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FRONT OF YOU SHOULD FIND AN AGENDA. AND IF YOU TURN THE PAGE TO PAGE TWO. UH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE CALL TO ORDER. AND ALL THIS GOOD STUFF. UH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NOMINATION OF OFFICERS. SO LET ME JUST NOW. I'M JUST GOING TO DO SOME PARLIAMENTARY RULES.
RIGHT NOW JUST TO EXPLAIN WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART. I WILL NEED YOU TO. UH, BECAUSE THIS THIS, UH, COMMISSION NEEDS A CHAIR A VICE CHAIR AND A SECRETARY AND SO BASICALLY, UM, THE SECRETARY WILL TAKE YOU KNOW LIKE MEETING MINUTES KIND OF IF YOU WILL OR JUST KEEP A RUNNING TAB OF LIKE TO DO THINGS OR YOU KNOW. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE WORLD. THE SECRETARY THE VICE CHAIR WILL SERVE AS A CHAIR IN THE EVENT THAT THE CHAIR IS NOT PRESENT SO THIS MEETING. I'LL HELP YOU GUYS RUN IT, BUT THE NEXT MEETING. THE CHAIR WILL RUN IT, UH, WITH A VICE CHAIR. YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY IS MISSING AND SO THE WAY IT WORKS WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART OF THE AGENDA. UH, I WILL SAY NOW WE WILL HAVE THE NOMINATION OF OFFICERS. UH, NOMINATIONS CHAIR AND THEN SOMEBODY CAN'T YOU KNOW. I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP. YOU CAN SAY. UH, COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE. YOU KNOW. I'M JUST SOMEBODY LIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW MISS US. SAY YOU KNOW FOR CHAIR AND THEN SOMEBODY SECOND IT OVER THERE. YOU KNOW AND LIKE THAT OR YOU COULD YOU KNOW? SO JUST NOMINATE SOMEBODY AND THEN SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SECOND IT AND THAT WAY WE KNOW LIKE. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. AND THEN EVERYBODY SAYS I YOU KNOW I'LL DO ROLL CALL AND KIND OF JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SAYS IS AN AGREEMENT AND SO THAT'LL BE THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY AS WELL IN THE FUTURE. WHOEVER IS THE SECRETARY WILL GO THROUGH AND DO ROLE CALL AND ALL THAT. OKAY. AND, UH, AND SO WE'LL GO LIKE THAT FOR EACH OF THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO UM LIKE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA OR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES PRESENTATIONS AND SO SOMEBODY ALWAYS HAS TO SAY, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. HAS PRESENTED AND THEN YOU SAY AND THEN SECOND AND THEN AGAIN ROLE CALL. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND THEN ALL GUIDE YOU, YOU KNOW SO I'LL SIT HERE AND GUIDE GUIDE YOU GUYS SO DON'T BE AFRAID. AND THEN THAT'S IT AND SO AND I DID GIVE YOU GUYS A ROBERTS. RULES OF ORDER. UH, A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF IT. SO JUST TAKE IT HOME AND READ IT.
AND JUST FAMILIAR FAMILIARIZE YOURSELVES WITH THAT. UM, I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON JOINING US OR. NO OR. OKAY, OKAY. AND SO SO JUST TAKE THAT HOME. WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE REVIEW IT AND BECOME, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND WE ALSO INCLUDED A MEETING SCHEDULE FOR YOU. SO THAT YOU CAN PUT IT UP ON YOUR WALL OR SOMEWHERE AND KIND OF BE LIKE.
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YEP, THAT'S MY NEXT MEETING. OKAY. AND SO NOW I WILL DEFINITELY, UM, UH, CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT FOUR 36 PM. SO WE WILL BE RECORDING AND IF I COULD HAVE A COMMISSIONERS MESA. LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE EVERYBODY STAND YOUR HANDS TO YOUR HEART.OH. OKAY. NEXT IS ALL SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, ROLE AND I'LL GO DOWN THE LIST AND I'M GOING TO BE BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH YOUR NAMES. SO JUST BEAR WITH ME. YAMILETH. CABRERA GUTIERREZ, PRESIDENT. SEGUNDA MESA. IS AMELIA PASILLAS MERALI RODRIGUEZ. ISABEL MARTINEZ.
DAHLIA DEILA JUAREZ ANDRADE. KEILA CASTILLO CABRERA. NO. KENIA. AVALOS. YARELI MORALES HINOJOSA. THANK YOU. JADE MESA. AMES IN HAVEN OKAY A VALERIO VALERIA ROMERO PARECE. AMANDA FLORES ROJAS. A MISSING THAT MANY PEOPLE. ONE, TWO, THREE, ONE TO FOUR PEOPLE. OKAY. ALL
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RIGHT. NOW WE MOVE ON TO THE NOMINATION OF OFFICERS. DO I HEAR A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR.[00:05:03]
INDICATE, PLEASE TAKE YOUR NOMINATION CHAIR. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MARTÍNEZ.ISABEL FOR CHAIR. OKAY. DO I HAVE A UH, SO THERE'S TWO NOMINATIONS ON THE FLOOR. UM, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR A SECOND MOTION FOR EITHER CANDIDATE. SO WHEN YOU STATE YOUR SECOND. I NEED TO HEAR UM, WHICH CANDIDATE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND? OKAY? NO, NO, NO. SO SO THERE'S ONLY ONE CHAIR. YES, SO THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE'RE NOMINATED. SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS UM SECOND THE ONE. YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE ARE. UH, SEGUNDA MESA. AND ISABEL MARTÍNEZ, SECOND FOR WHO. AND CRAZY. OH, WELL, TYPICALLY YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE PERSON. IT'S JUST UM. IT'S JUST DENOMINATION. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SECOND IT. SOMEBODY HAS TO BE BRAVE TO SECOND THE CANDIDATE. AHORA SÉ QUE HAY SECOND MOTION. YES, SECOND.
OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, SEE WHAT WILL BE OUR CHAIR. AND EVERYBODY SAY I I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST. UM. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. UH, MESA. SI HAY COMMISSIONER. CABRERA GUTIERREZ COMMISSIONER VACÍAS. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ COMMISSIONER JUAREZ ANDRADE.
COMMISSIONER AVALOS COMMISSIONER MORALES HINOJOSA AND COMMISSIONER ROMERO. OKAY.
MOTION CARRIES THE CHAIR IS SET A MESA. UM SO I JUST GO OFF. OH, YEAH. NOW, I MEAN, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, DOING THE NEXT. UH, YEAH. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. SO YOU WANT TO GET THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DO IN NOMINATIONS FOR VICE PRESIDENT. SORRY. YES. SO IS THERE ANY ONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ANYONE? DELANTALES? SO WE HEAR A NOMINATION FOR DAILA ANDRADE JUAREZ ANDRADE. OKAY. I WANT TO SECOND MOTION. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY.
SO HAVE TYLER. HAS A VICE CHAIR. OKAY. SO DAILA JUAREZ. ANDRADE. UM, NEXT SECRETARY. WE GOTTA GO BACK. OH. SHEILA JUAREZ. ANDRADE. NOW WE NEED TO NOTATE WHO NOMINATED. AND THEN WHO SECONDED SO IT WAS UM. ISABEL MARTINEZ MADE THE FIRST MOTION. AND THEN THE SECOND WAS, UH, YAMILETH. NO EX CELIA PASILLAS FOR THE TEAM AND NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLE CALL UM COMMISSIONER MEZA COMMISSIONER CABRERA GUTIERREZ COMMISSIONER PASILLAS COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ COMMISSIONER JUAREZ ANDRADE COMMISSIONER AVALOS COMMISSIONER MORALES HINOJOSA COMMISSIONER ROMERO. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES DEYLA JUAREZ ANDRADE WILL BE THE VICE CHAIR.
AND WE'RE NOW. UH IF SOMEBODY CAN NOTE THE TIME UM COMMISSIONER MERALI RODRIGUEZ ARRIVED AT FOUR 42. ALEXANDRIA GENTE ES SECRETARY ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO. NOMINATE FOR SECRETARY. ALSO MARTINEZ NOMINATE. OKAY. NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER. ISABEL MARTINEZ.
DO I HEAR A SECOND. A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TAKE WE'LL GO AHEAD.
COMMISSIONER CABRERA GUTIERREZ COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ COMMISSIONER JUAREZ ANDRADE COMMISSIONER AVALOS COMMISSIONER MORALES HINOJOSA AND COMMISSIONER ROMERO. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES FOR UM. ISABEL MARTINEZ. UM NEXT. IS APPROVAL
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FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MAKING THE SECOND. NEXT. ONE IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. THERE ARE NON UM MOTION OF APPROVAL. OH, IT DOESN'T NEED TO SAY. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA[Presentations]
IS PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION BY THE CITY DEPARTMENT. YES. SO LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE COMING MONTHS. UH, SO THE CITY OF COCHALA IS GOING TO GO. OH, PARDON. ME, UM. I NEED THE ONE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SORRY. UM, SO EVERY MONTH. WE WILL HAVE A DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY PRESENT ABOUT THEIR DEPARTMENT. SO THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND LIKE THE FUNCTIONS OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND WHAT WE DO. UH, SO WE WILL INVITE, UH, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO US. AND SO TODAY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR CITY MANAGERS OFFICE TO COME IN AND PRESENT AND I DIDN'T GIVE HIM A WHOLE LOT OF TIME. SO, UH, HE WILL COME NEXT TIME AND PRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY MANAGERS OFFICE. OKAY. SO TODAY. I'LL BEGIN BY PRESENTING MY DEPARTMENT WHICH IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS A VERY DYNAMIC AND EXCITING DEPARTMENT. AND I HOPE YOU FIND THAT, UH, TO BE TRUE. SO HERE WE GO. SO.WHAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE INTENTIONAL PRACTICE OF IMPROVING A COMMUNITIES ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND SO THIS INCLUDES A BROAD RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO CREATE AND ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY JOBS AND FASTER. THE GROWTH OF A RESILIENT TAX SPACE AND AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY AND BASICALLY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE OF HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS INCREASING QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SO FOR EXAMPLE TODAY WE RECEIVE SOME REALLY REALLY GOOD NEWS. UH, WE SCORED YET ANOTHER GRANT TO ACTUALLY BUILD OUT THE REST OF RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK. WE HAD ALREADY SECURED EIGHT POINT. FIVE MILLION FROM THE STATE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE ANOTHER SEVEN MILLION. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PARK AND AMAZING PARK BEFORE WE THOUGHT. OH, MAN, WE MIGHT NOT GET. YOU KNOW THE FUNDING SUPPORT. IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE A MORE SIMPLER PARK AND SO BUT BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT WE WILL BE HAVING THIS PARK IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A SITE VISIT NOVEMBER TWELVE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE VISIT TO KIND OF GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE STATE THAT YOU NEED THIS PARK IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE THERE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT. SO WHENEVER WE BRING IN A PARK GRANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S A WAY OF US ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENCE. ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ONE WORD, BUT BASICALLY IT'S RESOURCES OPPORTUNITIES QUALITY OF LIFE GROWTH BUSINESS DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT RECREATION YOU KNOW ALL THIS GOOD STUFF. I MEAN, IT'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN BE OUR CHALLENGES. SO OUR BUSINESS NEED ACCESS TO LAND. SKILL LABOR CAPITAL AND UTILITIES NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS THAT INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS ARE WORKERS ALSO NEED QUALITY JOBS EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT COMMUNITIES ALSO NEED FUNDING FOR BASIC SERVICES QUALITY OF LIFE COMMUNITIES ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND RESILIENCE AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HERE HAS EVER HEARD OF COACHELLA PROSPERA OR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER.
THOSE ARE TWO INITIATIVES THAT WERE BROUGHT IN BY MY DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP. ALL THE WAY FROM THE TOP ALL THE WAY TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND SO UH, THAT IS BIG BECAUSE COACHELLA PROSPERA IS A TWENTY ONE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR INITIATIVE AND THE RESILIENCY CENTER IS THEN MILLION DOLLARS. SO WE WILL BE DOING A WHOLE LOT IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS JOIN US UM AND BE A PART OF THAT THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SO I'M LIKE AN ANALYST AND ADVOCATE OF VISIONARY A CATALYST A GAP FILLER AND EDUCATOR AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS SO IN RECENT TIMES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD OF THE UCR EXTENSION UH, WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE OFFERED SO WE OFFERED WE PARTNERED UP WITH UH UCR EXTENSION TO OFFER A FREE.
MICRO MBA PROGRAM AND OTHER ENTREPRENEURIAL TYPE OF UM WORKSHOPS THAT HELP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO AGAIN. INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY EDUCATOR GAP FILLERS. SO FOR EXAMPLE TODAY WHEN WE GOT NEWS ABOUT THE GRANT FOR THE PARK. I WENT OUT AND SAW ANOTHER GRANT TO TO FILL THE GAP RIGHT, THE FUNDING GAP THAT I MENTIONED I HAD FIVE
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MILLION NOW. I ADDED ANOTHER SEVEN MILLION. I FEEL THE GAP. NOW WE GET AN AMAZING FLORIST PARK AND I'M ALSO AN ADVOCATE RIGHT I ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I LIVE IN BROAD COACHELLA ANYWHERE I GO. I WHERE YOU KNOW THE SHIRT AND THE PIN AND ALL THAT WITH A LOT OF PRIDE. I ACTUALLY GREW UP HERE AND I TAKE A VERY SERIOUS. I CAME FROM A FAMILY OF FARMWORKERS AND I USED TO TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT I WORKED WITH IN THE FIELDS. AND I PROMISE THEM THAT I WOULD COME BACK AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I HAVE I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW WHAT ANY ONE OF US HERE IN THIS ROOM CAN MAKE THAT SAME DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW IF YOU JUST BELIEVE AND IF YOU JUST MANIFEST THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO WHAT? WHAT DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DO WHAT THEY HELP ENTREPRENEURS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS SO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS. YOU KNOW EXISTING BUSINESS TO BUSINESS TO EXPAND. WE ALSO FASTER NEW BUSINESS BUSINESS BUSINESS THAT WANT TO COME INTO THE CITY WITH FINANCE SITE AND WORKERS AND THEN WORKERS GET TRAINING SO RIGHT NOW THROUGH OUR PRÓSPERA INITIATIVE. WE ARE PROVIDING OUR WORKERS THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED IN GREEN JOBS. WE ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING COURSES AT CT IN GREEN. JOBS. FOR EXAMPLE THE ELECTRICIAN TRAINING THAT IS GOLD RIGHT THERE. THAT IS A VERY RARE THING AND I MADE SURE TO BRING THAT IN TO OUR CITY AT CT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE KIND OF JOBS AND THEY'RE VERY WELL-BEING JOBS. WE'RE ALSO BRINGING THE H-VAC INSTALLER PROGRAM SO THAT'S LIKE HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING AND AGAIN THAT IS ALSO A VERY LUCRATIVE CAREER BECAUSE AROUND HERE. WHAT DO WE ALL NEED AIR CONDITIONING MORE THAN EAT RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW WE ALSO NEED EAT AND AIR CONDITIONING SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT THAT IS HOW WE'RE GETTING THE WORKFORCE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS OF THE FUTURE IN ACTUALLY VERY GOOD PAYING JOBS. WE'RE ALSO OFFERING THE SOLAR PANEL INSTALLER PROGRAM AT CT WITH GREAT ALTERNATIVES AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE COACHELLA PROSPERA PROJECT TO KIND OF UM GET TRAINED UP AND IN ALL THIS, BECAUSE THAT IS A THING OF THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, UM, SOLAR PANELS AND AND THEY SAFE PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN. UH, UH. AND THEN JUST COMBINING PEOPLE. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN THIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS AND HERE IN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS CALLED ICC AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR SHOPPING CENTERS. AND SO BASICALLY AT THIS CONVENING MY JOB IS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SO I KNEW THAT FOR YEARS.WE HAD UM TALKED TO A OWNER OF SOME PROPERTY. YOU KNOW. HEY, LET'S GET SOME RETAIL COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES GOING THERE. AND THEN THIS OTHER GUY WHO IS THE RETAILER OR THE YOU KNOW GROCER OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. YOU KNOW, I SAW THEM AND I THOUGHT. HEY, LET'S BRING YOU TO TOGETHER. AND LET'S HAVE YOU TALK. YOU KNOW, SO THE WAY THEY TALK AT THE CONFERENCE. UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT GET A NORTHGATE MARKET IN OUR CITY. WHICH IS AN AMAZING MARKET. UH, SO WE'RE WE'RE BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER CREATING THOSE. YOU KNOW. UM, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO MEET EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER AND SO NOW THEY'VE MET AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT UH, DEVELOPING THAT SITE ON AVENUE FIFTY AND VAN BUREN. I THINK IT'S AVENUE FIFTY NOW. I'M SORRY AVENUE FIFTY. YEAH, IT IS.
QUELQU'UN OR WHATEVER I FORGET. UH, SO SO THAT'S HOW WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE BRING THEM TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE. YOU KNOW SOMETHING AMAZING AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE ALSO UTILIZED NEIGHBORHOODS PROMOTE THE COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
GET DATA. WE ASSIST IN DISASTER IMPACT OF COMMUNITIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT IS GOING TO BE THE WAY COACHELLA RESPONDS TO ANY DISASTER THAT WE MAY GET IT BECAUSE IT COULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE. IT COULD BE A FLOOD.
IT COULD BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND USE THAT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER TO OPERATE AT THE NEXUS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. BUT ALSO RESILIENCY SO WE'RE GOING TO OFFER SEARCH TRAININGS ARE SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAMS TO TRAIN PEOPLE UP ON HOW TO BECOME A FOOD VENDOR YOU KNOW BECAUSE COACHELLA PEOPLE LOVE FOOD. I LOVE FOOD AND ALMOST ALL MY CONTACTS IN MY PHONE ARE FROM COACHELLA. WHENEVER I'M GOING TO HAVE A PARTY. I KNOW WHO TO CALL AND THEY'RE ALL FROM COACHELLA. I'M NOT JOKING. SO THAT IS THE CITY IS OFFERING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IN FOOD BECAUSE FOOD IS A BIG THING SO THE DAY THAT I HAD A WORKSHOP ON SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANTS I HAD SEVENTY FIVE PEOPLE SHOW UP.
I'M NOT QUITTING AND THEY ALL WANTED TO OPEN UP A DIFFERENT BUSINESS AND I WAS LIKE. OH, MY GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS AMAZING TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSE AND SO UM SO THAT'S
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HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE. UM, YOU KNOW AGAIN PROVIDING DISASTER MANAGEMENT WHILE WE ALSO OFFER OTHER RESOURCES THERE AT THE CRC OR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENT CENTER. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE UC BERKELEY UC BERKELEY HELPING US WITH DATA GATHERING WITH COACHELLA PROSPERA THERE ARE INDICATOR TRACKER AND YOU KNOW UM, DATA COLLECTION PARTNER AND SO THEIR JOB IS TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF THE IMPACT. YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ME. THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM A THIRD PARTY DATA PARTNER. THAT IS GOING TO TELL THEM. YES, COACHELLA. PRÓSPERA IS DOING THE THING THAT THEY PROMISE. THEY WOULD DO AND THEY'RE MAKING THESE IMPACTS THEY'RE CHANGING BEHAVIORS. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO SO OKAY. AND THEN WE'RE REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO I HAVE A HOUSING ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE DID SOME WEATHER RIZACIÓN LIGHT ROOF REPAIRS SOME EXTERIOR, YOU KNOW IMPROVEMENTS TO PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT REALLY REALLY DESPERATELY NEEDED THEM AND SO THAT PROGRAM IS ALWAYS OVERSUBSCRIBED. WHICH MEANS THAT WE ALWAYS GET MORE APPLICATIONS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSIST, YOU KNOW. AND, UH, BUT WE DID DO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP AT LEAST FIFTEEN HOUSEHOLDS WITH YOU KNOW MINOR ROOF REPAIRS AND THEN OTHER EXTERNAL. UH, NEEDS THAT THEY HAD AND SO SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT THE CITY INVESTED A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY IN THAT THROUGH ARPA AND OUR CDBG FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT POOLS OF MONEY THAT WE PULLED FROM TO SUPPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM. ONE WHERE TO DESCRIBE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTOR AGAIN COMBINER ENGAGER DEVELOPER COMPLICATED OPTIMISTIC RESILIENT PERSISTENT YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PERSISTENCE. YOU KNOW WHAT UM IN ALL MY YEARS OF GRANT. MAKING I ALWAYS KNEW THAT RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSISTENCIA ARE KEY TO WINNING THOSE GRANTS AND THERE WERE TIMES THAT I LOST A 30 MILLION DOLLAR OR THIRTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT, AND I WAS LIKE REALLY DEVASTATED. BUT I KNEW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I GOT TO KEEP WORKING. SO I KEEP WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE WHENEVER I SAW OR I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO BE AT X WIPE THE PLACE. YOU KNOW, I SHOW UP THERE AND I'D BE LIKE HIGH CAN WE TALK AND I'D BE LIKE OKAY. AND I'D BE LIKE YOU GOT TO HEAR ABOUT MY STORY. YOU.YOU GOTTA KNOW YOU NEED TO INVEST IN. YOU KNOW AND SO I ALWAYS DO IT IN A VERY GRACEFUL MANNER. AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WORKED BECAUSE THEN A YEAR LATER WE WERE FUNDED WITH COACHELLA PROSPERA WITH THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES. GRANT. UH, CORE ACTIVITIES SO IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT WE DO. THERE'S MARKETING AND BUSINESS RECRUITMENT NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REVITALIZATION WE CREATE NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS WE FASTER ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO CAPITAL. SO WHEN WE I REALLY TAKE THE CREATING NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS. UH, LITTLE CORE ACTIVITY. HAS VERY KEY HERE TO THE WORK THAT WE DO BECAUSE PARTNERSHIPS IS EVERYTHING SO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. HAS MANY PARTNERS THAT HELP US DO THE WORK THAT A SINGLE AGENCY CANNOT UNDERTAKE BY THEMSELVES SO WITH COACHELLA PROSPERA HAVE DIFFERENT PARTNERS HELPING ME LIFT THAT GRANT AND THAT WORK THE CRC ALSO ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP ME LIFT THAT WORK AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO. WE ALWAYS ARE PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. YOU KNOW OTHER CITIES. COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ET CETERA ET CETERA DIFFERENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE VALLEY TO HELP US DO THE WORK THAT A SINGLE AGENCY CANNOT DO SO PARTNERSHIPS ARE VERY KEY TO OUR CITY WAYS AND MEANS AND SO HERE. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW LIKE FINANCE AND INCENTIVES THAT WE OFFER MARKETING ANALYSIS AND PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NAVIGATING SYSTEMS BUSINESS CLIMATE PARTNERSHIPS NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS AND SO ALL OF THIS IS HOW WE GET TO THE MEANS RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH ALL THESE NETWORKS IN ORDER TO GET TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE SOME KEYS TO SUCCESS FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND SO HERE WE TALK ABOUT NUMBER ONE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS A WIDELY ACCEPTED VISION IN ADDITION TO MEASURABLE INDICATORS OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE NUMBER TWO A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY. IT'S STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS OR WHAT WE CALL WHAT IF YOU EVER HEARD OF A SWAT ANALYSIS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS PROGRAMS THAT ARE BUILT ON LOCAL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES NUMBER FOUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP STIMULATES COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION NUMBER FIVE SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND I JUST WANT TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THIS SO HERE AT THE CITY OF COACHELLA BECAUSE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED ON FUNDS AS OPPOSED TO OTHER LOCAL CITIES. I HAVE TO PROCURE GRANTS SO BEFORE THEY'RE THERE WAS A VEHICLE AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE CALLED THE RDA OR THE DEVELOPMENT
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AGENCY AND THE REDEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY USED TO GIVE CITIES LIKE AN ALLOCATION OF MONEY AND IT COULD BE IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT COULD BE FIVE MILLION IT COULD BE TEN MILLION AND THAT WAS NICE BECAUSE YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON THAT. UM, YOU KNOW FUNDING TO COME THROUGH AND SO YOU KNOW. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GET MY ALLOCATION.I CAN DO THIS AND THAT. AND YOU KNOW THAT SORT OF STUFF AND SO. BUT THEN THE STATE DID AWAY WITH IT AND SO NOW THAT'S GONE. SO NOW. I'M THE IDEA. SO WE DO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE GRANT MAKING SO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF FUNDS.
SO WE ARE. YOU KNOW THE GRANT FUNDING SUPPORT AND SO UM, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW BECAUSE ALL OF THIS HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF GRANTS AS WELL, WE STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEN SEVEN PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS. SO BASICALLY I REALLY BELIEVE IN ALWAYS TREATING OUR RESIDENTS WITH A LOT OF RESPECT AND DIGNITY BECAUSE WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THEM. YOU KNOW, SO I NEVER WANT ANYONE TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD OR THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES OUR LIVELIHOODS. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CITY IS UNIQUE. AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF UM HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY. THAT ARE HEADED BY A SINGLE INCOME LEARNER WHETHER IT'S A MOM OR A DAD OR A YOUNG PERSON. WE HAVE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. AND SO UH, THIS IS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAS YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS. UH, YOU KNOW TAKE YOUR ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF COCHALA. KEEP PLAYERS AND SO HERE. WE'RE JUST KIND OF GOING OVER AGAIN. SOME SOME STUFF LIKE OKAY. WE HAVE LOCAL STATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO WE HAVE AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW GOVERNMENT, GOBERNADOR NEWSOM. WE'VE GOT OUR STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS CONGRESSIONAL PEOPLE'S SENATORS. OKAY. AND THEN AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. YOU HAVE YOUR MAYER AND COUNCIL. AND WE HAVE CHAMBER AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS. WE HAVE OUR UTILITIES OUR SPECIAL AUTHORITIES SO LIKE THINK OF CVWD COACHELLA VALLEY, WATER DISTRICT OR IN OUR CASE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS LIKE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES RESEARCH, ENTITIES, ETCETERA LABOR LEADERS FILANTRÓPICOS, ORGANIZATIONS SO FOUNDATIONS THAT WANT TO GIVE UH NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS COMMUNITY NON-PROFITS AND THEN PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT IS REALLY KEY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT SEE AT OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER BECAUSE THE CRC IS SLATED TO BE MORE THAN JUST A PLACE OF RESILIENCE. IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A POSSIBLE UM STOP PASSENGER RAIL STOPS. SO LIKE A TRAIN STATION. YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW WHEN THAT DOES COME IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE PREFERRED SITE AND SO WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT. UH, FINAL. BUT COACHELLA IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE END OF THE LINE OF THE PASSENGER RAIL. THAT'S GOING TO COME TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY. GOVERNMENT RESOURCES. WE'VE GOT FEDERAL STATE LOCAL. UH, AND SO MANY RESOURCES THAT SOME OF THEM ARE BY ALLOCATION. SOME OF THEM ARE FORMULA SOME OF THEM ARE GRANTS.
UH, SOME ARE. YOU KNOW? SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BOUND FOR TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN OR WE NEED TO GET ALONE OR WHATEVER. UH, YOU KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF MECHANISMS THAT ARE ALIGNED TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. THE TYPES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. WELL, WE'VE GOT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PORT AUTHORITIES THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO WE'RE NOT LONG BEACH EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES. WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITY ZONES HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I'VE GOT FOUR OF THEM. UM, INCUBATOR ACCELERATORS AND RESEARCH PARKS TECHNOLOGY STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. WE DO HAVE A THE BID A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. THAT WAS JUST UM AUTHORIZED LAST YEAR. SO BASICALLY UM BUSINESSES HAVE AGREED TO TAX THEMSELVES LIKE ONE PERCENT. AND UM, SO THAT COLLECTIVELY THEY CAN USE THAT MONEY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS LIKE FOOD IMPROVEMENTS PARKING LOT SIDEWALK SIGNAGE. YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE THEIR FOOD OR THE LOVE OF THEIR BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD WE HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANKS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS WELL SORT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THOSE ARE JUST ONE OF MANY TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN AGAIN FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS. WE DO BELIEVE IN FOSTERING PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. SOMETHING WE'RE DOING NOW WITH PROSPERA AND THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER GRANT AS WELL AS OUR PARK GRANTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN OUR PARK GRANTS. I WAS ABLE TO YOU KNOW GET THE SUPPORT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN THESE PARK GRANTS. THEY WANT TO SEE THAT YOU'RE BEING INCLUSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE SO ONE WAY THAT WE DID THAT IS WE ENLISTED. UH, THE HELP OF THE URBAN YOUTH CONSERVATION CORE
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SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE HELPING US WITH SIGHT PREPARATION AND THREE PLANTING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF SO THE STATE LIKES THAT SORT OF THING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE AGAIN CREATING PARTNERSHIPS. WE ALSO, UH, ENLISTED RAÍCES BECAUSE RAÍCES IS IS ABOUT ART AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US WITH THE DECIDING. YOU KNOW LIKE WHAT SORT OF ART SCULPTURE WILL BE INSTALLED AT RANCHO. LAS FLORES AND OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. UH, WE BELIEVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. REAL ESTATE HIGHER EDUCATION. ET CETERA. SO THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROPONENT OF AGAIN. YOU KNOW. UM, BRINGING HIGHER EDUCATION HERE EVEN IF IT'S UCAR EXTENSION OR COLLEGE OF THE DESERT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE WISH WE HAD A SIT HERE. THAT WAS A UNIVERSITY OR YOU KNOW WHAT HAVE YOU? UH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THOSE CONNECTIONS QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCING AMENITIES AND SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND AS YOU SEE THAT WAS ANOTHER GROWTH THAT I BROUGHT IN AND IT WAS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. GRANT FOR THE TRANSIT HUB. THE SUNLIGHT TRANSIT HUB. HAS ANYBODY EVER RIDING THE BUS. YEAH, YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE THE TRANSIT HUB IS OKAY. AND SO THE TRANSIT HUB IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT BRINGS SUNLIGHT INTO THE CITY. UH, ALONG OUR MAIN CORRIDOR AND SO FROM THERE. PEOPLE CAN MAKE TRANSFERS OR CATCH. YOU KNOW. UM, A GREEN DAY DETAILS, YOU KNOW. UH, TESLA RIDE, UH, TO THEIR DESTINATION OR HOP ON A SCOOTER HEAD SCOOTER AND EBIKE. THOSE ARE ALL COMING TO THE CITY.PRETTY SOON. UH, AND INCOME GENERATION. YOU KNOW WE TRY TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOMES THROUGH HIGHER PAYING JOBS AND AS I JUST SHARED WE ARE DOING. UM, THE CT PROGRAMS FOR H-VAC FOR THE ELECTRICIAN AND THE UM ELECTRICIAN. SO THOSE ARE AMAZING AND SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR CURRENT UM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ARE INITIATIVES. IF YOU WILL THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING IN MY DEPARTMENT AND SO WE HAVE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS FOR MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY AND SO MULTI-FAMILY IS REFERRING TO A APARTMENTS AND WE JUST RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER STREET SENIORS APARTMENTS A FIFTY FIFTY THREE UNIT APARTMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S COMING ON SIXTH STREET IS FUNDED SO THAT'S AMAZING, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE LAST PIECE OF FUNDING THAT THEY NEEDED TO ALIGN IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND ON SIX STREET IF YOU EVER NOTICED UM PUEBLO VIEJO, VILLAS THAT WAS THROUGH. THEN WE GOT COVALEDA APARTMENTS. AND NOW WE GOT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SIXTH STREET SENIORS. SO, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR US. BECAUSE, UH, HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT AS YOU ALL KNOW AND WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF IT. SO WE ARE TRYING TO BRING HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. SO WHAT WE CREATED IS UM IN INTERGENERATIONAL CAMPUS. SO WHEN I PRESENTED THAT TO THE FOUNDER. I SAID WELL, THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I'M GOING TO HAVE PUEBLO VIEJO. VÍAS. AND THEN I HAVE AND THEN I'LL HAVE THE SENIORS PROJECT AND THAT WAY I HAVE DIFFERENT AGES ADDRESS THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE THE CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE JUST CONCLUDED LAST NOVEMBER WITH MISSION ASSET FUND. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HEARD OF OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES PROGRAM WHERE WE GAVE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH TO A HUNDRED AND FIFTY FAMILIES FOR YEARS NO QUESTIONS ASKED SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE WORKFORCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED GRANTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY BASED GRANTS SPECIAL PROJECTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS A COMMITTEE COMMITTEE THAT I UM SPEARHEAD WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE I ALSO SEE THE CULTURAL AND ARTS COMMISSION. WE HAVE A HOME ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A BROADBAND MASTER PLAN. THIS IS TO IMPROVE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN THE CITY OF COCHALA. AND SO WE ARE ALMOST THERE. UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER FROM THE CONSULTING FIRM. THAT HAS BEEN, UH, HELPING US WITH THAT WORK. UH, YOU KNOW CLEAN TRANSPORTATION SHARING ELECTRIC MOBILITY OPTIONS WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. UH, WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK EVENTUALLY OUR FOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN A BUSINESS LIST. WE ALSO MANAGE BUSINESS LICENSE AND SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS IN THE CITY.
SO ANYBODY THAT HAS A RENTAL LIKE AN AIRBNB. HAS YOU KNOW PEOPLE CALL THEM? UH, THOSE ARE CALLED SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS, BECAUSE IT'S JUST YOU KNOW FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS. AND HERE'S SOME PRETTY PICTURES OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY. SO AT THE VERY TOP LEFT UPPER LEFT IS ETÉREA. AND, UH, PUEBLO VIEJO, VILLAS. AND THEN WE HAVE NEXT TO THAT THE UH, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND SO THAT IS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER ON THE FAR UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. UH, THAT IS OVER THERE LOCATED
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WHERE PETER RABBIT FARMS IS, UM, WHERE HIDDEN HARVEST IS YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE BUT THE CITY PURCHASED THE BUILDING FROM HIDDEN HARVEST AND SO NOW WE OWN IT. AND, UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A COMMUNITY RESILIENT CENTER. AND THEN WE HAVE RANCHO.LAS FLORES PARK. UM. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. WHO HELPED US GET THE LAST PIECE OF FUNDING TO MAKE RANCHO. LAS FLORES. COMPLETE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW ONLY HALF OF IT WAS BUILT OUT. NOT THE OTHER HALF BECAUSE THE STATE ONLY GAVE US FIVE MILLION THE FIRST TIME. AND THAT'S ALL WE COULD DO AND SO WE COULDN'T DO THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE WHOLE PEACE. AND NOW WE GET TO DO THE WHOLE THING. SO, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. UH, THEN WE HAVE THE NINE STREET PARK. UM, IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN BY THE OLD I'D BUILDING ON NINE STREET AND VINE. UM, WE'RE WE'RE, UH, THIS PARK IS IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, IT'LL BE COMPLETED, PRETTY SOON, AND THEN THE LIBRARY ONYX. I BROUGHT IN A GRANT AS WELL TO READ OUR OLD LIBRARY BUILDING WHICH IS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED AND IT'LL BE BUILT NEW. AND THAT IS THE ENIX TO THE EXISTING LIBRARY THAT WE HAVE, UH, BECAUSE I TOLD THE STATE THAT, UM, WE REALLY NEEDED AN ENIX BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN KEEP IN MIND COACHELLA AS THE LOWEST READING LEVEL RATES. NOT JUST IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN THE STATE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AS YOU KNOW. UH, IT'S KIND OF SAD. BUT YOU KNOW WE ONLY I THINK LIKE THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN I LAST CHECKED THE STATISTIC ONLY FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE WERE GRADUATING FIFTY FIVE PERCENT THAT'S CRAZY BECAUSE IT'S LIKE HOW ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT? WHERE'S MY ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. OKAY, SO I TOLD THE STATE WE NEED THIS LIBRARY ONYX BECAUSE OUR CURRENT LIBRARY THAT WE HAVE IS SUPER DUPER OCCUPIED LIKE PEOPLE. JUST USE IT LIKE NOBODY'S BUSINESS. OKAY? SO I TOLD THE STATE. I NEED ANOTHER.
I NEED I NEED THIS MONEY TO DO THIS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT INTELLECTUAL.
YOU KNOW. UM, CAPACITY RIGHT. WE NEED. WE NEED THIS. SO SO THAT'S SOMETHING. THAT'S COMING.
AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING TEAM IS WORKING HARD ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW I COVERED A LOT OF MATERIAL AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS GOING REALLY FAST. BUT I JUST WANTED TO HONOR YOUR TIME. SO. NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND THE NEXT ONE IS KIND OF EXCITING. I THINK FOR YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS WHERE YOU GET TO DISCUSS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT SORT OF PROJECT. YOU WANT TO DO. SO WE'LL HAVE UH AHEAD.
INTRODUCE ITEM NUMBER FIVE. SO NEXT ITEM IS COMMISSION PROJECT DISCUSSION. YES, SO IN THIS PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO PRESENT SOME PROJECT IDEAS THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL UNDERTAKE.
UH, BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION IS TO ALSO AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL AND WE LET THEM KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT? UM. HOW HOW THIS PROJECT WENT? AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE PICTURES AND RESULTS AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO, THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL AND SO I'M GOING TO DISCUSS SOME PROJECT IDEAS WITH YOU AND I'LL ALSO LET YOU KNOW WHICH ONE OUR CITY MANAGER FELT THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD REALLY PURSUE OKAY? BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALL UP TO YOU. UM, AND A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GET INTO. UM, THE MEET OF THINGS SO THIS COMMISSION. YOU KNOW WE WANT HER YOUTH TO TO THRIVE BY BY CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR COMMUNITY. UH, CONTRIBUTIONS TO SELF FAMILY COMMUNITY AND TO THE INSTITUTIONS OF A CIVIL SOCIETY. WE WANT TO CREATE A SENSE OF CARING OF EMPATHY FOR OTHERS CHARACTER. WE WANT TO HARNESS RESPECT FOR SOCIETAL AND CULTURAL NORMS POSITIONS OF STANDARDS FOR CORRECT BEHAVIORS A SENSE OF RIGHT AND MORALITY AND INTEGRITY. WE WANT COMPETENCE A POSITIVE VIEW OF ACTIONS AND SPECIFIC AREAS INCLUDING SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS. WE WANT TO BUILD UP CONFIDENCE. SO YOU HAVE AN INTERNAL SENSE OF OVERALL POSITIVE SELF WORTH AND SELF-EFFICACY AND WE ALSO WANT TO BUILD CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN LIFE AND WE WANT YOU TO START OUT WITH POSITIVE. YOU KNOW BONDS WITH PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR PEERS FAMILIES SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY AND IN WHICH BOTH PARTIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELATIONSHIP SO THAT IS OUR HOPE FOR THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION IS FOR YOU TO HARNESS THOSE CONNECTIONS AND BONDS WITH EVERYONE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THE PURPOSE AND I'LL GO OVER. UH. WHAT THE UM ORDINANCE SAYS, UH, SO THE PURPOSE OF THE YOUTH
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ADVISORY COMMISSION IS TO INITIATE AND SUPPORT PROJECTS AND SERVICES INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE ADVICE ASSISTANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY SHALL WORK TO THE EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE CITIES YOUTH AND TO WORK TO ENSURE THE COORDINATION OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL ITS YOUTH AND BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER. I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE REAL QUICK SINCE I READ THE WORD RECREATION I WANT TO INTRODUCE MS. JESSICA NAVARRO SHE IS OUR RECREATIONAL LEADER HERE AT THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE MISS MARY RODRIGUEZ. SHE IS OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND SHE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL AND THEN MISS NAILEA NOBOA SEE OUR DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT AND SO THESE ARE KEY FACES THAT I WANT YOU TO GET TO KNOW SO THAT. UM, WE CAN UM GET TO WORK ON SOME OF THIS STUFF AND SO HERE'S SOME PROJECT IDEAS THAT WE DEVELOPED AND I DISCUSSED THESE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND SO NUMBER ONE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO THINK ABOUT CREATING A GUIDE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CLUBS HEALTH CARE COUNSELING OR OTHER RESOURCES USING GPS SYSTEMS AND MAPPING SO THAT KIND OF CUTTER ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO THINK ABOUT YOU GUYS CREATING A GUIDE FOR THE YOUTH IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA THAT LET'S THEM KNOW. HEY, WHERE WHERE CAN YOU GO FOR THIS OR THAT OR THE OTHER HAND AND AGAIN TO CREATE A SOCIAL FABRIC. SO THAT YOU CAN BE CONNECTED WITH YOUR PEERS. UH, SO WE THOUGHT THAT COULD BE A REALLY COOL THING TO DO. AND WE WOULD USE ESRI ARCGIS. IT'S A FANCY NAME FOR A COMPANY AND THEIR PROGRAM THEIR SOFTWARE THAT THEY OFFER SO MS. MARY RODRIGUEZ IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH ESRI AND ARCGIS AND SO WE CREATED OUR MAP FOR COACHELLA PROSPERA WHERE YOU TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS AND IT TELLS YOU IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA OR NOT IN THE AREA. OKAY. AND SO, UH, WE THOUGHT OKAY. THAT COULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR YOU AND THAT COULD TAKE US, OBVIOUSLY A YEAR TO DEVELOP AND SYNTHESIZE. AND YOU KNOW OR WHAT HAVE YOU AND THEN A NUMBER TWO. UH, THIS IS THE CITY MANAGERS FAVORITE ONE. NO? I'M SORRY. UM, YEAH. THAT THAT SORRY. THAT NUMBER ONE WAS HIS FAVORITE. SORRY. NUMBER TWO A ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. UH, AND THIS CONFERENCE WOULD BE TO HELP JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PREPARE FOR THE TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY NEED TO DO THAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY HERE YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF SCARY TO THINK LIKE. OKAY. WHAT IS GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO ME IS IT GOING TO BE HARDER IS IT GOING TO BE WHAT YOU KNOW AND SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE SOME GROUP THAT TEACHES YOU ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT JUMP AND HOW YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN BRIDGE THE GAPS THAT COULD EXIST. YOU KNOW THROUGH FINANCIAL AID SCHOLARSHIPS OR OTHER FUNDING. YOU KNOW SOURCES AND SO I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A A UM LIKE A ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WHERE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS TO COME AND YOU GUYS CAN BE THERE AS AMBASSADORS TO YOU KNOW SHOW THEM THE ROPES AND TELL ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES THAT YOU KNOW WHEREVER DESERT MIRAGE. SHADOW HILLS CB HIGH SCHOOL WHEREVER WHATEVER HIGH SCHOOL YOU'RE ATTENDING AND YOU CAN BE LIKE. HEY, SO HERE'S A LITTLE YOU KNOW UM LIKE A PANEL LIKE A LITTLE POSTER BOARD WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ENJOY ABOUT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL. WHAT CLUBS ARE OFFERED AND YOU KNOW IS IT SPORTS IS IT CHEER IS IT DANCE IS IT WHAT YOU KNOW MARCHING BAND AND YOU PUT PUT THAT ON THERE AND THAT WAY THE KIDS FEEL LIKE. HEY, IT'S COMING. YOU KNOW FROM REAL PEOPLE. NOT THIS FAKE STUFF.YOU KNOW IT'S REAL AND SO YOU COULD DO THAT TOO OR WE COULD DO YOUTH LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT. OKAY. SO WHAT DO THESE WORKSHOPS? WHAT ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO PRESENT AND THEN YOU KNOW WHO WOULD WE BRING IN TO HELP US PRESENT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF AND SO SO THERE'S MANY WAYS YOU KNOW CREATIVE WAYS TO KIND OF GO ABOUT A PROJECT AND YOU KNOW AND AGAIN THE DURATION WOULD BE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. IT WOULD TAKE US THAT LONG TO KIND OF INTEGRATE. UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD PROBABLY THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE WE GET STARTED NEXT MONTH. YOU KNOW WITH PLANNING AND DISCUSSION OF IT. AND THEN WE GO INTO UM IMPLEMENTATION RIGHT. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY START PLANNING. AND THEN WE START IDENTIFYING A TIMELINE LIKE WHEN WOULD WE HAVE THIS? YOU KNOW? I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP THE ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT BEFORE JUNE, BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE YEAR TERMS AND THEY GO FROM AUGUST UNTIL JUNE. SO WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THIS EVENT. MAYBE LIKE MAY AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN PRESENT IT IN JUNE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND YOU KNOW SO SO IT'S COMPLETION RIGHT AND SO SO YEAH, SO SO LET ME, GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE FLOOR. UH, AND I WANT TO HEAR ALSO IF YOU HAD OTHER THOUGHTS OR IDEAS, YOU KNOW. UM, BECAUSE MAYBE YOU DO HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS. MAYBE YOU KNOW OF A PRESSING NEED THAT YOUR PEERS ARE FACING IN THE COMMUNITY OR I DON'T KNOW, BUT
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LET ME OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO SEE WHICH OF THESE PROJECTS. UH, APPEALED TO YOU AND THEN JUST TELL US TELL US I. YES. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. I FEEL THAT BOTH, UH, EITHER THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OR THE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS WOULD BE REALLY EFFECTIVE ESPECIALLY WITH OUR YOUTH. UM, I KNOW AT MY HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE A DAY. WE CALL IT FUTURE FRESHMAN DAY AND THE EIGHT GRADERS COMING IN WE GIVE THEM A TOUR AROUND THE SCHOOL. WE TAKE THEM TO CLASSES.WE GIVE THEM ICEBREAKERS BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SO WE WANT TO OPEN THEM TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. THE JUNIOR HIGH CONFERENCE IS REALLY HELPFUL AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING INTO A NEW CHAPTER OF YOUR EDUCATION AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY EVERYBODY IN YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT I ALSO FEEL THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS COULD BE GOOD AND BENEFICIAL BECAUSE I MEAN IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT BEING A LEADER, BUT LIKE I DO YOU WANT TO BE A LEADER? WHAT CHANGES? CAN YOU MAKE SO? I THINK THOSE WOULD PROBABLY BE MY TOP TWO. YEAH, RIGHT TO THE EMPOWERMENT COMPONENT. YES, PLEASE DO. OF COURSE. YES. THEY CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU? YES, YES. OKAY. SO, UM. I GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M, UH, PART OF THE AV CLUB. SO IT'S ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES, YOU KNOW AND SO AND WHAT I HAVE I'VE BEEN CREATING UM SENIOR MENTORS SO I HAVE A GROUP OF THIRTEEN SENIORS THAT ARE IN MULTIPLE EXTRACURRICULARES AND IN HAVE DONE AP CLASSES TO GUIDE THE FRESHMAN. YOU KNOW. I CREATED A A DOG WITH EVERY SINGLE SPORT ALL OF THEIR INSTAGRAMS BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE YOUTH LIKE CONNECT MORE NOW SO, I'VE CREATED THAT LIKE TO HELP THEM KNOW BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME. THE FRESHMAN IS JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN THE PRACTICE IS ARE. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO JOIN AND LIKE YOU THINK AS A SENIOR LIKE THEY LIKE THE QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE ARE VERY LIKE OUT THERE. YOU KNOW LIKE YOU THINK. OH, LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, BUT THEY REALLY DO NEED THAT GUIDANCE AND THAT'S HOW I FEEL LIKE THE SECOND ONE REALLY HELPS THE ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE BECAUSE I'M ALSO TRYING TO DO A PANEL FOR A HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE TALKED TO THE PRINCIPLE ABOUT IT WITH ONE PERSON FROM EACH ACADEMY AND PATHWAY. OH, YEAH, WELL, BE REPRESENTING THEM AND I'VE GOT IN THE PANELISTS THAT ARE ALL IN AT LEAST ONE SPORTS. SO I FILLED OUT ALL THE SPORTS. SO THEY CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THEIR CLUBS AND THEIR CLASSES BECAUSE THE FIRST THING LIKE THEY REALLY DO NEED GUIDANCE. I MEAN, I WISH I HAD A SIBLING IN HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS OLDER THAN ME THAT COULD TELL ME LIKE THE DIFFERENT TEACHERS. HOW MANY HOW TO MANAGE MY TIME BECAUSE LIKE I DEFINITELY STRUGGLE WITH THAT AND I HAVE TO LEARN THAT ON MY OWN. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT THE ONE DAY LIKE LETTING THEM KNOW OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOPEFULLY GETTING OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS TO HAVE THESE LIKE THIS IN THE PANEL AND THIS TO HAVE THE MENTORS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND I THINK IT'S REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO HAVE GUIDANCE IN THEIR LIVES BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A LOT DIFFERENT. OH MY SCHOOL. THERE'S A LOT MORE STUDENTS, BUT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM AND IT'S HARD WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE. SO I THINK THE ONE DAY OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE LIKE WE CAN ALREADY BE TELLING THEM ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT THESE MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS AND YEAH, SO THEY ALREADY KNOW LIKE BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW THING THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS YEAR AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO LIKE GET OFF THE GROUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND OUR PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE SECOND ONE TOO ME IS THE MOST LIKE IMPACTFUL. OH, OKAY. YEAH. I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SOUNDS AMAZING. I LOVE I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT CB HIGH SCHOOL. AND I DO THINK YOU KNOW. BUT, UM, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW THAT. UM, THAT MAYBE OTHER STUDENTS CAN KIND OF BE LIKE THOSE AMBASSADORS THAT HELP OTHERS. BUT I LOVE THAT YOU KNOW JUST THE CONCEPT OF A JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE BECAUSE LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU COULD HAVE A PANEL AND YOU COULD HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SESSIONS. WHERE YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THIS COME TO THIS AND YOU KNOW AND, UH, AND THAT COULD BE A LOT OF FUN. BUT I THINK IT COULD BE A BIG HIT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW. I WOULD I WOULD HAVE WANTED TO ATTEND. YOU KNOW. AND EVEN EVEN FOR THE ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SO I TO NAVIGATE LIKE YOU SAID BY MYSELF AND FIGURE IT OUT AND I WAS LIKE.
OH, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS WAS LIKE TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW SO THINGS FOR DIFFERENT BACK, THEN. UH, BUT YEAH, LET ME OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR MORE COMMENTS. UH, ANYONE ELSE WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. YES, A ADDING ON TO THAT ISABELLE AND SAID. I DO THINK THAT THE ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. HOWEVER, IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED INTO THE NUMBER ONE. WHICH IS CREATING A GUIDE I FEEL LIKE INSTEAD OF HAVING IT BE A ONE
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DAY THING WE COULD ADD IT ON TO THE GUIDE BECAUSE IT SAYS YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. WE COULD ADD IT ON THERE AND HAVE THAT NOT JUST BE A ONE DAY THING, BUT HAVE SINCE LIKE I HEARD THE PANEL. SO, YEAH, YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHETHER IT BE MIDDLE SCHOOL. EVEN FRESHMEN WHO WHO HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW THAT THEY COULD ASK THEM TO UPPERCLASSMAN OR IF THEY HAVE LIKE ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT NEED HELP AND LIKE YOU SAID AP CLUB. THAT'S REALLY USEFUL IN OUR SCHOOL THAT THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND USE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I GO TO CV2 WITH A SMILE. AND UM, WE HAVE UM RESOURCES FOR COUNSELING AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEY ARE SEEKED FOR THEY ARE NEEDED. SO I FEEL LIKE CREATING A GUIDE WOULD BE MORE USEFUL TO OUR YOUTH AND RESOURCE. YEAH, IS IN IMPLEMENTED WITH THE ONE DAY. YOU KNOW LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THERE OR JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. YOU KNOW, UM, I LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD. UM, I JUST YOU KNOW. I WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE DO YOU GUYS THINK OR YOU KNOW? I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S VOICES HEARD. YES. YOU WANT TO GET THE MICROPHONE CLOSER. SORRY. I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE FIRST ONE. I THINK UM. I ALSO THINK IT'S MORE LIKE OPEN TO LIKE. NOT JUST LIKE NICE GUYS. BUT ALSO LIKE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AND I LIKE I LIKE THE HEALTHCARE PART BECAUSE I'M IN THE YOUNG CLUB OF MY SCHOOL AND WE IT'S LIKE A YOUNG WOMEN ENVIRONMENT CLUB AND WE BRINGING A LOT OF LIKE THINGS LIKE ISSUES LIKE YOU KNOW LIKE ABORTION. IT'S LIKE YEAH, LIKE POLITICS AND LIKE HEALTH CARE ESPECIALLY FOR EVERYONE AND WE'VE HAD LIKE THAT COMMAND AND THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT KIDS. DON'T KNOW LIKE ABOUT LIKE UM STDS OR LIKE. YEAH, JUST HEALTH CARE IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD LIKE PEOPLE COME UP TO LIKE EVEN ME BECAUSE I'M ALSO IN ANOTHER CLUB ABOUT LIKE IT AND IT'S LIKE THEY SEE ME THAT I'M IN THE CLUB AND THEY ASKED LIKE OH, LIKE WHAT DO WE GET CANNONS OR LIKE WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THAT SCHOOL LIKE PEOPLE REALLY COME UP AND THEY REALLY ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY DON'T KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT AND I LIKE IT BE REALLY GOOD TO LIKE KNOW BECAUSE THEIR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE CLUBS. THAT'S HOW CAN THERE'S LIKE RESOURCES FOR LIKE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THEN ALSO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL? YEAH, NO, THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW WHEN I USED TO GO TO BOBBY DUKE.YES. WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WHEN I WAS THERE. I'M NOT QUITTING AND PARENTS SAID. NO, UH, BUT AT THE TIME. I'M NOT GETTING I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH. YOU KNOW. I WAS AN EIGHT GRADE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AND, UM, A LOT OF MY PEERS WERE TURNING UP PREGNANT. SO I DIDN'T SEE THEM AT CB HIGH SCHOOL WHEN I WENT ON YOU KNOW AND I DIDN'T KNOW I EVENTUALLY I FIGURED OUT. OKAY.
THEY HAD A BABY AND SO, BUT THE SCHOOL HAD ONE WANTED TO DO A VENDING MACHINE FOR YOU KNOW UM FOR PREVENTION. SO LIKE THEY WANTED TO SELL. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE THE CONDOMS AT ON WITH THE VENDING MACHINE. AND SO THE PARENTS WERE LIKE ABSOLUTELY NOT. NO, NO, NO. AND SO YOU KNOW, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW AND BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO TO PROTECTION. YOU KNOW AND UM, BECAUSE THAT IS A HEALTH CARE ITEM AND SO PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR CHOICES. YOU KNOW. SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW. THIS IS A VERY CONTEMPORARY ISSUE. THAT'S STILL EXISTS BECAUSE WE'RE HUMANS AND SO THINGS HAPPEN. AND I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO. UM, YOU KNOW TAKE THESE VERY SERIOUS WHETHER IT'S THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS TO YOU KNOW. UM, THE RESOURCE. UH, THE RESOURCE THING WHERE YOU HAVE MENTORS. AND YOU KNOW THE THE THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE THAT ONE DAY CONFERENCE COUPLED WITH THAT GUIDE. YOU KNOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LITTLE GUIDE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT AND WE COULD HAVE A TAB ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU KNOW DEDICATED TO YOUTH RESOURCES AND THEN IT COULD HAVE ALL THAT STUFF THERE YOU KNOW. AND UM, BUT IT WILL TAKE WORK AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO TO DO TO DO THIS WORK. AND, UH, SO I'M HEARING THAT, UM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SO THAT WE CAN SET HER AGENDA. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, BUT WE WANT TO INTEGRATE THE GUIDE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO OFFER YOUTH LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS THAT COULD INCLUDE LIKE THE MENTOR DEVELOPMENT. UH, YOU KNOW JUST DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT THE CLUBS ARE WHAT? WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SCHOOL FOR INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR SOME WEIRD REASON TO SCOUTING. UM, THEY DO WANT TO SEE INVOLVEMENT. YOU KNOW THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE IT BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL LIKELY FINISH COLLEGE. AND YOU WILL GET INVOLVED THERE AS WELL AND HELP THEM. YOU KNOW CREATE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW COMMUNITY WHATEVER COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY O TECHNICAL YOU KNOW SCHOOL THAT YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DAYS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
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COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY. IT'S ALSO ABOUT TECHNICAL OR BUSINESS. YOU KNOW SCHOOLS OR WHAT HAVE YOU SO HARD EVEN SO MAYBE WE DO A COMBINATION AND UM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO ESTABLISH. YOU KNOW LIKE COMMITTEES OR SOMETHING OR YOU KNOW LIKE THIS GROUP WORKS ON THIS AND THEN THIS GROUP WORKS ON THAT. AND THEN YOU KNOW FOR THE PLANNING. AND, UH, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN CAN CAN BE HEARD AND WE CAN CREATE WHAT YOU WANT TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M JUST HERE TO FACILITATE AND, UH, BUT YOU GUYS REALLY THE MASTERMINDS AND THE PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE YOU KNOW. UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY THAT ARE COMING UP. AND WE CAN DEFINITELY USE YOUR HELP AND PRESENCE THERE. UH, I KNOW MISS JESSICA WILL BE COORDINATING SOME OF THAT WORK AND SO UM, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN DOING THE HOLIDAY PARADE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S COMING UP. AND YOU KNOW. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE LIKE JUST A MYRIAD OF THINGS COMING UP AND SO WHERE YOU GUYS CAN ALSO BE THERE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND OR YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND. WHAT IS IT THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ELEMENT A LITTLE BIT MISSING IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TEAM CENTER, BUT YOU KNOW I THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO BRING SOME OF THESE AMENITIES AND SERVICES IN A CREATIVE WAY. YOU KNOW SO, UH, SO YEAH. LET ME MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE SINCE WE HAD THIS THIS. OH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING OR. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON. UH, OKAY. SO WE FINISHED. UM, SO SO AGAIN. IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS EVEN AFTER FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. I PUT MY INFORMATION HERE. UH, AND, UH, SO PLEASE EMAIL ME OR TEXT MESSAGE ME OR CALL AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. YOU KNOW JUST FURTHER THOUGHTS OR OTHER IDEAS. UH, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU TODAY FOR COMING. UH, JOINING US TODAY. UH, LET ME, UM, GIVE THE FLOOR BACK TO, UH, COMMISSIONER MESSA OR CHAIR MESA. UM, SO DO WE NEED TO APPROVAL APPROVAL TO LIKE CONTINUE FOR NOW. YOU JUST SAY NEW BUSINESS. UH, NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR. IS NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR AND. IS PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT AND YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS. JASON, DO WE HAVE ANY ONE? OKAY, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC SO WE HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR ID PERSON TO SEE IF UM, OKAY. AND THEN THAT YEAH. AND THEN JUST SAY. NO, NO, JUST SAY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN[Reports And Requests]
THERE'S NONE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER DIRECTORS THAT HAVE ANY COMMENTS. YES COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ REGARDING THE NOMINATION OF OFFICERS WAS IT TAKEN WITH ONLY ONE SECOND AND NOT AN EQUAL VOTES. OH, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. IT'S YOU NOMINATE, AND THEN YOU GET A FIRST AND A SECOND AND THEN IT GETS APPROVED AND THAT'S IT OKAY, AND JUST READ THE ROBERTS RULES THAT I GAVE YOU BECAUSE IT'LL BE. OH, OKAY, I'M LIKE IN BUSINESS MEETINGS AT SCHOOL. THAT'S LIKE WE FOLLOW ROBERTS RULES, BUT USUALLY LIKE IT'S BOTH AND THEN. JUST A LITTLE THING. YEAH, WELL, I THINK IN THIS CASE BECAUSE YOU WERE DOMINATING. SO LIKE IT WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS NOMINATED RIGHT. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT. UM, IT'S NOT SOMEONE THAT WAS ALREADY LIKE LISTED OR WHATEVER.NO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE LIKE A SLATE OF OF OPTIONS RIGHT? I DIDN'T HAVE KATY, JACKIE, SELENA. I HAD IT WAS CLEAN RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD BOTH. YEAH, YEAH. AND YOU CAN SO. UM, YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT AND QUESTION ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS BACK TO SO OUR NEXT MEETING. NOVEMBER NOVEMBER THEN WE'RE GONNA START PLANNING THE LIKE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE COMBINING ALL OF THIS. YEAH, WE'RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT. UM, YOU KNOW JUST, UH, WHAT WHAT THE PROJECT? SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AND THAT WE CAN START CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. YEAH, I THOUGHT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY. I CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING OF OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. YEAH, BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE WHERE I HAVE THE CALENDAR. UM. ALL RIGHT. AND ALL HAS THE FLOOR BACK TO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AND SO WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING. SO WE MEETING AT. FIVE 33. OKAY. MEETING ADJOURNED.
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