 for Richardson in. Good evening. Nice to see you. We just had a motion on the floor to approve the minutes for both April 27th and June 22nd. We went to public comment, there was none. And so we'll go to a roll call vote for approval or we could do no objections, whichever. We actually need to do one for the 27th and the one for the last month because there were some people absent in April. So if you're absent for the April 27th meeting, you need to abstain from this vote. So I'll start with a member Barnett. Approve. Member Harrell. Was I here on April 27th? No, you weren't. Member Anasantio. Okay. Approve. Member Lynch. All right, a double check that I was there. Yes. Member Rahm. Approved. Member Richardson. Member Richardson. Okay, we'll come back to you. Member Rodriguez. I think I need to abstain. Okay. Member Sparrowstall not here. Member Steffi. Approve. Okay. Member Wiseman. Approve. Member Richardson. Approve. Thank you. Vice Chair Weeks. Approve. And Chair Graves. Approve. Vice Chair Weeks, were you gone in April or May? I believe it was April. I had to think for a moment. Yes, it was April. You were. Thank you. Thank you, yes. Yeah, we still have enough to, for those minutes to pass. And so next we'll go on to the June 22nd minutes. Hey, Danielle. I'm just looking at the minutes. So Richardson Rodriguez and Weeks were all absent that day. Didn't you have Richardson as approved? Okay. I don't remember. Member Richardson, do you recall if you were here in April? She, she tried to make a comment. I think it's on. Actually, I take it back. If you were absent, so you had to abstain. We still have enough to approve those minutes. Thank you. Okay. To June 22nd, Member Barnett. Approve. Member Harrell. Approve. Member Innocencio. Hello, I'm Spingen. Stain. Member Lange. Bruce. Member Rahm. What was not there? Yep. What would you? Member Richardson. You were here for that one. Okay. Member Rodriguez. Approve. Member Steffi. Approve. Member Wiseman. You were out, right? I was out. Yes, I was sick. Okay. Stain. Perfect. Vice Chair Weeks. This is like an approved. Thank you. And Chair Grace. Approve. Great. We have enough to pass those minutes as well. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Moving on to item number four, CAB announcements. This is where CAB members may share community news of interest to the CAB as a whole. They also announce upcoming community events that may be of interest to the CAB or the public. And this is also a time where members may announce that they're departing from the meeting early or any other announcement that may affect the meeting. So keep that in mind. I am going to go around the screen on this one because we have a robust group. Member Wiseman, you are at my top left, but that might not be the same for everyone. So do you have anything to announce? Just that I do need to leave shortly after eight. Thank you. We'll be done by then. Okay. We'll be done, we'll be done by then. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. So, but I appreciate you saying that, bringing it to our attention. And Member Harold, you're next. Yes, Oakmont, our retirement community over here is doing what's called Oakmont 2030. It's a kind of a looking forward and trying to do a general plan for Oakmont and in sync with the Santa Rosa new general plan. And we've hired a consultant who has created this really new integrated system where eight people sit at each table and there's a iPad and people are throwing out ideas about what they like about Oakmont, what they observe that they might want to change. And then it gets thrown up on the big screen and the themes are pretty much the same. What are their concerns? Evacuation safety and life safety is pretty much the highest concern. But it's pretty exciting for us to be, we're meeting with city planners to kind of let them know what is at the top of the list for Oakmonters as they're making their plan and we're enjoying working with the planning department. So that's our big deal. We did have a fire on Malita Road just a couple of days ago. Fortunately, the fire department got it out like in just a few minutes, but it was scary. It was really just right up from us. That's all my news. Thank you, Member Harrell. It's great to hear that that's happening in Oakmont. It's nice to have you out there representing and bringing information back. Thank you. Member Lange. Great. Just as I was trying to pull up what little bit of notes I have. Most things are just general upcoming community things that are taking place on August the 27th, Petaluma Blacks for Community Development will be having their annual barbecue event. And so everyone is welcome. It's really a great opportunity to connect in community before we get back into the kick of the fall. I personally had the opportunity to attend the NAACP's National Convention in Atlantic City last week. And so full of robust information. And one of the keynote speakers was Vice President Kamala Harris. And of course, called to attention, the much needed work that continues that we all have ahead of us to continue to fight for advocacy and social justice in our communities. And one of the main messages that I thought would be partnered to the work that we do is around ensuring communities are connected and people are well informed on what's taking place. So I wanted to leave that little bit with you all. Thank you. It's great. That's really fun info to hear about as well. Thanks for all of your work. Member Burnett. Fast, can you hit the unmute button? All right, big surprise you guys gonna hear about bike events with me. But every Tuesday, there's a community bike ride meets at Humboldt Park by 45, Petalslap 615, Taco Tuesday, if you don't know about it, we ride down to the downtown via the neighborhood, we end up in the Food Truck in Motote Village and then we come back. So we, I believe, crossed through three city council districts in the process. And last ride that I was on, council member Fleming was on, came on the ride with her daughter. So many all know it's a lot of fun and there's people coming from all over the city and we will hook you up if you don't have a bike. We will help you. I wanna put a little shout out that Live at Juilliard is back on Sundays. I just found this out because our neighbors were like, are you gonna go see the live music? So years ago, we used to table up there with the cab table and we used to promote the community improvement grants, something to think about potentially. And there's a new neighborhood advocacy group that's kind of coming up from the grassroots, referred to as Bikeable Santa Rosa. It is a group of residents that on their very own got together and they are doing a second, they meet on the second Sunday of the month and they go out and they do a community ride and then they come together and organize and their whole thing is about pretty much banking to Santa Rosa more bikeable and also just being a part of the process and they are interfacing with the bike pedestrian committee. They are checking out the general plan, all that kind of stuff. So I wanna let you guys know about that. If you are at all interested, they have created a website called We Go Buy Bike and it's a grassroots from the ground up. So those are the things I have to share with y'all. Thank you, member Barnett. Thanks for all the bike info. Member Rodriguez. Hi there. I just, our Lincoln Valley Little League team are just making it all the way to state champions. So I really appreciate the press Democrats coverage. It means a lot to the families out here after missing Little League for a couple of years. So it's nice to be together and have that Little League community. Because we do chat about a lot in the stands. So believe it or not, it's been really nice. So super proud of them. Also, I know the water department coming up and water being my little cause. Saturday, August 20th, we're doing some water pop-up. So all around the community and across the city. So really hope everyone is drought awareness as we still get into the fall and end of the season and stop by the drop pop-ups on Saturday, August 20th. And then that I'll probably sneak out at eight o'clock to do a pickup as well. So thank you. Thank you. It's very exciting to watch along with you, just your updates about the Little League and things you're doing that. Member Steffi. Yes, hi everyone. I have a couple of things. I've been trying to really get out into the community for the last couple of weeks. So did Wednesday night market a few nights and was really happy how crowded it was. Live at Juilliard started two weeks ago. So thanks for mentioning that member Barnett. That place should be packed. It's amazing. It's a great way to kind of met a lot of new people. The music's great. It's free. And the water department's out there talking about the drought. We don't have a table. I know when I think that was intentional this year that we're not sponsoring it, the city might not be sponsoring it to the same level they were, but maybe the community outreach isn't. But anyway, the water department's there, handing out water and kits and all that stuff. That was great. And the other thing is we have an awesome baseball team in town called the Santa Rosa Spuba Divers. I've gone to a few games that's super fun. There was hardly anyone there. So I feel like they need to do some more outreach and I'm in touch with them for next year to see about maybe involving little league kids or maybe kids from the Boys and Girls Club to just get some families out there. Cause it's, you can get so close to the players and it's really exciting. Their last game is Friday night. I don't think they made the playoffs unless someone knows otherwise. I'm pretty sure they didn't. So those are some of the community events. One thing I wanted to let you know also, I did kind of a quick and dirty neighborhood event on 4th of July, a block party. I put signs up, my husband and I did. We said, bring whatever you want to grill. We rolled out our barbecue. We got like 50 people. And the cool thing there is like three women in my neighborhood have recently lost their partners and they traded phone numbers. And in the case of an emergency, they're on each other's lists. And so it was kind of a grassroots, we talk a lot about getting the neighborhoods together. It's one of our items on our strategic plan. But it came together pretty quick and I was amazed how people were so excited and so happy they're still stopping me when I could walk to the neighborhood and thanking us for doing it. And they wanted to do one on Labor Day. So anyway, that was kind of a cool thing and it worked out really well and we're looking at doing other options of that. So that's the updates from me. Thank you, Member Steffi. You beat me too at About the Scuba Divers. I'll give you a rundown on their standings later. All right, Member Innocencio. Yeah, just a quick one, that the Mitote Food Truck Park is finally open. So if you haven't been, you should absolutely stop by, spend some time in the Spassapura Road area, because it's a great time, it's a fun time. So yeah, show up, if you haven't been there yet. How are the tacos? How are the tacos? There's so many other things too. It's nice seeing the area start to develop. So yeah, you should definitely make your way there if you haven't been. Member Innocencio, I've also heard folks are pretty excited that there's a bar. So can't leave that one out. And there's a good number of like community events that actually get held around that area, not just the Taco Tuesday bike ride. So that's pretty cool. It's exciting to see it form. And there's no generator noise and smell because it's plugged into electricity. That's so awesome. Member Richardson. So I don't really have any community updates as of right now. I haven't gotten out much in the community. We've had COVID in our household. So we're still kind of being very precautionary. I'm unmuting and then muting and then unmuting. Sorry about that. I hear you, Member Richardson. It is still a scary time. So I'm glad that you're taking care of yourself and your family. Thank you. Yeah. Member Rom. Hi. Let's see. First of all, been going to Wednesday Market. I think if anybody hasn't been there, it's been great. I think it's been better this year than it's been a long time, maybe just because of COVID. I too have been dealing with the whole COVID jail. So haven't been out much, but back out at it this last couple of weeks, but the fatigue is brutal. I did was invited to be on the emergency operations plan committee for the city of Santa Rosa and asking any of you guys, if you have any comments or I'd like to balance that off to some of you guys. So you guys can kind of see what is being discussed there, but also get your input for your areas. And our first meeting is in the first week of August. And that's all I have other than the live music at Juilliard Park we can't wait to go to. Thank you, Member Rom. And the vice chair weeks. Hi, everyone. So I attended Galvin Park. The park cleanup last month was a couple of weeks ago. It was really great. Unfortunately, there was tons and tons of confetti, which they're not supposed to have. And it was a nightmare cleaning up and we didn't even get close, sadly, but we did our very best. And then next month, I believe it's going to be at Prince Memorial Greenway. And I forget what day it is. I think it's, oh, August 6th. So be sure to come out. It's tons of funds. Council Member McDonald was out there serving up slushies this past time. So it's always good time. The other thing I wanted to mention is in case you weren't aware, measure O, which will help fund our firefighters, our police and gang violence prevention was actually approved to go to the ballot. And that's a really critical step forward. And I'm personally very excited to see that. So I'm sure to some extent we'll be individually working on that at some point. The other thing I wanted to raise, because I think this is personally a huge interest, is on August 4th, the Santa Rosa Design Review Board will actually be looking at a eight-story, 166 unit project that will actually be a pretty large residential project that will be essentially where Gary chooses and then it wraps around onto Mendocino. So it'll be kind of an L shape. And the front entrance will be 200s on either side. But it's a really big step forward for the downtown area. And I'm personally very excited about this. And I hope you'll share in that excitement as well. And then, yeah, to the scuba divers, lots of fun. They still owe me a hat bought it a while ago. We'll work it on that one. And then I would like to echo Matote is really just amazing. I've been there several times and spent way too much money. But the food is delicious. It's just tons of fun. And yeah, the bar doesn't need any words really. So tons of fun. And I think that is all I have for now. Oh, and we now have a new police chief in case you weren't aware. Chief Cregan was formerly, I don't know what the terminology would be, but he's now our chief. So I thought that was really exciting as well. And we're happy to, I'm sure, have him on board. And so thanks so much. Thank you. And he was sworn in on Monday. I was sad to miss that, but I was out of town. That was exciting to see some of that on social media and elsewhere. And to clarify, August 6th, that Prince Memorial Greenway is a standing every first Saturday of the month at Prince Memorial Greenway is a clean up the creek Saturday. This one is special. It's worth noting August 6th is a tribute to Stan Gal and Stan Gal passed away earlier this year. And he was responsible for actually creating that clean up at Prince Memorial Greenway. So that is a great one to check out. They always have pizza afterwards. And I'm sure that it'll be very busy. The actual park a month program will be the next Saturday because it's always on the second Saturday of the month. And that one rotates from park to park to park. And that will be on August 14th from nine to 12 at Youth Community Park. So the times are a little bit different. Park a month is nine to 12, whereas the Prince Memorial Greenway, which is every month, the first Saturday of the month is from 10 to 12. So that's important to note. I also have been out there getting out a little bit into the community. The Wednesday night market for me is almost a place of home. I did manage the Wednesday night market and produce it for three years. It was slightly different recently where my activism and social justice hat kind of melded with my community events hat. And I put on a reproductive rights rally had almost a thousand people at the Wednesday night market at the same time we pulled it off. Thank you to the Wednesday night market management for moving the stage a little bit and giving us a little bit extra space to do that safely. It was a great group and much of the community was represented. And that was a great space to be in for that evening. Also wanna point out that the square is hopping. It's not just the Wednesday night market, but they have events Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays on the weekends. So do check out Visit Santa Rosa or the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber for upcoming events of movies, excuse me, Summer on the Square, which also has movies on the square and music on the square and all kinds of stuff. So there's just a plethora of things happening on the square. I also once a month meet with the mayor when he's available and all the chairs of the different boards meet with him the first Wednesday of the month I wanna say at noon and brought up the concern that was brought up at our last meeting by members of the overgrown weeds throughout the city and in different areas. Couple of important points to that. I've pointed out the concern around the app and the wording of the app and how when you input something, it'll say completed when it's not been completed in the physical space it's just been entered into the app. So he heard that also the chair of our Community Services Board that relates to Parks and Rec heard that and are kind of working on that and bringing that to the attention of the heads of the department and the city manager that that wording is somewhat troublesome. Also around the actual weed abatement it was nice to hear that the budget that just got approved by the city does have an increased budget for weed abatement specifically. So that is important to know that although it has been falling behind and lagging behind it's going to hopefully be increased and they do understand that not only is an ISOR but can be a safety concern as well. So if it's on city property, do use the app do call it in you can call it in as well use the app and know that those efforts are increasing. Santa Rosa Scuba divers not only is it their last home game I have to say home game it's not their last game they have a couple more games after that but their last home game is this Friday they do have a home game this Thursday that's when their home games have been Thursday and Friday there is a slight chance they could make it into the playoffs but it is so slight and it probably won't happen. So they are really fun it's cheap entertainment it's $10 a ticket and the game start at 6.30 the gates open at 6.00 PM. I know that I'm going to have a big group that I'm involved with that'll be there on their last home games we're gonna show them some pride on that last home game so I hope to see some folks there and I think if I'm looking at my notes correctly that is about it thanks everybody for so much great information about all the different events that are happening around town and also again please note to keep yourself safe and take care of all the precautions that you can for yourself and for others with that can we move to public comment? There are no hands raised with public comment. Thank you that'll close out item number four and moving on to number five which is staff updates is that Danielle or Magali or both of you? It's a combo I'm gonna go ahead and share the first staff update that is some good and bad news like my daughter says and you always start with bad news and then get to the good news so our first update is that we are gonna have some staffing changes so unfortunately we're not gonna have Danielle joining CAD meetings anymore she's been an incredible just asset to really helping the Office of Community Engagement she's just, I can't say enough of the wonderful work and how helpful she's been in helping me really get into this process and the good news is that she has been promoted to the Violence Prevention Partnership admin analyst position so we are going to really be able to dive deep into the data that we're gonna be collecting from our choice partner agencies and really looking at what other indicators and factors are causes of community violence and an array of wonderful things that I'm sure you all wanna have her back to report out on her work so I did want to officially congratulate Danielle and also deliver that bad news for CAD but you get me, you get me and I'm gonna hand it over to Danielle Thanks, Magali it has been a fun six years I appreciate the CAD and being able to meet everyone who has currently with us and who has been with us so, but with that I'm gonna finish up this meeting before I say goodbye to everyone Next stop update is National Night Out so National Night Out is August 2nd so next Tuesday actually from four to seven PM at Mentote Food Park and this is an opportunity our department will be out there tabling and there'll be some CAD grant flyers out there so if anyone wants to come out I know that vice chair has volunteered some time to come out and table with us if anyone else is interested please reach out to Danny he is assigning people up for that Other upcoming opportunities the police auditor community meetings so the OIR group will be here next week to meet with community over a couple of days starting August 4th there will be a community meeting at Shepherd Elementary School please forgive me I have to check. What time Magali is it 5.30 or 6.00? So the evening program is It's 6 to 7.30 at Shepherd I wrote it down beforehand I have my flyer here in front of me too Thank you 6 to 7.30 there will be translation services available at that meeting we encourage folks to come on out and provide feedback to the auditor on the 5th which is a Friday there will be two opportunities there will be from 8 to 10 a.m. at Tia Maria's in Roseland a coffee with instead of coffee with cup it's coffee with police auditor it's drop in so stop on by have some coffee and chat with the auditor there and then in the afternoon from 3 to 5 there will be a drop in hours again at Victory Outreach Church in South Santa Rosa they will be there and then Saturday the 6th I believe from 10 to 12 they will be at Finley Person Senior Wing in Room 5, the big auditorium there in the senior wing hosting another community meeting so please come out then and then our last update is the Hearn Community Hub there we do have some movement there so we're very excited to announce that we will be hosting along with the consultant a block party on Saturday, August 20th from 10 a.m. to noon at Roseland University Prep School so come on by there will be plenty of activities provide input on that Hearn Community space and I believe that's it unless you wanted to add anything else Yes, thank you so on the Hearn Community Hub I can't remember if we mentioned it in the last CAB meeting or not but our Office of Community Engagement will be leading that needs assessment so if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me I'll make sure to add my email to the chat box but it's mdayus at srcity.org we will have a small group meeting a block party, a town hall and then a few subsequent meetings that RDC, which is a consultant company that's helping us put that information together we'll be working on so we are getting more information as soon as possible and as soon as we get those days locked in with the venue we are going to start putting some flyers out we'd love your help to get the word out on that as well, thank you we've got for you alright so bringing it back to the board for any questions I'll take a hands raised for this one Member Lange could you repeat the time for the Hearn Hub Black Party on the August 20th meeting? 10 a.m. to noon on the 20th and then for the auditor meetings is there a flyer that we'll get that we can send around? yes I believe I did send it out but I will resend it again okay thank you and any other hands raised? I'm not seeing any a question for me I didn't catch the location of the National Night out again Matote Food Park okay yep and I'm not committing to being there I do have an infusion that day but I usually get done about six o'clock so I'll try if I'm not too tired from that I did mention one thing sorry one thing about Matote is that Vince's photo is hanging up high on a really awesome banner at the food park so he is being honored there in that way and for those of you who don't know Vince Harper was a member of the Community Vice Report who passed away last year I do wonder if they'll be able to make a friendly amendment to his banner since it is listed under Latino community leaders I know I saw that too that would be nice just putting it out in the universe I think every community group in Santa Rosa does want to claim Vince though he was everywhere so I almost can understand that he is a prized possession to everybody and his memory lives on with all of our groups right so I don't believe I have any other questions can we move this to public oh member Stephie I see your hand up thank you just real quick I wanted to personally thank Danielle for all she's done I started with CAB during COVID and so Danielle's been extremely valuable and onboarding and supporting and everything so I wish you well and your new exciting endeavor and thank you so much for all you've done for CAB and for me and for the city of Santa Rosa thank you great I'm hoping that we can have member just public comment and then come back for comments public comment there are no hands raised for public comment thank you and if there are any further comments by the board seeing none I will say thank you so much to Danielle it is been a moment with CAB it has many challenges many great moments I don't believe that CAB could have weathered this storm without you at the helm of being virtual being not happening sometimes happening sometimes having a completely different group of people and everyone has come on board during COVID except for a member Barnett and myself so we want to you know I can't reiterate that enough so that everybody knows that they're not alone coming on board during during COVID and during remote meetings and that is extremely challenging not just for us but also for staff because I know that all of us in our in our lives of work and even personal lives our virtual meetings just go back to back to back to back and some and eight hours is not a limit anymore it goes on and on and on and so I can't even imagine with staff the number of virtual meetings that you have and with no time in between and there was no respite it felt like so thank you thank you thank you and I'm glad to hear that you're that that position is still on board within community engagement because you are priceless in that in that role and in that space so thank you thank you I appreciate that and I know that you're all in good hands with Megali too as I hand hand you over to her so that closes out item number five with the staff updates and now we're moving on to scheduled items and this is item number six point one and we're going over the 2021 2022 community improvement program update and there is a presentation that was attached to your agenda so staff will provide the cab with this presentation at the time at this time yes let me just get situated here all right so I will just provide you with a overview of where we're at with the the grant program to date since we started issuing grants again in 2021 on the quarterly system through the present time before we go into the next item which is the new grant applications next slide please so just quick overview again many of you have already seen this but each year council provides funding to the cab for the grant program the goals are to support community building improved neighborhoods strengthen city relationships with the community and at one point it was to fund neighborhood neighborhood fast but it's currently not happening obviously projects are available for funding of up to $2,500 and neighborhood groups or community groups can apply as well as schools, non-profits and I think that was supposed to say service club not service service club so sorry about that next slide please so starting with quarter two in 2021 we had six funded projects out of those three have been completed one is still in progress one has been delayed due to infrastructure issues and one has not been completed next slide please so among those that were completed were the safe school ambassadors program through community matters total participating in the program were 36 which were 30 students and six adults number of people who participated in the planning process for this project were seven from both the school and the community and community matters and number of people who participated as volunteers implementing the project were six total six from the school and for community matters through implementation of safe school ambassadors program non-traditional student leaders at Helen Lehman elementary school were engaged, empowered and equipped to create fair, just and equitable school climate in which all students feel cared for and connected next slide please then we had the LCL and high school campus mural this was completed with the help of 24 community volunteers and 40 LCL and high school students the completed mural is 30 foot by 10 foot depiction of LCL and weaving the basket under a massive oak tree as a regal wolf keeps her company LCL and was a renowned permanent of master master basket weaver and education advocate in our region the wolf or lobo represents the school mascot and then hanging on the tree flags represent the diversity of the student body staff teachers and community at large and so there's a wide variety i'm not going to list all of them out but a wide variety of flags including the different country flags the lgbt qia flag and the pomo tribe flag next slide please so this is a really this is real fun to see the before and after photos so the center is a high school baseball facilities repair project so they applied for funding to repair their baseball facilities because they were really run down and weren't getting the necessary funds from the school so they decided to go out and raise funds and then also apply for grants in the community to do this they over the course of the year they made several repairs to their facilities so this is the backstop before and if we can go to the next slide it's a little difficult to see but as you can see in the right handed photo they did make some repairs to the backstop and then it's also reflected here with those cupcakes cupcakes there you can see the wood the brand new wood that's used there on the backstop but the biggest improvement made next slide please was to their batting cages so this actually initially was not part of one of the facility pieces that they were going to repair however as you all remember there was a huge storm last year that created major problems throughout our community and it destroyed their batting cages and so shortly after the the storm hit they reached out and asked if instead of repairing some of the other facilities that they had originally wanted to if they could repair the batting cage which is within the facility's usage of the the baseball baseball facilities so that was approved and if we can go to the next slide please this shows what the repair batting cages look like so the funds were put to really good use and the $2,500 that they got was a small sliver and the like total amount that all of the repairs actually took and there's still repairs that need to be made and so they're continuing to raise funds to make those repairs and update their baseball facilities moving forward next slide please and then we have the West End neighborhood prep project they are not complete they're still in progress however they have completed various stages of the overall project that they said they were going to do including a work day at DeMail Park music on the porch next slide please as well as their emergency prep door hangers that they said that they would create with the grant funding so here is a depiction of those door hangers next slide so in quarter three of 2021 cab received 11 applications totaling $27,323 all of which were approved four have been completed thus far and I believe the Rosalind mural project and the food distribution for times like these those projects are being implemented as we speak and on their way to being completed next slide so the first one that was completed was the spirit of healing mural the pomo mural project also a mural project that took place at LCL in high school this one through art start 50 students worked on the mural 20 additional students participated in drop in after school sessions at the art house there was one lead artist five assistant lead artists seven apprentices and 30 community volunteers for this project next slide please and here is the completed mural the mural concept was designed by pomo project members Christine Kobal Rose Hammack and Joe Salinas and honors the pomo people of Sonoma Lake and Mendocino counties next slide please second project completed was the food for thought COVID-19 nutrition program so during the first month of the grant period food for thought brought the equivalent of 1,947 meals and 17 cases of diapers to 87 Santa Rosa residents impacted by COVID-19 including 46 children 84% of these clients identified as Latinx and home deliveries of groceries and other household items came with an individual nutrition counseling with a registered dietitian and regular case management next slide please then we have the historic railroad square holiday carriage rides which took place to cover two full days of carriage rides and so there was the rental of the carriage itself and then the rental of the porta potties and partial payment for music musicians and entertainment the enhanced visitor experience with the addition of music every day recruiting volunteer staff to meet and greet and take family photos and to partner with other railroads square and community organizations and businesses and they averaged about five volunteers per day to make this happen next slide then we had the last project for that quarter on the move Dia de los Muertos which took place in courthouse square it was a two-day event on november 1st and 2nd honoring and celebrating the pommel land the event offered intergenerational education opportunities via storytelling and public performances highlighting cultural and spiritual healing practices they had 15 people total participating in the event planning committee over 126 people volunteered and participated in implementing the event they had over 200 performers and over 1500 people participating in attending the actual two-day event next slide so there were two projects approved for funding quarter four and those are both or once us in progress as we speak the other one was not funded next slide please and that gets us to where we're at currently with the first quarter projects there were four approved one project has since been complete while the others are in progress so next slide please the one completed was the south park ice cream social and public safety day there was a total of 190 participants city partners included our office of community engagement the center was a police department fire and in response there were a total of 24 community volunteers that helped with this event 16 south park coalition members and vice mayor alvarez also participated it was an afternoon of neighborhood safety information and his disaster preparedness planning for south park residents the opportunity was provided for south park residents to engage with srpd by asking questions of the chief and officers in attendance NOAA radios and emergency go backs were provided to residents and there was music ice cream and a zoom a demonstration provided as uh also the mary lou laurel patrol car was there and it was a major hit among the kids and some of the adults in in attendance as well so it was really it was a fun day we had a lot of fun out there ourselves next slide please so budget information the total starting budget for for the grant program last year was $82,661 we have just to let everyone know in 2020 there were several grants that were approved pre-pandemic for neighbor fest those were put to a halt due to the pandemic and then the group started implementing community improvement projects instead of neighbor fest we actually have one group that is just finalizing their project so we can add that to the overall total of $12,256 I mean that was the west end neighborhood association that will be doing or I believe they actually did an event this summer 2021 totals almost $42,000 and then the current 2022 project totals $9,140 so that puts us at $19,614 remaining in the budget until June 30th of next year and with that I will pass it back over to Chair Graves for questions all right getting myself situated here so I can see everybody thank you Danielle and bringing it to questions from our members I'll take hands raised I don't see any member Harold yeah since this is my first year in as the $19,000 will go until June is what I think I heard and will there be a continual application process to use these you think or do sometimes we have money left over and it's not used or yes so the the budget rolls over from fiscal year to fiscal year when the council begins their budget process we let the council know hey we're running low on funds we need to replenish typically they give about $35,000 per year however if there is a large amount left over in the pot during their budget cycle they will hold off adding funds until the cab lowers that amount got it okay thank you so I'll jump in here with a follow-up question to that so what I'm understanding then is that we didn't receive any funds for this for this year correct so these are still remaining funds from that $80,000 plus correct great okay so it's something to keep in mind as we go forward that $19,000 is what we have currently we're not going to get $35,000 this is as you said that is the amount of money that we have until June 30th of next year so considering that we were able to give away $40,000 last year this could get a little tricky and is there any discussion on that or questions about that just want to make sure that that's clear Member Raul I guess the biggest thing is if the two pass today that leaves us with $13,614 through what is that 10 months so moving forward it's pretty much first come first serve correct I mean we don't have any projections on what other applications are out there other than these two that are on the table correct correct that's correct all right and Member Innocentio yeah just kind of a comment of basically I think even though it's not much money left I think we should still be you know approving all the projects first come first serve and if we run into zero but then we'll see how the council or city would have to deal with that but I think we should continue on as cap to approve projects as they come in and Member Harold is it always 2,500 is the max is that correct correct okay and Member Barnett so just to give folks some historical because it occurs to me that everybody came on during the pandemic this used to be this was not a quarterly grant CAB did these grants in a one-shot deal and then they had a year to complete the quarterly system came on in the pandemic because we had to glut the funds that were not getting access because the council kept rolling from one budget cycle until one budget cycle so I don't look at the $19,000 as a oh pump the brakes I look at it as we as a board have a job to spend that money down to zero to give the council a reason to fund the CIG again and if we run out then worst case scenario we suspend a grant cycle until the council budget realigns and we get reef and we does that make sense of this is not a pump the brakes we have to start thinking about budging this no this is a run the clock out get it down to zero if we have to suspend a grant cycle till the next budget cycle but our job as a board is to show the council what we're doing and this is our largest lift and so don't I you know so I don't want us to to slow down our efforts I want to run that thing down to zero to show the council that there's a need for this and that they should pump it more right so we can continue to fund this quarter system that's that's something I think that needs to come into context is this is part of it is because we had to adapt to the pandemic and part of this is because this fund never ran down we've never gotten it down to zero it's always been carrying over a balance and this whole purpose is to take it much then right so I'm like don't look at this in a fiscal idea of like we got to budget this out until June 30 no look at this as we have $19,000 to find projects for to get the community engaged on this and if we run it out to zero we go to the council and say we ran this out to zero there's still need prioritize this into the next budgetary cycle so think of it more in that sense if that makes sense because we don't want to carry about this we don't we don't want to carry dollars over we want people to be putting this into action so I'm going to I'm going to jump in here if there are no other questions from the board members I completely agree with member Barnett I would also have a special note on our community improvement grant page on our website that highlights to the public that funds are now lower than before because I think on the website if I recall they talks about this $35,000 per year we don't have that amount I would not want us to change what we're doing but I would want to make sure that the public is aware that the how much funds are available now almost like a a ticking clock or a countdown so that if there is any urgency that needs to be had by organizations community groups a project to apply being that they have a year to complete their project right and and they get their funds right up front they should apply now rather than later that would be my only concern that somewhat sometimes folks would say well I don't have a project until let's say March or April of next year so I'm not going to apply until closer to that time where in reality they may want to apply sooner into this even into this next quarter that we're have the applications open for as of tomorrow that we have the applications open for the for the next round so so well however the wordsmith you know needs to happen for that I think that would be really prudent to make sure that that perception is correct within the public Macaulay thank you I just wanted to offer you know and maybe this becomes like an item for discussion for cab next meeting but we do have the one time monies which are PG&E funding for the DEI these spaces mini grants and we were hoping to bring that for cab to consider for various you know events and projects having to do with diversity equity inclusion and belonging happy to put something together that's more concrete for the cab that something the cab would like to explore so that we can continue approving needed projects I think that that would be warranted and because it would have maybe potentially different constraints or definite definitions around of what folks are applying for and what their with their focus is although certainly there would be a lot of the cab improvement grants that would qualify probably within this as well but because the definitions would be slightly different that we would need to have somewhat of a presentation about that and really solidify our role within that moving forward and how that's communicated out so that would be appreciated and member Barnett you are a ball of sun as always which I love but I just want to point it out to you that that's all we can see which is awesome I can't see if your hand goes up just so you know are there any other questions oh member Wiseman thank you yeah just assuming we we will receive but would just love to receive links to the application process after just to share out with my networks and I'm sure everyone else on the board as well um not laughing at that I was laughing at getting a dog kiss managed to get up here through like two inches between me and the table so I agree that's that's always great to be able to put that out there especially early on on in the process so even starting tomorrow to those that might be interested and especially now with a little bit lower funds just want to point out that I am out of the office the rest of the week so no changes nothing can be done to the website or nothing will be sent on till next week so please be patient thank you thank you as I get as I get my golly all situated so she can take over that sounds good so it sounds like that can happen at the website we're just going to happen maybe next week and not on Monday I would assume so there's no action to be taken on this this was just a presentation so at this time going to public comment there are no hands raised for public comment thank you without any further comments from the board that will close out item number 6.2 and moving on to item number six you see me that's closing out number 6.1 and we're moving on to item number 6.2 which is a report on the community improvement grant program and the q2 applications for funding in which we had two applications so Danielle will you take that away now yes so as Chair Graves mentioned there are two applications that were submitted for funding for quarter two one is the Bags of Love application from food for thought and then the other one is the Magnificence Magnifies application and that is all the total is $5,000 for for total funding a $2,500 piece so I'll turn it back over to the cab for discussion and questions and are there any questions from cab members on these two Member Steffi thank you yeah I had a question about the I'm going to get this wrong Magnificence multiplies that one I just in abundance of caution I just wonder if the city is at all putting themselves into legal exposure because of they're not being an actual licensed counselor these are all volunteers and people getting together and talking but it's kind of under the office of counseling and I've had some experience in another realm of this and we always had a MFCC counselor available 24-7 in case anything happens so is there any possibility we could be putting the city at any kind of risk that's a great question we did check with the city attorney's office and our attorney informed us that because the grant the applicant is only asking for funds to pay for the facility fee for a friendly that is all it's not paying for you know therapist time or any staff time at all because that's not eligible then there there is not a problem with that okay thanks for checking on that Daniel I appreciate it and member harrell I have a question about when we provide the grant to the same one that she was talking about does do we write a check directly to Bentley or wherever the room is going to be reserved or do we give them a check no so what happens with that is once the grant application is approved we we enter into an agreement with the applicant which needs to be signed by the applicant first and then it's approved by the city manager once that is approved then we could check directly to the applicant and then they pay directly for the things that they say that they're going to pay for in their grant application and then when they're completed when they've completed the project they submit receipts to us so that we can make sure that everything was legit if there are questions about that or funds are not spent according to their grant application and their agreement then we do ask for those funds back have we ever had to do that before no we have not okay I'm not seeing any other hands raised and I have to say that I I also had just that that tingly feeling of about liability and and I'm so I'm glad and appreciate that the question was asked I also recall on previous applications that there was space and I saw the question being asked but then the answer was none on this one around any permits or approval for the the actual program you know like if there's a mural and it's on a building then that building needs to say yes this this is going to happen so I'm not seeing where the Finley center has said that this can happen I realize that the field Finley center is a rental space but in previous applications we've asked for that kind of you know organization or a nod from the facility whatever the facility may be a street a building side or in this case a rental facility that this is would be approved and I know that there's insurance costs and there's other things with Finley so I don't I'm not I'm just unclear if that answer of none means that they checked with Finley because we've even had they did so I actually received a I received communication from their their staff at Finley stating that the applicant was looking for a place to to hold their their group sessions and that they were also looking for funds to help pay for those so I don't think that we've actually had a an application in the grant program that went specifically to room rentals it's been like park permits and special event permits and things like that like outdoors so this would be the first one that we've gotten that and my understanding from talking to the director of recreation is that the grant application needs to be approved and there needs to be a deposit placed in order for them to actually hold that that room space there at Finley so they can't go say hey I want to reserve the room for this but I still have to get you know I need you to approve the rental and then I need to give that to the cab it doesn't work that way with room rentals at Finley they actually have to see that the funding in the place and they have to put a deposit in place before before they can make that that reservation at Finley and I believe it's for all recreation spaces in the city if I'm I'm not mistaken so I understand that so you mean that they can't show anything to say that potentially it's approved before the monies and deposits received I don't think that it's necessary for a room reservation at a city facility a city it's it's more if we've had situations where applicants want to make major changes in a park space or major changes on public property and they didn't go through and get approval from the city to do that that is what those guidelines are referring to when it comes to reserving a space or renting apart or holding like an event in a park for example they require deposits in order to hold that so we'd essentially be asking all of our applicants to put money down and gamble on whether or not we're going to fund our application it's a not it's a non refundable deposit and then that that was at my point I actually would have rather have asked that the recreation parks had something in writing to say that there is a potential to approve once a deposit comes in so that so that we know in writing as we've known from public works and from other agencies within the city that that this was allowed not necessarily that it was guaranteed but that it was allowed so I guess what I'm trying to say that would be mine they're not going to do that I've had a conversation with the director and they're not going to do that and member rom so I mean we're approving rental of a facility but it doesn't work out at thinly for whatever reason they still need to rent a place correct so I mean whether or that would they're looking for a grant to rent space I just I don't see whether they have a deposit guaranteed spot or not they're still going to need to rent a spot that's all my way of putting it yeah and just to be clear I wasn't asking for a guarantee I'm just asking that this type of project would be accepted within the facility and I and I say this with all respect to the to the person that's doing it but the facility also does hold you know groups and adult classes and youth classes and all of these these things in this space so this is an ongoing not a one time event so I just would like I would love to see some clarity around that from our facility since it's a city to city project member in Ossentio I guess I have a question about kind of the same is there any coordination between when a cap project is renting city-owned space offering it at a like reduced price or even free is that something that's been discussed before because I am a lot of cap grants I think it's it can be a sizable chunk of whatever funds they're using it seems like maybe there's some space there and I think this is you know doesn't have to be answered here but just something that maybe we could think about as cap so I take that there's no answer to that one about and I'm just so I can clear that the potential to have a discount because it's the cap as if cab was using the space is that what I'm hearing yeah whereas if you know just is there is there a way there to offer a discount or maybe I mean it's the city right providing it it seems like if it's a cab sponsored event or a cap grant funded event there might be an opportunity there to provide that space for a lower cost or at no cost or something like that we would have to bring the director of recreation into that conversation yeah I think it'd be worthwhile to have and vice chair weeks yeah because I like the idea but I just playing devil's advocate here because then that might come at a you know potential loss for the parks department because if another person's trying to utilize the space and you're subsidizing that then they're further losing money and we're actually giving them kind of more money in the grand scheme of things which if we had a lot of money I'm all for giving it away I love that but I know we're on a tight budget as is every jurisdiction in Sonoma County and I'm sure beyond our borders so again just want to bring that up member Harrell I just noticed that the bags of love application was much more seemed much more organized and I just felt really comfortable with that I was wondering if anybody else I don't know the person who's doing this for the other one the magnificent magnifies and I'm sure it's important but I just I just want to make sure that it's money well spent and I just asking that question I'd love to speak to that so I'd caution us all to remember that sometimes it's an individual and sometimes it's a well-established organization when you're talking like for instance bags of love is from food for thought which is a well-established organization and does have folks on hand to be able to write for grant requests whereas an individual may be just having their first experience in writing you know completing their application and so the content of their application in that way or the style of their application is not something to regard in the process of whether or not it's approved but just the facts as they may be so and again I want to caution as well that what I'm asking for is not necessarily something from this applicant it's something internally because we have had statements from public works before for items and from I believe we've had it from Wrecking Parks and I do understand that Danielle is saying that those were items that changed an area drastically but I would still want personally some notification in writing that this is possible so that and I get it Medparam that yes a rental is a rental but a rental of a space at Findlay Center may be quite different than a rental at a church or and even though they say that a church isn't really quite appropriate for this group but maybe some other spaces that CAB may not think of as something that we would want to sponsor or give a grant fund too I don't know what those are right now but I think this is my lawyer brain coming out in me right now but I really want to caution the CAB you cannot as a board cannot dictate what our recreation centers are used for so I want you guys to be super careful about that we actually have groups such as for example AA that's held here at City Hall on a regular basis we have other groups that hold regular classes and workshops and whatnot at Findlay, Stylane, etc so just just caution me guys yeah be careful and again I want to make clear that I am not asking for this group to not do this activity I just would want a nod from Rec and Parks that a private individual could do something like this and being that it's not an organization and that they don't have a license around that and I understand Danielle that you are telling us what someone had said but I'm looking for something in writing so that we have that because we have had the right in writing in the past and Member Lange I hear all of that and I I do think it's just a process that doesn't exist because that's not how government functions and so I think we need to recognize that that's not how government works I'm not sure what everyone's background is but as a policy while this government doesn't operate that way and they're not going to give permissibles and many people use facilities for all different ways and I get the point you'd like confirmation but to Member Rom's point they're going to need a facility whether it's at Finley or at the Arlene Francis Center right someone's going to charge him for something so I would like to if it's the appropriate time if discussion has wrapped call the question motion to approve both and fund both grants and as they've been submitted I second and I hear that was Member Lange with the motion and Member Harrell with the second we'll go to public comment we do have hand raised for public comment just give me a moment to get the timer up on the screen all right our first public comment is from Christine Kiesh I have enabled your microphone you can go ahead and unmute your mic and you have three minutes to speak do you see the timer on your screen wonderful okay your timer begins now thank you great first I'd like to say thank you very much for even giving me this opportunity here two things I would like to address that came up in your discussions is one as of tomorrow I could be certified by the state to do this I am just finishing up my peer peer support specialist certification through the state of California and I should know tomorrow whether or not I have successfully passed the training I've been involved in as far as the hastiness of the application I agree completely because I have done many grant applications before but I literally was doing this down to the wire to get it to Danielle to submit it and our group used to be part of before the pandemic we were part of a support group that met through a nonprofit in our community and with the challenges that happened with the pandemic they were no longer able to handle the online meetings and they completely pulled the rug out from under our group and so I stepped up to keep the group together and now that we're getting back to in-person meetings and I've got my certification and we're doing things the group that I've been working with has tried to go back to the national organization and there are flaws that I'm working with both the state and national charters of that nonprofit organization to get what is wrong in Sonoma County fixed the national organization that is in our Sonoma County is not reflective of the other chapters throughout the county of this organization and I'm working on the state and national level to fix that and this is just a short-term fix trying to get people who are suffering from mental health issues to have an opportunity to sit together and to talk and to have a certain level of support that allows us to exist and heal and recover in our community and it is in my lifetime I have seen drug and alcohol addictions come out of the closet where you can go to your employer and say you need to go into in-house in-house treatment and get a certain amount of support with that now people are still hiding mental illnesses they don't want to go to see a therapist because we live in a small town and somebody is going to see their car out in front of the therapist's office and we can't meet in Starbucks and stuff because of the type of stuff we talk about so we need a private place and right now we are meeting at the sports basement in their community center but we want to expand to have groups more than just once a week thank you very much christine there are no other hands raised for public comment thank you and now we had a comment from member harrell I would like to thank christine for explaining this is uh makes it uh even more important for us to grant this I think and I really uh I wanted to thank her for all of the compassion that she's showing and trying to help people in the community with these issues thank you and I too want to thank you christine for being here tonight and also for bringing this up I want to stress once again that was not questioning you or your group it was more of an internal process which I hope can be rectified because if we have that process in one spot we need hopefully to have the process or at least have a conversation about the process for all departments so that we get that information and at this time we will take it to a roll call vote member barnett approve member harrell approve member enosantio approve member lange approve member rom approve member richardson approve member rodriguez approve member stephy approve member wiseman approve vice chair weeks approved and chair grapes approve that motion passes with 10 yeses and zero noes thank you thank you and I mentioned one quick thing since christine is still on the line we will follow up with you next week regarding your application and agreement and I do want to thank everybody for having an open and honest discussion I think that it's really important that we bring that to our grant process even though it can be challenging it can be difficult these are things that do tug at your heart strings I understand that it's very personal and they're always good for the community but it is important that we talk about our process and that we keep that transparent and we grow from these discussions so I thank you all for bearing through that moving on that in item number 6.2 and we're going to item number 6.3 which is our 2022 priorities defining our goals and our next steps this is a follow-through or a following discussion that we've been having around determining our goals and next steps for our 2022 priorities including how to implement the priorities in the next six months and we do have a set of priorities that we had developed earlier this year we do have that as an attachment on our agenda and we can show that on screen now I believe and going on to these priorities am I it am I the facilitator here I just want to clarify that well I maybe we could co-facilitate the chair grave and but I you know I definitely I will I will leave it to you this is your document and and I'm happy to help in in any way that I can in in any of this but I think it's important to note that we have about four months left since we won't have a December meeting and the November meeting is going to be pushed up a week so I just I do want to remind the group of that in terms of looking at these three priorities correct and also a good reminder is to know that and I think I mentioned this at our last meeting that our year as defined being that it would end at the end of this calendar year is somewhat self-imposed we could extend that time but also we had self-imposed making these three priorities in February and we certainly can change that I will just go at this time to read through them with everyone and I want to remind you all that I can't see you on screen right now I can just see oh there I can see you a little bit I can see some of you on screen but not all of you so if you do have your hand raised let me know the screen sharing is not showing up it's not showing up for you it's just circling does anybody else see it yeah we do see it Madeleine is there a way to magnify the document member Harrell it's also in the agenda materials as well okay okay thank you thank you Danielle I may have to change the formatting please so give me one moment so as Madeleine is doing that Vice Chair Weeks you have your hand up yeah perhaps I'm misremembering but hadn't we previously discussed given the short timeline obviously with the rest of this year only handful of months away hadn't we discussed actually moving forward with objective number one is kind of like our principal objective and really just trying to get neighborhood groups off the ground again or am I completely crazy and making this up in my head someone please jump in and tell me if I'm wrong or not what I would call Vice Chair Weeks is that we came up with these three priorities and objectives and I think that you jumped in and said well we should do number one for sure I think I've even looked back over that video and then when we but we tabled that so that we could come back to it we didn't come back to these priorities last meeting we decided to table them until this meeting and we have not had a discussion as a group around how to proceed from this point having these three priorities so we haven't whittled it down as a group yet but I do believe that you are very at boisterous and vocal about your affinity for that one so I can understand that that might be part of your recall so I don't know Chair Graves if it would be helpful to just you know as Myelin is reformatting these just kind of you know when she gets it up read these over again and you know we do have the amount of votes that they were each given I do want to create as concrete as possible of a sort of timeline or work plan as we are moving our staff staffing around and are still short to full-time positions on our team so I just want to make sure that if you know whatever the needs are our staff is able to meet them that we were able to help CAB be successful so that's kind of where our end of really wanting to pin something down comes from here and I would like to say I understand but I think I might be a little bit fuzzy on what you just asked for right there I'm going to go ahead and read through these first and then maybe we can get some more clarity around that is this visible for everyone I see it thank you all right so I'll read through these I'm starting with number one is to reactivate reconvene neighborhood groups facilitate neighborhood groups how to start a neighborhood group this received seven votes and an objective of this or subset of this would be using the data from Portrait of Sonoma County to recognize issues of inequity and serve community members where they are explore the diversity of the community within the areas of interest stated above item number two boost CAB's overall engagement with and empower the community in city decision making by reconnecting with community at community events and gather data on how people want to connect with the city making a presence in all seven districts this received seven votes use data from Portrait of Sonoma County to recognize issues of inequity and serve community members where they are and if you recall as I read this subset this subset was used on all three of the priorities so that we would have a focus on recognizing issues of inequity and serving the member community members where they are so it does go on to repeat as it did in number one to explore the diversity of community within the areas of interest stated above and number three document tangible benefits of the CAB to share with the community develop hybrid tools and make available to educate the public on what city government does and how to access services such as the Civic 101 videos as a tool this had eight votes and once again it has the subset of using the data from the Portrait of Sonoma County to recognize issues of inequity and serve community members where they are explore the diversity of community within the areas of interest stated above so I do want to just take a moment to revisit what Magali was saying and Magali what I heard you say is that given the new constraints of the staff and some staffing shortages that you would like us to keep that in mind so that when we are looking at this we're not overreaching the abilities of staff to support us is that correct yes and we want to be able to support CAB and meeting whatever if there are three goals or just the one goal so that we give ourselves sort of enough runway to make sure to do that thank you there's there's wanting to do that and then there's the reality right so I want to make sure that we we keep that in mind I think that's a good point member in Ossensio you had your hand up oh yeah sorry I clicked on accident a couple times there I lowered it no problem thank you member Steffi yeah I guess as we're talking about this I just want to make sure like I look at these three and I think a lot of us have already been doing number two as far as tabling at events and connecting with community members which we haven't done in so long because of COVID but I look at the first one which I know is high on Vice Chair Weeks list and it is on a lot of ours but like practically speaking what does that mean we can't really do it ourselves go out and facilitate neighborhood groups we don't have the manpower the woman power right the time so I guess I don't know that one's always kind of confused me as far as practically speaking what does that look like so if anyone has an answer to that I know it's oh looks like Vice Chair Weeks has an answer to that so I will stop talking and before I call on Vice Chair Weeks I did see in the chat that Member Harrell you had put something in our chat and I would ask and this is procedural just so that we have transparency for are those that may be listening in or those that may be attending and those that may be watching after the fact that we have your question come to the forefront in front of everybody so that at this point I'll call on you and you can ask your question okay thank you I was just wondering if COVID is still going to have a slowing down effect of getting neighborhood groups together I know that here in Oakmont people are still reticent to go and you know to get together even sometimes outside I mean they're out more comfortable outside but it's there's a we have a really low much lower we used to have full capacity in all of our events and now it's very much lower and it's all due to COVID and it seems to be still hanging around I'm wondering if that's going to affect our expectations of what we can do Member Harrell that is a great question it is the question of our time so I would say that while there's no definitive answer of course COVID is always looming large in the background and for many of us even in the foreground those of us that may have health issues or other issues that keep up prevent us from fully taking part and reducing our risks as much as possible so that's something to keep in mind but at the same time if we can fold that in we can't always predict what's going to happen we're around the next corner Vice Chair Weeks Yeah so I don't pretend to have the answer in terms of you know what the best path forward is I was just thinking you know in terms of how we would logically approach this given the circumstances that were you know existing and you know I think there are a lot of neighborhood groups out there that just need a little bit of a primer and if you were to find like someone who's like the main organizer maybe we could start doing outdoor events maybe we'd start doing you know little neighborhood get-togethers I know for example that I have a friend and I go to his neighborhood block group like they have little parties every now and then and I'm kind of an adopted part of their neighborhood because I'm there all the time and so so I go to those all the time and I know the entire block now I know every single person by name I do think it's possible we could do this it might take shape in a different form and it might be a little bit challenging in terms of creating those connections but if we really want to I think propel us forward and try to figure this out and you know and I really think start making those those those important connections I think it's important we start kind of engaging with folks in person maybe outside not inside but but maybe outside you know so that we can have you know we can have these kind of these interactions and you know I look at some of these other things on here and I just don't see how we can really make it happen especially with the you know the the temporary staff shortings that we're going to be having and and some issues it just makes sense to me that if we really want to you know create kind of a broader fabric of community well that starts with our neighborhood groups like the West End Group which is probably one of the most powerful groups here in terms of like their ability to shape and really I think move policy forward in many respects they're they're a very vocal group and it's it's most welcomed to have their unified voice so that's kind of just my general thoughts and how I wanted approaches that's just me I certainly welcome you know other other folks input as well and at this point I still I can't see the whole screen I do see a few of our members and if you raise your hand electronically I will see you come up to the front square and are there any other conversation this is the time to talk about which one of these you would put your energy and efforts in and I think that's what I would ask of cab at this time is that looking at these one through three that it's perfectly reasonable to think about not only what would be best I think all of these would be great for our community but what would you feel that you could commit yourself to and put your time and energy into these priorities maybe it's all three and maybe it's just prioritizing which ones that we start off with or maybe it's only one and you really see that time is an issue not just the overall time that we have until the end of December but your time that is understandable and you know any and all conversation around that would be welcome at this time member Lange I can personally commit to number three because I think that could be done on a Google doc and I'm also happy to share my campus skills and put something together as a start of a pretty little decorative something if folks want to help with the contribution of context but I think really one of the things that we I've experienced and we know is true is that we do struggle with having quorum at meetings so getting more interested folks to continue to fill seats and like why it's important to show up and two to be able to let folks know that we are a body that I think can help continue to achieve number two on our list which is how to engage with the center of the city government so I am happy to dedicate my skills to that piece Thank you member Lange I appreciate that you put that in really concrete terms I also appreciate that you have canvas skills and Magali oh yes I just wanted to mention that for number three we are in the process of hiring a new production company so these videos will be made we just would love the participation of any Cal members who are interested in being actors in the videos also if we can get your help with you know when the videos are ready pushing them out I mean we anticipate this process to move very quickly so Danielle is going to help us in her last bit here of contributions and finishing up those contracts so we can get that rolling and I know she has more information and I know all of you want to be stars so please please I would love some volunteers to help the scripts are already ready all you got to do and there's teleprompters all you got to do is read off the teleprompter and you know smile camera and talk about the city talk about why it's important to participate so I think a good maybe a potential approach with that is consider us all volunteers until we say no so that way we're not chasing after you know did you say yes kind of a thing but we're all here we all are participating and if we get a schedule of when production is sent to all of us then it's just a matter of if we're available during that time for me it's always a matter of whether I have a good hair day which is a joke by the way so yeah I think I you know I would love to see all of us participate in some way although I understand if that's something that someone would not want to do and they can just already say no that's not not in the cards for me and I'm glad to hear that that is ready to come out of the queue and actually happen that's very very exciting this is something that it was two years in the making if not a little bit more so is there anybody else that can speak to what a number of one of these priorities that they would be willing to put your energy and resources in that you see yourself committing to more so than others member harrell yeah I was just thinking that you know measure o is coming up and it's an incredibly critical for us to pass that I would like to spend some energy in connecting with neighbors about that and multiple ways because we have to receive a pretty high vote level to pass it is that I mean it is it's talking about I mean maybe it seems political but it's really about the fire like we talked about earlier it's about the fire department the police department and and you know a violence trying to reduce violence so it's a great way that neighbors will be interested in that you can absolutely educate the community about measure o yeah as cab members you cannot tell people how to vote for measure o just educate yeah yeah that's a great idea a member of our net doing this like a like a roll call vote so we can just pound through this document and I'll put myself on three as well since it sounds like the video production is a roll out so and we have a tangible thing that we can show for in this and I also I don't see any other hands up so I'm going to jump in here again I really really appreciated the presentation tonight of our cab grant progress and I say this often is the cab has done tremendous work obviously with staff as a driving force as well to provide funds to a diverse range of cab grant applications and group from groups and seeing that kind of fruition is just that brings that number three home even more to publicize that that was a great presentation I'm looking forward to even just taking like like just clip your presentation even your your your vocals over that and have that as something that is recorded and a video clip on the website would be wonderful it was it was really tremendous thank you for doing all of that and putting together the pictures and whatnot I too agree number three does seem functional and do something that we could accomplish and I think that that's really important for this group that we feel like we're doing something that we can accomplish member Stephanie thank you yeah I was thinking the same thing to me three is very feasible and it's it's doable for all the reasons that have already been stated so I think that's personally I would suggest that's what we focus on and for the number one again I've been asked personally by a neighborhood group to put on an event for them so I feel like that can be a real slippery slope but I also know I have a couple websites of cities that have done great work with neighborhood groups and if we have some current groups why not to send the information out to them at least as a way of addressing number one maybe more passively certainly during COVID but I would like as member Barnett just said maybe do a roll call vote but I'm all about number three and doing all I can to make it happen and vice chair weeks so that also looks great to me does this require emotion because if it does oh it doesn't oh all right so it's just a roll call vote perfect thank you you don't even need a roll call vote if you can reach a consensus if anyone has any like major objections to it speak down we'll follow on to what I was saying then I agree with exactly what members Sefi said I think that's a great plan if we can help at least my interest is only in trying to prime the neighborhood groups if we think by disseminating information which I think is a good idea is the best way to get you know at this at least get it started then I say let's go for it let's do it I just want to get those neighborhood groups activated and if this is the best vehicle to do so I'm all in favor so at this time I don't see any other questions our hands raised what I'm hearing is that we can do this roll call vote can we never do all a vote for each one and see how many votes are tallied for one two and three is that what we're thinking I think didn't we do that last time since there's the the number of votes to each item or are we doing a refresh of now given where we are in time what what I understood was that those number of votes got one two and three on the board or on this piece of paper and so I guess what I'm asking is do we and this is a question not a statement do we do we do a vote for each one and then that helps us to see the priority within this group and member Steffi you have a comment or question I do sorry to take so much airtime up but I guess one suggestion maybe to streamline that is that we've heard a three or four people say that maybe we focus on number three because it's tangible and feasible and there's already a plan in place to get the videos created so maybe we just vote or decide if we have majority but we're going to focus on that and then we're going to make some progress with number one by those of us who have connections with current neighborhood groups send out the information as far as websites to model so can we just put that out there as a suggestion and then have people say yes or no to that versus going through and voting on each one just a suggestion definitely we can I don't want to skip over anybody who might be feeling differently sometimes I feel like I don't want to just miss any any little morsels of what people are feeling out there so if there's no objection to that which I'm not seeing any objection but again I can't see everybody on the screen so please speak up if there is at this time can we do a roll call vote on number three okay member Barnett yes member Harrell yes member Innocentio yes member Lynch yes member Rum yes with a question yes with a question just saying we're saying three is a priority and then we're going to say two and one are not a priority or we're going to prioritize those next yes what you just said yeah so and with clarity with that that that what that means is that number three is what we're actively working on from here to the end of December as an action item okay member Richardson yes member Rodriguez yes member Steppy yes member Weisman yes vice chair Weitz yes chair Graves yes perfect thank you and we went out of order I should have done public comment and I apologize for that is there any public comment on this item there are no hands raised for public comment thank you and so what I will say is that being that that is number three and it is very tangible that will also help to direct what our agendas are from this point forward so that we can stay on task and use our time wisely as we do only meet right now as a complete group once a month so we'll keep that in mind as we're developing agendas as well so as I work with Magali going forward and chair and vice chair Weitz that we use our time for that so thank you everybody for doing that we're just about eight o'clock we've just finished 6.3 and going to 6.4 revisiting in-person meetings discussion and Magali you had that one ah yes thank you so yeah it it just I think from one of some of the previous meetings and listening to the previous conversations I think and I also fully understand that we do not have the most comfortable grasp COVID yet but I'd like to in order to continue engaging CAB members and you know being as as physically present as possible to bring up the possibility of meeting in person again as as a board we can do this outdoors we can whatever if the group decides we can definitely find a location and you know follow processes and protocols that will make people feel comfortable but I do want to make sure that we are a staff doing everything on our end to provide an opportunity to engage in person because I know many of you have not had a chance to actually meet in person and there was just a special magic that happens when people are in the same physical space together in you know connections that are able to be made and and sort of side other other ideas that can't come from that so I did want to yes Danielle sorry we can't meet outdoors because of the public broadcasting piece of the meetings it has to be at the UFO I'm sorry I think meeting outdoors is a great idea but we do have to broadcast the meetings well we do have indoor outdoor spaces so we will find we'll find something if that is what the camp would like to do so I have a question around that's really quickly member Harold before we move on because I want to go back to the last meeting and where the CAB members did talk and made a decision that the next meeting was going to be practice hybrid meeting with vice chair and myself meeting in person with the staff and everyone else having the opportunity to meet in a hybrid version online and then in September to officially go into hybrid so am I hearing that that is now not an option I just want some clarity around that before I swing it over to the rest of the board to ask questions that is definitely an option but I figure since we are bringing the staffing to do an in-person meeting I'd like for the CAB to revisit just you know whoever else feels comfortable to share in that space since we're already investing the staff time for that so as I understand it that and I'm sorry I'm going to take this space at the beginning here which I usually reserve for the end of discussion but we had that discussion previously and folks were still in the same boat with hybrid with COVID and that the September meeting would be a time when those people that were comfortable to come together in person in the hybrid space were more than welcome to but in those people that maybe had a risk factor or an availability issue could remain in a virtual space so I'm not hearing that it's veering that differently from what we talked about at the last meeting if that is still true that that it has the hybrid option is available member vice vice chair weeks yeah that's exactly what they're saying I think it's just offering the opportunity for us to proceed forward in a hybrid option which I for when I told you hear what they're saying in terms of they're already investing the staff time so if other folks want to come feel free to come if you want to stay hybrid stay hybrid but we might as well just you know proceed forward through the end of the year in the hybrid option and as we I think we discussed last time reassessing at the beginning of 2023 which to me given you know the just roller coaster that this this pandemic continues to be that seems the most appropriate action so yeah it sounds like the same things in place we're just I think having the discussion now of or not even discussion really just I think it's more of a hey if you want to come please join us next month yeah without the without the trial in August just come come to the meeting in August does is the address written now where we haven't been to one in person we will we'll provide you with the location information I haven't either remember hero so we will if you join we will both be doing this for the first time okay and it will be at six o'clock do I bring my lunch you know I I don't know Danielle and you can let me know if this is wrong but um we will definitely have some some refreshments yes we will they will I won't because I won't be there we used to have like little mini brownies and stuff it was hilarious and like little chips and crackers it was yeah it was always fun we can do that we want to be fun so I also want to make sure that we talk about COVID safety for those that are coming that masks uh at this point I believe what the city are optional as they are in any indoor space but I would be remiss if I didn't point out that when you eat indoors you increase your risk factor so keep that in mind and when you're not wearing a mask indoors you keep you increase the risk factor as well even if you're are six feet apart so that's something to just point out and so it sounds like the to me that the change is just that August will not be a trial run for technology sake because that was what we were originally thinking that it will be a hybrid meeting okay so we'll get that information before our next meeting as to what that all entails and we'll still have a zoom leak and we'll have an address and the location of that with directions I would assume so I think that that doesn't require any action on our part item 6.4 I know I'm going a little bit quickly here just to get us through public comment on 6.4 no hands raised for public comment thank you and then item number 6.5 issues of concerns to city residents are there any issues that anybody wants to bring up real quick thanks for everybody staying with us public comment on nine items on the last item it looks like member land actually has her hand up member land sorry about that it's okay I was a little slow to move to the button but just wanted to share an update from my bringing up the weeds and overgrown center aisles within two days they came and claimed the whole area here between Marlowe and so between off of Marlowe between Piner all the way to college so visibility has significantly improved and there have been no accidents happy to report that is a great report thank you for sharing that and that finishes out item number 6.5 moving on to item number seven future agenda items really quickly implementing the strategic plan is ongoing out there Santa Rosa initiative is September 2022 so again we'll be talking about agenda items and how to really hone in on our objectives and our priorities so that we use our time wisely my Santa Rosa app presentation Santa Rosa general plan update the city manager meet and greet and cities diversity equity and inclusion initiatives is there any comments on these future agenda items seeing none is there any public comment there are no hands raised for public comment thank you at this time I believe that we are up for adjournment I appreciate those of you that said that you wanted to leave right after eight o'clock thank you for staying a couple extra minutes and thank you everyone for the lively discussion for being here this evening your time is precious we are going to make the most of it going forward appreciate you Danielle for always being here and moving forward Megali looking forward to working with you more closely thank you everybody and stay safe this meeting I do have a question I'm so sorry oh sorry sorry post you had a question yes I don't know if it's two out of if we've missed the opportunity but we do have one hand raised your public comment Danielle is this that's fine okay give me one moment and we do need to make a motion to to adjourn I shall move wait wait what we'll on to the next so we have to wait for the comment we have to wait for a couple of comment oh sorry I'm assuming that this public comment is on item number seven but I'm not quite sure Christine I've given you permission to talk do you see the timer in your book? have I showed the screen? no I don't see the screen but I just have a real short thing it won't be three minutes I just want to just make a minor clarification that it's actually the magnificent magnifiers and there's just a little typo in there and I just wanted to do that and say thank you again thank you very much thank you thank you and I have a motion from member Harold to adjourn and a second would be from Vice Chair Weeks and without any objection we are adjourned please stay safe everybody good night thank you