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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AND WELCOME TO NATIONAL CITY'S COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONS COMMISSION CPRC MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024.THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOUR OPINIONS ARE HEARD AND CONSIDERED BY THE CPRC.
YOU CAN REGISTER TO SPEAK DURING A-C-P-R-C ZOOM MEETING.
SPEAKERS MUST REGISTER BY 4:00 PM THE DAY OF THE MEETING.
PUBLIC COMMENTS OR TESTIMONY IS LIMITED TO UP TO THREE MINUTES.
SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE SHOWN ON VIDEO.
ANOTHER OPTION IS TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE OFFICIAL RECORDED MEETING.
COMMENT@NATIONALCITYCA.GOV BEFORE 4:00 PM ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING AND PROVIDE THE AGENDA ITEM OR STATE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
IF THE TOPIC IS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, IT IS 6:03 PM CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ROLL CALL AB TWO FOUR FOUR NINE REQUEST TO ATTEND VIRTUAL VIRTUALLY BY A COMMISSIONER.
WE HAVE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER ELLIS OF A NEED TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF AB 2 4 4 9.
WE MUST FIRST CONFIRM THERE IS A QUORUM PRESENT IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER.
WALTER, CAN YOU VERIFY WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE DO.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS IS PRESENT ON ZOOM.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COMMISSION TO FIRST CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN BE HEARD AND SEEN AND THAT YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE US.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR AND SEE ME? YES.
MR. ELLIS, CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES RELATED TO NEEDING TO APPEAR REMOTELY? UM, SO CURRENTLY I'M LOOKING AFTER MY DAD.
HE UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE VERY WELL.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS, ARE YOU CLAIMING YOUR ABSENCE UNDER JUST CAUSE OR EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCE? AND IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN HAVE WALTER EXPLAIN THE TWO.
UM, I DID READ THE, UH, EMAIL PROVIDED, UH, THAT WAS, UH, UNDER JUST CAUSE MR. ELLIS, IS THERE ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OF AGE PRESENT AT THE REMOTE LOCATION? YOU ARE? YEAH, MY DAD IS CURRENTLY HERE, BUT HE'S NOT IN THE ROOM.
IF YES, PLEASE IDENTIFY THEM AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO YOU.
SO HE'S MY FATHER AND HIS, UH, NAME IS HERB ELLIS ZER.
PLEASE CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF TIMES THIS COMMISSIONER HAS APPEARED REMOTELY WITHIN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAS NOT, UM, APPEARED REMOTELY VERY WELL AT THIS TIME.
WALTER WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THIS IS TO VOTE ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
COMMISSIONER ELLIS HAS STATED FOR THE REASON TO ATTEND REMOTELY.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS, UH, SANCHEZ IS NOT HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ PRESENT, UH, VICE CHAIR ORTH.
UM, CAN I GET A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ATTENDANCE RIGHT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF COMMISSIONER ELLIS'S ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING, VIRTUALLY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
COULD I PERHAPS THEN ASK COMMISSIONER GOMEZ TO REEVALUATE HIS PRESENT VOTE? YES.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO VOTE YES.
CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE, I GUESS.
WE'LL NOW BEGIN A REGULAR MEETING.
WALTER, DO WE NEED TO TAKE ATTENDANCE AGAIN OR ARE WE GOOD?
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UH, I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE ROLL AGAIN.CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, TAKE ROLL AND SIMPLY STATE PRESENT OR HERE? COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS PRESENT.
ABSENT, UH, COMMISSIONER DORSEY.
COMMISSIONER GOMEZ PRESENT AND VICE CHAIR ORTH HERE.
AND POLICE MEMBER MCCLURE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER GOMEZ TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, ANOTHER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Regular Meeting of November 16, 2024]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UH, THIS WILL BE FROM OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING, WHICH WAS ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023.
IS THERE A MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER, 2016, 20, 23 MINUTES.
MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO VOTE ON HERE.
OH, WE'RE STRICTLY DOING VERBAL VOTES.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]
ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT ALTER.HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, ACTUALLY WE DID RECEIVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, THIS EVENING, I BELIEVE.
UH, GENTLEMAN, JOSEPH CRAWFORD IS HERE IN PERSON.
UM, MR. CRAWFORD, WOULD YOU LIKE COME UP? I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD EVENING LADIES, GENTLEMEN.
AND I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH Y'ALL.
I'M DOING PRETTY WELL, YOU KNOW, UPS AND DOWN AROUND AND ROUND LIKE A MERRY-GO-ROUND.
I'M, I'M HERE TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PACKAGE THAT I JUST GAVE YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR PARK AND RECREATION.
I SUBMITTED THIS PROPOSAL, THE KIMBER TOWER RESIDENTS TO THE MAYOR, TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF ADVISORY BOARD.
AND IT WAS APPROVED AND MEN AND WOMEN START GETTING INVOLVED.
BUT THAT'S FOR THE, THAT'S FOR THE LONG RANGE.
ON, ON ON OCTOBER? NO, ON JUNE, LET'S SEE, LEMME GET IT RIGHT.
ON OCTOBER, THE TWO ON AUGUST THE 20TH, I WAS DOING DOCUMENTARY IN THE PARK AND I EXPLAINED TO EVERYBODY BASICALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT I WAS DOING.
AND I WAS ASSAULTED BY THIS WOMAN THAT WERE IN A ZOOMER GROUP.
THEY ACT LIKE A MOB INSTEAD OF A GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN TRYING TO DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE INTO ASSAULT.
I DIDN'T RETALIATE MERELY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I WOULD BE IN MORE TROUBLE.
SO I PROCEEDED TO KIMMEL PARK AND I CALLED THE POLICE.
THIS WHOLE INVESTIGATION WAS ORCHESTRATED TO BE CLOSED.
I'VE BEEN EXAMINED IT EVER SINCE THEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN ALMOST A COUPLE YEARS NOW.
I ASKED TO Y'ALL RE RE REVIEW IT AND GIVE Y'ALL A PRO OPINION OF IT BECAUSE I DESERVE JUSTICE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
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I HAVE PROVEN MYSELF IN THIS COMMUNITY TO BE A WORTHY INDIVIDUAL, TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER LIFESTYLE AS WELL AS JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.AND WITH THAT, I JUST LEAVE IT UP TO Y'ALL.
IT'S LIKE MY LIFE PARTNER SAID, SHE SAID SHE'S ALWAYS SING THIS SONG.
K SIR RAH, BY DINER, BY DINER.
I'M ONLY SAYING WHAT WE'LL BE, WILL BE, BUT I HAD TO COME AND TALK TO Y'ALL BECAUSE IF I DON'T TALK TO Y'ALL, NOBODY'S GOING TO TALK FOR ME.
I, I, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CITY AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITHOUT FEAR AND RETALIATION BECAUSE I, I STRIVE TO BE WHO I AM, NOT TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE.
I RESPECT THE LAW AND I WANT TO BE A COMMUNITY WORKER WITHOUT RETALIATION FROM OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE I'M A PRETTY INITIATIVE PERSON AND I DO HAVE AMBITION.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION.
WALTER, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED? NO.
[6. APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES]
EXCUSED ABSENCES.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE EXCUSED ABSENCE, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ UNEXCUSED ABSENCE FOR AUGUST 17TH, 2023 CPRC MEETING.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS AN ABSENCE THAT WAS NOT CAPTURED DURING THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING.
THERE A MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO BRING A MOTION TO REVOKE THE UNEXCUSED ABSENCE FOR VOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REVOKE, REVOKE THE UNEXCUSED ABSENCE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION OR NO? SURE.
UM, IS, WAS THIS THE TIME, UM, AND, UH, SANCHEZ WAS LATE OR THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THIS, THIS IS THE AUGUST MEETING THAT, UM, IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE, IT'S COVERED AT OUR LAST MEETING, BUT IT ENDED UP NOT BEING ON THE AGENDA, SO WE COULDN'T VOTE ON IT.
SO THIS IS JUST TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON THAT.
WALTER, CAN YOU CALL FOR A VOTE? SURE.
[7. ACTION ITEM I]
ITEM.THE AGENDA IS ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE CPRC BYLAWS, ARTICLE FIVE, COMPLAINT REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE.
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE VOTE FOR A NEW SUBCOMMITTEE OR APPROVE THE EXISTING SUBCOMMITTEE.
SUBCOMMITTEE SHALL SHALL BE COMPOSED OF A MINIMUM OF TWO, BUT NOT MORE THAN THREE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
CURRENTLY THE, THE COMMITTEE, THE COMPLAINT REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF VICE CHAIR ORTH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ AND MYSELF.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTINUATION OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE? I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
I WILL SECOND THAT OVER THE, OKAY.
[8. CLOSED SESSION]
THE AGENDAS ARE CLOSED SESSION TPRC WILL NOW EXIT AND ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION.ONCE CLOSED SESSION IS COMPLETED, ALL COMMISSIONERS WILL RETURN THE ABILITY THAT THEY HAVE TO RETURN TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE NOW RETURNED FROM CLOSED SESSION.
I'LL ASK THE CITY, CITY ATTORNEY TO NOW PROVIDE A REPORT OUT.
A REPORT FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
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OKAY.THANK YOU CHAIR LESLIE? UH, TONIGHT'S CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, UH, CONSISTED OF SIX ITEMS, ALL ITEMS RECEIVED A VOTE OF SUPPORT, UH, BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE.
AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT OUT.
[9. CITY STAFF COMMENTS]
THE AGENDA IS CITY STAFF COMMENTS START WITH YOU, SIR.MS. SCHULTZ, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UH, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.
ALTER, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? ACTUALLY, I DO.
UM, THE CITY CLERK HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL, UM, AT THE MARCH 19TH MEETING.
IT'S COMING UP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
THERE'S GONNA BE THREE POSITIONS, UH, FROM THE CPRC THAT, UH, HAVE REACHED THEIR END OF TERM.
AND THAT IS FOR COMMISSIONER, UH, SANCHEZ, DORSEY AND ELLIS.
SO, UM, I GUESS THEY CAN BE ASKED TO, UH, STAY ON IF THEY WANT TO OR, UM, TRY TO GET SOME OTHER PEOPLE TO, TO JOIN US.
SO, UM, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE PRESENT FOR THAT.
UM, RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WISH TO CONTINUE SERVING IS TO MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE CITY OF, UH, CLERK'S OFFICE.
CAN I, UM, USUALLY, ISN'T IT JUST A FORM THAT SAYS I WISH TO CONTINUE OR I DO NOT WISH TO CONTINUE AND THEN SIGNATURE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, THE APPLICATION'S ONLINE, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE APP APPLICATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
THEY'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST, BUT I HAD TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION THE MOST RECENT TIME.
UM, I'M SURE THE EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS SHE RECEIVED ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS, BUT I'LL, I'LL INQUIRE NOT NOT TO WORRY.
UM, LET'S ROLL INTO AND YOU WANNA GO FIRST? SURE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, I WAS PROMOTED FROM MY POSITION AND I'M NOW A LIEUTENANT AND HAVE CYCLED BACK INTO PATROL.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MY LAST SESSION HERE AT CPRC AND NEXT TO ME HERE IS, UH, SERGEANT SPRINGER, KEN SPRINGER.
HE'S GONNA BE TAKING OVER, UH, IN MY ABSENCE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, WORKING WITH ME THIS PAST YEAR.
I ENJOYED WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND UH, YOUR HELP IN GETTING US THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
NEXT SERGEANT SPRINGER, YOU WANNA TAKE A SECOND AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SURE.
UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND MEET ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU FROM WORKING WITH YOU IN THE PAST OR CURRENTLY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THIS TEAM.
UM, AS LIEUTENANT FERNANDO STATED, I JUST MOVED UP TO IA IN JANUARY.
UM, STILL LEARNING THE PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WITH YOU GUYS, SO I'LL BE LEARNING WITH YOU AND FROM YOU.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING MORE.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE PD FOR ABOUT 26 YEARS, UM, AND I'M STILL GOING STRONG.
SO SANDY, THE NEXT MEETING YOU'LL BE ATTENDING WITHOUT BACKUP
[10. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
IS COMMISSIONER COMMENTS CALLING EACH OF YOU ONE BY ONE.WE WILL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIS ONLINE.
YEAH, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING THE ACCOMMODATION.
UM, I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, HARDSHIPS FOR THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT IN THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS' EFFORTS AND, UM, THANKS FOR BEARING WITH ME.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LIEUTENANT ON HIS NEW POSITION AND SERGEANT WELCOME BOARD.
UM, LET'S GO WITH COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS.
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VERY INSIGHTFUL.UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH US AND WISH YOU LUCK ON, ON YOUR FUTURE STAYING WITH MCPD.
UH, AND THEN I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS AS WE'RE STARTING THE YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE NEWER COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO RIDE ALONGS, TO ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO, UH, TO HELP US IN IN OUR ROLE AS THE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCCLUER
JUST THANKS FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.
UM, JUST SAY LIEUTENANT, THANK YOU.
SORRY TO SEE YOU GO, BUT SERGEANT SPRINGER, WELCOME.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU FOR THE NEXT ONE.
UM, COMMISSIONER ELLIS, A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO YOUR FATHER.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE BACK WITH US FOR THE NEXT MEETING THAT HE'S BACK ON HIS FEET.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRADITIONAL POLICY IS NECESSARILY, BUT, UM, IF COMMISSIONER ELLIS SAID SHE HASN'T RECEIVED ANY SORT OF NOTIFICATION FROM THE CITY, UM, REGARDING THE VACANCY OF HER POSITION, I WOULD JUST CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO BOTH COMMISSIONER ELLIS AS WELL AS THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT THEIR TERMS ARE EXPIRING SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE NEED TO COMPLETE SOME PAPERWORK TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HERE ON THE COMMISSION WITH US.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE CITY CLERK, BUT I DON'T WANNA MAKE ASSUMPTIONS.
UM, JENNIFER FERNANDO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, YOUR HELP OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR.
UH, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A NEW EXCITING POSITION AHEAD OF YOU BACK IN UNIFORM.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU ENJOY THE, THE NEW ROLE.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON, UH, JOINING US AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.
I RECEIVED A EMAIL TODAY WHICH WAS, UH, A FOLLOW UP TO PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, TO SIGN EACH TIME WE REVIEW A CASE.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY SENT ME A EMAIL SAYING, STATING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE, THE MATTER AND TRY TO UPDATE THE, UH, THE NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.
I DID, YES, BECAUSE I STILL ON THE CITY EMAIL DID THEY SENT TO YOU? STILL DO NOT HAVE THAT CITY EMAIL TAKE UP.
NOT GONNA MENTION THAT MY PREVIOUS EMAIL DOMAIN NO LONGER EXISTS.
BUT, UM, AND THEN, UH, MS. ELLIS, I WISH YOUR, YOUR DAD A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND UH, HOPEFULLY COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ IS FEELING BETTER AND WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN US IN OUR NEXT MEETING TOO.
AND HOPEFULLY WE HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER DORSEY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADJOURN? OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 16TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
COMMISSIONER GOMEZ? AYE, COMMISSIONER OR AYE AND CHAIR LESLIE? AYE.
CARRIED EVERYBODY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.