[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on March 19, 2024.]
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SO THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMISSION, TUESDAY, MARCH 19TH, AND STARTING AT 6:05 PM SO THE SESSION IS CALLED TO ORDER ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER PRISONER STOCKMAN.
NOW, UM, WE WOULD BE AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, FOR, UM, COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHRISTIE BARNES FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, UPDATES.
SO FROM LAST MEETING, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAD REQUESTED THAT I REACHED OUT TO THE DEI DIRECTOR FOR THE ISD, AND I DID.
AND SHE WAS, UM, SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR, UM, OF THE INTEREST TO HAVE HER HERE, UM, AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT OR IN APRIL, SO WE'RE HOPING FOR MAY THAT SHE CAN COME OUT TO JUST, UM, BE HERE AND BE A PART OF THE GROUP PRESENTATION.
SHE DID HAVE AN OPEN INVITATION TO ANYONE INDIVIDUALLY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE TIME WITH HER, HAVE A LUNCH OR WHAT HAVE YOU, KIND OF ON YOUR OWN AS INDIVIDUALS.
UM, AND WHAT IS HER NAME AGAIN? JULIANA.
AND, UM, HER EMAIL ADDRESS IS THE SAME.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION, UM, KNOW, JUST FOR AWARENESS, UM, THAT, UM, THIS, THAT TOMORROW THERE IS A, UM, UH, MOBILITY, UH, TOWN HALL, UM, THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, UM, IT'S TOMORROW HERE AT CITY HALL.
IT'S, IT JUST WENT OUT IN THE HEY NEWSLETTER.
UM, LET ME PULL THOSE EXACT TIMES.
UM, AND AS I'VE PULLED UP, OH, OKAY.
HERE IT'S, THE MASTER MOBILITY PLAN IS TOMORROW.
THE OPEN HOUSE PORTION IS FROM SIX 30 TO SEVEN 30.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION AND GUIDED DIS DISCUSSION FROM SEVEN 30 TO EIGHT 30.
SO, UM, THAT IS TOMORROW HERE AT CITY HALL IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ALSO THIS SATURDAY.
UM, AND, UM, I'LL LET, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE SPEAK MORE TO IT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT ON THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AT THIS SATURDAY, UM, AT THE HOLIDAY INN, I BELIEVE, UM, 3 23 EDGE SCHMIDT BOULEVARD.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT DATE FOR BUDGET IS APRIL 6TH.
SO THIS IS THE PUBLIC BUDGET WORKSHOP, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, IT'LL BE, UH, MORE DETAILED AS FAR AS WHERE IT WILL BE LOCATED.
PROBABLY ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY, UM, AN OPEN AREA FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP TO THAT MEETING WILL BE APRIL 20TH, AND THAT'S WHEN WE WILL AS, UM, STAFF WILL COME BACK AND PRESENT, UH, THOSE FINDINGS.
I'M SORRY, THE FIRST ONE WAS APRIL, WHAT? APRIL 6TH.
AND THOSE TYPICALLY RUN FROM ABOUT, UM, I BELIEVE NINE TILL ONE, SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
BUT MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS SOON AS WE HAVE EVERYTHING COVERED.
UM, AND THEN I WILL DEFINITELY ALLOW, UH, OR WHENEVER WE GET TO, UM, MISSION MEMBER COMMENTS, BUT I DID WANT TO, UH, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE NEW COMMISSION MEMBER HERE.
UM, SO CORINA
AND THEN, UM, WHEN WE GET COMMENTS, MAYBE IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND TO THE REST OF THE GROUP.
FROMS, UM, COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENT.
SO YES, SATURDAY WE HAVE ALL DAY WITH THE
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STRATEGY SESSION.IT WOULD BE CITY COUNCIL AND BASICALLY THE LEADERSHIP STAFF OF THE CITY.
UM, ALL THE HEADS OF VERY, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE THERE.
UM, THERE'S KIND OF NO TELLING EXACTLY WHERE THAT DISCUSSION GOES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IT'S UP THROUGH THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO HOPEFULLY, AND WE, WE DO HAVE A FACILITATOR THERE TO HELP GUIDE US.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS YES, A POINT FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
SO TO ME, THIS IS HOW WE TELL THE CITY LEADERSHIP AS A COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THIS IS WHAT WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN THAT FEEDS INTO THEIR DISCUSSIONS ON THE BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE D AND I COMMISSION A BUDGET OF X DOLLARS.
IT'S ABOUT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, AND IT'S UP TO THE CITY LEADERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND HOW THEY WANNA PRESENT THAT IN A BUDGET THAT COMES BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THE APRIL 6TH SESSION IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT THEY START GETTING ON THAT.
SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO GO TO.
UM, AND THEN THE APRIL 20TH, I GUESS YOU GUYS WILL HAVE KIND OF DONE A SPIN THROUGH BASED ON WHAT YOU HEARD ON THE SIXTH AND BE A LITTLE MORE REFINED.
SO IF YOU CAN GO TO BOTH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING, TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT ALSO HELPS.
I MEAN, IT'S INTENDED TO SET THE BUDGET, BUT IT ALSO IS A, EVEN IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT NECESSARILY GETS IN THE BUDGET IMMEDIATELY, IT'S GOOD FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND YOU TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
IF, IF YOU CAN GO HEAR IT DIRECTLY.
BUT WE'LL ALSO GET KIND OF ROLLUPS FROM THAT KIND OF TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE SURE WE FEED THAT TO THE PORTS OF COMMISSIONS TOO.
YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID AT THOSE SESSIONS? UM, YEAH.
SO THEN THAT WHOLE PROCESS MOVES ALONG FROM THERE.
SO AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES, IT'S ULTIMATELY THE CITY MANAGER WHO SETS A BUDGET AND THEN COUNCIL RIPS IT APART,
BUT THE BUDGET STARTS WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
AND THEN REALLY IT STARTS AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL UNDER THE CITY MANAGER.
SO CHRISTIE HAS HER AREAS THAT SHE COVERS AND THAT SHE BUDGETS FOR.
AND SO HOW YOU GUYS WORK WITH CHRISTIE TO TELL CHRISTIE WHAT YOU WANNA SEE, THAT'S KIND OF UP TO CHRISTIE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON HOW YOU GUYS FIGURE OUT THAT INPUT.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL DIRECTS THAT I DIRECT.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO I LEAVE THAT TO CHRISTIE TO TELL, TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU AS FAR AS FEEDING INTO THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA GIVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO THE DNI COMMISSION.
I THINK SOME OF IT WILL BE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY THERE'S EDUCATION, LEARNING, NOT TRAINING
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S AN ASPECT OF IT.
EDUCATION FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION AND FOR COUNCIL.
UM, AND WHATEVER ELSE GOES OUT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S WAYS TO GET YOU GUYS DOING COMMUNITY EVENTS, ALL THOSE THINGS WILL BE PART OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE END OF IT.
I HOPE IT'S NOT, I HOPE THERE'S AREAS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED THAT MAYBE AREN'T DIRECTLY TIED TO THE COMMISSION, BUT THAT ALL REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
IT'S NOT UNDER MY DIRECT CONTROL.
SO I, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WORK WHAT YOU WANT.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, YOU CAN GO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMPLAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT YOU DON'T GET IT.
IF SOMETHING DOESN'T END UP IN THE BUDGET, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY KRIS'S FAULT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA COME UP WITH A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS AND THEN THINGS ARE GONNA GET CUT.
'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU PUT IN THE BUDGET.
AND YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE A GREAT IDEA THAT GETS CUT AND SOMEBODY PUT IT BACK IN.
OR YOU MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA THAT SURVIVES ALL THE WAY TILL THE END AND THEN GETS CUT.
SO, UM, KEEP GOING, KEEP PUSHING AND KEEP, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH EVERYBODY WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU THINK, WHAT YOU WAS IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR THAT.
WHAT TIME WERE THOSE MEETINGS? THE SIXTH AND THE 20TH? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CONFIRMED, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NORMALLY BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 1:00 PM OKAY.
NOW, COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I, I HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS,
A LOT OF COMMENTS, BUT, AND ONE OF THE, I, I MADE, UM, SOME PICTURE SLIDES AND CHRISTIE'S GONNA SEND THOSE OUT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WORKS, BUT I'M GONNA SEND THEM TO HER AND THEN SHE'LL SEND 'EM OUT.
BUT HERE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN REFERENCE.
AND THE REASON THAT I LIKE PICTURES IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT SAYING
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A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, BUT I LOOKED IT UP AND IT SAID THAT YOU PEOPLE RESPOND TO PICTURES OR GRAPHICS 60,000 TIMES FASTER THAN READING.SO IT IS REALLY LIKE A PICTURE'S WORTH 60,000 WORDS,
SO THOSE THINGS ABOUT LIKE DETAILS YES.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING THAT I AM CHAIR, ALSO THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE AND WE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE I SAID, CORINA IS OUR NEWEST MEMBER.
AND ACTUALLY, COULD YOU JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF BEFORE I START? UM, SURE.
I HAVE TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND HARO, ISD.
UM, I PROFESSIONALLY, I WORK AT TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
I'M DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY RELATIONS.
SO I COVER WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR CAMPUS, NEW YORK CITY.
THAT PRIMARILY MEANS I SPEND ALL MY TIME WORKING WITH INDUSTRY, FINDING OUT WHAT KIND OF TRAINING WE NEED.
SO, UM, IS A GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR, IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE 13TH COUNTY, GREATER AREA IN AUSTIN.
MY BACKGROUND IS PRIMARILY IN WORKFORCE TRAINING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND, UM, NONPROFIT AND, AND HIGHER ED.
I TRY TO STAY, I TRY TO STAY, UM, ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I COACH
UM, I JUST, I HERE ON THIS GROUP, I'M ON THE HUDDLE, I-C-D-E-I COMMITTEE AS WELL.
WE'RE TRYING TO REFORM NOW WITH OUR NEW DIRECTOR MM-HMM.
UM, AND, UM, JUST TRY STAY INVOLVED AND INFORM, DO MY CIVIC DUTY, UM, TO MY COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THIS AND I SAID IT.
AND THAT, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.
LIKE YOU WERE SAYING THAT THE HUDDLE, UH, COMMISSION COMMITTEE IS REFORMING MM-HMM.
SO THIS IS A PERFECT TIME, I THINK.
AND WHAT, THESE ARE A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND WE HAVE NOT MET TOGETHER, BUT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH DIVER, WELL, HUMAN RESOURCES, EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
UM, THERE WERE TWO COMPANIES THAT I WORKED THAT, THAT WAS MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
AND I ALWAYS WOULD TELL PEOPLE, THIS IS MY, UM, LITTLE LINE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN SO WE CAN SPEED UP.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
THE MEETING THAT WE HAD, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE THERE AT, UM, THE MEETING FEBRUARY 3RD, I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT MEETING AND THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT, AND THEY TALKED TO EVERY COMMISSION AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.
IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS REALLY VERY BENEFICIAL.
SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY REFRESHING.
AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK DAN TOO, BECAUSE HE HELPED US TO GET, UM, MONEY THAT WE CAN USE NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL, UM, NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
I GOTTA GET THE FISCAL YEAR STRAIGHT.
SO THAT IS REALLY VERY, VERY GOOD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOME THINGS JUST TO KIND OF GROUND US AS WE GO ALONG.
AND I WANNA HEAR SOME THINGS FROM, FROM YOU TWO, AND WE WILL AS WE GO ALONG.
SOMETIMES SLOWING DOWN IS SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO SPEED UP.
AND THE THING THAT I WANNA KNOW, I, I'M GLAD THAT, UM, CORINA, THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT, CORINA, IS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M GETTING TO KNOW, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, BRUCE'S BIRTHDAY WAS YESTERDAY BIRTHDAY.
AND SO I JUST WANNA HEAR JUST FROM A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, IF YOU WOULD TELL ME EVERYBODY, BUT JUST SAY HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN IN HUDDLE AND WHY YOU'RE ON THE COMMISSION.
UM, I'VE BEEN, I'M TARA SPOONS, TARA BULLARD SPOONS.
I HELD ONTO THAT NAME WHEN I GOT MARRIED.
UM, I'VE BEEN IN HU SINCE 2003.
WE MOVED HERE WHEN THAT SIGN OUT IN THE HALLWAY WAS ACTUALLY STILL ON THE ROAD.
UM, WHY I AM HERE, I THINK OUR CITY IS, HAS FORWARDED PROGRESS.
I THINK WE CAN, UM, JOIN IN THE RANKS OF ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED DNIS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE TO TALK, FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
I THINK THIS GROUP, I I CAN THE ENERGY MM-HMM.
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THINK THIS GROUP WILL BE ABLE TO WORK COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME FANTASTIC IDEAS.I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION FOR A WHILE NOW, AND SO I'VE SEEN, UM, A LOT, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF.
AND I THINK THIS COMING UP, I WANNA SAY YEAR SEASON, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE MM-HMM.
I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT CONNECTION IN BETWEEN OR CONNECT THE DOTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING ABLE TO SPEAK AND ASK QUESTIONS AND NOT BE AFRAID AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO EVERYTHING, BUT IF THERE'S AN ANSWER, WE'RE GONNA FIND IT.
I HOPE THAT NO ONE WOULD BE AFRAID TO SAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, WE NEED TO, AND SOMETIMES DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CAN BE A CHARGE TOPIC.
WE KNOW THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO BE GROUNDED AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THOSE.
MAYBE THEY HAVE DI UM, DIRECTLY OPPOSED OPINIONS TO US, BUT, BUT, UM, JUST AS FAR SAID, PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
SO I'LL JUST GO IS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN HUDDLE SINCE WE MOVED DECEMBER 21ST, DECEMBER 30TH,
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS.
AND WHEN I SAY WE, MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF, AND, UM, WE'RE RETIRED AND WE LOVE HUDDLE.
I'VE, I'VE HAD REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE.
AND THE REASON THAT I'M ON THE COMMISSION, I DO LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AND I WOULD WANT TO BE OF SERVICE.
AND I THINK OF WHAT, UM, DR. KING SAID THAT EVERYONE CAN BE GREAT BECAUSE EVERYONE CAN SERVE.
AND YOU KNOW, I, I USED TO BE A, A CASA LIKE TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, WITH FOSTER CHILDREN AND THAT, BUT I LIKE TO DO THINGS OF SUBSTANCE.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OR YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR ONE THING OR THAT I LIKE TO DO THINGS OF SUBSTANCE AND THIS IS A LONG TERM COMMITMENT FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2019, UH, RETIRED.
MY, UH, WHOLE FAMILY'S DOWN HERE.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND FOUR GRANDCHILDREN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
SO I DIDN'T, SO WHEN I GOT HERE, I'M STILL WORKING.
AND THEN I SAID, WELL, LET ME, I THINK IT'S LONG.
I WANNA KIND OF GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU GET OLDER FEEL MORE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW, HOW MUCH, UM, I GUESS THE WORD FUN MAY NOT BE, BUT IT'S BEEN JUST TREMENDOUS TO BE INVOLVED.
EVERYTHING, WHEN YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING, YOU GET INVOLVED WITH IT.
EVEN GET MEETING PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING AND, YOU KNOW, WE SIT THERE, I TALK TO DAN, WE HAD COFFEE, I TALK TO THE COUNCIL PEOPLE, WE SIT, YOU KNOW, JUST TALK.
WE COULD TALK FOR HOURS, YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT WHAT WE HEAR AND STUFF.
AND THAT'S JUST BEEN THE GOOD PART ABOUT THIS.
NOW I GOT IN BECAUSE I, I MEAN, REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE LIBRARY, WHICH, UM, SOME OF THE LIBRARY BOARD ALSO.
AND THEN, UM, I ACTUALLY GOT THE HERE.
I, I SAID, WELL, I THINK I, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM ON D AND I, BUT I'LL JUST JOIN THAT SO WE HAVE A QUORUM.
I DO, I THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY HERE IS, IS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT YOU BRUCE.
SO, UM, BUT WE REALLY, I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GROW THIS KIND OF QUICKLY IN THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, JACQUELINE AND THE BOARD, I MEAN THE CHAIRMAN NOW.
I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO, THIS IDEA OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK IS GONNA BE KEY FOR US.
SO I THINK WE REALLY GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO GET, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF THE LIBRARY, BRING THAT UP, YOU KNOW, ABOUT STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND THAT REALLY SHOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND, AND I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN EVEN GO FOR EXTRA AND THEN TELL THEM NOT, YOU KNOW, SO, MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S MY ONE POINT ON THAT, SO, OKAY.
UM, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE DONE AND, UM, HAVE FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED AND HEARING EVERYBODY'S
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THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SAME THING.SO I GUESS IT WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO THAT, THAT, UM, I STARTED BECOMING INVOLVED IN, IN CITY, UM, THINGS.
AND, UH, WAS INITIALLY, UH, NOMINATED TO, TO BE, UH, ON THE PARK BOARD.
SO THAT WAS MY FIRST, UH, FORAY INTO THE, INTO THE CITY VOLUNTEER AREA.
AND THEN, UH, I WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS COMMISSION AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, I CAN DO THAT.
AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.
UH, MOST I MOST STUDYING I'VE EVER DONE, UH, IN REGARDS TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND, AND INCLUSION WAS WHEN I, UH, APPLIED FOR A JOB AND I HAD TO WRITE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SOME PARAGRAPHS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, I, I COULD INCORPORATE IT IN, UH, UH, EQUITY INTO THE JOB THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS APPLYING FOR BECAUSE I WENT TO SCHOOL, UH, A LONG TIME AGO AND, AND REALLY NEVER HAD ANY TRAINING IN, IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
BUT I THINK, LIKE BRUCE, AS THE COMMUNITY HAS, HAS BEGUN TO FORM, AND I CAN SAY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP THAT I SEE FROM MS. COLEMAN AND, AND THE EXCITEMENT I SEE AMONGST EVERYBODY THAT, UH, I, I, I FIND THIS VERY ENERGIZING.
AND, AND I, I HAVE A LOVE OF LEARNING AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO LEARN.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ONE THING THAT I LIKE TO DO IN, IN MY LIFE AS A VOLUNTEER IN, IN ALL OF MY JOBS, IS JUST KIND OF FACILITATE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, UH, GET THINGS DONE.
AND, UM, AND I SEE THIS AS, AS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO HELP FACILITATE HEALTHY RELATIONS.
IF THAT, IF WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT IN THE CITY, FACILITATE SOME HEALTHY RELATIONS, AND FACILITATE SOME COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION, UM, I THINK THAT WE ARE, THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE ACCOM ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING, BUT IT'S JUST VERY ENERGIZING TO ME TO BE A PART OF, UH, ADULTS GETTING TOGETHER IN A VOLUNTEER WAY TO, TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
I SEE YOU DO A REALLY PRETTY GOOD JOB ON MY FIRST, LAST NAME, JUST TO TELL YOU,
I WAS ON THE AMERICAN DISABILITIES COMMISSION.
I WAS ON THAT KIND OF BY HAPPENSTANCE AS WELL.
I MOVED TO HU IN 2018, HAD NO INTENTIONS OF BEING INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN MY NEIGHBORS, MAYBE MAKING A FEW FRIENDS AT SOME SOCIAL EVENTS THAT DIDN'T LAST LONG.
I CAME UP TO THE CITY HALL DURING THAT FIRST YEAR HERE AND REALIZED THAT MY SON COULDN'T ENTER THIS BUILDING WITHOUT SOMEONE WITH HIM.
SHE STARTED RAISING HELL OF, WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW BUILDING THAT IS NOT A DA COMPLIANT.
UH, SO WHEN THE A DA BOARD WAS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE, I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A GOOD FIT FOR ME BECAUSE WHILE I'M NOT NECESSARILY PHYSICALLY DISABLED, I'VE DEALT WITH DEPRESSION AND OTHER ISSUES MOST OF MY LIFE AND THE UNSEEN DISABILITIES.
UM, AND I JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE THE DISABLED DO NOT HAVE A VOICE IN MOST ANYTHING IN LIFE.
I'M NOT, I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY BUY THEIR GROCERIES.
THEY DON'T HAVE, NOBODY THINKS ABOUT THAT REALLY.
OF WHERE YOU PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM.
AND THAT'S WHY I JOINED THE A DA.
WE MANAGED TO DO REMARKABLE THINGS THE THREE TIMES WE MET.
WE'VE GOT THE LOADING UNLOADING ZONE DONE AFTER THE FIRST MEETING, AND WE'VE GOT THE HANDICAP PARKING UP HERE BY THE LIBRARY ALL IN THE FIRST MEETING OR THE SECOND.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SECOND MEETING.
AND THEN WE KIND OF JUST QUIT MEETING.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE HELPED WORK ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, UH, THAT WASN'T OF INTEREST TO ME, NOR DID I FEEL LIKE I HAD ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I KEPT POINTING OUT THAT
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NOT EVERYBODY GOES TO A WEBSITE.AND DO I HAVE THE ANSWERS ON HOW TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS ALL THE INFORMATION? OBVIOUSLY NOT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BUT I DID HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS BECAUSE WE COULD EVER GET MEMBERS, MORE OR LESS A QUORUM.
THE CITY COUNCIL RIGHTFULLY DECIDED TO KIND OF DISBAND A DA AND MERGE IT IN OVER HERE.
AND THEY ASKED IF I WOULD GO WITH IT.
AND MY INITIAL RESPONSE WAS, NO, BECAUSE IT DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S THE PLACE.
BUT I WAS TALKED INTO GIVING IT A SHOT, AND I'M STILL GIVING IT A SHOT IN ALL HONESTY.
I SEE A VERY MUCH A NEED FOR THIS.
AND I THINK VERY MUCH IT COULD BE THE PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT, QUOTE, UNQUOTE OF THE AVERAGE.
I JUST NOT SURE THAT WE'RE IN THIS POSITION OF OUR DECISION MAKING.
AND I MEAN, I'M AHO, WHICH I HADN'T NOTICED.
I SHOVE, I RATTLE CAGES, I HONK HORNS, I YELL FROM ROOFTOPS.
IT'S NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST WITH ME NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
IF I MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN ONE PERSON'S LIFE IN HU TIME WELL SPENT.
DAN, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, OKAY.
UM, SO I MOVED TO HATO IN 2010.
SO KIND OF MIDDLE OF THE PACK HERE.
AND, UH, YEAH, I STARTED OUT, UM, KIDS IN BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS WITH SOFTBALL, BUT THERE WERE, THERE WERE ALWAYS MORE COACHES THAN THEY CAN HANDLE ON THE BASEBALL SIDE.
AND NOBODY WANTED TO COACH SOFTBALL, SO IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I ENDED UP, I ENDED UP, I ENDED UP, UH, BEING HEAD COACH ON A NUMBER OF SOFTBALL TEAMS AND ASSISTANT COACH ON OTHERS.
AND YEAH, IT WAS ALWAYS, WELL, WE ALWAYS NEED MORE ADULTS TO VOLUNTEER.
SO I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN I ENDED UP ON THE BOARD OF THE YOUTH BASEBALL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION HERE, UH, FOR A FEW YEARS.
UM, THEN I STARTED GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CITY.
I WAS ON THE PARKS BOARD, I WAS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THEN CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AS FAR AS THIS COMMISSION GOES, UM, I WORKED FOR INTEL.
I'VE BEEN THERE, UH, JUST OVER TWO YEARS NOW.
AND, UM, HAD A DIVERSITY PRESENTATION THERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK WITH ME WAS THE EXECUTIVES SAYING, EVERY TIME THERE'S A NEED FOR A DIVERSITY PROGRAM, THEY LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND THEY PICK ME.
WE NEED ALLIES TO PICK UP THE WORK AND THE WORK.
AND THAT'S KIND OF STUCK WITH ME SINCE THEN THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT, BUT IT WAS, THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO? WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU DO? SO I'M NOT HERE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING ALL THE WORK.
I'M JUST HERE TO TRY TO FIND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR YOU TO REMOVE A BARRIER IF THERE IS ONE.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ALL THE HARD WORK.
SO I'M DOING, I'M DOING A LITTLE BIT, BUT LIKE, I'M NOT HERE.
I'M NOT HERE TRYING TO, TRYING TO DO ANY, TRYING TO, IT'S, IT IS YOUR COMMISSION.
I'M HERE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR COMMISSION TO DO, TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON, UM, ON THE STAFF SIDE AND BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE A LOT WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THAT TIME.
MOST, I WOULD SAY, PRETTY MUCH, YEAH, THAT ENTIRE TIME.
I'VE HAD SOME SORT OF TOUCH POINT WITH THE COMMUNITY IN WHATEVER WAY THAT LIKE, UM, AND JUST KIND OF GROWING MORE AND MORE INTO THAT ROLE AND THAT LOOKING DIFFERENT.
UM, BUT, UM, I'M SUPER HONORED AND HUMBLED TO BE THE STAFF MEMBER, UM, AND YOUR LIAISON ON THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND, UM, INCORPORATING, UM, WHAT WE CAN AND LISTENING TO YOU ALL AND HOPEFULLY HELPING TO BRIDGE SOME OF THE GAPS THAT, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OPEN.
AND WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
SO JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
SO TO ME THAT WAS, IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT YOU.
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THE WHO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE RUN RIGHT TO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO,SO THAT, THAT WAS JUST, TO ME, IT WAS REFRESHING TO HEAR AND TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.
THERE'S A MODEL THAT I USE, AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA, UM, PASS THESE AROUND TO YOU BECAUSE WHO, WHAT, HOW.
AND THEN THE E AND THE L IS, IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT, THE E AND THE L IS EVALUATE AND LEARN.
AND I'M GLAD WE'RE STARTING TO USE THE WORD LEARNING VERSUS TRAINING.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, LATER.
AND, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS UNDERSTANDING WHO, SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES, WHO ARE, WHO, WHO IS AROUND THE TABLE.
AND THE SAME THING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEM AND THE CITIZENS OF HUDDLE AS WELL.
ONE THE THINGS, WHO ARE YOU? OKAY, WE THAT WHO ARE, OH, YES.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALLER STEPS IS, UM, LIKE, I KNOW SHE MENTIONED THE LIBRARY AND THAT, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE LIKE, THEY, THEY SAY, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMISSION FOR LIBRARY, HAVE A COMMISSION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND THAT DIVERSITY INCLUSION EQUITY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH A LARGE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.
BUT IT'S THE IMPORTANT TO TAKE SMALLER STEPS.
SO WE CAN SHOW NOW, LIKE, I LOVE THIS, I'LL PASS THIS AROUND, BUT I LOVE THIS LITTLE SLIDE HERE THAT IT SHOWS.
YOU SEE THIS PERSON TRYING TO TAKE THESE BIG STEPS AND THEN THEY'RE LEFT THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
BUT THEN SAY, IF YOU TAKE ONE STEP, TWO STEPS, YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE FASTER WITH THAT.
AND WE HAVE TO, I FEEL WITH THE COMMISSION, WE HAVE TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, AND WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE SMALLER STEPS.
WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED? AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE, UM, FASTER.
UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WITH DIVERSE, AND SOME OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, BIG CONCEPTS AND, AND JUST WANNA BRING THEM OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I HELP AND, AND WORK WITH PEOPLE.
UM, YOU HEARD THE CONCEPT, INTENT VERSUS IMPACT IS, I ALWAYS ASSUME GOODNESS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO GOOD, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN MAKE MISTAKES AND THEIR INTENT WAS NOT TO MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT IT STILL COULD BE HURTFUL.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE, AND, AND WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT WORKING HERE.
THAT LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU MEAN? WHAT DID, LIKE THIS IS SAYS WHAT YOU SAID MAY NOT BE WHAT THEY HEARD.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S WHERE COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS COME IN AND ACCUSATIONS START TO HAPPEN AND THAT, BUT IT'S JUST REMEMBER THAT THAT INTENT DOES NOT EQUAL IMPACT.
AND, UM, I THINK IT WAS, COREY, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY AND DIVERSITY, AND I ACTUALLY, I LIKED THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE STRETCHING IT TO ACADEMIC DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY.
IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THAT, WELL, WE'LL JUST GET EVERYBODY EQUAL.
BUT NO, IT'S EQUALITY THIS, HAVE YOU SEEN THAT PICTURE? YES.
THE PICTURE THERE WITH EQUALITY, LIKE EVERYONE, THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT BA THE BASEBALL GAME, EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME BOX, BUT A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES TO SEE THE BASEBALL GAME, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DIFFERENT BOX.
A PERSON MAY BE NOT NEED ANY ACCOMMODATION OR ACCESS OR ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING WAS THAT NOW THAT WE ARE IN A GREAT POSITION, WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW, REALLY, WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW COMMISSION IS TO RELAUNCH.
AND THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND I JUST PUT HERE THE ROLE TO RELAUNCH.
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AND IT'S JUST LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AND SAYING, OKAY, WELL HOW DO WE TAKE THIS NEXT STEP ON THAT LITTLE, THAT LADDER THAT'S GOING UP? WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED TO DO? SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE THINKING ABOUT AND WORKING, UM, WITH.AND ALSO SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT, WELL, IT WAS, UM, HAD MENTIONED ABOUT LEARNING.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THE WORD TRAINING TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WANNA HAVE TRAINING FOR THIS, WE WANNA HAVE TRAINING FOR THAT.
AND YES, SOMETIMES THAT IS APPROPRIATE, BUT WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, IT IS LEARNING.
AND I JUST REALLY LIKE CHIEF YARBOROUGH'S PRESENTATION WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE AND HIS, THE PEOPLE THAT REPORT TO HIM THAT THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT, UM, I THINK HE SAID, WAS IT NINE? I THINK IT WAS NINE MONTHS.
THEY WENT THROUGH A PROCESS AND THEY ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THINGS AND THEY LEARNED TOGETHER BECAUSE TRAINING IS, YOU CAN CHECK OFF A BOX.
LIKE, UM, MY HUSBAND WOULD, I SHOWED HIM THIS SLIDE, HE SAID, YEAH, LIKE EVEN IN DRIVING A CAR, YOU GO TO THE, UM, WHERE IS IT? TO THE, UH, MOTOR VEHICLES PLACE? AND YOU GET A BOOKLET AND YOU LEARN THE RULES OF THE ROLE, AND YOU TAKE THE EXAM, YOU TAKE A WRITTEN EXAM, A A DRIVING EXAM, AND YOU, YOU THERE, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T LEARN HOW TO DRIVE UNTIL YOU ENCOUNTER
HE WAS SAYING, YEAH, I THOUGHT WHEN I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE, I COULD DRIVE.
AND THEN I WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO HAVING TO DRIVE WITH A CLUTCH, AND HE SAID, THAT WAS THE MOST
HE SAID, TALK ABOUT LEARNING VERSUS TRAINING.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE, TRAINING IS PASSIVE.
IT'S, UM, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, GIMME THE SLIDES, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I KNOW, NO, THAT'S JUST MAYBE THE START OF SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT LEARNING IS EXPERIENCING GROWING.
IT'S AN ACT, IT'S A ACTIVE MINDSET.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU LEARN THINGS AS YOU GO.
AND IT, AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T, UM, CASTIGATE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING.
THERE'S, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT WE CAN LEARN, WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN MINDSET WITH THAT.
UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS EVENTUALLY, AND FOR EVERYONE TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE GOING TO THE NORMS OF THIS GROUP.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SAY WHAT WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD THING IS THAT, AND IT GOES BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE I HAD TO SLOW DOWN TO MOVE TO SPEED UP, IS THAT WE PAUSE, JUST PAUSE A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, OH, BRUCE, YOU SAID THIS.
WHAT DID YOU REALLY MEAN ABOUT THAT? OR BRUCE, YOU MIGHT SAY TO ME, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS THIS, OR GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE ABOUT INTENTION, WHAT MY INTENT IS THIS.
THEN WE MIGHT TALK ABOUT, WELL, WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON OTHER PEOPLE OR CITIZENS OR WHAT, WHATEVER WE'RE DISCUSSING.
UM, AND THAT GOES TO THE THING ABOUT PARAPHRASING AND PUTTING IDEAS OUT.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THEM.
AND ONE THING ABOUT WORKING IN DIVERSITY INCLUSION, AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER AREAS.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW, SAY, WELL, WHAT DO I REALLY FEEL? UM, SO PAY ATTENTION TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
AND THEN THEN BACK TO ATTENTIONS, PRESUME POSITIVE INTENTIONS.
AND THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN ADVOCACY AND INQUIRY.
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS? UM, VERSUS WE SHOULD DO THIS.
WE SHOULD DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT.
AND THEN WE, WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT THOSE, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE WHAT I WANTED SAY THAT MAYBE NEXT I'LL SAVE THE OTHERS FOR NEXT TIME, BUT YEAH.
SO BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I THOUGHT ONE THING, MENTION MY COMMENTS THAT I FORGOT.
THERE IS A, I BELIEVE A HINDU TEMPLE THAT OPENS YES.
SOUTH, SOUTH OF HU ON OFF OF KIND OF RED 1 38.
THERE'S A PROCLAMATION WELCOMING THEM,
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UH, AT THURSDAY NIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.AND SO THIS COMMISSION, MANY OF YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE IT AT, IT'LL BE SHORTLY AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK WHEN THAT GETS READ.
SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE IT, YES, I WELCOME THAT.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU GUYS TO BE THERE.
AND YOU WHO CAN, WHO CAN BE THERE.
WELL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS THINGS THAT I DID, I WAS AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE MM-HMM.
BUT ALSO SEEING IT JUST LIKE YOU SAID IS DIFFERENT THAN I GUESS YEAH.
HEARING IT THROUGH A TRAINING SESSION.
AND IF YOU DON'T GO BACK AND REVIEW OVER IT.
SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, AS YOU SAY, LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE.
FIRST TIME I GOT IN THE CAR AFTER I HAD MY LICENSE, I KNOW I SCARED EVERYBODY AROUND ME.
I ALMOST TOOK A BRICK OUT AT WALMART.
BUT I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE SHOWING US ALSO THAT YOU AS OUR CHAIRPERSON, YOU'RE READY AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE EQUIPPED.
I KNOW I ALWAYS SPEAKING FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAY THEY'RE SMILING RIGHT NOW,
AND YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT, ABOUT YOU, SO THANK YOU.
I'M ON THAT
I THINK IT VERY IMPRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, KNOW.
BUT SO FAR, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK, I THINK WE MADE A WISE CHOICE, BUT, UH, BUT JUST YOU, YOU THINK I MADE A GOOD CHOICE.
BUT DAN, JUST TO HIS POINT, AND I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO SAY.
I, I THOUGHT IS THAT I'M WATCHING THE NETFLIX SPECIAL IN 1955.
PENSACOLA LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM PLAYING LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.
EVERYBODY GETS TO PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT THE BLACK TEAM IN PENSACOLA WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THE PLAYOFFS.
AND THEY HAD A SPECIAL, AND IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN, IT'S GREAT.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UM, THEY FINALLY CAME TOGETHER AND PLAYED ALL THE OTHER TEAMS, THE WHITE SIDE, THIS ONE TEAM, EVERYONE SPORTS THAT THEY WOULDN'T PLAY.
THEY PLAYED THIS AND THEN THEY MET 60 YEARS LATER.
AND OH, I THOUGHT OF THAT BECAUSE WE SIT HERE A LOT IN OUR LIVES AND DO TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, BUT HOW DO WE EVER GET OUT OF THE, OUR COMFORT ZONE? MM-HMM.
WHAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE MM-HMM.
WHAT? AND I SIT THERE AND I GO, WELL, WHAT ACTUALLY, LIKE, I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN
LIKE, I REALLY KNOW WHAT THE DISABILITY OR DISABLED PERSON IS GOING THROUGH.
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE EVER DEALT WITH IT.
AND A LOT OF THE WHITE BASEBALL PLAYERS, THE LITTLE KIDS, HE SAID THEY NEVER EVEN SHOOK HANDS WITH A BLACK PERSON UNTIL THEY GOT, LIKE, IN THE ARMY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE IT JUST, THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS.
SO I THOUGHT ABOUT BEING OUTTA YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND TRYING TO PRESENT US.
OUR COMMISSION SHOULD TRY TO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I JUST KNOW.
DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I FEEL I'M A LITTLE BIT OUTTA MY COMFORT ZONE.
BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
AND, AND WE LEARN BY, I THINK WE LEARN BY SHOWING PEOPLE WHO WE ARE AND THEN LISTENING TO WHO THEY ARE.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU FEEL YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE? WELL, I NEVER, UH, I'M NOT EDUCATED IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
I'VE NEVER BEEN PART OF A COMMITTEE THAT, UH, WAS FOREIGN TO, TO HELP A CITY ALONE IN THAT AREA.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE HERE, NEVER PART OF MY PLAN.
SO IT WAS NEVER EVEN AN ASPIRATION.
SO YOU ARE BEING HERE, SAME WITH ME.
THAT'S JUST BEING AT THIS, THIS TABLE.
I'M, I'M, I KNOW JUST BEING HERE TOO, BUT THEN OTHER THINGS WE COULD DO, BUT THAT'S TRUE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, I WENT TO SCHOOL, I WAS A LEGAL ASSISTANT.
UM, MY KIDS ALL, UH, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.
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I HAD THIS STRANGE NOTION THAT I WOULD GO BACK TO SCHOOLUM, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING NOT IN, YOU KNOW, THAT COMFORT ZONE.
AND SO I, YEAH, I HELPED MY KIDS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I WAS PRETTY SHARP, BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO TYPE A REAL PAPER, GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OR TAKING A TEST, IT WAS INTIMIDATING.
SO I KNOW THAT BEING HERE, NOT JUST FOR YOU, FOR ALL OF US, AND KNOWING AT TIMES THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE, HONESTLY, IT'S THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEHIND THE DOOR WHEN YOU OPEN IT.
AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT, I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO NOW, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS HAVE MASTER'S DEGREE, MY SON'S GETTING READY TO GRADUATE WITH HIS, AND HERE I AM CHUGGING ALONG BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
BUT IT'S BEEN A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.
SO, UH, ANYBODY THAT'S WILLING TO ACCEPT A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY ONE LIKE THIS, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE SAID, EH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL LET SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT.
RIGHT? BUT YOU DID IT AND YOU'RE HERE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE AT LEAST HAVE AN INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING, WHETHER OR NOT IT MAY BE THAT SOMEONE BRUCE'S, UM, EVENT THAT HE WANTS TO DO OR WHATEVER IT MAY, OR HELPING TICKET AND GET THAT NEW LIBRARY FORUM.
BUT I JUST KNOW THAT BEING HERE IS A, IS A HUGE STEP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.
AND IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH STEPS, YOU FINALLY GET SOMEWHERE.
SO, BUT THAT, BUT YOU ALWAYS FIND, BE ENOUGH.
DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE COURAGE TO STEP OUTTA YOUR COMFORT TO DO THAT.
BUT ONCE YOU DO, IT'S, WHAT WAS I AFRAID OF? THAT EXACT KIND OF A THOUGHT, YOU KNOW? AND IT WAS LIKE, I REMEMBER AT FIRST I JUST HEAR, AND I SAID, SOMEONE SAID, OH, YOU GOTTA GO TALK IN FRONT OF CITY DOWN FOR THREE MINUTES.
AND I GO, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEN I SAID, WELL, I COULD DO THAT.
AND THEN I'D GO, OH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT.
SEE, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S THOSE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING, I THINK COMMISSION SHOULD TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE OFFICE.
THAT MEANS LIKE GROUPS SAYING, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS? OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE I BATTED ON THAT, JUST HEARING ABOUT WHAT DIVERSITY INCLUSION I'VE NOW JUST BEEN, I HEAR THAT KIND OF THING.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D SAY THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I LIKE TO, UM, INTERJECT SOMETHING.
SO ONE THAT WE DID IN THE HUDDLE, DEI COMMITTEE THAT MM-HMM.
I THINK, UM, TEAM I DID REALLY WELL LAST YEAR WITH US IS THAT SHE MADE US, AND EVERY TIME THAT WE MET, WE ALL HAD TO DO SOME TYPE OF EXERCISE WHERE WE DID SOME INTERNAL REFLECTION ABOUT OUR OWN INTERNAL BIASES.
AND THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
I HOPE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT EVERY TIME WE MEET, AND THAT WE HELP OTHER GROUPS AND COMMITTEES DO THE SAME THING.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE IS BECAUSE IN MY WORK IN SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK AND, AND, AND, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE BATTLE ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO AVAILABILITY, ALLOCATION, ACCESS OF RESOURCES, AND HOW THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONTROL OF THOSE RESOURCES, THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED AND WHEN THEY FEEL THAT'S EQUITABLE OR FAIR FAIRNESS, IS JUST A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
RIGHT? SO BEING ABLE TO DO THAT INTERNAL REFLECTION ABOUT OUR OWN PREJUDICES, OUR OWN BIASES, IS THAT REAL UNCOMFORTABLE SPACE.
BUT IT, WHEN WE DID THAT, YOU REALLY STARTED TO SEE PEOPLE THAT WERE SHOWING UP CONSISTENTLY.
'CAUSE WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THAT, THROUGH THAT UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE.
AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE MORE HONEST AND EFFECTIVE AND RESPECTFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT HERE.
SO WE IMPLEMENT THAT HERE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I STILL FEEL LIKE WE WERE JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE WHEN WE LOST TEAM.
I, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEW DIRECTOR AND PICKING SOME OF THAT UP.
'CAUSE THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME TO TERMS WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL PREJUDICES, BIASES WHERE WHAT WE GREW UP, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WE SAW, WHAT OUR PARENTS TAUGHT US, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR COMMUNITIES TAUGHT US.
AND THEN WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY LITTLE HOMETOWN IN CARRIZO, I SAW THAT WHAT IT REALLY COME DOWN TO FOR ME WAS ABOUT ACCESS, UM, AVAILABILITY OR RESOURCES.
MM-HMM,
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BUSINESSES.I MEAN, ALL OF IT COMES DOWN TO RESOURCES, ACCESS TO WHO HAS ACCESS TO THEM, HOW OFTEN, HOW MUCH, AND IS IT EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED? IS IT REPRESENTED BY DIVERSE COMMUNITY? ARE WE INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN THAT CONVERSATION AS PART OF THE COMPUTING? SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT DEFINITELY, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO START THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE THIS WAS JUST AN INTER SCRATCH OF THE SURFACE OF WHO WE ARE.
BUT IT FEELS DIFFERENT TO ME BECAUSE WE ARE ENGAGING IN IT AS OPPOSED TO, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT TRAINING ARE WE GONNA DO? WHAT LEARNING ARE WE GONNA HAVE? OR WHATEVER.
WE GOTTA START WITH THE WHO AND YES.
AND ACTUALLY, UM, I'M GONNA THE SLIDE, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT YEAH.
I'M GONNA SAVE IT TO THE NEXT YES, WE TALKED, WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND, AND THEN THERE'S ONE, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, CHRISSY'S GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT SOME LEARNING THAT WE ARE GOING INTO, BUT ALSO THERE'S A TOOL AND AN ASSESSMENT THAT EVERYONE CAN TAKE THAT TOX, YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR BIASES ARE.
AND THEN IT GIVES YOU, UM, EXPERIENCES TO GET RID OF THOSE.
SO ACTUALLY I'M GOING THROUGH THAT PIECE IN MY CERTIFICATION, AND THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER TO EVERY ITSELF.
SO, BUT THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT.
SO, AND I WANNA PROBABLY TALK TO YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE REFLECTION OKAY.
ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE? I DO.
THANKS FOR SAYING YOU WERE NOT COMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF
I, I SWORE TO THE CITIZENS OF HODO THAT STOOD UP AND APPLAUDED ME JOINING THIS, THAT I WOULD FIGHT FOR OUR DISABLED PEOPLE.
AND IT'S THE ONLY REASON I SHOW UP HERE.
I DON'T FEEL I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE AND OKAY, TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S HOW I FEEL.
IT'S NOT HOW YOU MAKE ME FEEL.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE PLACE FOR ME AND FOR MY FAULT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, I DON'T THINK THE FOCUS OF THIS GROUP WILL EVER BE TO THAT.
I THINK WE'RE DEALING MORE WITH WHAT SOCIETY IN GENERAL IS DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
WHAT MAKES HEADLINES, WHAT MAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE? PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME, IT'S A FIGHT EVERY TIME TO SHOW UP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING HERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE WE ARE DOING HERE.
BECAUSE OUT OF ALL THE MEETINGS I'VE BEEN TO, I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION EVERY TIME I JUST DREW THIS ABSENT MINDEDLY.
ANYBODY GOT A CLUE WHAT THAT IS? I HAD MY READING GLASSES, I MIGHT COULD TELL YOU.
TALKING IN CIRCLES AND GETTING NOWHERE.
I KEEP ON HOPING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MEETING THAT SOMEBODY AT LEAST COMES UP WITH A GOAL OF STEPS, NOT THE PLAN, BUT A SOLID BY SEPTEMBER OF 2025, WE WANT TO HAVE DONE X I'LL GET BEHIND YOU.
EVEN IF I DON'T LIKE THE GOAL, I'LL GET BEHIND YOU.
I'LL DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE IT COME TRUE TO DO WHATEVER.
I'M A, I'M A I'M AN ACTION PERSON.
I'M A DO SOMETHING, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE I'M A TALKER.
I DON'T LIKE TO TALK THINGS TO DEATH.
AND I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TALKING THINGS TO DEATH.
AND IF WE BREAK, NOW THAT WE HAVE SIX OF US, IF WE WANNA BREAK IT INTO GROUPS AND HAVE SOMEBODY DO THIS, SOMEBODY DO THIS, SOMEBODY DO THAT.
LET'S COME UP WITH SOMETHING SOON, BECAUSE I THINK I GOT MAYBE ONE MORE TIME THAT I CAN BE ABSENT FOR.
WELL, IT'S INTERESTING YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE GOAL IS, IS TO SPEND THE MONEY WE GET FROM, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY.
I THINK WE AS OURSELVES CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS
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WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY.KARINA, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS? ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE? I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THIS ONE.
UM, ACTUALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW I YEAH, MONEY DIDN'T BRING YOU THOUGH, DID IT? OH, NO, NO.
THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO IF WE HAVE A GOAL, WE GET $25,000 AND THE IDEA IS TO PUT IN DISABLED RAMPS AS PART OF THE MONEY AND, AND GET DISABLED PEOPLE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND KNOWN IN HUDU, THEN THAT IS A GOAL AND THAT'S PART OF THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? SO WHEN I, WHEN YOU SAY, WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, THEN THAT TELLS MORE ABOUT WHAT I THINK YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
WELL, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK GOAL SHOULD BE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE, TO ME, WHAT SHOULD THE GOAL BE FROM YOUR STANDPOINT? FROM MY STANDPOINT, YES.
YOU WANNA KNOW MATTER, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN HERE, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY MAKE, DON'T MAKE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE IN RESERVES, WHETHER THEY CAN WALK, TALK, SEE ANYTHING ANYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY CAN WALK INTO HUDA AND SAY, HI, MY NAME IS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND BE HEARD.
TO HAVE NO FEAR OF SAYING, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, NOT TO HAVE BACKLASH, TO HAVE EVERYBODY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A VOICE.
AND IF THEY MATTER, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.
ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE SAID THIS AT HOA MEETINGS, I HAVE SAID THIS ALL MY LIFE.
I DON'T CARE IF I AGREE WITH YOU OR NOT.
I WILL FIGHT TO MY DEATH FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT.
I WILL FIGHT FOR MY, TO MY DEATH.
FOR YOUR RIGHT TO STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, WHETHER I LIKE YOUR IDEA OR NOT, THAT'S NOT THE POINT.
I WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL VALUED.
AND WHAT I SEE IN HU IS BLACK COMMUNITY NOT FEELING VALUED.
HISPANIC COMMUNITY NOT FEELING VALUED.
ASIAN COMMUNITY CERTAINLY DOESN'T FEEL VALUED.
THE HINDU, WHICH COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ASIAN, BUT THEY NOT ALL LIKE THAT, BY THE WAY.
THE DISABLED DON'T EVEN BOTHER TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THEY'RE VALUED.
ELDERLY, DEPENDING ON WHICH GROUP OF THE ELDERLY YOU'RE TALKING TO DON'T FEEL VALUED.
AND MY GOAL FOR THIS IS NOT NARROW, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T START NARROW BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN THROW OUT LOLLIPOPS AND EVERYBODY HAPPY.
AND IF THAT'S, WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, TARA, I THINK JACQUELINE, YOU WERE HERE WHEN WE DISCUSSED HAVING SOME KIND OF BOOTH OR SOMETHING AT SOMEWHERE TO GET PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO WE ARE AND WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND, AND, AND TO ME THAT'S PART OF WHAT OUR GOAL SHOULD BE IS IN MY OPINION, IS TO HAVE PEOPLE KNOW WE EXIST AS A, AS A GROUP.
AND THAT THEY CAN COME TO US IF THEY ARE AFRAID TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER IF THEY'RE AFRAID TO OR EMBARRASSED OR MAYBE JUST NOT SO SURE OF THEMSELVES TO TALK IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL, BUT WHERE THEY CAN COME TO US AND SAY, HERE'S A LITTLE ISSUE I'VE GOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT Y'ALL STILL OR NOT, BUT I WANNA TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
WELL, HOW ABOUT, UM, I MEAN THAT'S JUST, I'M JUST TELLING YOU MY EXPERIENCE.
AND MAYBE THAT'LL EXPLAIN SOME OF MY ATTITUDE WHILE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
WELL, THERE IS A PROFIT BILL COMING UP IN APRIL.
THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, IF IT'S A BOOTH KIND OF SITUATION, IS IT? YEAH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE BOOTH OPPORTUNITIES.
IF WE WOULD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF, IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO THINK ABOUT HAVING A BOOTH AND JUST HAVING A PRESENCE SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE.
BUT THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE AN ACTION STEP.
WELL, AND THAT'S, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEN WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT SAYS WHAT WE ARE.
I THINK, UM, AND I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, UH, LORI, IS THAT YOU HOPE THAT THIS GROUP SOMEHOW HELPS TO CREATE A SAFE PLACE OR WHERE, LIKE A RE REPOSITORY WHERE MM-HMM.
BECAUSE CURRENTLY YOU FEEL LIKE THE PROCESS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW
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WHERE IT'S TAKING IT TO CITY COUNCIL IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.THAT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A BUFFER OR A SYSTEM IN PLACE.
AND MAYBE IT'S THIS COMMISSION THAT HELPS, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE REDIRECT OR RECEIVE IT OR HELP THAT PERSON MAYBE, UM, THINK THROUGH OR PRESENT THEIR, THEIR GRIEVANCE IN A WAY THAT WON'T FACILITATE YEAH.
FACILITATE IT WON'T BE MET WITH BACKLASH.
I MEAN, I PROBLEM ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL A PROBLEM ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT NOT EVERYONE IS ME.
AND I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE US AS ONE OF OUR PURPOSES IS TO RECEIVE YEAH.
NOT NOT JUST IDEAS, BUT NEEDS AND, AND COMPLAINTS.
AND, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER, UM, PROBABLY BEFORE, YES.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM, FROM A STANDPOINT WHERE I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I AM ON A LOVELY FACEBOOK, I SEE HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS, BUT I'VE NEVER, UM, ENCOUNTERED THAT PERSON.
I'VE NEVER, YOU KNOW, RAN INTO 'EM.
I'VE NEVER SEEN 'EM AT CERTAIN EVENTS.
UM, I HAVE CLASS ON THURSDAY, SO THEY MAY COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, AND IT MAY NOT BE LIKE THIS BIG EXPLOSION MM-HMM.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE A WELCOMING GROUP OF PEOPLE WHERE THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH EXPRESSING THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT WANT TO EVEN SAY OUT LOUD.
UM, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA BE IDENTIFIED.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A PERFECT STARTING PLACE.
UM, HONESTLY, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR ME, UM, WE'VE HAD SUBCOMMITTEES IF WE'VE BEEN DOWN TO JUST PROBABLY ME AND MAYBE ONE OTHER PERSON AT SOMETIMES, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE IT AT THAT TIME, BUT WE'VE HAD SUBCOMMITTEES, WE'VE HAD ALL OF THAT.
SO I THINK THE STEPS THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE, WE'RE GONNA GET THERE.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA SLOW DOWN TO GET THERE.
AS LONG AS I KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
AND WE, WE KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD, WE HAD, MATTER OF FACT, I THINK IT WAS, WE HAD A WEBSITE SUBCOMMITTEE.
UH, I WAS ON THE EVENTS, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE WE HAD.
UM, WHAT ELSE DID WE HAVE? UH, YEAH, WE, WE JUST HAD DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES, DIFFERENT THINGS.
NOW THAT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW 'CAUSE OUR QUORUM IS THREE, SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WITH TWO.
UM, SO, SO THINGS ARE GONNA MAYBE, BUT THAT IS A GOAL THAT WE CAN SET, RIGHT? NOT, LIKE I SAID, I, I'M NOT ASKING FOR EACH PLAN.
I REALIZE IT'LL TAKE STEPS AND IT MAY TAKE A YEAR, TWO YEARS TO GET TO WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND GOING.
WE WE'RE THERE, WE'RE NOT FULLY BLOOMED.
AND I THINK WE'RE NOT READY FOR THE SHOW.
BUT THE PIECE THAT, THE PUZZLE PIECE THAT WILL HELP IS BEING ABLE TO BE SEEN AND FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE DO EXIST.
AND WE HAVE BEEN TO, WE WENT TO, I THINK THE CHRISTMAS, UH MM-HMM.
WE HAD A BOOTH AT, I THINK IN, WHAT IS IT? MAY THE SUNSET? MM-HMM.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S PLACES.
UM, SO AT LEAST IF THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, CAN READ THAT THEY, THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE.
BUT I THINK FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO DECIDE THAT, AS YOU SAID, THAT WE HAVE A GOAL.
SO THAT AT LEAST TO BE SEEN, UM, SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WE'RE HERE, UM, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING TO US.
AND SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, UM, MAYBE NEXT AGENDA WE COULD TALK ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, ANOTHER THING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW THIS IS GONNA GO OVER
SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN A HINDRANCE ALSO, BECAUSE WE GET REVVED UP AND WE TALK ABOUT IT, AND THEN WE DON'T MEET FOR A MONTH.
AND THEN BY THAT TIME, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, EITHER A, IT'S ALREADY PASSED, OR B, WE'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT, OR C IT'S JUST NOT EVEN RELEVANT ANYMORE.
SO I THINK FOR US, IF WE PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE THERE MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE TIME.
YOU KNOW, IN A MONTH IT'S GONNA TAKE, MAYBE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS CAN KIND OF PULL BACK FROM US ALL HAVING TO MEET.
UM, BUT AT LEAST DELEGATING THOSE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHERS WILL HELP WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU MENTIONED.
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MEETINGS ACT IS A, A, A LIVE FORUM.IS THAT A VIOLATION OF THE OPENS MEETINGS ACT, WALKING FORM? WALKING FORM? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, WHERE WE COULD, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR INSTANCE, I THINK OF SOMETHING AND I WANT JACQUELINE TO KNOW ABOUT IT, AND I DON'T WANNA KEEP IT A SECRET FROM EVERYBODY.
'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY MIGHT HAVE AN OPINION OR MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD.
SO BASICALLY THAT IS A VIOLATION IF YOU JUST COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE IN AN OPEN CHAT JUST WITHIN US.
NO, SO THAT'S WHERE I KIND OF COME INVOLVED SO I CAN HELP FUNNEL INFORMATION, UM, SO THAT YOU WON'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE BREAKING ANY, UM, WALKING QUORUM RULES.
SO IF IT'S JUST, UM, INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE, UM, DISTRIBUTED TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I CAN HELP FUNNEL FOR YOU.
WELL, MAYBE I'M NOT SAYING THAT CORRECTLY.
WELL, 'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING WHERE WE, WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS WITHOUT HAVING AN OFFICIAL MEETING.
AND I GUESS YOU WERE TALKING THE SUBCOMMITTEES, IT'S WITH TWO SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO IF YOU DO, IF YOU HAVE TWO, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL GOOD.
BUT IF YOU HAVE THREE, WE'RE ALL BACK AND SEE, AND, AND THAT IS AFRAID IT WOULD, BUT RIGHT.
AND THAT IS THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE CHALLENGES.
AND THAT'S, BUT IT'S GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, TO PUT IT LIKE YOU WERE, YOU ACTUALLY, I SAW THIS BEING DONE.
WE PUT IDEAS ON THE TABLE, AND NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO ONE THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, LORI, IS I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HONEST.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HONEST, AND THEN MAYBE CAN HELP MOVE THE NEXT STEP FORWARD.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS THAT THERE'S NOT PREPARATION.
AND THEN IT, IT'S LIKE THAT SMALL STEP.
UM, AND THEN YOU SAY, OH, WELL NO, IT'S A FAILURE NOW.
RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, TARA WAS SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GO FORTH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO TO THE, UM, VIOLATE THE OPEN MEETING ACT.
BUT THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I, I STARTED COMING TO THE MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT MEETING THERE WAS NOT, WE COULDN'T EVEN HAVE IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BLAME, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION OR WHATEVER, BUT WE ARE DOING IT.
AND I AM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT ME, I'M STUBBORN,
WE'RE GONNA GO MAKE THIS AROUND HERE, AROUND THERE.
BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE A CHANCE.
I, I WANTED TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE IT'S GOOD.
IF YOUR OWN, IF ONE OF YOUR OWN MEMBERS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT'S THE RIGHT SPOT, THAT SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING.
AND ABOUT THE CITY, IT IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY.
THAT MEANS IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK DOWN ON YOU.
I'M, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
SO THE POINT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN YES.
IS WHAT, AND THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
SO ANYWAY, WE CAN, CAN WE CONCLUDE THIS PIECE? AND THEN IT'S OTHER BUSINESS, RIGHT? IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 24TH OF FEBRUARY, 2024.
SEE THAT? THAT'S WHAT YOU, SO, UM, A VOTE.
UM, IF I'M FOLLOWING ALONG MY FIRST ONE HERE ON SEVENTH SIX, IT SAYS, UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE COMMISSION'S DUTY TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THE POINT SAYS DISCUSSION ENSUED.
AND THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THAT TODAY.
OH, THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE DISCUSSED.
'CAUSE I MADE UP UNTIL, WHAT WAS IT? WAS IT TIME? OKAY,
AND ALSO, UM, JUST FOR CONTEXT FOR MEETING MINUTES, UM, BECAUSE IT IS RECORDED, OUR RECORD MOTION
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TAKEN AND ACTION TAKEN.UM, I DON'T KEEP DETAILED MINUTES, BUT AS A COMMISSION, Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO APPOINT A SECRETARY IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE DETAILED NOTES.
SO, UM, THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER STOCKMAN AND SECOND BY CORY DINA.
7.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON COMMISSION'S ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I SAW IT WRITTEN AND I HAD NOT SEEN AN ANNUAL REPORT.
SO I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT WE DO HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO CLEAR, LIKE IT WAS BROUGHT UP HERE, LIKE ALL THE, WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR? I DON'T, DON'T KNOW.
AND SO
UM, BUT COMMISSIONER SPOONS WAS ON IT.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, PER THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THIS SUBMISSION, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL AN ANNUAL REPORT, UM, PER THE ORDINANCE.
IT DOES NOT DEFINE EXACTLY HOW OR WHAT THAT REPORT IS.
UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN UPDATE OR OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THAT YEAR PAST, UH, THAT YEAR, YEAR PAST.
UM, AND I DO BELIEVE I LAST YEAR, OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN EVEN, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A GAP IN THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FORUM AND MEETINGS THAT EVEN HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, BUT IT WAS JUST AN OVERVIEW, UM, UPDATE ON THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO, UM, IT'S UP TO YOU AS A COMMISSION TO FORMAT THAT AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR GUIDANCE FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT TO YOU? YEAH, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN, HASN'T REALLY GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND.
YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF DEFINING WHAT THAT REPORT WILL BE AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'LL GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL IF THEY, IF THEY WANT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THERE.
BUT I THINK JUST TELLING WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AS, AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE.
SO IT'S, SO IS THIS WHERE WE, UH, TALK ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF NOW WE HAVE SIX MEMBERS, AND WHERE YEAR WOULDN'T THAT BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S REPORT VERSUS LAST YEAR'S REPORT? WHEN IS LAST YEAR'S REPORT? WHEN WAS THE CUTOFF DATE FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
SO IN THE ORDINANCE IT SAYS BY JANUARY EVERY YEAR, BUT IT, COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON'S POINT IS, THERE REALLY HAS NOT BEEN ONE.
SO, UM, IT, IT MAY BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER DISCUSSION LATER ABOUT A POTENTIAL PRESENTATION OR WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, UM, FUTURE PLANS THIS CURRENT YEAR, MAYBE STARTING THE RELAUNCH, HOW IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE THAT FOR THIS POINT.
AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, IT WOULD BE JANUARY ANNUALLY.
SO THE REPORT IS NOT JUST NECESSARILY WHAT WAS FOR LAST YEAR, BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AS WELL.
SO WHAT, WHAT, UH, JUST A SUGGESTION, WHAT ABOUT THIS? I THINK IT IS GOOD TO PUT ONTO PAPER.
LIKE I KNOW YOU SAID, WELL, MAYBE NOTHING HAPPENED OR WHATEVER, BUT WE JUST, IF WE COULD GET A REVIEW FROM YOU, CHRISTIE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY MEETINGS DID WE HAVE LAST YEAR? YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED? YOU KNOW, JUST A SUMMARY OF THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH WILL BE, AND ON, LET'S SEE, WHAT'S TODAY, MARCH 19TH WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENED, A CHAIR WAS WHAT, WHATEVER.
THEN THAT WOULD BE THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THIS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKED WITH THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA HELP US WITH LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I'M BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT A ONE PAGE PAGE.
WHICH I WILL BE HAPPY TO, IF I HAVE THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DATA TO PUT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
WHAT DOES ANYBODY THINK ABOUT THAT? WELL, I REALLY SHOULDN'T SAY NOTHING HAPPENED.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION WHO TRIED TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
SO TO OH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
PEOPLE WHO WERE, WHO WERE PUTTING IN, IN EFFORT AND JUST THE SAME AS YOU WANTED TO PUT IN AN EFFORT AND YES.
BUT, BUT I WOULD NEED TO KNOW THAT TO PUT THAT IN.
AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SAY IN TARA, TARA SPOONS HELD STRONG.
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SHE SHOULD BE GETTING, NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.BUT DOES IT MATTER RECOGNITION WHERE RECOGNITION IS TOO? BUT DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WRITE IT DOWN, YOU CAN SEE IT AND SAY, OKAY, WOW, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST STARTING.
SO, SO WHATEVER SPECIFIC DATA YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, JUST SEND TO ME AND I'LL TAKE WHATEVER.
AND THEN WE CAN, NEXT TIME WE CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL HAVE A SAMPLE AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
IS THERE A WAY THAT, BECAUSE WHEN IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED? UM, LAST, THIS JANUARY, PAST JANUARY? IS THERE A WAY THAT SHE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER, SEND IT TO YOU, AND YOU SEND IT TO US AND WE CAN ALL KIND OF YEAH.
MIND AT LEAST SAY, THAT'S GREAT.
OR, HEY, YOU DID, YOU FORGOT THIS.
SO THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE YOU FACILITATE.
MAYBE YOU, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING TO ALL COME TOGETHER RIGHT.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY PREPARING, Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT A MEETING.
SO I'LL GET IT FROM YOU AND THEN PUT IT TOGETHER AND THEN YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE IT TO EVERYONE.
EVERYBODY COULD, IF OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
IS THIS THE MAX SIZE THAT WE CAN BE, OR CAN WE GO MORE? WE ADD ONE MORE.
SO WE ONE PERSON, AND THE REASON I ASK THAT, BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING A LOT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE FORM.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WRITE INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC.
WHAT THEY ARE IS THAT WE COMMIT THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA SET THREE SHORT ACTIONABLE ITEMS. RIGHT? IT COULD BE HAVING A BOOTH, A PUBLIC INFORMATION BOOTH AT AN EVENT.
IT COULD BE HAVING A MUCH BROADER, I HAVE THIS BIG IDEA I'LL SHARE LATER ON ABOUT HAVING A BIG COMMUNITY WIDE EVENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER, WHICH IS MM-HMM.
THAT'S FOR DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
IT'S A
SO HAVING THREE THAT WE BUILT IN AS PART OF A STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING TO BE FULL.
HAVE THREE SHORT TERM ACTUAL THINGS THAT PEOPLE GET EXCITED ABOUT.
SO THAT WE DO RECRUIT OUR SEVENTH MEMBER AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN, PERFORM, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THESE LITTLE JOBS TO DO.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING HUGE, BUT, UM, THAT ARE GONNA KEEP PEOPLE ENGAGED.
YOU GIVE 'EM THESE THINGS THAT THEY CAN WIN QUICKLY.
SO WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THINGS.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS SHORTSIGHTED AND RECOGNIZED THE WORK WE WERE DOING WAS NECESSARY.
FOR US TO COME FULL CIRCLE AND THEN, AND THEN REPORT.
AND BEFORE WE FORGET ABOUT YOUR IDEA ABOUT HAVING A FACILITATOR, THAT COULD BE ANOTHER GOAL.
WE'RE GONNA DECIDE, IS OUR GROUP A PLACE THAT WE WANT TO SUGGEST TO THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEDIATION OR, OR FACILITATOR RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE THAT TYPE OF, LIKE, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE THE COMPLAINT.
THEY DON'T WANNA JUST GO PUBLIC WITH IT.
SO THEN THAT PERSON CAN SAY, OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH EI THEN IT COMES TO US FOR ACTUAL THINGS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
OR THEY SAY, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING WITH PUBLIC ED.
LET ME TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE
FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
SO, BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT ALL GETS CLUMPED INTO EITHER A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OR A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
EITHER, NOT NECESSARILY I AGREE.
THE APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR IT, FOR SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY BE DONE.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME TYPE OF, OF SUGGESTING OR DECIDING IF WE'RE GOING, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO SUGGEST OF HAVING SOME TYPE OF FACILITATOR AND MEDIATOR SERVICE THAT THE CITY HAS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UNBIASED AND IMPARTIAL THAT PROBABLY WON'T BE FROM THAT.
BUT SOMEWHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND HAVE THAT, THAT REPOSITORY.
AND THEN MAYBE IT COMES TO US, MAYBE IT GOES TO THE LIBRARY COMMITTEE, MAYBE IT GOES TO PARKS AND REC, WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO, WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO.
AND, AND THAT, THAT'S WHERE THIS FRUSTRATION IS COMING FROM.
AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP INITIATE.
LIKE, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP AND AS A COMMITTEE WE SUGGEST THAT TO CITY COUNCILS THE POSSIBILITY TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
FOR INSTANCE, I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO SET UP A WHISTLEBLOWER SITUATION.
DO WE HAVE ONE FOR THE CITY YET? THAT WAS OVER TWO YEARS AGO.
I THINK THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A HOTLINE THAT PEOPLE CAN CALL.
ARE YOU AWARE OF, OF THAT? WHERE THERE'S
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LIKE AN ANONYMOUS HOTLINE TO REPORT ISSUES? I, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT ON THAT, JOHNNY, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IS THAT YEAH.THE FACILITATOR? NO, I THINK THAT WAS DOESN'T, ISN'T KNOWN ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
IS IT KNOWN ABOUT IS NO BETTER THAN A HOTLINE? NOBODY HAS A NUMBER TO YES.
IT'S LIKE FINDING OUT WHAT IT IS AND THEN HOW DO WE OR WHOEVER TAKES IT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VOTED ON AND CHOSEN AND THAT WE, THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE DECIDE TO DO IT, THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE PRE-WORK AND THAT WE HAVE THE NEXT AFTERWARD, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS.
AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WILL THEN ANSWER SOME OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
PEOPLE SHOWING IT, WHY ARE WE HERE? WHAT'S OUR PURPOSE? MM-HMM.
AND IT GIVES US THAT MORE CL MORE PUBLIC VALUE TO US EXISTING AS A COMMISSION.
BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY BUILD INTO THAT, INTO THAT PLAN AS WELL.
DISCUSSION, UPDATE AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY.
DO WE HAVE TO ACTION ON, UM, LET'S SEE.
ANY ACTION ON, WELL, ACTION WAS 0.2.
THERE IS AN ACTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WHAT YOU ARE GOING, YEAH.
DO YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
A MOTION THAT CHRISTIE MAKE HERSELF AVAILABLE TO GIVE THE INFORMATION MRS. GOLDMAN MAY NEED FOR THIS REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I NEED A CLARIFYING STATEMENT.
SO, UM, GO AHEAD, YOU KNOW HOW TO SAY IT.
UM, I'M, I GOT THAT, BUT AS FAR AS, SO IT'S DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE COMMISSION'S ANNUAL CITY COUNCIL.
SO MY DIRECTION IS, UM, TO RECEIVE WHATEVER DATA REQUESTS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON AND THEN I'LL SHARE THAT.
BUT IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC ACTION ON THE COMMISSION THAT MS. GO AND MAKE THAT REPORT? THAT THE ACTION THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER? YES.
AFTER I, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU GET THE DATA AND THEN SUBMIT IT TO EVERY YEAH, SEND IT OUT.
SO HOW DO WE, WITH THAT MOTION, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? IS THAT, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE, NEEDS TO BE, OR YOU DO? I DON'T.
I, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOUR INPUT, I'M GONNA STOP.
I KNOW THERE NEEDS TO BE THERE.
BUT THAT'S, AND CHRISTIE
SO JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER IT, IT WHAT IT'LL LOOK, LOOK LIKE.
YOU'LL GIVE, UH, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN INFORMATION, SHE'LL WRITE A REPORT, SHE'LL THEN SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
YOU'LL SEND IT OUT FOR US TO REVIEW.
AND THAT DOESN'T NEED A MOTION.
IF YOU WANNA PUT A DATE ON THAT, LIKE BY, SHOULD SHOULD HAVE A DATE.
I'LL TRY TO EVEN DO IT BEFORE WITHOUT DUE DATES.
WE CAN MOVE THE DATE, BUT LET'S SET.
AND THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL, SAY THE THIRD.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO IT MUCH QUICKER THAN, SO THAT'S DONE
DISCUSSION, UPDATE, AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LEARNING AND STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO IN YOUR PACKET AT THE VERY BACK, THERE'S, UM, A PROPOSAL, UM, IN, UH, TIMER WHO HAS GIVEN DEI TRAINING, UH, TO THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST AND ALSO MOST RECENTLY TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL INCLUDES, UM, A TWO HOUR TRAINING IN ADDITION TO A FIVE TO SIX HOUR DEVELOPMENT, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT SESSION.
UM, AS LONG AS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER,
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UM, COMPONENTS THAT YOU CAN READ ABOUT THERE.UM, TO INCLUDE FOUR HOURS OF ONGOING CONSULTATION AND COACHING SERVICES TO FINALIZE, UM, THE PLAN AND TO ASSIST WITH DISCUSSIONS TO GET THE PLAN ADOPTED.
SO, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED A BUDGET, UM, AMENDMENT FOR TRAINING OR FOR TRAINING AND STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE D AND I COMMISSION AT LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS TOTAL NUMBER AND HOW EVERYTHING'S ALLOCATED, UM, THAT'S DISCUSSION FOR Y'ALL.
SO CITY COUNCIL BUDGETED WHAT FOR THIS COMMISSION? I BELIEVE IT WAS $10,000, RIGHT? YES.
I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT SPENDING 6,000 OF THAT.
IS THAT COME? I'M PRESUMING THIS COMES OUT OF THAT BUDGET.
YEAH, IT WAS 10,000 FOR TRAINING AND STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY.
AND SO THIS, THAT WOULD COVER THIS PARTICULAR TRAINING? YEP.
SO, SO JUST AS A NOTE, UM, IT'S 6,000, UM, TWO PLUS TRAVEL EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED 600.
AND WOULD HE BE INVOLVED IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND YES, HE WOULD FACILITATE.
AND THAT WOULD BE A SIX HOUR, FIVE TO SIX HOURS THAT WOULD BE TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE, UM, TO DO THE TRAINING FIRST, AND THAT'S A TWO HOUR, UM, VIRTUAL SESSION.
AND THEN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WOULD COME AFTERWARD.
UM, THAT'S THE FIVE TO SIX MM-HMM.
WITHIN FOUR HOURS OF ONGOING CONSULTING AND COACHING.
I'M PRESUMING THAT CAN BE VARIOUS WAYS THAT HE WOULD KEEP COACHING AND CONSULTING VIA EMAIL.
HOW CLOSE TOGETHER WOULD THOSE EVENTS BE? UM, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL WITH PERMISSION TO MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME DATES THAT WE CAN DO THE SCHEDULE.
UM, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY IT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT HIS AVAILABILITY IS.
WE GIVE HIM THE DATES THAT WE WANNA DO IT AND HE'S THE CONSULTANT THAT WORKS AROUND US.
UM, JUST, UH, YES, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE, ESPECIALLY SINCE, UM, Y'ALL HAVE, UH, THE THIRD TUESDAYS OF EVERY MONTH IS YOUR NORMAL SCHEDULED MEETING.
THIS, THIS MAY NEED TO TAKE PLACE PROBABLY OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UM, AND ON COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DAYS.
AND THEN WE CAN SEND HIM SOME OPTIONS, UM, AND KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
DAN, I THINK, UM, RANDALL MADE A COMMENT TO THE COUNCIL THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS VIDEOTAPED SO ANY NEW MEMBERS ARE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT THEN USE THIS AS A TRAINING.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT, BUT YEAH.
IS IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS GENTLEMAN WOULD ALLOW THOUGH? SO THAT'S A QUESTION WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK.
I I, I, I KNOW THAT HE BROUGHT REMEMBER GOING, I HOPE THEY KNEW THAT AS PART OF THIS $10,000 DISCUSSION.
SO I KEEP IT LIKE WE, OWNERSHIP OF THE TRAINING, PROBABLY I'M THINKING HE, THAT'S NOT MAKING MONEY EVERY TIME THEY GET TO FACILITATE, WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE, HAVE AN AGREEMENT WHERE WE SAY WE'RE PURCHASING THAT TRAINING CURRICULUM OR MODULES FROM HIS ORGANIZATION OR HIM, THEN THAT WE TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT AT FIRST SET PRICE.
UM, BUT USUALLY THEY DON'T BECAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY IN THE FACILITATION IN THE FOLLOW UP.
FORTUNATELY, THAT'S THEIR JOB.
YOU CAN, NO, I, I DIDN'T, I WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS, BUT I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP.
ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO THAT AS WE GET IN IT AND WE TAKE THAT LEARNING, THEN WE CAN THEN HELP FACILITATE OTHER MEMBERS THAT COME AFTER US.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA HAND THAT LEARNING.
AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS BY CREATING, UH, PNP OR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, HOW THIS COMMISSION RUNS, OR EVEN JUST START WITH LIKE A BEST PRACTICES FOR THE DEI COMMITTEE.
FOR US, THAT COMES FROM THIS TRAINING POLICY AND PROCEDURES USUALLY COMES LATER IN THAT PROCESS ONCE WE OUTLINE WHAT OUR BEST PRACTICES ARE.
AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR, IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PITFALLS
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THAT WE CAN FALL INTO AS A GROUP, AND THEN WE DEVELOP THAT MANUAL, BECAUSE THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CREATE.IT MAYBE COME FROM HIS TRAINING, BUT THEN WE OWN IT AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A COMMISSION.
AND THEN THAT CAN BE PASSED ON TO, UM, SUBSEQUENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO THAT'S, SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
KRISTY, IS THIS WHERE I CAN ASK YOU TO CALL US VIA EMAIL ABOUT AVAILABILITY DATES? UM, SURE.
OR, UH, IT'S ALSO OPEN FOR DISCUSSION NOW IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO WE MIGHT WELL, THE SIX HOUR, FIVE TO SIX HOURS WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE ON A SATURDAY.
AND LET'S PLEASE HAVE THAT BEFORE SCHOOL'S OUT, BECAUSE I'LL HAVE MY GRANDKIDS ALL SUMMER SUNDAY, BECAUSE WE GOT SOFTBALL EVERY SUNDAY.
WELL, WELL, I, I MEAN, LET'S LOOK AT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOFTBALL, YOU HAVE SOCCER, YOU HAVE SOMETHING.
RIGHT? MAYBE ON A SUNDAY, MAYBE WE START, UM, AND LOOK AT THE VIRTUAL TWO HOUR TRAINING SESSION AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A FEW DATES FOR THAT, SINCE THAT WOULD KIND OF BE THE FIRST AND MAYBE MORE IMMEDIATE, UM, ONE.
AND THEN DEFINITELY LOOKING AT A FEW OPTIONS AND DATES FOR THE FIVE TO SIX HOUR IN PERSON AND HE WOULD BE TRAVELING HERE AND DOING THAT IN PERSON.
ARE MONDAYS GOOD DAYS FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THE VIRTUAL? IT'S, FOR ME, MONDAYS ARE PROBABLY THE LEAST BUSY DAYS FOR PEOPLE.
WELL, AND WE, WE HAVE TO GIVE HIM SOME, UH, LEEWAY.
LEAST TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT DATES, CORRECT.
SEND THE SCHEDULE OUT WITH HIS SOME DATES THAT HE WAS NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE.
LOOK, UM, COREY MONDAY AFTERNOON, I WAS THINKING YEAH, BECAUSE WELL, MONDAY TENDS TO BE THE LEAST BUSY DAY.
UM, WE MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO AGREE UPON A MONDAY THAN THE OTHER DAY.
AND KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS JUST FOR THE TWO HOUR.
MAYBE AT FIVE OR SIX O'CLOCK, OR I THINK, I THINK SIX 30 FOR TRAFFIC AND TRAINS.
WELL, THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, JUST THE DATES.
SO I'M LOOKING OUT IN THE FEW, THERE'S APRIL 15TH, THAT'S TAX DAY, RIGHT? THE 22ND IS EARTH DAY
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE TWO DAYS IN A ROW THAT YOU'RE UP AT THE CITY HALL.
AND I THINK THAT MAY BE THAT'S TRUE ION THAT, UM, I THINK THE 29TH SECOND OR THE 29TH IS FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF.
I I, AND THE TWO HOURS IS GONNA BE VIRTUAL, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO WE WOULD JUST GO IN THIS ROOM AND HE WOULD BE ON THE LINE INSTRUCTION.
SO SINCE IT'S NOT, UM, SINCE IT IS A TRAINING, I, I WOULD'VE TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, BUT I BELIEVE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, UM, WE WOULD POST FOR POSSIBLE QUORUM, BUT IT WOULD BE JUST THE TRAINING, SO THE, THERE WOULDN'T BE AGENDA AND DISCUSSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I BELIEVE SINCE IT'S VIRTUAL, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO COME HERE.
I KNOW WHEN WE, WHEN WE TOOK OURS, WE DID IT, WE WERE AT HOME, BUT I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER.
I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN COVID DURING THAT TIME, BUT AS A COMMISSION, Y'ALL CAN DECIDE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OR NOT.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A A PUBLIC OPEN PUBLIC MEETING, IT'S A TRAINING.
UM, YOU CAN ATTEND VIRTUALLY, BUT WE CAN ALSO HAVE THIS SPACE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE.
I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON A, SINCE IT WOULD BE OFF IN, ON A DIFFERENT DAY THAN YOUR NORMAL MEETINGS.
I HAVE TO MAKE SURE, SEE WHERE OTHER MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING UP HERE.
LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD OR THAT'S THE OTHER THING TOO.
THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFLICTS WITH OTHERS WHO ARE ON BOARD.
SO I, I, ONCE WE GET A FEW DATES, I CAN GO THROUGH AND CHECK.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF JUST THE TWO HOUR MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE WOULD DIVE INTO THE FIVE TO SIX HOUR TRAINING ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THEN ONCE WE SET THIS, HE MAY EVEN GIVE HIS AVAILABILITY AT THAT TIME.
THE INITIAL DAY THAT WE COME UP WITH AND HE MAY COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, BILL CAN'T DO IT ON THAT DAY.
SO TRIM STAFF WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER THAT WE DO THE TWO HOUR TRAINING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAN GET THAT PIECE DONE INSTEAD OF PUSHING IT OUT.
BECAUSE WE, WE WANNA SET THOSE SHORT TERM GOALS AND WE CAN'T DO THAT UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I MEAN, I SAID STRATEGIC PLAN, LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE THREE TIMES A YEAR FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS.
BUT WHEN'S THE LAST TIME, LIKE AS A GROUP WITH THIS, THAT THIS GROUP HAS SET A STRATEGIC PLAN? IT'S A, IT IS A DAUNTING TASK OR, OR NEVER.
I ACTUALLY ENJOY THE PROCESS, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A VERY LONG TEAM.
TARA MIGHT, MAY HAVE IN THE PAST, THE
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REST OF US HAVE NOT.BUT I HAVE MY IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.
THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT WAY FOR THIS GROUP TO DO IT.
WELL, I'LL JUST PUT OUT FOR APRIL 22ND.
UH, IT'S ON MONDAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
IS ANYONE AVAILABLE APRIL 8TH? YES.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE.
I DON'T, I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT.
SO THAT'S WHY I SKIPPED THAT DAY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL IN MY HOUSE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I SKIPPED THAT DAY BECAUSE OF THAT.
AND I DIDN'T DO THE WEEK OF TAXES BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T EVEN WANNA DO THAT.
JUST DIDN'T EVEN WANNA DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY I WENT TO THE 22ND.
SO DO YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER OPTION IN CASE HE CAN'T DO THE 22ND? YEAH, I MEAN, WE COULD MOVE UP IN THE MONTH IF Y'ALL WANNA DO IT TO THE FIRST.
SO APRIL 1ST, HERE AT CITY HALL, WE'RE HAVING OH YEAH.
A FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY RIBBON CUTTING EVENT.
WHICH, WHICH IT'S ONLY, IT'S FROM LIKE FOUR TO SIX.
AND THAT EASTER WEEK WILL STILL BE, WE'LL STILL BE OUT OF TOWN.
SO THAT WEEK OF THE EIGHTH, UM, ANY OF THOSE DAYS LOOK GOOD.
OTHER THAN THAT MONDAY, UM, ANY, ANYTIME, ANYTIME AFTER IN THE EVENING WOULD BE GREAT.
NO OTHER DAYS ON IN THAT WEEK ARE GOOD FOR ME.
22ND AT LEAST CHECK WITH HIM AND SEE.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DATES THAT I CAN OFFER.
UH, CAN WE LOOK AT THE 29TH? HOW'S EVERYBODY LOOK FOR THAT NEXT WEEK? I CAN DO THE 29TH AS WELL.
IF WE CAN'T DO TWENTY'S MONDAY.
OH, ON THE, WELL, NO, IT'S THE DAY BEFORE, BUT OH, SHE'LL BE HERE.
SHE'S IN MARYLAND, SO SHE'LL BE COMING.
SO WILL THAT WORK FOR YOU? IT'S VIRTUAL, SO I MEAN, IT IS TWO HOURS.
AND THEY'RE NOT LIKE ME AND HE'LL, HE'LL SHUT ME UP, SO IT'LL GO OFF RAIL.
SO I HAVE APRIL 22ND AND APRIL OF 29TH.
UM, FROM SIX 30, UH, SIX 30 TO EIGHT 30 AS A PROPOSED TIME TIMELINE FOR STAN.
I MEAN, SINCE IT'S VIRTUAL, HOW WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO IT AT SIX? I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING BACK HOME.
I WORK FROM HOME, SO I'LL BE HOME.
I'M JUST GONNA MAKE SURE MY KIDS OH YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, CAN YOU DO SIX? YEAH.
WHY DON'T WE DO SIX? LET'S SEE.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, DAN? ARE YOU GOING TO JOIN US AS LONG AS I CAN? I DON'T, I'M NOT AWARE THAT I HAVE ANYTHING THOSE NIGHTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIVE TO SIX HOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR US AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING? OR WOULD YOU PREFER US TO SEND HIM DATES, YOU KNOW, UM, TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA? BECAUSE I KNOW HE, HE HAS A SCHEDULE.
I MEAN, WE CAN, UM, I CAN CERTAINLY SEND HIM SOME DATES AND THEN MAYBE COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY THE STRATEGIC PLANNING DATES, THAT'S, THESE ARE, THESE THINGS ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN.
IF YOU WANT ME TO ASK HIM FIRST, THAT'S FINE.
AND THIS IS A ONE DAY THING, SOMETHING HE CAN PICK UP INTO.
YEAH, I CAN ASK BECAUSE WE BROKE HOURS, FIVE OR SIX HOURS OF TRYING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HE'S DEFINITELY OUT OF SCALE IN NORTH.
HE A PERSON, IT WOULD BE AN ALL DAY THING.
I MEAN, WE DID OURS AN ALL DAY THING, BUT WE TOOK A LOT OF, YOU HAVE SOFTBALL ON SATURDAYS, RIGHT? OH, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT WE WOULD BE LOOKING IN MAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAY FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SATURDAY.
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DO THE 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH OF MAY AT LEAVES THE 11TH.DOES THAT WORK? MAY 11TH, MAY 4TH ELECTION DAY ON A FRIDAY.
WELL, MOTHER'S DAY IS MAY 12TH.
SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
THE 25TH MAYBE THAT MEMORIAL DAY.
MEMORIAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
I MEAN, IF WE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 11TH, LIKE I, I WILL BE AT A GAME UNTIL, BUT WE'RE DONE BY NOON.
SO WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA BE FROM ONE TO SIX, THEN WE CAN DO THAT ON A SATURDAY.
I'M NOT GIVING MY MOTHER'S DAY SATURDAY AWAY.
I WOULD RATHER NOT, I WOULD RATHER WE'RE TRYING TO PIN IT ON SATURDAY OR CAN WE DO A SUNDAY? WHAT ABOUT SUNDAY? SUNDAY IS WONDER.
EVERYBODY CAN DO SUNDAYS, BUT THEN THE 12TH IS THE MOTHER'S DAY.
WHAT DID WE SAY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WEEKEND OF THE FIFTH? LET SAY THROW IT OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL BRING IN ENCHILADA ORTHODOX EASTER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS TO ANYONE.
WHAT ABOUT THE FOURTH SOMETHING? DID SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOURTH.
WHAT, WHAT'S THE CALL, WHAT WAS YOURS ON THE FOURTH? OH, THAT'S ELECTION DAY.
WE HAVE A TOURNAMENT, BUT THE FIFTH IS OPEN FOR ME.
AND SO IS THE NINTH WEEK AND SUNDAY MAY NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION FOR HIM, SO, RIGHT.
SO WHY DON'T WE GET SOME DATES FROM HIM.
I THINK THAT MIGHT WORK BEST FOR US.
I, I THINK THAT'S A BETTER IDEA IS LET'S FIND OUT HIS AVAILABILITY AND THEN SO, UM, BUT TO KIND OF HELP FUNNEL THAT DOWN MORE.
HIS AVAILABILITY MAY BE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
Y'ALL, UM, DURING THE WEEK IS NOT AN OPTION FOR EVERYONE WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE BROKEN UP.
SO IF HE'S GONNA BE TRAVELING DOWN, IT WOULD BE LIKE A, IT WOULD BE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, RIGHT? LIKE THREE HOURS ON TUESDAY TO DO THE PREP WORK AND THEN WE COME BACK THREE HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.
SO IF IT'S BROKEN UP, THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION.
BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE ONE TRIP FOR HIM.
AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TRAINING.
I, I HONESTLY, I, COREY JUST SAID IT, AND I, AND I AGREE, A SIX HOUR TRAINING.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA BE BRAIN DEAD AFTER FOUR.
WE'RE GONNA, WE ARE WE HERE FOR ONE? I'M KIND OF SEMI-RETIRED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M NOT USED TO DOING THAT ALL THAT WHOLE TIME.
AND THERE'S, I WANNA SPACE OUT DOING SOMETHING GOOD TO BREAK IT UP.
IS THERE, IS THERE, UM, IS THERE A DOCUMENT OF HUDDLES PLAN, UM, FOR YES, SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE ON THE, THIS SATURDAY? UM, THERE WILL BE, THERE'S STILL WORKING A NEW ONE OH.
IS BEING FACILITATED FOR CITY COUNCIL.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED THAT BECAUSE WE DO WANNA BE VERSE ON THE RIGHT TO CITY STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND ON THE ISD STRATEGIC PLAN, YEAH.
THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD LOFTY GO, ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
AND THAT'S GONNA FEED AND INFORM SOME OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA DECIDE HERE, RIGHT.
AS A COMMUNITY, SO, WELL, WE'LL, I JUST DON'T WANT US ONE ANOTHER.
I JUST DON'T WANT US TO LOSE THAT.
SO I HAVE THE VIRTUAL, OH, I'M SORRY.
JUST GONNA SAY, WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK, WHEN DO WE EXPECT THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF OHIO'S STRATEGIC PLAN TO, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORD, BE PUBLISHED? I, I DON'T KNOW A TIMELINE ON THAT.
BECAUSE YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE THE MEETING AND THEN CITY STAFF TAKES THAT AND IS IT BACK TO Y'ALL PRESENTS IT BACK AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A TIMELINE ON WHEN THAT'S OKAY.
SO IS, IS IT YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GO WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND BASE OUR, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN BASED WHAT'S ALREADY THERE? IS IT GOING, DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WE WON'T BE WELL OUTSIDE THE REPS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.
IT'S HARD TO SAY, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM THE LAST TIME WE DID IT, SO.
UM, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S AT LEAST A STARTING POINT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT GONNA, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT DIFFERENT, SO, RIGHT.
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YOU CAN AT LEAST START LOOKING THERE.I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE VERY LONG.
YOU GUYS CAN'T HAVE YOUR SESSION UNTIL JUNE AND MAYBE WE'LL BE, WELL BY THEN YOU MAY, WE HAVE, MAY HAVE A NEW CITY COUNCIL AGAIN.
SO
BUT ARE THE GOALS DEFINED YET? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING, SO STRATEGIC PLAN IS HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE SCHOOLS, BUT IF, IF AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT THE GOALS, WHAT THE MOST HIGH PRIORITY THINGS ARE OF THE STATE COUNCIL, THEN WE CAN STILL FACILITATE OUR OWN PLAN AS IN LINE AND NOT OPPOSED TO THOSE GOALS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND.
SO WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THE PILLARS THAT CORE VALUES THAT WE'RE DECIDED THE FOUR PILLARS WILL REMAIN THE SAME IF, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY.
BUT WHO KNOWS? I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SUGGEST SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY, WE MIGHT ALL SAY, OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, LET'S DO THAT.
SO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST BRIEFLY I WAS THINKING CREATE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE.
WELL, I MEAN, HOW DO WE DO THAT? I DON'T THINK LOOKING AT THE CORE VALUES AND THOSE PILLARS, EVEN IF THE WORDING CHANGES, I THINK IN MY OPINION, THAT PRETTY WELL SUMS UP WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA IS.
MAY MANAGE THE MONEY PRODUCTIVELY, UH, MAKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR US BETTER, YOU KNOW, THINGS.
I THINK WE CAN USE THOSE AS STEPPING OFF POINTS.
AND WE MAY FIND THAT THERE'S ONE MISSING.
WE MAY SEE A, A A A PLACE THAT THERE'S A PILLAR OF, OF VALUE THAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED.
THAT GOLLY GEE, WAS THAT DNI IS THE PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.
BECAUSE I'M LOOKING UP THERE AND HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE IS A PRETTY BROAD STATEMENT.
BUT ALSO MAINTAINING FINANCIAL STABILITY REALLY DOES GO UNDER GROWING RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN'T DO THAT IF YOU'RE NOT FINANCIALLY STABLE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN WRITE OUR OWN
I I THINK, I THINK WE CAN USE IT AS, AS A TOUCH POINT.
AND, AND AS WE GET INFORMATION FROM DAN, WE CAN, THAT WILL SERVE US.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 22ND, 29TH, SIXTH TO EIGHT.
AND THEN LOOKING AT ANY WEEKDAYS, CONSECUTIVE WEEKDAYS.
CONSECUTIVE WEEKDAYS, THREE AND THREE.
AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CONSECUTIVE WEEKDAYS.
I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE ELSE SAY THEY DID, DID I? MISHEAR.
I THINK THAT'S MAYBE THE PREFERENCE THEN CHRISTIE FOR US.
I'LL SEND AN EMAIL, UM, THIS EVENING OR TOMORROW.
AND THEN WITH THE FOLLOW UP AND ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UM, WE'LL SEND OUT TO THE GROUP.
KIDS UP PACE SOFTBALL OR SOCCER AT, AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON A WEDNESDAY.
SO DO WE HAVE TO ENCLOSE THAT ONE OUT? MM-HMM.
UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN, BUT I DON'T THINK OVER.
SO THERE WAS A COUPLE THINGS BROUGHT UP ITEMS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SUBCOMMITTEES A DEFINITE ITEM.
AND THEN OTHER THINGS WE'RE KIND OF AMBIGUOUS.
SO I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR THINGS FOR, ARE WE GOING TO DISCUSS THE SUBCOMMITTEES? I GUESS.
I MEAN, WE WE'RE SAYING SUBCOMMITTEES.
ARE WE GOING TO PRESENT THOSE IDEAS TO CHRISTIE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA OR ARE WE JUST GONNA COME IN HERE THAT, THAT EVENING AND GO, HUH.
WONDER WHAT THEY SHOULD BE? AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH BEFORE WE DECIDE WHAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE PROVIDE.
SO WE DO WANT TO MOVE TOWARDS DEFINING AND THIS BIG THING, DEFINING WHAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT.
SO WE ASSIGN, WE PICK SOME GOALS BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO, WE WANNA BE PREPARED.
WHEN THAT GENTLEMAN FACILITATOR COMES TO HELP US SET OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, HE'S GONNA ASK, WHAT ARE THINGS WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T START FROM ZERO.
SO WE DO WANNA HAVE SOME IDEAS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH.
AND THEN HE HELPS US PUT THAT INTO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN FORMAT, RIGHT.
BY GUIDING US AND REDIRECTING SOME OF OUR THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE.
AND THEY COULD, THE LIST CAN START VERY LONG AND BROAD, I THINK.
AND THEN WE WHITTLE IT DOWN, UM, TO A FEW CORE TENANTS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, ACHIEVE.
AND THEN SOME OF THOSE ARE GONNA NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE.
SOME OF THESE THAT WE WANNA DO TOGETHER.
HOW ABOUT IF WE START A LIST BY, UH, JUST EVERYBODY JUST SENDING CHRISTIE, UM,
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THREE OR FOUR ITEMS THAT, THAT, THAT THEY THINK MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE.AND THEN FROM THERE WE TAKE THAT LIST AND THEN START WHITTLING IT DOWN WHEN WE COME TOGETHER.
WE SEND FOUR THINGS, THREE TO FOUR THINGS, FOUR MAX THAT WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH.
AND THEN THE NEXT MEETING MM-HMM.
AND THEN ONE THING I THINK THAT JUST 'CAUSE I'M GONNA HAVE THE CONTINUITY IS THAT WE START WITH WHERE WE LEFT OFF WITH THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS THERE.
AND THEN WE TALKED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER MEETINGS AND, AND THAT I HAVE THAT LESSON.
SOME OF, SOME OF MY
BUT THEN AGAIN, EVERYBODY WAS NOT THERE, BUT WE CAN DO THAT.
CHRISTIE? ONLINE? UM, I BELIEVE SO, BUT I CAN, I CAN RESEND IT.
WELL, I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THINGS LIKE TONIGHT, LIKE SHE SAYS, SHE DOESN'T TAKE DETAILED NOTES.
YOU KNOW, BUT IF, IF THAT DISCUSSION WENT ON AND AS YOU SAID THERE WAS SOME GREAT IDEAS AND SOME, SOME THINGS THAT THE REST OF US, YOU KNOW, THAT CORINA BECAUSE SHE WASN'T ON YET, AND MAYBE 'CAUSE I DIDN'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, I COULD, I COULD REVIEW THAT INSTEAD OF YOU HAVING TO SEND IT TO ME, CHRISTIE.
AND ALSO, AS A REMINDER, THESE ARE RECORDED TOO.
SO JUST SO I'M CLEAR, YOU WANT TO REMOVE THE DEPRESSION POSSIBLE ACTION AND CREATION OF SUBCOMMITTEES AND JUST HAVE, UM, AN ACTION ITEM OF EACH OF YOU SENDING ME THREE TO FOUR ITEMS TO ACCOMPLISH.
UM, SO THAT FOR THE APRIL MEETING AND DISCUSSION CAN BE HAD AND POSSIBLE SUBCOMMITTEE POSSIBLE.
I'LL JUST DO SEPARATE ITEMS OR KIND OF BLEND THEM TOGETHER.
I THINK IT COULD BE BLENDED TOGETHER.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WHAT WHERE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT CHRISTINE AT OKAY.
BUT I CAN RESEND THAT DOCUMENT.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA COME CLEAR INTO FOCUS WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH STAN, YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS A GOOD STEPPING OFF.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, CHRISTIE, WE GO TO, UH, CITY OF
IT SHOULD GO TO DIVERSITY INCLUSION.
UM, AND I CAN PULL ALL THAT UP AND I CAN TRY TO JUST RESEND LIKE MAYBE THE LINK OF WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE VIDEOS.
AND UM, AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS RIGHT THERE.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS ALSO ONLINE.
I MEAN THE OLD ONE IS, BUT THE NEW ONE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED IS, HAS NOT HAPPENED.
MORE SPECIFIC RETURN AND ONE CAME AS FAR AS I CAN SAY.
LISTEN, UM, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS.
MY TERM EXPIRES IN JUNE STUFF.
Y'ALL WANT ME TO DO ANYTHING? LET'S GET THIS DONE.
NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY WILL REAPPOINT ME.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE DISCUSSION CALLS ON APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES.
IT'S KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER THERE.
ANY ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM MEETINGS AS OF RIGHT NOW? AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MEETING.
UM, SO, UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE A CHAIR, UH, OFFICIAL CHAIR, UM, I, I DO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH COMMISSIONER COLEMAN ON, UM, THE AGENDA.
AND SO WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH.
UM, AND THEN I'LL, UM, BEFORE I POST IT, WE'LL SEND OUT TO THE GROUP AND SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
BUT THE IN BETWEEN BACK AND FORTH WILL BE BETWEEN HER AND I, UM, JUST TO KIND OF HELP, UM, FUNNEL INFORMATION.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD LIKE A SUPER FUNNELED WAY OF DOING THAT.
SO DO WE WANNA HAVE A, UM, A DATE BY WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SENT OUR SUGGESTIONS TO CHRISTIE? SET A DATE.
I WAS JUST SAYING WE NEED TO HAVE A DATE FOR EVERYTHING.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL, I GUESS SAY
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NEXT WEEK.I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
ONE WEEK WE WOULDN'T BE HERE, RIGHT? OKAY.
WHAT'S THE DATE? WELL, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL DATE DID WE SAY? DO WE SAY IF YOU, WEDNESDAY, APRIL.
IF IT WAS ONE WEEK BY YOU BY MARCH 26TH, HAVE 'EM SUBMIT IT.
NO, APRIL 1ST WOULD BE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, WOULDN'T IT? NO, NO.
I GOT TWO ME CONCERT CONCERTS GOING ON HERE.
SO BY THE TWIN HAVING SUBMITTED BY THE 26TH.
I MEAN THAT GIVES US THIS WEEK, THE WEEKEND TO THINK ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE WANNA WHITTLE OUR OWN? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE PROBABLY ALL HAVE A LONG LIST OF THINGS.
WELL, WE PROBABLY DO, BUT BE HERE IT, WELL IT'LL PROBABLY, A LOT OF US WILL HAVE TWO OR THREE THINGS ON THAT LIST OF FOUR THAT ARE THE SAME.
THEY'RE GONNA BE CORRECT, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR.
THOSE, THOSE COMMON OVER OVERLAP.
DOES EVERYBODY AGREE TO THAT? YES MA'AM.
AND IS THAT IT? I JUST HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE QUESTION AND IT MAY NOT BE THE FINAL PLACE FOR IT.
DO WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THIS GROUP SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT, MAKE IT TO WHERE PEOPLE SEE IT, SEE US? I MEAN, CAN IT COME UNDER KNOW THE CITY OF OHIO? CAN IT NOT? NO, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE WALKING QUORUM WITH THAT.
BUT AS A COMMISSIONER, AS INDIVIDUALS, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE AS THE CITY, CITY STAFF WILL NOT, UM, MANAGE THAT OR DO THAT FOR YOU FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, TO HAVE A SUBGROUP OR GROUP THAT'S CREATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT'S ON YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
JUST KEEP IN MIND THE WALKING QUORUM.
THAT INCLUDES ANY MESSAGING, ONLINE MESSAGING, RIGHT.
UM, COMMENTS, THAT WHOLE THING.
SO YEAH, THAT CAN BE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG LIST.
I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW WE GET THIS OUT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE BEFORE WE GET A BOOTH.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE STILL, WE STILL RUN FOR ONE MORE PERSON.
AND LIKE I SAID, HOW ABOUT RECRUITING? RECRUITING ANOTHER PERSON, RIGHT? RECRUITING ANOTHER PERSON.
I SAID MY TENURE IS UP IN JUNE.
WHO KNOWS IF I'LL GET REAPPOINTED? YOU KNOW? AND, AND WE ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, AT PLEASURE OF THE, OF THE CITY COUNCIL SERVING.
ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU ASKED ME AT THE BEGINNING HOW I HEARD ABOUT IT AND IT WAS AFTER I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND IT WAS, I WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND, IT'S LIKE, HEY, BY THE WAY, THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR THESE POSITIONS, RIGHT? I SAID, GREAT.
AND THAT'S HOW I LEARNED ABOUT IT.
SO WE CAN DO OUR OWN RECRUITING AND IF WE ARE HERE, BECAUSE WE, WE ARE HERE FOR A REASON WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, WE KNOW WHO TO ASK.
YOU KNOW, WHOSE VOICE IS NEEDED.
AND THEN EVERY THAT, I HAVE A LONG LIST OF PEOPLE THAT I THINK SHOULD BE HERE.
BUT THEN IT GETS AND GET INTERVIEWED, GET VOTED ON.
THAT WAS A GOOD INTERVIEW BY THE WAY,
UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE THE WAY THAT WE FIND OUR SEVENTH.
AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE, UM, IN OUR CIRCLES, IN OUR NETWORKS THAT WE WANNA INVITE TO THIS TABLE.
AND THEN WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
WE STILL HAVE TO BE AGREED ON ANYTHING ANYWAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST FINDING MY MOM OR SOMETHING.
OH, REAL QUICKLY BEFORE, UM, CAN WE JUST KIND OF GO, I WROTE DOWN A SHORT LITTLE OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THE MEANTIME.
I-S-D-D-E-I, CITY
WE HAVE A 22ND AND THE 29TH
UH, SO WE'LL WAIT ON HIS REPLY.
UM, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S GONNA BE SENT.
AND THEN SHE, YOU'RE GONNA SEND IT BACK OUT TO US TO REVIEW.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT THE PILLAR STATEMENT.
I WAS TRYING TO WRITE ALL THIS DOWN AS Y'ALL WERE TALKING, UM, IN THE MEANTIME TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, EITHER A ADD TO IT OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DISSECT IT OR YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW THAT LOOKS FOR US.
UM, ALSO SEND ANY SUGGESTIONS SLASH GOALS, IDEAS TO CHRISTIE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE ON ONE PAGE.
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FOUR GOALS EACH.THE 26TH
MARCH 26TH, RECRUIT A SEVENTH.
I WOULD DONE RECRUIT A SEVENTH MEMBER.
AND, UM, REVIEW AND THEN THANK YOU FOR
WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING, DO WE WANT TO BRING BACK REFLECTIONS ON REVIEWING THE STRATEGIC PLANS? 'CAUSE THEY WERE BORING READ.
BUT DO WE WANT TO SAY WE ALL BRING BACK ONE OR TWO? THIS STOOD OUT TO US FROM THOSE PLANS? YES.
I THINK WE COME BACK AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO BEFORE WE MEET WITH MR. YES.
THAT, THAT COULD BE YES MA'AM.
OVERVIEW THE TEACHER PLAN AND BRING BACK SOME, UM, REFLECTIONS.
AND THAT WON'T BE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT MIGHT BE FUTURE GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE.
HOW THAT INFORMS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY COLLABORATE WITH THE EXISTING DEI THAT ID OKAY.
THE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS KIND OF LIKE ALREADY BEEN DONE.
SO I THINK IF WE REVIEW SOME OF THE STUFF, OR AT LEAST COMMUNICATE GOOD IDEA.
THIS, UH, THE WHISTLEBLOWER SITUATION.
WHILE WE WERE MEETING, I, I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL HAVE TO DIG DEEPER INTO.
I WAS JUST REMINDING YOU THAT THAT WAS, I THINK THEY MENTIONED ONE IN THE MEETINGS WE HAD THAT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE WAS THE SAME THING.
ETHICS COMMITTEE? WHAT'S THAT? THE WHISTLEBLOWER? YEAH.
MINIMUM THAT IT WAS MANDATED TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD, BUT ALSO I THINK IF WE GO BACK TO
HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY SAY THEY MET? THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.
DIDN'T EVEN WRITE WAS ON THE COMMITTEE.
SHE WAS SEARCHING FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMMITTEE.
I THINK, UH, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE OUR
COULD IT BE A SUBSET OF THIS GROUP? LIKE THEY GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND PROBABLY SHOULD TELL US ABOUT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE.
DAN, DO WE HAVE AN ETHICS COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW? THERE THEY'RE OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE APPOINTED.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE THEY HAVE MET.
THEY'RE NOT SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY MEETING OR OPERATING RIGHT NOW? NO.
IT'S, IT, IT, THEY SHOULD HAVE, THEY SHOULD BE MEETING ONCE A YEAR MINIMUM.
THEN THEY MEET AS NEEDED AS WE GET COMPLAINTS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD NOTHING COMPLAINT IN SEVERAL YEARS.
I COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
WE DID HAVE NOT ABOUT, NOT ABOUT THE CITY THOUGH.
WE DID HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR HIRING AN OUTSIDE LAW FIRM TO REPRESENT THEM SO THAT THEY'RE NOT USING THE SAME ATTORNEY THAT THE CITY'S USING BECAUSE THERE'S MM-HMM.
AND TO, AND TO HAVE THAT FIRM RECOMMEND CHANGES TO OUR ETHICS ORDINANCE, THERE IS STILL A VACANT SPOT THERE TOO, IF ANY OF YOU ARE WRONG, ACCORDING TO WHAT'S ONLINE IN THE CITY.
AND THERE'S TWO THAT'S LIKE ME THERE, THERE COMMISSION, UH, EXPIRES.
THEY'LL HAVE TO BE REAPPOINTED IN JUNE IF THEY CHOOSE TO CONTINUE.
THE PROCESS ON THAT IS, UM, THERE, SORRY.
THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT WHEN YOU'RE EXPIRING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING WANT TO CONTINUE.
SO WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS, AT LEAST THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS THAT THE CITY RE SOMEBODY REACHES OUT AND SAYS, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE EITHER THROUGH THE CHAIR OR THROUGH THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE? AND SO THEN WE HAVE THAT FEEDBACK.
SO THERE IS SORT OF, SORT OF AN INCUMBENT ADVANTAGE TO IT.
THERE IS THERE, THERE'S A DISCUSSION THAT, OKAY, YOU'RE ON IT.
YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA KEEP GOING.
WELL, AND AS I STATED BEFORE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT HOW THESE COMMISSIONS WORK IN HUDA IS THAT WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF ANY C CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU CAN BE REMOVED WITH OR WITHOUT COPS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WILL CHANGE IN A NEW CHARTER OR NOT.
IT'S NOT A, NOT IN NEW CHARTER.
SO, I DOUBTED SERIOUSLY THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN THE NEW CHARTER DISCUSSIONS.
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CENTRAL STANDARD TIME.