[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER] [00:00:09] YEAH. CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MICS ON? THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO PRESS IT A LITTLE. YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ABSENCES JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE. OKAY, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE, THOUGH. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. THANK YOU. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. OKAY, AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER CHEVES JUST ARRIVED. GOT IT, THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? [D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA] MOTION. SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY AND THEN I SEE WE HAVE A BLUE FOLDER ITEM. [E. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS] YES, WE DO HAVE ONE BLUE FOLDER ITEM. IT'S FOR ITEM J TWO. IT IS A SUBCOMMITTEE INPUT ITEM FOR THE COMMISSION. SO WE'LL GO INTO IT MUCH MORE DETAIL, BUT IF I CAN HAVE A RECEIVE AND FILE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. EXCUSE ME FOR THAT ITEM. MOTION. SECOND. ANY. DO WE JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND A VOTE? OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CAN I ASK WHO THE SECOND WAS? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH THIS. WE'RE JUST RECEIVING IT. CORRECT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET TO ITEM J2. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [F. CONSENT CALENDAR] WELL, WE NEED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL. SO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE HAVE THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MINUTES FROM PAST MEETINGS. SO WE HAVE OCTOBER, OCTOBER 3RD, APRIL 3RD AND MAY 1ST MINUTES. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED OR THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM. THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. LET'S SEE. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANTED TO SPEAK. NO. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM J ONE. [J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION] SURE. OH. OH, WE CAN ROTATE. YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. WE'RE JUST GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY. FOR ITEM J ONE. YES. SO FOR ITEM J ONE I'LL JUST DO A REALLY QUICK INTRO TO THIS. THIS IS AN ITEM FOR US TO PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SERVED ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. IT'S BEEN A A GREAT YEAR. IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A REVIVAL OF THIS COMMISSION, AND HAVING THE ENERGY AND THE GUIDANCE OF YOU ALL HAS BEEN REALLY SPECTACULAR, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN A BIT OF A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME IN FUTURE YOUTH COMMISSIONS. YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY SET A REALLY STRONG PATH FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. SO WITH THAT WE DO ALSO HAVE OUR MAYOR, MAYOR JIM LIGHT, AND OUR COUNCILMEMBER PAIGE KALUDEROVIC. THEY WERE INCREDIBLY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS COMMISSION RESTARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND SO WE WANTED THEM TO BE HERE AS WELL. [00:05:04] THEY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL YOUR HARD WORK. SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL GO THROUGH AND DO SOME CERTIFICATES FOR EACH OF YOU. WE'LL CALL EACH OF YOU UP, DO A QUICK PHOTO, AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING AS WELL FOR OUR TWO GRADUATING SENIORS, OUR CHAIRPERSON AND OUR VICE CHAIR. VAN PELT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE MAYOR OR PAIGE HAS ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO SAY BEFORE WE PASS THE CERTIFICATES OUT. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. WE COULD DO IT AFTER AS WELL. I KNOW WE CAN BE AN AWKWARD POSITION. IT'S BACKWARDS. NO, BUT I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MS. ORTA HAD SAID. IT'S. IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO BE THE FIRST, AND I KNOW WE HAD A COMMISSION EARLIER, BUT RESTARTING IT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ROUGH, AND I'M JUST SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU AND THANKFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS. IT'S REALLY HELPED US EVALUATE HOW WE CAN DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT BETTER SO THAT IT'S MORE ENGAGING AND MEANINGFUL, AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB FOR THIS FIRST START RESTART, I SHOULD SAY. SO THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO I WANT TO PILE ON TOP OF THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR SERVING. YOU WERE KIND OF GUINEA PIGS FOR US BECAUSE WE HADN'T DONE IT IN QUITE A WHILE. I WILL SAY I'M GETTING CREDIT HERE THAT I PROBABLY DON'T DESERVE. COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO MAKING THIS HAPPEN, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING THOSE GUINEA PIGS, AND AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON HOW YOU'RE OPERATING, WE ARE CHANGING THE RULES FOR NEXT YEAR. SO SO NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE THIS EVEN BETTER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE AND MORE REWARDING FOR YOU ALL. I HOPE YOU FOUND IT REWARDING FOR YOURSELVES. CERTAINLY IT'S A RESUME BUILDER FOR THE FUTURE. HAVING SERVED ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THIS, DON'T HESITATE TO EMAIL ANY OF US UP HERE. BECAUSE WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING THIS MORE MEANINGFUL FOR YOU ALL AND HOPING THAT YOU'LL PRODUCE MORE MEANINGFUL STUFF FOR US. I DO WANT TO. AGAIN, I STOOD UP HERE BEFORE, BUT WHEN WE ASKED FOR INPUTS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, YOU GUYS GAVE US THE MOST THOROUGH INPUT OF ANY OF THE COMMISSION. SO GREAT JOB BY ALL OF YOU. SO I THINK THE FIRST INPUT WE RECEIVED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ORDER BUT GREAT JOB. BETTER THAN I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN. USUALLY WE JUST GET BULLETS, AND THAT'S WHAT I USED TO PROVIDE. SO YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AND APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU PUT INTO IT. SO I HOPE YOU FOUND IT REWARDING. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS READ THEIR NAME AND THEN COME AROUND AND YEAH, SO ARE YOU THE PICTURE TAKER. SO I WILL. SO I'LL CALL YOUR NAMES, AND THEN IF WE CAN ONE BY ONE COME UP, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE ADULTS FIRST. SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER JACLYN CHEVES. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? YES. IT TOOK ME THIS WHOLE YEAR TO GET IT CORRECT. SO HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GOT TO GET IN THE PICTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, AND THEN WE HAVE COMMISSIONER RAYMUR FLINN IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. SO WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR HER, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER TO OUR AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER VINCENT HUYNH. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, AND THEN WE HAVE ACTUALLY OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS AREN'T HERE, SO OUR AD HOC IS SOPHIA ROBLES, MATTHEW MCCAULEY, AND MARSHALL TRONE. SO WE WILL SAVE THOSE FOR THEM AS WELL. WE'LL MOVE OVER TO THE COMMISSION. WE HAVE. I ALWAYS PRONOUNCE THIS WRONG. IS IT BARAN? BARAN. BARAN TAGHVAEI. CORRECT? YES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE GRANT SORGEN. [00:10:12] OKAY. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER OLIVIA REEDS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CHARLOTTE EDWARDS. WE'LL GIVE COMMISSIONER CUNNINGHAM HERS IN A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KYLIE CHO. COMMISSIONER ZIVA CHABOT. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER LUKE CAMPISI. WE HAVE OUR VICE CHAIR, MARLENA VAN PELT. OKAY, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CHAIR, RENA FELDE . OKAY, AND WE ALSO HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR COMMISSIONERS KAIA WEISS AND ARIELLE STEINBURG. SO WE WILL HAND THOSE TO THEM NEXT TIME WE SEE THEM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE. TWO CITY COINS. SO WE DO HAVE OUR CHAIRPERSON RENA FELDE AND OUR VICE CHAIR MARLENA VAN PELT ARE BOTH GRADUATING SENIORS, AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA SPECIAL TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY. AS WITH ALL THE BEST WISHES. SO WE HAVE A CITY COIN THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCILWOMAN WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO LET'S DO THE CHAIRPERSON FIRST AND THEN MARLENA. YOU CAN COME RIGHT AFTER AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER PHOTO. YEAH, DON'T SPEND THESE ALL IN ONE PLACE. [CHUCKLING] THEY ARE VALUABLE. YOU CAN'T BUY THEM. LIMITED EDITION. SO, ONE SIDE HAS THE OFFICIAL CITY SEAL AND THE OTHER HAS OUR NEW LOGO ON IT, SO IT'S A FIRST EDITION. YEAH. OKAY. SHOULD WE TURN THIS AROUND AGAIN? YEAH. BACK TO REGULAR PROGRAMMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM J2. ACTUALLY, UNLESS THE COMMISSION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY FOR THIS ITEM. [00:15:02] YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AS WELL AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN AND JUST A CULMINATION OF ALL MY CIVIC INTEREST AND A GREAT WAY TO GO OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND LIKE, I GUESS MY TIME IN REDONDO BEACH TO TRYING TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING GREAT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, LIKE SET THE TONE FOR THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU GUYS, AND I HOPE THE MISSION CONTINUES. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ADD ON THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME ONTO THE COMMISSION AND KIND OF HELP MAKE MY MARK IN WHATEVER WAY THAT I COULD, AND WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT, AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE TO SUPPORT US AT EVERY MEETING, AND THANK YOU TO YOU TO ALSO HELPING US ALL NAVIGATE THIS FOR OUR FIRST TIME, AND I JUST IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. SO THANK YOU. OF COURSE. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. MOVING ON TO COMMISSION. SUBCOMMITTEE AND APPOINTMENTS UPDATES. SURE. SO THIS IS OUR STANDING ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY ACTIVE SUBCOMMITTEES TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION ON ANY WORK THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED SINCE THE LAST MEETING. AS PROMISED, WE DID HOLD SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WITH ALL ALL THREE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, AND SO I DO HAVE A QUICK UPDATE TO SHARE WITH THAT. I'D LIKE TO GO ONE BY ONE WITH EACH SUBCOMMITTEE. SO WE'LL I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES IN CASE THEY HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD, AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN ACTIONABLE ITEM FROM YOU OR FOR YOU, EXCUSE ME, FROM THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE. SO WHAT WE DID IS WHEN WE MET WITH EACH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE ASKED ACTUALLY THREE QUESTIONS, BUT THESE TWO ARE THE MOST RELEVANT FOR TONIGHT. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS KIND OF WRAP UP EACH SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING, WHAT THE COMMISSION, EXCUSE ME, WOULD BE BASICALLY PASSING ON TO THE NEX YEAR'S YOUTH COMMISSION AS FAR AS THE WORK OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND SO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANYTHING PENDING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION TO CONSIDER REGARDING THE SUBCOMMITTEE? AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, SHOULD NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION CONSIDER CONTINUING THE EFFORTS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE? AND SO FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET. WE HAD A SCHEDULED TIME, AND WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ENOUGH PARTICIPATION ON IT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE A FEW COMMISSIONERS THAT TRIED TO JUMP INTO THE MEETING A FEW MINUTES AFTER I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 7 OR 8 MINUTES AFTER THE MEETING HAD STARTED, BUT WE HAD TO GO JUMP OVER INTO ANOTHER MEETING, SO UNFORTUNATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT. SO I DID WANT TO PROVIDE JUST A QUICK OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS, IF THEY HAVE ANY. CERTAINLY NOT REQUIRED, AND I WANT TO PREFACE BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS, THAT WHEN NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION LOOKS AT THIS INPUT, IT'S TRULY THEIR PURVIEW TO DO WITH IT WHAT THEY MAY. SO YOU COULD VERY WELL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE, AND NEXT YEAR'S SUBCOMMITTEE OR EXCUSE ME, COMMISSION CAN LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE NOW HAVE VALUE IN IT BECAUSE OF X, Y, AND Z, AND SO THEY CAN REVIVE IT. SO DON'T FEEL LIKE WHATEVER YOUR INPUT IS TONIGHT IS KIND OF THE END ALL BE ALL. IT'S JUST CERTAINLY SOMETHING FOR YOU TO WRAP UP THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS YEAR AND THEN PASS ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION TO CONSIDER. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE IF WE NEED TO. YEAH, FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE. I TRY TO GET SOMETHING GOING WHERE WE WOULD, LIKE, SET IT UP OR SET LIKE A SERIES OF POSTS UP FOR THE UPCOMING MONTH, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST, LIKE A GOOD WAY TO, LIKE, START WITH IT, SINCE WE HAVE A MEETING LIKE, ONCE EVERY MONTH FOR THIS, AND THEN LIKE MORE SO FOR IF THIS COMMITTEE CONTINUES THAT LIKE THE COMMITTEE AT LIKE ONE OF LIKE THE FIRST MEETINGS LIKE IS ABLE TO SET UP SOMEONE THAT WILL LIKE SUBMIT LIKE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UPCOMING BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR IT KIND OF WAS JUST LIKE SELF-INITIATED. YEAH, AND THEN I THOUGHT THAT, OH, ARE WE ON THE NEXT QUESTION, OR SHOULD I JUST WAIT? OKAY. REALLY? I THOUGHT THAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WAS GOOD, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO KEEP UP WITH EVENTS WHEN WE HAVE, LIKE, SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES AND, LIKE, WEBSITES AND STUFF. SO, LIKE, IF WE'RE UP TO ME, I WOULD CONTINUE THIS SUBCOMMITTEE FOR NEXT YEAR. IN ADDITION, WITH COMMISSIONER REEDS SUGGESTION OF A MONTHLY POSTS I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING DOING LIKE SPOTLIGHTS OR HIGHLIGHTS OF DIFFERENT LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. THIS IS JUST LIKE TO SPREAD AWARENESS, AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAD, LIKE, THIS KIND OF IDEA THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF OUR COMMUNICATION SUBCOMMITTEE, [00:20:07] BUT IT WAS NEVER ACTED UPON. SO I THINK DEFINITELY NEXT YEAR SHOULD CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING RELATED TO, LIKE, A SPOTLIGHT OR A HIGHLIGHTED POSTS, AND YEAH, I DEFINITELY THINK NEXT YEAR SHOULD CONTINUE THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE. I ALSO THINK THAT LIKE REPOSTING LIKE POST FROM THE SCHOOL ALSO COULD HELP BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE VIBE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE OFF IS THAT THIS PAGE IS, LIKE, MEANT TO BE LIKE SUCH A TEEN FRIENDLY ZONE, AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO POST. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE IDEA WITH POSTING LIKE LOCAL PLACES. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, AND I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD PROVIDE LIKE SCHOOL STUFF. I DEFINITELY THINK THE COMMITTEE SHOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION. THE SUBCOMMITTEE SHOULD CONTINUE NEXT YEAR BECAUSE MARKETING IS SUCH LIKE A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF EVERYTHING. LIKE EVERYONE CHECKS SOCIAL. WELL, MOST PEOPLE CHECK SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT ALIVE BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE THE BEST WAY TO SPREAD THE MISSION. SO, CHAIR, IF IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WRAP THIS INTO A NICE PACKAGE TO SHARE WITH NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PACKAGE IT APPROPRIATELY SO IF WE CAN, AS WE GO THROUGH EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, HAVE A MOTION FOR YOU GUYS TO EITHER JUST RECEIVE AND FILE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO WORD IT, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THE RIGHT INTENT. SO IF THERE'S AN AGREEANCE TO EVERYTHING HERE I'LL JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY GO THROUGH WHAT I HEARD AND THEN IF THAT'S OKAY, AND YOU ALL WANT TO FORWARD THAT ON TO NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION, THAT'S THEN WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION. SO ULTIMATELY IT'S TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, CONSIDER DOING MONTHLY POST HAVING SOMEONE DESIGNATED TO DO THE POST AND KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD. CONSIDER DOING SMALL HIGHLIGHTS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES AND REPOST SOME OF THE SCHOOL'S POSTINGS. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION. SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. OKAY, AND ACTUALLY, BEFORE. WELL, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE SPLITTING UP INTO MULTIPLE MOTIONS, WE PROBABLY SHOULD MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON EACH ONE. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT NEXT TIME BEFORE WE DO THE MOTION SO WE CAN. I THINK WE'RE OKAY FOR THIS ONE. I KNOW, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. OH, DID IT TURN OFF? OH, OKAY. THERE WASN'T ANYONE ONLINE JUST A MOMENT AGO, SO I THINK WE'RE OKAY, AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE. OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOMEONE ONLINE. NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY, SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE. SO LET'S GET BACK TO OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE OUR TEEN CENTER SUBCOMMITTEE, AND FOR THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANYTHING PENDING THAT YOU'D LIKE NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION TO CONSIDER? THE INPUT WAS TO FOCUS FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE OPEN HOUSE EVENT, WHICH OF COURSE, WE AS STAFF ARE CERTAINLY MOVING THAT EFFORT FORWARD. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT 'S THE INPUT FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE AS WELL, AND THEN CONSIDER PROGRAMING HOLIDAY EVENTS. WHETHER WE SHOULD CONSIDER OR SHOULD EXCUSE ME WHETHER NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER CONTINUING THE SUBCOMMITTEE. THE ANSWER WAS YES. IT SHOULD BE ACTIVE FOR AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR, AT LEAST UNTIL THE FACILITY REOPENS, AND THEN SOME OF THE DISCUSSION KIND OF LED TO KIND OF SEE FOR AFTER A YEAR, IF THE IF IT SHOULD CONTINUE AND IF SO, WHAT CAPACITY IS THERE A BETTER USE FOR THE TEEN CENTER SPECIFICALLY? IS IT JUST TO PLAN EVENTS. IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, BUT TO KEEP IT AS IS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND THEN REEVALUATE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE FROM THE TEEN CENTER SUBCOMMITTEE HAD ANY OTHER INPUT, OR JUST ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION REGARDS TO THIS. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE CHECK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE DO A MOTION? OKAY, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO CONSIDER OR I'D LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING ON THE TEEN CENTER SUBCOMMITTEE. SINCE YOU ASKED. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH A PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. [00:25:05] WE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THIS A YOUTH LED PROJECT FOR YOU ALL. WE WANT THE SPACE TO BE WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE AND USED HOW YOU WANT IT. YOU KNOW IN IN WAYS THAT YOU WILL ACTUALLY USE THE SPACE. SO I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S A SUGGESTION THAT IT SHOULD CONTINUE, AND IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT ISN'T WORKING, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO THIS COMMISSION FOR ADVICE ON WHAT WE CAN CHANGE TO BETTER THAT SPACE TO MAKE IT MORE INTENTIONAL FOR YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. MOTION. SECOND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MOTION FOR THE INPUT ON THE. YES. OKAY. OKAY. MOVE IT FORWARD. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. CHAIRPERSON FELDE, YOU MADE THE MOTION? YES, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CAMPISI. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. OUR FINAL SUBCOMMITTEE. WE HAVE OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE. THE FIRST QUESTION. IS THERE ANYTHING PENDING YOU'D LIKE THE NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION TO CONSIDER? THE INPUT WAS THAT SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC, BUT OUTREACH MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE. SO THE SUGGESTION WAS TO CONSIDER DEVELOPING POSTERS AT THE PIER OR OTHER PUBLIC SPACES, AND THIS WAS JUST KIND OF A THOUGHT OF HOW DO WE GET INFORMATION OUT BESIDES WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AND WHAT THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING AND SO IT WAS WHAT ARE SOME PUBLIC SPACES THAT WE KNOW TEENS ARE AT, AND IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO GET THEIR ATTENTION AT THOSE PLACES? SO THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY AN IDEA TO CONSIDER, BUT IT'S ALSO KIND OF A STEPPING STONE INTO RETHINKING HOW WE DO THIS OUTREACH. IN REGARDS TO WHETHER NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION SHOULD CONTINUE THE EFFORTS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE ANSWER WAS YES, BUT WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC SPACES. SO AGAIN, TYING BACK TO THAT THE PREVIOUS COMMENT. SO IN THEORY, IT COULD BE THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE RENAME TO, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANCE ABUSE OUTREACH SUBCOMMITTEE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED, AND THEN WE WOULD REFINE THE FOCUS OF THE COMMISSION. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT THAT INPUT IS SAYING. SO WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER, WHICH WAS YOUR BLUE FOLDER ITEM. I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MOMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO IF WE CAN FOCUS ON THIS INPUT FOR NOW AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THAT. SO DOES ANYONE ON THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HAVE ANY INPUT SPECIFIC TO WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY ARE SHARING FOR THAT INPUT? OKAY. CAN WE DO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? SURE. OKAY. DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE? OKAY AND NO ONE ONLINE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. OKAY. SO WE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION. OKAY. WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. I WASN'T A PART OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING LIKE, PENDING, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD CONTINUE NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE NOW THAT I KIND OF READ THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT AND HOW IT'S ABOUT CONTROLLING THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE SHOPS AND TOBACCO RELATED SELLERS IN THE AREA. SO MAYBE WE COULD RENAME NEXT YEAR TO, LIKE, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF SUBSTANCE CONTROL COMMITTEE. BECAUSE NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON MANAGING THESE TOBACCO RELATED SELLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, YEAH, JUST A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I LOVE THAT IDEA. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. I KNOW THAT AS AN ADULT, IT'S PROBABLY WEIRD HAVING ANY COMMISSION. I BELIEVE WE'RE CHANGING THE MODE MOVING FORWARD, SO I WON'T BE PART OF THE COMMISSION, BUT HERE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, AND I WOULD SAY PARTNERING WITH BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT, WHO HAS A LOT OF EDUCATION, BUT PAIRING IT WITH POLICY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HAVING EDUCATION OUT THERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT HELP, BUT ALSO NOT HAVING IT AVAILABLE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY TOO. SO JUST I WOULD SAY WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU ALL. WHAT MESSAGING IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE? LET US KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES ADULTS COMMUNICATE THE WAY THAT WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD AND THE WORLD IS CHANGING. SO WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOU ALL AND WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP REPORTING BACK IN THAT WAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE. GOOD JOB. I WAS ALSO NOT PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT LIKE WHAT COMMISSIONER CHEVES WAS SAYING, [00:30:02] THE RESOURCES ARE THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ADULTS. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE LIKE THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE AND WE KNOW WHAT APPEALS TO OUR AGE RANGE LIKE, THE ADULTS REALLY HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL SOURCES AND THE KNOWLEDGE AGAIN, WITH LIKE LEGAL ADVICE TO AND POLICY GUIDANCE. SO I THINK, I HOPE THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE NEXT YEAR AND BEYOND WORKS MORE CLOSELY WITH THE ADULTS. MOST OF OUR RECEIVE AND FILE ITEMS WERE ABOUT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND JUST DATA ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK IF THE COMMITTEE OR THE SUBCOMMITTEE WERE TO WORK CLOSER WITH THE ADULTS, I THINK WE COULD HAVE MADE A LITTLE MORE PROGRESS AND MAYBE RECEIVED MORE GUIDANCE. SO ACTUALLY, BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, I REALIZED THAT WE HAVE, LIKE, A LOT OF POWER TO, LIKE, SPEAK OUR MINDS ON THINGS, NOT LIKE, OBVIOUSLY TO LIKE IN DEPTH, BUT I DO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE? THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE NAMED AFTERWARDS, COULD WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE TO SPREAD AWARENESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE SHOULD CONTINUE. I ALSO DO AGREE THAT OUTREACH MAY HAVE NOT BEEN AS EFFECTIVE. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE TIME TEENS ARE TOLD ABOUT THE HARMS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE ON PEOPLE, BUT LIKE, I FEEL LIKE KNOWING HOW LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS IMPACTING PEOPLE LIKE IN THIS CITY SPECIFICALLY, AND NOT JUST LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE A WORLD, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S EVERYWHERE, BUT HERE, LIKE IT'S HAPPENING HERE TOO, AND I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY DURING THE MEETING, IT WAS LIKE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HAVE LIKE REDONDO BEACH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY A LOT MORE LIKE LICENSES FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE THAN LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE. SORRY. FOR LIKE DRUGS THAN LIKE MANHATTAN BEACH AND HERMOSA BEACH, AND I WAS LIKE, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, LIKE SPECIFICALLY OUR AGE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK IT'S LIKE A VERY LIKE NOT REDONDO BEACH SPECIFIC PROBLEM. LIKE AN EVERYWHERE PROBLEM. NOT SPECIFICALLY US, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD SPREAD THE FACTS BETTER. YEAH, GOING BACK TO WHAT CHAIRPERSON FELDE WAS SAYING ABOUT PARTNERING WITH LIKE ADULTS, I THINK SPECIFICALLY LIKE ALCOVE FOR THE FUTURE. WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A MIX OF ADULTS, BUT ALSO LIKE TEENS AS WELL, LIKE US, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO LIKE, REALLY ADVERTISE LIKE THEIR EVENTS OR LIKE CERTAIN LIKE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH. SO I THINK THAT COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL. SURE. WE CAN. ANYTHING FOR YOU, MAYOR. I'M HEARING COMMENTS ABOUT BRINGING ADULTS IN. DID YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULDN'T BRING ADULTS IN THIS YEAR? WELL, LET ME SAY THIS IN THE FUTURE AND MAYBE WE NEED SOME EDUCATION IN THE BEGINNING AS WE START NEXT YEAR'S IF ANY OF THE IF THE COMMISSION OR ANY OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES FEEL LIKE THEY NEED OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR PEOPLE TO INTERFACE WITH, PLEASE REACH OUT AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND WE AREN'T ELIMINATING THE ADULTS. THERE WILL STILL BE AN ADULT ASSIGNED TO IT, BUT MORE AS A LIAISON, SO THAT IF A QUESTION COMES UP LIKE THIS, THEY CAN HELP REACH OUT AND GET WHAT YOU ALL NEED. SO. SO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE EDUCATION IN THE BEGINNING. YOU'RE NOT SHY. WHOEVER IS STILL REMAINING IS NOT SHY ABOUT REACHING OUT IF YOU THINK YOU NEED OTHER RESOURCES. SO THANKS FOR THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE? MOTION. SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALL OF THE INPUT RECEIVED THIS EVENING. CORRECT. OKAY. SO FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO SO THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS AN ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER TONIGHT. SO AS THEY HAD THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK COMMISSIONER CHEVES KIND OF SPEARHEADED THIS EFFORT. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HER BECAUSE SHE WILL SPEAK MUCH MORE ELOQUENTLY ON THIS, BUT WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU TONIGHT, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET THE TABLE FOR THIS IS A MOTION TO EITHER PROVIDE THIS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WORD FOR WORD, BUT REALLY EMOTION FROM THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT ON THE UPCOMING VOTE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING AN EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS, AND SO, JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, I PUT THE DEFINITION OF A MORATORIUM ON THERE. [00:35:06] IT'S BASICALLY A TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF AN ACTIVITY. SO CURRENTLY THE CITY DOES HAVE A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS IN THE CITY THAT WILL BE SUNSETTING. THAT WILL BE ENDING FAIRLY SOON, AND SO THERE'S AN ITEM BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL SOON, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK TO CONSIDER EXTENDING THAT MORATORIUM. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER CHEVES TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO YOU ALL HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TO CONSIDER, AND THEN BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST DON'T WANT TO FORGET WE DID PROVIDE THE BLUE FOLDER ITEM FOR THIS ITEM. I DID PRINT OUT THE REPORT. SO YOU HAVE IT BECAUSE THAT WAS SENT TO YOU GUYS THIS MORNING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, BUT IT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THE PASSAGE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE REPORT, WE WILL LEAVE IT ON THE SCREEN, BUT THAT'S THE EXACT SAME WORDING THERE. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO LOOK AT EITHER COPY. SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER CHEVES. THANK YOU AND SORRY FOR THE LAST MINUTE NOTICE. IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT AND WE CAN MAKE CHANGES IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I JUST THREW THIS OUT THERE. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE COMMITTEE ABOUT IT, BUT JUST WHETHER WE SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS. SO THIS WOULD CONTINUE IT PASSED THIS TEMPORARY MORATORIUM FOR THE NEXT, I BELIEVE, TEN MONTHS AND 15 DAYS, AND THAT IS JUST TO GET A STRONGER ORDINANCE IN PLACE. SO THERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN PLACES LIKE ARTESIA, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALIFORNIA TOBACCO HEALTH ASSESSMENT TOOL, IT DOES HAVE DOTS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOU CAN VISUALLY SHOW WHERE TOBACCO IS BEING SOLD AND WHAT THEY LEARNED DURING THIS ASSESSMENT. WHY THERE'S A MORATORIUM IS THEY WERE SELLING ILLEGAL PRODUCTS, AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED JUST TO KEEP ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES ACCOUNTABLE HERE. SO WE'RE JUST ADVISING THE CITY COUNCIL AS A COMMISSION HERE ON WHETHER WE SUPPORT THIS MORATORIUM AND AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S HEALTHY BEACH COMMUNITY LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, MAYBE SOME AREN'T AWARE. SO SPREADING THAT EDUCATION RIGHT NOW THE ORDINANCE IS DISCUSSING ALSO 1000 FOOT BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN SMOKE SHOPS, BUT IT COULD BE ALSO ALL TOBACCO RETAILERS, WHICH WOULD BE ANYONE WITH THAT LICENSE AND A 600 FOOT BUFFER FROM SCHOOLS, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE YOUTH ORIENTED PLACES. SO OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT. WE HAVE THIS A LOT OF TIMES IN, IN STATES WITH CANNABIS SHOPS NOT HAVING RIGHT NEXT TO A SCHOOL. SO WHY NOT DO IT WITH TOBACCO SHOPS, AND THIS WOULD PROTECT PLACES LIKE MADISON ELEMENTARY. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE BIKING DOWN ARTESIA CONNECTS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PARKS. SO PUT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE, AND I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE'RE REVITALIZING ARTESIA BOULEVARD TO JUST MAKE HEALTHIER PLACES, PLACES TO GO HANG OUT, PLACES TO HAVE MORE OF LIKE YOUR SMOOTHIE SHOPS THAN THESE OTHER PLACES, WHICH ALSO CAN DECREASE PUBLIC SAFETY AND CREATE MORE PROBLEMS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ THROUGH THIS. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING, AGAIN, THE CONTINUATION OF THIS MORATORIUM FOR THE NEXT TEN MONTHS. WHAT DID I SAY AGAIN? 45. 45 DAYS. AS TOBACCO USE IS. IF YOU CAN'T TELL, THIS IS MY BACKGROUND IS PUBLIC HEALTH. SO I GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BUT NUMBER ONE, PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DISEASE AND DEATH. SO IT IS PROVEN THAT THE LESS TOBACCO WE HAVE, THE LESS DEATH AND DISEASE WE HAVE, THE LESS WE SPEND ON HEALTH CARE AND ON AND ON AND ON. IF YOU LOOK AT MANHATTAN BEACH, THEY BANNED IT COMPLETELY. SO THEY HAVE A 0.8% SMOKING RATE RIGHT NOW, WHICH THEY THOUGHT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THE WORLD. IT'S ALMOST GONE. WHEREAS WE STILL HAVE 53 TOBACCO RETAIL LICENSES, SO WE STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW TO ADDRESS, AND SO, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND SEE, DURING THIS TIME, WE ALSO COULD MIRROR HERMOSA BEACH THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER THAN REDONDO BEACH AND LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TOBACCO FREE PHARMACIES LOOKING AT MINIMUM CIGAR PACK SIZE. THAT COULD BE A FUTURE CONVERSATION DOWN THE ROAD. OR WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT NOW, BUT IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, JUST THAT WHEN YOU GO TO GET YOUR MEDICINE IN PLACES, YOU WOULD ALSO NOT HAVE TOBACCO THERE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT LAW CURRENTLY, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THIS OPEN FOR CONVERSATION, WHETHER WE JUST HAVE A MORATORIUM ON SMOKE SHOPS COMING UP OR WHETHER WE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE ORDINANCE AS WELL, WITH 1000 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN RETAILERS AND BETWEEN SCHOOLS. SO ANY THOUGHTS? I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY LIKE A FEW MONTHS LONG. IT'S NOT AN ORDINANCE YET. ARE THERE ANY ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE MORATORIUM? THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE SMOKE SHOPS COMING OUT SAYING THAT THIS IS UNFAIR TO THEIR BUSINESS, BUT THERE IS NO RIGHT TO SMOKE, SO THEN THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAW. SO THOSE WHO ARE NOT SELLING WHEN THEY WERE SELLING FLAVORED TOBACCO OR INTOXICATING HEMP, [00:40:04] THAT WAS THE ISSUE, AND THIS IS HAPPENING STATEWIDE. THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO YOU MIGHT GET SOME PUSHBACK FROM THOSE WHO WERE SELLING RESPONSIBLY AND SO WE COULD WORK WITH THEM. GRANDFATHER, OVER TIME TO BRING IN DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. SO I'D SAY THAT'S PROBABLY YOUR ONLY PUSHBACK. UNLESS THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY SHOWS UP. OKAY. I NOTICED THAT IT SAYS THERE'S 15 SMOKE SHOPS IN REDONDO BEACH RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS WOULD LIMIT IT TO TEN. WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FIVE SMOKE SHOPS? AND HOW DO WE, LIKE, KNOW WHICH FIVE WILL LEAVE. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE FOR CONVERSATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'M NOT SURE. I WOULD GUESS IT WOULD BE THOSE THAT SOLD ILLEGAL PRODUCTS THAT YOU WOULD START WITH THOSE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. CAN YOU ANSWER IT? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. CAN WE GET THAT FEEDBACK, KELLY? OR IS IT I MEAN, I CAN CERTAINLY TRY AND GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON THAT. I JUST WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET IT THIS EVENING, SO TO SPEAK TO IT. DID YOU WANT TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW? SURE. CAN WE, LIKE, GO BACK TO OUR DISCUSSION AS WELL, OR, LIKE, JUMP IN AND OUT? WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO DO ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AT ONCE AND THEN WE CAN JUMP BACK INTO DISCUSSION. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. GO AHEAD. NO, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND SOMETHING WE WRESTLED WITH ON THE COUNCIL, AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS, WAS WRESTLING WITH AS WELL AS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE 15, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO RATCHET IT BACK, AND THE WAY WE'RE DOING THAT IS THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR WHAT'S CALLED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WITHIN, I THINK IT'S THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, AND IF THEY DON'T APPLY FOR THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THEN THEY CAN'T BE IN BUSINESS ANYMORE, AND ONCE WE REACH TEN, WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP AWARDING NEW ONES. ALSO, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, YOU'RE OUT. YOU'RE DONE. YOU CAN'T DO BUSINESS ANYMORE. SO. SO THAT'S THE TWO WAYS WE WERE WRESTLING WITH HOW TO GET IT DOWN TO LESS. WE STILL HAVEN'T PICKED THE FINAL, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO MAYBE 1 OR 2 SMOKE SHOPS PER DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD BE A MAX OF TEN AND MAYBE A MINIMUM OF FIVE, BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO ATTRIT TO THAT LEVEL. WELL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I SIT DOWN? OKAY, THANKS. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? FOR THE FUTURE OF REDONDO BEACH, DO YOU SEE US PURSUING A BAN SUCH AS MANHATTAN BEACHES? AN ENTIRE BAN OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR BAN IS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING YOU CAN RECOMMEND AND WE'LL LOOK INTO. I'M PERSONALLY ANTI-SMOKING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER BANDS TOO. THERE'S EVEN WHERE YOU LIVE, LIKE MANHATTAN BEACH HAS AN ORDINANCE THAT MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS, LIKE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, YOU CAN'T SMOKE WITHIN THERE BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR CAN'T HELP BUT BREATHE YOUR SECONDHAND SMOKE. SO FAR, OUR IN THE PAST, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY PRO PERSONAL RIGHTS AND DOESN'T LIKE THE TREAD ON THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE YOUTH COMMISSION SAYING YOU'D LIKE IT OTHERWISE. SO EVERY PIECE OF FEEDBACK WE GET, YOU KNOW, WE READ AND TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, AND I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO OPEN UP THE SUBJECT MORE BROADLY, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO AGENDIZE THAT AND GET THE STAFF TO ADDRESS IT. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SO WITH THIS MORATORIUM, ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING IS THE COUNCIL LOOKING TO DISCOURAGE SMOKE SHOPS IN REDONDO, OR ARE WE LOOKING TO GO TOWARDS A PATH WHERE LIKE MR. FELDE SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO GET BANNED ENTIRELY OR RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TOWARDS A TOTAL BAN, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DISCOURAGE IT, AND WHAT WE YOU KNOW, WHAT I THINK SURPRISED US ALL IS ALL OF A SUDDEN SMOKE SHOPS ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, AND IT'S NOT ONLY BAD FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, BUT OTHER BUSINESSES DON'T WANT TO LOCATE NEXT TO A SMOKE SHOP. SO IT'S BAD FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. NEXT TO ONE IN THE RIVIERA, AND I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN SOME DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS TOO. YEAH, S O I MEAN, IF YOU ALL WANT A TOTAL BAN, YOU KNOW, GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK. I'D LOVE TO LOVE TO TACKLE THAT ON THE COUNCIL. I'M JUST PROUD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER KALUDEROVIC THAT BROUGHT THIS THE BAN UP, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL SUPPORTED, AND FORTUNATELY, WHEN WE WROTE THE CANNABIS ORDINANCE, WE HAD A LOT OF SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS ON DISTANCES AND HOW MANY PER DISTRICT. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A TEMPLATE NOW, AND WE'RE STARTING TO DEFINE WHAT BUSINESSES WE DON'T WANT TO ATTRACT AND THOSE THAT WE DO, AND THEN TRYING TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR WHAT WE ATTRACT AND TRYING TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR BUSINESSES WE DON'T WANT AND SMOKE SHOPS IS ONE OF THEM THAT WE'RE TACKLING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT WAS A LONG ANSWER. RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHUT THEM ALL DOWN, BUT I THINK THERE MAY BE COUNCILMEMBER S THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO ADDRESS THAT. [00:45:05] I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL WOULD, BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN BUSINESS RIGHTS AND LETTING THE MARKET DRIVE THINGS, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I'M ON YOUR SIDE. I'D RATHER SHUT THEM ALL DOWN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I SIT DOWN? OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. IS THE OH, SORRY. MAYBE. MAYBE I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. NO, IT'S ALL GOOD. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE NUMBER THAT WAS PROPOSED WAS TEN SMOKE SHOPS. THAT NUMBER HAS NOT BEEN DEFINED YET OR VOTED ON. SO EVERYTHING IS UP FOR DEBATE AT THIS POINT, AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT ON THIS. I SEE A LOT OF TARGETING IN ADVERTISING IN THESE SMOKE SHOPS TO YOUTH, AND SO IF YOUR BODY IS RECOMMENDING SOMETHING, ME PERSONALLY, THAT HOLDS A LOT OF WEIGHT AND IN THIS DISCUSSION, IF A TOTAL BAN LIKE IN MANHATTAN BEACH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD PREFER OVER OTHER POLICY CHANGES, ALSO LET US KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THERE ARE FIVE OF US PLUS THE MAYOR. SO DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, BUT YOU ALL ARE AN ADVISORY BODY. SO AS, AS POLICY CHANGES, IF IT'S NOT CHANGING IN A WAY THAT YOU FEEL YOU'RE REPRESENTED, KEEP SAYING WHATEVER YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE I DIDN'T PUT IT IN THIS, BUT I CAN PROVIDE MORE DATA IF YOU ALL NEED, AND WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LA COUNTY AND WE HAVE BEACH CITIES, HEALTH DISTRICT. REALLY GOOD DATA WITH THAT, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THE SMOKING RATE IS PRETTY LOW IN REDONDO BEACH RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT'S ABOUT FIVE, 5.7%. SO REALLY, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EVEN USE THIS PRODUCT THAT'S BEING SOLD IN OUR STREETS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY, AND SO THE MAJORITY, I THINK OF RESIDENTS WOULD BE BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF WE ALL JUST GATHER TOGETHER, BUT I THINK THE YOUTH VOICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, AND REALLY GOOD POINT ABOUT SMOKE FREE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING. SO THAT'S APARTMENTS, CONDOS, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES. WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE IN REDONDO BEACH COMPARED TO A LOT OF CITIES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON THE BOOKS, BUT WOULD INSTANTLY IMPROVE OUR GRADE AS A CITY. THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION GRADES ALL THE CITIES, AND WE HAVE A B, AND THAT WOULD IMPROVE IT INSTANTLY. AN EASIER THING WOULD BE BANNING TOBACCO OVERALL, BECAUSE THAT WOULD JUST BE AN UMBRELLA TERM, BUT WE COULD ALSO DO LIKE ONE BY ONE, WHATEVER YOU ALL THINK. ARE YOU HOPING FOR FURTHER INPUT FROM THE GENERAL COMMISSION ON THE SUBCOMMITTEES NOTE OR THE PROPOSED STATEMENT, OR IS WERE YOU SEEKING JUST APPROVAL OF IT? YEAH. OR IF ANYONE HAD ANY PUSHBACK SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING OR WE NEED TO SUBTRACT SOMETHING. I KNOW YOU ALL MIGHT NEED SOME MORE TIME TO READ IT, BUT AT THIS POINT, DO YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THE MORATORIUM? OKAY, I SUPPORT IT, BUT I DO HAVE ONE SMALL QUESTION, WHICH IS LIKE, OH, THANK YOU. WHICH IS LIKE, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THIS STUFF TO BE PUT IN EFFECT? IF WE DID HAVE A TOTAL TOBACCO BAN? BECAUSE I GUESS IT'S GOOD THAT WE WANT TO GET RID OF IT, LIKE ASAP BECAUSE IT REALLY IS UNHEALTHY BUT LIKE AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE WHO LIKE SELL THIS STUFF, I MEAN, THEY DO NEED THE MONEY AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATELY LIKE SMOKERS, THEY PROBABLY NEED A WAY TO LIKE GET WE NEED A WAY TO GET THEM INTO, LIKE, I GUESS LIKE A REHAB OR SOMETHING WITHOUT BECAUSE LIKE, WITHDRAWAL CAN BE LIKE AN ISSUE. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE DO HAVE A TOBACCO BAN, LIKE HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE, BOOM, NEXT DAY EVERYTHING IS GONE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRADUAL. SO EVERY EVERY ISSUE IS DIFFERENT AND KIND OF DRAWN OUT DIFFERENTLY, AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER WITH ORDINANCES. SO USUALLY WHEN AN ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT THERE IS A DATE OF WHEN IT WILL OFFICIALLY GO INTO EFFECT. SO IT'S ADDED TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE ON ONE DATE, BUT IT MAY NOT GO INTO EFFECT FOR MONTHS LATER, SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION. OKAY, THANKS. SO I'M NOT VERY I'M NOT THE MOST WELL-VERSED ON THE SUBJECT. SO IF I, LIKE, SAY SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE, LIKE, JUST LIKE, FORGIVE ME, BUT IS THERE BY ANY CHANCE A AGE REQUIREMENT TO BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS? 21. OKAY, SO BASICALLY BUYING THESE LIKE, AS A MINOR, BUYING A TOBACCO PRODUCT IS BASICALLY ILLEGAL, RIGHT. MAYBE IF WE IF SOMEHOW THE COUNCIL COULD ENFORCE STRICTER RULES OR MAYBE PUNISHMENTS ON LIKE [00:50:03] BUYING TOBACCO PRODUCTS AS A YOUTH. MAYBE THAT'LL HELP LIKE LOWER DIFFERENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE RELATED THINGS. SO INCREASING THE FINES FOR THE RETAILER? YEAH. IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, DEFINITELY. BECAUSE WE TRY TO AVOID PENALIZING THE BUYER AND MORE PUTTING IN PENALTIES FOR THE PERSON WHO SOLD IT TO THEM. SO YEAH, WE COULD INCLUDE THAT IN THERE AND LOOK AT WHAT THE PENALTIES ARE. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. IS THE CONCERN OF THE COUNCIL MOSTLY JUST THE SALE OF THE PRODUCTS, OR IS IT THE ACCEPTANCE OF FAKE IDS FROM MINORS OR I BELIEVE I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS THE SALE OF THE ILLEGAL PRODUCT. SO CALIFORNIA HAS BANNED FLAVORED TOBACCO, AND YET RETAILERS ARE STILL SELLING IT, AND AS WELL AS OTHER LIKE INTOXICATING HEMP OR OTHER CANNABIS PRODUCTS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE LICENSE FOR. OKAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS ASKED EARLIER, BUT OUT OF THOSE 15 SHOPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UP AND RUNNING, DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY ARE SELLING ILLEGAL PRODUCTS? OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I BET WE COULD GET THAT FROM THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, SO WITH THE EVENTUAL CLOSING OF THESE SHOPS, IF THEY WERE DOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY, I GUESS, WOULD THAT HELP THE NUMBER GO DOWN TO TEN TO FOLLOW THE MORATORIUM OR THE EVENTUAL. YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. GOOD POINT. OKAY. OH, SORRY. I HEARD ALSO JUST DO YOU ALL AGREE WITH THE NUMBER AS WELL OF TEN? DO YOU THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH? TOO LITTLE? OKAY, KIND OF A START. I THINK EVEN TWO PER DISTRICT IS KIND OF HIGH. IT'S KIND OF A LOT. YEAH, I THINK TWO PER CITY IS LIKE A GOOD NUMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW. THE COMMERCE SIDE OF IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT AND DEFINITELY A STRONG ARGUMENT. SO YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW. ALSO, YOU MENTIONED ARTESIA BOULEVARD A LOT. I KNOW THAT THE SMOKE SHOPS ARE VERY HEAVILY WEIGHED IN ONE PART OF THE CITY VERSUS THE OTHER, THE RIVIERA, THERE'S TWO WITHIN A BLOCK OF EACH OTHER. SO THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT DISTRICT TWO, BUT I THINK PERHAPS IF WE DID HAVE THE OR WAS THAT DISTRICT ONE, I THINK IT'S ONE. ANYWAYS, IF WE DID HAVE THE TWO SHOPS PER DISTRICT THAT COULD EVENTUALLY DO LIKE UNNATURAL, I GUESS MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOPS AND I DON'T KNOW, INORGANIC. YEAH. POP UPS, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT'S WHY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN RETAILERS WILL BE HELPFUL TOO, BECAUSE THEN HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T BE LOCATED AS CLOSELY TO EACH OTHER. SO THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT SUPPORT IN THIS LANGUAGE OF SAYING WE SUPPORT IT, NOT BEING CLOSE TO EACH OTHER AND NOT BEING CLOSE TO WHERE YOU ARE. HANGING OUT LIKE THE TEEN CENTER PARKS, SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY. YEAH, I THINK THE 5% DATA POINT IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT MOST RESIDENTS DON'T BENEFIT FROM THE SHOPS, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS THAT IT MIGHT NOT AFFECT THEM MUCH AT ALL. SO IT CAN BE ARGUED BOTH WAYS, BUT YEAH. GOOD POINT. I THINK SUPPORTING THIS AS IT IS RIGHT NOW IS LIKE GOOD AS A STARTING POINT, AND SINCE IT'S A TEN MONTH MORATORIUM I THINK THAT THE COMMISSION FOR NEXT YEAR CAN LIKE PROVIDE STEPS ON HOW TO MOVE FURTHER. GREAT POINT. BY THE TIME THE ORDINANCE IS DISCUSSED, I GUESS, IS IT GETTING DISCUSSED AT THE JUNE 10TH MEETING BY THE COUNCIL? I BELIEVE SO, I BELIEVE IT'S TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR THEN. YES. OKAY, AND THEN WHEN DO THEY HOPE TO PASS THE ORDINANCE OR WRITE IT INTO MUNICIPAL CODE? IS THERE LIKE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? I'M NOT AWARE OF IF THERE IS ONE. OKAY. DO YOU THINK THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO GIVE INPUT, OR WOULD THAT JUST BE LIKE OUT OF OUR TIME RANGE. MEETING OVER THE SUMMER? DO WE KNOW? WELL, THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER HOLDING A SEPTEMBER MEETING. SO POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE A SEPTEMBER, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER SUMMER MEETING. OKAY, BUT YOU COULD RECOMMEND THAT THE NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION. CONSIDER THIS. WE COULD CERTAINLY PUT TOGETHER A MORE ROBUST INFORMATION PACKAGE FOR THEM TO CONSIDER WITH SOME OF THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THIS EVENING. SO WE COULD ALWAYS DO THAT AS WELL. DO WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT? YES, WE WOULD NEED THAT. YEAH. IS IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? OKAY. MAY WE PLEASE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION. SECOND, AND FOR, I GUESS, BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO THE NEXT COMMISSION. COMMISSION? IS THAT THE MOTION? HAVING THE COMMISSION. Y EAH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. IS THAT THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER CAMPISI? OKAY. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. IS THERE ANY INPUT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ON THE PRESENTED INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS UPCOMING DISCUSSION. [00:55:12] SO DO WE MOTION TO SUBMIT IT TO THE. YES. YOU COULD EITHER DO IT AS STATED OR OR IF THERE'S SOME REVISIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE OR ADDITIONS. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES ANYONE HAS? I THINK POSSIBLY JUST TO ADDRESS THE COMMERCE ARGUMENT AND LIKE THE FREE MARKET ARGUMENT, JUST REALLY PINPOINT THE ILLEGAL, LIKE THE ILLEGAL SIDE OF IT. IN THAT CASE, THERE'S REALLY NO ARGUMENT AGAINST IT. JUST GOOD POINT. I THINK THAT'D BE A STRONG POINT TO EMPHASIZE, BUT YEAH. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? MOTION . SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. SO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THE PRESENTED WHAT WE HAD UP ON THE SCREEN WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH THE ADDITION OF WHAT CHAIRPERSON FELDE JUST MENTIONED. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ITEM J THREE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE CANCELLATION OF OUR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 4TH. WOULD THIS BE THE SAME COMMISSION LIKE THIS GROUP? IT WOULD BE. SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR, WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD TOLD YOU ALL WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE INTERVIEW THAT THERE WAS A FULL SUMMER RECESS. AFTER LOOKING INTO IT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, THE COMMISSION TYPICALLY HAS A RECESS AND DOESN'T MEET FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY OR, EXCUSE ME, JULY AND AUGUST, AND SO THE NEW COMMISSION WON'T GET SEATED UNTIL OCTOBER, WHICH LEAVES THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT ON THE SCHEDULE AND SO, W ELL, EXCUSE ME, IT IS SCHEDULED. WE JUST WEREN'T PLANNING TO HOLD THAT MEETING. OUR CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE DOES ALLOW COMMISSIONS TO CANCEL FORTHCOMING MEETINGS. IF THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S TENTATIVE OR EXCUSE ME, THERE'S NOTHING SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA AS OF RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED FOR THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ALSO UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. WE CERTAINLY CAN MEET. WE HAVE THE STAFF RESOURCES TO DO SO, AND WE CAN BRING YOU ALL BACK FOR ANOTHER FINAL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT IF YOU WANTED TO FORMALLY CANCEL THE SEPTEMBER MEETING, WE CAN DO THAT THIS EVENING. YEAH, I JUST I MEAN, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE BOTH OF US. THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE, LIKE, IN COLLEGE AND STUFF, AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD IDEA IF WE LEAVE, LIKE, THE MONTHS AFTER SUMMER TO THE NEW COMMISSION OR NOT LIKE THE NEXT, LIKE, YEAR OR WHATEVER. YEAH. NEXT GROUP. YEAH. ESPECIALLY IF STAFF GOT ADEQUATE FEEDBACK AND INPUT ON WHERE WE WANT THE COMMISSION TO MOVE TOWARDS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A REASON FOR US TO MEET AGAIN. I WON'T BE THERE PERSONALLY. SO ANYBODY WANT TO MEET IN SEPTEMBER? I THINK IT WOULD BE NECESSARY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE KIND OF. OH, THANK YOU AGAIN. I THINK WE'VE FINALIZED EVERYTHING PRETTY WELL, AND ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE GONE FOR TWO MONTHS. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT RUSTY WHEN WE GET BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE WON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ANYWAYS, AND OUR TWO MOST IMPORTANT, LIKE PEOPLE , OUR VICE CHAIRPERSON ARE GOING TO BE GONE. SO I DON'T REALLY THINK THERE'S A POINT. OKAY, SO MOTION TO CANCEL THE SEPTEMBER MEETING SECOND. OKAY. BEFORE WE DO THE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER FOR A VOTE. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE STAFF LIAISON REPORT. OKAY. JUST HAVE TWO REALLY QUICK UPDATES FOR YOU. WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP AND A REQUEST TO KIND OF KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING SOME KIND OF POP UP OF TEEN PROGRAMING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, HOPEFULLY TO GET SOME OF THE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE REOPENING WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO ALIGN SOME TIME WHEN SCHOOL STARTS BACK IN THE FALL. SO JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO STILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ALL DIRECTLY VIA EMAIL. I'D LOVE TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOU. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT IN FORWARDING THAT ALONG, SO PLEASE DON'T MIND ME IF YOU STILL CONTINUE TO GET EMAILS WITH FLIERS AND UPCOMING EVENTS. PLEASE HELP US IF YOU CAN, TO SEND THAT OUT SO WE CAN REALLY GET SOME PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING OPENING OF THE FACILITY, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT FOR NEXT YEAR'S COMMISSION, WE RECEIVED 26 APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS A REALLY GREAT NUMBER. WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S TRULY A TESTAMENT TO YOU ALL. [01:00:01] AS SOME OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER IN THE MEETING, YOU GUYS WERE KIND OF YOU JUMPED IN EYES, YOU KNOW, WIDE OPEN, BUT NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE JUMPING INTO, AND SO YOU REALLY SET A REALLY GOOD PACE AND A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR UPCOMING COMMISSIONS, AND SO NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF EXCITED YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO SAW THE WORK THAT YOU DID AND ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT. SO WE WILL BE DOING INTERVIEWS SOON. WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS, WHICH HAPPY TO SEE THAT MANY OF YOU WILL BE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NEXT YEAR. SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU RETURN, BUT WE WILL BE SENDING INFORMATION OUT SOON WITH INTERVIEWS, SO WE WILL BE HOLDING INTERVIEWS FOR THAT SOMETIME THIS MONTH, AND THOSE CONCLUDE ALL OF MY FORMAL UPDATES, BUT BEFORE WE CLOSE THE MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO JUST THANK YOU ALL. IT'S TRULY BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU THIS YEAR, AND THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH ADULT LED COMMISSIONS, BUT YOU YOU ALL TRULY MADE IT VERY EASY. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF IT IN MY LITTLE PIECE OF IT. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT, AND I TRULY WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN WE MOVE PAST AGENDA ITEM K, SINCE THERE WON'T BE ANY FUTURE MEETINGS? SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY AGENDA OPEN. WE CAN. IF THERE'S NO INPUT ON THAT. YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY MOVE PAST THAT. OKAY. IN THAT CASE, THIS. OH, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. MOTION SECOND. ANY OPPOSED? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THANKS, Y'ALL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.