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READY? GO.[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizen Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on January 18, 2024.]
THE ORDER FOR THE MEETING OF PARK REC DEPARTMENT AND SENIORS BY THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2001.I ALLEGIANCE TO ROLL, ROLL CALL.
HE DID SHARE THAT HE HAD A, UM, UH, UM, CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND HAD PASSED, UH, IN OCTOBER, SO I DON'T KNOW, OCTOBER.
SO EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE ACCOUNTABLE, CORRECT.
UM, IGNACIO IS STILL ON THE ROSTER.
AND IT WILL GO TO COUNCIL TO HAVE REMOVED SINCE HE'S BEEN, UM, ABSENT FOR OVER 20, OVER THREE MEETINGS, BUT PLUS, PLUS AND PLUS.
CITY STAFF, YOU'RE HERE AND I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN'T
AND WE HAVE A NEW, ARE YOU GONNA BE A PERMANENT MEMBER HERE OR ARE YOU JUST VISITING FOR TODAY? UH, HOPEFULLY A PERMANENT MEMBER.
MY NAME IS PEDRO GARCIA AND I'M THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
WELL, THE PUBLIC WILL COME ON
HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT SEES ION NOT WOULD DISCUSS THE ACTION REACTION ANYWAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, WE CAN TABLE THOSE IN IF LONG.
THE NEXT ONE, IF THEY DECIDED TO, UH, APPROVE THEM AND, UH, I'LL EMAIL THOSE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HAVE A COFFEE.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE OCTOBER MINUTES.
WELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND CONTINUE ON AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR POSITION AND WHAT YOU DO? GREAT.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS PEDRO GARCIA.
UH, I FIRST STARTED WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY IN APRIL OF 2022.
UH, I CAME BY WAY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF MY FOCUSES IN MY CAREER.
UH, HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES OVER THE, THE COURSE OF MY TIME HERE.
AND ONE OF THOSE CHANGES WAS, UM, THE, UH, RESIGNATION OF JOYCE RYAN AND I HAVE A LOT OF PAST EXPERIENCE AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER, BEN MARTINEZ, HAD ASKED ME TO STEP IN TO FILL THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ROLE TEMPORARILY FOR GEORGE RYAN UNTIL HE DECIDES OTHERWISE.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS NOW AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
UH, WE STILL HAVE DANNY GUO, DANIELLE GUO FROM THE LIBRARY, RUNNING THE LIBRARY IN ESSENCE.
UM, AND I'M OVERSEEING COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH IS PARKS AND RECREATION, ESSENTIALLY WITHOUT THE PARKS PARK,
UM, IT'S NOT A SENIOR CENTER, IT'S NOT A FOOD SERVICE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A NUTRITION CENTER, WHICH IS A TECHNICAL TERM, BUT, UM, BUT SO WE'RE HELPING DOING THAT.
BUT I ALSO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY BUSINESS ADVOCACY FOR THE CITY.
UM, I'M KIND OF THE BUSINESS LIAISON FOR THE CITY, THE ECONOMICS FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS, WORKING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE, TRYING TO ATTRACT, TRYING TO RETAIN AND TRYING TO EXPAND WHOEVER'S HERE.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO RUN THE CITY'S CANNABIS PROGRAM.
NOT A PROGRAM FOR YOU TO GET CANNABIS, BUT A PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES AND SO ENTAIL, AND I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY ENTAIL? YEAH, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, SO THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO TOOK, UM, A, AN ACT BASICALLY COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE AND LEGALIZE, UH, THE SALE OF CANNABIS IN OUR CITY.
AND SO SINCE THEN I JOINED AND, UM, THEY DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
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WE REVIEWED, WE SCORED, AND WE ENTERED INTO AGREEMENTS WITH SIX BUSINESSES TO ALLOW THEM TO DO CANNABIS OPERATIONS IN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.SO THERE HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR LOCATIONS.
SO THE RESTRICTIONS ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA AND TOURISM COMMERCIAL.
SO PRIMARILY ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, SIX AND THE WEST SIDE, MAINLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN.
SO LIKE WEST OF THE FIVE IS PRIMARILY THE LOCATION.
OH, SIX LOCATIONS KIND OF, SORT OF, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCENTRATION ISSUE, BUT I WAS HERE BEFORE THAT WAS DECIDED.
UM, BUT I'VE BEEN DOING CANNABIS LEGALLY IN THE SENSE OF, UH, REGULATIONS FOR CITIES SINCE 2017.
I WAS PART OF THE FIRST CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO DEVELOP REGULATIONS ON THAT TOPIC.
SO ARE THEY ONLY THAT LONG? I'VE HEARD IN THE PAPER WHERE IT WAS, I READ FOR THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING LIKE A, A QUOTE COCKTAIL LOUNGE.
YOU KNOW, BUT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT STILL OR IS IT JUST A SALE OUT OF OUT THE DOOR? UH, YES.
WE STILL WILL HAVE THE CONSUMPTION LOUNGE IS THE TECHNICAL TERM.
IT'S, IT'S A NEW INDUSTRY AND IT'S NEW TO ALL OF US, BUT IT'S TECHNICALLY A CONSUMPTION LOUNGE.
NO ALCOHOL WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE PREMISES.
UH, NO FOOD WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE SOLD BY THE, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL BUSINESS.
IT CAN ONLY BE CANNABIS SALES AND CANNABIS CONSUMPTION.
AND SO, UM, THEY'LL BE AT THE, THEY'LL BE, UM, LOCATED AT 700 BAY MARINA BOULEVARD, WHICH IS OVER BEHIND, UM, KIMBALL EATERY OVER BY THE BEST WESTERN MM-HMM.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE TWO STORIES.
IT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY LARGE BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S ONE OF SIX CANNABIS BUSINESSES.
ONLY ONE CONSUMPTION LARGE THOUGH.
AND IT'LL BE THE FIRST ONE SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES AND ONLY ONE OF LESS THAN A HANDFUL IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
MY OPINION, IT'S THE LOCATION FOR, IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT LOCATION.
YEAH, IT'S, IF YOU HAD TO HAVE A LOCATION FOR THAT, THAT IS THE BEST LOCATION.
THERE'S NO SCHOOLS, THE PARKS NOT ALL THE WAY TO PEPPER PARK.
THEY'RE WAY OVER PARKED, I THINK AT ABOUT 150 PARKING STALLS.
AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A HOTEL NEXT DOOR AND THEN THE TROLLEYS RIGHT ACROSS THE FREEWAY.
SO WHAT TYPE OF TAX REVENUE LOOKING? WELL, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
UM,
WELL, AND THE TAX REVENUE'S STILL GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO COME IN, BUT THEY SHOULD BE OPENING DOORS PROBABLY MIDYEAR THIS YEAR.
I'M, I'M SKEPTICAL ALWAYS THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
SO IS THIS JUST THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE OPENING THAT TIMEFRAME OR ALL OF 'EM? UH, THERE COULD BE PROBABLY THREE OPENING UP THIS YEAR, I WOULD SAY OUT OF THE SIX.
AND IF I MAY, A BUSINESS HORIZON FOR THE, UH, IS THAT IN AND OUT GOING UP ON A PROBLEM? YEAH.
YEAH, THEY'RE STILL DOING THE FRAMING, BUT THEY'RE UH, THEY'RE RAIDING THE GROUND RUNNING AND THAT'S, YOU HAVE IDEA HOW TRAFFIC IS A LOOK, YOU EXCEPT THE LOCKS.
SO IT'S A RIDE IN AND RIDE OUT ONLY ESSENTIALLY.
SO YOU RIDE IN, YOU GO INTO THE DRIVE THROUGH AND YOU RIDE OUT.
THE MEDIAN, YOU MEAN IN THE ROAD? UM, THAT IS STILL AN OPTION AND DISCLOSURE, UH, AT OUR DISCRETION WE CAN MANDATE THAT DEPENDING ON THE IMPACT.
IT'S BEEN BAD FOR YEARS AND YEARS AT THAT LOCATION FOR TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T BE THERE AND ALL THAT.
BUT IT'S ALL BEEN STRATEGIC BY IN AND OUT.
THEY OF COURSE OPENED THE ONE OFF OF
THEY OPENED UP THE ONE OFF OF MAIN STREET AND THEY ALSO ADDED THIS ONE NOW.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, A FOUR PRONGED APPROACH AT THE SOUTH BAY BECAUSE THE ONE ON 24TH WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE ENTIRE CORPORATION.
THAT'S WHY I HEARD WHY CORPORATION SOUTH BAY
WELL THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF COMPANIES WANTING TO COME SAFEHOUSE.
THEY TWO MONTHS NOW I DAY HOUSE.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FRANCHISES THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT WANT TO COME INTO THE SOFTWARE AS WELL.
ANY OTHER, UH, BUSINESS QUESTIONS?
SO WITH THAT LOCATION, IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THEY'RE GOING TO, TO BUILD THE BUILDING OR IS IT SOMEWHERE THAT THE SOMEONE'S GONNA COME IN AND LEASE THE FOR WHAT? FOR THE CAMP? FOR THE LOUNGE.
NO, IT IS GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED.
THEY HAVE TO APPLY WHAT THEIR OWNERSHIP.
SO THEY HAVE TO DIVULGE WHO EXACTLY OWNS THE, THE BUSINESS, WHO THE PARTNERS ARE.
UM, AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.
BUT YEAH, WE DO HAVE THE OWNERSHIP ALL SQUARED AWAY.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LEASED BUSINESS.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN,
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AND QUAN IS ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY OWNER OF THE BUSINESS.THEY'VE BEEN PUSHING TO GET CASINO THERE QUA.
SO BEST WESTERN ACTUALLY LEASES, BEST WESTERN LEASES.
THE LAND FROM QUA, THEY GOT THIS BIG.
YOU SEE THIS BIG QUA EM ONE THING AND WE SIT DOWN.
THEY DID TRY GETTING A CASINO THERE A LONG TIME AGO.
AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY TRY AGAIN.
IT'S ONE OF THE LAST LEVERS IN CALIFORNIA THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WOULD IT HAVE TIME, WOULD IT BE OF VALUE TO THE COMMITTEE IF WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE, THE HAPPENINGS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAPPENINGS THAT COULD AFFECT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES FOR THE NEXT, MAYBE THE NEXT ONE.
YEAH, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU HAVE TOO.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A QUESTION, JOSEPH.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THIS GAME, RIGHT? YEAH.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, TEACHERS SAID, JOSEPH, WILL YOU SHUT UP
UH, AND IN LAST YEAR, I THINK WITH THE DAY THAT THE MAYOR REALIZED THAT WE HAD WON THE ELECTION, WE HAD A, WE HAD A, A SERVICE FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN PARKLAND RECREATION THAT BEEN COMING TO THE MEETING.
AND WE HAD A LITTLE GET TOGETHER OVER THERE.
I REMEMBER HER, THE MAYOR SAID THAT HIS INITIAL APPROACH WOULD BE VERY LIFESTYLES FOR EVERYBODY, EVEN TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
SO THAT DETAIL, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WHY I'M READY TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
WHAT'S YOUR EXPERTISE? YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR.
WHAT'S YOUR MAJOR IN COLLEGE? I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOUR EXPERTISE? BECAUSE MY PARTICIPATION HERE IS OF ELAINE, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL IDEA.
SO I'M BASICALLY HERE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO INSERT MY IDEALS INTO THE AGENDA OF THE NATIONAL CITY.
THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT YOU TO THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR WON THE ELECTION.
HE SAID, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY.
AND AT THIS MEETING, KNOWING YOU, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPERTISE IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING JOANNE ON CERTAIN WEBSITES.
RIGHT? I MEAN, IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RESEARCH IT.
YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T COME OFF ALL
UH, I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THEN I WENT TO MY MASTER'S FOR ACCOUNTING.
AND I HAVE OVER 20 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE.
AND I STARTED OFF WORKING IN PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA WHEN I WAS 16, 2002.
SO MOVING FORWARD, I REQUEST THAT WE, ME, I'M NOT, I KNOW WE KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS.
'CAUSE I THINK WE ARE ALL HERE FOR OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL REGION, THE SENIOR BUILDING ACROSS
I NEED TO TAKE AND GET A POWERPOINT SO I CAN STUDY IT.
SO, BECAUSE MY INTEREST IS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BASIC REGION FROM EIGHT OH FROM FIVE ON, ON THE WEST SIDE TO MAYBE, UH, EUCLID AVENUE, MEN AND WOMEN, WE DESPERATELY NEED PROSPERITY AND WE NEED SOME TYPE OF UNITY BASED UPON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE SENIOR BUILDER, THE SENIOR BUILDING, AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT ROLE MODELS FOR YOU.
SENIOR CITIZEN, JUST THE MIRROR IDEA OF HOW IT GOT TO MANIFESTATION.
MOST PEOPLE THAT SEE ALL THAT, THEY DON'T REALIZE THE HARD WORK
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THAT WENT INTO THE BEFORE, THE FIRST DAY THAT MEN AND WOMEN APPEARED ON, ON THE HILL, WHICH WAS REALLY A SORE SPOT IN NATIONAL CITY BECAUSE THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY WAS POPULATED IN THAT AREA.MEN WERE WALKING AROUND WITH GUNS THREATENING EACH OTHER.
BUT NOW, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONALS, THAT PLACE TURN INTO A PLACE WHERE IT IS EVEN ATTRACTING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE NEVER REALLY GOTTA LOOK AT THAT EQUIPMENT.
SO I'M SAYING NOT ONLY WOULD I LIKE A POWER POINT ON THOSE OPERATIONS OF THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO THINK IN TERMS OF A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE AREA FROM EUCLID TO THE BAY SO THAT EVEN CHILDREN CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FIT IN.
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING SO FAST, BUT WE ARE BUILDING SO MUCH.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THEY DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SEE.
THE YOUTH CAN ACTUALLY CREATE SOMETHING, NOT NOTHING.
THAT OPERATION RIGHT THERE AND GIVES YOUNG, SEE YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOU.
BUT IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND BEHIND YOU AND YOU SAY YOU SEE IT, THAT'S NOT REALITY.
SO WE NEED TO SHOW YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FROM A PARKLAND RECREATION PERSPECTIVE HOW YOU CAN CREATE SOMETHING ON ANOTHER.
THAT OPERATION RIGHT THERE, IF WE GO INTO IT WITH THE RIGHT PROFESSIONAL, THEY CAN USE THIS TO ENHANCE THE WORK THAT PARK, THAT THE THE DISC COMMITTEE IS DOING.
INSTEAD OF JUST COMING HERE RAPPING AND RAPPING UP, LET'S GET SOMETHING DONE.
UH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? I ASKED THE MAYOR, I MEAN THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS T-SHIRT.
I CREATED THIS T-SHIRT OUT OF THE SORROW AND JOY THAT HAS COME OVER ME SINCE NOVEMBER 3RD, SECOND SINCE CHRIS CENTURY PASSED AWAY.
SO I, I'M TRYING TO TAKE CREATIVITY AND COME OUT OF ALL THIS SADNESS THAT I'M GOING THROUGH.
THIS T-SHIRT, NO MONEY, NO HONEY, NO KNOCK.
BUT ON THE BACK OF WHAT I HAVE
BUT, BUT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO, WE GOTTA DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE CAN'T JUST DO IT FOR SOME OTHER PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A A, A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY FIT IN, WHETHER THEY GET IN OR NOT, THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION.
PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND SAYING, NOBODY SEE ME, NOBODY.
SO WHY SHOULD I GET INVOLVED? LET'S ALLOW PARK RECREATION TO GIVE PEOPLE RECOGNITION.
WHY? BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPLIVE, LET'S SAY 10%.
I MEAN, THAT'S CUTTING IT REAL SHORT, BUT WE CAN UPLIFT 10% OF THE POPULATION INTO A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS OF TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE IS TECHNOLOGY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU SEE OVER THERE WITH 'EM, THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DO GOTTA SHOW? THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE NEED TO BE DETAILED WORK.
THE POWERPOINT THAT I'M ASKING FOR WILL HELP ME COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AND COME IN WITH A BETTER PRESENTATION.
BECAUSE AS WE ALL, AS WE ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A PRETTY ROUGH TIME AND CREATIVITY HAS BEEN MY ONLY OUTLET.
SO I BRING THIS TO THE TABLE AND WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THE WAY TO TAKE AN IDEA FROM THE TABLE PRESENTED IN A MANNER SO THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M LISTENING, EVERY ONE OF US GOT AN IDEA.
WE WAS ALL BORN IN THE WORLD WITH AN
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IDEA.PEDRO JOANNE, THEY'VE BEEN BLESSED TO GET A LEVEL OF EDUCATION SO THEY CAN SEE THE PERSPECTIVE AND A IN A BROAD FASHION.
BUT WE ALL GOTTA REMEMBER ONE THING.
DIAMONDS DON'T COME FROM A COLLEGE CAMPUS.
DIAMONDS COME FROM A, A REGION WHERE A LOT OF WORK HAS TO BE DONE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS A RESULT, THOSE DIAMONDS BEING COLLECTED, PROSPERITY HAS BEEN GENERATED, BUT THE REASON WHERE THE PEOPLE GOT THE MONEY FROM POOR, THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WHY SHOULD WE ALLOW THEM TO HAVE A NATIONAL CITY? WHEN NATIONAL CITY HAVE BEAUTIFUL PARKS, THEY HAVE BEAUTIFUL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME, BUT PEOPLE DON'T PARTICIPATE.
THEY ONLY PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OWN MANNER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH ADVERSITY.
AND YOU CAN BET THAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT OF ADVERSITY, NOT FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT FROM THE INSIDE THE CAR.
I BEGAN TO SEE THAT I REALLY AM ALONE.
I'VE BEEN ALONE EVER SINCE I WAS BORN.
MY GOING TO SCHOOL LEARNED ME HOW TO SOCIALIZE.
BUT WE COLLECT OUR RELATIONSHIP AND SOMETIMES IN THE WRONG MANNER.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WILL TAKE US FORWARD.
WE CONNECT WITH PEOPLE THAT TAKE US BACKWARDS.
SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I THINK THAT I COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHAT I DON'T HAVE IS THE PROTOCOL TO TAKE IT FROM THIS TABLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE TAKE THINGS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SHE POINTED OUT TO ME BEFORE THAT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THEY MIGHT NOT BE ON AN AGENDA, BUT THERE IS NON-ACTION PRESENTATION.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
I HOPE THAT THE WORDS THAT I SHARE WITH YOU GIVE YOU A GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MY PETITION, WHAT MY PARTICIPATION IS GOING TO BE.
LIKE THIS YEAR, JUNETEENTH IS COMING UP.
I THINK THAT AS A BLACK MAN, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE POWER POINTS ARE GOING TOWARDS JUNE 10TH, SO WE CAN ALL SIT HERE AND SEE IF PARKLAND RECREATION REALLY ARE GETTING DOWN WITH THE PARTICIPATION.
BECAUSE A LARGER PERCENTAGE OF NATIONAL CITY, BASED UPON THE STATISTIC, THE MAJORITY OF HISPANIC ETHNIC AND ETHNICITY, THE NEXT POPULATION IS FILIPINO.
AND IT GOES DOWN AND DOWN THEM.
BUT THAT DON'T MEAN BECAUSE BLACKS OPERATE ON A 3% POPULATION.
THAT DON'T MEAN THAT OUR IDEALS CAN BE INSERTED INTO THE PROCESS FOR MANIFESTATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ALL HERE FOR.
WE ARE, WE'RE ONLY BORN BECAUSE WE ARE GIVEN A MISSION.
MISSION AND WE GO TO SCHOOL, WE LEARN IS CALLED IDEA.
HOW MANY PEOPLE SIT DOWN AND ACTUALLY REALIZE HOW THEY CAN TAKE AN IDEA AND TAKE IT TO THE TOP LEVELS.
MR. CRAWFORD, MY NEXT INNOVATION IDEA, WHY DON'T WE START A BE PROJECT IN THE PARKS, SEEING AS HOW THE BEES ARE BEING ELIMINATED THROUGH CLIMATE CONSTRAINT, CLIMATE CONTROL.
THAT'S ANOTHER IDEA WHERE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, THEY SEEM TO BE CURIOUS ABOUT ANY ASPECT OF LIFE.
IT WOULD PRODUCE A PRODUCT, HONEY.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GET UP BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHY THE BEES ARE DISAPPEARANCE.
WHY ARE THEY SO IMPORTANT? A A V WITHOUT NO MONEY, CAN'T GET NO MONEY IN THERE.
I MEAN, THEY WANT, THEY DON'T EVEN WANNA SELL IT.
RIGHT? WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
GOTTA KIND OF RE 'EM, REIGN 'EM IN.
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WHAT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING IN THE COMMITTEE, LIKE FULL SETTING FOR THE YEAR.SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHAT DIRECTION WE WANNA TAKE IT IN, RIGHT? WE WANNA, WE WANNA FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND THINKING WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE THINKING OF WITH THE BEES.
AND DO WE WANNA ALSO INCORPORATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER DIFFERENT PARKS AND THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY WANT TO ADD AN ACTION ITEM WHO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY WANT TO ADD AN ACTION ITEM.
AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR IF I'M GOING TO HAVE, UM, ANYONE MAKE A MOTION TO ADD AN ACTION ITEM TO INCLUDE GOAL SETTING FOR OUR FEBRUARY.
AND JUST, SO MY ONLY ACTION, EVEN THOUGH I TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS, MY ONLY ACTION, MY ONLY ACTION ITEM IS TO GET POWERPOINTS SO THAT FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE STUDY AND SEE IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
WE, WE GOTTA HAVE AN INITIAL, INITIAL APPROACH.
IF I CAN JUST CHIME IN REAL QUICK.
UM, WHAT I'M HEARING WITH THE POWERPOINTS IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY, JUST SO YOU KIND OF ARE MORE AWARE OF LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY THE TOWER PROJECT OR THE SENIOR CENTER.
ONCE WE GET INFORMATION ON THAT, WHATEVER INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, I'LL DEFINITELY PRODUCE.
UM, THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING ON THE SENIOR CENTER YET, BUT IDE AND OUR DEPARTMENT WILL WORK ON IT ONCE IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE REALISTIC.
UH, WE'RE STILL PROBABLY A YEAR OUT FROM THE OPENING OF THAT FACILITY ANYWAYS, SO STILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE ONE OVER HERE ON DE OR THE ONE BACK BEHIND THE NINE 9 CENTS STORE.
UH, DDDD WOULD BE THE SENIOR SUPREME.
UM, AND SO, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, LIKE FOR THINGS LIKE THE TOWERS AND THE KIMBALL HIGHLAND TOWERS, UH, THERE'S PROBABLY A POWERPOINT OF WHAT THAT CONSTRUCTION IS, BUT IN REGARDS TO STATUS AND UPDATES, THAT'S MORE CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S NOT REALLY PART OF THE, THE UPDATE
SO WE WOULD PROBABLY KIND OF JUST GIVE YOU SOME HIGH LEVEL STUFF AND AS THINGS COME OUT WE COULD TOTALLY PRODUCE THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT WHAT I'M ALSO HEARING IS WHAT JOANNE WAS SAYING IS GOAL SETTING.
UM, UH, BEFORE I SHOWED UP TO THIS MEETING, I ASKED JOANNE, WHAT'S DEAL OVERALL GOAL OF THIS WILL BE OF THIS COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE FOCUS SHOULD BE IS LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S THIS, WHAT'S THE PILLAR FOR THIS COMMITTEE? WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER? UM, I PREVIOUSLY RAN A, A RECREATION COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO THIS IN ANOTHER CITY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
AND THE FOCUS WAS TO ACTIVATE ONE OF OUR RECREATION CENTERS.
THAT RECREATION CENTER ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO BE OUR AMPHITHEATER, LIKE CHULA VISTA HAS IN AMPHITHEATER.
WE WERE TRYING TO RENT IT OUT FOR NEW REVENUES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING EVENTS TO THE CITY.
UM, THEY COULD BE NON-PROFIT RELATED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE AN AMPHITHEATER.
WELL, TO YOUR POINT, CHARLES, WE HAVE GREAT PARKS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER GIVEN THOUGHT ABOUT JUST LIKE THE OVERALL ARCHING THEME OF THIS COMMITTEE BEING ACTIVATING PARKS AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR PARKS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES, OUT OF THEIR CARS, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES WHILE AT THE PARKS.
WE CAN THEN GET INTO THE, THE WEEDS OF IT, LIKE THE EDUCATION OR CLIMATE EDUCATION OR HEALTH EDUCATION OR WEIGHT LOSS EDUCATION OR NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION.
UM, BUT I THINK ACTIVATING OUR PARKS IS, SHOULD BE A, A, A GOOD GOAL FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE BECAUSE IT'S A FREE ASSET THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THE CITY, RIGHT? IF WE TALK ABOUT, WELL, HEY, LET'S GET MORE PEOPLE AT OUR BASKETBALL PROGRAM.
WHAT'S GONNA COST PEOPLE? BUT OUR PARKS ARE THERE, WE MAINTAIN 'EM, WE PAY FOR, UH, LANDSCAPING, WE PAY FOR THE WATER, WE MAINTAIN IT.
IT'S A FREE ASSET THAT THE CITY PROVIDES TO THE RESIDENTS AND WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING IT MORE.
AND MAYBE IT'S A PARK ACTIVATION COMMITTEE, RIGHT? OF COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS ON BRINGING THINGS TO THE PARKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, 4TH OF JULY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE KIM PARK EVENT, RIGHT? WE CAN ACTIVATE EL TOYOTA AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EVENT THERE.
UM, WE CAN HAVE A BEEHIVE, UH, PROGRAM OF SOME SORT IF THAT'S ALLOWABLE IN A COMMUNITY, SO CLOSE TO RESIDENTS.
BUT, UM, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WE MIGHT WANNA JUST SEE WHAT THAT BIG GOAL IS, RIGHT? AND THEN WE WORK ON THE, BUT JUDGE, YOUR, YOU AS THE DIRECTOR, I THINK JOANNE, YOU HAVE TO SET LIKE THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR, UH, WELL, THE POINT OF QUALITY LIFESTYLE FOR EVERYBODY, EVEN THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON.
WELL, TO TO WHAT YOU, JUST TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, ACTUAL ACTUALLY, YOU GUYS ARE THE MAYOR IN THIS CASE.
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WHAT DIRECTION YOU GUYS THINK WE SHOULD ALL KIND OF BE GOING IN AS A GROUP.UM, I CAN SUGGEST JUST AS JOANNE AND ZEDA CAN, UH, SUGGEST, RIGHT? 'CAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE, TO YOUR POINT, RIGHT.
WE'RE, WE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, RIGHT? SUBJECT, SME, RIGHT.
WE'RE THE EXPERTS IN PARKS AND REC.
WE HAVE TONS OF YEARS BETWEEN JO, BETWEEN JOAN AND I AND ZY THAT WE HAVE DECADES WORTH OF EXPERIENCE IN PARKS AND RECREATION.
USE US AS YOUR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF YOUR I SO THAT YOU CAN HELP KIND OF HONE IN ON YOUR IDEAS AS A COMMITTEE, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN, WE CAN ACTUALLY DOING SOME WORK AND MAYBE IMPLEMENT, DO SOME WORK.
IMPLEMENTING A, AN IDEA OR TWO, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME ACTIVATION AND ACTUALLY VOTE ON SOME THINGS.
UH, I WAS SAYING THAT'S GOOD IDEA.
SO I THINK WHAT JOANNE IS, I, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE IT, IN MY OPINION, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER TO TAKE SOME TIME OUT AND LOOK AT RESEARCH.
BECAUSE RESEARCH, IT ALLOWS US TO THE, THE, THE SPACE FOR PREPARATION.
FOR WHAT? FOR BUDGETING, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
AND THAT'S HOW WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND WE GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH SOMETHING, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO SEE THAT WHEN WE PRESENTED, THEY SAID, OH, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
NOW, AS A, A MAN WHO HAD MADE A LOT OF BAD DECISIONS IN MY LIFE, I COME TO THIS TABLE LY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT GOD CREATED ME WITH SOME IDEAS AND I'VE MANAGED TO PUT THE GOAL IN THE SIFTER AND LET THE GOAL REMAIN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE PAN DID.
SO REAL QUICK, UH, RESEARCH ON INTERGENERATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT BEEN GOING ON, WE SAT AT, AT THIS TABLE AND WE SUGGESTED THAT THAT BE A PART OF WHAT WE SENT AWAY FROM THE TABLE.
SO REAL QUICK, CHARLES, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS, I I THINK WE SHOULD SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN SET AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE FUTURE OF GOAL SETTING.
BECAUSE WE REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS THINGS WITHOUT SETTING THE AGENDA.
SO LIKE ALL YOUR IDEAS ARE GOOD.
JOANNE SAID ALL YOUR IDEAS ARE GREAT.
I THINK WE'RE HAVING A PREMATURE CONVERSATION.
LET'S FIRST FOCUS ON THE OVERARCHING GOAL, WHICH IS CALLED GOAL SETTING.
SO IF THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE, MAYBE TO SET THAT FOR NEXT MEETING.
MAYBE NEXT AGENDA MEETING CAN BE GOAL SETTING OR AT LEAST DELIBERATION OF GOAL SETTING.
AND THEN MAYBE THE FOLLOWING MONTH OR POTENTIALLY TWO MONTHS LATER, WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON WHAT THAT GOALS OR MULTIPLE GOALS ARE GONNA BE FOR THE COMMITTEE.
BUT SOME OF US BEEN HERE FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN SITTING AT THIS TABLE TALKING AND TALKING AND TALKING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING CHANGED.
AND WHAT WENT ON IN NO LONGER ON THE AGENDA, WHEN THOSE OF US THAT BEEN SITTING AT THE TABLE, WE INTERJECTED THAT ENERGY FOR MANIFESTATION.
BUT WE WALK, WE WALK AROUND, WE SEE THAT IT HAS MANIFESTED, BUT WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
LIKE WE SIT AT THE TABLE AND WE TALK ABOUT INTERGENERATIONAL, UH, RELATIONSHIPS.
THE IDEALS MANIFESTED, BUT THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE THAT THEY WAS EVEN BEING MANIFESTED.
SO IT IS LIKE FAIR IS FAIR EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY.
MY IDEALS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
ALL I AM IS MY IDEA TO LEAVE THE TABLE WITH A SUGGESTION FROM HER, FROM HER, FROM HER OR ANYBODY, AND GO AND MANIFEST IT.
AND IT SHOULD BE SOME ENCOURAGMENT FOR
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PARTICIPATION, NOT PARTICIPATE.YOU SEE THE FRUITS OF THE SUGGESTION, BUT THE ONLY THING YOU GET IS A DINNER OR A DAY SET FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S PARTICIPATING IN RSCA.
WHY YOU THINK THERE NO PARTICIPATION THAT OKAY, YOU SAID AND I THAT AS YOU BEING THE DIRECTOR, WE SHOULD MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF HOW TO MAKE THE MOTION TO MAKE AN MOTION ABOUT WHAT? SO IF IT'S PRIORITIES OR GOAL SETTING, YOU WOULD, UH, SAY TO THE COMMITTEE THAT I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD TO THE AGENDA, WHATEVER IT IS, GOAL SETTING PRIORITIES OR THE ITEM.
AND THEN ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WILL SECOND IT AND THEN IT WILL BE ADDED TO, AND THEN IT WOULD GET VOTED ON.
AND IF IT GETS THIS, YOU WANNA GO FORWARD.
BUT, SO YOU HAVE, LET'S GO START ON THE 18TH AND THEN JUNE.
WHEN JUNE COME, THINGS ARE BEING PERPETUATED.
BUT IT IS LIKE, WE STILL STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN.
WELL, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONFIDENCE.
IS THAT YOU, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN MAYBE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS OR HOWEVER MANY YEARS, BUT AS I'VE TOLD JOANNE AND ED, NOW I'M HERE AND I DELIVER AND I CAN ATTEST TO THAT.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING TO DONE, I'M YOUR GUY.
SO THEN HOW ABOUT WE JUST HAVE SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION FOR PRIORITY SETTING AT OUR NEXT MEETING? AND IF THERE'S A SECOND AND A MAJORITY, THEN WE'LL GET THAT AND THEN WE CAN START DIVING INTO IT.
WHAT, WHAT'S COMING TO MY MIND IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ABOUT HOW TO KEEP GOING FORWARD REGARDLESS TO THE CHANGE OF GOD.
NOT GOD, THE GUAR, BECAUSE THIS IS A CHANGE OF GOD.
IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE AGENDAS, THAT WAS A, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE PAST AGENDA, THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE ALL THE TIME FOR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
AND THEN WHEN WE GOT TO SOME NICHE AND TIME AND SPACE, EVERYTHING GOT SHIFTED AROUND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THEY DAY, LET'S START ALL OVER AGAIN.
I THINK THERE WAS A VACANCY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF BETWEEN AUDREY, UM, DENIM, UH, AND THEN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT THEY HIRED ME.
SO THEY HAD SOME INTERIM, SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD DO THREE MONTHS AT A TIME.
SO WE PROBABLY DID SEE A LOT OF FACES.
UM, OH, WE SEEN A LOT OF, AND I'M SURE, I'LL BE HONEST, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WON'T HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UH, PART OF THE REASON OF HAVING THE MINUTES IN THE AGENDA IS SO THAT WAY WE CAN FOLLOW SUIT FOR THE NEXT PERSON AND WE CAN KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE VOTED ON ON ME.
SO I MAKE A MOTION, I MAKE A, OKAY, I'LL SECOND IT.
YOU GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN? MAKE A MOTION.
MAKE A JOSEPH'S THE MOTION SET AND THEN CHOOSE THE SECOND.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE IN IT THE INITIAL APPROACH AND THE LONG RANGE STRATEGY SO THAT WHEN THE CHANGE OF GUARD COMES AGAIN, WE STILL CAN MOVE AHEAD.
WELL WE CAN THE SUCCESSION PLANNING.
SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A PLAN TO CONTINUE AFTER THINGS CHANGE.
YOU GOT THE COLLEGE
ALRIGHT, WELL WE DON'T WANT TO GET UP TOO OFF OF PROTOCOL.
SO THERE WAS A MOTION, THERE WAS A SECOND.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO DO ROLL CALL.
ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR SAY A.
WELL, TECHNICALLY YOU WANT ATIONS ACTION ITEMS. NO NON-ACTION ITEMS. STEP REPORTS.
COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE THAT I, WE WRITTEN UP IN THE PAST ACTUALLY.
WELL, REAL QUICK, LET'S HAVE THAT, ARE YOU GONNA DO A SEPARATE REPORT? I HAVE QUITE A FEW ITEMS IF YOU WANNA, YEAH, WHY DON'T WE GET STAFF TO DO THE
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STAFF REPORTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.WHO, WHAT, WHO YOU, HOW YOU SPELL SPELLED OUT? Z LIKE ZEBRA, Z LIKE ZEBRA.
YOU A ARE YOU A, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OR YOU WORK FOR THE CITY? SO I AM THE RECREATION SUPERVISOR WHO OVERSEES SENIOR PROGRAMMING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING SENIOR CENTER, THAT WOULD BE THE LOCATION WHERE I WOULD BE AT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SENIOR PROGRAMMING CURRENTLY AT MARTIN LUTHER KING.
THAT'S THE PROGRAMMING THAT I'M GOING AHEAD AND IMPLEMENTING.
SO, UM, JUST ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW UPDATES FOR Y'ALL.
UM, SO I'M GONNA BACKTRACK TO NOVEMBER.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE OUR MORNING SOCIALS THAT HAPPEN ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAYS FROM 10 TO 12.
WE ACTUALLY JUST, UM, REBRANDED.
SO I BROUGHT SOME FLYERS FOR Y'ALL AND YOU CAN TAKE ONE EACH.
I'LL ALSO LEAVE SOME RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER IN CASE YOU WANNA TAKE SOME EXTRAS.
IT IS A COMPLETELY FREE PROGRAM WHERE WE DO THINGS LIKE KARAOKE, CROCHET, ARTS AND CRAFTS.
WE HAVE EXERCISE CLASSES CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AN EXERCISE CLASS AND YOGA.
UM, JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PROVIDED ACCESSIBLE, AVAILABLE.
ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME.
THERE IS A REGISTRATION THAT DOES HAPPEN.
SO WE DO NEED BASIC INFORMATION, EMERGENCY CONTACT, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT IS FREE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, IN NOVEMBER AS WELL, WE HAD OUR DANCE.
WE HAD 137 PARTICIPANTS AND IT WAS OUR DISCO PARTY.
WE HAD A, UH, PHOTO BOOTH THAT GIVES OUT FREE PHOTOS TO THE PARTICIPANTS THAT WANNA TAKE PICTURES.
UM, AND THEN FOOD WAS PROVIDED, SOME OPPORTUNITY DRAWINGS WERE HAD.
SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT IN DECEMBER.
UM, AGAIN, OUR MORNING SOCIALS CONTINUE.
UM, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, 10 TO 12.
AND UH, WE ALSO ARE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE WE'RE PUSHING OUT SOME MORE INFORMATION AT THE DECEMBER TIMEFRAME.
THESE WERE PROGRAMS TO COME, BUT NOW WE'RE READY TO HAND YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION WITH ACTUAL DATES.
SO I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST WANNA GO AHEAD AND SAY IN DECEMBER WE DID HAVE OUR REINDEER DASH, WHICH WAS PART OF OUR NC GETS ACTIVE.
UM, WE HAD 120 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE REGISTERED, AND THIS WAS ADULTS AND CHILDREN, UM, WHO REGISTERED TO COME TO KIMBALL PARK AND GET THEIR LITTLE ANTLERS AND WALK AROUND THE PARK.
SO IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THESE FAMILIES OUT.
WE ALSO HAD 16 WALK-INS DAY OF.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A SENIOR DANCE IN DECEMBER AND THAT ONE WAS 151 PARTICIPANTS AND IT WAS OUR WINTER WONDERLAND DANCE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WORE RED AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
UH, AGAIN, DANCING, EATING, PICTURE TAKING, AND JUST HAVING FUN WITH FRIENDS.
UH, SO IT WAS REALLY AN AMAZING, AMAZING EVENT.
UH, SO I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW DURING OUR SENIOR MORNING SOCIAL.
ON THE 30TH OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE HAVING A RESOURCE FAIR.
SO WE'RE HAVING, UM, INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, UM, HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE GONNA GIVE INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, OTHER LOCATIONS OF LIKE LOCATIONS TO VOLUNTEER FOR.
UH, WE'RE GONNA JUST A BUNCH OF INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU WANT INFORMATION, COME DOWN ON THE 30TH.
AGAIN, IT'S FREE DURING THAT MORNING.
UM, IT IS AT MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER.
THERE IS A REGISTRATION BECAUSE IT IS A SET PROGRAM, BUT IT IS FREE.
ALL THE INFO WILL BE PROVIDED TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
OPPORTUNITY, DRAWINGS AND COFFEE.
SO THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING DURING OUR MORNING SOCIAL PROGRAM.
NOW THE EXCITING ONES THAT ARE FAIRLY NEW THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE DATES FOR ARE, ARE WALKING WITH EASE.
WE HAVE OUR STAFF WHO'S GONNA BE LEADING THIS.
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THIS IS GONNA TAKE PLACE ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING.SO IT'S GONNA BE A MORNING WALK.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE MEETING AT THE MLK COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT WE'RE GONNA WALK OVER TO THE PARK.
SO IT'S GONNA BE AN HOUR LONG.
IT'S GONNA BE INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL, AS WELL AS GOING OUT AND WALKING IN THE PARK.
SO GETTING ACTIVE, GETTING GOING, LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE TO WALKING THROUGH TIMES A WEEK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS ONE'S OPEN TO ALL AGES, SO WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IS ABLE TO, UM, AGAIN, OPEN TO ANYONE.
IF YOU WANNA INVITE PEOPLE, PLEASE DO SO.
UH, FREE PROGRAM REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
AGAIN, BASIC INFORMATION, EMERGENCY CONTACT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU SAY ALL AGES? ALL AGES.
WAS IT 50 PLUS ALL AGES? IS IT? SO FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY, LIKE TYPICALLY WE DO HAVE, UM, OUR FOCUS AS INDIVIDUALS, 50 PLUS.
THIS ONE IS WORKING WITH THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION.
UM, SO IT IS ALSO KIND OF FOCUSED ON OUR ADULT POPULATION.
UM, HOWEVER, TECHNICALLY WE'RE ALL AGING AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE FACILITATE THAT PROCESS AND PROVIDE THAT GOOD HELP.
UM, SO WE ARE INVITING ANYONE TO JUST BRING THEIR GRANDKIDS.
IF Y'ALL HAVE GRANDKIDS WITH Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL HAVE KIDS WITH Y'ALL, LIKE WHATEVER, WHOEVER YOU WANNA COME WALK WITH.
IS THIS PET FRIEND PET? YEAH, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE OUTSIDE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE Y'ALL'S PETS.
WHAT I OBSERVE IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CREATE THESE IDEAS AND THEY FOLLOW PROTOCOL, A PROTOCOL THAT SHOULD BE SHARED WITH US.
SO THAT WE CAN UPLIFT OUR KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS OUR RAPPORT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
SO YOU PRESENT WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SET INTO MOTION TO US.
BY THE TIME THIS IS PRESENTED TO US, THIS IS ALREADY SET INTO MOTION.
SO WE BECOME WHAT A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THIS IDEA.
AND THEN WE WANT TO GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE WITH EVERYBODY.
SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING PAID, SOME PEOPLE ARE GETTING VOLUNTEERED.
WHERE IS THE INCENTIVE? WHERE IS THE INCENTIVE? LIKE, LIKE I'M LIKE WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.
I THINK A LOT OF MORE PEOPLE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE OTHER THAN A DINNER ONCE A YEAR.
WHAT TYPE OF INCENTIVE? LIKE WHATCHA ARE TALKING ABOUT? I NEED SPECIFICS SO THAT WAY I CAN BRING THOSE UP AND SUGGEST MY, MY, MY, I DON'T KNOW.
SO RECOGNITION DON'T COST THAT MUCH.
IT ALSO, IT SOUNDS LIKE ON THERE, UH, IF YOU WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOP DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, RIGHT? AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SETTING UP A TIME ANXIETY.
THE LADY, REMEMBER I WAS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT ANXIETY, UH, WHEN WE GOT A SENIOR PERSON ON BOARD TO SET UP A MEETINGS, WE COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF YOUR IDEAS FOR PROGRAMMING.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THAT PRIORITY.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, CHARLES, I THINK, UM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO WASTE THE ENERGY.
I THINK ONCE WE GET THAT ON THE AGENDA OF GOAL SETTING, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
SO ACTIVATING PARKS, WELL, HEY, I ALSO WANT TO BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. YOU MAY NOT DO GRANULARLY, LIKE, HEY, I WANNA START A WALKING PROGRAM.
IT'S MORE, HEY, I WANNA START ACTIVATION OF HEALTH OR SENIORS.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WELL, IT'S GONNA BE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WE GOTTA GET INTO THOSE THINGS, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT THESE ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS AND I THINK THE RECOGNITION, ONCE WE START DOING MORE WORK, WE CAN START BRINGING YOU GUYS TO COUNCIL MEETINGS TO PRESENT THOSE IDEAS TO COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY PRESENT THEM.
UM, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I JUST WANNA IMAGINE THAT WHAT WE'RE SITTING DOWN HERE ON 1 18, 20, 24, 6
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MONTHS AGO FROM NOW, THAT'S DON LOOK BACK.THAT'S DON'T LOOK BACK AT THIS AND SEE THAT FROM THIS TABLE.
NOTHING GOT ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FROM THIS TABLE CAME IDEAS AND THOSE IDEAS WAS TAKEN FROM THE TABLE SET INTO MOTION.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT WAS AT THE TABLE, MOST OF US DIDN'T EVEN EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL WE HAD THEM PASS BY.
LIKE I SAID, VERY STRANGELY, NO ROBBERY.
NO, AND DEFINITELY, I I HEAR YOU.
AND I DO WANNA SAY AS OF THIS MOMENT, THESE ARE INFORMATIONAL BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND NOW WE'RE EXECUTING.
SO AT THIS MOMENT, YOUR PARTICIPATION WOULD BE TO SPREAD THE WORD IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE DOES.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS IS MY CALL TO YOU ALL TO, IF YOU CAN PARTICIPATE, PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS. IF YOU CAN GIVE THIS TO SOMEONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, PLEASE DO.
BECAUSE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION IS REALLY WHAT'S GONNA HELP.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE OF THAT MOTION THAT YOU DID EARLIER, I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT OTHER IDEAS Y'ALL HAVE AND WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA GO IN SO THAT THE NEXT FLYER THAT IS PASSED OUT AND LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS AS YOU MENTIONED, COULD BE SOMETHING THAT CAME SPECIFICALLY FROM THIS GROUP.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.
LOOK, IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE AGENDA MM-HMM.
AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WERE SITTING HERE THAT WAS IN CHARGE, THEY ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW.
AND WE STILL SITTING AT THE TABLE.
MY GOAL IS TO BE HERE WITH YOU FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
AND I'M GETTING MY FEET WET HERE AND I'M LEARNING FROM, I'M LEARNING FROM Y'ALL.
SO MY GOAL IS TO BE HERE AND TO HELP YOU IMPLEMENT THOSE.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANYTHING IN THE PAST UNFORTUNATELY, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I AM HERE.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT I WANNA WORK WITH Y'ALL, WITH YOU ON THE RECORD.
YOU GOT ME ON THE RECORD HERE.
WHAT CONCEPT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE TABLE TODAY, CHARLES.
HOW MANY EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS EXPRESSIVE NATIONAL CITY.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT EVER ARE HISPANIC.
HOW MANY PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONALITY DO YOU SEE IN THESE FOLK WITH THESE PHOTOS ARE, EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE.
IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY COUNCIL, UHHUH
BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN REPRESENTING AT ADVERSITY, ADVERSITY IS SUPPOSED TO ATTRACT INCLUSION.
WHEN YOU GO THERE AND LOOK AT IT, DO YOU SEE ADVERSITY OR DO YOU SEE MAJORITY RULE? IF, IF INCLUSION IS NOT A REALITY, THEN I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIND OUT BY MYSELF BECAUSE I'M, I'M, I'M ASKING, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT I'M GONNA GET ANY REPLY.
AND TO BE HONEST, IF I WERE TO GO TO KIMBLE MORGAN TOWERS AND I WERE TO ADVERTISE A YOUTH SUMMER CAMP, IS THAT THE BEST PLACE FOR ME TO NECESSARILY IT IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE.
A SUMMER CAMP? SUMMER CAMP FOR YOUTH.
WELL, YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST, YEAH, NO, IT MIGHT HAVE BE THE RIGHT LOCATION.
SO MAYBE IF, UH, WE'RE ADVERTISING AND WE NEED TO BRANCH OUT SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT JUST ADVERTISING TO THE KIMBLE TOWERS.
SOME FOLKS MIGHT HAVE GRANDKIDS OR CHILDREN THAT CAN, CAN BE INCLUDED AS SAY, LIKE INCLUSION PORTION AND ADDING THAT DIVERSITY NEEDS TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THAT'S PART OF THAT, UM, BOOKLET THAT WE BROUGHT IN THE CITY GUIDE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN NATIONAL CITY HAS ACCESS TO THESE FLYERS, HAS ACCESS.
AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE PEOPLE ON THE FLYERS THAT ARE HISPANIC.
AND THAT MAY ALSO BE IN, IN A ATTRIBUTE TO THE, UM, STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE A HIGHER HISPANIC POPULATION PERCENTAGE WISE.
BUT TO, BUT IT DOESN'T, THAT'S IRRELEVANT.
AND SO TO YOUR POINT, IT MIGHT, THE, THE
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FLYER MIGHT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST COMING, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING IN AMERICAN PEOPLE, RIGHT? PEOPLE OF COLOR, PEOPLE, UH, UH, ALL TYPE OF DIFFERENT DESCENT.IT IS, IT IS BETTER FOR US TO HAVE, WE, WE SAY WE ARE STRIVING FOR A CERTAIN DEGREE OF PARTICIPATION.
LIKE MOST DOCUMENTS, THEY ONLY SAY, OKAY, IF YOU IMPACT 10% OF THE POPULATION, YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
IS THAT A FAIR, UH, PERCENTAGE IN TERMS OF YOUR EXPERIENCE? I WOULD WANNA REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
LET'S JUST GO ALONG WITH WHAT WE'VE SET INTO MOTION TODAY.
WE ALL CAN GO BACK HOME AND CONTEMPLATE ON IT.
WHAT WE GOING TO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND JENNY, YOU, YOU MADE A CON A COUPLE MEETINGS BACK ABOUT MY ROLE AND MAKING SURE THAT LIKE I KEEP IN TOUCH MORE THAN JUST SENDING OUT A ONCE A MONTH.
HEY, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP.
WHAT I CAN LIKE YEAH, EXACTLY.
MAYBE WHAT I COULD DO IS MAYBE SEND OUT SOME OF OUR CITY NEWS UPDATES AND BE MIDPOINT BEFORE THE MEETING, LEAST A WEEK OR SO.
THAT WAY IT GIVES US LIKE A TRIGGER TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN, SO THAT WAY WE DON'T COME THE NEXT OUR RESPONSE TO IT.
I THINK WE, I THINK WE ALL HAVE A PIECE OF THE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET FEEDBACK FROM US.
I THINK JOANNE, MAYBE THE IDEA IS, UM, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING WITH THEM.
THAT, THAT WE DISTRIBUTE TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.
THERE'S A TWICE A MONTH CITY UPDATE THAT I PUT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
IT JUST SUMMARIZES SOME OF THE, UH, RECAPS FROM EACH.
I THINK IT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK IT'S LIKE PUBLIC.
I HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE I SPOKE.
I, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE I SAID IT OUT LOUD.
BUT IT GOES TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF, I MEAN YOU GUYS ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THAT, THAT MEANS IT'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
BECAUSE EVEN THIS BUT NOT TO, NOT TO ACT ON IT IN ORDER TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO ANYTHING.
WELL IT WOULD JUST BE BY EMAIL.
I CAN EITHER BRING THE PAST TWO THAT WE HAD TO THE MEETING AND JUST DISTRIBUTE IT HERE OR WE CAN DISTRIBUTE IT VIA EMAIL WHEN IT DOES COME OUT.
BUT JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS, WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU GUYS JUST WANNA BE UPDATED MORE OFTEN JUST TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT WAY THERE'S SOME LIKE CONNECTIONS.
AND I THINK THAT'LL EMPOWER YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE I MORE IDEAS, BUT, UM, I GOTTA LEAVE SOME.
SO I REALLY DO WANNA LET
JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL THE LAST ONE.
UM, THIS IS A FEELING FIT CLUB.
THIS IS AN EXERCISE CLUB THAT'S GONNA USE RESISTANCE SPANS, MEDICINE BALLS GONNA WORK ON YOUR BALANCE, YOUR STRENGTH.
UM, AND THEN THIS ONE'S GONNA BE ON THURSDAYS AT 9:00 AM AT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THIS ONE DOES HAVE A TIME RANGE.
UH, FROM FEBRUARY 22ND TO MAY 30TH.
UM, OPEN TO THIS ONE IS FOCUSED ON OUR 50 PLUS COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND INVITE WHAT'S GOING, UH, AT 9:00 AM.
I BELIEVE THE CLASS WILL BE SPECIFICALLY, I DO HAVE A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.
SO THAT ONE'S GONNA TAKE PLACE DURING OUR MORNING SOCIAL AND THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A, AND IT'S TON OF INFORMATION.
FOUR 50 PLUS ALSO THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE TAILORED TO OUR 50.
AND JUST IF YOU KNOW OFFHAND, NOT TO PUT YOU IN THE SPOT, ANY VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, BUT A COUPLE OF THEM SPECIFICALLY THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE OR I DID ANTICIPATE THIS QUESTION AND I'M GLAD I PRINTED IT OUT, BUT I MAY HAVE LEFT IT ON THE PRINTER.
YEAH, I THINK I LEFT IT ON THE PRINTER.
DO YOU REMEMBER ANYONE? YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY EMAIL YOU.
I CAN EMAIL YOU THE LIST SO FAR.
BUT THE, WE REGISTER FOR A NEW PARTICIPANT TO REGISTER.
I WERE TO YOU CAN REGISTER IN PERSON.
IN PERSON, JUST COME IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN PERSON.
JUST COME A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN 10 O'CLOCK SO WE CAN GET YOU SITUATED.
ANYONE KNOWS? ANYONE THAT'S A RESOURCE TABLE TO COORDINATE WITH ATION.
I KNOW YOU READY? IS THAT IT FROM YOU
THIS ISN'T, ISN'T ME PER SE, UM, BUT WE HAVE THE NUTRITION CENTER MENU AS WELL AS THE NUTRITION CENTER INFORMATION.
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THAT YOU CAN HAVE THIS INFO.UM, DO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS? WE'LL PROVIDE A FLYER, UM, FROM OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, IS GOING TO, TO TALK, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME WORKSHOPS.
WORKSHOPS COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, UM, MARCH AND APRIL.
AND IT'S UH, TALKING ABOUT LEAD HOUSING PLAN.
WE'LL APPLY FOR HOUSING WE ARE NOT A SPECIALISTS IN, IN OUR AREA.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE POOL UPDATE.
I SEE JOAN WAKING AT ME ABOUT THE POOL.
SO THE POOL UPDATE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE POOL HAS BEEN OPEN, EXOS HAS BEEN RUNNING THE POOL.
THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH PROGRAMMING.
EVERYONE'S REALLY EXCITED TO GET BACK TO THE POOL.
UM, WE'RE STILL ADDRESSING, UH, LOTS OF RENOVATION ISSUES.
UH, SO COMPLETED
I ALWAYS RELATE IT TO CARS 'CAUSE I'M A CAR GUY.
WE BASICALLY REPAIRED THE BODY BUT WE DIDN'T REPLACE THE ENGINE.
UM, OUR BUILDING NEEDS TO WORK, OF COURSE.
AND THE MECHANICS OF THE POOL NEED TO BE UPGRADED.
SO UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS OF OUR, UH, OF BIN OPEN.
UH, SO PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING AND STILL IN THE PROCESS.
AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PROCESS.
IT'S, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW, SO PLEASE PROMOTE IT.
IT'S JUST THAT WE DO HAVE EBBS AND FLOWS ON OUR OPERATION BECAUSE OF HOW LARGE THE POOL IS.
I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE ALSO, WE EXPANDED IT AND WE ALSO DIDN'T UPGRADE THE ENGINE.
SO ON TOP OF IT BEING A BIGGER BODY, WE HAVE STILL OLD SMALL ENGINE AND ON TOP OF WHEN IT'S A WATER, WATER MECHANICS, WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THEN YOU TURN IT BACK ON, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CORRODED AND SEIZED.
AND SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO BREAK HERE AND THERE.
WE'RE GETTING A FINAL ASSESSMENT, HOPEFULLY FROM THE FULL SPECIALIST COMPANY, UH, BY THIS WEEK OR NEXT ON WHETHER WE NEED TO SHUT DOWN TEMPORARILY TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES OR IF WE CAN CONTINUE OPERATING AND DOING REPAIRS AS NEEDED.
YOU SAID SHUT DOWN FOR WAY TOO LONG.
YEAH, SO, UM, PREVIOUSLY I THINK THERE WAS JUST MISMANAGEMENT ON THE EXECUTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND TIMELINES WERE MISSED.
I THINK NOW WE'RE FULLY ADDRESSING IT AND WE'RE GONNA GET BACK TO IT.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN ON TOP OF IT.
OUR FACILITIES DIVISION HAS BEEN ON TOP OF PATCHING IT HERE AND THERE.
AND OUR POOL OPERATORS ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THINGS GOING AND BEING CREATIVE WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE TOO MUCH LONGER UNTIL WE FULLY FIX THIS.
WE HAVE EVERYONE WORKING ON IT.
SO, UM, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, INSTITUTE THAT, UH, NO, NO SCHOOL, BUT NO, ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, I THINK THERE'S A SCHOOL THAT'S WORKING WITH, UH, OUR POOL TO GET THEIR I THINK FOURTH GRADE.
BUT THEN THE FOURTH GRADE, I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT WILL BE COMING, BUT IT'S NOT, NOT YET.
THESE KIDS ARE GONNA MISS IT THIS YEAR OR THEY THINK NO, IT'LL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
FUN, FUN WITH REPAIRS THAT WE FIND
THEY, WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU REMEMBER, I THINK PREVIOUS COUNCIL WANTED TO BUILD LIKE A, A BUILDING, A NEW BUILDING ADJACENT TO THE POOL.
I THINK SINCE THEN OUR NEW COUNCIL IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE WITH THAT MONEY AND I THINK THEY'D RATHER DO SOME REPAIRS FOR THE BUILDING RATHER THAN BUILD A BRAND NEW BUILDING.
UM, SO THERE IS INTEREST IS THE SHORT ANSWER TO FUND REPAIRS AND POTENTIAL UPGRADES TO THE POOL BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES THE NEW POOL WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT.
SO THERE, THERE IS INTEREST, BUT UH, THAT'S THE POLL UPDATE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
UM, I DON'T WANNA MISS ANYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS BEFORE I LEAVE, SO I REMEMBER YOU WERE GONNA ASK SOME THINGS.
YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE MORE BREAKFAST.
ARE THEY GONNA BE REINSTATED? THEY HAVE BE BREAKFAST.
THEY HAD A COMMUNITY BREAKFAST ON DECEMBER 9TH.
UM, QUARTERLY BREAKFAST ARE STILL, STILL GOING ON.
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT, THEY'LL HAVE 'EM POSTED ON UNDER, UM, EVENTS AND UH, IT'S QUARTERLY.
YEAH, I THINK THE NEXT ONE WILL BE MARCH.
I YOU AT THE, I DIDN'T SEE YOU AT DECEMBER, BUT I SAW YOU AT THE UM, UH, AUGUST ONE.
WELL ONE THING IS NOT ON THE, ON THE PARK AND RENT AREA, BUT I AM CONCERNED AS A CITIZEN, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE DAMN POTS?
YEAH, THAT WOULD'VE TO BE A ON.
YEAH, THAT UH, THAT'S A VERY BROAD QUESTION.
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I MEAN, IT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT STILL.YEAH, I MEAN I KNOW WE'RE ADDRESSING IT.
WE DO HAVE A NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT IS DO WE? YEAH, STEVE MAN CAME BACK.
UH, UH, LEFT HIS POSITION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND, UH, STEVE MANAL, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR PREVIOUS TO ROBERTO, HAS COME BACK AND, UH, DEFINITELY TRYING TO REVAMP THE DEPARTMENT.
SO HE'S VERY MUCH ON TOP OF IT.
MUCH MORE IN TUNE WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TIMELINES AND REGULARLY SCHEDULED ITEMS SUCH AS PAVEMENT AND BOTTLES.
WE ARE DEALING WITH STAFFING ISSUES.
SO IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE CITY, NATIONAL CITY, GIVE US A CALL.
WELL BUT, UH, I ANYWAY, BUT OPEN.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT AND A AESTHETICS OF SITTING.
WELL, THEY MAY RETURN ON POTHOLE UNDER THEY DID IT.
THEY BE HERE TO STAY, BUT THEY NEED TO BE UNDER CONTROL ANYWAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, WOMAN ONE.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE KEEP GOING.