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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.[Community Development Commission on October 10, 2024.]
LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION'S MONTHLY MEETING ON OCTOBER 10TH AT 6:14 PM VICTOR, WHO CAN, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN OUR ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER DAVIS HERE.THIS IS COMMISSIONER BLACK IN THE ROOM.
WAS COMMISSIONER BLACK IN THE ROOM? I THOUGHT I SAW HIM.
I THOUGHT I SAW COMMISSIONER BLACK IN THE ROOM.
IF HE'S NOT IN THE ROOM, THEN WE STILL DON'T HAVE QUORUM.
COME JOIN US ON THE MAT WITH HIM.
SO IF YOU'RE THE ONE COUNTING FOR YOUR STUDENT, YOU'LL SLIP THE TOXIC SHOES OFF ON MAT.
WE'RE GONNA BOW IN WITH OUR TENANTS AND OUR VICTOR.
IS MR, IS COMMISSIONER BLACK HERE? I CAN, I CAN'T SEE IN THE ROOM.
HE WAS SAYING THAT HE WAS KICKED OUT.
SO VICTOR, COULD YOU HEAR WHAT JUSTICE WAS SAYING? COMMISSIONER BLACK WAS IN, GOT KICKED OFF THE SCREEN AND IT'S TRYING TO GET BACK IN.
CAN YOU RESEND HIM THE LOGIN INFORMATION PLEASE? YES.
I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE THIS EVENING.
I THINK THE CHANGE OF THE DATE HAS THROWN THIS OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'LL GET IT THERE.
UM, THIS IS LUCY HU FROM CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AS A REMINDER, IN ORDER FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO BE COUNTED, IT'S PRESENT.
UM, THE CAMERA WOULD HAVE TO BE ON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO PATIENT AND BEARING WITH US.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE STICKING ON IN WITH THAT.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE? ROLL CALL VICTOR COMMISSIONER CHAIR RUBIN.
COMMISSIONER MILLS CHAIR RUBEN, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS EVENING? NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY REVISIONS TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE.
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I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024 MEETING, PLEASE.CAN WE GET AN UPDATE FROM THE SEPTEMBER 24TH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE MEETING? UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER MILLS COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US OR CHAIR MILLS COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT CAN WE GET A A, A REPORT FROM THAT MEETING PLEASE? UM, YES.
I AM A PROGRAM AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER IN BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AND SO I'LL BE DELIVERING THE COMMITTEE REPORT ON BEHALF OF CHAIR MILLS.
SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CITIZEN PARTICIPATION POLICY AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 24TH OF, UH, 2024 TO REVIEW THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR FY 2024 THROUGH 25 AND TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN INCREASE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION BY COMING UP WITH ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE 2025 THROUGH 26 NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THE MEETING, UH, RESULTED IN THREE ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE FIRST, UM, FOCUSING ON OUTREACH BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF PLAN TO BECOME MORE PUBLIC FACING.
AND SO YOU MAY ASK WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? UH, WE PLAN TO PARTICIPATE IN MORE CITY PLANNED EVENTS.
SO ONE THAT'S UPCOMING IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE, UM, MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK AS WELL AS CITY, UM, HOLIDAY EVENTS.
SO IF WE'RE EXTENDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, WE DO PLAN TO SEEK OUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE THEN DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A VIDEO HIGHLIGHTING OUR HUD FUNDED, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DISCUSS GENERATING OR CREATING A PODCAST JUST TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL AS OUR HOOD FUNDED SERVICES.
NEXT, WE PLAN TO GENERATE A MORE INFORMATIVE AND PERSONABLE FLYER.
AND SO RATHER THAN JUST STATING WHAT WE OFFER OR WHAT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WE WANNA POST QUESTIONS JUST KIND OF JOGGING YOUR MEMORY SAYING, HEY, DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH GETTING YOUR HOME REPAIRED? AND SO OF COURSE IF A PERSON OR CITIZEN SEES THAT QUESTION, THEY'RE GOTTA THINK, SURE, I WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO WE DO PLAN TO ENHANCE, UM, OUR FLYER BY POSING THOSE QUESTIONS.
NEXT, WE PLAN TO CREATE A LEAFLET TO ACCOMPANY OUR FLYER FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND SO THAT LEAFLET IS JUST GONNA CONTAIN, UM, DEPARTMENTAL CONTACTS FOR EACH OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HOUSING CONTACT, CHILDCARE CONTACT, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, WE TYPICALLY HOST ONE IN-PERSON MEETING AMONGST VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE PLAN TO HOST TWO IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE HELD AT JC ZARAGOZA RECREATION CENTER AS WELL AS THE WILLOUGHBY JOHNSON RECREATION CENTER.
SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE OUR CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE US IN PERSON SO IT CAN BE MORE INTERACTIVE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE SPOT.
UM, LASTLY, WE'RE GONNA, UM, HOST OUR NEXT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE OUTCOMES OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA FURTHER INCORPORATE ON OCTOBER 22ND.
AND SO I LIKE TO CHARGE EACH OF YOU WITH JOINING US IN PERSON SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE US A COUPLE OF OUR IDEAS.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US IN PERSON, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL EITHER UM, T MILLS FOR THAT COMMITTEE OR VICTOR SALAZAR, WHICH IS OUR BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMITTEE REPORT.
SHANNON, WHAT TIME IS THAT MEETING ON THE 22ND? IT'S GOING TO BE AT 5:00 PM 5:00 PM AND WILL THERE BE A VIRTUAL OPTION TO YES, IT'LL BE A VIRTUAL OPTION.
IT WAS, UM, REALLY CREATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL MEETING AND REALLY APPRECIATE SUPPLEMENTING WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
I DO THINK IT IS REALLY INCUMBENT ON US TO REALLY GET THE WORD OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO REALLY GET BETTER PARTICIPATION.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT WORK.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEETING? VERY GOOD.
THEN I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION REPORT, PLEASE.
UM, MEETING DATE, IRONICALLY,
I'M NOT SHARON WILLIAMS. MY NAME IS JUSTICE BLER.
I'M THE HEART PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.
I'LL BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED
TYPICALLY, THE CDC MEET THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE REQUESTS WE ENCOUNTER DURING THE COURSE OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, THE MEETING FOR OCTOBER WAS POSTPONED TO TODAY.
SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE MAY SHOW UP BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 30TH OF NEXT YEAR.
WHY DON'T WE AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP GO
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OVER THE CALENDAR AND THEY PROPOSE DATES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF RIGHT NOW TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE DATE INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THE DAY COMES, OH, OH, THIS MEETING CANNOT TAKE PLACE.SO WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT WE SEND TO YOU STARTING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE MEETING WILL BE HOSTED ON THE FIRST OCTOBER, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 7TH, I MEAN NOVEMBER 7TH FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
WE DON'T, WE HAVE NOT ANTICIPATED ANY CHANGE.
WE PROPOSED TO FOURTH THAT MEETING ON DECEMBER 5TH IN JANUARY.
THE FIRST THURSDAY IS 2ND OF JANUARY.
WELL, JANUARY 1ST IS THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY.
PEOPLE TRAVEL DURING THAT TIME AND TO BE HERE THE DAY AFTER MEETING AT QUORUM MAY BE A CHALLENGE, BUT THAT MEETING ALSO ANCHORS THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING TO INVITE THE RESIDENTS FOR A MEETING AT CITY HALL ON THAT DAY MAY ALSO BE A CHALLENGE.
SO TO ACCOMMODATE THE INTEREST OF EVERYONE, WE SPOKE WITH THE CHAIR AND THE CHAIRS, WHO IS WILLING TO HAVE A NOT DATE, DATE FOR THE JANUARY MEETING TO JANUARY 9TH, WHICH IS A WEEK LATER.
WE HOPE NO ONE HAS A CONFLICT AS OF TODAY THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH YOUR MEETING THAT DAY.
WELL, WHAT THAT DOES MEAN, BECAUSE THAT MEETING ANCHORS THE PAST PUBLIC MEETINGS IN JANUARY.
THE MEETING SHOULD BE HELD A WEEK LATER THIS YEAR.
SO THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE ON JANUARY 9TH FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING FOR 20 FOR DEVELOPING THE 25 26 BUDGET.
THEN THE, THE MEETINGS WILL FOLLOW THE WEEK AFTER.
AND WHEN THE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE OCTOBER 22ND, YOU'LL BE GIVEN THAT OUTLINE OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTION ON THAT DATE, WE'LL MOVE ON THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
WE HOPE WE HOPE TO LEAVE THE MEETING AS FIRST THURSDAY.
THE MARCH MEETING WILL BE THE SAME FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH.
MARCH 6TH APRIL MEETING WILL BE THE SAME FIRST DAY.
APRIL 3RD MAY MEETING WILL BE THE SAME.
FIRST THURSDAY, MAY 1ST JUNE WILL BE JUNE 5TH.
THERE'S NO MEETING IN JULY BECAUSE JULY IS A RECESS MONTH.
AUGUST WILL BE AUGUST 7TH, AND THEN SEPTEMBER WILL BE SEPTEMBER 4TH.
SO AS OF NOW, WE PROPOSE TO LEAVE THE CALENDAR, BASICALLY ENTER TO THE EXCEPTION OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
SO THIS IS WHAT, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, IF THE COMMITTEE APPROVE, AGREE WITH THIS, WE'LL ASK TO HAVE A VOTE SO THAT THIS BECOMES PART OF THE RECORD.
REPORT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS OF LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH CHANGING THE JANUARY 20, 25 DAY FROM THE SECOND TO THE NINTH? AND I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY SMART, THOUGHTFUL MOVE AHEAD.
UM, I WILL, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE OUTSIDE OF THE CURVY, BUT I WILL SAY THE OCTOBER, 2025 DATE, UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT THIS YEAR, BUT JUST MAKE A NOTE JUST TO LOOK AT IT.
NEXT YEAR IT'S ANOTHER JEWISH HOLIDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT.
SO IF YOU JUST MAKE A RECORD TO LOOK AT IT AT SOME POINT FOR NEXT YEAR, OCTOBER.
SO I THINK THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK OUT.
WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO NOW GOING FORWARD IN THE MONTH OF EPTEMBER, WE'LL BRING A CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR.
SO IF A CHAIR NEED TO BE MADE, IT'LL BE INCORPORATED IN THAT SCALE.
SO WE'LL SPEAK WITH THE CHAIR BEFORE THE MEETING, BEFORE THE AGENDA IS, IS DEVELOPED.
WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE DAY TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
WELL, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW CALENDAR.
UM, COMMISSIONER GLOBAN MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
NEW CALENDAR HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PAYING ATTENTION AND THINKING AHEAD OF THE GAME.
ANY OTHER STAFF REPORT? THAT'S ALL WE GOT.
OKAY, THEN I WILL MOVE INTO MY CHAIR REPORT AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO STAFF FOR UPDATING OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
UM, NICE TO SEE SOME OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, UM, SIGNING UP UP FOR COMMITTEES.
AS I'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, REALLY THE HEAVY LIFTING AND THE REAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK WE DO AND THE REAL WORK WE DO DOES HAPPEN IN COMMITTEES.
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EVERYBODY SIGNING UP, UM, WE DO NEED TO APPOINT VICE CHAIRS FOR THE COMMITTEE.SO I WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR REALLY STEPS IN FOR THE CHAIR IF THE, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR THE MEETING.
UM, AND IT'S NOT A HUGE, UM, ROLE TO DO AND IT'S A GOOD LEADERSHIP ROLE.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE VICE CHAIRS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
OTHERWISE, I WILL BE REACHING OUT INDIVIDUALLY.
COMMISSIONER BARIENTOS IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TO GIVE HER VICE CHAIR'S REPORT.
UM, SHE IS, UM, ON THE FIELD AND, AND NOT ABLE TO TO CALL IN AT THIS POINT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE VICE CHAIR'S REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVE JOINED US SINCE WE STARTED? VICTOR? ANYONE ONLINE? NO, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS ONLINE.
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES WE'VE HAD TONIGHT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN FIRST CHANGING THE MEETING AND SECOND HANGING IN THERE AND WAITING FOR IT.
AND AT THIS TIME, UM, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MONTHLY MEETING OF OCTOBER 10 IS ADJOURNED AT 6:44 PM THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.