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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road February 1, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
FEBRUARY MEETING OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSE CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT SIX 14 A ROLL CALL PLEASE.MR. RICHARDSON? MR. VY PRESENT? MR. OWENS PRESENT.
MS. TYLE? UM, MOVING TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES, DID EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY? I'M GONNA DELAY THIS WEEK, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, WAS THERE ANY CHANGES OR DO WE NEED TO, UM, HOLD THE APPROVAL TILL NEXT MONTH? ALL THING IS THAT SAYS CALL MONTH.
UM, OTHER THAN THE TIME CORRECTION, DOES ANYBODY HAVE UM, ANY OTHER EDITS TO THE MINUTES? TROOPER APPROVE.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE JANUARY 4TH, 2024 CULTURE DIVERSITY, CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION NEW MINUTES WITH THE, UM, OFFICIAL CORRECTION I WROTE ON MY COPY OF THOSE.
UM, OLD BUSINESS WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, LIKE A FORMAL RECAP OF MLKJ.
SO WE'RE GONNA START A DOCUMENT OR SOME TYPE OF A, A FORM TO GET FEEDBACK FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA KIND OF CLOSE THE LOOP ON MLK DAY, UM, AND THEN START PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT THE SAME TASK GROUPS OR, AND WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO START PLANNING THESE EVENTS LIKE AS SOON AS WE FINISH THE EVENT THE MONTH BEFORE.
AND THAT'S JUST GONNA MAKE THE CADENCE OF THIS GO A LOT EASIER, UM, ON ALL INVOLVED.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE RECAP.
JUST KNOW THAT I'M GONNA THROW A DOCUMENT IN OUR DRIVE FOR US TO ADD, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT WE DIDN'T THINK WENT WELL, UM, AND WHAT WE COULD IMPROVE ON.
I THINK OUR PROGRAM WENT REALLY WELL.
UM, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING OUR MLK EVENT TO, UM, MORE OF THE COMMUNITY DINNER AND INVOLVE THE ATHLETICS AND OTHER CLUBS AND GROUPS FROM THE SCHOOLS AND THE YOUTH.
UM, SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT I THINK WE SHOULD START HAVING SOONER THAN LATER.
'CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE QUITE AN UNDERTAKING IF WE DO A BIG COMMUNITY DINNER AND SELL TICKETS.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOGISTICALLY THINK OF PLACES TO HOLD, CATERING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO LEAN, UM, HOPEFULLY ON, UH, MRS. NEWBIE, UM, WHO USED TO HELP BLUE DALE PLAN THESE EVENTS.
AND GAVE THAT CAT OUT OF THE BAG AT THE MLK DAY.
SO MRS. NEWBIE, UH, NOT MISS NEWBIE.
UM, IT'S GOING TO GET CALLED TO THE TABLE.
WELL, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY SHE WOULD BE THE GOOD RESOURCE, BUT DEFINITELY THE PERSON WHO STARTED IT YEAH.
I WAS GONNA ASK IF THAT'S SOMETHING
CAN WE GET A MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? UM, MAYBE WITH, UH, MRS. DALE AND HER MOTHER TO SEE IF WE COULD AT LEAST GET A BLUEPRINT OF HOW THINGS USED TO GO TO START
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WITH I'LL START WITH MRS. STAN FIRST.AND, UM, I'LL GET TO THE LOGISTICS OF IT.
UM, 'CAUSE WE, WE TALKED AND I'LL ELABORATE, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS SHE SHARED WITH ME, SHE'S GONNA SHARE WITH US.
SO I WILL ACTUALLY SEE HER THIS WEEKEND.
UM, TO GIVE HER HER PROCLAMATION PERSON.
SO I WILL, YOU KNOW, TALK TO HER AND SEE WHAT HER AVAILABILITY IS.
UM, WITHIN THIS MONTH NOW, WE MAY HAVE TO GO TO HER OR MEET HER HALFWAY BECAUSE SHE LIVES IN WESTCHESTER.
BUT I'LL, I'LL ATE THAT, UM, WITH HER AND SEEING HER.
I GUESS, I GUESS I'M GETTING KIND OF THE CART AHEAD OF THE COURSE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY MADE A DECISION BY COMMISSION TO CHANGE OUR MLK FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, MAYBE YOU'LL GIVE ME THE GRACE RG JEAN AND I THE GRACE TO HAVE THIS MEETING FIRST AND THEN I CAN BRING KIND OF THAT BACK TO THE GROUP FOR DISCUSSION VERSUS US SAYING WE'RE GONNA CHANGE SOMETHING BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT TO YET.
OH, I'M HAPPY THAT WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THIS DEAL, I WONDERED LIKE, DID I MISS A DINNER OR SOMETHING? LIKE, I WAS LIKE, BECAUSE IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED FOR FOR WHAT, WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
I WAS LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
I'M SURE THERE IS A GREAT REASON WHY LOGISTICALLY HAVE MOVED FROM THAT OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD INCLUDE TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK OR TO SOME DEGREE UHHUH.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OF LOGISTIC PLANNING IS DONE.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO JUST PUT THAT IN BACK OUR MIND.
BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THAT INITIAL DISCUSS FIRST MM-HMM.
BUT, UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS DONE A LONG TIME AGO AND SHE WAS TRYING TO FIND SOME ARCHIVE INFORMATION WHEN WE SPOKE OF THE EVENT.
BUT, UM, JUST TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH HER, JUST GO THERE.
I ALSO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DINNER.
UM, I, IN TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GET YOUTH INVOLVED.
UM, BUT HALF OF 'EM COMPETE AND RAISE MONEY AND THEN DONATE HALF TO A CHARITY.
HALF THE GROUP WOULD KEEP AND THEN DO IT AT THE DINNER, YOU KNOW, FORMALIZE THE, THE FUNDRAISER AT THE, THE DINNER.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT.
LONZO WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY USED TO DO THESE HUGE DINNERS AND THAT WAS HOW IT USED TO GO.
SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL THE LOGISTIC PIECES OF THAT PUZZLE, BUT, UM, SO YEAH.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT MEETING DONE.
WE'LL LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND THEN I'LL GET THIS RECAP OF MLK SHEET OUT TO YOU GUYS.
UM, AND WE CAN JUST KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
SO ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ELSE HAS FOR MLK, UM, HAVE WE YET, OR COULD WE, IS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD LIKE SEND SOME SORT OF THANK YOU TO THAT IN YOUR LIST? NO, IT WASN'T WHEN I, SO AS YOU, AS YOUR THOUGHT WAS COMING, I MUST HAVE READ YOUR MIND 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, I PULL THANK YOU CARDS OUT BECAUSE I, THOSE TWO, UM, EITHER, SO I WILL ADD THOSE TO THE THANK YOU CARD FILE LEADING TO DO THOSE DONE AND I'LL GET 'EM ALL.
UM, I HAVE ONE, UM, SUGGESTION FOR
I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED BE SEATED UP FRONT, NOT IN THE BACK.
THERE SHOULD BE LIKE DESIGNATED LIKE MAYBE NAME CARDS AS TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE SEATED.
UM, SO THAT THEY CAN DEFINITELY FEEL INCLUDED IN THE, UM, ACTIVITIES MM-HMM.
AND IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER GENS THAT COME, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FROM DAYTON AND OTHER CITIES.
SO JUST TO HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR THEM TO SEE.
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YOU KNOW, DAYTON, NO MATTER WHAT DOES THEIR, THEIR WALK ON MLK, YOU KNOW, RANGE SHINE, WHATEVER.BUT IF WE, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS, THEN WE COULD ALSO TAKE PLACE IN, IN THE WALK AND DATE AND REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, PAPER HEIGHT IN OUR GROUP AND DO THAT WALK AND DATE ON MLK DAY AS WELL.
SO, UM, 'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE FROM DAYTON AND, YOU KNOW.
'CAUSE THEY JUST HAVE SUCH A BIG EVENT BECAUSE THE WALK, UNFORTUNATELY AT THE SAME TIME AS WE HAVE
BUT IF WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THE DINNER, LIKE MAYBE ON THAT SATURDAY OF THE WEEKEND, THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
'CAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WAS DOING EXACTLY SOMETHING AND TO YOUR POINT, IF WE DID SOMETHING MAYBE ON A DIFFERENT DAY OR WHATEVER, THEN THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO KIND OF GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND BE A PART OF SOMETHING.
A LOT OF THIS WORK IS SILOED AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THE SUBURBS AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S GREATER DAYTON AREA, BUT THAT'S JUST THE A WAY TO REPRESENT.
WE STILL DO OUR OWN THINGS, BUT WE SHOULD SUPPORT DAY AS WELL.
ANYBODY ASK FOR MLK? OTHER THAN THE WEATHER? I THINK IT WENT REALLY WELL AND I LIKED GO COFFEE HOUR.
WE WOULD'VE NEVER GOTTEN THROUGH THAT IF WE HAD WENT WITH THE WALK.
WE NEVER GOTTEN THROUGH THAT COFFEE TIME, TIME
AND THEN LIKE, BUT IN DECEMBER IT'S DEFINITELY, SO WE HAVE NOT LOOKED OUT ON M OKAY.
IT'S NOT BEEN ON OUR SIDE MANY OF THE YEARS.
THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THE SECOND YEAR TECHNICALLY, BUT THE FIRST YEAR THE COMMISSION DID IT.
WE DID NOT GO INDOORS AT ANY POINT.
STOOD OUT THERE THE WHOLE TIME IN THE FREEZING COLD SNOW, GLARING WIND AND DID THAT PROGRAM AND I WAS LIKE, ACTUALIZED HERE.
DR. OWENS, I HEAR YOU ARE HERE TO GIVE THE UPDATE.
UM, WELL ACTUALLY YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING ON MY, I'M GONNA SAY OUT LOUD THAT I TEXT ERIC TODAY AND DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS ON HIS CREW.
SO, I'M SORRY,
DID NOT MEAN I DON'T WORK WHEN I'M ON VACATION.
I'M SORRY YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SERVICE.
BUT I ALSO DID, DID HE REPLY
UM, AND THEY'LL MEET ON THE NINTH.
UM, AND I'M JUST GOING THROUGH MY EMAILS ON THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE TIME THAT'S AT 2:00 PM SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A ZOOM CALL.
ARE YOU ON? YEAH, IT'S UH, NO.
CAN I TAG ALONG? WHAT TIME IS IT? 2:00 PM YEAH.
I WANTED TO TAG ALONG WITH THAT MEETING.
UM, ALSO THOUGH, I THINK IT'S THE, PRETTY MUCH THE THING, I HAD THE SAME UPDATES FROM WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, UM, STILL WORKING ON SOLIDIFYING, UM, THE MUSIC OR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND UM, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY, UM, HE'S WORKING ON, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH SPOKEN WORK ARTISTS FROM THE NLK.
ONE OF ONE OF THOSE YOUNG MEN WILL BE, UM, WILL BE ASKED TO PERFORM.
UM, AND I THINK HE'S WORKING ON ANOTHER LOCAL TOWN.
I THINK IT'S ANOTHER LOCAL YOUNG PERSON AS WELL.
I CAN'T, THAT ESCAPES AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM,
AND I THINK HIS ISSUE, THE ISSUE WITH THE, THE MUSIC WAS SOME OF IT IS THE PRICE AND SOME OF IT'S JUST NAME RECOGNITION.
LIKE ANY, ANY TIME YOU GR WITH ANY TYPE OF MUSICAL ARTIST, THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
THEY'RE A BETTER CHANCE PUSH OPEN AND IF THEY
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DON'T KNOW YOU'RE ROLLING THE DICE.SO, UM, I THINK IT, IT IS JUST FIGURING THOSE OUT AND THOSE, THOSE MINOR LOGISTICS AND I GUESS THEY'RE NOT THAT MINOR BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY ARE THE, THE THINGS.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS JUNETEENTH AND THE MOST CULTURAL FESTIVAL, THOSE ARE THE TWO UPDATES FOR THOSE.
AND IT'S NOT REALLY UPDATE, BUT JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE UM, I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM WHO WOULDN'T HEAR BACK OR AND CONTRACTS.
UM, THEN OBVIOUSLY I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE WAY MORE SOLIDIFIED BY THE TIME THE NINTH COULD CONFIRM AGAIN PLEASE.
WHICH JUNETEENTH? THE, THE ONE ON SUNDAY? MM-HMM.
FOR SOME REASON IT WAS JUST A SPEED BETWEEN ALRIGHT.
THEY WANTED IT WRAPPED UP BY NINE, BUT WE HAD IT GO UNTIL 10 LAST YEAR.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THAT STUFF UP THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO DONE.
ARE WE QUEUING IT TO BE LIKE THE FATHER'S DAY TYPE THING THAT WE DID LEFT HERE? SAY IN GENERAL, RECALL IT FATHER'S DAY FATHER FESTIVAL OR FATHER JUNETEENTH? IT'S CHANGED EVERY YEAR.
I MEAN, I MEAN, I KNOW IT, IT IS KIND OF BEEN, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S THE SAME, BUT YEAH, JUST BE MORE, THAT WAS LAST YEAR.
JUNETEENTH IS THE, UM, SO WHO, IS IT JUST THE TWO OF YOU IN THIS GROUP OR ARE THERE MORE WORKING? JUST TWO, UM, PROBABLY THE NEW GUY.
YOU JUST KIND OF GET STUCK WITH ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
YOU'RE LIKE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS GIVING THE UPDATE.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT, UM, I'LL HELP WITH, SO MY WORRY WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA LIKE REACH OUT TO ALL THE VENDORS AND EVERYTHING FOR JUNETEENTH AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTICULTURAL A WEEK LATER, SO I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SEND SEPARATE COMMUNICATIONS.
SO I'M GONNA TAG ALONG FOR THE MEETING NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN I CAN TALK TO SARAH ABOUT LIKE, IF YOU SIGNED UP FOR JUNETEENTH NOW WE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THIS ONE TOO.
I AM BEEN A LITTLE OUT OF LOOP ON THAT AS WELL.
NO, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ON THE SAME, ON THE SAME DOCKET.
BUT A LOT OF IT, WHEN I'VE TALKED TO HIM, IT'S BEEN ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH YEAH.
EVENTS AND KNOWING THE MULTI REQUEST IS HAPPENING AT THE THAT WEEK.
SO WE'RE ASKING BOTH GENDERS CAN'T DO.
IF THEY COME, IF THEY WANNA COME BOTH, YOU KNOW, COME TO WE, WE PIGEONHOLED OURSELVES OUT OF VENDORS.
I FELT LIKE LAST YEAR I WANT TO AGREE THAT LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THREE AVON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA LIMIT IT TO ONE OF EACH.
BUT WE PIGEONHOLED IT TO LITTLE, I MEAN IT WAS A PURPOSEFULLY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH MEMBERS OF VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS TO MEET THE NEED.
OF COURSE WE DON'T NEED AS MANY FOOD TRUCKS FOR JUNETEENTH AS WE DO FOR MULTICULTURAL.
BUT WE DID A BIG SHOWING AT JUNETEENTH LAST YEAR.
I MEAN THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
SO I THINK AGAIN, IF WE CAN GET SIX OR SEVEN FOOD TRUCKS, THE VENDORS, I THINK AT LEAST ONE OF THE VENDORS ON JUNETEENTH SOLD OUT OF PRODUCTS.
SO IS THAT IT FOR JUNETEENTH? LET'S SEE.
UM, I, I'M LOOKING HERE AT THE SCHEDULE TO SEE, BUT YEAH, THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, WHAT IS GOING ON? I ALSO SEE WHERE IT SAYS THAT YOU NEED TO HANDLE EDUCATION.
TO THE, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP,
DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO ASK? IN MY OPINION, UM, DR. CARTER.
OH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THAT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH ANY FATHER'S DAY PLANS.
YOU MAY HAVE TO GIVE A, YOU KNOW, GRIEF HISTORY ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH.
I JUST, BECAUSE WE'RE READING MY MIND TONIGHT, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT HIM TO DO, IF HE COULD BRING PART OF HIS EXHIBIT MM-HMM.
SO WE WERE BOTH THINKING OF HIM.
I, BECAUSE UM, WE ARE KEY CONTACT AGAIN FOR THAT.
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JUST ASK HIM OR? YEAH.AND HE WILL ACTUALLY BE ON BASE ON THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY OR ON THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH OKAY.
AND I'M PLANNING TO GO TO THAT EVENT.
AND UM, TALK TO HIM, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS WHAT WANNA YEAH.
A FACE TO FACE ASK IS SO MUCH MORE HIS EXACTLY.
IN OUR CONTINUATION OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
SO, SO BASED ON THAT, UM, IS THERE LIKE A TIME BLOCK WHEN ERIC WAS PRE-PLANNING THE SCHEDULING FOR JUNETEENTH? AS FAR AS, YEAH, BUT SO I, I'M GONNA SAY YES, BUT I ALSO KNOW LIKE WHEN WE WERE TALKING IT CHANGED LIKE EVERY 25 SECONDS BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, WAIT AND THEN MAYBE OR NO IF WE WOULD HERE.
SO IT WAS LIKE, I THINK, UM, IF I'M LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S LIKE A 15 MINUTE, WELL A 15 MINUTE BLOCK NO MATTER WHAT.
SO WHERE THAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE SCHEDULE OR IF, UM, WHAT WAS HIS NAME? DR. MICHAEL CARTER.
UM, IF, IF HE NEEDS TO FALL 15, GREAT.
MAYBE WE DO FOR NINE INSTEAD AND IT GIVES US, WE NO ADVERTISEMENT WE MAY GET OR ANYTHING, BUT IF WE DID A SOFT START AT FOUR O'CLOCK, MEANING MOST PEOPLE ARE GONNA STILL BE TRICKLING IN, BUT RAYLEY STARTED THE PROGRAM AT FOUR 30 AND GAVE US A HALF AN HOUR.
'CAUSE MR. CARTER COULD PROBABLY TAKE ALL 15 MINUTES OF THAT.
AND THEN IF WE'RE DOING THE PROCLAMATION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT TIME.
BECAUSE THE PARKING, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 10 MINUTES FOR PROBATION.
AND SO MAYBE WE SHOULD PLAN FOR FOUR TO NINE ON THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND THEN WE'LL DO LIKE A KICKOFF AT FOUR 30.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? ANYBODY HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THAT? ERIC MIGHT HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THAT, BUT HE'S NOT HERE.
JUST IF WE JUST KIND OF GET ROCK AND ROLL.
SO, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO, UM, THOSE ARE TWO GOOD THINGS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR CHANGING? I'M GONNA HELP WITH THE VENDORS, BOTH TYPES, FOOD, TRUCKS AND, 'CAUSE I HAVE A LIST.
UM, SO I'LL SEND OUT THE INITIAL EMAIL TO ALL OF THE VENDORS FROM LAST YEAR.
ONCE WE GET THERE, DECIDE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT.
I CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON VENDORS, UM, GETTING ALL THAT SHORED UP WITH THE CITY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE JUST MAKING A HANDOFF TO SARAH, I THINK IS THE POINT THIS YEAR NONE OF US HAVE IS SAYS SARAH'S GOING THE LAYOUT.
SO SHE'LL YEAH, SHE DOES THE WHOLE SHE DOES.
BUT IT'S THE SAME FARMER'S MARKET LAYOUT.
IF WE VE TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, IT'S THE SAME GENERAL LAYOUT AND THAT WORKS REALLY WELL FOR JUNETEENTH, I THOUGHT.
AND THEN HAD THE FOOD TRUCKS DOWN THE OTHER WAY.
UM, IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO START TRYING TO BUILD UP OUR VOLUNTEER BASE? SO I'M GONNA ADD THAT TO NEW BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME NEW ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE CAN EITHER LIKE ASSIGN BY QUARTER OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO WORK ON BECAUSE WE KEEP WHINING.
IT'S NOT THE WORD I WANT TO USE.
WE KEEP AIRING OUR CONCERNS ABOUT UNDERTAKING THESE EVENTS AS NINE PEOPLE.
AND I LOT TIME ON MY HANDS AND I JUST COME TO THE REALIZATION LIKE THERE'S NO REASON THAT NINE OF US, THERE'S NOT EVEN NINE OF US RIGHT NOW NEED TO BE TAKING ON THIS UNDERTAKING.
ONE OF US CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THE TASK AND THEN HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST TO GO, YOU KNOW, GET QUOTES ON THIS AND DO THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE SURVEYING AS VOLUNTEERS, UM, AND LET'S USE 'EM.
SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF, I'LL GET THERE.
SO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, BASED WHAT YOU JUST SAID ON TUESDAY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WHEN YOU GIVE OUR UPDATE ON BEHALF OF PERMISSION.
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WHERE YOU CAN ASK THEM TO ENGAGE THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR BOARD.THAT WAS A SLIGHT DIGRESS, BUT, UM, NO, I GET IT.
NO, I THINK MY LANGUAGE NOW, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT.
WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE, AND WHAT WE NEED FROM CITY CALIFORNIA.
UM, SO FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, WE NEED TO HAVE A FINAL CONVERSATION ON THE DATE OF THIS FESTIVAL.
WE EITHER LEAVE IT AT THE 22ND OR WE MOVE IT, BUT WE'VE HAD IT ON THE CALENDAR AS THE 22ND.
THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL WAY OF DOING THIS.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE BOOKENDS.
UM, I'M NOT INVESTED HONESTLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I'VE THOUGHT OF OTHER WAYS OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVING MULTICULTURAL ON THE 15TH AND HAVING JUNETEENTH ON THE 16TH AND DOING IT ON THE SAME WEEKEND.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOG TIRED IF WE DO THAT.
THAT'S A HECK OF AN UNDERTAKING.
UM, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE DAY MAYOR SHOW IS THE 22ND.
IT IS A LOT OF WORK ON THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OR THE PARK PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO PUT EVENTS TOGETHER THREE WEEKENDS IN A ROW BECAUSE THERE'S JUNETEENTH THEN THERE'S MULTICULTURAL.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD AS REASONS THAT THEY PEOPLE, MY POINT IS TO MOVE THESE EVENTS.
UM, BUT FOR MARKETING BRANDING PURPOSES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S SUMMER.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF FESTIVALS.
IF WE MOVE IT, IT'S GONNA GET HOTTER IN JULY, THEN WE'RE RUNNING INTO MARIBEL FESTIVAL, WE'RE RUNNING INTO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO FOR EASE, I WOULD LEAVE ALONE, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A FINAL DECISION TODAY.
WHAT ABOUT IN MAY? THAT WOULD GIVE US EVEN LESS TIME TO PLAN THOUGH.
THAT WOULD BE, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ROUGH.
I MEAN, LIKE AT THE END OF MAY.
A ROYAL DAY, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, GRADUATION.
THAT'S ALWAYS, THAT'S WHAT IT'S BEEN GRADUATIONS.
SO I MEAN I, IT WOULD BE MY VOTE.
I MEAN IT'S NOT MY IDEAL WEEK.
MEMORIAL DAY IS ON 27TH, 22ND IS BE, IS MULTICULTURAL.
AND JUNE 1ST YOU THINK JUNE 1ST GRADUATION? I DON'T YEAH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL GRADUATIONS AND MEMORIAL DAY.
WELL MEMORIAL DAY'S THE WEEKEND BEFORE BENNETT'S GRADUATIONS PRO.
WHAT ABOUT ON SAME DAY WITH THE JUNETEENTH? THERE'S NO WAY.
THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN'T BE THERE.
I MEAN THAT, THAT WOULD BE NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
I CAN'T, THOSE DAYS DON'T EXIST.
I USED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT STUFF.
I MEAN THAT'S A, THAT'S A YEAR COMMITMENT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD BANK ON 50 VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERING BACK TO THAT.
SO WHAT WOULD BE LIKE, UM, LIKE SO YOU BROUGHT FOR I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
SO THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL VOLUNTEER LEVEL WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN ORDER TO LIKE EASE THE UM, THERE'S NOT EVEN A VOLUNTEER LOAD FOR THE EVENTS, HONESTLY.
IT'S JUST THE, THE VOLUNTEER LOAD IS THE COORDINATION OF ALL OF THE STUFF.
THE EVENTS REALLY GO OFF PRETTY WELL ONCE THEY'RE GETTING GOING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE PEOPLE PARK IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, RUN WATERS BACK AND FORTH.
I'M NOT DOING THAT NONSENSE WITH THE KIDS AREA LIKE WE DID LAST, NOT HAPPEN THE SAME WAY.
CAN WE JUST, RAY CAN JUST, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE THIS EVENT? WHO, WHO ARE WE GETTING PRESSURE FROM? ANYBODY OR, I'M NOT NAMING NAMES.
IT GENERALLY IT'S BEEN TALKED OUT THERE.
LIKE, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS SAID THE IDEA IF YOU MOVED IT PAST JUNE, IT'S ONLY GONNA GET HOTTER AND HOTTER.
AND THEN THE IDEA IS WHEN'S MIRACLE? SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? IT'S AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
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GUESS YOU GUYS CAN ALWAYS COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND, UH, WELL AT LEAST WHAT I CAN DO IS I CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT EVENTS ARE HAPPENING AND THEN JUST DETERMINE LIKE, OKAY, HEY, THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION FOR A KIND OF A GOLDLOCK SPOT WE COULD PUT IT IN OR JUST KEEP IT, KEEP IT WHERE IT IS.I LOOKED, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME THIS CAME UP, I LOOKED AND THERE WAS LIKE MANY FESTIVALS THE WEEKEND BEFORE.
THERE WAS A LOT JUNETEENTH WEEKEND TOO.
THE ISSUE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, I MEAN BIG OF AN ISSUE IS THE AIR SHOW, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE, I'M SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE SOCCER FIELD.
LAST AIR SHOW, THEY FLEW OVERHEAD.
SO I, I THINK IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, WE LEAVE IT ALONE.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS A PURPOSE TO THIS THE FIRST YEAR.
'CAUSE WE HAD EVENTS ALL WEEK LONG AND THAT WE, THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH IS AS WE BUILD THAT VOLUNTEER BASE, WE CAN START ADDING THOSE BACK IN.
BUT WE CAN'T DO FIVE EVENTS IN
DO WE RISK LOSING ANY POSSIBLE SUPPORT FROM ANYONE IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE 22ND? NO.
HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT, OH, I'D HAVE A TALK ABOUT IT'S, AND THEN I KNOW THAT THE IDEA IS THAT WE WANT TO PLACE IT ON A WEEKEND BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE, YEAH, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT ON A WEEKEND RATHER THAN A WEEKDAY.
UM, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, UM, WITH THE CITY OF HUMAN HEIGHTS.
SO LIKE MY IDEA AROUND IT IS, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND YOU KIND OF LIKE GIVE LIKE A LITTLE LIKE RENDITION OF LIKE, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE I'M FROM.
YOU KNOW, TRY TO IMMERSE PEOPLE QUICKLY INTO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, IS THE DRAWBACK, IS THERE, LIKE, IN YOUR GUYS' OPINION, IS THERE ANY DRAWBACK OF MOVING IT TO LIKE A WEEKDAY TO HAVE LIKE THE FAMILIES COME OUT AND LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A FOUR TO SEVEN WEEK, LIKE YOU BRING YOUR FOOD, YOU BRING YOUR, YOUR CULTURE, YOUR, LIKE YOUR, YOUR TRADITIONS, YOUR GAMES, UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ACTIVITIES, YOUR ENTERTAINMENT AND KIND OF DO IT DURING THE WEEKEND RATHER THAN THE WEEKEND TO KIND OF MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, HELP WITH, UH, THE OVERLOAD WITH, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF IN THAT, IN THAT OPINION.
COULD THAT, COULD THAT BE A ALTERNATIVE? I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF WEEKDAYS.
ESPECIALLY DURING THAT TIME OF YEAR.
I HAVE EVEN LESS WEEKDAYS THAN I DO WEEKENDS.
UM, I THINK AFTER THIS YEAR WE COULD DISCUSS HOW WE COULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
MY ONLY ISSUE IS THE WORLD AFFAIRS IN MAY.
SO WE CAN'T STOMP ON THEIR EVENT EITHER.
I MEAN, SO THE WORLD EVENT OR WORLD AFFAIR IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO, BUT IT'S MUCH BIGGER.
UM, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF A, A TOUR OF MANY CULTURES.
WE HAVE THE PERFORMANCES ON THE HOUR, EVERY HOUR OF CULTURAL PERFORMANCES.
UM, AND THE VENDORS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, CULTURALLY REPRESENTATIVE, YOU KNOW, TYPE VENDORS.
FIRST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF, NOT NECESSARILY CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT VENDORS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS AND IT LOOKS BIG AND IT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A BIG, A BIG GROUP COME EVERY YEAR AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S, IT IS LOOKED FORWARD TO AND PEOPLE BRING THEIR KIDS OUT AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA DO A KIDS' AREA, WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA DO IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW FOR NOW, CAN YOU JUST LEAVE IT ON THE 22ND, SEE HOW IT GOES? YEAH.
I, I FEEL, IN MY OPINION, I AGREE WITH YOU TARA, FOR WHAT, FOUR YEARS NOW? PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USED TO HAVING THAT EVENT DURING A CULTURE.
THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF IT TO BEGIN WITH.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE AIR SHOW.
I MEAN THINGS ARE GONNA BE GOING ON DURING THE SUMMER.
WE WANNA KEEP THAT STANDARD BECAUSE THAT'S WHY AND HOW WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE ATTENDING EVERY SINGLE YEAR BUT PAST FOUR YEARS.
SO NEXT YEAR I HAVE TO CUT YOU UP.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS IS MAYBE NEXT YEAR FLIP THE WEEK, START WITH THE MULTICULTURAL, THE SATURDAY BEFORE AND END WITH JUNETEENTH THE NEXT WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE SET THESE DATES LAST YEAR.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PUBLIC WORKS GUYS REALLY HAVE FEELINGS
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ON THESE EVENTS BEING BACK TO BACK TO BACK.IT'S A DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE.
IT'S JUST NOT ONE TO HAVE IN FEBRUARY WHEN THESE ARE EVENTS ARE IN JUNE.
UM, SO FOR MULTICULTURAL I TO GET TO THE KIDS AREA QUICKLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT THOUGHT PROCESS.
THE KIDS AREA I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UM, CHRISTIE, YOU HAD SAID THE LIBRARY WAS MAYBE ABLE TO BRING A BOOKMOBILE OR LIKE A READING CORNER OR SOMETHING.
UM, THE BOOKMOBILE IS GONNA BE A NO GO UNLESS THE BRANCH CAN'T COMMIT TO.
UM, IT'S USUALLY ONE OR THE OTHER AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT UNTIL I REACHED OUT AND ASKED, SO NO, NO THAT'S FINE.
UM, BUT THEY COULD DO LIKE A LITTLE, LIKE A READING CORNER OR DO THEY EVER GIVE OUT? I GUESS THAT'S A SILLY QUESTION.
THEY DO NOT GIVE OUT LIKE FREE BOOKS OR KIDS BOOKS.
SO STUFF LIKE THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS DURING A PARTNER UPDATE, BUT
SO THERE'LL BE SOMEONE NEW KIND OF COMING IN TO THAT ROLE.
ONCE I KNOW WHO THAT IS, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO KIND OF ASK IF THEY'RE STILL WILLING TO BE COMMITTED ON THEIR JUST THAT CAROL WAS.
UM, AND THEN ONCE WE JUMP THAT ROLE AND GET THAT THERE, THEN WE CAN KIND OF TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THE CAPABILITIES ARE FOR THEM TO DO.
UM, AND THEN I CAN ASK HIM ABOUT FREE STUFF.
YEAH, I WAS KIND OF THINKING LIKE A, LIKE A KID'S CORNER.
SO MY THOUGHT FOR THE KIDS AREA, WE'RE GONNA RENT, IF YOU GUYS AGREE, RENT A BOUNCE HOUSE.
IT COMES WITH THE PERSON THAT WRANGLES THE CHILDREN TO TELL 'EM HOW MANY, THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING TO
WE DO THE FACE PAINTING FOR FIVE HOURS.
I ASKED THEM FOR A QUOTE TODAY.
UM, FOR THE SKULL DOLLS, THE SAME PEOPLE THAT DID THE FACE PAINTING LAST YEAR, WE ONLY HAD THEM FOR THREE HOURS LAST YEAR AND SOME LITTLE KID DIDN'T GET THEIR FACE PAINTED AND I WAS HEARTBROKEN FOR THEM.
SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP BROKE 12 TILL THE ENDS 12 FIVE.
UM, SO BOUNCES, HOUSE SKULL DOLLS LIKE THAT LOLLIPOP TREE, THAT SIMPLE.
UM, LIKE A COLORING TABLE AND THEN MAYBE LIKE LITTLE BOOKS THAT THEY COULD TAKE HOME.
UM, AND THEN LIKE A SOMEBODY THAT MAKES BLUE NAILS OR SOMETHING.
BUT ALL IN ALL THAT AREA, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET GOES FROM A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I DON'T SEE LIKE WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR MUCH OTHER STUFF FOR MULTICULTURAL THAT WE NEED TO BUY.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA VERY NICELY ASK FOR LIKE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE KIDS AREA.
THAT'S PROBABLY OVERSHOOTING IT.
UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAD THAT APPROVED IN THE BUDGET.
SO I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD SPEND ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, ON KIDS AREA ACTIVITIES, UM, FOR THAT FESTIVAL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS ABOUT THAT? IS THERE A WAY TO GET, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELECTRIC OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD? UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOGISTICALLY WHAT? YOU JUST NEED A A REAL QUICK, THAT LONG EXTENSION CORD.
YEAH, I'LL HAVE TO ADD THAT TO MY UH, WELL WE CAN, WE CAN BORROW FROM ONE OF THE WINDOWS, UH, GENERATOR.
IT COULD BE UH, SHORT DISTANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL ALL THE WAY FROM THAT.
THERE HAS TO BE IN THE GROUND, GROUND OUTLET THAT I CAN, I CAN TALK, I MEAN WE CAN TALK.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO PUT THAT ON THE YEAH.
THOUGHT OUT LIST BEFORE WE RENT A AIR FENCES JUST SHUT OFF.
ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANYTHING THERE? WE'RE GONNA GET THE MEETING NEXT WEEK.
CAN SOMEBODY TAKE A LEAD ON THEIR PERFORMERS? UM, IF WE SEND OUT LIKE THE LIST OF PERFORMERS WE HAD LAST YEAR, UM, NOW YOU'RE HIDING BACK THERE.
UM, TO REACH OUT AND GET THE PERFORMERS SLOTTED IN FOR THIS YEAR.
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YOU OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.NOBODY KNEW THEY WERE COMING TO GET ASSIGNED TONIGHT.
SO I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE FOR THOSE TWO EVENTS.
THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT DOING A THIRD EVENT THAT WEEK ON JUNETEENTH, BUT I THINK THE STATE WOULD LITERALLY KILL US ALL IF WE DID AN EVENT ON THE ONLY GOVERNMENT ACTUAL HOLIDAY THAT DAY.
SO SARAH JUST TEXTED ME, SHE SAID THERE'S NO POWER IN THE FIELD OR IN THE GRASS, SO SO WE'LL NEED THE GENERATOR SAY THERE'S NO POWER.
I WAS GONNA SAY BUT I WASN'T SURE.
YEAH, SO I SEE ANY POWER GENERATOR.
I THINK IT WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM.
YEAH, THERE'S, UH, MAIN VENDORS AND THEY ALL USE THIS.
SO CAN, THAT WAS RUDE WITH ME.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST HERE TO HANG OUT WITH US THIS EVENING.
AND I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO KEEP YOU HERE ALL NIGHT, SO PLEASE READ.
LET ME JUST SAY, COME ON, STAND UP HERE.
UM, I FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE.
UM, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE CITIZENS OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
UM, I VOLUNTEERED WITH THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY, UM, COMMISSION WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT YOU GUYS, I WAS EXCITED.
UM, ME BEING A NEWLY RESIDENT OF HUBER HEIGHTS ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, I WAS EXCITED AND PLEASED TO HEAR THAT, ESPECIALLY AFTER I VISITED THE, THE WEBSITE OF THE CITY.
AND I SEEN THE DISPARITY THAT, EXCUSE ME, UM, THAT WAS HAPPENING THAT WAS THERE, UM, POSTED THERE.
SO I WAS COMPELLED TO, AS A CITIZEN JUST STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING, UM, ABOUT IT AND TO HELP IT ANY WAY I CAN IN ANY CAPACITY THAT I COULD.
I FEEL OUT OF PLACE BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT THE EMPTY SEATS, I FEEL A LITTLE DISCOURAGED, UM,
BE UM, EXCUSE ME, FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW THE NEED AND I KNOW PLANNING AND FESTIVALS ARE ALL NICE AND IT'S ALL SMELLS AND NICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A BIGGER NEED AND WE CAN, UM, DISCUSS SEVERAL NEEDS THAT I HAVE HERE LISTED THAT I HAVE KEPT TRACK OF, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS OR SO.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE NEEDS WITH THE, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE, THE COUNCIL THAT'S ABOVE YOU, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL.
UM, AND JUST HAVE SOME THINGS, UM, LOOKED AT.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT, BUT JUST TO EXPRESS MY, UM, CONCERN AND, AND A NEED.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO GET BACK WITH ME CONCERNING THAT IF, UM, IF IF THERE'S A ANOTHER WAY OR A BETTER WAY FOR ME TO DO.
I DON'T, I DON'T I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WERE, YOU'RE ON THE RECORD HERE, NOT LIKE ON THE RECORD, LIKE THIS IS COURT, BUT THIS IS LIVE STREAMED AND, AND PEOPLE DO LISTEN, SO OH, GOOD.
I MEAN, AS SOMEBODY THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, WE ARE AS DISCOURAGED AS YOU ARE WITH THE MTCS THAT WE SEE.
SO, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS SEE IT EVERY MONTH PROBABLY.
AND SO PLEASE SHARE, WE SAY THE SAME THING EVERY MONTH ABOUT PLANNING THESE FESTIVALS IS ALL FINE AND GOOD, BUT THERE IS A DEEPER NEED AND A THING THAT WE WERE CALLED TO TASK HERE TO DO AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT FOOTING NECESSARILY TO GET TO THAT PLACE.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE SAME PLACE THAT WE'RE ALL OF HERE SCREAMING TO GET TO AS WELL.
SO I THOUGHT SO I SAY WHAT YOU'RE SAY WITH YOUR HEART AND SAY IT.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, I, I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
UM, AND I'M SORRY, COULD YOU I INTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN? I DID NOT DO THAT.
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WHY WERE JUST DOWN HERE OUT WILL.SO, UM, A, A BIG ISSUE, UM, WELL CONCERN IS, UH, HOUSING FOR ME AND, UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, TO A LOT OF OTHER CITIZENS.
AND I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
UM, SPEAKING FROM, UH, SOMEONE THAT IS CONSIDERED, I GUESS LOWER TO MIDDLE CLASS IF YOU WILL.
UM, THESE ARE HOUSES THAT I CAN DRIVE BY AND LOOK AT AND DREAM AND HOPE THAT I COULD BE IN ONE DAY.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS SCHOOLS.
UM, AND IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, UM, TO SAY THE LEAST.
I RECENTLY, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UM, WAS LAID OFF A JOB CAREER HERE IN HUB HEIGHTS.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.
FAITH IN COMMUNITY AND BUILDING A GOOD FAITH WITH, UM, PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE JUST A SLIGHT TOPICS THAT I CAN DEFINITELY EXPOUND ON LATER, BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
AND I ENJOYED THE, THE, UM, MARTIN LUTHER KING.
I DID BRING TWO OF MY SONS OUT TO THAT PROGRAM.
UM, ALSO SOME THINGS THAT WERE, WERE SAID, I HAD TO JUST KIND OF, UH, TO SAY THE LEAST, SMOOTH IT OVER WITH MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON.
HE HEARD THE WORD NEGRO COMING FROM A, A NON-AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSON.
AND HE SAID, WELL MOM, WHY, WHY DID SHE SAY THAT? CAN SHE SAY THAT? I SAID, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT FOR HIM AND HE'S A 12-YEAR-OLD INNOCENT, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT, BUT I ANSWERED IT THE BEST WAY I COULD FOR HIM.
UM, SO I THINK I JUST, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE KEEPS IN MIND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, BLACK HISTORY THAT WE, WE CONSCIOUSLY THINK ABOUT THE WORDS AND THE CHOICES THAT, AND THE THINGS THAT WE SAY THAT PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LISTENING AND THEY'RE IMPACTED.
SO CAN I SAY HE WILL EVER COME TO A MARTIN LUTHER KING EVENT AGAIN? I DON'T KNOW.
SO WAS IT IN ONE OF THE READINGS? YES, IT WAS.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THE HISTORICALLY
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S THE LITERATURE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
NOT TO BUT BRIEFLY WHEN YOU WENT TO THIS EXHIBIT AT SINCLAIR, I'M IN MY FORTIES MM-HMM.
SO I REMEMBER THE LOONY TUNES AND THE CARTOONS WITH THOSE INCREDIBLY RACIST MM-HMM.
BUT MY SON DOESN'T REALLY HAVE REFERENCE FOR THAT.
LIKE, IT WAS SO NORMAL WHEN I WAS A CHILD IN THE EIGHTIES TO SEE THAT KIND OF CARICATURE MM-HMM.
UM, AND, AND TO I ASKED, YOU KNOW, MR. CARTER, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE YOUTH OF THIS DAY? WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THEIR VERSION OF THAT YES.
CARTOON, YOU KNOW, VERSION OF PEOPLE.
AND IT, THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY IF THEY DO THE SAME THINGS, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT IT'S TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING IN THE TIME, YEAH.
BUT IT WAS KIDS THESE AGE HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT READ, HEARD OF, SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S ALMOST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF OFFENSIVE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, SO, BUT, BUT HIM SHOULD BE AFFECTED THAT AND I'M GLAD AND I'M GLAD HE TOLD ME AND SPOKE UP MM-HMM.
SO I WAS ABLE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, JUST THE FEEDBACK FROM A YOUNG PERSON AT THE PROGRAM.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE, UH, THAT, UH, WE ARE INCORPORATING THE YOUTH MORE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT IN, UM, IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS WELL.
SO I, I JUST, I WANT TO END IT THERE AND IF ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, NEED ME TO ELABORATE OR THE CITY ABOUT ANY OF THESE TOPICS, 'CAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO ME AND, AND ME LIVING IN THE CITY AND I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTION TAKEN AND I'M HERE AND WILLING
UM, WHEN IS IT THAT CITIZENS CAN GIVE COMMENTS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS? I BELIEVE SO.
IT'S NOT THIS UPCOMING TUESDAY.
NOT THE WORK SESSION, BUT IT'S THE ACTUAL, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE THE THIRD TUESDAY OF THINK OR THAT THE SECOND, THE
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THIRD MONDAY IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.BUT, BUT I CAN GET YOU THE ACTUAL DATE.
UM, LET ME REALLY INJECT REALLY QUICK.
I JUST, UM, SPOKE AT THE CITY OF DAYTON'S COUNCIL, UM, JUST ON YESTERDAY.
UM, AND I SPOKE ON BEHALF, I JUST PARTNERED WITH THE DAYTON TENANTS UNION THAT'S TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AND INEQUITY FOR RENTERS.
SO I JUST SPOKE, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW FOR THE CITY AND I DID LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M A, A CITIZEN OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND THAT, UH, WE WOULD LOVE THE CITY'S COLLABORATION OR ANY, UM, THING THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE AT WITH HUBER HEIGHTS TO, TO HELP.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME REAL BIG ISSUES AND, AND WITH ALL OF THIS PROGRESS AND, AND ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID THAT ES ARE WE ADDING JOBS? PROBABLY, ARE THEY LIVABLE WAGES? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS A, A SINGLE MOM THAT AT ONE POINT WAS WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET, AND, AND AT THAT POINT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GIVING UP THE TIME OF YOUR KIDS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
AND I DID RECENTLY LOOK THIS UP, I'M GONNA GET OFF MY SO SOAPBOX SOCIAL WORKER.
UM, THERE IS NO, IN OHIO PROTECTIONS FOR RENT INCREASES YEAR LANDLORD CAN RAISE YOUR RENT TO WHATEVER THEY WANT YEAR OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR.
BUT THAT IS PUT INTO STATE WALL.
UM, BUT THESE TENANTS, UNIONS AND GROUPS LIKE THAT, THERE'S POWER IN NUMBERS.
UM, AND, AND THESE LARGE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE JUST BUYING UP SWATHS OF HOUSING, UM, ARE CERTAINLY NOT HELPING INEQUITIES FOR SURE.
UM, I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO MAKE ON THE HOUR TO AFFORD MY COST OF LIVING.
UM, AND IT'S TWO PEOPLE'S INCOME.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? SO I, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE AS A VOLUNTEER, BUT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT IN THIS AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING WITH YOU ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
AND I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO ADD CITIZENS COMMENTS UNDER ROLL CALL ON OUR AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO
I WOULD SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR TRANSPARENCY IN BEING HERE.
I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO STATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID TO US AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT THEY COULD PHYSICALLY HEAR THAT I CAN BE THERE AND WE COULD BE THERE FOR SUPPORT.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE, I'M SORRY, JEFFREY, YOU HAD MENTIONED SECOND MONDAY, SECOND FOURTH.
SO IT'S THE, SO, SO THE NEXT, SO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS FEBRUARY THE 12TH AT 6:00 PM OKAY.
UM, WELL OFFLINE AFTER THE MEETING WE CAN TALK, BUT YEAH, DEFINITELY.
YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE, THOSE OF US THAT CAN, WILL COME THERE TO BE SUPPORT FOR YOU.
SCHOOL BOARD, BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
UM, SO I THINK WE'VE JUST LEFT IT FOR THAT WEEK.
JUNETEENTH MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, NO OTHER EVENTS.
YEAH,
WE CAN PLAN BIGGER, BETTER THINGS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO THAT LONGEST TABLE THING THOUGH, WHERE YOU HAVE LITTLE GROUPS COME AND SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
HAVE THE YWCA, THE YMCA SINCLAIR HAVE THE CONVERSATION AT THE TABLE.
I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE COVERED THOSE BECAUSE OF MY A DHD AND OTHER THINGS.
BUT DO WE HAVE OTHER PARTNERSHIP UPDATES TO SHARE? NO PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
WHAT'S HAPPENED? I'M COMING FROM COLUMBUS, BUT I SHOULD BE HERE.
WHAT DATE WAS IT AGAIN? TUESDAY THE SIXTH.
UM, I HAD QUICKLY TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK AS LIKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION NEXT MONTH.
UM, I WAS JUST HAVING SOME THOUGHTS WHEN I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING.
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UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START SOME NEW POSITIONS WITHIN THE COMMISSIONS.WE HAVE THE CHAIR, WE HAVE THE VICE CHAIR.
UM, BUT I THINK WE COULD SWITCH OFF ON THESE QUARTERLY OR EVEN I THINK QUARTERLY IS PROBABLY BEST, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE START HAVING LIKE A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR WHOSE JOB IS TO SOURCE COORDINATORS LEAD THE VOLUNTEERS AND TASKS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE EVENTS.
UM, AND JUST OVERALL COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS FOR EVENTS AND FOR OUR COMMISSION.
WE'RE GONNA NEED HELP IF WE'RE GONNA DO THESE THINGS.
UM, OF COURSE, I WAS LOOKING AT CHRISTIE WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE.
UM, BUT AT LEAST THE FIRST QUARTER, UH, MAYBE A COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR THAT'S GONNA CREATE, IF THERE'S SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, POSTS FOR OUR COMMISSION, UM, CREATE THE EDUCATIONAL POST FOR THE HERITAGE MONTHS, UM, AND JUST COORDINATE POINTS OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR EVENTS AND UM, YOU KNOW, PRESS RELEASES, JUST GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS STUFF.
UM, THAT'S ALL I GOT SO FAR ON DIFFERENT POSITIONS, BUT IF ANYBODY THINKS OF ROLES OR, OR TASKS THAT WE CAN TAKE ON AS A COORDINATOR.
UM, AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER, IF, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER A HAS THIS SKILLSET, SOMEBODY'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THE LEAD AND SEND THE PERSON OFF TO DO TASKS AND REPORT BACK TO US AND WE'LL REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND MIKE WILL GO A LOT EASIER.
SO I'M GONNA FORMALIZE THAT AND BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THAT? YOU OKAY WITH IT? AND THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT IDEA.
UM, I THINK I'VE GOT MY INFLATABLE IDEA.
POKED WITH A PEN, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A GENERATOR.
UM, THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE, OH, SAID A HALF AN HOUR.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FOR THESE EVENTS TASK WISE OR OTHERWISE NEW BUSINESS? SO DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED AS FAR AS SUMMARY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? THE CITY COUNCIL? YEAH, I, I MEAN I WOULD JUST FLY BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS.
UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION, THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE GENERAL IDEA IS WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.
UM, POINT OUT AGAIN THAT THE CCRB STILL HAS ALL ITS OPEN SEATS.
I STILL WANT TO GET TO THE NEWS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO OUR CONTACT IS AT DAY DAILY NEWS, BUT I WANNA MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE NEWS AND GET THIS STORY OUT HERE ABOUT THE CCRB, ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE DONE.
WHERE ARE WE ON THAT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS? I AM SORRY, JEFF.
YOU'RE GONNA RING ME IN EARLY
I CAN, YEAH, I CAN TALK TO HER IN, UH, SET UP A MEETING IF YOU YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A, A STORY COVERED OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AND HIGHLIGHT THIS WORK, REMIND PEOPLE WE'RE HERE AND THAT WE'RE DOING THIS IN AVER HEIGHTS.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REQUEST? 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED HIGHLIGHTED.
THE, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT? YEAH.
SO, WELL I THINK I TOLD YOU GUYS LAST MONTH, UM, EVERYTHING I GUESS WAS SET UP, UM, FOR THE POSTING OF IT.
UM, UM, I WAS THE ONE WHO GOT IT POSTED, UM, TO OML OHIO, UM, UH, BRAIN FART, UM, WHICH IS OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND, UH, OCMA OHIO, UH, CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, I SENT IT OVER TO UM, M-V-R-P-C FABRICE.
UM, AND HE'S DOING WHAT HE CAN TO KIND OF GIVE IT OUT TO HIS CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS GIVING IT SO IT'S OUT THERE, SO IT'S GETTING IT, IT'S OUT THERE.
AND THEN JUST THIS WEEK, UM, JUST BACKTRACKING MY OWN ACTIONS, I FORGOT TO PUT IT ON OUR OWN, OUR OWN CITY'S WEBPAGE.
SO IT'S OUT THERE, IT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS, UM, OF TRYING TO COLLECT, UM, FROM WHAT THE CITY MANAGER WANT, HOW, HOW WE WANT TO COLLECT VENDORS AND THEN FROM THERE, WITHIN THE MEANTIME OF IT BEING POSTED AND THEN, UM, HOW LONG HE WANTS TO KIND OF PUT IT, KEEP IT OUT THERE AND COLLECT THE VENDORS.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE WILL COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN ON HOW WE WANT TO, UM, TALK TO THE VENDORS AND POTENTIALLY GET THIS KINDA, UM, OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC FEW RIGHTS.
WE'RE GETTING SOME GOOD WORK DONE.
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MEETINGS ADJOURNED.