTACHED BELOW THAT KIND OF HAS THE, THE PROCEDURE.
IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER FOUR, THREE, THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE THREE, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW DIRECTOR'S REVIEW IS TO ASSESS WHETHER THE COMPLAINANT MERITS THE REVIEW OF THE CRB ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE COMPLAINANT'S WAS SUBJECTED TO UNDUE INFLUENCE OR BIAS IN MATTERS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATURAL NATIONAL NATIONAL ORIGIN.
THE LAW DIRECTOR'S ASSESSMENT AND SUBSEQUENT RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE ESTABLISHED EMPLOYING ONLY THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAW DIRECTOR'S PROFESSIONAL OPINION AND EXPERTISE.
SO IS, IS THAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE QUESTIONING? UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THE LAW DIRECTOR'S REVIEW THAT I THINK THE ONLY TIME THEY WOULD SAY, PERHAPS UPON REVIEW THAT IT'S DETERMINED THAT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHY THE, IT DOESN'T GET FORWARDED TO THE C C R B THAT IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT THE C C RRB IS TO REVIEW.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE ACTUAL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER, NOT THE, NOT THE PROCESS, NOT THE FLOW DOCUMENT PROCESS.
WHEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK, WHATEVER, THE THIRD OR FOURTH PAGE FROM THE BACK OF THE PACKET WHERE IT SAYS, UH, LAW REVIEW NOTIFICATION LETTER MM-HMM.
BECAUSE WHAT THE LAW DIRECTOR'S GONNA DO IS DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
DOES THIS MEET THE CRITERIA? NOT PUT THAT FINDING TOGETHER, AND THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO THE CCRB.
THEY'RE GONNA BE THE ONES TO SAY, HEY, LISTEN, WE TOOK A LOOK.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE LETTER TO COME FROM JUST THAT STEP.
IT WAS NEVER THE INTENT FOR, LIKE HE'S POINTING OUT, THERE WAS NEVER THE INTENT FOR A LETTER TO GO DIRECTLY TO, TO JOHN DOE.
OR JANE DOE OR WHOEVER THE, IF IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIATED.
OR EVEN IF IT IS, OR EVEN IF IT IS, WE JUST DON'T NEED THOSE TWO LETTERS.
AND SO THE LAW DIRECTOR IS SUBSTANTIATING THE VALIDITY OF THE COMPLAINT BASED ON THE AREAS THAT THE C C R B COVERS, CORRECT? WELL, BASED ON HIS, I GUESS HIS EXPERTISE, RIGHT? HE'S LOOKING AT THE HE'LL, WHAT HE'LL DO IS HE'LL, HE'LL GET THE, UM, I GUESS THE POLICE INVESTIGATION REPORT ALONG WITH THE COMPLAINT.
AND I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL DETERMINE, OR, OR YEAH.
YOU'LL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT, IT MEETS RIGHT.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS IT JUST STOPS WITH THE LAW DIRECTOR AND IT NEVER GETS TO THE CRB.
MY CONCERN, POSSIBILITY IS TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
DOES IT MEET IT, DOES IT NOT? SO THEREFORE IT'S KIND OF AN INTERNAL CHECK.
WE'RE STILL PASSING IT ON TO THE CCC RRB OR GUESS WHAT CITI, IT DOESN'T MEET THAT, BUT WE'RE STILL PASSING IT ON TO THE CRB SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT MAY NOT BE A POLICY CHANGE, IT MAY NOT BE ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED, BUT AT LEAST THE CRB CAN GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE COMPLAINT.
SO EITHER WAY, THE CCR RRB, HERE IT GOES.
THEREFORE THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE LAW DIRECTOR TO SEND A LETTER.
I'M PASSING IT ON OR I'M NOT PASSING IT ON.
WOULDN'T THERE BE A NEED THOUGH, IF IT DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT THE CRB SHOULD BE REVIEWING? IF IT DIDN'T HIT A, AN AGE RACE, UH, NATIONAL ORIGIN, UH, WOULDN'T THERE THEN NEED TO BE A LETTER IF THEY REQUESTED THE CRB GET INVOLVED, THE LAW DIRECTOR REVIEWS IT AND IT DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA.
THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A LETTER AT THAT STAGE THAT SAYS THANK YOU, BUT NO THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE LETTER THAT COMES, IF YOU GO TWO PAGES BACK, THAT'S THE LETTER FROM THE CCRB THAT'S GOING TO SAY IS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE LAW DIRECTOR AND IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY US AND IT DOES NOT MEET, AND IT STILL DOESN'T MEET THAT LEVEL CRITERIA.
IT'S A DUPLICATE STEP THAT'S IN THERE.
SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE LETTER FROM THE LAW DIRECTOR, CUZ THE CRB IS GONNA EITHER SAY,
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YES, WE'RE TAKING IT UP, OR NO, WE'RE NOT TAKING IT UP.HEY, YOU GOTTA KEEP IN MIND, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHEN YOU READ THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT THE LETTER, THAT THE INITIAL LETTER THAT COMES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? IT BASICALLY SAYS, HEY, WE REVIEWED YOUR COMPLAINT AND UH, AND ESSENTIALLY WE'VE CON CONCLUDED THAT THE INCIDENT'S NOT SUSTAINED.
AND IT SAYS DOWN BELOW THAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN VIOLATED, IT GOES TO THE CCR B.
IF IT JUST GOES TO THE LAW DIRECTOR, THEN IT YEAH.
DOESN'T REALLY FILL, IT DOESN'T FULFILL THE INTENT.
THEY'RE EXPECTING THAT IT GOES TO THE CCC RRB.
SO STILL EXPECT THE LAW DIRECTOR TO, TO REVIEW IT AND, AND, UH, PROVIDE HIS RECOMMENDATION OR FINDINGS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
BUT IT HAS TO COME TO THE CCC RRB BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE ASKED FOR, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MEAN THAT'S, IF THEY'RE FILING A COMPLAINT, THEY WANT TO GO TO THE CCC RRB, THEY DON'T WANT IT TO STOP AT THE LAW, STOP AT THE CITY.
I MEAN IT'S, THEN WE'VE THEN WHAT'S THE POINT? RIGHT? YEAH.
WE'VE NOT NO, THAT PART MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME CORRESPONDENCE.
AND, AND AS LONG AS I GUESS I WAS GETTING HUNG UP ON THE SAME, I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I KNOW I'M PART OF THIS GROUP.
I WAS ILL SO I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS THERE WOULD BE SOME COMMUNICATION TO SAY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD OR WE'RE NOT.
AND IF IT COMES FROM THE CRB, THAT'S BETTER, IN MY OPINION THAN THE LAW DIRECTOR.
SO I I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH DITCH AND THOSE OTHER TWO LETTERS AND JUST HAVING EVERYTHING COME AND GO THROUGH THE CCR AT THE END.
BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIAMOND THERE, RIGHT? SO YOU GET A DECISION POINT ON WHETHER OR NOT A HEARING IS, IS NECE NECESSARY OR NOT? IF WE SAY NO, MEANING WE WE'RE SAYING THAT WE, WE CONCUR WITH THE LAW DIRECTOR, WE CONCUR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAY NO, AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD ISSUE THE LETTER.
UM, IT SAYS COMPLAINANT SHALL BE NOTIFIED, YOU KNOW, VIA MAIL WITHIN 10 DAYS FOLLOWING HIS CRB INITIAL REVIEW.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD ISSUE OUR LETTER.
BUT YEAH, THEY, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY CHANGED THE DIME.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN A SQUARE, LIKE A PROCESS.
NOT THE DIAMOND'S A INCISION POINT.
AND SO DO THOSE OF YOU THAT WORKED ON THE C CRB FIELD, JUST BASED ON OUR LEGISLATION, THAT THIS PROCESS IS FREE OF ANY SYSTEMIC ISSUES, UM, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT SOMEONE, UM, SUBSTANTIALLY WHO WOULD LOOK AT THIS, MAYBE SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE TO USE THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE A FAIR AND NON-BIASED PROCESS? DO YOU ALL BELIEVE THAT? I DO.
CUZ THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
SO WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US AT THIS POINT? SO I GUESS I'D LIKE, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, APPROVE THIS, UH, C C R B, UM, PROCESS TWO CORRECTIONS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE WITH THE, WITH THE CORRECTIONS THAT WE, THAT WE NOTED.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR. STEVENS AND SECONDED BY MS. STEEGLE THAT WE MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS C CRB PROCESS, UM, PENDING THOSE CHANGES OR WITH THE AMENDED CHANGES.
SO SARAH, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE? YES.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THAT? ARE WE ALL GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY.
SO WHAT WAS THAT ONE, THAT MOTION TO CARRY? SEVEN.
THOSE OF YOU THAT WORKED ON THE CRB, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS GOING TO BE CULTURE WE WEEK.
EVERYBODY EXCITED ABOUT CULTURE WEEK THERE?
Y'ALL GOT TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNDER B ONE THEME FOR CULTURE WEEK.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT AND I DON'T THINK WE HAD, NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE A THEME LAST YEAR.
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ONE, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A THEME FOR CULTURE WEEK? AND IF NOT, UM, WE CAN JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IN ON THE AGENDA.ANY DISCUSSION? CAN ANYBODY THINK OF A THEME THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER? DO WE WANT A THEME? UM, CUZ IF WE HAVE A THEME, THAT THEME SHOULD BE CENTERED ON ALL OF THE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES MM-HMM.
SO THUS FAR, WE HAVE WHAT THE JUNETEENTH FUNK FESTIVAL, UM, THE FORUM, WHICH IS STILL TO BE DISCUSSED AS FAR AS TOPICS.
AND OF COURSE THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, YEAH, PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A THING.
I THINK THE WEEK IN ITSELF IS THE THEME.
THE MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION.
CELEBR OF CULTURE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
THOSE MEN THAT ARE QUIET ON THE END.
ARE YOU ALL IN AGREEMENT? WHY ARE YOU SO, ALL RIGHT.
SO EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A THEME FOR CULTURE WEEK.
DO WE NEED TO? WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
SO B2 ON THE, UM, AGENDA IS THE SECOND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND WE ARE JUST GONNA GIVE UPDATES.
SO I WILL ALLOW MY LADIES ON THE END TO START.
TARA AND CARLA, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD, UH,
WE'VE CREATED A GOOGLE FORM, WHICH IS GREAT FOR SIGNUPS, SO THAT HAS GONE OUT TO VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IS TO HAVE, UM, VENDORS IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD TRUCKS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY VENDORS LAST YEAR TO SELL, UM, JUNETEENTH TYPE ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE, LEMME THINK OF HOW MANY FOOD TRUCKS WE ALREADY HAVE SIGNED UP.
ARE THEY ALL FOOD TRUCKS? I GOT, OKAY, GOOD.
SO WE HAVE FIVE OUT OF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TOTAL OF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPACE FOR 15 FOOD TRUCKS, GIVEN THAT SOME MAY NOT MAKE IT TO THE END.
UM, BUT WE HAVE FIVE REGISTERED SO FAR AND WE HAVE STARTED REACHING OUT TO, UM, THE CRAFT VENDORS AND SOME ADDITIONAL VENDORS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, UH, JUNETEENTH.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE THREE BANDS, UM, OR PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR, WHICH SHOULD BE FANTASTIC.
IT SHOULD BE A BIG DRAW THIS YEAR WITH THAT.
UM, HEADLINER, WHICH WAS AGAIN, UM, DAYTON FUNK, WHAT ALL STARS, DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS.
SO THAT SHOULD BE, UM, FANTASTIC AS A HEADLINER THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S ABOUT THE LONG AND SHORT OF THE JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL SO FAR.
SO KAI IS WORKING TO GET ALL OF OUR BANDS CONTRACTED.
SO HE'S GOT THE W NINES AND THE INVOICES FOR ALL OF THE BANDS.
UM, SO HE'S GONNA HANDLE THAT PROCESS.
UM, WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
WE DO NEED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FROM LAST MEETING.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA LET CARLA GET THROUGH HER REPORT FOR THE VENDORS AND THEN WE'LL TAKE CARE OF JUNETEENTH.
OH, THE ENTERTAINMENT WILL JUST BE MUSIC, RIGHT? JUST YES.
UM, DAYTON FUNK ALL STARS, RICK SEXTON, HE HAS A THREE PIECE BAND AND THEN SHAY BUTTER AND HOT TO DEATH, IT'S SHAY BUTTER FEATURING HOT TO DEATH.
IT'S GONNA BE AN ACTUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS YEAR.
FOOD AND, UM, VENDORS, JUNE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR JUNE SPECIFIC JUNETEENTH SPECIFIC VENDORS.
NO, MLMS, WE'RE NOT DOING, YOU KNOW, THE AVONS AND THE PAPARAZZIS AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WE'RE GIVING, PAYING A PRIORITY TO BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES BECAUSE IT IS JUNETEENTH, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR SOME EXHIBITORS TO COME AND EXHIBIT AND TALK ABOUT INFORMATION AND SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE THINK IT'LL BE A REALLY NICE EVENT.
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I HAVE SENT LOTS OF INFORMATION OUT.WE ARE STILL WORKING ON OUR BEER GARDEN PER YOLANDA.
UM, DAYTON PERFORMING ARTS COUNCIL CANNOT DO THE BEER GARDEN.
UM, SO, BUT SHE DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER NONPROFITS IN THE WORKS AND I'VE GOT ONE IN MY BACK POCKET IN CASE THOSE DON'T WORK OUT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT IN HUBER HEIGHTS NONPROFIT SO WE CAN KEEP MONEY IN THE CITY OR HUBER HEIGHTS NONPROFIT.
BUT IF THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, THEN WE, WE MAY HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CITY SO THAT WE DON'T COMPROMISE OUR FESTIVAL.
WE DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, SOME BEER.
SO WE JUST WANT HAVE NICE FESTIVAL.
SO WITH VENDORS, LIKE RHONDA SAID, NO MLMS LOOKING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPPORTIVE OR GEARED FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS.
UM, MADE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS, BUT NO VENDOR FEES HAVE BEEN PAID YET.
UM, AND WE NEED MORE VENDORS FOR THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL.
THE DEADLINE FOR FEES IS APRIL 24TH.
MAY 24TH MAY FOR JUNETEENTH MAY JUNETEENTH MAY 18TH.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT.
WE DO NOT HAVE 25 SLOTS FILLED.
I'LL SAY THAT NOW, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T GET ONE TODAY.
UM, I MADE SOME PHONE CALLS, SO MAYBE, YEAH.
SO NOW I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK TO THE BOTH OF YOU OFFLINE OKAY.
SO IF YOU ALL KNOW OF ANY VENDORS, SMALL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, UM, PLEASE PUT THEM IN TOUCH SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM THE REGISTRATION FORM AND GET THEM REGISTERED.
I MAYBE HAVE A THOUGHT SUGGESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN REACHED OUT TO OR NOT, BUT, UM, HOW, WHO WOULD I TELL THEM TO REACH OUT TO? SO I'VE GOT THE EMAIL, I'VE GOT AN EMAIL.
UM, SO IF YOU SEND THEM TO ME, THEN TARA AND UH, CARLA WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM GIVEN WHATEVER FESTIVAL THEY'RE WORKING WITH.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF STEPS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE SO WE CAN KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH ONCE THEY REGISTER, PAY THE FEE AND ACTUALLY SHOW UP.
SO, CAN I ASK WHAT THE FEE IS? OR I'M JUST CURIOUS MM-HMM.
SO FOR FOOD TRUCKS, THE FEE IS 25, VERY MINIMAL.
AND FOR, I'M SORRY, FOOD CHOICES 50
AND THEN, UM, NON FOOD TRUCK VENDORS IS 25.
IF THEY'RE A QUALIFIED TAX EXEMPT NONPROFIT AND THEY JUST WANT TO COME AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION, TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, AS LONG AS THEY CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THEIR 5 0 1
THEY WOULD JUST NEED TO PROVIDE THEIR TABLE AND CHAIRS.
IF YOU'RE A FULL SEASON FARMER'S MARKET VENDOR, THE FEE IS ALSO WAIVED, WHICH IS GREAT.
I DID HAVE A LADY REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, WELL, WHAT I'M DOING IS NOT REALLY MULTICULTURAL, BUT I TOLD HER WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO HAVE YOU COME.
IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU MARKET YOUR SPACE SO YOU CAN MARKET YOUR SPACE TO MAKE IT A CULTURAL SPACE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'RE SELLING, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW YOU MARKET IT.
SO I TOLD HER SHE COULD REACH OUT TO ME IF SHE NEEDED SOME SUGGESTIONS OF HOW TO MARKET HER SPACE.
SO WE WANT TO WELCOME, YOU KNOW, AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, UNLESS THERE'S JUST NO WAY
AND I HAVE PUT, SO IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE NOW, IF YOU GO TO OUR COMMUNITY TAB, THE, THE BIG TABS THAT ARE AT THE TOP, UM, IF YOU GO TO, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS DOING IS ALL LISTED THERE.
SO THOSE APPLICATIONS, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO YOU GUYS TELL ME WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ON THERE AND IF YOU WANNA OPEN IT UP TO THE BIG BAD WORLD, YOU LET ME KNOW.
UM, I DID PUT OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS TODAY CALLING ALL VENDORS, UH, WITH A GRAPHIC THAT HAS ALL OF OUR EVENT LOGOS.
SO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS ON THAT ONE, NOT JUNETEENTH, CUZ AGAIN, THAT ONE WE WERE KIND OF RESERVING TO A SMALLER GROUP SO THAT THAT WENT OUT THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GONNA DRUM UP SOME SUPPORT AS WELL.
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PAPARAZZI VENDORS.WE'RE, WE'RE DONE WITH THOSE FOR MULTICULTURAL.
WE'VE GOT AN AVON VENDOR AND A PAPARAZZI VENDOR.
ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS LAST YEAR WAS THERE WAS THREE PAPARAZZI VENDORS.
AND SO WE CAN MANAGE THAT PROCESS THE WAY WE'RE HANDLING IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE PHYSICALLY SEE EVERYONE THAT COMES IN.
WE SEND THEM A RESPONSE, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE GOT THEIR, UM, REGISTRATION FORM AND THEN WE SEND THEM THE LINK TO PAY.
SO WE KNOW EVERYONE THAT COMES IN, WHAT THEY'RE SELLING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CULTURE THEY'RE REPRESENTING, ALL OF THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A BETTER WAY TO MANAGE HOW THOSE VENDORS COME IN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THREE OF THE SAME VENDOR.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA REALLY MAKE ANY MONEY THAT DAY.
UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE FOR JUNETEENTH THAT I FORGOT? OH, THE SHIRTS.
I WILL CHECK WITH THE GUY FROM LAST YEAR TO SEE IF HE CAN MAKE US SHIRTS.
UM, HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE THERE TO SELL SHIRTS AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH GETTING NEW SHIRTS, UM, I CAN PRESENT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE SHIRTS WILL BE AND WHAT THE SHIRTS LOOK LIKE AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND MATT, SHALL WE MY SHIRT? HMM? MY SHIRT LAST.
HEY, CARLA DOESN'T HAVE A SHIRT.
I DON'T HAVE A SHIRT AND SARAH DOESN'T HAVE A SHIRT, LOOSE SHIRT.
WELL WE COULD ALWAYS, IF HE HAS THE SAME DESIGN, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE SAME SHIRTS, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S FINE.
WHEN HE GET SOMETHING NEW THAT'S FINE TOO.
I JUST LIKE THIS SHIRT THOUGH.
UM, MA'AM, CHAIR, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
AT THE LAST MEETING, WHICH I WASN'T PRESENT AT THE BUDGET FOR BOTH JUNETEENTH AND THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS REVIEWED.
I BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SOME CORRECTIONS.
SO, WHICH WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.
CAUSE I DON'T WANNA NO WASTE ANY TIME
SO THE ONLY, I THINK THE ONLY ADDITION, CUZ I THINK WHEN YOU AND I TALKED INITIALLY WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE, WE CONFIRMED RICK SEXTON AND WE CONFIRMED SHAA BUTTER.
SO, UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE OFFHAND THE NUMBER FOR THE, SO IT WAS IN THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
SO THE, UH, APPROXIMATE BUDGET FOR JUNETEENTH WAS $7,250.
BUT I WANNA GO THROUGH LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM WITH YOU OFFLINE OKAY.
WE JUST HAVE ACCURATE, UM, FIGURES FOR EACH ITEM.
YEAH, SO WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON THAT NUMBER.
SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE JUNETEENTH BUDGET, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT FINALIZED.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, UM, THAT WE APPROVE APPROXIMATELY AT THIS 700 $250 TO SECURE THE MUSIC FOR THE JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL AND LIGHTS AND SOUND.
THAT WAS PART OF THAT BUDGET TOO, RIGHT NOW.
AND I DO WANNA MAKE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, SARAH, THAT AMOUNT, DOES THAT REFLECT THE EDIT TO DAYTON FUNK CALL STARTS FOR THE ONE HOUR INSTEAD OF THE THREE HOURS BASED ON LAST MONTH'S CONVERSATION? YES.
SO IT INCLUDED THE LIGHT AND SOUND, THE THREE BANDS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I BELIEVE YOUR T-SHIRT, YOUR T-SHIRTS WERE IN THERE ALSO.
SO IT WAS 23 FOR DAYTON FUNK? UH, I THINK SO.
I DIDN'T GO INTO THOSE SPECIFICS IN THERE.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S, I'M PRETTY SURE WE TALKED, THAT SOUNDS RIGHT.
LAST MINUTE YOU GAVE US A LITTLE DISCOUNT.
OKAY, SO TARA'S MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR THAT WE APPROVE A SECOND.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY SARAH AND SECONDED BY CARLA THAT WE APPROVE THE $7,250 FOR THE JUNETEENTH BUDGET.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? OKAY, SARAH, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YOU CAN JUST DO AN ALL IN FAVOR.
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HI.ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO MULTICULTURAL, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
TARA, WOULD YOU, UH, WELL LET, I'LL START, START US OFF.
SO I'VE SENT OUT A BUNCH OF EMAILS TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, EVERY CULTURAL ORGANIZATION YOU CAN THINK OF HAS RECEIVED AN EMAIL.
UM, I'VE SENT EMAILS TO ALL OF THE PERFORMERS AND SOME NEW PERFORMERS THAT KAI RECOMMENDED FOR ON STAGE PERFORMANCES.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT TWO PERFORMANCES SO FAR.
I AM TRYING TO SECURE A BAND CALLED LOVE LOTS.
THAT BAND WILL NOT ONLY BRING AN INCREDIBLE FOLLOWING WITH THEM, BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE AN AMAZING ADDITION TO OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, I NEED FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT.
FOR NOW, I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE.
MY ASK IS, I'M GOING TO ASK IF THEY WILL DONATE AN IN KIND PERFORMANCE SINCE IT'S AN HOUR TO OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL SINCE OUR EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IF THEY SAY NO, THEY CAN'T DO THAT, I WANT TO BE PREPARED TO OFFER THEM SOME TYPE OF AN HONORARIUM.
SO I DO WANT TO HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF HONORARIUM YOU ALL THINK WOULD BE FAIR TO GIVE THE BAND.
SO I DO, I DO WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THIS IS NOT JUST SOME RUN OF THE MILL BAND.
THEY WILL BRING A TREMENDOUS FOLLOWING WITH THEM.
AND I THINK YOU, WE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY'RE REGGAE INFUSED SOUL FUNK.
SO IT'S NOT JUST REGGAE, IT'S REGGAE INFUSED SOUL FUNK.
SO YOU GET A, A LITTLE VARIETY.
OUR MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, LOVE LOCKS UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT.
NO, THAT'S THE SECOND MOTION I HAVE.
ONE TO APPROVE THEM, AND THEN TWO, IF YOU SAY YES, THEN I WANT APPROVE THE HONORARIUM.
BUT FIRST I, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, A REGGAE INFUSED SOUL FUNK BAND NAMED LOVE LOCKS FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ON JUNE 24TH.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
YEAH, YOU GOTTA DO THE SECOND, THEN WE CAN DO A DISCUSSION.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE MOTION TO TALK ABOUT, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVIDE AN HONORARIUM.
SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, CARLA, LET'S HAVE SOME DISC.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.
SO WHO WAS IT? ERIC RICHARDSON FIRST, THEN ERIC STEVENS.
WHO SAID THAT? I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.
OH, THAT WAS, SOME OF YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
WHAT WAS THE, WHAT'S THE HONORARY YOU TALKING ABOUT DOING THE HONORARIUM WOULD BE AN AMOUNT, WHATEVER WE DECIDE.
I THINK TRADITIONALLY WE DO, WE'VE DONE 2 54 PANELISTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO I WANT TO HAVE A PRICE IN MIND AND THEN AS AN ALTERNATE PLAN AND HONORARIUM, IN CASE THEY SAY, ONE, WE CAN'T DO IT FOR FREE, HERE'S OUR PRICE.
IF THE PRICE THAT WE SAY WE CAN PAY FIXED WITHIN THEIR BUDGET, THEN THAT'S A GOAL.
IF NOT, WE CAN SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT AN HONORARIUM FOR YOU.
BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS NOT HAVE THOSE OPTIONS APPROVED TODAY.
THEN I HAVE TO COME BACK IN MAY AND WE HAVE TO TRY TO VOTE ON IT.
SO I THINK TWO 50 IS LOW FOR AN HONORARIUM FOR A, A BAND THAT SIZE, UM, 800.
SO WHAT, WHAT THEY EXACTLY GONNA DO, BUT I WAS THINKING HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE THE PERFORMANCE.
THEY'RE GONNA PERFORM FOR AN HOUR.
AND WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE? HUH? DANCING AND
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SINGING.THEY DANCE, MUSIC SING, THEY INTERACT WITH THE AUDIENCE.
I WENT TO SEE THEM AT BATTLE OF THE BAND.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY BIG PERFORMANCE.
AND KEEP IN MIND, MULTICULTURAL, WE ASK PEOPLE TO PERFORM IN KIND AND KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR DJ, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR A DJ FOR JUNETEENTH.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME EXTRA MONEY IN OUR BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO HOW MUCH IS THAT? THE EXTRA, WE PAID 600 TO THE DJ.
SO OUR, THE DJ WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR JUNETEENTH AND WE DON'T NEED HIM THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MORE BANDS.
SO WE CAN U ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO PAY FOR FOR LOVE LOST.
SO WE COULD SAY WE HAVE 600, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THEY CAN SAY YES OR NO TO THAT.
BUT IF WE SAY, CAN YOU DO IT IN KIND AND THEY SAY 1200, WE COULD SAY, HOW ABOUT SEX? RIGHT, EXACTLY.
WE KNOW WHAT OUR LIMIT, WE KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET IS AND THAT'S IT.
SO THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM TO SAY ABSOLUTELY WE CAN DO THAT IN KIND FOR YOU BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET FOLLOWERS AND NEW CONCERTGOERS.
YOU'RE DOING ALL THE MARKETING FOR US.
YOU'RE MARKETING US TO 40, HOW MANY THOUSAND PEOPLE.
I MEAN, UH, I'M THINKING, I WAS THINKING A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PERSON.
1200, UH, $1,200 IN TOTAL FOR ONE HOUR PERFORMANCE.
I DON'T THINK 600 THEY'RE GONNA AGREE.
AND THAT'S A FAIR RATE, ESPECIALLY FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
LIKE MISS RONDA, YOU SAID SO MANY PEOPLE IS GONNA BE HERE AND IF YOU WANT THIS HAPPEN TO SHOW OTHER PEOPLE OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT WE ARE DOING, I MEAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS, I THINK THAT'S FAIR RATE FOR THEM TO PERFORMANCE ONE HOUR.
HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING? SO FOR THE ENOUGH FOR THE MUSIC, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING, UH, FOR THOSE ACTS FOR THE TIME THAT THEY'RE PERFORMING? JUST, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE IT AS A DATA POINT.
SO HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING PERFORMERS? YEAH.
THE PERFORMERS FOR THOSE ARE IN KIND OH, FOR THE MUSIC FESTIVAL? MM-HMM.
BUT THESE STILL RIGHT? I JUST, YEAH.
HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING FOR THOSE 2300 FOR, THAT'S ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS PER FOR ONE HOUR.
THEY'VE GOT A, I THINK AN EIGHT PIECE STAND OR MORE, UH, FOR SHA, BUT, AND HOT TO DEATH $800.
SHE'S COMING WITH I THINK A SIX PIECE VAN HOURS AND FOUR HOUR.
AND THESE ARE STAND, THESE ARE GOING RIGHT FOR, AND THEN, UM, RICK SEXTON NEGOTIATED WITH US TO DO FIVE 50 FOR A THREE PIECE STAND.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING PER, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW YOU WERE SUGGESTING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, WE'RE NOT PAYING PER PERSON A PERSON.
WE'RE PAYING FOR A PERFORMANCE FOR A GROUP FOR AN HOUR.
REGARDLESS OF HOW BIG OR SMALL IT IS, WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT HOUR.
AND SO, SO I WOULD, I WOULDN'T MAKE A DECISION BASED UPON THE SIZE OF THE BAND.
AND, AND THEY'RE A HEADLINER BAND TOO.
SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT MATTERS.
IS THIS A OPENER BAND? IS THIS A HEADLINER BAND? YOU DON'T PAY AN OPENER BAND.
WHAT? YOU PAY A HEADLINER BAND.
SO THE OTHER THING WE COULD CONSIDER IS A RANGE.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE SAY 600 IS THE BASE, OKAY, WE CAN START THERE AND NEGOTIATE UP TO WHAT OUR RANGE IS.
OR IF YOU ALL WANT TO JUST SAY 600 IS THE LIMIT, THEN IF THEY CAN'T DO IT FOR 600, THEN WE JUST WON'T HAVE THE LOVE LOCKS.
SO IF THEY DIDN'T MENTION ANY AS FAR AS TERMS, CONDITIONS, AS FAR AS WHAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID, THEY DIDN'T MENTION NONE OF THAT.
NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT AT THAT PROCESS.
SO I HAD TO GET IT APPROVED FROM YOU ALL FIRST BEFORE I COULD EVEN NEGOTIATE THAT.
BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BRING THAT UP UPFRONT.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT'S NOT, NORMALLY NOT HOW THAT WORKS.
TAKE IT FROM MY EXPERIENCE NORMALLY.
UM, WITH THESE BANDS, I MEAN NOW THEY, FOR ALL STARS WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE GOTTEN PAID MORE MONEY.
AND I ACTUALLY TRIED TO TALK HIM DOWN
IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THREE HOURS, YOU CAN'T GET 3,500.
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LESSSO THAT'S WHY HE AGREED TO, FIRST HE SAID 25, THEN HE KNOCKED IT DOWN TO 23 FOR AN HOUR.
DEFUNK IS WELL KNOWN ALL OVER.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE, I MEAN THEY GO ALL OVER.
BUT NOW SOMEONE THAT'S LESS WELL KNOWN, THAT WON'T BRING THE FOLLOWING.
AND WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THIS IS A MARKETING EVENT FOR THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO BUY HOMES TO COME LIVE HERE, TO COME PLAY HERE, TO COME WORK HERE.
SO IT'S, IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION.
EVEN WHEN WE HIRE A BAND, IS THIS BAND, WHAT'S THE RETURN ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENT? THAT'S HOW WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.
I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE STICKING WITH THE $600 THAT WE HAVE IN A POT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT GOING OVER UNDER A BUDGET.
SO IT, IT WOULD BE MY OPINION THAT WE CAN OFFER THEM UP TO $600 TO PERFORM FOR AN HOUR AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM, THEN WE WILL JUST GO WITH THE SAME OLD PERFORMANCES THAT COME FOR FREE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE EXPERIENCE.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE BAND.
UM, AND WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE LOVE LOCKS, BUT IT'S, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE KIND OF A CON, WE'VE GOTTA HAVE CONSENSUS HERE.
BUT IF WE SAY MORE THAN SIX, WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.
CAUSE I COULD SAY, WHAT IF THE RANGE IS SIX TO NINE, WHERE IS THE OTHER THREE GONNA COME FROM? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO GIVE UP TO HAVE THE OTHER THREE? THAT'S MY CONCERN TOO, YOU KNOW, BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO ALSO KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE OTHER BUDGETS.
UM, AND SO WE CAN ALWAYS GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE CAN ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PARKS AND REC HAS A BUDGET.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR THE ADDITIONAL OR WE CANNOT ASK.
BUT I, WHAT I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT IS, IS THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT FOR THE ASK WORTH IT.
BUT DO WE ASK, CUZ YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, LET'S PRETEND YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH 'EM NEXT WEEK.
DO WE NEED TO ASK FOR THE EXTRA NOW WHEN WE APPROVE IT? SO YOU ARE READY TO, AND YOU'RE EQUIPPED FOR YOUR CALL.
CUZ IF YOU GET READY AND THEY SAY NINE 50 AND YOU GO, OKAY, I NEED THREE 50.
HEY PARKS AND REC
SO 600 IS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE RESERVE RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT USING IT FOR THE DJ FOR JUNETEENTH.
WE HAVE MORE THAN THAT IN THE RESERVE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE $600 TO PLAY WITH IS A BETTER WAY TO STATE THAT.
WE HAVE $600 THAT WOULD'VE BEEN USED FOR A DJ THAT'S NOT GONNA BE USED.
SO IT JUST KIND OF FREES UP $600 IN A BUDGET THAT WE WOULD'VE ALLOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO WE HAVE, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON OUR, OUR COMMISSION BUDGET.
THAT'S WHAT WELL THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT BECAUSE, BUT WHEN YOU, YOU SAID WE, WE NEED TO RE POTENTIALLY REACH OUT TO PARKS AND REC OR REACH OUT TO THE CITY IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT.
DO WE REALLY NEED TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT? IF WE, IF WE, I DON'T THINK, OKAY.
SO, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IF WE WANTED TO INCREASE THAT, THAT AMOUNT, RIGHT.
BUT MAYBE ARE WE REALLY TRYING TO DISCUSS HERE WHAT IS OUR, OUR WALKAWAY, WHAT, WHAT'S OUR WALKAWAY NUMBER? IS IT, IS THAT TRUE HUNDRED OR IS IT SOMETHING HIGHER? I THAT'S WITH AN AMOUNT AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
SO NO ONE ELSE IS, EVERYBODY ELSE IS VOLUNTEERED FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO ARE WE SAYING WE'RE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS BAND? I MEAN, DOES THIS BAND NEED TO BE JUNETEENTH NEXT YEAR? I MEAN, SO I'M TRYING TO LINE THE REASONING UP, LIKE WHY ARE THEY GETTING PAID? RIGHT.
SO I THINK PERSONALLY JUST, I'M A MUSICIAN, I'M A VOCALIST.
I THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO ASK A BAND FOR VOCALISTS TO COME AND PERFORM FOR FREE UNLESS SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BUILD A FOLLOWING AND THEY NEED THE EXPOSURE.
LOVE LOCKS DOESN'T NEED EXPOSURE.
SO THEY MAY DO IT FOR IN-KIND, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE DON'T TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVEN'T TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT ABOUT A BAND FOR MULTICULTURAL.
IT'S JUST BEEN THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
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DIRECTION FOR US? BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ASKED PEOPLE TO COME AND DISPLAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, YOUR TALENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.SO ARE WE TRYING TO SUBSIDIZE THAT BY BOOSTING IT AND PAYING TO BRING A BAND? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET YEAH.
WHAT'S OUR DIRECTION, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE INTENT.
YEAH, THAT'S THE INTENT THEN THAT'S SOMETHING TO MAKE IT BIGGER, TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER.
I MEAN, FIRST YEAR WE HAD PERFORMANCES, UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, LIKE I SAID, WE WANT TO DRAW PEOPLE TO THE CITY TO POTENTIALLY LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE.
AND SO THIS BAND CAN BRING THAT FOLLOWING IN.
UH, APRIL 15, AT APRIL 15, WE GONNA BE IN, UH, RIGHT.
STATE UNIVERSITY SHOWING, UH, PERFORMANCES IS GONNA BE ASIAN NIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, UH, THEY INVOLVED, I MEAN THEY CALLED US IF WE CAN, UH, THEY CALLED ME IF WE CAN SHOW THE PERFORMANCES THERE.
AND I SAID, YES, WE CAN DO IT AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW UP THE PERFORMANCES AND RIGHT.
SET UNIVERSITY AND THERE'S GONNA BE SEVEN UH, PERFORMANCES THERE.
SO I WILL BE TALKING WITH THEM OVER THERE AND LET YOU KNOW AND INVOLVE THEM TO, UH, INVITE THEM TO, UH, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR THE JUNE 24TH.
AND, UM, OF COURSE WE ARE GONNA TALK WITH THEM ABOUT, UH, GETTING FOR FREE AND THEY'RE GOING TO ENJOY IT AND SHOW THEIR PERFORMANCES SO THEY CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE WITH THEM.
BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, UH, THE WHOSE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZING ALL THIS ASIAN, UH, FEST ASIAN NIGHT CULTURE.
ASIAN CULTURE NIGHT THERE, SHE OFFERED ME $200.
SHE SAID, I'M SORRY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY IN, IN OUR BUDGET.
I SAID, UH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
JUST LET YOU KNOW THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE, UH, TEAMS GONNA GET THEIR $200.
BUT I WILL TALK TO THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT TO COME FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS.
THERE'S, THERE'S NOT REALLY LARGE BUDGETS FOR FESTIVALS AND THINGS, SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO POSITION OURSELVES FIRST TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE DONE IN KIND.
UM, BUT IF NOT, WE HAVE WITH KIND OF A, A PLATEAU WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OKAY, FOUR, UH, FOUR, UH, FOR LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
IT'S GONNA BE HOW MANY WE HAD FOUR.
YEAH, WE HAVE SEVEN SPOTS FOR PERFORMANCES.
ONE OF THOSE SPOTS IS FOR A BAND.
SO THERE SIX SPOTS FOR PERFORMANCE.
ACTUALLY THERE'S ONLY FOUR MORE SPOTS.
WE'VE GOT TWO PERFORMERS ALREADY SOLIDIFIED.
SO WHO ARE THEY? WE'VE GOT FOUR MORE SPOTS.
UM, I THINK IT IS, UM, HOW YOU ASK ME TOO QUICK, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE BESEDA DANCE GROUP.
I GOT, OKAY, SO, UH, WE GONNA BE THERE ALSO.
SO YEAH, SO WE HAVE ONLY THREE SPOTS LEFT.
AND IT'S FIRST COME FIRST, SIR.
SO WHOEVER FILLS OUT THAT FORM, WE'LL LOOK AT IT.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND WE WANT THIS TO BE A WOW FACTOR PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY TO, UM, BRING IN, UH, INDIAN, LIKE FROM INDIA.
I HAVE, UH, NEIGHBORS AND THEY VERY, UH, LARGE COMMUNITY IN CARRIAGE TRAILS.
AND ALSO I, UM, I MET THE OTHER DAY IN DAYTON, UH, I THINK HEAD OF, UH, I MEAN NOT HEAD LIKE LEADER, LEADER OF, UM, SPANISH, LIKE SPANISH MEXICAN PEOPLE.
AND, UH, I TALK, I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, WHAT YOU GUYS DOING HERE AND THERE.
HE WASN'T, UH, HE WAS BUSY TO COME HERE TODAY, BUT I WAS, I WILL, I'M GONNA INVITE, INVITE HIM FOR A NEXT HOUR MEETING AND TALK TO HIM.
I MEAN, THEY BIG COMMUNITY HERE, I THINK THEY CAN PROVIDE US WITH, UH, TRUCK WINDOWS, UH, LIKE FOOD AND, AND THEY CAN DO SOME DANCING, YOU KNOW, SALSA MAYBE SOMETHING I I THINK THEY CAN SHOW SOMETHING ELSE.
SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BY HAVING THIS GROUP, IT, IT SHOULD HELP DRAW A CROWD, RIGHT? IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO ARE WE, SO ARE WE GOING TO, LET'S JUST SAY WE DO CHOOSE TO BRING 'EM ON BOARD AND WE, WE PAY THEM.
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ADVERTISE THEM ON THE FLYER THEN? OR WE, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY PUTTING THEM ON, PUTTING THEM ON THE FLYERS SO THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE? YES.THAT'S IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE, OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW, I DON'T THINK BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T PUT THE OTHER ACTS RIGHT? WE DIDN'T, WE DID.
DO WE HAVE THE ACT DIFFERENT ACT WE DID.
AND BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA DRAW PEOPLE, IN ADDITION TO HAVING THEM ADVERTISE IT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH, YOU KNOW, OSCAR PITTMAN IS GREAT ABOUT PUSHING OURSELF OUT THERE.
THAT'S WHY I LOVE HIM AS A DJ BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES HE COME TO THE CITY TO DJ FOR US, HE PUSHES OUR EVENTS OUT AND HE'S GOT A HUGE FOLLOWING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT, IT'S A COMMUNITY EVENT, BUT IT'S STILL A BUSINESS DECISION.
DOES SOMEBODY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON THIS INTERVIEW? WHAT NUMBER WE COMFORTABLE WITH? OR WE WANNA RANGE OR WE JUST WANT A NUMBER WE CAN DO WHAT I MEAN, SOME HAVE SAID SEX IS WHERE THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, OTHERS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE RANGE.
SO LET'S, LET'S SOLIDIFY WHAT WE WANT TO DO COLLECTIVELY.
WELL, AGAIN, I WANNA GO OVER THIS WITH YOU IN DETAIL.
BUT NO LE MORE THAN A THOUSAND.
CHRISTIE, WHAT YOU THINKING? I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY WORTH IT.
IF, I MEAN, THEY'RE WELL KNOWN IN THE DAYTON AREA.
IF, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY CAN SERVE A GOOD PURPOSE FOR BRINGING A FOLLOWING HERE.
I KNOW THEY PLAYED, UM, TINY STACKS LAST YEAR AT THE TROTWOOD LIBRARY.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, EXPOSURE IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
I THINK SIX WITH THOUSANDS OF FEAR RANGE.
START WITH FREE WITH FREE
SO I'LL JUST, I GUESS MAYBE THIS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL JUST MAKE A, MAKE A LIKE, TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, WE OFFER THAT WE PUT THIS
TO PERFORM IN OUR MULTICULTURAL CUSTOMER.
I SECOND, I SECOND THE MOTION, WE'LL PUT THE MOTION OUT AND THEN LET I SECOND THE MOTION TO PROVIDE AN HONORARIUM FOR OUR REGGAE INFUSED SOUL FUNK BAND NAMED GLOVE LOCKS WITH THE RANGE BEING 600 TO A THOUSAND, ALSO KNOWN AS FREE TO A THOUSAND
I I SECOND THAT MOTION RIGHT?
SO EXCUSE ME, GLEN, IF WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS, WE JUST VOTE ON EACH ONE.
BECAUSE I THINK SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT MOTION THAN THAT.
SO THERE'S ALREADY A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO THE FIRST MOTION, THE VOTING MOTION, THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON, SO ERIC, UH, MADE THE MOTION.
SO LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
ERIC WANTS, I'M GONNA RESTATE THE MOTION.
SO THE MOTION IS THAT WE PAY LOVE LOCKS, ARRANGE, UH, IN KIND TO NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE INITIAL MOTION WAS TO HAVE THEM THERE TO BEGIN WITH.
IF WE'RE STARTING ON THE FIRST MOTION, THE FIRST MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THEM TO BE THERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND MOTION IS THE MONEY.
DID WE NOT VOTE THE FIRST MOTION? NOPE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE BACKING UP TO THAT ONE.
SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING THEN.
WE'RE VOTING ON LOVE LOCKS BEING AT THE JUNE AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
WHO MADE THE MOTION AGAIN? CARLA.
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UM, AND THEN THE SECOND MOTION WAS MADE BY ERIC STEVENS THAT WE PAY LOVE LOCKS NO MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS.AND THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY CARLA.
DOES EVERYBODY, DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON? YES.
SO, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
THAT MOTION? CARRIE? SO DO WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN THAT A SECOND, ANOTHER MOTION OR, WELL, WE ALL VOTED YES, SO WE'RE GOOD.
ALRIGHT, SO WE GOT THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
SO AS FAR AS, UM, ANYTHING ELSE WITH MULTICULTURAL? YES, I'M SORRY.
UM, KIDS AREA, I SENT OUT A SPREADSHEET EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HAVING, IF WE DID DO A KIDS' AREA, THERE WAS A COUPLE IDEAS FOR GAMES.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 GAMES, UM, AND A LOLLIPOP TREE.
SARAH, CAN WE POSSIBLY BORROW THE LOLLIPOP TREE FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET SO I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A NEW ONE? YES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF US PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I'M LIKE, I'M JUST GONNA STEAL THE CITIES FOR THE DAY.
UM, I DOES JUST WANNA SAY THAT IF WE DO DECIDE TO DO A KID'S AREA, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO PAY FOR AND DEVELOP THE GAMES FOR THAT AREA, WHICH AT THIS POINT I THINK I WOULD NEED PROBABLY AROUND $400.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD DISCUSSED A LOT ABOUT DOING AND JUST NEVER, WE JUST COULDN'T GET THERE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO AS A COMMISSION, IS TO HAVE THE KIDS AREA? UM, BECAUSE IF WE DO, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THAT BUDGET, UM, AND THEN GET STARTED ON MAKING AND, AND GETTING ALL OF THE STUFF FOR THESE GAMES, UM, AND SECURING VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT AREA.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM DEVELOPING THE GAMES, BUT I'M NOT WORKING THAT AREA.
SO I WOULD MAKE A SUGGESTION TO REACH OUT TO SHANNON TEAGUE, UH, WITH FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
AND THEY WILL YOU SAY TEG TG T AG, SHE'S THE CHAIR FOR EIGHT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
AND THEY WILL TAKE IT AND RUN WITH IT? YES, THEY SURE WILL.
EXCUSE ME, I DON'T WANNA THE AREA OR THE GAMES, ALL OF IT.
AND THE CITY ALSO HAS, WE HAVE, UM, CONNECT FOUR, WE HAVE GIANT JENGA, WE HAVE, THAT WAS ANOTHER NAME.
DID WE HAVE THAT STUFF? SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY TABS.
SO THAT'S, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL AS WELL.
NOW WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, DOES THIS PERTAIN TO THE KID'S BOOTH ACTIVITIES? LIKE A KID AREA? YEAH, KID.
LIKE A, A LITTLE, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO DO LIKE A LITTLE ROPED OFF AREA.
I MEAN, I'M, NO, DON'T BE SORRY.
OKAY, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE LINE ITEM THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
AS FAR AS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED A BUDGET PART FOR THAT.
HOW MUCH WAS THERE? UM, AS FAR AS WHAT MS. SOMEONE AND I TALKED ABOUT FOR THE KIDS' BOOTH, $300 FOR SIX HOURS.
UM, AND, AND SO IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT SARAH SAID, I, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED THE KIDS AREA.
UM, SO IF WE CAN GET ANYTHING IN KIND, LET'S GO FOR THAT.
IN ADDITION TO SKULL DOLES, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM.
UM, THEY LOVE TO COME AND FACE PAINT, SO ANY IN KIND STUFF WE CAN GET FOR THE KIDS, UM, LET'S TRY TO PRESERVE OUR BUDGET THERE.
SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT FORWARD TONIGHT, WHAT DO I DO? I'LL DO, I'LL GET WORKING ON THAT ON THE BACK END AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK FOR MAY.
AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY ARE DOING THE KID ZONE THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND AT STAR SPANGLED.
BUT I'M, I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE KIDS ZONE TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL MAY TO VOTE ON IT AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE TO UPDATE.
AND CAN WE VOTE ON A KIDS' AREA WITH AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET OF LIKE THREE TO $500? WOULD THAT
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BE OF IN-KIND TO $300IF WE CAN'T GET IT LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT AND WE HAVE TO CREATE GAMES OR BUY THE PRIZES, WHICH AT A MINIMUM WE SHOULD REALLY BUY THE, THE PRIZES AND, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, TILL UP TO 300, I'LL MAKE IT WORK.
DID WE HAVE ONE LAST YEAR? NO, NO, NO, NO.
AND THE PARENTS LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE THE KIDS ON.
DID IT COME BACK IN SURVEYS OR WE JUST KNOW THAT FROM EX FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS.
THEY, I MEAN, PEOPLE NORMALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO WORK THE KIDS.
I DO KNOW WHY
BUT IT'S SO FUN FOR THE KIDS AND IT GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO DO.
SO, AND THEY'RE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, REMEMBER, WE'RE EQUIT, WE GOTTA BE EQUITABLE.
SO WE INCLUSIVE, WE GOTTA INCLUDE THE KIDS.
SO WOULD SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION FOR THE KIDS AREA? WELL, AND JUST TO BRING UP A POINT LAST, AT THE LAST MEETING WE DID, UM, TALK ABOUT THE KIDS ZONE AS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT THE APPROXIMATE BUDGET WAS 2,600 FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR THE KIDS ZONE.
SO THAT INCLUDED SOUND AND LIGHTS AND THE DJ KIDS ZONE.
UH, WHICH THE NOTE WAS BYRON WILL MANAGE THIS AND COST ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANEOUS OKAY.
WAS PART OF THAT $2,600 BUDGET.
SO OVERALL, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS.
SO TARA, I THINK YOU WERE MAKING A MOTION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PROCEED WITH HAVING A KID ZONE AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WITH AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET OF $300.
SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MS. PERVIS AND SECONDED BY MS. NEWBY THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE KIDS ZONE WITH AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET OF NO MORE THAN $300.
UM, DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL OR CAN WE JUST, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I MISSED WHO MADE MOTIONS? I MADE THE MOTION.
SO VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS FOR MULTICULTURAL.
DID WE DISCUSS THOSE? I HAVE, UM, OH, SHOOT.
I HAVE, UM, MADE SOME PHONE CALLS.
SO WE HAVE 50 SPOTS FOR VENDORS.
AND SO FAR, 17 RESPONDED, NOT THAT MANY HAVE PAID.
I THINK WE, BUT, BUT I MADE A LOT OF PHONE CALLS TODAY.
SO MAYBE FOUR HAVE PAID FOUR OR FIVE, THEN PAID FOUR OR FIVE AND PAID.
THERE ARE A COUPLE WHO ARE FULL SEASON FARMER'S MARKET, SO IT'S WAIVED, BUT 17 OUT OF 50 SPOTS.
SO WE STILL HAVE MORE SPOTS IF YOU THINK OF ANYBODY ELSE.
AND FOOD TRUCKS, UM, THAT PAGE, UH, WE HAVE THREE PAID AND CONFIRMED AND SEVEN, EIGHT OR SO THAT ARE IN PROCESS OR HAVE SAID THEY'RE COMING AND HAVE 'EM PAID.
ACTUALLY THEY NEED MORE THAN THAT.
UM, THAT HAVE SAID THEY'RE PLANNING ON COMING BUT HAVE NOT PAID.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERESTS IN MULTICULTURAL IN THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND THEY HAVE UNTIL MAY 24TH TO PAY THEIR REGISTRATION FEE.
SO I HAVE A LOT MORE CALLS TO MAKE.
I MIGHT NEED TO CALL EVERYBODY BACK.
I TOLD 'EM APRIL 18TH AND APRIL 24TH.
SO WE MIGHT GET SOME FEES IN EARLY
LESS, LESS TO PROCESS RIGHT AROUND THOSE DEADLINES.
ANYTHING ELSE ON MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? LET'S GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THAT BUDGET BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE WE APPROVED THAT LAST MEETING.
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UM, BEFORE WE APPROVE, CAN WE ONE-ON-ONE GO OVER THAT AS FAR AS WELL, MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS? WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW, JEAN, BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MAY TO APPROVE THE BOOK MEETING.THE NUMBERS THAT WERE MENTIONED.
NO, I WISH I WOULD'VE HAD THEM FOR THIS MEETING, BUT THAT'S FINE.
WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT DO YOU, LET'S GO LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM SO I CAN BE NO, YOU DON'T WANNA WASTE TIME SO WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH $2,600.
AND CAN SOMEBODY JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD WHAT EACH OF THOSE LINE ITEMS WERE, PLEASE? YEAH.
LIGHTS LIKE REALITY LIGHTS AND SOUND.
KID ZONE ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANEOUS.
UM, AND THEN WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT EXTRA THOUSAND FOR, UH, MUD WALKS.
SO FOR LIGHTS AND SOUND, YOU HAVE 1200.
I NEED TO GET TO THAT ACTUAL PAGE.
LIGHTS AND SOUND FROM MULTICULTURAL IS 1200.
AND THAT'S FOR PREMIUM BLEND MUSIC.
DJ, IS IT STILL FOR SIX HOURS? YES.
AND WE JUST DISCUSSED THE KID ZONE.
SO FOR SIX HOURS, $300 MM-HMM.
IS THAT STILL ON THE BUDGET FOR $150? WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO IT'S, IT CAN STAY AS IT IS MISCELLANEOUS FOR ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND SIGNAGE.
ARE WE GONNA DO THOSE PASSPORT STAMPS AGAIN? WE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF 'EM LEFT OVER.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ORDER ANYMORE.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A TON OF 'EM LEFT OVER, SO.
UM, LAST MEETING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE VINYL BANNERS MM-HMM.
UM, SO THOSE RUN ABOUT $250 ISH A PIECE.
SO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY YOU WANT, UM, AROUND THE CITY, UH, WE HAVE SEVEN FOR STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS, WE HAVE FIVE, I BELIEVE, FOR MARIGOLD.
SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO.
AND SO THOSE WOULD BE GOOD FOR BOTH JUNETEENTH AND STAR AND FOR MULTICULTURAL.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO DO A CULTURE WEEK BANNER AND THEN HAVE LIKE A LIST OF EVENTS.
SO WE COULD DO JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THEN MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, SARAH, HOW MANY IS SEVEN? DOES SEVEN GIVE, GIVE GOOD? SO SEVEN IS GREAT VISIBILITY.
UM, YOU COULD PROBABLY START WITH TWO THIS YEAR AND THEN IF YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE TO BUDGET EACH YEAR, CUZ THEY DO HAVE TO BE REPLACED.
UH, STAR SPANGLED HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE YEARS.
DO THOSE COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET OR IS THAT FROM THE CITY? YES.
BUT WE CAN, WE CAN WORK SOME MAGIC TOO.
I DO THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BETTER ADVERTISING.
UM, SO WHERE DO YOU NORMALLY PLACE THE STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS ONES? SO WE HAVE HAD 'EM OVER ON BRANCH, UM, RIGHT AS YOU GET OFF OF 70.
UM, OVER THERE WE HAVE 'EM, WE HAD 'EM IN FRONT OF THE OIL CHANGE PLACE, HAD 'EM OVER BY EXECUTIVE.
UM, THEY HAVE 'EM ALL MAPPED OUT WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN ALL THE VARIOUS PLACES, SO, OKAY.
BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, FARMER'S MARKET, WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE.
SO ONE AT EACH ENTRANCE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO THAT IS A GOOD POINT, UM, TO CONSIDER.
HOW MANY WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO START OUT WITH? DO YOU KNOW THE BANNERS THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT? MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.
THEY POSITION THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HOW MUCH ARE THOSE? THEY'RE ABOUT TWO 50 WHEN SHE'S, AND THEY'RE ON A THICK, THEY'RE FULL COLOR.
SO SORRY, I MENTION, SAID WE PUT UP BEFORE.
HOW MANY, HOW MANY HAVE WE PUT UP BEFORE FOR OTHER EVENTS? UM, ANYWHERE BETWEEN LIKE TWO TO LIKE
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STAR SPANGLED IS SEVEN.I MEAN, IF YOU WANT PENETRATION, I MEAN YOU GOTTA SPEND THE MONEY.
OKAY, SO THAT WOULD BE FOUR OF THOSE BANNERS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE THAT VAN TOO, MARIE, SO WHAT LOCATIONS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SHE'S GOT THE SEVEN PICKS.
SHE'S GOT SEVEN PICKS, SEVEN PICK OUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
PUBLIC WORKS ARE THE EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE $500 IN THAT BUDGET TOO, FOR ADVERTISING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, BUT WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO DO PAMPHLETS AND PAPER STUFF.
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GONNA TO USE AND THAT'S TRADITIONAL.
SOME OF THAT $500 THAT'S TRADITIONALLY IN-KIND, REMEMBER STAPLES, THEY ALWAYS DO THAT STUFF FREE.
SO IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER IN-KIND PRINTER.
I'M ALL ABOUT, LET'S FIND SOMEBODY INKIND TO DO IT.
LET'S NOT THINK WE HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
SO STILL BUDGET JUST IN CASE WE NEED TO PAY MM-HMM.
JUST IN CASE, BUT LET'S, LET'S LET'S THINK ABOUT INKIND BECAUSE PEOPLE, I MEAN FOR THE CALLS PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT IT.
SO, SO FAR AS FAR AS WHAT I HAVE FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS $3,750.
AND THAT'S ADDING LOVE LOCKS AND THE SIGNS.
THAT'S THE SIGNS, BUT NOT LOVE LOTS.
SO IF WE INCLUDE THEM FOR A THOUSAND MM-HMM.
THAT WAS FOR THE PASSPORT THING, SO, OKAY, SO 4,600.
SO WE ADDED 2000 ADDITIONAL MM-HMM.
SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE 4,600 FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, SHE DOESN'T MAKE AN OLD MOTION.
SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, $4,600 FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
THAT MOTION WAS MADE BY TARA AND SECONDED BY JEAN.
UM, AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IT HAS TO INCLUDE THE SEVEN SIGNS.
IS THAT INCLUDED, JEAN? YES, IT IS INCLUDED.
DO WE WANT TO LIKE REALLY MAKE THAT A MOTION IN ITSELF? OR DO WE'RE GOOD WITH FOUR SIGNS TO START? I DON'T WANT TO LIKE MAKE THAT DECISION FOR ALL OF US.
FOUR WILL GET US, YOU KNOW, FOUR CORNERS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
AT LEAST IT'S FOUR MORE SIGNS.
WE'LL STILL HAVE THE KEY ADS AND CLOUD PARK.
ANY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT GETTING RADIO SPOTS OR, OR STUFF LIKE THAT TOO.
SO I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
WILL WE BE ABLE TO, YOU'RE LAUGHING
DO, DO WE DETERMINE WHAT, SO WHAT DATE WOULD THESE THESE SIGNS PULL UP? I'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.
WELL, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO KNOW THOUGH, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WOULD THEY GO UP? WHEN WOULD YOU ACTUALLY PUT 'EM UP THOUGH? I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE WE WANT 'EM SOONER THAN LATER.
I JUST, WE NEED TO GET 'EM UP SOONER THAN LATER, WHICH MEANS WE WOULD NEED TO GET THE GROUND, BUT WE DON'T, I'M JUST SAYING IF IT'S LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE A WEEK IN ADVANCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE TYPICALLY LIKE YOU PUT 'EM OUT LIKE THE, A WEEK IN ADVANCE.
SO I HAVE, SO TYPICALLY THEY WILL PUT THEM UP TWO-ISH WEEKS.
LITERALLY IT'S WHENEVER I TELL THEM, HEY GUYS, AND I PUT THE REQUEST IN, SO OKAY.
BUT I'VE GOTTA GET 'EM DESIGNED AND PRINTED AND THEN THEY HAVE TO MOUNT THEM ON THE FRAMES, SO.
I JUST WANNA GET A FEEL FOR WHEN YOU
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WOULD TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT THE, THE SIGNS UP FOR ADVERTISEMENT RIGHT AHEAD OF THE EVENT.SO YOU'RE SAYING TWO WEEKS THAT PROBABLY, BUT THE KEY ADS AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER YEAH.
KEY ADS CLUB PARK THAT GOES WAY OUT.
YEAH, HE'S WORKING ON THAT NOW.
SO THERE, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I BELIEVE THERE IS.
CAN WE JUST RE, CAN WE RESTATE THE MOTION PLEASE? UM, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE, UH, THE BUDGET FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL APPROXIMATELY $4,600.
AND I BELIEVE MS. NEWBY SECONDED THAT MOTION.
UM, EDUCATIONAL FORUM, MS. NEWBY.
OKAY, NOW I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT FROM THE RECORDING THAT I DID WATCH, I BELIEVE WAS MENTIONED.
MR. RICHARDSON, UM, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG FOR THE POLICING FORUM THAT IS TABLED AT THE PRESENT TIME, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND WELL, WE WON'T GO INTO DETAILS THAT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED.
I THOUGHT, JUST SO THAT I'M CLEAR, RIGHT, THIS IS A SUBSET OF THE CULTURAL WEEK.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ASKED? ALWAYS ABOUT YES.
SPECIFICALLY WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL CULTURALLY.
WELL, GOING BACK TO LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UM, I DID HAVE AN ASK THAT WAS ADDRESSED BY, UM, MS. SOMEONE FOR INPUT FROM ALL COMMISSION MEMBERS ON TOPICS.
UM, THIS IS A COMMISSION EVENT.
SO I BELIEVE WE ALL NEED TO HAVE EQUAL BUY-IN AS TO WHAT TOPICS WE WANT TO PRESENT.
ONE TOPIC TO PRESENT WHERE THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EDUCATE, INFORM, BUT DRAW A CROWD NOT ONLY FROM CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS OF CITY, THE CITY AS WELL.
SO, SO I KNOW WE TALKED, UM, SO LAST YEAR, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE DID THE, WE HAD THESE FORUMS, RIGHT? I THINK WE HAD WHAT THREE FORUMS HAD ONE ON DURING THAT WEEK IS TWO TWO DURING THAT WEEK, TWO DURING, OKAY.
WE HAD, WE HAD A HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
I GUESS WE HAD THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
UM, RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
RIGHT? SO I THOUGHT WHEN WE TALKED LAST MONTH OR MONTH BEFORE, WE DID TALK ABOUT MAYBE REAT ATTACKING FINANCIAL LITERACY OR FINANCIAL EDUCATION OR, UM, SOMETHING ALONG THAT, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
RIGHT? I THINK WE WANTED TO, I, I THINK I MENTIONED THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER MM-HMM.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD, YEAH, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A TOPIC, RIGHT? FINANCIAL, YOU RECEIVE FINANCIAL EDUCATION, UH, IS ONE, IF ANY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE LAST MONTH PRIDE, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION FOR A PRIDE FORUM.
UM, SPECIFICALLY I MADE THAT REQUEST, THE L G B T Q UM, FORUM, TALKING MORE ABOUT INTERSECTIONALITY AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE, THE BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS A SUGGESTION FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
HEALTH AND WEALTH COMBINED FORM.
I THINK ERIC, I THINK THAT WAS YOURS.
UH, MENTAL HEALTH FORM HOUSING WAS THE OTHER ONE.
AND THAT'S BASED ON THE MINUTES.
AND I BELIEVE WE WERE GOING TO VOTE ON THE SUGGESTIONS THIS EVENING.
WE WE ARE, BUT WE WERE ONLY GONNA HAVE WHAT ONE EVENT THAT LEAD TO NOT HAVE MULTIPLE EDUCATION FORMS THAT GIVE WOULD BE JUST
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ONE.WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD TOPICS.
DO WE NEED TO JUST HAVE ONE TOPIC OR CAN WE HAVE MULTIPLE TOPICS DURING THE SPAN OF THAT TIME AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHICH TOPIC THEY GO INTO? THAT'S A LOT OF PART.
IF WE DID TWO, ONE ON EACH SIDE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER THAN MORE.
CUZ THEN YOU, YOU'RE COMPETING IN THE SPACE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE SET UP SO WELL THAT THERE'S TWO ROOMS. RIGHT.
UM, I THINK STAYING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HEALTH FOCUS THAT WE'VE HAD AS A COMMISSION THIS YEAR, I REALLY DO KIND OF LIKE THAT HEALTH AND WEALTH COMBINED.
ONE HEALTH ON ONE SIDE AND THEN DO THE WEALTH ON THE OTHER.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD PIGGYBACK ON BOTH OF THE TOPICS THAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE MULTICULTURAL WEEK AS WELL.
THAT FINANCIAL LITERACY WAS WELL ATTENDED.
UM, AND WE COULD HAVE REALLY WENT FURTHER INTO THOSE TOPICS.
SO I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WEALTH.
RIGHT? BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD RUN THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY.
I THINK THE AUDIENCE CAN BENEFIT FROM BOTH.
SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE, IT CAN BE A TWO, TWO PART, UM, FORM WHERE WE START WITH THE HEALTH AND THEN WEALTH OR WHATEVER, UH, ORDER WE WANT TO DO IT IN.
BUT I'M JUST THINKING MAYBE A TWO HOUR PERIOD, AN HOUR, UH, FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND THE OTHER, UH, PART FOCUSED ON FINANCIAL LITERACY, WEALTH OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
WE CAN WRAP THE MENTAL HEALTH PIECE INTO THAT AS WELL.
YOU CAN CAPTURE IF YOU WANT HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THEN YOU CAN DO THAT.
WHATEVER TOPICS WITHIN HEALTH WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S OPEN.
RIGHT? AND I MEAN THAT RIGHT THERE, IF WE LOOK AT HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH, JUST HEALTH EQUITY AND MENTAL HEALTH, THAT RIGHT THERE, YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FOR AN HOUR.
AND, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THE STIGMA AND THE, AND THE THINGS THAT, THAT COME WITH THAT IS IMPORTANT, UM, TO HELP BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS TO THAT ACCESS, UM, FOR TREATMENT OPTIONS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WORK IN POVERTY AREAS OR POVERTY PROGRAMMING, IT ALMOST BECOMES THIS KIND OF CHICKEN AND EGG ISSUE WHERE IT'S MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND, YOU KNOW, DID THE MENTAL HEALTH COME FIRST THAT LED TO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE? OR DID THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE LEAD TO THAT? AND, AND THOSE TWO COMORBIDITIES REALLY ARE THE, THE CRUT OF BEING ABLE TO BREAK OUT OF THOSE PATTERNS AND THOSE, THOSE SOCIOECONOMIC STANDINGS, HONESTLY.
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT SHOULD AND, AND COULD BE DEFINITELY TANGLED WITH, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO MINORITY HEALTH.
AND ON THE WEALTH PART, AND WE CAN KIND OF FOCUS IN ON THE, I MEAN, AS YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMY, YOU LOOK AT INFLATION AND THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR AND, YOU KNOW, SAVING FOR RETIREMENT.
YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE WEALTH.
I MEAN, THINGS ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING, HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, MANAGE YOUR MONEY GIVEN THE THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR MONEY.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE ALL WITH THE ECONOMY OR THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THIS IS LIKE THE, THE MOST KUMBAYA MEETING I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD.
SO I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE TOPIC FOR OUR FORUM DURING THE, UH, CULTURAL WEEK, THE HEALTH AND WEALTH.
CAN I GET A SECOND? I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION WE NEED TASK GROUP.
UM, ONE THING I WILL CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO DO BEFORE WE SAY HEALTH AND WEALTH IS WHAT ARE WE FOCUSING ON? BECAUSE WE NEED TO TIE IT BACK INTO
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OUR LEGISLATION IN SOME WAY.SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY, HEALTH INEQUITY? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND YOU KNOW, THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT DIE BECAUSE OF IT.
WHAT, HOW, WHAT ALL ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THAT FORUM? BECAUSE IF WE JUST SAY, HELL, LET'S TIE IT BACK TO OUR LEGISLATION IN SOME WAY.
AND HOW THEY AFFECT MINORITY POPULATIONS.
AND THE, AND KIND OF LIKE THE FOOD DESERT AREAS TO THE SAME LENS ON ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE, YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE WHAT THE CLOSING OF GOOD SAM AND THEN THAT AREA HAS BECOME LIKE A DESERT FOR DOCTORS, PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, YOU KNOW? UM, AND HOW THOSE ISSUES LEAD TO A DELAY IN DIAGNOSIS, DELAY IN TREATMENT AND, AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU COULD BE WAITING EIGHT WEEKS TO SEE A DOCTOR, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
I THINK IT DESERVES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.
IS THAT THE RIGHT TIME, THE CULTURAL WEEK TO DEDICATE TO THAT? BECAUSE YOU GOT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH.
YOU GOT JUNETEENTH THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH.
MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT WITH EXCELLENCE ALL TOGETHER? I THINK IT PERSONALLY WAS A STRETCH.
I THINK IT WAS TOO MUCH LAST YEAR TO DO ALL OF THAT AND THE EDUCATIONAL FORMS. YEAH.
BUT WE HAD THE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THE HEALTH FAIR.
WE'RE NOT DOING, THIS'LL BE THE ONLY OTHER THING.
JUST ONE FORM THREE LAST TIME.
IT'S ALWAYS, SO IT'S A SUNDAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUNDAY, LET'S SAY WEDNESDAY AND THEN A, A SATURDAY.
AND THIS WOULD BE, I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T BE, I THINK WE WOULD STILL BRING IN AN EXPERT OR TWO THAT WOULD PRESENT.
WE WOULDN'T BE US TALKING US THAT WOULD BE RIGHT.
FACILITATING TO BE EXPERT, BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL A TIME COMMITMENT.
HOW YOU TALKING ABOUT PREPARATION? BECAUSE YOU STILL, FOR YOU GOT PREPARATION AND YOU STILL HAVE TO BE THERE CUZ YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE ON SUNDAY.
YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE, WHATEVER THIS EVENT IS DURING THE WEEK, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE WEEK.
WELL, THIS TIME WE ONLY HAVE THAT SUNDAY FOR THE JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL.
THIS IS GONNA BE ON THAT THURSDAY AND THEN MULTICULTURALLY WILL BE ON THAT SATURDAY.
SO REALLY IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, IT'S MORE MANAGEABLE, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE HAD SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY WAS A BREAK THAN THURSDAY.
AND SATURDAY WAS THE FESTIVAL.
BUT, UM, IT WAS A LOT LAST YEAR.
I I I THINK THIS, I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'LL BE LESS TIME CONSUMING THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR.
SO IT'S MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, EVEN ON THIS COUNCIL IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE IT IN EVERY SINGLE EVENT.
SO, UM, IN SOME CASES, SO, I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS, BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE, UH, MAJORITY OF US THAT'S AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE EVENTS, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
BUT WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS COMMISSION.
SO, I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US CAN'T BE AT ALL EVENTS, BUT WE, WE GOTTA DO THE BEST WE CAN.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.
AND, AND IN SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR COVID IS ENDING NEXT MONTH ON THE 11TH.
THE PUBLIC, THE FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IS OVER.
AND ALL OF THE ALLOWANCES IN HEALTHCARE THAT CAME WITH THAT ARE OVER.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO BE KICKED OFF OF MEDICAID BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WERE KICKED OFF THE 1ST OF APRIL.
AND I MEAN, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR MEDICAID AS OF THE 1ST OF APRIL.
SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS AND IMPORTANT
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TOPICS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO TANGLE WITH THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO KIND OF ROLL OUT OF THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN HEALTHCARE, IN ASSISTED LIVINGS AND NURSING HOMES AND, AND THINGS ARE MOST VULNERABLE OF POPULATIONS AGAIN, UM, ARE GOING WITHOUT THE ALLOWANCES AND THE EXTRA MONEY THAT CAME WITH THAT PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.AND WE ARE REALLY GOING TO START SEEING HUGE ISSUES IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE OF STAFFING, UM, SHORTAGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY, UM, TIE INTO WHAT THOSE DISPARITIES MEAN EVEN AS YOU AGE.
UM, I JUST READ AN ARTICLE EARLIER TODAY ABOUT A, A LADY THAT HAD PAID FOR ASSISTED LIVING AND HAD PAID ALL OF HER MONEY OUT TO THIS ASSISTED LIVING, KNOWING THAT WHEN SHE HAD FINALLY SPENT ALL OF HER MONEY, SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ONTO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING.
UM, BUT THEN THE ASSISTED LIVING WAS BOUGHT OUT AND SHE WAS EVICTED.
SO NOW SHE HAS SPENT ALL OF HER MONEY THINKING SHE COULD DIE AND LIVE OUT THE REST OF HER LIFE IN THIS ASSISTED LIVING.
AND THEN NOW HAD TO FIND NEW HOUSING, UM, AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY THAT TOOK THAT MEDICAID PAYMENT.
BUT THEY DON'T LIKE THE MEDICAID PAYMENT CUZ IT'S ABOUT $4,000 AND ASSISTED LIVING CAN COST YOU EVERY BIT OF $10,000 A MONTH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THAT, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RELYING ON MEDICAID FOR, FOR AGING AS WELL, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO THE STRUGGLES AND TO THE, TO THE, THE NEED FOR THIS COMMISSION AND FOR PEOPLE LIKE US TO SIT UP HERE, UM, IS IS STRICTLY TO HAVE THAT EDUCATION PIECE AND TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO JUST TO HAVE A, A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OR A BROAD UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACED BY PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE US, MAY NOT LIVE LIKE US.
AND THERE'S SO MANY, THERE'S JUST SO MANY FROM LIFE TO DEATH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO MINORITY POPULATIONS.
YOU, YOU BRING UP A VERY GOOD POINT.
DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER JUST OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD OF PEOPLE IN OHIO THAT ARE ON MEDICAID? NO.
COULD YOU GIVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE? UM, I WOULD SAY MEDICAID AND MEDICARE FEDERALLY ARE THE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST LINE ITEMS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE BUDGET.
UM, FEDERALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE THE MONEY OUT TO THE STATES.
THE STATES THEN FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT.
I WOULD SAY OHIO DOES MEDICAID KIND OF OKAY.
UM, BUT THE ACCESS IN OHIO IS DIFFERENT.
IF YOU TOOK THAT AND WENT TO TEXAS OR IF YOU WENT TO FLORIDA.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY THERE'S, THERE'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OHIO THAT ARE ON SOME FORM OF MEDICAID.
THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDICAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NURSING FACILITY LEVEL OF CARE, THERE'S MEDICAID WAIVERS, THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, JUST DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT NEED THE INSURANCE OR NEED FOOD STAMPS.
ALL OF THAT IS CONSIDERED MEDICAID DOLLARS.
LET ME SAY THIS THOUGH, I MEAN, SO WITH THESE, WITH THIS FORM, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, RIGHT? SO WE SAID WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WEALTH AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY NOW, ONCE WE IDENTIFY WITH ISSUES, WHAT WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE IS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING.
TO CLOSE THE GAP, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
CAUSE WE CAN TALK ALL DAY ABOUT WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, BUT MM-HMM.
WHO, I MEAN, WHO CARES? BUT THE QUESTION IS, I MEAN, NEXT STEP IS WHAT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING FROM A WELLNESS PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, OR, OR IF YOU ARE, I'M SORRY, WEALTH PERSPECTIVE OR FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU SHOULD BE DOING.
SO YOU CAN, WE CAN CLOSE THAT GAP SO YOU CAN BE IN A BETTER PLACE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON, ON THAT.
YOU MEAN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEIR RESOURCES ARE, RIGHT? I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT EXACTLY.
EVEN TO CONSIDER MAYBE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, TO DO RESOURCES ON THE OTHER SIDE OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE, THE THREE TRIBE BOARDS WITH THE DIFFERENCE SERVICES AND, AND CLINICS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ON MEDICAID, SOME TYPES OF MEDICAID HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION THROUGH JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES TO GET TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
DO THEY ALL PEOPLE KNOW THAT PROBABLY NOT, MOST PEOPLE'S MEDICARE HAS AN, AN,
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AN OPTION FOR TRANSPORTATION AS WELL, BUT IT'S, IT'S THE KNOWING AND THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT.CAN THE ONE PROVIDER THAT HAS THAT CONTRACT MEET THE NEED? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU TOOK EVERYBODY FROM THE AGENCY THAT I WORKED FOR, THAT WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION AND TRIED TO SEND THAT TO JFS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION THOUGH IS, RIGHT, AND MAYBE TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S FOR HEALTH, RIGHT? IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS YOU CAN COVER ON HEALTH.
SO MAYBE WE NEED, CUZ BEFORE WE ASK SOMEONE TO COME IN AND BE THAT PRESENTER TO TALK ABOUT IT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO MORE SPECIFICALLY COVER WITH REGARDS TO HEALTH? I KNOW THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT MEDICAID.
I MEAN, DO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SPECIFICALLY AND WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO DO TO GO IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH STRESS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IS WHAT YOU DO.
I'M JUST SAYING, WHAT DO YOU GUYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HEALTH, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT FOCUS? UH, I, I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON THE DISPARITIES.
THE, THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THE POPULATION AND WHAT CAN BE DONE FROM THERE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE HIGH DEATH RATES FOR BLACK WOMEN IN, IN PREGNANCY AND THEIR CHILDREN, UM, OR BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND THE DISPARITIES THAT THEY SEE COMPARED TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE ETHNIC AND RACIAL DISPARITIES, HOW THAT IMPACTS POPULA MINORITY POPULATIONS AND THEN WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR AREA, UM, OR OTHERWISE TO CLOSE THAT DISPARITY GAP AND KEEP IT IN MIND, SPEAKING TO MEDICAID, MANY OF THE DOCTORS IN THIS AREA DON'T ACCEPT ALL FORMS OF MEDICAID MANAGED CARE.
IN THIS, IN THIS AREA WHERE WE LIVE.
SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA TO GET THE PRIMARY CARE THAT THEY NEED.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT, YOU COULD HAVE MANY DIFFERENT MCOS PROVIDE YOUR MEDICAID, BUT DOES YOUR DOCTOR TAKE MOLINA? DOES YOUR DOCTOR TAKE BUCKEYE? MM-HMM.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN THEN YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THIS DOCTOR FOR THAT OR YOU KNOW, GO OVER HERE, FLIP INSURANCES.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ONE COMMONPLACE THAT ALL WORDS LEAD TO, AND THAT'S MENTAL HEALTH.
MAYBE WE COULD DO TWO SUB
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DISPARITIES, BUT ALSO I SEE THAT THERE'S JUST STILL THIS CONSTANT LACK OF AWARENESS ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH MINORITIES.
BUT I THINK I SAID LAST MONTH, LIKE ESPECIALLY WITH JULY COMING UP, UM, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, MINORITY MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
SO EVEN IF WE CAN DEFINE A WAY TO SEGUE SOME, SOME, SOME STUFF IN, TO MAYBE OFFSET, YOU KNOW, TARA'S IDEAS TO, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE.
UM, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, LET ALONE WHERE TO GO TO GET HELP.
AND I THINK IT'S THE LACK OF FOOD, THE LACK OF HEALTHCARE, THE LACK OF WORK, THE LACK OF EVERYTHING THAT COMBINES ALL THAT STRESS AND ANXIETY.
ALL ROADS ALWAYS LEAD TO, YOU KNOW, COPING SKILLS, COPING MECHANISMS. MM-HMM.
BUT COULD WE BUILD INTO IT? LIKE, COULD WE START OUT WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH BECAUSE YOU EAT WRONG, YOU GONNA FEEL BAD.
LIKE, COULD WE START OUT WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH AND THEN BUILD TO MENTAL HEALTH? THEN TALK ABOUT HEALTH EQUITY.
SO WHAT IF IT'S 20 MINUTES ON PHY, LIKE EATING RIGHT, THE PYRAMID, THE, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT FREE GYMS, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
THEN YOU BUILD INTO MENTAL HEALTH HOW THAT IMPACTS YOU.
THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT STATISTICS, DISPARITIES AND THEN ACTIONS, RESOURCES.
AND, AND THEN SPEND THE OTHER, AND THEN DO THE OTHER, DO THE SAME THING FOR, FOR WEALTH, FOR THE WEALTH PART.
YOU GOT, YOU START OUT WITH BASICS AND DEFINITIONS.
WHAT IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT A 401K, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER.
YOU START OUT WITH THOSE AND THEN YOU GIVE ACTIONS.
LIKE WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO NOW? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IN FIVE YEARS? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO IN 10? AND THEN GIVE THEM RESOURCES.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TAKE AWAY? YEAH.
I LIKE THE IDEAS YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS,
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PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.UM, ALL THAT CAN TIE IN TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE WE DISCUSS THE ISSUES.
HERE'S THE RESOLUTIONS AS FAR AS CLOSING, YOU KNOW, THE GAP.
WE PROVIDE RESOURCES, MATERIALS.
SO THE TASK GROUP, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES TOGETHER FOR THIS.
WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
SO, NO, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
AND SO THE NUMBER IS NEARLY 3 MILLION PEOPLE IN OHIO RECOVERED BY MEDICAID.
AND WHAT I WILL DO IS I CAN REACH OUTERS TO, UM, I MEAN, I KNOW, UM, MAN, I GOT A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
IT'S A COUPLE OF THEM AND BUS SIDE, OBVIOUSLY GOOD FRIEND WHO'S A DOCTOR.
I MEAN, I CAN AT LEAST REACH OUT TO THEM, DISCUSS WITH THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE TOPICS AND SEE IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MAY BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT AND, AND IF THERE'S OTHER FOLKS THAT KNOW WHAT OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO SEE IF THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT THIS FORUM.
SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FROM THIS COMMISSION TO BE ON THE TASK GROUP? WELL, I THINK YOU STILL GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF FIRMS, DON'T YOU? WHAT'S THE MOTION? MOTION? OH, THE TOPIC THAT WE JUST TALKED THE TOPIC.
WE'RE ALL OFF IN LALA LAND ONLY.
YEAH, THAT STILL, ERIC MADE THE MOTION.
COULD YOU RESTRICT THE MOTION? I THINK YOU, HE HAD RESTATE YOU RESTATE THE MOTION BECAUSE THAT WAS LIKE TWO HOURS AGO.
UM, LIKE I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, THAT HEALTH AND HEALTH AND WEALTH.
HEALTH AND WEALTH, UM, LET THOSE TWO ITEMS BE THE TOPIC FOR OUR FORUMS DURING CULTURAL.
SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. STEVENSON, SECONDED BY MS. NEWBY THAT HEALTH AND WEALTH WILL BE OUR TOPIC OF FOCUS FOR THE, UH, CULTURE WEEK FORUM.
AND THEN THERE IS GONNA BE A TASK GROUP ESTABLISHED TO FINE TUNE THAT.
AND MAY I PLEASE, UM, CHAIR WHO LIKES TO VOLUNTEER BESIDES MYSELF, I REALLY WANNA VOLUNTEER, BUT I AM ALL IN JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, I COULDN'T DO IT JUSTICE IF I VOLUNTEERED, I'LL WORK WITH THE JEANS.
UM, JUST TO MAKE ONE MORE POINT TO THIS, WE'RE HOLDING THIS ON JUNE 22ND THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM MM-HMM.
DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? I THINK THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, WE HAD ALREADY, WE DECIDED THAT ALREADY.
SO THE ONE ASK FOR THE TASK GROUP IS AS YOU ALL ARE PICKING YOUR, UM, SPEAKERS, PLEASE INCLUDE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE BENEFICIARIES OF SOME OF THESE SERVICES.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HEALTH DISPARITIES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT LEAST ONE PANELIST THAT CAN TALK FROM THE BENEFICIARY PERSPECTIVE.
SOMEONE WHO MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO, UM, HAS HAD HEALTH ISSUES, DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO CARE.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE TIMES WE HEAR FROM PRACTITIONERS AND WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE AT THIS LEVEL, BUT WE NEED TO ALSO HEAR FROM PEOPLE AT THE OTHER LEVEL.
SO PLEASE INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY FROM THAT CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE FOR SOMEONE LIVING WITH SOME OF THESE DISPARITIES.
IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION THAT'S LIKE, WELL YOU, TARA, SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE.
SO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS YOU CAN GIVE TO US AS FAR AS THOSE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS YEAH.
I CAN TRY TO SOURCE SOME PEOPLE THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE HOME CARE COMPANIES IN HUBER HEIGHTS FOR SURE.
THAT ARE STILL ACCESSING THOSE SERVICES.
I NO LONGER WORK THERE, BUT I'LL PLAY NICE.
ESPECIALLY SOME OF OUR SENIORS.
SENIORS ARE THE ONES, I MEAN, AND THAT'S HONESTLY WHAT I'VE DONE FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS.
BUT SENIORS ARE THE ONES THAT IN, IN ALL OF MY SOCIAL WORK TIME,
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I HAVE FOUND, HAVE THE MOST STRUGGLES AND THE MOST BARRIERS AND THE, AND AND HAVE THIS, THE HARDEST TIME GETTING THAT WHOLE PROCESS COMPLETED.CUZ YOU HAVE TO THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE 85 YEARS OLD, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SO SAVVY WITH THE INTERNET.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SO SAVVY WITH UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, A A CALL RESPONSE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S JUST SO MANY BARRIERS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS.
UM, AND, AND IT EVEN GETS WORSE WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SPECIALTIES VERSUS A PCP WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPE OF POPULATIONS.
SO WE'RE GOOD THAT, UM, SO THE NEXT, I GUESS YOU ALL WILL SCHEDULE TIMES TO MEET AND ALL OF THAT OR TASK OUT YOURSELVES.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, 2022 BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, DRIVE, BAG, ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION.
UM, WE STILL HAVE ITEMS STORED AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND IN SARAH'S OFFICE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET A DATE ON THE CALENDAR THAT A FEW OF US CAN GO OVER TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER, ASSEMBLE THE BAGS AND GET THEM EITHER TO KETTERING CANCER CENTER OR TO PREMIER HEALTH CANCER CENTER.
UM, AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL NINE OF US, BUT IF A FEW OF US COULD GET TOGETHER, ASSEMBLE THE BAGS, GET A DATE FROM SARAH THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS EVEN AVAILABLE AND JUST SPEND MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF ASSEMBLING THE BAGS.
DO YOU WANNA GIVE US SOME DATES? YEAH.
HAVE DATE SAT OR SATURDAY'S GOOD.
SARAH, I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU TOMORROW.
SOCCER WEDNESDAYS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO I CAN DO WEDNESDAYS.
I'M JUST SAYING FROM A RENTAL, FROM A RENTAL PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT ABOUT WEDNESDAY? I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD PROBABLY GET A HANDFUL OF DATES AND THEN I CAN LOOK, LOOK 'EM UP.
SO CARLA, WHO ELSE SAID TARA, DID YOU SAY I CAN HELP? ANYBODY ELSE WANNA THROW THEIR NAME? IT'S NOT ON A WEDNESDAY.
I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE? NO, WEDNESDAY'S DONE, NO, WEDNESDAY, MONDAY? YEAH.
I MEAN I, UH, CAUSE I HAVE A EVENING CLASS, UM, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE 1ST OF MAY.
SO
SO UNFORTUNATELY TUESDAY, THURSDAY WOULD BE, OR FRIDAY.
YOU SAID TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THERE? NOPE, I THINK WE DID.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECOMMENDATIONS UPDATE.
SARAH, DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY AT THE MOMENT.
I DID SEND A MESSAGE TO MAYOR GORE ASKING HIM TO ADD THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE NEXT WORK SESSION, UM, SINCE HE DOES SET THE AGENDA CORRECT.
WHEN IS YOUR NEXT WORK SESSION? UH, NOT THIS COMING TUESDAY, FIVE.
WHAT'S THE DATE? WHAT IS THAT DATE? UH, 18TH.
SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND TONY ROGERS.
UM, IS THAT TRADITIONALLY WHEN YOU ALL WOULD DISCUSS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT A WORK SESSION? WE, WE, YEAH.
LEAST BECAUSE WE MADE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK IN FEBRUARY AT OUR QUARTERLY PRESENTATION.
UM, SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MOVED FORWARD.
UNDER OUR CALENDAR ACTUALLY SHOWS IT'S THE 20TH.
DID YOU SAY THURSDAY OR TUESDAY? TUESDAY TYPICALLY THE SECOND WORK SESSION IS THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS COUNCIL SAY FOURTH MONDAY.
NO, THEY, SO IT GOT PLACE, I THINK THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN AT THE DC FLY IN.
THEY MOVED IT TO THAT THURSDAY.
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FLY IN.UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS NEW BUSINESS.
AND I'M GONNA ACTUALLY TABLE THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK TO US.
SO THE TASK FORCE ON EQUITABLE HOUSING AND HOME AFFORDABILITY, I AM GOING TO TABLE THAT ITEM AND I DO NEED A MOTION FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TABLE THE TASK FORCE ON EQUITABLE HOUSING AND HOME AFFORDABILITY, WHICH I FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF SECOND.
DID SOMEBODY SECOND THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND.
SO THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MS. PERVIS AND SECONDED BY MS. TROTTER THAT WE TABLE THE TASK FORCE ON EQUITABLE HOUSING.
AND SO OUR MAY MEETING, UM, SO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MR. DAVE THOMAS, COME ON UP.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LATENESS, BUT I WAS WORKING ON FINAL DETAILS, UM, IN REFERENCE TO A PROJECT, UM, THAT YOLANDA STEVENS HAD APPROACHED, UM, HUBER HEIGHTS PERFORMING ARTS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I AM DAVID THOMAS, PRESIDENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS PERFORMING ARTS.
AND WE WERE ASKED TO, UH, DO THE BEER GARDEN FOR THIS YEAR.
WE HAD DONE THE MULTICULTURAL FEST FULL LAST YEAR, AND IT DID NOT GO OVER AT ALL.
IN FACT, WE LOST A TON OF MONEY, UM, BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT IT MORE AFTER TALKING TO YOLANDA.
AND, AND SOME OF THE ISSUES AND STUFF THAT WE HAD, NUMBER ONE, THE PORTA JOHNS WERE PUT IN FRONT OF THE BEER GARDEN, WHICH WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHY JOSH HAD SAID PORTA JOHNS NEED TO GO IN FRONT OF THE BEER GARDEN RIGHT WHERE WE WERE AT.
YEAH, IT WAS, YEAH, BUT TO PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT, I MEAN, NOW TELL ME, WOULD YOU WANT A FOOD TRUCK WITH URINALS IN FRONT OF YOUR FOOD TRUCK? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
SO ANYWAY, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY WITH, WITH THIS YEAR, SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, THE OTHER THING WAS WE TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, WHAT FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WAS MORE OF A FAMILY TYPE EVENT.
AND BECAUSE I THINK THE MOST THAT WE MADE WAS A LITTLE UNDER $200 AND OUR EXPENSES WERE ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS BY THE TIME WE GOT THE LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR LIQUOR, THE LIQUOR LICENSE, UM, THE BEER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT WAS NOT PROFITABLE FOR US AT ALL, AND WE LOST A LOT.
SO, UM, ORIGINALLY WHEN YOLAN HAD COME TO OUR BOARD MEETING LAST MONTH, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT AND MY BOARD DECIDED NOT TO.
UM, BUT THEN I CAME UP WITH AN IDEA AFTER YOLANDA CALLED ME THIS WEEK BECAUSE SHE ASKED ME FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOME OTHER GROUPS.
UM, AND, AND NOTHING AGAINST THEM, BUT OTHER THAN THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD PLENTY OF FUNDRAISERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THEIR BINGO.
ANYWAY, AND I HAD RECOMMENDED THE OPTIMIST CLUB, SO I GAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, WHICH IS CHRIS MOH, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE OPTIMIST CLUB.
AND BASICALLY, TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, CUZ I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO GET OUTTA HERE, UM, I TALKED TO, UH, CHRIS, UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING.
WE HAD BEEN TRYING TO CONTACT CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER FOR THREE DAYS AND IT WASN'T WORKING.
AND THEN WITH ALL THE STORMS LAST NIGHT, I LOST POWER AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, TO GET TO THE POINT IS, I, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY OVER AT THE OPTIMIST CLUB AT THEIR MEETING AND THEY VOTED AND MY BOARD VOTED THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO JOIN FORCES, BOTH THE OPTIMIST CLUB AND THE HUBER HEIGHTS PERFORMING ARTS TO PROVIDE A BEER GARDEN FOR THE JUNE 18TH JUNE 10TH EVENT.
THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A MUCH BETTER DATE.
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YES.WE FIGURED WITH ALL THE ADULTS AND EVERYTHING AND UM, I'M SORRY THAT YOLANDA ISN'T HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WASN'T GONNA BE HERE, BUT YES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD ASKED TOO, UM, WAS THAT THERE'D BE WINE AVAILABLE AND WITH THAT F PERMIT, F AS IN FRANK PERMIT, WE CAN DO BOTH BEER AND WINE.
AND SO WE WILL BE PROVIDING WINE.
SO IT'LL BE BEER AND WINE THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING.
SO, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN DO WHAT I SAID.
I HIGHLY SUGGEST ALDI WINE
WELL, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH A DISTRIBUTOR AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH HEIDELBERG.
YOU GONNA GO LIKE WE DID? YEAH.
YEAH, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, SO, OKAY, COOL.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.
I RUSHED AS SOON AS I GOT DONE.
THEY TOOK THEIR VOTE AND EVERYTHING I RUSHED OVER, WE APPRECIATE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THANK YOU, YOLANDA SAID SHE WAS SWEATING THAT ONE OUT, BUT, UH, BUT DON'T WORRY, WE, YEAH, SO WE DID COME TO AGREEMENT, SO IT'LL BE A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE AT THE TREE LOT, SO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE WILL PROVIDE A BEER GARDEN FOR THE EVENT ON JUNE 18TH.
AND WE, WE WILL NOT HAVE PORTA-POTTIES IN FRONT OF TRUST AND BELIEVE I WILL BE THERE THIS YEAR.
I COULDN'T BE THERE LAST YEAR BECAUSE YEAH, I, YEAH, I WILL BE THERE THIS TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
SO YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THOUGH.
ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA BOOK OF THE MONTH.
I DO HAVE A NEW BOOK FOR YOU REAL FRIENDS TALK ABOUT RACE, BRIDGING THE GAPS THROUGH UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I HAVE NOT PICKED THIS BOOK UP, BUT I HAVE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT, SO I DO PLAN ON PICKING IT UP.
IT IS NEW, ACTUALLY IT JUST CAME OUT ON APRIL 4TH, SO IT'S A VERY NEW BOOK.
SO, UM, I THINK SARAH PUT THE ISBN NUMBER ON THE AGENDA AND IT, BECAUSE IT'S NEW.
SO, BUT THERE ARE ELECTRONIC VERSIONS IF YOU GET IT ON AMAZON
AND, AND GUYS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE'RE EDUCATING A COMMUNITY, THAT WE STAY EDUCATED ABOUT TOPICS, NEW IDEAS, NEW PHILOSOPHIES.
I MEAN, LET'S READ THESE BOOKS AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT, I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN'T COME TOGETHER AS A NINE MEMBER COMMISSION, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THREE OR FOUR OF US COULD GET TOGETHER TO HAVE A DISCUSSION MM-HMM.
WELL IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING IF IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BOOK MEETING, IT'S JUST FRIENDS.
IF IT'S JUST ABOUT THE BOOK, WE COULD GET TOGETHER, HAVE A GLASS OF WINE, ANYTHING TO DO WITH TALK ABOUT BUSINESS THAT WE'RE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN TOTALLY HAVE A BOOK CLUB.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN PUT IT OUT AS AN EVENT AND, HEY, HAVE YOU HEARD CULTURE AND DIVERSITY IS SUPPORTING, YOU KNOW, IS READING THIS BOOK THIS MONTH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ALONG AND BRING THE LIBRARY ON BOARD? ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING A NEW BOOK, WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT THE LIBRARY.
SO A SUGGESTION THAT I WOULD ALSO BRING TO THE, THE COMMISSION IS TO CONSIDER HOSTING A POVERTY, UM, BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY EXPERIENCE.
AND LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
CUZ I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN YOUTH, TO BRING IN PARENTS, TO BRING IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THERE WAS AN ORGANIZATION THAT DID IT, A REALLY SMALL ORGANIZATION THAT DID IT NOT TOO LONG AGO, UM, IN BELLBROOK.
AND THEY HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT AND IT OPENED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S EYES.
SO IT WAS A CHURCH, WASN'T IT? UM, YEAH, IT WAS BETWEEN THEM AND THE, UM, THE FAMILY CENTER THAT'S THERE.
SO, UM, I I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
THERE'S A BOOK, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
SO YOU COULD TIE IT ALL TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER AWESOME THING THAT WE COULD DO DURING A CULTURE WEEK TYPE OF, I MEAN, THAT'S AN INTERACTIVE TYPE OF THING.
MIAMI VALLEY FAIR HOUSING JUST DID ONE ON THE FIT.
UM, POVERTY, WHAT IS IT? IT'S THE COST OF POVERTY.
AND I KNOW YOLANDA AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
AND IT COULD EVEN BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CONSIDER AS DOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE FIRST QUARTER WHEN YOU'VE
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GOT THE DOLDRUMS OF EVERYTHING TO BRING PEOPLE OUT OF HIBERNATION.AND IT'S NOT SUPER HARD TO PLAN AND WE CAN BRING A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS ALONG THAT PATH WITH US.
UM, I KNOW THAT CARLA HAS ALREADY STATED SHE WON'T BE AT THAT MEETING.
SOMEBODY WHO ELSE? YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE.
SO WE NEED EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE PRESENT OR WE, OR SAY YOU SAID YOLANDA HERE.
I'LL, DID SHE SAY SHE WASN'T GONNA BE HERE IN MAY? ERIC, IS YOLANDA NOT BEING, IS SHE NOT GONNA BE HERE IN MAY? DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? DID SHE SAY SHE WASN'T GONE? I DON'T REMEMBER.
OH, SHE, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DID? SHE DID SAY THAT SHE WON'T BE AT MAY'S MEETING.
EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO BE HERE.
NEED TO FINISH PLANNING FOR JUNE.
JEAN, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA GO BACK.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON HONORARIUMS FOR THE FORUM? WELL, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENT, BUT IT WAS BUDGETED FOR THREE.
SO WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT FOR THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM IN MAY, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO YOU SAID SIX SIX, SHE'S, SARAH SAYS SIX PEOPLE HAS TO BE HERE FOR A QUORUM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE MAJORITY.
HUH? I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT, BUT I'M NOT SO SURE YOU'RE RIGHT.
I, I TALKED TO THE KEEPER OF ALL THE DATA.
AND IF IT'S A DATE ISSUE, RHONDA, WE CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER RESCHEDULING TOO.
I DO WANNA SAY THOUGH, AND I'M, I'M SAYING THIS AND THEN I'M GONNA ADJOURN.
I AM GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE TO BE PRESENT AT MEETINGS.
I KNOW THINGS COME UP, BUT WE, WE DO NEED TO BE PRESENT AT OUR MEETINGS.
AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO GIVE A CALL TO SARAH OR MYSELF SO THAT WE CAN RECORD IT IN THE MINUTES THAT YOU, YOU ARE EXCUSED.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, UM, AS YOUR FRIENDLY CHAIR.
CAN YOU, ALL RIGHT GUYS, IT'S NINE 10 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.