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[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on July 16, 2024.]
JACQUELINE COLEMAN, CHAIR OF DEI AND INCLUSION COMMISSION SESSION CALLED TO ORDER 6 0 3 ON TUESDAY, JULY 16TH.SO, DO I JUST DO THE ROLL CALL? UH, OKAY.
I'M HERE, JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS PRESENT, AND ERIC, BE PRESENT.
NOW, A GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF AS WE, UH, NEXT WOULD BE, OH, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT THERE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC? NO,
I'M TAKING NOTE OF THE ABSENCES REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, OUR, UM, COMMISSIONER SPOONS AND COMMISSIONER, UH, YES.
UH, WELL, GOOD EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON AND STAN.
UM, SO JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET AND STAND FOR YOUR AWARENESS AS WELL.
UM, THE DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN AS SENT, UM, IS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONERS, EXCEPT WE, UM, HAVE DONE SOME FORMATTING TO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, NOT ACTUALLY CHANGING THE CONTENT.
UM, SO WHAT THEY HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM IS THE FORMATTED VERSION WITH THE STRIKETHROUGHS, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ALL THE NOTES THERE.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT, UM, AN UPDATE FROM THE LAST MEETING, UM, THAT WAS DIRECTED BY Y'ALL TO, UM, REQUEST AN ITEM BE PUT ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR THIS THURSDAY, JULY 18TH.
UM, FOR ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE RENAMING OF THE D AND I COMMISSION TO THE DEIB COMMISSION.
UM, AFTER KIND OF GOING THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS AND THE STEPS FOR THAT, UH, IT WAS PULLED BECAUSE OF, UM, THE TIMING OF THE FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL.
IT JUST WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING WRAPPED TOGETHER.
SO, UM, THE IDEA THERE IS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY DURING THE, THE DEDICATED WORK SESSION, UM, TO KIND OF GET THOSE ACTION ITEMS AFTER THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL POST, UM, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER THAT ACTION MIGHT BE.
UM, UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO JUST NOTE, UM, THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH IN A BIT.
I ALSO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT I'M, ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER THEN, UNLESS Y'ALL WANT ME TO GO OVER THAT NOW.
UM, IT WOULD JUST BE, AGAIN, FORMATTING AND A FEW OTHER, UM, NOTES, AND I CAN GO THROUGH THAT AS WE CAN GO THROUGH THAT.
AND, AND ALSO, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, CAN LET ME KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE POWERPOINT AND DO THE FORMAT, THE FORMATTING AND CHANGES THERE, OR IF YOU NEED TO DO THEM.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT SANTA, IT'LL PROBABLY BE ME BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT FINAL VERSION, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO I'M AIMING TO KIND OF WORK ON THAT TONIGHT AFTER THE MEETING AND JUST KIND OF GET THAT TURNED AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, ALSO JUST TAKE A LOOK OUT IN YOUR EMAIL, UM, AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, OR I MIGHT SEND IT WHILE WE'RE KIND OF WORKING, WHILE Y'ALL ARE WORKING AS A COMMISSION TONIGHT, UM, JUST AN EMAIL FROM OUR PAR, UM, THAT'LL BE FORWARDING FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC WHO Y'ALL MET OR CORRECT YOU HAVE YET TO MEET, UM, JEFF WHITE WHO WANTS Y'ALL'S INPUT ABOUT, UM, THE PARKS BECOMING CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTERS.
AND THERE'S A LOT MORE INFORMATION IN THE EMAIL, BUT JUST THAT WAY EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER CAN RESPOND DIRECTLY TO JEFF WITH ANY INPUT OR FEEDBACK.
SO I'LL BE SENDING THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, AND I HAD ONE MORE NOTE AS A REMINDER, AS A REMINDER FROM THE LAST MEETING, UM, ABOUT INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS THEIR EVENTS AND NAMING, UM, REALLY HOW THEY CAN KIND OF BE MORE INCLUSIVE WITH, WITH THOSE EVENTS.
AND I, I ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT I'LL FORWARD TO YOU ALL, AND THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT FEEDBACK BACK BEFORE JULY 30TH.
AGAIN, I'LL PUT THIS IN AN EMAIL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY AN ITEM THAT NEEDS
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TO TAKE PLACE AT A MEETING, JUST SOMETHING INDIVIDUALLY, IF Y'ALL WANNA PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.UM, WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT OPPORTUNITY TO YOU.
SO ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THEN THE ONES THAT WE GAVE YOU? YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE WANTING LIKE, SOME VERY SPECIFIC, UM, ANY RANGING FROM DECOR TO MUSIC TO ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS, FOOD GIFTS, AND GOOD.
LIKE, I THINK THEY REALLY JUST WANT AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS YOU WERE WANTING TO GIVE THEM.
UM, BUT THEN FROM THERE THEY CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEIR, THEIR DECISIONS FROM THAT.
I THINK THEY JUST WANTED TO OPEN THAT DOOR.
UM, AND THE BIGGEST ONE IS, WOULD BE ALSO NOT THE BIGGEST ONE, BUT, UM, THE NAMES OF THE EVENTS AS WELL.
AND WE'LL HAVE ALL THOSE LISTED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SANTA CLAUS CRAWL.
MAYBE THERE'S A, A DIFFERENT WAY TO NAME THAT OR, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, THAT EMAIL WILL COME, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS EASIER FOR Y'ALL IF I SEND EVERYTHING IN ONE BIG EMAIL AND BREAK IT UP, OR IF YOU WOULD PREFER KIND OF THE ONE OFF SO THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THOSE STAFF MEMBERS DIRECTLY WITH YOUR FEEDBACK, OR WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE BEST FOR THE
UM, BUT NORMALLY I DO SOME SORT OF A FOLLOW UP FROM WHATEVER HAPPENED AT THE MEETING.
UM, SO MAYBE I CAN INCLUDE IN THE FOLLOW UP, UM, THIS, UH, HOLIDAYS AND HUDDLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REQUEST AS PART OF THE, AS PART OF THE FOLLOW UP.
UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS.
SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION NO, FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH IS DAN
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? YES.
UM, SO CITY COUNCIL IS GOING IN A DIRECTION OF NOT HAVING, UM, ANY OFFICIAL LIAISONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ANY LONGER.
UM, THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE HAVING ANNUAL SESSION LIKE WE HAD ON THE SATURDAY BACK IN, I BELIEVE, MARCH.
UH, CONTINUE HAVING, HAVING THAT SESSION EVERY YEAR AS A COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND THEN ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTO COUNCIL MEETINGS TO, TO GET UPDATES AND TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION.
SO, UM, SO I'M NO LONGER THE LIAISON FOR THIS BOARD, BUT I AM STILL PLANNING ON ATTENDING THE MEETINGS, UM, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
SO, UH, DAN, UH, IS THERE, IS THERE GOING TO BE A VOTE ON THAT? HAS THERE BEEN A VOTE ON THAT? IS THAT JUST A CONSENSUS CONVERSATION? HOW, HOW THERE WAS A VOTE ON THAT ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
THIS WAS THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO LATE LAST YEAR, AND THEN IT WAS, WELL, WE NEED TO START SOME OF THESE COMMUNICATION THINGS.
AND SO THAT WAS WHEN THE, THE, UM, SATURDAY SESSION IN MARCH WAS SCHEDULED AND THINGS.
SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON.
UM, DOESN'T MEAN IT COULDN'T BE CHANGED, BUT, UM, I KNOW THE PARKS BOARD HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A LIAISON, SO I KNOW IT'S NOT UNIVERSALLY LIKED.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.
WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE STAYING WITH US.
UM, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM ANY COMMISSION MEMBERS? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING? SO WE WE'RE NOT DOING THE PRESENTATION THURSDAY, BUT MAYBE YOU ARE.
THE, THE ITEM FOUR, THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, UM, AFTERWARD, THE OFFICIAL NAME WAS SOME, UM, I FORGOT HOW I WROTE IT, BUT BASICALLY THE RENAMING OF THE DIVERSITY INCLUSION COMMISSION TO THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
BUT WE WILL PRESENT THE POWERPOINT AND KIND OF NO, THE WORK SESSION.
ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE, WHAT? RIGHT, EXACTLY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I, I WANTED TO SAY, WHICH I WILL TALK, UM, JUST A LITTLE ABOUT IS IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE TO THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM BECAUSE
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IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.WE DID NOT HAVE QUORUM SOMETIMES, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET.
SO ANYWAY, SO I'M, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, LIFE IS IMPORTANT AND IT COMES FIRST AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST JUST WANTED TO REMIND OF THAT BECAUSE IT CAN SLOW DOWN PROCESS.
AND, UM, SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT JUST KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES IS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET INPUT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SAY, WELL, HOW, WHAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO DO WORK? LIKE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES WORKING GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD START THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW.
SO WHEN WE GET THE FEEDBACK, THEN THE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE WILL BE THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALSO HOW WE'RE GONNA STRUCTURE OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE WORKING GROUPS, WHATEVER WE'RE GONNA DO.
SO, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT AT IT, UM, AS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPEN RECORDS ACT.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY GOT.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE? THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, UM, COMMENTS THAT I HAVE.
SO NOW WE'RE GOING INTO OTHER BUSINESS 7.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, UM, CHRISTIE HAS THE STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE MARKUP.
SO SHOULD WE START THERE FIRST?
I MEAN, IT'S, IT IS THE EXACT, IT IS THE CONTENT, THE EXACT, UM, DRAFT PLAN THAT YOU HAVE, STAN, IT JUST HAS NOTES OF, UM, WOULD IT BE EASIER FOR ME TO SEND IT TO YOU FOR YOU TO SHARE, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE? WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND SHARE.
I BELONG TO MY EMAIL AND EVERYTHING, SO, OKAY.
MINUTES WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, STAN, YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN, UH, YOU'RE IN NORTH CAROLINA RIGHT NOW? YES.
HOW IS THE WEATHER THERE? IT IS HOT.
NO, WELL, NOT HOT AS IT IS DOWN HERE.
UH, I USED TO, I USED TO ACTUALLY.
AND I GUESS, ARE YOU ONE, ARE YOU THE NEW, UH, COMMISSION MEMBER? I AM, YES, I AM.
I READ ABOUT, I READ YOUR BIO AND STUFF, I THINK LAST, LAST MONTH, AND IT LOOKED REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
UH, BUT, UH, AND ACTUALLY, UH, WHEN I WORKED FOR IBM, UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS, HALF OF MY TEAM WAS IN AUSTIN, SO I CAME THERE ONCE A MONTH.
SO I'VE BEEN THERE DURING THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE SUMMER.
THIS IS SOME UNSEEN HEAT THAT WE GET THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT CHANGES EVERY SUMMER.
I I PASSED ON YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION STAND TO A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN PFLUGERVILLE.
AND, AND I, I ATTENDED, UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET COMMISSION OFF THE GROUND, AND SO I ATTENDED A, UH, WHAT DID THAT, THE LISTENING, THE LISTEN, THEY'RE HAVING A LISTENING TOUR.
SO I ATTENDED ONE OF THEIR SESSIONS AND I DON'T THINK IT WENT VERY WELL.
UM, AND ANYWAY, AND SO I WAS TALKING WITH HIM LATER AND,
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AND, UH, TELLING HIM ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING HERE AND HOW WE HAD HIRED A CONSULTANT YOU HAD HELPED US.AND SO HE SAID, WELL, PLEASE GIMME HIS INFO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL CONTACT YOU, BUT THEY MIGHT.
BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I ALSO DONE WORK, YOU KNOW, I CAN HELP LAUNCH, YOU KNOW, A COMMISSION AND TRAIN THE COMMISSION AND, YOU KNOW, GET, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR STRUCTURE, UH, BEFORE THEY START BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN.
SO I THINK OKAY, HERE, OH YEAH, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST, THE FIRST PAGE WOULD BE PAGE TWO, RIGHT? YEP.
AND I SEE THAT YOU'RE JUST CHANGING THINGS TO, YOU KNOW, THIS, YOU KNOW, USING THE, UH, THE, THE PROTOCOL FOR REFERRING TO THE CITY OF HU ET CETERA.
UM, THERE ARE STILL, IT STILL DIDN'T GET, UM, UNDER THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, BECAUSE I'M LISTED CHAIR, BUT TARA SPOON SHOULD BE LISTED AS VICE CHAIR.
AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO DAN IS STILL THOMPSON INSTEAD OF THORNTON AND I'LL, IS IT OKAY IF I JUST MAKE THESE LIVE EDITS RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
I THOUGHT I HAD SENT, I THOUGHT I HAD CENTER RE VICE ONE WITH THOSE CHANGES AFTER OUR LAST MEETING.
MAYBE I JUST CHANGED THE PRESENT.
THERE WAS THE, THERE WAS ANOTHER COPY.
SO I THINK, UM, THE STAFF MEMBER WHO HAD THIS WAS SENT THE VERSION, THAT VERSION THAT OH, OKAY.
ALSO, GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THIS.
BECAUSE I, I, I WAS GOING TO MENTION SOME OTHER THINGS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THAT.
AGAIN, IT'S STON, NOT THOMPSON.
SO THIS IS NOT THE, THE FINAL COPY.
OH, OR THE LATEST COPY? NO, THE, THE LATEST COPY THAT I SENT HAD SOME, LIKE TWO OR THREE EXTREMELY MINOR CHANGES, LIKE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE MISSPELLING AND NOT PUTTING VICE CHAIR.
IT'S LIKE I DIDN'T MAKE LIKE 20 CHANGES AND SEND A NEW COPY AFTER A MEETING.
I MADE LIKE THREE EXTREMELY MINOR CHANGES.
I, I SEE ON, UM, ON THE POWERPOINT UNDER PRIORITY ONE, THERE'S A BULLET POINT.
IT SAYS, ESTABLISH AN ONGOING SYSTEM OF ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS.
AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I DO NOT SEE THE SAME BULLET POINT.
I SHOW IT AS THE LAST BULLET RIGHT BEFORE PRIORITY AREA TWO, CONTINUING TO USE SURVEYS TO MEASURE IS THE LAST BULLET.
WHAT'S THERE? I HAVE A BULLET AFTER THAT ONE.
CAN YOU GO DOWN THE, CAN YOU PLEASE GO DOWN? WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING DOWN? UH, PRIORITY AREA ONE RIGHT BEFORE PRIOR PRIORITY AREA TWO, THE LAST ONE.
OKAY, WELL WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED? YEAH, RIGHT THERE.
THERE IS A CONTINUE TO CONTINUE MORE.
GO UP, SHOW THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO PAGES.
I WANNA SEE A, UH, RIGHT THERE.
WELL, THAT'S PRIORITY AREA TWO TO THREE.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT PRIORITY AREA ONE, TWO.
GO UP TO PRIORITY AREA ONE, ONE MORE UP.
MINE, MY COFFEE HAS ANOTHER BULLET RIGHT BELOW, UH, THAT CONTINUING TO USE, I HAVE A BULLET, I'LL DICTATE IT
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TO YOU.ESTABLISH AN ONGOING SYSTEM N AND ONGOING SYSTEM.
A N UHHUH AN ONGOING SYSTEM OF ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS BENCHMARKS, STRATEGIC PLAN REVISIONS, ET CETERA.
IT IS IN THIS, THE ONE YOU HAVE? YEAH.
IT SOMEHOW MUST, IT MIGHT BE MAYBE WHEN YOU REFORMATTED, MAYBE IT DISAPPEARED BECAUSE IT WAS AT A SPLIT OF A PAGE.
SO WHAT, AGAIN, WHAT I THINK HAPPENED WAS, UM, THE UPDATED VERSION THAT YOU SENT STAN AFTER THE MEETING, THIS WAS WHAT WAS CIRCULATING, UM, ON A HUB FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND I NEVER RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK.
AND THEN TODAY SHE WAS LIKE, OH, I HAVE SOME FORMATTING FEEDBACK.
SO I JUST TOOK THAT ONE AND I DIDN'T COMPARE TO SEE IF IT WAS THE SAME.
SO IF IT'S HELPFUL, IF THERE ARE A LOT MORE, UM, CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE ADDED.
SO WHAT I'M, I CAN GO BACK AND, AND LAYER THOSE IN, OR IF IT'S OKAY TO KEEP GOING THIS WAY, IT'S UP, UP TO Y'ALL.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE VERSION THAT I WILL BE FINALIZING.
BECAUSE I'M SITTING, I THINK YOUR, I THINK YOUR VERSION WAS, IS EVEN BACK LEVEL TWO VERSIONS.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND STAND AND PULL UP, UM, YOUR MOST RECENT VERSION.
SO VIA EMAIL, THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL HAVE? YEAH.
ACTUALLY SHOULD BE, LETS ACTUALLY NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT.
UH, THERE'S ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT TWO OTHER BULLETS THAT ARE MISSING.
SO IF YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS VERSION, WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
SO, 'CAUSE I, I NOW HAVE, I NOW HAVE MY VERSION OF THIS ONE WITH MY HANDWRITTEN CHANGES THAT I CAN COMPARE AS WE GO THROUGH IT.
BUT DID Y'ALL WANT ME TO GO BACK? YEAH.
AND THEN, NOW THIS IS PAGE THREE, AND I DIDN'T MAKE ANY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE MEETING AND I WROTE CHANGES AND I, WITH MY PEN, UH, THERE WERE LIKE, LIKE PAGES 3, 4, 5, 6, THERE WERE NO CHANGES.
SO I'M ALL, THIS LOOKS ALL GOOD.
SO NOW WE'RE ON PAGE FOUR, BUT I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF BLUE STUFF THERE THAT'S CROSSED OUT.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME FORMATTING AND FONT, UM, OH, THAT'S ALL.
AND IT'S RE IT'S JUST RESTATED.
SO IT SAYS LEVERAGE RAPID GROWTH, IT SAYS THE CITY OF CUTTABLE LEVERAGE, IT'S RAPID GROWTH.
THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD IS, AND I KNOW, UM, AND NEW, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS IS, I GUESS I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT LIKE, CHA DELETING THE THING ABOUT CREATING BELONGING AND THAT, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS DECIDED ON DAN? UM, NO.
THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL DISCUSSED.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY, THEY, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SAID THAT THEY, THEY WERE GOING IN THE DIRECTION, WHICH WAS GREAT, A GREAT DIRECTION, BUT THEN NOW THEY HAVE AN ALL CROSSED OUT.
WHAT NUMBER IS THAT'S UP PAGE FIVE, NUMBER FOUR AT THE TOP.
YEAH, BECAUSE I JUST, WELL, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE THAT WE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING THE PARK SYSTEMS AND ADDING ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT'S MORE SUBSTANTIVE, THE LINES THAT WERE ADDED.
TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, UH, IT'S, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE PILLAR, STRATEGIC PILLAR CREATE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE AND GOING TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.
I CAN, I CAN KIND OF, SO YOU SAY IN THE CROSS HOUSE WAS DONE BY, BY COUNCIL OR THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT? YEAH.
'CAUSE BECAUSE THE, WHAT I HAD WRITTEN THERE WAS VERBATIM WORD FOR WORD THE STRATEGIC PLAN PILLARS THAT WERE SENT TO ME.
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GUESS THE BIG QUESTION IS ARE HAVE THEY BEEN CHANGED OR YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT I SEE THAT'S CHANGED.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? DAN? UH, COUNSEL DID ADOPT THE PLAN? UH, I WOULD SAY ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THIS SPECIFIC CHANGE.
UM, TRYING TO SEE IF I CAN FIND WHERE THAT'S AT.
SO THIS WAS UPDATED, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PILLAR WAS UPDATED BY OUR NEW CITY SECRETARY.
SO, UM, I'M UNAWARE OF THE ACTUAL PILLAR BEING CHANGED.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE WORDING BEHIND IT WAS CHANGED, AND MAYBE SHE KNEW SOMETHING THAT I DID NOT, BUT I CAN CONFIRM.
BECAUSE THIS, IF THIS IS, IF THIS IS THE NEW WORDING, IT REALLY WEAKENS YEAH.
THAT STRATEGIC PILLAR SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND I, I WOULD, I'M, I WOULD BE VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S, REMEMBER WHY I BRING IT UP BEING REMOVED INTENTIONALLY.
SO, UM, IF IT'S IN THE PILLAR OF BELONGS THERE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN WE ADOPTED THE PLAN, IF THAT WAS REMOVED, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED OR THAT ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THAT I CAN RECALL.
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE WORDS THAT ARE UNDERLINED, IT'S ALMOST, IT'S ALMOST TOO SPECIFIC TO BE WHAT I CALL A STRATEGIC PILLAR.
USUALLY STRATEGIC PILLARS ARE MUCH MORE BROAD AND GENERAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL WORDING IS VERY BROAD AND GENERAL, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR A PILLAR.
THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AN ERROR.
KEEP THAT SAME WORDING AS DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN YEAH, BECAUSE LIKE EVEN UNDERNEATH THEY HAVE THE VERBIAGE THAT WE HAD IS LIKE, THERE, THERE'S A CONNECTION WITH THE FIRST THREE PILLARS, BUT THEN DE IV IS FUNDAMENTAL IN THIS FOURTH PILLAR, BUT IT'S NOT, IF YOU TAKE THAT, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE TO HIGHLIGHTED OUT OR STRIKE THROUGH OUT MM-HMM.
UH, THEY TRULY THE LONG, SO YEAH, THIS, THIS SEEMS LIKE WE JUST ELIMINATED IT JUST TO HAPHAZARDLY SENTENCES.
I THINK THERE MAY BE JUST SOME, UM, MM-HMM.
UM, BUT YEAH, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP THAT AND, AND TAKE THOSE NOTES OUT AND JUST KEEP THE ORIGINAL WORDING.
BECAUSE THE, THE ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL PLAN, IT DID HAVE THIS PARTS AND SYSTEM, AND THEN THIS WAS ADDED TO THE, OKAY.
SO IF WE GO ON TO PAGE SIX, DO YOU HAVE ANY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? MM-HMM.
I THINK THAT'S JUST FORMATTING GOT ME WORRIED NOW.
IF YOU GO TO THE FIVE PRIORITY AREAS, UH, THERE'S ONE CHANGE THAT WE HAD MADE.
BULLET SAYS THE YOUTH VOICE, WE PUT THE YOUTH VOICE, SENIOR CITIZENS, ET CETERA, THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT MORE BROAD, LIKE GENERATIONAL.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE CHANGES WE MADE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR, IN OUR, OUR WORKING SESSION LAST MONTH THAT I DID IN THE UPDATED COPY.
IT SAYS GENERA AND INSTEAD OF YOUTH VOICES, IT SHOULD SAY GENERATIONAL VOICES.
THEN IT HAS YOUTH, SENIOR CITIZENS AND PARENTHESES.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OF PUTTING IT PUT, UH, GENERATIONAL VOICES FOR AS THE BEGINNING OF THE BULLET.
PARENT, YOUTH VOICE, SENIOR CITIZENS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN WE ADDED THAT BULLET OF THE LAST THERE IN ORANGE WE ALSO DID IN OUR WORKING SESSION.
SO THAT'S GOOD THAT WE PUT THAT BACK IN AND ON THE, YEAH.
AND, AND
I HAVE NOTHING FOR TWO, THREE.
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YES.UM, SO SIX PAGE 6, 7, 8, 8, 8 AND NINE.
WHAT'S, UH, WITH, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT INTEREST THERE.
IS THERE A WELL EDUCATED SKILL? OKAY.
JUST, JUST, UH, CHANGE MY GRAMMAR.
WE PUT ACTIVITIES LIKE HOLIDAYS AND HU HIPPO DAY, ET CETERA, TO BE LEVERAGED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD COMMUNITY.
WHERE NEXT STEPS, UH, ONE THING WE DID IS RIGHT UP, WE MOVED THE BULLET THAT SAYS, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND AFFIRM THIS START TO A DIB STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK WE MOVED, DECIDED TO MOVE THAT FOURTH BULLET, THE FIRST BULLET EVEN BEFORE THE IMMEDIATE, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE THING THEY HAVE TO DO AT THE MEETING IS TO YEAH.
WE PUT THAT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE THE FIRST STEP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TWO STEPS FOR THE TWO IMMEDIATE ONES.
THERE'S ALSO ONE OTHER BULLET THAT I THINK IT'S MISSING THERE.
I'M CHECKING MY OTHER COPY HERE.
UM, ON PRIORITY AREA, FIVE MM-HMM.
UH, I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOME WORD, UH, ACTIVITIES LIKE HOLIDAYS IN HUDDLE, VARIOUS MONTHLY PROCLAMATIONS.
YOU, YOU GOT, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
ACTIVITIES LIKE HIPPO DAY HOLIDAYS IN HUDDLE, VARIOUS MONTHLY PROCLAMATIONS, ET CETERA, CAN BE LEVERAGED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD COMMUNITY.
DID ARE YOU SEEING THE ORIGINAL IS ARE THE, UH, LATEST? YEAH.
'CAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS I SAW SOME SCRIBBLING IN MY HANDWRITING THAT I COULDN'T EVEN READ
HIPPO DAY HOLIDAYS AND HA UHHUH.
YOU JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT ORDER.
UHHUH AND ET CETERA CAN BE LEVERAGED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD COMMUNITY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? THAT WAS PAGE NINE.
AND I FOUND THE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS MISSING.
FOR, UM, THIS ONE ALSO, IT SHOULD BE, UM, DAN.
OH NO, DAN THORNTON IS IN THERE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UM, A PAGE 10
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ENDS WITH THREATS TO THIS WORK.IT PROBABLY SHOULD, SHOULD IT BE TOGETHER WITH THE THE, THEY CAN JUST SPELL OFF THE, YEAH, THE PAGE 11.
IT FELT THE PAGE 11, LIKE IF WE WOULD STUDENTS WORK ON PAGE 11.
WHAT I DID IS WHEN YOU, WE CHANGED SOME OF THE FORMATTING AND STUFF, IT JUST CHANGED WHERE THE PAGES WENT.
WHAT I DID IN MY COPY IS I STARTED APPENDIX A ON A BRAND NEW PAGE INSTEAD OF STARTING IT RIGHT AFTER THE END.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU DO A PAGE BREAK RIGHT BEFORE APPENDIX A, THEN YEAH.
APPENDIX A WILL ALL BE ON ONE PAGE, AND THEN APPENDIX B WILL ALL BE ON ONE PAGE, AND THEN YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I THINK CONTROL N WILL CREATE THE PAGE BREAK.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME A PAGE 12 THAT SHOULD BE UNDER APPENDIX BI BELIEVE.
SO WHEN I, I THE PAGE BREAK, IT FIXED IT FOR APPENDIX B AS WELL.
SO WE JUST NEED TO LOOK OVER THE SLIDES AND SEE WHAT ANY, IF ANY CHANGES.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SHARE THOSE AS WELL, STAN? OR? YEAH.
AND I JUST NEED TO TAKE A ONE MINUTE BIO BREAK.
SO WHILE YOU LOAD THAT, I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO LOOK IT UP.
SO I LOOKED, UM, WE UPDATED THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE PILLARS.
AND I FOUND, I FOUND THE COUNCIL ITEM.
IT WAS ON JUNE 6TH, UM, AGENDA ITEM 12.1.
UM, AND I, I HAVE THE PAGE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY I CAN GET THIS TO YOU, BUT YEAH, NO, THE, THE, THE, THERE WERE EDITS MADE.
UM, THERE WERE, THE PILLARS WERE KIND OF BROKEN DOWN INTO SHORTER PILLAR STATEMENTS WITH, UM, ABOUT THREE, THREE TO FOUR OBJECTIVES UNDER EACH.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT, HOW IT MEASURES UP WITH WHAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO, AND WHETHER YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO CLEAR I'M BACK THE, THE OBJECTIVES ALONG WITH THE PILLARS OR JUST THE PILLARS.
SO, SO, UM, HERE I CAN RESHARE THIS AGAIN.
UM, BUT WHAT WAS WRITTEN UNDER THE CREATE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE WAS MAINTAIN, I'M SORRY.
THE CITY OF HU IS PROUD TO BE CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS.
IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING THE STANDARD, HU WILL SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE BY IMPROVING THE PARK SYSTEM AND ADDING ENTERTAINMENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE, DAN? OKAY.
SO IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING THE STANDARD, HU WILL SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE BY CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT IS ENGAGED, TOLERANT, AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT EVERYONE LEVERAGING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES, BUILD AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL THEY BELONG AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
AND THEN THERE WERE, THEN THERE WERE A SERIES OF OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH THAT.
UH, I'M, I'M ALWAYS, I'M, I'M ALREADY SEEING, I'M SEEING THE COVER SLIDE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO DAN WAS VERIFYING, UH, AH, THE CONFIRMED THE LANGUAGE.
SO THE LANGUAGE THAT WE DO HAVE IS, UM, WHAT HE JUST READ, MAINTAIN, STANDING AS ONE OF THE OKAY.
WELL, THAT PART, UM, CREATING COMMUNITY THAT HAS ENGAGED, TOLERANT, AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT EVERYONE LEVERAGING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES, BUILD ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYONE CAN FEEL THAT THEY BELONG AND HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KEEPING IN THE DOCUMENT.
I, YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD STATEMENT.
I, IS THERE ANY, WELL, I GUESS IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.
I, I, WE, YEAH, WE WERE JUST VERIFYING THAT DAN JUST VERIFY THAT THIS WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOING BY THE, I THINK SHE MAY HAVE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS DOING.
AND SHE IS, UM, OUR NEW THINK, SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW PROBABLY SOME GRACE THERE.
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CORE ETHOS AND DECISION MAKING, ENSURING ITS PRINCIPLES, GUIDE, DAILY GOVERNANCE AND POLICY.WHERE IS THAT? LET ME CO, LET ME SEE IF I CAN JUST COPY THAT TEXT INTO THE CHAT HERE.
AND WHERE, WHERE, UH, WHAT, WHAT, WHERE WAS, I MEAN, WHAT WAS THAT TEXT? UM, WE UPDATED THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE PASSED THAT LAST MONTH.
SO, BUT IS THAT LIKE A NEW PILLAR OR JUST LIKE AN OVERALL ADDITIONAL STATEMENT? YEAH, WE, WE JUST ADDED OBJECTIVES UNDERNEATH EACH OF THE PILLARS.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW EXPAND, YOU'RE NOW TAKING FOUR PILLARS AND STARTING TO EXPAND.
UM, I KIND OF HAVE A FEW NOTES AS WE MOVE SLIDE BY SLIDE.
I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS TO NOTE, BUT I'LL LET Y'ALL SEE WHATEVER, AND THEN I CAN TALK AND SLIDE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY CHANGES.
UM, THE ONLY FORMATTING, UM, REQUEST WOULD BE, UM, TO CHANGE THE GREEN FONT TO LIGHT OH.
AND REMOVE THE CITY OF PU BECAUSE OUR LOGO LOGO IS ALREADY, UM, OH, YEAH.
AND MAYBE PUTTING, UM, LIKE, AND THEN JUST PUTTING OUT THE ACRONYM EIB THAT WAY LATER IN THE SLIDES, THEY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT THAT'S GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH.
SO INSTEAD OF LIKE, SITTING HERE AND, AND, UM,
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS, UM, JUST PUT A CHECK MARK IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THINGS, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK AND UPDATE EVERYTHING HERE TODAY.
YEAH, THESE ARE, UM, YEAH, THEY GO HOME.
SO, UM, THE THOUGHT HERE WAS TO POTENTIALLY CONVERT THE TWO TABLES INTO TWO DIFFERENT SLIDES TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE AND TO MINIMIZE THE WORDING INTO A BULLET POINT FORM.
UM, THAT WAS SOME FEEDBACK I RECEIVED FROM A COLLEAGUE.
SO OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST INPUT IF Y'ALL THINK, IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S QUITE NECESSARY, BUT, UM, WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS TRY TO, YOU WANNA TRY TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FIT ON ONE PAGE? YEAH.
SO BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE RIGHT UP, THEY'LL SEE RIGHT UP FRONT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FOUR FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS AND FIVE INITIAL PRIORITY AREAS, AND MAYBE TWO STAN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU HAD IT, UM, YOU CAN CLICK AND THE FIRST ONE SHOWS, AND THEN YOU CLICK AGAIN, AND THEN THE PRIORITY AREAS COME UP.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING.
UH, SO THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN, IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS, THE, THE, THE TRAINING CITY COUNCIL DID RECEIVE TRAINING.
AND THEN WE DIDN'T REALLY RECEIVE TRAINING.
I GUESS WE HAD A STRATEGIC WORK SESSION.
UM, BUT Y'ALL ALSO HAD, UM, THE LEARNING AS WELL.
I EVEN DID A, I DID AN, I DID A, UH, A TRAINING SESSION FOR THE D AND I COMMISSION, LIKE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, BUT I THINK THERE'S NOBODY
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THAT'S STILL ON IT THAT WAS ON IT THEN, EXCEPT MAYBE TARA.THEN THEY SPONSORED, THEN WE, THE TRAINING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, LAST YEAR, LATE LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, AND YOU ALSO DID IT AGAIN FOR THIS COMMISSION? YEP.
UH, BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE, YEAH.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
WE, UH, JUST PUT IN THERE THAT WE, THE TRAINING WAS FOR CITY COUNCIL AND FOR THE COMMISSION THAT BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION RECEIVE TRAINING.
I THINK IT'S GOOD TO REMIND, JUST SO WE KNOW WHO RECEIVED TRAINING.
AND ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POWERPOINT IS LIKE A SUMMARY OF THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT AND THEN THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT.
I, UH, YEAH, I COVERED ALL, LIKE, WHO RECEIVED HOW TRAINING WHEN, OKAY.
CAN YOU MOVE STRATEGIC AWAY FROM THE LITTLE GALAXY SPINNING THING? BECAUSE JUST IT'S KIND OF COVERING UP, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU JUST TAKE THE WHOLE KIND OF MOVE IT SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AND TO THE END UP.
DID YOU GO BACK ONE MORE TIME, CHRISTIE? IT WAS REFERRING TO THE WORD STRATEGIC BEING ON THE LITTLE YEAH.
CIRCULAR THING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
I'M GONNA MAKE THE CHANGES AFTERWARDS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE TO LIKE TOGGLING OVER AND YEAH.
I'M TAKING NOTES HERE, SO, OKAY.
COREY'S LIKE, IT'S NOT MOVING.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO OUTTA, YOU HAVE TO GO OUTTA PRESENTATION MODE TO MAKE CHANGES AND IT GETS REAL CUMBERSOME.
ANYTHING, UM, ON THE HIGHLIGHTED DEIB STRATEGIC PLAN? LIKE ANY STRATEGIC PLAN IS A LIVING ONGOING DOCUMENT CONTINUE.
WE'RE FINISHED WITH THAT SLIDE.
ALSO THE LOGO AGAIN HERE ON NUMBER FOUR.
ANYTHING? I DON'T, ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD.
UM, SO THIS ONE, THE ONLY THING, UM, TO NOTE IS WE TECHNICALLY, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE.
IT'S A DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY.
UM, YEAH, JUST LIKE AS A PHOTO, MAYBE
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A, A POLICE PHOTO.UM, AND I CAN MAYBE INSERT ONE WITH OUR, I THINK WE HAVE STOCK PHOTO OF OUR CURRENT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHAT I, I HAD AND POP HIM ON THERE.
BECAUSE I HAVE, YEAH, I HAVE A LIBRARY OF STATE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LI I HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO A LIBRARY OF, OF STOCK PHOTOS THAT I PAY FOR.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE, THAT'S YOUR ACTUAL PEOPLE DO IT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SLIDE? LET ME ASK YOU THIS BEFORE WE PUT THE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION, DO WE HAVE TO GET ANY KIND OF RELEASE OF NO, THERE'S STAFF.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY
HR, WE COUNCILS AND COMMISSION.
LEMME ASK, WE GO BACK TO THAT PHOTO.
WILL YOU, IS THERE A WAY YOU HAVE A STOCK PHOTO IF THEY'RE SITTING AROUND A TABLE? DO YOU HAVE ONE WITH LIKE A WHEELCHAIR PER, UH, PRO? SO STAN, HOLD THESE.
I WAS JUST, SO I DIDN'T PUT THESE TOGETHER.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO NO, I'M JUST ASKING ANYTHING, BUT YES.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
I DON'T HAVE STOCK OF THAT WITH A A CN.
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SOMETHING THAT HAS, THAT WE CAN POP IN THERE.
SO, UM, AND I'M GLAD THAT I HAD ANOTHER PERSON LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE IT KIND OF YEAH.
SO THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, UM, WHY IS MASSACHUSETTS BEING USED OR IS THIS AN EXAMPLE? IF WE HAVE OUR OWN, USE THAT, OR POSSIBLY REMOVE THIS SLIDE.
SO, I MEAN, I KIND OF UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT FROM THE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MM-HMM.
DO WE EVEN HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THERE? BECAUSE WE'RE REFERENCING IT, WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL HAVE THE REFERENCE IS YOU HAVE ALL OF THE REFERENCES IN YOUR, UM MM-HMM.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE, YEAH, THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD ALWAYS TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A FOUNDATIONAL SUMMARY STATEMENT.
YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, THE REFERENCES IN WRITTEN DOCUMENT, YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT OFF THE SLIDE, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT I CAN SEE WHY IT WOULD BE TAKEN OUT.
'CAUSE JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A, IT, THE STATEMENT IS LIFTED WORD FOR WORD.
UM, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE OKAY STANDING IN YOUR OPINION JUST TO REMOVE THAT REFERENCE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST.
YEAH, TYPICALLY IF YOU, IF YOU REMOVE THE, THE PAGE FIVE AND JUST ITALICIZE THE, UH, THE VERBS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT CAME FROM A, I DUNNO.
SO IT'S OKAY TO REMOVE IT AS LONG AS IT'S MENTIONED LATER WOULD BE THE WHOLE SLIDE? NO, NO, JUST THAT PAGE, PAGE PAGE FIVE.
TAKING OUT THE ITALICIZED PART BECAUSE IT'S REFERENCED IN THE, OKAY, GOT IT.
UH, AND BY THE WAY, I, THE STOCK, THE STOCK PHOTO COMPANY DOESN'T HAVE ONE OF ANYBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR, BUT I, IT DOES HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE SITTING AROUND A TABLE WHERE YOU DON'T SEE THE CHAIRS OR WHAT THEY'RE SITTING IN.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF ASSUME THAT ONE HAS A WHEELCHAIR.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE THAT'S JUST LIKE SIX, SIX DIVERSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FIVE OF THEM ARE STANDING AND ONE IS, IS USING A WHEELCHAIR.
BUT I CAN, WHAT I CAN DO IS I'LL SEND A FEW PHOTOS, UH, AFTER OFF THE PHONE, UH, TO CHRISTIE AND SHE CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHICH ONES SHE MIGHT WANNA PUT IN THERE.
WELL, AND IF WE DID HAVE A PICTURE OF OUR PEOPLE, SO, OR ARE WE SAYING TO USE BOTH PHOTOS, PICTURE OF HUDDLE PEOPLE,
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AND A PHOTO? IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.SO WHEN I WAS REFERENCING THE, SPECIFICALLY THE PICTURE OF, UM, THE STAFF, THE FIRE, FIRE PEOPLE, IT'S BECAUSE WE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A STAFF OF US.
SO WE COULD INSERT, WE COULD INSERT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, OR WE COULD FIND SOME OTHER STAFF PHOTOS.
BUT, UM, THE POLICE SINCE IT WAS HIRED WE'RE LIKE, OH, WELL, MAYBE JUST IN THE, THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, BUT LIKE THE OTHER ONE WAS LIKE A VOTE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I, I DON'T WANNA LIKE RETHINK WHATEVER THE, THE THING WAS JUST WANTED TO, UM, BRING THAT, THAT OBVIOUS NOTE UP.
AND, AND KIND OF WHEN I'M, I'M VIEWING IT AS BEING NEW TO THE COMMISSION THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT IT, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, THAT'S GONNA GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, INCLUSION, BELONGING.
YOU WANT TO GET JUST SAY A THOUSAND WORDS, RIGHT? SO JUST HAVING THAT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WHERE AM I BELONGING IN HERE? IF I'M IN A, YOU KNOW, MM-HMM.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
I HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS YOU CAN PUT IN.
LIKE, I HAVE ONE JUST AS A BUNCH OF HANDS, LIKE TOGETHER IN A CIRCLE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF IMPLIES A GROUP OF DIVERSE PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE USED INSTEAD.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS SLIDE? SIX, TWO DOWN THERE.
THERE'S ANY, SO WHAT, WHEN WE HAVE RIGHT THERE, CONSIDER, UH, ESTABLISHED FOCUS, UH, ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT WE SAID EXAMPLE YOUTH.
ARE WE GONNA USE THE SAME KIND OF VER UH, VERBIAGE, YOUTH OR GENERATION GENERATIONAL VOICES? GENERATIONAL VOICES I STAYING CONSISTENT WITH? YEAH, DEFINITELY.
WE DON'T HAVE A, UM, CITY SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM.
I WAS GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION.
SMALL EMERGING BUSINESS OR W YEAH, SO THAT'S ALL THROUGH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
ALL EVERYTHING THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW IS FOLLOWED.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BROKEN OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY OR IF THAT'S JUST IN GENERAL.
WE HAVE FOR CERTAIN THINGS WE, UH, HUB COMPLIANT THOSE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR CITY WHEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT BREAKING IT OUT AS FAR AS A SEPARATE, OR YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS PUT, CONSIDER A CITY SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM TO ASSURE FAIRNESS TO CITY CONTRACTS.
'CAUSE THESE STATEMENTS ARE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, NOT ASSUMING THAT YOU DO OR DON'T HAVE IT TODAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SIT WORD CONSIDERS THAT LAST BULLET POINT.
THERE WAS ONE ON, UM, JUST GOING BACK JUST A LITTLE ON PRIORITY AREA, TWO FREQUENT.
SHOULD IT BE FREQUENT COMMUNICATION IS KEY VERSUS COMMUNICATION ABOUT, SORRY, WHERE IS IT? THE LAST, THE LAST LINE.
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MY POOR ENGLISH.NO, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT THINGS OVER AND OVER, YOU JUST NEVER
WELL, I'M SURE WHEN YOU DO THIS, 'CAUSE YOU'VE DONE SO MANY, YOUR BRAIN IS GOING A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR, AND YOU'RE LIKE, BUT
I PROBABLY WROTE THAT PURPOSELY ON THAT THINKING IT'S FREQUENT COMMUNICATIONS INSTEAD OF COMMUNICATION PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE WRONG.
YOU KNOW, IF A COMMUNICATION IS BETTER.
YOU GOT ME NOW LOOKING AT THE S ON THE COMMUNICATIONS ON THE, UH, LINE UP.
IT'S CRITICAL THAT OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP OH, THE LINEUP.
UH, I KNOW DOES, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK THE PERSON HASN'T BEEN HIRED YET, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA CALL VICE PRESIDENT OR DIRECTOR.
SO WE HAVE THE, SHE'S, UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
AND IT, IS IT COMMUNICATIONS WITH AN S OR COMMUNICATION WITH WITH OS IN TERMS OF TITLE? IT'S AN S OKAY.
DO YOU WANNA LEAVE IT AS LEADER THOUGH? BECAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE FUTURE MANAGER.
YOU CAN CHANGE IT IF YOU NOW HAVE SOMEBODY.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT WHEN I STARTED DOING THIS, COMMUNICATION WAS NOT ON BOARD YET.
I THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO CALL IT BY WHAT IT'S CALLED.
CALL IT BY WHAT IT'S CALLED NOW THAT YOU, NOW THAT YOU HAVE IT.
I WAS JUST THINKING INSTEAD OF LIKE ALL DIVERSE HUDDLE RESIDENTS, ALL HUDDLE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING IN A POSITIVE WAY, ALL DIVERSE HUDDLE RESIDENT.
SAY WE'RE NOT SEGMENTING, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? OH, HOLD OVER.
SO PEOPLE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE THINGS LITERAL SUDDENLY.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, LET, DO, OFFER SUGGESTIONS.
SOUNDS, SEEMS A LITTLE AWKWARD WORDING.
WELL, BECAUSE THIS, THESE ARE THE STEPS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WOULD YOU TAKE, WOULD YOU TAKE OFF THE PLUS TWO OFFER SUGGESTION ADDITIONS AND ET CETERA, MAY, MAYBE JUST OFF SUGGESTIONS, ADDITIONS, ET CETERA.
INSTEAD OF, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THAT THERE'S NO CLOSED PARENTHESES ON THAT ONE.
UM, WOULD IT BE, WILL IT, WILL IT END UP BEING CALLED DIVERSITY EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION, OR INCLUSION BELONGING COMMISSION? WOULD THERE BE AN AND BEFORE THE LAST WORD? I'VE ALWAYS, I'VE ALWAYS SAW THAT WHEN IT WAS ONLY D AND I THAT THERE WAS ALWAYS AN AND, BUT THEN WHEN PEOPLE STARTED USING DEI.
AND D-E-I-B-I ALWAYS SAW IT WITHOUT THE, AND OKAY.
UM, WHAT IN, OKAY, THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT.
INSTEAD OF DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER.
PARTNER WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
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COLLABORATE OR COLLABORATE.COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
DO YOU THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE? OR PARTNER? WELL, THE THING IS, IS WON'T, YOU KNOW, UH, DOESN'T THE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS IF, IF THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL WANTS, YOU KNOW, THE LEAD, THE CITY LEADER AND THE STAFF TO DO THIS, DON'T THEY SORT OF DIRECT, THEY SUGGEST TO THE CITY MANAGER? OR DO THEY DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER? I'LL LET DAN ANSWER.
UM, SO YOU MIGHT JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT THESE ARE NEXT STEPS THAT YOU WANT COUNCIL TO TAKE.
THEN IT ALL MAKES MORE BETTER SENSE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO UPDATE THE, SOME NEXT STEPS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER? YEAH.
AND DOWN THERE WHERE IT SAYS, ASSIST US, MAYBE PUT, ASSIST THE COMMISSION.
ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN FINDING MORE HUDDLE PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THE, IN THIS WORK.
HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT WORDING.
ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN FINDING MORE HUDDLE.
DO PEOPLE TO ENGAGE HUDDLE INSTEAD OF PEOPLE TO BE IN THIS WORK.
'CAUSE MAYBE THAT'S ALSO REFERRING TO STAFF AND OTHERS WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE RESIDENT.
UM, AND SHOULD THE LAST ONE SAY AGREE TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION, UH, ESTABLISHING A TIMELINE, OR, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IS YOUR POINT THERE, UM, STAN, THAT THE, THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A TIMELINE FOR ACTION PLANS.
AGREE TO SUPPORT PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY, I WANT THEM TO SAY, YES, COMMISSION, I WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
YOU AGREE TO THE COMMISSION OR, YOU KNOW YEAH.
WAY TO SUPPORT THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE WHAT I DID, I KIND OF LIKE SHORTENED SOME OF THE BULLETS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE DOCUMENT.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FULL, THE FULL BULLET IS ALL PARTIES TO REVIEW THIS PLAN AND DETERMINE A TIMELINE ON HOW TO STAGE THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS WITH A FOCUS ON ITEMS THAT CAN BE WORKED ON IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WHICH IS A LOT OF WORDING.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, A POWER, A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS SORT OF LIKE A SUMMARIZATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE 12 PAGES OF WRITTEN STUFF.
JUST SAY SUPPORT PUTTING TOGETHER A TIMELINE.
MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE NET.
AND THEN I HAVE SOME BACKUP SLIDES AFTER THE QUESTIONS.
AND THESE TWO SLIDES, THIS SHOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA AND WHAT WE, THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, UH, IN THE TWO EVENINGS THAT I WAS THERE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION.
UH, THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE STRATEGIC COLORS VER YOU KNOW, VERBATIM.
BECAUSE YEAH, THESE WERE HIS, AT LEAST THE ONE I GOT.
SO IS THIS LIKE A DUPLICATE SLIDE OR NO, IT WAS THE OTHER SLIDE.
NOW THE OTHER SLIDE BASICALLY JUST HAD THE BOLD WORDING AND THEN, AND THEN I HAD, UH, COMMENTARY ON HOW DEIB CONNECTS TO THOSE FOUR.
SO THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE MAINLINE PRESENTATION JUST SAYS, COLLABORATE FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EFFICIENCY, AND THEN SOME
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VERBIAGE ON HOW DEIB CONNECTS TO THAT.WELL, THEY GET THE SLIDES IN THEIR PACKETS TOO.
SO THEY'LL GET THAT TO TAKE AWAY, BUT AGAIN, THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED, SO YEAH.
HAVEN'T ALREADY EVEN SENT MM-HMM.
UM, BUT THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE ALL THAT AFTER TO THAT FURTHER.
SO THOSE STRATEGIC PILLARS, UH, AND DIDN'T CHANGE.
I, I BELIEVE THAT MATCHES WHAT WE HAVE.
I, I DID PUT THE, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND A FILE IN THE CHAT WITH THAT AGENDA ITEM FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IS CONSTRUCTED ON THE LEFT THERE.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S A REAL, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT SLIDES THE VERBIAGE.
SO NOW WE'RE TALKING, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL SESSION.
AND THAT'S, UM, SAM, WHEN YOU SAID THAT SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD THAT YOU BE THERE, SOMETIMES NOT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO DECIDE, UM, FIRST OF ALL, MAYBE ONE WAY WE CAN DO IT IS WHAT TYPE OF OBJECTION, NOT OBJECTIONS.
MAYBE CONCERNS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY STATED SOME, SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF PEOPLE READ THE APPENDIX ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND INFORMATION, IF THEY HAVE, IF THEY WILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS, UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK, STAN? I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, ME NOT BEING THERE KIND OF REALLY SHOWS THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION TO THIS WORK.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DID THIS WORK FOR YOU ALL.
I, I, THAT'S WHAT MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, PROBABLY ASK YOU, COREY, DO YOU THINK THAT WE WOULD, OR WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT WE MIGHT RUN INTO SOME RESISTANCE? WELL, OKAY.
WELL, AND I'M JUST BEING HONEST,
THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL THAT SAYS, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? YEAH.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORK, WE, UH, WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON AND, UM, ALSO, UM, THEY CITY COUNCIL, UH, BUDGETED FOR YES, THEY DID, UH, FOR THIS, UH, WHICH INDICATES IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT.
AND, UM, AND WE ARE, AND IT IS CLOSELY TIED AND CONNECTED TO, UH, THE, THE CITY'S THE PILLARS.
UM, AND THAT IT INCORPORATES, UM, UM, NOT JUST, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY, BUT, UH, CITY GOVERNMENT AS WELL.
AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD WANT TO MENTION THE, THE, THE OBVIOUS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IN, IN, IN HURO WE HAVE HAD SOME, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? A RACIAL STRIFE.
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YOU KNOW, IT, WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, BE UNDERTAKEN AND SUPPORTED BY THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN, SO THAT THE, THE CITIZENS OF HUDDLE WILL SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES THESE MATTERS SERIOUSLY AND, AND, UH, WANTS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.I THINK THE OTHER TWO THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW OF OF COURSE IS, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU KNOW, PAGE TWO ON THE D AND I COMMISSION BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, EDICTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SAYING THAT WE REFORM THIS COMMISSION.
UH, AND THE FIRST POINT OF IT WAS, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES WAS CREATING FOCUS RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIC TO HUDDLE RELATED TO EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT ISSUES THAT YOU'RE JUST BASICALLY DOING WHAT YOU ARE ASKED TO DO, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, TO, AND YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, OH, YOU ALWAYS NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGY AND A PLAN AND NOT JUST DO THINGS HAPHAZARDLY.
AND THEN SECONDLY, ON SLIDE 14, YOU KNOW, AND IS THE KIND OF THE STATEMENT OF THE BUSINESS CASE THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING, UH, THAT OUR POPULATION'S BECOMING MORE DIVERSE.
AND THEN YOU OVERLAY THAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA RECRUIT AND ONBOARD THE VERY BEST TALENT, UH, AND THAT INCLUDES DIVERSE PEOPLE.
WHEN WE BRING DIVERSE EMPLOYEES TOGETHER, WE WANT THEM TO FEEL WELCOMED AND VALUED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, AND WANNA STAY AND GROW THEIR CAREERS HERE, THAT WHEN WE EMBRACE DIVERSITY, WE'RE GONNA GET MORE CREATIVE WITH OUR IDEAS AND HAVE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. SO YOU CAN KIND OF STEP THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ALSO THE, THE OVERALL DEIB, UH, BUSINESS CASE.
AND THAT WAS COVERED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY IN THE TRAINING THAT CITY COUNCIL DID.
SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND REFER TO, YOU KNOW, THAT TRAINING SESSION WHERE WE SPENT TIME GOING OVER, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMPELLING BUSINESS RATIONALE OR FOCUSING ON DEIV MM-HMM.
SO I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF MY PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT I THINK YOU MIGHT HEAR FROM COUNCIL, WHERE I THINK YOU MIGHT PERFECT.
I THINK THAT YOU'LL POTENTIALLY GET QUESTIONS.
UH, WELL, I THINK YOU WANNA FOCUS ON WHY YOU WANT THE NAME CHANGE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF DEIB VERSUS DNI.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU DON'T MAKE THAT CASE, YOU'LL GET SOME FEEDBACK ON WHY IT SHOULD CHANGE.
I THINK IF YOU MAKE THE CASE AND YOU EXPLAIN WHY, THEN HOPEFULLY THAT THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
UM, OH, WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING OF? OH, SO I MEAN, WE ARE DEFINITELY, UM, CHALLENGE ON OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THE PART ABOUT BUDGETING THAT MAY JUST GENERATE SOME QUESTION ON ITS OWN, I THINK, UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT AS WE DO SCHEDULE EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE HAVE DEIB IN MIND AS PART OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS.
SO IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE EVENT SCHEDULING.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WE, WE WOULD LOVE, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVENTS THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, AROUND DEIB THINGS, BUT JUST THAT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ALL OUR EVENTS WITH THAT MINDSET OF MAKING SURE WE'RE INCLUDING EVERYBODY, MAKING SURE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU KEEP, WHAT DO YOU MODIFY? WHAT DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU BRING IN NEW EVENTS? MM-HMM.
AND SO BUDGET PART, YOU MAY JUST HAVE SOME PUSHBACK OF, WELL, THERE'S NOT MUCH MONEY IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY KIND OF A NORMAL THING WITH A LOT OF GOVERNMENT ANYWAY.
BUT, BUT, BUT YOU ASSISTED US.
UM, DAN, I FELT LIKE LAST, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS AGO IN GETTING THE BUDGETING AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS, IS THAT THE COMMISSION STARTED TO BECOME MORE IN LINE WITH BUDGETING PROCESS.
WHAT I FOUND IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU, IT IT, AND IT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT WAS NOT ON PURPOSE, BUT THEY WAIT TILL LATE.
AND WE STARTED WITH THAT FEBRUARY MEETING, SHOWED US HOW TO GET IN LINE NOW, HEY, WE ARE GONNA BE
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TO, UM, HAVE THAT FOCUS.SO I, AND, AND ALSO THE, WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED SOME WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR OWN BUDGETS FOR SOME THINGS LIKE FA MAYBE FOR WHEN THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEARNINGS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.
WHAT ELSE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, DAN, THAT YOU THINK, UH, QUESTION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU CAN THINK MIGHT COME UP? I MEAN, THERE, THERE IS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE MIGHT, UM, THERE.
I THINK YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE RIGHT THAT, THAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL HAS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, SIGNED OFF ON A LOT OF THIS.
AND I MEAN, WE, WE ADJUSTED THE STRATEGIC PILLARS TO PUT MORE FOCUS ON THIS.
AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS AT ALL.
IT, IT'LL, IT'LL BE DETAILS THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BRING UP OR SOMETHING.
AND I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN MIND.
I, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ALWAYS LOOKS AT A PLAN AND SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, I DID TALK TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT THIS, AND HE TALKED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO THAT IS WHAT IS IN HIS MIND, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE TO BE, TO BE HONEST, THE QUESTION SHOULD BE BE, WHICH I THINK WE DID COVER THAT, IS HOW CAN EACH PERSON HELP, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR DEPARTMENT AND THAT.
BUT, UM, HE DID BRING THAT UP ABOUT QUOTE UNQUOTE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE HOW TO MAKE THE COMMISSION ACCOUNTABLE, OR NO, IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR.
SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S, YOU KNOW WHAT? WELL, YEAH.
WELL THEN I, YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT PART, PART OF THE ANSWER THAT I CAN SEE THERE IS THAT, IS IT REALLY THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHT.
THAT THERE'S A CHARTER, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT SPELLS OUT HOW TO HANDLE THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY OUR PURVIEW.
IT'S NO, WELL, ACCOUNTABILITY COMES FROM, YOU HAVE TO, UH, WHEN FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND ACCOUNTABILITY, IT'S A TRAINING ASPECT OF IT.
BUT ONCE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM YEAH.
AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS DOING.
THIS IS PROVIDING A ROADMAP FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO ONCE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, US AS, AS A COMMISSION CAN GUIDE, UH, THOSE AS FAR AS THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT AS FAR AS THE ACCOUNTABILITY, IT STARTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ITSELF.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DOING.
AND I, THE REASON I LIKE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION IS REALLY HELPS YOU TO LOOK AT YOU ABSOLUTELY.
NOT WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING.
I LIKE, I THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECT.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT YOURSELF, THE MIRROR YOU, AND, AND MAKE YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE ANYONE ELSE ACCOUNTABLE.
SO ALL OF US HAVE, I MEAN, IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL STATED IN HERE, BUT IT'S LIKE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY MISS THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THAT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING WHAT MAY COME UP.
ARE YOU GONNA BE AT THE, AT THE WORK SESSION? IT SOUNDS LIKE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE I NEED WORK SESSION.
I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST TRYING TO PREPARE, UM, US SO WE ARE NOT THROWN OFF, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT PROBABLY IS GONNA BE BROUGHT UP.
NOW WE, AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH, UM, THE POWERPOINT, YES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ IT TO THEM.
ARE WE GOING TO, BUT JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE BULLETS.
THAT'S WHAT I HAD PLANNED TO DO.
JUST BECAUSE ADULTS DON'T LIKE TO BE READ TO NO.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE KEY, YOU KNOW, KEY NUGGETS AND SOME THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT I WAS GONNA INCLUDE, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH, UM, THE ECONOMIC, UM, GROUP.
WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY HAVE STARTED MM-HMM.
SO GOOD PART, I WAS GONNA KIND
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OF WEAVE THAT INTO OKAY.TO IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST REMEMBER, UM, WHICH I THOUGHT, I MEAN, IT WAS GOOD.
PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED THEN THE FIRST, THE FIRST MEETING THAT I HAD SET FEBRUARY MEETING WITH THE, I THINK IT, IT WAS WHILE THE COMMISSION, THE BOARD, ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ASKING LIKE, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS LIKE, ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS? ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT? ARE YOU GONNA DO? AND WE HAD NOT EVEN HAD ONE MEETING.
YOU KNOW, SO JUST WANNA BE PREPARED, YOU KNOW? SO WHAT ELSE DOES ANYBODY, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE ALREADY WELL PREPARED AND YOU'LL BE EVEN BETTER PREPARED COME THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND IT, I THINK I FEEL, UH, CONFIDENT TOO, DAN, KNOWING THAT YOU WILL BE THERE AND, AND YES.
UH, AND, AND I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, SAY FEEL FREE TO, UH, YES.
TO, TO CHIME IN WHEN, WHEN YOU FEEL, UH, UH, THAT IT'D BE, WOULD BE HELPFUL AND THE SAME.
THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAYING THE SAME BEFORE.
JUST BECAUSE I'M, I AM GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT, YOU WANT TO
YOU KNOW, TO DIVE IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN QUESTIONS ARE ASKED OR WHATEVER.
UM, 'CAUSE I WANT THEM TO START SEEING US AS A WORKING BODY, AS A GROUP AND RIGHT.
SO, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS A ROADMAP AND IT, IT, IT'S A, LIKE THE TERM, IT'S A, IT'S A, NOT A SPECIFIC, UH, IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE SPECIFIC ACTION STEPS.
YOU KNOW, A WEALTH OF, BUT IT, BUT IT, IT PROVIDES A MAP OF RIGHT.
OF, OF HOW TO PROCEED EVERY CREATED THAT THIS PLAN, WE DID IT, IT'S ONGOING.
AND WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS WHEN I WAS DOING THE TRAINING SESSION BACK LAST FALL, OR WAS IT WHENEVER JANUARY WHEN I WAS DOING THE CHANGE CITY COUNCIL, KIND OF AT END, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO FROM HERE? AND WE, AND I THINK EVERYBODY AGREED.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO ASK THE COMMISSION, UH, TO DEVELOP A DE, UH, YOU KNOW, A D AND I STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION.
'CAUSE YOU WERE THERE, YOU WERE THERE AND YOU SAT THROUGH THE SESSION, JACQUELINE.
AND THEY KIND OF WERE LIKE, OH GOSH, THIS IS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF.
SO IS A CONSENSUS THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE THERE.
PLUS I WAS GONNA BE TRAVELING AND I HAD TO AMEND MY TRAVEL PLAN.
SO I'M GLAD I CAN KEEP DOING WHAT I WAS GONNA DO.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO IT, SO IT'S OKAY IF WE, IF ANYBODY, ANYBODY, UH, OBJECTS WOULD JUST SAY, STAN TOLD US TO DO IT.
AND, UH, AND ALSO YOU WON'T BE THERE.
THAT'S NOT TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND, UH, AND ALSO AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, IT'S STILL ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOURS OF WORK LEFT TO DO LIKE A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DISCUSS FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED AT THE MEETING.
SO FEEL FREE TO SCHEDULE A FOLLOW UP WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND WHAT, WHAT THE REACTION WAS, UH, FROM, FROM THE COUNCIL.
SO THEN WE WOULD JUST DO THAT AND THEN WELL, WE, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THEY, THEY WILL SAY, WE'LL BE TAKING FEEDBACK, WE'LL BE TAKING NOTES FROM THEM AS WE GO ALONG.
AND, UM, THEN WE'LL SET UP TIMES FOR THE NEXT SESSION.
AND CHRISTIE, I JUST SENT YOU TWO, TWO ALTERNATE PHOTOS THAT YOU CAN USE.
AND I ALSO SENT, UH, SENT A NOTE CHRISTY, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M UP LIKE AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, WHICH FIVE 30 YOUR TIME.
SO IF ANY LIKE LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS COME UP AND YOU SEND THEM WHILE YOU'RE WORKING, I'LL REPLY AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
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ANYTHING ELSE? WE CAN MOVE, WE CAN MOVE TO 7.2 IF THERE'S NOT.I ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST ON THURSDAY.
UM, 7.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MEETING MINUTES FROM JUNE 18TH, 2024.
UM, I THINK WE, THE, SO THE, WE DID JUST HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE A MOTION.
A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES AND I SECOND.
OH, BUT THEN WE HAD TO VOTE, RIGHT?
HOW DO YOU'LL JUST SAY HOLD THE VOTE AND THEN I, I'LL JUST FREE EVERYONE'S NAME.
UH, COMMISSIONER COLEMAN? YES.
AND THEN, I THINK WE ALREADY HAD THIS OPEN DISCUSSION, 7.3 OPEN DISCUSSION AND FEW FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND I THINK WE'LL BE GETTING THOSE FROM THE COUNCIL.
AND WHAT I WAS GONNA DO, WELL, AS WE DO THAT, THERE'S THINGS IN HERE THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
I WAS GONNA PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND KIND OF KEEP A RUNNING LIST FOR EVERYBODY AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE AFTER, AFTER WE MEET WITH THEM ON THURSDAY.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEY ARE ABLE TO ATTEND A FEW MINUTES EARLY.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING CRAZY, MAYBE LIKE FIVE MINUTES EARLY, UM, TO JUST SET UP.
SO, SO HOW, UM, LOGISTICALLY HOW IT NORMALLY WORKS, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL SIT AROUND THE TABLE.
THEY, THEY NORMALLY TEND TO KIND OF SIT LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE PRESENTATION, UM, OH, IS HERE.
UM, NORMALLY, UM, SO MY NAME IS JUST BEHIND THE ITEM AGENDA 'CAUSE I'M THE STAFF, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO, THIS IS Y'ALL'S, UM, PRESENTATION.
SO I'LL JUST BE OVER HERE IF YOU NEED ME FOR ANYTHING.
I'LL BE LISTENING AND KEEPING NOTES.
BUT THIS IS Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE I'LL GET YOU ALL SET UP, UH, LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING, BUT I NEED THAT HELP
NO, AND ALL THAT WILL BE SET UP AND READY TO GO BY THE TIME YOU GET HERE.
UM,
SO FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, I JUST HAVE, WE WILL DEPEND ON DISCUSSION.
UH, BUT I CAN, I CAN JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, INITIALLY I THINK ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO IS TO, UM, ADOPT A TEMPLATE OR ESTABLISH A TEMPLATE MM-HMM.
UH, LIKE THE ONE, UH, THE EXAMPLE THAT STAND INCLUDED AT THE END OF THE, YES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT ONE, BUT SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SO AS WE, UH, PROCEED, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR ACTION STEPS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, UM, TO FILL OUT YES.
THE WORK OF STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE A TEMPLATE.
SO THEN MAYBE WE COULD, UH, LOOK AT IN, IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
TEMPLATE AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT IS SIX MONTHS, SO KIND OF MM-HMM.
KIND OF DRAFT A SIX MONTHS, 10 OF PLAN MM-HMM.
AND WITHIN THOSE SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING.
SO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENT MONTHS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER SIGNIFICANT MONTH, THOSE TYPE OF MM-HMM.
AND, AND OUR FISCAL YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1ST.
SO GIVEN THAT THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1ST, WE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY GOALS BEFORE.
WE'LL, WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY SAY.
YOUR ACTION ITEMS ARE YOUR, IS PRETTY MUCH, YOU LOOK AT YOUR GOALS, RIGHT? BASED ON YOUR ACTION ITEMS AND YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
YEAH, I HAVE, YEAH, I HAVE SOME, WHICH THERE LIKE WAYS THAT WE CAN, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY SAY IT NOW THAT THERE'S, NOW THERE'S FIVE OF US AND WE HAVE STRONG BACKGROUNDS AND THERE EVENTUALLY WILL BE SEVEN.
BUT WE CAN EVEN BREAK UP, LIKE SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU WERE INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO GET THAT FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLE.
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SAYING? YEAH.WE CAN JUST BREAK IT UP AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, I'M INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATIONS AND, AND, UM, LEARNING.
BUT WE CAN, EACH COMMISSIONER COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WORKING GROUPS WITH OTHERS THAT WE ALL DON'T HAVE TO MEET AT ONCE.
BUT THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, LIKE SAY FOR THE NEXT MONTH, WE SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING.
AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING HAPPENS.
BECAUSE NOW WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE, WE HAVE STRUCTURE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
AND ONE OTHER THING I REALLY WANNA DO IS I WANT TO, 'CAUSE I STARTED ONE OF THE, THE, UM, ONE OF THE PLANS.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR PHOTOS AND BACKGROUND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HELP THE COUNCIL.
LIKE THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE, MAY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, CORY COULD HELP WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I, I THINK ERIC COULD HELP WITH THIS.
I THINK JACQUELINE COULD HELP WITH THIS, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
TO HELP, TO HELP PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GOOD, SOLID PEOPLE.
LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, YOU ARE BILINGUAL, YOU KNOW? I DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVEN ANYBODY EVEN KNOWS THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THINGS LIKE THAT.
THERE WAS A LADY THAT WE COULD NOT INTERVIEW.
SHE HAD, UM, A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
SO WE'RE, I DON'T KNOW, HAVE, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? THE OTHER INTERVIEWEE, UH, WE HAVE NOT SCHEDULED IT YET.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, GET THAT FIGURED OUT AND REACH OUT TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA BE SCHEDULED.
UM, MAYBE, I THINK THAT'S IT THEN.
THEN NOW I SAY OFFICIALLY ADJOURN.
MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS MEETING.
AND SO THE OFFICIAL TIME IS SEVEN 40? YES.