* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Parks Recreation & Senior Citizens Advisory Committee (PRSCAC) on August 15, 2024.] [00:00:03] REGIONS EARLIER. I, THE REGIONS TO THE FLAG FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FORWARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND GIVE JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. JOSEPH, ARE YOU HERE? RUBEN? RUBEN HERE. ALEX HERE. PRESENT. ALWAYS KNOW TO HAVE A CALL. SAY, SAY Z-A-I-A-I-E-D. ZAID BEACH. DE. YEAH. OKAY. SO NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. ANYBODY? WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? OKAY, ON THE AGENDA HERE, NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS END UP WITH THREE MINUTES. YEAH, I, I DO, I DO. THREE MINUTES. SO LAST, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT BE THE CHAIR CHAIRPERSON, WIN NOR RELEASE FOR REASON. WE CAN DISCUSS IT. NUMBER NUMBER TWO IS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE APPROVAL ON ANY AGENDA UNLESS EVERYTHING IS PRESENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MOTION. IF MOTION IS MADE, IT SHOULD BE CAPTURED IN THE AGENDA. AND IF IT IS NOT IN THERE, THEN, THEN THE AGENDA SHOULDN'T BE APPROVED. I MEAN, THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE WITH THAT. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE ON IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE GOING. YES. THANK YOU, JOSEPH. OKAY. SO MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THAT'S A QUESTION I'M HAD. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT, CORRECT? YES. AND I MADE ERROR ON, UH, AGENDA. IT'S ACTUALLY JUNE, NOT ME, , AND THEN JOSEPH AND I DISCUSSING AND SAW THE BACK OF THE AMENDED AGENDA. SO I WILL FIX THAT. I BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT. WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T PROCEED AND APPROVING, DO WE? WE DON'T PROCEED AND APPROVING IT, BUT WE DO, UH, THE MOTION TO RECTIFY. OKAY. SO I MAKE A MOTION TO BE, BE RECTIFIED THE AMENDMENT. SECOND, I'LL SECOND, BUT THEN WE HAVE JULY MINUTES. NO. AND, UH, TALK TO THE PARKS TEAM. . SO WRITE PEOPLE DOWN. I ASK IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN COURT. NOT AT THIS TIME, IT BE, BUT RIGHT HERE WE HAVE THE APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES AND WE HAVE THE MAY MINUTES. IS THAT WE WERE, AND THEN THE JULY ONE MINUTES REVIEW. JULY. WHERE ARE THE JULY MEETINGS? OH, I'M SORRY. ARE THEY HERE? ARE THEY IN THERE? YES. RIGHT HERE. UH, KIND THE, OH, OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE JULY MEETING. I TO APPROVE. SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, THEN WE GO GET ACTION ITEMS, POWERPOINT AT THE LAST MEETING. MOTION TO EXTEND AND KEEP IT. AND [00:05:01] IT'S DONE IT AS AN ITEM, BUT IT'S NOT . NO MORE ACTION. I JUST ASK. UM, THANK AGAIN, PICTURE RUBEN. UH, AND THEN THAT WOULD PRESENTATION. WERE YOU ABLE TO RECEIVE MY, UH, PICTURE? I, I DIDN'T, NOT REALLY. SOMETHING ON YOUR LIGHTS. I MIGHT, THERE IS EXISTING LIGHTS. NO, NO UPDATE. THEY'RE STILL NOT WORKING. UH, I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. UH, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY OVER THERE. CELEBRATING, UH, MORE THAN, UH, TOWERS BUILT BEING BUILT. AND THE ANNIVERSARY. AND THE ANNIVERSARY WAS PRETTY, UH, FULL WITH ALL OF THE BASIC PEOPLE THAT RUN THE CITY. SO THAT MEANS THAT MORE THAN POWER AND THE NUTRITION CENTER, THE FOCUS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE GO THERE TO EAT. AND I THINK THAT AS A, AS MEMBERS OF THE PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE GIVES WE OUR APPROVAL, WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE GOALS AND PURPOSE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY. INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AWAY FROM NATIONAL CITY TO SPEND THEIR MONEY, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON INSPIRING PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PARK. AND IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S TO I, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE MANY MIND, NOT ONE MIND. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SENIOR CENTER AT THE NUTRITION CENTER RATHER? YES. AND, UH, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO BECAUSE, BUT JOANNE AND MARIA WRIGHT, UM, BEFORE, FROM WHAT I OBSERVED. SO HOWEVER WE DECIDE TO, TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION AND OFFER INSPIRATION, WE SHOULD LOOK FOR THE WAYS TO DO IT. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE GOING IN AND OUT OF FENCE OVER MORGAN AND . A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS. BUT IF IT IS COMMUNITY WORTHINESS, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM. WELL, THE NUTRITION CENTER IS NUMBER ONE, THE SOCIAL THING FOR SENIORS THAT DON'T HAVE COMMUNICATION. NUMBER TWO IS THE NUTRITION ASPECT OF IT. SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD INCLUDE THOSE SENIORS. NUTRITION OVER THERE. YOU'RE SAYING NUTRITION IS THE NUMBER TWO ITEM. NUMBER ONE, IT IS THE SOCIALIZATION FOR OTHER PEOPLE. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SENIORS A LOT EM HAVE BEEN SOCIALIZATION. I USED TO VOLUNTEER THERE FOR YEARS, RIGHT? SO BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT QUITE SOME TIME. AND, UH, AND IT IS A TERRIFIC PROGRAM FOR SENIORS. AMEN. AND THE ONLY THING, THING I'M KIND OF THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN OVER THERE RECENTLY. I BEEN, AND I WAS THEN TOO, WHAT CONCERNED ABOUT IS TRANSPORTATION ALONG WAY, UH, SENIORS DON'T HAVE TO GET THERE. I MEAN, THEY DO HAVE HOME DELIVERY TOO, IS THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET THERE. THERE'S NO SOCIALIZATION THERE TO SPEAK UP. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER. NOW WE DO. THE QUESTION I HAVE IN TERMS, FRED, FRANK, FRED, FRANK, FRANK, YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SHUTTLE, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'LL, THEY'LL ACTUALLY PICK PEOPLE UP FROM THEIR HOME, RIGHT? THEN IT IS IN THE RIGHT AREA. THAT'S YES. AND THAT IS BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE ON SAY, BETWEEN 20TH AND 27TH ON PALM, THEY ONLY COMES FAR AS 18. WELL, OBVIOUSLY I DRIVE STILL MUD, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO BLOCK TWO BLOCKS. MM. AND UH, AND THEN ANYBODY ON THE [00:10:01] OTHER SIDE BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT O'CLOCK, I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BAD. SO SAD. CAN'T GET APPOINT. YOU CAN'T GET THE LAWYER. THIS YOU SAID DOWN FRANK. YEAH, SORRY, FRANK WITH THE SEAT ABOUT THAT. UM, IS THERE ANY WAY ALSO MAYBE WE CAN GET CIRCUIT INVOLVED? UH, THE CIRCUIT RIDESHARE IF WOULD HELP THE SENIORS MOVE ABOUT WHERE WE CIRCUIT IT IS PART OF A CIRCUIT. OH, IS THE CIRCUIT APP WHAT WE USE TO OPERATE. OKAY. AND, AND ALSO, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF SENIORS, UH, IS MY GRANDPARENTS ARE ALSO EIGHT, FIVE YEARS OLD. THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE. UM, SO MY CELL PHONE, UH, LIKE IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MAYBE REQUEST FOR THEM TO OLD SCHOOL IT A LITTLE ON THEIR BEHALF, SUCH AS A DELAWARE MEMBER OR ANY REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS? WE'VE DONE A FEW TRAININGS AT THE SENIOR CENTER ABOUT HOW TO USE, BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MYSELF PUTTING SOME APPS. SO A LOT OF US THESE DAYS ARE NOT, THEY NOT PARTICULARLY WANT TO BE ON THE CELL PHONE. WHAT HAPPENED? GOOD OLD ALL I STUDENT PHONE, YOU KNOW, AND GET AN ANSWER. YOU, I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WAY BIGGER THAN I AM ABOUT YOU, BUT I MEAN, UH, THERE'S A LOT. THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER, SOMEBODY YES. TELEPHONE, THE KEEPS STAFF AROUND. I THINK IT IS TEMPORARY. UM, I CAN SOMEONE TO COME IN AND PROVIDE VISITATION, BUT I DID HAVE AN EXPERT COME IN, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT BECAUSE PORTION OF NATIONAL CITY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RIDE THIS. AND, UH, I MEAN, I SEE HIM DRIVE RIGHT DOWN MY, BY MY HOUSE EVERY DAY, BUT I'M NOT, I MEAN, I, I CAN WATCH TWO BALL. YES, BUT YOU KNOW, 'EM, YOU REALLY CAN'T. AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE KIND OF IFFY ABOUT DOING IT TOO, YOU KNOW? UH, AND WHY DON'T WE HAVE IT EXPANDED? SO HERE IN VALLEY HOSPITAL IN PARTICULAR, ARE A LOT OF DOCTORS' OFFICES OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE NOT JUST THE HOSPITAL, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF DOCTORS' OFFICES THERE THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET THERE. YEAH. I'M NOT GONNA DESCRIBE TANDEM, BUT NO, GO 85, YES. MAY SPEAK. YES. UM, UH, I, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FRANK. UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY FROM, UH, IT'S, IT WAS A GRANT FROM THE COURT, UM, IN, IN EFFORTS TO MITIGATE, UH, THE WEST SIDE, THE POLLUTION, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN COMING INTO THE BOARD FOR YEARS. YEARS. SO THIS GRANT WAS ISSUED FROM THE BOARD. UM, AND SO IT'S ONLY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WEST SIDE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I, AND IN IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU GUYS, I THINK IT SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BE BROADENED. BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN ALSO MY SECOND COMMENT WAS TO THE, THE SENIORS. A LOT OF SENIORS HAVE A SENIOR PHONE, UM, WHICH HAVE LARGER NUMBERS ON 'EM, AND THEY'RE MORE LIKE THAT FLIP STYLE TYPE, JUST SO THEY CAN DO PHONE NUMBERS TO FIND, UM, AND DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE FACTS, RIGHT? RIGHT. HOW TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, HOW OTHER CLASSES OUT THERE EITHER THAN NATIONAL CITY. NOBODY'S EVER TOLD ME ABOUT IT. I KIND DO, I SAY IN TUNE WITH THINGS. I WAS, UH, WONDERING SINCE SHE SAID THAT THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, BY THE PORT. UH, MAYBE WE CAN GET OUR COURT COMMISSIONER OR NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO COME IN AND DISCUSS THIS ISSUE, UH, FURTHER ON IN ORDER TO GET SOME CLARITY, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, OUR SENIORS, SENIORS THAT LIVE THERE, THEY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH E IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. YES. LOOKING FROM SENIOR PERSPECTIVE HERE, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, HEAD BROUGHT AND ALL THAT HERE AND THERE, BUT, UH, A LOT OF 'EM DON'T. RIGHT. AND A LOT OF THEM NEED THAT ABILITY TO GET THERE VERSUS TAKING A GAP. SOME OF YOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES BEING SENIOR STAFF, LIKE MINE, I THINK HAS 12 ONE WAY TRIPS TO A MEDICAL FACILITY. BE IT THE DRUG STORE, BE IT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. WELL, 12 PEOPLE, SIX WELL TRIPS. I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GO ONE WAY? ALWAYS. EXACTLY. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY FROM THE PORT DISTRICT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF THEY'RE SUPPORTING US OR THEY'RE THE ONE THAT FUNDING AND, AND YOU'RE SAYING THE WEST SIDE, IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGHLAND, DOESN'T IT? [00:15:01] YES, IT COMES TO THE AIR FIVE ABOUT, SO THAT'S PALM, BUT IT DOESN'T GO TO THE SOUTH SIDE. PALM SOUTH, YEAH. 18 ONLY INFORMATION A GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU. INPUT. APPRECIATE THAT. YES. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS JOSEPH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? NICE TO MEET YOU, JOSEPH. MY NAME IS RANDY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SEEING YOU. THAT'S WHY I'M REPORT. YES. I, I'VE DECIDED, UM, THAT I WANTED TO COME INTO EVERY SINGLE BOARD THAT IS HERE AND JUST KIND OF SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN CONNECTION. WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? RANDY. RENEE. RANDY. RANDY. RANDY. CASTLE. SALT. R-A-N-D-Y. DIDI. OKAY. RANDY. R. ALRIGHT, COOL. RDI, BRANDI. AND YOU WORK FOR THE CITY? UM, I CURRENTLY SIT AS PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR A CITY. YEAH, HOPEFULLY . OKAY. I DO THAT. HELP MYSELF. . ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO UPDATE OR YOU, I JUST GOT A COMMENT. UM, I MEANT TO BRING THIS UP LAST WEEK, SO I KNOW I ALWAYS GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE THAT'S GOING ON OVER THAT ALMOST. UM, THERE WAS A TREE THAT FELL OVER INTO, UH, THE EASTFIELD. UM, IT DID GET CLEARED UP, BUT, UM, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A GOOD INDICATOR SHOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TREES AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE, THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S PROOF THAT, YOU KNOW, IT HASN'T. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF THROW THAT OUT THERE, LET YOU GUYS KNOW. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, THANK GOD NO ONE GOT HURT, BUT IT WAS A BIG TREE THAT FELL OVER. THEY DID CUT IT DOWN, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THOSE TREES NEED TO BE LACED, YOU KNOW, CLEANED UP SO THEY'RE NOT SO TOP HEAVY. UM, AND YOU KNOW, OUR FIELDS ARE LINED WITH THOSE TREES, SO SEE THAT WHAT BROUGHT THE TREE DOWN? JUST, JUST WENT. JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, YEAH, JUST THE BIG CHUNK OF THE TREE. YEAH, NO, IT WAS A PINE. YEAH. THING. DON'T CHANGE. MAY I SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? WE WERE AT LAS PALM, UM, LAST WEEKEND FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY, UM, WITH MY, MY NIECE AND ALL BATHROOMS WERE LOCKED. IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. UM, AND THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE PARTIES THERE. THREE OF THEM HAD GENDER, SO I KNEW THEY HAD TO HAVE HAD PERMITS. SO HOPEFULLY , UM, AND BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE BATHROOMS WOULD'VE BEEN OPENED. I KNOW THE POOL, EVEN THE POOL RECREATION, UM, AREA WAS SHUT DOWN. UM, AS WELL. THERE WAS ONE BATHROOM OPEN ALL THE WAY ON THE FAR END. BY THE FIELDS. BY THE FIELDS. BUT THE, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE OMA STUFF. YEAH. SO THERE, IT WAS NOT IN IN CONDITION. THERE WAS NO SOAP, THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NOTHING. UM, AND THANK YOU. UM, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY IN THE SUMMER THAT, IT'S THE SUMMERTIME, IT'S THE WEEKEND. AND THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY, I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 350 AND 500 PEOPLE. AT THAT APARTMENT AT THAT TIME. WAS SATURDAY. IT WAS SATURDAY, YEAH. THE 11TH. I BELIEVE IT'S CORRECT. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHOSE DISTRICT THAT LAND IN? AND S ARE EVERYBODY'S ALL, IT'S, IT'S NOT STUFF. THE BATHROOMS HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. YEAH. IS THAT PARKS OR IS THAT THAT PARKS? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? IT'S PARKS. IT'S PARKS. OKAY. YEAH. MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ASKING PARKS. WHAT'S THE DEAL? EVEN THAT, UH, SPECIFIC COUNCIL PERSON, WHY EXACTLY THIS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. CAN I SPEAK ONE MORE? YES. UM, AND I DID, UH, ATTEND, UM, UH, THE MOVIE IN THE PARK AT KIMBALL, UM, THE OTHER DAY AS WELL. THE BATHROOMS DURING THE EVENING IN THE PARK WERE NOT OPEN, UM, WHICH YOU WOULD THINK DURING A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT THE [00:20:01] BATHROOMS WOULD BE OPEN INSTEAD, RESIDENTS HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY TO A STREET, UM, TO USE THE RESTROOMS. SO THERE THOSE WERE. HMM. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I'M SORRY, I'M SO SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE WAS AN EVENT AGAIN, UM, IN, UH, KIMBALL PARK. UM, THEY HAD POLICE THERE. THEY HAD, UH, THE LININGS CLUB AND MANY OTHER, UM, MANY OTHER COMPANIES WERE THERE. THE LOAN RIDERS WERE THERE. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. BUT AGAIN, UM, A THE LIGHTING ISSUE IS ALSO A PROBLEM. UH, FOR AN EVENT THAT BIG, UH, KNOWING THAT THE SUN IS GOING TO SET, UH, THERE SHOULD BE LIGHTS WITHIN THE PARK FOR PEOPLE. 'CAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE OF ALL AGES OR CHILDREN THAT WERE ELDERLY. THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, UM, MINORS, UH, ALL, ALL DIFFERENT AGES, AGE GROUPS. BUT, UM, FOR AN EXTRA LINE OF SAFETY, THOSE LIGHTS STILL NEED TO BE TURNED ON. ESPECIALLY, WE'RE STILL CELEBRATING SUMMIT. IS THAT, IS THAT NATIONAL MEDAL? YES. NATIONAL. YES. UH, I ALSO ATTENDED IT, UH, THERE AND I THINK IT WAS VERY PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT WHAT I TOOK NOTICE OF WAS THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MY INTEREST LIE. THERE'S A LIST OF A LOT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE ASPIRING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. AND I THINK THAT WE ALL SHOULD TAKE NOTICE OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS A SOURCE OF CREATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THAT. THEY NEED AN AVENUE TO GO THROUGH TO TO, TO CONTINUE TO INSPIRE 'EM, TO KEEP GOING FORWARD. AND IF WE INTERVENE AS A COMMUNITY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME ICONS, PERHAPS. AND I SAY TWO YEARS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TOGETHER HAS ACCELERATED TREMENDOUSLY. YOU KNOW, THE ARTS PROGRAM, PARDON? THE ARTS PROGRAM. THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, OVER RIGHT THERE, LIBRARY. HAVE YOU BEEN ? I HAVEN'T REALLY EXPLORED ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT DO VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS BECAUSE I'M, I'M REALLY TRYING TO FIND MY, I'M TRYING TO GET MY NAVIGATION THROUGH THIS NATIONAL CITY BECAUSE I'M NOT FROM NATIONAL CITY. AND NOW THAT I'M TRYING TO BECOME A PRODUCTIVE CITIZEN, THIS, I'M FINDING A LOT OF OBSTACLES, BUT I'M, I'M NAVIGATING. SO I WOULD, I I CHECKED OUT THAT FILIPINO ORGANIZATION OVER THERE ACROSS THE STREET. THEY'VE BEEN THERE PRETTY, PRETTY A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, IT'S RIGHT THERE ACROSS THE STREET ON, ACROSS THE BRIDGE BY THE CHURCH. IT'S A FILIPINO DANCE COMPANY AND EVERYTHING. IT REMINDS ME OF THE SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS THE TABLE WILL BE PREPARED BEFORE US IN THE PRESENT OF OUR ISSUES. SO WE LOOK AROUND IN OUR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, WE'LL, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AND, AND INCORPORATE ON WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE CITY COUNCIL IF THAT'S NECESSARY. BECAUSE AS I OUTLINED IN THE THREE PAGES THAT I GAVE Y'ALL, THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT WE CAN TAKE, DECIDE WHAT WE DO AT THIS TABLE, RIGHT? THIS TABLE ALREADY HAS THIS POLICY AND REGULATION, AND I'M SURE ALL OF THEM LIVES ARE BEYOND JUST THIS TABLE STREET. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? THE, UH, THIS, THIS LOCATED ABOUT A HALF A BLOCK DOWN FROM, UH, THAT, UH, CHURCH OF CHRIST ACROSS ON THE SOUTH SIDE? YEAH. ON WHAT, WHAT'S THAT? 16TH STREET? 16TH. IT WAS STILL 16TH. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? DANIEL? SOUTH 16TH. IT'S DISTRICT. THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE THE SEVENTIES. WOW. HE HAVE A, AN INTERN FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. HE'S IN THE DEPARTMENT AND HE HAS BEEN GOING THERE. HE'S, HE'S IN HIS TWENTIES. HE'S BEEN GOING THERE SINCE HE KID AND TRYING [00:25:01] RECRUIT HIM TO FIRST TEACH A CLASS. INTRO CLASS. PLEASE TELL ABOUT IT. THAT STICKS THERE. STOP STICKS. REALLY COOL. YEAH. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT TALKING. YEAH. THEY EVER COME UP WITH ANY, UM, HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT EACH COUNCIL PERSON GETS. UH, THEY OFFERED ANY KIND OF ACCOUNTABILITY. UM, SEE COUNCIL, THERE WAS, UH, COMMITTEE FORMED, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, TO REVIEW THE PRE OF POLICY REGARDING WHAT THOSE AND THEN, UH OKAY. SAY THEY GOT THAT, BUT THROUGH THE, HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY. WHERE DID THEY SPEND 20,000 TO BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND TURKEYS? NO, THERE IS NO, THERE IS NOTHING IN PLACE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNT. WHAT THE MOMENT? . YEAH. RIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT THERE WILL BE. UM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOCATED OR EXPENSED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH NEW HIRES OR CONTRACTS. IS IT PUBLIC RECORD? IT'S, YEAH. YEAH. IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT ALL IS. YOU CAN REQUEST, UH, IN SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE PUBLIC. YEAH. OR YOU CAN GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND FIND WHAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNING ABOUT THE EXPENSES. AND YOU CAN FIND DETAILS THERE. ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT. I DO. WELL, UH, WE DID HAVE A PLAQUE RE INSTALLATION OVER AT THE NUTRITION CENTER. JOSEPH. JOSEPH CAME BY, CHECKED IT OUT. UH, THE TEAM, THE CHEF, EXECUTIVE CHEF OVER THERE MADE, UH, COOKIES AND REFRESHMENTS AND IT WAS NICE TO HONOR THE, UM, PEOPLE THAT WORKED HARDSHIP TO REALLY HAVE THESE SERVICES. UH, IT WAS NICE TO SEE OUR SENIORS OUT THERE. WE ARE, WE'RE CURRENTLY DOWN FOR POSITIONS AT NUTRITION CENTER OUTTA 11, SO GREAT ABOUT SENDING HER TEAM OVER AT THE SENIOR SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, AVAILABILITY TO HELP OUT. IT'S GOOD TOO, BECAUSE WE GET OUT THERE AND PEOPLE LEARN A LOT ABOUT FEW WEEKS, BUT OUR SERVICE TODAY CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT WE, WE PULL AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A MOVIE IN THE PARK OF LAST FRIDAY. THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCE NUMBER WAS AROUND 200. GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THE RESTROOMS. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I USED. CHECK, SEND OUT THE EMAILS TO PEOPLE OPEN, ESPECIALLY MOVIES, LITTLE RIGHT. UM, SO KEEPING BUSY AT LAST SUMMER SCHOOL, UH, WE'RE GETTING RECORD NUMBERS WITH SWIM CLASSES, HAVING ONBOARD SOME NEW, UM, SOME NEW LIFEGUARDS JUST UPON SWIM SCHEDULE. AND THEN, UH, YEAH, I'M SPEAK TO THAT. UM, MY SON DOES GO TO SWIM AT LAS PALM. HE IS IN, UH, LESSONS. UM, THE SIGN UP, I BELIEVE THIS SATURDAY IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER, UH, SIGN UP FOR NEXT MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER. UM, WHEN I WENT LAST, UH, UM, IN AUGUST, NO, EXCUSE ME, IN JULY TO SIGN UP FOR AUGUST. IT WAS A SATURDAY MORNING. THEY WERE NOT DOING ONLINE. UM, SO IT WAS, COME GET IN MIND THEY HAD TWO PEOPLE THERE. WE WAITED IN LINE THREE HOURS. WOW. THE PEOPLE THAT GOT THERE AT FIRST IN LINE GOT THERE AT 6:00 AM I GOT THERE RIGHT WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS DOING GOOD AT GETTING THERE AT 8 45. AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AT NINE AND I WAS STILL THERE UNTIL I DIDN'T GET OUT UNTIL NOON. AND IT WAS ONE CHILD SIGNING UP AND EVERYTHING WAS BOOKED. I GOT THE LAST SPOT AND HE WAS, HE'S A DOLPHIN, SO HE'S LIKE THE, ALL THE LITTLE KID ONES ARE ALREADY FLIPPED OUT. AND THEN THERE WAS ISSUES WITH HIM COMING OUT AND EXPRESSING WHICH CLASSES WERE FILLED. AND SO CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT WERE WAITING IN MIND FOR THREE HOURS DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE CLASS THAT THEY WERE WAITING IN MIND FOR WAS ALREADY FILLED. SO THERE WAS MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME FOR EACH CATEGORY, FOR EACH LEVEL. YEAH. MAYBE LIKE DIFFERENT LINES. [00:30:01] JUST HAVE A LINE FOR EACH LEVEL. THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS IT'S FULL, THAT LINE CAN GO. AS OPPOSED TO HAVING LINE ONLINE. I MEAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE LINE. I CAN'T BELIEVE LINE EITHER. SO, UM, OPERATOR OF, AND PART OF THE CONTRACT, THEY, THERE IS A, UH, THEY DO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO ONLINE. SO I MEAN WITH THEM ON MONDAY, ONCE A MONTH, IF NOT, MOR RIGHT NOW MORE OFTEN BECAUSE MAINTENANCE ISSUE. BUT UH, WE SCHEDULED MEETING HAS MONTH IT UP TO THAT? NO, THAT'S TERRIBLE. TODAY'S DATE. YEAH. ONE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE THAT. WELL, IT USED TO BE ONLINE. IT USED TO BE ONLINE. AND WHEN I SIGNED MY SON UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, UM, IN MARCH, IT WAS, WAS IT JUST DOWN? I DON'T THINK IT WAS DOWN. I THINK THEY WERE SWITCHING SYSTEMS. MAYBE. SHE SAID IT MIGHT BE A FOUR SATURDAY, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO EMAILS OR ANYTHING THAT . UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS OR IF IT ISN'T. SO I RECEIVED COMMUNICATION AND THEN LAST SATURDAY I WAS NOT, I WAS RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL, UM, 15 MINUTES BEFORE A RECENT SWIM. LESSONS WERE LIKE ON OUR WAY OUT THE DOOR, THEY PROVIDE US THAT THERE WAS A CHEMICAL ISSUE IN THE POOL AND THEY WERE CANCELING LESSONS. SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT. AND I HAD SEEN THAT THEY HAD SHUT IT DOWN ON FRIDAY, SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED FOR THIS. WAS IT AWARE THAT SHUT DOWN CLASSES TOO, THOUGH? THAT HAPPENS. THEY GAVE MORE CLASSES, WHICH I THINK, I THINK THAT THE FULL ITSELF MECHANICS OF HAVE NOT. SO A PLAN ON HOW REMEDY THAT, LIKE WE HAVE A BRAND NEW CAR WITH OIL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER WITH, UM, BUT WE REMEDY. UM, AND THEN, UM, FOR OUR PROGRAMING FOR, UH, SENIORS, UM, WE HAVE HAD A LOT MORE PEOPLE OR NEWER PEOPLE COME BY ASK QUESTIONS AT SIGNUP. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY HEARING BY, BUT IT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT'S SPREAD. UM, OUR ARE STILL COMING IN, THEY'RE STILL ONGOING KARAOKE, STILL DOING SOME THINGS AND CRAFTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. UM, SO IT'S GOING VERY WELL. UM, AND WE ARE STILL, UH, GETTING SURVEYS FILLED OUT. SO WE HAVE NOW SWITCHED OVER TO THE NUTRITION CENTERS. SO I HAVE STAFF HEADING OVER ON DAY THAT THEY DO HELP. UM, THEY'RE THERE BEFORE THAT START SO THAT THEY CAN GET SOME SURVEYS FILLED OUT TO START GATHERING THAT DATA. LIKE WHAT'S THE BEST TIME TO HAVE PROGRAMMING FOR YOU? IF YOU HAD TO PAY ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD YOU BE ABLE OR WILLING TO PAY? UM, JUST SO YOU CAN START KIND OF THAT STRUCTURE OF WHAT THE AVERAGE MAY LOOK LIKE AT THE CENTER. UM, SO THAT'S STILL GOING. UH, WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO POTENTIALLY ROLL THAT OUT ONLINE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE THAT IT'S THERE. WE PULL IT OUT FROM THERE AND JUST SEND US THEIR RESPONSES SO WE GET A BIGGER POOL OF INDIVIDUALS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE MIGHT BE AT LIKE A HUNDRED RESPONSES. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT MORE TO CAPTURE BEFORE WE GET A FULL IDEA OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER IS PROGRESSING. UM, I, IT IS CONSTRUCTION, SO I'M GONNA SAY THIS WITH MY FINGERS CROSSED. UM, THAT HOPEFULLY SOONISH WE'RE THINKING MAYBE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY OR BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF 2025. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE JANUARY. UM, BUT THAT ALSO MAKES IT MORE IMPORTANT TO GET THOSE DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PERSPECTIVE GO, UM, AS MORE INFORMATION COMES AS TO, UM, WELL UNQUOTE OFFICIAL DATE OF ACTUALLY OPENING. I WILL LET YOU KNOW. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT IS, IT'S, UM, REALLY UP THE AIR SENIOR, NO FAMILY LOCATIONS, BOTH OF THEM. THEY REALLY SETTING OPERATIONAL PLAN. UH, AND THEN ONCE IT'S RELEASED TO THE CITY, WE ABLE, WE HAVE A A WEEK OF TRAINING ON SITE. EXCITING. [00:35:09] MM-HMM. BRING UP. UH, YES. I I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO BRING JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING UP. UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, LAST, UH, UH, MEETING, UH, I FEEL THAT IT'S, UH, VERY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, WE DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP MORE WITH ALLIANCE CLUB, PARTICULARLY, UH, BRIAN, UH, BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTS AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF 'EM. SO RIGHT NOW I AM DEVELOPING THAT RELATIONSHIP. MATTER OF FACT, UH, I'M GOING TO BE HEADING TO THE BLIND CENTER, UH, BOULEVARD TODAY TO WHERE THAT WITH HIM. UM, BUT HE, HE DOES A LOT, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY DO A LOT FROM COMMUNITY AND A LOT FOR THE, UM, UM, 4TH OF JULY AND, AND OTHER EVENTS. UM, HE WOULD BE A HUGE ASSET TO OUR, UM, OUR, OUR COMMITTEE HERE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO HEAR SOME OF THE IDEAS MAYBE HE HAS OR INVITE HIM HERE TO, TO MAYBE EVEN ASK HIS OPINION AND MAYBE PICK HIS BRAIN. UH, IN ORDER FOR OUR, UM, FOR OUR COMMITTEE JUST TO, JUST TO PROSPER A LITTLE MORE FORWARD, UH, WITH A SEASONED HUMAN BEING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, REALLY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT. MAKE A PRESENTATION OR BECOME A MEMBER. UM, MAY MAYBE JUST MAKE A PRESENTATION IF YOU COULD COME IN JUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. YES. WE, I, I CERTAINLY HAVE ENJOYED LISTENING TO HIM ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. HE AND HE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME. YES. DANIEL, TODAY? NO ANYMORE. AND WILL, I'LL ALL JOKES SIDE. UM, I THINK WE SHOULD FOCUS ON PRESENTATION AGAIN THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED TO APPROACH THE CITY COUNCIL ON OUR ISSUE BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING KIND OF, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE BROUGHT FACT. WE DO HAVE A STRATEGY PROCEED, WHICH IS GOOD. UM, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO, IF, IF SHE HASN'T BEEN ON BOARD, BROUGHT ABOARD NORA, BECAUSE NORA WAS HERE, WE WOULD GIVING OUT THE PACKAGING. THAT'S RIGHT. SO SHE NEEDS PACKAGE SO WE CAN ALL GET DOWN AND USE OUR MINDS. INSTEAD OUR I'LL SEND OUT THE POWERPOINT. I'LL SEND THE POWERPOINT. I'LL, I'LL PULL UP THE PICTURES. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU. YES. AND THEN, UH, SEND, EVERYONE HAS IT AND I'LL PRINT IT FOR NEXT. OUR STRATEGY. WE BEHIND, BECAUSE ON OUR PROJECTION, WE SUPPOSED TO BE IN ONE PLACE IN AUGUST, BUT WE NOT QUITE THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE CITY COUNCIL IS PROBABLY READY FOR US TO TALK TO THEM IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. WE WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ALREADY ON THE SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 28TH. WE ARE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER'S MEETING. YEAH. OUR PRESENTATION'S DONE. I MEAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY REVISIT OPEN UP, BUT WE'VE GOT UNTIL THERE AND WE, WE HAVE THERE, BUT I THINK WE'LL BRING IT NEXT WEEK. WE PUT IT UP AND WE'LL WORK, WE'LL DO A WORK. YEAH. WE NEED TO, UH, DRAMATIZE IT, WHOEVER GONNA BE PRESENTING SO THAT WE CAN GROOM ONE ANOTHER ON HOW EFFECTIVE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE PRACTICE AND PREPARATION IS WHAT USUALLY CARRIES US FOR OUR GOAL. WE CAN GO IN THAT ROOM AND WE PUT POWER UP. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IS ALL ABOUT EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? BY BEING ON THE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE THROUGH EMPLOYEES OF NATIONAL CITY, WE CAN HAVE SOME, UH, WHAT YOU CALL IT, PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. SO, UH, SINCE, SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. UH, SO MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING, UH, IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY, UH, CAN, CAN WE DO THAT IN ORDER TO JUST PRACTICE SPREAD? THAT WOULD BE AN AN AWESOME, JUST AWESOME THING TO DO RIGHT THERE. SO I'M PUTTING ON THE NOTES RECOMMENDATION, ALEXANDER [00:40:01] TO, UM, UH, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. WELL, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHO GONNA PRESENT IT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING DO THE PRESENT IT, I THINK OR THE CHAIRPERSON. I THINK THAT'S HOW NORMALLY DO YOU, BUT I WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO HEAR VOICE. YEAH, THAT'S COOL. I'M, I'M GAME FOR THAT. CAN OUR PRESENTATION BE MADE AS A POWERPOINT? MM-HMM. WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT IN SECONDS. BE NICE. PERFECT. HAS THEIR OWN OWN PORTION. THAT'D BE SWEET. SO WE CAN DO, BASED OFF THOSE GOALS, WENT OVER THE GOALS AND, UH, GREAT. AWESOME. THE NOTES IN, SO WE, WE, WE FOR NOVEMBER OR WHAT DAY OR WAS THAT CITY? CONNECTED? NOVEMBER. I'M SORRY. NOVEMBER 19TH. NOVEMBER 19TH. CONNECTIONS. SO PLAYING WITH THE BANANA. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE? NO, NO, NO. LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SECOND. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE CITY HALL. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.