Recommendation to authorize City Manager to enter into a 24-month agreement with Microsoft Corporation to host free Digital Alliance events located in and conducted in collaboration with the City of Long Beach.  (Citywide)
Sure. Report from City Manager Recommendation to authorize the city manager to enter into a 24 month agreement with Microsoft Corporation to host Free Digital Alliance events citywide. Okay, I'm actually going to have staff briefly touch touch on this. This is actually a really big deal, which is kind of has is at the end of our agenda today. But I just want to make sure everyone realize we've been working on this for a very long time. I've been out to the Microsoft headquarters to talk about this. This is very exciting for the city of Long Beach is going to be a big announcement tomorrow. So I I'm to turn this over to Mr. West to just kind of fill in what this means. Mr. Mayor, council members, this truly is a great program. I'm going to turn this over to our new tech innovation director, Brian Stokes, and also to Rachel Tanner. So I don't know which one's going first. Good evening, Mayor and City Council. This is a very exciting opportunity. Microsoft and the city are preparing up to do as it says, a digital alliance, which includes. Three types of events. One is a digital camp did two camps, one for boys, one for girls. Those will each. Serve up to two up to 100 young. People each. And then a big spark event which is geared towards entrepreneurs and really showing them how technology can increase their business, help them perform. Routine tasks and really ultimately enhance their bottom line and grow the economy here in Long Beach. Microsoft does not engage often with cities in. These partnerships, so it's a pretty unique alliance, and we're lucky to be. One of the cities they've selected to. Work with in the coming year. So we're very, very excited and I'm open for any questions. Thank you. This and by the way, this falls right in line with all of our tech and innovation kind of initiatives in the city. There's like Miss Tanner said, this is a they go through a process of select cities and we're very, very happy to be a partner with with Microsoft on this. And so this is the beginning of a very hopefully extensive partnership in a variety of other ways as well. And so we're excited about that. Johnson Richardson. I think this is great. So I want to be the first to say I want one in North Long Beach. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And is there any public comment on the item? Seeing nonmembers, please cast your votes. Everybody. Motion carries seven zero. Okay, now we're on to announcements. But before we do that, let's do as there's a second opportunity for public comment. If anyone can speak on any ideas for the agenda, please come forward. Just identify yourself. For the record.