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AND WE WILL START WITH A ROLL CALL. IF I CAN JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THEIR MICROPHONES ON WHEN THEY REPLY.COMMISSIONER CAMPISI. HERE. COMMISSIONER CHABOT.
HERE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA. HERE. COMMISSIONER HWANG.
HERE. COMMISSIONER LANGSDORF. HERE. COMMISSIONER LWIN.
HERE. COMMISSIONER MOW. HERE. COMMISSIONER MAU.
HERE. COMMISSIONER OZKAN. HERE. COMMISSIONER PANIKKAR.
HERE. COMMISSIONER PEREZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER SORGEN.
HERE. COMMISSIONER STEINBREN. HERE. AND JUST WANT TO NOTE THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER DIET.
AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. OH. EXCUSE ME. COMMISSIONERS DIET AND HUYNH.
SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO STAND AND SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS UP HERE.
WE WILL TAKE. THROUGHOUT THE FIRST FEW MEETINGS, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
WE CAN TAKE SOME ITEMS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN USUAL JUST TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.
JUST TAKE IT ONE AT A TIME. GIVE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF.
SO WELCOME TO THE TEAM. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO FOLLOW THE AGENDA. THERE IS A PRINTED COPY OF THE AGENDA ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU, AS WELL AS ON THE COMPUTER SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM D. APPROVE ORDER OF THE AGENDA.
[D. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]
IS THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN OUTSIDE OF THE ORDER THAT THEY'RE PRINTED ON THE AGENDA? IF NOT, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER AS PRINTED.MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDER. OKAY. SECOND. SECOND.
OKAY. OKAY. SORRY, IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME A SECOND.
I JUST HAVE TO TAKE NOTES AS WE GO THROUGH. OKAY.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA AS IT'S PRINTED.
WE'LL DO A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO BLUE FOLDER ITEMS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS THIS EVENING IN OUR BLUE FOLDER.
SO MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
[F. CONSENT CALENDAR]
IT'S THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND THEN OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 3RD.EXCUSE ME. FROM THE COMMISSION, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 MEETING.
OKAY. SO WOULD THE COMMISSION LIKE TO REMOVE EITHER THE AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING OR THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR DISCUSSION? IF NOT, WE CAN TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH WOULD APPROVE BOTH ITEMS AT ONE POINT.
MOTION. SECOND. OH. OKAY. NO THAT'S OKAY. OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE BOTH ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, PERFECT.
OKAY. SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. WE DID NOT PULL ANY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM H.
DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE. WOULD ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? NO? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM I. THIS IS ITEMS CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS AGENDA.
[J. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]
THESE ARE THE ITEMS WHERE WE'RE REALLY ASKING THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND INPUT.AND SO FOR ITEM J.1. IT'S OUR ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
SO WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO PULL UP FOR YOU AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR PRIOR.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL WALK THROUGH IT.
THANK YOU. AND SO FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, WE DO
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HAVE OUR TWO POSITIONS. THE CHAIRPERSON IS ULTIMATELY THE PERSON THAT MANAGES THE MEETING.SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAINTAINS DECORUM IN THE MEETING, WHICH ULTIMATELY MEANS, LET'S SAY THERE'S TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE HAVING A VERY LIVELY DISAGREEMENT. IT WILL BE UP TO THE CHAIRPERSON TO SAY, HEY, GUYS, LET'S KIND OF TAKE A MOMENT AND LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE ITEM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. THEY ALSO CALL ON COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK.
SO THE CHAIRPERSON ULTIMATELY IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE AGENDA SINCE WE STARTED TONIGHT.
I AM THE ONE CALLING THE NEXT ITEM. I'M THE ONE ASKING FOR ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
I'M ONLY DOING THAT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE A CHAIRPERSON. BUT AFTER THIS ITEM, HOPEFULLY WE WILL. SO THE CHAIRPERSON IS ULTIMATELY THE PERSON RUNNING THE MEETING.
PLEASE KNOW, THOUGH, THAT STAFF, WE ARE HERE AT THE MEETINGS EVERY MINUTE OF THE MEETINGS.
SO PLEASE KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A CHAIRPERSON, WE DEFINITELY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT.
THE SECOND POSITION IS FOR THE VICE CHAIRPERSON, AND THIS IS ULTIMATELY THE NUMBER TWO IN COMMAND OF THE AGENDA, IF YOU WILL. AND THIS IS THE PERSON THAT WILL STEP IN IF THE CHAIRPERSON IS NOT PRESENT.
THAT'S REALLY THE GIST OF THE TWO POSITIONS. AND SO FOR TONIGHT.
AND ACTUALLY, LET ME. I'M GOING TO TYPE INTO THIS BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE HAD QUITE A FEW OF YOU THAT WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN BOTH POSITIONS.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL START WITH THE CHAIRPERSON AND WE WILL TAKE NOMINATIONS.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO NOMINATE YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE ON THE COMMISSION.
SO WE MAY TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP IF NECESSARY. ONCE WE GET EVERYONE ON THE BOARD THAT IS INTERESTED, WE'LL GIVE EACH OF YOU A MINUTE OR TWO TO JUST DISCUSS AND SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION WHY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AS THE CHAIRPERSON, SO THAT THEY KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHY YOU'RE INTERESTED.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO A VOTE. AND I'LL GO INTO.
WHEN WE GET TO THE VOTING, I'LL GO INTO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THAT.
SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT PORTION, LET'S START BY TAKING NOMINATIONS.
AND JUST KNOW IT WILL TAKE ME A FEW MEETINGS TO LEARN YOUR GUYS'S VOICES.
SO IF I'M LOOKING DOWN TYPING, I MAY NOT KNOW WHO'S SAYING.
SO IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE ME A SECOND, I'LL GET A NAME UP.
AND THEN AS SOON AS I LOOK UP, SOMEONE ELSE CAN DO THEIR NOMINATION, PLEASE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYONE, SO. OKAY. SO ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIRPERSON? OH, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF.
OKAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF FOR CHAIRPERSON.
OOPS, SORRY. IT'S A NEW KEYBOARD THAT I'M NOT USED TO.
OKAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF. OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN CHAIRPERSON? AND JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR CHAIRPERSON AND YOU ARE NOT SELECTED, YOU CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR VICE CHAIRPERSON. SO DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE TONIGHT.
OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS ON THE TABLE FOR CHAIRPERSON.
HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SELIM OZKAN. AND WELL, THE MAIN REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I AM A SENIOR.
THIS IS MY LAST YEAR, SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GO BIG OR GO HOME.
AND I'VE BEEN PROVING THAT WITH WHAT I'VE DONE FOR THE TEEN CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE.
I'VE ADVOCATED AND LED THE OPENING OF THE TEEN'S TUTORING FOR THE TEEN CENTER, WHICH IS WHERE HIGH SCHOOLERS TUTOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WITH, YOU KNOW, ANY WORK THEY HAVE.
AND I'VE ALSO JUST HAD COUNTLESS, YOU KNOW, IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE TEEN CENTER.
FOR EXAMPLE, FRIGHT NIGHT. THIS IS ONE OF THEM WITH THE HELP OF OBVIOUSLY OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
AND YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KEEP ON DOING THAT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, GO OUT WITH A BLAST.
OKAY, LET'S GO ON TO COMMISSIONER HUYNH. HELLO EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS VINCENT HUYNH AND THIS WOULD BE MY THIRD YEAR SERVING ON THE COMMISSION.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS COMMISSION A LOT.
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I JOINED TWO YEARS AGO THINKING THAT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE THE BEST USE OF MY TIME, BUT NOW THAT I'VE COME SO FAR ON THE COUNCIL, I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH IMPACT I COULD HAVE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AS A TEEN.LIKE I'M NOT EVEN A FULL ADULT YET. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE YOUTH COMMISSION. SO IT'S CRAZY THAT I CAN HAVE THIS MUCH IMPACT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING, LIKE, AS MATURE AS SOME OF THE ADULTS IN THE CITY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING MORE OF MY EXPERIENCE, AND CONTINUE AS CHAIRMAN.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING. OKAY. COMMISSIONER CAMPISI.
HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LUKE CAMPISI. I'VE SERVED ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION FOR THREE YEARS NOW, AND I AM THE ONLY SENIOR WHO HAS SERVED ON ALL THREE YEARS.
LIKE COMMISSIONER OZKAN, I WANT TO KIND OF LIKE, GO OUT WITH A BANG BECAUSE IT'S MY SENIOR YEAR.
AND I CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THINGS IN THE CITY, SO.
OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO ON THE TOP OF YOUR TABLE IS A LITTLE VOTING SHEET, IF YOU WILL, A LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER THAT SAYS CHAIRPERSON.
NEVER MIND. IF YOU CAN JUST HOLD ON TO THEM. MICHELLE WILL COME BY AND PICK THEM UP FROM YOU, AND THEN WE'LL TALLY THEM UP VERY QUICKLY. IF YOU GUYS ARE DONE, I CAN PICK THEM UP FROM YOU GUYS.
OH, SORRY. YEAH. THERE'S ONE. EXCUSE ME.
SORRY. I USED TO SIT RIGHT THERE, AND.
OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS.
SO THE COMMISSIONER THAT RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES, EXCUSE ME, WAS COMMISSIONER OZKAN.
SO WE WILL, IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ELECT HIM AS OUR CHAIRPERSON.
MOTION SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO SELECT COMMISSIONER OZKAN FOR OUR.
EXCUSE ME. CHAIRPERSON. SORRY. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ARE THERE ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME PERSON NOW, OR.
SORRY. I'M WRITING AS I'M TALKING SO I NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING NOW FOR OUR VICE CHAIR.
IS THERE ANY PERSON IN THE COMMISSION THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE VICE CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF FOR VICE CHAIR. OKAY.
OH, OKAY. I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF FOR VICE CHAIR.
OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF FOR VICE CHAIR.
BLESS YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FOR VICE CHAIR? OKAY. COMMISSIONER HUYNH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD OR SAY FOR THIS POSITION? I WORKED CLOSELY WITH SELIM OVER THE PAST YEAR.
AND I FEEL LIKE I KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL AS A PERSON, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS COMMISSION AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH HAVE. SO I FEEL LIKE I WOULD WORK REALLY GREAT ALONGSIDE HIM AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST BRING ALL THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE ACCUMULATED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS INTO THIS VICE CHAIRPERSON ROLE.
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SO, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CAMPISI? NO? OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER HWANG. HI. TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS NATALIE HWANG.I WANT TO BE THE VICE CHAIRPERSON BECAUSE THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR ON THE COMMISSION.
AND WHILE I WAS ON THE FIRST. DURING MY FIRST YEAR, I KIND OF FELT LIKE I WAS NOT VERY INVOLVED.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED WITH THE YOUTH COMMISSION AND HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND KIND OF JUST GETTING MORE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH THE YOUTH.
LIKE A PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF THE TEENS IN OUR AREA KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH IS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE ONE OF MY MAIN FOCUSES MAYBE FOR THIS YEAR.
SO, YEAH. OKAY, PERFECT. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME THING.
YOU DO HAVE A VICE CHAIRPERSON SHEET ON YOUR DESK.
EXCUSE ME. IT'S A BLUE ONE. IF YOU CAN PLEASE WRITE THE PERSON THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELECT FOR THE VICE CHAIR, AND THEN WE WILL COME BY AND PICK THEM UP.
OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THEM ALL ACCOUNTED FOR.
OKAY. SO THE COMMISSIONER THAT RECEIVED THE MOST VOTES IS COMMISSIONER HWANG.
SO IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO SELECT COMMISSIONER HWANG FOR OUR VICE CHAIR.
MOTION. SECOND. I'M SORRY. WHO DID THE MOTION? ME, LWIN. OKAY. SORRY. AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? ME. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO. SORRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WRITE THE NAME RIGHT.
SO. COMMISSIONER OZKAN. FOR TONIGHT. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP YOU THERE AT YOUR CHAIR.
NEXT WEEK. OR EXCUSE ME, NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE YOU UP AT THE CENTER, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER HWANG.
YOU WON'T MOVE TOO FAR, IF AT ALL. BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE OVER THE MEETING NOW, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ME TO FINISH TONIGHT? HONESTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST LET YOU FINISH SO I CAN, LIKE, OBSERVE AND SEE HOW YOU DO IT.
NO PROBLEM. OKAY. SO. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON NOW.
SO WE'VE COMPLETED ITEM J.1. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM J2.
WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THAT ITEM.
OKAY. AND THIS WILL BE AN ITEM THAT WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT NEXT MONTH.
I'M JUST HOPING TO KIND OF LAY SOME FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU THIS MONTH.
SO EVERY YEAR THE COMMISSION GIVES US, STAFF, A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT ON DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST GIVE YOU SOME FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION THAT GOES OVER SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMISSION WORKED ON LAST YEAR, SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN.
SO BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY QUICK INFORMATION ON SUBCOMMITTEES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION HAS USED IN THE PAST IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT KIND OF ITERATIONS.
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AND SUBCOMMITTEES IS A WAY FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO SOME WORK OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS.AND SO YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY ALL PRETTY FAMILIAR BY NOW WITH THE BROWN ACT, WHICH REQUIRES US TO HAVE ALL OF OUR DELIBERATIONS, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE IT HERE. IT HAS TO BE VIDEO RECORDED.
SO LET'S SAY ON A TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT 3 P.M.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN MEET TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO.
THEY CAN DO THAT. THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, THOUGH, TO SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO IT BECOMES A NON BROWN ACT BODY, LIKE I SAID, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY CAN MEET AS NEEDED.
THEY CAN MEET AS MANY TIMES AS THEY NEED TO, THEY CAN MEET ONLY ONCE.
IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHATEVER TOPIC THEY'RE DISCUSSING.
SUBCOMMITTEES ARE CREATED FOR VERY SPECIFIC ROLES.
AND SO WHEN WE CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE, WE REALLY SPEND SOME TIME MAKING SURE THAT WHATEVER ROLE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE IS ASSIGNED TO IS VERY CLEARLY DEFINED. SO WE'RE NEVER JUST GOING TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE ON TEEN PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO BROAD. THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS WITHIN OUR DESCRIPTION FOR IT, SAY TEEN PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY AT THE TEEN CENTER OR WHATEVER IT IS.
AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME MORE CLEAR EXAMPLES. IT JUST HAS TO BE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.
IT CAN ONLY HAVE UP TO 7 COMMISSIONERS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE HAVE ON OCCASION HAD SOME SUBCOMMITTEES WHERE WE HAD 9 OR 10 COMMISSIONERS THAT WANTED TO SERVE ON IT, AND 3 OF THEM WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SERVE. WE CAN ONLY HAVE UP TO 7 IN ORDER FOR IT TO NOT REQUIRE US TO MEET PUBLICLY.
THERE'S NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF SUBCOMMITTEES THE COMMISSION CAN CREATE.
SO THE COMMISSION CAN HAVE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF SUBCOMMITTEES.
THE BULK OF THE WORK IS COMPLETED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH SUPPORT FROM STAFF.
THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL POINT AND SOMETHING THAT, IF I CAN BE VERY FRANK, I THINK A LOT OF OUR SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE CREATED AS A WAY TO OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU AS A COMMISSION TO MEET AND DISCUSS SPECIFIC ITEMS, BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD OFF OF STAFF.
SO IF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS, BUT WE AS STAFF SAY OUR WORKLOAD IS TOO LOADED, WE CAN'T BRING THIS TO YOU FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, BUT WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT DOES THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.
THEY CAN PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSION IN TWO MONTHS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE SUBCOMMITTEES REALLY NEED TO BE DRIVEN BY YOU ALL AS COMMISSIONERS.
WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT. WE WILL ATTEND AS MANY MEETINGS AS WE CAN.
WE'LL PROVIDE WHATEVER RESOURCES WE CAN, BUT THEY REALLY NEED TO BE DRIVEN BY THE COMMISSION.
EVERY MONTH, THE SUBCOMMITTEES DO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION.
AND SO THERE IS AN ITEM WHICH I THINK IS OUR NEXT ONE ON THE AGENDA.
AND BASICALLY, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS REQUIRED TO PRESENT OR RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSION, THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
AND SO THAT, AGAIN, IS NOT STAFF DRIVEN, IT'S SUBCOMMITTEE DRIVEN.
SO THE SUBCOMMITTEES WOULD BE PRESENTING DIRECTLY TO YOU ALL AT AN AGENDIZED MEETING.
SO WE DO ALSO HAVE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE OUR GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND THEN OUR SECOND CATEGORY IS AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES.
AND AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEES ARE MORE FOR SHORT TERM.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON THE COMMISSION LAST MONTH, WE DID ACTUALLY CREATE AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO HELP PLAN AND IMPLEMENT THE FALL MOVIE NIGHT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH.
IT WILL NO LONGER BE ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA FOR UPDATES.
THE MEMBERS WILL BE DISBANDED, AND WE WILL NOT CREATE A NEW ONE UNTIL ANOTHER EVENT COMES UP.
SO JUST KNOW WE HAVE KIND OF TWO OPTIONS FOR SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO BEFORE WE JUMP INTO KIND OF THE MEAT OF THE ITEM AND LOOKING AT THE WORK THAT THE COMMISSION HAS DONE, I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION ON SUBCOMMITTEES, BECAUSE THESE CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL AS WE START LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF WORK THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. SO AS I STATED, WE HAVE.
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WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE SUBCOMMITTEES. ONE IS AD HOC.YOU CAN SEE, SINCE OUR AD HOC ONE IS SUCH A SHORT TERM AND VERY SPECIFIC PROJECT, IT'S MUCH SMALLER.
BUT THESE ARE OUR THREE EXISTING ONES. NEXT MONTH, WHEN WE COME BACK TO TALK ABOUT OUR PATH FORWARD, YOU ALL MAY SAY WE DON'T SEE A NEED FOR EITHER OF THESE.
OUR TWO MAIN SUBCOMMITTEES ANYMORE AND OUR AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WILL BE DISBANDED A MONTH.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE ANY SUBCOMMITTEES ON THE COMMISSION.
THESE ARE JUST OPTIONS DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO, SO.
AND IT KIND OF SPUTTERED A LITTLE BIT TO A PRESENTATION ON BIKE LANES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS WELL, WHICH I THINK WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL AND VERY ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE COMMISSION WAS LOOKING TO DO.
SINCE WE HAD THOSE PRESENTATIONS, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT ASKED US TO DO ANYTHING FURTHER WITH IT.
SO WE HAVE NOT KIND OF CONTINUED THOSE EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO IF THIS IS A TOPIC THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON NEXT YEAR, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THE COMMISSION SAID WE WANT E-BIKES TO BE OUR TOP PRIORITY ITEM.
ONCE THOSE PRESENTATIONS WERE PROVIDED, IT SEEMED LIKE THE COMMISSION WAS CONTENT AND FELT LIKE, OKAY, WE LEARNED WHAT WE NEEDED TO LEARN. WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE CITY IS DOING.
WE'RE GOOD. AND THEN THAT ITEM WENT AWAY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
SO FOR TONIGHT, I KNOW I JUST KIND OF DID A LOT OF INFORMATION DUMP ON YOU RIGHT NOW.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORT.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOTION FOR THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS IN YOUR ADMIN REPORT THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
AND CONSIDER FOR NEXT MONTH'S DISCUSSION WHETHER ANY OF THE ITEMS YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE CONTINUED, WHETHER THERE'S OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS OR ISSUES OR EVENTS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THIS COMMISSION TO FOCUS ON THAT'S TEEN RELATED, OF COURSE, OR YOUTH RELATED, I SHOULD SAY, WITHIN THE CITY.
NOTHING IS KIND OF OFF THE TABLE. SO PLEASE BRING YOUR IDEAS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF SHOOT SOME IDEAS MY WAY AHEAD OF THE MEETING, AND WE CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH AND BRAINSTORM WHAT MIGHT BE THE MOST REALISTIC WITHIN THE TIMELINE AND ALL OF THAT.
HAPPY TO DO THAT. BUT OTHERWISE, I JUST ASK WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS FOR YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE VERY HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS FOR THE YOUTH IN REDONDO BEACH THAT THIS COMMISSION CAN HAVE AN IMPACT WITH.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TONIGHT. LIKE I SAID, IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION OR WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING? SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT LIKE SUBCOMMITTEES NEXT MEETING? THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A PORTION OF IT. THE WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FRAMED, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, IS I'M LITERALLY JUST GOING TO SAY, LET'S START BRAINSTORMING.
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MAIN TOPIC ITEMS, AND WE'LL BRING THEM TO YOU ON YOUR AGENDA.SO WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I JUST NEED YOU TO COME AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH IDEAS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR JUST DISCUSSION? ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO.
AND NO ONE'S ONLINE. OKAY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ITEM J.3.
THIS ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE UPDATES FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
WE DO HAVE, AS I STATED, THE THREE ACTIVE SUBCOMMITTEES, TWO REGULAR ONES AND ONE AD HOC.
ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ANY SUBCOMMITTEE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING? YEAH. OKAY. FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T ON IT AND ARE MAYBE NEW TO THE COMMISSION, WE RECENTLY. THE YOUTH COMMISSION RECENTLY PLANNED A LIKE FALL THEMED NIGHT FOR TEENS TO PARTICIPATE AND JOIN IN.
AND IT'S MAINLY TARGETED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOLERS.
AND SO WE DECIDED WE WANT TO DO A FRIGHT NIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT WE DECIDED WAS THE NAME OF THE EVENT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A MOVIE, A QUIET PLACE, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE FOOD AND DRINKS AND GAMES FOR KIDS TO.
OR SPECIFICALLY HIGH SCHOOLERS TO COME AND ENJOY.
AND ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE CAN FURTHER EXPAND.
AND TO KIND OF JUST FURTHER ELABORATE. IF YOU ARE A HIGH SCHOOLER AND IF YOU DO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, PLEASE THINK OF INVITING THEM. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE REALLY FUN.
IT'S GOING TO BE FREE. ALL YOU NEED IS A HIGH SCHOOL I.D.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RAFFLE. AND YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE REALLY FUN.
SO DO PLEASE DO CONSIDER INVITING AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.
YEAH. AND BY HIGH SCHOOL, WE DO MEAN LIKE MIRACOSTA AND REDONDO UNION.
SO, EVERY HIGH SCHOOLER IS WELCOME AS LONG AS YOU HAVE AN ID.
SO IF ANYBODY IS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'RE WATCHING THIS LIVE, WE HAVE.
IT IS SOON. SO IN TERMS OF PROMOTION, I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COMMISSIONER SELIM AND COMMISSIONER GARCIA BECAUSE WE GO TO REDONDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING THE WORD AROUND THROUGH POSTERS THAT THE STAFF PRINTED OUT FOR US.
SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL GO THROUGH THE BROADCAST SOON.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S JUST A STATUS UPDATE ON HOW THE PROMOTION IS GOING.
ALSO BEFORE THE MEETING, I THINK I RECEIVED A MESSAGE ABOUT CREATING A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO.
SO I WOULD MAYBE JUST LIKE TO INQUIRE LIKE, WHAT KIND OF IDEAS DID YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THAT? SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN RESPOND TO THAT TEXT MESSAGE, SO THAT CITY STAFF CAN WORK WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN CREATING THAT VIDEO. AND THEY CAN SHOOT AROUND SOME IDEAS.
I ALSO DO WANT TO ADD WITH THE PROMOTION. SO ALSO LIKE WITH COMMISSIONER HUYNH, WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE ASB, LIKE, TEACHER. AND I ASKED, LIKE I OFFERED, IS IT POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN MAYBE LIKE PROMOTE IT ON INSTAGRAM? AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT. SHE JUST WANTED US.
LIKE SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHEN THE NEXT POST, IF ANY, WILL BE WITH FRIGHT NIGHT FOR THE TEEN CENTER INSTAGRAM SO SHE COULD REPOST IT FOR THE ASB INSTAGRAM. GREAT. HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM AS WELL.
SO IF YOU CAN RESPOND TO THAT TEXT MESSAGE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THAT WAY WE CAN HELP COORDINATE WITH THAT GROUP.
ALSO, REGARDING PROMOTION, I HAVE A TON OF THESE LITTLE FLIERS HERE AND ME AND SELIM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE BOTH ARE PART OF THE YOUNG INVESTORS CLUB AT REDONDO.
AND THERE IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF KIDS THERE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE HANDING OUT SOME OF THESE TO KIDS, LIKE WHEN THEY LEAVE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING. GREAT.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 17TH FROM 6 TO 9 P.M.
AT THE TEEN CENTER THAT'S LOCATED AT 2301 GRANT AVENUE IN NORTH REDONDO.
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU TO THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE.
IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE EVENT, SO THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES THAT HAVE ANY UPDATES TO SHARE? OKAY.
AND ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION? OKAY. AND NO ONE ONLINE? OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM K, WHICH IS OUR STAFF LIAISON ITEMS.
[K. STAFF LIAISON ITEMS]
I ONLY HAVE TWO TONIGHT. WANTED TO SHARE WITH ESPECIALLY OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY NOT BE TOO FAMILIAR WITH OUR TEEN CENTER.[00:35:05]
PRINTED ON YOUR DESK IS THE OCTOBER CALENDAR FOR TEEN CENTER LIST, ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THERE.THAT CALENDAR IS ONLINE AND ALSO GETS UPDATED PRETTY REGULARLY.
WE DO ALSO HAVE AN INSTAGRAM PAGE SO YOU CAN FOLLOW FOR REGULAR UPDATES.
WE DO HAVE SOME EXTRA FLIERS HERE AS WELL. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A STACK AND YOU HAVE SOME DISTRIBUTION IDEAS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO. IF YOU EVER NEED FLIERS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR MICHELLE.
AND WE COULD ALWAYS PRINT SOME EXTRA ONES AND COORDINATE WITH YOU TO FOR PICK UP.
SO PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT FOR THE EVENT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THIS ONE OFF THE GROUND.
AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE STAFF LIAISON ITEMS. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM L. THIS IS COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS.
[L. COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS AND FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS]
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ANY IDEAS FOR FUTURE ITEMS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS ON THE AGENDA.OR IF THERE'S JUST SOME KIND OF QUICK QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THIS IS JUST AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT. SO OFTEN THERE'S NOTHING FOR THIS ITEM.
SO DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO BRING ANYTHING UP HERE, BUT JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY.
ARE THERE ANY COMMISSION MEMBER ITEMS OR FUTURE COMMISSION AGENDA TOPICS FOR TONIGHT? FOLLOWING THE FRIGHT NIGHT THAT'S ON OCTOBER 17TH, MAYBE WE TALK ABOUT HAVING A NIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS OR LIKE RELATED WINTER EVENTS. YEAH. SO THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE A TOPIC FOR NEXT MEETING.
YEAH. I ACTUALLY HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION WITH MICHELLE ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY.
AND OUR PLAN IS, IN NOVEMBER TO HAVE AN ITEM, DEPENDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE HALLOWEEN EVENT, TO SEE IF THE COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING A SIMILAR SUBCOMMITTEE ASSISTANCE FOR A HOLIDAY EVENT.
SO THAT'S WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. YEAH. WE AGREE.
OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I HAD A QUESTION.
WOULD YOU LIKE BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TOO, LIKE FOR FUTURE EVENTS? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? SO WE WERE FOCUSING ON QUARTERLY EVENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH PROGRAMING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT PERRY TEEN CENTER.
SO THE TEEN CENTER HAS HAD A HIGH SUCCESS RATE ON ATTENDANCE BY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE TEEN CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO HOST SEPARATE EVENTS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THAT LAST FRIDAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN, THEY WILL BE HOLDING A HALLOWEEN EVENT AT THE TEEN CENTER.
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THAT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING LIKE MONTHLY MINI SOCIALS AT THE TEEN CENTER THAT HAVE HAD A HIGH ACTIVATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO THE FOCUS OF THE YOUTH COMMISSION ACTIVATING A SPACE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS REALLY WHY WE CREATED THAT SUBCOMMITTEE TO DO QUARTERLY EVENTS TO ENGAGE WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITH LIKE ADDING ANOTHER TEMPORARY SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE CHRISTMAS TIME.
IS IT POSSIBLE IF WE COULD JUST KEEP LIKE ONE SET SUBCOMMITTEE JUST FOR THOSE LIKE QUARTERLY EVENTS, IF THE SPOOKY NIGHT DOES GO WELL AND SUCCESSFUL? THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE YOUTH COMMISSION CAN DECIDE ON DURING THE NEXT MEETING WHEN YOU GUYS ARE SELECTING YOUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS.
LET'S SAY WE DO A HIGH SCHOOL EVENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT SIGN UP TO BE A PART OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE DON'T LOSE MOMENTUM, RIGHT? THEY STILL FEEL EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT YOU DEVELOP, THAT IF YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR A SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT YOU'RE TRULY INTENDING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
BUT YES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN DECIDE ON CREATING.
OKAY. PERFECT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM M.
[00:40:01]
2026, WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 6:30 P.M. HERE IN THE REDONDO BEACH COUNCIL CHAMBERS.CAN I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN? MOTION.
SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.