[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on November 21, 2023.]
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I I, I WAS, UM, JUST TELLING LAURA I'D LIVED HERE FOR TWO YEARS NOW AND I SAW THIS AND I WAS JUST VERY INTERESTED IN IT.
I WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
AND SO I'M JUST HERE FOR UNDERSTANDING AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO APPLY.
HERE'S APPLICATION'S RIGHT HERE.
I GOT, I PICKED IT UP, SO, GREAT.
AND I WAS GONNA ASK ANGELA, CAN I BRING IT THE NEXT MEETING? OF COURSE.
I'LL, THAT'S WHAT I, OR YOU CAN, UH, OR YOU CAN EMAIL IT.
EVERYBODY USUALLY EMAIL IT TO ME.
UH, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? JUST TO HELP HER ALONG WITH PROCESS? SURE.
DOES SHE NEED TO DO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT BEFORE SHE GETS ON OR NOT? IF SHE GETS ACCEPTED, THEN YES.
THAT'S WHEN I'LL SEND OUT THE LINK FOR THAT.
HAVE YOU DONE THE, YOU'VE DONE THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
YOU'RE ON THE LIBRARY ALREADY? YEAH.
WE DO IT OPEN MEETINGS ACT SEMINAR THING, SO THAT OH, OKAY.
YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CONDUCTED.
AND IF YOU GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT IN PRETTY SOON, THEN IT MIGHT GET THE BALL ROLLING QUICKER IF YOU SENT THAT EMAIL INTO ANGELA.
I NOTICED THERE'S PLACES THAT YOU NEED TO SIGN ON THERE.
JUST SCAN IT, SIGN IT, AND JUST EMAIL IT.
ANYTHING ELSE, JACQUELINE? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM, UH, CITY STAFF?
UM, ANY GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS? ITEM NUMBER SIX.
IS THIS WHERE I SAY WHAT, WHAT I WANTED TO WELL, WE CAN DO, WE CAN GET, UH, YOU OKAY.
THAT'LL PROBABLY COME WITH THE OTHER BUSINESS, SO.
SO, UM, SO WHAT I WANNA DO IS, UH, KIND OF INTRODUCE MYSELF.
FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS BRUCE ANDERSON.
I'VE LIVED IN HU FOR FOUR YEARS.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ON THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, SO, AND I HAVE, UH, MY WIFE AND ME AND MY, UM, TWO DAUGHTERS AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN LIVE RIGHT DOWN IN GLENWOOD.
AND SO ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I DECIDED TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT ABOUT CITY GOVERNMENT.
I, I'VE READ A LOT ABOUT, UM, I MEAN, I'M AN AVID READER, SO I SAID THE LIBRARY BOARD WOULD WORK OUT WELL FOR ME, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE BACK AND BE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE JUST LOVE IT HERE AND WANNA SEE IT GROW.
AND I'M HERE TO HELP WHATEVER WE CAN DO.
SO, UM, WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A COMMISSION MEMBER OR ON A BOARD THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH THE PURPOSE OF WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO, SORT OF ON THE LIBRARY, NOT TO TALK ABOUT THEM TOO MUCH, BUT SET UP PLAN LIKE A THREE YEAR PLAN.
AND THEN EVERY, I BELIEVE A LOT ABOUT EVERY MONTH HAVING, I CALL IT HOMEWORK FOR MEMBERS TO DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO FOR THE NEXT MEETING? OR ARE WE JUST GONNA COME AND SAY WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE? SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT, UH, FIRST D AND INCLUSION IS ABOUT OR WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, OTHER THAN I HAVE MY OWN FEELINGS ABOUT THAT.
AND WE CAN PROBABLY CONTINUE THAT.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, NOW, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT IF THE LIBRARY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD IS I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A NEW LIBRARY HERE IN HUD OAK.
IT'S BEEN MY PURPOSE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
I'VE TALKED IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING, AND I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA DO THAT AT SOME POINT, MAYBE EIGHT TO 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT HOPEFULLY WE NEED A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE DIDN'T GET THAT IN THE BUDGET, SO I SAID, WELL, I CAN STILL BE A PART OF LIBRARY BOARD 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM, BUT I CAN ALSO DEDICATE SOME OF MY EFFORTS TO SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND THEN I SAW THAT THERE WAS, THERE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE A QUORUM ON DIVERSITY INCLUSIONS.
I SAID, WELL, LET ME COME HERE AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO ADD TO, UM, BEING, YOU KNOW, SOME AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT I CAN ADD TO THAT.
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AND AT LEAST WE HAVE A QUORUM SO WE CAN DECIDE AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.SO THAT'S MY PURPOSE OF BEING HERE.
WHAT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, AS I'M PROBABLY, I'M LEARNING JUST AS MUCH AS YOU
I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO LORI, I TALK TO COUNCIL PEOPLE, SO I'M REALLY KIND OF INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE READY TO SERVE AND DO WHATEVER I CAN DO TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, HATO MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE.
THANK FOR, THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TOO.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE NECESSITY FOR THIS COMMISSION TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW, IS COMING UP WITH A PLAN.
UH, WE JUST STARTED THE CONVERSATION IN THE LAST MEETING AND, UH, WE ARE STILL IN THE CONVERSATION PHASE ABOUT, UH, WHERE WE MIGHT BE HEADED.
BUT I'M IN, IN TOTAL AGREEMENT THAT, UH, WE, THAT A PLAN WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TOO.
NO, AND THAT LEADS US TO THE NEXT PART AND WHY THE AGENDA WAS SUGGESTED BY ME IS I DON'T THINK WE CAN PLAN IF WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS.
AND HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS? IS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT POLICIES ARE IN PLACE, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PROJECTS ARE IN PLACE, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THE CITY AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, NOT ONLY IN THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, BUT TO SOME EXTENT IN A GREAT EXTENT, WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT.
WHAT IS GOING ON NOW AND WHERE OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN WITH THE CITY IS.
IF WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP MOLD THE CITY'S POLICIES AND THE WAY THEY FUNCTION, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AND THAT I TURN BACK OVER TO YOU.
WELL THEN LET'S JUST JUMP INTO 7.1.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FUTURE OF THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, UH, COMMISSION.
WELL, HONEST, HONESTLY, I HAVE FELT LIKE RESIGNING NEARLY EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD A MEETING BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I WAS HERE NOW.
AND I'M NOT POINTING FINGERS AT ANYBODY.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE WAS AND WHETHER OR NOT I FIT IN.
AS I'VE TOLD BRUCE, AND I JUST RECENTLY TOLD YOU, AND COREY KNOWS I WAS PUT ON THIS COMMITTEE FROM THE DISABILITIES TASK FORCE.
DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE REST OF DIVERSITY INCLUSION.
I JUST DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.
WELL, IT SEEMS THAT, AND AND I THINK IT'S NO SECRET THAT ONCE BRIAN WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, HE, HE HAD TO GIVE UP HIS, HIS HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THIS COMMISSION.
WHICH LEFT THE COMMISSION WITH, UM, NEEDING, UH, SOME LEADERSHIP.
AND, UH, IT'S FIVE OR SIX MONTHS LATER AND WE STILL ARE NEEDING THAT LEADERSHIP.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S, AND I THINK IT'S OKAY.
IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BE HONEST AND JUST, UH, UM, EXPRESS THAT, UM, WELL, MY, I COULD SAY, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA RUN THIS AS A REGULAR MEETING, RIGHT? IF WE WOULD BRING UP A PROPOSAL WE COULD VOTE ON ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE POSSIBLE OF THE FUTURE OF THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMISSION.
AM I, IF ANYBODY HAS A PROPOSAL, WELL, I CERTAINLY HOPE WE CONTINUE WITH YEAH.
BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY NO
THERE'S SO MUCH HAPPENING WITH WHAT, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO IT, BUT WE JUST KNOW WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, HAPPENED WITHIN CITY COUNCIL WITHIN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT LET'S MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE AND EVEN TRY TO GROW IT AND GET MORE PEOPLE IN.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FULL BOARD.
MAYBE WE LOOK AT IT THAT WAY AS NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE IT, BUT WE WANT TO FIND A WAY TO IMPROVE AND GET A FULL BOARD INVOLVED.
IS THERE, UM, OTHER THAN TARA, IS THERE ANOTHER PERSON ON THE BOARD? NO, I HAVE, UH, YOU FOUR.
SO THERE, SO IF, IF, UH, SO WE HAVE ROOM FOR THREE MORE.
SO HOW ABOUT IF WE, UM, JUST, JUST A PROPOSAL, IF WE JUST MAKE IT A, UM, A PRIORITY FOR US TO, TO TRY TO RECRUIT ONE PERSON FOR EACH OR
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HOWEVER, HOWEVER MANY WE CAN, HOWEVER WE CAN.YOU KNOW, I HATE, I I REALLY A WOULD YOU HAVE BOARDS RIGHT? SPENT A LOT, LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
LIKE IT LOOKS SO BAD ON THE BOARD,
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS, BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN'T, ESPECIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND HOW TO GET A FULL BOARD FOR THIS.
SO I THINK WE CAN PUT IT ON OURSELVES TOO.
AND, AND, AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN IF WE CAN.
HOWEVER THAT IS GONNA BE DONE.
SO I, I MOTION THAT WE DO MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES ON 7.1 THAT WE RECRUIT, ACTUALLY RECRUIT YEAH.
AS INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS BOARD.
I KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON DIFFERENT PAGES THAT PERTAIN TO THE CITY THAT THIS BOARD NEEDS MEMBERS, AND THAT ALL THEY REALLY NEED TO DO IS APPLY AND LET THE CITY KNOW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
I KNOW THAT BRUCE, YOU SAID YOU HAD SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID SOMETHING TO ME.
BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE ASKING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY, JOIN US.
WELL, AND IT GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE POINT WHERE IF YOU WANNA BE PART OF THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION.
SO I KNOW PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING, SO WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A FULL BOARD ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED? YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE THEY'RE INVOLVED IN MAKING THEIR THOUGHTS KNOWN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THEM ON THE BOARD.
THAT OLD AFRICAN PROVERB IS PROBABLY ONE THAT I'VE LIVED MY LIFE BY.
IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.
WE, THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE MAKE IT A PRIORITY.
UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MAKE A PRIORITY TO TRY TO RECRUIT YES.
AND I, I CAN SECOND THAT MO THAT MOTION.
UH, CAN WE, UH, OKAY, THAT'S IN THEORY, THAT'S GOOD.
BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO GET THAT NOTICE OUT WITHIN, WITHIN HU DO COUNCIL? I SEE.
AND MAYBE AT THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS THAT.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES.
THE COUNCIL, WE ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL.
BUT HOW MUCH DO THEY DO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR COMMITTEE THAT THEY LOOK AT NEW APPLICANTS AND HOW MUCH THEY TRY TO RECRUIT AND WHATEVER.
AND HOW DOES THAT GET DONE? OR MAYBE WE LOOK AT A MORE, A BETTER MARKETING PLAN FOR THIS, MAYBE A BETTER WORD THAN BEFORE.
SO I KNOW THAT, THAT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ANGELA, BUT THE, THERE'S A ONGOING INVITATION ONLINE.
SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PARKS BOARD IS FULL, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, NOT TO SAY WE COULDN'T TAKE APPLICANTS, BUT IF PEOPLE KNEW, UM, THAT THIS BOARD NEED, UH, IS IS, IS IN NEED OF THREE MORE MEMBERS, THEN WE MIGHT GET MORE.
AND WHAT WE HAVE STARTED DOING DURING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IS THERE'S A SLIDE THAT WE PROVIDE TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER LISTING WHERE WE HAVE VACANCIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST STARTED DOING.
BUT I DON'T SEE WHY WE COULDN'T PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO ASK FOR? OR COULD YOU UM, I CAN DO IT RE RELAY THAT.
SO I GUESS WE HAVE A MOTION THAT, UH, RECRUITMENT IS, BECOMES A PRIORITY FOR US.
DO YOU WANNA VOTE? I THINK THAT THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND.
I'D LIKE WHEN THEY CALL THEIR NAMES, DO WE GET THEIR NAMES CALLED
SO WE ACTUALLY, UH, THAT'S GOOD.
DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON REQUESTING ACCESS TO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THE CITY HAS AND USES IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENTS.
AND I SUPPOSE THIS, IS IT DIRECTLY RELATED TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION? ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, ANGELA, CAN CAN YOU PULL UP AND CAN WE PUT IT UP HERE BY ANY, IS THAT
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TOO MUCH TROUBLE OF WHAT THE CITY WEBSITE SAYS WE ARE.AND IT'S BASICALLY TO HELP THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY INFLUENCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
WELL, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE FOR, FOR A LOT OF IT THAT MAY NEED ATTENTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HIRING POLICIES ARE.
I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE DIVERSIFIED.
THAT'S WHAT I, WHEN I WROTE THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, I WANT GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK TO HERE DIRECT TO US AS TO WHAT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES LOOK LIKE.
SO IF SAY BRUCE SEES SOMETHING THAT HE QUESTIONS, HE CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD.
SO HERE ARE THE DUTIES THAT ARE LISTED.
COMMISSIONS WILL SERVE AS AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, RENDER RECOMMENDATIONS UPON REQUEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE WITHOUT LIMITATION AS THE FOLLOWS.
CREATE FOCUS RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY RELATED TO EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT ISSUES ON THE SCREEN.
ACTIVELY PROMOTE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.
I'M HERE, PROMOTE EQUITY AND THE BASIS OF ECONOMIC STATUS, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, MARITAL STATUS, LAW OF SOURCE OF INCOME.
LAURIE, I THINK WE COULD READ THAT.
AND, AND, AND YOU, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU IF YOU JUST TURN, TURN IT ON RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND KIND OF, I THINK THE, UH, MY, THANK YOU.
WE'RE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS.
I THINK JUST AS THE FIRST ONE, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO, TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF BROAD TO ME.
LIKE, WHAT ARE THE POLICIES? OKAY.
LIKE, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION REALLY UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHICH ONE, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR ISSUES OR DO WE HAVE AN ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT UP? RIGHT.
I MEAN, DO YOU NOT, DO WE NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS? I MEAN, OR DO WE NEED TIME TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT MEETING, SAY EVERYBODY HAD HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE ARE AND NOW WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIGURE OUT MORE.
I MEAN, LIKE, FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY'RE BEING APPLIED CORRECTLY.
AND IN ANSWER TO THAT, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW WAS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN STRENGTHEN POLICIES BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT THE POLICIES ARE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN STRENGTH, IF I CAN PUT, ADD SOMETHING TO THE PRACTICES OR THE PROCEDURES.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE AND I DON'T NEED TICKY TACK,
BUT JUST GENERAL OVERALL, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES? WHAT'S THE OUTLINE OF IT? YES, I HEAR YOU.
DOES, ARE WE THINKING THAT THIS MAY BE ON, ON OUR GOAL TO, UM, FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THE PURPOSE IS? ARE WE THINKING OUR, OUR, UM, GOAL IS TO KNOW THE POLICY, ANALYZE WHETHER A POLICY IS BEING FOLLOWED CORRECTLY, OR, AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT IS OR ISN'T.
LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THE HIRING POLICIES UNLESS
JOHN SMITH WAS JUST HIRED THREE WEEKS AGO.
SHOULD WE ANALYZE WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICIES WERE FOLLOWED CORRECTLY? I DON'T THINK THAT'S, NO, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO THEN WHAT, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLICIES? I MEAN, LIKE, I'M PRETTY SURE THE POLICIES ARE PRETTY GENERAL TO EVERY POLICY THAT IS GOING ON NOW IN HIRING.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY WELL PROMOTE EQUALITY AND THEN LIST EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, LIKE, LET ME, WHAT IS OUR CONCERN? YOU SEE MY POINT? YES.
I, I DON'T LIKE, LIKE, ARE WE OKAY, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING? WHERE ARE WE GONNA SPEND OUR TIME, YOU KNOW, TO ANALYZE WHAT'S HAPPENING? OR ARE WE PROMO, I'M LOOKING AT THIS MORE AS WE'RE PROMOTING, YOU KNOW, EQUALITY.
BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THE, UH, FBI, LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY.
AND ANALYZE WHETHER THE, WHETHER THE, THE, THE CITY, THE POLICIES WAS DONE CORRECTLY BY THE CITY.
I, YEAH, I, I, I KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WHAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING
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IS TO LOOK AT SOME POLICIES? I'M PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH THAN, THAN THAT BECAUSE HONESTLY, THE POLICIES, THE PRACTICES AND THE SERVICES, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION FOR THEM.IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT A WRONGDOING, BUT IF, I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST DID ONE WITH ANGELA, CAN WE SOMEHOW PROMOTE BRINGING PEOPLE IN BETTER? YEAH.
IS, SO THEN PERHAPS WHAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING IS, UM, ANGELA, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UH, FOR OUR STAFF TO COMPILE FOR US RELEVANT POLICIES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THIS COMMISSION? UH, UH, JUST TO E LIST OF THOSE POLICIES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION.
AND THEN, AND THEN PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE, UH, AS FAR AS POLICIES GO AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
AND WHEN YOU SAY POLICIES, DO YOU MEAN PERSONNEL POLICIES? SEE, THERE'S THE QUESTION, ANGELA.
IS IT HOW WE, HOW WE ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE CITY, HOW WE ATTRACT, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY? I MEAN, THAT TO ME ALL APPLIES.
IT'S NOT JUST HIRING, IT'S NOT JUST OKAY, FILLING A BOARD.
IT'S, AND THAT'S MY QUESTION, IS THE, THE THING SAYS, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I NEED MORE DEFINITION, I GUESS, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS TO WHAT NUMBER FOUR MEANS TO THEM.
DOES IS, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT NUMBER FOUR MEANS.
WELL, AND THEN ALSO THE POINT IS, DO
INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELL, THIS IS HOW YOU SHOULD INTERPRET IT.
AND WE GO, WELL, YEAH, WE LOOKING AT IT LIKE THIS.
DO WE HAVE THAT AUTONOMY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND SAY, WELL,
NOW, HOW DO WE APPROACH THAT? WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IS THAT US TO MAKE THAT DECISION OURSELVES? OR IS THAT OTHER PEOPLE YEAH.
TELLING US WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
ANYTHING THAT WE COME, ANYTHING THAT WE SUGGEST AS A BOARD IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
AND IT, IT'S, IT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, IT IT'S NOT.
AND THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS, AS VOLUNTARY BOARD MEMBERS, WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY CAN REMOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AT ANY TIME WITHOUT JUSTIFYING THAT MOVE.
SO I, WHEN I SAY WE NEED, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO ASK THEM, IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE SERVING FOR THEM IS, IS YES.
FOR THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS.
BUT THEY HAVE PUT THIS, THIS BOARD TOGETHER, AND I THINK THEY MAY HAVE A VISION FOR IT.
WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING
I THINK THIS, I THINK WE'RE AT A STANDS MYSELF NOW.
UM, AND YOU SAID THERE'S GONNA BE A SEMINAR ON THIS? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK AT CERTAIN COMMISSIONS AND HAVE THEM GO OVER THEIR OWN BYLAWS.
I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BYLAWS.
I WOULD HAVE TO ASK CHRISTIE ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE WERE GONNA GO OVER THE BYLAWS OF THOSE FIVE COMMISSIONS AND HAVE DISCUSSION AND A WORKSHOP ON BYLAWS.
I WASN'T HERE THE LAST MEETING.
HOW DID THIS 7.2 GET PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING? ALL THESE WERE SUGGESTIONS BY LORI, BY ME AFTER OUR LAST MEETING.
SO I THINK WE JUST, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO DECIDE ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT WE COULD TABLE, WE NEED MORE INFORMATION AND RIGHT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UM, ARE AVAILABLE TO US.
IF WE JUST WANT TO SEARCH FOR THEM.
I, I, I SUPPOSE THAT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ASKING IS, ARE THERE, UM, ARE THERE POLICIES OF, OF, OF THE CITY THAT ARE RELEVANT TO US THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AS A, AS A BOARD? I, I AGREE.
AND I THINK THAT MAYBE WE COULD TABLE IT UNTIL WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT
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POINT.AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL SOME INFORMATION FOR IT.
IF, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU COULD GET THAT PULLED AND PRESENTED, THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US TREMENDOUSLY AS A BOARD.
AND THAT'S ALMOST TO THE HEART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, GETTING THE ANSWERS TO 7.2 IN MY OPINION.
SO THIS WILL BE TABLED UNTIL THAT INFORMATION.
7.3 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON REQUESTING INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PROJECTS WHERE DEMOGRAPHICS COULD BE A CONCERN TO RESIDENTS, UPCOMING PROJECTS.
UM, PARKS, ROADS, OR IS
UH, SOMEBODY IS CONCERNED THEN, YOU KNOW, CAN WE AT LEAST SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS WE CAN'T HELP THEM WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.
AND I THINK THAT DEMOGRAPHICS PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THE CITY, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOES IN THIS BOARD.
AND DEMOGRAPHICS APPLIES TO MORE THAN RACE OR CULTURE.
IT, IT, IT APPLIES TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AGE, YOU KNOW, GENDER, IT APPLIES TO ABILITIES.
SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE PLACE THAT MYSELF AS A RESIDENT HAVE NOTICED A FEW TIMES THAT ABILITIES SEEM TO BE LEFT OUT OF THE DISCUSSION.
UH, SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT OKAY, WHEN YOU SAY, UM, DEMOGRAPHICS, LIKE WHEN THEY SAY, OKAY, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PART OF, RIGHT? OH YEAH.
IT, IT ABSOLUTELY, WE JUST WANNA KNOW AS FROM DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STANDPOINT, WHAT ARE CONCERNS ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I ALSO DO WANT TO KNOW IF THE, A PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS.
AND IF THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, GOT A BEST POLICIES OVERVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
BECAUSE IF YOU GO INTO AN AREA THAT'S NOSTALGICALLY ONE DEMOGRAPHIC, THEY MAY FEEL SLIGHTED, THEY MAY NOT, THEY MAY WELCOME IT.
BUT US KNOWING AND US BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE TO ME IS IMPORTANT.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT I'M ASKING ABOUT HERE.
PROJECTS IN GENERAL, LIKE EVEN LIKE WHAT RETAIL IS BEING BROUGHT IN, WHAT JOB SOURCES ARE BEING BROUGHT IN, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE BASE OF RESIDENTS IN THIS, IN THIS CITY.
AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY DEMOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL IS OR PNZ IS ENTERTAINING, UH, CHANGES, PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT, OR I WOULD GUESS NOT, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
WELL, I THINK THE MORE WE GROW, THE MORE THAT MAY BECOME AN ISSUE.
I, NO, NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE OR THEY AREN'T.
AND THEN I HEAR FROM YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT THE SENIORS GET ALL OF THE PERKS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
BUT IF WE'RE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, WE CAN'T FOCUS ON ONE DEMOGRAPHIC.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE DEMO, ALL THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND AT LEAST BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
AND I, THAT'S KIND OF, I'M KIND OF GET THE FEELING FIRST TIME ON THE COMMITTEE JUST LISTENING TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING WE'RE NOT INVOLVED WITH.
LIKE IF WE, IF WE SAY SENIORS ARE ISSUE, THEN THAT'S OUR JOB TO BRING MAYBE TO THE COUNCIL THAT ASPECT OF AN ISSUE.
BUT THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING THAT IS HOLDING US BACK FROM AT LEAST INVESTIGATING HOW WE ARE GONNA DO THINGS AND WHAT, WHAT IS NEEDED BY THE, THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IS A THOUGHT TOO.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I I THINK WE AGREE WITH THAT, THAT THAT CAN MAYBE WE TABLE THAT ONE TOO.
WE CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO.
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FROM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.AND, AND, AND ALL, ALL HONESTY, UNTIL WE GET ANSWERS TO ONE QUESTION, WE MAY NOT KNOW THE NEXT QUESTION TO ASK.
AND, AND THIS MIGHT BE, I KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TALK TO, UH, MR. THORNTON ABOUT, RIGHT.
'CAUSE HE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
ESPECIALLY IF HE KNOWS THE QUESTION IS COMING.
HE WOULD HAVE TIME TO PREPARE AND TO, UH, UPDATE US ON THINGS THAT WE COULD VERY POSSIBLY HAVE SOME INPUT AS TO WHAT RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTING OR WHAT THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH, WHAT THEY'RE THRILLED WITH.
YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL HERE BACK TOO, IS WHEN RESIDENTS ARE GOING, YAY.
SO LET'S TABLE THAT ONE AS WELL.
WELL, 7.3, WE'RE JUST GONNA FINISH WITH THE DISCUSSION.
WE WILL THOUGH, UM, SPEAK WITH MR. THORNTON.
AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, VERY, I THINK WE'RE VERY HIGH LEVEL HERE.
AND OTHER, MY POINT IS WE HAVE TO GET LIKE MORE SPECIFIC TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, DEMOGRAPHICS,
'CAUSE WHAT I JUST WANNA TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT, THE LIBRARY BOARD.
SO WHAT I DID IS I WENT TO ALL THE OTHER TOWNS, EVERY LIBRARY PEOPLE AND FOUND OUT HOW THEY BUILT THEIR NEW ONES.
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW, FROM THIS STANDPOINT, AND SORRY TO INTERJECT THIS INTO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK IT, I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THAT AND I'LL TAKE THAT ON MYSELF TO FIND OUT THE, WHAT THE OTHER TOWNS ARE DOING ABOUT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
'CAUSE THAT REALLY, 'CAUSE IT'S AMAZING WHAT THAT ARE.
ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING? YEAH.
AND I'M SURE THEY MAY HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH HUDU AND HOW WE'RE DOING AND MAYBE WE COULD HELP OUT OR WHATEVER THAT SITUATION IS.
SO, AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, TAKING SOME SOMETHING AWAY FROM A MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING HAPPENS, SOME HOMEWORK TO COME BACK TO AND EXPRESS AND DO THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, AT LEAST FOR ME, IT IS TO ADD TO WHAT MY GOAL IS TO HELP OUT.
I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
JUST I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
NO, THAT WOULD BE NO, IF THAT WAS ON
TO KNOW HOW IT'S BEING, HOW DIVERSITY INCLUSION IS BEING HANDLED IN OUR, AND MAYBE WE LOOK AND SEE IT'S NOT BEING HANDLED ANY BETTER THAN IT IS HERE OR WE DIDN'T HAVE IT.
AND THEN WE DECIDE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SET THE, THE PRECEDENT OF HOW HURO YEAH.
YOU KNOW, TREATS DIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DIVERSIFY, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR GOVERNMENT AND HOW OUR CITY OPERATES.
WE'RE GOING TO SET THE PRECEDENT ON BEING INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS, AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN GET PEOPLE YEAH.
NO, I HOPE THAT THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
IT WAS PART OF THE, UH, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO, UH, 7.4 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON SCHEDULING A REVIEW OF THE CITY CHARTER.
WELL, I KNOW THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A REVIEW OF THE CITY CHARTER ONGOING.
UM, BUT Y YOU, YOUR POINT HERE WAS AS IN REGARDS TO DIVERSITY.
WELL, MY POINT IS THAT I KNOW ALSO THAT WE'RE DOING A CITY CHARTER REVIEW.
WHILE THAT IS ONGOING, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO DO A ONCE OVER REVIEW OF IT AND SEE IF WE SEE A PLACE THAT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COULD DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN MANDATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL DO IT IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING, UH, THERE ALREADY THAT WE COULD, UH, UM, HIGHLIGHT OR IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY.
MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THERE.
AND, AND, AND THAT WAS MY POINT TO THE CHARTER.
I'VE READ THE CHARTER, I DON'T SEE THAT IT HAS A LOT IN IT THAT HAS, AND THAT CONCERNED ME THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY, WHERE DO WE STAY STAND WITH THE REVIEW OF THE CHARTER IS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TWO FIFTHS OF THE WAY THROUGH.
SO THERE'S TIME TO, FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW WHAT WE
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CURRENTLY HAVE, NOT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR MEETING, IN THEIR MEETING, BUT WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW OUR CURRENT CHARTER AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR NOT.MAYBE WE ALL VOTE AS A, AS A BOARD NOT TO INTERFERE THAT THE CHARTER, THERE'S THAT MAYBE THAT THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANYTHING IN THE CHARTER.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CHARTER, WE CAN'T ADDRESS THE CHARTER AT ANY POINT IN, IS MY FEELING.
SO THEN THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE READ THE CHARTER FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, UM, ARE THERE ANY ASPECTS OF IT THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO, UM, THE MISSION OF THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMISSION? THIS IS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE CHARTER, DO YOU? HMM.
WE DON'T WANNA READ IT RIGHT NOW.
THE CHARTER'S ON THE PA ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL'S, BUT I CAN ALSO EMAIL.
AND THAT MAY BE ONE OF, AS BRUCE CALLED IT, THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN ASSIGN THAT HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE.
I WOULD LIKE US ALL TO BE AGREEING THAT WE ARE GOING TO AS INDIVIDUALS, REVIEW IT AND BRING ANY CONCERNS, ANY SUGGESTIONS? WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE MEMBER NOT HERE, SO WE CAN OKAY.
ANGELA, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT GETS WELL? OKAY.
WELL, I THINK YOU SHOULD CAN, OH, HOW DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A HOMEWORK.
WELL, I THINK IT TOO, AT SOME POINT FROM NEXT MEETING, WE ALL HAVE READ THE CITY CHARTER AND BRING BACK AND DISCUSS THAT POINT.
THEN DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I MOTION THAT WE
THAT'S NOT LIKE A, UM, BUT ANYWAY.
UH, WHAT DO YOU SAY? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE READ THE CITY CHARTER BY THE NEXT MEETING AND BRING DISCUSSION POINTS TO FOR REVIEW OF HOW IT AFFECTS THE, UH, COMMISSION DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMISSION.
7.5 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON RECEIVING A THOROUGH SYNOPSIS OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF HU AND ITS ETJ.
UM, I SUPPOSE THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
UM, I ACTUALLY JUST FORWARDED THE COMMUNITY SERVE THE CULTURAL SURVEY TO YOU TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IT.
I'LL, I'LL JUST, I'LL FORWARD IT OUT AGAIN TOMORROW.
BUT, UM, ACTUALLY I'LL DO IT WHILE WE'RE SITTING HERE AND IT'S PRETTY LENGTHY, SO YOU ARE GONNA NEED SOME TIME TO READ IT, BUT THERE IS A DEMOGRAPHIC SECTION IN THERE.
IT DOES THE DATA EXIST ALSO FOR THE ETJ? THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.
THE REASON I INCLUDED ETJ IS BECAUSE AT OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD DISCUSSED ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO OPEN UP THIS BOARD TO EETJ RESIDENTS.
WAS THAT YOUR SUGGESTION? YES.
WELL, I THINK IT WAS A GROUP
WE, WE, WE WERE MULLING IT OVER IN, IN THE, IN THE INTEREST OF TRYING TO GENERATE MORE INTEREST IN THE COMMISSION.
AND I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN FROM THE ETJ, KNOWING THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL MIGHT HELP.
UM, I DUNNO WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN'T DO ANYTHING TOO MUCH ABOUT THE ETJ OBVIOUSLY, BUT JUST KNOWING WHO COMES INTO HUDU AND WHO HUDU IS SERVING THAT MAYBE AREN'T HUDA RESIDENTS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN, IF NOTHING ELSE, HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE HUDA.
SO THEN THE IDEA WOULD BE IN OUR, UH, IN OUR NEXT MEETING, WE, WE, WE CONTINUE WITH THESE POINTS AND THIS POINT WE WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT.
SO I GUESS TABLE IT AND, AND WHAT'S THE IDEA OF, OF I GUESS MOVING FORWARD ON THAT DATA WOULD BE WHATEVER.
WELL, THEN WE COULD APPLY IT TO SOME OF THESE OTHER QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE TO ME, TO ME, THE WHOLE CRUX OF MY QUESTION IS YOU'VE MANDATED I MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WELL, TO ME, DEMOGRAPHICS MAKES, KIND OF DEFINES US TOO.
AND IF I DON'T KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT IS FROM MY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW AND WHAT I THINK, WHEREAS IF I HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN FRONT OF ME, I MAY BECOME VERY ENLIGHTENED
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AND MY POINT OF VIEW MAY CHANGE.AND THAT'S, AND TO CONTINUE THIS SAME POINT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN, I MEAN, WE JUST,
THAT'S WHEN THEY SAID THE FIRST ONE.
SHOULD WE IN THE FUTURE? YEAH.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN SCHOOL YOU'RE STARTING OUT AND YOU'RE LEARNING LEARNING.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW THIS EG NOW I, WITHOUT LORI SAYING THAT, I DON'T EVEN, I WASN'T EVEN SURE WHAT THAT WAS.
WELL, I FOUND OUT WHAT THAT WAS.
AND NOW, SORRY, WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE AND WHY ARE THEY INVOLVED AND SHOULD THEY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT'S HAPPENING? BUT THEY'RE VERY MUCH, MANY OF THEM ARE, MANY ETJ RESIDENTS ARE VERY MUCH INVOLVED.
WELL, THEY'RE VERY VOCAL THAT IN THAT WAY.
WHICH COULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT.
I MEAN, OUR, I THINK PART OF OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A SAY OR IS VOCAL.
CERTAIN PART OF THE EJS, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OR COMMERCIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENTS, ARE CONTRACTED TO AT SOME POINT, MAYBE COME INTO BEING CITY OF HU YEAH.
OTHERS SUCH AS STAR RANCH, THEIR CONTRACT, THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY HU, IS THEY WILL NEVER BE ANNEXED.
AND SO THOSE THINGS KIND OF MATTER.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FACILITATING THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN STAR RANCH? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FACILITATING FOR PEOPLE AT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE, THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN ALL HONESTY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE NEWER ONES OUT WHERE THEY COULD BE ANNEXED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO SERVE THEM.
YOU KNOW, I THINK, I MEAN WE, WE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO LEARN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THAT PUSHED AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IT'S FUNNY YOU GO, ANGELA, CAN YOU
LIKE I SAY NOW I'M, DAN WAS THE LIBRARY BOARD PERSON AND I USED HIM A LOT.
WE HAD SOME COFFEE AND WE'RE ALLOWED TO TALK TO COUNCIL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND I, HE WAS VERY GOOD.
I THINK HE WOULD BE VERY GOOD HERE TOO, RUN BY IDEAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
BUT, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST PART OF THE HOMEWORK POLICY.
WELL, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT, THAT SPEAKS TO, ONCE ANGELA DELIVERS SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE THE CHARTER TO US, THE DEMOGRAPHIC YEP.
DEMO DEMOGRAPHIC, DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES TO US.
THEN WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS WE CAN POSE AND WE CAN DIRECT STAFF, WHETHER IT'S ANGELA OR CHRISTIE OR WHOMEVER IT IS, TO PLEASE ASK THEM TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF US.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, DAN SHOULD BE HERE.
AND I'M NOT DOGGING HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT, BUT AS A CITY COUNCIL LIAISON, BUT ANGELA, LET'S SAY CHRISTIE IS HERE AS, AS OUR CITY CONNECTION.
ANGELA MAY BE THE PERSON WHO GOES, FINDS THE INFORMATION, BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE FOR US TO ASK.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BUT IF WE DIRECT CHRISTIE TO ASK ANGELA TO BE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS SUBJECT.
THAT'S, I I THINK THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT.
I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ON THAT ONE RIGHT NOW.
OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY ALREADY ASKED ANGELA TO, FOR US THAT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, UM, AND AS MUCH AS SHE CAN FOR THE ETJ AND IF THERE IS NONE FOR THERE MAYBE A BRIEF EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
AND I'M SURE IT'S A LEGAL REASON WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE IN.
NO, THERE'S NOTHING TO TAKE, ACTUALLY.
SO, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS, THAT CONCLUDES THE OTHER BUSINESS.
NO, THERE'S ONE, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE BACK.
OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE BACK.
POSSIBLE ACTION ON WAYS TO ENGAGE 7.6 WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AS TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE OR PERCEPTION OF HOW THE CITY SERVES THEM.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE SURVEY, YOU KNOW, WE, IF WE'RE GONNA ASK ABOUT CITIZEN KNOWLEDGE OR PERCEPTION, I, I BELIEVE THE SURVEY IS, IS GREAT, BUT LIKE WE JUST HAD AN EVENT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EVENTS.
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I THINK DIVERSITY INCLUSION COULD HAVE A BOOTH, COULD HAVE SOMETHING SET UP THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO COME OVER TO IT, TO WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY ENGAGE WITH THEM.YOU KNOW, IN A MORE SOCIAL SETTING.
BUT WE CAN HAVE OUR NAME BADGES ON AND THEY CAN ASK US QUESTIONS.
THEY CAN SAY, HEY, I, THIS IS GOING ON.
AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT THINGS THAT WE CAN AND CANNOT SAY AND DO WITH OUR BADGES ON, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PROTOCOLS THAT CERTAIN THINGS CANNOT BE DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN'T TELL US WHAT THEY THINK.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEYS ARE GREAT, BUT I THINK OUR, OUR RETURN ON SURVEYS IS NEARLY AS BAD AS OUR SHOW UP TO VOTE.
WELL, AND I THINK CHRISTIE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT RIGHT.
OF TELL ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD DO THINGS.
ANGELA COULD PROBABLY, IF WE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING TOMORROW, CHRISTIE IS LIKE, SHE'S NOT THE LAY LIAISON, BUT SHE OVERSEES US.
SO, BUT IT, BUT THAT'S, THAT BRINGS UP A WHOLE NEW AREA IS OUR MARKETING PLAN.
AND THIS IS MORE TO ADDRESS TO THE MARKETING.
SO THE MARKETING PLAN OF GETTING NEW MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION OF WHAT OUR PLAN SHOULD BE.
UM, I SAW THERE WAS LIKE, UH, NORTH AMERICAN CAMERA COMMEMORATION DAY.
WHAT IS OUR PLAN? I MEAN, WE HAVE, YEAH, THAT WAS LAST WEEK.
BUT THAT COMES DOWN TO OUR LIKE LONG-TERM PLAN.
AND LET'S BRING IDEAS TO DO THAT MAYBE TO THE NEXT MEETING ALSO, UM, FROM THE MARKETING PLAN AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND HOW'S THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
ALSO, MY THOUGHT, CORY, DO YOU FEEL LIKE AFTER JANUARY'S MEETING THE SEMINAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT WE COULD HAVE WORK DAYS TO WHERE WE DO SIT DOWN AND WE TRY TO HASH OUT THIS SO THAT THE, THE FUTURE MEETINGS WE'RE MORE INTO PLANNING.
WE'RE MORE INTO PUTTING IN INSTEAD OF DISCUSSING, HEY, WHAT IS THIS? YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
I, I COULD SEE THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM COULD, WE COULD STAND TO HAVE A LITTLE STRATEGY SESSION TO, TO COME UP WITH HOW WE MIGHT, UH, GET THE WORD OUT.
HOW BEST TO REACH OUT OR, UH, TO REACH OUT OR, UH, AND OR TO GAIN INFORMATION TO GET INFORMATION FROM CITIZENS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I COULD SEE THAT, UM, IF WE HAD A PLAN TO DO THAT.
BACK TO THE POINT OF WHY I PUT THESE TOGETHER AS ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THE PURPOSE.
WHEN I READ THE PURPOSE, IT LEFT ME WITH MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THIS, THIS MEETING TODAY WAS BASICALLY TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, NOT TO HAVE ANYONE SAY, HERE'S THE ANSWER, Y'ALL VOTE NO.
BUT I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE UM, THEY'RE IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND TALK ABOUT.
WELL, LIKE I'VE TOLD SEVERAL PEOPLE, IF I DON'T MOVE ON IT, I DON'T FEEL LIKE, UH, I HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
UM, WELL WE, SO WE ARE GOING TO, UM, WELL, AS FAR AS WHAT WE NEED TO DO THEN IS LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND JUST COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS ON, UH, WHAT EVENTS WE THINK THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO HAVE A LITTLE TABLE OR BOOTH AT.
DO Y'ALL WANNA DO THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING? I THINK WE CAN ALL DO OUR HOMEWORK ON THAT.
AND THEN LIKE FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I HAPPEN TO KNOW WHEN CERTAIN DISABILITIES DAYS OR MONTHS ARE, YOU KNOW, JULY IS QUITE FRANKLY FULL OF QUITE A BIT ABOUT DISABILITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DISABLED POPULATION.
NOT NECESSARILY DO A WHOLE LOT, BUT ACKNOWLEDGE SOME, UH, WE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA DISABLED VETS IN TEXAS.
FIVE YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE WE WERE EITHER THE HIGHEST OR THE SECOND HIGHEST COUNTY IN THE, IN TEXAS WITH DISABLED VETS.
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I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN BESIDES GETTING NEW PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE A CHAIRMAN TOO.WELL, I THINK THAT CORY'S RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE TARA AND SHE, AND I THINK THAT SHE IS, IS I, MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT SHE WAS INTERESTED IN BEING THE, I THINK SHE WAS INTERESTED AND I THINK SHE'S VERY CAPABLE.
SO IS SHE THE CHAIRMAN NOW? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE CAN YOU TELL US THAT, ANGELA? THAT'S GREAT.
I'D RATHER BE, I I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT I THOUGHT SHE STEPPED AWAY FROM BEING CHAIR.
NO, THAT WAS THE LADY WHO RESIGNED THAT TIME.
SO I GUESS RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE A CHAIR.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY HAVE.
WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A QUORUM.
SO YOU AS A CHAIRMAN, WE HAVEN'T HAD A QUORUM TO BE ABLE TO SELECT A NEW CHAIR.
AND THE LAST, THE LAST TIME WE GOT TOGETHER, WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
SO WE HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION.
I THINK Y'ALL HAD ONE IN JULY AND SO WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM THAT TIME EITHER.
YOU KNOW, SO, AND THE TIME BEFORE THAT WAS IN MAY WHEN I HAD, THAT WAS MY FIRST MEETING.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, GINA WAS THERE THEN AND SHE SINCE RESIGNED.
SO, NO, I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE ON NEW MAN, NEW AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING FOR US IS TO ELECT OUR OFFICERS, AT LEAST OUR PRESIDENT.
I MOVE THAT WE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE, SO THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING NEW, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS BY THEN TOO.
I HOPE
IF WE GET TOGETHER FOR A WORKSHOP MM-HMM.
WELL, OUR WORKSHOPS, NO ACTION IS EVER TAKEN.
IT'S STILL AN OPEN MEETING, BUT WE, WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION IN A WORK SESSION.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CONDUCTED OUR LAST MEETING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
IT IS JUST A DISCUSSION PERIOD.
BESIDES HAVING US, JUST MY OPINION GETTING TOGETHER FOR A MEETING.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH DAN
AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST ASKING, CORY, ANY NEW MEMBERS THAT RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING CORY.
INSTEAD OF SITTING THERE THAT WE DO, AND THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA PUT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT SEMINAR SCHEDULED IN JANUARY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PART IN.
AND SO MY, MY THOUGHT AND MY SUGGESTION WAS WE TAKE PART IN THAT AND THAT MAY ANSWER A LOT OF OUR QUESTIONS OR DIRECT US AS INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, AS TO WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE SHOULD OR WE COULD POSSIBLY DO AS MEMBERS OF OUR BOARDS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THIS BOARD OR ANOTHER BOARD.
SO THEN MAYBE WE CALL FOR A WORKSHOP, A SPECIAL MEETING, A WORKSHOP AFTER WE HAVE THAT SEMINAR.
BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE SEMINAR IS TO KIND OF, TO EDUCATE US, IS IT NOT OVER BYLAWS AND DISCUSS WHAT THE ROLES OF EACH COMMISSION IS.
I DON'T THINK I WANT A WORKSHOP BEFORE I HAVE THAT SEMINAR.
SO LOVE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
LIKE EVEN IF WE JUST GET TOGETHER FOR THE TALK AN HOUR OR TWO AND SAY, LOOK, I, I THINK MOMENTUM IS A KEY PART TO ANY COMMISSION.
LIKE, AND I, I AGREE WOULD STATE THIS THAT I DONE MY RESEARCH AND LOOK, SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DIVERSITY INCLUSION? I MEAN, WHO'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING? AND THEY SAID NOT A WHOLE LOT.
SO IF WE GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING, LET'S JUST CONTINUE BRINGING, DO THAT AND TALK MORE ABOUT IT AND GET TOGETHER.
'CAUSE FOR ANOTHER HOUR IS WHAT MY THOUGHT IS.
SO, UM, WELL IF, IF WE MEET IN DECEMBER MOST, THEN IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REALLY TO TAKE ANY ACTION BUT TO CONTINUE THESE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, UPCOMING PROJECTS WHERE, UM, THAT MIGHT CONCERN THIS BOARD OR, OR RESIDENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DNI.
WE CAN TALK TO MR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THORNTON ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE HOMEWORK ITEMS. YEAH.
AND LET'S GET, WHEN DAN CAN BE HERE, LET'S GET HIS SCHEDULE.
AND CHRISTIE, AND WE SAY, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THE 21ST.
WHAT'S TODAY? THE 21ST? WE DO THE 21ST OF DECEMBER.
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IT'S THE 19TH WOULD BE OUR REGULAR MEETING TIME.OH, I DON'T EVEN, I MEAN EVEN IF WE DON'T MEET AS A MEETING OR HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN GOING, THEN GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME MORE MOMENTUM OF, OF ANSWERED QUESTIONS.
CAN WE, IF WE, IF YOU'RE NOT A MEMBER NOW, CAN YOU STILL, CAN THEY STILL COME TO THAT MEETING? WELL, I MEAN IF THEY'RE APPOINTED THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO CORRECT.
ANGELA, I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION WAS, IF THEY'RE NOT A MEMBER NOW, CAN THEY COME TO DECEMBER'S MEETING OR TO A WORKSHOP MEETING SOON? JUST SOMEONE YOU'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT OR AS I GET, IS THAT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY YOU'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT OR SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE A BOARD MEMBER? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I I THINK THIS MEETING MORE IS IN PRETTY INFORMAL
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, AND WE CAN DO THE SAME THING ON THE 19TH.
BUT AT LEAST WE'RE HAVING BUT DISCUSSION.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO SIT HERE WITH PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY THAT COULD AFFECT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN THE NEXT YEAR IS MY THOUGHT.
I THINK IF THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING VOLUNTEERS TO BE ON THE BOARD, BUT THEIR APPOINTMENT JUST HASN'T BEEN DONE, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THEM LISTENING IN.
WELL, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE OPEN BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPEN MEETING LIKE JACQUELINE, I'M HOPING BY THE DECEMBER MEETING THAT SHE'S APPOINTED SO THAT SHE CAN BE UP HERE WITH US AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON A LARGER LEVEL AND YOU KNOW, IF SHE BRINGS THREE OTHER PEOPLE WITH HER EXCELLENT
SO, BUT I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE DIRECTED.
DO WE, I I PROPOSE THAT WE GET TOGETHER ON THE 24TH WITH THE 19TH.
YEAH, LET'S MEET, LET'S NOT LOSE, WE SHOULD PLAN A MEETING.
UH, AND TRY TO MEET TUESDAY THE 19TH.
WE'LL SEE IF IT, UH, IF MISS IF COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON CAN BE HERE.
I'M, I'M ASSUMING CHRISTIE WILL BE HERE.
I MEAN SHE'S MOST LIKELY WILL BE HERE.
UH, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND, UH, WITH OUR HOMEWORK.
AND EVEN IF THEY HAPPEN NOT TO, LET'S JUST YOU MEET EVERY MONTH, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT.
WE DO NEED THEM TO MEET EVERY MONTH.
IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED YOU TO GET FOR US CAN BE HAD BY THAT MEETING? LIKE WHAT? THE CHARTER AND I'VE ALREADY SENT THE CHARTER.
WE, WE WILL ALREADY HAVE MOST OF THE STUFF THAT WE DECIDED WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS ALSO WE CAN LOOK AT EVENTS INDIVIDUALLY.
AND PROPOSE, UH, WHAT EVENTS THAT ARE ON THE CALENDAR THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A PRESENCE AT.
WE CAN DO OUR HOMEWORK AND WE CAN SUBMIT TO CHRISTIE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE ON THE AGENDA.
SO THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN JANUARY, CLEARLY LIBRARY BOARD D AND I, ETHICS COMMITTEE, UM, PARKS BOARD, CHARTER REVIEW, HISTORICAL NOT.
BUT FOR THIS THING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING THE JANUARY WORKSHOP.
YOU SAID IT WAS, THE WORKSHOP WAS, IT WAS TO REVIEW THE DNI ETHICS, HISTORIC LIBRARY, BOARD AND PARK IS WHAT YOU SAID.
WE'RE GONNA BRING THOSE MEMBERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS BYLAWS.
AND HOW'S THAT BEING HANDLED? IS THAT AN, HMM? WHAT DAY IS THAT? WELL, I'M LOOKING AT EITHER THE 20TH OR THE 27TH.
THAT'S, THOSE ARE SATURDAYS IN THE MORNING.
UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY START IN THE MORNING.
AND YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD LET US KNOW.
I'M GONNA SEND THE INVITE OUT NEXT 14.
WHAT DAY IS CHRISTMAS? IS THAT, I'LL PUT YOU IN MY CARD.
I KNEW I KNEW IT, BUT I OH, THAT'S JUST THE MORE SPAN.
THAT'S WHY WE YOU CHAIRMAN TODAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE, ARE WE GOING TO KEEP MEETING AT SIX OR WOULD SIX 30 THEN BE BETTER FOR PEOPLE WITH TRAFFIC? 'CAUSE THIS IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD ABOUT, I, I'D LOVE THE SIX O'CLOCK BECAUSE IT'S NOW SIX.
SO IF IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE, WE WILL ADJOURN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FILLING IN.