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[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on September 24, 2024.]
SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024 AT 6:05 PM SO WE WILL HAVE THE ROLL CALL.AM I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? COLEFIELD CAULFIELD APOLOGY.
AND COMMISSIONER DINA PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ZEPEDA IS AT HCU AND COMMISSIONER BELL IS.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? B NONE.
WE WILL GO TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY STAFF.
UH, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.
I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY LET Y'ALL KNOW.
THERE'S, UM, A BIT OF A, BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE WE WERE TO HAVE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRESENT TONIGHT AND SHE, UM, WANTED TO PUSH THAT BACK.
WAS NOT QUITE PREPARED TO SHARE.
SO, WANTED TO UPDATE Y'ALL ON THAT.
UM, ALSO THE, THIS EVENING, UM, PENDING THE AMOUNT OF, OF, OF COURSE, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE, THERE IS A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL THAT WILL BE HELD DOWNSTAIRS FOR SUICIDE AWARENESS AT SEVEN 30.
SO, UM, IF Y'ALL'S A COMMISSION, WHETHER WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF MEETING OR NOT, IF YOU WANT TO PAUSE SO WE CAN ATTEND THAT.
UM, JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR MY COMMENTS.
UM, ITEM FIVE IS GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, I GUESS THE ITEM THAT AFFECTS, UM, THE COMMISSION IS THE BUDGET.
AND SO WE DID HAVE, UH, WE DID GET APPROVAL IN THE BUDGET TO FUND, UM, THE PROPOSAL WE HAD FROM STAN.
UH, WHICH, UH, THERE WAS PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE WAS SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT WORKING DIRECTLY WITH, WITH, UH, WITH YOU GUYS.
AND THEN PROPOSALS TWO AND THREE WERE WORKING WITH THE CITY, UH, LEADERSHIP STAFF AND CITY HUMAN RESOURCES.
UH, THOSE WERE ALL FULLY FUNDED TO THE AMOUNT, UM, IN THE REQUEST, IN THE PROPOSAL.
AND THEN THERE WAS A FOURTH SECTION THAT KIND OF HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAB BAG OF DIFFERENT ITEMS AND THAT WAS FUNDED FOR $4,000.
UM, WHICH THAT COULD GO TO THE INTEREST GROUPS THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE LOOKING TO FORM.
OR THAT COULD GO TO OTHER TRAINING OR IT CAN, IT CAN BASICALLY GO ANYWHERE THAT, THAT IT'S NEEDED.
UM, AND SO THE TOTAL, I BELIEVE WAS $15,250 WAS ALLOCATED BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE FOUR ITEMS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S SET, THAT'S IN THE BUDGET AND READY TO GO OCTOBER 1ST.
NOW ITEM SIX, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME SUSAN.
AND THEN WE, WE HAVE A SPACE FOR YOU JUST TO TELL FOR ME.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOMING
UM, UM, FOR YOU TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND THAT, BUT THAT'LL BE A LITTLE, JUST A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE NOTICE THAT CARINA IS NOT PRESENT, BUT SHE IS ATTENDING HUDDLE UNIVERSITY AND SHE WILL RETURN IN NOVEMBER, BUT WE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA KEEP IN TOUCH.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GONNA DO A COURSE, SHE WANTED TO ATTEND TO SEE HOW WE CAN INTERFACE WITH ANYTHING THAT COMES UP.
AND ALSO, UM, SHE TALKED ABOUT ONE THING THAT SHE WANTED TO DO WAS MAYBE EVEN RECRUIT OTHERS TO BE ON THE WORKING GROUPS AS WE CONTINUED TO EXPAND.
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS PROGRESSING.
AND WE OF COURSE HAD THE WORK SESSION IN JULY.
UM, ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES WAS THAT THE LAWSUITS BE REMOVED AND THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.
IT'S ON ITS OWN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY PAGE, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, THE NAME CHANGE WAS APPROVED.
SO WE ARE OFFICIALLY DIVERSITY,
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EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING.AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING CAME UP ABOUT THE NAME YOU, WE CAN REFER TO IT AS DIVERSITY.
WE CAN REFER TO IT AS INCLUSION OR BELONGING.
IT'S NOT, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE.
UM, AND, AND WE, WE ARE SO, UM, FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS NOT MADE AN ISSUE.
ONE THING THAT, UM, I'M STARTING TO DO BECAUSE I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NEXT WEEK IS GONNA BE OCTOBER ALREADY.
BUT, UM, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO, UM, START DOING, GETTING A REPORT READY BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD NOT BEEN DONE IN THE PAST, BUT I WANNA GET IT READY AND SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THE APPROVALS, THE WORK SESSIONS, JUST TO, UM, OUTLINE.
AND THEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REPORT, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP UP, UM, DEFINITELY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO IT'LL BE FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 2024.
UM, ALSO I WANNA INCLUDE THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED IN BUDGETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT DAN WAS ABLE TO HELP US TO GET THAT APPROVAL, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND NEXT TIME WE WILL HAVE IT IN BEFORE.
AND SO IF ANY, WHATEVER YOU FEEL EACH, UM, COMMISSION MEMBER THAT MAYBE NEEDS TO BE ADDED, LIKE FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR, PLEASE, UM, LET ME KNOW.
AND WE'RE, WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, DO THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
'CAUSE I WANNA BE ABLE TO, WE WERE FORTUNATE, BUT I WANNA BE ABLE TO GET AHEAD AND STAY AHEAD OF THAT BUDGETING.
UM, GOING TO CONDUCT THREE INTERVIEWS FOR THE LAST OPEN SPACE FOR THIS COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL FIND SOMEONE.
AND OF THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS GO, I WOULD LIKE TO, POSSIBILITY WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THEM FOR WORKING GROUPS.
UM, ALSO RECEIVED THE COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA FROM, UM, LET'S SEE, COMMUNICATIONS.
AND, UH, I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ 'CAUSE I JUST GOT BACK.
I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT DEFINITELY WILL.
AND OH, ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION, UM, ETHAN SIMS. MM-HMM.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE WOULD MAYBE WE'LL START TO MEET WITH HIM ABOUT THAT TO SEE HOW WE CAN LINK IN WITH THAT.
AND ONE THING THAT I AM WORKING ON, AGAIN, I, I JUST GOT BACK SO I HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT, BUT THE COMMUNICATION PLAN PROPOSAL AND ALSO MEETING WITH, UM, CITY MANAGER.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR BUDGET APPROVED, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LINK WITH THEM AND JOIN WITH THEM AND SAY, OKAY, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AS WELL AS, UM, WITH THE, UM, HR DIRECTOR.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER THINGS? I HAVE ONE THING.
NEXT, UM, YOU GUYS MAY ALREADY KNOW, BUT NEXT ON THE FIRST OCTOBER 1ST IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'LL BE HOSTING IT.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND HANG OUT WITH ME.
I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY OF STATE SUBDIVISION, BUT I THINK IT'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE HOSTING IT.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT SO I CAN, IT'S A WAY TO INTERACT WITH OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
FIRE THE EMTS COME OUT, OUR POLICE OFFICERS COME OUT.
UM, YOU GET TO MEET NEIGHBORS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ALREADY.
UM, I THINK THEY USED TO LEAVE THE COURT'S LIGHT ON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT, UM, WE MEET AT THE COUNTRY STATES PARK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONE LITTLE, I GUESS ONE LITTLE THING IS THAT WE WERE THE ORIGINAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN MY PARK, SO I FEEL KIND OF TORN EVERY YEAR WHETHER OR NOT TO HOST OR NOT, BUT UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE SAYS THEY'LL DO IT, I'LL, I'M GONNA BE THERE BECAUSE I HAD A GREAT MENTOR THAT, UH, STARTED IN THERE AND SHE'S SINCE PASSED AWAY, SO I KIND FEEL OBLIGATED TO
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KEEP IT GOING.AND SO, UM, ANYWAYS, YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME ANYONE, UM, JUST TO COME OUT AND MAYBE CLIMB THE MOON MOONWALK AND JUMP AROUND
I I'M JUST VERY, I LOOK, LOOK, LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMING YEAR.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE REALLY EXCITING, BUT THE BUDGET APPROVALS MM-HMM.
AND THAT, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY, REALLY COOL AND REALLY EXCITING.
AND THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
DID EVERYONE GET A COPY OF THAT? OF THE BUDGET? SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN, CAN I SEND IT TO YOU TO, IS THAT, IS IT OKAY? YEAH.
AND WAS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON ON OCTOBER, WAS TO HAVE A BUDGET KIND OF DISCUSSION? DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THAT THEN OR SEND IT BEFORE? NO, I JUST SEND IT BEFORE GOT, SO THEN WE WILL BE READY.
BECAUSE LIKE, I'M THINKING THE OCTOBER MEETING IF WE HAVE MM-HMM.
BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, GOOD, I MEAN GOOD PARTICIPATION, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND, AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THE BUDGET.
AND WHAT I WILL ALSO DO IS I WILL CONTACT STAN AND SAY, HEY, IT'S APPROVED SO WE CAN START KIND OF PLANNING HOW WE WANT TO, TO DO EVERYTHING.
WHERE ARE WE AT? OKAY, SO WE ARE AT OTHER BUSINESS.
DO YOU GO BY SUSAN OR SUE? SUE.
AND I WANNA MAKE A QUICK NOTE.
UM, I MISSPELLED, UH, SUE'S NAME.
HER NAME IS SUZANNE CAULFIELD, AND SHE GOES BY SUE.
SO I, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, SUE.
SO WE JUST WANNA HEAR JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU AND THEN WHY YOU WERE INTERESTED IN GOING WITH THIS COMMISSION.
SO I MOVED HERE IN 2017 FROM COLORADO.
I GOT LAID OFF FROM THE JOB THAT I WAS WORKING AT.
MY DAUGHTER IS A REAL ESTATE AGENT DOWN HERE.
I HAD ONE WEEK TO BUY A HOUSE AND MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE PLACES I LOOKED, I LOOKED IN BASTROP BECAUSE I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE MAP HOW FAR THAT REALLY WAS FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO I FOUND A REALLY NICE HOUSE IN BASTROP AND I SAID, THIS IS A REALLY NICE HOUSE.
IT WAS IN A FORESTED AREA, ET CETERA.
AND WE DROVE BACK TO WHERE SHE LIVES.
SHE LIVES IN STAR RANCH, AND IT WAS LIKE AN HOUR AND 40 MINUTES TO GET BACK HOME.
SO SHE SAID, WELL, DO YOU WANNA LOOK IN HU? AND I SAID, WELL, I GUESS SO
SO I HAD NOW, LIKE ONE DAY LEFT
AND I IMMEDIATELY FOUND THAT IT WAS SO CONGESTED GETTING IN AND OUT OF, OF THE DIVISION THAT IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
SO, AND THEN GROCERY STORES, I'M LOOKING HER LOOKING, LOOKING AND I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, I CALL MY DAUGHTER AND I SAY, AREN'T THERE ANY GROCERY STORES AROUND HERE? AND HE SAYS, WELL, THERE'S HEB OVER ON ONE 30.
AND I SAID, WHERE'S ONE 30
SO I BECAME SOMEWHAT ANNOYED AND THOUGHT ABOUT TRYING TO PUT IN NOTICES.
SO I SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY SINGLE NATIONAL GROCERY CHAIN IN THE COUNTRY,
WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? WELL, MOST OF THEM DIDN'T RESPOND.
HB DIDN'T RESPOND, BUT A COUPLE OF THEM DID AND SAID, WELL, WE ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE ANYWHERE UNLESS THE TRAFFIC IS AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND CARS PER DAY GOING PAST THE STORE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE GETTING THAT MANY ANYWAY, YOU KNOW,
AND THEN I STARTED WORRYING ABOUT THE ROADS.
AND THE ROADS WERE, YOU COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, STOPLIGHTS
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WERE NO STOPLIGHTS, NO NOTHING.AND ONE DAY IN THE MAIL, I GOT A LITTLE CARD THAT SAID, WELL, THERE'S THESE COMMISSIONS THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR IN HU MM-HMM.
SO I APPLIED, I WANTED TO GET ON ZONING.
I WAS ON LIBRARY FOR QUITE A WHILE, UM, AT LEAST A YEAR.
AND I WASN'T COMPLETELY HAPPY WITH WHAT WE WERE DOING, SO I DECIDED TO DROP OFF.
SO I DROPPED OFF AND PETER GORDON CALLS ME AND SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ZONING ADJUSTMENT BOARD, DO YOU WANNA BE ON THAT? AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT DO? AND HE SAYS, OH, WELL THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT BUSINESSES COMING IN.
IT'S LIKE, WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IF I RAISE MY HAND AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING FOR IT BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
BUT IT, IT BECAME INTERESTING.
SO I JOINED THE ZONING COMMISSION BOARD.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF LAX, YOU KNOW, HALF THE TIME PEOPLE WEREN'T SHOWING UP, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE JUST SITTING THERE FOR AN HOUR AND STUFF.
I GO, THIS IS RIDICULOUS, YOU KNOW? SO I DECIDED TO DROP OFF
AND WHO IS THE LADY THAT, THAT I WALKED UPSTAIRS WITH? UH, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SHE SAID, OH, YOU HAVE TO STAY ON ZONING ADJUSTMENT.
I SAID, WHY? SHE SAYS, WELL, IF YOU WANNA GET ON ZONING, STAY ON THE ZONING ADJUSTMENT BOARD.
SO PETER GORDON CALLS ME THEN AND SAYS, WELL, DO YOU WANNA BE ON THE ZONING ADJUSTMENT BOARD AGAIN? AND I SAID, WELL, I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I'VE DECIDED YES, I'LL STAY ON THE ZONING ADJUSTMENT BOARD.
YOU KNOW, HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW OTHER PLACES.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, THERE'S THE DIVERSITY.
AND I THINK IT WAS AT THE TIME, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
SO I SAID, OH, THAT SOUNDS VERY INTERESTING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD REALLY ENJOY BEING ON.
HE SAYS, WELL, IT WASN'T, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT, BUT IT'S CHANGED
SO THIS IS HOW I, I'VE MANAGED TO GET ON THESE BOARDS.
PART OF THE REASON, BECAUSE I KEEP TRYING TO GET ON ZONING SO THAT I COULD COMPLAIN ABOUT
I'LL EXPLAIN MY LITTLE JOKE AFTER.
SO SIT, SINCE WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL IN THE DISCUSSION.
UM, PART, CAN I ASK HOW, UM, HOW, HOW WE PLAN, HOW YOU PLAN? OR ARE THERE PLANS FOR THE AGENDA FOR OUR FIRST MEETINGS WITH STAN? WILL YOU, UM, ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT TALKING WITH STAN ABOUT THE AGENDA OR YOU, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST STEPS AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PLAN, HOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA COME TO THOSE? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING IS LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S JUST, THE BUDGET JUST GOT APPROVED.
SO, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? AND I WAS GONNA ASK HIS ADVICE AS TO WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD DO IT, BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE ORGANIZATION TO BE DONE.
AND I WAS THINKING THAT HE, THAT FIRST, ONE OF THOSE FIRST MEETINGS WOULD BE THAT TO SAY, OKAY, WE ARE BROKEN UP INTO THIS MANY BLOCKS AND HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? HOW ARE WE GONNA GET WORKING GROUP, UM, MEMBERS AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER NO, I, I, I, I, I JUST, NO, I'M JUST THINKING THAT, UH, MAYBE BE WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, SETTING THE PARTICULARS AS FAR AS FIRST STEPS TO PROCEED MM-HMM.
AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT JUST MAYBE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE FEEL, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE THE, UH, OKAY.
FIRST STEPS FOR OUR, YOU KNOW.
SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT BEFORE WE HAVE THAT MEETING WITH STAN, THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WELL, I THINK IT COULD BE MANY
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WAYS.FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, UH, HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT MEETING WITH STAN FIRST AND GET HIS OPINIONS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PROCEED AND THEN MM-HMM.
OR YOU COULD DO IT THE OTHER WAY, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING, STAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK EITHER WAY WOULD WORK.
CAN I ASK KIND OF WHAT THE MEETING IS ABOUT? BECAUSE I'M KIND OF, AND ALSO COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
SO Y'ALL CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THIS ON ITEM SEVEN THREE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
BUT WE WERE STILL ON SEVEN ONE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS COMPLETE OR IF WE'RE ON SEVEN TWO NOW.
SEVEN ONE WAS COMPLETE WITH SEVEN TWO.
SO WE, WELL, WE, WE'LL TALK, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ON SEVEN THREE THEN.
BECAUSE WE HAVE IT LISTED THERE.
SEVEN TWO, UM, ACTION, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
SO, UM, IN YOUR PACKET, I'VE INCLUDED OBVIOUS, NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST AT ALL.
AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER SPOONS, YOU HAD BUILT OUT A CALENDAR AT ONE POINT IN TIME AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE, UM, DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT COME FROM THE COMMISSION AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMING JUST MM-HMM.
SO, UM, WANTING TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION, UM, AND MAYBE LETTING Y'ALL DISCUSS ON POTENTIALLY AS A COMMISSION CHOOSING TWO TO THREE, UM, MAYBE AWARENESS MONTHS THAT Y'ALL AS A COMMISSION ARE BEHIND IN YOUR SPEARHEADING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AS YOU BUILD OUT YOUR FOCUS GROUPS, GETTING THOSE, UM, PEOPLE INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOU AS A POTENTIAL DISCUSSION TODAY.
AND MAYBE IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT'S DECIDED ON RIGHT NOW, UM, BUT JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD, NOT ONLY WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS, BUT HOW THIS FOLDS INTO YOUR OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND LIKE THE FOCUS GROUPS AND DIFFERENT GROUPS IN, IN THE AREA.
SO YOU, YOU SAY YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU WANT US TO AGREE ON TWO TO THREE THAT WE WOULD DO EACH MONTH.
IT'S UP TO YOU, THE NUMBER'S UP TO YOU.
I WAS JUST, THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION, UM, SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE AT LEAST ONE TO THREE PROCLAMATIONS PER COUNCIL MEETING THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY DEIB RELATED.
BUT A, A LOT OF THEM ARE MM-HMM.
SO JUST KIND OF HAVING LIKE A, A ROBUST MAYBE SIX MONTH OR A YEAR CALENDAR OF LIKE, HEY, THESE ARE THE CALENDARS OR THESE ARE THE PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE AS A COMMISSION ARE SUBMITTING, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION IS THE THOUGHT THERE.
BUT AGAIN, JUST A DISCUSSION AND AS IT RELATES TO Y'ALL'S OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND ON ONE QUESTION KIND OF RELATED TO THIS IS, I REMEMBER IN ONE OF THE BUD OR A COUPLE OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS THEY HAD HAD LISTED US FOR JUNETEENTH AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER ONE.
UH, IT WAS A, FOR AN EVENT FOR EVENTS.
UM, DOES HAVE JUNE AND I CAN CONFIRM, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A FEW NEW EVENTS THIS YEAR, SO, MM-HMM.
SO THEN, 'CAUSE THEN WE'LL BE AHEAD
NOW IF WE GO TO POSSIBLE ACTION, EACH OF THE WORKING GROUPS AS DEFINED DISCUSSION, UPDATES OF POSSIBLE ACTION EACH WORKING GROUP HAS DEFINED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS ITEM 7.3 IS, UM, SO SINCE THE TWO SPEAKERS WERE PUSHED BACK TO NEXT MONTH, UM, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT YOU HAD SAID, I PERSONALLY THINK WE SHOULD DISCUSS IT FIRST AND THEN TALK TO STAN TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO.
SO I'M WONDERING IF NEXT MEETING, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS, IF WE USE THAT LATTER PART TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S IDEAS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN WE'LL BE PREPARED WHEN WE TALK,
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YOU KNOW, WITH STAN AND I CAN JUST LET STAN KNOW THAT WE'RE, UM, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT THEN MAYBE WE WOULD START IN THE NOVEMBER TIME TIMEFRAME.DOES THAT SOUND, DOES THAT SOUND THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
I THOUGHT EITHER WAY WOULD WORK, BUT I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE KIND OF LIKE YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW SAY, OKAY, MAYBE THIS CAN'T GO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN HE CAN TELL US, YOU KNOW, AT WHEN WE MEET WITH HIM AFTER RIGHT.
WE MEET INITIALLY AND SAY, MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST GIVE HIS FEEDBACK ON WHAT HE THINKS.
AND, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDED? SO WE WOULD HAVE THE NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS, KIND OF HASH THAT OUT AND THAT YEAH.
AND, AND BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE CAN BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
AND LOOKING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE PLAN AND MAYBE YOU PROBABLY WANNA HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
IT'S UM, BUT IF WE LOOK AT THAT, THEN, UM, JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES RIGHT.
MIGHT BE, OUR PRIORITIES ARE WHATEVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THINKING FORWARD ABOUT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS, UH, ORGANIZING OUR FOCUS GROUPS.
AND SO JUST THINKING FORWARD ABOUT THAT, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MIGHT HELP FACILITATE THAT DISCUSSION.
SO THEN IF EVERYONE, UH, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT TOO, THEY STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN THE PROPOSAL THAT STANDS IN.
AND THEN JUST KNOWING THAT, UM, DAN, WE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALL THE, I'D SAY ONE THROUGH THREE ON THERE, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE TOO, EXTRA ONE THAT, UH, DAN INCLUDED.
SO, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO, DID DID WE RECEIVE THE THREE PROPOSALS? MAYBE WE DID.
MAYBE I'M, I'M PAYING ATTENTION.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
NOW, UM, IF I GIVE HER THIS, IS THIS THE MOST UPTODATE ONE? I DON'T KNOW.
DID HE SEND ANYTHING ELSE? YES.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE, ONE MORE AFTER THIS.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING I DIDN'T WANT GIVE HER AND THEN THERE WAS A WHOLE NEW ONE.
CAN YOU GO SEND IT? I'LL, I'LL EMAIL IT.
THERE WAS A WHOLE NEW ONE FOR, YEAH, THERE WAS ONE FROM THE 21ST.
AND THEN THERE WAS A WHOLE NEW ONE AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT.
SO THEN WE CAN BE READY TO DISCUSS THAT NEXT, NEXT TIME.
ANYTHING ELSE ON ITEM 7.3? OKAY.
UM, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 20TH, 2024 MEETING, UH, MEETING MINUTES.
UM, THE, ACTUALLY PUT TWICE, COMMISSIONER PAID THAT TWICE.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DINA, SO I'VE UPDATED THAT.
I THINK WE COVERED SO IN, IN THE IMPROVING ME MINUTES, WHAT DOES THAT, DOES THAT INVOLVE ANYTHING ADDITIONALLY SPECIFIC OR JUST A CALL TO VOTE OR, UNLESS YOU HAVE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MINUTES THAT IS INCORRECT, UM, OR THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, LIKE I HAD, UH, COMMISSIONERS OF PAPER WRITTEN OUT TWICE, THAT WAS A CHANGE I NEED TO UPDATE.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST SAYING AS A COMMISSION, WE'RE APPROVING THESE MINUTES BECAUSE THESE ARE WHAT GO ON FILE.
SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE MINUTES, WE'RE LIKE, OH YES, WE TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS.
HOW MOTION WE APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I, AFTER, AFTER WE VOTE, I'LL JUST, ONE THING I JUST WANT TO SAY YES.
COMMISSIONER COLEMAN A I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IN 7.6, UH, STRATEGIES FOR THE WORKING GROUPS ARE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 BULLET POINTS THERE.
AND THOSE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS TO BE THINKING ABOUT FOR RIGHT.
AND MAYBE ANYTHING ELSE THAT COMES TO MIND, I SUPPOSE.
RIGHT? SO WHEN HE, WHEN YOU GET THE PROPOSAL, YOU'LL SEE HOW YOU KIND
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OF ADDRESS THESE.UM, BUT YOU THERE DOES, THERE WILL REQUIRE DISCUSSION ON HOW WE KIND OF OUTLINE THAT, SO, OKAY.
OH, ANYTHING FAST? ANY, UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE WANTS TO BRING UP? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN, I KNOW WE, UH, ARE OUT OF 7.2, BUT MM-HMM.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THE ITEM WAS FOR.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DO.
SO SHOULD WE DO THAT WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR IT, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL AS A COMMISSION.
UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I, UM, BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND AS YOU'RE ALREADY DOING, UM, OR IMPLEMENTING YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN, I THOUGHT THIS WAS, YEAH.
SO IT'S REALLY UP TO Y'ALL AND YOUR TIMELINE AND HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT.
THAT'S THAT AND BEING REALISTIC, UM, KNOWING HOW QUICKLY TIME GOES BY.
SO I MEAN, YOU CAN PROBABLY JUST GO THROUGH AND SEE.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, THERE ARE SOME PROCLAMATIONS ALREADY THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE.
UM, SO HOW MUCH IN ADVANCE DO Y'ALL GET THAT NOTICE? THAT, YOU KNOW, SO IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS.
LIKE, I KNOW FOR THE OCTOBER 3RD MEETING, THERE'S A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS, BUT I THINK THE ONE THAT MAYBE WOULD BE, UM, RELEVANT TO DEIB IS THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO WHENEVER I SEE ONES THAT I THINK ARE, YOU KNOW, RELEVANT, UM, THEY'RE, I MAY BE MISSING SOME, THERE MAY BE SOME THAT AREN'T.
BUT, UM, AND SOME OF THESE, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, YOU'RE LIKE, THIS DOESN'T, I DON'T LIKE EACH, EACH COMMISSIONER MAY BE LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS ALIGNS WITH WHATEVER.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST PULLED, IT'S NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
THERE MAY BE SOME THAT I'M MISSING THAT MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY PULLED FROM YOUR RESEARCH THAT YOU'VE DONE.
SO I WAS TRYING TO LIKE CONDENSE IT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I REMEMBER THAT CALENDAR AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA.
AND I WAS ALSO GOING FOR THE MONTHS VERSUS DAYS.
INTERNATIONAL WORLD PEACE DAY WAS ON SATURDAY AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MM-HMM.
BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE TWO OR THREE AND LIKE, I CAN JUST FORMULATE THIS INTO A COMMUNICATION PLAN IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT UP, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY DO YOU HAVE PROCLAMATIONS? IT'S FOR EDUCATION.
IT'S FOR AWARENESS AND, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT IN THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.
BUT, UM, IT IS DIFFICULT TO DO EVERYTHING UNLESS WE HAD A CALENDAR.
SO
AND IF WE THINK, UM, WERE YOU THINKING MAYBE WE JUST PICK A FEW OUT RIGHT NOW? IT'S UP TO YOU.
I MEAN, I, I CAN TO RUN THROUGH, I CAN EACH MONTH AND HIGHLIGHT, I COULD HIGHLIGHT, BUT IF I DON'T WANT TO PRESSURE OR RUSH ANY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU WOULD BE, WOULD THERE BE SOME THAT WERE MORE RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY THAN OTHERS? SURE.
WOULDN'T THAT BE ONE OF THE MM-HMM.
NOW ALL OF THOSE AFFECT SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND, AND, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHITTLING THEM OUT, THERE'S ONLY TWO, SUPPOSED TO BE TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS PER MONTH SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO AT THE MAX, REALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO, UH, POSSIBLE THINGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF I, IF I WERE TO GO THERE AND SAY, UH, I COULD PICK OUT TWO IN JANUARY, TWO IN FEBRUARY, TWO IN MARCH, TWO IN APRIL, TWO IN MAY, AND TWO IN JUNE, AND,
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AND, AND BE DONE WITH IT, YOU KNOW.AND LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WERE, IF I WERE GOING TO DO JANUARY, UM, I I I, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT EVEN HAVE JUNETEENTH ON THERE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK POSSIBLY THERE ARE SOME MONTHS WE DON'T NEED TO DO ONE.
UH, I MIGHT SKIP TO FEBRUARY, DO BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND CANCER PREVENTION MONTH MAYBE.
UM, AND THEN I MIGHT SKIP TO MARCH AND, AND, UH, MAYBE NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH, UM, AND OF COURSE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND MAYBE DO THOSE TWO.
AND I, I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY, UNLESS EVERYBODY WANTS TO PUT IT OFF, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THAT AND JUST COME TO, COME TO, UM, UNDER GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE, THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FOR EACH MONTH.
I MEAN, JUST AT LEAST FROM HERE.
I DID HAVE, UM, I ASKED JEFF, THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, AND HE'S SO FAST.
HE, HE IS, YOU WENT AHEAD AND SENT ME THE LIST OF EVENTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S RELEVANT FOR THIS DISCUSSION.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S RELEVANT.
DID YOU WANNA KNOW THOSE ANSWERS NOW OR YOU WANT ME TO SEND 'EM IN AN EMAIL? BECAUSE YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE EVENTS.
OH, THE EVENTS, THE OTHER EVENTS? YES.
UM, SO JUNETEENTH IS AN APPROVED EVENT OKAY.
AS WELL AS THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT SPECIFICALLY ENTAILS.
UM, BUT THEY'VE ALSO ADDED A MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR, THE NORMAL EVENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST, BUT THOSE ARE NEW ADS FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, SO MAYBE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM.
MAYBE I CAN ASK HIM IF HE WANTS TO ATTEND TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE OR I CAN JUST THAT'S GREAT.
SEND OUT THAT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE I WAS AT THE MEETING WHERE A CULTURAL EVENT WAS DISCUSSED, THE BUDGETING, YOU KNOW, IN BACK IN FEBRUARY.
AGENT AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF WITH THE, UM, YES.
THE, THE NEPALESE MOVING IN THERE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD IN MAY.
AND SOME OF THESE I THINK THEY'VE DONE BEFORE.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF 'EM WE, WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
SO THEY'RE AN EXISTING POPULATION.
UM, SO SOME OF THESE WERE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
UM, I'M PRETTY SURE IF WE DIDN'T DO IT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN FOR PRIDE MONTH.
UM, I THINK WE DID ONE FOR PRIDE MONTH ALSO.
SO, UM, I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T HAVE JUNETEENTH LISTED ON HERE BECAUSE I DID MONTH AWARENESS, NOT THE DAY, BUT IT WOULD STILL BE PROCLAIMED IN JUNE.
SO OF THE, OF THE FEBRUARY OPTIONS, DO Y'ALL THINK THE MAYBE ONE, UH, THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH? DEFINITELY.
I THINK BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND NATIONAL CANCER PREVENTION MONTH.
I, I LIKE THOSE TWO FOR FEBRUARY.
WHAT ABOUT FOR MARCH? I GUESS? SORRY, DID Y'ALL SAY JANUARY ALREADY? MM-HMM.
DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY MENTION A PARTICULAR ONE IN, IN JANUARY, BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME IMPORTANCE.
WELL, I DO, MY POVERTY IS AWARENESS IS, IS A BIG DEAL TOO.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A BIG DEAL.
I THINK LOT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF MM-HMM.
SO WE HEARD, WE'VE HEARD POVERTY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, BLACK HISTORY AND NATIONAL CANCER PREVENTION.
AND ALSO JANUARY IS, UH, MLK'S BIRTHDAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OH YEAH, WOULD DEFINITELY, MM-HMM.
AND, UM, IN, IN ADDITION TO THE MLK'S BIRTHDAY, IT'S NORMALLY A DAY OF SERVICE AROUND THAT TIME AS WELL.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, LINKAGE WITH RED CROSS? UM, WE DO ACTUALLY, UH, OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS BEEN BUILDING UP A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
SO WE DO, WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH 'EM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO, IF WE'RE GOING WITH TWO RED CROSS AND NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY
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MONTH.HOW ABOUT APRIL? DO WE HAVE A, UM, A BIT OF AN ARAB AMERICAN POPULATION HERE, OR I'M NOT AWARE OF TOO MANY.
UM, UM, THE THIRD OR THE FOURTH MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS FARSI.
UM, IT'S ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND ESE.
SO, UM, SO THAT IS A BIG DEAL HERE, THERE.
WHAT WAS AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT I, AT LEAST THE ONE THAT I LAST ATTENDED, WAS THERE A SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS? YES, THERE WAS ONE.
SO NORMALLY THE, UM, I BELIEVE I WANT TO SAY OUR, UM, STAFF WITH, MY GOSH, I'M SO SORRY.
I, I WANNA SAY, I WANT TO SAY YES, BUT IT AGAIN, JUST ON HERE AS A, AN AWARENESS PIECE.
AND YOU TALKING ABOUT FROM, UH, PD? YEAH.
UM, AND I FEEL SO BAD FOR NOT REMEMBERING HER NAME.
HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE HER THIS EVENING.
BUT YES, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ONE.
STRESS IS A BIG DEAL THESE DAYS.
BUT A LOT OF THINGS ARE, I WOULD SAY APRIL, I, I LIKE THE ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
IT HAS AS FAR, I KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.
AND THEN A SECOND ONE WOULD BE WHAT, WHICH ANYONE SAID AUTISM AWARENESS.
WE HAD A, WE HAD SOMEONE COME AND SPEAK TO YES.
DID THAT, THAT, UM, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A BUDGET ITEM FOR TI THE, THE PARKS.
AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE HAVING, UM, WHAT DID HE, UH, THE DANCE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD INCLUDE AUTISM AWARENESS AND THEN WE CAN LINK IT WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO THEY'LL HAVE ONE COMING UP SOON AND THEN THEY HAVE, THEY HAD BUDGETED FOR TWO THIS YEAR, SO THEY'LL HAVE A SPRING ONE AS WELL.
DOES EVERYONE AGREE WITH THAT? YEP.
WHICH ONE JUMPS OUT TO Y'ALL?
AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
BECAUSE THEN LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE TEMPLE, WE CAN LEAVE.
IF Y'ALL WANT TO DO TWO ONLY, OR IF YOU WANNA DO TWO TO THREE, OR IF THERE'S ONE MONTH THAT JUST HAS A LOT AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANNA DO FIVE.
AND WHAT I CAN DO TO MAKE THIS EASIER TOO, ONCE WE'RE FINISHED GOING THROUGH, IS I CAN SEND OUT THE HIGHLIGHTED ONES THAT Y'ALL DISCUSSED TODAY.
AND THEN MAYBE IF YOU FIND OTHER ONES OR YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, OR THE OTHER TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO WEREN'T HERE THIS EVENING, IF THEY WANT TO ALSO ADD, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN BRING, I CAN BRING THIS BACK TO Y'ALL FOR OCTOBER TO FINALIZE IT.
UM, I WOULD PROPOSE FOSTER CARE AS WELL, BECAUSE OFTEN, UM, I REMEMBER ONE TIME AND, UM, I WAS WORKING ON DIVERSITY, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN THAT AND, UM, BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATED AND, AND, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE POINT OF OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE FOSTERING CHILDREN THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS, WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT.
SO WE OF COURSE HAVE JUNETEENTH AND I THINK WE SHOULD JUNE THE, UM, PRIDE MONTH BECAUSE WE DID IT, WE DID IT THIS PAST.
THE, THE ONE, THE WOMEN'S STATE MARCH.
THAT WAS THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S.
MAYBE YOU WANNA DO MEN'S HEALTH EDUCATION
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AND AWARENESS SINCE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR MEN OR FOR WOMEN.UH, MEN JUST SUPPOSED TO SUCK IT UP.
LAST YEAR WE DID PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, I THINK, DIDN'T WE? YEAH.
BUT I MEAN, AGAIN, AWARENESS PIECE THAT SOMEONE ELSE, LIKE WITH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND AWARENESS MONTH AND THE PARKS AND REC MONTH, IF Y'ALL WANT TO BAN, YOU KNOW, ALSO STAND TO SUPPORT THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY OR WITH YOUR, UM, SUB FOCUS GROUPS KIND OF A THING.
I HAVE A FRIEND, HIS SON HAS A REALLY JUVENILE MEDICINE.
BRINGING MORE AWARENESS TO THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WHATEVER YOU GUYS THINK, LIKE YOU JUST SAID, THERE'S NOT AWARENESS ABOUT IT.
AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING THAT THIS IS TO DO, IS TO BRING AWARENESS INTO EDUCATE.
AUGUST, UH, NATIONAL WATER QUALITY MONTH.
THAT MIGHT BE A, A TOUCHY SUBJECT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S A GREAT ONE TO DO.
EVERY TIME I TURN ON MY WATER IN THE MORNING, I HAVE TO LET IT RUN FOR A WHILE.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION ABOUT IT.
EVERYBODY KNOW, I MEAN, WHO, WHO'S GONNA SEE THE, WHO'S GONNA SEE THE PROCLAMATION AND, AND, AND, AND, AND IT, IT WILL AFFECT THEM.
EVERYBODY ALREADY HAS THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT IT AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THEY HAVE TO GO, IF THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL, THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR IMMUNIZATION OR THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF WAIVER.
AND WELL, ONE QUESTION I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU SAID INDIGENOUS HERITAGE MONTH WAS OCTOBER.
THERE'S A PRO, THERE'S A PROCLAMATION FOR IT FOR OCTOBER 3RD.
BUT ISN'T IT SEMI LIKE AMERICAN INDIAN? I MEAN, INDIGENOUS CAN BE LIKE, CORRECT AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BUT THEY CAN BE LIKE, I THINK IS, IS IT THE DAY FOR, UH, MAYBE WORLDWIDE INDIGENOUS VERSUS AMERICAN INDIGENOUS? BECAUSE THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY, I'M NOT SURE THEY HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL DOWN IN, IN AUSTIN, AMERICAN INDIAN FESTIVAL DOWN AUSTIN.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT IS, BUT I THINK IT'S IN SOMEPLACE IN JULY OR AUGUST, MAYBE SEPTEMBER.
I, I THINK, LET ME JUST REALLY QUICKLY CHECK THE CALENDAR.
AND IT'S FOR THE, THE DAY, LIKE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.
UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE, YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S A HOLIDAY THAT MONDAY IS, I BELIEVE 14TH OF OCTOBER IS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.
SO I THINK THERE'S A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT SPECIFIC DAY.
SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE THAT ANYWAY THIS OCTOBER.
BUT AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH, I THINK THERE, THERE DEFINITELY ARE DIFFERENCES THERE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO, YOU KNOW, DECIDE OR MAYBE AGAIN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PICKING THE ONES Y'ALL WANNA PICK NOW, GOING BACK, DOING RESEARCH AND, AND COMING BACK TOGETHER TO SAY, NO, I DID MORE RESEARCH.
THIS MORE ALIGNS WITH WHAT I THINK WE'RE DOING AND WHATNOT.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST SKIP AHEAD TO SEPTEMBER THEN.
UH, IN SEPTEMBER, I WAS JUST LOOKING AHEAD AT THAT
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AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ON THERE.AND I THINK IF I WERE GONNA SAY TWO, I WOULD SAY HUNGER AWARENESS AND HISPANIC HERITAGE AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE, UH, I THINK ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION IS ANOTHER ONE THAT MIGHT BE VERY, UH MM-HMM.
I MEAN, WITH ALL THE FENTANYL AND ALL THAT CRAP THAT'S COMING UP, IT'S, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT OBJECT.
ARE THERE ANY UM, I THINK I HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.
UM, WHAT'S THE FOOD PANTRY CALLED? THE ONE DOWN DOWN? MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
ANY IDEAS ON OCTOBER? I DO LIKE THE, UM, I MEAN DISABILITIES AWARENESS, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO LEARN DIFFERENTLY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS, BUT I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE HAVE DONE A LOT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S DOWN SYNDROME.
OH, BECAUSE OCTOBER ISN'T OCTOBER.
NATIONAL DISABILITY MONTH, ALL DISABILITIES.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD JUST UMBRELLA.
NATIONAL DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH, OCTOBER IT, YES.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH NATIVE AMERICANS.
SO WE HAVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, NATIVE AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN.
WHICH ARE SIMILAR, BUT NOT THE SAME.
SO NOT IN A, IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT IN, IN AN OVERWHELMING WAY.
I ELECTED DECEMBER, NATIONAL DRUNKEN DRUG DRIVING PREVENTION.
HUMAN RIGHTS IS IMPORTANT TOO.
SO I'LL CLEAN THIS UP AND SEND IT OUT AS PART OF THE FOLLOW UP SO THAT, UM, Y'ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK BEFORE NEXT WEEK.
ANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE OVERLOOK? NOT ON THAT, BUT JUST IN GENERAL.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE,
AND THEN WE ARE GONNA LOOK OVER THESE AND ALSO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING.
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AND THEN, UM, CHRISTIE, YOU'RE GONNA SEND THE, WAS THE PROPOSAL AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO EVERYBODY, SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.DID I MISS ANYTHING? I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD SOLID
I'M, I'M HAPPY
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, YOU SAID THAT IT IS JUST GONNA BE A, IS IT GONNA BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE OR, UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW THE PROGRAM WILL GO.
IT IS PUT ON BY, UM, KYLA COLEMAN WITH A, UM, THE VICTIM'S, UM, SUPPORT SPECIALIST.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, IT'LL BE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, SO I, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M NOT REALLY SURE TOO MUCH.
TOO MUCH MORE ON THE PROGRAMMING SIDE, BUT, OKAY.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND IT UNLESS ANYONE ELSE, UM, HAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD PUT ON THE TABLE NOW,