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YEP.[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road March 6, 2025 6:00 P.M. ]
THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON MARCH 6TH, 2025 AT 6:03 PM CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, SIR? MRS. NEWBIE? AL.MS. TROTTER? MR. RICHARDSON? PRESENT.
MR. CHUCK? JOSE PRESENT? MRS. ST.
SO, UH, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THAT, UH, I WILL MOVE THAT WE, UH, READ THE MINUTES AND MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AFTER YOUR READING THE MEETING FOR THE MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025.
BY THE WAY, LOOKS LIKE I NEED SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UM, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES.
UH, FROM FEBRUARY 6TH AS CORRECT.
A AB SAYING WHAT? STATE THANK YOU TO READ.
OH, I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO READ THEM, ROGER.
DOES ANY OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TO THE COMMITTEE? ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
UH, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS, UM, IS WE WILL DISCUSS SOME OLD BUSINESS.
UH, THE FIRST THING TO BE BROUGHT UP IS THE NOMINATION AND VOTE FOR A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, UH, LET ME INTERJECT REAL QUICK, JUST BECAUSE WE, UH, CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE FIVE MEMBERS, I GUESS PRESENT TODAY.
WE CAN ALSO JUST TABLE THIS FOR NEXT MONTH, IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO THAT WITH MS. HANUKAH COMING ON, UH, THE COMMISSION NEXT MONTH IN APRIL.
UM, WE'LL BE AT EIGHT AT THAT POINT.
SO, I MEAN, BIGGER NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY, UM, A BIGGER SAY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GIVES EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, UM, TO KIND OF REALLY MAKE THAT DECISION IF EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION IS KIND OF OKAY WITH THAT.
SO, YEAH, MS. HANUKAH, UH, WILL GET, UH, CONFIRMED BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, I WANNA SAY.
SO, UM, SHE WILL BE, UH, PART OF THE COMMISSION, UH, STARTING APRIL THE THIRD, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT JUST FIGURED, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY ABSENT, UH, AT THIS MEETING.
AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL GET ANOTHER MEMBER COME APRIL IF WE GONNA WANNA HOLD OFF.
I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE COULDN'T DO THAT AS WELL, JUST FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
SO WE WILL OPERATE WITH CORY AS A INTERIM CHAIR.
YEAH, NO VICE CHAIR AT THIS POINT.
CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE VOTE TILL THE NEXT MONTH BOARD HAVE THE VOTE NOW?
NEEDS, WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.
I GUESS THE QUESTION MORE IS, IS THE TWO THAT'S NOT HERE, DID THEY? WELL, I GUESS WE DUNNO IF THEY WANTED TO PUT IN FOR ANYTHING OR NOT,
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BUT YEAH, THAT WAS, I MEAN THAT WAS MY, LIKE, JUST MY THOUGHT OF IT.I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HURT TO NO, I GUESS TO, TO WAIT.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY MM-HMM
WE JUST STILL NEED A MOTION 'CAUSE WE GOT THIS ON THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S THE MAIN ORDER OF BUSINESS.
SO WE JUST NEED THE MOTION TO SUSPEND UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND WE SUSPEND THE NOMINATION FOR THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR UNTIL NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
WE WILL THEN SUSPEND THE NOMINATION FOR THE VOTE FOR THE NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR UNTIL, UM, APRIL OF 2025.
NEXT ORDER BUSINESS, OLD BUSINESS.
UH, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG IS UPDATE ON JUNETEENTH, UM, WHO'S GIVING THAT UPDATE.
UM, OKAY, SO WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING SO FAR.
WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS, UM, MARCH THE 12TH.
CORRECT? IS IT 13TH WEDNESDAY, WHENEVER THE 12TH.
UM, SO THEN WE STARTED LAYING OUT, WE'VE LAID OUT SOME TASK THINGS SO FAR FOR THE GROUP TO GO OUT.
SO, UM, I GUESS ABRAHAM, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE YOU ARE WITH YEAH, SO I'VE GOT HOLD OF THE, ALL, ALL, ALL OF THE FOOD VENDORS WE HAD FROM LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO NEW ADDITIONS THIS YEAR AND ACTUALLY THREE WITH THE ONE YOU JUST GAVE ME, THE GQS BARBECUE.
SO, AND THEY SIGNED UP ON A WAITING LIST, SO WE JUST, THEY WAITING FOR AN APPROVAL FROM US.
IS THAT FROM SARAH? SARAH? IS THAT WHAT WHAT CHRISTIE WAS? CHRISTIE WAS, UH, WAS ASKING ABOUT ON THE EMAIL THAT WAS NO, SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT THEIR RETAIL VENDORS.
I, I WOULD FIGURE, SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SARAH.
I THINK THIS OR SARAH IS ON VACATION THIS WEEK.
BUT I THINK WE WILL GET ALL THAT LIKE, STRAIGHTENED OUT LIKE BY NEXT WEEK OR BY OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, COREY, YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY UPDATE YOU AND CHRISTIE HAVE FOR RETAIL VENDORS? YEAH, SO I WILL GIVE THE UPDATE.
UH, WE'VE CONTACTED THE PREVIOUS VENDORS.
UM, CHRISTIE HAS REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL OTHERS.
UM, SHE PUT THAT IN A TEXT OR IN AN EMAIL.
UM, SHE HAS NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE FROM THE EMANCIPATION EXHIBIT PANELS FROM DML.
SHE GOES ON TO SAY IF ANYONE THINKS UH, WE CAN USE THEM AS PART OF A EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT TO JUNETEENTH AND OR USE DMLS AFRICAN AMERICAN SPECIALISTS, JUST LET HER KNOW.
SHE'LL DO ALL THE CONTACT FOR THAT.
UM, SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO LOG INTO THE SYSTEM VIA THE LINK, UM, THAT SARAH PROVIDED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
UH, SHE HAD SOME VENDORS, UM, SHE NEEDED TO JUST ADD THEM TO THERE FOR REGISTRATION.
I'LL, I'LL GET WHAT SARAH TO LET HER KNOW.
UM, SHE THEN SHE JUST GOES ON THE LIST OF THOSE VENDORS, UM, WHO THOSE VENDORS WERE.
UM, SHE ALSO SAYS THAT SHE REACHED OUT TO THE LUX BERRY AND THE TREE COMPANY FIVE 17 AND COMPANY EVENT PLANNING, BLESS CAKES, ALTHOUGH, SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN THAT LINK IS UP TO DATE, I THINK THOSE, THOSE WILL BE GOOD TO GO.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT NEED, OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED TO THE INVOICE FOR REGISTRATION.
I WOULDN'T HEAR BACK FROM THE, UH, I GOT HER EMAIL PULLED UP, THE, UM, THE TROOPER, NOT THE TROOPER.
WE REACHED OUT TO POLICE EXPLORER, POLICE EXPLORERS FOR, UM, FOR PARKING.
AND WE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THAT EMAIL.
AND THEN, UM, I REACHED OUT TO, UM, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, UH, FOR EDUCATIONAL PIECE AS WELL, RIGHT THERE ON THE CAMPUS OF WORKFORCE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A DISPLAY, UM, A MOBILE DISPLAY AS WELL.
UM, I DID TALK TO CHRISTIE ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING LIKE WE DID FOR THE MLK WITH THE QR CODES FOR EDUCATIONAL, UM, UM, FOR THE EDUCATION PURPOSE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT THAT DAY.
WE JUST HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE CAN, WHO WE CAN'T GET.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN REACHING OUT TO LIKE THE, THOSE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS,
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IF THEY CAN'T PRESENT OR HAVE ANYTHING MOBILE THAT DAY, PUTTING THE QR CODE UP THAT EVEN CAN DRIVE THEM TO THOSE, UM, TO THOSE OR TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OR TO, UH, I CLOSED THE EMAIL, UM, TO THE EMANCIPATION EXHIBIT.'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S AT, IS THAT SINCLAIR IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN? MM-HMM
SO, SO EVEN IF THEY CAN'T COME, WE CAN EVEN WITH THE QR CODE, DRIVE THEM TO THOSE, SAY IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE OR KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, YOU CAN GO TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE PLACES.
SO, UM, WE DO THINK THAT THAT'S MAY HAVE BE ONTO SOMETHING WITH THE QR CODE ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE MY UPDATES FROM CHRISTIE AND MYSELF.
SO I DID REACH OUT TO QUITE A FEW, UM, TALENT GROUPS.
UM, SO I THINK WHERE I'M GONNA GO SEE ONE TOMORROW, UM, THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO MAKE A DECISION AT OUR MEETING ON THE 12TH, WHICH ONE WE WANT TO GO WITH.
SO I'LL HAVE SOME VIDEOS, SOME LINKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO WE CAN GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM, UM, AND MAKE SOME DECISIONS FROM THAT, THAT ARE, UH, BEATING AT THE 12.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND GET, GET THOSE PEOPLE, UM, SQUARED AWAY AND UNDER CONTRACT AND STUFF LIKE THAT SO WE'RE NOT SCRAMBLING AT THE LAST MINUTE, UM, TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
SO, UM, THAT'S, OH, JEFFREY DID HELP US OUT.
SO HE DID REACH OUT TO KETTERING.
UM, WE WERE TRYING TO DO SOME MOBILE TESTINGS BUT THAT DIDN'T KINDA WORK OUT THE WAY WE PLANNED SO PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF NEED FAST AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE A GOOD IDEAL
UH, I MEAN WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A, AN ALCOHOL BOOTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT OUT THERE.
SO, UM, JEFFREY'S GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE JUST PROVIDE SOME EDUCATIONAL THINGS ABOUT PREVENTIVES MM-HMM
AND SOME STEPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE THOUGHT WE WERE ONTO SOMETHING WITH THE TESTING
WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU BROUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO VOTE ON FROM THE JUNETEENTH UPDATES? NO, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING.
UM, AT OUR MEETING AT THE 12TH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN KIND OF FINALIZE THE MUSICAL PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, 'CAUSE WE GOT, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE GOT A, A YOUTH GROUP THAT'LL DANCE MM-HMM
UM, WE GOT A FAMILY GROUP THAT'LL, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM ACAPELLA.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THEM AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, BANDS, PICK A HEADLINER AND GO FROM THERE.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY?
UM, MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL UPDATE.
SO I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING BY ROOM WAS THAT YOU AND TARA? YEAH, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES, UM, YET.
WE DIDN'T, UH, GET AS A TASK GROUP IN AND TALK ABOUT IT MM-HMM
AND, BUT THIS IS WAS IN SEPTEMBER.
I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I WILL DIG INTO, UM, THE PART, UH, THE OTHER CULTURES.
UH, WE TRYING TO, UH, CALL THEM AND WE HAVE A, UH, LIKE DF DFI THAT, UH, DAYTON, YOU KNOW, BIGGEST, UH, FESTIVAL.
MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IN, UH, FIRST WEEK OF MAY.
AND, UH, MANY OF, UH, THE OTHER COUNTRIES FROM THERE WE CAN FIND THERE AND GET A CONTACT AND, UH, MOST OF THEM THEY KNOW ME, SO IT WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM TO, UH, MAKE A SUCCESSFUL MONTREAL CULTURAL
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FESTIVAL 2025.I JUST, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC UPDATES, BUT I WILL, UH, PROBABLY NEXT TWO MONTHS OR OKAY, GOT IT.
DO YOU, I KNOW, ARE YOU STILL WORKING WITH TARA ON THAT OR DO WE NEED DIGITAL ASSISTANCE? UH, IS TARA IS NO MORE US? WELL, I MEAN YOU I GUESS, CAN YOU, TARA IS STILL, STILL, YEAH.
IF SHE CAN, UH, IF SHE WANNA BE STILL VOLUNTEERING, OTHERWISE I WILL TRY TO GET MUCH AS UPDATES I CAN AND IF YOU GUYS CAN, UH, HELP ME WITH THE, UH, UH, FOOT, UH, TRUCKS.
SO I, IF YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THE SAME, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, UH, FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, IF WHEN WE GONNA TALKING WITH THEM, IF WE ARE GONNA OFFER, HEY, UH, ARE YOU WILLING TO COME ON A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, UH, THIS DAY FROM THIS TIME TO THIS TIME, AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHO WE HAVE ON THE FOOD TRUCKS.
AND, UH, IF YOU NEED GOTTA, IF WE GOTTA LOOK FOR MORE, WE CAN LOOK FOR MORE.
IF NOT, UH, THAT WILL BE ENOUGH.
I, I JUST WANT TO LASTLY INTERJECT.
BYRON AND COMMISSION, UH, WHEREVER YOU GUYS KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHO IS GOING TO KIND OF LEAD THAT TASK FORCE, UM, FOR MULTI, FOR A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
LIKE WE HAVE KIND OF, OR LIKE YOU ALL KIND OF DESIGNATED INDIVIDUALS FOR JUNETEENTH BY, I HAPPILY HELP YOU ALL THE COMMISSION, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND WE CAN SIT DOWN WITH MYSELF, ANYBODY WHO'S GONNA LEAD IT AND AS WELL AS SARAH FORESIGHT, UM, TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEED TO ALL KIND OF DO TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER, UM, FROM THE CITY'S POINT OF VIEW OR CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THEN WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF SUPPORT THE COMMISSION TO MAKE, UH, SURE.
MULTICULTURAL OF S UH, UM, UH, DANG, WHAT'S THE WORD?
SO JUST BY WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE, JUST GIVE I WILL.
I WILL TALK TO, UH, MISS, UH, TARA AND UH, SEE IF OKAY.
HE GONNA, SHE GONNA, UM, HELP ME ON THIS.
IF NOT, I WILL, UH, GET OUT THE GROUP AND SEE WHO'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO HELP ME ON THAT.
BUT I'M THINKING ON PERFORMANCES AND MULTI LIKE MULTICULTURAL PERFORMANCES.
I CAN GET, UM, AT LEAST SIX, SEVEN PERFORMANCES GET READY.
BUT, UH, I ALREADY HAVE THE FOOD TRUCKS INFORMATIONS.
IF YOU CAN, UH, WHEN YOU GONNA CONTACT WITH THEM NEXT TIME, JUST ASK THEM.
WE HAVE A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL IF THEY WILLING TO COME, JUST GET A NOTE.
OTHER THAN THAT WE GO FROM THERE.
WE HAVE LIKE WHAT NOW? HERE'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST.
IF WE COULD SIX MONTHS, UM, AT LEAST BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR FLYER TOGETHER FOR JUNETEENTH SO THAT PEOPLE THAT COME, WE CAN PASS THAT OUT TO PASS TO THEM THERE.
SO THAT THEY CAN BOUNCE BACK FOR THE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
OR HAVE YOUR COMMUNICATION, WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA FLYER YOU'RE GONNA PUT TOGETHER, HAVE IT READY BY THEN.
I NEED A, I NEED THE HELP ON THAT FLYER, MS. YOLANDA.
AND YOU ARE SO PROFESSIONAL TO MAKE THOSE FLYERS WHEN WE GONNA NEED YOUR HELP ON THE FLYERS, PLEASE.
DO WE HAVE IT ON THE CITY CALENDAR? HAS IT, WHAT WAS THAT? IT'S THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL ON THE CITY CALENDAR.
WELL, I'M NOT FOR SURE, BUT I KNOW SARAH WILLIAMS HAD ASKED ME THE DATE AND I, AND I GAVE HER THE DATE.
SO I HAVEN'T LOOKED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO VERIFY THAT OR NOT, BUT LEMME DOUBLE CHECK REAL QUICK.
'CAUSE YOU CAN ALSO JUST START PUSHING IT LIKE, I SAVE THE DATE.
WHEN DO YOU, WHEN WOULD WE, WHEN DO WE NORMALLY START PUSHING IT AS A SAVE THE DATE? IS THAT, DO THAT BEFORE JUNETEENTH OR, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T DO IT BEFORE.
SPARK SPAN HEIGHTS, DISTRACT FROM IT IN MY PERSONAL, I WOULDN'T DO IT.
AND I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S PROBABLY GONNA ALLOW US TO DO A SAVE DAY BEFORE SPAR SPAN HEIGHTS.
SO MAYBE RIGHT AFTER STAR SPRINGLE HEIGHTS.
THEN WE SAY SOMETHING WHEN THE STAR SPAN HEIGHTS,
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UH, JUNE SOMETHING LIKE THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE, I THINK.SO I WOULD THINK MAYBE AT OUR, AT JUNETEENTH WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO PUSH AFTER JUNE JUNETEENTH AS OF NEXT EVENT TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
WELL YOU GOT A DATE, JEFFREY, OR NO, BECAUSE IT'S, I DON'T SEE IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE YET.
WHICH ONE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? I'M TALKING HEIGHTS OR I'M TALKING, I'M TALK CULTURE MULTICULTURAL.
NO, I THINK HE'S LOOKING FOR STAR SPAN HEIGHTS BECAUSE THE FOURTH IS ON THE, IS ON A FRIDAY.
SO IT SHOULD BE LIKE THAT 20, LIKE THE 28TH.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE CALENDAR, BUT I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE A THING.
SO LET'S JUST PLAN FOR AFTER THE 28TH.
AND THEN WE'LL PLAN TO HAVE THE FLYERS READY TO, OR ANYTHING MARKETING MATERIAL READY TO HAND OUT TO JUNETEENTH.
YEAH, JUST DO SOME PHYSICAL STUFF AT THE JUNETEENTH.
THEN WE'LL HIT TO SAVE THE DATE RIGHT AFTER THE STAR SPRINGLE HEIGHTS.
OLD BUSINESS BUSINESSES CLOSED.
UM, IS THERE ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE, UM, NEEDS ASSESSMENT UPDATE? UM, YEAH, WE CAN PUT THAT IN.
UM, WHERE ARE WE? SO AS OF LAST WEEK, FRIDAY, I GOT THE, UH, COPY OR THE COPY OF THE REPORT FROM RAMA, UH, LAST WEEK, FRIDAY, UM, LEADERSHIP AND MYSELF KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT JUST LOOKING AT THE MATERIAL THAT WAS GATHERED OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS OR SO.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SURVEYS, OBVIOUSLY THE LISTENING SESSIONS, UH, INPUT FROM STAFF AROUND THE CITY.
UM, RAYMOND WAS ABLE TO KIND OF COMPOSE WHAT THEY GOT FROM ALL THOSE, UH, DATA POINTS AND PRESENT, UH, THE CITY WITH THE REPORT.
UM, I HAVEN'T WENT IN ITS ENTIRETY, UH, OVER THE 20 SOME ODD PAGE REPORT YET, BUT, UM, I WILL GENERALLY SAY THAT, UM, IT IS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD SAY, UM, THE PLAN FOR RAMA.
UM, I WOULD SAY IT LIKE THIS, IT'S NOT NEGATIVE.
UM, I THINK WHERE I KIND OF PLACE IT IS, UM, OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE NOTION IS HUBERT HEIGHTS IS A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE THOSE POCKETS WITHIN THERE HEIGHTS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU HAVE THAT NEGATIVE LIKE ISSUE THAT KIND OF LIKE LEECHES OUT.
UM, BUT FROM WHAT RAMA WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, RAMA'S PLAN IS TO, UM, GIVE THE REPORT TO THOSE ON THE PLANNING TEAM ON MARCH THE 14TH.
UM, WITH ALL EDITS DONE FROM WHAT LEADERSHIP WOULD LIKE THEM TO DO, THEY'RE NOTHING MAJOR ABOUT THE MATERIAL ITSELF.
IT'S MORE OR LESS, UM, UH, FORMATTING STYLE, LIKE MAKING THINGS BIGGER, READABLE, LEGIBLE, UH, THAT NATURE OF IT.
SO LEADERSHIP'S FINE WITH THE MATERIAL.
UM, THE NOTION, LIKE I SAID, RAY WILL, RAY WILL EMAIL, UH, THOSE ON THE PLANNING TEAM MARCH THE FOURTH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL THEN, UH, HAVE A MORE, UH, COMPLEX OR A, A DEEPER DIVE OF THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM RAMA, UM, ON MARCH THE 19TH.
WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE, OR THOSE HAVE THAT, UH, PLANNING, UH, PLANNING TEAM MEETING ON MARCH THE 19TH, UH, AT FOUR.
UM, THEN, UH, C IS PLANNING TO RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I WANNA SAY MARCH THE 20TH.
I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT INFORMATION'S GONNA GET RELEASED.
IS IT GONNA JUST, UH, BE A PRESS RELEASE? IS IT GONNA BE SENT ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE? UM, I'M NOT FOR SURE YET.
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SO THERE IS A REPORT.YEAH, THE REPORT, THE REPORT IS DONE.
SO HOW DO WE GET THAT? THE COM THE COMMISSION? MM-HMM
UM, SO I DON'T SEE THAT THERE BEING AN ISSUE.
SO YOU, YOU'LL ALL PROBABLY GET IT ON MARCH THE 14TH.
UM, LIKE I SAID, REMA IS GOING BACK AND DOING SOME OF THOSE, UM, SOME OF THOSE LIKE, UM, WHAT DID I CALL IT? UH, SOME OF THOSE LIKE PRESENTATION, UH, IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FONT AND COLOR.
UM, SO YEAH, YOU GUYS SHOULD PROBABLY GET IT MARCH THE 14TH.
SO, BUT MARCH THE 14TH IS THE PLANNING.
NO, SO MARCH THE 14TH IS JUST THE DAY THAT THEY WANTED TO GIVE IT TO THE PLANNING TEAM SO THEY'D HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ IT BEFORE THEIR MARCH THE 19TH PLANNING TEAM MEETING.
CAN YOU EMAIL THOSE DATES TO US? WHAT, I MEAN, LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON? BECAUSE, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING, SO I CAN'T, LIKE IT WASN'T, I DON'T, THOSE THAT ARE ON THE PLANNING TEAM.
AND YOU ARE ONE ON THE PLANNING TEAM, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO INITIALLY THE UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE HAD GOTTEN EMAILS FROM RAMA IN RESPONSE TO THOSE PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS.
THOSE WHO ARE ON THE PLANNING TEAM WITH THAT NEXT MEETING BEING MARCH THE 19TH, MARCH THE 14TH, IS WHAT RAMA SHOULD HAVE SAID IN THE EMAIL THAT YOU GUYS WOULD'VE RECEIVED THE REPORT, THE FINAL REPORT ON THAT DAY.
SO YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO LOOK THROUGH IT, READ THROUGH IT, AND THEN COME MARCH THE 19TH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK THAT IS, YOU GUYS WOULD THEN HAVE A, A DEEP DIVE WITHIN THAT MATERIAL, UH, FROM RAMA IN PERSON, UH, AT CITY HALL.
UM, AGAIN, IT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF COMMISSION WOULD GET IT, BUT IT ONLY SEEMS RIGHT THAT YOU ALL GET IT.
SO JUST REMEMBER THAT EVERYBODY WILL, EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE THE FULL REPORT COME MARCH THE 14TH.
'CAUSE I, WHAT WAS THAT? I'M JUST THINKING IT'S, SINCE IT WAS A, A PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE THAT WE WOULD GET THE RESULTS.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PRIOR TO, OR LIKE, MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND.
LIKE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE, I DON'T GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
JUST BEING IN, IN THE LOOP WITH THE RESULTS BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE GONNA BE A PART OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS IS RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK FROM RAMA, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE, I MEAN, AT THE POINT OF THE UNDERSTANDING, THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS ON THE PLANNING TEAM, CORRECT.
OR RIGHT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE COMMISSION.
AND WE UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WE UNDERSTAND WE DON'T HAVE A WAY.
SO YOU GUYS WOULD'VE GOTTEN THE REPORT EITHER WAY FROM RAMA, SO UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND ONLY, SO THE COMMISSION WOULD'VE HAD THE COPY OF THE REPORT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WOULD'VE HAD THE REPORT, UNDERSTANDABLY.
SO THE REPORT WOULD'VE BEEN MADE PUBLIC MARCH THE 20TH.
IS IS THAT NOT, BECAUSE THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WOULDN'T GO BACK FOR INPUT, RIGHT? SO THE MATERIAL THAT RAMA ALREADY HAS NOW THAT IS THE MATERIAL THAT'S IN THE REPORT.
RAMA HAS NO, FROM WHAT I, FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD TO RAMA OR FROM RAMA, THERE IS NO NEED TO ADD MORE INFORMATION TO THE REPORT.
SO AT THAT POINT, THE PLANNING TEAM WOULD HAVE THE, HAVE THE UPDATE OVER THE CONTENT BY MARCH THE 19TH, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THE CITY WOULD THEN MAKE THE REPORT FINAL TO THE PUBLIC.
I THINK I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, YOLANDA, LIKE THAT WAS NEVER, I I DON'T HAVE THAT.
I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH MY EMAILS NOW.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE DATES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IN MY, IN MY THE 14TH OR THE 19TH? NO.
BUT MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF I'M SAYING THE SAME THING THAT YOLANDA IS SAYING.
YEAH, I, MY CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD THE RESULTS.
I GUESS IF WE HADN'T, IF I HADN'T BROUGHT IT UP AS A POINT TO DISCUSS, WE
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WOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN.SO THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR ME BECAUSE WE ARE INITIATED THIS PROCESS.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WILL STAY IN THE LOOP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, AND I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT ARE ON THE PLANNING TEAM, BUT BECAUSE THIS WAS A COMMISSION INITIATIVE WITH THE CITY, THEN THE COMMISSION SHOULD RECEIVE THOSE RESULTS AND SEE THOSE RESULTS.
THAT WAS MY POINT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT, ALL I HAVE IS THE UPDATED, UM, LIST.
IS THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY PLANNING WORKSHOP? THAT'S ALL THIS, THOSE ARE THE ONLY EMAILS I HAVE.
WHICH YOU DIDN'T GET THE SECOND, YOU DIDN'T GET A, A MEETING FOR THE MARCH THE 19TH? NO.
THERE'S THE CONFUSION OF THAT THEN.
SO ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU ALL COMMISSION WILL GET THE REPORT COME MARCH THE 14TH.
UM, AND THEN THOSE WHO ARE ON THE PLANNING, UH, TEAM WILL GET A, A BREAKDOWN OF THAT REPORT, UH, IN THE PLANNING WORKSHOP OR A PLANNING TEAM MEETING.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY REASON WHY MARCH THE 14TH IS THAT DAY, THAT'S THE DAY THAT RAMA'S GIVEN ME.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ENOUGH TIME FOR THEM TO MAKE ANY UPDATES OR TO MAKE ANY EDITS, UH, WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE ACTUAL REPORT.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I GOT MARCH THE 14TH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF, UM, ALL THE PLANNING TEAM SESSIONS OR WHATEVER, EITHER.
SO I COULDN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE, I'M, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHEN IT, WHEN IT WAS, SO I'M OUT.
SO WE'RE NOT IN THE LOOP OF OUR INITIATIVE IS MY POINT.
AND IF WE'RE NOT, AND THEN, I MEAN, I'M SEEING SOME EMAILS WITH LIKE A BUNCH OF NAMES ON IT.
LIKE, ARE WE JUST LEFT OUT OR IS THERE, IS EVERYBODY LEFT OUT
I DON'T, I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, BUT THEN THAT'S THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO GET YEAH, I'M SAYING BY THE TIME, BY OUR NEXT MEETING, LIKE IT WOULD, THE, THE, THE PLANNING WORKSHOP WILL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED.
SO I, I DON'T, I GUESS WE CAN STILL DISCUSS IT, BUT IT WAS LIKE BY THAT TIME EVERYTHING WILL HAVE BEEN OVER.
AND EXPLAIN AGAIN, JEFFREY, WHAT THE PLANNING TEAM DOES WITH THIS REPORT, WITH THE DATA FROM THIS REPORT.
IS THIS REGARDS TO THE MEETING THAT YOU GUYS WERE SAYING? I WAS IN FRONT? NO, THAT WAS THE ACTUAL LISTEN, LISTENING.
THERE'S SUPPOSED TO CLEARLY THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A MEETING BEFORE THAT.
I JUST, THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR LIKE, A LAYOUT OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
SO THE UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M READING FROM THE EMAILS.
SO WITHIN THAT, SO WITHIN THAT EMAIL THAT YOU ALL PROB, SO THAT EMAIL THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED ON, I DON'T KNOW, MARCH THE FOURTH, UM, IT KIND OF SPEAKS ABOUT WHAT THE IDEA THAT RAMO WOULD ALLOW OR, OR IS HOPING, UH, TO GET OUT THE PLANNING TEAM.
SO THE PLANNING TEAM'S, UH, POSITION FOR WHAT RAMO WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO DO IS KIND OF HELP THEM KIND OF PREP FOR THAT WORKS WORKSHOP, IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I'M GATHERING FROM THAT EMAIL.
UM, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THAT ULTIMATELY ENTAILS OF, BUT MY PLAN IS I'LL BE HERE FOR THAT MARCH 19TH MEETING.
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SO WE GET THE REPORT ON THE 14TH MM-HMMAND I GUESS THAT'S COMING FROM YOU.
WELL, THAT'S, THE COMMISSION WILL GET IT.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GET THE, THE REPORT.
IT'LL BE ALL THE COUNCIL, IT'LL BE ALL OF THE COMMISSION AND YEP.
AND MY AND THE PLANTING TANK AND THE, AND THE PLANET.
AND EVERYONE ON THE PLANET TEAM.
SO EVERYONE ON THE PLANNING TEAM, WHICH THERE ARE COMMISSION MEMBERS AS WELL AS THERE ARE, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND THEN ALL OF COUNCIL AND THEN ALL OF COMMISSION.
AND THEN THE PLANNING SESSION MM-HMM
WILL, AT THE PLANNING SESSION, THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WILL THEN TAKE THE DATA MM-HMM
UM, SO READING, SO I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY TOLD ME THIS WEEK.
SO THE NOTION IS THAT YOU GUYS WILL GET A FULL, A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE REPORT AND THE DATA THAT RAMA WAS ABLE TO CA GATHER IN THAT MARCH THE 19TH MEETING.
THEN READING FROM THE EMAIL, THEY WILL ALSO ASK THE PLANNING TEAM TO KIND OF HELP, UM, HELP KIND OF, UH, FACILITATE, UH, THE PLANNING WORKSHOP.
YEAH, THE PLANNING WORKSHOP ON APRIL THE SECOND.
IT, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENTAILS OTHER THAN WHAT I'M READING FROM THE EMAIL.
DOES THE PLANNING TEAM KNOW WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE FOR THAT MEETING? DO THEY FOR THE 19TH MEETING? YEAH, IT'S ON THE EMAIL.
AND THEN SO THEY'RE GONNA PLAN FOR THE APRIL 2ND? SECOND, SECOND, MM-HMM
AND CAN WE, WE ALL CLEAR NOW, DO WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? NOPE.
BUT I JUST CAN GET, CAN WE GET, GET A LIST OF DATES BECAUSE YEAH.
SO I AT LEAST ALL KNOW AT LEAST ALL HAVE THAT.
UM, I WILL FORWARD YOU ALL THE EMAIL THAT I'M LOOKING AT.
UM, AND YOU GUYS CAN KINDA LOOK IN THAT.
IT SAYS THE MOST UPCOMING DATES, UM, MARCH THE 19TH AS WELL AS APRIL THE SECOND.
UM, THOSE WHO ARE IN THE PLANNING TEAM, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS REMA HAD SENT YOU GUYS ONE OF THOSE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, DATE ORGANIZERS, KIND OF KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT BEST DATES WORKED FOR EVERYONE.
UM, DID YOU GUYS GET THAT FOR THE, FOR MARCH 19TH? BEFORE MARCH 19TH? YEAH.
SO IT JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DAYS KIND OF WORK BEST FOR EVERYONE.
I KNOW FROM SPEAKING WITH MA, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE SENT OUT TO EVERYONE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHICH PLAN DAYS GONNA WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, BUT I DID, I DID GET THAT BECAUSE THE INITIAL ONES SHE SENT, THEY WERE ALL DURING THE DAY DURING WORK HOURS, WHICH I SHARE MY CONCERN WITH THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE WORK.
UM, AND IT CAN BE CHALLENGING WHEN WE'RE HAVING THINGS DURING THOSE WORK HOURS.
SO I ASKED IF THEY COULD AT LEAST MAYBE MOVE IT TO THE EVENING.
BUT IS IT, SO WHAT TIME IS THE ONE ON THE 19TH? UH, IT'S FROM FOUR TO SEVEN.
AND IS THAT HERE, HERE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND THEN TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE HAVE THAT SESSION, IS THAT WHEN RAYMOND WILL, WILL, WILL GIVE FURTHER MM-HMM
INSIGHT ON, ON, ON THE REPORT.
THIS QUESTION ABOUT WHAT NEXT STEPS YES.
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OKAY.THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, YOLANDA.
SO YOU SAID THE NEXT STEPS WILL COME OUT OF THE THREE 19 MEETING, JEFFREY? YES.
SO THE, WHEN I SAY NEXT STEPS, NEXT STEPS ON HOW THEY WANT TO HELP PLAN OR HOW THEY WANT THE PLANNING TEAM TO KIND OF HELP PLAN FOR, UH, THE WORKSHOP ON APRIL THE SECOND.
IS THAT WHEN, SO THE COMMISSION WILL BE SHARED THAT REPORT AS WELL, BUT THEN I GET, WELL, IT WILL BE ON THE C THOSE ARE ON THE PLANNING COMMITTEE.
WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DISCUSS THAT WITH, WITHOUT CALLING THE MEDIA.
DISCUSS WHAT? ANYTHING FROM THE REPORT IN FRONT.
NO, I SAID SO EVEN WHEN YOU SEND THE REPORT, THE COMMISSION CAN'T DISCUSS ANYTHING UNLESS WE CALL ANOTHER FORMAL MEETING YOU.
SO THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE ANY TIME TO DISCUSS THAT WOULD BE THE APRIL, APRIL MEETING, FOURTH MEETING, WHICH IS EVEN AFTER THE, WHICH IS AFTER TWO MEETINGS? TWO MEETINGS.
WELL, THE END IS AFTER THE WORKSHOP.
AFTER THE, THE MEDIAN ON THE, THE 19TH.
THE 19TH AND THE SECOND COMMUNICATION.
BUT WE WANTED INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION.
RIGHT? THE CITY WANTED INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION, CORRECT? WELL, IN WHAT CONTEXT? NOT REALLY.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TO CLEARLY LIKE, I MEAN I'M MEANING FROM IS THAT RHETORICAL OR ARE WE JUST SAYING LIKE NO, NO, IT'S, NO, I MEAN THAT'S LIKE ASK FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION CAN'T MEET UNLESS WE CALL AN EMERGENCY PROXY MEETING OR SOMETHING.
LIKE THAT'S THE, THE ONLY WAY WE COULD EVEN, SO YES.
I MEAN, BUT THAT, SURE, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
RIGHT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT IS THAT MEETING TO DO? RIGHT? IS THAT MEETING TO DISCUSS AND HAVE INPUT? SURE.
I MEAN, YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN UNDERSTAND WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT REPORT, THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? THERE ARE LIKE 10 OR 11 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REMA HAS OBVIOUSLY OFFERED FOR THE CITY.
I WILL TELL YOU GUYS THIS, MOST OF THOSE INPUTS ARE INTERNAL, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WITHIN THAT, THE UNDERSTANDING IS FROM WHAT LEADERSHIP AND MYSELF TALKED ABOUT IS ONCE YOU GUYS GET THE REPORT FROM THERE, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE REPORT.
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HEY, WHICH OF THESE, WHICH ONE OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM RAMA DO WE WANNA PRIORITIZE? AND I GUESS TO KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYBE LIKE, UH, A MONTH AGO, YOLANDA, ABOUT ONCE WE GET THE REPORT FROM RAMA, WHO'S GONNA INITIATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS? AND I ASK THAT QUESTION TO LEADERSHIP, IT, THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT IS GONNA PLAY OUT IS, UM, ONCE COUNCIL KIND KIND OF SEES IT, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HEY, WHICH OF THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE OBTAINABLE? AND THEN IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE JUST START KIND OF KNOCKING THEM DOWN THAT WAY.
UM, THAT IS THE GUIDANCE THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO TO YOLANDA'S POINT, AND ERIC'S AS WELL, THAT'S WITH WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE COMMISSION AS TO WHAT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO DO, RIGHT? YES.
I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT CLOSING THE DOOR AND SAYING NO.
I THINK THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBVIOUSLY SAY, HEY COUNSEL, LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FROM THE REPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS PUT MONEY ON OR PUT MONEY INTO.
HEY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WANT TO, I MEAN, IT'D JUST BE LIKE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES OUT OF THIS COMMISSION AND GOES UP TO COUNSEL.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS FROM THIS COMMISSION, THE CONCEPT WILL COME, THIS IS NOT COMING, THIS IS COMING FROM A THIRD PARTY WITH NO INPUT FROM THIS COMMISSION.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE SAME, THE SAME PROPERTIES ARE REQUIRED, RIGHT? SAME CONCEPT IS IN PLACE.
ANY, ANY RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM THE COMMISSION COMES OUTTA COMMISSION UP TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
IT ISN'T THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
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COMMISSION CAN THEN GO AROUND AND IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE, ANY OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.IT STILL HAS TO GO OUTTA COUNCIL AND INTO COUN, UH, OUTTA CA OUTTA COMMISSION.
AND IN THE COUNCIL, I WOULD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS I WOULD DO MY BEST TO KIND OF CHAMPION THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OBVIOUSLY SHOW THE INPUT.
BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THE MATERIAL THAT SHOWS THE DATA THAT THIS IS LIKE, NEEDED FROM THE RECOMMENDATION THAT RAMA IS OBVIOUSLY SAYING SAY, HEY, I MEAN, WE GOT DA, LIKE NOW WE HAVE DATA TO BACK IT UP.
MAYBE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS ON THIS.
UM, ONLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, AND I'VE SAID THIS A MILLION TIMES, WE'VE BEEN LEFT OUT OF A PROCESS THAT WE STARTED, UM, AND WE'RE STILL LEFT OUT OUR PROCESS THAT WE STARTED AND THE PLANNING AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PLANNING TEAM WOULD GET THIS REPORT AND THE PLANNING TEAM HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT AND TO ESTABLISH WHAT THAT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION WILL BE WHEN THE COMMISSION DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THAT.
RIGHT? BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL HAS MEMBERS ON IT, BUT THEY WILL GO BACK AND MEET AS A COUNCIL BEFORE THEY MAKE WHATEVER.
WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME APRIL.
I MEAN, WOULD YOU NOT, I MEAN, SURE.
YOU GUYS WOULD DIGEST IT, THE COMMUNITY WOULD DIGEST IT.
WE WOULD HAVE THE WORK SESSION AND THEN NOW AT THAT POINT, YOU'D OBVIOUSLY SEE THE DIRECTION, WHAT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAYING, IF WE HAVE A, A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT MM-HMM
YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECTION, WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S OBVIOUSLY SAYING.
AND THEN FROM THERE, OKAY, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, ALRIGHT, HEY, FOR THOSE WHO WENT TO THE ACTUAL WORKSHOP, WE SAW WHAT THE DIRECTION, WHERE THE COMMUNITY'S GOT HEADED.
HEY, LET'S KIND OF GAME PLAN OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID THAT HEY, THEY LIKED 1, 2, 3.
LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN KIND OF, UH, IF WE CAN DO 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, WE MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE SEND IT UP TO, UH, UH, COUNSEL.
AND THEN IT'S THE HOPE THAT COUNSEL AGREES WITH THE, UH, WITH THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN WE COULD START FROM THERE.
THEN WE COULD START TO DO THE ACTUAL WORK FROM WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
I, I THINK THE, THE NOTION IS IT ISN'T AS, IT ISN'T AS IMMEDIATE, RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT FEELS TO BE LIKE THE FRUSTRATION ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE REPORT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ACTING ON IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO AN EMERGENCY MEETING, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
IF YOU GUYS WANNA DO IT THAT FOLLOWING WEEK, I WILL MAKE, I WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO A PRIOR BE, UH, PRIOR TO, UH, THAT APRIL THE SECOND WORKSHOP, THAT IS JUST WHAT YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DO AND I'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
COUNCIL, COUNCIL NEEDS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH, RIGHT? MONDAY.
I GUESS IF WE GET THE 14TH, WE CAN ALWAYS, BECAUSE WHO'S, YOU GUYS ARE ON THE PLAN, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT I'LL PROBABLY, I, I'LL PROBABLY, I WILL LIKELY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE, UM, 14TH, THE 19TH.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE SOMEONE ELSE REPRESENT ME AT THAT MEETING.
I REALLY THINK THAT THIS PLANNING MEETING, BECAUSE THE PLANNING MEETING IS PLANNING FOR THE CONVER THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
ARE WE WHAT YOU GOT ARE WE REPRESENTATIVE? OKAY.
YOU, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE TRY TO GET SOMEBODY TO YEAH, I I'M TELLING HIM THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO.
WE DON'T HAVE VISIBILITY TO IT.
AND WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO SAY SO IN WHAT HAPPENS AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE NO SAY SO IN WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
LIKE WE, WE WE'RE JUST PART OF THE COMMUNITY AT THAT POINT.
WE ARE NOT COMMISSIONED, WE, WE'RE NOT IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE.
AND SO THEN TO HAVE THE MEETING, OUR COMMISSION MEETING ON THE FOURTH IS JUST A, A NORMAL ORDER OF BUSINESS.
AND I GUESS WE, SIR, DO WE NOT HAVE A SAY SO AT THE 19TH MEETING? I DON'T KNOW.
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I MEAN, LET ME INTERJECT.THAT MEETING IS FACILITATED BY RAMA AND ULTIMATELY, ULTIMATELY THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE LAID OUT BY COUNSEL.
BUT I SAY THIS LIKE I'M, I'M, I'M TELLING YOU GUYS THE REPORT IS LIKE THE REPORT IS DONE, RIGHT? SO IT'S JUST NOW, AND YOLANDA, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, RIGHT? FROM WHAT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS DID RAMA SUGGEST FOR THE CITY? WHERE DO WE GO AND WHAT OF THE, OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS DO WE DO DO FIRST, RIGHT? BECAUSE ULTIMATELY SURE, A RECOMMENDATION CAN COME OUT OF THIS COMMI UH, COMMISSION AND THEN GO UP TO COUNSEL AND THEN COUNSEL SAYS DENIED.
RIGHT? AND AM AM I FAIR TO SAY THAT LIKE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO FROM THE REPORT AND IT GOES UP TO COUNSEL AND COUNSEL SAYS NO, THEN IT'S LIKE OBVIOUSLY WELL WHY, WHY NOT? RIGHT? AND IF THERE'S NOT A, A REASONING FOR IT, THEN IT'S LIKE, WELL WE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY FOR RAMA TO TELL US AND THEN WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
UM, I AM IN NO WAY DO I HAVE POWER, UM, TO MAKE ANY OF THESE DECISIONS.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU GUYS ARE UPSET AT ME.
I THINK IT'S MORE OR LESS UPSET OF, OF THE PRACTICE AND THE PROCEDURES IN THIS.
BUT IF THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU GUYS NEED A CONVERSATION BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL, HAPPY TO KIND OF SET THAT UP SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM THE REPORT, IT'S GOOD FAITH.
IF THAT KIND OF LIKE HELPS KIND OF TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER FROM, YOU KNOW, THE REPORT THAT REMA DID FOR THE CITY.
FOR ME, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A RECOMMENDATION, IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT PRIVY TO THE DATA THAT WE ASKED FOR.
EXPLAIN PRIOR TO THE COMMUNITY GETTING IT.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE NOT EVEN A PART OF THE PROCESS.
LIKE, LIKE HOW SOON WOULD YOU WANT IT? LIKE TOMORROW? I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE GOT IT WHEN WE GOT IT, WHEN EVERYBODY GOT IT.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.
LIKE COUNSEL DOESN'T HAVE IT YET.
AND AND THE ONLY REASON WHY THAT'S THE THING IS, IS BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TRYING TO, RAYMOND'S JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAN ENOUGH TO SUBMIT OUT.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'RE AT THIS STAGE RIGHT NOW.
SO THEN EVENTUALLY IF THE 14TH IS THEIR DEADLINE FOR THEMSELVES TO CLEAN IT UP FROM WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO EDIT, THEN YOU GUYS WILL GET IT ONCE THOSE EDITS ARE DONE AND THERE ARE EDITS THAT WE ASK THEM TO CLEAN UP AND LIKE THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE IT NOW.
I'M JUST BEING A HORSE AT THIS POINT.
I THINK I I THINK YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AROUND.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WAY AROUND IT.
RIGHT NOW I THINK THE POINT WHERE WE'RE AT IS WE GET THE INFORMATION, TAKE A LOOK AT IT ON THE 14TH IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY OR ADD TO IT.
I'M ASSUMING WE NEED TO EMAIL YOU GUYS TO BE, TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION ON THE 19TH, I'M ASSUMING.
RIGHT? WELL WE KNOW THE LAYOUT OF THE 19TH.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY YEAH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY OPTION.
CAN, CAN THE PLANNING, UM, THAT 19TH MEETING, UM, OPEN TO THE COMMISSION.
I DON'T SEE WHY THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
LET ME, I WILL GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE'RE
I CAN'T HAVE FIVE BECAUSE NOW IT'S A QUORUM, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE CAN'T, 'CAUSE WE CAN'T VOTE.
WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S A, PEOPLE WERE JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THAT POINT.
PROBABLY NOT THE
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OKAY.UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
UM, YEAH, JUST IS WHAT IT'S, I WILL SEND YOU GUYS, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT RAM SENDS EVERYONE THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY CAN DO IT BEFORE THE, THE 14TH WILL GET IT.
I WILL TELL THEM TO SEND IT TO YOU GUYS BEFORE THE 14TH IF THAT LIKE KIND OF HELPS IN ANY SITUATION.
BUT THE 14TH IT WAS JUST THE DATE THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MM-HMM
SO IF THEY CAN DO IT PRIOR TO THE 14TH, I'LL JUST LET 'EM SEND IT OUT AND I'LL GIVE THEM EVERYONE'S EMAIL.
UM, SO ALL THE COMMISSION HAVE IT.
UM, I DID HAVE ANOTHER THING I KNOW, UH, CHRISTIE HAD SENT MYSELF, I THINK IT WAS JUST ME.
SHE HAD SENT ME SOMETHING ABOUT A VOLUNTEER FORM THAT SHE WANTED TO KIND OF REVAMP MM-HMM
UM, ALL I CAN SAY IS RIGHT NOW THAT SARAH FORESIGHT IS WORKING ON SOMETHING INTERNALLY TO KIND OF GO ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE TO, UH, VOLUNTEER, UM, FOR EVENTS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, WHAT, UM, THEY WERE TELLING ME, UM, IS THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING COMPLETED WELL BEFORE JUNETEENTH.
SO IF WE WANT TO, OBVIOUSLY THE UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE GET THAT OUT THERE, PEOPLE WANT TO COME HELP AND VOLUNTEER, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT, MY UNDERSTANDING WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST THAN I THINK WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE HOW THAT IS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I KIND OF GOT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE? UM, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO, TO DISCUSS ONE MORE POINT OF ORDER IF POSSIBLE IS JUST THE UPDATE ON, CLEARLY WE HAVE ONE NEW PERSON, BUT THEN IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON OUR APPLICATIONS FOR UM, OH GOD, YES.
SO MS. HON, SO MS. KER OBVIOUSLY IS ONE.
UM, I ACTUALLY GOT AN EMAIL FROM A YOUNG LADY FROM UH, HUBER HEIGHTS CITY SCHOOLS, UM, WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN THE COMMISSION.
UM, I JUST HAVEN'T PENCILED DOWN, UM, A TIME FOR US TO KIND OF MEET.
UM, BUT I'M HOPEFUL WE'LL DO THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY MORE APPLICANTS, UM, FOR WOULD BE THE LAST, UM, SEAT.
UM, BUT UM, ONCE I HEAR SOMETHING I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW Y'ALL MAY, WHO WAS HERE LAST MONTH.
N NO, NO, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
WELL, ARE IS THIS FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THAT PERSON? N NO IT'S NOT.
IT'S, I THINK SHE JUST WANTS TO CHAT ABOUT IT.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY INTERVIEW, I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS OF THE PROCESS, UM, TO FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION FOR THE COMMISSION.
BUT, UM, SHE APPROACHED ME, UM, IN AN EMAIL JUST ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, JUST STILL WORKING ON THE TIME TO KIND OF MEET FOR COFFEE AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE A CHAT, UM, WITH HER ABOUT THE COMMISSION.
I ONLY BRING THAT UP BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE OPEN SEATS, UM, WE ALL, WE'RE ALWAYS AWARE ONE OF WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN WE HAVE OPEN SEATS, WE'RE ALWAYS MADE AWARE ONE OF WHEN THOSE OPENINGS ARE POSTED, WHEN THEY OPEN, WHEN THEY CLOSE AND THE APPLICATIONS AND INVOLVED IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MM-HMM
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AND THAT WE'RE NOT LIKE TAKEN ABACK BY THIS.
UM, YES, I WILL ADVOCATE FOR ALL THOSE THINGS OBVIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY FULFILLING THE DESIRE OF WHAT THE COMMISSION IS LOOKING FOR.
UM, I DON'T THINK WE PROBABLY MADE THAT HICCUP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE HAD ONE FOR HERS.
UM, BUT I WILL BE, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN AND WE'RE KIND OF FULFILLING.
I DIDN'T, I'M I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU VIA BUT VERY SURPRISED 'CAUSE I HAD NO IDEA AT ALL.
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