Community Services and Youth Committee - Regular Meeting

Good afternoon. We'd like to welcome you to the Commission on Aging meeting. This meeting is now called to order. Pursuant to the City Council rules and procedures In order of business resolution, the members of all boards and commissions and the public are reminded that they must preserve order and decorum throughout the meeting. In that regard, members of the boards and commissions and the public are advised that... any delay or disruption in the proceedings or a refusal to obey the orders of the board or commission or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of these rules the city of riverside is committed to fostering a workplace that provides dignity respect and civility to our employees customers and the public they serve the city of riverside wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public upon request this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities as required by 42 U.S.C. 12132 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the city's ADA coordinator at 951-826-1192. 2211 at least 72 hours before the meeting if possible. Agenda related writings or documents provided to the commission are available for public inspection at www.riversideca.gov slash meetings and in the binder located at the entrance of the meeting room. Let's please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. At this time, we would like to welcome our new commissioner for Ward 1, Commissioner Lawsink. Welcome to the Commission on Aging. Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to three minutes. To comment on any items or matters within the jurisdiction of the Commission, you are invited to participate in person or call 951-826-8688. Press star nine to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing star six when you are ready to speak. To participate via Zoom, use the following link, https slash slash zoom dot us slash j slash 92696991265. Select the raise hand function to request to speak. An on-screen message will prompt you to unmute and speak. We have two We have three speaker cards. Our first speaker will be Holly Joy.

Come and speak.

to come and speak i come to you representing butterfly technologies which is a transportation services company that has been providing what's entitled access for all transportation services under federal under a state grant but the california public utilities commission This transportation service is actually available in Riverside and Moreno Valley and Corona for residents that have disabilities, residents that are seniors that need some assistance with transportation services. And again, this is funded through a grant from the California Public Utilities Commission. effective April 1st butterfly technologies began marketing in Riverside City in Riverside County San Bernardino County and Orange County to provide knowledge and let the residents know that we are looking for access for all persons in the state of California the program details are $2 ridership per charge we would use that we have a special promo code for the months of June and July where all of the rides are free it will take the resident or the person that's needing the assisted transportation within a 12-mile radius from their home whether it's to the doctor whether it's to the store I just want to go to the senior center or please take me to a friend's house All appointments are made same day. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. are the rides, with a person being able to actually set an appointment as early as 7 a.m. So with that being said, how do they qualify? They'll qualify, they're available to individuals with disabilities who require assisted transportation, primarily using any mobility equipment, whether that is mobilized wheelchairs, walkers, canes, or even oxygen tanks. The drivers are equipped and assisted and will be able to assist. If there's need for a caregiver, the caregiver actually rides for free. It's an 800 number that we have on some cards. I don't know if I'm able to leave some of the cards here for you to take and give to some of your communities, but each card gives all of the information. It is bilingual. So we ask that you would continue to help us market these transportation services to the people that are in need. They can call the 800 number that's listed on the card or they can access the QR code and they can self-identify their level of eligibility. With that being said, my name is Holly Joy. I'm representing Butterfly Technologies as the outreach specialist for Riverside County, Corona, San Bernardino County, and sometimes Orange County, depending on traffic. So if there's any questions, I'll take some now. No questions? Okay. Well, thank you so much. Can I leave the brochures with someone? Okay. Thank you so much. Have a great afternoon.

Thank you. Our next speaker will be Alexa Christopher.

Can I go? Can I begin? Yes. Okay. Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for this opportunity to speak. My name is Alexa Christopher. I am the communication specialist for Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District. We're a local public health agency dedicated to protecting our communities from mosquitoes and vector-borne diseases. One of the most important messages that I wanted to share today is that mosquito prevention is a community effort, and mosquitoes can develop in very small amounts of standing water that can be around your home, in the community, at a community center, a senior center. Things like plant saucers, buckets, toys, clogged gutters can all be breeding sites for mosquitoes. So here are a few simple things that everyone can do to prevent mosquito breeding and prevent any mosquito bites. So first is dumping and draining any standing water that can be around your home or at a senior center or anywhere. Second is to wear mosquito repellent whenever you're spending time outdoors and also to make sure that any screens for your doors or windows are in good working condition so that mosquitoes can't enter the building or your home. We also want you to know that you're not alone in handling any mosquito issues. If you are experiencing any mosquito issues, please give us a call. We are available to residents, to senior centers at no additional cost. um we can help identify any mosquito sources provide guidance and help work through any issues that you might have with mosquitoes i've placed some brochures and business cards on the table in the back brochures have any additional or have information more about our district and they both have our contact card For online viewers, if you need to get ahold of us, our number is 951-340-9792. And yeah, please share this information with your neighbor, a family member, or a senior center so we can provide any assistance as needed. Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you. Our last speaker will be Felicia Brown.

Hello, thank you for having me. My name is Felicia Brown. I am the recreation coordinator for the La Sierra Senior Center and I am here representing all four of our senior centers here for the city of Riverside. And I just wanted to kind of give you guys an update on all the programs we have going on because summer is here. We are excited. We have our luncheons that we're doing. We have brunches that are going on. And that's going to be at Dells and La Sierra Singer Center. And then with that, we will be having our excursions. We have two excursions, one in July on the 14th going to Fantasy Springs Casino. And then we have another one coming up in August going to the Pageant of the Masters Casino. then we also have our feeding America food bank program where we give out 350 bags or boxes to the community and the seniors and then I said luncheons we have our elder tainment series which will be doing a summer carnival over at La Sierra Senior Center and then we will be having movies in the park over at Vegas Park and And then they will be doing a luncheon over there too for Father's Day to celebrate the dads in June. And then it's going to be their grilling and chilling with dad. And then we'll have our, we also have our Sodexo meals, which are over at Boardwell and Vegas Park. And that's Monday through Fridays from 1130 to 1230. If you guys have any questions, you can reach out to us. But you guys got the flyer with the information. So hopefully you guys will come out and check us out. Have some fun with us this summer. So hopefully we see you there. Thank you. Thank you, Felicia.

Thank you. We will now close public comment and move to the presentation on the Brown Act training.

good afternoon everyone my name is susan wilson i'm an assistant city attorney with the city of riverside and i wanted to make a presentation here to you today the governor newsom signed a bill in october of 2025 with certain changes to the brown act and we wanted we're going around to all the boards and commissions to provide a summary of those updates and i'm looking for my clicker here it is First of all, you've seen this language before. The Brown Act requires all of our business to be done and open in a transparent manner. As I go through the presentation, I'm just giving you the updates that were signed in because you've already had a lot of presentations on the Brown Act. But first of all, under SB 707, we are required now to be providing two-way telephonic and audiovisual or audiovisual access to the public starting July 1st. We have been doing this since COVID. This Brown Act creates certain minimal procedural requirements for conducting the meetings, including that we have to adopt rules for the conduct of our business. One new requirement is what happens when either those telephones or the internet is disrupted. What is our obligation? And the law requires that we stop the meeting for at least an hour and try and restore service. If after an hour we've been unable to restore service, then the Board of the Commission or the City Council then has to make a formal decision to allow the meeting to go forward, even though there is either no telephone or internet service, and that vote is recorded. So that is the policy that we're going to be following, and the City Council will adopt that at their last meeting in June. You've seen this slide before, I think, it's regarding meetings. Not only does it include any formal meeting that you attend when you're here on the dais, but it also can include any time that you get together and you're more than a quorum and you are considered to be a meeting, and it can also include emails. So, again, we remind you a majority of the Commission on Aging should not be emailing each other to develop what's called a collective concurrence as to action to be taken by the Commission on the Aging. And that would be, for example, if a quorum review exchange email saying this item is coming forward to us tonight, let's all decide now, or here's how I'm going to vote, what are you going to do? That's all should be done on the dais to give the public the chance to listen to this. What is permissible is for the staff to contact you if you want briefing on a particular issue as long as it's done in a one-on-one basis, meaning that the staff member can call you and say, here's further information as to what's going to be discussed tonight. The thing that the staff member cannot do is say, here's what's going to be discussed tonight. How are you going to vote? And then take that information and go to the next member of the Commission on Aging. And there is also a caution regarding social media interactions. You have to be very careful that those don't turn into what's called a serial meeting. A serial meeting is a series of communications, each of which involves less than a quorum, but when taken as a whole, involves the majority of the Commission on Aging members. Again, city staff can contact you, but the thing that you have to be careful about is social media. If you are allowed to post things on your social media site, you know, you have a Facebook page, you're saying the Commission on Aging is going to consider this particular item tonight, that is permissible under the Brown Act. What is not permissible is if another member of the Commission on Aging then comments on that page publicly. So if that person does a thumbs up or a thumbs down, That would be considered a violation. If you do it privately where the comment only goes to the person who made the initial posting, that is fine. But again, our recommendation is just be very cautious with your use of social media so you don't end up inadvertently violating the Brown Act. Public speech, the public has the right to address the Commission on Aging at any meeting on any subject that's within your subject matter jurisdiction. A new requirement of the law is that we must allow remote participation either through the telephones or through the internet beginning July 1st. I just want to let you know we already do this. We've been doing it for years. Regulating public speech. You can impose regional restrictions upon public comment at meetings so long as your restriction is not too broad and do not constitute prior restraints. And you can ask a member to refrain from speaking on a matter that isn't within your subject matter jurisdiction. or from addressing one individual board or commission member. I've seen that sometimes at council where a member of the public will come in and say, I only want to address the mayor. This is a comment just for her. And really it's within her right. And sometimes you'll see her do this to say, please make the comment to the entire city council. Again, you can require members that come in to fill out a speaker card, but they have no obligation to do so. And this applies under the update to the law, not only to the people in council chambers, but those that are at home and calling in. You can't require them to do it. You can certainly ask them, but if they refuse, it's well within their rights and they can still make the comment. regulation of public speech. The law provides that you can limit it to between three and five minutes each. Your chair is generally responsible for enforcing those time limits. And generally, there is a timer, so it makes it easier on the chair. But any three to five minutes is fine. We do not recommend limiting it to two minutes. And you certainly have the right, if you wish, to allow more time than that. But again, if you allow more time, you have to make that additional comment time available to all members of the public. This is another new change in the law regarding interpretation for public comment. If there is a segment of the population in Riverside of more than 20% that speak one language but do not speak English well, then we have to translate those agendas. And all of our agendas must include remote access details. Currently, we translate... Just the city council agendas into Spanish, but not boards and commissions, because there is not 20% or more that don't speak English well. And all of our agendas contain the remote access details. So that's a change in the law. which I want to tell you about. Agenda requirements, your staff is very good at having a brief description of what is going to be discussed, and you can see it on your agenda. If it's not on the agenda, you can't discuss it or act upon it, but there are exceptions. You can ask questions to staff or answer questions posed by the public. You can ask questions for clarification. You can ask staff for factual information. You can ask your staff to come back and report on something at another meeting. You can ask for something to be agendized, and you can also make brief announcements as to your activities. So again, these are the exceptions, but we always counsel you to just stick with what is on the agenda so the public has the chance to know what's going to be discussed. The Sunshine Ordinance, this was adopted in 2015. It was recently amended to provide that commissions such as the Commission on Aging are noticing requirement is no longer 12 days. It's now three business days before the date of the meeting. So that might be why you're getting your agendas a little closer to the meeting than previously. I think I'm almost done here, a couple more slides. We can always supplement the agenda, but no later than 72 hours before a regular meeting for things like emergencies, to delete something from the agenda, add additional information that your staff didn't know at the time, or to continue items, or to correct errors. And your staff will be pretty good at doing this. A couple more changes in the law regarding teleconferencing. First of all, if you have a disability that prevents you from attending a meeting in person, you don't have a limitation on the number of times that you can do that per year. If you have the appropriate disability, then you can attend all of the meetings remotely. And there's also an expansion of the Just Cause remote attendance requirements. If you have the disability, you have to make sure that you use two-way audio and video, and you also have to disclose before each meeting adults over 18 present in the remote location. So if this occurs, I would work with the staff person or the city clerk, and we can assist in having the proper notice. One thing I want to mention. It's not in the presentation, but because your Commission on Aging meets at least once a month, you have the ability to attend remotely two times a year. And the reasons for doing so would be caregiving, not only for a child, but for an older person. travel on official city business or business for another public entity, you have a contagious illness, you're caring for an immunocompromised member of the family, or you're serving in the military. So I just want to let you know that the reasons for you to attend remotely have been expanded. another slide regarding updates to the sunshine ordinance you may have noticed this before some of the boards and commissions still have a 12 day notice in advance other boards have the 72 hours the three business days and we do have to do audio recording for the commission on aging we're not required to televise but we continue to do so And I think you have already received an update for the Code of Ethics. The one thing that I wanted to mention to you is there's a new provision in the Code of Ethics regarding digital misconduct, but it's a fairly narrow prohibited conduct. And it would have to do with online activity or messages that appear to create bias, partisanship, or predisposition, meaning you've already made up your mind. You're acting in your official capacity. It falls within the subject matter jurisdiction, which would be the Commission on Aging. It's a quasi-judicial proceeding, meaning that you're having a hearing on someone's right to either grant them a right or deprive them of a right. And you're using an official city account. Really, this is only going to apply to a couple boards and commissions and our city council, mainly because you don't have an official city account. So I just wanted to clarify that in case you're worried that you could be committing digital misconduct with your social media pages. And with that, happy to answer any questions, but those are the updates that the governor signed into law in October of 2025.

Commissioner Dove.

My question is on the reasonable accommodation for the disability. Is this something you have to establish early? Like I would say, OK, I would let Marnie know that I have this statutory disability, right? Is this something that's filled out beforehand, or is this something that's on a day-by-day or meeting-by-meeting that you could get qualified for the remote? Am I asked?

So it would have to be a disability that would prohibit you from attending a meeting in person. And I would contact either your staff person or the city clerk, and we would handle it as an accommodation under the American with Disabilities Act. So there's no form to fill out. But we are required to provide you with that accommodation, and we can certainly work with you on that. Okay, thank you. You're welcome.

Any other questions? Commissioner?

Yes. Does this pertain to every group that's within the city? Is this just a city thing?

It applies statewide to every public body. I thought you said that.

All right.

Well, thank you.

Thank you. Great.

Thank you for having me. Okay, at this time, we're going to go into our consent calendar. Under the consent calendar, considered routine by the Commission on Aging and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. The minutes of May 18th. And, okay, so do we have a motion to approve the consent calendar?

I have a motion to approve, but with one correction. The date, Thursday, May 18th. This actually should be Monday, May 18th.

Thank you. Noted.

Oh, I'm sorry, I did a motion to approve with that correction. Second.

Is there a second?

Second.

Commissioner Clark, second. I'll call for the vote.

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Okay. Thank you. Motion carried. We will now proceed to the discussion item portion of the agenda. Okay. Okay. Code of Ethics, thank you.

Yes, so good evening, Commission on Aging, Madam Chair. My name is Tola Perkins and I will be presenting the Code of Ethics and Conduct for annual review on behalf of the Board of Ethics. Next slide. The purpose of the Code of Ethics and Conduct pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.020 to achieve fair, ethical, and accountable local government for the city of Riverside. Public officials are expected to comply with the provisions of the code of ethics and conduct and shall aspire to meet the standards in the conduct of their responsibility as a public official of the city of Riverside. Next slide. Scope, pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.030, public officials subject to the code, mayor, number one, number two, city council members, number three, all members of appointed boards, commissions, and committees appointed by the city council and or mayor. Next slide. Implementation, pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.040. A, upon election, reelection, appointment, or reappointment, public officials shall be given a copy and required to affirm receipt and understanding. B, within 90 days of taking office, public officials shall receive training. C, city attorney or designee shall serve as a resource to assist public officials in understanding and abiding by the code. Next slide. Continuous of implementation. D, all bodies whose members are covered by this chapter shall adopt rules of procedure, which include provisions of this code. E. Chair of each body is responsible to provide appropriate guidance to its members and, if needed, communicate concerns to the Board of Ethics. F. Only those who live, work, including vendors and contractors, or attend school in Riverside may bring a complaint unless alleged violation took place outside of city limits. complaining party personally witnessed or observed the alleged violation please note City Council adopted on January 27 2026 the asterisk mark and blue Next slide. Core values. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.050. A, to strive to create a government that is trusted by everyone. B, to strive to make decisions that are unbiased, fair, and honest. C, to strive to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and in a just and fair manner. Next slide. Continuous of core values. D, to strive to create a community that affirms the value of diversity. E, to strive to ensure that all public decisions are well informed, independent, and in the best interest of the city of Riverside. F, to strive to maintain a nonpartisan and civic-minded local government. Next slide. Continuous of core values. G, to strive to ensure that all public officials are adequately prepared for the duties of their office. And H, to strive to ensure that all that appointed members of boards, commissions, and committees attend regularly scheduled meetings. Next slide. I want to note for this core value letter I, the city council adopted on May 19th, 2026. Digital communications must reflect the city's commitment, the city's commitment to impartiality, fairness, and integrity. Online activity messages or actions should not create or appear to create bias partisanship or predisposition on city matters that fall within the subject matter jurisdiction of the public official and our quasi judicial procedures next slide We're going to prohibited conduct pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.060. A, use of official title or position for personal gain, prohibited. B, use of divulgence of confidential or privileged information, prohibited. C, use of city resources for non-city purposes, also prohibited. D, advocacy of private interest of third parties in certain circumstances, also prohibited. E, endorsements for compensation, prohibited. Next slide. Continuous of prohibited conduct. F, violation of government code sections. 87100, regulating financial interest and governmental decisions made by public officials, prohibited. G, certain political activity, also prohibited. H, display of campaign materials in or on city vehicles, prohibited. I, knowingly assisting another public official in violating this code of ethics and conduct, also prohibited. Next slide. Continuous of prohibited conduct. J, negotiation for employment with any party having a matter pending, prohibited. K, ex parte contact in quasi-judicial matters, prohibited. L, attempts to coerce official duties, prohibited. M, violations of law, violations of local law, prohibited. N, conviction of federal or state law affecting their office is also prohibited. Please take note that adopted by the city council on May 19th, 2026, O was adopted as digital misconduct is also prohibited. Next slide. We're going into written complaint procedures pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.070. A, only alleged violations of prohibited conduct shall be grounds for a complaint In asterisk blue, city council adopted amendment on January 27th, 2026, which states, complainants are covered by whistleblower policies and the city will not retaliate nor tolerate retaliation against those who, in good faith, report suspected fraud, waste, or abuse, or participate in an investigation of a suspected violation. Next slide. additional written complaint procedures pursuant to Riverside municipal code two point seven eight point zero seven zero B complaints are submitted on forms available from the city clerk C complaints and evidence are filed with the city clerk and D complaints must be filled out completely in accordance with this chapter next slide Continuous of written complaint procedures. E, complaints must be filed no later than one year of the alleged violation. F, city clerk reviews for completeness. G, any filed complaint not in compliance shall be administratively rejected by the city clerk with the approval of the chair of the board of ethics. Next slide. We're going into pre-conference procedures. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.075a, complainants must submit one revised complaint only to add additional allegations within 30 days of the original filing. B, city clerk sets matter for a pre-conference for no later than 45 city business days. And C, city clerk provides a copy of the complaint to public official within 10 calendar days. Next slide. Pre-conference procedures continues. D, Board of Ethics, also known as BOE, conducts a pre-conference prior to a hearing date by the city clerk. All parties are to attend the pre-conference. However, the absence of a party shall not be grounds for a continuance. The pre-conference shall be conducted as follows. One, BOE reviews complaint to determine if it complies with all of the following to establish jurisdiction of the BOE. A, complaint procedures have been followed. B, complaint is against a public official. C, complaint alleges a violation of prohibited conduct. And D, complaint does not restate violations of previous complaint. Next slide. Pre-conference procedures continues. Number two, if majority of the BOE determines that the complaint does not comply with the provisions mentioned in the prior slide, the chair states the findings of deficiency and calls for a vote of the BOE to dismiss the complaint without adhering. The statement of findings is adopted at the next meeting and it is the final decision of the BOE. If a majority of the BOE determines that the complaint complies with all of the provisions mentioned in prior slide, then the pre-conference proceeds. Three, the BOE shall facilitate settlement discussions between the parties by allowing the parties to confer privately to determine if a resolution can be reached. If so, then the hearing is necessary. If not, the pre-conference continues. Next slide. Continuous pre-conference procedures number four, the BOE reviews the submitted tangible evidence to determine if it is relevant to the issues raised in the complaint. If it is determined by majority of vote that such evidence is irrelevant, then such evidence will be deemed inadmissible at the hearing and shall be excluded. Five, the complainant may verbally present any and all evidence that will be presented at the hearing to prove allegations in the complaint. The public official has same opportunity. Number six, the BOE shall determine by a majority of vote whether the complainant has shown that the evidence more than likely than not shows that there may be a potential violation of the prohibited conduct. please note this asterisk piece that I'm going to read was adopted by City Council on January 27 2026 which reads all evidence shall be taken in its totality with equal weight given to both parties next slide continuous of pre-conference procedures. Seven, if it is determined by the BOE that the evidence shows it is more likely than not that there may be a potential violation of the prohibited conduct has occurred, then a hearing panel is selected by random draw of the BOE members to consist of five members and one alternate. The city clerk sets a hearing date for no later than 45 city business days following the pre-conference. 8. If it is determined by the BOE that the complainant failed to show that it is more likely than not that there may be a potential violation of the prohibited conduct, the chair of the BOE instructs the city clerk to prepare a statement of findings for adoption at the next regular meeting of the BOE. This statement of findings is the final decision of the BOE. Next slide. Now we're going into the hearing procedures. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.080. A, public official shall file a written reply no later than 20 calendar days prior to the hearing date. B, city clerk shall provide copy of written reply to complainant no later than 10 city business after receipt. C, Board of Ethics shall have the authority to adopt hearing procedures not in conflict with this chapter. D, pre-conferences and hearings on the merits are not formal judicial proceedings. Technical rules of evidence do not apply. Next slide. Continuous of hearing procedures. e chair of hearing panel presides over the hearing f no new witnesses or evidence other than what was submitted may be introduced at the hearing unless the hearing panel determines complainant discovered after the filing G, prior to commencement of the hearing, either party may ask for a continuance. H, only one continuance of the hearing shall be granted to each party. Next slide. Continuance of hearing procedures. I, complainant goes first and shall have burden of proof by preponderance of the evidence. J, public official proceeds second and may make an opening and closing statement. Examine witnesses' evidence and introduce rebuttal evidence. K, neither party shall be allowed to examine the other party, however, may cross-examine. L, hearing panel may ask questions of the parties or witnesses. And M, parties may present rebuttal evidence. Next slide. Continuing of hearing procedures. N, upon conclusion of evidence presented, the chair shall facilitate verbal deliberations by the hearing panel. O, all findings shall be approved by majority of vote and panel shall direct city clerk to prepare statement of findings or designate members to prepare statement of findings to include recommendations for sanctions. Panel must approve within 30 city business days. P, within five city business days of approval, city clerk notifies all parties in writing of the decision of the hearing panel and the appeal procedures. Next slide. Continuing of hearing procedures. Q, no member of the Board of Ethics who is the complainant of subject of the complaint shall sit as a member of the hearing panel. Or, neither the complainant nor the public official against whom the complaint is filed shall be represented at the hearing by an attorney. Although an attorney may be present and consulted at the hearing, the attorney shall not address the hearing panel or participate in any aspect of the hearing. Next slide. Now we're into the appeal procedures. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.090A, a decision of the hearing panel may be appealed to the city council. Appeals of pre-conference decisions may only be appealed if the appeal is based upon a clear procedural error. Appeals are filed in writing with the city clerk within 10 city business days of following the date of the decision. Appellant must specify the clear procedural error or abuse or discretion. The city clerk shall place the appeal on a city council agenda within 30 city business days. Next slide. Continuous appeal procedures pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.090B. If there is no appeal, the decision of the hearing panel becomes final and there shall be no further right to appeal. The city council would then determine if sanctions should be imposed if applicable. C, the record on appeal shall consist of a transcript of the hearing, the complaint and tangible evidence and testimony considered at the hearing. No new evidence will be received or considered by the city council at the hearing on the appeal. Next slide. continuous of appeal procedures D City Council shall review record if no finding of clear procedural error or abuse of discretion the City Council shall adopt findings of the hearing panel if there is a finding by the City Council of a clear procedural error or abuse of discretion by the hearing panel that finding shall be clearly stated and the matter shall be referred back to the hearing panel for a re-hearing to consider the matter in light of the findings of the city council on appeal. E, if the city council finds a violation was committed, the city council may determine sanctions. F, city clerk notifies all parties and there is no further right to appeal. Next slide. Continuous of appeal procedures. F, city clerk shall notify all parties of the findings and determination of the city council on the appeal. The findings and determination are final and there is no further right to appeal. G, complaints, replies, supporting documentation, transcripts of hearing, notices of appeal, and all decisions thereon shall be public records and retained by the city clerk for a period of two years. H, no public official is a party to a complaint shall participate in the appeal of the decision of the hearing panel and must recuse from participation. Next slide. Now we're going into enforcement and sanctions pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.100. Upon a finding by a majority of the city council that any public official violated any provision of the prohibited conduct or no appeal has been made to a board of ethics, finding such violation, the city council may impose any of the following sanctions. Next slide. Continuous of enforcement and sanctions. Pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.100. A, elected officials. One, public apology by official to complainant. Two, recommendation for training. Three, removal from regional committees. Four, removal from mayor pro tem rotation. Five, public censure. Or six, restrict from traveling to attend meetings, conferences outside city limits. Next slide. Continuous of enforcement and stations pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.100. B, appointed officials of boards, commissions, and committees. One, public apology by the official to the complainant. Two, recommendation for training. Three, referral to the board, commission, or committee of which the appointed official is a member for public censure. Four, public censure by the mayor and city council. Five, removal from chair, vice chair, or other leadership positions. Or six, removal from office as provided by city charter. Next slide. monitoring and oversight pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code 2.78.110A. Prior to end of July each year, the boards and commissions shall agendize and discuss at a regular meeting the effectiveness of this Code of Ethics and Conduct Code and make recommendations to the Board of Ethics for consideration. B. Prior to the end of August, Board of Ethics shall discuss effectiveness of this code, consider Board Commission recommendations, and submit recommendations for amendments to the Governmental Processes Committee, BGPC, for consideration. C, prior to end of September, the GPC shall discuss effectiveness of this code and instruct the city manager to present a report to the city council for its discussion and consideration. D, prior to end of the year, the chair of the GPC shall present a report to the City Council at a public hearing in the evening. The City Council shall make an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of this code and consider those recommendations of the BOE, boards, commissions, and GPC. The City Council shall direct city attorney to make any changes to the code it deems appropriate. Next slide. As you can see, we're at the end of this presentation. The recommendation provided to you from the Board of Ethics on behalf of myself, Tola Perkins, that the Commission on Aging discuss and review the Code of Ethics and Conducts for its effectiveness and forward any recommended revisions to the Board of Ethics for consideration. Madam Chair, that completes my presentation for the Board of Ethics. Thank you, Ms. Perkins.

Does any commissioner have a question at this time? Commissioner Clark.

I was just wondering, Ms. Perkins, could there be a continuance by the City Council once it's on their agenda?

Can there be a continuance on the agenda? One second. Can there be a continuance of adhering? So let's go back to the hearing, please.

Either the complainant or the appellant could ask for a continuance on this issue because the sanctions are pretty severe and long-lasting. So I was wondering if that first, you know, city council hearing had to be it so that they could move forward with the meetings with the other commissions. So...

Okay, so what I will say to this is we talked about the continuous here for hearings, and let's go to that part. One second.

Hmm.

What prompted me is that on page B, we'll start with housing. No report. Okay. Commissioner Bass is not here, so we'll move on. Senior health.

Our committee met on June 10th to discuss health issues and those that follow the ad hoc boundaries. And so what we did, we discussed some networking, collaborating with some senior centers to design workshops covering particular topics such as health care, dementia, caregiver support, and in-home assistance services. So that's what the ad hoc is about. So what we're looking at is meeting with Blue Zones, Riverside University Health Systems, Alzheimer's Association, and there's a variety of subtopics that we're going to then discuss and ask questions of for these. So we're just at the beginning stages. This is our first meeting. So to be continued, we have another meeting come up in August.

Thank you, Commissioner. Events.

Commissioner Bass is on vacation, but we did have a brief meeting for the future that we are going to look at a presentation in collaboration with Connect, the bus transportation for disabled and disability and senior citizens.

Thank you. environment.

I recently attended a webinar series, and this one was from Sustainable Conservation. And it's regarding helping California thrive by uniting people to solve the toughest challenges facing our land, air, and water. Every day we bring together businesses, landowners, communities, and government in some of the most productive yet economically disadvantaged parts of California to steward the resources on which we all depend in ways that are just and make economic sense. So it was very interesting, and there were some timely pieces to the webinar that I attended. I did find it to be helpful.

Thank you. Mobility. I don't have anything to report, but I did want to ask if I could meet with Ms. Brown. If you can stay with the meeting, if not, I can get your number. I just wanted to meet with you on the walk-a-thon that's happening in August to see, is this the Senior Expo?

Okay.

Thank you. Okay, so if you can't stay, then just leave a number and I'll give you a call later this week. Thank you.

Thank you. Are there any updates or conferences, seminars, regional meetings attended by commissioners? Commissioner Pendergraft?

Well, I attended, it's not quite like a meeting per se, but it was an award ceremony. It was the Athena of a Riverside Award, and it's presented by the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, and this year it acknowledged Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson as the recipient of the award. It was wonderful.

Commissioner Dove? Commissioner Clark.

We can't hear you. I'm sorry. There you go. Thank you. I went to a seminar at the Janagoski Center, Time is Brain, a wonderful presentation on strokes given by the Riverside Community Hospital, and extremely well, well attended, very important and critical information. Thank you.

Basically, most of my things are with Janikowski because I'm there quite a bit. And what we had recently was a thing on the transportation again. Because there's a lot, I live in a neighborhood where the husband died or the wife died and there's about five of us that are alone, I have my wife still, but they know nothing about the transportation. You know, and so they encourage that. So these people now are involved, and I don't know how it works other where, but I've told at La Sierra, the people at the newspaper, they could put something in there to people to call and remind. If you don't have a way to get, call us, get there. And, by the way, La Sierra Senior Center is really nice. I've had a lot. I'm a stupid on computers, you know what I mean? The guy over there is ready to kill me, but he loves me.

Thank you. Thank you. Vice Chair Quasman.

I was honored to attend the Riverside Department of Parks and Rec Services Foundation luncheon for the employees, and it was wonderful. We recognized so many of the great employees of the Parks and Rec. And then I attended kind of an open house for the central counseling services. It was off the 91 and Indiana. They have a gorgeous office there and so many services for seniors and others. And I've already recommended it to somebody. And then I went to the Leadership Riverside graduation for the Chambers of Commerce last Friday, and that was very exciting. And they're doing a project for the population of the kids that timed out of foster care. So it was wonderful. And since my Junior League days, I've always wanted to continue something like that. So it's wonderful.

Yeah.

So that's it.

Thank you. Okay. I attended on May 26th, the Inland Coalition on Aging Zoom presentation. May 27th, a Board Well Advisory Committee. On June 9th and 10th, I attended the NIC Conference, which is the National Innovative Communities Conference at the Riverside Convention Center. And their focus was on community health, generational wellness, and the health workforce. So that was it. OK. Next on our agenda, are there any items or requests for future consideration? Commissioner Pendergraft. Commissioner Dove.

I like to see how to work this. I went to a Blue Zones event and it was a I want to say it was co-op grocery store or the farming. And there was a farmer there and she was a senior and her. What she said to me was they have a difficult time farming seniors. And so I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but I like to see some type of presentation and I have information. Um, I'd like to pass down to you all, um, to find out the concerns of the senior farmers and their struggles and with, you know, what they, their needs are. Um, and that's it for right now.

Thank you. Um, commissioner Clark, nothing. Commissioner Kuhn.

Yeah, I've made some arrangements for some seniors through the centers, a couple centers. I've worked 15 years with mentally challenged, and I love it, and I still work to this day. with the mentally challenged because I love them. And I've been involved in the Special Olympics. And we're going to start a program in the future here. It's been good, big in Orange County and in our area. Temecula is fabulous too, but here we're not really going with it. And we're going to start kicking something in for seniors to get involved with the Special Olympics and work with some mentally challenged people.

I'm sorry, Commissioner Lawson, do you have anything to add or any future requests?

Not at this time, but I'm sure I will later.

Okay, thank you.

Vice Chair Quasman? So this is when we talk about the future, right? Correct.

On the agenda. Agenda items.

Well, the one thing that I had asked before is that recording of the verbiage that Carmen has to say at the beginning when I go to other meetings, they have a recording.

So starting your first meeting in August, we will have the recording instead of her reading it. We talked with Roberts, Chair Roberts, and we said we wanted to finish this year. Okay. Technically new fiscal year, so in August you will have the new one.

Okay. Very good.

Thank you.

Okay. Okay. Do we have any announcements from the commissioners? Okay. Okay. I have to call you off. Commissioner Dove, I mean, Commissioner Pendergrass said no. Commissioner Dove?

The event on Wednesday, the concert at La Sierra.

Okay. Coming down the line. No, no, no.

We have an appointment to meet with David Maxfield who's the marketing person for Riverside Community Hospital because we're noticing that not only seniors but just most individuals who attend the hospital get lost and so he's going to try to help us to understand how to get around and then maybe he'll come here and make it a presentation for everybody. And then I did have a conversation with Aaron Edwards about Blue Zones. And I happened to be at Good Morning Riverside with Brando Crozier. And he also wanted to speak with Aaron about the Blue Zone. So together we are meeting with Aaron to talk about how our committee can meet and talk more and then how Grando and I can bring more Blue Zone material to the Riverside Community Services Foundation. Okay.

My announcement is at the Settlement House on 14th, Bermuda, they're having a Juneteenth celebration on Wednesday. Wednesday, 9 to 12, but don't quote me, but I think it's like in the morning. So I just wanted to make that announcement to anybody who wanted to go. Okay. We'll have any city staff announcements from summer?

Good afternoon, Commissioners. Summer Cremo, Recreation Supervisor with the City of Riverside Parks Recreation and Community Services Department, here to give you some updates. Since our last meeting, we did have a very successful senior excursion to the Pantages Theater to see The Sound of Music. Very fun trip. And tomorrow, we have a busload of seniors heading out to the California Science Center with IMAX. In terms of social engagement, this past month we've had five luncheons, two entertainment events, two potlucks. We've celebrated going back to the 70s with Boogie Fever Nights at Viegas. We've celebrated our service members at the Celebrating Our Heroes Luncheon at Dale's and our Red, White, and Bloom Luncheon at La Sierra Senior Center. We also had our Blossom Brunch at La Sierra Senior Center. And we celebrated the start of summer with our Slice of Summer Luncheon at Dale's. And this Thursday, we do have our Rolling Back in Time Luncheon at La Sierra Senior Center with a fun kind of 50s throwback vibe. um we do want to encourage both the commissioners and the public to not only enjoy our 55 plus senior activities but we're like felicia mentioned we are in summer and parks and rec is in full swing with a lot of community events and so we would really love to see everyone come out to our concerts in the park which will normally be held at fairmont park every wednesday evening except for this wednesday the 17th we will be having a special concerts in the park at la sierra park and we'll also be holding our kind of volunteer celebration so for those who have rsvp'd it looks like it's going to be a huge turnout so we're really excited um for that and we encourage all of our volunteers to stay for the concert in the park which will be followed by our very first drone show so very exciting night on wednesday it's going to be a lot of fun We also want to encourage everyone to come out to our weekly Friday Movies in the Park if you have grandkids. This is a great opportunity to bring the grandkids and the little ones out and enjoy a movie with them. Like Felicia mentioned, we had another successful TFAP Feeding America Commodity Box Distribution on June 5th. At La Sierra, we distributed all 200 boxes before the event ended, and then we had 50 boxes each at Dale's, Boardwell, Stratton, and Villegas. And again, we want to encourage everyone to put on your calendars for August 19th from 8 to 10 a.m. at White Park in Dales. We have our Senior Expo, and this will include vendors, entertainment, and a walk-a-thon. I don't know what we're putting together. And finally, next Wednesday, June 24th from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., we will be having the Mayor's Senior Forum. This will be the final forum in her series. And so I encourage you to come out, and this gives both commissioners and the public a chance to talk about senior issues with Mayor Locke-Dawson, with Councilmember Falcone, and also with city leadership across multiple departments. So this is a really great opportunity to share your concerns, what's working, what's not working, what you want to see. And so I really encourage the community to come out to this event. And it will be held at Dale's Senior Center next Wednesday from 10 to 11 a.m. And that's all I have. Thank you, everyone.

What is the one on 17th, August 17th?

August 19th? Or was it 19th?

The 17th? 19th.

That's the volunteer appreciation?

That's it? Yeah. Okay, thanks.

June 17th. This one's it.

Was that August 17th or June 17th for the recognition for the volunteers?

June 17th, volunteer recognition. June 17th at La Sierra Park. August 19th is the Senior Expo. And what time was it for volunteers? Five. Five o'clock. And the band will start at six.

I'm working. And the drones.

And the drones at nine o'clock. Drone show, not the drones.

Thank you for all of that valuable information. Okay. Our next Commission on Aging meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 17th at 4 p.m. Please mark your calendars. And if there is no other business to come before us, the meeting is adjourned.