The meeting was held on August 6, 2026, starting at 9:00 AM. The board discussed town hall planning, reviewed a community survey, and received updates on the methodology and grant application. The meeting lost quorum before a vote on the survey could be taken, and next steps were deferred to a future meeting.
Can you note that on the record on the recording? What has transpired? What we're doing? Yes, ma'am. And if you would, what is the uh the count for uh the roll call, Ms. Wright? Five, sir. Okay, five members present. Okay, madam chair, I'll turn it over to you for opening remarks before we move on with the one with the agenda. Just want to say thank you all for the attention you paid to um the methodology, the survey, all of the questions um that we have from the previous meeting. I know folks have weighed in to some extent, and then some folks we're weighing in tonight. Um, right now we don't have a quorum. Um, we do have some business to take care of. I will I will just start off at the opening of this to say that um, you know, I was hopeful that we would go to Mako conference next week. You know, we've you know receive feedback that that may not be a possibility due to some budget constraints from the board. I mean from the council. Um I will I want us to leverage that as an opportunity to show the importance of us having access to administrative fees so that we will be able to do what we need to do in accordance with how they have been written and how other organizations or other boards across the state are able to operate um that limitation and the fact that we were not allowed administrative funds has hindered us from the ability to be able to do things that we think serve the best interest of this board and also serve the best interest of our community. So I just want to emphasize that at the front end of this meeting um to say that we need to really advocate for access to the administrative fees that the law allows us to have. So just wanted to say that and recognizing that we have another member that has joined. Um just want to delve into the meeting in the interest of time. Thank you so much, uh, Mary and Yang. Can you say your name for the record, please? Uh good evening, Mrs. Mary and Yang. Okay, we do have a quorum. Then uh if we uh we probably should move back to the minutes, and um hopefully everyone has had an opportunity to review the minutes. Uh, thank you for placing those on the screen for us for those that this time if we have a motion to approve the minutes. This is Valencia. I would like to move for approval of our minutes. Second, this is Mayor and Yang. Randy I Dr. Jordan. And we'll see our uh. With that, thank you. The minutes are approved. We have uh on next on the agenda, madam of chair. If I may, I'll just provide a brief update about the uh status of the methodology. Yes, thank you. Okay. Just wanted to let everyone know that the uh methodology was presented before the county council during their final meeting of the year on the uh um July 21st, and the letter was approved for transmission to the Office of Social Equity. Um, and um that will uh that will allow that uh step in the process to begin moving as we begin uh the other steps in this process, which we'll be discussing uh later on on the agenda. But I just wanted to let everyone know that that has uh has moved forward. The uh the next item on the agenda is review and approval of the revised grant application and uh discussion and consideration of uh final approval of that application. Can we can I is it possible for us to motion to um shift that agenda item to after we finish? I feel like that should be the last agenda item. Um just so we can kind of get through the other two pieces really quickly. I think we can, but you let me know if it don't look like we can in the other two pieces, but one of which is the town hall and and and and the those pieces. Sure. I know we tend to spend a lot of time on this. Sure.