[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road September 4, 2025 6:00 P.M. ]
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I CALL THE MEETING, UH, TO WORK FOR THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY FOR HUBERTS, UH, CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION AT 6:04 PM COULD I GET A ROLL CALL? SURE.
MS. TRO, UH, PRESENT? MS. NEWBIE PRESENT.
UM, MR. RICHARDSON? PRESENT? MR. OWENS PRESENT? MR. SHOCK VOTED.
AND MR. JUDIA? UH, RUNNING LATE, BUT HERE.
PRESENT? NOT PRESENT, BUT EXCUSE.
BUSINESS IS THE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UH, IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE, UM, THE MAY APPROVAL MINUTES AS WELL AS AUGUST, BECAUSE IN OUR LAST MEETING SESSION, WE DID NOT HAVE THE MAY MINUTES.
I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES BECAUSE I KNOW MAY WAS NOT AT OUR LAST MEETING.
SO, AND FOR THE RECORD, UM, THOSE WHO WERE ABSENT, THE RECORD DOES SHOW THAT YOU WERE EXCUSED IF YOU NAME DOES THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE HAD AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW TWO HEAD NOS.
FIRST ORDER WOULD BE THE APPROVAL FOR THE START FROM THE FURTHEST, FROM THE MAY 1ST, 2025.
I GET APPROVAL FOR THE MAY MINUTES OF 2025.
I MAKE A MOTION ACCEPT OF MINUTES THAT'S WRITTEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ANYBODY SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE MIX? DID YOU DISCUSS ANYTHING FROM MAY FROM MAY? NO DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE WITH THE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES FROM MAY 1ST, 2025 AS PRESENTED, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR LAST MONTH'S MEETING MINUTES, UH, FROM AUGUST 7TH, 2025, UH, CAN GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.
THIS IS THE AUGUST ONE FROM AUGUST 7TH, 2025.
THERE IS A CORRECTION, UM, ACTUALLY ON WHO? MAY AND AUGUST.
UM, MY NAME IS, UH, C-H-R-I-S-T-Y.
SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT FOR ME.
I WAS STILL READING OR SKIMMING.
UH, DON'T HAVE VOTE THAT OKAY.
CHANGE IT AS A SPRINKLER THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE, CHRIS, DID YOU NOTICE? UM, UH, NO.
ELSE, UH, WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUGUST 7TH, 20, 25 MINUTES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MISSPELLING OF A NAME, OR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE, UM, AUGUST 7TH MEETINGS AS WRITTEN WITH THE CORRECTION CHRIS NAME? MM-HMM
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MOTIONS IMPROPERLY.A, UH, WE CAN, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MINUTES? NO DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING CITY POWER SAYING AYE.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG SINCE WE HAVE APPROVED THE MINUTES, UM, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS COMMENTS? NOT A OKAY.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS, UH, ANY UPDATES FROM THE CHAIR? UM, FROM THE OLD BUSINESS? I, I HAVE NO UPDATES.
UH, VICE CHAIR? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES.
UH, NEXT ONE IS FROM THE MULTICULTURAL BEST TASK FORCE.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, UPDATES FOR, FOR, UH, HELLO EVERYBODY.
UM, FOR A MULTICULTURAL, UH, CULTURAL FESTIVAL, UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IS TALK ABOUT AND, UM, EVERYTHING IS SET AND THE SCHEDULE.
WE MAKE A SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE VENDORS.
SO, UH, UH, VENDORS, UH, RETAIL, UH, HISTORICAL TABLES IS GONNA BE UNDER 10.
THAT, UH, UH, SARAH, YOU GUYS PUT, UH, THERE UNDER FIELD.
UM, MAL IS GOING TO DO THE SET UP, SET UP THING.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A BENT SOUND SYSTEM, BANDS COMING, SOME SOUND SYSTEM.
EVERYTHING IS, UH, GOOD TO GO, EH? YES.
ONE OF THE COUNTRY, UH, REACH OUT TO ME, UH,
OTHER THAN THAT, UH, SO FAR SO GOOD.
AND WE ARE READY TO ROLL IN HOST THIS NEXT SATURDAY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I CAN ANSWER YES.
YOU, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YOU GO AHEAD.
UM, SO WILL THE VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS BE EMAILED WITH INFORMATION ON WHAT TIME THEY SHOULD ARRIVE TO SET UP? YES.
AND, UM, DID, WERE WE ABLE TO GET DCDC? YES.
DCDC, UH, DAYTON SALSA GROUP AND, UH, LOVELOCK AS DANCES.
WE HAVE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE THREE BANDS.
DANCES, SO DCDC, UH, LOVELOCK AND, UH, DAYTON SALSA GROUP AND ALL OTHERS ARE VOLUNTEERS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
AND, UM, DO YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO OF US IS GOING TO BE THERE, AND IF SO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING? WHAT DO YOU NEED US TO DO? WHAT, WHAT'S THAT PLAN LOOK LIKE? HONESTLY, WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT WITH OUR TASK GROUP, BUT OF COURSE, UH, THIS IS NOT FIRST YEAR.
WE ARE DOING THIS KIND OF EVENTS, UH, AND OUT OF OUR WAY EVENTS, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS, HELPERS, BUT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, UH, OKAY, YOU GONNA DO THIS, YOU GONNA DO THIS? WE DIDN'T SEPARATE THE JOB, BUT I WAS THINKING IF WE GONNA HOOK IN, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA BE, WHO'S WILLING TO BE THERE, JUST BE THERE ON TIME, UH, IF A LITTLE EARLY IF YOU CAN, AND WE CAN SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, HELP AND, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THE, UH, CARS, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OKAY, DRIVE, PARK THIS SIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR KIDS, UH, KIDS SECTION ON, ON THE, UH, JUMPING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AIR JUMPING BOUND.
AND WHAT, WHAT IS ON TIME? I MEAN, IT'S 11 O'CLOCK.
WE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START.
IT'S USUALLY START, WE SET THE TIME FROM 11 TO 6:00 PM FROM 11:00 AM TO 6:00 PM OKAY.
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I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN COME EARLY AND, AND, UH, AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.OTHER THAN THAT, I'M GONNA HAVE VOLUNTEERS THERE, UH, TO HELP US WHO'S GONNA BE THERE? I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, IF, IF SOMEONE FROM COMMITTEE, UH, CAN COME EARLIER, ALWAYS, YOU CAN COME EARLY AND, AND SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE GETTING DONE.
LIKE OBVIOUSLY, UH, DO ON OUR OTHER EVENTS.
I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S JUST ME, BUT I WOULD EXPECT THAT YOU ALL WOULD EXPECT A MAJORITY OF US TO BE THERE.
THIS IS OUR EVENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, DO YOU, YOU WANT US TO BE FAIR? I MEAN, I'M SORRY, THIS JUST ALL SOUNDS A LITTLE VAGUE.
I'M JUST A LITTLE LIKE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT YOU NEED.
LIKE, MY ROLE OR ANYONE'S ROLE TO, TO BE ON THAT DAY.
SO, SO, UH, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, I THINK BYRON IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT YOU, YOU GUYS ALL WELCOME.
SO YOU GUYS ARE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND AND ENJOY THAT TIME AND NOT, UH, NEEDED TO BE VOLUNTEERS AND, YOU KNOW, STUCK THERE.
BUT IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO SPEND YOUR TIME TO BE A VOLUNTEER AND WALK AROUND AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ON PLACE, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT.
I THINK HE HAS MORE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS IN LINE TO TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER STUFF WHERE YOU GUYS CAN JUST ENJOY THE EVENT AND, UH, NOT BE LOCKED IN, IN A, A SPECIFIC SPACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT DEFINITELY THIS IS OUR EVENT ALTOGETHER, SO.
AND, UH, YOU GUYS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE, SAME AS OUR OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YEAR.
AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO ATTEND, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT NEEDED TO BE VOLUNTEERING.
AND, SORRY, THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY QUESTION.
AS WITH OTHER EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, THERE'S BEEN DESIGNATED TIMES THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION WOULD HELP SET UP BEFOREHAND, WOULD BE THERE DURING THE EVENT AND AFTER THE EVENT.
I KNOW FOR MYSELF ON THAT DAY, I CAN HELP SET UP, BUT I HAVE A PRIOR COMMITMENT DURING THE TIME OF THE EVENT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HELP WHERE I CAN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE LIKE CHRISSY JUST MENTIONED, DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW, BE INVOLVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION, THEREFORE THE CITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF LOGISTICS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, LET US KNOW.
SO, UH, WE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA HAVE OUR FOOD TRUCKS? UH, WE, UH, SPOKE WITH, UH, MOLLY, UH, TO HAVE THEM NO LATER THAN, UM, NINE 30 TO COME THERE, YOU KNOW, START PULLING IN NINE 30 AND, UM, SO GET PREPARED AND EVERYTHING SO THAT WAY THE FIREFIGHTERS COME, YOU KNOW, AND, AND CHECK THEM IF THEY'RE, EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO.
I'M GONNA BE THERE ABOUT NINE.
BETWEEN NINE AND NINE 30, I'M GOING TO BE THERE.
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, IF YOU HAVE TIME TO COME EARLY, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME EARLY AND SEE WHAT'S MR. GET DONE AND, AND, AND HELP US.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE ON THE FESTIVAL.
AND, UH, MS. MIA SAID, UH, SHE'S NOT GONNA BE THERE ON THE, ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE EVENT.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY I SAID WHO HAVE TIME.
THEY CAN COME EARLY AND WE CAN SEE WHAT NEEDS NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE PLACE.
WELL I, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S, YOU SAID NINE AT NINE 30, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YES.
I CAN COME AND HELP FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF.
SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT.
I MEAN, I DIDN'T MEAN, I DIDN'T MEAN THIS IS MY EVENT AND I'M GONNA DO ANY, EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE ON OUR, UH, OTHER EVENTS, YOU KNOW, PAST EVENTS, WE WAS ALWAYS TOGETHER AND, UH, DOING AND HELPING EACH OTHER AND DOING THE JOB ON SITE.
OKAY, WE NEED TO TAKE TABLE, MOVE HERE, YOU KNOW, DO THIS OR CONES OR SET UP LIKE, UH, CORY WAS DOING WITH THE CARS, PARKING, THIS AND THAT.
I WAS THINKING SAME THING TO DO THIS EVENT.
NO, AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT.
I WAS JUST MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, WITH PRIOR EVENTS, YES, WE WILL HAVE LIKE A SET SCHEDULE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER, YOU KNOW, AMONGST THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AS FAR AS WHO IS AVAILABLE
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WHO CAN COME AND, YOU KNOW, AND ASSIST DURING THOSE TIMES.ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE MULTICULTURAL TEST? NEXT UP IS THE MLK JUNIOR TASK GROUP.
JUST ONE THING ON THE MULTI CULTURE, I THINK JEFFERY SAID THESE SIGNS ARE ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE THEM TO YEAH, YEAH.
THOSE, I MEAN HE'S BEEN DISTRIBUTING THEM, BUT THESE ARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IF YOU WANT YEAH.
TAKE, I'M GONNA TAKE THEM IN, UH, SPREAD TO THE, UH, IN THE CARE TRAIL.
JEAN, DID YOU, UH, I KNOW YOU SENT AN EMAIL.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN COME AS YOU ALL, UM, KNOW THAT I AM WILLING TO ASSIST WITH THE TASK GROUP.
AS FAR AS THE MLK PROGRAM FOR 2026, I AM WILLING TO BE A CO-LEAD, NOT A PRIMARILY DUE TO OTHER CIVIC OBLIGATIONS I HAVE AT THIS TIME, BUT I DID SEND THE COMMISSION A PROPOSAL AS FAR AS WHAT WE CAN DO FOR 2026.
AND AGAIN, THE TASK GROUP NEEDS TO COME TO CONSENSUS TO BRING THIS WORK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A FINAL, YOU KNOW, VOTE.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO DO LIKE A LUNCH WHERE WE HAVE A DIALOGUE AS FAR AS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DISPARITIES WITHIN COOPER HEIGHTS IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AS OF LATELY.
THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KIND OF DISCUSS AND INCORPORATING MLK'S VISION INTO THAT.
UM, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE, 'CAUSE I MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, INVITE AS A GUEST, MRS. LUCILLE DALE AS SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE DINNER.
SEVERAL, I THINK DECADES AGO, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WITH HER HUSBAND.
I THINK A LUNCH WOULD BE FEASIBLE.
DINNER IS KIND OF COMPLICATED, ESPECIALLY DURING THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, THE NAACP HAS THEIR MLK DINNER ON THAT MONDAY EVENING.
SO I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FOR US TO DO.
UM, DEFINITELY ENGAGE WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL STILL.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE LOCATION IS GOING TO BE AT WAYNE.
IS THAT STILL CORRECT OR WAS THAT A SUGGESTION? THAT'S WHAT WE, IT WAS JUST A, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS UP IN THE AIR WHEN I SAY UP THE AIR, NOT THAT WE HAD, 'CAUSE WE HAD THIS, TO YOUR POINT, WE HADN'T DECIDED ON WHAT, WE WERE STILL TAKING IDEAS.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.
BUT I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED TO STAY AT WAYNE 'CAUSE OF THE OPEN SPACE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THIS TASK GROUP, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SECURE MM-HMM
UM, THE CAFETERIA AND SEE IF IT'LL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE LUNCH TIME PERIOD ON THAT, UM, DAY.
BUT WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, UM, DEFINITELY LET ME KNOW.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO START PLANNING, START MARKETING, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
UM, BUT I'M OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ALONG THIS IDEA.
BUT JUST TO GET THIS STARTED, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT, OCTOBER
AND WE HAVE LIKE SEVERAL MONTHS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD ATTENDANCE FOR THIS EVENT.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, JEAN, CAN I JUST INTERJECT REALLY, REALLY QUICK? UM, WE'VE GOT THIS DOCUMENT HERE THAT, UH, SAYS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY WE WILL TRANSITION FROM CREATING FORMAL TASK GROUPS FOR EVENT PLANNING.
THERE WILL BE AN EVENT LEADER WHO MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM FELLOW COMMISSIONER SERVING AS VOLUNTEERS.
UH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SAME IDEA, BUT DEFINITELY SOME LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT THERE.
SO I, I I, WHAT I FROM THAT IS THAT WE ARE NO LONGER REFERRING TO THE USE OF OR THE WORD TASK GROUP.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME YOU LOOKING AT THIS.
SO I'M JUST, YEAH, THIS IS NEWS TO ME.
I SAW IT WHEN I CAME IN, JUST KIND OF LING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, YEAH, SO I GUESS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS SOMEONE TO BE THE EVENT LEADER.
SO TO EXECUTE YOUR IDEA? OR IS THAT, UM, WELL, THAT'S, WELL QUESTION.
SO ARE WE, SARAH, WE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
SO TASK GROUPS, ARE THOSE NO LONGER GOING TO
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BE IMPLEMENTED? I KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, II KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
TONY ROGERS, UH, CLERK OF COUNSEL HERE AT THE CITY, UM, JEFFREY HAD EXPRESSED TO ME THAT, UH, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION IN SMALLER GROUPS OR DIFFERENT WAYS WITHOUT HAVING FORMAL, PROPERLY KNOWN PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THOSE GROUPS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OR HOW MUCH OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OHIO OPEN MEETINGS ACT, BUT IT REQUIRES WHETHER YOU HAVE THE WHOLE BODY OF THE GROUP WHERE YOU'RE MEETING AS A SMALLER SUBGROUP.
UH, SOME OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON COMMISSION FOR SOME TIME, AND REMEMBER BACK WHEN WE HAD COMMITTEES, UM, IT REQUIRES WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE FORMALIZED GROUPS AND A TASK GROUP, IT SAYS, THE LAW SAYS YOU CAN CALL WHATEVER YOU WANT.
BUT IF YOU'RE HAVING ORGANIZED MEETINGS, UH, OF A, A GROUP, A SET GROUP FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT, AND YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED MEETING DATE AND TIME THAT, THAT CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC MEETING.
AND SO IN THOSE CASES, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLISH A NOTICE IN AN AGENDA IN ADVANCE.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM OF WHATEVER THAT GROUP IS AND THOSE THINGS.
SO JEFFREY HAD DEDICATED TO ME THAT THAT WAS PROVING DIFFICULT TO DO AND, UM, WAS LOOKING FOR SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
UM, THE ONE I HAD SUGGESTED TO HIM WAS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS WERE WORKING AND THERE WAS A TEAM LEAD FOR AN ACTIVITY, UH, AND THAT PERSON WAS COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT YOU'RE NOT MEETING AS A GROUP, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW, UH, THE PLANNING PROCESS TO PROCEED WITHOUT THE FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS AND THE MINUTES WOULD BE REQUIRED.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE DOING YOUR TASK GROUPS, THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN, UH, THE COMMISSION'S DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY.
BUT THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE KNOWN TO JEFFREY IN ADVANCE SO HE COULD DO THE PROPER PUBLIC NOTICE, UM, AND ARRANGE FOR MINUTES FOR THOSE MEETINGS AND SUCH.
WE CAN'T JUST HAVE THOSE ONGOING MEETINGS AND BE IN VIOLATION OF OPEN MEETINGS.
THAT JUST WHAT WE STARTED DOING, I THINK WITH THE PLANNING OF LIKE JUNETEENTH AND WHATNOT.
AND I, YEAH, I I THINK THERE WAS SOME EARLIER THIS YEAR.
YEAH, I'M, YOU KNOW, NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE EXACT DETAILS WITHOUT JEFFREY HERE, BUT I, I KNOW THAT'S THE CONVERSATION HE AND I HAD.
ALRIGHT, SO IT'S THAT PROCESS OR ITS SAYING JUST FOR HYPOTHETICAL PURPOSES, CHRISTIE IS THE EVENT LEADER OF MLK AND I MIGHT WRANGLE IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE TWO LADIES TO HELP US VOLUNTEERS FOR A VARIETY OF THINGS AND I CAN COMMUNICATE ONE ON ONE CORRECT.
SPECIFICALLY TO JUST JEAN OR IT'S JUST YOLANDA.
BUT I CAN'T TALK TO THEM ABOUT THINGS IN ANY GROUP.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A THREE-WAY PHONE CALL.
UH, YOU CAN'T HAVE A SIT DOWN MEETING AT A RESTAURANT.
UH, ALL THOSE CONSTITUTE MEETINGS WITHOUT, YOU CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT YOU HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT AS A MEETING GOTCHA.
SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING EARLIER, GOING BACK TO WHAT WE USED TO DO MM-HMM
AS FAR AS HAVING THOSE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, I THINK IT WAS COMMITTEES BACK THEN.
YOU HAD, UH, I THINK THREE COMMITTEES AT ONE TIME OF THE COMMISSION MM-HMM
AND, UH, THOSE WERE ALL FORMALLY NOTICED AND I THINK EVEN SOME RECORDED ON THE VIDEO AND STUFF MM-HMM
BUT THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE MINUTES OF ALL THAT.
SO HOW I HEARD IT WAS JUST THAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REDUCE THE OVERHEAD IN TERMS OF NOT HAVING THOSE, UH, ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS UPON YOU, BUT STILL BEING ABLE TO, UH, PLAN FOR THE EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THESE, UH, FORMALIZED MEETINGS.
SO THAT WAS A SUGGESTION, UH, THAT I GAVE HIM THOUGH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, THE COMMISSION SHOULD PROVIDE THE DIRECTION TO HOW THEY WANT TO ORGANIZE THEIR STRUCTURE.
AND, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
THAT WAS JUST THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE, UM, EVEN IF THERE'S NO ACTION TAKEN IN THAT MEETING, THEN STILL IT, IT IT'S ANY COMMUNICATION OR DISCUSSION ON BUSINESS OF THE PUBLIC BODY, WHICH THIS WOULD BE, IS CONSIDERED A MEETING.
SO THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, BECAUSE I WAS READING SOMETHING IN THE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO MEET VIA A VIDEO CONFERENCE OR TELECONFERENCE FOR THOSE GROUPS THAT ARE NOT
UH, THAT'S FOR A VERY NARROWLY DEFINED GROUP OF ENTITIES IN THE SUNSHINE
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LOWS.UM, THERE WAS A PROVISION FOR ONLINE MEETINGS DURING THE PERIOD OF COVID THAT THE HIGH LEGISLATURE HAD PASSED, UM, ALLOWING FOR THOSE TO, TO BE DONE, UM, SINCE THE COVID EMERGENCY OR PANDEMIC HAS CEASED TO BE AS, AS SERIOUS AS IT WAS, UM, THEY'VE RESCINDED THOSE PROVISIONS.
SO, UM, ANY CITY MEETINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE IN PERSON MEETINGS AND THE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE PRESENT FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, SO THERE, THERE'S, THE ONLY OTHER WAY WE COULD GET AROUND THAT WOULD BE TO DO A CHARTER AMENDMENT, UM, THAT WOULD, UNDER OUR HOME RULE AUTHORITY ALLOW THAT.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF THAT DURING THE MEETINGS OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT WERE HELD LAST YEAR AND THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO, UH, SEEK THAT AS AN AMENDMENT TO, UH, TO THE CITY CHARTER.
SO YEAH, THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY.
I TOLD YOU, AND I APOLOGIZED, I DIDN'T NEED TO STEER OFF THE TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, THE MLK EVENT, BUT I FIGURED WE PROBABLY NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT AT LEAST NUMBER ONE HERE BEFORE WE GOT TOO FAR INTO MM-HMM
ANY PLANNING OR ROLES OR ANYTHING? OH, NO, NO, NO.
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NEW, SO YEAH, I AGREE.
ANYTHING YOU DO HERE IS OBVIOUSLY ACCEPTABLE IN TERMS OF PLANNING OR DISCUSSION.
SO, SO WHAT DO WE PROPOSE AS A COMMISSION AS FAR AS WITH THESE EVENTS THAT WE FACILITATE? HOW SHOULD WE COORDINATE, COMMUNICATE? BECAUSE THAT DECISION IS BEING MADE LIKE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THIS EVENT.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE MEAN I DON'T, I THINK THE ONLY THING TO DO IS, IS TO DESIGNATE, UM, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO VOTE TO CHANGE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN THAT TEAM WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MEETINGS OR NOT HAVE MEETINGS OR
I MEAN, IT JUST BE LIKE ONE OFF, UH, COMMUNICATION WITH, IF I'M HEARING CORRECTLY, YOU JUST HAVE THE ONE OFF COMMUNICATION NEED.
SO LIKE IF YOU HAD A TEAM, YOU JUST HAVE A PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR VENDORS, YOU WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THAT PERSON AND THEN WOULD NOT.
AND THEN IF YOU CAME BACK TOGETHER AS A WHOLE FOR COMMISSION, YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO, BUT YOUR COMMUNICATION JUST COULD BE HOLISTIC.
IT HAVE TO BE VERY INDIVIDUAL.
SO BASICALLY NOW I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS EVENT MM-HMM
SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, WE'LL SAY THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DELEGATED MM-HMM
LIKE FINDING A CATERER FOR THE FOOD MM-HMM
SO A PERSON FROM THE, THE
WOULD DESIGNATE A PERSON FROM THE COMMISSION TO HANDLE THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
WELL, I DON'T USE THE WORD TASK.
UM, SOMEONE TO SECURE A GUEST SPEAKER IF WE CHOOSE TO HAVE ONE.
SOMEONE FROM THE COMMISSION WOULD BE ASSIGNED THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
FROM THE DESIGNATED LEADER MM-HMM
SO IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THE, I'LL CALL IT PROTOCOL FOR THIS, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THE EVENT LEADER HAS A LITTLE MORE
THEY'LL BE THE ONE COMMUNICATING INDIVIDUALLY WITH EVERYONE ELSE HELPING THEM.
AND THAT'S THE THING, HOW TO COMMUNICATE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEND EMAILS CORRECT.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN ONE, YOU CAN SEND ONE ON ONE EMAILS.
OUR PHONE CALLS ARE ONE, ONE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT JOINTLY.
SO YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST ASK FOR WHO WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT.
AND ONCE THOSE PEOPLE ARE KNOWN, YOU REACH OUT TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING AND THEN COORDINATE THINGS AS THE, AS THE PROJECT LEADER OR WHATEVER.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO JUST DO IT AS YOU HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE TASK FORCE USED A LOT, UH, WHEN WE WERE STARTING AND I'M, I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THESE TASK FORCE, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY MEETINGS, SO WE'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT PROPERLY.
UH, SO, UH, IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE WITH THE TASK FORCE MODEL OR THE COMMITTEE MODEL, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
UH, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT SET OF REQUIREMENTS TO DO IT.
AND MOST OF THOSE FALL ON JEFFREY TO, AS THE STAFF LIAISON TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING IT.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, HE'S IN THIS RESPECT, IS GONNA TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION AS TO HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THE
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SUPPORT FOR THE, THE MEETING NOTICES, UH, GOING OUT IN ADVANCE AND AGENDAS AND, AND SUCH, IF THAT'S THE WISH OF THE COMMISSION FOR A PARTICULAR TASK FORCE OR, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, THAT'S A SUBUNIT OF THIS BODY.SO, AND WE DID TASK FORCE BECAUSE WE WERE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, AS LONG AS WE WERE NOT DOING, MAKING ANY DECISIONS AND WE WERE JUST LIKE BRAINSTORMING THEN, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM, THEN WE COULD HAVE, THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH CONCEPT OF TASK GROUPS.
SO IT'S VERY CLEARLY IN THE SUNSHINE GOALS MANUAL THAT YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT.
BUT IF YOU'RE MEETING CERTAIN ELEMENTS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UH, A CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE MEETING FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AT A SPECIFIC DATE AND TIME TO DISCUSS BUSINESS OF, OF THE CITY OR ONE OF ITS ENTITIES, THEN THAT CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC MEETING AND HAS TO BE NOTICED.
IS THERE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, TONY, OR THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
UH, IF YOU MEAN FOR THE TASK FORCE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, IF YOU CREATED, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE NUMBER IS.
IT, IT'S STILL A, A STILL A SUBUNIT YEAH.
AND DOES IT MATTER IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION? THE QUORUM DOESN'T APPLY THERE EITHER.
RIGHT? SO SAY SHE WAS THE LEAD AND WANTED TO SEND AN EMAIL TO TWO PEOPLE, THAT'S STILL IN VIOLATION.
SO IF THERE'S THREE PEOPLE WORKING ON A PROJECT UNDER THIS MODEL THAT JEFFREY'S PROPOSED HERE, UM, YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYBODY AT ONCE.
IT HAS TO BE DONE ON ONE, BECAUSE THERE'S THREE PEOPLE ON THAT.
THE THREE PEOPLE CONSTITUTE THE, THE PUBLIC BODY IN THAT INSTANCE.
AND SO IF YOU ARE ALL THREE CONVERSELY EMAILED TOGETHER, BACK AND FORTH, THEN THAT'S CONSIDERED PUBLIC MEETING, EVEN IF IT'S BY ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE.
SO COMMUNICATION ONE ON ONE HAS TO BE REALLY DILIGENT AND ORGANIC VERSUS HAVING THE TASK GROUPS WHERE WE DID AT TIMES STRUGGLE WITH GETTING A DATE.
EVERYONE COULD MAKE, YOU KNOW, A TIME WHERE EVERYONE COULD MAKE, UH, UM, A DATE THAT THE ROOM WAS OPEN KIND OF A THING, YOU KNOW? AND THAT WAS LIKE HALF OF ONE SIX.
WELL, ONE THING I DID SUGGEST WITH THE, THE, UH, IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE TASK GROUPS OR COMMITTEES, ONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CONFERENCE ROOM CAN BE AVAILABLE IN ADDITION TO THIS ROOM.
UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RECORDED.
THAT'S JUST AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE BOARDS OF COMMISSIONS TO GIVE THEM GREATER EXPOSURE TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE MEETING.
UH, IT'S ALSO A GOOD TOOL FOR, UH, DOING THE MINUTES LATER BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S RECORDED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND TECHNICALLY IF SOMEONE WOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DOCUMENTING THE MINUTES, JEFFREY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE FOR A TASK GROUP MEETING, UM, UNLESS YOU GUYS FELT THAT THAT WAS BENEFICIAL TO HAVE HIM HERE.
SO WE'D MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WHERE SPACE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A TASK GROUP TO, WE COULD NOTICE THAT IN ADVANCE.
THERE'D HAVE TO BE SOME MINIMAL MINUTES THAT WOULD BE MAINTAINED, UH, AS A RECORD OF THE MEETING, UM, AND WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPORTED NECESSARILY.
AND HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THAT? THE VERY MINIMUM IS 24 HOURS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE MORE NOTICE.
'CAUSE THE IDEA BEHIND THE PUBLIC NOTICE IS IF THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC FROM THE PUBLIC, THEY WANT TO OBSERVE THOSE PROCEEDINGS AND PARTICIPATE IN THEM, THEY'RE ABLE TO ATTEND.
MR. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
I, I PERSONALLY PREFER THAT, UM, TO MEET HERE.
AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW,
SO WE HAVE EVEN MORE CONFERENCE SPACE THAN OTHER SPACE AVAILABLE FOR MEETINGS AND STUFF TOO.
SO, ANY OTHER, UH, UPDATES OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MLK? UH, SO I GUESS, OH, I'M SORRY.
WELL, THAT'S MY SUGGESTION TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MEETING HERE, BUT I'M
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NOT THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS MISSION.SO WOULD THAT HAVE TO BE A CONSENSUS AMONGST US, WHICH I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMISSION TO AGREE TO A, A PROCESS FOR MM-HMM
HANDLING THOSE, UH, SUBGROUP MEETINGS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING CONSISTENT.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MODELS, SO I THINK BY NOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND WHAT WORKS BEST TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF WHAT THE COMMISSION'S TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
SO, UM, I THINK IF THE MAJORITY OF YOU OR THE WHOLE OF YOU AGREE ON A CONSISTENT FORMAT, THEN IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE CITY TO, TO SUPPORT THAT BY MAKING SURE THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS THAT, SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T WANT US GOING BACK AND FORTH AND ALL OVER THE PLACE ON HOW WE HANDLE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
JUST WE HAVE TO DECIDE PRETTY MUCH NOW WHAT WE WANTED YOU, I, I THINK YOU SHOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT BECAUSE, UH, IT CONFUSING TO THE MEMBERS.
IT'S CONFUSING, CONFUSING TO THE STAFF LIAISONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING SURE WHAT THEIR ROLE IS ENTIRELY.
UM, AND WE WANT TO JUST KIND OF DEVELOP THAT CONSISTENCY.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT UNLESS YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO REALLY GET THIS EVENT, YOU KNOW, ROLLING.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH A CONSISTENT APPROACH THAT YOU STICK WITH.
I, ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION THIS EVENING BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO START PLANNING FOR THIS EVENT IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UM, AND FOR THOSE THAT WANNA BE PART OF THE, I'LL CALL IT GROUP, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, DECIDED UPON TONIGHT.
PLUS EVEN BEFORE, THIS IS THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.
SO, WELL THAT MEANS SAID, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE NEEDS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT MOTION ON FOR THAT.
WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH TASK GROUPS.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF MEETINGS, ELECTRONIC MINUTES OR, AND MAKE OUR STAFF LIAISON AWARE OF THOSE, THOSE, WHICH IN ESSENCE, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF DONE IN SOME REGARDS.
WE JUST DO A FORMALIZED MANNER.
I THINK THAT THE BOARD COMMISSION SPELL HANDBOOK SPELLS OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER'S THE LEADER OF THE MEETING, WHETHER THAT'S THE CHAIR OF THE TASK GROUP OR WHATEVER, WOULD'VE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATION TO THE STAFF LIAISON SO THEY COULD DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY RANGING THE ROOM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING THE NOTICES OUT, GETTING IT ON THE AGENDA QUICK AND PUBLISH TO THE CITY WEBSITE AS FAR AS THE AGENDA.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, OPERATE ACCORDINGLY FROM THERE.
I, I DON'T THINK THE ONE, ONE, I THINK IN A PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THINGS TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
SO THERE'S A MOTION WILL BE SECONDED.
MOTION HAS BEEN PROBABLY MOVED TO SECONDED, UH, AT THIS.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE CONCERNING TASK GROUPS OR THE CREATION OF TASK GROUPS FOR A EVENT PLAN MOVING FORWARD FOR THE, UH, SAME NINE HEARING, NOW WE MOVE TO VOTE.
CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE? IS THAT OKAY? SURE.
UM, MS. TRUMP? UH, YES, MS. NEW BEYOND WAS HERE.
IT IS PASS, WE MOVE, SECONDED AND PASSED.
SO THEREFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL, UM, EVENTS HAVING PAST, WE WILL JUST MAKE ALL MODIFICATIONS PROPERLY NOTIFIED TO OUR STAFF.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO MEET ON MLK.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WORK ON CREATING TASK GROUP, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT HIM BEING
TELL US ONE TIME, JUST FOR THE, ARE, SO ARE YOU GOING TO, WITHIN THAT TASK GROUP DECIDE EVERYTHING FOR MLK DATE? OR RIGHT NOW, DO YOU ALREADY KNOW DATE, TIME, LOCATION, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
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OR DO YOU NEED TO HAVE I THINK THAT WE'LL GET THE TASK GROUP, WE'LL GET THAT, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU OR TO, OKAY.JEFFREY, WHOEVER NEEDS, SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE MUCH LONGER.
SO ARE YOU EMPOWERING THAT TASK GROUP TO LIKE, MAKE THAT DECISION? OR DO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND SAY, WE WANNA DO THE LUNCH ON THIS DAY AT THIS LOCATION? OR ARE YOU SAYING, HEY, THEY'RE ENTRUSTED WITH, THEY'RE ENTRUSTED WITH ALL THIS OKAY.
DECISIONS? I DO THINK THAT'S, GO AHEAD.
WELL, I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A DATE GIVEN, WHICH WOULD BE THAT MONDAY OF MLK DAY.
WE GAVE AFTER WE DID, WE KEPT THAT, WE KEPT IT KEPT IT MOVING BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, WHEN WE WERE HAVING THAT SESSION, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT THE LEAD, WE KNOW THAT YOU HAD A LOT OF INSIGHT AND INFORMATION.
SO WE, WE JUST SELECTED THIS THAT MONDAY, BUT WE DIDN'T LIKE SAY IT HAS TO BE THAT MONDAY.
SO IF YOU'RE, IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, THEN I'M OKAY WITH IT BEING POSTED AS THAT MONEY, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE, YEAH.
UM, I AM ONLY ASKING, NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO OFF UPDATE MATTERS 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME WINTER MARKETING COMING OUT AND I WOULD BE HAVING TO INCLUDE IT IN THAT.
UM, I CAN ALSO JUST LIST IT AS IF WE HAVE, IF WE KNOW THE DATE, WE CAN JUST PUT IN MORE INFORMATION TO COME AND DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE WEBSITE OR SOMETHING.
I, IT KIND OF LOOSELY DID, BUT I DUNNO IF THAT GOT TO YOU, BUT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MAY NOT HAVE, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING REALLY IS JUST TO VERIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CAFETERIA WOULD BE AVAILABLE DURING THE TIME THAT KNOW WE WOULD DECIDE.
SO I CAN DO LIKE A SETTING OF THE DATE.
YES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S OKAY WITH STICKING WITH THAT ONE DAY AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA WAS THE DATES ON THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW COMMISSION MEMBER, BUT THERE IS STILL NO POSITION ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, AND THERE ARE NO APPLICATIONS, IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, AS OF READ NOW.
I JUST PUT A NEW POSTING UP, UH, TODAY THAT WENT OUT.
SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN THIS COMMISSION OR ONE OR THE OTHERS THAT WE HAVE AGENCIES WE DO.
TONY, WHERE CAN WE FIND A, I I GOT A FRIEND BOTTOM.
UH, YOU CAN, UM, GET ONE HERE AT CITY HALL THERE.
UM, ON THE WEBSITE, IF YOU GO TO BOARD AND COMMISSION SERVICE PAGE, UM, THERE WAS ALWAYS WHERE YOU COULD DOWNLOAD A PDF AND FILL IT OUT AND SUBMIT IT.
BUT WE'VE ADDED A, UH, NEW FEATURE WHERE THERE'S AN ONLINE FORM THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, IT'S A FILLABLE FORM THAT YOU CAN TYPE IN ON THE WEBSITE AND SUBMIT IT THROUGH THE WEBSITE WITHOUT HAVING TO DOWNLOAD IT OR, YOU KNOW, DELIVER IT IN PERSON.
IT'S, IT'S RIGHT ON THAT PAGE.
THERE'S A, A LINK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THAT SAYS, UH, UH, SUBMIT ONLINE APPLICATION FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION.
UM, AND YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT THERE.
THAT SAME PAGE ALSO LISTS ALL THE CURRENT VACANCIES AND THE POSTING ENDING DATES.
AND, UH, THE NEXT THING UP ON THE, UM, OUR DOCKET IS THE UPDATE ON THE CCRB MEMBERS.
ASSUME AGAIN, THAT'S
WASN'T TRYING TO HIJACK YOUR MEETING.
SO, UH, THIS IS A, A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FOR ME, SO IT'S NICE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE D FOR CHANGE.
AS AGAIN, AS I SAID, I'M TONY ROGERS, I'M THE CLERK OF COUNCIL HERE AND, UM, HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CCRB THIS EVENING.
SO I THINK AS MOST OF YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD OR CCRB WAS DEVELOPED, UM, INITIALLY COOPERATIVELY BETWEEN THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY THESIS AND ACTION COMMISSION WHO WRITES POLICE DIVISION AND, AND CITY ADMINISTRATION AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THEY HAD BROUGHT FORTH THESE GROUPS, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE THIS BOARD, WHICH, UH, COUNCIL SANCTIONED AND APPROVED IN OCTOBER OF 2023, UH, THROUGH LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING THE CCRB.
UM, I THINK AT THIS POINT, CITY STAFF, MYSELF INCLUDED CITY COUNCIL AND I THINK THIS, UH, COMMISSION, UM, SHARE A COMMON GOAL AND THAT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS HAVING THE CCRB BE AN ACTIVE AND USEFUL, UH, PIECE OF, UH, SOME OF THE TOOLS, UM, AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, THE, THE, THE DIFFICULTY HAS BEEN AS THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH NEXT MONTH IT'LL BE TWO YEARS SINCE THIS, UH, COMMISSION HAS BEEN CREATED AND WE'VE BEEN OUTREACHING AND SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR THIS COMMISSION,
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UM, DURING THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD CONSTANTLY, UM, WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO ATTRACT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, UH, TO FILL THE POSITIONS ON THE CCRV.SO, UM, WHAT I PREPARED AND WAS SHARED WITH YOU, I THINK IN ADVANCE BY JEFFREY SOMETIME IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, WAS TO MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS, UM, FOR REVISIONS TO THE MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA, UH, FOR THE, UM, CCRB.
SO CURRENTLY IN LEGISLATION THAT EXISTS, UH, FOR THE CCRB, THE MEMBERSHIP IS SEVEN MEMBERS.
UM, ONE IS A, UM, REPRESENTATIVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAACP.
ONE IS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMMISSION.
THEN THERE'S THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE DETERMINED BY, UM, UH, RACIAL GROUP OR LARGEST, SECOND LARGEST AND THIRD LARGEST RACIAL GROUPS, UH, IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, COMMUNITY BASED ON US CENSUS DATA.
UH, THE MOST RE RE RECENT US CENSUS DATA, UH, MAKES THOSE GROUPS.
NUMBER ONE, UH, CAUCASIAN OR WHITE, UM, TWO BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN.
AND THREE, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN, UM, IS IS THE, UH, THREE LARGEST ETHNIC GROUPS OR RACIAL GROUPS IN, IN, UM, IN THE CITY BY CENSUS.
UM, AND THEN THE TWO OTHER POSITIONS ARE MEMBER, ONE IS A MEMBER WHO HAS SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY.
AND THE FINAL ONE IS A MEMBER WHO HAS A LEGAL BACKGROUND.
SO THE DIFFICULTY I THINK HAS BEEN THAT THESE CRITERIA ARE SO NARROWLY DEFINED THAT, UM, ONE I THINK TO AN APPLICANT, AND I'VE HEARD THIS FROM SOME OF THE APPLICANTS, THE VERY FEW APPLICANTS WE'VE HAD, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE INTIMIDATING WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU ARE FITTING IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA.
UM, BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT IN THE FEW INTERVIEWS WE'VE DONE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED TO THE CCRB IN TERMS OF EVALUATING, UM, THEM TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE CRITERIA THEY WOULD FIT IN.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE.
UM, WE, IN THE TOTALITY OF THE TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD FIVE APPLICANTS.
UM, AND MOST OF THOSE HAVE COME IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
SO, UM, MY GOAL WAS REALLY TO GET THE BOARD UP AND RUNNING.
SHOULD THE NEED ARISE THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD WITH A COMPLAINT.
WE'D BE IN A SITUATION RIGHT NOW WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR THEIR CASE BECAUSE NO BOARD EXISTS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE IT ON PAPER.
SO, UM, OUT OF THE FIVE APPLICANTS THAT WE HAD, ONE WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION, UM, WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW, UH, FOUR WERE SCHEDULED FOR INTERVIEWS AND ONLY TWO SHOWED UP FOR THE EXTRA SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS.
OF THOSE TWO, THEY WERE VERY HIGH QUALITY, UH, APPLICANTS.
UM, BUT, UH, BOTH OF THEM WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK.
SO, AND NOT HAVING A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, A UM, A LEGAL BACKGROUND, THEY'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE NAACP.
UH, BOTH OF 'EM WOULD ONLY FIT INTO ONE OF THE CRITERIA FOR THE SEVEN POSITIONS.
SO, UM, AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE READY TO HOPEFULLY START APPOINTING SOME MEMBERS AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO EVEN DO THAT FOR THE TWO APPLICANTS WE HAVE.
'CAUSE THEY BOTH MEET THE SAME CRITERIA FOR THE ONE, THE ONE CRITERIA, UH, FOR MEMBERSHIP.
UH, SO THAT WOULD EXCLUDE ONE OR THE OTHER.
UM, AS A INTERVIEWER, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES WORK OR INTERVIEWING, BUT USUALLY WE'RE TAUGHT THAT YOU DON'T ASK ABOUT RACE OR ETHNICITY AS PART OF AN INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO, UM, WE'VE SPECULATED ABOUT A SITUATION WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE AN APPLICANT WHO YOU CAN'T DETERMINE THEIR APPEARANCE OR HOW THEY IDENTIFY RACIALLY OR ETHNICALLY AS A PERSON.
UM, JUST BY SIGHT AND A CERTAIN LEVEL UNCOMFORTABLENESS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF INTERVIEWING THESE PEOPLE TO ASK THEM TO DEFINE THEMSELVES BY RACE OR ETHNICITY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY A PROBLEMATIC QUALIFICATION, UM, THAT WAS IN THERE FROM THE START THAT MAYBE IS HAVING SOME UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES THAT WE FORESEE AT TIME OF THAT.
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WHAT I'VE REWRITTEN HERE, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A RED LINE VERSION OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UM, IS I MIRRORED THE LANGUAGE THAT EXISTED IN THE SELECTING THE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE CULTURAL AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION, UH, TO JUST DROP THAT IN HERE.AND THAT LANGUAGE IS, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL BE BALANCED TO REFLECT THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY, SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY ISSUES THAT CREATE DISCRIMINATION AND THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THESE ISSUES.
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO NON-VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THAT WERE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE, UH, TO BE, UH, EX OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS.
I LEFT THAT LANGUAGE AND DIDN'T MAKE A CHANGE TO TO THAT PART.
SO IT WOULD ONLY BE BASED ON THE, UH, THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THOSE PEOPLE FROM SUCH A NARROWLY DEFINED CRITERIA TO A A, A BROADER CRITERIA.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UM, WITH THIS COMMISSION AND OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS WE'VE, UM, INVITED THE CHAIR TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESSES OR TO HAVE, UM, SOME, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ORDER COMMISSION BE A PART OF THE, THOSE INTERVIEWS.
AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A ROLE THAT THIS COMMISSION COULD PLAY IN SELECTING THESE PEOPLE FOR THE CCRB TO ENSURE THAT BALANCE, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
THEN ONCE WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED BOARD, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT BOARD, UH, THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE IN, IN CHOOSING OR HELPING SELECT FUTURE APPLICANTS TO THE CCRD.
SO, UM, I'M WILLING TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT I PROPOSED.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL'S REQUEST IS THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD MAKE A, UH, UH, TAKE A VOTE ON A RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER IT SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION OR NOT, UM, TO THIS EVENING, UM, IN THE INTEREST OF NOT LOSING THE TWO APPLICANTS THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, AS WELL AS MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY TO, UH, FILL THE POSITIONS ON THIS BOARD.
SO IT WOULD BE AN ACTIVE BOARD SHOULD THE NEED ARISE, UH, FOR ITS UTILIZATION.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
UHHUH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT WAS STARTED BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DIVISION.
UM, HAS THIS BEEN SHARED WITH THE CHIEF OR, YES, YES.
UH, THE POLICE CHIEF, UM, AND STAFF HERE AT THE, THE CITY HAVE ALL REVIEWED IT AND SUPPORTED THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT ABOUT THE, UH, I GUESS THIS SHOULD BE THE EDITED, I SAY IT'S UPDATED.
WELL, IT'S, IT'S TECHNICALLY GONNA BE A LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN, UH, CODIFIED IN THE HUBER HEIGHT CITY CODE AS AS BOARD.
UM, SO TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE AT THE CITY COUNCIL LEVEL THAT WOULD AMEND, UH, THE CITY CODE, BUT WE'RE PRIMARILY AMENDING IS SECTION 1 68 0.04.
UH, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IT WAS JUST EASIER TO STRIKE OUT THAT ENTIRE SECTION OF REWRITING.
SO, UM, SO YES, THIS WOULD STILL, UH, BARRING, YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION EITHER WAY, THEN THIS WOULD GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER IT, UH, EITHER WITH A FAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION OR AN UNFAVORABLE RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS COMMISSION.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE BEFORE IT HAVE THE, UH, UH, EFFECT OF ENFORCE OF LAW.
UM, SOME FEEDBACK FROM SOME PEOPLE ABOUT JUST THE NAME OF THE CITIZEN, WHAT IT COMPLAINT, AND WHEN THEY HEAR THAT THEY LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THEY GET FEARFUL OF IT.
THE MAY COMPLAINT, UM, JUST THE NAME TO PEOPLE.
SO I HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T APPLY OR DIDN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT BASED ON THAT.
I GUESS WE'RE LOOKING AT REVISIONS.
WE, IT'S A DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE HAVE ABOUT THE NA ALSO, UM, I'VE SEEN, I THINK DEN CALLS IS JUST A CITIZEN'S APPEAL BOARD, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'RE AT THIS, THE ONLY REASON I THINK WE WOULD STAY AWAY FROM THE WORD
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APPEALS BOARD IS THAT IMPLIES A QUASI-JUDICIAL, UH, TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT, WHICH THIS DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO HEAR AN APPEAL MM-HMMUH, BECAUSE IT'S A NON-BINDING DECISION.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, YOLANDA, AS FAR AS THE NAME, UM, I THINK PART OF THE MISNOMER IN THE NAME IS THAT THIS BOARD IS ONLY FOR ISSUES INVOLVING THE U RIGHTS POLICE DIVISION AND, AND NOT THE REST OF THE, UH, UNITS OR SUBUNITS OF THE CITY.
SO IF SOMEONE WAS TO JUST LOOK AT THE NAME AS CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD, UH, THEY MIGHT THINK THEY COULD FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT ANY TOPIC OR ANY ISSUE.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE, UM, LIKE FIRES.
IF YOU LOOK AT IN THE ORIGINAL LEGISLATION, UM, IT SAYS IT'S, UM, IT'S SPECIFICALLY, UH, IN 6 1 68 0 2 YEAH.
IS A RESOURCE TO ENSURE THE ACTS OF THE HUBER HEIGHTS, UH, DIVISION OF POLICE ARE ABSENT UNDER INFLUENCE OR BIAS IN MATTERS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCUSSION IN TWO YEARS.
SO I DON'T
SO I DUNNO, THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STEERS PEOPLE AWAY FROM APPLYING OR NOT.
I DON'T THINK, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT IT STEERS PEOPLE AWAY FROM A CLIENT.
'CAUSE IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS, THEY GOTTA GO THROUGH THE, THEY GOTTA FILE THE COMPLAINANT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRST BEFORE IT COMES HERE.
SO NO, I MEAN, APPLY PEOPLE WANT, WHO WANNA APPLY FOR THE OH, APPLY FOR THE, YEAH.
I THINK SOME OF IT'S, IT IS A NEW THING, PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE COULD GET THE BOARD UP AND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO SOME EDUCATION AROUND THAT WITH THE MEMBERS TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOARD TO DISCUSS EVEN, LIKE, HOW DO WE PROMOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS RESOURCE? UM, IS THIS SOMETHING IN CERTAIN TYPES OF INCIDENTS OF AMONG THE POLICE THAT THEY SHOULD GET A PAMPHLET ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND KNOW THE RIGHTS AND, AND, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RESOURCE.
THOSE WOULD BE DECISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED AND OPERAT.
SO WE STILL HAVE ONE PERSON FROM THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTED, RIGHT? YES.
WELL, IT COULD BE SOMEBODY, UH, BUT ALL THOSE VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA ARE TAKEN OUT.
IT JUST SAYS THE MEMBERS WILL BE A DIVERSE GROUP.
AT THIS POINT, HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND REVIEW THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO? SO WHERE DO THE UH, TWO PEOPLE, THE TWO APPLICANTS STAND RIGHT NOW? SORRY.
UM, I ACTUALLY CALLED THEM TODAY, UM, TO LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS JULY 30TH WHEN WE INTERVIEWED THEM.
SO I WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW, UH, THAT WE WERE MAKING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SOME OBSTACLES IN THE PROCESS AND EXPLAIN THOSE OBSTACLES.
SO I REACHED OUT TO BOTH OF 'EM PERSONALLY TODAY AND, UH, SHARED THAT I WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION, UM, AND WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE FROM TONIGHT.
UM, AND, UH, MY HOPES THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, GET THEM APPOINTED AS, UH, INITIAL MEMBERS TO THIS BOARD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, LOSE HOPE THAT WE HAD JUST FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM.
SO, SO WITH THIS REVISION, UM, IT, IT ALLOWS BOTH OF THEM TO BE MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
AND I THINK SARAH HAS THE APPLICATIONS OF THE TWO THAT WERE INTERVIEWED.
UM, THEY'RE STRONG APPLICANTS FROM WHAT I SEE.
LIKE WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM ON ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION, WHICH TRUST ME, UH, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE
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GOING THROUGH THESE INTERVIEWS, YOU REMEMBER YOLANDA, WHEN WE WERE FIRST DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VOLUNTEER SPIRIT, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT A GOOD FIT FOR WHAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR, BUT YOU RECOGNIZE THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS AND YOU WANT TO TRY TO UTILIZE THEIR ABILITIES.I THINK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU WANT SOME PEOPLE WHO REALLY, UH, CAN BRING UH, A SKILL SET THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE DELIBERATIONS AND THE KIND OF WORK THAT THEY'D BE DOING ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD.
UM, THE NAMES ARE HOWARD ADAMS AND TIARA BUSH SHIRE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH EITHER OF THEM.
UM, BUT THEY'RE BOTH LONGSTANDING MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO CAN YOU CLARIFY TODD? 'CAUSE WE HAD, UM, WE WERE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS PREVIOUS, I KNOW FOR THE COMMISSION.
WE'RE NO LONGER INVOLVED IN THOSE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FOR WHILE WE'VE HAD, WE HAD A, WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSION.
WE HAVE, LEMME SAY THAT RIGHT? YEAH.
WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER ON THE COMMISSION.
SO WE HAD AN INTERVIEW FOR THAT.
I THINK, I THINK THE ONLY NEW MEMBER'S BEEN MIA SINCE THERE'S NOT BEEN A, A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
YEAH, SHE, AND THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AT ONE POINT.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW CORY HAD TAKEN OVER AS THE CHAIR OF, UH, OF THIS COMMISSION EITHER.
SO, UM, BUT PRIOR TO, I THINK MIA, EVERYBODY, SOME, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMISSION HAD BEEN INVITED TO COME DO THESE.
SO I, BUT WHAT WAS CONVEYED BACK TO ME FROM JEFFREY WAS THAT, UM, THAT SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE INTERVIEWS DURING THE DAY THAT IT PROVED DIFFICULT FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PARTICIPATE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO CHANGE, UH, BECAUSE, UM, IT'S NOT JUST MYSELF, WHICH I'M HERE A LOT OF EVENINGS.
UM, BUT THERE'S, UH, THE STAFF LIAISON AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HUMAN RESOURCES BE PART OF THAT.
AND, UH, IT'S OUTSIDE THEIR WORK SCOPE TO DO THESE IN THE EVENINGS.
UM, AND THEN OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CCRB AND, AND THE APPLICATIONS THERE, WELL THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T CONSIDER, UM, TO THIS POINT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, TYPICALLY WE HAVE THE BODY THAT, YOU KNOW, IS FILLED THE, WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THE POSITIONS FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THOSE BODIES BE INVOLVED.
IN THIS CASE, WE DON'T HAVE A BODY YET.
SO THERE WASN'T ANYONE TO BE INVOLVED.
BUT THAT'S WHERE I WAS SAYING A FEW MINUTES AGO, IF THE COMMISSION THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO FACILITATE THIS TRANSITION THAT WE COULD MAKE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, UH, AS A PARTICIPANT IN THOSE INTERVIEWS IN LIEU OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, UM, UNTIL WE GET THIS BOARD ESTABLISHED.
I THINK WE MORE APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE
BUT WITH THESE TWO, SO CAN SOMEBODY WALK ME THROUGH LIKE THE PROCESS WITH THESE TWO APPLICANTS THAT WE DO HAVE? LIKE ARE THEY ARE, HAVE THEY ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED? THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED.
UM, DO THEY LIKE WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO GET THEM IN POSITION SITUATED? YEAH,
SO WE'VE GONE AS FAR, UH, BASED ON THE POSITIVE, UH, INITIAL INTERVIEWS TO HAVE THEIR BACKGROUND CHECKS COMPLETED.
SO THAT'S ALL DONE ON BOTH OF THEM.
UM, THE ONLY THING IS, I MEAN, WE COULD APPOINT ONE OF 'EM TOMORROW, UH, THROUGH CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THE OTHER ONE WE COULDN'T WITH THE EXISTING CRITERIA.
AH, SO WE NEED TO FIRST, OKAY, THESE CHANGES, THIS WOULD BE THE, THE NEXT STEP.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, UH, WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THE RECRUITMENT, BUT WE COULD MOVE THESE TWO FORWARD AND THEN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON, ON THAT NUMBER UNTIL WE CAN GET THE QUORUM OF FIVE TO, FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
SO ONGOING WE WOULD GO UP TO SEVEN WOULD BE THE GOAL.
SO ONGOING INTERVIEWS WITH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, ONE OF US WOULD BE INVOLVED IN, THAT'S WHAT I'M SUGGESTING UNTIL THE BOARD'S SPILLED.
AND THEN I THINK IN THE FUTURE, UH, IT WOULD BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT BOARD THAT WOULD PARTICIPATE IN ANY FUTURE VACANCIES IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESSES.
COULD A COMMISSION MEMBER STILL BE A PART OF THE CCRD IF WE, WE, WE'VE HAD KIND OF AN UNOFFICIAL THING THAT PEOPLE CAN'T BE ON MORE THAN ONE BOARD OF COMMISSION TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM COLLIDING POSITIONS OR MM-HMM.
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BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I SEE THIS AS A LITTLE BIT DISTINCT FROM THE TRADITIONAL BOARD AND COMMISSIONINGS.UM, AND I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A CONFLICT, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN CREATED.
SO YOU'RE NOT MAKING DECISIONS IN THIS COMMISSION THAT ARE GONNA AFFECT THAT BOARD.
I'D HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL, BUT IT IT, IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL POSSIBILITY.
WE, WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE WOULD BE THIS, BE THIS COMMISSION, HAVE MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION BE ON THAT BOARD SO THAT IT'S REALLY THE SAME ENTITY IN TERMS OF PERSONALITIES.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD SERVE ANYBODY'S INTEREST TO, TO HAVE THE COMMISSION BECAUSE OTHERWISE IN WALKER THE SEPARATE BOARD, THIS COMMISSION JUST PERFORM THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WHO WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST, AND I'M JUST PASSING OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHO OF US WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST IN IF ONE OF US COULD SIT ON THAT BOARD? HE WOULD'VE AN INTEREST.
I THINK KEEPING WE HAVE TO DO IS ADMIT, HAVE DISCUSSION MORE AROUND ANY OF YOU GUYS WANTED TO AT THIS POINT? I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO ANSWER.
I WAS JUST ASKING OUTTA CURIOSITY AND, AND UH, I MEAN ON THE SPOT, I MEAN THIS WAY AT LEAST TONY CAN MAYBE GO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU NEED TO TALK WITH IF YOU LIKE.
THERE'S AN EXPRESSED INTEREST FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT SOMEBODY A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I'D BE INTERESTED NOT TO, I MEAN YOU BY ALL MEANS, I'M JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE.
WELL, I'M CERTAINLY, I'M, I, YOU KNOW, ANY OF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY, UH, WILLING TO TAKE BACK THE COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE, UH, AMENDMENTS.
UM, A PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE, ALLOW UP ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION TO, TO BE A MEMBER OF CCRV AS WELL.
SO WHO DO YOU NEED THIS APPROVED NOW? I'M LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT.
UH, I REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THIS, UM, BEFORE COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THAT WAS WHY WE HAD INITIALLY SENT IT OUT AND ASKED FOR FEEDBACK THROUGH JEFFREY.
I THINK FOR HE SAID WHO DID GET BACK WITH HIM WITH SOME FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UPON FURTHER ELECTION WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO COME BACK HERE AND, UH, DISCUSS THIS IN THE OPEN PUBLIC FORUM FOR YOUR INPUT AND RECOMMENDATION.
UM, SO THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT BACK.
SO I WOULD PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AS A, UM, AN ITEM FOR THE NEXT FOUR SESSION SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS IN PLACE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
I WAS CONFUSED BY THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
I WAS SAYING I WAS CONFUSED WHEN I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A VOTE FROM THE COMMISSION.
IF THAT WAS EXPRESSED THAT WAY TO YOU, THAT WOULD BE INCORRECT.
WHAT WAS CONVEYED WAS WE WOULD PUT OUT THE INFORMATION, ASK FOR ANY INFORMAL FEEDBACK, BUT IT COULDN'T BE BETWEEN THE GROUP.
'CAUSE THEN WE'D BE IN THAT OPEN MEETINGS, EXACT SITUATION AND THAT INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK WOULD BE SHARED WITH EVERY, WHO'S NOT A MEMBER OF THE BODY, UH, TO BE SHARED WITH ME.
WELL, WE HAVE SHADY COMING FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A LOAD AT THIS.
Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FROM TONY BEFORE HE SITS DOWN? BEFORE I SIT DOWN? ENJOY YOU GUYS FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, WAIT, ONE MORE THING,
THAT BEING SAID, AFTER EVERYONE HAS HAD TIME TO REVIEW AND QUESTION, UH, THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE, UM, WE NOW PUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
WE MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE ORDINANCE WITH THE CHANGES THAT, UH, TONY HAS HERE IN THE DOCUMENT.
I SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED.
THE SECOND, UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE?
NOW, THINKING ABOUT THE, WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU SAID TELL, TO TAKE BACK, TO BE ABLE TO ADD, DID THAT, WOULD THAT NEED TO BE IN THE ORDINANCE TO HAVE A MEMBER OF, I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, AGAIN, STAY AWAY FROM THE VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
THE ONLY WAY, REASON I BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL IS BECAUSE OF THE KIND OF INFORMAL PROHIBITION WE'VE HAD AGAINST SOMEONE SERVING ON MORE THAN ONE.
BUT THAT'S, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S CODIFIED ANYWHERE EXCEPT IN, UH,
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THE BOARD ADMISSION HANDBOOK, UH, WHICH WE COULD CHANGE.SO, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE IN THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE PART OF THE RECORD OF THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL AS MY PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL IS PART THE DISCUSSION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.
I ASK YOU TO DO A ROLL CALL WITH A SIGNATURE
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE.
I, I THINK ON THIS, IT'S PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
WE SHOULD HAVE YOU A ROLL CALL.
MAYBE COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND THEN TELL VOTE I'LL BE ACCEPTABLE TOO.
IN FAVOR? ERIC RICHARDSON? YES.
I THINK THAT IT'LL GIVE US ALL WHERE WE WANNA BE.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS RAIN PLAN WITH CITY COUNCIL.
UH, YOU SEE THAT THERE IS A NOTE, UH, ON A FOLLOW UP SHEET THAT THE FOLLOWING RAIN CONSULTING JULY 7TH, WORKING SESSION PRESENTATION CITY COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD WITH ELEMENTS OF THE DEI ROADMAP.
WHILE PRIMARY IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSIBILITY WILL LIE WITH CITY STAFF COUNCIL, OPEN TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSION TO INFORM AND SUPPORT THE ROLLOUT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THE PLAN WITH CITY COUNCIL? I THINK NUMBER FIVE.
THE NEXT ONE TOO, YOU MIGHT WRAP IN.
'CAUSE THAT LISTS THE SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS JEFFREY'S CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY MANAGER WILL POINT TO NUMBER FIVE.
CITY MANAGER HAS TASKED, UH, JEFFREY WITH INITIATING WORK ON THE FOLLOWING, LOW HANGING FRUIT FOR LOREN ROADMAP, WHICH INCLUDE THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY DATABASE.
UH, ONE, TWO, SHARING HUMAN IMPACT STORIES VIA CITY PLATFORMS. THREE, DEVELOPING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.
AND FOUR, LAUNCHING A CIVIC LEADERSHIP COURSE.
THAT SAID, IS THERE ANY, UH, CURIOSITY OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE FOUR TASKS THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THE CITY MANAGER HAS ATTACHED JEFFREY WITH, IT'S PROBABLY THE WRITER IN ME, BUT I LOVE THE SHARING, UH, HUMAN, YOU KNOW, IMPACT STORIES.
YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
I, I KNOW I MAYBE, UM, ALSO THEY'RE ALL GOOD IDEAS.
YEAH, NO, ALSO, UH, JEFFREY SAID THAT HE, UH, TASK EACH MEMBER REVIEW THE REGULAR ROADMAP TO IDENTIFY THE TOP THREE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISCUSSION AT OUR OCTOBER MEETING.
SO AS A FOLLOW UP REVIEW IT, THEN WE TEST THAT, WE'LL ADD THAT TO OUR MINUTES FOR OCTOBER MEETING.
UM, AND HE EMAILED THAT TO US, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, LEMME KNOW AND I CAN FORWARD TO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, HAVE WE IDENTIFIED WHAT ROLE WHERE, UM, PLAYING IN THIS SPECIFICALLY? UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN SAID WHAT OUR EXACT ROLE IS, EXCEPT FOR OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER WE TAKE FROM THE ROADMAP OR WHATEVER WE WANT TO THEN BRING BACK TO, UH, CITY MAP OR CITY COUNCIL TO INFORM THEM OF WHAT WE FEEL, UH, COULD BE ADDED.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE IS THOSE TOP FOUR THINGS THAT JEFF'S WORKING ON, WHICH IS THAT COMMUNITY DATABASE IMPACT STORIES, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM ARE DEVELOPING AND NOT SAY, ASSUME THAT WE HAVE MORE AND THEN THE LAUNCHING OF A CIVIC LEADERSHIP COURSE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TOP FOUR THINGS THAT HE'S WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE ADDED, THEN I GUESS WE BRING THAT.
I THINK LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT IS ALREADY HAPPENING, ACTUALLY.
SO, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, SORRY ABOUT WAS IT DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, BUT, BUT, UH, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, SOME TYPE OF STEERING GROUP THAT'S GONNA OVERSEE, UH, THAT THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED AS PROPOSED AND TO CHAMPION THOSE INITIATIVES.
UM, I THINK WHAT JEFFREY'S SUGGESTING HERE, BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING FROM CITY ADMINISTRATION, IS THAT THESE WERE ONES THAT STAFF ALONE COULD TACKLE THAT
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WERE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PLAN THAT WE CAN GET THE JUMP ON WITHOUT HAVING TO ENGAGE A LARGER GROUP BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE SOLELY WITHIN THE POWER OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO DO SO.TO SARAH'S POINT, LIKE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, GRANTS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT, UH, GOES TILL OCTOBER SOMETHING I THINK FOR THE APPLICATION PERIOD.
BUT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU TO GIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
THERE'S AN INITIAL BUDGET OF $125,000 AND THERE'S POTS EARMARKED FOR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES, UH, FEMALE OWNED BUSINESSES, VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS, UH, TO SHARE IN THAT POT OF MONEY.
UM, SIMILARLY THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WERE LISTED, UM, ARE THINGS THAT ARE EITHER IN PROGRESS OR CAN EASILY BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH, UH, STAFF'S WORK WITHOUT ENGAGING OTHER PEOPLE TO KIND OF CHECK SOME THINGS.
I THINK SOMEONE SAID LOW HANGING FRUIT.
UM, THESE WERE SOME ONES WE COULD GET A JUMP ON WHILE THE, UH, LONGER TERM PLANNING PROCESSES PUT PLACE.
IS THAT RIGHT FOR NOW? MM-HMM.
THERE'S A NOTICE RIGHT HERE INSIDE THE DOOR ON THE WALL THAT HAS THE DATES OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE THAT I DON'T THAT BECAUSE WE COULD HELP PROMOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE DIVERSITY COMMISSION.
WE COULD HELP PROMOTE THAT IF WE'RE IT WAS POSTED, IT WAS ON FACEBOOK.
IT BEEN ALL THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
I'M JUST THINKING AS A CONDUIT, THE COMMISSION A CONDUIT TO THE CITY AND HELP WE CAN UTILIZE US.
WE BE HAPPY TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT.
THERE WAS AN ARTICLE TOO IN THE DATING BUSINESS JOURNAL ON THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS, UH, ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE AMONGST COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE.
BUT THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION IS RIGHT OUT HERE ON THE, ON THE
UH, BUT I WOULD CHECK OUT THE, UH, WEBSITE AND STUFF TOO.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS THERE AS WELL.
SO, AS FAR AS YOUR FUTURE ROLE, DO YOU THINK JEFF IS ASKING, LIKE, COME PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME? I THINK SO.
IF YOU WERE TO PICK THREE MORE THINGS TO GET A JUMP ON, WHAT WOULD THEY BE THEN? THAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY WOULD WORK ON NEXT.
OR TO YOLANDA'S POINT, HOW CAN MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE SUPPORT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE, THE, THE INITIATIVES OR OBJECTIVES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE, IN THE RAW LAND? YEAH, THAT POINT IS WHAT I WANTED TO BEFORE YOU SAID WE CAN KIND OF EXTEND ON BECAUSE DURING THE RONA PRESENTATION, ONCE THEY WERE SAID AND DONE, UM, SOMEONE HAD SAID ON COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT THEY HAD HOPED OR MAYBE THAT THERE WAS, I, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN ANYONE'S MOUTH, BUT NOT VERBATIM, BUT PERHAPS AN EXPECTATION THAT SOME OF THESE IDEAS THAT RAMA PRESENTED ARE EXACTLY WHY THERE IS A CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION THAT CAN HELP WITH THINGS.
SO TO YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE MORE IS, YOU KNOW, UM, WILL JEFFREY COME TO US AS A COMMISSION AND SAY, I NEED YOUR HELP WITH THIS.
OR AS YOU JUST SAID, SARAH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PICK SOME IDEAS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WE THINK WOULD BE GOOD TO WORK ON FOR WHERE IS IT GOING TO, HOW DO I WORD THIS? UM, WHERE'S THE LINE AND WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF US WITH SOME OF THESE IDEAS GOING FORWARD? WHAT'S TOO LITTLE OR TOO MUCH THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO DO? AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR ROLES? WHAT, WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION YEAH.
OF, OF OUR, YOU KNOW, ROLES WITH THESE IDEAS.
I THINK HE'S GONNA BE BRINGING SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT STAFF IDENTIFIES THE COMMISSION COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, BE INVOLVED IN.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO BEHOOVES COMMISSION TO UH, BE DOING THAT SAME PROCESS ON ITS SIDE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE YOU THINK YOU COULD BE IMPACTFUL TO THIS POINT.
LIKE COULD THEY HAVE HELPED IN, UH, PUBLICIZING, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMISSION, UH, TO REACH OUT TO MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE BOTH.
AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER ELEMENT IS WHATEVER, UH, ENTITY IS GOING TO BE KIND OF OVERSEEING OR MANAGING THAT PROCESS, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THAT AS WELL.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE ROADMAP.
SO IS THAT THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY COMMUNITY PLAN? IS THAT WHAT THE ROADMAP IS? NO, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK RAYMOND CAME UP WITH HIS IN THAT IN THE DOCUMENT.
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I THINK, I THINK YOU SOMETHING SEPARATE, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.YEAH, I THINK WHAT RAYA PRODUCED, IT HAD THE ITEMS OF LIKE, HAVE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES ON YOUR WEBSITE AND ALL.
SO WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT DOCUMENT? SO I'M TRYING TO FIND THAT NOW.
I DUNNO THE, YEAH, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN THE PLAN.
I COULD HAVE OBJECT TO RESEND IT FOR CLARITY WHEN WE TALKED TO EVERYBODY'S INBOX.
I DON'T KNOW THE EMAIL HE SENT TO ME.
YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, THE EMAIL HE SENT LAST MONTH AND HE HAD ATTACHED WITH THE MEETING AGENDA AND THE MINUTES SOUND INFORMATION.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF THEIR PRESENTATION I RECALL MAYBE.
AND THE VIDEO OF MINUTES AND ALL THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH FROM THAT COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THAT PRESENTATION MADE.
SO YOU CAN GET THE WHOLE PACKAGE IF YOU WANT THERE.
I JUST WANTED RIGHT INFORMATION TO GIVE OUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR INBOX.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE CONSISTENTLY AND ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE MISSION AND RESOLUTION OF OUR COMMISSION.
UM, IS ANYONE, AFTER LOOKING AT OUR, UH, RESOLUTION, ANY UPDATES, AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT ANYONE FEELS LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE LOOK INTO JUDGING BY KRISTEN'S FACE AND LOOKING AT
UM, WELL, I MEAN IF I MAY JUST REALLY QUICK, I, I WILL JUST PUT OUT THERE THAT I THINK WITH THE SCOPE OF, YOU KNOW, THE RAMA OUTCOME AND SOME OF THESE IDEAS, UM, THAT MAY END UP COMING TO PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND SOME THAT WE MAY HAVE A ROLE IN.
DOES ANYONE FEEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UP AGAINST SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO AS A COMMISSION? I DUNNO, THAT'S, I DON'T THINK RIGHT NOW, BUT I GUESS TO YOUR PURE POINT, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, I'M KEEP THIS AS A STANDING ITEM.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COULD, WE DIDN'T SEE OR WE DIDN'T COVER, WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT TO MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO.
BUT MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DOES THIS WORK AND WORK AND STAY HOW WE STAY IN OUR LANE AND MAKE IT WORK TO THE BEST DEPARTMENT VERSUS STRETCHING OURSELVES TOO.
I MEAN, YOU PUT ME ON THE SPOT, I SAY SOMETHING.
UH, 2026 EVENT PLANNING, AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT, WE GONNA BRING CHRISTMAS INTO THIS TOO.
UM, RIGHT NOW I'M AWARE WE'LL CONTINUE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, WHICH IS MK JUNETEENTH, WHICH I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE WANNA MODIFY THAT MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY I KNOW WE TALKED, WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE CHRISTMAS BREAK THIS YEAR.
THOSE SEEM TO BE THE TOP FOUR, I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I'M MISSING FROM 2026 OR THE LATTER HAPPENED THIS YEAR? WHAT THE COMMISSION, UH, GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I, I SAW IT AND I AGREE WITH IT, BUT I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
THAT'S SIMPLE BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN 2026.
SO, UM, AS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER, WE COULD, UH, ORGANIZE THREE ON THREE BASKETBALL TRAINING, TRY TO UTILIZE A NEW, UH, BRING SOME EXPOSURE TO COURTS, UM, THAT WE GOT AND, UM, MAYBE TRY TO CREATE SOME, NOT ONLY COMPETITION BETWEEN SMALL GROUPS AND MAYBE
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CITY STAFF AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.SO IT PROBABLY COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DO TO, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF TARGET, GET BACK WITH IT, YOU KNOW, SO IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS THAT RAISED FROM IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S BOOK BAGS, MAYBE THAT'S, I DUNNO, WE'D HAVE TO PUT, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT DO WITH THE PROCEEDS OR WHATEVER FROM THAT.
I THINK THAT PROBABLY SOMETHING TO BRING DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SOMETHING DIFFERENT HOW THEY WOULD ALL, UM, I, I HAVE QUESTIONS
UM, SO I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE AN OUTREACH OR FUNDRAISER FUNCTION FOR THE BOARD ITSELF OR JUST SOMETHING, UM, THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING AS AN EVENT THAT WE CAN JUST ORGANIZE WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THROUGH THAT, WITH IT AS LIKE A PARTNERSHIP IN ORGANIZING? BECAUSE I KNOW YOUR, YOUR SON WANTS TO HELP ORGANIZE MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO WE COULD GO THAT ROUTE TOO.
UM, THERE'S PROS AND CONS EACH, OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S PART OF THE BOARD THEN YOU HAVE WONDERFUL OUTREACH AND FUNDRAISER OPPORTUNITY, BUT YOU ARE ALSO A LITTLE BOGGED DOWN BY THE MINUTIAE OF THE BOARD RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SUBCOMMITTEES AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, VERSUS JUST WORKING WITH THE PARTS DEPARTMENT AS AN EXTERNAL ORGANIZER.
RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION, SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO DO.
IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.
IF THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT'S FINE THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE IT OUTSIDE OF HERE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IDEAS ON WHAT TO DO WITH PROCEEDS, UM, MAYBE PARTNERING, UM, WITH THE PANTRY, UM, TO DO LIKE A ONE OR TWO WEEKEND WHERE WE OFFER LIKE REFRIGERATED ITEMS TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PANTRY OFFERS DRIED GOODS.
UM, BUT OFTENTIMES TIMES THOSE IN NEED DON'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL THINGS TO USE WITH THOSE DRIED GOODS.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO WITH PROCEEDS, MAYBE THAT'S AN IDEAL OR, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING, UM, WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION DOWNTOWN, LIKE DOING SOCKS AND GLOVES, BAGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT NEXT WINTER.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SEATS TO DO STUFF, BUT I MEAN, I'M ALL ABOUT THE BASKETBALL STUFF, BUT I WOULD LEAVE THAT TEAM THEN 'CAUSE I'M NOT A BASKETBALL PERSON.
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SO SEXIST THOUGH.
THAT WAS IN JUST, I MEAN, BUT I DO THINK BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR RESOLUTION IS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT DOES FIT WITHIN OUR SCOPE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD DECIDE TO TRY AND DO.
BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE CALLING FOR A VOTE TODAY, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING NO, I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMMISSION'S GONNA DO, THAT'S FINE.
IF THE COMMISSION DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, WE AS A FAMILY ARE GONNA DO IT ANYWAY.
SO IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT I JUST, HOW DOES IT ALIGN TO OUR SCOPE? HOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE CONNECTED TO WELL WE LOOKING, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST THING IS, IS WHERE CITY OF A DIVERSE POPULATION, WHICH ENHANCES A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND THE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES TO ALL OF ALL RESIDENTS.
SO THIS WOULD KIND OF BY AND LARGE FIT INTO THAT.
'CAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH OBVIOUSLY TYING IT INTO, IF YOU KNOW, OTHER, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S IT CALLED, CITY GROUPS LIKE THE POLICE OR FIREFIGHTERS OR WHOEVER, UH, WANTED TO PLAY IN THIS OR, OR RECRUITER, HOWEVER, HOWEVER THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT.
SO THEN OBVIOUSLY THEN BRINGING THE COMMUNITY OUT TO WATCH THESE EVENTS.
WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OBVIOUSLY THE NEW, NEW COURTS YOU SAID AT THE PARK.
SO I THINK IT TIES IN JUST IN THAT FIRST BULLET POINT.
I GUESS WE COULD, BUT WHAT, LOOKING AT THE RE I WAS LOOKING AT THE OVERVIEW OF THE COMMISSION AND ABOUT THE MISSION.
UM, AND WE TIE INTO THAT IT'S ALL 'CAUSE THE, THE, THE OVERVIEWS TALKS ABOUT, UM, PROMOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND EXERCISE, CIVIL RIGHTS WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION, RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOR, NATURAL ORIGIN, COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, RACISM AND BIASES
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TO EDUCATION, MEDIA POLICY, LEGISLATION AND COMPLAINT REVIEW RESOLUTION, UM, MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS CONFLICTS AND PROMOTE AN APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CITY TO POSSIBLY APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY FOR THE CITY.BUT STILL TYING, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, I MEAN WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A FEW TIMES ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY ON PAR WITH, UM, THE, THE MISSION AND THE GOALS OF THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
UM, BUT WHERE WE MAKE THE IMPACT IS STAYING ON COURSE WITH WHY OR WHAT THE COMMISSION WAS FOR TO DO.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT LOSING SIGHT OF THAT AND THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUR ENERGY WHERE IT CAN MAKE THE MOST IMPACT AND IS ALIGNED TO, TO THIS.
'CAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS CAN PARTICIPATE IN EVERYTHING.
I'M YOU, WE CAN DO EVERY PARADE, EVERY BID.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T GET TO THIS, THEN WHY? IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE TO SAY NO TO THINGS TO SAY YES TO THE THINGS THAT YOU, THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IN THAT MATTER AND THAT ALIGNED TO THE PURPOSE.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING SIDE OF THAT.
SO ARE THERE TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS THAT WE HAVE OR DO YOU FEEL THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY STRAINED OFF THE MARK HERE? OR WHAT, IN YOUR MIND, IN YOUR EXPECTATIONS, WHAT DOES THAT LANGUAGE MEAN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHERE IT STARTED OFF.
WE WERE LOOKING AT ANYTHING THAT IMPEDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN FULL EXERCISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE STARTED WORKING ON WAS, UM, MORE SYSTEMIC CHANGES THAT WE COULD MAKE.
THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CCC B IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NAACP.
WHAT ELSE WERE WE LOOKING IN THAT SYSTEM? OH, LOOKING AT THE EELC DATA.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY DISPAR IMPACT TO WHO APPLIED BASED ON THE COLOR, THEIR SKIN, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE NO SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT DISENFRANCHISE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE, RACE, ETHNICITY, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION, RACISM AND OTHER BIASES WITH THE FOCUS OF THIS COMMISSION ACTING AS A ADVISORY CAPACITY TO, TO CITY COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, WHEN IT COMES TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
AND THAT'S THE BASIS UPON WHICH THE COMMISSION WAS FOUNDED? CORRECT.
SO ARE WE SAYING THAT WE ARE VEERING OFF THAT TRACK WITH SOME OF OUR IDEAS? THAT'S WHY I BRING THE FORWARD IS THAT WE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING TO THIS SO THAT WE DO NOT VEER OFF FROM THAT.
SO EVERYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SINCE SIX O'CLOCK ESSENTIALLY IS VEERING OFF THAT PATH? AM I WRONG? I MEAN, EXCEPT FOR THE CCRB, LIKE WHAT EVERYTHING WE'VE DISCUSSED THUS FAR WOULD, COULD BE CONSTITUTED AS VEERING OFF THE PATH AND ANYTHING WE MIGHT PLAN FOR, UH, 2026.
SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FESTIVALS? LIKE YEAH, MLK JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
SO I'M GATHERING, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT FOR EXAMPLE, JOINING IN ON THE PARADES WAS A GOOD WAY TO GET THE COMMISSION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I GET THE FEELING THAT NO OF US ARE ON BOARD WITH THAT IDEA AND THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING, THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, IT'S ONE OF IT IS, IS TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES, RIGHT? SO WE CAN, WE CAN, THAT'S
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VERY AMBIGUOUS.WHATEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CLASSIFY OR QUALIFY THAT CULTURAL PROGRAMS. SO EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE HAS BEEN A CULTURAL PROGRAM.
MLK, MULTICULTURAL FEST, CCRB, THESE ARE ALL CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE DOING TO OBVIOUSLY TO EDUCATE.
THAT IS ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL.
SO, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT SAYS THAT THE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE GLOBAL THINKING, ENCOURAGE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND REFLECT ON A RICH DIVERSITY FOUND IN THE CITY.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED TO INCLUDE, HOWEVER, WE, IF WE, UM, TO, TO, TO, TO ENCAPSULATE WHAT YOLANDA'S SAYING TOO, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW WE, UM, MARKET OR PROJECT, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT FITS WITHIN THESE, IN THESE BUTS.
'CAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN WE DO HAVE TO SAY NO.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'LL OR WON'T DO THE BOARD AS THE VOTE, BUT WE, WE SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT SHOULD WE OR SHOULDN'T WE IN THOSE REGARDS HOW WE'RE CONNECTING TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT CITY MAY OR MAY NOT DO, OR WE FEEL LIKE THE COMMISSION ISN'T.
BUT TO THAT POINT, IF IT'S NOT BASED ON RACE, DISCRIMINATION, COLOR, ETHNICITY, WHATNOT, WHAT THAT LINE YOU JUST READ, UM, WHY DON'T WE, YOU KNOW, TEAM UP WITH THE CITY OF DAYTON AND YOU KNOW, MARCH IN THE GAY PRIDE PARADE.
I'M NOT SAYING
RIGHT? AND I THINK, AND, AND I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR LINE'S MOUTH.
I THINK IF WE WERE, OR ERIC'S IF WE WERE JUST DOING IT OR IF IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO JUST DO A 3 0 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY JUST WANT TO CONSIDER, RIGHT? BUT NOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FROM THE COMMISSION STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN DOES IT CHECK THESE BOXES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
BUT WHY WOULDN'T IT IF WE WOULD TAKE THE PROCEEDS THAT WERE EARNED FROM THAT? YEAH.
YOU COULD AND IT DID SOMETHING RIGHT WITH THEM.
JUST SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE PROCEEDS TO DO SOMETHING EXTERNAL TO YOUR BOARD'S CURRENT WORK, UM, LIKE DONATE IT, LIKE WRITE A CHECK TO SOMEBODY, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL AND GET PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE ONCE THE CITY REVENUE'S TAKEN IN IT'S CITY MONEY, IT'S INTO COFFERS.
IF YOU'D JUST LIKE TO EARMARK IT TO SUPPORT THE JUNETEENTH EFFORTS, RIGHT.
OR THE MLK EFFORTS OR ANY OF YOUR EVENTS, UM, THEN IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD IS COLLECTING REVENUES TO OFFSET THE EXPENSE TO TAXPAYERS FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
UM, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CUT A CHECK TO A NONPROFIT OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION WE COULD TAKE TO COUNSEL, BUT IT WOULD NEED THE APPROVAL.
AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, WE DON'T WANT TO DO MORE THAN WE HAVE TO BECAUSE PLANNING THESE EVENTS TAKES TIME.
AND WE DO A LOT AS A COMMISSION, EITHER AS A WHOLE PLANNING FOR JUNETEENTH, THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND OKAY, I THOUGHT SOME TIME AGO WE AGREED NOT TO PUT MORE ON OUR PLATES UNLESS WE WERE TO COLLABORATE WITH ANOTHER BOARD OR COMMISSION.
BUT GOING TO YOLANDA'S POINT, WHICH I AGREE WITH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TASK ON FOCUS AS FAR AS WHAT THE OBJECTIVES OF COMMISSION IS, AND WE EXECUTE OUR PROGRAMMING AROUND THAT.
BUT I DON'T WANT NO ONE, ONE TO FEEL OVERWHELMED WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THAT TAKES TIME THAT KEEP THAT ON IT.
ALSO THEN, TO THAT POINT, WE SHOULD FORGET ABOUT ALL THE FESTIVALS AND FOCUS ON DRAMA AND THE ROADMAP AND THE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH BY RONA TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO US.
AND THEN WE SHOULD BE TAKING THAT ROADMAP AND THEIR PLAN AND DECIDING AS A COMMISSION WHAT ACTIVITIES OR WHAT INITIATIVES, UM, WE COULD VIABLY HELP EXECUTE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER ADDRESSING, UH, YOU KNOW, CIVIL RIGHTS AS A WHOLE.
AM I, AM I WRONG? I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
THE PURPOSE FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, AND I THINK MARLA'S REPORT WAS PROBABLY MORE INDICATIVE THAN WHAT OUR KIND OF SURVEY RESPONSES INDICATED.
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SKEWED, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT LEAST THEY STILL CAME UP WITH YEAH.I MEAN, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR THREE YEARS NOW, ALMOST THREE YEARS, AND I'M TRYING, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ENTERTAINING.
I'M TRYING TO LEGITIMATELY TALK ABOUT ME UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS.
'CAUSE I AM NOT SURE WE ALL DO, BUT AT LEAST I HAVE THE GUMPTION TO SAY I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT.
BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH OVER THE YEARS AND A LOT OF CONFUSION AND A LOT OF CHANGING OF THINGS.
WELL, WE HAD THE OVERVIEW OF THE WEBSITE.
WE HAVE THE, COREY MAYBE SAID THAT, I DUNNO IF YOU SAID THAT RECENTLY.
I CAN RE SEND THAT OUT SO EVERYBODY CAN READ IT ON BOARD AND CAN ASK QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSS IT.
THE BIG COMPONENTS THAT WE STARTED OUT, I MEAN, WE WERE FOCUSED ON, WHAT WAS IT? EDUCATION OUTREACH? YES.
SO, AND I'VE SAID THIS AGAIN AND I'LL SAY IT HERE TODAY.
PERHAPS THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE CHANGED BECAUSE THE HUBER RIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY ACTION CITIZEN COMMISSION, THAT LAST PART OKAY.
BUT I'M, I'M NOT SEEING THE MATCHUP WITH THE REST HERE.
WHAT DO YOU, AND MAYBE WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION? WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE? I, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE, UM, WHEN I CAME ONTO THIS COMMISSION, I, I HAD I GUESS A DIFFERENT IDEA OF, OF WHAT, YOU KNOW.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE INCLUSIVE, UH, AS A WHOLE, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THIS IS NO LONGER THE OUTLET FOR ME TO USE MY KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTIONS AND PASSION.
MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED SOMEPLACE ELSE.
I THINK, WELL, I WOULD SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, IS BEING ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM THE BEGINNING, AGAIN, BASED ON OUR LEGISLATION, WE HAD TO FOCUS ON EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, OUTREACH AND REFORM.
BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS SURROUNDING THAT EDUCATION.
I CAN SPEAK ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW LED THAT INITIATIVE.
WE HAD FORUMS WHERE WE HAD THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED CITY COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE FIRST RESOLUTIONS THAT WAS ISSUED AT THE TIME, AGAIN, ALL CENTERED AROUND GEORGE FLOYD, WHICH WAS RACISM IS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
SO WE TRY TO HAVE DIALOGUE INVITED OUTSIDE GUESTS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT INITIATIVES OR TYPES OF LEGISLATION WE COULD PROPOSE TO CITY COUNCIL TO ALLEVIATE ANY TYPE OF SYSTEMATIC RACISM ISSUES THAT WILL OCCUR WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, OUTREACH, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG, THIS IS WHERE THE FESTIVALS, YOU KNOW, CAME TO BE AS FAR AS JUNETEENTH AND THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE FOUNDATION OF THAT.
PERSONALLY, I THINK WE KIND OF LOST A LITTLE BIT OF THE FOCUS WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION, BUT THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THESE FESTIVALS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE BASIS OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS FOUNDED ON, IN MY OPINION.
UM, THERE'S INSTANCES THAT BELONG IN HUBER HEIGHTS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WHEN IT COMES TO, I'LL SAY CIVIL RIGHTS, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT, BUT CIVIL RIGHTS AGAINST WHO? IT COULD BE LGBT GROUPS.
WELL, THEY, THEY ARE INCLUDED AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUPS.
ASIANS, HISPANICS, THEY, THEY'RE ALL INCLUDED IN THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT AUDIENCE IS A PART OF.
WHAT IS ENTERTAINING ABOUT THIS? YOLANDA, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WITH, I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY.
I'M GONNA PAUSE, I'M GONNA PAUSE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK THIS DISCUSSION IS, IS DIVERGING SOMEWHERE THAT IT DOESN'T, AND I RECOMMEND IT DOESN'T, IT SHOULDN'T.
AND I RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE LIKE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR SOMETHING, MAYBE OUR NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PROTOCOL IS FOR THAT OR WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN ADVISE ON THAT OR ADVISE ON THAT.
WELL, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ONLY ALLOW FOR A VERY NARROW SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE DEFINED IN THE OPEN MEETINGS AT, AND, UH, WE COULD DISCUSS THOSE.
I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW THE RATIONALE TO SEE IF IT WOULD
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BE APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, EXEMPTIONS TO ALLOW TO GO TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.BUT THEY'RE VERY NARROWLY DEFINED.
WELL I'M THE DEPART THE, UM, CHAIR, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE YEAH.
I'LL FOLLOW UP AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CITIZENS OF, UM, NEXT ORDER OR LAST ORDER.
A NEW BUSINESS WAS THE 74TH, UH, WITH THE NAACP ALL OF FREEDOM BOARDS.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO BROUGHT THAT, BROUGHT THAT UP.
WE, WE, WE'VE HISTORICALLY, UM, I I HAD SENT IT TO HIM.
UH, WE'VE HISTORICALLY SUPPORTED THE NAACP IN A BANQUET, UH, BY, UH, SPONSORING A, A PROGRAM OR TABLES, UH, AT, AT THAT EVENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THE FLYER WITH THE, YOU HAVE THE DATE, TONY? I DON'T, I WAS ON THE FLYER.
JEFFREY SENT ME A BIG OLD PACKET, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT WAY TO GO CHECK.
IT'S USUALLY I THINK FRIDAY NIGHT.
RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE MY PHONE LOOK REAL QUICK.
UH, SOMEONE COULD GOOGLE THE NAACP WEBSITE, SO I'LL IMAGINE.
UH, SO I THINK NAACP D.COM, THAT ORG, IT'S THE 24TH OF OCTOBER.
SO I THINK WE WERE WANTING TO, UH, SOLICIT INPUT FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION ABOUT SPONSORSHIP.
UH, I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID, I THINK IT WAS THE SILVER LEVEL, WHICH WAS LIKE $2,500 FOR A TABLE AND SPONSORSHIP.
UM, I KNOW DEREK FORWARD JUST, UH, REACHED OUT TO ME TO ASK IF WE WERE GONNA BE, UH, SUPPORTING THE EVENT CHEER AGAIN.
AND I TOLD HIM LIKE, BRING IT BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND, UH, GIVE INPUT AND THEN, UH, WE APPROPRIATE NECESSARY FUNDS TO, UH, SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
UM, I GUESS JUST VOTE TO SUPPORT.
I, I DON'T HAVE, I MEAN, DOES ANYONE HAVE A PREFERENCE OVER A MEMBERSHIP LEVEL? LAST YEAR, I THINK THE MONEY CAME FROM THE, UH, LEFTOVER FUNDS IN THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY'S BUDGET, UH, FOR THAT DINNER.
AND THEN IT WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY OTHER CITY FUNDS.
SO, UM, YOU JUST WANT TO, I DUNNO, SAY YOU WANNA SUPPORT IT AND LEAVE IT, I MEAN, ALL OF IT.
UH, I THINK OF A, UM, SO WE'VE MADE THAT AVAILABLE TO COMMISSION MEMBERS AND, UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK MRS. S MAYBE WENT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WENT LAST YEAR.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT COMES OUT, IT COMES OUT OF OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? MM-HMM
BUT IT'S ALSO NEAR THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH BUDGET LEFT.
BUT WITH WHAT THEY'LL ER THE FUNDS FOR IT.
SO SAY, I, I MEAN WE'D SUPPLEMENT IT IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LEFT, BUT, UH, I THINK THE THINKING WAS LAST YEAR IS THAT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE NEAR THE END OF YOUR, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE BUT THE MONEY YOU HAVEN'T SPENT DOESN'T STAY WITH THE COMMISSION FOR 2026.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD JUST SPEND OUT THOSE FUNDS AND SUPPLEMENT WITH WHATEVER ELSE IS NECESSARY TO, UM, MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SPONSORSHIP.
DO WE HAVE, DO WE WE ALL KNOW MUCH.
YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN DELEGATED MORE TO COVER MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL? NO.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH JEFFREY HAS ASKED FOR, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, SO IF WE WANTED, JUST STICK WITH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS THE $2,500, WHICH, UH, WAS THE SOLE SPONSORSHIP.
AND I WANTED THE WEBSITE SITE.
I DON'T, I SEE IT 74TH, BUT I DON'T SEE THE DATE.
I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A LINK YOU COULD CLICK ON THERE.
UH, THAT HAS LIKE A REGISTRATION FORM AND STUFF THAT HAS THE PRICING AND DIFFERENT LEVELS.
SO THE CITY GETS AN AD TO PLACE IN THE, UH, IN THE PROGRAM FOR THE EVENT.
AND THEN, UH, THE REST OF THE MONEY REALLY IS A CONTRIBUTION MINUS THE EXPENSES FOR THE BANQUET TABLE.
I CAN'T SEE WHAT THE LEVELS ARE TO KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD
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WELL I THINK IT JUMPS, I THINK IT'S LIKE 1,002, 2,500, 5,000.OR MAYBE THERE'S A 7,500 LIMIT, BUT OKAY.
I THINK HISTORICALLY WE'VE EITHER BEEN IN THE 2,500 TO 5,000, I GUESS WE DO LAST YEAR SPONSORSHIP FORM.
NO, WE DID THE SILVER SPONSORSHIP.
WHICH WAS A BANK, BUT A BANK SPONSOR HAS IT UP.
SO, AND I'M SORRY SARAH, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION 'CAUSE JEFFREY MORE LIKELY WOULD KNOW HOW MUCH FUNDING WILL WE HAVE LEFT FOR A SPONSORSHIP IF, WELL, LIKE I WAS SAYING, YOU GUYS DON'T, AS A COMMISSION, WE, WE JUST USE THE REMAINING FUNDS AND SUPPLEMENT IT WITH OTHER CITY FUNDS TO PAY FOR MEMBERSHIP OR THE SPONSORSHIP.
PROCEDURALLY, DO YOU GUYS NOT GET A PACKET LIKE AS A COMMISSION IN ADVANCE WITH LIKE BACKGROUND MATERIALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO.
'CAUSE MOST OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONS, UH, GET SOME MATERIALS, UH, IN ADVANCE.
YEAH, THEY DID GET SOME, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS ONE IS A PACKET OR JUST BY EMAIL? I DON'T KNOW.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS COULD BE SHORTENED BY YOU HAVING ADVANCED MATERIALS TO REVIEW COMING INTO THE MEETING SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE HERE YOU COULD FOCUS ON DISCUSSION WITHOUT GETTING EDUCATED.
IN THE MEETING, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT WOULD BE A BETTER USE OF ALL OF YOUR TIME.
UM, HAVE WE DONE GOLD SPONSORSHIP? YES, BUT IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE WHAT Y'ALL, I MEAN, OKAY, SO THERE'S SILVER SPONSORSHIP AT 2,500, SPONSORSHIP AT 5,000 DIAMOND SPONSORSHIP AT 7,500.
THEN IT GOES UP, GIVE A PLATINUM SPONSOR FOR 15,000.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IS THIS A DIFFERENT DONATION THAN MOST OF THEM, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT, IT IS JUST, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DONATION.
I MEAN, UM, YOU GET THE SAME BENEFITS PRETTY MUCH FROM ALL OF THEM.
IT'S JUST YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AS A HIGHER LEVEL SPONSOR.
UM, SO I MEAN THE MAIN THING, IT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE MEMBERSHIP.
UH, SO REALLY WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT IS, IS UH, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION AND JENNIFER AND, AND A A A PAGE IN THE PROGRAM.
HOPEFULLY THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE LAST CONTROVERSIAL DECISION.
OH NO, IT'S NOT GONNA BE BECAUSE I'M GONNA RUIN IT WITH QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU, BUT, UM, YOUR STARS.
UM, MAYBE YOU CAN JUST MOTION TO MATCH WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR.
THAT WAS, THAT CAME SOMEONE UP THERE SAYS IT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, SEEING NONE, WE MOVE TO VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UH, OF MATCHING OR PROVIDING THE NAACP SILVER FOR THE 74TH HALL OF NOT HALL OF FREEDOM.
HALL OF FREEDOM OR BANQUET? UH, SEEING FIVE IS SAYING AYE.
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OPPOSED? A ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE MOTION CARRIED.THAT BEING SAID, CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? SURE.
AND UM, I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A HUGE CONTROVERSIAL DISCUSSION, SO MAYBE SOMEBODY JUST MOTION SOMETHING RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT WE ARE ORGANIZING THE TREE LIGHTING AND I DO NEED TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BOOTH THERE.
I THINK THERE COULD BE AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
ONE, THIS IS WHO THE BOARD IS AND TWO, MAYBE TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER HOLIDAYS THAT ARE CELEBRATED IN THE WINTER MONTHS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS A TREE LIGHTING AND SANTA'S GONNA BE THERE AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY CHRISTIAN ORIENTED HOLIDAY, BUT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND PEOPLE LEARNING ABOUT DIVERSE RELIGIONS.
UM, WHAT EXACTLY YOU DECIDE TO DO THERE? YOU COULD BE UP TO A COMMITTEE OR A LEAD PERSON OR WHATEVER YOU, BUT DO YOU WANT US TO HOLD A TEMP FOR YOU? UH, WHEN IS IT? IT IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER.
THE PARADE WILL BE AT 3:00 PM WHICH YOU COULD WALK IN AND THEN YOU BOOTH WOULD BE SET UP FOR YOU FOR THE EVENT STARTING AT 4:00 PM AND IT'S GOING FOUR TO SEVEN.
WELL, LAST MONTH THEY DID GO TO THE, IN THE PARADE, SO, OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA BE IN THE PARADE.
DO YOU ALSO WANT TO BOOTH? THAT WAS WHAT HAS TO BE ANYBODY COULD BE AT THE NEW CITY HALL.
WHO WANTS TO
SO YOU WOULD, YOU HAD A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A 10.
YOU MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE A, A TENT AS A COMMISSION AT, UH, CHRISTMAS.
WHAT IS IT CALLED? IT'S A COMMUNITY HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING.
MOTION HAS TO PROBABLY MOVE THE SECOND IT, LET'S HAVE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO BE HAD? RIGHT? WE WILL, WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE DETAILS.
YEAH, WE'LL TALK MORE DETAILS.
AND WE'LL CLEAN IT AND THEN, UH, WE GO OUT THERE.
ANY INTENTIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT.
UM, WE ARE ALSO PLANNING FOR AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT IS MEETING OF NON-PROFITS AND OTHER, UM, NOW WE'RE STARTING TO LOOP IN ALL THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, PARKS AND ARTS AND VETERANS.
AND SO WE WOULD LOVE TO JUST HAVE YOU GUYS PICK SOMEONE FROM YOUR COMMISSION WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, UM, TO HELP PLAN THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'RE CELEBRATING THE TWO 50TH.
SO WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DESIGNATING AT LEAST ONE EVENT EVERY MONTH AS AN OFFICIAL TWO 50TH EVENT.
AND I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THIS COMMISSION PUTS ON WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT COULD BE DESIGNATED AS A TWO 50 EVENT OR COULD BRING A PERSPECTIVE OF DIVERSITY AND CULTURE THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING THROUGHOUT OTHER EVENTS.
SO IF YOU WOULD PICK A LIAISON TO COME, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU, YOU'D HAVE TO KNOW THAT TONIGHT OR IS IT YOU CAN, UM, WAIT UNTIL YOUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, BUT WE WANT YOU REPRESENTATIVE OF COURSE.
SO IF YOU SEND THAT EMAIL TO ME, I'LL ACTUALLY GO ON OUR YEP.
FOR OCTOBER S QUIN TENAL, I
SO IF YOU'LL CONSIDER THAT FOR YOUR NEXT ONE, I WOULD APPRECIATE.
IT DOESN'T, YOUR BOARD DOESN'T, ISN'T NECESSARILY ON THE HOOK TO DO ANYTHING.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE
I GOT ONE THING I'VE FORGOTTEN.
YOUR 2026 PLAN EVENT PLANNING.
IS, UH, IT COULD BE A GOOD IDEAL.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE IN REFORM, UH, ABOUT TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR YOUTH AS FAR AS, UM, KIND OF LIKE A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS EVENT.
UM, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE WHEN THEY INTERACT WITH POLICE AND THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE FORM.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT BACK TO, UH,
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THIS COMMISSION.TO PUT SOME LEAD ON THAT FOR 2026.
ALL THAT BEING SAID, UM, IT IS EIGHT SIX.
DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN? DOES WANT TO SECOND THAT I SECOND.