* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road June 5, 2025 6:00 P.M. ] [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT. CALL THIS MEETING ORDER AT SIX OH SIX. ROLL CALL POLICE. YES. MS. NEWBIE, ALMER. PRESENT. MR. RICHARDSON? PRESENT. MS. CHARTER? PRESENT. MS. HANUKAH? PRESENT. MR. OWENS PRESENT. MR. ZI? PRESENT. MS. MS. STEVENS. EXCUSE. OH. AND MS. MR. GULA EXCUSED. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, WE'LL SWEAR IN OUR NEW CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. YAY. . ALRIGHT. GOOD. YES. I STATE YOUR NAME. I DO. SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES. THE CONSTITUTION. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO. OF THE STATE OF OHIO. THE CHARTER. THE CHARTER. AND ALL ORDINANCES. AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. AND I'LL FAITHFULLY AND I'LL FAITHFULLY. HONESTLY. HONESTLY. AND IMPARTIALLY. AND IMPARTIALLY, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES. DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE. OF MY OFFICE. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. SO HELP YOU GUYS. SO HELP YOU GOD, CONGRATULATIONS. YEP. I STATE YOUR NAME. I COREY OWENS. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CH, UH, CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUB HEIGHTS, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HU HEIGHTS. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY HONESTLY, AND COURTLY HONESTLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTY SO FAR OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES, DISCHARGE THE OFFICE. THIS DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE, THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. SO HELP ME, GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. UM, WE WILL SUSPEND, UM, THE READING AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THEM FOR REVIEW. UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO SUSPEND THAT? SUSPEND THOSE TO NEXT MONTH? MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? NO. ALRIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. UM, REPORTS FROM OFFICERS. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT NEWLY VICE CHAIR OR CHAIR AT THIS MOMENT. SO THERE ARE NO, NO REPORTS FROM THE OFFICERS. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG THROUGH REPORTS, UM, FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES. AND THE FIRST UP, FIRST UP IS A, UH, BRIEFING FROM THE JUNETEENTH TASK. OKAY. JUNE CHIEF IS GOING WELL. WE ARE JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY. THINGS ARE GOING GOOD. UM, MEDIA IS GOING GOOD. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR, UH, MUSICIANS CONFIRMED. WE GOT A RETAIL VENDORS CONFIRMED. FOOD TRUCKS ARE CONFIRMED. HERE'S WHAT WE DO NEED TO DO, UH, FOR, UH, THE RETAIL VENDORS. WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY COULD BE THERE BETWEEN, UH, SET UP TIME IS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE AND ABRAHAM FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS. THEIR SETUP UP TIME WILL BE BETWEEN ONE 30 AND THREE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR MAPS. SO THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE SET UP AT. OH, NO. I HAVEN GAVE THEM TO YOU. ERIC, I JUST GAVE YOU ALL, I THINK YOU PASS IT DOWN. I PASSED. DID YOU? OH YES. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THEM. UH, SO THIS IS THE MAP. OH, OH, AM I MISSING? OH, I'M SORRY. CHRIS, ARE YOU SITTING RIGHT NEXT DOOR? ME . SO HERE'S THE MAP WHERE EVERYBODY IS AT. UH, AS THE RETAIL VENDORS ROLL IN, SARAH WILL HAVE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE THAT WILL KIND OF HELP DIRECT THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL. SO THIS IS EVERYONE'S COPY THAT'S THERE. ONE CHANGE THAT SARAH'S GONNA LOOK INTO. IF YOU NOTICE THAT THE TENT IS BEHIND THE SIDEWALK THERE, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET [00:05:01] THAT MOVED UP ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH WILL PUT PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE STAGE. AND THEN WE'LL JUST MOVE THE RETAIL VENDORS UP A LITTLE BIT AND PUT THEM ON THAT SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT'D BE THE ONLY POSSIBLE CHANGE, UH, THAT'S THERE. COULD I ASK A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THE BOOKMOBILES CONFIRMED. GOOD. UM, ARE THEY GONNA BE RUNNING ON A GENERATOR? I DON'T KNOW HOW LOUD THAT IS. SO IF THE TENT MOVES FORWARD, LIKE YOU WERE JUST SAYING, THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE A PROBLEM. BUT, UM, IF THE TENT CAN'T MOVE FORWARD, CAN WE PUSH THE BOOKMOBILE ONTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PARKING SPACE? YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT WHOLE PARKING LOT WILL BE OPEN. YEAH. SO WE'RE, IT'S SITTING NOW. CAN WE JUST PUSH 'EM, YOU KNOW, BACK A LITTLE BIT? THAT MIGHT HELP A LITTLE BIT. ACTUAL MOVING TO THIS CORNER HERE. YEAH, WE'D MOVE TO THAT REAR CORNER. MM-HMM . SARAH, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW SOUND IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE UP THIS WAY. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW LOUD IT'S GONNA BE, BUT I BET YOU HAVE A LIST OBERG GENERATOR. THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS. DO WHAT? I I WOULD GUESS YOU HAVE A WHISPER GENERATOR ON IT. I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, IT'S STILL THE OLD MODEL, SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THOUGHT I'D, WE ALSO THOUGH, UM, THERE'S POWER IN THIS PARKING LOT. I THINK THAT ONE, I THINK WE COULDN'T PLUG COURTLANDS INTO IT BECAUSE HE WAS USING TOO MUCH. YEAH. LAST YEAR. SO YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLUG DIRECTLY IN IF YOU CAN. UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE ACTUALLY TALKED WITH THEM BEFORE ABOUT THAT AND THEY DON'T USUALLY EVER DO THAT. THEY JUST USE THE GENERATOR AND THEY'RE USUALLY GOOD WITH THAT. IT WILL LAST ABOUT FOUR HOURS. SO, UM, THEY'LL BE THERE AT THREE O'CLOCK TO, TO GET PARKED AND SITUATED. AND THEN ONCE THEY GET GOING, THEY SHOULD BE GOOD UNTIL ABOUT EIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO NOW TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE GUYS THERE. UM, ONE THING IF I COULD ASK OF EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE IS, UM, AND IF WE NEED MORE FLYERS, LET ME KNOW. I CAN MAKE SURE WE GET MORE FLYERS DONE. BUT IF WE COULD, IF YOU GUYS COULD SET UP SOME TIMES TO PASS SOME OF THOSE OUT AT SOME OF THE HIGH VOLUME PLACES AND SEE IF THERE'S DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT YOU CAN JUST GO IN AND POST. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF TAKE CARE OF THAT, MANAGE THAT ON YOUR OWN, I'D GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, ALSO IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UH, TEXT CALL, EMAIL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. TELL 'EM THAT YOU'RE A PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND YOU'D LIKE THEM TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT. RIP ROADHOUSE IS HAVING A NEW FARMER ON THURSDAY NIGHTS. UM, THEY CANCELED TONIGHT BECAUSE WEATHER, SO THEY'RE GREAT OPENING AT THE 12TH. WE OUT FLYER AND SIGNS. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE GONNA GET TURN A GOOD TURNOUT. THEY'VE ALREADY GOT LIKE 15 VENDORS. SO I MEAN, THAT'D BE ANOTHER PLACE WE CAN TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE THE THURSDAY RIGHT BEFORE OUR EVENT. SO I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THERE, BUT WE HAVE ANY CONTACT OUT THERE. I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN FIND. OKAY. AND ASK. SO THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO FAR TO COREY, ABRAHAM CHRISTIE MAKING ALL THE POSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, SARAH, UH, FORESIGHT AND SARAH WILLIAMS GETTING THOSE BANNERS PUT UP FOR US. I THINK THEY'RE A LOT BETTER THIS YEAR. A LOT CLEARER. YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM THE ROAD. SO THANK YOU, UH, TO THOSE FOLKS FOR THAT STUFF. UM, AND THE LAST THING I GOT IS SOMEONE, WE DO HAVE TIME SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THE 10TH, I THINK AT 10:00 AM IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN FOR A MEDIA APPEARANCE. SO IF SOMEONE IS AVAILABLE THAT WANTS TO GO WITH ME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO GO. IF NOT, WE'RE NOT FORCING ANYBODY. IT, IT, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A BUTCH OR A PULL. , ARE YOU FREE TIME GO? UH, YEAH. FOR US TO DO THE ONE VIDEO AND I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD DO IT OVER AT THE BERGER. YEAH. SO, UM, YES, LET'S HOOK UP TOMORROW. UM, JUST LET ME KNOW. JUST TEXT. OKAY. WE'LL DO SOMETHING. DO YOU TIME, WHAT TIME? 10:00 AM PROBABLY AT FOUR. SO THAT'S THE TIME THAT'S THERE. UM, IF THAT'S AN UPDATE THAT I GOT. LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYTHING DOING GOOD AND HAVING FUN AND GOOD TIME. ALTHOUGH I, I HAVE NOT HEARD [00:10:01] BACK FROM HIM. THE BARBECUE BARBECUE GUY. I REACHED OUT TO HIM YESTERDAY. THE, THAT DAY WE DIDN'T BE SATURDAY. SO THAT MONDAY AND THEN I REACHED OUT TODAY. SO, AND I'VE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO ONE TOO AND I THINK SARAH TRIED TO HELP US WITH ONE. WE COULDN'T EITHER, SO THE MAY JUST HAD TO GO WITH WHAT WE GOT. YEAH. THE MEDIA APPEARANCE WITH, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOOD MORNING DATE, I THINK. IS THAT WHAT IT IS, SARAH? IS IT GOOD MORNING DAY OR GOOD DAY DATE OR GOOD DAY DATE. OKAY. SO THAT'S LIKE ALL PART OF THAT DATE LINE. SO THAT'S IT. I GOT CORY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OH, DATE. YEAH, WE'RE NOT DONE. OH, DONE. NO, I HAVE QUESTIONS. UM, I'LL EMAIL THE RETAIL VENDORS. IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN, UH, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE THERE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW? THEY SHOULD BRING THEIR OWN SETUP IF THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THAT? TENT TABLE CHAIRS, CARE COSTS, WHATEVER THEY NEED. WE DON'T HAVE POWER, UM, OR INTERNET. SO MOST PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THAT PLACES LIKE THIS ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO DEAL IN THAT WAY. UM, WE JUST REMIND. ALRIGHT, SO I'LL EMAIL ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE, WELL, I'VE GOT THAT SHEET THAT YOU SENT US THAT HAVE THE ROSTER. YEAH, JUST DO, THERE ARE 16 REGISTERED. UM, BUT ONE ACTUALLY IS, ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LEMONADE STAND THAT LOOKS LIKE AND AN ITALIAN ICE. SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT TO ADMIT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY RETAIL VENDORS. JUST SHOULD THEY GO WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS OR, OR ARE YOU FULL ON FOOD TRUCKS AND DON'T WANT THAT'S, I MEAN, I DON'T CARE. I MEAN, I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE UNTIL I RAN THIS REPORT TODAY THAT TWO FOOD, LIKE, WELL THEY SIGNED UP ON THE WAIT LIST. THEY SIGNED UP ON THE YEAH. RETAIL LENDER. UM, YEAH, EVERYBODY ELSE IS LIKE, IF IT'S FOOD, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAKES OR COTTAGE FOOD BAKERS, LIKE YOU FIND OUT A FARMER'S MARKET. YEAH. AND THEN I, SO LIKE, UM, THERE WAS ONE VENDOR THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY WERE MAYBE SELLING. UM, MAYBE IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ONE OF YOU GUYS. UM, UH, I KNOW SHE'S DOING FINANCIAL SERVICES. HAVE YOU EXCLUDED THE YOLANDA YOLANDA'S ENTRY? SHE'S IN HERE. SHE DID. IT'S JUST, WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR BUSINESS? IT JUST SAYS I, I THINK SHE DID THAT AS A TEST. OH, OKAY. BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING WITH UM, REGINA OF PALMY SOAPS. OH, ANDRE. YEAH. UM, SO WE CAN DISREGARD. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS JUST HER TRYING THE, THE PROCESS. I, IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, I HAVE SEASONAL STAFF MEMBERS THAT CAN CALL THESE PEOPLE TOMORROW AND CONFIRM THINGS. IF YOU WANT KETTERING HEALTH, WE DON'T NEED TO CALL, RIGHT? OR DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE EMAIL? KETTERING HEALTH IS IN HERE. THEY'RE GONNA SELL, ARE THEY JUST IN AND OUT STUFF? BUT HE'S GONNA PUT UP A TENT. JUST HAND OUT INFO. OKAY. SO WE'LL, I'LL INCLUDE THEM ON THE EMAIL, BUT I GUESS I THOUGHT THERE WAS ROOM. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE FOOD TRUCK PEOPLE, UM, THAT I DON'T HAVE THE NAME FOR. OKAY. UM, FOR THE PRESS RELEASE. YEAH. THAT CORTLAND AND DRIS D ONE FIRST BITE. THE SHAVED ICE IS SNOWY. SN OW IE E. IT'S SN. OWIE? YES. OKAY. [00:15:01] THAT'S THE MACHINE VENDOR. I NEED TRACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, GOT THAT. OKAY. UM, SO ON THE NEWS RELEASE, DID YOU GUYS HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH IT? I KNOW JEAN DID. I GOT YOUR EDITS MADE. UM, I MADE A FEW MORE ON MY OWN, BUT THEY WERE JUST GRAMMATICAL THINGS. UM, I GOT THE MISSING , THE MISSING NAME. UM, ERIC, DID YOU READ THE RELEASE STRETCH? THERE'S A CHANCE TO THAT. I'LL READ IT. THIS. ALRIGHT, YOU GONNA JUST DOUBLE CHECK WITH ME THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH, UM, THE, UM, CODE I GAVE YOU AND THEN THE VENDOR NAME OR THE FOOD TRUCK NAMES, ARE THEY SPELLED EXACTLY LIKE THEY ARE ON THIS ROSTER? IS THAT HOW THEY SHOULD BE? NO, I DON'T THINK THAT, NO, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM SPELLED THEIR NAMES OUT ENTIRELY. OKAY. SO, UM, CAN YOU GUYS DOUBLE CHECK THE FOOD TRUCK NAMES IN THE NEWS RELEASE AND MAKE SURE THAT I'VE GOT 'EM SPELLED RIGHT AND FIX WHAT I NEED TO? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S GOING IN PRINT. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE CORRECT. UM, I'VE NAMED SPONSORS AS UM, WELL THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS AND THEN THE COMMISSION AND THE LEAST FAMOUS RECIPE AND CARE SCORES. ANY OTHER SPONSORS. OKAY. AND UM, DO WE WANNA MAKE A MENTION THAT THE CHAMBER WILL HAVE ADULT BEVERAGES MM-HMM . ON AND UM, THEY CONFIRMED THAT NOT INSIDE. THAT'S THE COFFEE AMATIC AMATIC WILL HAVE. OKAY. THAT BRAND. AND WILL THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF DRAFT BEER THEN? I THINK IT'S ALL GONNA BE CANNED. OH, CAN BEER? UM, BUT DON'T, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY QUOTE ME ON THAT SO JUST, BUT IT'S GONNA BE BEER. YES. AND THAT'S IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BRING WINE COOLERS OR WINE OR SOMETHING TO YOU, BUT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR SURE. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FEATURING AMATIC. FEATURING AMATIC. OKAY. IS HOW I WOULD PUT IT. THAT I'M CONFIDENT. OKAY. SO I'LL ADD THAT IN. IT SAYS IT'S LIKE A LOCAL, THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST COOPER HEIGHTS LOCAL. YEAH. THEY'RE LOCAL. WELL, NO I KNOW. I MEAN JUST WHEN, WHEN WE ADVERTISE IT TO UM, EMPHASIZE THAT THEY'RE LOCAL COOPER HEIGHTS. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I GOTCHA. YEAH. THAT WAY THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE USING. YEAH. UM, AND DO THE PROCEEDS, DO WE NEED TO INDICATE THAT PROCEEDS GO ANYWHERE? THEY GO TO THE HUB HEIGHTS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION? HUB RIGHTS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION? MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, OKAY. WITH LIST . IT'S ALL GOOD. ALL DID. ALRIGHT. UH, LET'S GET THE SPONSORS. OKAY. UM, ADD THAT. OKAY. THE FOOD TRUCK NAMES YOU GUYS ARE GONNA CHECK FOR ME. UM, IF WE GUYS, IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME LIKE BY TONIGHT OR TOMORROW MORNING, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY THE NEWS RELEASE, WE CAN GIVE IT TO SARAH WILLIAMS. IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO GO OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I WOULD THINK. UM, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, CAN WE STOP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL STUFF? SURE. JUST KIND OF PICK UP FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF ON LAST SATURDAY. I WAS GONNA ASK IF YOU HAD TIME SATURDAY TO GO OVER THE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT WE CAN TAKE UP. OKAY. UM, SO, UM, I STARTED WORKING ON A GOOGLE SLIDE PROJECT TO INCORPORATE SOME OF, UM, KAREN BRINK'S PHOTOS THAT SHE HAS SENT US. MM-HMM . AND THEN I'M JUST COPYING A LITTLE BIT OF TEXT FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WEBSITES THAT CORRELATE WITH THOSE PICTURES AND PUTTING IT ON THE SLIDE. UM, THAT WHOLE PROJECT COULD, UM, BE TURNED INTO LIKE A BITLY LINK AND THAT WOULD BE VERY EASY ACCESS TO PUT, YOU KNOW, A LINK OUT THERE, UM, FOR EVERYBODY. UM, THE ONLY THING I'M NOT PERSONALLY SURE ABOUT IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE OTHER STUFF WITH THE QR CODES AND WHAT THOSE QR CODES ARE GOING TO ENTAIL. UM, DO WE KNOW YET WHAT INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE? OR AM I JUST WORKING, DO YOU WANT ME TO WORK WITH KAREN'S STUFF? LIKE DO YOU WANT ME TO WORK WITH KAREN'S STUFF AND THEN INCORPORATE QR CODES FROM HER OTHER WEBSITES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? YOU CAN, I WAS GONNA, THAT'S WHAT I SAID BE TIME. 'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO [00:20:01] DO IS TRYING TO FIND VIDEOS THAT ARE SHORTER BECAUSE THE VIDEOS THAT I'VE COME ACROSS REGARDING SOME ARE SHORT, SOME ARE LONG AND TRYING TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I DON'T THINK THE ONE LOOKS LIFE LIKE A 20 MINUTE VIDEO. RIGHT. BUT IF WE GET LIKE THREE OR FOUR MINUTE VIDEOS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE OKAY. I'M STRUGGLING WITH LIKE, HAVING TALKED ABOUT, UM, FINDING LIKE THAT OHIO CONNECTION. SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST PICTURES. I'M NOT SURE THE VIDEO. WELL THAT'S WHERE PANELS THAT WE'RE GONNA BORROW FROM A LIBRARY COMMIT PLAY. OKAY. OKAY. UM, YEAH. UM, BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT WAS KAREN THAT PUT TOGETHER THIS EMANCIPATION PROJECT LAST YEAR AND MY DEPARTMENT CREATED ALL THESE PANELS FOR HER AND THERE'S LIKE 20 TOTAL. I'M ONLY GONNA BAR EIGHT. SO I'VE LOOKED THROUGH THEM AND I'VE KIND OF, UM, PICKED OUT. SO ALL OF THESE PANELS REPRESENT, UM, HOW DAYTON WAS CONGRATULATED AND CELEBRATED EMANCIPATION DAY, UH, BACK IN THE DAY. MM-HMM . UP IN LIKE THROUGH THE FORTIES. SO THERE'S PICTURES OF, UM, OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS PUT ON THESE BIG PANELS. OKAY. UM, KIND OF LIKE THE SIZE OF WHAT WE DID WITH OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING STUFF. MM-HMM . SO THAT CAN BE THE DAYTON CONNECTION. OKAY. THERE, UM, IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. YOU THINK? YEAH. YEAH. UM, AND UM, THEY'RE SELF-EXPLANATORY. THE PANELS ARE, THERE'S UH, THE FIRST COUPLE PANELS GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO, UH, JUNETEENTH, WHICH I THINK WOULD CORRELATE WITH PROBABLY WHAT SHE WILL TALK ABOUT WHEN SHE'S UP THERE ON STAGE. UM, YOU KNOW, TO SAVE TIME AND WHATNOT. LOOKING FOR VIDEOS AND TRYING TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, EMBEDDED AND STUFF. MAYBE WE COULD THINK ABOUT DOING, UM, SOME QR CODES THAT JUST HAVE SOME QUICK FACTS OR TRIVIA ABOUT JUNETEENTH MM-HMM . AND ABOUT EMANCIPATION DAY AND ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GETTYS BURGER DRESS STUFF. LIKE ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL THINGS KIND OF LEADING UP TO JUNETEENTH BEING A FEDERAL HOLIDAY. UM, IF WE COULD AT LEAST GET PEOPLE TO SCAN ONE QR CODE SOMEWHERE, WHEREVER THEY ARE, AND ANSWER A QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION, COME UP TO THE TENT, GIVE US AN ANSWER, WE HAND 'EM A RAFFLE TICKET. BOOM. OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE NOT STANDING SOMEWHERE AROUND TRYING TO GET A VIDEO TO LOAD AND WE'RE NOT WASTING TIME TRYING TO FIND VIDEOS, BUT THEY CAN ANSWER A QUICK QUESTION THAT COULD BE EASILY GOOGLED MM-HMM . UM, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE EDUCATIONAL FOCUS? I THINK THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. AND THAT WAY THEY CAN SAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR THEMSELVES. YEAH. AND, UM, I MAY PIVOT A MOMENT. HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE, SOME TYPE OF SURVEY AS AN ASSESSMENT THAT COULD BE THE QR CODE FORMAT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THINGS THEY LIKE MAY NOT LIKE, MAY WANT TO IMPROVE AS FAR AS WITH THE, UM, THIS IS WHAT PROBABLY THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS. SO, SO JUST LIKE A SATISFACTION OR JUST SIMPLE YOU WANNA DO YEAH. SATISFACTION SURVEY. YEAH. YEAH. FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS GOOD TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. SEE SUGGESTIONS. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. WE UM, QUICK QUESTION THOUGH, 'CAUSE NOW WE HAVE THIS PICTURE, WE HAVE THE PICTURE. WHEN WE WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY, WHERE WOULD, WHERE DO YOU GUYS THINK THE QR CODE SHOULD BE SINCE WE HAVE A MAP IN FRONT OF US CURRENTLY? I THINK WE SHOULD PUT QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT CAN WE ATTACH IT TO? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO, IT'S FIVE OR SIX OR NO, YOU SAID 10. WE CAN DO AS MANY. AS MANY. WE'RE JUST GONNA SCALE IT BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE MENTIONING NOW. HOW MANY YOU THINKING NOW? I MEAN, WE COULD PUT PROBABLY SOMETHING ON EVERY, EVERY VENDOR, EVERY FOOD TRUCK IF WE WANTED TO, EVERY RETAIL SPOT. UM, THE BATHROOM DOORS, UM, THE BOOKMOBILE AND ALL WE NEED IS LIKE, UM, WE COULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE SCAN THIS QR CODE TO ANSWER A TRIVIA QUESTION AT THE CITY TENT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. YOU HAVE ONE QR CODE? YEAH. OKAY. SARAH, DO YOU HAVE UM, LIKE SIGN HOLDERS? DOES THE CITY HAVE LIKE SIGN HOLDERS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ONES THAT WOULD'VE FIXED TWO WALLS. UM, SO WE CAN JUST GET SOME HEAVY DUTY PACKING TAPE AND WE COULD JUST ASK YOU, I CAN LAMINATE ALL OF THEM FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO SEND THEM TO ME MM-HMM . AND THEN WE CAN PRINT 'EM WITH OUR COLOR PRINTER AND JUST LANDING. UM, AND THEN THEY CAN GO UP. I ALSO, IF [00:25:01] YOU WOULD LIKE, I USE THE SOFTWARE COMMONLY FOR SURVEYS AND SATISFACTION AND THEN THAT WAY IT'S HOSTED FOR CITY'S RECORD RETENTION AND EVERYTHING. I'D BE HAPPY TO BUILD THAT FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. AND UM, IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTED TO SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH THE QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE, AND IT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO, I MEAN, I COULD EASILY COME UP, WHICH IS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WITH LIKE 25 REAL QUICK, EASY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HISTORY AND JUST PUT 'EM IN QUICK QUESTION FORM, ATTACH IT TO A QR CODE AND WE CAN HAVE LIKE 25, 30 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS SCATTERED AROUND THE ENTIRE AREA. AND ALL WE WANT IS SOMEBODY TO LIKE READ ONE. RIGHT. COME TO THE TENT, SAY, I GOT AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION. HERE IT IS. AND WE CAN EVEN SAY, LOOK, THE MORE ANSWERS YOU COME BACK WITH, THE MORE CHANCES YOU GET IN THE RAFFLE. RIGHT. I, I MEAN MAYBE THAT'LL ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE TO REALLY OKAY. SPEND A, AND I MEAN IF WE GOT PICNIC TABLES, WE CAN TAKE A, TAKE A COUPLE QR CODES TO THE PICNIC TABLETOPS. MM-HMM . SOMEBODY'S SITTING THERE EATING, OH, WHAT'S THIS? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN NEED AS MANY AS 25 'CAUSE YOU CAN PROBABLY HAVE DUPLICATES. YOU PROBABLY HAVE LIKE 12. YEAH. YEAH. I COULD JUST DO LIKE, YEAH. 12, EVEN LIKE 12 QUESTIONS THAT ARE JUST REAL EASY TO FIND ON THE INTERNET BY GOOGLE SEARCH. AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY COME UP WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER AS LONG AS THEY COME UP TO THE TENT AND SAY, HEY, I READ THIS QR CODE. I I GOT AN ANSWER FOR YOU. I, I MEAN AT LEAST THEY'RE TRYING AND THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH US. RIGHT. ERIC, YOU SHOULD WEAR A T-SHIRT WITH ALL THE CODES AND THEN WALK AROUND AND VERY FUNNY. I MEAN I DON'T WANNA LIKE SHOO IN ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, BUT I JUST KIND WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT'S A DAY AT WORK AND I THINK QUICK AND SIMPLE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE BETTER. YEAH, BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER WHEN SHE MENTIONED THERE'S NO WIFI, RIGHT. THE VIDEO, I'M LIKE, LOOK, THE VIDEO I'M THINKING LIKE MAY LOAD AND CREATING A QR CODE IS FREE. CORRECT. AND I CAN CREATE A BITLY LINK FOR THE OTHER STUFF JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T. SO , I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. SO ARE YOU JUST GONNA MIX THOSE IN? LIKE THERE'LL BE LIKE INFO QR CODE AND YOU CAN KIND OF PUT THAT ON THE FLYER WITH THE QR CODE AND THEN THE OTHER ONES LIKE TAKE A TRIVIA QUESTION OR ANSWER A TRIVIA QUESTION. QR YEAH. MAYBE WE COULD EVEN, UM, MAKE A FEW EXTRA COPIES, PAPER COPIES MM-HMM . AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE GOING INTO THE CROWD AND HAND 'EM OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW. UM, WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED? I THINK THAT'S GOOD. WHEN WE TURN, THEY TURN, I LIKE THAT BETTER. AND WHEN THEY TURNED IT INTO THE TENT, UM, BE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING OF WHAT THE COMMISSION DOES. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN GIVE THE, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STARTING THE MARKETING OR FOR THE MULTICULTURAL BEST. CORRECT. ENTERING YOUR TICKET. NOT DID WE GIVE YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMISSION, BUT HERE'S OUR NEXT EVENT. OKAY. EXACTLY. SO WE NEED, DO WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING? I THINK WE DIDN'T, WE HAVE SOMETHING LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE TRIFOLD OF WHAT THE YEAH. POSITION THAT I DON'T HAVE ONE OF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS NAME THAT I THINK AND BROUGHT IT. TARA. MAYBE. MAYBE. UM, SO WHAT IF WE PUT LIKE A, A, A DOUBLE SIDED FLYER OR HALF SHEET OR WHATEVER CARD, UM, WHERE IT HAS THE COMMISSION, WE DO OUR QR CODE FOR THE JUNETEENTH AND THEN ON THE BACK SAVE THE DATE FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL TYPE THING. AND THEN PEOPLE CAN TAKE THAT WITH THEM TOO. SO, SO, SO WHEN THEY COME, LIKE, SO WHEN THEY COME AND THEY ANSWER THE TRIVIA QUESTION, THEY COME TO THE TENT. WE HAVE THAT HERE. TAKE THIS LITTLE UM, FLYER, CASH SHEET, WHATEVER YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND THINGS. UM, AND IF WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU TO PRINT JUST, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE FANCY, I DON'T THINK FOR LIKE SAVE THE DATE. LIKE THAT'S NOT THE, THAT'S JUST A REMINDER. YEAH, WELL I MEAN I THINK ON THE FRONT WE PUT LIKE THE COMMISSION, THE JUNETEENTH AND THIS IS THE QR CODE FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU WANT. THEN JUST ON THE BACK IT WOULD BE LIKE A SAVE THE DATE, HERE'S OUR NEXT UPCOMING EVENT, THIS MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL. AND SO WHO CAN CREATE THAT TO GIVE THE SARAH I CAN CREATE. OKAY. AND THEN I, I MEAN I CAN ALSO, WE CAN MOCK IT UP TOO. YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL YOUR LOGO AND EVERYTHING HOW FAST THOSE QUESTIONS THAT PROBABLY BE SURVEY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M THINKING ONLY DO ABOUT THREE TO FIVE QUESTIONS. LIKE DID YOU ENJOY THE YOU TO EVENT, DO YOU HAVE A LIKE A, AN ASSESSMENT IN THE PAST THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS THAT I COULD JUST PULL OVER BASICALLY. YEP. AND YOU WANTED TO EMAIL ME SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. I JUST LIKE [00:30:01] BY END OF DAY MONDAY AND THEN OKAY. IT WON'T TAKE AS LONG TO PLUG THEM IN. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE THE QR CODES FOR YOUR TRIVIA QUESTIONS, UM, AND IF YOU WANT WE'LL DO THE QR CODE FOR THE SURVEY. THAT WOULD BE FINE. IF YOU HAD THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND YOUR BIT BITLY FOR THE GOOGLE SLIDES, WE'D GET THOSE PRINTED UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THAT'D BE GOOD. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO THE LITTLE FLYER THAT YOU JUST NEED TO GET 15 OR DO YOU, THAT'LL BE EASIER THAN HAVING THE EMAIL BACK AND FORTH. YOU ALREADY GOT THOSE QUESTIONS IN THAT OR HOWEVER YOU WANT DO THAT OR GOTCHA. I'LL LEAVE YOU BY YOU GOT IT. IT WORKS FOR ME. I'M JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF YOU WANT, BECAUSE I WAS REACH OUT TO YOU, LIKE IF YOU WERE FREE ON SATURDAY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. BUT IF YOU GOT IT THEN I'M NOT GONNA, I DON'T WANNA MESS UP YOUR PROCESS BECAUSE THIS NO, NO. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I HIT YOU A DI SAW IT IN MY HEAD. I MEAN, WHEN IT'S BASED OFF THE DAY DAY IT LOOKS SPIT ON IN MY HEAD. BUT YEAH, SO IF YOU NEED HELP, JUST REACH OUT TO ME. YEAH, FOR SURE. FOR SURE. NO, UM, I CAN DEFINITELY PROBABLY, I, I WORK ON SATURDAY BUT UM, I WORK ALL, LIKE I'VE WORKED AT NINE HOURS ON SATURDAY, BUT ALL DAY SUNDAY I CAN SIT AND REALLY JUST KIND OF FINALIZE AND HECK THIS ALL OUT AND GET IT DONE. OKAY. SO IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. AND OF COURSE I WOULD SEND EVERYTHING TO YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UM, ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. I HAD TO, AND THIS IS MORE FOR SARAH I GUESS. SO THESE CANDLES THAT WE'RE BORROWING FROM THE LIBRARY, UM, WE HAVE THE OLS THAT WE USE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING. CAN WE HAVE THOSE FOR JUNETEENTH? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE ARE. JEFFREY MIGHT KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE. I WILL HUNT AND IF NOT I WILL DIVIDE YOU SOME SORT. NEED 9, 9, 9, 9, 9. EIGHT, NINE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA BORROW DOWN. THAT'S OH, UM, NO IT'S NINE. YEAH, IT'LL BE NINE. I APOLOGIZE. NINE. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALTHOUGH THESE SPACE UNDERNEATH THIS TENT THAT WE HAD KIND OF STAGGER THOSE BOARDS THROUGHOUT, UM, SO THEY'RE KIND OF PROTECTED FROM THE SUN? YES. YEAH, I THINK SO. OKAY. MM-HMM. OKAY. YEAH, WE'RE ONLY GONNA PUT LIKE SIX BIG TABLES IN IT AND THEN OKAY. IT'S JUST GONNA BE PEOPLE PUT THEIR LAUNDRY. OKAY. SO WE'LL JUST LIKE LINE IT UP ALONG THE SIDE. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO YEAH, IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF PROTECT THEM A LITTLE BIT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO, OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO I'M GONNA WORK ON 12 TO 15 TRIVIA QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I REALLY SHORT JUST KIND OF LIKE A BRIEF HISTORY OF, OF EVERYTHING, UM, WITH THE QR CODES AND THEN BILLY MM-HMM . FOR UM, THE OTHER STUFF THAT WE WRITTEN UP, UM, WITH THE BITLY, DO WE WANT THAT IN A QR CODE AS WELL? WHAT I WOULD, IF I WOULD, IF I'M FOLLOWING WAR TRAIN THOUGHT, RIGHT. I WOULD HAVE A POSTER THAT'S LIKE YELLOW AND IT SAYS SCAN ME AND ANSWER A TRIVIA QUESTION AND THEN TRIVIA QUESTIONS POOP EVERYWHERE. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO HAVE ONES THAT ARE LIKE PINK OR YOU COULD DO RED AND BLUE. RIGHT. THAT'S MORE ON THEME I THINK. AND THEN THAT ONE SAYS LIKE, CLICK HERE TO READ MORE INFO ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE 'EM JUST LIKE MIXED IN TOGETHER. OH, GOTCHA. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEN SO IF I'M STANDING IN LINE FOR A SNOW CONE, I'M READING ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND THEN IF I'M WALKING TO THE BATHROOM I'M ANSWERING FIVE TRIVIA QUESTIONS. OKAY. YEAH. AND I COULD PROBABLY TAKE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT KAREN GAVE US AND ACTUALLY TURN THAT INTO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. TRIVIA QUESTIONS SO THAT IT'S REALLY, THE INFORMATION IS KIND OF ALL RIGHT THERE. YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE ONCE YOU'VE READ IT, NOW YOU START HUNTING FOR QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING SHORT TO THE POINT BUT EFFECTIVE. RIGHT. SO IT'S TAKEN ALL THAT HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND TRYING TO SHRINK IT DOWN TO WHERE KEY DATES, KEY NAMES, RIGHT. SO THAT THEY'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY. YEP. YEAH. GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT. UM, COOL. OKAY. UM, PANELS, I KNOW I WILL PICK UP THE PANELS LATER ON IN THE WEEK NEXT WEEK. UM, NOBODY NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, I THINK THAT'S IT ON MY END. OH. UM, AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE KAREN KIND OF REITERATE IN BETWEEN ACTS AND STUFF. KIND OF JUST REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT THE QR CODES AND THE TRIVIA AND STUFF AND TO VISIT THE CITY TENT, WHICH, WHERE'S THAT GONNA BE? [00:35:02] UM, WHEREVER YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE IT. UM, I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IT RIGHT ON THAT CONCRETE AREA RIGHT. COMING IN. WE CAN PARK IT THERE. YEAH. UM, OH, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE? YEAH. NICE CENTRAL LOCATION THAT EVERYONE THE ENTRANCE WHERE THE YEAH. OH DO YOU HAVE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PANELS? WHAT'S THAT? THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PANELS THAT WOULD HELP ME IF I HAVE TO GET EASELS FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE KNOWING THAT I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, STURDY ENOUGH ONES OR WHATEVER. DID YOU HAVE TICKETS? YES. OKAY. GOOD. VIRGINIA? UM, I JUST HAPPENED TO FIND AN EVENT EVALUATION FORM THAT WE HAD BACK IN 2022 FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE VETERANS ON THIS COMMISSION THAT WEEK WHEN WE HAD EVENTS LIKE ALMOST EVERY, EVERY DAY. MM-HMM . SO WE CAN USE THIS FORM AND SCAN IT INTO THE QR CODE. MM-HMM . SO, WELL WE CAN UM, I THINK IF WE GIVE THE QUESTIONS TO SARAH, SHE'S GONNA USE THE CITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO UP CAN I SEND IT TO YOU? MM-HMM . THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. OKAY. AND THEN THE SOFTWARE I USE WILL LIKE PUT OUT CHARTS AND STUFF TOO. OKAY. KIND OF SHOW THE DATA. OKAY. I'LL EMAIL THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S PERFECT. AND SECOND, UM, WILL THERE BE A PROCLAMATION READ YOU EITHER BY THE MAYOR OR REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL? A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE THERE. REMOVE PRO. YEP. I CAN CONFIRM THAT. THAT'D BE THE FIRST THING KNOW HAPPENED. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. UM, PANELS ARE 24 BY 36. OH, OKAY. PERFECT. DO YOU KNOW WHICH WAY THEY'RE LONG? THEY'RE LONG SO THEY'LL, YEAH, THEY SIT JUST 24 ACROSS THE BOTTOM. MM-HMM . PERFECT. I ACTUALLY HAVE EIGHT EASELS AND I JUST WONDER OF THAT EXACT SIZE FOR, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF LOW IN THE GROUND. THAT ACTUALLY PROBABLY WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD. SO THEY DON'T BLOW. THEY'RE LIKE THE ADE ONES, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE AN A FRAME. SO IT WOULD BE DOUBLE SIDED. WOULD IT ONLY BE FIVE? GOTCHA. YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE IF IT'S AND THEY WON'T BE TOP HEAVY THEN. YEAH. OR SOMEBODY BUMPS 'EM IN THE TENT AND WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING. IT'S TRUE. I THINK THAT'S THE EXACT . SORRY. NO, NO. THIS LOOKS GOOD INFO THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU GOT, YOU GOT THE EDUCATION PIECE SO WE GOOD. OH, OKAY. SO IS THERE ANY, LIKE, DO WE HAVE TO BE SHIFTS? HOW, HOW, SO I THINK SARAH GOT, YOU GOT A A, A LIST FOR US. WE'RE GONNA DO AT THE END THERE IF, IF YOU WANT IT. I DIDN'T WANT TO STEP ON ANYONE'S TOES IF SOMEBODY ELSE WAS ALREADY ORGANIZING VOLUNTEERS, BUT I JUST HAD TO MADE IT VERY QUICKLY. UM, LIST OF LIKE POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENTS. NOT THAT YOU COULDN'T WORK MORE OR LESS, BUT I JUST HAVE ONE REQUEST THAT I NEED TO, I CAN'T BE ON MY FEET FOR HOURS. SURE. SO I TOLD, UM, AARON, I I WOULD DO A TENT , I CAN JUST M'S GONNA BE THE TENT QUEEN. SHE'S, AND I CAN BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME. SO FROM FOUR OR WHATEVER, JUST AS A SUGGESTION. AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WAS LIKE ROAMING OR DOING PARKING, I'VE TRIED TO PUT A COUPLE PEOPLE ON SO THAT ONE PERSON COULD GO TAKE A BREAK WHILE THE OTHER PERSON COULD STILL BE THERE. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE CITIZENS ON PATROL COMING TO HELP WITH THAT TOO, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW THE OTHER PERSON. I, AND, AND SO FEEL FREE TO ADMIT THIS AS, AS YOU SEE FIT. UM, I THINK I EVEN LEFT OFF LIKE A SEVEN TO 9:00 PM INFO BOOTH. OKAY. ERIC SET ME UP FOR THREE 30 TO SEVEN. . SHE SAID 3 37. AND YOU DO HAVE TWO VOLUNTEERS REGISTERED AS WELL. SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REACH OUT TO 'EM AND FIND THEIR IDEAL SHIFT AND ASSIGNMENT? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A VOLUNTEER LIST TO BE HONEST. THERE IS, THERE'S TWO EVERY DAY. OH, THAT WAS LAST THREE BEFORE [00:40:01] ONE TO SEVEN. I'LL HELP YOU SET UP. I'LL SEVEN. OKAY. SO IF, IF YOU GUYS WANT ME, WHY DON'T YOU JUST START THAT ONE AGAIN. OH, I GOT AND EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THEY WANNA DO. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST PLAN ON BEING THERE ALL TIME. YEAH. I'M BEING HERE ALL DAY. 'CAUSE A LOT OF IT IS WE NEED HELP AT THE END. 'CAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD STEWARDS, YOU KNOW, PICK UP TRASH AND WE GET THE TENT TORE DOWN AND I THINK SARAH'S FOLKS DO A GOOD JOB TRYING TO GET WATER OUT FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR VENDORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE NEED TO TEAR DOWN THE FOOD STUFF THAT, UH, LEAVES BRINGS OUT. SO A LOT OF IT IS AT THE END TOO BECAUSE DURING IT WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE GOT OUR DJ THAT'S GONNA CARRY THE SHOW. WE GOT OUR MC PERSON, WE GOT OUR ON STAGE ENTERTAINMENT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TENT QUEEN'S GONNA GO DOWN THE TENT. SO I JUST CAN'T STAY LATE. SO THAT'S, YEAH, THAT WORKS. I GOT SOME KEY Y WANT SEND BACK THE HELP AT THE END. THAT'S COOL. YEP. MINE WILL BE THERE. SPOT DAY. I NEED SOMETHING TO DO. NOTHING'S FREE. ALRIGHT. IS ANY ANYTHING ELSE ON THE, UM, JUNETEENTH UH, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, UH, TASK GROUP HERE? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU CHRISTIE. I'M SORRY. ANYTHING ELSE? I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU, I DIDN'T WANNA CUT YOU OFF. I KNOW YOU WERE SIGNING. NO, NO. UM, ACTUALLY DUTIES WAS ON MY LIST BUT I WAS JUST GONNA KIND OF GLOSS OVER THAT . I WAS GONNA IGNORE THAT FOR NOW. NO, I THINK WE'RE COVERED. I MEAN YEAH. UM, YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEED STUFF BY WEDNESDAY TO PRINT AND ALL THAT. RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE THE BEST. UH, AND I, I'LL HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS THERE. UM, SO YOU CAN RELY ON THEM IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM THEN MY THOUGHT IS THEY WOULD JUST GO PUT OUT SOME, LIKE WE HAVE SOME YARD GAMES. OKAY. LIKE THEY'LL PUT IN THE KIDS' AREA AND PLAY INTERACTIVE KIDS, THAT KIND OF THING. AWESOME. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. SO THE NEXT ONE, THE BUSINESS IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL TASK GROUP IS A THAT BYRON, THAT'S BYRON, BUT I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING WITH THEM. UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I GAVE THEM A LIST OF VENDORS FROM SPRINGFIELD MULTICULTURAL FEST. MM-HMM. THAT UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HAVING THEIRS. RIGHT. SO, UM, HE'S GONNA CONTACT THEM. 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA CONTACT HIM AND CAUSE THIS CONFLICT OF MY, WITH THE CITY AND ALL THAT STUFF. MM-HMM. SO HE SAID HE WOULD CONTACT THEM, HE WAS GONNA SEND THEM AN EMAIL. WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON A FLYER, UH, FOR VENDORS TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST AS FAR AS WE GOT. THAT'S FINE. I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE EARLY IN THAT WELL, YEAH. BY IS, UM, WELL OUT OF THE COUNTRY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WHEN HE GETS BACK WE'LL TOUCH BASE. UM, BUT HE'S MET WITH, UM, PEOPLE FROM ALREADY. HE HAD A MEETING WITH WITH THEM. AND UM, SO WE GOT, I THINK HE'S, HE'S GOT A GOOD START ON REACHING OUT TO ENTERTAINERS AND GETTING THAT INITIAL. AND DO WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL FLYER DONE YET? THE FLYER FOR THE EVENT? NO. BE, NO, I THINK SARAH WAS SARAH WILLIAMS WORKING ON THAT. I MADE A QUICK VENDOR ONE 'CAUSE HE TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO THAT DIFFY MEETING. MM-HMM . UM, SO I DO THINK HE TOOK THAT THERE. AND SO I DID GO AHEAD AND OPEN REGISTRATION ONLINE. RIGHT. THE WAY THAT I'VE SET IT UP FOR FOOD TRUCKS IS THAT THEY CAN SIGN UP IF THEY AREN'T PAYING AND THEN ONCE APPROVED WE'LL INVOICE THEM FOR THE PAYMENT. THAT WAY YOU CAN JUST ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF FOODS THERE. 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT'S A MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, IF IT'S ALL HAMBURGERS AND PIZZA AND I THINK GREAT TO HAVE ONE HAMBURGER AND ONE PIZZA, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO EAT FOOD FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES WHEN THEY COME. SO, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. UM, AND I THINK WE WERE GOING TO, WE HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH HIM BEFORE HE LEFT. SO, UM, WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF FOOD VENDORS LIKE THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WANTING TO COME AND DO THEIR FOODS FROM THEIR, THEIR UM, CULTURE. AND I KNOW WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT CHARGING THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR BOOTH. BOOTH OR WHATEVER. I THINK HE WOULD, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THAT, BUT WE HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LIKE OFFICIALLY COME TO A CONCLUSION WITH ALL THAT YET. SO, UM, THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS SERVING FOOD IS POSSIBLE AND I TOLD HIM THAT THEY JUST HAVE TO GET THEIR TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT THROUGH THE COUNTY AND I SENT HIM THE INFORMATION TO CONTACT OUR HEALTH INSPECTOR WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP SET THAT UP. HER NAME'S CHRISTINA. YEAH. MANY OF THEM ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT [00:45:01] KIND OF A PROCESS BECAUSE THEY DO IT ELSEWHERE. THEY DO IT ALL AT THE OTHER AREAS. RIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S TOTALLY POSSIBLE. AND THEN RIGHT NOW VENDOR REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR INFORMATION OR SALES OR WHATEVER. AND AT THIS POINT IT'S NO FEE ON THAT. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTED. SO THERE'S NO FEE ON THAT. AND THEN IT'S JUST HE'S GONNA ASK PEOPLE IF THEY DO WELL TO PLEASE DONATE BACK. I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT FOR THE INITIAL AND THEN AS, AS THIS FESTIVAL GETS BIGGER AND OKAY MORE GOING, THEN WE, WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT DOWN THE LINE. BUT AS INITIALLY TO GET THESE VENDORS IN, WE OFFER IT THIS WAY AND THAT WAY THEY CAN THEN THEY THE NOT WAY THEY CAN DO THE DONATION AND THAT. SO THAT WAS WHAT WE HAD TO DO. BUT THAT IS AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED. SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY FURTHER THAN THAT. SO. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE PRETTY STILL PRETTY EARLY IN THE YEAH. I MEAN IT'S A GOOD START. WELL THAT'S, AND OBVIOUSLY WE, THE COUNTRY, THE PROCESS DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK WE'LL BE FINE, UM, MOVING FORWARD. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. UM, MOVING FORWARD, UM, SPECIAL ORDERS, UH, CONNECTED TO THE UPDATES SEARCH ON, WE HAVE WHERE THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE ANOTHER MEMBER OR COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS ON THAT IS. UM, THERE IS, YOU WEREN'T INVITED TO AN INTERVIEW? WERE YOU THE CHAIR? I WAS, I WAS JUST CHAIR, LIKE I JUST VOTED LAST WEEK, 40 MINUTES AGO. TECHNICALLY 40 MINUTES AGO. YEAH. OH, WHO WAS THE CHAIR BEFORE THAT? WHO YOU WERE THE INTERIM. YEAH. WHO DOES TONY YOU THINK IS THE CHAIR? I HAVE NO IDEA. OKAY. THERE IS, I THINK THE INTERVIEW WAS YESTERDAY, WASN'T IT? WAS IT MR. STRICKLAND? I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. OH, THEN I DIDN'T MAKE IT THERE. YEP. IT WAS YESTERDAY. TOMORROW I THINK. NEVERMIND YESTERDAY. I THINK IT BEEN OH, IT NOVEMBER. OH IT WAS ERIC INVITED. OH. I MUST THINK YOU IN THE CHAIR. OH, OKAY. WELL I'LL CORRECT THAT. SO THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW. THAT'S ALL I KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE IT. I DUNNO. I DIDN'T MAKE IT. OKAY. I MEAN, IT WAS, THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE, THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY. THAT'S COOL. UM, YEAH. SO, UM, MOVING ON FORWARD TO NEW BUSINESS. UM, FIRST THING UP 4TH OF JULY PARADE. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU WANNA DO IT? YEAH, THAT WAS MY IDEA TO ASK TO HAVE THAT PUT ON SO WE COULD DISCUSS COLLECTIVELY IF UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE A PART OF, UM, AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK. IF SO. UM, I JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY WERE A LITTLE SKEWED. ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT WAS THAT PEOPLE ANSWERED, YOU KNOW, THEY DID, THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION EVEN EXISTED. SO IF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ANSWERED THE SURVEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION, REALLY HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION MM-HMM . YOU KNOW. RIGHT. UM, PROBABLY QUITE A FEW. SO, UM, I MEAN, I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE US GOING FORWARD WHERE WE'RE MORE, YOU KNOW, GRASSROOTS BOOTS ON THE GROUND. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN HAPPEN. UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, HOW BETTER ARE WE GONNA ASSESS THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THEM UNLESS WE'RE OUT INTERACTING AMONGST THEM. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT. AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE 4TH OF JULY GRADE WHERE WE COULD HAND OUT KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE WOULD DO AT THE JUNETEENTH, OUR LITTLE MISSION STATEMENT AND THEN A SAVE THE DATE FOR THE MULTICULTURAL. YEAH. I I WE COULD JUST HAND OUT WATER OR CANDY STATE HANDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DAY THE PARADE IS, THE 28TH. AND IF YOU WANNA REGISTER, IT'S ON REC DESK. MY STAFF CAN REGISTER YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO TELL THEM TO REGISTER YOU. UM, SO YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ANY TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY, BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING, LIKE A PICKUP TRUCK OR ARE YOU ALL GONNA WALK? THAT SORT OF THING. WELL THAT'S . I, UM, I, I HAVE A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF A, OF A GOOD SIZE, UH, CONVERT THAT THEY USE FOR THE GRAND MARSHALL YEARS AGO THAT I CAN ASK IF THAT'S AVAILABLE. MY FATHER. SO, AND BY THAT WAY IT CAN BE OPEN. PEOPLE CAN SIT AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY HAD A PICKUP TRUCK THAT YOU GUYS USED THE TRUCK, A 40 FOOT HOT SHOP. MM-HMM . WE DID THAT LAST DAY. WE COULD, WE COULD REUSE IT. YEAH. SO WE USED IT. YES. SATURDAY IT, IT'S 10. THE SATURDAY BEFORE FOURTH. OKAY. UNLESS [00:50:01] THE SATURDAY IS THE FOURTH AND THEN IT'S ON THE FOURTH. YEAH. SEE I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE FOURTH. I I CAN'T MAKE IT ON THE 28TH. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE ON THE THIRD OR FOURTH AND THAT'S WHY SAID I WOULD VOLUNTEER. I, BUT I, I AGREE WITH CHRISTIE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. UM, I THINK BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONE THING OF THE FEEDBACK ON THAT SURVEY WAS THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION. THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION. UM, THIS IS, UM, AND I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE, SO I HAVE BEEN TO MANY, MANY STAR SPANGLED PARADES AND IT'S A GOOD TURNOUT IN THE CITY AND IT'S, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY'S INVOLVED AND GROUPS ARE INVOLVED. AND IT'S JUST A, IT IS A REALLY NICE FAMILY EVENT AND TO GET THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UM, HAVE THAT VISIBILITY THAT THERE'S, AND I LIKE THE, UM, THE BIGGER PILLOW. 'CAUSE THEN WE CAN GET OUR KIDS AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY IT'S A, WE HAVE A, UM, A BANNER OR ANYTHING THAT SAYS ABOUT THE, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A COMMISSION BANNER UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE OR NOT. NO, WE, WE DON'T. I MEAN THE COST TO GET ONE MADE IS 60 BUCKS MAYBE, GIVE OR TAKE. AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD PUT THAT ON THE TRAILER AS WE'RE WALKING AND WE CAN EVEN WEAR OUR TEAM SHIRTS THAT YOU HAVE MADE FOR US. SO, I MEAN, WELL, HOW MANY OF US WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE? I WOULD, I'M GOING TO BE THERE ANYWAY. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE TIME? I 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM LINE UP STARTS AT 8, 8 30 I THINK EIGHT. EIGHT 30. AND I DON'T THINK IT GOES THAT LONG. THAT'S, NO, IT'S ABOUT, UM, ABE, WE HAD A LOT OF INJURIES LAST YEAR, SO IT TOOK ME AN HOUR AND FIVE MINUTES FROM WHEN I RELEASED TO THE FIRST PERSON TO THE LAST PERSON. SO IT'S NOT TERRIBLE. IT JUST GOES RIGHT DOWN. YEAH. BUT ONCE YOU'RE MOVING, YEAH. SO IF YOU GET THERE EARLY AND YOU'RE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE LINE, YEAH. YOU'RE DONE IN 30 MINUTES OR SO. PROBABLY IT'LL SAVE ME FROM HAVING CAMPAIGN SOMEBODY. SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. I THINK MOTION, I MEAN WE, I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS. SO I MEAN I, I'LL BE THERE ANYWAY, SO I'LL HAVE VOLUNTEER WORK. SO I MEAN, BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WE, WE HAVE, THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE, THE DRIVING , YOU KNOW, UM, CAPABILITIES. AND THEN IF WE GET A BANNER, WHO'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN THAT GO? THAT KIND OF THING. SO WHAT WE WELL WE FIGURE THAT OUT. WE NEED A MOTION. WE A MOTION. OH, OKAY. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT DO. YEAH. AND THEN WE FIGURE IT OUT FROM THERE. YEAH. OH, OKAY. SO THE WHOLE I GONNA DO THAT WASN'T GONNA WORK. OKAY. ALL. SO I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEE HOW MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER IN THE 4TH OF JULY. CRAIG? NO, I THINK IT'S A MOTION TO PARTICIPATE. TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY. A MOTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 4TH OF JULY. CRAIG ON JUNE OR SATURDAY JUNE 28TH. SECOND MOTION VOTE FOUR SECOND. SECOND IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S MOVE TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF PARTICIPATING ON THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE. GOING DO A ROLL CALL, JUST DO A REGULAR RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES. WE WILL LOOK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD. UM, NEXT, MOVING DOWN THE LIST, UH, IS THE MLK TASK GROUP, UH, I KNOW THAT WE ARE A WAYS AWAY FROM THAT, BUT UH, I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S, WHO WANTS TO START VOLUNTEERING TO WORK FOR MK TASK GROUP? BECAUSE I DUNNO, AS THEY , I DUNNO. YOU KNOW, I, NOW THAT I'M NOT IN RIGHT STATE, I NO LONGER HAVE NORMALLY THAT'S WHY I NEVER DO OURS BECAUSE I WAS THE CITY. YEP. OKAY. SO THAT'S COOL. SPRINGFIELD NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR IT BECAUSE I'M NOT BENEFIT EITHER, SO. AWESOME. WELL NO, THAT'S NOT AWESOME. BUT IT'S AWESOME THAT YOU VOLUNTEER. UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL, I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN UNTIL WE GET COMMITTEE. YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN. I ALWAYS HAD MY PAWS IN THAT SAW FORM . I WORKED ON THE SEE HOW THEY CAN OUT DO LAST YEAR THOUGH. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. YEAH. THINK THAT WAS GOOD THOUGH. THAT WAS THE, WE GOT THE WHAT THE KIDS SINGING AND UH, QR CODES AND IT WAS A GOOD CROWD. SO, SO THIS [00:55:01] YEAR, IS IT THE SAME TIME AS THE CITY OF DAYTON'S WALK? I DON'T KNOW, IT'S, I NOT SURE. DAYTON. THEIRS IS AT 10. UM, THAT MONDAY THEY GO 10 TO NOON AND IT'S BIG. I MEAN, BECAUSE KNOW THEY HAVE THE WHOLE WEEKEND WITH BREAKFAST AND DINNER. BUT I'VE GOT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME THIS YEAR IS. WHAT, WELL WHAT TIME WAS IT THIS YEAR? I DUNNO. I WAS THERE. IT WAS IN THE MORNING. IT'S IN THE MORNING. WE KNOW THAT. I FORGOT THE TIME. OH, WHEN WE DO OR YEAH, THE ONE WE DO. WHAT TIME WAS THAT? I THINK IT'S WHENEVER WE SAID IT TO MEAN WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT. I THINK WE JUST TIME I'M JUST SAYING IS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T COMPETE WITH THE BIGGER ONE YEAH. UM, IT ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN. I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING COMMUNITY GROUPS JUST A FYI, I PUT IT ON THE RADAR BECAUSE I THINK, UM, THE FIRST YEAR WE DID IT, WE COMPETED WITH THE, THE WALK DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MEDIA IS AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE. UM, AND THEN WE HAD A SMALL, I MEAN WE HAD, IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WASN'T A BAD TURNOUT, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BIGGER IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE MORE BUY-IN. WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH THE THE MADE DOES THAT MAKE YEAH, YEAH. AND IT'S NOT LIKE 12 DEGREES OUTSIDE. YEAH. ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY ALWAYS GONNA BE COLD, SO THERE'S NOWHERE AROUND THAT. AWESOME. AND THEN, UM, SO THANKS ME AND KRISTEN FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP CHIPPING AWAY FAST UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO. UM, NEXT THING I WANTED TO BRING UP, UH, WAS, UM, HUBER HEIGHTS POPULATION DIVERSITY. UM, I LOOKED AT THE, UM, CONSENSUS OR CENSUS DATA, UM, FOR HUBER HEIGHTS AND I SAW THAT AND THEN EVEN WHEN I CAME AND GAVE ME, UM, OUR KIND OF LIKE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHAT WE WERE DOING TO CITY COUNCIL THE OTHER DAY, UM, THEY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE THE INDIAN POPULATION OR NATIVE AMERICAN, I DON'T WANNA SAY, I DUNNO WHAT THE POLITIC CORRECT. NATIVE AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIGENOUS POPULATION IS. UM, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 200, 2 50 NATIVE AMERICANS, LIKE IN THE, THE HUBER HEIGHTS AREA. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE, JUST THE FYI SURE. ON HISTORY OF SURVEYS WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE WHO MARK THEMSELVES AS NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIGENOUS, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT LIKE TRIBAL REGISTERED MM-HMM . IT'S PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A GRANDMOTHER DOWN THE LINE OR SOMETHING. AND THAT THAT'S HOW USUALLY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF LIKE THAT IN ONE AREA, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THAT IS. GOTCHA. UM, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL REALISTIC POPULATION OF, OF INDIGENOUS FOLKS HERE IS VERY, VERY TINY. SO JUST A JUST FROM MY HISTORY OF WORKING WITH THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS MM-HMM . UM, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT IT IS. IF SOMEBODY HAD A GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS A NATIVE AMERICAN OR WHO WAS, UH, IT'S USUALLY, UM, AND I'LL BE HONEST, I HAVE A GRANDMOTHER WHO'S A CHEROKEE OR APACHE. I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS THOSE TWO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE DOWN THE LINE. BUT IT IS A BUT THE REALISTIC NUMBER OF THAT COMMUNITY IS VERY, IS A VERY SMALL MUNICIPAL, BUT IT'S A SELF-REPORTED YEAH. SURVEY. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT PEOPLE IDENTIFY, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT. UM, AND IF WE WANNA GET CONNECTED WITH THE MIAMI BROWN, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY, UM, WE HAVE LEADERS THAT I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH TOO. SO IF WE'RE WANTING TO DO YEAH. SOMETHING WITH THEM, BECAUSE HE SPOKE HERE MANY TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADAMANT ABOUT REMOVING THE MASCOT I'VE HEARD. YEAH. AND, AND THE HUGE INFLATABLE RED BASE MM-HMM . TUNNEL AND THAT THEY USE IS VERY, AS A VERY RACIST YEAH. UH, SYMBOL FOR THEM. SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ADAMANT ABOUT TRYING TO GET THEIR FOOT HERE TO HELP IOWA TO GET RID OF SOME SYMBOLISM HERE. YEAH. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE CULTURAL DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTUALLY. SO THERE'S A CITIZEN OUT THERE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DO OUR DUE. RIGHT. I KNOW, UM, LATINX, UM, ARE ASIAN POPULATION IS GROWING WELL, ALL POPULATIONS ARE GROWING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO I THINK FOR US TO BE A LITTLE MORE INCLUSIVE, I GUESS, UM, NOT THAT, NOT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WATER DOWN ANYTHING TO ALREADY DO, BUT WE'RE, WE'VE DONE THOSE SUCCESSFULLY. WHAT IS THE NEXT, WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP WE WANT TO TAKE TOWARDS CONNECTING TO OUR, TO OUR, TO OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT. TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW MORALES. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NEXT STEP IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NEXT POPULATION IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NEXT EVENT WOULD BE. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SINGLE LAKE MILE EVENT FOR OUR LATINX, UH, COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A, IT'S PARTNERED [01:00:01] WITH THE MIAMI VALLEY INDIGENOUS GROUP TO, I DON'T KNOW, WORK WITH THEM ON THE MASCOT. I, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TOUCHY THOSE SUBJECTS ARE. WELL, YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THESE SURVEYS ARE DISSEMINATED THROUGH ALL DIFFERENT AVENUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAIN THAT INCLUSIVITY. RIGHT. AND THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS? WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITY FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS IN HEIGHTS. RIGHT. UM, WHICH I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. NO, YOU . UM, I KNOW THAT DURING THE WORK COUNCIL SESSIONS I DID WATCH THE REPORTING. MM-HMM . SO RAMA, THEY ARE POSTPONED TO GET THEIR UPDATE UNTIL JULY. JULY MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RATIONALE WAS THOUGH. IT DIDN'T GO IN LIKE, IT DIDN'T GO MUCH FURTHER THAN THAT. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU KNOW, IS WHAT I KNOW. OKAY. AND THAT WAS JUST WHAT WAS, OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THAT WAS INTERESTING. YEAH. I, UH, COULD WE MAYBE AT OUR MONTHLY MEETING THAT WE HAVE LIKE NOW IS INVITE SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO A MEETING AND LET THEM SPEAK. LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE, AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET TO KNOW THEM AND THEN WE CAN ALSO LISTEN. I KNOW 'CAUSE THE SURVEY DIDN'T HIT THE GROUPS THAT WE WOULD REALLY HAVE LIKED TO, TO GET, BUT MAYBE IF WE CAN BRING THEM HERE AT, UM, AT A MEETING. 'CAUSE WE DO MEETING, LIKE MAYBE WE DO, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE DAYTON HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OWNS . SO WE COULD BRING IN JALYN HERE AND ASK HER LIKE, WHAT DOES THE, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY CORRECT OR WHAT IS THEIR NEED OR WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR, YOU KNOW, AS SHE ISN'T TYPE WITH ALL THE HISPANIC BUSINESSES AND STUFF IN AROUND THE AREA. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, AND I KNOW, UM, LARON TALKED TO, UM, MARVIN WHEN THE PHIL LAMB, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALKED ABOUT WAS TRYING TO PURCHASE SOME SPACE TO KEEP A PERMANENT SPACE FOR THE, UM, THE FILIPINO AMERICAN SOCIETY. MM-HMM . AND HUBERT WAS ONE OF THE PLACES THEY WERE LOOKING AT PURCHASING SOMETHING HERE. SO THIS, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. LIKE I HAVE, I'M EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN COUNCIL OF DAYTON. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING THESE LEADERS IN AND THE GROUP AND ABRAHAM, YOU HAVE WHAT THE TURKISH COMMUNITY WE CAN BRING A LEADER IN AT A MEETING AND GET TO KNOW THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS GUY JONES WHO'S WITH THE INDIGENOUS GROUP. UM, THOSE ARE THE WHERE WE CAN MAYBE GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM THEM AT A MEETING, INVITE THEM AS A GUEST AND SAY, HEY, WE JUST WANT TO, UM, GET YOUR FEEDBACK OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, LIKE I SAID, LIKE JEAN WAS, I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE, IN THE NON LACK OF DIVERSITY THAT WAS IN, IN THAT SURVEY. MM-HMM . 'CAUSE I HONESTLY, AND I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES, I JUST DON'T THINK THE SURVEY IS A TRUE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO THIS TIME, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE OR FEASIBLE, EVEN MONEY WISE TO DO ANOTHER SURVEY. RIGHT. UM, IS I THINK WE JUST PUT OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND BRING IN THOSE LEADERS AND TALK TO THEM. THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT TO GET TO KNOW THEM A LITTLE BETTER. AND THEY GET TO KNOW US TOO, THAT WE HAVE THIS HERE, WE WANT THIS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT AND SEE WHAT YOU ARE WANTING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE A THAI TEMPLE HERE. I MEAN, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF, UM, IN HUBER, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CONNECTIONS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GET. I THINK THERE WAS SOMEBODY ON OUR, UM, IN THE, THE RAMA GROUP THAT WHEN WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP, THERE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WORKED WITH THE WELCOME. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF YEAH. JUST A WAY TO GET CONNECTED TO THEM. SO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK WOULD, WELL, FIRST OF ONE IS EVERYBODY THINK THAT'S THE WORTHWHILE VENTURE ROAD TO, TO KIND OF GO DOWN? I THINK IT'S A, A WORTHWHILE VENTURE. I SENT YOU GUYS AN EMAIL, UH, I HAD JEFFREY RUN WHAT THE DIFFERENT, UH, PERCENTAGES WERE FOR POPULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF HEIGHTS. SO YOU GUYS HAVE THAT IN YOUR EMAIL. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART ON OUR PART TO PROBABLY TAKE A, EITHER DO IT AS A COMMISSION, TAKE THE TIME TO SIT ASIDE, TO COME UP WITH SOME TASK ON HOW TO GO ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEET THIS GROUP? HOW ARE WE GONNA MEET THAT GROUP? ACTUALLY LAY SOME STEPS OUT TO DO THAT. UM, AND THEN I THINK OBVIOUSLY FROM THAT, THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GIVE MORE WORK, GIVE [01:05:01] MORE WORK, MORE WORK. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO FIRST COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN. HOW DO I GO MEET THIS WITH CAREER? RIGHT. ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP AND THEN WE CAN DEVELOP FROM THERE. SO, UM, EITHER WE DO THAT AS A COMMISSION. I THINK IT WILL, WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO DO IT TO COLLECTIVELY AS COMMISSION VERSUS A IN INDEPENDENT TASK GROUP, BECAUSE I THINK THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING, A FOCUS FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH. NO, I WASN'T LOOKING AT IT TO BE A TASK GROUP. IT WAS JUST MORE OF A, A POINT OF DISCUSSION. AND I WANTED BRING UP FOR, FOR, FOR US AS A COMMISSIONER, HOW WE DO IT. TO YOUR POINT, ERIC, I DUNNO HOW, I DON'T KNOW THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. I'M NOT MOST, THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING MEETINGS BECAUSE THAT WAY WE'RE NOT VIOLATING SUNSHINE LAWS. WE'RE, WE'RE ALL MEETING TOGETHER AND IT'S ALREADY AN OFFICIAL MEETING AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SET ANOTHER CITY MEETING WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVERYTHING. UM, MAY I, UM, ASIDE FROM, UM, THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS OF HERITAGE, UM, ONE GROUP THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED WOULD BE THE LGBTQIA PLUS. MM-HMM . UM, BECAUSE THAT IS CULTURE. IT'S A WAY OF LIFE. IT IS DIVERSITY AS WELL. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THEM INCLUDED THAT, THAT COLLECTIVE GROUP INCLUDED. UM, HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME PEOPLE, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT DON'T AGREE WITH THAT LIFESTYLE CHOICE. UM, AND WITH RESPECT TO THAT, I WOULD ALSO SAY, WELL, YOU'RE ON A COMMISSION THAT IS TITLED DIVERSITY AND CULTURE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO PUSH, THIS ISN'T LIKE AN AGENDA. I JUST BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE PART OF, YOU KNOW, DEI, SO , I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA BE INCLUSIVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TALK ABOUT GENDER SEXUAL ORIENTATION YEAH. AND ALL THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF BEING, LIKE, JUST COMES WITH IT. AND WE, AND WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS IN THE CITY AND JUST RECENTLY TO WHERE THEY, THOSE PEOPLE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN ATTACKED AND VANDALIZED. SO, I MEAN, I THINK, AND THEY, THEY BROUGHT IT UP AT THE TOWN HALL AT THAT, THAT TOWN MEETING THAT WE HAD, THAT MEETING COMMUNITY MEETING, THAT THERE WASN'T THE REPRESENTATION FOR THAT GROUP, BUT THEY, AND THEIR HOUSE WAS ANALYZED THEM. THEY HAD ANALYZED PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY PUT A PRIDE FLAG OUT. SO, SO IT IS AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S IN, IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S AFFECTING PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TRULY OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE THIS WELCOMING RESIDENT WELCOME COMMUNITY FOR EVERYBODY. IT HAS TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT IS GONNA BE PART OF, PART, PART OF OUR, OUR MISSION TOO. YEAH. I, I WASN'T TRYING TO LEAVE ABOUT NO, NO, NO. WE'RE NOT SAYING'S. YOU GUYS WILL FIGURE OUT REAL FAST. I HAVE LIKE THE BIG UMBRELLA. I WILL ULTIMATELY FORGET SOME DETAIL, UM, ALONG THE WAY. UM, BUT YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT THAT CONNECTED. BUT IF WE CAN DEFINITELY AGAIN, ADD INTO A, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COMMUNITY LEADER OR A, A CENTER THAT THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S SEVERAL DIRECTOR. WE HAVE A GOOD RESOURCE RIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. , HUH? GO FIGURE RIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. . UM, THEY ARE ONE OF THE ONLY LIBRARIES IN STATE OF OHIO. THEY'RE THE ONLY LIBRARY IN THE STATE OF OHIO THAT HAS AN LGBTQ, UM, IA PLUS SPECIALIST ON STAFF. OH, WOW. AND THEN I HAVE CONNECTIONS. SO HE'S VERY CONNECTED TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESOURCES AND PEOPLE. AND THERE'S A HUGE FACE GROUP POPULATION THAT WAS ACTUALLY STARTED HERE IN BERT. AND UM, FAIRBORN HAS AN INCLUSIVE FAIRBORN, SO THEY'RE A BIG L LGBTQ A GROUP TOO. AND THEN LIKE AT WRIGHT STATE, EMILY IS, UH, IS OUR QA DIRECTOR IS ON THE BOARD FOR ECU AND ALL THAT TOO. SO THERE'S CONNECTIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THAT YOU CAN GET CONNECTED TO THAT. WHY WOULD WE BECAUSE I, AFTER THOSE NAMES YOU GUYS MENTIONED, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE DO ENGAGE THEM AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE ARE DEFINITELY AN ALLY. AND I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANNA WHERE WE CAN, WE DEFINITELY WANNA BE A PART OF, OF CELEBRATING, [01:10:01] UM, ALL CULTURES AND UNIVERSITY. UM, MAY I ADVOCATE THAT YOU ALSO SEEK OUT, UM, ADVOCATES FOR DISABILITIES? UM, YES. YES. DEFINITELY. YEAH. YES. KNOWING HOW THE CITY IS MAYBE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. YES. FROM PHYSICALLY GETTING AROUND TO CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE CITY, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO I THINK THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING BEHIND THE, THE SIDEWALK. IT WAS A BIG ISSUE THAT MM-HMM. IT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO GET INTO THE PARK FROM THE BACK WAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. SO NOW THEY HAVE A SIDEWALK IN IT, SO. MM-HMM. AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED BEFORE ABOUT, UM, THE OLDER AMERICAN POPULATION HERE IN HE I KNOW WHERE FIND, FIND A BUNCH OF 'EM THAT'LL TALK TO, SO YEAH, I WORK WITH ANOTHER DAY. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL GROUP. AND THEY WILL DEFINITELY COME TALK TO YOU. YEAH. YEAH. SO I MEAN, AGAIN, LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF, LOT OF CHAIRS IN HERE, SO LET'S BOOM MEETINGS, OR SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS OR ANYTHING? I LEFT OFF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE THAT I DID NOT COVER WELL, WAS NOT COVERED THE AGENDA. NO, BUT I WOULD'VE TO COMMEND YOU ON, ON THIS, UM, ON THAT, THINKING OF THAT, CORY, I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE I KNOW WHILE OUR PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT AND PROGRAMS ALWAYS BRING COMMUNITY TIES AND COMMUNITY BUY-IN, BUT I, MY, WHEN I JOINED THE, WHEN I, UM, WAS ASKED TO BE PART OF THIS, TO CRAVE THIS COMMISSION, ONE OF MY GOALS WAS TO HAVE THOSE VOICES HEARD FROM ALL OUR DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT GROUPS OF IDENTITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND I JUST, I, I LOVE SEEING THAT BEING BROUGHT FORWARD AND PUT INTO ACTION RATHER THAN JUST US SAYING, WE WANNA DO THIS, BUT THEN IT DOESN'T GO FORWARD. BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT MOVE FORWARD FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO SOME IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WELL, DON'T THANK ME. I ACTUALLY SPOKE THAT IDEA FROM ERIC. WE HAD A CONVERSATION. I JUST PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. . YES. IT'S ALL OUR, IT'S ALL OUR, BUT I DID THINK IT WAS SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO. AND I THINK WHAT I DID, I DID LOOK OUT THERE AFTER WE HAD, AFTER WE TALKED, I DID, I DID GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE CENSUS DATA. IT WAS KIND OF, IT DIDN'T REALLY, DOESN'T REALLY TELL YOU THAT ALL THE, THE CULTURES JUST KIND OF SAYS LIKE, BLACK, WHITE, NON-HISPANIC, SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. RIGHT. OR HISPANIC. AND I'M LIKE, THAT DOESN'T, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LIKE WHO, WHO, WHO IS THAT TO YOUR POINT, DID YOU JUST CHECK A BOX? BECAUSE, AND I CAN CONFUSE YOU EVEN MORE BECAUSE HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC ARE NOT USUALLY IN ON RACE 'CAUSE IT'S AN ETHNICITY. RIGHT. SO THEY COULD BE ALL OF US . EXACTLY. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, IT REALLY WAS, IT WASN'T REALLY, IT DIDN'T REALLY HELP ME, BUT I WAS LIKE, WELL, I'M SURE THERE'S MORE. BUT WE'VE HAD A, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN ESPECIALLY ASIAN AND LATINO POPULATION. AND WE WERE IN AREA, WE WERE LOOKING AT 32 TO 37% INCREASE IN POPULATION FROM THAT CENSUS FROM THE FIRST ONE. MM-HMM . AND THEN YOU COULD SEE THAT WITH THE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESSES AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND OUR TERM COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE, THE GROWTH OF THE BUSINESSES, YOU'RE JUST, JUST SEEING ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESSES. I KNOW EVERYBODY. IT GETS TIRED OF SEEING ALL THE CHAINS. UM, AND I TELL YOU THE FIRST TIME, I LOVE HAVING THIS VARIETY OF GAS STATIONS IN HUMAN RIGHTS JUST SAYING AFTER WORKING IN SPRINGFIELD, , I MISS SHEETS, , MISS , JUST, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, SEEING ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE GROWING AT OUR, THAT THE TURKISH COMMUNITY HAS GROWN AND MADE A REALLY BIG IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY. I LIKE SEEING THAT AROUND. SO I THINK WE ARE, WE ARE VERY MUCH A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND, AND THEN GROWING COMMUNITY AND DIVERSITY TOO. ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE GOOD OTHER WORK? UM, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? UM, SO I ALSO, I LIAISON TO THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION AND THEY ARE DOING THIS IS JUST TO INVITE YOU AS BOTH CITIZEN AND POSSIBLY WITH IDEAS, BEING THAT YOU'RE ON THIS BOARD, UM, THEY'RE DOING A SHARK TANK IN JULY AT THEIR MEETING. SO IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA TO BEAUTIFY OR DO ART IN SOME MANNER IN THE CITY, SOMETHING THAT KIND OF MEETS THAT MISSION OR YOU KNOW, AN AN ARTIST, UM, OR THERE'S A CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT FORM OF ART THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE REFLECTED IN THE CITY, WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND DO LIKE YOUR THREE TO FIVE MINUTE SHARK TANK SPIEL ON [01:15:01] IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE ARTS AND BEAU ATION BOARD A PARTNER WITH ME AND CHAMPION. AND BECAUSE, UM, THEY RECENTLY WORKED ON KIND OF A VISION STATEMENT TO KIND OF HONE WHAT THEY WANT TO BE AND DO. AND THEY REALLY WANNA CELEBRATE DIVERSITY AS WELL THROUGH ART. SO, UM, WANTED TO DEFINITELY INVITE YOU TO THAT. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO WHAT IS IT THE JULY MEETING? THEY ARE THE THIRD MONDAY. SO THAT WOULD BE THE 21ST. OH, YOU SAID JULY. YEP. AND WE START AT SIX 30. IS THAT HERE? YES. MM-HMM . AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SHARE. UM, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JULY 3RD, 2025. THAT WOULD BE THE, THAT'S THE FIRST THURSDAY. BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT'S NIGHT BEFORE. I'LL NOT BE THERE BECAUSE I WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK, BECAUSE I NOTICED WE NORMALLY JULY, SO WE'LL SUSPEND OUR JULY MEETING. PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO, TO SUSPEND THAT. YES. I MAKE THE MOTION. I, I MOVE THAT WE SUSPEND THE JULY 3RD, 2025 COOPER HEIGHTS. DIVERSITY SAYS ACTION, MISSION MEETING TO THE FIRST THURSDAY IN AUGUST, 2025. I SECOND. SECOND, WHATEVER MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED MAY ANY ABSTENTIONS. THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT MEETING WILL BE THE FIRST THURSDAY IN AUGUST OF 2025. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT DATE BY ME RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT BE LOOKING AT. YEAH. THE 7TH OF AUGUST. ALRIGHT, AUGUST 7TH. PERFECT. ALL THAT BEING SENT. AS OF THIS MOMENT, THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS THAT HAS COME BEFORE THIS BOARD. SO THEREFORE THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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