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INCLUSION AND BELONGING COMMISSION
[Diversity and Inclusion Meeting on February 18, 2025.]
MEETING IS CALL TO ORDER ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 6:02 PM SO NOW WE WILL HAVE THE ROLL CALL.WHERE IS IT? COMMISSIONER SPOONS.
SO COMMISSIONER ZDA AND COMMISSIONER BELL ABSENT BECAUSE I, I DID HEAR FROM MARINA.
SHE SAID SHE WAS COMING TO ME.
UM, SO ANY GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE CITY STAFF? OH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
UM, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE CITY.
UM, SO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I WANT TO EXTEND A HEARTFELT THANK YOU, UH, TO THE COMMISSION FOR, UM, AS THE BODY BEING PRESENT AT OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS RESOURCE FAIR.
AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER COLEMAN AND
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO GENIUS AND, AND SUCH A FUN WAY TO INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, WE HAD 24, UM, NON-PROFIT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MURAL AND SOME OTHER REALLY ENGAGING ACTIVITIES.
SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE COMMISSION REPRESENTED AT THAT EVENT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUE JEFF WHITE, WHO IS HERE TO BRIEFLY PRESENT, UM, OR I GUESS RATHER UPDATE ON SOME OF HIS EVENTS AS REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSION TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT EVENTS, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAD BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.
AND MAYBE A QUICK OUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, APPRECIATE YOU INVITING ME.
JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO OVER JUST, UH, SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, SO, SO ONE, UM, SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT RECALL, BUT I ASKED FOR THIS BODY'S SUPPORT FOR AN INITIATIVE THAT WE HAD AND LAST YEAR TO BUDGET REQUEST FOR OUR AUTISM CERTIFICATION.
UH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT IN THE BUDGET AND WE ARE NOW GOING THROUGH THAT TRAINING.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO BE, THEY AS THE, THE CREDENTIALING BODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE MARCH 4TH, TO DOING A SITE VISIT AND GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE CERTAIN THINGS IN OUR PARKS, BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, UH, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATING LOW SENSORY CASES IN OUR PARKS THAT ARE KIND OF AWAY FROM THE LOUD STUFF AND YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE WE CAN HAVE ON THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, OUR STAFF IS UNDERGOING TRAINING.
UM, SO THE SUPERVISORS FROM THE PARTY ADMINISTRATION HAD TO GO TWO HOURS OF TRAINING AND THEN JUST OUR GENERAL FRONTLINE PEOPLE HAD TO DO A 30 MINUTE TRAINING SESSION ON THAT.
AND SO ONCE WE DO FINISH THE TRAINING AND FINISH THE, THE AUDIT AND GET THEIR FINAL REPORT, THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE FINAL STAGES OF GETTING THE CERTIFICATIONS.
JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE, I BELIEVE, DON'T HOLD ME THIS 'CAUSE I'M NOT, I LOOKED, I BELIEVE WE'LL BE THE SECOND PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET THIS CERTIFICATION WITH SOMETHING UNIQUE.
UH, IT DEFINITELY SHOWS OUR COMMITMENT TO SATISFYING, UH, AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE REACH THESE PEOPLE.
I'D SAY THESE PEOPLE, PEOPLE, AUTISTIC PEOPLE THAT NEED OUR ABSOLUTE, UH, SO THAT'S ONE THING.
UH, AS FAR AS, UM, WHEN WE STARTED REDOING EVENTS IN 20 23, 20 22, FOR OUR LARGER EVENTS, WE ADOPTED A SENSORY FRIENDLY TIME.
WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY WHAT THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY AS TO, UM, IF IT WAS, OH, PEOPLE WITH, UH, WITH PEOPLE ONLY THAT WOULD LIMITED MOBILITY ISSUES OR, UH, PEOPLE THAT WERE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAD OTHER IMPAIRMENTS OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS, WHATEVER.
LISTEN, DURING THIS TIME, DURING THE EVENT,
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IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF THE EVENT IS WE JUST KIND OF KEEP NO LIGHT SOUND, NO SOUNDS, NO EXCESSIVE SOUNDS, NO BRAKE, YOU KNOW, OUR TRUCK CAN'T HAVE THEIR LIGHTS GOING AND ALL THIS STUFF DURING THE FIRST 30 MINUTES.SO IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO COME OUT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK UPON.
UM, AND WHEN WE STARTED BRINGING BACK SOME OF THE EVENTS, SO WE DID THAT AT OUR EASTER EGG HUNT.
UH, WE DID THAT AT TREE LIGHTING.
WE DID THAT AT, UH, PRICE AT FRITZ TOUCH A TRUCK.
AND SO WE EXPANDED THAT THIS YEAR'S TOUCH OF TRUCK WILL BE AN HOUR TIMEFRAME, UH, THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO, TO COME OUT AND UTILIZE THAT.
WE'VE ALSO SWITCHED SOME OF OUR TRADITIONAL EVENTS TO TRY TO MAKE THEM MORE INCLUSIVE.
AND SO ONE, THE TWO IN PARTICULAR ARE DADDY DAUGHTER AND MOTHER AND SON.
AND SO WE'VE SWITCHED THOSE TO HAVE BOYS NOT OUT AND GIRLS NOT OUT.
SO ENCOURAGING THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE UNIQUE THAT MAY NOT HAVE A MOM OR MAY HAVE TWO DADS OR WHATEVER THE CASE, THEY CAN STILL COME.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, PEOPLE OF OPPOSITE GENDERS COME TO THESE EVENTS.
AND SO NOBODY'S SAID ANYTHING LIKE, WHY ARE THEY HERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'RE JUST GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR, UM, THE ONES, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A TON.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE, UH, DECORATING HOUSE CONTESTS.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE AN ADAPTIVE DANCE.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE A CAMP OUT.
THUNDER'S DAY, WE DID OUR TREE LIGHTING.
UH, WE DID OUR FIRST EVER, UH, WALKING TRAIL OF LIGHTS.
WE JUST FINISHED WITH A TROUT DERBY.
UH, SO THAT KIND GETS US TO THIS POINT.
SO THE UPCOMING EVENTS THEY'RE COMING UP ARE, UM, EVEN KNOW THE ORDER.
SO I'M TRYING TO GO CHRONOLOGICAL.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS, UM, ADAPTIVE DANCE.
SO THIS IS A, A DANCE THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE AT CITY HALL.
IT'S ON THE, UH, MARCH 1ST IS THE NEXT ONE.
THAT'S FROM SEVEN TO 9:00 PM JUST FOR A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO COME MIDDLE SCHOOL AND UP CAN COME AND, AND PARTICIPATE.
IT'S FREE USUALLY HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER USUALLY PROVIDE SNACKS AND WE PROVIDE MORE.
SO JUST KINDA GIVE THAT WE HAVE A DJ, BUT THAT'S ONE.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS AFTER THAT'S TOUCH A TRUCK.
WE CUT OUR, ALLUDED TO THAT WE HAVE A DEDICATED SENSORY TIME, BUT THAT, BUT THAT'S FROM NINE TO 12 AND IT'S DURING THE SPRING BREAK WEEK.
SO I KIND OF GIVE THOSE, UH, PARENTS OR PARENT OR GUARDIAN THAT HAVE CHILD AT HOME OR CHILDREN AT HOME FOR THAT WHOLE WEEK.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF THAT MIDDAY, WHAT DAY IS THAT? IT'S A WEDNESDAY, MARCH TO SEVENTIES.
SO IT'S A WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM NINE TO 12 AND IT'S AN OUT OF ORAIN, UH, PARK INSIDE THE AMPHITHEATER.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE INTRODUCING SOMETHING NEW.
EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, SO THIS YEAR WE'VE GOT, LAST YEAR WE HAD A STAR FLIGHT COME OUT, SO IT'S KIND OF COOL, UH, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO CLIMB IN THAT, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT AND SEE IT TAKE OFF AND LAND, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, THIS YEAR WITH THE HELP OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE AT INTRODUCING TRAINING CARDS.
SO KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE FIRETRUCK? BIG RED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S STUFF THE FIRETRUCK AND IT'S GOT BIG RED DIMENSIONS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SO IT'S KIND OF A COLD THING THAT WE'RE DOING TO.
SO THAT WEDNESDAY THE 12TH? UH, NO, WHEN I SAY THE 19TH, SORRY.
WEDNESDAY 19TH AND IT'S NINE TO 12.
UH, THEN AFTER THAT WE DO, UM, POT N IS A NEW EVENT THAT WE HAVE.
AND THIS IS A 5K SLASH ONE K SLASH EXCUSE TO GET OUT AND SOCIALIZE WITH YOUR DOG AND YOUR DOG, PLAY WITH OTHER DOG, AND YOU GET TO MEET OTHER DOG OWNERS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A, UH, A DOG OWNER, THOSE ARE YOUR FUR BABIES, RIGHT? YOU WANNA BRING YOUR FUR BABY EVERYWHERE YOU GO, RIGHT? AND SO, LOTS OF TIMES FUR BABIES ARE GREAT, BUT LIKE 4TH OF JULY, WE REALLY DON'T WANT THE FUR BABIES OUT THERE 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S LOUD NOISES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE CREATED A DEDICATED EVENT FOR THAT AND TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND BRING THEIR DOG, UH, TO THIS EVENT.
THAT IS WHEN, THAT'S, UH, THE 29TH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND ALL THIS STUFF TO CHRISTIE IF SHE CAN FORWARD IT OUT TO YOU SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO, TO REMEMBER ALL THE DATES.
UH, THEN WE HAVE OUR, OUR FAMILY CAMP OUT.
THIS IS THE, WE DON'T ALLOW CAMPING IN THE PARK.
THIS IS THE DEDICATED TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMP OUT.
DON'T LET THE TERM CAMP OUT FOOL YOU.
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RESTROOMS AND, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.UH, WE DO PROVIDE THE, THE DINNER AND THE BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING.
USUALLY HOT DOGS AND CHIPS AND DONUTS OR SOMETHING.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY GLAMOROUS, UH, BUT YOU CAN BRING YOUR FAMILY OUT.
THEY HAD ARCHERY DEMONSTRATIONS.
THEY USUALLY HAVE GEO CATCHING.
THEY'LL HAVE THE BOY SCOUTS GET OUT BEFORE.
SO IT'S KIND OF A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT AND RE YOU KNOW, REESTABLISH THAT NATURE BOND.
UH, THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE OUR EGG HUNT.
WE DO, LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS.
GUESS WHAT? WE DO AN ADULT EGG HUNT.
SO, UH, THAT'S OPEN TO PEOPLE HAS COME, COME OUT AS WELL.
THE CAMP OUT DOES HAVE A, I THINK IT'S $3 FOR THE FAMILY.
THE PUB VASH IS FREE, THE TOUCH STRUCTURE IS FREE.
MOST OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO IS FREE
UM, WE GET INTO, YOU KNOW, MAY, UM, END OF APRIL INTO MAY.
WE HAVE SOME MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, AROUND MOTHER'S DAY.
WE DO OUR, OUR ALWAYS NIGHT OUT, WHICH IS KIND OF OUR MOTHER AND SON EVENT.
SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO COME OUT TO THAT AROUND MOTHER'S DAY.
THEN WE DO, UH, JUST SUNSET BLOCK PARTY COMING UP.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, A NEW EVENT THIS YEAR, UH, BUT WORLD A PARADE.
SO IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES WE A CITY HAD DONE A PARADE IN MANY YEARS.
I, ON THE LAST ONE, WE'VE BEEN AROUND HERE THE LONGEST, TARA, THE LAST TIME WE DID A PRAY LIKE 2008, MAYBE NINE.
WAS IT LIKE FULL TIME DAYS? YEAH, MAYBE.
SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DONE A PARADE.
UH, SO WE'RE WORKING TO THE LOGISTICS OF THAT, TRYING TO GET THE STAFFING WORKED OUT, SO THAT EXCITING.
WE'RE HAVE A PARADE AND THEN WE GO INTO OUR CATFISH DERBY, UH, WHICH IS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN JUNE, AND IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST SATURDAY IN JUNE.
WHY JEFF? WHY
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THE DAY THAT EVERYBODY, EVERY PARKS AND REC USUALLY HAS A CATFISH DERBY, BUT THAT'S THE DAY THEY COME OUT AND HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GAME WAR.
UM, AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT WE HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME MORE MOVIES IN THE PARK, AND THEN WE DO OUR, OUR VERSION OF DADDY DAUGHTERS GIRLS NIGHT OUT.
SO THAT'S RIGHT AROUND FATHER'S DAY JUST TRYING TO GIVE THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THOSE PARENTS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE MY GIRLS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA GET FROM 'EM, YOU KNOW, FOR FATHER'S DAY I'D RATHER JUST GO TO THE DANCE.
THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO THE DANCE NOW.
AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE WORKING WITH BLACK FAMILIES OF HU ON THE JUNETEENTH EVENT.
AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF THE LEGWORK FOR YEARS AND BOOTSTRAP THE WHOLE THING.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE ARE COMING IN AND SAYING, LISTEN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OFF OF YOU AND, YOU KNOW, LET YOU JUST PLAN THE KIND OF WORK WITH US PLANNING EVERYTHING AND LET US USE OUR RESOURCES.
AND WE'LL KIND OF COVER SOME OF THE COSTS RELATED TO, HEY, WE GOT AN EXTRA PRO POTTIES OUT THERE.
WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE LESS TRANSPORTATION.
WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BALANCE HOUSES ALL THEY'VE HAD JUST TO OCCUR THOSE COSTS.
NOW THE CITY'S GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO DO THAT.
UM, THEN, THEN WE GO INTO 4TH OF JULY, OUR NEXT BIG EVENT THAT WE DO, AND THEN FINISH UP WITH A COUPLE MOVIES IN THE PARK FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THIS YEAR.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR INPUT IF THERE'S AREAS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE COULD BE MORE INCLUSIVE, EITHER IN MAYBE SOME OF THE NAMES OR SOME OF OUR MARKETING OR ANY STEPS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WE, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE WE'RE WILLING AND I THINK WE'VE SHOWN AN EFFORT TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.
ARE WE THERE YET? NO, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE ALWAYS WELCOME NEW IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO DO THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY FROM THIS BODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THESE COMMITTEES, THEN WE COULD DEFINITELY INCORPORATE THAT.
OR JUST KIND OF AS A SOUNDING BOARD OR STAFF HAS IDEAS.
UM, THE JU DOES HAVE A COMMITTEE, SO THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL.
SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO, THERE'S WEEKLY CALLS SET UP FOR THAT.
SO HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU DO, LIKE, SAY THE DIFFERENT
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EVENTS? JUNETEENTH, BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO OUR PLANNING AND UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE WANNA BE AS HELPFUL AS WE CAN.SO WE WORK OUT BOTH OF THE LOGISTICS.
THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY IS KIND OF ALREADY LAID OUT.
UH, IT IS THE, THE INSIDE THE BURRITO STUFF THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND TRYING TO ENHANCE AND MAKE EXTRA OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS YOU A THING BETWEEN WHAT'S IT SAY? YOU ALWAYS SAY THE THINGS ARE ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY IS THAT LITTLE EXTRA.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO RIGHT NOW, IS TRYING TO FINALIZE THE DETAILS AND MAKE THOSE LITTLE EXTRA THINGS POP.
SO ANY SUPPORT IN THAT WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UH, BUT THE GENERAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BIDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR THE FIREWORKS AND WE'VE ALREADY SECURED THE FOUR BODIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE MUNDANE AND DAY TO DAY STUFF WE NEED TO HAVE THE EVENT WE'VE KIND ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW, HEY, SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO BOUNCE HOUSES OR HAVING, UM, COLORING MURAL, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO INSTEAD TO PROVIDE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT FOR FAMILIES.
AND THEN I, I REALLY APPRECIATE, LIKE YOU SAID, UM, REACHED OUT TO BLACK FAMILIES ALSO TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.
WE'VE MET I THINK FOUR TIMES SO FAR.
AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THE BIGGEST HURDLE, UM, WAS TRYING TO IDENTIFY LOCATION AND A TIE.
AND IN DOING SO THAT KEPT, KEPT IT UNIQUE TO HU AND NOT WE'RE MIMICKING ROUND ROCK.
AND ALSO NOT TRYING TO GO HEADS UP WITH THEM EITHER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT.
WE DON'T WANNA HAVE, WE WANNA KEEP THE PEOPLE HERE IN HUDDLE COMING TO THE VINCENT HUDDLE.
UH, WHERE'S THE CATFISH DERBY GOING BE? THE CATFISH DERBY WILL BE AT ONE OR TWO PLACES.
I DIDN'T THAT, UH, WELL, IT'LL BE, IF IF ALL WORKS OUT WELL, IT'LL BE RIGHT OUTSIDE HERE.
UH, SO IT'LL BE OUTSIDE THE CO-OP ON, BUT THAT'S THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE WORKING OUT TRYING TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO THAT.
IF IT DOESN'T, THERE IT BE AN ADMIRAL GAME.
AND NOW THIS, THIS IS ONLY THIS, THE SPECIAL EVENTS.
I DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE LEAGUES THAT WE HAVE AND THE CAPS, ANY OF THE, UM, CONTRACT INSTRUCTORS OR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.
SO JUST DON'T LET THIS BE THE, THE END SYNOPSIS OF WHAT YOU THINK PARKS AND REC DOES.
THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
SO A QUESTION, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A, LIKE JUMPING CASTLES DO, IS THERE A, LIKE A, A SPECIAL NEEDS PERIOD? UH, IF, IF IT NEED BE OR MAYBE FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, CAN'T SEE OR HEAR OR AUTISTIC OR THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
THERE'S NOT, I MEAN JUST IT IS, IF WE HAVE IT OUT, IT'S DURING THE SENSORY FRIENDLY TIMES.
IF WE, WE DO THAT, WE BOND, WE STAFF THOSE QUOTE UNQUOTE MM-HMM
SO THERE'S USUALLY, UM, IT'S A FATHER AND SON OR SUMMER CAMP STAFF THAT'S ALWAYS THERE WORKING AND TELLING PEOPLE TO TURN OVER.
I MEAN, IT MAY NOT EVEN BE A NEED, BUT YEAH, WE OWN THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S EASIER FOR US TO, TO YEAH.
WE COULD LOOK AT THAT FOR SURE.
YEAH, IT MIGHT BE, YEAH, MIGHT BE A TIME TOO WHERE A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS MAYBE WANT, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GET IN THERE WITH THEIR PARENTS OR MM-HMM.
A SIBLING OR, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
ANYTHING ELSE? DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID THE PARK EVER CONSIDER CARNIVAL CONSIDERED A CARNIVAL? YEAH.
UM, CARNIVAL, LIKE BRINGING A CARVAL? YEAH.
WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT CIRCUSES REACH OUT TO US IN THE PAST, UM, BUT NEVER HAVE FOLLOWED UP OR HAVE FOUND OTHER LOCATIONS OR WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY HAVE NEVER JUST KIND OF WORKED OUT.
NOT, I WOULD SAY THIS IS NOT DUE FROM OUR LACK OF, UH, BEING RESPONSIVE.
SO WE WERE LIKE, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP OUT? OR DO YOU NEED
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THIS, YOU KNOW, EVENTS LIKE THAT TYPICALLY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT AND SO THERE'S SOME PERMANENT PROCESS AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THERE TO HELP THEM, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.OR IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN, WE CAN BE AVAILABLE TO THAT.
SO THE PARADE ROUTE IS, IS BIG FINALIZED, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO ME MEANING IF YOU ARE HERE, I THINK IT'S GONNA GO DOWN BECAUSE WE NEED YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED A PLACE WHERE EITHER PEOPLE CAN PARK AND, OR PEOPLE CAN SET UP.
AND SO THAT MEANS A LARGE PARKING LOT.
WELL, WHO HAS LARGE PARKING LOTS IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT MANY AGENCIES THAT DO THAT AND NOT HAVING TO CROSS MAJOR ROADS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN, UH, FROM COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY DOWN THROUGH TO LIVE OAK AND THEN END AT THE GYM BUILDING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SHUTTLES TAKING PEOPLE BACK TO THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GO BACK OR, BECAUSE EXCHANGE IS WIDE ENOUGH WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET OUT IF THEY NEED TO GET OUT, THEY GO OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND GET OUT.
BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, WIDE ENOUGH WHERE WE GET PEOPLE TO HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF LINED UP AND THE PARKING GARAGE SHOULD BE OPEN BY THAT POINT.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP THERE.
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IS, YOU KNOW, POSTOP, IT'D BE ON BOARD, US POST OFFICE TO BE CLOSED.
I THINK BACK ALLEY DOESN'T OPEN UNTIL LIKE 10 30, SO WE'D HAVE TO BE, MAKE SURE WE'RE KIND OF COORDINATING WITH THEM ON INS AND OUTS OF THEIR STAFF AND LOGISTICS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S ONE, THE ROUNDS THAT WE WORKED AT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOING DOWN CARL STERN AND USING THE, THE CHURCH AND THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AS AN OPTION AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE EASIER ONE BECAUSE OF RECENT INCIDENTS WITH LARGE FESTIVITIES.
YOU KNOW, OUR, UH, YOUTH DEPARTMENT IS REALLY WHAT, JUST TO SEE SOME TYPE OF, UM, MORE PROTECTIVE BARRIERS IN PLACE.
THOSE ARE EITHER WHAT THEY CALL THEIR JERSEY BARRIERS OR THE, THE WATER BARRICADES OR THE CONCRETE ONES OR TRUCKS THERE, WHICH ARE GREAT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE SORT HAVE THE MANPOWER NECESSARILY TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS.
WE HAVE TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT'S OUR ROUTE.
SO WE WENT DOWN CARL STERN TO PICK CARL STERN.
THERE'S LIKE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE SIX OR SEVEN SIDE SHIFT AND ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE'S PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN.
SO NOW YOU'VE GOT LIKE 20 VEHICLES AND YOU GOTTA EITHER MAN THOSE VEHICLES OR YOU GOTTA FORGET HOW TO BLOCK 'EM OFF.
BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EMERGENCY FIRE AND EMS CAN GET IN THERE IF THEY NEED TO BE IN THERE.
SO YOU CAN'T JUST PUT CONCRETE BARRIERS THERE AND YOU CAN'T PUT STUFF THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA, GOD FORBID SOMEBODY GAINS UP ENOUGH STEAM GOING DOWN LONE STAR, THEY CAN RUN OVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, BIG BARRIERS YOU SEE NOW AND DO SOME DAMAGE.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HELP.
UH, SO NEXT IS GENERAL COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
UM, I FORGOT, IS UM, ANN, IS HE COMING OR DO YOU EVEN KNOW? I HAD HEARD FROM HIM? UH, I, I HAVEN'T HEARD, BUT HE IS, UM, AWARE OF THE MEETING, SO I STILL, YEAH.
UM, GENERAL COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS.
ANYTHING I WILL JUST BRIEFLY SAY, UM, REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD AND WHAT WE DID, OR ACTUALLY KARINA REALLY SPEARHEADED IT, IS THAT, UM, WE JUST ASKED PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE, WHETHER THEY WERE PRESENTING OR, OR JUST COMING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG IN HUDDLE, YOU KNOW, IN A ONE WORD THING.
SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AS WE CONTINUE, UM, WITH OUR PLANS.
UM, SO THAT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE, QUESTIONS AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
NOW WE WILL HAVE SOME POINT, UM, ITEMS, SOME POINT YOU WANT PRESENTATION FOR THE CITY OF HUDDLES, COMMUNICATION PLAN, ASHAY.
COMMUNICATION MANAGER MEETING YOU ALL.
HOW ARE YOU? HI, HOW YOU DOING TONIGHT? GOOD, GOOD.
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HAVE YOU GUYS HERE AND BE INVITED TO YOUR MEETING.UM, TONIGHT I WANTED TO USE A GENERAL PRESENTATION FOR HEAD OF CITIZENS UNIVERSITY, UH, FOR YOU GUYS IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THAT PROGRAM OR YOU DON'T KNOW.
SO WE GET A KIND OF BASELINE KNOWLEDGE FOR WHAT THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT DOES FOR THE CITY, UM, AND WHAT WE GROWN THROUGH SO FAR IN JUST MY SHORT TIME HERE.
UM, IS IT EASIER IF I CLICK IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO? SURE.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
WE ARE FULLY STAFFED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE YEAR.
AS OF TODAY WE ADDED OUR EMPLOYEE WHO YOU DOES NOT HAVE A SHOT YET.
UM, I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER.
I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR TWO YEARS AND IN THIS ROLE SINCE JUNE.
THEN WE HAVE KATIE MCGAHA, WHO IS GETTING READY TO CELEBRATE HER TWO YEARS.
SHE IS AN AWARD-WINNING, UM, ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AND SOUND MIXER AND SHE HAS A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN MEDIA AND PRODUCING ON SOME SHOWS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON TV THAT SHE HAS NDAS FOR
UM, AND SHE EDITS DOCUMENTARIES AND FILM STILL AND SHE LIVES IN AUSTIN.
UM, I HAVE A DECADE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.
I'VE WORKED FOR AN ONCOLOGY PRACTICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
I WAS THERE FROM 2009 UNTIL WE MOVED HERE IN 2020 AND LOVED EVERY MOMENT OF IT AND WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT I WANTED TO DO NEXT AND ENDED UP IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
I FEEL LIKE HEALTHCARE AND UH, PUBLIC SERVICE ARE REALLY CLOSELY RELATED.
SO, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A FUN TRANSITION FOR ME.
ZACHARY JOINED OUR TEAM JUST THIS DECEMBER.
HE'S A RECENT GRADUATE, UM, WITH MASTERS IN COMMUNICATION FROM TEXAS STATE I BELIEVE.
AND THEN ANN ALSO HAS A COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE AND IN, IN FILM AS WELL.
UM, SO WE ARE A FULLY ROUNDED OUT TEAM AND THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN SEEING, I'M SURE A LOT OF PHOTO AND VIDEO IN OUR CATALOG RECENTLY IS BECAUSE NORMALLY
WE WORKED REALLY HARD IN FEBRUARY OF THE LAST YEAR TO DEFINE WHAT OUR MISSION STATEMENT JUST FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS.
OVERALL, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR PILLARS THAT WE STAND BY AS A CITY, BUT AS A COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT HELPS EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT, WE ARE FINDING THAT A LOT OF TASKS WERE BEING SHUFFLED AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES COMMUNICATIONS TEAM OWN? WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT'S OURS THAT WE NEED TO PERFORM ON IN ORDER TO SAY WE'RE DOING OUR CIVIC DUTY? AND WHENEVER IT CAME DOWN TO IT, THIS WAS THE CORE.
I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN HITTING THESE METRICS OVER THE PAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A FOCUS AND A LASER FOCUS ON WHAT TAKES PRIORITY FOR US.
SO HOW DO WE DO IT? UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EITHER ON LINKEDIN, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS IS THINGS LIKE ROADS.
BUT HAVING A BASELINE KNOWLEDGE OF ROADS IS ALSO HELPFUL.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A NEW SERIES CALLED CHAT, CIP, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO TRY AND HELP EVERYBODY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, PLAY THIS AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
SO IN A ROADWAY WIDELY, UTILITIES HAVE TO BE RELOCATED OUT OF THE WAY FOR THAT ROADWAY TO GO IN.
WHEN WE SAY UTILITIES, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF UTILITIES.
WE HAVE A DRY UTILITY, WHICH ARE CABLE COMPANIES, FIBER LIGHTING LIKE ENCORE, AND WE ALSO HAVE WET UTILITIES FOR WATER AND WASTE WASTEWATER.
YOU LAY A ROADWAY OUT ON PAPER AND WE CALL IT SCHEMATIC DESIGN.
AND THEN YOU START A SURVEY AND YOUR SURVEY IS GOING OUT AND LOCATING EVERY DRY AND WET UTILITIES THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE IN THE WAY OR CONFLICTS.
ONCE YOU IDENTIFY THOSE, YOU GO AND YOU COORDINATE WITH EACH UTILITY OR PROVIDER.
THEY HAVE TO DRAW UP PLANS AS WELL IN ORDER TO RELOCATE THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF THEY'RE HAVING TO BID THEIR PROJECT OUT, THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO THE WHOLE COORDINATION PROCESS COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OR LONGER, JUST DEPENDS ON THE UTILITY DEPOSIT WHEN A PROJECT IS HAVING ANY, UH,
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RELOCATIONS.WE ARE EXPEDITING AND MOVING PROJECTS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND WE ARE HERE FOR THE CITIZENS OF
WE HAVE MANY MORE IN THE COFFERS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THOSE UPDATES OUT.
YOU MAY KNOW THAT MATT RECTOR, OUR ENGINEER, WENT FROM GIVING, UM, PRESENTATIONS TO COUNCIL FROM MONTHLY TO QUARTERLY.
AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO FOLLOW THOSE BIG UPDATES AS WELL.
OUR HU NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT EVERY OTHER WEEK ALWAYS INCLUDES A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATE SINCE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT 10,000 SUBSCRIBERS TO THAT NEWSLETTER IN ADDITION TO ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWINGS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, 15,000 HERE, 4,000 THERE, IT ALL ADDS UP.
SO THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH THIS WORK IS THROUGH OUR INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAMWORK.
AND WHILE EACH DEPARTMENT IS A SUBJECT MATTER IN THEIR FIELD, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT TO RESIDENTS OR HAVE SOME EXPERTISE BLINDNESS THAT IMPACTS US ALL.
AND SO THEM BEING ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO US THEIR PRODUCT, THEIR INFORMATION, THEIR SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GIVING TO THE HU RESIDENTS HELPS US BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TELLING THE FULL STORY AND THAT RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THE VALUE FOR THEIR TAX DOLLAR, WHICH WE FIND TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, I THINK MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST SAYING WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAID IS SAYING, WE'RE GIVING YOU VALUE FOR WHAT YOU'RE PAYING AND WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE SAID, RIGHT? AND, AND WHAT COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED.
SO, UM, WITH THAT WE GET A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION EVERY DAY.
I HAVE LEARNED EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW ABOUT WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, MY WILL
UM, AND JUST HAVE A BETTER PLAN FOR HOW TO TACKLE THE COMMUNICATIONS PROACTIVELY.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE TOOLS OF OUR TRADE.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MEDIA RELATIONS WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A CONTACT LIST OF ABOUT 50 LOCAL MEDIA NEWS OUTLETS THAT GET OUR PRESS RELEASES WHEN WE SEND THOSE OUT.
WE HAVE ADVERTISEMENTS AND FLYERS THAT WOULD GO OUT AND SAY COMMUNITY IMPACT TO LOCALLY DISTRIBUTED WITH BUSINESSES WHO WANNA HAVE OUR FLYERS IN THEIR WINDOW.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE INTERVIEWS THAT WE SET UP, UM, WITH SAY FOX NEWS OR KVU WHEN THEY CALL IN.
THEN FOR OUR NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE HELP WITH PROMOTING EVENTS LIKE THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FAIR THAT JUST HEARD.
IF CHRISTIE OR ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER COMES TO US AND SAYS, WE HAVE THIS EVENT, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
THEY LOOK TO US TO BE THE EXPERTS ON HOW TO DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION AND GET THE TARGET AUDIENCE TO THE EVENT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT OUR, OUR TEAM DOES.
ZACHARY WAS MAYBE HERE A WEEK AND A HALF WHEN HE CREATED THE CUTE ORIG HEART DESIGN THAT REALLY I THINK WAS IMPACTFUL FOR BRINGING THE IDEA TOGETHER.
SO HE'S ALREADY HELPED A TON, UM, FOR OUR WEBSITES AND WEB-BASED TOOLS BI-ANNUALLY.
WE DO A SURVEY, WE DID ONE LAST SUMMER.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN OUR CALENDAR, UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR JEFF LIST THROUGH ALL OF HIS EVENTS 'CAUSE IT TOOK HIM ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND THE TOOL THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ALL AT ONCE.
SO WE ARE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AWAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 28TH FOR LAUNCHING OUR COMMUNITY CALENDAR WHERE YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE ANY PARKS EVENTS, ANY CITY EVENT, ANY LIBRARY EVENT, ALL IN ONE PLACE.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE WIDGET WILL GO ONTO THE WEBSITE, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT THERE.
AND IT WILL HAVE A STANDALONE WEBSITE TOO.
SO IF YOU'RE REALLY LASER FOCUSED ON THAT, YOU CAN SEE IT JUST THERE.
UM, WHENEVER WE START IT OUT, IT WILL BE CITY BASED EVENTS ONLY AT FIRST, BUT SHORTLY WE WILL OPEN UP THE ABILITY FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HAVE ALL OF THEIR EVENT DATA THERE.
SO IF THE CHAMBER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PTA, A LOCAL BUSINESS, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD THEIR EVENT, WE HAVE POLICIES AND PROTOCOL FOR WHAT THOSE EVENTS WOULD BE AND WE HAVE THEM SUBMIT ALL THEIR INFORMATION AND OUR ADMIN WILL APPROVE IT.
UM, OUR HOPE IS THAT IT BECOMES A BETTER ONE STOP SHOP THAN EVENTBRITE OR FACEBOOK FOR FINDING OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON IN HURO.
AND THE HUGE RETURN THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND THE CITY IS GETTING FROM THAT IS ACTUAL USER DATA.
SO I WOULDN'T, I DON'T WANNA SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT TO SKIP THE ALGORITHM OF FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA, ONE THING THAT HAPPENS, AND IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER, YOU MIGHT HAVE REALIZED THIS, IS YOU CAN GET ALL THE FANS ON
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FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM YOU WANT, BUT AS SOON AS YOU WANT TO PROMOTE EVENT, YOU'RE PAYING TO TALK TO THOSE SAME PEOPLE OR THEIR SEGMENTED GROUPS OF PEOPLE.AND SO YOU MIGHT SAY, UM, WE'RE GONNA DO THE DOGGY DASH, WE WANT TO BOOST TO THIS EVENT ON FACEBOOK.
IT'S GONNA COST US $150 TO REACH 20,000 PEOPLE.
YOU'RE PAYING TO USE THE FREE SERVICE THAT YOU ALREADY ARE THE PRODUCT OF, AND YOUR ALGORITHM MIGHT ALREADY SKIP PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ON FACEBOOK.
RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE OUR EMAIL NEWSLETTER THAT WE PAY MONEY TO UTILIZE AND IF PEOPLE SEND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL AND WE HAVE A 50% OPEN RATE, THERE'S NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO THAN THAT.
BUT WHAT WE SEE REALLY EFFECTIVELY WORKS IN COMMUNICATIONS RIGHT NOW IS TEXT MESSAGING.
WITH THIS ABILITY, WE WILL HAVE OPTION THAT ANYBODY WHO SIGNS UP FOR AN ACCOUNT WILL HAVE THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF ANYTHING THEY WANT TO PROVIDE TO US.
THE CITY WILL HAVE IT, IT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO OTHER BUSINESSES TO BE SOLD OR MONETIZED.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO EMAIL THEM REMINDERS, TEXT THEM, SEND OUT ANY OF THAT INFORMATION AND HAVE THEM SIGN UP FOR ONLY THINGS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
SO IF YOU DECIDE TO SIGN UP FOR A PARKS AND REC 5K AND YOU DECIDE I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER ATHLETIC EVENTS, YOU CAN CLICK THAT BOX AND GET A SUBSCRIPTION TO JUST THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE APPROVED, EVEN IF IT'S THE KELLY MEMORIAL 5K INSTEAD, THEN EVEN IF IT'S NOT A CITY EVENT AND IT FITS UNDER ATHLETICS, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE HUGE VALUE ADD TO US IS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY HIT THAT FIRST MISSION WE HAD OF HAVING AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE INFORMATION WE'RE PROVIDING AND WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THEM WHERE THEY ARE.
SKIPPING ALGORITHM AND ALL THE FUN OF CHANGING SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THAT.
THERE'S ALL THE DIGITAL MEDIA PAGES THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACTUALLY GET AWAY FROM THEM
SO WE STILL UTILIZE THOSE, THEY'LL BE PRESENT.
UM, WE HAVE HOOTSUITE NOW, WHICH HELPS US JUST MANAGE ALL OF OUR DIGITAL PAGES IN ONE PLACE FOR OUR CAMPAIGNS AND PROMOTIONS.
UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM IN PRINT.
UM, THEY HAD, WE HAVE LIKE OUR STOP MOTION CIP THAT WAS CREATED IN HOUSE AND WE HAD MANY THOUSANDS OF VIEWS ON, IT WAS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR CIP UPDATES.
UM, WATER CONSERVATION TALKS, ADULT LEAGUES WORKING WITH COUNTY TO, UM, MAKE MOSQUITOES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, CAMPAIGNS WE WORK ON EVERY DAY.
AGAIN, OUR BUILDING THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN IS OUR ONE THAT WE GIVE THE MOST ATTENTION TO.
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S ABOUT FACILITIES, PARKS, ROADS, WATER, WASTEWATER, RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IT AND THAT OUR ENGINEERS HAVE OVER 60 CIP PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE, UM, IN PROGRESS WITH.
THIS IS HOW WE MEASURE OUR WORK FOR ANYBODY WHO IS, UM, DATA DRIVEN LIKE ME,
YEAH, I WISH EVERYTHING IN LIFE WAS THAT EASY.
UM, BUT WHENEVER WE'RE DOING THIS ONE, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO MEASURE OUR, OUR METRICS.
AND YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT IN OUR, UM, BUDGETS THAT WE PRESENT, WE TIE TO A STRATEGIC PLANNING GOAL.
AND SO ALL OF THIS WE HAVE MEASURED OUT TO WHAT IT TIES TO.
SO IF IT'S FOR EX FOR EXCELLENCE AND EFFICIENCY, THEN WE ARE TYING THAT TO OUR A DA COMPLIANCE FOR THE WEBSITE.
HOW MUCH MANPOWER ARE WE SPENDING ON THAT? HOW FAST ARE WE GETTING IT DONE AT A QUALITY LEVEL? WE MEASURE ALL THOSE METRICS OUT AND ARE KEEPING TRACK.
UM, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS STILL RESIDENT SENTIMENT.
SO WE HAVE ONE MEASUREMENT TO RULE THEM ALL AND THAT'S THE STATISTICALLY VALID DATA.
HOW MUCH IN PLAY? THAT'S OKAY.
IT'S REALLY FUNNIER WITH THE RING.
UM, VALID SURVEY DATA LOOKS LIKE THIS AND WE GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS LIKE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT GETS A SMALL SEGMENT HOW COMMUNICATIONS REALLY LOOKS AT WHAT EVERYBODY OVERALL IS SAYING IN HURO BECAUSE IT HELPS US THEN BETTER CRAFT ALL OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS AND UM, INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND WAS THAT IN THIS LAST SURVEY, WHILE PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY REALLY PLEASED WITH THINGS LIKE QUALITY OF LIFE, THEY DO WONDER ABOUT THEIR VALUATION FOR THE TAX DOLLAR.
SO THAT IS ALWAYS THE CONCEPT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING ACROSS AND SEEING IS WHAT ARE WE, UM, DISPLAYING
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AND HOW CAN WE SHOW THE WORK THAT EACH DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING IN AND WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GETTING FROM THAT.IF THERE'S A STREETS TEAM OUT CLEANING, WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THAT AND TELL THOSE STORIES.
UM, BUT I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND OUR PLAN OF WORK, BUT UH, DID YOU ALREADY SEND OUT THE PLAN OF WORK FROM BEFORE? NO.
SO WE HAVE OUR PLAN OF WORK FOR THE YEAR WHERE WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE, UM, ARE DOING FOR 2025 AND THAT'S TIED TO OUR BUDGET GOALS.
SO I COULD GO OVER THAT WITH YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT.
OTHERWISE I'LL JUST BE QUIET IT AND WAIT FOR QUESTIONS.
DO YOU, UM, I'M, I SUPPOSE THAT MANY OF THE INQUIRIES, INQUIRIES THAT YOU GET ARE REALLY MEANT TO BE DIRECTED PERHAPS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN THAT OCCURS.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS? UM, UH, DO YOU, HOW DO YOU SEND THOSE ON? SO IF THERE IS A REQUEST, WE JUST HELP CONNECT AND FACILITATE A LOCATION NECESSARY, BUT WE AS COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS DO NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF OUR LOCAL ELECTED POLITICIANS AND MEDIA.
WE JUST ARE A FACILITATOR FOR THOSE.
SO YOU LIKE PERHAPS SEND IT TO, UH, LIKE A CHAT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MM-HMM
SO ALMOST EVERY MEDIA RELEASE OR ANYTHING THAT GOES OUT, ALL COUNCIL IS CC'D ON.
UM, AND SO EVERYBODY WILL GET THE SAME MESSAGE AT THE SAME TIME AND BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THOSE.
IF THEIR MEDIA IS ASKING FOR ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR, THAT DOES OCCUR.
BUT GENERALLY WE TRY AND ALLOW FOR ANYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, A LOT OF THE NEWS AGENCIES, THEY HAVE THEIR STORY ALREADY.
THEY WANT THEIR PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW.
WHEN IS THE NEXT, UM, SURVEY NEXT SUMMER, SO MM-HMM
SO, UM, WE COMPLETED THIS ONE IN 2024, SO WE'RE COMING UP IN 26.
SO, SO IT WILL BE IN 2026 I THINK.
AND WHAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THAT SURVEY? THEY TRY TO KEEP THE QUESTIONS EXACTLY THE SAME YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, THERE DO ALLOW LITTLE TWEAKS, BUT THAT'S THE ETE INSTITUTE I BELIEVE.
AND ALL OF THAT CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER SURVEY MM-HMM
AND THERE'S A PAGE THAT HAS ALL OF THE PRIOR QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED HOW THE MEASUREMENTS CAME OUT.
AND YOU CAN GET AS GRANULAR IN THE DETAIL AS YOU WANT.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A SUMMARY PAGES IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT THEY'LL GENERALLY BE THE SAME.
UM, TODAY THOUGH IT GO OUT IN DIFFERENT SURVEY THAT IS REGARDING BUDGET.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE HOMEPAGE OF OUR WEBSITE.
YOU CAN FIND IT ON THE BUDGET PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE OR ON ANY OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND YEAH.
SO WITH, UM, NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WITH OUR BUDGET, WE LIKE TO HAVE RESIDENTS GIVE AS MUCH INPUT AS THEY CAN.
AND UNDER THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, HE'S DONE AN EVENT CALLED SPEED DATING WHERE ANY RESIDENTS COULD COME IN AND TALK TO DEPARTMENTS AT DIFFERENT TABLES AND GET TO KNOW THEM BRIEFLY AND GIVE ANY OF THEIR FEEDBACK IDEAS THAT THEY MIGHT WANT OUT OF THIS.
LAST YEAR, UM, THERE CAME WEATHER STATIONS AND PARKS, WIFI AT PARKS, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, SOME OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS AND SMALLER THINGS.
MAYBE OUR STAFF WOULDN'T THINK ABOUT IT IF YOU DON'T LIVE HERE.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE THOSE EVENTS HAVE BEEN OKAY IN THEIR SUCCESS, BUT NOT AS GREAT AS HE WANTS IN GETTING EVERYBODY OUT LOOKED AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO LIST THAT SAME FEEDBACK.
WHEN THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HELPED WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE GOT 1,200 RESPONDENTS TO THAT SURVEY, WHICH WAS A DOUBLE INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR FIVE YEARS.
SO WE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WITH THIS ONE AGAIN.
AND WHEN WE GOT THAT PERMISSION, WE CHANGED UP A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS FOR THOSE KEY DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE INVITED TO THE SPEED MEETING TO HAVE A TABLE WHERE YOU COULD COME UP AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS, THEY'VE PRERECORDED A VIDEO.
SO YOU'LL HAVE A VIDEO FROM THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS THE HEAD OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR HEAD OF ENGINEERING, AND THEY'LL EXPLAIN BRIEFLY WHAT THE PAST YEAR HAS COVERED, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN FISCAL YEAR TWO SIX AND, UM, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.
THEN THEY WILL FOLLOW WITH A FEW QUESTIONS FROM THAT DEPARTMENT AND YOUR RATING, YOUR METRICS AND OPEN FIELD TEXT FOR ANY INPUT THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE ON WHERE THEY SHOULD FOCUS IN 2026 TO IMPROVE WHAT YOU THINK THEIR MAIN OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE.
AND REALLY GATHER ANY OF THE FEEDBACK AND DATA THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GIVE.
AND AT THE END WE HAVE A GENERAL FEEDBACK SUMMARY TOO, FOR
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THE CITY.SO IF YOUR DEPARTMENT WASN'T TALKED ABOUT OR YOU HAVE A SPECIAL NEED DESIRE THAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, YOU ALSO HAVE THE ROOM THERE TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK.
ALL OF THAT DATA WILL BE GATHERED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
WE'LL GIVE A FULL REPORT TO STAFF AND COUNCIL AND THEN WE WILL HELP THEM GO THROUGH IT ALL.
WE ARE HOPING FOR A HIGH VOLUME OF RESPONSES, UM, BACK AND WE ALLOWED FOR OPEN TEXT EVEN KNOWING THAT NOT EVERYTHING WILL BE AS CLEAN AND MEASURABLE AS WE MIGHT LIKE THINGS TO BE.
WHAT IS THE NEXT SPEED DATING? SO THIS IS A REPLACEMENT OF THE SPEED DATING BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE AS GOOD SUCCESS.
BUT AS A DIRECT FOLLOW UP TO THAT, ON MARCH 22ND, WE'LL BE THE NOT PRIORITIZATION, UM, WORKSHOP.
AND SO THIS HAS OCCURRED FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
LAST YEAR IT WAS AT COTTONWOOD CREEK ELEMENTARY AND WE'LL BE THERE AGAIN.
AND THEY TAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS AND AS A GROUP WE IDENTIFY WHICH HAS PRIORITIZATION FOR THE BUDGET AND THAT IS ALL PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AS DATA FOR THEM TO USE, UM, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, HOW DO YOU WORK WITH COMMISSION AND HOW, WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING? HOW SHOULD WE WORK WITH YOU TO ALIGN WITH? SURE.
SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM COMMISSIONS IS THAT WE AS STAFF NOT BE DIRECTED BY COMMISSION UNLESS IT'S THROUGH COUNCIL.
AND SO IF THERE'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP ON YOUR AGENDA AND YOU DISCUSS IT AND PUT IT THROUGH A VOTE AND YOU WANNA ASK COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO EXECUTE SOMETHING, THEN WE'RE DIRECTED TO DO IT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE CAN, I BELIEVE JUST BE ADVISORS FOR YOU OR LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE, UM, WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON THAT MIGHT COMPLIMENT SOMETHING YOU'RE DOING OR COME IN THIS CAPACITY WHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND CHAT WITH YOU.
UM, CHRISTIE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE MUCH LONGER THAN I HAVE AND HAVE A MUCH DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'VE MISSED? NO, THAT'S ACCURATE AND UM, I THINK FROM PAST CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND PLEASE, JACQUELINE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS WERE MOSTLY SURROUNDED, UH, AROUND WEBSITE.
UM, KNOWING THAT THAT'S GOING THROUGH ITS OWN REVAMP.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE THE IDEA OF A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN CAME UP AS WELL.
UM, BUT I THINK THE WAY THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED IS THE SAME WAY THAT I WOULD ANSWER AS WELL.
UM, STAFF DIRECTION, UM, COMES FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, WHICH COMES FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO, BUT YOU GUYS AS A, AS A BODY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE WOULD TAKE DIRECTION.
AND SOMETHING YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IS WITH OUR CONTRACT THAT EXISTS WITH CURRENT WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE REVAMP IT, REDO IT, MAKE SURE IT HAS A FACELIFT AND IS UP TO TODAY'S STANDARDS WITHIN OUR CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S COMING UP IN TWO WEEKS.
WE, UM, ARE HAVING OUR LAUNCH WITH THAT, THE COMPANY CIVIC PLUS GOES THROUGH AND DOES AN AUDIT, SEES WHAT EL WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR UPDATED.
AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO, UH, AGREE THAT CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE TO THE WEBSITE, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE AND, UM, FACILITATE THAT.
SO THAT'S COMING UP AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET SOME OF THE MAIN DIG BUTTONS ON THE FRONT.
UM, MORE ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
THEY HAVE SOME HOVER DETAILS AND THAT'S NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT TIME NAVIGATING THE INTERNET.
SO WE'RE HEADING OUT SOME OF THOSE WORKING ON OUR CONTRAST AND OUR LANGUAGE.
UM, SO ALL THOSE AUDITS ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A QR CODE TO ACCESS OUR SITE.
THAT'S SUPER EASY FOR US, UM, TO DO.
AND SO IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A QR CODE CREATED ON OUR SIDE, IT IT IS EASY.
UM, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU TO USE ON ANY COLLATERAL THAT YOU GUYS ARE CREATING, UM, FOR PLAN OF WORK.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT KIND OF THINK OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
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WE HAVE ENHANCING OUR EDUCATIONAL VIDEO CONTENT AND AS I TALKED ABOUT WITH CIP, BUT THAT INCLUDES MEETING THE NEW A DA REQUIREMENTS, MAKING SURE THERE ARE TIMESTAMPS AND CAPTIONS AND ALL OF OUR VIDEOS AND DESCRIPTIONS AND AL TEXT AND ALL OF OUR IMAGES AND TRAINING ALL OF OUR STAFF ON HOW TO DO THAT AS WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE PRESENT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANYONE.UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ON ALL OF THAT TRAINING AND THAT ACTUALLY FALLS INTO THE A DA PLAN THAT WE ARE UNDER ENGINEERING.
SO ALL THE SAME RULES THAT APPLY TO ENTRANCES AND WALKWAYS AND PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS IS WHERE OUR WEBSITE AND OUR MEDIA STANDS.
AND WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WITH, UH, KIMBERLY K, HORN.
UM, AND THEY ARE CREATING ALL OF OUR PLANS FOR THOSE.
AND SO WE'RE FOLLOWING UNDER THAT UMBRELLA PLAN OF WORK AS WELL.
SO AS WE LIKE, 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT MM-HMM
AND THAT, AND I PERSONALLY WANT FEEL, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION PLAN MM-HMM
SO AS WE WORK WITH HIM IS, WOULD THE NEXT STEP BE, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH AND THEN, UH, ALIGN WITH YOU MEET WITH YOU, OR I BELIEVE SO.
AND WHENEVER, UM, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES COMMISSIONS PRESENT TO COUNCIL MM-HMM
AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT AND GET THEIR CLARITY ON IT AND THEN COME TO STAFF, THAT COULD WORK TOO.
BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE IN THE PLAN THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL MM-HMM
SO NOW THEY'RE, NOW WE'RE DOING THE IMPLEMENTATION GREAT STEPS.
SO, SO IS THE SIGNUP TO GET ON YOUR, YOUR LIST TO BE UPDATED MM-HMM
AND SO IF WE ARE ON THE, THE EASIEST WAY TO GET TO OUR PAGE AND TO SIGN UP FOR THAT, THERE'S TWO THINGS.
IF YOU GO TO HEAD OF TEXAS.GOV, THIS WILL BE WHERE YOU GET TO OUR BUDGET AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR ENEWSLETTER.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT, IF YOU GO TO COMMUNITY AND THEN NEWS AND INFORMATION AND SEE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA FIX WITH THE, UM, WITH THE NAVIGATION IS IF YOU'RE, UH, VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND YOU'RE USING TAB SCREEN READER RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO OUR NAVIGATION.
SO I'LL LOOK AESTHETICALLY
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE UPDATES YOU'LL SEE.
BUT IF YOU GO TO NEWS AND INFORMATION, WE HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES OF THE MOST PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS THAT HAVE GONE OUT.
AND THEN CONTACT INFORMATION, RECENT NEWS SPLASHES, ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS WE HAVE.
SO ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS THERE, WHERE ARE THE ONES FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVE THE ROADS? YEAH.
SO THE SYSTEM THING TO DO IS TO GO TO HEAD OF TEXAS DOV SLASH CIP AND THAT IS A SHORTCUT.
WE'LL GET YOU TO THIS DASHBOARD.
UM, AND THE DASHBOARD WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, I THINK TWO YEARS AGO AS PART OF WHAT OUR CLEAR OUR BUDGET DATA IS IN.
AND IT ALL TIES TO THE, AND SO AS YOU'RE NAVIGATING THIS, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SAY YOU ONLY ARE INTERESTED IN WASTEWATER PROJECTS AND ONLY ONES THAT ARE CURRENT.
AND YOU CAN ZOOM AROUND ON HERE AND SEE ANYTHING THAT, UM, YOU WANNA KNOW THE PROGRESS ON AND VIEW THE PROJECT DETAILS.
YOU CAN EVEN SUBMIT QUESTIONS ON HERE AND GET A REPLY BACK FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM.
THERE USED TO BE A SITE WHERE YOU COULD PUT A LITTLE, LIKE A PIN.
WHERE YOU WANTED A GROCERY STORE.
UM, WELL IF YOU TAKE OUR BUDGET SURVEY AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MAP LIKE THAT ON OUR ENGINEERING PAGE, SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES HERE, THEY'LL SEE ALL THE BUDGET INFORMATION, WHICH I WON'T BORE YOU WITH YET, BUT IF WE WERE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, THIS IS ABOUT THE MARCH 22ND MEETING THAT THIS WILL BE USED FOR.
YOU'RE GREETED WITH VIDEO, YOU HAVE A SUMMARY OF ALL THE UPCOMING BUDGET PLANNING AND HOW OUR TAXES ARE BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT, WHAT OUR PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION IS.
AND THEN WE ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, HOW LONG YOU'VE LIVED HERE, AND IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER.
AND THEN HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU WOULD HEAR FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF.
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HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE THEM PROACTIVELY POLICING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE MONTH TO RATING THE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE YOU FEEL FOR THE NEW JUSTICE CENTER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.SO SAY YOU THINK NUMBER ONE WOULD BE TRAINING ROOMS, EMERGENCY WOULD BE TWO CLICK THROUGH THERE AND FURTHER RATINGS.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE ENGINEERING PAGE, YOU HAVE THAT MAP WHERE YOU CAN PUT EVERYTHING FROM TRANSPORTATION TO PEDESTRIAN.
A FEW, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW CHANNEL I BELIEVE IT.
AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER FROM THE CIP, UM, THE MASTER PLAN WORKSHOP, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS THAT THERE WAS IN PERSON ONE AND ONLINE AND ALL THAT DATA WAS COLLECTED THERE AS WELL.
AND THAT WAS ONLY OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AS IT WAS FOR THE PLANNING SURVEY.
BUT ALL THAT DATA WAS GATHERED AND USED TO CREATE THAT MASTER PLAN.
JUST LOVE TO SEE IF ANYTHING CAME OF THAT.
WELL WE CAN WE JUST PULL UP, UM, THE MASTER PLAN AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I CAN, A ANSWER FOR YOU GUYS? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AS FAR AS, UM, CLICKS AS FAR AS, UM, MOST CLICKS AND MOST PLACES ON THE HUDDLE WEBSITE DO YOU ANALYTICS? ANALYTICS, UH, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GOT A LIST OF WHAT IS THE MOST WE DO SHARE GO SEARCH FOR AND EVERYTHING IT WAS SEARCH FOR AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND SO UTILITY BILLING, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, MEETING AGENDAS, THOSE ARE ALL PRETTY HIGH.
WHAT ALSO IS VERY HIGH IN OUR SEARCH BAR IS OUR LIBRARY.
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PAGE, HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THERE? IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT UNDER COMMUNITY HOW TO LIBRARY.
UM, YOU COULD GET THERE A FEW DIFFERENT PLACES.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR LENGTHY, HOW DO I BAR MY OPINION IS IF OUR, HOW DO I IS THIS LONG? WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
AND SO COMING UP WITH THIS NEW REVAMP IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS IN A SMALLER, UH, SMALLER WAY, MORE ACCESSIBLE.
BUT WE REPORT ON ALL THOSE ANALYTICS ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS AND TO SEE WHERE WE GET THE MOST VIEWS.
WE'RE SEEING A HUGE UPTICK IN YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW.
YOUR DESTINATION, A LOT OF YOU'VE MADE IT.
UM, AND SO WE ARE KEEPING TRACKS OF HOW WE'RE PERFORMING THERE.
WE OF COURSE DO NOT WANT TO UTILIZE TOO MUCH STAFF TIME ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GETTING A REACH.
BUT MOST BENEFICIAL WITH OUR HOOT SUITE, UM, SOFTWARE, IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE MULTIPLE POSTS AT ONE TIME WITH SLIGHT CUSTOMIZATIONS TO EACH TO BE OPTIMIZED WITHOUT US SPENDING AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
BUT WE'RE TRACKING ALL THOSE ANALYTICS.
WE TRACK OUR OPEN RATES FOR OUR NEWSLETTER.
UM, JUST ALWAYS DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS.
IT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY FOR IT TO BE MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AS FAR AS YES.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOGLE TRANSLATE BUTTON HERE.
AND SO THAT'S BUILT INTO OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYBODY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
IT REALLY DOES HELP FOR SURE, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, SOME OF THE MORE COMPLICATED LANGUAGES BECAUSE WE CAN, WE CAN, I LIKE THE ISD AND UM, TRY AND RECREATE FLYERS AND SUCH AND SAY SPANISH OR WHATEVER.
WE FEEL CHINESE ARE SECOND AND THIRD TOP CHAIN OTHER LANGUAGES BESIDES ENGLISH, BUT WE'RE NEVER GONNA CATCH EVERYBODY.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THINGS LIKE THE GOOGLE LANGUAGE TOOL IS CERTAINLY HELPFUL.
AND WE'LL, UM, PARTNER WITH THE ISD, WE LOVE HIPPO MONTHLY AND THEY ALWAYS, UM, HAVE US DO IT IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH FOR THEIR VERSIONS.
AND IT MAKES IT REALLY EASY FOR US IN ADOBE EXPRESS, ONE OF THE SOFTWARES WE HAVE.
SO WE CAN PUT IN THERE SAME TYPE OF TOOL, WE MAKE A FLYER, WE PUT IT OUT AND SAY, OKAY, THIS ONE'S BEEN PROOFED, WE NEED IT IN A SECOND LANGUAGE.
AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS THAT LANGUAGE AND IS GOOD AT THE WRITING TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE.
AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ISB, THEY ALWAYS HAVE REALLY GREAT READERS THAT HELP US MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TOTALLY MESSING UP ANY SPANISH.
ONE QUESTION THAT I HAD, THIS KIND OF GOES INTO THE NEXT ONE, 7.2, IS HOW, WHAT DO HAVE YOU DONE WITH CAMPAIGNS TO COMBAT DISINFORMATION? LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UM, I WAS JUST TALKING TO SUSAN ABOUT THE NATIONAL, UM, DIRECTION THAT IS AGAINST, UM, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING.
SO HAVE YOU DONE LIKE CAMPAIGNS TO STOP THAT OR TO INFORM MAYBE IS TO EDUCATE, TO INFORM? GREAT QUESTION.
SO FOR US, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT WE'RE DELIVERING NEWS
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FROM CUDO CITY HALL YES.IN A TRANSPARENT AND TIMELY MANNER.
AND WE WANNA DO THAT IN A WAY THAT FOSTERS OPEN DIALOGUE AND DOES NOT, UM, OSTRACIZE ANY ONE PERSON OR GROUP PEOPLE.
AND SO WE WORK REALLY HARD ON STAYING LOCAL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY NEWS IS WHAT IS BEING RELEASED.
UM, SO WE DON'T EVEN NECESSARILY SEND OUT LIKE GEORGETOWN NEWS UNLESS IT'S A SHARED ROAD.
YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT ENGAGING DIRECTLY IN THOSE MORE NATIONAL TOPICS, JUST LIKE WE'RE NOT SHARING THE WEATHER ALL THE TIME MM-HMM
WE DON'T WANNA BE THE WEATHER SERVICE.
WE, WE ENCOURAGE, ANYTIME YOU'LL SEE ANY OF OUR WEATHER POSTS, WE SAY MAKE SURE YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MOST IMMEDIATE, ACCURATE CORRECT INFORMATION MM-HMM
AND SO IN THAT SAME WAY, OUR FOCUS REALLY HAS BEEN JUST ON OUR LOCAL ISSUES AND TOPICS AS IT PERTAINS FROM CITY HALL.
THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CI, UH, CITY COUNCIL SAID, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
LOCALLY, THEY CONTINUE TO BACK OUR COMMISSION AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AS WE'RE DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATION PLAN, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE MAY, UH, ADDRESS.
BECAUSE ACTUALLY AT THE COMMUNICATE CONNECTIONS, I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MM-HMM
BUT THEY, EVERYONE THAT APPROACHED US WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE.
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS SUPPORTIVE OF, OF THE MISSION.
BUT IT'S JUST, I THINK IT'S MAYBE JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, LIKE OUR RIGHT IT IS, IS ALWAYS GREAT TO KEEP IN MIND AND AS I SAID ABOUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH.
SOMETHING MIGHT BE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN THEIR FIELD AND WE AS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT MIGHT JUST HAVE THE BETTER WAY TO FACILITATE AND PACKAGE THAT SAME EXACT THOUGHT OR SENTIMENT OR TO SAY, WATCH OUT FOR THIS PITFALL.
NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A DRY UTILITY IS.
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY IT LIKE THAT.
AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING EVERYBODY AT A BASELINE.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT WHEN APPROPRIATE AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP, UM, HOWEVER I CAN.
AND IF I COULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR ADVOCATES, WHEN YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT WE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR YOU LIKE A NEWSLETTER THAT WE SENT OUT, SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.
SEND IT TO YOUR FELLOW HIPPOS.
AND UM, ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US TOO AND LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WE COULD DO BETTER OR SOMEWHERE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE OR NOT USED LANGUAGE THAT WAS INCLUSIVE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK SO THAT WE'RE STAYING ON TOP OF IT.
I'M GONNA PACK UP AND LET YOU FINISH YOUR MEETING.
ANY POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS PRESENTED IN 7.1? WELL, ONE THING WE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA BE DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MOVE THAT JUST WHEN WE TALK WITH STAND ABOUT THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER THINGS THEY WANT TO PUT THERE? HOSPITAL ITEMS OR ANYTHING? WE NEED TO DO THE QR CODE? YEAH, THE QR CODE.
AND WHAT THE QR CODE, THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, ON MY LEVEL I CAN CERTAINLY HELP WITH.
UM, SUPER SIMPLE, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU NEED IT FOR.
SO AS WE GET DOWN INTO THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS A SOFTWARE CALLED TINY URL.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT HAS THE HEAD TEXAS INFO OR SOME OF OUR QR CODES, WE ACTUALLY USE THAT PLATFORM BECAUSE IT TRACKS OUR CLICKS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO GET ON TOP OF THIS YEAR WAS MAKING SURE FOR OUR ADVERTISING BUDGET, UM, THAT WE'RE USING DATA DRIVEN RESULTS AND NOT JUST SPENDING MONEY ON ADVERTISING 'CAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE.
AND UM, WITH THAT WE HAVE GOT THIS REALLY INEXPENSIVE BUT WONDERFUL SOFTWARE WHERE ANYTIME WE CREATE THAT TINY URL OR QR CODE, IT WILL TELL US HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE VISITING FROM WHERE THEY'RE USING ANY ANDROID OR AN IPHONE.
AND SO, UM, WE CAN USE THAT DATA TRACKING FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL TO GET REPORTS FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE QR CODES WAS BECAUSE IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET TO MM-HMM
OUR PORTION OF THE WEBSITE MM-HMM
AND THE THOUGHT WAS THE, IF THERE WAS A QR CODE WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET THE ADDRESS, THEN YOU COULD, YOU COULD LOG IT IN AND ALWAYS GET THERE.
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AND WITH THAT WE COULD ALSO CREATE WITH THAT THE TINY URL.SO IT COULD BE A HUO TEXT HEAD TX.INFO/DIV.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A TINY URL AND A QR CODE AND SOLVE BOTH PROBLEMS. SO WHETHER YOU'RE MANUALLY TYPING SOMETHING IN OR HAVE HAVE TO REMEMBER IT, IF IT'S GOING ON A FLYER, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO EXECUTE THAT.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE THIS STUFF, OBVIOUSLY.
I THINK THE NEXT ITEM IS 8.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 17TH MEETING MINUTES.
SO WE HAVE A FEATURE MALFUNCTION, BUT UM, IF ANYONE WAS NOT ABLE TO VIEW OR IS NOT ABLE TO VIEW THE MINUTE NOW I CAN TRY TO PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
DOES ANYONE ME TO DO THAT? THANK YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT NIGHT, BUT I DON'T YOU WANT HER TO PUT HIM UP ON THE BOARD SO Y'ALL CAN REVIEW HIM AGAIN? I'M OKAY.
I LOOKED AT, YEAH, THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 17TH, 2024.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF FUTURE PROCLAMATIONS.
WHAT WAS THE LEVEL WE NEED TO DO? I THOUGHT WE APPROVED FOR WATER.
UM, THIS WAS JUST BRINGING, I THINK I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THIS ON HERE JUST IN THE EVENT THAT Y'ALL DO WANT TO BRING 'EM UP.
THE NEXT ONE, UM, SCHEDULED IS FOR MARCH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND THAT WILL BE MARCH.
I'LL SEND OUT A REMINDER AS WELL.
BUT THAT FIRST THURSDAY WE APPROVED ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHICH MONTH? APRIL.
AND I CAN DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
UM, BUT YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT FOR THE FIRST KIND OF QUARTER.
YEAH, MARCH 6TH WOULD BE THAT ONE.
AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? YES, THAT WAS, UM, COMMISSIONER ZAPE WORKED ON THAT ONE AND THAT ONE'S, UM, ALREADY ATTACHED TO THAT AGENDA.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE FOR MARCH.
I ALSO LEFT THIS ON HERE IN THE EVENT THAT EVEN THOUGH Y'ALL APPROVED, UM, THE LIST MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN SOMETHING CAME UP OR YOU, YOU CAME ACROSS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, WE REALLY SHOULD SUPPORT THIS PROCLAMATION.
SO JUST KEEPING IT ON AS A, AS A RECURRENCE, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT OTHER, UM, GOOD IDEA.
UM, WHAT I LIKED ABOUT WHAT I AM LIKING ABOUT THE PROCLAMATION IS THAT THAT IS PART OF THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.
BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES, IT HELPS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING IT.
AND LIKE THE PAST TWO TIMES WE'VE HAD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SPEAK.
AND I LOVE THAT YOU, WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK FROM THEIR PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES, IT'S, I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD AND I THINK WE SHOULD INCORPORATE THAT AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH OUR DEVELOPING OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN.
THIS IS WHY WE ARE RECOGNIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY ABOUT THE WHATEVER.
AND UM, AND HAVE MORE OF A, LIKE AN INTENTION IN EACH MEETING.
SAY MAYBE IT WOULD BE ONE OF US, BUT MAYBE IT MIGHT BE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, BECAUSE, UM, IT JUST WORKED OUT THESE PAST TWO TIMES.
AND I LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEN IT HELPS THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THIS FOR FLUFF OR WHATEVER.
WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE IT IMPACTS LIVES HERE IN HALL.
SO, SO IS THERE ANY, UH, PARTICULAR PERSON THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO ASK TO BESIDES MAYBE SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO ASK TO ADDRESS THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH? UM, YEAH, THAT, HOW DO I
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SEE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, WHICH IS WELL ATTENDED ON MARCH THE SEVENTH, ASRA STARTED THAT, UH, THAT THAT MAY BE A WAY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION TO AMPLIFY.AND THEN THERE ARE SOME GREAT SPEAKERS COMING TO THAT.
I'M SURE THEY'VE SHARED THAT ALREADY WITH THE CITY.
ANYBODY MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD POP INTO MIND OR MM-HMM
WE THAT COULD BE AHEAD OF TIME.
WHAT ABOUT APRIL? WHAT ARE THE PROCLAMATIONS IN APRIL? UM, I DON'T HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I'M HAPPY AFTER THIS MEETING I CAN DO A FOLLOW UP AND KIND OF SEND THE, THE WATER COMING UP THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO JUST THINK ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO MIGHT WANT TO.
APRIL IS, UH, APRIL, I THINK IT'S THE SECOND, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE TO LOOK IT UP.
IS THAT WORLD AUTISM DAY? MM-HMM
SO I KNOW WE DID HAVE, HE'S STILL IN THE BACK OF MY MIND.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME AND SPOKE.
UM, WERE YOU HERE WHEN HE SPOKE? UH, HOW LONG AGO WAS IT? IT WAS ALMOST A YEAR AGO I THINK.
UM, HE SPOKE ON BEHALF OF HIS SON WHO'S ON THE SPECTRUM.
AND SO JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT HE WOULD, I MEAN HE PHYSICALLY CAME HERE AND SPOKE TO US.
AND SO I THINK HE WOULD BE SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT TO IF THAT COMES UP AND GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTING TO, TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR THAT OR NOT, BUT JUST PUT IT OUT THERE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO KIND OF BE AHEAD, LOOK AHEAD MM-HMM
NOW WE'RE AT 8.3, WHICH IS DISCUSSION IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT FACILITY SESSION WITH STANLEY TIMBER, WHICH IS THE 10TH AND THE 11TH.
AND WE HAVE, UM, A RECORDED VIDEO OF HIM.
AND ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY, UM, 'CAUSE I LOOKED AT IT RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME, UM, HE IS GOING TO HAVE A SESSION WITH THE, UM, CITY MANAGER AND HIS DIRECT REPORTS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, SPANS THAT SAME DAY.
BUT OUR SESSION IS GONNA BE ON THE 10TH AND THE 11TH.
HE MAY, I THINK HE MADE A MISS, HE MADE A MISSPOKE OR SOMETHING.
SO WE ARE GONNA WORK WITH HIM ON THE 10TH AND THE 11TH.
IT'LL BE, UM, HERE FROM SIX TO EIGHT, THOSE TWO EVENINGS.
AND UM, THEN HE'S GONNA WORK WITH THE, UM, CITY MANAGERS GROUP SEPARATELY.
SO DID YOU WANT ME TO PLAY THE VIDEO NOW OR SEND IT OUT AFTERWARD FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO WATCH ON THEIR OWN? IT, IT IS.
WHAT DO WE CAN HOW LONG IS IT? IT IS 28 MINUTES.
YEAH, YOU SUGGESTED, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR US TO HAVE IT PERSONALLY.
SO YOU HAVE TO PAUSE AND SO ANYWAY, WILL EVERYBODY COMMIT TO READ TO THIS? IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES, IT BREAKS DOWN OUR PLAN AND THEN HE SAYS WHAT HE WANTS.
SO EVERYONE AND THEN THERE'S HOMEWORK INVOLVED.
THAT WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WANNA BRING THIS UP OR I WANNA EMAIL THIS TO STAN OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN, SO WE'LL BE READY TO GO ON THE 10TH AND THE 11TH.
SO WE NEED TO ANSWER, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ANSWER AND SEND BACK.
NO, NOT IT WAS, IT WAS MORE THAT HE ASKED FOR US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THINGS WE'RE ENTHUSED ABOUT.
WHAT DO WE WANT OF OUR, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT PARTS DO WE WANT TO LEAD? UM, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, I'M INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATION, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SEND TO HIM.
I'M INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATION.
UM, JUST BE READY TO, UM, PARTICIPATE AS HE HELPS US STRUCTURE WHAT, HOW WE'RE GONNA UNFOLD PLAN.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO RESPOND.
YOU DON'T NEED TO RESPOND TO HIM, BUT BE READY ON, YOU KNOW, SAME PAGE.
SO YEAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST THIS IS COMING.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? LET'S SEE.
SO IT SAYS TECHNICALLY THE NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 11TH.
OH, BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE HAVING THE
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10TH AND THE 11TH.UM, BUT THESE ITEMS WOULD BE FOR THE APRIL MEETING BECAUSE MARCH IS THE FACILITATION.
AND ALSO TO NOTE THAT THE APRIL MEETING WOULD TECHNICALLY FALL ON APRIL 15TH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ISSUE OR NOT FOR ANYONE.
SO, UM, THAT'S MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO RESCHEDULE THAT OR, UM, OR IF THERE WILL BE ENOUGH FOR, UM, THE MONDAY OR WEDNESDAY.
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ON A TUESDAY JUST BECAUSE OF HOW ALL THE OTHER MEETINGS FALL.
BUT SECOND, DO YOU WANNA CHANGE IT OR PUSH IT BACK? I'M OKAY WITH THE 22ND IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS MM-HMM
AND IF Y'ALL NEED TO GO KEEP IT ON THE 15TH, THAT'S FINE TOO.
I, I KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING WITH THE 15 TERING.
NO, I WISH, WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK? TO ME? IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.
OH, SO WE NEED A MOTION TO THE MOTION.
OH, A MOTION TO MOVE THE NEXT MEETING.
WELL NOT THE MARCH 10TH, BUT THE APRIL MEETING.
WAS THAT LOUIS AND LOUIS? UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR SEND COMMENTS? UM, IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO APRIL, JUST AS A REMINDER, UM, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR WILL BE COMING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE, UM, OH APRIL.
AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, THOSE ARE, AND THEN ANY IMPLEMENTATION THAT MAY COME FROM, FROM THE MARCH FACILITATION ARE RIGHT.
ARE THE ONLY ITEMS THAT I'M TRACKING.
SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME BACK IN APRIL? I THINK WE'LL HAVE A FULL PLATE WHEN WE TALK.
I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN IT.