[Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on May 16, 2024]
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OH, SORRY.OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PAUL, JOSEPH, ARE YOU HERE? I'M PRESIDENT RUBEN.
CAN WE GET, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PREVIOUS MEETING? OH, WAIT A MINUTE.
I SKIPPED THE LINE, DIDN'T I? ON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HERE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, AND THEY WANNA MAKE, MAKE A MOTION FOR OKAY, LUEN.
YOU DO SECOND, I SECOND THAT MOTION.
ACTION ITEMS. REFUND PROCESS DOCUMENT.
SO LAST MONTH, UH, WE, UH, THERE WAS A MOTION FOR THE NON-ACTION ITEMS. WE HAD, WE HAD, UH, PUT THE REFUND PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW.
UH, THIS DOCUMENT JUST HAS SOME LANGUAGE AND IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATIONS BY, UM, THE COMMITTEE HERE TODAY, WE CAN, UH, PUT, PUT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, IF SOMEONE WOULD, HAS REVIEWED IT AND WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT, OR A MOTION TO NOT APPROVE IT.
UH, IT'LL CIRCULATE, CIRCULATE AROUND.
I THINK I HAD SOME, LET'S SEE.
SO THIS WOULD BE ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS, THERE'S NO PROCESS FOR FUNDS OTHER THAN IF SOMEONE WERE TO REQUEST AN EMAIL, WE TYPICALLY WOULD GRANT IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ESTABLISHED TO SAY OTHERWISE.
AND THIS WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO OUR DEPARTMENT, AND WE WANT, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ENROLL FOR OUR CLASSES.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE SOME CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS THAT, UM, THEY DO THE CLASSES AND THEY PROVIDE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT ARE REGISTERED.
SO IF YOU HAVE 10 PEOPLE REGISTERED, BUT ON HALFWAY THROUGH PLA THE SESSION, SAY FIVE, WANT A REFUND, THEN THAT INSTRUCTOR IS OUT POCKET.
AND IT CREATES A, A CHALLENGE FOR US TO OBTAIN INSTRUCTORS IF WE DO NOT HAVE A REFUND PROCESS OR LANGUAGE PROVIDED IN THE ADVANCE WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD NOT, SOUNDS CERTAINLY GOOD IDEA.
ANYTHING ELSE SHOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED REFUNDABLE.
WHAT'S SUPER
UM, THEY TYPICALLY WOULD REACH OUT, UM, TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.
EITHER WE SOMETIMES GET EMAILS REPORTS OR BY PHONE, OR SOMEONE WILL GO TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THEY'LL SAY ICAL POLITICAL, AND THEY WANT TO REQUEST A REFUND.
UM, TYPICALLY IF, IF IT IS DUE TO A PERSON'S INABILITY TO TAKE A CLASS, SAY THEY REGISTER FOR A BALLET POLITICAL CLASS AND THEY'RE NOT AT A SKILL LEVEL, THAT'S TYPICALLY ASSESSED WITHIN THE FIRST SECOND CLASS.
SO BY HAVING, UM, REFUNDS ARE TYPICALLY GRANTED PRIOR TO THE THIRD CLASS, IT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO FILTER THROUGH, TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSON IS ABLE TO TAKE THE CLASS.
UM, AND MAYBE WE, WE SHOULD ADD THAT ON.
YOU DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE THE I TOLD YOU TO SUCK.
SO I WILL, UH, I WILL ADD WRITTEN REQUEST,
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UH, MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN THE FIRST HIGHER VOTE ON THIS NOW, OR NOT JUST A NOTIFICATION.SO IF SOMEONE MADE THE MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION REFUND STATEMENT WITH THE AMENDMENT, UM, REFUNDS MAY BE GRANTED PRIOR TO THE THIRD CLASS WHEN, UH, GIVEN WHEN A WRITTEN REQUEST IS RECEIVED PRIOR TO FIRST CLASS.
SO WE WOULD MAKE THAT AMENDMENT.
DOES THAT SOUND APPROPRIATE? YES.
TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REFUND STATEMENT WITH THE RECOMME MOVE STEP.
SO OUR NEXT STEP, WE WOULD, UM, UH, I WOULD DRAFT THIS UP.
I'LL SEND IT TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN I'LL SEND IT TO OUR CITY ATTORNEYS FOR, UH, REVIEW BEFORE IT WOULD BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE.
THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATION.
NO, NOT ACTION ITEMS. AT, AT OUR LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED, UM, WE DISCUSSED ACTION ITEMS FOR GOAL SETTING.
AND SO, UM, EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD, UH, OR COMMITTEE PROVIDED AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE WILL, UH, WILL SET GOALS TOWARDS.
AND THOSE WERE, UH, THE PARK AND RECREATION SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE GOAL SETTING.
UH, MR. CRAWFORD GOAL, UH, FOR THE COMMITTEE IS RAISING AWARENESS OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ART OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH.
UM, MR. FDO, UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PARK AND RECREATION SENIOR CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH RESPONSES FROM THE CITY AND HOW TO DO THAT.
SO WE WANTED TO CREATE SOME FORM OF, UM, A LINE OF COMMUNICATION, UM, WITH FOLLOW THROUGH.
UM, MR. FERNANDEZ, UH, HAD HI.
HIS, UM, GOAL WAS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE SURVEY PROCESS AND THE PROGRAM AND EVENT RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND MR. PEREZ WAS, UM, TO HAVE, UH, CONTINUOUS PARKS IMPROVEMENT, UH, INVOLVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.
UM, SO THESE ARE WHAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING, NORA, THAT, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO, UM, OUR GOAL SETTING FOR THE YEAR, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD TAKE THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, PROVIDE UPDATES ON WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT, UH, OUR COMMITTEE IS COMMITTED TO DO.
SO THESE, UH, THESE ARE OUR GOALS, BUT THEY ALSO, WE CAN ADD TO THEM AS THE YEAR GOES ON.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE REAL REALISTIC EXPECTATION OF THE TIMELINE.
SO THAT WAS ON OUR LAST ACTION ITEMS. THEY WERE APPROVED.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE, WE SHOULD, UH, FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WE SHOULD PUT AN ACTION ITEM ON FOR, UH, HOW DO WE CREATE THAT DOCUMENT? HOW IS THAT DOCUMENT THAT WE PROVIDE TO COUNCIL? WILL WE PROVIDE A REPORT? WILL WE PROVIDE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT? IN WHAT FORM DO WE DO THIS? WE DO A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHATEVER IT TAKE TO GET A DIRECTOR, BECAUSE GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND WAITING TWO YEARS TO GET A DIRECTOR OR SIX MONTHS IS NOT GOING TO HELP US FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, IS VERY CRITICAL IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT FOR THE STATE AND THE NATION AND THE WORLD MERELY BECAUSE OF THE CHAOS THAT'S GOING ON.
AND A LOT OF THINGS NEED TO BE EXPEDITED.
NOT SO MUCH THAT THEY GOING TO CREATE A PERMANENT SOLUTION,
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BUT AT LEAST GIVE THE PEOPLE A LIFE PRESERVED ONE THAT THEY CAN USE PSYCHOLOGICALLY EMOTIONAL, AND SALLY, AS WELL AS CONTINUED PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.SO MAYBE HAVING SOMETHING WHERE, UM, SO, AND, AND AT THE CITY COUNCIL WE CAN PREPARE STAFF REPORTS ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING.
SO I, AS THE STAFF REPRESENTATIVE WOULD GO, RIGHT, BUT WHAT I WOULD BE PROVIDING IS THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN GOT HERE GO FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL.
OR IF IT'S IN FOR THE NEXT MEETING HERE, I WOULD GATHER THE INFORMATION.
UM, HOW DO WE RAISE AWARENESS OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS? SO WE'D HAVE LIKE TANGIBLE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD BRING.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC TARGET.
AND AS I SEARCH AROUND THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE WORLD, I'M FINDING THAT CREATIVE WRITING AND POETRY IS GOING TO OFFER A THERAPEUTIC SITUATION BECAUSE THE CHANGE HAS TO COME FROM THE INDIVIDUAL.
THE CHANGE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF EACH INDIVIDUAL MOVE IN A DIRECTION TO PRE PURSUE, TO IMPROVE THEIR CHARACTER, BECAUSE IT'S THE CONTENT OF THE CHARACTER THAT ALLOWS THE MAN, WOMAN, OR CHILD TO MOVE THROUGH TIME AND SPACE AND TIME AND SPACE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE HAVING.
WE ARE GETTING SHOT UP, NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT MAN IS DOING, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT MOTHER NATURE IS DOING.
EVEN THE MILITARY, THEY GO FIND SOMEWHERE TO HIDE WHEN THE, WHEN MOTHER NATURE COME AROUND, IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE ON THE EARTH.
SO WE NEED TO DIRECT ATTENTION OF THE MASSES TO OUR MOTHER THAN, UH, AND TO NATURE, BECAUSE IT IS NATURE THAT WAS SET UP IN THE VERY BEGINNING FOR US TO USE AS A ROLE MODEL.
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE WOULD IMPLEMENT A CREATIVE WRITING COURSE PROGRAM OR PARTNERSHIP PARTNER WITH AN AGENCY TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM? I THINK IN OTHER TERMS OF EX EXPEDITING THE PROCESS, WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH AS MANY AGENCIES AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT SHOW A DIRECT INTEREST IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
LIKE I WAS SAYING IN WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY GOING TOWARD IS CREATIVE WRITING AND POETRY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ALL CAN ATTEND A CREATIVE WRITING AND POETRY EVENT AT, AT ARTS.
IT'S GOING ON TOMORROW AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
AND AS MANY OF US GO, WE CAN WATCH WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT IT ACHIEVES BECAUSE WE NEED PROTOTYPES THAT ARE GOING ON NOW.
INSTEAD OF SETTING UP A PROTOTYPE, WE TAKE AND GATHER THE INFORMATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW DIRECTLY DEALING WITH CREATOR WRITING REPORTS.
WE COLLECT THE DATA AND THE STATISTIC, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE IN A BETTER DIRECTION WITH COLLABORATION.
WOULD, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO TO THE ARTS EVENT TOMORROW? WERE YOU PLANNING TO DO THAT? YEAH, I'M GOING.
AND THEN WOULD YOU COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE NEXT MONTH TO PROVIDE US SOME UPDATES? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL TRY TO UPDATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AT THE ARTS BUILDING HERE ON, UM, RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN COME BACK AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AS WELL.
IF WE WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE OR REPORT ON.
ON WHAT? UH, WELL, WHAT I FIND OUT, YES.
I'M ACTUALLY, UH, I, UH, SCHOOL CREATIVE FROM SAN DIEGO NEXT DOOR THERE,
AND SO, UH, WHAT I CAN DO IS AN ALUMNI IS GO DOWN TO, UM, YES,
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE,
AND SO IF I WERE TO BRING IT UP, ESPECIALLY AS AN ALUMNI AND, UM,
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AND JUST, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES IN NEED PRETTY CERTAIN THAT THERE WOULD BE, UM, UH, THERE'D BE MAYBE A POSSIBLE RESPONSE.AND SO, UM, I'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND, UH, REPORT AND BRING A REPORT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING.
THAT ALSO MIGHT BE, UH, HELPFUL AS WELL.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SURVEYS AT LAST MEETING.
UM, I CAN DISSIPATE SURVEYS TO THE COMMITTEE AND THEN YOU BRING 'EM OUT TO YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMUNITY LIAISONS.
SO JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE PUT TOGETHER, UM, PROGRAM PLAN, I THINK QUESTION THE TABLES.
EITHER WE PROJECT WE CAN CANCEL OUR ACTIONS WITH THIS NUMBER.
I THINK EACH PERSON WHO MADE A SUGGESTION MAYBE JUST COME UP WITH ONE TABLE, UM, PLAN ON THEIR SPECIFIC REQUEST TO HAVE TO LEGAL AND WE COULD DISCUSS DISCUSSING.
AND THEN, UH, THEN WHAT I CAN DO IS ONCE WE HAVE A, YOU'VE ALL AGREED AT THE NEXT MEETING, THEN I CAN BRING IT TO THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL.
THEY DO A CONSENT CALENDAR OF GUIDANCE, AND THEN I FIND OUT WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND I PROVIDE A DATE AFTER.
WE COULD DO IT EITHER AS WEEK BEFORE WE CAN.
I, SO JUST WHAT WE KIND OF DID THIS ONE FIFTH, SOME GO OVER.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? UH, YOU KNOW, SIDE SEVEN TREES, THREE TREE, THREE REMOVALS, ALL REMOVALS WORK.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF SIDEWALK ISSUES.
UH, WE SPLIT UP WITH THESE SIDEWALKS.
UH, I KNOW WE HAVE TONS OF TREES THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED.
UH, SO WE SLOWLY
SO, UH, ALL THE REMOVALS ARE BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH SIDEWALKS OR SEWERS, UM, FOR HOMEOWNERS.
UM, ALSO WE BEEN WORKING LOT OVERTIME TOO ON FRIDAYS.
TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THE WORK.
WE'RE SHORT STAFFED RIGHT NOW.
TWO STAFF MEMBERS, UH, TWO TRANSFER OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP ON, ON OVERTIME ON WEEKENDS.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE GOTTA GO OVER.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW WE JUST WORKED ON A
WE DUMPED, UH, SOME
UM, SO WE DID THAT, HANDLE THAT YESTERDAY.
UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, STAYING ON TOP OF THE HOLE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE HOLE.
BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, UM, HOW MANY, HOW, HOW MANY STAFF DO YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO TREMORS, TWO TREE TREMORS, THREE C PARTNER, THREE C UH, THREE PARTNER ACRES, AND NOT WOOD.
UH, SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S FOR ALL THREE PARKS, MEDIANS, UH, TREES, UH, HOMELESS REMOVAL.
UH, SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DOING ANYTHING I DOING THAT ANY NASTY DISPUTE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CITY BUILDING ALSO MAINTAIN.
UH, SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE SURROUND AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR LABOR WISE, UH, EMPLOYEES? YEAH.
UH, WE'RE, I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S FOUR SENIORS, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12 TOTAL.
SO YOU'RE CURRENTLY RUNNING WITH EIGHT.
YOU USING FOUR POSITIONS? UH, WE'RE MISSING ONE SENIOR AND TWO ONES.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HIRE TWO MORE
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO LIKE I SAID, WE HAD THAT, WE KIND OF HAVE TO PULL SOMETIMES SHEET CREW, LIKE THEY WERE ALL HELPING US WITH THE BALL YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE WERE MORE, WE
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WERE OUT THERE MOW ON THE PARK, SO WE NEEDED AN EXTRA.SO OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE TO PULL THEM TO HELP US OUT WITH PROJECTS AND THEN THEY GET BACK OFF.
SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND, TRYING, TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID THEY HAD EMERGENCY TOO.
SO IF THEY GET CALLED OUT, THEN WE HAVE TO CALL OUT FROM OUR PARTS IN MY HAND.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S TEAMWORK.
BUT WE CAN ONLY SPREAD OURSELVES FROM SO, SO HOW LONG HAVE THE POSITION BEEN VACANT? IT IS, IT IS BEEN, IT IS BEEN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRING OVER, SO IT'S, I CAN'T, SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN ON AND ON.
SO IT'S, SO HOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE HIRING DEPART? I DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A STATE CHART.
RIGHT? WHEREVER THEY, WHEREVER THEY, NOT EVEN, IS THERE PEOPLE I COULD BE APPLYING? THIS IS APPLYING.
WE'VE HAD INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE.
SAY WE HAVE, WE HAVE 10 SCHEDULED INTERVIEWS.
AND THEN I WAS FIVE, MAYBE ONCE QUALIFIED.
SO IT IS REALLY, REALLY TOUGH.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE GOT EVERYBODY'S HEARING STORIES ABOUT LIKE, EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO HIRE AND IT'S, SO IT IS, IT'S, WE'RE HAVING A, UH, TOUGH TIME HIRING PEOPLE THAT ARE QUALIFIED.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I KNOW YOU DO THE HOMELESS CAMPS TOO.
ARE YOU IN CHARGE OF JUNGLE DOWN THERE TOO? OR IS IT JUST MAINLY IN MATCHING CITY? THE JUNGLE, WHICH MEANS FRONT PLAZA CHANNEL THAT WAY.
UH, A JUNGLE WE ARE, BUT MOSTLY STREETS WORKS, BUT THE STREET DIVISION, UH, AND BIG
HOMELESS TWO ON FRIDAY, IT WOULD GET ON A SATURDAY.
AND THEN AGAIN A COUPLE DAYS LATER, TWO DIFFERENT, BUT YEAH, TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.
BUT IT, THERE'S, YOU'RE PROBABLY TRIPPING ALL THE WIRE, ALL THAT STUFF STUFF KNEW THAT IT WASN'T FENCED OFF.
UM, IT WAS FENCED OFF, BUT THEY JUST, THEY JUST SHOWED PLANE.
YOU GOT ANY IDEA WHAT THE PALM AVENUE WE'RE GONNA GET MOW PALM AVENUE WORK? YEAH, WE DID IT.
A COUPLES PROBABLY TIME TO DO.
YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU DO IT ON THURSDAYS, BUT YEAH, WE DIALOGUE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THAT BIG PROJECT GOING ON.
YOU GUYS AWARE THAT, UM,
SO ALL THAT'S GONNA GET REDONE.
WE'RE HAVING, WE PLANTS VOLUNTEERS.
WE'RE STARTING NEXT WEEK ON THAT.
SO ALL THAT GRASS IS GONNA BE STRICT WITH MULCH E AND THEY, GOOD AMOUNT OF PLANTS ARE GOING PUTTING ROCKS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA, RIGHT? KEEP THE, BUT I THINK ONCE THE FENCES COME DOWN FENCE NOW ONCE THE FENCES COME DOWN AND THE PLANTS GO IN, THEY, THEY'RE GONNA FIND A WAY TO GET IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ANOTHER PROJECT, THE BIG ONE COMING IN WITH KIND OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT'S ON OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE STUFF.
YOU GUYS IN CHARGE OF THIS? WE GO TO CHANNEL TWO OR THAT
YEAH, THAT'S, THEY JUST DID A BIG, UH, A BIG SWEEP THROUGH THERE.
I DRIVE EVERY MORNING YESTERDAY AS I WHOLE SIDES ARE GROWING BETWEEN SIDE, OUR SIDE EXPANDING
SO FACILITIES WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THE, ANY LIGHTING THAT'S ANY ON SIDEWALKS.
UH, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE CITY HAD A PRESENTATION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ON
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REVIEW THE PARK.
THAT'S THERE ANY UPDATE? I ONLY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT YET.
I THINK VICTOR WOULD'VE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
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ON THAT.YEAH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, UM, UH, SO AN UPDATE FOR ELTON COMMUNITY CENTER, FOR THE RECREATION CENTER, THE WHOLE, NO, I'M TALKING OF EACH OTHER.
PARK OVER THE, THE WHOLE PARK.
UM, DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT, UM, IT IS WHEN, UH, SCOUT GAVE AWAY THE SURFACE.
SO
YEAH, I HEARD THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO SPLIT OUT THE BIDS AROUND FEBRUARY, MARCH.
I DON'T KNOW TO BEEN IN PROGRESS WITH THAT.
I THINK I CAN, THAT IS MY FOLLOW UP.
OR EVEN IF I CAN GET, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP, UH, I ENDED, THEY SET ASIDE MONEY TO REDO THE BASEBALL FIELD OVER AT LOS BALL.
UM, WHEN, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, HAVE TO START, THEY HAVE TO BEGIN USING THOSE FUNDS OR ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO THE PROJECT, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD, THEY, IF PART OF THE, SOME OF THE LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM, UH, COVID, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WERE PROVIDED, AND SO THEY ALLOCATED, I THINK IT WAS 5.4 MILLION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY THE END OF THE MONTH.
WE'RE MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
UM, I MEAN, IF, IF FUNDS ARE BEING ALLOCATED THROUGH THE, THE FIELDS, THAT'S A HELL OF A PROJECT TO DO PLAN OUT AND GET STARTED WITHIN, LET'S CALL IT FOUR MONTHS.
SO, SO WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD BE THE GO-TO, TO GET IN, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THIS, AT LEAST TAKE PART IN AT LEAST WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW? UM, AT LEAST IN AN INDIRECT SENSE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PRETTY MUCH LIVED THERE.
UM, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PRIORITIZE BEING THAT FUNDS HAVE TO BE ALLOCATED OR, UH, USED BEFORE THE END OF THE, THE YEAR.
YEAR OR THE CALENDAR, I BELIEVE THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THE SECOND THING, I KNOW THAT IT WAS IN HERE NOW, SO WE CAN ASK, UM, THE BATHROOMS HAVE BEEN SPRAY PAINTED.
I SHOWED VIDEOS OF SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND IT IS BEEN THE SAME SPRAY PAINT UP, AND NOW THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UM, IS THAT EVER GONNA GET PAINTED OVER? WE, WE CALL THAT IN IF YOU GUYS, IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO CALL THAT INTO YOU GUYS CAN ALSO CALL THE WE.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT WHOLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS FROM OURS.
WE CALL UP THE OUTLINE AND THEY USUALLY COME OUT AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
UH, WE USED, WE USED TO DO THE BATHROOM.
BUT THAT'S, I MEAN, I DON'T, THAT'S COMPLETE OUTTA MY HAND, BUT THAT'S A, A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTMENT THAT TAKES CARE OF, SO, SO WHO TAKES CARE OF THE BATHROOM PIECE? THE WELL THERE, LIKE, THERE'S NO RUNNING WATER IN THE WINGS.
THERE IS RUNNING WATER IN THE TO WASH THE, DID THEY FIX IT? WE, WE WENT AND CHECK IT OUT.
THE, NO, IT'S LIKE THE GUYS PUSH IN AND THEN COME OUT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S ACTUALLY WATER SHUT HOLD THE BUTTON UP NOW WHILE THEY IT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY RUNNING WATER ON BOTH SIDES.
AND THEN I, I SHOWED A VIDEO WITH THE, LIKE THE TOILET BOWLS THAT, YOU KNOW, DRY OLD STUFF IN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEASON THAT'S STILL THERE.
SO LIKE, THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT LITTLE KIDS GOING IN THERE AND IT'S, WELL, USUALLY WHEN WE'RE ON THE FIELD, THE OTHER BATHROOMS LOCKED UP, THE ONE UP BY PARK.
AND THOSE ARE A LOT CLEANER, A LOT BIGGER.
AND THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE, BUT WE'RE LEFT TO USE THOSE NASTY AS PART NASTY BATHROOMS. I INVITED THE CITY COUNCIL TO COME USE THEM AND SOMEONE'S TAKING ME UP ON THE OFFICE
BUT LIKE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITY ONCE YOUR KIDS THAT GO IN THERE KNOW.
UM, NOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR HANDS DOWN ON THE TOILET.
UM, I THINK THEY BROUGHT UP LAST TIME HERE FROM FACILITIES OR, OR, UH, OUR, BUT UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN, I MEAN, OUR SEASON, I KNOW YOU GUYS CAME YESTERDAY, BROUGHT THE THIRD, BUT OUR SEASON'S SCRAPING UP.
YOU WE'RE LAST GAMES TOMORROW OR SATURDAY.
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AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE, WE'LL STILL BE AROUND BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL SORT.BUT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE USED THAT DURING, YOU KNOW, MONTHS
YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT ATTENTION HERE BECAUSE I WANT, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT, IT GETS DONE.
YEAH, I WANT A NICE FIELD, BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IS A BROKEN ANKLE.
YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU'VE SEEN THE RUTS IN THE, IN THE
UM, AND I'VE ASKED TO, FOR MOUND A DIRT SO WE CAN FILL THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO IT OURSELVES.
GET A SHOVEL, FILL EM OR WE FIND 'EM.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T GET THAT EITHER.
SO I WAS, I WAS TOLD THAT HE TOLD ME THAT WE WERE GONNA BE OUT THERE.
ISSUE WHERE GUYS SHOWED UP IN YOUR FIELD? WELL, WE, WE WORKED, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING EVERY, EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.
I, I'M OUT THERE DRAGGING IT WITH MY TRUCK, DRIVING THE, AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, I ALSO, I'M ALSO PART OF, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT? UHHUH
I'M ALSO PART OF THE, THE BOARD ABOUT SOFTBALL.
WE HAVE ABOUT 7,700 GIRLS OUT THERE.
WE, WE SEE A HOLE IN THE DIRT.
WE, WE, WE BREAK IT IN, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE STRICTLY A HUNDRED PERCENT TAKE CARE OF THE SHIELDS.
UH, SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU SEE A WHOLE THIRD RACE ROUTE RATE, WE DO THE SAME.
BUT WE'RE, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE DIRT TO FILL, YOU KNOW, WE GOT, WE HAD THE RAINS COME THROUGH, BUT STILL GOT USED MORE 'CAUSE HE STILL GOT FLOOD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK, IT TOOK A TOLL ON, YOU SAW IT YESTERDAY.
IT HAD THE VALLEY GOING FROM LIKE PICTURE MOUNT OUT TO THE DUGOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE VALLEY.
AND I MEAN, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO FILL STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WHEN WE NEED MORE DIRT.
SEE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING YESTERDAY, BUT WE COULD HAVE USED THAT ONCE, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ALWAYS.
UM, SO I MEAN, I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GRADING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A TIMELY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE SHORT STAFF.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I DO HAVE, I DO HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME OUT TO DO THAT.
I HAD TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE TODAY, TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE YESTERDAY,
UM, IT'S JUST AGAIN, I GUESS PRIORITIES.
YOU KNOW, WHO'S ACTUALLY CHARGE THE BATHROOMS. WE, WE, AS FAR AS LIKE THE TOILET, LIKE WE'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GO IN, PUT THEM DOWN AND THEY, THEY, THEY CLEANED 'EM BASICALLY.
BUT THERE'S, IT WOULD I GUESS LOOK FOR THE ELEMENT FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GO AND SCRAPE THE THING THAT STUCK THERE FOR MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S PETRIFIED AT THAT POINT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE SPRAY PAINT AND THE, ALL THE GRAFFITI, YOU KNOW, BUT I, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY BAD.
ON THE PAINT THAT YOU USE IS YOU JUST REGULAR PAINTER, YOU USE THAT, YOU JUST HAVE TO HOSE IT OFF OF NO, IT'S JUST REGULAR PAINT.
DON'T SPEND THE MONEY TO SUPER DUPER PAN IN MO OFF.
OH, I, WE USUALLY IT IN THE PAST.
AND IT'S ONCE, IT IS A BIGGER MESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO COAT IT AND THEN POWER, POWER WASH IT AND THEN COAT IT AGAIN.
SO IT'S, IT'S MORE A HABIT ON THE BUILDING.
I MEAN, FROM, FROM SINCE JANUARY IT'S BEEN UP ANOTHER, THE ONE OVER THE SHE ON EASTFIELD THAT WAS ALLOCATED OVER.
AND WE MADE A DIRECT CALL TO THE PERSON WHO DOES IT.
BUT FOR SOME REASON THAT NEVER GOT TOUCHED.
WE STILL, I MEAN, THEY GOT, IT'S LIKE A MURAL NOW.
WELL, IF, IF I MAY, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING HERE IS, UH, YOU DEVELOP YOUR, UH, SOFTBALL, RIGHT? AND THE REASON YOU FILL IT IMMEDIATELY IS BECAUSE YOU RIGHT.
THE THING WE NEEDED DIRT MUCH EARLIER FOR THE SAME REASON.
MY ACTION ITEM, AND, AND I'M GONNA MENTION THAT AGAIN, IS WE CAN SIT HERE WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND TALK TO A BLOW OF THE FACE.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COUNCIL.
WE HAVE CERTAIN PRIORITIES OURSELVES.
AND WE WOULD LIKE THE, THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AND AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SENT THEM THESE THINGS.
SO IF THEY'RE GONNA BLOW US OFF, AT LEAST TELL US WE'VE GOT YOUR REQUEST.
WE KNOW, BUT IF WE SIT HERE, WE TALK AFTER MONTH AND TALK ABOUT, I NORA KNOW, MY, MY BIG ITEM WAS THE WHITE HARD.
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STILL NOT THERE.HOW MANY YEARS? AT LEAST THREE YEARS.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING MY COUNCIL, TWO COUNCIL PEOPLE DIRECTLY ABOUT CERTAIN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY COMPLETELY BLOWN ME UP.
THIS IS LIKE TWO UNITS, NO RESPONSE FROM NOTHING.
SO ALL I'M HOPING TO DO IS SAY, HEY, THIS IS PART REC, SENIOR CITIZENS, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, REMEDY.
UM, IF THE COUNCIL CAN AT LEAST HAVE SOMEONE FOR FACILITIES COME THE NEXT WEEK, TELL WHAT'S GOING ON.
BECAUSE I DON'T GET, LIKE, WE GET TONS OF, YOU KNOW, HEAT FROM ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS PARK, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, UH, 'CAUSE WE PARTS DEPARTS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO, BUT THERE'S, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S FACILITIES ISSUES, THERE'S OUR ISSUES, THERE'S OTHER ISSUES, RIGHT.
WE HAVE FACILITIES, SHE UP NEXT MEETING AND WE JUST BALLPARK QUESTIONS.
HOW DO WE KNOW ANYTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS IF WE HAVE A COMMITTEE HERE, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HOLDING A COMMITTEE IF THE COMMITTEE HAS NO INPUT OR THERE'S NO ACTION, NOT COME FROM THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT LET'S SAY WE HAD SOME, UM, JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, JUST RESIDENTS IN HERE AND THEY CAME TO BE HEARD.
YET IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS, ESSENTIALLY.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE A COMMITTEE.
A COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE SOME INPUT, SOME INSIGHT AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO AT LEAST BE RECOGNIZED.
RIGHT NOW I'M UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT WORKS.
YOU GUYS HAVE WORK ORDERS, YOU GUYS GO OFF WORK ORDERS AND THINGS THAT GO, BUT THERE SHOULD BE ITEMS THAT SHOULD SUPERSEDE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, SAFETY.
I WOULD SAY OUR KIDS AND SAFETY HAS TO COME FIRST.
THAT'S, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT? AND I MEAN, THE ONGOING JOKE AT OUR FIELD IS, YOU KNOW, THE ANKLE BREAKERS OUT IN THE ROAD, LIKE JUST WITH THE RUTS AND THOSE GROUND, YOU KNOW.
BUT IF I HAD A MOUND OF DIRT JUST PILED UP OUR CORNER, YOU KNOW, I COULD ALL FIDDLES EVERY, BEFORE EVERY PRACTICE.
I'M OUT THERE ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE.
AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S AN EASY FIX.
YOU TALKED TO A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL ONE MONTH AGO.
SHE SAID THE COUNCIL PERSON SAID, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
IT TOOK A MONTH TO GET A LOAD OF DIRT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF WE HAVE YEAH.
WE WERE TOLD I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
I'M ON IT TAKES FOUR WEEKS, UNLOAD DIRT.
HE DID STATE THAT LAST MEETING THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO IT HIMSELF.
TAKE HIS OWN SHOVELS ON, HAD DIRT DELIVERING.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DIRT SHOULD BE THERE TO FILL THE HOLES.
WE DON'T WANT NO KIDS INJURED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
AND, UH, LIGHTING FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PARKS.
AND ANY PARK HERE AT LAS THOMAS, UH, MAY HELP SLIP TRIPS AND FALLS AS WELL AS HELP PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT'S MAY BE HAPPENING AT THE PARK IN THE DARK.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
UM, AND UH, SO I HAD, UH, COUPLE PEOPLE, UH, COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT SHOULD BE LIKE WHEN, YOU KNOW, A PARENT OR, OR A FAMILY GETS OFF OF WORK OR SCHOOL AND WANTS TO TAKE A STROLL IN THE PARK, IT SHOULD BE LIGHTING, UH, FOR THEM TO ENJOY, UH, THAT LITTLE MOMENT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF ALL THE TIME THAT, THAT THEY MAY NOT SPEND, UH, TOGETHER.
SO ALL, ALL THIS IS COMING TOGETHER FOR, FOR US JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FACILITIES AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT DOING, UM, THEIR DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS A SHAME ON THEIR END.
BUT I RECOMMEND YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND YOU COMING HERE JUST TO TAKE HEAT FOR OTHER FACILITIES OR OTHER GROUPS THAT SHOULD BE HERE AS WELL.
SO I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY HAVE A, A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT FOR YOU.
AND I'M NOT, LISTEN, I'M NOT TRYING TO BY NO MEAN, DEFINITELY YOU GUYS ARE THE CLOSEST THINGS TO MY SAFETY THEN IN TERMS OF GETTING SOMETHING FROM, FROM MY FIELD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT I THINK IT KIND OF SUCKS.
BUT ONE OF THOSE, YOU GUYS ARE UNDERSTAFFED, TWO
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UNDERST STAFF FOR YEARS, RIGHT? WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.I, I, IT'S, I MEAN I, I KNOW, I KNOW THE BUSINESS WORLD.
I KNOW FINANCIALS AND I KNOW BUDGETING AND I KNOW EXACTLY HOW ALL THE LABOR PROBLEM WORK.
S ALL SIT THERE, YOU SHOULD BE THE EMPLOYEE.
EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE LIKE, VERY SIMPLE.
YOU GO GET THEM, YOU GET THEM.
IF THEY'RE NOT COMING TO YOU, YOU GO GET THEM.
IF THAT FALLS ON HR OR WHOEVER IS RENTING OPERATIONS, THEY NEED TO DO BETTER JOB AS WELL.
SO WITH HR, UH, SO WE RECENTLY HAVE A NEW HR DIRECTOR MM-HMM.
STARTING MAYBE MONTHS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, AND, AND IN COMMUNITY SERVICE WORLD, WE'VE BEEN HAD SEVERAL VA SURE.
WHAT WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS DON'T FEEL THAT I'M THROWING THIS OUT BECAUSE I WANT BASH ON YOU GUYS.
I'M THROWING THIS OUT 'CAUSE I WANT TO GET YOU GUYS WORK.
IF IT IS THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED TO GET MORE MANPOWER, THEN I'LL RAISE HELL AND SAY, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T, WHY WON'T THE, THE PARKS AND REC CREW THAT GUYS ARE, ARE TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING.
WHY DON'T THEY HAVE THE MANPOWER THEY NEED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY? THESE AREN'T SERVICES THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA WASH THE WINDSHIELD KIND OF THING.
NO, YOU'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICE FOR SAFETY FOR, FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE, THE, THE, THE AREAS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
LIKE TO ME THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, TO ME THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, TO ME WE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULDN'T BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES THAT HAVE BEAUTIFUL BATHROOMS, THAT HAVE WONDERFUL FACILITIES ON SITE AT THE PARKS.
THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY, AND IF IT COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE LABOR FORCE TO GET THERE, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A SHAKE UP, HIGHER UP.
IT'S NOT REALLY
IT IS A, I KNOW IT IS MORE OF LIKE A GENERAL SENSE, LIKE, HEY, THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA POINT OUT.
BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO DO IT, WELL THEN WE HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM HERE.
BECAUSE IN ESSENCE, YOU GUYS CAN'T DO IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
AND, AND I THINK FOR US IS, AND I'M NOT TAKING ON LIKE THAT, IT IS JUST FOR, FOR US, EVERYTHING'S OUR PRIORITY, RIGHT? FOR, FOR US, THE MEETINGS ARE PRIORITY.
YOU KNOW, WE LOOK
WE DON'T, IT'S LIKE WE CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING, RIGHT? AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO EVERYTHING.
AND THEN THE LABOR FORCE, THAT'S CONSIDERED LIKE, YOU'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND UNDERMANNED, ESPECIALLY IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, FOR INSTANCE, THAT'S CALLED AN
SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A TON MORE WORK THAN WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO OR EVEN BE CAPABLE OF DOING.
SO LIKE I SAID, YOU SAYING, YOU SAY WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS FRUSTRATING, BE WILLING, UH, TO SEE ALL THIS HAPPENING IN, IN OUR CITY THAT WE LOVE.
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE JUST MENTIONED, UM, I DIDN'T FINISH WHO I WAS GONNA SAY EARLIER ABOUT THE NEW HR PERSON.
THE NEW HR PERSON CAME ON BOARD, COMMUNITY DEPARTMENT 36 VACANCIES FOR OUR PART-TIME RECREATION LEADER SERIES, WHICH IS REC EIGHT REC LEADER.
1, 2, 3 REC SPECIALISTS, 36 VACANCIES.
WE INTERVIEWED 40 APPLICANTS AT 40 APPLICANTS.
25, 12 WE'RE ONBOARDING WHAT, 6, 8, 9 AFTER ACTUALLY MADE IT THROUGH PAST THE BACKGROUND CHECKS STUFF
SO, BUT, UH, WHAT I AM HAPPY TO SHARE AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE TEAM IS THAT WE ARE, UH, WE DO HAVE A DIRECTOR.
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR WHO IT WAS PREVIOUSLY FINANCE AND HR AND NOW THEY SEPARATED THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THE HR CAN FOCUS ON
UM, AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT AT LEAST THE PROCESS FOR BEING THOSE EIGHT PEOPLE ON BOARD ON OUR SIDE, WE'RE STILL WORKING FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF RECRUITMENTS AND PUSHING THAT.
SO WE'LL BE SHARING WHEN WE DO HAVE RECRUITMENTS OPEN, WHICH WE DO.
SO, UM, BEAR WITH US RESOURCE SIDE, BUT I'M ACTUALLY SEEING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET A LOT MORE OUR HUMAN RESOURCE SIDE.
SO, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
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I'M GLAD I CAN SPEAK TO IT, ALTHOUGH I REALLY WANT TO SPEAK TO IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIALTY.ALRIGHT, SO, UM, ANOTHER STAFF REPORT.
FOR OUR NUTRITION CENTER, UM, OUR HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM SERVED OVER 1200 HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
AND IN THE CONGREGATE SETTING, OUR NUMBERS ARE NOW UP TO 3,600.
SO WE'RE SERVING 3,600 MEALS PER MONTH.
THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT TWO 50, BETWEEN 200 AND 250 PER DAY.
AND AS IT STANDS, WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE A, UM, A RESERVATION SYSTEM.
WE KEEP THE DOORS OPEN FROM 11 TO 1230.
TYPICALLY PEOPLE ARE ALL IN LINE AND WAITING, BUT, UH, NEED TO COME UP WITH A SYSTEM TO CREATE THE RESERVATION SYSTEM.
THAT WAY THERE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF MEALS OR THE INFLUX, WE ARE GOING TO SEE, SEE A HUGE INCREASE WITH THE HOUSING, UM, UNIT OR NOT
SO IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE BOARD, UM, A PLAN FOR NUTRITION CENTER AND TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PROCEED BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, WITH THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND CHECK.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THIS FOR THE, IS THIS THE SERVICE WHERE YOU BRING THE MEALS LIST AROUND 10 OR IS THIS THE, THE POPUPS AND IT IS A FREE FOR ALL? NO, NOT THE POPUPS.
SO THE STRUCTURED PROGRAM, IT'S A COUNTY, EXCUSE ME, UH, CON WE ARE CONTRACTED
UM, AND SO A PORTION OF EACH MEAL IS FUNDED COUNTY DIEGO.
SO ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $7 AND SOMETHING CENTS PER MEAL THAT COSTS 15 THE REMAINING FUNDS, SOMETHING TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND COVER.
THOSE MEALS COVERING PEOPLE COVERED NUTRITION AT ONE TIME BEFORE THE INCREASE OF, UM, FOOD AND MABLE SUPPLIES.
UH, THAT $7 COVERED MEANS IT DOESN'T COVER IT ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS ON AVERAGE, 10 TO 15 DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THE MEAL IS.
AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, OH, WE, WE'LL JUST SERVE, JUST SERVE MEALS THAT ARE LESS EXPENSIVE.
WE HAVE TO GO OFF A SPECIFIC GUIDELINES SURE.
THEY, THEY COME BACK, GOES THROUGH OUR MENU, TAKES LIKE BATCH WEEKS TO GET FOOD JUST THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO, SO WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA FIND A BETTER WAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'S IT'S QUITE A A, IT'S JUST TASK TO WHO, WHO'S THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE PURCHASING FOOD WITH MULTIPLE LENDERS.
SO WE, IT IS, WE PROVIDE FOOD, UH, IT IS MADE ON SITE.
WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE CHEF, SO CHEF FOOD SERVICE WORKERS.
AND THAT'S FOR THE CONGREGATE, WELL THAT'S FOR CONGREGATE AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
UM, WE'RE THE ONLY AGENCY MUNICIPALITY IN THE, UH, REGION THAT PREPARES OUR MEALS ON SITE, LET SAY CISCO OR, UM, AL DEPO, ALL THESE UH, UH, FOOD SUPPLIER MARS, APPLE ORANGES, RICE FLOUR.
AND THEN WE MADE SITE, I VOLUNTEERED THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT'S A VERY, VERY NUTRITIOUS PROGRAM.
AND WE DO HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF SENIORS THAT OF COURSE ARE ABLE TO COOK SURE.
BUT THEN WE DO HAVE A HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM TOO.
THE BUS CAN'T GET THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS AGO BEFORE THE COVID SETTING, BUT I, YOU KNOW, STOPPED.
THEY, UH, DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE FROM THE TOWER WAS BEING SERVED.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OF THEM.
THE ONE TOWER WAS BEING BUILT STRAIGHT ACROSS FOR MARK USED TO WORK FOR THE ACTIVITIES CENTER.
THAT WAS MULTI GENERATIONAL, ISN'T IT? IT IS, BUT IT, IT WAS NOT THE ONE UP BY THE 99 CENTS STORE.
DUNNO DUNNO WHAT SAN YEAH, I SUPPOSED TO HAVE A MANUAL PORTION THERE TOO.
THOSE ALSO A TOWER, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN JUST OR MULTI GENERATION.
BUT YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WITH HOUSING COMES PEOPLE AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE PERCENTAGE YOU GUYS ARE EXPECTING TO GET FROM THERE.
WELL, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE WE ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO WE ARE GETTING ON AVERAGE 200, 250 A DAY.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE COMING FROM THE CURRENT TOWER?
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OH, AGAIN, WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 28 FROM ONE TOWER AND WE HAVE ABOUT 30 FROM ANOTHER TOWER AND WE SERVE 80 TO 90 MEALS, UH, FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS.SO THE REST ARE IN THE 30 IN THE JUST LIKE KIND OF BASE IT OFF NUMBERS THAT CURRENT TOWERS ASSUME THOSE ARE WELL THOSE ARE SEEN ONLY THOSE TOWERS.
THE OTHER, YEAH, THE NEW TOWERS.
I MIGHT NOT, BUT I THOUGHT THE PROGRAM IS ONLY SENIOR.
SO THAT IN THAT BUILDING SURE.
HOW MANY ALLOCATED? OH, IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE ALLOCATED TO SENIOR PERCENTAGE ALLOCATED TO CERTAIN.
I I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT IF I LEAVE, WE STILL HAVE A CALL.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF, THEY A LOT OF TUTOR.
I KEEP THINKING HAVE A, I SAID I KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT COULD BE, I MEAN WE HAVE, I MEAN THERE'S INFORMATION'S OUT THERE TO ASSUME WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WE CAN EXPECT OF THE INCREASE.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST IN THAT TALENT.
WE'RE JUST, I I QUESTION SAY, UM, MONEY IS AN ISSUE IS, UM, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO LIKE, UH, MAYBE UH, SPEAK TO LOCAL OR, OR LARGE BUSINESSES SUCH AS, UM, THE AUTO SALESMAN ON A MILE OF CARS OR SAY THE PASHA AUTO GROUP DOWN IN 24TH STREET, UM, COURSE, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UM, TO, UH, DONATE FUNDS OF SOME SORT TO ORDER.
UM, 'CAUSE I, I KNOW THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COMPANIES DO TAX WRITE OFFS AND ALL THAT.
UM, IF WE WERE TO GO TO THEM AND I MEAN, THEY SAY NO, THEY SAY NO, BUT IF THEY SAY YES, UM, MAYBE THAT CAN OFFSET, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, YEAH, I ANSWER.
I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S ALL WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, FOR ACROSS THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE'RE COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED, REALLY NOT PRETTY MUCH FURNITURE BASED.
UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GRANTS.
UM, KIM HOLIDAY IS GRANT FUNDED EVENT.
UM, SO I HEAR YOU'RE SAYING, UH, THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE NOW ARE, ARE A CONTRACT A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT? WELL, IT'S A ONE YEAR THAT, UH, IT'S UP FOR NEW YEAR UP TO THREE YEARS, FOUR YEAR CONTRACT.
AND I JUST, JUST GOT AWARDED THAT CONTRACT IN, UM, LAST MONTH FOR THE, IT WAS SUBMITTED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023 AND WAS LAST MONTH FOR 304,000.
WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY WE WHAT OUR, OUR, UH, PROFITABILITY AND KEEPS GOING UP AND, AND WE DID, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PRICE OF EGGS THREE MONTHS FROM NOW THAN WHAT IT IS TO TODAY.
SO WE NEED SOME NO, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING, WE'RE NOT
BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS TO MITIGATE, THERE'S LIKE THE MEALS ON WHEEL, THERE'S ACTUALLY THE MEALS ON WHEEL PROGRAM.
UM, THERE IS SERVING SENIORS BUILDING AND THEN THERE'S NATIONAL CITY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, WELL, IT, IT SEEMS TO, I MEAN, I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU SAID WHEN YOU BROUGHT THIS UP WAS, UH, SOME TYPE OF RESERVATIONS PROCESS.
THE ISSUE IS YOU'RE KIND OF, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIMITED BECAUSE OF WHATEVER FOOD FUNDS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, YOU'RE LIMITED THEN IT, IT IS GONNA HAVE TO BE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS BASED ON THE RESERVATION SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
OTHERWISE YOU'LL BE, YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE PEOPLE LINE UP AND HAVING TO SHOOT 'EM OFF, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE.
UH, BUT IF YOU DO THE RESERVATION SYSTEM, UH, AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY WEED OUT SOME PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY DON'T NEED THE SERVICE.
I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE PEOPLE, I I AND I, I, I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW FOR BACK, YOU KNOW THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
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OVER HERE DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED, LET GET UP A LITTLE BIT.THE PRIMARY THING, SOCIALIZATION ALSO.
IT'S NOT TWO SECOND ACTUALLY IT HAS BEEN ANYWAY IN THE PAST.
NOW THE SOCIALIZATIONS IN THE MAJORITY, BECAUSE OLDER PEOPLE NOW, MAJORITY OF HAVE PROBLEMS SOCIALIZING WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE SOCIALIZATION.
THEY CALL BASICALLY, I MEAN ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, SO THE, THE SOCIALIZATION IN FRONT OF THE, MY MAIN THINGS AND WE CAN GET A LOT OF FUNDING FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COUNTY AND WHETHER FOR THAT I THINK IT PROBLEM LITERACY ROOM, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL AREA WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO BE SERVED.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE, UM, BUT SOCIALIZATION IS ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OVER THERE TO HAVE PEOPLE ABLE, THEY DON'T HAVE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, THEY DEAL WITH WHAT THEY'RE NOT VALUABLE AND I CAN THAT MY, YEAH.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A, A TWO SIDED THING THERE.
COURSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T NEED, SURE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE BY YOURSELF, I MEAN, YOU GUYS THERE BY YOURSELF.
WELL THAT'S MY HUSBAND FRANKIE DIED, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO COOK FOR JUST YOURSELF.
I DO HAVE A BIG SUPPORT SYSTEM, SO I'M NOT COMPLAINING MYSELF AND I'M ABLE TO COOK.
YOU JUST DON'T REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DECIDE.
DON'T WANT, CAN HAVE THIS, WELL, HOW LONG IS A MAN CAN OF CORN LAST YEAR? YOU DON'T WANNA AFFORD ITSELF.
IT'S A, IT'S A BIG SOCIAL THING.
IT'S ALSO A VERY BIG NUTRITIOUS THING.
AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THE PROGRAM, BUT SURVIVES IN TERMS OF ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM IT.
THE SOCIAL ASPECT OR WHAT THEY, BUT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT HAVING LIMITED RESOURCES AND, AND MOVING FORWARD.
THE BIG QUESTION MARK, UH, THE PRICE TAG AND THE RESOURCES.
SO THE WAY TO MITIGATE THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESERVATION SYSTEM OR, OR SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, THEY, THEY, THEY DO IT EVERY MEAL.
BUT BASICALLY SAY, HEY, I THIS IS ME.
UM, HOW MANY MEALS DO I NEED A WEEK? THIS THING, YOU KNOW? AND THEN THEY GO OUT TO WHEREVER THEY GO TO GET THEM AND HAVE THEIR SOCIAL, UH, COMPONENT THERE PROVIDED JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NATURALLY.
BECAUSE LET'S PUT TOGETHER IT.
BUT I MEAN, YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU GET THAT'S, OTHERWISE YOU'RE GONNA AWAY.
THAT'S WHAT TURNS INTO IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN REGARD TO, I'D LIKE TO PREPARE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE FORMAL, BUT I WANTED TO START THE START TO THE IDEA BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING AND SOME FOLKS RELY ON AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, AND THEY WOULDN'T DO THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THEY HAVE MM-HMM.
AND THEN YOU ALSO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM, RIGHT.
WHERE YOU JUST HAVE PEOPLE BACK UP, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN TIME THEY'RE COMING IN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO, THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING AT 10 O'CLOCK, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE AND THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR TIME TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW? AS OPPOSED TO SHOW UP AT EIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN BE IN BY 11.
THEY HAVE LITTLE ROOMS AND THAT'S, THEY CAN DO THAT.
THAT'S, WE'RE NOT TAKING THAT AWAY FROM THEM.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HUDDLE UP ON THE CORNER AND, AND HANG OUT AND TALK UNTIL IT'S JUST THAT, SO.
WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT.
I'VE JUST BEEN LISTENING, BUT I ALSO, I REFLECT ON THE PAST, THE PRESENCE OF, OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND THE MOST PRODUCTIVE MEETING WE EVER HAD, IN MY OPINION IS THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD AND THIS MEETING.
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAID THIS MEETING, BECAUSE NORA WASN'T THERE, BUT WE HAD A VERY NICE MEETING THE MEN PEREZ, UH, FERNANDEZ RUBIN FOR THE FIRST TIME I FELT THAT WE HAD A, A TEAM OF MEN THAT WAS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE TO, TO ACHIEVE A DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS PRESENTATION NEED TO BE DONE PERHAPS BY JOANNE AND ZAEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL, THEY HAVE THE STAFF,
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A PRO A PRESENTATION NEED TO BE SET INTO MOTION FOR THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT WE ALL HAVE A COPY.AND, AND IN THIS PRESENTATION, IT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED HERE.
BECAUSE THE CONTENT OF THE PRESENTATION IS WHAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT, THE TYPE OF PRESENTATION, THIS PRESENTATION, WE CAN ACHIEVE A DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WE DISCUSS HERE.
IF I'M GONNA SAY ILL, THE PRESENTATION HAVE TO BE STRUCTURED SO THAT IT IS, UH, APPEALING AND IT ALSO HAVE A PRIORITY FOR NEED NOT WANT.
SO, SO HYGIENE SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE IN TERMS OF US AS A COMMITTEE PRESENTING A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
EACH ONE OF THESE MONTHS WE HAVE TO TAKE AND MOVE, GO FORWARD WITH THE PRESENTATION.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO TRY TO PRESENT IT IN JUNE, BUT A REVIEW OF A COPY OF IT, BUT BY ALL OF US IN THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE CORRECTION IN ADDITION BY JULY.
AND THEN WE CAN APPROVE IT AMONG OURSELVES.
SO THEN HAVING SOMETHING FOR, UH, SAY AUGUST TO PRESENT.
NOW PEREZ, HE, UH, IS, HE HAS ALLOWED ME TO SEE HOW PRE HYGIENE IS A PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE SUMMER WHEN IT CAME OUT OF LIKE A SPORADIC TYPE OF WINTER SPRING.
AND YOUR NEPHEW TAKE A NOTICE.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO WEAR MASKS AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE ALL SENSE TROUBLE DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT ANYWAY, GOING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION, WE SHOULD HAVE IT DONE AND READY TO PRESENT BY AUGUST.
PEREZ SUGGESTION FOR, FOR HYGIENE CAN AT LEAST BE SET INTO MOTION DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
'CAUSE IT'S GOT TO BE, THE SUMMERTIME IS KIND OF THE WORST TIME TO, TO GET SICK WHO WANT TO GET SICK WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING AND EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY'S HAVING FUN.
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHUT, THIS PRESENTATION HAS TO HAVE INITIAL APPROACH WHERE WE CLEAR PRECISELY AND ACCURATELY SHOW THE CITY COUNCIL THE ISSUES.
HOW WE GOING TO, WHAT STRATEGY NEED TO BE USED TO CARRY IT OUT AND WHAT, HOW MUCH TIME, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A CHANGE OF A PHYSICAL YEAR COMING INTO BUTTE NOW IN THE LONG RANGE STRATEGY, I FEEL THAT'S WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE THEY ALREADY GOT A, AN AGENDA.
THEY TALK ABOUT THEIR AGENDA IN CLOSED CHAMBERS AND THEY PRESENT IT TO THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES TO CARRY OUT.
AND IF, IF, I'VE NOTICED HOW EFFICIENT ONCE A DIRECTOR IS SET IN A MOTION, IT DON'T TAKE NO TIME FOR IT TO BE UP AND OPERATED.
IF, IF, IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE OVER THERE ON KIMMEL WAY, WALMART NINE, 9 CENTS STORE, THERE'S NOTHING BUT EFFICIENCY GOING ON OVER THERE.
I, I CAN LOOK OUT MY BALCONY AND SEE THAT GOD HAS PREPARED THE TABLE BEFORE US.
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT AND CONNECT ALL OF THE RIGHT ELEMENTS.
PRECISION AND ACCURACY IS OVER THERE.
PRECISION AND ACCURACY IS WITH YOUR, YOUR TEAM.
WE, WE AS CITIZENS, WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER, COLLABORATE, AND PUT ALL THIS DOWN AND PRESENT
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IT BY AUGUST.THAT WAY I'M SURE PEREZ HAS BEEN WORKING ON HIS, I'M SURE HE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT LET'S GET IT DONE.
LET'S JUST DON'T SIT HERE AND SAY, OKAY, OKAY, WE, WE, WE GOT, LET'S PUT THE ISSUES IN A PRESENTATION, HAVE IT READY SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT IT IF IT IS, UH, AGREEABLE AMONG THIS, AMONG THE COMMITTEE, AND WE CAN EVEN IMPLEMENT IT IN THE JULY SESSION BECAUSE I HAVEN'T REVIEWED WHAT'S GOING ON THIS SUMMER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT Y'ALL KNOW HOW IT GO.
IF YOU DON'T SIT THERE AND READ AND LOOK AT IT, YOU MIGHT BE GOING TO A MEETING THAT AIN'T EVEN THERE.
AIN'T NOBODY, THEY BEEN PLANNING, THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING TWO, THREE MONTHS NOT TO BE THERE.
BUT WITH THAT SAID, AND EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE, THEN THE NAME OF THE GAME IS TO GET IT EXPEDITED.
AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT EXPEDITED IS IF WE TAKING LOOK AT THE PROTOCOL TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY MEN AND WOMEN THAT GO UP THERE AND GET A DIRECTIVE WHEN THEY, AFTER THEY PRESENT THEIR PRESENTATION, LET US FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY TEAM OR ZETA AND JOANNE.
Y'ALL KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE NEEDED.
LET'S INCORPORATE THE ISSUES AND LET'S COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE NEXT MEETING.
IF, IF WE FIND OBSTACLES IN THE WAY THAT'S JUST TAKE ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OR WATER FLOW AROUND IT, SIT THERE UNTIL THEY COME BACK AND BE READY TO DO IT WHEN THEY GET BACK.
I MAKE, I MAKE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, A MOTION THAT WE PRESENT A PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT MEETING BASED UPON JOANNE AND JADA EXPERTISE.
WANNA HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
TYPICALLY DO POWERPOINT, RIGHT? IF, IF WE ALL TAKE A LOOK WITH OPEN EYE, THERE'S A PASSAGE THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN COMING TO MY MIND.
HE SAID, THE LORD PREPARES THE TABLE BEFORE YOU.
NOT BEHIND YOU, NOT BESIDE YOU, NOT TO THE LEFT, NOT TO THE RIGHT.
WHEN WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WAKE, WE LOOK OUT, WE CAN SEE HOW GOD IS REALLY WORKING, ESPECIALLY FROM MY BALCONY.
I AM SO IMPRESSED TO LOOK OUT EVERY MORNING AND SEE MAN BUILDING FROM, HEY, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER HOW, REMEMBER HOW THAT PLACE USED TO LOOK OVER THERE, BUT IT WAS FULL OF HOMELESS PEOPLE, WALLS, TRASH AND EVERYTHING.
AND NOW IT, IT WOULD PROVE ITSELF TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT NATIONAL CITY HAVE BROUGHT INTO BEAUTY OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW IS, IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE NINE X 10 STORE VIEW.
THE POWER CRANE, THE POWER CRANE, SITS UPON THE HORIZONTAL AND DELIVERS EVERYTHING DOWN 80, NO, WHAT IS IT? 75 FEET.
AND IT'S FILLING UP WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT.
SO THE, THE EXAMPLES THAT WE NEED ARE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF US EVERY DAY WHEN WE WAKE UP.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE LOOKING FOR 'EM BECAUSE ONE THING ABOUT THE CREATOR, HE NEVER LET YOU DOWN WITH WHAT HE SAID BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REASON AND EMOTIONS.
THE, THE DIFFERENCE THAT I SEE OF ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
JOSEPH, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT? CLOSE? I JUST WANNA REALLY QUICKLY JUMP KIND OF PIGGYBACKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS IMPORTANT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UH,
AND I, I'M, I'M REALIZING THAT NEW, UH, BUILDINGS GOING UP, EVERYTHING'S STARTING TO JUST GEL TOGETHER FOR OUR CITY AND, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, BEEN
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HERE IN PRAIRIE HILLS NATIONAL CITIES AND TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IS JUST PHENOMENAL.AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUCKLE DOWN BECAUSE WE NEED OUR SPACES CLEAN AND OUR FACILITIES READY TO GO WHEN IT COMES TO GREEN SPACES.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE NICE NEW BUILDINGS, ALL THESE PEOPLE MOVING IN NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DESERVE TO HAVE THOSE GREEN SPACES AT, AT, AT, AT A HIGH PERFORMANCE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS PRESENTATION WILL REALLY, REALLY OPEN MINDS OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO WHICH THEY NEVER SEEN FROM, FROM FROM OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO RIGHT ON, RIGHT ON FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING AND IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF THAT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING? NO, I MEAN, I HAVE A QUESTION.
ARE WE HAVING, UH, COMMUNITY BREAKFAST NEXT MONTH? I'M NOT SURE.
UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE QUARTERLY, WHICH IS GOOD.
I DUNNO IF THEY'RE GONNA REBRAND IT AND TRY DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND, AND ANOTHER ONE'S THERE AN UPDATE ON THE HOT CHALK OR MARIJUANA FACILITY.
JUST ONE TO THINK, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HERE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CRIME, THE, UM, IF THEY'RE MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MARIJUANA SHOPS AND, UM,
THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS I WAS SAYING GOING ON.
NATIONAL CITY, WANNA MAKE THE BEST WE CAN.
WE'VE HAD A BAD RAP FOR TOO MANY YEARS.
OH, WE TALKED TO, UH, NATIONAL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT CALLED COMMUNITY SERVICES, BUT WE'RE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR, FOR RECREATION.
AND THEN THEY, SO, UH, I'LL REACH OUT AND SEE.
I, I DON'T WANNA GO TO THE PARKS BECAUSE, WELL, WE ALSO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS AS FAR AS MY STAFF REPORT.
UM, ELIANA JUAN, THE AIAN SUPERVISORS, UM, FOR, UH, PA SAUD HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PUT ON TEAM NIGHTS.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A PILOT PROGRAM.
IT'S A SIX WEEK PROGRAM, BUT PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER LIKE, UH, UH, POSITIVE ACTIVITIES ON FRIDAY NIGHTS IN THE SUMMER.
SO THAT'S ROLLING OUT AND IT'S JUST THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THE GOAL IS THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WANTED BY THE COMMUNITY.
WE CONTINUE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO HAVE A PRESENTATION EITHER ON THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, SO THIS YEAR, FOR THIS PAST SEASON, WHICH A LITTLE WEEK, UM, OUR OPENED OPEN BECAUSE, UH, MY GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE, UH, MORE COMMUNITY BASED INVOLVEMENT ON FRIDAYS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I DID THE EASTER EGG OVER AT LOS THOMAS.
UM, I HAD, I THINK WE HAD LIKE OVER 3000 EGGS AND THEY WERE GONE IN THREE MINUTES.
AND SO, UM, I DID A HOME NO DIRT BECAUSE THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE.
UM, AND SO MY PLAN WAS TO UTILIZE EVERY FRIDAY FOR A DIFFERENT EVENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AS TIME WENT ON, IT KIND OF BECAME MORE OF A ONE MAN SHOW AND A COUPLE HELPERS.
UM, SO IT JUST WASN'T FEASIBLE TO, TO MAKE IT.
BUT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, THAT, THAT IN ITSELF, THE FEW EVENTS I DID DO, I MEAN THE, THE THE CHANGING CULTURE OF THAT COMMUNITY AND THAT BASEBALL COMMUNITY, WHAT CAME FROM JUST WHAT SMALL OLD EVENTS I DID, WHAT HAVE THAT HAVE NEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
UM, IT IS OVERWHELMING THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVE FROM PARENTS.
UH, THE OLDER KIDS AND THE LITTLE ONES, THEY, THEY, IT IS ALMOST LIKE THEY'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF CURIOUS AS TO HOW IS THIS ALL WORKING OUT? AND THEN THEY START HAVING FUN.
YOU KNOW, EVEN AT THE HOME RUN DERBY, I HAD TO TELL THE PARENTS LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO CHEER WHILE THEY'RE HITTING THESE HOME RUNS.
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THEM KNOW THEY'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS JUST, IT'S ALL NEW, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY'S NEVER HAD THAT.UM, SO WHAT IT IS GONNA COME DOWN TO THOUGH IS HOW IS THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THOSE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE SO THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET 10? YOU KNOW, IT WAS EASY FOR ME BECAUSE ALL I DID WAS SCHEDULE FOUR PEOPLE T-BALL GAMES ON THE EASTER EGG HUNT.
SO IF NO ONE SHOWED UP, AT LEAST I HAD FOUR T-BALL TEAMS READY TO GO PICK UP IT, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S GOING TO, I HAD SOMETHING TO GO OFF OF, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE PAST WHEN, YOU KNOW, THERE HAD BEEN THINGS HAPPENING IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE TURNOUT SOMETIMES ISN'T ALL THAT GREAT, YOU KNOW, AND SO, AND SO THAT'S GOING BE, THAT'S GOING TO BE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE, UH, THE HURDLE IS HOW EACH PRETTY GOOD AT NUMBERS FOR LIKE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS THAT THINK WOULD WHAT? CORRECT.
SO LIKE THE LITTLE ONE WE TRY TO PULL OFF AND, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO GO TO THE MAJORITY.
I LOVE NOT TO, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT ME, BUT, BUT THE WAY I, I, I WANNA SHOW MY KIDS THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S OKAY TO DO THAT.
RIGHT? SO WHENEVER I CAN, I BRING THEM ALONG SO THEY CAN SEE THAT HELPING OUT OR, OR, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW.
AND SO I TRY TO MAKE ALL THESE EVENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY SHOW UP AND IT'S LIKE, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT MUCH TURN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT WITH A LITTLE KID, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK BACK TO YOUR MEMORIES AND BUTTONS AND STUFF.
A LITTLE KID ISN'T THINKING, AH, WE ONLY GOT A THOUSAND PEOPLE, OR RIGHT.
AND IT'S, AND I'M NOT APPROACHING IT IN THAT SENSE.
I'M APPROACHING IT THAT WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE IMPACTFUL.
THERE SHOULD BE MORE KIDS TO EXPERIENCE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE.
YOU KNOW, THE OUT, THAT'S THE OUTREACH COMPONENT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS WE REALLY SHOULD BE, WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THEM TO COME.
YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE, WHEN YOU DO SEE OF EVENTS HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT? LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR FORM OF TAKING IN EITHER FLYERS OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR LIKE, HOW DO YOU GET THAT INFORMATION? SO, SO, SO I BELONG TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY NATIONAL CITY ONLINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT I DON'T ALWAYS SEE EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH.
I LITERALLY HAVE TO GO TO YOUR GUYS' PAGE TO SEE IF SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED.
OR, UH, IN MY CASE, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY LEADERS IN, WITHIN THE NATIONAL CITY.
SO A LOT OF 'EM ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, EVEN LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOOD DRIVES AND WHATNOT OR, OR, OR, OR, OR CHARITY EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SOMETIMES THERE'S REALLY LOW TURNOUT.
I WAS PART OF THE ROTARY, WE DID LIKE THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST TO RAISE FUNDS.
YOU KNOW, I CALLED, I CALLED THE WHOLE FAMILY FROM IB TO COME OVER BECAUSE WE HAD A BUNCH OF PANCAKES HAD, YOU KNOW, UM, SO IT IS A PROBLEM AND, AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT I, I TRULY BELIEVE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC.
YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHIC IS, WE ARE 70 OR 70% RENTERS HERE.
AND SO I BELIEVE THERE IS A LACK OF, OF, UH, A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE A PART OF IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I, I TRULY BELIEVE NICK HAND HAND, AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY HELP TO HAVE SUCH A HIGH RENTED RENTAL, UH, POPULATION VERSUS HOME OWNERSHIP BECAUSE YOU LOSE THAT SENSE OF, OF, UH, PRIDE AND, AND OWNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOT 'CAUSE YOU OWN THE HOUSE, BUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE, THAT'S YOUR C AND SO IT, IT, IT IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, I HAD A HARD TIME WITH POLITICAL, UM, AND, AND YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE EASY FOR ME TO GET THESE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, A LOT OF 'EM COME FROM BROKEN HOMES, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THE BAT, OVER 60% OF, OF THE KIDS THAT HAVE REGISTERED, THEY DON'T SHARE THE LAST NAME.
THE PERSON WHO'S THEIR GUARDIAN OR THEIR PARENT, WHICH IS MIND, YOU KNOW, SIGN UP SOME, UH, THERE IS A, UH, SOME PARENTS DON'T SHOW LAST NAMES, JUST RIGHT.
ENOUGH CASE HERE, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THE FEEDBACK, ANYWAY, THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN IS, IS IS PUSHING THESE KIND OF THINGS.
IT CAN BE VERY IMPACTFUL IF WE CAN GET
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TO THE PARENTS TO BRING THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE KIDS CAN EXPERIENCE IT.I, WE GET THE KIDS TO EXPERIENCE IT, THEN THEY'LL COME BACK TO THE NEXT ONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHO WE WANT TO TARGET.
AND NOW THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO NEXT? ALL RIGHT, I GOT YOU.
AND SO THE HOMELAND GROUP EVERY YEAR, BUT, SO IT IS JUST, THE HOURS IS GONNA BE TOUGH, BUT LIKE I COULD, SO NOW I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A, A POOL OF, YOU KNOW, 200 KIDS AND ALL THE PARENTS AND ALL THE RELATIVES THAT I COULD JUST REACH OUT TO DO A DATA, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISE, HEY, SEND THIS OUT TO YOUR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN GET WORD ON LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT'D PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE, HOW WE CAN DO IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THAT US GET UP THE, UH, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, THE FOOTBALL TEAM.
YEAH, FOOTBALL, SOCCER FOR, UH, FOR THE TEAMMATES THAT I THINK JUST THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE EASIEST WAY TO REACH THE PARENTS THAT HAVE KIDS THAT WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GO.
SO I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE COMMENT ON NO, THE FIRST ONE WE NEED TO REVIEW.
WHAT IS MAYOR WHAT MORRISON THINKING ABOUT THOSE MEN AND WOMEN AROUND HIM, JOANNE AND ZAIDA, WE HAVE TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH SOME OF HIS THOUGHTS IN ORDER TO GET COOPERATION OR COMMON CONCERN AND INTEREST.
WHAT'S I SEE IS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, MIDDLE AGED, SENIOR CITIZEN, THEY'RE ALL SHORT CIRCUITING.
THEY'RE LIKE, YOU, YOU, YOU WATCH A, A ANIMATION WORLD, A ROBOT WORKING REAL GOOD, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ELECTRICAL SHOTS COME TRANSLATING OUT OF HIS BRAIN, OUT OF HIS BODY.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN TODAY.
WE HAVE TO GO AND DO WHAT WE, WHAT I SUGGEST IS AN INNER SELF EXPERIENCE TO REPAIR THE, THE, THE, THE CONTENT OF THE, OF THEIR CHARACTER.
NOT JUST GIVE 'EM A PAINT JOB.
BECAUSE IF WE GO BACK INTO MAKING THINGS TEMPORARY, THE YOUNG PEOPLE GOING TO SEE THAT IT'S TEMPORARY.
SO THEY GOING TO PLAY THAT GAME TO GET THEIR ALLOWANCE AND, AND GET SOME NEW CLOTHES.
AND AFTER THAT, NO MOSS, RIGHT? THE, THE JOURNEY THAT WE ON, THAT WE ARE ON, IT HAS TO BE A LONG LASTING JOURNEY.
AND ON THE WAY THING, ON THE WAY A CAR KEEP GOING ON AND ON AND ON, IS THAT THE INSIDE OF THE CAR IS REMODELED, RESTRUCTURE NEW PARTS.
OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON SELF-ESTEEM AND DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
BEING THROUGH WHAT? THROUGH A CONCEPT.
I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT LIKE THAT, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH CASHING IN ON THE CREATIVITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
THERE IS A WAY TO GIVE A PERSON A JOB ALONG WITH THE, WITH LICENSING PERMIT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TOP LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHERE WE COULD SCHEDULE A SITUATION WHERE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND, AND EVEN SENIOR STUDENT, THEY WANT, THEY COME IN AND THEY GET A JOB THE SAME DAY.
NOW, I GUESS WE SAY, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE IF A PERSON GO TO A CLASS FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS, OR TWO OR THREE WEEKS, THEY GET A CERTIFICATION? THIS CERTIFICATION WILL BE NOTI NOTIFIED THROUGH PRE-ARRANGEMENT THAT THIS PERSON HAS WENT THROUGH JOB ENHANCEMENT, BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION.
AGAIN, MOST I SAY, THE MAJORITY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE DEAL WITH, THEY'RE GONNA GO ASTRAY BECAUSE TEMPTATION IS GOING TO GET GREATER DOWN THE ROAD THAN IT IS NOW.
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WE CAN GET 10% OF A NEW POPULATION THAT HAVE BEEN REMODELED FROM THE INSIDE OUT, WE HAVE ANOTHER 23,000 CHILDREN, TEENAGERS THAT ARE READY TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN LIFE AND DEVELOP MY, MY MY, MY FOCUS AGAIN IS SELF-ESTEEM.IF WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, ONCE YOU SEE SOMEBODY, THEY MIGHT BE SAD AND, AND AND MOVING REAL SLOW, BUT WHEN THEY GET HOME AND THE MOTHER AND FATHER SAY, OH, HERE'S YOUR, HERE'S YOUR ALLOWANCE.
I FORGOT TO GIVE YOU YOUR ALLOWANCE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN POP GOES THE WEASEL.
A PERSON IS HAPPY AND STRUTTING ACROSS THE FLOOR, BUT THAT'S TEMPORARY.
WE NEED TO REMODEL ALL OF THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, SENIOR CITIZENS, MIDDLE AGED FROM WITHIN.
AS I WAS SAYING, I SEE A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN, WHAT WE CALL INNER SELF EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE THE LETTERS, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, UH, MAKING A MOTION.
I'M JUST SUGGESTING YOU SEE ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW, THE POLICE GOT THE WORD ICE CORPORATION TAKING ON THE WORD ICE IN LOS ANGELES.
THEY GOT A MAN OUT THERE CALLED, HIS NAME IS ICE CUBE.
HIS, HIS ENVISION IS TO BRING OUT THE VEST IN ALL OF THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AS, AS MUCH AS HE CAN TOUCH.
SO WE TAKE THE LETTERS, ICE AND GET THE RIGHT LAWYERS AND CLERICAL PEOPLE TO CREATE A DELIVERABLE WHERE WE CAN SUGGEST THIS TO AND SHOW THEM THAT EVEN IF THEY COME TO NATIONAL CITY, BECAUSE NATIONAL CITY NEEDS SOME ATTRACTIONS, IF WE CAN SHOW MEN AND WOMEN A CELEBRITY STATUS, THAT WE CAN DO A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT BASED UPON THE POLICE, THEY CALL THEMSELF.
ICE COMPANIES CALL THEMSELVES ICE.
YOU SEE ICE ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND TOWN.
NOW Y'ALL TAKE IT INTO SUGGESTION.
IF YOU REVIEW IT, THE RESEARCH, AND WE ATTACH OURSELVES TO, UH, INNER SELF EXPERIENCE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
IT'D BE LIKE A NEW RENAISSANCE.
WE NEED A RENAISSANCE, OR WE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THIS TOO, BUT DYING IS ALL AROUND US.
WE WAS BORN TO, WE WERE BORN TO DIE.
BUT LOOK AT THE ACCELERATION OF DEATH IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THEY DON'T EVEN TELL US THE, THE STATISTICS.
I LOOKED UP THE, I LOOKED UP THE STATISTICS AND THEY KIND OF DON'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE YOU THE FACTS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND HOW MANY, WHAT ARE THE REASONS THEY DIE.
TONIGHT, THEY WANNA MAKE AN ADJOURN.
I MAKE A, I MAKE A SET THIRD MOTION.
THAT WAS NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY.