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[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on August 20, 2024.]
WE'LL CALL, DID YOU STILL WANNA WAIT? OH, OKAY.SO WE'LL CALL THE SESSION TO ORDER AND THEN 6 0 4 AUGUST 20TH, 2004.
UM, THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
WE JUST, HOW DO WE DO THAT? UM, I CAN CALL IT ON TOO.
NOW SINCE THERE'S WELL PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE'S NOT PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE CITY.
UH, THE ONLY UPDATE I HAVE, UH, REALLY REFERS TO, UM, ITEM, LET'S SEE, 7.5.
SO I'LL JUST, UH, BRING THAT UP THEN.
AND THEN ALSO JUST YOUR AWARENESS.
I WANTED TO LET THE COMMISSION KNOW.
UM, AS FAR AS THE DEIB STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THIS COMMISSION AND THEN AFFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED, UM, EDUCATING THE STAFF ON SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THERE.
UM, NOT AS FAR LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, OF COURSE, IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND THE OTHER THINGS WILL BE COMING.
BUT I'VE MET WITH, UM, THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMPLIANCE HUB.
THEY WANTED TO, UM, FURTHER UNDERSTAND KIND OF HOW THIS WILL PLAY INTO THE OVERALL OPERATIONS OF CITY HALL.
UM, I'VE ALSO MET WITH THE HUB THAT I SERVE ON, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERIENCE HUB.
SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S JUST AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES AS WE, UM, CONTINUE TO, UM, KIND OF LOOK TO YOU ALL FOR A DIRECTION AND THAT FROM CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WAS ITEM FOUR, ITEM FIVE.
HOW MUCH FROM THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED? OKAY, SO I'M NO LONGER LIAISON.
I'M JUST A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OUT OF SEVEN.
SO JUST MOSTLY SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
UM, ONE QUESTION I DID WAS SUZANNE CAULFIELD, DID SHE GET INVITED TO THIS OR DID THAT? THE NEW MEMBER WHO WAS OKAY, WE HAD A NEW MEMBER APPOINTED, SO, OKAY.
I DID TALK TO ONE PERSON SATURDAY AT THE BUDGETS, UM, WORKSHOP DOWN IN THE LOBBY WHO SAID THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE LOOKING TO APPLY FOR SEVERAL BOARDS AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM.
AND SO I ENCOURAGED HIM TO GET ONLINE AND FILL THAT OUT.
UM, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF HE DOES.
'CAUSE THAT'LL BRING US TO SEVEN, I THINK.
SO, UM, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT IF IT'S A FIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINK AT A TIME, I GUESS.
UM, SO, UH, JACQUELINE, YOU HAD ASKED ME ABOUT BUDGET.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS NOTICED, BUT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE DID COME AND THREE OF THOSE TOGETHER AND ASKED FOR THE, THE THINGS FOR THEIR COMMISSION AND THE BUDGET AND SAID WHY THEY FELT THEY WERE IMPORTANT THAT TO, FOR THEM TO BE INCLUDED.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR YOU GUYS TO DO, EITHER AS A GROUP OR IF YOU WANNA DO IT INDIVIDUALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO AS FAR AS, UM, THE KIND OF LATE ADS OF, OF WHATEVER CONSULTING WE WANT TO ADD IN AND CONSULTING AND EDUCATION WE WANT TO ADD IN FOR NEXT YEAR THAT NEEDS TO COME IN.
'CAUSE THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET THAT COMES.
SO THAT REQUEST NEEDS TO COME IN.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS WANNA WORK THAT IF CHRISTIE'S INVOLVED, IF IT'S JUST THE BOARD DOING IT.
BUT HOWEVER THAT HAPPENS, THAT NEEDS TO COME AS THIS IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL SO THAT IT CAN GET PUT ON THE, PUT ON THE LIST WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I MEAN, WE'RE IN THE, WE'RE GONNA BE CUTTING A LOT, BUT WE ALWAYS ADD THINGS TOO.
IT'S NEVER JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT ONE OR THE OTHER.
IT'S ALWAYS CUT SOME THINGS, ADD SOME THINGS.
AND WHERE DOES THE BALANCE FALL? SO, UM, SO YEAH, THE EARLIER YOU BRING THE REQUEST BETTER, THERE IS A BUDGET SESSION ON THURSDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE READY OR NOT.
IF YOU'RE NOT, THERE'S, THE NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 5TH I THINK.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL STUFF IF YOU HAVE STUFF THAT WASN'T READY FOR A MEETING, BUT YOU WANT TO GET IT TO COUNCIL.
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SO, AND THAT CAN INCLUDE THE, THIS STUFF.
AND IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE THE OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC BUDGET.
IT'S SPREAD, BUT IT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED, BUT IT IS SPREAD THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET WITH EVENTS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT AND THINGS HERE AND THERE.
SO THERE IS STUFF THAT'S RELATED.
AND YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR WHATEVER YOU WANNA ADVOCATE FOR.
SO IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THAT'S FINE TOO.
SO JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS THERE BECAUSE WE GOT A FORMAL PROPOSAL FROM STAN, WHICH, YOU KNOW YEAH.
I MEAN, THERE, THERE WAS A JUNETEENTH OFFICIAL CITY EVENT THAT'S NEW.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE.
THAT'S ALL THROUGH PARKS, BUT I CAN PULL WHAT, UH, THE PROPOSAL WAS AND, AND SEND THAT OVER TO Y'ALL.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS ANY DIRECTION COMMISSION, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHAT SPECIFICALLY WILL BE BUDGETED FOR, EXCEPT FOR, UM, STANDS PROPOSAL.
BUT THERE WASN'T ANY SPECIFIC NUMBER WITH THE TRAINING.
WELL, IF THERE WAS WHAT STANDS PROPOSAL? SORRY.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER LINE IF IT WERE EVENTS OR SOME OTHER, UM, INFORMATION.
SO WAS THE TRAINING THAT, SO WE HAD THIS TRAINING FROM STAN.
WAS THAT, OR WAS THAT PART OF 2023? BUDGET? YEAH, THIS, SO THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING WITH STAN.
THAT'S PART OF THE LAST BUDGET.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW, UM, PROPOSAL FOR SEVERAL ITEMS. OKAY.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
I CAN SEE IT FELL SO SITTING
WE HEAR AND YOU WERE SAYING JUST I GET CAUGHT UP, JACQUELINE, YOU WERE SAYING THAT WE HAVE THE ONES TO GO OFF AND THEN THAT WAS REFERRING TO, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT, UM, CITY MANAGER HAD PROPOSED? WELL, NO, HE, THEY HAD PROPOSED DIFFERENT, UM, DIVERSITY EVENTS.
AND SO WE WANT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD THAT WE LOOK THERE TO SEE WHAT IS THERE ALREADY THERE.
SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REQUEST EXACTLY.
THEN AGAIN, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS MAY GET CUT TOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TREAD THAT VERY CAREFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY.
SO WE DON'T WANNA SAY, HEY, IT'S ALREADY IN THERE, SO IT'S GONNA BE FINE, BECAUSE IT MAY JUST GET CUT WITH ALL THE MM-HMM.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING, I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR, WHAT ARE THE REASONS WHY YOU SEE THAT AS IMPORTANT TO BE IN THERE? MM-HMM.
AND THEN THAT GETS IN FRONT OF ACCOUNT BECAUSE I, I LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND I SEE THINGS AND I SAY, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO KEEP THIS, I WANT TO KEEP THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE OTHER SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU MIGHT GET SOME OPPOSITION.
AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONVINCE SOME PEOPLE, SO TRY TO CONVINCE THEM.
WELL, WE, I MEAN, THE STARTING POINT I THINK IS SAM'S PROPOSAL TO PUT BACK ALL THOSE IN THERE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS INCLUDED.
AND THEY, WELL, IT DID MAKE IT IN.
I BELIEVE IT WASN'T UNDER, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH ONE OF THE TRAININGS UNDER, I BELIEVE Y'ALL'S BUDGET.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR AND PRESSING FOR.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE DO IT LIKE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE AND SO FORTH.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THEN WE DO IT THAT YOU CAN DO IT THEN IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ON THE 22ND, IT'D BE EVEN BETTER.
BUT I KNOW THAT'S THE 22ND, THAT'S ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY.
WELL, THE AGENDA'S ALREADY BEEN POSTED THOUGH.
THAT'S JUST THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.
SO YOU CAN JUST SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN SPEAK TO COMMENT ON THAT ITEM.
YOU CAN JUST SIGN UP TO SPEAK IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE DID IN FACEBOOK.
SO IF YOU WANT TO JUST SPEAK ABOUT IT AND, AND SAY THAT YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK ON SEPTEMBER 5TH WITH MORE DETAILS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER.
BUT IF YOU CAN, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THURSDAY AND YOU CAN SPEAK TOWARDS IT AT ALL, IT WOULD HELP, BECAUSE OKAY.
I MEAN, THERE'S STUFF THAT HAS TO GET CUT TO MAKE THE NUMBER AND
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CUTS ARE GONNA HAVE TO START SOON TO, TO GET THERE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW EASY THINGS TO CUT AND THEN IT GETS DIFFICULT TO, TO GET CONSENSUS.SO THAT, THAT'S, UM, OFFICIAL BUDGET MEETING THEN? YES.
IT STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK AND THE ONLY ITEM ON, ON THE MEETING IS THE BUDGET.
SO YEAH, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO COME AT SIX AND SPEAK PRETTY SOON AFTER SIX O'CLOCK.
AND THAT WOULD BE THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT OR EVEN CAN STILL COMMENT ON
IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ONLY ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
BECAUSE I WOULD START WITH THAT.
THEY APPROVED THESE THINGS TO DO AND
I PLAN ON DOING THAT A SECOND.
SO, SO THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND IS MEETING, BUT SEPTEMBER 5TH IS THE LAST, NO, I THINK SEPTEMBER 12TH IS SEPTEMBER 12TH IS THE ABSOLUTE LAST.
THAT'S WHEN THE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO VOTE, I THINK THE 12TH AND THEN IS IT AGAIN? 12TH.
FISCAL YEAR STARTS OCTOBER ONE.
AND SO THIS THURSDAY IS ONLY BUDGET.
SO THE WHOLE NIGHT IS FOR BUDGETS.
NUMBER FIFTH IS A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING BUDGET, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER BUSINESS TO DO.
WE, WE BETTER, WE BETTER GET SOME WORK DONE THIS THURSDAY, OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA BE HERE ALL NIGHT ON THE FIFTH.
NOW ITEM SIX, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK, WELL, WHERE WE ARE NOW, I, I'LL JUST START, UM, WHERE WE ARE NOW, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE BECAUSE NOW WE'RE TRANSITIONING, THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED AND NOW WE'RE GOING INTO A NEW PHASE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE GOT TO IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, WHICH IS I THINK REALLY GOOD.
AND IT WAS GREAT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, APPROVED EVERYTHING THAT WE ASKED FOR.
SO I HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, DAVID AND SHAY REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE, THE WAY THAT THEY SAID IS THAT IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED IT, THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY, THEY WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT US AND WORK WITH US AND SO FORTH REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY ASK IF THERE'S ANY COPY TO BE WRITTEN OR WHATEVER, THAT WE WOULD WRITE IT AND THEN THEY WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK IT OVER, REVIEW IT, AND, WHICH THAT'S FINE.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHAY MENTIONED SINCE SHE'S THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH HER AND THEN WE COULD DEVELOP A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FIND WHAT IS APPROVED WITH THE BUDGET AND THEN WHAT THINGS WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE.
THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT, UM, SHE SAID THAT WE WOULD DIRECT THEM TO DO.
LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, UPDATING THE WEBSITE, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
'CAUSE I NOTICED THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT BEEN UPDATED IN A WHILE.
UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOOD TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND ALSO, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH IRENE.
I SAID I WAS GONNA TALK WITH HER BECAUSE IN THE, THE, UM, PLAN THERE'S WORKING WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND SO FORTH.
SO WE'RE GONNA SET UP A TIME TO TALK, JUST TO JUST INTRODUCE HER WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING.
ONE THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, THIS MEETING, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE.
AND, UM, TARA TOLD ME SHE WAS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE HERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT.
NOW IF YOU WANTED, I'LL ALSO NOT BE HERE.
BUT I CAN, I CAN ALWAYS GET SOMEONE TO COME IN AND RUN THE MEETING, BUT JUST IF THAT HELPS WITH ANYTHING.
I WAS THINKING, CAN WE PUT IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME? UM, CAN WE RESCHEDULE? YEAH.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? THAT'S NORMALLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SEPTEMBER, THE THIRD WEEK, SEPTEMBER THE 17TH.
SO BOTH OF US ARE, SEVERAL OF US ARE NOT GONNA BE HERE.
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JEN OR 24TH IS OKAY WITH ME.YEAH, BECAUSE, AND TARA SAID THE 24TH WAS GOOD FOR HER TOO, SO CHANGE THAT.
BUT, UM, BUT IT WOULDN'T MATTER.
IT SOUNDS IT'S GOOD FOR Y'ALL THOUGH, THE 24TH.
CAN ASK THE QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU, DID SHE GIVE YOU A CALENDAR DATE? LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH COMMUNICATING, THEY'RE USUALLY ON A SCHEDULE, LIKE WHEN SHE NEEDED TO HAVE INFORMATION,
SHE, SHE WOULD LIKE TO FIRST FOR US TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
ONE THING LIKE MAYBE, UM, SHE, WHICH ONE THING I DID TALK TO SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE PLAN, THEY CAN POST THAT.
UM, AND THINGS AND UPDATE, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO PUT IN OUR, MAYBE WE'LL PROBABLY TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS STAN LEADS US THROUGH EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, ANY WHO, DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS? OKAY.
SO NOW WE'RE AT OTHER BUSINESS 7.1, UM, TO APPROVE THE MEETING MEMBER, UH, MEETING MINUTES FROM THE JULY 16TH.
ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, DAN, I KNOW IT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT OFFICIALLY, BUT I JUST FEEL
CAN I USE, CAN WE USE, YOU CAN ASK ME ANYTHING.
SO I'M JUST TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT ONE.
SO BECAUSE THAT GOES TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER GONNA HAVE OFFICIAL LIAISONS FOR COMMISSIONS UPDATE BY US, BY US AS COMMISSIONERS OR COMMISSIONER ME MEMBERS ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THAT'LL TAKE THE PLACE OF HAVING A LIAISON.
IS THAT THE IDEA? YEAH, THEY, YEAH.
THEY, THEY, AND THE SESSION THAT WE HAD IN FEBRUARY, THE INTENT, I THINK IS TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.
ALSO, WE HAD TO GET REGULAR FEEDBACK FROM BOARD.
AND I WASN'T HERE WHAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY? OH, WE, WE HAD ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ME YEAH.
ON SATURDAY MORNING, ALL OF THEM AT ONCE.
SO THAT THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO PRESENT WHAT THEY WERE WORKING ON AND WHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN.
AND THEN A LOT OF THEM SAW, OH, WE SHOULD TALK, WE SHOULD TALK WITH YOU GUYS.
BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND, AND THAT, THAT, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME OF THAT, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP, KEEP PUSHING THAT AND GET MORE INTERACTION BETWEEN BOARD.
AND THEN 6.3 COMMISSION DID NOT CONFIRM WORK SESSION DETAILS BECAUSE I, I MISSED MEANING.
SO I'M TRYING TO GET CAUGHT UP.
WHAT WAS THE WORK SESSION DETAILS? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWING 6.2, THE WORK SESSION THAT, I MEAN, WE WAS THE SLIDES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE PRE, WHEN WE PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL.
THE, THE SLIDES AND THE PLAN, THE UPDATED PLAN WE PRESENTED TO THEM.
SO THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START BECAUSE THEY APPROVED EVERY EVERYTHING.
SO ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MINUTES? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES.
SO YOU, YOU CALLED THE VOTE? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE NEXT ITEM, 7.2, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEIV STRATEGIC BANK.
AND THAT IS WHERE STAN COMES IN.
AND THAT'S, THIS WILL BE OUR LAST TIME FOR THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF BUDGET THAT WE'RE USING HIM TO COMPLETE THAT.
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CAN HEAR ME.SO, UH, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS LIKE TAKE YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS, UH, ON THE COMMISSION.
AND THEN I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT I'M RECOMMENDING AS IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS, INCLUDING DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU ALL, UH, YOU KNOW, CAN GET INVOLVED AND GET ENGAGED.
SO I'M GONNA BE SHOWING THREE SLIDES THAT I SHOWED WHEN I DID THE ACTUAL FIRST TRAINING, UH, OF THE COMMISSION.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE SEEING SLIDES.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.
STAN, BECAUSE OF, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, KIND OF BACKUP PLAN HERE, UH, YOU'RE ON A LAPTOP, SO THE COMMISSIONER, IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL.
AND EVEN IF YOU MADE IT BIGGER, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, EVEN IF IT WENT TO THE SCREEN.
SO MAYBE I I CAN TALK ABOUT IT VERBALLY.
AND I, I DO HAVE A, I THINK I HAVE A, ARE THESE THE SLIDES? I'M GONNA, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GONNA, AFTER THIS MEETING, I'M GONNA SEND YOU THESE SLIDES.
SO THAT YOU CAN INCLUDE THEM, YOU CAN INCLUDE THEM WITH THE MINUTES.
SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH IT.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I FIRST OF ALL SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO DEIB COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS REALLY DO? UH, AND YOU KNOW, FIRST IS YOU ASSIST IN THE CHANGE PROCESS.
YOU BASICALLY ACT AS THE ORGANIZATION'S EYES AND EARS, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF HUS, EYES AND EARS TO ASSURE THAT ALL STAKEHOLDERS EXPERIENCE THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND BELONGING.
AND THEN THE GROUP IS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE DIVERSE PEOPLE, UH, THAT DO THINGS THROUGH DIVERSE LENSES.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SOLVE DIVERSITY ISSUE PROBLEMS AND INCREASE PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, YOU SERVE AS AN ADVISORY BODY, YOU HELP YOUR SENIOR LEADERS.
IN THIS CASE, IT'LL BE LIKE SENIOR LEADERS WORKING FOR THE CITY AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLEXITY AND NUANCES ASSOCIATED WITH DEIB.
UH, THEN YOU DEVELOP COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO HELP DEVELOP SKILLS, UH, LEVERAGE DATA TRANSPARENCY.
THAT IS, YOU SET THE EXPECTATION OF CONTINUAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT AND CAN, AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE ORGANIZATION.
AND, UH, WHEN WE DID THE STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION, AND ACTUALLY WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND THAT ONE REAL GOOD EXAMPLE, UH, A REAL GOOD EXAMPLE, UH, THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW WHEN WE HAD OUR WORKING SESSION WAS, HMM, PRINT OUT ALL THE PAGES, UH, WAS ONE OF THE, I THINK IT'S THE CITY OF IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.
THEY ACTUALLY LISTED THEIR STRATEGIC GOALS.
WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF DOING THE ACTIONS, THE DATE, AND HOW ARE THEY GONNA MEASURE IT? SO WE NEED TO SET UP, YOU KNOW, A PROCESS, UH, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR OF, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE DIFFERENT, UH, THE FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, OR THE FIVE DIFFERENT PRIORITY AREAS.
AND THEN WHAT ARE GONNA, THE NEXT STEPS TO EXECUTE THOSE? AND THEN HOW DO WE REPORT OUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING? UH, AND THEN YOU PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY, YOU CONTINUE TO REVISIT AND AFFIRM THE RATIONALE FOR YOUR CO COMMISSION CONTINUING TO EXIST AND DO THIS WORK ON AN ONGOING BASIS THAT DEIB WORK NEVER ENDS.
YOU KNOW, THE DIVERSITY FRAME, THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY OF HUDU AND OUR NATION ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO CHANGE.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS WORK TO ALWAYS CONTINUE.
IT'S NOT LIKE A ONE YEAR TASK FORCE.
UH, I HAVE ONE SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT PITFALLS TO AVOID.
LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT THERE ON THIS COMMISSION TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR PERSONAL CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE SERVING THE WHOLE CITY OF JUDO.
SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE BIG VIEW.
NOW, OF COURSE, YOU CAN SHARE YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE LENS OF YOUR OWN DIVERSITY, BUT YOU'RE NOT JUST THERE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CONCERNS.
UH, SECONDLY, YOU DO NOT MAKE POLICY DECISIONS.
WHAT YOU DO IS YOU PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE CITY STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MAKE THE DECISION AND APPROVE.
UH, THIRD, YOU DON'T ACCEPT SUBSTITUTION FOR KEY LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T LET YOUR CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU CAN'T LET YOUR SENIOR LEADERS WHO REPORT TO THE CITY, UH, MANAGER TO SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE THIS COMMISSION.
WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT DIVERSITY ANYMORE.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU SEVEN ARE GONNA DO ALL THE WORK.
WE DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE TO KINDA HOLD EVERYONE'S
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DOING THEIR WORK, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A DEI LENS.SO, YOU ARE NOT THE SOLE OWNER OF DEI WORK.
IT HAS TO BE INTEGRATED WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING.
AND FINALLY, YOU SHOULD NOT ACT AS A COMPLAINT BODY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING STRATEGIC WORK.
YOU DON'T WANNA BE THE BODY WHERE IF ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE AROUND OF DIVERSITY OR DISCRIMINATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL YOU AND YOU GET STUCK.
YOU KNOW, JUST SOLVING TACTICAL ISSUES, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY ENGAGE THE APPROPRIATE PERSON WITHIN HUDA TO PASS THAT ALONG.
AND THEN THE THIRD SLIDE I HAVE IS, WHAT, WHAT ARE EACH OF YOU EXPECTED TO DO PERSONALLY AS MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TO BE A CHAMPION OF DIVERSITY WITHIN ALL YOUR SPHERES OF INFLUENCE? SO, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, WITH ANY OTHER COMMITTEES, COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS YOU'RE INVOLVED IN, IN HUDU, ANY KIND OF CLUBS OR THINGS YOU'RE DOING IN HU, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DEIB.
UH, PROVIDE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT TO YOUR FELLOW COMMISSION MEMBERS, AND THEN PICK A WAY OR TWO TO MAKE A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK.
YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WHAT SKILLS YOU HAVE AND WHAT PASSIONS YOU HAVE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT ERIC, YOU KNOW, I'M TOLD THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY WORKING FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND ONE OF THE FIVE MAIN PRIORITY AREAS IN
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEAD A SUBCOMMITTEE ON THAT ONE PRIORITY AREA SINCE YOU HAVE PASSION AND EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WHAT EACH OF YOU CAN DO IS THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOUR PASSIONS, WHERE'S YOUR EXPERTISE? AND, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE ON ASSIGNMENTS AS PART OF THIS COMMISSION THAT ALIGN WITH YOUR PASSIONS AND SKILLS.
UH, THE THIRD, FOURTH BULLET IS BE FAITHFUL AND REGULAR IN YOUR ATTENDANCE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, IS LOOK FOR OTHERS TO ENGAGE IN THIS WORK.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, THE, THE FIRST, UH, PRIORITY IS ESTABLISH AN ONGOING SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE FOR THE CONTINUING DEIB WORK.
AND SOME OF THE, UH, POINTS WE MADE THERE IS THAT WE WANNA SET UP A SUITE OF WORKING GROUPS, LIKE PERHAPS A WORKING GROUP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A WORKING GROUP WITH STUDENTS AND EDUCATION PEOPLE, MAYBE A, A GENERATIONAL WORKING GROUP, AND FOCUSING ON SENIOR CITIZENS AS PART OF THE DIVERSITY MIX, MAYBE A WORKING GROUP ON HOW TO BETTER ENGAGE VETERANS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR FIRST STEPS WILL BE DEFINING, UH, THESE WORKING GROUPS, AND THAT THERE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ONE OR TWO MEMBERS FROM THIS COMMISSION LEADING OR CO-LEADING AND SERVING ON EACH OF THESE WORKING GROUPS.
SO WE GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST YOU SEVEN ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SEE, LIKE, WHO DO YOU KNOW, WHO CAN YOU RECOMMEND? UH, AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, END UP GETTING 20 OR 30 PEOPLE IN HURO ON VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS ENGAGED IN THIS WORK TO REALLY SUPPORT AND DO MORE IN DEPTH, YOU KNOW, WHAT U SEVEN, UH, WANT TO ACHIEVE.
SO I'LL SEND, UH, THE SLIDES TO, TO CHRISTIE AND, UH, JACQUELINE, SO THEY CAN SEND OUT IN THE MINUTES, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ACTUAL POINTS THAT I JUST MADE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SO I THINK THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMISSION AND, AND I'M, I'M HERE.
I ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO ASSIST YOU AND TO HELP DRIVE THIS WORK.
UH, FIRST THING IS TO DEVELOP A FIRST SIX TO 12 MONTH ACTION PLAN TO START, START IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY, INCLUDING SETTING UP A MEASUREMENT SCORECARD.
SO I WANNA HELP YOU DO THAT WORK IN TERMS OF SETTING UP THE SCORECARD SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MEASURE THE WORK AFTER THE FIRST 12 MONTHS AND REPORT BACK.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ACHIEVED.
AND DEFINING A FULL SUITE OF WORKING GROUPS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER IN TERMS OF DE A, DETERMINING WHAT WORKING GROUPS WE WANT.
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AND THEN WRITING UP ACTUALLY A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT EACH WORKING GROUP WILL BE WORKING ON.THAT IS LIKE CREATE, THAT'S CREATING THIS SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE.
SO THIS, THIS WORK CONTINUES AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE STRATEGY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SMART CARD, UH, AND STEPS, AND YOU NEED TO, AND WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THESE WORKING GROUPS.
UH, THE SECOND THING, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, IS TO FULLY ENGAGE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY STAFF IN THIS WORK.
SO PART OF MY PROPOSAL IS TO PROVIDE A TRAINING FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS FUNCTIONAL LEADERS.
SO THE, THE, THE EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE THAT REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, AND TAKE THEM THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A-D-E-I-D JOURNEY AS SENIOR LEADERS, UH, TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS CASE FOR DEIB, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HUDU AND TO BE FULLY AWARE, HAVE THEIR OWN DIVERSITY AND LIFE EXPERIENCES IMPACT WORK.
UH, AND THEN ACTUALLY LEAD EACH OF THE DIRECT REPORTS TO THE CITY MANAGER TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES DEIB RELATE TO THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THE PARK AND RECREATIONS MANAGER IS ALREADY DOING SOME OF THAT WORK.
YOU KNOW, HE BROUGHT THINGS TO THIS MEETING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR, UH, YOU KNOW, OR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, UH, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.
SO HE'S ALREADY COME AND SHARED, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC MORE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE PEOPLE.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT EVERYBODY WHO REPORTS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THEIR FUNCTION TO REALLY HAVE THEIR OWN DEIB PLAN.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT DOES, HOW DOES DEIB IMPACT MY PARTICULAR FUNCTIONAL AREA? SO THAT WE NOW HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL CITY STAFF ENGAGED IN DOING THEIR WORK THROUGH A-D-E-I-B LENS.
UH, OTHER THING THAT I PROPOSE IS, YOU KNOW, TO ALSO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HR TEAM, UH, BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, GET ON BOARD WITH INCLUSIVE RECRUITING, UH, AND GETTING TOOLS IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE RECRUITING, UH, A DIVERSE STAFF THAT REFLECTS THE SKILLS AND POPULATION OF THE CITY.
AND ALSO TRAINING ALL MANAGERS WHO ARE ENGAGED WITH INTERVIEWING ON RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND HOW TO MITIGATE IT.
BECAUSE KINDA LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES, WE FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE HIRING PEOPLE LIKE US.
YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HIRE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU, THINKS LIKE YOU, AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE, YOU KNOW, HR TEAM REALLY BUILD A ROBUST INCLUSIVE RECRUITING STRATEGY AND THEN MAKING SURE ALL PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE RECRUITING PROCESS ARE ENGAGED.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE, UH, THAT'S PART OF, UH, PRIORITY AREA THREE ASSURING DEIB ENGAGEMENT IN ALL INTERNAL CITY PROCESSES.
AND FOURTHLY, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME TRAINING, UH, TO ALL THESE WORKING GROUPS THAT WE FORM SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A REALLY STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE VALUE OF DEIB AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS WORK.
AND SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF ASSIST THE COMMISSION, UH, IN DOING THIS WORK CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, MOVE US FROM HAVING A STRATEGIC PLAN ON PAPER TO MOVING TO THE EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION STAGE.
THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS.
AND ACTUALLY ABOUT HALF OF THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE TO RENAME THE COMMISSION TO BE A DIVERSITY INCLUSION, EQUITY AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
AND WE CAN CALL IT DIVERSITY AND BELONGING FOR SHORT, BUT THE OFFICIAL NAME IS THE DEID COMMISSION, UH, WANTED THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVERSE A PREVIOUS DECISION TO MOVE THE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT INFORMATION FROM BEING ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE WEBSITE AND DRAWING UNDUE ATTENTION ON IT TO PUT IT SOMEPLACE MORE APPROPRIATE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JACQUELINE CAN REVIEW WITH COMMUNICATIONS LEADER IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, TELLING, UH, IN TERMS
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OF GUIDING HER ON, UH, THINGS THE WEBSITE.UH, WE ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND AFFIRM THE DEIB STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE ONGOING, BUDGETARY, BUDGETARY RESOURCES TO ASSURE THAT THIS CRITICAL WORK IS FUNDED GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION WE HAD, UH, EARLIER IN THE MEETING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS MONEY IN THE BUDGET, GETTING IT APPROVED SO THAT THE STRATEGY CAN MOVE TO EXECUTION.
UH, WE ASKED, UH, I THINK I, ONE ANOTHER IMMEDIATE THING IS THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE SOME FOCAL POINTS TO PARTICIPATE IN ADDING THE NEXT STEPS AND DETAILS TO THE DEI STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO BE FULLY BEHIND THIS.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, DO THE IN-PERSON ALL DAY RETREAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND KEY HIS, HIS KEY LEADERS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S FULLY ON BOARD AND HIS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE LIAISONS AND THE RESOURCES TO DO THIS WORK.
UH, ONE OF THE NEXT IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS WAS TO FILL THE CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS.
AND I THINK THAT, I THINK WE HAVE SIX OF THE SEVENTH FIELD AND ONE IN THE ON THE WAY.
IS THAT RIGHT? OR ALL SEVEN OUT CONFIRMED? NO, JUST SIX AND ONE APPLICATION.
WE'VE ADDED TWO AND, UH, GO AHEAD AND APPLY BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON SAID THEY WOULD APPLY.
I HAVE SOMEBODY I WANNA ENCOURAGE AS WELL.
AND THEN GET TO HAVE, AND THEN ALSO THOSE PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE NOT ON, THEY CAN BE PART OF WORKING.
UH, THEN WE SAID, YOU KNOW, ALL PARTIES THAT START ENGAGING ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS TO ENGAGE IN THIS WORK.
YOU KNOW, START TALKING IT UP AND PRIMING PUMPS AND ALSO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, A TIMELINE, UH, AND, AND TO STAGE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS THAT NEXT IMPORTANT STEP.
UH, AND I ALSO FEEL THAT NOW COMMUNICATIONS IS LIKE A KEY THING THAT CAN HAPPEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT NEEDING ME AND PAYING YOU TO DO ANYTHING.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU CAN PUBLISH THAT WE CAN START TALKING THIS UP.
UH, OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS I HAVE, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, JACQUELINE PRESENTED IT IN A A POINT PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SHE COULD ALWAYS LIKE DO A 20 MINUTE RECORDING OF PRESENTING THE STRATEGY AND MAKE VIDEO THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED.
SOMEBODY WANTS TO ACTUALLY SEE THE PRESENTATION.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'D BE COOL IF YOU COULD GET MAYBE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, MAYBE ONE OR TWO OTHER PEOPLE ON THE CITY ALSO, MAYBE THE TWO, YOU KNOW, ONE MINUTE VIDEO CLIPS OF HOW THEY EXCITED THEY ARE ABOUT ADAPTING THIS DEI PLAN.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, HOW THIS IS GONNA HAVE SUCH A POSITIVE IMPACT ON ALL THE RESIDENTS OF HUDU.
YOU KNOW, THIS POSITIVE MESSAGE THAT, UH, DEI INCLUDES EVERYONE, EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT OF HU IS A VALUABLE PART OF THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION AND BELONGING MIX.
THAT DIVERSITY IS NOT ABOUT DIVIDING THE DIVERSE AND NON-DIVERSE.
EVERYBODY IS PART OF THIS STORY.
AND KIND OF MAKING THAT POSITIVE MESSAGE AND GETTING THAT OUT PUBLICLY.
'CAUSE THAT WILL HELP GET, BUY-IN, YOU KNOW, OF THE PEOPLE THERE IN HU INSTEAD OF THIS BEING LIKE AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAUSES ANGST OR DIVISION OR NAYSAYERS.
SO NOW I CAN OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT JACQUE WANTS TO ADD? THAT WAS MY
WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK? WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS THAT'S IN DIRECTION? YEAH, I THINK IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD.
I, I, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE, UM, A LEADER LIKE, UM, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TOO.
UM, A LITTLE FEEL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, WHAT THE REASON, THE REASON WE'RE ADOPTING IT.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION HE MENTIONED ABOUT WHAT DO YOU, I JUST WROTE IT DOWN 'CAUSE I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, THERE'S, UM, DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON OUR WEBSITE.
THE, THE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT I'M THINKING ABOUT, IT'S ON THE FIRST PAGE OF WHAT RDI WEBSITE? THE CITY? NO,
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THE CITY ON THE CITY PAGE.BECAUSE I HAVEN'T VISITED IT IN A WHILE OR OVERLOOKED IT.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A TALK ABOUT MOVING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHERE WE GONNA MOVE IT TO WHERE, WHERE, UM, LEGAL THINGS ARE TALKED ABOUT.
BUT IS IT LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE SENSITIVE OR IS IT JUST SAYING THAT THIS HAPPENED OR IS HAPPENING? IT'S SENSITIVE BECAUSE IT LINKS TO THE ACTUAL, UM, LAWSUIT AND SO FORTH, THOSE PUBLIC INFORMATION? IT IS, BUT THE, THE, THE THING IS, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL LEGAL THINGS GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
SO IT'S, IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE, YEAH.
'CAUSE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT NOW, I WENT AHEAD AND PULLED THE PAGE.
IT'S ON HUDDLE, IT'S CITY COUNCIL PAGE.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FRONT CITY COUNCIL PAGE? MM-HMM.
IT HAS THE NICE PICTURE OF ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE MAYOR.
AND THEN IT SAYS REGULAR MEETINGS WHEN THEY ARE AGENDA MINUTES.
AND YOU CAN CLICK ON A LINK TO VIEW THE MOST, UH, RECENT AGENDA MINUTES.
THEN THEY LIST THE SEVEN MEMBERS WITH LINKS TO THEIR BIOS, A PLACE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND THEN IT HAS CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY COUNCIL PROTOCOLS.
AND THEN BELOW THAT IT HAS LEGAL OPINION MEMO, UH, STACY SCHMIDT, DISCRIMINATION CHARGE, PAUL HALL, EEOC, DISCRIMINATION CHARGE TITLE, LITIGATION PENDING LEGAL, UH, C-E-O-C-I-P WORKSHOP, PRESENTATION AND MEMO ON OFFICIAL USE OF TITLES.
SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE FEATURED AS A PROMINENT THING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRAWS UNDUE ATTENTION TO IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S A DESIRE TO HIDE IT, THERE'S NO HIDING IT.
SO MAYBE THEY, MAYBE ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE HOUSED AS IN, YOU KNOW, LEGAL READINGS OR SO PEOPLE WANNA CLICK ON IT.
THEY CAN READ IT ANOTHER PLACE.
ANOTHER RECOMMENDED PLACE IS I LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS FOR, FOR A GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE MAIN CITY COUNCIL PAGE, THEN THERE'S LIKE AGENDA MINUTES, BOARDING COMMISSIONS, AND THERE'S ONE CALLED FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY.
AND SO THAT COULD BE A LOGICAL PLACE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ONE THING I DON'T WANNA DO IS, THIS IS, I THINK I'M LOOKING AT FROM A DIFFERENT LENS OF, IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO GET CITIZENS TO PAY ATTENTION, BE AWARE, UNDERSTAND ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR CITY THAT WE ALL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH AS A COMMUNITY.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL ARE JUST HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH OURSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND MAKE THIS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO FIND INFORMATION THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.
HOW ABOUT HAVING A, JUST A LINK? MM-HMM.
INSTEAD OF MEAN, INSTEAD OF LEADING IT WITH EACH ONE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S GOOD TOO.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YEAH.
UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED OR THINGS ARE RESOLVED, THEN WE CAN HAVE THERE, BUT IT'LL SHOW WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MAKE A CASE FOR WHY COMMISSIONS LIKE OURS ARE IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF.
SO THEY MAY SAY, WELL, WHY DO WE NEED THAT? WE'RE DOING FINE.
IT'S, WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH, AND WE DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
SO NOW THE NEXT STEP WOULD THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
IS SHE, SO BACK WHEN Y'ALL FIRST MENTIONED THIS IN JUNE, I HAD SENT AN EMAIL TO THE COMMS TEAM.
AND THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IT WAS A CITY COUNCIL VOTE, AND IT WAS AN ACTION BY CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE IT WHERE IT'S AT.
UM, SO THEY WERE DOING RESEARCH AND MAKING SURE, SO I JUST, I JUST PING THEM AGAIN TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
MAYBE IT'S MORE ABOUT REPACKAGING, MAYBE NOT MOVING IT MAYBE SOMEWHERE REPACKAGING FROM THE STAFF.
NORMALLY WE, WE WOULD MANIPULATE THE WEBSITE AND MOVE THINGS, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS VOTED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE IT OR IF WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT KIND OF IS RIGHT NOW.
SO I JUST, I PING THEM AGAIN TO JUST FOLLOW ON IT AND SEE, UM, WHAT, YEAH.
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OKAY.SO SHOULD WE GO TO THE ITEM SEVEN THREE, WHICH ROLLS INTO THIS, THE, UM, ACTION ON CREATION OF SUBCOMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD PUT IN THE PROPOSAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA WAIT FOR THAT OR IF YOU WANNA TRY TO START DOING THE WORK ON YOUR OWN.
UH, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO HAVE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE LIKE A, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A WORKING GROUP WITHIN THE CITY STAFF ITSELF.
BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO WORK, MAYBE DO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN THEIR DIRECT REPORTS FIRST FOR ESTABLISHING AN EMPLOYEE, UH, DIVERSITY COUNCIL.
BUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIZEN GROUPS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW FAST YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE FINES AND WORKING.
UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING TO DO IS TO LIKE LOOK THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THE, THE PLAN.
AND WE SAID ESTABLISHING AN ONGOING SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE FOR THE CONTINUING DEIB WORK.
AND PART OF THAT STRUCTURE IS FORMING THESE WORKING GROUPS.
THEN NUMBER TWO IS ASSURING FULL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, DEIB WORK.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL WORKING GROUPS, YOU KNOW, WILL GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED.
UH, ASSURING DEIB ENGAGEMENT IN ALL INTERNAL CITY PROCESSES, THAT'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE EMPLOYEES.
NUMBER FOUR IS PROVIDING A-D-E-I-B FOCUS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A GROUP TO REALLY FORM WOULD BE MAYBE ONE, UH, THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO MEMBERS OF THIS, UH, COUNCIL.
UH, MAYBE ONE OR TWO MEMBERS FROM THE HURO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MAYBE ONE OR TWO OWNERS OF BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY DIVERSE BUSINESS OWNERS IN HURO AND FORM A TEAM TO BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER SO THAT OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH EQUALLY BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, ALL CONSTITUENCIES WITHIN HUDU.
AND ARE WE PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR, YOU KNOW, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES TO GROW AND THRIVE IN HU UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WORK ARE WE DOING? SO WE WANNA RECRUIT, YOU KNOW, COMPANIES TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, TO START PLANTS HERE OR TO BUILD HERE.
YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE CITY, LARGE, LARGE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, AND YOU'RE A SMALL CITY.
LIKE IN RALEIGH, YOU KNOW, OUR CHAIN, WE WE'RE A POPULATION OF 500,000.
SO OUR CITY, OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS 35 EMPLOYEES.
THAT INCLUDES A-D-E-I-B DEPARTMENT OF THREE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN LIEU OF THAT, YOU MIGHT WANNA SEE, IT COULD BE LIKE A PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE ON, UH, THE, THE CHAMBER STAFF OR CHAMBER LEADERSHIP THAT WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC, UH, DEIB WORK.
AND SO THAT ONE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, AT NUMBER FOUR, PROVIDING A-D-E-I-B FOCUS ON ECONOMIC AND EMPOWERMENT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START.
AND THEN FINALLY, CONTINUING TO GROW A CITYWIDE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING.
AND THIS IS WHERE, WHEN WE MET TOGETHER IN OUR BIG WORKING SESSION A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES WITH HURO.
LIKE HOW DO WE ENGAGE OUR YOUTH IN THIS DISCUSSION AND OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THIS DISCUSSION? MAYBE HAVING A WORKING GROUP, A, A YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DO, WHAT DO OUR YOUTH WANT OUT OF DIVERSITY WITHIN HURO, ESPECIALLY SINCE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATISTICS ARE IN HATO, BUT NOW IN OUR COUNTRY, UH, OVER 60% OF HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDEES ARE CHILDREN OF COLOR.
OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING.
AND 20% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOW IDENTIFY AS L-G-B-T-Q.
UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE VARIOUS, YOU WANNA HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A PEOPLE OF COLORS COMMITTEE OR A CROSS GENERATIONAL COMMITTEE INVOLVE SOME OF OUR, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER ADULTS WITH SENIOR CITIZENS AND HOW THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER.
OR A SENIOR CITIZEN ADVISORY COUNCIL, OUR SENIOR CITIZENS GETTING WHAT THEY NEED OUT OF HUDU.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE EVEN IN HAVING, STARTING A VETERANS GROUP, 'CAUSE THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF DIVERSITY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, VETERANS COME WITH THEIR OWN ISSUES.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO REACCLIMATE FROM THE MILITARY WORLD, THE CIVILIAN LIFE.
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IS A REALLY GOOD CROSS SECTION OF INTERSECTIONAL DIVERSITY, INCLUDING ENGAGING A LOT OF WHITE MEN, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE AT THE TABLE IN THIS DISCUSSION.SO, YOU KNOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT WANNA START YOUR DISCUSSION ON, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA START FORMING, UH, THESE WORKING GROUPS, WHICH ONES DO WE WANT TO START? AND LET'S START DEFINING THEM.
I THINK ALL FOUR OF THOSE ARE, WOULD BE GOOD PLACES TO, YOU KNOW, TO START.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR, YOUR GROUP WITH THE CITY, UM, YOUR VETERANS EDUCATION, AND THEN ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPOWERMENT.
I THINK THOSE WERE THE FOUR YOU JUST MENTIONED.
I THINK ALL FOUR OF THOSE WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD AT LEAST, UM, AGREE TO AN INTENTION TO START WITH THOSE FOUR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I WROTE DOWN TOO.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION.
AND ERIC, I KNOW YOU DO THIS WORK ALL THE TIME, SO IF YOU DON'T WANNA LEAVE THE GROUP AND YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M DOING IN MY HEAD IS JUST STRATEGIZING.
'CAUSE THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BUFFET OF, OF, OF THINGS TO DO.
BUT I ALWAYS LIKE, LOOK AT THE EASIEST, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH THE BUFFET WAS EASIER.
BECAUSE THE TOUCH WE CAN TOUCH ON EASILY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD, I WOULD WANNA SPIN AROUND TO, UH, IS ENGAGING THE CITY MANAGER, BUT ALSO THE HR DIRECTOR.
AS FAR AS LOOKING AT, UM, HOW THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT HOW THEY'RE HIRING, BUT MM-HMM.
IN YOUR HIRING PROCESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR COMMISSION OFFICER FIREFIGHTERS ALSO AS FAR AS THE, UH, YOUR WORK GROUP AS, AS CITY OF
SO THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKE THAT I'VE ALWAYS SAY IS EASY TO START OFF WITH, WITH ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY STAFF CREATING MM-HMM.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE KEY.
UH, THE KEY, UH, COMPONENT THERE IS ENGAGING, UH, THE CITY MANAGER STAFF TO SEE HOW WE, WHAT WE CAN DO TO EDUCATE THEM SO THEY, WE CAN EMPOWER THEM TO GET THAT SYNERGY THROUGHOUT THE STAFF.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN GROWING NUMBERS.
BECAUSE I MEAN, A GROUP OF SEVEN IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TOUCH AND IF WE CAN SYNERGIZE THE, UH, CITY STAFF, WE JUST GREW OUR NUMBERS THERE.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT I, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT TOO IS I REALLY WANT TO, LIKE YOU SAID, ENGAGE AND EMPOWER.
I REALLY WANT US TO BE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE INTERNAL STAFF, NOT DICTATING OR TELLING, YOU KNOW, AND I, AND I DON'T WANT THAT PERCEPTION EITHER.
AND THAT'S WHAT, SO TWO THINGS THAT I DID, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT, I, UM, I SAW IRENE AND I MET HER AND I ASKED HER, I SAID, DO YOU MIND, YOU KNOW, IF I COME AND SHOW YOU, SHE SAID, THAT'LL BE GREAT.
AND ACTUALLY WITH JAMES, I ASKED HIM, I SAID THAT WE WERE GOING ALONG AND WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO MEET WITH HIM.
AND THEN HE SAID, OH, AND HE DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO, BUT HE SAID, AFTER BUDGET SAID, HE SAID, YEAH.
AND I FOUND, I AM FINDING THAT THE PEOPLE ARE VERY OPEN AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE COMMUNICATION.
ALREADY HAVE TALKED WITH, UM, DAVID AND SHAY, AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST LET US KNOW.
SIGN US UP, OR, YOU KNOW, AND I ACTUALLY GAVE THEM THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I GAVE DAVID AND SHAY THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, AND, AND THOSE, AND THOSE LITTLE THINGS, LIKE I SAID, THOSE ARE EASY, EASY THINGS TO DO, BUT THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, I, I, I CAN, I CAN I IRENE, I KNOW IRENE, WE GO BACK, SHE USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.
SO EVEN TO ENGAGED WITH HER, I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN A WHILE, BUT MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THAT COMMONALITY OF, YOU KNOW, CREATING THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND, AND JUST, AND JUST LIKE YOU
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SAID, WE'RE NOT DICTATING ANYTHING.WE WE'RE HERE JUST TO, HEY, WE WANNA MAKE LIFE AS FUN AND FREE AND EASY AS EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, COMING WITH THAT APPROACH, BECAUSE SHE, SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE PUT IN HER BUDGET OF PAY EQUITY ANALYSIS, WHICH IS A GREAT GOOD, THAT'S A YEAH.
AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A PLACE THAT WE CAN SAY, OKAY, HEY, CAN WE START, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, START INTERNALLY YEAH.
AND SAY, HEY, BY THIS TIME WE WOULD HAVE TALKED TO SO AND SUCH.
YOU KNOW, AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, ECONOMIC DIVISION OR DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF HU, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY HAVE THE NUMBERS OF THE NUMBER OF, UM, UM, OF SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, MINORITY BUSINESSES IN HU.
SO IT'S JUST BY, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION, BUT IT'S JUST ENGAGING, ENGAGING THAT DEPARTMENT TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU SHARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE REPORT OF, UH, MINORITY BUSINESSES IN HU MM-HMM.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, THAT'S EASY PICKINGS RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, HE'S HAVING THAT AND PROBABLY LOOK AT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, COMMUNICATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY OF HUDDLE'S WEBSITE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND, AND, UH, E EQUITY INCLUSION, BELONGING, HIGHLIGHTING, UH, MINORITY BUSINESSES.
BUT AS A CITY AND AS A ECONOMIC GENERATOR, AS I THINK YEAH.
I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, THE MORE THAT THE MORE THAT BELONGS, THE MORE MONEY YOU MAKE.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO PROSPER IT.
IT IT'S GONNA PROSPER FOR YOU.
AND I WAS HAPPY THAT, UM, THIS NEWEST CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SAID THAT HE LIKED, HE SAID, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU PUT BELONGING IN THERE.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW REMEMBER.
SO TO ME, THAT SHOWS THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, AND I WANNA, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THAT.
AND I THINK GOING ON THAT RIGHT TRACK, I'M NOT GONNA JUMP THROUGH THE ISLANDS, BUT THE PART OF I LIKE, OF DISCUSSION OF HAVING OUR PHOTOS, BIOS AND HAVING THIS COMMISSION SHOWN ON THE CITY OF HUDDLES PAGE.
THAT'S, IS VERY, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS AUSTIN GROVES, HUDDLE GROWS, RIGHT.
AND PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING FOR HOUSES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF CLICKS CITY OF HU WEBSITE GETS, AND WHERE ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOING TOWARDS.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING YEAH.
BUT PEOPLE ARE, PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING AS, AS, AND I MENTIONED IT TOO, AS THEY GROW UP 79, THIS BIG PLANT, UH, THAT'S BEEN READY TO COME ON BOARD IN 2025.
THERE'S A TOW ROAD GETTING READY TO HIT RIGHT THERE OF 79 AS WELL.
AND SO THIS IS ABOUT, OH, IT IS ALREADY HAPPENED.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES LOOKING AT THE CITY FUNNEL'S WEBSITE,
AND IT, IT WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY CLICKS IT'S GETTING THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BENCHMARKS.
LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SEE, HEY, WHAT'S THE CITY? WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF CLICKS? THE CITY OF HUDDLE WEBSITE GETTING IN 2023, UH, VERSUS THE NUMBER OF CLICKS OF THE CITY OF, UH, HUDDLE'S WEBSITE GETTING IN 2024.
WHAT ARE THEN JUST LOOK AT 2025.
BUT ALSO THERE IS A WAY TO LOOK AT THOSE CLICKS TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING TOWARDS YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE THE, THE IT TEAM, UH, UH, HAS THAT, THOSE KIND OF NUMBERS.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BENCHMARKS AND KIND OF TRACKING NOT ONLY THAT BY THE POPULATION, SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT WE SEE, BUT YOU, YOU LOOK AT, YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CLICKS THAT ARE HIT HITTING THE C WEBSITE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE CLICKING TO.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, SCORECARD AND MEASUREMENTS, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT.
ONCE WE PUT OUR, UH, DE IB, UM, LOGO OR WHAT HAVE YOU, HOW MANY CLICKS IS THAT GETTING? HOW MANY CLICKS? OH YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU COULD PUT ON THAT SCORECARD TO SAY, HEY, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT A COUPLE OF CLICKS, BUT AS, AS TIME COMES ON HERE NOW,
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OH, LOOK, WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT SOME FOLLOWERS.NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK YOUNGER FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY NOW, WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITIES AND, UM, EMPLOYERS WHO DO HAVE A GOOD PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
AND IT, IT DOES LEAD TO PROSPEROUS GROWTH.
I LIKED THAT, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WHEN A PERSON CAN ENGAGE OF COURSE, IS THE EDC AND THE CHAMBER AND END AT THEIR PRACTICES.
HOW ARE THEY ENSURING THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY AND INTENTIONALLY ATTRACTING DIVERSE BUSINESS OWNERS? THAT PART THE SMALL BUSINESS, BUT ALSO BIG CORPORATIONS THAT ARE SHOPPING AROUND LOOKING AT OUR DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM.
SO WHAT KIND OF, UM, OR DO THOSE BIG COMPANIES HAVE A DEI PLAN IN PLACE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING GOOD PAYING JOBS AND THEY HAVE A HIRING STRATEGY MM-HMM.
STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES A DIVERSE OF PEOPLE.
SO THAT, TO THAT POINT RIGHT THERE, AND COMING FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY DEPARTMENT DOES, IS ENSURE THAT THE TESLAS MM-HMM.
AND NUMBER ONE, MAKING SURE THEY HIRE A CERTAIN PERCENT YES.
OF PEOPLE OF CITIZENS IN AUSTIN, IN THE AREA AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE COMPANY.
THEY HAVE TO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S BEFORE THEY BREAK GROUND.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORK WE DO, HOW WE CAN AFFECT THE CITY IN A POSITIVE WAY.
JUST TALKING TO THE CITY STAFF TO ENSURE, HEY, WHAT YOU KNOW BEFORE, RIGHT? YEAH.
IMPORTANT AND IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THAT WAY.
AND ALSO, AND ALSO THE REVERSE WORKS.
KNOW COMPANIES BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO AN AREA ARE SAYING, IS THIS AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR US TO MOVE KEY PEOPLE TO START THEIR BUSINESS? IS THERE A WELL-EDUCATED SKILL DIVERSE WORKFORCE THERE FROM, FOR US TO RECRUIT FROM? AND DOES THE AREA OFFER DIVERSE FORMS OF CULTURE AND RECREATION? ABSOLUTELY.
AS WELL AS EXCELLENT SCHOOLS WHERE FAMILIES WILL WANT TO RELOCATE AND GROW THERE.
SO IT'S LIKE A TWO-WAY STREET.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT, DO THESE COMPANIES HAVE A-D-E-I-B PLAN WHEN THEY'RE COMING HERE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT US SAYING, NO.
DO WE OFFER A VIBRANT, DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANNA MOVE, RELOCATING THEIR WORKERS INTO INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES? THEY WANNA KNOW THAT THEIR WORKERS ARE GONNA THRIVE HERE, AND I, THERE'S GONNA BE A PLACE FOR THEM AND BE LONG, UM, SITE SELECTION CONSULTANT MEETINGS.
I WORKED WITH THE COLLEGE AND SO THAT, THOSE BE THE QUESTIONS THEY'RE ASKING.
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
IT IT IS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCILS, UH, THE, UH, COUNCILS ALREADY PASSED.
BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO, ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCE OF ACTION IS PROBABLY LOOKING AT GETTING THAT, UH, GETTING OUR SYMBOL UP THERE, THAT THE, UH, DEIB SYMBOL ON THE CITY OF HUDDLE'S WEBSITE AND GETTING OUR, THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON THERE.
BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE CLICKING ON IT.
SO I'M JUST, SO SINCE I'VE ALREADY STARTED, I WILL TAKE THE COMMUNICATION PIECE AND YOU KNOW, I'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED WITH, UM, SHAY AND THEN GET WITH HER AND MAYBE WE CAN, LET'S SEE.
I'M THINKING LIKE THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE.
WE WERE HAVING A PERSON FROM HUDDLE, WAS IT? YEAH.
UM, SHE HAD BEEN INVITED, UM, AND RESCHEDULED.
I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM TO SEE IF SHE CAN MAKE IT.
BUT, UM, JUST FOR AWARENESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HERE AGAIN TO, UM, POSE OR I GUESS, UM, SUBMIT TO YOU THEIR FORMAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THE HOLIDAYS AND PHOTO EVENTS.
THEY TALK TO YOU ABOUT ANYTHING.
SO THEY'LL BE HERE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THEM.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO INVITE, UM, SOMEONE ELSE? NO, I WAS JUST WONDERING, WAS SHE PLANNING TO COME ON, UM, THAT NEXT I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA COME, THEN CAME, YEAH.
THE NEXT TIME SHE WAS I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE MOVED THE DATE YEAH.
SO, SO THE YOUTH EDUCATION, UM, WORKING GROUP STILL WANNA BE AFFILIATED THAT YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME.
AND I, I'VE SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR THE IS SC BEFORE.
I WANNA CONTINUE TO BE, LET STITCH BETWEEN THE CITIES, OUR EFFORTS AND THE ISCS.
SO GOING BACK TO 7.3, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, COMMITTEE, WORKING GROUPS, UHHUH,
SO SHOULD WE JUST RIGHT NOW JUST KIND OF FORM A, A LIST OF, UH, WHICH WORKING GROUPS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, FORMED IN THE FIRST YEAR? MM-HMM.
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AND THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO DISCUSS, UH, FROM, UH, WHERE, UH, THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE MIGHT BE RECRUITING INDIVIDUALS FROM TO BE A PART OF THAT.
TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE YOUTH GROUP, RIGHT.
IF WE FORMED THAT GROUP, YOU KNOW, THEN MAYBE WE WOULD, UH, LOOK TO IDENTIFY, UH, A PERSON FROM, UM, HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, STARTED PULLING THEM IN DIFFERENT, OR THE ECONOMIC GROUP.
MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE A COUPLE FROM THE CITY, SOMEBODY FROM EDC, SOMEBODY FROM CHAMBER.
COUPLE, A COUPLE, UH, BUSINESSES.
SO I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, JUST MAYBE WE COULD GO AHEAD AND JUST, UH, MAKE A LIST OF THOSE THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
AND WE COULD EVEN, WE COULD EVEN, UH, HAVE A MOTION AND VOTE ON CREATING, UM, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THIS YEAR WORKING.
SO, SO WE HAVE THE, THE YOUTH.
YOU HAVE A YOUTH GROUP YOU'D LIKE TO PUT IT TOGETHER, LIKE LUMP, LIKE YOUTH EDUCATION, WORKING GROUP.
SO WHAT ABOUT, UH, SENIORS? I THINK WE MENTIONED ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WE WANNA DO.
AND THEN I WROTE DOWN CITY AND HR, CITY AND HR, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND THEN YOUTH EDUCATION.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE FIFTH ONE.
IF THAT WAS THE, UH, GENERA, THE, UH, GENERATIONAL.
SO THAT'S FOUR, RIGHT? CAN YOU WELL, THERE'S FOUR.
THERE'S FOUR THAT ARE CITIZEN ORIENTED.
THEN THERE'S ONE THAT'S THE CITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, DIVERSITY COUNCIL TO BE FORMED AT SOME POINT, RIGHT.
BUT SEE THE FOUR, THERE'S A FOUR VETERANS, THE ECONOMIC, UH, OH, I SEE.
THE VETERANS, THE ECONOMIC, THE YOUTH AND THE GENERATIONAL.
THOSE ARE MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MORE CITIZEN FOCUSED.
UH, WHY IS GENERATIONAL SEPARATE FROM THE YOUTH? TALKING ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE VERSUS SENIORS? GENERATIONAL MEANING SENIORS.
THERE COULD BE SOME SENIORS AND MIDDLE-AGED PEOPLE KIND OF DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL NEEDS AND YOU KNOW, HOW THE GROUPS CAN WORK TOGETHER.
SO I LIKE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP BECAUSE WITH THAT, LIKE YOU TALKING ABOUT GENERATIONAL, OLDER PEOPLE, YOUNGER PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE FAMILIES, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THOUGH WITHIN THOSE FAMILIES, THERE'S VETERANS WITHIN THOSE FAMILIES, THERE'S GRANDPARENTS AND THERE'S KIDS AND RIGHT.
UM, THERE'S PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK.
THE ONES THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE IS THAT REALLY NICE GAP.
AND WE DON'T WANNA FORGET THAT FAMILIES ABOUT, LIKE US, THAT HAVE YOUNG KIDS, HAVE VERY SPECIFIC NEEDS AND WANTS.
AND WE DON'T, AND THAT'S A LARGE POPULATION OF HURO.
AND WE DON'T WANNA JUST TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT, UM, THAT GROUP IS JUST, THEY'RE DOING FINE.
BECAUSE THAT CAN GET LOST IN OUR FOCUS OF MAKING SURE SENIORS TAKEN CARE OF YOUTH THAT BE TAKEN CARE OF VETERANS, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE OVERLAP IS THERE.
SO IS THAT FIVE WORKING GROUPS? IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT TOO AMBITIOUS FOR HERE? IS THAT, UH, I KIND, I KIND OF HOLD, I KIND OF HOLD THE INTERNAL KNOW AND CITY EMPLOYEE ONE COME OFF TO THE SIDE.
'CAUSE I THINK SOME WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, GET THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL OF THE KEY, UH, THE KEY REPORTS TO HIM.
YOU KNOW, ENGAGE IN UNDERSTANDING THE BEI STRATEGIC PLAN, GETTING THEIR COMMITMENT.
AND THEN YOU FORM THE DIVERSITY COUNCIL.
I'VE HELPED ABOUT 10 ORGANIZATIONS FORM DIVERSITY COUNCILORS.
THERE'S WAYS OF RECRUITING, FORMING THEM TO ASSURE DIVERSITY, GETTING THEM TRAINED AND STARTED, UH, 'CAUSE A DIVERSITY COUNCIL, LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE THE INTERNAL DIVERSITY COUNCIL, THE EMPLOYEES, THERE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OR TWO SENIOR LEADERS ON IT.
UH, TWO OR THREE MIDDLE MANAGERS, SOME FIRST LINE MANAGERS, AND SOME INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, AND THEN THEY HAVE A MISSION IN TERMS OF HELPING CONTINUE TO DRIVE DEIB WORK WITHIN THE INTER WITHIN, YOU KNOW, INTERNALLY AS A STAFF ORGANIZATION.
SO, SO WHAT HE SAYING, WHAT ARE HE SAYING? IT IS LIKE STARTING WITH THE CITY STAFF AND CREATING THE SYNERGY WITHIN THE CITY STAFF.
AND IT WILL PR PRETTY MUCH BRANCH OUT TO THE OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT.
BECAUSE WHEN WE ENGAGE THE CITY STAFF AND AS WE, UH, YEAH.
COME AND PARTNER AND COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY STAFF, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, GET A GOOD MIXTURE OF VETERANS GENERATIONS, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ON DOWN THE LINE OF THE DIFFERENT SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE'RE
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ALREADY TALKING ABOUT.AND WE MAY FIND THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH INTEREST IN VETERANS TO HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN.
WELL THEY, THEY CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT WAS A GROUP, A WHOLE GROUP OF THEM CAME AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL TALK ABOUT BUDGET.
AND THEY WERE SAYING, WE WANNA HELP.
BECAUSE THEN WE CAN LOOK TO SEE WHO DID, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN START, START THERE AND, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE HE LIVES IN ROUND ROCK, BUT HE WAS SAYING HOW HE CAN HELP AND, AND DOVETAILS REALLY NICELY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
CONTRIBUTES TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
SO, UM, COULD I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, NAME THESE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FORMED IN THE NEXT, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR? AND, UM, UH, THE VETERANS.
THE, UH, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.
WHAT'S IT CALLED? GROWTH AND PROSPERITY.
SUBCOMMITTEE OR WORKING GROUP.
ARE WE CALLING THESE SUBCOMMITTEES OR WORKING GROUPS? SUBCOMMITTEES OR WORKING GROUPS? I DON'T KNOW.
IS THERE, THERE, WHAT'S THE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE THERE, STAN, BETWEEN CALLING AT A WORKING GROUP OR A SUBCOMMITTEE? IS THERE, UH, IT, IT DEPENDS.
I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, OPEN LAWS AND IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, OPEN UP BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE TO USE.
AND I KNOW THAT CHRISTIE CAN HELP US WITH THAT.
THAT IF YOU CALL SOMETHING, SOMETHING, IT HAS TO BE AN OPEN MEETING WHERE IT'S ALWAYS PUBLICIZED AND, UH, VERSUS WHERE YOU CAN DO, ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND DO THE WORK AND DON'T HAVE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO EVERY MEETING.
THAT'S VERY MUCH SUBCOMMITTEE.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND THEN WHAT WAS THE OTHER THAT WOULD BE CITIZEN ORIENTED? THE, THE GENERATIONAL.
AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THAT'S, UH, FOCUSED WITHIN CITY STAFF.
AND, UH, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO NAME THOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT, MM-HMM.
BUT I MAYBE IN THE, UH, BUT, BUT THAT'S MY MOTION.
THOSE THE HEIRS WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON.
THEN WE COME UP WITH THE NATALIE NAME, THE WORKING GROUPS THAT WE, THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO THE MOTION IS BY COMMISSIONER NINA TO, UH, NAME THE WORKING GROUPS AS VETERANS, YOUTH VOICES, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY AND INTER INTERGENERATIONAL.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE INTERNAL TOO.
AND I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE STAFF WORKING GROUP.
YOU REALLY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T REALLY MAKE A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY A CITIZEN GROUP.
IT KIND OF HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION OF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, YOU KNOW, AND GET, HE HAD, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE ONE THAT'LL BE THE FINAL DECISION MAKER THAT YES, WE'RE GONNA FORM A DIVERSITY COUNCIL.
SO WE JUST INTERNALLY THERE A SECOND.
UH, DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON, OR WHO THE LIAISONS, OR CAN WE SELF-SELECT? LIKE I SAID, I WANNA BE WITH THE YOU COME, BUT I DON'T THAT'S CORRECT.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE ON WHO THE LIAISONS GET TO BE, IF IT'S ONE OF US WITH THESE GROUPS TO GET THEM GOING? OR CAN WE JUST SELF SELECT AND VOLUNTEER? IT'S UP TO Y'ALL.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA TAKE A VOTE, YOU CAN.
OR I CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE MINUTES.
NEXT TO THE YEAH, I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO SAY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON, BECAUSE THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR PASSION.
AND THAT CAN ALSO BE KIND OF YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE NEXT ONE OR TWO MONTHS IS MAYBE VOLUNTEER TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BE THE, THE INITIAL SPEARHEAD FOR ONE.
AND THEN MAYBE WRITE UP A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF, UH, WHAT THE GROUP DOES THAT COINCIDES AND SUPPORTS THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND MAYBE LIST, YOU KNOW, RESPECTIVE PLACES WHERE TO GET MEMBERS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WRITE A, A PARAGRAPH OR TWO OF WHAT THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT WHATEVER COM, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE WOULD DO.
AND THEN, HEY, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONE CITY PERSON FROM
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THE CITY STAFF ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOME SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, A FEW PEOPLE FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA.SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE, MAKE A FIRST DRAFT OF FINDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ROLE OF THE WORKING GROUP IS AND KIND OF, UH, A PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME RECOMMENDED MEMBERS TO RECRUIT.
AND IT WOULD BE, I THINK, BENEFICIAL FOR US TO, TO HAVE A, A BUSINESS OWNER ON THE COMMISSION.
WE DON'T HAVE ONE, DO WE? OH, UM, TARA.
TARA IS, SHE HAS HER OWN BUSINESS.
I THINK SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A BUSINESS.
AND I, THE, THE GENTLEMAN I MENTIONED EARLIER OWNS HIS OWN BUSINESS.
SO I ENCOURAGE HIM IF HE WANTED TO, TO APPLY IT.
UM, BUT FAR AS ME PERSONALLY, I'M, I'M NOT A VETERAN.
UH, NOW DID WE, WHICH, WHICH, UH, I GUESS THE YOUTH WOULD INCORPORATE THE EDUCATIONAL YEAH.
BECAUSE WHAT THE, WITH THE HI, WITH THE ISDS, UM, GPI COMMITTEE THAT WAS ON THERE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF OKAY.
WAS, UM, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THAT PRODUCT.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS? WITHIN THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOLS AND ADMIN.
AND THEY HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS.
I MEAN, THERE WAS 45 PEOPLE EVERY TIME WE MET.
THEY HAD, UM, A LOT OF GOOD TRAINING.
THAT WAS THE MAIN STOOD OUT, IS THAT THEY RAN THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT TRAININGS ABOUT SELF REFLECTION, ABOUT BIASES AND THINGS.
AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DOING WORK AT EVERY SINGLE SESSION, BUT THEN THEY TOOK BACK INTO THEIR SCHOOLS OR INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
I WAS THERE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF, YEAH.
AND WE HAD STUDENTS ALSO THERE THAT WERE JUST NOT SEPARATE, BUT PART OF THE TABLE STUDENTS HAVE STUDENTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH US, GIVING THEM, GIVING US THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS TEENAGERS BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.
UM, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
AND I WANNA, I STEPPED OFF THE COMMITTEE TO JOIN THIS COMMISSION, BUT I WANNA BRING SOME OF THAT AND KEEP, BECAUSE THEY HAD REALLY GREAT, UM, THEY HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PERSON MEETING THEIR, WHICH, AND IT USED TO BE, UM, ANOTHER YOUNG WOMAN WHO'S REALLY GREAT.
AND YOU PROBABLY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, IF IN TERMS OF FARMING A CITYWIDE COMMISSION, IT PROBABLY HAS TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FROM THE ISD AND THEN FIND ONE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL TO ENGAGE THEM IN THE DISCUSSION AND MAYBE EVEN FIND, UH, A, A HIGH SCHOOLER WHO'S BEING HOMESCHOOLED, YOU KNOW, AND ADD THOSE VOICES BECAUSE YOU WANNA REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE YOUTH VOICES OF
AND THEN WE WOULD NEED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, STRATEGIZE ON RECRUITMENT.
UM, IDENTIFY LITTLE NICHES WHERE, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FROM, AND THEN, THEN BEGIN TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW? YEAH, YEAH.
THE ROLE PURPOSE MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIONS THAT, WHAT THE GROUP WOULD BE DOING.
AND IT WOULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT, LIKE FOR THAT YOUTH, YOU KNOW, GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S GOOD DIVERSITY, A GOOD DIVERSITY MIX IN TERMS OF GIRLS AND BOYS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SO IT'S KIND OF TRICKY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST SIX VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT NOT GET A VERY DIVERSE GROUP AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSE VOICES IN THESE GROUPS.
WELL, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR, I, LIKE, I'M MORE, I'M DRAWN TO INTERNAL, WORKING WITH THE INTERNAL, LIKE, 'CAUSE I FEEL I'VE STARTED THAT WITH THE COMMUNICATION AND YEAH.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO DO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO I DID ALSO TALK WITH, WELL WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UM, CITY MANAGER BECAUSE HE, HE MENTIONED IT, SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S YOUR NICHE, YOU KNOW,
WELL, THAT'S A GOOD ONE FOR YOU.
I THINK I WOULD MOST ADEQUATELY PROBABLY FIT IN WITH THE, THE ONE INVOLVING, UM, YOUTH AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT'S A BIG, BECAUSE I, I DO WORK FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, JUST TO COMMENT, UM, COMMISSIONER SPOONS DOES, UM, HAVE, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WOULD GIVE HER REASON FOR BEING ON THE COMMISSION, IT WAS, UM, SEVERAL REASONS, BUT ALSO THAT SHE HAS FAMILY MEMBERS
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WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING THE MILITARY AND YES.AND THEN, UM, MY HUSBAND IS A VETERAN TOO, SO I HAVE INTEREST IN THAT
YOU GUYS CAN HAVE TWO PEOPLE WORKING ON THE SAME.
TWO, DO YOU WANT ME TO AND COMMISSIONER? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
YOU CAN WORK WITH ME ON THE, THE, IF YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE AND REACH AND I, I'M NOT, I DON'T WORK FOR THE ISDI WORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE INVOLVING THIS COLLEGE LEVEL STUDENTS.
BRINGING THEIR, BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT LITERALLY ABOUT TO GO IN THE COMMUNITY AS ADULTS.
SO HAVING THEM INVOLVED TOO AND REACHING OUT.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY.
THERE'S ALSO DIVERSITY INCLUDES, AND INCLUSION INCLUDES A LOT OF THE WAY THAT, UM, WE LOOK AT SOCIAL GROUPS, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST YEAH.
GENDER AND ALL THESE THINGS, BUT IT'S ALSO THESE SOCIAL GROUPS LOOKING AT, YOU MENTIONED ATHLETICS.
SO WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE OR GROUP GROUPS THAT ARE LIKE, YOUTH GROUPS ARE LIKE RELIGION BASED YOUTH GROUPS, LIKE THE MM-HMM.
LIKE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THE, THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, VICTOR BAR USED TO BE MY NEIGHBOR WHO'S A
HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, HAND HIS WIFE.
SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
SO THOSE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE D AND INCLUDE A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOUTH PERSPECTIVES.
AND OF COURSE WITH A LOT OF THIS YOUTH THAT COMES TO PARENT AND PERSPECTIVE TOO, WHICH I REALLY ENJOY.
THEN AS THINGS GET GOING, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD, YOU MIGHT END UP HAVING A WORKING GROUP ON RACIAL RECONCILIATION.
YOU MIGHT END UP HAVING A WORKING GROUP ON ENGAGING FAITH COMMUNITIES.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, ONCE WORKING GROUPS GET STARTED, YOU MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE VETERANS, A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING FORWARD AND SAY, WE WANNA GET ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE A, HEY, THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE FIVE AND THAT'S IT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT CAN BE A DYNAMIC GROWING THING.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU ALSO, YOU KNOW, UH, ACHIEVE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, WE ACHIEVED A PRIORITY AREA OF, UH, CONTINUING TO GROW A CITYWIDE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION AND BELONGING AND ALSO ASSURING FULL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, DEIB WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, GROW, HAVING MORE OF THESE GROUPS REALLY, UH, SUPPORTS PRIORITY TWO AND PRIORITY FIVE.
SO PERHAPS THEN WE'LL COME, UH, TOGETHER FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WE CAN GO FURTHER INTO TALKING ABOUT RECRUITMENT.
ANDES, LAY DOWN SOME, SOME, SOME, SOME, UM, STRUCTURE.
HOW, HOW WILL THEY BE STRUCTURED? OH, YEAH.
THEY LOOK LIKE SOME GUIDANCE, SOME GUIDE SO THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT.
LIKE I, I KNOW THE VETERAN, AT LEAST WHEN THEY CAME TO THE MEETING, THEY WERE TALKING KIND OF MORE LIKE ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN
WE'RE STILL BACK HERE IN 20, BUT YEAH.
BUT NO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE GONNA START SOME OF THIS WORK, WHICH WILL MEAN I CAN DO OTHER WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE FUNDING, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY, YOU'RE ALREADY JUMP STARTING IN DOING SOME OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE AN AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR, WE ALREADY KNOW.
'CAUSE THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, PROPOSAL AND IT INVOLVES THE CONSULTATION.
SO WE, UM, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED, WHICH I CAN DO THAT TO THE COUNCIL ON THURSDAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, WE'LL DO THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROPOSAL AND WHY WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE PLAN.
AND IT DID HAVE IN THERE, INCLUDING BUDGET IN THERE.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
BUT ANYWAY, JUST TO, UM, GIVE THEM
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AN AMOUNT AND WHY WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.I THINK, I THINK THAT STATEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN ALL SHOW UP, GREAT.
IF, IF ANY YOU CAN SHOW UP GREAT.
WHOEVER, WHOEVER WANTS TO STAND THERE AND DO YOU WANNA ADD TO IT, OR YOU JUST WANNA STAND NEXT TO
BUT GETTING, GIVING THAT MESSAGE BEHIND IT CARRIES WEIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COME? I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU.
I'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE TO LIKE, WRITE UP SOMETHING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OR YOU'LL HAVE TO SIGN THE FORM FOR OH, OKAY.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND ALSO MAYBE MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE RATIONALE FOR, UM, OUR DESIRE FOR CONTINUED COMING IN CONSULTATION WITHAND YES.
IS, IS, IS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO INTEND TO FORM THESE WORKING GROUPS AND WE DO NEED MORE, UM, EXPERT ADVICE.
AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT HAVING STAN, WE WANNA MENTION IS THAT HE'S GIVING US THIS VERY UNBIASED PROFESSIONAL ADVICE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR US TO GET INTO OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, CORNERS AND GROUPS THAT WE IDENTIFY WITH.
AND THAT COULD MIRE SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
SO, 'CAUSE THIS, THIS GROUP'S STILL IN ITS INFANCY, HAVING A PROFESSIONAL UNBIASED GUIDANCE IS CRITICAL TO US BEING ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND, AND STAN IS, UH, FAMILIAR WITH OUR BACKGROUND AND HE'S DONE THIS, HE HAS TONS OF SUCCESS AND CREDENTIALS THAT, THAT WE CAN ALSO SCALE IT.
THIS IS WHY WE WANT TO USE IT.
AND ANOTHER THING THAT I, LIKE, I SAY THANK YOU FOR YES.
SAY THANK YOU FOR THE KIND COMMENTS.
AND ALSO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE LIKE A PAID PROFESSIONAL, HELP ME WITH THIS, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE DOING THIS AS VOLUNTEERS AND HAVE FULL-TIME JOBS OR FULL-TIME LIVES AND ALL.
I DON'T, I THINK IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO LIKE, SAY TO YOU ALL NOW DO ALL THIS WORK.
AND LOOK AT ALL THE WORK'S ALREADY DONE FOR US.
THAT'S ANOTHER LIKE, PROOF OF CONCEPT.
LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE HOURS OF WORK THAT STAN HAS PUT INTO IT AND WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING TOO IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THIS GROUP AND THIS, AND, AND THE STOP AND, AND START AND STOP AND STARTING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS PROFESSIONAL CONS ONGOING PROFESSIONAL, UM, CONSULTATION, WE FEEL THAT THAT'S NECESSARY.
TO ENSURE THAT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAPPENS.
AND I LIKED, UM, HOW THE CITY MANAGER USED, HE CALLED IT, YOU KNOW, HE, HE DIVIDED IT IN POSITIONS HE WAS ASKING FOR, BUT THEN HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT VALUE ADD.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, ONGOING AS OPPOSED TO JUST FOR NEXT YEAR.
I MEAN, THIS IS, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ONGOING.
WE WANNA, WE WANNA PLANT THE SEED THAT THIS IS GONNA BE ONGOING BECAUSE EVEN AS WE MATURE THROUGH THIS AND MAYBE ONE OF US, OR REVIEW US MOVE ON, HAVING THAT CONSTANT RIGHT.
IS GONNA BE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT A MONTH MIGHT MOVE AWAY OR WHATEVER, NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE.
WE STILL NEED THAT GUIDING POST FOUNDATIONAL PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT SERVICES IS PROVIDING.
I WILL, SO THAT'S THE ONE ACTION ITEM.
AND SO THEN THE, BY THE NEXT MEETING OKAY.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT, AND THEN BY THE NEXT MEETING WE WOULD TALK ABOUT STRATEGIES FOR THE WORKING GROUPS.
THAT WAS 7.4 ON THE RENAMING OF THE CONDITION.
SO 7.4, THAT WAS REALLY PART OF THE KIND OF LIKE BRAINSTORMING ABOUT, UM, COMMUNICATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL INCLUDE THAT.
AND ANOTHER THING I WILL DO IS I WILL
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THOROUGHLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR COMMUNICATION.AND THEN, UM, WE WILL GET READY TO HAVE, UM, SHAY COME TO A MEETING.
AND THEN, BUT, BUT THE NEXT MEETING, WHAT I'LL HAVE IS, HERE ARE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT I JUST LOOK OVER AND HERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, WHAT WE CAN DO.
AND THEN IF EVERYBODY AGREES, THEN WE WOULD GO TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT, AND THE SAME THING WITH I, WHICH I WAS GONNA DO ANYWAY, I WAS GONNA MEET WITH IRENE AND JUST TALK TO HER, UM, ABOUT THE, WHAT WE PROPOSE AND FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE HR REALM.
SO, SORRY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST NOT BUTT IN, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
UM, ONE, ONE THOUGHT THAT COMES TO MIND IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SHAY IN A MEETING MM-HMM.
AND YOU'RE ALSO CONSIDERING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT PHOTOS OF THE COMMISSION.
THAT HAVING THAT IF SHE'S ALREADY GOING TO BE HERE, THAT SHE CAN TAKE PHOTOS WHILE SHE'S HERE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN'T JUST HAVE AI CREATE FAKE PHOTOS OF US
WE HAVE ACTIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHS, USE OUR EMOJIS, OUR EMOJIS, OUR AVATARS.
SO YEAH, YOU CAN TALK TO SHAY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS, YOU KNOW, WHAT BEST OUT, IT JUST SUGGEST THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO, UM, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE IT AT BE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING, BUT MEETING AFTER THE MEETING FOR OCTOBER.
SO, AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, UM, I THINK YOU, COREY MENTIONED, OR EITHER ERIC, IS, UM, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US INDIVIDUALLY TO BE LIKE, SAY A LIAISON TO THE DIFFERENT, LIKE SOCIAL GROUPS OR WHATEVER, FOR INSTANCE, BECAUSE OF THE MAYBE CONCERNS OR WHATEVER THE BLACK FAMILY CUDDLE, I WAS GONNA REACH OUT TO THEM AND JUST TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE NOT APPROACHING BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST THAT WE WERE NOT EVEN HERE FOR ACTIVE WITH COMMUNIC.
I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO DO THAT, EXTEND THAT HAND OUT GOOD IDEA TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S OUR PLAN, HERE'S WHAT WE DO, HOW WE COMMUNICATING.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO PUT A LIST OF THOSE, UH, SOCIAL GROUPS TOGETHER.
WHICH WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYBODY OFF.
AND THEN FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD BE THINKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM NAME.
I'M BEING NERD ABOUT WRITING NOTES TOO.
AND THEN WE NEED TO GET, UM, A LIST OF SOCIAL GROUPS AND CONTACTS.
WHO DO WE TALK TO WITHIN EACH GROUP? YEAH.
SOCIAL GROUPS GET THEIR CONTACTS.
PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO START LOOKING AT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW, IS FACEBOOK GROUPS AND SEE WHAT, WHAT'S UP THERE.
AND THAT BE ONE WAY TO KIND OF SCRUB OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT JUST TRAIL, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST BEING TOGETHER FOR, UM, STUDIES OR FIND STUDIES AND YOU MAY NOT EVER, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY, YOU THEY EVER GET TOGETHER.
THAT THEY HAVE A FOCUSED PURPOSE AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THINGS TOGETHER.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD WHERE THE CONTEXT ARE.
AND THAT'S ONE THING YOU COULD ALSO DO, IS YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS LIKE ADVERTISE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ANY GROUP, ANY GROUP THAT'S GETTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA HAVE ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS COME AND TALK TO YOUR GROUP ABOUT THE DIB PLAN AND GET INPUT, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO REQUEST THAT THE COMMENT IN OUR MEETINGS.
WE CAN SAY, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA YOUR GROUP OR REPRESENTATIVE COME DURING OUR MEETINGS AND DO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS GROUP AND SAY, KIND OF EXPRESS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, HOW THEY WANNA BE REPRESENTED, OR THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.
THEY CAN COME AND MAKE A COMMENT HERE OR, OR THEY CAN SAY, HEY, COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND WE'LL GIVE YOU HALF AN HOUR JUST TO, TO CHAT ABOUT YEAH.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF, SEE, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF ENGAGING MORE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS IN THE DISCUSSION.
THERE WAS, UM, A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE TEA SHOP.
I WENT THERE AND I THEN I, WE COULDN'T GET IN.
IT WAS SOAP, MANY PEOPLE THERE.
BUT, UM, I WENT BACK AND THEN I INTRODUCED MYSELF AND I JUST SAID THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF THE DIVERSITY AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, AND OH, THAT'S AWESOME.
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SO, SO THEY'RE DOING A BUSINESS.SO WE HAVE THAT TOO FOR NEXT TIME.
WE HAVE, UM, WHAT DID I HAVE? WE HAD THE SOCIAL GROUP.
NO, WHAT DID I HAVE FIRST? IT WAS OUR WORKING GROUPS.
OH, AND THEN I, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD DO IS I'M GONNA GO OVER THE INTERNAL THINGS AND THEN LIST THEM OUT TO SAY, OKAY, WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT, WHAT, WHO DO WE HAVE? OKAY.
SO THAT WILL GO TO THE GROUP TO SAY, OKAY, THIS.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON SEVEN, FOUR? UH, OR ANY YEAH.
BECAUSE THAT WAS, THAT WAS PART OF THE, THIS SEVEN FOUR WAS REALLY PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS.
CHRISTIE SAID YOU HAD SOMETHING ABOUT SOMETHING.
SO DURING THE WORK SESSION WHEN, UH, THE COMMISSION PRESENTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IT WAS AFFIRMED, THE, UM, THE ITEM THAT WAS TO BE ON THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING TO RENAME THE COMMISSION WAS REMOVED, AND THEN THERE WAS DISCUSSION.
SO IT HAS STILL NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY RENAMED.
AND IT WAS, UM, I BELIEVE JACQUELINE, YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE NAME, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME INPUT ON JUST CALLING IT THE BELONGING GROUP OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THIS IS THE OFFICIAL ACTION FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, TO HAVE IT ON.
I DO HAVE IT, UM, SLOTTED ALREADY FOR SEPTEMBER 5TH WITH OKAY.
IT BEING, UM, THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION.
BUT, UM, TONIGHT WAS THE NIGHT THAT Y'ALL NEED TO TAKE THAT OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL VOTE AGAIN.
AND IF ANYTHING'S CHANGED, I CAN UPDATE ALL THAT FOR THE OH, OKAY.
BECAUSE I, I LIKE THE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF CALLING IT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, BELONGING.
AND SOMETIMES I EVEN STUMBLED WHEN YOU SAID DEI, BUT SOME, WHAT I DID, I TRIED IT OUT WHEN I, WHEN I WENT TO THE OWNER, I SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, JACQUELINE COLEMAN, PART OF THE DIVERSITY BELONGING.
I JUST, THAT'S WHAT I CALLED IT, YOU KNOW, AND WE WORK ON, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST TALKED TO HER ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD STILL HAVE THE FORMAL NAME, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WATERED DOWN, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE, PEOPLE SAY, OH, THAT YOU ARE DOING A DIVERSITY THING, OR YOU'RE DOING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, OR DIVERSITY AND BELONGING.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH ALL IN IT.
BUT THAT'S MORE LIKE A NICKNAME OR WHAT IT'S REFERRED TO VERSUS RIGHT.
BUT PEOPLE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING REGARDING YOUR DIVERSITY INITIATIVES OR YOUR BELONGING INITIATIVE? YOUR DD AND I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM AS LONG AS THEY RESPECT IT AND DO WHAT THEY SAID THEY'RE GONNA DO.
SO YOU WANNA CHANGE IT FORMALLY TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY.
DOING BUSINESS AS THE DIVERSITY AND BELONGING.
I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF AN EASY WAY TO, TO, TO USE.
UH, THE BRANDING AND THE INFORMAL COMPONENTS RIGHT.
CAN ALWAYS BE INCLUDED WITH THE COMMUNICATION.
SO AS FAR AS THE OFFICIAL NAME AND THE NAME CHANGE, THAT WILL GO TO COUNCIL, UM, THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE MOTION IS HERE.
SO WERE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? YES.
SO I HAVE TO RENAME THE COMMISSION FROM THE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION D AND I COMMISSION TO THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING.
AND, AND THEN LIKE YOU, YOU WERE SAYING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING I SHOULD PUT IN THE, WHEN I MAKE THINGS THAT WE ARE GONNA GO INTO A COMMUNICATION PLAN TO PUT THAT IN, LIKE YOU SAID, BRANDING.
HOW DID YOU SAY? BRANDING AND INFORMAL, UH, MAYBE, UH, IT CAN BE KNOWN AS THERE'S AN INFORMAL WAY TO, TO SPEAK ON THE COMMISSION
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OR SHORTHAND WAY OR NICKNAME WAY.UM, AND ALSO LIKE THE BRANDING THAT'S LESS WORDY.
MAYBE BE INCORPORATED INTO THE LOGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OKAYING, OR HOWEVER Y'ALL WANNA DO THAT.
I KNOW THAT A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE.
I, I JUST LIKE ONE WORD, YOU KNOW? ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GO AFTER I, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT, BUT, BUT NO, NO ONE IS SAYING THAT IT CAN'T BE ONE WORD.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FORMALLY.
WELL, THAT'S KINDA ONE OF THE THINGS YOU LIKE.
I'M, LET'S BE HONEST, LET'S MOVE WITH THE THING OF TIME, TIME TEXAS HAS DIMINISHED.
POLITICALLY, THIS IS THE CITY OF
AND BELONGING ALSO, YOU KNOW, BELONGING IS A WORD WHERE EVERYBODY CAN RESONATE WITH AND FEEL THAT THEY'RE PART OF.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ENGAGES EVERYONE.
WHERE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT NOT FEEL THAT THEY'RE PART OF DIVERSITY.
SOME PEOPLE NOT SAID, SAID IT.
AND SOME PEOPLE MAY FEEL THEY'RE PART OF THE, UH, THE, UH, INCLUSION PART OF IT.
SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE EQUITY PART OF IT.
BY HAVING IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE CHOICES.
YOU WANNA GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES.
YOU KNOW, YOU PICK, PICK WHAT YOU WANT.
IT'S EITHER THE BLUE, THE PURPLE
OR YOU CAN HAVE ALL FOUR OF THEM.
OR YOU CAN HAVE THREE OUTTA FOUR.
I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE, WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT THIS BECAUSE, SO THERE IS, THERE IS A MOTION IN A SECOND.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND HOLD TO VOTE.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BRING UP THE DISCUSSION FURTHER.
SEE, GO TO THE RESTROOM OF WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SEE HOW INFORMALLY DIVERSITY AND BELONGING.
IT IT, YOU CAN SPIN IT OUT WITHOUT STUMBLING OVER YOUR WORDS AND IT INFLUENCE EVERYBODY.
I LIKE THE BELONGING IN THERE.
I THINK THAT, YEAH, I LIKE THAT.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE MORE OF A ENCOMPASSING YES.
'CAUSE FOR UNFORTUNATELY DI HAS BEEN SLANDERED IN OUR, THAT PART.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, THAT PART, ADDING THE BELONGING DOES GIVE IT BRING THE FOCUS BACK TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND, AND THEN ALSO YOU GOT TO REMEMBER WITH CHANGE.
EVERYBODY ACCEPTS CHANGE DIFFERENTLY.
SO SOME FOLKS WILL STILL CALL IT DIVERSITY.
SOME THAT'S, AND I, IT IT'S JUST EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S TOLERANCE CHANGE IS DIFFERENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE KEEP IT WHERE IT'S UNIVERSAL, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE, THEY CAN CHANGE.
AND WHEN THEY WAKE UP TOMORROW, THEY MIGHT GO AHEAD AND DO THE WHOLE THING.
IT MIGHT BE THEY WANNA BELONG.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF SEVEN, SIX ALREADY.
SO WHAT I HAVE, UH, SO FAR FOR SEVEN SIX, I ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS. I HAVE STRATEGIES FOR WORKING GROUPS AND THEN BUDGET DISCUSSION.
SO IT'LL BE GREAT IF, IF AS MANY PEOPLE CAN GO.
SO STRATEGIES FOR WORKING GROUPS.
UM, CAN WE HAVE SUB SUBCATEGORIES FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON? YOU MEAN THE STRUCTURE OF THEM? YEAH.
CAN WE STAY, LIKE, BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN, WE WOULD INCLUDE AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURE ON THE STRATEGY WOULD BE WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE ROLE AND PURPOSE OF THE GROUP.
WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING? THAT'S THE BRAINSTORMING LIKE THINK TANK EXERCISE.
AND THEN WHAT ACTIONS IS THIS GROUP GOING TO BE DOING? MAYBE IT'S ONE OR TWO THINGS.
AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE WANNA INCLUDE IN ANY KIND OF GROUP IS HOW OFTEN ARE WE GONNA MEET THIS TIME COMMITMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE RECRUITING MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA MEET INFORMALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GET TACOS ON TUESDAY MORNINGS AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THOSE ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN.
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WHEN I'M ING GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS, THE PURPOSE HOW WE RECRUIT.'CAUSE THAT CREATES AMBASSADORSHIP.
AND PART OF THE, PART OF THE PURPOSE STATEMENT IS HOW THAT GROUP TIES TO OR SUPPORTS THE EIB STRATEGIC PLAN.
HOW IT TIES BACK DOESN'T INCLUDE WITHIN THAT.
SO THE ONES THAT I HAVE, WHAT DO Y'ALL, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? ANYTHING ELSE, STAN? NO, I THINK YOU'VE GOT IT.
AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER FUTURE ITEM WOULD BE LIKE, I WILL HAVE REVIEWED THE COMMUNICATION PLAN AND THEN PUT AT LEAST SOME IDEAS FOR EVERYONE TO CONSIDER.
THE FIRST GO AWAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT LOGO, WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WE TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT WOULD BE, AND THAT ACTUALLY CHASE SAID THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO DO IT, IS THAT WE WOULD COME UP WITH THINGS AND THEN INVITE THEM IN TO SAY, OKAY, THEY'LL TAKE THE NEXT STEPS.
ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK IT WAS, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
ONE, ONE THING I DID WANNA MEN THIS IS, UM, LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TIME COMMITMENT.
ONE THING I WANT TO SAY, UM, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT, UM, WORKING WITH DIVERSITY AND BELONGING IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND THAT, SO WE, AS COMMISSION MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO HAVE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FORM OF SELF CARE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THINGS, IF THINGS NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT OR DISCUSSED OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY ARE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ALLOW OURSELVES BECAUSE WE, I BELIEVE IN FAMILY FIRST AND, YOU KNOW.
UM, SO I, IT IS JUST, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REGULATE OURSELF.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT.
OR SOMEONE BROUGHT, I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHO, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A PAID PROFESSIONAL THAT'S ME.
THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THINGS, JOBS AND EVERYTHING, AND IT'S DIFFICULT.
IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO JUGGLE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU PUT OVERLAY WITH DIVERSITY, IT'S NOT LIKE A THROWAWAY SUBJECT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.
SO I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT WITH SELF CARE AND THAT WE REGULATE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IS REASONABLE TO GET DONE.
AND HOW, AND HOW MUCH DO WE NEED HELP? SO THERE'S CLEAR EXPECTATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND, OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT, YEAH.
ABOUT, ABOUT ELECTED OFFICIALS OR VOLUNTEERS TAKING PERSONAL TIME.
I SPOKE ABOUT COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS THAT I SAID, BECAUSE I WANNA REMIND MY NEIGHBORS THAT PERSONAL TIME AND SELF CARE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE SHOULD NOT BE VILIFYING ONE ANOTHER AS NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE TAKING PERSONAL TIME AND CARE, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PEOPLE TAKING, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WHETHER WE'RE ELECTED OR WE, OR NOT EXACTLY.
AND I THINK THIS GROUP IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE ENGAGING SO MANY DIFFERENT VOICES.
WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE CITY.
OR HELP CITY SET AN EXAMPLE BY JUST KIND OF REMINDING EVERYBODY, LIKE, HEY, LET'S, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ENEMIES, WE'RE NEIGHBORS.
WE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING TO THE SAME GOAL, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE THIS DIVISIVE VILIFYING, UH, LANGUAGE PERVASIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THEN WHO'S GONNA WANNA SIGN UP? I APPRECIATED WHAT YOU SAID.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID.
I THINK I, THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST KIND OF REMIND US ALL THAT WE'RE STILL NEIGHBORS.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE RESCHEDULED TO THE 24TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
I LIKE TO SECOND THANK YOU MR. NIGHT, EVERYONE.
YOU MIGHT NOT GET TO TALK TO STAN AGAIN AFTER THIS.