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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road January 2, 2025 6:00 P.M. ]
THE JANUARY MEETING OF THE CULTURAL AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 6:18 PM UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MRS. YOLANDA STEVENS AND MS. UM, IBRAHIM ZA ARE EXCUSED THIS EVENING.CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? HAVING A DAY TO DO HIS POOR MAN.
MOVING ALONG, UH, APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 5TH, UH, MINUTES.
WERE THERE ANY CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO THE MINUTES? YES.
UM, UNDER NUMBER FIVE, DO BUSINESS LETTER B? I SEE IT.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT A UNITY WALK AND BESIDE THAT WAS LAST, LAST YEAR.
UM, SO I THINK THAT LINE PROBABLY NEEDS TAKEN OUT THE UNITY WALK, UM, AT B SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THE LINE ABOUT IT, UH, BEING CLARIFIED ABOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL AND LOGISTICS NEED TO BE REMOVED.
UM, I THINK SOME, I I DON'T WHAT POINT
NO, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
YEAH, I, YEAH, IT WOULD BE MINE.
THAT WAS, YEAH, THAT WAS MY FAULT.
I, I, I'M MOVING ONE, ONE THING FROM ANOTHER.
I I GOTCHA MY, SO YOU PROBABLY PROBABLY HAVE NOTES AND STUFF THAT YOU CAN PLUG IT, OKAY.
AS FOR THE QR CODE, I THOUGHT THAT WASN'T GONNA BE AVAILABLE, IS IT? UM, NO.
SO YEAH, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE 'CAUSE I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THAT WAS A CHANGE.
AND I HAVE, UM, I'M SORRY, I HAVE, UM, ANOTHER CORRECTION.
SAME, UM, FIVE B FOR NEW BUSINESS.
UM, WE DID NOT DISCUSS HAVING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER.
UM, YEAH, THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED.
PRETTY MUCH SCRAPED THAT WHOLE THING AND, UH, YEP.
ADD SOME DIFFERENT FLUFF IN THERE INSTEAD, PLEASE.
WE'LL GO OVER IT TODAY AND, AND IT'LL BE BASICALLY THE SAME.
ANYTHING ELSE? UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS FAR AS THE, UM, ASSESSMENT.
IT WAS DISCUSSED, BUT IT WASN'T AVAILABLE.
SO JUST PART THAT, LIKE WILL BE INCLUDED PART OKAY.
UM, YOU COULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE THE INFORMATION THAT IT WAS REQUESTED.
JUST THEY WERE UNABLE TO, TO MEET THAT REQUEST.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE REQUESTED EDITS, PLEASE? UH, MOTION TO BE APPROVED, UH, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED BY THREE MEMBERS.
MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES BE
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ACCEPTED WITH THE EXCEPTIONS TO, UH, FIVE B FROM THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS.LOOKING RIGHT THROUGH, WE HAVE NO CITIZENS HERE FOR COMMENTS.
UM, WAS THERE ANY CHANGES, UH, NEEDED TO THE AGENDA BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? ARE ANY CHANGES REQUESTED FROM THE COMMISSION? VICE CHAIR? I, I DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL FOR OLD BUSINESS.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY BACK IN NOVEMBER WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, VOTING FOR VICE OR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, UM, AS, UH, TOLD, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE GUYS' COMMISSION.
SO JUST RUNNING THROUGH THAT MOTION AGAIN OF, UH, SELECTING CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, JUST NEEDED TO BE ADDED ON THAT, UH, AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING TO, TO VOTE AGAIN.
I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
I GUESS WE COULD ADD THAT AS A AND DO THAT FIRST.
ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, EDITS? OKAY.
UM, I LIKE TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION OR OPEN THE MOTION TO VOTE, UH, VICE CHAIR, UM, FOR THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, FOR THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION.
ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AGAIN.
YOU CAN'T MOTION FOR YOURSELF.
I MEAN, I GUESS YOU PROBABLY COULD, BUT I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMISSION NOMINATES MR. MR. COREY OWENS AS VICE CHAIR FOR THE 2025 YEAR.
UM, SO FOR CHAIR, GET A MOTION FOR CHAIR AS WELL.
I MAKE A MOTION, UH, THAT TARA, SERVE PURPOSE.
SERVE AS CHAIR FOR WE SAY CALENDAR YEAR 2025, CALENDAR YEAR 2025 FOR THE Q RIGHTS CULTURAL DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION.
COULD A ROLL CALL PLEASE? UH, MS. PURVIS? YES.
DO WE NEED TO, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO SWEAR IN, IN THOSE POSITIONS, RIGHT? THAT WAS IT.
WE NEED TO DO THE SECRETARY POSITION.
HAVE WE EVER, SO MR. RICHARDSON MAKES A GOOD POINT.
THERE IS A, UH, THE TITLE OF SECRETARY THAT EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION CAN VOTE FOR OR SELECT, UM, AS MR. RICHARDSON'S COMMENTS IS MADE OF, I KIND OF DO SOME OF THAT SECRETARIAL WORK.
I MEAN, THAT'D BE GREAT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO IT, BUT NO, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
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OF MINUTES.OUTSIDE OF MINUTES OUTSIDE SOMEBODY OF COMPLETING THE MINUTES.
YOU JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO BE THE UH, WELL, NO.
SO THAT, THAT COULD BE TASKED UPON SOMEONE TO ALSO DO, UM, COLLECTIVELY AMONGST YOU ALL.
IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO THAT SECRETARY OF WORK, THAT WOULD INCLUDE MINUTES AS WELL.
IF THAT IS NOT THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, I WILL TAKE THE ONUS OF VOID THAT OUT.
AND WE, YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN HAVE TO VOTE FOR HER IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO.
UM, I MEAN, AS A COMMISSION, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO DECIDE.
DO WE WANT TO APPOINT A SECRETARY? IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.
I DON'T, I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS HAVE EVER, WE HAVE NEVER, NEVER VOTED FOR.
SO WE, WE'VE RUN WITHOUT THAT.
I, I KNOW IT SAYS IT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL SKIRT.
SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
BUT
THIS WAS THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION.
NO, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.
SO THERE IS LIKE, WE WERE CODIFIED.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT LIKE REALLY SPEAKS TO OUR LEGISLATION.
THIS ISN'T THE ACTUAL LEGISLATION.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT HERE.
WHEREAS I'M JUST TRYING TO MATCH THIS LANGUAGE UP.
EVERY CITIZENS, HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
I WAS LOOKING FOR LITERALLY, UH, RIGHT HERE, EVERY CITIZEN'S HUMAN CIVIL RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED TO DEFEAT, DISCRIMINATION, RACISM, AND BIAS.
AND YOU TALKING ABOUT THAT'S THE RESOLUTION.
THAT'S SIX A EIGHT, FOUR AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUST TAKE YOU'RE FINE.
TIME TO GET MY BRAIN BACK ONLINE.
SO MOVING ALONG, WE'RE DONE WITH CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MLK DAY UPDATE.
UM, YOLANDA'S NOT HERE, SO I'LL DO THE UPDATE REAL QUICK FOR US IF NOBODY MINDS.
UM, NO, I THINK SHE SAID SOMEBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO IT.
WERE YOU, I GUESS YOU'RE THE REP.
DID YOU GIVE THAT UPDATE? WHAT HAPPENED? NO, SHE SENT A MESSAGE SAYING THAT SOMEONE WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE UPDATE.
UM, JEFFREY, IS EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN THE CAFETERIA? YES.
IT WAS JUST, UH, MORE INFORMATION THAT I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT FROM YOUR QUESTION, YES.
EVERYTHING FOR THE 20TH IS SET BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL FOR THAT SPACE TO BE USED ON THE 20TH.
UM, ALSO, UM, MRS. STEVENS, UM, DID SEND ME THAT INVOICE FOR THE DEPOSIT FOR, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HOME.
SO I PAID, UM, WE GET THE INITIAL DEPOSIT FOR THE 20TH, UH, FOR THE CATERING SERVICE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT ASPECT, I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO LIKE MARKETING.
SO LIKE IF YOU GUYS ARE COMING UP WITH LIKE BIG POSTERS OR SOME TYPE OF, I DON'T KNOW, BILLBOARD OR SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO HAVE DISPLAYED, UM, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, WE COULD PUT THAT ORDER INTO STAPLES.
UM, BUT YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOOD.
UM, AND THEN I, AM I MISSING ANYTHING ELSE? OH, UM, THE FLYERS CAME THROUGH WHILE I WAS OUT ON, WHILE HOL UM, I LEFT THE END OF THE DICE FOR YOU ALL.
I KNOW MS. STEVENSON HAD ASKED, UM, FOR SOMETHING TO BE PRINTED OUT.
UM, YOU GUYS CAN MORE, OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA IS TO KIND OF PASS THEM OUT, UH, FROM YOU ALL, UH, FROM UH, YOU ALL.
UM, AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FLYERS WERE
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REFORMATTED TO HIT KEY ADS, UM, AS WELL AS THE OTHER DIGITAL BOARDS THAT THE CITY HAS.UM, AND YEAH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING KIND OF NAILED DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING, BUT DO TELL IF I DID.
DO YOU KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME PERSON THAT WAS LAST YEAR? I AM, I'M NOT FOR SURE, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS INCLUDED, UM, WHEN I DID THE RENTAL, WHEN I BLOCKED OUT THE SPACE.
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEM.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE WITH HER IF IT'S THE SAME PERSON.
DIDN'T TO DO A RUN THROUGH OF OUR, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE THE PROGRAM, LIKE THE CHUNK OF OUR PROGRAM MM-HMM
SO I JUST WANTED TO RUN THROUGH WITH HER TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
SO I CAN FOLLOW UP, UH, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE, UH, PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, SO SURE.
IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO HER, THAT'S FINE.
UM, I CAN TOUCH BASES WITH HER AS WELL FOR WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, I GUESS, INCORPORATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAD FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
IT'S YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH OR NOT DEALING WITH, THAT'S A TERRIBLE WAY OF SAYING THINGS.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DESIREE, CORRECT? AT YES.
I CAN JUST REACH OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT OKAY.
UM, THE STANDS FOR THE POSTERS.
YOU SAID WE HAD A COUPLE HERE.
SO WE HAVE TWO THAT I KNOW OF.
UM, HERE IF WE GET A NUMBER, UM, OF HOW MANY YOU GUYS ACTUALLY WANT.
I THINK I TALKED TO MRS. UH, STEVENSON ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR.
UM, I WOULD ALSO MAKE NOTE AS WELL, UM, THE BROCHURE SLASH PROGRAM.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M, I'M LEADING.
UM, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PRODUCED AS WELL.
WE MET WITH AN OUTSIDE CONTACT THEN STAPLES.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM DO IT ALL.
SO THEY WILL DESIGN AND PRINT.
WE HAVE THE PROGRAM PRETTY MUCH READY.
AND THEN THEY'LL PRINT ALL THE POSTERS FOR THE MEET AND GREET AND THE PROGRAMS FOR US.
A NEED A INVOICE AND SINCE THIS IS OUTSIDE, THEY ARE A NEW VENDOR AND I NEED A W NINE.
IT WAS JUST, THEY COULD BEAT THE QUOTE THAT WE GOT.
SO WE'LL GET THAT A SA AGAIN, WHAT'S QUOTE, THE QUOTE WAS, UH, LIKE 21 PER POSTER, SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT.
UM, AND THEY'LL, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR LESS.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT ON LIKE THE FOAM BOARD I WITH THE PICTURE AND THEN A TIMELINE UNDERNEATH THAT EITHER HAD LIKE A LAMINATE SHEET WHERE WE COULD ERASE IT.
UM, SO IT COULD BE WOULD THIS AGAIN? OH, SO THIS PRO THROUGH WOULD BE DUAL PUR SO WE COULD USE IT AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THE SAME PROGRAM.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, WE COULD GIVE OVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY COULD USE FOR OTHER THINGS.
WE'RE HAVING A TIMELINE OF EVENTS THROUGH CIVIL RIGHTS AND PEOPLE HAVE TO MARK THE TIME IN HISTORY WHEN THEY THOUGHT THAT HAPPENED.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE MEET AND GREET.
AND THEN THAT COMES INTO THE PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL THEN GO INTO DETAIL OF THOSE EVENTS MM-HMM
SO, BUT AS FAR AS THE STANDS, I MEAN HONESTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 20.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ABSURD TO ASK OF ANY ONE ABILITY TO HAVE.
I'M SURE WE CAN COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, TAPING 'EM TO, TO THINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SPACE AT, AT WAYNE.
YOU MEAN LIKE THE CAFETERIA AT WAYNE IS THE PLACE DOWN THE STAIRS WHERE THE, WHERE THE LITTLE PERFORMANCE AREA IS? RIGHT? WITH, SO WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS AND YOU WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR BY THE OFF FOR THE, BY THE ADMINISTRATION STRAIGHT BACK.
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THE CA YEAH.SO THAT'S THE PORTION OF THE CAFETERIA FOR THE MEET AND GREET.
AND THEN SO, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF RAILINGS AND STUFF THAT WE CAN SET TAPE THOSE TO.
IS THERE ANY LAYOUT OR DESIGN NEEDED FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO EITHER MOVE STUFF TO OR PUT ON THE STAGE OR WE'LL TAKE THOSE POSTERS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM IN THE FRONT OF THE STAGE.
I MEAN, LOGISTICALLY WE CAN FLUFF THAT OUT IF WE HAVE TO.
I WOULD, AND OBVIOUSLY I CAN KINDA REITERATE THIS IN THE EMAIL AS WELL TO YOU.
UM, IS THERE ANY NEED FOR PUBLIC WORKS? SO I WOULD NEED TO PUT IN A YEAH.
I, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE REALLY FEELS THAT THEY NEED TO BE THERE FOR SOMETHING.
WE'RE PAYING FOR THE CUSTODIANS, NOBODY'S, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING.
SO I THINK ON THE NOTION OF, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CITY PROVIDES PUBLIC COURTS, UM, IT WOULD BE LIKE IF I NEEDED TO TRANSPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FRIDAY TO THE SCHOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE NEED TO PICK UP, LIKE THE STANDS OR ANYTHING I CAN RUN OVER.
I THINK THAT'S THE LEAST OF OUR WORRIES IN LIFE.
UM, UH, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO WRITE A SHORT MLK BIO, UM, TO INCLUDE IN THE PROGRAM AND READ AT THE PROGRAM.
DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR NUMBER ONE? YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
UH, SOMEBODY TO PICK UP DONATION ITEMS FROM DROP OFF PLACES.
UM, AS FAR AS THE DONATION BINS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW, I SAID MAYBE WE'LL ASK THE MASTER CLOSET IF THEY HAVE ANY DONATION BINS TO BEGIN WITH.
AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY 'EM OR FIND 'EM.
JEFFREY, DO YOU KNOW, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY OF THE CARDBOARD DONATION THINGS WITH LID? I DON'T EVEN THINK IT HAS TO HAVE A LID, REALLY? UM, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I CAN ALWAYS ASK.
CAN YOU SEE? YEAH, A DO LIST ITEM? I CAN SEE, UM, I TRIED TO LOOK TODAY, BUT YOU COULD ONLY FIND 'EM IN LIKE, GROUPS OF 50 AND THEY WERE LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THAT'S NOT, I MEAN, IT'S NOT MY MONEY, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, YEAH, WE DON'T NEED 50 OF 'EM.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THEN, SO LIKE IF WE'RE DOING THE DONATION BIN, WHO WOULD TAKE THE DONATIONS FROM THEN? LIKE WOULD IT BE THEIR DONATIONS TO THE MASTER CLOSET OF LIKE GLOVES? SOME.
AND SO, SO MY, MY, MY QUESTION IS THEN WOULD SOMEBODY, OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMISSION WOULD THEN PICK UP OKAY.
WE NEED TO GET THOSE OUT THERE.
UNLESS WE COULD LEAVE 'EM OUT THERE LONGER.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD ANNOUNCE IT AT THE, AT MLK AND SAY THEY'LL BE OUT UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE NEXT YEAR'S GLOVES AND HATS BY THE TIME FEBRUARY'S OVER.
WE COULD LEAVE IT OUT LONGER OR LEAVE IT UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY VISIT THESE LOCATIONS.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO GET ACTUAL DONATION BINS AND I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT LIKE THREE PLACES TO LEAVE THEM.
SO IF WE COULD GET THREE OR FOUR BINS, CARDBOARD BOXES BASICALLY.
SO CARDBOARD BOX HAS ONE IN, UH, B SITE? YEAH, LIKE THE TALL ONES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA DECORATE 'EM.
WE PROBABLY COULD PUT A PRINT THE POSTER AND PUT IT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, BUT THAT'S LONGER TIME.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING FANCY.
THEY JUST NEED TO BE, I WAS TRYING TO FIND ALL LOOK LIKE, UM, THEY ALL LOOK BALLOT BOXES OR LIKE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD USE AT A WEDDING, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN.
UM, I JUST COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE, UM,
I MEAN THOSE WERE $92 ON AMAZON FOR, FOR, UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY.
BUT, UM, SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT I CAN CALL, I CAN ADD THAT TO MY LIST.
SO I WILL CALL THE MASTER CLOSET TOMORROW.
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'CAUSE THE KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL.UH, SO I'LL CALL THEM TUESDAY
UM, IF NOT, WE CAN JUST PUT PUT JUST REGULAR BOX.
YEAH, I'LL GO TO, I MEAN, I'M SURE AT, UH, HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT MOVING BOX SECTION.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE TOO.
UM, JEFFREY, WHO FROM THE CITY IS AVAILABLE TO READ THE PROCLAMATION? UM, UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I WILL SPEAK WITH IF MR. ROGERS, UM, TOMORROW WITH THAT AND THEN I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
IF, IF MR. I WANNA SAY IT WAS THE MAYOR, WAS IT? YEAH.
SO YEAH, HE'S USUALLY THE ONE THAT DOES IT.
UM, YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST CONFIRM IF HE'S AVAILABLE TO READ IT.
AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION TO ASK IN REGARDS TO PROCLAMATION.
JEFFREY, DID YOU RECEIVE, UM, MY EMAIL AS FAR AS THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? YES, I DID AND I GOT MY WIRES CROSSED WITH, UH, TONY ABOUT IF HE HAD GOT THAT EXTRA INFORMATION.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HE GOT IT TOO.
SO HE ADDED, UH, HE ADDED IT IN THAT PROCLAMATION.
SO I'M ASSUMING, HOPEFULLY I'LL PROBABLY GET IT SHORTLY, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN THERE.
UM, DO WE NEED TO WRITE THE PROCLAMATION OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS WILL DO? NO, NO, NO.
YEAH,
SO YEAH, THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
I CAN, UH, STAYING ON THE TOPIC SORT OF, I GUESS, UM, IS THE PERSON WHO'S DOING THE DESIGN FOR THE POSTER BOARDS THE SAME PERSON WHO DID THE FLYER DESIGN THE POSTER BOARDS FOR THE MEET AND GREET? NO.
LIKE THAT'S IT FOR MARKETING MATERIALS.
THE POSTERS FOR THE MEET AND GREET OR IS ANOTHER VENDOR? IT'S ME.
YOU MEAN CREATING 'EM OR MAKING THEM THE MAKING, MAKING THE POSTER BOARDS AND THEN PRODUCING THE POSTER.
I THINK THE POSTER BOARDS ARE MINUTE MAN, MINUTE MAN PRESS, MINUTEMAN EXPRESS.
THAT'S NOT LIKE THIS, THE KID THAT'S GETTING PAID TO DO IT
ALL SO WON'T BE A PROFESSIONAL
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF FEED IN THAT TOO.
SO THE GENTLEMAN, THE STUDENT MADE THE DESIGN FOR THE FLYERS.
UM, AND THEN WE, I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING HIM, I GUESS IN THE TERM, WAS IT HONORARIUM? UM, YEAH.
I JUST WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT I KNOW HAD TOLD MS. STEVENS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT HE NEEDS A, THEY NEED TO PRODUCE A W NINE FOR US.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD SET A A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR HIS WORK, UM, BUT I THINK THERE WAS, BUT I, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF I COULD TELL YOU WHAT IT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THAT WAS NOT THE QUESTION I WAS PREPARED FOR.
SO SOONER, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
IF HE WOULD, IF HE WANTS TO GET PAID.
I HAVE 85,000 TEXT MESSAGES WE MIGHT GET THERE.
UM, I FEEL LIKE IT WAS 125, BUT I FEEL LIKE I MAKE, I'LL GET YOU A FINAL ANSWER ON THAT.
I PROMISE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SCROLL THROUGH.
UM, EVERYBODY, UH, IS THERE ANYBODY THAT CAN'T MAKE IT FOR MLK? GOOD ANSWER.
UH, WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MEET AND GREET THE, UM, OUR GUESTS INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, KIND OF LET 'EM KNOW HOW THIS POSTER PROCESS IS GONNA WORK.
SO PLEASE BE THERE AT EIGHT 30.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE SET, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE WEARING BEFORE? THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL.
DON'T SHOW UP IN, IN BOB MARLEY
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T-SHIRTS.THAT'S PROBABLY IS THE EXTENT OF KEEP IT CLASSY FOLKS.
UM, AND IS THE EVENT ON KEY ADS? YES.
ANYBODY ELSE? OH, WHEN WILL THE, THE MEDIA NOTICE GO OUT? RELEASE? THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL 'EM.
RIGHT? UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IT GOT RELEASED TO, IT'S ALREADY DONE DECEMBER THE 20TH.
UM, BUT I WILL, I DID NOT ASK THAT QUESTION WHEN I TALKED TO MS. WILLIAMS TODAY, BUT I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE TRACK AND ASK, BUT I WANT TO, MY UNDERSTANDING IT, IT WAS ALREADY RELEASED.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S ONE FOR ONE ON THE QUESTIONS.
UM, HONORARIUM, DON'T MIND MY PDHD.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER MLK QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE HONORARIUM.
DO WE AT THIS POINT HAVE SOME SORT OF VISION IN TERMS OF HOW WE SEE THE DAY PLAYING OUT THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR, YEAH, THAT'S FAIR WITH ALL OF US.
SO THE MEET AND GREET WILL START AT NINE 30.
UM, THAT WILL RUN FOR, JESUS SENT THIS TODAY.
WHERE'S THE ONE FROM TODAY? UM, SORRY.
SO COFFEE AND BREAKFAST MEETING YOUR NEIGHBOR IS UNTIL 10 45 OR 10 30.
WE'LL GO OVER TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UM, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM MONTICELLO.
THEIR SIXTH GRADE CHOIR IS GOING TO DO, UM, LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING SINGH.
THEY'RE ALSO, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, GONNA HELP WITH THE ACTUAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHERE WE TAKE THE POSTERS FROM THE MEET AND GREET, BRING THEM OVER, UM, BUT ALSO HAVE A, A VISUAL PRESENTATION OF THOSE DATES.
AND WHY ARE THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
UM, WE KIND OF THOUGHT, OR OUR THOUGHT WAS THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FOCUS ON, UM, NOT THAT THE FOCUS SHOULDN'T BE ON MLK, UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO ALL THESE OTHER POINTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY THAT HE WAS EITHER INVOLVED WITH OR, YOU KNOW, STOOD BEHIND.
SO I THINK IT WAS 15 EVENTS IN HISTORY WE LANDED ON.
UM, THAT THE CHILDREN WILL READ SOME, WE WILL READ SOME, THERE'LL BE A VIDEO FOR SOME ONE.
UM, COREY HAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES, SO HE WILL BE THE ONE, UM, ONCE WE GET THE SCRIPT AND THE FLOW SET, HE'LL BE THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
UM, WE WERE HOPEFUL ONE OF THE STUDENTS FROM, UM, WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL'S HONORS CLASS AFRICAN AMERICANS HONORS STUDIES.
IT MIGHT BE AN AP COURSE, UM, WOULD GIVE THE CLOSING SPEECH.
WE ALSO HAVE, RETURNING FROM LAST YEAR, OUR POET, OR OUR SPOKEN WORD POET, UH, MALACHI ROBINSON WILL ALSO HAS CREATED A PIECE FOR US AS WELL.
UM, SO THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE BULK OF IT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH TIMELINE, THROUGH HISTORY, UP TO WHY ARE WE STILL DOING THIS WORK, INCLUDING, UM, KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE, UM, WITH, UM, THOSE LAST FEW MOMENTS IN HISTORY, INCLUDING, AH, MAUD ARBERY, UM, GEORGE FLOYD AND A FEW OTHERS.
IT SHOULD BE ABOUT AN HOUR, MAYBE AN HOUR AND 15.
WE'RE TRYING TO GRAB THAT 15 MINUTES AT 10 45.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE LIKE A GOOD, UM, SOLID START AT 10 45 SO WE CAN STEAL THAT 15 MINUTES.
SO WE CAN BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
SO DURING THE MEET AND GREET, THAT'S MORE THE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WITH AN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THAT'S WHERE THE POSTER BOARDS COME INTO PLAY, RIGHT? THAT WE'RE HAVING MADE UP WITH GRAPHICS ON 'EM THAT FOCUS ON SOME OF THE MORE KEY EVENTS SURROUNDING CIVIL RIGHTS, CORRECT? MM-HMM
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ASK COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GO AROUND AND TRY TO GUESS THE YEAR THAT THEY THINK THAT EVENT TOOK PLACE.IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH? THAT'S THE, THE MEET AND GREET PART.
IS THERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THE POST REPORTS, UM, IS THERE, LIKE, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ONCE PEOPLE HAVE LIKE DONE, LIKE ARE DONE FILLING IN THE DATES OR THE YEARS, LIKE IS THERE, LIKE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A MESSAGE BEHIND IT, RIGHT? I I FIGURED THE MESSAGE IS SEE HOW SHORT THE GAP IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SEE HOW SHORT THE GAP IS FROM THEN TILL NOW AND HOW MUCH TIME HASN'T GONE BY.
IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO MEDIATE THAT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE, UM, NEIGHBORS, UM, WITH THAT GOING ON? OR HOW'S THAT GONNA BE LIKE, KIND OF HANDLED? SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A ON YOUR OWN ACTIVITY, SO, SO NO ONE FROM THE COMMISSION ISN'T LIKE LEADING? NO, NO, NO.
AS YOU COME IN, AS YOU GET SOMETHING TO EAT, GO AND BROWSE, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR DATES.
Y IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE THE MOST INTEGRAL PART, IT'S JUST TWO TO LINK IT BACK THAT, YOU KNOW, I MARKED THIS HAPPENED IN, YOU KNOW, 1915, UH, AND IT HAPPENED IN 1973.
AND THEN IN THE PROGRAM WE WILL TOUCH BASE ON ALL OF, MOST OF THOSE, UM, POSTER BOARDS.
THERE'S SOME INCLUDED IN THE MEET AND GREET THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM, BUT THE END OF THE MEET AND GREET POSTERS, THERE WILL BE A QR CODE, UM, THAT WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, MORE INFORMATION OKAY.
SO YOU, I DON'T WANNA HAVE IT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL POSTER 'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA SCAN YOUR QR CODE AND BE LIKE, IT HAPPENED THEN WITH THE CORRECT DAYS.
SO WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU WANNA KNOW IF YOU'RE RIGHT OR NOT AND YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT, SCAN THIS QR CODE.
AND THEN, THEN THERE WILL BE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THERE YES, I'M, THERE'S A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT.
Y THAT WILL GO WITH IT AT THE END.
BECAUSE I, I GUESS, I GUESS I DO, I LIKE THE, I LIKE THE THOUGHT OF IT, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WOULD ALSO BE MORE OF THAT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE GUIDED EXPLANATION, LIKE ON THE SPOT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE SOMEBODY WALKING THROUGH LIKE SEE, LIKE SEE THE, LIKE, SEE THE PATHWAY OF LIKE THAT'S MORE SO I THINK THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
THAT WHERE WE TAKE THE WALK THROUGH.
THAN HOW, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD, LIKE WE'RE NOT COVERING ROSA PARKS, WE'RE COVERING, YOU KNOW, CLAUDETTE COLVIN.
THERE'S THESE, THESE PARTS OF HISTORY THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT A LOT.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT STUFF TO THE FOREFRONT.
UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT COVERING ROSA PARKS, IT'S JUST LIKE BEFORE ROSA PARKS THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S TO BRING THAT, THAT EDUCATION PIECE BACK THROUGH IT ALL.
AND, AND THE POINT OF THE CELEBRATION OF HIS BIRTHDAY.
DO WE HAVE THE POSTERS SET UP TO GIVE SOME SORT OF INDICATION AS TO THE EVENT IN QUESTION? LIKE, WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO READ A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT? YEAH, SO IT JUST HAD LIKE THE EVENT AND THEN PICTURE AND THEN THE TIMELINE.
I MEAN, I'M SURE WE COULD ADD SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THAT PICTURE.
THAT'S JUST A, A QUICK EXPLANATION.
BUT REALLY THE WAY IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE EVENT, THE PICTURE AND THE TIMELINE.
I FEEL THAT PEOPLE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL BECAUSE FOR SOME OF THESE POSTER BOARD EVENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA KNOW THE WHOLE HISTORY OF IT.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
TO SEE HOW ALL THESE EVENTS LED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THEREFORE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR'S, UM, BIRTHDAY BEING HOLIDAY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, TOO, KIND OF GOING ON A LITTLE BIT MAYBE OF WHAT JEFFREY SAID, IF WE COULD HAVE A COMMISSION MEMBER DESIGNATED TO KIND OF JUST WALK AROUND EACH POSTER BOARD BACK AND FORTH AND PROVIDE SOME VERBAL,
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A VERBAL SENTENCE OR TWO ABOUT THE, UM, IMPORTANCE YES.THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POSTER BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBER A IS LOOKING AT.
UM, THAT GETS US INVOLVED EVEN MORE.
IT BRINGS US TO AN EDUCATIONAL LEVEL WHERE WE'RE FACE TO FACE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT ONLY, OBVIOUSLY THAT HELPS WITH THE IDEA OF NAME RECOGNITION, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ARE NOW MAKING THAT INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO YOU'RE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION ON AN IMPORTANT MATTER, LIKE THIS ONE EDUCATIONAL AND OBVIOUSLY TWO YOU'RE BRINGING THAT LIKE, HEY, I'M A NEIGHBOR TOO.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE CONVERSATION IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT CAN SPUR ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
AND I THINK THE IDEA OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE FACE.
SO IN DIFFERENT EVENTS AROUND THE CITIES THAT, UH, AROUND THE CITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE INVOLVED IN, THERE'S ALWAYS, THERE'S THAT FAMILIAR FACE AGAIN.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I MEAN, COMMUNITY MEMBER AS WELL.
THEY'RE EATING THEIR DONUT AND DRINKING THEIR COFFEE, LIKE TO SEE A FACE OR TWO OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, WALKING AROUND THE POSTER BOARDS, UM RIGHT.
PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THEM DIRECTLY.
AND, AND I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE LIKE MAD ABOUT IT EITHER, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE COMING TO THE EVENT AS ALREADY, RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE ALREADY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE EVENT WILL ALSO SHOW.
SO I THINK THAT ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS IS, I THINK WOULD BE WELCOMED JUST ABOUT, HEY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO, UH, INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT.
WE HAVE OTHER VISIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF MAKE THE CITY THAT MUCH BETTER FOR, FOR RESIDENTS FOR SURE.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HELLO SO AND SO, I'M SO AND SO WITH THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, UM, I SEE YOU LOOKING AT THIS POST AWARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE IS THIS EVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, TOOK PLACE, UM, AT A TIME THAT YOU NEED TO TRY TO GUESS, BUT HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN IT.
WE TEST YOUR HISTORY KNOWLEDGE, THAT KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, AND JUST REALLY FUN INTERACTION ACTUALLY.
DO WE, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY, LIKE WHAT'S THE NUMBER COUNT ON THOSE POSTERS OR? THERE IS, I SEE THERE'S 10.
AND IF I MAY ADD ALSO TO THIS CONVERSATION, THOSE, UM, MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION THAT ARE NOT ON THE TASK FORCE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION AS WELL.
UM, 'CAUSE ON THE EMAILS WITH THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE ERIC.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT FINALIZED.
I, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU GUYS OFF.
I'M GETTING A MIGRAINE AND I GET A BIG VISION DISTURBANCE WHEN I GET MIGRAINES.
SO I LITERALLY AM NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE OUT OF MY LEFT EYE IN A MINUTE.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND, UM, PREPARED TO ANSWER TO THESE POSTERS.
JUST BE READY AND PREPARED TO DO SO.
UM, WHEN THE TIME COMES, UM, WE WILL NEED TO, UM, FINALIZE THE SELECTIONS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE PRINTED AND DONE.
HOW MUCH NOTICE DO WE NEED FOR PRINTING AND WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR THAT? I MEAN, WE NEED TO GET IT DO LIKE, UH, ASAP IF, IF THE IDEA IS MINUTEMAN PRESS IS DOING IT, UM, I DON'T, IT'LL BE A QUICK YEAH.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I THINK IT'D BE A PRETTY QUICK TURNAROUND.
I JUST NEED TO GET, GET WHAT WE'RE PRINTING SOONER SOON.
SO MADAM CHAIR, UM, I THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO MENTION THIS.
WE WERE DISCUSSING HAVING OUR NEXT TASK GROUP MEETING ON MONDAY.
SO MR. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS, TARA, AS FAR AS WEATHER, WE DEFINITELY WOULD NEED TO MEET IN PERSON, HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING, OR HAVE THE MEETINGS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THEM, YOU KNOW, VIRTUALLY.
SO, SO I CAN PUT A PUBLIC, I CAN PUT A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THAT MEETING ON THE SIXTH, BUT THAT MEETING HAS TO BE IN PUBLIC.
YOU JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HERE, HERE.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
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YEAH.UM, CAN YOU SEE IF THIS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON MONDAY AND IF WE CAN HAVE THIS CONFERENCE ROOM? YEAH, I WILL LET YOU KNOW.
TALKING TO TEXT, BECAUSE DURING THAT MEETING WE'RE GOING TO DEFINITELY FINALIZE WHAT WILL BE THE FINAL POSTER, BOARD SELECTIONS FOR THE MEET AND GREET AND THE PRESENTATION HISTORY PORTION OF THE PROGRAM.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS HERE.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX O'CLOCK, I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE THEN NOW WE HAVE SITU, UH, SITUATION.
I HAVE TO PICK UP MY CHILD ON MONDAY.
UM, UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO KIND OF FILL IN FOR ME.
IF NOT, I MEAN, WE USED TO HOLD OUR MEETINGS A LOT AT THE POLICE STATION, AT THEIR CONFERENCE ROOM, SO YEAH.
WE JUST NEED, I MEAN, THAT PART'S FINE THAT WE JUST YEAH.
SO YOU'RE, IF IT SO, SO MONDAY, SO NO ONE IS HERE.
IF IT'S PROBABLY FOR YOU, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ME.
JUST BECAUSE I GOTTA GO, I GOTTA PICK UP MY CHILD.
I DON'T WANNA LIKE SPRING STUFF ON YOU.
SO IF WE CAN, IF WE COULD DO TUESDAY, I CAN'T, THERE'S NO WAY.
WHAT DAYS WOULD WORK MONDAY? CAN WE HAVE IT AT THE POLICE STATION? I'LL CALL, I'LL ASK.
I DON'T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO SET UP.
I THINK THAT'S THE LEAST OF OUR WORDS.
I THINK IF YOU GUYS, I CAN GET THE SPACE.
IF SOMEBODY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MINUTES, WE'LL ADD THAT.
WE SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE GOOD.
IT'S THE LEAST OF THE WAYS I WANT TO DO IT, BUT WE GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD A, MY FRIEND EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, IT'S GOING TO MAKE ME JUMP OFF A CLIFF.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR MLK? NO, SORRY.
I MEAN, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LET EVERYONE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, IN THE WORKS AND STUFF.
AND SO THE IDEA THEN WAS TO PROGRESS TO THE PROGRAM WHERE READINGS WOULD BE DONE BY STUDENTS AND US AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT OKAY.
UM, IT'S BE PRETTY, PRETTY EASY FROM HERE.
UM, WE DON'T NEED TO MOVE THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, THANK GOD.
UM, THE, THE FESTIVALS THAT WERE NOTED IN CONFLICT ARE ALWAYS HELD THE WEEKEND AFTER LABOR DAY, WHICH IS THE SIXTH AND THE SEVENTH OR THE FIFTH OR THE SEVENTH.
IF WE HAD CHOSEN THAT WEEKEND BEFORE, THAT WAS VERY VALID CONCERN.
'CAUSE THERE'S SEVEN HUGE FESTIVALS THE WEEKEND AFTER LABOR DAY.
SO WE CHOSE THE WEEKEND AFTER THAT.
NOW PENDING ANY PUSHBACK FROM ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL ON THAT DATE, UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START THE PLANNING, UM, FROM HERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY JUNETEENTH UPDATES BECAUSE ERIC HAD TO LEAVE.
UM, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN CHANGE HOW WE ATTACK THESE EVENTS.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE IT WON'T FEEL LIKE SUCH A HEAVY LIFT COMING FROM SOME AND THEN NOT ALL, SO I'VE STARTED THIS, THIS GANTT CHART, WE'LL, WE'LL START WORKING WITH HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH.
UM, THAT'LL DELINEATE TASKS AND GOALS AND WHO'S DOING WHAT.
AND, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY.
I JUST FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE FOOD TRUCKS, WE NEED FOOD TRUCKS FOR JUNETEENTH AND WE NEED FOOD TRUCKS FOR MULTICULTURAL.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER INSTEAD OF THIS TEAM TANGLING WITH JUNETEENTH AND THIS TEAM TINGLING WITH MULTICULTURAL, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HAVE ONE PERSON WORKING ON VENDORS OR TWO PEOPLE OR WHATEVER, UM, OR HOW CAN WE HAVE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE FOOD TRUCKS FOR, FOR EVERYTHING SET UP.
SO I THINK THERE'S, WE ALL HAVE STRENGTHS, WE ALL HAVE WEAKNESSES WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, FOR THESE LIFTS.
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CAN LOOK AT THESE COMPREHENSIVELY IN ONE EXCEL FILE.I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM NOW IN ALL OF HIS EXCEL FILES, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE COMPREHENSIVELY IN ONE EXCEL FILE AND SEE WHAT TASKS AND WHAT AREAS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TANGLE WITH AS A GROUP.
I JUST THINK THAT MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS ME SPEAKING OUT LOUD, BUT I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT FEEL THE SAME WAY.
BUT I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE ALL NEED TO HAVE SOME PART OF A TASK IN ALL OF THESE EVENTS AND NOT JUST THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD TAKING THE LEAD IN THE INITIATIVE ON THESE EVENTS.
UM, AS I'M SITTING HERE WITH THE MIGRAINE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OF US ON THIS COMMISSION THAT HAVE CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES AND WE JUST REALLY NEED TO BE UNDERSTANDING AND AWARE OF THE ABILITY, UM, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMISSION.
AND, AND WE ALL NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PUTTING TOO MUCH ON OTHER PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE TAKING THESE HEAVY LIFTS ON, UM, ME BEING ONE OF THEM.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I HOPE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH USING THIS CHART ONCE IT'S READY TO GO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE THAT DECISION AS A GROUP AND WE'LL START USING IT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP US ALL FEEL A LITTLE LESS LIKE, EH, ABOUT ALL OF THIS WORK AND THEN WE CAN START GETTING TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT.
NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS STUFF IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO START WITH A MISSION STATEMENT FOR THAT EVENT AND, AND WHAT IT SHOULD ENCOMPASS, YOU KNOW? UM, SO BYRAM, YOU AND I ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT EVENT.
WE CAN START TEASING OUT A MISSION STATEMENT TO BRING, UM, NEXT MONTH.
SO THAT WAS MY, I KNOW, SOAPBOX MOMENT, BUT THAT WAS MY SOAPBOX MOMENT.
OH, WE ARE GONNA STAY AT SEPTEMBER 13TH? WE ARE SEPTEMBER 13TH.
HELLER HIGH WATER AT THE MOMENT.
THERE COULD BE, THERE COULD BE A BIG EVENT AT WAYNE.
UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR ONLY, UM, COMPETITOR RIGHT NOW FROM WHAT I SEE.
THERE'S LIKE A BIG CAR SHOW, CAROLINE, BUT THAT WAS IT.
TIME HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN 12 TO SIX.
WE WOULD NEED TO DECIDE, OF COURSE WE WANNA SET THAT SAME TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT TODAY.
I REALLY WANTED TO GET THE DATE SET, UM, SO WE CAN START CONNECTING AND START, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT AND GETTING STUFF DONE.
UM, I THINK FIRST STEP IS DEFINITELY GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE PARTNERS, LIKE THE CHAMBER, UM, PARKS AND THE CITY AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAP OUT LOGISTICALLY LIKE WHAT I WOULD LIKE.
I HAVE AN IDEA, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA TRANSLATE
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT AS A COLLECTIVE SPACE WITH THE FOOD AND THE CULTURE AND ALL OF IT.
NOT FOOD CULTURE PERFORMANCES, LIKE A COLLECTIVE SPACE WITH THE PERFORMANCES IN THE MIDDLE, IF THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANNA ADD ABOUT JUNETEENTH, UM, I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE, UM, ILLMATIC SERVING, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING ABLE TO SERVE, UM, A FEW OF THEIR BRUISES.
SO, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THEY WORKED WITH MASON FROM THE CHAMBER IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO THEY'RE SO, SO MIKE, YEAH, SO MIKE IS A PART OF THE CHAMBER NOW, SO YEAH.
NO, IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM THOUGH.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY MM-HMM
AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GET THAT IN THE WORKS LIKE TOMORROW.
I'VE, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MIKE BEFORE MIKE WAS MIKE OBVIOUSLY WITH B SIDE SINCE THEY OWNED IT.
UM, HE WAS ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THE, THE, THE NOD FOR MLK.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE, WHICH IS KIND WELL I JUST THINK, I JUST KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE MM-HMM
SO IF WE, WHATEVER WE CAN DO YEAH.
SO IF IT'S, SO IF IT'S JUST BEVERAGES OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER ELSE THE COMMISSION KIND OF THINKS OF ABOUT GETTING THESE LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES KIND OF A PART OF IT AS WELL, IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S UH, ANY OTHER, LIKE OBVIOUSLY WE COULD JUST SAY BEHAVIOR RIGHTS, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I THINK THAT'S INCORPORATING ALL THESE, UH, BUSINESSES ITSELF.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE PERSONABLE
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WHEN YOU ACTUALLY GO DIRECTLY TO THE, THE BUSINESS ITSELF.I THINK IT SEEMS MORE GENUINE IN THAT MATTER, SO.
I'LL, IF, IF IT'S, YOU GUYS WANT ME TO KIND OF BRIDGE THAT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH MIKE AND TRY TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE IDEA AROUND IT IS.
I'M TRULY, I CAN KIND OF MAKE THAT CONNECTION HAPPEN FOR YOU ALL.
OR IF YOU GUYS JUST WANT TO GIVE ME SOME KIND OF I GENERAL IDEAS OF WHAT YOU GUYS WANNA SEE, I CAN TALK TO MIKE ABOUT THAT AND TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A, AS A SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP.
YEAH, WE FOR SURE, WE'LL MOST LIKELY CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
TO DO THE ALCOHOL SALES THERE.
I THINK IT WORKED REALLY WELL.
UM, SO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO MM-HMM
IS, YEAH, IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS AS SIMPLE AS THE CHAMBER BUYING ALCOHOL FROM AMATIC.
AND THEN THEY, SO YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
I'LL JUST MAKE SURE WHEN WE TOUCH BASE WITH MASON THAT WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S PART, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S IN PLACE.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONNECT WITH MASON.
THOSE, WELL, I KNOW WE TRIED, YOU KNOW, TO INCORPORATE THEM IN THE PAST, BUT WE WAITED TOO LATE.
THERE WASN'T A LOT OF LEAD TIME AND OUR HANDS WERE TIED WITH BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SELL.
UM, SO NOW, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE DOTS CAN BE CONNECTED A LOT EASIER MM-HMM
BUT I JUST FEEL IT AS A COURTESY WE NEED TO START, YOU KNOW, THAT NOW TRULY.
UM, AND JUST SPEAKING ON IT, I KNOW MR. RICHARDSON ISN'T HERE, BUT, UM, I KNOW THE IDEA WAS DISCUSSING AT LEAST JUNETEENTH 'CAUSE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE JUNE ALREADY.
UM, HE, HE DID SAY SOMETHING TO ME IN DECEMBER ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT GOOD IDEAS ABOUT TRYING TO START PLANNING FOR THAT PROBABLY NEXT MONTH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD THING TO TRY TO GET THAT STUFF GOING.
SO AGAIN, UH, I HOPE WHERE I'M NEED, UH, YOU GUYS NEED THAT HELP.
SO I'M HERE IF YOU, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM ME, SO JUST LET ME KNOW.
NO, I THINK IT, IT WENT OFF PRETTY WELL LAST YEAR.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO ASSIST AS A COMMISSION TO DO THE REST OF THE LIFT.
YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON T-SHIRTS AND DO WE NEED T-SHIRTS FOR MULTICULTURAL TOO THAT SAY VOLUNTEER ON THE BACK OR SAY COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IF THAT'S YOUR JOB, GO DO YOUR JOB, COME BACK TO THE MEETING, LET US KNOW HOW YOUR TASKS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE DOWN TO JUST THE FIVE OF US, SO I DON'T WANNA TANGLE WITH THE FOCUS AND THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE LEGISLATION AND, AND THOSE THINGS TONIGHT.
UM, I THINK WE'RE WELCOME TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, UM, AS A GROUP.
BUT AS WE START TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, THE FOCUS AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE LEGISLATION, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT WAS GOING.
UM, I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY THERE.
SO YOU WAS GONNA, YOU WAS GONNA SAY WE GOING TO, WE CAN, UH, TALK ABOUT, UH, NEXT MONTH.
I THINK WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UM, ALL OF OUR, UH, COMMISSION MEMBERS HERE AND WE CAN GET, UH, THAT DECISION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
JUST AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT LIKE WHY YOU CAME HERE TO JOIN THIS COMMISSION.
UM, WHAT, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING.
WHAT ARE SOME AREAS OF FOCUS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF? UM, AND, AND, AND WHAT AREAS, YOU KNOW, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING THE LEAD ON AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AS WE, YOU KNOW, REFOCUS AND, AND, AND WORK ON IF WE ARE REALIGNING, HOW WE ARE REALIGNING, THINGS LIKE THAT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE BIGGER, BIGGER GOALS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE JOINED THIS COMMISSION AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND HOW CAN WE HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL GOALS COME TOGETHER, UM, TO A MORE COHESIVE VISION.
UM, I, I'M RELUCTANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA GET WHAT WE WANTED OUT OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHEN IT COMES TO FOCUSING OUR WORK.
SO WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR WORK
SO LET'S, LET'S HAVE OUR HOMEWORK BE THAT FOR THE NEXT MONTH AS WELL AS EVERYTHING MLK RELATED.
SORRY, MY STROBE LIGHT'S GONE.
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UH, WORK THROUGH OUR TASKS, I'LL SEND YOU GUYS A TO-DO LIST OF THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED TONIGHT FOR MLK.UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST AFTER THIS YEAR'S MLK EVENT, LIKE DURING NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, THAT SHOULD BE THE TIME WHEN WE SHOULD ESTABLISH THE TASK FORCE FOR 2026 MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE WAITING FEW MONTHS PRIOR TO DO ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION, RIGHT? WE NEED TO BE MORE TIMELY IN THE PLANNING AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR EVENTS.
IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SIX MONTH LEAD TIME ON THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE EVENTS TO GET OUR FOOT OFF THE BACK OF THE CITY'S NECK.
LIKE JUNETEENTH SHOULD BE ALMOST DONE AND PLANNED NOW, RIGHT? SO THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN A SIX MONTH VIEW OF, IF I'M LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER FOR MULTICULTURAL, WE SHOULD BE DAMN NEAR DONE IN MAY.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT TO DO IT THAT WAY.
WE COULD GET THERE, WE COULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION FOR MULTICULTURAL THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY BE.
SO WITH THAT, THAT, I KNOW THAT GANTT CHART WILL DO THE SAME THING, RIGHT? IT'S SET OUT TILL 2027.
SO WE CAN START, IT SHOULD HAVE THE SAME GOALS.
WE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, THINGS NEEDED FROM EACH OF THESE EVENTS, THE SAME GOALS, THE SAME PARTNERS, THE SAME WHATEVER.
AND IF IT WAS YOUR GOAL THIS YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR JOB NEXT YEAR.
YOU KNOW? AND, AND SO I THINK THAT'LL BRING THAT TOGETHER AND THAT'LL ALSO HELP.
UM, WE CAN ADD ALL OF THIS OUTSTANDING CRAP TO THAT CHART AS WELL AND GIVE YOU ACCESS TO IT SO THAT IF THERE'S AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY THAT THE, THE, YOU KNOW, ABILITY TO GATHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, IF THERE'S AN UPDATE, THEY CAN MAKE THAT UPDATE AND CHECK OFF THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PROCESS.
UM, THERE WASN'T A LOT THAT WAS LEFT OVER.
ALL THE YELLOW STUFF IS DONE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
I HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT THE HERITAGE MONTHS, BUT I AM GONNA TALK TO THE CITY NEXT WEEK.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF RESET OUR EXPECTATIONS, HOW WE CAN ALL COME TO THE TABLE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ABILITY TO MEET DURING THE WEEK? MM-HMM
YOU, ARE YOU AVAILABLE THE 16TH AT FOUR? THURSDAY? I THINK I'LL SEND YOU THE EMAIL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR SCHOOL SCHEDULE WAS LIKE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING FOR THAT.
I'LL SEND YOU THE INFORMATION.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 6TH AT 6:00 PM I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT EVERYBODY OFF.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION OR ANYTHING? OKAY.