Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. We are going to go ahead and move on to two items, if that will, and we're going to go to general public comment and then to the rest of the agenda. These are the two commission appointment items. So we're going to do item number 25/1, which are which is the charter commission items. Madam Clerk.
Speaker 1: Item 25 is a communication from Council Councilmen, Supernatural Government Personnel and Elections Oversight Committee recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Government Personnel and Elections Oversight Committee.
Speaker 0: Thank you. I know the council member is not here, but we do have an item in front of us. Can I get a motion any second on this recommendation?
Speaker 6: And I am here and I can make the motion.
Speaker 0: Oh, I'm sorry about that. So Councilmember, just we know the city attorney's asking that if you're here, you have to be on the video.
Speaker 6: Well, I guess we can ask him live. My only connection is via phone. Should I remain on state?
Speaker 0: Okay. Well, I think the city attorney is telling me, just go out and stay on. I'm just reading my reading the directions here is given to me. So, no, go ahead and stay on. I think the city attorney will. We'll figure that part out. Councilmember, I wasn't aware it's a yes. So we have a motion because for a supervisor. A second, please. Second becomes more often a customer. You probably have any comments?
Speaker 6: No. And this is vetted by the.
Speaker 5: Committee, and we'd appreciate your support.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Austin.
Speaker 4: Well, I second the motion and I'll just take this opportunity to congratulate and thank all of the those who are being appointed to charter commissions today. These are important commissions that they do the business of the city, important business of the city, and are very, very highly qualified and impressive candidates who will serve our city for several years to come. Thank you and welcome to the city family.
Speaker 0: Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and read the the names of the members and a little bit about each new commissioner. And then we will we will go from there. So let me let me begin. If you I know some folks were able to attend and others not. So if you are here and as I say, your name, these are the charter commission members. Please go ahead and stand. And then once we do both the charter and the general commission members, we will then all take a picture for those those that are here being appointed to the Citizens Police Complaint Commission, because we have received Torres ratio with the Council District one resident and is a former teacher and now school counselor for Long Beach Unified School District, where you have been an avid volunteer and community leader and AOC seven neighborhood serving on their board since 2011. Rasha holds a bachelor's in liberal studies and a master's degree in school counseling from Cal State Dominguez Hills. Congratulations to her CEO. To the Ethics Commission. We are appointing rule on your very role as the Council District nine resident. Raul works as a paralegal for the L.A. City Attorney's Office, the Safe Neighborhoods and Gang Division. She has been an active community member and volunteer previously serving on the Citizens Police Complaint Commission, the Grants Committee Panel for the Arts Council of Long Beach and has been a fellow with Equality California Leadership Program, where all have been inducted into the Equality Plaza at Harvey Milk Park and as a leadership Long Beach graduate as well. Good to see you, Raul. Being appointed to our Parks and Recreation Commission is Christopher Chavez. Christopher is a Council District seven resident. Christopher is currently employed as the deputy policy director at the Coalition for Clean Air, which is an environmental nonprofit organization. He's a member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District's maybe 617 Community Steering Committee for Wilmington, Carson and West Long Beach. He previously served as a legislative staffer to California state senators and served as ACI President at Cal State, Long Beach, Cocoa Beach. Christopher holds a B.A. in political science with an emphasis in public policy and administration. Congratulations to Christopher. Also the Parks and Rec Commission has solicited regard to Smith Solicit is a council district one resident. She is currently employed as the interim executive director at Compound Long Beach, a nonprofit offering space and resources for local artists. Cillizza is a Hope Leadership Institute class graduate and served on the board of Served on the Board of trustees for Stevens College. Hope stands for, by the way, for Hispanics organized for political equality. Cillizza holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational leadership from Chapman here in California. Also being appointed to Parks and Recreation is Sylvester Givens. We know him as Duke. Duke Evans is a Long Beach native who grew up in the sixth District. He attended the Long Beach Poly High School in Miami City College, where he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Duke has served in the U.S. Air Force during the Desert Storm conflict and was honorably discharged. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the NAACP Community Service Award, special recognition from the U.S. Congress for various community efforts, and the African American Men's Forum Presidents Award. Duke is a founder of Care Closet LBC, a nonprofit helping or helping people that are experiencing homelessness, that are unhoused and is really doing a great job with this. The organization that he has launched and we're also doing a series of reappointment tonight. These are in the agenda. We just want to highlight the new folks that are here. I don't believe any of the re appointments are here. I'm just going to read their names. That's Michael for for KPCC. It's Michael Bates. Kenneth Cole, Modo, Brant Williams. Leigh Day Buchanan. Veronica Garcia for civil service. Susanna Gonzalez. Yvonne Wheeler for Parks and Rec. Shirlene Higa and Planning Commission. Jane Templin. So with that, let's give them a round of applause for our new commissioners that are here. And is there any public is there any public comment on this? We have more commissioner commissioners coming. So we have. Is there any public comment on this?
Speaker 7: If there are any members of the public that wish to speak on item 25 in person, please line up at the podium. And if there are any members of the public that would like to speak on item 2025 and Zoom, please use the raise hand feature or dial star nine now. Seen none. That concludes public comment for the time.
Speaker 0: Okay. I do have a couple of folks that are queued up. Council Women's and day has.
Speaker 2: I wanted to make the motion to set. Oh, no, sorry. Go ahead. I wanted to congratulate all of the commissioners for being appointed today and reappointed. I think it's very, very important that you know what a big part of our city you are. Thank you for, like, doing the best that you can for me, for our district, for our city wide. Thank you for representing us. I think that it is something that you, Mayor, have done a fantastic job of making sure that these commissions have been filled with really impressive commissioners. And I. I thank you for that in the years that you've been here. And I think that, you know, tonight is no different. So, again, congratulations, especially to my first District residents that are newly being appointed to be solicitor. And Roscoe, congratulations. Very proud of you guys.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And Councilwoman Pryce.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Mayer, and beautifully spoken by Councilwoman Zendaya's. Congratulations to everyone who's being appointed tonight. I'll speak once for both the charter and our non charter commission appointments because I don't want to be redundant and waste anyone's time. But we're very proud of the service that each and every one of you has already brought and will bring to the city of Long Beach. There's not a whole lot of reward for this type of service, but hopefully the love for your city and the commitment to continue to give back to your city is reward enough to keep you continuing to work on all of our behalf. And we're so grateful and congratulate all of you on your appointments tonight. And I agree with Councilman Sun Hoss. The mayor has done an excellent job, as always, in identifying the appropriate commissioners to serve on all of the commissions that we're going to be covering tonight. So thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. That concludes council comment. I will do a roll call. Vote for you for these commissions, please.
Speaker 1: District one. My district, too. I disagree. I district for.
Speaker 5: I.
Speaker 1: District five. I. District six. I. District seven.
Speaker 6: I.
Speaker 4: District eight II.
Speaker 1: District nine. The motion is carried nine zero.
Recommendation to receive Charter Commission appointments approved by the Government, Personnel and Elections Oversight Committee pursuant to Section 509 of the City Charter and Section 2.03.065 of the Long Beach Municipal Code.