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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road January 4, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:04 PM AND WE HAVE A CALL, MR.UM, THE FIRST ITEM OF THE BUSINESS IS SWEARING IN OF, UH, YOLANDA STEVENS FOR A REAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION.
I ZA STEVENS I STATEMENTS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF C HEIGHTS, THE CHARTER ARE ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF C HEIGHTS.
AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I'LL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY, AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES HONESTLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.
BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 7TH, 2023.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES DOWN TO NOW? MINUTES.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, SAY A, A AYE.
THOSE HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OLD BUSINESS.
THIS IS A FRESH NEW YEAR FOR THE COMMISSION.
EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP.
UM, THIS AND OUR FORUMS COMING UP.
SO WE WILL DISCUSS THE MLK DAY FIRST.
UM, JUST A QUICK UPDATE FOR MLK.
UM, THE PASTRIES, THEY'RE BEING DONATED IN KIND FROM THE SWEET HOME BAKERY ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD.
UM, WE HAVE PURCHASED, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SIDE, UM, THEY'VE CUT US A SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNT, UM, ON COPY.
SO WE'VE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE, UH, COPY FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE THAT ARRIVE, UM, OR THAT SIGN IN FOR THE EVENT.
SO, UM, THAT WILL START AT NINE 30.
UM, AT THE SIDE, THE STREETS OR POLICE BARRICADES AND ALL THAT.
UM, WE HAD THE RE AT THE LAST MEETING THAT, THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF, UM, FOR THE EVENT.
SO STARTING AT 10, WE'LL WALK TO WAYNE PROGRAM AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
WE HAVE ONE PERFORMANCE, UM, ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE, UH, PROGRAM.
SO IF WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE RENTAL
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FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UM, DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT HAD HAPPENED LAST YEAR, THAT THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP.UM, 'CAUSE THERE WAS GONNA BE A, A, A COST TO THAT THAT WE HADN'T ANTICIPATED.
SO THEY AGREED TO PARTNERSHIP PARTNER WITH US AGAIN, UM, JUST TO HELP ABSORB THE COST OF THE RENTAL THAT REALLY, SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR MLK TWO WEEKS AWAY, WEEK AND A HALF AWAY.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM, WHAT'S STILL NEEDED? WE NEED TO SOLIDIFY THE PROGRAM.
UM, JUST AFTER WE HAD TALKED, UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST MOVE EVERYTHING TO THE PROGRAM AND KEEP IT REALLY INFORMAL AT B SIDE, UM, WE HAD CONSIDERED DOING, UM, LIKE THE OPENING AND THE PROCLAMATION AT BB SIDE.
SO INSTEAD WE'LL JUST MOVE THAT ALL AND BUILD THAT INTO THE PROGRAM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE IN THE ROLES THAT WE KIND OF ASSIGNED FOR THEM.
UM, YOLANDA, WE WERE GONNA ASK YOU VERY NICELY TO BE THE MC FOR THE EVENT.
UM, JEAN HAS VOLUNTEERED TO DO THE INTRODUCTION AND THE BIO FOR OUR, UM, MAIN SPEAKER, MRS. LOU DALE.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE GONNA ASK, DID WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO DO THE PRAYER OR WE WERE GONNA ASK MR. ERIC RICHARDSON TO DO IT.
WE DIDN'T MAKE A FINAL, UM, DECISION ON THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO ASK MR. ERIC RICHARDSONS TO MAYBE DO OUR OPENING PRAYER LIKE WE NORMALLY DO FOR US OR LESS, UM, THE COMMUNITY TO DO THE PROGRAM.
I THINK THE MORE INVOLVEMENT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHO TO REACH OUT TO DO THAT? OR ANYBODY ELSE HAVE SOME? UM, I HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE, MAYBE ONE THAT MINISTER THAT ONE STRETCHES.
CAN YOU? YEAH, WELL WE CAN JUST LEAVE A SLOT FOR THAT, IF THAT'S FINE.
MOVE TO THE PROCLAMATION OR DO PROCLAMATION FIRST.
UM, AND DID WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION? UM, I, I, I THINK I EMAILED YOU GUYS.
UM, I DID TALK TO MR. UH, UH, TALK TO TONY ABOUT THIS, UH, MR. ROGERS ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, I GUESS WHEN WE WANTED TO GET A NEW, UM, ACTUAL PRO COMMISSION FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, I, I DON'T THINK I, I DON'T THINK I SPOKE WITH HIM THIS WEEK YET, BUT BEFORE I LEAVE TODAY, I'LL SHOOT OUT AN EMAIL JUST TO GET THE UPDATE ON WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF IT WERE TO BE THE MAYOR OR VICE MAYOR OR VICE MAYOR OR ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I'LL SHOOT THAT BACK TO THE REST OF, UH, THE COMMISSIONS.
WHO WOULD LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHO WOULD BE THERE COME NOT THIS MONDAY, BUT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.
BUT WE CAN JUST KIND OF ASSIGN THAT SLOT FOR SOMEBODY, CORRECT? YEAH.
I WOULD FIGURE IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO COME OUT.
UM, WE WERE GONNA TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE SUCCINCT WITH OUR PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
IT WAS LIKE TWO HOURS LAST YEAR PLUS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE WAY WE HAVE IT LAID OUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S AT ABOUT AN HOUR PLUS ADDING IN THE PRAYER AND THE PROCLAMATION, PROBABLY LIKE AN HOUR 15.
UM, WE WERE GONNA HAVE YOLANDA DO THE OPENING OR JEAN, UM, EITHER ONE TO DO THE WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION.
AND IF WE WANNA HAVE A SEPARATE OPENING FROM YOU AS THE FC, THEN HAND IT OVER TO JEAN TO INTRODUCE MS. DALE.
I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MRS. DALE.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION, UM, NEXT WEEK FROM OUR DISCUSSION.
I WOULD DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, READ HER BIO AND ACKNOWLEDGE HER
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AND ALLOW HER TO SPEAK SOME WORDS AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE WANTS TO SAY PERTAINING TO THE MLK HOLIDAY AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HER HEIGHTS AS REALLY SHE AND HER HUSBAND STARTED THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WITH THE, UM, DINNERS MLK DINNERS, UM, BACK IN THE 1990S.SO IT WILL BE NO LONG FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION.
AND THEN I THINK WE HAD ASSIGNED HER 10 MINUTES, 10, 15 MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WOULD SAY FIVE TO 10 MINUTES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO BE THAT.
AND JUST FROM MY CONVERSATION WITH HER, BASED ON WHAT SHE'S COMFORTABLE MM-HMM.
SO FROM, FROM JEAN, THEN TO MRS. LOU.
DALE, UM, THEN OUR DANCE PERFORMANCE, UM, AND THEN, UH, CHRISTIE AND CARLA HAVE, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO READ EXCERPTS FROM MLK SPEECH.
NOT THE NORMAL STUFF YOU HEAR EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA PICK DIFFERENT PARTS OUT OF THAT SPEECH.
UM, THE, THIS ENTIRE SPEECH IS 17 MINUTES LONG, SO WE COULDN'T REALLY, WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME TO DO THE SPEECH COMPLETELY FRONT TO BACK IN 17 MINUTES.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK UP TO CLOSE THIS OUT ON SOME FINAL THOUGHTS.
SO IN TERMS OF INVOLVEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CUSTODIAN AND AV I'M SORRY, ON THE PROGRAM.
DO YOU HAVE ANYONE ON THE PROGRAM FROM THE SCHOOL? NO.
WELL, THE, THE DANCE TO DANCE THE PERFORMANCE, I'M SORRY.
UM, THAT WAS ALL THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THIS YEAR.
I, THEY COME UP WITH, WITH THE VOLUNTEERS, THEY WERE ABLE TO SORT THIS YEAR FOR THE EVENT.
UM, JESSE, WE, WHEN DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE FINAL PROGRAM FOR FREE? HOW MANY, HOW MANY COPIES DO YOU GUYS EXPECT YOU TO NEED? BECAUSE IF IT'S GOT A NUMBER, IF IT'S UNDER A HUNDRED, 150, I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T JUST PRINT IT HERE RATHER THAN I GO TO LIKE STAPLES AND THEY DO THAT IN THERE.
UM, BUT YOU GIMME A NUMBER AND IF I THINK IT'S REASONABLE, I CAN PRINT IT HERE AND THEN GIMME MAYBE A COUPLE DAYS TO KIND OF GET IT ALL SITUATED AND HAVE IT OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS I CAN.
I WILL NOT BE HERE TOMORROW, HOWEVER, I'LL BE HERE MONDAY.
SO LIKE, IF YOU SENT IT TO ME IN AN EMAIL TONIGHT OR TOMORROW, I'LL SEE YOU COME MONDAY AND I'LL MAKE A PRIORITY TO HAVE IT OUT BY NEXT WEEK, WEDNESDAY AT THE LATEST.
I WOULD GIVE MYSELF THAT DEADLINE TO GET IT OUT TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU GUYS NEED, OBVIOUSLY WELL BEFORE THAT.
THEN ACTUALLY THE EVENT IS ON THE 15TH.
SO IF THAT WORKS, I CAN DO THAT.
IF YOU GUYS NEED IT OUT SOONER, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO KIND OF GET IT OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
NOW, IF YOU GUYS NEED IT SOONER, MAYBE, I GUESS, I GUESS THE INITIATIVE IS PROBABLY KIND OF GO TO LIKE A STAPLE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALEVE, THAT STRESS OF, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING ME DO IT HERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU GUYS NEED IT.
I, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST AGAIN FOR YOU GUYS.
WE DON'T NEED A, WE JUST NEED TO APPROVE IT AND THEN WE WOULDN'T NEED TO NECESSARILY HAVE THEM IN HAND BEFORE THAT FRIDAY.
WHEN WE NEED THE FINAL COPIES YOU FOR PRINTING.
BUT WE'RE TALKING NEXT MONDAY.
JUST SO WE WANNA HAVE, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PER THE ELECTED OFFICIAL'S NAME ON THE PROGRAM, WHOEVER WAS GONNA, OKAY.
LIKE I SAID, SO YEAH, SO YOU JUST, UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD A PROCLAMATION FROM
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THE, UM, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.LEMME LET ME DIG UP MY ROLODEX AND SEE WHAT I DO.
SO THERE'S SOMETHING WAS GONNA ASK FOR THE DRINKS FOR THESE NIGHT.
DO WE HAVE THE CITY, ANY OF LIKE THE LITTLE TICKET THINGS THAT WE COULD GIVE PEOPLE SO THEY COULD TURN THAT IN FOR? UM, NO, I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT MAYBE WE MIGHT, SO I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH MIKE FROM
AND, UM, JUST THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, OBVIOUSLY, UM, HE WAS SAYING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TWO OPTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA OF A DRIP COFFEE AND LIKE TEA.
HOWEVER, FOLKS MIGHT NOT LIKE TEA OR COFFEE, SO I GUESS THAT KIND OF ISN'T NECESSARILY FAIR.
UM, SO HIS SECOND OPTION WAS HE WAS GONNA JUST CHARGE THE CITY TWO BUCKS A PERSON WHO WAS THERE FOR THE EVENT AND THEY COULD GET WHATEVER DRINK THAT THEY WANTED.
UM, AT THE EVENT, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S THERE FOR THE EVENT AND THEN WHO'S THERE JUST AS A REGULAR PAGE, UH, PATRIOT, UM, I GUESS A SIGN UP LIST OR A TICKET.
UM, I'LL FIGURE THAT OUT AND TRY TO GET A BEST MEANS TO KINDA LIKE NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS.
THAT'S WHAT WE, HE AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT, UM, AND THE THOUGHT WAS THAT MAYBE WE HAVE A TICKET LIKE THAT SO WHEN PEOPLE SIGN IN FOR THE EVENT, SOMEONE THEY GET A TICKET.
UM, I HAD ANTICIPATED PLANNING.
DID WE ALREADY DO A EO SAY THAT OR N NO.
AND THAT WAS THE THING THAT I HAD TALKED TO MIKE TODAY.
I HAD TOLD HIM THAT I STILL NEED THEIR I NINE LIKE SIGNS AND SENT BACK TO ME BEFORE WE CAN EVEN PUT A PURCHASE ORDER IN.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT HE WILL TALK TO JARED, UM, COME TOMORROW AND THEY CAN SEND ME THAT PO WITH AN IDEA OF AN INVOICE IF WE'RE GONNA GO THE SECOND OPTION, $2 PER CUSTOMER, $2 PER PARTICIPANT, AND THEN WE'LL LOCATE AT IF THE NUMBER IS STILL CORRECT, 75 PEOPLE IF WE'RE EXPECTING.
SO ROUGHLY 150 ISH PEOPLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOR THE MATH OF HOW MUCH THE INVOICE SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE FINE.
AND THEN HOPE, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THEY SIT, HAVE IT AT LEAST DONE TOMORROW AND THEN I CAN EASY THE COMPANY UP COME NEXT WEEK MONDAY, AND THEN WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD BE FINE.
SO, UM, JUST SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR, WE DECIDE ON THE $2 AMOUNT OKAY.
UM, AND THE TICKETS WOULD BE, I, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK, WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGN IN WHEN THEY COME.
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS SPEAKING ON THE WHOLE EVENT ITSELF, I JUST DROPPED DOWN SOME NOTES ABOUT THE ACTUAL DATE ITSELF.
UM, ONE OF THAT WAS I ALSO THE BESIDE, UM, THE SECOND NOT, OR THE SECOND, UH, SITUATION.
I'M TRYING TO GET THAT FIGURED OUT.
IT WAS ALSO THE STREET CLOSURES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I CAN KIND OF CHANGE THAT AS WELL.
UM, I'VE TOLD, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BLOCKING OUT, UM, WHAT IS THAT ST.
PETER'S, UM, BLOCKING IT OFF THERE AND THEN HAVING A SCALE FROM THERE.
UM, ALL THE WAY TO, I WANT TO SAY THAT'S THE PERFORMANCE ARTS, UM, DRIVING OR, OR, UH, OUTLET TO THE ACTUAL SCHOOL.
AND THEN, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I GUESS THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE MEETING OUT OF THE PLAZA WOULD BE FROM THE FURTHEST EXIT GOING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR HOW WOULD YOU GUYS BE EXITING OUT OF THE PLAZA TO THE START OF MARCH? LIKE STRAIGHT OUT WHERE THE SO YOU WOULD, WHERE I THOUGHT RIGHT AT ST.
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IT'S MM-HMM.UM, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A THOUGHT.
I DID HAVE A THOUGHT AND I FORGOT TO SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP.
WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR CARS OR LIKE, SAME THING WE'VE ALWAYS DONE
LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY DROPS PEOPLE OFF OR I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE I FEEL SOME OF OUR THANK YOU.
YOU'RE VERY UNHELPFUL TO WATCH.
UM, I WOULD JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD, I WORRY ABOUT SOME OF OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE.
I GUESS THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T TAKE A WHOLE WALK THOUGH.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD MAYBE THOUGHT ABOUT RUNNING UBERS OURSELVES OUT OF THERE.
I HAVE A, A VAN LIKE CAN TAKE 12 PEOPLE.
I CAN DRIVE THAT IN THE SCHOOL PARKING AND TAKE THE YEAH.
AND TAKE PEOPLE BACK TO, UH, WHERE WE STARTED.
YOU WOULD BE LIKE
ARE THERE ANY LIABILITY ISSUES WITH IT? LIKE, UH, I'D HAVE TO, I'D, I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HOW THEY'RE, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE LIKE, I MEAN THAT'S A RIDE FROM SOMEONE, BUT YES, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
I CAN SEE THE, THE LIABILITY ISSUE WITH THAT.
I'M GONNA DOUBLE CHECK AND I'LL SEE IF THAT'S A PROBLEM OR NOT.
AND THEN I'LL GET BACK TO YOU GUYS AS A, NOW I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THOSE THAT CHOOSE NOT TO WALK BUT STILL WANT TO ATTEND THE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, MRS. DALE.
WILL THEY HAVE ACCESS INTO THE, UM, PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING DURING THE TIME OF THE WALK? AS IN LIKE BEING ABLE TO GET IN? MM-HMM.
IF THEY, LIKE IF A SCHOOL OFFICIAL STOPPED 'EM AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WERE DOING, IT WAS LIKE, WELL I'M HERE FOR THE MLK EVENT PROGRAM AND THEN I GUESS THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE THERE THAT CAN JUST KIND OF POINT INTO THE PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY, UM, PROVIDE DIRECTIONS TO COME IN OFF OF OLD TROY TO CHAMBERSBURG INSTEAD.
BECAUSE THAT FIRST WHERE THE BARRICADE WHERE YOU'RE GONNA SAY WHERE THE BARRICADE ENDS, THEY SHOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GET IN THAT FIRST ENTRANCE IN THE PARKING POND.
AND THEN THEY CAN PARK IN THAT CIRCLE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I GOTCHA.
SO FOR ANYONE NOT DOING THE WALK WOULD JUST, BECAUSE I DOUBT THAT BACK ENTRANCE IS GONNA BE OPEN.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA NEED TO INCLUDE THAT MAYBE IN THE MORE INFO TO INCLUDE THAT LATER.
UH, WE HAVE THIS MORE INFO@HH.ORG.
NO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT JUST IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH PEOPLE AS NEEDED.
CAN WE PUT A SIGN UP? DATA PERFORMING ARTS
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I CAN GET ASSIGNED, BUT I CAN TRY MY BEST TO GET ONE OUT THERE.
UM, OR EVEN LIKE WHAT ARE THE EVENT SIGNS OR SOMETHING LIKE? OH, OKAY.
YEAH, I I WOULD THINK AND THEN I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF ADDED TO, SO LIKE AN EVENT SIGN, MAYBE WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WHAT I NEED FROM YOU GUYS, IF YOU NEED MORE SIGNS OR IF YOU NEED AUDIO EQUIPMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, I GUESS JUST SEND ME A LIST OF, OR SHOOT ME OUT A LIST AND I CAN SEE IF A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS THOSE THINGS HERE.
AND THEN WE CAN KIND GET YOU GUYS THAT SET UP FOR THE, THE 15TH.
SO I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK IN AND TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY SIGNS, WHETHER THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE PUSHING PEOPLE THERE.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO NECESSARILY DIDN'T, UM, WANT UP THERE, UM, WE DO REMEMBER WE DO NEED THAT FOR THE, FOR SIGN.
WE NEED SOME, OH, YOU NEED SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE.
UM, I AUDIO WE WERE, I JUST HAD TO LABEL TOO.
WE COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT.
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MUSIC OR THE SPEECH OR SOMETHING.THE SPEECH AS WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
IS THAT STILL IN UNIQUE? MM-HMM.
WHO WAS THAT? REMEMBER THE PORTABLE, UM, MICROPHONE.
AND THEN A SPEAK TRANSPORTABLE SPEAKER FOR THE WALK.
IS IT THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD PLAY SOMETHING ON MUSIC, THE WALK? OR WOULD SOMEBODY BE SAYING SOMETHING? MUSIC ON THE WALK.
DON'T LIKE SAYING THAT'D BE A BRAND
I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKING ROLE ON THIS.
I HAVE A LIKE, SPEAKER WITH THE MICROPHONE CONNECTING WIFI OR BLUETOOTH, WHATEVER.
AND UH, THAT CAN BE USED FOR THAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF, IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT OR IF WE JUST WENT TO HAVE THE CITY SET IT UP BEFORE ME.
YEAH, JUST, I MEAN EITHER LIKE, JUST LET ME LIKE, IF, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, THAT'S FINE, BUT JUST IF I, LET ME JUST, JUST LET ME KNOW WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
AND THEN, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT, UH, LIKE HUGE.
THAT'S KIND OF SMALL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LOUD, LOUD IT'LL BE.
WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN BUY SOMETHING REAL QUICK THAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO WHAT WE WANT FOR THE ACTUAL MARCH AND THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION IN EVENT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING INSIDE THE SIDE.
SO I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW IF WE HAD IT OR IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NOT, WE'LL KIND OF ADJUST FROM THERE AND KIND OF, UM, SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF GET SOMETHING FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.
WHATCHA YOU TALKING ABOUT?
UM, I'M NOT FOR SURE, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY ASK.
YEAH, I I MEAN YOU'RE NOT WRONG.
I, I I'M NOT, I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE.
I'M FOR CERTAIN THE CITY IF I WOULD HAS SOMETHING, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA CONFIRM AFTER SCHOOL.
I JUST, YEAH, THAT THERE'LL BE PEOPLE COMING FROM JUST FOR THE PROGRAM.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS, THERE WAS A BULK OF TIME BEFORE AND AFTER THE EVENT THAT WE WERE PAYING THOSE PEOPLE TO BE THERE.
AND THEN FOR AUDIO VISUAL AT THE EVENT, WE ONLY RECEIVED THE ONE DANCE PERFORMANCE MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER NEED FOR MEDIA AT THE ACTUAL EVENT? GET COPIES, WHATEVER WE WANT.
UM, DO WE HAVE FLYERS NOW? WE HAVE ALL THE, YEAH.
I THINK I PRINTED IT PROBABLY.
IF YOU GUYS NEED MORE THAN THAT, LEMME KNOW BEFORE I OKAY.
IS IT ON THE KEY ADS? IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE.
I HAVEN'T DROVE BY THAT IN A WHILE.
UM, BUT UM, I WILL EMAIL SARAH TO ASK HER IF, AND THEN IF IT IS NOT, I'LL ASK WHEN WILL IT BE GOOD, LIKE WHEN IT'LL GO, BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S A FINISHED PRODUCT AND I THINK ME AND SARAH BOTH AGREED ON THAT WAS FINISHED.
SO WE PROBABLY HAD IT FOR PROBABLY LEAST A WEEKS.
SO I'M NOT FOR SURE YET, BUT I FIND OUT.
SO THE KEY ADS, IT'S ON THE SITTING PAGE, RIGHT? IS IT ON? MAYBE IT WAS JUST ON FACEBOOK.
IT IS, I DON'T SEE WHAT THAT IS.
YEAH, IT IS, IT IS, IT IS JUST, I DON'T SEE IT.
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WASN'T IN A NORMAL PLACE.IT ON, IT'S ON CITY'S WEB PAGE AND IT'S ONE.
ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE WAS ON THE CALENDAR AND FACEBOOK ON THE, UM, CITY FACEBOOK PAGE AS AN EVENT AND WILL BE PUSHED AGAIN.
HOW MANY ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH OUT, LEMME DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT AND I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU.
ARE YOU, THIS IS KIND OF RELATED, UNRELATED.
ARE YOU GUYS IN CHARGE OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE? ARE WE IN CHARGE OF OUR, I MEAN I THINK WE HAVE BOTH OR NO, WE'RE IN CHARGE OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT THEY POST AND TAGS.
WE TAGGED, BUT WE CREATED AS
I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO THE, THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
UM, CHRISTIE VERY NICELY, VERY NICE, VERY WELL DONE.
UH, HAS CREATED THE PRESS RELEASE FOR THE EVENT.
DID WE GET THAT TO THE CITY? SO IT'S WRONG.
BASED ON TODAY HIS MEETING AND THINGS.
WELL WE'LL GET THAT BACK OVER TO YOU TOMORROW.
UM, NO, I, I SO SARAH WANTED IT BY THE STATE SECOND, SO I SENT IT TO HER, BUT THEN I GOT AN AUTOMATIC REPLY THAT SHE WAS OUT SICK.
LIKE I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE GOT IT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN SENT OUT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A BIG DEAL.
BUT WE MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE IF, IF IT HASN'T BEEN SENT, I JUST TEXTED HER A LITTLE BIT AGO, SO MAYBE SHE'LL SEE IT AND KIND OF GET BACK TO ME.
BUT, UM, I HAVE THE WALK AND PRAYER AND THE CITY PROCLAMATION UP WITH THE MEET AND GREET BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAD INITIALLY.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE MOVED DOWN TO THE PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS HONESTLY.
UM, I GUESS REALLY THAT'S ALL THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF PLACE.
UM, YOU SAID FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH FREE COFFEE.
WE CLEARED BUDGET AND IT REALLY, WE HAVE THE MONEY IF WE NEED TO GO MORE.
UM, HOPEFULLY MAYBE IF SHE'S ALREADY SENT IT, SHE CAN JUST SEND, WE RETRACT IT, WE SEND IT.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO.
IS IT, DOES IT MATTER? IS IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S A THING.
YOU DON'T THINK IT MATTERS, SO JUST LET IT GO? YEAH.
IF IT HAPPENS, THEN SEND, I MEAN FEEL FREE TO MAKE THE EDIT, BUT IF IT'S BEEN SENT DON'T STRESS.
SO IF IT HASN'T BEEN SENT, ASK HER IF I CAN MAKE THE EDITS.
AND IF IT'S ALREADY INCIDENT, DON'T WORRY.
UM, ALSO, UM, WITH THE SPEECH, CARLY PULLED EXCERPTS AND WE JUST NEED TO DECIDE WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK DO WHAT.
SO WE'RE KIND OF ON TASK WITH THAT.
UM, THE FLYERS GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
IS THAT IMPORTANT? I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE NAMED BECAUSE THEY'RE LITERALLY DONATING PRODUCT.
DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE MORE INFORMATION PART OF THAT, PART OF THE UH, HUB HIDES.ORG PAGE.
I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE MEETING AND GREETING AT B SIDE WAS THE ONLY REASON.
MAYBE THAT WAS THAT WAY, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT THE DANISH AND COFFEE ARE BOTH, OR THE BREAKFAST COOKIES, THEY'RE BOTH COMPLIMENTARY, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN I WOULD MAKE SURE, UM, I GUESS JEFFREY, UM, IT'S JUST A TYPO, BUT PROBABLY BETTER TO JUST MAKE SURE S IS OFF CITIZENS.
'CAUSE IT'S DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION.
SORRY, THAT'S THE WRITER AND ME.
BUT I LOVE
UM, I DO HAVE ONE THING, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME ABOUT THE RELEASE AS FAR AS REVIEWING IT.
IF IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE EVIDENCE.
THERE'S ONE THING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE PERTAINING TO MRS. DALE.
THAT SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE VICE MAYOR FOR CITY HEIGHTS.
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VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THAT SHE'S NEVER YES, SHE'S, YEAH.I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT YEAH.
IF SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
BUT WHERE ARE WE, UM, TO HAVE, UM, WE DO NEED TO A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR MRS PROBABLY LIKE WE'VE DONE LIKE FOR LIKE THE FORMS FOR INSTANCE, LIKE A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION THAT WE CAN GIVE TO HER.
UM, I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, SARAH, SHE WOULD ASSIST US WITH THAT PART AS FAR AS CREATING THOSE CERTIFICATES.
SO THERE SHOULD BE A TEMPLATE, UM, THAT CAN BE USED.
WHO WOULD SIGN IT'S ON SIGN IT.
IS IT SIGNED BY SOMEONE? IT'LL BE THE MAYOR, MAYOR MOORE AND, UM, MRS. STEVENS AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M JUST TRYING, I'M TRYING TO REHASH HOW WE DID THAT.
SO JUST, UM, CITY NAME WOULD ALSO BE PROCLAMATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
I GUESS WE COULD POTENTIALLY JUST DO I GUESS A PROCLAMATION AS OTHER WORDS IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING THE MAYOR COULD, THE MAYOR COULD JUST WRITE A PROCLAMATION FOR.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS GAVE ME THE LANGUAGE WHEN WE GET THE LANGUAGE FOR HER AND THEN WE CAN FORMAT IT.
LIKE, SO, SO AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROCLAMATION.
THE WHEREAS CLAUSES FOR THE, THE ACTUAL PROCLAMATION.
SO I WOULD JUST NEED THE, THE CLAUSES FOR HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS.
LIKE THERE'S LITERALLY ONE ALREADY.
YEAH, IT WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.
SO SAME MLK PROCLAMATION AND REREAD THE PROCLAMATION.
I I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO IT IN PUBLIC FOR LOU DALE.
IT HASN'T BEEN READ IN PUBLIC, IT WAS SIGNED, RIGHT? WELL IT WAS CITY COUNCIL.
AND I THINK THIS THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
'CAUSE I THINK BECAUSE TRULY SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT STARTED RECOGNITION OF MLKJ.
THAT SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED PUBLICLY.
I I'M JUST THE LOWLY STAFF AND
AND I'M JUST GIVING MY RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND FEEDBACK FROM THIS WHOLE, THE WHOLE IDEA.
UM, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW, UM, HOW THE CITY OF HUMAN HEIGHTS DOES IT, BUT I GUESS YOU KNOW HER JUST, JUST WITH SOME OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY OF HUMAN HEIGHTS DOES IT, BUT I MEAN A PROCLAMATION MAYBE SOMETHING EVEN FORM OR MORE LIKE HE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT JUST FOR HER DOING AS MUCH AS SHE HAS.
MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING, AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE TO TALK TO TONY AND THEN MAYBE THE MAYOR HAS TO KIND OF AGREE WITH THIS.
BUT I MEAN THE IDEA AND THE FEEDBACK AND ALL HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE CITY OF BROOK HEIGHT, I WOULDN'T FIGURE WHY SHE WOULD NOT BE SOMEONE WHO WOULD BE THE MOST DESERVING OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DIDN'T SHE GET A KEY? SHE DID.
BUT, BUT, BUT YEAH, BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE THAT I INITIATED THIS CORRECT.
SHE DEFINITELY DESERVES CORRECT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HER GET A TRAILBLAZER AWARD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT NECESSARILY, IF YOU GUYS CAN GET ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK ON HOW THOSE DAYS GONNA WORK, KNOW WE'RE KIND OF PRESSED BUT LIKE JUST GOT IT.
JUST GIVE ME LIKE, JUST FEED, LIKE CALL ME, EMAIL ME, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AND THEN I CAN UH, TRY TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT TO TRY THAT THING MOVING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I CAN EMAIL YOU JEFFREY A COPY OF THE PROCLAMATION.
THAT WAS DONE IN, UM, 2021 OKAY.
JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED IT ALL.
LIKE IF YOU WANT TO ALTER IT A LITTLE BIT OR
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IF IT'S MINE AS IS, THAT'S COOL TOO.AND WHEN I TALK TO HER ON MONDAY, 'CAUSE THE BASIS OF OUR CONVERSATION WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO.
SO ONCE I TALKED TO HER, I'LL ALSO, UM, SEND YOU INFORMATION AS WELL.
TO KIND OF INCLUDE POPULATION.
UM, HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY TO MK DAY AND THE EVENT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'LL BE A NICE, UM, NICE WAY TO HIGHLIGHT IT THIS YEAR IF WE, YOU KNOW, DO DECIDE TO KIND OF BRING BACK THE DINNERS AND THINGS NEXT YEAR THAT SHE WAS, UM, SO INSTRUMENTAL ON IMPLEMENTING HERE IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND I'M, I'M SORRY THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING.
UM, AS WE'RE SITTING HERE, I JUST WENT, I'M GONNA CREATE CHECKLISTS
WE GET CHECKLISTS FOR EVERYTHING.
IS THERE ANYTHING, SO YES, YOU COULD LET US KNOW ABOUT THE KEY ADS.
THE PROCLAMATION FROM THE, UM, GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE PROCLAMATION MATION THAT YOU ALREADY HAD.
UM, THE CITY OFFICIAL AND THE SOUND STUFF.
I DO WANT TO AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, WE HAVE A VISIT TODAY
SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, UM, SAY WELCOME TO YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING OR INTRODUCE YOURSELF OR? WELL, MY NAME IS ELLEN DUDLEY IN
UM, SO I DID WANNA SAY, SO WE ARE ALL TARA, WHAT ARE WE ALL, WHAT TIME DO WE NEED TO BE THERE? WHO AT EAST SIDE? YOU'RE GONNA SEND SOMETHING OUT.
TARA'S GONNA SEND SOMETHING OUT.
SHE'S GONNA LET EVERYONE KNOW.
UM, WHAT TIME WE ALL NEED TO BE THERE.
I'M GONNA SAY NINE O'CLOCK JUST BECAUSE THAT GIVES YOU LATE MINUTES TO, SO PLEASE BE THERE BY LIKE NINE O'CLOCK AND ALL HANDS ON DECK.
I WILL BRING MY TABLET FOR THE VOLUNTEER LIST.
UM, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLIPBOARD OR EDITING OF THE VOLUNTEER SIGN IN SHEETS FROM PAST THE BEDS? NO.
UM, WE'LL MAKE THAT HAPPEN TOO.
AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND TICKETS, JEFFREY OR WHATEVER, JUST LET ME KNOW.
'CAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE GFS HAS TO SELL THOSE LIKE THE ROLE OF YOU.
SO IF IT'S LIKE WE JUST DUMP FOR THE THREE TASKS ONLY FOR ONE, UM, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I'LL RUN AND GET THOSE TICKETS.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ANY ADDITIONAL TASK GROUP UPDATES.
YEAH, SO DO WE, I KNOW YOU GAVE US THIS HERE, JEFFREY.
SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE PREVIOUS ONE WE HAD, BUT I, I THINK STILL MY QUESTION IS WHAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE JUST FOR JUNETEENTH? SO BECAUSE THIS IS THE OVERALL YEAH.
THIS, YES, THIS IS THE OVERALL BUDGET, WHICH I THINK IS 15,000, BUT WHAT IS THE BUDGET FOR JUST JUNETEENTH? THAT'S, YEAH, SO YOU GUYS, I MEAN NECESSARILY THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A SET ASIDE BUDGET FOR THE EVENT OF GT, UM, THAT THE, THAT YOU GUYS PUT ON.
UM, THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE LOOK AT IS THE 15,000 THAT IS IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET WITHIN YOU
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GUYS' COMMISSION.UM, HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK I LAID THIS ON THE WHOLE COMMISSION.
BUT THE IDEA OF, I GUESS WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ON, THE IDEA OF I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WE HAVE BUDGETED TOWARDS PERFORMANCES AND ET CETERA.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY IS THERE WHEN WE NEED IT FOR WHAT WE WANT.
UM, THE 15,000 BUDGET IS THE NUMBER THAT'S ON PAPER.
HOWEVER, IF YOU GUYS DECIDE, OR IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT IT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WOULD BE AWARE OF HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GUYS HAVE REMAINING OR WOULD NEED, UM, COME THAT TIME IN JUNE IF YOU GUYS NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL THREES OF $5,000 FOR WHATEVER YOU GUYS HAD PLANNED.
THAT'S AS SIMPLE AS, YOU KNOW, I I THROW THAT UP THE CHAIN OF COMMANDS AND CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER WOULD NEED APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
REASON Y HE REALIZED THAT THE COUNCIL COUNCIL MAKES AN APPROPRIATION CHANGE OR COUNCIL MAKES AN APPROPRIATION CHANGE.
YOU GUYS GET THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, LIKE JUNETEENTH OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
SO I I I WOULD JUST SAY DON'T BE WARY OF WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SPEND AND DON'T LET THE, I WOULD SAY DON'T LET THE $15,000 LIKE THREATEN YOU GUYS FOR WHAT IT IS.
I WOULD JUST SAY MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A REASON IN THE EX A A GOOD REASON AND A, A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR WHY TO INCREASE IF YOU GUYS CAME BACK TO NEED IT.
AND I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH COUNCIL APPROPRIATING MORE FUNDS TO YOUR GUYS' COMMISSION TO MAKE THE ADDITIONAL CHANGES OR TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL MONEY, UM, FOR ANY EVENTS OR ANY EXCEPT THINGS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO WANT.
IF THAT ANSWERS KIND OF SORT
BECAUSE THE THING IS, IS SO, YOU KNOW, I TALK TO THESE GROUPS OR WHATEVER.
I NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND TO GET THEM.
WELL I, 'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT IT, IT'S A FREE CONCERT TO, TO THE RESIDENTS, WHICH IS, IT'S FINE.
THAT'S, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT WE STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A DECENT ENOUGH GROUP THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME SEE.
WE JUST DON'T WANNA PUT MONEY ON THE STAGE.
WELL, COULD YOU GUYS COME UP WITH, I MEAN, AS A COMMISSION COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT YOU GUYS THINK IS REASONABLE? OKAY.
FOR, FOR THE ACTUAL THING, LIKE, I MEAN, OUT OF THE 15TH, WHAT ARE WE SAYING? SIX OR SEVEN WE SAY THAT AND THEN IF SOMETHING ELSE WOULD'VE HAPPENED, COME, I DON'T KNOW, AUGUST OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU GUYS NEED MORE FUNDS, JUST LET ME KNOW AND THEN WE CAN ADD, WE CAN MAKE THAT I I I START THE PROCESS TO SEE IF WE CAN APPROPRIATE MORE FUNDS FOR YOU GUYS.
YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE ABOUT SEVEN, I THINK SEVEN OR, YEAH, SO, SO IF, SO IT WAS ALMOST ABOUT HALF, ALMOST 85.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION COMES, I MEAN, CAN STILL DO THAT, BUT THEN WHAT DOES IT LEAVE US FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? WHAT IS IT? YEAH.
AND WE ASKED FOR AN INCREASE, DIDN'T WE? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION WAS THE STATUS OF THAT.
SO I DON'T, I THINK I SENT YOU AN EMAIL 'CAUSE I THINK YOU ASKED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $3,000 AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF LEFT IT AT THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULDN'T ADD IT TO THE BUDGET, THE, THE 15,000 TO THE BUDGET OR ADD, UM, ADD THE AMOUNT TO THE 15,000 SINCE YOU GUYS, SINCE THE IDEA IS THAT YOU GUYS COME, WHAT IS IT THREE TIMES TO COUNCIL? WE, WE, YOU GUYS AND MYSELF, WE WOULD DISCUSS WHERE WE ARE WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUDGET AND WHERE IT CAME FOR WHAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO AN ADDITIONAL AND OBVIOUSLY KIND OF CALCULATE THE FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO JUNETEENTH AND THEN WE'RE REALIZING, OR WE DO MULTICULTURAL VESSEL, WILL WE DO JUNETEENTH AND WHICH I DO MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND WE'RE REALIZING WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS FOR THAT.
REST ASSURED THAT WE WOULD FIND THE, THE CITY WOULD FIND THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS THESE TIMELINES, RIGHT? RIGHT.
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YOU KNOW, PLANNING AND WE REALIZE, OH, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME LEEWAY TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE.I DON'T, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM AND I DON'T THINK THAT LIKE, LIKE DRAWBACK I GUESS FROM YOU GUYS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE BUDGET IS OR I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT THE CITY WOULD CATCH IT.
SO FOR WHATEVER IT IS, LIKE IF YOU GUYS ARE A COUPLE, A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO LATER IN THE YEAR, WE WOULD, WE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT AND THE CITY WOULD JUST PAY THE, THE BALANCE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO LIKE SPREAD ACROSS YOU GUYS.
I'M JUST SAYING LIKE THE UNDERSTANDING, LIKE DON'T BE FEARFUL OF THE EXPENSE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A REASON OR A COST FOR WHY YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT.
AND I THINK IF YOU GUYS GIMME THAT REASON OR COST FOR WHY YOU'RE DOING IT, IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING DON'T BE, DON'T BE HESITANT TO KIND OF GET WHAT YOU GUYS WANT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AN ACTUAL ENJOYABLE EVENT FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO COME OUT AND, AND SEE PERFORMANCE OR COME TO AN EVENT IF, IF THAT KIND OF HELPS OUT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER AND TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S COOL WITH THE IDEA.
WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY, ERIC, IS AT THE END OF, UM, EACH YEAR EVERYONE SUBMITS A BUDGET ANTICIPATED FOR WHAT THEY'LL NEED FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT, SO WHAT, WHAT'S GOING THE DRIVE, THE GROUP DRIVE FROM LAST YEAR WAS KIND OF THE BENCHMARK FOR THIS YEAR.
SO IF YOU FIND THAT YOUR, UM, THERE'S A BIG VARIANCE THERE, THEN WE JUST NEED A HEADS UP ON THAT.
BUT I WOULD USE THAT AS KIND OF A GUIDELINE.
WE'LL GO FROM THERE WITH THAT.
UH, IF MY HOPE WILL BE IS THAT WE CAN TRY TO HAVE OUR CONTRACTS SIGNED BY AT THE LATEST MARCH IS WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS, THEIR SCHEDULES TO BOOK UP, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, UM, WE, WE NEED TO START THE NEGOTIATIONS NOW.
SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED MEET KNOW LONDON SO THAT WE GOT TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND THEN TRY TO HAVE THEM FINALIZED BY JUST FOR PERFORMERS.
IT'S, IT'S HALF OF THE BUDGET.
SO THE QUESTION, WE CAN PROBABLY WORK WITH THAT AND THEN A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA.
THE QUESTION JUST BECOMES, IF WE GOT SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT WE NEED TO DO, THEN WE NEED TO START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION NOW BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SPEND THAT.
SO, AND WE ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE TWO, TWO OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DO.
AND, AND THEN I GUESS THIS YEAR LET'S TRY TO FIGURE LIKE OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA OF WE WOULD JUST APPROPRIATE MORE FUNDS AND THEN LIKE YOLANDA SAID, COMING INTO 2024 FOR 2025 IS BUDGETED RATHER THAN A TOTAL AMOUNT FOR LET'S SAY THE 15,000 BUCKS.
MAYBE WE BREAK IT DOWN AND WE'RE BREAKING IT DOWN FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR M-L-K-M-L-K DAY AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR ANYTHING IN FEBRUARY OR WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR, UH, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL OR JUNETEENTH.
AND WE BREAK THOSE DOWN TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND OR GIVE A GUIDELINE TO THE CITY MANAGER OF, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, THIS IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT, PLUS OR MINUS FOR WHAT WE, WHAT WE, WHAT WE GENUINELY THINK IT WILL COST US TO DO, UM, BUSINESS FOR THIS INCIDENT ABOUT $1,600 IN EXPENSES ON THIS SHEET THAT I DON'T ANTICIPATE CARRYING FORWARD INTO THIS NEXT YEAR.
SO CONSIDER THAT ALSO THAT WE PAID $600 FOR A PERFORMER AT MULTICULTURAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR.
UM, 2 25 FOR OUR JUNETEENTH SHIRTS.
WE HAVE THOSE FROM TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD NEED TO CARRY OVER IN OUR BUDGET AGAIN.
UM, AND THOSE BANNERS, THE JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL BANNERS ARE REUSED.
THAT WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER EXPENSE.
SO JUST CONSIDER THAT THERE'S SOME MORE
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FUN MONEY IN THERE, UM, THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER IN YOUR EQUATIONS.YEAH, WELL WE MAY WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME HELP THERE.
SO I TALKED WITH SARAH ALREADY, SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE CITY WILL ABSORB INTO THEIR ADVERTISING BUDGET FOR US.
SO THAT'D BE, WE PROBABLY COULD DO SOME SERVICE, WE COULD DO THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, WELL THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET INCREASE THAT WE REQUESTED WAS THINGS LIKE CHURCH.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL GIVING 15, I MADE WORK WITH THE OPPOSITE.
SO, SO I'LL GET WORKING ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO HELP AND WORK ON THIS.
UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S A ONE MAN WRECKING CREW.
NO, BUT UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S WANTING TO GET INVOLVED OR PUT YOUR HANDS IN OR WHATEVER THE DEAL IS.
I ALREADY, I ALREADY HAD YOU CUT AGAIN.
SO WE'LL ALL BE INVOLVED IN WORKING ON JUNETEENTH.
UM, BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S A LOT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE PERFORMERS, WE HAVE THE MUSIC, WE HAVE DANCE, WE ALSO HAVE THE VENDORS.
UM, SO WE CAN PROBABLY TAG THOSE WORK BROKEN.
ANYTHING ON THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? UM, NOT YET.
NO, NOT I HAVE A CONFLICT THAT DAY.
I'M GONNA JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO I'LL BE THERE FOR ABOUT HALF OF THAT EVENT.
CORY WAS, NO, COREY, I LOST MY MIND.
WELL, UH, JEFFREY HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT.
JEFFREY
UM, JEFFREY WAS LOOKING FOR US TO GET THE DATES FOR LIKE THE EDUCATION FORUM ON THE CALENDAR, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WHOLE THING IS KIND OF UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE OF THE DIRECTION OF THOSE.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT IS OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF BE REALLY KICKING AROUND IS TO FIGURE OUT THE DIRECTION OF THE EDUCATION FORUMS AND HOW AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE.
AND IF WE ARE, WE NEED TO GET 'EM ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUNETEENTH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING AN ACTUAL JUNETEENTH EVENT AND DOING THAT BOOK READING, BUT YOLANDA HAD BROUGHT UP MAYBE CONSIDERING DOING ONE OF THE LONGEST TABLE EVENTS INSTEAD, BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF TRYING TO LINK IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY COOKOUT THING FOR JUNETEENTH.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST ANOTHER IDEA THAT I WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE.
UM, THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A THIRD EVENT THAT WE, WE NEED TO BE IN THE PLANNING PROCESSES FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND I FEEL IN THIS IS, THIS IS BROKEN RECORD.
EVERY TIME I TALK ABOUT THESE FORUMS, THE CONCERN IS THE TOPIC, WHICH IS HARD FOR US TO ALWAYS THINK OF ONE AND THE AUDIENCE, THE PARTICIPATION.
NOW I LIKE ERIC'S SUGGESTION THAT YOU MADE AS FAR AS JUNE DURING JUNETEENTH THE FESTIVAL EVENT, HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.
'CAUSE I FEEL THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE TRUE SIGNIFICANCE
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OF INE.IT'S MORE THAN JUST HEARING BANDS PERFORM.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND THAT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT PIECE AS PART THAT'S WHAT'S AGENDA.
YOUR NAME'S ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THAT.
WHEN WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, PUT, PUT IN WHATEVER FORM TOGETHER THAT YOU WANT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET SOME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS INVOLVED WITH IT OR WHATEVER, WE'LL DO THAT UP FRONT, RIGHT.
SO WHEN WE GET IT STARTED, UM, THE AGENDA KIND OF FLOW IS TO HAVE THE MAYOR OR INNER CITY COUNCIL, WHOEVER COME OUT, DO A PROCLAMATION FOR JUNETEENTH, READ THAT.
SO THAT'S UPFRONT WE GET THAT DONE.
THEN IT'S MORE OF AN EDUCATION FORM.
WE'LL HAVE RHONDA SING LIFT EVERY VOICE DIDN'T SING.
UH, I GOT A LITTLE LOCAL GUY THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO FEATURE TO PUT IN THERE.
NOW WE'LL BRING ON ONE OF OUR ACTS, BREAK CHANGE, CHANGE THE STAGE, BRING IN OUR FINAL ACT, TAKE US TO NINE O'CLOCK AND THEN WE'LL GO HOME.
I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE MR. MICHAEL CARTER.
UM, AS FAR AS DOING THE EDUCATION PIECE, JUST BASED ON THE EXHIBIT THAT MYSELF, TARA CHRISTINA CAR THAT WE SAW, I THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD, UM, EXACTLY PERSON TO PARTNER WITH BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS RIGHT.
TO ASSIST WITH THAT SO WE CAN ENGAGE HIM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT.
SO JUST KIND OF LET ME KNOW RIGHT NOW, I'VE KIND OF GOT YOU PAID FOR 15 MINUTES.
LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT YOU NEED AND WE CAN KIND OF ADJUST THE, THE SCHEDULE.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE AN IDEA AS IN NOW AS TO WIN IN THE PROGRAM? THAT'D BE UPFRONT.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE UPFRONT.
SO WHILE WE SHORT JEFFREY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATES FOR EDUCATION FORUMS OKAY.
TO GIVE YOU
RIGHT? SO IF, IF IT DOES COME OUT THAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE, NOW WE'RE AT THE KIND OF WHIM OF LIKE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, I GUESS WE COULD KIND OF FIGURE, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A SPACE.
SO I GUESS WE WOULD JUST LIKE, IF, IF ANYTHING WERE TO COME OUT THAT WE WANTED TO DO, YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO ONE, I JUST TRIED TO TRACK DOWN SPACE AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND WE'LL KIND OF PASS IT TO YOU GUYS TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF GET IT SCHEDULED OR KIND OF MAKE A SPOT TO KIND OF PUT US IN, IN THAT AREA FOR AN, THAT ACTUAL EVENT TO TRY TO TAKE PLACE.
NOW I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THE BOOK MEETING.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION COLLECTIVELY WANTS TO DO.
I I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT
SO, UM, I THINK AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE MLK EVENT, UM, AT THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING WITH NO DEFINITELY SHOULD BE SOME IDEAS CIRCULATING ON WHAT WE CAN DO AND THE DATE.
IF YOU GUYS GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS ON, UH, GROUPS THAT YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT, SEARCH OUT, SEND 'EM TO ME.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, MY HOPES IS THAT, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND IF YOU GUYS GO OUT AND HEAR, LIVE YOUR MUSIC, YOU KNOW, UH, GO ACROSS THE GROUP, LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH ON AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO DO BOTH WAYS IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
I'M SURE WIFE SAYS, I TOLD YOU TUESDAY,
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TWO O' YOU BETTER RUN DOWN.UM, IS THAT EVERYTHING? I HAVE TWO NAMES I CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW.
ERIC, IF, UNLESS YOU WANNA, I CAN TEXT YOU WHATEVER TAKE NOW YOU CAN TEXT ME.
UM, SO, UM, TINO, HAVE YOU GUYS HEARD TINO, T-I-N-O-T-I-N-O? HE IS FROM THE DAYTON AREA.
UM, HE PLAYED AT THE YELLOW SPRING STREET FAIR LAST YEAR ON ONE OF THE STAGES, THE YEAR BE LAST SUMMER.
AND THEN, UM, HE'S ALSO PLAYED WITH THE TINY STATS THROUGH THE LIBRARY, UM, IS REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD LOOK INTO, UM, FAITH, WHICH GOES BY FAITH.
UM, BUT IT'S SPELLED, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, UM, FAITH, FAITH M LET ME GET THE SPELLING ON THAT.
BUT, UM, SHE'S A LOCAL, UM, A LOCAL SINGER AND SONGWRITER ALSO OUT OF DAYTON.
UM, I'LL GET THE SPELLING TO YOU BEFORE I LEAVE TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S, UM, THOSE ARE TWO THAT I CAN THINK OF AND KEEP IN MIND.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GROUP.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE THESE FOLKS THAT WILL PROBABLY MOST FOLKS WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND, THEY'RE GONNA BE GOOD, RIGHT? AND WE GET MUSICIANS THAT KIND OF DEAL.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS WHAT'S GONNA BE A DRAW.
'CAUSE THIS IS A FREE CONCERT, RIGHT? SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE THEIR NAME, PUT THEIR NAME OUT THERE, UH, SO NOT ONLY DRAW FOLKS THROUGH OUR OWN PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENT, BUT THEIR NAME HAS TO BE A, A DRAW AS WELL.
SHE'S THE R AND B SOUL GOSPEL.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD.
BUT THAT'S TWO YEARS TO START.
IT'S NOT A GROUP PER SE, BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF DAVID? WE, UH, YOU KNOW, HE'S, I GUESS HE HAS THAT FUNK MUSEUM HERE IN DAYTON AND WE KNOW THAT DAYTON IS THE HOME OF THUMP, SO MAYBE HE'LL BE A GOOD PERSON TO CONTACT AS FAR AS SOME POTENTIAL THUMP COMMANDS.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DAVID WEBB.
DAVID WEBB IS ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, PARTNER WITH HIM ON THIS EVENT AND HE'S GONNA HELP US ON THE MARKETING AND PROMOTION SIDE.
BUT HE AND I WILL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT GROUPS AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY GOT, UM, L FROM PREMIER GLEN, WHICH WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR SOUND.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE HIM ON BOARD WITH THE EVENTS.
SO, UH, THE THREE OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
GETTING OUR IDEALS TOGETHER AND THOUGHTS AND STUFF.
UM, MOVING ON TO PARTNERSHIP UPDATES.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THERE? TALK ABOUT OUR FIELD TRIP OR, I WOULD JUST QUICKLY LIKE TO SHARE THAT FOR THOSE THAT COULDN'T MAKE IT DOWN TO, UH, SINCLAIR, TO VIEW THE, UM, OUR, UH, ONE MORE TIME.
WHAT IS IT? OUR AMERICAN, AMERICAN JOURNEY, UM, TO MEET, TO VIEW THE, OUR AMERICAN JOURNEY EXHIBIT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
I WOULD JUST REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO GO AND VIEW IT.
IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY AT SINCLAIR.
WE JUST REALLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO VIEW IT ALL.
IT IS, UM, AN IMPRESSIVE AND SHOCKINGLY TERRIFYING COLLECTION OF MATERIALS AND, UM, THINGS.
SO, UM, JUST TO SAY THAT THAT WAS, UM, KIND OF STARTED AS A PARTNERSHIP OR A POTENTIAL, UH, PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SINCLAIR AND AND US.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
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WAS BEYOND, UM, A JUST A SCHOLAR IN HIS FIELD AND SPENT HOURS AND HOURS WITH US AND EVEN CAME TO DINNER AFTERWARD TO FINISH, UM, A TESTSO, UM, I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH, UM, TO JUST GO SEE.
UM, I JUST EVEN THINK THE, THE IMPACT OF THE REDLINING AND LAYING THE OHIO OPPORTUNITY INDEX OVER THE PAST REDLINING AREAS AND HOW THOSE ARE THE EXACT SAME AREAS THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, HEALTH OUTCOMES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND, AND THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY INDICATIVE OF THE PAST REDLINING AND MAYBE NOT SAY PAST REDLINING, UM, THAT HAS HAPPENED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
HE IS JUST THE ARTIFACTS AND THE HISTORY.
HE'S COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS.
I HAVEN'T NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
BOOKS, I CAN TAKE PICTURES MAGAZINE COVERS.
AND IT'S MOSTLY A PERSONAL COLLECTION TOO.
THAT'S JUST THE ASTOUNDING HAT.
IT'S, IT'S IN A ROOM ALMOST AS BIG AS THIS ROOM AND IT'S MOSTLY A PERSONAL COLLECTION, SO HE'S GONNA HAVE TO EXPAND SOMEWHERE.
IT WAS INTERESTING HOW HE HAD IT SET UP WHERE YOU WALK INTO THE ROOM, HE STARTS WITH, YOU KNOW, SLAVERY ORIGINS LIKE, UM, WHAT IS IT? THE NORTH STAR.
THEY HAD A PICTURE OF THE SLAVE SHIP THEN JIM CROW.
I HAVE SEEN ARTIFACTS OF JIM CROW WITH THE SAMBO AND THE MONKEY, BUT JUST TO SEE IT.
YOU KNOW, IT MAKES YOU REALLY REFLECT FOR ME AS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, HOW WE WERE PERCEIVED BACK THEN STILL TO THIS DAY, BEING HONEST ABOUT THAT.
ALSO, THE INVENTIONS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, HAVE DEVELOPED LIKE, UM, WHAT THE SUPER SOBER
I MEAN THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RACE NEVER REALLY HAD GOTTEN CREDIT FOR, UM, AND SOME STUFF, EVEN CARLA CAN SAY THIS, IT, IT MAKES YOU KIND OF FILTER OUT WAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE RESILIENCE TEAM THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, IN DEALING WITH THOSE STEREOTYPES AND BE, YOU KNOW, RESILIENT.
'CAUSE SOME OF MY RELATIVES HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, COPIES.
BUT, UM, I WAS STRONGLY ENCOURAGE, AGAIN, AS CHRISTINE TARA SAID, BUT EVERYONE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE EXHIBIT.
UM, BUT DID HE SHOW THE VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS? YES.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT? HE SAID THAT IT WAS AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE ALLOWED TO VOTE IF YOU PASSED LITERACY TEST, BUT THEY HAD TO PASS THESE TESTS.
I MEAN THE QUESTIONS WERE ABSURD.
SO NOBODY COULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
IT WAS LIKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY MAKE FUN OF THE MATH QUESTIONS AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THREE KIDS ARE ON A BUS GOING TO CLEVELAND, YOU KNOW HOW MANY DUCKS ARE WEARING YOU SHOES? MM-HMM.
IT WAS LIKE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY MARBLES ARE IN HERE IF YOU GUESS RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE THE KIND OF LITERACY TESTS THAT WE USED.
AND THAT'S HOW THEY GOT AROUND.
RIGHT IN THE SOUTH AND ONLY ACCEPTING WHITE PEOPLE DO.
I MEAN, I VIEW THAT I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE, THE TEST IN ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SAYS, DRAW A LINE AROUND THE NUMBER OR A LETTER OF THE SENTENCE.
YOUR MIND IT DRAW A LINE UNDER THE LAST WORD IN THIS LINE.
CROSS OUT THE OFFICE WORD IN THIS LINE YOU COULD THINK OF THAT WAS SO IMPACTFUL TO YOU
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ALL THAT IT WAS MORE EXPERIENTIAL.IT'S VERY LIKE, I WONDER IF HE COULD BRING SOME OF HIS COLLECTION POSSIBLY TO LIKE THE LIBRARY.
I'M SURE YOU WOULD DO THAT WORD AT THE SATELLITE.
I MEAN, IT'S A RATHER LARGE COLLECTION.
BUT YEAH, WE WANNA GO BACK AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO ANOTHER FIELD TRIP.
UM, I, I WANT TO, I THINK, AND I MEANT, OH GOD, I CAN GET MY LIFE TOGETHER TONIGHT.
I MEANT TO BRING A THANK YOU PRIOR TONIGHT, UM, FOR US TO SIGN AND SAID TO HIM, I WAS VERY REMISS WHEN I SCHEDULED THAT MEETING.
IT WAS THEIR WINTER BREAK AND HE MET US WHILE THEY WERE CLOSED THE WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AFTER HOURS AND THEN WENT AFTER DINNER WITH US, DIDN'T EAT DINNER.
'CAUSE HIS WIFE HAD PREPARED HIM DINNER AND THEN DIDN'T GO HOME UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT OR SOMETHING.
SO WE OWE HIM A THANK YOU PART AT A MINIMUM.
HE WAS JUST ADJUSTMENT TO SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH US FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS ON US.
AND THAT QUIZ THAT CARLA HAS, YOU KNOW, SHE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A COPY OF THAT FOR ALL OF US.
'CAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW.
YOU KNOW HOW MANY COME MY STUDENTS DO THAT A SEMESTER ARE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
UM, LET'S MOVE TO, THERE'S JUST A CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT COMMISSIONER, I GOT SOME GREAT NEWS.
UM, TODAY YOU SOUND REAL EXCITED.
UM, SO WHAT HE HAS TASKED ME TO DO IS TO KIND OF GET THAT PUSHED OUT, UM, OR AT LEAST THE ASSESSMENT.
UM, GET THAT STARTED WITH THE RQS, UM, TO VARIOUS PLATFORMS TO TRY TO BRING IN AS MANY VENDORS, UM, THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY GET IN WHEN WE KIND OF CONDUCT, UM, OUR ASSESSMENT OF WHO WE WANT TO SELECT AS, UM, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, I'VE PROBABLY GOT MAYBE TWO OR THREE THAT I'M IN WORKS OF GETTING THAT PUSHED OUT.
UM, I'D ASK YOU GUYS AS WELL IF YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW OF ANY OTHER PLATFORMS WE CAN KINDA GET THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT OUT TO SO WE CAN GET AS MANY VENDORS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IT AND POTENTIAL ONES WE CAN USE, UM, TO KIND OF GO OFF OF.
UM, JUST EMAIL THAT TO ME AND I CAN START THAT PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT, THAT RFP OR RFP, WHERE IS IT GOING TO? SO I WILL BE SENDING ONE TO, UH, OCMA, UM, OHIO MANAGERS, OHIO'S CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION.
IT'S, AND THEN, UH, OML, UM, OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
UM, I SPOKE WITH M-V-R-P-C, WAS IT, UH, FABRIC, I THINK HIS NAME IS.
SPOKE WITH HIM AND TRIED TO SEE IF HE KNEW ANY OTHER CHANNELS WHERE I COULD KIND OF GET THAT POSTED AS WELL.
UM, AND WRIGHT STATES, UM, I WANT TO SAY CULTURAL INCLUSION OPTIONS AS WELL.
I EMAILED THEM TO TRY TO SEE IF THEY KNEW ANY SPOTS.
UH, I COULD PUT THAT ON AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY, ARE WE LOOKING AT THAT PLATFORMS TO STATE DIVERSE BUSINESSES ABOUT ANY OF THE CITY OF DAYTON'S MINORITY? SO, SO I KNOW, SO THE HRC DIRECTOR, I ASSUME HR, SO I, I KNOW OF THE HR, SO LAMONT HALL IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HRC.
SO I, I TRIED TO CALL HIM TODAY TO SEE IF HE KNEW ANYTHING ELSE AND IF FOR SOME LIKE HOPE WE COULD PROBABLY PUT IT ON THEIR PLATFORM AS WELL.
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TOO, UM, AND SEE WHERE THAT KIND OF GETS US TO AS WELL.I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN TARGET, UM, MINORITY ON THIS, THIS PROCESS NOW.
SO I KNOW DATE AND HAS, UM, THERE MINORITY PERCENTAGE WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR RFPS AS WELL.
UM, I COULD TRY TO SEE IF, I GUESS HAS A LIST OF VENDORS ALREADY AVAILABLE AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE TO PUSH THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, THAT'S ONE STEP WE CAN KIND OF USE TOO.
AND THEN I KNOW, I GUESS I'LL TRY TO SEE WHAT UM, DAYTON AREA CHAMBERS, I KNOW THAT THEY, UM, HAD MINORITY VENDORS AS WELL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE I CAN KIND OF PUSH ON AS WELL.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME IF YOU GUYS COME UP WITH ANYTHING THEY SHOULD ME THOSE, UM, ENTITIES AND I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST TO GET THOSE OUT THERE AS WELL.
THEY PASS THEIR MINORITY CERTIFIED CERTIFICATION SO THEY HAVE A LIST OF BUSINESSES.
CAN WE, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
UM, CAN WE CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS, UM, TO DO A NEWS STORY OR AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS BUT ALSO LOOP IN THE CCRB AND THAT THOSE SEATS ARE OPEN LIKE A, A PIECE ABOUT THE, THE WORK THIS COMMISSION IS DOING? YEAH.
AND THE, THE, YOU KNOW, LET'S PUT A LITTLE FOCUS ON IT THAT WE HAVE THE CCRB THAT'S BEING ENACTED, THAT THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE ASKED TO HAVE DONE AND NOW IT'S GETTING DONE AND IT JUST INCLUDES SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOCUS AND WHY.
AND THEN WE COULD LITERALLY TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND THE, THE GOOD OF, OF WHAT IS BEING DONE HERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A ACTUAL COUNCIL MEMBER.
I WOULD THINK COUNCIL, I MEAN COMMISSION WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST ROUTE TO GO WITH THAT SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, THE LEG WORK IN THAT.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THE CCRB, UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY FOR SURE HOW TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, LET ME FIGURE OUT THE CHANNELS FOR THAT.
WHEN YOU THINK OF DAY DAILY AND UM, OTHER MEDIA SOURCES TO KIND OF PUSH OUT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE GUYS DONE OR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, UM, TO KIND OF GET THAT STUFF LIKE PROCESSED.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE, WE, WE STILL NEED THOSE RESIDENTS AND, AND FOLKS TO KIND OF ACTUALLY WANT TO SIT ON THESE BOARDS AND KIND OF HELP OUT WITH THE, UH, INPUT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY OF
SO YEAH, LET ME CHECK IN THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET AT AND, AND, AND, AND TRY TO UH, PUSH THAT OUT THERE TO THE MASSES.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST, ONE OF THE BETTER WAYS TO MAYBE GET THAT, THAT THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE THAT WE ARE SEEKING THESE.
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, CAN YOU SEND US THAT TIMELINE, JEFFREY? FOR THE RFP YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW SO MY TIME, SO I'LL, I'LL SAY MY TIME, MY TIMELINE IS LIKE BEFORE JANUARY THE 15TH.
HOWEVER, THAT'S JUST WITH A COUPLE OF UH, ENTITIES THAT I'VE LIKE ALREADY NAMED.
SO I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT OUR WHOLE TIMELINE WOULD BE LIKE IF, IF I'M ADDING MORE, UM, ENTITIES OUT THERE HOLDING THE PLATFORM TO PUT THE RFP OUT THERE.
UM, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING, BUT I'LL TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH TIMELINE.
PROBABLY LIKE MID-MARCH IF, IF I'M DOING WHAT I NEED TO DO, LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RFP OUT PROBABLY BY NEXT WEEK AT THE LATEST AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME, SOME BACK, LIKE SOME APPLICATIONS BACK IN AND THEN START THAT PROCESS.
BUT I THINK, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A TIME WITH IT IF YOU'RE LOOKING? WELL, I MEAN, WELL TWO, THREE YEARS AGO
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I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A TIMELINE 'CAUSE I KNOW WE WILL, ONCE WE ISSUE RFP THERE'S A CLOSE DATE FOR THE RFP CORRECT.SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND WHAT IS THIS WHOLE PROCESS TIMELINE? I WILL SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE A YEAH.
ALL UM, WERE THERE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE
ARE WE STILL THINKING THAT WE NEED DATA FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO ASSESS THE NEED FOR A-D-E-A-A STAFF PERSON IN THE CITY FOR CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON DEIB? SO I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE PORTRAYED IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT NOR FROM WHAT I'M GATHERING FROM CITY MANAGER.
NO BOARD OR COMMISSION WOULD HAVE AN ACTIVE STAFF MEMBER DEDICATED TO THEM? NO, THAT WASN'T THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL WAS THAT THE CITY HIRE A DEI STAFF A PERSON TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON DEI ADMISSION? NO, NOT FOR THIS COMMISSION.
SO POSSIBLY THAT COULD BE THE CASE.
I'M NOT FOR SURE, BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THAT ENTAILS OR WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
THE ONE PAGE AS I RECALL, WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING BY THE END OF THIS MONTH WITH A WEBPAGE.
YEAH, IT SUPPOSED TO BE THE END OF JANUARY.
AND, UM, THE EEL DATA TRACKING, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO CITY MANAGER AND HR DIRECTOR ABOUT THAT.
WHAT STATUS IS, I'M NOT FOR SURE IF THEY WANTED TO HIRE ENOUGH CONSULTING GROUP OR, OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION.
BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK AND I'LL GET YOU GUYS THAT INFORMATION.
AND UM, RECOGNITIONS, UH, RECOGNITION OF THE CULTURAL WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WENT TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE A ONGOING LIST OF THESE LIAISON
DID YOU GIVE THAT THOSE TWO? JEFFREY, YOU SAID THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND WHAT WAS THE THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY TO, UM, DO RECOGNITION, UH, START SOME TYPE OF RECOGNITION FOR, UM, THE HERITAGE MONTHS OUTSIDE OF OUR, MY, I WILL BRING SOMETHING OVER THE NEXT MONTH FOR US TO LIKE, HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL POST EVERY MONTH.
BUT THE CITY TO ACTUALLY DO AN EVENT OR SOMETHING WAS THE RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK I CAN, I CAN ASK ABOUT THAT ONE.
HOWEVER, I THINK I CAN KINDA ANSWER THE ONE RELATED TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, BEING AT BOARD COMMISSION MEETINGS.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CLERK OF, UH, COUNCIL, UM, THE, THE IDEA THAT HAVING ELECTED OFFICIALS SIT IN ON BOARD, ON BOARD, UH, MEETINGS, THE INFORMATION PER ME TO JUST THAT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BEFORE THE ACTUAL MASSES OF ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING WOULD GIVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I GUESS A LEG UP WHEN IT CAME TO ANY DISCUSSIONS, NOT JUST WITH YOU GUYS FOR ANY PLANNED EVENTS.
THE IDEA IS THAT THE, THE LACK OR THE COHESION OF COMMUNICATION
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BETWEEN ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD KIND OF BE LOST BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD OBVIOUSLY PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT, WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AT OR, OR WHAT BOARDS, UH, UH, BOARDS OR COMMISSION MEETINGS THEY WILL SIT IN.SO THUS GIVING THE IDEA OF NOT BEING ABLE TO, I GUESS, HAVE INFORMATION SPREAD OUT EVENLY, IT WOULD JUST BE FLUCTUATED FOR SOMEONE KNOWING SOMETHING BEFORE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I GUESS THAT, I GUESS THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE CORRECT WAY THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL WANTS TO KIND OF HANDLE THE, UH, INFORMATION, BE ADDRESS OUT JUST BECAUSE IT SEEMS UNBALANCED AND UNFAIR.
UM, HAVING THEM MEET AT DIFFERENT, UH, OR HAVING THEM BE A PART OF DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO BASICALLY, SO BASICALLY WE KIND OF WANT TO HAVE A HOMOGENOUS COMMUNICATION EFFORT.
SO IF WE'RE HAVING EX, IF WE'RE HAVING EX COUNCIL MEMBER OR WE'RE HAVING ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER AT A
SO THEN WE HAD, SAY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE, AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING, SAY A PLANNING MEETING.
WHEN THOSE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS CAME TO A COUNCIL, THOSE TWO WOULD ALREADY BE IN THE LOOP WELL BEFORE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
SO THE IDEA THAT THE COMMUNICATION EFFORT WASN'T NECESSARILY DISHED OUT ALL AT ONCE, TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WELL BEFORE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
SO IN THAT TERMS, THE IDEA THAT THE COMMUNICATION EFFORTS WEREN'T LAID OUT AT THE SAME TIME, TWO MEMBERS, I GUESS IN, IN RESULT HAVE INFORMATION WELL BEFORE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
LEMME TELL YOU WHY THAT MAKES SENSE.
WELL, I MEAN THEY COULD, ANYBODY COULD ATTEND OUR MEETINGS ABSOLUTELY.
AS THEY WANT TO VOLUNTARILY THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME INSIDER INFORMATION OR BE LISTENING OR SHOULD BE.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT IS, THAT IS THE PORTRAYED MESSAGE OF WHAT IS BEING LAID OUT.
NOW I CAN GET A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF THAT LATER, BUT THAT IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A LIAISON IS SO THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION CAN'T BE OPENED.
SO WHEN THEY'RE HERE, THEN THEY GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BRING FORTH SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE LOOKED AT HAVING LIAISONS FOR EACH OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHEN IT'S CHANGED AT THIS POINT.
SO THE OTHER THING IS, JEFFREY, WHAT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS WE NEED, UM, A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR, EVERYONE IS CLEAR.
SO IF THIS CAN'T HAPPEN OR THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY FEEL THEY CAN'T HAPPEN, WHAT IS THAT REASON DETAILED OUT IN A DOCUMENT.
SO WE'VE GOT ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS SITTING OUT HERE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, UM, READING FOR THE INFORMATION AND BEING OUR LIAISON AND THE CONGRESS FOR THE CONVERSATION, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING WRITTEN FROM CITY COUNCIL.
A RESPONSE FROM THEM IS, IS THAT JUST PERTAINING TO THIS OR IS THAT PERTAINING TO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? WE SPEND THE TIME WRITING OUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEM TO SIT THERE AND WE JUST NEED SOMETHING IN WRITING TO SAY YAY OR NAY AND NO.
THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? CORRECT ME IF I'M, UM, AND 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS, I KNOW THIS COMMISSION AT LEAST GOES TO THE COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS THREE TIMES A YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
ONCE YOU GUYS PRESENT A PRESENTATION, IS THERE NO FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEN AND THERE AT A WORK SESSION? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, I WILL, I WILL TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF GET SOME GUIDANCE IN AN ACTUAL, UM, UM, WRITTEN
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RESPONSE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS.AND THEY HAVE ALL, ALL, YOU HAVE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS WRITTEN OUT, COMPILED NICELY IN THE LIST.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS WRITE A RESPONSE.
I'M TRYING TO, HAD WE NOT WENT DOWN WITH SOME OF THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS, LIKE, LIKE GUIDING THE FEEDBACK FROM TONY COMPILED A LIST OF, UH, UH, EXCEL SPREADSHEET, I THINK YEAH.
LOT RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEED TO HAVE UPDATE STATUS, BUT THEN THERE'S A LOT THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN.
SO YES, IF WE COULD GET THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WHEN IS OUR NEXT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL? DO YOU KNOW? FOR, FOR THIS COMMISSION? FEBRUARY 1ST.
UH, LET ME, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M SERIOUS.
I DON'T, I'M, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE COMMISSION GOES.
I'M NOT INTERESTED
SO I, AND I WILL, I WAS GONNA WAIT, BUT I GUESS WE CAN JUST SPEAK ON IT NOW.
SO THE IDEA EARLIER TODAY WITH THE PHONE CALL THAT I HAVE A CITY MANAGER, UM, THE IDEA OF D SINCE YOU ARE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION, HE, HE'S WILLING TO KIND OF WORK WITH YOU AS YOU KNOW, MEANS OF TRYING TO GET ANYTHING ON HIS SCHEDULE TO TALK WITH YOU WHENEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU KIND OF WANNA DISCUSS AND YOU TWO WOULD WANT TO HAVE A MEETING TO KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE WHENEVER OR WHEREVER, UM, JUST KIND OF FORMULATE THOSE IDEAS AND I, I'LL GET SOMETHING SCHEDULED AND PUT IT ON HIS CALENDAR AND YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF HASH IT OUT AND SEE WHERE WE CAN KIND OF AS A CITY AND CITY STAFF CAN KINDA GET THOSE, UM, THOUGHTS OUT TO COUNCIL.
SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE AVAILABILITY AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK AND I'LL GET IT ON, UM, RICK'S CALENDAR FOR YOU.
YOU TALKING ABOUT TALK TO LIKE TO MR. Z? YES.
I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING, RIGHT? I THINK THESE WERE LEFT OVER FROM LAST.
SO MY IDEA IS OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS DO A LOT AS IT IS NOW, AND I THINK THE IDEA OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE PLANNED FOR, UM, FUTURE YEARS OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE BIG GOALS.
I KNOW, I THINK, YOLANDA, YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING TO ME EARLIER ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE A COMMUNITY GARDEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LIKE WHAT OTHER KIND OF BIG IDEAS OR OR INITIATIVES, UM, YOU GUYS HAD OR WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SAID TODAY.
UM, IT CAN OBVIOUSLY BE EMAILED TO ME OR WE CAN KIND OF HASH THIS OUT NEXT, NEXT MEETING.
UM, JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE, IF WE'RE FINE FOR WHAT, FOR WHAT THE THINGS YOU GUYS ARE DOING NOW.
UM, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M HELPING OUT AS BEST I CAN FOR YOU GUYS.
WELL, UM, I THINK, WELL THESE, I SUPPOSED SPEAK ON MY BEHALF.
UM, FUTURE INITIATIVES AND GOALS.
SOME OF THAT LIES ON WHAT SUPPORT WE HAVE FROM THE CITY.
SO WE NEED SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE REQUESTED THAT A PERSON BE HIRED THAT FOCUSES ON INITIATIVES NOT FOR THIS COMMISSION, BUT FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, THE HIRING OF A-D-E-I-B PERSON FROM A DIVERSITY PERSPECTIVE WOULD LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE, UM, THIS PERCENTAGE OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN POVERTY.
WE HAVE THIS PERCENTAGE THAT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD.
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AND BASED ON THIS DATA THAT THIS PERSON HAS IN COMPILES OF POOLS TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE AN EXPERT, BEI PERSON, THEY WOULD ON THE CITIES WE HAVE BUILD THESE PROGRAMS THAT CREATE EQUITY IN OUR CITY.SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS OR IDEAS OR THOUGHTS OR INITIATIVES, GOALS THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS, 'CAUSE WE ARE RECOMMENDING COMMISSION, WE CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, WHICH IS HOW THE THOUGHT OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN CAME UP.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF RARE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME OUTTA THIS COMMISSION.
BUT WE CAN'T DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMEND, AND THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT PROFESSIONAL IS A BIG, BIG ONE THAT I THINK WOULD DO THE LIFT OF THE CITY FROM AN EQUITY STUDENT.
SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT FUTURE INITIATIVES AND GOALS, IT REALLY FOR, FOR ME, WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THE CITY OFFERS OR WHAT THE CITY DOES.
I DUNNO IF ANYONE ELSE HAS, THEY, THEY WANNA ASK EACH INITIATIVE.
I, I AGREE WITH YOU, UM, MADAM CHAIR ON THAT.
BUT ALSO FOR ME, JUST ACTION ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN, WHAT, THREE YEARS? I KNOW WE SAID TWO EARLIER, BUT I THINK IT'S THREE YEARS.
AND THAT'S WHY AGAIN, IT'S BEST TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO CAN BE LIAISON TO KNOW BEFORE A COUNCIL MEETING, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, CONCERNS OF THIS COMMISSION TO EXECUTE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THEIR JOB AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT ALL THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER.
SO FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE PROGRESSION ON THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO CONSTANTLY, CONSTANTLY EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE GO OVER THE SAME AGENDA ITEM, YOU KNOW, WITH NO PROGRESSION.
'CAUSE TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THEY DON'T CARE.
UM, I ALSO AGREE, UM, AND I THINK THE PUSHBACK ON THE IDEA OF CREATING A DEI POSITION IN THE CITY JUST TRULY SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THESE INITIATIVES AND THESE BOLDS DO NOT MATTER TO THOSE THAT ARE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, FRANKLY.
BECAUSE FROM SOMEBODY THAT WORKED FOR A LARGE STATE AGENCY, IF YOU ARE WANTING SOMEBODY TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF SOMETHING, IT HAS TO BE INGRAINED FROM THE TOP BOTTOM IN THROUGH EVERY POLICY, EVERY PROCEDURE IN THROUGH EVERY PERSON THAT YOU HIRE, EVERY PERSON THAT WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF YOU EMBRACED THE GOALS AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THESE DEI THINGS AND STOP TREATING US LIKE WE ARE JUST ANOTHER BOARD AND COMMISSION, WE ARE NOT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION.
WE ARE NOT THE PROPERTY REVIEW BOARD.
BUT OUR PURPOSE WAS NOT TO BE NINE TALKING HEADS SITTING UP HERE ONCE A MONTH AND, AND PUTTING ON A COUPLE FESTIVALS EVERY YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE CITY TO EMBRACE THESE INITIATIVES SINCE WE STARTED.
AND THAT'S THE LINE ITEM THAT CONTINUES TO GET LEFT ON THIS AGENDA IS THERE'S NO REPERCU CASSITY.
THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT.
BUT THERE, THE VALUE OF THIS INITIATIVE IS NOT BEING FELT BY THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP.
AND IF IT WAS A VALUE AND A CULTURE THAT WAS EMBRACED, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION FOR THREE YEARS.
SO REALLY THE AGENDA ITEM IS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A CULTURE TO BE ACCEPTED BY PEOPLE
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THAT ARE NOT GOING TO REALLY ACCEPT NECESSARILY THESE GOALS AND INITIATIVES.SO WE'RE FRUSTRATED, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE.
I THINK THAT THE REASON WE CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF THE FUTURE GOALS AND INITIATIVES IS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GETTING THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.
SO WE WERE GOING OUT THE SIDE OF THEIR HEAD.
INSTEAD, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET YOUR SUPPORT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO WORK WITH THE YWCA, WE'RE NOT GETTING YOUR SUPPORT, SO WE'RE GONNA GO WORK WITH SINCLAIR.
WE'RE NOT GETTING YOUR SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO WORK WITH THE DAYTON LIBRARIES AND WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH THE METRO PARKS TO FOCUS ON AN AREA OF HUBER HEIGHTS THAT HUBER HEIGHTS ISN'T FOCUSING ON.
THE REASON FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THAT AREA IS BECAUSE THAT'S A FOOD SWAMP.
BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN ONE OF THE, THE HIGHEST POVERTY AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO EAT ARE FOOD OUT OF DOLLAR GENERAL AND DONATOS.
THAT'S WHY THE GARDEN WAS GOING IN.
THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT OVER THERE.
SO I'M GONNA JUMP OFF MY SOAP BOX HERE MOMENTARILY, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE CIVIL RIGHTS, THE POVERTY ISSUES, THE ISSUES WITH EDUCATION SYSTEMS, THE ISSUES WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY IF WE'RE DOING IT BY OURSELVES.
THIS IS A CULTURE THAT HAS TO BE ADOPTED FROM THE TOP DOWN AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE IT.
AND THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY BAD.
AND THIS COMMISSION, I THINK THE FOCUS IS BEING LOST AS FAR AS REMEMBERING WHY THIS COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED.
AND OUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS POLICY TO THE CITY TO HELP ALLEVIATE SITUATIONS SUCH AS GEORGE FLOYD, WHICH WAS THE REASON WHY THIS COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED.
WE NEED TO COME BACK TO THE FOCUS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHY THIS COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED.
I MEAN, THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY SAID.
UM, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, THE, I GUESS LIGHTLY THE STROBES, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE IDEAS AND THE, UH, INITIATIVES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD OVER THE COUPLE YEARS.
UM, SO AGAIN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I THINK I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS WHOLE JOURNEY WITH US ALL, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL TRY MY BEST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR GUYS' VOICE OUT THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS COULD KIND OF HAPPEN FOR THE CITY RIGHTS.
UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE KIND OF PRESS THAT ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT ALL COMMUNITIES.
SO AGAIN, I'LL MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO YOU GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL TRY MY BEST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN KIND OF GET A, A FOOT IN THE DOOR TO KIND OF MAKE THESE THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
SOMEBODY AT THE TOP OF THE COUNTER ACTUALLY LISTEN, TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT SOME SOMETHING ON PAPER.
SOME SOMETHING NO TO THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT ANY ONE OF US IS QUESTIONING YOUR COMMITMENT TO NOT AT ALL YOUR WORK OR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMISSION.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU KIND OF TAKE THE SHORT END OF THE STICK SITTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DRESS.
SO I JUST NEED TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT SUPPORTIVE TO US AND WE TRULY DO APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, BUT IF YOU COULD SO ELOQUENTLY, YOU KNOW, UH, PARROT WHAT WE WERE SAYING BACK TO THE POWER THAT BE, THAT WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD.
I THINK THAT HAVING THE COMMISSION IS A CITY'S WAY OF SAYING WE DID SOMETHING.
OUR, UM, WE'RE HERE FOR OUR COMMISSION JUST SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN THE LINE OF SIGHT.
AND SO OUR RESIDENTS KNOW AS WELL WHY WE'RE HERE.
I'M GONNA READ THIS AGAIN BECAUSE WHEN WE WE'RE COMING UP WITH FUTURE INITIATIVES AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS, WE NEED TO THINK THIS IS THE LINE.
UM, IT'S TO ACT IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER TO PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND THE FULL EXERCISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, RACISM AND OTHER BIASES THROUGH EDUCATION, MEDIATION, POLICY LEGISLATION, AND COMPLAIN REVIEW RESOLUTION.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
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THAT WE'VE MADE TO CITY COUNCIL, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE INITIATIVES THAT WE TAKE ON, IF IT DOES NOT ALIGN TO THAT, THEN IT IZE US IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT ON ALL OF OUR AGENDAS.YEAH, THAT WAS SO, UM, JUST RUNNING THROUGH THE 2024, UH, CALENDAR.
UM, JULY WAS THE MEETING THAT CAME UP.
THE FIRST THURSDAY OF JULY IS, UH, JULY THE FOURTH.
OBVIOUSLY THE, YOU GUYS WOULD NOT WANT A MEETING BECAUSE THE CITY HALL WOULD BE CLOSED AS WELL.
UM, SO THEN I THOUGHT THE IDEA OF MOVING THAT TO JULY THE 11TH WOULD BE THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY.
HOWEVER I'M GONNA SAY BZA OR THE PLANE BOARD HAS THAT MEETING ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR.
WE COULD RUN A MEETING JULY THE 10TH, WHICH WOULD BE A WEDNESDAY, OR WE COULD CANCEL THE MEETING IN JULY.
MINUTES THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE ALWAYS END UP CANCEL THAT MEETING.
IS IS IT JUST JULY OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OF ANY OTHER MEETINGS THAT YOU MIGHT DECEMBER TOO? THIS YEAR WE, THE MATCHING DECEMBER WORKING'S M OKAY.
I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED DECEMBER.
WE WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND WE'LL JUST, WE'LL CANCEL.
WE, WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD YEAH.
BY THE, YEAH, BY THE END OF THOSE JUNE EVENTS.
SO WE CAN GO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL JULY AND THEN IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, WE'LL WE'LL GET ON IT AND MAKE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT DID WE, FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, JEFFREY, WE WERE LOOKING AT GETTING OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INVOLVED WITH THAT.
HAVE WE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH MAKING THE NEW, UM, SO COMMISSION, SO HOW DO, HOW, HOW DO YOU WANT TO GIMME LIKE THE BACKDROP? LIKE HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO STRUCTURE THAT? IS IT LIKE, LIKE, UH, CULTURE DIVERSITY PLUS ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION? YOU, YOU GUYS LIKE, LIKE MAKE ME UNDERSTAND.
I LIKE, I'M TRYING TO, I'M LOST.
I GUESS WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, SO I THINK ABOUT DIVERSITY COMMISSION, LIKE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON LIKE POLICY MEDIATION, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT EVERY BOARD COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE THE, UM, THE, A STRING OF DIVERSITY RUNNING THROUGH IT.
SO LIKE THE, I THE ADDED FOR ALL THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OUT THERE, WHERE THEY KIND OF LEVEL UP WHEN IT COMES TO DIVERSITY AS WELL WAS, 'CAUSE THERE WAS A, I I GUESS JUST SPEAKING ON RECOMMENDATIONS, THE, THE THOUGHT THAT THE BOARDS OF COMMISSION WOULD GET, UM, DIVERSITY TRAINING, I GUESS, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT KIND OF RINGS A BELL AS WELL THAT WAS RECOMMENDED? IT WAS COMPLETED.
WE DID THERE ASK FOR NUMBERS ON THAT.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULDN'T, THEY COULD'VE MAKE IT REQUIRED FOR THE VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT THEY COULD MAKE IT REQUIRED FOR CITY STAFF IF I REMEMBER HOW THAT SHOOK OUT CORRECTLY.
UM, BUT THERE WAS THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IT WAS HELD AND IT WAS INFORMATIVE, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOTHING THAT'S ONE AND DONE.
I MEAN, IF, IF WE ALL LEARNED ABOUT CULTURE AND DIVERSITY IN A FOUR HOUR SEMINAR, I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN A TWO.
UM, ONCE THEN WE'RE NOT DOING TOO GOOD LIFE, LET'S BE HONEST.
SO, SO, SO THEN, SO THEN LIKE MY, LIKE, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS LIKE WHAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE TRYING TO ASK THAT.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME TO GET? I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, WE'LL FLUSH IT OUT.
I RUSH, BUT I MEAN, I'M, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S OKAY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD ON THE TABLE TOO, FINDING OUT THE NUMBER DIVERSITY TRAINING I THINK WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING EVERY YEAR AND WE DISCUSSED GETTING A STATUS ON THAT.
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OF THAT, SO IF WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT ONE.THE STATUS NUMBERS AND WHEN IS THE NEXT, ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S IT.
ANYTHING ELSE? 30 MORE SECONDS.
ALRIGHT, SO THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:59 PM.