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[ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike April 2, 2026 6:00 P.M. ]
I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZENS ACTION COMMITTEE ON APRIL 2ND, 2026 AT 6:04 PM MAY WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? OKAY.SO, UH, PLEASE, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME IF I SCREW THIS UP.
MR. KNIGHT PRESENT? MS. NIKKER EXCUSED.
UH, MS. GULA OR MR. GOVI? EXCUSED.
UH, MR. SHAGAN PRESENT? UH, MR. RICHARDSON PRESENT.
AND MS. TROTTER PRESENT? OKAY.
UM, I KNOW NEXT ONE I'LL ORDER OUR AGENDAS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, BUT WE WILL SUSPEND THAT TILL APRIL.
IS THIS MAY TILL MAY'S MEETING? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CHANGEOVER AND SO ON MAY'S MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THREE SETS OF MINUTES, THREE SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE.
AND THAT WE, WE'LL GET US GO AHEAD TO APPROVE FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THAT ONE.
UM, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, CITIZENS COMMENTS.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? NO COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND WE WILL DISCUSS OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION UPDATE WITH A TIME LIMIT.
MR. RICHARDSON OF SEVEN MINUTES.
UM, SO WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH THE, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
UM, I THINK WE'LL HAVE, HOPEFULLY, AARON, ALL THE CONTRACTS SIGNED BY YOU, I THINK NEXT WEEK.
UM, EXCUSE ME, I'VE SIGNED ALL BUT ONE.
SO WE'LL HAVE ALL OUR CONTRACTS, UM, DONE.
UM, SO HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
SO WE HAVE OUR DJ, UH, DJ OSCAR.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, OUR HEADLINING BAND WILL BE SOUL POCKET.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, MUSICAL GUEST, RICK SEXTON.
UH, WE DO HAVE A SPOKEN WORD, UH, PERFORMANCE.
SO, UH, HE'LL BE DOING SPOKEN WORD FOR US.
AND, UM, AND THAT'LL BE ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS SO FAR AS STAGE ENTERTAINMENT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME SPOTS OPEN FOR, UM, RETAIL VENDORS.
SO, UH, I THINK CHRISTIE'S BEEN HELPING US OUT A LITTLE BIT, TRYING TO PASS THAT INFORMATION OUT TO SECURE SOME MORE FOLKS.
UM, AND I KNOW MOLLY SENT OUT A ALL CALL FOR US TOO.
SO WE'LL GET THOSE, PROBABLY CLOSE THAT OUT, PROBABLY THE END OF THIS MONTH, BEGINNING OF MAY.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST ROLL WITH WHAT WE GOT.
AND SO EBRA, WHAT DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON? UM, KEVIN'S, UM, INSURANCE OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO WITH HIM? OH, THE GREG FOX.
SO, UH, I GAVE HIM THE MOLLY'S EMAIL FOR HIM TO, UH, SEND THE UPDATED INSURANCE AND THE W NINE FOR THE PAYMENT FOR THE BALANCE HOUSES.
SO, UH, HE SAID HE WOULD GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
AND I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW BACK WITH HIM.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE, I'LL CHECK WITH MOLLY AND MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT.
UM, SO WE'LL BE SQUARED AWAY WITH THAT.
AND THEN I THINK THE NEXT THING, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO START DOING NOW FROM HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO, UM, THE FLYER THAT, THAT I GAVE YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND START SENDING IT OUT TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, UM, THAT KIND OF DEAL.
PUT DOWN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
UM, MOLLY WILL BE CREATING A EVENT FOR US ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND THAT'LL BE GOING OUT AS WELL.
SO THAT'LL, YOU KNOW HOW THAT'LL SEND OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT KIND OF DEAL.
FOR PEOPLE TO START CLICKING ON THAT.
UM, I THINK AS OUR TASK GROUP, WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO IS TAKE SOME FLYERS AND PASS THEM AROUND TO THE CHURCHES THAT ARE HERE, UH, IN HUBER.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO THAT.
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SOMETHING WITH THAT, HAS THE JUNETEENTH INFORMATION ON IT.AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE, HAVE, OR EVEN IF WE DID SMALL CARDS, UM, BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE WITH AND PUT THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL MM-HMM
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT GOING.
UM, AND AARON, IF YOU COULD, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS POSSIBLE OR NOT, BUT YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEER, UM, DINNER THAT'S COMING UP ON THE 22ND.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE I THINK THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT'S AN INCLUSIVE EVENT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S THERE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CITY HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY COULD BE THERE AS WELL.
SO IF MAYBE I, I DON'T WANNA STEAL WHATEVER THE AGENDA THAT'S PUT TOGETHER FOR THE VOLUNTEER DINNER, BUT IF THEY COULD JUST GIVE US TWO MINUTES JUST TO, UH, TALK ABOUT, GIVE A LITTLE PLUG FOR JUNETEENTH AND A LITTLE PLUG FOR THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I THINK THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY FOR US IF WE COULD DO THAT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE A PROBLEM, BUT I'LL VERIFY.
AND SO IF WE COULD DO THAT, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT OUT TO THE CHURCHES, UM, AND JUST THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UH, HERE.
SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE OUR EFFORT AND PUSH FROM HERE TILL THE EVENT HAPPENS.
ANY QUESTIONS? SEE, UM, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY RETAIL VENDORS WE CURRENTLY HAVE? YES.
SO AS OF LAST WEEK WHEN I TALKED TO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RETAIL VENDORS, RIGHT? RETAIL VENDORS, YEAH.
UM, THERE WERE 10 I THINK THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND PAID.
UH, SHE'S GONNA GIVE ME A LIST.
SO I'LL GET THAT LIST AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT TO THE TASK GROUP.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON DOING ANOTHER PUSH EXACTLY.
AND INDICATE THAT WE'RE SHUTTING IT OFF, YOU KNOW, APRIL 30TH OKAY.
FOR, UH, ENROLLMENT OR REGISTERING, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND I WILL BE GETTING WITH YOU, 'CAUSE I KNOW I STILL OWE YOU INFORMATION FOR THE PRESS RELEASE, FOR THE NEWS RELEASE.
I'LL JUST CALL YOU AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UM, MY THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD WAS, UM, IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN GOING AHEAD AND USING CARE AND BRAIN FOR ANYTHING, DID I, I THINK I FOLLOWED UP WITH AT LEAST YOU MAYBE, IF NOT EVERYBODY ON THE TEST GROUP ANYWAYS, ABOUT HOW SHE GOT BACK TO ME.
UM, SO I HAD INQUIRED BASICALLY ABOUT ASKING HER, UM, IF SHE WOULD BE WILLING OR ABLE TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, KEY HISTORICAL POINTS ABOUT JUNETEENTH SO THAT WE COULD MAKE AN EDUCATIONAL FLYER.
UM, AND THAT WE WERE ALSO MAYBE LOOKING AT DOING A VIDEO WITH COMMISSION MEMBERS, WITH SPEAKING PARTS, UM, TO WHERE WE COULD UTILIZE THOSE KEY POINTS THAT SHE GIVES US.
UM, AND THAT, UH, MAYBE LIKE A SKIT OR SOMETHING ENGAGING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE AUDIENCE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, MAYBE HAVING HER ON HAND TO GUIDE US, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS VIDEO MAKING
UM, THAT WAS IN A NUTSHELL WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR TASK MEETING.
SO SHE GOT BACK TO ME AND SAID THAT, UM, HER FEE TO DO ALL OF THAT, OR ANY OF THAT, UM, WOULD BE THE SAME AS, UH, WHAT WE PAID HER LAST YEAR TO COME MC, WHICH I THINK WAS LIKE 200.
I THINK THAT'D BE GOOD FOR US BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT I KIND OF ENVISION FOR US TO DO, WE COULD DO IT IN SOME KIND OF SETTING, EITHER DO IT HERE OR, OR WHATEVER THE CASE IS, BUT JUST HAVE A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF WHAT JUNETEENTH IS MM-HMM
AND WHAT I WAS, UH, HOPING THAT KAREN WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IS KIND OF HELP MODERATE THAT DISCUSSION OKAY.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BE A SMALL VIDEO, RIGHT.
THAT WE COULD, UM, BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON A CARD SO THAT PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE EVENT, THAT WILL BE OUR EDUCATIONAL PIECE, THEY CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE AND THEN BE ABLE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN TAKE HOME WITH THEM.
AND THEY'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO WITH KAREN.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT, UM, DO WE NEED, AS A SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR, DO WE NEED A A VOTE FOR THAT TO, AS A SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR? I WILL DEFER TO YOU TO OKAY.
PUT THAT IN YOUR BUDGET AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SCHEDULE THE DATE.
AND THAT'LL FIT IN THE BUDGET OF WHAT WE HAVE.
SO, WE'LL, WE'RE FINE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
SO WE JUST NEED TO GET WITH KAREN AND START SKETCHING THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN MAYBE ME, YOU AND HER, GET ON A CALL AND THEN WE
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CAN DATE THAT THE WHOLE TEAM CAN GET TOGETHER AND DO THAT.PROBABLY THE SOONER WE CAN SOLIDIFY A DATE TO SECURE HER
UM, JUST 'CAUSE I THINK SHE'S PRETTY TAKEN WITH, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS AND THINGS ON HER OWN.
SO IF WE CAN THAT IN FAIRLY QUICKLY, FIRST THING WOULD BE YOU AND I TO GET ON A CALL WITH HER.
SO WE CAN DO THAT EITHER THIS WEEKEND OR WHATEVER.
WE CAN JUST TEXT EACH OTHER AND SQUARE IT UP.
OR IF I CAN MAYBE GO OVER AND SEE IF I CAN CATCH HER AND WE'LL GET THAT NAILED DOWN.
AND IF WE CAN COORDINATE IT, MAYBE WE CAN DO IT FOR IT ACTUALLY AT THE MAY MEETING.
MAYBE THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SINCE EVERYBODY WILL BE HERE THEN ANYWAY, SO MAYBE WE'LL COORDINATE IT THAT WAY.
WHAT QUESTION DO YOU HAVE? WHO IS, WHO IS KAREN? UH, KAREN WORKS AT THE, WHAT, WHAT'S KAREN'S ROLE AT THE LIBRARY? KAREN BRA.
DEBRA IS, UM, A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIAN AT THE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY WITH AN, UM, AFRICAN, UH, OH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A WORD.
UM, SHE'S A SPECIALIST ON LIKE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND WHATNOT.
SO, UM, I'VE WORKED WITH, NOT WITH HER, BUT I, YOU KNOW, SHE'S A COLLEAGUE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND WE NEEDED AN MC LAST YEAR.
SHE DID HER NAME OUT FOR US LAST YEAR.
SHE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN JUNETEENTH.
THAT'S LIKE, UM, A SPECIALTY OF HERS ALONG WITH LIKE, UM, DAYTON'S ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF, UM, YOU KNOW, JUNETEENTH AND WHATNOT.
SO, UM, AND WHAT YOU, SHE'S GONNA CREATE A VIDEO ON THAT? NO, NO, NO.
IT'S GONNA BE US IN THE VIDEO.
SHE'S GONNA MODERATE, SHE GONNA DISCUSSION.
AND THERE'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING AT WHEN I, OKAY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE I MISSED? ANYTHING I MISSED? NO, NO.
NEXT ORDER ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE MULTICULTURAL FEST CELEBRATION UPDATES.
SO, UH, WE DON'T HAVE AN, UH, ACTUAL UPDATE JUST YET, UH, MAY I EXCUSE FOR TODAY.
BUT, UM, UH, NEXT MONTH WE HAVE A WORLD AFFAIR WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET SOME, UM, MAJORITY OF OUR ATTENDEES FOR THAT, UH, EVENT.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE, MORE UPDATE NEXT MONTH MEETING.
WHEN MEETING IS THE, WHEN IS THE WATER? I THINK IT'S ON THE SECOND.
I DID SPEAK WITH FEW OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE PAST WEEK FOR LATINO GROUP AND, UH, MEXICAN GROUP AND, UH, ASIAN.
SO THEY, THEY WANT TO ATTEND, BUT, UH, THAT'S ONLY THREE.
AND I KNOW TURKEY WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
HOW MANY DID WE HAVE LAST YEAR? UH, LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD, UM, CLOSER TO 10, LIKE HALFWAY THERE RIGHT NOW.
IF WE GET AT LEAST HALF OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL TO GET TO LIKE 15 CULTURES.
SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UPDATE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
WHERE'S THE, IS THAT THE ONE IN DAYTON, THE WORLD AFFAIR? UH, IT'S, IT'S IN XEO.
WHAT'S THE DATE AGAIN? FOR ONE START DAY? YEAH.
SLIDE IT FOR THAT WAS LIKE MAY 2ND.
FOR, UM, FOUR MULTIPLE MULTICULTURAL.
WE HAD IT, UH, SEPTEMBER 13TH.
IS THAT WHAT WE AGREED ON? ARE GOING FORWARD? YEAH.
HUH? HE'S HEADING THAT PROJECT EVERY, NO, I THINK IT'S, IS M'S OVER THAT OR IS IT YOU? WHO, WHO'S HITTING YOU? I DUNNO, IT'S, UH, WELL RIGHT NOW IT'S ME, MIA, AND BYRAM, BUT WELL, MORE YOU AND MIA WOULD LIKE TO HELP OUT THEN.
KIND OF HELP OUT ON THE SIDE IF NEEDED.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR, UM, PERMITTING FOR THAT EVENT YET.
SO WE'LL START DOING THAT PRETTY SOON.
SO WE HAVE CHRISTIE AND IF, IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF IT,
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PROBABLY ALL OF US SINCE IT'S THE FIRST TIME.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT MULTICULTURAL TESTS? SO THE WORLD AFFAIR IS BETWEEN MAY 1ST AND MAY 3RD.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN GO THERE AS A COMMITTEE, PICK A DATE AND GO THERE ALL TOGETHER.
KIND OF WALK AROUND AND, AND WHITE PEOPLE.
WHAT WAS THE DATE AGAIN? I, FOR THE WORLD AFFAIR.
WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN GET, UM, EVEN IT'S JUST THE LITTLE CARDS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAND OUT FOR THAT DAY.
DID YOU CHRISY YOU LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY? NO.
LOOK, AARON, SHE LIKE, SHE WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING, THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, BEFORE I SAY MOVE RIGHT ALONG, I WAS LIKE, I WAS GONNA LET HER GET IT OUT.
AARON'S DOWN THERE LIKE, HURRY UP.
UM, SO NEXT UP IS OUR COMMUNITY PULSE CHECK.
AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE, UM, 'CAUSE I BELIEVE AT OUR LAST MEETING, ERIC, YOU ASKED FOR OUR YES.
SO THIS IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKOUT.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY OR FIGURING OUT WHAT CULTURE OR DIVERSITY GROUP WE WANTED TO KIND OF MAYBE MOVE OR ENGAGE WITH OR ABOUT.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT ANSWER TODAY, BUT NOW AT LEAST WE HAVE THE DATA, UM, CONNECTED TO HUBER HEIGHTS AND HOW WE WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT.
WE DO HAVE A FEW MINUTES IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS IT OR, UM, GIVE ME ANY, OR WE NEED TO HASH ANYTHING OUT ABOUT LIKE WHERE WE WANNA GO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT DO WE THINK WE WANNA GO NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY SEE LIKE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US.
SO ON THAT NOTE, I'M GONNA EMAIL YOU ALL A LINK TO A MORE DETAILED, UM, CENSUS DATA THAT HAS, UM, THE COMMUNITY, UM, DEMOGRAPHICS.
IT LOOKS BETTER ON THE COMPUTER THAN IT DOES PRINTED OUT, AND IT, IT, IT'S A LOT.
SO THERE'LL BE A LINK THAT GOES EXACT RIGHT TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT RACE, ETHNICITY, HOUSING, UM, POPULATION, ET CETERA.
YOU CAN DIVE AS DEEP AS YOU WANT.
WHAT I PRINTED OUT CAME FROM AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CENSUS REPORTER.
IT ALL COMES FROM THE SAME, UM, COMMUNITY SURVEY COMM, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA.
BUT THAT IS WHAT I PRINTED OUT IS MORE GEARED TOWARDS REPORTERS WHO ARE WANTING JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL SNAPSHOT OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT LOOKS GOOD IN PRINT VERSION.
I'M GOING TO EMAIL YOU SOMETHING TOMORROW THAT'S MUCH MORE DETAILED.
THIS GIVES US SOMETHING TO WALK AWAY WITH TODAY AND CORRECT.
IS THERE ANY, ANY, DOES THIS? WELL, I THINK FOR, FOR ME, UM, I GUESS MY, MY MAIN REASON FOR ASKING FOR THIS INFORMATION AND AARON, I WOULD SAY, HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN HELP US TOO, BECAUSE WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMISSION IS FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF OUR MINORITY GROUPS THAT ARE HERE AT HUBER.
RIGHT? WHAT IS IT THAT THEY NEED FROM US? BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING IS WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE SO WE CAN TRY TO REACH THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
BECAUSE WAITING FOR THEM TO COME HERE, I THINK IS THE WRONG ANSWER.
SO, AND, AND TO ME, I LOOK AT THIS AS THIS IS NOT A, A PROJECT THAT WE JUST CHECK THE BOX AND SAY, OKAY, HEY, WE'RE DONE WITH THAT THIS MONTH.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE THE FOCUS OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS AND HOW DO WE WALK THIS THING DOWN MONTH BY MONTH, WEEK BY WEEK, DAY BY DAY, TO TRY TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS THAT ARE THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL GROUPS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND THAT THEY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY DO HAVE A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT THEM WITH WHATEVER ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WILL KIND OF HELP TRIGGER THE EVENTS THAT WE DO.
SO, IS JUNETEENTH BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY? IS THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY? IS OUR BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ASK FOR THIS SO THAT WE CAN START FOCUSING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE OTHER THING YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT AND, UM, THIS WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T NEED QUESTIONS UNTIL LATER THIS SUMMER, BUT, UM, WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT A, A RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY.
UM, AND IT WILL BE ONE THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY
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BASED.SO WE WILL HAVE, UM, UM, A SCIENTIFIC SAMPLE, UM, ACROSS THE CITY.
WE'RE GONNA START DOING A RESIDENT SURVEY EVERY OTHER YEAR AND A BUSINESS SURVEY ON THE OFF YEARS.
UH, AND SO WE CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMMING WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME QUESTIONS THAT, THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD WANT ANSWERED COMMUNITY-WIDE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS OR UNIVERSITY? SO, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ONE OF THE PASTORS IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
HE, HIS NAME IS DESIRE AND, UH, HE, HE'S A PASTOR IN A CHURCH HERE.
AND HE SAID, UM, THE, MOST OF THE ATTENDEES THAT GO THERE, IT'S, UM, MINOR FROM MINORITY GROUPS LIKE, UH, UH, SOME FROM SWAHILI.
AND HE MENTIONED OTHER CULTURES.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, I ASKED HIM IF WE COULD, UH, GO OVER THERE AND SET UP A TABLE AND KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT WE DO AND, UH, ASK THEM WHAT THEY WOULD NEED FROM US.
AND HE SAID THAT WOULD BE A REAL GOOD IDEA.
SO, UH, SO WE CAN SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
AND THEN APPARENTLY THEY HAD SOME KIND OF CELEBRATION BASED ON THEIR CULTURE IN MARCH, UH, LAST MONTH.
SO, AND I SAID, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN POSSIBLY PLAN THIS TOGETHER AND DO IT AS A CITY FOR YOU GUYS AND MAKE IT A BIGGER EVENT.
SO I GUESS IT WAS A PRETTY BIG EVENT THEY DID.
BUT, UM, HE SAID, JUST LET ME KNOW THE DATE AND TIME AND UH, WE CAN ARRANGE SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN GO OVER THERE, SET UP A TABLE AND KIND OF SHARE INFORMATION AND SEE HOW WE CAN BENEFIT WHAT CHURCH IS.
WHERE'D IT AT? UM, IT'S A CHURCH IN HUBER HEIGHTS, BUT, UH, I, HE DIDN'T GIMME THE NAME.
I, I FORGOT TO LAST THE NAME, BUT HE'S A PASTOR THERE.
THE GUY'S NAME IS THIS DESIRE, AND HE WAS, HE USED TO BE THE PART OF, UH, WELCOME DAYTON, UH, IN DAYTON.
SO I I I SAW HIM LAST WEEK IN THE EVENT IN DAYTON ABOUT KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS.
SO JUST WHAT, UH, AARON, A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, DOES THE, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY WAY OF, UM, KNOWING WHERE OUR TARGET MARKET IS FOR THE, UM, DIFFERENT GROUPS? IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, POLICE DIVISION HAS, KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE AT, I MEAN, WHERE KIND OF LIKE, DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT? I MEAN, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY GENERALLY WE KNOW WHERE CERTAIN GROUPS LIVE AND CERTAIN GROUPS CONGREGATE.
WE KNOW THAT FROM THE CENSUS DATA.
WE KNOW IT FROM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LAST NAMES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T REALLY, I WOULDN'T SAY WE TRACK THAT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A LIST OF GROUPS.
I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, OUTREACH LISTS AND OUR SOCIAL AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR COORDINATOR HAS OUTREACH LISTS.
BUT WE DON'T REALLY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS, I THINK ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN, IN YOUR STUDY WAS THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB OF KNOWING WHO WE REACH.
UH, AND THAT WAS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE THE FOCUS OF THIS GROUP TOO, IS TO BE ABLE TO TARGET THOSE THAT, BUT WE HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.
YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF BLIND A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE AT AND HOW WE'RE GONNA GO ABOUT THIS.
YOU MIGHT KNOW WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE AND FIND WHERE THEY LIVE IN HUBER HEIGHTS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, BUT, SO, UH, THE, THE CHURCH NAME IS PENAL CHURCH OF NAZARIN.
SAY THAT AGAIN? PENAL CHURCH OF NAZARRE.
AND IT'S MOSTLY THE PEOPLE FROM AFRICA THAT GOES THERE.
THAT'S A STARTING POINT, BUT WE'LL KEEP GRINDING DOWN ON THAT AS THE MONTHS AND TIMES GO PAST AND WE WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IT SQUARED AWAY AND LOCKED UP WITH A REAL STR STRATEGY PLAN HERE AND OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, NEXT UP ON THE COURT, BEFORE YOU PASS ON THAT, IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN, UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GET A POINT PERSON
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THAT'S GONNA KINDA HELP US TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TARGET WITH THIS.NOT THAT IT'S THAT PERSON'S SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT JUST THAT PERSON THAT'S ALWAYS GOTTA KEEP THE HAND UP.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PUT THAT ON NEXT MONTH'S, UM, AGENDA, YOU KNOW, GIVE FOLKS A OH YEAH, YEAH.
COME BACK TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, PUT IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA TO GET LIKE A POINT PERSON FOR THAT.
GET, DEFINITELY GET A CHAMPION FOR OUR, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S GONNA BE ONE OF OUR CORRECT MAIN THINGS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MM-HMM.
CAN I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK NOTE WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, JUST SO IT'S LIKE DOCUMENTED OR SOMETHING.
UM, JUST STATE ABOUT ALL OF THE DIVERSITY AND WHATNOT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES.
I WISH THERE WAS SOME WAY WE COULD ORCHESTRATE LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR SOMEONE THAT WE COULD WORK WITH.
MAYBE THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOFTWARE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FREE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN START SOME SORT OF PROGRAM OR SOMETHING.
UM, SORRY, I'M HAVING A CONTACT ISSUE.
UM, AND I, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT ONE OF THESE COMMUNITY FORUMS THAT I WENT TO LAST, LAST YEAR, UM, THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE CITY.
UM, AND IT WAS AT THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY.
AND UM, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO PEOPLE LEARNING EVEN ENOUGH ENGLISH JUST TO BE ABLE TO, TO COMMUNICATE SOMEWHAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I MEAN I ADD THAT TO MEAN MAYBE A COMMUNITY POST AND IT MAY COULD DEFINITELY FOLLOW ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS THINGS AS AS WELL TOO.
SOMETHING WE COULD MY I HIT ON THAT
NO, I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK BECAUSE I MEAN WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THESE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, OBVIOUSLY COMMUNICATION IS GONNA BE A, A BIG THING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO POPULATIONS THAT MAYBE ENGLISH ISN'T THEIR PRIMARY, MAYBE NOT EVEN THEIR SECONDARY.
I GUESS I SPOKE TOO SOON ON THAT.
NO, I THINK YOU GO, YOU FIT RIGHT IN.
UM, NEXT ORDER BUSINESS MLK EVENT 2027.
UM, ANY, I KNOW THAT WOULD, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING OUT, BUT I KNOW THAT'S WAY OUT.
BUT, UM, THE REASON I PUT THAT ON THERE IS JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WE JUST ENDED IT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UM, WE MOVED FROM BREAKFAST TO LIKE A LUNCH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD THING.
UM, BUT MOVING FORWARD IN 2027, UM, AS I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A CHAMPION FOR IT OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW TO ERIC'S POINT.
MAYBE WE CAN WELL I'LL BRING THAT UP MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING MEETING.
BUT, UH, HOW DO, DO WE THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KIND OF KEEP WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OR WE WANNA GO BACK TO THE, THE, UM, THE BREAKFAST OR DO WE WANT TO, WE, WE KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE AT WITH EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING MORE, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE IT DURING THE DAY MM-HMM
UM, AND IT IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, BUT NOT EVERYBODY'S OFF.
UH, SO I WONDER IF WE SHOULD HAVE IT AT A TIME WHERE WE CAN ALLOW THE PEOPLE IF HUB WERE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THAT EVENING, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE OFF, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO THE WALKIN DATE IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO DURING THAT TIME.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WANNA LOOK AT EITHER MAYBE A SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVENT, MAYBE THE SATURDAY BEFORE OR YOU DO IT ON MONDAY EVENING, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY.
UM, I'M JUST THINKING MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE KINDA LIKE AN AFTERNOON, EVENING.
I KNOW IT'S A ALMOST A YEAR OUT, BUT WE DON'T START THINKING ABOUT IT NOW.
IT'S GONNA, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE KINDA AT THIS ATTENDANCE LEVEL AND WE'VE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
AND I JUST THINK THAT IT JUST PROBABLY NEEDS A DIFFERENT TIME SLOT.
WELL, I MEAN, I, I THOUGHT THAT, I THINK THE MORNING WALKS AND YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA COMPETE WITH EVERYTHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
'CAUSE EVERYBODY DOES AN MLK WALK IN THE MORNING, HOT COLD LESS.
UM, AND I DO THINK, LIKE, I DO THINK OUR ATTENDANCE WAS A LITTLE BETTER 'CAUSE WE DID THE LUNCHEON, CORRECT.
I THINK, I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL DATA SAYS, BUT JUST EYEBALLING IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS, WELL IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, UM, FOR THE LUNCHEON
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AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN WHO WE BROUGHT IN ALL THAT.I MEAN, THERE WAS A BUNCH OF THINGS TO TAKE CONSIDERATION, BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF WE CHANGE THE DAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
WE'VE CHANGED DATES PRETTY MUCH THIS YEAR WHEN WE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR, WE, WE CHANGED DATES ON THINGS.
SO I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
EVEN MAYBE, MAYBE DOING SOMETHING ON LIKE THAT SATURDAY OR LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, THE SUNDAY I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET COMPETITIVE AGAIN, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
OR, OR KEEP IT ON THE ACTUAL HOLIDAY.
BUT MAYBE WE JUST DO IT LATER THAN THE LATER GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL DINNER THAT MS. DALE ACTUALLY STARTED.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, BUT I THINK WE THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHERE THE VENUE IS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE OPEN, BUT THAT'S OKAY TOO.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE CITY TO FIGURE OUT.
SO BECAUSE YOU STILL HAD A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S AVAILABLE AND YEAH.
YEAH, NO, THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP EARLY JUST TO GET OUR BRAINS THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING MAYBE IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UH, FOR MLK, UM, NEXT ORDER BUSINESS PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS.
JULY 4TH, CHRISTMAS, UH, I DON'T, COULDN'T REMEMBER ALL THE PARADES THAT YOU YOU BRING TO US.
I I REMEMBER JULY 4TH AND I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS OR HOLIDAY BIZARRE.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? THAT'S THE ONLY, OH, WE DID THE, THE CHRISTMAS THING HERE.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS CALLED? YEAH.
IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF, I MEAN, 'CAUSE NONE OF THEM HAVE HAPPENED YET, ARE, WHAT ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO KIND OF PREPARE FOR? SO THE ONE COMING UP IS, UM, YEAH, JULY 4TH.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER HOLIDAY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THAT REALLY IS WELL, JUNETEENTH AND THEN MEMORIAL DAY.
UM, AND I KNOW THE CITY DOES SOMETHING AT I THINK THOMAS CLUB PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA SEE IF WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO, BUT ANYWAYS, UM, SO YEAH, THE PARADE, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS YEAR MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER IF WE WANNA HAVE A TABLE AT THE STAR SPANGLED LIGHT CEMENT.
I KIND OF, YOU, YOU KIND OF BROUGHT THAT TO US.
SO I KIND OF WAS LIKE, IIII THOUGHT YOU, I I ASSUMED YOU TO BE LIKE THE, THE CHAMPION FOR THAT
SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST LOOKING THIS DIRECTION.
I MEAN, UM, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER GO TO THAT.
SO A TABLE AND IT'S AN ALL DAY EVENT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING I'D BE DOWN FOR.
'CAUSE THERE'S MUSIC AND BEVERAGES,
HANDING OUT, UM, THINGS FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FLYERS FOR LIKE SAVE THE DAY FOR MULTICULTURAL FEST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PARADE'S FUN.
WE COULD ALSO DO THAT IF YOU ALL WANTED TO.
UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UM, A LITTLE TENT SET UP, UM, FOR THE DAY OUT THERE AND MAYBE, UH, THERE'S SOME SORT OF EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OR SOME SORT OF, UM, SERVICE COMPONENT WE COULD DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FOOD FOR LIKE, UM, ST.
PETER'S OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UM, OR, UH, DOING LIKE, YOU KNOW, OFFERING LIKE, UM, LITERACY STORY TIMES FOR KIDS WHILE WE'RE THERE.
MAYBE SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SERVICE COMPONENT OR, UM, GETTING PEOPLE MAYBE REGISTERED FOR THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT I THINK THE SOONER WE START PLANNING, PROBABLY THE BETTER.
UM, I THINK HE'S LOOKING AT YOU TO DO THAT.
IF YOU TAKE THE LEAD ON IT, I WILL DEFINITELY.
AND I REACH OUT TO SARAH THIS WEEK.
I WAS ALSO, I MENTIONED I REACH OUT TO SARAH, SAY WE WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE TABLE, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, AND THEN WHAT WE OFFER.
I GUESS WE CAN FIGURE THOSE OUT OUT THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A, AN OFFSHOOT MEETING OR CONVERSATION, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE I DO THINK WE GOTTA STAY IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY.
YES, WE DO HAVE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE IN FRONT OF THEM WHEN WE DO, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE THINGS WE HAVE AS WELL.
SO, ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS? UP? FIRST IS JULY 4TH AND STAR, WELL, STAR SPRING HEIGHTS, SO WELL, AND
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CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE A, A REPEAT OF WHAT WE DID LAST THIS LAST YEAR.I THINK WE REACHED A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND IF WE CAN EVEN WORK PRIOR TO DECEMBER ON SOLIDIFYING, UM, SOME KEY DATES FOR 2027, WE CAN HAVE AGAIN, LITTLE CARDS OF FLYERS TO HAND OUT.
UM, DID WE, DID WE NEED, DID WE SAY WE WERE GOING TO, DID WE NEED A CANDY BUDGET OR WHATEVER FOR THE, WHEN WE WALKED IN THE PARADE FOR THE FOURTH OF THE FOURTH JULY.
AND I GUESS WE WOULD NEED TO TALK TO, TO SOMEONE AT THE CITY ABOUT CHRISTMAS TOO.
OBVIOUSLY IF WE GO TO LIKE THE FIREWORKS SHOW,
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR CAPABILITIES WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING SERVICE ORIENTED THERE.
I GUESS WE WOULD NEED TO OKAY.
YEAH, I'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
SO, UM, THE DATE FOR THAT YOU GUYS CAN WRITE THIS DOWN, IS GONNA BE AU SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD.
AND DON'T HOLD ME TO THE TIME.
I THINK IT'S 12 TO FIVE OR IT'S EITHER TWO TO SEVEN.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT IT IS ONE OF THEM TWO.
BUT IT IS, IT IS AUGUST 23RD, UM, LOCATION.
IT'LL BE AT, UH, WAS IT COMMUNITY PARK? COMMUNITY PARK, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
UM, WHAT'S DRIVING THE TIMES THE, UM, AVAILABILITY OF PERSONNEL? NO, I JUST FORGOT.
SO I WROTE IT DOWN I THOUGHT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE I DIDN'T.
UH, BUT I'LL GET YOU GUYS THE TIME.
UM, THAT IT'LL BE THE, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WE'LL USE TO, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE'LL RAISE.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'LL DONATE THOSE TO NAMI MM-HMM
WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS.
UH, BECAUSE THAT IS A FUNCTION, UM, THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT COMMUNITY, UH, YOU'RE IN.
AND I'M GONNA WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS.
THEY'LL BE THERE AS WELL BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT THEY NAMI NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVENTS, UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS I THINK, I MEAN I'VE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF THEIR PROGRAMS THAT ARE THERE.
UM, THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AS FAR AS, UM, HELP FAMILIES WITH SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, SO IF THEY HAVE A, UH, FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S DEALING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, SO THEY HAVE SUPPORT GROUPS THAT'S THERE, UH, TO KIND OF HELP YOU DEAL WITH THAT.
THEY, UM, PUT TOGETHER A COURSE THAT CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT DIFFERENT MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOW TO SPOT THAT IN YOUR FAMILY IS WHAT THEY DO.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD, UH, THING FOR US TO PARTNER UP, UH, WITH THEM TO DO.
SO OBVIOUSLY AT THE END OF THE DAY, YES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, WE'RE GONNA DONATE, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNDS OR WHATEVER TO NAMI.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE MAIN THING, THE MAIN THING.
AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER IS WHAT THAT IS.
AND IT'S JUST AROUND BASKETBALL.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IN MIND.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE DOING ALL THESE EVENTS, IT'S ALL ABOUT BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO MEET SOMEBODY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW BEFORE AND BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE FOLKS.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE TRULY THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA SOLVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE THERE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO TALK, GET TOGETHER AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE AUGUST 23RD.
AND SO AS WE PROMOTE THAT, SO AS YOU GUYS START TO TALK TO PEOPLE, TELL PEOPLE DON'T BE SCARED.
WE WANT A LOT OF TEAMS IN AARON, WE WANT YOU TO PUT A TEAM IN
I MEAN, 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME, SOME GOOD GROUPS THAT CAN ACTUALLY GET UP AND DOWN THE COURT.
I MEAN HALF COURT, SO THEY CAN DO THAT.
UM, BUT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
SO WE WILL HAVE A CATEGORY FOR FOLKS THAT CAN JUST HAVE A THREE ON THREE HORSE TOURNAMENT.
SO THEY AIN'T GOTTA WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO REALLY PLAY, BUT IT'S JUST MORE OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, HAVING SOME FUN AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, UM, WITH EACH OTHER.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? ARE WE GONNA HAVE LIKE, UM, FOOD TRUCKS?
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YES, DEFINITELY.WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD TRUCKS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A DJ.
UM, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED.
I'M GONNA NEED TO HELP FROM, UH, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
BUT, UM, AND THEN I GOT A, A YOUNG ORGANIZATION GROUP, SOME YOUNG GUYS THAT WANNA PARTNER WITH US TOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WITH THEM.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A GROUP EFFORT BETWEEN A COUPLE ENTITIES.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SIR? NO.
SO I'LL BE SENDING OUT SOME INFORMATION ON THE TASK GROUP, UM, TO START PULLING THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER, UH, TO DO, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.
SO, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE SOME, SOME GOOD LEARNINGS FOR US TO REACH OUT TO SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, TOURNAMENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT OURS IS, UH, TOP NOTCH.
NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS EVENTS.
SO THAT'S OUR KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, RIGHT? YEP.
I GUESS WE CAN ADD THE, IF WE WANT TO THE LANGUAGE LEARNING INTO THAT.
YOU SAID THE WHO YOU SAID KNOW YOUR, YOUR RIGHTS AND THEN WE OR UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, WE SAID THE, THE LEARN THE LANGUAGE LEARNING LEARN LANGUAGE LEARNING.
SO I DON'T, WE DO NOT HAVE A DATE FOR KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
UM, I KNOW ABRAHAM, YOU HAD SOME INFORMATION, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UH, I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE EVENT KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS IN DAYTON FOR, UM, THEY DID THIS EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY LEADERS.
AND SO WE CAN PASS ALONG THE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ABEL.
THEY ARE, UH, LAWYERS THAT HELP WITH, UH, IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEY KIND OF TEACH YOU YOUR RIGHTS AND, AND, UH, I'VE SPOKE WITH LACEY.
SHE IS, UH, SHE'S THE ORGANIZATION OVER THERE.
AND, UH, SHE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO COME OUT AND, UM, ATTEND THE EVENT THAT WE CAN DO AND THEY'LL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAW AND, UH, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE.
AND ALSO I SPOKE WITH, UM, UM, I'M TRYING TO GET HER NAME HERE.
SHE'S JUSTICE AND AN INCLUSION ADMINISTRATOR.
THEY ACTUALLY SET THIS EVENT UP OVER THERE.
SO THEY ARE WILLING TO COME AND, UH, ATTEND THE EVENT AND KIND OF SHARE ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THE GREATER DATE AND LAWYERS VOLUNTEER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS THAT, YEAH, SO THIS ABLE, UH, THEY, NO, THEY ARE THE LAWYERS THAT, UH, COULD BE TOTALLY FREE FOR SOME IMMIGRANTS.
THEY, THEY, THEY, UH, CHECK YOUR, UH, INCOME AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY BASE THEIR, UH, CHARGES.
SO, UH, AND SHE SAID THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME OUT.
AND ACTUALLY WE, WE HAD A, UH, ONE DAY LAST YEAR WE HAD THEM COME OVER TO THE DAYTON LIBRARY CON CONFERENCE CENTER OVER THERE.
THEY CAME OUT AND, UH, SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH THE TURKISH COMMUNITY.
BUT, UH, IF WE CAN SET UP A DATE FOR THEM, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY CAN COME AND KIND OF SHARE WHAT THEY KNOW AND HOW WE CAN HELP.
AND THERE'S A, APPARENTLY A RED CARD THAT HAS YOUR RIGHTS ON THERE AND IT'S, IT'S, IT COULD, IT COULD BE IN ENGLISH AND THEN THE BACKSIDE OF IT IS IN, UH, IN ANY LANGUAGE YOU WANT.
SO THEY'VE SENT THE LINK TO ME HOW TO GET THAT CARD AND IN ANY LANGUAGE SO WE CAN KIND OF, UH, IF WE CAN GET THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR THE DIFFERENT CULTURES, WE HAVE, HAVE TO ATTEND THAT EVENT AND WE CAN, UH, ORDER THOSE CARDS AND PASS THOSE OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN HAVE IT ON THEM ALL THE TIME.
AND IF THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY COULD JUST SHOW THE CARD.
AND THAT SHOULD DO THEY KNOW YOUR RIGHT TO EDUCATION PIECES FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, AARON, DO WE HAVE A LIAISON WITHIN THE CITY THAT CAN AS ASSIST IN THAT IN THE TEACHING CAPACITY FROM LEGAL? UM, CERTAINLY WE DO.
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THAT WE HAVE TWO EVENTS THAT ARE, UM, BEING SCHEDULED.UM, MONDAY JUNE 8TH AND UH, MONDAY, JULY 13TH, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH A JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES, UH, MOBILE, UM, SIGNUP BUS, I'LL JUST CALL IT THE JFS BUS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE AT THE CHAMBER, UM, FROM THREE TO THREE TO FIVE ON THOSE DAYS.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO, TO DO BOTH, UM, HAVE INSIDE THE CHAMBER THE, UH, THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DISCUSSION AND THEN ALSO THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP FOR VARIOUS, UH, SERVICES THROUGH JOBS AND FAMILY SERVICES IF YOU WANNA PIGGYBACK ON, ON THOSE TWO EVENTS THAT ARE ALREADY SCHEDULED.
AND WHEN ARE THOSE EVENTS AGAIN? UM, EXCUSE ME.
MONDAY, JUNE 8TH AND, UH, MONDAY JULY 13TH.
AND YOU SAY THOSE ARE AT THE CHAMBER, CORRECT? YOU SAID THREE TO FIVE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TWO HOUR DISCUSSION ABOUT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, BUT IT COULD BE DONE IN, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, SHIFT DAY SHIFT TO B SHIFT C SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO BOTH THINGS OVER THAT TWO HOUR SPAN.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS.
UM, COREY, I HAD ONE OTHER THING UNDER THIS EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS.
SO I WENT TO A, UM, THE LINKS IN SPRINGFIELD HAD A HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR MAYBE ABOUT TWO SATURDAYS AGO.
AND THEY HAD A DOCTOR THERE, DR. BROWN, WHO'S A KIDNEY DOCTOR MM-HMM
UM, THAT I THOUGHT PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO MAYBE HAVE, MAYBE HAVE HIM COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
UM, HE COULD KIND OF PRESENT WHAT INFORMATION HE PUTS TOGETHER AND MAYBE THAT'S A EDUCATION ON HEALTH THING THAT WE COULD DO HERE IN HUBER BECAUSE HE COULD BREAK DOWN, WHICH I MEAN HE, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS I PICKED UP ON, UM, THE DIFFERENT MINORITY GROUPS AND HOW UM, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AFFECTS EACH ONE OF THEM.
SO FROM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN STANDPOINT, WE REPRESENT 14% OF THE POPULATION, BUT YET WE REPRESENT 35% OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE THAT'S KINDA OUTTA WHACK
SO, AND THEN WITH THAT INFORMATION IS THAT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU FEEL BAD IF YOU GOT CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, YOU BY THE TIME YOU MAY GO AND FIND OUT IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE STAGE THAT YOU, UH, GET INTO AND YOU REALLY NEED TO CATCH OUT ON THE FRONT END WITH BLOOD WORK.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GET HIS CONTACT INFORMATION, TALK TO HIM, AND WE COULD HAVE HIM COME TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, JUST KIND OF GIVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION OVER WHAT HE DOES MM-HMM
UM, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS GROUP THINKS IS WORTHWHILE DOING, THEN MAYBE WE CAN SCHEDULE HIM AND PUT TOGETHER A, UM, EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS EVENT AROUND KIDNEYS GOTCHA.
OR JUST HEALTH IN GENERAL AND JUST HAVE HIM AS A KEY.
UM, ALONG THOSE LINES, DOES ANYONE KNOW A DENTIST? ANYONE HAVE A DENTIST IN THEIR POCKET? YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IN THEIR POCKET?
ME OTHER THAN WHAT SCHOOL SYSTEMS ALREADY DO.
WELL, I MEAN, WHAT OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS DO ABOUT TO SAY? WELL, NOTHING AS FAR AS I KNOW I GOT ANY OH, NO.
THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT IT.
WELL, AT LEAST IN DAYTON PUBLIC, YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS WILL HAVE, UM, THE, UM, DENTIST LIAISONS COME IN, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT.
SOMETIMES THEY COME IN WITH THE BIG BUS AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST COME IN.
THEY HAVE COME IN AND, AND SERVICE STUDENTS WITH WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE FOR
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THEIR DENTAL THINGS.HERE IN HUBERT, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN DAYTON.
YOU KNOW, OR SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL.
AND I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO IT COULD BE, UM, TITLE ONE MONEY.
SO, UM, I JUST KNOW I'VE SEEN IT OVER 17 YEARS OF TEACHING, SO, UM, AND MATTER OF FACT, I, I KNEW ONE OF THE LADIES WHO WAS A DENTAL ASSISTANT THAT CAME INTO OUR SCHOOL.
I GREW UP WITH HER AROUND THE CORNER.
SO, BUT ANYWAY, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, I MEAN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OR IF WE CAN GET LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, COSTUMES WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT YOU AND ERIC IN LIKE A TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOTH COSTUME AND YOU JUST
NO, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TO STEAL YOUR IDEA BY ANY MEANS, BUT JUST IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, TEACHING LITTLE KIDS ABOUT TEETH HEALTH, I THINK IS DIFFICULT AND WITH ALL THE SUGARY STUFF THEY EAT AND WHATNOT, SO I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITH THAT.
I THINK WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A GOOD DENTIST THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN HUBBERT.
UM, BE WILLING, I'M NOT GONNA HOLD IT AGAINST HIM.
HE DOES GO UP IN TEACH AT OHIO STATE.
HE, UH, I, I BET HE WOULD HELP WITH THAT.
UM, SO I, I CAN REACH OUT TO HIM AND, UH, I CAN HAVE HIM COME TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS AS WELL AND, AND THEN WE CAN KIND TALK WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT HE COULD POSSIBLY PUT TOGETHER.
SO I'LL WORK ON THOSE TWO GUYS, GETTING THEM HERE.
UM, I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY WOULD WANNA SEPARATE THE TWO, UM, BECAUSE, UM, I KNOW DR.
BROWN'S PROGRAM, 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT THREE TIMES NOW AND IT'S ABOUT A TWO TO THREE HOUR DEAL JUST BY ITSELF.
SO I WOULD SAY WE PROBABLY WOULD DEFINITELY SEPARATE THE TWO.
BUT YES, I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.
THANKS FOR ADDING TO MY TO-DO LIST.
SHE SAID IT WAS ONLY FAIR BECAUSE HE, HE GAVE HER AN EXTRA JOB.
SO
WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE MAY 7TH, 2026, RIGHT HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 6:00 PM MM-HMM
UM, MAY I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
6 57 AARON'S OVER THERE LOOKING AT HIS WATCH LIKE, WELL THAT WASN'T TOO BAD.