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READY, BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? LIBERTY.
ALL THE MEETING TO ORDER DID THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ROLL CALL? YEP.
UH, SO THEN SEE STAFF, JOANNE MCGEE, ELIANA DELGADO, TRACY, NON AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
WELL, CAN I DO PUBLIC COMMENT OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE YEAH, YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN.
I, I CAN HIT IT ON BOTH SIDES.
UM, SO THEY DID START CONSTRUCTION OVER ATENS THOMAS.
UM, AND WE WERE, WE DID HAVE AN OUTAGE ON THE WESTFIELD LIGHTS.
UM, I DIDN'T GET ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY REGARDING THAT.
UM, THEY DID CUT THE ELECTRICITY AND THEN THE LIGHTS WERE OUT FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
UM, AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE STALLS THAT WERE PROVIDED TAKEN AWAY WOULD BE FOUR AWAY FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD.
SO WE'RE DOWN TO SIX, THINK WE HAVE SIX RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, WITH THE SINKS.
I KNOW THAT THE SOAP DOESN'T RUN OUT, SO PEOPLE GET SOAP ON THEIR HANDS, THEN THEY, THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO WASH IT OFF.
UM, SO THEY, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN COMING TO THE DRINKING GUM BY THE SNACK SHACK.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW THAT THEY WERE CLOSING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL DOING, BUT THEY WERE CLOSING THE RESTROOMS AT THREE 30.
AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE COME OVER TO US TO SEE WHERE THEY CAN GO.
UM, I'LL OPEN THEM UP WHEN I CAN, BUT I KNOW ON SUNDAYS IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM AS WELL.
SO IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, LEAVE THEM OPEN.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYONE'S CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH PERMITS WITH NO BATHROOMS. UM, SO YEAH.
AND, UH, STILL HAVEN'T GOT THE, THE DIRT, SUN GOT THE SCOOP OF DIRT, REGULAR DIRT
BECAUSE HE SAID HE, THEY BROUGHT STUFF, HE GOT INFILL MIX.
SO YOU GOT THE INFILL, BUT NOT THE DIRT FOR THE OUTFIELD, FOR THE GOLFER HOLES.
I TALKED TO, TO VICTOR, UH, AND HE SAID, OH, WE GOT, WE GOT THE DIRT OUT THERE, BUT IT WAS THE INFILL DIRT OFF THE INFIELDS FOR THE, TO HOPEFULLY STOP THE FLOODING.
BUT YOU ALSO HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE GOLFER HOLES, AND YOU JUST NEED REGULAR DIRT OFF TO THE SIDE SO SOMEBODY CAN TAKE A SHOVEL AND DROP SOME DIRT.
I'LL, I'LL MENTION THAT TO 'EM AGAIN.
I, I WANNA ALSO ADD ON A PUBLIC COMMENT NEWS.
UM, I HAD THE LIBERTY PS, UH, TWO DAYS AGO TO, UH, UMPIRE AT, UH, BUS PALM, A LITTLE LEAGUE.
AND, UM, I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH PARENTS.
AND ON THE HUMAN GROVE SIDE, THE PARENTS, UH, USED THIS STATEMENT, WHICH WAS EXTRAORDINARILY EMBARRASSING.
ON, ON, ON, ON OUR END AS THE NATIONAL CITY CITIZEN, ESPECIALLY ME THERE, UM, WHAT ARE WE PLAYING? ARE WE PLAYING IN TJ OR ARE WE PLAYING IN AMERICA? UH, BECAUSE THE GOLDEN HOLES, BECAUSE OF WHERE THE FIELD JUST IS PRESENTED, UM, THAT'S NOT, COULD LOOK ON NATIONAL CITY
SO YEAH, THIS, THIS IS ON PUBLIC SIDE, UH, BROKE MY HEART TO HEAR THAT.
AND IT REALLY, UM, THERE REALLY NEEDS TO BE SOME PRIDE TAKEN IN, IN OUR PARKS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, HEAR THAT FROM PERSON
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IS JUST INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING.WE'LL CONVEY YOUR COMMENTS TO THE HEAD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND, UH, LET HIM WORK WITH HIS TEAM AS IF THEY DON'T REPORT TO OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY SHARE YOUR CONCERNS, YOU, IF YOU WANNA.
UM, SO WE UNDERSTAND TOO THAT THERE'S LABOR SHORTAGES, SO THAT'S TOTALLY FAIR.
UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE, NOT JUST AS THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, BUT AS CITIZEN, IS THERE'S NO SHARE, THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.
UM, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WHEN THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF DAN'S ALREADY SHARED THIS WITH THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID KNOW APPARENTLY DIDN'T TALK TO EACH EACH OTHER.
SO IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE LABOR SHORTAGES AND WE CAN'T GET THINGS DONE, BUT SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE NOTIFICATION THAT SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD, NO, HEY GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
IT'S JUST THIS IS WHY WE EXPECT IT TO BE DONE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
INSTEAD OF JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND NOT LETTING US KNOW WHY.
I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
MAY I HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? BENJAMIN.
BUT LIKE MOST CONSTRUCTION, PROBABLY WE'LL SAY TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT'LL GO ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN THAT'LL GO ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
I MEAN, I LIKE THE PROGRESS THEY'RE MAKING ON BATHROOM.
IN FACT, WE HAD A SIMILAR THING.
SO IT HAPPENS TO US AS TEAM MEMBERS, SO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE WILL ALL FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER.
THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY STEP REPORTS.
UM, SO THE NUTRITION CENTER IS HA SEEING AN INCREASE.
I'M JUST KINDA, UM, WE HAVE PARKS, RECREATION, AND NUTRITION.
UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE OPENING OF THE SENIOR CENTER COMING UP HERE IN JULY, CROSSING FINGERS.
WE'RE EAGER, UH, CURRENTLY HOLDING SENIOR PROGRAMMING AT MLK ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
UM, OVER AT CAMACHO WE HAVE, UH, YOUTH BASKETBALL AND OPEN JUNE VOLLEYBALL OPEN JUNE BASKETBALL PROCEEDING.
UM, JUNE 6TH, ALL OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING REGISTRATION STARTS.
AND THE LAST SUMMER SCHOOL, UH, LARGE LAP POOL.
IS NON-OPERATIONAL, THE WAY, WAY FOR A BOILER PART TO COME IN.
AND THE ACTIVITY POOL IS OPERATIONAL.
SO AS SOON AS THAT'S OPEN, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO, UH, NUTRITION CENTER, WE WERE SEEING AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION, PERHAPS ABOUT 300 MEALS A DAY, AND JUST, UH, JUST STARTING THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS.
AND THEY'RE, THEY HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT OVER THERE NOW, SO THEY'RE DOING VERY WHILE THEY'RE ENJOYING THEIR SENIOR LUNCH.
AND I WASN'T, I LIKE, GUYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA GO, BUT PEOPLE ARE LOVING IT, SO, WELL, WE'LL KEEP IT GOING.
ANYTHING TO INCREASE THE ENJOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE? THAT IS IT FOR THE CITY STAFF, OF COURSE.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
UM, WE, I DON'T SEE WHERE, OH, PRESENTATIONS IS NEXT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, I THINK IF YOU JUST CLICK DOWN ON THE POWERPOINT
FORWARD NEXT TO THE MINUS SIGN.
THIS ONE IS NOT THE FINAL VERSION.
I'LL PASS THIS ONE AROUND TO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE OTHER PICTURE THAT I WANTED.
I AM A RECREATION SUPERVISOR AND I AM RESPONSIBLE AND HELP OUT WITH A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT GO ON CITY RUN.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR SEVEN YEARS, ALMOST EIGHT
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO DO OUR SCHOOL SUMMER BREAK, UH, FUN PROGRAMS. SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING
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PROGRAMS DURING THE BREAKS, UH, NOW EXCEPT FOR THE WINTER BREAK.SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 30 KIDS IN THE SUMMER.
IT'S A FREE PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS, AGES EIGHT TO 17.
WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A MEAL, NOTHING FANCY, JUST WHATEVER.
WE CAN MICROWAVE THERE FOR THEM, BUT AT LEAST IT'S A MEAL THAT THEY CAN GET.
UM, THEY GET EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT SPORTS RECREATIONAL LEVEL, SO LIKE VOLLEYBALL OR SOCCER, OR YOU CAN SEE THERE WHERE THEY PLAY WITH THAT HUGE BEACH BALL AT KIMBALL PARK LAST SUMMER.
UM, WE TRY TO WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO TOURS OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CONSECUTIVELY COMING TO GRILL FOR THEM.
ONE DAY WE DO A BARBECUE AND, UH, A WATER BALLOON FIGHT AND WATER GUN FIGHT WITH THEM.
WE ALSO HAVE ESPORTS AS PART OF OUR PROGRAMMING FOR THE YOUTH.
SO DURING COVID, UM, WE WENT TO A CONFERENCE AND LEARNED THAT A LOT OF THESE KIDS LOVE THE VIDEO GAMES, BUT THE PARENT CONCERN IS THAT THEY ARE ISOLATING THEM.
THEY'RE PLAYING AT HOME AND IT'S NOT SUPERVISED.
SO WE DECIDED TO BRING IT INTO OUR REC CENTER AND HAVE IT IN A SUPERVISED SETTING, MAKE IT MORE COMPETITIVE, BRING IN SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY COACH THEM TO GET BETTER AT THESE COMPETITIVE GAMES.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WHEN THEY GO TO COLLEGE, GET A SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'D ALSO HOST TOURNAMENTS, UM, SO THAT THEY GET SOME EXPERIENCE IN ACTUALLY COMPETING ON STAGE.
WE DID A ESPORTS AT THE PARK AS WELL LAST SUMMER.
WE'RE PLANNING TO DO ANOTHER ONE IN AUGUST, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THAT ONE IS JUST MORE FUN.
WE BRING OUT OUR BIG MOVIE SCREEN AND THE KIDS GET TO GO UP THERE.
UM, IT'S A REALLY LIKE, NOSTALGIC FOR THE ADULTS THAT USED TO PLAY THE MARIO PART, AND THEN THEY GET TO DO IT UP THERE WITH THEIR KIDS.
UM, SO IT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT.
WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT ONE AGAIN.
WE ALSO ALSO STARTED A MUSIC PROGRAM IN JANUARY, AND SO FAR WE'VE HAD ABOUT 40 KIDS GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT FREE, BUT IT IS VERY LOW COST.
FOR EXAMPLE, I BELIEVE THEY HAD, UM, 20 CLASSES AND IT COST LIKE $30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEY DON'T NEED TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN INSTRUMENTS AND IT'S BEGINNER LEVEL.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE SEASONS, WE DO A PERFORMANCE AT CA SALUD.
SO THEY GET TO PERFORM FOR THEIR PARENTS ONE SONG EITHER IN A GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL.
SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THAT LEARNED TO PLAY THE DRUMS. BUT HE ALSO WAS IN THE BASS CLASS, AND I THINK HE'S IN THE INTERMEDIATE ONE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ALSO HAD ONE OF OUR STAFF THAT WANTED TO TEACH KOREAN.
SO WE HAVE VERY BEGINNER KOREAN LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR KIDS, UH, 10 TO 13.
UM, AND NOW WE HAVE ALSO STARTED A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM, UM, WHICH I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN OUR NEXT SLIDE.
UM, 'CAUSE IT KIND OF GOES WITH THAT ONE.
AND AT SALUD WE ALSO HAVE ADULT FITNESS CLASSES CALLED FULL BODY WORKOUT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 13 ADULTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT ONE.
UM, AND IT IS A COMBINATION OF LIKE STEP AEROBICS, HITS ZUMBA BECAUSE THERE'S GOOD MUSIC.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT.
THEY USE SOME WEIGHTS, SOME BANDS, AND, UM, THEY SEEM TO REALLY BE LOVING IT.
SO I'M PLANNING TO KEEP THAT GOING.
I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE 10 OR $15 FOR THE SEASON.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER THAT CAME, UM, OVER TO US AND WANTED TO TEACH THIS.
UM, AND THEN OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT CASA DE SALUD, WE HAVE BEEN DOING SEASONAL PORTRAITS SINCE LAST DECEMBER.
SO IT'S A VERY AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE GREEN SCREEN.
AND WE HAVE FAMILIES COME AND SIGN UP FOR THEM TO COME AND TAKE THEIR PICTURES, AND WE DELIVER THEM THE PICTURES, UH, DIGITALLY.
THEY GET TO PICK THREE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH CHICK-FIL-A AND THEY USUALLY BRING LIKE BROWNIES AND LEMONADE FREE FOR THE FAMILIES.
AND THIS LAST BREAK WE DID A SEASONAL CRAFT CORNER, WHICH WAS CROCHET FOCUSED, BUT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON MAYBE DOING A JEWELRY ONE.
AND THAT WOULD BE DURING THE BREAKS.
UH, BEFORE OUR SUMMER BREAK PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS, WE WOULD DO A COMBINATION WITH ADULTS AND KIDS THAT CAN COME AND DO LIKE A, A WORKSHOP, AND THEN YOU WOULD LEARN HOW TO DO IT FORCHE OR A JEWELRY TYPE OF PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN I MENTIONED THE ESPORTS TOURNAMENTS THAT, AND THOSE ARE HOSTED AT THE MLK COMMUNITY CENTER NEXT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, THESE ARE CURRENT MISS NATIONAL CITY COURT PARTICIPANTS.
THEY COMPETED AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD.
UH, CARMEN IN THE CENTER IS OUR MISS, NATIONAL CITY QUEEN.
AND THEN VANESSA TO THE RIGHT IS OUR FIRST PRINCESS, AND MELANIE IS OUR SECOND PRINCESS.
THEY WILL BE OUR OUT THEIR, OUR CURRENT COURT.
BUT THE, IN JUNE, THEY'RE ENDS ON THE JULY 5TH, WE'RE GONNA DO A CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THEM.
UM, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES.
THEY'VE DONE COMMUNITY SERVICE, THEY'VE DONE INTERVIEWS, THEY'VE BEEN TALENT SHOW JUDGES, UM, HALLOWEEN COSTUME JUDGES FOR US AS WELL.
AND, UM, AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THEY ALSO WENT THROUGH A LOT OF
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WORKSHOPS.WE, UH, GAVE THEM WORKSHOPS FOR RESUME BUILDING, FOR INTERVIEW PREP, AND, UM, JUST GENERAL THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE NOTICED THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LEARN IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW ONCE THEY GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND INTO COLLEGE.
UM, SO WE DID ALL OF THAT WITH THEM.
AND JULY 5TH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CLOSING CEREMONY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE THE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HOST ANOTHER PROJECT, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CONTESTANTS.
SO WE WON'T BE HOSTING THE FULL ON PAGEANT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE THE CLOSING CEREMONY FOR THEM TO RECEIVE, UM, THEIR WELL, TO HAVE THAT CEREMONY FOR THEM, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM, BUT ALSO SO THEY CAN RECEIVE THEIR SCHOLARSHIP.
SO SINCE WE HAD A LACK OF, UH, INTEREST, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.
THIS ALSO CAME FROM A CONFERENCE THAT WE ATTENDED.
AND, UM, WE WANTED TO COMBINE THE MISS NATIONAL CITY WITH THAT ONE, SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA HOST THE MISS NATIONAL CITY ANYMORE, WE WANNA DO THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IN NATIONAL CITY, AGES 13 TO 17.
PROVIDE THEM WITH SIMILAR WORKSHOPS, MAYBE MORE LIKE GEARED TOWARDS COLLEGE AND TEACHING THEM ALSO ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAREERS THAT EXIST OUT THERE.
NOT JUST THE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY AND TWO YEAR COLLEGES OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT ALSO LIKE TECHNICAL CAREERS.
UM, AND THEN MORE OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE FIVE KIDS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING SO FAR, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP US WITH THE PROGRAMS. UM, LIKE THE FALL BREAK OR SPRING BREAK PROGRAM THAT WE JUST HAD.
UM, THESE KIDS WERE OUT THERE AND THEY WERE HELPING IN LEADING ACTIVITIES WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS AND JUST HELPING TO CLEAN UP AROUND, UM, THE, THE FACILITY.
UM, AND WE ALSO DID OUR FIRST PARK CLEANUP A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO AT PARADISE CREEK PARK.
THEY PICKED UP TWO BIG BAGS OF TRASH FROM LIKE THE CREEK AREA AND THE, THE STREET AREA BY THE MTS.
AND, UM, YOU GET TO SEE LIKE THAT SWITCH IN THEIR BRAIN WHEN THEY'RE LIKE, OH, NOW I CAN DO SOMETHING.
I CAN BE LIKE A REC LEADER TOO, AND I'M LEARNING THESE SKILLS.
AND THEY TURN FROM THESE LITTLE KIDS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE TELLING THEM, HEY, DON'T DO THAT.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, HELPING YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THE OTHER KIDS OR HELPING YOU GET YOU LEAD THESE ACTIVITIES.
SO IT'S REALLY COOL, REALLY REWARDING, AND WE HOPE THAT IT GROWS MORE AND THAT WE CAN GET SOME SPONSORSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THESE KIDS AND DO, UM, CEREMONIES ALSO WITH THEIR PARENTS AND DINNERS AND BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR YES, I QUESTION.
UH, LIKE I HEARD YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO PREPARE 'EM FOR, YOU KNOW, TECH SCHOOL FOUR YEAR, TWO YEAR, MAYBE SOME TYPE OF CAREER.
BUT I NEVER, I I, I, I'VE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA, WE FAILED TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S ALSO ONE OTHER TYPE OF SCHOOLING OUT THERE CALLED TRADE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND YES, I NOTICED IN THIS TOWN, I, I WORKED WITH THE LA COUNTY, UH, FEDERATION LABOR MM-HMM
AND I WORK WITH SAN DIEGO LABOR COUNCIL MM-HMM
SO I'M, I'M IN BOTH CITIES, AND I DO NOTICE THAT IN SAN DIEGO, THEY ALWAYS FAIL TO REALIZE TRADE MM-HMM
BUT IN LA TRADE IT'S A BIG THING.
THAT'S WHAT I MEANT WITH LIKE TECHNICAL SCHOOL, BECAUSE MY BROTHERS ARE BOTH PART OF THE TRADES, AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT KIND OF GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER IN LIFE, BECAUSE I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.
AND THEN THEY, A FEW YEARS AFTER THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I'M THINKING MORE THAN YOU.
AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
NOW I CAN LEAVE MY JOB AND YOU CAN SUPPLEMENT ME.
UM, BUT THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T GO FOR THAT, UH,
I, I JUST WANTED TO YEAH, DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, TECH MIGHT BE LIKE COMPUTERIZATION VERSUS, YEAH, YEAH.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA, WANNA BRING TO THEM AS WELL, SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THOSE OPTIONS TOO.
BECAUSE YEAH, MY BROTHERS DIDN'T WANNA GO TO COLLEGE AND THEY'RE DOING GREAT.
NATIONAL CITY IS THE IT, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S A LABOR TOWN.
IT'S A WORKING COMMUNITY AND MM-HMM.
UH, IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS LACK OF, UH, INTEREST IN THE PAGEANT.
UH, WHAT TYPE OF, WHAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR OUTREACH TO THAT TARGET AUDIENCE WAS USED? YEAH.
SO THE, IT HAS BEEN A, A TREND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
WE'VE HAD ONLY LIKE THREE CONTESTANTS, I THINK DURING, DURING, UM, COVID THE YEAR AFTER.
SO COVID, WE DIDN'T DO IT, BUT THE YEAR AFTER WE DID IT, WE ONLY HAD TWO.
WE DECIDED TO DO IT THAT YEAR.
BUT WE'VE HAD THREE THE NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S BEEN SOCIAL MEDIA, WE GO TO THE SCHOOL, BUT WE CAN ONLY REALLY PULL FROM SWEETWATER.
BECAUSE IF I GO TO SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, I MIGHT TALK TO ONE OR TWO OF THAT ARE NATIONAL CITY RESIDENTS.
SO IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO REACH.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ABOUT FROM SAN DIEGO ACADEMY STILL WITHIN BOUNDARIES, NATIONAL CITY? DO THEY HAVE TO BE NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT? I, I, I'M NOT SURE, BUT SAN DIEGO ACADEMY'S ON FOURTH AND MM-HMM
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IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL, BUT IT DOES GO UP TO 12TH GRADE UHHUH,
I THINK THE ALSO, BUT THIS WHOLE NEW PROGRAM THAT SHE'S ON EMPOWERING YOUTH NOW IS ALSO BOTH FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
IT'S A, IT, IT'S A OPEN PROGRAM THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE OFFERED TO THE MISS PAGEANT.
AND NOW IT BROADENS OUR ABILITY TO, UH, SERVE, UH, MORE YOUTH AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
IN A WAY, IT, IT, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT, WELL, THEY, THESE, THIS PERSON BOUNDED THE PAVEMENT, WENT DOOR TO DOOR SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, AND DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO PULL IT OUT.
FOR SOME REASON, THIS GENERATION JUST ISN'T FINDING THESE PAGEANTS AS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO SPEND OR ENGAGING.
AND WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY, WHICH IS MONEY, AND WE HAVE TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN HOW WE'RE SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY.
AND BY DOING A PROGRAM THAT ISN'T YOUTH EMPOWERING, UH, WE'RE SUPPLEMENTING STUFF THAT THEY AREN'T GETTING AT SCHOOL ANYMORE BECAUSE OF CUTS THAT THEY'VE FACED.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR FEMALES, IT'S MALE AND FEMALE.
AND IT'S MORE IN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.
IT DOES INVOLVE THE TRADES AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE CAN GET TO.
IT REALLY ENHANCE THIS PROGRAM.
SHE'S, UH, ELIANA'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT SHE, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE, IT WAS, WHERE ARE WE? AND SHE, SHE EXPLAINED WHAT SHE WAS DOING TO RECRUIT AND JUST WASN'T GETTING ANY RESPONSE.
AND IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN KEEP TRYING TO IRK OUT SOMETHING THAT IT, IT DOES HAVE A MEANING TO PEOPLE, AND IT HAS A, HIS HISTORY AND THERE'S LEGACY THERE.
SO THERE, THERE IS AN IMPORTANCE THERE.
SO WE DON'T TAKE A DECISION LIKE SHIFTING LIGHTLY.
UH, BUT IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE THINK BY MOVING TO THIS SIDE, WE'RE MOVING ACTUALLY THIS PROGRAM OR, OR THIS ENHANCEMENT, UH, FORWARD DOESN'T MEAN, WE'LL WON'T GO BACK TO IT IF THERE SOME GENERATION OR SOMETIME WHERE THERE'S A LARGE INTEREST ENOUGH OF THE, OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE, ARE, WANT TO BRING IT BACK.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WHERE THIS IS, THIS WAS GIFTED TO THE CITY BY EITHER THE CORNERS OR LIONS THAT USED TO DO IT.
AND IT JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE TIRED UPON, I THINK HAD THE SIMILAR FRUSTRATIONS THAT WE WERE HAVING, AND WE APPRECIATED THEIR EFFORTS.
AND SO WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS TORCH, BUT EVENTUALLY, UH, WE NEED TO LIGHT A DIFFERENT TORCH AND GO A DIFFERENT PATHWAY THAT WILL UTILIZE HER TIME, ENERGY, AND EFFORT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY AND HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON THE KIDS, THE YOUTH THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE.
SO THAT'S NOT TRYING TO SAY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WHAT I, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE FACTS.
OR THE FACTS IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE HAVE TO BE REALLY EFFECTIVE IN PUBLIC MONEY.
AND THIS WAS NOT AN EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLIC MONEY.
AS THE DIRECTOR, I SAID, LET'S MOVE IT.
SHE CAME UP WITH A VERY CREATIVE WAY, THE SHIFTED.
AND I, I, I'M TRYING TO GIVE HER THE FULL SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY HER PRESENTATION WILL EXCITE YOU ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM AND THE POWERING YOUTH.
THE LAST QUESTION THEY CALL IT, YEAH.
AND THEY HAVE LITTLE TIE DYE SHIRTS THAT THEY MADE THEMSELVES WITH CRICKETS.
AND THEY'RE GONNA VOLUNTEER IN THE BACK AND THEY WEAR THEM AND THEY, YOU SEE THEM WALK IN AND THEN THEY'RE WEARING THEIR SHIRTS, AND THEN THEY WALK AROUND ALL TIME.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY AS A, AS A COMMENT, UH, I LIKE THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ARE CHAMPIONING AT CUSTOMER
I WAS KIND OF SITTING IN MY OWN KIDS, SO I'M GONNA LOOK INTO THAT.
BUT IT ALSO OCCURRED TO ME, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT A LITTLE BIT CAN BE INVOLVED WITH PARTNERING WITH WE CAN, YEAH.
AND EVEN IF
IF THEY WANNA BE A PART OF THE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM.
BECAUSE WE, WE ALSO DO COMMUNITIES HELP KIDS GET COMMUNITY SERVICE.
LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GO THROUGH, GET THEM HOURS.
MY, MY CONTACT INFORMATION'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
I JUST ALSO WANTED TO SHARE ON THE E SPORTS ESPORT
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PLAYERS.AND ON THAT PLAY, ESPORT GOLF MAKE MORE THAN THE PRO TOURS DO.
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER PLACES WHERE ESPORT DRIVERS FOR THESE LITTLE RACE CARS MAKE MORE THAN THE INDIE DRIVERS DO.
AND IT'S JUST, IT IS, AND EVEN THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT ADDING CERTAIN ESPORTS TO THEIR PROGRAMMING.
IT IS, IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S NOT OF MY GENERATION, BUT THIS, IT HAS AN AUDIENCE AND IT'S GAINING MOMENTUM.
IT'S, BUT YOU NOW, IF YOU WATCH SOME OF YOUR CABLE CHANNELS ARE, YOU'LL SEE THESE HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPETITIONS ON UNTIL PEOPLE, I MEAN, IT'S, I DON'T GET IT.
IN, IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SAID THAT THERE'S NO AANS OR PARTICIPATE, UH, PEOPLE WHY WE DON'T DO A CHANGE.
INSTEAD LET'S FOCUS ON THE GRANDMOTHER.
THIS IS GRANDMOTHER OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
AND THEN THERE LOT MORE, UH, GRANDMOTHERS WILL JOIN THE PANTRY.
YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA OPEN OUR SENIOR CENTER SOON.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S A REALLY FUN WAY.
SO WE HAD A, WE DID ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION YEAH.
SO WE'LL BRING BACK THE NEXT MONTH WITH ANXIETY.
AND I THINK THAT'S, IT'S MAYBE MORE POPULAR AND MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE CONFERENCE.
AND I WOULD GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY STEAL YOUR IDEA.
WE'LL BE SURE NOT TO GIVE YOU A METAPHOR.
AND, UH, MR. AND NATIONAL, WHICH THE SENIOR CITIZENS, SINCE WE, WE ARE ON THE, UH, I THINK HE WANTS AN APPLICATION,
NO, I THINK WE ARE ALL UNDER THE, OF THERE ARE DATING HATS OUT THERE AND SENIOR CITIZENS, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, I'LL PASS THIS ONE AROUND.
THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT I WANTED TO HAVE, BUT IT WAS AT THE UPDATED SLIDE.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT KIDS AFTER THEY DID A CLEANUP AT YOUTH ON THE SPORTS.
AND ONE LAST THING I DIDN'T MENTION IS CA
UM, THEY'RE DOING THE FIRST ROUND THIS WEEKEND, SO YAY.
THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON CURRENT BUSINESS AND YOU APPROVE EVENTS.
I MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES.
AND THE SECOND, IF I WASN'T HERE FOR THAT MEETING, YOU CAN'T, RIGHT.
I'M NOT, WE'RE EQUAL THE LAST.
SO WE'LL TABLE IT FOR AT THE TABLE IT.
AND THEN RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THAT.
I HAVE A DRAFT, BUT I WOULD LIKE, I PREFER TO, UH, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT IN ADVANCE.
SO WE ARE CREATING OUR DEPARTMENT, WE'RE CREATING A RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN, AND IT WILL HELP US, UM, GET AN ACCREDITATION FROM, UM, THE NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION FOUNDATION.
AND I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND THE INSIGHT THAT ALSO HELPS US GET FEDERAL GRANTS AND STATE GRANTS.
SO OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, WE GET TIME, TIME REFUND REQUESTS, AND WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH A REFUND STATEMENT.
SO THIS COMMITTEE GAVE US, UH, ADVICE ON, UM, THE LANGUAGE AND TIME LENGTH AND WHAT'S A JUSTIFIABLE REASON TO HAVE A, A REFUND GRANTED.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES AND WE TALKED ABOUT OUR, UM, PROGRAMS THAT ARE RUN BY CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AND HOW THEY GET PAID.
UM, BUT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS HAVING AN ACTUAL POLICY AND
UH, AND THERE IS A, AN ESTABLISHED POLICY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND SO I PRINTED THAT OUT AND I, I MADE SURE THAT YOU, WE ALL HAVE COPIES, BUT THAT'S, UM, KIND OF A GENERAL
AND SO WE NEED SOMETHING THAT, UM, HELPS JUST SO THAT WAY WE WE'RE TRANSPARENT
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AND WHEN PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM, THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, SUPPORT TO THE CUSTOMERS.
SO, UH, IF YOU, YOU COULD LOOK THROUGH THE REFUND POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THE CITY, AND AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL DRAFT UP A POLICY REFUND POLICY AND WE'LL ASK FOR A, AN ACTION ON THAT.
AND WE'RE GONNA COME TO THAT LATER.
ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA NO, I MEAN, I THINK WHERE WE LEFT OFF, YEAH.
SO WE JUST, WE WILL FINALIZE THE NEXT MEETING THAT, BUT IF YOU HAVE INPUT, PLEASE, UH, EMAIL JOANNE WITH ANY INPUT AS YOU TAKE THIS HOME AND MAYBE READ IT.
SOMETIME WHEN YOU TIRED TO FALL ASLEEP AND IT MIGHT HELP YOU.
UM, YOU CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS OUT TO THE SIDE AND THEN SEND THOSE TO JOAN SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU INPUT IT INTO THE UPDATE THAT WE'LL BRING YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE STUFF, REVIEW IT, UH, PUT SOME INPUT IN AN EMAIL, JOIN IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU THINK WOULD BE A, A GOOD AD OR A GOOD SUBTRACT.
A IT BRINGS US TO FACILITY USE GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS FOR USE OF COMMUNITY CENTER'S, POLICY 8 0 3.
WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BRING TO COUNCIL SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE A REVISION OF THIS POLICY.
UM, THIS IS WHAT GUIDES CITY STAFF WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE COME AND SAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO RENT MLK FOR AKIN.
AND THEN ACCORDING TO THE POLICY THAT IS CURRENTLY HERE, WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED, ALLOW THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
AND IF WE WERE TO EXPLORE CHANGING THAT, WE COULD RENT OUT TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES, RA WEDDINGS, UM, BABY SHOWERS, WHAT OTHER PARKS AND REC COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO COMMUNITY ASSET, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ALLOW MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESS TO.
SO, UH, JUST OUTTA I'M SORRY, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW, UM, HOW UTILIZED ARE THESE ROOMS OR THEY'RE NOT WELL UTILIZED BY FACILITY RENTALS? BECAUSE THIS IS, SO THERE IS ROOM TO ACCOMMODATE RENTING OUT SOME OF THESE SPACES, ESPECIALLY ON WEEKENDS.
I MEAN, I, I ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER TO THEM.
BUT, UM, AND THEN JUST CURIOUS, WHY IS THIS JUST COMING UP? IS IT JUST BEEN KIND OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE SIDELINES AND NEVER REALLY EXPLORED POST COVID? UM, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE UTILIZING THEM.
WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO UTILIZE THE FACILITIES, BUT WE'RE PAST THAT NOW AND WE ARE GETTING INUNDATED WITH CALL.
I THINK HISTORICALLY IT'S ALSO BEEN A STEPPING CONCERN.
OUR DEPARTMENT IS FAIRLY GROWING, UM, WITH FULL-TIME STAFF, BECAUSE I MEAN, LIKE, I MEAN, THEY'RE GREAT.
I MEAN, PEOPLE WOULD SMOOTH ABOUT FOR SURE.
AND THE FLOORING WAS RECENTLY REDONE IN THERE BY CCB, DCBG THANK YOU FUNDING.
AND THEN IF WE HAD, SO WE HAVE, UM, THE WAY OUR FACILITIES ARE RIGHT NOW, SO ELIANA SUPERVISES CASA DE SALUDE.
AND THEN ADE WILL BE SUPERVISING, UH, THE SENIOR CENTER AND JUAN, UH, SUPERVISES
SO NOW I'M, I'M TAKING THE ROLE STEPPING IN FOR RENTALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IF WE WERE TO EXPAND THIS WOULD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED SOME MORE SUPPORT.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THIS.
HOW DOES THAT LOOK? HOW DOES A FACILITY RENTAL PROGRAM LOOK AND HOW DOES A POLICY SUPPORT OR, OR, UH, OR NOT BE, BUT IT'D BE GOOD YEAH.
WHEN I WENT TO THE COUNTY, WE DID IT EVERY SINGLE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
AND WE HAD CHURCHES THAT WOULD UTILIZE EVERY SUNDAY.
AND EVERYBODY'S VOLUNTEERING TO CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS.
UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF, IF YOU COULD REVIEW THIS, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
UM, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE AN ACTION ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE WILL, UM, WE'LL BASICALLY BE DOING A WORK MEETING RACKING OUT POLICY, AND THEN OUR TEAM INTERNALLY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH SOME EDITS AND SOME IDEAS.
BUT, UM, WE WANNA HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
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OKAY.AND SECOND TO THAT IS OUR FACILITY USE APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE POLICY.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF I PASSED THAT AROUND.
I'M NOT SURE IF I MADE A COPY OF IT.
UM, BUT WE JUST REVISED IT, MADE IT A DIGITAL FORM INSTEAD OF JUST A PDF.
YOU CAN SEND IT TO IT DIGITALLY.
WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU DIGITALLY
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU COULD HAVE A REVIEW OF THAT AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE A HEALTHY CURRENT BUSINESS TO GO OVER.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TO HAVE THIS MEETING.
UM, LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON TO COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND UPDATES.
UM, I WASN'T HERE LAST WEEK, OTHERWISE I PROBABLY, SO THEN, UM, IT WAS MY, SO IT WAS PULLED ME AWAY AND SENT ME STUDIO, DRAGGED ME TO IT.
UM, IT WAS MY
UM, FORTUNATELY, UH, SOFTBALL VP, SHE RAN INTO THE, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND THEN SHE CALLED ME UP, MET UP WITH HIM, WE HAD A CONVERSATION.
HE INVITED ME TO A MEETING OR THE FOLLOWING MORNING, UH, WHERE THE NATIONAL CITY REPRESENTATIVE WAS GONNA BE THERE, AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, AND BASICALLY I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE HE HAD WALKED UP A SECTION OF THE PARKING LOT, UM, AND HE SAID HIMSELF, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU GUYS DID SO BUSY.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN PARK THESE CONX BOXES SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WHATNOT.
BUT ANYWAY, HE WAS VERY HELPFUL.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WAS HAPPENING THERE WASN'T GOING TO, UH, INTERFERE WITH, WITH THE, WITH THE SEASON.
UM, SO FAST FORWARD HAD THE MEETING IN THE MORNING, BUT THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD GET FROM, UH, FIRST I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM ENGINEERING.
UM, SO I GOT SOME PHONE NUMBERS, I MEAN, CALLS TO THE MAYOR, UH, MAYOR BEING CALLED TO THE CITY MANAGER.
BOTH OF THEM HAD NO IDEA THAT THE PROJECT HAD BEGUN.
AND SO THEN I ASKED, WELL, CAN I GET A TIMELINE TO SEE IS THIS GONNA IMPACT THIS? ARE THE FIELDS OR THE SNACK SHACK INVOLVED IN ANY OF THE, UM, INSTRUCTION BY HAVING A PHONE CALL BACK OR ANYTHING? SINCE I KNOW THE CITY MANAGERS NO LONGER WITH US ALSO KNOW HE'S BEING BLAMED OR LACK COMMUNICATION.
UM, WHICH TO ME SEEMS LIKE A DEFINITELY EASY WAY OUT.
BUT, UH, TODAY I STILL HAVE AN UPDATE.
NOW THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THEY WILL BE WORKING ON THE FIELDS AS WELL AS ACK.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE PLACES GET REALLY UTILIZED BY THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE RUNNING THROUGH THAT SNACK CHECK DURING THE SUMMERTIME A DAY, OR THE FIELD, SORRY, NOT JUST THE SNACK CHECK, BUT OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN A DAY, UM, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
UM, AND SO I, I THINK IT, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THAT THERE BE SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTO WHAT EXACTLY IS GONNA BE BUILT IF SOMETHING IS GONNA BE REPLACING THIS EXISTING SNAPSHOT.
UM, ALSO, UM, WE'RE, WE, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE FIELDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY TOOK DOWN THE BATHROOM.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S DISGUSTING.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE TOOK ME UP ON USING THEM BEFORE THEY GOT TORN DOWN TO SEE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WAS HOW IS IT GONNA AFFECT PLAY? AND SO FORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, I I WAS GIVEN A HEADS UP.
I, I WOULD RUN INTO THE, THE PEOPLE WORKING THERE AND THEY'D TELL ME, YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BE DISCONNECTING THESE FIELDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD GO AND, AND SHIFT GAMES AROUND BECAUSE THE, THERE'S A DIVISION THAT UTILIZES THE PITCHING MACHINE, WHICH USES ELECTRICITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY FLIP SIDES THAT, AND THEN WORK AROUND A LIGHT ISSUE AS WELL.
UM, LUCKILY EVERYONE'S BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE IN TERMS OF THE COACHES AND WORKING WITH THE WORK AROUND.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION GOES A LONG WAY.
YOU KNOW, JUST A SIMPLE NOTICE WOULD'VE BEEN SUFFICIENT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA BRING UP IS, IS, IS NOW THAT ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION IS
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GOING ON, I I, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN CATCHING LITTLE PIECES OF WHAT EXACTLY IS GONNA BE HAPPENING AND SOME THINGS REALLY DON'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME.UM, AND I THINK IT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAYBE THROW OUT THE AGENDA OR MAKE A MOTION IF I CAN, TO POSSIBLY MAKE IT, MAKE THE PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR ANY, ANY OF THE AREAS, ANY PARKS, UM, ANY OF, YOU KNOW, THE REC CENTERS THAT THIS COMMITTEE KIND HAS SOME INPUT ON.
MAKE THOSE PLANS READILY AVAILABLE TO US SO THAT WE CAN SEE THEM AND HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I WAS TOLD THAT A FIELD, THERE'S PLANS TO RAISE THE BASEBALL FIELD.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, PERFECT, BECAUSE IT FLOODS, RIGHT? WELL, YESTERDAY I WAS TOLD, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ARCHITECT.
AND APPARENTLY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WESTFIELD, BUT WESTFIELD'S NOT THE PROBLEM.
FLOODS WESTFIELD BRINGS OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE SOCIETY.
AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME, AND YOU, YOU SPOKE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THEY GO, YOU KNOW, TO GOOD USE.
WELL THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF IT.
IF WE GO AND WE DUMP MONEY TO RAISE WESTFIELD WHEN EASTFIELD IS THE PROBLEM, IT REALLY IS A WASTE OF TAX DOLLARS.
UM, AND, AND, AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE REASON WHY I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE HAD THESE PLANS THAT WE COULD JUST KIND OF BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AND SAY, WELL, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, ESPECIALLY IF, IF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR POSSIBLY PUT IT ON THE AGENDA SO WE CAN MAKE A, A MOTION ON THE NEXT MEETING.
I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS JUNCTURE, UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT AREA, UH, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT AREA IS NOT HERE.
HOWEVER, I WILL BRING IT UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD OF THAT AREA TO, TO GIVE YOU SOME ANSWERS.
I CAN'T, I'M INTERIM, I'M KIND OF NEW AND CATCHING UP ON SOME OF HOW NATIONAL CITY OPERATES.
AND I, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST A PUBLIC NOTICE.
AND IT, THERE'S USUALLY A PRESENTATION BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT DID HAPPEN FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, LIKE, AGAIN, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED LIKE SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AGO OR A YEAR AGO BASED ON HOW MOST CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS NORMALLY WORK WITHIN, UH, CITY ENTITIES.
UM, SO, UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, AGAIN, THE MISCOMMUNICATION THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE PRESENTED IN, IN PEOPLE THAT WERE BEING AFFECTED, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED SO THEY, THEY CAN ATTEND THE MEETING.
UM, SO EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING IS SPOT ON.
I JUST, UH, WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU GIVE US TILL THE NEXT MEETING TO GET SOME CLARITY AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE PROCESS AND WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN, UH, UM, HOPEFULLY THEIR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE HERE TO REALLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AFTER I BRING IT UP TO HIS BOSS.
WELL, CAN I STILL MAKE THE MOTION OR THE, OR I THINK YOU COULD MAKE THE MOTION.
IT'S JUST THIS MOTION TO ADD IT TO THE AGENDA.
WELL, I, I, I WOULD LIKE, NO, HE'D LIKE TO, HE'D LIKE TO, HE'D LIKE TO SEE THE PLANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
IT SHOULD BE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
IT SHOULD BE ON SOMEBODY'S WEBSITE SOMEWHERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR MOTION AND HOW TO GET IT SO THAT THE MOTION HAS ACTUALLY ACTION THAT HAS A RESULT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT IN THIS CITY YET.
SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU FEEL WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
I'M JUST GETTING, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THE RESULTS YOU'RE HOPING FOR WILL HAPPEN.
WELL, THE ONLY THING I'M HOPING FOR IS TO ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF THE, JUST SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, BUT AHEAD OF TIME.
'CAUSE YOU ARE THE USER OF THAT VENUE.
SO CAN'T, CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO I, I NEED TO HAVE BETTER UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, THE PROCESS TO GIVE YOU WHAT A LOGICAL MOTION WOULD BE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.
YOU, UH, SO YOU CAN SAY, WE'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN ACTIONS AND, AND THINGS ARE AFFECTING REC AND PARKS ARE TAKING PLACE.
AND USUALLY THAT HAPPENS MOST, WHICH IS WHAT THIS COMMITTEE USUALLY WAS ESTABLISHED FOR IN MOST CITIES, IS ANYTIME I HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN AT ANY REC CENTER OR PARK, THE, THE,
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THE COMPANY THAT WE HAD HIRED TO DO THE WORK WOULD COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THIS PARTICULAR BODY.DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AGAIN, THAT'S AN AREA THAT I DON'T CONTROL.
WELL, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY MADE, MAKES THE CITY MADE.
ALL THE PLANNING, THE COMPANY'S DOING THE WORK IS JUST DOING THE WORK BASED OFF THE CITY.
THEY STILL HAD TO GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH HERE.
AND ONCE THE BID WAS WON, THEN WHOEVER WON THE BID SHOULD HAVE COME AND MADE A PRESENTATION SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, YADA, YADA, YADA.
SO HERE'S OUR MAP, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT.
DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHO WE'RE IN A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD.
I, I, YOU KNOW, LET ME FIND OUT MORE AND MAYBE IF YOU GIVE US TABLE THIS, ACT YOUR ACTION AND GIVE US TIME TO RESEARCH IT AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH A DEFINITIVE WAY OF MAYBE GETTING WHAT YOU WANT DONE.
WELL, I MEAN, I, I JUST CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW.
OR A MOTION TO MAKE A PROCESS.
WELL, I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY FOR A COPY OF THE PLANS HAVE, UM, THAT'S ACCESSIBLE.
I MEAN, YEAH, I CAN GO DOWN THE CITY CLERK AND REQUEST IT MYSELF.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS HERE, SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
BUT GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET ACROSS TO FINISH.
USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A MOTION, YOU FINISH.
HUH? YOU SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE PROCESS IN NATIONAL CITY YET.
I'M TO MOVE UNEMPLOYED TO GIVE YOU A CLEARANCE.
WELL THEN I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO REQUEST THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAVE THE PLANS READILY AVAILABLE TO REVIEW WHENEVER WE MEET ON PLANS FOR WHAT ANY OF THE AREAS THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS INVOLVED WITH.
SO ANY ANY OF THE PARTS REC PARK OR REC REC PARTS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE THE PLANS REGARDING ANY, UH, UPDATES, CHANGES OR PROJECTS.
PROJECTS TO ANY PARKS, RECS, SENIOR CENTERS BE SHARED, AND, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS, I GUESS MM-HMM
UM, THAT THOSE PLANS BE SHARED OR READILY AVAILABLE TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND NOW YOU CAN CALL, UH, EITHER DISCUSSION OR VOTE.
SO YOU CAN CALL FOR IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? AND IF THERE ISN'T, THEN YOU CAN CALL TO VOTE.
ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? JUST HAVE TO AFTER, UH, LIKE I SAID, SEEN FACILITY AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, LISTENING TO, UH, OUT, OUT TOWN, UM, FOLKS, UH, SAY THINGS ABOUT OUR PARKS.
UM, YEAH, I, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE HERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE ANY, UH, REVIEWS AND OR PLANNING.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET INVOLVED THIS COMMITTEE.
UM, AND, AND TO ADVISE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ACTIONS WILL BE TAKING PLACE.
AT LEAST, AT LEAST WE'RE HERE TO SEE EVERYTHING, UM, THAT, THAT MAY OCCUR.
AND MAYBE JUST ADVISE TO MAKE CHANGES AND WILL KEEP, AND, AND THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY VITAL, UH, FOR THIS, UM, FOR THIS.
SO REALLY HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH HIM, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUTSIDE THAT MAKES.
ANY MORE COMMENT? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU CALL TO VOTE.
YEAH, HE'S THINKING OF THE MR. AND MISS NATIONAL
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NATIONAL CITY.OKAY, SO NEXT AFTER COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND UPDATES.
IS THAT IT FOR COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND UPDATES? UH, OKAY.
NEXT WOULD BE YOU WANT TO OUR NEXT, UH, OR DO WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I SECOND THAT MOTION.