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SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023
CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Pro Tern Michael Cao called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm.
ROLL CALL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem Michael Cao and City Council Member Eileen Wang
PUBLIC COMMENTS - None
a. Approve the special meeting minutes of October 18 2023
Recommended Action. Approve
b. Discussion about the formation of the Health Committee
On October 18, 2023, the Health Committee met for a special meeting and the following guests
attended; Chia-Chieh Hu, Diane Daniels, Kenneth Wogensen, Dino Clarizio, Mark Feng, David
Ratto, Tracy Joseph, and Fei Huang. Mayor Pro Tern Cao handed a list of monthly health
awareness topics to be selected for each month. The seminars should last approximately one
hour with a question and answer at the conclusion. The following seminars were selected for
each month:
January — Quality of Life Month, Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month, Thyroid Awareness
Month, and Glaucoma Awareness Month.
February — American Hearth Month, National Cancer Prevention Month, Heart Failure
Awareness Week, and National Eating Disorders Awareness Month.
March — National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, World Teen Mental Wellness
Day, World Obesity Day.
April — Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month, National Autism Awareness Month,
Parkinson's Awareness Month.
May — Mental Health Awareness Month, National Asthma and Allergies Awareness Month, and
National Stroke Awareness Month.
June — Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, Cataract Awareness Month, Men's Health
Month, and National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month.
July — Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, UV Awareness Month, World Hepatitis Day.
August — Children's Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month, World Lung Cancer Day, World
Breastfeeding Week, National Grief Awareness Day.
September — Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, Pain Awareness Month, Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month, Falls Prevention Awareness Day.
October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Bullying Prevention Month, National
Depression Screening Day.
November — COPD Awareness Month, Diabetic Eye Disease Month, National Alzheimer's
Disease Awareness Month, and National Epilepsy Awareness month.
December — National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week,
and International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
After reviewing the monthly seminar topics, Director of Recreation and Community Services,
Sara Somogyi said she will look into the availability of the Arcadia Community Center for day
and evening lectures and will report back.
The special meeting was adjourned at 5:57pm.
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Mayor Pro Tern Michael Cao
ity Council Member Eileen Wang