The Dane City Commission meeting will now come to order.

Please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the place of allegiance this morning.

Invocation will be given by Commissioner Turner Sloss.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you about his and humble hearts.

We thank you for this day.

We ask that you continue to be with us, guide us, bless us with wisdom, discernment, understanding, and civility.

Congratulations to the flag of the United States of America.

And to the Republicans under indivisible.

Okay, Mayor Royal Call, please, Ms.

Blessed Chair.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

I'm Turner Slaw.

Aye.

So move, John.

Second the motion, Your Honor.

We probably move and second to approve the minutes from the September 17th meeting.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay.

So this morning, I'd like to have first of all a presentation from Ms.

Sandy Goodoff.

Give us an update on the human services levy.

And while you're coming there, good morning.

Good morning, Mayor.

Commissioners, it's my pleasure to be here today.

It's been a while since I've been here, but this morning I'm here representing the Montgomery County Human Services Levy.

Yes, sir.

Issue one is on the ballot this November.

I don't think I need to tell all of you how important this levy is to our community.

Issue one will generate $58 million.

It is a renewal with no increase in taxes.

This levy helps to support so many critical services that are just so valuable for some of our most vulnerable citizens.

But just to highlight a few of those services, elder services, working with area aging and other agencies to keep seniors in their homes as long as possible.

Working with individuals, children with disabilities, protecting our children our children through children's services, mental health services, public health.

I can go on and on.

So I'm here this morning to ask for your endorsement of the levy.

As I said, it generates $58 million, but also, as you know, and many things you do, it leverages hundreds of thousands of state and federal dollars.

And with so many, you know, federal programs and such being cut, these funds are even more critical to the citizens of our community.

So that's just a brief summary of the levy.

And again, I'm here to ask for your endorsement of the levy.

Again, no new taxes.

It's a renewal.

$58 million, and over a hundred thousand people are served through these funds.

So if anybody has any questions of me, I'd be glad to address them.

Yes, ma'am.

First of all, just uh I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your 30 years of service.

Uh working with this community as far as the CID board is concerned, being chair in that space.

And it's just no surprise that uh they uh the pool you out of retirement to get you to support this uh very important issue as far as the community uh the city and dance is concerned.

Well, I'm I'm pleased to work on this uh levy.

It is um it's so important to our community.

So every now and then I do projects that are I'm passionate about, but more importantly, are so critical to our community.

Okay, and this is a big one.

So I'm sure my um colleagues have maybe a question or thought or two.

Uh Commissioner Church Laws.

Yes, thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Ms.

Gudolph for being here uh this morning.

Just one quick question.

Could you just explain, just so the public and everyone is fully aware of the uh the the terms of the can you please explain the terms of the renewal if it is in fact approved in terms of once understanding that there is no um increase in the tax, but the extension of the the renewal.

Um if I understand your uh uh question that this is a renewal, no increases.

The levy, um Montgomery County um quite a while ago combined all the various different levies into one human services levy.

And um, so there are two.

Um and and this one will go through 2028.

Thank you.

That's all the questions I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioner Fairchild.

Yeah, thank you for your leadership on this.

Obviously, very critical.

Umies needed for server critical services for people all across the county, um, our most vulnerable um citizens, from our youngest to our oldest.

So, as you know, I've already communicated to you about my support, and uh I look forward to joining my colleagues as a commission to add our support to the human service levy.

Thank you.

And anything you need, let us know.

Thank you so much.

Yeah.

Commissioner Shaw.

Yeah, I uh I too support this.

Uh I'm the representative for this body on the Human Services Levy Council.

And I understand firsthand the great work that uh happens through this process and the threat to all of that if if this uh this levy does not pass.

It is a renewal, it's not an increased tax.

Um people are are overtaxed in this community, but I urge everyone to support this very important levy for children, for seniors, for homeless.

Um, yeah, you have my full support too.

Okay.

Commissioner Joseph.

Uh I agree with my colleagues, everything they said, including thanking you for your years of service, Sandy.

We really do appreciate you coming back out and working on something as important as this.

Uh and I also want to state that uh, you know, you mentioned that this is a countywide levy.

This takes care of folks all across the county, but it disproportionately helps our people, right?

It helps our folks.

Uh so that's another reason for us to support it, even if it wasn't the right thing to do, it's the right thing to do for our for the city.

Um and these services, mental health services, children's services, senior services, uh, these are things that our folks need.

So I would encourage people to go out and make sure they vote for this.

I think it's going to be issue one, if I remember correctly.

Uh so uh we really do need a yes vote.

It's vital that we fund the county to give to provide these services to our folks here.

Thank you.

And of course, uh, you know, decades ago I served as the chair and also served as representative from the city uh on the um on the board.

And so uh clearly it's the right thing to do, and I joined my colleagues and again giving you good support and endorsement as far as the process is concerned.

So thank you so much for your uh presentation.

All right, and uh I know it's a lot of hard work going through this process, even though you're asking for a renewal, it's still hard work to make sure we get the message out.

So we hope that we have people who are listening to understand just how important this is to the community and so many of those uh citizens that you talked about earlier.

So again, thank you again for your presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

So additional presentations, Ms.

Black, should we have any additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar?

I have none, Your Honor.

Okay, so I see I have a um a special guest here.

So Ms.

Jackson, who's uh chief of staff of the City Commission, uh please join um uh the other guests, um, uh if you will come in for the King of Organization, the international organization that works to minimize violence as far as the City of Dayton is concerned, and also for those uh members across uh across the world.

Thank you so much for being here.

And uh Ms.

Hakkenbrock.

Yes, ma'am.

Can't leave you out for the Greater Dayton Hospital Association.

Really, really appreciate uh you guys stepping up to work in this space.

All right, you may begin.

Good morning, Mayor, Commissioners.

City Manager Lawson and also Clerk uh Blackshear.

It is uh I wouldn't lie and tell y'all I'm excited to be here, but I am nervous.

I am excited that we are here at this point of a long journey of putting together the peace campaign and all the components that comes with it.

A lot of work has gone into it, and definitely uh want to say thank you to the mayor and the commissioners and the city manager for supporting as well as uh the two great workers that are standing here, uh Sarah Hackenbrock and as well as uh Q from CBG um and then all the city staff that has had their hands on this.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate it, and I know our mayor and commissioners appreciate it as well.

So my part of this presentation is gonna be kind of brief, uh, just taking you on a quick journey of where we've been uh since November of 24.

We've had several facilitated commit uh sessions with uh over 80 plus people to attend, and these are those that are over nonprofits, uh religious organizations, community, and others out of that have been participating.

There were out of the first one over 11 11 different generated ideas, and we've moved the needle on each one of those.

We've done a work session in January, February with you and talked about it.

Q was here with us, and then we also kicked it off at the state of the city.

In March, April, we continued working.

It uh the Cure Violence Global, we did um Q did an assessment, provided assessment for us, which included going and talking to the neighborhood presidents, doing a ride along, uh talking to residents throughout the city, and gave us an assessment.

We also, as you see the pict picture, had a youth conversation and was facilitated as well and uh with the Dayton Public Schools.

So we do have youth input.

In addition to that, we uh also gave a lot of information as well as pens and uh paraphernalia with to the NATO.

And then also we've done com Mayor has done conversations with the neighborhood presidents, uh including the neighborhood president's form, just to keep our residents informed.

Learn to Earn has been a great partner as well.

They have been working on uh reading working with our youth in the community to let their voices be heard as well.

And we should be we will get the report out on that one on this coming Friday.

Last but not least, uh July, August, and September.

We did a uh bridge, and Commissioner asked me about the peace ambassadors.

We did a bridge, uh, and I say we, let me be clear.

Uh the city manager, Shelley Dixtein and the Mayor.

Shelley Dixtein came up with an idea.

Mayor and the two of them worked it out, worked with uh Marlon Shackerford, who will be bringing the youth in the future uh because of mornings, they can't get here, so we're working that out to make sure they come.

Uh they actually worked with over 20 youth out of Westwood neighborhood, and uh just finishing up.

Their actual graduation is this coming up weekend, and so we're excited to be able to have more young people that has been trained in regards to mediation conflict, having more peaceful young people out on the street, which also uh this is my personal dig, may be able to help some uh uh adults in our community as well for you for violence.

Um let's see, and then we also have the peace committees.

So there are three committees uh that we have, and they have been really working diligently.

We started out with the steering committee, and Commissioner Turner Sloss uh was a part of that at the table.

Uh and they actually came up with some ideas, and that's where we started out with the first session, and now we have three pillars that each of them are working really hard.

In the audience today, we do have some co-chairs, uh, and I'm just gonna call names that I remember seeing.

And so if you raise your hand so those that are in the audience can know that you're here.

Nicole Smith from uh it from back there.

Uh she's here, and then Will Smith, and I'm married.

Will Smith is back there also representing public schools.

Uh am I missing anybody?

Outside of um, I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I didn't see you all the way.

Nicole Miller from Linley Valley Urban League is also a co-chair of one of the committees, as well as Sarah Hackenbach.

So we have five co-chairs who have really been working and working with the committees, and I want to personally say thank you very much.

This is not only a city of Dayton's campaign.

This is a community.

This is for our city.

So with that being said, I know we had questions.

We are going to hopefully address your questions that you sent me.

All of you gave me some questions.

And if not, um I will uh come back up and answer the rest of them, okay?

With that being said, I would like to turn it over to Sarah Hakkenbright from the Gadaha, and then we'll get have Q come up.

Is that okay with everyone?

Okay, yes, before you do that, just uh to mention just a couple couple things.

Uh on the youth sessions, um, when we talk with the young people in uh DPS in particular, it was the elected body, uh the superintendent student Senate.

So these are young people who have been elected by their peers to be a part of the process.

And uh there's a lot of data in terms of what was uh communicated during those sessions.

One of the things that was really intriguing uh as uh I took part in that whole process with them was to hear a young man who is the commander of the RTC unit at one of the schools talk about the fact uh of a fight that had happened um approximately two weeks prior to that.

He said that had he been at school that day because of his training that there would not have been a fight because he knew the individuals that were engaged in the fight that he could have interacted and talked with them and kept them from engaging in a fight, which wound up being one of the bigger fights that they had had in the school that year.

Is that type of um message, that type of goal, that type of vision that we see as we engage ourselves in this process to have more and more of our young people who know how to use these skills to identify how to resolve and eliminate some of the violent situations that we have.

So there's a lot more uh in terms of good things that happen in those processes.

But I also wanted to take this opportunity to share with you that uh Judge Walter Weiss is co-chair uh along with myself, and he could not be here this morning.

He sends his apologies, but uh he is fully engaged and fully on board in terms of running this process.

And of course, we all know you know Judge Weiss has been very active in this community for decades in terms of making good things happen on issues that deal with people.

Okay, so presentations come forward.

All right, good morning, Mr.

Mayor, commissioners, good morning.

Thank you for the opportunity to be with you this morning and for the opportunity to join you in what I think will be a transformative effort to benefit our communities.

As many of you know, the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association represents 29 hospitals and health systems across 11 counties.

But when we think about one of the reasons why we're here, is that as health care has continued to change and evolve, it has become very clear that to improve the health of our individuals and the health of our communities.

And so, in many instances in health care, we refer to these items as the social determinants of health.

Um we also use the term social need, but this includes some of the social and community context in which people live and exist, as well as the safety of our neighborhoods, access and quality of health care in their jurisdictions, education, and then ongoing economic stability.

And I think all of these elements are necessary for the safety and success of our neighborhoods and the city of Dayton.

When we look at what we can actually manage and have control and influence within our hospitals, that's a fairly limited set in terms of health care of access and quality, but we can partner with communities and organizations across the region to address all of the other social factors.

We have on our team Lisa Henderson who's with me today.

She's our vice president of health initiatives, and she leads this entire portfolio for us for the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association, which includes our ongoing community health needs assessment and improvement plan, work that happens with our hospitals and our public health departments on a three-year cycle to continuously engage the community, survey them based on their needs, and then build implementation plans and policies and activities to benefit the members of our communities.

And we see this opportunity to participate in violence reduction as one step connected to that particular plan and program.

You're going to get the refresher on the CVG model specifically from Q, but I'm going to talk to you a little about our work supporting the City of Dayton and supporting CVG and our hopefully soon to be selected community-based organization.

And then we'll talk about what the ideal qualifications of that community-based organization will look like.

But essentially, when Gadaha steps in to support community-based initiatives, we step into support as a convener and as a facilitator.

We are by no means the expert in this particular scope of work, but what we do specialize in is bringing diverse partners and perspectives to a shared table and pulling out opportunities to work together and build common approaches and then actually take the next necessary steps to implement that work.

And so, in working with the Peace Campaign and the steering committee, I and Lisa and several of our team members will be actively engaged in that work, not just to understand and lend support, but then to also be a bridge and help make connections to other community-based organizations that need to be engaged in these efforts.

But this is really a request for application to apply to become that community-based organization and to be trained alongside the CVG team that will be assigned to us to learn their model of violence interruption.

This is a very robust training process and schedule.

Depending on the nature of the community-based organization, we are prepared to provide some administrative and financial operations support.

So depending on the size and scope of the organization, we have our finance and accounting team ready to provide assistance if the organization is going to need that support to help them oversee what will be a grant of city dollars flowing through Gaddaha to this organization.

And we want to make sure that our role in that and the community-based organization's role in that hold ourselves to the highest standard of managing grant funds in the same way that we do for some of our other grant-funded programs that flow through the federal government and flow through the state government.

And then ongoing work to train and support the CBO and their staff.

As you'll learn from Q, this will have a very, very quick wind-up process for the CBO to hire the staff and train them so that we can deploy them into the community.

They've got to be ready to do that work, and they may need some operational assistance to help them through those processes.

And so we know what the elements of it will look like, but in terms of the format, we'll figure that out along the way.

So when we talk about this community-based organization, this is this organization is going to be the heart of this model in terms of violence reduction.

Because it is a model tied to Cure Violence Global, it's really important that whoever this organization is directly in line with understanding the public health approach to violence reduction and the evidence-based science based process that CVG has developed.

Additionally, we're looking for that community-based organization that we can trust and that organizations and community members from this neighborhood will also see as a trusted partner.

It wouldn't work for us as Gaddaha to go into a community and do that work.

This has to be a community-based organization that's growing out of the neighborhoods that residents know and understand and can trust.

Additionally, we want this organization to have some history connected to providing this level of violence prevention or related work.

And that can be navigation to social services, conflict resolution, mediation services, in some instances, cognitive behavioral therapy, and trauma informed care may also apply.

And so when you start thinking more broadly about who that could be, I think you'll have a couple of organizations that come to mind that do that work and could potentially be a very good fit for this application.

And then because it there is going to be a level of reporting required, we also want this to be an organization that has some level of experience in managing that process with grants and applications and reporting back to either funders or stakeholders.

And so then as we get into the next steps, once the community-based organization is selected, that's when we get to dig into the implementation, the training, and developing the reporting processes with Cure Violence Global.

I would anticipate that the first six months once this organization is selected is going to be knee deep in the implementation work to hire the staff to serve as the outreach workers, the program manager, the violence interrupters, and then go through the series of trainings that Cure Violence Global provides.

Some of these are technical skill trainings like working in the database and understanding exactly what they are going to be documenting and how to document those participant interactions correctly.

But some of it is also going to be training for management of those organizations and other community partners to understand this model of interruption and outreach.

So taking that 101 presentation and level of education that we received from Q and CVG, but going deeper so that other community partners are really ready to embrace this work, the specific training for violence interruption and reduction, and then the outreach worker training.

The beauty of all of this is that this is not simply something that is one one and done.

As we go through this process and experience an entire year of working with CVG, we then essentially be will be building the skill set so that we can train others in this work and replicate this model in other communities and neighborhoods.

That is the beauty of starting small and doing this in a pilot session, is that we get to learn and test and then grow to hopefully have an even greater impact.

From a reporting perspective, we have already identified several elements within the proposed agreement in conjunction with CVG and the violence reduction subcommittee.

These are going to be some of the items that we're going to be asking the CBO to track.

Much of this they'll be able to track in the documentation and database system that they'll be trained on with CVG.

But as we get into understanding specifically what residents and neighborhood, what the neighborhood really needs, there may be other data points that we uncover and need to track along the way.

And I think that's something that we are really equipped to understand from an association perspective because of our ongoing work with health initiatives.

And so if approved today, we would be ready to post the application on our website and then also cross-post that on the City of Dayton's peace campaign website.

On Monday, we would be calling together all of our steering committee stakeholders to share with them the good news that we are moving forward to implementation and really ask those community partners to join us in disseminating that application.

In addition to the doing media interviews and those kinds of things, some of this has to be done by word of mouth by trusted partners in the community who know exactly who to go talk to to say you should really consider applying for this opportunity.

Your organization is perfectly positioned.

And then on October 2nd at 11 a.m., we're gonna host a virtual QA section session.

We're gonna do it virtually because that's gonna allow us to hit the record button and then post the recording on our website so that it's there for anyone who has questions and might be interested in applying.

And then the ideal timeline is that we would close the application on October 30th at 1159 PM.

Uh Lisa will be receiving all of those applications via email.

And then we hope that by December 1st, we would be able to select and identify our community-based organization.

Um and really go through that contracting process then behind the scenes so that they can be ready to go to start the training.

Um our original timeline could be, and I am so pleased that we have had the level of engagement and support from our subcommittee as we've gone through the planning process, outlined the timelines, looked at the RFP drafts, and then really considered what do we need to um modify or what do we need to replicate as we look at the community-based organization opportunity.

And so with that, I will turn it over to Q.

Okay.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, sir.

All right.

And seeing you all uh, like it's been stated before, uh, my name is Keonis Cornell.

I am the strategic partnerships director at CureValance Global.

Um and we've been working on this uh for some time now, and I'm happy to say that I've been with you all um, you know, since the start of this uh uh initiative.

So um Sarah did a great job, and Ms.

V did a great job of setting the foundation and setting the stone for me.

Um I just want to give you all a little bit, if you haven't been a part of some of our earlier conversations around uh what Cure Valence Global is, what is community violence intervention.

I want to just quickly give you all um uh a wraparound around our model.

So CureValance Global formerly uh started a ceasefire in the 90s, is a non-governmental organization that works with different jurisdictions around the world and around the US to provide training and technical assistance uh for community-based organizations and jurisdictions looking to do something about community violence.

Uh now, community violence looks a lot different depending on which jurisdiction and what part of the world you're in.

In America, one of the biggest issues that we're having in community violence is obviously uh gun violence, other things like that, right?

Interpersonal conflicts between individuals.

And so our model has been found successful in various communities since the early 90s, transitioning now to uh what we believe is a strong foundation for jurisdictions to be able to take our model, uh have the administrative and operational support, and then add on to it what makes Dayton special to be able to hopefully see decline in some of these conflicts in your communities.

Okay, so um what makes what makes CureValance Global special is that we are a uh evidence-based model, but we're community driven, okay?

And what I mean by that is our model is based off of epidemic disease control methods.

So the same practices that you would take to uh address COVID-19 or tuberculosis or or cholera, right?

The same basic principles, three basic principles, we're gonna take those and we're gonna apply that uh to the uh to the uh to violence, right?

Looking at violence as a public health issue and a public health disease.

Okay, so you have the public health approach, but then we leverage the lift experience of those in the community to actually build relationships with those who may be at the highest risk of being involved in violence, whether they're a perpetrator potentially uh or or a victim, right?

So when you talk about the um situation that Mayor Mims brought up earlier in terms of a fight at the school and how one individual said that if they had been there, they feel that they would have possibly prevented that incident.

It's because that person felt like they had the skill set to be able to intervene.

What we're doing is empowering those individuals in communities with a skill set with a formal skill set to address uh conflicts.

All right.

So specifically for Dayton, what we've proposed in our in our um uh in our agreement with the city and Gadaha is that we're gonna provide you all with technical assistance and training specifically that's been laid out already, and we're gonna cover it again on next slide.

But uh the bulk of our service will be the technical assistance and the training.

All right.

Uh we we love our partners, but we're not specifically here in Dayton dealing with the issues, seeing it, right?

So we need you all to kind of put the special sprinkle of what makes Dayton special on the model.

We always say at CBG, uh don't take anything away, add to it, what makes it special for you.

But the foundation of it will be the technical technical assistance that we're gonna provide to you.

What that looks like is every phase.

So you have the pre-implementation phase, which is where we would be in if this got approved today, and starting to really uh draw out the RFP process and kind of help with that, which we've had conversations with this whole time.

So just so that everybody's aware, I have been CBG has been um I've been representing CBG to provide technical assistance up until this point uh in terms of the RFP and just how we should frame this for the community.

And so a lot of that will continue until stakeholder awareness training.

So we'll do some C VG one-on-one presentations for key stakeholders.

We'll get into the hiring and recruitment of the staff once the CBO is actually selected, following the timeline that Sarah provided.

A lot of that we provide not only uh technical assistance by way of virtual calls, is the way of most of that occurs is through a virtual meeting, uh, usually uh weekly or bi-weekly, but also we give you all physical support as well.

And what that means is we provide you all with a host of documents to be able to use throughout each one of these processes, right?

So when you're talking about hiring individuals that may be interested as a program manager to oversee the program or violence interrupter to actually work with high-risk individuals, we provide things like uh scorecards, interview questions, uh all just uh just a um job descriptions, a load of uh administrative tools to help guide Dayton throughout that process.

Now, and again, you all can add to that as you may if there's things that you all want to put in there to uh to gather some additional information throughout the process, that is totally fine.

Okay.

So, in addition to technical assistance, the other bulk of it is the actual training, right?

And it's uh like Sarah stated, it's a robust training package.

Um, and it's this way for a reason, based off of evaluations that's been done not only by CBG, but by third party evaluators across the country as well.

Um there's there's key areas that uh successful sites have training in specific training in.

One of them is obviously valence interruption and reduction training, which is basically conflict resolution, conducting mediations, those kind of things, right?

That is a four to five day training for all program staff and anybody that's going to be directly working with the program or provide an oversight to the program, okay.

Um, another area is the program management training, okay.

Um there's a set set of skills that we found uh and that researcher found that need to be possessed by individuals if they're going to serve as a program manager or a supervisor compared to that of a valence interrupter or outreach worker, right?

Uh to give an example of that, a program manager um is going to have a a variety of duties, right?

They should be able to go into the community along with balance interruptions and outreach workers, but they'll probably be in settings just like this, presenting and speaking on uh the results and kind of the standing of the program itself.

So again, each position has their own set of skills, and we're going to provide the training so that each position is successful in their work.

Um speaking on that, going to the outreach case, uh outreach worker case management training.

That's another four to five day, 40 hour training specifically on case management, providing support uh when you're talking about addressing the things that are causing individuals to continue being in this cycle of balance, right?

So you're talking about supportive services, such as um, you know, I think we talked about social determinants of health earlier, right?

So addressing does this individual have access to quality food, quality health care, education.

Is it even safe for this individual to go to work, right?

Just taking a deep dive uh and providing sincere case management to that individual, to high-risk individuals.

Um lastly, is the CVG database training, that's the one to two-day training.

Uh really deals with a lot of reporting.

And I think uh, you know, I'm sure that'll come up in a in a question later.

Um, but we're we're talking about um tracking our daily uh our daily activities as an outreach worker or balance interrupter, whatever my role is within the program, right?

Uh so uh heavy reporting there.

I just want to say the database will generate reports uh for the admin user of the account, uh so that person will have the ability to generate a two-week report, a month report, a three-month report, so that they're able to uh consistently track the progress of the team and efforts within the C VI lane, but then as a city, you all can use some of that to uh to um combine that with uh data from other agencies that are under the peace campaign as well to see how you all are tracking as you all are moving forward in your violence uh interruption and reduction plans.

All right.

Uh and here's just some evidence that I like to throw in there to show that our model does work.

Um all the way back to again the early 90s, starting out in Chicago and Gresham Park, where we saw a 67% reduction in the first year, uh, to as recently as this year, you're seeing studies uh whether it's Baltimore, uh, whether it's Philly, uh Louisville, where I'm based out of is seeing a 30% reduction right now on the homicides.

Um so um CVI works, our model works.

We're happy to be here to uh help you all in your violence reduction and enter uh interruption initiative.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

So I'm sure we have uh some questions.

Do we have any members of the uh the committee on the city manager's recommendations who need to make a comment or question?

It's signed up.

Not none.

Okay, good.

Commissioners, questions?

Start with Commissioner Translos.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh thank you all for being here this morning.

Thank you, Ms.

Jackson, and thank you for acknowledging that you did receive the questions.

I appreciate that.

And thank you for the additional legwork that you did on this um this presentation as well as all of the work over the last um well, has it been six months now?

It's been some time, yes.

So I really do appreciate it.

Just a couple of questions.

Um, just starting with Ms.

Hakken Brock and your presentation, thank you again.

Um from my understanding, you stated that the learn to earn, or may that may have been Ms.

Jackson, that the learn to earn report will be provided this Friday.

Is that right?

And that is from the agreement that was set in stone or that was approved probably about two years ago for some additional assessment work and that is to come use that data.

How will that information be used in conjunction with um the um CVG model?

So be because it is uh working with youth, it will also be in integrated in the system with the C VG model.

Uh we will also take it out and use it and uh for standing up the youth commission.

So there are different ways that we're gonna be using it, but definitely uh Erica Fields would learn to earn, they will definitely be doing the presentation, giving us the report, and then you will receive it, and then we will also share it with the uh steering committee, all the committees, because we do have a youth component in regards to the three pillars with youth in it, and we'll use that that way.

Okay, thank you.

And there'll be an interview uh a um immediate partner or intricate partner a part of the process from the inception to the the rollout, if you will, of the uh of the agreement in December, once it is in fact placed.

We will continue, yes.

Yes, ma'am, they're they're part of the committees and all.

Okay, thank you.

And then so the I know that it was mentioned of the the 20 youth in Westwood.

Um I had an opportunity to to visit some of the the sessions and uh a very exciting uh program and initiative.

Um I will say that the the um young men that were a part, and I believe there were some young ladies as well.

That were just young men.

Just young men, thank you.

Um they were very excited about the the program.

So just out of curiosity, uh have we seen that agreement?

Or what does that what does that look like with the I know you said that it is with um the county and the city?

Is that right?

Is there a formalized agreement that we have in place or is just you ready?

So ready.

Yes, ma'am.

So what we did was we uh the city partnered with the peace ambassadors, which is Marlon Shakerford.

Right.

And we paid for the youth.

Okay.

And that came out of the wonderful budget of planning and neighborhood development.

Okay.

Who worked very, very hard, uh, Jonathan Johnson and Mike Squire to make this get done.

And we did, it was 420.

Montgomery County came along and we appreciate.

I wrote it down because I didn't say that at the beginning.

Okay.

So I want to make sure that we acknowledge that Montgomery County was also a partner.

They actually paid for the adults.

So the those that did the training and uh so we weren't really in a binding contract together.

It's they agreed to do a certain portion and we did another portion.

Okay.

And now will this um be an extension of the program once the CBO is identified, will we continue on the with this model with the youth, or is this was this just a pilot as a immediate need until we can get to the next steps.

Yes, ma'am.

It was a pilot.

Is there potential to or is that still up in the air?

Is it potential to continue on that path to grow that program?

So, yes, ma'am.

What we'd like to do is get the report out.

We just had a meeting, I think Monday, uh, with Mr.

Shakerport.

He's gonna get us a report out of how the outcomes were and all the good stuff, and then we will bring that back to um the body to say this worked, or there was some we need to make some tweets.

Uh it also included mediation.

Uh it also included mediation, they went and did some uh things as well.

So we we'll look for some reports back and see how well it did.

Okay.

And then will they also once we look at the reports?

I'm just trying to marry the two.

That's where I'm going with this.

So once the CBO is in place, or and then once um CBG comes in the the Cure of Violence Global Initiative, once they come in and they are they have the training in place, will those individuals who participated in this pilot program, will they have an opportunity to re receive that same level of training?

Being that they were a part of the pilot program, will we extend that that opportunity to those individuals?

So these are kids, right?

Right.

Are you looking at Q to answer?

I'm looking at you.

Oh, I'm sorry, I was looking at you.

It looked like you were looking behind.

I apologize.

So no, those are kids, and what we would be definitely doing is using them in the future, because I know Marlon Shackford, and he'll be here, he will be using them during the school time as well and training the trainer, right?

Training kids and passing that on.

For the CVG, their adults, uh, full-time and part-time positions that they'll actually be doing.

Okay, that was one of my questions.

Okay, thank you.

All right, thank you.

And then I know there was may made mention of um, and I believe it was Ms.

Hackenbrock, you made mention of that there could potentially be um the CBO that will be identified from the targeted areas.

Is that right?

So the question that I have, um we have I think it's maybe three or four targeted areas.

And if we are unable to identify a particular CBO that is familiar with the neighborhood, familiar with the community members, the residents, whatever have you, like is there an opportunity for us to go outside of that?

Because like I immediately think of Westwood.

We know that is a targeted area, area of concern or even Main Street, the Santa Clara Five Oaks area, we don't necessarily have a identified nonprofit who has the scale, this the technical expertise, whatever have you.

So who in fact will we lean to for that level of of support?

I'm just going with that question being that you made the statement that we want to identify CBOs who are familiar with the the neighborhoods, the people, whatever have you.

Yes.

And so it's not necessarily that the CBO needs to be specifically based at their home office needs to be in the Riverdale neighborhood, but they need to be familiar with the neighborhood.

It'd be ideal if they're already engaged in the neighborhood and providing services.

Um and that way there's some level of familiarity and trust from the community with that organization as they show up and they engage in different community meetings as they host programmatic meetings or opportunities to engage and invite people to have conversation.

Okay.

And so the goal is that with the approximately 30 days that we'll have the application open, we will have enough communication going out through multiple channels so that that application opportunity reaches a wide array of organizations.

Um, but at the same time, if if we see that you know, by October 30th, if we don't have any applications, I think that's a the conversation that we need to have in terms of extending the deadline and then pulling together organizations that we believe would meet those criteria and ask them to consider applying.

Okay.

All right, and then the uh I know you mentioned Ms.

Henderson, thank you, Ms.

Henderson, for being here in the work that she does as it relates to the the needs assessment.

Where can we find that needs assessment?

Is that on the site?

Okay, and it's every three years.

The community health needs assessment is on our Gadaha website, Gadaha.org, and um once we go through the process today, the application and all of the details for the RF the application will be a posted on our website as well.

Okay, thank you.

Um trying to make sure I go through my question, excuse me.

The thank you, Mayor.

I appreciate that.

I really do.

Um so Monday, September the 29th, um, the information will be disseminated to many of the stakeholders.

Do we have an idea of when that information will be released?

Is it a particular place and time that has been identified?

So thanks, Commissioner.

It is actually will be on teams.

Okay.

On Monday at 9 o'clock.

I think that's the correct time.

Uh and then we will actually we've invited all of the stakeholders to be a part of that.

Okay.

So I understand, right?

Like we want to make sure that all members of this legislative body have that information.

So what are the steps to make sure that we're all invited and that we have that the same information so we can be on the same page moving forward.

And I know we have to be very mindful of certain things, but I would just ask that if there's a way and the means, and I may mention this uh before to invite um two of us at the various uh steering committee meetings that we have in place so that we all can uh have a a piece uh a part of this initiative, then being though this is something that we're working collectively together, uh and I will say this I'm happy to see this.

This has been um in the makings for a long time.

I know that Commissioner Fairchild had made mention of this in 21 and 22 early on, so to see that it is now starting to to develop and we we cannot negate serve, right?

The work of CERV, the work of many of our other previous partners from Omega C D C the Um uh Peace Ambassadors or the Street Soldiers, like there is long history and the work has been done.

So to see that we're making a a long-term, if you will, commitment to this work, um, I think it is it is um and goes without saying that uh the that I'm I'm happy to see that it is now coming into fruition and I hope that this is something that we can continue from not just one year but for the next 20 years, and I know the chief has made mention to this on a number of occasions.

So just want to make that point known.

So Commissioner, can I add you and mayor will be invited?

Yes but remembering that I can't have more than two.

Yeah.

So if you want to step out, or mayor want to step out and allow the others to participate, that's fine.

You all can discuss that and let me know who will be participating when, and then I'll make sure you get the invite.

But I can't have more than two.

Right, absolutely.

But moving forward, we need to find some ways and means to make sure that everybody has the information, not just the memo, but that we are engaging with the the various committees, whatever have you, through the process.

So we can be very creative about that.

I know how we go do it, work session, whatever.

I just want to make sure that we all have the information because we're all a part of this.

This is something that is uh a priority for all of us, um, and we want to make sure that we um are intimately involved in that process.

So thank you, Ms.

Jackson.

And then the QA session that is um uh slated for October the second, will that also include technical assistance?

We're gonna walk through the nuts and bolts of the application and some of the questions that we anticipate, and then we're gonna open it up to the individuals who are joining us so that they can pose their questions.

We'll answer them in real time as best they can, and then we'll also gather those questions and that we can summarize them and put them on our website in that same section for the peace campaign uh violence reduction initiative, and that there will be that summary of commonly asked questions.

Okay, so that the same level of technical assistance is available to everyone, right?

Whether or not they're able to participate in that virtual session.

Okay, thank you.

And uh, Ms.

Jackson, you did answer my question in terms of like the the part-time and four-time because I was that was one of my questions.

I I saw that there was a difference in salaries, and so I wanted to make just get clarification as to why we're seeing that difference in salary.

And I speak because they're part-time and full-time put employee.

Well, that's what that is.

Okay.

And then um, what's the governing uh body structure?

Like, we know that Gadaha is in fact the fiduciary agent, right?

They're acting as so we know that CVG is the TA, they're coming in providing that level of expertise.

Who is, and I know it's mentioned in the the agreement city leadership, who is designated as city leadership and what is that structure look like in terms of of governing the the the model itself?

So for city uh that's so for city uh it would be myself and the five of you sitting up there.

Okay.

All right, okay.

And then um the other part of that question is um I know you mentioned the report will come out.

I want to get an understanding too, and I know we're still in the emphasis stage of the performance metrics, like what are we doing and how are we going to to measure the performance overall?

So I look forward to seeing that more in detail.

Um and how was the and this more so the question is for Mr.

Keel.

How was the outlines of services?

How were they identified?

Because I can see some cuts in here, about 35,000 we can reduce from so when you when you say services, are you pertaining to the services that the CBO will be offering to participants or families or the services that CBG is providing to the which ones the last one?

Okay, oh so this is okay.

Now restate your question, please.

Thank you.

Yeah, sure.

So the question that I have is there are a number of outline of services.

So my initial question is who determined those outlining services?

That's the first question.

Okay.

And then the other is I see that there is some similarities.

So my question is, is there is it a la carte?

Could we go in and say, ah, we don't need that.

We need this, this, this.

We have some other partners, organizations who can provide XYZ.

Can we just do the following?

Who determined the list of services?

That's my initial question.

Yes, thank you for your question.

Um thank you for re-explaining it to me.

Um so um no proposed agreement is is the same for every jurisdiction.

Um there's a reason why we go through the readiness assessment process, which I conducted a while back, as you may have remembered, um, to kind of really get a feel for what might be best suited for Dayton in terms of CVI work.

Um the core trainings up there that you see are the are the core trainings.

Um there is nothing in our agreement that is uh there that is supplemental.

We had several conversations uh with Ms.

Jackson, uh with with uh Gadaha, with uh OMB, the office of OMB, um, on what way may be best for Dayton right now.

We went through uh what does you know long term look like in terms of partnership, what the short term look like, and after those conversations, uh it was ultimately requested that we're looking for agreement for for one year um and with with the core training.

So Q, what are the things that you see based off the research that is needed for us to be able to have an impact?

And that's the core trainings that you see there.

So that's why it's broken up like that.

You have your management training, which I kind of just discussed earlier.

You have your foundation trainer for all people, which is your violence interruption and reduction training, and then for your case managers, you have your case management specific training.

So that is just the um three trainers that goes towards the um positions that are listed within the model.

Uh and then you uh I think we did include a booster training just to address um for one, uh down the road turnover, you have to always have to account for that.

Um but then too, just to have a refresher in there, which uh as you see probably uh if if you seen the proposed agreement, then um again it's just a booster training, so it's typically a one or two-day could training compared to the four or five day trainings of the core trainings that we talked about earlier.

So to answer your question, it was a collection between the city, OMB, uh, Gadaha, and then once I got the information, I drafted up a scope, sent that, and then we got here.

Okay, I guess because what I thank you is because I was looking at, and I believe I have these these units correct, the the program manager training, interruption and outreach, and then the violence interruption reduction training.

What are what is the difference between those two?

Like one is what management, the other is more so on the the working level.

Yeah, so the violence interruption reduction training is your foundation trainer for all members of the program, no matter what position that you might hold.

The program management training specifically for uh supervisory and program management skill set, the development of that skill set.

And each of these are just how many bodies does this cover?

Uh typically, if if it's not listening to scope, typically we say no more than 25.

So typically you're looking between it can cover up to 25.

So okay.

So it covered up to 25 folks, but we only have a budget allotted for the staff.

So meaning that uh other community partners can participate in this training.

Is that what I'm gathering?

Um I would say what our tick typical recommendation is, and I mean it's not that they can't, but our typical recommendation is is that the training be reserved for those who are obviously going to be hired to do the work, and then those who are going to be directly working as in terms of oversight.

So for example, if there was a coordinator uh or somebody that was overseeing it from Gadaha portion of their time, we would recommend that that individual be in that training, right?

If you have um uh somebody from the city that wants to say, hey, I need to be on every step of this this project, then we would recommend that if they're gonna be involved to this capacity and turn in terms of oversight, then we would send them through that training.

In terms of uh sending a community member, um I I again we're not saying you can't, um, but when you're talking about then you all have to decide which community minor gets to get gets to go, because it's in our concurrent agreement, it's it's only it's only one deliverable for each one of those core trainings.

So you have to kind of think about, you know, what's the what why you would send somebody, I know why you would.

We just had a partner that called and asked us if they can send their neighborhood watch team to do a violence interruption training for 40 hours, and I I just recommended it.

Unless they're going to be paid to do this work um and held to that standard, I think there's better use of that resource for individuals that are actually going to be doing that work.

Is is I guess is what I'm trying to say, because um you all are you all are paying for it.

And then what are those members going to be expected to do with that with that information?

So uh they uh we're not saying that that you can't.

Okay.

It's yeah, it's it's really up to the governing body.

Okay, okay.

And the governing body again is the the committee all of us, and okay, because that will be my my my suggestion.

If if we're paying 35,000 for training, I would hope that that will be open up to other various community members and not just the the program manager for one for one person.

That is, well, it would be mo the it would be anybody with supervisory responsibility.

So you're talking about representation from the city representation from Gadaha represent the program manager, the supervisor.

So there's there's multiple people, it's yeah.

It's multiple people that would should be, at least our recommendation, it shouldn't be just a single program manager.

This should be anybody who's going to be having oversight of the program.

Anybody that will have oversight of the program, but the only persons or individuals from my understanding now have oversight of the program will be those of the CBO, right?

Mm-hmm.

And Gadaha who will act as the fiduciary agent.

Yes, ma'am.

So am I hearing that it's an opportunity for our mediation center to be involved?

Am I hearing that our recreation and youth services could be involved in this training or our planning community development, i.e.

community engagement staff can be involved in this training.

I I I just need to see like what is this 35,000 going to get us.

I I want it, I hope that it will be extended to other members, not just with the organization, but within the the community.

If we're saying that this is a a global cure violence initiative and that we want to train up the community so that in terms like we can recruit and retain, right?

So we once you get out from the year of TA that you are providing us, we have some long-term sustainability that so that we can keep this model in place.

So if we're paying whatever have you up front, we know that we're getting the ultimate bang for our buck.

So that will be my only suggestion is that we are extending these trainings to other members within the organization.

Uh perhaps it is our peace ambassadors, the adults that are currently being paid with the who are uh leading the charge with the 20 youth in Westwood, maybe they're going through this training in addition.

So I don't know if that's a matter of us adding an addendum or an amendment to this agreement, but I think we need to extend that.

Especially for the dollars that we're we're paying.

Um, like if you look at the CBO expenses, like we're not even scratching the surface, if you will, um with the work that needs to be done in terms of the actual program itself with the 252,000 dollars that I've been identified.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, and I'll say too, though, our program management like training as you seem broken out is a very robust four to five day training.

Yes.

Uh to where we cover what we call, I'm getting into the training now, but what we call our four pillars of management.

And it's been identified as one of the most successful management trainings.

We get called to provide it all the time to as groups as small as one or two sometimes, and sometimes as groups as as many as 10 to 15, right?

And so um, you know, um, so we're we're willing to, we're willing to, you know, work with the city and Gadaha to figure out, you know, the best way to that.

My recommendation is always um it's it's never issue providing people with education, provide people training.

That's that's never the issue at all.

DPS, what we try to help is excuse me, I'm sorry.

I apologize.

No, you're fine.

We just try to help our partners.

We understand that we're working with limited resources, so we just recommend our partners, hey, if this person is going to be a held count with this, if they're gonna be directly involved, then it makes total sense versus sending somebody who may appreciate a day or two, but this is a 45-day training, so you just have to make sure that person is you know ready to spend that 45 days and be immersed in that and be, you know, uh be willing to play a key role throughout throughout all of this.

But that that's a great question.

Okay, I appreciate that.

Thank you for being receptive.

Because I don't, and I don't want to speak out of turn, but I can see that this could be potentially an opportunity for DPD, Ms.

Lofton.

You know, there may be some other uh members within the organization as well as outside that can participate in this training.

So I don't know, and perhaps that is a question for our law department, or it how are we going to know that this will in fact be included in the in the agreement itself?

Um just so that it won't be any ambiguity and it won't, oh yeah, we said, oh no, that's fine, but we don't have anything in black and white to solidify what we have discussed this this morning.

As a practice and a course of action that we always take any time we amend a current agreement and we add money or expand scope significantly, that is brought back before this commission.

Brought back to the commission.

Thank you.

Okay.

Right.

So I got that piece, but how are we going to note that in this agreement today?

So what do we need to do?

In the amendment.

It's already in the agreement that if there are changes that there will be amendments, they have to be brought back.

They're not ratified until that's done by the commission.

All of our contracts and agreements allow for us to amend the agreement that is adopted.

Right.

I'm following you, but I want to make sure that that is noted in here today so that we can approve the agreement.

So I missing something.

I'm just trying to make sure that that is noted in here.

Like we are set to approve the the this agreement.

Um and the the that's not clearly identified in the body of exhibit B for the training.

So I want to make sure that that is noted, that those trainings will be extended to those who are identified from um the governing body with it with in support and in partnership with Gadaha and uh CBG.

Because I don't want to hold up the contract, but I also want to make sure that that's that's noted.

Yeah, and I think honestly, and I understand exactly what you're saying right now, because there's the vote that you obviously at the conclusion of this, um I I do think that I I would hope that our language did allow for that in the general purpose of it.

And I I think it stays in there that you all you have full discretion.

All right, we're real for about recommendations.

So I I think you can look at us that way as you all have the discretion.

We can always go back as we're going through the onboarding and pre-implementation process to kind of figure out who you all want specifically in there and kind of go back and forth.

Because I I to be fair to those who who haven't spoken yet, uh there may be additional thoughts on who should we include, who should we include.

Um I know you brought up law enforcement, you know, so that we would have to engage them and kind of see what that looks like.

So I I do know the way it's written, it is meant for our partners to have the discretion in terms of um who they're gonna who they're going to send to their trainings.

And you're right.

And thank you, because it it does say it says uh four hours per day to cohorts of five to twenty participants.

So okay.

Thank you.

Yes, ma'am, thank you.

That's all the questions I have.

I appreciate it.

Thank you.

Commissioner Fairjall.

Yeah, thank you, Commissioner.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh Q.

On the screen, um, you know, our our ultimate goal is to reduce violence.

Yes, sir.

In these major findings, what are the categories where they're reduction homicides?

Are there other categories that are measured that where we see reductions?

Yes, sir.

Um so specific these are actually listening.

I know it's a little blurry, so excuse me.

Um, some of these are shootings, um are violent incidents.

Um even um the one in UK was actually reduction in group attacks, right?

So neither shootings or killings, but again, violence is different everywhere, right?

So they labeled it as group attacks.

Um the majority here, make no mistake about it.

The um the goal is to have a reduction in shootings and homicides.

That is our in go.

Now, um it is very hard to hold any agency or a single agency responsible for that number.

I think most of us would agree on.

Uh there are so many different factors that go into that.

So while that is a great identifier of whether our model is working or not, that's what we want to see six months from now, a year from now, right, when we really get things rolling.

Um, there are other things that we can track to give us a better idea on how implementation is going.

Um give me one second.

I I don't want to misspeak.

Okay.

Got my notes on you.

So uh we talked about reporting in the C VG database.

So of the key performance indicators and some of the things that we track, just so you all know, um, these are the things that are generically in our database.

Again, we can customize this, we work with partners to add uh measurements.

Uh but the core things that are in there are uh public educ uh education materials that's been distributed, right?

Uh the number of active staff, so just making sure that the CBO is able to keep people in the door in terms of employment, key individuals met, right?

And so that means key individuals, high risk individuals, right?

Uh we track non-key individuals met.

We track the number of mediations conducted in the time frame, the unique days worked inside the catchment area, but also outside the catchment area, right?

Catchment area is another word for target area.

Um, why would we collect information of what's going on outside of the target area?

It's because that we know that violence is transient.

A lot of times in terms of community violence and interpersonal balance.

You're looking at uh whether it's neighborhoods or organizations that will travel to a location, uh, commit uh an offense and then go back to where to where they reside, right?

And so we're aware of that.

So we say anything that affects the target area is the target area.

So for example, if I have a participant who's evolved in a in a group in my target area, but I know they're going outside the target area to do something, I will go to outside the target area because my participant there, my work has taken me there, right?

And so that gives the justification where you all might see in reports, why do we spend four hours outside the target area if we're spending all this money inside the target area?

Well, that's the justification why, right?

Um so other things really quick are uh participant activities, community activities, uh, and then the case notes for outreach workers.

We're tracking the case notes.

Uh the CVG database, just so everybody knows, does not uh collect uh identifiable information.

Uh participants are identified by a unique identifier, so all the information uh is is safe and secure.

Um will those big categories be included in the report, the number of shootings and the number of homicides, both within the um target area and outside the target area.

Yeah, so in the C VG database report, um we can input shooting responses, but we can't input obviously dating shooting information, right?

And so now if the city or Gaddaha is doing a larger report, they can they can take all of our data out, combine that with the city's data to paint the picture of here's where we're at right now with our investment or a balance in general.

Uh but it does collect shooting responses.

So every uh shooting that the team responds to, they are to put that into the system, and then you all can kind of track, hey, you know, we had X amount of shootings in the target area, that number should match up with the responses from the team.

Yeah.

Well, I would like it in the broader report, the number of shootings and the number of homicides, because I mean that's that's the goal is to reduce that, right?

Yes, sir.

And we can recognize there's multiple factors.

Yes, sir.

And you know, this factor might be reducing it, but other factors are increasing it.

Yes, sir.

And if we're gonna be responsible, we need to be able to monitor that and think about other tactics.

If this is only doing a portion, but there's other things that are causing it to rise or not reduce as quick as we we'd like.

So in the reporting, I'd like to see number of shootings and number of homicides.

Yes, sir.

And like I say, I think the the city between the city and Gadaha, once you know, we can submit our data and then we can kind of pull something together for you to include that.

It's it's definitely obviously the relevant number.

Right.

Um so you're yeah, you're spot on.

And then in other communities, what's kind of the um the timeline when you start to see reductions occurring because you know your work is gonna take a while before it actually gets some traction.

So is it a six-month tail, uh nine month, a three-month, what kind of tail is that?

Yeah, that's a great question, Commissioner Fairchild.

Um so it's kind of hard for me to say, and I've I've been in public safety for 10 years, but it's it's kind of hard to say exactly when we will see reductions, right?

What I can tell you is is that this happens in phases.

I think Sarah did a great job of breaking down kind of the pre-implementation phase and the RFP process.

Um we typically don't recommend starting evaluating before 18 months, right?

We say give yourself 18 to 24 months before you start evaluating.

The reason why is it's gonna take minimum six months to get to where the team is trained up, ready to go, and they're entering data in the system, right?

And some people might say this that's really long, but considering the timeline, right?

Even if we started today, considering the timeline, um, you have to have your you know, your your fair RFP process, which we've all seen the dates there, right?

So if we're looking at a warning or or you know, starting December 1st in terms of the CBO, right?

That's obviously a bulk of that is pre-implementation stuff.

Then we have to go through the recruitment and selection phase uh with the CBO in terms of identifying uh credible messengers to work within a program, right?

Um many of us have hired people before, been a part of or been hired before.

We know how that process can go.

So to ensure that we can get the best candidates for each specific row, right?

Um it's going to take time, right?

And so you're gonna have um several weeks of interviews, TA calls in terms of reviewing scorecard rank similar to the RFP process.

And so then we get through you all just seen three weeks of core training, right?

So you have a month of training, sure.

Right.

And so you put all that together, it's probably going to be around six months before that team is trained out, ready to go.

And then from there, we can start saying, okay, they're entering data every day.

We can start meeting on a you know, monthly basis to kind of see, okay, how is this tracking, you know, per month?

And then, you know, give them some time, the learning curve, right?

Give them some time to get out there.

Uh many people have been doing this work for a long time.

Um there will be people that are new to this work, maybe that are that are that are being brought on, right?

And so we're trying to make sure that they're supporting, give them that time for that learning curve in terms of all the support that they're that they're going to need to be successful.

That's with any position.

So but again, I I know I didn't give you a hard time, but uh yeah, our recommendation for evaluation uh does not come before 18 months.

Yeah, no, no, thank you.

That's very helpful.

That's I mean, recognize the um the dynamic nature of the work.

Yeah.

So this is a ballpark was what I was looking for, and that's very, and you gave it to me, thank you.

And and I'm sorry, I didn't even add the most important part.

We're trying to address behavior change, right?

Right, right.

That takes a while.

So excuse me for leaving that out.

That's the main goal, right?

Build relationships, behavior change.

You change the behavior of one individual, hopefully an influential individual in the group in the community, and then we can start working on the community.

But it starts with that one-on-one, that outreach worker time with that with that high-risk individual.

Yeah.

Um, I was curious, when I was looking at the div deliverables, most of it look like referrals, you know, for housing and security or food and work, education, all those pieces.

It seems like that worker needs to do a little bit more in terms of that behavioral change, you know, and that persuasion.

And so is there another skill in there that they're trained in terms of how to mediate with that person, how to encourage that's I don't know if it shows up as deliverable or not, but yeah, yes, sir.

Um great question.

Uh you're spot on.

Um so the outreach case management training will will start with that, right?

Or start with talking about recruiting the highest risk.

Um if you've ever been in this kind of work, then you understand everybody who needs help doesn't always raise their hand to say they need help, right?

So there's the recruitment aspect of it.

Um and then the case management piece, right?

The actual technical skills on what case management should look like.

Right.

Um, but we do capture that in terms of uh recruitment, in terms of media and conflicts, and and and uh terms of uh dealing with regression, right?

Because that is also a common thing when you're dealing with high risk and how to navigate that in terms of relapse.

Um there are so many nuances in there uh that they're that they're giving support on in terms of dealing with the highest risk and then also supporting the family too.

Um the referral thing is we put it in there because the CBO may not be the person that has that houses all the social services.

Yeah, of course.

All right, so we don't want to limit our scope, right?

And I think most people understand that.

Um, but it is gonna be um our our recommendation for referrals are a little bit different.

Typically, right, um you make a referral uh for someone, they go out, all right.

In our process, we're with that individual the whole way through, right?

So it's not sending them here or sending them there.

It is like, no, I'm actually showing up with you here, or hey, we have an appointment today, or whatever the case may be, right?

And so a lot of that time is actually time spent with the participant.

Um our recommendation is that they're seeing a participant at least four to six times a month.

When I was in Louisville, Kentucky, the way I had it written up in our program was that they were spending at least two hours with each of their participants.

And that was in-person face-to-face.

It wasn't FaceTime or Zoom calls.

You have to physically spend two hours a week.

Now they can be broken up into an hour on Tuesday, an hour on Friday, whatever that looks like.

But what it did was ensure that the outreach worker was put in eyes and spending time with the individual versus making phone calls or just typing in on the computer.

We found it a lot better in terms of results when we were actually having our teams meet face to face uh with participants.

Yeah.

In my reading of violence interruption programs, there's this work that's important with the individuals.

There's also kind of a neighborhood context kind of work to be done.

For example, if there's a drug house identified, or um there's a illegal boot joint, or there's a drug deal, known drug dealer, or there's a park where people congregate and you can put in some um structural barriers to prevent some of that.

Is that part of the broader model, or is that something that we would need to bring um alongside of that?

Yeah, I think it's definitely something that the uh the CVI, the lane of C VI, community violence intervention can assist with.

I do think it's necessary.

Me personally, I do think it's necessary to have other people at the table for that, right?

So the other what I mean by that is other city agencies that that would assist with that in terms of that.

So maybe the the larger committee discussing, okay, this is what we're hearing, this is what we're seeing from the CVI team.

Um how do we support them in addressing those things?

Um but yeah, you're you're exactly right.

So, you know, low-lighted, low-lighted areas or boarded up homes and those and those kind of things like do impact violence in the community and and usually are fostering opportunities for violence, right?

And so um what we have found out that is that successful CBI implementation, specifically with our model, is that trusting uh governments and trusting even law enforcement goes up, right, with the successful implementation of our model.

Sure.

And um and I and I'll be honest, I utilize Dayton as an example all the time.

I mean, uh DPD has just been a great partner uh from from day one.

Um and uh you you all in terms of that kind of support, law enforcement support, uh is really a model.

So I just want to give you all credit.

It's really a model for the rest of the country.

Um because I work with uh several uh you know uh abroad jurisdictions, but uh uh but over 20 here.

Um and I've yet to see the the support from from Leo here, uh the way the way it's been exercising voice.

So um but it definitely it does help to bring in other agencies who are directly impacted or can directly assist with those things, but it does start with CVI in terms of getting that message now, getting the community to care about that kind of stuff, yeah, we can definitely play a play a role in it.

Great.

Who has I think outreach gets used twice in two different ways if I'm reading it right in the proposal?

One is the outreach that goes directly to the individuals, and then there's an outreach piece to other stakeholders, partners, key institutions in the neighborhood.

Who is responsible for that work?

Is it the CBO or is that Gadaha?

Yeah, that would be the CBO.

Uh the CBO and uh it will follow on the program manager, right?

The program manager's responsibility is to uh create those relationships and maintain those relationships in terms of identifying resources within the community, uh knowing who's who, right?

That's their job is knowing who's who, knowing the problem area so that they can start to formulate a game plan uh similar to other agencies, right?

Uh to strategize their priority areas within the target area, relationship building, but yes, that should follow on the CBO with support from the uh the the steering committee.

Um what's our did you call it capture area?

Uh catchment or encapsulate, yeah.

Where's our encouragement area?

Have we identified that?

So we provided our recommendations uh in the uh uh in our assessment.

You all ultimately have, I think, main street.

I'm sorry, I didn't want to misspeak.

Uh but yeah, main the main street corridor.

Okay.

Um and did I in the presentation, was there did I see that we want to have a physical site in that encatchment area?

Yes, sir.

That is our recommendation that there is a physical site within the catchment area.

Um when you're talking about change of behavior norms, you have to build relationships.

And so if your violence interrupters are driving 15-20 miles across town and going to work for six or eight hours, right, and then they're going back, they're not going to be able to respond the way they need to.

They're not going to be able to sustain those relationships.

So I think what stated earlier, it is our hope that the CBO is within that area, but even if they're not, we've done things like uh um they've rented out space within the area, right?

So maybe they serve the area, but their all their home base is not in the area.

If they were selected, they could you know rent a space within the area or office space for the team uh and furnish that for them to work out of.

The most important thing though, I know we talked about earlier, the CBO may not be directly there, or at least their home base, even though their shirt their services should go to the target area, is that the people hired to do the work come from that area, right?

And so um that's the that's the main important thing that the people, whether program manager, violence interruptor, supervisor, or outreach worker, that they have direct ties to that community.

The portion of the CBO budget, does that include amounts so that they can rent out that space?

Uh off the top of my head, I'm not sure about the the proposed budget.

I it's typically something that we send in as a sample budget, uh just to have it covered.

Um but um not in this, not in this, not in this budget, yeah.

So that would be an additional expense for the CBO.

If they if they needed to rent out space, yeah.

Okay.

Um what's the relationship between the commission and the steering committee?

Because we talked about governance and I at some point it wasn't clear to me how that relationship works.

So Commissioner Mayor Mims and Commissioner Turner Sloss has been a part of the steering committee.

Commissioner Shaw was a part of it.

And then Commissioner Turner stock sloss.

Okay.

So no, I don't want to go any further.

Go ahead.

No, that's fine.

That's helpful.

Thank you.

The big question then is particularly given that you know we're not going to start evaluating this for 18 months.

This is a one-year contract.

What does the funding look like in year two?

I assume some of the money that we have in place now is startup costs.

I'm just curious of what that amount looks for going forward so we can sustain this.

Because the last thing we want to do is do if we do 12 months and then don't fund this thing again, we've just wasted a whole lot of your time and uh goodwill and money and everything.

So what do we think that year two, year three kind of costs are going to be?

And um, I'm curious about you know how the encatchment area, you know, if we need to expand it broader because we know what happens, you know, if we put effort into one area, it's gonna move to another area.

I mean, that's just behavior change, right?

So, Commissioner, that is a great question.

I'm glad you asked, and I am so excited to say it loudly.

It's called fundraising.

And that uh governing committee, which is the five and verletter will get out and get some funds to continue this initiative.

Yes, sir.

And we'll be roughly the same amount, a half a million dollars a year.

Yes, sir.

And you're saying we're gonna look at doing that through philanthropic dollars as opposed to funding it out of the general fund?

Yes, sir.

We we will start there.

And we we will start uh if you all approve it, right?

We will start immediately because we don't want to wait and get to you eight months and then trying to get some funding.

Q, is that the way funding works in other communities?

Yeah, thank you for that, Commissioner Fairchild.

Um it's one of the ways, yes.

Um I'll just be blunt.

We recommend that this is an investment into your public safety ecosystem, right?

And so the the risk that that you brought up in terms of investing in and pulling services away, right?

That's what we want to avoid.

So many of the communities impacted by community violence are used to services being pulled in and pulled out.

Um and sometimes we can do more harm uh by offering a service short term and then pulling out.

So I do I thank you for bringing that up because that is something that we're aware of at CBG.

Um fundraising is definitely a part of it.

Obviously, you know, uh, you know, there's you know, there's there's a local funds or state funding.

We all typically uh there's not a lot of federal funding going out right now in terms of CVI, just to be just to be clear.

Uh but there still are some.

There still are some.

So um yeah, we a lot of times because of our partnership and our network uh uh on a on a global scale, um, our partners usually get a heads up if there's a funding stream coming out, uh or if you know if my email, if my inbox church and say, hey, this fund is being released in you know the northeast region or whatever the case may be, I will get on the phone and call our partner and say, hey, not sure if you're interested, but this funding is being released here.

But yes, sir, it does typically start with you know some decision making from from whoever you typically brought us in.

A lot of the time is local government or or uh nonprofit organization that uh fundraising or general budget is typically the way to go.

All right.

Thank you.

Yeah, thank you.

Commissioner.

Yeah, thank you.

I I really appreciate my colleagues for getting into the weeds on this.

Uh it allows me the opportunity to not do that and kind of keep it on a higher level.

Um but these are really good questions that uh needed to be answered.

So I appreciate you for that.

You both for that.

Um I'm really excited about this opportunity.

This has been work that we've been looking at, at least uh learning about for many years now.

And and I did kind of step aside from the leadership part of this to allow Commissioner Turner's loss sauce to ascend, and I think that was the right thing to do.

Um but I plan on being fully engaged in this, and and I think that we all uh this is all very important to all of us.

Um CVG's uh reputation uh is very strong.

Uh the results kind of speak for themselves.

So I'm really excited to let you all run with this.

It's it's it's a fluid kind of a process, right?

The big takeaway is that it's a long-term process, which requires a long-term commitment.

And we'll be able to do this fundraising uh and with when there's gaps, and we'll plug those gaps.

Um I'm really excited about um kind of letting this process go forward.

I think we've identified appropriate leadership at this point, stakeholders, um uh territories, catchment zones, and whatnot.

And I'm just again really excited about uh the opportunity to this to really make a difference and and lower violence in our community.

Um it's gonna be important for us to reach out to uh community members and and uh other kind of uh organizations, county, of course, the state and the federal government to help us with this.

Uh this very important um uh attempt that we are doing to to solve uh this very devastating problem of violence in our community.

So I'm ready to get started with this, and uh and I hope that my colleagues will join me and supporting this.

I I think that they will.

Um, like I say, it's very important for all of us.

So I'm I'm kind of gonna leave it there.

Uh I know that we will be able to reevaluate this.

We'll have other work sessions and get further and further into the weeds as we go forward.

But uh let's get started with this now and uh and really uh give it a full-throated uh uh resources and and everything else to support it.

So thank you.

Okay, good.

Commissioner Joseph.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh, I just want to sort of start off by saying that it's refreshing to see a scientific, methodical approach being taken to solve problems like this when we're under assault from the Federal Government that's disregarding science right now.

So thank you all for staying to the course.

Uh this is a great approach.

Uh it's a natural evolution, as was mentioned a couple times from our uh our serve opportunities, uh, even further back than that.

So it's been a 20-year journey to get where we are today, and this is a natural next step.

So I'm really thrilled to support it.

Um, and I want to thank specifically uh staff that has been chasing this down for all you all, uh city manager side, uh particularly mayor, who's been working really hard on this on a on a personal basis, uh, and all of us have had hand in this.

So I want to thank everyone who who has taken us so far in the journey.

Uh Commissioner, your point I think is very important to emphasize that this is a long journey.

Both commissioners made that point, uh, and that we need to make sure that we're planning now for that.

Uh, and also preparing the public to s to so they know it's not going to happen overnight.

You're not going to see a 40 percent decrease tomorrow.

Uh but over time, uh, and that's what I love about this commission.

We do look long longer term.

We plan for for a future horizon, not just tomorrow.

So I appreciate my colleagues' work, my colleagues' support, and all of your work on this.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Okay.

Good.

Uh a couple of things.

Again, thank my colleagues for uh probably reducing some of the questions that I may have, but having been involved in this process since the very beginning, it's uh important to note the the thank you given to our police department for the close hard work with you guys as well.

Also, their their data helped us to identify the areas that uh were most in concern.

And one of the reasons why I do want to sort of clear up something so there's not a confusion relative to the program that we're working with um in terms of the young youth advisors, is the aspect of uh training for them to give them a bit of a head start and to help address some issues during the summer while they were off that would uh at least cause some additional conversation about peace as far as the city of dating is concerned.

And then looking at some of the data that we have from our police department on recent basis, uh, while there was a report uh some uh some weeks ago about some FBI data from 23 to 24, uh there was not an inclusion of the reduction of some of the crime elements that we had and the data that we had to support the fact that from 24 to 25, there have been some significant reductions in terms of crime elements that we have as far as City of Data's concern.

So that I just want to get that out uh out the way first.

But the other aspect of the peace with the youth is somewhat separate.

It will fall more so in that second catchment area that we talked about in terms of how we deal with youth development.

And so that's a key component as far as that.

So my thoughts with that as we work with the county to put those things in place was identified uh 20 young people who live in the Westwood area, which is another one of those difficult, challenging areas that the police had identified for us, is to have them be a part of training process to understand first their self-value, two, how to identify resolve conflict, and then three, to based on the role models in those spaces.

And we purposely chose young people who uh were between the ages of 14 to 16, so we would have their services go on a little bit uh lower than just uh looking at high school uh young people who are uh about ready to graduate.

Additionally, uh part of their commitment also is to train some of the younger people to be engaged in that process for those young people in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, because they are role models to a lot of those young people in the age group as well, and they seem to have more effect at least immediately than just on the adults who are going in asking them not to do some of the things that they're doing that's contributing to some of the problems.

So I just wanted to sort of clear that piece up.

And we did get support from the county in terms of making some of those kinds of things happen.

But again, that second area that I'm talking about in terms of the youth engagement piece, youth development piece, is a very strong, strong area that we are working with uh the schools and not just DPS, but all the schools in the area in terms of making sure that we improve those skills with all those young people.

And they will learn from a lot of the things that are being done under the cure blinds model that you guys are having working from those spaces as well.

And then the other group, we start talking about getting the word out.

That's that third group in terms of the community engagement piece.

And that's where a lot of our support would come from in terms of getting the message out so that we continue to get this message out throughout this entire city about what's happening relative to peace and the benefits associated with peace.

You hear us talking all the time about making Dayton the best place for someone to live, work, play, be educated, raise a family, and grow old.

And in order to make those things become a strong reality, we have to increase the peace element that we have as far as our city is concerned.

So again, so those are the three, if you will, legs to that stool that we're talking about.

And one of the things that I had to explain very clearly to the county in terms of the money that they were giving us to support the uh the staff that was working uh with the young people is the fact that we are not having our young people engaging in the very dangerous work of working in the community with those hardcore individuals who are uh perpetrating a lot of the shootings and sometimes the killings associated with that.

But again, so it's a multifaceted process that we're using to work with this.

And so we're adding to the model, the whole peace campaign is adding to the model in terms of cure violence that you uh guys are having.

So uh Q, one question I still want you to clarify.

I know you showed some data there, and for those who are watching at home, and also for some of us who are sitting up here, that that print is a little small.

But if you want to just want to talk about some of the cities like Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and places that are doing this work and have done this work for a number of years, and their benefit to their community by working of doing this work.

Yeah, thank you, Mayor Miriams and uh all the other commissioners for your uh words of support and your questions.

Um, in terms of some of the other cities, so uh again I stated to you all that uh I work for several jurisdictions around our country uh right now.

And uh it's so important that we that we say that again, our model is the foundation.

We're gonna give you all the tools in terms of the team, all the tools they need to be able to um do their work and provide all the administrative support in a TA capacity.

Um, but we also say make it best for you, add what it to it that makes it uh best for you all.

And so you brought up Philadelphia.

Uh one of the things that that they were able to do is they were able to use technology uh to make it uh work for them, right?

And um they what they did was uh created an app so that violence interrupters were immediately notified uh of shootings that data came right from the deep uh from the police department and it went to them so that they were immediately readily on louvable.

We had um uh alerts from our our our local dispatchers uh office, right?

And so when things popped off, instead of finding out on the news or by word of mouth, we got alert, right?

And that was just support from the city uh to give them anything they could.

Now, a lot of times those alerts were after, you know, uh slightly delayed, make sure the scene was safe, of course.

Um, but the goal was to give them as much information they could have uh to be as effective as possible and get out of jump and some of that stuff.

So those are the things I talk about when I talk about make, you know, make it best for you all in terms of there's some things that maybe a city or jurisdiction have never even done that somebody may have a good idea on the steering community and say, hey, why don't we do this?

Uh and then we can hop on the call or hop on a work session and kind of talk about does this work out specifically uh for Dayton or not in terms of uh, you know, hopefully uh seeing some type of effect.

But um CVI has been proven to work all over the country, all all over the world, if it's talking about our model, but specifically in terms of the country, it's been proven to work.

Um again, lawful right off the road, we're seeing reductions.

Uh we're seeing reductions in Philly, seeing reductions in New York.

Um really, I mean, when implemented correctly, when supported, that's the other tale, when supported, right?

Uh, and when there's collect uh when there's collaboration, right, among the whether it's the steering committee or from the community.

And I think you all are are doing a very great job of it in terms of staying uh helping the community stay informed.

Uh every leg of this that I've been on with you all, uh community's been right right here uh with us the whole time.

It's I've never taken the trip up here for a closed door meeting.

It's always been uh for uh, you know, so that the community is informed.

And um so I think you are doing a great job in that.

Okay.

Yeah.

And I think the other thing too that uh uh did want to mention um there's some variety of programs that associate or connected to the whole Cure of Speace that you're working with.

For example, in some places uh like Baltimore, for example, in terms of talking with the mayor there and some of the other individuals in that space, that job opportunities for some of the individuals whose behavior is changing.

For example, if you identify some individuals who are a part of a problem community, sometimes and oftentimes we talk about the fact that sometimes these are survival things that they find themselves getting caught up into.

And if there are job opportunities, housing opportunities, health opportunities, those are the type of things that could lead to causing that person to put themselves in a better space of being a positive contributor as far as our society is concerned, as opposed to them carrying on some of the ways that they have been um uh been engaged in, which are contributing to the problems.

Can you talk on that uh piece for a moment in terms of what you've seen in those spaces as well?

Yes, sir.

It really speaks to the role of the outreach workers in terms of um connecting with a participant or potential uh individual um and really figuring out what's going on, right?

And so when we bring on a participant, uh we do what we call an RNR assessment, that is risk, needs, and resilience.

That is a monthly assessment that outreach workers conduct in the database so that program managers, the city steering committee is able to um track the progress as little as one individual, right?

And so what we want to see is over the course of the time is that their risks go down, right, their needs go down, but their resilience rises, right?

And so we're able to track those things on a monthly basis.

So uh I know you asked specifically about things like jobs, but by doing that R and R, we're able to identify whether it's a job, whether it's food insecurity, uh, whether somebody's getting bullied into committing violent acts or or crimes.

Uh that R and R is the start of it, right?

Um and so that's the only way we're going to be able to determine and keep on track uh how a participant is doing.

Once we get that R and R, we're starting to figure out whatever barriers are in that individual's life, whatever's keeping them twisted in this cycle of balance and conflict, then we can look at does this person need a job, does this person need this?

Does this person need that?

The reason we don't start off with they must need a job if they're out here conducting balance is because it may not be safe for them to go to work, right?

If you're out there and you're in 2D, you're not going to show up at Wendy's to go work your shift and everybody knows where you're at, right?

So we have to do the R and R assessment and figure out where this person is, where they are in terms of uh their own conflicts out there, right?

Is it something that we can mediate our way out of, uh, whether it's a one-on-one mediation or a group intervention uh mediation?

Is it something to where we actually probably need to relocate this individual because there's just nothing that we can do in order to deal with this right now, or until things cool down.

Uh, but it all begins with the RR assessment to determine what is it that this person can benefit from that would keep them from engaging in this cycle of balance.

Yeah.

Appreciate that.

Thank you.

Yeah, the um other point, two points.

Uh I just want to say again from uh just my personal experience in terms of teaching conflict resolution skills to young people.

Um and having um uh been a teacher for 10 and a half years, okay, seven years in high school and and also coaching.

Teaching young people confident resolution skills, as I did with all my classes for my first couple weeks in terms of teaching in each one of these sessions, each one of the semesters, it caused me to be in a very positive position with them to have one fight in ten and a half years.

And to have young people who are coming to your classroom feeling safe, feeling engaged, and understanding that not only do they have value, personal value, and personal rights, but other members of the classroom or that environment also have rights.

And so understanding there's certain things that you can do and should do, but you do not have the right to infringe upon someone else's rights.

And many times this is something very basic, also just basic conversation in terms of what is it you did that caused me to be upset.

Did you do it on purpose or did you do it by accident?

All those things and more go into some of those processes in terms of how we remove and minimize bonds as far as our committee is concerned.

So the last thing I want to say in terms of findings and support, that I think we are committed to do whatever we need to do.

We do know that we do have some investors already that have committed 25,000 for five years already, anonymous donors who are sending their money to the Dayton Foundation, which will house the resources that we are going to be using to support this program.

So I just wanted to make that announcement as far as more and more of us understand just how committed not just we are here, but how committed other members of this committee are as well.

So again, thank you.

Thank you.

I think we finished with our questions and answers.

You guys did a tremendous job, and those have been a long time, a lot of questions.

Uh and I re uh really appreciate your um responses to our questions.

Okay.

So move.

Yes.

I am sorry.

I misspoke earlier when I said I didn't have an addition.

Okay.

Have an addition to the calendar.

Okay.

I'd like to request the addition of emergency resolution number 6889-25, appointing an assessment equalization board regarding the pro the proposed assessments for the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the City Commission and declaring an emergency.

Okay.

That's all I have.

All right.

Thank you.

So, Ms.

Lofton, are there additions, deletions, or comments to the calendar?

Good morning, Mayor and Commissioners.

I do not have any additions or deletions.

However, I would like to highlight items B1 and B2, which are two contracts that total $200,000, half of which is being funded from our Dayton Recovery Plan, and the other half from an urban community forestry grant that we have received.

These contracts will allow the city to plant trees in the public right of way in our neighborhoods at the request of our citizens.

The $200,000 will be spent on citizen requested plant planning first, and if we have funds available afterwards, then we will also begin to plan in our parks and boulevards.

The citizen requested plannings are for curb to sidewalk locations only in our right-of-way, not in private yards.

And the species will depend on available inventory and site placement.

We will have a list of species to choose from.

For any citizen who is interested in putting a tree in the Kerblan, they can visit the city's website at Daytonohio.gov, and there is a tree request form there.

They can complete the form, provide basic information and comments on the specific request for their location.

And then the city foresters are going to analyze that request to determine if the species that they want is appropriate for that location and approve the placement.

Once the planting occurs, which will start in mid-October, we are asking all of those citizens who request and receive a tree to continue watering and taking care of that tree.

The city will put a watering bag around it, but we will need the support of that resident or business owner to ensure the future valuability of the tree planted.

So we are excited about the program and hope that it will continue and that citizens will take advantage of this.

That is all I have, Your Honor.

Okay.

Ms.

Blackshire, do we have any citizens who are desiring to speak on the City Manager's recommendations?

None on the calendar item.

Okay.

Commissioners, uh comments and thoughts on City Managers' recommendations.

I have not.

Commissioner Turn-Slaws?

I have not.

None.

Commissioner Frenchell?

Yeah, for the addition, is there a possibility of delaying that for a week given that came to us yesterday, and I think there's some questions around that.

So they are on an extremely tight timeline.

And so there is a second reading for the actual ordinance to be passed, and in order for that review committee to be stood up to do all of the anticipated legwork necessary to communicate with the those that will be affected by the assessment, that board does need to be stood up.

The majority of the folks that are being appointed to that board have been on that, have served on that board before, and the board is only basically pulled up and activated once every five years when the assessment is necessary.

Christina Scott is in the audience if she would care to come up.

Thank you, Christina.

Thank you, Commissioner.

I'm happy to answer any questions to the best of my ability.

Morning.

And can you share with the public your role?

I am the Vice President for Strategy at the Downtown Dayton Partnership.

Okay.

What's the function of the assessment review board?

The assessment equalization board is an opportunity for the assessment payers, property owners in the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District to ask for their front footage or assessment to be reviewed.

And what is the timeline that we're on?

In the past, there is notice requirements in the Ohio revised code.

So this timeline is really being driven by the notice requirements in the Ohio revised code.

We need to send a mailing out certified mail return receipt, get the return receipt, or don't get the return receipt, and then find other legally appropriate ways to notify each SID payer of the uh the opportunity to appeal the assessment.

And so in the past that's taken 10 weeks.

We think we can do it in eight weeks after the assessment equalization board meets, and it's currently calendared for November 21st.

Um there is additional action that the Commission will need to take to certify the special improvement district renewal before it goes to the county auditor.

And of course, the county auditor is preparing property tax assessments, and we're on a early to mid-December timeline with them.

Um the SID is the first special improvement district in the State of Ohio.

This would it's been around for 30 years, and we don't anticipate any issues arising, but we also need to make sure that we do everything that is required by Ohio revised code for transparency and our taxpayers.

The ORC, does that have a specified date that all this has to take place, or is what is driving it the work with the auditor and treasurer's department to get the assessments done on their timeline?

It is about getting the assessments done with the auditor.

Okay.

So the ORC, you need a certain amount of time to do what is legally required by the ORC.

And in discussions with the auditor's office, we are clear on what their deadline is.

Sure.

And so we're trying to work backwards from the auditor and treasurer's timeline.

Sure.

Um who does the appointment?

Is this a city management appointment to this assessment board or is it the commission's?

You all are making the appointment.

The recommendations of who sits on that board are um done by the city manager.

Okay.

Um how often do we do this?

Every five years.

So we knew this was coming?

We knew this was coming, yes.

So why are we on such a part of it is the again, the members um that have served before were contacted again to determine whether or not they could serve, and there were two that were not able to because they won't be in the city during that time, so we had to go through the process of trying to identify those who had the capability and experience to also serve on the board.

But but we knew this is coming from five years, so it seems like our deadline should have been six weeks ago.

We should have been at this point six weeks ago, so we could have had some deliberation on this.

Commissioner Fairchild, I'm gonna ask for your grace.

This is the first time I have done this.

We did uh have our whole staff turned around for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and so we have been trying to do two things at once, as Travis Kelsey would say, and it has pushed our timeline uh beyond what I'm personally comfortable with.

And so I understand your uh desire for deliberation.

I am also very stressed about getting this done and getting this assessment done that funds or organization that funds the ambassadors in the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District getting this on tax bills for the fall.

And so I'm asking for your grace.

Sure.

This is not the way I like to operate.

Well I appreciate that.

Thank you for acknowledging that.

I I appreciate that.

No, my concern is when it seems in and let me make sure I'm clear, because I may have a false assumption.

Um the assessment should be some kind of independent objective review.

So if a property owner feels like their assessed unfairly, that they'll get a fair hearing.

Correct.

It's really incorrectly.

Um if any of the math that we have done to calculate the assessment, which is based on 25 percent of their front footage as defined in the Ohio revised code, and 75 percent of the auditors valuation on the property if they believe that is incorrect that they have a chance for a hearing.

My understanding is that folks who serve on the assessment equalization board are traditionally retired city employees who are familiar with the process with these kinds of processes, and it's intended to be a neutral, uninterested hearing.

Okay.

Thank you.

This has been really helpful.

I'm glad that you could come in short notice.

I'm sorry that the timeline you know we got this at five o'clock yesterday.

Understood.

And uh just want to make sure we're making the best decision.

I absolutely appreciate you asking questions.

Um thank you.

You're welcome.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Thank you.

Commissioner Shaw.

Yeah, well, just quickly just to that.

Uh I am on representative on the SID board, and uh I appreciate the great work that they have done and will continue to do.

I do give you grace in this space and uh this very important work.

I'm confident that uh that staff um both our staff and and the DDP staff is appropriately situated to do this work.

So um I'm prepared to move forward on it.

That's all I have on the city manager's recommendation.

Okay, Commissioner Jones.

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh just want to make a mention.

Uh we talked about the uh the form on Daytonohio.gov for a tree request that'll go in the tree lawn.

That's the area between the street and sidewalk.

There is also an ongoing program at the land bank where you can get a tree in your yard, and I think most of the city, if not all the city is eligible.

So if you want a tree between the sidewalk and the road, that first part there, go to Daytonohio.gov, talk to the city.

If you want a tree somewhere else in your yard, go to MC Landbank.com, and they have a tree equity reforestation program that will be able to take care of you.

My immediate next door neighbor is part of that program right now, and she's very happy with it.

So I encourage everyone to take part.

It's time to try to uh reinforce the city, cool things down, uh, make our neighborhoods look better.

Yeah, there are a lot of benefits.

So uh thank you, Mayor for we're good.

So uh may have a motion then to approve the city management recommendations.

I'll move to approve the city manager's recommendations.

Second motion, Your Honor.

Okay, it's been probably moved and seconded to approve the city management recommendations.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay.

Legislation, uh, Ms.

Black Chair.

First reading emergency resolution number six eight eight eight-25, declaring the necessity to implement the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the City Commission and declaring an emergency.

Having been declared an emergency, I move for the immediate passage of resolution number six eight eight-25.

Second.

It's been probably moved and seconded to have resolution number six eight two five uh declare the emergency.

All the papers say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay, thank you.

Second reading emergency resolution number six eight eight eight-25, declaring the necessity to implement the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the City Commission.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Second reading ordinance number 32159-25.

Amending the city's appropriations for the year 2025.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Aye.

Turner Slaughter.

Aye.

Second reading ordinance number 32160-25.

Amending the offici amending the official zoning map to establish plan development 193 and change the underlying underlying zoning from eclectic single family residential ER4 and OS parks slash open space to eclectic multifamily EMF for 8.79 acres at 20 South Wright Avenue.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Turner Sloth.

Aye.

Second reading resolution number six eight eight seven-two five.

Authorizing the necessary tax levies, requesting the advanced payment by Montgomery County, Ohio to the City of Dayton, Ohio, of tax monies collected for 2026, certifying the same to the county auditor.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

Aye.

Shaw.

Aye.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

Informal resolution number one zero one five-25.

Endorsing the human services issue on November 4th, 2025, General Election Ballot to continue critical human services for residents of Dayton and Montgomery County.

Your Honor, I move for immediate passage of informal resolution number 1015-25.

Second, Your Honor.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay.

And for the item that was added, first reading emergency resolution number 6889-25, appointing an assessment equalization board regarding the proposed assessments for the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the City Commission and declaring an emergency.

Having been declared an emergency, I move for the immediate passage of resolution number 6889-25.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

I need to abstain, Your Honor.

Okay.

Thank you.

If the record show that Commissioner Joseph will be extended.

Appointing.

Second reading emergency resolution number 6889-25, appointing an assessment equalization board regarding the proposed assessments for the plan for services adopted by the downtown Dayton Special Improvement District, Inc.

and approved by the City Commission.

Mayor Mims.

Aye.

Commissioner Joseph.

I abstain.

Shaw.

Aye.

Fairchild.

Aye.

Turner Sloss.

Aye.

That concludes the legislation, Your Honor.

Okay.

We have some vote appointments.

Yes, sir.

First.

Your Honor, I move to appoint Uriah Langmire to the Sister Cities Committee for a term ending December 31st, 2028.

Second, Your Honor.

A term ending December 31st, 2028.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Mayor, I apologize in advance for the pronunciation of one of these names.

Okay.

All right.

I move to appoint do the best you can.

And I'll do the best I can.

All right.

I move to appoint Teresa Troyer and Sunia Marinova to the welcome Dayton Committee for a term ending December 31st, 2028.

Second.

Okay, it's been probably moved and seconded to appoint Teresa Troyer and Cassina Maranova to the welcome Dayton Committee for a term ending December 31st, 2028.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed to say no.

Aye.

Your Honor, I move to appoint Monica Jones to the preschool promise board for a term ending December 31, 2027.

Second the motion, Your Honor.

It's been probably moved and seconded to appoint Monica Jones to the preschool promise board for a term ending.

December 31st, 2027.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed say no.

Your Honor, I move to concur with the acceptance of the appointment of Mr.

Max McConnell to the Miami Township Dayton Joint Economic Development District Board to represent persons working within the JED for a term ending September 8, 2029.

Second, Your Honor.

Okay, it's been probably moved and seconded to concur with the acceptance of the appointment of Mr.

Max McConnell to the Miami Township Dayton Joint Economic Development District called JID aboard for a term or for persons working with JEF for a term ending September 8, 2029.

All in favor say aye.

All opposed say no.

Okay.

Okay.

Um not from citizens.

Ms.

Blackshew, do we have any comments or citizens registered to speak?

Two citizens have registered.

I would like to state that there is a three-minute time limit.

As you address the commission, we ask that you state your name and address for the record.

At that time, I will turn on the green light.

When the green light comes on, you will have three minutes to speak.

After you have spoken two and a half minutes, a yellow light will come on.

You will have 30 seconds remaining to speak.

When the red light comes on, you will be asked to cease your comments and to take your seat.

To the audience in attendance, please be mindful this is a business meeting, and we kindly request that during this portion of the meeting, you refrain from any hand clapping, finger snapping, and conversations that will prevent the city commission from hearing the speaker's comments.

I call to the podium, Reynard Despann.

Name and address for the record.

Rainard D Spain, uh, and I live at 152 McClure Street here in Dayton.

You may begin.

Thank you for giving me a few minutes of your time here this morning.

You'll have to excuse me.

I'm a little bit nervous.

It's only my second time in City Hall.

Um, I want to compliment you on the wonderful staff you have here, the friendliness and dignity that I received from the security folks downstairs.

When you're willing to look ambiguous of any kind uh in public, friendliness and dignity don't always come in spades.

It's kind of funny that a community as proportionally tiny as the transgender community has been put into such a political spotlight.

The scientific and medical ethics communities have been regulating themselves just fine for many decades, with minimal intervention from legislators who were themselves entirely unqualified to practice medicine or make decisions for a patient.

And yet, when my provider prescribes me the same medications that are also prescribed to cisgender patients, legislators nationwide are suddenly up in arms.

Medical advocates for children who are practicing without a license.

It's difficult to have your voice heard over the deluge of powerful ones trying to speak on your behalf.

In the news, I see the president's son saying this.

Hopefully this works.

100% right, Megan.

Think about per capita.

I can't name, including probably like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, a group that is more violent per capita than the radical trans movement.

I see the Department of Justice proposing gun bans for transgender citizens, stripping my community of our second amendment rights on the basis of our sex, our gender, and our presentation.

I helped draft the proposal for Athens, Ohio's Safe Haven resolution, and I would be extremely grateful to the City of Dayton, the city I call my home, if you pass the safe haven resolution as well.

It would be a promise from the city of Dayton to the transgender community that our voices have your ear more than those who other and villainize us.

Those who slander us as violent, as groomers, as mentally ill, as pests, and as more transgender than human.

All we ask is that you listen to us and to the medical and scientific communities who have proven empirically that just like any medical treatment, for those who need it, gender transition can save lives.

You've heard a lot of voices this morning, and you'll hear a lot more once you leave.

I just hope that my voice, that the voices of my community linger in your ear and affect your choices.

Thank you very much for your time and have a wonderful day.

Okay.

Thank you.

Have a great day.

Maddie H.

Name and address for the record, please.

My name is Maddie.

I live in Dayton, Ohio.

Okay.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hello, Mayor, Commissioners.

Um, my name is Maddie.

I'm a resident of Dayton.

Um, to nobody's surprise, the activists attempting to break Israel's illegal blockade and deliver aid to Gaza were attacked in international waters by the Israeli offensive forces.

Two weeks from now, we will have watched for two whole years as the illegitimate state has with our tax dollars flattened Gaza to a parking lot.

Our taxes and our government's permission have funded this genocide, and Dayton Region, Dayton Region Israeli trade alliance is here to ensure that Daytonians are extra complicit with our taxes going towards strengthening ties between the two regions.

And yet our mayor and council members' response, no comment.

No comment on the starving men, women, and children.

No comment on taking away our ability to individually stop funding blatant ethnic cleansing.

No comment on why they won't do the bare minimum of dumping Drita and divesting our city from the settle settler colonial terrorist group.

I'll leave you with this.

First, they came for Gaza.

Our local officials did nothing as it was not in their financial interests.

Next, they came for immigrants.

Our local officials welcomed ice into the city to destroy families.

Next, they will come for the homegrowns, and we will have no faith left in our local officials to protect those who elected them into power.

Do what's right, the common sense move and dump Drita.

Stop funneling Daytonian money and resources into a U.S.

funded genocide.

Thank you.

Thank you for your comments.

That concludes citizens' comments, Your Honor.

Thank you.

Any closing comments?

I have none, Your Honor.

Thank you.

Ms.

Bluxer, in closing comments.

I have none, Your Honor.

Okay.

Commissioners closing comments.

Yes, thank you.

Mr.

Sloss.

Thank you, Mayor.

I would just like to thank Miss Gudolph for her presentation and the support of issue one.

Thank you, uh, Commissioner Shaw for your work on this on this initiative.

This is great work.

Um, well overdue in terms of like where we need to be and and providing those vital services and continuing on that path.

So again, I appreciate my colleagues and our ability to move forward with the uh the legislation and the $58 million that will go back into providing those vital services.

Ms.

Hakkenbrock, thank you very much for being here this morning for your presentation along with Mr.

Q.

Um, and I hope the family's doing well.

Thank you for making that that trip up to Dayton.

I know you made a number of of um of trips, and we really appreciate your leadership and thank you for going into such detail um with the presentation this this uh this morning and just allowing us that grace and courtesy and respect with the the line of questions that we have.

We as mentioned, this is important to all of us, to our community, um, to our city administration, and so just making sure that we are addressing those concerns um as eloquently as you did and being uh very patient, it it means a lot, and we really do appreciate you as well as the uh your entire staff back in uh Louisville.

Ms.

Jackson, you did a wonderful job.

Thank you very much uh for vetting the questions uh early on and just making sure that the information was readily available to us and providing and going the extra mile and providing that additional information to us.

So I hope we can continue on that path.

As mentioned, this is very important to all of us, and we look forward for those details as we move out of the the performance reports and once the the contract itself is is finalized and signed and look forward to that uh teams link on the 29th, which is Monday, and just finding some way and some means for us to make sure that all five of us um I'm not willing to give them my seat, not yet.

Um, but if I can find a way and a means, maybe it is that I sit in the first 30 minutes and then pass it on to my colleagues so that they can in fact attend or whatever the case may be, we can work those details out and seeing that there's some level of flexibility in our our schedules, um, just to make sure that we're all on the same page.

Um I also would like to thank um Ms.

Smith from Westcare, East End Community Services, Will Smith from DPS, as well as uh Nicole Miller with Miami Valley Urban Leaf for being here this morning.

Um thank you, Ms.

Henderson, for being here.

Lisa Henderson, I know she's a part of the Gadaha staff and she does the assessment uh every three years.

And Miss Lofton, I apologize.

I did not catch the representative from deep um uh DDP downtown uh Dayton Partnership.

Christina Scott.

Miss Christina Scott.

Um we'd like to also extend uh gratitude and appreciation appreciation, excuse me, to Miss Christ uh Christina Scott and providing that information and thank you, Commissioner, for your your question.

I really appreciate you you bringing that to attention and um extending that grace.

Um would like to thank uh the span, thank you for being here, and thank you for your leadership and your work that you're doing in drafting the the legislation for Athens, and we are reviewing that language as mentioned uh Commissioner, all of us, but more so in particular Commissioner Fairchild, Commissioner Joseph and I.

Um, we have uh had conversations with our law department and identifying and seeing what if in fact there are some gaps in our legislation and making those comparisons as to what we can do to advance uh to make sure we have that that in place.

I will also like to thank Matty H.

Thank you for being here this morning.

Thank you for raising your comments.

Just a couple of things that I wanted to mention that we actually have been very um very voiceful and very bold in our position in terms of making sure that we are in fact upholding true uh to our sister cities, and we passed the legislation and uh resolution actually on December the 20th of 2023, and formal resolution of uh number 1008 um 23, and that was in fact a resolution for the ceasefire.

We've also just wanted to bring to your attention as well, also funding for Dreta, that um contract is no longer um in the is no longer operative or operating if you will, has been uh terminated, so it's no longer existing.

Um and then I would like to acknowledge there were a number as always.

There's always something going on in the City of Dayton every weekend.

So the famous Belmont Day uh was this past Saturday, very successful event and the wonderful band of Belmont High School, they did an excellent job.

They kicked off the ceremony, um, and it was just a very festive, and the weather was great.

It actually turned out to be pretty hot.

Um but Belmont Day is another successful successful year.

And I would like to acknowledge all of the leadership and all of the the committees that go along.

Um Ms.

Judy Uric and her her her leadership and all of her tireless efforts in making sure that that event kicks off without any um with the without any delays, whatever have you.

And then uh auditor Carl Keefe served as the MC.

Um so again, it was a uh joyous occasion.

A number of people showed out and came out for Belmont Days this past weekend.

Then the sister sister conference took place with Dr.

Karen Townsend, another successful event.

Um there probably were about 100, 150, maybe even 200 women there, a very uplifting and encouraging and powerful event.

And um just wanted to note that the theme this year, this is the I believe the 32nd year.

And so Dr.

Karen Towson has been leading this conference for a number of years, very moving.

And the slogan was this year, I've got the power.

Um so again, I encourage people to make sure that they look out for it the next year.

And what else took place this weekend?

Umega's block party was this weekend.

Again, just a host of events, as well as the 35th Dayton Fellowship Club anniversary.

So host of events.

Good.

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Commissioner Fairchild.

Yeah, thank you, Mayor.

Thank you, Commissioner, for that and for um recognizing those who come.

Um I want to say uh to Q and to uh Ms.

Jackson and uh Sarah Allen.

Um I don't think I said this.

I hope you could tell by the depth of my questions and my concern and my interest that I think this is really critical.

And I want to make sure we get it right, and I want to thank you for your work.

I didn't I didn't do that in my comments.

I was just so focused on making sure that we're gonna get this right.

And um, you know, this is this is life and death, and we're gonna save lives.

And so thank you for that work.

Really appreciate it.

Um likewise, Chief Penderson.

I didn't thank you for the work with Dayton Police Department and working so cooperatively with our partners.

That is really um it was good to hear, Q that you you affirm that, but we would expect no less from our police department and your leadership, so thank you.

Umor, um I was curious if um, given the court um ruling to allow our students to transfer at the hub now.

I think this is an opportunity for our peace ambassadors.

So could we identify some people who are on those buses who are going to be down there in that hub who could be trained given some of the positive um reports we've already got out there?

I know we don't have the full report, but it appears that there's an opportunity for us to um put the peace ambassadors, you know, identify people on the buses who could be peace ambassadors and then also thinking about how we might extend that into the library, both the main branch and the Belmont branch, so that we can have those assets available not only for our students but also for the general public.

I think that uh flows through the Dayton Board of Education and the president of that uh group.

Uh they are constantly working on issues to try to resolve this, and uh they will give us an update at the earliest convenience right now.

Do not have the information about exactly what they're gonna do.

I do have the um some preliminary information about the fact that they're trying to limit the scope of the bus passes if they go back to that uh that space to uh move to have uh young people who are participating in sports to be the only ones or other extracurricular activities uh such as work to be the only ones who have those uh unlimited passes, and then for the other young people to have passes that are limited in terms of the scope and time during the course of the day.

But uh again, that's their decision.

Uh, they're working on that, and they will give a report to the community, I'm sure, as soon as they worked it out.

All right.

Uh thank you, Mayor.

Um Ms.

Scott, thank you for coming on such short notice.

Um we really value the work of Dayton Downtown Partnership.

We would never want to be an uh impediment to that, and certainly want to be a full-throated supporter of it.

So thank you for coming and helping us move this forward together.

Um did want to mention uh tomorrow the food bank is having a distribution down at the University of Dayton.

Um you can start.

Oh, Commissioner Joseph, you got it?

Okay, well then I'll let you do that.

Um and then the last thing I had.

Oh, I want to thank Miss Conley, um, government teacher at Dunbar High School.

She allowed me to come in and speak to her government class yesterday, and the students had some really great questions.

It was a uh a really good conversation um throughout the whole class time.

So I was glad to get the invitation and for the students and their engagement.

And um if you're a theater buff.

Uh Stuvers does this really great project.

It's called the 24 Hour Theater.

And so the students in the theater department on Thursday will get a um guidance on what their scene has to be about, and one line that they have to include.

And then they have free reign to create the scene, write it, come up with a dialogue, stage it, rehearse it, and then produce it on Saturday at six starting at six o'clock.

So if you like theater and want to see young people really working to hone their skills, um I invite you to come out to Stivers at six o'clock on Saturday.

You good?

Yep.

Okay.

Sean, all right.

Real very quickly, the Montgomery County Workforce Development Department is hosting a job fair tomorrow.

That's Thursday the 25th from 12 to 4 at the convention center.

Uh job seekers can access on-site interviews and resume assistance, and you can register at the jobcenter.org.

Uh also, I don't know if someone else has this in their notes already, but uh I'm excited to in about five minutes go to the um to the 2025 Walk of Fame uh celebration, honoring some some very uh impressive um members of this community.

You got it.

Okay, Commissioner Joseph.

All right.

Uh thank you, Commissioner, for giving a little preview.

Tomorrow, uh, the food bank in partnership with CareSource is hosting its largest food distribution event of the year.

Uh actually, tomorrow.

Yeah, tomorrow.

Tomorrow uh from 10 to noon at UD Arena.

It's a mass food distribution open to anyone, no appointment necessary.

Just come in your car.

You don't have to get out of your car.

You just pull through and people put food in your car.

It's wonderful.

Uh there's all kinds of fresh produce, shelf uh shelf stable goods, um, other central groceries.

It's it's a wonderful thing, and we want to thank both the food bank and care source for doing this for our folks.

Uh and also I want to thank uh our welcome Dayton organization.

Last week was welcoming week.

As always, we try to be welcoming to our immigrants and refugees.

There were a number of programs.

I want to thank our community partners and a welcome Dayton organization for all the work they put in.

Getting it done.

Thank you.

Okay.

I was hoping you guys would cover some of the other things I had on my list, so I wouldn't have to have a long, long list.

But um not well.

Okay.

Uh so uh uh back to basics, team program.

So uh we're working on this at uh one of our recreation centers, the Low Ride Recreational Center, uh, October the 25th uh through the 30th.

And that would include um teaching more and more of our young people essential basic skills that they need to navigate through everyday life.

Also, Monday management, as well as just how to budget your time wisely, how to write uh resume and how to sharpen your interview skills, uh something that we do again with our city and city uh department uh uh leaders, if you will, uh, throughout our summer programs as well.

So this is a very concentrated program, again, for the days I mentioned, uh through ages uh 13 through 17.

So again, thanks to City Manager City staff for working on making those things happen for our young people.

Additionally, in the job market, uh October 3rd Manufacturing Day at St.

Clair University, primarily focusing on many of the young people in surrounding school districts uh to Dayton.

And it comes at a great time because we keep increasing the number of jobs as far as our community is concerned, and having more and more of our young people prepared to take those jobs.

As we talked about peace earlier, this past Saturday, Expressions of Peace organization prevented a very um intensive all-day program where we had some of our young peace ambassadors who were participating in that program as well.

And then the Omega Peace Parade.

Again, a great opportunity for more and more of our young people to march in the parade uh to talk about peace and all the expressions of peace that we need to uh uh move this city forward in a peaceful manner.

I mean the ministers who are also there who are speaking, because as we talk about peace, I know um uh Q talked about some of the elements involved in that.

We also find that, especially in urban communities, that trauma is a major, major contributor to some of the uh violent situations that we have in our city.

And so I'm very happy to um continuously include all the ministers who are involved in helping us throughout this whole process dealing with peace.

And on Friday, we have the uh fourth annual youth team summit.

Uh this year they will house their program at um the downtown Dayton Library starting at 9 a.m.

And our future keynote speaker uh this year will be um the former uh basketball pro championship with the um uh Miami Heat, uh Norris Cole, Dunbar graduate as well.

And so he will be sharing some good thoughts to our young people about how to be successful and just some of the kinds of things are involved in being a successful athlete as well as a successful person.

And then probably finally, the on-main groundbreaking this Friday, uh, I think it starts at like 10 o'clock in the morning.

And I just want to mention that's another two thousand jobs coming to this community with um another eight hundred, not eight hundred, I wish eight hundred, eighty million dollars investment in terms of this community.

Now, if I can get them to move that decimal point over to eight hundred million, I'd be happy.

But I'm gonna be I'm gonna take eighty million as well as uh another contribution to this community.

So again, love and peace for all and hatred for none with no further business to come before this commission.

This meeting is adjourned.

It's been a long one, but it's been a good one.

Thank all of you for being here.