* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] WE GOOD. [ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road September 5, 2024 6:00 P.M. ] CALL THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:07 PM UH, COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MS. STEVENS? PRESENT. MS. NEWBIE? PRESENT. MR. RICHARDSON? PRESENT. MS. TROTTER. MS. PURVIS? PRESENT. MR. OWENS? MR. GULA V PRESENT? MR. CHAKA MRCA LAJAS PRESENT MS. STYLE PRESENT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT, UH, MR. OWENS AND MRS. TROTTER ARE EXCUSED THIS EVENING. UM, MOVING ALONG TO THE, UM, AGENDA THAT'S ON TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. UM, GOING TO JUST ADD ABOVE NEW BUSINESS, UM, CITIZENS' COMMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR OUR, UM, GUESTS TO GIVE COMMENTS IF WANTED. UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL OF THE PRIOR MEETINGS MINUTES. WERE THERE ANY EDITS TO THE AUGUST 1ST MEETING? MINUTES? YES. OKAY. I WANNA MAKE SOME, UH, CORRECTION. OKAY. AND, UH, MY, UH, LAST NAME. IT'S, UH, N TO V, BUT, UH, HERE IT SAYS YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. IS THAT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT? YES. OKAY. ANY OTHERS? OKAY. UM, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, WITH THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS? I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS FOR THE MEETING OF AUGUST 1ST, 2024. OKAY. ONE SECOND. SO MOVED AND CARRIED. UM, I'M GONNA VERY QUICKLY SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA POWER QUICKLY THROUGH THIS 'CAUSE WE HAVE OUR SCHEDULE WRONG. AND WE, WE THOUGHT A GAME A 30 AT SEVEN THAT STARTED AT SIX. SO WE'RE MISSING A GAME RIGHT NOW FOR OUR KIDS. . SORRY. UM, CITIZENS' COMMENTS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE COMMENTS THIS EVENING? UM, SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, UM, AT THE MEETING. UM, MY NAME IS JAMIE WORTHY BY DAY. DO YOU MIND COMING UP TO THE PODIUM? YOU'RE FINE. OH, SORRY. UM, MY NAME IS JAMIE WORTHY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS. UM, MY PURPOSE IS TO BASICALLY JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE FOR, UM, AND JUST TRYING TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN HUBER HEIGHTS, UM, TO SEE HOW I CAN PLAY A ROLE IN IT AS AN ACTIVE PARENT. 'CAUSE MY CHILDREN DO GO TO THE SCHOOLS, UM, IN THIS AREA. UM, SO I'M JUST HERE TO OBSERVE FOR TODAY AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING MORE ENGAGED. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. UH, WAS IT JAMIE? JAMIE. WORTHY. WORTHY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , UH, WE'RE THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION. UM, OF COURSE THE MOST WE'RE IMPACTFUL AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS IS ALSO REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT WITH KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO HAVE AN ACTIVE VOICE IN THAT CAPACITY AS WELL. WE'RE LITERALLY JUST HAVING THAT TALK UP HERE. , YEAH. PLANS TO TRY TO DO MOSTLY ALL. SO THAT'S A LOFTY GOAL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO, UM, JOIN US HERE AS WELL AS IN OTHER MEETINGS, . UM, I WANT TO QUICKLY GIVE YOLANDA, UM, TIME TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE IF YOU'RE SO PREPARED OR WOULD LIKE TO DO SO NOW, OR WE CAN JUST GO ON THROUGH. [00:05:02] UM, I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE. UM, HAPPY TO BE BACK IN SOME CAPACITY, AT LEAST . BUT, UM, I'VE MISSED YOU ALL AND, YOU KNOW, NOTICE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND ALL YOUR DILIGENCE AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THE COMMISSION. UM, TARA IS GOING TO REMAIN INTERIM CHAIR RIGHT NOW, AND I'LL KIND OF TAKE A BACK SEAT TO HER. UM, BUT ALSO REALIZING THAT WE WILL, SHOULD BE NEXT MONTH SEEKING, UM, THOSE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CHEERING AND CO-CHAIR FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. UM, BUT I DO WANNA TELL YOU THAT I WILL CONTINUE IN THE CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE WITH TARA CHEERING THE COMMISSION. I AM BACK IN PARTICIPATING TO THE EXTENT THAT I AM ABLE, NOT COMPLETELY FULLY THERE YET, BUT I AM GOING TO DO WHAT I CAN DO. AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL WE CAN ASK. SO WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK TO ANYONE ELSE. THANK YOU. AND, UH, HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YES. SO, FOR THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE LIKE THE NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR, CO-CHAIR AND, UM, OR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, CO-CHAIR, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT. UM, AND WE'LL DO THE VOTE AT THAT TIME FOR NEXT MONTH. AND THEN THOSE POSITIONS WILL START IN NOVEMBER, IF I REMEMBER HOW WE NORMALLY DO THIS. WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE PROCESS USUALLY, OR THE TIME PERIOD STARTS OF JANUARY. I THINK IT STARTS IN JANUARY. OH, THEY START IN JANUARY. JANUARY. WOW. THEY SWEAR IN IN JANUARY. IT SEEMS EARLY THEN. OKAY. AND I THINK WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW, TWO SEATS UP THIS YEAR. I'M NOT SURE. YEAH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO. OKAY. YOU ALL, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUT I THINK IT'S TWO SEATS THAT ARE UP THIS YEAR. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION. HOPEFULLY YOU DO. ABSOLUTELY. UM, MOVING ALONG, IT'S THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER, I GUESS STILL TECHNICALLY. UM, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, UH, THAT'S QUICKLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF. I SENT OVER AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT HAD, WELL, IT'S HERE AS WELL. THIS IS BY NO MEANS LIKE I HAVE TO, I WAS JUST KIND OF SOURCING PLACES, EVENTS, DATES BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF VOTER REGISTRATION, WHICH IS OCTOBER 7TH, EIGHTH, OCTOBER 7TH IS THE DEADLINE. SO WE COULD HIT SOME EVEN THE SEVENTH, BUT THAT'S A MONDAY. IF ANYBODY HAD THAT CAPACITY. MOST OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTING EVENTS FOR THE SCHOOLS, UM, THAT ARE ALL LIKE THE HOME GAMES. UM, FARMER'S MARKET, THE KROGER, UH, KROGER'S, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAPACITY IS AT THE ROWS TO ALLOW US TO SET UP A TABLE OUTSIDE. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, THEY ALLOW THESE THINGS OR NOT. THERE WAS A COUPLE SHOWS THAT WERE COMING UP THAT SEEMED LIKE THAT COULD ALSO BE A LOCATION. UM, YOLANDA HAD SPOKEN TO SOMEBODY THAT WAS KIND OF WILLING TO ASSIST WITH, UM, WORKING WITH THE YOUTH AT SCHOOL THAT ARE 18, LIKE DURING THE LUNCH TO LIKE KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND THEN ALSO, UM, GET KIDS REGISTERED TO VOTE. UM, AND IF THEY'RE NOT SO ALREADY. UM, SO AFTER THIS MEETING TONIGHT, IF YOU DON'T MIND TAKING A LOOK AT THAT EXCEL SPREADSHEET, I SENT IT IN YOUR EMAIL. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPEN IT. UM, IF YOU CAN'T, JUST LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STICKS OUT TO YOU MORE THAN OTHERS OR YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE THE LEAD AT, YOU KNOW, KROGER, THROW YOUR NAME IN THAT EXCEL SPREADSHEET, MAKE THAT CONTACT AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE MAYBE THE DAYS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR US TO DO THIS. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BE THERE? YOU KNOW, TWO PEOPLE COULD GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET. ONE PERSON COULD GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT FOUR SATURDAYS, UM, FOR TWO HOURS. I THOUGHT I [00:10:01] PUT THE TIME FOR THAT ONE, BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. SO, UM, CHECK YOUR CALENDAR, SEE WHERE YOU CAN PLUG YOURSELF IN. IT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL IF MAYBE EVERYBODY COULD TRY TO TAKE ONE OR TWO OF THESE, UM, AND TRY TO GET THE COVERS, ESPECIALLY THE FARMER'S MARKET, MAYBE KROGER. UM, AND I THINK THE SOCCER GAME, NOT THE SOCCER GAMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF PARENT I AM. SO, UH, UH, THE FOOTBALL GAMES WOULD PROBABLY BE ANOTHER GOOD PLACE 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST SO BUSY. BYRAM, UH, ON FARMER'S MARKET. UH, USUALLY IT'S, UH, FROM UH, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM UHHUH . AND ON SEPTEMBER 14, I THINK I CAN COVER IT. OKAY. AND ON, UM, THAT, UH, KROGER, BRENT PIKE, WHAT TIMES? I DON'T KNOW YET. UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT CONTACT WITH THAT, THAT LIKE MANAGER AND JUST SEE WHAT TIME WE COULD BE THERE. I WOULD THINK, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, MAYBE THREE. AND, UH, WHAT WE SUPPOSED TO DO THERE, LIKE GETTING, UH, PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE PHYSICALLY? GET THEM REGISTERED ONLINE. YEAH. WE JUST LIKE TAKE OR GIVE THEM A, WE HOPEFULLY A TABLET OR A COMPUTER, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TABLET WITH INTERNET ONLINE. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S JUST FASTER BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE CARDS DOWN TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THEY HAVE TO MAIL 'EM IN. NOT THAT THAT'S LIKE THE MOST TERRIBLE THING THEY NEED TO KNOW. IT'S JUST EASIER. THEY NEED TO KNOW SOCIAL LAST, FOR OF SOCIAL SECURITY, THEY PROBABLY NEED TO KNOW ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL YEAH. DRIVER LICENSE NUMBER. MM-HMM. . SO, SO IS THIS LIKE, AND, UH, WHICH COUNTY THEY LIVE? YEAH. MM-HMM. . YEAH. YEAH. WE CAN, WE CAN CAN REGISTER BOTH COUNTIES. MIAMI, AND YOU CAN REGISTER MONTGOMERY, ANYBODY, OHIO. AND YOU CAN ALSO CHECK YOUR ADDRESSES. SORRY. OH NO, I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO. PLEASE. MY APOLOGIES. I THINK YOUR QUESTION, BYRON, WAS CAN THEY REGISTER IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY? DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY? NO. CAN WE REGISTER MORE THAN ONE COUNTY? YEAH. YES. OKAY. IF YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL CARDS, YOU HAVE TO GO GET THOSE CARDS FOR THAT COUNTY FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. ONLINE. IT'S THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. YEAH. YES, I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE, THIS IS, THIS IS VERY GOOD. UH, THINGS I, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. YES. . JEFFREY, WHAT WERE YOU GONNA SAY? YEAH, UM, I CAN MAKE IT, I CAN MAKE THAT TRIP TO THE COUNTY TO KIND OF MAKE SURE, UM, IF THERE'S LIKE ANY OTHER GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE KIND OF MISSING, UM, IF WE'RE TRYING TO KINDA, UH, IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UM, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE ANY, UH, BACKLASH IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST WORD, BUT I'LL USE IT. UM, UH, BUT YEAH, THE WHOLE TABLET IDEA IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF KIND OF HAVING THE INSTANT, LIKE, GRATIFICATION OF SOMETHING BEING COMPLETED LIKE THIS. UM, JUST BECAUSE THE IDEA OF PEOPLE'S INFORMATION. UM, AGAIN, UM, IF IT'S THE ASS, LIKE, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK IF IT'S THE ASS OF ASKING STRANGERS OR HAVING PEOPLE COME UP AND PUTTING, UH, DELICATE INFORMATION LIKE, UM, A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND JUST A TABLET MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF WAVES PEOPLE OFF A LITTLE BIT. SO IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHERE I CAN ASK TOMORROW OUR IT DIRECTOR, IF WE HAVE A TABLET THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF SOMETHING THAT'S ON A SECURE TYPE OF, UH, UH, PLATFORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT KIND OF BE OUR BEST OPTION RATHER THAN JUST TO HAVE SOMEBODY'S TABLET AND HAVE 'EM PUT THEIR INFORMATION ON. SO I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL EITHER, I'LL SHOOT TARA AND YOLANDA SOMETHING KIND OF WHAT I FOUND TO SEE IF THAT KIND OF HELPS OUT THE SITUATION. AND ALSO ASK THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IF THEY NEED TO DO A QUICK TRAINING AND THEY HAVE TABLETS, THEN WE CAN JUST DO THEIRS. YEAH. MM-HMM. YEAH, DEFINITELY. I WOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT. I USUALLY VOLUNTEER FOR THEM ON ELECTION DAY. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, THEY HAVE ALL KIND OF ELECTRONICS. YEAH. AND, AND LIKE TARA WAS SAYING, I KNOW THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE OF LIKE CITY EVENTS TOO THAT WE CAN KIND OF DEFINITELY KIND OF GET OUT. UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HEALTH HELPING, UM, TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE AS WELL. UM, SO WHEREVER I COULD KIND OF JUMP IN AS WELL, I CAN DEFINITELY HELP OUT TOO. IT'S ONLY THE LAST FOUR OF A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, IF THAT MAKES THINGS EASIER. UM, DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION, NUMBER, NAME, DATE OF BIRTH ADDRESS AND LAST FOUR SOCIAL. UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, KNOW, I, I GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, WE DID THIS THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE IN PLACE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF CONSIDERATIONS [00:15:01] MADE. UM, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU GOT REGISTERED? NO, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, BUT WE USED THE PAPER REGISTRATIONS THEN. MM-HMM. HOW DID YOU KEEP, HAD LIKE A BOX LOCK BOX OR SOMETHING? OR HOW DID YOU WE COLLECTED THEM AND TOOK THEM DOWN TO THE OH, WOW. BOARD OF ELECTIONS. MM-HMM. . YEAH. SO THIS, I MEAN THE WHOLE, LIKE, JUST HAVING PEOPLE CHECK IT THEMSELVES, HAVING A TABLET AVAILABLE. HERE'S THE WEBSITE. YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR INFORMATION IN REAL QUICK, SEE IF YOU'RE STILL REGISTERED OR DID YOU MOVE, WHERE'S YOUR, WHERE'S YOUR VOTING LOCATION? UM, ALL OF THOSE ARE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SERVICES THAT COULD BE OFFERED AT THE SAME TIME AS REGISTERING PEOPLE TO VOTE. SO WE, SOMEBODY BRINGS A HOT SPOT. ARE WE USING THE DATA THAT'S ON THE TABLET OR WIFI OF THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE? UNLESS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GIVE US A HOT SPOT, IT'S PORTABLE. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO UNLESS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TABLETS OR LAPTOPS AVAILABLE BY FROM THE CITY. YEAH. SO IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MM-HMM. LIKE THE WORST WE CAN DO, IS THAT, OR WORST I CAN DO IS ASK, SO YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THERE'S NO USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT'LL DO DO A LOT OF GOOD. SO I'LL, I'LL I'LL PUT THE ASK IN. OKAY. YEAH. AND ONE THING I LIKE TO ADD IN CASE SOME PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE USING MM-HMM. OUR DEVICES, WE CAN GUIDE THEM THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONES AS WELL. RIGHT. TO REGISTER ONLINE. OKAY. YEAH. YES. YES. I WAS GOING TO SAY EXACTLY SAME THING. I HAVE, UH, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, UH, DOING AND WORKING NOW ABOUT GETTING VOTE REGISTRATION WITH MY COMMUNITY. GREAT. SO I WANNA BE, UH, TAKE, UH, THIS COMING UP SEPTEMBER 14 ON FARMER'S MARKET AND OCTOBER FIVE AT, UH, FARMER'S MARKET. OKAY. THAT'S WONDERFUL. I'LL TAKE A COUPLE, ONE OF THOSE DAYS AT LEAST IN THE FARMER'S MARKET, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, YOU KNOW, SPREAD OUT. YEAH. COVER AS MUCH AS, AS WE CAN COVER LATER. UM, IF YOU DO GO TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, CAN YOU SEE IF THEY HAVE LIKE A QR CODE CARD OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE, IF THEY DON'T WANNA PUT PASS THEIR INFORMATION IN, WE COULD GIVE THAT TO THEM. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE, YEAH. HANDY. I WILL, I WILL. JUST THINKING THAT ONE THROUGH. UM, ANY, GO AHEAD. OH, UM, I, I EXCHANGED EMAILS WITH MR. UM, CARRIE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. 'CAUSE THE THOUGHT WAS TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AT LUNCHTIME AND REGISTER STUDENTS AND THEN HAVE SOMEONE COME IN. UM, SOMEONE FROM MY SORORITY HAD VOLUNTEERED TO COME IN AND TALK TO THE STUDENTS AT LUNCHTIME ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING AND THEN GET THEM REGISTERED. BUT I'M WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HIM ON IF WE HAVE PERMISSION TO DO THAT. OKAY. OR NOT. AND ALSO JUST, UM, A BIT OF INFORMATION, EVEN IF THEY'RE 17, BUT THEY'LL BE 18 MM-HMM. ELECTION ON AN ELECTION DAY, THEY CAN REGISTER. SO JUST PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE TOO. YEAH. YEP. ANYONE ELSE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION? I WOULD SAY FOR GAMES, BECAUSE WE DID IT AT GAMES LAST YEAR OR A YEAR BEFORE THAT. MM-HMM. . YEAH. UM, TO TRY TO CATCH PEOPLE, NOT WHEN THEY'RE GOING IN THE GAME BECAUSE THEY'RE RUSHING IN AND PEOPLE FELT, YOU KNOW YEP. SO DISTURBED BY THAT, BUT MAYBE, UM, BUT THEY ALSO WILL ANNOUNCE IT AT HALFTIME THAT WE'RE THERE AND THEN WE CAN WALK AROUND AND, AND GET PEOPLE REGISTERED ALSO. NOW, DO WE NEED TO HAVE LIKE A SET AREA? LIKE DO WE HAVE OUR BANNER THAT WE CAN PLACE, LIKE A TABLE THAT WE CAN USE TO REGISTER PEOPLE? WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, THEY PUT A TABLE UP FOR US. UHHUH AT THE GAMES. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO THAT'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF. YEAH. AS LONG AS THEY KNOW. AS LONG AS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT DATES WE'RE GONNA BE THERE. UM, WE CAN WORK WITH THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND, WELL, THE PREVIOUS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HELPED US OUT, SO TALK TO A NEW ONE. WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIP YET, SO, OKAY. BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE NO PROBLEM. OKAY. WHEN YOU GO, CAN YOU SEE IF THEY HAVE SIGNS THAT SAYS VOTER REGISTRATION? BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN JUST PUT THAT ON FRONT OF THE TABLE. YES. . I'LL SEND YOU A, A LIST OF NEEDS IF YOU GO. OKAY. NO, IF YOU DON'T GO SOMEBODY ELSE CAN. I, I PLAN ON, I'LL, I'LL HIT IT UP ON FRIDAY. OKAY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. UM, MOVING ALONG, I'D LIKE TO SET THE MLK DAY EVENT WORKING GROUP TONIGHT. UM, IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UM, VOLUNTEER FOR THAT EVENT AND GET THAT WORK STARTED, I THINK I WANNA BE VOLUNTEERING, UH, DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO [00:20:01] FOR THAT EVENT. YEAH. YOU'RE JUST GONNA DO IT ALL. I MEAN, EXPLAIN. YES. HE WANTS TO CHAIR. HE WANTS TO CHAIR IT. YEAH. OKAY. BYRAM. UM, YOLANDA? YEAH. JEAN, DO YOU STILL WANNA BE ON THAT ONE? UM, YES. PENDING ANY OTHER GOOD THINGS WE HAVE, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, COREY AND CHRISTIE ARE ALSO NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO THAT'S A COUPLE MORE WE CAN ADD TO THAT GROUP. UM, IF NOBODY ELSE, I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE ONE WE'LL ALL KIND OF TAKE SOME PARTS ON, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO HELP TOO. I'LL PUT, PUT MY OWN NAME ON THERE. I, I'D ASK, IS THIS WORKING GROUP? JUST THE PROCESS OF WORKING HOW YOU GUYS WANT TO CELEBRATE MLK DAY? THAT'S WHERE IT'LL START. OKAY. AND THEN WE WILL START DOING THE TASKS, BUT WE'LL START WITH WHAT'S THE VISION FOR MM-HMM. , WE GOTTA GET IT. I MEAN, IT'S SEPTEMBER. WE GOTTA GET THINGS STARTED. UM, SO WE CAN, WE CAN SET THE WORK GROUP THIS MONTH, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION HERE, UP HERE ABOUT LIKE, THE ACTUAL FRAMEWORK OF HOW IT MOVES FORWARD. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, THE WORK GROUP WANTS TO GET STARTED ON FLUSHING OUT THE DETAILS OF KIND OF WHAT IS BROUGHT BACK NEXT MONTH FOR CONSIDERATION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. DO WE MOVE FORWARD THE WAY WE'VE ALWAYS ARE, ALWAYS DONE IT, OR ARE WE GONNA TAKE THE SHIFT THIS YEAR AND, AND CHANGE THE DIRECTION? UM, AND THEN WE COULD PROBABLY START THAT CONVERSATION AS THE GROUP, UM, NEXT MONTH TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS A WHOLE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEP. SO THE GROUP WORKING GROUP WILL COME UP WITH SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, IDEAS, PLAN. MM-HMM. AND BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT WEEK. YEAH. I, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T PERSONALLY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT MEETING. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT OCTOBER'S MEETING, IF YOU GUYS DO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, JUST SHOOT 'EM MY WAY. SO I CAN KIND OF ENVISION THAT ALONG WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL, RATHER THAN WAITING ALL THE WAY TO OCTOBER. WELL, THE THOUGHT IS IN THE WORKING GROUP, THE WORKING GROUP WILL COME UP WITH A PLAN, BUT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN UNTIL IT'S BROUGHT FORWARD RIGHT. TO THE COMMISSION. YEAH. AND AT THAT TIME THEN THAT'S WHERE THAT VISUAL WILL BE PAINTED, AND THEN YOU CAN PICK UP FROM THERE. SO WE DON'T, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM THE WORKING GROUP AND ASSUME THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, THAT WE HAVE TO WELL, THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF FLESHING IT OUT RIGHT HERE. SO I, I WON'T MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION. RIGHT. IT'S JUST THE IDEA THAT CONSIDER ME LIKE A MEMBER OF THE WORKING GROUP WITHOUT THE ACTUAL INPUT. RIGHT. IT'S JUST I'M UNDER, I'M KEEPING UP PROCESSES FOR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO COME UP WITH. AND THEN THE IDEA IS ONCE WE GET TO OCTOBER, I'M, I'M ALREADY FILLED INTO WHAT THE, THE, THE IDEAS COULD BE. RIGHT? IF, IF, IF THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT, ARE YOU THINKING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AN IDEA THAT COULDN'T, RIGHT. THAT YOU COULDN'T MAKE HAPPEN. YOU'D RATHER JUST SHUT IT DOWN THEN AS OPPOSED TO BRINGING IT HERE. OKAY. CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. SO WITH THE, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. SO THE WORKING GROUP WE WOULD NEED TO MEET IN PERSON PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER MEETING, OR DO WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET VIRTUAL? WHAT'S THE PARAMETERS FOR THAT? UM, IF WE DON'T WANT, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA OF A QUORUM, SO WE WOULDN'T WANT A QUORUM, SO IT WOULD BE JUST LESS THAN FIVE. OKAY. AND NO DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE? YEAH, IT'S JUST PLANNING. JUST PLANNING. OKAY. OKAY. IF IT, ONCE IT BECOMES AN ONGOING, THAT'S WHEN IT BECOMES LIKE A SET MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. BUT IF IT JUST BECOMES TASK GROUPS OR TASK DELINEATED OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING MM-HMM. THAT ONGOING MEETING IS NOT A THING. OKAY. WE JUST DO OUR TASKS REPORT BACK. OKAY. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MEET BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER. CORRECT. 'CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AN UPDATE LIKE AT THE OCTOBER 3RD COMMISSION MEETING, CORRECT. RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. [00:25:02] SO WE'LL JUST MEET, SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL DO MINUTES FROM THE MEETING. WE'LL SHARE, WE'LL COPY THE COMMISSION ON OUR FINAL MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING SO THEY'RE IN THE LOOP. SO YOU CAN READ IT BEFORE. YEAH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OFFICIAL MINUTES NEEDED, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WORKS. WE ALWAYS TAKE NOTES SO WE CAN TAKE NOTES. SO WE HAVE NOTES. , IT'S NOT LIKE A REAL, IT'S NOT LIKE THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, IT'S NOT A QUORUM AND THERE'S NO DECISIONS BEING MADE. IT'S JUST LIKE, IF THERE BECAME FIVE OF US, THEN IT'S, OR WE START MAKING DECISIONS. OKAY. UM, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. UH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN FRONT OF US. UM, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. I REACHED OUT TO SHELBY MUCH LATER THAN I SHOULD HAVE IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL SHE SENT ME. UM, WAS THAT JUST THE CHAIRS THAT GOT THAT EMAIL OR WAS IT EVERYBODY? UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST THE CHAIRS. UM, OKAY. I, I, UH, BYRON GOT TAGGED IN IT THOUGH TOO, JUST BECAUSE HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TURKISH COMMUNITY. SO, AND THAT JUST, IT WAS THREE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS. OKAY. I MEAN, IT ALL LOOKS LIKE IT'S MOVING. CHUGGING ME ALONG. UM, CARLA, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT ANYTHING YOU'VE SEEN SO FAR OR NOT? NOT THAT I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE EXCLUSIVELY MANAGING THIS PROCESS, BUT NO. DID YOU SEND ME SOMETHING? NO, NO. SO NO, NO COMMENTS. . LOVE IT. UM, YEAH, SO WE, WE, I I I, I TELL YOU THIS THOUGH, WE DID, UM, IT WASN'T, WE HAD A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, UM, NOT VERY IN, UM, NOT VERY LONG. UM, PROBABLY LIKE 40 SO MINUTES. IT WAS JUST KIND OF, UM, KEEPING UP THE PROCESSES, WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE NOW. UM, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT THE KEY, UM, INTERVIEWS, UM, SHOULD PROBABLY END THEIR HOPING BY, UH, SEPTEMBER. UM, I DID MENTION TO THEM THAT, UM, THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WAS COMING UP. UM, IT WAS, UM, DAWNED ON ME THAT WE WANTED TO KIND OF KEEP, UH, FOCUS, UM, WITH OUR IMMIGRANT, UM, AND NEW CITIZEN, UH, POPULATION IN HEBREW HEIGHTS. SO I JUST TRYING TO PUT LIKE, MATCH THE TWO TOGETHER TO KIND OF MAKE SURE, UM, OR AT LEAST ON RAMA'S OR RAMA'S PART, THAT, UM, WERE KIND OF MEETING, MEETING THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. UM, THEY, THEY TOLD ME THEY'D GET BACK WITH ME TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, UM, THAT THEY COULD KIND OF DRUM UP TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IF IT'S A, IF IT'S A FLYER, IF IT'S COMMUNICATION OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, UM, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY COULD DO SOMETHING BY OCTOBER THE 12TH. SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO SARAH WILLIAMS SOON TO KIND COORDINATE WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE. AND OBVIOUSLY I'LL KIND OF LOOP ALL YOU FOLKS IN WHAT THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE AS WELL. ARE THEY COMING TO THE FESTIVAL TO DO IMPROMPTU INTERVIEWS OR? I, I, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S DETERMINED YET, BUT I DON'T THINK, THAT'S NOT A, UH, LIKE THAT HASN'T BEEN THROWN OFF THE TABLE. UM, JUST BECAUSE THE IDEA IS A COUPLE HOURS OLD. SO, UM, IF IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY, THEY WANT TO OR THEY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY TOO, THAT'D BE GREAT. UM, IF NOT, I KNOW I'LL BE THERE. SO, UM, I CAN DEFINITELY PASS ON THAT INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UM, TO KIND OF RELAY WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE FUTURE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, ACTUALLY STARTING THESE, UM, COMMUNITY, UH, LISTENING SESSIONS. YEAH. LIKE IF THEY HAVE OUTSIDE OUT OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS, MAYBE IT'S JUST WALKING THROUGHOUT AND ASKING PEOPLE AND TAKING NOTE TO GIVE IT BACK TO THEM. AND, AND, AND EVEN ON THE IDEA, RIGHT? WE MISS SOMEBODY, RIGHT? LIKE WE MISSED THE, WE MISSED THE SECTION OF, OF PEOPLE WE MISS THE, UH, WE, WE MISS SOMEBODY. RIGHT. AND MAYBE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT THE ACTUAL, UM, ACTUAL FESTIVAL. SO THAT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KIND OF CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY AS WELL TO KIND OF MAKE SURE, UM, THEY'RE KINDA LOOPED IN. RIGHT. SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I KIND OF ENVISIONED IT TO BE. UM, IF RAMA HAS SOME OTHER IDEAS OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE OTHER IDEAS, LOVE TO HEAR 'EM SHOOT 'EM TO ME AND, UH, I'LL KIND OF PASS THAT ALONG TOO. WHEN'S THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? OCTOBER THE 12TH. DON'T ASK ME FOR TIMES. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT YET. IT DOESN'T MATTER. OKAY. WOULD YOU SAY THAT [00:30:01] THEY'RE GONNA DO FOCUS GROUPS? UH, FOCUS? WELL, IF WE'RE INTERCHANGE IN FOCUS COMMUNITY, UH, LISTENING GROUPS, YES. AND HOW DO THEY, HOW ARE THEY, HOW ARE THOSE DEVELOPED? HOW, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE DEVELOPED? YEAH. UM, I AM NOT SURE ON WHAT RAMA'S PROCESS OF THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT I'M ASSUMING FROM THE INFORMATION THAT IS GATHERED IN THESE KEY INTERVIEWS, IT'S, IT WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN IN THE INTERVIEWS AND WHAT WOULD, AND WHAT THE SCOPE WAS GIVEN TO THEM FROM THE RFQ, UM, THAT GOT PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS, UM, WHENEVER THEY CAME FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. SO THERE WAS A LIST OF, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT IT, BUT I THINK I SENT IT TO EVERYBODY. BUT THERE WAS A LIST OF, UH, UH, QUESTION OR THERE WAS A LIST OF QUESTIONS, UM, THAT THEY KIND OF WANTED TO BASE THE ASSESSMENT ON. AND THE IDEA WAS IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THAT THE QUESTIONS NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED, IT WAS JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN THE RIGHT PATH OF WHAT THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING. AND, AND THERE WASN'T ANY PUSHBACK FROM EITHER THE COMMISSION OR COUNCIL NECESSARILY ON WHAT, UM, WHAT THE PATH WAS. SO THIS IS THE PATH THAT WE'RE RUNNING. UM, I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THE INNER WORK IS ON HOW THEY'RE GONNA CONDUCT IT, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY SAY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WE WOULD, I, WE, YOU GUYS, EVERYONE WOULD KIND OF HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW, UM, THE MEETINGS WOULD BE SET UP, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. IS THAT THE, WHEN WE GET LOOPED BACK INTO THAT, IT'S LIKE, AFTER ALL THIS GROUNDWORK STUFF'S FINISHED, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT A QUESTION? WHEN IS THE LIKE COMMISSION, IS IT LIKE AT THE FINAL REPORT ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF? OR WHEN IS, WHEN ARE WE LIKE, ARE YOU ASKING FOR BACK INTO THIS? OH, YOU GUYS' INPUT? SO I WOULD, THE, THE, THE ASK IS THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE COMMUNITY, UH, MEETINGS. OKAY. RIGHT. SO YOU GUYS WOULD SHOW UP WHEN YOU GUYS COULD, YOU GUYS WOULD ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS AS WELL, UM, AND, AND KIND OF CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, UH, DISCUSSION, RIGHT? SO ONCE WE'VE DETERMINED, UM, WHAT THOSE DATES AND LOCATIONS ARE, THEN YOU GUYS WOULD, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY, OKAY, HEY, WHEN'S THE BEST TIME FOR ME TO BE AVAILABLE? OR WHEN CAN I BE AVAILABLE TO KIND OF HIT UP, UM, THOSE MEETINGS. DID YOU FIND OUT HOW THOSE COMMUNITY LISTENING GROUPS WOULD BE PUBLICIZED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE INCLUSIVE OF THE COMMUNITY? YOU MEAN BY LIKE, PRINT AND, UM, HOW ARE WE GONNA JUST GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYONE WHO YEAH. SO THE DIFFERENT PLACES. SO WITHIN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, OR OUR MEETING TODAY, UM, RAYMOND WILL REACH OUT TO SARAH WILLIAMS TO KIND OF DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO, UM, THE BEST WAYS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF MARKET, UM, THESE COMMUNITY, UH, LISTENING SESSIONS. UM, SO ONE, I, I WOULD FIGURE I'D BE EMAILED IN THAT. SO ONCE WE KIND OF ARRANGE WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW AS WELL. I RECOMMEND THAT THEY'RE HELD AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE CITY. MM-HMM. TO GIVE EVERYONE ACCESS. SO WE'RE TALKING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. NOT YEAH. ARE WE TALKING, UH, GEOGRAPHIC, LIKE MORE YEAH. DIFFERENT WARDS. YEAH. OH, OKAY. GOTCHA. THE DIFFERENT WARDS. YEP. LIKE COMMUNITY CENTER. MM-HMM. . YEAH. YEAH. COMMUNITY CENTER LIBRARY. SCHOOL. LIBRARY. LIBRARY. YEP. Y YWCA. A YMC. YWCA YM. YEAH. DIFFERENT AREAS. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT? HAPPY TO SEE THIS WORK MOVING ALONG. I'LL SAY THAT MUCH. UM, THE NEXT THING WAS TO VOTE ON A FUNDS FOR COMMISSION, LIKE MATERIALS TABLECLOTH. LET'S PUNT THAT. THAT'S NOT REALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS JUNCTURE. UM, KEEP THINKING ABOUT LIKE, I MEAN, I KNOW THE PENS ARE LIKE HUBER HEIGHTS PENS, BUT LIKE HOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE CARD WITH LIKE A QR CODE TO OUR WEBSITE. UM, I'D LIKE TO PRICE A TABLECLOTH EITHER FOR OUR COMMISSION OR A TENT STAND AND JUST SOME GENERAL MARKETING [00:35:01] MATERIALS. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY GOOD IDEAS, HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, MATERIALS THAT HAVE WORKED, YOU KNOW, IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, JUST THINK OF THOSE AND BRING THOSE BACK FOR NEXT MONTH. WE DO NEED A TABLECLOTH. WE REALLY NEED THAT. LIKE NOW, TWO YEARS AGO, , SO I'M SURE THE CITY HAS, THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE THOSE, RIGHT? YOU GET THEM FROM SOMEWHERE. SO WE PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE A QUOTE. THAT'S THE KIND OF WHAT THAT WOULD COST IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE ON A SIX FOOT TABLE OR, YEAH, LIKE THE MM-HMM. DROP CLOTHS THAT COVER THE OH, OKAY. I GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE REALLY CALLED, BUT UM, IN MIND THAT'S WHAT IT . YEAH. YEAH. TABLE SKIRTS. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. IF WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT, I THINK IF WE'RE USING, WELL, I SAID I THOUGHT, BUT YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING AROUND WHAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON. AND IF YOU CAN ALSO GIVE SOME CLARITY THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO VOTE ON VERSUS NOT, BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT ANYTIME MONEY IS COMING OUT OF OUR BUDGET, THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE AS A COMMISSION. THAT THAT IS HOW WE WILL USE THAT MONEY. AND THAT IS WHAT WE, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE CHARTER AS WELL. UM, I STARTED READING THAT TODAY. YES. SOME THINGS HAVE TRANSPIRED WHERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. SO MM-HMM. , WE NEED SOME CLARITY AROUND IF THAT'S WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS OR WHAT OUR PARAMETERS SAY. WHY THE, THEN DO WE GO OUTSIDE OF THAT? WHEN IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW? GOTCHA. SO, I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT? UM, I I CAN, I CAN EITHER ONE OR TWO THINGS NO, NECESSARILY. UM, I'VE HEARD, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION OR THE BOARD RULES WERE GOING TO BE CHANGED. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES ARE. UM, HOWEVER, FOR THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING ABOUT PERTAINING TO VOTING RULES, UM, I CAN TRY TO GET CLEAR, UM, UH, CLARIFICATION ON WHAT CAN OR WHAT NEEDS TO, UM, REGARDING SPENDING, UH, REGARDING SPENDING. UM, EITHER THAT WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM MYSELF OR I WILL HAVE, UH, TONY REACH OUT TO, UM, TO YOU ALL TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT, UM, THE PARAMETERS ARE FOR WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING AND SPENDING. UM, IF THAT IS SUFFICE. YEAH. IF THAT THEN CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL IN THE LOOP. YEAH. CORRECT. 'CAUSE MM-HMM. , I MEAN, AS IT STANDS, WHAT IS WRITTEN IS THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE OKAY. ON ANY EXPENSES BECAUSE WE'RE RESPONSIBLE RIGHT. FOR THAT MONEY. YEAH. SO, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, RIGHT? SO, YEAH. SO I CAN, YEAH, I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU NEXT MONTH ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IT IS AND IF THERE IS THIS, THIS IDEA OF ACTUAL RULES BEING CHANGED, UM, TO THE ACTUAL, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSION BOOK. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. BOARDS AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK. THE CHARTER REVIEW BOARD AND COMMISSION HANDBOOK, BUT THE CHARTERS UNDER REVIEW, THOSE FINAL CHANGES ARE COMING RIGHT NOW. I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH TODAY. RIGHT, . THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S FAIR. , WE SWITCH THE AGENDA. UM, WE DOING ALL BUSINESS NOW. YEAH. WELL, I'M SO UNDER OLD BUSINESS, I JUST HAD THE CCRB, UM, AND THE JUNETEENTH UNWINDING, UM, FOR THE CCRB, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS JUST A QUICK CHALLENGE. I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU EACH TO ASK A BUDDY, TELL A FRIEND TO APPLY FOR THAT BOARD. UM, IF WE COULD EACH GET, YOU KNOW, I TEXTED TWO PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD, GOOD FIT FOR THAT BOARD. AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS ONGOING MEETING. UM, THE, THE WAY THAT THE LEGISLATION WAS CREATED WAS THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, UTILIZED WHEN ACTIVATED. UM, BUT WE SHOULD REALLY BE PUTTING OUR FEET TO THE GROUND TO TRY TO GET THAT BOARD, UM, FILLED. SO TELL EVERYBODY THAT YOU THINK HAS THE HEART FOR THAT KIND OF WORK AND IS FAIR AND IS IMPARTIAL, NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE OUR FRIEND. [00:40:01] THAT'S IMPORTANT WORK. SO, UM, AND IT WAS VERY FOCUSED TO WHY WE STARTED THIS WORK, UM, AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH, UM, WAS TO HAVE AN IMPARTIAL REVIEWER OF POLICE MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. UM, FORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ISSUE. UM, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT, UM, STOP GAPS IN PLACE, UM, TO ASSIST IN THE IMPARTIALITY NEEDED IN THESE TYPE OF SITUATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM ANTHONY WAS THAT WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED TWO APPLICATIONS AND ONE MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACANCIES. MM-HMM. . UM, BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAD VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA SPELLED OUT FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. UM, THIS IS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK HE RECEIVED. SO, UM, HE SAID THEY'RE GONNA KEEP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNTIL THERE'S SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICANTS TO FILL 'EM. BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S AT SEPTEMBER 30TH. BUT, UM, I MEAN, WE DID HAVE SPECIFIC CRITERIA. SO WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE PERSON FROM THE HIGHEST COMMUNITY. YEAH. ONE PERSON FROM THE SECOND HIGHEST COMMUNITY, ONE PERSON WHO HAS A LEGAL BACKGROUND, ONE PERSON FROM THE THIRD HIGHEST COMMUNITY. SO WE HAD TO, SO YOU HAVE TO FIT INTO THESE. YOU DON'T REMEMBER THAT? I DO. I, I'LL I CAN EMAIL IT. OKAY. I CAN SEE YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE I CAN SEE THE LEGISLATION. IT WASN'T, IT WAS INTENTIONAL AT THE TIME. IT WAS, IT WAS INTENTIONAL. AND IT, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE, I MEAN, TO THE POINT OF THE MATTER OF WHAT THAT BOARD DOES, IT SHOULD HAVE STRICT CRITERIA. IT REALLY SHOULD. AND SO, I MEAN, OUT OF THIS BROAD CITY OF DIVERSITY, UM, I JUST FEEL WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO MEET THAT MARK. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN BETTER ADVERTISE. I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE TALKING, UM, YOU KNOW, A DAYTON DAILY NEWS STORY, UM, YOU KNOW, REMINDING, UH, OF THE WORK. IT WOULD BE A GREAT TIME. AGAIN WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE COULD KIND OF WRAP THAT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE LITTLE BOW. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE OF THE WORDS NOT OUT THERE. AND, AND THAT'S WHY MORE SO THAN WE DON'T HAVE NINE PEOPLE QUALIFIED IN THE GREAT CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS TO FILL THOSE ROLES. IF YOU, IF, IF YOU HAVE THE CRITERIA, CAN YOU JUST SEND IT TO US? MM-HMM. . SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING WHEN WE TELL OUR FRIENDS. YEAH. YEAH. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T HELP IF WE TELL 'EM AND THEY DON'T FIT ANY OF THE CRITERIA. RIGHT. AND IT'S, AND IT, IT, YES, IT IS CRITERIA, BUT IT IS FOR SPECIFIC, UM, OCCUPATIONS. RIGHT. LIKE A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER THAT LI THOSE ARE APPOINTED, RIGHT? HMM. THE, THE POLICE OFFICER, THE, THE, THERE WAS TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE JUST THERE. IT WAS THE LAW DIRECTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S APPOINTMENT THAT WERE JUST THERE TO SAY, YAY OR NAY, YOU CAN OR CANNOT DO THIS. BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW, THEY ARE NOT VOTING MEMBERS OF THAT BOARD. MM-HMM. NO NEGATIVE. UM, I WAS, I SAT ON THAT. I'VE READ, I WROTE THAT LEGISLATION AFTER I'VE READ MEETING, AFTER MEETING, AFTER MEETING. I, OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT OFFLINE. WE'LL, I DID NOT JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD. SO WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT. UM, I'M JUST SAYING BEFORE WE TALK TO OUR FRIENDS, RIGHT. CAN WE GET THE CRITERIA? YEAH. SO YEAH, THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT IS THAT'S HOW WE NEED, YEAH. THAT'S NOT THE NON-VOTING. THERE ARE TWO NON-VOTING POSITIONS AND THERE ARE APPOINTMENTS FROM THE LAW DIRECTOR AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S THE RETIRED LAW PERSON R RIGHT. BUT MOST OF THE APPOINTMENTS COME FROM THE CITY MANAGER. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THOSE APPOINTMENTS COME, COMES FROM. UM, BUT YEAH, I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS THAT LEGISLATION RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE, THE WORD AT, AT THE POINT OF THE CRUX TODAY. UM, BUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE NON-VOTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THAT THAT'S NOT THE, THE, THE PERSON FROM THE HIGHEST, YOU KNOW, DIVERSE POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC WHERE, YOU KNOW, 98% OF 87% OF THE COMMUNITY IS WHITE PERSON. THERE'S YOUR HIGHEST DEMOGRAPHIC. THAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT PART, WAS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS A DIVOR, A DIVERSE BODY OF DIVERSE MINDS TO COME TOGETHER WHEN THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF POLICE MISCONDUCT WHEN IT COMES TO A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT. AND IT IS PIGEONHOLED TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT. AND IT IS, IT IS PIGEONHOLED TO THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE VIEWING THESE TYPE OF COMPLAINTS. AND IT'S, IT'S, AND I HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE SITTING ON A BOARD LIKE THIS. YEAH, I AGREE. I JUST THINK WE NEED THE CRITERIA BEFORE WE GO TO OUR FRIENDS. THANKS. I, I HAVE, WE HAVE EIGHT MINUTES BEFORE WE GOTTA GET, [00:45:01] I REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN OUTTA HERE 45 MINUTES AGO, SO THAT WAS MY FAULT. UM, THANK YOU ERIC. I'M NOT AS TURKISH DINNER. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. WE WILL TAKE, I MEAN IT IS, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. YEAH. WAS THAT ON THIS AGENDA? IS THIS THE ONE WE WORKING ON? TURKISH DINNER? NO, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE CCRB WAS LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, GET THE WORD OUT THERE. WE NEED TO GET THIS, WE NEED TO GET THESE POSITIONS FILLED. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THE CRITERIA TO TELL 'EM SAYING B AS IN VICTOR, R-B-C-C-R-B-B AS IN BOARD. SO IT'S THE CITIZENS COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD. I APOLOGIZE. UM, I SPEAK IN ACRONYMS FOR MY JOB TOO. UM, , UM, THE CCRB WAS ONE OF THE TENANTS THAT WAS ASKED FOR BY THE NAACP, THE DAYTON CHAPTER AFTER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. UM, IT WAS TO PUT AN IMPARTIAL REVIEWER IN PLACE. IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE ASKED AND, AND WERE TASKED WITH. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE WORK. I MEAN, A LOT OF TIME IT WAS ERIC RICHARDSON, MYSELF, UM, HER, UH, PARTNER, UM, AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO'S NO LONGER ON OUR COMMISSION. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON IT. IT'S OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS AND IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO, UM, HAVE FILLED. SO, UM, ERIC, JUST ON TIMELINESS, DO YOU MIND IF WE DO THE JUNETEENTH UNWINDING NEXT MONTH? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE LAST, UM, FEW MINUTES AND, AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK WENT GREAT? I MEAN, I THINK YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB. UM, WE CAN DO IT NEXT MONTH. ARE YOU SURE? OKAY. DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE TURKISH DINNER? IT'S ON HERE. I GOT MY INVITE. SO I'M GUESSING IT'S ON. I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO. . EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE GOT AN INVITE. MM-HMM. . OH, SO THAT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY? YES. OKAY. ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY. IS THERE ANY ROLE OR SUPPORT THAT YOU LIKE FROM THE COMMISSION FOR THE EVENT? DO YOU HAVE ALL YOUR VOLUNTEERS LINED UP? YEAH, UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP. I WAS THINKING IF WE SHOULD, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS BOOKLETS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO EVERYBODY AT THE EVENT. AND, UH, IT'S GONNA HAVE, UH, ALL THE, UH, SPONSORS AND EVERYTHING ON THERE. SO I WAS THINKING IF WE SHOULD PUT OUR COMMITTEE ON THERE AS WELL. UH, AS A DIVERSE COMMITTEE BEING, UH, SPONSORS OF THE EVENT, NOT JUST HUBER HEIGHTS. YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, LOOK, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN, UH, MARTIN JUNIOR. UH, THEY, THE BOOK WITH THE PROGRAM. MM-HMM. . SO IT IS GONNA BE LOOK LIKE THAT. BUT WITH THE, UH, NAMES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DO, DID, DO YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY? 'CAUSE I THINK, DIDN'T YOU TAKE OUR, WASN'T OUR BUDGET TAKEN TO GO, BUT IT WAS UNDER THE CITY AND I DIDN'T THINK THEY WANTED OUR NAME 'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO PUT THEIR NAME OR DID. DIDN'T WE HAVE THAT TALK LAST MONTH? UH, I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT PART WORKED OUT, BUT, UM, CURRENTLY IT JUST, UH, IT'S SAYS IT'S FROM HUBER HEIGHTS, SO IT DOES NOT CITY, CITY HUBER HEIGHTS. YEAH. IT DOES NOT SPECIFY THE DIVERSE COMMITTEE IN IT. AND ALSO, UM, THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE TO DO. YEAH. AND, UM, YEAH. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE EVENT, UM, EVERYTHING IS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY BY SINCLAIR? YEAH, BY SINCLAIR. WE WOULD JUST GREET PEOPLE AND, UM, SIT THEM AND YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE OPEN SEATING. SOME, YOU HAD SOME VIP KIND OF RESERVED, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, WE MIGHT RESERVE FEW, UH, TABLES FOR THE OFFICIALS. YEAH. STATE OFFICIALS IN THE CITY. BUT, UH, REST WILL BE OPEN. DO WE HAVE RESERVE SEATS? WE, YEAH, OF COURSE. THE DIVERSE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE OH, WE HAVE RESERVES. YES. WE'LL HAVE A RESERVE TABLE, DEFINITELY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT SHOULD BE ALL GOOD AND IT'S MOVING ALONG GOOD. AND THE INVITATION, I'VE BEEN SENT OUT TO, UH, EVERYONE ELSE AS WELL. AND, UH, WE ARE, UH, SHARING THAT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME IN TO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WHAT WAS YOUR, WHO WAS RSVP DEADLINE? I FORGOT. HOW MANY RSVPS HAVE BEEN COMING IN SO FAR? DO YOU KNOW THE OFFICIALS? NO. RS VP, THE WHO'S SAYING? YES. HOW MANY YESES DO YOU HAVE SO FAR? BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A QR CODE TO DO IT, RIGHT? OH, YES. YES. HOW MANY PEOPLES? [00:50:01] UM, I HAVEN'T CHECKED THAT YET. 'CAUSE THE INVITATIONS, THEY WENT OUT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE. OH, OKAY. BY END OF THE WEEK. SO HAVEN'T CHECKED THAT YET. AND ALSO, UH, WE HAVE TO STILL PLACE THAT IN FEW OTHER, UH, OUR, UH, LOCATIONS AND UH, HUBER HEIGHTS. SO I THINK NUMBER, THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE FILLED. YEAH, AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH NEXT MONTH. I MEAN, BY NEXT MONTH YOU HAVE ALL OF YOUR NUMBER. I MEAN, YOU SHOULD. YEAH, WE SHOULD. COOL. SO NEXT MONTH WE SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. WE HAVE 13 13 SO FAR. THAT'S GOTTA BAD FOR ONE WEEK. FRIDAY, ONE WEEK. IT'S COOL. YEAH, I DON'T WANNA TOO EAGER WITH THE QR CODE, SO I WAS LIKE, LEMME WAIT A FEW DAYS. I FIRED HIM FROM BALTIMORE THAT MORNING. . OKAY. UM, NEXT MEETING IS, WHAT DID YOU SAY, THE 3RD OF OCTOBER. OCTOBER 3RD. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. OCTOBER 3RD, UM, 6:00 PM SEE YOU. SAME BED TIME. SAME BAD PLACE. AND DON'T FORGET TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO RUN FOR CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. WELL, I'M SURE SOMEONE UP HERE DOES VOLUNTOLD. ALL RIGHT ON THIS END. . . I'M SURE THEY, THAT'S HOW THEY GET VOLUNTOLD. ALL THE MEN ARE LIKE, HUH? UH, IT'S FINE. WE AIN'T DOING THAT NO MORE. COME OUTTA THAT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE ADJOURNED. 6 59. THANKS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.