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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road October 3, 2024 6:00 P.M. ]
SORRY ABOUT THAT, MISS PURVIS.TROTTER. PRESENT, MR. OWENS. PRESENT.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MISS NEWBY IS EXCUSED FOR THIS EVENING.
TO THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING.
DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES.
NO CHANGES. GET A MOTION TO APPROVE.
YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PROVIDED.
I SECOND. SO MOVED AND CARRIED.
LET ME SIGN THESE BEFORE I TAKE NOTES ON THEM LIKE I DO EVERY MEETING.
WE HAVE NO CITIZENS COMMENTS THIS EVENING, SO WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE QUICK CHANGE TO THE AGENDA.
A I WOULD LIKE THE I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORT OF THE HAITIAN HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT CONVERSATION BACK TO OUR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AS A GROUP.
AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE FROM THERE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? YOU SAID HAITIANS, HAITIAN HAITIANS, HAITIANS.
THE NEW CAMERAS FOR SPRINGFIELD CITY.
THEY'RE UNDER CURRENT ATTACK BY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE NOW RESULTED IN BACKLASH ON TOP TO THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD. THAT STARTED WITH LIES AND RUMORS THAT WERE NOT TRUE.
AND WE'RE CLOSING PUBLIC OFFICE.
THEY'VE HAD TO CANCEL THEIR CULTURE FESTIVAL.
SO I JUST THINK WE'LL HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
BUT I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND.
CITY COUNCIL HAS TO PICK IT UP.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS THE THE ASIAN HATE RALLY THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION MADE AT THAT TIME IN SUPPORT OF THAT COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO ENSURE THAT IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS FEEL WELCOME IN ALL OF OUR CITIES, ESPECIALLY A CITY AS BROAD AND DIVERSE AS OUR OWN.
OKAY. AND WE ARE TRYING TO GO.
THEY'RE LIKE, NO, NO, NO, JUST JUST A SIMPLE PROCLAMATION WRITTEN LIKE THE MLK DAY PROCLAMATION THAT JUSTICE IS ON RECORD. NOTHING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.
JUST SUPPORT WORDS OF SUPPORT.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THAT WE CAN DO? WE CAN HAVE THAT.
LET'S GET THERE. LET'S GET THERE FIRST.
SO UNDER OLD BUSINESS UPDATE ON DEI ASSESSMENT.
I DO SEE IN FRONT OF US? AN UPDATE, WHICH IS GREAT.
COMMUNITY SURVEY IS BEING LAUNCHED TOMORROW AND WILL RUN FOR FOUR WEEKS.
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HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHEN THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY.IS THIS WHERE THEY WERE DOING THE IN-PERSON SESSIONS OR.
THE IDEA. WHAT? REMA. WE JUST ACTUALLY HAD A CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE IDEA ON RAYMOND RAYMOND'S BEHALF WAS WE WERE GOING TO.
THEY WERE GOING TO START THE LAUNCH OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
LIKE, I LIKE LIKE IT SAYS OR LIKE IT HAS BEEN AGREED UPON WITH SOME OF THE EDITS FROM THE CITY.
THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SURVEY IS GOOD TO LAUNCH COME FRIDAY.
SO THE UNDERSTANDING IS RAYMOND IS GOING TO LAUNCH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THERE WILL BE, I WANT TO SAY, FIVE POSTS IN TOTAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING OF RAYMOND, OR THE CITY WILL HAVE TWO.
LET ME MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
WITHIN THAT SAME CYCLE, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HUBER HEIGHTS, THE CITY WILL ALSO KIND OF RELEASE ITS INTERNAL SURVEY WITH ITS EMPLOYEES AND HAVE THAT RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME, RIMA HOPES TO KIND OF HAVE BOTH OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY RELATIVELY AROUND THE SAME TIME TIME FRAME.
SO END OF OCTOBER, BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
FROM THERE, THEY'LL KIND OF LIKE THEY'LL START THE PROCESS TO KIND OF COMPILE THAT DATA.
THE HOPE IS BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY PRESSING AGAINST THE HOLIDAY MONTHS.
THE HOPE IS TO KIND OF START THE PROCESS FOR THOSE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAD BEEN TO THE COMMUNITY SESSIONS THAT THE COUNTY HAD PUT ON FOR THE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS OF THE DATE AND REGION WHEN WE HAD ONE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO THE UNDERSTANDING IS WE WOULD KIND OF RIMA IS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO HAVE YOU GUYS MORE INVOLVED IN HOW THOSE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS WILL BE KIND OF PROCTORED.
YOU GUYS WILL KIND OF BE LEADING THOSE TO BE DETERMINED ON HOW THAT TO BE STRUCTURED.
I'M THINKING OF A COUPLE SITES WHERE WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THOSE SESSIONS.
OBVIOUSLY, I WAS THINKING HERE, I WAS THINKING THAT DAYTON METRO LIBRARY, HUBER HEIGHTS BRANCH THE YMCA THE COMMUNITY CENTER MAYBE EVEN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
SO THOSE WERE MY KIND OF LOCATIONS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANT.
I PUT UP THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
SO I WANT TO SAY IT'S LIKE 20 SOME ODD QUESTIONS.
THE IDEA JUST KIND OF RUNNING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT KIND OF BROUGHT YOU HERE? HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN HERE? SOME OF THAT. CAN YOU GO BACK UP? YEAH, SURE. WHICH NUMBER? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT.
YEAH, FOR THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN KIND OF ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS TIFF.
I DON'T KNOW. DOES THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE BETTER OVER THERE? OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.
SO? SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
YEAH. AND I THOUGHT I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE.
RIMA HAD TOLD ME THAT THEY PUT IT ON A GOOGLE FORM.
WE WANT THEM TO KIND OF HAVE ACCESS TO THESE TO THE SURVEY.
SO THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS IT CAN CHANGE LANGUAGE.
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SO IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS HITTING THE THREE DOTS ON THE ADDRESS BAR AND THEN SCROLL IT DOWN TO TRANSLATE.AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CHOOSING A NEW LANGUAGE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EASILY BE ABLE TO READ THE READ AND DO THE OR COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
I THINK THAT'S IT. CAN WE LOOK AT IT? I MEAN, CAN YOU SCROLL THROUGH? OH, YEAH. YEAH, SURE, SURE SURE, SURE.
SO HOW IS THIS? SO YOU SAID IT'LL BE LAUNCHED THROUGH.
IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITES.
SO SO THE THE FRAME OR SO HOW IT WILL BE DONE.
IT WILL BE THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITES.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALSO HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION ALSO WILL KIND OF PUSH IT OUT AS WELL, TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS KIND OF ENGAGED OR AT LEAST KNOWS ABOUT THE SURVEY AS WELL. SO IT WILL ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HOPE ON THE NINE OF US OR THE NINE OF YOU THAT YOU GUYS WOULD ALSO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SURVEY IS PUSHED OUT AS WELL.
TWISTING UP MY WORDS. BUT YEAH.
NOT THIS FOLLOWING OR NOT THIS SATURDAY, BUT THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY WILL MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
RAMA HAD ALSO DESIGNED OR WILL BE DESIGNING A POSTER BOARD FOR US FOR THAT EVENT.
I WILL BE THERE AND OBVIOUSLY PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTAKE IN THE SURVEY AS WELL.
IT IT WAS THE UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR ADVERTISEMENT.
RAMA, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM, THEY HAD IT THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT COST WAS NOT PUT INTO THEIR BILLING, SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR MORE FOR MORE FUNDS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RIGHT? AND IF THEY'RE NOT AT THE NUMBERS THAT THEY WANT IT TO BE AT, MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF GO BACK AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF TRY TO FIND ALTERNATIVES LIKE ADVERTISEMENT ON FACEBOOK TO KIND OF REALLY PUSH IT OUT AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO ADVERTISE IT, BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT POSTING IT ON THE CITY WEBSITES, THAT'S A VERY TARGETED POPULATION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT ENGAGED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
YEAH. AS WELL AS JUST THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY TARGETED.
I MEAN, THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING WITH THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL BOARDS, SENDING OUT MESSAGES THROUGH, LIKE, OUR COMMUNICATION METHODS THAT THE SCHOOL? YEAH. SO I CAN GET OUT TO ALL THE PARENTS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE AS IT COULD BE IN TERMS OF THE DIVERSITY OF THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DIVERSIFYING HOW WE EXPOSE PEOPLE TO.
THOSE ARE THE POSTS THAT THEY HAD CREATED.
TO PUT ON FACE. YEAH. TO PUT ON FACEBOOK.
I, I ONLY LEAN TO FACEBOOK BECAUSE TYPICALLY THAT IS MOSTLY WHAT PEOPLE KIND OF GET OR LIKE HOW THEY INTERACT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT I WOULD FIGURE THAT THE CITY HAS MORE THAN JUST FACEBOOK TO PLACE POST ON.
SO I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GET WITH SARAH TO KIND OF MAKE SURE WHERE ALL AVENUES THAT WE HAVE.
BUT FACEBOOK IS SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE THE THE WHOLE UMBRELLA, THE WHOLE UMBRELLA THAT LIKE, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET AT, CAN WE DO ONE WEEK INSTEAD OF TWO THAT WAY? BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE SURVEY IS SUPPOSED TO GO FOR FOUR WEEKS.
YEAH. WHAT IF WE GO? WHAT IS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AFTER ONE? OKAY, THEN CHANGE COURSE.
SO CITY WEBSITE FACEBOOK MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ONE WEEK THEN LOOK HOW OFTEN ARE YOU TALKING
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TO THEM. ARE YOU GOING TO TALK TO THEM AFTER WEEK ONE OR.I DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO, BUT I MEAN, WELL, I'M JUST THINKING NO NO NO NO NO NO.
YOU COULD SAY WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN I CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY YEAH, I CAN DEFINITELY TALK TO LIKE IF YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO KIND OF GO THAT PATH.
SURE. LIKE I CAN TALK TO THEM AND TRY TO SEE.
HEY. OKAY. HEY, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBERS LOOKING AT AFTER ONE WEEK? RIGHT. LIKE, ARE WE GETTING ENOUGH EYES ON IT? RIGHT. IF, IF RATHER THAN WAITING TWO WEEKS, WE CAN DO IT IN ONE WEEK.
AND THEN RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WAITING, AND WE HAVE LESS TIME TO KIND OF REALLY ACT ON IT.
I MEAN, I HAD THAT IDEA, RIGHT? AT LEAST MAYBE WE CAN PUT IT ON, YOU KNOW, NPR OR HAVE IT BROADCAST AS WELL.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT I DON'T THINK OUT OF THE REALM, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'VE MADE IT THIS FAR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WHEN IT WAS RECOMMENDED.
I FIGURE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED AS MANY EYES ON IT.
SO YEAH, I DON'T I WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT TO BE A PROBLEM.
I KNOW AT LEAST THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THAT WAS TO NO END.
ANY ANY IDEAS OR CLUES? MORE THAN GAME TO KIND OF TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE COULD DO.
SCHOOLS I MISSED THAT. OH, YEAH.
SO, SO, LIKE IT SAYS IN THE SUMMARY.
THE SCHOOLS WERE ONE OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY WANTED TO KIND OF COMMUTE WITH OR HAVE CONVERSATION WITH, BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. IT WAS MORE OR LESS ON THE THE NEED THAT THE YOUTH OF HUBER HEIGHTS WAS KIND OF NOT WHAT ARE THEY USING THEIR WORDS? OH, THERE WASN'T GOOD REPRESENTATION WHEN IT CAME TO LGBT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE YOUTH.
SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND? SAY THAT AGAIN. OH, FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY SAID THAT ONCE THEY WENT TO GO AND HAVE THESE INITIAL INTERVIEWS THEY SAID THAT THEY LACKED RESPONSE FROM THE LGBT COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE YOUTH OF PRIDE.
YEAH. SO SO THEIR HOPE IS THAT SO? THEIR HOPE IS THAT ONCE THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS HAPPEN, THAT WE COULD START TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING OUT ON THOSE AREAS.
YES. SO IN IN THEIR PRICING IS IT IS PAPER SURVEYS TO BE MAILED OUT.
IS THAT A PART? BECAUSE IF YOU GOT A PERSON THAT DOESN'T YES.
FACEBOOK OR DOESN'T HAVE ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
EXACTLY RIGHT. SOME OF OUR SENIORS THAT MAY NOT HAVE EITHER.
YEAH. SO I'M ALSO I'M TRYING TO LOOK IN THEY ASKED FOR A MAILING LIST.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT'S THE BEST MEANS TO KIND OF GET LITERATURE OUT THAT WAY AS WELL.
I, I'M FOGGY ON HOW WE THOUGHT TO KIND OF DO THAT.
MAYBE THE WATER DEPARTMENT MIGHT HAVE A MEANS TO KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT KIND OF DONE, SO WE CAN KIND OF GET ALL THE LITERATURE OUT AS POSSIBLE. BUT YOU, YOU, YOU DILUTE THE, THE DATA SATURATION WHEN YOU DO THAT, THOUGH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHY YOU TRIED.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE YOU TRY TO BUILD A CONTROL GROUP, WHICH MEANS UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'RE ONLY TRYING TO THAT'S YOUR THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE BOUNDING YOUR RESEARCH BY. BECAUSE IF YOU MAIL IT OUT, THEN YOU RUN INTO ISSUES LIKE DOUBLE DIGITS.
YEAH. DOUBLE OR DID SOMEBODY BECAUSE WHOEVER LIVES THERE REALLY FILL OUT THAT SURVEY.
IF WE'RE JUST SENDING OUT A GOOGLE FORM, HOW ARE WE KEEPING IT TO HUBER HEIGHTS? HOW ARE WE KEEPING IT TO RESIDENTS? HOW ARE WE CONFIRMING SO.
RIGHT. SO IS IT TRACKING THAT INFORMATION IN THE GOOGLE FORM.
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I USED TO USE THESE ALL THE TIME.SO MY CONCERN IS DAYTON DAILY NEWS WDTN HUBER HEIGHTS IS DOING THE SURVEY.
IT'S NOT. THIS IS THIS IS FROM A RESEARCH STANDPOINT.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD TOOL FOR USE FOR IF THIS WAS EVER TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO STAND ON WITH STATISTICS, THIS IS NOT A CORRECT FORM FOR YOU.
SO PEOPLE ARE YOU SAYING PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO LIE AND SAY, I'VE BEEN HERE 20 YEARS AND JUST FILL IT OUT? WHY NOT? I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO SIT ON THE FACEBOOK ALL DAY LONG AND DO NOTHING BUT HARASS PEOPLE.
NO WE DIDN'T I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T I DO THINK PEOPLE CAN KIND OF WASTE TIME BY.
BUT IT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF IT'S NOT SOLID, IF IT'S NOT A SOLID SURVEY FROM GROUND, THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR IS I THINK, I THINK, BUT I'LL PUSH BACK, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE SEEING IT, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED THROUGH EVERY QUESTION YET.
WELL, NO, THE QUESTIONS ARE ARE WE TRACKING THE NAMES, ADDRESSES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE FILLING OUT THIS FORM? WELL, OTHERWISE WE'RE BACK TO THE QUESTION OF SO SOMEONE'S WITH A TABLET AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WHO HAS THIS? SO PEOPLE WALK UP TO THE TABLE, HEY, I'M A HUBER HEIGHTS RESIDENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO FILL THIS OUT AND SAY, HERE, DO THIS, LISTEN.
AND AND AND EVEN IN MY LIKE IDEAS BEHIND THIS.
RIGHT. I THINK WE'D HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO WORK IN HUBER HEIGHTS, RIGHT.
LIKE JUST EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR SENIOR CENTER.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION, JEFFREY, WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION? HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN HUBER HEIGHTS? RIGHT. SO IF I HAVE THIS TABLET AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND I SAY, HEY, I'M HERE FOR A FEW HOURS, ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN HUBER HEIGHTS COME OVER TO ME, AND I HAVE THE TABLET.
THEY. OKAY, LET'S GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOU, SIR.
RIGHT. SO IF IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY YOU DON'T LIVE HERE, THEN, OKAY.
WE'RE NOT. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED? IF YOU HAVEN'T, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO BE FILLING THIS OUT.
THE FIRST QUESTION SHOULD BE, ARE YOU A RESIDENT? WELL, I MEAN, WHAT'S HUBER HEIGHTS OR BETHEL? CAN YOU SCROLL UP? YEAH, I GOT YOU.
BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE TO HAVE A GMAIL.
NO, NO, THAT'S HOW IT REMAINS ANONYMOUS.
IF YOU TRACK THE IF YOU TRACK THE FORM FROM THE BACK END WHERE IT COMPUTES ALL THIS STUFF FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S 75 PEOPLE THAT FILLED IT OUT.
45 PEOPLE SAID IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
THIS FORM WILL DO ALL OF THAT ON THE BACK END, BUT YOU HAVE TO SET IT UP TO TRACK EMAILS.
IS THERE IS THERE A WAY TO EDIT THIS BEFORE IT GOES LIVE TOMORROW OR NO? YES. I THINK MY FRUSTRATION, YOU CAN JUST ASK ON THAT FIRST QUESTION AT THE POINT YOU DO NOT LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
YOUR SUBGROUP WHICH CREATES YOUR OUTLIERS.
SO TO YOUR POINT, IF THEY'RE NOT IF THEY SELECT IT NOW, THEY COULD LIE, RIGHT.
WE WANT THAT PERSON'S OPINION.
IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR OUTSIDE RESIDENTS.
YES. THEN THEN WE'VE OPENED THIS UP TO AGAIN LIKE THIS THIS.
BUT THAT'S IF THEY WANT A TOOL THAT IS SORRY, AN ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A SKEWED ASSESSMENT NO MATTER WHO DOES IT, BECAUSE YOU CAN IF YOU DON'T WANT THE DATA FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T SAY STUDENTS, GEEZ.
FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, YOU DON'T HAVE FROM QUESTION ONE, IT EXCLUDES THEIR THEIR THE REST OF THEIR DATA IS EXCLUDED IF WE WANT TO INCLUDE IT, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY ANSWERED A QUESTION THAT DOES PROVIDE QUALITATIVE SCENARIO AND ANSWER RIGHT.
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A WORDY LENGTHY I WOULDN'T INCLUDE IT BECAUSE BUT I COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 90, I WOULD SAY 86% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPOND TO THIS SURVEY LIVED IN HUBER HEIGHTS.BECAUSE THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT.
THEY COULD SAY, BECAUSE I WORK HERE, I JUST DON'T LIVE HERE.
YEAH. SO WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE JOB? SO NOW WE KNOW YOU DON'T LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT WE CAN STILL USE YOUR DATA, BECAUSE WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE WAS WORK.
I SHOULD ALSO BE ASKING THE QUESTION, DO YOU WORK IN HUBER? BECAUSE ARE WE ONLY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HUBER? SO I THINK THIS IS WHY I'VE, YOU KNOW, HAD A CONTINUOUS DISCUSSION OF HAVING THE COMMISSION INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE IT HAS SOME VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE ON THE SCIENCE, AND WE KNOW THE SPECIFIC DATA THAT WE AS A COMMISSION, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET FROM THIS ASSESSMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS SHOULD THIS CONVERSATION SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED LIKE BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT OF THIS TEN FOUR LAUNCH. I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
AND I'M SITTING HERE A LITTLE PERTURBED BECAUSE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO LAUNCH IN TEN FOUR.
THERE'S STILL TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS TO BE EDITED.
WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID MARKETING PLAN.
IF WE AS A CITY ARE DON'T HAVE A SOLID MARKETING PLAN, IF WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE EFFORT BEHIND THAT TO GET THAT TIGHT, THEN I HAVE TO WONDER HOW HOW BLESSED ARE WE IN THIS PROCESS, IS MY QUESTION.
AT THIS POINT, WE SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MARKET THIS WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO LAUNCH, AND WHEN IS THAT LIKE TOMORROW? THAT'S TOMORROW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
GOTCHA. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME.
I MEAN, I PERSONALLY HAVE PUBLISHED RESEARCH IN A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL.
LIKE THIS WAS MY WHEELHOUSE AT ONE POINT.
LIKE, I WOULD NEVER COMPLETE RESEARCH USING A TOOL THAT I WASN'T TRACKING INFORMATION ON THE BACK END, WHICH DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
AND I JUST HAVE TO SECOND YOLANDA ON.
WE SHOULD HAVE OUR HANDS IN THIS BECAUSE THERE'S.
THIS ISN'T GOING TO GIVE US WHAT WE NEED IN A IN A FASHION THAT I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO FEEL LIKE IS SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO STAND ON.
IF WE DO GO WITH THIS VERSION, IT HAS TO BE A, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? OR IF YOU CLICK ON THIS ONE, THE NEXT ONE GRAYS OUT.
YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE A MORE STANDARDIZED WAY OF DOING THINGS SO THAT WE CAN PULL THE ANALYTICS AND THINGS OUT OF THE BACK END IF NEEDED. BECAUSE WE CAN'T SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE OPENED TO A BROAD COMMUNITY.
ARE WE ONLY TARGETING RESIDENTS? DO WE WANT TO KNOW IF PEOPLE CAME TO SHOP HERE AND HAD BAD EXPERIENCES BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER POPULATION? IF WE'RE OPENING IT TO THE GREATER DAYTON REGION OR YOU DRIVING THROUGH AND YOU HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND YOU ARE FROM TIMBUKTU, BUT YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THAT THIS THIS CAME UP.
SO THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES WHEN IT COMES TO WHO'S EXPERIENCES ARE WE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO KNOW FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES? IT'S A COMMUNITY AND THAT'S LIVE SHOP WORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT HAS TO BE A STRONGER RESEARCH TOOL.
WE CAN'T JUST HAVE 5000 ANONYMOUS PEOPLE ANSWERING A SURVEY AND NOT AT LEAST BE TRACKING IF IT SAYS, HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN HUBER HEIGHTS OR YOU DON'T LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS? GIVE US A ZIP CODE, MAYBE A CITY OR SOMETHING ELSE WHERE WE CAN SAY THEY'RE FROM THESE REGIONS OUTSIDE OF OF HUBER.
SO THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR ME THAT I THINK IS NEEDED FOR THIS.
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I MEAN, WELL, I. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.JUST DECIDE EITHER WE'RE OKAY WITH THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW OR WE'RE NOT OKAY.
WELL, LIST SOME STEPS OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
OKAY. SO LET'S LIST SOME STEPS SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
WE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE CITIZENS COMMENTS AND WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THINGS SO WE'RE FINE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH RAMA.
CAN WE PULL THIS BACK AND CAN WE GET A MEETING ON THE SCHEDULE FOR AT LEAST US, YOLANDA AND MYSELF.
I KNOW THAT YOU TOOK THE LEAD ON.
I'LL DO THIS. SO GRANTED, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, I DON'T KNOW, 12 HOURS OR SO.
I'LL FORWARD YOU GUYS THIS SURVEY.
I WOULD ASK IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO BE PLACED IN THE SURVEY.
ADD THOSE IF YOU WANT TO REWORD IT A DIFFERENT WAY, THAT'S GREAT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD ULTIMATELY KICK BACK TO ME AND THEN IT WOULD BE KICKED BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN HE HAS TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN, RIGHT.
YEAH. THEN WE'RE NOT LAUNCHING ON FRIDAY.
SO THEN WE WOULD GO THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK.
RIGHT. SO THAT THE SURVEY IS NOT OUT.
I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH PULLING IT.
WHO WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD LAUNCH TOMORROW OUTSIDE OF WHO WAS TOLD.
YEAH. LIKE WHO'S EXPECTING THIS TO BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW? OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL? NO ONE. OKAY.
NO, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF. NO, NO, NO, NO, I MADE A PROMISE TO THE CITIZENS LIKE, HEY.
OH, NO NO NO NO, NO ON THE WEBSITE OR WHATEVER.
YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO.
OKAY. BECAUSE THE NEXT THING IS ENDING.
AND THEN Y'ALL ARE GOING TO WORK ON AND WE'RE GOING TO REGROUP.
I WOULD JUST LIKE IT BY THE END OF BUSINESS TOMORROW.
OKAY. AND I WILL SEND IT TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
I LIKE IT BACK TO END OF BUSINESS TOMORROW.
OKAY. AND ARE YOU GIVING THE UPDATE ON CITY'S DIVERSITY TRAINING? OH, YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
JUST BRIEFLY, I TALKED TO H.R..
IT WAS JUST THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OBVIOUSLY DIVERSITY TRAINING IS KIND OF ONGOING.
ARE WE DONE? DO WE I OH, YOU HAD SOME.
YEAH. IS THIS SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WHAT IS THIS? RIGHT HERE.
WHAT IS THIS? RIGHT HERE? SHE WAS STILL ON THE THE.
HOLD ON. WELL, YOLANDA, YOU HAD.
WHAT'S THIS ONE WITH THE TIMES? WHAT'S THIS? THAT'S ME. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S.
OH, THAT'S JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE A SOFT IDEA OF SOME PRIORITY.
THINGS LIKE THIS IS A PRIORITY BECAUSE THIS IS DATE DRIVEN, RIGHT? SO THIS IS A PRIORITY.
SO WE JUST NEED TO SETTLE THIS.
BUT I ALSO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE MARKETING PLAN IS.
YOU SAID BY THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW.
THAT'S NOT HELPFUL TO ME I DON'T KNOW.
I'M WORKING ALL DAY TOMORROW SO I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD ASK.
SO MONDAY THE WORK DAY BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT WILL SEND IT.
SO THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEND IT TO ROB.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEND IT ON TUESDAY I GOT IT I GOT TO SEND IT I GOT TO SEND IT TO INTO JOHN.
I'D HAVE TO SEND IT BACK TO JOHN.
AND THEN EITHER WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, I'M SENDING IT BACK TO RAMO.
TO BE HONEST, YEAH, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS.
THERE'S NO RUSH TO GET THIS DONE THIS WEEKEND.
IF IT TAKES ANOTHER WEEK, I GET THE TIMELINE, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE IT DONE RIGHT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO THAT.
YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO BASED AND I DON'T I DON'T HAVE NOT READ THE MINUTIA OF THE CONTRACT.
IS THAT, LIKE DETRIMENTAL I DON'T THINK NO.
BECAUSE LIKE I, LIKE I MENTIONED, RIGHT.
BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP INTO THE HOLIDAYS.
RIGHT. SO THE NOTION WAS THEY COULD GET THIS OUT AND THEN HAVE THE INFORMATION, THE DATA BACK BY THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER AND THEN UNDERSTAND IT FROM THERE.
THEY CAN AT LEAST, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE GET A LISTENING SESSION 1 OR 2.
RIGHT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR BEFORE WE GET TO THE HOLIDAYS.
SO FOUR WEEKS IF LIKE TOMORROW WOULD LAUNCH, IT WOULD CLOSE LIKE NOVEMBER 1ST.
SO IF WE PUSH IT OUT A WEEK, IT WOULD CLOSE NOVEMBER 8TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST FULL WEEK IN NOVEMBER.
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BUT THAT AND THAT'S PROBABLY DOABLE IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.YEAH. YEAH. LIKE WE CAN WE CAN CALL IT LIKE WE CAN LIKE YOU SAID, SPEND THREE YEARS.
SO YEAH. SO IF WE GOT UNTIL MONDAY, CLOSE OF BUSINESS, CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
BACK TO YOU MONDAY. YOU GOT IT TO YOUR HIGHER UPS.
BY TUESDAY THEY COULD REVIEW IT HOWEVER LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR THEM TO REVIEW IT.
LET'S SAY THREE DAYS NOW INSTEAD OF THE WEEKEND.
THREE DAYS. GET IT BACK TO YOU.
AND THEN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY IT COULD LAUNCH.
YEAH. EITHER THAT I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S THAT'S NO, THAT'S SUPER FAST.
BUT LIKE ASSUMING NOBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO DO.
SO THEN, SO THEN THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD WHAT WOULD THAT BE NEXT WEEK.
SO AROUND WHEN THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO THEN NEXT WEEK FRIDAY IF THAT'S IF THAT'S MY CORRECT CALCULATIONS ON EVERYTHING.
THAT'S IF EVERYTHING DOESN'T GET HELD UP.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE GET THE EDITS EDITS GO TO JOHN JOHN WANTS TO MAKE EDITS.
SO THEN IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT IF YOU DIDN'T, WE IN MY OPINION, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION, THEN WE SHOULDN'T GET IT TO YOU BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MONDAY. WE SHOULD HAVE IT TO YOU BY LIKE NOON ON MONDAY.
BECAUSE TO ME, IN MY MIND, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE'RE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE TECHNICALITIES.
BUT THE THING IS, WE WANT TO DO THIS AND DO IT RIGHT, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO RUSH IT.
AND WE WANT TO GET THE DATA THAT WE NEED.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONFINE OURSELVES TO SAY, WE GOT TO GET THIS OUT.
RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM TOO.
SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THERE'S NO MARKETING PLAN WE'VE GOT THIS IS NOT SOLID.
THERE'S TOO MANY THINGS THAT ARE UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I GUESS I THINK, YEAH, IN THE MONDAY.
SO THEN MY QUESTION WOULD BE LIKE, SO IN EVERY RESEARCH YOU DO, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS GROUPS.
AND YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR LIMITATIONS AND YOUR SCOPE LIKE THEY ALREADY PUT OUT.
THEY DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE LGBT, THEY DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE YOUTH.
YOU JUST SAY THAT'S THE LIMITATION OF THE RESEARCH.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT. LIKE BECAUSE I DON'T TO EVERYONE'S POINT, I DON'T KNOW HOW I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SYSTEM OR A METHOD WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO CAPTURE A WHOLE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE PROBABLY ONLY GOING TO GET 3 TO 7% OF THE POPULATION ANYWAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO ROLL WITH, RIGHT? BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING A DIVERSE REPRESENTATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNLESS WE SEE THERE'S A DIVERSITY QUESTION ON IT.
I MEAN, IN TERMS OF NOT JUST I MEAN AGE, GOTCHA, DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL OF THAT.
IF I AM GOING IF I'M ONLY POSTING ON FACEBOOK, THE DEMOGRAPHIC I'M TARGETING, A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE THE AGE RANGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THAT'S A TARGET AUDIENCE. WELL, I'LL PUSH BACK.
WE DID A LIVABLE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
RIGHT. AND FROM THAT SURVEY IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE 400 PEOPLE.
AND LIKE I'M TALKING 18 TO 36, 36 TO 44 AND LIKE 55 PLUS, RIGHT? WE HAD A VERY STRONG REPRESENTATION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET INFORMATION LIKE LIKE IN THE 60 PERCENTILE. RIGHT? SO I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WE WOULD BE MISSING OUT ON ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE FOR THE ACTUAL SURVEY.
BUT I DO THINK ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST HOW RAMA IS TRYING TO DRIVE THE SURVEY.
THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE NUMBER THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT'S THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HOPING IN TWO WEEKS, HEY, IF WE'RE NOT AT THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE AT, WE WILL THEN SWITCH AND MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE WHERE THEY ARE BY THE END OF THE THE CYCLE.
BUT YOU HAVE. I THOUGHT THEY SAID NO.
THEY DON'T WANT TO. YEAH, I THOUGHT THEY SAID THEY TALKED TO THE SCHOOLS.
LET ME BACK UP. THOSE UNDER 18, THEY WANT THEY THEY SAID JUST FROM THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
RIGHT. THEY DIDN'T GET THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE SCHOOLS.
I GAVE THEM CONTACTS TO THE SCHOOLS.
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RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT.WHAT'S HIS NAME? PHOENIX OR WHATEVER.
I GAVE THEM CONTACT INFORMATION TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS.
THEY THEY MADE THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT WAS MISSING, RIGHT? WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S A SACRED GROUP, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL PERMISSION TO TALK TO THOSE STUDENTS.
YOU CAN'T JUST NOT TO THE STUDENTS, BUT JUST TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
RIGHT. BUT I BUT I BUT WHAT THEY SAID.
RIGHT. THEY MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS LGBT.
OKAY. THE SCHOOLS MEANING IT GOES OUT TO THE PARENTS.
GOTCHA. BUT TO THE PARENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S A LARGE POPULATION, RIGHT? I MISUNDERSTOOD MY BIAS.
CAN YOU GET A QR CODE FOR THE KEY SIGNS? WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO MARKET THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS AIR CONDITIONING IS SET ON, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M SITTING IN AN ICE BUCKET.
SO CAN WE UP THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I COME OUT OF MY OWN SKIN? YOU SAID. YOU SAID LIKE A QR CODE ON THE KIOSKS.
I'LL TALK TO. I'LL TALK TO SARAH.
I MEAN, I CAN MAKE YOU A QR CODE.
IT'S EASY. YOU COULD MAKE A QR CODE OFF OF THIS RIGHT HERE.
IF I SAY GOOGLE, USUALLY YOU JUST MAKE ONE.
ANYWAY, MOVING ALONG CITY'S DIVERSITY TRAINING IS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S ONGOING.
JUST BRIEFLY, I TALKED TO HR ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW THE QUESTION HAD POPPED UP ON THE AGENDA.
I JUST IT WASN'T ANYTHING IN DEPTH, BUT IT WAS JUST THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT DID NEED TO COME BACK UP AND THE CITY DID HAVE PLANS TO KIND OF REVISIT THE TOPIC.
ONE OF THE IS THIS, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRAINING, RIGHT? AS IS THAT WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS? PRETTY SURE IT WAS. YEAH.
SO THE HR DIRECTOR WASN'T HERE, SO I COULDN'T.
THAT'S WHERE I LOST THE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PLANNED.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF I HAD THAT, I WOULD HAVE GAVE IT TO YOU GUYS.
BUT I'LL COME BACK AND HOPEFULLY WHEN SHE COMES BACK NEXT WEEK, I'LL GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
WAS THAT A WEBINAR OR I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS LIKE A WEBINAR.
I THINK YOU DID A MIX UP OF HARASSMENT AND DIVERSITY TOGETHER.
WHAT AN HOUR. YOU SAID HARASSMENT AND WHAT.
GOTCHA. DO DO DO VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES ARE GOING ALONG REALLY WELL.
NEW REGISTRATION SEEMS TO BE MORE PAPER FORM NEEDED THAN THE ABILITY TO JUST REGISTER ONLINE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.
IS IT? AND THAT'S ALL, FOLKS, ON MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY, MONDAY THE SEVENTH.
SATURDAY WE WILL BE AT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
THE SATURDAY WILL BE AT THE FARMERS MARKET, WHICH IS MYSELF AND BYRAM, I BELIEVE, AND YOLANDA WILL BE AT THE YMCA. SOMEBODY WILL BE THERE.
AND IBRAHIM AND ERIC WILL HANG OUT AT THE YMCA.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JUMPING ON THIS.
VOTER REGISTRATION IS A HUGE THING.
PLEASE. SO THIS THIS WAS NOT JUST VOTER REGISTRATION.
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I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY REGISTERED OR MAY THINK THEY'RE REGISTERED.SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REGISTERED.
SO THE BULK OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE REGISTERED PEOPLE, BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE REGISTERED BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN ISSUES WITH VOTER PURGED FROM THE SYSTEM.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO UPDATE ADDRESSES FOR PEOPLE.
AND WHAT ELSE? VOTER LOCATION CHECK.
TRIFOLD. THE PURPOSE OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES.
I HAVE A MIC ON. SO NOBODY HEARD THAT.
NOBODY HEARD IT. OH, IT'S SO FUNNY.
SO WHEN DO YOU NEED ME TO GO DROP OFF EVERYTHING? ARE YOU IN CHARGE? SO KRISTY IS GOING TO DROP OFF THE HARD COPIES DOWN AT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TOMORROW.
THAT'S A BIG ASK TO ASK YOU TO GO DOWN THERE ON MONDAY.
I WOULDN'T BE COMFORTABLE GETTING HARD COPIES FOR MONDAY, BUT.
SO UNLESS PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO FILL OUT A HARD COPY, WE'LL FOCUS ON THE ONLINE REGISTRATIONS.
AND IF WE GET ANY, I CAN RUN THEM DOWN.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. I KNOW WHERE IT IS.
I MEAN, I THINK I HAVE TO GO GET MY TAGS ANYWAYS.
YOU'RE GIVING ME WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR IN THE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW.
SOUNDS GOOD. JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU GET ANY OF THAT.
I NEED TO TAKE DOWN ON MONDAY, AND I CAN DO THAT.
MAKING UP TIME. SEE HOW WE GO.
WE NEED TO DISCUSS VICE CHAIR.
CHAIR. AND THEN THESE COORDINATOR POSITIONS I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.
WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ADD THOSE TO THE LIST.
OR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE THE LEAD ON ANY OF THESE POSITIONS, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
IT'S KIND OF MY THOUGHT THAT DURING THESE MEETINGS, THOSE COORDINATORS WOULD COME BACK AND GIVE A, EXCUSE ME A MONTHLY UPDATE ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, COORDINATOR POSITION DUTIES.
AND THEN MOVE YOU KNOW, FORWARD WITH THOSE POSITIONS AS THEY STAND.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO OPEN THIS CONVERSATION, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE SHAWN COREY OWENS AS CHAIR AND ERIC RICHARDSON AS VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU TO MY FRIEND. OH THAT'S FUNNY.
I AGREE. FOR A SECOND, I SECOND.
WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS THE NOMINATION.
WAS THAT JUST LIKE AN IDEA? YEAH, A CONSTRUCT.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHAIR? VICE CHAIR FIRST? VICE CHAIR. CHAIR FIRST.
OKAY. IS THAT THE ONLY THING? RIGHT THERE. OKAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, BUT I DECLINE.
HOW DO YOU NOT LIKE THAT? YES, I DECLINE.
RESPECTFULLY, I RESPECTFULLY DECLINE TO KEEP OUT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR? MAYBE SOME FROM THE CHAIRS AND STANDING CHAIRS.
LIKE THE DUTIES, IF THAT WOULD HELP YOU.
MAYBE TO ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION?
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SURE. YEAH.MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WHAT YOUR DUTIES ARE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ABOUT IT? WOULD. VICE CHAIR.
WE NEVER OFFICIALLY VOTED ON THAT, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO BE A CONDUIT BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY.
SO ENGAGING IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ASKING THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PART OF IT.
YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AGENDA WITH, YOU KNOW, INPUT FROM EVERYONE.
WHAT ELSE THEY'RE OVERSEEING THAT EVERYTHING.
THE WHEELS ARE ROLLING AND PEOPLE ARE IN THE RIGHT SEATS AND EVERYTHING IS DONE.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING. YEAH.
WHICH TECHNICALLY DON'T NECESSARILY.
HAVING, LIKE, A SECRET DISCUSSION OVER THERE.
AND YOU POINTED QUESTIONS? NO, NO POINT OF QUESTIONS.
I SAID WHAT DID WHAT DID HE RESPECTFULLY DECLINED.
I THOUGHT HE WAS THE I WAS GETTING CLARIFICATION FOR WHAT HE DECLINED.
I WASN'T I DOUBT FOR A SECOND.
WELL YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CHAIR.
I THERE'S AN INTEREST, I DON'T KNOW.
NO, THAT'S WHY I SAID, LIKE, IT'S LIKE THERE'S INTEREST, BUT I, I.
MEAN, THERE'S INTEREST, BUT THERE'S NO BUT IT'S JUST THERE'S INTEREST.
I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I DON'T KNOW OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME.
YEAH. SO I WOULD IMAGINE YOU DO MORE THAN THESE FOUR THINGS.
SO THERE'S INTEREST, BUT THAT'S ONLY FOUR THINGS.
I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN FOUR FOR THINGS.
I FEEL LIKE IF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR KIND OF WORK TOGETHER.
AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE A SOLO JOB.
OH NO DOUBT. SO THERE IS I MEAN, ALTHOUGH ERIC DECLINED, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LOVE TO NOMINATE, YOU KNOW, IBRAHIM CHOCOLATES AS VICE CHAIR AND MAYBE YOU COULD HAVE A TEAMMATE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THEN TWO OF Y'ALL COULD DO IT TOGETHER.
I THINK COREY, I'LL I'LL GIVE YOU AN OUT IF YOU'D LIKE IT.
I YOLANDA AND I HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO RENEW MY POSITION AFTER NEXT YEAR WHEN I'M UP NEW YEAR'S EVE OF 2025, SO I DON'T COUNT THE DAYS.
I WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE THIS NEXT YEAR AGAIN, BECAUSE I'M KIND OF ENJOYING THIS YEAR TO GET YOU READY TO GO BEFORE I WALK AWAY.
IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO VICE CHAIR AND THEN GET YOU A SEASONED READY TO GO AND THEN HAND IT OVER.
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO CHAIR TO.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. I GOT AN OUT. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. BUT THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE OUT.
WHEN IS THE DECISION. IS THIS LIKE TODAY? NO. TODAY.
WELL, YOU GOTTA VOTE. WE CAN VOTE NEXT MONTH.
THIS GOES IN PLACE FOR JANUARY, RIGHT? JANUARY. JANUARY.
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IT GOES IN PLACE IN JANUARY, BUT WE CAN DELAY IT TILL WE CAN VOTE NEXT MONTH.KEVIN. CAN WE? YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, I CAN TALK TO YOLANDA ONLINE.
WE CAN GET YOU PREPPED IN THE NEXT DAY.
AND I HEARD ABRAHAM'S NAME IN THERE.
WE'RE CREATING A SUCCESSION PLAN.
YES. SEE HOW IT WORKS? YEAH. OKAY.
NEXT TIME. YEAH. NEXT MONTH, I THINK.
I THINK NEXT TIME I LEARNED MORE.
YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE.
NO, I SAID NEXT TIME, MAYBE I LEARN MORE.
ALL RIGHT. CONVERSATION STARTED.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FEELINGS OR WANT TO STEP UP FOR ANY OF THESE POSITIONS? I WAS THINKING LIKE A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, WHICH IS PRETTY SELF SUFFICIENT OR SELF-EXPLANATORY.
LIKE A COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR.
THE CITY CHARTER INFORMATION SESSIONS ARE HAPPENING TOMORROW OR ALREADY HAPPENED THIS WEEK.
IT GOES ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER FOR THE CHANGES TO THE CITY CHARTER CHARTER THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THERE ARE REDISTRICTING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW FOR CITY SCHOOLS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY TO KIND OF LIKE, LISTEN TO THE MEETINGS, REPORT BACK ON ANYTHING IMPORTANT HAPPENING THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME TYPE OF IMPACT TO OUR WORK HERE ON THIS COMMISSION.
ANYBODY FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO DO THE EXTRA WORK DOING THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR? YOU ARE DOING THAT, RIGHT.
CHRISTY, WHAT YOU DO IN THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR.
I THINK SHE WAS KIND OF A COMMUNICATOR.
WE DIDN'T USE VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR.
I GUESS, I MEAN, YEAH, IT WAS KIND OF LAST YEAR.
THE MULTICULTURAL. WELL, IS SHE INTERESTED? I MEAN, AS A COMMISSION, IF YOU GUYS.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION IF WE EVEN WANT TO DO THIS HONESTLY TO BEGIN WITH.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING LIKE AS A COMMISSION YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? YOU COULD CARE LESS ABOUT LIKE, THE COORDINATOR POSITIONS? I WAS JUST TRYING TO PUT SOME FRAMEWORK ON THE, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY MEETING TYPE AGENDA AND TO KEEP US IN AS MANY HANDS IN AS MANY PLACES AS POSSIBLE.
SO I GUESS WE COULD JUST START THERE.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE POSITIONS OR.
NO. I THINK I THINK THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
YEAH. SO I KIND OF HAD AN INTEREST IN THE COMMUNICATION.
OKAY. I KIND OF WAS THINKING OF YOU FOR THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOLUNTOLD ANYBODY, THOUGH.
YEAH. I THINK GENE WANTED TO BE LIKE THE CITY INFORMATION.
SHE MENTIONED SHE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THE COORDINATOR POSITIONS ARE ARE NEEDED.
WHO'S GOING TO BE OUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR? I CAN BE A VOLUNTEER CALLER.
WHAT ABOUT, LIKE LIKE AN EDUCATIONAL COORDINATOR OR SOMEBODY, LIKE THAT IS LOOKING FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US OR PLACES WHERE WE CAN DO THESE FORUMS THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ALSO CONSIDER HERE OR NO.
THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M LOSING MY STEAM.
WE'LL STICK WITH THESE FOR NOW, AND THEN WE CAN ADD AS WE SEE FIT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL MY BRAIN IS.
YEAH. LET'S CAN I MAKE MY OWN MOTION? IS THAT POSSIBLE? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. WOULD SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THESE COORDINATOR POSITIONS, PLEASE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE COORDINATOR POSITIONS WITH THE ADDITION THAT WE MAY ADD IN THE FUTURE AS WE SEE FIT AS A COUNCIL, AS A COMMISSION. I SECOND.
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I DON'T WANT TO BEAT THIS HORSE TOO MUCH.I'M NOT TRYING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BRING ANYTHING TO HUBER HEIGHTS.
THAT IS, THAT IT'S A IT'S A HARD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WHEN WE'RE MOVING TO NEW BUSINESS AND WE'RE MOVING TO THIS, THIS PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORT OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY.
YEAH. OH, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT COMPLETELY? SHE'S HERE TO REIGN IN MY ADHD.
TWO STEPS. DO WE NEED TO VOTE AS A ROLL CALL TO NOTE THAT YOU CAN DO A DO A? YEAH, OR.
EXCUSE ME. LET ME USE THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY.
ALL OPPOSED? OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE BAD.
YOLANDA. I MEAN, IS EVERYBODY REALLY OKAY WITH THAT? I DON'T LIKE RECOMMENDING MYSELF FOR THINGS I SHOULDN'T.
YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATION THING SEEMS TO BE THE BEST FIT FOR ME.
GIRL, I MEAN, RECOMMEND YOURSELF FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I RECOMMEND I RECOMMEND CHRISTIE FOR THE COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR.
NOW WE'VE MOVED ON, RIGHT? WE ALREADY VOTED AND PASSED.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I DIDN'T HAVE YOU IN MIND WHEN I CREATED THAT POSITION.
I RECOMMEND GENE NEWBY FOR THE CITY INFORMATION COORDINATOR.
SO IN THIS NEXT CONVERSATION, IT IS A HOT BUTTON TOPIC.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE POLARIZING.
I'M NOT EVEN TRYING TO TO HAVE A POLITICAL STANCE ON ANY SUPPORT OTHER THAN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD DESERVES SUPPORT FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA, AND IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE MY SUGGESTION THAT HUBER HEIGHTS DO A PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD.
GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE, I DON'T WANT TO BEAT THAT TOO FAR ON LIVE STREAM VIDEO, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT CLIMATE SURROUNDING THIS.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHEN I SAY THAT WHY I'M SAYING THAT I AM NOT ONE THAT LIKES TO WALK ON EGGSHELLS, AND I, I'M JUST NEVER GOING TO BE THAT PERSON.
AND SO WITH ME, YOU SEE WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS.
AND I WILL ALWAYS STAND IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE AND AND ON DUE HARM.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY, MY BADGE FOREVER.
SO IF WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AS THE GROUP IT GOES TO.
AND THAT'S ALL. IF THEY PICK IT UP, THEY PICK IT UP.
SO THE THE THE PROCLAMATION WOULD COME FROM THE COMMISSION.
THE CITY, THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND THERE'S IS AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT IT COULD COME.
JUST FROM THE COMMISSION, I FEEL LIKE WE COULD WRITE A LETTER IN SUPPORT AND I'LL SIGN.
I THINK THAT'S A VALUABLE OPTION AS WELL, I GUESS IT FOR ME, IT'S MORE SUBSTANTIAL.
BUT I JUST THINK IF IT WAS BYRUM'S COMMUNITY OR ONE OF THE OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT WE SUPPORT SO WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN THIS AREA.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW WOULD THAT WOULD FEEL IF THEY WERE EXPERIENCING THESE SAME THREATS, ACCUSATIONS, WHATEVER. AND SO LET'S SAY WE VOTE TO SUPPORT THE PROCLAMATION.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULD MENTION, BUT IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ON THEIR AGENDA.
IN ALL HONESTY, AT THIS TIME, IT'LL PROBABLY BE SO LONG FROM NOW THAT IT PROBABLY WON'T BE VERY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE MOVED ON TO THE NEXT.
YEAH, I FIGURED YOU'D SAY THAT.
YEAH. SO WHAT CAN BE DONE THAT HAS AN IMMEDIATE I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE HUBER HEIGHTS TO EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH TO THE VENDORS AND THE PERFORMERS OF THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL
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THAT WAS CANCELED IN SPRINGFIELD.IT WAS UNSAFE FOR THEM TO HOLD THEIR CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I THINK THAT AT A MINIMUM, IT WOULD BE VERY NICE FOR OUR PARKS AND REC TO EXTEND AN OLIVE BRANCH.
I KNOW THE TIMING IS LIKE TWO SECONDS AWAY FROM OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, VENDORS AND, AND PEOPLE IMPACTED.
AND CAN WE, YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY TO INVITE THEM IF IT'S JUST REACHING OUT TO SPRINGFIELD TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET AHOLD OF THOSE PEOPLE THROUGH WHATEVER GROUP PUT THAT. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE CITY FESTIVAL.
YEAH. I THINK AT A MINIMUM I WOULD BE.
THAT WAS MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT AS A MINIMUM, THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO INVITE THEM TO ATTEND OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
HALF AN HOUR DOWN THE ROAD IS THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
IT IS, I AGREE. IT'S LIKE 30S AWAY.
BUT WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF THE MULTICULTURAL THIS YEAR.
CAN WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? JEFFREY, PLEASE? YEAH, YEAH, I CAN SEND AN EMAIL.
I'LL SEE SARAH TOMORROW, SO I CAN YOU'LL GET TO.
I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WHAT DO YOU THINK THE, THE TEMPERATURE ON THAT WOULD BE.
I, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL IF IT'S A YES OR NO, BUT NO, RIGHT.
YEAH. LIKE THE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING.
RIGHT. YOU COULD YOU COULD EASILY DO THAT IF THEY SAY YES OR THEY CAN.
COOL. NOT TO PUT IT SO BLUNTLY LIKE THAT, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, AND THAT'S, IT'S JUST THE UNDERSTANDING OF WE GOT TO FUND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GOING TO BE THERE.
SO I GUESS THAT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, DIGGING ON MY PART.
I CAN SEE WHERE THAT KIND OF LEADS ME TO.
IT'S A NICE IT'S A NICE WAY TO EXTEND SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WITHOUT A PROCLAMATION.
BUT WE STILL NEED TO DECIDE, DO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL OR NOT? I'M OKAY WITH MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
I MEAN, AGAIN, IT'S IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
WHETHER THEY PICK IT UP OR NOT IS KIND OF OUT OF OUR HANDS.
I AGREE THAT A MOTION AND A SECOND OR I MOVE, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR PROCLAMATION FOR THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY IN SPRINGFIELD.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR ARE WE JUST CALLING TO VOTE? WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY ABSTENTIONS? WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION NOW.
YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
YEAH. WHAT'S THE DISCUSSION? YOU OWE ME A COKE WAITING TO BE ADDRESSED.
WAIT. OKAY, NO, I THINK, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
YOU WRITE THE PROCLAMATION, THEN WHAT? WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? I MEAN, WE'VE DONE PROCLAMATIONS FOR MANY THINGS.
NOTHING. I MEAN, THERE WAS A PROCLAMATION THAT THAT RACISM WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
RIGHT? I MEAN, THE COMMISSION WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER FORUMS. WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THAT UP WITH SOME OTHER THINGS.
WELL, WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THE OLIVE BRANCH CULTURAL.
SORRY. YES I'M SORRY. QUESTION IS THEN WHAT? OKAY. I THINK IF WE TRULY WANT TO DO SOMETHING, WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO AND HOW TO PROPERLY GO ABOUT DOING THAT. I, I WOULD BE MY THAT'S MY DISCUSSION POINT.
RIGHT. I, I DON'T SEE IT AS AN ISSUE.
RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE ON YOUR OWN ABLE BODIES, RIGHT? I MEAN, SOMEONE COULD KIND OF TAKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD IN IT, RIGHT? AND TRYING TO TALK TO THOSE IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
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WHETHER THAT BE HERE OR THAT BE SPRINGFIELD.RIGHT. YOU KIND OF HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S ACTION, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF BE FACE TO FACE.
YOU CAN BE LIKE TRYING TO GET A GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THAT'S LIKE MY SENSE IN THE MATTER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ACTION.
I MEAN, WHY CAN'T THERE BE A FEW SMALL STEPS TO GET SOME SORT OF BALL ROLLING TO WHERE THAT COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY 20 OR 30 MINUTES AWAY THAT IS AWARE OF THEIR PLIGHT, IS AWARE OF THEIR COMMUNITY SITUATIONS AND UNDERSTANDS AND IS THERE FOR THEM.
YEAH. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE IMMIGRANTS, FOR THE HAITIANS, FOR EVERY PERSON THAT LIVES IN THAT CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL FEELING THE REPERCUSSIONS.
MAYBE THAT'S AN IDEA THAT ALL THE COMMISSION SHOWS UP.
WE'RE USING THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU GUYS TO DO SOMETHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE WE TRULY WANT ACTION, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, AGAIN, MY $0.02 AND IN THE IDEA OR THE DISCUSSION.
I MEAN IDEAS, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL, THOUGH.
YEAH. SO, I MEAN, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION HOLDS MORE MORE WEIGHT.
RIGHT. WHEN IT'S JUST WHETHER IT'S ONE OF YOU VERSUS NINE OF YOU.
RIGHT. SO NINE OF NINE ARE UP THERE.
THAT'S THAT'S FEELS A LOT BOLD.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY BOLDER, BUT BIGGER.
I'M BOLD ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US, I PROMISE YOU.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? I THINK THERE'S AN ASK FROM THE CITY FOR ACTION.
SPECIFIC ACTION? I DON'T THINK. WELL, IN MY RECOMMENDATION, I WASN'T ASKING.
I WAS ASKING JUST FOR A PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT.
WE HAD THE SAME PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORT DURING THE ASIAN HATE ISSUES.
WE'VE DONE PROCLAMATIONS FOR MANY THINGS SINCE THIS COMMISSION HAS STARTED.
IT WAS JUST MY IDEA IN, IN WATCHING ALL OF THIS UNFOLD AND THE, THE, THE VICIOUSNESS OF HOW THIS HAPPENED NOT SO, YOU KNOW, SHOCKINGLY, THAT THIS WAS PREDICATED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS MARCHING THROUGH SPRINGFIELD WITH NAZI FLAGS.
SO FOR ME, IT'S IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THAN JUST THAT ONE PIECE OF IT. BUT NOBODY DESERVES TO BE HARASSED WHERE THEY LIVE, AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL IMMIGRATION STATUS THAT ARE COMING FROM LITERAL HELL AND JUST TRYING TO CARVE OUT A SMALL PIECE OF ACTUAL PEACE.
SO I'M GOING TO GET OFF MY SOAPBOX QUICKLY.
IF I MAY, JUST LIKE AN ACTION WOULD BE MAYBE OFFERING A SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW COULD MAYOR GORE REACH OUT TO SPRINGFIELD SPRINGFIELD'S MAYOR AND JUST EXTEND THAT? COULD THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IS THAT IN TERMS OF AN ACTION THAT WE COULD I, I RIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED OR NOT.
I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING IT HAS.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK JUST WITHIN THE BALLPARK OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR, I THINK I THINK THE ACTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S EITHER YES OR NO.
RIGHT. SO IF IF WE GET TO THAT, YOU GUYS ASK THAT WE SEE WHERE IT LANDS, RIGHT? AND THEN I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
WHAT WHAT CAN YOU GUYS, I MEAN, AS A COMMISSION DO TO KIND OF BE SUPPORTIVE WHEN WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT IS HUBER HEIGHTS OR WHETHER THAT IS SPRINGFIELD.
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SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S NINE, RIGHT? WE CAN BRAINSTORM ON WHAT ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN PLACE IN, IN, IN THE SHORT TERM TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BE SUPPORTIVE. RIGHT.I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A FIELD TRIP TO SPRINGFIELD.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A COALITION.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BIG, RIGHT? I DON'T I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE BIG.
RIGHT. IT'S JUST THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, YOU GUYS CAN YOU CAN.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO GO BIG, BUT YOU CAN ALSO KEEP IT SMALL.
IF, IF, IF, IF THAT'S THE GAME PLAN TO JUST AN IDEA.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A VOTE? YEAH. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
ROLL CALL PLEASE. YOU WANT A ROLL CALL OR YOU WANT A VOICE? I THINK WE NEED A ROLL CALL.
YES. MR. RICHARDSON. YES, MISS TROTTER? YES, MR. OWENS? YES.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
WHAT TIME IS IT, ERIC? WHAT TIME IS IT? 725.
WHAT TIME DOES THE SCHEDULE SAY? 25. MAN TO THE MINUTE.
LET'S GO. JUST PLAYING MLK UPDATES.
WE SPOKE WITH MISS SARAH THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS AT THE VOTER REGISTRATION AT THE FARMERS MARKET.
AND TO DO NEXT YEAR, LIKE A CULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT NOT A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
JUST A CULTURAL FESTIVAL JUST FOR A TURKISH COMMUNITY LIKE SOMETIMES IN MAY WILL THAT WILL BE OKAY FOR US TO DO CULTURAL FESTIVAL? NO, JUST A CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
JUST A JUST A JUST FOR TURKISH.
YES. BUT COMMISSION SANCTIONED OR PERSONAL? I MEAN, I WANT TO DO THE COMMISSION.
I GUESS THAT'S THE, THAT'S THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ASK.
THAT'S I MEAN CAN WE DO AS A COMMISSION OR I JUST GO WITH SARAH AND JEFFREY OR THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE AND I'M ALL ABOUT IT.
IF WE COULD GET IT FROM A CITY LEVEL, BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS WE WOULD NEED TO START DOING, YOU KNOW, HISPANIC FESTIVAL, TURKISH FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW HOWEVER MANY I MEAN, IT COULD JUST GO ON AND ON FROM THERE.
FROM STARTING, WHICH WAS WAS A RECOMMENDATION I MADE TWO YEARS AGO.
YEAH. LET ME LET ME CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE MONTH IN SOME CAPACITY BY THE CITY.
YEAH. OUT OF COMMISSION FUNDS.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA? YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. BUT WHAT BYRON WE CAN DO IS FOR ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO WHENEVER YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA, THEN YOU CAN LET MYSELF AND TARA KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
OKAY. IS IS MAY LIKE A SPECIFIC LIKE A IS THAT LIKE A TURKISH HERITAGE MONTH OR.
I MEAN, NO, BUT MAY I THINK MAY LESS BUSY.
I GET IT. AND WE CAN DO LIKE END OF MAY, BABY.
BECAUSE OF ALL THE KIDS ALREADY OFF SCHOOL.
AND MY IDEA WAS, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, I DON'T WANT TO.
SO EVERYBODY CAN BE INVOLVED AND WE CAN DO LIKE BIG, LIKE BIG FESTIVAL, LIKE SOCCER.
I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
LIKE WITH LIKE BIG, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK BIG.
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CAN YOU JUST KIND OF PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER IN LIKE SOME TYPE OF A RECOMMENDATION AND BRING THAT BACK FOR NEXT MONTH, LIKE, LIKE WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE JUST IN MIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS OKAY AS AND ACTUALLY PUT SOME TIME ON IT.I'LL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, TIME.
OKAY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FROM A CITY LEVEL WHERE THE HERITAGE MONTHS ARE CELEBRATED IN SOME CAPACITY. AND THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT WAY INTO THAT.
THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT KIND OF DIED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
OH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WAS A RECOMMENDATION.
BUT THE OTHER HALF OF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS THE TRANSLATION BUTTON, WHICH DID ACTUALLY GET DONE.
SO SO THERE IS A POSITIVE CHECK MARK.
THERE WAS TWO PARTS TO THAT RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT MONTH WE'LL GET AN UPDATE.
YES. THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE.
OKAY. TWO THINGS I WON'T REMEMBER THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT BECAUSE THE WORLD IS ON.
FAST FORWARD. YOLANDA? YEAH. SO WE'RE PLANNING FOR MLK NEXT YEAR TO KEEP THE SAME SORT OF SETUP IN TERMS OF HAVING A PROGRAM. OUR PLAN OUR DRAFT PLAN, PENDING COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL IS TO HAVE A BREAKFAST AT THE SCHOOL.
SO WE STILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF CONNECTING YOUR NEIGHBORS, MEETING SOMEONE NEW DIVERSE, AND THEN HAVE OUR PROGRAM, AS WE HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, SAME OLD, SAME OLD.
YOU CALLED THE COPS ON US? TOLD THEM YOU WERE GETTING OUT OF POCKET FOR ME.
YEAH, I'LL PROBABLY RUN MY PLATES BECAUSE THEY EXPIRE THIS WEEKEND.
SO THAT IS THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE GETTING THERE. SO WE'RE NOT DOING A DINNER.
SO THE COMMITTEE DECIDED NOT TO DO A DINNER BECAUSE.
YEAH, LOGISTICALLY, TO FIGURE OUT A PLACE, THE FOOD.
A BIG BANQUET TAKES LONGER THAN WE HAVE TO PULL IT OFF.
YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING IS WE KIND OF WEIGHED THE PROS AND CONS OF THINGS, AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WE'VE CHANGED THINGS EVERY YEAR.
WE'VE CHANGED THE FORMAT SOMEWHAT.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
AND, BYRON, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN HERE.
BUT OUR NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE HAD IT.
SO I THINK WE STAY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WORKS AND THEN TWEAK, YOU KNOW, SMALL THINGS.
THEN I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THE PROGRAM.
I THINK THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NEXT YEAR, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY.
AND WE CAN STAY WITH THAT PROGRAM ALL THE TIME.
WHY NOT DINNER? BECAUSE THAT'S AN OFF DAY, AND I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO SPEND THE TIME WITH THE FAMILY, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S IN THE MORNING.
SO THAT'S BE LIKE UNTIL LUNCH TIME AND EVERYBODY IS FREE AFTER LUNCH TIME.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DO IN THE MORNING LIKE COFFEE, TEA OR WHATEVER AND MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS, LIKE YOU SAID, AND THEN GO TO THE PROGRAM AND FINISH THE EVENT.
YEAH. SO WE INITIALLY WANTED TO DO THE DINNER.
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WITH THE SCHOOL PER SE, BECAUSE SHE WAS A COUNSELOR THERE THEN, SO SHE HAD THE RESOURCES OF THE SCHOOL.SHE HAD THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION WHERE THEY HAD IT.
THE ATHLETIC FOUNDATION WON'T LET US HAVE IT THERE.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO SINCE IT'S WORKED, WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MARKETING PIECE.
SO IS IT MORE THE LOCATION OR IS IT THE FOOD LOCATION? YOU MEAN TO HAPPEN LIKE A DINNER? WHAT THE ISSUE IS, IS IT IS HAVING A LOCATION.
IT'S THE AMOUNT OF WORK, THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE LOCATION.
SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE ALL THOSE THINGS OUT.
BUT NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, 26, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT CAN BE USED THAT WILL COST YOU.
SO YOU HAD THE COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU HAD THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO IT WAS TO MY IDEA THAT A DINNER WOULD WORK.
I MAY HAVE HAD YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TOO.
I GUESS THE DECISION IS ALREADY MADE.
AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR. YEAH, FOR 25 NEXT YEAR.
WE LOVE TO ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF DOING A DINNER.
SO SO IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE DECISION FOR THE BREAKFAST, FOR THE BREAKFAST AND PROGRAM.
NOW GIVE ME ALL THAT INFORMATION YOU WANT TO SIT ON THAT GROUP.
LET LET ME GET IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION LET ME GET AS MUCH OF THAT BACKGROUND HELP THAT YOU GUYS NEED. OBVIOUSLY, I NEED TO START A PO.
IF YOU GUYS PICK THE VENDOR WHO'S GOING TO DO FOOD, WE CAN GET THAT NOW.
WE CAN. WE CAN START THAT STUFF NOW.
SO THEN COME JANUARY, WE JUST BASICALLY GOT TO SHOW UP.
WE FIRST HAVE TO GET THE GO AHEAD WITH THE SCHOOL.
THAT SEEMS TO BE A BARRIER TO A LOT OF THINGS OKAY.
GO AHEAD TO DO IT IN TANDEM WITH THE SCHOOL YOU MEAN RIGHT.
SO IF THE SCHOOL SAYS NO, THEN WHAT DO WE DO? I MEAN, WE RENT THE PERFORMING ARTS.
YEAH, YEAH, WE YEAH, WE PAY PAYING THE LABOR FOR THE PERSON TO DO THE.
IT'S NOT IN TANDEM WITH THE SCHOOL CURRENTLY.
YES. WE'RE UTILIZING THEIR SPACE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE WANT TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP TO DO THIS WITH THE ATHLETICS.
IT WAS REALLY MY MY IDEA WAS TO DO A FUNDRAISER OF TYPES WITH THE ATHLETICS AT THE SCHOOL, WHICH MY SON SAYS IS UNFAIR BECAUSE THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS HUGE AND HE PLAYS SOCCER, BUT DO SOME TYPE OF A FUNDRAISER WHERE IT'S 5050, THEY KEEP HALF THE FUNDS AND THE OTHER HALF IS DONATED TO A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION OF THEIR CHOICE AND DO SOME TYPE OF A COMPETITION, AND THEN DO THAT AT THE DINNER WITH THE PROGRAM AND THE THEME AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GROW AND THINK ABOUT.
I MEAN, BY THE TIME WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT APPROVING LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
IT'S WOULD BE NOVEMBER AT LEAST.
LOGISTICALLY, IT'S JUST NOT GREAT.
SO THE WORKING GROUP DID MEET ON THIS.
BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO ADD YOU AND ERIC TO THIS WORKING GROUP.
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LAST MONTH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD ME ON THAT.
AND WE DO. I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL SUCH THAT WE WORKED WITH THEM LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, WITH THE WITH THE CULTURE. YEAH. THEY'RE WHAT'S IT CALLED? CULTURE STUDENT GROUP.
AND SO THEY HELPED US GET TALENT.
THEY PUT IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THEY I THINK THEY GAVE US I DON'T I THINK WE JUST HAD TO PAY FOR THE PERSON, THE OVERTIME PERSON.
AND THEY GAVE US THE SPACE FOR FREE.
SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM.
WE'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
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GET THE KIDS INVOLVED.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE? NO. IF ANYONE HAS ANY FEEDBACK ON THE PROGRAM OR TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE PLEASE LET SOMEONE ON THE TASK GROUP KNOW.
SHARE YOUR INPUT AND THOUGHTS.
JUNETEENTH NEXT YEAR IS ON A THURSDAY.
WE'VE HISTORICALLY HELD HELD JUNETEENTH ON FATHER'S DAY, BUT THE KIND OF REASONING BEHIND THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR.
JUNETEENTH WAS THE DAY AFTER FATHER'S DAY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HELD IT ON FATHER'S DAY.
AND THEN IT WAS TUESDAY AND SO ON.
I MEAN, WE HAVE HELD THIS EVENT ON FATHER'S DAY EVERY YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD THIS EVENT.
SO WE NEED TO DECIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT ON THAT DAY OR SINCE JUNETEENTH IS ON A THURSDAY THIS YEAR, WE COULD MOVE IT TO THE SATURDAY AFTER AND NOT DO IT ON FATHER'S DAY.
THE ISSUE IS JUST THAT WE'VE HAD THE FATHER'S DAY, JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL OR MUSIC FESTIVAL.
HOWEVER, WE'VE WE'VE BILLED THIS EVERY YEAR.
SO KIND OF THE TWO QUESTIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, DO WE LEAVE IT ON FATHER'S DAY? AND IF WE DON'T, DO WE MOVE IT TO THE SATURDAY AFTER? I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD HAVE IT ON JUNETEENTH.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY HAS THAT DAY OFF.
QUESTIONS? THOUGHTS? FEELINGS.
I COULD GIVE A CRAP LESS ABOUT FATHER'S DAY.
THAT'S NOT MY FEELING ABOUT THIS.
THERE ARE FOUR MEN SITTING DOWN HERE THAT ALL HAVE CHILDREN.
SO. AND PEOPLE HAVE SPOUSES BESIDES ME.
SO I THINK FATHER'S DAY IS FINE.
YOU WOULD BE THE VOICES WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
FATHER'S DAY IS FINE. GENTLEMEN WEIGH IN.
WE CAN DRAG OUR FOLKS OUT THIS WAY.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY. YOU'LL SEE IT FOR THE WHOLE DAY.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING.
OKAY. WE LEAVE IT ON FATHER'S DAY.
DO YOU WANT TO SET A WORKING GROUP FOR THAT? SO WE CAN GET ON TOP OF THIS THIS YEAR? OR IS EVERYBODY GOING TO TAKE A PIECE? I THINK THAT'S THE BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
WHO'S CHAIRING IT? WHO WANTS TO LEAD UP JUNETEENTH THIS YEAR AND DELINEATE EVERYONE'S TASKS? NOT JUST ONE PERSON TAKING EVERYTHING.
ONE PERSON TELLS EVERYBODY, THIS IS WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO.
AND THEN YOU COME BACK AND TELL ME WHEN IT'S DONE.
I'LL EAT IT UP. I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT UP.
YOU KNOW I DON'T. I'LL LEAD IT UP.
I HAVE OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER, SO I DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING UNTIL I LIKE.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE LEAD, ERIC.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB. SO I'M WITH THAT.
NO NO NO NO NO. THERE WAS A ERIC IN A SUPPORTING ERIC BECAUSE YOU ARE A SUPPORT ERIC IS NUMBER ONE.
OF COURSE WE'RE ALL EXPECTED TO TAKE A PIECE OF THESE BIG EVENTS.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO A CALL COLD TO.
WHAT ARE WE? IS IT A CHAIR? ARE WE CALLING YOU A CO-CHAIR? A CO-CHAIR? I DIDN'T KNOW WHATEVER.
LIKE WHAT WORD ARE YOU SAYING? BECAUSE I'M STARTING TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSION PLANNING.
ALL RIGHT, COREY, YOUR CO CHAIR, YOU GOT VOLUNTOLD.
LAST TIME. I SUPPORT YOU, BRO.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN GETTING HIS TOWEL FOR HIS FACE.
GETTING HIM WATER. YEAH, HE DID THE SUPPORTING ACTOR EVERYTHING MYSELF.
I DON'T THINK THE CITY IS GOING TO GET US A TENT BEFORE NEXT YEAR, BUT I WILL SAY THAT OUR TENT RENTAL DID SPARK THE CONVERSATION THAT THE CITY WANTS TO PUT THOSE SHADE SAIL THINGS OVER THAT AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS WHOLE TIME.
SO EVEN THOUGH I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT VOTED NO ABOUT THAT TENT, IT DID DO ITS JOB.
ONE WORD ABOUT YOUR VOTE. I KNOW THAT WORD.
BUT I DO THINK WE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
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I THINK ONE OBVIOUSLY, I THINK JUNETEENTH WAS.I THINK IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD.
I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER.
PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT, OBVIOUSLY THE TALENT DRAW THAT WE HAVE.
MORE INCLUSIVE OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS INVITED AND TO COME OUT.
SO I THINK THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS TO DO.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN TRY TO TRY SOME MORE THINGS TO TRY TO HELP WITH THE SON BECAUSE THE WAY IT SITS AT THAT TIME OF DAY.
AND IT MAY BE INCREASED TO HOURS.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS I THINK, THAT WE COULD LOOK AT TO TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WHAT WAS THE TIME? IT WAS THIS YEAR.
DID WE BUMP IT UP TO FOUR? I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. WE DID 4 TO 9.
THE ACTUAL PROGRAM STARTED AT FIVE.
OUR. ALL OF OUR VENDORS DID VERY WELL.
I THINK WE HAVEN'T EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
SO? SO I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD DO IS GET A TEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T MIND GOING TO HANG OUT WITH THEM AND THAT KIND OF DEAL. SO I BELIEVE WE COULD DO THAT.
THE DORA AREA WAS WONDERFUL, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF.
WHERE PEOPLE COULD WALK AROUND AND HAVE THEIR BEVERAGES.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THAT WAS PERFECT THIS YEAR.
THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK AND I THINK WITH THAT TOO WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE.
AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE KIND OF GOT THE CHAMBER IN KIND OF LATE ON THE DEAL, BUT TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THE FRONT SIDE CAN KIND OF HELP WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT, THE MARKETING.
SO THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION COULD DO IS I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL LIKE INVISIBLE ON FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU GOT TO GET THERE AND WE GOT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IS WHAT WE DO.
NOW, I MAY NOT POST ON MY PAGE, BUT I BELONG ON OTHER PAGES WHERE I WAS POSTING THESE.
CRAZY, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WE COULD PROBABLY DO TO KIND OF HELP A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT DOCTOR CYNTHIA DID A GREAT JOB FOR THAT WITH US.
SO WE CAN KIND OF EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
WE ALSO GRABBED SOME PEOPLE FROM THE WATER PARK TOO.
CORRECT? YEP. SOME PEOPLE FROM THE WATER PARK CAME OVER.
YEAH, I THINK OVERALL IT WENT REALLY WELL THIS YEAR.
LIKE, IT WASN'T IT WASN'T TERRIBLE.
WELL, ERIC, I APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK FOR THAT.
OKAY. OUR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL FOR 2025.
OPTION TWO IS WE GO ON AND GO ON LIKE WE'VE BEEN GOING ON WITH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND SET A DATE AND DO IT THE SAME WAY WE'VE DONE IT, LIKE WE WILL DO JUNETEENTH.
I GUESS THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
IF WE CHOOSE OPTION TWO, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHEN, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
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IF WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING CULTURE WEEK, IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE EVENTS TWO WEEKENDS IN A ROW.AND THEN IT'S 4TH OF JULY AND CITY STAFF ARE OVERDONE.
TIRED OF NOT BEING HOME ON THE WEEKENDS, BLAH BLAH BLAH.
THANK YOU. GO. I, I'M THINKING WE SHOULD GO WITH THE SECOND OPTION.
I THINK THAT'S THE BEST MONTH.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RAINY.
I MEAN, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE, BUT MOST LIKELY NO.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO START IT, LIKE 12:00 PM AND WE CAN CONTINUE UNTIL SEVEN, CALL IT, IT'S OVER AT SEVEN. WE USUALLY DO LIKE 12 TO 12 TO SIX.
12 TO 7. YEAH, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HOT.
FAIR. I MEAN, IN JUNE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, MR., IT'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON EVERY WEEK AND EVERY WEEKEND, AND THE PEOPLE AND THE CITY STAFF IS JUST TIRED, AND IT'S JUST TOO HOT.
I MEAN, IT WAS EVEN JUNETEENTH.
LIKE I MEAN, I WOULDN'T HAVE PEOPLE FALLING OUT IN FOOD TRUCKS IF IT WEREN'T SPICY.
EXACTLY. I, I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.
I MEAN, I'M OPEN TO, OF COURSE, DISCUSSION AMONGST THIS WHOLE GROUP.
OCTOBER CAN BE HIT OR MISS, BUT GENERALLY IT'S NICE.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GORGEOUS NEXT WEEKEND.
WHEN THEY HAVE THIS THE WEEKEND AFTER THIS.
WHEN THEY HAVE THIS FESTIVAL, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS OUT.
SO I GUESS THAT'S THE THIRD OPTION OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, DO WE GIVE IT TO THE CITY? DO WE KEEP IT OURSELVES? AND IF WE KEEP IT OURSELVES, WHERE ARE WE? WHAT ARE WE DOING IT.
I SAY WE SHOULD. OH. GO AHEAD.
YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEKEND IS THE YELLOW SPRINGS STREET FAIR.
I DON'T KNOW. I WISH THEY MIGHT HAVE RETHOUGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE MULTICULTURAL FEST IS RIGHT.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BUT OKAY.
WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY IF WE GIVE IT OVER TO THE CITY OR THE YELLOW SPRINGS FESTIVAL.
WHAT DATE? YEAH. WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY? OH, THE YELLOW SPRINGS STREET FAIR.
THE CITY'S MULTICULTURAL IS HAVING OUR CITY'S THING.
YEAH. SO ANYWAY I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO AVOID THE SECOND WEEKEND.
YEAH. IS THAT WHEN IT'S ALWAYS THE SECOND WEEKEND? YEAH. FIRST WEEKEND? YEAH.
YEAH. THE STREET FAIR IS ALWAYS THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE ONE IN JUNE, WHICH IS THE FIRST.
I THINK THESE ARE IMPORTANT DATES TO KIND OF JUST THROW OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY BIG FESTIVAL THAT DRAWS A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHICH IS HOW WE ALWAYS ENDED UP JUST KEEPING IT WHERE IT WAS ON THE CALENDAR, BECAUSE TRYING TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A NIGHTMARE.
YEAH. IN MAY, YOU KNOW, MOTHER'S DAY IS THE 11TH.
JUNE, I REALLY, REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE THE CITY STAFF WORK ALL THOSE WEEKENDS IN A ROW.
SEPTEMBER IS A A FAIR MONTH FOR A FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
OKAY. BUT MY QUESTIONS WERE IF WE GO WITH OPTION ONE AND WE GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT OVER TO THE CITY.
CAN WE STILL HELP? OF COURSE. CAN WE STILL BE A PART OF.
CAN WE STILL DO WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THIS YEAR, BUT IT IS.
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I WAS JUST BEING PETTY.IF WE TAKE IT BACK OVER NEXT YEAR, WILL WE STILL HAVE CHAMBER AND CITY SUPPORT? BUT IF WE GIVE IT UP, DOES IT FREE UP MONEY FROM OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN USE ON OTHER INITIATIVES AND OTHER THINGS? FINISH THAT LAST.
AND IF SO, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? LIKE IF WE GIVE IT TO THE CITY AND SAY, YOU TAKE IT OVER.
DOES THAT FREE UP MONEY FROM OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN USE ON OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE IT DOES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY PAYS THE MONEY FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
DIDN'T COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
RIGHT. AND IF WE GAVE IT OVER TO THE CITY NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD STILL NOT COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
IF WE TOOK IT OVER NEXT YEAR, THEN IT WOULD COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THAT WAS A BIG ONE. SO SO AGAIN, YES, THERE ARE.
THERE ARE DETERMINED OR DEEMED DOLLARS FOR THE COMMISSION.
HEY, WE WANT TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS IN OCTOBER.
IT'S THE HARD SELL OF YOU GUYS SAYING, HEY, LIKE, WE NEED EXTRA FUNDS TO DO X, Y, AND Z.
RIGHT? I DON'T I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY COUNCIL WOULD TELL YOU GUYS.
SO. I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING WRITE A BLANK CHECK.
RIGHT. BUT I AM SAYING IF YOU GUYS NEED FUNDS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BACK IT.
YEAH, JUST YOU JUST NEED TO PROVE IT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT FOR? CORRECT. YEAH.
YEAH. JUST JUST HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A TIGHT GAME PLAN.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH. BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT REALLY BIG DEFINING FACTOR.
AND I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO HAVING THE COMMISSION NAME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT EVENT AND ORGANIZING AND FINDING THE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE LEGWORK FOR IT.
AND BUT WE COULD WASH OUR HANDS AND BE DONE WITH IT ALL.
I, I WHAT'S THAT I THINK THAT WOULD DEFEAT.
YEAH. I MEAN, I'M JUST I'M LOOKING AT BOTH SIDES.
I'M NOT SAYING WE MAKE A DECISION OR ANYTHING.
WE'VE ASKED FOR THE CITY TO START TAKING SOME OWNERSHIP OF THESE EVENTS, SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY.
AND ME SPECIFICALLY IN THIS ENERGY CAN'T GET REAL UPSET WHEN THEY DO OR DID.
SO I'M I'M NOT TIED TO IT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION.
MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE HAD TO SAY WE WANT TO TAKE BACK OWNERSHIP OR CO-PARTNERSHIP OF THE MULTICULTURAL FEST, BUT WHAT CAN WE RELY ON THE CITY TO HELP US WITH? LET ME I MEAN EVERYTHING.
YEAH. AND I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT.
LIKE ALL THESE EVENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO COME THROUGH THE PARKS.
IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH. SARAH.
AND AS OF TODAY, SARAH IS A DEPARTMENT OF ONE, RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING THAT SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO DO.
AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KIND OF SPEAK FOR HER, BUT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN GET HER HOPEFULLY TO COME OUT NEXT MONTH, RIGHT? AND AND YOU GUYS CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT, EVEN IF WE'RE JUST SPEAKING JUST ABOUT MULTICULTURAL, LIKE IF YOU GUYS TAKE THAT BACK OR NOT, OR WHAT HER ABILITIES ARE FOR NEXT FOR FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S THE LEGWORK, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK PRIOR TO IT.
RIGHT. IT WAS THE ASK LIKE, OKAY, HEY, THE COMMISSION ISN'T DOING THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, DO YOU GUYS STILL WANT TO VOLUNTEER? RIGHT? DO YOU GUYS DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF STILL HELP OUT?
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RIGHT? I THINK THAT IS THE CONNECTION.IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT YOUR NAME IS GOING TO BE ON THE EVENT.
IT'S JUST THE IDEA THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF STARTED FROM YOU ALL.
AND THEN AND AT THE SAME TIME, HEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS HAVE THAT ABILITY TO KIND OF STILL HELP JUST WITH THE WHOLE ASPECT OF VOLUNTEER EFFORT, RIGHT? ISN'T A DIG THOUGH, BUT WAS ANYONE OFFERED THAT? WAS WHAT? WAS ANYONE OFFERED THAT TO HELP? TO HELP? WE WERE.
YEAH, WE WERE WE WE WERE, WE WERE WE WERE.
WE TOOK THE WRONG VOTE. BUT WE WE WERE, WE WERE.
WELL, NO, WE VOTED NOT TO DO IT.
THEN THE CITY DECIDED TO DO IT.
AND THEN WE WERE OFFERED THE ABILITY TO ASSIST THIS YEAR.
AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT HERE.
ON IF WE WERE GOING TO ASSIST THIS YEAR OR NOT.
AND WE KIND OF IT WAS IF YOU COULD, YOU COULD IF YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T.
IT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED. I MISSED THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
YEAH. AND AND YEAH, IT WAS THIS IS WHEN DISC WAS STILL HERE.
OKAY, SO MY GENERAL THOUGHT, THOUGH MY THINKING IS LET'S JUST PUT IT BACK TO NORMAL.
LET'S JUST GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OUR LIAISON, JUST LIKE SARAH WILLIAMS WAS.
SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T GO BACK TO.
NO, NO, LIKE I, I DIDN'T I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE NOTION.
RIGHT. THAT WAS THE, THE THE IDEA.
RIGHT. YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE IT ON FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT WAS JUST THE IDEA OF FIGURING OUT WHEN NEXT YEAR.
HERE'S MY SUGGESTION ON HOW WE SHOULD DO IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
I KNOW THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT, WE TRIED TO TIE IT IN THE WEEK AFTER JUNETEENTH.
WE CAN STILL KIND OF TIE THAT IN.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, IS ON MONDAY THE 23RD IS WE COULD DO A SMALL BUSINESS FORUM, GET OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE AT THE CITY TO HELP US COORDINATE THAT FORUM FOR JUST SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO ON THAT MONDAY. ON WEDNESDAY OF THAT WEEK, WE COULD DO IS A TASTE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, WHERE WE CAN GET DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS AND THAT KIND OF DEAL.
WE CAN GET A BIG TENT SOMEWHERE TO JUST TURN THE HEAT ON.
OH. IT IS. I FELT THIS I FELT THE HEAT, BUT MY FINGERS ARE BLUE.
LIKE A TASTE OF HUBER HEIGHTS ON WEDNESDAY AND HAVE FOLKS COME OUT.
THEY COULD PURCHASE TICKETS AND THAT KIND OF DEAL.
I WOULD THINK THAT WE PROBABLY COULD GET THE CHAMBER TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN MAYBE ON THAT FRIDAY KIND OF TIE IN WITH BYRAM, YOU'RE ASKING IS PUT ON DIFFERENT CULTURES, RIGHT? AND I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TERM LIKE A TALENT SHOW, BUT TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY DIFFERENT TALENTS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS.
AND WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER ON FRIDAY.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE EVENTS MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY OF THAT WEEK.
IN THE EVENING IS WHAT THEY WOULD BE AND PUT IT TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE DAYS LIKE WE DID IN JUNE BUT THE WEEK AFTER.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. JUNE THE 23RD, WHICH WOULD BE A MONDAY.
THAT WOULD BE THE SMALL BUSINESS FORUM.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH WILL BE THE TASTE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, YOU KNOW, PREPARE SAMPLES OF FOOD THAT PEOPLE COULD GO AROUND AND TASTE, THAT KIND OF DEAL.
AND THEN ON FRIDAY EVENING, WHICH IS THE 27TH, YOU COULD DO A PERFORMANCE.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SAME PLACE.
YEAH. SO MAYBE THE SMALL BUSINESS FORM, WE PROBABLY WANT TO DO THAT INDOORS SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO DO THAT.
NOW THIS TASTE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, I BELIEVE THAT COULD BE OUTDOORS.
WE CAN GET A TENT AND, YOU KNOW, A HUGE TENT.
BIG TENT. RIGHT. PUT IT UP SOMEWHERE.
ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE VENDORS? YEAH, YOU'LL HAVE VENDORS TRUCKS THERE.
SO WE. MY THOUGHT WOULD BE IS YOU COULD PROBABLY HAVE MAYBE ABOUT 25 DIFFERENT GROUPS.
5 TO 8 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR WHATEVER.
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OR 6 TO 9.SOMETHING OF THAT IN THE EVENING.
WOULD YOUR SMALL BUSINESS FORUM, I DON'T THINK, HAVE A CULTURAL LENS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT FITS INTO IT'S GOING TO BE GEARED TOWARDS.
YOU CAN GET YOUR WHERE YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM TOGETHER, YOU CAN GET YOUR CHAMBER THAT'S OUT THERE, YOU CAN GET YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY THERE AS WELL.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT? WE I THINK, ERIC, IF I'M IF I'M RIGHT, RIGHT, WE'RE TRYING TO IT'S A BROAD AREA, RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE INTERESTED ABOUT TO GET THEM.
WHERE ARE THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IF THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING HERE? WHAT DO YOU PHRASE THAT AGAIN? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? WHERE ARE THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE EVENTS? IF THEY'RE NOT HAPPENING HERE? WE'D BE LIKE, IF YOU'RE DISCUSSING THIS IDEA OF LIKE THIS PLAN THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHERE IS THIS CONVERSATION HAPPENING THAT THIS THIS IS AN IDEA THAT I HAVE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY WANTED TO DO FOR US THIS YEAR FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL WHEN WE ACTUALLY MET.
I SAID THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES DIFFERENT CULTURES.
THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, IN MY OPINION, SHOULD BE OUR PREMIER EVENT BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION, ANYTHING GEARED AROUND MULTICULTURAL SHOULD BE THE PREMIER.
BUT NONE OF THIS IS A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
YOU'RE SAYING THE WHOLE WEEK IS A FESTIVAL? YES. IS THAT THE IDEA? YES. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE NOT SUCCESSFUL EVENTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS WORKING.
I MEAN, WE HAVE ON THE WEEKENDS, LIKE IN ALL DAY AND STILL.
WELL, THESE ARE IN THE EVENING.
SO WHEN WE THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID THE FORUMS, WE DID THEM IN THE EVENING.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID ALL THESE EVENTS IN THE EVENING.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I FOR A MINUTE.
WE HAD AN EDUCATION FORUM, WE HAD A HEALTH FAIR, WE HAD FINANCIAL LITERACY, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND WE WERE EXHAUSTED.
AND WE SAID WE WOULD NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER WHO WAS HERE.
AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE THAT TO ME.
THAT'S THE ONLY I THINK THAT THEY ARE GREAT IDEAS.
WELL, I THINK IF WE HAVE WE GOT NINE MEMBERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ATTEND THEM ALL.
BUT IF YOU HAD THREE OR WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT CAPTURES MULTICULTURE.
I MEAN, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
YOU CAN DIVIDE THIS UP IN AREAS OF THREE IF NEED BE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION RIGHT.
YEAH. WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY.
I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A LOT BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED THAT BEFORE AND WE DID DIVIDE IT UP AND I THINK IT WAS IN THREES, BUT IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR US TO DO THROUGHOUT A WEEK, IN ONE WEEK.
SO MAYBE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN SPRINKLE THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR EVEN, IS MY THOUGHT.
I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR A MONDAY WEDNESDAY.
THOSE ARE COLUMBUS DAYS FOR ME, SO ANYTHING MIDWEEK FOR ME AT THIS POINT IS PROBABLY NOT HAPPENING.
AND JUNE IS LIKE THE ONLY MONTH THAT MY SON DOESN'T HAVE SOCCER.
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LITERALLY OUT OF THE WHOLE YEAR.FOR ME, I, I THINK THE TASTE OF HUBER HEIGHTS IS GREAT.
I JUST I DON'T HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO PULL OFF STUFF LIKE THIS DURING A WORKWEEK.
I JUST DON'T HAVE IT IN ME RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE IT'S BITES IN THE HEIGHTS.
IS THAT A CITY THING? OH, YEAH. ISN'T THAT.
IS THAT CITY SPONSORED? WASN'T THAT THE FOOD TRUCK? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I HAD TO TALK TO MIMI.
WHO? MIMI IS THE ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE ROSE.
I MEAN, I THINK MATT DUNN IS HIS NAME.
WITH REGARD TO BITES AND HEIGHTS.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S MORE OF A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE BRINGING IN JUST FOOD.
YOU'RE JUST GETTING VENDORS TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT.
THIS IS GEARED MORE TOWARDS THE ACTUAL SMALL BUSINESS VENDORS THAT ARE HERE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
AND IF WE CAN'T GET 25 THAT ARE HERE, THEN YOU EXPAND YOUR CIRCLE OUT.
SO THIS IS GEARED TOWARDS THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS HERE IN HUBER BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTHING ON OUR SCHEDULE WHERE WE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION, WHERE WE ENGAGING WITH THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE HERE IN HUBER.
THAT WAS MY ONLY THINKING, THE REASON WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
IT'S A NO. I MEAN, LIKE, SINCE THEY THEY'VE ALREADY DONE IT, RIGHT.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT I JUST GO AHEAD, JEFFREY.
NO, NO, I GOT I GOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
RIGHT. SO IT'S THE IDEA OF TRYING TO LIKE LIKE I SAID, IT WAS MIMI WHO KIND OF ORGANIZED THAT, RIGHT? SO YOU WOULD JUST KIND OF TAKE THAT AND PLACE IT AT THE ROSE WHEN IT CAME TO ETHNICITY RESTAURANT BUSINESSES. BUT YEAH, I GOT I GOT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO IS THE DISTINCTION, THE ABILITY LIKE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS TARGETED CULTURAL FOOD TRUCK VENDORS FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL, LIKE FOOD, YOU KNOW, THE TURKISH TENTS, THOSE ARE AMAZING.
IS THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE THE TASTE OF HUBER HEIGHTS, THE IDEA THESE ARE RESTAURANTS THAT AREN'T FOOD TRUCKS OR AIR TRUCKS, BUT THE TASTE OF THE HEIGHTS IDEA? NO, THE TASTE OF THE HEIGHTS WILL BE.
IT'S NOT FOR IT'S NOT FOOD TRUCKS.
IT'S THE FOOD TRUCKS. RESTAURANTS.
YEAH, THEY MAY HAVE A FOOD TRUCK.
THE PRIMARY CALL IS FOR THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS HERE IN HOOPER.
HOWEVER THEY COME, HOWEVER THEY COME, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE HAVING THEIR FOOD TRUCK OR WHATNOT.
THEY CAN TELL THEM ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, THEY CAN SAMPLE THEIR FOOD AND THAT KIND OF THING.
SO IT'S LIKE A MINI WHAT'S THE THING AT THE FEST EVERY YEAR? ALE FEST. THE CULTURAL AFFAIR LIKE THAT? WELL, NO OFFENSE.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T NEED TO. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT THE DATE IS FOR 25.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE KEEPING IT.
AND I WILL START WITH KEEPING IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KEEP PULLING IT UP AND I'M LIKE, THIS IS THIS IS LIKE OUR MISSION, RIGHT? OUR GOALS, OUR OBJECTIVES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO GUIDE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
AND THIS COMMISSION IS NOT ABOUT THROWING FESTIVALS OR I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF IT IS BEING ABLE TO EXPERIENCE OTHER CULTURES, BUT THAT IS NOT THE FOUNDATION OF IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND US OF THAT, THAT WE ARE HERE TO PROMOTE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE FULL EXERCISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR ALL PERSONS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
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TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, RACISM AND OTHER BIASES THROUGH EDUCATION, MEDIATION, POLICY, LEGISLATION AND COMPLAINT REVIEW RESOLUTION.BUT DOES IT GET US TO THE TRUE GOAL AND INITIATIVE OF THE COMMISSION? SO I THINK WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE.
BUT YOU BUT I THINK IT'S WHERE WE FALL SHORT.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US? IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR NINE PEOPLE.
RIGHT. AND SO IF WE'RE PUTTING EXERTING 85% OF OUR EFFORT THERE, THEN WE'RE MISSING THE MARK BECAUSE THAT WASN'T THE SOUND. THAT'S NOT THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS ABOUT.
SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND US OF THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE US EXERTING ALL THIS ENERGY INTO.
BUT WE REALLY I DON'T WANT US TO GET OFF OF THE MARK OF WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THIS COMMISSION AND WHY THIS COMMISSION WAS FOUNDED. IT'S MY HONEST OPINION.
WE GIVE IT UP. YEAH, I'LL ADD ON THAT.
WE'LL SAY THAT THERE'S NINE RIGHT.
RIGHT. SO HOW DO YOU GUYS KIND OF DIVVY UP THAT WORK TOO.
RIGHT. SO IT'S THE UNDERSTANDING OF IF YOU GUYS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
YOU'RE MAKING YOURSELF THAT VISIBLE.
TALKING TO PEOPLE, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, WHO CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH? WHO CAN WE PARTNER WITH? YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE BACKING OF THE CITY.
IT'S JUST WHO ELSE CAN YOU GUYS COLLABORATE WITH THAT YOU KNOW I CAN DO AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN TO KIND OF HELP FACILITATE SPONSORSHIPS AND AND, AND PARTNERSHIPS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ONE PERSON.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE MORE PEOPLE WE HAVE KIND OF TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THAT SAME PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE MESSAGES CAN GET LIKE PLACED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY, BUT AROUND THE WHOLE REGION, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GOT TO ALSO KIND OF REFLECT ON TOO.
AND OBVIOUSLY KIND OF BE BETTER AT FOR THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH I AGREE WITH ERIC IN THE SENSE THAT I FEEL LIKE AS A COMMISSION, WE DO NEED TO PUT OUR MARK ON SOME IN SOME WAY IN THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENT DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT IT DOES TAKE TIME.
I THINK BACK TO WHEN WE SAT HERE IN JANUARY AND WE ALL HAD INITIATIVES AND PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH GOES ALONG, I THINK, WITH WHAT YOLANDA WAS SAYING. LET'S NOT FORGET, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION.
SO I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO DO BETTER AT HANDLING BOTH.
BOTH THE FUN AND THE EDUCATION.
YEAH, BUT IT CAN ALSO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THIS, I THINK CAN GO HAND IN HAND.
AND I MEAN, IN SOME OF THE HOLD UP TO THIS PIECE, THESE, THESE DEEPER EMBEDDED ISSUES, A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MADE AROUND THAT HAVE BEEN OR WE'VE MADE A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THIS TO THE CITY, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACTED UPON.
ALSO BECAUSE WE'VE MADE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STILL NOT GETTING MOVEMENT ON THESE THINGS.
AND THOSE GET TO MORE OF THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES.
OKAY. WELL LET'S IF EVERYBODY IS OKAY WITH IT, LET'S TABLE IT.
WE DO NEED TO MAKE THIS DECISION.
BUT FOR TIMELINESS JUST KICK IT OVER.
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IT'S MY HONEST OPINION.WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
IT WOULD BE MY HUMBLE OPINION.
WE GIVE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL BACK TO THE CITY OR LET THEM HAVE IT, AND WE CAN TAP IN AND HELP WHEREVER WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW? SARAH'S REALLY GOOD AT THE CHILDREN'S AREA STUFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THAT FREES US UP A LITTLE BIT TO WORK ON THE MORE SYSTEMIC THINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BACK.
WE'RE GOING TO KNOW OR MAYBE KNOW WHAT OUR FOCUS AREAS MIGHT HAVE MORE DIRECTION BASED ON THAT, THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM US AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, WITH WHAT YOLANDA WAS SAYING, ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IS FOR HUBER HEIGHTS TO CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE MONTH, AND PART OF THAT COULD BE THE CULMINATION INTO THIS FESTIVAL AS WE WE CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE MONTHS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND CULMINATE INTO THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT THE FORMAT IS IS TERRIBLE.
IT'S THE GENERAL FORMAT OF A LOT OF CULTURAL FESTIVAL TYPE THINGS, WITH THE PERFORMANCES TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR CULTURE AND YOUR YOUR THINGS AND OUR OUR FOOD AND OUR OFFERINGS AND OUR CLOTHING.
I JUST THINK WE CAN MAKE OURS MORE INTERACTIVE THIS YEAR AND JUST SET IT UP SO THAT IT'S A MORE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE THAT COMES. SO IF NOBODY DISAGREES OR IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, WE CAN.
BUT I MEAN, ARE YOU OKAY WITH KICKING THIS OVER FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND COMING BACK WITH HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION TO.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION. I THOUGHT IT WAS.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SAME CONVERSATION LAST MONTH AND NEXT MONTH TOO.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? I THINK, I MEAN, WE SHOULD DO IT.
AND I AGREE WITH MISS YOLANDA AND MR. ERIC AND SIDNEY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE THE ONLY IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL TO THE CITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONLY JUNETEENTH FESTIVAL, NOTHING ELSE.
WE YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING AS SMALL AS WE USED TO DO IT BEFORE MLK.
YEAH, IN MLK, JUNETEENTH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BRING BACK THE EDUCATIONAL FORUMS. WE KIND OF GOT CUT OFF AT THE KNEES WITH THE LAST ONE WE WERE TRYING TO DO WITH THE POLICE AND THE SCHOOL.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO BRING BACK THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF THIS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE TO DO MORE NEW THINGS.
IT COULD BE THEY COULD COPARTNER WITH THIS LESS LEFT.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, THIS SMALL BUSINESS FORUM IS, QUITE FRANKLY, AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIVERSE BUSINESS OWNERS AND MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS CITY.
THAT ALONE COULD BE LIKE A HUGE THING, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, I THINK WE COULD STILL DO ONE THING DURING THE WEEK AND STILL DO A CULTURAL WEEK, BUT THAT IS ENDING IT WITH A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ON THE WEEKEND.
AND THAT'S JUNETEENTH MULTICULTURAL.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE 4TH OF JULY.
AND SO WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO WHAT WE SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO.
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDED THE FRIDAY.
YEAH. I'M NOT I'M NOT WORKING ALL DAY AND THEN WORKING ALL NIGHT EITHER.
THE SETUP FOR THESE KIND OF EVENTS, THE LOGISTICS, THE.
I GO TO COLUMBUS TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
I HAVE NO BANDWIDTH FOR IT, SO I'M NOT AGAINST IT.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
IT'S A LOT. AND YOU, YOU TOOK THE LEAD ON JUNETEENTH.
SO IT'S IT'S EVEN MORE OF A LOT FOR YOU.
WELL, I THINK ONE THING WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES IS WHAT? IT'S NOT THAT BAD. DO THE.
WE DID DO IT. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY WOULD WANT.
RIGHT. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE ASK? RIGHT. IF THIS IS IF THIS IS AN IDEA.
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RIGHT. I WOULD SAY IT LIKE THIS.RIGHT. COME UP WITH THREE PLANS.
HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS THE THE LEAD ON MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
AND THEN FROM THERE, ASK THE CITY WHAT STRAIN THAT WOULD PUT ON YOU IN ITS RESOURCES.
RIGHT. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE CAN JUST KIND OF GAUGE.
OKAY. HEY, CAN WE DO THIS? CAN WE DO THAT? WHERE? WHERE CAN WE KIND OF LIKE.
THE CITY KIND OF FIT IN, RIGHT? I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE MONEY UP, BUT HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE MAN HOURS AND AND HOW HOW WE CAN KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, FIGURE IF WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS OR EFFORTS OR KIND OF PARTNER, PARTNER WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND TRY TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE AGAIN.
RIGHT. THIS IF WE DO ANYTHING, IF WE HAVE IT AT A PARK OR IF YOU OR OR ANY TYPE OF EVENT, IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE SARAH. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, SARAH IS A DEPARTMENT OF KIND OF BASICALLY ONE PLUS JEFFREY.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST, I GUESS, TAKE A VOTE TO EITHER A DUE TO MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THESE EVENTS THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN PICK ONE OR WE CAN DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
FOR ME, IT JUST TAKES THE FESTIVAL OUT OF IT.
I THINK WE NEED TO DECIDE SOMETHING.
BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS THIS LAST YEAR WE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN IT BECAME MARCH, RIGHT? AND THEN WE NEEDED TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT.
AND THEN WE'RE PISSED BECAUSE WE SAID NO.
AND THE CHAMBER SAID YES, THAT THEY WOULD HELP AND DO IT.
SO LET'S NOT LET'S NOT REPEAT THE SAME THING.
THAT WASN'T THE ISSUE AT HAND.
WELL, LET'S NOT REPEAT THE SAME THING BECAUSE YOU GOT TO MARCH.
THAT WASN'T WHAT HAPPENED. NOBODY WAS ASSIGNED TO IT, OKAY? NOBODY WAS ASSIGNED TO IT.
NOBODY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY OF IT.
SO MY QUESTION IS EITHER WE VOTE TO SAY YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OR NO, WE'RE NOT.
THEREFORE, WHATEVER BANDWIDTH WE GOT, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I THINK WE TRY TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TOO MUCH AND JUST DON'T MAKE A DECISION.
LET'S JUST MAKE A DECISION TO SAY WE'RE IN IT OR WE'RE NOT.
YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO DO IT OR YOU'RE OR NOT.
HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON.
LET'S PAUSE BECAUSE I CAN PULL THE TAPE.
THE TAPE SAYS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S.
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? THAT'S THE VOTE.
HOW IS IT GOING TO BE STRUCTURED NOW IF YOU GUYS NEED A WORKING GROUP TO THEN COME BACK BY NEXT MONTH? WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR FOR FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE SAID WE WERE DOING MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH.
YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO COPARTNER.
RIGHT. I MEAN, YEAH, WE HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE.
YEAH. I MEAN, I MEAN, YEAH, WE I MEAN, WE'RE PART WE'RE ALREADY A PARTNER, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO ELSE IS GOING TO SPONSOR US.
WHO ELSE IS GOING TO PARTNER WITH US.
RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO STILL MOVE INTO THAT IDEA NOW, WE START THE CONVERSATION NOW TO TALK TO MASON AND SAY, HEY, MASON, WE WANT TO USE YOU.
HEY, CAN WE FIND MORE PEOPLE TO PARTNER WITH US? I DON'T KNOW, DOES THAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THE SCHOOLS? THE BETTER OFF, RIGHT.
WE CAN REACH OUT TO CARE SOURCE.
WE CAN REACH OUT. THERE'S OTHER CORRECT REACH OUT.
YEAH. WE JUST GOT TO STOP KICKING THE CAN.
YEAH I'M I WOULD I WOULD SAY ANY EVENT THAT YOU GUYS DO, YOU KNOW THE CITY IS GOING TO BE A PARTNER, RIGHT? WE'RE WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ROCKING ALONG WITH THE PARTNER.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY DOING SOME WORK WITH US IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.
CAN YOU ELABORATE? WE'VE DONE ALL THE LIFTING.
YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING, ERIC, THAT YOU SAID IN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDED LIKE PEOPLE WERE MAD OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE COMMISSION WERE MAD BECAUSE WE DECIDED NOT TO DO IT.
AND THEN THE CHAMBER OR WHOEVER ELSE STEPPED IN AND DID IT.
I WANT TO CORRECT THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS IN TERMS OF PEOPLE BEING UPSET.
IT WAS THE WAY IN WHICH THAT HAPPENED.
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THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, I THINK WHAT YOU SAID WAS MARCH, WE ONLY HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND AT THAT POINT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN, EVEN THOUGH BYRAM HAS STARTED DOING SOME WORK ON THAT.REMEMBER THAT? BUT IT WAS THE WAY ABOUT HOW THE THE WAY THEY WENT ABOUT TAKING OVER.
IT WASN'T THAT WE WERE WAS HOW IT HAPPENED.
I JUST HAPPENED TO FIND OUT I WAS SOMEWHERE ON VACATION AND ON A TRIP TRYING TO RELAX.
WE TOOK A VOTE. SO NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT US.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHAMBER.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CHAMBER IN TERMS OF HOW THEY GOT THIS RIGHT.
SO THE CORRECT WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO STILL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US ABOUT IT.
THE DECISION WAS MADE BEFORE WE HAD THE VOTE, BUT WE'RE THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
THE POINT IS THE DECISION WAS MADE BEFORE WE TOOK THE VOTE.
THE POINT IS NOT THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO DO IT RIGHT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING THIS.
WE STILL NEED SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.
AND YOU SAID TO CLARIFY THAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING THE EVENT HELPING TO WORK WITH THE CITY, THE CHAMBER, HELPING US PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING NOW, RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE TAPPING INTO, AND THEY CAN ASSIST US IN DOING THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND IS THE PARKS ARE IS ARE THEY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING? WILL THEY BE HIRING SOMEONE.
YOU MEAN FOR FOR SARAH'S DEPARTMENT? YEAH, THAT THAT'S THE HOPE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT SARAH'S HOPING FOR, TOO.
IT WASN'T THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE WAS, WAS NOT.
MASON AND I MADE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO MASON IN A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS.
AND IT'S BEYOND THE POINT NOW.
TARA TO TARA, CAN I ASK THIS IS IT IS IT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING THE CITY, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY END UP BEING MYSELF.
ARE YOU ARE YOU GUYS ASKING US TO HELP WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS, OR ARE YOU GUYS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING WITH THE THE NOTION OF PARTNERSHIPS? WE'LL LET YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU.
BUT IT'S MORE LIKE THE BOUNCE HOUSES, THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE VENDOR STUFF DONE.
AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR US THIS LAST YEAR, YOLANDA WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT HERE, UNFORTUNATELY FOR A LOT OF LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S A LOT OF PREVIOUS TO THAT.
WE WERE DOING IT ALL AND I MEAN ALL OF US.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WASN'T GETTING DONE WHEN WE WERE DOWN PEOPLE.
AND NOBODY'S HELPING, FRANKLY.
WELL, IN THEIR DEFENSE, THEY HELPED OUT TREMENDOUSLY WITH JUNETEENTH.
THERE'S JUST STUFF THAT THAT WE'RE A LITTLE MORE APT TO TO COORDINATE FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND WE JUST WRITE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MASON CAN HELP WITH.
WONDERFUL. WHATEVER THE CITY CAN HELP WITH.
IT JUST DOESN'T NEED TO BE SUCH A HEAVY LIFT ON US.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR CONCERN IS.
WE'VE JUST HAD A VERY HEAVY LIFT IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS THAT WE WERE DOING THESE EVENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S HARD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE WE WANT THE GLORY WITHOUT ALL OF THE WORK.
SO THESE BIG EVENTS, EVERYBODY THAT SITS ON THIS COMMISSION NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE A PIECE OF THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE A PIECE OF JUNETEENTH, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LOT LESS OF THIS.
WHAT ISN'T GETTING DONE STUFF.
SO I'M AT THE END OF MY ROPE THIS EVENING.
BEFORE YOU SEE THE OTHER TARIFFS.
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SO UNLESS WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS.WE'RE DOING THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHEN AND WE NEED TO SET THAT WORK GROUP, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE LIKE, IF WE DON'T DO IT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO DO IT FIRST THING NEXT MONTH.
YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN CALL ME SIR IF YOU WANT TO.
I'LL TAKE THE WORK GROUP. THEREFORE, YOU HAVE JUNETEENTH.
NO. I'LL HELP. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IT DIDN'T WORK. WE'LL BE DONE.
ONE OR THE OTHER. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR MULTICULTURAL? THAT'S IT. NEXT MEETING, NOVEMBER 7TH.
I HAVE A COMMENT. OH. I'M SORRY.
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? STOP IT.
MAKE AN OFF BOOK COMMENT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.