Experience and achieve, and that's what we want to provide in the space.

The library's mission is the place for opportunity, discovery, and inspiration.

We have so much usage here in this space, and so many people that are just grateful for us existing.

It's a non-traditional library service for sure, but we are definitely relevant, present.

People bring in their ideas, and we're just kind of the facilitators, like Harry, maybe you want to try 3D printing, or maybe you want to try the laser.

We're just trying to give them the tools to get their creation out in the world.

We really focus on our entrepreneurs who are rapid prototyping their invention.

We just had a group of veterans go to market, get their Kickstarter launched and everything with something they prototyped here.

So to date, we've had eight people go to market with something that they prototype in the makerspace at Central Library.

We try to partner with other sections to bring in those makers that are not traditional makers that know of the space and want to use it all the time.

But just to kind of show what we can provide.

Once they come in here, they're like, oh, I can do this for a Girl Scout troop.

I can do this for you know a birthday gift.

I can, you know, I can come back and make my Comic Con costume, you know.

Generating those those ideas for people to come back in and use the space.

I'm not in depth an expert on every single piece of equipment.

It's really the people who come in with that curiosity that I really want to keep building up.

I want to keep that curious spirit alive.

And building more of these spaces is the way I think to do it.

I have an awesome staff, very dedicated and very into pop culture.

They are great bringing in all different ages through our pop culture days of celebration.

So we have a Pokemon Day or a Mario Day, Star Wars Day, Star Trek Day, because we have to be equal in that universe.

Comic Con, obviously.

You know, no matter what your age is, there's something for you to discover.

I learned how to swim a little later in life when I was about eight years old.

I was fortunate enough that my city pool was offering a basic water safety swim lesson, and my parents enrolled us.

I learned the basics, but I didn't become a stronger swimmer until I actually became a lifeguard at 15 years old.

Look at that squish!

I've been uh city employee for 32 years, always around aquatics.

This Satan swimming pool in San Isidro was my first job.

After 30 plus years, it's so rewarding because I can see the benefits, the impact, and the pathways that open up for people who actually learn how to swim and become confident in the water.

It's a life-saving skill, but it also opens up so many more opportunities.

Whether it's a job opportunity or an opportunity to develop into a healthy habit later on in life.

There's still times when I'm walking through the grocery store and I'll have someone stop me and say, I think you were my swim instructor.

And they are holding two small children in their arms.

So it's it's several generations that I've been able fortunate enough to be able to teach how to swim.

It's extremely rewarding, but I'm reminded of it every day because I actually have staff that I currently supervise that I was their swim instructor, and they went on to become a lifeguard and a swim instructor, and they're currently four managers.

Actually, there is one instructor in the water right now.

I was her uh swim instructor when she was a baby when she was four years old.

And she became a lifeguard, a swim instructor, she's an amazing swim instructor, and now she's a supervisor.

One of the most gratifying days of my life was teaching my mother how to swim.

I get emotional about it now because you know, we have generations out there who didn't have access.

You know, historically, some of us were not allowed in pools, and so we missed those opportunities, and now we're grandparents, and you know, we want people to be able to engage with their grandchildren and their children and really make this a generational activity.

It's one of the few activities that multiple generations can participate in as a whole family.

My personal belief is that learning how to swim, it's not a privilege, it's a necessity.

This unit started three decades ago with a pair of binoculars and a paper map book, which some people don't even know what that looks like.

So I've been a San Diego police officer for over 22 years.

I think it sounded really exciting to be able to do patrol work but from the air.

It feels like a family to me.

We've all worked incredibly hard to get here.

The cockpit is a very small place, so we have to get along with each other, but the fact of the matter is that we do.

And since it's newer, we were able to upgrade a lot of the tactical flight officers' equipment, the screens inside there.

It has a lot of cool features that are helping us do our job better and safer.

Technology is paramount in why we're so good at what we do, why we find people that would not be found.

We can find people that are hiding in people's backyards and canyon areas, even under cars sometimes, that may not be found if it wasn't for us looking around.

There are calls where I know in my heart that because I was there, an officer was safer, or a suspect went to jail that wouldn't, or a citizen was safer because we were there.gov slash defensible space.

All right, good morning.

We're going to get started.

I will now call the City Council meeting of Tuesday, July 14th, twenty twenty-six to order.

Clerk, please call the roll.