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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road November 2, 2023 7:00 P.M. ]
THIS IS, UH, CULTURAL DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION.WE'LL CALL TO ORDER AT 7:05 PM I'M GONNA ROLL CALL MR. GOVI.
MS. TROTTER, UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MRS. STEVENS, UM, IS EXCUSED FOR THIS EVENING.
AND, UM, MRS. UM, WHERE DID CHRISTIE'S LAST NAME? JUST TROTTER.
UM, MS. TROTTER IS ALSO EXCUSED.
UM, MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 5TH.
WAS THERE ANY EDITS OR, UM, CHANGES? YES, MADAM.
UM, VICE CHAIR? I DO HAVE ONE, UM, CORRECTION UNDER ITEM FIVE, A OLD BUSINESS.
YOU, LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UNDER ITEM FIVE, A OLD BUSINESS COMMISSION GOALS AND FUTURE INITIATIVES WHERE IT SAYS MS. DALE THE CORRECT, UM, SPELLING OF HER LAST NAME IS DALE AND IT SHOULD BE MRS. MM-HMM.
THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE I HAVE.
AND THEN FOR ME, UM, YOU GOT IT.
YOU GOT THE CODE WORDS WE KNEW, RIGHT? I GOT YOU.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA OR UPDATES? OKAY.
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS MA'AM, WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK OR? GOOD EVENING.
CYNTHIA ADEMI AND THIS IS MY SECOND MEETING AND, UM, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS YOU ALL, BUT, UM, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND I'M PRINCIPALLY HERE BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN YOUR PLANNING FOR THE MLK AND YOUR JUNETEENTH OBSERVATIONS HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, OHIO.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO SHARE, UM, OUR VOLUNTEER LIKE SIGNUP SHEET WITH YOU AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN GET WITH PLANNING THESE EVENTS.
IT'S A LOT, IT'S A LOT OF PLANNING WE DO FOR NINE OF US WHEN WE'RE AT FULL CAPACITY AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT.
UM, TO MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS, WE WILL START WITH MLK DAY.
UM, WE HAD A QUICK TASK GROUP MEETING, UM, LAST WEEK, WEEK BEFORE, UH, LAST WEEK.
UM, AND JUST A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, UM, THAT WE HAD KIND OF COME UP WITH, UM, FOR MLK, UM, EVENT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO, OF COURSE WE HAD APPROVED IT TO HAVE THE EVENT ON MLK DAY.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORTH FOR APPROVAL IS JUST KIND OF THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE DAY, UM, AND HOW WE PERCEIVE THIS GOING.
IF WE CAN, UM, COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT MLK.
UM, YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST YEAR WE DID IT, WE WALKED UP, UM, BRANT PIKE TO CHAMBERSBURG AND THEN DOWN, UM, AND STOPPED RIGHT THERE ON CHAMBERSBURG AND DID
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OUR PROGRAM.THE SECOND YEAR WE GOT SNOWED OUT FOR THE WALK AND JUST HAD THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN LAST YEAR WE DID THE WALK AT THE TRACK, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY NICE.
UM, BUT IT KIND OF REDUCED THE VISIBILITY OF THE EVENT TO HAVE IT BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL AND ON THE TRACK AND, AND IT'S NOT OUT IN THE FOREFRONT.
SO THE TASK GROUP KIND OF CAME UP WITH A COUPLE IDEAS.
UM, THE ONE THAT SEEMED TO RISE TO THE TOP WAS TO HAVE THE COMMISSION MEET, UM, AT B SIDE, THE COFFEE SHOP IN THE PLAZA THERE ON CHAMBERSBURG, UM, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF THAT PLAZA, BUT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ST.
SO MEET AT B SIDE, UH, CHRISSY IS WORKING TO CONNECT WITH THE OWNERS THERE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE COFFEE FOR THE GROUP IN THE MORNING.
UM, AND THEN BYRAM IS GONNA CONNECT WITH THE BAKERY DOWN THE STREET HERE, UM, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE SOME PASTRIES AND STUFF.
UM, IF NOT, WE'LL WORK ON SOME OTHER ANGLES FOR EITHER OF BOTH OF THOSE OPTIONS.
UM, THE THING ABOUT HAVING THE COMMISSION MEET THERE ABOUT 9 40, 9 45, WE'LL START A QUICK PROGRAM THERE AT 10.
JUST KIND OF BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, UM, LEAVE THERE AND THEN WALK DOWN CHAMBERSBURG TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN STILL HAVE THE PROGRAM IN THE SAME SPACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
THE ARTS, UM, AUDITORIUM BUILDING THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL LAST YEAR, UM, FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UM, WE STILL WANT TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL TO HAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS PRESENT AND DO, UH, PART OF THE PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE CARLA AND JEAN, WE MIGHT'VE TASKED YOU FOR THAT, BUT WE'LL GET TO YOU ON THAT
BUT WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH THE SAME CONTACTS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AT THE SCHOOL.
UM, ONE OF 'EM WAS THE PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND THEN TO REACH OUT TO ALSO USE THE FACILITIES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A, A PROGRAM THERE.
SAME GENERAL IDEA OR SAME GENERAL PROGRAM LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL CALL IT A DAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT THAT IDEA OF MEETING AT B SIDE? UM, LEAVING FROM MAYOR, WALKING DOWN CHAMBERSBURG JEAN HAD THE GREAT IDEA TO HAVE, UM, THAT I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH PLAYING, UM, OR PARTS SNIPPETS OF THAT.
SO WE WERE CONSIDERING, UM, HAVING LIKE A SPEAKER OR SOMETHING TO WHEEL DOWN THE STREET OR BE CARRIED DOWN THE STREET WITH THE WALK.
WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE POLICE OF COURSE, UH, BLOCK OFF THE STREET AND ALL OF THAT PARTS OF IT AS WELL.
SO WE MEET AT V SIDE, BUT YOU MENTIONED STARTING A PROGRAM THERE, THEN WALK, I GUESS, AND THEN THE PROGRAM.
SO WHAT
JUST KIND OF HAVE A QUICK, UH, OPENING PRAYER.
UM, AND THEN JUST A QUICK KIND OF, LET'S GET TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE FROM HERE.
THAT WOULD BE THE EXTENT OF WHAT WAS DONE AT BAYSIDE.
SO IT WAS 10 O'CLOCK GATHERING, 10 30 START WALKING.
UM, SO THE WAY WE ORIGINALLY 15.
IT WAS LIKE IF WE MEET AT 10 O'CLOCK OR WE HAVE PEOPLE GET THERE AT 10 O'CLOCK, THERE'S NO WAY.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO START WALKING AT 10 30 AND THEN HAVE THE PROGRAM AT 11.
GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO HAVE THAT WALK, GET THEIR WARM UP, YOU KNOW, OR MOVE IT UP.
UM, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO BE THERE SHORTLY AFTER NINE, THEN DO THE KICKOFF AT 10.
SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW EARLY WE WANNA BE THERE.
HOW EARLY DO WE WANNA KICK IT OFF? THE LATER THE BETTER BECAUSE THE WARMER IT'LL BE, NOT TO SAY IT'LL BE TRUE, TRUE.
NOT THAT IT'LL BE MUCH WARMER, BUT JANUARY
SO AN EXTRA TWO OR THREE DEGREES MIGHT BE, TENDS TO BE A COLD DAY.
UM, THEY COULD, THEY COULD SWING THE NEEDLE.
AND ANOTHER THING TOO, I'M GOOD.
I'M IN CASE THERE'S IMPLEMENT WEATHER.
WHAT WOULD BE THE CONTINGENCY PLAN? I I THINK IMPLEMENT WEATHER PLAN IS MEET AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT KIND OF HAS TO BE RIGHT IF IF IT'S IMPLEMENT, IF IT'S BAD ENOUGH, WE WOULD HAVE TO CANCEL IT COMPLETELY.
BUT IF PEOPLE CAN STILL GET OUT AND DRIVE, JUST NOT WALK LIKE THE ONE YEAR, THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE THE PROGRAM AND SKIP THE WALK AND GET THAT BLAST OUT
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ON THE LAST DAY.YOU STILL MEET AT THE COFFEE SHOP.
SO ANYBODY THAT MISSED THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN YOU JUST POINT 'EM DOWN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN YOU'LL START AT WHATEVER THE TIME IS, 1115 OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS.
AND TO LINK IT BACK TO A SERVICE IDEA OR YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WERE ALSO GOING TO DO, UM, HAVE PEOPLE DONATE, UM, GLOVES, HATS, SCARVES, UM, WINTER ITEMS. AND THEN WE WERE GONNA DONATE THOSE TO THE MASTER CLOSET, THE SCHOOL SHOP FOR THIS FREE CLOTHES THAT'S BEHIND STUDEBAKER IN THE BACK OF STDA BAKER.
UM, IF THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING YOU GUYS THOUGHT WAS A GOOD IDEA, IF WE WERE GONNA DO THE COLLECTION AT THE START OF THE EVENT, HOW, AND THEN EVEN CONNECT WITH UM, B SIDE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LET US PUT A COLLECTION BIN IN THERE FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE ONGOING MAYBE THE MONTH OF TO THE EVENT.
DO WE HAVE A, UM, FOR THE PROGRAM? DO WE HAVE A A GUEST SPEAKER? I MEAN, NOT AT THIS TIME.
LAST YEAR WE HAD, YOU KNOW, THE, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS THE HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
OR IT WAS LIKE THE VALE VICTORIAN AND THE SLEW OF VICTORIAN DID A LITTLE TALK.
THERE WAS A KID THAT DID LIKE A SPOKEN WORD, UM, LIKE A DANCE AND IT WAS OH, MR. AND MRS. WAYNE.
AND SO THE KIDS DID SOME OF IT.
THEN WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT MLK DAY MEANT FOR US.
UM, WE COULD LOOK TO HAVING A SPEAKER LIKE MAYBE EVEN LOU DALE.
UM, YES, SHE WOULD BE, I THINK A FANTASTIC SPEAKER FOR THAT EVENT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD REACH OUT TO, UH, MRS. DALE, UM, AND SEE IF SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO, UM, BE LIKE A FEATURED SPEAKER.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
SINCE SHE, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTED, UM, THE MLK PROGRAM YEARS AGO, SHE AND HER HUSBAND.
SO YOU HAVE HER NUMBER, RIGHT? YOU ARE, YOU EITHER YOU OR WE HAVE HER NUMBER
SO SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAD THAT ACTION TO REACH OUT TO ME.
I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ON THAT ITEM.
YEAH, I, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE COULD GROW THIS AND MAKE IT BIGGER.
WE JUST DIDN'T GET A JUMP ON IT THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SUCCESSFULLY IN JANUARY.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN START THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN NEXT YEAR EARLY ENOUGH, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO BRING BACK SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT SHE HAD PUT IN PLACE, LIKE THE DINNER.
UM, AND THEN WE COULD GROW IT BIGGER AND LINK IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE THEM COMPETE FOR A FUNDRAISER IN SOME WAY OR, OR SOME WAY TO INVOLVE THE YOUTH AND THEN HAVE THAT DINNER OR THAT BANQUET AND, AND HAVE THAT NICE MLK EVENT.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER IDEA TO THINK ABOUT FOR NEXT YEAR
SO, DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE WITH THIS PLAN? LET'S SEE.
SO BASICALLY, AS FAR AS THE, THE PROGRAM, WE JUST USE THE SAME TEMPLATE.
UM, AS WE'VE BEEN USING FOR WHAT, TWO YEARS? MM-HMM.
DO WE STILL YOU HAVE IT? MM-HMM.
ANY, ANY UM, EXPENSES FOR THIS EVENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? UM, CAPTURING
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PLANNING ON GETTING EVERYTHING IN KIND DONATIONS.
UM, IF FOR SOME REASON THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, I THINK IT WOULD BE NOMINAL AT BEST IF WE HAD TO, IF FOR SOME REASON WE COULDN'T GET COFFEE DONATED OR, UM, PASTRIES OR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD SCRAP OR IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DONATE OURSELVES.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN 50 BUCKS OR SO.
I DON'T, I DON'T FORESEE THERE BEING ANY, UM, COST TO OUR BUDGET.
HAS THERE ANY BEEN ANY COST TO OUR BUDGET IN PREVIOUS YEARS THAT YOU KNOW OF JEAN? NOT THAT I CAN RECALL.
I THINK WHEN RHONDA WAS, UM, I'LL JUST PUT IT THIS WAY.
SHE HAD SOME CONNECTIONS WITH STAPLES.
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THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING THAT ANYMORE.
I DON'T, YEAH, THIS YEAR THAT WASN'T, UM, DONE, BUT YEARS PRIOR THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO JUST PRICE OUT, UM, MAYBE A 75 PROGRAMS, MAYBE MAYBE A HUNDRED TOPS.
I MEAN, THEY FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A LOT.
UM, AND SEE WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE.
BUT THAT PROBABLY WOULD BE OUR ONLY COST TO US.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEONE PERFORM, SING DANCE OR DO SOMETHING SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONNECT WITH THAT TEACHER TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TALENT WE HAVE LEADING US IN THE SCHOOL TO SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THAT'S A BIG THING TO STAND UP AND DO.
AND THE KID THAT DID, THE YOUNG MAN THAT DID THE SPOKEN WORD, UM, WAS JUST TRULY TALENTED.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO YOU WANT ME TO LAY IT? ALL? ALL? I GUESS WE NEED TO LAY IT ALL THE WAY BACK OUT.
ARE YOU SAYING IT'S FIRMED UP THOUGH? I MEAN, IS EVERYTHING BURNED UP TO UNDER WHAT WE PLANNING TO DO? OR? WELL, LET'S, LET'S START BACK AT THE TOP.
SO IS THE PLAN MEET AT NINE 30, DO A KICKOFF AT 10:00 AM SO KICKOFF AT 10:00 AM GET THAT WALK GOING BY 10 15.
AND THEN WALK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE ARTS AUDITORIUM.
AND THESE ARE, UM, WE HAVE EMAILS READY TO JUST GET OUT TO ALL THESE PEOPLE.
WE JUST NEEDED TO GET THIS APPROVED FIRST.
UM, WALK TO THE ARTS AUDITORIUM AND THEN I WOULD SAY START THE PROGRAM AT 11, RIGHT? 1115, YEAH.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD HOPE TO HAVE THAT WRAPPED UP BY 12.
SO WE NEED SOMEBODY TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONTACTS, WHICH, UH, YOLANDA AND I WILL REACH OUT TO THE CONTACTS AT THE SCHOOL AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH JEAN AND CHRISSY ON GETTING THAT PROGRAM, UM, FINALIZED.
SO AN HOUR LONG PROGRAM WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL SPEECHES.
SO PROGRAMS TILL 12, 12 15 TOPS AND THEN DONE.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE ANY OF THE DONATIONS OVER TO THE MASTER CLOSET AFTER.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OPINIONS ABOUT A DIFFERENT PLACE TO DONATE THOSE ITEMS TO OR DIFFERENT ITEM TO DONATE? IS THERE ANY STRONG FEELINGS ON THAT? WE WERE JUST COMING UP.
WE WANNA LINK IT BACK TO A SERVICE IDEA.
UM, AND YOU WANTED THE DONATIONS TO COME BACK HERE IN HUBER? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THOSE, AND, AND HAVE A, THE SCHOOL.
THAT WAS WHY WE THOUGHT OF THE MASTER CLOSET.
'CAUSE IT'S PREDOMINANTLY SERVING SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THAT.
THAT'S FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE NOT WEARING HATS AND GLOVES AND COATS.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE, KIND OF THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST GONNA NEED TO PRICE OUT, WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
UH, WE NEED TO PRICE OUT THE PROGRAMS ONCE WE HAVE ONE READY TO GO.
AND THAT CAN BE DONE LAST MINUTE.
THE PRINTING OF THE PROGRAMS, NOT THE ACTUAL PROGRAMS. OH YES.
THAT JUST THE PRINTING CAN BE DONE LAST MINUTE, BEGINNING OF JANUARY, SO, OKAY.
SO WITH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE PLAN FOR MLK TO START AT NINE 30.
START AT 10, START WALKING AT 10
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15.START THE PROGRAM AT 11, 11 15, AND AT NOON, 1215.
AND DONATE WINTER CLOTHES TO MASTER CLOSET.
AND THIS IS ON JANUARY 19TH, 1920, 24.
IS THAT RIGHT? I THOUGHT, OH, THE 15TH.
OH, WAS IT? SORRY, THIS IS THE 15TH.
THE MOTION IS FOR THE, THE MLK DAY ON MONDAY IN 20.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE DAY I WAS RUNNING OFF OF CHECK.
I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE THE 15TH.
I MEAN, IF I, IF I HAVE TO CHANGE IT.
YEAH, IT'S THE 15 WE JANUARY 15TH.
MAYBE IT WAS THE WE DON'T HAVE TO.
I SECOND THAT MOTION GETTING CARRIED.
AND JUST TO REITERATE THAT TASK GROUP SO FAR AS BYRON, ME, JEAN, AND, UH, CARLA OR CHRISSY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE DECIDED SHE'S 12 OTHER PEOPLE TODAY.
IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN OR HELP OUT HERE AND THERE, JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, YOU GOTTA PUT THAT MOTION ON YOU.
UM, CAN WE GET A VOTE ON THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE? JEFFREY? MR. GLOVIE? YES.
NOW WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE PLAN TO MARKET THIS? SO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING A SAVE THE DATE OUT, ASAP.
UM, WE HAD TO WAIT TO, UM, OF COURSE GET IT APPROVED SO WE CAN GET A FLYER DONE BETWEEN CHRISSY AND SARAH USED TO HELP US A LOT ON OUR FLYERS.
UM, IS THERE IS, I ASSUME THERE WAS ONE FROM LAST YEAR, RIGHT? YES.
YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS ARE FINE WITH THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS DID FROM LAST YEAR, MAYBE WE CAN CHANGE THE DATES AND TIME.
IF THAT'LL BE SUFFICE IN GENERAL, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME WE KIND OF WANNA MARKET IT TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE EARLIER THE BETTER WITH LITERATURE.
UM, SO I KNOW MS. STEVENS HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE KEY ADS HERE AT CITY HALL AND THEN JUST AROUND THE CITY, FACEBOOK, BLAH, BLAH BLAH, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO AGAIN, I'LL TRY TOMORROW AND TRY TO SEE IF I CAN FIND IT AND THEN WE CAN START THAT PROCESS.
'CAUSE SARAH ALSO NEEDS THAT TOO.
UM, I, I HAVE A COPY OF THE FLYER AS A MATTER OF FACT.
AND WE HAD A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT, WE WALKED IN THE TRACK LAST YEAR, SO I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT THAT FLYER SAYS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO JUST ADJUST IT.
SO JUST EDIT IT AS NECESSARY AND LET'S GET IT OUT AND LET'S GET IT.
AND WE'RE GONNA CONNECT WITH, WHEN WE CONNECT WITH THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE USE OF THE FACILITIES AND ALL THAT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CONNECT WITH THE TEACHERS TO GET THEM TO GET IT OUT AS WELL AS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE CANNOT FORGET ABOUT BETHEL AGAIN.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HUB'S, RESIDENTS THAT ATTEND BETHEL SCHOOLS AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO TRY TO GET THAT UP THERE, UM, TO THEM.
SO JEFF, WHAT, WHAT ALL MEANS? DOES THE CITY HAVE TO MARKET THAT? SO I GET IT.
BUT IF I'M A PERSON, I DON'T, I'M NOT SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY.
SO REMEMBER THE KEY ADS, THE, THE BIGGEST ONE, UH, WAS AT BRAND PIKE IN CHAMBERSBURG.
IT, IT WOULD, SOMETHING WOULD GO THERE, I WOULD THINK.
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WAS THAT THOMAS CLOUD, THERE'S A, A BILLBOARD OR SOME AD SPACE THERE.AND THEN I KNOW I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I WANT TO SAY MAYBE A TOTAL OF THREE, MAYBE.
IS THERE SOMETHING AT THE ROADS? I COULD BE MISTAKEN, BUT NO, THERE IS ON THE HIGHWAY.
YEAH, THERE'S GREAT BIG ONE ON MAKE COULD GO THE WATER AT THE WATER.
WHERE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE BILL? OH, THE WA OH, THE, THE FOLD IN OR WHATEVER.
WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT? I MEAN, IT'S A POSSIBILITY.
LET, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, THE BETTER, YOU KNOW, KNOWLEDGE OR PLACES THAT WE CAN GET STUFF YEAH.
UM, BUT YEAH, I'LL TALK TO SARAH TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE OUR OPTIONS OF, OKAY, HEY, WE'VE NUMBERED DOWN TO THESE OTHER PLACES.
WHAT OTHER PLACES HAVE I MISSING THAT PEOPLE'S EYES COULD BE AT? OR PE PEOPLE'S EYES CAN SEE THINGS, UM, THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
NOT WITH JUST THIS EVENT, ALL OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET A PHYSICAL BANNER THAT WE CAN YEAH.
COUPLE OF PLACES, JUST LIKE WE DO LIKE TO FOR THE, UH, HAD WE, SO I MEAN, NOW WOULD HAVE TO BE, THAT'S A BUDGET OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA CONSIDER, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE AGAINST IT.
IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA.
UM, THOSE WERE LIKE $250 A PIECE THOUGH.
FOR THE BANNERS WE BOUGHT FOR MULTICULTURAL, THEY WERE PRICEY.
SO AS, SO IF WE BOUGHT TWO, SO IF WE BOUGHT TWO BANNERS AND THE PROGRAMS MM-HMM.
I MEAN YOU, IT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING WITH MY OWN MONEY,
OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS WILL COME WITH TO A VOTE ON THAT MATTER.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO SEE IF I CAN GET A QUOTE FOR THINGS, PASS IT THROUGH THAT, PUT IT ON, UH, AGENDA, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
TRY AND INCREASE IATION RIGHT NOW.
CAN WE, CAN WE PREEMPTIVELY APPROVE A BUDGET OF $600 FOR THAT AND, AND JUST BUY THE BANNERS? BECAUSE IF WE GET A QUOTE FIRST AND THEN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER, BY THE TIME WE GET THOSE BANNERS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE WORTH THE PRICE.
WELL, AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN IT MAKES IT, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE DIFFICULT JUST BECAUSE THE EVENT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.
AND THEN THE IDEA OF LIKE, HOW MUCH DOES THIS, HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO GET THE BANNERS OUT OR, OR, OR THE LOGISTICS OF ANYTHING.
AND RATHER BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE FOR ANY, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE THINGS THING.
SO WITH THOSE BANNERS, WHEN YOU DO THE RESEARCH ON THOSE YEAH.
SO THAT WE COULD USE IT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
CAN YOU GET IT LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY BANNER THAT THE CITY HAS SO YOU CAN CHANGE THE DATE OUT.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND I'LL, YEAH.
THAT'S THE SAME WAY THE ML K OR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE MULTICULTURAL ONE IS SET UP SO WE CAN JUST KEEP SLAPPING A NUMBER YEAH.
THEN I THINK AFTER THAT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN ADDITIONAL PLAN OF HOW WE'RE GONNA REACH PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW.
SO EITHER THAT'S THROUGH YOUR TEXT MESSAGES, EITHER THROUGH YOUR OWN PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH YOUR PHONE CALLS, YOU KNOW, PUT A INSERT IN YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS, YOU SENDING OUT, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING, UM, IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THAT.
YOU, AT, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE CITY HAS ANOTHER EVENT THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE YEAR.
LIKE A CHRISTMAS THEME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DOES AN ARTS, ARTS BEAUTIFICATION DO THAT? SANTA LIGHTS THING AT THE Y WHERE YOU LINE UP AND PICTURES WITH SANTA? SO, SO YEAH.
SO LIKE THE IDEA, IF WE CAN GET A FLYER OUT, WE CAN GET PEOPLE LIKE, OH HEY, THERE'S THE MLK, YOU KNOW, WALK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND I MEAN, JUST THE IDEA OF LIKE THE THINGS THAT ARE AROUND THE CITY AND THAT PEOPLE CAN KINDA GET A, GET A SENSE ON, GET THEIR EYES ON.
SO JUST ANOTHER, ANOTHER OPTION OUT THERE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE WATER BILLS YEP.
THAT SOME OF THE, UM, RESIDENTS AND CITY WOULD GET TO HAVE AN INSERT THAT WAY.
WOULD THAT BEING SAID, WHAT COSTS WOULD THE CITY INCUR
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FOR THAT? I WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT, BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION AS WELL.AND AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST THIS EVENT.
IF YOU GUYS WERE PLANNING ON BUDGETING OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ALL YOUR OTHER EVENTS, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, I MEAN, AVENUE TO APPROACH AS WELL.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT.
AND THE NEWSLETTER THAT JUST WENT OUT, THERE WAS A CITY NEWSLETTER THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEK.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAN GET INCLUDED IN THE NEWSLETTER.
AND IF POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY'S WEBSITE HAS LIKE A BANNER OF EVENTS THAT POP UP.
I FEEL LIKE IT HAD LIKE IT DID.
IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A ROLLING EVENT.
UM, YOU MAKE THAT ONE OF THE ROLLING.
SO THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD JUST TALK TO SARAH ABOUT, SEE IF WE CAN THROW THE FLYER ON THE, UM, CITY'S, UH, WEBPAGE FROM WEBPAGE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
IT'S $600 FOR TWO BANNERS AND UM, HANG ON, HANG ON.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THIS, I WOULD SET A NUMBER LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT.
SET A MOTION TO PURCHASE BANNERS NOT TO EXCEED A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO SET ASIDE A THOUSAND DOLLARS NOT TO EXCEED A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR BANNERS AND FLYERS FOR THE 2024 MLK EVENT.
BANNERS, FLYERS AND PROGRAMS, BANNERS, FLYERS AND PROGRAMS. YEAH.
CAN WE GET A VOTE FOR THAT MOTION PLEASE? MR ULA V.
AM I, AM I PRONOUNCING THAT INCORRECTLY? WHAT IS IT? I'M SORRY.
WHAT IS IT? TY? I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT GOING FOR MS. STEGEL.
YOU WONDER WHO WAS PERSON? MS GEL.
UM, OKAY, SO MOTION AND CARRIED.
AND BEFORE WE RUN OFF ON THE MLK WALK, I DID LEAVE YOU GUYS, UM, THE MOST UPTODATE PROCLAMATION.
THAT WAS ALSO A REQUEST FROM THE CHAIR, UM, WITH THE HOPES OF THE MAYOR OR ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL TO PRESENT THAT ON THE WALK.
NOW AGAIN, UM, IT'LL BE WHERE YOU GUYS THINK WOULD BE BEST.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AT THE BEGINNING OR THE STAGING OR IS IT AT THE END WHERE THE SCHOOL IS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE THAT INPUT OF WHERE YOU GUYS WANT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO KIND BE AT.
AND THEN I'LL PASS THAT ON TO TONY.
I THINK IT'S BEST TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING.
DON'T YOU? LIKE, DO THE, LIKE AN OPENING PRAYER AND THEN DO THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN DO THE WALK OR OPEN THE PROGRAM WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
THAT'S A DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.
HOW, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR? 'CAUSE I THINK SHE SAID MS. BAKER, IT ALL RUNS TOGETHER.
WE DID ALL THAT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE DID DO IT ALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I JUST FRESH HAD A KNEE SURGERY LAST YEAR.
IT WAS ALL DONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK SHE DID THAT NEAR THE END.
BUT I AGREE WITH YOUR SUGGESTION AT THE BEGINNING.
I THINK AFTER THE PRAYER MM-HMM.
WHETHER IT BE READ BY THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER'S AVAILABLE.
I THINK THE, I BELIEVE THE MAYOR HAD TO WORK LAST YEAR, SO MM-HMM.
AND WE'LL, SO GET THAT ALL SOLIDIFIED, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE YES.
THE WAY THAT UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY ACT LIKE BIG FEELINGS
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ABOUT THAT.ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT MLK DAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON? I GOT ONE LAST THING.
UM, BLOCKINGS THE BLOCKING OF THE ROAD.
UM, ARE WE STILL ON THE SAME PATH? UM, WOULD YOU GUYS JUST BE GOING, I THINK THAT IS THE PLAZA THAT IT'S CALLED, IT'S CHAMBERSBURG PLAZA IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WOULD YOU GUYS BE LEAVING CLOSER TO LIKE RIGHT OUT OF THE MIDDLE WHERE THAT SIGN IS? OH, THE MIDDLE.
SO LIKE B SIDE STRAIGHT BACK MATIC ON ONE SIDE, B SIDE.
SO LIKE WALK STRAIGHT OUT AND THEN LEFT DOWN CHAMBERSBURG.
SO WE WOULD NEED THAT, THAT ENTRANCE BLOCKED FROM THAT PORTION OF CHAMBERSBURG BLOCKED OUT.
AND THEN WE WOULD NEED IT BLOCKED TO, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TO THE LIGHT OF CHAMBERSBURG AND 2 0 2? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BLOCK OUT BACK THAT FAR JUST BECAUSE THERE'S THAT ONE DOCTOR'S OFFICE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO LEAVE AND WELL, I GUESS THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE OPEN ON A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, BUT I THINK I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE POLICE HAVE THEIR OWN OPINIONS, HONESTLY, GO WITH WHATEVER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS.
BUT I WOULD BLOCK IT FROM LIKE THE ST.
PETER'S FAR DRIVEWAY OR EVEN WHERE FRICKER DRIVEWAY IS THERE DOWN AND JUST KIND OF HAVE IT LIKE A, WELL BLOCK IT TILL WE GET DOWN ALL THE WAY, BUT KIND OF LIKE HOW THE HOMECOMING PARADE GOES.
SO IF I SAID HOMECOMING PARADE, THEY WOULD HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF HOW WE OKAY.
BUT THE HOMECOMING PARADE STARTS AT GET AIR.
IT STARTS AT GET AIR INSTEAD OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PARKING LOT.
IT'S JUST A LOT OF LIKE, AGAIN, YEAH.
LOGISTICS AND YEAH, WE NEED TO GET THAT BLAST OUT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CHANGE AS FAR IN ADVANCE
LIKE I, I THINK, UM, POLICE OBVIOUSLY WOULD JUST DISPATCH CALLS FIRE WITH THEIR DISPATCH CALLS AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS IS GONNA BE LAYING OUT BARRIERS, UM, FOR YOU GUYS ON YOUR GUY ON THE WALK ITSELF.
SO JUST KIND OF PUTTING DOWN THAT LOGISTICS ON EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE AT THE OUT THERE.
AND THEN THE CROWD SIZE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK ON THE STREETS AND NOT GET HIT BY VEHICLES, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
I WOULDN'T ESTIMATE MORE THAN 50 TO 75, I THINK AT THE BIGGEST A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
UM, I AM PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EVEN GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE WALK, BUT I'M A VERY SLOW WALKER, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE ME TO GET DOWN THERE NOW.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO, I'M LIKE, IT'S COLD.
I GOT ONE KNEE CAP, IT'S GONNA TAKE ME EIGHT YEARS TO WALK DOWN THAT STREET.
SO I WOULD SAY NO MORE THAN A HALF AN HOUR.
BUT I MEAN, 20 MINUTES, HALF AN HOUR TO GET DOWN THERE.
UM, SO YEAH, I WOULD SAY A HALF AN HOUR, MAYBE 45 MINUTES.
BUT THAT'S JUST GIVEN WHO COMES.
AND I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, OLDER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE ATTENDING, SO.
AND YOU'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON ALL OF THAT LOGISTICS PART OF IT.
UM, ANY ADDITIONAL TASK GROUP UPDATES? UM, I WILL QUICKLY SAY CHRISSY, UM, CHRISTIE, I'M GONNA GET HER NAME RIGHT EVENTUALLY, I'M SORRY, UM, HAS BEEN A ROCK STAR AT MEETING OR MAKING INVI, UM, CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SHE HAS REACHED OUT, UM, TO SINCLAIR.
AND SINCLAIR IS INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US ON SOME INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY THE EDUCATION FORUMS. UM, SO WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY WITH, UH, MR. CARTER, WHO IS SINCLAIR'S CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER.
UM, AND SHE WAS, UM, PARAMOUNT IN SETTING UP THIS MEETING FOR US.
WE'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE A QUICK HALF HOUR, UH, MYSELF, JEAN, UM, AND CHRISTIE WILL HAVE THIS MEETING AND WE WILL REPORT BACK ON THIS, UH, BUDDING PARTNERSHIP IN DECEMBER.
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
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UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER TASK GROUPS THAT HAVE MET OR HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT, DO WE? MM.I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO START NEXT MONTH.
I KNOW I'M JUST IN THE SECOND IN CHARGE LATE, NOT EVEN IN CHARGE, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START THINKING, UM, AND START GETTING THE BALL MOVING FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN JUNETEENTH, ESPECIALLY SECURING VENDORS AND THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THAT STUFF.
UM, SO WE CAN GROW THIS TO THE MOST ROBUST TYPE OF, UM, FESTIVALS THAT WE CAN.
UM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE DATES OF THESE FESTIVALS.
UM, I LOOKED AT THE DAY BEFORE OUR JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL AND THERE WAS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 OTHER FESTIVALS THAT DAY IN DAYTON AND AROUND, THAT'S ABOUT THE MEETING NEXT WEEK.
IT'S JUST A, A BUDDING, UM, POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP.
SO, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, AND SOMETHING THAT WAS OUR KIND OF FOCUS FOR 2024 WAS GROWING THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN COME AT THIS AS A HOLISTIC COMMUNITY TYPE PROCESS OR, OR COMMUNITY TYPE PARTNER, UM, WITH THESE GREAT ANCHORS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE THE YWCA, THE YMCA SINCLAIR AND THESE THESE PLACES.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO FOR NEXT MONTH, JUST KIND OF THINK OF ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO START TAKING THE LEAD ON REACHING OUT TO VENDORS FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS, UM, AND THINGS FOR JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT JUNETEENTH IS MY SON'S BIRTHDAY AND I DID NOT REALIZE THAT.
SO THE MUSIC FESTIVAL IS MY SON'S BIRTHDAY, SO I MIGHT BE THERE TO HELP SET UP, BUT I ALSO MAY NOT, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT I'LL HELP WITH ALL THE PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, HE IS MY MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S EVERYTHING ELSE DOWN HERE.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT? YES.
SO I SPOKE WITH CITY MANAGER EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, FROM WHERE, UM, HE SAID THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BURGE, UM, UH, WAS GOING THROUGH PARTS OF, OR IF NOT THE WHOLE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEN I GUESS BASICALLY WAS CITY MANAGERS SAYING IS HE'LL STILL NEED TIME, UM, BEFORE HE SUBMITS THAT OFF.
UM, FOR RFPS, UM, I DON'T WANT TO, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, UM, LET'S JUST PUT IT AT, HE SAID HE NEEDS MORE TIME.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE A DEADLINE AS LONG AS WE CAN.
JUST KEEP THIS AS LIKE A MONTHLY CHECK-IN SO UNDERSTOOD.
SO WE CAN KEEP IT ON THE YEAH.
AND EVEN, AND EVEN EVEN THE MONTHLY, IF I, IF I COME IN CONTACT WITH CITY MANAGER AND, UM, IT'S ON THAT PROCESS BEFORE WE GET TO A MONTH, I'LL JUST SIT IT A LITTLE BLAST WITH YOU GUYS JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW, HEY, IT'S OUT FOR RFP OR, OR IT IS FINISHED.
AND THEN, UM, THE IDEA WOULD BE IT WOULD GO TO RFP, BUT YOU GUYS WILL BE IN THE LOOP FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WAS COUNCILWOMAN BURGE THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAD QUESTIONS? FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WHO PICKED PICKED IT UP.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TOLD THAT SHE WAS, SHE WAS LOOKING AT IT NOW.
OR THAT SHE HAS IT AND SHE WAS, UH, LOOKING OVER IT.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG, ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME.
Y AND, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THAT AT ONE POINT WHEN IT WAS FIRST WRITTEN OUT, COUNSEL DID HAVE, AGAIN, I COULD BE WRONG, COUNSEL DID HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT, THE INITIAL PORTION OR THE INITIAL, UM, UH, VERSION OF IT.
BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHAT RICK GETTING HERE, HIM LOOKING AT
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IT, GOING OVER IT AGAIN, PUTTING HIS SPIN ON IT, PUTTING HIS, ADDING HIS PORTIONS TO IT.I THINK NOW THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
AGAIN, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF LEFT IT OFF AT, IS THAT COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER BERGS WAS LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW AND THAT HE WOULD NEED A COUPLE TIME, OR HE WOULD NEED SOME TIME BEFORE HE GOT IT BACK TO SET IT OUT.
BUT I, AGAIN, I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UP TO DATE.
WOULD IT BE BEFORE THE END OF 2023? YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HIT, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SAYING THE LAST TIME HE ADDRESSED YOU GUYS, UM, WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE OUT RIGHT.
WOULD BE OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND THAT WE WOULD START SOMETHING NEW COME THE BEGINNING OF 2024.
UM, I WANNA HOPE THAT'S STILL THE SAME CASE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL, I'LL BE AS TRANSPARENT AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
I'M NOT FOR SURE WHERE WE ARE, BUT, UM, I'M HOPEFUL IT'LL BE RELATIVELY SOON AND WE'LL KEEP IT AS, HEY, EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE.
IT'S JUST KIND OF HOLD UP RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY ON THE DE AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW A DATE OF WHEN IT WILL GO OUT BECAUSE THAT'S FOUR WEEKS, CORRECT.
'CAUSE IT WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING MM-HMM.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO TURN INTO, AND I KNOW THIS IS SENSITIVE FOR ERIC'S OVER THERE, LIKE CCRB, LIKE THAT WAS JUST UNACCEPTABLE RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT WITH THIS EITHER.
IT'S BEEN JUST AS LONG IF NOT LONGER.
WE STARTED WORKING ON THE CCRB THE SAME TIME WE HAD DISCUSSED THE FIRST THING WE DISCUSSED OUR FIRST MEETING WHEN WE WERE SAT AND SWORN IN THE FIRST TIME WE DISCUSSED THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THAT WAS THE FIRST, THAT WAS THE FIRST DISCUSSION WE HAD.
FIRST, SO US THAT HAVE BEEN HERE,
SO THIS IS THE YEAR OF ACTION.
AND NEXT YEAR IS THE, THE YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND, UH, AND ASSESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE NOW WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT STATE AND EXISTENCE OF WHERE WE'RE AT AS A COMMUNITY.
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN 2020.
UM, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE REALLY ASSESSED WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE FROM ALL OF THIS PROGRESS.
YOU ALSO WEREN'T HERE IN 2020, SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TANGLE WITH THIS, SO NO PROBLEM.
'CAUSE YOU'RE THE MIDDLE PERSON, SO WE APPRECIATE, I UNDERSTAND REALLY COMMUNICATING TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS INFORMATION.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT? UM, SO MOVING ON TO THE CCRB, THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
UM, IT'S DONE, IT IS PASSED, IT IS IN RESOLUTION.
UM, THIS WAS, UH, THOSE OF US THAT ATTENDED THE NAACP UM, HALL OF FREEDOM AWARD FRIDAY NIGHTS.
UM, THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH.
AND IT WAS THE D DR FORWARD, UM, HAD CREATED THIS EIGHT POINT INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS RESPONDED TO AND AGREED TO.
UM, AND ONE OF THOSE PARTS OF THAT EIGHT POINT INITIATIVE WAS THE CREATION OF THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD.
UM, WHICH IS DIRECTED AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME, NOT DIRECTED IT IS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLAINT RESOLUTION PROCESS THAT IF FOR SOME REASON, UM, YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT, IT IS GONE THROUGH THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURAL PROCESS THAT IS IN PLACE, UM, FOR THE COOPER HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND YOU ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROCESS, THEN YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT COMPLAINT
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TO BE REVIEWED BY THE CCRB, UM, IF IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO, UM, AN ALLEGATION OF A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT.SO I AM PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID TIRELESSLY TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, ERIC, ERIC AND ME
AND I CAN'T SAY THAT SINCE WE'VE SAT DOWN AT THE TABLE, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT RECEPTION.
SO I WAS, AND STILL AM VERY, UM, OVERJOYED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO MEET US AT THE MIDDLE TO GET THIS DONE.
UM, CITY MANAGER OR ASSISTANT INTERIM, UM, CITY MANAGER, UH, BRIAN KOWSKI ALSO PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON RECORD.
UM, THIS TOOK A LOT OF WORK AS WELL.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE TO GET THIS DONE, AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE IT PASSED AND IT'S DONE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN HEAVER HEIGHTS.
AND, AND TO SEE THAT DONE IN THIS COMMUNITY IS, IS QUITE REMARKABLE.
WELL, REMAINS BE PROUD OF YOURSELVES.
THAT'S WHAT WE CAME HERE TO DO.
I CAN LEAVE ON A GOOD NOTE NOW,
SO, SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW ERIC.
I MEAN, YEAH, HE'S MARRIED TO THE CHAIR.
SO, JENNIFER, COULD YOU SPEAK ON, I THINK I SAW AN EMAIL FROM, UH, TONY SANDY GOING TO START THE PROCESS OF, OF, UH, GUESS ADVERTISING FOR THOSE POSITION.
I THOUGHT I HAD, I THOUGHT I PRINT PRINTED IT OUT.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WITHIN THE, THE GOT THE FRAMES OF, UH, HOW THE MAKEUP OF THE CCRB WOULD BE MADE CATEGORIES OF THE LARGEST POP, AND I'M PARAPHRASING LARGEST POPULATION WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY.
THE SECOND, THE THIRD, UM, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, WE WOULD START THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SELECT THOSE PEOPLE AND OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO, UM, UH, UH, KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID, THE ADVERTISEMENT, UH, APPOINTING, UM, OF, OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO SERVE ON THAT CCC UH, CCC CCRB BOARD.
UM, DO WE HAVE A TARGET DATE FOR, UH, HAVING IT UP AND OPERATIONAL? I'M NOT, I'M NOT FOR SURE.
BUT TONY DID EMAIL ME THIS WEEK WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY TO KIND OF GET, UM, WHERE WE WERE WITH THE POPULATION NUMBERS RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, UH, RACE, UM, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD.
UM, SO AGAIN, HE HAS THAT INFORMATION NOW.
UM, AND THAT, AND FINGERS CROSSED, IF IT'S NOT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, SOMETHING, UM, GOING OUT, WE START IT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT, UM, IF I HEAR SOMETHING, UH, PRIOR TO DECEMBER, I'LL OBVIOUSLY LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TOO, UM, IN THAT, UM, AS PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS, WAS THERE AN AGREEMENT THAT, THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THIS, FROM THIS COMMISSION WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS? KINDA LIKE WHAT WE DO YEAH.
WITH EVERYTHING ELSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SEE WHY NOT, IF THAT'S BEEN MORE OR LESS THE MAKEUP OF ANYTHING THAT WE'VE NORMALLY DONE IN THE PAST, UM, WITH INTERVIEWS OR ANYTHING OF THE NATURE.
OBVIOUSLY WE, WE HAVE AN, AN INTERVIEW EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH, UM, POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH US GRABBING TWO, TWO MEMBERS AND YOU GUYS JUMPING IN ON, UH, INTERVIEWS AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, LIKE I'M I'LL, I'LL TALK TO TONY TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT WHAT HE WAS THINKING ON AND, AND HOW FAST HE WANTED TO MOVE.
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DON'T KNOW.I I, I'M GUESSING THAT IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SO YEAH.
SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TONY'S THINKING OF HOW FAST HE, HE CAN TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING THROUGH TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I MEAN, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT BE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR AT THE BEGINNING END OF THE YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED.
UM, JUST SOMETHING I JUST NOTICED THAT, I GUESS I HAVE TO SAY OUT LOUD, UM, THE EX OFFICIO LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION, AND BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT THIS EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS, UM, WE PROBABLY NEED TO REVISIT THAT IN THE SIGNED AND DATED RESOLUTION.
UM, SO I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD.
IT'S ON THE SECOND PAGE TOP AFTER MOST RECENT US CENSUS CENSUS, UM, IT LEADS INTO HAVING TWO EX OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS.
UM, AND SINCE THERE IS STILL SOME UP IN THE AIR DISCUSSION REGARDING EXOFFICIO MEMBERS, UM, WE WILL REVISIT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR COMMISSION, UM, AT A LATER DATE BECAUSE WE HAD OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS FROM LAST MONTH.
I, AND, AND AT THE SAME TIME I WAS GOING TO BRING THAT UP, I WANTED TO READJUST THE AGENDA BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK, ABOUT TABLE IN THAT DISCUSSION FOR THE EX-OFFICIAL ON MEMBERS.
BUT NONETHELESS, UM, FROM WHAT I'M GETTING TOLD, UM, YOU GUYS WOULD NEED TO REPEAL THE MOTION, UH, FROM MS. SUMLIN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN OF HER LAST NAME.
UM, THAT IS WHAT I'VE BEEN GUIDED TO TELL YOU GUYS.
UM, AND THEN I, I WILL JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT IS BASICALLY IS WHAT I'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TELL YOU GUYS.
YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY UNDERSTOOD.
ONCE WE HAVE THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING ANSWERED, UM, REGARDING THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAD EXOFFICIO MEMBERS AND IF THEY'RE ALSO, UM, FOR TERM BEING TOLD TO FOLLOW THIS SAME PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE THOSE QUESTIONS ARE, UM, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO THAT, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE AGENDA IN DECEMBER.
UM, BUT GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THIS CONTINUED LANGUAGE MOVING FORWARD AND KIND OF THIS UP IN THE AIR ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE, UM, MAKING THAT MOTION TONIGHT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COMMISSION HAS FEELINGS ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WELCOME TO ENTERTAIN, UM, ANY OF THE QUESTIONS THE CITY MAY HAVE FOR US ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT WAS NULL AND VOID AS FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, RHONDA UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT SERVE AS EX-OFFICIO ON THIS COMMISSION.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
BEFORE WE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD.
ESPECIALLY JUST GIVEN, I MEAN, THIS WAS JUST SIGNED AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND I CREATED, I MEAN, WE CREATED THIS, BUT AT THE TIME, THIS WAS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED AND IT WAS NO PROBLEM.
IT WAS NO PROBLEM WHEN WE WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH THE PEOPLE MAKING THESE RULES.
AND IT WAS BRIAN KOWSKI AND KATE AND ISLEY AND CHIEF LIGHTNER AND US SITTING AT THAT TABLE.
SO I'M JUST GONNA POINT THAT OUT, THAT UNTIL WE HAVE SOME RESOLUTION TO THIS EX OFFICIO ISSUE, UM, I'M NOT GONNA PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
UM, SO FOR 2000, ANYTHING ELSE FOR CCRB, I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT IN PLACE.
I HOPE THAT IT IS A USEFUL TOOL FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR, UM, PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE HEARD AND THAT THEY HAVE OPTIONS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES, UM, FOR 2024 CALENDAR AND BUDGET.
UM, ERIC STEVENS, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LEAVING US, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS AN OPINION ABOUT STARTING THIS MEETING EARLIER THAN SEVEN O'CLOCK IN 2024.
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OH, OKAY.BUT I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO KICK THAT OVER, CONSIDER IT, LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULES, SEE WHAT LIFE'S LIKE, UM, AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANY SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.
UM, AND MAYBE WE CAN MOVE THIS MEETING UP TO SIX OR SIX 30 EVEN WOULD BE BETTER.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS.
AND I GET UP WAY TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING TO BE HERE TILL 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SELFISH, BUT FIVE O'CLOCK ALARMS ARE PRETTY HATEFUL.
IT'S LIKE SHE'S READING MY MIND.
HE'S BEEN ASLEEP ON, I MEAN, IT'S A, OBVIOUSLY FOR A COUPLE YEARS, OBVIOUSLY.
IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS AND, BUT THERE'S NO CONFLICT AT CITY HALL.
NO, I FELT LIKE THERE WAS, AT SOME POINT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS MEETING AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE AT SEVEN.
FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, UM, CULTURAL UNIVERSITY IS THE ONLY, UH, IS THE ONLY COMMISSION THAT RUNS AT SEVEN.
EVERYBODY ELSE DOES ANY THEIR SIX SIX OR SIX 30.
AND I WASN'T GONNA PRESS YOU GUYS TO CHANGE YOUR GUYS' TIME IF THAT'S WHAT THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS WERE ALL FINE WITH.
UM, BUT WHATEVER WORKS WITH YOU GUYS AND I'LL, I'LL BE, I'LL BE HERE APPROVED.
SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
WE BRING IT BACK FOR DECEMBER AT LEAST, BUT STARTING IN JANUARY, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER CHANGING THE, THE TIME.
WELL, I'D MAKE THE MOTION THAT RIGHT NOW FOR 2024 AND THEREAFTER, RIGHT.
IS THAT OKAY? SHOULD WE CHECK WITH, BUT YOLANDA AND CHRISTIE FIRST? I, I WOULD HONESTLY WAIT TO THE DECEMBER.
THINK WE NEED AND THINK WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE COMING ON THIS NEXT, NEXT MONTH.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT WAS YOUR TIME? HE WAS TALKING ABOUT 6 6, 6 30.
SO LET'S, LET'S TALK TO OUR FRIENDS AND LET'S SEE IF LIKE SIX O'CLOCK WOULD WORK, UM, STARTING IN JANUARY, OBVIOUSLY.
THIS COULD BE A, THIS WOULD BE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE BUDGET OR CALENDAR ITEMS? I FELT LIKE WE SET THE SCHEDULE A LOT.
WHAT DAY DID WE DECIDE LATE ON DAY? WE DECIDE FOR THE MULTICULTURAL JUNETEENTH.
JUNETEENTH IS THE 17TH, THE MULTI THE MUSIC FESTIVAL.
UM, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE MULTICULTURAL THE 22ND, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO A DAY OF SERVICE ON ACTUAL JUNETEENTH.
CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE DATES FROM ONE TIME, UH, THE 17TH FRIDAY? SO, GOD, I'VE LOST MY MIND.
UM, SUNDAY, THE 17TH FATHER'S DAY.
JUNETEENTH IS ON A WEDNESDAY THIS YEAR.
SO THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY IS WEDNESDAY THE 19TH OF JUNE.
AND THAT'S THE DAY WE WERE GONNA DO SOME TYPE OF A SERVICE PROJECT LIKE COMMUNITYWIDE.
I HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET, BUT WE'LL MEET AND AND START PIECING THAT OUT, RIGHT? NO, IT SHOULD BE SUNDAY, JUNE 16TH.
I LOST, I COMPLETELY LOST MY MARBLES.
IS THAT SO I'LL BE AT JUNETEENTH BECAUSE MY SISTER BIRTHDAYS A FUN DAY.
16TH OF JUNE IS JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL.
THE 19TH OF JUNE IS JUNETEENTH.
BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE THE SATURDAY.
WE'RE LEAVING IT ON THE SUNDAY.
THERE'S 700,000 FESTIVALS THAT SATURDAY.
AND WE'RE SAYING FOUR TO NINE OR FIVE TO NINE.
I THINK FOUR TO NINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
FIVE TO NINE I FELT LIKE WOULD BE PRETTY SHORT.
BUT THEY WANT US DONE BY NINE.
FIVE TO NINE IS, THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, RIGHT? WE DID 10, FIVE TO 10.
WHAT TIME DID WE LEAVE? THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAD THE HOLIDAY ON THAT MONDAY.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE HOLIDAY ON THAT MONDAY.
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SO FOUR TO NINE, FOUR TO EIGHT, FOUR TO, THERE'S NO HOLIDAY ON THAT MONDAY.YEAH, WE CAN'T, FOUR HOURS FINE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU, YOU CAN STILL HOLD THERE AT FIVE BUT THEN WRAP UP BY NINE INSTEAD OF 10 SINCE.
BUT DO WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP? MM-HMM.
BUT THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU GUYS.
I FEEL LIKE IF WE WENT LATER, A LOT OF PEOPLE LEFT RIGHT AT LIKE 8 39.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LEAVING BEFORE THAT LAST ACT WENT ON.
SO JUST CUT IT FROM FIVE HOURS TO FOUR HOURS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
TAKE 10 DOWN AND ALL THAT DOWN.
SO FOUR TO EIGHT OR FIVE TO NINE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, NOT EVERYONE PROUD GETS THAT HOLIDAY OFF EITHER.
WELL, THE HOLIDAY, NOBODY GETS MONDAY OFF.
EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S WORKING MONDAY.
WHICH THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
'CAUSE WE WERE ALL OFF THAT MONDAY, SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT LATE.
SO I THINK IF WE'RE DOING IT ON FATHER'S DAY AND IT'S NOT A HOLIDAY THE NEXT DAY, WE NEED TO GO EARLIER, DON'T WE? DOES ANYBODY ELSE FEELINGS ABOUT THAT? I'M GOOD.
AND I'M GOOD FOR A 6:00 PM MEETING TOO.
UM, THIS WAS MORE FOR, JEFFREY WANTED TO KNOW LIKE KIND OF A ROUGH OUTLINE OF THINGS THAT WERE GONNA BE NEEDED AND, AND YOU KNOW, JEFFREY NEEDS A WHOLE LOT HERE.
WELL, WE WERE, HEY, I'M GOOD WITH ANYBODY THAT'S PROACTIVE WITH STUFF I'M, I'M ALL, I'D RATHER BE PREPARED THAN, OH, SNAP GUYS.
IT'S JUNE AND, UH, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE SCRAMBLING.
SO THIS IS JUST A ROUGH OUTLINE IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO ADD OR REMOVE.
SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT.
SO JUST ADD BULLET POINTS OR COMMENTS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
WHAT ABOUT, DO WE NEED A, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE FOUR TO EIGHT? WE'VE ALREADY SET THE DATE.
DO WE NEED TO SET THE TIME? DID WE SET THE TIME LAST MONTH, JEFFREY? I DON'T THINK SO.
ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE 2024 JUNETEENTH MUSIC FESTIVAL TIME WILL START AT 4:00 PM AND CONCLUDE AT 8:00 PM AM ON SUNDAY, JUNE 16TH.
I SECOND GOOD TO VOTE, PLEASE.
UM, MULTICULTURAL, SAME GENERAL WAY WE'VE DONE IT EVERY YEAR.
UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM LEAVING AT THAT TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS OPINIONS.
UM, FOR NEXT MONTH I WOULD LIKE TO START THE DISCUSSION FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
IS THAT STILL GONNA BE ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY? YEAH.
I KNOW THERE WAS THE 22ND ABOUT CHANGING OR MOVING THAT IT WOULD BE.
SO IT WOULD BE VERY CONSIDERATE OF US IF WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE IT.
BUT, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC'S WORKS EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE HAVING TO SET UP FOR THE JUNETEENTH, THEN THEY'RE SETTING UP FOR MULTICULTURAL AND TEARING DOWN AND THEN THEY HAVE TO SET UP FOR THE NEXT WEEKEND, WHICH IS 4TH OF JULY, STARWOOD HEIGHTS.
SO, BUT THERE'S NO OTHER DATES THAT ARE GOING TO WORK IF WE DID IT THE SATURDAY BEFORE.
I MEAN, I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR.
THERE WAS TROY'S JUNETEENTH, THERE WAS JUNETEENTH AT LIBERATION PARK.
THERE WAS THE CELTIC FEST, WHICH IS HUGE.
THERE WAS WAYNESVILLE STREET FAIR, DARK COUNTY, SUMMER STAMPEDE, NO IDEA.
BREW FEST BARBECUE FEST AND ROCK QUA TRUCK AND MUSIC FESTIVAL WERE ALL THE SATURDAY BEFORE FATHER'S DAY.
SO, BUT WHY NOT MOVE? WE WOULD HAVE NO ONE.
WELL, WHY COULDN'T WE JUST MOVE THE FESTIVAL TO AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY? I MEAN, SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE MONTH OF JULY, BUT
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IDEA THAT WE'VE MARKETED THIS WHOLE TIME.THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON WE WERE TIED TO IT.
AND THE SECOND BEFORE THAT IS JUST TOO, WHAT IS THAT 10TH, EIGHTH TOO EARLY IN JUNE SCHOOL GRADUATION.
THAT WOULD BE THE NINTH STAR SPANGLED HEIGHTS IS THE 29TH.
THAT WOULD LEAVE LIKE JULY 6TH.
THE CULTURE WEEK, IT HAS TO DO WITH THAT WEEK.
BUT IF YOU DON'T, SO WE'LL JUST CALL, HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, IF WE, IF WE DIVERGE FROM THE CULTURE WEEK, THEN WE LOSE THE ANCHORS AND THOSE ANCHORS WERE JUNETEENTH AND MULTICULTURAL AND THEN WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO A JUNETEENTH THING AND, AND MAYBE EVEN AN EDUCATION FORUM THAT WEEK OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY DID.
AND SO IF WE MOVE IT, WE LOSE THAT.
IF YOU DO THE JUNETEENTH BIT ACTUALLY ON JUNETEENTH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ON THAT SATURDAY.
WE CAN FIND ANOTHER SATURDAY IN THE SUMMER TO DO THAT.
SO, YEAH, BECAUSE SPEAKING OF THE, UM, JUNETEENTH EVENT, I KNOW THIS WAS MENTIONED, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, I WASN'T PRESENT, BUT I DID WATCH THE RECORDING.
BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WE MAY NOT GET ENOUGH PARTICIPATION? BECAUSE AGAIN, JUNETEENTH WILL FALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, NOT EVERYBODY WOULD GET THAT DAY OFF.
SHOULD WE MOVE THAT TO, YOU KNOW, A SATURDAY DURING THAT WEEK? OH, YOU MEAN THE DAY OF SERVICE PIECE? YEAH.
WELL GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT WELL, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO INCORPORATE THAT AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION PIECE, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE AND HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS THE EDUCATION PIECE COULD BE SOMETHING BRIEF.
THEN DO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING NOT NECESSARILY ON THAT DAY.
BUT WE COULD DO THAT THE 22ND AND THEN THAT'S NOT A BIG STANDUP OR PULL DOWN FOR THE CITY.
IT'S A DAY OF SERVICE AND THEN MOVE CULTURAL.
IT COULD BE ONE IS, UM, IT COULD BE THE MORNING SERVICE.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO WITH THE FOOD BANK OR SOMETHING.
AND WE PACKAGE MEALS OR SOMETHING.
WE HAVE ALL, YEAH, I WAS DEFINITELY THINKING A COUPLE HOUR DAY OF SERVICE.
I'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM PREPARING MEALS AT, YOU KNOW, UM, OH, WHAT'S THE ONE'S DOWN THERE ON OR AVENUE OF THE SOUP KITCHEN.
UM, ANYWAYS, MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING TODAY.
UM, BUT YOU JUST, I'VE DONE VARIETY OF THINGS FROM WORKING AT THE FOOD BANK TO THINGS, BUT WE HAVE ST.
PETER'S, WE HAVE YWCA, WE HAVE PLACES THAT WE CAN CONNECT TO TO DO A DAY OF SERVICE.
UM, SO DO WE WANNA TAKE THIS CONVERSATION BACK NEXT MONTH WHEN EVERYBODY'S HERE AND REALLY KIND OF FLUSH OUT WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH THESE DATES? 'CAUSE I, I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT IS A LOT OF THE PUBLIC'S WORKS EMPLOYEES THAT'S WEEKENDS, THREE WEEKENDS IN A ROW THAT THEY'RE WORKING.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY FULLY STAFFED, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERATE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL.
BUT AT THE SAME POINT, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FESTIVALS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GROW AND, AND MAKE BIGGER THE FARTHER WE GET INTO JULY, IT'S GONNA GET HOT.
I THINK WE, I I JUST PERSONALLY THINK WE SHOULD SEPARATE THE TWO.
I THINK FROM AN EDUCATION STANDPOINT, WE WERE DOING THE CONCERT AND THE JUNETEENTH, WE NEED TO WEAVE IN THE EDUCATION OF JUNETEENTH INTO, THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE PROGRAM.
THE DAY YOU DO THE CONCERT AND YOU DO ALL THAT STUFF.
SO YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ON WEDNESDAY.
AND THEN PUT YOUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AT ANOTHER DATE AND IT CAN BE LIKE BACK TO SCHOOL OR, OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN TIE IN SERVICE AND GIVE WAY BACKPACKS.
SO I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN STILL MAKE IT WORK.
SO, AND THE WORLD OF AFFAIRS' MAY DOES A GREAT JOB.
SO, WELL AARON, SHE'S GONNA BE UH, DON'T GIVE ME ALL THE CREDIT
AND IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK IN AND GET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, UH, HIGH SCHOOL
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STUDENTS OR WHATEVER TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TO REALLY TELL THE STORY OF JUNETEENTH THROUGHOUT THAT DAY.AND INTERTWINE THAT WITH THE MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN FOLLOW IT UP THE NEXT SATURDAY WITH THE SERVICE PROJECT.
IF YOU WANTED TO DO THE SERVICE PROJECT, THEN IF YOU WANTED TO.
AND THEN I WAS THINKING WE COULD DO A COMMUNITY COOKOUT ON JUNETEENTH AND DO AN ACTUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, BUT THAT'S MONEY TO THE BUDGET.
BUT THAT WAS MY THOUGHT TODAY WAS AN ACTUAL COMMUNITY COOKOUT ON JUNETEENTH.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR THAT TYPE OF EVENT? HOW WOULD YOU EVER KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA COME AND YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE WELL THAT'S JUST A HUGE LARGE, SCARED STILL HAVE YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
SO THAT'S, WELL THAT WOULD BE ON THE WEDNESDAY TOO.
I'D LIKE ACTUALLY DO IT ON JUNETEENTH, LIKE DO A CELL WORK AND THEN WE'LL ASK THEM TO COME YEAH.
ON THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND WORK AND PUT TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER A YEAH, MAYBE WE'LL JUST HAVE A COOKOUT.
WE'LL JUST GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A NO, THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.
IF WE COULD GET THE, I MEAN IF WE COULD GET THE CITY TO SPONSOR IT AND PUT THE MONEY UP YEAH.
AND IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF OUR LITTLE MISS EASILY BUDGET.
I WANNA ASK THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES TO COME THROUGH TOGETHER SOMETHING WHICH IS JUST THREE DAYS AWAY FROM WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID THEM WORKING AGAIN.
WELL THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN THINK ABOUT FOR FUTURE YEARS AND MAYBE WE'LL JUST THINK ABOUT THESE IDEAS AND WE'LL BRING THIS BACK FOR A AGENDA ITEM FOR DECEMBER AND REALLY KIND OF PICK THAT APART.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT WE NEED TO FIND A DAY FOR MULTICULTURAL.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF JUNE IS GRADUATION, THEN WE'RE INTO THE JULY.
WE'D HAVE TO TAKE IT ALMOST INTO AUGUST, WHICH ISN'T A BAD IDEA AT THE END OF KIND OF FESTIVAL SEASON AGAIN GETS HOT.
WE HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER, A NEW FAMILY MEMBER MEMBER TO SEE SHE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? NO, NO, NO.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST LIKE, I'LL TELL YOU GUYS WHO SHE IS HERE LATER.
SO, WE'LL, I, I FEEL LIKE WE SET THE DATE FOR MULTICULTURAL LAST MONTH.
UH, WE'LL REVISIT THAT AS NEEDED.
IF WE NEED TO REDACT THAT OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK.
UM, AND THEN THINK OF BUDGET ITEMS THAT MIGHT COME THAT ARE NOT ALREADY CONSIDERED.
I DIDN'T PUT PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS ON THIS LIST, SO I NEED TO UM, ADD THAT NOTE.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO GET THE BALL ROLLING WITH THIS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE, DO YOU STILL HAVE A BUSINESS CARD FROM THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL THAT WAS, HE HEADED UP THE VENDORS FOR THE WELL WORLD FAIR.
WHICH ONES? I KNOW THEY HAD ALL THE REALLY INTRICATE HANDMADE JEWELRY FROM THE AFRICAN WOMEN.
YEAH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GET WITH HIM.
BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET MORE CULTURALLY REPRESENTATIVE VENDORS FOR MULTICULTURAL AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO THE WORK THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND WE CAN STILL USE, UM, THE BUDGET THAT WAS PREPARED.
SO THE, I'M STILL HOLDING OFF.
I TALKED TO THE CHAIR OR THE CHAIR EMAILED ME ABOUT THE BUDGET.
WELL YEAH, SHE WAS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE BUDGET.
SO, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I TOLD HER IN EMAIL WAS THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE MORE MONEY.
I JUST NEED TO CITY MANAGER JUST NEEDS A REASONING TO UP THAT BUDGET.
SO I WANT TO SAY I NEED THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FOR BOTH OF THESE FESTIVALS, UM, AN ADDITIONAL BUDGET ITEM OF RENTING BIG TENTS, AT LEAST ONE BIG TENT FOR EACH OF THOSE FESTIVALS.
FOR THE FOOD AREA, FOR THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
IT IS HOT AND BRIGHT SUN AND IT'S, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FOR OUR BUDGET, UM, IF WE CAN.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR 2024 CALENDAR AND BUDGET? UM, THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO BUDGET FOR, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOT ALREADY CONSIDERED OR THAT MIGHT NEED DO OR NEW OR DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
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WE'RE EFFICIENT TODAY? UM, DID YOU WANT TO ADJOURN THE MEETING FIRST ERIC, AND THEN INTRODUCE US OR? YEAH, SO JUST TAKE A MINUTE.WILLA INTERVIEWED FOR ONE OF THE OPEN POSITIONS THIS WEEK AND SHE WENT TO STOP BY THE MEETING TODAY IN PERSON.
SHE'S BEEN WATCHING A LOT ONLINE, SO WONDERFUL.
SHE WANTED TO STOP AT THE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY.
SO SHE'S ALSO BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR SOME OF OUR EVENTS SHE WAS AT.
NO, WE WERE IN THAT KIDS ZONE.
YEAH, WE ARE NOT DOING THAT NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE REVAMPING THAT KID ZONE.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO SCRAP THE BEER GARDEN TOO, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.
BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FLUSH OUT THE REST OF NEXT YEAR STUFF.
JEFFREY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR US ELSE? OKAY, I THINK THAT'S IT.