* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ AGENDA CULTURE AND DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION City Hall - Council Chambers 6151 Brandt Pike May 7, 20266:00 P.M.] [00:00:02] I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE, OR THIS MEETING ORDER AT 6:07 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 7TH, 2026. HERE WE GO. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, WE WILL OKAY. DO A ROLL CALL. WELL, NO, WE'LL DO A OATH FIRST, THEN WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL. GOT IT. SO, MS. BLAIR, YOU CAN MEET ME RIGHT DOWN HERE, I GUESS, IN FRONT OF THE HANDY DANDY AMERICAN FLAG. WELL, I GUESS WE CAN DO IT IN FRONT RIGHT THERE. THERE'S A FLAG RIGHT THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YEP. THAT IS YOUR RIGHT HAND . AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I'M MICHELLE BLAIR. I'M MICHELLE BLAIR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO OR AFFIRM DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO, THE CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS CHARTER AND ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY, HONESTLY. HONESTLY. AND IMPARTIALLY AND IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE. DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF MY OFFICE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU ALL. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR LATEST MEMBER OFFICIALLY, UM, SWORN IN ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MS. BLAIR, YOU SAY MY NAME? YES. MICHELLE BLAIR. UH, MIC MR. UH, SHADI. PRESENT. MR. KNIGHT PRESENT. MR. RICHARDSON PRESENT. AND MR. OWENS PRESENT. AND MS. TROTTER'S WALKING IN RIGHT NOW. I'LL NOTE THAT WHEN SHE SITS IN YEP. AND, UM, EXCUSE TONIGHT, ARE MIA AND YOLANDA DUE THE ILLNESS? SO WE'RE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL. THAT BEING SAID, WITH EVERYONE HAVING, UM, ENOUGH TIME. I DON'T MS. BLAIR. DID YOU, DID I EMAIL YOU THE MINUTES? YOU DID, YES. OKAY, COOL. PERFECT. SO THAT EVERYONE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, UH, TO THE MINUTES OR, 'CAUSE I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'M SORRY. WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. UM, DOES EVERYONE SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH TONIGHT'S AGENDA? NOPE. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION FIRST. SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED TO SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE SOME MORE IN THE DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. UM, NEXT WE, WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM TWO PREVIOUS SESSIONS, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN, UM, MARCH AND APRIL. IN JANUARY. IN JANUARY. I SENT THOSE OUT TO EVERYONE. DOES ANYONE I NEED TO, THERE'S, IS THERE ANY CORRECTIONS NUMBER ONE THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE? OR IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES FIRST? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND? APPROVAL OF MINUTES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY MOVED IN SECOND FROM JANUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL AM LOOKING OUT THERE. THERE ARE ANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS? NO CITIZENS' COMMENTS MOVING RIGHT ALONG. NEXT ORDER BUSINESS, UM, IS OLD BUSINESS, WHICH IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS. FIRST UP, UM, IS, UH, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, UPDATE. SO EVERYTHING IS ON TARGET. WE'RE ON TRACK, UH, WITH EVERYTHING FOR JUNETEENTH. UM, ONLY THING I ASK IS THAT EVERYBODY TRY TO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO, UM, CONTACT FAMILY OR FRIENDS VIA TEXT, EMAIL, SEND THEM THE, YOU KNOW, FLYER. IS WAS THERE, IS IS THERE ANOTHER FLYER COMING OUT? NO. JUST USE THAT ONE. UM, SARAH HADN'T HAD CHANCE TO GET US A NEWER ONE JUST YET, SO JUST USE THAT ONE THAT WE HAVE. AND SO I ASK THAT WE JUST DO THAT. UM, [00:05:02] AND, UM, THAT'S IT. WHAT ABOUT BUDGET? YOU GOOD ON BUDGET? YEP. SO WE'RE GOOD ON BUDGET. WE'RE GOOD ON BUDGET RIGHT HERE? YEP. , WE WE'RE GOOD ON BUDGET. UM, I THINK THE ONLY INVOICE THAT I OWE YOU GUYS IS THE T-SHIRT INVOICE. AND THEN THAT'LL BE COMING IN, UM, ONCE I, I PLACED AN ORDER WITH HER AND SO SHE'LL DID YOU GET HAVE A T-SHIRT? SO OH TWO X OR NOW? YES. . THAT'S WHAT I BOOKED YOU AT. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, SHE'LL BE WORKING THAT QUOTE UP AND UH, WE'LL GO WITH THE, THE BLACK SHIRT. SHE'S TRYING TO FIND, UH, SOME GOOD THIN MATERIAL, RIGHT? SINCE BLACK IS A HOTTER COLOR. UH, SO WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE FOR YOU GUYS. UM, DEFINITELY BY NEXT MEETING. SO YOU'LL HAVE 'EM. SO WE'RE GOOD WITH FOOD AND RETAIL VENDORS OR ARE WE, ARE YOU STILL, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING WITH WHAT WE GOT. WE, OUR FOOD VENDORS ARE LOCKED IN. WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME RETAIL VENDORS. WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE I THINK THAT REGISTER, UH, STILL THIS WEEK. SO WE'LL STILL, YOU KNOW, TAKE A FEW MORE AND THAT KIND OF DEAL AND GET THEM GOING. UH, BUT WE SHOULD BE GOOD THERE. AND I THINK MOLLY RUM, I THINK SHE, DID SHE REACH OUT TO YOU TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE, UM, THE BOUNCE HOUSE SITUATION WITH HIM TAKING CARE OF? YEAH, I SPOKE WITH, UM, MR. DELL AND HE SAID HE SENT THEM EVERYTHING WITH THE INSURANCE AND THE W OKAY. HE SENT EVERYTHING TO OKAY. TO MOLLY. YEP. OKAY. SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD THERE. AND THAT'S IT. OH, HMM. HI . WHAT WE GOT? WHAT WE MISSING? HOW MANY RETAIL VENDORS ARE WE UP TO? I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER. CURIOUS FROM MOLLY? UH, BUT I LAST, I THOUGHT SHE TOLD ME LIKE 12 OR 13, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO WE WANNA PUT OUT A FINAL CALL JUST TO SEE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED? SURE. YEAH. OKAY. SHE HASN'T, SHE HASN'T CLOSED IT IN THE SYSTEM YET, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH, WE STILL GOT IT OPEN. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I'LL PUT OUT ONE MORE POST, UM, SATURDAY. OKAY. SEE IF WE CAN CATCH ANY, UM, STR UM, UH, AND THEN, UM, OUR SPONSORS, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO, IS IT V HOW DO YOU SAY IT? VEIA? YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THEM. I'M SO GLAD THEY CAME ON BOARD. YAY. UM, ARE WE HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH SPONSORS? MM-HMM . YEP. WE'RE GOOD. I NEVER GOT ANY ANSWERS FROM MY REACH OUTS. THAT'S OKAY. YEP, NO WORRIES. WE, WHERE WE GOT THE ONES WE GOT, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. OKAY. UM, KAREN, BRI, SO ERIC AND I SPOKE WITH KAREN BRAIN, UM, ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. OKAY. UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT, UH, OUR VISION WAS, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH YOU GUYS DURING THE LAST MEETING. UM, SHE HAS SINCE SENT SOME DOCUMENTS WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION. UM, I THINK ERIC AND I PROBABLY WANNA LOOK OVER THAT INFORMATION, KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN USE, HOW WE CAN USE IT. UM, THE BIG ASK I HAVE FOR YOU ALL IS WHO WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE EVENING OF THE 13TH TO, UM, DO A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION? AND COREY, I THINK THIS IS WHAT I REACHED OUT TO YOU ABOUT, UM, HAVING SOMEONE THAT YOU MAYBE KNEW THAT COULD VIDEOTAPE IT. UM, WE WANTED TO DO LIKE, UM, A MORE PERSONAL APPROACH TO, UM, SITTING DOWN, UM, WITH THE COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVING, UM, A, A DISCUSSION ON WHAT JUNE 13TH MEANS TO US. 13TH, WHAT DID I SAY? ON JUNE 13TH. OH, ON, ON MAY. YEAH, IT'S ON MAY 13TH, JUNETEENTH, WHERE WE WANNA, YES. WE WANNA DO A QUICK VIDEO, UM, OF WHERE SHE'S ASKING US QUESTIONS, WHICH SHE'LL GIVE US AHEAD OF TIME SO WE CAN KIND OF PREPARE AND RESPOND. UM, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE WANNA ADD TO THE FLYER THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAND OUT. UM, SO YEAH, MY ASK IS HOW MANY OF YOU COULD BE, UH, ABLE TO MEET ON THE EVENING OF THE 13TH FOR MAYBE AN HOUR TO TWO? UH, NO MORE THAN THAT, I WOULD IMAGINE. OKAY. UM, FOR US TO GET THIS TOGETHER TO DO A LITTLE VIDEO SHOOT. AND [00:10:01] I DON'T KNOW, ERIN, IS IT POSSIBLE WE COULD USE LIKE ONE OF THE CONFERENCE ROOMS OR SOMETHING TO DO THAT HERE? UM, IF I CAN FIND STAFF COVERAGE FOR THAT, YES. UM, WOULD IT BE EASIER FOR US TO JUST FIND SOME PLACE ON AROUND THEN, IT SOUNDS LIKE? YEAH. LET ME GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT TOMORROW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I CAN'T BE THERE OTHERWISE I WOULD BE THERE. I JUST GOT GOTCHA. I GOT A CONFLICT THAT NIGHT. SURE. AND THEN, UM, BUT LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN DO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO THE PLACE WILL BE DETERMINED, BUT WE'LL FIND SOMEPLACE IF NOT HERE, NOT THE LIBRARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR WHATEVER WE COULD DO. YEAH. SO, UM, I SAY MAY 13TH RIGHT? NEXT WEDNESDAY? YES. OKAY. YEAH. NOW THE LIBRARY WILL ONLY BE OPEN UNTIL SIX. OH, OKAY. AND IT'S THE 13TH BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE LAST THREE DAYS THAT KAREN HAD AVAILABILITY TO BE COME IN AND LIKE, BE OUR VIDEO MODERATOR. SO KIND OF YEAH. OUR ONE SHOT. SO I JUST OFF THE CUFF HERE, COULD, I MEAN, IS ANYONE THINKING THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT? YEAH. TIME. UH, I THINK WE GOTTA COME UP WITH TIME. WHAT TIME? WHAT TIME DO WE DETERMINE THE TIME YET? NO, BUT IT HAD AROUND SIX. YEAH. YEAH. ONCE EVERYBODY'S OFF WORK, YOU KNOW. YEAH. SO, I MEAN, AT LEAST THERE'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST THREE. AND THEN I'LL, UH, SEND AN ASK OUT TO YOLANDA AND, UH, MIA. MICHELLE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN? I CAN'T. OKAY. WEDNESDAY. OKAY. THAT'S COOL. THAT'S COOL. OKAY. IT'S JUST, ALL RIGHT. COOL. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL GET THAT, UM, I'LL GET WITH KAREN AS WELL AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT GOING AND ON THE SCHEDULE, IF THAT'S OKAY. YEP. YEAH. COOL. SOUNDS GOOD. GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT TO MY MEMBERS. 'CAUSE I FORGOT THAT IS WHY I'M HERE. . GOT YOU. ALRIGHT. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN EARLIER TODAY. . OKAY. UM, SO, OH, KIWANIS, THE KIWANIS CHAPTER, UM, WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THE KIWANIS CHAPTER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TABLE AT JUNETEENTH. OKAY. UM, JUST NOT TO SELL ANYTHING, BUT JUST TO, UM, HAVE, UM, LIKE A FLYER ABOUT KIWANIS CLUB AND THEN, UM, THEY MIGHT DO A LITTLE SERVICE THING WITH LIKE DAYTON METRO LIBRARY, UM, TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE KIDS THERE TO, UM, FOR SUMMER READING CHALLENGE. OKAY. SO, UM, DO I NEED TO TALK WITH, I'LL LET MOLLY KNOW. OKAY. AND SHE CAN DO WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO ON THEIR END. OKAY. COOL. IS THIS PART OF JUNETEENTH? YEP. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH. YEAH. JUST BEING AT THE EVENT AT THE TABLE. JUST BEING THERE OR THEY GONNA SPEAK? NO, THEY'RE JUST THERE AS A, THEY'RE JUST GONNA HAVE A TABLE. OKAY. TABLE. OKAY. GOTCHA. VIDEO. YOU DID. I, I THOUGHT SO. POSSIBLY, YES. 'CAUSE WE HAD OUR MEETING LAST NIGHT AND I HAVE PLUGGED IT A COUPLE TIMES NOW, AND I'M HOPING OUR, WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE SECOND, AND I'M HOPING THAT THERE'LL BE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE THAT'LL BE WILLING TO BE THERE. I KEEP TELLING THEM IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, , BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S A GO. OKAY. IT, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE JUNETEENTH UPDATE? MM-HMM. NOPE. UH, CHRISTIE? YEAH. . I HAD TO THINK FOR THAT'S LONG. I SAW YOU LOOKING AT YOUR LAPTOP, SO I WAS, SHE GOT ME COVERED. SHE GOT ME COVERED. OKAY. YOU ALWAYS GOTTA DOUBLE CHECK WITH ME, RIGHT? YEAH. NOPE, I'M DONE. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO ACTION ITEMS ARE, YOU'RE GONNA DO ONE LAST FOR RETAIL VENDORS AND THEN VIDEO SHOOT NEXT WEEK, AND THEN YOU'LL WORK OUT THE KIWANIS TABLE STUFF THROUGH MODELING. OKAY, COOL. UH, MULTICULTURAL FEST. SO WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH THE MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL JUST YET, BUT, UM, SINCE, UH, MIA HAS BEEN MISSING FOR PAST FEW, UH, MEETINGS, BUT I DID GO TO THE WORLD AFFAIR AND, UH, GOT SOME INFORMATION THERE WHERE, UH, WE CAN INVITE PEOPLE. SO I'M IN CONTACT WITH THEM. AND HOPEFULLY, UH, BY NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, I WILL HAVE EVERYTHING GATHERED UP. LINED UP. AND, UH, I WOULD NEED, UH, ALL OF YOUR HELP IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO BE PART OF THIS. YEP. [00:15:01] SO WE CAN, UH, MAKE THIS THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR AS WE TALK BEFORE. SO WE NEED TO, UH, CREATE A TEAM, I GUESS, AND THEN SET UP MEETINGS TO GET THIS MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. QUESTION. SORRY. NO, GO AHEAD. SORRY. UM, ARE YOU INTERESTED, ARE WE INTERESTED IN HAVING, UM, MAYBE NOT THE BOOKMOBILE, UM, BUT MAYBE, UM, THE LIBRARY, UM, IF THEY CAN ARRANGE LIKE A STAFF MEMBER TO BE THERE? ARE WE INTERESTED IN HAVING SOMEBODY FROM THE LIBRARY? YES. UH, WE ARE INTERESTED TO HAVE AS MUCH AS PEOPLE WE CAN GET THERE, SO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. EVEN THE BOOK MODULE TOO. DO YOU NEED ANY HELP, LIKE, FINDING VENDORS OR, UM, YEAH, WE NEED, WE WE'RE GONNA NEED HELP FINDING VENDORS. I, I, ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE, UH, LIKE, UH, ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES ALREADY, BUT, UH, NOT ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD, SO THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME INFORMATIONAL BOOTHS OR, UH, BE A VENDOR, BUT WE DO NEED A LOT MORE TO MAKE IT A BIG EVENT. IS THAT THE SAME WITH SOME FOOD TRUCKS THEN TOO? OR ARE THOSE LOCKED IN? YEAH, THE, SO THEY, IT WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS THAT ATTENDED LAST YEAR. AND I SPOKE WITH FEW, FEW COUNTRIES AT THE WORLD AFFAIR LAST WEEKEND. SO THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT TO SEE IF THEY CAN ATTEND AS WELL, LIKE PERU, UM, PHILIPPINES, AND, UH, THERE WAS FEW OTHERS. OKAY. UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO SOME SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, POSTING, SEE IF, UM, AT THIS POINT I WOULD SAY, UH, LET'S, LET'S MAKE A, UH, LIKE A TEAM, I WOULD WORK ON THIS EVENT, UH, AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THE TASKS AND START DOING THE POSTINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT WE KNOW THE DATE THOUGH, RIGHT? SO IF WE YEAH. PUT A SEPTEMBER 13TH DATE OUT. RIGHT. WE CAN PUT A SAVE THE DATE OUT WITH NOTHING. OH YEAH. WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO THOSE THINGS. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE CAN WORK ON JUST LIKE A SAVE THE DATE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EVEN HAND OUT AT THE JUNETEENTH JUNETEENTH JUNE, JUNE IF WE HAVE JUST TO SAVE THE DATE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST TIME. YEAH. SO THAT'S, UM, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 13TH. 13TH. SO THAT'S THE SECOND SATURDAY. AND THEN WE SAID IT WOULD BE FROM 11 TO 11 TO SIX. THE 12TH. 12TH, 12. OKAY. SIX. YEAH, THAT'S, IT'S THE 12TH. YEAH. OKAY. IS THE, UH, IS MOLLY ALREADY GOT THAT? THE VENDORS OPEN ON THAT ONE ALREADY? IF WE START PROCURING IT, DOES ANYBODY KNOW? I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S OPEN JUST YET. OKAY. UNLESS IT'S I'LL OBJECT. IT'S ALWAYS OPEN. DO WE HAVE ANY HEADLINING, LIKE ACTS OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY MUSIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? HONESTLY, THERE, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING PLANNED JUST YET. I HAVEN'T HAD CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE GROUP AND, UH, GO OVER THESE STUFF. BUT IF WE CREATE A GROUP NOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS EVERYTHING H TO Z AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. WE CAN FIND A, FIND A DJ THAT CAN DO DIFFERENT, UH, MUSIC FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES AT MINIMUM. UM, I THINK SOUND SYSTEM IS ENOUGH USUALLY IN THAT CASE BECAUSE, UM, USUALLY THEY, THEY BRING THEIR OWN FLASH DRIVE OR CD WHERE WE'LL PLUG IN AND PLAY THE MUSIC FOR THEM. BUT, UH, YEAH, WE HAD A DJ LAST YEAR. YEAH. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BUILD ON WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. I THINK LAST YEAR THE HEADLINERS WERE MORE LIKE THE, THE DANCE TROOPS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. LIKE THE, THE, THE CULTURAL DANCE GROUPS WAS KIND OF LIKE THE YEAH. DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CULTURES. THEY HAD THEIR DANCE, UH, DANCERS THERE, AND THEN, UH, WE HAD, UH, WHO, WHO ELSE WAS THERE THAT WE HAD TO ORDER THE DANCE FLOOR FOR THEM, BUT OH, YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS RIGHT. BUT 'CAUSE EVERYBODY DANCED LIKE ON THE, LIKE THE LITTLE, THE LITTLE THE GROUND AND OR OUT THE, THERE WEREN'T ON THE STAGE. THEY WERE ON THE, THE SEAMEN. YEAH. WE HAD A DANCE FLOOR. YEAH. BUT EVERYONE, DO WE HAVE THE TIME FOR THE EVENT? 11 TO SIX. 11 TO SIX. YEAH. SO DO WE KNOW WHAT MIA HAS DONE THEN? OR, [00:20:01] UH, WELL, I THINK SHE'S, SHE'S ALSO LIKE CONTACTING DIFFERENT CULTURES TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS EVENT COMING UP, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET. LOCKED. SO WE NEED TO LOCK IT, LOCK IT DOWN. SO WE NEED TO GET MOVING. SO WHEN DO YOU WANNA MEET? LIKE, I, AT OUR LAST MEETING, I COMMITTED TO THE TASK GROUP. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, WE CAN, WE CAN MEET ANYTIME YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE. AND I GUESS WE'LL JUST NEED ME, UH, TO ATTEND AS WELL AND KIND OF DRAW A ROAD PLAN FROM THERE. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO MICHELLE, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR MULTICULTURAL FEST CELEBRATION. THE, OUR PREMIER ALL EYES ON EVENT. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GOAL. SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE UPDATE I HAVE SO FAR. OKAY. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT FOUR MONTHS YEAH. TO PULL A RABBIT OUT OF OUR, IT CAN BE DONE. THAT'S, I MEAN, WE GOTTA YEAH. KIND OF GET, GET ON THE BALL. RIGHT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO. MOVING ALONG. ALRIGHT. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YOU SAID WHAT? NO, I'M JUST, OH, MOVING, RIDING ALONG. UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS ON ANYTHING FROM OUR OLD BUSINESS? NO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING INTO NEW BUSINESS, UM, RAMA RECOMMENDATIONS. SO AS A COMMITTEE, UM, I BELIEVE WE WERE GIVEN THE, WE WERE GIVEN RAMA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT THE CITY, UH, COULD BE DOING MOVING FORWARD. I THINK CITY, CITY COUNCIL PUT THAT BACK ON US TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS THE, WHAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST DOMINO TO FALL OFF THAT. UM, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT RAMA RECOMMENDATIONS? WELL, DID WE EVER NAIL DOWN LIKE, UM, THE PROCESS? I DON'T BELIEVE WE, WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN MUCH OF ANYTHING BECAUSE I THINK ONCE THEY GOT, IT DID, INITIALLY IT WAS GIVEN TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, THAT THEY FELT LIKE THAT WE SHOULD KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE MORE DIRECTION OR A LITTLE MORE INPUT IN THAT, LEMME NOT SAY DIRECTION. A LITTLE MORE INPUT IN THAT. UH, WE HAVEN'T, UH, DONE THAT YET. UH, WE JUST NEED TO SOLIDIFY THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE NEEDS THE, THOSE DOCUMENTS RE-EMAIL THEM SO YOU CAN REVIEW THEM. UM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. WE CAN BRING, WE CAN BRING THAT UP IN, IN OUR JUNE MEETING. BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE, UH, WHAT RAMA'S OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FROM NEEDS ASSESSMENT. BECAUSE EVERYONE'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT, SINCE WE, SINCE WE REALLY, UH, GOT INTO THAT. I CAN SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY AGAIN. OKAY. AND SO I'M THINKING WE PROBABLY NEED TO REVIEW THE, THE DOCUMENT AGAIN. UM, AND WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO GET MAYBE TWO, THREE PEOPLE TO KINDA PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AROUND THAT? RIGHT. I MEAN, I, WE ALL NEED TO KIND OF GET, I THINK BACK UP TO SPEED WHAT IT IS. OKAY. THAT'S THERE. AND MAYBE, UM, CREATE A TASK GROUP FOR IT, GET A COUPLE FOLKS THAT'LL BE WILLING TO PUT A LITTLE EXTRA TIME INTO IT. AND THEN TRY TO MAYBE EITHER IF WE HAVE TIME ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA OR WE DO IT THE MONTH AFTER. UM, WELL, OUR NEXT BIG CITY COUNCIL I THINK IS JUNE. SO IF WE HAVE IT BEFORE THAT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS LIKE THE FIRST, I THINK DURING THE FIRST WEEK. I THINK OUR UPDATE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, JUNE. SO THERE IS A LITTLE MORE TIME IF WE HAVE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE THAT MEETS. SO WE JUST NEED TO DETERMINE WHO'S GONNA BE ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT RAMA YEAH. YEAH. SO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD. NO, GO AHEAD. SO RAMA CAME, UH, THEY WERE AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, UH, THAT CAME IN AND DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT THROUGH, UH, THE COMMUNITY AT HUBER HEIGHTS. UM, AND THEN FROM THEIR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THEY GAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY RELATIONS, COMMUNITY RELATIONS. UM, AND SO, [00:25:01] UH, ONCE THAT, ONCE THAT WAS COMPLETE BECAUSE, UH, THAT WAS DONE AT, I BELIEVE, THE REQUEST OF THIS COMMISSION, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AND THEN IT HA IT WAS ROLL, IT WAS ROLLED OUT IN 25. YEAH, CORRECT. COMPLETED. AND SO, UH, ONCE THEY WERE DONE, THEN THEY GAVE THEIR FINAL FINDINGS TO CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WAS LIKE, OH, THEY HAD, THEY SAID WHATEVER THEY HAD TO SAY AND THEN, UM, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, THEY DIDN'T PUT IT ON US. THEY WERE LIKE, YOU REC, THIS WAS YOUR THING. SO THIS WHOLE LIST OF WHAT SHOULD WE DO, KIND OF FIRST MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THAT RECOMMENDATION, OUR RECOMMENDATION BACK TO CITY COUNCIL, THEN THEY WILL DETERMINE HOW THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO, UM, THAT WAS IT IN THE 32ND NUTSHELL WHEN YOU READ THE DOCUMENT, IT'S A WHOLE LOT LONGER THAN THAT. YOUR, YOUR, UM, SCHEDULED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 2ND. JUNE 2ND. MM-HMM . SO IT'S BEFORE, BEFORE IT'S BEFORE WE WOULD MEET. YEP. SO WE WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE MADE THAT DECISION ALREADY. WELL, I MEAN, THE WAY WE HAVE OUR SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING NOW, OUR SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE THE, THEY WE GIVE, WE DO GIVE OUR, OUR THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF A, OF A PROJECT. NOW ARE YOU REQUIRED TO HAVE AN UPDATE FOR IT ON JUNE 2ND? UH, NO, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE BECAUSE I WON'T MEET WITH THEM BECAUSE WE MISSED OUR LAST ONE. MM-HMM . SO THIS IS THAT THIS, I MEAN, THIS WOULD BE IDEAL. OKAY. AND THE ONLY REASON I SAY THAT IS I WOULD HATE FOR US TO JUST TRY TO RUSH AND PUT SOME IDEALS TOGETHER BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE SOME CONCERNS AS FAR AS HOW THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE. RIGHT. RIGHT. HOW THE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED, WHAT IT WAS PUT TOGETHER. BECAUSE I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE, I DO THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT ARE PROBABLY, UM, WORTH THIS COMMISSION TRYING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT WE PROBABLY COULD DO A LITTLE BETTER OURSELVES TO HELP OUT WITH TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF TRYING TO HELP BRING OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT, WHAT ARE THINGS WE COULD DO TO HELP BRING OUR COMMUNITY MORE TOGETHER? UM, I MEAN, I, I, I DO THINK, I MEAN, I COULD, I CAN MAKE THAT, I CAN BRING THAT UP AND JUST SAY WE'VE PUT, WE DECIDED AS A COMMISSION, WE DECIDED TO PUT A SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER FOR AROUND MY RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO, UM, AFTER JUNE, I DON'T KNOW, I NORMALLY, I DON'T THINK I'VE DONE A FOLLOW UP. HAVE I DONE A FOLLOW UP AFTER JUNE? DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WITH CITY COUNCIL IN 26? UH, NOT THAT I KNOW. UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE THAT'S SCHEDULED. DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T SLIDE ONE IN. YEAH, I'LL TALK TO TONY ABOUT THAT. ON THE, ON THE AGENDA, WE'RE ONLY GOING, SO WE'VE STARTED MONTHLY MEETINGS THROUGH THE SUMMER. SO THERE WILL BE A MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY IN LATE FALL. YEAH. UM, WHEN WE GO BACK TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. THAT'S THINK COMMITTEE TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING, THEN THEREFORE WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WALKED IT OUT. WHAT, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SOMETHING EITHER A, WE CAN DO OR NOT. JUST TRYING TO MAKE A QUICK DECISION BITE OFF SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO. AND WHEN THEY COME BACK IN THE FALL, IS THAT LIKE OCT, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER? I BELIEVE WE GO BACK TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH, BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE HAVE, THAT'S WHAT MY MEMORY, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. YEAH. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO UPDATE FOR JUNE 2ND, MAYBE WE GIVE THAT TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE CORRECT. TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE TO NO, WE SAW, I STILL HAVE, WE HAVE UPDATES. YOU STILL GOT DO THE UPDATE? YEAH. WE JUST WON'T HAVE, YOU JUST WON'T HAVE THAT FOR THE UPDATE. YEAH. WON'T HAVE THAT PIECE. I GOTCHA. WHO WAS DOING THAT? YOU, YEAH. WHEN WAS THE, WHEN WAS THE, UH, AROUND RELEASE? WHEN WAS IT RELEASED? AIR MAY KNOW. WHAT'S THAT? WHEN WAS THE RAMA REPORT RELEASED TO US? I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVED IT. UM, I GOT THE FIRST DRAFT AND STARTED EDITING WITH THEM JUNE OF LAST YEAR. THAT'S WHAT, SO WE HAD A YEAR, WELL, WE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT AWAY MM-HMM . BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WANTED TO PUT THE REPORT TOGETHER, WHAT INFORMATION THEY WANTED TO, TO DO. SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THEIR FIRST LOOKING AT IT. SO WE GIVE AN UPDATE LIKE SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE LIKE A YEAR. I CAN GO BACK AND FIND THAT EXACT TIME. BUT IT WAS SOMEWHERE, IT WAS LATER TOWARDS THE END OF, OF THE YEAR. AARON, IS ANYONE ASKING US FOR IT? UM, I DON'T THINK, I MEAN, I THINK COUNCIL HAS BROUGHT IT UP A COUPLE TIMES JUST TO SEE WHERE THINGS STAND, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A BURNING, YOU KNOW, ISSUE OUT THERE. I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S [00:30:01] STAYING IN THE, IN FRONT OF PEOPLE. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THE SOONER WE GET IT, THE THE BETTER. YEAH. JUST DON'T WANNA DELAY IT. CORRECT. BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. 'CAUSE IT'S THE CENTER POINT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. I JUST DON'T WANNA RUSH IT AND WE MISS, YOU KNOW, TAKE A MISSTEP AND NOT REALLY PUT FORTH A GOOD FIRST STEP AT IT. YEAH. OKAY. THEN THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE A, UM, AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS REGULARLY. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT. UM, YES. I MEAN WE, WE'VE, WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP. WE JUST HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE ACTION ITEMS WE WANT TO EXECUTE, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE DETAILED EXECUTIONS BEHIND IT? RIGHT. SO YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. WE HAVEN'T NAILED THAT DOWN, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON OUR AGENDA. YEAH. OKAY. IF I MAY. SO HOW DO WE PLAN ON HANDLING THAT THUS FAR? SO WE'RE GONNA CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR IT WITH PEOPLE TO, TO TAKE THE LEAD ON IT. SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. GO AHEAD. IF I MAY THOUGH. UM, WE'VE BEEN PUTTERING THIS AROUND FOR A WHILE AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET ON THE BALL WITH IT. UM, I SEE US IN FACT KIND OF CONTINUING TO STILL BACKSLIDE ON THINGS A LITTLE BIT. LIKE WE'RE WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO GET THINGS TOGETHER. AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE ORGANIZED AND, UM, REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS. AND I KNOW WE ALL HAVE FAMILIES, WORK LIFE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT, UM, WE NEED TO DECIDE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE MAKE IT A PRIORITY. THIS IS JUST MY 2 CENTS. SO, UM, LOOKING THROUGH THE REPORT AGAIN, UM, I, FOR ONE WAS NOT HAPPY HOW THE RESULTS AND THE WHOLE THING PLAYED OUT. , YOU KNOW, GATHERING, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE SURVEY OUT THERE. MOVING BEYOND THAT THOUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY I THINK RAMA DID A GREAT JOB AT, UM, GIVING US A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ARE DEFINITELY, UH, DEI OR EDI, YOU KNOW, UH, BASED. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US, UM, HAVE SOMETHING COME TO FRUITION HERE. UM, YEAH. SO I'LL, I MEAN, I WILL VOLUNTEER TO BE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR SURE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT, UM, SUGGESTIONS IN HERE THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY EXPLORE. I'LL BE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH YOU, CHRISTIE, AND SO I'LL REACH OUT TO MIA, WANDA, OR ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO BE ON THAT? DO WE NEED TO, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CREATE THAT? UH, WE TYPICALLY HAVE NOT HAD MOTIONS TO CREATE OUR SUBCOMMITTEES JUST BEEN, WE JUST VOLUNTEER THOSE ONES. WE ROLL. YEAH. WE SHOULD, SHOULD WE BE OVER? YEAH. RIGHT. THAT'D GIVE US THREE. IT'S, YEAH. CHRISTIE, IS YOUR GOAL TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING IN A FOOTPRINT FOR YOU YEAH. COURT TO SPEAK ON, ON THE, UH, MEETING. FAIR ENOUGH. OKAY. SO THEN WE CAN MEET THE THREE OF US. SO WE NEED TO MEET. YEAH. OKAY. WAIT, I'M SORRY, WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS THAT ONE MORE TIME? UH, IS, IS IT YOUR GOAL TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLAY FOR HIM TO SPEAK ON IN JUNE? OH, SO YOU WANT ME TO PUT SOME IDEAS OUT THERE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, YOU GUYS WANTED TO CLAP TEAM TOGETHER. WE'LL MEET, THEN WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR JUNE 2ND. OH, OKAY. OH, I GOTCHA. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE JUST NEED TO MEET SOONER RATHER THAN, IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING. YEAH. UM, I MEAN, ME PERSONALLY, YEAH. I, I, THAT WOULD BE NOT A BAD IDEA, I THINK. YEAH. HONESTLY, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. UH, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? YEAH, IF WE, IF WE JUST KEPT IT ON A SMALL THREE PERSON TEAM, WE'D PROBABLY DO, AS AARON SAID, IT'S ONGOING ANYWAY. YEAH. SO WE KNOW. YEAH. WE, BUT EVEN I THINK JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE NOW KIND OF GETTING OUR STUFF TOGETHER. WE, WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED IT, WE, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE SOME IDEAS WE WANNA PRESENT TO YOU KIND OF A THING. YEP. NAH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ARE YOU GONNA PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR US TO MEET? YEAH, I'LL GET, WELL, YEAH, I'LL JUST WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. YEP. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. JUST GOTTA GET THROUGH GRAD. WELL, I'M FINE DURING THE WEEKDAYS. THE WEEKENDS IS GRADUATION THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND. SO, UH, COMMUNITY PULSE CHECK. UH, I WANTED TO SPEND A FEW MORE MINUTES ON THIS ONE, BUT, UH, RAMA TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN I THOUGHT, BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM, COMMUNITY PULSE CHECK, UH, AS COMMISSION OR NEXT ORDER. NEXT ITEM ON THERE WAS A COMMUNITY PULSE CHECK. UM, WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO DEFINITELY DO SOMETHING TO BE MORE, UM, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD AGGRESSIVE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO [00:35:01] BE MORE SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANNA TAKE, UM, THE COMMISSION TO, UM, THE VARIOUS CULTURES IN THE CITY. UM, WE, AARON GAVE US THE MAP AND THE BREAKDOWN, THE DIVERSITY OR THE, THE, JUST THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CITY. I MEAN, I SAY DIVERSITY WAS A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN, UM, OF THE CITY. UM, AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO JUST KIND OF, WHERE AS WE'RE DOING WITH THE RAMA RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS FRONT OF MIND TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING HOW WE ARE GOING TO ACTIVELY STAY IN FRONT OF, OF, UH, THE VARIOUS CULTURES, UM, IN THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS. SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW THEN, OR DOES ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO, HOW WE WANNA TAKE THE FIRST STEP WITH OUR, OUR COMMUNITY PULSE CHECKS? AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M CALLING. IF THERE'S A BETTER NAME FOR IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I MEAN, COULD IT BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, UM, PICKING ONE OF THE PARKS AND HOSTING LIKE A HOT DOG COOKOUT AND INVITING COMMUNITY MEMBERS? I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO ANY IDEAS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A BAD IDEA AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UM, ARE YOU ASKING WHAT WE WANT TO DO OR HOW WE GONNA MEASURE IT? BOTH. WE GOT, WE, I MEAN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, WELL, I GUESS IT, IT DOES. I DON'T WANNA SAY WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS OR ISN'T. IT'S JUST WE NEED TO, TO DO SOMETHING TO ENGAGE AGE, COMMUNITY OR THE CITIZENS, UH, OF HUBER HEIGHTS. UM, COLLECTIVELY WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE AS, AS EDUCATIONAL OR AS, AS DIVERSE AS POSSIBLE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANY LIMITS ON WHAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE WE, 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS. SO THEREFORE WE'LL LEARN AS WE KIND OF, I DON'T LIKE USING THE, THE, THE PHRASE, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BUILD YOUR PLANE WHILE YOU'RE FLYING, BUT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVEN'T DONE THIS, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A NEW, A NEW AVENUE FOR US FOR THE COMMISSION TO, TO GO DOWN. BUT IT COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITIES, UM, OR THE SUB COMMUNITIES, UH, TO REALLY HEAR FIRSTHAND WHAT RESIDENTS NEED OR WANT. CORRECT. YEAH. ANYTHING COMMUNITY POST CHECK. IS THERE Y'ALL ABOUT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THIS SIDE OF THE, THE TABLE. TABLE? SO THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENGAGE THE CITIZENS WHILE ALSO CREATING AWARENESS ABOUT THE COMMISSION ITSELF. MM-HMM . UH, WELL AS AND, AND, AND THE VARIOUS CULTURES, UH, WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL. OKAY. BECAUSE THE LAST, I WAS LOOKING AT THE MEETING, UH, MINUTES FROM THE LAST, FROM APRIL MM-HMM . AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSES. WAS THAT THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. OR WAS THAT MM-HMM . FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD? NO, NO, THAT'S, IT'S ALL IN THE SAME, IT'S ALL IN THE SAME WHEELHOUSE. WE'RE JUST, 'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, AS A COMMISSION, WE HAVE NOT TRULY, UM, I GUESS IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE HAVEN'T TRULY ENGAGED THE CITIZENS. IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT POLITICALLY CORRECT? POLITICALLY RIGHT. UM, SO WE ARE HERE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE. SO IF WE GO TO THEM, THAT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT WE EXIST IN ESSENCE. SO TO CHRISTY'S POINT, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S LIKE, IF WE PICK A PARK AND DO HOT DOGS OR WHATEVER, IT, IT COULD BE A WAY TO GET THEM TO COME TO US TO, TO KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE, AND WHAT WE REPRESENT OR MEAN TO THEM IN THE CITY. WELL, I THINK WE'VE STARTED THE BABY STEPS TO ENGAGEMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, FAIRES FESTIVALS, HANDING OUT FLYERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YOU'RE, THAT'S NOT THE ENVIRONMENT TO HAVE A REAL HEART TO HEART WITH A COMMUNITY MEMBER, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS MIGHT BE IN THEIR VIEWS OF THE CITY. SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE REALLY CRUCIAL TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN HOST LIKE A SKATE NIGHT AT ORBIT, YOU KNOW? UM, I DON'T KNOW. TEAM UP WITH LIKE, UM, LET'S SEE. I DON'T KNOW. I JUST, I'M HAVING TOO MANY IDEAS THAT ARE ALL, UH, WITH SUMMER COMING UP. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAYBE TRYING TO UTILIZE THE PARKS IN SOME [00:40:01] CAPACITY FOR SOMETHING. UM, WE COULD, UM, UH, WHERE, WHERE COULD WE DO SOME SERVICE? UM, I KNOW AT ONE POINT DIDN'T WE MENTION DOING, UM, ERIC OR SOMEBODY? DIDN'T SOMEBODY MENTION THE, UH, I'M GONNA, WAS IT AN EDUCATION? KNOW YOUR RIGHTS? WAS THAT YEAH, SO WE'LL DO THAT LATER ON IN THE FALL. WE HAD TO DO THAT TEAM UP WITH THE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO, IF WE COULD TEAM WITH THE SCHOOL AND NOT WITH THE SCHOOL, THEN DEFINITELY A POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, BUT I THINK CHRISTIE MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING. YOU COULD DO SOMETHING AT THE PARK. SO I'M THINKING IT'S THAT COTTONWOOD THAT'S DOWN THAT STREET. MM-HMM . SO IT DOES HAVE A PLAY AREA FOR SMALL KIDS. IT DOES HAVE A BASKETBALL COURT AND IT HAS A COVERED PAVILION AND THERE'S ELECTRICITY THAT'S THERE. SO YOU COULD DO, LIKE YOU SAY, HOT DOG CHIPS DRINK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GIVE THAT OUT. UM, INVITE FOLKS TO COME OUT. OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE THERE. YOU CAN TRY TO GET SOME ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH FOLKS. SO, BUT THE THING WILL BE UPFRONT, HOW DO YOU, TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE WORD OUT TO ENOUGH PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN COME AND THEN WE COULD BE AVAILABLE AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AARON CAN HELP US WITH SOME STAFF FOLKS OR WHATEVER THAT MAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD REALLY HAVE SOME ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS. AND THEN YOU BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK HERE AND IF FOLKS ARE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE THEIR NUMBER WITH YOU OR WHATEVER, THAT YOU CAN REACH BACK OUT TO 'EM, OR IF THEY'D BE WILLING TO COME HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, AT A MEETING. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT, MAYBE A SMALL STEP THAT WE COULD TAKE TO TRY TO ENGAGE. YEAH, I THINK EVEN A COUPLE OF, I THINK A CASUAL SETTING LIKE THAT IS MORE, IS A GREAT FIRST STEP AND MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE OF CASUAL EVENTS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE LEARNING, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL. THAT MEANS WE HAVE, WE NEED TO WORK ON BUILDING TRUST. THOSE EVENTS MAKE PEOPLE SUSCEPTIBLE. I MEAN, REALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, YOU, YOU WANT THEM TO TRUST YOU. RIGHT? NOW, IF WE HELD THOSE EVENTS, THEY REALLY HAVE NO REASON TO TRUST. YEAH. THE COMMISSION, THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW EVEN OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR MAYBE JUST THE FACES, MAYBE. SO I, I THINK MORE CASUAL SETTINGS WHERE WE START TO BUILD THAT TRUST, IT MAY TAKE A, A COUPLE OF THEM AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF PROGRESS TOWARD CREATING A STRONGER PULSE POINT, SO TO SPEAK. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I LIKE THAT. SO DO WE NEED TO ASSIGN SOMEONE TO START TRYING TO PUT SOME DETAILS TOGETHER THAT, I MEAN, CHRISTIE'S ON FIRE TODAY. I DON'T WANNA BURN HER OUT, BUT CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? UH, BUT I ALSO THINK BLAIR THINK SHE HAD SAID SHE SEEMED PRETTY KNOWLEDGEABLE YEAH. IN THAT AREA. UM, I THINK THOSE TWO COULD BE A RECKONING. WELL, BUT I THINK IF I NEED TO, I CAN JUMP ON THAT, THAT, THAT SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL WITH YOU GUYS. IT'S NO PROBLEM. IS THAT COOL WITH YOU GUYS? YEAH, SURE. ALL RIGHT. CHRISTIE, GET ME IN TROUBLE TONIGHT. . ALL RIGHT, COOL. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PULSE CHECK? 'CAUSE I DO THINK THAT WE'RE ON SOMETHING ABOUT BUILDING TRUST AND TRYING TO, UM, RAMP UP TO THE, TO THE, TO THE ULTIMATE PULSE POINT. I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT STRATEGY. GREAT ANALOGY. UM, NEXT ORDER BUSINESS IS MLK 2027. PASS IT DOWN. SO, UH, 1, 1, 2, 3. UM, WHAT I WAS THINKING FOR 2027, UM, YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE? OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YEP, YEP, YEP. AARON, WHAT I WAS THINKING FOR 2027, UM, UH, I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE BIT. WE, I THOUGHT WE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS LAST YEAR WITH OUR LUNCHEON. UM, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, SINCE WE'VE TRIED SOME DIFFERENT [00:45:01] THINGS AND SOLIDIFYING SOME DATES, UH, THAT WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, I WAS THINKING, WELL, WHY NOT SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH MLK FOR 2027. UM, I SEE. YOU SEE, I HAVE A COME UP WITH A PROPOSED THEME THAT DOES NOT MEAN THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO STICK WITH. UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS LIKE A WHOLE WEEKEND OF STUFF. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M PROPOSING. I'M PROPOSING THAT MAYBE WE LOOK AT JUST MAYBE ONE OR TWO THINGS TO DO, UH, LEADING INTO THAT MONDAY. AND THEN IF WE WANNA DO SOMETHING THAT MONDAY WE CAN, AND IF WE DON'T, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF MET THE CRITERIA. IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY, I THINK THAT IT CHECKS THE BOX AND, AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO. AND, UM, SO YOU SEE HERE, LIKE WHERE IT SAYS ON THAT NEXT PAGE SAYS SATURDAY, THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO WORK LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST IDEA ONE, AN ARTS FESTIVAL ON CIVIC DIALOGUE, A COMMUNITY IMPACT DAY, UM, A INTERFAITH UNITY SERVICE. UM, A LIVE READING AND A FILM. A FILM EXPERIENCE WAS NUMBER SIX. UH, OR NUMBER FIVE. UM, I HAVE A DREAM YOUTH SUMMIT AND OBVIOUSLY, OR WE COULD DO, UH, A LUNCHEON AGAIN. UM, BUT WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR MLK WEEKEND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IT ON THE MONDAY? YEAH. ACCOMPLISH IT ON THE MONDAY AND COMPETE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. SURE. UH, DOING SOMETHING. I THINK A SATURDAY EVENT WILL BE GOOD. I DON'T LIKE IT. YOU SAY A SATURDAY EVENING? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, OH YEAH. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SATURDAY EVENING. SATURDAY AFTERNOON WAS SATURDAY, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, DID YOU SAY YOU DID LIKE IT? HMM. OH, WHAT DID YOU SAY? DID I SAY, OH, I SAID I LIKE IT. I LIKE OUTSIDE THE BOX. JUST MAKING SURE I HEARD THAT. OKAY. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN TAKE THIS, READ IT, WE, WE HAVE TIME, WE CAN DISCUSS IT. THIS IS JUST SOME THOUGHTS. AND AGAIN, DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE DAYS MORE SO JUST THE IDEAS, THE IDEAS OF THINGS WE COULD DO SO WE CAN, WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ANY ONE, TWO, MAYBE THREE THINGS ON A ONE DAY EVENT. YEAH. OR IF WE DO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST DID SOMETHING ON SATURDAY AND MAYBE IF WE TRIED TO DO A UNITY SERVICE ON A, ON THAT SUNDAY AND THEN, AND THEN THAT'S, THAT'S IT. WE'RE DONE. RIGHT? THEN THAT MONDAY. DO WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH LIKE A COUPLE OF THESE TASKS IN ADDITION TO HAVING A, SOME KIND OF, UM, BREAKFAST OR DINNER? I THINK AT, AT THIS POINT, NOTHING'S OFF THE TABLE. AGAIN, THESE WERE JUST THESE, I JUST CAME UP WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. YEAH. SO WE CAN WORK ANY COMBINATION YEAH. OKAY. OF THESE. YEP. WE JUST GOTTA BE AT ALL, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND DECIDE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA GO AFTER. HEY, THIS, THIS IS GOOD STUFF. UM, BRING TO OUR ATTENTION EARLIER. YEP. THE TIME TO, UM, THINK ABOUT WHO'S OUR, UH, WHO'S OUR TEAM FOR THIS NOW. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE THIS ONCE, UH, OUR LAST PERSON WAS THE CHAMPION FOR THIS LEFT, I SAID I'D STEP UP AND BE THE CHAMPION FOR THE MLK UM, EVENT, BUT THEY WON ALL COMERS MAY RATHER WOW. ASSIST. OKAY. WOW. THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS. MM-HMM . I MEAN, 'CAUSE I, I GUESS I LOOKED AT IT MORE SO LIKE WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THESE THINGS MAYBE MORE HOLISTICALLY, BUT NEVER LIKE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE THE ARTS FESTIVAL, I KIND OF TOOK THAT IDEA FROM THE QR CODES. WE'VE KIND OF DONE THINGS BY PUTTING UP ART, BUT NEVER A LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, MAKE THAT A WHOLE EVENT TYPE THING. SO YEAH. JUST A THOUGHT, NOT RECREATING THE WHEEL. UM, ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THE MLK? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME SINCE THIS IS WHATEVER THIS IS, WHAT IS THIS? MAY MM-HMM . PLENTY OF TIME TO, TO FIGURE IT OUT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT. WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN JUNE? YEAH, SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE A LITTLE IN DEPTH AND WILL REQUIRE SOME LONG-TERM PLANNING. SO MAYBE, YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY I HANDED THAT OUT. SO NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST. PROBABLY ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE MULTICULTURAL FEST, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY START THE PROMOTIONS OF, OF, OF THAT. SO OF [00:50:01] MLK DAY. UH, CHRISTIE, ANY UPDATES ON PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS FOR NEW BUSINESS? GIMME ONE SECOND HERE. MAKING SOME NOTES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, I EMAILED, UM, OUR CITY CONNECTS, UM, ABOUT, UM, WHAT LIKE THE, UM, STAR SPAND EVENT WOULD LOOK LIKE MM-HMM . UM, I ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, BEING PRESENT AT THE FESTIVAL, UM, AS WELL AS THE PARADE. SO, UM, OUR RESPONSE WAS THAT, UM, THEY DO PLAN ON HAVING THREE CITY TENTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND DO NEED COMMISSION MEMBERS TO MAN THOSE TENTS. UM, SO SHE WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE TENTS. UM, SHE CAN, UH, THE CITY CAN ASSIST WITH WHATEVER INFORMATION, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO HAND OUT, UM, AND HELP, YOU KNOW, GENERATE THAT. UM, WE CAN GET A TON OF FREEBIES TO HAND OUT AS WELL. OKAY. UM, SO, UH, SHE SUGGESTED THAT IF ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION COULD, YOU KNOW, BE AT THE EVENT, UM, BETWEEN 1130, UH, IN THE MORNING AND 10:00 PM YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UM, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT. I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR IT IS, IT DOES LITERALLY FALL ON THE FOURTH, RIGHT? YEAH. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IS A HOLIDAY DAY, UM, AND WHATNOT, BUT I'M WILLING TO, TO BE THERE AND KIND OF HANG OUT. UM, IT WOULD BE NICE IF MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHERS OF YOU WOULD WILLING TO KIND OF PUT IN A COUPLE HOURS, UM, OR AN HOUR OR TWO MAYBE SO I COULD DIG A LITTLE BREAK. UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE VOLUNTEERS, UM, ON, YOU KNOW, THE CITY SIDE THAT CAN HELP OUT. SO I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ROPED INTO IT, BUT ALSO I GUESS WE HAVE TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANNA DO THIS OR NOT. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT THAT COMES DOWN TO. UM, BUT BECAUSE WE WERE THE FIRST COMMISSION TO REACH OUT, UM, I THOUGHT SHE SAID, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE I'M READING IT WRONG HOW SHE SAID SOMETHING ELSE HERE. UM, IF WE HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS FROM OUR COMMISSION, THEY CAN USE THE CITY VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, SOMEPLACE ELSE. UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANNA PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE, WE CAN REGISTER UP UNTIL 6 22. UM, SHE CAN ALWAYS FIT A WALKING GROUP IN AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT IF WE WANNA DO THE FLATBED AGAIN, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE THAT 6 22 DEADLINE. AND THEN IF WE DO A FLATBREAD FLAT, MM, I'M SORRY, I'M HUNGRY. , IF WE DO A FLATBED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. UM, AND MAYBE ADDING SOME DECORATIONS TO IT, MAKING IT LOOK A LITTLE SPIFFIER. I DON'T KNOW. UM, SHE SAID IT WOULD BE A GREAT USE OF ONE OF THE TENTS THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE AND SHE'LL PUT US IN A PRIME SPOT FOR BEING THE FIRST COMMISSION TO REACH OUT TO PARTICIPATE. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. AND THEN I TOLD HER, OKAY, THANKS FOR THE INFO. WE'LL BE MEETING TODAY AND I'LL GET BACK TO HER. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I GOT. UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S PUT IT TO A VOTE. YOU WANNA PUT THE MOTION MOMENT BEFORE WE SORRY. GOOD. BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN YOU, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS HERE WATCHING DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU SOMEONE SUMMARIZE WHAT, WHAT THIS IS THE TABLE FOR THE FOURTH? OH, FOR THE STAR SPAND? YES. FOR THE, YES. THIS IS FOR THE STAR-SPANGLED, UM, EVENT THAT THE CITY PUTS ON. THEY DO A PARADE IN THE MORNING. OKAY. AND THEN THE BIG FESTIVAL DOWN YES. AT THOMAS CLOUD. THANK YOU. I, OKAY. UM, I, LAST YEAR WE WALKED IN THE PARADE AND WE DID SAVE THE DATES FOR MULTICULTURAL FEST, BUT WE RAN OUT VERY EARLY ON AND WE HAD CANDY ALSO, BUT IT WAS QUITE FUN. UM, THIS YEAR I SUGGESTED, OR I, I'M PROPOSING THAT WE CONSIDER DOING THE ACTUAL FESTIVAL BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE DAYTON AREA GO TO THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. UM, SO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF REACHING A LOT MORE PEOPLE, UM, WITH OUR EVENTS FOR, UH, THE BASKETBALL AND FOR, YOU KNOW, THE MULTICULTURAL FEST. AND THEN JF YOU KNOW, NOT JV, SORRY, MLK. [00:55:01] OH BOY. IT'S BEEN A DAY. . UM, BUT IT IS ON A HOLIDAY THIS YEAR. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T CELEBRATE THE FOURTH, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ONLY WANNA DO THE PARADE AND THAT'S IT. SO I GUESS WE NEED TO DECIDE, ARE WE GONNA DO ONE OR THE OTHER OR BOTH AND START THERE. WELL, HOW WOULD, WHO ARE, HOW WOULD WE PUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR? THAT'S WHAT WE'LL, WE'LL VOTE ON. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE AS A COMMISSION PARTICIPATE IN THE STAR SPANGLED FESTIVAL THIS YEAR AND UTILIZE ONE OF THE TABLES AND BOOTHS THAT THE CITY HAS. OR ARE YOU MOTIONING JUST FOR THAT EVENT OR BOTH EVENTS? SHE JUST SAID FOR, SHE JUST MOTIONED, JUST FOR THE STAR SPAN EVENT. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS I COULDN'T SEE, I DON'T KNOW. COULD I INCLUDE THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN ONE OR THE OTHER? UH, I WOULD SAY JUST PUT, PUT 'EM ON THE FLOOR ONE AT A TIME AND THEN WE'LL VOTE. OKAY. SO THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE STAR SPRING. FOR THE HEIGHT FOR THE, YEAH. LET'S, WELL, OKAY, SO LET'S DO THE FIRST ONE FOR THE PARADE, I GUESS. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE AND DO HANDOUTS FOR SAVE THE DATES AND CANDY AND POSSIBLY DECORATE A FLOAT IF WE CAN. GOOD. . SECOND. OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE FOR STAR SPAN HEIGHTS, UH, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE IMPOSED SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY, NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? THERE ARE NONE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE AYES HAVE IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO TO A ROLL CALL VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, PARADE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN I'LL MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THAT WE, UM, EXTEND OUR CAPABILITIES ON THAT DAY AND PARTICIPATE IN THE STAR SPANGLED, UH, FIREWORKS FESTIVAL, UM, THAT DAY DOWN AT THOMAS CLOUD PARK TO UTILIZE THE TABLE SPACE THE CITY CAN GIVE US TO HAND OUT, SAVE THE DATES AND PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SECOND. OKAY, MO HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN THE TAR CLUB 10 PARTICIPATION. UM, LET ME SEE. UH, PROBABLY MOVE A SECOND. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. MOTION IS CARRIED. WE WILL NOW, WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THE PARADE AND THE WELL, AND OBVIOUSLY TO THE BEST OF YOUR DISCRETION OF WHAT THE MEMBERS CAN, CAN PROVIDE AT THAT DATE. UM, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO PUT OUT FOR THAT? OR YOU'LL JUST GIVE US MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THOSE DATES? UM, WELL, UM, I THINK THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO DECIDE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PARADE, DO WE JUST WANNA WALK AS A GROUP THIS TIME OR DO WE WANT TO, UM, TRY TO SECURE A TRUCK AND FLATBREAD FLAT , PEPPERONI, FLATBREAD, AND GO THAT RAIL. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? I THOUGHT WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS PRETTY COOL. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET THE TRUCK AGAIN, BUT YEAH, WE CAN GET THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER AGAIN. TRUCK AND TRAILER. I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, SET UP A BUDGET FOR THE MC CANDY AND THEN THE DECORATION STUFF TO GET, NO DOUBT. OKAY. HOW MANY, UM, FLYERS DID WE ASK FOR LAST YEAR? DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER 500? SO WE PROBABLY NEED A THOUSAND THOUSAND. WE GET, WE GET WHAT? YEAH, BECAUSE WE, AND THAT'S JUST FOR THE PARADE? YEAH, BECAUSE WE WALKED AARON, IS THERE A CUTOFF AMOUNT OF WHAT WE CAN HAVE PRINTED? NO. IN TERMS OF THE SAVE THE DATE FLYERS? NO. NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE JUST USED LIKE THE POST WE, THEY WEREN'T YEAH, THEY WERE JUST THE JUST POSTCARD. OKAY. SHE SAID WITH THE COMMISSION WORDS. THEN WE HAD TO SAVE THE DATE FOR MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, THAT FESTIVAL AND STUFF THAT. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL PUT, UM, SO WE'LL NEED FOR THE, THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, RIGHT? YOU WANT THAT ON THERE? THE MULTICULTURAL, AND THEN WE'LL PUT A PLUG FOR MLK JUST TO BE LIKE FORTHCOMING. YEP. 2027. OKAY. UM, THE, ARE WE GETTING THESE, SO THESE WOULD BE FOR THE ACTUAL PARADE [01:00:01] ITSELF, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THEN WE STILL NEED SOME FOR, AND THEN WE'LL NEED MORE FOR THE, SO YOU'LL NEED MORE THAN PROBABLY NOT. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY I GUESS I WAS ASKING. YEAH, WE CAN WORK ON THAT. WORK IT OUT. OKAY. THE TENT PIECES THAT IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR. OKAY. DO THE TENT LAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T DO THE TENT LAST YEAR. YEAH, I HEAR YOU GOT SOMEBODY YOU GET TO WALK WITH THE THING. OKAY, SO THE TENT PIECE IS THE ADDITIONAL PIECE, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE TENT? WHAT HAS TO BE DONE THERE? SO WE HAVE, SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO MAN THE TENT. THE TENT WILL BE DOWN AT TOM CLOUD. YEAH. AND THAT'S FOR THE EVENT ITSELF. SO I THINK THAT'S 11 TO WHAT? 10? 11 TO 10. SO RIGHT AFTER, WHENEVER THE FIREWORKS ARE DONE, THAT'S WHEN THAT'S DONE. SO SOMEBODY WILL MAN THAT TENT DOWN THERE. GOTCHA. OKAY. THE PARADE. YOU'LL JUST WALK THE PARADE. I THINK IT STARTS AT, UH, AND CHAMBERSBURG AND YEAH, I THINK IT COMES DOWN, IT NORMALLY RUNS DOWN TO WHAT NEBRASKA? MM-HMM . YEAH. SO FROM HERE DOWN TO NEBRASKA LAST YEAR WE JUST, WE JUST THREW CANDY OUT. WE PASSED OUT CANDY AND FLYERS FOR THE US. WE RAN OUT OF BOTH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE RAN OUTTA FLYER KNOW WE RAN OUTTA CANDY PRETTY WELL. WELL, THEY RUN OUT OF FLASH. WE RAN OUT OF BOTH. RAN BOTH. YEAH. SO, UM, WE PROBABLY NEED, OKAY, SO WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT CANDY. YEP. FLYER. SAVE THE DATE. UM, AND THEN DO WE WANNA DO, UM, CAN WE DO A LITTLE DECORATING ON THE, THE TRAILER? MAYBE THIS TIME WE CAN BORROW MIA'S CHRISTMAS SIGNS AND THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES MAYBE. UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN, I'LL PICK EVERYBODY'S BRAIN ABOUT MAYBE SOME, UH, MAYBE EVEN JUST STREAMERS. UM, I KNOW A COUPLE WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON DIFFERENT CULTURAL STUFF. THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. YEAH. UM, MAYBE I CAN PUT A PLUG OUT ON FACEBOOK TO SEE IF ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ANYTHING THAT THEY'D BE WILLING TO MAYBE LEND. I DON'T KNOW. IS THAT A BAD IDEA? NOPE. I THINK THE MORE DIVERSE, THE MORE PEOPLE WE SPEAK TO, THE BETTER WE ARE. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO, UH, AND IT'S ONLY LIMITED SPACE. I MEAN, IT'S ONLY THE, THE TRUCK AND THE TRAILER. WE DON'T HAVE LIKE, A LOT OF STUFF WE NEED TO, TO PULL FROM. UM, AND THEN FOR THE PARK EVENT, THE CITY WILL HAVE THE FREEBIES COVERED THAT WE CAN HAND OUT. MAYBE. WE'LL, DO YOU WANT MAYBE MORE CANDY? UM, I JUST TO SAVE THE DATE FLYERS IF POSSIBLE. OR HAVE HOW, I MEAN, WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND THAT'S, I MEAN, THERE'S ALREADY PLENTY OF FOOD TRUCKS THAT'LL BE THERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE WILL BE INTERESTED IN TAKING CANDY, BUT YEAH, I GUESS JUST TO SAVE THE DAY. AND WE WANT OUR MISSION STATEMENT ON THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT WAS WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, ON THE FRONT OR HOWEVER YOU, ON ONE SIDE OF THE CARD, IT WAS THE COMMISSION WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT, AND THEN ON THE BACKSIDE IT WAS JUST THE, YEAH. SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CULTURAL FEST. SO WE'LL ADD A FEW MORE DATES ON IT, BUT ON THIS ONE, BUT IDEALLY IT'S THE SAME THING. OKAY. UM, SO DO WE WANNA TOSS OUT LIKE, OFFHAND HOW MANY OF US MIGHT BE DOING THE PARADE? I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN. WE CAN, BUT I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S NOT HERE, SO WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. I CAN, I CAN WALK IN THE PARADE AND I CAN DO A COUPLE HOURS AT THE, I CAN DO THE SAME THING. OKAY. YEP. I CAN DO THE SAME THING. ME TOO. YEAH, I, OKAY, COOL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S, UM, JUST LEAVE IT AT I'LL, UH, I'LL SEND HIM, SHOULD I SEND CORRESPONDENCE AT SOME POINT? YEAH, JUST LEAVE IT TO GET THAT WRAPPED UP . OKAY. ALRIGHT. YEAH. COOL. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING. YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT IDEA. I, I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. YEAH. I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD DAY. IT'LL BE A LONG DAY. MM-HMM . BUT I THINK IT'LL BE WORTH IT. A HUNDRED PERCENT. YEAH. IT DON'T RAIN. YEAH. ME NEITHER. . WELL, WE'RE UNDER TENT, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, WE'RE THE FIRST RIGHT. ALL DURING THE PARADE. YEAH, DURING. SO I WILL EMAIL, UM, SARAH TOMORROW AND WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET IT GOING. OKAY. COOL. HERE. COMMUNITY BASKETBALL GAME. SO THAT IS SET FOR, I'M JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT MY CALENDAR HERE. I THINK IT'S THE 20 AUGUST 23RD, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YOU SAY AUGUST 23RD? YEAH. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. YES. AUGUST 23RD. IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK THE TIME IS TWO TO SIX. OKAY. [01:05:01] WHAT PARK, UM, WHAT IS THAT CALLED? ACROSS THE STREET FROM WAYNE. COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY PARK. COMMUNITY PARK. COMMUNITY PARK. AND I NEED TO, I COULDN'T, UH, TALK WITH MOLLY TODAY, UH, BUT SHE WAS REACHING OUT TO THE YMCA. OKAY. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US ON THIS. SO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO SEE, UM, THEY COULD HELP US OUT WITH IS THE REFEREES. UM, AND POSSIBLY HANDLE THE REGISTRATION. SO KIND OF LIKE THE OPERATIONAL YEP. PART OF IT. UM, IF THEY COULD HELP US OUT WITH THAT PIECE, AND THEN IT WOULD BE ON US AS A COMMISSION TO UH, OBVIOUSLY REACH OUT AND HELP GET TEAMS THAT ARE IN. YEP. UM, AND THEN IS THIS THREE ON THREE? FIVE ON FIVE? IT'S GONNA BE THREE ON THREE. SO THEY'LL BE PLANT HALF COURT. AND THEN, UM, SHE WAS ALSO GONNA REACH OUT TO THE Y SO THAT, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT THIS TO DO IS WE WANT IT TO BE FUN AND OPEN TO EVERYBODY. MM-HMM . IS WHAT WE WANT. SO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT, UM, HAD A DISABILITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WANTED THEM TO STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE. SO SHE WAS GONNA ASK THE WHY IF THEY HAD SOME OF THOSE PORTABLE RIMS THAT CAN BE LOWERED. UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PLAY LIKE A THREE ON THREE, BUT, UM, WE WERE GONNA TOSS THE IDEAL AROUND TO THEM TO SEE HOW WE COULD STRUCTURE IT TO EITHER HAVE LIKE A KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT OR A HORSE TOURNAMENT. YEP. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS THAT DON'T PLAY BASKETBALL, 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE FUN, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE OUT AND UM, AND, UH, HAVING SOME COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS IS WHAT THAT WAS. AND UM, SO, AND THEN WE WANNA TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME DIFFERENT CITIES, IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THEIR CITY STAFF COMPETE AGAINST OUR CITY STAFF AND THAT KIND OF DEAL. COOL. SO I WILL HAVE MORE. I COULDN'T, I HAD TO, I HAD A MEETING TODAY AND I COULDN'T MEET WITH HER, SO, UM, I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT FOR US. UM, WHAT'S NEXT? UH, COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS EVENTS. UM, WHY DID I HAVE THAT ON THE ROSTER? OH YEAH. THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. UM, UM, ANY, ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL FORMS THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, ATTACKING OR ALLY GOING AFTER FOR 2026? NO, NONE THAT I HAVE. OTHER THAN THE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SAID THAT WAS GONNA BE IN, WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THAT IN THE FALL, LIKE AUGUST. WE DO NOT HAVE DATE, DATE FOR THAT. OKAY. TWO BD ANY IDEAS FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL? IS THAT TIED TO THE PULSE CHECK? UH, IT CAN BE IF, IF YOU NEED TO. I WAS, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UM, MAYBE WITH OUR OLDER ADULT COMMUNITY, UM, SOMETHING IN THE WAY OF EDUCATION COULD BE LIKE, UM, UH, MAYBE HAVING SOMEONE COME IN AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO AVOID, UM, SCAMS AND FRAUD. OKAY. THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS SUCH TALKS, UM, WITH THE LIBRARY , THAT'S HOW I GOT THE IDEA. OKAY. UM, BUT MAYBE THEY COULD COME TO LIKE THE SENIOR CENTER AND DO A PROGRAM. YEAH, WELL I THINK WE JUST YOU SAID THAT WAS THROUGH THE MONTGOMERY SHERIFF? THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. OKAY. SEE, WE CAN GET LIKE THE, I THE FRAMEWORK OF HOW THEY DO THAT. THAT WAY WE DON'T END UP TRYING TO RECREATE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ALREADY OUT THERE. OR MAYBE THEY'RE WILLING TO COME DO IT HERE AS WELL. OKAY. UM, FESTIVALS, UH, I KNOW I HAD THE DATE WRONG. THANKS CHRISTIE. FOR MARI MARIGOLD IS THIS WEEKEND CORRECT? MAY 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH. UH, WE ALSO HAD DATE PRIDE JUNE 6TH. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD COMMUNITY PICNIC. WAS THERE A COMMUNITY PICNIC GOING ON SOMEWHERE? THAT [01:10:01] I'M NOT AWARE OF. UH, THAT'S THE, I THINK IT'S THE HUBER HEIGHTS HERITAGE PICNIC? OR IS THAT THE, IS THAT THE ONE LIKE THE LONGEST TABLE? YEAH. WITH THE COMMUNITY CARES GROUP. UM, THAT'S ON UH, JULY 18TH. IT'LL BE AT CLOUD PARK. UM, I, AND TO CHRISTIE'S POINT LAST TIME, THE REASON I ONLY PUT THAT BECAUSE THAT, THOSE ARE JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. IF WE HAVE FLYERS AND WE CANNOT SAVE THE DATES OR WHATEVER WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE ANY MARKETING MATERIALS, UH, THOSE ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THOSE FESTIVALS THAT IT'S NOT MANDATORY. I JUST WANNA BRING THAT OUT THERE. DO WE GOT A TABLE HERE OR ARE WE JUST WALKING AROUND? UM, WE HAVEN'T, WE NEVER DECIDED WHICH ONES WE WERE JUMPING ON HOLISTICALLY. OBVIOUSLY MARIGOLD IS PROBABLY A BIT TOO LATE 'CAUSE THAT'S THIS WEEKEND. SO IF WE DID THE DAYTON PRIDE OR THE COMMUNITY PICNIC ON JULY 18TH, UM, PROBABLY JULY IS B BASED ON SAVE THE DATE FLYERS. THAT'S PROBABLY THE TIME WE'D HAVE SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD, IF WE WOULD HAVE THEM, BUT BY THE TIME FOR DAYTON PRIDE EITHER. SO IT LOOKS LIKE COMMUNITY PICNIC WOULD, WOULD PROBABLY BE THE, THE, IF WE WANT TO JUMP INTO A FESTIVAL, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST ONE THAT WE COULD DO BASED ON INFORMATION AND TIME WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT SAYING WE, WE COULDN'T HAVE IT FOR ANY OF THESE OTHER, IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO. I MEAN, I GUESS YOU COULD WALK AROUND THE MIRROR AND SAY WHO YOU ARE. SHAKE HANDS. WE'RE A NAME TAG. I DON'T BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE NOTHING. WE HAVE NOTHING. I MEAN YOU COULD PROMOTE JUNETEENTH. UM, BUT I MEAN, WE DON'T, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE FOR THAT IS OUR SOCIAL, OUR OUR ELECTRONIC FLYERS. I DON'T THINK, ERIC, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY TANGIBLE MARKETING MATERIALS IN THAT RIGHT NOW. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY PICNIC WILL ACTUALLY BE HERE. IT'LL HERE BE BACK IN THE BACK AREA. OH, AM I LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING THEN? UH, YEAH, SAME THE RIGHT DATE. JULY 18TH, BUT OH, OKAY. IT'S IN THE GRASS PLAZA AREA THAT WE UH OH, OKAY. WE CONSTRUCTED, THAT'S ALSO WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, BEARING THE TIME CAPSULE. OH, IT'S NOT AT CLOUD. THAT'S, YEAH. AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE JUST MORE SO ALSO SOMETHING JUST FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN. YEAH. COLLECTIVELY. UM, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE'RE DOING MORE THIS YEAR AS FAR AS JUST BEING VISIBLE OR AT LEAST IT, IT APPEARS THAT WAY. YEAH. UM, SO TO YOUR POINT, LIKE IT HOPEFULLY BEING VISIBLE IS A, THE FIRST STEP IN BUILDING THAT TRUST, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND UM, WHAT WE REPRESENT. 'CAUSE WE REALLY REPRESENT THEM. WELL THAT ALSO COULD REVISIT THE CONVERSATION OF, UM, OUR COMMISSION SHIRTS THAT JEFFREY STARTED THE JOURNEY OF, BUT OH YEAH. NEVER CAME TO FRUITION. UM, IF WE WERE WEARING, I THINK SOMETHING THAT DESIGNATED US APART FROM , OTHER PEOPLE, WE MIGHT STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE. PEOPLE SEEING US CONNECTED TO THE CITY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. UM, IS IT, BUT I MEAN, YEAH, WE PRINT TRIPS ALL THE TIME. WHAT ABOUT SAY IS THAT I DON'T, I DON'T HE GOT AS FAR AS PUTTING LIKE OUT THERE LIKE BLUE AND GRAY. YOU GUYS DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS? MM-HMM. I DO, BUT I JUST KNOW IT NEVER, IT NEVER, IT NEVER MANIFESTED OUTSIDE OF A CONVERSATION. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE, THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, YEAH, WE CAN I I'LL I'LL SHOOT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT. YEAH. JUST LEMME KNOW, SEE WHAT YOU DO, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. IS IT JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE LOGO, THE SEAL WITH CULTURE DIVERSITY? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL IT WAS. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, I COULD PROBABLY FIND THE OLD EMAILS 'CAUSE I KEEP EVERYTHING. I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANYTHING MOCKED UP. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT. WE DIDN'T HAVE NO MOCK UP OR DID, I DON'T KNOW. YOU YOU HAVE THE I DON'T, I DON'T, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THAT. I'M NOT SAYING WE DIDN'T. YEAH. I FEEL LIKE IF YOU FIND SOMETHING, SEND IT TO ME. YES, I WILL. OKAY. I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. WHERE'S DAY BROWN FIND THERE'S WHAT? DAYTON PRIDE. WHERE'D THAT TAKE PLACE? BUT OKAY. YEAH. I'LL FIND, DIG IT UP. DO WE WANT GO THERE WITH BERT HIGH SHIRTS ON? UH, I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN. I MEAN, I, I THINK COULD PROBABLY NOT THERE YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF AT EVENTS HERE. YEAH. OKAY. WELL YEAH, I SAW THE DAYTON PRIDE AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED. FAIR ENOUGH. UM, AND CAN WE PUT FESTIVALS UNDERNEATH? UM, PARADES? NO. UNDERNEATH COMMUNITY POST EVENTS. YEAH. YEAH. AND IT BE, IT'S UP. YEAH. I MEAN WE'VE JUST ALWAYS BROUGHT 'EM UP SEPARATELY. THAT'S WHY. BUT YEAH, YOU ARE CORRECT BECAUSE I MEAN, TECHNICALLY YOU COULD [01:15:01] PUT COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND THE FESTIVALS UNDER COMMUNITY POST BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UM, MICHELLE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. LEMME MAKE AN ERROR ON THIS. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? OH, UH, ONE OTHER THING FOR YOU. WE, WE DIDN'T SAY, ARE WE GOING TO DO IT LATER? THE CHRISTMAS EVENT THING? IS THAT GONNA BE MOTION AT SOME OTHER POINT IN TIME DOWN THE ROAD? OH, YOU DIDN'T DO IT TONIGHT. SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS, UH, WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND KNOCK IT OUT OF THE WAY NOW IF YOU GUYS WANT. UM, YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE PARADE THOUGH. WE NORMALLY, NO, WE SAT WE WERE THERE YESTERDAY SET UP. YEAH, THEY HAVE A PARADE, BUT WE DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN IT. UM, WE DID THE TABLE. YEAH. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO, DO WE KNOW IF THAT EVENT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR? WE DO. OKAY. WE ARE, IT'S IT'S A CALENDAR. IT'S ALREADY ON THE DATE OR SOMETHING. UH, OR NOT YET. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S OFFICIAL YET, BUT WE'RE STILL, WE'RE TARGETING, I BELIEVE THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK. UH, FIRST OR SECOND FRIDAY OF DECEMBER. I'LL GET WITH SARAH. DOES THE FIFTH SOUND FAMILIAR? YEAH, I SAW THAT ON THE CALENDAR. YEAH. SO IT'S EARLIER IN DECEMBER. IF THE CITY'S GONNA DO IT THEN I MEAN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE TO COMMIT TO DO IT AND WE'LL JUST GET WHATEVER THE DETAILS IS WHEN IT COMES OUT. ALL RIGHT. WELL I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THE HUBER HEIGHTS CHRISTMAS, UH, PARADE AND OR FESTIVAL HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, UM, IN DECEMBER 2ND. MOTION HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED. AND SECOND, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHRISTMAS OR THE HOLIDAY AT CHRISTMAS. THE HOLIDAY EVENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, TAKE PLACE AT THE GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT. WE'RE ALL STUMBLING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. LAST, I MEAN, WE PUT IT TOGETHER KIND OF LAST MINUTE, BUT IT WAS SO FUN. YEAH, WE WILL, AS WE GET CLOSER TO IT, WE WILL SCAFFOLD THAT OUT. 'CAUSE WE WERE IN IT LAST YEAR SO WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA. OH, OKAY. OKAY. WHAT TO EXPECT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE SAVE THE DATES FOR 2027 THAT WE CAN YEAH. PUT OUT THERE SO THAT'LL BE CLOSER THAT WE CAN PROBABLY ISOLATE. 'CAUSE EVERYTHING WILL HAVE BEEN CLOSED OUT BY NOW. WE CAN DEFINITELY JUST TO YOUR POINT, PUT OUT THE MLK OR WHATEVER ELSE WE'RE YEAH, OUR EDUCATION. ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL PIECES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE JUMPING ON TO IN 2027? 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE OUR JUNETEENTH DATE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE YOUR MULTICULTURAL DATE. SO EVERYTHING FROM 2027. YEAH. YOU KNOW, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S, WHAT THOSE DATES ARE. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE JUNE 4TH, 2026, RIGHT HERE AT 6:00 PM IT IS NOW 7 25. AND WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION AND NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND . ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. . AYE. AT 7 25 OUR MEETING FOR MAY. FOR THE HUBER HEIGHTS CULTURAL DIVERSITY CITIZEN ACTION COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.